T 'H'mfm ' tr T-y-Tw - '"WT t T iT fr f--- TUB SORANTOK TRIUUNE-FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 30, 1807. (Je cranfon CriBune Itll) nnd Weeltly. ito Sundnjr Kdltkm. Dy The Tribune I'ublkhlng Company. WIMilAM CONNEMi, l'reslilont. - tr Ycik' htprcwntatlre! HIANIC9, OIUVOO, ' rtoom 4V, Tribune rtulMIng, New York rvr. Mimd at rax rosrornnii at rcuvnton pa. CrC.0HD-Ct.AS3 UAll, UATTEP. AS TEN PAGES. SCRANTON, APRIL 30. 1S&7. Mnybe the Spracuse ball club would prefer a game of marbles. Stand by the Ball Club. At the very beginning of the Kastern league season it Is timely to suggest to the udmlrers of profeslonnl base ball In this city that they, at very little ex pense, can co-operate with the players nnd the management of the Scranton club In such a manner as to strength en materially that club's prospects on the diamond. The conditions for a successful sea son -of wholesome sport at Athletic park are favorable In every detail save one. Good players luive been secured hy a liberal management which has fliso ptovided very satisfactory public conveniences. That which is lacking or at least that which often has been nbsent in former years Is a disposition on the pntt of the uttendants nt local games to accord proper encouragement to the players. It is quite as easy to speak a word of praise now und then as to adopt a steady tone of ridicule, badinage or censure: and it does in finitely more to keep up the proper tension among the players.. It does not "become a Scrantonlan to make light of any Scianton Institution or perform ance simply because it Is a Scranton Achievement; yet how often have re maiks been passed in bellttlement of the Scranton ball club at times when a strong home sentiment in favor of the club would very pronaoiy nave turned the scales In the direction of victory. There Is no reason why we should not be loyal to Scranton in our amuse ments as well as In our business ac tivities. The management of the Scranton club last season sustained a financial loss In order that this city might have professional base ball. It doesn't bid for sympathy on that ac count, yet the man who carries som mon sense and justice Into his sports will readily perceive that the local public Is under an obligation to the management of the Scranton ball club not altogether canceled by the admiss ion fee paid at the gate. If this fact shall be borne In mind this summer, it will tend to Improve the chances of a satisfactory ball season. According to Rev. B. Fay Mills, nine tenths of the criminals of the country are unmarried. Marriage he regards as one of the greatest reform agencies, and If he were a legislator he would favor a bill taxing bachelors. There are communities where he could win an election to the legislature on this issue Colorado, for instance, where they have woman suffrage. Where Ignorance Is Bliss. The' bill now before the legislature providing that the formula of each proprietary remedy offered for sale In Pennsylvania shall be printed in plain English on the outside wrapper Is a standing "strike." It has within the past few years bobbed up, from time to time, at fully a dozen state capitals. Whether or not the patent medicine firms have responded to this transpar ent Invitation to placate their legisla tive assailants we do not know: but In no state yet has the bill become a law. Nor should it. The formula of a proprietary medicine Is a trade secret, the value of which would be extin guished by publicity. Legislation may propel ly Intervene to prevent the gen eral sale of poisonous or deleterious substances, and statutes for this pur pose are already on the books. Hut to require the unmasking of the medi cine business simply In response to a morbid curiosity would be detrimental to that business and In no sense bene ficial to the public. It would recall the fable of the man who killed the goose that laid the golden eggs. Of similar character Is the bill, ever and anon Introduced to public atten tion, the aim of which is to require physicians to write their prescriptions in English. Here again we have mere vulgar curiosity straining to no pur pose. The unlntelllglblllty of the pre scription to the ailing layman consti tutes a large percentage of Its cura tive potency. Faith in the physician's skill Is very often as strong a factor in the patient's recovery as is the med icine used. To shatter this saving con fidence on the stone of publicity would be an act of wanton vandalism, un becoming men of common sense. No, let each trade continue to possess Its tricks. Where Ignorance Is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise. It cost Kentucky $100,000 to elect lis new senator. Let us hope he will prove worth the money. Well Merited Success. With Its 32-page issue of Wednesday tho Lancaster New Era commemor ated its twentieth anniversary. This journal Is one of the institutions of Pennsylvania which merits a word of rxplatiAtlon and tribute. Its owner ship and control arc the same as at Its beginning. .Ml the heads of depait ments who were with the paper at Its. birth remain with It today. The pa per does not print patent medicine ad vertisements nor will It ndmlt to Its Advertising columns and advertise ment from an outside source calculated to conflict with tho business of Its Lan caster patrons. It will not print an advertising cut at any price; even the Boyal Haklrig Powder company, one of the most particular firms in the .jjpuntry In Us advertising requlre 'ments, had to yield to the New Era's Ideas on this subject or stay out of the papr-r. The are four dally papers In Lan caster, a city with a population about one-third that of Scranton, and they 3W al,3'0d, papers, too; but the New Ei a s tho community' dally gospel. Tho people of Lancaster county, in their twenty years' experience with Kdltor deist, have found him to he a gentleman of the old school, honest as tho day Is long, possibly a little notion ate In some things, but ver to be found on tho side of decency and good citizenship Tho hard times haven't af fected him; the New Era's business Is larger now than It ever was, and the plant which he and his associates have been enabled on this platform to build up has few equals in the country In cities of Lancaster's size. Here is an example of notable suc cess in tho newspaper business won without bluster, braggadocio or sensa tion. It Is a consummation worthy of general study. A change has come over the spirit of the Wllkes-Barre ltecord's dreams. The chip has disappeared from Its shoulder. Its snickersnee Is sheathed. Men and brethren, listen to this: "There H one fact that must not be overlooked, and that Is, that as long as Luzerne county fights our United States senators we cannot expect nny recognition In the distribution of the patronage they control. Neither can we expect them to break their necks In trying to procure an appropriation for a federnl building at Wllkes-Iiarre. Although neither of them would stoop to anything like revenge In opposing It, yet we could not, with the same In dependence, ask them to nsslst us that we could In case we stood by them when they needed us." In the words of the Immortal Grant, "let us have peace." An experiment In Prison Reform. An Interesting experiment In penol ogy Is now In progress In Indiana, where on the flist of April an Inde tetmlnato sentence law went Into ef fect. This law empowers the prison officials to reduce every sentence, &ave for murder and treason, to the mini mum time fixed for the crime, when tho prisoner appeals to their sympathies by good conduct while In confinement. The court no longer Imposes sentence after con viction, but the convict Is tak en directly to the jail, and whether he shall remain there the full limit of the time prescribed as the maximum penalty or less will depend upon the Impression he shall make upon the warden of the Jail, the board of direc tors, the chaplain and the jail physi cian. These officials, In co-operation, may reduce sentences, modify the con victs' routine while in duress, or Issue paroles. Their authority over the con victs Is almost unlimited. It Is too parly yet to pass Judgment on this system. It Is to be hoped that In operation It will produce more sa tisfactory results than Is to be expect ed from a consideration of It on theo retical lines. One does not desire the sentiment for prison reform a senti ment for whose existence there is good cause to be set back or discouraged by failure of early attempts at reform. At the same time It Is difficult to re press the belief that a mistake has been made In the Indiana Instance In the subtraction from the bench of all power over the convict's length of con finement and the placing of It In the hands of a somewhat unwieldy board. Government by boards and commiss ions Is rarely preferable to government by Individual heads. The average In telligence and humanity of tho judges of Indiana, ought, one would think, to be quite as high and therefore quite as trustworthy as that of the wardens, chaplains, directors and doctors of the various Indiana jails; consequently the change from a centralized to a divided authority raises many points of doubt. In a general way, In this broad sub ject of novelties In prison administra tion, conservatism Is wise. As the Providence Journal remarks In its comment upon the Indiana "reform;" "The approving ones have been a few experts In the criminal phase of the social organization and some charitable sociologists, whose study of society has been cairled on under a stimulus de rived from Instincts of humanity. The minds of the mass of Intelligent per sons are not yet made up as to tlu; de sirability of the sweeping Ideas set forth by these men and women. They feel that they may fittingly demand to be convinced that what Is proposed Is wise." After all, why begrudge Mr. Cleve land his brief resurrection? For a long time to come he will be very dead. An Inheritance Tax. An outcry of some Intensity Is made by the wealthy citizens of New York state against the graded Inheritance tax passed by the late legislature and now awaiting executive approval or re jection. 'The bill under consideration provides for levying a tax of 5 per cent, on Inheritances of personal property up to $500,000, and a further tax of 1 per cent, for every additional $250,000 up to $3,000,000, at which point tho tax will have reached 15 per cent. Beyond $3,000,000 there is no addition to the rfcte. Chief among the arguments employed to Induce Governor Black to veto this bill Is that It savors of the spirit of socialism and confiscation. "It cannot be argued," says the Rochester Post Express, which is anions the most de termined of the bill's opponents, "that It Is a legitimate function of govern ment to have one law fdr the rich and another for the poor. It Is not right for tho state to discriminate against any class. The bill as it stands may be said to place a premium upon stu pidity, Inefllclency, laziness, lack of en terprise, unthrift and whatever else makes against prosperity. It says In effect to the citizens of New York, 'Be ware how you accumulate great riches, If you wish to escape excessive taxa tion.' " Before this argument can be ap proved as sound It will be necessary to make sure that during the time when the threatened large fortunes wero be ing accumulated the accumulators paid their full share of taxation to the state, and therefore owe nothing to the state In the form of delinquent orcvad-' ed taxes. If any of them has held large tracts of Idle land In the cities and had It assessed as farm land, while next to these tracts, poor men owning little lots for home purpftses have had their property assesbed at abont ten times tho proportionate renins of the larger tracts, because of their thrift and en terprise in improving It, then It be comes a debatable question whether an Inheritance tax on the rich owners of this Idle laud would not be a rough approximation to justice. Or if In oth er ways the rich, during their lifetime, have uodgfd the tax-gatherer, and thus put an unfair tax burden on the noor man who has not the same opportunity for dodging, then It might reasonably be salQ that the Inheritance tax would do something toward evening accounts. Rut there Is sim nnother point; and that Is that when a,rlch man at death bequeaths a large estate to heirs who have been cradled In luxury and who. nine times In ten, are not qualified to administer It with tho wisdom of the parent, ho Incurs an expense upon the state In various wnys for which on In heritance tax Is usually less than an equivalent. Thete ure exceptions to this rule, but the rule nevertheless Is as we have stated It. The Imposition of such a tax need not, however, be re garded as a socialistic drive at the rich; for the rich man can at any time evade It by apportioning his estate prior to his death. It will be Interesting to see on which side of this argument Governor Black will place his signature. The Bryan silver ratio of 1G to 1 Is reflected In tho relative per capita con sumption In the United States of beer and spirits. Last year this was 15.10 gallons to 1. Hero Is the nucleus of a stiong campaign appeal to tho thirsty hosts of the unwashed. Rumor Is now busy asserting that John Sherman, as the result of fall ing health, will soon retire from tho cabinet. It is doubtless merely guess work, and yet It Is not Incredible. The exactions of the state department are enough to sap the strength of a far younger man. , More money by $140,000,000 Is report ed to be In circulation In the United Spates today than there was a year ago. The chief trouble Is thai it hasn't cliculated Into the right Dockets meaning, of course, our pockets and yours. Complaint Is made by our Wllkes Baire friends that their city's assessed valuation has In the past year grown only to the extent of $45,001. We renew our Invitation to them to move to Scranton. Apparently one of the needs of the people of Greece, ere they say too much In criticism of the government at Athens, Is the Individual ability to govern themselves. m i Of course Queen Lll Is In this country merely for her health. Whoever thought otherwise? By the way, her health Is not likely to Improve. The latest report from Washington Is that "Cuba Is shelved so far as this administration is concerned." Don't you believe It. The Grover Cleveland Salvation club will doubtless soon proceed to pass the hat. Gossip at the Capital Special Correspondence of The Tribune. Washington, April 29. President McKlnley's attitude toward the Hawaiian government Is well known. Ho has positive convictions on the sub Jeet. He favors annexation, und so does young Sewall, who has Just been appoint ed to represent this government on those Islands. That Is one of tho reasons why tho president appointed him. Minister Sewall will make a careful study of the situation, and if ho finds that the major ity of the white population favor annex ation this administration will act prompt ly, Tho only difficulty to overcome is the opposition of Japan. For years there was a treaty between Japan and Hawaii which allowed unlimited Immigration", but the latter's law-making body claimed the right. Just as the United States congress did In regard to China, to abrogate the treaty, und passed a law that no Japan ese could enter against tho consent ol tho board of immigration, and as a result about 1,000 of them wero not long ngo re fused pel mission to temalu in Huvvail, and were bent back home. If this govern ment attempts to annex the Islands It may have a race question to deal with. The Japanese are a sensitive and proud race, und preponderating as they do in numbers, have evinced Bomu desire to take part In tho government of the coun try. If this sentiment grows und particu larly If they ure reinforced by fresh Im migration the situation may become seri ous. With the Chinese it is different: they uro content with any government that treats them Justly and show no In clination to meddlo In politlcul matters. They mako good workmen, and their numbers will not Increase, because there was never any treaty with China, and Immigration from thero has been stopped. Tho difficulty Is that numerically tho whites are weak. Thero are of the Teu tonic clement, all told only 5,000, while of tho Japanese there uie 25,000, and 20,000 Chinese. Hawaii for many years has been looked on by tho Japanese laboreis us u paradise. In their own country they get only $5 a month wages In silver, but In tho Islands easily mako $25 a month. That has taken them to Hawaii In si eat uumbeis. Tho story that Secretary Bliss will re sign shortly after tho president returns is on tho rounds again. Tho story has been going In different forms since Mr. Bliss entered tho cabinet, arls'ng from the fact that the New York man was strenuously urged to take the place, and did It under protest and with an Intima tion that when tho administration got Its work well In hand ho might lay down the reins. In official circles thero has been no belief that Mr Bliss has any Idea of resigning In the near future, Thero Is not much likelihood of tho bankruptcy bill, which passed tho senate a fow days ago, getting through tho house this session. Had tho senate nassed tho Torrey bill, Instead of tho Nelson substi tute, tho committee on rules would prob. ably have brought It up in tho house by a special rule. The senate bill not being satisfactory, however, action on It would require consideration by u commltteo In cdvance, This would necessitate the ap pointment of the Judiciary committee, and If that wero appointed no good jea son could bo given for not announcing tho other committees. Moreover, It Is evident that the senate will not accept such a measure as tho business Interests are de manding, and tho possibilities of legisla tion ut this time aro confined to the Nel son bill, or something Blmllar to It. Mr. Reed takes the position that It Is not wlso to attempt any legislation except on tho tariff at this session, nnd ho will not mako tho commltteo announcement un less there Is a demand made by a ma jority of the Republicans In the house. It appears that a very largo majority of tho Republicans agree with Mr. Reed, and he does not Intend, as long as that is the case, to havo the house tako up gen eral legislation. Tho bankruptcy bill, therefore. Is expected to go over, with other legislation proposed, to tho regu lar session of congress. Tho meeting of the, universal costal i..rtss In this city, Mny 5, will mark great progrebs In the closer relationship of nil tho peoples of tho world. At that meeting Corea, the Orange Free State and China will bo brought Into the union, and then, for tho first time In the history of nations, every Independent government on the globe will be bound togetHer for tho enforcement of a single treaty. The United States mny well feel proud of tho part it has played In. making possible this universal treaty. The suggestion of such a treaty wns made by an official of this government, and it will be In its capital that tl.o Idea will bo fully realized. On October 9, 1S74. tho first "treaty con cerning the creation of a general postal union" was signed by representatives of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, Egypt, Spain, tho United States, Great Britain, Greece. Italy, Lux emburg, Norway, tho Netherlands, Por tugal, lloumahla, Russia, Servla, Sweden, Switzerland nnd Turkey. Franco signed u short time subsequently and Monte negro also at once adhered to the treaty, Tho treaty went Into operation on July 1, 1S75, over a territory containing n: popu lation of 375.000,000 people. Tho treaty greatly simplified tho complicated sys tem for tho exchnnge of mull between nations. It also provided for a consress to convene once every three years for tho W'Vlslon of the treuty, and established an International bureau at Berne, Switzer land, at an annual expense of 75,000 francs for the purpose of collecting nnd dlstrlb. utlng postal statistics nnd Information. It also provides for arbitration In case any two or moro administrations could not agree upon an Interpretation to be placed upon n provision of the trcHty. The num ber of countries In the union grew so that wlien tho congress met In Paris In 1878 the delegates represented a population of 750,000,000 Inhabitants. It was there that tho treaty forming the "unlvcisal postnl union" was signed. When the Vienna congress adjourned It repiesented 1,300, (mo.ouo, nnd It Is expected thai this num ber will be added to nt tho congress to meet In this city by thu millions of China, Corea und Orango Free State., when the body will, In the fullest sensc.be a world's congress. This congress will be asked for quite a big nppropilatlon to repair the damage done by the recent floods In the Missis sippi valley. Representative Patchings, of Mississippi, who used to bo the chair man of the River and Harbor committee, said today that $15,000,073, at least, would be needed to rulso tho levees along the Mississippi four foot on an average. In order to prevent the recurrence of the disasters which the state of Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana have recently ex perienced. "Fifteen millions of dollars," said he, "seems to be a very largo sum, but we have already lost $30,000,000 In the cotton and $10,000,000 In the sugar planta tions, to say nothing of the great loss to railroads In the tying tip of trains nnd tho lack of ordinary freight traffic that icsults from good crops." A BRIGHTER PROSPECT. From the Philadelphia Stockholder. New York houses aie Insistently pro claiming that the anthracite Interest has lost markets in New England and else where, aggregating millions of tons of steam sizes, through the competition of soft coal. This mny be questioned, in view of the fact that while manufactures are showing Increased activity, trie ship ments of bituminous coal for this year as compared with last show an actual falling oft of 103,309 tons. It would prob ably require a very decided advance upon present prices to drive consumers from the use of anthracite to any of the avail able substitutes. To make such a change would, In most cases, Involve costly re construction, nnd the consumers of an thracite are not likely to rush Into exten sive expenditures In this direction while the possibility remains that a rUDture among the coal companies, or other change of conditions, may again make anthracite the most economical fuel. So far as the eastern markets are con cerned, oil and gas scarcely enter Into competition. Bituminous coal can nover displace anthracite for domestic pur poses, and while coke might, itr' - some circumstances, bo largely e" for household use. It is highly i able that the disparity of price will c.,i leach such proportions as to overcome the prac tical objections to. Its use. It has been found, moreover, In the attempt made to Intioduce coke for domestic consumption, that the relative values of the two fuels make them about equal In tho market. No estimate of nnthraclte's future Is complete which Ignores the fact that nearly 30 per cent, of all the coal ever mined In tho anthracite region remains thero In the form of great mountolns of culm, which even now can be partially turned Into marketable fuel at a cost of about 15 cents per ton on the cars. When the conditions of competition shall de mand It, this enormous bulk of matter, for many years regarded as waste, can bo laid down at tidewater at prices which no other fuel can by any possible stretch of circumstances approach In cheapness. Buckwheat and the smaller sizes have been successfully washed out of these gieat culm banks by the "Jig" process for a number of years past; and not only are the methods of reclamation being constantly Improved, but methods of con sumption havo been found which enable tho uso of these small sizes for both steam und domestic purposes. With re spect to competition, therefore, the an thracite Interests have little to fear from any fuel now In sight, and with a con tinuation of tho harmonious relations now existent betw;een the several Inter ests, the trade's outlook from now on should brighten continuously. DON'T CHEW GUM. From tho Globe-Democrat. Tho chief objection to the habitual chewing of gum Is its effect on the face. A perpetual wagging of the jaws devel opes somo of the muscles unduly, and gives to all the features an unpleasant look of preoccupation In a task. No play of emotion, no tine shade of poetic feel ing, can sweep over a face whllo the most of It Is engaged In rapid muscular exer cise. Its tendency Is away from conver sational Improvement. Tho gum-chewer Is much addicted to monosyllables. In the bicycle face tho dominant expression Is anxiety; In the gum-chevvlng face It Is a never-ending but energetic pursuit af ter the unattainable. TIIK llOYI.KSS TOWN. A cross old woman of long ngo, Declared that sho hated noise; "Tho town would bo so pleasant, you know, If only thero wero no boys." She scolded and fretted about It till Her eyes grew heavy as lead, And then, of a sudden, tho town grew mm For ull tho boys had fled. And all through the long and dusty street Thero wasn't a boy In view; The baso ball lot where they used to meet Was a sight to mako one blue. Tho grass was growing on every base, And the paths that the runners made; For thero wasn't a soul In all the place Who knew how tho game was played, Tho dogs wero sleeping tho livelong day Why should they burk or leap? Thero wasn't a vvhlstlo or call to play, And so they could only sleep. The pony neighed from his lonely stall, And longed for saddle and rein; And even tho birds on the garden wall Chirped only a dull refrain. Tho cherries rotted and went to waste Thero was no one to climb tho trees; And nobody had a stnglo taste, Savo only the birds and bees. There wasn't a messenger boy not ono To speed as such messengers can; If people wanted their errands done, They Bent for a messenger man, I There was little, I ween, of frolic and noise; Thero was less of cheer and mirth; Tho sad old town, since It lacked Its boys, Was tho dreariest ploce on earth. Tho poor old woman began to weep; Then woko with a sudden scream; "Dear me!" sho cried; "I havo been "nsleep; And oh, what a horrid dream." ' Robert Clarkson In St. Nicholas. CttSM Our Clos Carpet a lis: Out Causes inauy a grateful heart and slim purse to pay us high compliment for the liberal and unstinted way that we are selling ofi this stock regardless of cost or value. We still have about every worthy weave from Rag to Velvet and arc anxious to sell them off as soon as possible. We still have a few rolls of Matting, Price $3.50 per roll of 40 yards. 25 pieces Stair Oil Cloth at 6 cents per yard. The Finest of t!i Is about the most appropriate name of a choice Woolen Parisian Dress Novelties that our price with. They are on exhib.tion in the northwest Coming Styles Adopted by Tlhe Great CostMmers of Emirope Is the title of a book that we have control of for we sell it for ten cents. NLEY'S k GREAT SPECIALS IN 1W ILiiW JLL 100 dozen Ladles' Fast Black, full regular made hose, high spliced heels, double soles, nsje. a pair dozen Ladies' extra quality hose, fine llaco yarn, Hermsdorf dye, high spliced heels, double soles, in all black; black with white feet, black with white soles; also in tan shades, 2j?c a 80 dozen Children's fine gage, fast black hose, double knees, high spliced heels and double soles; also in tan shades, sizes 6 to 9)4 1 25c a pair Greatest values ever offered. 510 AND 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE CAM UP 3082. IVialoney 031 and Manufacturing Co. Olllce and Warehouse, lilto 131 MERIDIAN STREET. M. W. COLLINS, Mgr. ONLY 1 NEW YORK PRESS, Rest Paper In tho world for the money. We will deliver It at your home, olllce or Htoro for six cents u week. 437Hpruce8troct,The Rotunda, Hoard of Trade Ihilldlng. pfwra . in hj' 11 CENT E. h Sale m SPRING INDUCEMENT SALE. H "2? if Jp' Sr -SM We Placo on salo this week Six Hundred Pairs of LADIES' CLOTH TOP BUTTON SHOKri, in all the various widths and sizes, common sense toe, with patent leather tip. This is n good 52.25 Shoe. Our price while they last will be Sl.OO. Lewis, Mflly k Bavles, Always llusy Hhoo .Stores. Wholesale nnd Retail. Telephone, No. Jl.VJ. 111 nnd 111) WYOMING AVEXUi:. Drops Of Blood drip from the merciless Sultan's sword as he plys his terrible slaughter of the defenseless whllo Drops of tak from the mightier PEN of Gladstone, the Grand Old Man, have aroused to Indignation the Christian World. We havo pens nnd Ink enough and In all variety to supply whatever de mand Is made. ALSO Letter Files, complete, with arch perforators and covers, $1.00. DRAFTING INSTRUMENTS a spe cialty. FOUNTAIN PENS, with gold mount ing, for $1.50 only. OFFICE and TYPEWRITERS' sup piles. STATIONERY Wedding Cards, In vitations, Announcements, etc., etc. Rey eolds Bros STATIONERS, Hotel Jermyn Ilulldlng He Finest Lime of It Biuckl 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 Mercereai k Gmieirs, Agents for Rcglna Music Hoxei. 230 Wyoming Avenue. BAZAAR. Fit me collection of pure Silk and cutter has played such havoc window. No Two Auke. this city. It is worth $1.00, ration ALE Sweeping reduction In all Unci to nava movliiR stork, on account of extensive alter. atloiiH on our llrst und second floors., Xioirfa the time to buy China, Glassware, Bric-a-Brac, Lamps, Silverware and Mouse hold Goods, Cheap. Kconomlcal housekeepers will do well to attend thlscale. Two 15-feet Illnck Walnut Counters and l'JO feet of good .Shelving for sale cheap. CLEMONS, EEIMR MALLEY CO., 12'.! Lackawanna Avenue. HENRY BEL1N, JR., General Agent for tho Wyoming District for DUPONT'S POWDER Mining, Wasting, Sporting, Smokolesi and the Kepauuo Chemical Company's ' HIGH EXPLOSIVES. Safety Fuse, Caps nnd Exploders. Rooms aia, am ami 'Jll Commonwealth llulldlng, Sctnuton. AGKNCIKS: tiios ronn, JOHN 11. SMITH A. bOX, K. W. Ml'U.IUAN, l'ittston I'lj mouth AVIlkes.li.irio To the Ladles Do you know tho advantages of using gal for fuel? Doiou know that giw is cheaper than coal. Do jou Know you can hake quicker nnd better with gas thun you can with coal? Do you know meat broiled by gas is better than any other kind of broiling? Our line of gas stoves mid ranges in com. plele. Wo will bo pleased to show thorn to on mul explain their many ndwintiwos o cr tho coal Mo e. FfDOIE k S: II PLEASAOT AT RETAIL. Coal of the best quality for domestic us and of all sizes, Including Huckwheat and Blrdseye, dollvored In any part of tho city at tho lowest puco Orders received at the Office, first floor, Commonwealth building, room No 6; telephone No. 2021 or at the mine, tc'.e- phono No. S72, will ho promptly attendod to. Dealcis supplied at the mine, WM I SN Altc COAL
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