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THE SCItAXTOV TRIBUNE S A Tl' 1 1 n A Y MOKNlXf, XOVOfllER 23. 1SJ0.
l'll) mid Weekly. No Sunday Kultloa.
Published at Scranton. Pa., by Tht Tribune
Publishing Company.
Kw York Olllre: Tribune Bulldlnit, Fnnk a
(imy, Manager.
IKTIRID AT TI1K POnTOSSlca AT SCRANTOX. FA.. AS
FICOND-CI.ASS HAIL MATT1R.
frCRANTOX. NOVEMBER 28. 1896.
Immediate restoration of protection
to those iiuUiHtrk-9 butchered by the
Wilson bill Is required and the obtain
ing of sulllclent revenue for the needs
of the government." This' is the way
Fenator Quay puts it and he wants the
task finished before the present con
gress adjourns. We fear he will be
disappointed.
English and American Courts.
It Is undeniable that the law courts
of Kniiland are superior to our own in
many respects. They do their work
with greater celerity, pay less heed to
quibble and technicalities and by di
viding the question of guilt from that
of moral responsibility, the latter of
which Is left to a separate expert tribu
nal, render Infrequent such lapses of
Justice by reason of sentimental juries
as are common In the United States.
These points of excellence have been so
repeatedly emphasized by the Ameri
can press that It is perhaps due to our
own courts to remark that their Eng
lish prototypes nre not yet perfect. It
should not be so, but It Is true that
there Is something very like a sensation
of relief In connection with our dis
covery of a Haw In the workings of a
Jiiltlsh court.
Says the Saturday Review, itself
eminent transatlantic authority: "On
the day following Mrs. Castle's release
a poor woman named Mrs. Law was
sentenced to six months' imprisonment
for the theft of a shawl valued at two
shillings. She Is about to give birth to
n child, and in a very weak condition.
Pregnancy, according to physiologists.
Is constantly the determining cause of
morbid mental disorders, and Is fre
quently the true cause of kleptomania.
AVhy then should Mrs. Law not meet
with the same Indulgence as was ex
tended to the wife of a millionaire,
whose thefts were excused on the plea
of some nervous ailment, the nature of
which did not transpire? If pregnancy
and poverty are not to be considered as
plens for mercy Is It right that wealth,
position, and powerful medical testi
mony should be allowed to stay the
hand of punishment?"
The questions are pertinent, and as
they are raised by an English Journal,
cannot be laid to the door of prejudice.
Their significance for us is In the
thought that if American courts some
times give the rich and Influential a
."hade the better of It, as Is frequotly
chnrged by their more acrimonious
critics, the same can be said for the
courts which those critics hold up as
models. There Is this difference, too, in
favor of the American tribunals. Every
judge in them, save In the federal
courts. Is amenable at some time to the
people; nnd If he carries himself unfair
ly and shows partiality, sooner or later
the people will turn him down. Thus
the account In the long run Is pretty
sure to be balanced, and our judicial
system made to respond to the average
level of the public for whose benefit It
Is maintained.
Says Senator Quay: "If It Is decided
that 1'hiladolphla should be viven the
senatorshlp, Senator Penrose would be
the best man who could be selected."
There is a deal of significance In that
little "If."
Philosophers at Work.
From now on for some time to come
the leading reviews may bu expected
to offer nny number of 'philosophical
deductions nnd learned Intel pr-tatlons
of the recent presidential election. In
fact, the tide has already started. In
the December Forum nre three papers
devoted to the election's lessons nnd
warnings; one by Andrew ). White,
another by V. Mat.-M. Means, and a
third and the best one by Ooldwin
Smith.
We shall pass the first and glance
briefly at the other two. Mr. Means is
a typical mugwump and free trader.
Thu election carries only one lesson
to him that we havo had too much
of what he calls discriminating pater
nalism. "If laws," sayn he, "are passed
for the profit of the Intelligent and
wealthy classes, the poor and Ignorant
will demand laws In their favor. We
may be able to bring a majority of the
people at recurring presidential elec
tions to declare in favor of maintain
ing the national credit, the Invoalahil
lty of contracts, and the preservation
of property. Hut we can scarcely en
dure to have such matters as these
subjected to repeated question. Civil
ization will not survive It. They are
not matters that should be debated by
the legislature. They ought never to be
disturbed; but so long as we encourage
the Idea that poverty can be removed
by legislation, and that government Is
an omnipotent power, capable of .re
moving Inequalities of fortune and of
enriching Its subjects, the multitude
will assuredly look to the government
ns a savior, and struggle to secure Its
control. Pensions, protective taxes, sil
ver bounties, and greenbacks may seem
desirable things to 'respectable' citi
zens, so long as their party is in power;
are they prepared to have the principle J
of these things carried out by the party
of Tillman and Altgeld and Hryan?
If not, let them seize the present oppor
tunity to effect reforms that, by limit
ing the powers of our present rulers,
shall restrain the excesses of their pos
sible successors."
Professor Smith takes a broader view.
He sees In the vote for Rryan more
of a social than of a political protest.
"What," asks he, "must on American
workman feel when he sees the pro
ducts of American labor to the extent
of scores of millions sent across the
Atlantic to buy nobility for the daugh
ter of a millionaire? The thing Is en
hanced by the extravagant splendor of
the nuptials. Nor are these marriages
merely offences against feeling and
taste. They are an avowal that Amer
ican wealth Is disloyal to the social
principles of the Republic." And again:
That the free silver movement was
largely an uprising of the poor against Ibe
rich appeared when the Populist com.
mlttetC refused to accept the Democratic
nominee for the vice-presldenry on the
single ground that he whs a rich m:in.
Wealth can no longer rest on a suppose,!
ordinance of the Almighty distributing the
lots of men. It cun no longer rest on un
questioning belief In natural rlaht. It is
called upon to Justify its existence on in
tlonal grounds. It must make Itself felt
lu beneficence. It must avoid taut os
tentation of luxury which Is galling to
the hearts of the poor. It must remain
at its post of social duty. If rich Ameri
cans In the hour of peril. Instead of re
maining ut their post of social duty and
ilolug ueeurdiug to their measure ivnat
Peter Cooper did, continue to crowd in
ev r-lnereusInK numbers to thu pleasure
iltics and '.taunts of Kuropc. or spend thi ir
money at home in selfish luxury and insi
dious display, a crash will come and ouht
to come. The French aristocracy before
he Revolution left their posts of social
duty ill the country to live in luxury and
frivolity nt Versailles. The end was t ne
burning of their chateaux. American
plutocrats who leave their posts of social
duty for the pleasure cities of Europe will
have no reason to complain If their cha
teaux some day ure burnt."
It Steeds to be borne In mind that
this Is not the language of a socialist
or n demagogue, but the plain speech
of an eminent' scholar with sympathies
all hostile to violent revolution. YVe
think, though, that Professor Smith
forgets one thing. He forgets that it
took son years of arrogance, insol
ence and oppression on the part of tin
aristocracy of France to bring on the
burning of their chateaux, wherens in
America the ;rotest of the under dog
can be voiced regularly every four years
and has always the consciousness that
should real necessity nrlse, It could at
any given election muster an over
whelming majority. This Is an effec
tive safety valve asalnst violence. It
Is an assurance of equilibrium.
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For we believe the twentieth time
in this campaign the Philadelphia Press
has revived the Cameron senre. Ac
cording to the law of averages it will be
likely to do thin again nbout Hue. 2.
Welsh on Wannmaker
In the current Issue of City and
State, Herbert Welsh, the high priest
of Pennsylvania reformers, discourses
with interesting freedom upon the next
senutoiship. Mr. Welsh is violently
opposed to Quay and Quayism, and
therefore cannot abide any of the can
didates .supposed to lie friendly to the
junior senator. On the other hand, be
linds It impossible to warm up at
thought of Wunamaker, and not being
a pntrnn of the Wnnatnaker advertis
ing department, he frankly says so. He
admits that the Philadelphia merchant
bus some good points, but he still says
of him:
We do not think Mr. Wrnamaker Is suit,
ed to the place. He Is reputed to lie a
man of very great wealth, and he has met
with very great success in building up an
immense dry goods business. Hut we
think theie are already too many men of
great wealth In the I'nlted States senate,
ami that the fact that men possess money
In superabundance Is getting to be 'on
preponderating a reason for sending them
there. We think that for this reason alone
It would he wiser and mere wholesome to
choose some one not so closely associated
111 the public- mind with great riches. Mr,
Wanainiilier's first prominence in the pub
lic life of the country was obtained by h!
success In collecting an enormous election
rund estimated, approximately, at I"ii,'h).
it was this service which gullied for .Mr.
Wamimiiker u place In the cabinet, estab
lishing a precedent, which, as Mr. (ienrue
William Curtis always held, was unfor
tunate nnd dangerous. Mr. Wanamakcr
was without any other distinction In na
tional polities to account for his selection.
It has been urged that .Mr. Wanamakcr
showed distinguished, ability ns postmas
ter general. It was natural to suppose
that his well-known business training and
ability would tit him to effect very prae
Ileal Improvements In the postal service.
Hut Mr. Wanamakcr did not apply busi
ness methods, as we understand them, to
the postal work of the government, cer
tainly nt the hcKimilnu of his incumbency,
although later on he was more favorable
to them,
P.ut this Is not nil of Mr. Welsh's
disaffection. He ndds: "Some of the
methods which have been employed by
his reputed agents during the past year,
to promote Mr. Wnnamnker's candi
dacy for the senate, are. In our opin
ion, deserving of severe rebuke. We
do not sny that Mr. Wanamakcr him
self employed these objectionable
methods, but they were used brazenly
by State Senator Kauffman, his reput
ed agent, and so far as we know were
never disavowed by Mr. Wanamakcr.
We refer to the attempted purchase by
Kauffmnn of editorial praises for Mr.
Wnnnmaker In the newspapers of Lan
caster county. AVe called on Mr. Wnn
nmaker to disavow Kauff'inan's act Just
before his Journey to the Holy Land,
and again just after it, but without
response." Of course. That was a
trivial sin compared with certain other
methods employed in Wanamaker's be
half, very evidently with his knowl
edge nnd consent. Silence In such mat
ters Is discretion.
The candidate who would please Mr.
Welsh most is Hampton I.. Carson or
ex-Minister William Potter. They
would make excellent senators, without
doubt. Why nre such men not sup
ported by the good people of the Quak
er city?
A bill to require 2 per cent. Interest
on state deposits, snid Interest to go
to the state's credit, is to be Introduced
at Harrlsburg next winter. It Is a
business-like proposition and should
pass.
Senator Quay has a very simple plan
to break the "endless chain" whereby
the treasury is now drained of gold.
"I.,ct the government," he says, "re
tire the Greenbacks which are payable
in gold nt the option of the holder and
Issue In place of them gold notes which
shall be payable at the pleasure of
the government. Simply transfer the
option to the other party, that Is nil.
That is what ought to have been done
long ago, and cannot be done now
too quickly. The bnnks could use the
gold notes to maintain their gold re
serves, and we will have put a stop
to that endless chain whii'h has drawn
and can still continue to draw gold
from the treasury and force the Issue
of bonds." This isn't a very long recipe
but it seems to promise effectiveness.
The sentiment for a permanent tar
iff commission Js rapidly growing.
Hoards of trade all over the country
are declaring for It. Senator Cullom
strongly recommends It. It is in the
air.
There has been no official intima
tion from Spain thnt Consul General
Lee Is persona non grata at Havana,
but the story that such a representa
tion Is coming seems very probable
when we consider that General Lee Is
a warm-hearted, liberty-loving Ameri
can, who despises tyranny, hates cow
ards and Nn't ashamed to let bis sen
timents be known. Such a man would
naturally be most obnoxious to Spain.
Whut Wcrler want at Havana is a
consul-general he can use.
.
It appears from the latest returns that
thecltizcnsof X :V:ulu cast only K.5I? vote,
the citizens of Idaho only 2U.T3.1 votes, and
the citizens of Wyoming 2u, votes.
Nevertheless they have as much to say
about legislation in the senate as New
Yolk, which cast l.3.".7.t;si; Pennsylvania,
which en st 1.101. IJ7. mid Illinois, whleh
cast l."SI,:i votts. Chicago Record.
There Is no method by which a stf te
can be obliterated; but Nevada at least
certainly deserves to be for It is pro
gressing backward year after year.
It Is none too early to prepare for the
elections of lS'JS. The business men
who made success possible on the Srd,
should not lay down thoir arms while
(he enemy Is still in Fight.
"The friends of Mr. Wanamakcr claim
to have already secured the pludgcs
of sixtr members of the two cham
bers," says the Philadelphia Press. It
will require PIS to elect.
The queer ai'sument is made In op
position to the popular election of pres
idents thnt there would be fraud at the
polls. Isn't there now?
The Nicholson Examiner goes Into
weekly ecstasies over Mr. Wtinumuker
and vet doesn't know how to spell his
name.
THE PRESIDENT ELECT.
Walter Wcllman, In Tlnies-lIeraM.
It does one good to go to Canton nnJ to
meet ami talk with the man who Is to he
chief magistrate of the greatest republic
during the coining four years. It gives
on.- additional ;oltIe In his country and
Its democratic spirit. You find nothing but
true, manly American simplicity of man
ner and h'hH In the home of the president-elect.
.Major MeKiuley Is as ap
proachable as any private citizen. It Is
easier to i-ct at h'.in than It Is to get at
tin. average head of a mercantile house
or bank president. The truth is, about
all you have to do is to walk In, nnd
there you lire. A foreigner visiting lu Can
Ion askeil his local friend. "Please take
uie past the residence of your president
elect. I want to see whew he lives, for I
know It !s Impossible to see him." The
friend smiled nnd promised to take him
where he could sea the house at lea.-1.
Tiny walked up North Market sti t un
der the McKinley arch and entered a door
yard from which every blade of grass
had been trampled by hundreds of thou
sands of feet. The foreigner commented
upon the absence of a sentry from the
gate ami asked If here were no soldiers on
guard about the premises. "No, not even
a pollvemun or a dog."
n n i:
To tV rmazemeiit of the visitor from
across the sea the door was opened wit n
tiut a ring at the bell ami without any
announcement or presentation of carls.
They had no sooner entered the little hall
than a man with stocky figure, smooth
lace and luminous eyes under heavy eye
brows came forward from the library nt
the right to greet them. It was the president-elect
himself. If the foreigner wis
sin prised at this manifestation of tfj.
republican simplicity he was a little later
both aniaaed and delighted. As t'lny
took seats and the president-elect started
the conversation, his perfect tact soon
showed Itself. 1'lrst. lie asked the for.
clutter some questions which quickly
placed that rather startled gentleman at
his ease ami led h!ni to think the Ameri
can president-elect had taken a great fan
cy to him and might ask hint to become
an American and a member of the cabi
net. The Canton cal'er .Major McKinley
had had hut little acquaintance with, but
he drew upon his remarkable memory an. I
presently asked alter the visitor's mother
and a biothVr who lived In a distant state.
i; i! ii
Watch the president-elect hour after
hour, with caller alter caller, of high or
low degree, and you see him always the
same. I emphasize this point because it
serves to bring uut one of the strong traits
of his character, which Is tact. In the past
eight years I have seen two presidents In
Washington laboring under the handicap
of lack of tact. Not only did they suffer,
but their paUy and the country, Mr. Har
rison hail brains to spare, remarkable In
sight to human nature, great logical pow
ers. Ret Clnrkson once said of Harrison
whom he did not like very well, either
that he was the keenest nnulyist
of men and their motives he had
ever known. Rut lie had no tnct, nnd ,".s
another prominent Republican said:
"Harrison will make a man feel meaner
in giving him what he asks for than Cht
Arthur did when he turned the mm
down." Arthrr was the latest of our
tactful presidents, and his success wis
due wholly to that quality, because he had
no great ability. Cleveland despises tact,
because he knows he hasn't it. He hulls
everything through by main force, and
makes a heap of trouble for himself nnd
every one else doing it. The one big per
sonal triumph of his second administra
tion repenl of the Sherman law was won
by the tact of .fudge (irosham after
Cleveland's main force tactics had failed.
Agnin. If (Inner Cleveland had had the
tact of nn Arthur or a McKinley the dem
ocratic party would not have gone over to
free sllverlsin In the campaign of '!;.
n I1 ii
When I saw McKinley with his callers,
his perfect self-control, his memory for
faces, names and circumstances, his win.
nlng courtfsy, ids quality of making you
feel he Is deeply Interested in you all I
this, too, without gushing or acting I
could not help thinking how well equipped
he w as In temperament nnd manner for Hie
work ahead of him. His bearing is really
superb. He charms every one who meets
him. lie has Just enough courtesy, not
too much. He mak.s every caller feel Ids
welcome wiihoui any suspicion that ait
Is being practiced upon hltn. His visitors
leave him assured they have met and con
versed with a man strong In his human
Interest, warm In heart, keen In his sense
of justice, modest, simple, frank, manly.
This sounds like praise, hut it Is not; It Is
only description. Major McKinley rarely
talks of himself. Always In possession if
the happy faculty of evincing sincere In
terest l:i others tn the exclusion of self,
this has (rained force nnd breadth with ad
vancing fame. The result Is that today,
ns president-elect of the I'nlted States.
Major McKinley Is less self-conscloi's or
Introspective than he was ns a meri con
gressman, more gifted In the splendid gift
of winning friends nnd attracting confi
dence and admiration.
I'. M 'I
Itnw well this quality will serve In !he
making of a successful administration
only those who have heen behind the
scenes in the national capital enn correctly
estimate. In temperament. In patience; In
balance. In nlrrtness. In maturity of char
acter ami method without the shadlntr-off
which comes to all with advanced nge
surfeit of success or wenrlness of soul Ion;;
fried In arduous station. Major McKinley
Is now In his very prime and ripeness.
Intellectually he has grown during ?ho
past five years. The presidency he has
nil thnt tlmp seen In the near vista, and
the vision has developed nnd elevated him,
ns the hope of great success broadens nnd
betters every man who tins anything In
him to mske a success of. He has lit
erally studied for the presidency the his.
tory of his country, the writings of Wash
Ington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Inter
national law, the history of nations. The
effect of this prepnrntlon could he readily
detected In his marvelous campaign
speeches, which nre soon to be published
comnlele In a single volume. Major Mc
Kinley comes to the white house nt Ms
best. Never before was he so fit for the
grent task. It will he surnrlslng If he
iIops not mnke asuecess of 't for himself
and the country.
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Mr. McKinley Is to be the president.
jThire Is no gainsaying that. That man
j is not born that will dominate him' and
the man is not known who wishes to do
so. H is self-reliant; he court advlDe;
he Is nn admirable listener. Jtut nner an
Is said ami .'.one he m::kes his own deci
sions. The men who think Major McKin
ley wcakof pur pose or will because he Is
swcit of t,.?ivh ilo not know aim. I do
know him. He has a frl. n !ly nature; he
Is kindly, generous, often grateful. Hut
bin I ml thtse ornamentations of his char,
acter. underneath the benutlfully pat
terned pa.ler mache Is the sold, cold, rigid
steel, and pit my of it. McKinley would
have fccen a great success ns a surgeon.
The charm of his smile, the gentleneM
cf his touch, would have soothed the pa
tient while th." operator, c.i'.m. cool, ste idy
of i ye and hure of hand, with even pulse
and unrutl'.ed nerve, and still smiling, was
cutting off the limb or probing the Jee;
wound.
Jtisf a Word or Two
of Caslial Mention
"Say, do you suppose he really did shoot
that deer?"
"Him, shoot It in the neck? not much;
why he sal 1 he had his eyes closed w hen
he tired."
The speakers were two of a group ."an 1
lng on the corner yesterday afternoon at
the Hotel Jcrmyn. and they were dNcn-s-Ing
the rrent lin k a certain well .know n
gentleman lu town was reported to have'
had on a deer h'int this week In a wild
nnd wooly township not more thnn a hun
dred mil 's east of h.'v. The remarkable
part of the gentleman's hunting expedi
tion pi that he not only hugged a spilt d
buck In the neck while on a "dead run"
through the brush, hot hi' also brought
home with nbout twenty brace of phea'
ants, w hich he nlso claims ns a result of
his skill. The nlmrodlun genius has so in.
eently developed In tile gentleman In
question, that some of Ms friends are cyn'.
eal epoivh to c"sl doubts on the "truth
of the hunting." "lie actually said.
"Come, now. Hill, on the square, v hai's
the price of venison on the hoof ov r
there."
.e.
The dressed rnrca of u thrcc-bgeyd
deer killed by hunters In Pike county
caused no end of "oiulevment among
travelers on the platform of the lWlaware
and Hudson depot yesterday. Peer are
rare enough, but three-l. cged ones ar
somewhat of a rarely, and so the crowd
gaped while Special Policeman Sticllin.in
told of his experiences with doers having
four lees uinl denrs with half that num
ber. This trl-enrnered nr.lmal, just the
same, was there, sure enough. Some of
the crowd thoueht the deer had l"ea
caught In a trap.one man said a leg had
been chewed off a 'pi others wee sure It
had been calved that wav; and while they
were telling nbout i! HP'ecoat Spellm la
grinned. He grinned vlth a good reason
After the mimn! was killed thy hunters
were hungry for venison nnd used a hind
quarter. The ham hml been removed by
slitting the hide inside the leg. The Hap
was afterward sewed together and the gap
filled with wet leaves and moss. Spellman
let the crowd tell Its stories mid then gave
the snn;i away.
According to the Honesdale Herald the
members of the Art club of that place
were recently treated to a novel entertain,
meiit by Miss Jennie llrowtiscomhe: "A
lighted Human lamp," It says, "was sus
pended In the upper hall, n vestal lamp
illuminated the dressing room, and upon
entering .Miss Hrowuscombe's studio proper
her guests found themselves surrounded
by nncistiv.l armor and old brasses, carved
oak and tapestries from distant Home,
rare blue and w hite Venetian finger glass
es, rich oriental rugs, luxurious sofa pll
lows, etc., etc. Lunch was served nt 11
o'clock on n Koman lace lunch cloth from
china dishes representing Klorencp, Ven
ice, Pompeii and Home. Tea was brewed
In a brass Human kettle of medieval date
and served In cups with spoons from many
other cities. A Siena (Italy) cake , w is
among the delicacies of the table. Alto
gether it was u very pleasant gathering,
enabling the guests to enjoy, in part, trie
delightful, curios and historic relics seen
and collected by Miss I'.rownscombe dur
ing her recent sojourn In the old world."
Some wng gave John Courier Morris a
bad half hour the other day. Mr, Morris
had Just received notice from (Seorge W.
I'lnn that his suggestion of a name for
the new addition which .Mr. Klnn Is open,
in t7 nn Carbon street, "Hrlghton park,"
had won the Hl prize offered for the best
title, mi l Mr. Morris was felicitating him
self upon his good luck win n he was called
to the telephone. There a voice claiming
to be Mr. Finn's notilled him that the
earlier announcement had been erroneous;
that the llrst suggestion of the chosen till"
had come from Kit ,1. Havles. Mr. Morris
suspected nothing and strove to accent
the reverse gracefully, but It was evident
he did not relish It. Later on, howevr,
the fact developed that the tel. phone rr.cs.
sage was only a Joke, and that Mr. Mor
ris' hundred-dollar reward was safe an a
bank note.
Professor Willis Moore, now nt the head
of the national weather bureau, is a Iting.
hamton boy and began active life as a
type-setter on the liinghaniton Hopubll
ean. Professor .Moore entered the signal
service nbout twenty years ago and grad
ually worked his way up to the responsi
ble position wh'eh he now holds. He Is
Republican in politics and owes his posi.
tioii to his own ability and was not as
sisted in the appointment by polillcul In
fluence of any kind. Professor Alitor",
who Is still a young man. Is nephew of
Air. (.!. J. Kabcock. of this city.
Hr. .1. W. Coolidge has laste nn.l tal 'tif
for literary work to a marked degree, and
in the past has frequently employ it spare
moments in writing for the local press and
ineilliil publication. The doetor'.s dl
seriptions of the land of the cliff dwellers
which appeared in Seriinton points sev
eral years ago, were most fascinating, and
gave evidence of the writer's enpahiiitv
In the descriptive line. It Is evident to ail
readers of articles from lir. Cuulidgi's
pen that he could succeed 111 literary work
as well ns Pi medicine, had the former
been his eho'en life work.
Judge Hani, of Honesdale, forcee.- a
time when the fulls nt llawhy will sim
ply Scranton with deetrlcal power. What
Is the matter with Scranton's own culm
dumps?
Wcnllicr nnd Oilier Predictions for
the Coiuiiit: Week.
Sunday, Nov. 29. KIrst Sunday In ad
vent. Weather unsettled. A chill born
on this day will have to work hard for a
living. Avoid quarrelling.
.Monday, Nov. 3u. Sun square to Jupiter.
Weather unsettled. A child born on tills
dny will be fortunate when young and rise
In life, byt will be nut to become poor In
old age. Sign writings, but avoid fe
males. Tuesday, Dec. 1. Venus an evening star.
Weather fnlr. A child horn on this day
will be Industrious, but not fortunate.
Push business In the morning.
Wednesday, Dec. 2. Alars rises ut sun.
set. Weather fair. A child born on this
duy will be fortunate nnd rise in life. Buy,
speculate and ask favors. i
Thursday, Dec. 3. Venus degrees
from Neptune. Weather fine. A child
born on this day will be unlucky and gen.
erally poor. Sell,
Friday, Dee. 4. Mercury parallel to
Venus. Weather fair. A child born on
this day will be careless and extravagant.
Sell.
Saturday, Dec. S.-Juplter a morning
star. Weather stormy. A child born on
this day will be headstrong and difficult
to manage. Do not quarrel ormove un
this day.
tore
We have told you about Cloaks, Furs, Dress Goods, Carpets and
many other big things, but now approaching ths Holidays' it is time
to begin to talk about the little things. Our first discourse will be on
HANDKER
Although we haven't counted them, we venture to say that the Handkerchiefs we
have in stock runs into tho thousands, all of which, with many more to he added, will be
sold between now and Christmas. For your turther enlightenment we will quote a few of
the special values.
LOT 1. --Ladies' Colored Borders and Plain White All Linen Hemstitched
Handkerchiefs, at 5 cents.
LOT 2. --Ladies' Swiss Embroidered Handkerchiefs, several desigus, at 10
cents, or 3 for 25 cents.
LOT 3. --Ladies' Swiss Embroidered and Point de Venice Handkerchiefs, at
I2y2 cents.
LOT 4. --Ladies' Very Heavy Point de Venice Handkerchiefs at 17 cents.
LOT 5. --Ladies' Pure Linen Hemstitched Embroidered Handkerchiefs at 25c.
All of the liner qualities including Real Duchess and Point Applique-Lace Hand
kerchiefs proportionately cheap.
The most complete line of Gentlemen's Handkerchiefs in the city.
OPENING OF SPECIAL HOLIDAY DEPARTMENT
BUT NONE IN SCRANTON which can compare in any way with our
mammoth tailoring establishment. Our line in Suitings, Trouserings and Over
coatings is as complete as you will find in any city. Our patterns and fashions
are up-to-date and the very latest only. Should our prices be too low let' us
know and we will make the necessary correction. Our work and fit we guarantee.
We don't allow a n.iriiijiit to leave our place exn-pt perfectly satisfactory. I?ii)in facilities enable us
to sell at much IW(T than lowest prices, hence here, like everywhere else, our immense success.
Ilrnnch II.
TS
Over ISO Patterns to Select
l'roni,
HavilanJ & Co.,
Chas. Fields Havila.id,
Wedgerwood Pcrce'ain,
Mat'dcx Porcelain,
OnondQgo China
And many other standard
makes. See our new lilue Delft
.Set. Also a new leader 100-piecc
decorated for 0.-1S.
THE
Clemons, Ferber,
O'Mailey Co.,
PANTS oJScr $3,00
All the latest novelties in Tor
eif;n and Domestic Cheviots, Wor
steds and Oassinters-ctit, trimmed
nnd made in onrown tailor shops.
We show whole rolls of cloth, not
short length samples. Fit per
fectas usual.
GREAT ATLANTIC PANTS CO.
Branch A' 010 I-.',- A. Uranch
'h 319 Lacka Ave. t
J ft
CALL UP 353?t
OFFICe AND WARritoisn.
Mi TO 151 MERIDIAN STREET-
1!. W. (OLLLS,Mannscr.
OUR GORGEOUS
Poster Show
And Holiday Eoik Store
Will bi npon ti thepubllu Weilncs lav,
Decern! or'J. You will wimt to visit It
at leuBt euro. Ponltivily the finest
book store in N. E, Pennsylvania.
BEIDLE1N. THE BOOKMAN
an Washington Ave., Opp. Court House
Tower. 437 Spruce Street
mwlB SE
lilOlK on iiinciB
CO.
OiiipKil
News
127 Lackawanna Avenue, Scranton,
GOT DAMP QUICK
DIDN'T IT?
UMBRELLA 0 BROKE
ISN'T IT?
WON'T YOU?
REPAIR IT WHILE YOU WAIT
SURE.
New Cover, New Kil h, Now .Stick,
New Anything.
222 WjimlDg Areniw, Y. H. C. A. Building
WOLF & IV EN Z EL,
5.11 Linden., Opp. Court Hous.
PRACTICAL TINNERS and PLUMBERS
Hoi Afc'ciit for Kirl.Hrdwm ftoyntou's
1 uriiMci'M nnd lufinri.
PHiLAOELPHIA fiHCTIMRS OF CLOAKS Ai SUITS
421 LACKAWANNA AVENUE,
Headquarters for Cloaks and Capes
Kvervl cilv Is lou l In tin Ir prn'pps of our
f'l.)i:k anil Chits. Wit have nia.l.. (fre.U
cone. sf lor.s In the prices of our line ar
nients. .
You rsnnot flo Jinlico to yourself buy
In;; a coat or cape without first v'Jiisult
Ilia our priees.
Jackets, silk lined, tnllore.l nftcr I,on
ilnii and l'aris models', niiule of highest
rniiip bolides; a l.swIMerlnir (fn QO
variety at OJ'UO
Eleunnt tine curl ntrnchnn coat, s'lk
llniel. perfect fittintr. shield CR Q9
front, cheap at Jl'.'.tw: our price 0 J.JO
JAf'KK.TS of Imported caterpillar bouel
new fotir-ln-hntil shield front, lined
throuojimit with chanueabie tMff.-U
Fiik: a rcKUlar JIT. coat; our QO
price WltQQ
VVO.M UN'S Pl.t'SH CM ICS One of thu
strongest price presentations ever shown
in this c!t is lure this week, ppd
tllv beaded and innidcd plush &O QO
capes for J.iJO
Extra fine seal flush double cape, lined
thrmiKhout with madam sua. trimnien
with lino Thibet fur; els... fro Qn
where fl.'; our price $0ttJ(l
Cupes of line nstrachnn. 50 Inch length,
circular sweep. ilci i storm coll.ir.
trimmed with marten und Thibet
fur; elsewhere $0; our Qg
Special lino of children's coats In two-tone
nstnichan, handsomely trimmed shield
fronts, lutest designs: cheap at &0 AQ
IT; our price tpiliftJ
TAKB NOTICE We have Just purchased
the lai'He stock of a silk waist manu
facturer, nnd as a cons. iUence can show
yoi. u waist never Licrore seen in inn
1.1 ini
$3.98
purt of the country for less
than flu at
NO CHARGE FOR ALTERATIONS.
Z. WEINGART, Proprietor.
CHIEFS.
IN A FEW DAYS.
D. LOVVENSTEIN
Proprietor.
Pa.
Branch II.
An Inspiration
In nlmnft lost when your pen enrchej
snd your Ink eprcails on your p;ip-?r.
GOO J STATIONERY
In ono of the nrrossnrlps of civilisation
thnt In Inillsponanble. A favorite lo"a
flon fir nil rinses Is thnt of RKY
NOMS BltOTJIKItS. where n fine ns
portmont of verythinK In flrst-clnsa
Htatloni-ry and OHIee Supiillen can ba
liurehnse.l. Stmlcnts, lawyers, com.
mornlal men and society in Kenirnl Ret
their supplies here, us everyone can ba
tutted, both In pricu and .juulity.
Reynolds Bros.
Stationers and Engravers,
HOTEL JI-HMYN BUILDINO.
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