THE SORANTON TRIBU1T-E3-SATURDAY MORNTNGr, 2TOYEM:BER 27, 1897. 0e Jcranfon CrtBunc Published Dully, Ktirpt fund, by lli Trlhuno rublhhlng Company, al l Ifiy Cents a Month. MIRID AT Till rOSTOfnet AT SenANTOS. fJL, AS IZCOND-CLAeS MAIL MATTtR. TWENTY PAGES. BCRANTON, NOVKMUKIl 27, 1S97. The Tribune today compilscs twenty pages, eight of which nro given over to an Intel cstlnK exhibit ot thu Indus tilnl and commercial rrsoutcca of this city. See that ou iccolve the complete Issue. Our Lop-Slded Navy. The salient note In Secretin y Long's Aim annual repot t upon the conilltlon of the navy, a y nopals of which np lieiu.s elsewhere on this page, hi em bodied In his advice to cohbichi to pause In Its at dor for new battleships until theteaie trained seamen milllclent tn roan them and enough docks to hold them -In other wolds, until naval de velopment Is evenly balanced. AVo have. It hcems, been i willing forwatd the construction of ships without piopcr heed to the dozen or more le qulslt" accessories and now wo dis cover that shlos alone do not make a navj. The matter of docks Is a most lm poitant one. vet hetetofoic It has been almost entltely neglected. A modem w at ship has to be docked on an avei nge eveiv sl months. The clock must be specially constructed, and nitiht be bo situated as to be accessible to a center of population, where work men and supplies may be obtained leadlly, and jet protected ftom attack by sea. Of the thice American docks litietoforo built for the accommodation of battleships one is too small, the second is toin up for repairs and the third. In addition to being at the le motest northwestern coiner of the countiy, much beyond the teach of the Atlantic muadiun, Is at the mercy of the Canadians. Theiefore we have to send our w.n shins to Kncllsh docks, which would Involve a piettv state of affalis If bv nny mishap England and the United States should have a tiff. Secretaty Long lecommends the Im mediate building of adequate new docks or the improvement ot existing ones at lioslon. Xew YmK, Norfolk, Pott Ho.il. New Orleans and Mate Island, the cost of which, In total, would not gieatlv exceed the cost of one new battleship. This with the one effective dock whlih we at present have on Punet Sound, would give a total of seven docks sufllclent to ac commodate battleships, not to men tion Jour othei.s of smaller dimensions. ContMstcd with this, (Ireat Thitain has oil docks, 2S of which could ac commodate llist-class battleships.. Tout teen flist-elass battleships can be clocked at one time in the two jaids of Chatham and Poitsmouth alone. Tianco has "t; dock", i: of which be longing to the government and 7 to pihdte companies can accommodate battleships. (Jet many has 70 docks, 2 of which belong to pilvate companies and aie capable of docking the largest battleship". In addition to new docks Secretaty Long thinks tli.it wo need a material Impiovement of our naval repair shops. In his judgment $8,000,000 could be ex pended in this dltecUon piolltably. Ills lecommendatlons do not nppeal to the spread eagle Instinct but they aie emi nently practical and timely. The Tribune desires to expiess its indebtedness to Iteptesentative Cou ncil for valuable public documents re ceived thiough his couitesy. A Spanish Fake. Oieat ado is made In certain quarters because of the alleged dlscoveiy of a Kigantlc scheme to bilbo congress Into granting belllgeiency rights to the Cu ban insuigenls. The scheme i pally consists of offnis by the Cuban Junta to sell to fi lends of Cuba at 'Washing, ton and elsewhcie C. nci cent, gold bonds of the Cuban republic at Z0 cents on the dollar, on the leasonablo lepiesontdtlon that if Cuba gains her independence these bonds will go to par. As a matter of fact, this offer has been openly advettlsed in all the mag azines and in some of the leading dally newspapeis for months. There lias never been any attempt at secucy in Ihe mattci. The conditions of the pui chase of the bonds tuo plain. The bond does not obligate the icpubllcan gov ernment ot Cuba unti: sK months at-tn- the Spanlaids evacuate the islind. Th" puichaser who buH with a specu lative intent does so with his ejes open to nil the chances involved. The money deilved from such n sale of bonds goes into the Cuban Weasuiy and Is devoted to the purposes ol the war foi libera tion. If that war succeeds, the bond will have value. If it falls, the bond Mill constitute a pathetic souvenir. It is further charged by Spanish emls. satics at Washington that a huge nee dlstilbutlon of these bonds has been made by Cuban agents among mem beis of congress in the hope that such congiesmen, with an eye to luci eas ing the value of their bonds, will vote for a belllgcieuey lesolutlon out of motives of cupidity. It Is a case of ae cmatlon without pioof, and the uccu sitlon loses cicdlblllty the moment wo consider Unit tlio Indue. es that make it aie the same that, under P.lauco and Pando, row o enly seek to conquer the Cuban leadens by brlbeiv. llio try "stop, th'lef! piovcihlally suggests that those who Hist raise It aie them selves not bovo suspicion; and the news from Havana tuins suspicion In this case Into certainty of Spain's own guilt. Put the absutdlty of this bond stoiy so far as it arieits. congress lies In the mnnlfrst fact that Cuba's cause does not need to buy championship in the 'I'ldtcd States. Public opinion Is sym pathetic unselfishly and spontaneous ly. -. All accounts ftomVushlngton agree thnt Hawaiian annexation H certain, and few lobust" Anipilcana will bo orry. Announcement Is made In a Wush. Ington dispatch to tho Philadelphia Pi ess that If cpnstess shall pass a. bill lopoallng ,thu clyil scrvlco law President JtoKUHey ill eto It. Nat- urally. Hut if congress cannot secure a reasonable modification of that law the enactment ot icpcal will be its un. avoidable duty. It Is said that Minister do Lome had HUfllelent inlluonce with the ofllclnls of the Catholic University nt Washington on Thanksgiving Day to pi event ex. Minister Taylor from delivering a lec ture before that Institution In ciltl. clsm of Spain's course In Cuba. For the University's sake we trust that this report Is untrue. - .. i American History RcEnncted. Next Ttiesdnv evening will witness quite a focussing of patriotism In the Metropolitan Opera house, New York. On that occasion the Mayflower soci ety, thu Daughters of the American Itevolutlon, the Colonial Dames ot Ariel lea, the Holland society and the National tocletv of New Kngland wo. men will, with their husbands, broth el s and swcetheaits, and pel chance w Illi a few plebeians, assemble to w It nes a diamattc and scenic repioduc tlon of Ariel lean hlstoiy, tho plans for which nio certainly worthy of notice. With the aid of a choius of fcOO mem beis, suitably costumed, and by utili zation in the "speaking parts" of lineal descendants of colonial worthies, It Is pioposed In a teilcs of living pictures to leproduce with painstaking fidel ity cnily New England life, the Dutch occupation of New Yoik. the Itevolu tlonniy period and the Civil war. Says the Sun, In an aitlclo setting forth the Intent of the undertaking. The New England scenes will be "The Pilgrim Sabbath," "The Marriage of John Alden nndTilscllla," and "T'lnnU" giving" The last will represent a typical cailv Thanksgiving reunion. The enter tnlnmeut will lie given as a cvl.'bi.i tlon of tho anniversary of Evacuation D.iv There will be two scenes devoted to tills event, the llrst representing Wash ington and his staff waiting outside of the city In tho How cry for the an nounn merit ot the lSiltlsh commander that his tioops have left thu place. In the next, the same party, together with a l.ngo and enthusiastic section of the "populace" will be seen watching the de paittirc of the British ships. Two other Revolutionary scenes will be given, the "Inauguration of Washington" and "The Trench Embassy Hall" given two weeks later. In the ball scene the minuet will bo danced, the costumes representing tho alliance between Prance and the United States The pciiod of 1S12 will be repre sented by "The Presentation of the Free dom of the City ot New York to Commo dore Isaac Hull of the Constitution" This event occurred In the council cham ber of the City Hall, the presentation being made by .Major De Witt Clinton. There will be three scenes relating to the civil war the llrst "The Departure of the Seventh Regiment to tho War," a bivouac scene, and the leturn of the veteians to New York Over 20) volun teeers ftom the Stventn will appear In the llrst scene, led by Captain William J Underwood, representing Colonel Lef. fert In tho bivouac scene, represent ing a small detachment on outpost duty, a qunitct will sing the old vnr songs The final scene will be one of the mot icallstie and Insplilng, for the chief par ticipants will be the actual veieians of I.al.ivette Post C. A. R, led by Com mand! r J. C Long the Duroe Zouaves, the Hlu chan Zouaves and others. Thc will cany the tattered battlo Hags which thi j biought home fiom the vv.u anil will probabl be leeelved ultli an enthus iasm not confined to the stage populace There will be plenty of Inspiring music bv the Seventh Regiment band. Mr. Rush, mil, Mi. Toivnscml I'ellows nnd others. It is expected that Mme. Lillian HUuvelt will sing "The Star Spangled Uanner." While this idea cf commingling his torical instruction with entertainment Is not new. the exemplification of it upon so meat a scale In a city like New Yoik, that is ordinarily believed to be somewhat untroubled with the Instinct known as patriotism, cannot fall to be Interesting. Theie have been featuies of tho colonial society craze which pto voked in many quarters an amused contempt but for this kind of activity there tan be praise only. The effect cannot fail to be beneficial. A similar entei prise In this city would not be unw el come. Twenty-thieo prominent ralhoads representing every section of the coun try In September earned 24.21 per cent, better net profits than in Sept. 1S0G; and the flguies for the quarter ended Oct. 1 aie nearly as good. On all the ttunk lines the.ie is a substantial and a steady growth In gross earnings. Business is improving all the time. The Upset in Austria. It Is evident from the pioceedlncs In the Austrian iclchsrath that the lacial foment so long latent In the politics of that patched up emplie has begun to work again with ominous rapidity. The tioubles of which Amci leans have recently been leading nio ascribed In their Immediate significance to tho enactment of a law making the Czcih language co-oidlnate -with the Geunan language in Hohemla. This angeied the Herman element nnd foieed i paillumentary riisis. Hut back of the pretext of couise is the fact that Au-tiia-Hung.iiy Is a meie hodge podge of unusslmllated and laigely an tagonistic inclal stocks, with Pole and Czech and Slav and Magyar contend ing one with tlio other und all against the Get mnn, the Jews, tho Italians, the Tirolese and the Montenegiins. Into tho details ol tho situation in Austria we lack tho Knowledge to en tei. Those familiar with them assert that the piobabllltles point to seilous consequences, perhaps Involving the perpaulty of tho Hapsburg dvnasty and eiy cettaln, unless speedily com posed, to end in tlio dismembeiment of tho piesent Austrian tmplie and Its teoiganlzatlon on new lines. That In the peculiar adjustment which now ob tains In tho international lelatlonu of Euiope such a eontlngenc taules with It a gtave hazaid of tontinental poaco or war Is readily riedlblo after vvhut tho woild has seen In the Armenian affair. So that, fiom tho apparently small matter as to whether contiaets, chocks and business paper would bo valid in Hohemin If vviltten in either of two languages we havo a develop ment In race passion which already menaces tho world's cqulllbilum and may at any monunt deluge Europe with blood. Ameilcans, viewing tills teeno though It be but dimly from afar, can deilvo a lesson from It most timely at this moment. We, too, huvo race pioblcms, and we have been in recent years by no means eager to solve them. We also havo had attempts to wedgo Into legality in school curriculum fotclgn tongues, thus perhaps paving the way for a wider authorization of foreign speech and usages, and wo have had the cultivation for political purpose of the natural clannlnhuess of alien lares sit down In a new environment. Sometimes these manifestations have been icbuked, but not always as sharp ly and as emphatically as tho occasion demanded. Cahenslvlsm, to lie sure, is pintty well stamped out, the Vati can having grown wise In its genera tion; but there aie other forms of tho same race dilemma not less in need ot salutary Vigilance. The Americaniza tion ot all would-be Americans nnd the casting forth of alt who, being with us, refuse stubbornly to become of us, are duties which must be per formed If our country would escape the nerll which ha-j ovei taken tho unhappy land of tho Ilapsbutgs. Three New Yoik life insurnnce com panies have nnnounced nn Increase in the premium intes to take effect after Jan. 1 next. The only effect of this will be to give other compnnles more buslncus. The present rates arc ample. Theto can bo nn excuse for biutallty In army discipline, but tho Loverlng case shows that wheio brutality Is pioved the anny Itself Is swift to con. demn. There Is consequently no need for civilians to grow red tn the face. A cei titled repoit that General Max imo Gomez had captuicd and hanged a dozen or more of the Spanish hood leis now at work among the Cuban Insurgents would be welcome news. Explorer Nansen, It Is announced, has declared a boycott on American recep tions. He will doubtless continue, however, to accept American dollars. Tho fly in Sagasta's ointment is not Gomez but Wcyler. It Is not at all likely that the Sagastn ministry will attain a peaceful old ugo. TOLD BY THE STARS. Daily Horoscope Diavvn by Ajncchii9, Tho Trlhuno Astrologer. Astrolabe Cast. -108 a. m., for Satmdjy, Nov ember 27, U97. & t& A child born on this day will not look for election contests outside of the Sun day papers. The dlgnlt ot Showman Al Reeves Is of the kind that should always be kept In a thick glass case. The boardlnR-houe Thanksgiving tur key Joke made its annual round of the papers this cai. The chrysanthemum will now go out with foot bull hair. That nolti'mr Is made In vain Is evi denced by the fact that some men In this community are excellent woodchuck nnd squirrel hentcrs Ajncclms' Advice. Do not presume too much on short ac quaintance. Tlio man who skates on thin Ire Is llabl" to receive a ver cold, bath. Sfaftis and Needs 0! the Neu) Navy Washington, Nov y. The report of the societal v of tho navy was made public todaj. It puts the piesont effective light ing foice ot the United States navy at 4 battleships of the tltst-class, 2 battle ships of tho second class, 2 aimored cruls er 10 eiulsors. It gunboats, fi double tuirettd monltois, l ram, 1 damlte gun boat, 1 dispatih boat 1 transport steamer, und ." torpedo boats. There aio under construction 5 battleships ot the first clas, 16 torpedo boats, and 1 submarine boat There aie 61 other naval vessels, Including thoe used as training, receiv ing, and naval-reservo ships, tugs, dis used slngle-turreted monitors, and some unscrvlceablo craft. There Is, further, the auxiliary fleet This consists, flist, ot more than 20 subsidized steamers which comply with the requirements of the pos tal act of March 3, ISsl. with regard to the adaptability to naval service, and to nn aimament of main and secondary battel les, second, of a very much greater number of laige merchant marine steam ers, which can be availed of at any time of need. The report adds: "These auxili aries, ranging from 2,000 to 12,000 tons, will, If occasion lequlre foim a power ful llect of ocean cruisers, capable of swift and formidable attack upon an enemy's commerce. Their great coal ca pacity will also enable them to remain a long time at sea In search of the where abouts of hostile vessels. The country is to bo congratulated upon the lesultB ob tained in the rebuilding of tho navy. While Its ships are not ns many and It Is not necessary they should be as those of some other great powers, they are, class for class, in power, speed, work manship, and offensive and defensive qualities, the equal of vessels built any where else In the world The vessels un der construction should be completed during the coming jear. except the live battleships, which will piobably not bo ready for service before the latter part of lS'O." fl it appeals from the report that today the most in gent need of the naval service Is an Incioiiiic of docking facilities. Of the eleven government docks nine on tho Atlantic and two on the Pacific coast three were doslgnod to accommodate bat tleships of the tli st class, one at Now Yoik, one at Tort Itojal, S. C. and ono at llumeitgii, Wash, on Paget Sound. Hut the dock at New Yoik has bei n for six months, and Is likely for Ihrce months nioi e to bo undergoing repalis, and at the dock at Pott Royal theie Is not only an liiHulllcleno of water, but tho cros. section of tho dock Is too small to safely admit battleships with bilge kools af fixed. A modern ship should be dockid everv few months, anil owing to tho above condition of tho docks on this coast It was nocessaiy to send tho Indl unii to Halifax In August last for this puipoxc On tho Pacillc coast there Is but que dock of sufficient size to dock a modi rn battleship. This is on Paget Sound, ! miles from San Francisco. Access to it Is thiough a nairovv chan nel twenty miles long, one side of which Is In possession of a foreign country. This lack of docking facilities, says Sec retary Long, should bo remedied at the earliest possible moment. Tho necessity Is Imperative. On tho subject of the de velopment of a naval militia the secre tary leports gratifying progress Seven teen states now huvo naval mllltla or ganisations. o With regaid to tho futuio of navy building. Secretary Long savs: "Our lemotoness from foreign powers, tho genius of our Institutions, nnd the devo tlon of our pcoplo to education, com merce, and Industry, rather than to any policy that involves military entangle ments, mako war to be thought of only as a last resort In defense of our rights, und our military and naval establish ments us a polite forco for the preserva tion of older and never for aggression. While all this Is, therefore, nn earnest of peaco ns tho normal condition of our national life, thero Is no question of tho necessity, tho wisdom, nnd the economy, to tho same end, of un effectlvo navy. In view of tho vust extent of our coast and tho possibility of attuck from the sea upon our great cities, where tho concen tration ot population and property Is cnoimniis. Tho country Is com mil tod to tho Increase of the navy by tho declara tions of our pcoplo and tho action ot their representatives Tho very fact that wo are capable of manufactuilng aimor and guns, powder and projectiles, and to construct ships which uro the equals of those built anywhere else, is In Itself a source of great naval power, and our present lesouices In this respect should not bo impaired. Wo should preservo and maintain those resources and tho ability not only to continue tho work already so well advanced, but to Improve upon It, us tho sclenco of naval coustiuetlon, as It Is sine to do, develop tin nt W models and methods which at this nge of progress so rapidly rcplaco the best of today with the better of tomorrow. "Hitherto for more than a decade the Increaso of the navy has very properly been In the lino of new ships, nnd wisely so, as this has hitherto been the vital need. In tho opinion of tho department, tho time hns now como when that In creaso should be on adjunctory Hues In order to bring our naval facilities up to the same lino of advance. As heretofore Indicated, the principal need today Is that of sufllclent docks, of which there Is a deplorable lack: of ndequato supplies of tho munitions of war, which should never be nt tho hand-to-mouth Btage; of nn equipment of our navy yards equal to the demnnd upon them of tho Increased num ber of our ships; and of nn enlarged corps of officers and men to do tho work. Additions to our fleet may bo hereafter necessary to bring It In casa of emerg ency to nn extent commensurate with tho growing necessities of the country, especially In view of the development of Alaska, which Is a continent In Itself, nnd of the possible annexation of Islands In the Pacillc. On the other hand, It Is a mistake not to recognize that our naval power has more than doubled with in tho last few ears. that the case of any emergency bejond our piesent re sources Is the very rare case, that until It comes ships will bo gradually taken out of commission and put Into reserve In order to nduce running expenses, and that a due regard Is necessary to the relation of the national expenditures to the national levonurs. The department therefore recommends that tho authori zation of new ships by the coming con gress bo limited to ono battleship for tho Pacillc coast, whore, after the five now under construction nro completed, there will bo only two, while on tho Atlantic there will be seven, and also to a few torpedo boats and torpedo-boat destroy, ers, both of which aro compaiatlvcly of little cost, and more ot which nre de sirable In order to bring this swift, mo bile anil handily effective arm of tho servlco up to Its place In the general scheme for coast defense." o The running expenses of the navy last ear, not counting the cost ot permanent Improvements, was 17,514,231. HEREDITY. Prom the Syracuse Post. Modern sclenco has demonstrated no proposition moic clearly or convincingly than tho proposition that like begets like. Tlie pilnclplcs of heredity have been so thoroughly established that no Intelligent person tan doubt them. Prof. Pcelman, of the University of Bonn, Ger many, has contributed to the study of this subject some vtrv Interesting ob servations ns the result of practical In vestigations. Prof. Pcelman selected as the special subject for his Investigation tho descendants of a profligate woman known ns I'lau Ada Jurke, who was for sixty years a resident of the city of Cologne and died there about a century ago. This woman lived a life of vice and crlmo nnd transmitted her traits to several children. Her descendants num ber S3I person' lepresentlng six genera tions of her posteilty Prof Peelman has secured the biographies of 709 of these descendants. He finds that 105 were of Illegitimate birth, 1C2 were piofesslonal beggars 01 of them died In almshouses, 1SI women lived lives of open shame 70 were convicted nnd imprisoned for crime and 7 havo been executed for muuler. That Is quite a re cot d for the descendants of one profligate woman. o The economic side of tho question Is brought out In Pi of. Peolman's con clusions ns to the expense caused tho stato by this family. He estimates mat It cost tho public an nvelago of $12 000 a car or a total of ?1 2d0,00 to support the paupeis and punish the criminals and protect society against their depie datlons during these 100 je.ns. Here Is a tine Held of stud for the sociologists. It shows th.tt from n financial standpoint alone it Is much better for society to re form Us criminals, If possible, l.ithet than let them propagate their vicious species. If Trail Jurke had been properly trained as a child and kept from evil as sociations she might havo been honored to this day by law abiding, respectable descendants who had been the friends nnd not the foes of society. o An effort will be made during the next legislature to revise the penal system ot this state so as to give more attention to the prevention of crime nnd tho tefor matlon of criminals lather than to the mere Idea of punishment as a punitive measure. It Is n good deal better to save a oung man of criminal tendencies and send him back to society to be a useful member of It than to treat him In prison In a way that will nuke him return to society ns Its enemy, believing that every mail's hand Is against him. Any system of penology that falls to take into con sideration generations yet unborn Is In complete and Inadequate. WHAT CONGRESS MONT DO. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. It must alwajs remain with congress to define the sttitus of people battling for liberty. More than a ear ago congress declared that the Cuban patriots were en titled to the rights of belligerents, and. so far as we can observe, tho president, through Minister Woodfoul, has been In sisting upon those rights. Geneial Blanco has ordeied that prisoners of war bo treated as such, and that tho wounded be cared for Instead of being slain In their cots. Should congress at Its next session find thnt the conflict will not ceaso because of Spain's offers or the ef forts of diplomacy, It may dellne the status of tlio Cuban republic as Inde pendent Such dttinltlnn would not bo a wur resolution One thing congress will not do; It will not tolerate a practical al llanco with Spiln to coeieo tho patriots In aims, struggling for liberty If our diplomacy squlntH in that direction, theie will be un explosion when congress meets. JUST ONCE. Towanda Repoiter-Journal. The careful reader of dally newspapeis seem es some chunks of Infoimatlon that would suiprlso the elect themselves, as witness the following from tlio Chicago Times. lerald. "Sam Knight, an au thoilty on bees, sns: 'If a stinging In sect ever HghtH on jou hold jour breath until you can brush It away. If ou don't breathe the Insect can't sting. I wouldn't mind walking Into the biggest yellow Jacket nest In the world. I can hold my breath for a minute and In that time I could kill most of them and scaro the others away.' " We should llko to see Sam walk Into a ten-Inch nest In habited by adult Pennsjlvanla jellow jackets. Just once; and we predict thnt he would hold his breath not longer than one-sixteenth of a second. UNQUESTIONAMI.Y TKUE. Prom the New Yoik Sun. The wisest policy for Spain Is to seek poueo at onco on tho basis of Cuban Inde pendence OOK Watch -for our Holiday Store; t will prove to be the best and cheapest place to buy. Holiday Books Bibles, Booklets, Dia ries and Calendars. IMTHPKLT'K STREET. OEMilIIffS C Blame It T the Weather Blaine it to what we will, this fact stares us coldly in the face: we're overstocked oil certain lines of winter wearables. Now this is all opposed to our ideas of progress ivc merchandising, and we have determined to uuload the surplus at short notice. We've made a perfectly plain and above board statement of existing conditions now for the remedy. It seems a pity to call the price pruncr's services into play thus early in the season, but there's no help for it, so here goes for the biggest merchandising event of the season. Of Course You're Watching: We'll Start with Cloaks It takes nerve to smile when you're cut to the quick; it takes nerve to see legiti mate profits go glimmering, but they'll go just the same uutil this big handsome stock of garments is reduced to its proper proportions. Now for the Barga3o At $1. 98 Children's Long Cloth Coats, with sailor collar, braid and pearl buttons. At 2.98 Ladies' Seal Plush Capes, silk lined, trimmed with Thibet fur. At 3.98 Misses' and Children's Reefer Jackets that were $5.00 At 4.98 A magnificent line of Jackets and capes that were $7.00 to $S.oo. At 6.98 Ladies' and Misses' Jackets and Capes that were $10.00. At 7.98 Ladies' and Misses' Jackets and Capes that were $10.00 to $12.00. At 9.98 Ladies' and Misses' Jackets and Capes that were $12.00 to $14.00. At 34.98 Ladies' and Misses' Jackets and Capes that were $20.00. HLEO h BtAMHS ami CQiroiTAIlES, For this week we quote the following low prices: Cotton Blankets. 10-4 Columbia Ulankcts 69c 11-4 Silver Queen Ulankcts 75c 11-4 Glorlana Blankets 9Sc 11-4 Arcadia JLUank?;s $1 35 Maxed Blankets. Borders lied, Blue. Pink and Lemon. 10-4 Kingston Blankets $1.75 10-4 Oxford Blankets 1.98 10-4 Welland Blankets 2.23 11-1 Oxford Blankets 2.45 11-4 Welland Blankets 2.75 'All-Wool Blankets. fAIso Crib and Cradle sizes) Borders Blue, Pink. Brown, Red and Lemon. 10-4 Tioga Blanket 53.25 10-4 Hero Blanket 4, CO 10-4 Housekeepers' Choice Blanket. D.50 11-4 Oakland Blanket 3.25 11-4 Norwood Blanket 4.25 11-4 Nuska Blanket 5.00 l?-4 Housekeepers' Choice Blanket. 6.00 12-4 Gold Medal Blanket 6.75 13-4 Gold Medal Blanket 7.50 Our lino of California, and Elder Down Blankets is always complete. Kobe and Wrapper Blankets (Rever sible), brocaded patterns for Ladles' Wrappers.Gentlemen's Bath-Robes and Smoking Jackets. Comfortables. Full size Comfortables, both sides fancy at 98c, $1.50, $2.25, $2.75, $3.25. French Satiue Down Quilts at $3.aS; special price for this week only. Also a choice line of Silk Comfortables. 510 and 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE Artistic Statuettes. ItOIJKUV OltOU'S, l'ANCV l!UO.V,i:i) CHINA NOVKIllLS, AND llltlL'-A-UHAU Iroin all purls of the world. A wholo lot of pietty tilings for ChrUttnus Presents. TIE CLEMOHS, WM 0'IIAtUY CO., 422 Lacka. Ave. In t Be Fm 1 cmpica Mf 416 LACKAWANNA AVENUE, TlAHKSGiYlNG The Whole Family Will Be Thankful in Our Shoes, from 25c to $5.00; Lewi? Really & DavieSo Wholesale and Retail. Will Close All Day Thanksgiving. Stationers. Engravers. REYNOLDS EE0S., J10m.JUIiMY.N'HUIMINa, Have the Famous Planetary Pencil Sharpener on exhi bition: It is the o n 1 -v .hnrnpripi' o n rp C) 69 which never breaks a point and will Td m sharDen "lour dozen ta g pencils every day for ij. momns wruioui ?' any repairing. 139 Wyoming Ave,, SCRANTON. Typewriters' Supplies. Draughting Materials. BAZAAIL" 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. fi- There Is No Reasomi WHY WKBUOULDNOT BECURE TOIT TltAUU IP YOU AltE LOOKING tfOIt AN OIL dM GAS HEATER WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING KIND3: Standard Oil Heaters (2 sizes.) Majestic Oil Heaters (2 sizes.) Ojl Radiators, Blue and White Flame, 1, 2 and 3 Burners. Banner Lamp Stoves. Gas Radiators, nickel and bronze finish. WE AIIE SATISFIED THAT AFTER YOU HAVE COMPARED OUR GOODS AND PRICES WITH OTHERS, YOUR BUSINESS WILL COME OUR WAY. & SHEAR CO. 110 Washington Areau HENRY BELIN, JR., General Agent for the Wyoming District far Mining, Illnitlng, Sporting, Hmokelm and the Hepauno Chemical Company' HIGH EXPLOSIVES. Safety Fuse, Caps and Exploders. Rooms '1'J, '.'13 and 214 Commoawealtt llulldlng, Scranton. AGENCIES: TUP", FORD, JOHN U. SMITH A SON, K. W. MULLIGAN. rittttot Plymouth WUkes-Darrs II PLEASANT COAL AT RETAIL. Coal of the best quality (or domestle list and of all sliea. Including Buckwheat anj Blrdaeye, delivered la any part ot tha city, at tbe lowest frlca Orders received at the Office, flfst floor. Commonwealth building;, room No IJ telephone No. 2624 or at the mine, tlt-J phone No, 272, will bs promptly attended to. Dealer upplUd at thu rain. WM, 1 Sf leeMi, lureiT'i POWDER.
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