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THE SCEANTON TEIBUNB WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAY 1, 1895.
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SCRANTON, MAY 1, 18U3.
A Lame Defence.
An oracle of the administration, in
an Inspired dispatch from Washington,
nays: "England ha rlven no pretext
whatever for Interference on the part
of this government. As matters look
now, she does not Intend to give any.
It Is the understanding In the diplo
matic world that Great Britain te always
careful in her dealings with American
states to avoid stirring up the angry
passions of Uncle Samuel, and that
neither Nicaragua nor Venezuala Is like
ly to prove en exception to the rule.
The British have the rlpht to take pos
session of as much of Nicaragua as they
please without any fear of protest on
our part They may, if th.-y like, de
clare war and overrun the country,
levying heavy tribute upon tho un
fortunate little nation. Still it would
be none of our business. Having Eng
land's assurance that ns soon as she
shall have finished her little afTalr Bhe
will get out, and seek neither to acquire
territory nor to overrun the existing
form of government, the Monroe doc
trine is not involved and we have no
call to Interfere."
"Uhderstandlnga 1n the diplomatic
world" are not to the point in the pres
ent emergenoy. A powerful nation has
pounced, bully fashion, on a little coun
try less than one-hundredth Its size;
has trumped up a largely fictitious bill
of damages and Is proceeding,, Ifi de
fiance of American sentiment Ameri
can tradition and Amerlcan-talrness, to
choke its little opponent khto submis
sion to Its outrageous claitfris. That, of
faaa ouGlUto-be--eovi'A to warrant
this government in declaring to Eng
land: "Hands off!" And when, In ad
dition, it la pretty generally believed,
despite contrary "understandings In the
diplomatic world," that England will
try to keep what she has piratically
grabbed, a case Is made out, Monroe
doctrine or no Monroe doctrine, which
calls for something more positive at
Washington than languid idleness and
stupid self-content.
The Next Secretary of State.
We are fully prepared to credit the
assertion of Mr. C. W. Fairbanks, of
Indianapolis, one of ex-Prcsldent Har
rison's warmest personal friends, that
General Harrison Is not a candidate for
renoralnation and that ho will make no
effort to Influence the choice of the
next Republican national convention.
Mr. Fairbanks adds that the ex-president
would much perfer to see some
other eminent member of the party
honored with' the nomination, and
would gladly co-operate to secure his
election. All of the three most promin
ent candidates are his friends, of many
years' standing. Senaitor Allison and
Major McKinley are particularly close
to him; a.nd many qualities In ex
Speaker Beed command his .admira
tion. - It 1" easy to believe that the
elevation of any one of these gentlemen
to the presidency would incite General
Harrison's cordial pleasure.
.No. doubt contrary reports will ap
pear in'prlnt; but there are substantial
reasons for believing that General
Harrison is much less anxious for a
second term -than h'la friends are that
he should have It. To them it would
bring influence and possibly public
office, whereas to the general himself
It would brlmf new work and worrv
and responsibility without new honors.
The years which have followed General
Harrison's defeat for a re-election have
been years of signal vindication. When
he left the White house, the country
had enjoyed 'four years of clean' and
successful administration; .the public
revenues were adequate to the payment
of all necessary public expenditures;
and throughout the country prosperity
had been . general ' and well-defined.
President Cleveland's abrupt reversal
of his politics, both in domestic and
foreign affairs, was characterized byJ
a series or pudiic misfortunes not paral
leled since the civil war; end it is to
day believed by easily three-fourths of
the American people that these mis
fortunes were in large part due to the
fact that General Harrison's policies
were thus reversed. 'To restore things
to their normal basis wllj necessitate,
on the part, of Mr. Cleveland's suc
cessor, simply a restoration of the es
sential features of the Harrison admin
istration; and any good Republican of
experience in public affairs could, as
president, accomplish that." ! ;
We imagine that General Harrison
would rather be secretary of . state
undtr friendly Republican presi
dent than to return to the White
house as chief executive. The
importance of this office is growing
In direct proportion to the demon
strated unfitness of Its present occu
pant. As Secretary Gresham's successor,
General Harrison could exert an "up
lifting influence Upon our foreign policy
not to bo exerted by any other living
American. He possesses the expe
rience, the learning and the wholesome
patriotism to make of our now Inverte
brate state department a model of log
ical firmness and enlightened sagacity,
In that capacity he could, out of his
experience, both assist the president In
questions of domestic administration,
and win the high honor, happily sup
plementing that already won by him,
of giving to his solicitous countrymen
a really American policy In foreign
affairs.
Civil Service Reform.
During the first week or his term bs
mayor of Chicago, Mr. George U. Swift
was, s he half-humorotisly confesses
In a public speech, occupied for twelve
hours a day with nobody but. olllee-
seekers. Upon an average, COO visitors
called dally to see him privately In be
half either of themselves or of some
friendly aspirant for appointment to
municipal position. In that whole
woek Mr. Swift found only fifteen min
utes' time for a conference with the
head of the department of public
works, who represents the most Impor
tant subdivision of the city government
Finally Ills patience gave out, and he
Issued public notice that he would
henceforth reserve at least half his time
for the consideration of more momen
tous public affairs than the naming of
policemen, cuspidors cleaners and dog
constables:
A civil service law will soon go lrtto
effect in Chicago, and under Its pro
visions the mayor will have more leis
ure for the consideration of really
Important municipal problems. No
candidate can be selected for any sub
sidiary position In the city government
without flrpt giving clear proof of fit
ness for such position; and the deter
mination of this fitness will hinge not
upon what ticket he votes or what
"pull" he wields, but uion what qual
ity of honest labor he can do for the
public which pays him his salary. Only
in the selection of chiefs of depart
ments will the mayor have any voice;
and he is permitted to have a voice in
such appointments only for the reason
that they are advisory positions, in
which It 19 desirable that he and they
should be in thorough accord.
It Is a curious fact that the Ameri
can people, so intensely practical in
most of their affairs, should so long
have failed to perceive the great eco
nomic advantage of employing skilled
labor In their public offices, Instead of
the raw labor dumped In those offices
at every new turn of tho partisan
weather vane. It is an interesting
chapter In the history of delusions that
for upward of a century the most busl-
ness-IIke nation on earth, In private af
fairs, should, with reference to Its pub
lic offices, permit "pull" to displace fit
ness, and sit complacent under a sys
tem which spurned trained regulars In
behalf of crude volunteers. But Indi
cations are not wanting that in our
large cities, at least, there is likely soon
to be an awakening; an awakening
which will give the chief executive of a
city like Chicago, with nearly as many
persons to govern and almost as large
problems to solve as were to be found
In the entire United States at the time
of Washington's first Inauguration,
something more than fifteen minutes'
per week respite from the clamors of
place hunters and the Importunities of
Illiterate ward heelers and party
hacks.
American Insurance Rates.
It appears from a table In the North
American Review that Americans pay
nearly twice as high a rate for fire In
surance ns do Russians; nearly three
times as much as Is paid by the In
habitants of Austria and Australia; ex
actly four times as much as are paid by
those of England; more than six times
as much as Germans pay, and more
than twelve times as much as In paid In
France. The compiler of these statis
tics, Mr. Georsje U. Crocker, uses them
In an argument against the employment
of middlemen, or agents, In the fire in
surance business.
To be strictly fair, however, he should
make allowance for the difference in
the quality of buildings In this coun
try ahd In European countries; a,nd
also, the difference in the carefulness
manifested In guarding against fire.
American buildings, as a rule, are com
paratively new and flimsily construct
ed; whereas, the buildings of Europe
are old and solid In materials and In
construction. Again, the American, In
all matters pertaining to the safety of
property, is admittedly the most care
less Individual on the face of the earth.
He neglects both that individual cau
tion needed to Insure a small percentage
of fire losses and also that exacting
legislative cognizance of this subject
common In older and poorer countries.
Let us, for example, take our own
city. For years It has been known that
the fire limits established a decade or
more ago- had become obsolete; that tho
spread of the business district of the
city pointed to the necessity of revising
these limits so as to forbid the erection
In the central portion of the olty of tinder-box
one and two-story framo build
ings alongside costly structures of stone
or brick. Message after message from
mayor to councils has tailed attention
to this defect; the press has spoken of
it repeatedly and everybody freely con
Cedes that something should be done
to correct the matter. Hut the net re
sult of all this discussion Is absolutely
nothing. Iho old fire limits remain us
In the days when this was Slocum Hol
low; and the fast that our flra losses
are not much larger than they are Is
due more to good luck than to system
atic precautions. . ! .
Again, in the matter of a paid fire de
partment, we remaiin content with the
methods of a decade ago, although no
body has yet expressed dissent from
-the assertion that a thoroughly or
ganized, paid force of regular firemen
would each year save to the city con
siderably more than its extra cost,
These local conditions are to some ex
tent duplicated In nearly every populous
American community, and they afford
a convincing explanation, of why flra
Insurance rates are higher In the United
States than in any other country,
Whenever the American people tire of
paying itnase rates, they can materially
reduce them by paying sensible atten
tion to the problem of preventing fires,
Walter Wellman, the Washington
correspondent, declares that Judge
Gresham knows Just how unpopular his
conduct of the state department has
been, but adds that Mr. Clevelund will
not permit him to ohango it. Why,
then, does not the Judge promptly re
sign? He Is not compelled to sacrifice
homself on the nitar of the president's
density.
A bill was recently Introduced nt
Harrleburg offering a rebuto of 115
per cent, on Ills road tax to the farmer
who would equip Ills vehicles with
wide tires. Considering the enthusi
asm with whleh the present legislature
has Ignored road reform, it seems safe
to predict that thl3 bill will die a vio
lent death.
Ex-Secretary of the Treasury Fair-
child says "If It were definitely known
thnt Rt the expiration of a year or
eighteen months the free coinage of sil
ver would brgln wo should immediately
huve such a panic nS" this country has
never known In its history." Mr. Fair
child evidently knows how to incite a
panic.
It can be set down as a fixed fact
that this growing country will not long
be content with a stationary or a de
clining volume of currency. The num
ber of persons is growing who believe
that the repeal of the Sherman silver
purchase act was, after all, a mistake.
The testimony of Commissioner of
Labor Wright that business Is rapidly
Improving Is fortunately corroborated
by personal experience. The back-bone
of the depression has been broken for
several months; and convalescence is
now reaching the rapid stage.
One reason why we hope to see Ben
jamin Harrison the next secretary of
state Is that he may officially welcome
Hawaii into the American union and
restore at Honolulu tho lowered Stars
and Stripes.
The Wllkes-Barre Record has passed
the ten thousand mark In Its steady
race for an increased circulation; a fact
which speaks eloquently for Its man
agement. The Record is a credit to
Pennsylvania Journalism.
Both the New York and the Chicago
Heralds have Senator Quay beaten be
yond recognition In his alleged war with
David Martin. For a dead man, though,
the senator looks surprisingly alive.
It Is rumored in Chicago that Mr.
Cleveland hopes to nominate Secretary
Gresham for president in 1S9G. For
licking purposes, he could not make a
wiser choice.
It will unqubstlonable grieve a large
percentage of the idiot population of
the United States to learn that the Mar
quis de Castellane does not approve of
America.
Governor Budd's suggeslon that Un
cle Sara ought to kick John Bull out
of Nicaragua Is one of the buds that
will evidently not bloom this spring,
tra la.
The foreign policy of Cleveland's sec
ond reign will live In our history as a
vivid example of what -an American
foreign policy ought not to be.
Th Altoona Tribune "assumes thnt
Secretary Greshnm knows hlu busi
ness." Our namesake evidently has a
vivid Imagination.
The opinion that the United Staes
government has acted the) coward in
the Corlnto matter is not confined to
Nicaragua,
Oscar Wilde's attempted assumption
of the role of patient martyrdom is de
cidedly cleverer than It Is convincing.
WHEN CUBA'S IK EE.
When the patriots capture Cuba, free-
, dom's friends will hold a Jubilee, nnil
troubadours of Yuba will touch their
liKht guitars;
Tot profounder exultation will pi-evnll
with annexation to our Yankee fed
ei.iilon, beneath the stars and bars!
Whon this radiant southern Phyllis,
blooming queen of tho Antilles, shall
bo ours, the fact will thrill us with n
tremor of delight;
ThoUKh upon Hint distant river, plaeld-
llowlng Uundiilqulver, they'll expe
rience a shiver of different nnture
quite.
After such a happy crisis, there will couin
a drop In prices of molasses, rum mid
uplurs from Muine to Mexico;
And a fragrant, flor Cubann may be pur
chased In Siivnnniih qnllo uu well as
at Havana, and equally ns low,
Sugnr rh'.ppetl at Santiago by the enrrro
for Chicago will proceed without om
bui'KO of tariffs low or high.
While the mild ItRllnna "sella flerca Yan
' ltee mnna de beautiful banana" evon
moro than "tree for fl" !"
But, nvntint, reflections sordid I They're
on naught, bo It recorded, to the
itrnver thoughts afforded by this war
for liberty;
Fairest Cuba, may thy sadness turn to
lasting forms of gladness, throuph
relief from Rpanlnh, madness and
soulless tyranny. ,
Land of temperature's equation, of lux
uriant vegetation, of opprosnloii and
taxation, fight on! thy causo Is Just!
Till Castllllan nggrosnoi-s, like their Moor
ish prcdeeussors, meet the fata duo
nil trnntrensorB nnd nro humbled In
tlio dust,
George Mon3, In New York Bun.
AS TO MR. MORTON.
From the Rochester Post-Express.
Mr. Clevelund has announsed that he Is
In no way responsible for the opinions set
forth In a recent Interview by Secretary
Morton, of his cabinet; and there Is no
reason for assuming his responsibility,
Mr, Morton Is for monometallism with
gold as the single standard, and he de
clares that "the tlmo for straddlers has
passed." There are ninny anslnlno things
In his Interview; but nothing that quite
comes up to the peroration of his ar
ticle on the same subject In the February
number of the North American Review, In
which he quotes the description of Trilby's
singing, and then proceed to paraphrase
It for the purposes of solontlfic discussion:
"Bo the harmonies of civilization, the
multifold tones of Trade, all the great
choruses and melodies of Commerce the
murmuring stream that turns the mill
wheel, the hissing engine on the rail, tho
plash of tho paddlo whool on Inland lakes,
the monotonous pulsation of great hearts
of steamships on all the oceans of the
globe, tho singing wires of telcgruph lints
hunglng In the air, the whir of the elec
tric cars every movement of a sentient
commerce, transporting from north to
south, from south to north, from east to
west nnd from west to oast, with all its
myrlud sounds of contented Industry, aro
merely the economic orchestra of Civiliza
tion obeying the motions of the magic
baton of Demand wielded by the will
power of the civilized world. These lire
the marvelous melodies of modern com
merce. Hut tho liixplration whleh gives
voice to vuliju, and energizes the muny
tongued Industries of modern life, ad
vancements nnd Improvements, Is ex
eliungeiilily based upon demand, whleh Is
founded upon desire." There Is no desire
on I he part of any body, and above nil on
the putt of tho piesldent, for Mr. Mor
ton's opinions on this topic, and no ex
changeability bated upon demand; why,
then, this imin.v-tmiKU.nl Industry on his
purl? Why does he add his philharmonic
bniy to the economic orchestra of civiliza
tion? Who put him on the programme for
a solo to tho choruses of commerce? Let
him contrnct the currency, If ho can; but
fur heuven's nuke let him stop trying to
Inllato the Kngllsh lungungc. Wo never
reud over tho sentences quoted above
wtithout trembling at the thought that tho
vocabulary Is swelling to possible destruc
tionthat our native speech Is being
blown up like a bladder, nnd may burst ut
the next effort of the Trilby of the Cleve
lund cabinet.
AllK ECI ATED COM PLIM ENTS.
Wllkes-Darro Hecord: The Hcrnnton
Tribune hnsTroopened Its Wllkes-Uurre of
llce, whleh Is now In ohnrgo of tho veteran
Journalist, Colonel J. U. Laelur. The Rec
ord bids Its contemporary welcome. It Is
a clean, bright, up to date newspaper and
Its politics, asldb from the silver question,
Just right.
Wllkes-Barre News-Dealer: The Scran
ton Tribune has added a Wllkes-Hnrre de
partment to Its news service. Tho first let
ter uppenred yesterday. It was full of
"meat." Tho new department will, no
doubt, be a success.
Scranton Truth: Our enterprising con
temporary, the Scranton Tribune, has
added a Wllkes-Barre department to Its
many othor attractions, wlrh the veternn
Journalist, Colonel J. D. Eaclnr, In charge
of it. Tho Tribune Is to be congratulated
on securing the vnluuble services of Col
onel Laelur for this position. The Trib
une has also added unother column to
each of Its pnges, making them eight col
umns wide. These substantial Improve
ments cannot fall to give Increased Inter
est and value to our excellent contempo
rary. Colonel Laclar has long been
known as one of the ablest political writ
ers In the state, and we are glnd to know
that his graceful and forceful pen Is to
remain active In Scranton Journalism.
Why Don't You Explain Why ?
From the Chicago Times-Herald.
International bimetallism, on the con
trary, would represent an agreement be
tween the great Industrial and commer
cial nations of the globe as to the use of
silver and gold, and would, therefore, be
possible without danger to the Industrial
and commercial Interests or this country
Undoubtedly there Is a growing sentiment
In Europe and In this country In favor of
such an International agreement, but the
free sliver Idea onco onacted Into law In
the United States, International bimetal
lism would remain but an iridescent
dream, and the United States become once
more the pack horse of the world as ro
gnrds silver. The free silver notions now
being so widely disseminated are the
greatest obstacle to International bimet
allism.
Many Others llavo the Same Habit.
From the Washington Post.
Phoebe Couzlns continues to show an In
cllnutlon to lot the public In on the ground
floor of her grief.
IN LIGHTER VEIN.
RHYMES OF THE TIME:
In Judgment now 1 dally err,
As cycles pass me whirl;
I gnyly call, "Uood morning, sir!'
Then find It was a girl. Judge,
A nosegay rising to majestic height;
A feather with a musturdonic curl;
A wilderness of bows and luces light,
And somewhere 'neuth the fluffy heap,
a girl. Washington Star.
Behold tho felicitous father, '
Ills daughter's wedding when at,
Supporting the bride to the altar.
And the bride and the groom after that.
Itogursvllle (Tenn.) Review.
t
They sat together In the shade,
Ills arm about her wulut;
"Kiss me good-bye," he softly said,
"I must uwuy In haste."
"Oh, can't your let your duty wait?"
Bhe said In sweet distress;
"Oh, say you wore engaged till late
On er pressing business."
Brooklyn Llfo.
AN UTILITARIAN MAID:
She's a scientific maiden,
And her head with Bchemes is Inden
Far more thnn Edison has ever dreamed.
And her plan of trannportatlun
For the female population
Makes them angels, even though they're
unredeemed.
She has found for these enormous
Sleeves thnt often so alarm us
A use moro elevating than the fashions
plan;
For she pumps them full of gas,
And she floats aloft alns!
And serenely looketh down upon poor
man! Chicago Record.
LITTLE GLINTS:
It doesn't mnko any difference how good
tho theatrical business may be, the ballet
girls nlways have to kick for their pay.
I'hllndelplila Kecord.
Tipple Hud you known your husband
very long when you married him? Sibyl
What a foolish question! Do you think I'd
havo married him If I had? Truth.
A Cincinnati firm exhibits a chicken
with two pairs of eyes. The chicken with
four pairs of drumsticks and no liver is
familiar In every boarding house. Now
York Roeorder.
"Somo men," snld Uncle Kben, "hnb
or way ob innkln' yor think dut yoh lucks
In comprehension, when do leal faek Is
da-t dey Is coneealln' dah own tghuuec."
Wushlngtnn Star.
It Is going the rounds of the press that
the sultan's expenses pre C0,(H)0,000 per
annum. Tho press seem to forget thnt the
gentleman has more than one wife living
with him. Houston Dally Post.
Undo Philander (standing before show
ing gum slot machine) This hero thing's
heat. I put my penny In all right.
pushed tho little blzness an' tlict piece of
gum come down Inter eight, hut horo I've
been watchln' an' wultln' half a hour an
tho gol darn jigger hasn t begun to chew
It yet! I'lttsburg Dispatch. .
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajaochos, Ths
Tribuno Astrologer.
Astrolabe cast: 8.48 a. m. for Wednesday,
May 1, 1885.
1
Moon rises 9.28 . m.
A child that's born upon this day,
Will dote on base ball features.
And yo.ll at every "double play"
In chorus with the "bleachers."
He will be of the opinion that the symp
toms thus far displayed by the "Too Much
Johnson club" are favorable.
The man who Is most anxious to air a
griovanoe In the newspapers usually closes
up like a clam, when approached for In
formation concerning an item of real
news.
Ajocehus' Advice.
Scranton postmen In uniform will do
well to look out for the electric cars when
striking a messenger boy's gait on the
street, and avoid Indulgonce in gin fizz
unless the government sleuth Is invited to
share the canteen.
Uuy real estate today. You cannot miss
It If tho lund boomers speak the truth.
Enter not Into business arrangements in
which It will be necessary for a stranger
to finger your cash.
THERE is but one
way in the world to be sura
of having the best paint, and that
is to use only a well-established
brand of strictly pure white lead,
pure linseed oil, and pure colors.
The following brands are stand
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always absolutely
Strictly Pure
White Lread
"Atlantic," " Beymer-B&tunan,"
"Jowett," "Davla-Chatnbers,'
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These colors nre cold In one-pound cans, each
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of perfectly pure colors in the handiest form to
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Send ui a postal card and get our book on
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REDUCTION IN
CHAMBER SUITS.
To close s fow patterns of Chamber Buits,
which we ro dropping from onr regular stock,
we offer bults reduced as follows:
ItBnVCKD
l'KOM TO
742 Mahogany, $135 $110
725 " 190 150
100 In" 78 40
637 Curly Birch, 100 80
964 Oak, 65 45
1238 " 105 90
m " 32 28
1217 31.50 27
12275" 40 35
1226 " 36 30
202 " 32 27
214 " 37 30
The above Suits are first class In workman
Bhip and finish, and are chunp at our regular
prices.
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Connell,
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WASHINGTON ME.
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goods pertaining to the China,
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In Dinner,
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And Fancy Bric-a-Brac, Cut Glass
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community. This Is the verdict of 1 llOU?AlN Lli
Hot W?afher Adaptabilities.
In Wash Dress Goods we are showing specialties Sat
eens, Dimities, Percales, Galatea Cloths, Piques, Ducks, Swisses,
Jaconets Pongees, Challies, etc., etc.
In Ladies' Furnishings Shirt Waists in both Silk and Cot-
ton, Jersey Ribbed Underwear, Hosiery, Gloves, Corsets, Mus
lin Underwear, etc., etc.
In Gents' Furnishings The largest lines of Laundried and
Unlaundried Shirts and Neckwear; also Boys' Waists and
Blouses, and many other novelties.
Laces, Embroideries and Veilings, a monster stock, every
thing new.
$Sr"Rescue the Perishing,', one of the finest oil paintings oi the day, is now
on exhibition in our window. It was executed by Mr. John Fairmau, an artist of interna
tional repute. Don't miss seeing it.
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FOR
EQUAL
AND.
It is only necessary to visit our stores. Children's Department rc
plete with the most attractive Outfits for Boys. See our BOYS' COM
BINATION SUITS, i. e., Suit, Cup and extra Punts to match. Elegant
line of Furnishings.
" THE SAMTERS,"
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ARE THE BEST COASTERS.
Consequently they must run easier
than any other wheel. Call
and examine them.
C. M. FLOREY,
222 WYOMING AVENUE,
V. HI. C. A. BUILDING.
Good irnrdcn foils ftro itrenb help, irat
whore shall no cu to opt thorn? Not to ero
oerjr, not to a bakery, cortnlnly. Might ryt
n hnrdwnro gloro. llut what hardware ntnror
Ah, thoro you h.ivo It ! Why, FOOTS Ss
8HEAK CO.'S la ths store for garden tool u
well as hardware of rooft erory kiud. Every
kind, In foot, except second rate Btuff (noms
timoi rassiugfor hardware.) Come and select.
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Washington hn
The secret is out Not only do they
ay wc do wakslng for a living, but
that Me do it veil. So keep it going.
Tell everybody you see, but tell them
not to tell.
EUREKA .-. LAUNDRY,
332 Washington Ave.
MEN'S FINE SUITS,
MEN'S YEAR AROUND SUITS,
MEN'S SPRING TOP COATS,
TO TAILOR-MADE in
STYLES
RIGHT
PRICES.
SQUARE DEALING CLOTHIERS,
HATTERS AND FURNISHERS,
THIRD NATIONAL
BANK OP SCRANTON.
Stntomont March 5. 1893, called for by
tho Comptroller of tho Currency.
RESOURCES.
Loon $1,436,774.01
Overdrafts 2R9.74
United States llonds 80.000.00
Othor Bonds 20O.5S9.2O
Bonking House 28,074.40
Premium! on I'. S. Bonds,., 84.1.75
Duo from t. S. Treasurer... 7,000.00
Due from Dunks 203,701.18
Cash 150,870.80
2,267,000.10
LIABILITIES.
Capital $200,000.00
Surplus 260,000.00
Undivided IToftts 72,356.00
Cirsulatlon 71,800.00
Dividends Unpaid 520.50
Deposits 1,037,214.00
Duo to Banks 26,013.74
2,207,006.10
WILLI iM CONNELL, President.
GEO. 11. CATL1N, Vice President.
WILLIAM II. PECK, Counter.
DIRECTORS.
William Connell, Ucorge II. Cotlin,
Alfred Hand, James Archhnld, Henry
llelin, jr., William T. Smith, Luther
Keller.
Special attention given to business ao
counts. Interest Paid on time deposits.
SECURITY,
CONVENIENCE,
PRIVACY.
THE
Safe-Deposit Vaults
OF THE
IS
404 Lackawanna Ave,
OFFER
exceptional facilities for the safe
keeping of Securities.
Boxes of all sizes and prices.
Large, light and airy rooms for
the use and convenience of cus
tomers. Entrance Only Through the Bank.
DR. HILL & SON
ALBANY
DENTISTS.
Ret teeth, tS.EO; best set. : for gold caps
and teoth without plates, called crown and
brldKO work, call for prices and refer
ences. TONALGIA, for extracting teet
Without pain. No other. No gas.
OVER FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
BAZAAR
more than oxen," and when hitched
up with our popular team Quality,
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Rd
Stationery
lank Books,
Office Supplies.
EDISON'S MMEOSRAFH
And bupplies,
TYPE WRITERS' SUPPLIES
IN ALL ITS BRANCHES.
REYNOLDS BRO
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Stationers and Engravers,
317 LACKAWANNA AVE.
May 1, 1893.
We
Have Moved
to No. 121 North ;
Washington Avenue,
Next First
Presbyterian Church
New Store,
New Styles,
New Prices,
and
We Want
You for a
New Customer.
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FURNITURE DEALERS.
TafciLadUe' Solid French DoagoUKtdTMc,
com Boot delivered fne enftrhere in the CA-oa
receipt or mm uravr,
or Foetal Nets for H-tO.
Eqnale ererr way On Vwts
old la all retail stores for
flM. We saake this hoot
oumrres, therefore we guar-
mnlet toe ju, mi as war,
and If an one h sot aenatlaa'
we win nnaa we mwmj
Hndanotherpatr. uptra
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