THE SORANTON TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY AtORlSrilSrO, NOVEMBER 17, 1897. fttyi fytawtow CviBune I ill) mil Weekly. No Buni7 rMtttai. By Hie Tribune Publishing Comjisny. WII.t.lA.M CONN'KLI. I'reilclonU SUBSCRIPTION PKICUi l)lly 50 cents a month. 1MIK1D It TJ1R rOSTOHnnt AT WIUNT3M. PA.. ? ircCND-Cl,AB3 MAIL MATT1R. TEN PAGES. SCltANTON, NOVEMDKIl 17, 1S07. Agreement by Senator Quny, Sen ator Jinnee nntl Secretary Martin on a KUbernatorlol candidate would bo Important; but there would still remain to lie seemed the acquiescence of the, people. - As to Van Vallccnburg, ct Al. The settlement of the Pottavllle sen atorial bribery cases out of court was a natural consequence of the charac ter of tlio.e cases. They involved, It Is believed, no violations of statutory law and hence, a trial of them could have served no other purpose nt this time than to revive past factionalism nnd, n.s the taylr.K goes, "wash dirty linen In public." The charsu ncalnst General Itoeder was that he nnd two others conspired to defame John "Wnnnmaker. Now all that the Information upon which the arrest of Herder was based alleged was that ltecdwr and his associate de fendants nrranped a plan whereby one of the financiers of the "Wanamaker senatorial campalpn was caught In the net. That was not a conspiracy to de fame Jlr. WiuinnwikPi, but rather to uncover Mr. Wnnnmaker'H agents. Kven this charge fell through nt Kns ton. but had It been sustained It would not have Involved General Itceder In any penalty. It Is not against the law to lav a trap for the man who Is sus pected of being a boodler In politics. At Pottsvlllo the charge against Van Ynlkonborg was that ho had paid money to certain candidates for the legislature. Undoubtedly such pay ment. If made, was vicious In Intent; but If In the eyes of the law It tool: the form of a voluntary contribution to the natural oxnonso account of the cnni pnlgn It is doubtful If It could have been made tho basis of a successful criminal prosecution. Until a string ent Corrupt Practices net Is passed wheveby nil political proffers of money save for specified legitimate campaign expenses which must be published under oath, item by Item, are declared unlawful and made tho sub ject of penalties, cases like those at J-Iaston and Pottavllle cannot be effect ive save in Inllucnclng public opinion. The latter, liowever, does not need additional Incentive to Inspire It to move vigorously for a radical cleans ing of many of the methods in vogue In tho politics of Pennsylvania. Tf congress does not recognize the belligerency of Cuba tho American people will, Informally perhaps, but effectually. They are tiring of Spain's mumbling nonsense about an impos sible pacification based on a re-forging of the old fetters. Coal Lniul. A contention of eome Interest has arisen between the commissioners and tho newspapers of Luzerne county rel ative to ,tho nsse.jinient of coal lands. The commissioners have instructed tho assessors to agrees all such land at its full value as land, regatd'.ess of tho coal underneath; tut certain journnl ihts nro not satisfied with that. They want an assessment made on tho value of the unmlned coal, alleging that it is unfair to tho farmer to tax his acre of farm land, from which ho gets a surface Income merely, ns highly as or more highly .than the acre of coal land from which tho owr.er may reap both u surfuce crop and a royalty. Deputy CommlfIoner Prelsbach makes tho following aruument In de- lenso of the present system of assess ment In Luzerne: "Here, for instance, is a tract of an aero of coal land which is slowly being mined. It may take twenty-live year) until all of that cool is tukon out. Ih It just to make tho owner of that land pay tho full valuo which the coal would bring In market? lie Is reaping no profit from the un mlned coal and la not In tho position of a real estate holder, whoso reve nues go on from year to year accord ing to tho value of his property. Then, ngaln, supposing there were a propo bltlon to awwn the coal land at Its full markot valuo, ho'w nro the ussecsors to determine) tho amount of coal thero is underground? Thero Ik no telling how the vein niny pitch or how faulty It may bt and It would bo manifestly un just to estimate the quality and depth of tho veins under the entire tract ac cording to tho conditions at the point where tho mining la going on. This in Itself would bo a herlous Impediment to the work, and In fact might muko Jt utterly Impossible to get at tho valuo of tho coal. It Is true that tho land holder uets a roynlty from the mining company for tho coal that it taken out. Hut tho mined coal constitutes a Kmall portion of that which remains underground, and while It may appear to eaiiio that thero should bo a way to get at tho Income which tho owner receives in tho way of royalty, it would not be fair to tax him for coal that remains untouched and may remain so for years. Thero are tracts of land from which no coal at all Is taken, and there are other tracts from which a Kmnll portion is taken irregularly. Would you tax such properties year nfter year according to tho full mar ket value of all tho coal? Tho com missioners cannot, of couise, assess tho royalty tho landholder receives for the coal that Is taken out. That Is In come, and a tax upon that would be an Jncomo tax, nnd ot course that Is an other question." It Is posslblo that the reputed exemp tion of the owner of coal land from ndequato taxation is more apparent than real. The moment that that own er begins to receive a royalty he must find ways of Investing the royalty. If he buys city real estate, ho Is taxed roundly. If ho Invests In securities, all of those snvo government bonds must boar their share of tho tax bur den, lie -cannot mako a move In any direction vrltlrJits. royalty money with out running afoul of the tax-collector; nnd thus Indirectly tho value which, ns unmlned coal, temporarily escapes tax ation Is taxed Just an soon ns the coal has been converted Into ensh. Perhnps It Isn't taxed as much then ns It should be; personalty rarely gets assessed with tho approximate fairness which characterize!! most nwiessments of realty; but .Uie remedy for thin situa tion Is hardly to bo found In a forcing of unfairness Into tho assessment of unmlned conl, Tho question usked of Postmaster General Gary by tho Philadelphia Press In an editorial elsowhero reprinted Is a pertinent one nnd upon the character of the answer much will depend. Tho people undoubtedly want postal sav ings banks; but they ulso wnnt to bo assured concerning what disposition would be mnde of their deposits In such banks In case the latter should be established. Before tho govern ment can pay two per cent, on postnl deposits It must find sumo way to earn nt least that much by use ot the de posits. What ways uro proposed? Smaller S;liool Boards. There In reason to believe that tho opinion of Judge Bennett of Luzerne declaring unconstitutional tho act un der which the present boards of con trol in third class cities nro organized was not delivered prior to very careful study of the question and consultation with other jurists of renown. Thnt Ijc Ing true, tho probabilities wouldseemto bo that his opinion will be sustained by tho hUher courts nnd the city of Scranton, nniong other cities, conse quently be carried back to the system ot a school beard of six mombeis elect ed nt large. Would such a result be a good or an ill fortune? Thnt many complications might r.rlse touching the locality of past acts of the 21-member board Is not to bo de nied, but on the question of the merits ot a small vs. a largo school board the testimony of experience Is overwhelm ingly on tho side of the smaller body. In New York state city school boards are appointive by tho mayor and rare ly exceed a membership of three. Ser vice Is purely honorary, nnd the result is that men of nigh standing and ample personal means predominate on tho board and save it from tho taint of Jobbery us well as from the taint of small sectional prejudlecsand Jealousies. Albany is a city comparable with Pciar.ton in slz? of population. In Al bany tho mayor appoints the school commissioner nnd tho element of politics Is almost wholly absent from the city's school system. Factions, cliques and lings lnsido tho schooJ board are practically unknown; money Is expended prudently nnd with econ omy and tho whole morale of the schools is noticeably superior because inado so by a superior system. A board of sit members elective at large would be small enough to dis patch business promptly and eillclcnt ly If those six were fairly representa tivo men. It ir posslblo that when tho great powers of tho olllco of school controller camo to bo centralized In such comparatively few hands there would bo Ectiuus popular effort to sjc curo tho choice of six good men. As It is now, tho wnrd system reducesi tho choice of school controllers to a game of petty politics in which' regard for the welfare of the schools is fre quently tho least conspicuous consid eration discernible in tho campaign. An eUctlon for controllers comprehend ing the entire city would glvo the ma jority of the qualified voters of the city tho kind of school government they might sco fit to ordr. If good, bad or indifferent, thero could afterward bo no uncertainty ns to the lof-atlon ot the praise or blame. 'The best and safest cunency on earth" is tho way tho Troy Times describes American, money. Wo don't know that it Is that; but it is certain ly very good currancy and tli'o people will bo slow to sanction monkeying with !l so long as all tho currency doctors appear to disagree. The South ami the Negro. Major Ilearsey, tho editor of the New Orleans States, is a man of candor. In terviewed in New Voik, ho Informs the Sun: "Wo nro going to have a consti tutional convention nnd wo nro going to stop the negro voting. Tho condition of affairs lias leached that stago where this Is necessary, and It will bo done." Major Ilcarsev gave reasons why It was necessary in Louisiana to adopt some measure that would remove tho negro from politics. lie said that It was simply a question of continuing tho present system of bnllot-box shilling and election frauds or of legally re stricting tho suffrage In such a manner that tho negro would no longer hold tho balance of power In state politics. The convention, ho said, would restrict tho franchise in three ways. It would adopt tho Australian ballot system and It would Impose an educational quali fication and a property qualification. Tho laws would bo made sufficiently severe to mako it Impossible for any person to exercise tho right of suffrngo who was not qualified to bo an elector und to havo a part In the carrying on of tho government. Tho property qualification, the major Bald, would probably bo fixed at $250. He thought personally that it should bo higher, In order that it mlsht shut out all per sons who were not qualified to exor cise tho franchise, but that was 'im possible, and $2J0 would very likely bo the figure. The people of Loulsiann, tho major added, woro friends of tho negro. They doubted his ability to rise, but their hands were continually extended to aid him, if ho had the ability. "We want no lynching," ho said. "Wo want him protected In every way civilized gov ernment can protect a people. Wo will guarantee to him n whlto man's rights and a whlto man's protection In tho courts. Wo will protect him In his property right, In his family and home circle. Wo will educnto him. In every thing ho shall have, nnd wo nro bound that ho shall have, all tho protection that tho highest civilization can glvo to man, but ho Is not fit to rule. He .cannot himself do tho things that it is necessary to do to brine to him tho highest enjoyment of life. Wo aro determined that he shall not dominate tho state. Such domination moans simply tho state's ruin." We do not criticize tlilu representa tive southerner for having the courage J to uvow openly what many of hSa neighbors merely think. It Is well thnt the truth ns to southern opinion should be known In tho north. Neither do we Fay .that the views expressed above are, from a southern standpoint, wholly Inexcusable. Giving the negro tho franchise before he was fitted for It was nn experiment of almost criminal rashness. Hut It hns been done; the Fifteenth nmendmont Is n cold fact of record; and what Is congress going to do about It? Shall it permit stnto legis lators' to nchlovo Indirectly tho nullifi cation of the constitution ot the United States? As to Major Ilenrsey's pledge that tho south If permitted to disfranchise tho negro will afterward take good caro of him, what bond hns ho to offer that this promise will bo kept In good faith? What has tho South yet done for lta African wnrd to warrnnt the placing of faith In Its pledges ot Improvement? Mrs. Josephine IC. Henry of Ver sailles, Ki, announces her candidacy for presidentess of tho United States on a platform declaring for woman suffrage, free silver, Cuban Indepen dence, pension reform, a non-partisan tariff commission, no saloons, no lobby ing nnd no recognition of the Dlety In stnte documents. Wo fear that Mrs. Henry cannot bo elected, WIlUes-Barro nnd Scrnnton capitalists have Invested their money in coal lands in Now .Mexico. It is Just possible that llii'so relf-sajno irenllemcn would not sulifcrlbo a cent were they asked to ac cord support to homo Industry. Hazlotan l'laln-S'i eaker. So far ns the Scrantonlans are con cerned, not one of tham hns shown any hesitancy In standing by home industries. They havo mllllotih invest ed at home. Tho trustees of Columbia university havo persuaded Hon. Seth Low that It Is his dutv to continue In tho presi dency of that Institution, inasmuch as he failed to get a more conspicuous Job. Seth's esteem for Seth assured from Nov. 2 that Seth would stick. It Is said that Charles J. Bonaparte, tho Marylander who wants to succeed Gorman In the United States senate, is (i Mugwump; that Is, an Idealist nnd a, freo trader. If this is true we can foresee his finish. It Is estimated that the present yel low fever epidemic has cost the South $25,000,000, which Is a big price to pay for the gross incompetency of Spanish sanitation In Cuba. Canada does well to evince eleventh- hour penitence for her unnelghbor ly slaughter of the seals. It comes just In time to savo Canada a lot of trouble. If Japan is determined to try a tilt with Itussia, tho United States can probably furnish tho necessary war correspondents. The idea of Commissioner Dunning appears to bo that tho streets belong to the people. It is a novelty but wo llko it. Mr. Ilnnna might notify his recalcit rant legislative constituents that a federal judge has just declared the boy cott illocal. Now all that Is needed to rellovo public suspense Is Hon. Seth Low's re vised estimate of Hon. Thomas C. Piatt. Reciprocity these days means some thing In which both sides benefit. Tho Jug-hnndled style has gone out of date. Tho Ohio Republican who possesses discretion will keep out of range of tho Mark Hanna buzz saw. The talk of peace In Cuba will be realized when Spain frets out c.id lib erty gets In. Where Shall the Postal Savings Go? From tho PI iladeiphla. Press. Postmaster General Gary, in his first annual report, Joins tho lart'o number of pirsuns who urge congress to establish postal savings banks. Unfortunately, Mr. Gary does nothing toward tho udequato solution of tho ono crucial problem which must bo met before this step is taken. Whero .shall tho deposits in postal savings banks bo invested? Answer this ques tion and const ess would establish those banks before the tioso of lis next session. Until it Is adequately answered congruss ought not to establish them. Postmas ter General Gary sees, though rather dimly, that Is tho crux of tho contro vtrsary. He attempts answer and solu tion. Neither is adequate. o No ono doubts tho value of savings banks. All deplore their absence over lnjge sections. No one questions that tho postolllco could .safely receive deposits. Tho cost of tho new step would bo small. Its advantages, direct and Indirect, would bo great. Why not estubllsh theso pos tnl savings banks then? llccauso no ono has yot shown a wise way of Investing tho deposits. Any one can receive deposits. This Is tho simplest thing In the world. Tho dllllculty is to uso deposits so as to got a steady 2 per cent, above expenses. This Is tho hardest thing in tho world. Money does not earn interest of Itself. With a big national debt which no one expects to pay, this can bo done up to a certain point. Tho English treasury is now meeting a plowing deficit on pos tal savlnys banks deposits because at present rates consiy. In which tho de posits aro invested, do not yield the in terest promised depositors. Franco can not oven refund becauso It would Involve reducing tho Interest on its government savings banks deposits Invested in rentes, nivl no administration daro risk that. Theso aro gravo dangers. In tho end both Kngland and Franco havo got to pay by taxation tho Interest on savings bank de posits. Is this wise? Is it safo? Will any property long bo eecuro when the property of all is taxed to pay Interest, not earned, on the deposits of some? o This country has no permanent na tional debt. "Thero Is enough of a na tional debt," says Mr. Gary, evasively, "If it should bo used for that purpose to afford Investment for such savings (In postal banks) for ten or fifteen years." Tho postmaster general speaks unadvis edly. Tho debt today is J517.CGJ.I5CO. The government, of which ho Is a part, Is pledged In "ten or fifteen years" by tho winking fund act to pay oft at least I.TJQ, 000,000 of this dett. The paity which Sir. Gary represents Is pledged to a still more rajild redemption. Tho national banks hold J227.712.KO security for circulation now, nnd nro steadily Increasing this. Savings banks and Insurance companies hold JIDO.OOO.OOO, Thero aro $27,000,000 held abroad. Of tho United States bonds, thoroforo, thero nro JKO.OOO.OOO now held by banks. AM thoso abroad and In the hand of permanent investors and halt tho debt Is accounted for. Nearly all tho other half the United States Is pledged to pay in "ton or fifteen years." How much is left for postal saving banks? At what ruinous prlco would tho bonds have to bo bought for postnl savings? Why, moreover, since tho treasury is pledged to buy up government bonds and redeem them." should tho postolllco de partment begin raising their pried by buying thorn for postnl deposits? o This Is not the want. Mr. Gary makes tho amazing proposition that tho postal savings deposits bo "Invested" In public buildings by tho government. With full respect for tho postmaster general's mo tives In making this proposition, It Is Im possible to aold feeling that ho sug gests hero a most dangerous step. Prac tically this wrtiM turn tho savings of tho country Into the federal treasury ready for any wild and extravagant scheme. Publics buildings would bo followed by public worjis, nnd this perhaps by old ago pensions. Wl cro would the saving) of tho country bo today If the 2,000,OiM, 000 In our tavlrgs banks had been "In vestor" after tho fashion Mr. Oary rashly urges? Moreover, when this "Invest ment" Is made is tho government to go on paying Interest on It forever? If it lays off this popular mortgage on Its buildings, whore is tho money to bo In vested? How aro withdrawals of depos its to bo provided for when tho money Is "invested" in buildings? No ono would dream of proposing to borrow money on bonds to cntfr on tho erection of publlo buildings, yot under this plan the govern ment would borrow wholesale and con gress could spend tho money without tlio iieck and balance of tnxatlon. o No s.ieh plBn ought oven to bo per mitted to take slope. It would end In ex travagance run mad. Yet If this is un sifo and government bonds Impractic able, there ren-nln only state, city nnd railroad bonds, and no one, not even Mr. (Jary. ventures to suggest how tho gov ernment would discriminate between these. Instui.tly tin ro would como a. pressure in congress to rocognlzo dubious securities and the bonds of defaulting states. Llko all his predecessors, the postmaster general proves unablo to ex plain how a country with no permanent national debt can safely invest savings bank depotits. FAITH AND FAITH CURG. The Chicago Times-Herald tells how an Bnglish Judgo after much cogitation fin ally dismissed two prise tiers, believers in tho faith euro who had been convicted of manslaughter In refusing to call In medical aid for their chleldren; nnd It adds: "Manifestly this was the wise courses. No good could possibly como from tho punishment of theso men. What they did they did with strong conscien tious motives. Although a rigid construc tion of tho law might mako manslaughter out of their neglect to provldo regular medical attendance, no doubt tho learned Judge felt gravo misgivings ns to his right lo trespass on tluir conscientious bo llefs, and perhaps hud somo doubts as to tho infallibility of the schools of medicine sanctioned by statute. Wo havo known allopaths who would bo willing to swear that a man who would call in a hom eopath or an oclectic to attend his family would bo guilty of manslaughter. o "Tho case Is not without parallels In tlds country. In a great many cities tho Health olllcora have refused to accept death certificates from tho hands of 'Christian scientists,' 'mind euro' prac titioners and other Irregular physicians. Two or threo times in this city 'faith boat ers' havo been attested for homlcldo when patients died under their treatment. Hut ot lato thero has grown up among all classes of i)Cople medical practitioners not excepted a moro generous and toler ant feeling toward theso 'sciences.' This Is not wonderful, since tho results of med ical attention are so often unsatisfactory, whllo tho various Irregular schools are blo to exhibit cures that aro not rea sonably explained by them and are ln capablo of explanation In the present stago of the world's thought. A few months ago tho Times-Herald printed an artlclo mildly ridiculing tho so-called science of "esteopathy.1 Judgo of our amazement when a fow days later n let ter was received from a politician of na tional reputation, a man of good educa tion, hard-headed, shrewd and possessed of consider!) hlu experience In worldly af fairs, who stoutly maintained that ho had been cured by tho 'bone-setters' of dis eases that dolled tho skill of medical hpeclallsts! o "It Is impossible to deny this testi mony, nnd until such cures land the still moro rennarkablo cures of tho Christian scientists) nro explained by a broader knowledge of physical laws it will bo lnt posslblo to Judgo of their real value as evidence Today they are miracles. To tho twentieth century they may bo as logical as thoso natural phenomena, now thoroughly understood, that our ancestors looked upon as manifestations of super natural power." THUK I'AltTY LtiAliKHSIIU. From "Holland's" New York Letter. A distinguished Heiiublican who was at the nead ot tho lltpubllcan organization In war days was tpoaklr.B today to a (roup of friends about party loaderchlp, and ho said ho could illustrate great lead, ership by a slnulo anecdote. In tho darkest days or tno war it vas believed that with a propor nomination for Mayor of New York tho Republicans and War Democrats should win tho clec tlon and tho mcral effect of such a vic tory Just at that tlmo would bo very great. Ono Individual seemed to bo pre-eminently Indicated for that rholcc, tho lato Ueorgo Opdyke. Thurlow Weed was then, as for forty years Jio had been, the politi cal loader of tho Republican and tho Whip party In New York state. With tho influences ho commanded he could have prevented tho nomination of Mr. Opdyke. Thero existed between Weed nnd Opdyko an intenso pergonal enmity duo to certain lltlKntlons. Tho veteran Benubllcan who told this anecdoto t-ald that he, as tho official head of tho organization, bought Mr. Weed and said to him: "Mr. Weed, the feeling is goncral that tho Republicans and War Democrats can elect Georgo Opdyko Mayor of New York and can nominate hhn provided you do r.ot oppose tho nomination. I am cent to ask you whether you will oppoao it." Mr. Weed drew up to his full height ho was a man of giant stature and his morrlment was characteristic of him when ho w3 Intensely Interested. He said; "You toll mo that you can elect Georgo Opdyko Mayor of New York?" "Thero is no doubt of It," was tho re pis'. "And ho Is tho onlv man upon whom tho Republicans and AVnr Democrats can unite?" "Tho only man to far as wo now know." "Then," continued Mr. Weed, "you may go to your Republican friends and say that so far as I nm concerned I shall bo rejoiced at Mr. Opdyko's nomination nnd election nnd do everything I can to aid it. You thought I would opposo It bo caupo Mr. Opdyko and myself nro not friends but enemies, but I never nllow my personal feelings, and never have, to In tcrfcio with what Is for tho best Intercuts of my party.'- "That," said this veteran Republican, "I regret as real leadership." HOW SPAIN FICUTri. Spanish CoiMnandante: "Wo wolcomo you, Senor Captain, from tho bottom of our stomach for we'vo been out of pro vision for threo dnys. Hero, men! Opon somo of theso fat (packages, quick!" Captain of supply train: '3orry, sir; but wo brought no provislora. These aro copies of tho newspapers containing tho captain general's olllclal announcement of the complete rnclllcatlon of this prov ince, which you nro to distribute among his Inhabitants." Commnndanto: "1 am hero to obey his oxcollency's orders, but theso papers nro hardly readable, what nro all theso holes through them?" Captain of supjily train". "Thoso nro bullet holes, sir. We'vo had to mako a running light nil tho way. Tho insur gents have ctplured several packages and we're lucky to gt la with any," GOLISM nn THiaoksgiivSiig linen The Linen Department is one of our greatest strongho s. Everybody knows that all table linens are imported, no e being made in this country. Consequently the new tariff has raised the cost from 15 to 25 per cent. We anticipa ted this great advance by laying in a large stock at the old duty and will continue to sell them at low tariff prices: Heavy Unbleached Table Damask, 54 inches wide, 25 cents. Good Half Bleached Table Damask, 62 inches wide, 30 cents. Good Half Bleached Table Damask, 2 yards wide, 40 cents. Very Fine Half Bleached Table Damask, 2 yards wide, 50 cents. Fine Bleached Irish Table Linen, 65 inches wide, 50 cents. A special 68-inch Bleached Barnsley Damask, 75 cents. Bleached 3-4 size Napkins, special lots at 90 cents, $1.00, $3,25 and $1;5Q Fringed Linen Pamask Sets, Table Cloth and Napkins, all sizes, from $2.50 upwards Hemmed Huck Towels, JO cents, 112j cents and 35 cents Special German Damask Towels, all linen, fancy borders, size 25x52. elsewhere 35 cents; pur price 25 cents: We have Napkins in all sizes, to match nearly all our Ta ble Linens. FIN Mi ILj JUL U BLANKETS and CQMIIAILESa For this week we quote the following low prices: Cotton Blankets. 10-4 Columbia Blankets POa 11-4 Silver Queen Ulankets ...... 75c 11-t Glorinna Ulankets OSo 11-4 Arcadia Blankets $1 35 Mixed Blankets. Borders lied, Blue, Pink nnd Lemon. 10-4 Kingston Blankets $1.75 10-4 Oxford Blankets LPS 10-1 AVollnnd Blankets 2.23 U-l Oxford Blankets 2.45 11-1 Welland Blankets 2.75 All-Wool Blankets. (Also Crib and Cra'dle sizes) Borders Blue, I'lnk, Brown, Red nnd Lemon. 10-4 Tiopa Blanket , $3.25 10-4 Hero Blanket 4.00 10-1 Housekeepers' Choice Blanket. 5.D0 11-4 Oakland Blanket 3.25 11-4 Norwood Blanket 4.25 11-4 Nuska Blanket COO l?-4 Housekeepers' Choice Blanket. 0.00 12-4 Gold Medal Blanket 6.75 13-4 Qold Medal Blanket 7.50 Our line of California nnd Klder Down Blankets is always complete. Robe nnd Wrapper Blankets (Rever sible), brocaded patterns for Ladles' Wrappers.Gentlemen's Bath-Robes and Snioklns Jackets. Comfortables. Full size Comfortables, both sides fancy at 98c, $1.50, $2.25, $2.75, $3.25. French Satine Down Quilts at $3.98; special price for this week only. Also a choice line of Silk Comfortables. 510 and 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE Tlhaielks givieg Day Sooi Be Here We are offering a regu lar OS-piece Havllancl China Dinner Set In five different decorations for $27.50. Get one of these for your Thanksgiving dinner They are bargains. 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