tws. 1 THE SORANTON" TRIBUNE-THURSDAY MORNTN'Gb MAY 0, 1807. rllxnd W'Mklr. No 8ua!lr Edition. Ily The Tribune Publlihlnj Company. WILLIAM CONNELL, President. tw York DrpresrntMlv: KIIANK K. OKAY CO., lloom 4 Tribune ilulldlnj, New Yotk air. SUBSCRIPTION PRICt't llally go cents a month. Weekly $1.00 a year. 1MTIRID AT Tin P03T0FTICI AT BCJUNT03. TA. AS tSCOND-CliSS MAIL UATTXIt. TEN PAGES. SCRANTON, MAY 0, K37. Our frlenda, the pnomy, ivlll have a Rood denl yet to loam licfore they will lio nblo legally to elect n successor to City Solicitor Torrey. Palsc Impressions. The Irollenee, It. L, Journal, nt the conclusion of 11 long rind soinowlmt rambling disquisition upon the social conditions In the nnthrneltc regions, nsks If civilization he almost nt an ebb In these parts. If the Journal would get Its information at first hand, and not through the sensational pi ess It would not feel called upon to ask so foolish 11 question. It Is true that business rondltlons have forced such a restriction of ac tivities In the, mining Industry that waRes In some eases have barely suf ficed to sustain life; but we have read that the same thins Is true of the mill operatives of New England. Wage and social conditions here will, we suspect, compare favorably with wage and so cial conditions In, for Instance, the print cloth region In the vicinity of 1'rovldence, It. I. So at least we have been told by men who travel through both territories. And the natural In ference Is that we are all In the trough of tho times together and had better spare our gibes and recilmlnatlons un til we reach dry land. To be sure, the coal fields have cap tured more than their share of the un desirable Immigration which loose leg islation has permitted to come to this .country during the past dozen years, but along1 with It has come much im migration of a steady, sober and lndus tilous charucter. The natural proeesi of nsslmllatlon, together with such ed ucational labors among the children of these aliens as the philanthropy of the mining regions will Itself sustain, can be relied upon to do a grea: deal to ward a betterment, of soclr.: conditions hereabouts, and the return of normal prosper" y will do the rest. Wh.le tin legislative investigation of mining conditions now In progress In this state cannot possibly do direct good, since, the fundamental troubles are wholly beyond the power of the state legls'atura to remedy, It Is sug gestive that the distorted versions of the testimony thereby elicited which get into the metropolitan papers are al ready spreading broadcast false and hurtf t! Impressions to the manifest detrlmeiiv of every citizen of this sec-tlo-i. And did the mayor put his foot In It onco more? America's Armenia. Evidence ns to the Inhumanity of the Spanish treatment of Cuban paeificos. or non .combatants, multiplies. The May Review of Reviews contains nn extended review of the Cuban situa tion by Stephen Uonsal which con firms current reports on this score. We mention this contribution in particu lar because Mr. Konsal Is the New York Herald's correspondent In Cuba, and .the writer whose dispatches concern ing Consul General Lee's course in the Ruiz case and his break with Olney and Cleveland, although denied by the state department at the time, were subsequently proved true In every de tail. Mr. lionsal has had General Lee's, confidence throughout the lat tei's residence In Cuba and Is a witness ' who testimony Is absolutely unim peachable He is opposed to Cuban an nexation and he does not say much for the fighting qualities of the Insurgents, but he declares that Spain's attitude toward tnc poor creatures whom'Wey ler has called into the cities, from off the plantations, to sicken and starve. Is more barbarous by far than any thing he saw In Armenia when the massacres there were at their height. Testimony similar in kind comes from anothe source. Crittenden Mar riott repiesentes the Chicago Record in Cuba and as n personal conviction hasn't much love for the Insurgents, whom he deems an Ignorant lot; but after returning from a trip through the "pacified" province of PInar del Wo, he writes: Tho first and most significant thing showing the hollow nature of the pacifica tion In tho fact that over 30,000 Spanish .soldiers aro still garrisoned throughout a district about as lurgo us tho stato of Connecticut, wnile 5,000 moro aro patrol ling Its, hills. The second striking taut ts found in tho misery and Htarvntlou that prevail. Tho cnlire farming legion ha3 been dovastated. and practically all tho rich tobacco district Is 11011-produetlvo. All thn peasants, or paclllcos, have been brought Into tho town to llvo. Statistic show that the population of tho province in times or peaoj is nbcrut 17U.O0O white and CO.drt colored, one-llftl) of which was living in tho towns at the outbreak of tho war. Putilni? tho number of insurgents, dead and alive, in the province at 10,000, this shows 133,000 whites and 43,000 negroes who have had the.r homes destroyed, ev erything they hav In tho world wiped . out, and aro nov. living lumlserablo hovels In the outskirts of the vailous towns, in all degrees of starvation. This Is one province. The threo other "pacified" pio. vlnco3 contained a rural population of over 700,000, all of which has been con centrated, The total Is appalling, rinar del Rio is 'the best place to study the "zone of cultivation." which have been nerahled as an alleviation of tho condi tion of the paclllcos. They have had over flvo months to provo their value, and It is fair to say that they havo proved an almost complete failure. Whera they have produced anything it has been plun dered, either by the needy Insurgonta or by thn starving Spanish soldiers, who have been loft almost entirely to their own re sources' by tho rascality of tho commls. sary department. Homo of tho paclhcos have managed to raiso barely enough to keep tho breith of llfo In their bodies, but many of thtm havo been so discouraged, by bavins everything stolen as soon as It was ready to eat, that they havo given up the hopeless tafk and uro watting In upa thy for the end, Mr. Marriott's conclusion Is Interest ing ns that of a man who writes abso lutely wlthotU.blas. "The rebel Bltuar Hon In I'lnar," says he, "Is Just this: The rebels are bottled up. Tho Spanish patrol the plains outside. If the rebels make n raid there Is a fight. If they stay In the hills they cannot do any damage. Uut, they raise their own crops there, and havo moro and bettor food tlinn. tho Spaniards, who arc hold ing wimo 35,000 troops In the" province, nt nn enormous expense, to keep some 4,000 or B.OOO rebels In check. As soon ns tho troops nre withdrawn, out will como tho rebels, and war will again prevail In the province. As In IMnnr, so In Havana, Mntanzas nnd Santa Clara, except that the rebels In Havana pnd MatnnzaH are comparatively aggressive. Tho warfare Is cruel on both Hides, the only difference being that the Spani ards kill the wounded In the hosnltnls, and their prisoners, while the rebels kill only on tho battleilelds, and take no prisoners If they can avoid It. The rebels nre slowly but surely gaining ground. To the best of my knowledge nnd belief, they nre fnr stronger, better equipped, and ns well provisioned ns ;hey were when I came to Cuba, three months ago. They have established their civil government all through the Island since that time, and, In my opin ion, based on careful study and con scientious observation, their ultimate triumph Is only a question of time and not so long a time either." Bo that as It may, the United States, which stqpped the starvation of uncl flcos during the previous rebellion, can not much longer rcmuln silent under the repetition of this inhumnn policy now. Perhaps th'e mayor merely forgot to enter Ills promise to Fancy on his memorandum book. Futile Criticism. Seldom Is so much truth put Into so little compnss as In these remarks In tho New York Sun, culled from a gen eral discussion of the future of party government In the United States: Without a leader, a party is like on army without a general, a more mob. In every organization of men for nny pur pose a 'boss' is not loss necessary. Un less tho strength of tho mass Is thus con solidated and Individual whims nnd ec centricities subordinated for the accom plishment of some common end, tho strength Is dissipated, and confusion re sults. The existence of an organized church would bo Impossible without u. common platform of doctrine nnd prin ciple, and without appointed leaders. All comblnatlors of men require such subordi nation; and nowhero is it more obviously necessary than In popular government. The denunciations of 'ttin boss,' so monot onously repeated by Inconsiderate writers and unruflJctlng men, are really denuncia tions of our American political system and tho (political methods which nre a neces sary consequenco and concomitant of It. Their real object of assault, whether In tentionally or lgnoranlly, Is popular gov ernment as it was established and has logically developed In America, Uccauso these malcontents thcrm-clvcs cannot rule, tm?y would detroy popular rule; though the perversity which makes them the po litical Iconoclasts they are, renders It Im possible for them to hold together In order to rul". A good Illustration of the Ill-effects of cross-purposes In action may be cited In the early military movements of the Union army during our civil war. There we had the modern Mug wump Idea exhibited In thorough ex periment. There was no recognized power In command; each general, each cabinet olllcer nnd we might nlmost say each loyal soldier had n personal theory as to bow the war should be conducted and in many cases these differing theories were put Into execu tion, to the Infinite confusion of the Union cause and with vast and un necessary sacrifice of life. Not until Ulysses S. Grant moved up by force of meilt from obscurity to supreme command was there introduced on a comprehensive scale that system which Is essential to large success. Grant was essentially n "machine" command er, a "boss"; he did in war what Quay and Piatt and Foraker are doing In pol itics and at the time got quite ns much abuse for It as they are getting. When they are also dead they will be honored very much as he Is honored; for ns Tom Reed says, "a statesman Is a politician who is dead." The contemporary criticism of "boss Ism" In politics, when directed, as so often it Is, against the underlying idea of organization and leadership, Is es sentially futile. Good does not result from it, only harm. Where reform Is necessary Is in the limitation of leader ship to prudent methods and Justifiable ends. There Is yet time, before adjourn ment day at Hnrrlsburjr, for the legis lature to complete the work of dis crediting Itself by starting a few moro tomfool Investigations. Anglo-Americans and the Jubilee. Th'e New York Sun doesn't see what Queen Victoria has ever done to war rant so big a fuss over the sixtieth anniversary of her accession to the throne; and It moreover Intimates tliat those Americans who nre preparing to Join In the Jollification nre little better than Tories. For once, wo cannot agree with the Sun. There aro many reasons why the Kngltsh people should bo glad that Victoria has reigned sixty years. One of them is that it has kept the prince of Wales from assuming tho regal of fice; another, that It has given to the United Kingdom of Great Rrltaln and Ireland the least offensive ruler that It has ever had. Personam lea npart, tho reign of Victoria, now tho longest in nritish annals, has been co incident with the greatest development of the British empire and has covered the period of many of the most notablo achievements In the history of civili zation. It offers a good pretext for !ho English people to exorcise their mttiotlsm and they would be a sordid lot If they should fall to tako advan tage of the opportunity. As for those Kngllsh-born Americans who Intend to co-operate- In the so called "Diamond Jubilee," the Sun's characterization Is harsh. It does not necessarily Indicate a low standard of attachment to the Institutions of their adopted country when Americans by naturalization exhibit sentiments of es teem for the mother land. We honor them for It and think he would be a churl who would have no such feelings. It will be tlmo to find fault when there Is any evidence that such esteem saps the obligations which those aliens have assumed toward these United States. Wo trust that our readers, men as well as women, are perusing our dally repoiin of the very sensible and prac tical lectured of Miss Parloa on house hold cuisine nnd management which are being delivered In the Youn Men's Christian Association hall, It were better, of course, to hear the lectures, since that which Is printed concerning them Is necessarily only a nummary; but where personal attendance Is Im possible! wc cordlnlly recommend the next best thing. Thero Is no other science comparable In Importance with the science of Intelligent housewifery; nnd no expositor of that science ranks higher than Miss Parloa. Tho defeat of the arbitration treaty yesterday Is not a cause for surprlsd, nlthougli It Is one for regret. The treaty Is beaten technically, since there was not a two-thirds majority In Its favor; but morally, with a majority of 17 votes and the practically unanimous Indorsement of the best elements of our citizenship, It stands victorious ns em bodying the principle of settlement which will herenfter, In any event, de cide the great preponderance of differ ences arising between this nation nnd nny other. Tho Archbnld Citizen hns Just cele brated Its third birthday under pros perous surroundings. The Citizen, which Is published by Hon. A. F. .Mi Nulty and Sonst Is now numbered among the most enterprising and prog ressive of Lackawanna valley week lies nnd is a credit to Archbnld push and thrift. Tho Andrews committee. raps nt David Martin appear to havo been somewhat softened by later develop ments. However, leniency In victors Is always becoming. Martin 'has prob ably been punished enough. Gossip at the Capital Special Correspondence of The Tribune. Washington, May !i. Tho Universal Postal union, which met In the old Corcoran Art Gallery today, Is an outgrowth of modern economical con ditions and Its maintenance is a necessity of them, Formerly the rate of interna tional postago varied according to tho different routes taken by vessels carrying the malls. Asldo from the inconvcnlenco to tho sender and tho possible added ex ltonse to the receiver, there were several considerations which mado this system or lack of system highly annoying even ut tho slower pace of bultlcss forty years ago, and which would make It Intolerable If continued into tho present brisk era. If, foroxnmple, the rate at which it letter was prepaid would not entitle It to go by the first stoami. a sailing, it was llablo to bo held over until a day when a steam er was booked to sail by a shorter or cheaper route. This irregularity nnd un certainty, ns will bo seen, marked not only tho difference between letters sent to different countries, but betwen thoio Fent to the same country. A letter for Austria could be scnt by stfnmers sailing for Hrranen or IlnmburK direct, or by way of England or France, and the postage would bo 15, 30 or 42 cents a half ounce, ac cording to thn route traversed. A letter for Australia could sent by either of six loutes, the postage varying from 6 to 1M, Kven Canada nnd Mexico had each two rotues, the rates varying according to which was taken. Rut the onnoynnco did not ceaso with the con-Frondents. Tho governmental bookkeeping was kept In an almost Inex tricable tangle, forfach government kept nn open account with each other, charging and crediting tho respective proportions of thopostngo paid on every letter for its car riage to tho neaport of the country wboie It was mailed and from ship to destina tion In tho country received. Hero arose a new difficulty, duo to tho difference in tho units of rate and of weight In voguo in the several countries. Tho weightings, charges nnd credits were never mado in bulk, but each letter had to be separately entered on a letter-bill sent with each mall, like a shipping bill on a freight route. The unit of rate was in soma coun tries ono sheet of paper. In others a qir ter ounce, one-third of an ounce, 11 half oUce, or two-thlru of an ounce, as tho case might be; nnd the units of weights varied quite as much, being In England tho ounce, in France the gramme, in Ger many the loth, and so on. Tho first movement In tho direction of system and order In the postal relations of tho great nations camo from an Ameri can source, Montgomery Blair, tho post master general in President Lincoln's cab inet, requested Secretary Seward, In 1502, to Invite a. conference of tho postal au thorities of Europe and America to con sider the adoption of a uniform standard of weight, uniformity of rates and condi tions, a uniform basis for sea and land transit charges, and. If practicable, uni form registration and money-order sys tems. Tho invitation was accepted by the governments addressed, and resulted in a conference, which convened In Paris on the 11th of May. JR63, and lasted until tho 9th of line, and was attended by the leading postal officer of Austria, Pel glum, Cota Rica, Denmark, Spain, tho United States, France, Great Rrltaln, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Prus sia, tho Hawaiian Islands, Switzerland, and tho Hancf atlc cltle, this country be ing represented by John A. Kaason, who had then recently rotlred from the posi tion of first assistant postmastor gen oral. This conference voted unanimously to recommend to tho several governments represented tho following reforms among others: Optional prepayment on ordi nary letters; unpaid and short-paid let ters to bo forwarded subject to additional charges; no additional charge to bo mado on fully prepaid articles, unless they wero required to be forwarded beyond tho coun try to which they wero originally art dressed; postage rates to bo tlxed In all countries according to tho same scalo of weights; and the metric system to bo adopted for alt international accounts; tho unit for a weight for a letter rate to bo fifteen grammes (one-half ounce) or Its equivalent; limited responsibility $10 for tho loss of a registered article; wherever practicable only ono rate to bo fixed for an article for tho same country, by what ever route It might bo dispatched; credits to foreign offices on account of closed mails to bo calculated on tho net weights of tho mall9 not by postage rates; no charge for forwarding an artlclu from ono postofilco to another, unless tho article passed be yond tho country of original destination; dead matter to too returned to tho coun try of origin without charge; no country to chargo more than ono-halt of Its domes tic postage rato for the land transl" of mails from other countries, and not moro for sea transit than tiro whole rato oharged upon Its own correspondence; and official communications to bo conveyed freo of charge. To show how the uhare of this country In framing tho new postal policy of tho world was appreciated, In the closing hour of the conference, tho Swiss minister, speaking for tho whole conference, de clared that 'if the deliberations of tho conforenco havo led to results from which n favorable Influence upon future postal treatlos may bo expected, these results are largely duo to tho liberal and concilia tory spirit constantly shown during tho deliberations by tho dolegato of tho gov ernment which took tho Initiative In tho conference" namely, Mr. Kasson, of tho United States. How well we kept up our national prestige in this matter may be Judged by looking over the correspond ence between our government and the others represented at tho Paris confor enco and observing the results accom plished In tho ten years which followed. In 1373, for example, wn find 31 cents to he tho highest letter rato charged in tho United States, Imttead of 11.02, tho high est charge In 1SG3. Instead of threo rate? for Austria, the highest bclnff 42 centu, wo find only two rates of (5 and 7 conta; In stead of six rates for Australia, tho high est being J1.02, we find only the two mtcs of 18 nnd 22 contsj whllo only two differ ent rate were chargeable on articles for Greece, Germany, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland, and only one to Hong Kong, Denmark, tha .Netherlands, Canada and Mexico. Still thero were reforms to bo necom pllsed; and out of th movement started by Postmaster General Ulalr grew In duo course of time tho great congress which met nt Homo on Sept. 13, 1871, with dele gates from twenty-two countries and colo nies. Thero tho United States woro again specialty honored, their represents tlves being publicly welcomed by tho pre siding officer with tho statement thnt it was tho United HtBteiS -which, In 1803, took tho Initiative In tho iiostnl reforms point ed out by the conference of Pari", nnd which tho congress of Berne woa about to attempt to put Into practical operation by means of a general treaty binding upon nil participating nations. Tho congress was In senlou until the 9th of October, 1S71, when tho first "treaty concerning tho critlon of 11 general postal union" was signed by the representatives of Ger many, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Den mark, Egypt, Spain, the United Stales,, Great Hlrtnln, Gtoece, Italy, Luxemburg, Norway, tho Netherlands. Portugal, Rou mnnln, Huiwdn, Scrvla, Sweden, Switzer land nnd Turkey. Franco signed a short time later, nnd .Montenegro governed her operations by the terms of tho treaty, which began to run on the 1st of July, 1S73, over a territory containing n population of 375,000,000 persons. Tho countries and colonics adhering no the treaty were constituted "a single pos tal territory for the reciprocal exchange of correspondenco between their post olllc es," through the entire extent of which tho right of transit of tho mails was guar anteed nt certain rates within mixlmum limits. It provided for a uniform classi fication of articles trunsmlsslblo In Inter national mnlls, and fixed uniform postngo rntes ami conditions within maximum lim its. It greatly simplified tho detailed and complicated postaro accounts by provid ing that ich country should keep, for Its own use, nil tho postage It collected, and should settle with other countries for their Intermediary services within tho Postal Union upon tho basis of weights, instead of upon tho basis of "rates." It ren dered obligatory the forwarding of unpaid letters and of shortipald articles of other classes. It provided that articles should ;1ki reforwartlcd, throughout- tho entire Postal Union without additional charge. It provided for a congreeo to convene once In every thieo years for tho revision of tho treaty, each country hnvlng ono vote; and It established, nt an annual ex penso of 15,000, an international bureau at Berne, to be under tho supervision of tho postal administration of Switzerland, charged with the duty of collecting and distributing postal statistics nnd lnforma ton, giving opnions on questions at Issue, nnd in general serving as a means of com municating between the postal administra tions. It also provided for arbitration tn ease any two or more administrations could not agree upon tllo interpretation to bo placed upon a provision of tho treaty. From that tlmo to the present the Postal Union has grown steadily. It very soon outgrew its name, and had to change the designation "General" to "Universal" to make tho title correspond with the facts. Of the Improvements which It lias wrought In the .peed, safety and conven ience of conveyance of letters to and from the lemotest ends of tho earth, no iporson or business office having a largo foreign correspondence need bo assured. Its beneflclent service to commorco has been Incalculable, and tho good work Is going on steadily, Outsldo of tho lnterna tlon field, also, its Influence has boon or tho greatest advantugo to tho peoplo of uvory country. It has stimulated lndl vldunll governments to broaden their do mestic, postal systems. Even so conser vative a governmtnt ns tho Chinese has of late been wnktd up to tho need of sup planting the haphazzard courier scrvlco which hns hitherto been the only means of communication In tho interior, by a regular postal system between tho moro Important centers of poimlation nnd busi ness, nnd Norway, spurred thereto by tho Increaso of tourist travel in recent years, has estnbjlshed a postofilco nt Spitsber gen, probably the northernmost bit of ter ritory yet reached by a regular mall route. THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING. From tho Washington Star, There can bo no stronger assurance that that offered by foreign comments on it, and by rumored foreign action as tho re sult of it. Tho mensuro is displeasing to Great Britain, Germany, France and Japan, and commercial reprisals aro threatened. Canada leads off for Great Britain, with a tariff revised against American products and in favor of Eng lish products, and Japan, it is stated, nw.y cancel an order or two she has given for warships to American shipbuilders, and In other ways spend her money olsowhere. Business Is business, but that sort of thing will not havo any effect In this country. Why should it have? Tho Dlngley bill, it may bo stated, is not directed at nny countiy. It seeks neither to punish nor to break down the Indus tries of any country. It explains itself, and Is Justified by tho experience nnd de mands of tho American people. It is framed on tho lines of what Is known as tho American policy. .Protection to home Industries against the competition of for eign cheap labor Is a policy as old as tho government Itself. America has thrived under that policy, and therefore decides to continue it. Tho American market was never no valuable as It is today, as is shown by tho eagerness of outsiders to sharo it with the homo producers. The Dlngley bill reserves It for the home pro ducers and tho homo consumers, to the benefit of both, and thereby fulfills the alms and ends of Its authors. Wo aro doing in this matter simply what wo have good reason to bellovo Is best for this country. No country over adopts, or should adopt, an cnomic policy with any other object in view. The contention of tho free traders Is that the country Is already doveloped; that Its Industries aro "overgrown," ami no longer need protec tion, and so forth. That Is a very short sighted appraisement of things. The real development of the country Is Just begin ning. Comparatively speaking, tho popu lation is small as yet. Within fifty years It is likely to bo double Its present size; and with tho Increase of peoplo will como nn Increase of nil Industries that go to sustain them. What exists today, there fore, la a foundation upon which that groater tdructuro Is to rise. And so, to weaken tho foundation would be a crime against the future. Tho homo market with the first call for tho homo peoplo Is still a motto to conjure with. Tho only freo trade wo want In this country is tho freo trade that exists among the states nnd territories of tho Union. TOLD BY THE STARS. Dnily Horoscope Drawn byAjncchus, Tho Tribune Astrologer. Astrolabo cast: 4.01 a. m., for Thursday, May C, 1897. is? n A child born on this day will bo or tho opinion that there ha been confusion of dialects in tho caso of Mayor Bailey and Mr. Klnsloy. The proposed Joint councllmanio conven tion was rathor u disjointed affair after all. A poor memory often destroys tho best work of a llr. Too much suspicion on part of man gen orally Indicates that ho Is either a rogue or has been "touched," IIOUSr.CMIANIN'G. Bare rooms that echo carpetlcss; Bnro walls, unblinking windows, dust! 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LEWIS,RE!LLYMAVIES AlwayB Uuny Bhoe Stores. Wholosalo nnd Itetall. Tolophono No. 2-152. 114-110 WYOMING AVE. Drops Of Blood drip from tho merciless Sultan's Bword as ho plys his terrible slaughter of the defenseless while Drops of I ok from the mlshtler PEN of Gladstone, the Grand Old Han, have aroused to Indignation the Christian World. "We have pens and Ink enough and la 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 plies. STATIONERY Wedding Cards, In vitations, Announcements, etc., etc. Reynolds Bros STATIONERS, Hotel Jermyn Utilldlng. Btackles 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 k Cornell's, Agents for Itcgliui Jluula Hoses. 1 T? -"-2rt . KJlA -ZJ Belt J 130 Wyoming Avenue EAZAAt. Alt eratioi SALE Swoeping reduction in nil lines to rava moving stock, on account of oxtonst vo alter ations on our first and second floors. Now Is tho time to buy China, Glassware, Bric-a-Brac, Lamps, Silverware and House hold Goods, Cheap Keonomtcnl bouselseepers will Uo well to attend this sale. Two lfi-feot Illack Walnut Counters antf 120 feet of good Shelving for salo cheap. CLEiOHS, FEliEIi ALLEY Ca, 422 Lackawanna Avenue. HENRY BEL1N, JR., General Agent for tho Wyoming District for DUPONT'S POWDER Slinlng, Ulastlng.Sportlng, Smokeless and the Ilcpauno Cbomtcal Company's HIGI EXPLOSIVES. Safety Fuse, Caps and Exploders. Rooms 212, 2ia and 214 Commonwcaltlv Building, Scranton. AGENCIES: TIIOS, FORD, JOHN H. 8MITII & SON, E. W. MULLIGAN, rittton( Plymouth Wllkes-BariW 3' The Alaska Refrigerator Is constructed upon strictly scientific) principles, by which low tompcrature and drynexsof air aro naturally and Inevita bly obtained. THE ALASKA posResHCS a provision cham ber free1 from odor. , THE ALASKA bus prekorved fresh moat perfectly for threo weeks in tho U weather. THE ALASKA produces better results with, less Ico than uny other Refrigerator. THE ALASKA Is 11 dry-nlr Kafrlgcrator, and tho best ono over patented. THE ALASKA is tho Refrigerator to buy It you want tho bosU THE ALASKA is sold by ' rooiE & s: ML PLEASANT COAL AT RETAIL. Coal of tho best quality for domestlo uss) and of all sizes, Including Buckwheat and Blrdseye, delivered In any part of tho city, at tho lowest prlco Orders received at tho Office, first floor, Commonwealth building, room No ; tolophono No. 2621 or at tho mine, tele- 1 phone No. 272, will be promptly attended to. Dealers supplied at the mine. WM. T. SI
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