THE SORANTON TRIBUNE- WEDNESDAY MORNINGr, AUGUST 18, 1897,
1(11 nd Weeklr. No Sundr Edition.
Dy The Tribune Publishing Company.
WILLIAM CONNELL, President
SUIISCRtPTION I'RICUt
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SCRANTON. AUGUST 18. ISO".
It does not require printed words to
nssuro the guests within our Kates that
they are welcome to Scranton and that
nothing within reason will bo ncglcct
ed to make their stay a pleasant one.
That the olivets for which they have
assembled may b'c jeallzcd and that
from their present visit beneficial ac
quaintances and valuable Knowledge
may result Is, wc may safely say, the
cordial wish of all our citizens.
The Harrisburg Platform.
Not having troubles enoiiRh of their
own, a number of Democratic organs
In Pennsylvania arc concerning them
selves about the Republican state con-1-nntinn
whiph Is tn meet at Hnrrfs-
burg one week from tomorrow. They
are curious to know how that gather
ing will treat the recent legislature in
Its platform, what views It will an
nounce concerning civil service reform,
nnd in what language It will Indorse
the administration of Governor Hast
ings. Time will tell: but If, the Harrisburg
convention shall be fg'ulded by com
mon sense it will not hesitate to ex
press Its convictions Ih stralglltfotward
Ungllsh. The day of the straddle plat
form has gone 'by In communities as
intelligent as -Pennsylvania. People
nowadays like frmnk nvowalfc: and they
soon detect the ring of pietence or of
insincerity. So far as th legislature
Is concerned the stato convention
would be thoroughly justified in con
demning its inattention to duty, its
pronfnes to extravagance and Its te
creancy to the progiamnio of reform
indorsed by the convention of IS!).', and
"icafllrmed Inst year. The Republican
" party Is veil able to correct Its own
mistakes and to take care of those
who abuse Its trusi. Nothing good Is
to be expected from the minority party
an now captained in this common
wealth, no matter what promises it
may make.
With reference to the course pursued
by Governor Hastings in haltlns vlc
lou raids upon the state's substance
there can be only one form of platform
reference which will accord with the
c pinions of tli great majority of the
party, nnd that is unequivocal com
mendation. As the representative of
the party and the people In the execu
tive chair he did his duty and the patty
find people, thiough their representa
tives in stato convention assembled,
will applaud him for It.
So far as civil service reform Is con
cerntd. we have the precept of Sena
tor Quay himself In lta b?half, as
voiced In the tesolutlons which he of
fered at Harrlsluirg two jears ago.
Further than that, we have the in
dorsement of it embodied In the St.
Louis platform, nnd the benefit of the
official policy pursued, by William Mc
Klnley in the most important executive
order issued on the subject since the
enactment of the original law. There
can be no possible doubt as to the
proper attitude of next week's conven
tion toward this Issue.
Our Bryanlte friends are invited to
guess again.
Governor Hastings denies that he Is
a prospective candidate for congress,
and says he Is not worrying about the
future. In that he is wise. He can
well afford to let the other fellows do
the worrying.
Our Consular Service.
It Is announced by Carl Schurz, in the
form of a prediction, that President
JIcKlnley meditates another whack at
the spoils system. This Is to assume
the shape nf an order very mateilally
enlarging the .scope of the examina
tions provided for those nominated for
consular places, tho aim being to secure
a better avetnge consular representa
tion abroad and pave the way to a rest
ing of this service upon a basis of per
manency, Irrespective of changes in
domestic politics.
It Is but fair to the president to say
that In tho consular appointments
which he has already made he has,
upon the whole, insisted upon a high
average of personal qualification en
tirely additional to political indorse
ment. Tho .election of consuls he has
made a personal duty, not delegating it
t to any subordinate in the department
' of state. While It has not been expect
ed that In the lllllrg of the hundreds of
offices in this branch of the public ser
vice he could at a leap clear the ac
cumulated traditions of a century that
make those appointments In a certain
nens'e' senatorial perquisites, yet It is
entitled to bo entered to his credit that
he has Invariably Insisted upon the
senators recommendlnc men with re
spectable promise of public efficiency
and not mere camp-followers hunger
ing for any old Job.
In this respect, Indeed, he has not
been alone anion? our modern execu
tives. Both Harrison and Cleveland
sought to emphasle personal fitness
and succeeded u:on the whole In Im
pioving the personnel and tho stand
ing of our representation In the foreign
commercial centers. Their bucce&s wns
only partial, that Is, they both failed
to reach their ideal, which was a
permanent service, -Ith a system of
promotions that would nttract to it a
body of specially trained men capable
In tlmo of coping with tho expert diplo
matists and consular officials of our
ptinclpal commercial j-JraL Great Brlt
nln. Rut they failea because public
sentiment had not jet Jieen prepared
to sustain their more advanced concep
tions nf a proper iwrvlce. Since then
the chief commercial organizations of
tho country, Inclutfln Ibe National
Hoard of Trndc and the National Asso
ciation of Manufacturers, have agitated
the matter until .now Jt is our belief
that the president would bo Justified In
applying the cider Indicated hereto
fore, The question of ,a .wnJtul'a fitness by
right should not include .the political
factor at all. Dconacjnaiy .and Itopuu-
Uranism should end at tho shore line.
Once beyond, It should be Americanism
wholly the upholding of American
treaty rights, the protection of Ameri
can citizenship from foreign Insult or
Imposition, nnd the alert, persistent nnd
Insistent snfegunrdlnc nnd promotion
of America's export commerce. To In
form our merchants nnd manufactur
ers ptomptly and Intelligently concern
lng the conditions of tho foreign mar
kets nnd then to help them tp sccum
and retain n foothold In those mnrkets
this should be the American consular
official's constant nlm: and to facili
tate Its achievement we na a nation
should continue him at his plnce of
duty during tho period of his efficiency,
with adequate recognition of good work
done nnd ample Incentive for improve
ment. A Philadelphia milkman has been en
deavoring to test the popular Illusion
that this Is a free country, by under
selling his competltots. The other
milkmen, It seems, expostulated with
him In vain, and he built up n fine cus
tom. Then ho came to grief. In his
complaint before court this week he
tells n tnle of woe which would sound
fitting If dated back In the middle
nges. It appears that one night In a
lonely place he was set upon by other
dealers nnd terribly beaten, besides be
ing jobbed of $400. A much safer plan
for this man's comnotltots than high
way robbery would have been to organ
ize n milk trust and "do" him under
cover of tho law.
rite Case For Currency Reform.
The case for currency reform will be
well stnted today nt Dettolt, In an
nddtess to bo delivered by John I.
Branch, president of the Merchants
National bank of Richmond. Vn., be
fore the American Bankers' associa
tion. We have beforeusnnndvnncecopy
of this nddrcss sent us by the nut nor,
ami Its simplicity of language and di
rectness of nrgument nre greatly to
be commended, In view of the common
tendency to weigh this subject down
with ponderous words which nobody
can understand.
Stnrtlng with a definition of what
characteristic!! our currency should
possess, Mr. Branch will define them
to be fixity and stability of value, ade
quacy of volume, flexibility, simplicity,
uniformity and such equality of dis
tribution throughout our territory
that every man entitled to credit will
be nble to obtain its use at a fair rate.
He favors of course the gold standard,
and demands the retirement of the
greenbacks and treasury notes, for
these reasons: "The function of gov
ernment Is to govern. The legitimate
function of banks Is to Issue currency,
receive deposits, buy paper, and make
loans. There should be no more inter
ference on the part of tho government
in the banking business than In the
milk business; but the government
should see to It that banks comply
with reasonable, Just requirements,
dictated by experience nnd common
sense. Just as all good municipalities
should see to It that the milk supplied
the people Is pure and unadulterated.
Once It Is understood by the people
that a bank note Is not money, that
bills of exchange, promissory notes,
checks and bank notes are substan
tially of the same nature; when they
understand that the Issuing of notes
is not a sovereign net to be solely re
served to governments: when they ap
preciate that the act Is no more sov
ereign than the act of the merchant
when he gives his demand notes, and
that It Is gratuitous Interference on
tho part of the government to tax
or otherwise forbid a bank to issue
currency, while It leaves nil other cor
porations free to makeasmanydeuund
notes as their credit will permit; then
they will demand that tho banks be
permitted to prosecute their legitimate
business without Interference on the
part of the government. All other busi
ness Is conducted without such Inter
ference. To discriminate against
banks Is unjust. They should be per
mitted to issue as many notes as can
safely and profitably bo used."
In conclusion Mr. Branch will say:
A competent, non-partisan currency
commission should ho appointed; ana
briefly It seems to me they should advo
cate. rir.-U. The final adoption of the
gold staidard. Second. The gradual can
cellation of government demand notes,
nilil cancellation to bo not faster than
now currency Is Issued by the banks; tho
deposit of government revenues In tho
hank of the country, and tho retirement
of the government from the banking bus
iness. Third. They should ndsocale the
repeal of tho tax on tho circulation of
brinks, and thereby mnke possible the Is
sue of a currency which will expand anil
contract automatically with the needs of
tho cotintrj ; said currency to bo under
the supervision of our national govern
ment, and to bo surrounded by ample,
practical and efficient safeguards If the
currenvy commission does not solve tho
pioblem and guide the people to demand
c urrency reform based on eternal prin
ciples. It Is my solemn conviction that,
with tho Inevitable return of hard times,
tho people will solve tho question for
themselves, and free tllver may bo tha
least of our evils.
How docs this gentleman explain the
fact that for many years prior to 1892
the government demnnd notes, more
commonly called "greenbacks," gave
no trouble and proved adequate to tho
needs of business?
It Is certainly now In order for the
Washington correspondents to give
'-John Sherman a rest.
ailway Earnings.
Nothing shows more plainly tho
reaction from a boom period and tho
effect of tho recent financial depression
than the passenger statistics of the
Union 1'aclflc railway. While this sys."
tern 'has never been above the aver
age In passenger business it has In tho
past six years dropped forty-four per
cent, Freight tralllc has In that time
suffered a heavy decrease, but where
passengers formerly brought more than
20 per cent, of the receipts from opera
tions they now. show no moro than 17
per cent.
In 1889 passengers on tho Union
Pacific proper furnished $1,324,582 of tho
total gross earnings of $19,775,555, They
furnished SI.224.4SC of tho 1890 total
of $20,438,208, but In tho last year only
$2,458,641 of tho total of $14,382,291.
On some lines tho passenger travel
has diminished from a fair volume to
practically no travel at nil. For In
stance, the Urlghton & Moulder branch
In Colorado from carrying 700,000 pas
sengers one mile In 1S89 came down to
11,000 In 1893, and leaclied the number
of 33,281 In 1S96. In Kansas as compared
'with the boom periods the falling off In
passenger traffic Is even more marked.
All of which goes to prove that the
American public can economize when
tho necessary crisis presents Itself nnd
that touring for business or plcnsuro
was one of the luxuries sacrificed by n
large number of people In the past six
years.
That railway cnrnlngs are looking up
is shown by the comparison of figures
for tho first week In August from thirty
lines, over those of a corresponding
week In 1898. Of this number only nlno
nnnounco a decrease. Tho Canadian
Pacific gives tho encouraging gain of
$61,000 which possibly may bo In part
attributed to the exodus to Klondike.
It Is a notable fnct that bank clear
ings last week represented a gain of
9 per cent, over the week previous:
33 per cent, over the second week In
August, 189G; 29 per cent, over the
like week In 1S93: 46 per cent, over
1S9I: 41 per cent, over 1S93; and were
larger than those of the corresponding
week in cither 1S92, 1S91 or 1890. Fig
ures like these make the calamity howl
ers tired.
Not tho least gratifying fact connect
ed with tho business situation is that
although there Is an unprecedented
movement of loaded cars from grain
fields to seaboard, those cars do not go
back empty. With the money secured
in exchange for his wheat the western
farmer Is buying eastern merchandise
nnd cnuslng a rapid acceleration of
prosperity's return in all sections of the
country.
m -
Worse things might happen to tho Re
publican party thun the failure of Mr.
Banna to secnro a leglslatu'o disposed
to return him to the United States senate.
Tho ascendancy of hla motfiods and Ideas
In the Republican management Is unfor
tunate to tho last degree. SprlngilMJ
Republican.
Yes, very unfortunate to the enemy.
Mr. Hnnna's only crime Is success.
Senator Quay's health' Is no much
Improved that he will not go to Hawaii
Just yet, nor will he retire. It appar
ently just needed the prospect of a
political "scrap" to tone his system
up.
It ought not to bo necessary to call a
meeting of the legislative junketeers
to secure the payment of their expenses.
Let each man who Junketed pay his
own debts.
John Garman talks as If he really had
a party behind him.
Daily Newspaper as
an Educational Rid
From the Troy Times.
The current number cf the New York
Ttaehers' Quarterly contains an nrtlcle
by C. do F. Hoxle, Instructor In Gram
mar school No. 40, New York city, on
"Use of the Dally Paper In Teaching, '
which Is full of ilme'.y suggestions. As
It comes from one actually engaged In
training tho young It must be conceled
to have practical value. The general Idea
which Mr. Hoxle desires to Inculcate may
be gathered from this extract:
"Nothing gains or holds the attention
of school children like an apt statement
of timely facts. Nothing Is more effective
in illustrating a principle or In clinching
a point than fresh up-to-dato knowledge.
For Buch a purpose the dally newspaper
is a never falling stoiehouse to tho dis
criminating teacher. The 'news' can be
made, use of in connection with almost
eve-y subject that Is taught In the claes
roj:n. Is it geography you are teaching"
What added Interest can be aroused by
tracing the progress of the Turko-Greelan
war, or by calling attention to a poslble
International complication lor Uncle Sam
In connection with Hawaii's attempt to
prevent a Jnpanasc Invasion! Is It his
tory? livery page of a well edited dally
paper teems with what might be termed
cross reference'.- and side lights up the
tests of tho school histories Is It glim,
mar or criinro'HIen? Select a topic lrom
the paperssomething on the tip of eiery
brly's tongue nnd how much added In
terest will be developed lr. the analsH,
parsing und construction. Give a dicta
tion exercise en Jamesot.'s raid or the
latest exploits cf the Cuban patriots and
see how the Interest developed reacts to
produce better spelling and punctuation.'
o
Tho same principle Mr. Hoxle applies
to civics, by citing examples which may
be used In teaching pupils the duties and
practices of citizenship. "Een arith
metic," ho says, "may be enlivened by
judicious references to passing events."
Thu student may be set to figuring out
tho time consumed In transmitting ua
important news dispatch, and so on. Mr.
Hoxle concludes thus; "Of course dis
crimination must be used In the applica
tion of current events to school studies.
It goes without saying that the trivial and
vicious should bo passed by and on'.y
such news used to Illustrate the subjects
tai'ght as will be helpful to tho pupil. Hut
up-to-dato Illustration let us have, if wo
have up-to-date classes. As Kmerson B.
White well says: 'The knowledgo that
tells tn tho clasd room is fiesh knowl
edge.' "
o
Tho Importance of the newspaper as an
adjunct of civilization nnd education
needs no demonstration. Rut Mr. Hoxlo
sfcowo how It can be made useful In what
Is o.'te.i regarded as very prosaic and
humdrvm work. To be sure. It would not
b safe to utilize all newspapers as part
of tho schoolroom outfit. Thoic is a
class of yellow, journals which would
breed mischief wherever introduced, and
no teacher or parent would think of call
ing them Into service for the purpose of
awing in the mental or moral develop
ment of the young. Hut there are plenty
or good, clean, caretuuy edited papers
wheo columns dally furnish matter of
the highest educational value. Kvery boy
and blrl will be better and wiser nnd moro
thoroughly prepared to meet the respon
sibilities of llfo by a course of this kind
of reading,
SUNDAY niCYCI.INO.
From the Philadelphia Bul'.etln.
There are few classes of persons to
whom tho blcjclo hus been of such Ines
timable value as to a certain typo of
modiai sermonlzers. It has furnished
them with material for countless dis
courses, and many and thrilling havo
been the moral letsons which some of
them have drawn from It. Not long
since' a certain minister had what he
called a blcyelo Sunday. The novelty of
such a pr .ceedlng brci.ght a large crowd
of curious people to his church. Most
of them camo on tlcycles nnd In blcyclu
dress. A bicycle ornamented with flowers
was placed immediately in front of the
pulpit, and when tho time for the sermon
atrlved tho minister mounted tho blcyelo
and preached frcm it. His discourse was
on tho bicycle, and ho drew many lessons
relating to tho spiritual life from the
different parts of the bicycle. At the con
elusion of the service a bicycle "hymn
was sung, and tho congregation went
home, if not spiritually edified, at least
greatly entcrta'ned at such an unusual
service. Another minister, In direct op
position to his brother of the blcyelo
Sunday, recently has declared In awful
and fcolemn Irnguage that "to ride a bi
cycle on tho Sabbath day Is a sin, us it Is
breaking the Sabbath,"
o
Now, whatever motives may havo
driven both of these divines to such ex-
tremes, It Is hardly possible that either of
them by such means will greatly Inlluenco
even a majority of their own congrega
tions. In the first Instance, the natural
Idea of reveronce implanted In tho heart
of tho ctcature when ne approaches his
Creator Is outraged, nnd In tho second
such teaching In regsrd to Sunday Is op
posed to tho whoto practice of the Chrli
tlan church for over a thousand years,
Tho early Christians not only put aside
tho Sabbath, with nil Its mlnuto cere
nionlal, but Instituted another day to be
observed In honor of one of the gloriom
mysteries connected with the llfo of
Christ. The very use of the word Sabbath
In connection with tho Christian dispen
sation Is a misnomer, as it Is Impossible
to find any similarity between tho Chris
tian Sunday ns observed by tho Chrlstlin
church of nil times nnd the strict Sabbith
of the Jewish people. Such a day was un
known among Christians until It s es
tablished by tho secro and plea jlMiat
Ing Purlttns,
o
Nor did the early Protestant reformers
havo such views In regard to such strict
observance of tho day, for Luther said,
in speaking of tho observance or summy:
"If it bo set upon a Jcwlh foundation,
then I bid you work, ride, dance upon It:"
and wo read that Calvin used to play at
bowl1) upon It. Sunday, tho Lord's day,
has Indeed Its divine obligation when tho
mind turnB Its thoughts to the contem
plation of higher things, and when tho
cares, tho wcrrles and tho perplexities of
life nre for a while laid aside. Tho bodv
also needi Its rest and recreation. And
no Innocent nmvsement can be out of
keeping with the proper observance of
tho day. It would be well for tho strict
Sabbatarian to pot der ever the words of
Ignatius of Antloch, the pulpit of St.
John, when ho says: "No longer ob
serving Sabbaths wo keep tho Lord's
Day."
WIDE VS NA.KHOW TIKES.
From th Lancaster New Bra.
Exhaustive tests made with wide tires
havo dcmonstiatcd, without room for
doubt, their superiority over those of the
usual width. These tests have been made
over macadam, gravel, dirt roads, plowed
fields nnd meadows. In nearly every In
stance tho draft was found to bo lighter
with six inch tires than with the ordinary
ones. On macadam roads, Hi tons could
be hauled with the same draft required
to haul one 'ton with narrow heels. On
gravel roads the relative difference was
2,010 pounds to 2,000 on narrow tires. On
hard dirt roads tho difference was 2.7W
to 2,000. On dirt roads cut into ruts, the
results were in favor of the broad tires,
after tho second run, even when the
broad wheels were run over the ruts made
by tho narrow tires. On mud roods,
spongy on the surface and soft under
neath, tho broad wheel drew one-half
lighter than the narrow ones; but on the
same roads when soft and sticky on top
and firm beneath, the narrow tltes pulled
rraterlally lighter.
o
Narrow tires show to advantage in a
few Instances, especially when the sur
faco of dirt roads Is too wet nnd sloppy
to compress under the broad wheels and
Is underlaid with n hard, drv substratum;
also when the mud Is deep and sticky
enough to gather on the wheels. But
this condition prevails only for a short
time every year. When meadows and
pastures are soft, tests show that from
3,000 to 4,000 pounds may be hauled on
broad wheels, while only 2.000 pounds,
with tho same draft, can be hauled on
narrow ones. Stubble fields nnd plowed
ground Invariably yield better results to
broad lilies than to narrow ones. These
xncrlroents are at variance with com
mon opinion. Six inch tires on farm
wagens and country roads will be found
far more satlfactory than two-Inch ones.
By substituting the former for tho latter
nn Improvement In the public highways
could be effected and be matter for sur
prise to those who havo never seen what
a change the substitution of tho one for
tho other can effect.
SAVE THE S.YVlKSJ' . ,.
From Leslie's Weekly.
Whenever great public Interest Is maul
fested in any new dlsrccry of mineral
wealth thero are hui'dreds ot sharp men
who organize schemes by which they can
get hold cf tho savings of the thrifty poor
under tho prettnso that for each dollar In
vested In their enterprises small fortunes
will be gained. This was the case thirty
j ears ago, when new petroleum fields
were being prospected, and it is the case
today with the gold-fleMs In Alaska and
the Northwest Territory of Canada. Ue
tween now ard early spring hundreds ot
enterprises will bo advertised, end the
public will be asked to contribute many
millions of dcllurs in mere prospecting
ventures.
This Is gambling of the worst type, as
the shares will surely be made out in low
figures, so that every one cm purchase.
It Is. indeed, nothing but a ne.v form ot
lottery, and we suspect that, hit or miss,
the on'.y gainers In any of these venture
will bo the smart achenturers who open
ofllces to tend out florid prospectuses nnd
to receive subscriptions. They will surelj
do well If the public bo but lured by thetr
tales of the wealth that Is waiting the
coming of their agents. Wo have nothing
to say against men of means, who can
afford to lose, taking as many "flyers" as
they choose In this far northern land cf
gold, but wo meat seriously counsel tho
poor, the thrifty, and tho hard-working
to keep their savings in.the banks, where
they can be had when that probable
rainy day shall dawn and a lean cupboard
open for a hungry brood.
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Dnily Horoscope Urnwn by AJnccluis,
The Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolage Cast: 1.18 a. m.. for Wednesday,
Avsust 18, 1S97.
A child born on this day will be of the
opinion that a mart who Is not a "Jlner"
has no business In Scranton.
Hopeful candidates can now discern
rainbows In tho rky where only fog will
probably appear a few weeko hence.
Now that J. Nelson Graves has been
heard from, let the campaign be declared
formally opened
Mr. Harrltv doubtless realizes that Boy
Orator Bryan Is getting to be a big boy
now,
Ajncclius' Advice.
Tho Times should not spend too much
time "standing by tho guns." Better get
something to pull out the spikes.
POOll LITTLE VIOLET.
"I was so lonely," a violet said,
As he nestled closo to an eagle's breast,
"So tired, too, of the dusk and tho dew,
God sent you, I trlnk, to glvu mo rest.
Bear me away to tho gates of day.
To heights that forever aro glad and
green,
And soft on your breast as a bird In Its
nest.
Let me learn what living and loving
mean."
Tho wind crept cold by the eyrie's edge
That night, in his cavern beside the sea,
The bird slept well, but tho pride of the
dell,
Forgotten and faded, cried, "Ah! me!
For tho sweet, sweet dieam by the shad
owing rtream.
For tho lonely life that I used to hate
For tho ausk and tho dw bo tender and
true!"
But the wind 'made answer, "Too latei
too latol"
i
Today in the calm cf his cold content,
High on tho cliff the bold bird sits,
And never a. thought of tho harm ho
wrourht
Through the sunny space of his memory
flits;
But tho wind In glee creeps up from tho
;a,
And finding tha violet doomed and dead,
Wafts It away from tho gates of day,
And buries It down where the dusks aro
shed. New York Tribune.
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Tfiie
(tore am
BiuisSest
Most merchants say there's no business in August. They fall into the
rut of not expecting it, and they don't get it. It's different here. We expect
business all the year round, aud we get it, because we have the goods you need at
the time you need them, and we arc satisfied to take great big losses now to clear
our shelves.
LAC
Did you ever know of anybody disputing our title to being the best Lace
store in the town? Here are some of the reasons:
Beautiful Laces, that were 25 cents and 30 cents, now 10 cents.
Another lot that were as high as 35 ceuts and 50 cents, now 15 cents.
Scores of styles of Val Laces aud Insertions, of our own importations, at
prices that cannot be equaled.
DRESS GOODS
Choice Silk aud Wool Fabrics, originally $5 and $6, now only $2.98 the pattern.
The finest Parisian Novelties, formerly $8 to $10, now only $4.98 the pattern.
DRAPERY DEPARTMENT
Better assortment and more extensive than ever.
Special line of New Metallic Silkolines at 9 cents,
Fill M9
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Ceils a yard.
to X ceits a yaric
Ifeese Are tfee
Lowest Prkei
510 AND 532
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
A Diner Sets Better
When served in a flno Dinner Bet, and a
good dinner should bo treated with cnoiijh
respect to bo served In nothing olse. You
should sco our China and Tublo Ware of all
kinds their beauty attracts universal ad
miration, AND THE PRICES AUK RIGHT.
Tlicso goods all camo In before tho advauco
In tho tariff.
TIE CLEMOHS, EERBE1R,
MAIXEY C0,?
422 Lacka. Ave.
Wasli
Goods
'VHlo Isk"
Town
Lewis, Rellly
ALWAYS BUSY.
AUGUST SALE
SUMMER FUOIWEAE
COOL SHOES
FOR HOT FEET
LEWRRILLY&BAYIES
111 AND 110 WYOMING AVE.
Well! Well!
Just
ThSek of It!
COO-PAGE LONG DAY HOOKS, LEDG.
ERS OR JOURNALS, FULL DUCK
MNDlNCi, SPRING HACK, GOOD
QUALITY PAPER', PQ (Jgg
Thee
Think Again !
A LETTER PRESS, SOO PAGE LET
'J Kit HOOK, HOWL AND nitusii COM
PLETE 0NLY $5.00.
Reynolds Bros
Stationers and Engravers.
Hotel Jermyn Bldg,
130 Wyoming Ave., Scranton, Pa
I By the 1
Cities Ee Wars
; iYlany a man Is judged. Carelessness In ;'
; dress 3s a fair indication of carelessness ;;',
m; in other things. Benefit by this lesson ;'s
W; and buy one of our up-to-date suits. If ;
; it don't fit we make it fit. ;;'i
))),' 00000000 )i.
1 BOYLE I HUCKLOW
jjjj 416 LACKAWANNA AVENUE. ;.
lallies 10 ifiB fi my
s iretaol 3kTb
JCy -
BAZAAR
WEW BUSY
ARE YU? ,
Well, so aro we. Hut let us sco If we caa'l
Interest you. Havo you bought a
Garden Hose,
Lawn Mower,
Lawn Sprinkler,
Ice Cream Freezer,
Refrigerator,
Window Screen,
Screen Doors,
Hammocks,
Oil Stoves,
Gas Stove
Or Cooler
This Bummer? If not, do you need one? If
you do como In and get our prices. We are
selling the above goods at n sacrifice. WE
GIVE EXCHANGE STAMPS.
FOQIE k SiEAtl CO.
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
General Agent for tho Wyomlnj
District for
iireii
Mining, Ulastlng.Sportlng, Smokelosi
and tho Repauno Chemical
Company's
HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
Safety Fuse, Caps and Exploders.
Rooms 212, 213 and 214 Commonwealth
Building, Scranton.
AGENCIES:
THOS, FORD,
JOHN H. SMITH & SON,
E. V. MULLIGAN,
nttJton
Plymouth
WHkes-Tlarre
II PLEASANT
COAL
AT RETAIL.
Coal of tho best quality for domestla ui
and of all sizes, including Buckwheat and
Slrdseye, delivered in any part of the city,
at the lowest i'rlcQ
Orders received at the Ofllce, first floor.
Commonwealth building, room No ;
telephone No. 2624 6r at the mine, 'tele
phone No. 272, will be promptly attended
to. Dealers supplied at the rains, .
'E 1 SI
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