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THE SCRANTON TlilBTJlTE-. FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, 1897,
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By The Tribune Publishing Company.
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FCnANTON, AUGUST 20, 1837.
In solccthiR Hon. Joseph A. Scranton
ns one of the new park commissioners
the present Democratic mayor of
Scranton doubtless discharges a cam
paign obligation Incurred when Mr.
Scranton lent the nld of his paper and
his Influence to defeat the regular Re
publican nominee. It Is fitting that
party betrayal should receive Its price.
A Public Duty.
We desire to call attention to a sen
sible opinion on tho bituminous strike
reprinted In another column .from the
Ney York Sun. Thatjournal. with Its
nccuslbmed perspicacity, has grasped
the'?xnct and full significance of tho
Issue now pending between operators
and miners In the bituminous region,
and has presented, In a sentence, the
one temedy which, if fairly applied,
would end the-trouble, leaving all con
cerned the Immediate or the ultimate
galriefs.
It will be noted that the basis of set
tlement proposed by the Sun corre
sponds almost word for word with the
advice given In "Washington nearly a
month ago by the president of the An
thracite Coal Operators' association.
That gentleman's opinion rested upon
practical experience gained when the
market conditions now observed In the
bituminous trade prevailed In an al
most Identical form In the anthracite
market. He differed from some of the
voluble commentators upon this sub
ject In that he knew what he was talk
ing about.
An additional thought suggests Itself.
Let the bituminous operators come to
gether for Justice and desist from their
short-sighted attempt to trick down a
Just protest of underpaid workmen by
questionable use of the equity courts
through amazing Injunctions. The de
mands of the strikers being, as the
Sun frankly admits, grounded In jus
tice and approved by the conscience of
the Amerlcun people, they are not to
be vanquished by the unprecedented
course of picked courts In Issuing upon
the suit of scared operators sweeping
decrees forbidding the men who make
this protest the right to use the high
ways. It Is hlsh time. It seems to us, that
public sentiment began to make Itself
felt In this matter. Here Is a vast or
ganization of men who, in revolt from
starvation wages, have for well-nigh
a month conducted the largest strike
In the history of labor movements
peaceably and In respectful deference
to the rights of the community. Their
demand for a living wage is met by
orders of court forbidding them to walk
upon the public thoroughfares. No or
der of court restrains the operators
from prolonging n trade condition
subject to their remedy but under
which, until the remedy Is applied,
starvation wages are the necessary al
ternative from entire idleness. The
court, thoush it appears to have ex
traordinary power so far as the strikers
are concerned, has no power to make
the operator move for a fair selling
price for his commodity. Hut public
opinion has, and public opinion. If It
be true to the best traditions of Ameri
can conscience and character, will not
in the present emergency of labor in
the bituminous coal fields fall to rally
to its support.
Sound and sensible advice is that
given by ex-Governor Flower in the
speech elsewhere reprinted. In this
time of business revival It behooves
all good Americans to get on their
feet mentally and take a rational view
of things.
The Cosmopolitan University.
A detailed explanation of the method
of Instruction to bo employed by John
Urlsben Walker's Cosmopolitan unlver
Blty has been made public ns follows:
A student will foiwurd to the university
his name and nildress, with infoimatlon
as to his previous courses of study, his
occupation in life, tho putpose for which
education is sought, and the studies which
the applicant desires to pursue absolute.
ly tha only condition Imposed being that
tho applicant shall pledge himself to a
given number of hours of study. Each
such statement will go to Dr. Andrews,
and will receive his personal and careful
consideration. Ho will map out the course
of study which he deems the best possible
for the applicant In the light of the Infor
mation conveyed. Ho will then despatch
his own diagnosis of the applicant's case
and prescription therefor to the moxt
eminent expert on tho particular study
with whom he is acquainted. This expert
will revise the course and the accompany
ing Instructions, and will return the docu
ment to President Andrews, who will then
carefully go all over It again, after which
It will be sent to tho applicant. The uni
versity will then continue at tho service
of the ptudent for such additional Instruc
tion and guidance as to may require, and
he may at any tlmo bo examined on tho
sturdles he has pursued, If he thinks
himself prepared.
Already 1,400 names have been en
rolled and others nro coming In dally.
Inasmuch as no charge Is made It
would seem that the. Institution ought
not to lack pupils. Mr. Walker thus
explains the principle held In view by
nun in establishing this free corres
pondence school for the people: "The
central idea Is that of bringing liberal
education, In Its broadest sense, within
the reach of many who have the aspir
ation, but are deprived of the oppor
tunity. Environing duties or lack of
means are barriers which exclude
many bright minds from their fullest
ripening. As the result of the develop
ment of our public school system, and
the cheapening of book's, there has
grown up a large class of men and wo
men who seek either education in Us
moat extended aspect, or desire to ex
tend their knowledge itr special lines.
But comparatively few of these are so
situated that the great educational In
stitutions of the country are open to
them. Yet It Is of the highest Import
once to the republic and the general
welfare that education should be ex
tended. In the intelligence of the
greatest number Ilea the Tiope of good
government and general .prosperity.
False and limited education may cause
discontent. Ileal education opens tho
mind to the truth of actual surround
ings, dissipates the miasma of falsci
Ideals, and tends to right thinking,
right living, and happiness."
The cssontlul merit of this form of
Instruction Is that It will furnish guld
nnce to those who are actually nmbl
tloua to educate themselves. It pro
vides no penalties for failure to study
as ugreed; tho pupil, to be benefitted,
must possess the grit to go on, by him
self, or else derive tio benefit. This Is
self-help In a highly developed form,
and It seems reasonable to supposo
that among pupils of this class tho
Cosmopolitan university will do good.
It certainly cannot do harm. We Bhall
await Its practical operation with
much Interest.
Think of this: More money Is lost in
ono year In the United States by bad
roads than Is collected nt all our cus
tom houses or than is secured through
lntcrnnl taxes. Had roads cost tho
American people $300,000,000, or one
third their annual grog bill. What a
blessing It would be If our fellow citi
zens would economize for one year on
alcohol enough to do away with the
notoriously uneconomic highways.
The Law and Its Delays.
.Voting tho fact that one week after
the anarchist, Anglollllo, had assassin
ated the pietnler of Spain, he was con
victed nnd sentenced to death, a sen
tence which will be executed without
delay, the Chicago Times-Herald points
this timely moral:
They do these things better abroad. In
European countries a murder means an
execution, promptly nnd Inevitably. In
the United States a murder may mean ev
erything from ncqulttal to the gollows or
tho electric chair. As a matter of fact,
however, few American murderers are
executed. Generally they escape with a
few year ot Imprisonment. Laxity In
tho execution of the law breeds contempt
for It, This Is tho foundation on which
lynch law and mob violence rest. Tho
best way to prevent lawlessness Is to le
form tho legal and Judicial machinery so
that tho Interests of the state will be
cared for as faithfully as are the inter
ests of the lawbreakers under the exist
ing regime. In this regard the unlte-1
States has much to learn trom the older
civilizations of Europe.
It seems a fact that almost the whole
tendency of legal processes In this
country Is toward the postponement of
justice by costly appeals, technical Is
sues which do not affect the central
question of Innocence or guilt, nnd ar
tifices In pleading calculated to becloud
a jury's Judgment. We do not have
to take laymen's opinions on this sub
ject. Some of tho strongest nrraign
menta of the existing system of crim
inal jurisprudence come from men
themselves learned In the law but hon
est enough to admit that the proper
aim of the legal machinery should be
to facilitate the administration of jus
lice between man and man. Even In
civil suits this same tendency is mani
fest, and occasionally in exaggerated
form as, for Instance, in tho Iowa calf
case, wherein litigation involving tho
ownership of a $17 calf ran along for
upward of twenty years and accumu
lated .a final bill of costs extending well
into the thousands. But here tho de
lays and expenses of litigation have
the salutary effect of warning many In
dividuals to settle their differences out
side ot court. In criminal cases, and
especially In criminal cases Involving
flagrant iolattons of statutory nnd
moral law, there Is not this alternative,
and it is doubly to th.2 public interest
once in inculcating- better respect for
luw and again from an economic stand
pointthat the work of tho criminal
courts should he expedited.
As to how such a desirable result may
most successfully be effected It Is not
for a layman to say. But if among law
yers as a class there were a higher code
of professional ethics constraining each
member of the bar to regard himself,
as In fact' he Is, an officer of society,
under oath not to thwart but to further
the ends of justice, so that when, at
cne trial of anv cause, It clearly ap
peared that th'o verdict represented
substantial justice that practitioner
would not be the first to propose some
adroit professional scheme of appeal or
delay, we might with reason expect
better consequences. Whether such
an exaltation ot the general standard
of tho profession is feasible or not is
an open question; but It is worthy of
remark, even in the face of popular
skepticism on this point, that the truest
successes which have been built up In
the practice of tho law In the United
States have In the main been erected
on this higher foundation.
The hue and crj- having been raised
against President Andrews on account
If his economic views, every Blanche,
Tray and Sweetheart in the profession
of Journalism seems determined to
bark at him In chorus nnd likewise to
bnarl at John Brlsben Walker and tho
Cosmopolitan magazine. We will not
be surprised If this Idiotic outcry shall
make Andrews and Walker the two
most popular Americans of their time.
Tight Lacing.
It Is the opinion of one of tho Instruc
tors nt McGIll Medical college that
"a man or woman who makes a tight
waist should bo given a year of hard
labor In a penitentiary." This prac
tical health reformer. In a public letter,
says: "Just as 'a small foot never
supported a great character,' to quote
John Burroughs, neither does a tight
waist support a great brain. Tight
lacing 1b neither artistic nor fashion
able. Let women read of tho 'Venus do
MHo," the best type of beauty known,
nnd they will find that the difference
between her waist and bust was less
than nine Inches. The difference be
tween the waist and the bust should
never exceed 10 Inches."
Tho writer goes much further Into
tho details of his subject, alleging, for
Instance, thnt the practice of tight
lacing Is more responsible than any
other cause for the pains attending
maternity, and Indirectly, therefore,
for the disinclination which well-to-do
wives evince for maternity. In New
England this disinclination Is fast be
coming a social danger, for in that sec
tion the census statistics show that
the population Is already nearly sta
tionary, with the birth rate steadily
decreasing. One of tho most Interest
ing chapters In Mr. Bellamy's new book
Is that In which he considers the vital
statistics of New England and points
out the sociological peril arising from
the tendency of the unfit to multiply
while thoso parents whoso economic
and social status beet qualifies them to
rear and educate children who would
bo of valuo to society show a steadily
Increasing desire for small families.
That tho normal condition of many
American women la continually tending
toward lnvalldlsmvortowardithat queru
lous and monotonous semblance of It
which Is quite ns bnd as real sickness,
Is n fact readily nttusted by physicians
nnd constituting, Indeed, the chief
stock In their trade. How to remedy
this tendency and bring tho feminine
moiety to a more rntlonal basis of
physical and mental health ought,
therefore, to constitute an Important
problem of tho hour, meriting certainly
ns much attention from real reformers
ns the Issuo nbout the retirement of
the greenbacks or 1G to 1.
We noticed recently In this city a
group of young women who had Just
been graduated with honors from an
eastern college for women. Presumably
they could have rattled oft higher math
ematics or construed Latin or Greek
to the queen's taste, for their coun
tenances betokened the wear nnd tear
of much mentaltoll and before the eyes
of most of the group were the Intellectual-looking
eye-glasses that told of
premature and excessive straining of
the optical mechanism. But when these
young women walked wo could not
fall to observe that they bent forward
ns If each wore a straight-Jacket, and
took mincing steps as different as
could be from the queenly tread which
Is the natural stride of the American
woman of perfect development. It did
not require the gift of prophecy to fore
tell the time when, of these young
women, a large percentage would be
nlllng matrons, to whom every little
exertion would mean a pain, a clgh
and a call for the doctor.
And while we are free to say that
this typo of sweet girl graduate Is be
coming les.s common than formerly she
Is yet far too numerous to justify re
laxation of efforts toward the physical
betterment of the sex.
And now we are told that Tom John
son's Cleveland steel mills have cap
tured a contract for 20,000 tons of steel
rails to be delivered In Ireland. Mr.
Johnson will find this a decidedly more
profitable Held for the exercise of his
genius than in trying to defeat Mark
Hanna.
No act of any official connected with
the present administration has elicited
more general praise than Immigration
Commissioner Powderly's stand with
reference to Immigrant anarchists.
He has struck the popular chord.
It Is to be regretted that councils
last night lacked time, on account of
outside attractions, to pass the Chit
tenden bicycle ordinance. Every day
shows the need of such a law.
Even nature smiles on Mark Hanna's
cause and by rich harvests makes
hopeless Popocracy's attack.
Sodnd Advice to
the Discontented
From a Speech Delivered by ex-Governor
Flower Before tho Now York State
Grange.
"Hard times are responsible for a great
deal of suffering, but the worst feature
of them is that they give opportunity
for so many .demagogues and unsound
thinkers to wrongly Influence public
opinion. In such times seeds of discon
tent and prejudice are planted which
germinate and grow like poisonous
wecda in a garden, until common sense
and Industry pluck them out and cast
them aside. Wo havo been through such
a period during the last few years, and
the demagogues have had so mucn to
say that some peoplo fear tho very bot
tom of society is falling out. Because
people havo been poor the rich aro
blamed. Business was dull, it was
no money. There was no money be
cause the money power had It all locked
up. Industrial competition had been
killed by the combinations of capital.
Thus, at the doors of tho rich was laid
tho responsibility .for misery, nnd tho
hard times havo been used to excite pre
judice against all who hold property,
whether acquired by Inheritance or by
hard work. This feeling will certainly
diminish with the return of good times,
but such sentiment Is n firebrand whoso
smouldering embers will work Injury
even after the flame has been quenched.
Among thoso who come to our shores
from foreign lands Indoctrinated with
socialistic or anarchistic ideas such n
prejudico is not unnatural, but theio
should bo no chance for it to spread
or grow In genuine American hearts, and
thoso who, for selfish or political rea
sons, stir It up deserve tho shame, not
tho favor, of tho people.
o
"In discussing trusts or similar com
binations of capital wo must lay asldo
such prejudice and passion ns demagogues
llko to arouse, and measure their evils
or their benefits by ordinary standards
of intelligence and common sense. We
find by such observation that the trust
Is not in Itself necessarily bad; but what
ever Its nature it has come Into exist
ence In sti let accordance with the law
of social progress tho luw of co-operation
and organization. To Inveigh
ngalnst trusts merely because they aro
trusts Is to cry out against combina
tions of humnn effort and possession In
every Held of activity to set one's self
ngalnst tho laws of progress and In
favor of retrogression nnd anarchy. Tho
tendency of tho times In Industry and
commerce, In charity, or in science. Is nil
toward co-opcratlon and organization;
and that tendency, exhibiting itself In a
small and comparatively unimportant
way at first, has become more and moro
an Important featuro of our civilization
and an essential accompaniment In every
field of effort.
o
"Tho Standard Oil company, harsh as
It may have been In competition with
rivals, has certainly not taken ndvant
ngo of Its monopoly to exact higher
prices from tho public. So thorough and
comprchenslvo has been the organization
of this tremendous Industry that oil Is
delivered by tho company direct to tho
door of nearly every villager in tho
land at tho lowest prlco over known.
As an example of successful business
organization after tho modern method
of combination this Immenso corpora
tion has no equal. Wo havo heard 11
great deal Bald about tho Sugar Trust
which Is a combination of formerly In
dependent sugar refineries that alono by
themselves could hardly mako both ends
meet. Tho result of pooling their inter
ests seems to havo been to turn unprof
itable business Into profitable, to glvo
employment to moro men, and to re
duce tho price of sugar to the consumer
about 30 per cent. 1 enn see no public
injury from these results. I could men
tion many moro Instances whero cor
porate combinations, or combinations of
capital, have accomplished good results,
but I havo given enough to Illustrate my
suggestions. Corporations will bo greedy
and selfish, Just as Individuals. They
will deserve criticism, Just as Individ
uals, But becauao they represent greater
aggregations of capital they should not
bo denounced, no milre than a man
should bo attacked because ho has a
fine house. .They nre, lis I have pointed
out, a legltlmato and logical outgrowth
of modern industrial iind commercial
conditions. They have (not been shown
to have dono much harm. It is rather
tho harm peoplo Imagine they might do
which makes peoplo uneasy. They have
accomplished much good. They aro cap
nblo of accomplishing much more good.
Their power for mischief Is really quite
smnll, Their very salvation depends upon
public support. Repeated exhibitions of
tyranny or Insolence, will always mean
their downfall. They are always subject,
becuuno of their commanding position,
to tho nttneks of persons or other cor
poratlons who want to bo bought off.
They must nlways keep tho price of their
product below tho llguro nt which nn
Independent producer could furnish 'the
same article, and they nro usually nblo
to do this by reason of tho economies
permitted by combined operation. They
will become moro and more necessary
Institutions ns conditions becomo moro
complex, but their power for good or
their success will depend very much upon
tho Intelligence with which they are
formed and managed.
o
"Tho public will watch such combina
tions critically, as It should, but let us
not bo blind to tho signs of the times
and to tho march of progress. Let us bo
fnlr In our criticisms, willing to acknowl
edge what Is good, ns well as to con
demn what Is evil. If the loglo of events
changes conditions from what wo havo
been used to, and thoso changes aro for
tho permanent good of tho community
or tho country, let us ndnpt ourselves and
our pursuits to tho changes. Lot us
not sit on tho coat-tall of progress and
holler 'Whoal' Let us readjust our oc
cupations and our habits, making sacri
fices If wo must. Just as our forefathers
had to make sacrifices to keep In line
with tho march of progress. Abovo all
lot thero bo no room In manly Ameri
can minds for the seeds of Jealousy and
discontent. Fortunes still arc within the
grasp of nil who know their opportuni
ties nnd take advantage of them. Com
fortable homes and happy lives, which
nro far better than riches, are within
tho reach of nearly everybody. Thero Is
more genuine happiness on your farms
than nlong Fifth nvenue. To Buch men
as you, representing the conservative
thought of our country, wo must look
for rebuke to false notions nnd wrong
doctrines which men may try to dis
seminate throughout the land. I urge
you to keep your minds clear, to look
straight ahead and to bear In mind that
tho world was not made in a day and
tho millennium cannot bo reached In a
generation."
COAL IS TOO CHEAP.
From the New York Sun.
Wo have spoken with some or the larg
est employers In the conl .luiript- ...
spectlng their present difficulties with
their men, nnd without an exception they
agree that tho pay Is too small. They all
bellevo In higher wages, but point to the
prices of coal at tho seaboard and else
where us an Insuperable barrier to Im
proved wages. Competition among them
selves has brought coal to an unprofltablo
level, and tho wage scale has followed it
steadily downward. They cannot raise
tho price of coal, because their competi
tion is of such a nature that they can
not maintain an agreement as to either
production or price. They must submit
to being howled nt and abused for not
paying their men moro money or agree
to bo stoned for demanding a better price
from consumers.
0
Tho coal operator's lot is an unhappy
one. Between inability to keep his men
at work and Inability to get a living
price for his coal ho Is likely to be
crushed out, to tho advantage of none.
Ho wants to pay higher wages. The pros
perity of his employes Is reflected in his
own condition. How is he to do It? There
Is only one way; one sound, elllcaclous,
nnd common-sense method. It Is to pool
all east-bound coal and appoint a single
sales agency to distribute It on the basis
of a rational apportionment and at a
price which will provldo wages for tho
miner, profit for the owner of tho coal,
and compensation for the railroad and the
boat that carry It.
0
How grinding is the reckless competi
tion that starves the miner. Impover
ishes thecmplojcr. and ruins the railroad,
when, were the business tactics of tho
humble miners adopted, thero would be
Instantly n sufficiency for all! The min
ers are a unit against tho uggression of
their employers; thty are banded together
In one earnest and vigilant association
to maintain tho price of their labor,
whereas the employers are all at war with
each other to see who can mine tho
cheapest, and so undersell all his com
petitors. The labor trust has the better
of It this time. It Is winning, as it ought
to win; and thnt by the sheer moral merit
of its case. Now let the masters follow
tho men and betake themselves to com
mon sense for the obvious and handy
remedy for all their troubles.
rOWDEULY AND ANAUCIIISTS.
From tho Rochester Chronicle.
Mr. Powderly, tho commissioner ot Im
migration, has taken a positive stand
against tho admission into this country of
anarchists who have been deported from
other countries. There have been endeav
ors In some quarters to mako political
capital out of the appointment ot Mr.
Powderly by hysterically and hypocrit
ically denouncing his selection as "an In
sult to labor." Mr. Powderly, however,
Is one of the most level-headed friends
that labor eer had In this country, and
thero have been cases In which the ab
senco ot his corscrvatlvo leadership has
been sadly felt. On this Immigration
question tho Philadelphia Times, an emi
nently fair-minded Democratic paper,
says "Mr, Powderly Is certainly right In
tho attitude ho has assumed." And Amer
ican labor, having nothing In common
with anarchy and bcmb-throwlng and the
like, will concedo tho correctness of this
opinion. Mr. Powderly gives promise of
being one of tho most efficient Immigra
tion commissioners this country has ever
had.
DIUTI1S IN CONUKKSS.
From tho Springfield Republican.
Tho fifty-fifth congress has not yet held
Its first regular session, but Its mortality
record nlready rises to comparatively
high tiguies. On Saturday the senate and
houso each lost a member James Z.
Georgo of Mississippi and Ashley B.
Wright of Massachusetts, Other mem
bers of the senate to pass away slnco tho
election last fall have been Voorhees of
Indiana, Harris ot Tcnnessco and Carlo
of South Cnrollnn. The houso death list
Includes, besides Mr. Wright. Mllllken of
Maine, Holman of Indiana, Cook of 1111.
nols and Giles of Missouri,
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Dnlly Horoscope Drnwn by AJncchus,
Tha Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolabe Cast: 4.00 a. m., for Friday,
&t
It will be apparent to a child born on
this day that tho local Democrats con
sider Controller Robinson a good thing.
It begins to look as though ''Coin's Fi
nancial School" would havo to adopt a
now course of Study.
How would tho Times' "Forum of tho
Peoplo" explain this wavo of Prosperity?
Antl-Harrlty Democrats havo evidently
discovered that Sir. Boland's halo Is sev
eral sizes too large,
Yukon News.
From the Klondike Gold Bug;
Iko Orubstako's new hotel is now open
for business. Ike makes a specialty of
moss plo and snowballs.
Colonel Jjike Slmms has located ati
other claim on Coyotto creels, which
I promises to ecllpso other ventures and
cuuuie iim vuiuuvi iu muy in nil luiuro
Jack-pots during the .present season.
Miss Sally Ann Jones, our only woman,
Is hustling for the Oust. Bally washes
Hhlrts during tho week and leads the
choir with a mouth organ on Sundays.
Aa soon as she has accumulated a few
more millions Miss Jones expects to go
etst and marry a man with defective eyesight.
GOLDSMI
Tin Busiest
tore mi
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, and we get it, because we have the goods you need at
the time you need them, and we are Satisfied to take great big losses now to clear
our shelves.
LAC
Did you ever know of anybody disputing our title to being ttie best Lace
store in the town? Here are some of the reasons:
Beautiful Laces, that were 25 cents and 30 cents, mow 10 cents.
Another lot that were as high as 35 cents and 50 cents, now 15 cents.
Scores of styles of Val Laces and Insertions, of our own importations", at
prices that cannot be equaled.
DRESS GOODS
Choice Silk and Wool Fabrics, originally $5 and $6, now only $2.98 the pattern.
The finest Parisian Novelties, formerly $S 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.
NLEY'S
New Open
FOR
nspection
an
advance line of
Priestly's Plain and
Fancy Black
for the Fall Trade.
Also an elegant line of
Which cannot be dupli
cated. 510 AND 532
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
When served in a fine Dinner Ret, nnd n
good dinner should bo treated with cnoiuu
respect to be served In nothing else. You
should see our China nud Table Ware of all
kinds their beauty nttructs universal ad
miration, and Tin: puices auk maiiT.
These goods all came In before tho advance
In tho tariff.
TIE CLEMONS, FiRBER,
0'lALLEY CO.,
422 Lacka. Ave.
Dress
Goods
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A Fit if tie Bines
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QurjSummer Clothing is all cleaned up,
except a few Blue Serge Suits. It will pay
you to call and see them and
Try Gee.
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416 LACKAWANNA AVENUE,
111V 111
ICV-,s,ltr"rf' -n- -? - "'--''r-t-r't-Hg-w-r!&riZ
Lewis, Really
& DavieSo
ALWAYS BUSY.
AUGUST SALE
SUMMER FOOTWEAR
COOL SHOES
FOR HOT FEET
LEWIS,REILLYMAVIES
11 1 AND 11(1 WYOMINO AVE.
Well! Weill
Just
Think of It!
(100-PAGE LONG DAY BOOKS, LEDG
KUS OH JOURNALS, FHUi DUCK
BINDING, Sl'UING BACK, GOOD
quality papeb, FOR 95c.
Tlhee
TMek Asraini
A LETTF.ll PHESS, BOO PAOE LET
TKU BOOK, BOWL AND BUUSH COM.
PLETE 0NLy $5iJ)0.
Reynolds Bros
Stutloners and Engravers.
Hotel Jerrnyn Bldg,
130 Wyoming Ave., 8crunton,l'a
BAZAAt
IKK
VERY BU8Y
ARE YOU?
Well, so nro wc. nut let us see if wo can't
interest you. Have you bougut a
Garden Hose,
Lawn Mower,
Lawn Sprinkler,
Ice Cream Free2er,
Refrigerator,
Window Screen,
Screen Doors,
Hammocks,
Oil Stoves,
Gas Stove
Or Cooler
This Rummer? If not, do you need one? If
you do como in nnd get our prices. Wo are
selling the above goods at a sacrifice. WK
GIVE EXCHANGE STAMPS.
k SI
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
General Agent for the Wyomlnj
District for
Mining, Blnstlng.Sportlng, Smokeless
and the Ilopauno Chemical
Company's
WW EXPLOSIVES,
fcnfety Fuse, Caps nnd Exploders.
Booms 212, 21fl and 214 Commonwealth
Building, Scranton.
AGENCIES:
THOS, FORD,
JOHN B. SMITH SON,
E. W. MULLIGAN,
Plttston
Plymouth
Wllkes-Barre
II PLEASANT
COAL
AT RETA3L.
Coal of the best quality for domestla us
and of all sizes, Including Buckwheat and
Blrdseye, delivered in any part ot the city,
at the lowest price
Orders received at the Office, first floor.
Commonwealth' building, room No "
telephone No. 2621 or at the mine, tele
phone No. 272, will be promptly attended
to. Dealers supplied at the mine.
LT. S
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