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SPltASTON. AUOTST. 27. 1S'J5.
Senator Quny boasttd of his "vic
tory" too noon. Now that it has f alio J
to materialize, his deceived followers
are becoming decidedly wroth.
Autocracy Clone Daft.
That many Republicans who have
hitherto boon rated as friendly to Sen
ator Quay are coming to a true compre
hension of the Indefensible character
of his present flsht on constitutional
irnverntnent In this state is proved by
fie well authenticated report of steady
looses from his list of delegates. The
conversion to the administration side
of certain members of the Erie, Indiana
and Allegheny delegations formerly
claimed by the senator, following the
written deliverance of Cambria's three
delegates in behalf of Hastings nnd
fair play, is simply a hint of changes
that will come to light within the next
thirty hours, and that will leave Mr.
Quay and his revolutionary adherents
hcpelessly In the minority.
The truth is that the sober Judgment
of conservative and responsible Repub
licanism stands today appalled before
the desperation which the Quay men
are exhibiting. Never before since the
beginning of American politics has in
dividual ambition gone to the revo
lutionary extremes or hazarded the
ruinous expedients that have lately
come to the front In the conduct of
Senator Quay's canvass. The boldness
and braienness of the Quay hench
men's open nullification of party law
and the unbridled license -of their
shouted threats against decent and
seemly party precedent betoken condi
tions to which no honest Republican
.will or can yield his assent. The fury
of this insane raid on party elf-re-spect,
unless checked and checkmated
by steadfast action, will simply pros
trate the party In the dust of deserved
dt-ftat.
Fortunately, the manhood of the
party Is rapidly asserting Itself, in a
way that Quay .and Quaylsm will not
be permitted to misunderstand.
The Quay crowd are rapidly demon
strating the truth of the assertion that
the Hastings campaign was a contest
for fair play.
The Waller Case.
It It to be hoped that rumor speaks
truly when It Intimates that the Cleve
land administration has at last decid
ed t peremptorily demand the release
uf John L. Waller, an American citi
zen now imprisoned In France. The
facts in connection with Mr. Waller's
arrest form a strange chapter of ag
gression and cowardice aggression on
the part of France and cowardice on
the part of the American state depart
ment. Thty are concisely set forth In
a Washington dispatch to the Chicago
Tlmes-Merald, from" which w6 herewith
condense them:
John L. Waller, a colored citizen of
Kansas City, Kan., was In February,
1M1, appointed t'nlted States consul to
Tamatave, Madagascar. Waller1, who Is
represented to be a man of good educa
tion and considerable business ability,
had been active in Kansas Republican
politics and his appointment was asked
of President Harrison by the ntlre
Kansas delegation In congress. Waller
went to 'Madagascar, taking his family
with him, and remained; there until
late In 1893, when his successor, a Dem
ocrat named Wetter, relieved him.
His Me on the island was not an easy
one, and he suffered many .Indignities,
of which he was compelled to complain
to his successor, Consul Wetter. After
going out of office It appears Waller de
cided to remain In (Madagascar a while
on private business and in pursuance of
his plans obtained a concession, em
bracing an area of 225 square miles of
fine timber lands, from the local gov
ernment. Madagascar la occupied by
the Hovas, a race of colored people
akin to those on the near-by African
mainland. They are reasonably weil
civilized and conduct their own affairs,
although France, toy a sort of military
occupation, claims a quasl-ownershlp.
The governor of Tamatave, through
whom Waller obtained his concession,
Is a native iHova. The evident richness
of this concession at once attracted the
attention of the French. According to
the story told by P. H. Bray, a son-in-law
of Waller, who came home from
Madagascar In May last, the ex-consul's
arrejt was merely because he had 'ob
tained this concession. Evert while the
negotiations were in progress the
(French authorities In 'Madagascar
showed their Jealousy of the transac
tion. The sis and promised profit of
the. concession seemed to annoy them,
and from the moment the negotiations
were concluded, according to Waller's
friends, the iFrenoh . began , to . devise
means for getting him out of (he way.
They sent word to; him that If he
wouldtaRta concession elsewhere on the
Island they Would 'ee (hat Ifii got 400
Instead of M5 square miles,, although
K was not near so- rich as the land he
had already obtained. TheseJJatter In
eluded sugar and coffee land! and fine
timber, such as mahogany And rose
wood, besides rubber trees. Waller re
fused to live up or trade his concession,
and a French representative at once
complained to the local authorities that
aa France had not been consulted. It
would be displeased to learn of the con
cession. The Hovas governor paid no
attention to the French protests, hold
ing that France had no right to Inter
fere. Then It was that a pretext was
manufactured for Waller's arrest. He
was placed under surveillance and let
ters written by him were intercepted.
The French authorities claimed that
they were auch as were Intended to In
cite the local government to rebellion.
Waller declared they were merely busi
ness letters written to local authorities
relative to his concession. The French
pretended to find warrant In them for
the prosecution of Waller as a spy and
an abettor of the rebellious Hovas. and
he was at once arrested. This was last
winter, and his trial by a French coflrt
martial was ordered. Before his arrest
the (French had taken every opportun
ity to Insult and assault him. They
sent notices to his proposed sublessees
of the land declaring that his lease,
which was for thirty years and had
been duly signed by the proper local
authorities. Including the governor of
Tamatave, was not good. Later he was
assaulted by French sailors and an ef
fort made to kill him. At the time of
his arrest the officers serving the war
rant refused to read it to him or to ex
plain rhe nature of the charges against
him. They led him away and lucked
him up for ten days; they refused to let
him communicate with his family or
see the American consul.
He finally employed a Frenchman
named Oerredeau as his attorney and
the day before the trial the French au
thorities disbarred him from practice.
The trial by military court lasted only
throe h.mrs. He had been examined In
secret In the prison and the testimony
was not made public. Waller was
found guilty and sentenced to twenty
years' Imprisonment, and his son-ln-law,
Ilray, who had been associated
with him In the concession, was or
dered to leave the country. Waller was
taken to France In the English tihtp
I'ml.izl. chained to the deck of the ves
sel. It Is claimed by Bray that Waller
was treated like a dog, his only food
being a little rice and water, although
ho offered to pay for better accommo
dations. Early in April Waller was put
In prison at Marseilles and he Is still
in confinement. Jiis friends promptly
laid the case before the state depart
ment, P. H. Bray, his son-in-law, mak
ing a trip all the way from Madagascar
for that purpose, after having visited
Paris and explained the matter to Am
bassador Eustis. Ever since that time
the state department has been os
tensibly working on the case, but it
was not until a few days ago that the
department showed any signs of life In
the premises.
It Is needless to say that If the fore
going facts shall be officially confirmed,
the obligation will rest on this govern
ment not only to procure Mr. Waller's
Immediate release, but also to exact
from France sudh reparation for the
indignity as shall effectually discour
age Its repetition.
By his revolutionary tactics In at
tempting to seize the Republican or
ganization by main force, regardless
of party sentiment and party custom.
Senator Quay Is proving hlmseir to be
exactly what his opponents In this eon
test have contended that he Is a dic
tator who, if lie cannot rule, will not
hesitate to do his best to ruin his
party. Mr. Quay has, within the past
few hours, Immeasurably weakened
his hold upon the confidence of the
Republican masses; and his defeat to
morrow will mark the beginning of a
new and better era In Pennsylvania
politics. It will be an era of freedom
and fairness, with leadership reduced
from Its hitherto autocratic proportions
and party sentiment, for the first time,
elevated to the plane of party law. At
such a consummation, every true Re
publican will most heartily rejoice.
What of the Day After?
There Is a good deal more talk Just
now about bribe-offering and bribe
taking at Harrisburg than is good for
the Republican, party, whichever side
wins. The Impression that a stranger
to American politics would receive
from a' contemporary perusal of many
of the newspapers published In this
state would bo that the art of honest
government had at least temporarily
become lost in Pennsylvania, and that
In Its place had been substituted a kind
of public auction block for the. barter
and sale of delegates. t . . .
We are not endeavoring to make a
partisan- argument when we say that,
such an Impression, notwithstanding
that It would be a natural Inference
from much printed and verbal rumor
mongering at this time, would, be an
unfair reflection upon certainly as
many as nlne-tonths of the men who
will tomorrow represent the majority
party of the commonwealth In Its stato
convention. The percentage of hypo
crites In church, we doubt not, Is fully
as large as Is the percentage of venal
ity In political conventions; and yet
this does not say that Christianity Is
not true, In the main, to Its professions
of faith.
Politicians of a certain 1lnd give
little heed to the day after, They look
only toward Immediate results. Such
short-sightedness, In the present - In
stance, overlooks the fact that after
Quay, Gllkeson and Hastings are all
eliminated from public life, the Re
publican party will be expected to sur
vive them, and retain the confidence of
the reputable masses. This thought
should operate to repress some of the
loose and,' In the main, unfounded hul
labaloo over the corrupt use of money
In the present fight, which, while prob
ably not altering a vote now, may be
the moans of losing several when the
candidates of tomorrow look for sup
port at the polls. .
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Rumor yesterday connected a prom
inent Quay Republican now holding a
state office with an attempt to ''per
suade" two Luzerne delegates ' to de
sert Hastings and vote for Quay. We
trust that the rumor was untrue; and
we are sure that If It wasn't, the over
ture signally, failed.
Womaa'a Work at Atlanta. ,
In another place this morning we
publish the call for a meeting at the
Toung Women's Christian association
rooms on next Friday afternoon of the
women of Lackawanna county who are
interested in sending an adequate ex
hibit from this community to the forth
coming Atlanta exposition. But little
time remains for action in the premises,
and It Is earnestly hoped that such a
representation will be present on Fri
day afternoon as will cause the desired
end to be worthily attained.
The second state In the Union owes
it to itself that Its exhibit at the ap
proaching exposition shull cover more
than the trade-seeking Industries which
are represented at such places largely
for the advertisement there Is In It.
To be complete, Pennsylvania should
reveal to the friendly people of the new
south and to all who shall assemble at
Atlanta something of the abundant re
finements of its home life and some
thing of the dextrous handiwork of the
queens of its happy households. Shop
wares are udmlrublc In their place, but
It iti not to be overlooked that true
pii'tness Is best Indicated along thoso
subtler Hues of endeavor which educat
ed womanhood has pre-empted as her
own.
Under the skilful direction tf Lacka
wanna's gifted representative upon the
exposition commission, Mrs. Huriiet
Cluy Penman, the women of Scranton
and its environs ought to have little
dltliculty In arranging fur such a parti
cipation In the good wrk at. Atlanta
this whiter as will forever disabuse the
people of the south of the Impression
that the Pennsylvania coal fields are
the ubldtng place chiefly of outlaws and
savages.
It now appears that the reported at
tempt to bribe Delegate Surver, of
Westmoreland county, was only a
Democratic neighbor's crude practical
joke. The Democrats thought lVy
saw In It an opportunity to help Sena
tor Quay and hence made it public.
COMMENT OF THE MESS.
Tho Tacts as to Wyoming.
Wllkes-Ilarre Record: "Mr. Watres Is
clearly misinformed as to the condition of
aftaii's In Wyoming county. DeleKiitu
Northrop has never insisted upon going
contrary to the expressed wishes of the
Kepubllcans of that county." On the con
trary, he has all the time said that he
should as far as he was able represent the
views of the Republicans of his district,
but contends (hat the action of the guay
Hes is not 'the action of tho party which
elected him, that it Is 'simply aTontwi
tlon on the part of the bosses,' and that
'the people have not npoken' In tho mat
ter. The truth Is that the convention
which met recently to eleot a delegate was
called by the Quay faction after all the
qiiextlons at issue has been given wide pub
licity, that the Quay forces were thor
oughly stirred up and urged to turn out to
tho caucuses, that the adminlstrationists
Ignored the call and advised their adher
ents to stay away from the polls, hold
ing that there was no authority or prece
dent for the call, and that there was no
necessity for re-electing or instructing
Delegate Northrop. Under these 'condi
tions the caucuses were held and .the con
vention did its work. Now If that con
vention had any legitimate purpose It
was to ascertain tho wishes of a majority
of the Republicans of that county on the
pending Issue, wnii It Is fair to presume
that, lifter all the contention nnd asser
tions of th Quay followers, and the thor
ough warming up which the county com
mittee claims there was in every election
precinct of the county for their man, all
who did not attend ithe caucuses wore not
for Quay. In other words, to make good
their assertions, they were bound to se
cure a majority of the party to act with
them. And what is the result? The coun
ty polls ordinarily in round numbers about
2,000 Republican votes, and from the best
Information obtainable there were voting
at the primaries for the convention less
than 21)0. or only one-tenth of the party!
Mnjor nardwell was chosen to represent
this one-tenth, and Delegate Northron will
represent the other nine-tenths of the
Republicans of Wyoming county In the
stnte convention, to meet In Harrlsburg.
With this i-howlng there Is no reason to
rear that Kurus Northrop will misrepre
sent the people of his county."
Tho Troth of tho Matter.
Altooma Tribune: "It ought to be clear
ly understood that Mr. Quay's contention
that he Is being persecuted by men who
have been the recipients of favors at his
hands Is not trife; that, at a matter of
fact, he has been the aggressor In every
Instance. Klrst he sent word from his
homo in the little town, of Heaver, In the
western part of tho state, that he wanted
one of his henchmen. Senator Penrose,
elected mayor of Philadelphia. The people
slmplv wouldn't have It and David Mar
tin, the local leader, was wise enough to
yield to public sentiment, thus preserv
ing Republican control of the city. That
was the beginning. From that moment
Quay has hated Martin; hated him simply
because ho preferred to obey his fellow
nitlzpns rather that the Reaver boss,
loiter di when the apportionment bills had
hctn urged by the governor and were In a
fair way to become laws, tti obedience to
the constitutional mandate, Senator Quay,
imagining that a new apportionment
would curtail his power, determined that
apportionment should fall and an obedi
ent legislature ratified his orders. That
was an assault lipo,tho governor, the first
move In the 'crushing' process. Then
come the third step, one which hs con
vulsed the Rnnubllean party and threat
ens disaster. Chairman Oilkeson hn been
a faithful and efficient leader. There was
not a whisper ogainst him.-- Suddenly
Senator Quay In pursuance of his pur
pose) to crush any man who refused to he
his eli Joe t slave, announced that he would
like to he. chairman, and the fight began.
Should damngn come to the narty It will
be due to the selfishness of Mr. Quay and
to no other cause." i
Quay and the Judges.
Philadelphia Rulletln: "When Governor
HHtlng made his appointments of Judges
of the new Superior court In June Inst the
list was received with general approval In
tho state by fair-minded men of all par
ties. Nowhere was a criticism heard from
fumy resiionslble source s (Tec ting their
character, their ability, and their fitness
for Judicial duty. It Is now freely Inti
mated In the Quny organs that three of
the governor's nppolntoes have Incurred
the personal displeasure of the senator,
nnd that nt least one of them, if not all
three, will bo marked as his victims If
they shall not lniluan.ee their delegato In
his Interest. This Is another of tho
schemes which will b employed In the
desperate efforts to secure a tnajdrlty of
tho convention, and It Is the most offen
sive! of them ell In Its purpose of making
the JurtgeshUn In the 'tribunal a political
commodity In tho trafrto for delegates,
Kvery Republican who has regard for the
integrity of the bench and who would see
the new court, as constituted by the gov
ernor, maintained, without the cloud of
scandal hanging ovor It, will set his face
sternly against any attempt to pJnish
Judges) who will not enter Into an Intrigue
with Mr. Quay. The threats that Judge
Wlllnrd and, possibly Judges Reeder and
Orlndy will be 'turned down' cannot bo
executed; but they lllustralu the tactics
of Quaylsm, and more than ever vindicate
Governor Hastings and his friends In their
movement for freeing the; party from the
yoke of the one-man power," ,
The Position of fudge Nee dor'.
Easton Free Press: "Judge Keeder Is
an appointee of the administration The
secretary of the commonwealth is a cKI
sen of Northampton county.. The I merest;
therefore, of this county and ot Judge
Reeder was ami is linked with the admin
istration. This is the situation as under
stood throughout the state as well as n
this county. Judge Reeder Is credited
with having named the four delegates.
Their action In the state convention will
be charged to him, It any of the dele
gates shall be false to they Instructions
and to him, who will be accused of breach
of faith, of trimming, of getting under
ooverT .Not the delegates, but the odium
must be borne by Judge Reeder. If nomi
nated by the state convention by such
means, he presents himself' before the
people for toe suffrage in aa unenviable
tight It will appear as If. for the purpose
of securing a nomination, be played fast
and loose with his friends. It is not nec
essary to tell the people of this county
tha-t Judge H'eeder is uot that kind ot a
man. lie has nJways been upright and
faithful In political associations and con
duct. No man, much Ires a delegate under
Instructions, has a right to place him In
any other attitude before the people of this
commonwealth. Judge Reeder'a Interest
extends beyond a nomination. He must
be elected. To that end, he has a right
to demand that there shall not bo Imposed
ujHin him a reputation of double-dealing
and untrustworthy conduct."
' Colonel Wr.tr.s Mistake.
Philadelphia Press: "Kx-Lteutennnt
Governor Watres, who is a member of the
state committee, is reported to have sa d
that Mr. Northrop, the regularly elected
delegate from Wyoming, ought to be un
seated ami the Quay claimant enrolled.
This must bo a mistake. If Mr. Wotres
said anything of tlm kind It must have
been without a knowledge of the facts and
without consideration. No honorable nnd
fair-minded man who cures unything fur
his reputation would midcslandiugly take
such a position. There nro contested
ruses with two reasonable aides, but this Is
not one of them. Mr. Northrop was regu
larly elecli, I delegate; tho election stood
for months absolutely unqili-sllone I;
when the present issue nppenred Mr.
Northrop declared himself fur Hastings;
the Quay people thereupon called new
1. rlmar.es of their own; the Hustings peo
ple refused to recognise their validity, and
net one-sixth of the Uepubllcans part.ci
pated. There Is no room for argument
on these facts. To state the ease Is to
d monsitr.ite Mr. Northrup'B right. There
nro potltlcliirn without character or stand
ing who muv defy reason nnd trample on
right. Mr. Watres cannot afford to do It.
1 le has n character to keep und a charac
ter to lose."
Ills Arguments arc Convincing.
Wllkcs-Harre Times: "Hon. John Stew
art, president Judge uf Franklin county,
has been Interviewed by the Scruntuti
Tribune, giving his Idea of a plan for the
ipurillcatlun of elections, ills proposition
Is that purty candidates shall be nomi
nated, not at conventions called for tho
purpose, but directly, by the people, at
the primaries. As u remedy for the caro
lossivss and small at tendance at 111" pri
maries h proposes that a vote at a pri
mary bo mndu a premier iiualltkullon for
a vote at the election. While neither of
these propositions Is entirely new, the
Judge's arguments are convincing."
What He Would l.iko Most.
Wllkes-Burre Record: "Tho Quay men
of Lackawanna county are going to tho
state convention In a special ear. The old
mmn will, no doubt, appreciate their
friendship, but he would appreciate tho
dulegutes more."
An improvement t'pon Cameron.
Philadelphia Press: "The Waynesboro
fla.ette, regarding Quay as beaten, and,
therefore, without power to re-elect Sena
tor Cameron, nominates Judge John Stew
art, of Franklin, for l.'nltc-d fcUates Sena
tor." TRIE TU HIS CONVICTIONS.
From the Scranton Truth.
Today's issue of the Philadelphia Press
contains an InteresKng sketch of our es
teemed townsman Mr. WMIum Connell,
from the pen of Colonel J. D. I.aclar.
The sketch Is admirable In every respect,
and is accompanied by a double-column
picture of Mr. Connell, who Is today one
of the most prominent figures In Penn
sylvania politics. The Truth has differed
from Mr. Ccu.nell In the pending contest,
but this has not in the least altered Its
opinion of his sterling manhood and his
rugged honesty of conviction. Ho stands
for what he believes to be right. He stands
the Truth does, and whichever way the
battle goes the splendid light Mr. Con
nell has made for Uovernor Hastings will
remain as one of the notable features of
the contest.
the Waller case.
Tn connection with the editorinl In an
other column bearing UKn. this case, the
following expression of opinion by the
Chicago Times-Herald will further Illum
ine the subject: "The crcso for tho French
authorities," it says, "has had a sus
picious look from the start. It has been a
high-handed outrage uon the rights of
an American citizen which It would havo
been lgnomlnniis on the part of the gov
rrrntnent of the United States to Ignore.
The refusal of the French authorities to
produce the charges and tho evidence on
which Waller was arrested has been
equivalent to confession of their ground
lessness. "The fact Is. the whole affair has bean
a piece of spite work toward the United
States for having declined to acknowl
edge the rightfulness of the French at
tempt to bulldoze the llova government
of Madagascar and practlcnlly destroy Its
independence, under pretense of a French
'protectorate.' The government of Great
Britain, conniving with the French au
thorities, has consented to have its con
suto in Madagascar take their exequatur
from tho French resident; tho United
States, faithful to Its treaty relations with
the government of the llova queen, has
refused thus to treat that government as
the vassal of France. The original de
mand of Franco was that the Madagascar
government should allow the French resi
dent to conduct the "foreign relations 'of
the Hova kingdom; hut, as Rlbot, the
French minister of foreign affairs, frankly
stated In explanation to his associates at
home, "wo shall presently manage littln
by little to edge our control of home af.
fairs In the lslnn.1. ' That explains thj
while case against Waller.
"The queen's government, without ask
ing permission of the French resident,
had grnnted certain very valuable 'con
cessions' to Waller for the development of
a large and well located tract of timber
land, containing rubber and other pnr
ticitlarly useful trees. It Is to dispossess
Waller of these rights nnl effectually to
got rid of him that charges were trumped
up nnd his trinl before a French court
martial at Tamatave was hurried through.
There Is good reason to believe that at
last. If not from the first, the president,
fWrotnry Olney and Minister Uustls nre
fully alive tn tho situation and the plain
duty of our government."
joNr.s to tiif. huscm:.
Won. B. fl. Jones hna gone to Harrls
burg, where he will remain until the pollt
leal war now raging Km fought to a finish.
H.ls influence will bo exerted for Senator
Matthew Stanley Quay
Whern faces were blanched wMh fear
And brows were swathed In sweat
There now Is shed the Jovful tear
And heard the hopeful bet.
For Jones, flam Jones, of Carbondntc,
All rendy for tho frny,
Comes thundering down the shivering rail
II I bent for Matthew Quay.
Useless, now, Dan HasMngs' plendlng
Vain, forsooth, Magee's bold c row
Wit h Jones, our Jones, tho Quay men lead
ing, O'.lkcson's cake Is surely dcuga,
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Dally Horoscope Drawn by AJnochns, The
Trlhnno Astrologer.
Astrolabe cast: X.ln n, m.f for Tuesday,
Aug. 27, IS!).'..
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The tiliMicts are murky! Ho beware of
the kid
That winks on this day with drowsy eye
lid. He may turbulent be, it allowed his own
way.
And as skillful at blurting as a henchman
of "Kway."
Tho number of prominent politicians
who are i'not Jn" the present battle con
tinues to Increase with nlarming rapidity.
Collector Herring still contends that it
Is too hot to talk politics even to the cold
corpse of Lackawanna Democracy.
Thero seems to be an undercurrent of
woe running through the rejoicing of
Quayltes ever viotorlos claimed tn ad
vance, AJaochits' Advloo.
' When storms threaten thee, follow the
examplo of Undo Joseph, and take a sail
before the bllzsards arrive.
Oct In line If you wish to attend Ma
jor Penman's school of Lackawanna poli
tics. It will soon be vacation time.
A! AWFUL 8IOI1T.
Her mouth was like a puckered rose,
So Innocent and sweet,
Whose pouting lips In soft repose '
Looked good enough to eat; , '
.But oh, kind heaven, drive away
My soull-dlatorHng fearsl 1 ) :
I that dimpled mouth one day
When hogging roasting ears!
t v -Cleveland Plata Dealer,
GOLDSK
if
LEND
Not to pour into them a tale of woe, but to fill them with a stock of useful
information, if you will but listen.
PO YOU
know that we have the largest and best stocked CARPET and UPHOLSTERY DEPAHHW
MENTS in the city. Our prices are known to be lower than any of our competitors.
YOU WILL
certainly want some refurnishing done on your return from your summer sojourn.
. LET US HELP YOU.
OUR UPHOLSTERY DEPARTMENT
is replete with NOVEL EFFECTS in both HEAVY and LACE CURTAINS. Single
and double width silks for drapery work. BROCATELLES, DAMASKS, PLUSHES,
CORDUROYS, SPUN SILKS, TAPESTRIES, and in fact every known material used
for upholsteriug, of both foreign and domestic manufactures. Grille work (special designs),
made to harmonize in color and style with iuterior decorations, also in stock from 9 to 15
inches.
our new brass extension' pole with extension brackets, the biggest novelty of the season.
Extension rods for sash curtains, 44 inches long, 12 I-2C.
WALLS,
ceilings and floors treated with the new COLONIAL DENIMS in either plain or figured;
also, curtains made of same materials.
CRETONNE
Room fitted up, ladies' dressing cases decorated, brass beds draped, and in fact anything
pertaining to home decoration done by experienced workmen at reasonable prices. Would
be pleased to submit designs and estimate at any time.
ASK
to see the PATENT ADJUSTABLE fllRROR to be attached to dressing case or gas
bracket, the handiest thing for either lady or gentleman ever introduced.
ill! his,
if
We have on hand between twenty
and thirty Baby Carriages, which
we will ofl'er for the next ten day s
at a discount of
20 PER CENT
THE
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LIMITED.
422 LACKAWANNA AVENUE.
11, (W
Clarence M. Florey, the
sporting goods dealer of Wyo
ming avenue, has devised a
scheme to keep the boys in
terested in the matter of base
ball. With every ten cent
ball or bat he will now give a
fine cap and belt, which are
uniform. Among the hustlers
is Mr. Florey.
STEKK CLEAR
of the rocks. To run on them would
be destruction to the boat Rocks and
reefs, though, never made bo many
wrecks as high prices. Steer clear of
these. If you need anything in the
line of
HATS
CONRAD
Can Stiit Yoii.
THAT WONDERFUL
WEB
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Established 1866.
the
PIANOS
At a time when many manu
facturers and dealers are making
the most astounding statements
against the merits and durability
of inferior Pianos, intending pur
chasers should not fail to make
critical examination of the above
instruments.
EL C. RICKER
general Dealer in Northeast
era Pennsylvania.
Now Telephone Exchange Building, US
Adama Ave., Scranton, Pa.
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MAJESTIC OIL HEATERS are Uw raootf
nized lradar. Wrlto (or Agency.
FOOTE A 8HEAR CO.,
Jobbers end Retailers.
f.1oosic Powder Co,
Booms 1 ud 2 ComsoTMltli Bit" J,
SCRANTON, PA,
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POWDER
ICADJO AT lfOOSIOANO RUSS
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DATE.
Owr 26,000 in Usi.
Genuine
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The Best of Them
All In the
ZERO
Porch Chairs and Rockers,
Fins Reed Chairs and Rockers,
A Few Baby Carriages Left atCcst
Cedar Chests, Moth Proo& 14
Three Sizes.
Hill&
Connell.
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WISHING
.TON lit
DR. HILL & SOU
ALBANY
DENTISTS.
let teeth, K.H; btet aet, M: for teM eM
and tMth without plates, calladoroirn and
bride work, call tor prlcM and rata .
bom TONALOIA, far itraoUa teal
wltaout paia. No atker. No gaa.
OVZ9 rgST KATXONAli BAXS.
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