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SCRANTON, JUNK 10, 1897.
The Scranton Tribune tnyjt "with two
pnpeni In Scranton and one In Wllkes
Harre, each claiming the largest clrcula
tlon outside of Philadelphia, and 1'ltts
burtr, the chance for argument multiplies
beautlfulIy."Tho Tribune oiltrht to be 111
this Interesting race. It tooko like a win
ner. Wllkos-H.lrro New s-Dcaler.
The Tribune Is not cavortln.fr nround
those days with a chip on Its shoulder;
It Is attending strictly to business, with
results wholly satisfactory both to It
self and its patrons.
Our Duty Now Clear.
While the ro-lnstallatlon of Canovns
and 'Weyler, the return of Mr. Cal
houn and the publication unexpected
ly of General Lee's repqrt on the Ruiz
ense have combined to bring on, as It
were, another crisis In public Bentl
jnent In this country, President McKIn
ley does, well to proceed toward the
working; 'out of his Cuban policy with
out shgw, of. temper. Though our Im
pulse may "at times be to precipitate
events, sober Judgment, the Judgment
which historians employ, after all sus
tains the executive. The government
of the United States cannot evade Its
dutyHIn the'premlses,-.but It should not
move. -without (careful calculation, nor
permit Its course to be swayed either
in acceleration or retardation by pass
ing gusts of popular feeling or passion.
Let Spain's mood, If It please, be pas
sionate, fitful and even spiteful; the
United States Is big enough and strong
enough to take the manly course.
We assume It to be true, as several
well-informed persons assert, that As
sistant Secretary of State Day, under
the president's direction, Is at thlB time
preparing a communication to Spain
giving reasons in fact, policy and pre
dent why the United States cannot
unmoved witness the further extinction
of civilization in Cuba, and offering its
good offices for the purpose of attempt
ing the composition of a peace. We
readily credit that It Is the president's
paramount desire to stop the hell now
on exhibition In Cuba, leaving less ur
gent matters for later determination.
Whether the note of Judge Day shall
suggest Independence for the Insur
gents, with quit-claim payment to
Spain, or autonomy In name amount
ing to Independence In fact, or wheth
er it shall leave untouched the ques
tion of method, It is clear that some
overture of this general character must
be made and that It must be answered.
Spanish history enables us to con
jecture the character of the reply.
There will be peremptory declination
of our proffer with baucy warning to
keep hands off. Hut that, through no
fault of ours, will bring the Issue to
a direct and desirable focus, and then
can come the vigorous stroke In the
interest alike of Americanism and hu
manity. From this climax In the long
chapter of Spanish tyranny In Cuba
neither the president nor his consti
tuents will shrink. We believe that It
will come; and we believe moreover
that It will be welcome. So long as
we go to meet It with pure hearts and
clean hands; so long as the fault and
folly are both on the other side; so
long as our course throughout will con
vey to all impartial beholders Its thor
ough Justification, we need not lament
the Inevitable. The Inferno to the south
of us must be extinguished. The whole
sale murder of the Innocents by pes
tilence and starvation, which Weyler
calls war, must end. That Is all there
Is to It. It must end and we must end
It.
A bill has been introduced Into the
senate at Washington by Mr. Hans
brough forbidding patent attorneys to
offer prizes as an Inducement for busi
ness, and compelling the refunding of
fees where patents do not Issue. The
purpose of this bill is so obviously wise
and Just that we hope to hear of its
speedy enactment.
Self-Deceived.
The singular intelligence reaches us
from sources entitled to credence that
the bill to grant the right ot eminent
domain to electric street railways,
which Is now on the calendar at Har
rlsburg, Is being championed very gen
erally by the agricultural Interests
Whllethere Is little expectation that the
bill will pass this session, we are ad
vised that Its enactment two years
hence Is arendy as good as assured.
The effect of this bill will be to en
able trolley companies to seize streets
nnd highways at their pleasure. True,
steam railways have this right now,
but they rately use It. Tho number
of miles of Rtefrm railway trackage
laid in Pennsylvania on streets and
hlglways bears only n small proportion
to the total number of miles of track
age laid. Give the same right to the
trolley roads, however, and they
would not only use It but they would
use nothing else. Practically all their
business Is done on tho streets; and
the enactment of this bill would there
fore simply cancel for all future time
the right of abutting property-owners
tn object to the laying of a trolley road
tn front of their doors and virtually
deprive them of the chance to nego
tiate favorable conditions,
'it Is said that the farmers are "trol
ley mad" In their eagerness to have
tho conveniences of cheap electrical
transit for passengers and freight more
generally brought within their reach,
and on this account alone favor the
eminent domain bill. It is an lnconclu
lyve reason, but we are told the fact
Is as stated. Assuming this to be true,
our best advice Is for these farmers
tq,?go slow, The trolley load will
fionio to them In good season without
the, right of eminent domain, provided
th'ero Is money In It; and when If
comes as a suitor Instead ot as a
master, Its advent will bo Jlkely to
leave a much more lasting memory of
welcome,
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Whether It will' do any partlculat
good to recognise the belligerency of
tne Cubans or not yet appears to bo
an open question. The method, any
how, Is not (he chief consideration.
What Is needed Is a result the end ot
Weylerlsm, the stopping or wanton,
murder, the saving of Cuba from ab
solute destruction, If Spain will not
work toward this end, the United States
must.
The Louisiana Purchase.
Already there Is talk In certain quar
ters of arranging another grand ex
position to rival the Centennial cele
bration and the World's fair. In 1901
we shall reach the centennial ot the
purchase of Louisiana from the
French, which gave the United States
undisputed control of both banks of
the Mississippi from source to mouth,
contributed more than half of the re
gion west of that river now under
American control and which more than
doubled the area of tho national do
main. The proposition Is to fix upon
that centennial as an occasion for the
comprehensive commemoration of the
country's development during the nine
teenth century.
Writing In vigorous support of this
suggestion a contributor to the St.
Louis Globe-Democrat presents In short
space a statement of the successive ter
rltorlal enlargements of the United
States which Is Interesting for pe
rusal and valuable for reference. He
says: "By purchase, annexation and
conquest, the United States has made
several large accessions of territory
since the establishment of the govern
ment under the constitution In 1789.
After tho country gained its Independ
ence It comprised practically all Its
present region, from Canada on the
north to tho thirty-five degree of lati
tude on the south, and from the At
lantic to tho Mississippi. In round fig
ures the United States at that time
comprised 827,000 square miles. Then,
beginning with 1S03, when the Louis
iana legion was purchased, and end
ing with 1867, when Alaska was bought,
the atea of the country was increased
by successive acquisitions at short in
tervals. Louisiana, purchased for $15,
000,000 from France, added 1,172,000
square miles to the national domain;
Florida, bought from Spain, for $5,
000,000, added C9.000 square miles;
Texas, which was originally part ot
Mexico, and which was annexed In
1845, contributed 370,000 square miles.
New Mexico and California (which In
cluded, besides the part now that teif-l-tory
and state, Utah, Nevada and por
tions of Arizona and Colorado), which
were gained from Mexico by conquest
and purchase. In 1848, added 618,000
square miles; the Gadsen purchase. In
1853, of those parts of Arizona and New
Mexico south of tho Gila river, from
Mexico, for $10,000,000, added 46,000
square miles more, while the purchase
In 1867 for $7,200,000 of Alaska from
Russia, which included 577,000 square
miles, swelled out the national domain
to Its present dimensions."
That of these various acquisitions the
Louisiana purchase has reflected the
most lustre upon the statesmanship
which negotiated it is self-evident.
There would be eminent appropriate
ness in pausing on the threshold of the
new century to pay honor to the mas
ter spirits of the morning of the re
public whose foresight nnd sagacity
In thi9"nnd other directions time is
continually rcveajlng In Increased dis
tinctness. Suggestion of methods of
commemoration is clearly In order.
The Madrid paper which compares
the United States with Greece and
Spain with Turkey Is right as to one
point Spain's methods are decidedly
Turk-like.
An International Necessity.
A Chicago engineer, Mr. Henry J.
Sheldon, who In 1895 visited NIcarauga
and went carefullv over the route of
the NIcarauga canal, for the purpose of
Informing himself as to Its practicabil
ity, has published a book presenting
the results of his Investigation and in
cidentally massing a rich fund of In
formation concerning the canal prob
lem. We are indebted to the Times
Herald for our knowledge of the book;
Its valuable review first brought the
matter to our attention.
Mr. Sheldon considers two points at
some length. First, is a translsthmlan
passageway for ocean ships desirable in
Central Ameilca? Second, Is It practi
cable? Speaking for the United States
he answers the first question In the af
firmative and presents as his chief rea
son the commercial needs of the Paci
fic coast states. The absence of satis
factory markets for the products of
those states is now generally conceded.
Hall transportation eastward to the
Atlantic ports followed by shipment
of the surplus to Europe Is kept out of
the question by the large expense. Mr.
Sheldon believes that the only promise
of relief Is in securing for these states
some shorter transportation to the At
lantic states and also to Europe by
water. Now everything carried by
water must pass around Cape Horn.
The only shorter route apparently
practicable Is by way of a ship canal
across the Isthmus thtough Nicaragua.
This will save 10,000 miles of the dis
tance around Cape Horn and will en
able an ordinary steamer to go from
San Francisco to New York In fourteen
days. The exact distance by such a
canal will be 4,760 miles.
As to the practicability of the canal
Itself Mr. Sheldon's opinions are reas
suring. While the route selected Is 168
miles long, only 26 miles require exca
vation. Lake Nicaragua and the San
Juan river offer clear sailing for 121
miles, and theie are basins for 21 miles
additional, The rock excavation re
quired to complete the Nicaragua canal
Is 12,690,737 cubic yards, or only 366,143
cubic yards more than Is required In
the const: uctlon of the Chicago drain
age canal. Mr. Sheldon shows that all
the great engineers, English, French
and American, who have prepared plans
and estimates of construction, are
agreed as to thd engineering practica
bility of the canal. He believes that
the estimated cost, which was placed
at $133,000,000 by the government com
mission of 1895, can now be safely re
duced to $100,000,000, With tolls at $1.50
per ton at the outset and a business of
at least 6,000,000 tons after the canal
Is falrlv in operation, a gross Income
of $9,000,000 per year would be obtain
ed, and If we suppose that It will take
$3,000,000 a year to keep tho canal In
readiness for use then there Is left a
clear 6 per ctnt. on tho actual cost.
In all probability $9,000,000 a year In
tolls Is too low ru estimate.
Hullt and managed under proper aus
pices, the Nicaragua canal would cer
tainly be an almost Infinite convenience
to American commerce. The present
national administration, wo believe,
recognizes this fact, and Is anxious for
the honor of bringing the canal prob
lem to a definite solution.
When you como to examine the list,
Pennsylvania, after all, Isn't faring
so badly In tho matter of appoint
ments. She has Tower for minister to
Austria, Townsend for minister to Por
tugal and Lelshman for minister to
Switzerland. Here are three good mis
sions to begin with. Then Thackara
goes as consul to Havre; Brunot as con
sul to St. Etlenne; Scott as secretary
of legation at Paris; Harrison as con
sul general to Egypt, and seven
other consulships remain to bo
awarded. Other Pennsylvania ap
pointments Include 'Shallenbcrger as
assistant postmaster general, Hoyt as
assistant attorney general, and Brown
as auditor in the war department.
While, of course, this Isn't equal to
Pennsylvania expectations, It must be
conceded that In view of all the cir
cumstances It Is pretty fair.
Gossip at
the Capital
Washington, Juno.
Wilting from this city to tho Chicago
TImci-Hcrald, a saml-olnclal administra
tion organ, tho well known Washington
correspondent, Walter Wellman, says:
That President McKlnley Is preparing to
make a decisive move toward stopping the
war In Cuba Is well known to readers ot
the Tlmts-Herald, though certain Now
York papera havo only now discovered the
truth, of which they mako their ubual
sensational display. Threo men are to
exeit great lnfltenco in determining
what wo shall do-the president himself,
Judge Dsy and Mr. Calhoun. There are
the best of reasons for believing that the
last named will give, If he has not already
given, the president such a description of
tho condition ot affairs In Cuba as to load
to tho adoption of direct Intervention as
the only adequate means of dealing with
the dlfliculty. Private advices are to the
effect that Judge OalhoJn returns from
his Journey convinced that Cuba should be
free from tho Spanish yoke, and that It
Is the duty of tho United States to inter
fere, even at the expense of war. At the
samo time thcro are equally strong rea
sons for belief that Judge Day has for
some time been of a similar opinion, save
that bo believes the results desired may
bo attained by diplomacy and without
tho firing of a gun.
Judge Day has been at work upon tho
Cuban case ever since he became assist
ant secretary of state. He has had bliets
made of all our diplomatic correspondence
concerning Spain and Cuba, going back
many years. Tho historic policy of this
government as to Cuba, the vigorous dis
patches ot Secretary Fish, prepared un
der the administration of General Grant
during the former war, havo alt been
carefully studied by him. So. also, with
all tho correspondence between this gov
ernment and .Madrid since the outbreak
of the present war, and all the reports
of our consuls as to Injury to the prop-
city and) persons of American citizens
and the general deplorable conditions in
Cuba. In other words, Judge Day has
taken up tho case of Cuba, precisely as
he has been, in tho habit of taking up a
case at law. He has sought tho prece
dents, the principles, tho evidence. He 's
preparing to write, under tho direction
of tho president, a note to the Spanish
government which wi'.l make history.
Fortunately for the cause of the Cubans,
perhaps, tho queen regent of Spain has
decided to keep the Canovas ministry In
power. This decision, coming as It does
upon the eve of the preparation of a vig
orous Cuban movement on the part of
this government, Is fatuous. It Is tempt
ing fate. Though It is well understood
here, and admitted by Minister de Lome,
that General Weyler Is to be recalled by
Canovas as a concession to tho Liberals
and to public opinion In tho United States,
tho queen regent has missed a fine oppor
tunity to avert the threatened Interfer
ence of tho United States. If she had
called Sagasta to power, dlmlssed Wey
ler, sent Canovas In his place, revoked
tle order requiring concentration of pa
clflcos, and offered Cuba Canadian home
rule, sho could have placed great ditn-
cu.tles In Picstdent MoKlnley s way. This
Is what the Insurgent leaders wcio afraid
she would do. By retaining the govern
ment which Is icsponslbl for eveiy
thlng that now Is In Cuba, Spain leaves
tho United States free to act upon the
conditions as they are found, not upon
promises of better things In the future.
Tho decks are clearing for action, and
once tho president has made a move he
will press on to the end. Within thirty
or forty days Spain will hear from the
United Slate, and tho tidings will not be
welcome. The precise form of the presi
dent's noto to Spain remains to be de
termined, but this note will bo framed on
vigorous lines. Whether It bo callld
mediation or Intervention will not muen
matter. The purpose that lies behind It
will be the end of Spanish rule In Cuba
upon terms honorablo and satisfactory
to Spain, If Spain will treat tho matter In
a rational way, but certainly upon some
terms. The first note may not go so far as
what Is called Intervention In diplomatic
parlance, but a "mediation" whl'ch points
out the imperative need of a. change of
conditions, a friendly bit of advice with
a stinger at the end of It, is intervention,
tho announcement of a purpose, no matter
what It may bo called.
This Is the lino tho president is work
ing upon. He wishes to give Spain every
proper opportunity to accept peaceful
terms. Ho will not throw any needless
obstacles in her way. He will not use
lessly prick her pride. Within a month
or six weeks Judge Day will havo com
pleted his preparation of the case, under
tho president's direction. This noto will
bo his first Important contribution to tho
diplomatic history of his country, in which
he Is destined to play so large a part dur
Irg tho next four years. Without doubt
It wi'.l bo a state paper which will estab
lish his rtputatlon, not only In this coun
try but throughout the world. What the
Monroe doctrlno dlpatch did for the
fame of Richard Olney the Cuban dls
patch Is likely to do for the fame of Judge
Day.
Of course there will be delay, Spanish
diplomatists always play for time. With
in six weeks the president will have a new
American minister at Madrid, earning
with him full Instructions as to what he
Is 'to do. Frank Aldrlch, who was the
president's own choice for consul gen
eral at Havana, without a suggestion
from anyone, will be at his post. But the
Madrid government will take Its. own
sweet time to reply. Delay will bo sought
on one pretext or another, and hi this
art the statesmen of Madrid are adepts.
Several months rrny pass before Spain
answers our note, and the crisis may thus
be deferred till autumn. Tho Spanish
may then attempt to save themselves by
another grand military onslaught upon
the Insurgents, or they may have by
that time cooked up new schemes of "re
form" or "homo rule" with which to avert
the Imminent loss of their colony. But
the news of today Is that President Mc
Klnloy, supported by the people of the
United States, Is going ahead toward the
freedom of Cuba,
One other phase of our relations with
Spain will demand the president's atten
tion almost Immediately. Tnli is the Iluls
care. Tho understanding hero Is that
Judire Calhoun has made no written re
port upon this case, but that Consul Oen
eral Leo's report -will bo tho basis of a
rharp demand for reparation. General
Lee's report shows that Bull loit his life
on acocunt of violation ot tho prisoner's
treaty right. Spain will be asked for an
Indemnity for the family of the murdered
man, and the demand for tMs wilt not bo
couched In any soft or pleasing languaxe.
Beforo the adjournment ot congress,
which Is looked for about tho middle of
July, tho president will send to the senate
tho reports of our consuls In Cuba. Thcso
reports will show tho country and tho
world In ofllclal form, tho state of facts
which justify tho intervention of the
United States between Spain and her un
fortunate colony. Before these reports
are given to tho public an American naval
vessel will be stationed In Havana harbor.
WILLINO TO Hi: HELPED OUT.
From the Detroit Free Press.
"I'm a believer In the bteycle," declared
a lawyer of prominence the other day.
"In fact, 1 ride ono myself and derive a
great deal of benefit from It, but I know
of moro than one Instance where It has
led to family dissension.
"I was called upon professionally the
other day by a fine-looking, Intelligent,
nicely dressed woman of about 33. With
out any tears or other preliminaries Bho
stated that she desired my services In
procuring a divorce
" 'Upon what grounds, madam T
" 'You can give them a technical name
after I have told you what they arc. No
couple ever lived moro happily than did
Fred and myself until ho brought a tan
dem homo for our Joint use. He thought
It best that wo should do our wheeling
together, and I agreed with him. His
thoughtfulness and deslro to be with me
were very pleasing.'
" 'To be sure.'
" 'But all my anticipations were blasted.
Ho developed a stubbornness that I never
discovered In his character. He never
proposed going where I wanted to go. If
I had my mind set upon going to tho
Island he went to the boulevard, and if
I had a preference for one street he se
lected another. It often occurred, too,
that when ono of us was anxious to go
out the other was not In the mood. I can
not endure another such season.'
" 'Did It ever occur' to you, madam, that
It might bo wiser to give up your tandem
than your husband?'
" 'Indeed, I'm not going to give up the
blcyclo Just because he chooses to be a
tyrant. I want you to commence proceed
ings.' "'Perhaps, without letting him know
what you havo In mind, I could persuade
your husband to bt.y you a wheel of your
own.'
" 'Oh, If you only could! The latest and
finest. I'm sure he wouM; Fred's so gen
erous. I was confident you would help
me out.' " .
NONE TOO SEVEItE.
From tho Philadelphia Times.
Another of our silly American women
who purchased an impecunious husband
with a title, has obtained a Judicial sep
aration from her husband In tho London
courts, and hoe returned to her homo a
sadder and rosslbly a wiser woman.
Not ono In fifty ot such marriages has
resulted In even ordinary domestic happi
ness. As a rule American heiresses have
simply exchanged fortunes for titles,
while tho fortunes are usually used by
the husbands to maintain mistresses who
are more highly respected than the
wives, and logically so.
Nobody misunderstands the marrlago
of American heiresses with Impecunious
titles abroad. It Is the most conspicuous
and offensive outgrowth of American vul
garity, and in an overwhelming majority
of tho cases the women, who have thus
mado commerce of tho holiest relation of
life, havo suffered the humiliation of
disgrace they deserve. There are excep
tions to the rule, but tho exceptions are
no moro than ore needed to prove the rule.
The lamentable feature of these gener
ally disgraceful marriages Is that they
are confined almost wholly to American
women. Women of wealth In all other
countries of the world have too much frelf
respect to contract such matrimonial alli
ances, and they come almcst wholly from
American women, and generally from
those who havo suddenly acquired for
tune without any substantial fitness to
appreciate or enjoy It.
Tho women born and reared under the
noblest government of the world that
Interdicts titles by Its laws, should bo the
Inst of the sex In any clime to seek empty
titles at tho cost of fortune and the humil
iation and generally disgrace of the wife;
but strange as It may stem, hero where
woman Is more honored than In any other
land, this crime against the sex is most
common.
ARC ALL AVAILABLE.
New York Commercial-Advertiser.
Confirmed pessimism is a trait which
has no rightful place in tho American
character. It cannot bo said too fre
quently or too forcibly that the Industrial
conditions of the hast four yeaTs have
been abnormal conditions. Tho prophets
of calamity are unsafe guides. There has
been no depreciation of our national re
sources. Tho check Inflicted upon the
country by unwise economic legislation Is
merely temporary. Our magnificent In
dustrial plant Is unimpaired. Loom and
furnace and mine and farm, the trained
muscles of expert mechanics, the skill
of experienced business men, the Incal
culable energy of the whole American
people these aro all available for the Im
mediate future.
IN A NUTSHELL.
From the Philadelphia Record.
The continued refusal of Spain to ac
cept mediation may Impose a duty upon
this government from which there can
bo no decent method of escape. Spain
has no moral right to mako a desolation
of Cuba In a bootless effort to suppress
a revolt, Just because her towering prlJe
will not permit her to accept Intercession
offered In the most friendly spirit by a
supremely interested neighbor.
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Alncclins,
The Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolabe Cast. 3.30 a. m., for Thursday,
June 10, 1837.
tf 3) s'i
It will bo apparent to the observing child
born on this day that the length of the
blcyclo girl's dress Is usually a matter
of form.
The evident regret with which some men
can turn one down often takes away the
sting of disappointment.
Snow fell in Massachusetts yesterday.
An earthquake at Olen Summit and a
poem from Sam Boyd will, we believe,
complete Professor Coles' promised dls
asters for June,
The hilarity of tho Wllkes-Barre base
ball editor these days reminds one of a
man trying to smile with an ulcerated
tooth.
Love which prompts the young man to
buy Ice crsam Is moro pleasant than that
which Inspires poetry, but It is not usually
as lasting.
Tho photograph of the average woman
should boa speaking likeness to look nat
ural. Uede Beraac
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promptly at reasonable
prices. The stock we use
is the very best we can
buy. Also Reception, Vis
iting and At-Mome Cards,
Monograms, Addresses,
Crests, etc.
Reynolds Bros
Hotel Jermyn Bldg,
Wyoming Ave., Scranton, Pa,
A raid enA
EAZAAt.
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sloes, No
HENRY BELIN, JR.,
General Agent for tho Wyomlnj
District for
DUPONT'S
POWDER
Mlnlne, Blasting, Sporting, Smokele.u
and the Repauno Chemical
Company's
HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
Safety Fuse, Caps and Exploders.
Rooms 212, 2lS and 214 Commonwealth
Building, Scranton.
AGENCIES:
THO?, FORD, - Plttston
JOHN H. SMITH & SON, Plymouth
E. W. MULLIGAN, Wllkes-Barre
m-RFA Wirm
dV Jl UJIIUL
eei Tlem
IF NOT, SEE THEM BY ALL MEANS
BEFORE YOU BUY ANY OTHER, AND
WHEN YOU HAVE SEEN THEM YOUR,
TROUBLE WILL ALL BE AT AN END,
FOR WE FEEL SURE YOU WILL BUY
A LIGHTNING OR WHITE MOUNTAIN
ICE CREAM FREEZER. WE SAY YOU
WILL BECAUSE WE KNOW YOU
WANT THE BEST, AND THE LIGHT
NINGAND WHITE MOUNTAIN ARE
THE BEST.
foote & s;
110 Washington Ave., Scranton, Pa.
ML PLEASANT
COAL
AT RETAIL.
Coal of the best quality for domestlo ui
and ot all sizes, Including Buckwheat and
Blrdseye, delivered in any part of the city,
at the lowest price
Orders received at the Office, first floor,
Commonwealth building, room No (;
telephone No, 2624 or at tho mine, tele
phone'No. 7!2. will bo' promptly attend!
to, Dealers upp)led at the mine.
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