., - THE SORANTOy TIUBtTJ-TE-TUESDAY KORNINq, MAY 4, 1807. C0e J$cranfon CriBune XHlj end Weekly. No Sunday Edition. By The Tribune Publishing Company. WILLIAM CONNEM,, l'rcsldcnt, t Veils Itfpresc-ntatlvo: ' FRANK R. OTIAY 00. Itoom 4 Trlbwio Ilullrtln New York Cltv. I ' " SUBSCRIPTION PRICBt Dally so cent a month. Weekly $1.00 a yenr. IMMED AT TIM POSTOrnOB AT 6CRANT0H. PA.. A3 SICOHD-CI ASS MAIL matter. TEN PAGES. SCHANTON, MAY 4, 18fl7. Let It 1k understood at once that public opinion In Pennsylvania will not accept from tlio Republican party as a fulfilment of Its contract obligations n. wet of emasculated reform bills. Than that, belter none at till. The Senate Defended. The principle of arbitration Is quite ns conspicuously embodied In the amended Alblttatlon tteuty as It was In that pict's first form. Consequently the tionty should be ratified. Its rati fication now would establish two tliliiR", both of which nie Important: (1) that tho United States is honestly for peace In preference to war; and (2) that It considers vigilance In the safe RuardlnR of American rights as one uf the best possible means for keeping the peace. In tho llg-h't of human experience It In a clearly demonstrated fact that the man or the nation Kets along the best who takes good care of himself De aplte tho fact that on every Sunday civilized men aie exhorted from the pulpit to pragtlco during the week the Golden Rule, It Is yet a phenomenon of sociology that the man. or the na tion that begins on Monday morning to obey this admonition strictly and In full splilt Is likely by Satin day night to bo u good deal the 'worse off. It Is one thing for moralists to Inculcate the principles of candor, justice and broth erly love! but It Is quit another for statesmanship, dealing with cond.ttons as they are, to entltre to trust unre servedly to these principles In every day negotiation. While effort should not relax to bring about Ideal condi tions, governments and treaties must for some time to come rest upon facts ns they now exist, and ve think the reader w ho catches the drift of our re mailts will upon lelletion admit that tho senate's unwillingness to be driven by general sentiment into a blind ac ceptance of sweeping and, as It believ ed, dangerous treaty terms was a bit of cautiousness fully warranted by British history. It Is a grand thing for tho United States to be the leader In the onward march to a higher civilization; but practical men will not think the worse ot tho senate for wanting to make that march slowly and surefootedly and In a manner unlikely to spoil the whole re sult. Until universal brotherhood Is established and rlgIiteousnes3 rules at every capital In Christendom, the best means for keeping peace between na tions is for each nation to protect Its own. They know little concerning the temper of tho American people who fancy that because they are sophisti cated they aro also belligerent. We nre for peace more sincerely than any oth er nation; but It must be peace with out dishonor. Instead of Pennsylvania adopting dress paiade uniforms for her National Guard, because the latter looked sol-dler-llke In the Giant monument page antry, the opinion of the Rochester Chronicle is that "the other states, would do well to follow Pennsylvania's example." School Board Financiering. Replying to published criticism of the Scranton boatd of control for al leged careless financiering the Sunday News remarks- What the board of trade needs to In vestigate Is tho people, not tho board. Tho people elect controllers, not to adminis ter tho school- as a whole with tho great est economy and with the best ndvnntago but to s-ecuro each to his particular ward tho laigest shale of the appropriations that scheming or los-rolllng can be used to capture No matter how careless or even criminal many ot th!-o may be, re carded from the tnndpo-tu of the Inter ests of the wholo people. If ho shall have done, well by his district or ward that is, If ho shall have sot a let of places, or favors, or trade, or of money expended In buildings for Its people, ho la all right and, If he wishes It. can ko back To somo this may be an unwelcomo truth, but It Is a truth nil tho srr.me. and w plainly a, truth that the mero Hatoment of It will sug gest to even the laziest and least In formed mind the sulllclent proofs of it. There Is pertinency In these observa tions; yet we doubt If the voters In any ward are so anxious for expensive school buildings In that ward that they would defeat a good controller for fall ing to connect with every deal. By' a species of poetic; retiibutlon those who would are generally the first to sweat when the school levy Is Increased. Of course, in our foi m of government tho people, In the last analysis, are to blame for every defect which exists through their failure to apply the rem edy. But this offers narrow excuse for the school controller who thinks more of capturing a big building ap propriation for his ward or negotiating a pull at the annual organization than ho does of the welfare of the school pupils and taxpayers. Such an otltctal merits castlgatlon at the hands of all who value honest public service, even thoiigh the public itself appear Indif ferent. In this connection, what Is the mat ter with, the York state plan very fa vorably In operation, for Instance, at Albany ot appointive school boards of llmtuc) size, serving tho city at large and answerable any moment to the mayor? "The newspapers," says the New York Sun, In a fine epigram, "are tho universal ttieater." Alas, then, that Its stage fchouid be so much occupied by tlap trap vaudeville! To a senator who recently visited the white house In the Interest of a friend that wished the appointment as consul general at -Havana, the president said: ' "General -Lee is a pretty good man to hae dqw.n there Just now. He has jdiown his 'fib w' American mettle, and I don't see any occasion nt present for making a change. I don't think I will disturb General Lee for awhile yet." These are sentiments which every Ametlcan will Indorse. Although the date of meeting of tho Universal Postal union In Washington Is only one dny removed, congress lins, ns yet- provided no money for the Pioper entertainment of tho delegates. Outs Is the greatest government on earth, but In some respects It Is also the smallest. For Better City Government. Beginning tomorrow the city of Louisville, Ky will have tho honor to entertain for tlitee dnys one of the most notable conventions of eminent and publlo.splrlted men recently assembled In this country. We allude, of course, to tho third annual conference of the Natlonat Municipal league, an organi zation which numbers In Its member ship the most efficient of those Ameri can citizens of our time who nie earn estly addressing themselves to the task of reclaiming and Improving tho gov ernment of our cities. Begun at Phila delphia In Januaiy, 18D3, this league has already done much to focus public attentlor upon notoilous abuses In ex isting municipal conditions; and a survey of the programme which hns been prepared for tho Louisville con ference gives assurance that great good will yet jesult fiom Its discussions and determinations. In addition to the annual address of tho piesldent of the league, James C. Carte:, the programme calls for the following subjects and speakers a range sufficiently nmpl to offer large possibilities ot Instruction; "Tho Greater New York Charter," Francis M. Scott ".Municipal Ileform Dur ing tho Iaht Year," Clinton Rogers Wood ruff, teeretarj National JI11nlclp.il league; "Tho Results of a Victory for Itffoun," Charles J. Bonaparte, Baltimore, "Muni cipal Condition of New Hafh, Conn" George L. Pox, "Municipal Reforms In Rochester, N. Y.." Joseph T. Ailing, president Rochester Good Government club, "Muntclpnt Condition of Kansas Cltj," tho Rev. Br. Henry Hopkins; ".Munlclpul Condition of Charleston. S. C ." John F. Klcken, ex-.Mavoi of Chailcs ton, "Munlclpat Affairs In San Fnuielsto," J. Rlehaid rreud, secietmy Mirchants association, "Municipal Affatis In Now Orleans," Char'ts Janvier, president Citi zens' lagu; "Municipal Condition of lToi ldmro, R. I.," Edwin D. M( Guinness, mayor of Providence, "Homo Rule In AmeH.T.n Cities " Dr ndriuml J. Jame. University of Chicago; "The Powers of a Municipal Corpoiatlon, ' Profosoi Frank J. Goodnow, Columbia iiniieislt , "Tho Exclusion of Partisan Polities from Municipal Affairs Thp Democratlr Euro pean Method," Frank M. LoomiJ, Buffalo, N. Y., "The Relation of Municipal Activ ity to the Stiirflnnl ot Life of a Commu"l tv," Professor Leo 8 Rowe, University of Pennsylvania; "The Wagi-Karntr In Poli tics," Georw Chance president Labor Leagim of Pernsylvanln, ','Tho IJusIiicjs Alan In Municipal Politics" Franklin M 10 Veagh, Chlcngi- "Commercial Orgnnl 1 tlons anl Municipal Jtefomi," Ryciso'i Ritchie, secretary Cleveland Ohnmber ot Commerce, nridrecs by Charles A Scihltr on, ex-major of Brooklvn; address by Horace K Doming, New York; "The Lpk lslaturo In Stato and City, 1797-1W," Will iam B. Hornblovver, New York. The paramount aim of tho League, as explained by the chairman of Its executive committee, Charles J. Bona parte, of Baltimore, Is not to effect changes of municipal administrations but to change the whole tone of public opinion; to make mlsgovernment and abuse of power appear In Its real light and hold up to contempt the people who encourage the perpetuation of the bad system. "It Is ns true now," says Mr. Bonaparte, "as It was when Burke said It, that 'there was never long a corrupt government of a virtu ous people.' Sooner or later every communnlty obtains as good a govern ment as It deserves." Changes In ad ministration occur as Incidents of tho League's work, but they occur simply because they are needed In order that cities may have better government. There was a time, not many years ago, when gatherings like this one were sneered at That time has pased. It still Is true that chronic Intriguers and malcontents often steal tho livery of munlclpul reform to vent personal spite or gratify a, morbid craving for notoriety. But the movement for bet ter city rule has broadened far beyond the control or power of such men to do It permanent Injury. Today much of the best brain and conscience of the land is at work to lift up municipal standards and purify 'municipal re sults. Piogiess is slow and there are numerous discouragements; neverthe less, It Is a labor of patriotism certain of ultimate reward, and meanwhile worthy to be held in honest tespect. It need occasion no surpilse to learn that Cleveland's piactlce of civil ser vice reform was at right angles with his bombastically pioclalmed theories. Nothing In the way of humbug ought to be regarded as suiptlslng about this man. -- The Retort Vitriolic. Before he went to prison, Joseph P.. Dunlop, Chlcugo's dirty editor, Issued a big supplement to his paper charging that his conviction was the culmina tion of a political and business con spiracy to ruin him, lamenting the overthrow of the "freedom of the press" and otherwise raising a cloud of Phaii salcal dust for the bewilderment of tho Ignorant. Ho particularly named Her man II. Kohlsaat, of the Times-Herald, as one of the Instruments of his con viction; and the manner ot tho latter's reply must have made Dunlop dizzy. We append a portion of It simply as an object lesson In effective rhetoric: Thero Is llttlo danger In this community, where Dunlop'a name la a synonym of moral leprosy, whero thousands of homes have been polluted by the taint of his touch, und whero the victims of bis black mailing operations abound there Is llttlo danger unybody will be misled by this outcry that he Is a political martyr and a victim of personal mallcie. Nobody wishes to gloat over hid disgrace. If he had gono quietly to his cell, even though he cursed In his heart the law that smote him, there would bo no occasion now to emphasize his shame. But since ho scorns tho lleneo for which ho should have prayer and persists In calling tho world to seo the stripes ot his punishment, It may bo wc'.l to remind 4 forgotful pub lic! that the offense f which he was con victed, black os It was, was one ot tho least of his crimes. The records of tho societies for the suppression of vice aro tilled with counts in an Indictment which might have been drawn against Mm, but he would liavo been plying the trades ot procurer and, blackmailer to th day it ho bad not made himself umenablo to tho federal law agulnst the circulation of ob scene literature. Onoe lr the federal courts his money and hJs "pulls" were powerless, but tt was not because ho did not try to wn thorn, nor because any revengeful spirit was shown In the prosecution. No man ever found more way stations on a Jour ney to the penitentiary, Dunlop'hnd the benefit of a fair trial, lieforo an upright Judge and n. Jury malnlv compol of honest farmers. Ills defense was con ducted by able lawyers, who left no fftono unturned that might screen their client or avert tho consequences of his crime. After conviction the case was carried to the Stptvmo court of the United Mtates, tho trlbunat of last resort, nud finally nil appeal was made to President McKlnlcy. Meanwhile one of itho most powerful lob bies ever organized for such u purpo plcadud tho convict's cause. A detente 1 presidential candidate, a governor who?o name we supprfim In very shame, sei.a tors ntul representatives of the United States uoro enlisted In his behalf on otio or another pretext. Citizens of Chicago were dragooned Into sliming petitions for the release of tho wretch for whoso ln caiceratlon they pinyiil, In how miny eases theso signatures were tho price paid for tho closing of closet doors on family skeletons nobody except Dunlop nnd his satellites will ever know. The pretense that polities had anything to do with million's punishment Is al most too- absurd for refutation. Dunlop was never a politician except for revcmi". His newspaper was never even 11 kept mistress; It was a rtraimon prostitute. Not until Its editor hnd fallen Into the clutches of tho liw did It espouse tho cause of tho Popccrats, and then only be cause tho stipulated subsidy was not forthcoming from the other one of the two great jiolltlcol parties, In no respect let It Ikj understoou, wns Dun'.op or his so-called newspaper a factor In tho presi dential campaign except ns a mouthpiece for tho riff-raff which came from tho Mums to echo Dunlop's Incendiary' out cry for a rally of tho mases against tho clase. Sympathy for such un outrager of public decency, for such a buccaneer In Journalism, would be ns much out of place as a prescription of a Turkish bath for a sower rat. This language might sound too se vere were It not literally true. Tho Chicago Dispatch, prior to Dunlop's ar rest, was without exception the dirti est rag printed. Not only did It offer Its advertising columns as a clearing house for the vicious, but It deliberate ly set out to peddle In Its news columns the salacious scandal of Chicago. Some of Its Issuer would have put to shamo the most hardened courtesan In tho blackest depths. For months not onn lssu of It wns fit to bo handled with a pair of tongs. Dunlop made a dp libel ate choice of the business of pur veying printed nastlness, and his conse quent brief Imprisonment Is the small est punishment that should be meted out to him. Acordlng to a British expett, Eng land couldn't fight three months at home without starving. Luckily for American heiresses, England doesn't light nt home. . Ex- Assistant Sectetaty of Stall's Rockhlll Is sail to be booked for the Chinese mission. China, Is remote enough; It will do. Gossip at the Capital Washington, May Z. Postmaster General Gary has appointed tho following-named delegates to repre sent the United States at the Interna tional postal congrcs which meets In this city May 6, Gen. George S. Batchel ler. New York; Hon. Edwaid Ro&ewater, Omaha, Nob.; Gen, James N. Tyner, Washington, D. C ; Capt. M. W. Brooks, Virginia, and Gen. A. 1). Hazen, Pennsyl vania. Gen. Batcheller Is the chairman of tho delegation and In that capacity doubtless will be accorded tho honor of presiding over the sosslors of the postal congress. Ho has tmveliHl extensively, speaks French, the language of the convention, fluently, and Is also acquainted with other tongues. Ho was sent by this government somo years ago on a special mission to Kgipt. whero he remained somo years, was minister to Portugal under President Arthur, and was fln-t assistant secretin y of tho tieasury duilng the Harrison ad ministration. Ho is a well known prattl tloner of International law. Edward Roewntci, tho second memoer of tho delegation, Is one of tho most ac complished linguists In the country. Ho Is said to speak almost a score of different languages, and has shown much itmeres't In postal affairs. He lias mado frcqui nt arguments beforo consress In behalf of tho postal telegraph and extension of tho paieels system, and 'has suggested a num ber of Improvements In the ostaI service. Ho Is the proprietor of the Omaha Bee. Gen. Tyner was postmaster genorul for some months In the latter part of tho Grant Regime; was also second assistant and later first assistant postmaster gen eral, and was twice attorney general for tho postofllce department. Ho haa aleo tepresented Indiana In congress. Capt. Brooks ran been connected with tho postal seivlce In different capacities lor almost a uaiter of a century, and has )?en superintendent Ot foreign mal'-H stneo 1S90, receiving tho appointment from Mr. Wanamaker, then postmaster general. Gen. Hazen Is now practicing law In this city, and It was duo entirely to the growth olf his piactlce that ho recently decllnnj tho position ul third assistant postmaster general, when It was offered to him upon the Incoming of Uie McKlnley ndmlnsltra tlon. Ho had had a remarkable experi ence In postal matters, having nerved un der fourteen postmasteis general, being assistant under nine. As third assistant postmaster general for a porlod of four teen years ho added to his reputation, and hl3 odvlco and experience will bo valuable to his colleagues In tho delegation. Secretary Dick, ot the Republican Na tional committee, has returned from Ohio filled with hopo of Republican success In tho next campaign. Ho expressed himself as greatly pleased with the political status of tho Republican party In the state, and declared that everything portended Its succcoss In tho elections lat fall. Mr, Dick found, too, that everything was favorable to tho return of Mr. Hanna to tho senate by tho next legislature, pro vided it is Republican. It is generally un derstood now. In the Republican ranks, ho says, that Mr. Hanna is to bo 'his own successor; that he has shown himself to be the proper man to represent the stato In the position, and that theie will no longer bo any friction In the party on that account, nor any opposition to his endorse ment by the Republican convention which meets in June next. Tho indorsement, too, tt Is believed, will be unanimous as will also bo that of Gov. Rusfonell for re eloction for governor. While prophesying tho Republican suc cess In tho fall campaign, Secretary Dick realizes that the Democrats are preparing to mako things Interesting for them, and ho says that re expects the hottest kind of a fight to retain the control of the leg islature and tho stato ottlces. Senator Mark Hanna Is pretty thorough ly known throughout the United States, but he Js onVy another exemplification of th fact that no man Is so well known in this world but thero Is some one who h3 never toeard of him. A new boy of the Western Union Telegraph company strolled languidly Into tho headquarters of tho National committee yesterday and Inquired" "Is thero any man around here by the name of Hanna?" The look of extreme dlagust on the faea of tho colored messenger who recelpttd for tho dispatch ait such awful Ignorance would make tho fortune of any artist who could depict It on canvas. Senator Pcttus, of Alabama, Is a ro markably ucttvo man for his ago. A friend of tho senator tells a ttory at his oxpenso. As Gen. Pettua was golnfe to his home, cm Capitol Hill, tho other day, he met a very decrepit old fellow, who seemed hardly able to cross tho street. In hts kind-hearted way Oen. Pettus caught the tottering patriarch by tho arms and helped him on to the (pavement. Tho lot tor returned his thanks very effusively, nnd then said with a. touch of pride In his voice, "If I wero ns young as you and you were my nge. It would give me plensuro to oss-lftt you in this way. , "Yes," said Gen. Pettus, "and how otd nro you?" . , , "Scventv-fotir," saM the nwclent. "My friend," said the Alabama states man, "I will bo seventy-x next Juno." -1 1 . TWISTING THE LION'S MIL- From tho Washington- Post. It Is tho opinion of Mr. Balfour th.vt If, In the course ot time und . vents. Great Britain should become Involved In a con flict with tho continental powers, tho Unlte-d States would side with her. lho utterance ot this belli f was due to tho appearance of a somewhat startling mag azine article, In which tho writer graphi cally portrayed the deplorable condition to which England might bo reduced It Franco and Rusln should comblno to force the lnular kingdom Into submission by starvation. This writer suggests that the cruisers of these two gteat continen tal powers could destroy the commerco of Great Brltatn and transfer the world a canylng trado to other hands; also that by making food supplies eontrabmd of war they could deprive the population ot England of tho means of subslstem e, sitKo they never havo more than n few weekt. supply on (hand, and nre absolutely de pendent on other countries for the neces saries of existence. Mr. Balfour says that, should such a cilsls occur, tho United States would coma to the lescue of Eng land In splto of its traditional friendship for France und Russia, It is nevt within tho bounds of proba bility nlthough it Is. of course, possible that tho combined' navies of France and Russia will ever be able to blockade Eng land. And If that ability riho.ild ever exist, It may not be employed. Present Indications seem to point to a cooling oft ot tho attachment between tho govern ments of Paris and St. Petersburg, and n corresponding giowth of amity between France and England. But If all that Mr. Balfour contemplates of possible woo to England should come; If the warships of continental Europe should sweep intr merchant vessel" fiom tho ocean, ns ours wero swept by English vessels under tho Confederate flag thirty-live yeare ago; if her ports wero blockaded, and "surrender or stnrvo" wero the only term? of tho enemy, we nie not so sure ns Mi. Balfour Is that it would bo either the duty or tho Inclination of tho United States to inter fere. Wo are by no means inclined to Oc llevo that, in any possible contingency, tho United States would depart from its tradi tional policy of non-interfei euro In Euro pean nffalrs. It Is the unwritten liw of our republic, a law that Is as likely to bo ob served as any provision of our Constitu tion, that wo avoid foreign entangle ments. To side with Great Britain in the emergency depicted by the magazine writer, and seriously discussed in tlio house of commons, would directly Involvo us In a gte-at and costly war. It would' be a greater sacrlllce than any nation has ever made for another since time be gan. Even If Great Britain had been tho 6lr.cero friend of tho United States sinno the establishment of the republic; If sho had not perpetrated the wrongs that led up to, and the outrages that lnirkcil her conduct In the war of li12;.if she had 'lot brutally utd her sea power to overhaul our peaceful merchantmen and seize our citizens and force thuni Into her navy; if, added to this and many slmtlai wrongs before that war, she had not disgraced civilization by putting the torch to our capltol and the executive mansion; if, when our great trial came on in 1SC1, she had been content to net the part of an honest neutral power, e-ven it all evi dences of unfriendliness were lacking. It would not bo our duty to plunge into European politics and wars In her behalf We nro not disposed to foster Ill-feeling between tho two great English-speaking lcoples. Wo hopo that Great Britain will long remain nt peace with all her con tinental neighbors, and wc would like to see a good reaeon to hope that she will not h.iuase weak peoples In other parts of the world. In short, we wish well to England and the English. But we be lieve that no contingency eoxild arise that wou'd induce our government and our people to tako the side of any European power In actual war. If wo ever go actors tho oco-Mi to light it will be to avenge wrongs Inflicted on ourselves, nnd not to help one power In a conflict with others. THE IJKST ONK. Trom the Wllkes-Barre Times. The Scranton Tribune his raised lt9 subscription prlco from forty-ilvo to fifty cents a mouth, the prlco ot ncar'y all othe morning papers. Tho Tribune is tho best morning newspaper in Northeastern Penn sylvania and te well worth tho money asked. Its dally Issues consist of never lets than ten pages and sometimes twelve and sixteen and aro always icpleto with tho nevvs of tho world by cable and tele graph. Local happenings aio thoroughly covered and Its editorial comment Is al ways moderato and Intelligent, typograph ically It is as nearly perfect as caret a make-up and a modern Hoe press onn make It. GHOWTII or 1'UIIUC LIBRARIES New York Commercial Advertiser. That tho financial depression of tho last four years 'has not uffectej the prosperity of public libraries is shown by a recent report of tlio United Stutis Bureau of Education. In 1891 tho total number of libraries reporting 1.000 or moio volume each was 3,003, containing in all 2o,9i0,i,t1 volues. This year thero aro 4,02ii of this class, with an nggregato of 3J,03t(S7J vol umes, Thero aro now two llbiuiles tho Library of Congress and tho Bcston Pub HP Llbiary which contains moio than 00,000, four containing from 300,000 to 00u, (XX) volumes each, twenty-elRht containing from 100,000 to 30U.000 i-neh, slxty-nlno con talnlng CO.OOO to 100,000 each, IK containing 25,000 to 60,000 each. 611 containing 10,000 to 25,000 each, C30 containing C.O0U to 10,000 volumes each, and J.7J7 contalng 1,000 to 5,000 each-. BOILED DOWN. Tiom a Prohibition Circular. From a bushel of corn tho distiller gets four Kalians of whisky. Which retails at SIC SO Tho Unites! States government gets . 4 40 The farmer gets 15 The. radioed company gets 1 no The manufacturer gets 4 W Tho retailer gets 7 00 Tho consumer gets Drunk The wife gets Hunger The children get Racs The man that votes license gets Perdition THIS NEW JOURNALISM. In tho Interest of tho Blathorsklto sho had gone to far FIJI To Investigate tho cannlbal'o culslno; Tho result of her "Exposures" forced her rapidly to flee. Or she might havo graced the royal soup tureen.. In pursuance of her duties she'd been strung up by tho netk To describe a lady's feelings .w hen sho's hung; And In a diver's dress sho once-descended on a wreck. An adventure nearly costing her a lung, In a patent saftty coflln sho had patiently allowed Herself to be lntorrod to prove Its worth; Though forgotten through somo overBlgnt she uttered not a word Of complaint about hor sojourn under earth. Devotion to her work this young womarl provod by acts, And risks and dangers never made hep quail; Rut sho kicked w hen they assigned her to eecure somo "Inside facts" About Jonah's being swallowed by th whalo! E. D .ricrson, In New York Sun, cousin Bo We Make Awmi Well we Should S Aud such Awnings as have never been made in this city before. The way they look, the way they fit aud the way they wear canuot be surpassed. This is a new branch in our business that wc 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 them. 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 are ready. , GOLDSMITH BROTHERS & COMPANY. HSigIf 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. 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Our prlco while they last will bo $I.OO. & s Always Itimy Shoo Stores. " Wholesale and llctall. Telephone, No 210'.2. 114 and 110 WYOMING AVENUE. !- Drops Of Blood drip from the merciless Sultan's sword as he plys his terrible slaughter ol the defenseless while Drops of I ok from the mlehtler PEN of Gladstone, the Grand Old Man, have aroused to indignation the 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. DltAFTING INSTRUMENTS a spe cialty. FOUNTAIN PENS, with gold mount Ing, for $1.60 only. OFFICE and TYPEWRITERS' sup plies. STATIONERY Wedding Cards, In vitations, Announcements, etc., etc. Rey molds Bros STATIONERS, Hotel Jerniyn Building. McMe 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 Mercereau & Council's, Agents for Iteglna Mimic Boxen. ( Wyoming Avenue OUE SPRING 0 Jr; " m jfw 1 Belt BAZAAI ay We li 1, A crauon SALE. Sweeping reduction In nil linos to sav mo lag stock, on account of extensive alter, utlona on our first nnd second floors. Hovr U tbo tlmo to buy China, Glassware, Bric-a-Brac, Lamps," Silverware and House hold Goods, Cheap.' Economical housekeepers will do well to attend this sale, i Two 15-feet Black Walnut Counters and. 120 feet of good Shelving for salo cheap. CLEiONS, MALLEY CO., 422 Lackawanna Avenue. HENRY BEL1N, JR., General Agent for tho Wyoming District for DUPONT'S POWDER Mining, Blastlug,Sportlng, Smokeless and tho Repnuno Chemical Company's IIGI EXHQSIYES. Surety Fuse, Caps nnd Exploders. Booms 212, 213 nnd 214 Coinmonwcaltlj Building, Scranton. AGENCIES: THOS, EOUD, JOHN H. SMITH fc SON, li W. MULLIGAN, PIttstoa Plymouth Wilkcs-Barrd 3 The Alaska Refrigerator Is constructed upon strictly sclcntlfla principles, by which low temperature and. dryness of nlraie naturally and Inevita bly obtained. THE ALAHKA possesses a provision cham bcr free from odor. THE ALASKA has prencned fresh meats perfectly for tbreo weeks In the hottest weather. THE ALASKA produces better results with, less lco than any other Refrigerator. THE ALASKA Is n dry-nlr Befrlgerntor, ana tho best one oor patented. THE ALASKA Is tho Itofrlgorator to buy l jou wunt the bent. THE ALASKA Is sold by MOTE k SHEAR CO. II PLEASANT COAL AT RETAIL. Coal of the best quality for domestts usa and of all sizes, including Buckwheat and! Blrdseye, delivered In any part of the city at the lowest prlco Orders received at the Office, first floor, Commonwealth building, room No 6 telephone No. 2G21 or at the mine, telej phone No. 272, will be promptly attended to. Dealers supplied at the mine, WMT . 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