THE SORANTON TRIBUNE-TUESDAY ArORTSTINO-, NOVEMBER 23, 1807. IIiMMiM Hilly, Kxrept Mlmlny. by the Trlbuno lnibllslilug Comjiany, at l'lfiy U-nH it Month. IMIRID T T!tR rOITOfnr AT RftAVTOM 'A.. Al tfCOND CIAS 1IL MATTCH SCHANTON, NOVIJMIinU 23, 1S97 In this Benson of preparation for thg liolldny trade wo beg lcae to remnrk thnt The Tilbuno Is pre-eminently the ndvet thing medium of Northeastern Pennsylvania. Its readers nre buyers. ii m Congress nnd Its V'ork. That the first tegular se&sion of tho ricty-flfth congress which Is to begin one week from next Monday will bo an important one Is to be expected: but It Is easily rossiblo for the public to entertain undue expectations concern ing it. This should be guatded against. The question of the tariff having been satisfactory hettlod In its chief details In on extra session and the committees named, tho house when it reassemblrs will hae before it no pro dominant sub)(ct for debato save the losolntlon conferring belligerent rights upon the Cuban liiMiicont?, nnd this ought to be put out of the way, either bv Its prompt adoption or by an equal ly prompt rejection of It soon after tho session's beginning. It is dcshable ft cm every standpoint that this reso lution should not hang lire ns a con tinuous lirltunt. Currency reform in comprehensive manner "being out of the question nt this session by leason of the political i'omplolon of tho senate, there exists mall ltason why this subject should long occupy tho attention of tho house. Other matter.? of broad Interest which It houId consider Include tho addi tional lestrlctlon of immigration, leg Wlation for the tellef of tho railway in terests of the counliy, which have Miffeied gioatly by leason of the Su pieme coutt derision oldlng ttalllc pools, the legislation recommended by the heads of the arIous exccutle de partments for the better conduct of the business of their departments, and tho regular appropriation bills. These oompilse a programme of woik entire ly sufficient to occupy the enetgles of tho house unt'l time for adjournment. In the senate the Hawaiian treaty stands cnMlv llrst in Interest and im portance, and the public expects its eaily latlflcatlon. The: arguments thus far elicited against such action hao been without exception flnnical and captious, and the objections raised hae been so trivial as to necessitate s-mnll delay In disposing of them. The senate will piobably tlueMi over tho rubject of the currency with especial emphals on the silver ibsue, and tho buncos in favor of the adoption of eloture, whereby the public "business may be facilitated, are not bright; but the least that tho senate can do Is to ratify tho treaty annexing Hawaii. That net will countei balance much wvnste of breath In dllly dallying de bate. Wo ohseivo that theie Is a lenewal of the threidbare accusation that con gress In session Is n, menace to the wel fare of the country. It Is not so. Tho Fifty-fifth congtess has demonstrated nlieady that it Is conservative In Its Impulses and business-like in its methods. It will possess In largo de gree the confidence of tho nation, which It will icpay by a prompt per formance of duty and an early ad journment. It is unlikely that patriots who with stood Weylor will succumb to IJlanco and "the long green." The Trcnholm Plan. K-Compti oiler Tronholm's scheme of (urrency refoim tests on thieo piopo fcltions: (1) tho fusion of ei callbacks and Sherman notes Into one foim of paper tedeoniable In gold; (2) tho legal ization and government supervision of clearing house operations with a view to enabling banks remote from tho cen tral teseive cities to deposit secuilties in designated banks In those cities and then Issue non-taxable cltculatlng drafts to the amount of such securities on deposit, such drafts to bo canceled and tho securities back of them re turned when redeemed; and (3) tho conversion of tho silver now In tho I'nlted States Into a teseivo fund for the guaiantee of outstanding sliver dollars and the cancellation of out standing silver certificates over and nbovo the present value of the silver bullion rentesented by them. Tho gist of this plan Is to be found In proposition number two. That Is an apparently feasible and simple way to cute periodical money famines In i emote dlsulcts vvhero banks are too Mnall to bo able to keep on hand a laige amount of currency and too few andtoovvldflystntteied to enable them selves to adopt tho cleatlng house Idea dlrcctlv. It i not clear to the layman how Colonel Trenholm proposes to Jiiako It worth while for the banks of acceptance to set up as the savior of theso remote drnwer banks; a schedule of chatges for this phllnnthioplc service if incorporated in the plan would bring the matter down to a moto defi nite business basis. Hut It Is obvious that such nn arrangement as ho sug gests would supply in large degiee the call for a curteney with tho property of elasticity; theie would however le niain the question whether drafts pay able to bearer by a distant bank would circulate with sufficient freedom In tho community of Jcsuo to take the place of real money. Of the two remaining propositions It is enough to say that they are of minor importance. The enactment by con gress of a law authorizing tho secre tary of the treasury to cancel tho greenbacks upon their redemption, sub. Ject to relHsue In the form of a gold eer tlllcate, would avoid the necessity for further vvonlont along that lino; and tho ptoposltlon to scale down outstand ing sliver certificates to tho bullion value of the .silver they ropiesent would Involve such a fluctuating basis of vol ume that it would bo wiser in tho end to call them all In; cancel them, and substitute therefoio a treasury note, using the accumulated bullion to pur chase cold for an onlarged gold re serve. Any way tho subject Is viewed, the government Is in for a big loss In consoquonco of tho depieciatlon in tho market value of Its Btored sllvor bul lion; and if sllvor Is herouftor to bo discarded hj & money motal the best thlnj tlK-snyvnrrent can do Is to get rid of Its uncoined sllvor nn noon as practicable nnd proceed to augment Its icscrvo supply of gold. In the opinion of the l'lttston Onzelte "It Is lonsonnbla to expect thut u newspaper which fieely gives sup port to Its party candidates should re ceive f i om the members of that party the fullest measure of their moral nnd material suport." And It might have added with equal Justico that tho al leged newspaper that sells out Its party candidates and foments patty mis chief should not bo touched bv mem bers of that patty even with a pair of tongs Railway Supervision. The National Association of Mer chants nnd Tiavelers, an otganlzntlon having Its inception In Chicago and In cluding In Its membership some of the leading wholesale firms of the country, has put Itself on recoid In favor of the enactment bv congress of legWlatlon to clothe w 1th vitality the now almost Impotent Interstate Commerce commis sion and to stipptest ticket-scalping. Concerning tho latter practice It Is ptoper to sny that while superficially It may appear to be to the public's advantage to secure from scalpers cut rates for passenger ti asportation, yet In tho long urn honesty In this matter as in nil other directions would prove to bo bj far tho best policy. Tho ticket scalper ncceailly baes his business upon a foundation of dishonesty. There Is dishonesty on the part of tho pas sengcr who takes ndvnnlnso of spe cial rates to ecure a ticket which af ter pjttlal use Is sold to a scalpel; and there Is dishonesty ngaln on tho part of both the scalper and his patron w hen they plot to mulct the lallroad com pany under the false lepresentntlon that tho purchaser of the unused cou pons is tho oilglnal paity to tho con tract with that company. It Is well argued bv tho association above u fetied to that If tho practice of scalp ing weio abolished, tho legulat pas senger fates might be i educed, many vexatious ticket rcstilctlons might be rescinded and excutsion lates for ns soclatlons or other purposes niluht be more easily grunted nnd accompanied by less led tape. As to tho need of leplenlshcd power for tho Interstate Commerce commis sion, if tho piinclple of government supervision of Intel state commerce Is not to bo abandoned Incontinently, that, wo take It, Is self-evident, ltall way disci Imlnntlou Is now practiced almost unlveisally. The huge shipper prolits at tho expense of tho small; matkets are unsettled and lallways that would deal fairly ato pi evented fiom doing so by the uiicuibeil aitl flces of lo'S scmpulous livals The only safe remedy short of government ouneiship nnd conduct of the entire business of transpoitntlon a remedy which might turn out to bo worso than the authoilty adequate for the public's protection. Good cheer to Cuba's new president, Itartolomo Masco, and may ho soon bo able to move his desk nnd bdongiiirs into n suitable executive mansion at Ilavuia, with not a Spanlaid in sight. No Cause For Gratitude. It Is difficult for tho average citizen of this country to find In Spain's telease of the Competitor pilsoners nny war rant for Ameilcan giatltude, or any cause foi a moderation of tho aggress ive sympathy which Amoilc.ins Instinc tively f.el for the causa of the Cuban Insuigonts. Tho fact thnt the piesl dent is depicted in "Washington dis patches as viewing with especial prldo his success In getting these live Ameri cans fieed without bloodshed, after sentence of death had been pionounced upon them and after they had lain for IS months In Jail at Havana, Is credible only ns Indicative of our government's maiv clous patience and willingness to enduio from Siain treatment that would bo tolerated by no other nation. Tho Competitor was an American blockade limner caught In tho net. Sho carried aims for tho Cuban Insui gents but as Spain holds that there has been no war in Cuba, the most that this offense amounted to was smuggling, for which a death penalty Is unwaii anted either in Ameilcan or in Spanish law. Tho charge of piracy bi ought by Spain against tho cantaln nnd crow of the Competitor was not sustained by a shred of evidence even In tho lop-sided court martial at which these men were tiled nt Havani, In May, JSDG, In viola tion of the piotocol of 1S77, which guaranteed them civil trial with full opportunities of defense Ilenco their oilginal senteneo to death constituted in itself an act by Spain which thli government could rightfully have te sonted by a peremptmy demand fur the prisoners' Immediate telease. The fact that It took Spain neatly two years to teallzo this, and to reach a state of mind vvheieln she could offer amnesty In the hope of gaining benefits in io tum, clearly absolves this nation fiom nny reciprocal obligations nnd merits instead our contempt. It is an Instance not of honest desire to light a wiong but of disreputable craft. To ask tho American peoplo to stav their hand from offeting nid to Cuba because Spain has done under slow compulsion nn act of lustlco which wo should have forced her to do more than a veai ago Is to add to lnjuiv a species of under handed insult not nt nil to tho relish of the Yankee character. There has been on tho part of tho administration nt "Washington a gnl lant attempt to win popularity in Sppin. Let us hope that its course In this matter will boon be tovenled in such a light as also to Justify equal nnd even greater popularity in the United States. - . Ueforo Sagasta can suppress "Weyler he will have to reconstruct Sualn. The Old South Uedlvivus. The editor of the Atlanta, Cla , Com meiclal, Uonjamln M. Dlackburu, in announcing his candidacy for congiess, frankly says: "I believe in a Demo crat having somo Ideas of his own, ind I favor r. gient manv thlngH that I bollove to bo fruitful of good icsults to rny people that ais not to be found In any plutfoun. I am In favor of lvnehlng Unites for tho usual crime, Uecauso I Uellevo that it Is our lollg lout duty to keep Southern liomon puie and undefllod. I bellvo tho South wno light In the Pixtleo, nnd that the senti ment of her peoplo will sustain mo to day. I nm opposed to nny system that gives brutal and cowardly sycophinls the light to shoot down Innocent lnbor ns was lately done In Pennsylvania." These wolds are a trllle more radical than were the utter.inc-s of the New Orleans editor who. In nn Intel view hnd with n importer In New York, le cently asserted tho determination of the people of his state to deprive tho nigi-'i nt any hazirds of the rights of citizenship confeued upon hltn by tho Constitution of the United States. Hut they point In a similar direction. If "the South was light In the sixties" It follows that the North Is wrong In tho nineties; that nlivary ought to be lcstored, In fact if not In nnme, nnd that legnidless of tho fundamental laws of the nation, which Tdttor Ulack Uurn, If elected to congiess, would have to take oath to uphold, tho colored man must be kept down. Wo dare say Hlackbutii's platform Is a winner In lib community. And jot wo call Spain uncivilized' It Is unfortunate that as tho day for congress to assemble approaches there Is an ineieaslnglv nctive effort to drag the Cuban problem Into patty politics. We call this unfoituu.ito for two tea sons; Hist because matters involving a foreign pollry she uld bo consldeied whenever possible on a plane superior to tint ot domestic partisanship, and Mcondl because If Indefinitely con tinued Inaction and delay are to bo accepted ns distinctively tho Itopubll enn policy with lefoience to Cuba tho administration will place its party fol lov Ing nt a disadvantage. One of the rutient iepits In relation to next year's gubernatoilul bnttlo as roits that there Is a glowing disposi tion nmorg Ilepubllcans In the north western pait of the commonwealth to rally asset lively aiound the candidacy of Hon. Chuiles W. Stone of Wairen. If Hue, and It piobably Is, tho report is to their ciedlt. Chniles W. Store Is a Republican In eveiy way fitted to bo governor of I'ennsvlvan'a. One can sMiunthizc with tint New Mexico judge who, when a jury acquit ted a notoilous murdeior.dlschaigcd It, wijlng. 'Gentlemen, I find It entirely useless to prusecute ci lines In this count j. You mny go home." Thoio aie occasions when his lematks s.eem almost to have n local application. The Chicago woman who hid $S,000 in a ban el nnd had it stolen will now tiust banks, when she gets anything to entuist to them. Her tuition has been dear but It has also been ef fective. Talk of election contests Is cheap. To Prouid? Work For Idle Miners Trom the Wllkc-Iiirre Times Some time since tho Times noted a siiKgi'itlon that the laige mining com panlis whose coal deposits undeillo largo in i us of land, the surface of which Is not woikcd to unv glint extent, divide up this land Into small tiacts and upportlon it nut among their married emplics nt a nominal lontul, or If the miner prefers to bus outilsht, at a low sale pi Ice. This supvistlon lias been adopted by a coal company In Hlk count j and the plan Is to be tilul 'I In- Shaw mat Coal company Is the owner of ,i tiact of lu.uOO acres ot excellent lanel fiom which much of tho t'mbcr has In en lomoved, and which tho compan Is winking now for the coal. Iti cognising that the man who has a piece of 1 md to depenel upon when his v.euk In the mine lulls him has a cer tainty of a living, the Sluiwmut company has ni ranged te cut up the enormous tract of I mil Into small lots, which are to be sold to the miners at tho rate of JJ an acre, thut thej may make for them selves homo nnd farms Tho company vvlll'furiiMi te trustworthy miners lum ber fiom lis sawnllls wheicwlth to build homes and lend such other assistance as may seem desliablc o Tho Shawmut company employs more than a thousand men and will nttempt tho experiment on the most libeiul scale and If It suceeeeK it will bring about several w hole some icsults and may provo a factor In the solution ot tho problem which has ronfronteJ both the coil oper ator and coal miner namely, tho dispo sition of the overplus of labor In tho coal fields If the mlmrs take advantago of tho offer It will tend to mulco of them an ImUptndent and self-helpful lot of men, for tin v will learn tint if things do not go right in tin- mines subsistence can be had from the faun, nnd that it Is not necessary tei 1,0 to tho woi kings except under such clicumstances us are ileslr uble. Mori ov ci. the community will en ter upon a new period of piospcilty. Tho earnings that liuve gone out from tho collie ries to buy food for tho two or thieo thousand people there will be kept In thu pockets of the men who earn it or put Into the Impiovnnent of their daces. Their corn and potatoes and igp-s nnd butter and Hour will romo from their own acres, and tlulr meat will bo taken from tho henyard and tho meadows. Instead of bujlng butter and eggs they will sell butter and eggs to their neighbors who woik In othei mines Other companies In this state and par ticularly In this region are neaily as well equipped ns the i:ik county concern to ni's'st tlulr miners nnd, nt the same time, thempelvis Many thousands of acres In tho Wjomlng nglon lapablo of being funned In a smnll w ly nie allow ed to lay Idli- and unpioductlvn Neaily every largo company has somo land which It could dlspoFo of in this vvav Not many com panlis can nink mipli a low pi loo for land as SJ nn nrre, but most of the m can put a reasonable price on a small piece mid enable the miner to ge t It Thei ex ample of the Shawmut company points out the vvav to seittlo labor troubles, for It shows how to clear awny the telle man when thero Is nothing for him to do In the mines It Is one of tho most lm poitnnt Industrial departures in ninny a. year, and It Is to be hopeil nothing will Intel fere with its full mcasuio of suc cess. Till: O.MON A.l lilt V.1IATIC Alt r. Trom tho Tlmcs-llernld. gov oral weiks ago a bank In Shlpshe wnn.i, Ind, wus visited by burglars, who blow open tho safe and seemed a largo sum of money. A famous pac k of blood hounds was bi ought from Indlnnapolls ami turned loose) upon tho robbers' trnll Tho man hunt lasted only n few minutes. Suddenly the leading elog began howling ellenmllv ami refused to go farther, and It was Impossible te continue tho chase. A pilsoner now In Jail nt Llgonini, Inel , hns turned state's evidence' anel given tho police all tho facts concerning tho bank burglary and tho subsequent es capo of tho men IIu sajs tho ulooel hnunds wero thrown off tho scent with out any trouble by rubbing an onion on tho shoes worn by tho burglars Ho adds that no bloodhound can bo In duced to follow an anion trnll If this dlscovety Is verified, what Is to becomo of the terrlblo man-hunting bloodhounds which over since tho days of "Undo Tom's Cabin" have figured so extensively hi saffron literature? What Is to becomo of Illlza and that wonderful trip on tho flouting Ico? Who henceforth will be thrilled by the blood-curdling bajing of the hounds h. U. 13, when ho knows that ITza could easily bid do- flanco to puisult by using a lowly but sclf-nssertlvo onion? Tho piny must bo revised. The llvor of Ico may ns well be left out altogether. Just at tho critical moment when the np pronchlng hounds nro In full cry Llizn tho new i:ilzn shall open a lunch basket, take out nn onion, wnvo It triumphantly nnd cry "Suve-d'" Just ns tho curtain falls. Why not7 If tho stage hopes to keep abreast of the ngo It must pny nttentlon to thoso realistic details which, combined, make perfection In dramatic nrt. MDNCIIAUSBN NOT A MYTH. The fact thnt tho German peoplo have Just completed a celebration of tho ccn tennry of tho far-famed Ilaron Munchau sen, the paragon of harmless liars, af fords tho New York Sun a chnnco to dl lect nttentlon to tho clrcumstnnco thnt tho biron really lived. He belonged, snys tho Sun, to one of the most nnclent families of Oermnny, and his descend ants gnvo to Hanover and Urunswlck ninny distinguished stntcsmrn. He was born In 173) In the mngnlllccnt domain of IJodenwerder He was educated with gieat care, like all the j-oung nobles of Ids time, nnd when he was a youth ho became a page In the set v Ico of his lord, the Duke of Urunswlck. His determined character and singular Intelligence made him prominent. The Duko of Urunswlck wns charmed with him, nnd when ho was 20 j ears old ho boenmo a lieutenant In tho Hlga regiment of Ilusslan cuirassiers, of which tho Umpiess Anna afterward made him tho colonel, Munchausen was an excellent otlleor. Ho was conspicuous In two campaigns ngalnst tho Turks, wherein ho dlsplajed brilliant military qualities and unqucstlonablo bmvery. At 1 ist ho got married to a charming LI vonlnii Indy named Jncoblne von Dun ten. Thereupon ho abandoned tho mili tary career nnd retired to his country seat. e It wns then that his reputation became legendary. Klch, hospitable, and n pas sionate hunter, he made his house tho tendezvoiiH ot all the countrj nobility In tho neighborhood of tho Weser In com pan with his friends, smoking his plpo and drinking his punch, ho liked to tell ex travagant stories. Ills Imagination was piodlgious nnd his wit was never ex hausted. Hvcrybody llstcneel to him with pleasure, becauso ho wns comical and gooel nnturcd His compnnlons wero nl wajs interested bj his fabulous stories, which, of course, weio never presented In the form of facts Hut ns ho grew older ho beenmo feeble-minded nnel fan cied that ho was really tho heto of tho marvelous exploits which he used to 1 tugh at cars before, hi that way ho livid for se'voral jears with his amiable anel good wife, surrounded by a society of friends who listened to him with de llght. nattering hl3 vanity and glorify ing his exploits. o Then fortuno abandoned him; his sto ries wero turned against himself. An Hngllshmuti among his guests took It Into his head to gather up all the nonsense that ho ued to talk about. Ho published It in a volume which was full of satire. The little book had an enormous success, rivo editions of It were published In Lon don In two j cars After that It was translated Into Gel man and reproduceel with malignity In Innumerable editions In his ov.n country. Naturally enough, the baron did not like the fame that was given to him In thnt shape He appre ciated thoroughly the rlelln with which his Ill-natured hlstoilans sun minded him; nnd when his good wife elleel he was foolish enough to marry for tho second time, In spite of his advanced je-ars. This was a new mlsfoitune for the baron. His second wife was a faithless coquetto who covered the old man's forehead with shame and almost completely depleted his coffeis. Ho had to go to law with her In older to get rid of her. Soon nftei waid ho died. Tho stories that he used to tell to amuso his guests wero the causa ot all his trouble. Munchausen was alvvajs popular In Oermnny. His old domain at ISodenw or der Is still preserved as a place of pll grlmace, and his marvelous adventures nre moro rcael and more enjoyed than ever. Tiny have Insplied many artists, among them Gustavo Dore who found good mntcil.il In thoo original composi tions They wero translated and adapt ed Into several languages. In Trance, for example, everybody hns road the "Adventures of M. de Crnc," which has had such glorious success In our juvcnllo literature. It Is nothing mine than an adaptation of tho "Adventuies of Baron Munchausen." TELEGRAPMINfi WITHOUT WIRES. Itochestcr Democrat and Chronicle. The Marconi sjstem of telegraphic com munication without tho aid of whes was Illustrated by I'rofissor A. L. Arey in the flist of a. series of university extension courso lectures, at the Tree Academy la3t night, before nn lntore stcd audience. Pro fessor Arey was greatly handicapped by several unfavorable conditions which con fronted him In his experimental work, both In having to muke use of a crude apparatus, and also in tho depletion of tho liquid hattcrj, and tho necessary sub stitution of a dry batterj for his receiver. Tho transmitting apparatus used to Illus trate tho Marconi or Heitzlan wavo method, consisted first of nn ordinary render, from which tho current was sent fiom tho telegraphic key Into two-Inch biass balls Inserted Into either end of a cj Under. Iictween tho balls Is a chajn bci Idled with liquid vaseline. The cj Un der Is held horlzontallj by metal rods ex tenellng to two zlno plate3 upheld ny staudaids. o When the current Is applied the effort mado by It to pass from tho Ilrst ball through tho vaseline, which Is strongly non-conductive, to tho other ball, causes a strong elect! Ic spaik, and tho zinc plates being set In motion tho electric wavo is started. Like a wavi ot sound or heat, It creates a vibration In all direc tions, and reaches tho receiver. The re ceiver, which Is connected with a battcty, consists of a small metal tubo called a coherer, containing brass and silver fil ings Under ordinary circumstances, metal Whips are not good conductors, but when pressed together they consti tuto a most sensitive conductor. Tho waves cre.ateel by tho transmitter crowd thoso filings together. Then it becomes necessary to neljust or "tunc" tho re ceiver so ih it It makes tho samo number of vibrations per second as does tho trans mitter. On the receiver an ordinary tele graphic relnj' operating an ordinary bounder is used. Owing tc tho fact that tho apparatus was not perfected, through 1'iofcsior Arej's Inability to obtain certain parts In Itocliesti r, and also on ncocunt of tho falluro of tho battery for tho receiver, It was necessary to pl&co tho receiver much nearer to tho transmitter than would havo been the cauo under moro favorable conditions. Tho signals weio clearly re peated nt a distance) of 35 or 40 feet, how ever, nnd tho practicability of tho method was demonstrated In a manner that dis pelled any doubts that those present may havo possessed. OOK "Watch for our Holiday Store: It will prove to be the best and cheapest place to buy, Holiday Book dt9 & Bibles, Booklets, Dia ries and Calendars. 1:17 Hi'itrci: fcTiu:KT. GO nn ILtf 1 lam Mi SgiYlig Additional zest will be given to the holiday meal by having a table equipment oF snowy napery. The thrifty housewife takes au especial pride in the appearance of her Thanksgiving dinner table. Kiudly note these liueu hints: Unbleached Table Linen, 54 inches wide, 22 cents a yard. Half Bleached Table Linen, 62 inches wide, 30 cents a yard. Old Bleached Homespun Table Linen, 40 cents per yard. Unbleached Table Linen. 72 inches wide, 50 cents per yard. A Fine All Liueu Bleached Damask, in seven designs, 62 inches wide, until Thursday only, 50 cents. Beautiful designs m 72 inch Bleached, Double Damask, such as Clover, Lily of the Val ley, Carnation, Ribbon, Sweet Pea and Whortleberry. Napkins to match at very low prices. Bleached Cotton Huck Towels, fancy border, 12 cents per pair. Hemmed Huck Linen Towels, 1SX36, 20 cents per pair. Damask Knotted Fringe Towels, fancy border, 25 cents per pair. Hemmed Huck Linen Towels. 20.x 40, 30 cents per pair. Hemstitched Damask Huck Towels, 50 cents per pair. All Liuen Fancy Border Towels, 25x52, the largest made, 50 cents per pair. New line of Large Plaid Towelling in Red, Pink, Blue and Green, iS inch, 10 cents; 20 inch 12 4 cents, for cushions, etc. TjCSrStore closed Thursday, Thanksgiving Day. Watch Thursday's papers for announcement of Bargain Sale. TTs BLAMETS aid COilFfDETAElESo For this -week we quote the following low prices: Cotton Blankets. 10-4 Columbia Blankets 59c 11-4 Silver Queen Blankets 7.'c U-4 Glorlana Blankets 98c 11-4 Arcadia Blankets $1 35 Mixed Blankets. Borders Itcd, Blue, Pink and Lemon. 10-4 Kingoton Blankets $1.75 10-4 Oxford Blnnkets 1.9S 10-4 "Wellnnd Blankets 2.23 11-1 Oxford Blankets 2.4'i 11-1 Welland Blankets 2.73 All-Wool Blankets. (Also Crib and Cradle sizes) Borders Blue, Pink, Blown, Bed and Lemon. 10-4 Tioga Blanket $3.23 10-4 Hero Blanket 4.00 10-4 Housekeepers' Choice Blanket. 5.30 11-4 Oakland Blanket 3.23 11-4 Norwood Blanket 4.23 11-4 Nuska Blanket 500 l?-4 Housekeepers' Choice Blanket. 6 00 12-1 Gold Medal Blanket G 75 13-4 Cold Medal Blanket 7.50 Our line of California and Ulder Down Blankets Is always complete. l'.obe nnd Wrapper Blankets (Rever sible), brocaded patterns for Ladles' Wrappers.Gentlemen's Bath-Robe3 and Smoklns: 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 Thcaeks gwnIlg, Day Will S001 ie Mere We are offering a regu lar HS-piece Havlland China Dinner Set in five different decorations for $27.50. Get one of these for your Thanksgiving dinner They are bargains. tie ciErms, mm OT1AIXEY CO., 422 Lacka. Ave, . Jll fLj ii to) CjS0 v-h mens 1W ?m In t ie ciptefl Byl 416 LACKAWANNA AVENUE, XIAMSQM1G The Whole Family Will Be Thankful in Our Shoes, from 25c to 35.00-, Lewis9 Reilly c& DavSeSo Wholesale and Retail. WillCloia All Day 'Jhunl.sslvlnsr. 5tationers. Engravers. REYNOLDS BROS,, HOTi:i.Ji:it.MY.vi)un.niNo, Have the Famous Planetary Pencil Sharpener on exhi bition. It is the only Sharpener which neyer breaks a point and will sharpen four do2en pencils every day for 12 months without any repairing. w X a a fa G ii. n Ui "2. 139 Wyoming Ave,, SCRANTON. Typewriters' Supplies. Draughting Materials. BAZAAI our Friday Afternoon Hourly Beware of paying too little for your clothes; a form of economical extravagance which will cost you dear in the end. "Cheap" is the one argument ad vanced by four-fifths of those who want to sell you clothes. The market is literally flooded with so-called "Custom-made" clothes, backed up by advertising which is an insult to the intelligence of the community. Don't be tempted by these offers, which your common sense should tell you will never be fulfilled. Mmcklow, There Is No Reasoe WHY WKSHOULDN'OT .SncUHE YOU TKAUU II' YOU AUU LOOKING FOIl AX OIL 01 GAS HEATER WE HAVI3 THU FOLLOWING KINDS: Standard Oil Heaters (2 sizes.) Majestic Oil Heaters (2 sizes.) Oil Radiators, Blue and White Flame, 1, 2 and 3 Burners. Banner Lamp Stoves. Gas Radiators, nickel and bronze finish. WKAUKSATISriKDTHATAFrEUYOU HAVi: COMPAUKI) OUU GOODS AND l'HIC'L'fc WITHOrilllUSYOUUIlUblNESsS WILLCOMfc. OUU WAY. F0O1E k SMEAR CO, 110 Washington Avenue. HENRY BEL1N, JR., General Agent for tho Wyomlni DlHtrlctfo. Mlnlngr, Illastlng, Sporting, Hmokeloil 11 ml tho Itepnimo Chomlc.it Company HM EXPLOSIVES, fcnfety Fuse, Cups ami Explodort. Itooma u'l'J, 'Jin nml 'Jit Commonwealtti Uulldlusi bcrunton. AGKNCIU.S. THOO, FOH1), ' JOHN H. SMITH A SON. E. .. MULLIGAN, IMtUton l'ljinontti WliUes-lJarrj ML PLEASANT COAL AT RETAIL. Coal of the best quality for domestla ust and of all elzei, Including Buckwheat and Blrdseye, delivered in any part of the city at tbe lowest rlco Orders received at tho Ofllco, first floor, Commonwealth building, room No ; telephone No. 2C24 or at the mine, tele phone No. 772. will be promptly attended to. Dealers supplied at tho mine. I 1 SI Durairs POWDER.
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