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SCItANTON, OCTOBER. 12, 1897,
THE RF.PUBL1CAN TICKET.
Stntc.
Btato Trcasurr-J. 8. BEACOM, of
Westmoreland.
Auditor Oencral-LEVI G. M'CAULEY.
of Chester.
County
Sherlff-CLARENCE E. PlttOR, of
Scrnnton. ..
District AttorncyIOHN It. JONES, of
Blakely.
1'rothonotary-JOHN COPELAND, ot
Carbondale.
.Treaauror-W. S. LANGSTAFF, of Scran
ton. Clerk of tho Courts THOSIAS P. DAN
IELS, of Scranton.
Recorder CHARLES HUDSTEH, of
Scran ton.
Rcglstcr-WILLIAM K. DECK, of Mos
cow. Jury Commissioner CHARLES W1Q
GINS, of Bcrantcn.
Election day, November 2.
And Diifrg.in still keeps mum.
WnUon's Fool Petition.
If the action taken In court yester
day ly George M. Watson were hon
est, it would not have been deferred
until almost the latest moment avail
able under tlib law, when the man at
whom It alms Is busied with prepara
tions for n two-weeks' term of criminal
court that will sit in double session
and demand nil his time and energies;
iitid furthermore it would present, in
stead of windy generalities and gutter
gossip, speclllc cliarses backed by af
fidavits. It will bo seen by a pmisal
of the text of Watson's petition, which
appears on another pane, that there is
not an assertion In this ranVbllnff docu
ment which could not have been made
quite as confidently almost a month
nijo. Tho nomination of John It. Jones
was certified to tho county commis
sioners six davs after the Republican
county convention, that Is to say, on
Pept. 13. AVntson's string of general
charges of fraud was not made public
until Oct. 11, or twenty-eight days lat
er. If Watson's case were of a char
acter to stand careful examination by
the public, why was it withheld until
practically the eleventh hour?
Omitting fractions, Jones received in
the convention of Sept. 7 244 votes to
23 for Watson. If It were true, as
Watson alleges, that his 23 votes con
stituted a majority of the votes legally
cast in said convention, then It would
follow that not more than 45 legal votes
were cast In the convention, leaving 222
votes which accordliiGT to Watfcon's
sworn belief were cast Illegally. Yet
despite such an alleged preponderance
of votes cast Illegally Watson enters
court without the name of one dele
gate whose vote he is ready to chal
lenge. In his petition there is not a
name, a figure or a date tending to cor
roborate his omnibus accusation; that
which' ho offers In support of the pre
posterous request that his name be cer
tified on tho Republican ticket in place
of Jones's consists entirely of indefinite
allegation based on hearsay and imag
ination. Suppose such a man were
seated In the district attorney's olllce.
What kind of indictments would he b
likely to draw up?
Watsons freak action clearly con
firms the convention's wisdom in turn
ing him down.
Weyler can go home with one conso
lation. Ulanco won't find much left In
Cuba to steal.
A Defense of Trusts.
An Interesting feature of the current
number of nunton'3 magazine Is a pa
per by ex-Governor Flower protesting
against the indiscriminate use in po
litical and economic discussion of
"trusts" nnd "combines" as inter
changeable and equivalent words a
use which tends, he thinks ,to lead the
public toward Injustice.
Tho trust, ns hi- points out, Is sim
ply a merging of property Interests or
consolidation for tho development of
economies In business. If three cor
porations producing, say, boots and
shoes crow tired of sustaining the ex
pense of thrco separate organizations
engaged In internecine trade war, they
merge their holdings Into a trust man
aged bv a board of directors taken
from the officials of tha separate cor
porations. This enables the three fac
tories to bo-operated with one set of
executive officials, permits supplies to
by purchased in trebly larger quantity
nnd therefore more cheaoly, and by
doing away with other expenses of tha
former competitive system enables tho
consolidated Institution to nut boots
and shoes on tho market at an evn
lower selling price than formerly, yet
with increased profit to the sharehold
rs in the trust. Governor Flower offers
tho career of tho Standard Oil com
pany, the oldest and largest American
trust, as proof that trusts In them
selves are not disadvantageous but
may b with good management posi
tively beneficial to the public.
"It was organized," says he, "In 1S72,
nnd prior to that tlmo oil was poor
and even dangerous to use. Exploding
lamps were of dally occurrence. With'
the organization of the trust tho capital
that was previously scattered among
u largo number of small concerns was
concentrated, and the skillful knowl
edge of the best concern wns applied
to tha methods of oil. Immediately
thero began a series of experiments
for improving tho quality as well a re
ducing tho cost of refining and trans
porting oil. Among theso economics
was a system of pipe lines, by which
oil can lie directly pumped from the
wells to the refineries at the great cen
ters. This was u saving of over 50 per
cent, in the cost of transportation. In
other departments of tho business I find
that similar economies havo been de
veloped. In tho manufacture of bar
rels the coat has been reduced to an
nggregato of nearly $1,000,000 a year.
In tho manufacture of tin cana a sav
ing of CO per cent, has been made
since JR74. Since the company uses
about 30,000,000 tin cuns in a year, this
economy amounts to a saving of about
$4,500,000 annually. It Is tho same with
tho wc-odeu cases, where tho price has
been reduced from 20 to 13 cents since
1S74, nn actual saving of $1,250,000. As
tho result of these economies nnd Im
provements In tho methods of refining,
which the greater concentration of
capital has mad possible, the quality
of the oil has been Improved, tho explo
sive element having been eliminated
and the Illuminating quality greatly ln
enhsed! and tho price to the consumer
has been reduced from 21 24-100 cents
per gallon to 6 cents per gallon, or
over 75 per cent."
"Combines," or "corners," on tho oth
er hand, do not represent tho consoli
dation of ownership or increased con
centration of productive power. Their
purposo is simply to secure unanimity
among a group of producing interests
with reference to pride. In the nature
of things the "combine" carries with It
tho seeds of Its own destruction, inas
much as competition In production,
which combines do not have power to
repress, Is bound to lead sooner or later
to competition In selling, which means
a shattering ot the pool price. An ex
nmplo of this tendency which had In
It some elements of local pathos may be
recalled In the collapse early In tho
present year of tho steel rail "pool"
or "combine."
Governor Flower's paper draws valu
able distinctions and embodies much
timely Information. It will set the fair
opponent of trusts to thinking.
This talk about tho possibility of
Spain demanding the return of Miss
Clsneros should sho seek asylum In the
United States need not disturb Ameri
cans' slumbers. Spain Is probaljly tho
gladdest of all concerned that Kvan
gellna escaped.
m i
For Recorder of Deeds.
The excellent record made "by Record
er lleuster during his first term In of
fice won for him at his- party's hands
the tribute of a cordial renomtnatlon
and It will win for him at the polls
three weeks from today an equally cor
dial re-election. llr. Ilcusler's gonial
ways and obliging manner In office
have made for him many hundreds of
friends In all parts of the county, to
whom three years ngo he was a strang
er but who now will gladly co-operate
for the success of his deserving candi
dacy. The South Side, where he lives,
will take special pains to compllmJiit
him with a fine showing on election
night, and as ho has always been a
staunch' and loyal Republican, willing
to respond whenever culled to party
service, therj Is every reason to believe
that he will command in all localities
the normal patty strength.
By tho way, we don't hear so loud
a boast as once emanated from our
friends, tho enemy, that Senator Ilan
nn, over in Ohio, would be scalped
this fall. Have they changed their
mind?
Weylerlsm's Crash.
The question what will follow Wey
ler's recall is an interesting one.
When Weyler was governor-general
of tho Philippine Islands he received
a salary of $40,000 a year, at least half
of which would be required to main
tain the social position of tho office,
provided the occupant were an honest
man with none but his authorized in
come. Weyler was at Manila, three
years. Thus if he had been honest his
savings could not much have exceeded
$00,000. As It was, he sent for deposit
to his personal credit In banks In
London, Paris and Madrid sums of
money aggregating, according to tho
best means of Information obtainable,
between $3,000,000 nnd $4,000,000.
Tho charge that Weyler has feather
ed his nest with even more unblush
ing effrontery while governor general
In Cuba is made by hundreds of wit
nesses representing every shade of
opinion and every degree of facility
for acquiring trustworthy Information.
While Weyler held the reins of his of
fice, with almost absolute power, his
misdeeds wero naturally not paraded
In Havana or at Madrid; but now that
he has been recalled and repudiated,
will not tongues hitherto silent now
speak? "Will not tho Sagasta regime
for political effect lift the lid of: Wey
lerism in Havana?
Evidently there Is music In store.
If the Tracy boom In New York
doesn't -look as big now as It might,
It is well to recollect that the good
racer reserves his spurt for the finish.
There are many good judges who lie
llevo that the Low people spurted too
boon.
Eating While Traveling.
A writer In Leslie's "Weekly makes
just complaint nt the Inadequacy of
the facilities for dining afforded to
passengers by the majority of Ameri
can railroads. Ho has reference not
so much to tho restaurant facilities at
terminal or Intermediate stations al
though heaven knows these are usually
bad enough but to the exactions prac
ticed In the dining car. For Instance:
"Under the present rule on many of
the trains a passenger must pay a
dollar for a meal whether he wants a
cup of coffee or a full course dinner,
and even then he cannot get It unless
he Is In a parlor or a sleeping-car, In
which ho has paid an extra fare. This
experience recently happened to the
writer: Ho was on a trnln In which
nil tho parlor-car seats wero taken.
Ho had with him a lady and child, A
wteck delayed tho train several hours
and ho went to tho parlor-car and
asked for coffee and food, for which
the usual charge was to be paid and
In addition a fee to tho porter. The
food was per-emptorily refused because
tho party had no seats In the car. For
tunately an acquaintance was discov
ered, and as he had a seat In tho car
the food was procured, but there were
several ladles In tho regular coach who
had to starve until tho city was
reached,"
Naturally passengers who are sub
jected to such treatment chargo It
against tho railroad company which
permits It to bo .practiced on Its trains,
and as such Incidents are frequent n
feeling of prejudlco against railroad
corporations Is excited, finally taking
expression In unsympathetic legisla
tion. Tho writer In Leslie's contends
with shrewdness that tho adoption by
tho railroads of a more llbernl policy
would return Its cost to tho company
In Increased earnings many times
over. Rut ho does not innko clear Just
what tho companies ought to do; and
to supply this omleilon we keg lenvo
to miggest that they adopt a dining
car servleo offering good food nt mod
erate prices, served a la carte to any
passenger who may order It. It should
not be necessary for the hungry pas
senger In tho day coach to enter a
parlor-car, pay tho extra fco charged
for n seat there, then tip tho waiter
and finally pay a dollar In order to
soothe his ravenous appetite with n
bite of bread and a sip of coffee; the
railway company should make It a
part of Its business to see that by
pressing a button within reach from
his seat Its patron can summon a
waiter who will serve him with a light
lunch In tho regular coach on the prin
ciple of paying for what Is ordered
and no more. Certainly If the passen
ger In tho day coach wishes n. course
dinner he should enter tho car where
special facilities render Its serving
feasible; but not so for any of tho
numerous articles ot food that can
conveniently bo carried from car to
car on a tray.
That an arrangement of this kind for
through trains would pay by vastly
enlarging tho now limited patronage
given by tho traveling public to tho
present style of dining-cars and cor
respondingly Inviting nn additional
volume of travel seems wholly prob
able. In nil lines of business It Is tho
great middle class that constitutes the
mainstay of profit tho occupants of
the day coaches, as It were yet under
existing conditions this class of patrons
receives from many railway manage
ments the least thoughtful attention.
In many respects traveling by rail in
the United States Is superior In com
fort to traveling by rail anywhere else
In civilization; but in the direction of
which we have spoken thero appears
to bo largo room for improvement.
Tho record of Judge VanWyck, tho
Tammany candidate for mayor of New
York, is 23 beefsteaks at one sitting.
No wonder he counts on capturing the
butcher vote.
Some Weak Spots
in Criminal Law
(The Pittsburg Dispatch some tlmo ago
printed a bcries of articles evidently by
a member of the bar pointing out con
fplcuous defects In present legal cus
toms. Tho series as a wholo was most
interesting and, to laymen, Instructive;
and as a sample wo reprint tho follow
ing objections offered by this nuthor to
somo existing forms and consequcnce3 of
criminal practice.
Our criminal jurisprudence Is a marked
Instanco of clinging to old customs.
When tho method of making the accused,
to far as torture and bodily discomfort
would avail, bo witness ngalnst him
self, gavo way to tho fuller assumption
that a man was innocent until ho was
proved guilty, every precaution was tak
en to prevent Intimidation or tho con
viction of nn Innocent man. This cau
tion seems to havo Increased until, with
tho greater aids to tho criminal, there
Is no doubt that crime Is fostered by the
many avenues of escape from punish
ment. Witnesses find themselves solemn
ly swearing that "they will tell the truth,
tho whole truth and nothing but the
truth," and utterly constrained from
obeying any but tho last clause. Tho
attorney who c.ills them carefully keeps
his questioning within certain limits. Tho
opposing attorney cannot call upon them
to tell nil they know that is relevant to
tho matter. Ho hns to conflno himself
solely to questioning them closely on tho
statements they havo made. It may bo
qulto within the absoluto knowledgo of
one attorney and tho reasonablo surmiso
of tho other that the witness possesses
valuable Information untold, but tho skil
ful manipulation of tho witness' attor
ney has effectually shut It off. The hon
est witness finds himself often leaving
tho stand with untold (relevant) testi
mony, which tho attorney who culled
him, by his direct examination, kept un
der cover, nnd tho other nttornoy dared
not risk calling forth by also calling him
as a witness, not knowing exuetly what
ho might say, but knowing surely that
ho would at once be considered "his wit
ness" and any adverse testimony would
have a doubly disastrous effect.
o
Tho suspected Infractor of law is pros
ecuted by an attorney salaried for that
purpose, occupying tho position of cham
pion of tho laws. Thero is no expecta
tion on tho part of tho public that ho
shall securo tho conviction of nny Inno
cent man. If It were known ho did so,
for any reason, hi? condemnation would
bo utter. When a suspect cannot or does
not secure nn attorney to defend him,
counsel Is provided for him by tho court.
It would seem nn excellent thing, In view
of the theory that he Is Innocent until
ho Is proved guilty, that he should not
In a criminal case bo put to a largo cost
to demonstrato his Innocence, but that
his counsel for defense bo furnished him
at tho public cost, as surely as tho pub
lic nald tho cost of assuming his pos
sible guilt. Such a defender would havo
no special reason, to defend him beyond
what tho circumstances warranted. If
ho believed him Innocent, it would bo
his duty to make every effort to securo
his ncquittal. If ho was assuredly
guilty, it would be no part of his ofllco
to shield him. It would bo his slmplo
duly to seo Justice dono fairly, upon tho
fine lines accepted by tho law student,
that his client should bo entitled to all
tho protection tho laws gave him, "thus
far nnd no farther,"
o
Tho nttorney who practices In the crim
inal court generally finds It tho severest
possible strain upon this noblo theory
of law practice. Tho client ts profitable
In proportion to tho certnlnty of his
guilt, nnd that criminal lawyer secures
tho largest cllentago who becomes no
torious for his success In relieving him
from tho meshes of tho law. Tho more
heinous the crlmo nnd stronger tho evi
dence of It tho greater the reputation to
bo mado by securing nn acquittal. In
tho salient cases there need bo no largo
acquaintance with statutory law; a few
well worn statutes nnd precedents cov
er tho legal ground. Tho success of tho
attorney lies mainly in his nddrcss. His
appeal is less to tho bench: moro to tho
weaknesses or prejudices of tho Jury. Ono
who can select tho weaker or moro easily
affected members nnd mako a direct ap
peal to such weaknesses or prejudices Is
effective, tho necessity for a unanimous
12 makes his ono weak man a very giant:
encompassed by n. the Impresslveness of
court surroundings, an nppeul by iwmo
to nn obscure Juror Is almost Irresistible.
With an eloquent pleader the unobjec
ttonablo appeal to their sympathies and
their dreadful responsibilities in cases of
life nt stake havo great and just weight.
Hut tho practice does not mainly take
theso high flights, but contents Itself with
tho weak spots of a weak Jury. In tho
ambition to excel In this chosen lino of
life the unpleasant features of such suc
cess aro over-sloughed or ignored.
o
It is not pleasant in such practice to
consider thnt tho nttornoy Is forced to
much association with tho dregs of men
at their worst, nnd in tho planning of
crlmo Is nn unconscious silent partner,
because of his assured ntd to prevent
punishment. In no other branch of law
practice Is thero such temptation to open
ly accept this position. It Is not pleas,
ant, but qulto possible to BUpposo that
your legal friend smokes a friendly clgnr
upon your porch ono evening und tho
next dny exerts his largest ability to ac
quit tho burglar who has climbed up tho
pillars nnd robbed you of your posses,
sions and periled your life.
FAVOKS IIOMK INVESTMENTS.
From the WUkes-Rarro Times.
Tho fact that over one million dollars
has been rained In tho Wyoming and Lack
nwnnna valleys for Investment In a rail
road nnd al operation In New Mexico
would Mem to Indlcato that times aro not
so bad with some people. We think theso
capitalists, however, of Wllkcs-Uarrc,
Plttston and Scranton would do much
better by keeping their money at homo
where tho promised profits may not botio
alluring but whero the principal at least
Is reasonably afe.
AN ELMtlURST VIEW.
From tho Signal.
According to the Wllkcs-Barro Times a
boulevard is to bo built by enterprising
men of Plttston from Yatcsvllle to Rear
Creek, a dtstanco of ten miles, and tho
estimated cost ot tho road Is put at $1,1)00
per mile. Should the road go through or
not tho fact remains thnt tho examplo or
building tho Elmhurst boulevard has been,
und will ever continuo to be, an object
lesson, and whenever and wherever men
of municipalities seek to mako a rond in
any way liko It, their great appreciation
of tho benefits of ojir magnificent drive
way is shown.
o
To ono who carefully notes tho effect of
passing events It Is easy to understand
that if It had not been for tho Improve
ments begun nt Elmhurst thirteen years
ugo, nnd which aro still being carried on,
tho boulevard would never havo been
built. Without tho Elmhurst boulovard
Roaring Urook turnplko would not bo in
Its present lino shnpo for driving, nor
would tho Scranton Gas nnd Water com
pany havo built their road, so lately
opened and which is entered irom mo
boulovard and winds through a pretty
bit of woodland and leads out to tho res
ervoirs of tho company.
o
Elmhurst, tho boulevard and all tha Im
provements following in its train are of
great advantago to tho city of Scranton,
nnd tho least reciprocal thing tho city
can do is to accept every new street within
Its limits leadlne- to tho boulovard, and
maintain them In good order ns convenient
approaches to tho road winding In grace
ful curves over theso mountains. It takes
men of brains as well as dollars to mako
good roads, nnd it also takes a municipal
ity with an intelligent body of men to
npprcctato and keep In repair tho streets
ot a city. Tho nbsenco of this material
In tho councils of Scranton may account
for tho lack of. interest shown by thoso
bodies In making nnd maintaining tho
approaches to tho Elmhurst boulevard.
I'KECEl'T AND l'UACTICE.
"Holland" in Philadelphia Press.'
In his formal letter of acccptanco and
In his address at Cooper Union, Mr. Low
mado a strong argument against bosslsm
nnd nn appeal for tho right of tho peoplo
in a municipality like Now York to bo
nblo directly to control their own nffalrs
nnd directly to reward or punish faithful
or unfaithful public servants. Tho ar
gument from ono point of view was un
answerable, but from another, was ab
surd, when Is recalled tho manner In
which tho Citizens' Union organization
was effected and Mr. Low's nomination
made.
Tammany itself has never had a rulo
so strongly suggesting Irresponsible boss
ism as was that rulo of tho Citizens'
Union organization, which permitted a
llttlo committee, practically self-constituted,
consisting of a few men, responsi
ble to no one, to mako nominations for
public ofllco which bound the Citizens'
union. Mr. Low was thus nominated nnd
tho operation by which that nomination
was secured far surpasses any assump
tion of power by the executive committee
of Tammany Hall, for that committee ts
nt least nominally fairly rcprescntntlvo
of tho organization ns it is chosen by it.
Thus wo havo a candidate standing up
on tho platform denunciatory of one-man
power and boss rule who Is himself nom
inated by a self-created committee, nomi
nated behind closed doors and as a can
didate becomes really responslblo to no
ono but the commlttco which thus placed
him In nomination. Undoubtedly Mr.
Low's nomination represents a strong
public sentiment, but If it bo possible for
a self-constituted commlttco claiming to
represent citizens to nomlnato Mr. Low
ono year, somo other year they may
nomlnato somo ono else In this samo
manner and with the samo pretense of
representing public sentiment, and what
Is thero to distinguish such manner of
nomination from that which Mr. Low
claims tho Republican party and Tam
many Hall adopt?
ABSURDITY' OF NON-PARTISAN-SHIP.
Frlm Gunton's Magazine.
Tho abolition of parties in municipal
government is tho reverso of real reform.
What is needed Is moro party responsi
bility, not less. Party responsibility
should bo extended into the remotest cor
ner of local affairs. National parties
would then bo held responslblo not mere
ly for their attitude on the tariff or fln
nnco, but also for tho attttudo of tho
party towards Industrial stato legisla
tion and on local questions of educa
tion, sanitary improvement, housing of
tho poor, and all economic nnd Boclal
questions that reach right down Into tho
dally llfo of tho people. Every effort to
segregate local from state and national
politics tends to relievo party leaders
from tho real responsibility of party pol
icy. If national parties wero held re
sponsible for tho conduct of their follow
ers down tho wholo lino into tho small
est school district, it would becomo poli
tically necessary for tho national lead
ers to uso their Influence for wlso policy
In tho most remnto local districts. With
such a theory and practice of party ln
fluenco It would bo Impossible for a pres
ident to bo popular In Washington, when
his party is preventing education and
suppiessing personal freedom in tho
south, or using injunctions ngalnst
strikers, nnd blacklisting and otherwise
coercing laborers In tho north. If tho
national party professed to be in favor
of personal freedom, It would bo held
responslblo for tno nttltuuo ot its fol
lowers towards personal freedom, Just ns
much in tho remote localities as on tho
floor of congress. If tho national party
professed to favor social improvement,
It would then bo held responsible as much
for good municipal government as for
wise tariff laws.
THE FINANCIAL OUTLOOK.
From Macy & Pendleton's Circular.
When exports aro Increasing at tho rate
of thirteen million dollars per month,
thero can bo but ono result nnd that a
very heavy movement of gold to this
country to settlo a naturally accumulating
trade balance. This strengthening of
finances will mako monetary discussions
fruitless nnd futllo and form a center
around which new courage and develop
ment will continue. As manufactured'
stocks diminish, owing to good buying by
"agriculturists, which now havo money to
spend, thero will follow a demand for
coal ror furnace purposes aim iron ana
steel for manufacturing, that will be only
ono of tho many manifestations of reviv
ing onergles. What transpires In theso In
dustries will And Its duplicate In hundreds
of others nnd tho movement When once
started will develop In every direction,
"each Industry Interacting upon ovcry other
until tho wholo nro in motion on a now
and moro profitable basis. Theso are not
fictions of Imagination, but hints drawn
from history of finances and trado under
similar circumstances in tho past. Tho
samo effects are certain to follow when
the causes are noted in overy depart
ment of tho world's life.
nE OF GOOD CHEER.
Times are not bright as they should be.
Rut don't repine:
Let's mako tho most of what wo see,
With Just Incline
Tho sun and moon will rlso and set,
As In old days,
And life will bo sweeter, brighter yet,
And full of pralso.
Keep hope and heart bright days will
come,
Tht-ro'B naught to fear;
Tho wheels of progress yet will hum
Roth far and near,
Then off with doubt, tho future spreads
Bright cheer for all,
And with her finger beckoning leads
With Joyous call.
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previous seasons by laying in stock early, most of which became "passe" by the
time that the weather was cold enough for a heavy outer garment owing to the in
troduction of later styles.
The fashions for fall and winter are now settled and there will be no changes.
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Dress
Good:
Has always been pro
verbial, and our constant
ly growing trade on lower
and medium priced goods
only tends to show that
we are also to the front
on this 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 All cloth for general
wear. 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. ' -Novelty"
Suitings, also in
the latest UMor-omm-nations.
Looks equal to
goods at more than
double the price. This
week, $4.85 a Dress
Pattern
510 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
SPECIAL SALE
Dfaeer Sefc
TO CLOSE OUT ODD PATTERN8,
Ono 112-pleco Royal Bluo English
Porcelain, worth Jlfl.00; salo price. ,.fl3 00
Ono US-piece Rrown Printed under
glazo. worth (12.00; sale price 9 00
Ono &5-pleco American China Urown,
Rorder Pattern, full gold lined and
Bold Illumination, worth $20.00; sale
prlco W W
Seven 115-ptece Rrown nnd Blue Eng
lish Prints, clean, nice White Gran
ite, wurth J12.00; salo prlco 9 00
One 115-pleco Cold Rand set, worth
20.00; salo prlco 17 00
Six 100 and 112-pleco Pretty Hand
painted filed In Patterns (Pink)
English Porcelain, worth J11.00 nnd
(13.00; sale prlco J9.00 and 10 GO
DO NOT MISS tho opportunity If you
need a dinner set.
CLEMQNS, FERBER,
fMALLEY CO.,
422 Lacka. Ave.
1
Few Word
The Subject
Capes
id
Before BaySeg1 Fall
Amid Wneter Clothieg
5ee 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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416 LACKAWANNA AVENUE,
Lewis, ReMly
& DavieSo
ALWAYS JJUSK.
FOR THE LADIES.
Hurt's Shoes, of New York; I.alrd, Schobor
& Co. Shoes, of Philadelphia, havo moro
friends than nny other Shoes made. We sell
them and warrant them In every way.
Wholesale nnd Retail Shoes and Rubbers.
LEWIS,MILLYAYIES
111 AND HO WYOMING AVE.
nillli.
Office Dintnes
Are accelerated and time Is saved by having
the proper Stationery, lllank Ucokn, Letter
Fllos, Pens, Ink, Paper, that uro used o con.
stnutly by largo business houses nndolllces.
We have u splendid ussortmeut or all kinds
or olllce and mercantile stationery and eve.
rythlng needed for all business and profes
sional men. We also carry Typewriters' Sup
plies nnd Draughting Materials. We are
agents for the celebrated Edlson'd Mimeo
graph and supplies.
Reynolds Bros
Stationers and Engravers.
Motel Jermyn Bldg,
1U0 Wyoming A e., fc'cmntcn.l'a.
BAZAAt
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MUGKLO
FOOTE k SHEAR C0J
110 Washington Avenue
Wholesale nnd Retail Dealers In
Butchers' Saws
" Cleavers :'
" Steels
" Knives
t
Block Scraper3
lDlr.1- C3-niio1-!a- I
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Wagon Scales
Counter Scales
Lard Trowels
(
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Mam Stringers i
Enterprise Lard Presses
and Stoffers !
Enterprise Meatchoppers '
Enterprise Smoked Beef
Shavers.
Wo give exchango stamps.
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
General Agent for the Wyomlnj
District for
Mining, Blasting, Sporting, Smokeleal
and the llepauno Chemical
Company's
HIGH EXPLOSIVES,
Eafety Fuse, Cups and Exploders.
Rooms 'Jl'J, 'JlU'and 214 Commonwealth
Building, Scranton.
AGENCIES:
tho.", ronu, nttston
JOHN B. SMITH & SON, riyinoutn
E. V. MULLIGAN, WHkes-Barrs
ML PLEASANT
v.
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COAL
AT RETAIL.
Coal of the best quality for domestic- uit
and ot all sizes, Including Buckwheat and
Blrdseye, delivered In any part ot the city
at the lowest price
Orders received at tho Office, first floor,
Commonwealth building, room No 8J
telephone No. 2&i or at the mine, tele
phone No. 272, will be promptly attendid
to. Dealers supplied ut the mine.
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