TILE SORANTON TttlBUtfJG-SATURDAY MORNTNGr, AUGUST 21, 1897,
111)) sou Weekly. No Sundar EdMoa.
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BCKANTON, AUGUST 21. 1897.
Wo don't wish to be vain but It must
be remarked that there aio no cob
webs on Scrnnton's hospitality.
Financially Independent.
The impression, studiously fostered
by ttRltators, that this country is fet
tered hand nnd foot by Uutopean mon
ey lenders who have American Industry
and American financial Intel ests prac
tkally at their mercy, teeelves a se
vere Jolt from a narmtlve lately con
tributed by "Holland" to the Philadel
phia Pre.Ms. AccordltiR to this well-informed
correspondent, whoso profession
al violations-" carry him behind the
pceJjftTof'nipst pf the great financial
nndllfcommefcldl operations of New
Yotk a tremendous battjc was fought
las week', quietly but with determlna
tlon, between the money klims of
Em ope. backed by some of the Europ
ean governments, nnd American fin
ancier sustained by the vast natuial
wealth, and iccently regained confi
dence of our people.
It appeals from "Holland's" narra
tive that 11 block of bonds aggregating
heveial millions was to be put upon the
matket. The credit of the bonds was
good, the Intel est desirable and pay
ment In gold to be guaranteed. The
foiejgn bankeis organized a syndicate
to secure the bonds and put In a bid;
but to their amazement the bonds weie
sold to Americans at a rate slightly
lower than that offetcd by Europe.
This piqued nnd stimulated the for
eigner's to a trial of stiength with a
view to bi caking down our mniket,
and for from one to two das the En
glish and ceitaln othot European cap
italists were hammering away, un
loading American secuiltles at a terii
flc rate; but, to their astonishment,
they found it was like pouilng water
in a sieve. The securities w ere taken ns
fast as offeied, and our niaiket, while
it showed the effect of the onslaught
to some degiee, was handsomely sus
tained and the European money pow
er retired fiom the field beaten.
Further testimony to this effect Is
given in the facts that a few days ago
a block of bonds of $10,000,003 Issued
by New Yoik city was taken by Ameii
can customeis and another block of
SU.OOO.COO issued by the Metiopolltnn
Traction company was Instantly ab
sorbed by the home maiKet In com
menting upon these events, "Holland"
f-ays: "The battle of last week deter
mined tempoiailly, at least, the ques
tion whether the United States Is to be
financially independent of Eniope, and
the general Impression here Is that It
marks the turning point In the finan
cial relations which the United States
lias In the past maintained with the
ilch nations of Euionc." 'When we
consider the Incomputable advantages
which lest upon the Ameiican side of
the financial ledger as regards na
tuial wealth of country, ngrlcultuial
and industrial pioductlveness and the
inventive ingenuity and thrift of the
pcople.lt ought not to besurprlslngthat
Americans nio at last getting to a
point wheie they must be reckoned
with in the equations of international
finance. Euiopean flnanclcis will be
fortunate if the experience of lart week
bhall not frequently be repeated.
Had he lived some centuries earlier
President Andrews would have been
burned at the stake. Now he Is meie
ly "roasted."
How Lonjr, How Long?
There are moments when the most
optimistic Ameiican, If he be honest
with himself, is inclined to doubt
whether In ?ome respects pessimism
does not hold the better end of the ar
gument. One of these moments Is like
ly to come to the man who reads of the
treatment accorded by the Spanish au
thorities in Cuba to Evanselina CIs
nercs, the beautiful young niece of
President Clsneios. and then reflects
that In the face of numerous outrages
of like character and in apparent in
difference to the fundamental meilts of
the issue between Spain and Cuba
an it-sue Involving tho veiy essence of
those principles upon which out own
government Is founded tho adminis
trative power of the United States,
which could, If it so desired, bring the
awful tragedy in Cuba to an end .with
in twenty-four hours, Is held in abey
ance waiting, deliberating or trifling
nobody seems to know for certain
which.
For Jlelng caught In the Isle of Pines
in communication with her father, who
is a leading rebel, this handsome and
cultured young woman was seized by
the;Spanlah ofjlcers, kept for nine
months in the vilest prison In Havana,
convicted of treason by a Jrum head
court and sentenced to twenty years'
imprisonment in the pribon colony of
Ctuta. "When this delicate girl was
attested," writes a. coriespondent who
vvns'n Cuba at the time, "she was cast
in tle prison in Havana for vlcloui
women, most of her prison companions
being colored women of such a grade
that they were too low to be allowed on
the strefcts of Havana, which' Is as
tolerant of evil women ns any city In
the world. Probnbly no young girl In
modern times has been subjected to
ruch scenes ns this 0110 saw. The har
ridans, enraged at the icfusal of tho
gentle Cuban women to mix with them,
rioted sjyrul times an.d nttnked the
unfortunate ladles The youth and
beauty of Evangellna particularly in
censed them, and she narrowly-escaped
Injury at their hands." Yet the victim
of this brutality way tho ,nlece of a
marquis and the daughter of one of tho
first families in Cuba,
jrCeiitn, to which this yptinff girl hna
l)eon condemned the first, woman prls
oner so treated fo thus described;
i It Is Just across from aibrultar, on the
Morocco cocst, with a desert scoured I y
wlldi Moors berlnd U and, the Atlantic
oceairbefQre It. "With etpa ju'rp It has
been arranged! by tho Spaniards, that tho
Lnal pODUlatlor shall ccnslnt jjl nearly
equal parts tlio worst and lowest crimin
als of Spain nnd polltlcat exiles. Doctors,
lawyors and literary men of Havana
break stone and shovel In tho treuchcg
shoulder to shoulder with murderers, rav
Ishtrs and robbers from tho peninsula.
They work In chnlns, keeping entile el
lencc, A slnglo word brings tho lush of
tho guard down on tho offender, nnd when
Ms diy's work on tho stone pllo Is donn
ho la triced up In tho prison yard and
floBKed till ho faints. They aro fed on
food that has become foul under tho fear
ful heat of tho African sun, and they aro
tortured, with nil tho ingenuity nnd feroc
ity of tho inquisition. They arc housed In
cells cut In the damp rock, crowded in Uko
Bteers in a cattle car. Their food Is cast
In through tho bars as tho animals at
tho Zoo aic fed. They cannot even wnsh
their hands ntfd faces, let alone blithe.
Cultivated, scholarly men, who know ns
much of civilization and comfort and
clean linen ns tho acrago clubman of
New York, have been kept so for years.
Thoro are prisoners thero who hnvo been
undergoing this Irentmcnt ever since tho
ten-j cars' war, and that struggle for Cu
ban freedom was crushed thirty years
ago. Tho backs of nearly all the prison
ers aro scarred and criss-crossed. The
punishment for every transgression Is the
lash, and It Is ns much a transgression to
faint nt your work In Ceuta ns to refuse
to do It.
It Is not a pleasing reflection that
the unwillingness of two presidents to
Join with congress in granting to Cu
ba belligerent rights which would have
cairled with them the diplomatic op
portunity to demand of Spain thnt
she prosecute the war In Cuba In ac
cordance with the practices recognized
among civilized nations ns legitimate,
should have opened to Spain the door
to such horrors. We shorld not be
su prised If In years to come both
Cleveland and McKlnloy would re
cel 0 censure In history for that very
conservatism on this subject which,
while well meant, has had the effect
to sacrifice the blood of Innocent hu
man beings guilty of no crime save
love of liberty. Their excuse was that
recognition of Cuban belligerency by
us might provoke a war with Spain
and thereby Inflict loss upon Ameii
can commerce; but ate we forever to
weigh dollars against humanity?
Tho question Is, does Seranton want
professional basd ball next year? Will
base ball suiho?
Prejudice Run Mad.
la It necessary to assume, In advance,
that a pioject like that of John Brls
bon Walker, which offeis free tuition
to pupils unable to attend the costly
universities, will be a failure? Is there
anything Irt the proposition which In
vites or Justifies the ildlcule which
a portion of the press is stiivlng to
heap upon it? Should it be held to a
man's discredit that he has the cour
age to make the attempt to extend
borne of the advantages of university
training to the masses which other
wise might lack the oppoitunity of
suitable sclf-educntlon? Even taking
the lew that Mr. Walker, In planning
this institution, had no higher aim or
was actuated by no woithler motive
than that of advertising the magazlns
of which he Is the propiietor, is it an
offence to advertise In a manner bene
ficial to nil concerned? Would any
latlonal man begrudge to such nn In
genious and liberal-minded publisher
the Incidental advantage allying from
his legitimate and beneficent enter
prise? Inasmuch as the founder of this new
school assumes by himself the whole
expenre and asks not a penny from
the public either for endowment or
services lendered, why should It be the
desire of any poitlon of the public
or of any newspaper' that it should
not piove a success? Having diiven
Mr Andrews from one college presi
dency because he gave expression to
views upon a political issue unlike
those at the time In the ascendancy
in his vicinity, why should any honest
man desire to pursue him further, and
seek to depilve him of the opportunity
to earn an honest livelihood ns the
executive head of Mr. Walker's new
Institution of Instruction? What good
can possibly come of such put suit and
persecution? What equivalent are these
assailants of Messrs. Andrews and
Walker gVttlng for their gratuitous,
not to say infamous, attacks?
In our career and It is not a long one
we have seen many stinnge phenom
ena In American journalism, but
nothing heietofore so utterly without
appaient provocation or Justification;
nothing before to all appearances so
absolutely base and brutal as the pres
ent onslaught by certain prominent
newspapeis upon an educational ex
periment which has not yet had the
chanco to demonstiate Its merit but
which, if it shall even approximately
achieve what it announces as its aim,
must deserve the approbation of every
well-wisher of Ameiican institutions.
Heaven help Journalism If this splilt
shall long dominate It!
Senator Hoar's point that one reason
why the English patllament in re
spect of showy statesmanship sur
passes our congress is because in Eng
land the best men In the country can
be chosen to represent any district
while in the United States the choice
In each district is restricted among
residents of that district, is stated In
another way by a correspondent of the
Evening Po'st, who writes: "Unfor
tunately our bright oung men leave
the small towns of their birth and
flock up to the great centers, as offer
ing wider fields for their advancement.
In consequence, the local elector flnd3
his choice limited to what Is left the
intellectual skimmed milk of which
the cream has been carried up to Now
York or other great cities." If these
bright young men aspire to honor's in
statesmanship, why don't they remain
In the small places and be "big toads
In little puddles?"
The Harrlsburs News recently cel
ebiated the second anniversary of its
existence by the issue of a forty
eight page industrial number which
Is profusely Illustrated and contains
much good reading matter of a his
torical nature, as well as biographies
of well known Pennsylvanlans and
sketches of general Interest. Tho News
is ar attractive, up-to-date daily, and
is entitled to its present prosperity.
The court of Schuylkill county has
adopted six rules governing naturaliza
tion, tho effect of which will be to ex
clude from citizenship any candidate
shown to have been a lawbreaker or
to havo been rejected by some other
courU The rules make it necessary
for some citizen to appear In court
with formal objections, else the caifdl-
date will be passed. It Is easy to see
that In practice these rules .will have
little value. Now and then some no
torlous alien may be halted on the way
to citizenship, but for the majority of
nllens tho road will bo clear. "What Is
everybody's business is nobody's busi
ness nnd on this principle few citizens
will step up with bills of objection. The
court itself should see whether the can
didate for naturalization Is fit to be
come an American citizen, and It should
grant papers to no alien who cannot
make his fitness clear beyond all rea
sonable doubt. In this way only can
the problem be solved In such n man
ner ns will protect 'the stream of good
government at one of Its Important
sources.
In one of tho counties In Alabama
where homicides, assaults nnd lynch
Ings aro frequent it Is explained that
thero has been but one legal execution
In thirty-five years. If the courts thus
fall In their duty can we wonder thnt
the people do not care to entrust tho
administration of Justice to them?
The newly created office of governor
of the Klondike carries with It a salary
of $5,000 a year, but If the occupant of
It cared to piece that Income out by In
dividual research for gold dust he
might easily count on a few hundreds
cxtia.
The man with an ear to the ground
ought soon to be able to detect sounds
of development in our Cuban policy;
that is, If we are ever to have a Cuban
policy.
Lifting the Ueil
Off False Prince
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
So far as civil service reform was ex
emplified In the policy of the late ad
ministration, It furnished many excuses
for the nttack which Hon. Chailes II.
Giosvenor, of Ohio, recently made on
tho entiro system. Mr. Grosvenor's
speech, which was delivered July 10, fills
twent-flvo pages of tho Congressional
Ileeord, and is a powerful argument from
the standpoint of the fncts which ln
bplred It. Some of these fncts are as
follows: During three years of Mr. Cleve
land's administration tho number of em
plojes who lost their places by removal
or compulsory resignation were: In tho
treasury department, 1.7&1. In tho Inter
ior department, 1,103, In the agricultural
department, 1,116. Including the other
departments, 5.152 persons were deprived
of their positions by dismissal or en
forced leslgnntlon In tho tliree-car per
iod named. These cinplojes were exper
ienced and capable, and, according to
Mr. Cleveland's declared civil service
principles, should have been retained In
the service of the government. Hut they
had to go, and their exit was decreed
solely for political reasons. More than
0) per cent, of them were Democrats
Some of the removals and appointments
were in tho clnsslilcd and somo In the
unclassified service, while there weie 4 203
promotions In tho former and only 7S1
in the latter,
0
How "promotions" were mado to cover
a Democratic rush for spoils is thus ex
plained by tho New York Mail and Ex
puss: "These figures lequlie a word of
explanation. If Logan Carlisle, In the
treasury department, or Secretary Mor
ton, In the agricultural department, had
a batch of Democratic friends whom
either wnntod to land In offices for which
they were unable lo pass the civil ser
vice examinations, lie simply appointed
them to places In the unclassified ser
vice. Then by icmovlng Republleans
from the classified loivlco and promot
ing his henchmen tc tho places thus va
cated, he was cmblcd to reward his
party friends nnd beat tho civil servlca
rules with a single twist of tho wrist.
How often this cunning trick was played
by tho heads of departments under Mi.
Cleveland's bogus icform administration
is shown by tho fact, already cited, that
during tho three-jear period quoted tr
Gcneial Grosvenor, thero wero 4,203 pro
motions In tho classified service and only
7!I in tho unclassified service. These,
however, arc only a few of tho disgrace
ful facts disclosed by General Gros
venor's inquiry Ho finds, for instance,
that 1,028 Union veterans were driven
from tho departments during those three
years to mako room for hungry Demo
crats; that a great many Democrat!.'
appointees wero promoted during tho ic
quired probationary period of six montli3
In open disregard of civil scrvlco rules,
and that there are not a few cases in
which appointments to office weie mado
during the last administration in posi
tive violation of law." Furthermore, all
of Mr, Cleveland's extensions of the civil
service rules weie delayed until afcer
Republicans had been driven out and
Democrats put In their places. The le
form administration never had any use
for reform until political favors had been
distributed. Thus a doublo dishonesty
was perpetrated. First, tho merit sjs
tcm was maltreated by evasions and per
versions and violations of tho civil scr
vlco rules, second, It was put into force
only to tighten tho grip of the new em
ployes on their places. It is not surpris
ing that General Grpsvenor nnd many
honest-minded men aro disgusted with
tho deceit and hypocrisy of civil seri0 3
reform as it was practiced by tho Clove
land administration. Judged by th's test,
It Is a colossal humbug that can be easily
debauclud into a carnival of partisan
place-hunting.
o
Nevertheless, it Is not well to confounl
tho sjstem with the abuse of it. Hon
eitly administered, i,nd regulated ac
cording to changing r ondltlons and neces
sities, it promotes eflhienc 111 the pub
lu service, exeicises a vvho!o are re
straint on tho scramblo for ofilce, and
leaves tho heads of departments f.ro to
attend to moro impoitant business than
that of hunting Jobs for their julltlcal
friends. General Grosvenor Ins done
well to denounce tho wrongs that hnvo
been committed in tho name of icform,
but ho will probably bo fount side by
side with President McKniley to tho
oxtent that the latter shad devilop a
policy of genuino and practical loyalty
to civil servlco principles in their In
tegrity and honest application to the af
fairs of the government.
COUNTING THE PENNIES.
Tiom the Provtdtnco Journal.
A western paper makes meiry over a
stcry about louiilirfelt pennies in Boston
which calls attention, it sajs, to the fact
that that city "is a one-cent town.'
Counterfeit pennies would not bo of much
use In Kcntas Cll, whero people despiso
the use of anything smaller than a nickel.
This altltuuo towards copper money :s
nothing new. Such money has a wider
circulation In tho west than it once had'
but, even now, doi-plto the talk of hard
times, westerners apparently consider it
mean and unworthy of the citizens of a
freo country to count the cost of pen
nies. It Is safo to say thnt nowhere out
of the United States would such a no
tion be possible. Nor Is there nny leason
why wo should bo proud of such a sense
less spirit of extravagance. What virtue
Is there In piylng moro for things than
they are worth? The habit has In fact be
comott vlco In Americans, even those who
live where pennies aro current coin. In
dlfteronco to "small change" is the baso
of many a broken life and bankrupt rep
utatlon. Take care of the cents and tho
dollars will take core of themselves la a
proverb which cannot be too often re
peated. Thero Is less danger of cultivat
ing the miserly than tho spendthrift spirit.
Americans traveling abroad have often
amazed end scandalized Euiopcans by
their reckless expenditure. Tho com
Plaint is often heard that the "ilch Amer
icans" have demoralized every part of
Europe Hotel rates havo gone up, car
riages cost more, chopping has become
moro expensive, ccrvnnts expect larger
tips and all because tho modest European
scale of living hns seemed small and mean
to our countrytrcn. Thero Is a sort of
furtive upology for economy on the part
of nn American to which a European is a
stranger. No one In Europe is in the
least ashamed of acknowledging a small
Incomo or avowing tho necessity of sav
ing pennies, Wc hear a great deal nbo-it
tho cheapness of things abroad, and trav
clers who know tho ropes really can ac
complish a good deal at a low cost. But
this Is becauso the European Idea Is to
help you save. The American idea Is to
help you spend. Therein lies all tho dif
ference. No wonder that Europeans re
gat d with some bitterness tho changed
conditions which Americans have helped
to bring about.
There are of courso even in America
thosa who carry economy to an extreme.
Perhaps this falling Is moie conspicuous
hero In New England, whero pennies aro
not despised, thnn In such free-and-easy
communities ns Kf.rsas Cl'y. Now Eng
enders are tolerant toward It, calling
tho man who is miserly not mean but
"near." And "nearness" has Us unpleas
ant and even repulsive aspects. It Is not,
however, likely to become n nntlonat vice,
Tho general tendency is quite the other
way. We aro lrcllncd to establish too
luxurious scales of living, to pay more
for what wo buy than It Is worth; to
"hang tho expense" so long ns our desires
aro gratified. Such a spirit can hardly
fall to hnvo a bad effect, to Justify ex
penditures which aro unjustifiable, to
mako paying five cents for what ought to
cost one a matter of pride. Not so is tho
way to real piospcrlty.
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Unity Horoscope Drnvvn by Ajncchus,
The Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolabo Cast: 1.43 a. m., for Saturday,
August 21, 1807.
Z
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A child born on this day will notice
that Seranton clubs can always play ball
when the season has advanced sufficient
ly to render their efforts of small account
on the percentage table.
Park Commissioner Bedford will doubt
less provo satisfactory If he docs not In
sit upon turning the Nay Aug plot Into a
cow pasture.
The man who cannot laugh at a dull
Joko should never engage in business for
himself, or serve on the police fo'rec.
Yukon News.
rrom tho Klondike Gold Hug:
Citizens from Wllkes-Uarre become ac
climated the mest lapldly of any new
comers. They have been used to haid
frosts during the base ball season.
Patrons desiring ndvertlemcnts Insert
ed in the "Bug" will do well to accom.
pany their orders with the dust. The edl
tor of the "Bug" does not propc-o to ac
cept Iron pyrites as currency while S-foot
nuggets aro Ijlng around loose. Chalk
up, gentsl Chalk up!
Unclo Bill Finn owns the only bull pup
In camp. Tho pup is a thoroughbred
beauty, but the habit of exercising his
lungs at nlcht will prove injurious to tho
dog's health. Uncle Bill will please accept
a tip that tho night air In the vicinity of
"Th3 Bug" ofilce is bad-very bad.
Tho slight alsturbanee at Joe Tangle
heel's surprise party has been exagger
ated In published accounts. A half dozen
Chllkootcoppcr faces were killed and Joe's
skull was fractured In a collision with a
boulder; and Itoarlrg George, of Moon
shlnoGulch, received several stab wounls.
Otherwise the party was as peaceful and
oiderly as a Philadelphia Joke bureau.
EATING TOO MUCH,
From Leslie's Week's'.
It is cited as one of tho explanations of
Dr. Chauneey M. Depevv's leinarkablo
yputhfulncss and vigor and ability to do
so miny things without weariness 1.0
himself or others, that he Is a scientific
eater; that ho knows Just what to put
into his stomach and how much of It to
take. Tho menu at tho swelle3t banquet
may falily glisten with the richest prizes
of the chef, but Dr. Dcpew gives one
swift glanco down Its mystifjing nomen
clature, and, selecting one probably the
plainest of tho lot sajs, "That." And
when the others have gorged and stuffed,
and fel like Christmas-ttee cornucopias,
the doctor is as fresh as a summer girl,
and his stomach as easy as that of tho
prize-baby who was brought up on Cupid's
Infant Food.
o
Much criticism has lately been directed
against our American hotel blll-of-faro
by foreign visiters, especially those who
camo over last fall and winter and went
back home and wrote about their exper
iences. They found too much on tho list
too much sameness, too much that wa3
not attractive. They objected to tho
necessity of selecting what they needed,
and In that they have the symnathy of
all good Americans, for the average blll-
or-faro is a test of human patience; but
It Is better to have too much than too lit
tle. And It is especially not fair to gauge
tho American appetite by what Is on the
hotel blll-of-fare. The citizen from the
country who went through the items
seriatim, and afterwards complained that
It would hivo been all right If ho had
stopped at the watermelon -ind i:e-cream,
was not tho average American.
o
Tho people of this country each much
becauso they have much to eat. The for
eigners complain that the habit of eating
an American breakfast Is suicidal and un
refined, but It so happens that the man
who can eat the Amencan breakfast has
no need of doctors, and he Is tho factor
who has made this country what It is.
Tho very fact that we have b.-en able to
evolve from tho broken-down and dys
peptic and second-hand mateilnl sent to
these shores fiom tho other side a race of
superior people, with women more beau
tiful than the wcrld had hitherto known,
with men who havo done moro things
than any In the world's hlstoiy, and have
been ablo to build up a nation greater
than any other on earth, is pretty good
proof that if Americans eat too much
they eat tho right sort of food.
DEADIiY VENOM.
From the St. Louis Republic.
The fact should bo Impressed upon nn
archlsts that tho torch of tho Liberty
statuo on Bedloe's Island In New York
harbor Is not the torch of anarchy lifted
In Invitation to anarchists driven for
their crimes from other countries, Theio
Is no room for anarchists in the United
States. They don't work, and they hato
those who do wcrk and get along in tho
world, This republic Is too big and hap.
py and prosperous to allow Its blood to
become tainted with tho deadly venom of
anarchy,
TACTS AHOUT ALASKA.
Alaska runs 1,500 miles west of Hawaii.
In vccntral at d northern Alaska tho
ground Is frozen to a depth of 200 feet.
Men bom In southern latitudes have be
come lnmno In tho long dark.
Jurt below rapids ice forms only nine
feet thick, nnd there fishing is done. In
other places It will reach forty feet.
All distances aro gigantic. It is 2,00)
miles fiom Sitka to Klondike.
Expored portions t.f the body freeze in
threo minutes. Times-Herald.
NOMENCLATURE.
When to the clouds a man sent forth
A plea tor knowledge rare,
Ho made the world perceivo the worth
Of things discovered there.
The swift car through the city's ways,
Tho lamp that glows by night,
But tell to us In simple rhruso
That Franklin flow a kite.
But now the nervous air is filled
With words of now Intent
Tho dictionary folk must build
Each year a supplement.
Though ttnglble, lesults are few,
We stare and leave our homes
To watch the men of learning who
Aro "launching aerodromes."
Washington Star.
GOLBSM
Pirw
Sa.
He of Crash
We have sold hmedlredj eo better this
seasoe at $i0gOo
A receet purchase of the eetire stock
of a defmiect maeimfactnirer are on safe
now at 59 ceotSo
kmi
TT
iLdlLd
Now Ojei
FOR
ispecti
Tffi
an advance line of
Priestly's Plain and
Fancy Black
for the Fall Trade.
Also an elegant line of
IN
Which cannot be dupli
cated. 510 AND 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
A Bluer Sets Belter
-gj
Wbon served In a fine Dinner Set, and a
good dinner should be treated with enough
respect to bo berved in nothing else. Yon
should see our China and 'Jiible Wine or all
kinds their beauty nttrucU universal ud
liilrutlon, AND TJIK J'HICKS AltU ItlGIir.
Theso goods till tamo iu before tho udvuuco
In the tariff.
TIE CLEMONS, FEME,
AIXEY CO.,
422 Lacka. Ave.
T7 Q rm
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Goods
EXCLUSIVE
NOVELTIES
SUITINGS
vJg'v"
53!S5
" OTl
4A4A VV
Great Special
OEITEI
TnL it? ATI
Fit Of flic
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OurjSummer Clothing is all cleaned up,
except a few Blue Serge Suits. It will pay
you to call and see them and
Try
00000000
BOYLE & IU6K
I
436 LACKAWANNA AVENUE,
Vg m!" '''?" ?"? "?'?m ! ii'ir;i" i "' 1 iilTTiiJZi ' TZT.
Lewis, RelHy
& DavSeSo
ALWAYS BUSY.
AUGUST SALE
SUMME1
COOL SHOES
FOR HOT FEET
tEWIS,EEIltY&MVIES
11 1 AND 110 WYOMING AVE.
Well! Well!
Jyst
TMirak of It
Oun-I'AGi: LONG DAY HOOKS, LRDG
IJKS Oil JOURNALS, FITLt. DUCK
HINDING, M'ltlNU HACK, GOOD
ciUAurv I'Ai'Eit, prj 95c
Them
TMok Asranira
a Liimiii riuiss noo page let
l Kit HOOK, HOWI.ANDimUSH COM.
PLEfE 0NLy $5,00.
M-mm
Rey miolldg Bros
Stationers nnd lingraverj.
Hotel Jermyn Bldg,
ISO Wjomlus Ave 1 Scruntou.l'a
BAZAAR.
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Git!oi
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BU8Y
AM YOU?
Well, so nro wo. But let us see if wo can't
interest j ou. Have you bought a
Garden Hose,
Lawn Mower,
Lawn Sprinkler,
Ice Crearn Free2er,
Refrigerator,
Window Screen,
Screen Doors,
Hammocks,
031 Stoves,
Qas Stove
Or Cooler
This Summer? If not, do you need one? If
ou do come in nnd got our prices. We are
belllnc the nbovo goods at a sacrifice. WE
GIVE EXCHANGE STAMPS.
F0OTE k SHEAR CO.
HENRY BELIN, JR.,
General Agent for the Wyomlnj
District for
Mining, Blasting, Sporting, Smokeloai
and the Ilepauno Chemical
Company's
HIGH EXPLOSIVES,
fcafety Fuse, Caps and Exploders.
Rooms ui'j, 213 and 214 Commonwealth
Building, Seranton.
AGENCIES.
THO, FOUD, Plttston
JOHN I). SMITH A SON, Plymouth
U. MULLIQAN, Wilkes-Barra
II PLEASANT
COAL
AT RETAIL.
Coal of the best quality for domestla us'
nnd of all sizes, including Buckwheat and
Blrdseye, delivered in any part of the city,
at the lowest w'rtca
Orders received at the Office, first floor.
Commonwealth building-, room No
telephone No. 2C21 or at the mine, tele
phone No, 27.'. will be promptly attended
to. Dealers supplied at tho mine.
I T. SI
Skirts.
NOOWo
Blues I
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