I "I THE SCRANTON TTIIBUNE TUESDAY . MORNING-, APRIL 28. 1896. Dally and Weekly. No Sunday EdlUoo. fublUlitd at St-ranton, !., hr Tba Tribune ree. Ibhlujr Cooiiiany. tw Tock Offlot: Tribune Hjlldim, Freak a Cray, Muaio, t. P. KINGSBURY. Put. aaa Gc'i Mas. C. M. HIPPLC. Scc- on. Taiae. LIVV S. RICHARD, Cairo.. W. W. DAVIS. Buincn Manaota. W. W. YOUNGS, Ao. Maaa'a. IKTSMO AT TTI3 TOSTOFFirS AT 3CBT3M. PA.. A8 SaCOND-CLUS UAH. UATTSB. "PnnlHT' Ink." Ihe rerosnlnxl Journal lor adcr-ll-era, rnlM Tint Scbantii Thihi'NK aa the brat dvcnlKluir medium In .N'ortjuiu J'enusylv. ite. "1'rluti'n' lk" knows. Tmt Wffki.y Tmm sE, IviimI Every Halunlar, contains Twelve Handsome lum, with an Abmi dance of Neva, rii'.icm, il Well-Mlted Miscel lany. For Those Who I aniot. Take Tim I).ilv Tuntt-NK, the Weekly 1 Uecnminentletl fta the Ileal llarfcutn UoUi. Only (I a Year, in Advaaca Taa VaiatNa la for Sale TMIr at the ft, L. and W. fetation at Hobokeo. SCRANTON. APRIL 28, 1SS6. The Tribune is tho only Kcpublieun Caily In Lackawanna County. REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET. f oncrcssmcn-nt-l.argc, GAM'SIIA A. UltUH', of Susquehanna, hAMI H. A. HAVIAI'OK T, of Inc. I lection lny, Nov. 10. Hi-nther Siiit?crly, In addition to want ing the tfnlil standard. uYiiiumls "tho Kradnnl iiiyinciit and li'tlivmcnt of tho Krceiihiirk and tieusuiy notes, and nui-h jnov'lslon for iulistitut bank mirri'iii y, rruYrtmilili! In gold, Issui'd under fi-di'tal supervision, us dial! tiu't-t the business di'tiiand for credit money and assure convertibility and safety." It In unneeessnry to add that Brother SltiRerly is a bunker. The Turning Point. Major Haruly advises the public to watch the Illinois Republican conven tion thiH week. "If It (lends on inln structecl delegation to St. Louis, It will mean that McKinley, while still In the lead, will have to Hunt tu. tile bitter end for the nomination. If Illinois Instructs for McKinley, It will mean Ills nomina tion at St. Louis on the first ballot, and ii'ihnis by acclamation. The fltfht will be practically won." This Is to all appearances a correct fslimnte of that convention's Impor tance. If Illinois should ro for McKin ley It certainly looks as If that would settle the whole discussion. Kor then, the only solid ground remaining to the r.ppusltion would be lown, part of Penn sylvania, part of New York and part of New KiiKlHtid. Tim carry I nj; of Illinois by McKinley would be the signal for a general disintegration of "the field." Delegatus now listed in the "nntl" col umn would quickly seek shelter. The magic of success would Inspire new con fidence and nothing short of a miracle could prevent the Ohio man's nomina tion on at least the second if not tho llrst ballot at St. Louis. Hepotts cimccrnitift the probabilities at Spiinglleld are conllicting. Ruth the McKinley and CulUim forces claim to be able to ligure otit, a majority. The lie Kinleyites. in round numbers, fall 100 Instructed delegates short of having a pledged plurality. They InRist that they have control of a sulllclont number of uninstructed delegates to give them the organization of the convention, but the Cullom men deny this, Inasmuch as the Cullom fight was against Instruc tions, It would seem upon the surface as If the number of Instructed delegates measured the limit of the McKinley strength, but the point at Issue has as sumed such Importance that the Mc Kinley managers may be holding some thing back. They are good politicians and nothing will be spared to make the buttle a memorable one. i It Is our belief that the Illinois con vention will be captured by the Cullom men, but the contest is too close to warrant serious predictions. Arbitration with England Is all right; but the ability to enforce the verdict when In our favor Is a desirable con comitant. What Next ? If we In this country are to be kept permanently on the gold standard, with no particular coinage :of silver ex- , -l'. in luc iciiiuic tun hlllKliey Ul UI1 International agreement, save only the small present activity of the mints In coining subsidiary Bllver; and If, added to this, the circulation of currency among tho people, now $162,000,000 less than It was two years ago, Is to be In the near future still further abridged by the retirement of the $300,000,000 worth of present outstanding green backs, according to the programme of Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Carlisle and the various banking associations, the ques tion must sooner or later be answered how the people in the sparsely settled south, southwest and west, the people where bank books are few and the check system of doing business there fore little in vogue, are to be accom modated with money sufficient to de velop their resources, move their crops and pay off their farm mortgages. It does not stand to reason thut a major ity of tho voters of this country will be content to try to fit a growing popula tion to a stationary or, rather, a con tracting currency one moment longer than is absolutely necessury. The free Ih'er coinage scare may seem to make uch an anomalous experiment neces sary Just at this time, but with that scare once removed there will mani festly soon need to be an energetic overhauling of our currency system with a view to securing In It greater elasticity and a safer foundation. The defeat of the silver extremists Is only half tho battle. It removes on dan ger, but In doing so It calls Into re newed prominence ;;another danger, that will demand for Its removal some thing more practical in the way of statesmanship than a parrot-ltke repe tition of tho misnomer, "sound money." It Is useless to call our present money sound so long as It takes' five dollars' .wvria vfc Bwveruiuvni ueut to Keep una dollar's worth of gold from being bailed out of the United States treasury for speculatl-ve export to foreign countries. That durtns the second Cleveland ad ministration this republic has been forced to incur. In principal and Inter est,' over $500,000,000 of Indebtedness In order to sustain the $100,000,000 gold re serve upon which the credit of the Jl.S-'S.OOO.OOO of our currency rests Is a fact too well known to the American people to rettuiie reiteration. Nor can a currency lie considered sound which olfeis no assurance that its total vol ume may not at any moment become, by reason of the hoarding of gold, added to the unprovided for growth In population, entirely inauVaunte to the demands of business. In the year l!-'93 It Is estimated that the total of t'.ie money sums involved In the business transactions In the t'nited States ex ceeded $10,000,000,0(10; in other words, that every dollar of money in circula tion in that year had ilutitif? the year to discharge from $10 to S30 worth of Indebtedness, not by cheek means bu by the actual passage from band to hand of coin or paper money. The year 1XB.1 was a bad business year; collec tions were notoriously poor mid profits fell to a minimum in m arly nil lines of enterprise. Is it unreasonable to sup pose that hud the money supply of the people of the L'nited States in that .year been larger than it was, collections would have been easier, profits more satisfactory and the opportunities of employment at remunerative wages more numerous? T1V tide having apparently turned in favor of the gold standard and against the coinage of silver, even of protected American silver. It will be In order for our great llnancierH to give their attention to the obvious need of the times for an ampler currency. If there be not gold enough, let them rig up a supplementary currency of paper, so secured as to command throughout the world Us face value. Let them prove that by sound money they do not mean scarce money, but money nil equate in quantity to the growing de mands of the foremost producing na tion In the world. If they can establish this fact, bimetallists will doubtless stand ready and unxlous to welcome the single standard. The discovery that the Xewarkpas tor who lately raised a "Stop, thief!" cry against Rev. Dr. Morgan, of New York, Is himself a plagiarist does not surprise us. The stone throwers of our day are not more apt to be devoid of sin than were those whom Christ re buked. The Raines Law at Work. Reports from New York state with reference to the Raines law, which has now been In operation for nearly a month, Indicate thut a change is taking place in the public temper with refer ence to this niueh-dlscussed measure, liefore It went into effect there were few persons!!! the Kmplrestate who did not have avowed or secret misgivings that It would prove a serious disap pointment, While the brewers and dis tillers were, for a time almost frantic. They argued that In the whole state 60, 000 persons would be thrown out of work by the law, to compete with other labor, and predicted that $100,000,000 a year would not cover the shrinkage In liquor receipts, with its consequent cur tailment of the market for corn, lice, barley nnd hops. They nfl'ected to foresee, also, a loss to the cigar trade of ?:io,(mo,ooo a year, fnllintr mostly upon tlie labor employed In stripping tobacco nnd wrapping cigars; nnd tried to frighten the furniture dealers of the state by holding before them the spectre of lost millions of dollars in the furni ture trade, by reason of the law's clos ing of many saloons. Hut as we said at the beginning, there are already evidences of a fluctuation of opinion. When Mr. J. A. Lansing, of this city, last week made a business tour of the leading New York Interior cities, BUch as Utica, Albany, Troy, Syracuse and Rochester, he learned by casunl Inquiry that the law was work ing decidedly less hardship than had been anticipated, and found that it was winning over to Its advocacy many of Its bterest early opponents. We by chance observe an Interview In the Washington Post with Judge C. W. Meade, of New York city, which con firms the accuracy of Mr. Lansing's ob servations. Says Judge Meade: "In the beginning It looked as though the Raines law was going to be so distaste ful to the public that the Republican party would be made to suffer for Its enactment. Since then there has been a great change of public sentiment; the people are beginning to realize the many ood points of the law, and I am satisfied that the Republicans will reap benefit from U Instead of disaster. It Is about as good a statute as the ingenuity of man could contrive; It wipes out the little dives, where the poorer classes of the tenements loaf and squander their earnings; It puts the business of selling spirits on tho best possible pUfne by putting it In the hands of responsible men; it does away with the corruption and blackmail of the old regime, for now no saloonkeep er feels under the necessity of 'giving up' to the police, and It treats all men with absolute impartiality. The $S00 tax once paid is all thut the dealer has o pay; as It used to be while his license did not amount to that sum, by the time the owner was bled by those who could extort money, it really cost him much more than the present tax. About the only dtssatlslled people left are the ones who furnished the saloons with freo lunches. Their business Is Aurt by the abolition -of the free lunch counter, but the suloon men themselves are highly r leased that the Institution Is defunct. They not only save money, but are able to keep their places In a far cleanlier condition." A perusal of exchanges from nearly all of the principal towns and cities of the Kmplre state does not reveal to us an yet any serious losses to labor by reason of the weeding out of the low down Toggeries and dives. It is pos sible t.iat throughout the state a few hundred barkeepers have been dis placed, but there are no signs up to this writing that the corn, rice or barley crop will lack purchasers or that cigar makers or workers In 'furniture facto ries will be cast adrift In sufficient numbers to disturb the equilibrium of the Industrial world. On the contrary, trade lost by the closing of the bar roooii teems to be pretty generally re gained by the better patronizing on the part of former frequenters of these sa loons'of the grocery, clothing and fur niture stores. If the Raines law has made any difference In these respects, it appears simply to have transferred business from the grog shops to the shops that sell more substantial and wholesome wares. To this extent it must ther.fore b3 pronounced a met ess. U it is true that Frank Willing Leach is now threatening to turn Inform r and wash dirty political linen In public, that simply confirms the wisdom of net permitting him to tain the state, chairmanship. Time for Action. The Immigration Restriction league, whluh advocates tho keeping out the United States of all immigrants whoce character and standards unlit them to become good citizens, and .which sug gests as an important means to this end the exclusion of all persons between 14 and tio yearu of age who cannot both reud and write the Knglish language or r.ome other language, has In a cur rent publication called timvly attention to tlie large. recent lnilux at the port of New York of Italian Immigrants' who re;ve.-ent a very laiT.e percentage of Il literacy. From figured furnished to the league by the usslsiant commissioner of Immi gration, it appears that of the C2,.ViTi im migrants who landed at Ellis Island be tween Jan. 1 and April .10. 1S05, 11.S96 or 1'2.6 per cent, were Italians; while of the tW.2!)0 Immigrants landed between Jan. 1 and April IT, ISM, 19,040. or SO per cent, were Italians, .10 per cent, of whom were Illiterates. As tending to show the percentage of illiteracy among Italian immigrants us a class, the fol lowing figures from manifests oi 3,171 immigrants over II years of age arriv ing tit the port of New York during April are given: Total Immigrants ex amined, 3.174; percentage of mules, 812; percent age of females. 10.X; total Illiter ates, 2.147: per cent, of total Immigrants who were Illiterate, 67.6; percentage of male illiteracy, 66.5; percentage of fe male Illiteracy, 7.".7; number debarred under existing laws, 1H7; percentage de barred of total Immigrants, 6.2; num ber which would have been debarred by the league's bill requiring literacy, 2,147, or a percentage of 67.C. The present congress is still consider ing the Lodge bill establishing the liter acy test. It should soon act. Twenty-three Republican state con ventions out of twenty-eight have, thus far this year, declared against the free and unlimited coinage of silver. It Is probable that less than one-fifteenth of the delegates at St. Louis will be for unrestricted free coinage. The Philadelphia Times complains that the commonwealth's revenues were not ns large In 1S95 as they were under Pattlson. It seems to forget that loss of revenue Is a natural conse quence of Democratic national admin istration. . It will be noticed that Senator Cam eron says he has retired from politics "for a time." The idea thut he Is in retirement permanently will be dis missed by those who are shrewd. Kx-Governor Russell's reluctance to head the Democratic national ticket this year probably means that he pre fers to chance it eomc other year. If the preferences of a large majority of the Republicans of Pennsylvania are consulted, the next state chairman will be John P. Klkin. Will the Allentown convention In dorse Its party's record as a promoter of deficits und panics? AX ll'-TO-UAlE 0KAT0B. Wellman, In Times-Herald. When Dolllver. of Iowa, makes a speech the house sits back in its il.'.ii chuirs and listens for wit or elocution. Sometime! it vets bolli. Uolliver is now and then dog matical who is not with an election com ing on and the country waiting to re saved? but he Is never dull. In his speech on the tilled cheese bill Mr. Dolllver was once or twice interrupted by Mr. llrurnm, of Pennsylvania, and presently the Jowa man returned the compliment In a very neat fashion. "Kvcn tho expert apprais ers in our custom house at New Vork," he said, "are hardly able tu tell the tlltiei' enee between a standard sample of woolen cloth und a bottus imitation, gently soft ened by glycerin and brought Hp to fall wemht by adding u solution of raw tin. only last year. In the stale In which my f i lend from Pciiii.-ylvunia. resides, a pack age of oleuniai Ki.i'ine took the llrst pri.a tillered for iiuUcr' at the Pennsylvania slate fair, an uwurd almost worthy of that early governor of Pennsylvania who used to complain of the people of I'onnecti cul bectuisa they were selling his people nutmegs made out of la S3 wood insluud of tho genuine sussufrns." I! II II When the laughter roused by this hannv historical reference had subsided .Mr. Dol llver continued. "The country cannot go on livln C T "it UjnlC 111 11KB UlilT, -he said. "It will not go on forever buying collee grains delicately molded out of blue mini, it will not go un buying tea tlt.it has been generously crnminglt-1 wUh Hie dried 4-uves of the forests. It will cot no on drinkinir wine l Pitt has li.-en manufiifiui id In a cellar without t'ne la-' lerveiitluu of grapes, nor those other and ' more penetratirg beverages that have en- j tereii into purtnersnip Willi such a fatal assortment of explosive chemicals us greatly to facilitate the descent of our fellow citizens, ns the old negro, preacher expressed it, down the liibi-ieatVl steeps of the opaque profundity of du-imiation." A little later In the same speech Jlr. Pol liver was interrupted by .Mr. .Mc.Millln, or Tennessee, who had something to say about the large amount of money in the treasury. "The logic by which il is shown tcere Is plenty of money in Ihe treasury, that the rocJl'ts nnd expenditures hi,- in accord,' 'said Dolllver "Is the Very same logic that could be fairly employed to dem onstrate the proiiial son was an itinerant capitalist in search of a live stock invest ment, and eating husks for his health under the ndvlce of his physician. The ex act logic that has been brought In hern by tny friend from Tennessee tu show "Mat the national Income needs no addition could be properly used to show that 1,1. iirua, luxuriating among the rich man's tlogs, anil in reality engaged in organizing a loan and trust rompnny nnd collecting lircml crumbs for his personal uuiuse meiit.". , inert iti: of ai.i.io. E. V. Smalley, In Times-Herald. Washington' April 14. 1 know no more genial and companionable man In public life than Allison, of Iowa. 1 have known him for thirty years, since his second term in the house, which begun In 18m, and have seen him grow old without losing any of that native amiability which made hlnl generally liked among his associates In the early part of his long congressional career. Ho la now US, but he shows no trace of the crustiness und egotism tTtat often nci ompany the sixties, He is straight and alert, his tye is bright and his che"U ruddy, and he Is as conscientiously and la boriously faithful to all tho duties of Ma position ns he was more than a quarter of a century ago, when ambition spurred him on. He Is not worrying a particle about his presidential prospects, and those pros pects do not appear to divert his mind from tho serious ami Immediate duty of getting tho appropriation bills through his commltteo nnd through the senate. Some people, who hnvn but slight ac quaintance with Allison, criticise his amia bility ns'u wcakneea. No man can sur vive long in the turbulent politics of the west who is a weak man. Allison has outlived a great many, truculent etatjj- men. In his rmooth and gratious way he accomplishes reaults. He haa not origi nated great policies or let In great eon trowrsle, bet he bun put a mass of btnetlclHl legislation upon the statute bcoks anil iius eerved a tllttleult, exacting anil sometimes wroi;x-hca.!eJ constituen cy ever since ImU. lowu used to contain more cranks than any other atute In tho t'nion. but Kansas now bears the palm In that respect. Iowa lacks the balance whet I of u ureal rommc rciU city, or, to put it In another way, eha haa no main thought fueus no political nnd social brain initnentin the whole btHly of the cjmmiiiiity. lur titles are to m.mv at'paratc nerve center". The st.ite ha Ken i;tvuliurlv sulyiivt to sMe currents in polities, running strongly for a time i.i 1 usually In wroni? tlirecitens and the-i qui' kly iiiH'iiiear!n currents of gre"n-baekij-m, of other foima ut' currency fan aticism, of graa;;eri.-ui, of f.irnnra' nl liane, mowmci'iK, of prohibition, nf ;!n pan lice trait-Ism, of worn. m sertraKe. of antitank -ittii nutirtnt Lilly, ami heaven knu,v. vi)tj all. et Allinon litis sail"l stnoetliiy clorg cn u ti le ut unbroken In Hnt iitv aiel sneeevs. ,o w.ak character ever ucrtevt-.t sreh a record. '1 he truth nliout Allison is that he t kcecillngly : a gaciuu.1 i-nd level-head.'!. He has never run ahead of Ins coliMltuency; tu his ntiti I that would be iike u general riding In ad vance nf his army: but he has vulded the pruirre of ItennMicnn opinion in lowtt more than nay other man. It he reneiu-a the while hoao i:ie country wilt hnvn for lis president a raati cf pcro perifjtiul char acter, of clear lead ami soinnt ht art. who bus In I u very wide experience in the du ties of practical statesmanship. j Some Iif forencc. ! CnnfkVnilnl Friend "It's unpleasant to I have your maniiHoript rnturneii, dear, but I wouldn't feel tin. I because the editor stiid It was 'girlish.' That Is rather in its fa vor." Sobbing Author "He he illin't sny It ' it w-wiih irliiish. He uid it u gitiy!" niileauo Tribune. 'lOLD liY Tilt: ST AUS. Iially Horoscope Drawn by Ajncihm. Tho 1 rihunc Astrologer. Astrolabe) cast: 1.58 n. m., for Tuesday, April 2S, ISM. A chll I horn on thia il.iy will notice that I a woo I many anti-iiurritv licniucrata are I still "playing out of position." ! The iH'lllttt rency of the Cuban Oiants i was recognized ut Athletic, nurk yester- tluy aiteruuon. In suite of hnprful Indications Mayor Ttailey s iuiiliuiliun to cil'tnKe Ills min i lii twnn meals is liable to keeo the faith ful in suspense several days hence. It Is dltllciilt to appreciate a Rood thing when you see it unless It is ill Ihe pos session of uuother. No nnin ev.-r makes n mllake when he thinks he Is ton oil to leu in. Ajacchns' A civic.-. Hear in mind that ignorance is bliss for nil save the underlaker, when tempted to take un X-ray glance Into the mtizilc of u gun. SPK1NO FASHION NOT ICS. Straight Jackets continue to be worn by graduates from the school of perpetual motion Inventors. Flastlc hat bands are tho latest for newly-elected ollicers. Hemp necktie parties are no longer pop ular in Pennsylvania. At the most select white whiskey christ enings it is no loimer the fashion to cut throats on the bins. Skulls should bo cracked with a cobblestone or chair. Aluminum Is considered the best fnco polish for young reporters. It Is harder than brass or copper, and will not taruisii. Cotton Is recommended as nrtlllclal brain material for cigurettu smokers. HILL & CONNELL 131 AND G il. WASHINGTON ML Builders AND Makers OP AND OFFICE SUPPLIES 131 AM 33 II. WASHINGTON AVE. WB HAyE NOW OPEN FOR INSPECTION T a large and huntUome line ut BAHV FARPIAUkS, II ycu want a Carriage fur the baby aee our line and get price. We can suit you. THE 422 UCKiUVaMA m. Marie Corel li, F. HopkinHon Smith. Kichurd Harding Davis, F. Marlon Crawford, W. Clark Russell. BEIDLEMAN. THE BOOKMAN, Enlarged and Improved Store. . 437 Spruce St., Opp. "Tho Coaaoawoaltlb" 1 J A III J. 11;., TOM NEWBMK8 GOIBSITH'S W? Took 315 Girls' Gingham Galatea and Pique Dresses. One of tlie best manufacturers of children's wear lias passed over to us at our own prica his eutire stock of Fine Wash able Dresses, all of this season's make, ranging in size from 4 to 14 years. 1 Zepbjr GiDgbasi Dresses, Neatly Trimmed, at 75c. LOT 2 Jaienile Zephyr Dresses, Trimmed with Embroidery, L01 3 Genuine French Galatea Dresses at $1.75 The entire lot is offered choice lot of ready-made afford to pass these by. Eillliii A Rare Bargain at Silk Counter Grenadine de Suisse, the latest and lightest Summer Fabric ever made, a dress pat" tern weighing but iS ounces; originally 45c. per yard, now 25c. THE NEW WOMAN'S SHOE I t dc m Tn 1 DE tfUHU The Most Perfect Fitting Shoe Made. Al Full Line in All Widths at BANISTER'S 3TWB 1 f AN INSPIRATION Is almost lost when your pen catches and your ink spreads on your paper. Is one of the necessaries of civili zation that is indispensable. A favorite location for all classes is that of Reynolds 11 r others, where a tine assortment of every thing in first-class Stationery and Office Supplies. Students, law. yers. commercial men and society in general get their supplies here, as everyone can lie suited, both in price and quality. iEyiMIIilS; Stationers and Engravsrs. 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Thursdays and Saturday, 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. DR. KAY, 2K FENN AVE. ; 1 to 3 P. M.: call 20-:2. Dl9. of women, obatretrics and and all dla. of chll. DK. W. E. ALLEN. 5li"NortbvalnTnton avenue. Dit. C. V. Fr.ErpKACTICE f LIMlTEuT diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat: ottloe, 122 Wyoming ave. Rual. donoe. 629 Vine atreet. DR. L. M. GATES, J?.5 WASHINGTON avenue. Oftlco hour?, 8 to 8 a. m., 1.30 I to 3 and 7 to 8 p. m. Residence 309 Mail san avenue. I DR. J. C. BATESON. TUESDAYS AND ! Fridays, at 6u" Linden street. Ofllcs j hoursl to 4 o. m. I DR B. W. LAMUREAUX, A SPECIAL. 1st on chronic diseases of the heart, lunn-., liver, kidney nnd (tenlto uri nary diseases, will occupy the office of Dr. Ttcios. 2.12 A 'la ma avenue. Office hours 1 to E p. m. TUB REPUBLIC SAVINGS AND Loan Association will loan you money on aslor terms and pay you bettor on Investment thin any other association. Call on S. N. Calender, Dims Bank biillllnir. Wire Srccns. JOS. KCETTEL. REAR 611 LACKA wannu avenue, Scrantou, Pa., manufac. turer of Wire Screens. Hotels nntl Kestattrunts. THE ELK CAKE, 123 and 121 FRANK. Ho avenue. Rates reasonable. P. ZEIGLER, Proprietor. Hill HI CO., BCRAN TON HOUSE. NEAR li., L. A W. passenger depot. Conducted on the JEuropean plan.VICTOR KOCH. Prop. WESTMINSTER HOTELT Cor. Sixteenth BL and Irving Place. New York. Rates, ts.60 per day and upwards. (Ameri can plan), B. N. ANABLB. . Proprietor. at and Upwards. m WHEN YOU WRITE to your friends tell them about the natty lines of Footwear at SPRUCE STREET, HotelJcrmyn Building. P. S.-Cmtom Work and Repairing, Also. S. S. S. Lawyers. W'ARRFN & KNAPP, ATTORNEYS and Counsellors at Law. Republican building;, Washington avenue, Bcran ton. Pa. JERSUrS HAND, ATTORNEYS AND Counsellors at Law, Commonwealth bulldins, Washington avenue. W. H. JESSHP, HORACE Hi. HAND, W. H. JESSIIP. JR. PATTERSON .& WTLCOX. ATTORj tieys and Counsellors at Laws oftlces I nd 1 Library building. Scrnnton. Pa, RnSRWWLL H. PATTERSON. WILLIAM A. WILCOX. ALFRED HAND, WILLIAM J. HAND. Attorneys nnd Counsellors, Common wealth building. Rooms 19. and tl. FR A N K T. OICELL, ATTORNEY-AT-Law, Room G, Coal Exchange. Scran ton. Pa. JAMES W. OAKPORD. ATTORNEY. at-Lnw, moms 63, M and 65. Common wealth biilMlne. SAMLET. W. EDOAR. ATTORNEY-AT-Lnw. OtFice. 317 Spruce St.. Scrnnton. Pa. L. A." WATERS. ATTORNE Y-AT-LAW. 413 Lackawanna ave.. Scranton. Piu UR1E "tOWNSEND, ATTORNBY-AT-Law, Dime Bank Bttildinar, Scranton, Money to loan In large sums at S per cent. C R. PITCHER. ATTORNEY-AT-inw. Commonwealth building, Scranton, Ta. , C. COMEOYS. 321 SPRUCE STREET. V. B." liEPLOGLE, ATTORNEY LOANS negotiated on real estate security. 403 Spruce street. li. KILI.A.M, ATT'lt.Ki-AT-LAW. 120 Wyomlne ave.. Scrnnton Pn. JAS. J. H. HAMILTON. Ai'TOKNEY-AT- law, 46 Commonwemtli hld'g. Scranton. TrcTRANK. JDtS WYOMING AVE. Architect!!. EDWARD It. DAVIS. ARCHITECT. Rooms 24, 25 and 2C, Commonwealth bulldlnir, Scrnnton. E. L. WALTER. ARCHITECT, OEFIC'B rear of 608 Yashlnston avenue. LEWIS HANCOCK, JR., ARCHITECT 4 Spruce St., cor. Wash, ave., Scranton. BROWN & MORRIS, ARCHITECTS, Price building, 12t Washington avenue, Scranton. Schools. SCHOOL OF THE LACKAWANNA. Scranton, Pa., prepares boys and girls for college or business; thoroughly; trains younx children. Catalogue at re quest. Opcn 'pt'-mbcr 9. REV. THOMAS M. CANN, WALTER H. BUELL. MIPS WORCESTER'S KINDERGARTEN and School. 412 Adams avenue. Spring term April 13. Kindergarten $10 per term. Seeds. G. R. CLARK & CO.. SEEDSMEN AND Nurserymen; store 146 Washtnitton ave nue; green house. 1350 North Main ave nue; store telephone 782. Miscellaneous. BAUER'O ORCHESTRA MUSIC FOR balls, picnics, partita, receptions, wed. Ulna and concert. work furnished. For terms address R. J. Bauer, conductor, 117 Wyoming avenue, over Hulbert'a muslo tore. MEUARGEE BROTHERS, PRINTERS' supplies, envelopes, paper bags, twine. Warehouse, 130 Washington ave., Scran ton, Pa. FRANK P. BROWN ft CO.. WHOLE ale dealers In Woodware, Cordage and Oil ClothTOWsjjickawanna ave. THOMAS AUBREY, EXPERT Ac countant and auditor. Roomi it and 20. Williams Building, opposite postofflce. STANDARD I