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SCRANTON, JULY 31, 1807.
That was on Interesting case tried
before Mayor Halley on Thursday
morning when George Carroll, for
striking a man on the head with a
heavy Instrument, presumably 11 sand
bag, wns fined $3 and released. The ns
snult was committed on Lackawanna
avenue, in the very heart of the busi
ness portion of the city. If It costs
but $3 to sand bag a man In the chief
business thoroughfare of the city of
Scranton, what would It cost to get a
permanent license to steal?
Mercantile Tax Bill Vetoed.
The governor's disapproval of the bill
surreptitiously pushed through the
legislature largely Increasing the state
license tax upon merchants Is not un
expected. The only considerable argu
ment made for It was that It was an
emergency measure calculated to save
the commonwealth from a deficit. The
governor's resolute course In weeding
out of the appropriation bills extrav-
agant and Indefensible items of ex
pense has gone far to 'remove the
danger of a dellcit; and the natural nnd
widespread opposition of the threaten
ed Interests, which have with Justice
pointed to the fact that the recent
depression In business called rather
for decreased than Increased taxation,
sufllced to decide the matter.
With the executive desk thus cleared
of Its burden of unscrutlnlzed bills, it
becomes possible to estimate the la
bors of the legislative session of ISO"
with some approximation to justice:
and about the only reassuring fact to
be noted in the review Is the enactment'
of a modernized libel law. Of the other
promising measures which attracted
attention during the early hours of the
session the majority fell by the wayside
ere the legislature adjourned or were
so modified through amendment as to
lose their principal value. The reform
programme flattened out completely;
the scandals Implied If not revealed
leave a legacy of mischief to the party,
and in the entire dreary retrospect the ;
one redeeming feature is the governor s
stand for decency and fairness as ex
hibited in his vetoes.
There is consolation, however. In
the fact that the people of Pennsyl
vania have now an Incentive to improve
the quality of their next law-making
assembly.
If the Business Men's league wants
to play Into Senator Quay's hands It
will keep up this talk of nn Independ
ent movement under the leadership of
Leach and Van Valkenhurg.
The Benham Verdict
Those who have followed the pro
gress of the Henhaju' murder trial will
be entirely satisfied with the jury's
verdict of murder In the first degree
and will wonder why It took the twelve
Jurors twenty-four hours to agree upon
a finding whose justice should have
been clear the moment the Jury retired.
For Benham It is impossible to feel
the slightest sympathy. Ills worst
crime was not the ending of his wife's
life by the administration of poison.
Terhaps that In effect it not In Intent
was an act of ineicy. Tho man's mean
est crime was the long-continued abuse
of the woman whom he had sworn to
cherish and protect; his calculated in
fidelities that fed the cruelty with
which he treated her and finally in
bplred the culminating bin of murder.
For this slow torture the law provides
no punishment nnd had Benham re
frained from tho last act In the do
mestlc tragedy It Is possible that time
and his continued abuse would havj
wrought the release which in his Im
patience he hastened with prusslc acid,
leaving him free to wed his paramour,
gain control of her wealth and by
means of It command the homage of the
community now ready to applaud his
execution in the electric chair.
There are Eonhams In every com
munity who.though they may not reach
Ills level as a convict condemned to
death, are morally his equals In guilt.
It is not clear that the law can reach
offenders of this class, prior to their
fulfilment of their criminal destiny by
the commission of an overt crime. The
nearest approach to justice yet meted
out to them Is administered In those
communities which retain tho whipping
post for wlfe-beaters. But It Is not tho
physical blow which creates the deep
est pain, and tho faithless husband
Who stabs and murders by unkind
speech and contemptuous action can
continue on his fiendish way unchal
lenged and Immune so long as he re
spects the Inhibitions of the statutory
law. This Is apparently the gap which
law-made Justice cannot bridge.
for tho week begun on Monday so as
fittingly to commemorate tho semi
centennial of elcctrlo transit and to
honor tho memory' of tho man who
mnde such transit possible.
The career of Moses a, Farmer Is
peculiarly Interesting. A New Hamp
shire boy, tho son of a well-to-do
Hoscawnn farmer nnd lumber merch
ant, his first Impulse while of school
going ngc wns toward music. At
twenty, while studying at Dnrmouth,
ho taught music, but an attack of
typhoid fever left him with but a
slight remembrance of a single tune,
a condition thereafter permanent. Out
of school, ho married nnd located as a
tencher nt Dover. N. II., but nn Inborn
knack for Inventing things now dis
played Itself In a novel type of window
shnde, which he started to manufact
ure nnd which yielded an encournglng
profit. It was In 1846, while on a train
for Boston, that he first saw a book on
telegraphy nnd became IntertAted In
electricity. Instnntly tho thought
came to him that If electricity could
send a message over lnllcs of wire It
ought to be made to propel a vehicle.
Very soon ho was at work on the prob
lem, nnd In a year hnd a car track
built and n train of two cars running
one a trailer and tho other containing
tho motor nnd battery. Despite tho
novelty of the Idea, this Invention at
tracted little attention nt tho time, and
nPtcrwahl lay dormant for several
years. In fact Mr. Farmer personally
never derived benefit from It.
Afterward ho Invented an electrical
striking device for a fire alarm service
which Is tho basis of tho present fire
alarm systems; later ho developed and
brought to a higher degree of efficiency
tho business of electrotyplng; and
shortly before his death In 1893 ho ex
hibited at the World's fair a system of
printing telegraphy of which largo re
sults are yet expected. In 1S52 he In
vented nn electric cooking stove which
afterward served all the purposes of n
cooking stove In his household; and
as early as 1859 ho had rigged up a
plant that lighted his house by means
of incandescent lamps. Such a record
In tho lino of achievement In applied
electricity clearly entitles Mr. Farmer
to recognition as n pioneer In this field
of Inquiry, and In deciding to meet
near the scene of his Interesting labors
fifty years after tho achievement of
what significantly if not commercially
was his greatest work, the electrical
engineers of America have paid a fit
ting tribute to his memory.
suffering ship-wreck. Tho ratio of risk
Is not greater, however, than In travel
by rail; and If one chooses tho "best
steamship lines and Ignores the sec
ond rato vessels, It Is practically re
duced to zero.
Tho Atlanta Journal proposes as a
euro for the lynching propensity that a
fine of $10,000 bo Imposed upon tho
people of each county for every lynch
ing within Its borders unless tho per
petrators nro convicted nnd punished
within a specified period. In what
soiitncrn state could It got such a law
enacted?
i ,
Glad bb we are to hear a Republican
president praised, we hope that this
new chorus of Mugwump adulation
which Is audible since Major McKln-
ley promulgated his civil service ex
tension order will not long continue.
If It shnll, It may prove fatal.
The Toronto Gobe ndmlts that the
Dlngley bill Is quite likely to hurt
Canada, but indulges the hope that
"tho next folly" of the United States
will bo export bounties, which "will
more than compensate Canadians." The
Globe Is chasing a rainbow.
currency Is no worse, but Tather better,
becauso of tho suspension of compulsory
purchases of silver, 'than It was during
tho Inst "era of prosperity." The thlttg
now to do is to go to work with confid
ence In the future, for the conditions
aro ail favorablo to a prompt revlvul.
Stocks were gteatly reduced during the
depression, but aro now on the rise; tho
crops are good nnd high prices aro being
obtained for wheat. With tho farmers
well paid for trilr toll thero will bo a
good homo market secured to American
manufactures by a tariff that Is distinctly
protective In Its rato of duties.
TURN ON THE LIQHT.
The Sun Is disposed to criticize the
piesldent for appointing several rela
tives to ofllce. If the rclntlves aro as
w"il fitted for their places as the presi
dent Is for his, wo don't sec the point
to the criticism; nnd It appears that
they are.
There Is no more reason why the
government should own nn armor plant
than why It should own u navy yard
or a. rlllo factory or a gunwad mill
or a knapsack establishment. If pri
vate enterprise can do the business, let
It do It.
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BAZAAI
We Told You
So
The one notable fact which Is grad
ually overspreading the Cuban prob
lem Is that Spain Is tired of the profit
less and wearing struggle arid would
welcome a good excuse to give up.
Tho chances are she will soon get It.
Tho Philadelphia Tlmescannot under
stand why the Lycoming county Re
publican convention neglected to say
anything about the work of tho recent
legislature. Now what was there for
a Republican convention tc say7
SCIENCE LED THE WAY.
Being a legislator doesn't appear to
bo the profitable snap that somo fel
lows lately at Harrlsburg evidently
expected It would be. Politics Is In
deed uncertain.
The Father of the Trolley Car.
This week at Grconacre, Mo., the
American Institute of Electrical En
gineers has been In session, for a
purpose which Is of general Interest,
and nowhere moro Interesting than In
Scrnnton. On July 20, 1817, in Dover,
N. II., tho first electric passenger car
was first publicly exhibited by Its In
ventor and builder, Moses ,G. Farmer.
Out of his Ingenuity as an Inventor
Mr. Farmer eventually acquired somo
wealth, and after hla death at Green
acre, his daughter, Miss Sarah J. Far
mer, established In memory of htm a
summer school whero representative
men and women In tho spheres of
literature, eclence, art and religion
throughout the world' congregato for
mutual Instruction and' improvement
each year. At tireenacro", therefore,
tho electrical engineer decided to tnoct
. ric Problem of Lawlessness.
Commenting upon the growing fre
quency of highway robberies and stab
bing affrays reported from mining
towns of this region, as an example of
which It cites Duryea, the Wllkes
Barre Record suggests as one neces
sary step In the direction of checking
this expensive and disgraceful tend
ency toward lawlessness that t"ho courts
stop licensing so many saloons In these
towns. It says:
Tho.-e who have taken note of the tor
rent of crime committed In these Hun
Kalian, Polish nnd Italian settlements
hnvo not failed to notice that nearly all
of them have their origin In saloons. First
comes excessive blinking, then quarrels,
followed by brutal lights, and finally end
ing In murder. The licences of such places
should bo promptly revoked, ns they are
In Philadelphia. Uur present lleenso law
Is In a large measure responsible for tho
species of crime that nflllcts this county,
and Is becoming such a frightful burden
upon the tnxpajcrs. Slero drinking dens
should not be licensed at all. Retail
dealers should not bo permitted to sell
liquor to ho carried away from the prem
ises, and wholesale dealers and brewers
should be restricted In their sales to reg
ularly licensed retailers. Under such a
system the drunken rows, flghtR and mur
ders would speedily diminish In counties
like Luzerne.
Our contemporary's suggestion Is
good so far ns feasible; but It overlooks
the fact that under present conditions
for the courts to shut down In tho mat
ter of licenses would simply have tho
effect to Increase the number of speak
easies, and to this extent deprive the
community of revenue. The turbulent
citizen who makes It a practice every
time he has a month's pay In his pocket
to load up with bad liquor and dis
tribute his evil propensities throughout
the neighborhood would just as soon
procure his grog In a hole-ln-the-wnll
as In a licensed bar room. He never
stops to ask the dealer whether the lat
ter has a license, and It Is our Impres
sion that the bulk of the mischief con
cerning which our contemporary is
moved to remark as quoted above has
Its origin rather In the unlicensed than
In the licensed places. Nor can the
speak-easy be suppressed by nominal
restriction of the market of the brew
ers. No law can keep the speak-easy
from getting supplies so long as It Is
a profitable patron of tho breweries
and wholesalers.
Apart from missionary work having
for its purpose the civilization of tho
Individual law-breaker or his children,
the only wny to work reform In law
observance In thw9 parts Is to go at
the task ystemaedlly and with de
termination, nil nlong tho line. So
long ns speak-casles nro permitted to
flourish openly nlongsldo licensed sa
loons and their owners honored with
political perferment It will bo useless
to expect betterment to follow tho re
striction of licenses.
The London Chronlclo perceives In
tho retirement of Professor Andrews
from the presidency oi Brown Uni
versity a sure sign of a coming storm
that will shako tho pillars of tho
American republic. Tho Chronlclo is
kind to warn us In time.
From tho Washington Post.
Tho wonderful gold discoveries which
havo rendcied "Uncle Sam's" extreme
northern possessions tho "New Eldorado"
of the present day suggest some Interest
ing data of tho origin ll Incentive which
prompted negotiations for the purchase ot
the fro.-sn domain of Alaska. Xjuc credit
should be given to a faithful corps of
scientists, who braved tho rigors of win
ter In the silent march of Investigation
nnd exploration In the Interest of man
kind, 'in tho Interest of science" was
the incidental remark of Robert Kennl
cott, an enthusiastic young naturalist of
Chicago, who had been recommended by
the Smlthsonlon institution In 18tio to head
an exploring expedition, tnen being
formed by the Russo-Amerlcnn Telegraph
company, to connect two great cable lines
then In operation In Europe nnd the
United States.
o
Previous to this tlmo Mr. Kennlcott
had made journeys to the far north Into
the Yukon Valley, whe-e he saw the yel
low flood of the great river surging ty
the most remote outpost of civilization,
and tho first specimens of his labors in
that Inhospitable region can be seen to
day In the Smithsonian Museum In the
!orm of ethnological wonders and collec
tions gathered from that virgin territory,
of which so little wns known prior to any
effort to buy It from the emperor of lUis
slu. At the close of, tho year 1S6G Pro
fessor Joseph Henry, secretary of tie
Smithsonian Institution, said In his re
port: "When the question of the acquisi
tion of Alaska by the United States came
under discussion It was to tho institution
that reference was chlelly mado by tho
state department and the senato for In
formation In regard to the country. Two
of our collaborators, then on a visit to
the institution, Henry Bannister, who had
spent a year in Norton Sound, .and Mr.
Blshoff, who had passed tho same length
of time at Sitka, were called upon to
give evidence before the commltteo on
foreign relations, and were In effect the
only persons e.vnmlned who were ac
quainted with the region from personal
observations."
o
For obtaining additional Information
relative to tho now territory of Alaska,
an expedition wns sent out by the treas
ury department, In chargo of Captain
Howard, of the revenue service, during
the summer of lf7. It was accompanied
by a coast survey party. In charge of
Cleorge B. Davidson. W. H. Dall succeed
ed Mr. Kennlcott as chief of ths natural
history corps it tho Russian telegraph
expedition, nnd after the abandonment of
that enterprise, In consequence of the
successful laying of the Atlantic ca-.e,
continued his explorations nlong the Yu
kon river, where so much gold Is now
being found. It can be Justly said that
the contributions nnd efforts of the Smith
sonian Institution and tho Chicago Acad
emy of Science, with tho primary inten
tion of tho advancement of science, first
gavo Impetus to Mr. Seward's policy of
Alaskan acquisition to this country.
From tho Philadelphia Times.
Tho league of Republican Business men,
of which Ellas Dccmcr, of Wllllamsport,
Is president, has announced a state exe
cutive commltteo composed of eight
prominent citizens residing In different
sections of the state, to begin the work
of organizing for the senatorial contest
that will come up next year In the elec
tion of members of the legislature. As
Quay has challenged all comers by an
nouncing his purpose to carry tho con
test directly to tho Republican people
wherever tho party rules will nllow It,
the Business Men's league must come to
tho front and accept tho challenge by ag
gresslvo action If It means to accom
plish anything. Secretary Van Valken
hurg, who Is tho octlvo manager of the
political movements of the league, has
formally announced that the purpose of
the league Is "to life a search light by
whoso blaze tho citizens of Pennsylvania
will bo enabled to read a record of politi
cal dereliction, short-coming and shame
tho like of which has not been seen In
Pennsylvania In a quarter of a century."
o
Secretary Van Vnlkenburg has struck
tho marrow of the Issue so far as his
declaration goes, but so startling a prom
Iso of shameful political developments
cannot bo made without positive disgrace
unless the search light shall bo resolutely
and practically employed, and tho truth
of tho declarations fairly established.
There will bo much doubt as to Secre
tary Van Valkenburg's Integrity of pur
pose In tho declaration he has made as
to tho shameful developments in Penn
sylvania politics. Ho has had the best
opportunity In tho world to fling tho
search light Into tho very heart of Penn
sylvania politics by meeting tho lssuo
thrust upon him In tho courts by tho
Quay leaders of tho state. He was in
dicted In the county of Schuylkill to an
Mwor tho chnrtro of dcbanchlntr the noll-
t!es of tho state lrt a most important
struggle, and thero was his opportunity"
to meet his nccuscrs face to race, ona
drive them from the sanctuary of Justice
In shamo nnd confusion If he Is pre
pared to turn the promised search light
upon tho political records of tho past.
Instead of entering tho court nnd de
manding trial as nn entirely Innocent
man would have done without hesita
tion, he first met the charge by a mo
tion to quash the Indictment, and made
exhaustive effort to have It done, appar
ently hoping to cscapo tho Issue that
confronted him. The court refused to dis
miss the proceeding, nnd since then wo
havo not heard of Secretary A'an Valken
burg demanding trial.
o
Either Secretary A'an Valkenburg Is
guilty of debauchery In Pennsylvania pol
itics or he Is falsely accused, and tho
man who Is falsely accused is always
most earnest and aggressive In demand
ing Judicial Inquiry. Let Secretary Van
Valkenburg begin his search light by
turning It upon the politics of the state
as opportunity Is presented In the courts
of Schuylkill county, nnd until he thus
determinedly moves to vindicate himself,
there will be little faith In any promise
hu makes of turning tho search light
upon the political shame of others. Turn
on tho light nnd go to bedrock, no matter
who shall stand or fall.
That we were going out of the carpet business, and the fact is verified by the ab
sence of a single yard of carpet in the roll iu our store. But we have a few made
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FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE.
From tho New York Sun.
It happens that within tho last few
years wo havo como Into unusually closo
contact with tho Interests of several for
eign countries. For two of them the re
sults have been extremely Irritating. We
havo checked England in her intended
violation of the Monroe doctrine In Vene
zuela. In Cuba tho barbarities of Spain
and her struggle to maintain the anach
ronism of trams-Atlantici rule In this
hemisphere havo compelled on the part
of our citizens vigorous condemnation of
our government's forbearance, which in
Spain has aroused great bitterness In
rejoinder. On the Pacific ocean side we
are about to annex the republic of Ha
waii. As a rule the politicians of Europe aro
wondering at our self-restraint In tho
matter of Spain, and at our hesitation In
regard to Hawaii. But one side of the Eu.
ropcan stock Jobbers, Europe's, or rather
England's Jealousy of us, and the people
In this country who live without respect
for Its present or hope for Its future, try
to make us out quarrelsome and danger
ous. If there Is a moro peaceable country
than the United States .In tho world to
day, we do not know It". We know that
thero Is none whoso circumstances are
naturally a greater guarantee of peace.
And wo believe that the slanders of our
enemies abroad ond at home will fall be
cause of the world's common sense abil
ity to seo that the self-respect which up
holds our rlgnvs is legitimately a iwin 10
tho Intelligence and calmness that mako
for peace.
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From tho Boston Herald.
President JlcKlnley has grown stronger
Instead of weaker with his party In con
gress, He Is more and more clearly rec
ognized as the party leader, and now that
his leadership Is getting the prestige of
success In administration nnd legislation.
It will bo constantly easier, rather than
harder, for him to maintain It, There is
no longer any antl-admlnlstratlon faction
among the Republicans of congress, or If
thero Is, It does not show Itself. By tact
and courage President McKlnley has
managed to win the regard, or at least
tho respect, of all the Republican ele
ments. Ho has been Independent In many
ways and many things. Insisting upon
hnving tho best men he could get for ap
pointments, appointing personal friends
and Mugwumps nnd Democrats, uphold
ing tho civil service law and refusing to
repeal President Cleveland's extensions
of tho classified service, yet ho has con
sulted all the party leaders and bosses
and made friends of the mammon of un
righteousness, even In tho shapo of tho
most brutal spoilsman. He lias done
whnt no other president has done In tho
first few months of his administration In
harmonizing his party and making friends
rather than enemies even while ho was
working out tho many disappointments
to Individuals which aro inevitable.
President McKlnley, without sacrificing
consciously his public or his private prin
ciples, has accomplished moro politically
than any of his predecessors In the same
time.
THE MUGWUMPS PltAISE.
From tho New York Evening Post.
President McKlnley deserves .and will
receive the heartiest praise of good citi
zens, without distinction of party, for
the amendments to the civil servico rules
witch he mado before starting on his va-
cation. It Is not tco much to say that,
under all the circumstances, they consti
tute the greatest victory for the reform
since the passage of tho original lav on
the subject early In 1SS3. The spoilsmen
themselves will be the first to see that this
action by tho president sounds tho death
knell of the hopes which they have al
ways cherished that tho merit system
might be overthrown. It If, lmpof
slble to praise the president too highly
for his action In this matter. He has not
only successfully resisted tremendous
"nressuro" to take a long step backwards,
but ho has advanced further than tho
most sanguine reformer dared to expect.
The executive orders cf July 2?, 1S07, as
sure tho stability of tho merit system be
yond possibility of further dispute, and
will reflect endurlngl credit upon the
president who has thus rendered a public
servico of signal advantage to the nation.
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A MAN OF HIS'WOUD.
Tho Mnryland Democratic conven
tion was controlled absolutely by Sena
tor Oorman, who thU3 verified his re
cent assertion that ho wns going to re
tire from politics.
If n man Is really tired of life ho can
doubtless find means to end It here
without BOlni; to Alaska.
That travel on the great lnkes Is dnn
gerous Is shown In the report of the
life saving service for 1806, which says
that In that year one death occurred
for every 260 persons Imperilled and
the loss of Imperilled property was llVi
por cent. These figures havo reference,
1 of course, to passengers and property
From tho Philadelphia Ledger.
That which will appear as the most
striking, and as probably the most grati
fying, characteristic ot this administra
tion la tho consistency of tho president's
odlclal acts with his previous declaration
of principles nnd policies, From the tlmo
that Mr. McK'nley accepted tHo nomina
tion of his party he has stood resolutely
upon tho Republican platform. In respect
of tho tariff, of tho currency and of civil
servico reform his position has been stead
fast, public spirited and sagacious.
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From the Philadelphia I'ress.
The Wyoming county Republican con
vention the other day Indorsed "the ad
ministration of Governor Hastings and
tho legislature that has Just adjourned."
It couldn't have displayed more versatility.
TOLD BY THE STARS.
GOOD TIMES AT HANI).
Fiom thd Philadelphia. Ledger.
Respecting the effect of tho tariff on
general business, thero Is no doubt that
It will act as a stimulant. Its protectlva
quulity will encourago Investments In
manufacturing enterprises. The situation
Is encouraging to builncis men. Tho basis
of t ratio has hoen established and our
Unlly Horoscope Drnwn byAjncchus,
Tho Tribuna Astrologer.
Astrolabe Cabt: 2.C0 a. m., for Saturday,
July 31, 1SS7.
SS? . &
A child born on this day will notice
that when It comes to public opinion tho
Domocratlo councils seem to represent
a 'congrojs of rough riders."
It would seem to be a good thing for tho
peace of northern Lackawanna county If
Baylor's fish pond was filled up with ce
ment. Tho distance between Klondike and
Beranton on the return trip Is great es
pecially If you havo to walk It.
Ralu fa'.ls on tho Just and tho unjust
allko these days unless they aro provided
with umbrellas.
AJtu'chus' Advice.
"The scorcher mst go," remarks an ex
change, No! nol Better make him stop.
FBU1T
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The only real good fruit
jar in the market today.
Try them once and you
will never use any other.
We have them m pints,
quarts and two quarts.
Well! Well!
J (Lift
Think of ItS.
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EUS OH JOUltNALS, FULL DUCK
RINDING, Hl'ItlNG HACK, GOOD
QUALITY PAPER, pQJ p5c
FOOIE k SHEAR CO.
HENRY BELIN, JR.,
General Agent for tho Wyoralnj
District for
DUP0NT8
POflEI.
Mining, Blasting, Sporting, 8mokclej
and the Itcpauno Chemical
Company's
HIGH EXPLOSIVES,
Enfety Fuse, Caps and Exploders.
Rooms 21'.!, 213 and 214 Commonwealth
Building, Scrantou.
Thee
Think Again !
A LETTER PRESS, liOO PAGE LET
TEU HOOK, ROWLANDllRUSII COM.
PLETE 0NLY $5.00.
TIE CLEMONS, EEEEEE,
MAIXEY CO,,
422 Laclca. Ave.
Reynolds Bros
Htatloners and Engravers.
Hotel Jermyn Bldg,
130 Wyoming Ave,, Scranton, 1'a.
AGENCIES;
THOP, FORD,
JOHN 11. SMITH SON,
E. W. MULLIGAN,
rittiton
Plymouth
Wllkes-Darrs
ML PLEASANT
COAL
AT RETAIL.
Coal of the best quality tar domestlo ua
and of all sizes. Including Duckwhrat and!
Blrdseye, dclijred In 'any part of the city,
at tue loweswpnco
Orders received at the Ofllce, first floor.
Commonwealth building, room No (l
telephone No. 2621 or at tho mine, tele
phone No. 272, will ba promptly attended
to. Dealers supplied at tne mine.
T. SI
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