THE SCR ANTON TRIBUNE-THUBSDAY MOBHINO, DECEMBER , 189.
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NORTON'S BULLETIN
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coming year. Orders received
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The London Illustrated Papers;
the grand Christmas Numbers
with Several Colored Supplements.
Pocket Diaries, for 1897.
At NORTON'S,
322 Lackawanna Ave.
Shavings
The use of Shavings for bedding
lor horses or cows is not
New
But put up like straw In
Small Bales
Is something new.
Cheaper Than Straw,
( leaner Than Straw,
Better Than Straw.
We keep It
The Weston Mill Co
SCRANT01, OLYPHAXT, CSR80NDSLL
ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT PAIN
EXTRACTION OP TEETH WITH
"ANAESTHENE." FINEST DEN
TAL WORK IN THE CITY.
DRS. HENWOOD & WARDELL
3 6 LICXftWMSl AVE.
PERSONAL.
T. B. Koons, of ilauch Chunk, was here
yesterday.
D. K. Taylor, of the Globe store firm,
Is In New York city.
W. H. Manvllle and Georfre W. Dowo. of
Carbondale, were reglutered at the Hotel
Jermyn yesterday.
C. P. Llpplncott and William Masters,
of Wllken-Uurro, were engaged on busi
ness in this city yesterday.
Thomas J. Jordan, clerk In Alderman
Millar's oll'iee, returned to his desk yes
terday after a 10-duy Illness.
VERY CLASSIC MUSIC
Will be Rendered by the Symphony
Orchestra Tonight.
The gale of (teats for tonight's con
cert by the Symphony orchestra of fifty-two
pieces has been large. Many
Rood seats can be obtained at the
Frothingham box office, but the indi
cations are that the theater will be
comfortably filled. The prices are $1
and 75, SO and 25 cents.
Following is the programme that will
tie rendered:
1. Franz Bourne, Op, 14, overture to
Hebbel's "Judith."
1 I. von Beethoven, Op. 37, piano
"oncerto No. 3 In C. minor,
t. iKinlzetti, aria, "olace de quest
anlma" from "Linda."
4. Mozart. Symphony No. 40 In Q minor,
t. (a) SolvejR'g song by Grieff.
b Madrigal Chamlnade
6. Coronation march from. "Prophet,"
. Meyerbeer
. GREEN RIDGE GUN CLUB.
Elects Officers and Arranges for a
New Year's Shoot.
At a meeting of the Green Ridge
Cun club last night in the office of
Harry I). Swartz in the Mears' building
the following officers were elected:
Prenldent, George W. Schlager; vice
president, Sim Davis; treasurer, A. W.
Jurisch; secretary, John Proude; man
ager, A. W. Wiederbusch.
It was decided to conduct a special
shoot for members of the club only on
Mew Year's Day on the club grounds.
To Core a Cold in One Day.
Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it
tails to cure. 26 cents.
WILL YOU CATCH ON?
We place on sale for this
week 300 pair Men's Best
Made Calf, double soles Shoes,
formerly sold at $4 a pair,
Will Sell for $3.00
AH Styles and Every Pair Warranted.
SLINK
SPENCER
410 Sprues StreaL
ANTHRACITE TRADE'S
PRESENT CONDITION
Operators at the Mercy of Unreliable
Sales Agents.
OUTLOOK IS NOT REASSURING
Coal Operators Association Charges
That the Industry is Grossly Mis
managed"ltailronds on Unstable
Foundations Carrying Undemandcd
Coal in Order to llolstcr Vp Their
Seeming Prosperityltcaction Will
Come.
The coal trade Is at present In a
discouraging state so far as the opera
tors are concerned. If the opinions of
the producers gf for anything prk-es In
the immediate future will hardly ap
proach even the liw average of Octo
ber. It is claimed that early last
month the sales agents blundered and
overestimated the November and De
cember demand with the result that
many of the coal carrying roads glut
ted the market.
The Anthracite Coal Operators' as
sociation in its report of Dec. 1 claims
there has been gross mismanagement.
In the early part of November, says
the report, the iUes agents, with that
acumen for which they are noted, fore
saw a great expansion In the market
for coal, and concluded that it would
absorb 4,5tiu,000 tons. The mines begun
working on that basis and In a few
days the railroads had so much coal on
hand that there was no place to put it.
Sales were slow and prices on the de
cline, while stocks were increasing.
Then some of the roads with a keener
sense of equity and honor than the
others, ordered their collieries on
shorter time so as to reduce the out
put and maintain a fair price, others,
however, have been forcing their pro
duct on the market, and there is little
reason to hope that November and De
cember prices will reach even the low
average received in October.
If the consumption had been estimat
ed at 3.500,000 tuns it would even th-n
have exceeded the actual demand. To
have estimated It at one million tons
In excess of this, in the face of a heavy
increase in both tidewater and line
docks during October, shows the utter
Incapacity of the sales ngents, while
the present condition of the trade bears
most damaging witness to the puerility
of their efforts to upset the immutable
law of supply and demand.
SALES AGENT THE AUTOCRAT.
No other great industry in these
United States is so grossly misman
aged. The nales agents wish for large
tonnage, and It is manifestly more to
their profit, and to the profit of all the
commission houses depending upon
them, to handle many tons, even at a
low price, than a smaller number of
tons at a higher price. Their commis
sion is the same In either case. The
operator, on the other hand, and all
hidders of securities in coal-carrying
railroads, are more vitally Interested,
In receiving a higher price for their
output, without bo much regard to the
number of tons. Each acre of coal
land contains a fixed amount of coal,
and Its value depends entirely upon
the price which the sales agent chooses
to S'll it for. If he sells for a high
price and exhausts it slowly, then the
land has a greater value as an invest
ment; but when, In order to secure a
large tonnage and the consequent com
missions he sacrifices the coal for a low
figure, he Is disregarding every right
of the security holder in such property,
by depreciating its value und destroy
ing the foundation of the securities.
While the sales agents themselves In
manv cases may not secure a direct
profit in commissions from a larger
tonnage, it would oe interesting, aim
undoubtedly very instructive to the
stockholders of some ot tne larger
roads, if the relationship between tne
commission houses which handle the
coal, and the railroads was looked into.
If this power was used to further the
general welfare of the regions as it
should be, great good might be ac
complished, but instead, It Is like the
selfish, petty warfare of the -feudal
lord, each trying to support his own
insecure throne at the expense of the
people and his neighbors.
Some of the railroads stand on an
unstable foundation, and It Is to be
expected that where they are In such
absolute control they shall try to ex
tort sufficient revenue to make good
heavy deficits In other accounts. The
assertion that some of the coal-carry-Ingrallroadsstandon
an unstable foun
dation Is pertinent, since the methods
now being employed to bolster them
Into a state of seeming prosperity will,
before long, react disastrously on all
of the Interests Involved. The proof
of this may easily be found by ascer
taining the amount of unmlned coal
owned or controlled by raeh of the
roads. In the figures collected with
great care by William Griffiths, it Is
Bimtvn that only three of the eleven
coal-tarrying railroads have sufficient
coal lands remaining xo insure mem
a tonnage for over one hundred years.
The other eight roads will exhaust
their resources In periods varying from
nine to sixty-three years.
WHERE'S THE SINKING FUND?
Without Implying doubt as to the ac
curacy of these figures, there are cer
tain conditions which materially re
duce the time during which most of the
rnilroads will be ame to mine anu
transport coal at a profit. The opening
of new mines will Involve a hpavy de
lay of money, and with increasing
depth the coal will cost more. Every
Item of expense will become greater,
and t. meet the rapidly increasing out
put of the cheaper bituminous coal,
anthracite will likely have to be sold
for less money, or If not that, then as
a hleh-Driced fuel for a limited num
ber of purposes. To meet this future
how many of the rauroaas nave peen
maintaining a sinking fund to re-lm
burse their capital account when this
source of great revenue Is exhausted?
There Is, in the present conduct of
the coal trade, such an entire absence
of business foresight and, it may also
be said, of commercial Integrity, that
It Is almost a matter of surprise that
the past months of 1836 have shown
an improvement over the reckless
course followed In 1SH5. For such a
change the sales-agents are congrat
ulating themselves. By means of an
erudite arithmetical calculation they
prove to their own satisfaction that
they have not sent to market more than
their due proportion of coal, and add
ing up their figures proves, further,
that there is no excess over the amount
which it was estimated the market
would require.
The application of the time-honored
rule of Hist principles in arithmetic
shows, however, that as a matter of
fact they have largely exceeded the
needs of the market; that stocks have
Increased at tidewater, and are unusu
ally heavy along the lines, and that
they have, through this continued ex
cessive production, been forced to keep
up that transparent game of "bunco
ing" the public with a fixed "circular"
price, while the actual sales are made
from forty to fifty-five cents and more
below it.
It has been stated in all earnestness
that the sales-asents could not main
tain circular prices prices because of
legal obstacles. The Incorrectness of
such reasoning I seasily shown by ref
erence to any of the great industries.
They are not combinations in any
sense of the word, but are following
the underlying principle of all success
ful business In agreeing that if the
market Is overloaded the price will de
cline to a point where operations cease
to be profitable, and to prevent such
a condition they gauge their output
to the needs of the consumer.
Thef is no Industry which could
more readily be adjusted than' the an
thracite mining trade. Its proper and
legitimate conduct would be of vast
benefit to the Operator, carrying-roads
and consumer, but until some course
is followed such as has already been
suggested by this association, of hav
ing a commissioner appointed who shall
direct the affairs of the trade, there
will be the same ruinous destruction
of valuable Interests that is going for
ward now. No sure remedy has ever
been found that will cure a breach of
faith. If it had, the anthracite inter
ests could well pay a fabulous sum
for the possession of the formula, and
it would no doubt be prescribed in al
lopathic doses.
GRAIN DEALERS FAIL.
Sheriff Closes Duggua & Kennedy of
West Lackawanna Avenue.
Two executions were yesterday Issued
against William H. Duggan and Philip
Kennedy, doing a wholesale grain
business on West Lackawanna avenue,
under the firm name of Duggan &
Kennedy. The first execution was for
4.000 in favor of Richard Kennedy, sr.,
and the second is for $1,501.02 in favor
of John Reardon & Sons.
Sheriff Clemons closed their place of
business yesterday morning.
THE SCAFFOLD FELL.
Tbrce Men Precipitated Twcoly-nlne
' Feet to the Ground and None
Seriously Hurt.
By the falling of a scaffolding on the
building in process of construction on
Jefferson avenue near Spruce street,
three men were tumbled to the ground
at noon yesterday from a height of i!
feet. Their names are George Ballict,
T. S. Lust'ord, and A. A. Kearney, all
residents of Green Ridge.
lialllet was the worst hurt and was
taken to the Lackawanna hospital,
but his injuries are not serious. Las
ford's head was cut und he met with
some bruises but he was able to go
home without asslstace. Kearney kept
on working as if nothing happened.
lialllet and Lasford are carpenters.
They were standing on the scaffolding
und Kearney, who is the foreman, was
leaning out of n window giving them
orders. He tumbled down with them.
REYNOLDS-RICE WEDDINQ.
Took Place in Anbury Methodist
Church Yesterday Noon.
The wedding of Miss Agnes Graham
Reynolds and George Howard Rice
took place at 12.30 o'clock yesterday in
the Asbury Methodist Episcopal
church. Green Ridge, and was followed
by a reception at the home of the
bride's grandmother, Mrs. J. Fuller
Reynolds, on Sanderson avenue. The
groom Is a native of Springfield, Mass.,
and an attorney of Globe, Arizona, and
the bride a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George B. Reynolds, of San Mateo Cat,
She has lived with her grandmother in
this city for several years.
The Interior of the church was hand
somely decorated with flowers. Rev.
A. F. Chaffee, pastor of the church,
pronounced the marriage rites. Miss
Clare Reynolds was maid of honor and
Misses Cliauncey Reynolds and Emily
Blair, of Lewlsburg, were bridesmaids.
The (lower girls were Mary and Eliza
beth Dickson. The groom's attendant
was Frank E. Donnelly, of vv llkes
Barre. The ushers were John Lance,
of Plymouth; Hubert Reynolds, of
Kingston; George McLean, of Wilkes
Barre, and H. D. Merrill, of this city.
J. Alfred Pennington, organist of Elm
Park church, played the wedding
marches.
The bride wore a white satin gown,
trimmed with duchess lace, that had
belonged to her great grandmother.
She carried white roses. The maid of
honor wore white silk, trimmed pret
tily In costly lace. The bridesmaids
wore blue silk gowns, trimmed with
chiffon. They carried bouquets of vio
lets. The church decorating was done
by Florist Clark.
The wedding breakfast at the home
of the bride's grandmother was served
at 1.30 o'clock by Huntington. Among
the out-of-town guests present were:
Colonel and Mrs. G. Murray Reynolds,
Mrs. Sheldon Reynolds, Mrs. Benjamin
Reynolds, Misses Reynolds, George R.
Bedford, Mrs. G. R. Bedford, Colonel
and Mrs. R. O. Rlcketts, of Wilkes
Barrej Miss May Tubbs, of Kingston;
Captain William Grant,-of Tunkhan
nock; Mrs. Edith Miles, of Tonkers. N.
Y.; MrB. Edward Lelghton and Miss
Lolghton, of Binghamton; Mrs. Ben
jamin Tubbs, of Kingston; Miss Emily
Reynolds, of Kingston, and Mrs, Good
win Williams, of New York.
Mr. andJMrs. Rice left the city at 3.30
o'clock for a trip In the east. They will
reside in Arizona.
RECEPTION AT CARLSRUHE
EfSheriff Robinson Entertains a
Parly of Friends at Maple wood.
Ex-Sheriff Charles Robinson gave a
reception at his cottage "Carlsruh" at
Maplewood yesterday to the members
of the Pennsylvania Fish commission
and a party of invited friends. They
left on the 9 a. m. Erie and Wyoming
train and returned at 4.30 in the after
noon. A day of enjoyment was spent
at "Carlsruhe" and excellent fishing in
Lake Henry heled to pass the time
pleasantly.
Bauer's band was along and kept up
a musical discourse nil day. The mem
bers of the fish commission are H. L.
Demuth, of Lancaster; D. P. Corwln,
of Pittsburg; James A. Dole, of York;
J. W, Cowell, of Easton; 8. B. Still
well, of Scranton, and W. E. Meehan.
associate editor of the Philadelphia
Ledger, and secretary of the commis
sion. They hold stated meetings at
regular intervals In the prominent cities
of the state. Their meeting here was
merely routine.
Those In the party from Scranton
Were: Hon. A. T. Connell, John Stan
ton, Frank Thompson, City Controller
E. J. Robinson, Victor Koch, A. H.
Warman, Charles H, Miller, Emil
Welchel, John H. Jordan, C. J. Welchel,
John Benore. M. H. Dale, Carl Lorenz,
Recorder of Deeds Charles Heuster,
Peter Zicgler, and Charles Koempel.
COULD NOT PAY THEIR FINES.
Quartette of Prisoners from Police
Court Sent to Jail.
Four prisoners were taken up to the
county Jail yesterday afternoon from
police court. John Lamb went up for
twenty days. He Is 03 years old, a
shoemaker, and halls from Springfield,
Vt. He was arrested twice this week.
Monday evening for striking In the
face Shoemaker Jordan, who has a
shop under the Valley house, for which
offence he paid a line of $3, and on
Tuesday night for unbecoming conduct
on Franklin avenue
Michael McHale, of the South Side.
was arrested on Lackawanna avenue
for being drunk and begging money to
get more liquor. Me is 19 years old
and will spend twenty days In Jail.
Wallace Dickson, a farmer from East
Lemon, will spend ten days in dur
ance. He was picked up drunk on the
streets and when he was taken to the
police station his feet were in such a
condition of uncleanllness that lime
had to be sprinkled on them and his
shoes and socks were cast Into the
sewer.
Mrs. Annie Williams. B4 years old,
who said her home is In Wilkes-Barre,
was unfortunate enough to get blind
drunk and arrested. She will spend
thirty days In Jail. Mayor Bailey held
ponce court.
Choice cut flowers and 'ower de
signs .at Palmer & McDonalds, 544
Spruce.
MANY WRONGFULLY
ACCUSED IN COURT
At Least That is the Finding ol Yester.
day's Juries.
SEVEN VERDICTS OF NOT GUILTY
Not a Single Gonviction During the
Whole UayCrossAccnHations of
Tbcft--Got Iuto Trouble While
Visiting His Itccreant Wil'o.-Othcr
JHattcrs iu Quarter Sessions Cou:t.
Seven verdicts of not gultty were re
turned in criminal court yesterday and
In three instances the prosecutor was
dlreotcd to pay the costs.
Emily Gritliu, charged with stealing
$20 from a culler, Arthur Lumbert, of
Clark's Summit, was returned not guil
ty. Another Jury declared Patrick Gil
bride innocent of the charire of as
sault and battery preferred by James
Alurphy, jr., and directed the prosecu
tor to pay the costs. Bromitzwov
Kevitski was adjudged not guilty of
assaulting and battering William Tar
raskavitz und the Jury directed the
costs to be divided.
A verdict of not guilty was taken
without evidence in the case of P. H.
McGrccvor charged with assault and
battery by Thomas McCabe, the prose
cutor agreeing to pay the costs. . A
verdict of not guilty was taken in the
case in which David H. Jones charged
Henry Richardson with assault und
battery, prosecution being withdrawn
upon the defendant agreeing to pay the
costs. A Jury directed Phoebe H.
Quick to pay the costs In the case of
assault and bnltedy, which she failed
to prosecute against James S. Quick.
HE FLEAD GUILTY.
Tatrlck Crolly pleaded guilty ot steal
ing boots from his employer, C L.
Teetea, and was sentenced by Judge
Gunster to one mouth in the county
Jail.
Anthony Stockowitz was tried on a
charge of larceny and receiving pre
ferred by John C. Heffron, but the
Jury believed the story of the defense
as outlined by Attorney M. J. Walsh
and acquitted him. Stockowitz und
Heffron worked a chamber together in
Connell's mine. When they dissolved
partnership Heffron missed the bit of
his drill and suspecting his partner of
having taken It went to the partner's
tool box and removed therefrom a bit
which he Identified as his own. He
then had Stockowitz arrested und enst
into jail where he remained for a
month. In court yesterday Stockowitz
swore that the bit which Heffron took
from his tool box belonged to him
(Stockowitz) and that it was Heffron
and not he who was guilty of taking
nis neighbors property. District At
torney Jones wus assisted in the prose
cutlon by Attorney M. J. Doliahoe.
Curlbon G. Palmer, the nged pension
agent, a well known figure about the
city, was prosecutor of a charge of
assault and battery nsalnst Frederick
Shumun, of Carbondale. Palmer's wife
left lilm last August and went to live
In a house In Carbondale where Shu
man was staying. Palmer went to see
his wife in the hope of inducing her to
return to his heart and hearth but she
refused and when he avowed he would
not leave without her, the occupant of
tne nouse had recourse to certain
measures to compel him.
HE WAS LED OUT.
TTe RilVft Via wns flrarl out ttnrlllu U
Shlimnn. Shlltnnn aav. ha n'na l.,l .,,
gently. The Jury concluded that he
nus iea out gently ana acquitted ssnu
man, placing the costs on the county,
City Solicitor R. D. Stuart, of Carbon
dale, defended Shuman.
the former of Throop and the latter
of Priceburg, were on trial, at adjourn
ment for assault and battery on a
peddler named Jolleck Rosenberg. The
prosecutor alleges that on the night of
iu -isi. oi august wnue ne was driv
Ing home from Blakely with a wagon
load Of flnnlus lnrmll ami li, rl.ro l.,,n
ed aboard his wagon at Priceburg and
assauiieu mm witn the evident inten
tion of robhlnir Mm T-ria nrl.
slstance Hrnvi off hla nDeniiant.
also brousht to the scene a number
of parties who identified them.
The defendants allege that they
neuner assaulted mm nor attempted
tO rob him. bllt mprlv llimnnrl rtn 1,1c
wagon to get a ride part of the way
homo and that he slashed them with
his whip and commenced yelling
"thieves" they then Jumped olT. They
allege that Constable Richard Barron
has a spite against them and that he
inciieu itosenucrg to swear out war
rants for them.
AMUSEMENTS.
The Sages and their wonderful feats
In mesmerism have caused crowded
houses at the Academy of Music all
this week, and the crush will no doubt
continue until after the closing per
formance Saturday night.
The entertaining and ever welcome
Herrmann, the Great, aided by Aue
lalde Herrmann, will be the attraction
at the Frothingham next Monday even
ing for a single performance, his first
appearance in Scranton in eight years.
What constitutes the charm and In
sures the success of Herrmann's work
is his admirable faculty of entertain
Ing his audiences while performing his
uitlicult feats of lagerdemain with lit
tie comedy Interpolations and bits of
by-play that serves the double pur
pose of amusing his audience and dis
tracting their attention from his nlm
ble and expert sleight of hand work. It
Is a creation of the most poetical and
fantastic fancy. One of the most brll
liant parts Is furnished by Adelaide
Herrmann, who has given to the world
a new art. Her marvelous spectacular
dances. "L'Tolle de Nuit," "La Dance
de Vesuvius, " Le Rayon du Soldi"
and "The Lily of the Orient," have pre
sented new and startling possibilities
In the combination of color and motion.
The last three days of the week, com
mencing this p.fternoon. will be pre
sented at Davis' theater the well known
sensational comedy drama, "Kid
napped." by D. K. Hlggms. The play,
besides being one of the most thrilling
and exciting, abounds In all kinds of
exciting lii' i Innts ami blight comedy,
and the cn.iii-iico never tires of no
plmidlng til" different scenes. The
pint, which is higiiy jnti-r.-titlng. d-.a.-s
with the abduction '( ? young nil
handsome heiress, who is k'xln.ipp l.
One of the most reall-tic seen f ih
Tiny is a police patrol wagon drawn ly
two spirited horses, dashing across the
stage In full view of the nudlence. The
prominent comedy role Is that of a
German dude, which is played bv the
author of the piece, D. K. Higglns.
and the other ports are in the hands of
well known performers. The play is
mounted In the sam lavish manner
that marked Its New York production.
DON'T WORRY about your health.
Keep your blood pure by taking Hood's
Sareaparilla and you need not fear the
grip, colds. bronchitlH, pneumonia or
typhoid fever.
HOOD'S PILLS arc the favorite fam
ily cathartic, easy to take, easy to ope
rate. THE KEELEY CURE
Why lot your borne a4 bnilneti bs daatror.
ed through strong drtak or morphia. wh
rou rao ba curtd In four waclu at the Etalay
nttlttito, n Madlaon annuo Bctaataakpa.
Tba Cara Will Boar tavortlf attea.
CHRISTMAS
Make your selections
NOW while the assort
ment is complete.
CHINA HALL,
MILLAR & PECK,
131 Wyoming Avenue.
Walk in and look around.
WE WANT TO SAY
to every man who Is not perfectly satis
fied with his furnishing store, that we
would like to try satisfying him. If you
have no fault to find, wo don't want
your trade we can't do uny more than
perfectly satisfy you. Our styles re the
latest, our stock U large and we charge
just enough to insure good quality.
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Lack Av.
THE RUSH IS ON.
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Crockery Sale
Is in Full Swing.
Crowding the Crockery Department
shows the practical appreciation of the
public. The price mower of stern neces
sitv has cut prices lower than usual even
in this bargain-loving store. The cry of
the Christmas Goods for more room must
be heeded. Crockery-wanters who are
also lovers of money-saving will visit us
this week. Crockery for a song until
Saturday. And the first here is the best
served.
Chamber Today we talk of a
Sets better one, since the
' cheaper ones are
nearly gone. Here's a better bar
gain in better goods than some of
the cheaper-sounding sets. A 12
piece set with handsome slop jar,
decorated in the popular deep blue
color, gold a plenty on every set.
Shapes are new and handsome.
Easily worth $12.00. Price this
week
7.
90
Salt Here's a twenty-five
nd cent article- for ten
Pepper cents. A pressed glass
Sets tray with silver topped
pepper shaker and salt
cellar, all complete for
. 19c
Salad Nicely decorated sali'.d
: gowls bowls that have Iven
I one of our Kt vala-.-. ;;t
! 25 cents, are to l-e .'-;!,! this w;vk
ifor
! 19C
Dinner
Set
An Iin-IL-.li soipi-p'iw-
lain uhiiior s.-t of 100
nii'i'i'tj in nirn hltir"
decoration. A set worth at least
S9.00. 15 sets go on sale toJay at
5.
SO
Other bargains. we might tell of best
known by your coming. Save a little of
your Christmas money for yourself by
buying Crockery now.
EXAMINED FREE.
Tou can save money by buying specta
cles ot SUverstone. the eye specialist, at
309 Lackawanna avenue, onely one flight
over the Lehigh Valley ticket office. The
following prices will satisfy you that they
are the cheapest in the city: Solid gold
rimmed spectacles at 1.50 per pair; fillet
bows at nlckle bows from 50c. to $1.50;
aluminum bows from 75c. to $100; colored
glasses from 25c. to 11.23. We have a largo
line of reading glasses, the best In the
market, at Hoc. per pair. Opera and mag
nifying glasses at reduced prices. Of
fice hours, 8 a. m. to 12m.; 1 to fi p. m.
Remember that your eyes will be exam
ined free and satisfaction Is guaranteed.
THE SAGES
May be able to put people to
sleep. Rut Kveryonc Kcst
ICasv after purchas ng one of
our line ALL. WOOL OVER
COATS AT $8.48
KtaiM Bros.,
POPULAR CLOTHING HOUSE.
325 UCMVUMft AVE.
THR IDEAL AMERICAN TRIP
NORTHERN MhAMSHIP COMPANY.
Tba bupcrbly Appointed mid C'unimudious
Ste 1 Stenmiip.
NORTHWEST AM) NORTHLAND,
Araerichu through ami 1 lirongb,
leave Buffalo I wrniav. nml Fridays 0.30 p m.
for Cleveland, Detroit, Mackinac. The Soo,
Duluth. and ctern Points, pRMiug nil
pla'-ea of iuturest by uayliglit In connection
with
THE C1REAT NORTHERN RAILWAY,
it forma the mont direct route, uud from ev
ery point of comparison, the most delightful
and cnnifortul lo onu t" M innrapolin, St. Paul,
Great l ulls Helena. Butte. Spokane and Pu
rine roant, Ttie on It transcontinental, ine
riinniiiR the famous buffet, library, obsnrra
tion car.
New tl7 hour tra'n for Portland via Spokann.
HOTEL LAPAYETTE, Lake MinnetonUa.
18 miles from .M:nneato1if, largest uud most
beautiul resort in the west.
'! icketsaml nny information ot any agent or
A. A. Hi;.KD, Uuueral l'aaceuger agent,
buffalo, N. Y.
Tea Japanese tea pots with bale
Pots handles. Tea pots that
will make tea worth drink
ing. Will stand the heat of the
stove without breaking. 50 go on
sale today at
10c
Dinner 112 pieces of good, ser
et viceable tableware.
Dishes a plenty for any
family. Decorated under glaze.
Dishes that will not craze. $ 10.00
worth of tableware for
$5.90
Cake Daintv uifhes that you
Plates w'" VV;I1'' when once
you see tip -m. upen
work ed;u-s decorated with gold.
Centres oi pretty cupiJs. Variety
patterns at p-wrly prices, ico :.
on S..L- ,v :'t
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vllpJ
Pancake season at lianJ.
Your syrup cup is here!
awaitinn. China syrup
cup ana Iray oliered tor a son
toJay,
19c
303 Lackawanna Ave.
SPECK
We offer about 50 Boys
3-piece Suits, ' (short pants),
sizes 12 to 16 years, at al
most nothing.
These Suits are heavy
weight, nice mixtures, and
formerly sold for $7.00, $8.00
and $10.00.
Choice for
$5.00
EACH
Clothiers, Mers.&Furnis.
LOOKING im OVER.
If the Clothes you buy from us don't
stand the most critical inspection,
bring them back and get your money
or its value. Our goods arc of such a
character and are so well made no
body can Gnd fault with them If
there is something wrong, it is so by
mistake, and we will gladly rectify it
416 LACKAWANNA AUENUL
A. E. ROGERS'
Jewelry Store
213 LACKAWANNA AEN'JE.
'c have nearly completed our
Holiday Stock and arc now prepared
to offer as fine an assortment of
jewelry. clockl, watches,
cut guis', art pottzrf,
b:jc-a-3mc,
silver or; LABIPS, PLATED WW",
as cm be found anywhere.
Look at our $10.00 Gold
Watches, warranted 15
years.
rciMtiTnl Banquet Limp and Lir!3
SMIs Shade, At S1.45
Rogers Triple Pla'.eJ Knives and
Forks arc line, At $3.03
213 Lackawanna Avsnua.
THIELE
'School of Music, 5:0 Spruce St
Mrs. Katharine Thiele,
Voice Training, Sulo Sinking.
Ernest Thiele,
Violin, Piano, 'Cello ensemble. Doth
teachers at celebrated Scharwcnlu
Conservatory, Xew York. Also other
competent teachers engaged. Mr. Thiele
is the successor to the late
HERR KOPFF.