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THE SORANTON TRIBTJJSTE -WEDNESDAY MORNING-, DECEMBER 1, 1897.
lliMMiCil Hilly, Exroi.t cundnv bv the Tilbune
nibl Wilng Comp-iny, nt iny Cents n Month,
Mimt t tiis rosTornm at cranto pa. a
ISCONB-CUSS MAIL UATTIR.
TEN PAGES.
PCHANTON. DKCUMUKU 1, 1897.
Spain linld Culm tip. Iiuticllt in0ilon,
mid iletiir.nils a tnrlfT preferential, 10
(pitliiK In loply a clout In tho fnec.
l-'iiKland wives Ciiniula lier own vny
ntn' Cdnmlii In trrntlludo voluntarily
'lcennlse to lliiRlnnd pn U rontl.il ilutlcs.
TIiIh little contrast pxiilaltio In Inlef
vhy EtiKlamt zalm while Spain loses
colonial sunv.
Shall llnwall Be Atincxid ?
Two nrsumcntrt ncaliiHl tin? annexa
tion of Hawaii appear In tho Oecpm
licr Fiiium. Tln llrnt, prevented ly ex
Clilef Juitlru Daniel ARtievv, eonoenn
llsi'lf lniRtlv with the cnuteiitluti that
the uiini'MiUon nf Hawaii would be In
violation of the Constitution. Snys .Mi.
Acuew: "Tlieie l no i-xihcw power In
tin- Constitution to aeo.ulie and Inecil
poiato a foiolifii umltory and people
Into the I'nlon I'lereilentH nie cited
tn JtiMtlty the iiiitiuxutlnp ot Hawaii.
l''f(i(!"in ilori not ntiieiid the Constl
tin. mi. AiniMiilnii'tit U'tulH' a vol" of
twn-tliliiN ol ooiiei""', awl of tluee
fomtlis of tho stato. Consifiit of the
c mut' all no I- nut oneiimli I'lecedcnt
Imw liu ioii'f km ppl by tlHKO and cull--nnt
and mut ho liiecK'i-lv In point.
Tin ir ! mi picei'dont to Justlir tin ml
niwtjmi hy lioatv of llnwall. The pui
iIiishj. of I.uilMiinn. Plot Ida. and
lul. mo I'ltod- but thew aio not In
pxiiit A plltduis uii.tutlinilrd by the
Constitution i mi be Juitiik'd only by
.hi "fittillni; nerc.'dtv foi tho national
-,if. i. To uaiiant tho c virtue- of a
pnwti not found in tho Couxtltutlou,
Hi.- neicMtv must bo i bar and Im
1" r.iti Without tills tt i n n!.i
I mil of tln until of eilllce "
In tho opinion of nioM fai-.lshti'd
Vim tliuii ftatt'Hiion. past and pto-ont,
liHc.r. "an iivoiiiillinj ntc-sltv lor
fh. iintlomil afet" doe.4 oall In this
iitloulni eoe tif the oxotilsc ol u
I iv or in- our ki eminent if nm e
i'i."l authoilnil in tlii Ciintltutlon
.li i cciloliil' nowlioio prohlblteil In
1'iai iiit-ttuniPiil Such nei'i's-ilt; would
in i oslst with cental piossuio If It tould
I I .illlunol wltli pu'dslim that tho
M.un- on i in Hawaii could ho main
tained Cnioituniitelv Hawaii has
ilnftod to tin- p.utlnt; of the vva!-. She
un no loiiS'i mnnlii half Ameilc.r.i
uinl half At-lan, .me oi tho other In
lliii'i'iv nilivt iloinlnato Pii1l's tho
I'nltoii Stolen l piep.ued to east hor
"oMMi'lKii Intrust., in Hawaii adrift,
tlo r llmiuNliei pifj of Dtlontal Hvnls
of tho futuio, it must asisumo at la-t
tno i .spiuiflliilli) or dollnlu notion.
I'aiainuunt noroH-Ity is ainplo w.iuanl
1 t the action I'onleniplatid by the
l!i -.lit ailnilnlf-iiatlon.
The otltT objertion In presented by
l'i 'lei-Mii Mryio. who unnuunifv by
wu nf intiiidiiotlon that hl. (onimont
i- pii'iuptod lij illslntoicted tileu'l
shlp Tho uist i,( h, ni'Rilinent Is eni
I'l'dlod in thl os-ocipt. "Tho met s
tli.it Aineilean institutions aio unite
i'iiiilt.d to tlio Kiieintnont of liepend-
m lis Thiico Institution'' aio poi
x.tilnl nil tlitoiiKh bj the pilnoipio-i of
I'lii.ility and the habil ol solf-Rnun-nniit
'I'hej do not adapt thoin.selp,
tii' untiles wheio the population inn
sistf of oli'iupiitH utti-ilj unoqiuU and
iiHslmllar. as is the m.- In Hawaii.
' In iitliei woids, tlio piolileni
w'llih tlie Pulled .States would hne to
snlw in t'ubii or In Hawaii, weio either
i tliotii to bo annexed, would bo, for
Hi I 'lilted State s, neiioftly new and
iVieiii 1) pei'plexinp: prolioni lie
niiiht bi a t-aiiKiilno man who thinks
'.it ii ilninoi'i.itio tr oinmi ul. Intend-
! In lie wulKi'd Ii oilllialod nr-n nf
ilo In si Ciiiiipeiin s,)(i wiin.si' unees.
i .is inno enjoji'd liidliim ami hem
a ' iisiimiid to p lf-ocii)tiient fur lon
ti'iies ..in. v itlimit daiiBir to Its now
mbei'tM and Injui" t) It-elf, eltliep net
up aiuoiiK nu Infeiioi and illsinillar
P iplll.ltiilll itc uwii ileillnoi III." IllRtltli-
l nu or m far dipait limn nil its own
I. 'illliniis nH to attempt to Knern tli.it
pui iliitliM .mil it.i own eltii-piis nbioail
1 ilfsp.iii,. methods "
Pii.ri's.siir Hiye adds: "The Pnllod
Slabs has nlieady a Rival and
sih iiiliil mlFslnn In liullilinpr tin be
twein the iiivaus n fie.', happy, and
pn !'i'ioti.s nation or two huuiiieil mil
linns nf people. And one nf tho lloblept
Prtith nf lit i- inlsslim In tho wo: Id has
li n tn show tn the oldtr peoples ami
m it. s an oxnmple ot nbatentlon fiom
tin iiuariel'i ami wars ami rompiests
tlinl maU" up h.. laig-e and s-o lauioiit
nbi a pnit nf the annuls (,f Uuiopo
lb i loiinto iosi'tiiin and hi-r Ininieiiup
p'Wfi lmp doIUeied her fioni that
b..ideii nf inilliiiry mid nnwil nnna
n nts wlili i pies h with iiuhliiK
wla;lil iip.ii the pioples of Kuiopo. It
w aild bo, fur her, n deyeeni Imm what
ri.M be ealled Hip jiedehtal if wise and
t' iili dPtaehnnnt on whli li hlio now
stands, wen. she tu yield to that eaith
hi.ni.iT which lias been lalm," anionn
tli. :tiioean htates. and to iniltalo the
U'siiInc lnotluds whli li some ol
Hi in haw pui sued "
This is the most elfeitlvo aiKiiinent
t piesented; the one that mul.es the
strongest appeal to coiibtrviitlvu Ame.--I'un
s'ntlment. JJut It would be et
ni".e powerful ir it were only peiti
lu nt In fui t, no Mil th-huiiKer is pies
rin as a inotivo anvwheio in tlio Ha
Udllan piobleni. Hud it been, Hawaii
would have luen annexed Koneiatlons
n!To Covetcusness of Hawaiian noil Is
not u raptor; had the Pnlted Stutes
been poFsebsed by that ctaisp, Canada
Rinlf'uba teitalnjy nnd possibly .Me.vlio
would hae pieeeded Hawaii Into tho
I'nlon. Th- .whule fact Is that Hawaii
has voluntarily offered herfeelf nnd
must cither beaci'eptedor rejected. Ue
Jectlon Involves thu peimnncnt sacil
flee of American potentiality In tho
Noith Pacific: the bill lender to Japan
of u ccntuij's doelopnent In n com
nuinlty whose lnsMn;ts and predllee
tlons favor nn Aineij'can alliance; and
finally the ubamliiilnn.'nt for all time
of the dream of u New Woild dedicated
unreservedly to democracy, on Iho
other hand, acceptance liuolvos risks
and opens problems; but these at their
worst are much preferable to the risks
and ptobloms Involved In the negatlvo
't'H' fYw!"l0UHy;yrtp'luvu .iniliexa-
Hon were to mark the beglnnliiR of nn
extensive scheme of American colon
ization, will Professor Ilryce iiHlrm
that Amei leans would he likely to
piove themselves less able to colonize
successfully than their lngltsh cousins
actoss the sea?
It Is ns good as admitted officially nt
Washington Hint the reciprocity ileal
with Canada Is off. Canada wanted
the whole hoc
Shirking Responsibility.
For the biutnl nnd unprovoked mur
der of Ur. Ilulz while a prisoner In a
Cuban Jail the Spanish uoverntnent, It
Is announced, has expressed Its will
ingness to pay 16 tho widow nnd her
orphnned children an Indemnity of $25,
OOO In lieu of the $76,000 to which film
justly laid claim. It Is stated conspic
uously in the dispatch embodying this
Information that Spain does not admit
that an Indemnity is legally or mor
nlly due to Mis. Itulz, but makes the
pi offer of one simply ns a kind of
peace ofteilng to the United States.
So far as the widow Is concerned the
money Is doubtless far mine Important
thin the motive. Hut It nevertheless
seems a pity that the American idea
of diplomacy these days appears to be
that any fnuith-rnte power which so
wills may twist and squlim out of
wrluil lesponslblllty as Impudently as
It pleaes so low a.s our money claims
fin ti;iaiitlon aio settled This chai
aiteilstlo on the pait ot tho American
slate dep.ti lineiit under all ndmlnlstia
tloiH nun make for peace but It cer
tainly does not make foi American lep
utation in foieisn capitals. Our more
pai lib instincts may Incline us
as a nation to bflleve that ap
peal uncus nie of little consequence
mi long as we get the substan
tial essence of what we go after. Hut
It is tar from clear to many fctudents
nt this problem whether the ptompter
and inoio aggressive cliaiacteiistlcs
exhibited In the diplomat y oi the piln
i ipal Hutopean poweis would not In
many dliectlons accomplish better le
sultv 11 adopted b oui own govern
ment. In the case befoie us. Spain pays a
tlilid of her debt and Is permitted to
lepresont to the wnild that oven that
teduecd allow ante Is not a lepaiatlon
but a Clnlstmns piesent. Title, the
w oi 1.1 knows that Spain's lepiesentn
tinn Is a nioie "bluff" conoealinc a
mtv decided luctmu'o of compulsion
Hut might the power which make a
pi act Ice ol committing n lines like that
liiMihed in the assassination of Hulz
to be peimitted to made the full limit
ot expiation.' Is it not n compounding
of felony or woi.se for out government
to gle Spain the chnnce to diop down
easily?
If Soaiii weie a ptlxnte nssassln, It
Is doubtful If ,in couit in Christen
dom would pciinlt It to buy immunity
fioni prosecution bj means of n"volun
t.uy donation" of Jj,noo to the lellct
of tho assassination.
Mis. Xack and Maitln Thoin have
nt any rate succeeded in ilcniontint
Ing that inoriv exlended to either
would be lnlsplacrd.
Necessary Postal Reform.
C'nngiossmun I.oud, the chairman of
tlio lmu-o eonimltteo on post oiricis
and im-it toads, who ih.impioutd in
lb" Flfi-fouiili longuss a bill for
postal iilonn whli li passul the house
but loll Into obscurity In the senate,
aiinoiiiuoy that Just as lOnn is con
gioss leassembles he will icnew tho
iiglit. The postal dcpnitincr't this year
did business at a loss of $S,000,Oi)0. The
Loud Mil wini Id tin n 1 1 1 a loss Into
a pi. Hit of $3,000,000, or inougii. as Tir.st
Assistant Postmaster tionoral Heath
s.ivs, to double the pie. mt area ot
flee iui.ll dellveiy
Tlio Loud bill Is veiy simple It
pioiosps niPiely to pioliiblt the admls
hlon of books or lopiiuts of books to
seiond-iiass i.ites and to abolish the
sample copy pilvilege We at one tlliV'
oppiisul this bill under a inlsappiehen
slmi as to Its terms and scope, but now
consider that while It would for a tlm-
perhaps to sumo extent cmbairass
newspapor pulillbheis, they in the end
would gain, along with tlio geneial
public, by its cnaitment, nnd for the
leason that with Hie sample copy pi hi.
lego icscinded the publishing business
would descend to a more business like
and common sen-e basis. Sa.s Mr.
hoiul In tho curieut Foi um.
ilo bDoksiiii r op a ligitlmnte woik
;) tl'iht cents a pound pustagi to toil l
it llmiUL,!i the mill; v alle Spaiilillng s
iioniu I. dual" goes tlilousli tilt mails
a' nlie lent a pniiiiil The following are
M'lti" f the books, that m.i) bo so ii.ns
mltlMl "Life tad llitths of Jamif J.
I'nlbolt,' "Hew to llit-oiiH a Hoxet,"
' Hnw to liu liiiluiip," "Tin- Sei'lit'l
Co'iiinandireiit," "If chilst c'anio to Con
.llosV i to. Hut tin use nf the second
iIiki Lite tor tho illhtilbiitlon of cheap
an I wuithless books from a literary
point of iew niiilii the gulso of siilal
niinibii.s of a piriodlcal publication, is
the li ot two e's, i'iit. sample-copy
iitilmiiii o Is the uirst Tie Niwspip-r
I'ulillslii'is' ai'soiiallon, wnlili roprcunts
fullj SO per tint, ot the dally newtpaper
t'livul.itloii of tile iiiuiiiry, aftei tare
fully liiM'stlKnting this subject, has. In
annual ooiim i lion, twke n inniniPlnl.sl
Hal tin Kiniple cop) prlilegel be ubol
ished this. In spite nt tl.e fact that they
would lie piounlai) Ici-ir- by the imnie
ill.ito n; ration ol the chaiiKr If tho
eainplo-copy pi i liege were limited to ,ts
oilsinal Intent, tlieie would be no call for
lis cutt.iOmeiit; but human Ingenuity has
made It a ery eusy weujion for "plujlng"
tho mail sen lee hi Augusta, .Maine,
there is a paper trut boasts of a clreJ
latlon of 1,.V,0iiii copies. Tho proprietor
do not usscrt tl at more than M per cent,
nf tills Is a paid cllculatloii. Tlio le
m.ilnder Is Issued as "sumplu copies.' It
Is well to draw tho mantlo of charity oor
e von the percentage claimed.
In other winds, the sample copy ptlv
llege merely enables reaiers of this
paper to get llteiature at the public's
expense, since the public Is taxed to
mako up the postal dellclt cieated by
the earning nf this .nunilnous mall
stuff nt a loss. Manifestly this fostets
an lnequltublo competition In the pub
lishing business no less than a false
sense of values among the favored re
cipients of government bounty. Under
these circumstances und In view also
of the fact that a self-sustaining pos
tal service will probably Ifting one cent
letter postage, congress would do well
to glvo Mi. houd's bill a hcaity shove
toward the white house.
Thirty years ago when Hungary en
tered Into a compact of union with
Austiiu, It was stipulated that she
should bear 20 per cent, of tho ex
penses of the combined kingdom.
Hungary then was poor and the per
centage was made low on put pose,
Tho compact expired In 1877, was re
newed, expired again In 18S7. was re
newed, unci will have to be broken or
renewed yet this year. In the mean
time, Hungary as compared with Aus
tria hns waxed rich, but she refuses
steadily to permit an Increase In her
percentage. A son of Louis Kossuth,
talking In the parliament nt lluda
pest, openly ndvocntcs a declaration
of absolute Indepedence, nnd stranger
things could happen than that In the
tumbles now besetting Austria this
ndvlco should bo ncted upon. The
union with Austria Is" certainly not
one that Hungary can think well of.
The Oermnn press nnd government
are represented to bo In a towering
tnge over tho Idea that their thient
enod seizure of Haitian property In
stimmniy redress for a fancied Insult Is
any of Pncle Sam's business. If this Is
true thev will simply have to cool off.
Tlie Monroe docttlne applies as well to
Ceimnny ns to Qtoat Htltnln, and
Atneilcans aio quite aw toady to back
It up In the one case as In the other.
The need of a radical readjustment
of the whole mntter of census-tnklng
Is emphasized by the fact that the
third volume of the Compendium of
ths T;ieenth census, which under pro
per legultitlons should have been Is
sued not Inter than 1S92 or 1S93, has
onlv Jul appealed, seven veais behind
the times. Delay like this Is lnecus
al le.
Mnrshal Hlanco hns "generously
consented" to permit tho Catholic clei
gy In Cuba to administer lelief to the
starving Inhabitants of that unhappy
island provided contilbutlons for that
purpose shall bo forwarded from the
United States. The marshal may find
that Americans will prefer to place
the disbursement of their laigess In
hands not quite so partial to Spain.
Some Neu? Books
And Magazines
FOP. a i.uirbir of jears the Fredtiick
A. Stokes company have made It an
annual custom to produce a limited
number of artistic calendars eem
plltyitig the choicest achievements
In pen-and-ink and watPi -color effects
and also demonstrating the marked su
perlotity of American color pi luting.
Their offerings for 189S comprise "A Cal
endar of Modern Society," embodlng ie
pi eductions In full size of six admirable
pen-and-ink drawings by Hal Hurst, rep
respntlng for January and Pebrunry n
tiling man and a young woman engatled
In Hip dance, for Match and April, tlie
Paster promenade for May and June, a
biejelo spin along a country load, for
July and August, a sun bath on sea shoio
sands, for September and October, a
game of tennis (though to be up to date
11 should be a lew on the golf links),
and lln.illy, for Nocmbu and December,
a skating scene. Light nnd shade pffects
are handled skillfully and there is
piquancy and spirit in each drawing. An
other offering Hie "New Humphrey Cal
endar," compilses twelve fac slmlius of
water color studies of children's faces
and poses by Maud Humphrey, whose
mastoiy of Juvenile expression, especial!)
nf the piquant and delicate expressions of
)oung ladies from iwo to six years of
nge. Is pel haps unsurpassed among
AniPilc.iii artists. A Humphrey calendir
Is alwajs ehaimlng, but tlio piesont ono
desciMs to l mentioned with especial
appreciation for It is exquisite. (Por sale
In Soianton by M Norton )
o
liming tlio past fow weeks v newcomer
In the tanks nf New Yoik pictorial week
ly Journalism lias made its uppeaianee
on Hie in w t inds, Tlie Crlteilon, re
habilitated fiom an obscure print and
I'liPiglzed b) the lnbors of one of the
brlghtfst gioup of writers to be found In
tlio iiiftiopolls. The Criterion Is witty,
critical and instructive by turns; It hns
Hie boldness of a free lance with tho
prudence and gentllltv of culture. Homo
admirable leading Is finding a public
through it columns, and if quality lie a
desideratum in these times of yellow
hUnkd she, is and bidloonod migazlnci,
the Criterion ought soon to become firm
ly gioiiuded.
o
An Interesting feature of tlio December
Oodey's consists of half-tone reproduc
tions' seven famous paintings represent
ing as many different conceptions of the
Madonnu and Child. This with six clever
shoit stories, four leadnblo poems and
live Interesting illustrated articles one
being a notable paper on amateur pho
tographv with specimens of exceptionally
tine work goes to mako up a charming
uumhu.
o
A Christmas stnr by Hairlet Tres
cott Spnfford. one by Lilian Hell, one by
Ople Heed poems sultublo to tho season
by Hrni st MiO.iffcy, l.ila Hlgglnson,
Clinton S-'colluid, and William L. Visa
rlier, and i gene runs vaiiety of other
reading matter rppropilate to the Yule
tldi' muki' especially attractive tho He
eonvber number of the Woman's Homo
Companion, whlih at a nickel a cop) is
trul) a bargain
o
"Tlie Way of the Transgressor," In
which Howatd Fielding humorously de
monstrates the dangers besetting the
phllunthiipNt v, lo ci i sorts with crimi
nals; and Christmas stories by Prank It
Stockton, Harriet Prcscott Spofford. and
Max Pemberton give piquancy to tne De
cember Pocket magazine, while Its new
department of smoking room dialogue Is
quite the best thing of Its kind now go
ing. o
hi lis Issue of Nov. 27 the Medical Ree
old, the leading American weekly Journal
of medicine and surgery, describes briefly
but accurate!) Hie restorative properties
of all the piomlneiit winter health re
sorts, and supplies information indls
pensable to seekers after health.
o
"Money," Hie non-partisan monthtv
magarlno devoted to an elucidation of
knotty points In finance, continues to pre
sent well-digested Information. The No-
ember Issuo hns nn Interesting analysis
of Secretin y Gage's plan for currency re
foim o
A new series of tales for the young
ones, tlio "Just So" stories. Is begun In
tlio December St. Nicholas by Itudyard
Kipling. The first one explains why the
whale came by his little throat and is a
bit of artistic fooling that no child can
withstand. Tho entire number. Indeed, Is
packed full as u Xmas box of good
things.
o
Tlio whole circle of a month!! develop
ments In scientific inquiry Is bounded In
Hie December Issue of Popular Science, a
magazlno which continues to surprise us
with both the quantity and the rungo of
tho Information which It dispenses.
o
A volume which will make n deep Im
pression upon tlie minds of serious read
ers Is "Life and Immortality" by Thomas
(1. Gently Sc. D published by the Ilurr
& McPetrldge Co., Philadelphia. It is a
handsomely pilnted und Illustrated royal
octavo volume of WW pages, the theme of
which Is to piove that plants and animals
no less than human kind possess souls
und claim Immortality Tlio method b)
which tills doctrine Is established Is such
that whether tho reuder ugiees with the
conclusion or not he Is forced to admire
the statement of the piemlses. Dr. Gen
try devotes the body of ills book to a pre
sentation of thu wonders of animate na
ture which in Itself, without regard to
the objective point, Is a liberal education
In modern science. He writes with singu
lar ease and clearness and his words
breatho a spirit of reverenco for nature
that betokens tho true naturalist, We
can recommend this book In the strong
est terms as ono eminently suited to Im
prove and uplift Its reader.
o
"The Freedom of Henry Meredith." by
M. Hamilton, author "McLcod of tho
Cnmerons," Is Issued In Applcton's Town
nnd Country Library. It Is n singularly
keen and Interesting study of the divorce
question, which without essnylng to lie
"preachy" nevertheless conveys n lesson
nowadays In sad need of conveyance.
Pew books of the year will better repay
a reading.
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Tho Christmas Centuiy Is a specially
flno number. It Is begun most appropri
ately by an article from tlie pen of Jacob
A. lllls, describing "Merry Chrlstmns in
tho Tenements." When ono has lend
that he will be In n suitable frame of
mind to evince that liberality towaid his
poorer brethren which Is the essence ot
the Yulotldn observance. We have not
space In which to mention In detail tho
admirable contents of tills number, hut It
Is ono that no Century leader should
neglect to secure.
Tlie December Philistine glories In the
fact that It Is the last of tho magazine
lets, and asserts that It finds Its unique
ness so prolltable that It lias Just built
a line new home, with a big latch string
on thn outside. Tills If ever there was
one Is suielv a case of elcseived success.
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The Owl, a nlekle magazine containing
only short stories, presents In Its Decem
ber Issue', nn Inviting table of contents.
It Is like the Illaek Cat, only mote so,
which Is enough said.
POLITICAL BREVITIES.
Representative Charleys P Vooiliees has
abandoned the David Martin fiction In
Philadelphia and ncecpted employment in
tlio Durham camp.
The Philadelphia Hullelln on Monday
afternoon announced with emphasis that
Attorney General McCormlck hnd decid
ed not to lie a candidate for governor.
The Philadelphia Press next morning,
with .Mr McCormlck'n authority, denied
the truth of this announcement, Thu
question Is unanswcied ns yet.
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Px-Candldate Thompson, Dr. Swallow
Wayne MacVeagh, Heibert Welsh ex
Congressman Sibley and several olliei op
ponents of tho Republican organization
In Pennsylvania held a quiet conference
last Saturday to consider the advisabil
ity of springing an Independent nomina
tion for governor. The Idea Is to try to
combine everv opponent of Quaylsm and
"smash the ling." Nothing was decided
upon.
ti
lt Is Inferred from Hie Hnilctoti Senti
nel's political editorials that that Journal
thinks ex-Congressman Leiseiiring ought
soon to llsh or out bait.
CALENDAR FOR DECEA1DER.
Several high school bovs decline to
contlntle farther edinatlonal acquisi
tions ns it might unlit tin m us Juiois
on a nice gor) murder trial.
A naughty play bill on tho Cul;k
boards is burned by Its own blushes.
Tho How lug as-.oiiation gets an order
for boats end an offer from a swell
coacher to lit a enw tor a big re
gatta, Pdltor L)iiett. in view of an p
pioachlng poor board ruction, be
stows another column of uliloilil
Jolly on Republicans lie lias been
fighting.
Several pii.ininent church membe.s
who have held interests In nlckcl-ln-the-slot-mac-lilnes.
elo-ide to sell
their claims and Join tlie Good Citi
zens' league.
The number of people who don't
ca-o to be Mr Ameunnn's slices
sor as Handley executor, continues
to clpjicasc.
Tlio man who kli-ks about Ims rule,
admits that ho simply wants to
change bosses,
J. JI. Chlttei den, Jr., lilies a reindcr
for use- in the Klondike
Saloon nun meet und pass rcolutlois
suggesting that tho Plist Piosbyte
rian and Baptist chuuhes move up
tow n.
The editors of papers in Lackawanna
county who have not yet published
a book of poems decide to pool their
pi odllc tlons In one volume.
Many people continue to complain of
the depravity of this city and jet re
fuse to contribute to tho Rescue Mis.
slon fi'nd.
Republican gill clerks in tho court
house leain that they aren't needed
by new Democratic Incumbents.
Several would-be congressmen aren't
so anxious to be candidates If liquor
Is not to be sold In tlie government
buildings.
Editors of jellow Sunday journals suf
fer from biliousness.
Auction sale of scholarships nt Wlllcs
Uarre. Rum! seikcrs of knowledge in Lu
zerne t'ti'e to the woods
Local brewery people decide that
brewing is not a nice business and
that they will form a plumbing and
Ice consolidated combination.
Simla t laus visits tho b.ugalti coun
ter. Many wise men foim a sjndlcate and
buy the He. mo for the Pilendless
propertv for a big new apaitmont
house.
T. Own Charley writes tlie first chap
ter of a book entitled "Ananias
Journalism as a Means of Inciting
Religious Wt"
Christian Pnileavoicrs Invest tlie sums
realized from the "lady conductor"
street car cf.teiprlse in Klondike ual
i estate.
The Nov. England society members
enjoy their banquet to such a decree
that theli families do not have a
Rood time v.lillo that attack of the
gout lasts.
Manager Davis decides that Al RoevcV
brain is all wool but Is onl) about u
half yard wide.
A band nf tramps makes a collection
of Christmas turkeys loft Indiscreet.
Iv In accessible refrigerators and
f.iies sumptuously seveial days.
Tho slur applicant for the Handley
executorship vaoaiuj' gets a gold
brick In his slocking.
The mini who didn't pay his election
bets has lad elioauis.
The coi'milnnn i.ppearlng with a new
diamond pin Is Immediately sized
ns being of Hie $V a hum h.
All the men to whom Wade linn has
promised tho poor board collector
ship hold a meeting and agree to do
something.
Tho members and New Year ball eoni
mltteo stay up all night trjing to
dovlsn something novel nnd staitllng
for their big ball, but decide tho
Ilaoiielors have left nothing undone.
Mr Vemoy almost begins to wish he
hail enlarged tho borders of his
Christmus tree.
The public generally pie pares to we.
come the New Year with the usual
good resolutions
29.
59.
Beldlemaini's
Big Holiday Book Store
opens Friday evening,
December 3; Board of
Trade Building, Linden
Street.
MUSIC.
BHItEMAH
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DRESS
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You can hardly afford to pass by our handsome Dress
Goods stock this week without observing what a wonderful
cut we have made in prices. Our large center window will
give you a faint conception.
At $2.93 per dress pattern, over 75 styles of Fancy Suitings.
At $3.98 per dress pattern, over 40 styles of Foreign and Domestic Novelties.
At $4.98 per dress pattern, over 6d styles of the choicest and newest English
French, German and American High-Class Novelties.
We have but one or two dress patterns of a kind of any
of these fabrics, and the extremely low prices to which we
have marked them behooves an early call if you wish to get
any of the plums.
Professor Miller, the eminent Pianist and Composer will hold recitals
every afternoon on our second floor from 2 to 5.30 o'clock. During his stay.
Sheet Music will be sold at half price, 25 cents per single copy or three copies
for 50 cents.
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BtAMHS and
CQIIIA1LJES9
For this week we quote the
following low prices:
Cotton Blankets.
10-4 Columbia Blankets BSc
11-4 Silver Queen Blankets 75c:
11-4 Glorlana Blankets ....: 98c
11-1 Arcadia Blankets .$1 35
Mixed Blankets.
Borders Reel, Blue, Pink and I.emon.
10-4 Kingston Blankets $1.75
10-1 Oxford Blankets 1.93
10-1 AVelland Iilnnkcta 2.23
11-1 Oxford Blankets 2.45
11-1 AVelland Blankets 2.75
All-Wool Blankets.
(Also Crib and Cradle sizes) Borders
Blue, Pink, Brown, Red and Lemon.
10-4 Tioga Blanket $3.25
10-4 Hero Blanket 4.00
10-4 Housekeepers' Choice Blanket. 5.50
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
12-1 Gold Medal Blanket 6.75
13-4 Cold Medal Blanket 7.50
Our line of California, and Elder
Down Blankets Is always complete.
Hobe and Wrapper Blankets (Rever
plble), broeaded patterns for Ladles'
Wtappers.Gentlemcn's Bath-Robes and
Smoking Jackets.
Comfortables.
Full size Comfortables,
both sides fancy at 9SC, $1.50,
$2.25, $2.75, $3.25.
French Satiue Down Quilts
at $3.98; special price fa? this
week only.
Also a choice line of Silk
Comfortables.
510 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
Artistic Statuettes.
IIOGEHS' GKOUl'd, FANCY I1IIONZKU
CHINA NOVKfrilN, AND UKIC-A-lllUC
froat all imrtM of tlie world, A whole lot of
putty things for L'lirlnlnuu 1'rei.entn.
TIE QLEMQNS, EEIMR,
AOJY
I FY'S,
f7K .fi
422 Lacka. Ave.
":(So lsj
GOODS
Dont It
Good lews It Is
i Buyers
Kiited
Bif
416 LACKAWANNA AVENUE.
CIMSIiAS IS COMING
ALWAYS HUSY.
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Sensible presents, Slippers and
Shoes from 2sc to $5.00. Our best
efforts aie at your service. Always
use our stores as if they were your
own.
Lewis, Really
& DavSeSo
Wholesale and Retail.
Have you seen our new
CombSmiatSoini
Bible,
leaders' Edllta,
lips, Mail
HaMsomcly Eoimol,
Wnn...
rri"-7 -rs w-i-m-vv l
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fciLjLSsv-c
ggJEjfeV W$7i
s:f
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Clol lljomig,
for the low pi ice of
$ 1 ,40.
Reynolds Biros
136 Wyoming Aye,,
SCRANTON.
BAZAAI
NEW
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.
There Is
No Reasoe
WHY WKSHOULDNOT SlXUtlB YOU
TRADE IK YOU AHK LOOKING KOIl
AN
ML Oft GAS 1EATEK
WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING KIND'S:
Standard Oil Heaters (2 sizes.)
Majestic Oil Heaters (2 sizes.)
Oil Radiators, Blue and White
Flame, 1, 2 and 5 Burners.
Banner Lamp Stoves.
Gas Radiators, nickel and bronze
finish.
WKAUES.VTISI'IKDTUATAKTEnYOU
HAVE COMPAHED OUR GOODd AND
I'KICES WITH OTHERS, YOUIt BUSINESS
WILL COME OUR WAY.
F0O1E k SHEAR CO.
110 Wmtilngton Avonuai
HENRY BELIN, JR.,
General Agent for tbo Wyoming
District la:
POWDER
Mlulng, HJustliu;, Sporting, Hmotteleil
nnd tlio Itepauno CCemical
Company
fflGi EXPLOSIVES,
fnfety rune, Caps and Exploiter).
Rooms '.'I'.'. -,l!t and 214 Commonntiltli
llulldtn;, Soranton.
AGENCIES
TH04, HORD,
JOHN II. SMITH AaON,
E. . MULLIGAN,
rittatan
Pljinoutli
WllUej-IJarr
II PLEASANT
COAL
AT RETAIL.
Coal of the best quality for domettlo uu
and of all ilzes. Including Buckwheat and
nirdieye, delivered In any part ot tbs city
at the loweit prlca
Orders received at the Oflloe, first floor,
Commonwealth bulldlnr. room No 8
telephone No. 2624 or at the mine, tele
phone No. 71. will be promptly attended
to. Dealers supplied at tbe mine.
AsJ'o
MICKLOW,
DUP0NT8
WM. T. SI