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ECHANTON, JtfNE 24, 1S97.
The quickest way to settle this cruel
newspaper war Is for each contestant
to admit whnt everybody already
knows, lliat lio has Just been bluffing,
and that It In The Tribune which leads
the procession.
Our Allen Tax Law.
The bill to Impose a tax of three
cents a day on every alien employed
In Pennsylvania the tax to bo sub
tracted by tie employer from the alien's
wages, which recently becamo a law In
this state, Is expected to add several
hundred thousand dollars annually to
LtherovenueB of tho various counties,
ist how much .cannot be estimated.
If enforced In Lackawanna county it
ought to constitute a. profitable source
of Income, as' the aveiage number of
aliens employed within this county's
borders has for some years been com
paratively large.
In support of this new law It Is urged
that large numbers of aliens have come
Into the state and taken work at lower
wages than natives were v. Ming to ac
cept; lower, In fact, than would feed
the family of an American laborer;
that such aliens have had the advan
tages of public Institutions, Including
free schools and free text-books for
their children and all this without con
tributing a cent to lighten the burden of
taxation. Being destitute of taxable
property, and not Intending to become
citizens, there has been no way by
which they could be deprived of their
dead-head ptlvllege and made to bear
a portion of the cost of maintaining
the Government, whose benefits they
shared equally with the taxed natives
and adopted citizens. It Is further sug
gested that, If these aliens wish to rid
themselves of this peculiar tax, they
can exchanno It for ordinary taxation
by ceasing to be aliens.
"It must be admitted," says theWash
lngton Post, "that there Is some reason
In the demand that the native and
adopted citizens should not carry the
whole load of taxation In communities
where there arc large numbers of aliens
who are unwilling to give up their for
eign allegiance, and who undetbld the
native and adopted laborers when they
apply for employment. It Is not strange
that this state of things has occasioned
dissatisfaction and complaint. "When
a state gives an equal chance with na
tives to all Immigrants who want to be
come citizens. It can scarcely be ac
cused of prejudice against foreigners.
Our laws ought not to offer a premium
for the kind of aliens to whom this new
statute applies. But can a state afford
to offer special Inducements to such
material to apply for naturalization
papers and become voting citizens?"
The state cannot afford to lower the
bars In order to facilitate naturaliza
tion; but If In consequence of the alien
tax law there shall be Increased effort
on the part of aliens to qualify them
selves for naturalization, the result
will certainly be advantageous. The
operation of this new experiment In
taxation will be studied with Interest.
Judging from the proceedings at To
ledo there's nothing the matter with
Hanna.
The Case for Hawaiian Annexation.
Frederick W. Seward, son of the late
William H. Seward, and chief assis
tant of his .Illustrious father when the
latter was Lincoln's secretary of
Htate, has written to the New York
Tribune a letter on the Hawaiian ques
tion which should be read by every op
ponent of' annexation. It Is so plain
and clear, and It bears Biich historic
Indorsement as representing tho views
of .the greatest American diplomatist
of modern times that we reproduco It
herewith.
"At last," wtltes Mr. Seward, "we
are brought face to face with the ques
tion whether wo will take the Hawaii,
am Islands Into the United States or
will let them drift Into the embrace
of some other power. Hitherto we
have been content to say that wo pre
ferred to let the Hawaliaus govern
themselves Independently. Hut they
no longer wish to do so and In all
probability they might soon Ilnd It Im
possible, even If they did wish It.
There are certainly thiee, and probab
ly four., great powers any one of whom
would gladly accept ithe responsibili
ties that we seem to be afraid of. Eng
land, France, Germany and Japan,
any one otlthese would cheerfully take
the islands If we don't want them.
We may Inveigh, If we chose, against
their "thirst for dominion,' or thIr
'greed for territory.' But the truth
Is that each of thee four nations Is
a great and growing power. Now,
every great and growing power needs
space to gpow and be great In. It
seems to them entirely natural and
icasonablo to go on extending their
commerce, Increasing their revenues,
strengthening their defenses, and
finding a foothold for their emigrants
by planting their flag In new fields of
enterprise.
"All of theso powers are our friends.
No one of them Is our enemy, or even
wants to bo. They recognize that we
have a prior claim, because tho Isl
ands are geographically nearer to us
and are linked to us by tlesi com
mercial, political and religious more
closely than to any of them. So the
annexation of the Islands to the
United States would be acquiesced In,
and when once accomplished no one
would 'dream of contesting our rights
there any more than In tho Aleutian
f l.nridfi, oY Jn Key West, or Nantucket,
oniyocldfa'la'nd. During ,past years we
havo .t&Kch 'pains to notify thi'm all
that wq should consider ft an unfriend.
Jy aot for' thorn to Interfere with Ha
waii, They havo respected our pro-
test because they were friendly and be
cnuso they recognized our prior claim.
Hut If wo formally renounce that prior
claim by refusing to take tho Islands
ourselves, wn cannot go on forever In
saying that nobody else shall havo
them. It Is recorded of tho orig
inal' dog In thb manger' that ho kept
the cattlo at bay for quite a while, but
ultimately ho found his position un
tenable. So would our's be.
"Tho Hawaiian themselves would
probably tako this view of it. They
want to bo nnnexed to the United
States, but if wo forbid and rtfuso
them they will bo reduced to tho alter
native of deciding whether lo main
tain a feeble little state, exposed to ag
gression from abroad and "revolution
within, or to become an Integral part
of some great empire which can pro
tect their shores, their lesourccs, main
tain their peace and Increase their
wetilth., Which horn of tho dilemma
would they bo, likely to choose?
"Whenever it Is proposed to add any
thing to tho United States there rises
a cloud of visionary dangers, conjured
up by the Imagination of timid writers
and statesmen. Like gibbering phan
toms, with uplifted linger and shak
ing head, they warn us to beware of
tho expense, to beware of the distance,
to beware of the climate and soil, to
beware of Incongruous element of
population, to beware of war and pes
tilence, of cyclones, iccboigs and vol
canoes! Thoso dlteful threats nro
mouthed at us so long as the annexa
tion I", under discussion. As soon as it
Is actually made the mocking phan
toms one and all sink back Into their
graves and are never heard of more.
Then It turns out that .every addition
to our tcrr!tory,lnsfead of entailing ex
pense, has brought wealth; Instead of
a source of weakness has proved a
bulwark of strength: Instead of bring
ing war has established peace. It was
so with the Louisiana territory. It
was so with Florida. It was so with
Alat-ka, And so it will be with Ha
waii." The gravamen of Japan's grievance
in the Hawaiian annexation matter ap
pears to be that Japan was not consult
ed. Well, she knows of It now.
Victoria and Abdication.
Rumor is busy with the report that
Queen Victoria contemplates art early
abdication In favor of the Prince of
Wales. Wales is already 56 years of
age, and It standp to reason that If he
doesn't soon get the crown upon his
head It will be too late. Only one sov
ereign In Europe, the King of Den
mark, Is much older than Wales, and
the great majority of them are consid
erably his Juniors. He has come as
near to the years of discretion as he Is
likely ever to come, and If tho good
Queen wants to see her eldest son seat
ed on the throne of his fathers Aow Is
the time to have the deed done.
It is probable thVt out of deference
to the mother, the English people
would make no great protest against
the; accession of Wales under these
circumstances; but It is by no means
assured that they would be so com
placent after Victoria's death. The fact
of the matter is that the average of
English moral sentiment has progressed
very materially since It tolerated tho
Innumerable debaucheilesi of Gjeorge
IV and passed over unchallenged the
flaunting by William IV of notorious
women at the social functions of the
palaoe. When wo remember that It
drove Into retirement and to death the
ablest Irish parliamentarian of our
time for a fault which Is but as a
fly-speck compared with the gross In
iquities which blacken the record of
the present English heir-apparent, It
becomes clear that If Wales hopes to
run the gauntlet to the throne, he had
better do so while his venerated mother
Is alive to -ward off some of the blows.
Otherwise, he may ' reach the kingly
chair In a sadly demoralized condition,
If, indeed, he reaches It at all.
Wo do not think that this senti
mental gush and clatter over the
queen's Jubilee has wrought much of a
set-back to the democratic spirit In
England. It may have, but we doubt
It. The chances are that after Vic
toria passes away the sturdy common
sense of the British masses will proceed
to tighten the reins on the heavily
pensioned princelings of the royal
fumlly who spend the money of the peo
ple in Idle vanity If not In social
crimes. The prevailing respect for
Victoria causes these masses to over
look much out of deference to her; but
will this forbearance endure after Al
bert Edward Is king? One thing In our
opinion If absolutely assured. The fu
ture kings and queens of England will
havo to com up to Vlctorla'j moral
standard or else they will epeedlly And
themselves deprived of their soft Jobs.
At the Instance of Senator Magee the
Pennsylvania senate has tabled the
whole subject of libel reform. AVe trust
that Mr. Magee's experience as owner
of two Pittsburg newspapers will not
hereafter cause him to regret this step.
What Will the JJanks Say ?
John R. Dos Passos, of New York, has
Issued a pamphlet from a synopsis of
his proposed American Credit Fonder,
which explains one or two points not
previously made clear. For example,
he proposes to adopt the "amortiza
tion" or sinking fund principle which
has been successfully applied In Ger
many and France. ,That principle Is
this: That the borrower Is never called
upon, unless by his own election, to
pay the principal of his loan as a whole,
at any one time, but by paying a smal
sum, each year, In addition to his inter
est, he establishes a fund, which ulti
mately wipes out the principal and sat
isfies the debt.
For Illustration, a man owns a lot
worth $2,000 and wishes to make cer
tain lmpiovements. He goes to the Dos
Pussos Mortgage and Loan company
anH asks foranappralsalof theproperty.
The company sends experts to Inquire
Into Its value, and If they report that
upon a conservative basis the lot Is
really worth J2.000 the owner of the lot
can borrow J1.000 with the lot as scur
ity. The company will lend him this
money for an Interest charge of about
JIG.GO per annum. In addition ha will
pay annually to It $2.80 Into the Blnklng
fund, which applies to the liquidation
on te principal of his loan; 12.50 Into the
expense account, which pays the com
pany'a salaries, etc., and 93.20 Into an
extra reserve fund for contingent
losses, making a total yearly payment
of $55.00, or less then tho 6 per cent In
terest, now charged by the banks, and
this payment, Mr. Dos Passos estim
ates, will In fifty-five years clear off the
entire debt.
That Is how the plan would affect tho
borrower, according to Its author, but
how will the company Itself fare? Mr.
Dos Passos Is confident that It, too.can
derive benefit from tho transaction. He
estimates that on the paid-in capital of
the concern a profit of 5 per cent, can
be realized through ordinary banking
operations; whllo on tho loans a profit
of one per cent. Is assured In this way:
When a loan Is made a bond Is Issued
based on the land mortgage as security
and bearing 3'.C3 per cent interest. The
borrower, however, pays 4.63 per cent.
Interest for the uso of the money; the J
difference Is tho company's profit. On
the asumptlon that the company's
Uan3 will amount to four times Its capi
tal this arrangement pays a C per cent.
dividend on the capital and also allows
for a 3 per cent, reserve fund to be held
for emergencies.
All this looks very simple In theory,
but the pertinent Inquiry which Mr. Dos
Passos appears to have overlooked Is,
What will tho banks do? Does ho sup
pose that they would permit. nn enter
prise such, as he has outlined to take
from them their real estate loan busi
ness, as It surely would do If conducted
on the foregoing lines? Inasmuch as
tho banks now average 6 per cent. In
terest on this business, It Is exceedingly
Improbable that they would sit pas
sive while Mr. Dos Passos and his col
leagues undertook to step In and do tho
same business at an Interest rate of 4. 65
per cent,
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Tlio election of Congressman Bur
leigh In Maine by the customary plu
rality of 8,000 or so doesn't offer en
couragement to the theory that there
has been a revulsion In sentiment
since last November. That theory,
like many of the Bryan hypotheses,
consists wholly of wind.
England's War Record.
Speaking of the arbitration with Eng
land, the following record of Victorian
wars would seem to show that England
needs to practice arbitration a while
before she will be fit to travel In our
class: Afghan war, 1830-40; first China
war, 1841; Sikh war, 1845-G; Kaffir, 1846;
second war with China, second Afghan
war, 1849; second Sikh war, 1848-9; Bur
mese war, 1850; second Kaffir war,
1851-2; second Burmese war, 1852-3;
Crimea, 1854; third war with China,
1856-8; Indian mutiny, 1857; Maori war,
1860-61; more war with China, 1860 and
1862; war at Bhootan, 1864; Abyssinian
war, 1867-68; war with Bazotees, 1868;
third Maori war, 1868-9; war with Loos
hais, 1871; second AshantI war, 1873-4;
third Kaffir war, 1877; Zulu war, 1878-9;
third Afghan war, 1878-80; war In Basu
toland, 1879-81; Transvaal war, 1879-81;
Egyptian war, 1882, Soudan, 1884-5-9;
third Burmese war, 1885-92; Zanzibar,
1890r India, 1890; Matabele wars, 1894
and 1896; Chltral campaign, 1893; third
AshantI campaign, 1896; second Soudan
campaign, 1896.
In the last two years, LacUawanna
hospital received from the state $25,000;
the West Side hospital, $4,000, and the
Carbondale hospital $12,000. If the bills
reported yesterday at Harrlsburg pass
the legislature unaltered, these Institu
tions will receive In the next two years
$30,000, $7,000 and $10,000 respectively a
gain to the county of $9,000. The needs
of each institution call for a much
larger sum, but in view of the scarcity
of revenue It Is doubtful If these allow
ances can be Increased.
Qosslp at
the Capital
Special Correspondence of The Tribune.
Washington, June 23.
From present Indications Representa
tive E. E. Robblns, of the Twenty-tlrst
Pennsylvania district, is not going to have
a walkover for a rcuomlnatlon. He will
be a candldato to succeed himself, but
there will be others. The Twenty-first Is
rather a peculiar district. It doesn't al
ways give Its representative In congress
a second tetm as many other districts ui
tho state are In the habit of doing. Repre
sentative Helner, who was honored with
two terms, was tho exception to the rule.
His predecessor, Hon. George F. Huff, of
Westmoreland, was turned down for a re
nomination at the clcso of his first term.
So was his prcdccetBiir. Hon. Alexander
K. Craig, of Jefferson, who was the tlrst
representative from that district as It Is
now ccrstructed. Thero ore now four
counties In that district Indiana, Jeffer
son, Armstrong and Westmoreland. The
latter county was for many years In the
district composed of Fayette, Greene and
Westmoreland. Tho other thrco counties
were in what was then known as the
Twenty-fifth district, composed of In
diana, Jefferson, Armstrong, Clarion and
Forest counties. Indiana was then tho
favored county, as It contained more Re
publican votes than any other county In
tho district. In those days, however, the
Republican nomination did not mean elec
tion, as it does now, in both districts. The
Democratic nominees were Just as often
elected In those districts as were the Re
publican candidates. In fact the district
(the old Twenty-fourth) in which West
moreland was then located, was for many
years Democratic. The other (the old
Twenty-fifth) district was always a close
one.
After 1876, when General Harry White
(now Judge White, of Indiana), was last
elected, the old Twenty-fifth district did
not send a Republican to congress until
It was divided between the present
Twenty-first and Twenty-eighth districts.
General White was first elected to con
gress In 1872. In 1S74 ho was again tho Re
publican nomln but was defeated by
Hon. George H. Jenks, Democrat, of Jet
ferson county. Again, In 187?, General
White was the Republican standard bear
er, but he was defeated by Hon. James A.
Mosgrov?, of Armstrong, tho Greenback
candidate. In that year thero was a
three-cornered fight. James M. Guffey,
the Pittsburg oil operator, was the Dem
ocratic candidate. He then resided In
Clarion county. The Greenback craze was
then In the zenith of Its glory In Western
Pennsylvania, and their candidate, Mr.
Mosgrovo, waB elected. In 18S0, however,
tho Republicans regained the district by
electing Hon. A. C. White, of Jefferson.
In the following congressional campaign,
m s.', tr.e democrats, assisted by the
remnant of the old Greenback party, re
captured tho district and elected John D.
Patton, of Indiana. Mr. Patton had, un
til 18S0, when he voted for General Han
cock for president, been n Republican. In
18S1 and 18S0 tho Republicans were victo
rious. In the latter year they electel
James D, Moffett, of Clarion,
Tho legislature of 1SS7 redlstrlctcd the
slate. Since then the old Twenty-fourth
and Twenty-fifth districts have been Re
publican. The Twenty-eighth district,
Into which were tfciown Clarion and For
est counties, which were formerly parts
of the old Twenty-fifth, has alternated be
tween the two old parties first, In 1&8R,
electing rlfelM rVatton, Republican, of
Clearfield; In 1838 electing James Kerr,
Democrat, of tho same ciunty, and, In H90
and 1892 electing George F. Krlbbs, Demo
crat of Clarion. In 1894 and 1896 the Re
publicans elected their candidate, Hon.
W. C. Arnold. Slnco the formation of the
new Twenty-first district Indiana county
has not been honored with a Republican
nominee, although It has always had a
candldato at tho conferences. Next year,
however. It will Insist upon being recog
nized, and will go Into tho conference
with the full determination of having Its
candidate nominated,
"Our county was Juggled out of tho
nomination last year," said a leading Re
publican from Indiana who was here this
week, "and we. do not proposo to submit
to the domination of Armstrong and West
moreland ahy longer. Wo will present a
good man to tho conference, and wo will
uso our best efforts to have him nomin
ated. Indiana county has never wav
ered In Republicanism since the forma
tion of tho party, and wo think it Is en
titled to a representative In congress onco
In a whllo at least. Mr. Robblns' nomi
nation lost year was tho result of a deal
between Congressman Helner, of Ann
strong, who was a candidate for a third
term, and tho friends of the present rep
resentative. When Helner found that ho
could not get tho votes of Jefferson and
Indiana ho withdrew In favor of Rob
blns with the understanding that the lat
ter and his friends would support him for
United States attorney for the western
district. The Indiana ccnftirecs then
voted for Robblns under the promise that
ho would not be a candlJatc for rcnoml
natlpn, and that ho would seo that West
moreland would vote for our candidate In
1893. From what I can learn, however,
Mr. Robblns hus fcrgottcn that promise
and Intends to be a candidate for rcnom
Inatlon. Well," concluded this gentle
man, "we will see about that later. Bloro
than one can play at the same game.
Judging from tho reports throughout the
district, especially from Westmoreland,
Mr. Robblns' homo county, he will have
his hands full In capturing the delegates
from that county to tho next district con.
ference. You can say that InJIana will
havo a candidate next year and a good
strong one, too."
Tho last Cleveland administration was
noted for its heartlessness. Ono of Iti
first acts was to turn out of tho pcnBlon
office Miss Elizabeth Harwood Key, a
granddaughter of Francis Scott Key, the
author of "The Star Spangled Banner."
Miss Key had been an employe of that de
partment for many years, had grown old
in the servlco and was unfitted for any
other form of work. She was the only
support of her aged and Infirm mother.
Miss Key was unablo to secure sultablo
employment, and until a few days ago she
and her mother were dependent upon the
charity of their friends. She now has
employment In the agricultural depart
ment. A statue of General Logan will be
erected In Iowa Circle, this city, In Octo
ber. The bronzo pedestal Is to be Im
ported, and Is a fac-stmlle of one Mrs.
Logan saw abroad and admired. It 13 to
be placed upon a mound which Is to be
grassed over, and will be unlike anything
In this country.
Lieutenant Peaiy, of tho navy, who has
been granted five yeais' leave of ab
sence to prosecute scientific Investigations
in the Arctic regions, Is now on a visit
to this city with Mrs. Peary and daugh
ter preparatory to his visit to the frozen
north. According to his present plans he
will leave Boston July 10 for Newfound
land, where ho will make arrangements
for n vessel to carry him and his party as
far as Whale Sound.
Lieutenant Peary Is confident of being
able to reach the goal of his efforts this
time. Ho Intends to establish a baso of
supplies In the neighborhood of Inle
pendence bay. He will buy a vessel and
load it with concentrate-d provisions. The
crew will bo the smallost which can work
tho ship, and every effort will be mado to
have the expedition as compactly equipped
as possible.
Tho expedition will proceed to Robin
son channel and Sherarrd Osborne fjord.
From there, when the Ice Is firm, the sup
plies will bo cairled forward In sleds and
burled along tho route. In reserve for
their return. Lieutenant Peary's plan Is
to take a number of natives and their
families -with him. They will establish
vlllagea along tho way, twenty miles
apart.
Lieutenant Peary expects to reach tho
eighty-fifth parallel with comparative lit
tle difficulty. Then he will make a final
attempt to reach the north pole. In case
of failure thero will be a retreat and an
other attempt made the following year.
He has had scores of applications from
men and women who desire to accompany
the expedition.
""
There Is much speculation as to when
congress will adjourn. Gusses vary from
July 0 to August 1. There are still others
who believe It will b6 nearer September 1
than August 1 when the gavels In both
hou u'S will fall,
Tho compressed air motor for propelling
street cars doesn't yet seem to have
reached that perfection which Insures Its
success. On Monday a car on a local
street railway became unmanageable and
ran away. As a result a car hauled by
horses and tho air car were badly
wrecked. Onopasenger was injured. Tho
motorman and conductor escaped by
Jumping off the runaway car. The offi
cials of the Air Motor company claim the
grease on the tracks or something clue
other than their Invention was responsi
ble for tho accident. Tho badly fright
ened passengers are of the opinion that
tho underground electric and cablo sys
tems aro much safer roads on which to
travel.
11ETU11N TO THE DINGLEY I! ILL
From tho Washington Star.
Two geed reasons exist for returning to
tho original DIngley bill. (1) It wus
framed1 with care, and It passed tho
house pieclsely as framed. No patch
work was necess&ry. The ways and means
committee was not rebuked by the Re
publican majority of the house. It was
not obliged to change Its work In any es
sential feature. (2) It Is possible to tell
how much money can be raised with It,
and experts declare that It will provo en
tirely satisfactory on that score. Here,
then, Is ample Justification for letting the
senate's tasty and Irregular work slide,
once conference has been reached, and re
turning to work which bears the stamp
of care, ccnslftency and order. Tho
DIngley bill redeems the Republican par.
ty's pledge to the people, and insures the
government nil the money It needs for Its
comfortnblo support. Let us havo the
DIngley bill, or a bill very much like It,
as tho final result. The sugar trust will
object, but tho people will like It and in
dorse It.
OUIt MOHIJUV TOHIKS.
From tho New York Sun.
The jubilee of Queen Victoria has af
forded Englishmen occasion for the great
est Jingo demonstration In all English
history; but the Mugwumps and .the other
pusillanimous sorts hereabouts who ob
ject to Jingoism exclude the English va
riety from their animadversion. English
Jingoism Is all right in their eyes, only
tho Jingoism which expresses American
pride and manliness meets with their dis.
favor. Except for that American Jingo
ism, the Jubilee at London yesterday
would havo been more Jubilant still.. The
national American tplrlt that grates so
harshly on emasculated Mugwumpery ns
Intolerable Jingoism deprived England of
the opportunity of celebrating British do
minion extending over tho American con
tinent. In tho days when that Jingoism
Impelled the An erlcan colonies to cast off
English domination, Mugwumps were
called Tories, ond the Jingoism to which
the breed then opposed their cowardice
und treachery was known as patriotism.
AS GOOD AH IT HAS EVEIl HAD.
From the WOkes-Barre Record,
Bcranton has Its new postmaster, and
his name Is 'Ezra II, 'Ripple, a man who
will give trat city as good administration
In its postal service as It haft ever had.
Ho Is a thorough business man and will
conduct the affairs of his office on a
square business buelr.
MLISMITffS
39c,
These are the Three Prices that will prevail at our Great Midsummer Sale
of Muslin Underwear, beginning Thursday morning, June 24th, at 8 o'clock,
upon our second floor.
The stock comprises Gowns, Skirts, Chemise, Drawers and Corset Covers,'
and numbers over 5,000 pieces. These cuts will give you a faint idea of the
kind of garments that are to be obtained. Our big center window from Tues
day, June 22d, will tell you better.
We believe in short stories and as far as possible will let the garments
and prices speak for themselves: " "' "' '"" " "
These Gowns, 98c.
FffltE
Parasol
Having purchased a
large line of Manufactur
ers' Samples, all new and
perfect, at about
ID)
an race
We give our customers
the benefit of it.
Sale commences Thurs
day. This is a rare oppor
tunity to secure stylish
Parasols at a very low
price.
510 AND 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
WATER FILTER
Do not leonardlse your health and happl.
ness and that of your family liy dilnklng lm
pure water this summer. We have
arlety of FlltcrmindaaaterN atull I
nrlrai. nlno JKWKTTffnuiIAIUXM
ii in
largo
TKIl UKKHIOKHATQUH nnd Wl
MOUNTAIN ICE CREAM FREEZERS.
WHITE
TEE CLEMON:
OTIALLEY CO.,
422 Lackawanna Avei i
Y'S
Great
Special
Sale of
GET A
CtS- s!)
1 9c,
sue? 1 1 ii 'i ii
m
These Gowns, 59c.
No Matter
ftatt
le Price
misfit pes oil of
Our Price just Half
BOYLE & MUGKLOW,
436 LACKAWANNA AVENUE.
Lewis, Really
ALWAYS BUSY.
We Uovote One Whole Store to
9 MWapP
sses
Children's Sloes,
Our Trices Range from 23c to $5.00. Care
ful and ToUto Attention Given In Each De
partment. LEWIS, MILLYttAVIES
114 AND 110 WYOMING AVE.
Telephone 2162.
ft
S,
.PMTOCEMEHS.
Printed and engraved
promptly at reasonable
prices. The stock we use
is the very best we can
buy. Also Reception, Vis
iting and At-Home Cards,
Monograms, Addresses,
Crests, etc.
Rey molds Bros
Hotel Jermyn Bldg,
Wyoming Ave., Bcranton, I'a.
MZAAR.
9c0
These Skirts, 98c.
our store.
1 HENRY BELIN. JR..
General Agent for the Wyomlnj
District for
DUPONT'S
POWDER
Mining, Blasting, Sporting, Hmokeleai
and the Repauno Chemical
Company's
HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
Enfety Fuse, Caps and Exploders.
Rooms 212, 213 and 214 Commonwealth
Building, Scranton.
AGENCIES:
THOS, FORD,
JOHN B. SMITH & SON,
E. W. MULLIGAN,
Plttston
Plymouth
WllUes-Barra
IF NOT, SEE THEM BY ALL ME
BEFORE YOU BUY ANY OTHER, AXO
WHEN YOU HAVE SEEN THEM YOUtt
TROUBLE WILL ALL BE AT AN END,
FOR WE FEEL SURE YOU WILL BUY
A LIGHTNING OR WHITE MOUNTAIN
ICE CREAM FREEZER. WE SAY TOU
WILL BECAUSE WE KNOW YOU
WANT THE BUST, AND THE LIGHT
KING AND WHITE MOUNTAIN ARII
THE BEST.
FOOTE k SHEAR CO.
110 Washington Ave., Scranton, Pa.
II PLEASANT .
COAL
AT RETAIL.
Coal of the best quality for domestlo un
and of all sizes, Including Buckwheat and
Blrdseye, delivered in any part of ths city,
at tho lowest orlco
Orders received at tho Office, first floor.
Commonwealth building, room No ;
telephone No. 2621 or at the mine, tele
phono No. 272. will bo promptly attedtd
to. Sealers supplied at the mine.
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