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THE SORANTON TJlIBiXN-E-SATURDAY MORNIiYS, SEPTEMBER 25, 1897,
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SCR ANTON, SKPTICM15EU 23, 1S07.
THE RI'l'UBLICAN TICKGT.
State.
Stale Tresimtir-J. S. BEACOM, of
Westme reined.
Auditor Generul-LEVI O. M'CAULJi,
of Chester. '
. -County.
shwift-cLAntiNCB ' i :. I'm: cm, of
Bcranton.
District Atlonfly-JOJUN R. JONES, of
niakoly. ' .'
l'rothonoinry-JOH.V COPELAND, of
Carbondale.
Treasurer-V. 'S. LANGSTAFF, of Si'ran-to-i.
ricik of the Courts THOMAS P. DAN
IELS, or Scrahto'ri.
Recejrdev-rillXKLEiJ HUESTRR, of
Sfroiit'in l
llcflfster WILLIAM K. BECK, of M03-
Jury V!'mnll'",!ontr CHARLES AIO
OlFlS. of RcJBiilcn.
Etfctldn day, Nov ombor 2.
If L'tWlerit Mr-KInloy vlslfi all tho
'ej- JKiigtainl falls Hint have ndver-t.-edWlre'dhaulute
ccitrtljity of bin
lneiice bo will have mental ilyepcsin.
as UUfcfivsutt; of 'gasln'g "at bo ninny
nrlzu'plgs arid-pumpkins.
A Problem in Crime.
People whb'-lmo lead S. It. Crockett's-
.'.'-Gtaylair-wlll probably not
tooi'i frifpfel tho Impression made upon
them by th.e sea cave incident, where
Hawney "Dean and his horrid Inooil
hold diabolical carnival at nlnbt as
tnry roast certain strange cuts f
meat. From the cavern celling hangs
narrow smoked stilps of licit, tho
fight of which is so ominous that a
shudder of horror seizes tho hero who
leallses that he is In tho vile den of a
cannibal and that preparations for Ills
ivn frightful end are I elmr made.
A scene which for details in actual
f?ore, human butchery and cupidity
far surpasses anything to bo lead in
the "Gray Man"t it to be found quite
near at home and not among tho chron
icle of long past cv cnts. In fact It
m'ght wMl bo the subject of a Zola
a.uvel, ns It Is beyond the range of the
icallsttc treatment which adds n tin 111
to chapters in the "Master of Uallen
trae," in the Wevmnn mnptei pieces.
Btephon Crane's very "bliiRRy ' bittles,
Jr the moat incident In tho "Ftisoner
of Zonda."
Reference is made to lecontlv discov
ered revelations in the annals of tho
Khufllebpck family near Galena, Kau
nas. For many years this terrible)
. courge has eat HUe a vampire at the
laoutlt of abrndoned mine shafts at
v hat is known as Picker's Point. Nan
cy Shuflleback Is a wiry woman of 03
and Ib the Inspiration cf tho gang co'n
p sed of her terrible sans, daughters
and a number of tho most depraved
women to be found In the country. She
ard her brood when driven out of Iowa,
located at Ticker's Point. It Is esti
mated that the unused shafts In their
lcinlty aie tho graves of a half bun
dled victims; miners, peddlers, chance
visitors, any one known or suspected
to have money. The police have been
afraid to molest the den of muuliers
and as the men who have dlsappeaicd
after going to Pickers' Point were
generally foreigners or unknown visi
tors, no real attempt has been made
to destroy the nest of crime, and
"Mother Naneo and her hell biood"
as thoy wore called, have grown bolder
every year. The bhatts, half filled
with water, mado convenient hiding
Places for dead men and thus the
filghtful work has gone on.
Finally in Juno a miner was killed
hnd lobbed of his pay and his body
Hung Into a shaft. Some weeks later a
stranger passing saw the floating ob
ject, tho nuthoiitlejn were Informed
.end a determination wn.3 made to
surround the gang. Several officers of
nervo mado the arrest and seemed tho
rewaid offered by tho government.
After two of the Shuflleback sons were
convicted of murder In the first de
gree "Mother Nnnco" being convicted
In tho second degiee, the other women
weakened mid made confessions of
what they know that pioves tho kill
ing of at least sis persons in tho
range of their memory. From these
feix. less than ono hundred dollnia waa
sucured. Tho details of tho cold-blood-d
crimes committed by tho gang aio
Qometlvlng Indescribable
In these days of stil'ies, riots, lynch
ings and mob law wo hear a great deal
about tho vlclousnos,s of foreigners
who come from certain parts of tho
old world and of their utter regardless
e8 of life. We know that chri&ten
iQgs, weCdlngs nml funeials among
tjvwo people, not to mention oidlnnry
lellsjoua KAtueiings and Sunday visits,
& frequently the occasions of mur
018, frtiAfo details are sickening, but
i't us grlve them tho nedlt. If ciedit
It be, that as a ude their crimes ara
fv?ly affairs, or at least do not e::
l.'Ad n trAll.of blood beyond those of
thplr- own race In tho immediate vl
clnKy, .Th Shufflobarlu; are Americans as
fariMU&ng recotds naeni to go. "Moth
sr Uance." although ald tu Inherit a
diuln of Indian blood from some ic
wtte ancestor, to lwrn in Alleghcry
OMinty, N, Y. She was l oared in tho
pYtlt church and even now in Jail
lUvlitrH her time between nnpmuntly
smolfSre deyotiosm to IleaMm, and pray,
erji 'to the' warden for "tins" on which
to cut! her gi laisled locks. Slu Is proh.
M? on of the worst women tbo woild
udu produoe. The crimes of heisf
nnH ehlldieii havo readied out ocyoMd
the o.sibllltleu of Imagination. Their
hU are rtd wjth the blood of b-.th
iriifcaf jHd guilty vlntlma in cvtry
vwUrSi-llf. 'it the aithorltleB of vai
l"U hta-Us have been powviIomh tor
jarr to ts$tesK this shameful tif
grexation of native tluigj and aaaas
Fine such a the Uomiers und the
PllUflkbatks. how can this oounfy ox
j tiiat efltttrol the foreign clement with
ICs U"lalneit passions, its uncoitiiiie-
lit tided vIjkiI and ptf 'ably unroccn
nizud li ltcs I
Attoiney-Oenoial McKenna wns
meditating on ills prospective agricul
tural tour In New England when ho
thought out the now famous opinion
legnrdlng Section 22. Ho know he
wouldn't hnvo a good time down East
It ho should decldp In favor of dis
crimination In tho case of Canada.
The Demagogue.
Under this head the llaaleton Son
tliaU In quoting from a recent cdltor'nl
comment In tho Trlbuno relating to tho
demagdgudry of John M. Carman In
his piotest against a healing In the
llazleton "case befoio Judges Lynch
and Ucnnett, says:
Our contemporary ndvanccs a word of
caution Hint may well bo hecdnd. The
prcsi-nt period offers an opportunity for
the demagogue ejiceinlonal In nluo for
the promotion of his lie signs. Tills does
not apply to John M. Oarnun with as
much force-as to .th newspapeiH that
aro now subordinating law, order and
Himplo Justlco to votes, and this at a
tlmi when tho prudent men and women
are eNcrllng eeiy eftoit to restore to the
community, to the cntlro country tho
peace and ttaiiqulllty ro essential to our
Industrial welfnrc, and for tho leturn of
prosperity now so urgently needed. Is
It not n snd commentary upon the In
tclllKeiito of the man who will so far
forget himself at this time as to sneer
at the law, the bulwark of our sifety,
In older that otes m ly be mnde for n
favoilto candidate? An e.'.hlbltlon of this
kind Is glvtii by tho Dunocratle pnpois
at present In their real to ndvaneo tho
e hances of the puty ticket by damning
Jllstilct Attorney I'ell, and holding the
duty of the hour up to ridicule. Mr.
I'ell has a duty to perform, and he can
not be swerved from the course which
duty dictates, and which ho has sol
emnly sworn to pursue regardless of tho
ciinscr.uuncps to himself.
The torch and the firebrand advocate
can do no woro In their Incendiary
speeches or indirection, than tho dem
agogue who hnelghs against the crea
ture of the law at a time like the prs
ent, for the purposo of developing cer
tain political sentiment. In the position
taken, Mr Fell has shown strimlna and
integrity that command tho respect and
endommont of all thoughtful men When
we conIder that ho himself, a candidate
for re-election, declines to pander to
sentiment In conducting the hearing In
stituted against tho deputies. It shows
him to bo more than a man of Integrity,
diows him to be ono possessing an ln
demltablo will and the courago to bo
guided by his conlctlon"s.
Ticison like wildllie spreads rapidly
once tlio conditions for It aie seemed.
Luzciue countv Is the present abiding
place of treasonable conditions The
dcmigoguc must bo expected, but tho
artful cxhorter who, actuated by the
simple desire to defeat u candidate will
run the lisle ot stirring up anarchy, is
the worst kind of traitor. He is tho
most dangeious and Is n good man to
shun.
Flee speech and a free pres nro tho
magnifieant :nlvllrsc3 or American lib
city. Ut-lng our pieiogatUcs as Ameri
cana wo will hesitate about exercising
such privileges to the detriment of our
law, and when this Is peislsted In, the
claim of being an Amcilean Is forfeited.
m
Ail members of tho Houses of Co.t-,Mef-s
thus far heard from except .1 few
fieun down East were; awake und neard
Section 22 of tho DIngley hill go into
place with a lesoundlng thump and
claim thcro was nothing soft nor slip.
! cry about it.
Not Altogether Bluff.
The nlsuidlty of the pioposltlon
made by tho Fan!; of England seems
moie apparent as tlmo aeHances nnd
yet the Chancellor of the Urltlsh Ex
chequer seems to take himself ser
iously. It has been fcald that the pro
cess of a pui chase of seven million
pounds sterling of silver would make
but n temporal y Use In tho silver mar
ket and when tho pui chase was once
completed the bulllem would simply
Ho undisturbed in tho vaults of tha
bank, useless to anv one, and only a
souice of depression as such a quan
tity of silver always Is, because of the
knowledge that some dny It will be for
sale. Yet If the fact3 nre closely ex
amined it will be soon that England has
sufficient reason to lncreace the value
of silver. In India the distress and
linaneial depression aro attilbuted to
tho cessation of silver coinage while
Mexican secutlties, largely held by
Great Eritaln, affoid an Important
renron why she should desho a higher
value for the metal. That only the
United States and France seem to be
taken into consideration in the pro
peed plan doe3 not destroy Its bignlfl
cance. Tho English propensity for Jok
ing Is not to extreme ns to warrant
conrideiing this proposition from tho
governor of the bank, tenon ned for
its stability and Integrity, as a meio
game of bluff.
i Just wny It makes such a dlfferencr
o the woild at largo whether Itev. n.
Fay Mills has or has not changed his
IewB with regard to tho orthodox idn
of the abode of tho lost, is difficult, to
determine.
Wasted Warnings.
Lebanon and vicinity must bo .suf
fetlng from n visitation of "mashcis."
Tho Lebanon News and other esteemed
prtpei.s In that region arc devoting con
sider nblc space to grave nnd impres
f,Ivo warnings to joung glils regarding
the vny they should conduct them
selves In going to and from school.
Suggestions that they should icfraln
fiom si caking to strangers and should
icmen.ber how Important It Is to bo
disci eet, and other nuggets of good
ndvleo are fteely ottered with nn earn
estness that Is really pathetic. Dear
New.s, don't you know that neither
school clrls nor their mammas read
editorials? Don't you know yet that
about the only people who do read edl
toilals nro tho edltoi3, and the only
reason they do so Is to see whether
other editors have mentioned their
paper and quoted somo of their bril
liant thoughts? If you ically want the
women to take your advice, tack it
fast to tho latest bargain sale adver
tisement or obituary notice.
Ca.' m? be nuisances but they are
not s.tch oxtremo ones ns wero the mice
whlcn caused a $40,000 fire in Phila
delphia by nibbling at matches, whllo
as for traps ono nice purring pussy
Is worth moro than the most elaborate
trap ever Invented.
According to accounts, tho pumpkin
pla season has opened up in New York
in un encouraging manner. The town
Is llecked with pie foundries, great and
small. Tho largest of tho lot is down
town. Tho founder of this pie plant
figures out that C02.000 pumpkin plea
a week aro consumod in Nevy York,
half that number being devoured in
tlioliteat plu'belt, which Is In the buaT-
ncBS quarter, sav between "Wall nnd
Twenty-third Btreets. All sorts of pies
nro popular with the high and the low
hustlers, but Just now, it Is said, tho
golden pumpkin hns the call over the
berry and apple disturbers of diges
tion. ,
Oniisiial Activity
of Importers
From tho Itochcster Post Express.
The DIngley bill was repoitcd to tho
liouso of representatives in March. Im
porters knew then pretty nearly what
the new rates of duty would be. From
tjint tlmo until tho bill became a law
an enormous nmount of merchandise was
Imporfcel far moro than wns lequlrcel to
supply tho ronsumptUo demand. Tho re
sults of this policy were Important and
far-renchhig. American maikcts were
oer-stockeel; Imports of liierchnndlbo
after tho bill becamo a law were small:
consequently tho amount of duties ic
eclsed by tho government wns small;
and so a dcllclency In tho Federal rev
enue Is lcported. This hns caused many
thoughtless pcnplo to condemn tho Ding
Icy 1 iw as Inadequate to tho national le
qulrements. It took live months for tho Republi
cans to put the new tariff net Into tho
statute books. This was much shorter
tlmo than was consumed by tho paity
when It enacted tho McKlnlcy tariff,
nnd It was less than half the tlmo con
sumed by tho Democrats In enacting the
Wilson net. Hut tho Importers neglect
i'il no opportunity to get foreign goods
Into tho country. They had the months,
ard th"V worked with cxtmordlnary en
ergy. How well they succeeded may bo
seen fiom the following tablo showing
Imports of merchandise, compiled by tho
Post Express from tho leports of the
Federal statistician:
Months. 1S05. 1S97.
Match S5G.4Vi.6fi3 $'0231,411
April 5S.fi49.5T9 101, 322,1015
May C7.2IM S31) 7t,33S,531
Juno M,1K1,740 A,10n,81l
July r2.10S,r.j2 53,730,407
Totals $201,C3,',3 JK.D'Crai
These figures show that whllo congress
wns passing tho tariff bill, tho Import
ers, taking ndv.intago of tho proposed
higher duty In mnnv cases, brought Into
tho country $K3 000,000 moro goods In
nlue than In tho coriefcpondlng five
months ot last jear.
o
Now let us turn to tho customs re
ceipts nnd compare the live months of
this oar when tho tariff bill was under
discussion with the same five months of
last ear:
Months. 1S91. IW,
Maich 513.3II.21C $ 22 !33.K'(!
April ll,M.-.,73l 2I43IS3.
May 10,!iri,711 ICSJOl-'
Juno 11 331, SOI 21.5C0.152
July 12,157,331 1G,0J,S02
Totals $5j'1S,70 $102700,174
These figures show that the payments
bv Importers neatly doubled. The altto
of tho merchandise Imported pending tho
enactment of tho new tnrirf Increased
$103,334 220; and the duties paid Increased
$13 0S1, 293.
Under such circumstances Is It strange
that Imports hae elect eased since the
passage of the act; or stiunge that tho
rconucs of tho government have been
Insullleient? And is It not fair to as
sume that when the surplus supplies of
meichandlso are cxhnusted nnd new ship
ments to our markets are made, the cus
toms iccelpts will lneicaso and tho gov
ernment revenue v ill be ample? Cer
tainly thcro Is no reason for criticising
the DIngley net as a tariff for a dcllc
lency. It will work all right when It
has a fair chance.
SKCUUITY AND CHANCE.
Trom the Chicago Record.
Tho Instinct to lay by stores for "a
rainy daj" Is the Instinct of self-preservation
and of civilization. It has led to
tho development of life-insurance com
panies nnel hanks nnd salngs Institutions
of all sorts. It leads tho well-to-do to
forego high late a of Interest In older
that the income from their wealth may
bo ns certain and secure as possible. It
Is this same Instinct that lends careful
persons of llmlteel means to turn to tho
government ns the onlv absolutely safo
custodian for their small saIngs. In es
tablishing postal snUngs banks a na
tion cnrtles Its people forward a step
In civilization inasmuch ns It Is giving
to them an additional security against
misfortune-. A pel son who put3 his sav
ings Into the postofllee bank will know
that when hntdshlp and want ovettako
him, whether bec.iuso of mlsfortuno or
declining jenrs, his money will bo forth
coming. Tho fact that there Is such a
safo place of deposit provided will In
dueo manv to make provision ngnlnst
futuro want who otherwise wcjld per
mit themselves to become charges upon
society when misfortune overtakes them
or when old ago finds them unprepared
to earn a support by their labor. To the
persons for whom tho postal savings
bank Is Intended the rate of Interest paid
on deposits Is of minor Importance. What
such persons wnnt abovo everything else
Is absolute security against loss. They
want to eliminate fiom Hfo the danget
that In their declining years they may
llr.d theme Ives without the means of sus
taining existence. Congtess should es
tablish a svstem of postal savings banks
for the people of tho United States with
out further unnecessary delay.
hi: plas a lone hand.
rrom tho Syracuse Courier.
King Menelek of Abjsslnla is becoming
an Important personage hi European af
fairs Hu is bound to keep himself In the
public ejo and Is up to d ito In his meth
ods of doing It. He would have tho
world bellee that ho knows something
about tho amenities of Ufe. Ho shows ft
most magnanimous spirit toward Great
lirltnln In concluding with thnt govern
ment a tieaty by which tho Anglo-Egyptian
expedition will bo allowed to nel
nnce to Khartoum. He reserves to
himself tho right of kingship beyond tint
point, and It the Hrlttsh aro wise they
will not ntlempt io play any tricks on
tho dusky warrior, who hns thus fur
been a plague to them. Another evldenco
of Mcnclek's progress toward civiliza
tion and of his deslro to poso as a cul
tured African potentate, is his action In
conferring upon 1'rlnco Bismarck tho
grand cross of tho Stnr of Ethiopia, a
distinction v hlch ho believes Is equal to
any honor that European sovereigns can
bestow upon their subjects, it can't bo
possible that Trlnco Henri d'Orlenns,
whllo hobnobbing with him, put a Ilea In
his car nnel thus caused him to overlook
mote exalted personages when dlsti Unit
ing his stnts and crosses. Tho Italians
won't bo pleased at this exhibition of
what will appear to them to bo hnd tnsto
In discrimination nnd tho young war lord
Is apt to kick up a fuss about It.
Slenclek Is a wily boy and Is already
well up In tho arts of diplomacy.
DE1IS SHOULD CHEEK UP.
From tho Provldeneo Jburnnl.
Nothing so well Illustrates tho hopo
lcssncsH of a certain kind of social propa
ganda In this land nu tho fact thnt Debs
hns repudiated Anarch). Let this appar
ently discouraged man ptudy tho career
or Mr. T. V. Powdcrly nnd ho may yot
obtain a good living at a fat salary fiom
tho government which once put him In
prison.
THE WHEEL OP I'OUTUNE.
From tho Buffalo News.
If nil repot ts of tho earnings for tho
season of tho great bicycle rldcis bo
truo tho wheel Is a genuine wheel of
fortune. From tho Boston Globo wo
learn that Linton on tho Continent has
snved $23,000 within the past two years;
whllo Jacquelln, tho French rider, has
reached un estato v. hero he Is said to
feel Insulted at an offer less than $300 to
nppenr In a race." Of tho leading Eng
lish riders Stocks has made ?10,0X, Rctts
$5,000, Dnrdcn, $1,000, Chlnn, $3,600, and
Gdscoyne, $3,000: whllo coming nearer
homo the earnings of such clacks as
Hald, Michel, Cooper, Gardner, Klscr and
Loughend aro said to range onywhero
from about $3,000 up to perhaps $13,000.
Tlmo was when pugilists und baso ball
plnjers hnd a monopoly on big "pots"
that Is outside of n few profession-!!
und business men. Now, however, bi
cyclists are cnslly within the Inner cir
cle, Tho question Is will tho tlmo ever
come when tho clergymen or tho doctor
or tho lnuer or tho newspaper man can
hope to make his money so easily?
EPIDEMIC OF HVPNOTIS.il.
Prom tho Uultnlo Express:
A curloit3 epidemic of hypnotism that
bids fnlr to result In a good deal of tiou
bio beforo It Is wiped out hns developed
among tho boys of Peeksklll. Last win
ter two professional hjpnotlsts appeared
nt the theatre nnd since then several boys
not jet of ago havo been practicing tho
art, with moio or less success, on simitar
bos. It Is said that alrcudy several seil
ous consequences have been felt. Most of
tho victims nro between 10 and 15 jeats
old, and sonic of them have been prac
ticed upon so frequently that they follow
their masters aioirnd, begging to be
placed under tho spell. In one Instance,
a boy named Hayes, who Is spoken of as
an excellent subject, Is seldom cntllely
out of the power of the spel'-wotkcrs.
One day Inst week he renched home with
his mouth bleeding, nnd an examination
showed thnt one of his teeth wns miss
ing. Further Investigation showed that
ho had been taken to n lo:al dentist, nnd,
whllo under tho Inuenee of one ot tho
bojs, asked tho doctor to extract a cer
tain teoth. Ho did not leel the tooth
being tnken out, nnd did not know any
thing abjut It until he hnd been awak
ened nnd told w hat hnd occiirrfel, To be
gin with, it would bo n good plnn for the
pecp'j? of Peeksklll to look after a den
tist who would extract a tooth under
thC5o cltcumstnnces. Dralle punishment
should then be administered to the young
hpnotlsts nnd, above all, no more pro
fessional nciformots of this kind should
bo allowed to nppear In the town. In
larger communities tho silly operations
of so-called h.v puotlsts nro taken nt their
proper value. In smaller pliees the var
iety of amusement Is not sulltelent to dis
tinct attention, especially from thoso
fotms which apparently border on the oc
cult, nnd, thDrefere, ns In the ptescnt ln
stnrcc, the effects arc likely to be perni
cious. GKAPI.S AND APPENDICITIS.
Prom Pittsburg Comnurclal-Gnzctto.
Complaint Is made hero and there!
thioughout the countrv that the demand
for srapes is pe ircpti!d diminishing, nnd
this falling off In their use is ci edited
largely to the nmount of stulf wntten
and published within the past few eirs
about grar-cs ns n producer of tho allllc
tion called arpcnellcltis. Urn pes ate no
more harmful to people now than they
were before pecplo knew how either to
spell or pronounco this nppendlcltis. On
tho contrary, they are Just ns healthful
as they ever were and they alwajs were
healthful Peoplo can mike gluttons of
themselves In eating grapes, but they can
do tho s.imo with nil other fruits, foid
and drink. Fudoubtcdl) many peoplo
have been led to believe that tho eating of
grapes ami ben les generally has become
n.oto dangorous of lite eais than It was
formerly. A very appropilato comment
wn3 male a few years age) on this ..ab
ject bj a sarcastic phllosophet, who ha 1
grown wear ol tho beed and appendici
tis talk. In substance, he M- 'How
fciit'tnate It 's that people havo now
leorned how dargerous these seeels uie.
ilut what a pit it is thit the poor little
birds have no new scientific information
on this subject and go on taking these
seeds Into their Internal sj.tcm Just tho
tamo as ever!" That philosopher proper
ly s.cd up the situation. Theie ta no
Impending danger for people cither in eat
ing or elt inking if they but seek to bo as
sens'blc ns tho bltel3, which dei not tremble
themselves about npponeilcitK bacteria,
microbes, etc., but eat a Eatlsfjliig quan
tity of this tling and that nnd go along
about their business. Eat grapes if jou
like them, but don't attempt to cat .ill the
markets afforel.
PHILADELPHIA IMPROVING.
Prom tho Philadelphia Times.
It Is already noticeable that thero Is
going to be something cf ,i cinnge In tho
tellgoi's apathy that lues prevailed In Plill
adeii aia, nnd Indeed almo3t all over the
country, for a year or two past. Here,
ns any ono cnaj See, churches havo been
deserted, ard In many entailers of the
clt are plncnrded ill over. 'This prop
el ty for snle," etc., while In man in
stances even the largest churches, Irre
spcctlvo of the bort of worship, mo meet
ly attended by women. The attendance of
men at church has been steadily falling
off. It is Fald that dull business seasons
give men rporo lime to think of religion,
but -whether this be the reason or not, it
is very ev.Jent th,at business men, and, In
fact, men In almost every walk of life,
seem to bo showing an Interest In rc
liqlous m itters that was nett observable
before. This Is uereeptlblo In laigcr at
tendance at church services and of an in
creased desire to support and encourage
all kinds of religious and philanthropic
Work. Many think tho eia of religious
apathy Is over.
FALLACIOUS HOPES.
Trom tho Philadelphia Record:
The nopes founded by tho blmetalllsts
upon the ie ported intention ot tho Rank
Tf Eiibiuid to hold one-fifth of lib reset vo
In sllvet havo piovcd of short duration.
The conditions with which this proposeel
action wns coupled namely, that Pianco
should open hei mints to tho free colrage
of sllvei, ami that the price of silver
should bo satisfactory indicate that tho
bank was Httlo In catr.cst In the business.
Prance has not the slightest Iutentie n of
opening hci mints to the fiee colnago of
silver at llftccn and one-halt to ono or
any liko rntio, least of all for so ptecail
ous an advantaRO ns might bo found In
tho sugM-stc-d action of the Rank eit Eng
land. Rut If tho governor and dltcetor.s
ot tho Rink of England should bcilously
undcttnko tho experiment of holding one
llfth of its iceUmptlon fund In bllver they
would scon bo tut tied from any such pui
poo by tho Rrltlsh world of llnuuco and
trade.
THE .S.'IOKINU CHIMNEY TOP.
Morn after morn tho artisan
Has watched with longing eje
To see the grimy smoko In w rcaths
Svvlrl up Into the sky;
He listened for the whistle shrill
Its echoes eamo not back
And co'.d and black and desolnto
Still stood tho chimney stack.
Ho heaved a sigh for davs gone by
When cntly tlsing day
Tountl him faco to fact'ry turned,
Light hearted on the way.
And now stialcht on boforo his eyes,
Whllo on his Journey bent,
Behold tho Fmoke-crovvned chimney stack
Industry's monument.
Tho shouts of men give him good chesr
When ho has reached his goal:
Tho hissing steam, tho fact-ry roar
Aro music to his soul.
The grimy Titans of tho shop
Wa'fs of te wizard's brain
With deft and skillful hand ho leads
Submissive In his train;
Or with uplifted arms ho rains,
Such sturdy, ringing bletws
As fashion fortius of usefulness,
And thrift and wealth bestows,
He laughs an 1 sings from morn till night
Llko th miller of tho Dee:
His fireside Is his sweet delight;
Rich In content Is ho, t
Ho hears again tho tuneful ring
Tht molds the hammered steel.
Ho hears again the whirring din
Of swiftly turning wheel;
Thera aro tho bustling ranks of mon
Our nation's stalwart prop: .
Tho llres are lit and there, above,
Is tho smoking chimney top,
Joslah Harwell, In American Economist.
GttSMIIffS
Frosty
laaikets
Prices we quote are the result of great buying before ad
vance in values:
Saratoga White 10-4 Blankets, 37 cents the pa3r
Ontario Grey 10-4 Blankets, 49 cents the pair '
The Hummer Mottled 10-4 Blankets, 75 cents the pair
Welsh Grey and White 1 1-4 Blankets, 98 cents the pair
Conqueror Hall Wool 10-4 Blankets, $1.25 the pair
Western Brown Grey All Wool Blankets, $1.98 the pair
Sanitary Fine Wool 10-4 Blankets, $2.98 the pair
Nauvlllus 1 1-4 White All Wool Blankets, $2.98 the pair
And all of the Fine Ohio Fleece and California Blankets at $4,98 and
upwards
Comforts at all prices from 65 cents to $2,98
Opening of New Dress Trimmings.
invited.
fT T7 V it TT
TT-i
ILJILJ
Has always' been pro
verbial, and our coinstant
y growing trade on lower
and medium priced goods
only tends to show that
we are also to the front
on thir- line of goods, as
well
To demonstrate this
fact more fully than ever,
we have placed on sale "for
the next TEN DAYS,
Three Great Specialties,
that are well worth the
attention and scrutiny of
the closest buyers--as we
guarantee them the best
values in NEW GOODS
offered this season
1, is a line of Mixed Chev
iots, strictly wool and
an Al cloth for general
weai'. This week, $1.98
a Dress Pattern
2, choice line of Jacquard
and Camel's Hair
effects. An imported
cloth and shown only in
the newest color-combinations.
This week,
$3,35 a Dress Pattern
3, a line of high class
"Crepon" effect, "Nov
elty" Suitings, also in
the latest Color-Combinations,
Looks equal to
goods at more than
double the price. This
week, $4.85 a Dress
Pattern
510 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
SPECIAL SALE
Ota fiier Sett
TO CLOSE OUT OUD PATTERNS.
One H2-pIeco Royal Blue English
PorcvUiln, wot th $10 00; sale price. ..$13 00
One 112-pleco Brown Plinted under
glase. wotth $1200; sale pilco U 00
Ono W-pleco Ame-rlcnn China Brown,
Border Pattern, full gold lined and
gold Illumination, woith t:iW; salo
pilco WW
Seven 115-pleci Brown nnd R'.uo Eng
lish Prints, clean, nlco Whito Gran
ite, worth $1.'.00; sale price I) 00
Ono 113-pleco Gold Band set, worth
$20.00; solo price 17 00
Six 1(0 ami HJ-pleco Pretty Hand
palntod lllod In Patterns (link)
English Porcelain, worth $1100 and
$13 00; sale prlco J'JOOnnel 10 f0
DO NOT 'MIS3 tho opportunity If you
need a dinner eet.
TIE CLEMONS, FEMEE,
ALLEY C
422 Lacka. Ave.
Try o na
H N
Y
JLL 21 A.
Dress
Goods
lao lo-
N
mht
Are a Great Reiiiato of
- and - Comfort
Before Buy
Amdl Wieteir
See our line now arriving, it sur
passes all-past efforts and represents
novelties that are absolutely exclu
sive, as well as all the staples made
by the best tailors in the clothing
world. Everybody buys at the same
price.
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ft
BOf IE i I
fiff
416 LACKAWANNA AVENUE,
Lewis, Reilly
DavIeSo
ALWAYS BUSY.
FOR THE LADIES.
Hurt's i Shoes, of Now York; Laird, Bchober
A. Co. hhocs, of Philadelphia havo moro
ft lends than any other bhoes made. Wo sell
them nnel warrant them In ovcrj way.
Wholesalo nnel Retail bhoes and Rubbers.
LEWIS,ffiLLYAVIES
11 1 AND 110 WYOMING AVE.
Office Duties
Aro nccclcrntcd nnd tlmo Is saved by having
the proper htutloncrj, lllnnk Hooks, Letter
PIIch, Pens, Ink, Paper, that uro used so e-on.
stantly by lurco business bouses and olllccs.
We hnvo a Nplcndld assortment of ull kinds
of oilleouiul mercantile statloncrj- and ovo.
rj thing needed for all business and p ofes
sloiml men. Wo also carry l'j pun rltcra' hup.
pi I o.s und Draughting MntcttnU. Wo aro
agents for tlrj celebrated Edison's Mlineo
gtupbutuUuppIles. Reynolds Bros
Stationers and Engraven.
Motel Jermyn Bldg,
l'JO Wjonilns Ave, Strunton, Pa.
BAZAAR.
' -
Your inspection is
leg1 Pall
ClotMmi'
en
Vi
Some'
New
o o o o o
ilbL Oil Heaters.
Blue and White Flame
One, Two or Three Burner.
So constt uctcel that each burner or tube
can bo run separntely, thus regulating tho
tempeinturo of room us desired.
A POWERFUL HEATER
Just tho thlntr ou wnnt while the
weather Is so eUauReablo. You can avoid ,
lighting jour furnuco or steam heater by!
having one.
See Our Window Display.!
Wo give oxchango stamps.
FOOTE k SEE At 0D.J
110 Washington Avenue.
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
General Agent for tho Wyomlnj
District far
Mining, Blasting, Sporting, BmokelcJl
and the llcpauno Chemical
Companj-'s
IM EXPLOSIVES,
fcnfoty Fuse, Caps nnd Exploder.
Rooms 'Jl'J, 213 and ml Commonwealth)
Building, bcrnntou.
AGF.NCIE
THO, FORI), Pittston
JOHN 11. SMITH &SON, Plymouth
E. W. MULUIGAN, Wllkes-Barra
II PLEASANT
COAL
AT RETAIL.
Coal of the best quality for domestlo uss
and ot all sizes, Including Buckwheat and
Blrdseyo, delivered In any part of the city,
at tho lowest rlce
Orders received nt the Office, first floor.
Commonwealth building, room No 6;
telcphono No. 2624 or at the mine, tele
phone No. 272, will be promptly attended
to. Dealtis bupplled ut the mine.
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01
Dupoirs
roirei.