Wp3cfw:wi 17. riTFTT iTr. - S---r flg,? wmMmfemwmMz?-MMm rm, v&z&x rmF km?&mwMK$iw' 4 ,.,DNESDAY, JANUAnY 12, 1S98. THE SORANTON TRIBUNE. (WEDNESDAY, JANUAIIY 1, 1899. rubllrtiKl IIIr, Kxoept KuncUy. by the Tribune Itibltolilng Company, at Fifty Oats ft Month. 'M1XID AT TH WT0ITt01 AT SCRANM. .. ntconD-ctios UAit, uattib. TEN PAGES. SCRANTON. JANUAIIY 12. 1S9S. REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET. Three Years-I'ETER NEUL8, Eleventh ward. Thrco Years-D. I. PHILLIPS. Fifth ward. Two Yoars-E. D. FELLOWS, Fourth ward. Two Yenrs-F. S. GODFREY, Eighth ward. Ono Year F. 8. BARKER, Seventeenth word. One Ycar-ELIAS EVANS, Fifteenth ward. Election Day, February IB. The letter from Mr. Acker, printed In another column, points to a number of serious atructural defects In the new rule? yefttetday adopted for the poverninent of the Republican party in this city. Unci he been granted a hear In? before the convention It might have spared Itself a lot of future M rouble: nw It is, it has plunged the party'in n io eo dense that it will lie fSrtnnatP If It shall find Its way safely out, -In these matters it pays to make haste slowly. . The City Convention's Work. The ticket nominated at yesterday's city convention Is admirable personal ly and, wo believe, strong politically. It undoubtedly represents a high standard of personal integrity and in telligence and if elected would com mand In exceptional degree the confi dence of the peopV. That from the standpoint of geography the North End should have had one representative may be admitted without detracting from tho ability or the disposition of ycsfrday'B nominees to safeguard the educational interests of the entire city irrespective of portion. The new i tiles adopted yesterday with a zeal out of all proportion to the ll?cretlon shown were probably not understood by one delegate who voted for them, but us the majority seemed to think it had discovered something quite to Its liking we cheerfully ac quiesce. The rules as rushed through nre imperfect and obscure In several particulars. In the same breath thut they do nway with the delegate sys tem they peak of a city convention but give no explanation how this con vention Is to be foimed or of what it shall consist. In another place, they forbid vigilance committers to receive "knowingly" more thun Ave improper votes, under penalty of rejecting the entire vote of the district, thus mak ing It possible for a faction In control of the city committer, or the city "con vention," whatever that may be, to so construe the word "knowingly" as to disfranchise whole groups of citizens Miould It so elect, and for sueli a per version of authority the patty at latge would have uKtolut-ly no tedress. "We could point out other places wherein careful revision would have made the nev mles clearer and more easily com prehend, d by the masses, but as the convention was evidently satisfied with tho draft pitsented to It, further com ment Is not now necessary. In Wilkes-IJntro the first day's ap peal of Mayor Nichols for aid for Cuba brought In $170. all contributed by WHUcs-l'arreans. In Scrnnton, May or Ualley'H appeal the (list day brought In no.'S. ot width $10 curae fiom a minister In Foity Fort, leavlny to th ctedit of Seranton philanthropy the. magnificent sum of twenty-five cents. A Victory Tor Fair Play. The victory won at Columbus yester day was not ptlnuirlly a victory for Marcus A. Hniina but for the Republi can party. It was a victory of fair ness and good faith against deception and tieachery, and small though the margin was, the gain made since tiea son to party first revealed what It con fidently thought was a winning hand Is pioof anew of the potential suprem acy of Intelligent public opinion. Mr. Hanna may or may not learn a lesson from this experience. If he is wipe he will not heieafter tiy to oc cupy the center of the stage. If he Is prudent ho will peicelve that In fair ness to Piesldent McKinley no less than In Justice to the Republican party the kind of attitude which splits Into pieces the Republican sentiment of the president's own state and lifts knives where theie should be only olive branches Is not meet and will not here after be tolerable. Mr. Hanna has profited by this vlctoty personally be cause ho chanced to be the man against whom a trick was played that Repub lican sentiment throughout the coun try would not tolerate. Hut Mr. Hanna will find In spite of his certificate of election that although lie was sus- tained this time as a choice of two evils It Is not to be Inferred that he Is Indispensable' to tho Republicanism ot the njnton. Qne6f the notable lessons of this ex citing fight Is that much of the matetlal sent to state legislatures needs to be radically .Improved. The figure cut by wobblers like Qrlfllth tends to discredit our entire political Institutions. If the American people are willing to be rep resented in places of great responsibil ity by such untrustworthy timber, they deserve all the trouble thus brought upon them and merit no sympathy whatever. m i i , Ono feature of the Crawrord county system, which should be guarded against Is that It would enable the Republican of a particular section strong 1n votes to fix up combinations whereby it can capture all the nomina tions. Getting such a lop-sided ticket elected, however, would be another master. u Vhe,. woman in American politics as she has Appeared the past week is not an.engaglng figure. No woman.whether Mrs. arifJlth'orany other, can ever add to the dignity of herself or her sex by the: rbieL recently enacted .In Ohio. THefe is no question but that a woman can'make herself a powerful factor In politics by intelligent and Judicious efforts, but It- will never be by the means of bringing ridicule on the'ones he wojil4 ihJJvn.ce, H i A question whether she docs not overstep tho bounds of true womanliness, not to mention good politics, when she so un mlstakubly and Indelicately causes It to be understood that she controls her husband's vote. That this condition is often true cannot be disputed, but it would oftenest be thus proved where the fact Is .least suspected. It may please Mr, QrliHth to go on to the end of the chapter as Mrs. Grl filth's hus band, but it would not thus gratify the average man nor his wife. Mr. Hanna can now afford to smile, even at the cartoonists. Coaxing the Porte. The effort of Minister (Angell to coax the Turkish government Into paying an Indemnity to Americans who lost property during tho Armenian troubles Is a pitiful exhibition of American dip lomatic weakness. Tho idea that the Sultan of Turkey would care a fig for tho good or ill will of a nation which is not represented on the Bosphoru3 by armed cruisers is ridiculous, and the spectacle of a diplomat from this coun try endeavoring without such visible reinforcements to persuade the Sublime Porte Into any sort of compromise that would touch the Oriental pocketboolt ia really amusing. In Turkey an Ameri can citizen Is tolerated with the good humor that would be accorded an un classified South Sea Islander who might (land on our shores. The aver age Turk has not the respect for the American flag that we possess for the yellow bandana handkerchief tied about the neck of an illiterate Immi grant. The recent spectacle given In Turkey Is not a rare case on the eastern hemi sphere by any means. In nearly every country except England and France the people at large and petty govern ment ofllclals have the utmost con tempt for the rights of the American citizen. It Is a well-known fact lhat many American tourists are in some of the little kingdoms obliged to pose as Englishmen in order to receive re spectful treatment from officials of whom they are obliged to ask favors. To these petty minions of cheap roy olty the strains of "Hall Columbia" are as meaningless as is the noise of a. Chinese tom-tom. It is plain that the government of the United States In the past has been solely responsible for this state of af fairs. Apparently flushed to vain con celt by the victories of other days we until recently rested in proud contem plation of past deeds of glory, and al lowed urmy and navy to go to decay. Communication until quite lately was kept up with foreign powers by a few ancient war vessels manned by small crews and conducted on a scale of modesty that gave our navy an inex pressibly cheap appearance when com pared with the splendid equipments of the vessels of other powers. While during the past quarter of a century we have been boasting of what our ancestots did In 1770, or listening to statements of the good work to be ac complished by Democratic letrench ment, leform and low tariff, the other nations of the wotld weie gradually increasing their naval strength, until In comparison the United States navy had become the laughing stock of the seas. It Is foitunate that the awaken ing of this count! y to the true state of affairs occurred while we were at peace with all the world. At the present rate of lapld construction it Is prob able that the United States will in a few years possess fleets sufllclent to command the respect of the most pow erful of the monarch of the east. Rut until that time an Ives it would seem to be well for our foreign representa tives to keep as quiet as possible and confine their efforts principally to at tending leceptlons and drawing their salaries with punctuality and dispatch. In the name of justice some queer things aro done. In California a man Is hanged because suspected of mur der. In New York a woman who crowns a life of Infamy and crime by luting her paramour Into a trap and helping to chop up his yet warm re mains gets only fifteen years In prison. Arbitration. The Rostou Advertiser says "It is ridiculous to pretend that the render ing of an unjust decision by the Vene zuelan aibltrator, In the ca.se ot claims for $75,000 made by citizens of the United 'States against .the republic of Mexico, has given the cause of interna tional arbitration 'a setback,' 'struck a blow' at the progress of sentiment in favor of substituting amicable settle ment in place of war, etc," and It asks, "Does any sane man pretend that the rendering of an unjust decision by a coutt of Justice Is a 'setback' to tho principle of having disputes between citizens decided by courts of law rath er than by private brawl?" Of couise not. Rut the fact that In neaily every recent Instance In which the United Stalls government has ac- cepted without sciutlny an ai biter or a court by arbitration recommended by Its opponents or easily acquiesced in the .seemingly pacific arrangements proposed by other nations It lias been roundly mulcted for its Innocence sug gests that if arbitration is to become pcpular hereafter it will need to be conducted by our government intelli gently and on the principle that no for eign power is to be trusted further than it can be seen, There has been much waste of senti ment on this matter. Passion for an Ideal lias carried some of the advo cates of arbitration to an extreme. The have contracted the bad habit, formed by Ambaseudor Bayard in Lon don, of supplicating tearfully for a condition of affairs requiring for its realization a minimum of emollient sentlmentallsm and a maximum of common senBe. Arbitration Is common sense or It is nothing. Only when com mon bense gulden Is It worth a pica yune. The chances at any rate are that Senator Hanna will hereafter recall that "there are otherB" in Ohio. Secretary Sherman has recently re iterated his opposition to the annexa tion of Cuba, and tinder the conditions likely to exist in Cuba at least for the next generation ho Is right. Beforp Cuba can be taken Into the American Union the whole character of its in stitutions, Its customs and Its people will have to be moulded anew, and this will take a very long time, If, Indeed, It can ever bo achieved. Rut annexa tion linn nothing to do with tho Cuban problem of today. Congressman King returns from Cuba confirmed In his original belief that the insurgents should be recbg nlced as belligerents and the Spaniards as Incompetents; and we guess this surrounds the whole matter. The decision of tho senate to con sider the Hawaiian treaty In secret session raises the question whether there is any such thing as a really secret session. Apparently not. American help for starving Cuba must be followed by definite assurance that Spain will not throw tho same burden on the people of this country a second time. If President McKinley is reading tho papers these days ho must be aware that the do-nothing policy for Cuba has scant support -among the Ameri can people. "Must we fight for Spaniards?" anx iously inquires an exchange. Certainly not. G(ve the Cubans a fair chance at them and we won't need to. Many Scrantonlans .evidently believe that the talk about enforcing the snow shoveling ordinance was nil bluff and perhaps they are right. Representative Griffith, ot Ohio, can now serve his country In the well-filled role of an awful example. Fears are already expressed that Mrs. John Griffith will take to .the lecture platform. m As for Senator Foraker, he has seen trouble before. Botind to Reform the Civil Service Special Correspondence of Tho Tribune. Washington, Jan. 11. THE su to hi gathe day r suppressed wrath, which seems have been accumulating ami crlng strength during the hoil- recess, against the question able policy ot continuing in lorco during tho present administration and making respectablo the celebrated "hog'' order of President Cleveland, by which 40,000 partisan Democrats wero swept In under the protective covering of tho civil service blanket by one stroke of his pen, Juit prior to his enforced retirement as chief magistrate of tho nation found vent In the house of representatives almost us toon as that body had settled Itself down to the resumption of legislative business on Wednesday last by a violent outbu.-3t of Indignation and savage hostility on tho part ot those opposed to tho fanatical the otles of the class known as "civil service reformers," as well as to tho manner In which tho civil service law was adminis tered during the reltu of tho Cleveland dynasty. In tho debate which followed, Mr. l.andls, of Indiana, seemed to carry off the honors. Among other things he said that tho class known as antl-spolls-men advertised themselves as "tho better clunent," and this element, when not en gaged In getting otllce for itself, was exceedingly active In attempting to keep deserving people out ot office, and that wherever ono sees a crowd or clique in a. community cnlllnsr Itself "the better ele ment," look out for It, as a narrow, sel fish, bigoted and dangerous clas3, who have been nothing hut political guerrillas since likO, bulldozing national conventions, demobilizing senators and representa tives, hypnotizing presidents ot tho Unit ed Status, and by a bold nnd audacious policy of political piracy managing to sit continuously at tho banqueting board. He added that under the administration of Logan Carlisle, son ot Secretary Carlisle ot tho treasury department, as chler clerk and official headsman, 2,000 Repub licans were discharged and their places filled with Democrats, after which tho blanket representing the so-called "merit system," was at onco spread over them and there they lemaln. Tho samo condi tion ot things was truo of the government printing olllce, where, under the regime of Public Printer Benedict and his man Friday, (Albert Baker, private secretary), 1.S00 Republicans were turned out unci their places filled with Democrats and tl'.D civil service eMendcd to cover them In. o Mr. Landls here produced n book icept by Mr. linker in which a record was kept of. tho charges against Republican of fenders, both male and female. These charges wero trivial and ludicrous, and when read excited a great deal of mirth on both sides of the house, Nearly all discharges made were for partisan rea sons. "The strunco sequel, however, to this burlesque." tald Mr. Lanuls, "is tho mot humorous part of the Joke. Upon the advent of tho pretent public printer, Mr. Palmer (Republican), Mr. Baker had to walk the plank, but he wasn't out but a short time until he was reinstated un der the one year limit and transferred to the. treasury department, where he has a brother as chief ot a division, and from thence to tho civil seivlce commission, where he today sits near the throne, equally dividing ills time between burn ing InceiiHO to thoso gods in tho llcsh and grading tho manuscripts sent In by Re publicans ambitious to hom office under this Republican administration." o Mr. Landls then paid his respects to party workers In tho following terso and vigorous language: "I believe In the par ty worker. I bellovo In standing up for him away from homo when not a candi date for olllce, as well as at home when a candidate for olllce. I like the party worker because ho is generally keen, bright, nctlvo and alert. Because he rep lesentstho sentiment of the community in which ho lives, howover small it may be. Ha knows the pecplo's sympathies. He Is acquainted with tho people's wants. You can depend upon his Judgment. I am familiar with politics and I tell you that In the political organizations of our town ships, counties, districts and state, the best blood, the best brain, tho best en thusiasm, thev,best citizenship, is repre sented on the township, county, district, and state committees. Party workers uro good men, brave men, courageous men. Parties bolus essential to a republican form of government, coincident with the birth of tho republic, and fundamental with tho constitution, the party worker is tho country's best friend in time of peace; and in time of war, ho would bo tho man to organize a company in his township, a rejrlmnt in his county, nnd a brigade In his congressional district. And that's the reason I like him. Tho professional civil service reformer who Is responsible for the perversion and de struction of this principle of party loyal ty, Is the child ot the Pharisee. Ho would have us believe that public service In a reproach, political ambition an in famy and political bucccss tho epitaph of self-reapect. and yet he is always holding office himself, He Is never happy unless lie Is writing reform phllllplcs on govern ment stationery with ono hand and nf llxlng his slunaturo to tho government pay roll with the other. He Is the mo nopolist of wisdom,, tho self-coiiBtltuted guardian of the integrity and conscience of Christendom, thi gentle shepherd ot hope and piogresB. ills library is the rich and fertile garden wJicreln the fad blooms und blossoms, Hltj best argument Is a sneer; to him hlstlry is n lamentation; with him public at private virtue begin and end. He has bViklng chills when ho thinks that posulblyVome time the world will be compelled toget along without htm. He Is unreasonable, unjust, blcoted. aotfifih, and malicious, nd so he plays his part v Congressmen Qrosvenor, of Ohio, and Hepburn, of Iowa, each made strong ar guments In favor of a radical modifica tion of tho existing civil servlco system. As tho result of tho recent conference ot Republican mernbein opposed to existing civil service conditions, a bill, with a few amendments, wns adopted unanimously. Mr. Kvnnn, of Kentucky, will huvo chargo of tho bill when It comes back from the commlttco on civil service roform. The text of tho new bill proposes to eliminate from the civil service all responsible and Important officers, limiting It only to clerks in Washington and certain large cities, nnd In these caseB fixing a tcnuro ot office ot five years. Tha bill further provides that tho civil service act shall not apply to or regulate examinations for, nor the employment or appointment of nny ixrrson to any office or position In tho civil servlco of tho United Btates, nor to removals therefrom, except tho follow ing: First, clerks, coplsts, countors, com puters, nnd draughtsmen who recelvo salaries of not less than JflOO nor ovor Jl.SOO per annum in tho sovcral departments, institutions, commissions, nnd bureaus In tho city of Wnnhlngton, D. C nnd in the various public otllccs throughout tho country in which as many as twenty-fivo persons, exclusive of letter carriers, are employed. Second, railway mall clerks; and third, letter carriers in cities whero moro than ten carrlors (excluslvo of sun Btttutes) nro employed. It Is mso provid ed that tho provisions of the civil ser vice act and tho rulC3 mado thereunder shall not in any way apply nor bo applied to tho appointment or employment ot special examiners In tho bureau of pen sions, nor to confidential clerkb, secrc tailtst. or stenographers, ot any head of any department, institution, commission or bureau, nor to those of uny postmast er, surveyor, or collector of customs, col lector of Internal revenue and pension agents, appraiser of merchandise, mar shal of any district or attorney ot tho United States for any district, nor to any person employed In the ofilco of put lie printer. Tho term of onico of all persons heretofore appointed under civil service rules shall bo flvo years. Tho power of the appointing officers to remove for cause Is not abridged, but no changes shall bo mado for political or religious reasons. o The managers of tho commlttco nro well pleased with their labors, and claim thnt tho original purpose of tho civil ser vice ins been retained, nivJ its radical ex pansions cut off. Under this bill, if it becomes a law, about CO.v,') position will reniriln out of tho S7.000 that are now un d? the civil service, leaving .'7,1100 open for appointment. 1 have deolti con s'.teral'.lo space In outlining what is con ter.ip'ated to bo done by eonrriM in tho natter of imorovement in tho clll scr vir.i system as !t now exist, nd as It Ins recently become tho principal topic o' t' jxusslon cu the street corners nnd clsevhcre, I fell that the readers of 7,'lie Trl'.imo woul 1 not be satisfied with half a loaf. o Since congress has reconened Repre sentative Council lias Introduced the fol lowing measures In the house for legis lative nction, which relate to Lackawan na county: A bill for tho relief of William Burke. A bill for the relief of William Call. A bill for the relief ot William 11. Thomas. A bill for the relief of Patrick DufTy. Also, resolution of St. Joseph's R. C. pociety, protesting against the passage of the Lodge Immigration bill, besides hav ing a postoffice established In Lackawan na county to be called Elmdale, with F. P. McPeek ns postmaster, and Matthew McPhersen made postmaster at Dickson City, and J. Hanson Cook postmaster at Klzers, Pa. This, together with securing the appointment of Major Thomas F. Penman, as collector of internal revenue for tho Twelfth district, Is considered to have been a fairly good averago for four congressional dajs' work. Yesterday, as you may have learned already, he Intro duced a bill to create a new federal ju dicial district, to bo called the middle dis trict. As tho bill Is quite a lengthy one, and covers a large amount ot detail, I will not attempt a description of Its fea tures, but promise In lieu thereof to send you u copy of tho bill as soon as printed. Strattan. AN OBJECT LESSON. From tho New York Sun. In a recent speech Senator Elklns set forth -with much thoroughness the vari ous elements which comdjlno to perpet uate JSngUnd'a .mercantile power on tho seas. First comes her enormous tonnage, which far exceed that of all other no tions toffother. This is supported by "tha lirillsh Lloyd Kystem of &urves and cUh .slllcutljns, dlsL'ilminatius in favor ot Iiritish-bullt vessels." This system, in turn, leads to discriminations by tho In surance underwriters, favoring English ships. Then como mall buUMdles, "umountlnff to ubout $i,(WO,000" a yfur, on which Great Britain Is willing to suffer "a seeming loai of about Ji.SOO.uOO'1 annu ally: whllo BiibMdles to steamships as auxllleiy crulkeis add about JiW.OOO a year. 0 Again, she mani her ships more cheaply than wo man ours, according to Sir. Kl klns, employing fewer men to tho shlo, and giving lower wages. Her ships are surer of cargoes, having markets every where. Whllo the tax rate and Insurance aro low, tho income from ship owner ship Is high, compared with tho cunent rates of interest on. money. Tho ship's supplies aro 'taken from goods in bond, or duty free." In repairs, tho ships havo an unequalled dock equlppmenl, with low rents for tho docks and a low cost of la bor. o Other advantages which Great Britain holds aro thoso of national prldo and In terest In marine affairs, giving tho gov ernment a free hand In shipping matters; tlio possession of tho beaten track of com merco and an enormous foreign trado covering tho world; a banking byste.-n groatly accommodating the debtor no tlons, and tremendous in the capital end surplus of Us banking houses; an excel lent consular fcystetn; a national Doard of trade which as full cxeoutlvo power; a very extenslvo system of submarine and other wires; a system of great colonies nil over tho world, creating and supply markets; ilnally. u powerful navy for tho protection of tho merchant marine, if needed. o Tho wago-earnlng power of the British merchant marine Is put at $75,000,000 an nually, and tho freight and passenger earning power at jnoo.OOO.OOO, while all this gives remunerative employment for sup plying coal. Iron, and rteel, and profits !n building and icpalrlng ships. Havilaed Chiea . WE ARE CLOSING OUT FOUR OF OUR OPEN STOCK CHINA PAT TERNS At Cost, IF YOU WANT A CHINA DINNER SET NOW 18 THE TIME TO BUY WK ARE TAK1NO ACCOUNT OF STOCK AND WANT TO CLOSE OUT THESE FOUR LINES BEFORE FEU. RUARY 1. TIE CIEIQHS, FEIMM, WAIXEY CO. 422 Lackawanna Avenue, GO pinrr 2U Tlv r iTl 1 5111 1 Why Are We Throeged? What Is the Attractfoe ? It Is Om Great Jamnwary Keep tab on our advertising section in this paper and you will make monojr. You have read about our prices on Domestics, now we will tell you some interesting facts con cerning Fine Dress Trimmings: Colored Beaded Passamentcries, Clearing Sale Price 25c per yard. They were $2.98 to $3.98 per yard. Beaded Ornaments, 25 cents each. They were $1.49 to $2.98. Beaded Ornaments, 10 cents each. They were $1.00 to $1.50. Beaded Ornaments, 5 cents each. They were 50 cents to $1.00, This is easily figured out at less than 10 cents on the of them to trim up a New Waist or Dress and this week is get them at these prices. OFF WITH ME U AB TUB OLD YKAIt IS CAST OFF like un old nlioe, so should you resolve to carry out thoRlinllo by coming in andselect Ing a new pair of our olenunt 'OB Kbocs. Jutt received for those who want advance styles at backward prices. Lewis, Eeilly & Bavies a, WYOMING AVENUE. THE MODEItN HARDWARE STOUE. Way (Hit of It WE MUST GET RIO OF OUH STOCK OF ON ACCOUNT OF AN UNFAVORABLE REASON WE FIND THAT AVE HAVE AN OVERSTOCK OF THEM. AND WE HAVE MADE A I1IG CUT AIA. ALONG THE LINE, AND WILL OFFER THE SAME AT BARGAIN PRICES. & S! ? 110 N. WASHINGTON AVE. MILL k COHNEII'S nrnttnrc M Such a choice stock to select from cannot be found olso where in this part of the state. And when you consider the moderate prices at which the goods are marked is a further claim on the attention and consideration of buyers. GIFT SUGGESTIONS. Wkitino Desks, . DllUSSINa TAULUd. FANCY TAULK3, ClIEVAI. GLASSES, PAItLOB CAniNF.TS. Music Cabinets, Cuitto Cawnuts, Book Cashs, Fancy Baskkts, Lounoes, WOnK TABLES, Easy Chairs, GiltOhaiks. Inlaid Chairs, Rockkrs, Siiavino Stands, Pedestals, Taiiouiibttes. Ail at lowest prices comUtent with the high quality of tho goods. Hill & Coeeell At 121 North Washington Avenue. Scranton, Pa. 0 leiters y JAZA ELIABL Clothflos: prices, beemoiuir motto ity ineexcelledlo the lowesto Your money back af you want it; and the same prJce to everybody. Open EvenSngs Until After the Holidays. BUY 416 LACKAWANNA AVENUE. FINLErS lankct With our regular lines we offer a few numbers at extraor dinary values. Heavy Cotton Blankets, size 1 1-4, either grey or white, price this week, 95c, 15 pairs all wool, brown mixed Blaukets, size 11-4, price, $3.15 All wool Blankets, size 72x81, either scarlet or white, assorted borders, price, All wool white Blankets, size 12-4, borders pink, bine and red, price this week, $5.85 Specially low prices on California and Eider Down Blankets during this week 510 and 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE BAZAA! ,; Gleaniing: Sale dollar. You may want some the only time that you can at reliable has always Qmial- MUCKLO LANK Books -AND- ' OFFICE SUPPLIES The most complete line in this corner of Pennsylva nia. Time Books for 1898 at s, STATIONERS, ENGRAVERS, HOTEL JERMYN BUILDING. 100 Wyoming Avenue. a HENRY BELIN, JR., Geueral Agent for the Wyomlnj DUUlctfjr Mining, niaatln;, Sporting, Smokoloal oud the Repauno Chemical Company's MM EXPLOSIVES, buret? Fuse, Cups and Hxplodars. Rooms 212, 21U and 2M Commonwealtti Dulldlug, Scrantoa. AGENCIES THOS, FORD, JOHNU.HMITHAHON, E. W. MULLIGAN, nttston riymoiuti Vllke-Brra II PLEASANT COAL AT RETAIL. Coal of the belt quality for domesilo un and of all ilzei. Including Buckwheat and Birdseye, delivered In any part of tha city; at the loweit pric Order received at the Office, first floor, Commonwealth building, room No 4) telephone No. MM or at the mine, tele phone No. 272, will be promptly, attended to. Dealers supplied at the mine. ... T. SI w, Durours roiiER. I
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