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IKTIRIO T TH1 TOSTOmOl AT SCRftHTOK. P..
SKOND-CLAB8 MAIL MATTIR.
SCRANTON. DECEMBER 5. 1S96.
We guess that the man who takes the
trouble to read the evidence In the
Kinsley case will agree with the street
commissioner's attorneys that it does
not call for any action by the mayor.
Nothing was established of any con
sequence save some passim: notoriety
for the Sunday World.
: .
The Withdrawal of Hastings.
The decision of Governor Hastings to
acquiesce, to the extent of his ability,
in the demand of Philadelphia fur rec
ognition in the United States senate
removes from the list of possible candi
dates a Republican whom the people
of this commonwealth would have been
Kluel to see represent them in the upper
chamber of congress. He would have
brought to that olliie the ability, dig
nity and commanding personal pres
ence which have in late years been In
many instances wanting In the Ameri
can senate. The one consolation con
nected with the exigencies which In
duced his present withdrawal Is the
widespread belief that It will reserve
him for equul or greater public useful
ness on a later occasion.
The practical narrowing of the field
to the two l'lilladclihki aspirants ex
I'listmuster (.ieneral John Wanumaker
and State Senator Holes Penrose nat
urally lessens the interest which the
Hate at lurge has hitherto felt In the
.unvass. The Tribune has upon occa
sion freely criticised Senator I'eiirose
nml it has at oilier times as freely
ciimmi nded features of his public ca
reer. Hut it recognizes that in point
of ability, experience and freedom from
liMii t rlsy he is so clearly superior to
Mr. Wunamuker as to render a prefer
ence between the two easy of acquisi
tion. Since the rhlladeiphiu factions refuse
to coni together In harmony let them
flKht their battle to a finish and thus
clea-1 the way for eventual peuce.
If Penrose's defeat for mayor shall
make him a X'nlted Staes senator, it
will be an interesting demonstration
that "sweet are the uses of adversity."
The Factory Inspector's Report.
The annual report of the state fac
tory Inspector as summarized In the
press constitutes Interesting reading.
It shows that upon the whole a for
ward stride has been taken during the
past year In the direction of sanitary
Improvement of factories and work
chops, and Indicates moreover that em
ployers no longer are disposed to an
tagonize reasonable state oversight of
labor conditions. This Is a distinct
gain and clearly justifies the last leg
islature In its increasing the Inspec
tor's deputy force.
The two parts of the report that will
receive the longest attention are Its
recommendations relating to compuls
ory education and its consideration of
sweat shops. On the first of these
points It contends that all children be
tween the ages of 13 and 16 years
should be required to have a certifi
cate from the school superintendent
In the city in which they live,
that they had attended school
at least six months In the
school term preceding their engage
ment to labor, and it further argues
that no minor under the age of IS
should be employed who cannot read
and write the English language. This,
certainly, is drastic enough to suit the
most fastidious, but it is possible the
evil of illiterate child labor, with Us
virtual robbery of the chlldrens' fu
ture, requires treatment out of the
ordinary. The recommendation, at all
events, will bear discussion.
As to sweat shops, Factory Inspec
tor Campbell warmly commends the
tenement house act of April 11, 1.S95,
which prescribed sanitary and other
requirements for overcrowded urban
working places, but he regrets that
the law does not reach the family
worker, who in many instances he has
found to be of the vilest. These family
shops also. In the Inspector's judgment,
work a wrong and an Injustice on those
whom the law has compelled to take
work shops, and the law, he thinks,
should be amended by requiring all
family workers to have a permit from
the factory department before secur
ing work, said permit setting forth
that their house is clean and In proper
sanitary condition. Finally occurs this
indisputable assertion:
A visit through the sweat shop dis
tricts of the large cities will convince any
one of the Importance of the law to re-strict
Immigration into our country, and I
would suggest that the Incoming legis
lature call the attention of our senators
and reiiresentative in congress to that
question and urge upon them the Impor
tance of legislation along the lines of
more stringent immigration laws.
To this suggestion every good cltl
gen will unhesitatingly say "Amen!"
The threat of Mr. Wanamaker that
If defeated now he will continue the
fight need not cause uneasiness. Men
have said such things before..
The Collapse of Pugilism.
The boast of the prize ring In for
mer years was that It was the one hu
man Institution where each contestant
for supremacy had to stand or fall
strictly on his own merits; that while
in society, religion, politics or business
success can sometimes be won and
maintained without merit, through ex
pert hyttocrisy or artful make-believe.
In the fistic arena men met squarely on
their proper levels. This was an al
luring representation and It accounted
for much of the popularity of pugil
ism In Its earlier and better days. For.
however much the conventionalities of
civilization may strive at Imes to
transform mankind, it Is an elemental
truth that all healthy persons familiar
with the world and Its ways feel an In
stinctive interest In any measuring of
competitive powers which promises
what we call B'tort.
Hut the recent entry Into this form
of rivalry of fake, deception and low
Intrigue an entry apparently co-incident
In this country with the rise Into
fistic prominence of that master faker
and incomparable blufi'er, James J.
Corbett has robled the roped arena
of even its former small claim to re
spectful consideration, and such pro
ceedings as characterized the Ftti-simmons-Sharkey
fight are calculated
to alienate the few reputable support
ers that the ring had left. Here, ac
cording to all reports, we have as clear
a case of deliberate robbery as ever
occurred in the list of business em
bezzlements and as unrelieved a speci
men of cold and premeditated fraud as
ever illumined the pages of political
double-dealing, church hypocrisy or
social deception. Not a thing is left
of the prize ring to command the ap
proval even of the vicious and criminal
classes who have In late years com
prised the bulk of its patrons. It
stands outlawed, discredited and, as
to Its present methods, defenceless.
All this Is the more to be regretted
Blnee it carries down with it into popu
lar odium a form of athletes which,
when properly safeguarded, is not open
to fair criticism. We refer to the Bport
of boxing or sparring a pastime which
not only calls Into development the en
tire physical mechanism, but also
trains the eye, sharpens the wits and
cultivates a most wholesome sense of
self-rellunce and good-natured phil
osophy. The decline of sparring would
be a public loss. It would Involve the
sacrillce of means for physical and
mental training not to be replaced by
any other single exercise.
Will the Wanamaker men who
pledged themselves to iioyer now recant?
Pecksniff at Work.
There Is a good deal of Justice In the
complaint which many Luzerne K. pul)-
liiuns ure making at the pitiable vacil
lation which their leading journal is
exhibiting In Its present attitude in
state politics. None uf us is beyond
criticism The Tribune least of ail
but If It assumed to be an impeccable
oracle on political ethics It would think
twice before repaying the favor which
Uoveinor Hastings hus shown to the
Republicans of its district In the Jug
gling, fast-und-loose,. now-yotl-see-it
und-now-you-don't-see-lt fashion re
cently characteristic of the Wilkes
Harre Record.
Lest It should be thought that we do
the Record injustice, we shall pass by
the dozen or fifteen recent oscillations
which it hus within the past few weeks
made between Hastings and Wana
maker on the senatorial question, and
quote simply on extract from Its col
umns of yesterday the part where It
says:
It is a sorrce of deep regret to the real
ftiemls of tlovernor Hasting that the
appointment of two common pleas judges
to III! vacancKs in Philadelphia, hus hem
drugged Into the senutorship contest in
such a way us to lay the governor open
lo the suspicion, thrown out by his ene
mies, that he is using the appointing
power In these cuses In the furtherance
of his own Interests a a cumulate lor
I'nlteJ States senator. tlovernor
llasilngs cannot afford to permit him
self to bi placed before th people of
Pennsylvania in any such light. It were
Infinitely better for him to serve out con
tentedly his term in the high office he
now holds nml to which the people of
Pennsylvania elected him by so greut a
maturity, than to reach the I'nited States
senatorshlp under conditions that would
reflect upon him and be humlllutluK to
the people of this commonwealth. While
the Record doe not for a moment believe
that tleuvernor Hastings would even think
of using the vacant Judgeships of I'liila-
lelnhla to promote his own Interests ns
a candidate for the senatorshlp. he can.
not fall to see that he has laid himself
open to damaging suggwtlons.
This means, In plainer words: "Oov-
ernor Hastings, you are Innocent in
our opinion, but your detractors are
lying about you and therefore you
ought to act so that they cannot do
thnt." It would be some extenuation
of this bit of Impertinence If it were
accompanied by a definite recipe for
how to keep enemies from misrepre
senting men In nubile life. Hut ns It
Is, It amounts to simple Impertinence
and nothing more the more glaring
when we recall the generous recogni
tion which Governor Hastings ' has
shown to Luzerne county at a time
when the Wllkes-Harre Record was as
nice to him as It knew how to be. And
the subsequently developed fact thut
Governor Hastings has decided not to
press his claims for the senatorship
merely emphasizes the Record's effron
tery. ' .
The Tribune wishes to call the notice
of Its readers to the fact that on New
Year's Day It will offer for sale fori 25
cents apiece, through carriers and at
news stands, the second volume of Its
Political Handbook, the annual publi
cation of which was begun last year.
The volume for 18D7 will consist of
about 200 pages and will be wholly of
home manufacture. It will contain
complete election and very exhaustive
census Azures compiled with special
reference to the needs of Lackawanna,
Luzerne, Wyoming, Wayne, Susque
hanna and Uradforel counties; a care
fully prepared directory of local socie
ties, and digest of general local Infor
mation, and In addition a carefully in
dexed mass of useful miscellaneous
contents the whole making, as we be
lieve, the best annual of Its kind ever
printed in the state. Advance orders
by mail will receive early attention.
Those who have traveled in Germany
do not need to be told that the average
opinion held by German officials of the
American people and the American
government is not a high one. Per
haps to this we owe the discrimina
tions which have for some time past
been practiced by Germany at the ex
pense of American Imports Into that
country discriminations that have at
last provoked the president to retalia
tion. The situation which impels these
two countries with so many interests
In common to wear commercial chips
on their respective shoulders Is recip
rocally unfortunnte; but there Is con
solation In the thought that the provo
cation is not of our manufacture.
Complete although unofficial returns
from every congress district in the I'ni
ted States indicate that the house of
the Fifty-fifth congress will be com
posed of 204 Republicans, 124 Demo
crats, 12 Populists, 3 Silverltes and one
vacancy a Republican majority of 62.
This Is ample.
There can be no fair exception to
Senator Quay's course In declining .to
meet a committee made up of men who
had gone out of their way publicly to
Insult him. nut the incident cannot
be said to be complete until the sane
timonlous gentleman in whose behalf
.Colonel Quay was Insulted himself ex
plicitly indorses or disavows that in
suit. John Wanamaker, what 'have you
to sav?
Of course it wasn't necessary, but
Congressman Grosvenor has taken the
pains to deny that he will oppose Tom
Reed for the speakership, and he fur
ther predicts Mr. Reed's unanimous
election. The story of a McKinley fight
on Reed was really one of the thin
nest Notions of the season.
Despatches from Pottsvllle tell of a
man who took kidney medicine from a
traveling quack doctor, .swallowed It
and soon, afterward died. Justice is
vindicated as far as the patient
goes; but there is still need of treat
ment for the quack.
Mark Hanna says the cabinet will
be a surprise. The guessers certainly
are striving hard to break the force
or It.
Jtisf a Word or Two
of Casual Mention
Tears-large, sad, salty tears flowed in
such abundance about the criminal court
room yesterday thut those. n.,t in hih
places, that Is. those who were on the
ieei or the court room floor, will possible
ull toduy be suffering from colds brought
on by wet feet. John T. Martin was the
Moses, his pathetic appeal for his client
was the rod and the ailumuntine Jury was
me rocs. it was an effort that would
rouse envy In the uxuullv imscltlsh hiuim
of the bur's champion weeper, ex-Judue
vt aru, unci the court's official crier. Jake
Snyder. It we .Mr. Martin's first cry
ami was a surprise to his colleagues who
anew not nor never suspected that he
possessed this happy faculty of calling
up the "welling flood." Mr. Martin was
warmly congratulated on his tearfulness
ami iirsed by his friends to make it u
permanent part of his stuck In trade.
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one good story always suggests unother.
Here Is one that was brought up by the
.MiiHurka's Insurance story contributed
to mis column by one of our b. y. m..
Wednesday: When the grave-yard insur
ance craif was at its height a most prom
ismg subject was discovered down ilea
.Moscow. She was "plastered" to possibly
l lie extent of $2u,uuo and a dozen or so rail
road men started 111 paying good-sized
monthly payments. Day after day and
week after week they Inquired, us they
passed through Moscow, how their woman
was. The stution agent, after a time, be
came so tired answering the query tuat he
adopted the time and patience saving plan
of pasting a bulletin, announcing her con
lltlon. The bulletin was eagerly scanned
every day and frequently wired along the
line for the information of the various
Investors, liut the unxlously-looked-for
bulletin failed to materialize, she re
fused to die. In fact she seemed to be
getting stronger as eueh payment was
made on the $1UUK worth of insurance.
The Investors were growing desperate.
Some of them were ready to give up In
despair und were about determined to al
low their policies to go by default. H'lt
at last "good news" came. The bulletin
one day announced, and truly, too, thut
"your woman wns struck by a train
thrown thirty feut down Into No. 1 Ull.'
There was we won't say Joy but the In
quiries which had been made dally were
now being made hourly. Sudden riches
were In sight; in fancy those policy hold,
ers hud the thousands safely stowed in
their Inside pockets. They were winners.
Hut it was all not to be. The next day
the woman whs seen by the policy holders
themselves picking coal on the tracks and
carrying It In bugs on her head a mile
and n half to her hut on the side of the
mountain. It is unnecessary to say those
dozen or more policies lapsed.
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Oenernl Manager Silllmnn, of the Trac
tion company, confesses to two weakness
es. He Is a ball crank in summer and an
admirer of the manly art In winter. His
peculiarity In both Inslnnces Is his as
tonishing silence. He watches plays an 1
passes (not Traction passes) with the In-
tentness of en eagle, and lets never a
sound escape him. Hut this deep silence
vanishes when he 's brought Into social
Intercourse, for hcan he Is geniality Itself.
Mr. Sllllman. by the way. Is a retiring
man, attentive to business and engrossed
In his work. It Is only when one catches
him off guard that his affability reveals It
self. During business hours he Is strictly
a man of business.
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The skating season is here and has been
formally opened at Johnson's pond, on
Washington avenue; the brick yard, in
Hyde Park, and at tne brick yard in .Winoo
ka also. At hte other place Mr. John
J. Coyne und several other public-spirited
citizens of that neighborhood have fitted
u,p a miniature lake without any expec
tation of recompense and solely for the
purpose of giving the boys and girls of
Mlnooka an opportunity of enjoying this
graceful sprt during the coming winter
months. Thursday night, at Johnson's
pond, there were no less than six mishaps
in the nature of involuntary cold baths
and the number for tonight will probably
far exceed that If there Is not added an
other Inch or two to the one and one-half
Inch cron that now covers the waters of
this popular skating resort. Mountain
lake has been in past years the skating
rink for South Si'lers and has also been
frequently patronized by the people from
the central city. Messrs. Jordan Hanna
are now the proprietors of Mountain lake
and they .nronose to provide accommoda
tions for skaters this winter that will bo
a sufficient Inducement to attract the
young folks from every seclon of the city.
It is rumored that the Driving park will he
again ctKlzed as a rink. This Is very
pUasanl news for the great majority of
lovers of this pastime and on the other
hand will be the cause of much disap
pointment If it be not true, since no place
In the city is so convenient for everybody.
Schwenk's park, on South Washington
avenue, has been flooded by Frank Moel
ler, proprietor of Central park, and that,
too, will be a scene of enjoyment this win
ter. FOR A MERRY X.MAS.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Professor C. Coles, the man with the
"electric eye," who prints at Kingston,
Pa,, a bulletin of "Storms and Signs," pre
sents a ha'r-raising programme for De
cember's went her. If a decent percen
tage of the professor's predictions coins
true. It will be well for a man to retire at
ence Into his cell ami stay there until
well into January. Kingston Is In the
Wyoming valley, on the north branch of
the Susquehanna, where storms are not
supposed to be very violent. At least
they were not In the days of "Gertrude, of
Wyoming," If the testimony of Thomas
Campbell Is trustworthy. In this serene
valley I"rofessor Coles has for years been
studying the phenomena of storms, earth
quakes, cold waves, sizzards, showers of
frogs, midnight rainbows, plugues, whoop
ing cough, grin und other vagaries of
weather and dlsecte which vex the spirit
and body of man.
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He t?lleves that he has solved the
weather mysteries, through the study of
planet movements and electric waves,
and In his monthly Journal he conveys
cheerfully his prophetic wisdom for the
beaetit of his open-mouthed neighbors.
Professor Co'es says, with positive as
surance, that it has been given to him to
see Into Clod's hidden mysteries more thin
pm.KJ) times farther than any other hu
man being on earth. He tokl this recent
ly to an assemblage of Methodist minis
ters In Scranton. and promptly they
passed a vote of thanks for the Informa
tion. .The professor's chart of the en
suing month Is covered with arrows,
crosses and other ominous and mystic em.
blems, as portentous looking as a white
rnp warning or one of Huth'el's astrologi
cal cbsrts made for s band. chief. He
tells the days when men will feel good
and the d.iys when they will feel away
down In the dumps and long to lick some
body's ir.other-lu-law.
tilt
There are only 12 buoyant days In De.
cember, the 3.1. 4th, 12th. 13th. lh, 17th.
18th, lflth, 21st, 23d, and 51st. The rest are
evil days, when the cards will run bad
and bricks are likely to fall off chimneys.
The Mth has a dagger fun right through
it. That Is the most dangerous day of
all. when men who have heart disease
should be exceptionally calm, and de
jected end hysterical women should sit
by the Are all day, in a comfortable rock
ing chair, and read "Paradise Regained.'
The good days, the professor says, are
the days for planting, but he does not te'.l
us what to plant In this month of winter.
Anything planted on those days will
grow amailngly, so that they are prob
ably proper days to plant good resolutions
for the vintage of New Year's Day. The
professor lilies out three regular sto-m
periods for the month: 2d, to 4th, which
is right now; 8th to 10th, and 12th and
lath. Then he has reactionary storms for
the lr.th, ltith, 21th and 27th. in addi
tion to the'? he has plenty of danger
periods, mostly toward the end of the
month, marked with wild-flying arrows.
Tho danger days of December are: 8th,
litth to 23d. 1.1th. 10th, 28lh to 31st. These
are duys, he says, "when the electrical
currents are at war with each other and
when dangerous storms ure liable to occur
at any time and any plui-e." A special
danger signal Is attuched to the 19th, but
it is "mostly for the west." --::-
"The Red Warrior Mars." who seems to
be a special pet of Prjfesrw Coles, will
rule the entire month, berng central on
Dec. 27. ' This planet, the professor says,
will cause dire things to happen. Here
are some of the things: There will be
high gules and hurricanes, mostly in the
west and north; wild storms and strange
phenomena will visit the earth; the old
country will receive awful aflllctlon by
wind and wave, by war and ruin; thero
will be In the Pulled States epidemics
of scarlei fever, diphtheria, measles, ty
phoid fever, etc.; a new dlseasaVlll make
its appearance thut will cause untold pain
and discomfiture of the muscles; acci
dents, tires, riots, strikes, rumors of war.
murders, suicides, and expi-ything bad
will be incited by old Keel Warner .liars.
As a solr.ee for ull the'se woes Professor
Coles ussures us thut the month will
have many beautiful sunsets.. "A break
will occur," says the professor-, "In the
euseous matter now passing over the
sun some time between the 1st and the
ISth, end cause destructive storms and
high winds. This sea of gaseous matter
will pass from the sun entirely during
the luUer part of this mouth or first pari
of next month, and cause storms unpre
cedented! Let the Southern. Northern,
and Western states prepare for the worst!
We see trouble in store fur our fair laud
that we will not mention at present, but
timely warning will be given." Then lie
adds: "The new year will be ushered In
by one of the most startling revelations
In the world."
After all this the professor wishes his
readers a merry Christ mas and a happy
New Year!
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by AJacchus
The Tribune Astrologer.
Astrorabo cast: 4.30 a. m., for Saturday,
Dec. S, m..
& $r
A child born on this day will notice that
thinus are aettlns too warm about the
school bourd for good skating.
The fellow who "knew all about the
Item, but forgot lo write It until It ap
peared in The Tribune is cheerful enough
to achieve success In selling corn plas
ters. Persons who Imagine that they are too
keen for ordinary business will do well to
remember that the most wury fox gen-
eially gets pinched first.
Some men are so Ptone to look on the
dark side that they would not be able to
llscover good times If Knocked down wun
a gold brick.
The vounic nork that escapes the church
fair chicken salad these duys will appear
in sausage later.
AJiicclius' Advice.
Do not "take the bull by the horns' un
less the bull is dead.
IINtJER SETS
Over ISO Patterns to Select
From,
Haviland & Co.,
Chas. Fields Havila.id,
Wedgerwood Porcelain,
Maddox Porcelain,
Or.ondago China
And many other standard
makes. See our new Blue Delft
Set, Also u new leader 100-pIece
decorated for 6,48.
THE
demons, Ferber,
O'Malley Co.,
UCKAWANNA M
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IN
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Vss been predicted all throujh the
Mason lust past. THIS IS THE WAY
HUMBERS HAVE BEEN REDUCED.
'oo Price. '97 Pries.
Roadster, $110.00 $115.09
Touris?, . 112.50 117.59
Lady Hurnbsr, 117.50 122.59
Racer, 125.00 150.00
Prices seem high, but then you
know it's HLMBtK QUALITY.
CHASE & FARRAR
515 Linden Stresl.
OUR GORGEOUS
Poster. Show
And Holiday Book Store
Will bi open to tbs public Wcdnesds,
DoeemUr 2. Too will wsnt to visit it
st least one Poeeltirelr the finest
book stor In N. B. Peuniy-lrsnia.
BEIDLEIN. THE BOOKMAN
an Washington Ave, Opp. Court Hon.
Town. 4J7 Sprue. Strtst.
GUI
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Holiday
And ready for
have enabled us to
At Money
Every Street
in of i
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.
YV'c don't allow a uarment to leave our place except perfectly satisfactory. Utiylog facilities enable us
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awunoi sun und pants mns.ssEr'.
Branch 14. 427 Lackawanna Avenue, Scranton, Pa. Branch 14.
F00IE S SHEAR CO.
When shopplnR for CHRIST
MAS GIFTS don't forget the
Ilurdwure Store. There are more
useful articles suitable for gifts to
be found in the hardarwe store
than any other plae you can go
to. Our nisortment of
Chafing Dishes,
Baking Dishes,
Five O'Clock Teas,
Tea Pots,
Coffee Pots,
Table Cutlery,
Pocket Cutlery,
Silverware, Etc.,
is complete und our pricss
are right,
FOQTE & SHEAR GO.,
I WASHINGTON AVEI'J:
SPECIAL
Holiday Offer
Our . prices a'ready the lowest In
Scranton reduced on all gooda dur
ing Decemb:r. Take advantage of
thin, our greatest offer, and make
yourself a Cerictmai prssent of a
made -to order Suit or Cvercoat for
$14.00, or at least a Pair of Trousers
for $3.00. We show whole rolls of
cloth. Not short length sample.
GREAT ATLANTIC PANTS CO.,
Branch ?
3chJ 319 Lacka Ave. !Br;sch
CALL UP 3632i
iLOirOlllMHUHlC
CO.
OUiKil
OPPICe AND WAREHOUSE.
Mi TO Igl MERIDIAN STREET.
H W. COLLINS, Manager.
OR. C. W. GREEN,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Electrical Treatment a Specialty. Offices,
607. 608 and 609 Mean Bu.ldlng,
SCRANTON, PA.
Tbo moat complete equipment of Eloctrical
macbinee and appliance for medical use tn le
found In a pbyele an' office ontilde of Near
York, Medical and electrical treatment for
all caie amenable to either ur both.
C. W, -GREEN, M. D
607, 008 and CUD Hear Building:. Beranton.
Houra-V a,m, to It 1 p.m. to 6; 7.30 to V
ITU'S 3 BAZAAR
Christinas
reetmsr
i
business. Months of careful preparation
outdo all previous eiforts.
- Saving Prices. Second Floor.
Take Elevator.
Car Stops
Willi every pair of Skates
wc will give a ticket . .
which will entitle the pur
chaser to one
t
Chance on a Spalding
Bicycle, 1897 Hodel.
We have a full line of in
door Games Iqr the Holidays.
Florey's, w"tL,
V. CI. C. A. BHILDim
HILL & GONNELL,
131 & 133 Washington Ah.
Sewing Machines.
Why pay Fancy Prices
for Sewing Hachines when
you can buy our
"ANTHRACITE"
KOR
$19.50
with all the attachments.
Fully guaranteed as hav
ing no superior.
WOLF & WEXZEL,
gjl Linden.. Opp. Court Houer.
PRACTICAL TINNERS and PLUMBERS
Bole Agent for Kicbardeon Bojrnton'e
Furnace and Kengc.
o o
Now Open
nil 11
at the Door.
Our Line of
Holiday Goods
Are now ready for your
inspection.
Prang's, Dutton's, Tujk's lines of
Gold Pen and Pencils Hook
Stands Celluloid Goods Leather
Traveling Cases Mounted Card
Cases Etc.
Reynolds Bros..
Stationers and Engraven,
139 WVOMINQ AVENUE.
Philadelphia Manufacturers of
Cloaks and Suits
411 Lackawanna Avenue.
HEADQUARTERS FOR
Cloaks and Capes
Everybody in loud In their pralKps of our
Cloaks and Cape. We have made great
conceaalons In the price of our tine gap
me-nt.
You cannot do Justice td yourself buy
InK a cout or cape without flrdt consult
ing our prices.
Jae'ketf, silk lined, tailored after Lon
don and ParlH model!, made of hlirhrst
grnele boucles; a bewildering QQ
variety at wij.So
Elegant fine curl astrarhnn coat, pillc
lined. perfect fitting, h hi eld 00
front, cheap at $10.00; our price frJiaO
JACKETS of imported caterpillar bond
new four-in-hand shield front, lined
throughout with changeable taffeta
silk; a regular $15 coat; our e7 QO
price vl.wO
WOMEN'S PU'SH CAPES One of tha
strongest price presentations ever shown
In this city Is here this week, pret
tily beaded and braided plush 49 QQ
capes for $UiwO
Extra fine seal plush double cape, lined
throughout with rhadam silk, trimmed
with tine Thibet fur; else- Q QQ
where W; our price $0,30
Capes of line astrachan, 30 Inch length,
circular sweefp. ele-ep storm cnll.ir.
trimmed with marten and Thllvt
fur; elsewhera $10; our C QQ
price t)tl.gO
Special line of children's coats In two-tone
astrachan. handsomely trimmed shield
fronts, latest designs; cheap at Q Aft
$7; our price $0,t3
TAKE NOTICE We have Just purchased
the large stock of a silk waist manu
facturer, and as a consequence can show
you a waist never before seen In thH
part of the country for less tf0 QO
than $10 at tfvJOO
No Charge for Alterations
Z, WEINGART, Proprietor.