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THE SCRANTON" TRIBUNE-MOND AT MORNItfa, APRIL ll, 1807.
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By The Tribune Publishing Company.
WILLIAM CONNKLL, t'nililent.
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AS
Tho Trlhuno rctolves over n special wlro
lending Into It nllleo the complete reimrt of
the Amounted 1'rem, tho greatest now col
lecting nrhiinlrntlnn In tho world. Tho
Tribune win tho first newspaper In North
eastern rmhsylvnnlr to tontrnet for thin
Nervlce.
.TEN PAGES.
SCRANTON, APRIL. 19, 1837.
The secret of the Cuban peace reports
from Madrid Is out Spain Is trying to
negotiate another war loan.
Very Probably Trus.
The report Is cuncnt at Washington
that President MrKlnley will yet re
voke some of the precipitate oh II ter
vlce orders of Ills predecessor which
were aimed to entrench Democratic ap
pointees In federal olllce. Should this
rumor he orllled, It will not Invohc
n brckwnrd step from honest civil ser
vice reform, but rather a rscuo of the
civil &ervlce fiom one of the most In
sidious of possible abuses
When It became apparent to Mr.
Clovclnnd, after the Chlcnso conven
tion, that hf could hope foi nothing In
the futuie, he began, as will bo remem
bered, to fix the civil service so that the
bands of the succeeding admit Islratlou
would be tied. Federal employes who
bad displeased him were summarily
bounced, their places filled with ad
ministration fuvorltct and then the po
Fltlons placed by eecutlvv order on
th'a classified lint. It was his hope thus
to anchor his sutelllteo on the public
payroll Indefinitely, his theory and the
theory of his subordinate- being, pre
sumably, that tile Incoming eecutlc
would not dare to risk the revocation
of these manifestly partisan oulers, for
fear of Mugwump criticism. They rea
soned, no doubt, that Major McKlnley
was a timid man, and that he would
draw his ideas of executive policy from
the editorial w rltlngs of Carl Schurz,
Richard Watson Glldti, Larry Oodkln
and tho othei mogula In the uclcct circle
of Clew land vvorshlnpeis, who would
of course view an depaitur tiom the
Cleveland programme; as a public cal
amity nnd a protan.it lor.
In puistiance of thlj Idea., It will bo
recalled tb.it no soonei was tho major
elected than these voluntcr advisers
at once began to Inform him how to run
the government The taiiff was to be
reformed on "revenue onl" lines, with
protection virtually eliminated; the
greenbacks were to be retiitd ah soon
as he reached the vv hlte house and tho
business of issuing paper money put at
onc3 into the bands of the national and
btatc banks; the active and effective
generals In the Republican paitj such
m,en as Quay and Plait and Toraker
were to be frowned upon us bold and
wicked corruption! -its unfit to be spoken
to after election; and the entire scheme
of proeedure elaborated with fetich dis
astrous consequences by the Inspired
fisherman of Buzzard's Ray was to be
continued without material alteration,
McKlnley being: only Giover'3 under
study. Unfoitunately for tho Mugwump cult,
though fortunately for tl e remainder
of the country, the quiet gentleman of
Canton, In his courteous, and dignified
way, saw fit at several points to differ
from tho lniti uctlons of Harper's Week
ly, the Century Magazine and the New
Voik Evening Post. He listened with
patience to what these Journals had ti
say, but afterward went right on just
ns if they had i.ot been. The tariff
whkh be asked congress to pass was
a tariff with protection foremost; the
project of wild-catting tho currency
was relegated 1 ir into tho background;
the edict of binlshment was not pro
nounced on the men who had by their
loyalty, fidelity and political aFtuteness
made patty victory possible; and It
would be Jut IIko William McKlnley in
his plain, modefet way to refus to let
tho favorites of G'over Cleveland long
er toast their shins before the flies of
offlclil emolument while good Repunll
cans, In every way their equal, nr.
bhiverlng on the bleak outsld.
President Krueger's action in sup
pressing a' newspaper that he didn't
like has been revoked by the high court
of the South African republic It re
malns to be seen w hether "Ooni Paul"
will try to suppress the court.
Taking the Starch Out.
It will be remembered that Governor
Black, of New York, in his first annual
message, took the bieath of the Mug
wump fraternity away by asserting.
Tho value of practical civil service Is be
yond question. The work of the legisla
ture necessary to render effective tho pro
vlslon of tho constitution should bo done
promptly and in good faith, not with ref
erence to Ideas so delicate us to be worth
less in actual practice, but with a vlow
solely to tho elevation of tho public ser
vice and tho highest discharge of tho du
ties of every public oflico. Every means
must bo adupted to tho end desired and in
my Judgment civil service) will work bet
ter with less starch. A scheme Is not nec
essarily effective or high-toned because It
lqcks common sense, and they aro not nee
essarlly hostile who think that common
sense would Improve It An examination
for a public place should bo suitable to tho
kind of service required, and ifflclent
margin snouip he given those making np
polntrnentB so that tho most competent
help can bo selected. Experience, charac
ter, tacl, pnd even muscle may be of more
Importance In some cases than tho frac
tjn of 1 per cent, In an examination
In geography. Tho discretion of tho ap
pointing power shouM not be entirely sub
ordlnated to the marking system, If an
examination has disclosed tho fact that
a certain number of men are qualified to
fill a given position, the place would be
mora likely to be properly filled If tho ap
polntlngomcercouldaelcctfrom among tho
whole number so qualified than If ho was
limited to a quarter of that number. Fur
thermore, it would reduce tho chances of
Injustices an applicant whose qualifica
tions, on the whole, -were superior to
tliaso of his competitors who had out
ranked him on the paper. Civil service
1 Intended to sepure for the public, at
a- reasonable cost, unquostloncd Integri
ty and approved skill, enlarged by conJ
tlhuous service and not to exploit any
particular Idea.
.The legislature, at Albany now has
bofore It a bill embodying Governor
Blank's Ideas" of a civil service scheme
with the starch out. That bill Is sum
mnrlzed ns follows:
In all examinations for appointment and
promotion In tho civil service, the merit
of all applicants shall bo determined by
examination conducted under the civil
service commissioners or examining board,
Upon oil examinations to determlno the
merits of tho applicants no higher rating
than 60 per cent, shall be given to any per
son The fitness of the applicants shall
bo determined by examination, to bo con
ducted by tho person or persons holding
tho power of appointment or promotion or
by sojiio person or board designated by
tho pprson holding such power of appoint
ment, and the rating n such examination
for fitness shall not exceed, In any cane,
CO per cont, Tho rating upon the examin
ation for Iltne ss shall bo added by the per
son or persons holding tho power of ap
pointment or piomotlon to tho rating
given each applicant, respectively, by tho
civil service commissioners or examining
boird, ns provided In section 1 of this act
All examinations shall bo competitive so
far ns practicable nnd shall bo practical
In their character and shall relate to inoso
matters which shall fairly test the Intelli
gence, competency, sultublllt, and char
acter of the applicants to discharge tho
duties of that service for which they seek
to lie appointed Tho civil serv Ice comml''-
sloneis of the stnte, with tho approval or
the governor, shall determlno when exam
inations aro not practicable. Ono month
after this not shnll take effect all existing
eligible lists for appointment or promotion
In the civil service of the state, or In nns
of tho cities thereof, shall be null and void
It will be perceived that tho salient
feature of this bill Is the adaptation of
fitness to the position sought. A man
might be a walking encyclopedia of
miscellaneous Information of an abs
truse character and yet be unfit to ad
dress envelopes or fold papers. He
might know tho position of every planet
In the heavens nnel the chemical for
mula for every substance In the uni
verse nnd yet not be worth a pinch of
rock salt as a bookkeeper, window elerk
or private- societal y The qualities
most needed for effective service In
public no less than In prlvnte employ
ment are qualities that would never re
veal themselves In formal examina
tion papers Many of the shrewdest
Judges of human nature In New York
state, and some once holding high po
sition, have been men who could not
parse a three-word sentence and could
hardly write their names. Grammar
ians and penmen can be hired by the
thousands on almost your own terms;
but you cannot get such men ns these
in every academy. They have what
schools and books don't teach.
There will be a bowl, of course, there
1" one, In fact, already over the Black
bill It comes mainly from the thoci
Ists who construct Ideal systems In the
privacy of their comfortable studies
and can't see why the blaisted Ignor
amuses who do the real work of the
woild do not older things accoiellngly.
But such bowls raiely amount to much
except as pastime. They are really
tilbutes in disguise.
The denial of Japan that she wants
Hawaii deserves to bo taken with sev
eral generous pinches of salt
Fair Piny for Yankee Railroads.
In dread of tho possibility that con
gress may soon take stops to abrogate
tho bonding prlv liege under w hlcb Can
adian railroads aie enabled to ship
fi eight into American territory duty
free, and thus, beln? subsidized and
tax-exempt, to underbid American car
rleis, to the lnjurj at once of American
capital and labor, these railroads,
through their agent, Edvvaid Farrer, of
Toronto, have submitted an Ingenious
statement to the senate committee on
Interstate eommeice. Its aim Is to
show that the bonding privilege Is a
good thing, a real good thing, for us.
Among the claims involved In this
statement are that the privilege has
been recognized from time Immemorial
and Is neccsaij because of the peculiar
configuration of the continent, that
only nbout 10 per cent, of the traffic of
the Canadian roads Is from state to
state and therefore Is not a source of
peril to American railways; that those
roads ate not heavily subsidized, and
finally that they all observe the letter
and spirit of our Interstate commerce
law in their dealings with freight for
American destinations. These claims
are duly reinforced by a sunning array
of figures In the manipulation of which
the Toronto writer Is a recognized ex
pert. In an Issue of this kind, where the
word of American Interests Is pitted
against that of foielgners, It seems to
us a reasonable belief that congress
ought to give credence to the former.
The managers of American trunk lines
say that the Canadian Pacific and
Grand Trunk lallvvuys aie depriving
them of much profitable through frelsnt
by their ability to offer lower rates be
cause they are not subject to the re
strictions of the Interstate commerce
law, and can make up by high charges
on local traffic what they l03e on the
long haul; also because they are heav
ily subsidized by the Canadian govern
ment and are exempt from taxation.
They assert, for Instance, that the
Canadian Pacific, operating some 7,200
miles of road, with telegraph lines, ele
vators, steamships, ferries and various
other contributing enterptlses, does not
pay a dollar In taxes, while the Union
Pacific, operating 7,690 miles of road,
Is compelled to pay an average of Sjl,
648,274 to tho various states through
which It passes, which Is equivalent to
a dividend of 2V& per cent upon the cap
ltal stock of Its Canadian Jlval. The
New Yoik Central, operating 2,098
miles, pays $1, 000,144 In taxes, and the
New York and New Haven, with SIS
miles, pays $S45,S58 annually. It is ar
gued, too, that If the freight that Is
now shipped from one point to another
point in this country by the Canadian
roads were seiit over lines that run
wholly In the United States It would
give employment to several thousand
more men, require the construction of
sevoral hundred new cars annually and
the disbursement of several million dol
lars In wages,
Why should not congress believe the
American as opposed to the Canadian
testimony?
It will bo noticed that it takes a cold
day at Washington to deter Pennsyl
vania from supplying at least oncan
dldate for every office.
The Baltimore American blames the
Kentucky deadlock upon tho present
method of electing United States sena
tors. It would be quite as fair to blame
the Hayes-Tllden eplsodo upon the
present system of electing piesldenW,
In each case It Is not the system but
tho multitude which Is to blame.
The bcautv nbout an advertisement
In The Trlbuiw Is that for your money
you get value received. It reaches the
people.
Tlu Beet Sugar Outlook.
In view of what wo printed a few
days ago concerning the chances of de
veloping In this country a domestic
beet sugar Industry which will keep at
homo all or much of tho $100,u00,0u0 now
sent to other countries annually In pay
ment for sugar Imports, some addition
al Information Just received through
an agricultural department bulletin will
possess Interest at least to some of
our renders.
This bulletin says that In 113 factories
reporting In Germany the mean net
profit for each factory was $32,240 for
the past year. The price reported for
beets Is usually fictitious, the best
growers owning the factory and pre
fer! Ing to shate in the general profits
than to charge a higher price for the
beets First-class beets rarely bell for
leys than $5 a ton. The Western Beet
Sugar company, of Watsouvlllc, Cal ,
stated that in the season of 18S8-S9, the'
cost of mnnufactutlng sugar from the
beets amounted to $80 80 per ton of
Hiignt. The department holds now that
with tho best machinery and most econ
omical processes, beet sugar can bo
made in this country at a cost of from
2 to 4 cents per pound, when tho price
of rich beets does not exceed $5 a ton.
In Hurope tl.e cost of erecting a factory
with tho most model n nmchlncry, of .i
capacity of at least 300 tons of beets
a day Is about $200,000. In this coun
try, owing to Increased cost of trans
portation, and the higher price of lnbor,
the cost w ould probably be $250,000. The
icport discountenances cheap manufac
turing processes and holds out no rea
sonable hope to farmers of successfully
establishing a homo beet sugar factory
but predicts that the co-operative fac
tory methods practiced In Europe, In
which beot-grOwIng farmers hold part
oi a majority of tho stock, will eventu
nllv come Into use her. Of 11,672,S1S
metilc tons of beets delivered to Ger
man factories In 18')5-90, theie were
2,CS9,004 tons grown by shareholders.
Pcveral beet sugar factoiies are in op
eration in this country and four others
are building or contemplated The rate
of increase In sugar consumption for 23
years has been 27S per cent. In the
United States, 112 In Fiance; 1G9 In
Germany; 10f In Austria and 90 In Eng
land. Though tho cash profits from such an
Industry should not be largo after Its
thoiough establishment, the presence of
such factories in such statps as Kan
sas and Nebraska, with farmers as
stockholders, would have an education
al Influence for pe'ace and quiet. It
would have a tendency to allay the
Popullstlc hallucination that the man
who inns an Industry Is necessarily a
bloated arlstccrat with nothing to do
but clip coupons and nothing to emt but
the livers eif his victims. In this way,
If In no other, It would work for the
betterment of rural sentiment, lead to
more rational views of things and open
the way to new development of the
country beyond the Mlssls&lppl where
now enterprise has largely gone to
seed.
Tho successor to Street Commissioner
Kinsley should at all events be a man
who will consider that his office Is a
public trust.
And now, lookln;; back over It all,
what a miserable mistake that Tllton
Beecber scandal was
Gossip at
the Capital
Special to tho Sertnton Tribune.
Wahlngton, April. 18 Tre appointment
of Senator Wolcott, of Colorado, ex-Vlee-Presldent
Stevenson, of Illinois, and Hon.
C. J. Paine, of Massachusetts, as commis
sioners to pavo tho way for nn interna
tlonal conference has been cordially com
mended. Until this week nobody knew
definitely what the president's plans wero
In regard to this question. It was known
that ho was etremcl anxious to take the
pioper steps towards carr Ing out the
pledge of the party looking lo Internation
al consideration of the silver question, but
Just how ho p-oposed to bring this about
or to take the Initiative nobody was able
to saj It now appears that, as usual, ho
has chosen tho wise plan, and ono most
likelv to bo successful. Not onlj has he
chesen the plan most likely to be success
ful, but the ono llkelj to be most succesi
ful Rj this is meant that If ho Is ab'a
to cprry out the plans thus Inaugurated
tro International conference will be
brought lo tho doors of every American
voter. President McKln!c's hope Is that
It may be practicable to hold this con
fereneo In the United States and In tho
city cf Washington. If thl shall happen
oveiy American citizen will havo the full
benefit of tho discussion which thero aris
es. It will be as thocgh tho meeting of
tho rcprercntatlves of the great nations
was brought to his own doorjard With
press associations can i Ing the full pro
ceedings of tho conference, and tho hun
dreds of special conespondents In Wasi
ln(,ton commenting upon the proceedings
in tho papers which they represent, every
citizen who feels tho slightest Intel est In
this question wculd bo blo to follow tho
pioceedlngs and fetudy them In their prop,
er light, thus knowing for himself that
tho work was well done.
The commissioners who aro to go abroad
to try to bring about nn agreement for a
conference aro highly commended by
members of all parties as especially Judi
cious selections. Mr Wolcott, by reason
of his long study of tho question and dis
cussion on two previous trips abrewd of
this samo subject, will bo of much greater
value than any man who had not had these
experiences; ex-VIco-Presldent Stevenson,
representing tho sl'ver element of tho
Demociacy and well known by reputa
tion and In person abroad, will Instantly
command attention; whllo Mr. Paine, as
a close student of this subject, will provo
equally useful and Influential. It docs not
follow that these men who are selected
for this work are to be tho representatives
of the United States In an International
conference If they aro successful In bring
ing ono about; on the contrary, It Is ex
pected that othor men will be selected to
rcpresent,the government In that confer
ence. The people who aro assuming that the
tariff bill Is likely to drag through tho
summer and keep the business of the
country In an unsettled condition awaiting
final action may be disappointed, The
nex week or ten days at the furthest are
likely to seo the bill perfected by the Re
publican members of the finance com
mittee and It Is likely'" to get Into the
senate before the month ends. Prospects
now seem to be good for a final vote upon
It In June and its completion In time that
It may go Into effect at the beginning of
the fiscal year July 1. The changes made
by tho senate committee are much less In
extent than had been expected. Tho ores-
sura for a reduction In tho duties on wool
has not been successful thus far and tho
chances seem to bo that they will not
be. Tho demand of tho sugar trust for
changes in the schedule advantageous to
them has been promptly rejected. The
wall of the Standard oil trust and of sun
dry other corporations1 of this character
hao passed unnoticed, Thoso Democrats
nnd Populists and other enemies ot tno
Republican party who had hoped to bo
nblo to make political capital by charging
that tho tariff bill was favorable to cor
porations and trusts are disappointed.
And they contlnuo to bo disappointed,
Whllo things aro moving on smoothly
with tho Republicans, thero Is troublo
among the Democrats. Tho breach be
tween tho Bailey and tho Bryan factions
In tho houso has been widened, and tho
Populist allies of that party havo been
given tho cold shoulder. Tho sockless
Simpson, finding himself fast losing tho
notoriety which his eccentricities havo
awarded him, developed a now freak nnd
attacked Speaker Reed beciuso of his fail
ure to appoint committees when commit
tees wero not needed. Tho Bran wing
of tho Democracy, being so accustomed
to co-operating with the Populists, wanted
to support Jerry, but tho Bailey wing op
posed It. Mr Bailey, who last fall op
posed tho consolidation of the Populist
and Dcmoorntlc psity In tho campaign, re
tains the same views today and put tnem
Into practical operation. As tho leader of
tho Democratic sldo of the house, he
called a caucus at once, nnd by a vote ot
two to ono adopted a resolution declining
co-operation with Simpson and his fol
lowers, thus again defeating the Brjan
ltes In their attempt to control tho Dem
ocracy Ir. tho house.
SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE
POSED ROAD LAW.'
PRO-
Prom the Lancaster New Era,
While most of our readers havo heard
In a general way of tho provisions of thu
Hamilton road law, we also know thit
there Is somo prejudice against It, meiely
because its provisions are not fully un
derstood by the majority of rarmers and
others Interested. Its author has Issued
a circular. In which some of tho pro
visions of the bill are moro fully elab
orated, and wo shall speak of them hero
becauso wo believe when they are fully
understood they will go far towards dis
arming criticism and removing existing
objections to tho bill.
It Is very generally admitted that opo
of tho evils ot tho present law Is that
supervisors In most townships go out
of olllco annually. A good man may bo
superseded by an Incompetont one. Thero
can be no permanent Improvement under
such a system. This bill provides for a.
continuous body, or board, composed of
the most capablo men, under whose di
rection an effective system of road mak
ing can be organized nnel carried out.
Under the prcent law supervisors can
levy a road tax not exceeding ten mills
on tho dollar, but In addition to that they
may Incur a township debt to an un
limited amount. They can also levy a
special tax to pay such debt. Under tho
proposed law their powers In this direc
tion aro limited. They may levy tho ten
mill tax as now, but beforo they go fur
ther they must make application to tha
Common Pleas court and show cause why
they want to levy moro tax, and this
gives every citizen an opportunity to
como forward and be heard, whether In
opposition or otherwise This protects
the citizen against having townships In
volved In debt against their own will.
As the law Is at present, supervisors
raiy r enquire one-fourth of tho tax to be
paid In money The proposed law author
izes the supervisors to levy one-half to be
paid in cash so that Implements and
machinery may bo purchased and labor
bo patd. A large majority of the super
visors who have been asked their opin
ion whether the road tax should be paid
in money, declare that If that was done
they could do moro with one-half or two
thirds of tho present tax than they can
now do with It all. While many persons
and communities favor that tho tax bo
all paid In money, the proposed bill asks
that only one-half shall so bo paid, and
the other half In labor. Besides, under
the present law many taxes run as low
as ten, fifteen and twenty cents. It Is
almost Impossible to collect such sums.
Tho new bill proposes to tax every male
taxable one dollar per annum. At pres
ent supervisors aro expected to see to It
persona'ly that men work out their tax.
This often prevents the best men from
accepting tho office. It doesn't pay them.
The new law places this duty on a road
master, who is appointed by tho super
visors, and who Is In a position to exact
the full measure of service from all.
Under the present sstem the roads are
liable to be neglected at seasons of the
year when they most need attention. Tho
new law proposes to district the town
ships Into seet'ons not exceeding twenty
miles of road to each section, and placo
on that section a good common day la
borer, who Is to keep tho road In repair
and supervise tho labor that reports to
him, und seo that everj thing Is done in
accordance with the directions that ho re
ceives from time to tlmo from tho board
of supervisors This will Insure that
whatever Is done will be kept In placo un
til tho next season, and additions mado
year by year will gradually bring our
roads Into fine condition. These are the
leading features of the bill proposed. It
Is believed that this law will meet the gen
eral sense of what Is needed In the way
of road legislation at this time. Unusual
Interest has been manifested In It by nil
classes of our citizens, and tho attitude
of the formers of the commonwealth to
ward this proposed bill may be Judgd
from the fact that out of one hundred and
eight granges who havo replied to a
momorial asking their view of the bill,
one hundred and ono have answered In its
f av or.
THE TRIBUNE'S SUCCESS.
Trom tho Plttston Item.
Tho Scranton Tribune has Just put In
ono of tho celebrated R. H. Hoe's presses
and has mado other additions and Im
provements in its plant, which hal baen
previously one of the best equipped In
this part of the state. These changes
havo been made necessary to meet the
demands of Its largo and growms circula
tion. Wo are glad to notlco thesa evi
dences of our contemporary's prosperity,
as it Is always pleasing to seo real merit
win pronounced and substantia! success.
From Its birth Tho Tribuno has been a
model newspaper, clean, bright, able and
conservative. Typographically, It Is a
gem; locally, It Is uccurato and complete;
editorially, It is an Intolligont and able
leader of thought In Its vicinage The
keen and graceful pen of Editor Llvy S.
Richard, well and favorably known to
Pittstonlans for his excellent Journalistic
work while In this city, has done much to
elovata the literary character of his own
department and to glvo weight to the
editorial utterances of the pape- In politi
cal and Journalistic circles thioushout the
state Under Its present management It
has forged to the forefront amongst the
ablest newspapers In Pennsylvania, 'Ihe
Item extends Its heartiest congratulations
to Tire Tribune and to Bdltor Rleharl.
.11 Y PUT. OP DIU1AMS.
From my pipe's engraven bowl
Glddj fantasies unroll,
Tancles strange, enchanting, luring,
Evanescent, unendurlng,
Emanating from the hole
In my pipe's enclosing bowl.
While It's gaily bubbling ball,
Binding me within Its thrall.
Sends up censer smoko that curling
Graylsh-bluo, and writhing, whirling,
Heavy-Bccnted, covers all
With tha maglo of tho ball.
Ah! that tiny, conoid bowl
Grants mo but a niggard's dole,
Vet I'm ever, ever dreaming
Of tho Joys that He In seeming,
Ploatlng from the subtle soul
Of tho devil In the bowl.
Raloh Alton In tho Lotus.
GOLfeS
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with the fact that you are receiving an honest return for your money.
We want your all-the-year-round, patronage, be it great or small.
Want you to at all times connect this store with your buying needs.
That Busy Garmeet Room
We've planned for business this spring as we have never planned before,
and the logical result is we are getting it. More new lots for you to in
vestigate. This means another week of busy buying.
Misses' Spring Jackets at $1.23 and upwards
Ladles' Spring Jackets at $4.98 and upwards
New Capes at $11.23 and upwards
Suits at $4.98 and upwards
Separate Skirts at $1.49 and upwards
Our Dress Goods stock has received some important acquisitions during
the past week, among which are 20 different colorings, all Wool Star Checks,
38 inches wide, at 39c; 10 shades of double fold Bicycle Suitings at 20c; 12
shades of All Wool French Vigogne Suitings, 48 inches wide, at 50c. Also a fine
lot of Silk and Wool Novelties, regular 75c and $1 goods, at 50c.
$5isrSince everybody knows that we are going out of the carpet business,
the rush has been so great that we have been overworked, but have now added
to our force so as to serve you promptly.
FINLEY
SPECIAL SALE
SILKS KM
s.
In special novelties and staple wearers
our stock was never moro complete or
attractive than at the present moment.
In fine English Tweeds, Covert Cloths,
etc., which are In dolly demand, we can
show you every color or combination that
Is desirable, and at the right price.
Choice line of Black and Colored Drap
d'etes and Drap de Moscovlenne Cloth,
the very latest for fine tailor-made gar
ments. In Silk and Wool Novelties, Wool Gren
adines and Etamines, our stock Is tho
most complete this side of New York
city, and every suit EXCLUSIVE.
Elegant lino of Silk Grenadines in blacks
and colors. Theso goods havo been one
of the most active sellers In the depart
ment this season and are getting scarce.
Seo Dress Goods window for another
special drive In 23c and 48c suitings.
Strictly all wool. The immense trade
done on these two lines would clearly Indi
cate that there's nothing to beat them.
510 AND 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
CALL UP 0082.
Maloney 031 and
Manufacturing Co.
S,
Office and Warehouse,
141 to 101 MERIDIAN STREET.
M. W. COLLINS, Mgr.
DIXON
AMERICAN GRAPHITE PENCILS,
AMERICAN and 1IE3T, Bee
Our Window.
man,
437 Hpruoe Street, The Rotunda,
Board of Trade Dulldlng.
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Easter
. Greet! eg
You Will Enjoy Easter Eggs In a Palr
of our Enfcter Shoes.
Lewis, ReiHy k Mvfes,
114 and 110 WYOMING AVENUE.
Telephono No. 2 102.
ASTER
c
TIE RAINBOW OF ME
LENTEN GLOOM.
Easter Is the only generally recognized
holy-day, tho celebration of which Is purely
spiritual nnd admits of no worldly festivity.
A CARD presentably embellished and In
scribed with n motto in keeping with tho
Spirit of the season sent to a friend, will do
much toward keeping In 'view the meaning
oftheobservnnce.
Teachers, Sunday School or Secular Insti
tutions; mothers to sons, eons to mothers,
friend to friend absent or nt home to these
n dainty Eawter remembrance Is worth far
more than Its trifling cost.
Easter Cards and Easter
Booklets at
Reynolds Bros
STATIONERS,
Hotel Jermy n Building.
Tie Eiiest Lime of
dt
Btackles
Ever seen in Scranton.
Silver Qlit and Silver, set
with amethysts, Carbun
cles, Garnets and Tur
quoise, mounted on Silk,
Leather and the Latest
Thing, Leather Covered
with Silk.
May Be Found at
E
Ageuts for Retina Muslo Iloxes.
130 Wyoming Avenue.
BAZAAI
Alteration
SALE.
Sweeping reduction In all lines to turn
mov Ing stock, on account of extensive alter
atlons on our first and second floors. Now Is
the time to buy
China, Glassware,
Bric-a-Brac, Lamips,
Silverware and House
hold Goods, Cheap.
Economical housekeepers will do well to
attend this sale.
Two 10-reet Illack Walnut Counters and
120 feet of good Shelving for sale cheap.
TIE CLEMONS, FE1RBEE
ALLEY ca,
42'J
Lackawanna Avenue.
HENRY BELiN, JR.,
General Agent for the Wyoming
District for
OUP0NTS
POWDER
Mining, IllaBtlng.Sporting, Smokeless
and tho Rcpauno Chemical
Company's
HIGH EXlPLOSIfES,
Safety Fuse, Caps and Exploders.
Rooms 212, 213 nnd 211 Commonwealth,
building, Scranton.
AGENCIES:
THOS, FORD,
JOlINlLRMITIKtSON, .
E. W. MULLIGAN,
Plttston
riyrnouthi
Wllkes-llarra
?rrn n
W
ILt
Garden Barrows,
Garden Rakes,
Lawn Shears,
Trimming Shears,
Lawn Seed, Fertilizer
FOR TIE IE.
Carpet Sweepers,
Carpets Whips,
Floor Brooms.
Feather Dusters,
Scrub Brushes,
Furniture Polish,
Brass Polish.
FOOTE k SHEAR CO.
: I
II PLEASANT
D)AL
AT RETAIL.
Coal of tho best quality for domestls usa
and ot all sizes, Including Duckwieat and
Dlrdseye, delivered In any part of tho cltf
at the lowest prlco
Orders received at the Office, first floor,
Commonwealth building, room No 6;
telephone No. 2621 or at tho mine, tele
phono No. 272, will bo promptly attended
to. Dealers supplied at the mine.
T, SI
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