I '1 i$i35& . j . THE SORATnTOIn TIUKUNIfi ITIUDAIT MUlfcJNJUNU, JJUfiJURUAUY 5, 7Sf)7. . (Se &cwmfon CrtBune I til) uud Weekly. No Buiulay lMltloa. Published at Scranlon, Pa , hy llie Tribune PuIiIUIiIdk Company. 11 lotkllvprcsciilntUe 1'IIANK K OUAY CO ltoom 15, Tribune Iliilldlnir, New Voile Oily. imirid at utr io3Torr:oi at sciutirov pa., ai HKCOND CI AB1 MAIL MATTER SCItANTON, l-KUKUAKY 5, 1897. It la iircpostcioitM to assume that It Is Impossible foi PiosliletiUclect Mc Klnloy to flml In the commonwealth ot Pennsylvania an acceptable Itepuull can of cabinet size. Strengthen the Bribery Lnws. The Van VnlkenlieiB bibeiy cns offers coin Iticltitf necessity for the eii netment by the inesent leRlMlntuie of the roirupt practices att uientb sum-mailzc-a In this column. That act, It will be lemomboreil, wus iliafted un der ilitoctlun of the l'ennslanla Civil Sen Ice Kefoim association fot the pui iose of leachlriK just sucli expenditures of money as aie known to have been made duiliifi: the teccnt senatorial campaign It defines as bilbei the offei, positive 01 Indefinite, of money, of public olllce, of nomination, of poli tical suppoit, or the loan of money 01 anything else, o: the uhltiR of any ogieement, either bofoie or after elec tion, and elthei foi voting 01 lefialn Int? to vote, and covtis the advances of a candidate's fi lends as will as of the candidate himself. It also makes bilbe-slvliiK a wot so offense than bilbe-ioLelvlnfr and offois llbeial In ducement for thu exposuie of men who make a business ot touuptlng the ftanchlse In the o.ibo ot Van Vnlkonbeig, who Is mulct Indictment In the fehulklll countj comts, It Is questionable un dei ".he piesuit law If a conviction can be fcocuied. The statute dellnlnjj btlb erv and providing penalties It, as fol low t, "If nnj person shull, dliectl or Indirect I, 01 b menus of or through .inj nittul and dishonest dtvlcu vvhatevLi, give oi ollei to nlu 'H' mono, kooiIs oi otln i pi edit oi lew aid, oi give oi make nil piomlbe, comiuct oi jkuiiiu ut, foi the pajnunt, ilelhoij oi alienation of aiiv moiitv, or othoi bilbo, in otdei to obtain oi lntlliunce the vote " of anj mem bei of the Kenual .T-semblj in an bill, action, mattei ot thins whatso ever li pemlliiff, or which "hull depend be foro him oi them, Miih person blinll be gullt ot n tnidi ineauor und on comle tion be sontini ed to pn a line not ex ceeding $500, and to undeigo un lmprlbon inent b stpainto oi olitaij ronlliieinent at laboi not ecec!dliif? one jeai. And the member of ussemblj, who hall accept or lecolve, oi aree to accept or ie celvc such bilbe, shall be Ktilltj of a mls demeanoi, and on conviction to pav a line not exceeding $1,000. and undergo tin lm pllsoniiunt b sepuiate oi solltar eon Mnement at laboi not exceeding live I e.ui " The attornejs of Van Valkenbeig lave filed at Pottsvllle a demunei to Hie Indictment fot alleged attemp. to foiibe Webster C Weiss on the grounds that no indictable oifense Is bet fotth; that the Schuylkill county couit hafa iio Jtulsdlctlon, that WoIs,s was not then a member of the now legislature, and so, ns such, could not be Inlbed; and that the matters alleged are Insufficient to liold the diftMidnnt foi tilal Ii this do niunei shall be sustained, it will be equivalent to a judicial admission that the laws todaj olfer piacticall full scope foi the opeiations of political financiers oi the Van Valkon beig tpe, so long as the lat ter conduct thcit negotiations pilm to tlte iiualllluitlon of membeis of tlie legislatuie, and sqieen them undei the pietence that money thus placed Is for the payment of legitimate campaign expenses, when, as a matter of fact, It Is btlbeiy in a most Insidious foim. It has been decided in an Iviigllsli couit that the disembowelling book le view must go. In other words, a re view must not convej to leaders an accutnto idea of what the book lb. This may be a vlctoiy foi publishers, but it is cleailj a defeat for the public. As to Expert Testimony. As was to have been expected, the Johnston inuidcr tilal at New Bloom Hold has stalled renewed discussion of the question whether It is desliable in cases involving delicate ptoblenis of the mental condition of ptlsoneis to admit expert medical testimony, and If so, under what ciicumstances. One long contiibution to the endless litoia ture on this subject is made in a letter to the "Washington Post b n W. Shufeldt, in the couise of which ho af firms that not only should expett testi mony be eageily welcomed in all such cases, but that medicine should bo fai moie pi eminently lepiesented in the curricula of oui schools of law than at piesent, while In all impoitant trials, involving testimony of this nature, the judge should be a giaduate of both the legal and the medical schools, and CO per cent, of the juijmon should have sulllclent medical tiaining to enable them to compiehend at least the discus sion of an oidlnaiy medical question "It Is the exception," lemaiks this candid w rlter, "to meet a member of the bench who has even leceived any med ical education whatever, or who can intelligently discuss sucli matteis. And, as foi Juiynien, they aie usually select ed fiom a class that stand In absolute ignorance of uveiything In any way technlcul with either legal or medical know ledge." With inference to the ciltlclsin, often lieaid, that expeits are woithleisas wltne&ses becauso they are to pi one to dlsagiee and thus1 to befog the minds of the juiors, Jlr. Shufeldt remaiks When ono comes to associate with phy sicians and surgeons ot lepute and high professional education, It soon becomn uppaient Hint then iilirQ.renc.es ot opinion In modlcal inatteis ato lenllj very slight Often they aro nt vuriance in special points ot practice, but personal experienc es guide here, and such differences, even by medical men, aie conslUeud to bo of but little moment, in couit, how cnn, it is out ot these very tlivlal points that un fcciupulous attoinejs endeavoi to make capital or confuse evidence Then the characteilstics of medical witnesses them selves vaiy; some possess the ability to give their testimony in a cleai and Im pressive manner, often aided by 'Hue professional tiainlng and an able com piohcuslon of the case. In others the veiy reverse of all this obtains This opens another avenue for uncertainties and contiadlctlons, which, out ot couit, would bo bettlod by tho opinions of the moro capable and best Informed medical men prevailing while In coutt it simply acts us a harrier to tho coinpiohenslpn of the Judge and to the proper dispensation of Justice, t'nder theo circumstances, und in cases where much expert niedlertl trsll. mon Is to be taken, It would not be al together a bad Idm to hnvo the colli t ap point a proper phjslclan to act In the tilal with the Judge, and to wilgli foi him Hie Milne of the medical evidence picented, and to digest It In such n miiimet that it can at olico bo conipiehendid and used by lilrn. With the suggestion that in ti tilal such as tho Johnston Ulnl one-half of the Jury bo phvslclans We do not ugiee. If exneit testimony cannot be so sim plllled in language ns to come within tho compichenslon of leasonably Intel ligent Invmen, It should have no weight with the juty, but should be consid er ed solely by tho Judge ns affecting the law In tho piemlses or as lecom mending the prisoner to clemency. Hut it mlffht not be a bad plan to put to expei tment the last suggestion quoted above that of an ndvisoiy expert to aid the- Judse in weighing the profes sloiinl testimony. A moie lmpoitunt lmpiovement thin this, howevei, would bo that lutelv tiled, we believe, in Il linois, wheicin the couit is empoweied to employ expel t witnesses nt state ex pense to zlvo evidence not necessarily with knowledge of the special (use on tilal, but in i espouse to hypothetical questions In olhel wolds, to put theii piofesslonnl skill at the command, not ot piosecutor or defendant, us sue h, in letuin foi fees fiom one oi the other side, but to put it to tho aid of Justice This seems to us the proper solution of the pioblem, It Is loughly estimated that the stilct enfoieement of a llteincy test would leduce our annual iniiulgiation one-hulf. The public can well stand such a shrinkage Primary Elections Reform. Thiee bills foi the regulation of pil mutj elections have been diaftod by tlte Civic redeiation of Chicago, for ptpsentatlon before the Illinois legisla tuie Tliej nie of Intel est in view ot the loot that the same subject is undei moie oi ltsy seiious consldeiation in Piiinslvunla. The main bill penults pilmailcs to be held under the Austinlian ballot sys tem upon fjetitlon to couit of the regu lui oiganU.uion of any paity, oi of two per cent of the voters paitlclput iny in tlie last geneial election. The piitTuuy elections ot nil political paitlcs oi otganialions aie to lie held at tlie same lime, in the same election dis tiiets, at Hie ame polling places and undei tile same election ofllceis and laws as If the election weie a geneial election. The expense is to be boine by the eounlj. Each paity Is to have tickets ot a distinctive eoloi, on which v otei s of that party may w i ite or paste the names of their candidates foi dele gates a supplemental bill piovidis that at legistiatlon a column shall be piovlued in which the legistiatlon olil clals may wiite tlie name of tlie party at whose piimaues the candidate for legllilintion sas he desires to vote, lie need not decHie tin; puty allllla tlon, but unless he shall do so ho cannot Mite at a ptlmai election Anotli'ei supiilementaiy bill pi ov ides that in counties which adopt tlie foiegolngacts (foi the scheme is to lie made optional with the counties) no paity ticket shall be enteied on an olilcial ballot at pub lic expense unless -It shall have been nominated tlnough piimaiiob held un dei this sstem. The foiegolng is an impel feet ab stiact of the main featuies of bills having moie than 20 000 woids in tlie aggiegate. It will be undei stood, of couise, that ample piov ision is made for advei tlslnir the ptimaiies, supplvlng the riecesbaij paiapheinalia. and pieseiv ing tlie ballots and lecouls after the pi lmai les bliall hav e ended Tlie essen tial featuie of tlie whole plan is that It puts pilmaiies on an equal footing with gtneial elections, so lai as legal lestrlc tions and safeguaids aie concerned, that it in events cheating oi lepeating except tlnough connivance of election olltc litis repiesenting both paitles, and that it lendeis it possible foi piiinaiies to be inade both an honest and a geneial expitsslon of the paitj will AVe nio moie favoiably lmpie-sed with this measuie than vlth any similar panacea that we have jet examined It is leyoited that Senutors Piatt, Qua, Fot alter and some otheis have alieadv foimed an oflenslve and defen sive nlllnuce in tlie senate, as a piecau tlon nga(nst unfair ti eminent b Mc Klnle They probably would do this if fotced to. In which event they could not be blamed; but they have done no such thing as jet, for the simple lea son that It Is not and will not be nee essar y. Accomplices in Crime. That Is a btroug but a just Indict ment which Piesident Geri, of the So eety for the Pieventlon of Ciuelty to Cliildien, bilnuh In his annual addioss against sensatlonnl journalism as lllus tiated by ceitain notoiious elt dail ies of the time. Aftel calling attention to the rapid luciease which is taking place In New York city in the pei cent age of child cilmlntils, he sas Many ot these cliildien aie blight, in telligent, und ptieoelous, the aie read to seize upon whtttevei mav bo placed in their wa in tho lotm ot llteiatute and to shape thcit own actions aicoullnglj Thej soon leu n to rind, and then comes the tlist eaue of theii tiainlng in vice what m i well be c ilkd vicious Jouinallsin 1, tit id stories of eilme, Illustrated b vivid plc tuies lepiesentlng eliminate lit diilng and atttactivo attitudes, deseiiptlous of cilm iuals nirestod foi gtoss Immoialitles with tho like pktoilal lllusttations; nanatlves of these, upd especially of chlldten cliargel with ciimc, wliete all tho details are elaborated with the gieatest caie, witli their pictures often of a salacious ehai ic ter, make a deep-seated and deep-iooteU impulsion Any one convening with chil dren held fot ci lmema soon leain whence the suggestions of crime are derived Thej aie onlv too lead to talk on tho subject and fioqtiintl to tompare theii exploits vnIHi those chionleled in these nevvFpa pei I know of no more effeetiml method of diverting the joung fiom the paths of virtue and common honesty than b con tlnuallj satuiatlng tlieli mlnd with pturl. ent Ideas, vicious stories and tales ef cilme. in which the cilmlnal is pictured as a lieio, and the nanatlve ptovokes in ipilry trom eutloslt If the able men of Influence and expetlnnce who conduct oui grent join nalsf were to unite to sup. ptess this "vicious Journalism, " dangeious as it Is to the future of the community, the would do more to stifle Juvenile eilme and Impiovo tho habits and morals of the future citizens ot this great lepubllc than any other powei which could be Invoked to stay the ovil I J vet y woiel In this piegnant quota tion Is as hue as gospel. The journals which thus vitiate and debauch society aro organized conspiiactes ot crime, that ought, If It were possible, to be taken by main force and dumped Into the nearest sevvei. Uul they cannot do damage without leadens, und those Who buy thorn, who supply the Incent ive which IntltcH their filth, are In leal tact their nceornplkes In crime. It Is Willi these misguided pations of vice that lefoi in must begin. The Tribune acknowledges with In teiest lecelpt of Nuinb'eis 1 nnd 2 of Iliipiebslons, a monthly Journal pub lished by the students ot the Sctnnton High school, undei I'ro following ot ganlzatleui: P. L Kllcullen, P", edltui-lii-chlcf; Joseph A. Wngner, 'DO, Loeina Oregoiy, '97, Walter Schanz, 'OS, Grace A. Ualley, 'na, C. Cleorga Hpottl,."i'l, and W P. Sweet, I'lOO, associate edltois, C. A. Gllmoie, 'Hit, business mnnugei : Hubert Uuidnei, !)J, and feon t-ev, O't, utlvei Using manageis, and Walter P. Stevens, 1000, bceietaiv of circulation. Impiesslons will do much to lnsplto In tel est In school work, give foim to lit -eiaiy ideas, make ptactlcal the theoiles oequliert dining the stud of thu Eng lish language and Its lltciuture. and Introduce Its edltois nnd conttlbutois to some of the seiious lessons of life outside the school loom. Wo wish Its uuheis success. Since the fact 1 came plain to thu w oi lei at largo that tlie American peo ple proposed to pay their just debts dollar for dollai, in tlie best mono go ing, there Iioh been u niaiked veeiing In the tide of gold. Although in 1S01 we exported Ji'J,0GC,2S7, tlie tecolds show that in the yeiu Just ended the lecelpts of gold fiom Euiopp exceeded our exports by $4G,0.!,594. Out gold re set ve Is now buffer thnn it lias been foi yeais, and if the government weie on a "elf-sustaining tevenuo basis, we should undoubtedly witness n levlval of ptospeilty unequalled since 1SU0 A new tnilff bill is an Imyetatlve neces sity . .. The ilepattuio fiom this city. In re sponse to a call from South lietlileliem, ot Upv. Hdwin hnnn Miller, the present pistor of Tiinil Lutheian chuicli, will lie legietted by all who have had the plensuie of Hev Jit .Millet's acquain tance ot wlio have had opiiot tirnlt to undei -land how much lie his done, while a lPsident of Scrauton, to foi vvniel lellgious intetestsand to build up theTilnlt.v congiegatlon The presence in an community of a pastoi like Mi Miller Is a distinct accession to eveiv good lirlluence; and though we legiet to have him stibti acted ftom us, we lecognls'e tlutt out loss will be South Bethlehem's Important gain. Senattn Squlte, ot Washington, who was beaten foi le-election, sas lie was offeied tw ent -four legislative votes foi JG000. The gold standnid has evl dentl wiought a staitllng depieclatlon in the value of otes out west. It begins to look as if the Hon. Gas Addlcks, of Dolawaie, invested his sen atotial campaign fund in a political gold biick. STATE LEGISLATIVE TOPICS. Senatoi Pave, of New Yoik, Ins In tiodtleed at Albaii a bill which might not be out of place ut Haiiisburg also. It is designed to lemed certain evils in party management that have been most proline soutces of factional stiife Whenever nn1 vv her ever time have been contests tor nomination loi supiemac in local p.itn control the defeated side has unltoiinl cried "fiaud " The ehaige publlcl rnucle and plauslbl maintained h is east public disciedlt at one time oi another on ev-ry politic il paity The pi it it ttuth is that evei putt and ever faction has doubt less been (,ulltv of fiaml as chatg 1 ho "fraud" has taker on dllteien. forms ac cording to loc il e iicumstances. In pines where a patt tnrullment is a rcqeb-tte to patticipatloit in the piimarles the i oils have been "padded' bj the addition of fictitious names oi de id peions Other names have been stiieken off the lolls too late for the peious to secuie a re-enioil-meiit In time foi tlie primal les Men have been denied the light of enrollment ot elsu have been subject to so much ted tape and dela that bus men would not puisi'e the mittei anil get enrolled Men have been lefuspd tlie light to vote at primaries b denial of thcit Ideiitltv. All these evils aie to lie cuied b the vei simple plvn pioposcd in tlie bill inttodiiced bv Senator i'ave It is known as tlie "Kentuck PI in," us the fundamental Idea is taken fiom tlie statute of that state. In .11 places where peisonal legislation ot tie votei ptlor to election Is leijuhud b law, the voter piesentltig hlmstlr fot nls'ta tlon will be asked the question, "Do OU UV siie to register for tlie purpose of paitl"l patlng in the primal les of the polltU.il patt with which on aie atllllated '' Ho Is not rcquhed to answer tlie que stlon lie is not tequlied to dlselose how he IntcAids to vote at the next oi ut ail subsequent election The constitutional piuvlsloi tut scciec In voting is not infiingeii li'it If he does decline to answer this question oi answers "no ' ho will have no light to participate in tlie piinuuUb of ail politi cal putt clui lug the next politic ul eai If lie answeis the question In the tf llimutlve he will then be usleed "With what pait do ou wish to alllllate "' 'llic name of the political paitv given in ati swci to the lattei question will be leioi 1 ed In the columns of the reglstiatlon bojk piovlded theiefoi All those who so cle elate their paitv allegiance will be en tltltel to take pirt in the pilmaiies find conventions ot theii lespeetlve political paitles foi the period of one en irom next olectlon da These lists will bo hied with tho count c lei k, chief of the btiieau of elettions or other piopei ofllcials c'ei tilled eooles of the lists ma be piocuied bj an person and must be piocuied b the count committee of the tespective political patties and will constitute the oiricial part tiuollment for the not eui This foi m of patty enrollment can be adapted to any form of purl oiganlza. Hon oi s stems of ptlmarles an,conv ca tions. The Washington Post considers the PeunBlvania libel law a "vicious suivlvil of the unllttest," and sas "It U high time for Penns Ivanla to get Hid of a law that assumes malleei wheie all the clicum Klunee diprovp its existence a law Hint Ts quite as fni behind the age as mi of tho dead and forgotten acts of the colonies In the seventeenth century In such a coinmonwcilth as J'onnslvanla that kind of n law is an otfeuslve anachronism " It Is pointed out as a significant example fot tho guidance of Penns lvmla legisla tor that Connecticut some eais ago con structed a handsome capital within the original estimate of Ji.MO.OW The proposed barbeis' sanitary law, which In bill form Is now before the house, Is Intended prlmarll to put a quietus on the tonsoiial schools that turn out alleg experts In eight weeks to prey upon an unsuspecting l uhlle. Tho state boaid of health and local health boards are Invited b the pending bill to visit barbershops to see that the ate eleanlj and that ptooer precautions are taken to pievent the sifiead of skin diseases. A str.te board of live competent baibeis is piovlded to ex amine burbers, and If they have the requl- ltc sj.lll, the aie issued n license to fol low their tiade upon the patnent or a flu fee Woul from Plorlda Is to tho crfect that Senator ljua and part ntnited esteidny foi the Ndrth Tiiev had no luck In thet en pon wntets, the weather piovlug loo coll It Is ptolnble the setiator will eonip to Hrttrlsbiiig aftel the spilng elec tions to eotirei with Ills filelids on the up porllonmcnt question. Savs the Wllkes-Ilarre N'cws-IJotIc"! ' lli preventative Alex T Connell, of J.ni 1 -iinnnni, appeals to bo an active, hustling number of the house, nnd he Is making himself heaid, too, on matters ot Importance." m;ki:at .iiajouitii'.s" ckcmv. Prom the Washington l'ost tepieptitntlve-at-laige ClTlusha A. Orow, ot Pennshnnla, has the proud distinction of having tecclved nt tho last two elections u laiger pluriilltv than a'iv other candidate for anv olllce In tin stale In tlie I'lilon His pluiallty In 1S91 was 2l(i,-l2. und nt the last .election It was over 2'i7 0uj, oi 4 000 moie plurality than Ml. MclCInk' leVelved In the state Another ppcullut feature In Mr (how's earl polltu eul life wus Hint he was legislated out ot olllce b his own partv He teineseuted a dlstilct In 1sro that gave a majoiltv of about lu.OOO. Two other districts In Penn svlvanlu ut H-at time aKo gave ovei w helming Republican majorities, and in redlstllctlng the st ite on the basis of the vote fot Piesident Lincoln a stiong Demo cratic eoiintv was added to each one of three Hepubllcin districts, in the hope ot pieventlng. the election of Demociatlc lepiesi ntatlves The lesiilt wns dlsau lious, esiep ill In thu dlsttlct which had fotmerlv been lepresented in Mr Grow, for' he was defeated In ISC' 1) 1.100 major -it. With one exception, this dlstilct re mained Demociatlc for niutiv eais, Last ear, however, the same counties gave him ovet 11,00) majotit I.11POKTANT IT TKIJi:. Prom the C'aiboiulale Heinld Thtip Is a movement afoot to move the capital fiom llaiiisbuig to Sciunton Nothing Ins been said In the Heinnton newspapeis about It, but we understand that theie is miieh quirt work being done In that dliectlon In evei vvaj bet anion Is much bettei lltted to be tlie capitul than is 11 iiilsbuiT Geoiaphkallv it Is us convenient! situated as the lattei cltv, while it has much bettei radio id lacllltle In its iblllt to icromodate the legislative vteltois It is awav ihcad of the'piesent caiUal It would be a good thing for tho state and foi Scranlon If the capital is moved, to Lackawanna county. ' TOLD BY THE STARS. Diule Helioscope Drtitvu bj Alncclitis Tho Tiibimo Astiologcr. Asttolabe cast 3 10 a m , for Pilclay, Peb 3, IS '7 A child hour on this da will notice that Hie fellow who is continual! asking id vice seldom follows it With the state eapltol lemoved, Hairls buig would be of less Importance thun Wllkes-Uane on da s that Sam lioyd Is out of town. It begins to look us though Cllttou Knorr Is tivlng to give liloomsburg a business boom Pegassus Sweenev, the councllmanlc cliamplou of the untl-sew elites, is ulieacly beginning to let his feet diag. Aiiiccliiis' Aelnep. Keep an ee out foi 11 Ing mlciobes In the air; but do not won about vaccine v litis It cannot contain un thing vvoise than tuberculosis Odds and Ends, we find while taking stock, are being sold at greatty reduced prices to make room for new spring goods. Have some good Dinner Sels we are closing out ver' low, $15.00 Sets, with a few pieces short, now $10.00, THE Cfiemons, Ferber, O'MaHey Co. 422 Lackawanna Ave. I Can't Think, no matter how hard I try, of n better place to bu m olllce and business sta tioner, blunk books, tpe-w 1 Iter's supplies, etc, thnn nt Reynolds Uros, They have a large stock In every line to choose from, and ou never can beat them on price on the do,n scale, and we also eany Irr stock' a complete line of draughtsmen s supplies eynolds Bros., Stationers and Engravar 3, HOTLL JCHMN UUILD1NQ. Ell OF 11 Anthony Hope's rsclnnt illK Ueiiiiiince.', Phroso. Just l$su:u by tlicbuinc Author, BEIDLEMAN, 1HE BOOKMAN 437 Spruce Street. Opposite The Common w ealth. BARCA ' mm .i-H ! , . sascji r.M n 1 1 1 E. ROBINSOW'S SOMS' Lager BeerBrewery rianufacturers of the Celebrated PILSNER LAGER BEER. CAPACITY 100,000 Barrels Per Annum. The shoe store known as the I. Banister store, corner Lackawanna and Wyoming avenues, will hereafter be known as TSue Banister Shoe Co. The new firm, the James A. Banister Co., of Newark, N. J., are going to make extensive improvements in the store and the building and will close out the entire stock of the store at prices way below any ever of fered to the people of this city. The improvements decided upon make it necessary to empty the store of all goods now there, and prices will not be considered to accomplish this re sult. Among the many improvements will be the doing away with all stands on the Wyoming avenue side and putting en trances and attractive shoe windows in their place. In short they intend having the best and most modern shoe store in the city. Below Are a Few Prices. Read Them Carefully '. All Kahler Last Shoes $5,00 and $6.00 goods, will be sold for $3.00 a pair, Laird, Schober & Co. 's Shoes, English Toe, worth $6,00, for $2.30 a pair, All the $4 hand-made Common Sense and Square Toe Shoes, will he sold for $2.25. All of Gray's $0,00 hand made Shoes for $2,00 a pair, The above are a few of the many bargains we have to of fer, and will serve to show the cut made on all lines. Every shoe in the store must be sold. Men's, Boys', Ladies', Misses' and Children's. On tables neatly arranged will be job lots of line goods that will interest you. Ladies' fine shoes $3.50 a pair, $5.00 goods. Ladies' shoes at $I.OO, original price $3.00 to $5. Children's and Misses' shoes 50 to 75 cents. Dressing 5C a bottle. Ladies' rubbers IOC. a. pair, etc. It will be necessary to close the store all day Friday to arrange the stock and goods on tables for the Opening Day of Sale, Saturday, Feb. 6. Id $ A CARD, 'c take great pleasure in announcing to the ladies of Scranton ami vicltiit that our 1 went) -Second Semi-Annual Sale of Muslin Uudetwear will liegln Mondaj, rcbuidty 8th, and will continue during the entire month. Over 2,000 dozens of Gouiih, Skirls. Cliemlse, Drawers, Corset Cov ers, llll'Mlt's Slips DrevSCS, etc., have been iiutiuutctuieil evprebsly for us foi this great bale: Great caie has been taken to have cverj garment well made, bieb full, embroidery and laceb well giatched and of the latest designs, Illustiated critalogues will be placed in nearly every home in the cit), which will give 3011 as perfect an idea as possible of the immensity of this sale and demonstrate the great values that we will oiler. Our well established reputation in this patticular line requires no further comment. 'llie trading public's obedient scivants, GOLDSMITH BU0THEKS i: CO. IN A . BROOKS, iVlanager, mn
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