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SICOND-CLASa MA1I. UATTIH.
SCRANTON. SKPTKMUER 30. 1896.
THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.
NATIONAL.
President-WILM AM M'KINLEY.
Vice-President U A lUtKT A. HOBART.
STATK.
Congressmen - at - Large GALUSHA A.
GROW. SAMtlKL A. DAVENPORT.
COl'ViY.
Congress WILLI AMCONNELL.
Commlssioiiers-ii. V. HUBERTS, CILE3
ROBERTS. ,
Auditors-A. K. KIEFBK, FRED I
WARD.
I.KtUNI.ATIVE.
Senate. 21st IilKtrlctol,. W. J. SCOTT.
Representative, iNt District JOHN . R.
FAHR; 2.1 lllsirlct-A. T. CONNKLL;
3d llstiiit-DH. N. '. MACKKY; 4th
Dlstrlct-JUHN V. REYNOLDS.
The hiring of Professor McCloskey
by the school board moy not have In
volved a legal contract; but It was
binding nuirally otul the manner In
which It was reconsidered was noth
ing short of cowardly. The men re
sponsible fur it deserve all the censure
they are receiving.
Worthy Legislative Candidates.
The Republicans (,f Lackawanna
county have every reason to feel satis
fied with the men whom their party
has nominated to represent them nt
llnrrlshurs. At the head of the list
ttanils Colonel W. J. Scott, whose sena
torial district Includes enough of Luck
ir.vunim to excite In the whole of It a
lively Interest In his candidacy. Colonel
Kcott, by reason of his high character
and lung experience as one of the lead
ins buslneFS men In tills part of the
state, Is pre-eminently -quallMed to
serve with the discretion and effective
ness In the Pennsylvania senate, and
of his election by a handsome plurality
there Is no doubt.
In the First representative district
Jlr. Fa it, with three terms of continu
ous service at his back, presents him
self as n candidate for n fourth elec
tion, and there does not appear to be
any reason to doubt his return to Ilar
rislung by a large plurality. The dis
trict's I'taunt'h Republicanism easily
assures this.
Ilv roll, ifulnnt lrn Aluv T rnMH.ill
. . ..nr. '..,ii,
r.epubllcans of the Second district con
ferred honor upon a public serynnt who
came back to them from his first term
nt t'.ie state capital with a record both
brilliant and clean. It Is no more thnn
the plain truth to sny, as was said by
the speaker who recently presented Sir.
Connell's name for renomlnntlon, that
this customary token of approval by a
pood representative's constituents had
been fairly and squarely earned by
him. Rarely has a new member Rained
the command over legislative methods
or won the favorable recognition from
old member that were gained and won
by Representative Connell two years
iiku. The Second district would sucrl
llce a considerable advantage and placo
In needless jeopardy Its own Important
k'litslutivo interests if it should make
the mistake of replacing Mr. Connell
with an Inexperienced member whose
first term would be eaten up In an at
tempt to becomo acquainted with the
run of things.
Of the fitness of Ir. N. C. Markcy to
represent successfully the Third dis
trict at llarrisburg there is, we believe,
no question: at bust, there should not
for he has long been one of the dis
ci's most stalwart and progressive
luwiii uim mi iiiiiii lilt? imiiv hum
never had to call twice for any service.
The vhirllnlg of inditics brought to
him, a few weeks ago, a nomination
Bought and expected by another. Had
the choice of the convention been other
wise than it was, the nominee would
have felt Justified In expectlnff from
both Dr. Mackey and his friends loyal
nd cordial support, nor would he have
rtrnrir. UlUl llll'tT MIllllll lilt? IlUIlll-
chagrined should reallie what the par
ty at large expects of them in the mat
ter of loyalty to the regular party
nominee; and only reasonable to pre
dict that they, as good Republicans, will
recognize the propriety and acquiesce
In the justice of this expectation.
The cordiality with which bright citi
zens of nil parties have welcomed the
nomination of John F. Reynolds In the
Fourth district and the entire absence
of division or Jealousy in the Republi
can ranks In that district inspire the
hope that what the nomination of Mr.
O'Malley won for the Republican party
two years ago can this year bo retained.
It Is important to the Fourth district,
and particularly to Carbondale, that
its representative shall be in touch with
the lender at Harrinburg and In a po
sition politically to accomplish the
.it nv !ijnniiMij uiiiuuiil lis hiniii wnrK
n me nistrici s uenatr. in other words.
! 1 1 1 1 1 1 ii i- iim in nfiiiimm nvmnnrnv n m
he controlling mnlorlrv nml not a mara
nft-i:i.iii.'i iiudiir ni nny lime lu UH ei-
bowed aside because of his Identifica
tion with the Democratic minority.
This consideration ought to weigh
heavily In Mi. Reynolds' favor, and It
Is reinforced by the fact that he Is per
sonalty In every way qualified for the
position to which he aspires.
Looking the ground carefully over,;
reason wny me nexi legiBiauve delega
tion should not go down to Harrlsburg,
as did the last one, solidly Republican.
Thereby it would command a degree of
Influence not possible to a divided dele-.
gallon, and could demand consideration
on political as well as on geographical
and Industrial grounds. In the stir
over national issues, the Importance of
electing a united Republican delegation
to llarrisburg should not for a moment
be forgotten. The thing can be done if
every Republican will determine that
It shall be done.
It will interest all friends of educa
tion to learn that the fire which on Sat
urday last reduced to ruins the build
ings of Mt. Holyoke college, the pio
neer American seminary for women,
will only interrupt but will not end the
work of this noble school. Present
plans contemplate a prompt rebuilding
on a greatly enlarged scale, and It Is to
be hoped that means will be iorthcom
big to carry them into execution.
Common Sense Oratory.
There is a directness and a lucidity
In the oratory of Frank 8. Black which
are making new admirers for him every
day. His speech at New York Monday
night, formally opening the New York
gubernatorial campaign, abounds in
telling points bo accurately presented
as -to preclude mlsunderstundlng. Let
us cite a few illustrative quotations.
Addressing himself especially to the
farmer, he said:
"You can understand the shape of the
earth better by look In a at a small globe
which represents It than by looking at a
green held which Is only a part of It. You
can undestand this silver question better
by bringing it down to your own neigh
borhood than by looking at that particular
green Held which Is located in the state of
Colorado. When the question is so re
duced and applied 1 believe there Is not a
farmer In America who will brieve In the
free and unlimited coinage of sliver. If
he owned one farm, fertile in the growths
resulting from his toil, and his neighbor
owned the one udjoining, rich in mlner.il
resources resulting not from toll but from
discovery, he would never for one mo
ment contemplate the proposition that the
mineral lying In the bowels of his neigh
bur's farm should be coined without limit,
without reason. Into money which should
measure the value of all the products of
his labor and even Ills farm Itself, and that
this coinage should be done at the Joint
expense of both, and his neighbor should
keep It all. If this Is not fair to a single
fnrmer, how can It be fair when the num
ber Is Increased to thousands? If it Is not
fair to a neighborhood, how can It bo fnlr
to the I'nited States? And yet this Is the
meaning of the free and unlimited coin
age of silver."
And asuin:
"You have no bullion to be coined Into
money, neither have 1; New York and
Pennsylvania and Masaehusetts hnvo
none, nor any state except a few in tho
west, nnd yet this coinage is to be done
by the government, nnd a few states of
the I'nlon where it Is found, small In popn.
latlon, small in all resources except min
eral, may have coined at your expense
and mine all the silver bullion which they
can dig, Into money at twice its value
and keep the whole of it. Now where
in that business arrangement is your
prollt and mine? There is no suggestion
that the farmer can have any part of the
result unless he pays for It In the products
of his farm. The bushels will contain Just
as many quarts, the pounds Just as many
ounces and from sunrise to sundown will
be Just as long, nnd there Is no way In
the world open to him by which he can
then secure a dollar worth 53" cents for less
corn or less labor than he can now secure
a dollar worth MO cents."
Then addressing himself to the la
borer he added:
"Labor Is nearer a universal basis of
vnlue than any other thing we have to
sell, but to make It available to the la
borer himself there must be some stand
ard by which to measure It. It cannot
be retained. No man's labor of yesterday
or last year can be preserved except by
some representative or token of It, and
money is the almost universally adopted
agent for that purpose. Nothing in the
world should be so anxious as labor that
the token which represents It should be
unvarying and reliable. The poor man on
Saturday night distributes in various way3
the labor of the preceding week. To every
man who supplies his Immediate wants
he gives a part. The thrifty laborer may
not spend until today the labor of some
day last year, lie has hoarded It away In
the dollar that represents it, nnd to him
inure than to any other person It Is Im
portant that that dollar should be worth
as nearly us possible when he pendfl It
us much as it was when he oarned It.
No value can remain absolutely stable.
Commerce, business, production, supply
ami demand, and all the conditions of ex
istence prevent that, but the money thnt
Is least changeable Is the best. These
values or accumulations may be de
stroyed or lost or reduced In various ways,
by theft or uccldent, or by failure of a
bank. Hut I never heard until this year
a proposal to vole them away. If a man
Is robbed It is n crime and he may have
redress. If u bank fails and pays him
only fi3 cents on a dollar It Is a misfortune,
nnd it Is not yet without hope of recovery.
Hut If he votes away 47 cents of every dol
lar It Is his own fault and he has nothing
to condemn but his own folly, which will
remain with him much longer than his
money."
Finally we have this sensible and
pertinent conclusion:
"The business of the pnst few yenrs hns
been stagnant because the country though
great nnd strong, has been handcuffed to
a fatal policy. The time hns now come to
restore its freedom and to place ourselves
ngaln In the enjoyment of those comforts
which our unrestricted Industry Is sure
to provide. Our business has been as com
pletely beyond our reach as though it
were stowed away In a vault set on a tlmo
lock which took four years to run down.
It was our fault that It was locked up four
years ago. If it Is locked up again now It
will be worse than a fault. 'e cannot
claim that we have not hnd experience
enough to mnke us anxious to open the
safe. Wo need no remedy except such
as our own patience nnd care can pro
vide. We are well. We have no organic
trouble, but we are slightly run down, nnd
let us not make the mistake of taking any
free silver patent medicines. What we
need Is not medicine, but exercise. If we
had more to do we should have less time
to consider how poorly olf we nre."
The effect of soumlargument brought
home In this candid manner to com
plete comprehension cannot fall to be
beneficial. More and more is It be
coming revealed that the seemingly ac
cidental nomination of Mr. Rlnck at
Saratoga last August was not accident
half so much as a kind of political
special providence.
General Palmer admits that he does
not expect to get many votes. Rut it is
quite a nice reward to get one's name
In all the school histories of the future.
Practical Christian Work.
We tako tho following from tho
Towanda Dally Review, from among
Its notes on the personnel of the Lacka
wanna Presbytery which has Just
closed Its fall session In that city:
A parson often seen on his feet during
the sessions of presbytery is Dr. 8. C. Lo
gan, for many yenrs pastor of tho First
Presbyterian church of Bcranton. Any
proceedings not in strict accordance with
ruin laid down in tho "Confession of
Faith," Is sure to draw forth a vigorous
prolest from the doctor, and though he
always defends his position tenaciously,
he Is never obstinute, but is one of the
most magnanimous men In the body
hjs heart large and nature kindly. The
ductor's chief distinction aside from con.
verting souls, Is tho honor of having In.
ij.ltU.ted after years of hard labor and
much opposition, the "Freedman's Board
of the Presbyterian church."
We heartily endorse the kind things
so neatly said of "a parson" who has
been Identified so efficiently with the
best public Interests of this city and of
the valley for almost a generation.
Doctor Logan is one of the most widely
known reformers of our coal fields; a
quiet and constant worker, a genial
friend to all classes of good men; as a
churchman a Calvlnist yet of the most
pronounced oatholio BPlrlt and recog
nized by all denominations and
churches as a friend and helper. The
"chief, distinction" claimed for Dr.
Logan by our contemporary, the or
ganization of the Presbyterian mission
to the Freedmen, was won before he
came to this city. But he Is In a fair
way to be known In this part of the
world as the organizer of Christian
missions for the benefit of the masses
of people of foreign speech which are
now crowding into our coal fields.
Ills efforts to interest our great oper
ators on behalf of their hand-workers
along Christian lines and entirely
remove the separating walls of race
prejudice and modes of life between
native and foreign populations are
both wis anil patriotic as well as
Christian. With the historic spirit of
missions the doctor and his worthy co
workers are attempting to make real In
these valleys the old Christian theory
that there Is no difference between Jew
and Greek. By the operation of Christ
Ian schools and work of missionaries,
who by knowledge of the tongues of the
strangers can serve as connecting
links between them and our native
communities of worthy Christians, the
bands are woven which shall wrap up
in efficient unity these separated forces
of Amevlcon citizenship.
In this mission he deserves the confi
dence and practical assistance of pat
riots as well as Christians without re
gard either to party or denominational
lines. We commend to all our worthy
and benevolent citizens who are
troubled with the question. How shall
these foreign masses be rapidly ab
sorbed into pur national life and be
made worthy helpers In the triumph of
our free institutions? the activities in
home missionary and educational work
which receive from venerable Dr.
Logan their chief direction and inspi
ration. Bryan's graceful forgiveness of the
Yale rowdies suggests that maybe he
can be persuaded to forgive the whole
nation on or after Nov. 4.
The Case of James Wood.
There probably is no believer In
Christian science in Scranton who
would contend that prayer would save
a man's hand from being burned if the
man were deliberately to hold it Ini a
hot fire, or "that after the burning of
the hand in the (lame pain would cease
by wason of prayer. Or, to put the
illustration In another form, there
probably is no person in sympathy
with what is known as the "faith cure"
who would seriously maintain that the
man who should stand In front of an
on-coming fast express train and pray
for life would by virtue of that prayer
be saved from deaith under the wheels.
In either case It would not belittle the
Almighty that the operation of natural
laws were not arbitrarily suspended
for one individual's particular benefit;
It would rather argue on the part of
that individual an undue sense of his
relative importance to the remainder
of the universe.
The lad afflicted with a oontnglous
disease, as was little James Wood, Is
a victim of violated natural law. His
Illness Is nature's notice to the public
that some of her mandates have been
disregarded. To disregard them still
further is to take risks which may
cost human life. One cannot say with
posltlveness that the man who defies
an approaching railroad train might
not, If he were to top off the track,
bo knocked down and run over by a
dray wagon; yet according to human
probabilities he would be safer off the
track than on, because there would in
one position bo a less flagrant disobed
ience of natural law than In the other,
Similarly, It cannot be sold with posl
tlveness that the (rlphtherettc patient
would recover If placed at an early
stage of his illness under careful and
Intelligent medical treatment; but It
can be sold that according to human
probabilities his chance of recovery
would be vastly better. Insurance com
panies would be more likely to Insure
a patient under medical treatment than
one under the prayer treatment, nnd
their . preference would rest, not on
prejudice, but on statistics.
So long as persons are willing to take
chances on their own lives by resisting,
during Illness the Intervention of
skilled physicians, thet-e probably is no
loud call for legal action In the prem
ises, unless to prevent the spread of
contagion. The individual who prefers
prayer to physic as a ouratlve agency
ought, so long as he alone Is affected,
to have entire freedom of option. But
society, it seems to us, has a p?rfect
right to intervene upon tho sovereign
warrant of sclf-protectlon the moment
that one person's confidence In prayer
as a cure for serious diseases puts In
Jeopardy the life or health of another
person too young or too weak to exer
cise for himself the privilege of mature
selection. Such intervention can be ef
fected without calling Into question the
freedom of conscience guaranteed to nil
under our constitution; it can be Justi
fied as a. necessary exercise of the
police prerogative for the protection of
publlo safety.
The 12,613 agents and correspondents
of the New York Life Insurance com
pany have been polled by the president
of thai company for an expression of
opinion as to how the states in which
they reside will go In November, and
the returns Indicate an electoral plur
ality for McKlnley of 55. There in no
doubt that this tabulation underesti
mates McKinley'g strength.
Mulberry street Is already one of the
axial throughfares of the city and its
usefulness Ib bound to Increase with the
city's growth. It should be well paved.
There Is nothing more noticeable In
this campaign than the steady growth
In felicity and appropriateness of
Major McKinley's front porch speeches.
Down n Philadelphia we suppose
they now call him bolting Crow. Alas
that so good a man should be led so
foolishly, astray I
The People Don't
Like His Dose
From the rost-Kxpress.
Tlnies are hard nnd It you will only
take my patent medicine, the silver cure
according to the directions on the bol.
tie they will wonderfully Improve. So
says Bryan. But the voters of the coun
try after carefully Informing them
selves as to the true Inwardness of tho
proposed remedy shake tnetr heads and
tell Bryan that they are convinced It
would only aggravate th Ills from which
the country Is suffering. They recall the
significant epitaph, "I was well, I wanted
to be better, here I am." As level-headed
men they decline to tako medicine which
they believe would kill and not cure. If
Bryan was xecognized as a profound prac
tical statesman, they might feel Inclined
"to go It blind," to take whatever he pre
scribed and no questions asked. But he
is not that sort of a political doctor. Me
is young, Inexperlencca, crude, reckless.
It is but natural, therefore, that as he
goes swinging around the circle, peddling
his medicine, folks Hliould whisper to one
another, 'a bit of a quack, Isn't he?"
What Is there In free silver which Is
calculated to commend It to tho Intellt
gence of the American people? Nothing.
Bryan and his followers have been given
a full and fair opportunity of making
out a case for It and have miserably
failed. Everything In the nature of an
argument which they have advanced has
been riddled. They have hel l that the
money supply of the United States was
decreasing only to be confronted with
statistics showing that while the money
In circulation in this country In IStiu was
$442, l(i2, 477 and in 1x72 was S73S.3lW.549 on
the llrst of July this year It was 11,509,
725.2UU, They have held that the fall in
prices was to be charged to the demoneti
zation of silver, but have been unable to
buttress that assertion, although steadily
Invited to do so, with any concrete evi
dence. On the other hand the opponents
of free silver have grouped together a
large number of facts and figures whicn
may be said to demonstrate that the fall
in prices is the result of the logical work
ing of the well known lajv of supply and
demand. v
They have held that the free coinage of
silver nt the ratio of 1G to 1 would result
In a supply of cheaper money and that
cheaper money would boom prices and
therefore prove a godsend to the farmer;
but In tho same breath they have held that
free coinage would send the price of silver
up to $1.29 an ounce. Each of these argu
ments gives the other a black eye. For If
free coinage means silver worth 11.29 an
ounce It does not mean cheap money; and
If It means cheap money it does not mean
silver worth $1.29 an ounce. They have
held that a rise In prices would be attend
ed by a rise in wages bo that the wage
earner would not suffer from a cheap
dollar. But they have been silenced on
this point by a reference to unvarying ex
perience. All experience proves this coun
try has contributed several chapters
that wages never rise as fast as prices.
When prices rose 11G per cent, with us in
the war times, between 1K60 and 1805, wages
only rose 43 per cent. They hold that a
gold dollar will buy too much these days.
But the voters dispose of this conten
tion by saying to one another that thoy
have no quarrel with a dollar of large
purchasing power.
In the circumstances Is It any wonder
that Doctor Bryan's Silver Specific, war
ranted to cure, hard times, is a drug in
the market?
THIS i EAR'S BALLOT.
From the Philadelphia Times.
The ballot wnich will be voted in the
state this fall will contain nine columns.
The Republican party will be first; then
will follow Democratic, Prohibition, Na
tional, People's, Socialist Labor, Free Sil
ver, JefTersonlan and a blunk column in
the order named. The surnames of tho
presidential candidates of each party are
placed In the column Just below the clreio
above the electors. To the right of tho
names of the candidates is a large square
In which the voter by marking a erosB
votes for the entire thirty-two candidates
for elector In that column, A voter de
siring to voto for any other candidate be
low the electors In any other column will
be required to put a cross mark opposite,
each name. This form of ballot differs ma
terially from any used since the enactment
of the Baker ballot law In 1891. Colonel
John A. tilenn, corporation deputy auditor
general, has prepared the plan and tho
ballot Is expected to give more general
satisfaction than any yet adopted.
A QUESTION OF MAJORITIES.
From the Times-Herald.
Now that the election of McKlnley is as
sured beyond reasonable peradventure It
Is worth while to remind the friends of
sound money and protection of the su
preme Importance of mnklng their victory
so overwhelming that no such candidacy
as Bryan's will ever again affront public
Intelligence, and that political parties of
the mure will not dare espouse a cause
Involving national dishonor, To defeat
Bryan Is not enough; he should be beaten
by unsurpassed majorities In every state
In which there Is a real contest. This wo
expect to be the case.
NOT JUSTIFIED.
From the Wllkes-Barre Record.
The violent attack of the Scranton Truth
on the report of the Hiree mine Inspectors
who were charged with the thankless duly
of investigating the Twin shaft mine dis
aster seems to us to be uncalled for. The
report may bo of little or no practical
value, but we question whether anything
more satisfactory could have been ac
complished by any other three men In tho
slate n.-.dcr the same circumstances ot
conditions. Tl.e one. good point mad, by
the Truth is that the slate having under
taken to Inspect the mines It should do it
thouroiiglily, even though a much larger
iiumber of Inspectors Le required.
THE TltOl'IILE WITH BRYAN.
From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
Mr. Bryan Is oparently nn honest man
In the sense of being an incorruptible one;
he has the abilities of an Interesting man,
but he has not the clearness of vision, the
breadth of Judgment and that sagacity In
conclusions which denote a safe or pru
dent man. What Andrew Johnson was
through the strain of n coarse ancestry
nnd besotted habits, vehement, Intolerant,
narrow nnd reckless-Mr. Bryan Is In dan
ger of becoming through an Ill-balanced
Intellect excited beyond its normal range
of activity.
SI ITS HIM ALL RIGHT.
From the Globe-Democrat.
The so-called appreciation of the gol 1
dollar certainly does riot hurt the man
who exchanges It for food or clothing.
TOLD BY THE STARS.
llnily Horoscope Drawn by Ajnrchus
The Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolabe cast: 3.13 a. m., for Wednesday,
September 3d, 1SSHI.
A child born on this day will doubtless
possess an equinoctial disposition.
At $:!7 a head for dogs, It Is easy to see
that there Is considerable value running
about loose in Scranton.
The "rousing" Democratic gatherings
hereabouts have not as yet caused gen
eral palpitation of the car-drum.
It Is understood thnt Billy Bryan lost
caste with 'Squire Feehley and C. Ben
Johnson when his flowing locks fell before
tho barber's shears the other day.
The grass on Mr. Merrllleld's front
lawn still bears up gracefully under the
strain of the campaign. j
Ajncchns' Advice.
Do not worry about the criticism of a
corner loafer, unless you are one your
self. His influence for good or evil is very
limited.
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GREAT EASTERN SUIT AND PANTS CO., 11 '5
Branch 4. 427 Lackawanna Avenue, Scranton. Branch 4.
TUE CLASS CHY.
From the Times-Herald.
There are no classes in this country,
In any proper sense of that term, though
we sometimes use it for convenience sake.
But there Is no class here, as in Kurope,
Into which one Is born, and in which, as
a rule, he must remain through lire. The
son of the laborer may aspire to the high
est station and reach It; the son of the
rich many may die In poverty and obscur
ity. With us no Insurmountable barrier
stops the progress of any man who has
the will to dare and the ability to do, and
every boy Is born with the belief that he
may ono day reach the presidency. Tho
farmer's son becomes the great merchant
or banker of the city, while the son of the
capitalist not infrequently seekii the
country. Thero is no division lire that
keeps any one out of any class. Men born
In the poor class may aspire to enter the
rich class, and the rich are constantly be
ing recruited from the ranks of those who
are in the humbler walks of life.
What hope can there be, therefore, for
demagogues who preach discontent to the
poor and unprosperous, or seek to array
class against class when they recognise
their own kinship and acknowledge a
common origin? It Is useless to tell tho
farmor that Wall street is his enemy when
he knowB that his son or his brother Is
one of the men thus denominated. The
poor man of today expects that he or his
son wjll be the rich man of tomorrow, and
why should he treat as his enemies the
men with whom he hopes to associate?
Americans have no patience with such
teaching, and they have always stamp ;.l
It under foot. It is un-American and un
patriotic. It belongs to lands where here
ditary classes rule. It has no footing on
American soil.
FICTITIOUS VALLE8.
From Harper's Weekly.
If a coin worth only 63 cents bo substi
tuted for one worth 100 cents as a stand,
and of value, all values must be brought
to the new standard. What could have
been purchased for 1(K) cents will cost 190
cents In the new coin. What could have
been purchased for $5 In gold will cost
(9.50 in silver. What makes the matter
more serious, this silver coin will fluctu
ate In value. The purchase by the gov
ernment, for nearly fifteen years, of the
entire annual product of silver In the Unit,
ed States did not fix its relation to gold
and prevent wide variations from week to
week in Its value, and no power exerted
by the government of the I'nited States
can prevent rhat fluctuation In the future.
No one having goods will know how much
silver he can obtain for them tomorrow,
or how much of other commodities he can
obtain for tho silver on the next day.
FARMER BROWN'S DILEMMA.
We had a public nieetln' in the school
house here last week
And a feller from tho city was Invited
down to speak.
He'd studied up the subjects of finance
In every light
And claimed that he was competent to
show us what was right.
He says this whole blamed country is
a-goln' straight to smash
Unless we get free coinage and Increase
our stock of cash.
He's flggered out a daisy scheme and
claims 'twill work Immense
He wants to make our dollars cost us only
fifty cents.
He'd take "four bits" of silver and would
run it through the mint
And stamp It plain "one dollar" with the
government's Imprint;
Splendid
Display. .
Fine Wrltlnsr
Papers, Cheap.
Medium and
Hleh Grade
TABLETS.
BEIDLE1N, THE BOOKMAN
' 417 Sprues St., Opp.Tb Commonwtal).
MAKE-UP
The mines would dump their silver and
the nation, slick as greuse.
Would grind out brand-new dollars at Just
fifty cents apiece.
That sounds all right) but since that
night somehow I've wondered
When I buy dollars for fifty cents who'll
take 'em for a hundred?
Chicago Times-Herald.
AFINESHOW
Of the latest In China and Silver
ware for wedding or other gilts.
Dinner Seta, Chamber Sets. Cut
Glasses. Silverware, BricaaBrac
THE
422 UCKAWINM IVE.
'No Charge for Alterations.
piiinilirinEits
OF
Cloaks and Suits,
421 Lackawanna Ave., Scranton.
Com and Exsmln Onr Stock First.
Little money possesses a marvelous pa
paclty to do big things here now. Our
suit department is now stocked With
suits galore: prices that will please the
hard-working girl and styles that will
please tho most KAHTIDlUL'3. COM!
and be convinced.
Drown Covert Cloth Bulls, velvet
trimmed. silk lined, latest style; else,
where S.lA,
Our Price $5.98
New lot of hanrtome cloth Bulls, wool
and mixtures, all colors, lined with
taffeta silk, tailor made; elsewhere
$12.00,
Our I'rlee $7.08
Very pretty Suits, box front, piped with
velvet, extra stiff Inter-llnlng, skirts
perfectly adjusted. Any color you
Wish; elsewhere (10.00,
Our Price $9.08
In our Bklrt Department we havo 100
different styles of material. We begin
Plain Hlaek Sicilian at II. 2d
Black Flgurtjd Mohair M
Heavy Cloth, good for winter wear .... 1S
Uood serviceable wldfr wale 2.4s
Our assortment at 12.89 and W.98 are
too numerous to mention,
t'ome nnd see them.
Our waist department Is well supplied
with Waists, Just tho proper thin; for
this season of the year. Norfolk flan
nel waists, in black, blue, brown and
green, cheap at (2.25,
Our Prioe $1.49
Our fancy Dresden silk waists have
been such an elegant success that we
have added to our stock a greater va
riety than ever. We are now prepared
to snow the most beautiful of the sea
- son at tltt and 4.vs; your choice of
changeable silk waists at fi.it and 14.4s,
L WEINGART, Proprietor.
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IT III! ,
As your needs snggssts anything in ths
way of blstlentry, ) Hols er Offl
Supplies, and when your list Is full brim
it in and we will surprise you with the
novelties we receive daily. IV slao carry
a vary out line of Calling Otrd and Wed
ding Invitations at a moderate prlej.
Ill 11.
.Stationers and Engravers,
HOTEL JERMVN BUILDINO.
JOHN B h0"
THE STETSON SOFT HAT.
NONE BETTER.
Conrad
SELLS THEM AT 303 LACIH. AYE.
THIS IS THE MILLER STYLE
NONE NICER.
& STLTCOM, I
WOLF & VVENZEL,
til Linden., Opp. Court House.
PRACTICAL TINNERS and PLUMBERS
Bole Agents for Richardson Beyntoa's
VaraaoM and Bangss,
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