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NATIONAL.
Prosldent-WII.MAM M'KINLET.
Vlco Presldent-UAKRET A. HOBART.
STATE.
Congressmen . nt . I.are QALU9HA A
GROW, SAMUEL A. DAVENPORT.
rOt'NTV.
rAiiM..-nttr.TTiu rfiVMn.l,
Commissioners S. W. KOBEKT8, GILES
Auditors A. E. KIEFER. FRED L
WARD.
LEGISLATIVE.
Senate. 21st Dlstrlrt-COI,. W. J. BCOTT.
Representative, lit Dlstrlct-JOHN It,
PA kll- 2.1 hllrlr tA T. W1NNEM
3d Dlstrlct-DR. N. C. MACKEY; 4th
District JOHN K. RKVNOLD8.
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Only a Popocratlc paper like the
Times would deem It funny to print
doggerel rampalgn burlesque on the
Lord's Prayer.
Twin Shaft Commissions' Work,
ThoM who expected a sensational re
port from the special commission ap
pointed recently by Governor Hastings
to investigate the Twin shaft disaster
were of course disappointed. The hear
ings of the commission having been
conducted In public, It naturally fol
lowed that the conclusion reached by
it would follow In principal lines In the
direction of those formed by Intelli
Kent observer at the time. The testl
mony brought out before the commis
sion left only one opinion eo far aa
the immediate responsibility for the
Accident was concerned. It pointed to
an error of judgment on the part of the
superintendent in charge; and the fact
that he paid for that error with his
own life as well as with the lives of
forty-seven others, effectually silence
so far as he Is concerned the voice of
criticism.
The recommendations of the commls
slon with reference to future require
ments) In aid of safety in mining de
serve and will no doubt receive care
ful legislative consideration. They are
logical deductions from the premises
In Ul before) the commission during the
progresa of It Inquiry. Perhaps noth
ing In those recommendations h new,
yet all are shown by th? Twin accl
tlent to be desirable, and It will not
require the enactment of additional
laws to cause all reputable mining com
panics to bend every possible energy to
the redoubling of precautionary energy
toward the safeguarding of limb and
life. The notion so studiously fostered
during campaign times that the owners
of mining property aire as a rule indif
ferent to the welfare of the men who
gain a livelihood working in that prop
erty is disproved If by no higher con
sideration than the fact that loss of life
In mining very rarely occurs Iiikpp
nrably from serious damage to prop
erty. In the case of the Twin shaft
nceident this was ao conspicuously
proved that we venture to say it would,
ns an economic proposition, have been
far cheaper for the owners of that prop
erty to have- retired every one of the
forty-eight doomed employes on a pen
slon for life than to have sustained the
pecuniary loss which the accident
Itself, without regard to humane con
siderations, inflicted. '
The commission does nut, however,
recommend one proposition which in
our judgment would In all probability
prove beneficial. It does not say, ns
wo suspect some of Its members itullv
Idunlly think, that the state could vwll
afford to multiply by two the number
of Its mine Inspectors, nnd require of
these officials a scrutiny of workings so
close and so often as to render general
squeezes unlikely to escape detection,
Even If Bryan Is licked, why
make the lesson a good one?
not
Salisbury In a Corner. (
It is doubtful if the last has yet been
heard of the Turkish question In Eng
land. Lord Salisbury's hope to es
cape from further responsibility in the
premises by causing it to be said for
the foreign office that any attempt
by Great Britain to curb the Turk
would Involve the nation in a gigantic
European war seems destined to be fu
tile and singularly enough the man who
appears most likely to' frustrate It Is
none other than Salisbury's old-time
antagonist, William E. Gladstone.
The sage of Ilawarden does not relish
the anemic diplomacy which for fear of
political complications palters with so
urgent a moral duty as Is Involved in
the Armenian massacres. Speaking on
Thursday at Liverpool, before an Im
mense and an enthusiastic assemblage,
he moved the adoption of a resolution
urging the government to affirmative
and aggressive action In the Bosphorus.
nnd In commenting upon the subject
went on to say: "The present move-rrij-nt
is based on the broad grounds of
humanity and is not directed against
the' Mohammedans, but against the
Turkish officials, evidence of whose
barbarities rests in credible, official re
ports. Now, as in 1876, to the guilt of
massacre Is added the Impudence of
denial, whloh will continue just as long
as Europe Is content to listen. I doubt
If It Is an exaggeration to say that It
was In the sultan's palace and there
only that the Inspiration .has been sup
plied and the' policy devised of the
whole series of massacres. When the
sultan carries massacre Into his own
capital under the eyes of the ambassa
dors, ho appears to have gained the
very acme of what It is possible for
him to do."
In reply to the wail of Downing street
that English Interference might mean
war. the veteran statesman said: "I
deny that England must abandon her
own right to Independent judgment
and allow herself to be domineered by
the other powers. I do not believe that
Europe Vlll make war to ensure the
continuation of massacres more terri
ble than ever recorded in the dismal,
deplorable history of human crime."
Of course It can be said that Mr. Glad
stone speaks In freedom from official
responsibility and that his emphatic
words have the weight only of one 'pri
vate citizen's opinion. While this is
true it also Is true that the opinion
thus. voiced Is the opinion of every other
honest and earnest Christian citizen
and the volcinr of it by one eo rich
with honors become scarcely less than
a command from people to ministers.
No doubt Lord Salisbury would like
very much to find still another way out
from the Armenian dilemma so as not
to force European diplomacy to a crisis,
but the chances are that, sooner or
later, he will have to toe the mark.
So far .as the anthracite region Is
concerned, Bryanism Seems to have
been effectually Impaled on the prongs
of Ben Tillman's pitchfork.
One Significant Circumstance.
One would think that on its face the
fact thnt so large a percentage of the
business men of the country are op
posed to Bryan and free silver would
be sufficient to convince the average
voter that something must be serious
ly at fuult In Bryan's programme. The
man who will stop to think must soon
perceive that If the free and unlimited
coinage of silver would do for the com
mon people one-tenth part of the good
which Bryan predicts that It would
there would be every reason in the
world for the great majority of merch
ants and manufacturers to support free
coinage with all their might, because
anybody knows that the common peo
pie are the ones who constitute the
great bulk of. the country's buyers.
(live to the average merchant or manu
facturer the patronage of what Is
known as "the great middle class," and
let this class be fairly prosperous, and
he can afford, if necessary, to snap
(lis finger In the face of the so-called
plutocrats.
This being true, It follows that the
merchant Is not as the Populist ora
tors sometimes assert, dragooned by
the moneyed interests Into supporting
the sound money ticket, but that he
does this from sincere conviction that
the triumph of free sliver would bear
down heavily upon the common people
and thus hurt his principal source of
trade. It may be asked how the bust
ness men of the country justify such a
conclusion; and the answer Is that
they have good authority for their be
lief. In fact almost all the testimony
upon the subject which would, In a
court of Justice, be admitted as re
spectable and credible, supports their
conclusion. The only testimony to the
contrary is the bold assertions of such
men as Bryan, Altgeld and Teller, who
simply ask the country to take their
word for It.
But whether the great statesmen and
experienced economists who favor
sound money or the shouting office
seekers who laud free silver are cor
rect in their predictions as to the ulti
mate effect of the free .opening of
America's mints to the silver of the
world at 1C to 1, It Is a fact of present
significance that an overwhelming per
centage of business men would take
fright at the election of Bryan and that
the consequence of this feeling would
be a disastrous panic. The latest Issue
of the Dry Goods Economist, an influ
entlal trade paper. Illustrates our point
when it Bays that manufacturers In the
east are now receiving orders with these
conditions attached: "Cancel, If Bry
an wins;" or "We shall not want these
goods unless McKlnley wins;" or "Ship
the Inclosed order If the election goes
against Bryan." This is true in equal
degree of all other sections, except per
haps the silver-mining region in the
west.
It may be the policy of wisdom after
three years of distressful times to de
liberately Invite a new dispensation of
panic, but we must align ourselves
with those who cannot see the matter
In such a light.
Bryan himself Is a college man, but
those Tale rowdies probably made him
regret It.
The Row About Venezuela.
Little less than one year ago the
country was startled one dny by the
appearance of a p.-esldontlal message
concerning a South American bound
ary dispute. The message asked con
gress to appoint a commission to In
vestigate certain points In the dispute
and congress with practical unanimity
almost immediately assented. The
message suggested that when this com
mission had once reached nn opinion
ns to the proper divisional line between
Venezuela and British Guiana It "would
be the duty of the United States to
resist by every means In its power, as
a wilful aggression upon its rights and
Interests, the appropriation by Great
Britain of nny lands, or the excise of
governmental jurisdiction over any ter
ritory which, after Investigation, we
have determined of right to belong to
Venezuela."
This was the aspect of affairs last
December. Today, as the Rochester
Post-Express points out. the matter
stands in about this fashion: There Is
to be a committee, half American and
half British, appointed to decide the
facts of the case, and. on Its findings
England and Venezuela are to try to
agree on the boundary line between
that republic and British Guiana. Fall
ing agreement, the whole question is to
be referred for settlement to a tribunal
of three consisting of one representa
tive appointed by Venezuela, one by
Great Britain, and one by the two con
testants jointly.
It will be observed," says the Post-
Express, "that 'we' have abandoned all
pretension to fix the true divisional line
between Venesuela and British Guiana,
and are no longer so powerfully Im
pressed with, the sacredness of that
boundary that we are ready to defend
It, if need be, with the entire military
force of the United States. Mr. Olney
got round at last to the position which
Mr. Prellnghuyten had taken thirteen
years before, that the true function of ,
the United States was to urge arbitra
tion on both parties to the contro
versy." In other words, perhaps ex
cusable asperity under the provoca
tion of Lord Salisbury' epistolary In
solence has melted down with the lapse
of time into rational and conservative
common sense, and the danger of war
has faded entirely from view.
But If in some features the mesaos'e
of last December was a mistake as
most persona, upon soberer considera
tion, now believe it was not a mis
take without compensations. It gave
us a chance to show to Una world how
quickly at the sign of danger from with
out the people of this republio can sub
ordinate minor differences and get to
gether for national defense. It revealed
to the contemptuous diplomacy of
Europe that the Monroe doctrine, if to
thei an idle platitude phrased! only
for an hour, it is to 70.000,000 fearless
people a live and reverenced mandate of
patriotism, that must ever be reckoned
with. If It was a mistake, In part sub
sequently untenable, it was at all events
a mistake in the risht direction, nnd
one that will not fall in the coming:
years to command a large measure of
wholesome admiration.
It Is gratifying to observe that the
nomination of John F. Reynolds, of
Carbondale, for representative In the
Fourth district has been welt received,
no less by Democrats than by Republi
cans. Apart from the fact that his op
ponent, Mr. Fadden, stands for an ele
ment In Democratic politics with which
a large percentage of the Democratic
vote Is not In sympathy, there seems to
be substantial agreement among the
substantial men of the district that Mr.
Reynolds is personally the better quali
fied one to represent the district's In
terests at Harrlsburg. He measures up
to the highest requirements and would
be a representative of whom Carbon
dale city and the whole district might
well feel proud.
Tillman's Good Work.
One of the choice bits of advice sup
plied by Senator Tillman during his
recent brief but picturesque tour of the
coal fields was addressed, to working
men ln the following language: "If
your bosses ask you to vote for Mr
Kinley, tell them to go to hell; if they
bother you further, send them there."
Of course the "bosses" are not In
terferlng with their workmen, because
even If they were disposed to, the
secret ballot would render lntefereneo
futile. Tillman's talk was reaJly an In
cltement to murder. If as a result of
it there should be bloodshed at any poll
within the limits of the territory trav
ersed by him, It Is an open question
whether he would not be subject to
Indictment as an accessory before the
fact.
Quite naturally, . however, such
methods as this are having an effect
directly opposite to that Intended. Re
ports from Schuylkill county, the seat
of greatest Republican defection, aro
full of encouragement. Men who two
months ago were thinking seriously of
voting for Bryan or free silver are now
recognizing that to do so would be a
mistake. Polls of the county show that
the slump In the silver sentiment is
steady and general.
Bryan can thank Tillman for much
of this.
One of Tillman's coarse threats
while stumping through here was that
If it didn't get free silver the south
might again secede. We don't think he
expected with that to catch the soldier
vote.
Clearing Business Skies.
The gold reserve at Washington is al
ready beginning to reflect the probabll
Ity of Major McKlnley's election and
the ending of uncertainty ns to the
stability of our finances. It I now al
most up to the highest point attained
during the past five years, lacking only
a few dollars of being 12r.,000,000. The
fact that there are few calls for re
demption and that the tide of outflow
by export of former months is rapidly
changing Into a tide of influx Is a
pretty stroiis indication that the bust
ness world Is accepting as practically
assured the maintenance of the pres
ent standard.
In discussing this subject the Wash
Ington Star, an able independent au
thority, declares that the heroic man
ncr in which the United States have
been liquidating their foreign indebted
ness, paying not only the Interest on
their foreign obligations, but large por
tions of the principal, loads to the be
lief that gold will continue to come this
way In the settlement of trade balances
and the renewal of Investments. "The
net payments due on interest, freight
and other current accounts have been
estimated." It pays, "at JHr.,725.000 an
nually. The actual payments shown
by the returns of foreign commerce and
gold and silver shipments up to ISM av
eraged for several years only about $70,-
000.000 annually. This indicated thnt
half of our annual dues to Europe were
left here for reinvestment. A startling
change took place for the three years
ending June .20, 1S36. The record of
thoee years showed net payments to
foreign countries of SGl'G.OOO.ono In mer
chandise and the precious metals. This
was a rate of about $20i,000,000 per year,
and indicated that not only were the
full Interest nnd freight payments be
ing exacted by Europe, but that $76,-
OOO.OOn of the principal of our debt was
being exacted annually also. The fig
ures for the first two months of the
present fiscal year have run at an even
higher rate and have added $47,000,000
to the net payments of the past three
years. This great excess of shipments
of American merchandise, gold and sil
ver, is regarded as affording a sound
basis for the Importation of gold, so
long as confidence In our purpose to
pay gold Is not shaken."
There can bo no doubt that those cir
cumstances portend in the event of Mc
Klnley's election a decidedly Improved
condition of business confidence and
hopefulness. That Is nearly all that Is
needed to insure n return cf prosperity.
The fact that William J. Bryan has
received a respectful hearing In every
city except the seat of Tale university
suggests that It might be well to steer
the naxt contingent of self-sacrificing
missionaries In the direction of New
Haven.
The probabilities are that the next
senate will be a tie on the silver ques
tion, with Vice President Hobart there
to cast the decisive vote .
Which One Is the
Party of fh? Poop?
From the Buffalo Enquirer.
Tho ureal Issue of the Democratic par
ty in this fanvass, thnt out f which aris
es every specific policy that It advocates,
is the profession of sympathy for the pour
and the oppltjfrsed and the promise of uet
terment. In plain words It ojwrts that
It la for the people uga'.nst a plutocracy
for manhood against money. If this were
really the Issue, and if the Domocrutlv
party were really the only champion of
humanity, it would bo the duty of every
lover of hlj kind to support it efforts ti
tho koocI cause. Let us consider whether
the contest Is between the rich and th'
poor, the laborer and the speculator, dem,
ocracy and plutocracy; whether tho free
coinage of silver at W to 1 is the remedy tor
all human Ills; and whether the support
ers of the Democratic candidates are en
titled to be considered the only men who
believe in manhood and the greatest good
of the greatest number.
At the outset this ominous fact meets
us. Four years ago the iJemocratle party
made precisely the same sort of a canvass.
The same outcry was raised In behalf of
Ihe Kxir against the rich: the same clamor
URuinst trusts and monopolies; the same
charge of robbery against great industrial
Interests. Then the remedy proposed was
free trade; the constant practice of the
country from the llrst tariff Inw of tho
first congress was denounced as uncon
stitutional; the Democracy of Jcft'ersor,
Madison and Jitckaon was set aside ftrvl,
the teaching of Calhoun and the milliner
was declared to be the party faith. A
cIuiish in the dead and almost forgotten
Confederate constitution was treated as
the doctrine of the Federul constitution.
The Democratic party won. Has It done
anything to show fulth In its own teach
ings? tins It kept any of its pledges? lln
It lightened the hardens of the poor? Has
It destroyed any trusts? Has It cast down
the proud and exalted the humble? Has it
wiped away all tears from nil eyes? Not
r. t all. It has aiven us three years of
panic, disaster and Increasing debt. And
standing nmld the wreckage of the crusade
of I W, have we not n right to be skeptl.
fill as to the Vrtlsade of ISilll? There Is
merely this discrimination to be mudc,
thnt whereas times were unusually good
in 1S92, they are unusually bud this year.
Even In eras of prosperity there is much
suffering in tho world, great evil, and not
a little apparent Injustice; and It Is easy
to aituck what Is bad and theorize on its
improvement, but Illogical to hold those
who refuse to accept our theories respon
sible for what Is wrong and opposed to
what Is right. In eras of depression the
Kcneral discomfort and discontent In
crease and the schemes for reform multi
ply and the fallacy of skipping from the
premise that something is wrung to the
conclusion that a particular change is nec
essary becomes the favorite method of ar
gument. We are ready to concede to the
Democrats, and, indeed, no sensible man
can deny it, that the times are out of
joint, and that many things have gone
wrong during the last three years. The
hunger for wealth Is too fierce, the tenden
cy of trusts and combinations to get tho
better of humanity Is too strong, the grasp
ing of corporations after public franchises
has been too greedy, the squandering of
American money in the pursuit of foreiKn
social distinctions has been too scandal
ous. It Is plain, also, that the course of the
present administration has been with the
tide of plutocratic demoralization. It
threatened a change of our Industrial sys.
tern and the establishment of free trade
and then compromised with nearly all the
protected Interests; It undertook a revolu
tion of our currency by discrediting our sil
ver money, forcing heavy bond sales to
retire our legal tender currency, and
gruntlnr to corporations the privilege cf
furnishing their demand notes to the peo.
pie as money probably the greatest
scheme of flnanciul prollt, not to say plun
der ever conceived. It acquiesced In the
levying of an Income tax and yet seemed
delighted when the Supreme court denied
the national authority of tax Incomes.
Therefore, In so far as public mismanage
ment may bring nbout misfortune among
the people. It is obvious that the Demo
crats who were represented In the national
convention at Chicago had fair ground of
quarrel with the Democrats who have
been running the affairs of the govern
ment. They were clearly right In many
of the charges made against them, thouah
not In the remedy, and so far as the tlRlit
between tho Democratic factions Is con.
coined It looks very like a atriiRKle of Ihe
many against the few, democracy against
plutocracy, manhood against money.
But within the scope of this quarrel the
Republican party does not come; nnd out
side of It many of the plain people of the
United States, slightly bound by parlies
ure withdrawn. No doubt there Is within
the Hi-publican party a plutocratic ele.
ment small in bulk and large In Influence,
but the great mass of the party Is loyally
Republican; Htul the pnrty as a whole hits
been faithful to the Lincoln doctrine of a
government of the people by the people
for the people. For the public evils of tho
lust three year It has no responsibility ;
and It may be said in its behalf, with at
least a great show of plausibility, that
if it had not been defeated In 1'I2 an I
turned out of power these evils would not
have come upon the country. The Repub
lican party did not hesitate to attack a
Supreme court decision that seemed to
conflict with the higher law; it did not
hesitate to cntarge the court to secure a
public policy; it asserttd the sovereign
rleht of the nation to tax Incomes In time
of need; It Issued legal tender paper; It is
not for monetary revolution; It created a
public debt In the crisis of war and reduced
It rapidly In an era of peace. It is not,
therefore, fairly in, the controversy which
Is carried on by Ihe Democratic candidate
for the presidency, nnd by Democratic ora
tors at such meetinKS as those held in
Brooklyn lust Wednesday night. Tho
Republican party hns a right to
point to Its record, and assert
that It Is loyal, patriotic and repre
sentative of the masses of the people; and
as the Democratic party has failed In the
administration of public affairs tho nat
ural course is to trust the Republican par.
ty with power oneo more. Should it be
tray this trust us the Democratic party
has done, then let It be called to stern ac
count. Why seek redress by devious poll,
tical by-paths and new devices, when the
broad highway of custom Is open before
us?
The Democrats propose a political meas
ure, free coinage of silver at IH to 1, which
they maintain will cure all the Ills of so
defy; and they made the same claim for
free trade In lS9-. That notion of a ros
trum every four years Is the most primi
tive form of public qnnckory. It Is con
trary to the nature of things. e did not
get free trade in ISflS. but we got panic;
we nilKht not get free coinage in 1W)7 In
case of Democratic victory, but we would
certainly get more panic whether or not.
There Is nothing nt nil wrong with the
financial system of the country and the
emedy is based on a false diagnosis of the
source or -national Ill-health. e have
abundance of money. There Is plenty of
gold, plenty of silver, nnd enough of ab
solutely good paper currency; and the
(damor for change comes from the debtor
class In one part of tho country and tho
creditor class In another; and each howls
out of mere greed. We know what tho
Democrats who schemed for monometal
lism have brought about: and what the
Democrats who are scheming for free
coinage at the old ratio would bring about
s a matter for wild conjecture. .And whv
should a nation risk Its prosperity on a
mere financial experiment in which the
chances are far more than 1G to 1 against
success?
Not long ago a young man In a neigh
boring city In discussion with a friend said:
The Plain drift In America Is toward the
condition of Europe. The working people
here will fall naturally Into the position
of the artisans of Kurope; the farmers
here Will become the peasantry of Kurope;
and the wealthy people and the profession
al men will be the gentry and nobility of
Europe. That Is what is coming; and
what ought to come; and it Is Idle to con
tend against It." No such Issue la upon
us; and If It were there Is no earthly rea-
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son to suppose that McKinley would not
be as strong for Americanism us Bryan,
uml as true to the future against tho
past.
Weather nnd Other Predict ions Tor
Hie t'omiux Week.
Sunday, Sept. 27. Weather rainy. A
child born on this day should keep in tho
employ of others. A female will be un
fortunate in wedlock. Ask favors In the
mot-nit:.
Monday, Sept. 28. 6un 30 degrees from
Jupiter. Wind und rain. A child born on
this day will be quick In a niter, head
strong and unlucky. Beware of quarrel.
ling and avoid females.
Tuesday, Sept. a. Sun semi-square to
Horsrhal. Ind and rain. A child bom
on this day will be clever, fortunate and
will be respected; a female, however, will
be unhappy in wedlock. Court, marry,
buy and speculate.
Wednesday, Sept. 30. Venus textile to
Jupiter. Weather fair. A child born on
this day will have to work hard for a liv
ing. Ask favors of elderly persons and bo
careful In thy dealings.
Thursday, Oct. 1. Mercuty trine to !tfars.
Wind and perhaps rain. A child born cn
this day will bo quick ond active, but not
very fortunate. Be careful.
Friday. Oct. I. Mercury soml-soJttllo to
Ilei-Mchal. Weather wet. A child born on
this dny will do well to keep In the em
ploy of others nnd attempt nothing on his
own account. Seek work before noon.
Saturday, Oct. X Sun SO degrees from
Saturn. Weather fair. A child horn on
this day will be clever, hut not particu
larly Tortunate. Travel nnd transact busi
ness before 1 o'clock p. m.
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajncchus
The Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolabe cist: 3.2 n. m., tor Saturday,
September 1S1N.
A child born on this dny will bear In mind
that there is to be no forcible extension
of the muscle of Mr. Merrlllebl's lower
limbs during the present campaign.
Trom present Indications stralghtjackets
will be neeiicit ror some oi me mosi prom
Inent mmlls In the Times school of cam
pnign education long before commence
ment exercises take place.
The I'enplo's party of Lackawanna de
serve praise for condemning the system of
government or fate that dl; tributes weRlth
unequally. If we could all become rich
there would be no cause for complaint.
For Inciting 'Squire Feehley to poetry,
the editor of-the Times "Forum of the
People" deserves to be Indicted for cruelty
to reader".
Don't you care If Bryan doesn't come.
Aren't we going to have Hughey Jennings
in our midst Monday?
By the way what would Billy Bryan
have said to our miners on the subject of
free coal?
Autnmiml Rhymes.
Though "nmber elder" doth now Inspire
When poetic fancies lug,
A little later the liquid may fire
The gonitis with nn embryo Jag. '
Splendid
Display. .
Fine Writing
Papers, Cheap.
Medium and
lllsli Grade
TABLETS.
BEIDLEMAN, THE BOOKMAN
4J7 8pracSt., Opp.Th Commonwtslih.
STYLES
1896.
Now Open and Ready
Exhibition.
IME-UP
POLITICAL ECONOMY.
"Do you think," said the young man
who has gone Into politics, "that a man In
my position can afford to be Indifferent to
public opinion?"
"I don't know," said Senator Sorghum,
thoughtfully. "How much is your private
income?" Washington Star.
AFINESHOW
Of the latest in China and Silver,
ware (or wedding or other gifts.
Dinner Sets, Chamber Sets, Cut
Glasses, Silverware, Brlc-a-Bruc.
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Cloaks and Suits,
421 Lackawanna Ave, Scranton.
Come and Examine Our Stock First.
Little money irassesses a marvelous ca
pacity to do big things here now. Our
suit department Is now stocked with
nits galore; prices that will please the
hard-working girl and styles that will
pieuse the most FASTIDIOUS. COME
and -be convinced.
Hrown Covert Cloth Bulls, velvet
trimmed. silk lined, latest style; else,
where $S.W,
Our Price $5.98
N'ew lot of handsome cloth Stilts, woo)
and mixtures, all colors, S lined with
1u(Teta silk, tailor made; elsewhere
$h!.uu,
Our Price S7.9S
Very pretty Suits, box front, piped with
velvet, extra stiff Inter-linlnc, skirts
perfectly adjusted. Any color you
wish; elsewhere (15.00,
, Our Price $9.93
In our Skirt Department we have 3W
different styles of materlul. W begin
with
Plain ltlack Sicilian at J1.2'.
Black Figured Mohair 1.4s
Heavy Cloth, good for winter wear .... t.m
Oood serviceable wide wale 2.4!)
Our assortment at ti ts and 13.93 are
too .numerous to mention.
Come and see them.
Our waist department is well surjnlied
with Waists, Just the proper thin.- for
this season
or in
he year.
Norfolk Man-
nel waists. In bin
ack
tine, brown and
green, cheap at )2.&,
FALLANDWINTBR
Our Price $1.49
Our fancy Dresden silk waists have
been such an elegant success thnt we
have added to our stork a greater va
riety than ever. We are now prepared
to show the most beautiful of the sea
son at I3.M and M.W; your choice of
changeable silk waists at W is and H.W.
L WEINGART, Proprittot;
BAZAAR.
for
$5.98
reasonable figures.
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As yonr needs suggests anything In tha
way of UMioiidy, t!iisk IccVs er Ofll
Supplies, snd when yenr list Is fnll bring
it in and no will surprise yon with the
novelties wo receive daily. Ws also carry
very neat line of Calling Cards and Wed
Clng Invitations at s moderat prici.
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Stationers and Engravers,
HOTEL JERA1VN BUILDINO.
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THE STETSON SOFT HAT.
NONE BETTER.
Conrad
SELLS THEM AT 305 LACKA. AVE.
THIS IS THE MILLER STYLE
NONE NICE3.
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Houses for Sale and for Rent.
If vau contemplate Durchulnro
In a house, or want to Invest In lot.
sco tho lists of desirable property tm
page a of Tho Trlbano.
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