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THE SCBANTOJT TRIBUNE THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 1, 1896.
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SCHAXTON, OCTOBER 1, ISM.
THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.
SATIOXAI..
President WILI.tAMM'KINI.EY.
Vlee-President-UAHKKT A. HOBART.
STATIC.
Congressmen - at - l.urge G ALl'SHA A.
GROW. SAMUEUA. UAVK-NPOllT.
COUNTY.
ronftress-WILUAMT'OXNEI.I..
Commlssionci-8-S. W. RuUEKTU, GILES
Audltor-A. E. KIEFER. FRED L.
WARD.
I.KOISl.ATIVK.
Senate. 21st rUtrletOI,. W. J. SCOTT.
Representative. M District JOHN R.
FAKK: 2d District A. T. CONNEL1.;
3d Ulstrlct-KR. X. C. MA 'KEY; 4th
Distrht-JOilN 1'. REYNOLDS.
If the city Is honest In Its desire to
fulfill its contract with the Turnpike
company relative to the repair of the
turnpike within city limits, we do not
see how It can consistently refuse the
company's latest offer to do the re
quisite work at once and wait until
next year for repayment. It hus lieen
contended nil alons that the city was
anxious to live ui to the letter of its
agreement, ''lit was temporarily pre
vented liy lack of available funds. Here,
then, Is Its opportunity. Let us hope it
will Improve, the same and end the
tiresome controversy.
- ' The County Ticket.
The Wilkes-narre Record expresses
curiosity to know why so little is be
ing said In the local Republican press
concerning the congressional candidacy
of Mr. Council. The reason for that
ought not to seem obscure to our con
temporary. As was remarked by The
Tribune at the betflnninR of the present
congressional canvass, this is so pre
eminently a contest between opposing
principle of government that purely
personal considerations necessarily oc
cupy a minor place. It Is, we think,
generally conceded that Mr. Connell is
Individually well qualified to represent
nt Washington the principles for which
the Republican party is this year con
tending'. His character, business stand
ing and personal qualities! are prob
ably known to every Intelligent voter
in the county. This being true It la
scarcely necessary for the Republican
press to turn aside from Its discussion
of the pending Issues to enter Into a
personal eulogy of the candidate. His
record nnd achievements speak their
own tributes ar.d leave little to be
tldiled.
When we come down the list to the
candidates for county offices, however,
personal considerations naturally and
properly play a larger part. The com
missioner and auditors of the county,
as hes already been remarked, are
practically trustees for the taxpayers.
They are the responsible managers of a
business the cash receipts and dis
bursements of which amount each year
t marly $200,000. When a number of
nn-n form a company to operate an In
dustrial plant or conduct a commer
cial enterprise, they naturally look for
managers of experience and good per
r.ir.al character. The larger the busl
ines to be managed, the greater care
tin y take In choosing competent men to
ciimluct and superintend thnt business.
They give the preference every time
tn applicant si who have had experience
In the same direction, and only take
Inexperienced men when others can
nut be found.
""" Vn the election of county commission
et,vxt month the taxpayers of Lack
awanna county should proceed along
the same lines that would govern their
action If they were stockholders In a
private corporation. They should make
certain that nt least a majority of the
board consisted of tried and trust
worthy men, whose experience and per
sonal character would give strong as
surance of a successful administration
of the- county's finances. In other
words, they should re-elect the present
majority members, Messrs. Roberts and
Roberts. who have clearly demonstrated
their fitness and who understand Just
what the office calls for.
So far as the choice of auditors Is.
concerned, the Republican candidates,
Messrs. Klefer and Ward, although
without direct experience In that office,
are both bright and vigilant young
men, expert accountants and possessed
of every necessary qualification. They
court comparison with the candidates
of the opposing party and are sure,
when elected, to give general satisfac
tion. Chairman Jones of the Popocratlc
committee says he is "thoroughly satis
fled with the general situation." So,
by the way. Is Mark Hanna.
Safeguard the Future.
Evidences are multiplying that the
campaign of William Jennings Bryan
for president of the United States on
the basis of the free, unlimited and In
dependent coinage of silver at 16 to 1;
the reconstruction of the supreme court
to fit Popullstlc Ideas; the powerless
ness of the federal government to en
force national law over the protest of
anarchistic state officials, and free
trade Is going to pieces. Bryan him
self has exhausted his physical .resour
ces j the Popocratlc campaign treasury
Is reported to be empty; the i exodus
from the party of sound-money. Demo
crats has left great gaps In the party's
organization which cannot be filled, and
In every direction are to' be seen In
dubitable symptoms of disintegration.
y
It Is only a fair statement of self-evident
truth to say that If the election
were to be held tomorrow Bryan and
his brood of economic and political
heresies would be overwhelmingly re
pudlnted by the people.
It may be asked, then, why continue
the fight? Why not let Popocracy ex
pre in peace? To this question a suf
ftcient answer Is returned when atten
tion is called to the fact that Bryan
and his few remaining colleagues In
the free silver movement have repeat
edly threatened If defeated this year to
continue the battle next year and the
next until their plans are eventually
consummated. The sound money con
test of today Is not only for the im
mediate safety of the country; It Is for
the rolling up of such an unmistakable
majority adverse to the Chicago plat
form that its present defenders will not
have the hardihood to rear again the
same or a similar standard. If the re
sult next month should be such as to
give to Bryan and his followers the re
motest encouragement; If though. Mc
Klnley should be safely landed In the
white house there should be anything
whatever In the returns to inspire In
Popocratlc minds the hope of a possi
ble future triumph for their cause, It
would be only a partial victory for Pro
tection and sound money, and it would
be no sooner won than there would arise
renewed agitation and resumed dls
turbance of the business conditions of
the country, calling for the eontlnua
tion of a fight already too long pro
longed.
For these reasons, therefore, It Is es
sentlnl that every believer in an hon-
est currency and the chance to earn It
by honest toll should enter upon the
work of the concluding monith of the
campaign with the determination to
make each blow count. To nn unsus
pectedly large degree the welfare of
the future, of the remote no less than
the immediate future, is now at stake,
I'nder such circumstances it ill be
hooves the opponent of Bryan to per
mit sympathy for a doomed enthusiast
to overmaster duty.
We must credit John Wanamaker
with one good epigram and we are the
more willing to do this in view of the
fact that his campaign speeches as a
rule are alternately Hubby and gushing,
padded with adjectives and sadly de-
ilcicnt In Mens. Speaking the other
night at Pittsburg concerning the hard
times he said: "It Is the free coinage
of Incompetent statesmen which has
brought us to this stage." The effort to
coin at Harrisburg another statesman
of this class will be happily frustrated,
we trust, by the election to tho senate
next winter of Daniel II. Hastings.
.sources of Discontent.
Their Is a paper by K. L. Oodkln In
the October Scribncr's which contains
some thoughts of timely Interest. Its
subject Is American millionaires, and
their foolish ways of spending money.
Some of Mr. Oodkln's criticisms upon
tho social aspects of our Yankee plu
tocracy do not especially concern the
majority of us. He objects, for in
stance, to the building of palatial
homes for the reason that great houses
ought to be found only In the centers
of large landed estates, which are out
of the question in the United States;
and also because when built it Is un
der present conditions practically Im
possible to fill them with guests worthy
of a cultured person's Interest. These
objections may or may not be true; one
doesn't care much whether they are
or not. To the rank and file It makes
small difference.
Hut a third objection presented In
the paper to the erection of great dwel
lings has a more general pertinency.
"If there be," Mr. Oodkln writes, "what
Is called a 'note' in American polity,
It is equality of conditions, that there
should neither be an Immoderate dis
play of wealth nor of poverty, that no
man should be raised so far above the
generality In outward seeming as to
excite either envy, hntred, or malice."
And to build "palatial abodes" Is to
flaunt, says Mr. Oodkln, "In the faces
of the poor and the unsuccessful and
greedy the most conspicuous possible
evidence that the owner not only has
enormous amounts of money, but does
not know what to do with It."
It Is not probable that the objection
thus voiced will be effective in deter
ring the newly rich from ostentatious
manifestations of their opulence,
either In the form of Imposing homes
or in other and equally glaring exhi
bitions of wealth. There Is no way by
which this class can be reached save
through an appeal to their own sense
of propriety, which In many cases Is
none too exalted or refined. But It Is
undeniable that If the politics of the
near future In this country are to be
kept comparatively free from the vio
lent class antagonisms and aggravated
phases of social discontent which ob
tain already In older civilizations there
must be forbearance on the part of the
rich no less than on the part of the
poor.
The chances are that one of these
days David B. Hill will swell the ranks
of the men who have been dropped off
the political bandwagon and left behind
by the wayside.
The Proper Decision.
United States District Attorney
Harry AJvan Hall, of Elk, In a letter
resigning aa a candidate for presiden
tial elector on the Democratic itlcket,
says:
The platform adopted by the recent so
called Democratic convention at Chicago
Is opposed to everything tho Democratic
party has stood for in the past. It Is not
the platform of a Democratic convention,
but a convention of Socialists masquerad
ing under the name of the greatest party
that was ever organized to protect tho
rights of the common people; a conven
tion composed of men who are not Demo
crats, but who by false pretenses succeed
ed In having themselves elected as dele
gates to a liemocratlc convention in order
to destroy the party and to deny the prln.
clples upon which It was founded, nt the
same time taking possession of Its organ
isation. The machinery of the party today
is In the hands of the representatives of
the revolutionary element of our popu
lation. Its candidate is preaching the
gospel of hate, sowing the seeds of enmity
between the rich and poor and striving to
rray the employed In hostility to the
employer. I believe that the welfare of
the country for the present, at least will
be best conserved by the election of
the Republican candidates, and I Intend
to vote for Major McKlnley, and to ren
der every assistance that lies In my hum.
ble power to the success of his campaign.
Mr. Hall has reached the proper de
cision. The election of McKlnley, will
be an effective rebuke to the Populism
which ran riot at Chicago, and at the
same time, a wholesome guarantee of
good government. It 111 becomes sound
money Democrats to waste their bal
lots by voting for General Palmer.
Senator Teller says If McKlnley Is
elected he and the other silver senators
will accept that fact as a notice from
the people that- Protection Is of the
foremost importance to them, and will
therefore cease to obstruct a new tariff
bill. Senator Teller is evidently com
log to his senses, at last.
The Price of Wheat.
The sllverltes have based their cam
palgn mainly upon the low price of
wheat. They charge this low price to
the gold standard. It happens to be
true that the decline In wheat quota
tions has been common to all countries,
to those having the gold standard and
to those having the silver standard;
but the Bliverltes pretend not to notice
this uniformity of decline save when It
takes place In "the enemy's country."
They thereby escape the troublesome
task of having to explain why the de
cline Is not due to great modern en
largements of the world's wheat acre
age and to Improved and cheapened
harvesting and transporting facilities
rather than to the kind of money used
in measuring exchanges.
But If the sllverltes may employ the
price of wheat as an argument against
gold, Republicans may with equal Im
punity also employ It as an argument
against free trade. Tho Statistical
Abstract for 1895 contains a table giv
ing the production of wheat, value of
the crop, and the average price per
bushel, each year from IS72 to 1895.
The following are the facts concern
ing the last four administrations as In
dicated In this report:
Produc- Aver
tion In age
bush- price per
Term. els. bushel,
Garlleld, Arthur.1881-85 1,821.316,720 $0.75
Cleveland 18K5-89 1.686,u.7.uU0 .70025
Harrison 1889-93 2,017,551,000 .74975
Three years Har
rison 1890-93 l,52IJ,991,0O0 .767
Three years
Cleveland 1S93-9S 1,323,902,038 .5120XJ
These figures show the following im
portant facts; That during Garfield
and Arthur's administration the pro
duction of wheat was 134,789,720 bushels
more than It was during Cleveland's;
the value of the crop was $330,D86.6S4
more; and the average price per bushel
was 14. 1P.5 cents more. The production
of wheat during Harrison's adminis
tration was 331024,000 bushels more
than it was during Cleveland's; the
value of the crop was $227,442,1177 more;
yet the average price was only 1.63
cents less per bushel. Again, during
tho last three years of Harrison's ad
ministration the production of wheat
was 203,088,912 bushels more than It
was during the first three years of
Cleveland's present administration;
the value of the crop was $493,345,866
more, and the average price per bushel
was 25.434 cents more.
If this discrepancy In value of pro
duct between free trade and Protection
periods does not constitute a strong
argument In favor of the early restora
tion of a conservative Protective tariff,
then we do not know what plain figures
mean.
That always Interesting young man,
Richard Harding Davis, has taken oc
casion to deny that since success has
come to him as an author of fiction he
has tried to draw away from the recol
lections of his early days as a news
paper reporter. He also enters a vig
orous disclaimer to the numerous stor
ies current In print which represent
him as always saying or doing some
caddish or snobbish thing. Just why
he should be specially marked for pur
suit by the satirists of the press or
singled out for Immolation on the al
tar of false representation he cannot
understand; but perhaps It Is only
one form of tribute to his success. No
man ever amounted to anything in this
world without having as a price of his
eminence, to serve as a target for de
traction by the envious.
"W. J. Arkell Is the publisher of the
comic paper, Judge, nnd Clark Howell
Is the publisher of the Atlanta Consti
tution. One Is an enthusiastic "gold
bug;" the other, an Irrepressible silver-
Ite. Arkell recently offered to wager
his paper against Howell's that Bryan
wouldn't get 100 electoral votes, but
although the Constitution claims that
Bryan will be elected, Howell does not
accept.
In the opinion of competent Judges
$75 would be an ample price for a first
class bicycle and would allow for rea
sonable profits all along the line. The
big firms will of course try to keep the
price higher than $75. but sooner or
later it will fall to this level. And
when It does, there will be a much larg
er use of wheels.
The failure of Senator Tillman to ac
cept Congressman Brumm's offered
contribution In part payment of the
expenses of another speaking tour of
the anthracite fields is to be seriously
regretted. The Republican state com
mittee ought to) get Tillman to come
back, It It costs 'Its last dollar.
The "crowned assassin of Constanti
nople" apparently thinks all he has to
do to avert the culminating Indignation
of Christendom Is to do a little more
tall lying. It remains to be seen wheth
er the Christian Powers will be willing
to be again played for reubens.
And so Representative James Kerr,
the would-be five silver Moses of Clear
field, puts the gold clause In his leases
and mortgages. Verily, this silver
movement is prolific of amusement
They say at Albany that Tom Piatt
intends to be once again a national
senator. Well, Piatt has the ability,
the experience and the "git" to make a
good one.
We cannot for the life of us under
stand why Arthur Sewall should re
main so consummately anxious to keep
In way of the coming Hobart ava
lanche.
Now that Brother Wanamaker has
bought a big bargain counter In Goth
am, maybe he will bid lower on Don
Cameron's job.
.
Treasurer Morrison, of Troy, ought
promptly to explain why he neglected
to take that tW.
Mexican President's
UieuJs on Finance
Mexico Letter in Globe-Democrat.
President Dias hopes and believes he
will live to see the Mexican dollar as
stable as gold. He Is satlsttid that the
time Is coming when sliver will be on a
parity with gold, and will stay there.
gold and silver being recognized as stand
ard money by the world. Courteously,
but firmly, the president declines to dis
cuss the silver question for the publica
tion of his views. He will say nothing
which may have the semblance of an at'
tempt to Influence the policies of any
other country, but those nearest to him
are permitted to know how he feels. Pres
ident Diaz does not believe that depre.
elated currency Is a good thing. He has
seen tho American dollar buy two Mexican
dollars; that Is the present situation.
He remembers when the Mexican dollar
bought three American . dollars. That
time was when tho American soldiers on
the Rio Grande wore clothes of war,
drew their pay in greenbacks and spent
it In Hrownsvllle. Tex., and Matamoras,
The American dollar In those days was
worth in trade on the Mexican border
from 30c. to 37'sc. The president of Mex
Ico wonts to see the purchasing power of
the Mexican dollar and the American (lot
lar the same, and both of them worth 100
cents anywhere in the world. He thinks
that the sooner such a result Is reached
the better It will be for Mexico.
The president and those nearest to him
look for the settlement of the silver ques
tion through international agreement;
they do not believe that the present move
ment In the United States can accomplish
anything more than agitation; they look
for the election of McKlnley, although
not one word to that effect can be quoted
by authority. The Mexican statesman Is
the most perfect of diplomats, he is pos
sessed of the highest degree of talent, he
never slops over In politics, still there are
ways in which the views of even Mexican
statesmen become known. One who en
joys peculiarly close financial relations
with the Mexican government said: "Wo
do not see how the t'nlted States can
handle this question alone. We believe
that If McKlnley Is elected he has one of
the greatest opportunities ever afforded
an American president. He can say to
Great Britain and Germany and to France;
'You see what the situation is and what
the United States will be forced into If
the world does not do something for si!
ver. We can not stave off action four
years longer. Something must be done.
The people have the idea that they want
sliver. If you do not como Into interna
tional agreement, freo coinage will be
forced on the United States, and you will
surfer with us in the general demoraliza
tion." We believe that Air. McKlnley can
bring Germany and France Into an inter
national agreement which will fix a ratio
between gold and silver and give a fixed
value to silver. It may not be and possi
bly will not be a ratio of 10 to 1. It may
be 20 to 1, but whatever It Is we want to
have an established ratio, on which both
metals will be protected In a stable value
by International agreement."
This may be taken as the view of the
Mexican government upon the silver ques
tion. President Diaz does not believe
that the prosperity which his country is
enjoying Is due to the fact that It was
forced upon a silver basis. He admits
certain Indirect benefits gained in manu
factories by the protection which a depre
ciated currency tms given. He bellevss
In the protection of home industries, but
whatever Mexico may have gained from
the operation of an Inferior standard, the
president does not wish the continuance
of that standard. He wants silver recog
nized by the world as standard money at
a fixed ratio with gold.
DIAZ COMPLIMENTS IS.
Mexico Letter in Globe-Democrat.
Education Is a subject upon which Pres
Ident Diaz likes to talk. Congress, at his
suggestion, has enacted a strong, com
pulsory educational law. The president
does not propose to relax his efforts in
this direction until there Is a school In
every hamlet of thirty families within the
boundaries of the republic.
"I consider It," he said, "of the first Im
portance that the Ignorant should be edu
cated. It Is my desire thut the chiiuren of
this generation In Mexico shall acquire the
knowledge which the children of other na
tions are given. It is the heritage I hope
to leave behind me, that the children of
Mexico shall be able to talk with Ameri
cans, either In the English or Spanish
language, and to say, 'Thank God that
our late president has educated us, and
that we can converse and can transact
our business In either language."
In the course of the conversation refer
ence was made to the fact thut the presi
dent had sent his son, PorArlo Diaz, jr.,
to the United States to attend school,
"Why did you do that, Mr. President?
Was It because the schools of Mexico were
not equal to those in the states?" he was
asked.
"No," replied General Diaz; "we have
schools here that are equal to those in
the states. I sent my son to the United
States to learn the habits and customs of
the American people, and, at the same
time, to learn that time is money, and not
Idleness. That Is the motto ofthe Amer
ican people. I wanted hlra Impressed,
with It."
President Diaz Is a strong believer In the
benefits to be derived by the mingling of
Americans with Mexicans. The encour
agement he has extended to Americans
coming to Mexico has been Inspired by
something more than the motive of ma
terial property. Something said about the
increasing number of Americans settling
in Mexico prompted the president to say,
with emphasis:
"I consider that the republic of the
United States of America Is the grandest
on God's footstool. The people are Indus.
trlous and progressive. This country, al
though not so large as the United States,
has enough land for all the Americans
who want to come here and live with me
and my people. The Americans will
spread education among the Mexican peo
ple and teach them much that they do not
know.
"Say to the gentleman," said President
Diaz, turning to the Interpreter, as leave
was taken, "that we want to be united as
brothers, the United States and Mexico.
Our country is open to Americans."
As he said this the president lifted and
spread wide his arms in a most expressive
gesture.
"They can come," he added, "and live
here; when they die, they will die old."
MORE MONEY WITH (SOLD AS A
STANDARD THAN WITH FREE
SILVER.
Mr. Bryan In a recent speech at Char
lotte, N. C, said: "what provisions has
the Republican party made for increasing
the supply of money that we need? None
whatever." Let us see about this:
From 1873 to 1894 the coinage of our
mints was as follows:
Total Average
From . coinage. yearly.
1873-78 $312,180,713 $G2,439,312
1878-90 843.955.30t 70.32U,l!iJ8
1890-94 258,715,489 04,078,872
Coinage of Average
gold. yearly.
1873 to 1894 I88U.437.888 $41,925,013
Coinage of Averuge
silver. yearly.
1873 to 1894 $534,419,021 $25,418,553
Coinage of gold Average
and sliver. yearly.
1873 to 1894 $1,414,957,509 $07,374,100
In 1881 we coined $96,850,890 of gold, and
during the three years 1880-82, following re
sumption, we coined an average of 175,-
015.618.
During the three years previous to the
passage of the Sherman act we coined
only an average of $24,420,640 of gold, the
coinage In 1890 being little more than $20,.
000,000.
During the three years after the Sher.
man act, however, we coined an average
of $57,110,134, and In one year 1894 our mints
coined J76.5W.160 of gold.
The reports show that in 1881, when we
coined tj90,0U0.0UO of gold, we coined only
$27,000,000 of silver; In 1890, when we coined
only $20,ouo,000 of gold, the coinage of sil
ver was $39,000,000; in 1894, with 878,000,000
of gold, it was only $8,000,000 of silver.
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Whenever silver Increased irold dimin
ished, and vice versa. With free coinage
ot silver all gold coinage will cease, and
we shall be left with far less money, and
what we have will be of far less value than
If the gold standard Is maintained.
Every Intelligent man knows that with
the great discrepancy In the market value
of the two metals under free and unlimited
coinage of silver no gold will go to the
mints to be coined. When we consider
that although our production of silver
since 1873 has been $1,100,350,000, an annual
average of $52,083,3:13, yet under the Re
publican money policy we have coined of
gold and silver an annual average of $14,-
090,833, more than the entire sliver pro
duction, and all on a par with gold. Is It
not evident that we have more money and
better money by retaining tho gold stand
ard than if the coinage of sliver were
made free?
SPECIMEN WAGE LOSS.
From the Cleveland Leaden
The wages paid by the Cambria com.
pany In 1893 were 8888,404 less than were
paid In 1893, and in 1894 they were $1,600,410
less than in 1892. In two years the loss to
fcbor in that one mill because of the stop
page of wages was due to the adoption of
the Democratic tariff policy amounted to
$2,393,814. The value of tho product of the
company was $2,004,000 less Uian In 1893
and 84,916.200 lees In 1894 than It had oeen
in 1892. The total shrinkage In the valuo
of the output in two years amounted to
$0,980,200.
ABOUT RIGHT.
The bright young son. of the author of
this story, after a day's buggy Tide over
the hills of Susquehanna, county, suddenly
turned to his father with the Inquiry:
"And did they make all this world In six
days?"
"Yes, my son."
"But, papa, wouldn't It have.been better
to hnve put another day on the Job and
levelled off these miserable bills?"
And his papa acquiesced.
IlIS IDEA, PERHAPS.
Bellefleld Among the states which Mr.
Orosvenor concedes to Bryan are Colo
rado and t'tah.
Bloomfield Silver states, eh?
Bellelleld They are also woman's suff
rage states.
Bloomfleld What has that to do with It?
Bellelleld I suppose he thinks the wo
men voters will support the bargain coun
ter dollar. Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegrapn.
THE ROISTERING KNIGHTS.
Now bring the wine jugs to the board,
And hand a-ood meat around:
Each mailed knight unsheath his sword
And cast it on the ground;
Tou, young esquire, roar out a song,
And let the lute-strings twang;
We'll rest ourselves, or right or wrong,
And king and court may hang
May hang.
And king and court may hang.
P. i
Who always would his helmet wear, .
Who always hold a lance? -J
Today n truce to fight we swear; '
Our roes are far as France.
Up with the cup, my comrades all,
Each heart forget Its pang;
We'll pledge to Joy, whate'er befall,
And king and court may hang
May hang.
And king and court may hang.
William P. Barnard, In the Lotus.
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Cloaks and Suits,
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Come and EsaailM Our Stock First.
Little money possesses a marvelous ca
pacity 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 the most FASTIDIOUS. COME
and be convinced.
Brown Covert Cloth Suits, velvet
trimmed, 4 silk lined, latest style; else.
where 18.00,
Our Price $5.98
New lot of handsome cloth Suits, wool
and mixtures, all colors, lined with
taffeta (ilk, tailor made; elsewhere
112.114
Our Price $7.93
Very pretty Suits, box front, piped with
velvet, extra stiff Inter-lining, skirts
perfectly adjusted. Any color you
wish; elsewhere $15.00,
Our Price $9.98
In our Skirt Department we have S00
different styles of material. We begin
with .
Plain Black Sicilian at $1.25
Black Figured Mohair 1.49
Heavy Cloth, good for winter wear .... l.W
Good serviceable wide wale 2.49
Our amortment at VIM and $3.W are
too numerous to mention.
Come and e them.
Our walt department Is Well supplied
with Waists, lust the proper thing for
this season of the year. Norfolk flan
nel waists. In black, .blue, brown and
greeu, cheap at $2, 2D,
Our Price $1.49
Our fancy Dresden silk waists have
been such an elegant succesx that we
have added to our stock a greater va
riety than ever. We are now prepaied
to show the moft beautiful of the sea
son at $3.M and $4.(8; your choice of
changeable silk waists at $3.49 and $1.49.
I WEINGART, Proprietor.
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Supplies, sad when your list Is full bring
It in sad we will surprise you with the
novelties we receive daily. We also carry
a very neat line of Calling Cards and Wed
dlag Invitations at a moderate prio.
Stationers and Engravers,
HOTEL JERMVN BUILDINO.
THE STETSON SOFT HAT.
NONE BETTER.
SELLS THEM AT 305 LACKL AVE.
THIS IS THE MILLER STYLE.
NONE NICER.
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