fli4HwT -it r TnE SCl?ANTOK TRIBUNE-FIT TD AY MORNTNGr, APRIL 10, 1897, )e Jcwmfon CvtBune I til) il Weekly. No Sunday Edition. By The Tribune I'ubllthlnst Company. WIM.tAM COKXKI.I., President. ftv Yak Itfprwntatlve: 1'IUNK H. ntlAY CO.. llooni 4Trlbnn lltilltllnir. Now York Cttr. mimd t Tim ronornaii at B-mnra.f. p.. as trrOND-CtASS UAtL uattkr Tim Tribune receive, over n special wire lending Into llsoillrn the complete report of the Associated Press, tin) greiitcst news cot lietlng (irKitnlriitloii In the world. Tlie Tribune wis the firm newspaper In North eastern PcuiiHylvmiln to contract for this iervlcc. IEN PAGES. SCR ANTON, APRIL. 1G, 1S07. Remember the good roads meeting at the board of trade hall, Monday night. Saturdny's Tribune. The Tribune will print tomorrow a review of the Hawaiian Issue from the pen of Richard Rusteod, Jr., of this city, which takes ground and masses evi dence In u manner quite out of the or dinary. The contribution Is Intensely Interesting, and has received the writ ten endorsement of crs-Queon Lllluo Icnlanl as being an accurate presenta tion ot her side of the case. Another noteworthy feature of Sat urday's Tribune will be the beginning of a now series of sprightly letters from Jyondon by Miss Sadie K. Kcitsct. treat ing of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubi lee. Despite her studies and concert work. Miss Kaiser has undertaken to write for The Tribune exclusive re ports of that notable forthcoming com memoration of the longest reign In English history; and It Is unnecessary to add that her letters will be most readable. We are willing to offer them In comparison with those of many more experienced and renowned special cor respondents who have made Journalism their life vocation. A complete story by one of the most famous of living writers of fiction, handsomely Illustrated; u page of se lected reading relating to the Inter ests of women nnd the home; a most interesting and Informing paper from the pen of Hon. Theodore Hart, editor of the PIttston flnzetto, upon modprn Jlexlco as revealed to him during a re cent visit to our sister republic, nnd a variety of choice miscellany will com plement the regular news features that In themselves nre fur In advance of local competition. Sixteen pages, but only two cents. A senator Is quoted anonymously by thn Washington Post as saying that the most potent factors In emasculating the arbitration treaty were agents of the Russian and German governments. What concern was it of thelr's? Always More Taxation. It Is ono of the anomalies ot hard times that while Incomes shrink, taxes Invariably Increase. At the present time, congress Is wrestling with the problem bow to add $70,000,000 a year to the national revt nues: the legislature at Harrlsburg Is In the throes of a debate over a direct Inheritance tax planned to swell by $1,000,000 the annual reve nues of the stnte: and now th? Scran ton board of control gets into line with a high water mark tax levy designed to put the local school fund above the thlrd-of-a-mllllon level. There are excuses for the deficits at "Washington and at Harrlsburg. In the one case the people had O rover Cleve land to contend with, nnd In the other they had an accidental fire. Hut we are not at all convinced that adequate excuse can be offered In behalf of the free and easy financiering which has brought the board of control face, to face with Its resent dilemma. If It can we shall only be too glad to pub lish It. Of course the people will pay these new taxes and keep up the standard of government. They are too sensible to let a few pennies of extra tax stand in the way of well-equipped free schools They recognize that the last place to constrict appropriations Is in the direc tion of popular education. At the same time, wo shouldn't lie surprised if they would nsk themselves whether If a pru dent and Intelligent policy had been In vogue in tho board of control during recent years, with money voted for new buildings not primarily to help mem bers to a re-election but In response to actual public needs, such a tancle In the board's finances would ever have occurred. Frank Talk at Last. Now that John Wanamakcr's person al ambitions no longer star, 1 In tho way, the Philadelphia papers are begin ning to give pialn advice to tho Eusl liess Men's) league which lately set It self up as a now machine force In Penn sylvania polities. The chairman of the Philadelphia branch of that curious or ganization, Rudolph Riankenburg an admirable old (rnlleman with a ten dency to becemo ov.citcd lately grew very Indignant wln ho heard that Mayor Warwick, David Martin and the other experienced mainstays of the anti-Quay combine had made their peace with the Heaver senator and would resume their old places In the Quay column. He threatened, It Is Bald, to carry on the war until tho wholo pack of them wore cleaned out, and. this gave Colonel McCluro his op portunity. "Mr. Wanheiiburg," says tho Times, "can hardly be dtcelved ns to tho Min us of the Durtnegg Men's league of this city and state. It Is not now, and never has been, an organization with sufficient power to assort Itself as a factor In city or utate politics. It did not control a Hlngle precinct In this city either at tho November or February election. It did not control the elec tion of a single senator or representa tive in Philadelphia. It was entlroly voiceless, unheard nnd unfelt, In the February election that Involved tho cholco of agents of tho people who would expend thrlco tho revenues of the Htate for tho municipality, and If AVunvJck and Martin shall make termB with the friends of Quay, It could not create a ripple, on tlio political surface of this city. Th'ere la enough rebellious public sentiment to organize serious troubl?, but It can't bo organized and Marshaled, by the, present Business Mcn'o league that permitted Itself to be made the mere tender of u taction." In other worcis,1 "Its mission as an organization Is ended, for the reason that the power It exhibited by associa tion wllh factional Interests has per ished, nnd there must bo some new alignment, entirely free from individual or factional alms, to make a hopeful battle" against the present leadership and conditions of state politics. "Tho organization that nttempta It must first of all bo clean-handed Itself, nnd next must prove Its devotion to general In terests above all Individual or faction al alms, and Fttmnirn the whole people of every class and condition to Its ranks." That Is to pay, It will not avail to undertake the purification ot politics by outbidding the other fellow or to work a "Miss Nancy" annex to a "machine" such as was recently as pcmbled by Van Vnlkenberg and Leach. The good I.oid, good devil stylo of political "reform" Is played out. If Quay nnd Quaylsm nre to be unhorsed, It must bo by some one really bolter or really cleverer than he; and the latter individual npparcntly has yet to be found. After all, tho company store Is pre ferable to the poor house. In many cases, sad as It Is to say so, these arc the miner's only alternatives. Shadow and Substance. It is reported, but without confirma tion, that If the duties on cattle provid ed for by the Dlngley bill ns It passed the house be not reduced In tho senate the government of Mexico will retaliate with a practically prohibitive duty on American cattle Imports, the present value of which Is about one quarter of n million dollars, and also with exclu sive duties on prepared beef, tallow, bacon, hams, pork, mutton, poultry', game, Imitation butter and oleo oil, whereby our foreign trade would sus tain another loss of about equal propor tions. Ot course the Democratic press will make all the capital It can out of this rumor, as It has made out of the purely perfunctory protests of certain. Euro pean governments against the Dlngley bill. These tree trade newspapers are o phllanthtoplc In theory' that they would court the favor of other nations even If to do so it were necessary to make their own land n desolation nnd n chaos. Although our total foreign trade Is not more than a tenth as large as our domestic trade, the latter makes no appeal to their fostering care, but they would go to any length to save the smaller fraction, which Is proportion ately much the less profitable of the two. It Is always thus with theorists; since time began they have made It a practice to lose the substance while gtnsplng the shadow. The triviality of the threatened retal iation of Mexico In the matter of cattle Is shown in the fact that while It In volves a loss at the outside limit of not more than $300,000, yet the higher duties of the Dlngley bill will add, It is be lieved, not less than 5 per cent, to the value of our domestic cattle by prevent ing cheap importations a gain for the fanners of America of not less than $25,000,000. According to the free trade theorists this gain is of no account com pared with n loss In foreign trade of one-fiftieth as much; but they will hnve a hard time to get the farmers of the United States to agree with them. When Senator Ingalls pronounced purity In politics nn Iridescent dream he must have spoken with especial ref erence tc Kansas. On the Wrong Tack. A "memorial to the people of tho United States" bearing the signatures of Justice Field, of the United States Supreme court. Governors O'Ferrall, of Virginia, Cooke, of Connecticut, and Grant of Vermont, RIshops Whltaker, Coleman, Cheney nnd McCabe, and thirty or forty other men of equal em inence In varous walks of life, has been Issued, appealing to them to urge con gress to pass the bill to prohibit the transmission by mail or Interstate com merce of any picture or description of any prize light or Its accessories. Says the memorial: "It Is related of the Greek philosopher, Demonax, of tho Isle of Cyprus, who at the begin ning of the second century resided at Athens, respected for his simple life, and full of kindness to all, that when a show of gladiators was about to be exhibited, he presented himself before tho assembled people and told them that they should pass no such decree until they had first removed away the nltnr of pity. Today the de moniacs of the prize ring are let loose upon society, a multitude of people bow down In all their Idolatry of animalism, and the Lord Christ, who is tho 'Altar of Pity, Head over all things, Is certain ly far removed from their hearts." The memorial then ras;s to a consld. oration of the recent flsht at Carson, and proceeds: "The good name of the nation has been outrnged not so much by the disgraceful event of a specially brutal encounter between two human beings, ns by the very reprehensible course of a large number ot dally pa pers In exploiting from first to last the prlze-ilghters and tho light." The evil effects of this publicity to vice upon the Impressionable young are pointed out at length and the conclu sion Is reached that congress mijst In tervene with an act curtailing the li cense of tho newspaper press. With the moral purpose of this me. morlal every good citizen Is bound to have unqualified sympathy; but the fact remains that tho remedy proposed Is Impracticable. Vice cannot be elimi nated from human nature by processes of secrecy. That was proved In the monastic centuries when men, to es cape the devil, became hermits, sought out lonely caves and huts and grot toes, and there, away as they supposed from temptation, wrestled with their souls only to find old Adam present all tho time. If it Is out of the power' of the home, the church and the school to reach tho young and safeguard their morals so that they will know how to discriminate between vicious and wholesome sport, relief cannot be had from statutory law. Law does not cre ate sentiment. Sentiment creates law. Create tho sentiment first, and the law will follow naturally and moreover will be obeyed. Thero are many more serious task's for nur lenders In moral ratnrm tn ..,.. 1--- . ... ... ...... ,.,, .w lUO themselves, with than the attempt to create virtue by restraint of tho press. Let them try tho plan of reforming the Individual; once that Is done, the Indi vidual will not care to read about sub jects that are debasing, and there will not be a commercial Incentive for pub lishers to vend news of prize fights. Citizens of Roston nre about to voto upon a proposition to replace Its double councils with a single municipal legis lature. Experience points to tho wis dom In municipal government of a single council and a strengthened may oralty. Let responsibility bo located nnd then lot the band piny. Arbitration Not Dead. The IndllTcreiico of the senate to tho Olney-Paunccfote protocol l very evi dent slnco that measure received Its re cent overhauling In committee. There does not appear to be any more Inclina tion to discuss the subject, und thcro nre well-informed persons at Washing ton win) Intimate that the treaty may yet lapse through undisturbed expira tion In a senate pigeonhole. However, there Is consolation In tho words of tho Washington. Post. That Journal has fought the treaty from In ception to finish, but It now says: "To set aside this treaty would not be to repudiate tho principle of arbitration. The I'nltcd States has always been In favor of a peaceful adjustment ot any disputes not Involving national Integ rity und honor. If Great Britain be equally disposed In that direction, why not rest upon the understanding? It disputes nrlse, they can be adjusted In the order of their occurrence, nnd In such fashion as the nature ot each case suggests. Why provide beforehand for a cut-and-drled system of adjudication with a costly and cumbrous machinery for which there may be no use for years to come" If the twb nations be sincere In their professions of peaceful preferences, surely the rest will be easy enough." The second thought of the people Is likely to coincide with this view,, es pecially when It takes Into account tho futility of trying to treat on a basis of candor and simple honesty with a government so full ot wiles, strategy, duplicity and meanness as events In the vicinity of Crete, not to speak of In cidents In our own history, prove Great Rritain to be. The defeat of tlni Olncy treaty will not discourage those who favor arbitration; Its worst effects will be superficial in the chance which it will give to Rrltlsh diplomacy to twit us with Insincerity, In view of our having made In this matter the first overture. Rut that, after all, will be only skin deep. Underneath, the great heart of the American public will beat r.turdlly as ever for civilized adjudica tion of International differences, and It will go on with the good work, treaty or no treaty, senate or no senate, until war shall fade Into the past as an ugly drc-arm After all, Isn't the merchant foolish who doesn't advertise in The Tribune? Gossip at the Capital Special to tho Scranton Tribune. Washington, April 13. The leaders of tho Democratic party that Is, the Hon, Chauncey F. Rlack, the "Sage of York," and the Hon. William Jennings Uryan, the "Orator of the Platte" differ widely as to whither tarlft or silver should be tho leading feature of tho next national plat form of their pnrty. Mr. Black, as presi dent of tho National Democratic League of clubs, In a recent address to tho mem bers of that organization, declared that the tariff will be the groat Issue in tno next presidential campaign, and urged every member of the clubs to prepare for tho great struggle on that line. At tho Jefferson dinner glvn In this city on Tuesday night Mr. Uryan, who was tho leading light on that occasion, mado a 4-column speech In which he declared that silver would bo the only Issue In the next presidential battle. Ho said that the white metal would and should bo kept to tho forefront, ns Its free nnd unlimited coinage was the only thing that will bring prosperity to this country and restore the Democratic party to power. Among other things Mr. Hryan "got off the fol lowing which Is In direct contradistinction to what Mr. Black (who was present at tho dinner) declared only a few days be fore as tho Democracy's only salvation In the next campaign: "Tho money question must be the para mount issue of tho next campaign, ns It was of the last. If the Dlngley bill brings general and permanent prosperity, tho Democratic party will not be In a position to win a contest by opposing It. If, on the other hand, tho Dlngley bill proves a dis appointment to those who advocate It, our position of 1S9U will be strengthened, and public attention will be riveted upon the fact that the cause of financial depression Is to be found in our monetary system. In giving special Importance to this great Issue tlio party does not mean to assert that bimetallism Is a panacea for all poli tical and social ills, but wo mean that the party will not seriously undertako any reform until tho money of tho constitution Is restored." Mr. Uryan concluded his -speech In tho following prophetic language: "It (the Republican pnrty) has but one hope of escape from tho wrath to come, and that Is to secure bimetallism by International ngreement before tho people of tho nation have another opportunity to speak at tho polls. While we who bollevo in independ ent bimetallism generally tegard an In ternational ngreement as neither neco3- sary or possible we may well hope for success to any ono who may make the at tempt to secure foreign assistance. If our opponents succeed In opening tho mints of other nations as well ns their own mints wo shall rejoice, becauso the condition of tho ptoplo will bo Improved nnd they will bo able to proceed with other remedial legislation. If, however, tho Republican party, after pledging itself to secure In ternational bimetallism, finds It lmpossl ble to fulfill that pledge, Its expressed pro. fcrenco for a double standard will rise up to condemn It !f It attempts to continue longer the evils of tho gold stnndard." During all of his speech Mr. Bryan did not mention the tariff ns nn Issue In future campaigns. Imagine Mr. Black's feelings! And then thtro were others present who havo preached nothing but tariff reform for the past fifteen or twenty years. Tho Democratic le.Vlrrs ought to get together occasionally and compare notes. The nppolntment by the president of three monetary commissioners for tho purpose of bringing about an International agreement on bimetallism, is being favor ably commented upon by politicians In nil parties. Tho appointment of these three special envoys wns Iho result of a report which Senator Wolcott made to tho presi dent concornlng his recent Investigation!, nnd It Is evident that he convinced the president that there Is sufficient sentiment In England and Germany favorable to an International agreement to Justify fur ther efforts In that direction. Messrs. Wolcott, Paine and Stevenson go as mis elonurlos only. They have no power to act but thry can preach tho gospel anj convert goldl-UK to repentance. If they can do nn mora than inrurn tho cnnA.nl Great Britain nnd Germany o another In ternational monetnry conference, tho ob ject of their mission will be accomplished. If they ran persuade England to resume coinage In tlio mints of India, and Induce the Rank of England to keep n portion of Its reserve In silver, they will win n great triumph. Tho least they can do Is to keep up the ngltntlon, stimulate bimetallic sen timent In Europe, and encourage the ad vocates ot that school of finance. Tho ap pointment of two sliver men relieves tho president from responsibility, and tho third mun, General Paine, being an avowed blmctallist, the commission Is a unit on tho mnlii question. Tho president cannot, therefore, bo criticised for a lack of Interest and for not giving tho move ment all possible encourngement, Tho iirrt work of the commission will bo of a purely dlplomntlc charnctcr, looking en tirely to securing European co-opernt'on. The memLcrs expect to leave this country nbout the middle of May, nnd will Imme diately upon their arrival In Europe get down to business. "When I wns In the treasury over twen ty years ago," sold E. J. Rabcock, private secretary to Secretary of State Sherman, "a good many of the clerks got a chance to sco Europo without any cost to this government or toss of pay on their part. At that time we were engaged in refund ing our debt and It was a pretty big Job. Rather than pay insurance on tho new bonds sent to them for exchange tho Eng llsh financiers would defray tho expenses of a detachment of clerks sent from Wash. Ington In chargo of the bonds nnd thereby save thousands of dollurs. I was sent over on ono occasion to deliver to tho Rothschilds :0,000,000 of our bonds. 1 took thrco men out of tho department with mo and wo carried the valuables In three iron boxes that wo never let out of our sight till they wero put nwny In tho vaults or tho Bank of England. My colleagues sat on the boxes most of the time. If thoso Kngllshmen had pnld the usual rate of In surance for shipment of such articles 1 per cent. they would havo been out $200,000 on that ileal. As it was, our lit tle party didn't cost them over $0,000 or $7,000." Chairman Gnrman, of the Democratic state committee of Pennsylvania, who was here this week attending the Jeffer son dinner, nppeared to bo ns hopeful as ever of his pnrty yet accomplishing some thing In the Keystone stutc. He has nn ldeu the next governor of Pennsylvania will be a Democrat. Mr. Gnrman Is en titled to cne more "think." FROM AN EARLY GEOGRAPHY. N. E. Hatise, formerly editor of the Haw ley 'Times, but now holding a position In tho state servlco nt Harrlsburg, sends to the Honesdalo Independent some decided ly interesting excerpts from tho earliest printed geography of Pennsylvania a "very small unpretentious book published by Joseph Scott, In the year 1&0S. It con tains US page!, the printed part being less than three Inches by five, nnd was sold at the very modest sum of 60 cents. It was printed by Robert Cochran, of Philadel phia, and contains a description of tho state, also of the countlrs In tho order in which they were established, nnd the prin cipal towns nnd villages, with tho popula tion of the townships according to the cen sus of'liOO, the first census taken alter Wayne becamo a county." Following Is its refcrenco to that county: "A large mountainous county, established the 25th of March, 17&S. It was taken from Northampton; Is W! miles In length, from N. to S. and 10 in breadth, from E. to W. In 1S00, it contained 2,501 Inhabitants, nnd ono slave. It Is bounded N. E. E. and S. E. by the river Delaware, which separates It from tho state of New York, and New Jersey, S. by Northampton, W. by Lu zerne, and N. by tho state or Now orK. LCxawaescln river, nnd its numerous aux iliary' streams, water nearly one-third of tho county. It flovs E. and empties Into tho Delaware, nt Cedar Falls. Shohola creek runs N. E. nnd falls Into teh Dela ware, n few miles below the Lexawacseln, Big Bush Kill, Saw, and Little Rush Kill, creek runs N. E. nnd falls Into the Dela ware, a few miles above Northampton creek runs N. E. and falls Into the Dela ware, nbove the I.exawncsein, nro Mns thopp, Corklns, Little Equlnunk, Shehock ing, nnd Shrawdcrs; tho two lntter empty Into tho Mohhochs branch of tho Deln wure. Thnt part of the county, S. E. of the Lexawacseln, extending along the river Delaware, Is exceedingly mountain ous and barren: also the W. side of the county, where tho waters aro separated, which tlow E. and full Into the Delaware from those that How S. W. and fall Into tho E. branch of tho Susquehanna. A large proportion of the lands are moun tainous, barren, and unfit for cultivation. It contains a great number of ponds, which supply several of the northern branches, and other streams, of tho Lexa wacseln. Tho Wal.enpnpeck, ono of the most considerable branches of tho Lexa wacseln, flows nenrly In a N. E. direction, nnd, ns it empties Into that liver, falls upwards of 300 feet, some say 500. Wayne gave. In 1S05, on tho election of governor, SOC votes." Hero follows a table showing the num ber of persons in the various townships; all of whom were free holders except one In Delawnre township: "Buckingham 119. Canaan 1S3, Damascus H5. Delaware 2S0, Lexawacseln 103, .Mount Pleasant 18S, Mid dle Smlthfleld 410, Palmyra 35S, Upper Sinlthtlold 55." It wll lbo noted that the voting population In 1S0O was only about ono In eight, In the territory comprising Wnyne, like and a part of Monroo coun ties. "Bethany, the seat of Justice. It Is situated on tho waters of the Lexawac seln, and, was lately established by nn net of th" legislature. Milford, a post town, on tho N. W. sido of tho river Dela ware, nt Wells Ferry, It has an advan tageous situation. In front of tho town Is n covo or eddy In the river, In which boats or lumber aro secured. In freshets, from the rapidity of tho current. It has two grist mills, two saw mills, and a paper mill. Milford is 120 miles abovo.Phlladel phla, and 2C0 from Washington city." In tho sketch of Northampton, It Is stated that Wayne and Northampton send four representatives to the general assembly. After tho division Wayne sent one, John Coolbaugh being tho first to servo. WITH HAD (.RACK. From tho Troy Times. Tho right of foreign governments to enter what are known as "diplomatic pro tests" against measures pending In our congress Is firmly established In interna tional usage, and by tho same token we'll heed them or not. Just as we "durn please." Scranton Tiibuno, Rut tho protests against the Dlngley bill como with extremely bad graco from such powers as Germany and France, which on so many occasions havo shown such unreasonable and unjust dlyrlml natlon against American products. Tho prlvllego of doing what wo "durn please" Is not only an Inalienable American right, but ono which In this Instanco should bo exorcised. Scir-Lxilcd. Mary Jane I hear that Aggie has gone out to tho suburbs to cook for a family. Sarah Ann Yes; sho had a disappoint ment In love, and she wants to go some where to brood over her sorrows. Puck. TIIK IIARCAI.V. Ho, robin red breast! I'm looking out for you, I havo It marked, my birdie, tho day that yon aro duo; I sco your red vest shining, I hoar your chtory call. Aren't you glud, dear robin, 'tis spring instead ot fall f Here's my same old maple, with all Its boughs to rent; It has been standing empty, dear robin, slnco you went, Come, let us strike a bargain; 'tis yours all summer long If you will only promise to pay the rent In sontr. Mary E, Stone Bassett, In Carbondale GOLDSMITH'S The Easter News Store News. Good news -to hundreds of prospective buyers. 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Telephone No. !215J. - LENTEN GLOOlo Easter Is tho only generally recognized holy-duy, tho celebration of which Is purely spiritual and admits of no worldly festivity. A CARD presenlubly embellished nnd In scribed with u motto in keeping with tho Spirit of tho NcuMin sent to n friend, will do much toward keeping In view the meaning of tho observance. Teachers, Sunday School or Secular Insti tutions; mothers to sunn, sous to mothers, friend to friend absent or ut home to theso a dainty Easter remembraneo Is worth far moro than its trilling cost. Easter Cards and Easter Booklets at Reynold j Bros STATIONERS, Hotel Jcrmyn Ilulldlng. IK f III h) A EASTER BEKDLEMAN'S WW IttiMiPAiHm JLfCliSllfcJ. JLWlliilUUllo BOOKS. a story aejjer's FacK' JU7 Hpruco Street, The Rotunda, Hoard of Trudo llulldlug. 1ZAAI rati 1 ALE. Sweeping reduction In nil lines to snva moving stock, on account of oxtenslvo Alter ations on our first und second lloors. Now U tho tlmo to buy China, Glassware, Bric-a-Brac, Lamps, Silverware and Mouse hold Goods, Cheap. Economical housekcepors will do well to attend this siile. Two lo-feet Illnck Walnut Counters nnd lJO feet of good Shelving for sale cheap. CLEMGfS, EERIER ALLEY CO., 122 Lackawanna Avenuo, . ) HENRY BEL1N, JR., General Agent for the Wyoming District for DUPONT'S POWDER Mining, Illnstlng,Sportlng, Smokeless and tho Itepauuo Chemical Company's fflGH EX1PLQS1VES. Safety Fuse, Caps nnd Exploders. Rooms 212, 213 nnd 214 Commonwealtlr Ilulldlng, Scranton. AGENCIES: TROS, FORD, JOHN 11. SMITH A HON, -E. W. MULLIGAN, PIttston Plymouth Wllkcs-Harro pm Fot tie Lawn smd Gairta Garden Barrows, Garden Rakes, Lawn Shears, Trimming Shears, Lawn Seed, Fertilizer. fm TIE HOUSE Carpet Sweepers, Carpets Whips, Floor Brooms, Feather Dusters, Scrub Brushes, Furniture Polish, Brass Polish. k SI ML PLEASANT COAL AT RETAIL. Coal of tho best quality for domestic use and of all aizos, Including Ruckwheat and Illrdseye, delivered In any part ot the city at the lowest price Orders received at the Olllce, first floor, Commonwealth building, roqm No 6; telephone No. 2(121 or ut tho mine, tele phono No, 272. will be promptly attended to. Dealers supplied at the mine. Ate mJ mJJL; WM. I SMITH. H