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SCRANTON, AUGUST 29. 1S96.
THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.
NATIONAL.
President-WILLI AM M'KINLET.
Vic Presldent-UAHRET A. UOBART.
STATE.
Congressmen - at - Large QALUSHA A.
GROW, SAMUEL. A. DAVUNPORT.
COUNTY.
Congress WILLIAU CONNELL.
Commissioners 8. W. .OliBU'l'B, GILES
ROBERTS. 1
AudltorsA, E. KIEFER, FRED U
WARD.
LEGISLATIVE.
Senate, 21st District-COU VV. J. SCOTT.
Representative, 2d District A. T. CON
NELL; 3d JJUtrict-DK. N. C.
MACKEV.
THE ItKI'llJJMCAN PLATFORM.
1. Tariff, not only to furnish adequate
revenue for the nccetsary expenses of the
government, but to protect American la
bor from degradation to the wage level
of other lands. 2. Reciprocal agreements
' for open markets and discriminating du
ties in favor of the American merchant
marine. S. Maintenance of the existing
gold standard and opposition to free coin
ago of silver except by International
agreement with the loading commercial
nations of the world. 4. FetiBions and
preference for veturans of the Union
army. (. A firm, vigorous and dignified
foreign policy. 6. The Hawaiian Islands
to be controlled by the United States; the
Nlcaraguan canal to be built: a naval sta.
tlon In tho West Indies. 7. Proteotlon of
American cltlsens and property In Turkey.
8. Reatsartlon of the Monroe doctrine.
Eventual withdrawal of European powers
from this hemisphere and union of all
English-speaking people on this continent.
. The United States actively to use Influ
ence to restore peaoe and give Independ
ence to Cuba. 10. Enlargement of the
navy, defense of harbors and seacoasts.
11. Exclusion of Illiterate and Immoral Im
migrants. 12. Reapproval of the civil ser
vice law. 18. A f re ballot and an honest
count. 14. Condemnation of lynching. 15.
Approval of national arbitration. IS. Ap
proval of a free homestead law. 17. Ad
mission of the remaining territories, rep
resentation for Alaska aud abolition of
carpetrbag federal officers. 18. Sympathy
with legitimate efforts to lessen Intemper
ance. 19. Sympathetla reference to "the
rights and Interests of woman." Con
densed bv th Tlmoa.llAralfl.
"It is not more money we want;
What we want It to nut the moncv we
already have to work. When money
is employed mea are employed."
WILLIAM M'KINLEY.
Bryan as an Industry Wrecker.
When Bryan, as one of the framers of
edlng Us passage In the house, that
didn't care what became of the
as well have said he didn't care
became of the Iron or steel In-
are Interdependent. When one suffers
unfairly, all suffer; wise statesman
ship endeavors to frame legislation that
all may enjoy conditions contributing
to prosperity. The following chapter
from the Cleveland World tells the
story of what Bryan and his free trade
crew did for the wool-growers of Ameri
ca. It shows their solicitude for the
farmer:
Prom 1890 (when the MeKlnley tariff
took effect) until 1SH5 (under the Wllson
Uorman tariff passed in the price of
wool, as shown by the statistical abstract
of the United States, declined nearly 50 per
cent. Fine wool, which brought 23 cents
per pound In 1W, brought only 17V4 cents
In January, 1895: medium wool fell from 37
cents to 20 cents, and coarse wool from
SI cents to 18 cents per pound. It Is no
wonder that those who have hitherto found
cheep farming profitable, are discouraged
and clamoring for a change. What is the
change which they want? Is It a change
from Cleveland to Bryan, or from Cleve
land to McKiniey? There should be no
difficulty In determining the answer to
this question.
The friends of free coinage of silver at
the ratio of 18 to 1 will, of course, con
tend that the decline In the price of wool
is chargeable to "the crime of 1873." It
is not true. They might as well undertake
to hold tho crime of 1873 responsible for
earthquakes, cyclones, fires, floods, fam
ines and pestilence. The real reason for
the decline In the price of wool, as of all
other farm products, is the increase In the
supply, as compared with the demand.
,The law of surly and demand absolutely
controls the price of everything in the
world. It Is to trade what the law of
gravitation Is In the physical world. In
on word, the law of supply and demand is
as follows: Wherever the demand for any
commodity increases relatively to the sup
ply, prices go up; but whenever the supply
Increases relatively to the demand, th
prices go down.
Th production of wool has been steadily
Increasing for a long series of years. In
1867 Australia produoed only 80,000.000
pounds of scoured wool, but in 1892 It pro
duced 250,000,000 pounds an Increase of
783 per cent. The Argentine Republic pro
duced in 1857 only 10.000.000 pounds of
scoured wool; In 1893 it produced 110,000,
000 pounds an Increase of 1,000 per cent.
The Cape of Qood Hope In 1857 produced
only 10,000,000 pounds of scoured wool; in
1893 It produced 50,000,000 pounds an In.
crease of 400 per cent. The supply of wool
in the world today Is about six times a
great as It was In 1800.
From these figures, which arc cited
only by the way of Illustration, it is evi
dent that the supply of wool has increased
at a greater ratio than the demand. Of
course the' price of wool has fallen. It
could sot be otherwise. More sheep are
raised, th annual wool clip Is larger, and
the, 'Universal, unchangeable. Irresistible
law of supply and demand has operated,
as It always operates, under these condi
tions, to bring the price down. No tariff
laws, no coinage laws, can hinder the
operation. of a larger economic law, of
natur.
It follows from what has been said, that
would have been unseasonable to expect
ven or to McKiniey tariff, that it would
e price of wool of which th American
oel-grower complains. The MeKlnley
rift took effect Oot. , 1890. At that date,
wool was auotad In th eastern mar.
Jt at H eautaj medium wool at IT osnta,
un idu u.i . 1.11 t irmi lu. tivtniiiB ia
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and coarse wool at a cents per pound.
For about a year thereafter, th average
price of wool at different seasons of the
year remained about the same; but it fell
In 1892, owing to the disturbance in th
market due to the unprecedentel yield of
wool in Australia In 1891. The same de
cline was greatest in fine wool, which fell
In January, UU, to SO cents, and In July
to tt cents, per pound, but rose to 29 cents
in October.
The MeKlnley tariff, however, had th
effect to check the decline in the price of
wool In the United States, as compared
with the decline elsewhere. It did this by
checking the Importation of wooleu goods
manufactured abroad. The importations
of woolen good In the fiscal year 1890
into the United States were valued at 154.
103,427; In 1S91 they were valued at $43,.
235.409 a diminution In a single year to
the amount of 110,930,018. In 1K)2 they
were valued at 835,792.905 a further dimi
nution in two years in the valuation of
Imported woolen goods of $17,487,514.
For this double blessing the American
wool-grawer had the MeKlnley tariff to
thank. The Intelligent, well Informed
wool-grower of the United States under,
stands it. But In the fiscal year 1893, at.
OVr the election of Orover Cleveland,
when the threats of anti-protectionists
were beginning to tske practical form, the
tide of reduction of Imports was reversed.
The valuation of Imported woolen goods
in 1893 was $36.fi7.904; in 1894 it was only
W9.219.0W; and In the first nine months of
th fiscal year 1894 (ending March 31, 1890),
It was t2,M.
The fiscal year 1894 was one of general
wreckago of business, under the malign
Influence of the prospective Industrial rev.
olutlon foreshadowed by the advent of
th Demoei'MlD party to power in ail de
partments of the government. Importers
hold aloof aa much as possible from the
foreign markets. In order to get the bene
llt of a reduction of duties under the ap
proaching era of so-called "tariff reform."
American manufacturers greatly abated
production in anticipation of overwhelm
ing foreign competition, and tho conse
uqence was decline in the price of woolen
goods. Under the circumstances, Impor
tations suffered a sudden and heavy col
lapse.
In 1855, however, after the passage of the
Wilaon-Cionnan tariff bill, the Importation
of woolen goods suddenly bounded up
ward, nearly doubling In amount In a sin.
glt year. During the first nine months
of the present Usual year. Importations of
woolen goods Increased at such a mpid
rate that in the twelve months eliding
June SO, ISlMi. they must (at the same rate)
have reached the sum of $57,8l7,l0 In
value. If this latter Heme Is compared,
first with the corresponding figure for 1893
and then with that for 1H90, the wool
grower can judge for himself how far ha
was benefited by the MeKlnley tariff, and
to what extent he has been Injured by the
Wllsoii-Uorriian tariff.
Under a protective tariff, as already
stated, the foreign competition with the
native wool-grower was reduced In two
years, to the (estimated) amount of 67,118,.
607 pounds, valued at $17,487,514.
In the four years fololwlng, from iKc
to 189tt, the Increase In the valuation of
Imported woolen goods was $21,525,055. This
is equivalent on the basis of three pounds
of wool for every dollur of valuation, to the
displacement of 64,57a,l(k pounds of home
grown by an equivalent amount of for
elgn-grown wool, he importation of for
elgn woolen goods Is already in excess OI
what It was In 1890, with a tendency to
Increase, under the operutlon of the Wll-son-Uorrnan
act, to an amount which it
is impossible to estimate. Importations
were declining under the McKiniey law,
but all that the American wool-grower
and manufacturer had gained, and more,
has already been lost, with the prospect
of even greater loss In future.
The Democratic party had In 193 ob
tained control of the government In all Its
branches. The price of tine wool, which
in October, 1892, was 29 cents, full by Oc
tober, 1893, to 23 cents; by October, 1894, It
had fallen to 19 cents, and In January,
1895, to 17'i cents per pound. The price of
medium wool fell from 33 cents In October,
1892, to 20 cents In January, 1895. During
the same Interval of time, the price cf
coarse wool fell from 29 cents to 18 cents.
The threefold Influences at work
through Importation to carry down the
prices of American wool may be stated
thus:
Pounds.
(1) Excess of Imports of raw wool
for year ended Aug. 31, 1895, the
first full years of the free wool
law, over the year ended Aug.
31, 1894, the last year of the Me
Klnley law 190,000,000
(2) Excess in the imports of shod- .
dy, waste, rags, etc., for the
year ended Aug. 31, 1895, over
the year ended Aug. 31, 1804,
on the basis of three pounds of
unwashed wool to each pound
of shoddy, waste, eto 50,000,000
(3) Excess In the Importations of
manufactured wool, exclusive of
shoddy, waste, rags, etc., lm.
ported !n the first year of the
Wllson-Oorman law over the
Imports of the last year of the
MeKlnley law, on the basis of
three pounds of unwashed wool
to each dollar In value 90,000,000
330,000.000
It thus appears that the excess of im
ports of raw wool, and of wool represent
ed In its manufacture, comparing the last
year under the MeKlnley act and the first
year under the wtlson-uorman tariff.
amounted In round numbers to the enor
mous quantity of 330.000,000 pounds. Amer
ican wool-growers were deprived of a mar.
ket eil to that excess of Importations.
Our i, jL'kmasters could not endure the
pressure of such overmastering competi
tion, and American prices gave way per
force, even while European prices of wool
were rising, from the effect of scarcity In
foreign countries. The wholesale slaught
er of unprofitable sheep folowed as a ne.
cesslty Imposed upon flockmasters. by the
loglo of Inexorable events growing out
of the Wilson-Gorman tariff.
Reverting to the law of supply and de
mand to which reference has already been
made, it appears from the facts stated in
the present review of the contrasted effect,
upon the wool-growing In this country,
of the McKiniey and the Wllson-Oorman
tariff, that the question is between the
home supply and the foreign supply of the
home demand for woolen goods. The sup
ply of this demand by home-grown wool
tends to raise the price or native wool.
Its supply by foreign wool tends to lower
the price of native wool. Without con
tending that a protective tariff can over
ride the universal law of supply and de
mand, we do contend, and it must be ad
mitted, that it "as power to change the
conditions of supply and demand In such
a way as to encourage home production,
both of raw material and of the manufac
tured product. Under a protective tariff
home production Is encouraged, and Amer
ican farmers and manufacturers reap the
benefit which otherwise accrues to the for.
etgner.
It only remains to remark again upon
the absurdity of attributing the decline
In the price of wool, or any other agricul
tural product, to "the crime of 1873." The
crime of 1894 has been far more potent
Id this direction than the fictitious and
fanciful "assassination of silver."
I do not know what yon think
about it, but I believe that it Is
good deal better to open the
mills of the United States to the
labor of America than to open up
the mints of the United States
to the silver of the world."
I WILLIAM M'KINLEY.
From all accounts of the affair which
agitated base ball circles at Wilkes
Barre the other day It would seem that
Manager Karl has been treated in an
outrageous manner. Mr. Karl Is one
of the few gentlemen In the base ball
profession. He does not drink or waste
hla money In riotous living, but la
endeavoring to fit himself for other
business whereby he may gain an hosu
tat UwtSttod whan bia baii'-playwc
days are over. To place a ban of sus
pension upon a player thereby deprlv
ing him of th opportunity of securing
an engagement with another club sim
ply because he will not become a
fawning cur and lick the hand that
mites, furnishes another illustration
of the characteristic meanness) of the
Wllkcs-Earre base ball association
The blacklist and suspension rules
which are Intended to keep the plug-
uglies of the base ball profession In
subjection should never be applied to
honest players. If there Is a spark of
decency or manhood left in the Wilkes
Barre base ball association, Manager
Karl will be released at once.
According to the latest cable advices
regarding the decrees of Dame Fashion,
the uncompressed dlaphram of the
Greek Aphrodite Is hereafter to be the
standard of female beauty. The fash
Ion leaders of gay Paris have decreed
that the waist band must be lengthened
three or four inches. This reform is
said to be due to the revolutionizing bi
cycle. ' Freedom of movement and res
plratlon has been found necessary by
wheelwonien and this cannot be ob
talned by the rider encased In vice-like
corsets. The woman of fashion who
once breaks away from the uncomfort
able grip of whalebone and steel seldom
returns to the torture. The inclination
of fair ones of the French capital to
have all of their dresses fitted to their
bicycle shape, has thus brought about
a reform which will probably prove one
of the most beneficial that has ever af
fected the butterflies of fashion.
The riltaton Item rails attention to
tho fact that there are several women
In that city who were made widows by
the Twin shaft disaster, who are suf
fering for the necessities of life, but
on account of pride will not make
their condition known to the public,
The relief committee would do well to
look up these cases at once and If pos
slble make at least a partial distrlbu
tlon of the fund raised.
"Tree silver would not mean that
silver dollars were to be freely had
without cost or labor. It would tuenn
the free use of tho mints of the United
Slates for the few who are owners of
silver bullion, bat would make silver
coin no freer to the many who are en
gaged ia other enterprises."
WILLIAM M'KINLEY.
The school directors at Sharon, Pa.,
have attempted to discharge some of
the lady teachers because the school
marms recently attended a dance. It
Is safe to wager that the Sharon board
Is composed of a lot of paralytic, dls
agreeable old curmudgeons who never
had any fun.
Announcement ia made that another
man has become Insane out' In the
western part of the state while reading
"Coin's Financial School." But that's
nothing. Just look at the Times' "For
um of the People."
It begins to look as though Tom
Watson would be obliged to send
stamps for postage if he receives a
notification even by mall.
Two ' Indianapolis convention will
doubtless settle the question as to the
ownership of the Democratic franchise.
The free silver avalanche has already
become lighter than aluminum.
THE REAL TROUBLE.
From the Cleveland World.
This Is a business man's campaign. The
business of the country has been upset,
the wages of the myriad army of pro
ducers have been reduced, great indus
tries are paralysed, all enterprise has
stopped, business of every kind, save that
of the pawnbroker and sheriff, is stagnat
ed, and the merchant is feverish and
awaiting with fear the uncertainties of the
future. All the tangible facts by wnton
we gauge Industrial and commercial con
ditions point In this direction. Though
now and then faint glimmerings of re
turning prosperity appear, the central fuot
must be apparent to every business man
and merchant that we have not recov
ered from the blow dealt our industries by
the advent of the party of free trade in
1893. It hardly requires more than ordina
ry business sagacity to appreciate the
fact that when labor Is employed and fac
tories and shops running on full time,
business is good. The efficacy of the
plump pay envelope Saturday night goes
without theory or tabulated statement.
It stands firmly on tho basis of Its own
purchasing power. To tamper with this,
the source of all prosperity, to reduce
the purchasing power of the people, means
loss to every merchant In the land, no
matter what his line of business.
II II II
Factories are closed, some of our great
industries have been de3troyed, the wages
of a million men and women have been
reduced, hundreds of thousands are out
of work, domestic production has partlul
ly stopped the product of foreign labor has
taken its place. The pay envelope Is thin,
ner. There is less money for the home,
less goods to be bought In the stores, less
to be spent on pleasure. The pleasures
of prosperity have given way to the pinch
of poverty. The laborer has been hit, he
cause there Is less work and less wages'.
The merchant and storekeeper has like
wise sust.ilned a severe blow, because
with the source of supply reduced or
cut off the wage-earner must either re
duce his purchases or go without things
altogether. Remove all fustian from the
problem, and getting down from the skies
to the dirt road of everyday practical
facts this Is what our business men are
suffering from today. They know it. True,
they may not all admit it, for diplomatic
reasons. Nevertheless, there is not a sensi
ble business man In the United States
who can honestly deny that the reduc
tion of home production, and hence of the
income of the masses, of the people, lies
at the foundation of all our troubles. That
bad business, depreciation of property, re
duced sales of staple articles and low
prices are directly traceable, not to the
lack of means to do the business of the
country, but to the luck of purchasing
power on the part of the people to buy and
pay for tbe commodities, though they be
offered at prices so low that the wonder
Is how merchants can secure margins
enough In the turn-over to live and pay
rent i
1 II II II
Who Is responsible for this deplorable
condition of buslhessT Who has brought
about a reduced pay envelope? Who has
brought the once prosperous merchants
to the verge of bankruptcy? The Demo
cratic party.
AX OYER.RATED MAX.
From the Honesdale Cttisen.
W take the following from a business
letter 'received from our old friend. Will
Ism H. Jayne, now of Axtell. Neb., but
formerly of Preston township. He Is also
an ex-member of Company O, Sixth Penn
sylvania, reserves, and was th first Wayn
county bum wounded in battle during to
rebellion, being shot through the body at
Uranesvllle. Vs., Dec. JO, 1881. and from
which he has never recovered. He says:
Now about Bryan and his party. We
hav had the same tight here over and
over the past Ave years. The Pops and
free silver Democrats fused last year.
and we beat on all but governor by a good
majority. We lost the governor owing
to the defection of tho Omaha Bee, and
the Pop governor was elected by getting
12,000 to 15,000 Republican votes. Bryan
has some friends in Lincoln snd will get
a few Republican votes out of pure friend
ship, but not enough to carry the city or
county. W e consider him the most over
rated man in th state, if not in th na
tlon. He is a master hand at picking up
catch phrase and acting them out. He
has delivered nearly the identical speech
ne aid in Chicago In all parts of the state,
the crown of thorns and cross of gold in
cluded. The ground work of ail his
speeches Is taken from Coin's Financial
School. Tho changes In the way people
will vote this year will be greater, than
any time in three or four years. In two
clubs of about 500 here and at Minden we
have over forty Pons and former Dem
oerats, while I don't know a Republican
who voted with us last year who has
backslid. Some of the Fops have told me
today, "I will join no club now, but I am
not going to vote the way I have." I have
met people from all over the state at th
State league and find this defection Is not
local, but general. From 5 to 10 per cent,
of all the clubs are former Pops or Dem
ocrats. The administration Democrats
polled 18.000 votes last year, and they are
mora hostile to the sliver party than ever
this year. Will all stay at home or vote
the Republican ticket, unless they have
a third ticket, which some of them will
vote.
THE M'KINLEY IDEA.
From the Times-Herald.
According to a recent issue of th Com
mercial Bulletin of Boston, a description
of the wool market, to be accurate, would
be pretty nearly the samo as the celebrat
ed essay on the snakes of Ireland. There
Is no market. The average price of Amer
ican wool In 1891 under protection was 17
cents per pound. In 1895, under a tarlif
for revenue only which fell so far short
of being true to Its name that It Increased
tho public debt by cS2,329,G30- wool was
only v cents, a loss of 8 cents on every
pound of American wool clipped by an
American farmer from an American
sheep.
An examination of treasury reports will
show that 133,324,583 pounds more wool
were Imported during the nine months
ended March 31. 1S96, than during the
corresponding period In 1S94. The in
creased Imports of raw wool and fabrics
reprment losses inflicted upon American
woolen manufacturers and wool growers
by the Wllaon bill and fronts pocketed
by owners of sheep In Australia, China
and South America and owners of Eu
ropean mills.
If the promise of the defenders of tho
Wilson tariff iat free wool would mako
cheaper clothing had been fulfilled how
would It be-nefit the laboring men of this
country who have been deprived by that
law of the opportunity to earn decent
wages with which to buy the' cheaper
clothing? The McKiniey Idea of the
tariff is a law framed for creating the
widest Industrial opportunities for the
wage-earner and for developing and
preserving the home market the best In
the world for tho producers of every
class.
MR, CORNELL AND CONGRESS.
From the Providence Register.
When the Register last week gave ex
presslon on the candidacy of William Con.
nell for congress, It said Just what every
citizen reels and knows to be a fact. Mr.
Connell as a Scrantonlan has done more.
perhaps, than any other single Individual
In advancing the prosperity of the city,
and because of this the people have
learned to know him as one who has their
welfare at heart. Having thus shown the
Interest In the people among whom he
lives, will he not always be the same to
the end of life? Possessing all the energy
of vigorous manhood, active to a wonder
ful degree for one of his years, we believe
that nature has fully equipped him for
the duties that fall to a congressman, and
with the mature wisdom of years and the
practical experience of life he will bring
to such work all that Is required or an
honorable man and one who fully realises
what Is for the bent In the prosperity of
the people. Mr. Connell should be elect
ed In November without any practical op
position. We believe he will be, and when
the people have done so they can look
upon the result of their election day effort
and say: "W have done a good work;
we are satisfied."
Weather nnd Other Predictions for
the Coming Week.
Sunday Aug. 30. Weather fine. A child
born on this day will be generous and
kind, and upon this acocunt will probably
always be poor. Travel.
Monday, Aug. 31. Sun qulntile to Hcr-
schal. Weather unsettled. A child born
on this day will be headstrong and rash,
and will be In trouble most of the time.
Be careful of law and quarreling on this
day.
Tuesday, Sept. t Sun square to Mars,
Weather fine and warm. A child born on
this day will be rash but rather fortunate.
A female will marry a cruel man who will
probably abuse her. Buy and deal, but
avoid females.
Wednesday, Sept. 2i Mercury parallel
to Venus. A child bom on this day will
have an unsettled disposition. Sign no
writings; make no contracts.
Thursday, Sept. 3. Mercury semi-square
to Herschal. A child born on this day
will be lucky, rise In life and meet with
much success. Seek work and deal with
women.
Friday, Sept. 4. Mercury visible In the
evening. Weather changeable. A child
born on this day will be rather fortunate;
a female will marry an elderly man.
Travel snd deal.
Saturday, Sept. 6. Venus square to Sat
urn. Weather wet. A child born on this
day will, be restless and unfortunate; a
female will marry a widower. Sell; evil
for all other business.
TOLD BY THE STARS.
D.iily Horoscope Drawn by Aiaeehn
The Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolabe cast: 123 a. m., for Saturday,
AUg. ), 18118.
5?
A child born on this day will notice that
the Boy Orator's rhetorical main-spring
shows signs of weakness.
Alexander Crow is a Republican candi
date for sheriff at Philadelphia. In case
of a nomination It will be an Instance in
which the Democrats would like to eat
Crow.
Mr. Bryan has attracted considerable
attention while on his present tour. By
the way. General Coxey also drew large
audiences while on the road.
As soon as the Franklin Engine com
pany troubles have been settled, our
strained relations with Turkey may again
receive some attention.
TTnterrlftpfl inpnt ponffrpaalnnal am1l.
dates are undecided whether to adopt th
Bryan or the Jeffersonlan button.
A clearing house certificate may be a
vicious document, but It Is preferable to
bank wreck anytime.
AJacchas' Advice. -
dollars. Buy court house bonds. ..
GOLDSMS
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Now Coming in and Ready for
Inspection.
You Know We Always
take the Lead.
iiTE
IT DOWN
As your needs suggests anything in th
way of Stationery, Blank lctki or Oil
Supplies, and when your list Is full brln
it tn snd we will surpiiso yon with tin
novelties w receive daily. We also earrj
s very neat line of Calling Cards and Wed
ding Invitations at a moderate prlox
Stationers and Engravers,
HOTEL JEPJMYN BUILDINO.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST,
nisi
412 Spruce St..
205 Lackawanna Avenue.
LIGHTNING
FRUIT JARS
All good housekeepers
use Lightning Jars.
Why? Because they open
and close easy, and are
perfect sealers. The re
sult is they never lose a
can of fruit
THE
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Styl
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CONRAD
IS SHOWING HIS
FALL HATS
GOOD HATS
Never So Cheap.
CHEAP HATS
Never So Good.
305 LACKAWANNA AVENUE.
HIVE YOU HEARD OP
FOR FLOORS?
Will absolutely do away with
the Dust Nuisance of Stores,
School Houses, Halls and all Pub
ile Places.
No more Sprinkling, no more
scruoDing.
We can show merits of the sooda
on our own floors. It will pay
you to investigate.
FODTE 4 SHEAR CO.,
AGENTS.
119 WASHINGTON AVENUE.
CALL UP 3682i
OPPIOB AND WAREHOUSB.
141 TO 8 MERIDIAN STREET.
1L W.COLLINS, Manager.
MERCHANT TAILORING
Bpiing sod Summer, from $20 up. Tronwr
inp sod OTrcot, forlgs snd domestia
rsbrici, made to order to suit the moat faff
tldlou in price, fit sad workmanship.
D. BECK, 337 Adams Ave.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
Dentists.
C. C. LAUBACH. SURGEON DENTIST.
No. US Wyoming avenus.
R. M. STRATTON, OFFICE) COAX, EX.
change.
Seeds.
O. R. CLARK CO SEEDSMEN AND
Nurasrymen; stors iw WRshlntrton av.
bus; green house. 1360 North Main
bus; stors tslephon 7 S3.
Wire Sreens.
JOB. KUETTKL, REAR IU LACKA
wanna avenue, Serantoa. Pa., m&nuiao
turer of Wire Serena,
Hotels and Restaurants.
THE ELK CAFE, IX and 127 FRANK.
Un avenus. Kates reasonable.
P. 2BIOLER. Propristor.
SOMETHING
NEW
inilbi
uer oil ii Mini
CO.
MAlKi
SCRANTON HOUSE, NEAR D., U W.
Eisssngsr depot Conduoted on the
uropsan plan. VICTOR KOCH. Prop.
WESTMINSTER HOTEL,
OorTi sixteenth St. and IrrlnsPlace,
V . :, '.
BAZAM.
A,
ni
Physicians and Surgeons.
DR. A TRAPOLD, BPECIAMBT IN
Diseases of Women, oemer Wyoming'
avenue and Spruce street. Bcranton. Or
Bee hours, Thursdays and Saturdays,
I a. m. to I p. m.
DR. COMEOYS OFFICE NO. 137 N.
Washington ave. Hours, 11 m. to I p. m.
Diseases of women specialty. Tele.
phone No. tat
DR. W. B. ALLEN, ill NORTH WASH
Inrton avenue.
DR. C. L. FRET, PRACTICE LIMITED,
diseases of the toe. Bar. Nose and
Throat; office itt Wyoming ave. Real.
denoe, US Vine street
DR. L. M. GATES, US WASHINGTON
aveaue. Office hours, I to a. m.. Las
to I and T to I p. m. Residence 108 Uadi-
son avenue.
DR. J. C. BATE30N, TUESDAYS AND
Fridays, at MB Linden street. Offlse)
hours I to 4 p. ra.
DR 8. W. LAMEREAUX, A SPECIAL.
1st on chronic diseases of tho heart,
lungs, liver, kidneys and genlto urinary
organs, will occupy the office of Dr.
Roc a, tat Adams avenue. Office) hours
1 to I p. tn.
DR. C. U FREA8. SPECIALIST IN
Rupture, Truss Fitting and Fat Reduc
tion. Rooms 206 and 207 Mears Building.
Office telephone U6S. Hours; 10 to 12, t
to 4, 7 to .
W. O. ROOK, VETERINARY 8UR
geon. Horses Cattle and Dogs treated.
Hospital, 124 Linden street, Bcranton.
Telephone 2671
Lawyers.
WARREN KNAPP. ATTORNEYS
and Counsellors at Law, Republican
building, Washington avenue. Boras.
ton. Pa. '
JBSSUPS HAND. ATTORNEYS AND
Counsellors at Law, Commonwealtn
building, Washington avenue.
W. H. JESSTTP,
HORACE Fl. HAND,
W. H. JEBBUP. JR.
PATTERSON WILCOX. ATTOR.
nays and Counsellors at Law; offloes fl
and I Library building. Bcranton. Pa.
R09EWELL H. PATTERSON.
WILLIAM A. WILCOX.
ALFRED HAND, WILLIAM J. HAND.
Attorneys and Counsellors. Common,
wealth building. Rooms It, and 21.
FRANK T. OKELL, ATTORNEY-AT-Law,
Room t, Coal Exchange. Scran,
ton. Pa.
JAMES W. OAKFORD. ATTORNEY,
at-Law. rooms St, M ana Common,
wealth building. m
SAMUEL W. EDOAR. ATTORNEY-AT.
Law. Office. 217 Spruce St.. Bcranton Ps,
L. A WATERS. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
4 Lacfcawanna.ave.. Bcranton. Pa.
CRIE TOWN8END, ATTORNEY-AT.
Law, Dime Bank Building. Soranton.
Money to loan In large sums at i per
cent.
C. It. PITCHER. ATTORNEY-AT.
law, Commonwealth building, Soranton,
Pa.
C. COMEOY8. Hit BPRUCB STREET.
D. B. REPLOOLB, ATTORNEY IX5ANS
negotiated on real eeiaie nraniy.
Mears' building, corner Washington ave
nue ana spruce mreri.
B. F. KILI.AM. ATTORNET-AT-LAW.
12ft Wvc."1" c --.. t..
Tab. a. h. Hamilton, attornby-at.'
law, it Commonwealth bid's. Soranton.
1. M. C. RANPK. IS WYOMING AVE.
Architects.
EDWARD H. DAVIS. ARCHITECT.
Rooms 24, 21 and 2. Commonwealth
building. Bcranton.
E. L. WALTER, ARCHITECT. OFFICII
rear of 40S Washington avenue.
LEWIS HANCOCK, JR., ARCHITECT.
425 Bprueest. oor. wash, ave.. Bcranton
BROWN A MORRIS, ARCHITECTS
Prloe building, 124 Washington avenue,
Boanton.
Schools.
SCHOOL OP THE LACKAWANNA.
Bcranton, Pa., prepares boys and girls
for college or business: thoroughly)
trains young children. Catalogue at re.
REV. THOMAS M. CANN,
WAT.TRR H. PUELL.
quest. Opens September 14.
MISS WORCESTER'S KINDEROARTElf
and School. 412 Adams avenue. Spring
terTt April 18. Kindergarten 210 per term.
Loans.
THE REPUBLIC SAVINGS AND
Loan Aeeoclatlon will loan you money
en easier terms aad pay you hotter on
Investment then any other association.
Call on S. N. Callender, Dim Bank
building.
Miscellaneous.
BAUER'S ORCHESTRA MUSIC FOR
balls, picnics, parties, receptions, wed.
orags and eonoert work furnished. For
terms address R. J. Bauer, conductor.
117 Wyoming avenue, ever Hulberf a
mualo store.
MEOAROEB BROTHERS. PRINTERS
supplies, envelopes, paper bags, twine.
Warehouse, 120 Washington are.. Scran,
ton. Pa. ,
FRANK P. BROWN tk CO.. WHOLE,
sale dealers In Woodware, Cordage anal
oil Clots. rs west Lackawanna ave.
THOMAS AUBREY. EXPERT AC'
. awaataat and auditor. Rooms U aad SL
Williams Building, opposite pootenTise.
Asent far tho Rex Fir aTntlnspiishsr. .