THE SORANTON TRIBUNE -TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER H. 13UT. (Je cranfon &rt6une l'nhlllird tnlly, Uxropt Kiuicl.iv . hi Hie Ttlbiin( I'ublMiliiKUump.mriBt Hfly I'enUft Month. 'Mlhscr 'twit rovrarrtri at RriMiTSt pa. ax ircxjNr-OLABX UAlt, wattii TEN PAGES. sciiantox. di:ci:mmku n. isor. SlH'iikor Hood's lopotteel uillliiKiiFsa tn let the house hnc Its own tvuy in t'v irattet of Hnwallati nnnexutlnn In cnfc the mutter eomei heforo It In the ffim of a n-noltitlon Is wise. He mnv oppne annexation nei sunnily, but f llflnlly ltu In tltu soii-ant of the house mid will soi' tlio Imprnpilety of ttylng to Inllueiice others' votes. The Next Step." A cilHtliiBiilihcil Cuban, In n personal letter to the editor of The Tribune, nftei culling uttentlon to n number of ptPillctlunH heretofoio made b him which weie .ubfeeiueiitly fultllltd al most to the letter, ventures another irnjihy.-y;-Thp Intclllsent Spanish ele ment Jjt (;uba,,uh well as the Autono mic Tmrtv' of native Cubans men so closely related by business or social ties to the Spanish element that they hae withheld their eo-opeiatlon fiom and largely lost sympathy with the In Mii Rents realize, he declares, that the nutnnumv overture 1ms failed and that unless .J,'n lnsuients ate to be suc cessful In' flielr rnmpnlpn fot Indepcnd once sumethini: durltic must be done. Jlenre ho piedlets that rte two months luie passed Spaniatds In Cuba will Join with Autonomist Cubans In uelvo cntliif," the annexation nf Cuba to the Tnlled ritato.s, thus hoi Iiik to put It out of the Slower of the Cuban i repub licans to nislHt upini a lestoratlon of stolon nioperty, as would be their first inmc should thev win recognition of the Island's fieedom. This luldce need not be crossed un til It Is ic.ichod; but on the neueial subject of Cuban annexation It may be aid that nubile opinion In the t'tdted Htntes would hardlv favor th.tt eoure at this time. Yeats hence, when Cuba, having In freedom solved the ptohlem of s-olf-sov eminent and Implanted itinnti!! her mixed population the perms of a civilization modeled on American luther than Spanish lines, shall knock ot our doois ns the tepublle of Hawaii has knocked, 1oskIur admission in ful filment of manifest elestlm. thete may be lonllal welcome: but as yet that inntliiKency l.s a dteam of the i emote futuie. Ameilcnn sympathy for the cause of the Cuban lnsutieetlon has imt crown out of selfish purposes, it has been the spontaneous fecllliK ot a people free for a people asplilUR after much bond, igc to the same state. If annexation were submitted to a poll of the Ameilcan pensile tomonow It would be oted down, bv an overvvhelmliiR majmlty and not in contempt of 'Cuban lesouties or In iilsieKiitd of the ultlmatu 'lolltlcnl benefits which an nexation would Involve, but hugely In inoof that our sjmpathy has not had annexation In iev as a tewaid. "The next step" for Cuba will not be annexation, voluntary or forcible. Cuba mu'-t be free, hut, when free, she must. In feat and trembling, uoik out her wn sah.Ulon. Of her ability to do this we entcttaln no doubt. Theie Is n aeon to bellee that the Sagasta mlnlstrj In Sp.fltt will soon iniiblst of statesmen out of a Job. And 'hat will mean f'uhau fieedom. Wo are fast neatlnp the end of the Cuban tragedy. A National Hoard of Health. lieieut exnulences showing tli In- llkleney nl ma'ns' local anil state imanN of health In those poitionr. of the South which aie most exposed to ihi vellow fever Infection n.s well as the national chaiacter of the dangoi. iirMnc, fmin toe Introduction at any Siorl of an Infectious i1Immo orlKinatlncr liond our bonier hae levlvoel and i inpluslzcd the demand for .1 national department of imblic health. A bill to i lento -and organize sm It a depaitment ha1- alieadv been drafted and will, it is expected, come up for siiomlucnt dls cussiun indole the lnesent congiess The bill smiK the sui oilntendeucy of the ptoposGd deoaitinent in the hands if a I'fimtuisslonCi annolntlvo by the lircsldent for n six-year term, but sub jet to combination or lejertlon by the senate. The commissioner, by the pro- Islons of thi bill. Is lequlred in be a H'Snlatly educated physician, holding a diploma confened upon hltn by a legallj Incoinorated medical college In the Cnlted States, iiuil he must have bad at least ten years' expetience in the practice of medicine, "and shall be learned In sanitary science and shall, hold it niemhciship In one or more leputahle sauitaiy or medical associa tions In the lTnIted Stutes." Although the department jnovlded for. If the bill become a law, will be single-headed, Its admlnlstiatlon will not be the out growth of the commissioner's personal Ideas soloh. The commissioner whose saint y Is placed at JC.000 per year. Is requited, by the terms of the bill to convene, on tho (list Tuesdays of Apt II and October, an udvlsoiy council to be composed of the secretin y or executive ofticer of each state and teitltniial board of health and one otllcer leuined In the law who shall bo detailed by the nttorney-genetnl of the Hulled States. The Hcsslpiis of the council are not to be continued beyond six days unless the president of the S'nltcd Stutea so authorizes. Tho council may be called together oftener than semi-annually by the commissioner, ami tho' picsldent may dtiect that It bo convened when to him It atipeais necessary for the Iiubllo protection. In brief, tho Idea of the framers of this ineasute Is tlmt there Is need of the Intellluent exercise of federal au thority over the various state and ter ritorial heajth boatdi and sanltury ofllcltUs to keep them up to a fulr ita'ndurd of efficiency, to supplement their eiffoits when local iuean,s are cither exhausted or Inudettuate, and In a general way to insula that the Inter ests and security of one state Hhull not be imdn Jeopaidy by the negllgeuco or iioverty of uuothet In tho matter of sanitary precautions. This llnu of ar gument seems unanswerable, It re mains to be ueon whether congress can be made to net in the promises, , Two beautiful sueclmetiH of artistic iournallsm reach this office simultane ously. One Is the Chtlstmns numher of the Philadelphia Times, Issued last Sunday n sixty-four tiage effoit, eight pngcx of which form it sumptuous fenst of colors. The other Ih n similar pro ductlon by the Toronto CSlobe, done Into n forty-four page magazine form We Incline to the opinion thai the Yankee achievement Is a shade the bel ter, but both nre exuulslte, and show mntvclous teotnces In cntenulse and mechanical equipment. Some Intetestlng facts In telntlon to the Inst Itussliin census are contnlned In an artble In the Contemporaty He view. The census wits taken In one day, Teb. 0 Inst, and teciulled the ser vices of ISO.ono census takers. The Iiopulatlon of the ltusslnn emsilre Is letuined as 129,211,114. of whom til.iss. 7S2 Inhabit tho czar's European do main. Thete nre nineteen Itussian cities having more than 100,000 Inhab itants each and thirty-five having be tween r.0,000 and 100,000. Then Is four times ns larce a projioitlon of blind ness In Huropean ltussla ns in the ITnlled States, and It Is cnlculntcd that by icason ot poor sanitary conditions nearly 2,000,000 Russians die annually whoso lives comidete civilization would ,siaie. Kor all that, a population of 175,000,000 l suedlcted ere 19.'0 and It Is evident that the government of the czar l.s n power to bo reckoned with. Our Public Schools. Some facts In the annual repot t of the state supei Intondenl of iiubllo In- sttuctlon, lr. Sdmeffer, ate d"-iervlng of iirouilneme. In tho jiast enr lVnn- sylvanln has spent on her public schools u totn: of ?20 731,."ffl.ll, divided as fiilltmh1 Maintenance, $lu,!.,!,5S2,75; building suit poses, J.'l.OSV.BOI.Sfl; text bookn and supsilles. $l,li::,.!i!l.0.'. This Is a )er capita expendltuie for free schoolH and schooling of $3."" or $16 jier annum for each adult male that Is to say u'lout one-third of the state's drink bill mid about equal to Its outlay for tobacco. On the subject of ccunpulsoiy nl tend ance Dr. Pchaeffer says: "of sttpeila tlvp Imsiortanee cue the amendments to the law making attendance at school compulsory. 75y these amendments the ojienlng of the schools is stiecilled as the time when s'liplls of the tequlied age shall b'glu scimol unless other wise oldered by the school boaul: pto vlslon Is made for a moie careful enu meration of th" iuills and for the ntltl In,? ot omitted nimes; tho age limit Is extended to 16 enis In the case of vouth not legulaily engaged in some useful emplovmont: and liower Is giv en dltectors to snovide In siieclal schools for the in osier cav, malnten nnce and Instruction of th' se who iioe Ineouiglble by the methods and dis cipline of the ordinary ihool. The u qulred time of attendance Is ch inged fiom sixteen weeks to 70 per cent, of the entile term. In disttlcts having the minimum term of six months this will ndd only four days to the requited time. The chief significance of the change Is seen In the cities and linger boroughs. In districts havinsr a term of seven months the (intendment adds eighteen days, In eight month d'stilcts, fort j -six days, and In ten month dis tricts sixty days to the eighty days te qulrpd by the fonner law. Thnsu amendments will take many n child from the stieets and bting It under the beneficent influence if th" sehool and thus go far toward making llllt eiacy Impossible among out people. The effect of these changes will, of coutse, lie vet small where public sen timent does not aid the dlreciois In the enfoi cement of the law. Proluhly the most linpotlant dtttv now is to cre ate public opinion in favor of punish ing siaients and guatdl.ins whose neg ligence demlves the child of Its light to an education." 'I he leinut contains tho following table of statistics: Number of school district;. In the state Number of schools .MM H'J W. lx.ii'c $lf 72 ?;x 11 Nutnbi r of superintendents ... Number of male te.ieheis .. . Numlii r ot female te.ieheis . . Averauc s.iKules of male ti'.icheis per month Avitage sal.illes. of lctnale it'iichcip per month Average length ot school linn, in mouths Number of pupils ... .. . . S.liciSiS t'ojit of school houses ft.iiSx.iJli ,tij iVnilieis' vn,jert JW.OH.xi.! Cost .it school text-books .. .. 571.01J l Stale nppropiiatlon for tho school year ended Juno 1, Into V riKMiiin W I'stlmated value of school pioiicity ts.nt7,li2 6-1 Can any one explain satlsfnctotlly why there should be a dllfeience of $3.61 between the uv outgo monthly pay of women tPachets and that of men? Tht.v Is no such discrepancy In the quality of tho vvoik done. The sro'.iosed National unlvetslty will not conflict but will In reality supplement the thtee universities al ready established at Washington. It Is the Intention to make It an instltu toln tor pnst-Kiaduute study wholly, with tuition free In other words, it Is to be the crown and flower of the free school system a nation's fitting exiiresslon of lis debt to llbeial knowl edge. As to Un'lvvny Pooling. The newspaiieit and magazines these day contain ti voluminous discussion from many standpoints of the question. Should congmss pass an net authoriz ing the formation of inllwny pools, and If so, under what conditions? Most of It, theio Is reason to believe, Is dltect-v ly Insplied by the lalltoads which are now making the most desperate effoit In recent yeuts to s-cuie fiom congiess legislation of their own designing. The champions of the railroads point to tho comparatively low rates chatged In this country for ft eight and passenger transportation, cito the scunt earn ings of the cairlers, dwell on the tie moiallzntlou existing In the inllwny wotld since tltu Supteme couit held that trnfllc imols weio violations of the Sherman anti-trust net. and conclude by uigtug congiess to enact the Por nker bill, which not only legalizes pool ing but also leavxs tho public vlrtunlly ut the railways' mercy. This Is ox parte argument, not with out much Justice but fatal In Its con clusion because asking more than It would be siffe for congress to allow. On the other hand, the professional demagogues and self-proclaimed nntl monopollsts go to the opposite extreme, by asserting; that It Is to the ieople'n Interest to have rated of transporta tion cut by competition, below the level of a fair earning capacity on the partT''" of the tnllroaels. since this will kect) the coiporntlon inllucnci under the Iieople's thumb. Tho fallacy of this kind of tnlk Is shown In the fact that the rnllvvn.vs dlrtctly and lndltectl furnish the employment which Is the basis of the sttpiiort ot nearly one-seventh or our whole population. Thus vvhntever tendc-i to lob the railroads of ti fair margin of profit reacts lnevlt nbly upon the nimy of tall way em plocs and dfiiendents and lllusttutcs the principle governing the case of the man who cuts off his nose to spite his ugly face. The common sense of tho pooling problem Is most admirably and clearly set fotth In an nrtlcle by Interstate Coinm.uro Commissioner Prouty in tho Doc ember Foium. In this paper Mr Prottty discusses authoritatively the matter In all Its bearings upon the welfare of the people, nnd teaches the conclusion that while the sioollng priv ilege under existing conditions Is nec essary to the welfate of the rallroaus. the liower to regulate pooling In pre vention of extortion nnd gross Injus tice must be lodged by congress in the hands of the Interstate Commerce com mission, by menus of nu act whose language will bo so clear and direct that no court can subsequently emas culate Its obvious Intent.' If straws show which way Sh wind blows, thete must be In congiess n tegular gale of opposition to the Urov er Cleveland biand of civil service re form. The best thing that the McKln ley ndmlnlsttatlon can do Is to avoid getting caught In It, The welcome news comes that the Jloo typo wjltnr Is likely In 1S9S to go tho way of the $100 bicjcle. A fair pi ice for the $100 tie writer would be $j0. Its factoty cost is only about $12. Something That Beats Weylerism Prom the New Yolk Sun. Havana l)ee !. Don Agustln l.atorre, uiilliai.v commander "f the ill ot Puerto Prlncip '. lias exposed with a tew strokes ot his lieu the hypocrisy ot Spain's al iened policy of mildness under Cleneral lll.ineo. The barbarous dec lee of l.a tone, a lull l ol which was cabled cu Wednesday to the Sun, exceeds In cruelty unv thins that Ciimial Weyler over de vised to xtetmlnate non-combatants, women and children. Its lull text, pub lished In Havana by La l.ucha. inspires the greatest horror, unit, according to the most trustworthy Information from ' Puerto Pi Inels. it Is curled out with teleiitless vigoi. Two hiuiilied famllle.i alieadv have Heel fiom NueVlt.iH )ianle stilt kin, to take- refuge' In Put i to Piln clpi'. The decree was believed al first to lie merel a thteat, but wiun a few days ago a poor woman was shot In Nuevilus for the sole citme of leaving her home, without pel mission of Uitorte, to buy ptovixlons for her family, then tetior spread In the city, and the general exodus began. Maria Mendoza wus tho name of the woman. She was ii widow 13 years of age. To her was aiiplied Article II. of the decree. The city of Nuevitas Is no moie in tlan get of an attack now than before Don Agustin I.atono took Its military com mune!. Many bands of Insurgents belong ing to the arm) of Gcuciul l.ope Iteclo loam around the city nnd attack the trains from Nuevitas to Puerto Piinclpe as In the time of Uennal Wevler. but thete lx no tegular siege and no cause for shooting the defenseless Inhabitants. Tim lilllng of the woman Meudoza was a bar h.u ems assassination, and It has bei u fol lowed by the (hooting of six male rcsl eb nts of the eit not charged with more serlimr uuuscs Not even the resource of socking srotPctlon In a foreign con sulate Is left to the inhabitants of Nue vitas. Iitono has revoked in hlx elr cteeall codes ol Intel national law. and all tho most Kicred lights of foreigners to bo consldeted as neutrals In times of war. 'the foielgn consuls ore forbidden to raise their nallonal flags on their houses. Such a tiling seems tmidly credible lit Ihe nine teenth century, but hete aie the exact woids llt"iallv ttanslated. of the decree ax published in I.a I.ttchi: o The mllltitiv commander of Nuevitas. Don Augustln I.atoire y lllvas. orders. Aitkin 1 Any person who. meaning to ciiuse alarm, shall lire flretrackets or lue nims within the town at a time when It is thieat"ned by the enemy shall be shot. Article? 2 The same penalty shall be Imposed upon nnv resleb nt, without ells tlnetlon of sex or nge who shall go oat ftom his home oi even stand at the don. Piom this piohlbltlou ate excused tho cmplocs of my gov ei nine ut and the vol unteers nnd the firemen. Long continued danger to the city from tho enemy will be made Known to the families, for th-m to choose ono only of their members to go out at n given heiur to ptocilto pro visions, sne'h lielson to return home ns spi'edllv us possible Article .1 It Is also forbidden, with the same penalty of death, to anv resident or head of employe of any kind of olhce to hoist any flag which Is not that of Spain. If any foreign consul shall havo objection to mahe to this older, ho shall tell mo his leasons, and then 1 will ele tlde about his case in thu way 1 shall deem best. Article 4 p is i bsolutely forbidden Hint any family shall take refuge In the forts anil lunatics excepting tho families of the -oiiiiiteer and employes ot the gov ernment, who will show an express or der Horn me. If In any foil or Imtinek fiuulles of tho residents of this city shall attempt to take icfuge. tho soldiers shill use their aims to repulse tho refugees. o A gentle m.in lesldlng In Tueito Prin cipe writes to the Sun's correspondent. Inclosing a copv Of the eleeiee, which ho srijs Is hlghlv pialsed thete by the un compromising Spaniards. Ho adds: Wejler never dined to punish In his di et ces the repiesentatlves of foreign na tions, or to say openly that women and children should be shot. Tho situation created hole bv I.atoire's blood) nttltttdo Is beyond desciiptlon. Terror pievalls among the poor lamllles who conceived n hope fur tho snfety ot their lives atter the elepaituie of the Iluteher. More than 1M young men, nearly pi'isiiaded by tho Autonomist leaders to accept pence, havo left the capital of the province full of In dtgimtlon. Joining the forces of Loin Hec lo. Whenever n Cuban desires to be lieve In Spain's good faith when sha promises nloinin nnd Justice, a fresh barbarity of ihe Spaniards betrays their real feelings nnd mnl.es Impossible any compromlKo with thrni." The consular agents In Nuovltas of the Pnlted States, England, Pranco and Ucr niiinv hnvo wiitten to the consul gencr- tils of thine nations In Havana explaining the gravitj of the situation and protest ing against Hrtlelp 3 of Latoiie-'s decree. In Havunn It Is believed Hat some Inter national jirotcst will be inacbi to Spain. ' i PRACTICAL CIIRISTIANIT From tho Illustrate! American. Christianity ns contutmniate manliness Iiuk never luclcwl cxomjilurH, Kcv. Charing KlngHley wns fuoh a one, Heme there In no need to ho startled at tho lecent opo'. tuclo in IloHton of u crack banc ball player appearing before a Young Men' Christian nsucclation and pleaching a tvrniou, In hln imlplt talk Edward St. Levvlu, pitcher of the champion Boston team, dwelt on thta point of militant man. '?''r!Lw"8. no,t,,!rt""l::!.l-C'wi firm. Ho suffered on the cross without shedding tv tear. He was nil courage. Tills Is tho Christ 1 find In my Plblo utl you ui find him, loo, If you look ns I have looked." Such sirnotlcnl doctrine. pitched hard at the but of inlldellty, which l often mere Intellectual Imloloncr, necessarily hns a potent etToot. It mny muse tho sensitive antennae ot old-fnshloneit ecclesiastical liroprlety to curl up at first, but evidently the world needs and demnnds It. For Christianity he not n iihllosophle genencl Ity, aiipenllng nj n mathematical propo sition to the leason, but a direct personal usipeul. Ai.d its clulm to attention does not bulk on Its jiiomhieB ot blNs obtnln nblo hereafter. "When tho wicked man tnrnclh avvny from his wickedness whlc'i he hath commit ted and doeth that which Is Inwful and right, he tlmll snvo his soul alive." "Allvu"-lt ts In this liro that the salvation Is promscd. . o This point wns likewise tecently lllua ttnted In Catneglo hall. It was tho tvven-ty-llfth nunlvcroaiy of the mission found ed by Jerry McAulcy, u tough, a drunk ard, a thief: unit thero Were present on nun ur iniv VllliTt " iiih ivini i v tho occasion several pel sons who had been materially, ns well as spiritually, nived. Tho recountnl ot their experi ences Is not necessary, though Its pic luresquencss tempts to reproduction and comment from the human-nature iolnt. Particularly Is there a natural response of heart to the personal experience told b ono of tho mission superintendents: "I am a tyjilcal representative of rcscuo mission work myself. You should havn seen me fifteen venis ngo, when I went Into the Creworne mission I was Just out of the lock-up and on the verge of delirium tremens. I heard Jeiry McAulcy say that night that he had once been a drunken bam like myself, but had lieon saved. When Jeiry called on those who wanted to be saved to raise tneir nanus mine was the first up. though I'd rather have gone out on the street and fought a dozen men than do It. Jerry made us all walk to where he- stood, and then ho firnved. 'Pear Je'sus, pity theie poor fed lows,' he said. The'te In a hole; help them out.' Then .Mrs. Ji rry turned in and said: 'Lord, ou saved me; do Ule same for these poor fellows,' and from that moment I felt 1 was saved." o Yet by far the most Important pirt of P-'' meeting In lis healings on the t . of applied or iiiinctlc.il Christianity wns contained In the remarks of Presi dent Prank Mos, of the pollco board. Courts nnd pollco protect society, ho ad mits, but serve to harden the crlinln- They rule by fear. They do not save the pools of men "alive." PbNSIONS. Prom the Philadelphia Ledger. The pension laws certainly neH?d revis ion, with the imrpose of making the pen slon ll.it a loll of honor ami dealing gen erously with all soldiers disabled In tho service, while tutting miiT nil nble-boaleet men having no Just claim 1151011 the gov ernment's bounty. The pension nptiro ptlatlons have retched nn enormous amount, but It Is not tho amount that is vn nblei'ttnn.eble as the fact tlmt a VCT large part of the sum appioprlated Is stiuaiicicrctl upon unwoiinj lhuvp. soldlc'.-i themselves should take this mat ter up and help to purge the list of un vvoithv pensioners, lest the whole sys tem should some day be broken to tho great Injury of the tens of thousands or deseiving pensioners who need tho gov ernment's old or support. o No linck ot hympnthy. Prom the Washington Star. Opposition to the extravagances that Slave been hetetoforo committed In the name of patriotism f.nd national grati tude Is no longer to be set down blindly to the score of a lack of sympathy with tho sentiment that created tho magnlll cent atmles of the north In the early six ties. It does not sutllce to cty down wi'h the chin go of nairow thanklessncss tho voice of reason that merely asserts that theie Is too much laxity In the granting or pensions and In the framing of pea sion laws. Tho evils that form the tusla of the comtilalnts now sounding In tho enrs ot tho people nre not a necessary Siart of tho scheme of rewarding tho me-i who fought and suffered for their coun try. They nrlso from various causes, and the demand Is for their lepresston on lines that will In no wise tujuie tho legit imate Interests of the old soldiers or those who are logically dependent upon them. o Tho Itenl Motive. Piom tho Philadelphia Ledger. Thete l.s no feeling antagonistic to tho nensioning of worthy and eleserving vet .,... ,. i'i.a erans. Corrurt claim ugenls and dishon est politicians are attempting to per suade the old soldiers that the outcry aualnst nensloti frauds Is an attack upon tho veterans. This Is a malicious lie Tho piotest that Is going up from patriotic people in eveiy quarter ts against tho robbery of tlu government bv unwoitliy ei ilmants. Tho pension question has too long been made the foot ball or iiarttsan politics. Such a stalwart ltepubllcan partisan ns Senator Galllngcr tells the txact ttuth when ho says that tho abuses against the sienslon sislem should be halted and the penslor list made a roll ot honor tnstead of a menace to economtal government CHRISTHAS GIFT. What is more acceptable than a nice piece of China, Cut Glass 1 w Mc-a-Brac, Umbrella Stands, Jardi nier and Pedestels. Din ner, Tea and Toilet Sets. S, 0'MALLEY CO. Open Evenings. 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Our -very phenomenal Book values nre the talk and wonder of the trade: Acme Edition, 12 mo., cloth bound, 264 titles from the best authors; 10 cts, Some stocks that are attactlng ready buyers, and with which you should get acquainted if on buying intent, are Cloaks, Furs, Mouse Gowns, Men's Furnishings, Handkerchiefs, Gloves, Umbrellas, Embroidered Linens, Cur tains, Rugs, Screens, Easels, Tabourettes, Sterling Bon Bon Boxes, Etc., Etc. ftDon't fail to down stairs, CHRISTMAS IS COMING ALWAYS 11U&Y. ms. aiBS pjMIrTCWSlH $J36BRSj Sensible presents, Slippers and Shoes from 25c to $5.00. Our best efforts are at your service. Always use our stores as if they were your own. Lew5s9 Renlly & Davieo Wholesale and Retail. OPP.V EVP.NINGS. "iT FOR TUB & Coinieell At 121 North Washington Aveuue. INVITO T1IK I'UIlIilfJ TO CALI AT TIIKIH NEW (lUAllTEUS AN IN SPECT THEIIt KINK WAKEIIOOMS AND THE IMMn.Vbi: STOCK OK OR NAMENTAI- AND USEI'UL 1'IECIM OK KUItNlTUltE, Al'l'HOPHIATE FOIt A WE THINK YOU WILIj HE felTt I'ltlSEDAT OCIl EXHIIUT, AND UE LIEVE YOU CANNOT KAIL. TO KIND SOMETHING THAT WIl.U IM.EAbE YOU. HILL&CONNELL Our htoro In h Chrl'tmns Tree from vrhlcb lmnRs orna ments no h plc-nii lit nnd In such proUisloo that St. Nick hlmelfcoiiici nnd pioflln by the elUpluy. Thero ato cnlcndurs for the now ycnrnic handiiomooHnrt and cat ofulvvorkmuiifibtp can make them; Hooka the bent of tho latent "Hugh Wynne" and 'The l.lttlo Minuter" In holiday attlro; Stationery; pens gold and pearl handled; Ink HtnncH In onyx, silver, coal or gold; Toilet and Munlcuro aett; lllblea. Thru, iiro Just a few of the myriad beauties of our ClirlHt tnua Tree. You may leu tt for nothing; forjust a little moro jou may takt) your rholco of all thut you see. Tho foundation Ii HONESTY. ReyeoldeBros HTATIONEHS, ENaHAVEHS, 136 Wyomiig Ave,, HOTEL JEllMVN HUILDINQ. ' iaj0SftrvJ vS-xO'll- QjMm rmtnrc iliiays E. vB if Selling' visit special HOLIDAY DEPARTMENT reliabl: Cloth 5 og at reliable prices, has always beeeoMrmottoo Qtma! ity Miniexee!ledl9 prices the lowest0 Your money -back if you want it; and the same price to everybody. Evenings Until After the Holidays. BOY 416 LACKAWANNA AVENUE. 1PM M9 L ill M IU ILf Ji hj Special Sale of FANCY SILK QmiaeEeJiig May. We offer about 600 yards Fancy Silk, choice designs in Brocades, Persians, Romae ' Stripes, etc in lengths ranging from Jive to twenty yards each. Former Price. $1.00 to $1.65, at 59 Cts a Yard to close tliem out. The greatest bargain of the season. 510 and 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE BAZAA1 Silver Novelties, Puff and en IKHJ Punt Neither Money NOIt TIU'ST IN TIIK WASTEFUL Hl'HSTITL'TES I'OIl GENUINE AQATE WARE WE HAVE IN OUlt WINDOW A LINE OK AQATE IRON WARE; WE WOULD HE I'LBASKD TO HAVE YOU CAI.I. AND EXAMINE IT CO-TS A LITTLE MOKE, HUT WILL LAT TWICE AS LONG . THE CHEAP GRADII ALSO HOUSE rt'ltNHHINGS AND HAKDWAKE hl'EClALTIE. & SI 110 Wahlnston Avenue. HENRY BEL1N, JR., General Agent for the Wyomlnj Dlatilctfjr Mining, Wastm?, Sporting, Hmokelcll and the Hcpnuno Cueuilcai Company h fflGM EXPLOSIVES, tufety IiiKe. Capi and Exploder. Hooiun JI'.', a 13 nucl 'Jit Comruoawea'ta Uulldlug, Bcrautoa. AGENClia. THOS KOKD, JOHN H. SMITH A SON K. W. MULLIGAN, Pitntoa riyinautb WllkeOUrra IT. PLEASANT COAL AT RETAIL. Coal of the beat quality for domestlo us and of all sizes, Including Buckwheat and nirdseye, delivered in any part of tho city at the loweat .irlce Orders received at the Office, first floor Commonwealth building;, room No telephone No. 262t or at the mine, tele, phone No. 272, will be promptly attended to. Sealers supplied at tho mine. 1 SI w, POllERo
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