THE SCRASTTON" TRIBUNE-TIIOOSD AY MORNING, MAY 20, 1807. e cranfon ri6ime By The Tribune Publishing Company. WILLIAM CONNELL, President lt AeiklttpttiirnlMiT1 KKAXK A. an.vv CO. lloom 4V, Tribune Ilulldtn?, New York Cltr. SUUSCRIPTION PRICUl Dally jo cents a month. Weekly $1.00 a year. IMIMO AT THI rOSTomrit A VRAVC31 TA., ttCOKD-CLAIl VAli, VATTin. TEN PAGES. SCUANTQN, MAY 20, 3S07. Tlio defeat of the Kcator ballot re form bill adds nnothcr Item to (lie largo account which the members of the prentnt k-jrlslaturo will have to settle with their constituents. Patience Ceasing to Be a Virtue. The argument that If we should rec ognize Oubin lii'lllRi'ienc.. It would giyfy?aln the rlsht to soaitu our Hh'ips nrid.thus open the door to xorloui nils olilnf "may be replied to by nswtltiR thnt Spain, lnclect, already exerciser thli rich!. Her spies lnuert every Cuban-bound carco erw It leaves theno shores, and if It is not to their liking thy complain to the government and thrs guveimiienl rettit.es clearance pi pers.' This Is really the right of search In an underhanded way. It In decided ly more nrfonirte than Mould be an Iimis!t challont'e at open ski In that case tile Yankee s-Uloper could ute his discretion In hravlnpr to, In showing his lieys pr.ln twinging out I1I1 guns nnd teUIng the Spanlnul to search at his peril. Ii Is not UKely that Spain would e erclvtiio rlr;lit of seaich In such man ner as to prooke war. unlets indeed Phe deslrea-to go to war with the I'nl t'nrt' ShitVs, and'lf suMt should become her wlshv we could scarcely hope to avert pretexts. On tho other hand, the recognition of Cuban belligeienc, without giving just ground to Spiln for offence, would offer ueh authori tative testimony to the strength of the lr.suiprent position In Cuba, an would lender It I'l'inrnr.itlvely easy for the insurant trove n ien fiom that mo ment to negotiate war loans, equip new military foiccs and movp more rnpldlv forwoid to tl-.e goal of final liberation. Although Spain retoenbed the bel ligerency of the Confederate states vlthln 90 daj-i Jftc (he filing en Port Sumter, tho United Htntcn In the cas. of Cuba have wilttd more than two yens b'fotv Inking any steps what ever. The political and commercial In terest of Spain In th Southern confed eracy was practically nothing: but the interest t the United States in Cuba, whether measured In the dollars of American capital Inve-ttd theie or In the larger light of ultimate political destiny. Is of the ver griatest Import ance. We havo been patient far be jond the precedent set by Spain hersHf. No power on earth could herenftr question out long-suffeilng moderation. If now the dccMou should bs made at Washington to a3.sume a more detei mlntd attitude in support of American Intel ets and the dictates of humanity, where In all the earth Is the civilized man who could reasonably object? As we understand It. Senator Mason's belligerency against the British is In 110 sense personal Our Incomparable Lake Commerce. A letter In the Sun from Sault Ste. Rlarle, Mich,, giving statistics ot last year's lake commerce, ftirnltdies food fur thought. In 1193 th" total value of all freight passing Into and out of l,ako Supeilor U'nounted to MGfl.nST.lS!), but last year, though the average value of commodities was 1 educed about 14 per cent., the total value was raised $3t5, 000,000. Hart the values of 1S9.1 prevail ed in WC thcro would have been more than $230,000,000 worth of products sent through the cnnal at tho eastern end of Luke Supeilur. Ten years ago It cost 2..10 mills for freight a ton a mile, and the rale has steudllv decreased since then East year the 10,231,001 tons of fiui&ht that passed through the Sault Canal ieiesented an average mlo per ton-mile of .9) mills, nbout one-fifth of the rate charged on the most economically managed railroads of tha country on lung-dlntaneo trnltle. Ten yeats ago the value of the vessels ptsslng the canal In a year was about JID.IOfl.OOO while last year it was $lr.,U0, onn. Ten yearn ago 7 per cent of the business Into and cut of Lake Superior was done in Canadian and Uritlih bot toms, but In lS9(i they carried only 4 per cent. Xinety-slx per cent, of this vast commeico was carried in ships that lloated the American Has. Last year, according to the Sun cor respondent, one steam vessel, the Quean City, ow ned at Duluth, carried tho lar gest steamship cargo through the can al, amounting to fi,3T6 tons, but was beaten by tho barge Auranli with 5.SM tons. The lptgesl cargo in the preced ing year was 1,291 tons, carried on the steamship Penobscot. Three years ago tho first of the 4,000 ton ships was a latlty for u yr-aj; but In 1!9G there wtia thirty-two steel ships that carried more than 4,000 tons to a load, and'iiQ fewer than eleven that carried more than 5,000 tons, avoiaglnsr n,2.V) at a raise Si jcais ago a vessel that would cairy 2,500 tons on 14 feL draught was a monster for the upper lakes, and theio was serious discussion at that time whether tho size of lako craft was ever to become giealer, or whthor a greater size could be made profitable, even If possible. Today tho big chips nra loading to a depth of 10 feat, and have assurances that bcfori tho close of tho year they will be ablo to settle a foot further Into the water, With tho progress of tho government's project for the 21-foot channel be tween Duluth, Chicago and Uuffalo, Another foot of water for tho biggest ships on tho lakes will mean about COO tons more cargo, so that tho lecords for carrying capacity will all bu changed before tho present year Is much further advaiiepd. '"JIany of the notablo recent advances In marina architecture," the correst pondent add, "have originated, on tho Amerlewi lakes. The first quadruple expansion engines to be used lit the merchant marine wete put Into tho two express paesonser steamships of th'o Great Northern railway, which arc scheduled for shuttlc-llkc tuns between Duluth and Iluffalo at a sustained speed of twenty mllea an hour week ni ter week. Twenty miles nn hour on tho lakes and tho eonnoctlnc shallow channels, Is very different from the Km speed In a sonway with plenty of water under tho keel, no tortuous riv ers to thread, no currents to push agulnst, and no stops at wa ports and lilt locks. On the lakes, too, were first used In merchant nervlco tubulous steam generators In place of the tlinc honortd boilers. The lakes have devel oped, under ttrcss of circumstances, now methods of steel construction for hulls, and the chant, el system In uso at most lake yards for the larger ships Is supposed to bo ahead of any othe" nifthod for strength and saving. Tho lakes, too, have the only exclusive pas senger express steamships In the world In U9e for lonR-dlstnr.ee travel. They havo facilities for cargo despatch that nip the wonder and admiration of all who see them. Lake ships can bo load ed with grain at tho rate of 1,000 bush cId n. minute, or with ore at the iaU of 1,000 tons an hour, or with coal by whole car load at once, the loaded freight cars being picked up In hoists, run on the ship, lutnul bottom side up, and returned to the dock, all In less thnn two minutes. Ore and coal are unloaded from the vessels' hclds, either by hand shovelling or by great auto matic dredslng machines, nt tho rate of 1130 or 300 tons an hour. This rapid 1( spate h Is necessitated by the short season, the Miort dlstnnco travelled, and the enormous amount of freight to bo moved. U Is probable th'at not less than KO.000,000 tons of freight will be moved on all the Inland lakes of the chain this year." Kvery Ameilcan who can afford the luxuiy should hasten to make a trip over the great lakes. It Is an object lesr on In Amerlcnn pati lollsm. Mrsnw h!U what Commissioner Cal houn doesn't see In Havana he has merely to nsk for. Has Come to Stay. Thus far surprisingly little criticism hns been offered upon the recent en actment and approval at Harrlsbuig of the emergency direct Inheritance tax. That tax is entliely distinct fiom the G per cent, tax on collateral Inherit ances, and applies at tho rate of 2 per cent, to all direct Inheritances of per sonal property exceeding $3,000. It was enacted because of the peculiar revenue necessities of the time and is to con tinue only for two years, unless other wlse ordered; but tho chances aie that It will lemaln on the statute books In definitely. Its yield will, It Is estimat ed, amount to fiom $1,000,000 to $2,000, 000 per annum; and the advantage of It Is that It leaches a class of property far too liable, at other times, to es eape Us Just share of taxation. "It Is an open secret," remarks the Philadelphia Times, "that millions of personal property escapes taxation In this statf. Theie have been Instances In this city where men of high social position have returned but little if any of the large amount of bonds, mort gages, etc., they have for taxation, and In sevetal Instances, when the fraud was discovered after the death of tho person thus concealing his property to avoid taxation, It was necessarily dis covered in the dlstilbutlon of his es tate and the collection of tho taxes en forced with the penalty. Under the di rect Inheritance tax law the peisonal pioperty of every decedent must como under the otllclal cognizance of the reg ister of wills, and all ftauds attempted by concealing taxable bondp, mort gages, etc., must be discovered." The extent to which evasion of taxation on persona' pioperty prevails among the well-to-do is forcibly shown In the last report of Comptroller Itoberts, of New York. A careful examination Into the recordsof that state revealed that In 107 estates property of this kind worth more than $215,000,000 was fraudulently con cealed fiom the tax-gatherer. Such a condition of nffalrs Is simply Intoler able; and a moderate tax on direct In heiltances Is a conset votive step In lemedy Iheicof. The state might with leason resort to more drastic measuies. It Is not likelv that the operation of this new tax will be teslsted in Penn sjlvanla on constitutional grounds. An endeavor was recently made In Illinois to nullify u similar enactment, but tho Supreme court of that state very sensibly overruled the effort, icmark Ing: "The law of descent nnd devise being tho creation ot the statute law, the power which cioates may tegulatc and may Impose conditions or burdens on a rlrht of succession to tho owner ship of pioperty to which there has ceased to be nn owner because of death and tho ownership of which the state then piovides for by the law of descent or devise. The Imposition of such a condition or burden Is not a tax upon the property Itself, but on the right of succession thereto. To deny the right of the state to Impose such a burden or condition, Is to deny the right of the state to regulate the administration of a decedent's estate." This decision, In fact, covers even more than the Pennsylvania law. for unlike our new law, the Illinois statuto graded Inheritances Into different classes, concerning which fact tho court ruled that "no person Inherits propeitj or can take by devise extept by tho Btatutes, and tho state, having power to tegulate this question, may cieato classes and provide for uniformity with refetence to classes which were before unknown," thus sustaining tho entire pilclple of Inheritance taxation In the broadest possible manner. The affir mation in this commonwealth by the Pennsylvania Supreme court of the validity of the existing collateral Inher itance tax applies with equal force tc the principle governing the direct in heritance tax, and It Is fair to conclude that this latter tax has come to stay. The Mugwumps, it seems, may abusa publlo ofllclnls all they please, and It Is perfectly proper; but when a man like Governor Black, losing patience, hits back, then the giannlea of tho press all look horrified, dreat Is humbug. AVe have iccelvcd the Initial number of the I)cal News, a weekly paper pub lished In the Intel est of Dalton and neighboring; towns. It piesents In In telligent manner the local happenings of Its community and merits generous support. A well-supported local news paper is the best Institution that any community can have, next to a school and a church. 11 m The senator who objected to fighting Spain because our coasts arc not de fended might leassure himself by re moving Into the Intel lor. The Proper Uosls of Comparison. Mayor Nichols of Wllkes-Uarre, who ardently advocate a thntr-w of Hint city' charter, supplies In support thoroof a comparative stutemont of tha costs ot government In Heranlon and Wllites-ltarre, as follown: BCKANTOtf. As'essed valuation ot tuxuble property J.W,1SG,7I3 Heil vnlmtlon ),M.m ltato nf toxes on asacsjeel valu ation 13 mills llnte of taxes on leal valua tion 1 2-C milts WHiKllS-UAltlin. AseeM valuation $ B.7W.4I3 Heal valuation S0.1lis,2ll Unto of trxp.s on usse'sed valu ation 22 mills Unto ot tuxes oil teal valtli t!on 1 3-5 mills "Thus you can see," adds he, "that notwithstanding Hip fact that tho city of Scranton occupies a tenltory whose area is 19 C-10 square miles and our city a territory of only I S.'S square miles, thus compelling tho former city to support a much larger police force, a larger number of street lights, and pay much larger expenses for the Improve ments, etc of longer nnd a greater number of streets, thev aro able to support and operate their third class government with the proceeds of a smaller rate of taxation than 13 re quited here." layot" Nichols unconsciously over lookstwofnctors requisite to a fair com parison. First, which city Is getting the better government? and secondly, might not Scranton, under a charter like Wllkes-Uarro's, have as good a government as It has now, or a better one, nt even less than the present tnx rate? If Wllkes-liaire's real valuation, area, and population were as largo as Scranton's, could not It govern Itself under Its present charter on a, tax-rate of 4 2-5 mills and have money to spaie? AW are Inclined to believe that It could; or, In other word 4, that the lower rate In Scranton Is due, not to any superiority In our scheme of municipal government, but simply to the ne eessuilly greater economy of govern ment on a larger scale. It ought to be possible under almost any sstem to govern 120,000 persons at u lower rate per dollar of real valuation than to govern 40,000 persons. It Is charged that a group of senators nt Harrlsburg demanded of a promi nent Insuiance company $50,000 to de feat certain bills. An Investigation Is ordered, and Its first move is to ex clude tho press. AA'hat does this mean? Gossip at the Capital Special Correspondence of Tho Tilbune. Washington, May 19 An Investigation Is likely to be made of tho charge against anil denial by ex Asslstant Secretary of Stato Itorkhlll that during tho last administration ho notWed the Putted Sutes consuls In Cuba to sup press Infoimation favorablo to tho Insur gents Notwithstanding Mr. Itockhlll's denial thereiro at lca.it three persons In Washington who aro ready to make atli davit that such instructions were lsuecl by tho stato department, because thoy saw tho letters containing them. Tho proceedings of tho meeting of Cu ban sympathizers In this city last Sunday havo smoked out at least one Spaniard. In 11 letter to tho Post ono Juan Oonsalez sputters ami fumes in indignant protest. "We. In Spain," he says, "know that this rebellion would never have been started, much loss continued, were It not for tho active aid In money and arms which has been given to the insurgents by a limited number of the citizens of a nation pro fessedly friendly to Spain; wo know that tons of .dynamite havo been successfully landed In Cuba and employed In blowing up trains crowded, not by soldiers, but by women and children, nnd peaceful passen gers. This Is tho warfare which has called forth tho active sympathies of some of tho reverend ministers and belligerent senators of this great nnd glorious coun try. Has tho dinnmlte plot In Chicago faded from the memories of the gentle men? This surely was an object lesson to bo remembered. AVere tho authors of that plot hanged according to the rules of civilized warfare?" Continuing, Senor Gonsnlez a?ks: "Who started the trouble In Cuba? AVas It Spain? No; for Cuba, beforo ths Inaut rectlon begun, was In the enjoyment or greater material prosperity than one-half of the states of tho Union, and Spain was actively engaged In discussing legislative reforms which tho most advanced liberal politicians In the Inland advocated, and was only anxious to meet their view 3 In any reasonable way. Was it tha inhabi tants of Cuba, themselves? No; for at tho very commencement of the rebellion nn energetic protest wus tiled by all tho liberal parties on tho Island, Tho rebel lion was orgnnlznd, encouraged, paid for, nnd Anally started In tho United States. Maximo Gomez, n Sanfo Domlngan, was smuggled Into Cuba as commnnder-ln-chlf-f with the openly avowed Intention of driving the Spaniards to abandon tho Island by tho destruction of nil property cnpablo of destruction. Frcm that mo ment eleath and desolation stalked tliuMigh Cuba, nnd only qulto lately has It been clear that the end of the rebellion Is at hand HI,no llloo lacrymoc' among me rcvei enu ami political sympathizers with the rebellion. May the bloodshed thoy have provoked be on their heads." This Is probably tho secret thought of tho Spanish minister, Senor Depuy de Lome, only hols too sht e wd a diplomatist to give his feelings away. - It Is not appaient that any one has stop ped tOHSk-nlth much dotnll how tho char ity thnt has been voted by congress Is to be dispensed in Cuba. It Is easy to appro, priato tho $50,000, but how to got It into tho hands of those for whom It Is Intendod or, rather, how to get Into their mouths tho food It will purchase, Is quite an other thing Speaking in his message of tho destitution In Cuba, the president says: "This applies particularly to the rural districts of the central and easturu parts. Tho agricultural classes have been forced from their farms Into tho nearest towns where they are without work or money." Tho money Is to bo dispense I under tho riiieci'un of the secietnry of state, and It Is suggested that at his dis cretion it may bo used tor the transpor tation of citizens who desire to return to tho United States but are without tha means to do so. I have mada a deal of Inquiry among thoso who should be best able to give an opinion, nnd It seems lo bo the Impression that troublo will result from an attempt to distribute food or medicine. An outbreak of Spanish opinion, le'scntfnl and rabid, Is expected as soon as It Is known at Ha. vana and Madrid that tho appropriation Is an acssmpllshed fact. The Held for ex penditure designated by the president la In the heart of the region devastated by tho war. It has been a. part of tho policy of General lAVeyer to stnrvo the luliabl- inH n .i. u.i.K t.. liApillncf thanr in the towns, his purposo being to mnko thorn submissive una to prevent mem ih i"" duelng anything that could b used for the .1.1 .....1 --. tl. lMal,l-ITnf It III ft urn iiiu I'uuuui l vi ii iiib'"!.'- -- - direct Interference with a chief feature of tho plan of tho Spanish Rcnerai-in-cnici, and which has been endorsed by tho gov ernment at Mudrld. It Is the conviction, tlurfare, of those whose minds have been directed to this phase of tho matter, that no difference how Secretary Sherman may elect to distribute the $50,(A thnt It may do tho most gooi', whether unJcr direction ot consuls, aided by tho lted Cross people or by special agents, thero will bo Interfer ence with tho operations of tho govern ment representatives, nnd that serious troublo will ensuo. It mny be said that whllo this Is not desired by tho adminis tration, It Is Just what Is expected, and that tho president and his advisors have looked torwnrd to the production of A crisis by this act of humanity. All tho predictions may not be made good, but It Is not to bo doubted thnt In the very hWhost otllclal circles It Is believed that the time Is near nt hand when, at the very least, the recognition of the Cubans ns a war force will be promulgated regardless of consec'icncCE. During the Interval kindly presented tb tho Democrats by tho senate committee on lltiir.ee, before calllmr up the tariff bill for formal consideration, the Demo crats are working with might nnd matn In collusion with Populist and silver He publicans to unite on tho mort drnstlc nmendmerts to the measure, and possibly they may be so numerous nnd fnr-reach-Ing that they may be put In tho form ot a sub'tltule, A determined attempt Is be ing made to unite n majority upon rbe piopoeltlon to give an export bounty ou farm products 03" a counter Irritant to tho protection that Is afforded to manti factuicrs nnd ns a sop to tho farming In tel ests generally. No ono seems to be ablo to say Just how this would benefit the small farmer, as little or no expoitlrg would bo done by Individuals. No onfl Is able to show that prices to tho Immediate producer would be advanced in the least by nn expoit bounty, but that makes no difference to tho Tlllmans or tno snnaie. It Is the name, and not tho fact, whlen they tiro otter. The work of harmonizing tho antl-lte-publican forces Is not proceeding as suc cessfully as the leaders could wish. Thero Is a division of opinion nmeng them upon all of tho new pioposlllons. Many of llv older faction of Democrats nre opposed to tho export bounty, and aro almost cer tain to hold out against It to tho end. Soma aro with tho finance commltteo on the sugar schedule, others aro with tho su gar producing senators In favor of tho house schedule. Others think the sched ule of the AVI I son law Is proper, though It was written all over with the trail of tho trust. In fact tho Democrats aro divided In their opinions In relation to all of tho provisions which have wrought de struction to harmony In the Ilepubllcan ranjts, and when tho bill comes to a final vote It Is probable tho country will seo a. new and curious alignment or. tho tariff cruestlon. Much eagerness Is manifested among Pennsjlvanlans to hear whethei tho con ferences which aro now on In the east, to bo followed by others, It Is said, In tho west, between Senator Quay and hlJ friends, will result In any legislation other than has been contemplated In tho Interests ot municipal reform. Nono of tho Phllode'phlans hero will admit for p moment the possibility of Quay's contnt ing to nny such legislation as Is proposed In tho "ripper" bill, as It has been dubbed much to tho confusion of outsldo etymolo gists. One eastern member of congress assures me that he hus the positive prom Iso of Governor Hasting that nono of tho much discussed bills will receive his signa ture If pnsseJ. This congressman Is also convinced that Quay will adhoro to hl3 promise to Phlladelphlans who vvero hero a week or so ago, thut lie would In no way favor legislation that was considered by Phlladelphlans to be inimical to their In terests. He Is certain that now legisla tion for Pittsburg alone will bo drnftcd, or that there will be no legislation at all In that direction. Hon. Jaok Robinson Is tho recipient of no end of sympathy from his old asso ciates in tho house, on account of his bad luck In seeing positions wKlch ho sought pass Into tho hands of others, but the Hon. Jack frankly admits that ho would prefer an ofllcc rather than a world ful of sjmpathy. Tho trouble with Itob Inson Is that ho has always had a surplus ago of conlldence. He asked for olllces ho could not got, and Is disappointed be cause ho could not accomplish the im possible. He has been sevorely chastened by his fnlluro to securo either tho post of assistant secretary of tho navy or ot the treasury, and has about concluded to abandon otflco seeking or to ask for some very modest place, like governor of Penn sylvania for Instance. That governorship, by the way, promises to afford tho liveliest race that has over been run In Pennsylvania for a nomina tion. No less than eight congressmen and three c-congresmen are said to bo In tho field so far, with tho rural districts to hear from. The beauty of It Is that they aro all good men, and all but ono or two nre warm friends of Quay. The senator looks with dellyht on tho prospect, as ho will not be asked to dccldo among so many of his personal ft lends, but will let them run as they please. xo ciiAxcn rou him. Prom tho Times-Herald. A Chicago undertaker who has lately been In AVashlngton for several weeks, nursing tho hope that lie may secure a consular Job, has given up the fight and como home. "Washington is no placo for a man in my line of business," he says. "Tho town is running over with fellows who died long ago, but who won't lie still long enough to bo burled." THE NUB Or THE SUBJECT. From tho Philadelphia Press. There Is no reason why every dollar of the state funds should not earn in terest all tho time, no matter In what bank It is deposited. Tho money of tho city of Philadelphia and the city of Pitts burg does this, and it would bo humiliat ing to havo to confess that the great com monwealth of Pennsylvania could not manage as well. m YES, AND STOPPING THE WHOM! INrKItNAI. BUSINESS. From tho Times-HoraU, If Spain denies to men and women who havo dono no wrong the prlvilcgo of earn ing their dally bread und eating It In peace thero is no treaty, human law or di vine command to prevent tho United States from Interfering In behalf of Its own people. m WIIEKE AUE YOUK EYESt From tho Honesdalo Independent. Tho only feature of tho cut labeled E. D. Hardenbergh in last Saturday's Scranton Tribune that In any way resembled our popular senator was the mustache. BEIDiMAtrS BARGAIN SALE OF FINE STATIONERY fteglns Saturday, May is. Lasts Oae AVcelr. AVatch the Window. 437 Spruco Street, Tho Itotunda, Hoard of Trade Bulldloirj MLBSfflTI This Is Everything ill it is yours bought for you; to be sold to you at a reasonable, hon est margin of profit. To serve your best interests avc have pressed into this service the accumulated experience of years, boiled it doAvn, fashioned it to fit the needs of the hour. It it this crystalizing of all that is best in merchandising that makes this business more helpful to you as the years go by, Dress Goods Do5 ngs 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. lira Cloak amid Suit Departmeirat Anew line of Children's Pique Reeters Avith sailor collar, embroidery ( -, trimmed, in pink, blue and white, at ; cJyIIo2?,2) Ladies' Storm Serge Skirts of the finest quality,lined throughout Avith (fcfC Q the best Taffeta Silk, would be cheap at $10.00. Our price cpvLDoJDaj ' ' " ' Ill ! ! ! Buny Carpets airad Mattnegs Now You know Ave are going out of the Carpet business. 30 cent Art Carpets, fast colors, 20 cents 35 cent Ingrain Carpets 25 cents 50 cent Iugrain 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. TT 'Thy 7 tt Try o W llIL S: Lace Curia! in We offer this week, to reduce stock, extraordi nary values in Curtains: 40 pairs Nottingham Lace, GDe. a pair; from 85c. 30 paire Nottingham Lace, S8c. a pair; from J1.10., 18 pairs Nottingham Lace, $1.15 a pair; from $1.37V. 20 pairs Nottingham Lace, J1.S8 a pair; from $1.75. 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, $3.75 a pair; from $4.50. 10 pairs Irish Point, ecru and white, $4.55 a pair; from $6.60. 12 pairs Irlnlt Point, ecru and white, $5 60 a pair; from $0.:5. 10 pairs Irish Point, ecru and white, $6 60 a pair; from $7.60. 10 pairs Irish Point, ecru and white, 8.87Vi 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 $9.23. 12 pairs Brussels Net, $8.50 a pair; from $1400. 12 pairs Brussels Nt, $10.25 a pair; from $l-'.00. A!so special prices on Tamboured Muslins. An inspection will convince you that it is to your in terest to purchase now. 510 AND 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE Alteration SALE Sweeping reduction in all line to lava moving itoclf, on account of extenslvo alter atloiia on our first and second floors. Now 1 tho tluio to buy China, Glassware, Bric-a-Brac, Lamps, Silverware and Mouse hold Goods, Cheap. Economical housekeepers will do well to attend tills wile. Two ic-foet Black AValuut Counter and ISO feet of good Shelving for Bile cheap. THE CiEMONS, ALLEY Caf N I & JLa v k 1 423 Lackawanna Avenue. lSo 1I)C Yotar Store "1D RING Suppose you try a new line of economy this season and pay us for your New Suit just half what you expect to pay the Merchant Tailor. Can't wear Ready-Made Clothes? You can if they are the Boyle and Mucklow kind. Try it. Scores of the best dressed men in town wear them and they like them. BOYLE & MUCKLOW, 416 LACKAWANNA AVENUE. t Cftpiric INMCEMENX SALE AVo have placed on Bale today one thous and four hundred pairs of Ladles' IUneet Shoes, all u Id tin, from 11 to K, on the Phila delphia Toe. They are pood vnluo for $1.20. Our prlco v hllo they lust will bo 50c, a pair. LEWIS, REMY&MVIES Always Ihisy Shoo Stores. AVholesalo and Retail. Telephone No. 2452. 11M10 WYOMING AA'E. drip from the merciless Sultan's sword as he plys his terrible slaughter of the defenseless while from the mightier PEN of Gladstone, tho Grand Old Man, havo aroused to Indignation tho Christian AVorld. AVe have 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 INSTItUMKNTS a spe cialty. FOUNTAIN PENS, with gold mount ing, for $1.50 only. OFFICE and TyPEAVHITEnS1 sup piles. STATIONERY Wedding Cards, In vitations, Announcements, etc., etc. Rey miolds Bros STATIONERS, . . Hotel Jcrmvn Uulldlnc. BAZAAI YOU B, 00M? 99 HENRY BEL1N, JR., General Agent for the AVyomlns Dlstrlot for DUPONTS POWDER Mining, BlastlngiHportlng, Smokeless and tho Hcpauno Chemical Company's HIGH EX1PLQ3IVES, f-aftty Fuse, Caps and Ktploderd. Rooms 212, 21.1 and 211 Commonwealth JJulldlug, Scranton. AGENCIES: THOS, FORI), JOHN 11. SMITH i SON, i:. W. MULLIGAN, Tlttston Plymouth Wllkes-llarro SCREEN BOOMS AM WINDOWS. . o THE PLACE TO HUV IS WHERE YOU CAN FIND THE LARGEST ASSORT MENT. OUR ASSORTMENT OF SCREEN DOORS: COMMON, FANCY, FANCY SPINDLE, PIANO FINISH, HARDWOOD, LANDSCAPE, In V-AU S3ze3 PRICES RANGING FROM 75c. TO $2.00, COMPLETE, AVITH HINGES. AVINDOW SCREENS IN ABOUT IB STYLES AND SIZES. AVE LEAA'E IT TO YOU, IIAA'H WE THE ASSORTMENT? F0OTE k SI II PLEASANT COAL AT RETAIL, Coal of tho best quality for domcstlo u and of all sizes, Including Buckwheat and Dlrdseye, delivered In any part of tho city at tha lowest prlco Orders received at tho Ofllco, first floor, Commonwealth building, room No ; telephone No. 2821 or at tho mine, tele phone No. 72, will bo promptly attended to. Dealers supplied at tho mluo. L T. Sf .
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