THE SOnANTONT TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY MOttNTNGr, AtniL 14, 1807. 1H1) did Weekly. Mo Htind) Edition. Uy The Tribune I'ubllihlng Company. WILLIAM CONNULL, President. "J. Vctk IteprnentMlvc! t'JtAMK IK, OKAY CO.. Itoom Tribune nulldlne, New York CUT. imirid at tub roiTorno at bchmtom, r.. as rrCOHp-CLAgg UAH. MATTB, Tlio Trlluino receive! over a speclnl'wiro. leading Ititu ItxolHcc I ho complete report if Ihu Aiwocliited l'ri'XM, the greatest now col looting organlr.ntlon In tho world. I'ho Tribune win tho first newspaper In North eastern Pennsylvania to contract for thin service. TENAGES SC'K ANTON. APltlti 14. 1S97. Soya Senator Morgan: "If I wore thi president of the United States or tho secretary of state, Ona Melton would be free In t went. -four hours, or Hnvntia would be bombarded." We guess Havana would In that uvont bo slated or a bonibnrdinent anyhow. No More of Cleveland. It Is pointed out by one of the most Intelligent newspaper writers In .New York city, "Holland" of the Philadel phia Tress, that the banquet which the Iteform club Is sunn to give In that city and at which ex-I'resident Cleve land Is to FpeaK. concerning the prob lems which must be solved It our gov ernment Is to endure, Is really meant to be the opening broadside In n cam paign to restore drover Cleveland to popular favor, or at least to secure from posterity a moro lenient Judg ment of his second administration than Is rendered by the voico of his contem poraries. Only the most implicit be lievers In Mr. Clovi-lniid's Incomparable goodness and greatness have been In vlted; not a soul must appear who Is i not willing 'to accept the corpulent I ..',... ..,, ... ..lD f.ii ,i. I prophet of Princeton tit his full valua tlon of himself. "It has been Interesting, since Mr. Cleveland's retirement, to note," adds "Holland," "how general is the Im pression that his friends look upon IiIh , wlthdrawul from public affairs as only temporary, and how sure many of them nre that the emergencies and perils of the next two or three years will compel the American people to turn again to him as they did in 1S92. and call him back to power freed from the embar rassments of party dictation and the ambitions and jealousies of Democratic leaders, which they assert were the noxious lnlluences that caused his ad ministration to fall in Its high pur poses." Many of Mr. Cleveland's friends, we regret to say. are callable of almost any folly; but If they have any such absurd notion us the foregoing quota tion would appear to Indicate, It Is not widespiead. We think we nte within limit of truth nnd dlserello:i in sry lng that nt this time, regardless of the New Yolk Iteform club and Its small . clack among thf press of the coun try, the great majority of the Amtni- ; run people are busily engaged In try- "John Marshall was at the satrn time lug to forget all about Grover Cicve- j vWe( justlcp anj secretary of state un bind, and seriously bent on the tbisk i (le,. John Adnrn(i JoIm Jny hel(i tle of extricating themselves from tho dls- i Knmo, oinc0(t unuvr another presiden'., tress into which no mine mini any other man plunged them. They are willing to give hlir. credit for good In tentions, to forgive him and to go on about their business, but they will not stand any more nonsense elth r from or about him. They want to blot all thoughts of him from their mind, and If his friends hnd any sense of policy they would gladly encourage this char itable disposition of his mistakes. The Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Uecont goes to the pains to telegraph to his paper that tho tar lit bill will pass the senate. Of course It will. Society and the Insane. The Plttston Gazette quotes one of tho defendants In the Dickinson trial ns having remarked, since the an nouncement of the verdict, thnt with It as a precedent there Is onlv one safe course In dealing with alleged lunatics, and that is to let them alone. "Medi cal examinations," adds the Gazette, "nre of no value In determining the mental condition of n person, If n Jury has the right to utterly Ignore them, and hold those who commit an alleged lunatic to an asylum, including tho physicians, responsible in damages; and one can only await developments, when a person Is supposed to be lnsann until tho latter either commits sulddo or kills somebody else. In the former case, a burial will close tho matter; in the latter, whether a lunatic or not, he will gladly plead Insanity In order to escape, tho capital penalty." It is easy to concur in tho opinion that defects appear In the law relating to tho commlttnl of poisons alleged to be mentally disordered, but tho remedy Is not to make commitments practically Impossible. When C'hailes Hondo thun dered against the private asylum In iquity In England ihere may have been Just ground toe the contention that the law made It too ensy for a troublesome person to be put out' of the way; but since that day It Is very evident that the pendulum has swung far In the op posite direction. Extremely rare nowa days are the cases of false commit ment; they bear but a small propor tion to the cases where failure to com mit leads to the midden bursting forth of mania. In violence that Ewella tho category of homlcldaa or adds Its quota to the damages Inflicted by the osten sibly "eccentric but harmless" class of the uncontlned. The public, Us sympathy swayfd to ward Anna Dickinson not for what rho Is but for what she used to be. has jumped to tho conclusion that false commitment Is a wrll of widespread proportions, but It is not. Even in An na's case wo hnvu only the compromise verdict of a jury that she was ration al at thp moment of her Incarceration; the expeit testimony was practically unanimous In contending that a mind giving forth tjhe symptoms noted in her ruse was to bo regarded as at least temporarily-diseased. It Is not a deslr able prospect to contemplate tho possl- 1 Hit. t I . . I fjiii.vt iiouiuiii.H h fcium purtsun in an asylum for the Ihsane, Imt It wore wlir to endure this hazard upon rare occa sions the.n by Ignoring nil cases of mental ..derangement, short, of "town rjpiit madness to Invite tho risk of mul- tlplled homicide, arson and assault. No better rule can bo devised In such mat ters than that which conserves, tho greatest Rood for the greatest number. In order to teach the buttor-buyors of England tlint the American dairy product Is far superior to tho butter of Denmark, which Is now largely Im ported by England, Secretary of Agri culture .Wilson recently ordered sam ples of Illinois and Iowa butter put on exhibition. Mn London. This arrange ments shows enterprise, but If Colonel Wilson renlly wants to catch that trade, he will need to bait It with the Inimit able butter of Northeastern Pennsyl vania. Pingrce on the Defensive. The Irrepressible Plngree of Michi gan, after some meditation over tho result of the recent municipal election In Detroit by which his candidate for mayor was overwhelmed, has Issued a proclamation. In It he explains why he tried to hold both olllcos at once. So far as we know this explanation hus not nppcarcd In the Eastern prciM. In Justice to Mr. Plngree wo glva him the benefit of It. Says ho: I have no apologies to offer. I would have been glud to resign the olllce of mayor when 1 became governor. It was Impossible. It Is well known that much of the money used to pay my expenses at Clrand Haplds caino from Mr. Pack. At the time 1 believed that he was acting as my personal friend. I became satisfied i that the money spent had been contilctit I ed by the street car companies. Tna plan was to have mo elected governor, ce.iso j to" be mayor, and leave the people at the i mercy of the street car combination. At , the time of my nomination I had no sus picion of this plot. I was afterward rhown the contract for consolidation and fernal that It had been signed by Pack. , rvrett, Wilson and Johnson In June, ' about u moth before the convention. T 1 knew they had the common council and that their plan was to get another trail ' ohlse by which thev would be allowe 1 to i Feb six tickets for 25 cents. Instead of clpht. I feel that It was niy duty to stand . In tl.r breach and prevent this outrage upon tho people, and thr.t to resign under '- circumstances, would bo desertion on my I'ar1 "'"' Rive my enemies a chimes to say that the street car companies had found my price nnd had mado pcaeo with mo by nominating me for governor. As to the decision of the Michigan Supreme court which ousted him from th mayor's office, he says I have no apologies to offer fcr criticis ing the Supreme court. I Insist that there was Indecent haste, that the court a l vanccd the case of Mr. Moreland and heard It out of the regular course of busi ness. He was a dishonored public servant, and his lawyer was the counsel of tho street railway companies. There was r.r.th'ng In them to ontitl them to favors If the case had been allowed to take tho usual course 1 should have no complain to make. 1 was advised that J coal 1 not b turned out of office without a day In court. Many comts have hidd lha: an ottice is prope.ty, and the constitution of the t'nltcd States provides th.it no man shall be deprived of his property wIMiout luo process of law. I have been deprived 0f nll olllce to which I was elected by a t vn-lhlrdi; vote of tho people, aftev a hepr- l.--l and !) a nilt to which I was no- a par ty. I am now advised bv one of the lead- , lug lawyers of the country, that tho Su preire court of the t'nltcd Stales would leverjio this .-udgment, but as tho cine ' could not be , elded until after my ti"n had expired, 1 have concluded to let It stand as It is. Lastly he contends that It Is not un- common for .me man to hold two office-', ana was also at one time chief justice nnd minister to England. Oliver Ells worth was chief justice and minister to France. Two members of the state senate hola thff office of mayor." All of which may be true; but so long as the present disproportion between the mm and the ol!les exists one ofllce per man Is regarded by Hip people ns the' prop-r limit of political ambition in this land of tho free. It would have been better for Colonel Plngree had he acquired an curlier knowledge of this fact. Says ox-Senator Hill: "I prefer not to say anything at this time concerning the Dlngley bill. I would give the Tlo publlcans rope; they will do the rest." "They" may at times make mistakes, but they have .never yet equalled nor are likely to equal the partisans of Brother Hill ns adepts at political sui cide. A Canadian Appeal. Hon. James Young, of Ualt, Ontario, addresses to tho Home magazine a plea for reciprocity between Canada and tho United States which may be worth a moment's 'attention. First, ho adopts tho sentimental ton. "That these two Christian countries, sprung from the same race, speaking the same language, governed practically by the same laws and the heirs of tho same literature, should at the close of the nineteenth century erect high tariff walls between them to obstruct com mercial Intercourse which Is only an other name for commercial prosperity seems to me," he tells us, "lapsing back towards barbarism and away from modern civilization." . Uut lest this lino of appeal might not affect us materialistic Americans, Mr, Young quickly dangles before our gazo tho hope of substantial profits. He cites the workings of the Elgln-Murcy reciprocity treaty of 1S34 In order to prove that there Is money for the United States in this kind of an ar rangement. "Not only," says he, "did our annual commerce quadruple under that treaty, but the 'balance of trado' was decidedly In your favor. Accord ing to your own returns there wns the handsome balance of SOi.OOO.OOO (In round numbers), In favor of the United States at the close of tho first ten years. This was reduced somewhat by the Inflated war prices and entries made during tho last three years of the treaty, but still your statistics show our total transactions dining tho thir teen years to have been as follows: You sold to uh goods valued atJ310,000, 000, and you bought from us to the value of $325,000,000, leaving a balance of $.'0,451,000 in your favor." Mr. Young adds, with every show of enthusiasm: I do not seo how there can be a shadow of p. doubt that u new meaiuro of roolpio clty, providing for tho free exohangu of the natural products of both commit n, such manufactures as It would bo mu tually profitable to exchange, tho Im provement of our canalH and other means SLIW"! 1 ta..V. M..V. W.'b. .. Ff nw MA .U J,U,,ll,V Instead of retard International commerce, would Immensely benefit tho people of the United Statu, us It would the people of this country. And If It Is wise for you to welcome treaties of reciprocity with tho distant South American republics, why not with Canada, which touohes your borders for thousands of miles? If frea trnde with these states is beneficial to you, how much more would It be with our rising and prosperous dominion which, In spite of tho high tariff wall aforesaid, trades with you annually to over $10,0OQ, OHO? During 1893 wo purchased from you commodities vnlurd at nearly KAOOO.OOO, whilst it few years ago (I have not got later returns), tho whole batch of these petty states purchnscd only about $22,000.. 000 worth from you annually, only a trlflo moro than one-third of our annual Cana dian purchases. Overlooking for the present somo dif ference of opinion as to the "rising prosperity" of a province so overbur dened with public debt that If it were ever to bo Bold at auction on a sheriff's attachment It wouldn't bring enough to pay for the printing of ltn bonds, we may answer Mr. Young's two questions In few words by saying that we recip rocate with South America because we can do so to advantage, and we don't reciprocate with Canada because upon the whole, under any arrangement to which the dominion would bo llkclv to nssent, wo would bo liable to gel tho worse end of the deal. Mr. Young re Iterates the old argument that If we don't soon do what Canada wants In thi matter, fearful consequences will follow Canada will cease to buy Amer ican goods; tariff reprisals will be adopted at Ottawa; III feeling" will spread In place of nelghborllness and various other dire conditions will como to pass to nil of which It Is only neces rary to say that" Americans are will ing to accept what comes. Their chief concern Is their own welfare; when that points to reciprocity with Canada, re ciprocity will come, but not until then. If International bimetallism Is not negotiated during this administration It will not bo President McKlnlcy's fault. No one can say that lit Is prov ing false to his pledges. It Is well that, the people of New York urs at last 'awake to the merits ' and the lessons of tnc career of Ulysses S. flrant. Of course Hawaii will como In. She wants to come In, the American people want her In, and there you are. Gossip at . the Capital Special to the Scranton Tribune. Washington, April 13. The leadership of a forlorn minority has Us diawbarks us well as its honors. Nobody knows this bet ter than young Ilal'.ey, of Texas, who has twice been voted the leadership of the house by the Democratic minority, and who Is still In doubt as to whether he will be able to maintain his position when It comes to a "show down." The trouolo with Halley Is that he lacks the backbone and fighting qualities to be the leader of tho Democratic forces on tho floor of the house. If he were not opposed by the old war horses In that body, men who have fought many hard battles, he might get along all light. Bailey has many good qualities, but at the same time he lacks others which are necessary to make him a lender of men. In tho llrst place he lacks experience In that direction. He Is a man of strong mind In some directions, but weak In others. In this respect, how ever, he is no different thnu the other members of his party now in the house. They all have their weaknesses. In faet, there Is not a man on the Democratic sldo of the house hi the present congress who 1b well enough equipped to bo a leader cf anything above a ward marching club or a township convention. Of course, It Is un foitunate for any party to be In such a predlcamei't, but there Is no use In at tempting to disguise the fact as It presents Itself In the house today, , The opponents of Mr. Bailey are no moro fitted for the leadership than the young Texan. There's McMlllln, for Instance. He Is the principal kicker, against Ballev. It Is true ho has had a vast deal more experience !n the house than the new "leader," and by reason of this fact ought to bo the natural leader of his party on the floor. But he, too, lacks capacity as well as good judgment. The principal oh Jectlon to McMillltii seems to be that he wants to be the entlr show himself. He not only wants to be the fountain head the man to be consulted on party policies but Insists on doing nil the talking. Now, If thero !s one thing more than another whlMi the average Democrat prides him self on It Is his nblllty to talk. That Is where McMlllln made his mistake, and that Is why he was not voted the leader ershlp of his party In the house. If ho had been more reserved and given the "other fellows" a chance to show their oratorical powers occasionally he might today be the undlspuated leader of tho Democrats in the house. Instead of being generally discredited by his party. Until there Is another Crisp elected to the house, a man who con command the lespect of all Democrats and who can prove himself to be equal to the occasion, tho old Demo cratic hulk which Is now floundering about In unknown waters without n pilot cannct hopo to be saved from total wreck. n::-Penator Dubois, of Idaho, who has been In Washington ever since ho went out of ofllce on Mar"h 3d last, with h'.s eye cast to windward for anything that might como his way, has given up all thoughts of being elected secretary of the senate, which position he had been prom ised If the coalition between the throe anti-Hepubllcan elements In the senate had been effected. The work of decapitation still goes on at tho government printing office. During tho Cleveland administration quite a num ber of old soldiers woro discharged from the ofllco by Mr. Benedict for no other reason than because they were Be publicans. Mr. Palmer, who Is a veteran himself, naturally has a warm spot In his heart for tho "boys who wore the blue," and Is reinstating many of tho men discharged by his prede cessor. So far M. Palmer has not run afoul of the civil service commission, and It Is not likely that he will, as It Is under stood that tho president will tako most of tho printing ofllce appointments out of tho service. If Postmaster General Clary concludes to make senatorial endorsement one of tho requisites necessary to secure an ofllco under his department, as lie Is now con templating, ho will get himself" Into a heap of trouble with the Republican mem bers of congress. Heretofore It has been thu policy of the president and tho post oinco department to allow the members of coiigrt to name tho postmasters in their rcspecilvo districts, and the senators to control the other ofllce, such as rev enuo collectors, district attorneys, mur sha), surveyors of ports, etc. Several members of congress have called on Post, master Gary within tho past few days and protested against his proposed action. It Is not known how the president feels on this new proposition of distributing the po'stoflU'O patronage, but somo of Mr. Mc Klnlcy's friends tay ho will not sanction It, as ho has always held that u membir of tho house ought to have some say In the distribution of offices In his district. It Is nit known whether or not Benaton Quay and Ppnroie favor the "senatorial" endorsement plan of Postmaster Genor.il flary. The question of federal patronage seomi to be tho principal bono of contention In tho senatorial fight In Kentucky. Both Bradley 'and' Hunter want to be tho sole distributor of the plo In thnt state, and ench feels that If tho "other fellow" wins In tho senatorial race ho will get nothing In tho way of patronage, Tho Itepubllian leaders here aro very much disgusted with the way tho Bradley, and Hunter people nro fighting each other, and fear that It will result In tho defeat of the ltepubllcan candidate or a continuation of tho dead lock, which will finally result It no elec tion. It Is pretty generally conceded that If a IVcpuhllcnn Is not elected by tho pies cnt legislature a Democrat will succeed Blackburn next year. In all probability tho next commissioner of immigration will be Terrcnco V. l'ow derly, Of Scranton. It Is said that the president Is anxious to reward tho ex grand master workman of tho Knights of Labor for his services In tho last presi dential campaign. Mr. Powderly was a. Democrat until that party put Itself on reconl as being against tho laboring man by declaring for froc trade. Tho Tennessee exposition, which prom ises to bo next In slac and Importance to tho World's fair held at Chicago four years ago, will open at Nashville tho first week In May and continue until uctotw, A delegation of representative business men of Nashville ale now In the city for tho purpose of Inviting the president to visit tho exposition some tlmo this spring. Naahvlllo Is one of the prettiest and wealthiest clflej In the south, nnd tho hospitality of Its citizens Is unbounded. People In the north who have never visit ed the south ought to take advantage of tho opportunity which will be afforded theni during tho celebration of Tennessee's ono hundredth anniversary. Nearly every state In the T'nlon will be represented by exhibits. The government will also sond n largo number of relics fiom tho Smith sonian and other departments. Ex-Senator Cameron has leased his resi dence, on Lafayette square, In this city, to Vice-President Hobart for four years. It Is ono of tho finest locations In Washing ton, nnd Is only one square from tho white house. It Is understood that Senator Cam eron nnd family will go abroad for a long stay, possibly for two or three years. At least that was one of the reason given for his retirement from the senate. William Jennings Pryan. the champion of free silver, nnd "l!ob" ritzslmmons, tho champion of pugilists, divided honors In tho wny of drawing b!g crowds when they arrived In Washington on Monday, if anything. Fltz had the most enthusiastic reception, and carried away more money than did Mr. Bryan. "WORKERS" VS. "THEORISTS." From the Philadelphia Ledger. It reoulres considerable courage for the advocates of the spoils system to openly attack reform measures, especially when these measures have been distinctively commended by party platforms and aro In effect the product of a covenant be tween the politicians nnd the voters. Tho ordinary method Is to quietly shelve such bills, avoiding, as far as possible, explana tion or publicity. Mr. Kcyser, of thts city, who has tho honor of representing tho Twentieth ward at Harrlsburg, has tho merit of frankness. He Is opposed to tho prohibition of political assessments and against tho civil service bill, and says so In a manly way, but his urgument Is falla cious, and Is not based on considerations of the good of tho whole public. Speak Ins of the merit system of examinations and appointments, ho says that under It "theorists" and persons whose attain ments aro little beyond the cramming of tho brain with matters that would not sere them well In practical business too often get advantage of their superiors, who are expected to maintain their party organizations, with littlo or no hope of getting what should bo their own reward. It Is evident that Mr. Keyser believes that tho spoilt belong to the victors, and that tho victors are not even the general body of voters who contributed to tho re sult, but the man who worked (or loafed) around the polls on the day of election. A man may be an excellent citizen, a con sistent member of his party, and possess ample qualifications to hold a clerkship cr other office, but all of these must count as naught when contrasted with tho clatms of the man who carried the torch in the big parade, and who, having forgot ten his schooling, or having had little schooling, Is too Ignorant to pass an ex amination in the simplest elements of the three It's. Besides there are workers and "workers," somo. of them repeaters, rounders and' ballot-box sniffers. Mr. Keyser, of course, would not recommend directly or Indirectly tho appointment cf such worthies to ofllce, but, somehow or the other, they manage to be paid for their services, either in ca9h or by public place. A considerable part of the so-called party work Is made up of disreputable practices on the part of scoundrels whom no ono would trust with private employment, and who must, perforce, be rewarded with the otllces that might otherwise go to the "theorists" who went to school In their boyhood and were sufficiently intelligent and industrious to prollt by their studies. As a matter of fact, the civil servlco bill does not discriminate against political workers. It would protect tho thousands of them who aro now In ofllce and wiio aro faithfully attending to their duties. It would Invite to the Held of political ac tion many good men who hesitate to par ticipate because of tho fear that It Is nec essary to bo a cheat In order to be suc cessful. Of course. It would operuto to bar out tho drones, the Idlers and tho dis qualified, but why should such as these have any pre-emption of tho political pas turage? If the Ignorant "worker" drop out of politics, his place will be taken by a man of better character and better quali fication. The merit system is a great In centive to education. Since It went Into effect In tho Federal government the peo ple are realizing moro and more the Im portance of providing their children with a common school education. A man who would like to be a policeman and who Is Ineligible becauso he cannot read and write may denounce the law that requires applicants to pass an examination, but, all the same, he will be more particular thereafter In seeing that his children go to BChool and study their lessons Instead of Idling or playing truant. JOUItXAfilSTIC 1 .MKMTIES. From the Buffalo Knqdlrer. Listen to this creature of tho News, with bulging neck and squinting eyes, puffed with vainglory, purso-proud and domineer ing, the lackey and lickspittle of every man, above him In station and the tyrant and Insolent boss of every man beneath him, this man who knocks In vain on tho door of good society, this thick-skinned cad, who, with no sense of public shamo or decency, pai-ades himself us a member of tho Buffalo club nnd who gained en trenco only after repented blackballing, this promoter of fake charity to advertlso his decaying newspaper, this crawler, this political turncoat listen to him. IiOVI'VS HOSAKV Sweet names, tho rosary of my evening prayer, Told on my lips like klssos of good-night To friends who go a littlo from my sight, And some through distant years shine clear and falr!-t So this dear burden that I dally bear Nightly God taketh, and doth Iooeo mo quite; And roft ,1 sink In slumbers pure and light With thoughts of human love and heaven ly care. Buf when I mark how Into shadow slips My manhood's prime, and weep fast pasting friends, And heaven'H riches making poor my lips, And think how In tho dust love's labor ends, Thon, where the cluster of my hearth stone shone, "Bid mo not live," I sigh, "till all bo gone." . O. 15, Woodberrv. In Hamcr's Masazlno. GO MM? The Easter 'News Store News. Good news to hundreds of prospective buyers. News relat ing to many lots 0 Easter needfuls tliat it will pay you to take note of. With such n volume of values we should make a merchandise mov ing record that will be hard to beat a year hence.- This go-ahead store will be a great traffic center for all classes of our public buying during this week. A Kid Qllove Sale Prof J'HrHr bv former exnerlpnc we ihnvp iViif Mur olnv s4nf1 Sri 4J- best possible shape to satisfactorily meet the great demand for Easter Gloves. 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Pursuit of the Houseboat Richard Harding Davis Cuba in War Time William Dean Howell. ..Landlord at the Lion's Head Capt. Alfred T. Mahan Life of Lord Nelson Dr. Nansen Farthest North Marie Corelli 21ska Beatrice Harraden Hilda Strafford Paul Leicester Ford.The Great K. & A. Train Kobbery Clara Louise' Burnham Hiss Archer Archer Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney The Open Mystery Charles Egbert Craddock The Young Mountaineer Mrs. Burton Harrison A Merry Maid A Beautiful Line of EASTER Cards and Novelties. BEIILMAN, ME BOOKMAN. Ka liy This offering is in Qvcry way worthy of the occasion Styles, ma terials and prices are here to please the most exacting tastes Many exclusive ideas with no duplicates will be quickly secured The first comers always get the choice pickings Why not be among them ? ALWAYS EUSY oooooooooooooooo Easter asoe Demands new Shoes as well as new clothes. Wo furnish tho .Shoes for every member of tho family. Wholesale aM Retail Lewis, ReiH y -t ;ast TIE RAINBOW LEMEPJ Kiistcr Is tho only generally recognised holy-day, the celebration of which is purely B,.ii1tuiibunil admits of no worldly festivity. A CAIID preseulably embellished mid In scribed with it motto In keeping with tho Spirit of the season sent to a friend, will do much toward keeping in view tho inclining of the observance. Teachers, Sunday School or Socnlnr Iimtl tutlonx; mothers to sons, sons to mothers, friend to friend absent or nt home to these u dainty 1'ustcr remembrance is worth far more than Us trilling cost. Easter Cards and Easter Booklets at Reynolds Bros STATIONERS, IlotelJcrmyu Building. BEIDLEMAN5 BOOKS. 137 Spruce Rtrecti The Itotunda, Board of Trade Bnildlug, BAZAAI Alteration SALE. Sweeping reduction In nil lines to save moving stock, on account of extensive alter ations on our first and second floors. Now Is the time to buy China, Glassware, Br3c-a-Brac, Lamps, Silverware and House hold Goods, Cheap. ICconomlcal housekeepers will do well to attend this sale. ' Two IB-feet Black Wntnut Counters and 120 feet of good Shelving for salo cheap.. & (MALLEY Ca, 4'J'2 Lr.ckawanna Avenue, HENRY BEL1N, JR., General Agent far tho Wyoming District for DUPONT'S POWDER Mlulug, HliiHtlng.Sportlng, .Smokeless nnd the llcpauno Chemical Company's HIGH EX1PLQSIVES. Safety I''uc, Caps and Exploders. Booms ma, 21!I and aid Commonwcalt Building, Scranton. AOENCIKS: TIIOS, 10111), Iittston Plymouth Wll!-en-Harra JOHN B. SMITH it SON, -KM". MULLIGAN, Garden Barrows, Garden Rakes, Lawn Shears, Trimming Shears, Lawn Seed, Fertilizer. FOE TIE MOUSE, Carpet Sweepers, Carpets Whips, Floor Brooms, Feather Dusters, Scrub Brushes, Furniture Polish, Brass Polish. FOOTE k SHEAR CO. ML PLEASAM COAL AT RETAIL. Coal of tho best quality for domestic us and of all sizes, including Buckwheat and Blrdseye, delivered In any part of the city at tho lowest price Orders recelvod at thp Olllce, first floor, Commonwealth building, room No 6j telephone No, 2C24 or at tho mine, tele phone No. 272, will be. promptly attended to. Dealers supplied at the mine. I I -SI SPMNQ JiUJiUJL5 For tie Lawn amol Garten K .
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