THE SCRANTON" TRIBUNE -HOH DAY HORNING, MAY 17, 189?. latl nd Weekly. No Hun4y Kdltloa. By The Tribune Publllhlnj: Compiny. WlUiIAM CONNELL, PrcMdont. t Vetli Itepretrntittre: ritANK ft OKAY CO.. Ttoom 4 Tribune HtiUdln(r, Kew York Cltr. SUBSCRIPTION PKICUt Dally jo cent a mnntli. Weekly $1.00 a year. MIRID AT Til POSTOTrlCS AT PC1UNTON, TA.. FICCND-CLABa UAI1. MATTIS. AD TEN PAGES. SCRANTON, MAY 17, 1SD7. Today It Is expected that the presi dent of the United States will lift the lid partly oft Spanish helllshness In Cuba, and by ft rstrlktng coincidence, today the Madrid Government will Krant amnesty to Cuban political sus pects. "When the devil was Blck, the devil a saint would be." without warrant, and In such' manner ns to commit by himself a cross con tempt of Justice. It Is obviously fit and proper that the rightful dignity of tho court should not bo disturbed by newspaper publica tions The olTlce of a Judge Is neces sarily bo snered that extreme care rhould bo taken by writers and editors for the press not wantonly to lower It In the public estimation. At tho same time, when It Is the Judge himself who casts discredit upon his position, the duty of Journalism is equally clear. It must pafesuard tho oITlco even If thereby It has to smite the oinclnl. Criticism of the bench Bhould be dla passionate und with honest Intent; but tho public could better afford nn occa sional overstepping of the line of hon est criticism of tho courts than It could afford to dispense with that palulnry chock upon abuse of power which the right of criticism Imposes. representatives, and does not find It ex pedient to tie up In close alliance In each state with party kickers. It Is now quite evident that the old time Democratic election experts In the solid south wero a set of conceited novices compared with tho artistic workers who carried Dunmoro last February. A Chicago Judge has outlawed the cigarette trust, which Is good as far as It goes; but It remains to convert, Incarcerate or assasslnote the Indi vidual who buys tho "coffin nails" by paying cash. Governor Dlack has signed the bill to create a civil service system with tho starch out. What ho lacks In love for starch Ulack evidently makes up In grit. McKlnley and Cuba. It Is understood that the administra tion's objection to the Morgan resolu tion now pending In the senate rests In the first place upon tho ground, that recognition of belligerency Is essential ly an executive function; and In the second place; upon the belief that such recognition at this time, by glvlni? to Spain tho right of search, would be likely soon to Involve this country In a foreign war and thereby defeat the general desire for a return of domestic prosperity. It Is point ed oit by spokesmen for the president that while his sympathies for tin; Cuban Insurgents In their aspiration for self-government, are as keen as anybody's, he Is morally committed by tho highest dictates of humanity to exhnut peaceful methods first before ass-unilng an attitude to ward Cuba directly or Indirectly point ing to war or Its possibilities. Tho executive mestage scheduled for transmission to the f-enate today will, It Is asserted, employ no words which can Justly give offence to either party to the Cuban war, but will trat wholly of tho destitution which the troubles In Cuba have entailed upon a considerable number of Americans in that island, for whose relief congress l bo asked to vote an appropriation. It Is proposed not only to enable our consular agents In Cuba to supply the pressing needs of Americans within thVMr Jurisdiction but also to Issue notice that all Ameri cans In Culia who desire to leave that island during the period of Its troubles will be removed by the United States government frf of cost. In this way our direct Interest In Cuba will bo les sened in a manner to which neither the Spaniards nor the Cubans can take ex ception. While the money to be voted by con gress for this purpose Is to be restrict ed In disbursements to American bene Ticlailes, any citizen or number of citi zens of the United State3 who may feel no Inclined can at any time collect a .private fund for use amonu the desti tute paclllcos who are not Americans. It Is said in a Washington dispatch' that the heartrending character of the situation in Cuba caused tho state de partment to send for MIfs Clara Bar ton of the Red Cross society a few days ngo and seek her assistance In alleviat ing the condition of the sufferers. Mls3 Barton thereupon explained that Mr. Olney, while secretary of state, had se cured permission for her to go to Cuba for the purpose of distributing supplies, ' and that the Queen of Spain had sent her personal thanks, yet the people of tho United States had contributed no money nor food to aid her In carrying out her charitable desire. She an nounces her willingness to go to Cuba as soon as the necessary funds shall be raised. In Justice to President McKlnley we shall assume that the foregoing pro gramme does not represent his furthest but rather his first step In the direction of Cuban relief. We shall accept as accurate Senator Foraker'n recent an nouncement that the president Is gath ering Information to old In the formu lation of a final policy touching the duty owed by the United States to hu manity In the matter of Spain's devas tation and depopulation of Cuba; and that when that infinnntlon shall bs collected and collated, there will be neither delay or Indecision with refer ence to the putting of that policy into operation. A new word has been added to tho political vocabulary. It defines tho fakir in politics by calling him a "Span gullken." There are several "Spangu llkens" In Scranton. The Press and the Bench. A righteous decision has been niado by the circuit court sitting at Cleve land, O., In a case appealed from Judge Lamson of the court of common pleas. Some months ago tho Cleveland Rc corder passed criticism upon a ruling which Judgo Lamson had mado during an Issue before lilni. The criti cism was severe, but tho press and bar of Cleveland assert that It was Justi fied. The criticism, by the bye, was not printed until after tho caso In question had been decided. Hut tho Judgo construed it aa contempt of court, summoned the editor of tha Re corder before him and Imposed, auto cratically, a drastic sentence of tine and imprisonment. This summary exorcise of tho con tempt prerogative involved so sweeping an abridgement of tho right of tho people to express opinions upon tho official actions of their servants In power that steps were Immediately taken to have Judge Lmson's courao reviewed by a higher tribunal. Ap peal was made to tho circuit court, and that body not only promptly re versed the common pleas Judge but also asserted that In order to consti tute constructive contempt an nrtlclu In a newspaper must bo written In r Kard to a enre actually on trial when the artlclo was published, and it must be of such a nature as actually to prejudice the decision of the case and do an Injury to litigants of tha court. Neither of these conditions having been present In the comments of the Cleve land paper, it follows from the circuit court's own statement at principles that Judge Lamson acted arbitrarily, The Scranton Tribune and Scianton lie publican aro engaged In a spirited but foolish rivalry as to which can print tho blggost papers. If one announces u six teen paper issue tho nthT eomPH out with twentypnges. Thlslsno doubt a good thing for the subscribers, but as a business proposition It Is very unwise, considering the necessarily limited circulation of all provincial news publications and the con sequent cost of each one of such papers. Wilkes-Ilarro Times. We assure our contemporay that It misapprehends The Tribune's aim. Its ambitions to publish the best paper In Its field. It does not Inflate simply for Inflation's sake. When It publishes a sixteen-page paper, there is abundant reason for It in the contents thereof, and, we are happy to add, In the pub lic's reception thereof. We are not In tho publishing business solely for glory. Gossip at the Capital An Appearance That May Deceive. Only the warm perianal esteem of tho American people for President Mc Klnley and the confidence which they feel In his desire to promote tho na tion's highest Interests cause them to forego complaint at one phase of the new Cuban policy. Spain has declared that Cuba Is paci fied. Our consular agents say it is not. Spain savs that we have no right to Intervene to stop wholesale destruction of life and property on nn Island ours by location but not by title. Our con sular agents say we have every rea son for such Interference. The presi dent accepts and prepares to act upon the Information received through the consular service In Cuba so far as re lates to destitution exlstln? nmong Americans citizens; but ho makes ns yet no open move toward sloping or checking the vicious cause of that In human condition of affairs, because, It Is explained, he Is "gathering the facts." If one wero disposed to be critical of the president, one might In quire why the facts reported to him through the regular official chanueU are regarded as competent testimony in one direction and not in the other. The truth probably Is, however, that negotiations are already pending be tween Washington and Madrid looking to the ending of the Cuban conflict; but that the president does not deem It advisable at this time to remove from these negotiations the veil of secrecy. Such a probability was recently Indi cated at Madrid when tho ministry declined to submit to the cortes tho latest corespondence with the United States, and we have moreover had Inti mations from Washington of similar import. In other words, any appear nnce of procrastination by the presi dent Is so urgent a crisis as is revealed In the later Cuban advices may bo and likely is deceptive. The summoning to Albany of the presidents of the coal-carrying rail roads, to testify about an Imaginary coal trust, was a bit of buncombe that will help nobody In the world but the stock gamblers. May be, though, that was what It was done for. Special Correspondence of The Tribune. Washington, May lfl. Nothing In connection with tho pro gress of tho tariff bill has given so rnucn satisfaction as tho assurance of Sen ntor Aldrlch that, regardless of the as sertions of tho "now Journalist" to tho contrary, tho great measure wilt bo called up for consideration on schedule time. There Is really 110 reason why It should not have been under discussion at uny time during tho last week or ten days, except that It was tho desire of the Republicans of the senate to do nil In their power to retain tho kindly feci. Ing of thu Democrats. There never was a 'jerlod in tho history of any great congressional measure when ll was more desirable to allny party feeling, lb-publicans aro reasoning dally witn their Democratic brethren to impress uoon them that this Is a tlmo of alt oilier when all congressmen should be states men in the broadest sense of the term and that no advantage should be taken of any condition for tho mere sake of benefits which may accrue to party or to Individual. Of courso tho Democrats nro slow to understand why they should lu any way pull Republican chestnuts from tho fire, but thev are really act ing In the most charming manner, and the delay occasioned In tho beginning by giving them tho tlmo they ask for prep aration may be Faved In tho ending. Again the belief Is expressed In somo quarters that the discussion of the bill will not bo prolonged. This seems to bo based on the conviction that Demo crats will grow tired onu heated when tho rod-hot season sels In as oas lly and thoroughly as tho Republicans. Tills Is a vain hope. Neither heat nor cold nor frost nor thunder Is effective In stop ping the flow of argument and declama tion of some of these, gentlemen. It Is peculiar that some of tho most tena cious and long winded are from the South. Thcso aro acclimated to heat. They thrive upon It. Heat simply warms tho oil of their tongues and tho cockles of their hearts. Such men as Morgan, and Mills, and Tillman, and others of tho fervent section, aro really not aulte their proper selves until the mercury reaches one hundred In the shade, and Allen, of Nebraska, and Stewart, of Ne vada, and others of moro northern lati tudes, seem Ho have almost equally trop ical natures. This brief meteorological diagnosis is moro Important than It would seem to be at first glance, and will bo an Important factor In timing tho debate. T have seen the statement made fre quently of late that President McKln ley Is dusgnstcfl by tho slow progress of the business of the extra session, on ac count of the fact that ho is anxious to get away for a long outing. This Is tho veriest nonsense. No person connected with any arm of tho government has n keener appreciation of tho difficulties that lie In tho way of haste. He has had his own long experience of congress, and under even more favorable conditions than obtain at this time, and knows very well that the Republicans in tho sen ato are hastening as rapidly as they can. It Is only by exercising tho most consummate finesse and diplomacy that they can hopo to accomplish any legis lation whatever. That also Is well un derstood by tho president. Besides, the assertion that Mr. McKlnley la anxious to tako an extended outing Is a bald assumption. Ho has not said so, because ho has had no such departure In his mind. Ho must dispose of a mass of business before he can enjoy moro in the v.ny of rest than an occasional Jaunt of a day or two at a time. throunh tho favor of tho speaker, which is a boon granted only to a few In tnose parlous days of house performance. "Speaking of presidential outings," said a white-haired senator today, " It 1 notable that In all tho talk about McKln ley's schemes for rest on one hns sug gested tho possibility of a fishing or a duck shooting Junket. Tor twelve long years these excursions have reeked with tales of tho gore of ducks nnd fish. The Joy of bear batting and bull fighting, according to my Idea, would bo Infinitely grcnter, nnd tho performance more re spectable, as a matter of recreation, than tho murder of Innocent nnd helpless fish and ducks. I sincerely hopo the presi dent will show that he has a mind nbovo such horrid sport. Is It not remarkable, b the way, that we have never had u president who possessed any accomplish ment of nn aesthetlo character with which he could iimuso nnd rest himself from the fatigue of official work' I be lieve it Is a fact that nearly every head of foreign governments is a devotee of seme ono of the elegant arts, such ns music, painting, sculpture. It Is my Im pression that not a single ono 01 our presidents has been versed In any of the line nrts even to tho extent of nhlllty to criticise Intelligently, to ra nothing of dabbling In them for recreation nnd the refining atmosphere tint surroupds them. Mr. McKlnley mny poa.icss some lit these accomplishments, nut It ro I havo not heard of It. Leaving tl.o pres ent executive out of tho question. Gar field, I believe, was tho most aesthetic of nil our presidents. He was a fair Judge of art works, and a good critic of elegant literature." "It Is a strange ithlng to me," said one member of the house to another In my henrlng a dny or two ngo, "that farm ers don't suriound themselves with moro refinements. Now you aro from a ruril district, and perhaps you can enlighten me." "What do you think they ought to have?" "Well, pianos." "Humph! Pianos Indeed! Then their daughters would be thumping out hor rid noises nil tho time, would neglect housework, nnd tho old man would havo to put a mortgage on tho farm to pay for It all." "Well, all farmers havo horses. Let them get nice carriages and buggies for the boys and girls." "Simply an Inducement of flirtations and to run to dances." What In thunder should they have, then?" "Woodsheds. There's moro profanity In mv district on account of green and wnter-soaked wood, more domestic quar rels, moro overflowing bile, moro troublj or all kinds, on account of the horrid firewood, than can be cured by ail the churches. What tho farmer wants ia woodsheds." SPURTS OF PROSPERITY. From tho Washington Post. A discouraged freo trade contemporary, after belaboring "tho Republican manag ers" because prosperity has not yet shown up to a satisfactory extent, Inclines to mltlcatn lis censure of those "manngers" by putting a part of tho responsibility on circumstances beyond their control. "Tho wisest courso of legislation," It says, "could not have realized popular expecta-, tions," becauso "tho conditions which ren dered possible tho groat spurt3 of pros perity in tho quarter of a century after tho civil war havo disappeared and can not return." This, we aro assured. Is "a fundamental fact," and "tho wisest peo plo" are those who recognize It as such. In support of this proposition our freo trade contemporary cites tho Dry Goods Itconomist, which tells Us readers that "a new era has opened in tho country; and era of greater care, greater economy, gtronner competition; an era in which old machinery and easy-going methods have no place; an era unfavorable to 'plunging, except as the rfsult of the most methodi cal planning and preparation; an era de manding economy In personal and busi ness expenditures." The 'Economist holds that hereafter tho business methods of tho rest of tho civilized world must rulo In tho United Stntes; that In future pro duction must bo regulated by demand; that the use of obsoleto machinery and tho production of worthless goods will bo un profitable, and that hand-to-mouth pur chasing, which has caused much" complaint among wholesalers for the past few years, Is no transient result of a passing depres sion, but is hero to stay and must bo reifkoned with. "This," says our free trade contemporary, "Is a business gospel which will not bo received gladly by many, but there can bo no doubt that it Is the true doctrine." GOLISMIIET BAZAAR. This Is Your Store Every tiling in it is yours bought for you; to be sold to you at a reasonable, lion est margin of profit. To serve your best interests we have pressed iuto this service the accumulated experience of years, boiled it down, fashioned it to fit the needs of the hour. It is this crystalizing of all that is best in merchandising that makes this business more helpful to you as the years go by, Oress Goods Doimigs Always something of special interest to talk about here. The value of the follow ing lots are completely divorced from the prices. Overstocked makers take the loss this time. 40 to 50 cent values lumped into one and all sold now at 25 cents. to Cloak amid Smiit Department A new line of Children's Pique Rceters with sailor collar, embroidery ( n- trimmed, in pink, blue and white, at 40-) Ladies' Storm Serge Skirts of the finest quality ,lincd throughout with the best Taffeta Silk, would be cheap at $10.00. Our price $6o9 Buy Carpets amid Matttags Now You know we arc going out of the Carpet business. 30 cent Art Carpets, fast colors, 20 cents 35 cent Ingrain Carpets 25 cents 50 cent Ingrain Carpets 35 cents. 65 cent best of all Wool Ingrain Carpets, 45 cents 70 cent Tapestry Brussels Carpets, 45 cents 75 cent Best Quality Brussels Carpets, 59 cents Body Brussels, Velvets and Moquettes from 70 cents upwards. Heavy China Straw Mattings 10 cents. Genuine Cotton Warp Mattings from 17 to 25 cents. FINLEY Lace Ctartalai: "SPMNG YOU pooi r Unfair to the President. Tiie exhibition of fiore-headedness given on last Friday evening by Hon. John Wanamaker, at the meeting In Philadelphia of tho Business Men's league, may be Ignored, so far as ho directed his remarks at Senator Quay. There Is some justification for soreness by Sir. Wanamaker toward Senator Quay. The Jolt which Quay gave him on a recent occasion was quite suffi cient to bruise his sensibilities nnd suggest Ideas foreign to the Golden Rule. And while, In view of Wana maker's campaign methods, It Is open to question whether he Is precisely the man to say much against Quay, tho fact that men who go against Quay usually go away howling, covers him with the extenuating mantle of prece dent and we can well afford to lot this feature of his animadversions pass. Hut to tho extent that his oratorical easement of mind Involved a criticism of the present fedprnl administration and this It very broadly did In Its al lusions to legislation and patronage It presents a topic certainly open for discussion. The legal right of Sir. Wnnomaker to speak his thoughts upon any thenio within the limits of doco rum, and especially upon a subject connected with the administration of government, Is unchallengeable; but It seems to us that there should have been some smse of propriety which would have restrained this former holder of high ofllco received In gift from tho Republican party from selecting a day contemporaneous with tho president's nrrlval in his own city for tho promul gation of a querulous complaint at tho bo-called slow fulfilment of the Repub llcan policy. We expect Mr. llryan and tho miscellaneous opposition to Mc Klnley to embarrass and deride him as much as they can. That Is politics, as political ethics now rule. Hut It was scarcely expected that men who have enjoyed high distinction and many substantial favors through the Itepubllcan party organization would almost steal Mr. liryan's thunder in their haste to glvo public testimony to tho alleged growth of discontent. There Is, we repeat, no serious ob jection to the assumption by Mr. Wan amaker of tho role of chief oracle, cashier and chaplain to the grand nrmy of the malcontents in Pennsyl vania politics; but It Is hardly fair to McKlnley to have him whacked at as Mr. Wanamaker seems disposed to whack at him, because ho follows tho long-established precedent of placing tho appointments largely In accordance with tho wishes of the senators and "Judgo" Hough, of Ohio, solicitor of Internal revenue, Is a very Jewel of a Democrat. He has sent In his resigna tion, not In a gingerly way, as under un comfortable compulsion, but with tho utmost cheerfulness, and with the dec laration that It Is entirely becauso of his admiration for Mr. McKlnley. He Is a Democrat of the Democrats, bono and flesh, but ho has so deep a regard for tho president that ho will not re main In ofllco a day to his chief's embar rassment. This Is tho most charming utteranco of any Democrat since tho fourth of March, and It Is probable Mr. Hough's departure for Ohio will not bo hastened on account of It. Ily tho way, the Judgo entered his position under pe culiar circumstances. His predecessor, Alphonso Hart, afso of Ohio, was dls missed by an error, boforo the four years of Ills term nau expired. Jiougn was given a commission dated toe nth of May. Discovering the error Hart held on by agreement with Hough until the 1st of July. Thus Hough was as chlvalrlc towards Hart as he Is towards McKln ley, thus exhibiting how sweetly Ohio men can dwell together though they be of opposite politics. Though there aro removals nnd remov als In tho various departments. It must be said In Justice to tho removing pow ers that most of tho vacancies so occa sioned are filled by tho reappointment of tried employes, who were dismissed by the former administration for tho purpose of filling their places with Dem ocrats, contrary to the laws governing tho civil service. Many faithful clerks, usually old soldiers, have thus been re Instated, and thus while doing justice to them tho service has been Improved. It Is delighting to oo assured, and tho assurance comes by a very direct road, that tho Ohio factions nro working to gether with such harmony ns they thlnl: Is necessary to make certain Itepubllcan success nt tho fall elections. It would be very disconcerting to the administra tion to havo it said that tho Democrats were placed In stato power by the quar relling of Hanna and Foraker, and I am assured by tho statement of ono of tho gentlemen named that such will not bo tho result if they can prevent It by judicious and united effort. It Is not among the Impossibilities that Speaker Heed may find himself tendered tho most unexpected things by Presi dent McKlnley as a mark of gratitude for his persistent absenteeism In the rush for patronage. Thoro Is a. record of but ono visit to 'tho white house to tho speaker's credit, and for this re lief much thanks Is due. Ilued has had no gift of patronago as yet. it Is true, but It Is assumed tho president Is sim ply holding back for something real good. Heed Is Just now happy on account of tho nomination of ex-Governor Hurlclgh to fill the vacancy made by tho death of Iteprcsentntlvo Mllllken. liurlelgh Is much to Heed's liking. Ho Is much moro than Mllllken of the same kidney us Heed, Again, It is exceedingly satisfac tory to Heed that the groat strength of tho Maine delegation In congress is not to bo weakened by tho election of a nobody In placo of Mllllken. Hur lclgh will at onco take his position among tho foremost men In the house, and will bo given every opportunity to shlno It Is probably truo that there cannot be a return of all tho conditions which favored "great spurts of prosperity" be tween 1SC5 and ISM. We shall never again witness such an era of railway construc tion and the consequent opening up of vast areas of country for settlement. Wo moy never regain our position In tho wheat market of Europe, for other wheat production countries have dethroned us. But wo still possess and shall retain for centuries to como all the elements of sub stantial and lasting prosperity a pros perity far moro desirable than "spurts." Wo lead nil nations in agricultural and mineral resources, and are second to nonu In natural facilities for manufacturing. Our homo market is the best in the world tho greatest commercial prlzo on earth and we aro less dependent on foreign coun tries than any other people. Wo can safely defy competition in the iron indus try in any of tho world's markets, and this means a great deal for our future. Wo still produce and shall continue to ex port the bulk of tho foreign demand for cotton. No other country or continent rivalB tho United States In its diversity of soil and climate and the variety of Its ag ricultural, horticultural, and pomologlcal products. As compared with European countries, ours Is still new, Its resources Btl'.l undeveloped. Our geographical posi tion, coupled with our strength In men and means for defense, gives us nn Incompar able advantage In that It enables us prac tically to dlspenso with n standing army and tho enormous expenditure incident to Its maintenance. For these, nnd for many other solid reasons, we are justified In ex pecting wholesomii growth and steady progress for centuries. Whatever else may have contributed to "spurts of prosperity" In the past, wo do not believe that neglect of sound business principles and proper methods was among the factors. We have never learned that tho employment of obsoleto machinery, tho making of worthless goods, or contempt of tho law of demand and supply has mado anybody prosperous for even a short time. It has been, and still is, our Im pression that much of our prosperity re sulted from tho use of superior machin ery and tho best of skilled labor, and that all prosperous American manufacturers adopted and adhered to good business methods. If tho adversity of tho last four years has taught us to bo more economical "In personal and business expenditures," the lesson will bo contributory to the prosperity that is bound to como to a people situated as wo are. Wo could wish that "spurts" and booms might bo num bered with the things irrevocably gone. Having all the requisites of maximum, regular growth In wealth, population, In telligence, and all other elements of strength, our nation will gladly dispense with "spurts of prosperity," We offer this week, to reduce stock, extraordi nary values in Curtains: 40 pairs Nottingham Laco, C9c. a pair; from S5c. CO pairs Nottingham Iace, SSc. a pair; from $1.10. 18 pairs Nottingham Lace, $1.15 a pair; from $1-17. 20 pairs Nottingham Lace, $1.38 a pair; from $l.i5. 15 pairs Nottingham Lace, $1.65 a pair; from $2.00. 12 pairs Nottingham Lace, $1.93 a pair; from S2.30. 20 pairs Irish Point, ecru and white, $3.73 a pair; from $1.50. 10 pairs Irish Point, ecru and white, $4.05 a pair; from $5.50. 12 pairs Irish Point, ecru and white, $5.50 a pair; from $5.25. 10 pairs Irish Point, ecru and white, $6.50 a pair; frbm $7.50. 10 pairs Irish Point, ecru and white, S.ZlYt a pair; from $10.00. 12 pairs Brussels Net, $5.50 a pair; from $0.75. 12 pairs Brussels Net, $6.75 a pair; from $7.85. 12 pairs Brussels Net, $7.75 a pair; from $8.23. 12 pairs Brussels Net, $8.50 a pair; from $10.00. 12 pairs Bru&sels Net, $10.23 a pair; from $12.00. Supjose you try a new Mrae of economy this season and pay us for your New Suit just Ihalf what you expect to pay the Merchant Tailor. Can't wear Ready-IYlade Clothes? You can if they are the Boyle and Mucldow kind. Try it. Scores of the best dressed men in town wear them and they 3ike them. BOYLE - & - MUCKLOW, 416 LACKAWANNA AVENUE, Also special prices on Tamboured Muslins. An inspection will convince you that it is to your in terest to purchase now. Ut SPRING INDUCEMEHT SALE Wo havo placed ou salo today one thous nnd four hundred pairs of Ladles' Itufset Shoes, all widths, from II to E, on the Phila delphia Toe. They aro good valuo for $1.25. Our prlco while they last will be 50c, a pair. LEWIS, MltY MA VIES Always Busy Shoe Stores. Wholesale and Iletall. Telephone No. 21. 12. 111-110 WYOMING AVE. 510 AND SO LACKAWANNA AVENUE jcranon SALE BEIIDLEMAiTS, BARGAIN SALE OF FINE STATIONERY Begins Raturdny, May Jfi. Lasts One Week. Watch the Window. 137 Spruce Street, The Rotunda, Uoard of Trade Building. Sweeping reduction In all lines to save moving stock, 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 House hold Goods, Cheap. HENRY BELIN, JR., General Agent for tho Wyoming District for DUPONT'S POWDER Mining, Blasting, Sporting, Smokelosi and tho Rcpauno Chemical Company's HIGH EXPLOSIVES. Safety Fuse, Caps and Exploders. Itooms 212, 213 and 214 Conlmouwealth Building, Scranton. AGENCIES: TIIOS, FOHD, JOHN B. SMITH & SON, E. W. MULLIGAN, Plttston Plymouth Wllkes-Barra Economical housekeepers will do well to attend this sale. Two 15-fcet Black Walnut Countors and 120 feet of good Shelving for sale cheap. HE CLEMOHS, FEME 0'MALLEY CO., API Lackawaorm Ave?". drip from the merciless Sultan's sword as he plys his terrible slaughter of tho defenseless while DROPS OF M from the mlchtler TEN of Gladstone, tho Grand Old Man, have aroused to indignation the Christian World. V?e 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 clalty. FOUNTAIN PENS, with gold mount ing, for $1.60 only. OFFICH and TYPEWRITERS' sup plies. STATIONERY Wedding Cards, In vitations, Announcements, etc., etc. The Alaska Refrigerator Is constructed upon strictly scientific; principles, by which low temperature and dryness of ulr are naturally and lnovlta bly obtained. THE ALASKA possesses a provision cham ber freo from odor. TIIE ALASKA has preserved fresh mean perfectly for three weeks In tho h weather. THE ALASKA produces better results with less ice than any other HefrlRerator. THE ALASKA is a dry-air llefrigcrator.ana the best one over patented. THE ALASKA Is tho Refrigerator to buy If you want the best. TIIE ALASKA Is sold by FOOTE & SHEAR CO. ML PLEASANT Reynolds Bros STATIONERS, UotelJcrmyn UulldlnjE. COAL AT RETAIL. Coal of the best quality for domestls us and of all sizes, Including Buckwheat and Blrdseye, delivered In any part of the cltjr; at tho lowest prlco Orders received at the Office, first floor, Commonwealth building-, room No ; telephone No, 26M or at tho mine, tele phone No. 272, will be promptly attend! to. Dealers supplied at the mine. WE 1 SMITH. A Llii.l!LAt.Q . i 4 t- . . B-.W Mli-1 . JAN
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