- '-rrtjHpr"1.7T fllP "-I ,, NT''" 'lfPffrpw: THE 80RANTON TltlBITNJa-TIItTRSDAY MORNINGS AUGUST 20, 189T, 0e jcrattfon CriBune I ill) snd Weekly. No Bundar IMItlon. By The Tribune Publishing; Company. WILLIAM CONNELL, Prcstdont. SUIISCKIITION I'KICBt Dally go cents a month. Weekly $1.00 a year. ii.uitxD at rag roiTorncs at bciuston. ca.. as f IC0ND-M.A83 UAtt, MATTER. SCHANTON, AUQUST 2C, 1897. "Ilesolved, That the platform adopted at the National convention cf Democ racy In 1S9G bo endorsed fully and with out reserve." Plank Second In the Platform of the Lackawanna Democ racy, adopted Aug. 21, 1897. The Problem of the Ages. Tho annual address of Mr. Wool worth, president of tho American liar association, which was delivered at Cleveland yesterduy, Is given in part In our telegraphic dispatches. If print- ' ed In full It would occupy two pages, and mueh of It was devoted to a con sideration of what, for lack of a more definite term, wo may call tho social question. There was such gravity and seriousness In tho tone of this care fully prepared .address by officially tho foremost representative of tho Ameri can bar as may not easily ho shown in a hasty review. The speaker thus took inuh'suto of our social system ns de veloped under present American Insti tutions: .iliiullty'bQforo the law la a tremendous . truth, .Uut thctp Is another equality; It Is the equality of ull men In tho competitions . und rivalries of life. Under our system, tho (rates and avenues to the arena of in dustrial enterprise- and adventure ato open to all who tun tho course tho start In the ra: Is tqual for all; there Is no fa vor for any, mid the best wills'. That Is the end and consummation and fruition of the equality into which Americans aie bcrn. Theie never were here classes fa vored by law; Unit Inequality our lath ers never could bear. The highest educa tion was, perhaps, at one tlmt- within reach of tho few; but that advantage long fclnco beenmo cemmon. Any deserving boy may by Ms own hnnds earn tho best instruction In tho gre.it universities. Tho ranks of our own profession, the chief places In thu public service, the labora tories of triumphant science, tho marts vvhero tho most stupendous transactions of commcrco aio conducted, aro filled by tboso who started even with all others, or If there was any Inequality, tho chances were gainst thoso who have won the race. Yet and hero Is the note of serious ness, oven of pathos In the address the people are not satisfied. Adds Mr. "Woolworth: Ag.dnst Institutions justlllcd by the self evident truths of the Declaration of In dependence and a social order whose ilis vclopment has proceeded on them, other forces aro being set In niray. Those who Jiavo given energy and direction to these alien and hostile forces and seek to drlvo them farther and farther, think they dis cover In modern Industrial society and In tho development nnd operation of it3 fundamental principle, evils that greatly transcend all that man has achieved. To them, tho rivalries and competitions of llfo are virulent stimulants; they mnko tho strong drunk with pitiless desire, and snatch from tho unfortunate, however worthy, tho Towards of their agony of ton. It cannot bo denied that. In the end, tho equalities of rights and opportunity vvorlc out In some Instances tho widest Inequal ities and the rankest Injustice, and that rood men aro sick at tho sight of them. Great accumulations of wealth In tho lranils of some, and equal accumulations of want. Ignorance, brutality, and mental nnd moral degradation upon tho heads of others, go hand in hand. One seems to correspond with the other. In a measuio they aro related. Feme assumo that one Is tho cause of the ether; they say that there is a law whirli "rivets tho laboier to capital more firmly than tho vvecUcs of Vulcan did Piometheus to the rock." This exaggerates the relations of 0110 10 the other. One Is certainly not tho only causo of tro other. Hut It cannot bo de nled that great accumulations of wealth in the hands of tho few go along with tho 31-ocess by which the poor are crowded down In deeper depths of poverty; and, moro and more, tho multitude on tho brink is precipitated into tho nbyss of hopeless misery, vhlle their places are in turn (llleU by the Industrious who beg for vvoik and i.et for bread. Many can not suppress a profound sympathy for tho poor, nnd, almost In despair, cry out from the depths of their heaits, against n civilization which cannot save its own victims. "It is perhaps natural," continues our speaker, "to stigmatize these doctrines as foreign Importations, at which our people will not give moro tlinn an in credulous glance, nnd resent ns nn In Bult to American common sense the suggestion that these vagaries and foolish fancies will find acceptance among us. But it Is easy to perceive Just grounds for'apprehenslon." Among these grounds he mentioned the rapid find widespread diffusion of socialistic llternturo and the remarkable and growing tendency of the poor to pull together. "What this great body of the citizenship, possessed of political power, transported by the enthusiasm of self-sacrifice, directed by a relent less discipline will be," he says, "when it becomes thoroughly saturated with these doctrines, it is not hard to divine. In that day, if it ever comes, the feder ations of labor, their batallions en thusiastic, compact, disciplined, organ ized and moving with one Impulse at tho word of command, when launched upon institutions under which they suppose themselves trodden down, will sweep from the face of tho earth not .corporations, syndicates, trusts and aggregated capital only, but all the whole order of industrial society as now organized." Such is a leading American lawyer's definition of thesocial problem as it con fronts Americans today. Tho extent of the remedy which he deems practic able is outlined in that portion of his address reproduced on our first page, nnd includes, wo may here say, Jury reform, reform of the petty courts and, in brief, a more perceptible equaliza tion of tho legal rights of Americans. The remedy is good but incomplete. There must In addition be an entire overhauling of American Ideas and bo clal tendencies, to tho end that the stress upon tho dollar as the great measure of happiness and worth shall be reduced to a degree consistent with sanity and the broadest welfare. Indications multiply that Tommlo At kins will soon have both hands full in India. Live and Let Live. It Is an opinion in'localltiea yet preva lent that the railways of tho United States are owne,d in tho main by very rich men, nnd that therefore any ad vantage which tho public can exact or extort from tho carrier corporations by means of discriminatory legislation or otherwise will throw its. burden prin cipally on those ho can well afford to be mulcted. This opinion is especially rife In tho Popullstto western states, but oven In tho cast there aro an abundance of men who seem to regard tho railroads, not as agencies of pub lic benefit, but ns far subjects tor spoliation. These reflections are inspired by cc" tain remarks made by llobert P. Pi r ter in the letter to which wo yesterday called brief attention. "The number of our railway Investors Is too often ig nored," says Mr. Porter. "According to Commissioner George It. Ulnnchard, the eastern trunk lines report that their shareholders number 99,826. One east ern line reports that fifty per cent,, and the Pennsylvania Railroad com pany that forty per cent, of Its share holders arc women. At the samo ratio of shareholders to mileage, tho totnl number of stockholders In tho railways of the union would bo over 930,000, not Including bondholders. Calling thu total 1,250,000 of bond and share hold ers at home nnd abroad, they, with 7S3, 000 employes, muke over two million persons dependent upon or Interested in our railways, exclusive of those in terested in the manufacture or produc tion of railroad materials." This being true, and In view also of the Incalculable obligation which tho American people aro under to tho man agers of our railroads for the part which they have played In developing the resources and diffusing the wealth of the country, It would term to be well-nigh time for the adoption by our Popullstlc fellow-citizens of a new at titude on this subject. Where would their dollar wheat be If It was not fo the railways that enable them to got It to market nnd to get goods of necessity and luxury In return? A decision of the Supremo court Fay3 that overy person who crosses a rall tond nt grade "must stop, look and listen," and that "If tho track is envel oped In smoke must wait until It clears away." Wilkcs-Bario Itecvrd. The Supreme court is doubtless to be thanked for not requiring plain citizens to go around the railway track. m Our Foreign Commerce. The complete government report on our foreign trade for the year ended June 30 has not yet been Issued, but from preliminary reports Interesting facts may be gleaned. The total trade, Imports plus exports, amounted to $1,S1G,3G0,99G, which hns been equalled only once In our history In 1S92, when it renched $1,S39,CS0,G10. When we re member that many articles of export brought higher prices In 1S92 than in 1897 it can readily be realized that in volume that Is to say in the quantity of the commodities handled tho foreign trade of 1S97 establishes a new record In tho annals of our commercial Inter course with the world. Growth In exports was the charac teristic feature of tho year. During the ten years preceding 1S97 our exports averaged $833,000,000 per annum and our Imports $763,500,000, a preponderance of exports over Imports amounting to four per cent, of the average annual total. But the preponderance of exports over Imports during the fiscal year called 1897 amounted to fifteen per cent., a point made clear in the following table: Years. . Kxports. Import - 1SSS $ CM,!).-, ,507 $7:'0,907,'ll 1WJ 712,401,375 7I3,131.U UM R".82S',GS1 7S.9.310,i0a 1891 ssuso.sio sn.9ifi.ina ISM 1,03'1.273,1-IS S27.I02, i2 1893 SI7,C(!3,194 Si;,40rt,:.2 1891 S9-140-i72 Gii.KM.UM 1813 807,B3S.1C: 731.!M,J,.S I'M S'2,CG,P3S 779,724,fi7l 1897 1,031,987,091 701,373,903 Of our domestic exports last year this classification is made, with compari sons with three other years: Products. 1S9I. 1S93, 1S90. 1S97 Agriculture fC2S.3C3,03S $533,210,026 ?3C9,S79.297 JC83.S7S.990 Mlnlng- $ 20,419,393 18,609,811 20,013,631 21,33,129 Forestry $20,119,598 2S.57C.233 33,71S,20I 40,4S9,321 Fisheries ? i.261,920 G.23S.S07 0,830,392 C.13J.011 .uuuuiaciures $1S3.72S,8US 153,593,743 22S.371.17S 27C.337.SGl Miscellaneous 4,400,911 4,171,974 4,133,762 3,S02,9S5 Total- ' " $8G'J,204,937 $793,392,599 $S63.200,4S7$l,O32,001,30O These figures show that the items of gain are in lumber (forestry) and man ufactures almost exclusively, the gain in tho last-mentioned Item being Indeed remarkable. Comparison with 1892, our other banner export year, emphasizes this point. In 1892 exports of agricul tural produce amounted to $799,328,232, or 78.G9 per cent, of the total exporta tions; while exports of manufactured goods amounted to $138,310,937, or 15.G1 per cent, of the entire export trade. In 1897, on tho other hand, agricultural ex ports were valued at $6S3,S7S,990, or GO 27 per cent, of the totnl; while manufac tures were represented by $27G,337,SG1, or 26.7S per cent, of the whole volume of exports. The distribution of our foreign com merce Is worth noting. The largest trade was done with Great Britain, the imports aggregating $167,917,820 nnd the exports $178,4SS,C92. The next in volume was with Germany, the imports being $110,210,C14 nnd tho exports $123,784,453. France Is the third In the list, with im ports amounting to $67,530,231 and ex ports $5G,2S7,G31. The trade with other European countries Is stated to have been as follows: Belgium Impurts, $14,0S2,4H; exports, $32,G00.02I. The Netherlands-Imports, $12,824,126; ex ports, $50,362,110. Italy-Imports, $19, 067,332; exports, $21,377,761. Spain Im ports, $3,631,973; exports, $10,889,611. Switzerland Imports, $13,849,782; ex ports, $70,328. Austria Hungary Im ports, $8,158,328; exports, $3,759,700. Den mark Imports. $336,355; exports, $10, 189,453. The Imports from the dominion of Cunnda during tho year amounted to $40,309,3S7, and tho exports $58,403,048, The Imports from Mexico amounted to $18,511,572, and tho exports aggregated $22,726,596. The Imports from Japan amounted to $21,009,750, nnd the exports $13,233,970, The imports from China reached a total of $20,403,862, and the exports aggregated $11,916,SS8. The per centage of tho trado of tho United States with foreign countries during the last year is given in part as fol lows; . , Imports. Export. Great Britain 21.9C 4597 Germany 14.51 jiJ Franco 8.S4 5.43 British North Amorlca.. 5.33 6.2S Brazil y.03 jg Japan 3.14 1.26 China . 2,67 i. Tho plain lesson of these various figures is that the industrial develop ment of the United States has at last reached a stago where it must bid for new markets and enter Into actlvo com petition with tho older and slower pro ducers of Europe. That this will be done successfully is assured, and not many years of tho Twentieth century will havo passed ere the supremacy of tho United States in the world's In dustry and finance will be made plain to the students of current events. The "antls" at llnrrlsburg today aro small In numerical strength but evi dently large in expectations. It would bo interesting to know upon what ground the Pope "disapproves of tho Cuban Insurrection." There fire Tricks in Every Trade From tho Philadelphia Kocord. Thcro are, Indeed, tricks In all trades; and It Is sometimes surprising In read ing technical Journals to observe how openly directions for performing theso tricks aro explained and treated of In a mattor-of-courso way, as though they wero qulto lcgltimato practices, For ex ample, In tho latest lssuo of 11 prominent magtizlno devoted to textllo Industries wo noto rules for obtaining a knowledgo of tho processes Involved In tho "loading of silk," whereby tho manufacturer Is enabled to incrcaso tho weight "from 50 to GO per cent, without deteriorating any of Its qualities, with tho slnglo exception that after a considerable lapso of timo It loses Its coheslvo power, nnd becomes friable." It Is not stated how long a tlmo after tho goods leave tho manufac turer's hands tills undesirable quality will develop; but it Is explained that exposure to the sun's rays of silk which has been ' loaded with certain salts of tin "destroys tho cohesive power altogether." o Tha Pennsylvania Railroad company has employed 11 chief chemist and staff for over twenty years for tho detection of trado tricks. So-called "Babbitt metal," for example, which when genuine Is Just ly celebrated for reducing friction In tho bearings of car Journals and hi rapidly revolving shafts, was closely Imitated. On Investigation, however, this Imitation was found to contain nono of the moro costly metals, and to possess nono of their good qualities. Ingenious machines havo been devised for testing tho lubri cating va'.uo of samples of oil before pur chasing, and standards havo been fixed for nearly alt Important supplies now purchased by the Pennsylvania Railroad company, nnd unless the goods conform to tho standard they aro rejected. It Is estimated that very many thousands of dollars aro saved annually by this sys tem of scientific scrutiny. Ono of tho In cidental advantages of such a system is that tho quality of goods olteroJ gradually Improves. o In tho purchaso of many articles, such as gold Jewelry, silver plate, etc., tho purchaser must depend entirely upon tho honesty of tho Jowcler; he, In turn, is often reliant upon tho manufacturer. Tho consequence Is that fraud Is practiced by unscrupulous manufacturers to an extent which Is unknown nnd unsuspected by tho public. In England a different condi tion exists. Every article of Jewelry or of silver plaito which Is sold as "18 carat" gold or "sterling" silver Is stamped with tho "Hall" or "Tower" mark, after hav ing been 'tested by tho government ex perts. Theie aro very severe penalties for any attmpt at deception, and the pur chaser of English Jewelry or silver plate having tho official mark is reasonably suro of getting Just what tie thinks he Is purchasing. When old American jew elry finds its way to the melting pot at tho mint a spectes etr transmutation sometimes occurs which Is Just tho re verso of that which the alchemists claimed to practice. Tho articles go into tho pot looking like gold, and tho re sultant metal If often a very base alloy. It Is an easy matter for a dishonest maker to put a flno appearance upon tho surfaco of very low grado articles of this character. o Wo all know that thero aro many scientific departments of tho government supporting largo staffs of skilled persons who devoto their tlmo to investigations that aro sometimes of comparatively lit tle lmmedlato Interest, and we aro led to believe and to suggest that It might bo practicable and useful to extend tho ser vlco by engrafting thereon a department of testii of commercial articles, such as Jewelry, plate; food products, textiles, etc. Such a department could probably bo mado self-sustaining. On payment cf a small fee a report could be furnished of tho quality of various articles sub mitted for examination. This depaitment would bo supplemental to or, perhaps, distinct from thoo now existing In which original Investigations aro mado in tho In terests of public welfare, tho results be ing generally found In voluminous gov ernmental reports published sometimes several years after tho Investigations have been made. Prompt commercial ie ports would provo of great value not only In prole-ting purchasers from frauds that aro now perpetrated with Im punity, but In protecting honest manu facturers from tho killing competition 0 such cheats and lit raising the standards In all trades. THE BltOADEIl VIEW. From tho Illustrated American. Though American and English Journal ists may scold at ono another across the severing ocean, tho Indiana goes to Hall fax for lepalis. The situation supplies a suggestive commentary on the vapor ing Journalism of which too much Is heard on both sides of the water. o Because an American secretary Is gruff over tho beal question, London newspa pers say this country needs a llttlo blood letting; and because a British colony enforces Its customs and mining regu lations upon American Immigrants, New York newspapers talk of seizing tho col. ony nnd "doing up" Great Britain. Slean whlle, tho two peoples aro bound to gether as no other two nations of tho world have ever been. Ono In language, blood, religion; Inextricably mingled In business matters; Interwoven by mar ilago and by friendship; confronted by many llko problems and living under kindred Institutions, their dluerences aro fumlly dlffeti-nces, ind by no means sig nify tho samo as do such disputes be tween strangers. Tho Englishman be comes an American, tho American be comes an Englishman, by a process of transition so swift nnd easy as to be all but Imperceptible. When brothers call each other bad names it does not neces sailly mean that they will como to blows. They understand each other, at bottom. But between strangers something would bo apt to happen. Thcio would havo to bo retraction or a fight. o According to our newspapers our new navy Is especially designed ns a weapon of defense or offense against Great Brit ain. In thu samo view tho great dock and Impregnable fortJflcattotiB at Halifax nnd Bermuda aro a sword held to our throat by England. In splto of this, when our warships want repairing and find our own docks Inadequate, they ap. ply with frank confidence to Great Brit ain. In thu samo fcplrit Great Britain not only puts her appliances at our disposal, but makes extensive nlteiatlons In her Halifax dock to enable it to meet tho peculiar needs of the Indiana, and of our other battleships which nro to follow her.. In a similar spirit a captain of tho United States navy writes a book teaching this nation why nnd how Bho must becomo a great naval power; and England heaps every honor upon him for tho ndmliablo way In which ho does his work. Captain Malum Is more dis tinguished In Great Britain than in his own country. In 0 llko spirit tho Amerl can and tho Brtish naval officers and men-of-warsmen fratcrnlzo In every part of the world, cheering ono another's flagB and standing together against thoso they hold to bo aliens. . o When comes the great war of races. which must coma somo day unless all history lies, our Bailors nnd thoso of England will bo found fighting side by sldo. It Is manifest destiny, and petty squabbles aro insignificant In the face of It. Washington and Wcsmlnster under stand this, dimly; and the spectacle of tho Indiana In tho Halifax dry dock is an evidence. STRIKES AND INJUNCTIONS. From the Chicago Record. So lelng as society accepts and toler ates the strike ns a method of settling industrial disputes society should insist on fair and equal treatment for both parties to tho contest. Ono combatant should not be allowed to take unfair ad vantago of tho other, nor Bhould tho power of the government be exercised to tho benefit of one party nnd tho detriment of tho othor. It Is tho duty of tho govern ment to see that law Is preserved and that rights aro not Infringed. But its attltudo toward the contending partici Bhould bo one of strict neutrality. o Tlmo was when tho worklngmnn who did not llko tho terms of employment stipulated by ono employer could leavo and seek employment with any number of other persons engaged In a similar lino of business, nnd thus bettor his lot. But conditions are different today. Tho employer In most cases represents a vast aggregation of capital, with which tho Individual workmnn cannot copo success fully. Whether he likes It or not, tho fact remains that under present condi tions tho laborer has llttlo hope of bet tering himself, so far as wages and hours aro concerned, except through combina tion with his fellow-workmen. Ono In dividual by withholding his labor from tho market that is, refusing to work could accomplish nothing. A union of workingmen, by withholding their col lective labor from the market, may forco tho employer to grant tho concessions nsked for. Of courso tho success of theso efforts depends on tho ability to control to a considerable degree all tho labor In a particular line that is put on tho market. The only way this labor can bo controlled Is by Its being organ ized Into n union. If tho laborers con ducting a strike for higher vvnges, say, can, by peaccablo means, Induco other laborers In the samo lino to associate with them, clearly they should havo the right to do so. Tho government In no way should, hinder them In so doing, so long as they try only peaceable means of persuasion, else It Berlously handicaps ono of tho parties to tho strike. o Tho employer of courso hns tho right to hlro men vvhero ho can. It Is not fair that theso men, when hired, should bo driven away by vlolenco on tho part of tho strikers or anybody else. The gov ernment should punish the perpetrators of such violence ns It would punish per sons committing any other llko ofTenso against the law. It Is entirely within tho right of the employer, too, for him to forbid entraneo upon his premises by strikers who would persuade his work ingmen to quit. But it also ought to be recognized as entirely competent for strikers to attempt to Induce the laborers at work to cease work and associate with the union. If the strikers can accomplish this object by peaceable persuasion and appeals to reason they should be nl lowed to do so without any Interference whatever from the government. In Eng land, vvhero labor organizations havo passed beyond tho stago of violence, this right is recognized by the govern ment, and "picketing," as it is called, is sanctioned. This is, tho union, when fighting an employer, Is allowed to sta tion "pickets" Just outside his prem ises, and try to Induce tho workmen as they go to and from work to Join tho strikers. 0 Tho attempt of employers to harass tho strikers with Injunctions from tho courts In carrying on such a campaign Is an attempt to use tho government In the In terest of ono sldo as against tho other. Tho Injunction ought not to bo brought Into tho matter at all. Its tendency Is to tako the administration of law from tho exccutlvo branch of government, where t belongs, and lodge it with tho Judic iary. If a striker has committed an of fenso ho should bo arrested and punished. If thero is danger that an offense will be committed it Is the duty of the ad ministrators of tho law to bo on hand to stop tho perpetrator and arrest him on the spot. But to enjoin a striker who hns committed no offense from commit ting offense Is to put tho brand of crim inality upon him without warrant, and thus place him at a disadvantage with his opponent, when tho government should remain entirely neutral. JIEAT VS VKGETAIIXES. From tho Illustrated American. Perhaps tho most superior persons in tho vorld aro the vegetarians; and In tho warm weather their superiority becomes peculiarly aggressive, because at that time they feel that the unconverted aro leaning toward their views. Wl.cn a man has learned to live on a purely vegetable diet ho believes himself to occuoy a lof tier pl-ine. than his liesh-catlng" fellows; and the assumption Is apt to becomo eo (tiitallng that tho partial measure of wis. dom underlying his doctrines falls to win recognition. Most vegetarians, whether men or women, are people engaged In occupations which do not mnke a severe and piotracted drain upon fielr ncrvoiu energy. Statistics abundantly prove the superior foice and vitality of the mcat eatlng classes. Physiology, moreover, shows that our bodies nro built to con sumo a mixture of animal nnd vegetable food, o . Tho experience of hosts of gentle souls, to whom tho shambles aro an unspeak able, horror, and who would give much to ellmtnato all flesh food from their diet, has proved that the average human con stitution cannot do its most effective work on tho vegetarian bill of fare. Shel ley and Tennyson both tried It earnestly, nnd with lamentable results as far as their work was concerned. It may bo Minted without fear of contradiction that none of tho highest achievement. Intel lectual or material, that humanity has to show, has been gained on a diet of which meat did not form a part. o Nevertheless It Is probable that we In America eat more meat than is good for ust. A llttlo Is necessary, but much Is In jurious, clogging the system, over-stimu-latlng tho nerves and blunting the spirit ual perceptions. At all times, and in hot weather especially, wo should do well to remember the dietary rules of our proba. bly ai boreal ancestors, and mako fruit, lather than cither bread or meat, tho main prop of our physical exlstenco. Most people, If they test the matter care, fully, will find that an excess of starchy food Is moro damaging to their nerves and their digestion than an over-free in dulgence la meat. o But, of course, if one believes that his grandmothei may bo relncarnato In tho beast which furnishes the Juicy steak or the seasonable marrowbone, then his po sition as a vegetarian becomes Impregna ble. SIGNS or I'AH, TIME. Glttln' clost to fall tlmo-know 1t by tho way Tho wind comes crost tho mountains at tho breakln' o' the day; An' tho twltchln' in by J'Ints is a most unfallln sign That they're tunln" up the fiddle fcr tho boys ter fall In lino I Glttln' clost ter fall time know it by tho wny The smoke is curlln up'ards In tTie.jnorn- in's cool an' gray; You kin hear a whip a-crackln' 'crost a clover field or two. An you think o' rides by moonlight with a sweetheart clost to youl Glttln' clost ter fall time-let It come nlongl Spring is rich an' rosy, an' summer's sweet with song; Every reason's good enough but give me frost an' fall, An' balance ter yer pardnera, an' UIbh ycr sweethearts all! Atlanta Constitution. yEKMI mm Notwithstanding the new Tariff, wlhJch has increased values In this line greatly, we will offer during the rest of this month some of the greatest bargain opportunities ever known in Lace, Chenille and Derby Curtains. 75 cent Nottingham Curtains at 49 cents. $1.00 Nottingham Curtains at 75 cents. $1.25 Nottingham Curtains at 98 cents $1.50 Nottingham Curtains at $1.25. $2.00 Nottingham Curtains at $1.40, $2.50 Nottingham Curtains at $1.98; $3.00 Chenille Curtains at $1.98. $3.49 Chenille Curtains at $2.19. $3.98 Chenille Curtains at $2.29 $4.23 Chenille Curtains at $2.49. $4.49 Chenille Curtains at $3.19. $4.98 Chenille Curtains at $3.69 $3.98 Derby Curtains at $2.49. $4.98 Derby Curtains at $3.49 $5.49 Derby Curtains at $4.29. $6.49 Derby Curtains at $4.98 " FINLEY wOpei FOR inspection an advance line of Priestly's Plain and Fancy Black Goods for the Fall Trade. Also an elegant line of I0VELT IN Which cannot be dupli cated. 510 AND 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE A Mutter Sets Better' When served In a flno Dinner Set, nnd a good dinner should lie treated with enough reapect to be nerved In nothtne else. You should see our China and Table Ware of all kinds their beauty attracts universal ad miration, AND THE PRICES ARE RIGHT. These goods all came in before tho advance In the tariff. TIE CLEMONS, FEREER, CTAIXEY C0.? 422 Lacka. Ave. Ml Dress EBLBBE (MlllEI SITI1GS nTTTT P(0 ris.. lEJv Sale if Cirtalns. A it of tie Btam1 00000000 Our:Summer Clothing is all cleaned up, except a few Blue Serge Suits. It will pay you to call and see them and jury iMie 00000000 BOYLE 1 110 416 LACKAWANNA AVENUE. Lewis, Reilly & DavSeSo ALWAYS BUSY. AUGUST SALE SUMMER FOOTWEAR COOL SHOES FOR HOT FEET tEWIS,RE!IXYAVIES 111 AND 110 WYOMING AVE. Well! Well! Just Thtak of It! OOO-PAGK LONG DAY BOOKS, LEDG KllS Oil JOURNALS, FULL DUCK BINDING, SPRING BACK, GOOD QUALITY I'ArER, FOR 95C. Then TMok Agaio I A LETTER TRESS, 800 PAGE LET TER BOOK, BOWL AND BRUSH COM. PLETK 0NLY $5f00 Rey molds Bros Stationers and Engravers. Hotel Jermyn Bldg, ISO Wyoming Ave., 8crunton,l'a BAZAAR. ( t 9 'is KLII IP fetfuJI II VIS ARE YOU? Well, so nro wo. But let us see If we can't interest you. Have 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 Summer T If not, do you need one? If you do come In and get our prices. Wo are selllnc the above (roods at a sacrifice. WE GIVE EXCHANGE STAMPS. HENRY BEL1N, JR., General Agent for tho Wyomlnj District for DUP0NT Mining, Blasting, Sporting, Smokelesi and the Repauno Chemical Company's HIGH EXPLOSIVES, fc'afety Fuse, Caps and Exploders. Rooms 212, 213 and 214 CommonwealtU Building, Scranton. AGENCIES; TIIOS, FORD, Plttston JOHN 11. SMITH & SON, Plymouth E. W. MULLIGAN, Wilkes-Burra II PLEASANT COAL AT RETAIL. Coal of tho best quality tor domestlo us and of all sizes, Including Buckwheat and Blrdseye, delivered In any part of the city, at the lowest price Orders received at the Office, first floor, Commonwealth building, room No 6; telephone No. 26: 1 or at the mine, tele phone No. 272, will be promptly attended to. Dealers supplied at tha mine. L I SI VERYB CT PIWiEB.
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