'"'1 - -"TT- -" ..,-.. . r-r iwgt'fm.yH p V'."' i w,iiw,nMfiM,j),niinnii! nun .m,p yn,)'mwnpip,jii hj ,i ' M. fnwtywfy)wwnwip!Brwswiii THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-MONDAY MORNING, MAY 3, 1897. lull j ami Weekly. No Bundy Edition. Dy The Tribune I'ublUhlng Company. WILLIAM CONNELL, l'rcsldcnt. Ie Yctk Itcprrvntntlvm FltANK H. OKAY CO. Itoom i Tribune llullillne, New York Cllr. lMinto at tits rosTornon at scrahtos. pk, as MCOHD-CLAOa MAIL MATTER. TEN PAGES. SCRANTON, MAY 3, 1S97. GSTrom Jlay 1 the prlco of Tlio Trl liune will bo HO cents a month, tho standard price of morning newspapers in this section. Too Many Pardon8. ,An opinion la offered by tho Wash ington Post upon the subject of the abuse In this country of the pardoning power In which most l'ennsylvanlans, with the exnmplc of their own soft hearted board of pardons In evidence before them, will enthusiastically agree. Our contemporary finds a text for Its utterance in the figures offered by a western penologist who recently explored tho statistics of executive or other clemency to prisoners under sen tence for homlildc. That writer averred that In AVIsconBln 33 per cent, of the life prisoners are pardoned; In Ohio, -10 per cent.; while In Massachu setts tho percentage Is CO and In New York C3. In Massachusetts the nver sige time served by life prisoners who nro pardoned Is six nnd one-quarter years, and In New York It Is six and one-half years. In other words, any prisoner In New York who Is sentenced to the penitentiary for life has three chances out of live that ho will bo a free man Inside of six and one-halt years. "This," remarks the Post, "Is tho kind of protection which tho public gets for the enormous expenditures Involved In the maintenance of criminal courts, prisons, nnd In tho great army of offi cials employed In the prevention, de tection, and punishment of crime. It will be observed that these nre not new states. All of them are old mem bers of the Union family, and the two that make the most deplorable exhibit were among tho original thirteen. Mas sachusetts and New York have led all other states In prison reform. They Iiavo adopted all tho latest devices In .Improved penology. Hut these fig Tires prove one of two things, either of which Is, to the last degree, inimical to public safety. Klther the courts of those states persistently blunder so egreglously as to convict Innocent men of murder, or the executives of those states habitually annul just verdicts nnd turn murderers loose. To a less extent the same comment Is applicable to Wisconsin nnd Ohio, nnd to all other states where any considerable number of duly convicted murderers Is set at liberty. "Wo do not believe that tho courts nre responsible for many of these par dons. It is probable that, for every man unjustly convicted of murder, a dozen guilty men escape. The laws and rules of court almost Invariably favor the defendant in a criminal trial. In a case that Involves the death penalty or a life sentence very llttlo evidence is required to raise such a 'reasonable doubt' as will secure an acquittal. The almost universal opinion is that, In stead of convicting too many of tho men arraigned for taking life, our courts err seriously In the opposite di rection. This puts the blamo for such figures ns aro quoted above on the governors or pardoning boards of tho states. It Is a serious business In view of the Increasing prevalence of homicidal crimes and the growing dls aontent of tho people with the. admin istration of justice. To pardon 33, 40, t,0 or 03 out of 100 men sent to prison for life because they have taken life unlawfully, Is so palpably outrageous, is such an Imputation against the In tegrity nnd capacity of tho courts, that public sentiment should not tolerate It. .The pardoning power Is an ndmitted necessity. Its use Is to correct mis takes. When evidence that has not been put before tho Jury Is presented to a governor nnd proves that a man has been unjustly convicted, It Is tho duty of tho governor to Issue a par don. Hut executive clemency Is out of its place and Is a dangerous usurper when It feels called upon to reverse tho verdicts by reason of sympathy for tho ti filleted." Tho argument here advanced rein forces, without Intending to do so, tho contention of thoso who, in this stato call for an Intelligently-drafted parole system putting tho whole question of clemency on tho basis of merit. It Is well to give tho penitent a chance; but it Is falso mercy to smooth the path way of the hardened crlmlnnl to tho commission of new attacks upon so ciety. Ueforo Spain can glvo vitality to any "reforms" n Cuba she will have to make soVnovery radical ones at home. Mr. Calhoun's Mission. , Ono phaso of tho Cuban situation projects 'beyond Other phases In Immi nent seriousness, and Is believed to to ,ihe, feature tp which Special Commls 3lohJ;r Calhoun will give tho closest attention. Shortly after tho Spanish forcfB, completed tho construction of flrelr" two trochos across tho island, General Weyler Issued an order di recting all paclflcos or non-combatants to concentrate within tho fortified points. This order Jis gradually been obeyed as tho penalty for disobedi ence IB. death until today it Is esti mated 'tlfat 300,000 men, women nnd children, -mostly of tho ignorant class, aro living in compulsory Idleness In tha forts ana f&rtlfled towns. Tho, subtraction of these peoplo from agriculture and tho massing of them in crowded blocks away from their ac cualombit, moans of gaining a llvell ho Eavp" brought on a. social condition ofgfip utmost gravity. At first the Spaniards maintained tho eemblanco of jdh'djiportion'ment or rations among thwj'paciflebs, but as tho exchequer beoamp depleted this apportionment grOtf". less and 'lees satisfactory, until noivijnroariy parta of the, Island, tho nojJeombaUintB aro faco to face with Absolute starvation, As a result of In- 'i ?J v sulllclent food, shelter and sanitation, 20,000 paclflcos have already perished slnco Weyler'a order directing their concentration was promulgated. Tho possibilities of further suffering, dis ease and dcclmntlon In this direction are so appalling as to constitute a hu manitarian duty of the first magnitude. It Is worthy of recollection that when, during the revolution which pre ceded tho present one, a similar order was Issued by tho Spanish captaln goncral, this government protested In such vigorous terms that the pro gramme was abandoned, nnd the pa clflcos were permitted to remain on the plantations at their own hazard. Should Siec!al Commissioner Calhoun find by personal investigation that conditions In Cuba now nre n repre sented by all unprejudiced testimony, there need, wo think, bo little doubt that President McKlnley nnd Secre tary Sherman will act with as much effectiveness In behalf of humanity ns President Grant and Secrctnry Fish acted under similar circumstances during the Ten Years' war. Tho Free Press charges Tho Trlbuno with partisan animus In Its references to the present city administration. To Its specific accusation that our report of tho Davis arrest was "a tissue of lies" wo reply elsewhere. As to Its general assertions, we ihave only to say that If the mayor of Scranton doesn't appreciate tho consideration and forbearance with which this Jour nnl has uniformly treated him, he Is even less of a mayor than wo now consider him. The Manly View. There nro few frills on Secretary Al ger. This fact bos lately been Indi cated In many ways, but In nono to greater advantage than In his order substituting in tho war department among tho clerical force the honor sys tem for the former regulations which required chiefs of division to keep tab on tho attendance nnd won; of their clerks. The latter plan, wo are told, "savored too much of the primary school to suit tho taste of tho secre tary. IIo believes that black marks should not be given grown men and women becauso they 'happen' to bo a mlnuto or two tardy, nnd will trust to their honor to report any delinquency on their part. Of course shirking of duty will not be tolerated and frequent tardiness will call for complaint from division chiefs. Hut tho measure of each clerk's efficiency will not be de termined by black marks, or white marks, or any other kind of cut-and-drled merit system." Tho government pays a sufficiently liberal price for clerical labor to In sure tho services of ladles and gentle men. These should bo secured and tho dlreputables of both sexes fired out. Such a system would be tho truest kind of civil service reform. It might not rest on written examinations and It might upon occasions result In un just dismissals through the splto work of superiors. But upon the whole, un der tho eye of a vigilant chieftain such as General Alger has always proved to be, It would unquestionably work for tho betterment of tho service. Any how, It merits a trial. Tho bill making voting compulsory In Pennsylvania haft passed second reading in tho sennte, but if a sober second thought is ever given to it, It will be killed. An Instructive Incident. The May Century contains a most Interesting paper by General John M. Schofleld embodying a lesson which may well bo studied by those entrusted now or hereafter, with' tho conduct of our foreign affairs. It concerns the withdrawal by Louis Napoleon of the French troops from Mexico, prior to the Ignominious downfall of the unfor tunate Maximilian's brief career as em peror of that country; and gives for tho first time the history of a confiden tial foreign mission with which Gener al Sehotlcld was entrusted immediate ly following tho termination of our civil war. It will bo remembered that In the summer of 1SC5 tho French wero still In Mexico, despite the pointed protests of the American government; nnd there was a disposition In many quarters to throw a portion of the yet undlsband ed Union army across tho Rio Grande, to undertake the forcible expulsion of the foreign Invader. Indeed, In July of that year, General Grant, with tho president's sanction, conferred written discretion upon General Schofleld and addressed to General Sheridan, then In command of the military division of tho gulf, a broad letter directing him to co-operate with the former in a plan to permit our disbanded soldiers to take the necessaiy equipments and supplies and volunteer under Schofleld to go to tho assistance of Juarez. The Idea was that sucli voluntary action would relievo tho government at Wash ington from tho responsibility of an open war against Napoleon, yet effec tually accomplish tho desired result of Maximilian's overthrow. Hut tho more General Schofleld con sidered this project, tho less favorably was ho Impressed by it. Secretary Soward also opposed it, and soon after ward requested Schofleld to go to Franco on a confidential diplomatic mission, tho aim of which was to con vince I.ouls Napoleon by peaceful rep resentations of tho fact that tho peoplo of the United Stutcs would never per mit tho empire In Mexico to be estab lished at tho point of French bayonets. "This proposition from Mr. Soward seemed," writes General Schofleld, "to put upon mo tho responsibility of de ciding tho momentous question of fu ture friendship or enmity between our own country and our ancient ally and friend. I had, on tho ono h'ond, full authority from tho War department and tho general-ln-chlcf of tho army, given with tho knowledge and consent of tho president of tho United States, to organizo nnd equip an army for tho purpose of driving tho French out of Mexico, and ore tho other hand a re quest from tho State department to go to Franco and try by peaceful means to accomplish' tho same end." General Schofleld was ono of tho best and bravest officers of tho army and ills training and associations had all been military; yet ho promptly de cided for peace, undertook tho Paris mission, and In duo time, no doubt partly In consequence of his represen tations and efforU, without war and without 111 will, the French troops wero withdrawn from Mexico and Max imilian's bubble burst. Tho Incident Is Instructive In many ways; but In nono more so than In Its refutation of tho chnrgo that a military training Is necessnrlly Inimical to peace. Admirers of tho acting of Jnme9 Young, whose presentation of "Ham let" at the Academy of Music last fall will be remembered as ono of tho ar tistic triumphs of the local theatrical season, will bo gratified to learn that tho advice of friends has Influenced him to abandon, for tho present at least, tho heavier forms of traKedy, and has decided him to employ his marked talents In tho romantic drama. Ills repertoire for 1S97-9S will. It Is true, Include "Hamlet," In tho Interpre tation of which Mr. Young shows the fullest measure of his ability; but In stead of "Illcbard III," "Macbeth" and "Illchelleu" tho public will have oppor tunity to witness him In "Beau Brum mel," "David Gnrrlck," "Iron Mask" and a new romantic play now in prep aration. That tho change of fields will result satisfactorily to all concerned cannot be doubted, In. view of the public's very manifest predilection for romantic acting. Tho Athens correspondent of tho New York Press cables as tho result of a personal Investigation that there was no fighting at all at Darlssa. Tho Greeks, he says, retreated In obedience to mistaken orders Issued by an In competent commander. Tho material point, however, is that they retreated. The way to win battles, after Inviting them, Is to fight. Let us hopo the next engagement will havo a more credit able termination. . President McKlnley has declined to interrupt the normal course of events in the case of Joseph II. Dunlop, the Chicago editor who la under sentence of two years at hard labor In the peni tentiary for publishing an obscene newspaper. This decision extinguishes Dunlop's last 'hope and he will have to go to Jail. Dunlop deserves all he will get In this direction. He was Intelli gent enough to know better. Some of theso lino days the influential dally papers of this city will take a band In the affairs of this city and when they do you may make up your mind that there will bo somo fun. Providence Reg ister, j Wc shouldn't bo surprised. Gossip at , the Capital Special Correspondence of Tho Tribune. Washington, May 2. Tho treasury figures for the month Just ended confirm Chairman Dlngley'B state ment made a fow days ago that there Is likely to be nearly a year's supply of for eign goods In tho country when tho new tariff bill sets Into effect. While tho re trospective clause, so called, of the Dlng lcy bill probably prevented somo of tho new contracts which would havo boon made, nnd the now orders which would havo been given, it did not reduce the amount of goods brought In during April as compared with the preceding month. That clause of tho bill provldud that tho new rates of duty should apply upon all goods coming in after April 1, which had been purchased prior to that date. This of course permitted all goods contracted for or ordered prior to April 1 to come In under Wilson law rates and also left It largely In tho hands of tho Importers to lndlcato by their own statements whether goods coming In after April 1 had been purchased or ordered prior to that date. Somo of tho Importers have also clung to tho belief that this feature of tho bill would fall to pass tho senate, especially In view of rocent publications so Indicating, whilo still others havo chos en to toko the risks upon being required to pay the extra duty In case this feature of tho bill should become a law. Tho result of theso conditions Is that tho April Importations havo been phe nomenally large, as largo, lhdeed, as those of the month preceding and larger than thoso of any other month slnco tho Wilson law began to pour forth Its Hood of foreign goods Into tho country. Tho Importations of foreign goods during tho month of April will foot up a total of probably JSO.000,000 In value. Thoso of March wero In vnluo J7(!,372,6S1, nnd whllo tho figures for April havo not yet been received thero Is reason to bellevo that tho total will exceed that of March. Tho customs colloctlonsforthomonth ran about tho samo as for March and It Is believed that tho Importations of non-dutiable merchandise, especially wool and hides, has Increased very much during the month and that tho estimate of JSO.OOO.OOO for April is a low ono. Tho following tablo covering importa tions Into the Pnlted States durlns tho past nine months Indicates the hot hasto with which foreign manufacturers and homo Importers havo filled tho ware houses of the United States preparatory to tho advance of duties contemplated by tho new tnrlff. Total Importations of foreign merchan dise Into tho United States, Aug. 1, 1890, to May 1, 1897 August. ISM J)!UCS,190 September. 1S90 50.855.9M October, 1SS0 CO.lG7.3t9 November, 1S9C 50,043,2S8 December, ISM CS.9J0.000 January, 1897 M, 331,018 February. 1897 H),235,860 March. 1897 70.372,831 April, 1897 (estimated) 80,000,000 Whllo tho lncreaso has been especially noticeable by reason of tho lncreaso In customs receipts, the growth hns been even greater than Is phown because of tho fact that Importers havo naturally Increased their orders of goods how upon tho freo list which they bad reason to bellevo will bo placed upon tho dutiable list under tho new law. That thre lias been an enormous lncreaso In the Impor tation of articles upon tho freo list Is shown by the following tablo Importation of non-dutiable articles from Aug. J, 1890, to May 1, 1637 August, 1S90 120,015,101 September, 1890 23,955,772 October, 1890 21,013,43 November, 1890 27,819,900 December. 1890 .... 32,899,388 January. 1897 27,299,130 February 1S97 32,704.909 March, 1897 41.152.201 April, 1897 (estimated) 45,000,000 That tho election of a Republican pres ident and congress proved a signal for Instant activity on tho part of tho Im porters nnd for immediate preparations for flooding tho country with foreign goods before a now law could go Into effect, is shown not alono by tho nbovo flgnros, but by tho Increase In custom re ceipts. Tho growth In theso slnco tho month In which President McKlnley was ducted has boon remarkable, as will bo seen by tho following table. Customs receipts from November, 1890, to May 1, 1897! November, 1890 J 9.930.SS5 December, 1896 10,779,412 January, 1S97 11,276,874 February 11,687,200 March, 1S97 22,883,850 April 1897 23,000,000 Another ovldenco of tho instantaneous effect of tho election of President McKln ley and n Republican congress upon the Importation of goods now upon tho freo list and likely to bo transferred to tho dutiable list by tho Republican congress Is shown In tho Tiorcentago tablo of tho Bureau' of Statistics, which lndlcato tho percentago of tho total Importations which como In freo of duty. Tho relative lncreaso of Importation of non dutiable goods Is shown with especial clearness by this table. Tablo showing tho proportion of foreign Importations brought In freo of dutv from Aug. 1, 1SW5, to May 1, 1897! I'. C. August, 1896 41.7 September, 1S96 ....47.1 October, 1893 47.6 November, 1S90 55.6 December, 1896 65.S January, 1S97 53,2 February, 1S97 53-3 March, 1897 5.10 April, 1897 (estimated) 55. Tho lncreaso In Importations, especially slnco It becamo known that congress was to meet Immediately nftor the inaugura tion of President McKlnley nnd tnko up tho tariff bill, Is shown by a comparison of tho customs receipts of March nnd April of tho prewnt year with thoso months In tho three preceding years. This Is shown by tho following tnblo: Customs receipts during Marctt and April 1S9I to 1897, Inclusive: 1S94 !21,C3.'.G76 1X93 27,382,875 1890 25,159,917 1897 45.833.S.VJ Whllo tho lncrensed Importations In du tiable goods Is Bhown by tho abovo table, that of tho non-dutlnblo goods Is not In dicated by tho figures which It contains. Tho following table, howover, gives tha Importation of articles freo of dutv hi March and April during tho past throe years. Importation of non-dutlablo goods In March and Aprll-lS95 to 1897, inclmlvo. 1895 JC6.W3.024 1890 C9.fil2,02'. 1SU7 85,000,000 April of 1S97 estimated. BUSINESS BREVITIES. Gold exports last week exceeded $10, 000,000. Tho Kdlson General Electric company last year mado 11 per cent, net lncreaso in business done, nt a profit of $959,057. A great Increase In manufacturing ex ports Is noted. For March they Increased 23.83 per cent, as compared with March, 1S9C. This year's coffee crop Is estimated at S.TSO.OKI bags, one of the largest on record, und still tho retail price remains un changed. It Is a noteworthy fact that most of tho market letters from Wall street condition further gencrnl Improvement in business upon tho early passago of tho Dlngley bill. Tho directors of the Western Union Telegraph company say that out of $100,000,000 of their stock which Iiob been Issued less than $3,000,000 is in tho hands of Wall street brokers. One of tho most Interesting and com prehensive dally exchange reports Issued In Now York comes from Mncy & Pen dleton, bankers nnd brokers, 45 Broad way. It is sent freo to thoso who caro for It. The receipts of foreign wool nt tho port of Boston last week passed all previous records, C0O.C40 bales, worth perhaps $3,750,000. This Is ono-half tho total year ly domestic production, and one-fifth ns much ns has been Imported In any ono year of tho past decade. The bnlanco of trade In 1890, that Is, tho excess of exports, for which foreigners must pay us, over Imports, for which wo must pay foreigners, was $325,322,000. But a chango has eomo and the excess of im ports over exports at Now York from Jan. 1 last up to April 20 was $141,100,000. The total Imports for this period at New York wero $202,842,000, an Increase of $104, 431,000 over tho Imports In tho samo period of 1890. The lncreaso Is In largo part duo to tho pending tariff bill. A good many millions of gold could be shipped from tho United States now without making tho slightest difference to tho country. Tho expectation Is that $20,000,000 will go out during tho present shipping movement. The sum would not bo missed. Tho United States treasury has more than $54,000,000 In gold abovo tho $100,000,000 gold balance traditionally held In reserve. Tho associated banks of New York hold, ns shown In tho last bank statement, $57,000,000 of specie, of which almost all Is gold. Thero Is $51,000, 000 of It In gold In tho Clearing Houso vaults. "CHRISTIAN" VOn CASH ONLY. From tho St. Paul Ploncer-Prnss. Tho attitude of tho so-called Christian governmonta of Duropo towards Greece, from the beginning of tho troubles which havo at last caused tho flames of war to burst forth along tho Thessnllan bor ders, has been such as to mako many an observer exclaim, "If this be Christian ity, give mo a healthy Paganism!" For tho world onnnot get over tho fooling that a nation which stands, as does tho bravo llttlo Hellenic kingdom, for nil that Is distinctive In Christian civilization, as opposed to Moslem superstition, violence, rapine, lust and murder, Is entitled to tho sympathy and support of every nation which calls Itself by the name of Him who came. Indeed, to bring "poaco on earth," but only to "men of good will." And when such nations aro seen, first plillng with tho Turks and bombnrdlng tho Christian camps In Croto, and then (after they havo encouraged the mass ing of Turkish armies agnlnst Grceco and aided In tho organization of thoso armies by sending European experts to nyiIst), standing aloof in tho hopo of see ing Grceco crushed beneath the Turk ish power then, Indeed, Is a spectacle of fered boforo which tho ancient corcmon les of tramping on tho cross and spitting on tho gospels seem trivial as evidences of npostacy. STINGY SANITATION. From tho Philadelphia Telegraph. Our legislature appropriates but $0,000 per annum to stato sanitation, as com pared with $10,000 devoted to this ob ject by New Jersey, $30,000 by New York, and $50,000 by Massachusetts. If our pop ulation now reaches 6,000,000, this appro priation amour ts to one-tenth of a cent per capita. It Is at nil events a, sum not to bo considered In making provision for tho preservation of tho publla health. In cniro of an epidemic it would bo found that $0,000 would bo simply bo much money thrown away. ICntcrtniuiuc. Professor Goner "Indeed, Miss Sweetty, tho lower nnlmals havo language. I havo heard monkeys entcrtoln each other by narrating pleasant stories." Jack Huntor "Yes, nnd only tho other day I saw u snake get oft a rattling good thing In tho shapo of a tail." Life. JIK WORRIED AltOUT IT. When tho weather was murky ho gazed at tho sky, And ho worried about It; Ho watched tho tray cloudlets go scurry ing by. And ho worried about It; "I'll bet it will rain," he would say to a friend, All manner of dlro disaster portend; His llfo was ono fret from beginning to end, For ho worried about it. Ho had a few troubles, as human kind will, And ho worried about it; The good ho belittled and magnified 111, And ho worried about It; His health was nigh perfect, but then, if you please, Ho fancied ho had mostly every disease. And martlaled his ailments In columns of threes, And ho worried about It. No doubt when ho entered tho world long ago. Ho worried about It; As a matter of fact, when ho married, you know, Ho worried about It! And when ho departs from this sccno of despair, ' And mounts on light wings thro' ethereal air, When ushered right up to a heavenly chair, He'll worry about It. St. Paul Dispatch. GOLhSM PmTT Bo we Mat Well, We Should And such Awnings as have never been made in this city before. The way they look, the way they fit and the way they wear cannot be surpassed. This is a new branch in our business that we take special delight in and since people have found out that first class Awnings can be obtained in this city, we are having a great rush for thein, We use the best Galvanized Iron Piping for Frames, which makes the Awning lighter and stronger than frames that are made of common iron rods that will rust and rot the cloth when they get wet. By our new method of hanging Awnings we do not dis figure or deface the building in any way. Give us a call when you arc ready. GOLDSMITH BROTHERS & COMPANY. UCgIf you have not availed yourself of the benefit of Our Great Carpet Closing Out Sale, do so whilst the stock is still large and the assortment good. FINLEY GEEAT SPECIALS J11LJR 1100 dozen Ladies' Fast Black, full regular made hose, high spliced heels, double soles, 02& a pair J 00 dozen Ladles' extra quality hose, ifine Haco yarn, Hermsdorf dye, high spliced heels, double soles, an all black; black with white feet, black with white soles; also in tan shades, 2c 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 94t gc a pair Greatest values ever offered. 510 AND 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE CAIJj UP 3082. Maloney 051 and Manufacturing Co. S, OfTlco and Warehouse, lllto 101 JlEItlDIAN 8TKEET. m. W. COLLINS, Mgr. 437 SPRUCE ST. Opp. THE COMMONWEALTH. HOS YT5 TIV VCV Y HEW BBS. E. e Aula INMCEMIEM SALE, We Place on Bale this week Blx Hundred Pairs of LADIES' CLOTH TOP BUTTON SHOES, in all the various widths and sizes, common sense too, with patent leather tip. This is a good $2.25 Shoe! Our prlco while thoy last will bo jl.OO. Lewis, EeiMy k Mvles, Alwoys Ilusy Bhoe Stores. Wholcsalo ana Retail. Telephone, No. 1U62. Ill and 110 WYOMING AVENUE. Drops Of Blood drip from the merciless Sultan's sword as he plys his terrible slaughter of tho defenseless whllo Drops of Ink from tho mlchtlcr PEN of Gladstone, the Grand Old Man, have aroused to Indignation tho Christian World. We havo pens and 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.C0 only. OFFICE and TYPEWRITERS' sup plies. STATIONERY Wedding Cards, In vltatlons, Announcements, etc., etc. Rey eolds Bros STATIONERS, Hotel Jermya Uulldlng, 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 lercereaa k Cornell's, Agent for Heglna Muslo Ilozcs. 330 Wyoming .-Ave ;nue. Say iff Belt Buckles BAZAAI cratioi SALE. Sweeping reduction In all lines to ava moving slock, on account of extensive alter ations on our first and second floors. Now Is tho time to buy China, Glassware, Bric-a-Brac, Lamps,' Silverware and Mouse hold Goods, Cheap. Economical housokcopcrs will do well to attend tblHPnle. Two lc-feet Ulaclc Walnut Counters and 120 feet of good Shelving for salo cheap. TIE CLEMOHS, FEEiEE AitEY ca, 122 Lackawanna Avenue. HENRY BEL1N, JR., General Agent for tho Wyoming District for DUPONT'S POWDER ailnlng, lllastlng, Sporting, Siuokelosu and tho Itcpauno Chemical Company's HIGH EXPLOSIVES. Snfcty Fuse, Caps nnd Exploders. Itooins 212, 213 and 214 Commonwealth Ilulldlug, Scranton. AGENCIES: THOS, FORD. - lmtrm JOHN 11. SMITH A SON, Plymouth E. W. MULLIGAN, WllUes-Ilarro To the Ladies Do you know the advantages of using gag for fuel? Ho you know that gas lit cheaper tlinn coal? Do you know you can bake quicker and better with gas than you can with coal? Do you know meat broiled by gas Is bettor than nny other kind of broiling? Our line of gas utoves ami ranges Is com plete. Wo will hu pleased to nIiow them to you and explain their many advantage over tho coal move. k s: II PiEASAM COAL AT RETAIL. Coal of the best quality for domestlo us and of all sizes, Including Buckwheat and Dtrdseye, delivered In any part of the city, at the lowest prlco Orders received at tho Ofllce, first floor, Commonwealth building, roam No 6; telephone No. 2621 or at tho mine, tele phone No. 278, will bo promptly attended to. Dealers supplied at the mine. T. S Ait HHJBIHHjHHH ?
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