HIE SCRANTON TR 1 BUNE TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1896. SCHOOL BOOKS AXD SCHOOL STATIONERY All Sorts. For All the Select Schools ami Academies la Scrantou and Vicinity, At Wholesale Trices, AT NORTON'S, 322 Lackawauna Ave. HARD TO GET Good Oats on this crop. We have as good as any body. BUT-- We still have OLD GLEAN OATS Higher in price but really cheaper. I M CfttfllTiJN, OLYPHflnT, C5HB3MJLE. - THE GENUINE hare the initial 0., B. A CO. iiuprlut ed in each cigar. CARNEY, BROWN & CO., MANUFACTURERS, COURT HOUSE SQ. DR. C. D. S HUM WAY. Diseases of the Lower Jiowel a Specialty. 308 Washington Ave Opp. Tribune BuHiling. OFFICE HOURS 9 T0I2, 2 TO 5. PERSONAL. IVrmnm-nt Man J. VV. l.lsk. of the On ei ii I riilmn y Kncjne company, is on liis VUfllllOII. I l,i(y K. tilW. r of Will J. II. Hopkins rriuni.'.l to liia desk yexu-rduy utter u trip to MrllHT. Mrs. T A. l'utteii Is hninu from a visit uiili friends and i-Hutlvi-x ut riiihidrl phiu uml Atlanlli' City. 11. W. Dusliiln'iri', of (liven Ttidire, ri tumid liome Friday ufti-r u three week' suiy ut Fur Kockunuy, 1.. 1. I 'lit 1 1 p Diirlt-s, of Kynnn street, started yestenluy for Kxeter, N. II., to resume hiu similes ut r'idlllps' ucudt-my. John V. IJiikkuii Went to St. Konaven tlire'H lull. He ut Allt-guiiy. N. V., yester day to pursue u course of Hi inly. Kiliur O. Kudd, of Wuvi rly. nml Miss fcllu stlmpsoii, of Ihls i-iiy. were married yesterday nioriiiiiK ly Aiiieriuan Howe. Mrs. M. 10. Tompkins uml son, of I'erit, Ha., who have Ijeeii I lie Kuesls of Mrs. 11 V. Liuslnlierre, of (;reen KiilMi, left for home jestcrduy afternoon. William F. Sheehan, of this city, was yesterday admitted to practlee In the coiirls of tills county. He studied luw ill ihe olllre of Warran ft Kuui. J. Frey Cllroy wus uilmitteil to ir:irtlce Veslenluy us u member of the l.itekawun Ha county courts. He was Krudiiiitcd from Dickinson Law school at Carlisle. Ir. C!coi'Kt Hlunchard, of the l.ui ku wuiiiiu hospital, left yesterday for his Inline in Hudson, N. II.. to sieud two l.u (,....., t..t lit 1,'lull Ulll In. MM. aisled ut the hospital by I.. C. Kennedy, uf lireeu Kl'lne, until lr. lllaiicliard's re turn. This evening at 7.! o'clock the enter- taliiinent comiiiittee of the Stale Chris tian Ktnlenvor convention will meet in the Youiik Men's Christian association hall The executive committee of the city union will meet ut 8 o'clock and otllcers for the year he chosen. Thursday tvenlnic t he committee of i will have h regular meet Iiik In the Youiik .Men's Christian associa tion. The entire reception committee will liuve a meetliiK In the First 1'resliytcrliiil church ut 8 o'clock the same evening. SHAPELY $3.00 THE PAIR. In all the best styles for t fall wear. mm 4fc iD ILL CO pqupicus SCHANK'S SHOES 410 Spruce St. EXPECTED LAWSUIT IS NOW AT HAND Prof. AkClo&ky Refuses tv Remain Supinely Submissive. HE SENDS AN INTERLINEAR LETTER llonrd ol Control Heads Hctuofti Hip l.ino., ItccoL'iii.cs the Import oil lie 1 oiiiiiiuiiit.Hion nnd lleii-rs II to lis Solicitor, i lint lie. Hay Be Pri-pared I'ur the lruy-Siiiurv Question and Squiiir Ausucrs. Prof. A. U Mi-Closkcy. who was elected u member of Hie With wlnxd fraternity anil then ruthlessly deposed. evidently means not to slay ilfpnseil without "a st'WKl'. rdhnvlim let ter r. ci iveil l.y the hoard of control at it:i regular meeting; lu:it night wouol indicate that he )iropi..:;S to make a legal Unlit anuluM what he mi Uouhl feels is a great Injustice: Scrunioii, l'a.. Sept. S. 1W4 To the Meiuheis of the Scranion uuaiu Control: . . il. nilt men: Havlin: he mi duly elected !.v the Seruutoii buurd or control as as s -i-aiit la inal hematics ot the Hcraiiloii hljsh -ehoiil OU July IS, 1MK, I mien) lice Hi.it I am ready lo assume ihe l espiui sihlliiy of lie- pusliloii and lo pel lorin I'll the ilnlles that icay he rinmred ol me as til! assistant liu. her A I.. MeClnekey. M:! Adams avenue. The hoard merely referred the com munication to Its solicitor, Hon. 11. A. kiiiinii. The customary till was he- tweeii Chairman Mitchell and Mr- Not last nlsht. It followed the report of the high school committee on th- text books adopted for the new curriculum. Mr. N'oU wanted to know what the books would cost. Ml'. wormsei, chairman of the commillee, told him that the ( iniilleo could not Kive hint the desired intV-riiitUlon us it did not have It nt hand. ASKKD A tSlit'AKH gl KSTtON'. "Now, live asked a simro. question nml 1 want a square answer. om will those hooks cost a set 7" "You Kt a square answer, Mr. Xidz," said Chairman Mitchell. "I jn it no square answer. There was n time, too, when, if 1 irot a square an swer, you wouldn't he where you are." This turned tho lansh on Mr. Mitchell lull lie took it Bui id naluredly, attfibut ins Mr. Not.' jocosity to his uaial merry mood. A little later In his liarraniru.- Mr. N.itz charged that "Just because a book aifent's name was Mitchell he could ?et the whole order." This nettled Chairman Mitchell somewhat and iu very pointed tones he addressed Mr. Not with: "ritJenUliiK of square nn- siveis, Mr. Notz, had you made a square answer to somethini; you wer inter located ulmut recently you wouldn't be where you are; und you won't be there lonir If you keei on." The "square answer" episode elided here. Mr. Wormser for. the lliy.h Kchon! committee reported that Ihe new build IiiK will be formally opened Thursday. Sept. 1'4. Appropriate exercises, the programme of which will be published later, will take place in the auditor ium. commeiiciiiH; nt 2 o'clock. Admis sion will be by ticket. The committee will distribute the ureal hulk or the tickets and what in left after its needs are supplied will be distributed shure and share alike unions the directum. TWKNTY-F1VB FOU EACH. This last arrangement does not meet with. the upproval of some of the mem bers and on motion of Mr. Jeniiln.irs It was decided that each controller should receive at least tweuty-nv tickets. Mr. (jibboiis thought that In usinucli as the auditorium would seat only ti bout l.tiOU persons, the exercises should be repeated on Friday und Sat urday. The committee would not heat to this, however. The bulldhiK will be open for public Inspection for three days, when anyone may enter. The exercltes will, however, lie conlined to those holding invitations. Mr. Not:: urinied usalnst exdudihK anybody at any time. The doors ought to be thrown open to the general public and let the first come be llrst served, and such like. Messrs. Welsh and Wormser voted ugalnst the building committee's rec ommendation that two Johnson tem perature regulators be purchased for No. Hi and No. PI, arguing that th board already has one on its hands und until this one is tested no other. should lie bought. The recommenda tion was. nevertheless, adopted. Mr. Welsh tendered bis resignation as a member of" the insurance com mittee, on motion of Mr. Schriefer the hoard of mine examiners was allowed Hie use of the hoard of control rooms for their coming- sessions. OPENING THE CITY SCHOOLS. l.iirgcly Increased Attendance lb" purled by Supcriiilciiilcnt. The public schools, with the excep tion of the new high school, which be gins its session on the 2Sth lust., opened yesterday after the Hummer vacation, with a largely Increased attendance in every district. Superintendent dew-go Howell wus unable to give figures, but he said It would be safe to stale thai the increuse was exceptionally laisc this year. To (he operations if the compulsory educational law, which went Into practical effect here yst-r-day, he attributed a goodly portio:i of the Increase. Later, when the law is in full effect, thut Is when the attend ance ollicers get to work, the nuiuber.of pupils will be still more lai-i-ly in creased. The superintendent was seen jmt as he hud completed a tour of buildings nnd he reported that notwithstanding the Increase!, every one of l:i.00 or more pupils was provided with a sent. The opening of the two new building", Nos. IS and 1!( and a number of annexes in crowded districts made this possi ble. There are still a number of va cant rooms in vnrlous buildings and unless there is an Inllux of punils far exceeding expectations there will be no serious inconveniences as far us ac comodations are concerned. Superintendent Howells' estimate of the nttendnnce was within three per cent, of the actual enrollment and ns a consequence the provisions for accom modating the pupils were such as to make chnge of grades or new divisions of districts unnecessary. Principal Oeorge Ij. Phillips and Pro fessor Frank Lyttle and John U. Wag ner, yesterduy examined llfty.one ap plicants for admittance to the high school. This number was principally made up of pupils who hud failed in their examination at the end of the year and who received a recommenda tion from their teachers that they were worthy of another trial. Some -also came from parochial and private schools and others still were those whose families recently took up their residence In this city. HON. LEWIS STEWART DEAD. . Ma Hum In liollistcrvillc, Waue County. .Nut. 20, IM 1 1. Hon. l.i vvi.-! Steward died ut bis lioni in flu no. lil.. Aug. 21. lXiHi, after a, painful illness of Heveial months, the disease having- been muscular l heutni tisin, Hgrgravateil by Injuries received in an accident In Chicago about three years ugo. Hon. Icwls Steward w.is born In llolllsterville, Wayne county, l'a., November 20. 1X24. He was the sou of Marcus und Crsula (Hollliter) Slexr nrd. und .wus the first of a family of nine children. In the spriim' of lx'!S. when lie was thirteen years old, tlioy made the long Journey by wagon to Illinois, arriving in Kendall county iu May, ISSN. The town of l'lano now oc cupies part of the old Steward home stead or Ui ai res. Mr. Steward was not n politician In any sense of the word, lie was too in dependent to be held strictly within party lines and too straight-forward to i-iiirasi- in political Intrigues und manoeuvres. Hut by reason of his force of character and Intelligence nml without endeavor on his part, he be came :i potent factor in the politics of his times. He never sought or strove for any office, but was often culled to till otlicial places and positions of trust iu his town and county, and wa gemr ully supported by his republican neigh bors, among whom were many of his best friends. In 1MD he was elected to c.illgiess on the lienioccatio ticket and was one of the working, inlluential but (piiet mem bers of the house. In IWtL he wait again nominated, but the liopuhlican candidate beat him by seventeen votes, he, as usual, having made little or no effort In the campaign. From The Farm Implement News. Mr. Steward was n cousin of A. (1. and William A. Holllster. Mrs. Har riet V:ilres (Stella of l,ai-ka wamiii), and K. H. Holllster. - THAT TURNPIKE AGAIN. Company lias Begun to Make Repairs. Refused to Stop at the Request ol City Officials. The trouble between the city and tl Providence and Ablugton Turnpike company Is again destined for un air ing in court. The Turnpike people yesterday began repairing the road against the ix press directions of the city und refused to desist whet: ordered to do so by Acting Street OoiinnissUincr C.eorge l'erigo. Warrants will be Is sued today for Secretary It. K. Paine, of the Turnpike company, and the workmen who were engaged In 'lie re pairs. Thus the matter will come Into litigation once more. Yesterduy moinlns Mayor f'.aiiey re ceived a teller from Secretary I'ulue noiilvlnt; him that the company pro posed to repair West Market street at the city's expense und request nm Jiim to send an inspector to supervise t he work. The mayor culled m the city's special nttorney In the ruse, ri. V'.. Price, and ul'ter u short consultation anvni;-t these two and City Solicitor Torrey, it whs decided to arrest the company's woikuieii for disturliiiisr the street without llrst securing the ciinomury permits. Foreman lleoige l'erigo, wii is u. t ing street commissioner duiiiiij; Mr. Kinsley's absence, was despatched t-" the scene, with instructions to notify the company's workmen to desist or sutler arrest. The not Ice was served on Secretary Paine who was personally directing the work nnd severally upon the foreiiiun and laborers in his em ploy. Mr. Piilne lefused to close oper ations and told th? men not tc heed the order. Air. Perigo thereupon took Ihe names or ull engaged in the repairs, with the purpose In view of having them arrested on warruuts this morn ing. W. W. Watson, attorney fo.' the com pany, was. at police headquarters cur ing Ihe afternoon expecting Vt see the company's forces brought in by the p.i lice. To a Tribune reporter he said il was upon his advice that Ihe company was milking the repairs. The city, he said, fulled iu lis agreement to make the repairs and as every directo-- of the company is liable to arrest If the road Is not in Kood repair he could do noth ing else but advise that the cumpaiiy procifd to do the work Itself. lie admitted thai a gang of city work men diil some leveling; on the street, but tillered it was far from what could be considered pill ting the road iu re pair. The company Is uuxlutis. Mr. Watson said, lo have the matter taken into court and settled once and for ail. - METHODIST PASTORS MEET. Held a Session ut Hie him I'aili lunch Yc-lciilay. The first alter va'-ation meeting of the Methodist pastors of the city and vicinity was held at F.lm Park Metho dist F.piscopal church ut lo o'clock yes terday morning. Twelve clergymen were present, liev. William IMgar, ot Providence, presided. The devotions were conducted by the Venerable Uev. John Inivy. (in siiy'svestion of Uev. (!e.u-!?e T. Price some reports were given and re marks made concerning the debt of the parent missionary society. It was stat ed that Hourly $"ii).ooil had been raised through the recent debl-paylng day ob servance, with prospect of further In crease of the amount. I lev. F. A. Hony, secretary of North eastern Pennsylvania Sabbath union, wus the speaker of the mornings. The subject of the address was "The III blloal Conception of the Insurrection." It was followed by u profitable discus sion. A resolution of sympathy wps passed for Uev. A. D. Uuvid on account of the serious sickness ot his yvife, and for itev. .1. H. Sweet, pastor of Simpson church, who had been ill. It was an nounced that Key. Dr. John P.rudshaw, of Pittstein, would speak nt the next meeting, to be held on September 2S. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE rUndcr this heading short letters of In terest will be published when accompa nied, for publication, by the writer's inline. The Tribune will not be held re spunsiblu for opinions here expreused.J An Kxplanatioii. Kdllor of The Tribune. Sir: J. W. Guernsey who, as reported, went bull for Mr. Hownes, did so ns a per sonal favor to me und did not know Mr. lownes or the nature of the accusation against him. 1 simply told Mr. tluernsey that I wiib Interested In the cuse nnd be lieved the man to be unjustly prosecuted and he consented to do me the kindness. t. S. Woodruff. Feed the Nerves upon pure, rich blood and you -will not be nervous. Pure blood comes by taking Hood's Sarsa parllla which Is thus the greatest and best nerve tonic. Hood's Pills cure nausea, sick Head ache, Indigestion, biliousness. All druccujts. 25o, . COURT REFUSES AN INJUNCTION Traction Company Can Continue to Lay Washington Avenue Pave. HEARING ON RULE TO SHOW CAUSE Juilte Art-ulmld decided That from the F.vidcucc llct'ore Him the Trac tiou Company Hud n High! to Oc cupy Washington .vt-niic--Tbat Is .Not the fcnd ul'thc .Hutlcr, However. Again yesterday after a moretliwuugh understanding of the case. Judge Arch buld refused to grant a preliminary injunction to restrain the employes ot the Scrantou Traction company from laying the track on Wnshlneton ave nue. Last Friday Hon. John P. Kelly and J. Alton Davis, esq., representing Cyrus D. Jones, who Is the owner of the building In which J. W. (luernsey s music store is, applied to the court through the equity channel for an in junction to plop the work of tearing up the avenue. In the bill the reasons advanced why the court should Inter fere wer two: First, that the charter and articles of association of the Val ley Passenger Railway company, under which the Scrantou Traction company Is acting on u lease, do not give the defendant the right to that part of Washington avenue; second, that even If the right was vested by the charter and articles, yet the franchise was void because of lapse eif time. On Friday It was not clear to Judge Archbald'thnt he would be Justified in stopping the work, and he refused a preliminary injunction, at the sume time grunting a rule made returnable yesterday to show cause why a prelim inary injunction should not be grant ed. The hearing wus set down for 10 a, in., but was not begun until 1.30 In the afternoon. Court stenographer W. P. Coston was culled iu to take the testi mony. AN ARK AY OF COl'NSEL. Messrs. Kclley and Davit, ns on the day previous, represented the plain tiff, nnd the company wus again rep resented by the following array: Kx Judge W. 11. Jessup, Major Kverett Warren, Attorneys I. H. Burns and Horace K. Hand. General Manager Frank Sillimun, Jr., tins present on the part of the Traction company, and on the other side of the room sat H. H. Archer, who is deeply interested in the Citizens' Street Railway company. Assistant City Clerk Kvun J. Mor ris was sworn as a witness. He had with him the ordinance grunting th Valley Passenger company right of way over the streets named In their charter, and also the subsequent or dinance of Jan. lSita. which granted the coniMHiiy un extension of time until Jan. lt. 1WT. in which to con struct the lilies. (leiierul Manager Sllllinan was sworn and told what Hie. company proposed to do with the Washington avenue Im provement. He described the route of Ihe Suburban cars us coming In Wash ington avenue and going out by wuy of l.uckuwaiina and Washington ave nues to Spruce street to Adams ave nue. Mr. Archer was called as n witness on the part of the plaintiff and gave testimony concerning the purposes of the company when he was general manager, whenever the lines were to be extended. .R(iriNd Tiin: matter. This was ull the testimony taken and Mr. Davis began his argument for an Injunction, lie was followed by Mr. Kelley on the same plea.. The (ir- gimieuts against the petition were made by Judge Jessup, Major Warren, Mr, Hand and Air. Hiirns. After hear ing them all Judge Archbalil refused the injunction, lie said it was not es tablished that the defendant company Is on the street without authority, but did not care to pa.-'s linaily upon the question until It could be more fully presented and argued. This is not the end of the case. H will go on the equity trial list and come up In November or at some later term. Superintendent Robert F. Fox. of the Tract ion conipuny, informed a reporter of The Tribune that the Washington aveiiue connection w ill In laid, tin; poles planted, wires strung, turnouts iu place, nnd the cars run ning wlithin two weeks, providing lioth ing unforseen occurs In the shape of delay In the arrival uf building ma terial. If after the road Is built and In oper ation Hie coin I should decide that the Traction company, lessve of the Valley Passenger company, has no right on the street the truck may have to come up. AN APPEAL IS REFUSED. Opinion of Judge (Imiiler ill the I'rolliiughaiii Arcade Case. Judge Cunster has refused to grnnt an appeal from the judgment of Alder man Millar in Hie Prothiiighum portico case. Last .April Arthur Fi otlilnghum began the erictlon of a portico In front of the Arcade on Wyoming uvenue Street Commissioner Kinsley ordered him to stop and when Mr. Frothing ham refused he was arrested on a war rant sworn out before Aldel-inan Millar alleging u violation of a city ordinance, The uldennuii after hearing the caso discharged Mr. Frothlngiuim for hicli of evidence and an appeal was taken t court. Judge (lunsler's opinion quash ing the appeal is ns follows: 111 tile court of quarters sessions an HP Plication was made on behalf of the cilv of Seratiton for leave to appeal from the decision or this alderman und nu tiling ! tition and ufliduvlt an appeal was allowed It appears now from Ihe transcript of the liilitenniaii's oucKet mat the ileremuiut was urre.ited on a wariuiil Issued in the nam- of the commonwealth for erecting h structure on Wyoming avenue, contrary to the provisions of mi ordinance of sa'd city, approved the tenth day of April. and Unit the defendant was discharged lor lin k of evidence. It is clear to us that this whole proceed ings except the discharge of ihe defendant were Irregular. The alderman did right In illsrharslng the defendant because thre wns no ehai-Ke nKuinst him upon which he could be held to bail or of which he could be summarily convicted. If the action had been proper ly brought then the application for leave to appeal should have been made to the court of common ph-us or a judge thereof and not the court of quurter sessiohs. We express no opinion upon the merits nf the cuse becuuse it is not properly he fore us. The rule to quash the appeal is made ub solute. COURT NEWS NOTES. Judge Cunster grunted n new trial yes terday In the case of Kdwurds & Dar tliold against Miu tliu Pritchard. Judge Archbalil granted a new trial In the cuse of Powell Domcnlco agulnst the Iron City Mutuul Fire Insurance com pany, of PlttBburg. Judge Archbuld refused to grant a new trlul In the case of the commonwealth agulnst Lorens Zeidler. The defendant went ball foe a man named Goldmau to answer a charge of larceny in the quarter sessions, liuldnian did not appear and his bull WUS forfeited. Court grunted u decree In udoptloti yes terday permitting Joseph '1'v.Ihm. jr., to le udopted us a child und heir of James Tw ins, of Prk'eburg. In (lie case of Joseph J. Itrune against Charles b. Simon the exceptions to the relMirt of the referee were overruled yes terday by the court. The suit of illiuin T. Jenkins ugalnst Levi l' Brown, by ugreeineat of the par ties and order of court, was referred to C. It. Gardner ns referee. Attorney M. J. lHniiihoe tiled an applica tion in court for the uppointiueiit of Michael King us township clerk ot Lacka wanna township to lilt the vacancy caused by the removal of II. J. Kgan to Jenny n. Kx-Jiistlco Alfred Hand und Attorney W. J. Hand, solicitors for the defendant hi tile equity suit of the Winton Coal com pany, limited, uguinst the Dolph Coal company, limited, tiled the utiswer yester day. The rule to stay execution In the judg ment of John T. Porter, assigned to James J. Heuley against Arthur Kroth inghain, was discharged. A similar dis position was made of the cuse of James J. Heuley against tile same defendant. lodge Archbalil refused to grant a new trial 111 the case of J. M. Tompkins uganist the Scrantou Traction company. The pluintilf was given a verdict of MM for Injuries received und damages sustained by his wagon liclng run into on Cupousu uvenue on Jan. 12. lv'.d. Judge Ciiuisier handed down an opinion yesterday in the cuse of William tl. Uavis, assigned to George P. Davis, against Wil liam 1'. llolaiid, deciding in favor of the defendant. Mr. lioland had two notes against William tj. Davis umouiiting to $!.'; Mr. Davis recovered a judgment of 2:0 in u replevin suit und Mr. I Poland wanted to set off the moonlit of the Ver dict ugalnst one of the notes. Court up holds him. SAMPLES OF ASPHALT. They Were Submitted by Dunn Brothers to City Engineer One Not Satis factory, Otber Not Yet Tested. The critical moment in the usphalt war will soon arrive. Dunn Bros, completed the laying of concrete on Monroe avenue their first job In this city Friday afternoon, and yesterday morning began spreading the "binder," a composition of pitch and broken stone, for the reception of the asphalt cushion. City Engineer Phillips who believes they propose to lay an Inferior quality ot asphalt, upon learn ing that the asphalting was about to be commenced,- reiterated his former notice that he would not permit the work to be curried on. The Dunn's sent buck word that they were not laying any asphalt, as yet, and that when they do start the as phalting there would be no cause for Interference on the part of the city en gineer us they proposed to lay asphalt that would meet the requirements of their contract. This however, docs not satisfy Mr. Phillip and the conse quence will doubtlessly be, an Injunc tion proceeding and lltigution such as Wilkes-Harre has Just gone through. The sample of asphalt llrst sent iu by the Dunns was submitted to ex perts by City Fnglneer Phillips and their reports satlslled him that it was an Inferior material of the quality known us land asphalt, lie thereupon notllied the contractors that he would not allow them to lay the pavement. They paid no heed to Ills notice fur ther than to say that they would live lip to the HpecitleutioliH of their coll trust which me to furnish "pitch lake asphalt or asphalt proven equally us good." The Dunn'sc have submitted a second sample of usnhult, which the city engineer has not us yet had time to test. Williams' Business College, Olyiiliant An assured fact. Opens ut Father Matthew's hall, Sept. 21, for both day and evening sessions. Thorough course In bookkeeping, shorthand and com mon brunches. Wuit for the opening. The cheapest and best. To Cure a Cold in One la. Take luxatlve Brotno Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money If It fails to cure. 25 cents. Rexford's. Alarm Clocks The Ansunla alarm Is a? good no the best. A sure waker. We've much lo answer for in profit spoiling on ul.irni clocks. Here's one of the days when profit is out of Ihe question. We've just opened a hundred new alarm clocks and to start them going lively we will sell ihem for t wo days only f -r tile, fully warranted. Work Baskets A limited lot of Japanese work ba kets that are yours fur from 5c. to I.V-. each, -None worth less than u quarter Jardinieres Kvery Jardlnler in the store nt cost to close out. We've no room for tiv-in so we're going lo slop handling them. Umbrellas A lot of line umbrellas that repn sent all that's left of our once line line of these desirable goods. We've decld ed to sell every one on hand beTore re plenishing ihe stock If we ever put ill unollier lot, which Is doubtlul. So today we're going to try to sell every one of th"in, there's not many :lnd they may not last all day. Th no low-priced umbrellas In the lot, only line ones, all the cheap ones closed out long ago. Heies the inum enient for toilay: A steel rod umbrella, tight rolbr, tiatuiul wood handles, decorated with sterling silver, they sold for $2.75, but today shall see them sell at JI.U'J. Your choice for JI.ULI. Spectacles And Eye Glasses Perhaps you didn't know we had a first-class optician. We have and we are fitting glasse ut prices that don't make you feel tl.nt all opticians are robbers, (lur prices are about one-! third of what the oculists churge you ! and for the examination we make no ! chaw nt nil. Kvery pair guaranteed to tit or money refunded. This is nn offer that is made by no other optical house In the city. Anil it means Just what It says. Von run no risk in let ting us try to fit you. Come here llrst and If we don't succeed we give you your money back and you can go fo un oeullKt If you think you'll get a bet ter lit. Rexford's. 303 Lack'a, Ave. THE KEELEY CUBE Why lot your home and bnalnrm be deetroT. td throne h strong drink or morphine, when ion can be enred in four wmke at the Keeler Ditltute, Its Madlenn aTraae ScraaWn, Pa. keCnre Will Bear lavMtl-atka. 1 11 Never before were you able to buy such dainty gifts for so little money. Our store is teeming with new goods of our own importation. Flower Vases, JarJito Umbrella Stands, Lamps, What Beautiful Hrfects Vuu Can Oct in Lamps. Onyx Top Tables, Silverware, Cut Glass. We arc URcnta for LIBBEY'S, which speaks vol nines, KOCK- WOOD and other Famous tiooils. Don't lose sinlit of our open stock DINNER PATTERNS. Wc got two new ones in last week. CHINA HALL, MILL All & PECK. 134 Wyoming Ave. "Walk in and look arouutl." We Have On Hand THE BEST STOCK IN THE CITY . . Also the Newext Also the Cheapest. Also the Largest. Porcelain, Onyx, Bts Silver Novelties In Infinite Variety Lateet importation. Jewelry, Watches, Diamonds, fl. E. ROGERS, Jeweler and ... . , , Watchmaker. 219 LaCOTaMia AYl sbaoh i LIGHT Til? mnken nu Incandescent, electric A Infill cast, a nhadow. III really f SglVH mora li-.'hl Hum I luce of 52F1..,. OtrrntliMf. timl ilfl II. U'llll t.JL ff half the gas you now consume, THE GAS APPLIANCE CO.. g Q 120 N. Washington Ave C! IKET The Finest in the lily. The latest improved tnrnisli ings and apparatus lor keeping meat, butter and eis. 223 Wyoming Avenus. SteThomas College SCRANTON. CLASSICAL R0 CCHRIIRC-aL SCHOOLS Till: CLASSICAL SCHOOL n fornix 11 lull classical coursy for ptipi: dcHtlnoJ for tho iirofeMHions, aud iueti.-dc Latin, (Ireul:, iiulUll, Mathuunttica, Sciences, Mental Pliilosopl'.v nnd lithlcM. TMR COiYtrtKRCIAL iiCNOOL affords a full btariiieae courHO for boye preparing fer commercial life. Tin branoiios tanitht in clude Eiiglifih. Mortem Luninuiifes, Arith metic, r.onitkeeiiiig. Shorthand, Type writing. Drawing. Science. r. Kor 1-orticulers Aprly ( REY. D. J. AlactiCLUkICK, Pres. ir Brother Angelus, Director of Studios. CM THE LINE OF THL CI1I PACIFIC 17 are located the finost flshinff ond hunting grounds in the world. Descriptive hooka on application. Tickets to nil points in Maine, Canada and Maritime Provinces, Minneapoli.". St. Paul, Canadian and I'nited States Northwest, Vanvuuver, Seattle. Tacoma, Portland, Ure., San I'rancisco. First-C!ass Slsepln? end Dining Cars attached to nit ttiroushl trains. Tourist c&re fully fitted with bc-doim.;, curtains and specially adapted to wants of familiea may be had vith second-class tickets. Itates alWHj-s 1-ss than via other lines. For further Information, time tables, etc, on application to E. V. SKINNER, G. E. A.. 35J Broadway, New York. THIELE School of Music, 520 Spfuce St Mrs. Katharine Thiele, Voice Training, Solo Singint;. Ernest Thtele, Violin, Piano, 'Cello ensemble. Hath teachers at celebrated Scharwenku Conservatory, New York. Also other competent teachers engaged. Mr. Thiele is the successor to the late HERR KOPFF. 2X o Wo IB Wi 1 u FOR BOYS. AH Sizes, All Styles, All Prices. Bring us your boy and let us fit him out iu one of our uice, strong, durable aud stylish suits. Look Them Over. Siiiiii However, critically. Try them on, whatever your size or shape. Put them to any test, however exacting, nnd 3 011 will conclude, as hundreds of others have, that we handle the popu lar clothing of the city and every body buys at the same price. SI WII U LACKAWAim AVENUE. MIDSUMMER CLOSINij S - V Sterling Silver Siiirt Waist Sets, worth (;Sc to ."M: choice for Site. Worth 1-'J" to $1.75; elioiee for IH.OO. Sterling Silver Belt Huckles, worth H.SO. at Jyi.ivl. Worth $ .M). ut $1.75. Closin;: Out all our Fine China ut uliotit Half Price. (ientiino Koyers' Triple Plutc Spoons, l-'orks and Knives at reduced prices, l it graved free. Tea Sets, Ice Pitchers, Cake liaskets, etc.. It nest plate, new styles, very low prices. At our New Store, ISO WYCKSI93S AVENUE. Mil i tllLl EVA M. HETSEL'S Stiperior Face Bleach Positively Removes All Ficial Clealstos. .4,1 No uioro Fi'ekkH. Tan. Fmilmrn. Black unadfl, Livi-r Hpotn. Plmijk's uml Hallow Com liloxiott if Indies will usu mv Superior Face HVacli. Nut u rometif, but it inoilu'iim whirl, acts dircrtly on tho skin, rtiuvMi; nil ilittwl oiatiL.iii, tuul 0110 of tho KieutHat piirilyiuiff afrits for the complexion in vxitUmco. A IH-rf'-ctly Hair und tpotlrss complexion oaii vi ohtainott in pvcry instance hy its nn. Prico il ptr liottln. For bMu nt K. Al. llt'luer Hair Drt'-smi: unit Maiiii-uro Parlors, A O I.a:ka wuniKt uvo. Mail orders tilled promptly. SCRANTON, PA., 0wns its UIJ year, Hcptpnihor 14th, nndur oii;lit experienced tc:ichm. Fits for any Collego or Tcctiuictl School. Euglish, ISuei. ncss and Claaslnal Uopai tuienta. Bond for Catalogue to KEV, THOS, M. CANN, IX. l., Or WALTLR ft. BUIiLL, A, M. imisnera a 4 & y. ii r- tot!