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RGPUBLICAN STATG TICKBT.
State Troasurer-J. S. BEACOM, of
Westmoreland.
Auditor Gcneral-LEVI O. M'CAULEY,
of Chester.
Election day, November 8.
"Oood times at Steolton" Is a head
ing In ft contempornr.v; but the truth
is, cood times are showing up every
where. Dollar Wheat Not the Limit.
Speculative trading In wheat Is nat
urally characterized by sharp and sud
den fluctuations, but these are mere In
cidents which In no wise nffect the cen
tral and enduring fact that It Is to be
the mission of the United States with
in the next twelve months to feed, It
not the world then certainly the best
part of It. Europe's shortage In food
fcupplles Is something which bear move
ments In exchange pits cannot modify
however successfully they may, from
time to time, disturb the upward trend
of quotations. So long as Europe fur
nishes an Inevitable demand for Ameri
can's surplus gialn supply, as It must
do during the next year, the American
f aimer can foci nssured that "dollar
wheat" will maik rather the minimum
than the maximum of his opportunity.
The most trustwoi thy estimates which
we have seen place Europe's Imported
wheat need during the coming winter
nt from 300,000,000 to 400,000,000 buMliels.
Of rye, which is the bread grain of the
masses In the principal continental
countries, there Is an estimated short
age of 400,000,000 bushels and ot pota
toes, 1,000,000,000 bushels. Our inability
to export because of a light crop will
have the effect to Increase the foreign
clamor for our cereals; and of these
wo can perhaps spare 200,000,000 bushels
of wheat, 300,000,000 bushels of corn,
100,000,000 bushels of oats and 10,000,000
bushels of rye, or a total of 610,000,000
bushcl3, for which wo may reasonably
expect to receive not less than $415,000,
000, counting that rye and wheat will
bring $1, corn GO cents and oats 23 cents.
Hut It would not surprise us if the
estimates of $1 per bushel for wheat
and rye should prove too low. The fact
that our wheat crop for the year is not
expected to exceed 500,000,000 bushels
requires account to be taken of another
fact; namely, that with prosperity tak
ing effect nmong our people the domes
tic demand for wheat, which In 1S91
was only 314 bushels per capita, I3 likely
to approach toward the high point
reached in 1S83, when we consumed Cli
bushels per capita. In other words,
Europe must compete with America In
bidding for American grain, and thus
the American farmer seems likely soon
to be In a position to dictate terms.
Should this prospect be realized, and
in the present condition of the world's
grain supply Its realization appears In
evitable, "dollar" wheat may expand
into "dollar-and-a-quarter" wheat If
not eventually into wheat held at an
even higher rate per bushel. The cer
tain thing is that the demand Is going
to be very much larger than the supply
land this will play directly and surely
into the pockets of American wheat
growers. It Is understood that the question of
the constitutionality of Pennsylvania's
alien tax law will bo carried to the
Federal Supreme court and advanced
to an early hearing. The final decision
will be awaited with real interest.
Jingoism.
Speaking at Toronto recently before
n. mixed audience of British, Canadians
and Americans, Professor James Bryce,
scholar, btatesman and philosopher,
whose study of "The American Com
monwealth" attests his broad under
standing of American ideas and ideals,
took up the subjeet of the mutual re
lationship of the three great branches
of the English-speaking race. What
he said and the way he said it both
deserve our notice. Wo quote the
pivotal thought:
"There are In all countries persons
whom we in England call by the name
of jingoes. There are jingoes In Eng
land, and there are jingoes in the
United States. "What is jingoism? It
Is a travesty of patriotism which has
gone on fermenting until it has bo
come sour. It bears the same relation
to true patriotism that vinegar does
to wine. These jingoes In all countries
are fond of making mischief. Some of
them do it in mere recklessness of
heart. Some of them, I am afraid,
do it from less creditable motives, in
the belief that they can make some
petty political capital out of It. But
beyond nil these noisy, querulous and
quarrelsome voices there stands In
Great Britain there stands, I am no
less sure, in the United States also
the great, solid, sensible mass of the
nation which desires peace and tran
quility, which desires to attend to its
business and desires not to have it
disturbed or shaken by rumors of wars;
the great mass, which desires to fear
God and honor tho sovereign, whether
tho sovereign be called a queen or
president. And I trust that in all three
countries this great, solid and weighty
mass of responsible national opinion
will prevent theso noisy voices from
ever provoking real danger between
these kindred peoples."
Theso words' embody an undoubted
truth and yet they need qualification.
Of "Jingoes" like these Professor Bryce
rteflnesthere are fewifanyintheUntted
States. The term Is not applied in this
country to Intentional mischief-makers
who push their own way and .try
to push their countrymen Into trouble
heedlessly and needlessly. In the
United States tho "Jingo," bespattered
by Mugwump abuse and fair target for
copperhead vemon, Is the citizen who
believes In standing up; who considers
servility .and ready acquiescence In
wrongthe expresslonofanlnferlorBense
of duty; and who has read history and
studied human nnturo to sufficient pur
pose to realize that vigorous assertion
of personal or national rights Is a surer
guarantee of peace than that efflmln
acy which Invites aggression and In
sult. Very apt in its Implied rebuke
is tho comment of the Toronto Globe
upon Professor Uryco's speech. The
Globe naturally speak? to and for Can
adians, but the sentiment wo are about
to quote from it can bo adopted by
Americans without change as nn ex
pression of their own idea of proper
national policy; "No harm nt all but
good will come from tho feeling that
we must be prepared If necessary to
stand alone. That is what nationality
means. Our neighbors may be friendly
in the main; wo have no business to
depend on anybody's friendship or on
anything else than our own energies
and our own resources. Tho rule ap
plies to nations as to men the gods
help those who help themselves. And
this independence conduces to the
friendship which Professor Bryce de
sires." There is no soured patriotism worth
speaking of In tho United States; but
there Is some patriotism In which the
ferment Is so weak that It produces
neither vinegar nor wine but a kind
ot slop fit only for the swill tub.
Itesolved, That the platform adopted
at the National convention of Democ
racy In 1S3S be endorsed fully and
without reserve." Plank Second In the
Platform of the Lackawanna Democ
racy, adopted Aug. 24, 1S97.
Public Life Too Expensive.
In his recent address before tho Ne
braska Republican convention Senator
Thurston made a personal announce
ment which is of interest beyond tho
circle to which It was directed. After
expressing gratitude for his election to
tho senate by the unanimous vote ot
tho Republican .members of the Ne
braska legislature, every one of whom
so voted voluntarily and without per
sonal solicitation on Mr. Thurston's
part, the senator added, with simple
candor;
After mature and careful considera
tion, nnd as tho result of deliberate Judg
ment, I hereby announce that I am not
nnd shall not bo a candldato for re-election.
I have no intention of ever becom
ing a candldato for nny other office. I
shall bo glad and content to live nmong
you a prlvato citizen and to onco moro
take- up my chosen life. In reaching this
conclusion and In making this announce
ment I havo been moved by no unworthy
or Improper motives. I nm entirely sat
isfied with tho Republicans of my stnto
nnd of tho nation. I nm ns strong nn
ndhercnt of Republican principles nnd
doctrines ns I have over been. I nm on
excellent terms with all my colleagues
in tho senate. My relntions with tho
present administration are most cordial
nnd pleasant. I have every reason to bo
hlphlv pleased with tho treatment which
the Republicans of my stnto havo re
ceived nt tho hands of our great pros
ident. I havo not tho least doubt thnt
tho Republican party will return to pow
er in Nebraska, and I should have no
apprehensions ns to your continued in
dorsement. I havo never sought to nvold
a public responsibility and shall not de
sert a public post of duty, but I know
full well that there nro many great Re
publicans in Nebraska who can servo
you acceptably In tho senate. For my
self I have a rlnht to consider mv own
comfort and welfare and thnt of thoso
who are near to me. I do not like pub
lic llfo nt the capital. I do love homo
llfo In Nebraska. I am comparatively
a poor man. As your senator I cannot
afford to maintain a houso In 'Washing
ton and nnother In Omaha. I cannot
consent to givo up my homo in Omaha
nnd establish my fixed resldenco In Wash
ington. I can adequately provide for my
family by tho practice of my profession.
I cannot do so by continuing In tho pub
lic service.
All who know John M. Thurston will
understand that theso words mean
nothing more or less than they say.
They are the words of a high-minded
and conscientious man, who ns a sena
tor of the United States deems it his
duty to give his whole time to the pub
lic service and is unwilling to use his
office as a leverage with which to In
crease the income of $3,000 a year which
he receives from tho government as
salary. The number of such men In
high position is smnll; not, indeed, be
cause honesty is rare or conscience In
public life an Impossibility, but simply
for the reason implied by Mr. Thurs
ton the pay given does not command
it. Men of independent means can
servo the country, nnd often do, un
selfishly and with a clear conscience.
In spite of the common impression to
the contrary we are inclined to believe
that a majority of our senators and
lepresentativcs, and perhaps a largo
mnjorlty, are in tho main honest nnd
conscientious men who, npart from the
little partisan tricks of the politician's
trado, are as patriotic and sincere In
their devotion to the public Interest at
any class of men to be found in the
country. But the fact that theso men,
in order to live in Washington in com
fort and support in respectable fashion
the dignity of their position, must have
financial means other than tho salary
received, Inevitably takes from their
public service some time and attention
required by private Interests and to
this extent lessens their public useful
ness. Where members do not possess
such legitimate private Incomes they
must either efface themselves socially,
debase themselves morally or retire as
Mr. Thurston proposes to do, There Is
no escape from one of theso fates.
The example set by Mr. Thurston Is
at once a rebuke to the public sentiment
which decries the presence of wealthy
men In public station without making
It possible for honest poor men to hold
office, and a warning to tho thousands
of younrr men just entering the legal
profession who entertain secret hopes
of preferment along political lines.
That Is a pitiable but instructive
story told by a certain office seeker
lately arrested at Washington on a
charge of embezzling $500. In his na
tive state ho was a tax collector and
a man well esteemed for honesty.
Having performed some service for tho
Republican rsirty, he last winter stnrt
c3 out to capture an appointment to a
federal cilice. After tho inauguration
there were .trips to Washington, x
penscs fcr indorsements and a 'ong
wait until pilvate funds and credit
were exhausted. The prize seemed
near; in a day or two it would be won,
and expecting by means thereof to
make good the shortage the young man
finally took money not his own and
the office went to another. Ot course
tho moral is but why point a moral
which human nature seems unablo to
heed?
Tho Philadelphia Press makes an
ado over the fact that on a sufficient
bond signed by State Chairman Blkln
and Secretary of the Commonwealth
Reedcr, State Treasurer Haywood ad
vanced $20,000 of state, funds to pay
salaries ot legislative employes, tho
bills for which were subsequently ve
toed. Well, If 'the bondsmen nro worth
$20,000 nnd It 1b not disputed that they
are where Is the loss?
There was one pnro graph In the re
cent address of President Woohvorth
of the American Bar association which
tit the time ot Its delivery escaped us,
Ppesklng of tho octivlty nnd growing
nunicrousnesr f socialists he said'
"Tho Ideal society which they portray
leaves the individual without motives,
Incentives, permissions nnd facilities
to exertion, men lapsed Into a state of
crushing equality, life a preary mo
notony, and tho state without functions
to restrain the evil or protect enter
prise, Industry and self-denial. It h
ft condition In which all rights nnd
duties are extinct all hopes, desires,
cravings, appetencies suppressed. 'He
made a desert and called it peace.'
Better than that nro wars and raplno
and crime, toll, starvation and agonies
of the worst days." In other word,
to make the best of that which Is, Is
better than to fly to evils we wot not
of. The Judgment seems rational.
The Philadelphia correspondent of
the New York Sun gives It as his guess
that P. A. B. Widener will be tho next
governor of Pennsylvania, What, with
Penrose In the senate?
THE KLONDIKE GOLD BUQ.
Kilitoriuls n ml News.
Notlco is hereby given that J. II. II.
Montgomery Budd Is no longer an em
ployo of tho "Hug." J, H. H. was en
gaged four v.ceks ogo to solicit sub
scriptions. He had no recommendation
except his numerous Initials and a per
suasive voice. The manner in which ho
touched us for a loan of ten led us to be
llevo that ho might become valuablo ns
nn outside representative. But ho has
proved a mistaken Ideal. We havo
learned that a greater portion of his time
has been spent playing draw poker down
nt Slatter's pavilion, nnd the ono sub
scriber that ho obtained has refused to
pay today, claiming that the paper was
never ordered. We glvo this explanation
In order that the parties who criticized us
for hastily throwing Budd down tho back
stairs may understand the true state of
affairs and know that our act was Justifi
able. Sam Miller was tendered a nccktlo par
ty on Tuesday night. Miller, who was
fond of putting on airs and signing his
namo "Mlllals," has been the object of
suspicion for some time, owing to tho ract
tho ho was absent from tho camp nearly
every tmo a valuablo horse was missed.
On Tuesday a party of prospectors met
Sam up near Bone Gulch leading a flno
horse which he offered for $30. While tho
mon were looking tho animal over Col
onel Abram Smith, the owner, who was
hot on the trail, overtook tho horse deal
er. Explanations -nero needless. As thero
were no trees handy near Bono Gulch
Inlet It was necessary to bring Sam down
to the outskirts of camp In order to find
a sapling strong enough to bear his
weight. Sam was gamo to tho last, ex
pressing regret only that ho had denied
himself luxuries in order to settle an
unpaid bar bill at Slatter's the day be
fore. We havo been asked to support tho
candidacy of Ike Robblns for camp treas
urer and keeper of the prospective town
seal and records. We cannot do it. There
nro reasons why the "Bug" must
riso above party affiliations and take an
lndepondcnt course. Ike served a term
In Taeoma Jail for snnrlng his neighbor's
chickens; he narrowly escaped lynching
in Texas for horse-stealing; no wan
tarred and feathered for immorality at
Portland; and his picture Is In the nu
tlonal rogues gallery labelled "No. 11121.
All round pickpocket." Personally wo
havo nothing against Mr. Robblns; ho
may bo a worthy citizen. But at tho
present time thero Is nothing In tho town
treasury for him to steal; and besides wo
expect to be a candldato for the ofllco
ourself, so our readers can seo why It
would b in bad tasto for the "Bug" to
boom the Interests of Ike Robblns.
Fatilfy Processes
of Sfafiife Making
Trom Governor Griggs" Address Before
the American liar Association.
No ngo of English or American history
has ever seen such activity and profu
sion In legal enactment as now prevail.
With the imperial parliament nt West
minister and the federal congress at
Washington In almost continual session,
there nro nearly thirty parliaments in
tho Biltlsh colonial system and legis
latures of forty-flvo American states
holding annual or biennial sessions, all
engaged In supplementing and amending
tho old laws and In devising and passing
new ones. Besides these, nro countless
cities, towns and boioughs, each with
a legislative board exercising tho power
of law-making upon many Important
matters of municipal llfo and govern
ment. Tho steps of tho citizen desiring
to walk uprightly are beset with laby
rinths of statutory enactments thnt aro
intricate and confusing and often so
conflicting that ho must stumble, turn
which way ho may.
o
Tho number of distinct legislative prop
ositions submitted In the form of bills
nt each session of our state legislatures
Is enormous and Is becoming larger every
ear. Tho statistics that follow show
tho c:ent of this tendency In the legls
latin es of Massachusetts, New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Illinois,
In tho prebent year. In Massachusetts
nVout 1,300 distinct propositions for leg
islation wero before tho legislature or
Its committees. Of these, C2S, nearly one
half, became laws. In New York tho
bills Introduced In tho two houses num
bered 4,533. of which about 1,300 wero
finally passed. Of theso 797 became laws,
tho remainder of tho 1,300 passed bills
failing to receive tho approval of tho
governor. In New Jersey C37 bills wero
Introduced, of which 297 passed both
houses, and 207 becamo laws, 90 falling
by reason of executive disapproval, a
very marked decrease In tho amount of
legislation as compared with some pre
vious yearn. In Pennsylvania 1,KG bills
wero Introduced; 4$3 were passed by both
houses, and about 41 becamo laws, tho
rest having been vetoed by the gover
nor. Illinois has a somewhat better rec
ord. Thero wero 1,174 bills Introduced,
and 193 passed, of which, however, only
three wero vetoed, so that tho addition
to tho statuto law of that state com
prises only 192 chapters. I havo 'no
means of supplying similar statistics for
other states, but think It safo to af
firm that tho same degree of productive
ness will bo found In nearly all of them.
These thousands of propositions to al
ter the law of the land cover almost
every conceivable object of gocrnment,
every department of public- and private
life; they extend to all kinds of busi
ness, to trade, commerce, to the domain
of morals ns well as to the fields of spec
ulation and political philosophy. Many
of them wero Intended to correct errors
in the legislation of the preceding years.
o
Excessive legislative activity Is a fea
ture of our times. It hns developed en
ormously within a. very few recent years.
A comparison of tho annual volumes of
statutes ot any particular state for tho
last twenty years will prove this. Some
thing of this increase Is attributable to
the great business development of tho
times, to the contributions of scientific)
discovery to tho machinery of life. The
common law afforded no principle which
by Judicial extension could be made to
regulate Justly the business of tel
egraphy. City charteis contained no pro
visions under which clcctrlo or cable
roads could bo operated through the
streets. To our ancestors came not even
a dream that ono day tho human voice
could bo hoard across thousands ot miles
of distance. They had laws to punish
witchcraft but nono to cover tho larceny
of telegraph messages by wire-tappers,
or the theft of light by illicit, connec
tion with nn electric circuit. As Inven
tion and discovery havo added now pro
cesses and devices to tho tool shop of
civilization, novel adjustments of tho
laws havo been required to regulate tho
business of the world to tho improved
conditions. Yet the masses of trivial
legislation, of statutes uncalled for by
nny public lnconvonlenco or necessity,
go on Increasing, confusing tho citizen,
embarrassing the lawyer nnd perplexing
the courts of Justice with contradictions.
Inconsistencies, dilemmas nnd floods of
verbal turgldlty. Lnws enacted ono year
nro repealed the next, to glvo placo to
some new conception. The spirit of con
servatism dies out In the fierco unrest of
this busy age.
o
Every other department of business, of
trado, of art, of commerce, has Its skilled
und experienced mon, Its engineers, Its
electricians, Its statisticians, Its archi
tects, Its designers. If a new railroad Is
to bo built, tho best route is carefully
chosen, surveys nro made, levels are
taken, the cost Is estimated, the probable
traffic computed, all by men trained In
such work. If an electric light plan
Is to bo Installed, tho services of an elec
trical engineer are called In, and tho
work Is planned and constructed undijr
his scientific nnd practical guidance. If
water-works are projected for a town,
tho hydraulic engineer first studies tho
wntor-shed that Is to furnish the supply,
measures tho How of tho streams, com
putes tho probable consumption of water
both for present uses and for long per
iods of future growth. He plans with
scientific precision, and , every step Is
taken by his advice and direction. So
nlso If a system of sewerage Is to be
constructed, the samo appropriate direc
tion and advice aro employed. If a public
library Is established, it Is chosen,
housed, shelved and distributed accord
ing to tho principles of library practice
established and approved by the wisest
experts In that department. Men of bus
iness enterprise hnve come universally
to recognlzo that every schemo of con
struction and development should bo un
dertaken only under the guidance and ad
vice of those whose business It Is to
furnish expert and professional assist
ance. In tho construction of laws only
Is thin skilled nsslstanco considered un
necessary. When It comes to tho act of
making law, all requirements of special
study, experience, training and legal In
sight, nro absent. Thero is no skilled
class of legislators, nor Is there any
school of legislation at which may be
learned the theory and practice of con
structing a statute.
o
There Is room for Improvement In the
quality of tho men selected as members
of tho state legislatures. Too much re
gard Is paid to political qualifications
nnd not enough to lcglslatlvo ability.
This Is not the fault of the citizens; very
often they get the best obtainable. Thero
Is a great failure on tho part ot men
who aro specially qualified by education
nnd attainments, to do their wholo duty
to tho state by serving In tho legislative
bodies of tho state and the city. I havo
observed that tho people prefer to chooso
high-class public agents when they can
get them. But the scholars and lawyers
best qualified to guide and restrain leg
islation very rarely nro willing to glvo
their tlmo to public servlco In tho leg
islature. On raro occasions they will
come forth nnd serve tho stato with
grent zenl and benefit; but usually they
confine their activity to criticising what
less competent men havo done. Wo
need a larger contribution of tho tlmo
nnd brains of our abler business men and
lawyers, both in stato legislatures and
In tho common councils of cities. Their
expert knowledge and conservative habits
will strike tho enacting clause out of
many a useless bill that otherwise wouid
drift through on tho tldo that is moro
easy to float with than to stem. We need
more legislators with moral and legal
back-bono to stand against all propo
sitions thnt lack posltivo utility.
TRUE EMPIRE BUILDING.
From Leslie's Weekly.
The history of civilization and the rec
ord of empire-making contain no such
amazing story of vast pnd swift develop,
ment as that which is briefly told by tho
foremost of British statisticians, Mr. Jlul
hall, of the growth of the "Pralrlo
States" of tbe Uidted States In the past
forty years. England added a greater
area and an enormously larger popula
tion to her empire when India was made
tributary to tho throne, but this was done
by conquest and successive subjugations
extending th:ough many years. Russia
Is slowly developing nn agricultural ter
ritory as largo as, or larger than, that
included in the pralrlo states, but the
condition of the majority of the czar's
subjects is not to be compared In any way
with that of tho vigorous, Intelligent,
and progresslvo citizenship that has
created within the forty years this splen
did agricultural emplro of tte west.
o
It is a marvelous story. Take ono group
of states pre-eminently agricultural
Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska and the
two Dakotas. Thoso who were school
children at tho time of the civil war can
remember how vaguely the geographies
described tho region Included In these
states, and how thoso from the east who
had Journeyed thither were thought to
have taken a wonderful trip Into a far
country. Tho white population In all that
country wa3 less than ten thousand when
Buchanan became president. Today that
population Is not far from six millions,
while tho wealth produced there Is in
even greater proportion than tho Increase
of population. Eight times as much grain
In somo parts a vastly greater Increase
than that and nearly four times greater
meat product have como from this re
gion, while land has been placed under
subjugation so that It yields richly of
tho fruits of the earth, greater In area
than tho aggregate superficies of tho
German empire. Holland, Belgium and
Denmark that It, all of Europe between
the Rhine and Russia, and north of the
Austrian empire.
o
It has been one of the greatest of peace
ful and happy conquests, ns It has been
tho swiftest. In all tho world's history.
It has added hundreds of millions to tho
permanent wealth ot tho United States,
and It Is now producing yearly products
of tho soil worth nearly two billion dol
lars. It is of the highest Importance, ns
assuring a contlnuanco of theso pro-pcr.
ous conditions, that the Intelligence of
tho peoplo Is In proper ratio with their
wealth-producing power. Tho illiterates
In these pralrlo Btates are fewer than In
the middle states, even less, proportion
ately, than In New England Itself.
WIIITCOMll IUIiFA'S FAVOUITE
ioi:iu.
He'd nothing but his violin,
I'd nothing but my song,
Rut we wero wed when skies were blue
And summer days were long;
And when we rested ty the hedge
The robins came and told
How they had dared to woo and win
When early spring was cold.
Wo sometimes supped on dewberries.
Or slept among the hay,
But oft tho farmers' wives at eve
Came out to hear us play.
The rare old tunes, the dear old tunes,
We couM not starvo for long,
While my man had his violin
And I my sweet old song.
The world has gone well with us,
Old man, since wo were ono;
Our homeless wanderings down tho lares,
It long ago was done.
But those who wait for gold or gear,
For houses and for klne,
Till youth's sweet spring grows brown
nnd sere,
Will never know the Joy of hearts
That met without a fear,
When you had but your violin,
And I my rong, my dear.
G0LDSM
' 'P n pn
Or eat
pedal Sale. '
We Ihave made another ptmrclhase of a
maim utf act Mirer's in tire stock of afooimt 400
Ladies9 Dress Skirts, coexisting of Heavy
Crasko Omick amid Plqmie, which we will put
00 sale this morinieg9 Atmgmist 8th9 at
59,
69
AH
FIMLEf
FOR
ispcctlin
an advance line of
PrJestJy's Plain and
Fancy Black
ress
Goods
for the Fail Trade.
Also an elegant line o5
IN
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ami
Which cannot be displi
cated.
510 AND 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
A iinaer Sets Eetter
When served in a fine Dinner Bet, and a
good dinner should be treated with enough
respect to be served In nothing else. You
should see our China and Table Ware of nil
kinds their beauty attracts universal ad
miration, AND THE PRICES AUK RIGHT.
These goods all came in before the advance
in the tariff.
TIE QUMQNS, IFEMEE,
WALLEY CO.,
422 Lacka. Ave.
Mow Opel
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EXCLUSIVE
NOVELTIES
($
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and 79
Worth $3.50, $1.75 and
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except a Jew Blue Serge Suits. It will pay
you to call and see them and
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BOYLE i
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416 LACKAWANNA AVENUE.
Lewis, Reilly
& DavieSo
ALWAYS 1JUSY.
t
AUGUST SALE
SUIiEE FOOTWEAR
COOL SHOES
FOR HOT FEET
LEWIS, EEIIXYAYIES
114 AND 110 WYOMING AV
Well! Well!
Just
Tfoflok of It!
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Kits OH JOURNALS, FULL DUCK
UINDING, fil'IUNQ BACK, GOOD
QUALITY PAPISM, pfjR 95
TtaeEn
TMok Again !
A LETTER PRESS, 000 PAGE LET
TER BOOK, BOWL AND BRUSH COil.
PLETE QNLY $5.00.
Reynolds Bros
Btationcm and Engravers.
Hotel Jerrnyn Bldg,
1UD Wyoming Ave., Bcrunton.l'a
fL3piM
EAZAA1
LC
$1.98.
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the Blue
MUGKL0W
o9
Headquarters for
SIEGLDY PLANES, BAI PLANES,
GAGE PLANES, CHAPLIN PLANES.
SARGENT WOOD PANES,
DISSTON SAWS, WITHERBY CHISELS
GOODDELL SPIRAL SCREWDRIVERS,
CHAMPION SCREW DRIVERS,
STAJtRETT'S MACHINIST TOOLS,
BRADE'S BRICKLAYERS TROWELS,
ROSE BRICKLAYERS TROWELS,
DISSTON PLASTERERS' TROWELS,
PLASTERERS DARBYS
PLASTERERS' HOCKS,
PLASTERERS FLOATS,
EVERYTHING IN MECHANICS' TOOLS
No extra Charge for special orders.
F0OTE & SHEAR CO.
We Give Exchange Stamps.
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
General Agent for the Wyomlnj
District for
Mining, Blasting, Sporting, Smokelesi
and the ltepnuno Chemical
Compauy's
HIGH EXPLOSIVES,
fcafety Fuse, Caps and Exploders.
Rooms 212, 213 and 211 Commonwealth
Building, Scranton.
AGENCIES;
THO3, FORD, Plttston
JOHN B. SMITH ASON, Plymouth
E. W. MULLIGAN, Wllkes-Barro
II PLEASANT
COAL
AT RETAIL.
Coal of the best quality for domestle use
and of all sizes, including Buckwheat and
Blrdseye, delivered in any part of the city;
at the lowest price
Orders received ot tho 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.
WE LSI
DUP0Hr8
POWDER.