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SCHANTON, JUNE 25, 1897.
The chances arc that It the legislative
Junketeers had to do their "Investi
gating" on tho own account, they
would do It it t one-flftleth of the ex
pense which they unblushlngly propose
to saddle upon the state.
Some Uxpensu Accounts.
Tho publication of the expense ac
counts of the vnr'lous legislative junk
ets authorized by tho present Pennsyl
vania legislntuie mukeS interesting
reading. For "Investigating" tho East
ern penltentlury a committee of eight
members, including Representative
Fnrr, wants Just' a few dollars short of
$15,000. If tho state were to ask for
specifications ns to where It received
$15,000-wor"th of benefit from the com
mittee's labors, the members of that
august body would probably bo strick
en dumb.
For Investigating the capltol fire n.
bill of $1,700 Is presented; to -."probe"
:he state treasurer's and auditor gen
eral's departments cost almost $3,000;
to find out how many of our Jail birds
are aliens necessitated a bill of costs
pf $1,900; for the "oleo" probers a bill
of expense amounting to $7,000 was pre
pared, but at the last moment two of
the eight members concerned In that
enterprise declined to take mileage
from the statOj-ln view of the fact that
they traveled on passes, and thus the
total was somewhat reduced; and to
carry the legislature to New York to
the Grant monument dedication took
$11,000.
But the worst Hem In the list Is yet
to come. Tho two committees which
"Investigated" the mining regions of
the state want In round numbers $12,
000 apiece for what? We have before
us the report of the committee which
patrolled the anthracite counties. In
addition to a mass of familiar figures
which could have been collected by any
good mining authority In about half a
day at a cost of not to exceed $25, the
report offers six recommendations, and
the legislature is asked to value them
at $2,000 apiece. They are: First, to
abolish company stores; second, to do
nway with store orders; third, to enact
a new compulsory semi-monthly pay
law; fourth, to appoint a state board of
mine examiners; fifth, to enable tho
courts upon petition to appoint inspec
tors of coal; and sixth, to restrict im
mlgiatlon. Is there one ofj these pro
positions that is not mildewed with
long urging? -
Charities are to be cut, public educa
tion crippled and needed Improvements
of state institutions suspended, but the
junketeer must have his "pap" though
the heavens fall.
We were told during the "Lexowlng"
of Philadelphia that there were nu
merous private citizens anxious for the
privilege of paying the Andrews com
mittee's expenses. Now is a good time
for them to step to the front.
Initiative and Referendum.
At a special election toon to bo held
in Omaha an Interesting question will
be submitted to a popular vote. The
last Nebraska legislature passed a law
authorizing voters In cities and towns
to adopt at their option the Initiative
and referendum. If Omaha by a two
thirds vote shall adopt these two prin
ciples the effect will be as follows: Fif
teen per cent, of tho voters of Omaha
may thereafter by petition propose or
dinances, and twenty per cent, of the
voters may compel the city government
to submit proposed ordinances to a vote
of the people. For tho referendum it
is provided that ordinances passed by
the city council shall not go into effect
for thirty days, and If In the meantime
five per cent, of the voters petition for
the submission of an ordinance to popu
lar vote the same shall be submitted,
and must be approved by a majority
to come Into effect. If ten per cent, of
the voters petition, then the ordinance
shall be submitted at a special election
held within twenty days. Ordinances
relating to the immediate preserva
tion of the public peace and health, and
Items of anroprlatlons for current ex
pens'esjiot In excess of those made tho
previous year, are expected from the
referendum rule.
Theseffeptof.an arrangement of this
ch(jracter7it'l8M5lJvI()us, would depend
largely-upon the 'interest taken by' the
peorjie generally In municipal affairs.
If they were Indifferent, their govern
ment would reflect It Just as at pres
ent; and If they were vigilant, tho pro
posed submission of separate questions
totjSbnulaY'vdte would be rendered al
most 'unnecessary by the trustworthy
charabterlbf the men who would In that
rven&h&'etaiUed to municipal olllce. So
thatiiieitlicjcnsc the experiment ap-pears'(jll-nlKh
superfludus and would
also teJlkely''tu prove, for a time, con
fuslnB.Tarul'alM)ie, time expensive.
It l-o'sslb1e",'nqWever,'that upon rare
occasions, ds. for examnle. when n
valutlMojfrajiohlse Is to be disposed of,
It wQlildibe worth while to the public to
havotlifc privilege pf the referendum.
The jje,ople,. to ! uie, deserve little
sympathy If the-don't try to elect hon
est aia?oNscientlous.rnpn to councils;
hut lncdmmunltlcs where tho control
ling vo.lofi'lii councils for ona reason or
niol)ier Islield by pun or two large corporations-through.
the medium of em
ployes elected to that oody under or
ders from (the management,, it might
upon the whole, straighten things out a
little if It were known that a majority
of tho common people, voting by Hccret
ballot, .could, when, they chose, check a
councllnmnhr "flxun"'tr squelch a cor--ornton"grau."
.FoiMhesp reasons the
proposition w"duld seem to warrant an
experimental 'trial.
But tho greatest thing, ancr all, Is
tiul!c sentiment: and uUt-'that la inv
proved hopes based on changes In meth
ods of government will be doomed to
disappointment.
The opponents of Hawaiian annexa
tion have fabricated another scare crow
In the report that Japan has flatly and
peremptorily warned us off, As a mat
ter of fact, Japan has dono nothing of
the hind, but If she had It would ce
talnly not cause us to abandon Hawaii
to .Japanese control. Tho president
who should permit this key to the Pa
cific to fall Into the hands of possible
enemies of tho United States would go
out of ofllce a worse execrated man
than Benedict Arnold, and his offence
would have fewer extenuating circum
stances than Arnold's had.
Very Properly Condemned.
The short-sighted action of tho trus-'
tees of Browr. unlerslty In censuring
Its president because he had exhibit
ed the courage of his convictions on the
silver Issue receives universal rebuke.
The general opinion was well expressed
by President Harper of the University
of Chicago, who, in his baccalaureate
sermon delivered tho day after the
trustees had acted, took occasion to
soy: "Even In tho sacred circle of the
university, where, If anywhere, there
should be opportunity to think and ex
press one's "thioghts, not infrequently
Is felt the Iron hand pf authority,
moved by suspicion and self-interest.
In fiee and fnlr New England, the
giound on which the struggle for free
dom of opinion was fought out, un old
nnd established Institution only yester
day censured its head because, for
sooth, he had the courage to think for
himself, and, still worse, to speak what
he thought. This censure, ordered to be
administered by a committee of trus
tees, Is a blot uppri the,hlstory of that
honored college' Which a century of
prosperity Will not wipe out."
Similar disapproval Is uttered by tho
Springfield Republican. Radical though
It Is for gold monometallism, which
President Andrews opposes, It Is nev
ertheless moved to remark: "In the
case of President Andrews the bitter
ness among Rhode Island manufac
turers happens to be extreme, and we
see a reversion to an archaic form of
intolerance and bigotry. But let him
be forced to resign, and the proof that
the world has moved will at once ap
pear In tho storm of protest and the
severe blow to Its influence and stand
ing which that Institution will suffer."
Persecution for opinion's sake Is un
American, no matter In what cause it
Is put forth. We cannot believe that
the oppsltlon to free coinage needs to
employ coercion to establish Its argu
ment In the favor of the people.
General Woodford requests the public
to make note of the fact that ho Isn't
saying a word. Ho did his talking
twenty-seven years ago'.
Ohio Republicans on Cuba.
Considerable Interest naturally at
tached to the outgiving of the Ohio
Republican convention on the subject
of Cuba, both because that convention
may fairly be supposed to reflect the
administration's sentiments and be
cause it was recently reported that
Senator Hanna wanted the subject to
be Ignored. The result Is satisfactory.
Senator Hanna's friends were In con
trol, but Cuba was not Ignored. The
Cuban plank adopted at Toledo was as
follows:
The Republican party has always been
tho friend of tho downtrodden nnd op
pressed, and has always deeply sympa
thised with tho struggle of any people lor
Independence. We extend our sympathy
to the patriots of Cuba. In their efforts to
achieve freedom from Spanish cruelty
nnd oppression, and hope that the day of
their deliverance Is near at hand. We
commend the course of the president and
expiess our confidence In his speedy and
patriotic disposition of the Cuban ques
tion In accordance with wise statesman
ship end a Arm and vigorous foreign pol
icy. This Is not a radical plank but it
covers tho ground. Its tenor was fore
shadowed in 'the opening address of
General Grosvenor, who, coming to
the convention directly from Wash
ington, said: -"The American people
sympathize with the struggling
masses of down-trodden people in
Cuba, and no man of the Republi
can party feels more deeply for and
sincerely sympathizes with them than
does the president of the United States;
but he owes a duty to the laws and
constitution of tho country, and our
treaties with foreign nations are a part
of the law, and so the president, omit
ting no opportunity that could be just
ly acted upon, will not fall to respond
to the cry of relief from suffering Cu
bans, but he will not plunge this coun
try Into war until the means of peace
and diplomacy have all failed to vin
dicate the honor of the nation."
It Is Interesting to note, in this con
nection, that the leading Cuban ad
vocate In Amerlcn, the New York Sun,
has ceased to prod the president and
Is evidently In possession of informa
tion which leads It to await In pa
tience the development of the policy
upon which the executive's choice has
fallen. What that policy will be has
alieady been Indicated In The Tribune.
It will completely satisfy the best
American opinion.
The Sabbath Defender Is one of the
latest Journalistic ventures of the
Electric City that Is deserving cf cor
dial support. Tho Sabbath Defender
is a neat elght-pago paper, published
by the veteian preacher-editor, Rev.
F. A. Dony, and its avowed mission Is
the stimulation of a spirit that will
load to a better observance of the
Lord's day of rent in this vicinity. Its
contents are well edited and Interest
ing, and give evidence that the pub
lisher and his supporters aro thorough
ly In earnest In the good work before
them. The.Subbnth Defender Is worthy
of the putronage of nil good people.
Its success will Indicate that our com
munity Is growing better. It has Tho
Trlbuno'a best wishes for. continued
prosperity.
It has been decided by tho Indiana
Supreme court that becauso a man
owns a large quantity of natural gas Is
no reason why he should Waste It.
Unfortunately Jerry Simpson and Bry
an do not live In Indiana.
The leader of: the marine band at
Washington, under tho orders of the
asslstunt recrctnry of tho navy, has
been reptlmanded for, his breach of dis
cipline In refusing to permit a popinjay
lieutenant puffed with brief authority
to dictate to him what kind of musle
the band should play on Memorial day.
But It the navy department wants to
see complete Justice done It will now
order that ofllclous lieutenant to bo
soundly spanked and put to bed.
m
It Is argued as a reason against
Hawaiian annexation that Thomas
Jefferson wroto to Madison In 1809 that
nothing In way of new territory should
ever be accepted by the United Htates
If It required a navy to defend It. Tho
coast lino of JcfferBon'B own Louisiana
purchnso needs a navy to defend It
and so docs any other territory contig
uous to navigable water. Thomas Jef
ferson was a. wise man, but he occa
sionally uttered oracular platitudes
that do not sustain Investigation.
The Chicago Times-Herald speaks In
terms of eulogy concerning the "intense
"national feeling" which animates the
British people, and which has been In
unexampled evidence In London this
week. Does our contemporary realize
that this feeling Is "Jingoism" of the
most ultra type? If so, why does it ad
mire British "Jingoism" and yet de
plore the same spirit when manifested
toward better ends by patriotic Ameri
cans? , . .
Tho Liberal party In Spain proposes.
It is said, to go before the people of
Spain on a platform of honest reform In
Cuba; but to make sure, the next re
form programme In that Island will
need to have the guarantee of your
Uncle Samuel.
The adoption by the legislature of the
bill to punish citizens who don't vote
was a bit of balderdash which offers
a fine opening for the governor's veto
ax.
Senator Quay failed to carry his
rolnt on the wool schedule In the sen
ate, but he will probably meet his op
ponents In conference.
If Lieutenant Peary shall get away
on his proposed North Pole search It
will be because the fool-klllcr has ne
glected his dutv.
Rich People -the
Slowest lo Pay
James G. Cannon, vice president of tho
Fourth National bank of New York, made
tho statement In an address before the
national association of "credit men" lint
tho wenlthy class give the most trouble
in retail credits. He had consulted a
large number of merchants In vnrlous
parts of the country and found It nlmost
Invariably their experience that "the slow
est customers are those who could most
easily pay cash; it Is nlmost impossible
to collect from them." This, remarks tho
Sprlngllekl Repubn, Is a fact as dis
creditable to the class In question as It
is surprising, it not only sets a vicious
example of unconcern for obligations
fairly incut red by those who can least af
ford to have such an example become con
tagious, but it works positive Injury not
alone to the tradesman, but to those of
his patrons' who do pay promptly, and be
trays the exlstcnco of a servility of dc
meenor on the one hand and of a superior
Indifference on the other, which Is not
creditable to cither party and not helpful
to business equality and exactness.
o
It would be a surprise to his audience,
Mr. Cannon said, to learn tho names of
those standing high In business nnd so
cial circles who aro dilatory In paying
their personal bills. A representative
merchant of New York had lately ex
ptcssed to him his inability to under
stand why so many rich people "allowed
their bills to run so eternally slow." If
the merchant protests these debtors usu
ally affect to feel very much Insulted and
quite generally transfer their patronago
to another store often without settling
the long-due balance nt the other. They
cannot npparently bring themselves to
realize, says Mr. Cyjnon, thnt a debt
contracted In this way Is a Just one.
o
He gave a few cases that had come un
der his own observation. One was where
a poor dr jssmnker had worked J1J0 worth
for a wealthy 'woman who paid $50 nnd
then went on a long European trip, not
paying the icmalnlng $100 until. her re
turn. In that time the poor woman had
to default on her house rent and other
obligations, and not only suffered humil
iation herself, but of course had to visit
trouble ,pon others sho was owing. -Another
case was that of a butcher doing a
large business who had as a customer ono
of tho very "swellest" families In New
York. This family's account' kept uc
cumulatlng, the occasional payments,
leisurely made, not even sufficing to pro
vent tho balance from Increasing, until
tho butcher, out of patience and in
alarm, timidly intimated that a com
plete settkment was desirable. There
upon the wealthy debtor became very
imuch offended, repudiated the whoLc.
debt, and went over to another butcher
"still keeping up style nnd no doubt con
tinuing to roll up bills with other deal
ers." o
These are simply cxnmples of a prac
tice quite general among the rich. Their
dllatoiiness In some cases is duo to care
lessness and an Indisposition on the part
of the tradesman who enjoys their pat
ronage to remind them at frequent and
regular Intervals of their obligations.
In other cases, It Is to be feared, the neg
lect Is moro deliberate and grows out of
a self-assumed superiority to vulgar gro
eery bills and disgusting little meat ac
counts and Indifference to the obligations
they Imply. In some few cases there Is
a manifest disposition to. maintain an
expensive style of appearance nnd living
with an much cost to others as can be
put upon them.
o
This Is all wrong, and the only remedy
for It we can think of Is for the mer
chant to becomo less fearful of losing
this or that wealthy customer and to In
sist upon as prompt payments from this
class as he would from any other. Some
pressure on this line applied by the
stronger merchants In a locality would
ere long correct what is largely only a
habit. Wo have been going through a
period of Inconsiderate personal extrava
gance all around, and unlimited credit
at tho stores Is no little cause for It. The
practice of cash payments Is not only
wholesomely coneetlve of this, but bene
ficial to the merchant as well in the end.
His customers may not buy ns much now
or at one time, but In the long tun they
will. There Is little good reason for. the
salaried or wage-earning person -ever to
ask credit save in exceptional Instances,
nnd prompt settlements from the wealthy
would help vastly not only In putting
and keeping retail trade almost entlicly
on a cash basis, but In promoting general
habits of thrift, living within means and
strict honesty In the observance of the
smaller obligations of life as well as the
larger.
THE JUBILEE'S REAL MEANINQ.
From the Washington Post.
In the midst of all the gush and accla
mation current In connection with tho
"diamond Jubilee" It may seem ungra
cious 'to Interject a word of common Bense
nnd fac;, but the truth remains that the
mngnitlcent progress of the past sixty
years Is due pot to Queen Victoria or to
any other magistrate or monarch In ex
istence. It Is due to the people them
selves, to their pride, their sturdy love of
liberty, to their growing Intelligence, and
their Indomitable nnd devoted asplra.
lions. 80 far as Great Drltaln Is con
fernrfd, Its greatness, its prosperity, and
Its happiness hnvo been wrought by Eng.
lhmt.n, It Is Victoria's honor nnd rc
nown thnt she has offered no obstacle to
tho onward movement of her time. She
could not have checked thnt movement
any moro than she could nlono have
Initiated and .conducted It. Her sov
ereignty is purely fictitious. Her power
Is tho merest form of speech. The
strength, the splendor, nnd tho growth of
England are the fruit of English genius
and courngc. They are tho product of
tho people's brawn rnd brain and energy.
o
That sho has been a sympathetic, ap
proving representative of all this splen
did evolution It wero folly to deny. That
sho has set an exnmple of nil the personal
und domestic virtues the world thank
fully acknowledges. But to ascribe tho
moral, Intellectual, social and political
growth of Great Britain to any cause
save that of tho genius of the EnglUh
peoplo yould be to challenge the facts of
history nnd to convict one's self of Ig
norance. Th6 British monarchy Is a tra
dition. The throne Is a symbol and a met
aphor. Freedom has reached its high
est and most wholesome development In
that splendid emplro upon which the sun
never sets, and the glory of the Victorian
era Is really tho glory of the Anglo
Saxon race. We make tho queen the os
tensible object of our tribute and con
gratulation. In fact and truth, wo are
celebrating the splendid people to whom
sho owes all her eminence and exaltation.
VICTORIA THE S0VEREI0N.
From tho Times-Herald.
Seveinl popular errors prevail In re
spect to tho place of the sovereign In the
English constitution. As a rulo among us
tho queen Is looked upon as a sort Of
show toy which Englishmen are willing
to pay for simply for the purpose of look
ing at. Wo often smllo pityingly upon
them, and wonder how they can be so
foolish nnd so wasteful of the public
money. Another common Impression Is
that "tho queen reigns but docs not gov
ern," meaning that sho Is powerless to
direct her parliaments or sway her peo
ple. Queen Victoria has not the power
of Elizabeth nor even of her grandfather,
Georgo HI., but nevertheless she Is not
a figurehead by any means. The "roynl
Influence" is an enormous power. What
it exactly Is no ono can say with preci
sion, but that It permeates tho constitu
tional government no one can deny. Tho
favor or disfavor of the sovereign Influ
ences the action and the conduct of states
men and of ministers, and not unfre
quently makes or mars a political policy.
o
The queen can control tho appointment
of particular ministers In her cabinet,
nnd to thnt extent, at least, can control
tho cabinet. The prime minister Is bound
to transmit to her authentic Information
of all tho most lmportnr.t decisions made
by the cabinet, and the more important
votes in parliament, nnd she has a right
to complain If she does not know of every
great net of her ministry, not only before
It is done, but white there Is yet time to
consider It. Her power in this respect
was notably exerted In the negotiations
between Great Britain and the United
States growing out of "The Trent Af
fair," ard she did much to modify tho
tone of Lord Clarendon's dispatches, ana
thus avert unnecessary causes of irrita
tion. o
Lord Palmerston, when he first becamo
prime minister, was disposed to carrv
things with a high hand and ignore his
royal mistress, but the queen taught him
that sho knew her rights nnd duties and
Intended to maintain them. In a cele
brated memorandum addressed to him In
1851, at tho time of the Napoleonic coup
d'etat, she said: "The queen requires,
first, that Lord Palmerston will dis
tinctly state what he proposes In a given
case. In order that the queen may know
as distinctly to what she Is giving her
royal sanction. Secondly, having once
given her sanction to such a measure,
that it bo not arbitrarily altered or modi
fled by tho minister: such an act sho must
consider as falling In sincerity toward the
crown, nnd Justly to be visited by the ex
crcip of her constitutional right of dis
missing that minister. She expects to be
kept Informed cf what passes between
him and foreign ministers before Impor
tant decisions are taken based upon that
li'tercourse; to receve tho foreign dis
patches In good time, nnd to have the
drafts for her approval sent to her In suf
ficient time to make herself acquainted
with their contents before they must bo
sent on."
The queen was but 32 years old when
she sanctioned If she did not pen this
memorandum. It brought Lord Palmer
ston to terms, and no prime minister since
that day has ever acted In Important mat
ters without first making full explana
tions to the queen. The sovereign in a
constitutional monarchy like Great Brit
ain may exert Immense power and lnbu
ence upon the policy of the government,
nnd with Victoria it has almost always
been a powar and an influence for good.
WOMAN, 11EVEAL THYSELF.
From tho Dutle (Mont.) Miner.
Occasionally a gleam of intelligence
penetrates tho discussion of the marriage
question and a suggestion which com
mands the respect of common sense comes
from tho tumult and confusion of the
controversial lunatics. In a recent ieiue
of the New York World a number of com
munications on the subject appeared, but
the following seems to be most pertinent:
"We poor women must live somehow.
If wo keep ourcelves morally clean and
try to flt ourselves to be good wives and
mothers we are doing our best precisely
as the boys aro In trying to leant trades
or protections. Our trade Is to be good
women, good, kynl, industrious wives,
nnd good, loving mothers. If 'young men
cannot'afford to marry us,' then we must
leuin somo other trade. What do the
young men prepese that It shall be?
"Young Woman."
The girl who wrote that letter should
not hide her Identity. She has struck the
right road. She says that the right kind
of girls are trying to educate themselves
to be "good women, good, loyal, Indus
trious wives, and good, loving mothers."
If that girl is in earnest, nnd If she is
practicing what ehe preaches, by all
means let her throw oft the cloak of se
crecy, step out where she can bo seen and
appreciated, and show the wild, uncontrol
lable, new-fashioned, loud-talking, breech,
es-wearlng, man-Imitating Amazonian
freaks how the real woman, who alms
for tho highest and noblest plane within
the reach of the gentler sex, is admired
nnd loved by men who nre able and will
ing to maintain comfortable and Inviting
homes.
And yet'. If it should transpire that the
letter which contains tho indefinite sig
nature of "Young Woman" was written
by .some degenerate, tobacco-chewing,
knock-kr.eed mtrcullne writer on the
New York World, what will tho wild waves
say? The sentiments are beautiful, but
It Is necessary that the young woman
should give her name to tho public In or
der that she may be appreciated.
PEAKY'S I'OLAH JAUNT.
From the Washington, Post.
We predict that Peary will ' discover
nothing of value to science or humanity.
lWI may bring back some specimens
whlsh ho can use to advantage In his lec
ture tour. Jle may likewise bring back
the members of his party if he Is lucky
and If the relief nnd rescue expedition
starts In time. Hut he will add nothing
to the sum of human knowledge. He will
unearth no material that can bo turned
to tho slightest use. In a word, he will
return from this expedition If he returns
at alV-Just as he did from the others
loaded to the guriwaies with apology and
explanation and equipped with a thou-'
sand Bpeclous arguments In favor of an
other fool's errand to the polo.
M'E DON'T ENVY IT.
From the llochester Herald.
From somo points of view, England's
record of conquest and colonization, nt
the cost of countlers ravage lives, Is a,
proud ono! yet Americans, as a rule, will
not envy It, There are different kinds of
greatness, and happily the kind that may
Justly bo aicrlbed to the United Htates
wears a different brand.
goldsmi
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Choice Ptcfdaw.
ATURDAY'S TRADE
Our Muslin Uiiderwear Sale is the greatest we have ever held. The generous sizes,
beautiful embroideries and lowness of price astonishes everybody, 39, 59 and 98 cents for
your choice of Gowns, Chemise, Drawers and Skirts.
See window. Second floor, take elevator.
At 49 Cents Fine Madras Shirt Waists,niade by the United Shirt and Collar Co.,
one of the best known brands. You will have to pay $1.50 for no better.
At 67 Cents Per box. of 6 pairs. Finest quality of Men's Seamless Cotton Hose.
Specially adapted for summer wear.. See Window.
Monday,
We will sell. in our basement all day long
4-quart Enameled Eined Preserving Kettles at 14 cents
5-quart Enameled Lined Preserving Kettles at 17 cents
Enough to every customer but none to dealers.
IMLEY
Or eat
special
ale of
Parasol
Having purchased a
large line of Manufactur
ers' Samples, all new and
perfect, at about . ',
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irive 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
GET A- WATER FILTER
Do not Jeopardise your health nnd hnppl.
ncss and thnt of your family by drinking lm
pure water this summer. We have a Inrgo
variety of Filters nnd Coolers nt n I kind pf
prices, iildoJEWETT' CHARCOAL ML
TKIt HKrtHOKIl.VTOHH und WHITE
MOUNTAIN ICE CREAM FREEZERS.
TEE CLEMONS, EEEBEE
ALLEY CO.,
422 Lackawanna Avo re.
Fnce
J
s for
J mile
jlist as y tailor
catft
((toir Price just Half
o9
No Matter
flat tic Pric
BOYLE & MUGKLQW,
416 LACKAWANNA AVENUE.
IT rStf OS 1I1Iti7
IL4V& W 1139 JJXJIJIJI
OX 1JW V U7Ch0 I
ALWAYS 11USY.
Wo UevoteOno Wholoflt&'fo to
;sesy
Children's Sloes,
Our Trices Ilango from Q5o to $B.O(). Care
fill and Polite Attention Given In Each De
partment. LEWIS,REILLY&MVIES
111 AND 110 WYOMING AVE.
Telephone 2152.
s,
s.
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
Motel Jermyn Bldg,
Wyoming Ave., Scruntou, Pa,
Cwu ill Ips t
p;MAMo
'111
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toes, No
do more,
'HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
TT- Tf T?TT-v .. T. vrr4A t
DU FONT'S
POWDER
Mining, Blasting, Sporting, HmokeleM
and tho Itepnuno Chemical
Company's
HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
fcnfety Fuse, Cnps nnd Exploders.
Rooms 212, 213 and 214 Commonwealth
Building, Scrnntoo.
AGENCIES:
TH03, FORD,
JOHN II. SMITH & SON,
E. W. MULLIGAN,
Vlttston
Plymouth
Wllkes-Bftrra
cci Tlem
IF NOT, SEE THEM IJY 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. WE8AY YOU
WILL BECAUSE WE KNOW YOU
WANT THE BEST, AND THE LIGHT
NING AND WHITE MOUNTAIN ARE
THE BEST.
EMOTE k SIEAE CO.
110 Washington Ave., Scrnnton, Pa.
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II PLEASANT'
COAL
i
AT RETAIL.1
t
Coal of the best quality for domes,tla us
nnd of all t'.tcs, Including Buckwheat and
Dlrdseye, delivered In any part of .the city;
at tho lowest kTlce . ' v N
Orders received nt the Ofllce, first loor.
Commonwealth building, room No I;
telephone No. 2021 oi at tho mine, tele
phone No. 272, will be promptly attended
to. Dealers supplied at the mine.
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