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MONDAY, JANUAUY, 10. 189J.
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SCHANTON, JANUARY 10, 189S.
Whether or not the mayor una light
the other day tn calling: Scranton the
heat governed city In the Union, there
can be no douht that If It Is not, It
ought to he.
The People's Year.
On Saturday the Pittsburg Commer
cial Gazette printed M letters upon the
Buhernatorlal situation from Republi
can editors lepiesentlnjr M counties.
Its effortR was to ai? Tlaln what can
didate appeared to lie 'n thr 'pad, 1 ut
fcr this purpose the ropllefl are vnlut
l"ss. In scaiccly anv two Instances
aio tepoits from anv one locality In
accord; In the majority of Instances
the replies nie to obviously guarded
ns to Indicate that public sentiment has
not yet crystallized.
The most encouraging feature of
thepo letters If the spirit of Independ
ence which thev display. A majority
of them exhibit Indications that It wilt
be hazardous for any coterie of Re
publicans In this vear of Riace to ot
tempt to ti lll with the will of the peo
ple when It shall finally IK upon its
i holee for the gubeinatoilal nomina
tion 1'nfalr methods need only to be
exposed feuileslv to btltlK their au
thors Into effective disfavor. In other
winds, this Is eobis lo be the people's
.ear.
In the meantime It Is appaient that
the one necessary thing to preserve the
noi mal Republican majoiltv In Penn
sylvania next Noembei Is to enable
the best opinion of lionobl Republi
canism to usseit Itself In imtiummeled
public discussion followed by u fair
rellcctlon In the ileles.ite caucuses
throughout the comnionweulth.
Possibly the icuson why Colonel Quay
sympathizes so wuimly with Mark
llann.i Is bei aue he Is something of
a "enutmlal candidate himself.
Tile T me for Action.
On Saturday inotlifr earnest appeal
was Issued bv the piesldent of the
United States! the thlid since Christ
ina Day for Immediate contributions
of food, clothing and money to the re
l'ef of the thousands of men women
find chlldieu who aie literally slat vim;
to deatli In the Spanish portions of
Cuba On the same day a number of
nveinois also lstied pioelamatlons
similar in tenor, among- them Governor
Ua'linRS of Pennsyhanta, who desig
nated Mavm Halley of Scranton as one
of the authorized ileposltnile'- to whom
'upplles or cash may be liatismitted
for biire loi warding to Consul Oenetal
T-.ee at Havana
The Philadelphia Press vesleulay
pilnted another lettei fioni its coues
poiuleni In Cuba, Mi. i: J. Olbson,
Riving- the tcsults of a peisonal Inquiry,
made by himself In company with Con
Rreslnan Kin, into the condition-!
surrmindlng the citv of Mntanzas.
Among the leconcentrados nt Havana
thse Kentlemen had .seen dozens of
nommx, pilnclpally women and little
ihildinn. i-o reduced by hunsi-r that
erty bone In their bodies showed; in
Central Paik. Havana, one week ago
liht nlRiil, aftfi a gotgeous piome
nade of Spanish olilceis ard sllishlv
dres-ed wonie'i, two men weie" found
dead on the benches from hungei
Th'lt- pinched faces, swollen legs and
amis, almost wlthoui llesh. showed"
iyp Mi. (llbson "tint they had died
of tai vntlon. They bad falily ciawled
to that place of jrlet und display, of
unlfoinih nud iMamonds. to 1 iv down
theli lhcs a suiihpp to tiillltat biu
lallty unequalled lnee the datk ages."
Piom such a stattlnR point these two
Inciulieis went to MntnnsMw, naellng
tin High a "pacified" Piovlnce In a
tialn with minor plnte Il)i and
gnaided at eeiv window and door bj
soldleis with iltlei -always held lit
iadlness fur uvr. And tills s what
they saw their:
At Mntanzas the scenes of stuiwittou
niid death weie een mine awtul than
those In Havana. The goveinmeiit gles
not a ilollui to help the.se innocent peo
ple, whose piopeity It destiojed and
then foiced the tainllles into pens, wheie
it has stiirM-d them and Is still starving
them to death. We islwd some of the
places In Mutauzas where the worst of
the leconcintradu sufferers weie shell
eied The sIkIUs were sickening beond
descilpllon These places weie built by
pilvate Hiileilptlon. and what little food
Is given comes In that way The Cuban In
cluirgi of one place, wheie 100 men. wo
men and children weie sheltered, suld
that he reeehed only foul quoits of milk
a duv for the entile 100 Itnnntes "Nine
teen out ot exeiv twenty npt-smi lirrimHit
heie. ' he said, "die They aie too far
Rone for ircoreiy Of course, we could
save many moie Ues If we had food.
Hut wo cannot get it." The corpse of
a woman who had died Just befoic we
arrived was lading out on the grass In
the rain waiting for a can to come und
miry it away. On the cold, wet giound
coeicd with a blanket and a stono for
a pillow lay a man moaning. To our in
quiries wit received the leply: "That is a
colored man. "'c have no pluco here for
Mm. He will not lle long."
Mr Ollison Is not a woid-paluter. At
Wrishlngion lie Is known as a tariff
exfeit, taking his gieatest pleasure In
rtatlstlcH, Hut th's is how he wiites
frcmi Mntnnzas'
Tho sight of starWng mothers with tho
sud. pinched faces of little childien nest
ling close lo them was simply indescrib
able In its sadness. Then there would
be a father In the same condition, the
niother having ahead) died. In ono case
a little 3-year-old child was all that wan
left of a family ot seven. These scenes
ware repeated at other "sholters," until
we declined to visit any more. These
poor starving mortals would all stick out
thfr bony hands for alms, and as we hud
already depleted our pocketbooks In that
way as much as wo could with safety
for our leturii home, we did not care to
witness more of such sorrowful scenes
without the power to give even the aid
of pennies. Uut there was no escaping
It. These starving faces and appeals for
aliTwero to be seen almost overywhero on
the streets. The governor of Matanzas
wac'tyitlcd upon and asked why tho re
conefntradoH were not fed. He replied
that'Otders had been given from Havana
to lasue rations., but after two days the
order wascQuntermanded because of lack
of sijppllegj -It appears that the starving
soldlarrflcomplalned bitterly that food was
1'AltUr'Klven to the reconcentrados while
tto'eoldlers were not properly fedj hence,
tho Issuance of rations to the reconcen
trados was stopped all over tho Island
and 'has not been resumed. Tho gover
nor, who only came Into office under
Hlunco, expressed great sorrow over the
starvation. He said that at one period
as many as forty a day died on the
. ,.kya,t,.-.i , a twlin
street In front of tho palace, and that tho
situation was so terrible that he had 5,000
of the reconcentrados taken away from
MatAnzas. Uut or the 9,000 left less than
3,000 are alive today, and many of those
will die. The governor said that prob
ably G0.000 had died In Matanzas of star
vation. He had given 110,000 and had
done all that he could. Kt Correo, one
of the Matnnzas newspapers, recorded
twenty-three deaths from "hunger," tho
llrst day wo visited the city.
Mr. Olbon's aptness for llguies does
not desert him even amid such scenes.
He concludes his timely and Instruct
ive letter with these definite statistics:
In Santa Clara Province tho records
show SO.Ki deaths up to Nov. 10, and
Consul llarker places the number at
100,731 up to Nov. 23. Heie are at tho
lowest l.'O.OOO deaths from starvation In
theso two provinces. Dr. Runner, who is
In charge of the United States Marino
Hospital Servlco at Havnna, has perhaps
better facilities for gathering statistics
ot this kind on the Island than anyone
else, and he puts tho number of deaths
from starvation or lack of food at 400,000.
Dr. Qulzman and other good authorities
have given me Blmllar figures.
It Is necessary as a matter of Justice
to note that both ex-President Cleve
land and President McKlnley are
accessories after the fact to this
wholesale slaughter. They have
permitted the slaughter to go on
when It was their duty to stop It, when,
indeed, their country through public
opinion commanded them to stop it.
Pet haps for the present this point can
be waived until the pressing wunta of
those starving C'ibans are measurably
klluyed, If It Is now possible to allay
them; but It Is a point which will
sooner or later arise for Judgment.
When that time comes, we should not
care to stand In the defendants' places.
Meanwhile, what are the citizens of
Scranton going to give for humanity In
Cuba?
If Uncle Mark Hanna pulls out of
this ambush with a whole hide It Is
n safe guess that he will not soon per
mit himself to be betiayed Into an
other. Pensions Once Again.
A number of Interesting and Intelli
gent comments upon the pension prob
lem have been made recently by Sen
ator (lalllnger, of New Hampshlie, the
chairman of the senate committee on
pensions.
Mr. Galllnger does not regard any ex
isting pension law as In danger of re
peal, but he thinks that some good can
be done by compelling congress to be
more discriminating than has been Its
wont In the enactment of new pension
legislation, partlculmly private pen
sion bills. "The introduction of these
bills," he asset ts, "has become a na
tional shamp and a nuisance. Uvery
pel son whose claim has been turned
down at the pension bureau, no mat
ter how excellent the reason, comes to
congiess for special relief. Senators
and lepresentatlves bundle the bills of
their constituents Into the hopper and
expect laws to be ground out, without
giving the least consideration to the
merit or demeilt of the case. The com
mittees on pensions In congress weie
oilglnally established as courts of
equity, which should act upon cases
debarred by technicalities of the law
from favoiable consideration. These
committees now seem to be legarded
as Independent pension buieaus, es
tablished for the purpose of giving pen
sions to eveiy one who cannot be pio
vlded for In the direct and regular
way," a' condition to which the gentle
man fiom New Hampshlie naturally
makes vlgoious and timely objection.
In the direction of piacticable pen
sion lefonn the first thing, therefore,
in Senator Gallingei's opinion, Is to
see that no pension bill passes con
gress until It Is absolutely meritorious.
A second step which he leeommends
Is that no pension be hereafter granted
to the widow of a pensioner whose
matrlage shall take place after a cer
tain futuie date. The original Idea of
granting widows' pensions was," says
he, 'that the woman who shaied with
her husband the dangeis of the war,
or who wus made a widow by the
casually of battle should be partially
suppoited by the government. This
idea of a young woman tnairylng an
old soldier on his death-bed, thiity
yeais after the war, and then lecelv
Ing a uenslnu from the government, is
preposteious. It ought to and will be
stopped." Finally the senator afllrms
that a mistake was made when the
bais weie let down by the granting of
special pensions to generals' widows
over and above the ordinary sum pie
scilbed bv the general pension laws,
and he would pass no moie special
bills As to publishing the rolls, he
does nut commit himself fuither than
to say that if It shall be done, the lists
should be classllled and published by
counties or sections.
These dlffeient suggestions and rec
ommendations appear to be well ma
nned. Uut lo the pioblem of feVietlng
out fraud In the lists as they now ex
ist the government and honest veterans
everywhere Bhould chiefly give time and
attention. This Is the citix of the
whole matter.
The demand for postage stamps Is a
good Index of the condition ot business.
Accoidlng to a statement Just ptepared
by the third assistant postmaster gen
eral, for the half year In 1S96 ending
Deo. 3i, there were Issued 1,4j3,326,4S0
postage stamps, valued at $27,881,607;
for the same peilod of 1S97 theie weie
Issued 1,620,003,417 stamps, vatued at
$30,967.18-1, Bhowlng an lnciease In the
number of stamps or 166,081,037, valued
nt $3,082,997. This Js an Increase of
11.4 per cent. In the number of stamps
nnd 11 per cent. In the value. During
the last six months of 1896 there were
2,121, 3.',0 special delivery stamps Issued,
which weie Inct eased to 2,627,653 In
1897, making an Increase in value ot
r,0,63UO, or 23.8 per cent. In the same
periods a gain Is noted of 3,102,250 In
the number and $69,388.10 In the value
of stamped envelopes sold, while the
number of postal cards Issued during
the last six months of 1897 was 35,000,
000 more than In the same period of
1896, the figures being 241,242,500 for
1890 and 280,111,550 for 1897, This shows
an Increase of 14.6 per cent. The pos
tal business ot the nation as a whole
shows a gain for the last half of 1897
over the last half of 1896 of 9.8 per cent.,
which ought to satisfy any Intelligent
citizen that prosperity Is no longer a
mere figure ot speech.
Last January the Pennsylvania Rail
road company gave out an order for
new steel tails amounting to about
40,000 tons; this year the order Is for
100,000 tons, of which the local mills
liiffli itthwa
JkjAkthKfc
niinitilMliiMilMn,-;
will produce C.000 tons. "It I- under
stood," pays the Philadelphia Press,
"Hint the Pennsylvania Railroad com
pany will do considerable work this
year, especially If the business con
tinues to Improve In the way It has
thus far. Tho earnings are larger than
they have been for some time, and
there has been no disposition on the
part ot the merchants to curtail their
shipments." These ure figures and
facts that count.
Opponents of protection have teased
to scoff at the possibilities of an Amer
ican tin plate Industry, but to clinch
matters It may be well to cjuoto from
the repot t of Special Agent Ayer, Just
made to the secretary of the treasury
for the year ended June 30, 1897, six
'years after the McKlnley tariff began
to Impart an Impetus to domestic tin
plate manufacture. In this fiscal year
there Is shown to have been an in
crease In production of nearly 140,000,
000 pounds, or more than 45 per cent,
as compared with 1896. We now make
more than four-fifths of all the tin
plate we use, and what we make Is In
every respect ns good as what we Im
port. Never again will the Democratic
party use a tin plate tariff as an ar
gument for free trade.
The fire losses of 1897 In the United
States nnd Canada were approximately
$110,000,000 as compared with $115,000,
000 in 96 and $130,000,000 In '93. It Is
evident that the raising of Insurance
rates has made propel ty owners more
caieful.
Personalities may amuse the galler
ies, but they will not solve the civil
service problem.
Congress and the
Metric System
Washington Letter in the Sun.
n NOTHRU attempt Is to be made at
ill this session of congress to adopt
U the metric system for the United
U" States. At the last session Repre
sentative Hurley, of New York,
Introduced In the House of Representa
tives a bill with this purpose in view,
but It failed to receive favorable con
sideration. In Oermany, Italy, Spain,
France. Austria. Hungary, Portugal, Bel
glum. Switzerland, Norway and Sweden,
Scrvla, Peru and Venezuela the metric
system Is by law obligatory; In Great
Britain and Ireland, In Turkey and tho
United States it Is permissive, while Den
murk, Japan, and Russia are non-metric.
The latest advices received by the Coast
Survey Indicate that Great Britain is in
a fair way to adopt the system, for it
has been found that In some of the coun
tries wheie the metile system is compul
sory Kngland has lost many contracts,
for the leaBon that the transference of
figures from one system to another has
frequently resulted III Inaccuracy,
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The hlstoiy of the attempts to secure
uniformity of weights and measures In
this country Is Interesting. Washington
spoke In his first message to congress of
the great necessity for uniformity In the
currency and weights and measures, and
tho matter was refeired to Jeff ei son.
then secretary of state, who submitted
a report to congress on the subject. While
this report was under consideration the
National Assembly of France took steps
In leference to adopting tho metric sys
tem, and this fact Induced the committee
to postpone any alteration In the meas
ures then in use. Washington lenewed
his recommendation to the second con
gress and a committee reported in favor
of one of Jefferson's plans. Nouilng le
sulled, and the matter was not taken up
again until nfter tho war of 1S12, when,
in compliance with tin urgent recom
mendation from President Madison, a bill
was introduced. But, as before, no legis
lation resulted, and so the measures law
ful In Great Britain during our colonial
period still lemalned In custommy use in
this country.
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Although congress has not been eager
to mnko one svstem compulsory It has
shown Its-elf not unwilling to encourage
uniformity, for in June, 130. an act was
passed which provided that copies of all
the standards of weights and measures
should bo prepared at Washington and a
full set delivered to the governor of each
state In the Union. Up to that time,
bras yards and ells furnished bv the
county and state governments, and of
very doubtful accuracy, or no accuracy
at all, were fastened to the steps of the
court houses in state and county seats,
and by these the merchants In towns
tested tho correctness of their1 length
measures Though standard measures
were made at the Geodetic Survey and
sent to the states, according to the pio
lsIons of the act of 1S3G, they were not
used. The law was repealed subsequently.
and the standard which had lemalned In
use by the executive depaitment of the
government became practlcallv the stand
ard of the whole country. The primary
units were the original yard and the
original pound. But much confusion ex
isted then in legal d to the relation of our
original measures with those of Great
Biltaln. The yaid adopted was the dis
tance between two lines diawu upon the
Tioughtou scales In 1S13. But so delicate
are the adjustments required that the
length of this American yard has from
time to time had different relations to
the British yard. These differences have
been duo to the temperatures at the
times the comparison weie made, two de
grees Fahrenheit making an appieclable
difference from the scientific standpoint
In tho length of the two yard meas
ures. o
The United States go eminent eontil
butes annually something moie than $1,
000 to the support of the International
Bureau of Weights and Measuies near
Pails. France. This buieau has had for
Its object the preparation of a new In
ternational standard meter and a new
International standard kllogiamme, copies
of which have been made and dlstiibuted
among the contributing governments. In
January, 1890, two standaids, made at tho
bureau and sent to Washington were
brought to the. cabinet room at the White
House, and there the seals on the pack
ages were broken bv the president of
the United States, tho secretary of the
treasury, and a number of scientific men.
They were then foimally adopted, and a
certificate from Benjamin Harrison was
written to the effect that they were orig
inals or prototypes of the original metre
and kilogramme at Pails. They wero
sent to the Sealer of Weights and Meas
uies at the Geodetic and Coast Survey,
where they aro now kept. At the survey
the kilogramme has been placed In a
large glass case, tho doors of which have
been sealed by the superintendent of tno
survey, and no one Is allowed to open
them. The prototype of the metre in ord
inary use Is also very carefully kept and
handled, although It Is not under seal.
It is a heavy bar of an alloy of platinum
and Iridium, and cost $1,500. It Is not
flat, as most measures are, and a cross
section of It would look not unlike two
flat-topped letter Y's, ono Inverted on
the other. The line of measurement Is
at the top of one of the Vs. The object
of this Is to have the surface from which
the measurement Is taken as near as pos
sible to what Is known as the neutral
axis of the bar. This destroys the possi
bility of Increase or diminution In length
by the Infinitely small arc which might
be formed In handling the bar. There nro
two burnished spots upon which the lim
its ot the metre can bo very faintly dis
tinguished. The Hues aro liner many times
than a hair's breadth.
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There lsi a most wonderful scale by
which weights are adjusted for mer
chants. It Is kept under lock and key in
a fireproof room In the basement of tho
old Butler houso adjoining the main build
ing of the Geodetic Survey, It Is ono
of the most accurate scales In the world.
So delicate aro the adjustments required
that tho temperature of tho body of tho
! msttfr i mmmmnnvutoifrit,sJm-n4&M M niimn litjM il .
operator In considered lo Impair mater
ially the efficiency of tho Instrument.
Therefore tho observer stands at a. dis
tance of fifteen or sixteen feet rrom tno
scale when tho weighings ate being
mado, operating tho Instrument by means
of a scries of brass rods. The observer
makes his readings through a telescope
which is directed upon two Ivory scales
nt tho top of tho balance. Ono of these
scales Is permanent and tho other Is at
tached to tho balance. A weighing hav
ing been made on one side, the brass rods
aro manipulated, und, by n simple but
most Ingenious and smooth-running
mechanism, the weight Is transferred
from one side to the other. An Idea of
the accuracy of this wonderful balance
may be had from a statement recently
made by Professor Mendelhalt to tho
Academy of Sciences, He described
weighing on this scale with two stand
ard kilogramme weights. The weights
were llrst placed In ono of the balance
stands, side by side, and weighed. After
ward they were weighed In the samo pan
nnd under the same conditions, but In
this caso one wns placed on top or tho
other. Tho two weighings differed. Placed
ono on top of tho other, they weighed
less than when placed side by side. This
was duo to moving the center of gravity
higher up. making a small difference, not
three inches, from tho center of the
earth,
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Out In the yard of the Geodetic Survey
Is kept the United States mural or bench
standard. This Is a wooden box more
than a hundred feet long, which has In
side of It an iron bar two Inches wide
and about half an Inch thick. This Is for
the purpose of measuring tape lines sont
to the survey by engineers from nil over
the country for a government test.
The governments using tho metric sys
tem so far outnumber those not using It
that It 1r believed at tho Geodetic Survey
that legislation making It compulsory in
tho United States will be enacted. The
ofTlclals say that the nations holding back
have no reason for doing so.
MAJOR PENAUN'S SELECTION.
From tho Dunmoro Pioneer.
Major T. F. Penman, who was Internal
revenue collector during tho Harrison ad
ministration, received the appointment
again, through Congressman Connell, on
Wednesday. Major Penman was an ex
cellent officer und stood very high in the
department nt Washington on account of
tho careful manner In which he conduct
ed the business of the government. There
were four or five congressional districts
that had candidates In the field and tho
appointment of Malor Penman mnv bo
regarded as a victory for our congress
man und the county of Lackawanna.
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Hyde Park Courier-Progress.
Major Penman's selection as collector
of Internal revenue gives general satis
faction and reflects credit on the Judg
ment nnd influence of Congressman Con
nell. Mr. Penman is a most capable man
for the place and has always been a
good and hard worktng Republican.
TUB OHIO CONTEST.
From the Philadelphia Press.
The clouds which have overhung the
Ohio senatorial election seem to be break
ing up, and there appears now to be a
fair piospect ot Senator Hanna's elec
tion. The actual recapture of two of tho
bolters who have come over to his col
umn will have a moral weight greater
even than mere number. It shows tho
effect of the awakened public sentiment
and will dispirit and discourage the 'op
position. The sumo Influences aro quite
likely to reach others, and it would not be
surprising if the movement against Mr.
Hanna should now crumble to pieces.
The storm ot Indignation which has
swept over the state and Indeed over the
country against the treachery which was
uncovered at tho organization of the leg
islature, is far greater than the conspir
ators expected to face. They did not
realize how deeply their perfidious act
would revolt and outrage the sense of
fairness which belongs to most men. Mr.
Hanna has made his enemies. No man
could perform the great work he has
done during the last three years with
out making them. But his personality Is
only a secondary matter. He Is tho rep
resentative of the party and the embod
iment of Its will and its unity. He was
made Its candidate and was accepted us
such. The light against him was not
open and frank, but stealthy and Insid
ious. It Involved a violation of every
code of personal and political honor, and
this attempt to betray and defeat the
I ai ty and to Jeopardize every high pub
lic interest for mere personal revenge
and malevolence hns aroused a. tempest
oi Indignation before which the conspir
ators will find It hard to stand.
AMERICA'S RESI'ONSIMMTY.
From Mr. Gibson's Cuban Correspond
ence lu the Philadelphia Press.
If ever an American would bo excus
able for feeling ashamed of his own
couutiy the occasion will be found now In
all reconcentrado towns In Cuba. It is
impossible to witness the harrowing sight
of thousands of Innocent human beings
sitting on dooisteps or In corners of
buildings wheie a little shelter Is offered,
or in "guano" structures, mado of poles
ond leaves, or dragging their slow length
along begging pennies, all In various
stages of starvation, some of them drop
ping dead before your eyes, and not feel
that the United States has assumed an
awful burden of responsibility.
"Why the United States?" some one
may ask. Let an Ungllsli consul an
swer: "I have not called on my people
for aid because tho United States has
given Kuropean nations warning to keep
their hands oft Cuba. Your countiy Is
very rich. This Island Is right at your
door. I have waited for the United States
to act."
TOO MANY CRIMINALS.
riom the Jeimyn Press.
Tho criminal iccord of Lackawanna
county for 18s7 Is something astounding
when taken in comparison with that of
some oiderly counties. The records of
the district attorney show that more than
two thousund cases were disposed of dur
ing tho year. Of this number the grand
Jury Ignored 1,491, and leturned true bills
against 70s. Assuming that In each of
the ignored cases- u crime had been com
mitted, although In Its degree it was
beneath the notice of the county court,
we have the astonishing revelation that
about ono person in eveiy hundred In
this county Is a criminal. Tlw awful
ness of this record is intensified by tho
fact that them have been six trials for
murder during the year. Undoubtedly, In
comparison with Luzerne county Lacka
wanna holds the better position: but, af
ter all, the best that can be said of the
records Is that Lackawanna's Is bad, Lu
zerne's Is worse.
Havllamidl
CMira o o
VB AHU CLOSING OUT FOUR OF
OUR Ol'KN BTOOK CHINA PAT
TEIINS At Cost
IK YOU WANT A CHINA UINNKH
HKV NOW IS THK TIMK TO I1UV
WK AIIU TAKING ACCOUNT OK
HTOCIC AND WANT TO CLOSK OUT
TIIESUFOUH LINES UEKOIin TEH
ilUARY 1.
TIE CLEIQNS, FEREER,
ALLEY Ca
122 Lackawanna Avenue.
GOLISM
Pin
0UE GREAT ANNUAL WJth !ts ma3'fo!,d attractions, is now in progress. That it will eclipse all
vvn wmuiuu xuiutuxiu other lanuarvsa es. nfwhnti.r.lifiMMnV .ciUi,iif ! i ..:.
JANUARY SALE. ing
Furs, Cloaks, Underwear, Laces, Linens, Shirts, Blankets, Dress Goods, Wall Paper, Upholsteries,
Curtains, Hosiery, Gloves, or any of the other countless etceteras to be found in a completely
equipped and up-to-date Dry Goods Store,
HOUSEKEEPING GOOBS ,At in prlc,e.s b,ut il, ,n!y or w,cck' and wc've set out to give our
,,. . sbw-" buying pubhc benefit that th , ta,k aboutj Wre . tQ seU C(jt
tons, Shirtings, Sheetings, Outing Flannels, Towels, Crashes, etc., etc., at such prices that you can
well alTord to replenish ydur home outfits for months to come.'
UeMeached SlieeitSegs
At 3 cents, Just right yard wide Cotton
At 4 cents, Oakland yard w3de Cotton
At 4j4 cents, Black Rock, finest Cotton made
At 5 cents. Genuine Atlantic A heaviest Cotton made
At 32 cents, Lockwood 9-4 Unbleached
Bleached Muslims
At 5 cents, Fruit of the Loom
At 5 cents, Fearless yard wide '
At 5 cents, Hills yard wide
At 7 cents, Berkely White Cambric
At 14 cents, Lockwood 9-4 Bleached
At 5 cents, Stevens Linen Crashes, 116 inches wide
At 7 cents, Stevens Linen Crashes, 18 inches wide
At 8 cents, Stevens Linen Crashes, 20 inches wide
At 10 cents, Hemmed Hiack Towels
At 10 and 12 cents, Fringed Damask Towels
At 22 cents, Half-bleached Table Damask, 54 inches wide
At 28 cents, Half-bleached Table Damask, 62 inches wide
At 48 cents, Full-bleached Table Damask, 62 inches wide
OFF WITH TIE O
AH THK OLD YEAR IS CAST OVP like
an old shoe, so should you resolve to
carry out the simile by coming In and select
ing a new nulr of our elegant 'OB Shoes.
Juat received for thone who want advance
Htyles at backward prices.
lewis, Ecilly k Bavles,
WYOMING AVENUE.
THE MODERN HARDWARE STORE.
Way (Hit of It
WE MUST GET 1UD OK OUR
STOCK OK
ON ACCOUNT OK AN UNFAVORABLE
SEASON WE FIND THAT WE HAVE
AN OVERSTOCK OK THEM, AND WK
HAVE MADE A IHG CUT AW. ALONG
THE LINE, AND WILL OFFER. THE
SAME AT HARGAIN PRICES.
& s:
O)
110 N. WASHINGTON AVE,
MILL & CORNELL'S
TT
tV3
Sutli a choice stock to nelcct from cannot
bo fouud elsowherVs In thin part of the state.
And when you consider the moderate prices
ot which tho goods nio marked In a further
claim on the attention and consideration of
buyers.
GIFT SUGGESTIONS.
WniTiNO Desks,
niiKftSiNO Tahi.ks.
KANOVTAnUtS,
ClIEVAL Q LASS KM,
Pa ii urn Caiiinkth.
MumuOAUlNKrs,
CU1IIO Cauinlts,
Hook Cares,
KANCV lUbKKTK,
I.OUNQl-S,
WOHKTAM.FS
EAHV ClIAIllS,
GJLT CllAIllS,
INI.AIDUIIAIKS,
HOCKUIS,
Hkavino Stands,
l'EDKSTAI.S,
TAnOUIIKTTKS.
All at lowest prices
high quality
consistent with the
of the k'oods.
Him &
ConninieJE
At 121
North Washington
Avenue,
Scranton, Pa.
BBF
OdHcatcrs
Hire
T5(0
"cfyl
attcntion t0 fw representative
1RIABI
prices, Unas always
IbeeeoMrmottOo Qimal
Sty meexcelled, prices
the lowesto
Your money back if you want it;
and the same price to everybody. Open
Evenings Until After the Holidays.
BOYLE
416 LACKAWANNA AVENUE.
FINLEY'S
A
With our regular
lines we offer a few
numbers at extraor
dinary values.
Heavy Cottoa Blaukets,
size 1 1-4, either grey or
white, price this week,
95c,
15 pairs all wool, brown
mixed Blankets, size 11-4,
price,
All wool Blaukets, size
72x81, either scarlet or white,
assorted borders, price,
All wool white Blankets,
size 12-4, borders pink, blue
and red, price this week,
Specially low
prices on California
and Eider Down
Blankets during this
week.
510 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
nini . il, iiltitun iMninnrim m
Baite
BAZAAI
offerings, we also invite visits of in-
at reliable
MUCKLO
LANK
'OOKS
-AND-
OFFICE SUPPLIES
The most complete line ill
this corner of Pennsylva
nia.
Time Books
jor
1898
at
fcJTATlONEHS, ENQHAVEIIS,
UOrKI. .1EKMYN BUILDING.
1!10 Wyouilug .Weuua.
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
Geneiat Agent for the W oralnj
Ulitrlctfor
Mining, matting, Sporting, Sniokelesi
uud tbe Repuuuo Chemical
Company's
HIGH EXPLOSIVES,
fcafety Fine, Caps and Exploders.
Itoomn 'J12, o13 nn( .j1( Commonwealtu
Building, Bcrauton.
AOENCIE
THO FORI),
JOHN U. SMITH A SON.
K. W. MUI.UQAN,
nttaton
Plymouth
Wllkea-Barra
IT. PLEASANT
COAL
AT RETAIL.
Coal of the belt Quality for domestts um
and of all lies, Including Buckwheat and
Blrdseyo, delivered In any part of tba city,
at tbe lowest price
Orders received at the Office, first floor.
Commonwealth buUdlng, room No ;
telephone No. 2624 or at the mine, tele
phone No. 272, will be promptly attended
to. Sealer supplied ut tho mine.
WM. 1 SI
MVtt
w,
WRITS
P01IEB.