THE SCKANTON TTUBUXE -MONDAY MORNINC. DECEMBER 27. 1897. llibll'hed Dally, Kte-crjt Sunday, by the Tribune 1-iibllshln Company, at 1 my tonti a Month. IMtriD it TitR rOITOmi"! AT SCRANTOt PK At (FCOND CLAES MAIL MATTKR. SCIIANTON. DKCKMlinn 27, 1K97. merlcan ntd for starving Culmim cuitjht to 1 o thp sUiial for Aiiiorlrnii Intervention to "(top tho Inhuman con tent which enrtles utarvatlim with It lis one of lli chief wet pom A Plnsli In the Pnn. The ntteiniiH to ueate- a tllttn l- finci- in the Hcpulilliun paity because Scnclaiy dago Inn le-ainrnipel the iur tv's ailhercnce to the gold Htnr.dulil pending the time when Intel national urreoment will nvtUe rufe the ceneial reonniptloli of Mlvc-r e-olnncc- linit been mom ?tic epsf ill In the Democratic in jitT't. if li 1 im occasioned any ronlil erahle elKilfecllon nmni? ttciniHic.ini the fact Is not yet In evidence- The campaign ol 1S0G nettled two IMpk- ko far at leat w the McKlnlev nilmliiHtintlmi l concerned (11 that the tat Iff which ialw lcvoiiue foi the ledeial i'"V"imiif nt mti-t at the same time pioiect Ameilcan Indu-div: and (.') tlint ll.e gold Htundaid will l" i-vilntnliu-tl so Inns a thciv Is ciiou ' ul't ui' to the expediency of tlnliinlt p.l silver (elrK' The Hepuhlhan par t vat' pUdued to ii'-e Itf inline m e In 1 nor of Intel national lilmctullNm ui.tl it has t'e ne o, with n ii'inlt not at ptoi-otit c-iicouinTlng I'mi-ccqueiulv It mis mix Fdtintel.v and uneiitllv oeallv ornimlltd to the sold standard, and fncldcntr.lly it v 111 do what It can fot mi i eni lefoim. Hut Inainutcli a lt huniN me tnd In lint dlioetli'it 1j n l'opot'intlc miljoilty In the miiiUo. onb fools will demand of it the inipi -o-llilo In the meintlin-, tlieisx; who hold ( ihet views have full nip iitimitv to pi twin I hem to the conldeiation of the p'joph' and to 11 hj fall nnt'inieiit to conveit to t'leli wn.s ol thlnMnu a ivajmltv of the iualllied dict'itu of the cuuntr.. Xo falr-mlniled man (nu iul:e oleiu-e If the Hepublican juit.v thtotuHi Its agent h at Wellington pioetPcl to d" what It war eonunl-'slon-il to do. It reinrtiiH as a pecullai fealuie of th'e po-ftal savings hank movement that nobody has j-n devNed a sitlsfactorv way for the Government to utlli.e the contemplated deposits '.o as to emu th le'iulslte inleipst I'titll this obstacle can he ovcmc-h'ik postal .jtvlin8 banks will neceearlly be Imprai thable. Primary Reform A committee of the Ueoubllcan le-ague of llufialo. .itt.'t illcetliig most of the laws and the plans aheady bear ing on the sul'loct. h.l- foimulatcd a -cheine of Us own to fuither cam us le-lorm. This lias iron nh med In de tail to coiicjiond with pi cent Now Yolk state legistiilluii laws, hut Its K'lU'tnl lirlnclples ai woitbv of siudy vhoivor pail minim h-s lune fallen Into popular dlsHpule. The Httff.ilo plan lelplns the dele pale syftum and propose to have the voleis of all intuitu KBlste- foi the gciiPl.il election, enioll Im- theh (.tit i ucer and clinoe their delegates to con vontiens on the first two days of iegl- iiatlon and in the polling boolh.t, tin hit the stiperWon of 'lie leprulir elec tion Inspeelois nnd bv -neans of a hlankel ballot pi o tiled bv the tatc. I any committees aic i -Qiilied to Khc notice twenty days befoi the Hist lFRNtmiJnn dtij of th names pio-pp-ed for delcBates to the vaimiis pai iv cnntntlonj. It Is furtlu'i' inolded that an ten nanv electois llvlm; In the same election dU'rid may (citify ti the pauy lomnilttee the names of a set of delegates. Xo otr Is ie qtilipd to declaie his naity aillllations at the eaucti", ami the -lets of leals teiliiK and cniollliu may be peifoiiued on uvilitiatlaii das su'isuuent to the Hist two. i:tlKlbilltv to ote at a cau cus, shall not Ih based alone on a past t c(.o!d of alllllatlon v lih a patty, but also on a declaied lU'entlon to act with thpt paity In the futuie. Piovl"lnn Is made for pi latins on Hie ballot lufoi matlon as to the cindldate oi ptlncl ple for which anv deleffal" may stand Thoie Is to be a blunk column In which the voter may wilt the name ol any mai. cf his choice whose name Is not pi luted on the ballot. The ballot of each patty is to be given i seiniate and distinct color. All conventions arc to be held In the two weeks Intel veil ing between th" Hist two and the last two jeKlsttatloii dajs. Xo alternates ate to be permitted. The pifscnt IMe county system ! to be followed b jiv ing each delcBat" nf many votes In the convention nr. thcie wete party votes In his election dlstitet, but no ileieuate may split his votes between the candi dates. The foiegclnK measuie Is spoken of nppiovlngly In the Huffalo n.-cptess. a journal which Iips mad a detei mined battle for more iepieentatle ii.nty pilmarlcs It dlffeis but sllBhtly fiom the Kentucky plan of holding piimar ltb precisely as elections are held, with the sime machinery, laws and penal ties and tinih't ecpial nccouutaljlllty to the courts. In piactlee It would mob ably reveal points of wea'cness, espec ially In abuse ol the clause Kovernlm; eligibility to pailltlpate. Hut If as a result of Its adoption public opinion should be stimulated for a time Into a pioper Intel est In the rouictM of politi cal authority, th" outcome would be a train. Whatever brings uood men out to the pilnmiles and occasions honest and Intelligent votlnc Is to he com mended, even though It be true that this live Intel est does not need a change In tlw laws to Insuie superior lesults. The Kngllsh blmetalllst, loieton Tiewen, concludes an Intuestim; let ter In this fashion: 'The attiactlon of your 'triumphant democracy' for us who live In these effete lnonauliles Is In Its magnificent despotism Mr. Cleveland bonowed four times the sum the Geiir.au Kaiser hopes to get from tho Reichstag toi nuv.il expendltuivs. and he spent It that ho might avoid nsking congless for supplies. He did not, In his now classic phrase, want 'congress on his hands.' Our meie Czii'3 and Kalsois, and other llttlo folk, aio obliged to adopt all sorts of ridiculous constitutional devices. When v III vour grmt nation he Jnglcal and tfonsiblo?" This last question is some what dlfllciilt to answer, but concern ing Mr. Cleveland's notions even Mr. Frew en wilt pdmlt that tin American peopl" paid 1:1m off and dipt named him tit the earliest possible oppoittt nlty. The Two QcorRcs. It Is poslb1e that the newspapers have denlt somewhat i (Highly with Ocoigc V. Smalle betauce of the ie ported tttteiance by him. at the Hiook- lyn bainiUPt of the New England soci ety, of Rentlmetits not to the uvciage Amet lean's liking. He cited, It will bo recalled, the Incieaslng disposition of the European powers to lcent Ameil can growth and entertain Jealousy of Ameilca's entaiglng commetclal pies tlge as a teason why public opinion In this countiy should not continually heave bllck bats at lhigland. the olio countiy In I.uiope fiom which sym pathy and po'-'lbly assistance under ceitaln contingencies inlght be ex pected or won If Mr Binalley was honest 111 his tttteiance and we date say he was; other men, other Ameri cans, men of unquestionable honesty, have said In substance the same thing he ought to be heaid In patience, even though the tenoi of his (oiuisel should afteiwaid be dlemlSFed as tin dtsltable Hut this bilngs up the laiger ques tion whethei the lime has come in the evolution of our beloved lepubllc to dlsiegnid the admonition of Washing ton against entangling foreign alli ances, and on this point we must bear witness to the lematkable pit-science and ngacllv shown in Hint justlv fa mous poition of the Knew ell Addiess. As bPlween fieoige Washington and Ooige Washington Sniallt-v the bulk of the Ameilcan people, without dis cern euy to either, may be pardoned for choosing to follow the advice of the funnel Xo fact Is dealer In the light of hlstoty than that aid fiom nngland, when lpcelved by unothei powei, must be well paid foi. This was lllustialed no longet ago than dining our late ip beltlon. when Hiltlsh assistance foi tile Southern Conledetat came along the baldest lines of business negotiation lather than along tho-e of honest and spontaneous popular sHnthneiu "'he seceding states had cotton and wanted money nnd munitions of war 1-ng-In'nd had monev. wai munitions and cotton spindles, but wanted law tot ton. The deal was easy, but England held the ptefeiable end If ever an emeigency should nilse lequlillig of the olllclals of our government that they secuie the lulci position of I.ns lund to ave the I'nlted States fiom spoliation at the hands of a continental coalition, theie Is waiiaut In hlstoty lor believing that thev could leadlly secuie this help. If able to pay the pi Ice: but plobably the pi he would de note a haul baigaln. und one dUclos. Ing Indefensible weakness in our own Intel mil econom Xo. the time foi a foielsn alliance has not et come to these Pnlted States and we hope thai It may never come. Kvents nia take or shake us out of that splendid Isolation once the piolldest boast of the lepubllc's folllld eis, necessitating enlaiged lesponsl blllty und eoitcspundlngly Incieastd activity In the wot Id's affalts, but lluoughoilt the oiblt of Its destlnv olii nation must oidei Its footsteps with piecisely the same justice and tau- as If it expected foi ever to stand Isolated and alone. If by the faini"us and honor ol out attitude we .shall heieaftei win foielgn nllles, so much lite bettei, but these should not be won thiough that game of unconscionable combinations nowadays so unseuipulouslv pla.ved by Kuiopeau diplomatists ostensible. In behalf of the peaco of the woild but In leallty for Its spoliation and appoi -tlonmeiit piecemeal among the bandit poweis. If Hngland has to be won by fawning and supplication, by silence when she Is vviong and by fulsome Matteiy on the few occasions in for eign atfalis when she chances to be light, well might Ameilcan manhood prepate to face the futuie as it has met and tonqueied the lar mote foim Idab'e and peiplelng past single handed and ttndlsniaed, with malice low aid none and thai It) foi all but with an (inphasls Indomitable upon the powei ol ilghteotisness to withstand the devil and all his Imps. The letttt of Coinmandei Stevens which we piint on nnothci page, is fair and final. To Its statements eveiy honest (Itlen will subscilbe. The only aim ol thoe who question the lecent laige inci eases In the government's pension disbuisements s to lie assuted that the money thus spent Is put to the use Intended by congie-s and the people. If theie aie no f'aud.s theie will be no Lumplalm. Xot a. penny Is begrudged which goes to compensate actual sacrifice or loss. Uut In the abundance of testimony fiom appar ently well-informed souices that ftatid In dlscoveiablo pinpoitlon exists, cer tainly no haim can come fiom teason able Investigation conducted by those In synipath) with honest Ubeialliy to sufieieis fiom the civil war. On Jan 1 The Tilbune alumnae and political handbook for IS'iS will be placed in the hands of the catricis and on the news-stands. It will con tain the usual complement of election statisths, ofllcial data concerning city, count), state and national govern ments, civic, lellgious and cliaiitable societies, etc., and, in shoit, a concise suivey of most of the lufoimatlon to which the avetage leader of news papei.s dm lag the ensuing )ear will huve occasion to lefei. The aheady es tablished character of this a mum I publication ought to secuie for the fotthcomlng issue a coidhtl welcome To the cuuleis It If sold at cost, the retail pi Ice will be 2.1 cents. .- . The chaige is lelterated that the He publican state committee has lieon dls. lilbutlng llteratuie In behilf of tho guheinntoilal candidacy of Colonel Stone of AllsghPiiy. The stato com mltteo (ertalnly would not bo guilty of such Impioptlety In behalf of any can didate pi lor to the nominating conven tion, but If any agent of that commit tee has been abusing his tuist theie should be no hesitancy In calling him to ace unit. - . Tho Philadelphia Ledger announces tho belief that If th'o oenslon lolls "were pinged of frauds and of poisons who have no equltablo claim on the Ujiltxl States the total amount expend ed for pensions) could be easily i educed W per cent," This estimate Is prob- ably wry much too large. Hut wheth er thy constitute fifty per cent, or not mote then oue-llftleth of one per cent , the fluids should go, If sharp opposition shall tulso against the gubfinnUnl.il candidacy of Colonel Stono It will not be uersonnl, hut lather an Ineyitable development fiom th methods used In his interest. The wieckeis In command of his can didacy arc apparently the Hourbons of Penns.vlvnnla politics, who neither lent n not foi got. Cable advices fiom Madiid assert Hint Spi.ln Is about to engage the lTnlt-d Slates In another veibal duel, apparently In uut nuance of the belief that If It can pet h- Washington au thorities to balking the) will be less likely to bite. U the repoit Is true that the Ameil can newspippr c oi respondent. Sylves tei Scovtl, has been Induced bv Ulanco to cat iv prohibited ovel Hires to (tamer.. lie had better flist make arrangement- to Iiuiejse his life Instiiance. Th" best Republican," lemaiks the Plill'td-lph w Prcks, "Is ihe one who can affi'ld to tell the tlllth." Theie will be in anv lippublh-ans this yeai who will spvitlc their mind, whether thev can aff'iul to oi ii'u. Opponents of the S nta CI ins myth .en now vodfcii'tp us loudly as thev pleme K pcist fue to lcou'ii'l 19U1 does llttX' htiim. Genesis olf a Real Miinicipal Empire. Pioin the Phlladdphla Press N A 1 I'll dj)s liov ihe banns of union v. Ill li- pio.itimuod uur Xt-w oik pud lliooklvn and ill, v vill bt -t uine out tit) to f.nt and ill name. u There an- othei participants to the union vvlildi will luing mole terrltorv tliun Musi two ol lis but not so niiitli population, to the new munlclpillt). The whole ot Hlcliniond and (jutens (uuntUs and part of Wtstehestei eountv will bo Include d Altogetlui i will be a dty im-i-'iial in h17. ami iioinihitlun uud s t oud onlv in London The o,u a will be u lli tle ovil '.17 xqualp miles r 1'HiSuil aeK, the population is tHtluiated at J.STiJ.OW. and the ass. s valuation of leal estutt Is .' 3B7,ii''t U" und of piisonul ptopeit) $101 tH This Is a population Iugtr tliun the oilgiual Hill teen colouks con tallied ai the time of the Itcvotutlonaiy War and the piopirtv valuation Is many times gieatt I o The new and greater cltv will not, how ev i. uttiact nttentlon solely fiom Its size und ill hues anil ihe linpoitmee oi tue ( li im lit which go to make up tin whole It will awaken In addition a ptofouud In lupsi on account of the new prohlt nis of municipal government which nie to be tiled and on the success ot falluie of whidi the futuie of city managi incut in tills country tests In manv r spirts the features ot the new government will be (p( tliiunt.il. Tlu) will test the Ameil can iiiople s (apacltv foi free gov el unit nt to the utmost and luinNh an objtct les son which vlll not be lost on the people of otln i cltlis 1'ndit these clicumstunces It Is to be legiettid that the new f xpoi I im nl dots not stait out under the bist auspices and that the machine!)' will be set In motion bv an oiganlzatlou which in poet time has Inought uisgiuce on the govt rnnn at of chips by jioptilar bliffiage The new ehartei loi Oieater New Yoik clt is a voluminous and complicated one and it will nnd a few- yeais to fee Its pi ovislons will understood und put ill smooth walking oldei. Theie Will be u municipal Iigislatuie made up of two houses The uppt! house will be known os the council and Its tvvent) -eight mem bets will be elected fiom council dis tricts formed bv giouplug the state sen atoilol dlstilcts Into which the new clt) will be dlvldnl. They will be chosen ill gtoups ot thne on the gt acini tlcki l and lot a ti rm of font )eats The luwn house of the municipal liglslatuie will be known as the boaul of aldermen nnd one of Its sit)-one iiieinbiis will be ( lected foi a Kim of two )i'.its from each of the sit)-oiic state assimblv districts into which the ikvv dtv is to be divided This uitiiiiclp.il leglsiatnie with ihe may oi who Is (hose n In populai vote for four eais. and the piesldmt of the council and the city comptlollet chose n In the same wav nnd foi similar teiins, will constitute tie elective pait ot the ne;W municipal government o The departments which will take pal t In thp management of the city's affali ( are many and will be known as Ihe de pal tments of lliiance. law, police, watei. hlghwi)s stud cleaning, sewers, pub lie buildings, lighting, (applies, hildges, putks, building chailtles. conectlon. lire, docks, feiihs, taxes and nsspgqrnents, education and health These (hpnitments ate to be mnnigid by single Iliads or by boaids all of which, ectit the luad of the ilnance dcpai tmetit the m ivcu has the light to appoint during the tlist sl- Mnl... nt l.tu ,. ,. . ........ .1 . muni,.-, u, ,-. iriui .hum ui iiuse (lepai t I ments have not onlv executive hut nlso ' oidlnance making poweis and the muni cipal legislature s corrcsiiondlnglv re sit Icted hi thoeomiol It will exercise over tlicni. Tor Instance the pail; board will have the light to make all the oidinanccs which (outein the (ontiol and manage ment c' Hi. parks und the dock boaid has - --i' -r ponds o The r- iking up of Hie annual budget Is pecu'lar. Kadi depaitinent will make out Its own estimates which will go to the boatd of estimate and appoi tlonmeiit, which can add to oi subtiact from the Itims as it chooses The estimates then go to the municipal legislature, wlilch must nu et in joint session for their con sideration, nnd which has the povwtr to ieduc( or throw out any of the Items, but cannot add to them. Thev then go to the ma) or who can icstore any of the appropriations stricken out by the muni cipal leglsiatnie and his action can be over-ildden only b) a vole of five-sixths of all the membcis elected to both coun cil and boaul of aldeimen. This Is the complicated method by which nppropi lo tions must be made for running the gov ernment of the new city. It will be con seeiucutl) In gieut measure a government of depul tments, o In commenting on this s)stem Albeit pinw says, nils is government, not by the municipal paillamcnt not by an auto emtio maor, nor yet by the familiar Ameilcan s)stem of nu executive und leg. Islatuie countei balancing each other. Hut it Is but(utiocrac) pure and simple," and Its success or failure will he thinks, ne pend upon "the development of a sound and true civic spirit." Meanwhile tho public will watch the expel line nt with gleat Intel est. A MUJCIUIJN CASI I'loni the 1'hlladeiiihlu Ledger. Tho extiavasance of the present pen sion laws is (Unstinted by a case just made public A native ot Noiwu) was married In UJS Ho imlgiated to tho I'nlled States In lbul, unlisted the follow ing )ear in u IsloiisIii legimemt una died In tho service in W. Ills widow, who bus never left Norway, upplled for a pension In lt9l and she has been award ed one with an cars, aggregating over N.ow, Horn the dato of her husband death. Trom July 1. 1!S0, until Juno 7, IsuS, tho law made pensions begin Hum tho dato of the filing of the application. Slnco then the pension gi anted to u widow commences from the dato of tho soldiers death Tho allow unco of this pension is stllct ly In accordance) with law, but the law It self Is Improvident, not only with re spect to such (uses, bu with respect to other provisions for pensions, The com- mlscloncr of pensions lccommcnds the passage of n. law providing thut no pen sion shull be granted to the widow ot nny soldier who shall hereafter ninny. A wo man who marries n foleller pensioned un der the disability act of Ml Is not en tltltd to pension as a widow unless she were married to the rohller prior to tho passage of Hie act In question, whereas the woman who marries a soldier pen sioned under the generul law and thrrp after becomes u widow Is entitled to a widow's ponslon. N?u) Evident That Might Makes Right. Prom the Philadelphia Press. UKMANY. It Is plain, proposes to keep all that it has taken and to take nil that It can keep In China. The Putted States will wlselv fol low its old nnd traditional pollc) motectlntr Its own Interests and Inking not lot or pint In unltorlal toot. It Is not our vvuv. As President McKln ley Justly said, our moral sense levolts fiom such ads. Unsought, we have en tered no laud. o nut no American can dlsiegard th" blunt, hideous fact that the act of Her manv opens a new chnpter of Interna tional spoliation. The practice of the last two centutles had drawn n sliiup, dis tinct lino between tavage. baibaious lands, like those In Africa, and Asiatic countiles, with organized governments. Lands with meip ttlbes und no govern ments weie held to be open to civilized occupation In dealing with Asiatic lauds a nation was nennltud to take sum miry nuusuics to protect Its citizens and rediess their wrongs. This right was ex erdsed bv Hngland against Japan with gient lirutulit) some thirty veirs ago, when an open, defei sdess port was bom bin (led. Hut a seizure of Asiatic tell! torv was held to lest on a dlffetent basis. It could only come through wur, tmtl on gi omuls which justified war. i:wu In India. Hnglund has followed this rule. Prance had ancient titles lor its conquest thlrt) vears ago of Cambodia and more rccentlv of iladigasear n land midway In (iifciinizatlnii buweiii Afilc.i and Asia. Xo siizuie or lerritoty as llagrant. as pudatoi) and as brutal as that just made bv derm mv In China has taken place Toi half a centurv anwvheie. and It cannot be hi Itched on the (oast of an Asiatic- power slnco the Napoleonic wars. In or ganization. In the piolei Hon given to IMe and ptopdt) and In the power to lesist attack, iiuulv all the South Ameilcm powers stand wheie the Asiatic powers do. t Idle and Aigentlna ate leallv tile onlv two whlth could make a light It the world of nations accepts, as the woild or nations has, this n-w doetiine that u stiimg Hlllopean power ian hdp ilselt to terrltoiy vvluu and where It plc.ses, no weak iow(r Is safe auvwheie and no stiong power, unless its stiength Is al wi)s re id v In llghtini' shape. Now tlm (.eimanv's highway ndibeiy Is sanc tioned and incepted b Kuiope Anie.'l cans must undc rstand and sip that no land Is lafe. no ioist piotecttd and no pent ltee fiom po-uHitc setane unless theie Is fonuwh-ie a piwer both reath and -trong on guard mil able lo guaid. o That Is cur Hist national tint). 'Ihe Western HenilFphete south ot us would have been pneeled out long since, 'e ginning with Mexico. It we had not oi dered the Trench out of that countiv and stood by vvliile .in Imperial hlghwaym in was shot at IJueietaro. Our own ports mav mi) day be subjftt to biulal seizure If the) aie not de tended by sea and luitu. No Kuiopean couutiv legal ds light In these mutteis, a- e ich his shown In the past ten e.us. Toite Is the only algil I me lit the) lesnect and bv force alone the I tno American continents can lie piotecled ! fiom Intel national spoliation. a moor or imionimjimty. rioill the Philadelphia 1'icss Prom nil ovu the count I) Ihe ttstl- moii) (omes that the obsci value ol C'lilsimas w.it moie lieu I) enthusiastic and abi'iulant than has been known for siveial )ears past iheie was a hippler and more buojant splilt evident and moie liopefulners of the luture. And when nieiihants come to balance ac counts it Will doubtless be found that the business done was lirger than evei known befoie. This situation would not exist If Industries wci- not mote piospei ous and there was not moie mono) to spend w hlch comes from more and ste id ler eniplo)inent There Is no better gaoge of the people's temper than Clulstmns and the Ciuisiinas of lsIT savs that the American people are lapldlv lccovcriug fiom the long peiiod of depression und have stalled the nation on u new eu leer of prospeilty which promises to bo moie fruitful than anv similar peiiod In its hlstoiv Consistcncv. riom the Detiolt Join ml "Whv.' nsked the Hold Splilt do )Oti weir that"" "It's what evei)bod) we.us ' ainwcieci the woman. "Hut why don't u went- this?" tho Bold Spirit pcinlsted. "Oh. because ever) body Is wearing It." objected the woman. A rule may woik both wu)s and still ik, poor: labor does not Invntiahly bring riches. Mil. AMI MltS VKKY ML'fH l'f.KASKU TALKING AllUl'T THKIIt CIIIllhTMAS CHINA 1101 (,HT VT Ot'U hTOUi:. TIE CLEMONS, IFEREEE, O'MALLEY CO. 4'J2 Lackawuuua Avenue Bargains this week ii Be5dlemae9s 1IOAIU) 01' Tit VDI! HUILDINO, Linden Street M i ipft r V -S?S jT 'sf v Special MLM pin Fast of For those who received Christmas quickly reciprocate. Tie entire tolamce Our Annuals Inventory takes place the first week in January, and according to custom not a single Toy, Book, Game, or any other special Holiday article dare appear upon our stock books. Our loss is your gain, therefore this will be a great week at the Bazaar for bargain seekers. MomdeEy Bargaflms as Ustwal In Every Departmeeto A Happy New Year To the good peo ple of Northeastern Pennsylvania. Lewis9 ReMly & OavieSo ISit'y Shoe t'ore, .114-J. 16 Wyoming Ave A Meriry . Christmas to AIL I FOOTE&SIEARGD MILL k CORNELL'S Fnndtnre Such a choice stock to select from rnnnot be found eUewhero in this part of the state. And when you consider the moderate prices at which tho goods are muiUeil Is a further claim on the attention nnd consideration or buyer. GIFT SUGGESTIONS. WwriNO Ufskh, HittssiNoTAnLi-s K.vnuvTaums, UlIl.VAI, OLVKSIS, 1'Altt.OnC.VIIINl-TS MnstoO vniMirs, emtio CvmNi is Hook C'asi.s, l'ANCV ItVSKl.lS, f.ouens, WllllKTAm.M, HASV ClIAIIts, G1I.T ClIAIIts, IM. Vllie.'ll AtlH, ltOCKKUS, Hll.WINClHTANDS, l,mr,sri, TAIlOUHHrTI.S, Allot lowe-Ht price consistent with the lilgli etiuilty ofthogoodx, HSH & Coneell At 123 North WuHhltiKton Aveuue. I A It h Sj 110 Washington Avenue. Scranton, Pa. Barnii f our Holiday GMs ii AB hi JLLIU Clothimig at reliable prices, has always beeeoimrmottOo Qimal Sty Mmiexcelled9 prices the lowesto Your money back if you. want 3t; and the same price to everybody. Open Evenings Until After the Holidays. in 416 LACKAWANNA AVENUE, Tr Tim Filri "iT JLd Special Sale of Fw This Week, We offer about 1,000 yards Fancy Silk, choice designs in 3 lots, Includ ing Persians Romae Stripes9 etc0 in lengths ranging from five to twenty yards each. Former Price. $1.00 to $1.65, LOT 1 59 Cents LOT 2 69 Cents LOT 3 88 Cents a yard, to close them out. The greatest bargain of the season. Y'S FANCY SILKS - 510 and 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE 8AZAAI Gifts and desire to Basement at quarter and TTS uuu zy o o dTlTP 01 Calendar at s, .STATIONtr.S KNGnAVEIlS, HOTEIi JEHMYN HUILDINO. inn Wyoming Avenue, HENRY BEL1N, JR., (Jcneral Agent for tho W'i orala Mlstilctfjr DUPOIT Mining, Blastlug, Sporting, Smolcolojl and the Itep.iuno Chomioal tompauy IM EXPLOSIVES. hafcty ruse, Cnp and Hploderi. Itooins '.'I'J, 'JH1 nnd '.Ml Commouwelta llulldlug, Soruutou. AGKNCIES. THO?, KOHI), JOHN H. SMITH A SON, li VV. MLI.UIUAN, IMttatott I'lj moutli WllUei-llarm ML f LEASAHT COAL AT RETAIL. Coal of the best quality for domostla um and ot all tlzer. Including Buckwheat and Dtrdseye, delivered la any part ot the city; at the tow est .trice Orders received at tho Ofllce, first floor. Commonwealth bulldlntr, room No telephone No. 2C21 or at the mine, tele phone No. 272, will be promptly attended to. Deiulers supplied ut the mine. WE I SI 01, CS m PitlER.
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