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THE SORATTTON TRIBUN-B-t3ATrjRDA.Y MOtttflNGr, OCTOBER 0, 1897.
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lmijsnd Weekly. No Panda? IHItloj.
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TWELVE PAGES.
SCIIANTON, OCTOHKK 9, 1897.
THE KRPUBLICAN TICKET.
Mntc.
State Treasurer J. S. BEACOil, of
Westmoreland.
Auditor Genoral-LEVI O. M'CAULEY,
of Chester.
County.
Sherlff-CLAHENCB E. 1'IlYOIt, or
Scranton.
District Attorney-JOHN K. JONES, of
Blakoly.
Prothonotary - JOHN COPELAND, of
Carbondnle.
Treasurcr-W. S. LANGSTAFF, of Soran
ton. Clerk of the Courts-THOMAS I. DAN
IELS, of Scranton.
Itecorder - CHARLES HUESTER, of
Scranton.
RcRlstor WILLIAM It BECK, of Mos
cow. Jury Commissioner CHARLES WIG
GINS, of Sernntcn.
Election day, November 2.
Everything yesterday contributed to
make the nnnunl review of the Scran
ton fire department nil that could have
lieen wished; and the department cer
tainly proved equal to the occasion.
The city has renewed Incentive after
witnessing this lino display to feel just
pride In Its volunteer llremen; hut at
the same time It ought to feel nshamod
of Itself that It has so Ions neglected
to reorganize Its fire protective service
on a regular paid basis.
For County Treasurer.
Lackawanna county since Its organi
sation has been notably fortunate In
the ofliclal custody of Its finances. Its
treasurers have as u rule been selected
with discrimination and the average
standard of honesty and efliclenoy dis
played by them in olUco has been high.
AVe glndlv note that neither party In
the present canvass has permitted the
nomination for this responsible ofllce
to fall below the high standard of the
past; but fur good and as we believe
fuilllclent reasons, the nominee on the
Republican ticket should be elected.
William S. Langstal'f Is not only a
man whose business and personal In
tegrity is everywhere conceded; ho Is
moreover one whose services In public
position merit grateful public recogni
tion. The present fine public school
system of the city of Scranton, where
by educational advantages which not
many years ago could not have been
commanded by children of the Wealth
iest parents are now open without cost
to the poorest pupil in the entire city,
is justly regarded with pride not by
residents of Scranton alon? but by the
Inhabitants of the entire country.
There Is not a boy or girl, not a father
or a mother In city or county who has
not directly or Indirectly been benefited
by the marked development of this
school system achieved during the past
few years. An inadequate idea of the
part which Mr. Laugstaff has taken in
the accomplishment of this work of
school development is conveyed when
we say that during the extended period
of his service on the Scranton board of
control he has been one of the leaders
in its progress, and an aggressive, public-spirited
force in all of Its delibera
tions. His record In this one trust
proves conclusively his fitness for pro
motion. We emphasize this particular point
because we believe that credit should
'be given where it is so justly due; but
in numerous other ways familiar to the
residents of Scranton, notably in
his faithful service upon the poor
board, Mr. LangstalT has acquired
fair claim upon the favor of
the people. As a Republican his
career presents an unbroken record of
active and vigilant party service, and
as one of the representatives upon the
ticket of that citadel of alert Republi
canism, the West Side, ho will com
mand In that locality a popular support
which, when reinforced by the party
vote elsewhere, will bo Irresistible.
.
We are suprised that the Scranton
Times docs not luwc more to say these
luracing fall days in favor of the Chica
go platform.
i
TlcKlnley anil His Party.
If we are to believe a statement in
the Hasloton Sentinel, tlu tecent ap
pointment of Dr. F. M. nrundage of
Luzerne county as consul to Aix la
Ohapelle signified more than appeared
on the surface. According- to this ver
sion of tha facts Luther C. Darto had
received such strontr assurance from
his personal friend, General Alger, the
secretary of war, of liis own probable
selection for the Alx la Chapell con
culshlp that he had begun to make ar
rangements for the Journey. Mr.
Parte'!) expectations were based on tha
belief that Secretary Alger could per
suade President McKinley to Ignore
precedent and custom in this one case
and make the selection ns a personal
favor to a member of his cabinet.
Just then the Republican senators
from Pennsylvania, the state chair
man, Congressman Williams and State
Senator Scott, nil of whom had In
dorsed the candidacy of Dr. Urundage,
interposed. They scouted the Idea
that a citizen of Michigan, because sec
retary of war, should have precedsnee
In matters of Pennsylvania patronage,
over the regular Republican organiza
tion of Pennsylvania, and as the se
quel shows their protest proved effect
ive. Mr. Darto was not appointed; Dr.
Rrundago was, and the principle of
homo rule In politics came forth vic
torious. Such is the substa'neo of the Hazle
ton paper's vsrslon. 'It the facts are
as clven they do credit to :he presi
dent's Judgment without In any de
gree rellsetlng on Mr, 'Darte. The lat
ter had a perfect rlght'to seek political
preferment In the manner indicated nnd
hia record as a militant Renubllcan
made It not Inapnrouilate for him to
Enlist tho aid of the 'vnr ilepartment.
'At the game time, it would have open
ed the door to endless 'confusion had
Secretary- Alirer-.In this one case suc
ceeded In persuading the president lo
establish ft precedent of the character
Indicated. PennsylvnnJans would not
have enjoyed It and the Republicans
of Michigan would no doubt have pre
ferred to seo the energy of Secretary
Alger saved for home problems.
We refer to this subject for no other
purpose than to direct attention to tho
remarkable suec?ss with which Presi
dent McKinley has during the most
critical portion of h'ls administration
met and mastered the (Mammas of pat
ronage and kept behind hlni nt all
times practically the undiminished
strength of his party. He has not
been a partisan In ofllce; yet at the
sairio time his relation to party has
been that of a prudent party leader
mindful of"tho necessity of sustaining
nnd strengthening honest organization
of party fo'rees. Wo do not remember
to have read In history of any earlier
piesldent who In tho same period In
these respects did so well.
And so Mayor Bailey- has already
ordered the city employes to lino up
for Horn. Hut how about' those other
hundreds who wanted but failed to be
come city employes? And let us pee,
were not the' police to be taken out of
politics?
-
Facing the Inevitable.
Tomas Estrada Palma, head of the
Cuban revolutionary bureau In New
York, nnd practically tho directing
power In the entire insurrection, when
asked his opinion of tho cabinet
changes at Madrid and of the prom
ised modifications of Spain's policy to
ward tho Insurgents, replied:
"Inasmuch as' the Cubans are now
more than ever firmly resolved to ac
cept nothing short of absolute Inde
pendence, the offer of the new Span
ish ministry to grant autonomy can
have no effect In terminating the war.
Wo nre satisfied that the hour of our
complete freedom Is at hand, and this
offer only confirms us In the belief that
Spain knows that she has lost Cuba.
We care not whether there Is a Liberal
or Conservative ministry. AVe did not
listen to Canovas when he offered au
tonomy; we will not listen to Sagasta.
AVe have constituted ourselves a nation
nnd will be acknowledged as such by
Spain, whether under a Liberal or a
Conservative ministry, or under a re
publican or Carllst regime, before we
lay down our arms. AVe are confident
of speedy success, AVe are fully pre
pared for the most aggressive cam
paign of the war. Spain played her
best cards first, and lost. AVhat Cair,
pejs nnd Weyler, with more than forty
generals and over 200,000 men failed to
do, no other general can accomplish.
I reflect the unanimous opinion of all
our generals and our government when
I say that the only solution Is our In
dependence." This statement has the ring of sin
cerity, and moreover the attitude
which It expresses is one that fully
conforms to the manifest logic of the
situation. No American who Is familiar
with the hlstorv of his own country's
revolution and who recalls that at the
first the Insurgent colonists aimed
merely to secure administrative re
forms from Britain will bo surprised
that as tho lines of division have tight
ened In Cuba the patriots there have
been led by events to determine upon
absolute and unconditional independ
ence. And this, after all, Is best. Let the
agony of the centuries In Cuba bo
ended. Let not the volcano be bridged
with a friable compromise which would
be broken by renewed upheaval almost
as soon as signed.
The Io?al Bryan organ professes to
fear that if Prvor is elected from the
prothonotary'.s office to the sheriff's,
piomotlon In the court house will here
after be the nils. AVould Treasurer
Sehadt object to that?
The Pen as a Revenue Raiser.
It Is to be feared that writer o n
recent article In the Pall Mall 'Gazette
will have much to answer for. His
Intent may have been Innocent but
for baneful consequences In stimulat
ing deceptive literary ambitions and
ste.'ing good deck hands to make
mediocre scribblers ho will need to bo
adjudged morally guilty after the fact.
This writer, as we learn In the Chi
cago Times-Herald, which prints an
abstract of his article, undertakes to
establish that literature Is a fairly re
munerative profession nnd among the
proofs that he cites are the facts set
forth below. He asserts, for instance,
that Tennyson received $110,000 for "Tho
Holy Grail." During the last few years
of his life Macmlllan & Co. paid him
$50,000 or $00,000 n year. For "The Re
enge" alone the Nineteenth Century
givi! him $1,000. Dickens left $500,000;
L.ud Lvtton, $100,000; Mrs. K-siiry
A ood, $180,000; Mrs. 'Dinah Cralk, $S5,
(.). A'lctor Hugo left rroperty In Eng
land alone valued at $457 01M.
Coming to novelists of tho present
day mention is made that Mrs. Hum
phry Ward, who In a certain sense Is
new to tho business, has In ten years
with her pen earned $300,000, receiving
JR0.000 for "Marcella" alone; that
George du Maurler received $30,000 for
"Tho Martiaus;"and that IanMaclaren
In less than three years of authorship
earned $70,000. Other notable cash
prizes drawn by modern authors are
set down as follows:
Rudyurd Kipling's profits have been
enormous. Their extent may bo Judged
from the fact that tho editor of the Pall
Mall Guzetto acknowledges that ho paid
Kipling $750 apleco for the "Barrack
Room Ilnllada." Eleven thousand dollars
was paid for "Tho Seven Seas," For
short stories Kipling receives 2 shillings
a word. Conan Doylo earned $33,000 by
writing "Rodney Stone." Rider Haggard
gets $100 for a column of 1,500 words. In
ono year Stevenson cleared $3j,000 from
syndicates. Tho unfinished "Weir of
Hermlbton" wus purchased for 15,000.
Hola teaivcj $220,000 for his first fourteen
books. The women writers of fiction are
well up In the rage. Edna Lyall's Incomo
from her books Is $10,000 a year. Miss
Braddon charges $8,500 for a "fairly long
story." But probably the 'highest price
recently paid for a novel was $200,000 for
Alplionse Dauuet's "Sappho." Nor are
tho essayists forgotten In this distribution
of gold. J, AUdlngton Symonds left a
fortune of $375,000; Dr. Morrell, tho
grammarian, $200,000. The publishers for
Mr. Iluskln pay him $20,000 a yeur. "Mr.
Gladstone used to earn $15,000 a year
by his pen."
AVe are Inclined to doubt every one
of these estimates as to the earning
capacity of living authors; and as to
the estates, such as Dickens's, Hugo's,
Lytton's, etc., mentioned above, allow
ance needs to be made for money
earned otherwise than In the produo-
tlon of literature. Dickens, for exam
ple, was nn nmnteur actor and a pub
lic leader; Victor Hugo had a variety
of Irons In tho fire, and Lord Lytton
was not above turning a penny or two
In realty or other strictly commercial
transactions. In appraising tho earn
ing power of living writers It would
seem to be fair to apply the rule which
experience demonstrates to he neces
sary In rating other Incomes; namely,
ascertain what rumor says It Is and
then divide by at least two.
Undoubtedly great genius In litera
ture as In any other vocation can with
ordinary prudence nnd thrift win sub
stantial and oven generous reward; but
of all the, occupations pursued under
the necessity of gaining a livelihood
the occupation of the scribbler Is, In
the great run of cases, most wearing
and least remunerative.
Statistician Davis, of Kansas, has re
vived his contention that tho number
of wheat-enters In the world Is In
creasing from two to throe times as
fast ns the now wheat acreage. If
true this means, of course, eventual
famine. Fortunately the United States
h'as for the world's use a magnificent
supply of corn; and when wheat bread
goes shy civilization can fall back on
the golden corn pone.
He Is n friend to the poor man who en
gages In enterprises which furnish em
ployment. Ily the way, does The
Tribune think that success in business
in an offense on the part of a candidate
worthy of punishment by the people?
Scranton Times.
Certainly not. By the way, why
didn't the Times argue In this strain
one year ago?
Consul Gnnsral Lee announces that
when ho concludes his mission at
Havana ho will be a candidate for
United States senator in A'lrglnla.
Leo Is a Democrat and therefore ought
to be bsaten, but If he should climb
Into the senate we guess the country
could stand the shock.
Senator Davis, of Minnesota, chair
man of tho committee on foreign rela
tions, says Cuba's "ultimate destiny"
Is to become part of the United States.
He Is doubtless right; hut we believe
that in the main the sympathy now
felt In this country for Cuba is un
selfish. - m
According to thoAVllkes-Barro Times,
"of all the picayune, babyish, swell
headed, magaphone-mouthed country
towns on earth, Scranton wears the
medal." If the Times only knew how
Scranton winces at Its frightful words
it would have mercy.
The Low people In New York frankly
concede General Tracy's surpassing;
fitness for the mayoralty but condemn
him for his loyalty as a Republican.
AVe recollect that they didn't do that In
'01 or a year ago.
m
In view of the exalted estimate
placed by Hon. Seth Low upon his
value to the community we wonder
how he can endure the possibility of
his own defeat.
Either the yellow fever situation at
New Orleans or the man who reports it
is .undergoing some bewildering fluc
tuations these days. No two accounts
agree.
The difference between a leader and
a boss oft-n depends upon which fac
tional side you're on.
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Dnily Horoscope Drawn byAjncchus,
The Tribune Astrologer.-
Astrolabo Cast: 3.18 a. m.. for Saturday,
October 9. 1S'J7.
A child born on this day will notice that
a man who depends entirely upon his
friends In politics or business Is to a cer
tain extent walking on very rickety stilts.
Next to the Allentown band, Chauncy
Derby's whiskers probably created the
most favorable Impression along tho line
of march yesterday.
It Is evident that a state firemen's con
vention Is a trifle too flash for staid old
Wllkes-Barre.
There is no question we would bo happy
If everyone else would do right.
The wise political as well as weather
prophet generally leaves a loopholo for
escape.
Ajncchus' Advice.
Remember that state secrets arc not Im
proved by excessive mastication.
Washington UieuJs
o! Cuban Problem
Wellman In the Times-Herald.
There can bu no doubt that thcro Is a
good deal of anxiety In tho administra
tion as to tho outcome of its Cuban poli
cy. Tho fear Just now prevalent Is not
that we may have trouble with Spain, but
that It may take such a long time to se
cure results. As It looks now, Spain Is
coming back at us with a skillful, good.
natured, well-tempered rejoinder that
will temporarily at least put this govern
ment In an awkward predicament. No
ono hero has any faith whatever In Sa
gasta'3 ability to suppress tho rebellion
In Cuba by means of offers of autonomy,
reform, amnesty, etc. This Is un old
game of tho wily Spanish diplomatists,
und nowhere is it better' understood than
In Cuba. Tho Insurgent leaders will havo
none of It. It Is fair to say that neither
President McKinley nor any one of u.s
diplomatic advisers has tho slightest
faith that the reforms which Sagasta
proposes will adequately meet tho situa
tion In Cuba or solve tho problem, On
tho other hand, tho conviction is deepen
ing here, as it is throughout tho world,
that thero Is but one solution, and this
tho separation of tho colony from the
mother country. In this way, and this
way only, can permanent peace be so
cured, and of what use a patched-up
peaco It tho fires of rebellion aro to burst
forth again In a year or two? Tho gist
of tho whole situation is that a continu
ance of Spanish rule In Cuba is Impossi
ble, How and when shall tho truth ho
faced and the tie bo cut?
o
Thero aro thoso among tho president's
advisers who think that nB lohg as tho re
sult Is Inevitable, as long as It is morally
certain somo day, soon or late, tho Unit
ed States must accept tho responsibility
of Interference, It had better como now.
They say that If Spain will go to war In
a hopeless case, for u colony which na
tural forces and her own Incapacity to
rule havo torn from her, let the respon
sibility for whatever follows bo upon
Bpaln's head, Theso advisers would, upon
receipt of Spain's polite refusal to accept
our good offices and her more or less sin
cere profession of faith In her ability to
restore peaco with her own agencies, fol
low good offices with an ultimatum, and
when tho tlmo cornea back up tho ulti
matum with forco. On tho other hand,
1 violate no confidence In saying that
thcro aro In the president's cabinet gen
tlemen who think tho wholo matter should
bo dropped, for a time at least. Their
argument Is that at best this is other pco
plo's business, concerning which wo
should not give ourselves too much anxi
ety. This country has nt last witnessed
a long deferred revival of prosperity,
they say, and why should wo go lo work
nnd get up a senro nnd perhaps a war nnd
gold squeeze nnd thus kick our own fat
Into tho fire, when the source of tho trou
bio Is In our neighbor's house nnd not In
oure.
o
Rut President McKinley Is not the man
to abandon a task to which ho onco sets
his hand because It proves n difficult one.
His next step, like his first, will bo mark
ed by caution and duo rcgnrd for all tho
ast Interests at stake. It would bo a
good thing If tho country could bo taught
to havo patlenco with him while he Is
working out his purpose. "Doing some
thing for Cuba" is not as Flmplo a mntter
as somo people appear to think It, unless,
of course, all prudence Is to bo thrown to
tho winds nnd wnr bo entered upon nt
tho drop of the hat. The president's great
ambition, ns I havo beforo remarked In
this correspondence, is to achieve tho
gradual separation of Cuba from Spain
without war, nnd this progrnmmo ho Is
likely to adhere to most strictly as long
ns thcro Is a chance of Its proving suc
cessful, Tho difficulties of tho situation
ns tho president views them uro mnny.
When Spain asks for tlmo and promises
to glvo reform, nutonomy and amnesty,
tho throws the burden of action upon tho
president. If this government does noth
ing, there matters will rest. What Is tho
president to do? If he tnkes Spain at her
word and waits, tho Impulsive and Impa
tient friends of Cuba, who are always
moro excltablo than wise, will say he has
abandoned tho Island to Its fate. Ho will
be accused of cowardice, of truckling to
the money power, and all tho changes
will bo rung on his failure to take tho
Spanish bull by tho horns.
o
Then tliero Is congress to deal with. It
Is now well known that last spring, when
thcro was danger congress would take
somo hasty nnd Ill-considered nctlon con
cerning Cuba, tho president privately as
sured members of tho foreign nffnlrs com
mittees that if they would hold their hand
ho would go ahead. He has kept his
promise. But will congress bo satisfied
if Spain rejects our offer under promises
of ending the wnr nnd the president by
Inaction accepts that condition and. ap
parently drops the whole business? There
are two political parties, even In tho
houso of representatives, nnd perhaps
Speaker Reed would not again undertake
to squat upon the Cuban safety-value
throughout a long session. Obviously
tho president must do something to pla
cate tho propensity of congress for In
termeddling with tho Cuban affair by
means of resolutions of recognition nnd
fool speeches. A mere tender of good of
fices, politely but none the less firmly
kicked back, might easily be a target
for the cannonading of the statesmen
rather than a bulwark against their sup
erfluous energy.
o
Tho president might refer tho whole
matter to congress. Indeed, It Is possible
ho will do so. But If he does tho refer
ence should be accompanied by a definite
recommendation. It Is the theory and
should always bo tho practice of our
government that International affairs aro
left to tho executive. President McKin
ley, like President Cleveland, so believes.
Therefore It would bo Injudicious to re
fer tho problem to congress without a
definite recommendation, for that would
bo tantamount to abdication of the exe
cutive In a field where he alone, and
not congress at all, is supposed to have
Jurisdiction. Besides, to turn this matter
blindly over to congress would probably
bring on tho very thing the president
doesn't want conflict with Spain. There
Is one thing the president may do, and
already, in anticipation of Spain's reply,
It Is under discussion. This Is to say to
Spain, in effect: "You ask for time, and
profess to bo ablo to restore peace and
to remove tho situation which Is In
tolerable to the American people. Very
well, tho United States does not wish to
crowd you unduly, or to deprive your
new ministry of opportunity to show
whether or not It can follow its prom
ises with performance. We shall be as
patient as wo can under the circum
stances. How would three months, or
say until the 1st of February, suit you?
That long wo aro willing to wait. If
then the situation is not vastly Improved
the United States, out of friendship for
Spain and regard to its own interests,
will feel constrained to Intervene."
o
This would be notice to Spain that sho
must act quickly and effectively or ac
cept tho consequences. It would stop
the mouths of tho excitable persons who
continually shout that the president does
nothing and Intends doing nothing. It
ought (o spread over congress a pa
triotic silence nnd determination to stanfl
by tho executive who Is working cau
tiously yet strongly for the best Inter
ests of humanity. If President McKin
ley Is left alone Cuba will bo free and
thero will bo no war with Spain.
All-Important.
Mrs. Toplofty (anxiously) "I wonde
what President McKtnley's policy is go
inb' to be?"
Mr. Toplofty "In regard to what, tny
dear?"
Mrs. Toplofty "Why, theater hats, of
course." New Vont Evening World,
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Ono 112-pleco Itoyal Blue English
Porcelain, worth J1B.00; sale price. ,J13 00
Ono 112-pltco Brown Printed undcr
Klaze, worth $12.00; sale prlco ' 00
Ono 83-pleco Amerlcun China Brown,
Uorder Pattern, lull boiu uneu anu
gold Illumination, worth $20.00; salo
nrlco 16 W
Seven 115-pIece Brown and Blue Ens-
llsh Prints, clean, nice White uran
lte, worth $12.00; sale price 8 00
Ono 115-plcco Gold Band set, worth
$20.00; salo prlco 17 00
Six 100 and 112-pleco Pretty lland
palnted filed In Patterns (Pink)
English Porcelain, worth $11.00 and
$13.00; sale price $0.00 and 10 60
DO NOT MISS the opportunity If you
need a dinner set.
CLEMONS, EERIER,
ALLEY CO.,
422 Lacka. Ave.
i $
Dress
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A Few Words
THie Subject of
Capes
and
1 B
)eirore oMvmni lrauii
Aed Winter
See our line now arriving, it sur
passes all past efforts and represents
j :
siye, as well
Itv fhf hesT
by the
best
world,
price.
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BOYLE
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4116 LACKAWANNA AVENUE,
Lewis, Really
& Davles.
ALWAYS BUS.
FOR THE LADIES
Hurt's 8hoes, of Now York; I.alrd, Schobcr
it Co. Shoes, of Philadelphia, havo more
friends thununy other Shoes inado. Wo sell
them and warrant them In every way.
Wholesale and Itetall Shoes aud Uuhhors.
LEWI&REHY&MVIES
11 1 AND 110 WYOMING AVU
Office
Are accelerated and tlmo is haved hy having
tho proper Stationery, Blank Books, Letter
Piles, Pens, Ink, Paper, that are used so con.
stantly hy largo business houses nnd olllces.
Wo huve u splendid assortment of all kinds
ofolllce and mercantile stationery and eve
rything needed for all business nnd profes
sional men. We also carry Typewriters' Hup.
piles and Draughting Materials, Wo aro
agents for the eclobratod Edison's Mimeo
graph und supplies.
Rey molds Bros
Stationers and Engraver.
Hotel Jermyri Bldg,
130 W yomlng Ave., Ecranton,l'a.
lifw
jli 1 1 JL
Dytieg
BAZAAR
oe
o tra il tl
Qothiei
as all the staples made
fnUnrs in flhe r.lntJhioo-
tailors in the clothing
MillSo
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Everybody buys at the same
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MUCKLOW
110 Washington Avenue.
Wliolesulo and Ketnll Dealers In
Butchers' Saws
Cleavers
" Steels
" Knives
" Block Scrapers
46 Block Brushes
" Wagon Scales
" Counter Scales
" Lard Trowels
it Ham Stringers
Enterprise Lard Presses
and Stoffers
Enterprise Meat Choppers
Enterprise Smoked Beef
Shavers,
AVe glvo exchange stamps.
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
General Agent for the Wyomln;
District for
Mining, Blasting, Sporting, Smoliele
and tho ltopauoo Chemical
Company's
HIGH EXPLOSIVES,
fcafety Fuse, Caps and Explodors.
Rooms 'Jl'Ji 'Jltl and si-t Commouweattti
Building, ticruutou.
AGENCIES
TIIOP, FOUD,
JOHN 11. SMITH SON,
E. W. MULLIGAN,
Tlttston
Plymouth
Wllkes-Uarrn
11 PLEASANT
COAL
AT RETAIL.
Coal of the best quality for domcstls ust
and of all sizes, Including Buckwheat and
Blrdeeyfc, delivered In any part of the city,
at the lowest rlco
Orders received at the Office, first floor.
Commonwealth building, room No 6;
telephone No. 2621 or at the mine, tele
phone No. 272, will be promptly attended
to. Dealers supplied ut tho mine,
WM, 1 SMIIR
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DUPONTO
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