TIIE SCnA"NTOgr TRUtTJNB-SATURDAlr MOTHSTOGr, MAY 1, 1807. 0e bixtoto t ifiune rally nl WtekljrA No feumliy Edition. Uy Tin Tribune PublUhlng Company. WIMjIAM CONNUtiti, ITcildent. e Vtrlt Ittprtttntfttlvei FllASiK H. OttAV CO. Hooni , Tribune nulMlns, Nft York Cltr. ikIirid at nit roBToricn At BcnuftTOi r-. as CICOHO CLASS UAIt, MATTIB. SIXTEEN PAGES. BCKANTON, MAY 1, 1S97. Some allowance must be mndo for tho fact that President Ncalis Is new to the business. Tho chance-) are ho vv 111 gain wisdom with experience. Humanity nt Police Headquarters. The case of Washington Davis, If correctly reported, Involve a point of some Importance. Here wm a man fiurterlnB Intense pain from a fractured leg. The police arrest him. At tho station he 1cb for the attendance of a physician. They laugh at him. Ho Is put In a cell and forced to remain there In excruciating ngony nil night and until far Into tho next day before surgical relief came. liven then It Is with reluctance that the bright minds In control of the police department de cided upon the simple precaution of Rummonlng a medical attendant. Suppose It to bo Uuq that Davis, prior to the fracturlnfc of his leg, had been guilty of conduct warranting his arrest. "Wo, don't know anything about that, but let us give the police force the benefit of their suspicions. Is there nobody at the central station In this city with suillclent Intelligence to dis tinguish between actual suffering and shamming on tho pait of prisoners? Is there nobody at hcidquai tors with Inclination or authority, when In doubt on this point, to call In tho sei vices of a phyMclan? In other woids, Is hu manity a lost art In the lower portion of the municipal building ' We do not boast an expert knowledge of law, but It Is our Impression that In this particular case the city lias laid itself open to an action for damages. With reference to tho argument ad vanced by a coi respondent In ester da s Issue that if tanltal punishment were abolished,, com lets under life sentence could commit murder at will, we guess they couldn't do this In any well-regulated jail. If society's idea In punishing a criminal Is simply to get lilm out of the way. then assassination might well be adopted as the penalty for eery seiious offence. If It be ,i deterrent In one class of cilmcs, why not In nil classes? An Accomplished Scold. Those persons who ate legular read ers of tho New Yoik Times do not need to bo told that one of tho most piomln ent mentil characteristics of Its dis tinguished editor, Mr Charles It. Mil ler, Is to attribute superior moi.tjltj- to tho men who ngree with him in opin ion and unworthy motives to those who differ from h'lm. Tills fiame ol mind bv long cultivation has become a ml lng passion, so much so that one no longer looks to the Times' edltoiial page for pane and liberal comment on public affalis, but lather for literary curiosities In the emplo.vnient of finish ed English In tho most ctremo and illiberal uses. The announcement that Mi. Miller. In the May Foiuin, would pay his je spects to tho cnato assuteil a liteiaiy tie.it even It it did not promise an opinion which fair-minded men could approve. And the Forum ltselt fulfils this expectation to thu letter. Hear this specimen glow I. It Is not alono bj obstinate Ill-doing that tro senate has forfeited tho public 10 spect. In what it refuses to do, or dois grudstnglj under tho lash of compulsion, It Is unbturabl exasperating The mulUh stubbornness with which it ha resisted tho will of tho people in leaped ot tho Treaty of Aibltrntlou Is u 11 igrant oxtun ple of degenerato practices. That tie.Uy was conceived In tho spllit of hlshcr civi lization, of ndvanclng humanity. It was of that indisputable expcdlcnc that U an Inherent quality of truth and honest and Justice. No right-minded man tutilclent ly advanced to have laid nsido skint, and d'scarded th stone hatchet and tho club, could havo refrained from ac .liming tho prlnciplo of arblttatlon as n happy means of escaping tho birbuWm of wai The In strument had been perfected bv tho dili gent labors of men Ineomyuably abler and broader than any that now sit In tho female. It was surh a pact ns an enlight ened branch of the treaty-making power would havo ratified after a di 1 ij sufllcl'-nt only to allow its chief stntevneii to ex press worthllj. their pleasure at Joining In n woik of such beneficence Yet, from tho moment It received tho treaty from tho hands of tho president, the United Stale senate has railed at It and rent It savage ly, as though It were a leaguo wlti death. Now It must bo admitted that thl3 Is admirable xhctoiic Hut what about tho facts at Issue? In the first place, Mr. Miller's Inference thnt the senate's objection to the oiiglnal form of tho aibitratlon treaty as It came to that body from tho pens of Messrs. Olney tnd l'auncefoto arcto fiom perversa hostility to the piiuclplo of arbitration stards refuted by the solemn assar tlons of every leading srnntoi who op pored the treaty. Are those senatois deliberate liars? Or may not Editor Miller bo slightly mistaken? The sec ond ssertlon that the men who drew up tho first draft of the tieaty that Is, Mr. Olney and Sir Julian Paunce fote were, "Inrompuiably abler and broader than any that now sits In tho senate" Is meiely Mr. Miller's Individ ual belief. He ha3 a right to express It, but ho has no right to accuse of un worthy Impulses thoso who hold beliefs dissimilar to (t. Wo are jeady to credit Mr. Olney with being a gieat man: yet in the sphere of diplomacy it will hardly bo denied that he was green, fresh and unsophUtlcated-just tho kind of a soft thing for which the ue compllshcd ambassador of Her Imper ial Majesty was looking. The fact that many of th'o best think ers of the country wo think wo may rny a majority of them after a study of tho senate debates havo recognized the cunningly masked snares. concealed In tho arbitration treaty's flist dtaft and havo discovered that Secretary Ol ney, to whom must bo attributed tho bwt and noblest of intentions, wus effectually buncoed by his moio adroit Tlrltlsh fellow negotiator, stands forth as tho senate's sufllcient defense, and renders, language Jlk that of, Mr. Mil- It simply amusing. We ns a nation are thoroughly committed to the prin ciple of arbitration nnd stand at tho very head of tho peace procession j but thcro Is no particular reason why, be cause of this fact, wo should not exer cise care and ponrrratlon in tho littlC catlon of far-i caching treaties. It Isn't always the title of a proposed enact ment which dlsclosea the entire purpose of Its text. It appears that the Nelson bank ruptcy bill exempts corporations from lnrikrupley proceedings. This will be fatal to It In tha house. To bo accept able a bill of this character must bo general In character, and fair to nil sections and nil classes. Tho Torrov bill fulfilled these conditions more mar ly than any other measure yet drawn. It has the indoisemcnt ot ropicsenta tlvo business men all over the country. The house, wlmn it i caches this sub ject, will do well to substitute the Torrcy for the Nrlson bill nnl Ins'tuot Us conferee not to recede from that position. Then the senate will e placed In a position where It cannot dodge. Prison Reform Again. A series of bills for the improvement of penal conditions in I'cnnsvlvnnla has been drafted by Francis J. Tor lance, of Allegheny, sanctioned by the stnte boaul of charities and introduced nt Hartlsbutg with every prospect of a speedy passage.. Since the other prison reform bills previously submit ted to the legislature havo either been killed outright or tied up In commit tee, It Is doubly essential that these measures should receive early consider ation. The first bill of tho series directs that all female convicts sentenced to tho penitential y bo confined In the West ern penitentiary, w here suitable accom modations nnd methods of government prevail. The second bill empowets any court In tho commonwealth exercising cilmlnal jurisdiction to sentence any mule llrst offender between the ngrs of 15 and SO eais to the Huntingdon refoimatory. At present tho age limit is 23 jears. The third bill ovei hauls the present defective system relating to the care of Insane convicts In the state penitentiaries, and litually con verts a portion of tho Eastern peniten tial y Into an Insane nsvlum with sep aiato accounts nnd supei vision. Tho foutth bill Is tho most radical. It in tioduces tho paiolo svstem by Invest ing tho governor with power to i dense piloncis on conditional parole pio vided: (a) That no convict or prisoner fhnll bo pno' vl until he h is boon Imprisoned one half of the full tcini lo which ho was sen tenced, nor unit s ho has compiled with all the rules and tegulitlons while there in confined. (b) That a convict sentenced or com muted to life Imprisonment shall not bo ellg'blo to parole until he ha been im prisoned twenty joa-s from the dale nf the "ntence. (c) That such paroled convict shall re main In tho lenal custod. of tho board of Injectors of the penitentiary fiom which ho was paroled, nnd for any crim inal offeno ho mn commit during tho term of his orlclnal scntcnc m ij bo taken back within -tho lnclosuie of tho In stitution. (d) Thnt In considering subjects for puolo tho lespectlve boirds of Inspectors shall not entertain iK'tltlons or iccelvo nnv written oi oral c ommunlc itlons, or heir nnv nigmncnt fiom any nttoruey or other per-on not cnnnitttd with the ptn Itentlaiy in favor of tho imtolo of any prisoner therein contlneil, but the boaids ma). If they deem pioper, limtltutn in qulr bj correspondence or othtrwlso so as to learn the previous hlstor or char acter of am prisoner. (i) No prisoner rhill be considered cllg Iblo to siarolo until n locommond itloi'i therefor bo made In writing bv tho war den and chaplain of nudi penitentiary, nnd with such a loeommendation, shall ho attached evidence thnt tho prisonci has me mi of sub'-lsti nco or can piocuro cmnlojmont vvheiobv ho em be further icmovtd fiom tho temptation to relapse Into i r'rac, (f) '1 ao paroled prisoner sh ill make monthly leturn to the- vvnidrn of tho peni tentiary from wli'ch 1n has been concll t. onally released In which he shall tato tin number of dais and ol.uactor of his cmplojmont during tho procellng month. In this his omplojor shal' unite or ovl di neo thPri-of nuv bo furnished b other parties If icqulred (g) Each man, when i cleaned, .shall be Klvtnacer'lllcnte wherein shall he ontoied tho facts In his case as ahovo noted, nnd that this parolo Is conditioned upon his strict obedience to 1 iw nnd may bo for feited bj a vicious life. Tt will be peicelved that this last measure, while it involves a ladlcal dopnturo from tho present tieatment of criminals, escapes many of the ob jections which wo offered esteiday ngaint the experiment of a similar character now on trial in Indiana. It does not take from the trial judgo the rower of passing sentence nor does It cnaJilo the prison officials to turn loose u favorite criminal nt tho expira tion of tho minimum Imprisonment. It simply piovides an incentive for good behavior and informs tho convict that If he has a mind to try to make a man of nlmself the state will help him. It sems to us that this is cleat ly a prop osition in tho right diiectlon. Tho oc casions upon which It would do good would be likely far to outnumber tho uec-usiuns upon wnicn its operation would be attended by ill lesults. Is Senator Quay pieparing to offer a few more remarks upon tho tariff? The Causs of Cuba. From all accounts tho official promul gation at Madrid of tho Cuban reform project, upon icpresentatlons from Weyler that tho war is over, Is for i two-fold purpose. Tho Spanish gov ernment hopes by theso fake Jeforms to pull away from tho Insurgents a certain conservative business element who would prefer pence at any price to the costs of war; and it also Is en deavoring to produce tho Impression upon the overtaxed and grumbling peasantry of Spain that It has done something big with the vast sums that it has squandered on tho Cuban war. Being Intensely Ignorant, tho peasantry will take tho govornmont at its word and submit In patience to a fresh im position of taxation. Tho semblance of truthfulness Is lent to Weyler's jepresentatlon by tho fact that the rainy season has set In, when both sides to tho Cuban conflict have to suspend aggressive operations. The "pacification" of which Weylor boasts is simply the sullen neutrality of neces sity, during whJoh each party will mend Its weapons for tho future. No true Cuban will take any btock vvhat over in Spanish promises of reiform. None will jleld an inch to the hated foo beyond audi concession as Is the outgrowth of finesse or trickery. The war has gono oo far; Its) devastation lias been too frightful; tho outrages characterising the Spaniard's conduct ot it have been too brutal nnd Inhuman ever to permit a genuine pacification In the sense in which the word Is used within the confines of civilization. Not tho lenst significant ot the recent developments In the Cuban controversy Is the leport that ns soon nfl President McKlnley named Judgo Day for tho assistant secretaryship of state, ho asked William J. Calhoun, ot Illinois, a lifelong personal friend, to go ns this government's special commissioner to Cuba. Judge Calhoun Is nn American from heel to toe. Ho was in hearty sympathy with tlio Cuban plank adopt ed bv tho St. I.,ouls convention, nnd he was not born yesterday. The pres ence of Sherman ami Day In the Ftnte depattment, McKlnley In tho white house, and Calhoun ns special commis sioner to Cuba, means more for tho cause of tho Cuban patriots than care less opinion Is disposed to believe. It Is impossible that in nny senato vvhero sat a Webter oi a Sumner tho meaner and uncivilized half would, In so grnvo a buintss( us the consideration of tho ar bitration treat) achlevo an almost un resisted triumph. Tho savages would slink away beforo tho majesty of their countenances, or be persuaded by the elo quenco of their lips. Charles It. Miller, In tho May Forum. The nlluslon to Webster Is unfortu nate. We doubt If a man ever sat In tho senate whoso teachings Invoke a greater distrust of Hnglish diplomacy than do those of Daniel Webster. Webster would have been the last man on earth to vote blindly to tatify a treaty with England ns drawn up, on the one side, by a greenhorn secretary of state, and on the other by one of the slickest diplomats in the British ser vice. There Is nothing especially new In the disclosures of gross Inhumanity In the treatment of Insane convicts in the Eastern penitential y, except that this time tho evidence cannot bo brushed nvvay by nn niry denial. Tho whole tTieory of confining tho insane in or dlnniy jails Is wiong, nnd tho state which deals thus cniolcssly with Its unfortunates Is haidly entitled to bo called civilized. In the opinion of the Washington Post, the more Mr. Cleveland's speech of a week ago is "analvzed and under stood, the better for tho prospects of a wholesome nnd virile and stnlwait par ty sstlP n moo an Issue in which Mug w umpet y and consociation nnd grovel ing idoltnry will play no part what ever." Then by all mcatib let that speech bo studied. King Ocotge's deposition of Premier Debannis suggests that he needs to leatn Lincoln's advice: "Never swap hoiscs In the middle of a stieam." Lot us hope that the new dispensa tion of harmony in I'hiladelpnla will not become so thick that it will havo to bo knifed. Spain's promises, of reform in Cuba cftectunlly dl.snrovo the tisertlon that the Sp.miaids havo no sense of humor. Majlis Euckenbergei's braves would jet like to change the game. Gossip at the Capital Special Concypondence of Tho Tribune. Washington, April 30 E-IresUlint Cleveland's speech at tho Reform club dinner In New York last week Is still Ic ing ellscusseel 1 politicians hcie. Keirly everjbodj believes that Mr Cleveland is looking forw.ud to a rcuoml ution lor pre side nt In 1 All tho speeches at til" now famous event nre tegurded as the list guns of tho battle It is rlilimel that it would not have been held but for the belief ,hnt It Is not vet too enrlj to kt tho count! v sco that Mr Cleveland 13 still In politics and they point to his ad dress as continuing their belief that ho sees In himself the leigleal canil'date of his own position. That silver Democrats aio concerned ovei his possible re-entry Into tho picsldcntl.il lit id Is shown In tho manner In which they note his over' word and action, whllo tho western Dtmocrats even thoe who have no per sonal liking for the e-pnsldent concede that he has a considcrublo following in their countrv. It is believed that Cleve land's policy of "honest money and low taxation" will bo tho slogan upon which the gold Democrats will inll, and they will try to bring under their standard a much lnigcr following than went last fall to Palmer and Huekncr It Is pointed out by those who tako a political view of tho situation that Cleveland stands In a much better position than did Palmer because his namo Is bettei known nnd becausa he could uttr.act to himself a goodlv repre sentation of Republicans who will not go to tho high tariff extreme of tho protec tionists of that party. Representative Richardson, of Tennes see, sajs thnt he has no doubt that Clevo limd is nlrcndv plunnlng to secure tho nomination In 1900 "As soon as ho wns out ot olllco before," said Mr. Richard son, "a plnn of campaign was orcanlzed In his behalf. Although his nomination whin It came, seemed to bo tho result of a popular vvnvo In his favor, tho tact Is that a sentiment for him was adroitly stlmulnttd by articles In tho country piess and by llteraturo si nt out by mall, both emanating from a headquarters In New York His friends havo plenty cf money and tho samo organization Is nt his dlsj posal todav " Mr Richardson does not believe, of course, that this campaign can bo mndo eftectlvo under tho conditions which now exist In tho regular Demo emtio party Thoro Is a feeling among somo of tho Democrats, however, that Mr. Clov eland will bo nominated by tho gold faction This Is the view of 'Silver Dick" Wand "Yes," said Mr Wand, "Cleveland hopes to bo nominated, nnd ha will bo, but not by tho Democratic party, which will remain true to tho prin ciples declared nt Chicago last spring. Ho will bo tho candidate of tho handful of people at tho Reform club dinner. I shall bo very glad to see tho issue directly made, for I do not believe that four enrs from now Mr Cleveland will llnd a cor poral's guard to follow him Theie Is ono good thing about that dinner It shows that thcro Is to bo no concession and no compromise, and the Cleveland party will not coalesco with the C.DOO.OOO who followed tho regular standard bearci." It Is already apparent that In somo lo calities tho lines nro being drawn very tightly. Congressman Champ Clark of Missouri, whoagreos that Cleveland will be tho nominee of tho gold Democrats, Bnjs that out In his state, the test of Do mocraoy In tho recent primaries was tho support of tho Hi van tlekot last fall. "That Is what wo ought to havo done In Alabama," raid Representative Stalllngs, of thnt state, "but wo had to bear In mind tho negro question, and so tho lines wcro not so closely drawn, I remember," ho continued, "how Cleveland's nomina tion was secured tho last time. I know that a tremendous amount of work waH dono In my state, nnd a largo amount of money wus spent in tho effort to secure delegates for him. Of course it Is too enrly for the snmo kind of work to bo be gun ngnln, nnd I nm sure, after all thnt has happened, thnt Alabnma will be found very eterllo soil In which to plant tho seed. That It will bo commenced, I havo no doubt whatever. I should not wonder If Cleveland hopes to gnthcr to himself tho Republicans, especially In tho west, who nro not favorable to n high tariff. He will get support from wherever ho can nnd from whatever party that Is willing to help In his ambitions, The Democracy, however, will go ahead nnd make Its fight without him." "I havo heard tho gentlemen who participated In tho Iteform club dinner called tlie Wnhlorf Democracy, berauso they met nt tho hotri of that name," wns the comment of Heprcsentntlvo Cnrmack, of Tennessee, "I should call them the 'unlit d-oft Dimocrac,' because they nro by thcniHclvts, rtptescntlng nobody itnd unabto to Intluenco a single vote. I have no doubt, In my mind, that Mr. Cleveland or his friends nro pchcmlntr to havo him nominated in Woo. but they will certainly not bo successful, If thev hope to havo him nt tho head of the regular Democ racy. Ho will never bo In tho ranks of our party again." There can bo no misunderstanding of tho policy of Pension Commissioner Evans. Ho Is for tho old soldier every time, nnd Is not afraid to so declare. At a a rand Army Post cclcbintlon of Grant's birth day In tills city on Tuesday, Mr. Evnns mndo a speech. Among other things, ho Bald: "In my olllclal position I llnd my self confionted by gtavo lcsponslbllltles. Hut I wnnt to say 1 shall endeavor to do my duty to tho old soldiers I nm not hero to send out spies through the land to sco how I can prevent giving pensions lo old soldiers, tho men vvno saved tho nation. I want to grant to them such pensions ns the law allows Wo do not want uny hair splitting over theso cases, but nt tho snmo tlmo we do not wnnt tho muchlne to run away with us As a pub lic servant I shall strive to do my duty both by tho government nnd my old com rades with n full appreciation of tho re sponsibilities Involved In tho perform ance." Tho chief clerk of the Treasury depart ment was a big in m v. hen Logun Carllslo held the Job Logan, It Is well remembered by manv was almost tho vvholo thins, and nnv thing he wanted that ho didn't already havo his father got for him In this waj it camo about that all corre spondence of the Treasury department, nil tho olllclal letters prcpatcd In tho vnrlous but cans for tho signature of tho secrctnry or assistant secretaries, had to pass through tho chief clerk's hands Sec retary Oago has changed this, nnd the chief clerk no longer exercises a super vision over matte is which properly be longs to tho nslstant secretaries or to tho secretary himself Ex-Representative Plckler, of South Da kota, who was turned down for commis sion! r of pensions nnd nluo for commis sioner of Indian affairs, is still looking after a Job It Is said th it he can h ivo a feirelgn berth which would suit him well enough llnanclallv, but ho still has an eo on tho Fnltcd States senate-, and v. hen Mi PettlKrevv'a tin n comes nround for ro-electlon in I'Kll, he will llnd the strong est kind ot nn opponent In ox-ltoprcsen-tatlvo Plckler. In fact. It Is whispered with considerable frceiuence thnt part of tho plan of coalition between He publi cans nnel Independents In South Dakota, which resulted in the re-election ot Sen ator Kyle is to be- followed at tho proper tlmo bv the defeat of Pettlgtevv and tho promotion of Plcklei. In the meantime a government position not Incompatible with his dignity Is desirable, but it is not desirable to go nbroael. for tint would not give him suillclent opportunity to keep In touch with tho people of his own stnto und Keep beforo them his candidacy for the I'nltcd States senate. CALENDAR FOR MAY. I Anne Dtiklrson decide? to throw olt tho extra 't cent recentl) awardeel by tho Jury and bo content with l cents elam age. J Joseph Church nnd rh'ef Robllng qui ft Adam's ale fiom the Uullheaa wat ering tiough. 3 Light breaks through the Intellectual trocha of counellmanlt Democracy re vealing the fact that in cltj solleltorshlp an bltlons "there are others." t President MiKinley sends Queen Lil a cop of the song: "All Coons Look Alike to Ale" i"i Sheridan Monument association buys a granite quarrj. d tho muie of tho liwn mower Is not heard on Couit Houo square, 7 Several supposed slated candidates dIsover that some ono has been using a el. mp sponge. 8 Dan Halt has been cammWsioneel by Mr Hogart to write aplnj entitled "Woes of a .Taj Haso Hall As-oi Intlon " 9 Chaliman Jenn'ngs orders the cages of the Democratic inonagerlo repainted for the summer campaign. 10- The largest trout story of tho season Is rcla ed bv Mr. Stiliwell 11. (Ihosts of tho DruIJs wall: about tho Frothlnghani 1.' J. Ainioy Knocks savs that ' Oood Things of th? Week" come slow. 13 Ha'o Hall stock shows signs ot gilt along tho edge. 14 Cuban war correspondents pauso for breath. IJ Trolltv parties cro ripo 1C -Jack Neat claims that It Is no longer noeessiry to jell at Ath'etlc paik. 17 I'he unchallenged votcra aro discov ered in Dunmore. 1$ Professor Coleq predicts that tho Wllkes-Barro huckleberry crop will bo a failure. 19 The Handle' executors receive first prize for architectural tasto in remodel ling buildlns's 20 Hoard of health warns the public against picking dogwood blossoms during tha hjdiophobla scare. 21 Stephen Crane awakens from hjp notic rleec 22 Mayor Bailey decides to write, an essay entitled, "How I Pleased Ever body, Nit." 23 The stato legislature refuses to pass a bill prohibiting the sale of apple blossom tea on Memorial Day 21 Chaliman Ntmlls ascertains that thoro nre other pebbles on tho beach. 23 P. W. 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Ladies' Colored Lawn Corset Corsets, lace trimmed, the 5ccnt kind, at 43 cents. Ladies' Linen Umbrella Skirts at 85 cents. All Silk Taffeta Ribbons, all colors, No. 40, 17 cents. All Silk Taffeta Ribbons, all colors, No. 60. 20 cents. Leather Belts in black, tan, brown, blue, red and green at 19 to 73 cents, Jeweled Belts, 25c to $1.49. Rob Roy Belts, 9SC to $1.69. Shirt Waist Sets, 10c to $1.49. Sterling Silver Sets, at 25 cents. Jeweled Hat Pius, at 10c to $1.23. Harrison's Perfumes at 25 cents per ounce. atmirdayo May n, BloMse Day Special display in order xiejs mu mic 01 uoys' uiouses tnat we do. White Lawn Blouses, fancy colored collars and cuffs at 29 cents. White Lawn Blouses, fancy colored collars and cuffs at 33 cents. Fancy Colored Lawn Blouses at 49c. Linen and Linen Striped Blouses at 49c, Linen Blouses with inserted collars and cuffs, 75c to $1.23. White Embroidered Blouses from 49 cents up. Ladies' and Geut's All Silk Band Bows. 15 cents, Ladies' Special Solid Colors, heavy satin shields and band bows, at 25 cents. Men's Woolen Golf aud Bicycle Hose, the $1.00 kind, at 49 cents. A very attractive line of Sweaters at popular prices. FIN 1 TT 4Ld GEEAT SPECIALS 100 dozen Lad3es' Fast Black, littll regular made hose, high spliced heels, double soles, ilCo a pair 300 dozen Ladles' extra quality hose, fine Haco yarn, Mermsdor? dye, high spiked heels, double soles, in all black; black with white feet, black with white soles; also in tan shades, gc a pair 80 dozen Children's fine gage, fast black hose, double knees, high spliced heels and double soles; also in tan shades, sizes 6 to 9y2, ge a pair Greatest values ever offered. 510 AND 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE CAIJj UP 3(18?. JYialoney Oil and Manufacturing Co. Offlce nntl Warehouse, lllto 151 MBUIUIAN HTItEUT. m. W. COLLINS, Mgr. ONLY Cent NEW YORK PRESS, Ilent Paper In the vtorltl foi tho monoy. Wo vWUilcltvtrlt tit jdtirhonic, olllcuor utore for six cents a week. 437 Hpruce Street, The Rotunda, Hoard of Trudo Hulldlng' Y"Y Tvl r OSIERY Oine Oi Zik Os- for Saturday to let the public know that no We Tlaco on salo tills week Mix Hundred HUm of LADIKS CLOTH TO 1 J JUT J ON SHOES, lu nil tho vmlotid widths nud sizes, common censo toe. with nutuut leather tip This iauKood $2.2o Shoe. Our price while they last will be &I.OO. - - Lewis, Idly & Mvies, AlvtnjK llniy MiooMoipm. Wholesulo mid llttnll. Telephone. No. 1M.V.. Jllnmt 111! WV.OMINC, AVKNllIi Drops -Of Blood drip from tho merciless Sultan's sword ub lie plvs his torilble slaughter of tho defenseless whllo Drops of II ok from the mightier prjN of Gladstone, tho Grand Old Man, have nroubed to indignation the Christian AVoild. AVo havo pens and Ink enough and In all arletv to supply whatever de mand Is made. ALSO Letter Files, complete, with aich perforators nnd covers, $1.00. DRAFTING 1NSTUUMKNTS a spe cialty. FOUNTAIN Pi:NS, vv Ith n'old mount ing, for $1.D0 only. OFFICE and TYPEWRITERS' sup plies. STATIONERY Wedding Cards, In vitations, Announcements, etc., etc. Rey molds Broi STATIONERS, HotclJerinjn Htillillng. Tie Finest Oie of uckl HUE SPRING INBUCEM1EHT SALE fcC Jvir W if W 3j J v v "oT tt-1 A"' v,yV , Belt Ever seen in Scran ton. 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 Conaeirs, Afc'onts for Retina Muslo Ilov.cs J 30 Wyoming Avenue. . JJ) f&iiM.o Shoppers, jf.i' other house in this city car- eratlon SALE Svrceplns reduction In nil lines to wivs mov Iiik Ktock, on net ount of ovtcnslvo nltor ntlons on our Hint nnd second tloorn. Now is thu tlmo tolmy China, Glassware, Brlc-a-Brac, Lamps, Silverware and House hold Goods, Cheap.) Economical housekeepers vtlll do well tot attend this sine. Two J.Vftet ninclc Wnlniit Counters nnij r-'ofect of good Shelving for sulu cheap. t THE QLEMONS, FEMIJEE WiALLEY CO.. 12.! I.ielcuwnnnii Avonus. HENRY BEL1N, JR., General Agent for tho Wj omlngf District lor DUPONT'S POWDER Mining, Illn'.tlnff.Sportliiff, Smokelcsi nud thu lUpuuno Chemical Compiuij'ti IM EXfTOIViES. SulU Tusc, Caps nnd Exploder. Rooms '.l'., 'JKt and in I Commonwealth llullillng, Simnton. AGENCIES: urns renin, - - rimton JOHN It SVin II A SON, I'lj mouth E. W. ML I.UUAN, . Willvcvliarro To the Ladle Do von know thandvnntagei of using ga for fuel. Duvon Know thnt gas is cheaper than colli' Do ou know vou can lnilca ipiUKer and hcttri with gas than J on win wth toiil.' Do jou know nil it limited liy gas is better tliuu mi other Und of broiling? Out line of gas stoves tuid runlet Is torn. pUlf. Wo will lie pleustd to show them to on nnil oplul!i their uiiiiiy ndvantiie ovcrthocojlBtovc. FOOTE & SHEAR CO. ML PLEASANT .QAL AT RETAIL. Coal of tho best quality for domcstl? usa nnd of all sizes, Including lluekuhcat and Dlidirvc, delivered In any pirt of the city at th. lowokt prlco Ordem roealvod at the Ofllee, first floor, Commonwealth bulldlnir, room No flj telephone No. 2931 or at tho mine, tele phone No. S7:. will bo promptly attended to. Deulors supplied at the mine. T. SI Alt
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