'&.-& j. r v Vfc lfcinr "nrt , ."" ." ifT' "J (V ' -1" vaNfliiJr ". lTO?iii5rt,,,""T ' .-"mmtrnvn'' TIIE SCKANTOK TRIBUNE-TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL SO, 1807. fy gcxawtow vtBunc "" Iflljrnd Wrakljr. No SuntUr IMItWi. By The Tribune I'ubllthlng Company. " WILLIAM CONNELL, rrcildcnt. 1t Ycik llfprfrntttllr: 1HANK H. (11UY CO. Itnom Tribune liulMlne, Nw York Cltr. ifciiRto at tub rosTorriri at screws, 'a., trCOND-CLABS MAIL MATTfSR. A3 Tlio Trillium ron-lxc ocr u niiocliit wlro IcuiUtiK Into Hi nlllce thn romplotn report of lliu Associated Press, tho ifrimtost now rol lertliiK orwmlButloii In tlio world. Tlio Trillium mi tlio llrxt nouHpnpcr In North euslcin lVnriN.vlvuntii to cuutruct fur tills ervli-e. TEN PAGES. PCHANTON, Al'lllli 20. 1897. It Is to be regretted that councils last night did not re-elect City Solici tor Torrey outfight and hap It ended. Demonstrated ability, familiarity with the work of the olllce and with the general subject of municipal leglsla latlon, and also precedent were all In bis favor. The olllce of city solicitor Is one that should be kept free from politics. Democrats nnd Republicans lire alike Interested In having an lion '8t enforcement of the law and a con Htltutional drafting of the ordinances. The fact tlmt Mr. Torrey haw shown himself capable to aid In the one and to insure the other Is a thoroughly suf ficient Justification for his retention. Fortunately, he Is now reseated for at least a year, In rnnsciiuence of the Democratic failure to regulate the time to which councils adjourned. The Local Industrial Problem. The report of the Manufactures com mittee read last evening to the board of trade calls attention to a fubjert which Is bound bocnor or later to glow In Importance. In sajlng this we do npt wish to Imply that It Is not Import ant already; the need of additional lo cal industries has never been rnor' emphatically brought home to the com munity's attention than during the re cent depression, when the curtailment of activities In the mines nt.d In the steel mills can led the entire circle of business aownwnrd. It Is true that the depression In these two foundation In dustries was rellccted In mo3t other In dustries, so that the recent times would have been li.it 11 had the diversification of our productive energies been far greater than they were. nut where Industries are diversified It Is only on rnre occasions that all are dull at the same time. It often hap pensperhaps ns often as nine tlnis In ten that the community with nu merous Industries cover Inn a wide range of activity Is enabled to bridge oor doprcpslun In one or two direc tions, while the community that has only n few strings to Its bow Is thrown by the snapping of those strings Into a state of collapse. "What lends to these trite remarks the element of especial timeliness Is the fact, pointed out In Saturday's Issue, that coal and Iron cannot In future be depended upon as a bails of growth to the extent that they have been In the past. Our coal Is going, and the slump In Iron Is such that rro man foresees the end. If the future Is to be preserved and the city carried onward to Its possibilities. It can come In no other way than by means of an Industrial branching out. The appeal of the Manufactures com mittee for the Investment of Sctvtnton capital In Scranton enterprises is one that ran be enforced only through pub lic Ecntlmcnt. It Is our belief that most of our citizens of means would any day choose a local Investment In preference to a foreign one, provided the former came within speaking dis tance of the latter In point of prospect ive profitableness. At the same Unit., it I.s not possible to conceal that there nre men in Scranton. as elsewhere, who accord to promoters from a distance a more ready nnd credible hearing than they accord to those who aim to stim ulate the volume of home trade. It Is uporr these men that public sentiment should concentrate. If they can be ln- ,dueed to open ns willing an ear to the ,home promoter as U the foreigrr one, the problem w ill be solved. While orr this subject we venture to offer the opinion that It is botte" as a rule to organize home capitalists Into companies for manufacture anil pro duction than to coax outsiders to locate here. Some mishaps which in the past have attended such organizations ought not to be ch.ugcd up as faults of the system, but only as Inevitable vicissi tudes of the bard times. Willie out sider a should alwpys bo welcomed and accorded all Inducements within rea son, it Is in our Judgment open to de bate whether It is wise to encourage industrial mendicancy by competitive bidding for the favor of outsiders. Such blddlnfe is better suited to com munities with .reputations yet to foa established than to cities of the rank und renown of Scranton. There is -rnonoy, enough In Scranton to urversify "Pcriinfbn'b industries and makii a. few ; outsldu Investments btslde. Let oner CrBV'bo, directed to getting this nroney ..into use. VX'Those who are predicting Democrat ic auoCcss In 1000 overlook the fact that -t'V Republican party cannot be denied -u fair; trial, which Is all It needs '.lu. order to win. 215.7' . . A Party Duy- It is characteristic of the email group "Of'MUgSvump extremists who made "iWfnYSst nolso for McKlnley when ho .was a candidate for president that they JVC already making an equal clamor Jagalnefhlm because ho lias remained tfalthfultothepleilKesof his party. They JJelabored him for his attltuue on the Jarlff and now they are thwacking him Jtor appointing a commission to Inqulro STlnto 'the possibility of convening an gother international blmetallio con ference. They nfllrm that this Jqppolntment Is a "sop" to the fffllvor foreeaj but if they will jVend-the St, Louis platform they will jjijorcelve that it is nothing of the kind. i The Republican position from tiro gpafly's 'Inception has been one favor HClV to bimetallism; but In recont rars,-Tn7ponscquence or the Increasing divergence between tlio metals, tho JTiJrtrly has abandoned thought of Indo pi'ndfjnt action toward silver's rehab Saltation and has araerted the nepes SLLMsttiBtlonol co-operatloji, Such co-operation It Is pledged to promote. The moral ilclit of Ha nKroetnenl with the people will he liquidated only fcfter every becotnlttK effort shall have been put forth by our. government In vain. So lone us there Is n chance of Invok ing International concert for bimetal lism, the administration must Improve It; when all chance shall have disap peared, It may await further Instruc tions from the people. It may tickle the Mugwump mind to believe that party platforms should be of no consequence; but this belief Is not general among men who value hon esty and fair-dealing. With due credit to the sincerity of the bclf-stylcd '"agitators and evangel ists" who have been conferring In this city relatlvo to the formation of a Prohibition church, It Is probable that the most important plank In their plnt fornr Is that In which they Invite "financial assistance" and ndvertlse to respond to calls from any part of the country "on reasonable terms." Tlilf, at least, Is practical. War at Last. It I.s almost Impossible, at this dis tance from the scat of war and in the face of so many cor. Hiding reports, to write an Intelligent cornniiut on the Tiiroo-arecliin hostilities, nor, In any event. Is our Inexpert opinion on such a subject of much consequence. It la clear, however, that for the present complication the Kuropenn powers themselves are responsible. Had they In the first place made Turkey redeem Its oft-broken promises of reform In the civil administration of Crete, or, better still, accepted the demand of the Cretan Christians for release from Turkish sway and freedom to make the alliance of their choice; or, falling this, hnd they kept hands off tho Cretan Insurrection. It Is fair to assume that war would not have arisen. Rut while loudly professing solicitude for peace, llu power.- have so indecisively dllly dallied, now goading Greece nnd anon encouraging the Turk, that a conflict has literally been forced upon the re luctant principals the end of which no man inn foresee. Superficially the idds against Clreece appear to be ocrwhelming, but so did they against Japan in that plucky lit tle empire's recent war with China. There Is In the present casterrr sltua tlon much to suggest that nliort-ltved btruggle, (he main difference being in the attitude of the powers. Chir a and Japan were left to fight It out practi cally unhindered; but there Is no assurance- that when Greek valor shall puncture the rotten bubble of Moham medan Igrorancr-, superstition and In ternal decay, as we should expect it to do it' let alone, th" greed of Russia, and the Jealousy of England, Oerrrnny and Austria mar net establish a new con cert of mediation, more effective than the old. The present appearand- of the powers sugce.sts that they will nb btain from Inlf-rferln-? only when Tur key is getting tho better of it, and that it will require simply an aggres sive stride by Greece to unsheath their swords. Unless all current Informa tion la at fault, there Is no alternative for Amci leans but to sympathize with the Greeks and watch the price of w lu-at. If there Is Justice In the universe, the Hon. John M. Garman will not only be re-elected chairman of the Pennsylvania Democracy, but ho will be re-elected unanimously, vociferous ly and tumultuously, with the Repub licans foremost In approval. As to Sunday Sports. The efforts of leading clergymen of this city to secure from the present legislature the enactment of a law pro hibiting the playing of base ball or the exhibition of other amusements on Sunday rest upon the fundamental proposition that such occurrences are detrimental to the best Interests of the community. It Is not likely that this proposition will be disputed. Wheio large throngs gather on Sun day to witness athletic sports It is al most Impossible to preserve that de cent quiet and good order that - - appropriate to the day. Profc usually especially rife; and sr. force and violence appear. So base ball 13 concerned It is a sha ., connect it in the minds of the better class of people with rowdyism and sacrilege; for, by Itself and In its prop er place. It Is one of the most whole some of sports. He Is the best friend of it who wishes to preserve It from the odium of evil associations. The management of the Scranton base ball club Is to be congratulated upon its firmness In declining to yield to the financial temptation of Sunday playing. Wo have'no doubt that for a time Sunday games would be exceed ingly profitable In tills city. But It is questionable If that condition would be permanent. The lowering of( the bars would let in one element only to drive out a better. Six days a week for work nnd boisterous play ought to bo sirlllclent for reasonable rrren. Let us keep the seventh day pure. "Do the political leader's of the Re publican party In Pennsylvania feel," asks the Philadelphia Ledger, "that they can afford by their own acts to ftamp the platform of their own party ns a lie and a cheat? Have they for gotten tho lessons of tiro past? Aro they foolish enough to bellevo that (.uch n tiring as a day of reckoning Is an impossibility?" We'lmaglne not. The trouble doesn't appear to bo with the leaders at Harrlsburg, but with tho balky led. 0:t After the Splttcr. There Is need of more determined effort than has yet been made to stamp out the spitting habit on our street cars. AVhlle tho rules of the Traction company forbid tho transformation of tho lloors of the cars Into traveling cuspidors and the board of health has upon occasions condemned tho public splttcr ltr spirited resolutions, tho evil remains unabated It is an evil in ev ery public place, but In street cars is especially obnoxious, for reasons that can readily bo understood In many cities we hear from day to day of the arrest of particularly ob noxious sjilttcrs, under provisions of the law giving magistrates tho power to inlllct exemplary punishment. Ac tion of this kind is needed, in Scranton, and needed badly. If conspicuous signs were posted In every street car Informing tho splttcr that the mo ment he Is caught In the act ltd will be seized by the car and marched forthwith to tho nearest alderman's ofllce, It would be likely to have a good effect. If the threat shouldn't, the fulfilment of It certainly would. This subject has passed beyond the stage of a Jest and Is now a matter of seriousness. Considerations of health no less than of decency are Involved, and something In reduction of the evil must be done. The Ulnghamton Chronicle, In cclc bzratlnrr Its tenth bltrhday, nssures the public that It Is a success. We knew It was that, from an editorial standpoint, for It Is one of the neatest and cleanest weekly publications In the country; and we are rejoiced to learn nlso that It is receiving the finan cial reward of the fit . An attempt is being made In New York and Illinois to lllegallze the de partment btore. Of course It will fall. Statutes cannot turn back the dial hands of civilization. As well pass laws prohibiting steam engines and electricity. According to ex-Governor Campbell, of Ohio, the Democratic party "Is the only Indestructible political entity in this country." Why? Because it hasn't sense enough to recognize that Its usefulness lias ceased. We Infer from the remarks of certain prominent Wllkes-Harreans that that city wants a different charter so that It can Increase Its municipal debt. Take advice In time, and keep the debt dow n. The New York big dry goods firm of II. 13. Ciallln company threatens to move If tho legislature at Albany doesn't go slow. Tliat'3 right; come to Scranton. The Coal Fields of Neu) Mexico Special Correspondence of Tho Tribune. Kl Paso, N. M.. April II. Mine men prominent In eastern business circles and some of tl.em of country-wide fame, left New Vork on Saturday lust, the luth lrst., to Investigate the coal Ileitis of Snladn, N. M.. ami the advisability of a railroad to take that co.il to market. It is doubtful if a party more thoroughly qualified from experience and equipment to Judge of ire mptorlal resources of a country, the pos sibilities of coal production and use nnd the Inducements for railroad construction was ever organized. It consists of Clar ence 1). Simpson nnd Colonel 11. M. Holes, of Scranton; V. A. Lathrop. of Wilkes Xinrre, general superintendent Lehigh and Wllkcs-Harre Coal company; J. W. OgJcn, of New York, tunko:-; Commodore (3. C. W. I.owr.v, or New York, capitalist; George W. Dlctlu Fon, of New Vork, formerly general man ager of the Northern Pacific Railroad com pany; Henjnmln S. llnrmon. a prominent New York lawyer; Charles II. Kddy, who has ben a lender in some of the greatest enterprises eor undertaken In tho south west, and M. M. Glilam. or New orK. The Investigations have been entered upon by these gentlemen with a view to demon strating beyond question the promise and pcssiblllties of the country. Nothing Is to bo taken for granted. Nothing shorl of facts and provable llgures will satisfy them. If they decldo to go nhead with tho enterprise It Is their own money that will be largely at risk. They mean that there shall ho no risk. And so It Is that e co step taken Into this country has been with eyes and ears wide open nnd with a deter mination to know the worst and to tnke favorable statements with every possible allowance. Hereay evidence has been given no weight; tho rosy views of pro moters who soo grent possibilities In the future hnvp not been considered. The question Is, "What Is the state of things now; what Is tho least price that com petitive coal can be brought Into this re gion for, and at what cost could coal be marketed from the Salada mines?" It has been made very elenr to every one In that party that Kl I'aso Is now the dis tributing center for more than i),ono tons of coal nnd 12,000 tons of coke each month. At present there nre throe principal sourc es for this supply Thurber on the Texas Pacific railroad, r39 miles away, and with a haul over the Sierra lllenco mountains, presenting adverse grades of more tnan B.C0) feet; Trinidad on the Sante Kc rail toad, 522 miles away, and with grades even more adverse than thee of the Texas Pa cific, and Cerll'.as, 310 miles distant, using lie Santa Fo line after a hard haul over 'io Glorletta mountains. None of these tIs Is of exceptionally high grade Judged m tho eastern standpoint. The Trinl- ad conl, which Is probably tho best, naked a coke lidding about IS per cent, of ash. The Thurber coal can be coked, but the product Is Infcilor to that of Trin idad. The old Ccrrllns coal was of fairly good coking quality, but tho vein Is ex hausted nnd the present output from this field Is of poor grade. Thoro are sumo other points from which small qtuntltrrs of Inferior coal ure contributed, but they do net ccunt In considering thlh problsm. Tho large quantity price of coal in Kl Pao I.s JI.M) to $"."."i per ton, nnd of coko froni iffi.50 to J10.00, or even very much higher tor the choicest graeles. Tho retail price of coal Is J7.50 nnd 8. No wonder the average citizen ns well ns tho Grens-r turns to mcsquitl roots for his fuel. Hlrise Irrigation Is largely practiced here and tho ditches must bo ubovo the general level tho two facts led some wit to char acterize tho country ns "a land where you dig for wood and climb for water." There Is almost no stove wood to bo hnd for mnro than a hundred miles around Kl Puso, save such as tho mesqultl roots supply, an 1 their yield Is limited as well as bulky, awkward, dirty nnd unsatisfactory. Cheap. or coal would be a great advantage to all classes, -::- Just at present thero aro evidences of much activity In Kl Pnso. It Is tho nat ural northern gateway to Mexico and the flood of materials and machinery now being otti acted Into tho sister republic leaves a pleasant toll as it passes. It is probable that still greater activities will characterise tho Immediate future of Mex ico. Now territory In the northern part Is being opened by new railways, great mining operations nro tnklng life nil around and vast capital Is being put Into smelters nnd reducing plants. All of this makes a growing and Impuratlvo market for coal and coke, yet nix or seven hun dred miles of hard hauling swells tho price of overy ton. In Kl Paso Itself and in a dozen other centers of Texas, Now Mexico and Arizona, thero Is tho same In creasing demand nnd tho samo cmhnr.xo Is put on enterprise by the cost of fuel. "Ask nny El Paso boy 10 years old what ono thing Is now needed for the greater prosperity of tills part of tho country and he'll tell you 'cheaper coal,'" remarked ono of tho foremost lawyers of the south west to me today. Tho fuol question hero Is ono of such great moment that all claotcs and almost all ages fully compre hend It, With tho cost of coal reduced l a ton (as tho Sa'.ada entorprise promises to pro. fltably permit with nssuranco that tho lower rate would be maintained, a score of Important enterprises would bo undertak en nt onco hereabout, Tho monthly mar ket for 10,000 tons of coal nnd 12,000 tons of coko would probably ho increased by half within two years. Tho Investigating party is moro than delUhted with the outlook. There is not a c)io-t or question an to tho greatness and growth possibili ties of this market. If the Saluda cold Hold proves to bo what Its promoter assert and what nil competent testimony bo far' unites In declaring It, It will be opened at once. -:lt-Thls field Is located 160 miles from Kl Paso and to matket Its product a railroad of that iHigth must bo built. All the evi dence agrees that to build this rond is the simplest railroad proposition possible. There nro no streams to cross, no trestllng of any moment, almost no rockwork and for ntnrly Its entire Icnuth the road would run over n tncea ns smooth ns -an Ideal western pralrlc Near its northern termi nus the rend wouli top the famous Cnpl tnn region, the host timbered, the best wnterjdofnnj soMIdH In all the southwest and already supporting n lumbering nnd agricultural population of upward 12.u"0 people, Thcro nro also excedlngly rich deposits of Iron nnd thu precious metn'.s which would by this road be brought to an Immediate market. i'li In tho mntter of lumber It should bo born In mind tlin rough timber of tho grade of the eountry ts now bringing 0 per thou sand In Kl Paso, while flooring Is quoted at J2.". A conservative estimate of tho distribution of railroad ties to tho six railroads centering at 151 Pnso Is WW.OOO nnnLnlly. Railroad men say a supply at 13 or own GO cents would practically con trol the market. Prom nil appearances there is no timber region that could com pete with the Capltan In this respect, once It is renched by a railroad. At this writing the summing up of tho wholo mntter appears to bo; If tho Sal.vln coal Hold nnd the Capltan timber section are reached by n railroad thoso who con trol the output nnd tho trnfllc enn dlctnte prices or practically monopolize the conl, coke and lumber trade of a district ex tending for fully 300 miles In every direc tion from E5 aso. M. M. Glilam. OUR NEW PRESS. Scranton Industrial News: "The Trib une's new press was started April 17, und the next Monday's edition of ten pages was printed on it. The machine Is ono of the celebrated Hoe perfecting presses of tho 'Observer' pattern, with nil the latc3t Improvements, o.i which a paper 4, (!, 8, 1U, 12 or lfi pages may be printed, cut, pasted, folded and counted nt the rate of 12.U0O to 21,000 complete copies In un hour. Tho strides made in the newspaper busi ness In thi3 city within tho past few years is sotrcthlng wonderful and The Tribune Is always to be found at the head of tho proceBicr This lutCHt Improvement tn The Tribuno press room was demanded by the constantly Increasing patronage of that popular newspaper, nnd the enter prise of tho business management is ably seconded by the ability of tho editorial and ireportorlal departments, Montrose Republican: "Our valued Scranton contemporary. The Tribunt, hav ing ngnin outgrown lis press facilities, has Just put In one of It. Hoc & Co.'s lat e'st und most Improved machines, on which the paper will hereafter bo printed. The new irrc-ss is an Observer,' nnd prints and folds an elght-pago paper at the rato of upward of 20,000 per hour or a sixteen page pallet at the rate of 12,000 per hour. This adilltlcn to the mechanical depart ment of The Tribune makes Its equipment as coirplete as that of any newspaper plant In tho state, aside from the large city dallies, ar d we noto with pleasure this evidence of tho continued prosperity of our contemporary, which it has earned by Its unquestioned merit nnd worth." Wllkes-Rnrro New-Dealer: Tho Scran ton Tribune Is row equipped with ono of Hoe's modern prctses It Is rapablo of printing C, 8, 10. 12 or 1G pages. Our con temporary appears dally now In lO-pagu form. Tie Improvement Is n marked one, but only in keoplng with the progress that has always charucterlzcd the management of the paper. Scranton World: One of the latest moves by The Tribune Is the putting In place of a new $20,(XW Hoe press. This Is a decidedly commendable step, and places The Tribune much In advance of other papers her from a. mechnnlcal point of view, as It affords the privilege of turn ing out nny slzo paper desired. The Trib une Is rapidly moving to tho head of tho lolumu, and Manager Davis is to be con gratulated on tho securing of tho new press, as It was mainly through his ef forts the elegant machine was put In place. It I1C ALLS A STOKV. From the Pittston Gazette. There has been mi'eh talk of a settle ment of differences between tho Republi can factions In Philadelphia, by which Senator Quay Is to have tho united sup port of the party leaders there, so far as state politics are concerned. Tho report that David Martin has finally consented to such an arrangement, after long and persistently refusing to bo a party to any agreement of tho sort, recalls the story of the green Irish cavalryman who, In learn ing to ride, was thrown over his horse's head. The sergeant superintending the riding lesson, according to custom called out: "Pat Murphy, did you receive orders to dismount?" "I did, sir," said Pat. "When from?" bawled the sergeant. "From hind quarters," was Pat's griming reply. Pave Martin has evidently heard from "hind quarters." HUT OIL IS C1IKAP. From tho Uoston Traveler. It Is said that the combined fortunes of of the two Rockefellers, who play so Im portant a part In tho control of tho Stan dnid OH trust, is over $3UO,0,000. Much of this represents tho protlts made from a product that has como to bo regarded as a popular necessity. Is It anything strange, then, that theso gentlemen can occasionally give a million or two for religious purposcs7 Does anybody for a moment suppose that such giving Involves much stif-sacrlllco? UK HAS SKVKRAL. From tho Wilkes-riarro Record. Congref sman Connell recently remarked that 'ho Is "in tliu hands of his friends" so far as tho gubernatorial somlnatlon Is concerned. Fortunately for Mr. Connell, he has lots of them among those who will have a volco in 'selecting thb candidate. TIIIIKK-YKAU-OLDS. Alas, poor Infants!, what an ago Of sorrow do you strike I Too big for baby carriages; Too small to ride a bike! Washington Star, TOLD BY THE STARS. Dnily Horoscope Drnwn by AJncclrus, Tim Tribune Astrologer. Astro'.abo oat-t: 1.10 a. m., for Tuesday, April 2V, lfc7. ' tf - If a child born ion' Jhla day had baia born yoeterday, ho might have notlcod dust on the whiskers of tljo street clean ing department. " t I Many u business man of exalted self opinions has lost money by recognizing too lato tho squawk of tho dying gooso ot golden ei.'t achievements. It often happen that the Scranton plan who yells tho loudest for high tariff una tho protection of homo enterprise buys his sugar and crackers by the barrel in Now Vork. Cold-blooded murder should hereafter bo known as "Voluntary manslaughter" up In Susquehanna county, llusluris complications sooner or later confront tho man who tries to oat his cako and tell it at tho samo time, AJncclniN Advice. Wheat speculators will do well to hedga against onrly frosts. Seek not wisdom that Is obtained by In terviewing a bt zz saw. LBSMTE GO Tine Spirit of Spring; s everywhere manifest lliroughout the store. Every stock Is at 3ts best, and beckons you with tempting brightness. Dimes or dollars, It matters not how much or how little you spend here so that we can impress you with the fact that you are receiving an honest return for your money. We want your ail-the-year-round, patronage, be it great or small. Want you to at all times connect this store with your buying needs. That Busy Qarmeet 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 Ladies' Spring Jackets at $4.98 and upwards New Capes at $1.23 and upwards Suits at $4.98 and upwards Separate Skirts at $3.49 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; HO shades of double fold Bicycle Suitings at 20c; 32 shades of All Wool French Vigogne Suitings, 48 inches wide, at 50c. Also a fine lot of Silk and Wool Novelties, regular 75c and $11 goods, at 50c. $GSr53nce 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. HI! FY'S, SPECIAL SALE S. In special novelties and staple wearers our stock was never more complete or attractive than at tho present moment. Tn fine English Tweeds, Covert Cloths, etc., which are In dally demand, wo can show you every color or combination that Is desirable, and nt tho right price. Choice line of XUack and Colored Dr.tp d'etes and Drap do Mescovlenno Cloth, tho very latest for line tailor-made gar ments. In Silk and Wool Xovelties, Wool Qron- ndlncs and Etamines, our stock is the most complete this side of New York city, and overy suit EXCLUSIVE. Elegant line of Silk Grenadines In blacks and colors, Theso goods have been ono of tho mest active sellers In the depart ment this season and are g'ettlng scarce. See Dress Goods window for another special drive in 23o and 4Sc suitings. Strictly all wool. The Immense trade done on these two lines would clearly Indi cate that there's nothing to beat them. 530 AND 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE CAI.I, UP n82. Maloney 031 and Manufacturing Co. O 111 co and Wurehouse, lllto 101 MERIDIAN STREET. M. W. COLLINS, Mgr. DIXON AMERICAN ORAI'IIITE PENCILS, AMERICAN und llEST. Bee Our Window. 4U7 Spruce Street, The Rotunda, llourd of Trade llulldlng. MESS GOOfiS 9 ALWAYS BUSY oooooooooooooooo Easter Qreetn nn You Will Enjoy Euster Eggs in a Palr of our Enster Shoes. Lewis, Mlly k Bavles, 111 nnd 110 WYOMING AVENUE.' Telephone No. 2ir'J. AST LENTEN GLOOM. Easter Is the only generally rccognicd holy-day, tho celebration of which is purely spiritual nnd ndmltH of no worldly festivity. A CARD presentably embellished und In scribed with u motto In keeping with tho iplrlt of the seuson heut to u friend, will do much toward keeping in view the lueutiliig of thoobservuncc. Teachers, Sunday School or Secular Insti tutions; mothers to sous, sons to mothers, friend to friend absent or nt homo to these a dainty Easter remembrance is worth fur ruoro than Its trilling cost. Easter Cards' and Easter Booklets at Rey molds Bros STATIONERS, Hotel Jcrmyn Uulldlug. The Finest LSme of It Buckles Ever seen in Scranton. Silver Gilt 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 lercereau k Cornell's, Agents for Ileglnu Muslo Iloxes. 130 Wyoming Avenue. fllu i I"? i(rf ill fSffe ER BAZAAI rati! ALE Sweeping reduction In all lines to savs moving stork, on account of oxtenstvo alter ations on our first und second lloors. Now la tho tlmo to buy China, Glassware, Bric-a-Brac, Lamps, Silverware and Mouse hold Goods, Cheap. Economlcnl housekeepers will do well to attend thlHKule. Two 15-feet Illnck Walnut Counters and l'JO feot of good Shelving for salo cheap. TIE CLEMONS, FEREEH WALLEY Ca, 1J2 I.ncknwanna Avenue, HENRY BEL1N, JR., General Agent for tho Wyoming District for DUPONT'S POWDER Mining, Illastlng, Sporting, Smokeless mid tho Repnuno Cbomlcal Company's fflGH EXPLOSIVES. Safety 1'use, Cnps und Exploders. Rooms 21'.', 2i:t and 211 Commonwealth llulldlng, Scranton. AGENCIES: TIIOS, FORI), JOHN 1!. SMITH A SON, -E. W. MULLIGAN, Pittston Plymouth Wilkes-Harro TOO ILtfl For tie Lawi aM Garden Garden Barrows, Garden Rakes, Lawn Shears, Trimming Shears, Lawn Seed, Fertilizer. FOR TIE HOUSE Carpet Sweepers, Carpets .Whips, Floor' Brooms, Feather Dusters, Scrub Brushes, Furniture Polish, Brass Polish. FOOTE k SHEAR CO. PLEASANT COAL AT RETAIL. Coal of the best quality for domcstlrusa and of all sizes, Including Huckwheat and Blrdscye, delivered In any part of the city, at the lowest prlco Orders received nt tho Otflce, first floor, Commonwealth bulldlnp, rojm No Gj telephone No. 021 or at tho mine, tele phone No. 272, will be promptly attended, to. Dealers supplied at the mine. i si Alte , Z1
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