THE SCKAiNTOiV T1UI3UNJ3. SATUHDAY, JANUAUT 1, ISO. Tor ITioxt Fs for Img lino few who rcasunildo lilcvi'inontB Tilt- dlinp- ruru dismissed mliidH and nil Fiona of. the future. ff allures nud vexti- en encountered liere- llrlaldy envclupcd In a hue. Xo matter wlmi sit our trims miring iin yciir that hns Just passed flu liflRlU star of hope takes Kstrc jis tho records of tlie old sealed und we turn to welcome row. T:- year & lias) been iiinwiR the A eventful of the past decade. In FfdiJgn lands tho predictions of the astrologers who foretold the hofors of pl.isll , pestilence and famine, seem to have lici'ii .iikj" -e than verlliod. A spirit of unrest has pievaded the nffalrs of the nid world thioushout the entire jvki', and has kepi the crowned heads ()f the ea'lein lieu. I sphere In a state btudeiinpr on panic. In many of the most powerful khiK d( ins It has raiulro.d the continuous effort of the ablest diplomats to pre-Vf-t Internal outbreaks, and It ha Ur nnceessniy In some Instances to rf!:oi to threats ot war with other nntlotV I" order to keep peace at home. , XcareiV-.oin, almost within the bord ers of thV. domain of freedom, we have liedi obliged t( witness the continua tion a a ernlllct v.'.ilch Has iieen marked by barbarities utmost un rmmJIcd in the annuls of ancient or modern warfaie. While the populace has cried out against the horrors of the rt niggle thai have characterized Spnln's lcc'ird far brutality through all Tges, the RovciTHicnt of the United States har stood aloof, apnarently tin- alfected 1 y the pleadings of the op pi e:-sed and downtrodden, and the beautiful island once numbered among; the fci.llle jaideii spots of the earth lias been reduced to a ban en waste. people:! with skeletons. In our own country the past year has ' beeli pne to piovoke more pleasurable recollections. The Eoml effects of the loadJustni'Mit of the t miff laws, shown In a revival of bus.'ness which him given employment to thousands of idle nrliMiiiK. have caused a wave of pros perity to sweep over the land such as 'lias not had a uarallel since the days of the McKinlcy bill. Aside from a few blurred paes which tell of labor t'oubles in the mining regions, tho record of the year has fullllled tem perate expectations. It Is a lceoid of bountiful (t-ops: growing iudustiles; increasing business enteriiiihcs. and general prosnerity. It Is a record thai speaks the virtues of an administra tion guided by prudent pi inclines; an administration more than ever deserv ing of the coulldcnce ot the American l -HPOJ'Joi with the beginning of the new year there Is every reason to hope that the past twelve months of prosperity are only the harbingers of what Is to come. The spirit of harmony which seems to exist to a more marked degree between 1 apltal and labor; the substantial footing upon which the most important industries of the country have been Ibiecd during the past season, and the "reusing foreign demand for Amorl- In products, Indicate that the coming 'ar will be a period of unusual busi es activity. Willi the balance of for- Fgu trade on our side, and the wheels If home Industry busily revolving, It l sale to predict that tho vear 1S93 till be the pattern year 'of mi epoch If Republican good times. l.nvluua nelsons should not attach iu much sisnificanoo to tho fact that lie resuscitation of the I-elsemiug kbcinatoiKtl boom has: been followed avicavy snow storm. Ntw City Assessment. 'The new triennial oily nssesnicitt limpleicd ehterday Increases the to ld VHjuatbii (t property In this city !,rien,r,oi) In round figures over tho n.s- sfinciit "I lti7, which was merely a ('vision of the triennial assessment of Iiie- yeari' ago. lty toe assessment impkted yesWrday the present boatd. h. Fouler, William Dawnnii nud hitetlan Flekus. wrfl be Judged. The Ipcclal assessment made under their Ilrectloii for ISft" was declared Illegal by the courts and they had to content kihcmselves with correctim; and mak ing necessary additions to tip- asses,s- ucnl of 1R95. -There has be.en mucli 'foVpmlnt about the assessment need rtulPfcr, the last three earn tho brunt 'f w.cli' the present assessors unjust ly h.ap to boar. In tlAp ahsessinent which was de- elareil Vb.gal last summer, they en tlppvoreiri to place the nsfessment of property 'in the various jiarts of th (lty upon if. more equal footing and nt tho fame t i i e Increase, the pity's rev , enue. Tn pV-epating tho assessment completed yesterday they were actu ated by the uuhie. Ideas and have suc ceeded In Increasing the valuation of properly aBSDSsale for city purposes two nud one-half millions of dollars. They hIhu believe the vViuitlons placed' on ) loporty generally iye more equitable thun those contalpecl In the previous t'Hjesr,ient. "Whether o pot this Is true t tew1 months wlj deWmlno. At all I verts It pan bo sU then the assess. l'' are honestly stilvlnc in the Huh L'rectiun. JThey showed most commendable eel- Uy In inepaiing tho nwsewJmunt for has bean completed, several' months ft'!:1' than Is W, The Jr-y City -firs?' qoimlsaloriers tiv fflftltlht' Investigations 'bfhV pow lwn is ncety- fidden tho use fy until they are pufety. Acetylene flings that Scranton noticli to escape. An "to Introduce It In this lime a k, but business Frs did not regard It with rio promoter of I ho scheme FS fields and pastures elre- I'ho experience of those who Jstod the stuff shows that ucety- Ifas stands next to dynamite as a Terl.il that should bo given u wide Frth. A severe excoriation ot Commander Uooth-Tucker appeared In yesterday's New York Sun, based upon the belief that the latter had used Insulting lan guage In commenting upon the Illness of his sister-in-law, Maud Hallington Hooth. The Sun suggested that one hundred lashes at n whipping post would bo a minimum penalty for the person wlio would use tho words credited to him. We agree fully with the Sun In this opinion, but think It fair to add that Commander Uooth Tucker has sneclllcally repudiated the language ascribed to him, declaring It to be wholly unauthorized and perver sive of his thoughts In reference to the matter. That being true, tho Sun will doubtless L'e quick to offer correction and apology. "By All Honorable Means." At a meetlns held In WIlkes-Barre Thursday the Luaerne county Republi can committee adopted without dis sent the following resolution: "The candidacy of ex-Congressmnn John I-elseniing of this county for the gu bernatorial nomination at the state convention of 189S meets with our most hearty and cordial approval. Wo pledge ourselves to earnestly and aggressively support his canvass at home, In IiU zerjie county, and to promote his In terests abroad and at the state con vention by all honorable means within our power." This sets nt rest the question where Jjiizerne stands on the' gubernatorial problem. The decision of the Luzerne county Republican committee was no more than Mr, Lelsenilng had reason to expect of It and of ills fellow Republi cans In that county, In case he con tinued to cherish gubernatorial aspira tions. Tn the absence of any home competition, nothing could be more ap propriate than that Mr. Lelsenrlng, the avowed choice of the last Republican county convention, should receive in the house of Ills friends honorable and undivided support. Willie Innocent pleasantries are exchanged from time to time between the papers of Luzerne and Lackawanna, concerning real or fancied political rivalries, it Is clear from this dlstnnce that Mr. Lelsenrlng has deserved better treatment of his former constituency that was recently exemplified In the disposition of the Republican press In Luzerne county to smoke him out of the light. We attaeli significance to that clause in the foregoing resolution which pled ges to Mr. Lelsenrlng the efforts of the Luzerne county committee to promote his eundldacy "by all honorable means." At a time when the state at large is being treated to the spectacle of the use in behalf of another candi date of means decidedly not classifiable under this heading it is refreshing to be assured that Northeastern Pennsyl vania will not reciprocate in kind. Tho wisdom of this decision will lie vindicated in due time. Mr. Leisenring may not lie nominated, but so long as ills supporters resort only to honorable means he and they will preserve their self respect and can cherish the hope of le-entcring state politics upon per haps a more propitious occasion with out a record which will arise to damn them. Tt may be that the ceremonial ob servance of New Year's day Is decreas ing, but there should bo no decline In the warm human fellowship and rev erent recognition of Divine Providence that have in earlier times made the day especially distinct and pleasur able. Effrontery. The Philadelphia Inquirer now offers this remark: "Mr. Connell, who con trols The Tribune, should not expect to win delegates by attacking Colonel Stone's campaign. If ho really wishes to carry the convention let him make an intelligent and progressive cam paign, acknowledging the absolute light of every Republican to have his own personal choice. If he wins, tho Inquirer will be most happy to sup poit him; but, by way of a gentle h'lnt, lie should not permit hlrf newspaper to pttatk the state committee for taking a hand in this preliminary canvass, for this charge, which The Tribune appar ently lias copied from another news paper. Is unquallu"dly false, and cer tainly false charges savor of bush V.'hacklsni. Let us have a full and open canvass, free from bosslsm, and let. the Republican voteis settle the question of the selection of a candidate for governor In their own way. Let us have this canvass, too, free from blus ter and threats." Since Satan rebuked sin we recall no parallel Instance, of effrontery equal to tho Inquirer's assertion that The Trib une, or anybody connected with it, has "attacked Colonel Stone's campaign." Wo have before us the tiles of The In 'Pilier covering the past year and also of other newspapers reputedly Identi fied with the Stone campaign, and wo can if necessary shaw that before The Tribune said one word In depreca tion of the unfair tactics employed by Colonel Stone's managers, column after column of premeditated and un provoked attack has besn made through the columns of these news papers and in other wuys upon Mr. Churles W. Stone, Mr. Lels enrlng, Mr. Connell and other gen tlemen mentioned as possible competi tors of the Allegheny congressman, ap parently for no other purpose than to misrepresent them before the people and If possible get them out of Colonel Stone's way. In this campaign of bushwhacking the Philadelphia In quirer set tho pace, and the audacity with which It now tries to pose as In jured Innocence because, patience on The Tribune's part has ceased to lo a virtue, while Interesting from a hls trohle point of view, will not, we opine, have convincing effect. The Tribune, It is needless to add, has not attacked th state committee but on tho ,contrary has held that It the ass'eitlon is true that Stone litera ture has boon circulated In Its name. It has be?n Imposed upon. The paper which first made this assertion was the llazlcton Sentinel. The Sentinel's as sertion Is ns credible; ns Is the Inquir er's denial. Let them settle the mat ter between them. Rut however they settle it, the established facts as to Senator Andrews' questionable methods have put Andrews' Philadelphia organ In a dilemma whero It had better shun publicity and confine Its surplus ener gy to sawing wood. -j . The Swiss surgeon who demonslivited that one could live without a stomach, has opened up a new field ot opera tion In anatomical science. Kxom ples of tho fact that one can exist with a very small supply of brains are nu merous, but the stomach has always been considered n necessity even In In stances whero It has had comparative ly little to do. The emperor of China attributes much of his trouble to the cnnlng eclipse. Perh'aps that's what's the matter with Mayor Bailey. ' ' - Jim Corbett's bump of self-esteem would seem almost to entitle him to clnlni relationship with Orover Cleve land or General Weylcr. It begins to look as though "Napo leon" Lelter's wheat might all become chaff before Uncle Phil Armour gets through with him. It Is evidently the opinion of General Garcia that the most effective Spanish weapon Is the vocal chord. The antl-Hnnna combine f.ecms to have difficulty in corntrlns the stock out at Columbus. , . TOLD BV THO STARS. Daily Horoscope DtnWn by AJacclius, 'I' lie Tribuiio Astrologer. Astrolabe Cast; 4.3,'j a. m for Saturday, January I, 1S9S. 3 3f A child born on tills day wilt start out with a clean record, of course. messed Is the man who can contemplate the past twelve months without a shud der. In the mutter of shoveling sidewalks the KIcctrle City has not boomed to any marked extent during tho past twenty four hours. Ajncclms' Advice. , This will be a good day for Brother Ly nett, of the Scranton Times, to swear off calamity-howling. Notes For the Diary. Weather slightly Kloiullkish. Numerous "Bachelors" complain of In somnia. Cliamicey Derby applies tho pruning shears to the northeast side of his face. Where Ciiba Libre Is a Real Fact n n NDER DATK of Dec. 14, General Cnllxto Garcia, the military genius of the. Cuban revolution, writes as fnllnu'M fnt' 1llllillp:il Inn In tlir. N7nvtr ' York Sun. end all who know Gur- tia will credit every word lie says: "On the morning of Nov. 29 the garrison ot OuisH, fifteen miles from Bayamo, alter a one-day's siege, surrendered to my force In combination with thoe of Gen. Jeu- Rabl. This splendid victory of tho Cuban arms Is but one of a seiies which begun in Victoria de las Tunas. Sinco we cap tured Gulsa, which Is now a tree, town In possession of the Cuban republic, we have whipped the Spaniards at Guamo and Canto del Kmbarcadero. Wo control the Cntlto River to the sea. Today, Dec, 11, Gen. I'ando. with his lo.OOO Spanish sol diers and his squadron of ten gunboats, live steamers, and six smaller ships, lias given up the light and according to my advices, intends to retire. (This has slnco been verified. I wish lo announce hero thut Cuba is now absolutely free In all the extensive territory of Santiago con trolled by my tioops, We have twelve Important towns whero the people, pro tected by the Cuban nrmy, live quietly under tho laws of tho republic of Cuba; and we have accomplished this by our own efforts without any foreign aid, and fighting against the Immense armies sent by Spain tb crush us. o "Tho Spaniards calumniated my army and myself when they found It Impossible longer to conceal the news ot their tov eral defeats. In tho first placo It Is a Spanish llo that the fone with which 1 took Gulsa numbered more than 5,000 men. My forces and those of Gen. Jesus Rubl In that attack did not. number mora than 1,300 men. 1 have under my orders IL',000 soldiers, but with them I cover all our strategical positions In this terrltoty. Of tho 1,300 men that I commanded at Gulsa, nearly 1,000 did not enter the bat tle. 1 had them ready on the road from Bayamo to meet any Spanish column coming to tho rescue of tho town. Gulsa was taken, as Victoria do las Tunas was taken, by the dynamite sun, an admira ble war machine In (harge ot good Cu ban officers, and particularly Juan Miguel Portuomlo, a young man bred in tho United States, where ho completed an en gineering courso and thoroughly studied the use of explosives. At Victoria de .as Tunas 1 made him a lieutenant. Ho had been simply a private In charge of the gu.li. When tho Spaniards siiricndered their chief told mo that they believed dur ing the siege that 'tho fiendish machine' was operated by some foreign ofllcer. who had come to Cuba especially for that pur pose, I then presented to them Lieuten ant l'ortuondo. almost a lad, and the oth er young oftletrs of my corps of artillery. I recommend tho dynnmlto gun to tiio friends of Cuba who help u abroad. 1 repeat what 1 have often willtcn to the United States, that with six dynamite guns of tho largest size wo can free Cuba from east to west. o "I protest against the calumny that we have assassinated women and non-combatants. 1 leave that honor to the Span ish general 4, My troops, composed not cf hired rufnuns. like tho Spanish guerrillas, nor of Ignorant peasants of Spain, like the Spanish regulars, but of freo men, who huvo volunteered their services, without any pay, for the noble cause of freeing their country, are Incapable of such cowardlco and cruelty. The latest ot my officers to Join me belongs to n good and refined Cuban family and I am icady to match him with the first of the Spanish generals in tho matter of edu cation and nil the characierlslic.s and ac complishments of a gentleman. Wo are not assassins; wo are patriots. In strict compliance, with the laws of the Cuban republic we shoot tho Irregular Spanish guerllleros whenever we catch them, be cause they murder sick und wounded Cu bans when they mid Cuban hospitals, nud ulso massacre Cuban women and chil dren. When I was last In New Vork. and Amerlcins rend tho reports of such Spin Ish barbarities, I never found a single one who did not agree with ino that these, bandits, under the protection of tho Span ish flag, ought to bo punished with death, I havo coulldcnce in the couraco of tho Cubans In the field and In the. patrlotUm of the. Cubans abroad. If the latter con tinue to supply our nrmy with arms and ammunition our final triumph Is very near. I answered some days ago Genertl Pando's ridiculous proposal that 1 sur lender with the statement that the waters of the Cauto river would soon be red with Spanish blood, and It was, "My opinion about autonomy Is already known. We uro fighting for independent?, but I wish to declare my contempt for those few natives ot Cuba who are back Intr tho Spaniards In tho autonomy scheme. They nro despicable lllustratlins of human degradation and cowardlco and nil Cuban patriots and all honest mn In tho world should desplro them. To the American government I havo only ono word to say about autonomy. 1 am not ready to give up to Spain nn Inch of the Cuban territory so heroically freed by my coldlers." m 1897. From the Troy Times. From the American point of view tho year 1897 lias been mnrked by no rev olutionizing occurrences. In Its political happenings It wns decidedly dull, as con trasted with Its Immediate predecessor. It witnessed, however, a change of na tional administration, the good results of which nro plainly discernible. The slnglo political event which stands out before all others was tho enactment of a new tariff law, thus reversing tho tariff policy which had been maintained by tho government for three years previous. So far ns tho relations of the United States with other nations Is concerned tho twelve, months have brought no appre ciable change, tho settlement ot such Important mntters as tho Cuban ques tion and tho Hawaiian quertlon having been left to the accomplishment of some future year. o During the year Kurope lias witnessed tho llrst war to be fought within its borders In two decades. Tho defeat and humiliation of the areeks by their an cient enemies, tho Turks, were of moro than passing Interest, ns the consequences of that brlct and bitter struggle promise to be far reaching. As the old year passes out the quarrelsome European powers nro again nllgnlng for what may prove a belligerent but Is more likely to bo simply a diplomatic contest. This tlmo tho theatre of their altercation Is In tho far Hast, but as in the case of former collisions Jealousy and greed are the inspiring causes. lCngiand. which always has some war, large or small, on her hands, lias this year been kept busy by a natlvo uprising In northern India, tho further advance of tho Soudan ex pedition In upper Egypt und more or Ies3 alarming quarrels with France and tho Boers In Africa. Spain has brought the Insurrection hi the Philippines to an end, but Is still lighting in Cuba with out any brighter prospect of a termina tion of tho war than was visible a year ago. o In the casualties occurring on land and sea tho experience ot 1S97 has been "very much tho same as that of former years. Marine disasters have been numerous, great loss of life hns been caused by cy clones, hurricanes and earthquakes and tho fire fiend has been unusually busy. Tho greatest calamity ot the year was tho destruction ot the Paris charity ba zaar In May last, but there have hern numerous others almost as bonifying. o Tho nccrologlcal record includes the names of many distinguished men and women whom the world can 111 afford to lose. Among those who had nclileved fame In the political arena who have passed away since the beginning of the year may bo mentioned lormer Senator Daniel W. A'oorhees and Congressman William S. Dolman, of Indiana; Con gressman Seth L. Mllllken, of Maine; General Francis A. Walker, William P. St. John. Geneial John Cleveland Rob inson, former Senators Joseph N. Dolph, of Oregon; Angus Cameron, of Wiscon sin. Richard Coke, of Texas; James R. Doollttle, ot Wisconsin; John R. MePher son, of New Jersey; Charles W. Jones, ot Florida; Thomas James Robertson, ot South Carolina; Algernon Sidney Pad dock, of Minnesota, and N. F. Dixon, of Rhode Island; Senators Joseph II. Karlc. of South Carolina, Inham G. Harris, of Tennessee, and James 'A. George, of Mis sissippi; former Lieutenant Governor Thomas G. Alvord, Premier Canovns del Castillo, of Spain; Count Mutsu, of Japan, and former Premier de Hartlet, of Bel glum. Royalty has lost the dowager em press of Japan, the duchess, of Mont pensler, Prince Louis William August, of Baden; tho Duke d'Aumnle, of France; the Duke Frederick William, of Mcck-lenburg-Schwcrln, and the duchess of Tcck. From the world of letters havo been taken Joel T. TIeadley, "Tho Duchess." Professor Henry Drummoud, "Oliver Optic," Mrs, George Linnaeus Banks, Mrs. Ollphnnt, Jean Ingelow, Francis Turner Palgrave and Alphonse Daudet. Among those who were dis tinguished In music and art mny be men tioned Johannes Orahms, Homer Dodge Martin, Kdmond Charles Yon, William T. Best, Max Maretzck, Francis Louis Francals. Sir Kverett Mlllals and Sir John Gelbert, whllo of the distinguished Journalists there were Charles Ander son Dana, of the New York Sun; Frank McLaughlin, ot the Philadelphia Times, and Churles H. Andrews, of the Boston Herald. The Troy Times Itself met with tho saddest of bereavements in tho death of its honored founder and edltor-ln-chlef, John M. Francis. Tho stage lost Nelson Wheatcroft. Mme. Arnould Plessy, Alice Llngard, Marie Seebaeh and Thomas Whlffen, while Goorgo B. Rob erls, Theodoro A. Havemeycr, Barney Barnato, Henry W. Sago and George M. Pullman were removed from the ranks of thoso who had achieved notable success In business and finance. o Whllo much has occurred during the oar 1897 that has been harmful, pro gress has not been Interrupted, and, If tho world Is not better. It Is at least more capable. If tho new year on the threshold does as well the human family will bo the gainer. - m VS8KLV18U LOVi:. From the New York Sun. Tho superiority of the tumultuous youthful passion of the daughters to tho calm and mature Judgment of tho parents Is tho stock thenio of tho stock novel. It Is a fact, however, that the only love which approaches unselfishness is tho parental love. The deslro of a man who wants possession of the object of ids af fection is purely selfish and predatory by the side of It. OIL-GLANDS or ''IlOl'ICAL uu:r:s. The oil glands of tho skin are most numerous In races living under tho trop ics, becauso the oil Is nature's protection against tho heat of the sun. in hot coun tries Its action Is oftt-n assisted by tho application ot vegetable or animal oils, MR. AND MRS. VKItY JIL'CII PLKASUD TALKING ABOUT TICKIH CHRISTMAS CHINA UOL'GIIT AT OUR .STOltK. . Hi I M fr & n n M r. V f -'V VM' j!Wfh y CIMQNS, FERBER, aixiby ca Hi'i Lacknwunua Avtuuo. COLDSMnffS Msaaiess Are not made by selling penny prints and 4c stockings, there is something better for you in this store than that. You'll find at all times useful merchandise here goods that you can buy with confidence t and wear with satisfac tion. Doesn't it hinge well with your ideas of economy to spend your money to the very best advantage. Cheap goods are not always goods cheap. There's a vast differ ence between the two. A sham or trashy substitution is dear at any price; think it over, please, the next time you've got dry goods to buy. Although we're hard at work taking our annual Inventory, there are Two Items in Dress Goods to which we desire to call your attention: Silk Mixed Suitings in a dozen different combinations, 36 indues wide, at 38 cents. SEE WilNDOW. Pompadour Suitings in twelve different colorings combined with black, 40 inces wide, 21 cents; SEE WINDOW. Freech Organdies ' Exclusive designs imported expressly -for us, and just the proper thing for evening wear, are now ready for your inspection. NEW YEAR'S GREETING Lewis, Itellly & Davles wish the peace ful, honest people of the world a happy New Year. We are happy because wo live In one of tho most prosperous cities, in ono of tho best counties. In one of tho largest states and the greatest coun try that man is privileged to live in, Among tho cities, towns, etc., that we wish to remember in a particular way are ino louowmg: WIlkes-Barre, Kingston, Ilennett. Forty-Port, Wyoming, Parsons, Miner's Mills, Mill Creek, Lain. Yatesvllle, I'lltston, Duryca. Larkuwnnnu, Taylor, Avoca, Moosle. Mlnookn, Hancock, Starlight, C'onklln. (Treat Head, New Miltord, Alford. Klngsleys, Poster, Nicholson, Fautoryvlllc, La I'lumc, 1 Hilton. Oenburn. Clarke Summit, Chinchilla, Mayfleld. Nay Aug, Dunmore, Wimmers. 1 Lake Ariel, Georgetown, I lawley, l Honesdalo, waymnrt, Klmhurst Moscow, (touldsboro, Tobyhamm, Mount Pocono, Pocono Summit, Crosco, Henry vllle. Spragueville, Portland, Stroudsburg, Water Oap, Delaware, Manunka Chunk, Preston Park, Lake Como Povntelle, Helmont, Pleasant. " l'nlondalc. Forest City. Carbonclale. White Brldgo Jermyn, Arrhbald, AVInton, Peckvllle. lOlyphant. 1 Dickson City, Throop, 1 Scranton. IWnghamton, C'onklln Center. Mapewood, May they live long and prosper Is the wish of Lewis, Itellly & Davles, the hon est and most extensive dealers In boots, shoes, rubbers, etc.. In Northeastern Pennsylvania, Nos. lit and 116 Wyoming avenue, Scranton, Pa. Happy New Year to AIL I10IE& SHEAR d llll & CORNELL'S k more Such a choice stock to select from cannot be found elsewhere in this part of the state. And when you consider the moderate price? nt which the goods are marked is a further claim on the attention and consideration of buyers. GIFT SUGGESTIONS. WntTisn Desks, DhussinuTahles. Fancy Taiii.ik, Cukvau Glasses, 1'AUI.Olt Oauinets. MusioO.wiixursi CuitioCAiitNtrrs, Iiooi: Cases, Fancv Baskets, r.OCTNCiES WoiiK Tables, Easv Uiiaius, Gilt Uiiaius, 1ni.au Chairs ltOCKEIV, Shaving Stands, i'edkstam, TAnOUItETTEI. All at loweit prices high quality consistent with the of tho goods. H01 & Coomiell At 121 North Washluzton Avenue. m Wj 110 Washington Avenue. ur Scranton, Pa. CE. tSj Reputations tTTT T A TTVTT TT ClothSiog at reliable prices, Unas always beeeoimrmottOo Qnna! ity Mniexcelledlc prices tlie lowesto Your money back if you want it; and the same price to everybody. Open Evenings Until After the Holidays. BOYLE 416 LACKAWANNA AVENUE. ITS pecial ale of hlLKS Wed, fi1 , We offer about 1,000 yards Fancy Silk, choice designs in 3 lots, includ ing" Brocades,, Pers3aes9 Romao Stripes, etc0 in lengths ranging from five to twenty yards each. Former Price. $3.00 to $3.65, LOT 3 59 dents L0T.2 6P Cents .L0T3 ftS Cents a yard, to close them out. The greatest bargain of the season. 530 and 512 .., LACKA WANNA AVENUE TT "SIN T M9 4L Ji 0 ?m FAN Y BAZAAR. I and at v . v i4 IW i- -k u IBKLOIo wares ciflars & STATIONEtlS, ENGRAVERS, " HOTEL JERMYN BUILDING. !J0 Wyoming Avenue, HENRY BEL1N, JR., Ueneinl Agent for the Wyomloj District far ItffliT Mining, Wasting,. Sporting, Bmoiseleii and the Ropiiuno CUemio.i: Company's HIGH EX1PL05IYB. fety Fuse, Cnps nnd Exploder. Rooms 'Jis, 'Jin nnd till Cominonwea'.t'j liulhiiuj, Scrautoa. AGENCIES THO, FORD, Plttton JOHN U. SMITH A SON, Plymouth E. W. MULLIGAN. . Wllkes-Uarr Ml PLEASANT COAL AT RETAIL. Coal of tho beat quality for domestlo us and of all elzes, Including Buckwheat and Blrdseye, delivered In any part of tht city, at tbe lowest price Orders received at the Office, first floor, Commonwealth building, room No ; telcptona No, SC24 or at the mine, tele phone No. 272, will be promptly attended to. Sealers supplied at the mine. WE L SI POWDER.
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