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RGPUBLICAN CITY TICKCT.
I'or School Director.
Three Yeurs-l'ETEtt NEl'Ltf, Eleventh
ward.
Thrco Ycars-D. 1. lMIILLIl'S, Fifth
ward.
Two Yonrs-K. D. I'KLLOWB. Fourth
ward.
Two Ycars-l'. S. (10DKW3Y, Eighth
word.
Ono Ycar-P. S. UARKER, Seventeenth
ward,
Ono Yenr-KLIAS K. EVANS. Fifteenth
ward.
ISlectlon Day, February 13.
TIipip seems tn be no doubt of the
fact that 8cnator Andrews' hope of con
tollliiit the next state convention rests
upon fake cuntivtH. set up solely for
the purpose of uenkenlnp: the oppo
Kltloti. This kind of thliiR may win In
n convention, bill will It receive popu
lar Indorsement at Hit' polls'.'
Our Preparedness for War.
It In not likely t lint the American
nubile will bp deceived by tin recent
diFpntcheK from Havana narrating pur
putted .Spanish vlctoiles coupled with
wholesale HiirrendeiH on the part of the
liisuvKPiits. The fact that lhest dW
putehe come from tin- Kpunlph offic
ials, who have revived the WeylerMyle.
of piess censorship, which always col
ored the news most tinhluahlUKly wlien
the tacts iiKainst Spain were blackest,
i Vnillenqes their credibility: and the
further fact tliat all these meat vic
tories are bunched within a fortnight
nfter the tumult In Havana, which
nearly overturned ,tlie entire Blanco
regime, and are adroitly timed to fit
a recoKiilzed crisis at Washington, ap
parently Jim 1 1 flex the lojectlon of them
as either entirely false or so grossly
pirverted as to lie unworthy of run
sldeiatlon. It Is pieiiosterous to sup
pose that Ultimo could in so brief a
period, with eveiy obstacle URuInst
him. do vhat Weyler with live times
F.lanco's money and men could not do
in almost three year..
Much more Important Is thf seml-
iilllclnl news which comes from Wash
ington to the effect that the United
States Boverniuent i practically un
prepared for even a minor war. It Is
assrted that we have only a small
quantity of powder and shells .ready
lor an emeiKencv; that many of our
coast defense turns are unmounted and
unmanned: that our ship repair yards
have not tools sullicient to do the work
which a war or the threat of it would
entail; that many of our war ships ate
Inadequately manned and ate defective
In vital places: that the lad: of gov
ernment docks would rob our navy of
more than half of its potential effect
iveness, and that there is nothing now
to prevent a hostile lieet from sailing
up the Potomac, river and bombarding
our national capital, which would, we
are told, be at Its ineicy.
This kind of talk needs liberal dis
count, but if the amount of truth tn
It is .serious, the administration should
lose no time in asking congress to ap
propriate the remedy. Common sense
may deplore war and the threat of war,
but it al?o recognizes that the way to
keep the peace Is not by making It
coi-y for a foreign power to break it
m our expense. The country would
iMii-tnln the president in any call which
hi may make for the purpose of up
holding its dignity and strength In a
iritis; but it will not accept u plea of
v i aliness as justifying a policy of non
mtlnu with reference to Cuba, for It
1-novvs that such a plea is untrue.
t'ongiess will not permit the crippling
of tho letter carrier service in the chief
cities, for the ample reason that con
gress would not dare to.
Society QrowinR Better.
'I'dlco Magistrate Deuel, cf New
Yoik, has made an Interesting contri
bution to the literature of penology in
the form of an analysis of the polleo
court lecords of New York city since
1S74. Part of It is worthy of reproduc
tion as lending to refute the frequently
uttered accusation that in bun society
Is growlntr woise. The fact that the
drift of population Is toward the cities
lenders doubly important the question
whether this common arraignment of
city life is true.
Magistrate Heuel Institutes compari
sons between the letuins for 1877. 18S7
and 1S97. as follows: "The total ar
raignment of pilsoners in 1877 was 79,
S65; in 18S7. 81,974; In 1897, 112,037. The
numbers held for trial for those years,
respectively, were til,G9S, r)fi,9C7 and 76,
M9. For Hip whole period of twenty
years there has been un Increase of
about 41 per cent- In the number of ar
rests and about 48 per cent. In the
number held or convicted. But if In
fractions of law had kept even pace
with ponulatlon and the rates of 1877
had been maintained, the total arrests
last year would have been greater than
they were by 27,000, and tho number
held or convicted would have been
greater by 14,000. Tho statistics show
a steady deullne in arrests and In the
disposition of eases as compared with
population. For every 1,000 of popula
tion in 1877 there were 71 arrests, of
which 17 were females; In 1887 57 ar
rests, of which 15 were females; In 1897
57 arrests, of which 9 were females.
On the same basts those held for trial
or summarily convicted were 32 males
and 14 females In 1877, 29 males and 11
females In 1887, and 32 mules and C
females In 1897.
"In tho foregoing computations are
Included the minor offences, such an
disorderly conduct, ordinance viola
tions, ulmndonmeut, vagrancy, etc.,
which give slight Indication of moral
obliquity. Omitting these from consid
eration and basing the computation
solely upon nets wh'lch the law desle
natea'as felonies ir misdemeanors, tho
proportion of arrests for every 1,000
population was 17 in 1877, 13 In 1887 nnd
11 In 1897. What is above said about
minor offences Is equally true us to
many so-called misdemeanors; such,
for Instance, as excise violation and In
fringements of acts known as the trade
mark law, building law, dental law,
factory law, hotel law, opium law and
others of similar character, being, as
It were, lesal Instead of moral crimes
mala prohlblta rather than mala In
e. .ACxcJudlng these, und basing the
computation solely upon Infractions of
the law Involving moral turpitude, the
proportion of arrests for every 1,000 of
population In each of the years named
wan 14 In 1S77. 11 In 18S7, and 10 In
1897."
It will be observed that the compari
son, however made, Is In favor of the
present. As the miiBlstrnto remarks:
"We may not be growing rapidly bet
ter, ns o people: certainly we are not
degenerating. The llBures show a
steady Improvement und n great dimin
ution of crime In comparison with
population: while the population has
nearly doubled, criminal charges have
Increased a trifle over 41 per cent."
These figures give absolutely no en
couragement whntevr 'o pessimism
and spoil much of the sophistry about
the alleged growing wickedness of our
large cities.
The death of General (Snrcla would
be u serious It not a futul blow to the
riihnn Insunectton. Garcia Is by far
the ablest organizer, disciplinarian and
general In the Insurgent ranks. He Is
also a man of keen perceptions and
good mental equipoise. Suspicion has
never attuched to him. I-Ike Maceo he
Is the personlflcutlon of patriotism and'
honor, hike Maceo he Is the Idol of his
followers. Hut it will take more than
Spanish rumors, made In Havana to tit
the exlcencles of Spanish politics In
Washington, to establish that Oaicla Is
not yet very much alive.
Strike Losses of a Year.
Kverywhere the tendency of Intelli
gent leaders of organized labor Is uway
from sit Ikes except as a last resort.
The president of the American Feder
iition of Labor, Mr. Oompers, and the
new general master workman of the
Knights of Labor. Mr. Hicks, no less
than Chief Arthur of tho Brotherhood
of locomotive Knglneers and Chief
Sargent of the Urotherliood of Loco
motive Firemen, are on record with
htrong disapproval of strikes where an
alternative appears; and some data
recently collected by the labor depart
ment of the Uiittsh government, cover
ing the results of labor strikes in Great
Hritaln during 189", emphasize tho wis
doin of this conservative attitude.
In all there were In Kngland last
year 8159 strikes and lock-outs, affect
ing 201,fi3s persons. The number of
working days lost is estimated at 10.-
000,000. Taking a working year as SOO
days, thl- figure Is equivalent to about
lil years of Individual Idlenes. Ac
cording to the statistics the loss or
wnges in London and other great cities
may be estimated at about 6 shillings
per day, and In other places about 1
shilling 1hs. The average daily wage
of the men who are or have been idle
has been, after careful comparison,
placed at -Is. lid. For the 10,000,000
wasted days the actual wage loss Is
therefore $11,S7u,000. This, however, Is
only a pan of the total loss. These
strikers, while Idle, had to be support
ed. The Amalgamated Society of Kn
glneers last year spent $1,500,000 of Its
surplus fund In sustaining Its striking
membership. Tho Boilermakers' soci
ety spend $.'00,000 In round numbers.
The department estimates that trades
union treasuries lost $3,7&0,000 In 1897 in
this way. The third item of loss the
saeiltlce entailed on general buslness
cannot be estimated. The engineers'
strike, the biggest strike of the year in
F.ngland, which lasted throughout the
car, caused n falling off of nearly
$.',000,000 In shipments of machinery,
during which time German exports of
machinery increased neaily $2,500,000.
Other branches of trade doubtless suf
fered correspondingly. Some of this
loss will never bo regained.
No guess as to the total loss arlsdng
in Great Britain from the strikes of
lart year can be accurate but it would
seem from the foregoing details that
the ofllcial estimate placing the aggre
gate at not less than $60,000,000, or
roughly speaking, $2 per ci'pito, is con
servative. It Is clearly to the public
Interest to discourage strikes.
So rapidly are new avenues of labor
being thrown open to women that It Is
dltllcult to keep the run of the widen
ing outlet for her eneigles and Intel
lect. One of very recent date, however,
offers such unique advantages that
special attention is called to Its possi
bilities. This novel enterprise is in
the Klondike; not as may be hastily
supposed In the lines of boarding house
proprietor, laundress or general cook.
or even virospector of claims. The
scheme as devl&ed by a Kings county,
N. Y woman is to take, stock In a
Klondike mining company to "be cap
italized at $30,000. This feminine finan
cier, affr doing this, decided that she
wanted to run the company. She had
pui chased enough shares to have a
considerable say and she said It curly
nnd lute. In season and out of season,
until the other stockholders decided
that the only thing to do was to buy
out that woman. She saw lcr advan
tage and her shares will up. She con
sulted to talk und to lay plans as to
what they would do when they arrived
at the Yukon In the spring. The men
grew desperate and offered fabulous
prices for her Interests, but s,he Is still
holding on. realizing that she has
struck a little Klondike of I er own
without the Inconvenience attached to
fur sleeping bags and other parapher
nalia necessary to a protracted stay tu
A laska.
The last Issue of the Jermyn Press
announces Its sale and transfer by
Thomas Boundy to PaulW. Harris and
Charles KIger, of Elmer, N. J. Under
Mr. Boundy's management the Pipss
has been an alert and argresslve local
paper. We wish for Its new owners
equal and even greater success.
Since 1660 the unnual average con
sumption of whisky In this country per
capita has decreased from 2.80 to .95
gallons, but a. further decrease of ,95
gallon would muke the country better
lu every way.
Tho confirmation of the appointment
bt Judge McKenna to the Supreme
bench Is likely to be followed by one
good result. The country will now get
u competent attorney general.
The Philadelphia Ledger calls upon
Senator Quuy to retire. It Is possible
that on this subject the senator will
develop a species of deafness.
Congressman King says when he was
In Cuba the Spanish were busily re
hearsing hirelings psld tu Impersonate
Cuban Insurgents In the act of sur-
rendering to autonomy. The debates
In congress evidently warned Blanco
that It was time to brlnir fill his re
serve artifices Into play.
The decline In drunkenness which bus
resulted from the temperance reform
work of the past two decades Is strik
ingly Illustrated In the police court rco
ords of New York. In 1877, 20: In 1887,
14 and In 1897, only 8 out of every 1,000
of population jveie arrested on this
charge. Not only did the ratio do
crease but there was also an actual de
crease of r.O per cent. In the number of
arrests In 1897 as compared with twenty
years ago.
Professor Goldwln Smith has aguln
nfllnned his belief that the people of
the United Htutes are lueupablo of self
government. There are certainly times
when It looks like that.
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Dlnwn bv AJucclius,
Tlie 'I' I III n no Astrnlogur.
Astrolabe cast: 1.20 a. in., for Monday,
Jammry 21, 1WS.
Wi t w
nj vfc !&
In the opinion of a child bom on this
day tho presence of u puck of screaming
newsboys ut tho door1 or a church on Sun
day Is a nuisance that should be sup
pressed. According to the Sunday papers. Undo
Jo Church will carry a political razor In
ills hip pocket when he attends Wade
Finn's cake-walk.
Chief Hlckey will need to hustle or
John Klrby and his gray nag nnd gong
will steal all of his thunder, on Sunday
at leust.
In pursuit or the nickel In the distance,
mutiy men leave the dollars by their
pathway untouched.
Dignity Is one or ilie best substitutes
for intelligence.
The Elections of
the Present Year
From the l'hiludclt-hla Press.
of tlie state legislatures which will elect
successors to the L'nlted States senatori
whose terms expire March 4, l!sD9. A lull
houhe of representatives, numbering 357
members, will bo chosen to take the place
of the present house. Tlie terms of thirty
senators will also end with tho present
congress but as two seats have already
been tilled and tile legislature which Is to
elect a third Is now in session there will
be twenty-seven legislatures chosen this
year to elect United States senators to
the Flfty-sKth congress. There will also
be twenty-elrfht goernon. nt states tlcct
ed, beginning with the election in Ithode
Island April C. und a host of minor state
olllcers.
o
There is some question as to tlie party
standing of a few members of tho pres
ent house of lepiesentathcs, but what
H probably tho most trustworthy divi
sion gives the Kepubllcans 204. the Dem
ocrats 123, the Populists 27 und the Sll
verltes 3; total, 257. A majority of the
house is 179, and the Republicans can re
tain that number und loso 25 seats. But
If they loso 2u they will be reduced to a
minority. It is probable that there will
be changes resulting in lesses and gains
to alt parties. In tho case of the Repub
licans It must be remembered that
twenty-flvo of their number In tho pres
ent house came from the southern states,
but most of them are from districts
which are likely to continue to send Re
publicans to congress. Anil in view of
tho growing nuii.ufucturlnff Interests of
the Koutli It would not bo surprising If
the number of Republican protectionists
from that neighborhood were Increased
in tho Fifty-sixth congress. The congres
sional election midway between two
presidential elections often results dis
astrously to the party In power, but there
aro no such decided indications that tills
will bo the caso this year as were seen
In 1S?0 and Ml. There are local differ
ences but there are no divisions In tho Re
publican party as to Its national policy.
With union and harmony In this respect
the party should be able to retain con
trol of the next house of representatives
and possibly increase its present major
ity. o
It Is as Important for the Republicans
to regain control of the senate as it is
to retain a majority In the house. Thero
v ill probably be it little less ditliculty in
accomplishing tho former than the latter.
Of the thirty United States senators
whoso terms expire March 1, 1S99, eleven
aro RepiUllcaii3, fifteen Democrats, three
are Sllverltes and one Is atPopullst. Tho
names of thcho senators and the states
Horn which they corno are 03 follows:
Republicans: Alilrich, Rhode Island;
Burrows, Michigan; Clark, Wyoming;
Davis, Minnesota; Hale, Maine; llanna,
Ohio: Huwley. Connecticut; Lodge, Mas
sachusetts: Proctor. Vermont; Quay.
Pennsylvania, and Wilson, of Washing
ton. Democrats: Bate, Tennessee: Cock
rell, Missouri; Daniel, Virginia; Money,
Mississippi; Gorman, Maryland; Gray,
Delaware; Mills, Texas; Mitchell, Wiscon
sin; Murphy, New York; Pasco, Florida;
Roach, North Dakota; Smith, New Jer
sey; Turple. Indiana, and White, of Cali
fornia. Sllverltes: Cannon, Utah; Man
tle, Montana, and Stewart, Nevada;
Populist. Allen. Nebraska. Of these pros
pective vacancies two have already been
filled by tho te-electlon of Senators
Ilnuiid in Ohio and Daniel in Virginia.
The legislature which Is to choose Mr.
Gorman's successor Is now in session in
Maryland. Tills leaves twenty-seven
seats to llll. The senate as it now stands
with ono seat vacant consists of 43 Re
publicans, 31 Democrats, 9 Sllverltes and
6 Populists. A clear majority of a full
senate is 45 und to obtain this the Re
publicans must gain at least three sena
tors. o
Of the eleven prospective vacancies on
tho Republican side of the senate only
two appear to be in doubt those from
Wyoming and Washington, If Populists
or Sllverltes are elected from both those
states tho Republicans will then need
to gain llvo senators to give them a ma
jority In tho senate. They have already
gained ono In Maryland and tho pros
pects aro bright for them to gain several
more. Tho states which now have Re
publican legislatures and in which a
Democratic senator's term will expire
with this congress aro California, Indi
ana, Now Jerse, New York, North Da
kota, West Virginia nnd Wisconsin. In
all of these states tho election of Repub
lican legislatures and tho choice of Re
publican senators aro highly probable.
If all of them ore carried tho Republi
cans will gain with Murylund eight sena
tors Increasing their numher In tho ben
ate, if Wyoming nnd Washington aro
lost, to 49, or" three more than is neces
sary to u majority. There Is n good
chance, also of gaining n Republican sen
ator In Delawure. So the prospects of ob
mining a majority In the next senate are
bright. And with harmony lu the party
und good nominations a majority In the
house should bo elected also giving Pres
ident sicKlnley toll congressional sup
port during the lust two years of his
present term.
IT IS AT HANI).
Prom tli New York Sun,
President McKlnley Is u cautious man,
but ho is loyul to tho duties of Ills place.
He knows as well as tiny ono that Amer
ican sentiment looks with Indignation
upon the physical and political atrocities
continuing in Cubu. And ho Is also aware
that In the middle of tho platform upon
which a majority of the voters made htm
president of the United Stntes there Is u
plank demanding, the termination or tlie
Cuban war, If peretaary at the hands or
the l'nlted Htntts government. The time
Til 1-5 MOST important political
events or the year ii will be the
election ol the members of the
house of representatives of tho
Fifty-sixth congress nnd the clioieo
for executive response to this powerful
und characteristic feeling cannot bo very
long delayed,
TO CIIANQE INAUGURATION DAY.
Prom the Times-Herald,
The amendment to tho constitution pro
posed by Senntor Honr changing tho date
for the commencement of tho presidential
nnd Acnatorlal terms from March 4 to
April .10 1ms been the subject of dis
cussion for many years. If the amend
ment should bo adopted it would extend
the term of President McKlnley to April
30, 1901, and also the terms of senators
and representatives to tho same date.
There is no doubt that the chango ought
to bo universally favored, Tho particu
lar reason, of course, for advocating tho
cliongo is tho Inclemency of thu eurly
March weather In Washington, which
tins spoiled so many inauguration cere
monies. In tho latitude of Washington
it is a very rure thing to hnve weather
that is favorable for outdoor festivities
on March 4.
o
To the younger generation, which do
not tuke the trouble to look Into history,
tlie selection of a blustering day In March
Instead of a balmv dov In May or June
lor inauguration has always been a sub
ject of wonder. H came about in this
way. After the present constitution was
adopted tho old congress fixed tho first
Wednesday of Januury ns the day for the
slates to elect presldentiu! electors, the
llrst Wednesday in February as tlie day
for the meeting of the electors to elect
the president und vice president nnd the
llrst Wednesday In March for tho Inaugu
ration of the new government. It hap
pened that the llrst Wednesday In March
fell on the 4th, and hence this order, not
tho constitution, hns lixed tho 4th of
March ns thn commencement of tho presi
dential term. The constitution Is silent
as to tho date of Inauguration. It merely
declares that a president shall bo elected
every four years. It happened, however,
on account of the poor facilities for
travel In those days, that the senators
nnd representatives were not able to or
ganize congress promptly on tho dato
llxed by the old congress, nnd General
Washington was not Inaugurated until
April -30, 17MI.
o
There arc those who believe that Gen
eral Washington could have served four
years from the date of his Inauguration,
thus bringing all subsequent Inaugura
tions upon a more propitious day. It is
tlie date of Washington's Inauguration
that bus suggested the change embodied
In Senator Hoar's resolution, and its
ndoptlon would tend to recall every four
years the Interesting historical associa
tions surrounding the inauguration of
our llrst president.
THE THIRD RAIL TRIUA1PHS.
From the Philadelphia Preps.
The statement that tlie managers of the
New York elevated railroads havo prac
tically decided to adept tho "third rail"
electric system will surprise no one. The
wonder I that the new motor has not
supplunted the cumbersome old steam en
gines long ago. The elevated railroads
seem peculiarly adapted to tho 'third
rail" system. Their tracks tir raised
above the streets, have no grade cross
ings nnd are exclusively used for the
passage of trains. Here would appear to
bo the ideal conditions for the application
of somo system of electrical propulsion.
o
The real reason for delaying Its adop
tion has probably been tho wih to await
tho development of experiment made
elsewhere and so secure tho hist system
when the chanse was made. The le
sull.T of tho test of the 'third rH" Oicc
trical method that has been going on on
the Hartford. and New Britain branch,
line In Connecticut appear to havo con
vinced the New York elevated railroad
people that a system has been found
which is safe, cheap and practicable. The
Hartford and New Britain road begun
running trains by the "third rail" about
tho middle of last May and the sjstem
has now been In operation nearly eight
months. It is a suburban branch of the
New York, New Haven und Hartford
railroad and would still be operated prob
ably in tho sluggish mnnner many sucn
roads are run In New Kngland had not
a competing trolley lino been built which
ran more frequent trains at a lower rate
of fare and so cut deeply into the profits
of the steam railroad.
o
It was recognised at once that a new
method or transit must be Introducfcd,
nblo to compete In expense and speed
with the trolley, or tho line would have
to be abandoned. Tho 'third rail" inven
tion was chosen and tried and It has
succeeded so well that other branch lines
are to bo equipped with the same motive
power. Tho snow and ice are found to
be no obstruction und tho Income has
greatly increased. When the road had no
trolley rival it earned $12.") a day, but this
decreased rapidly when It had to divide
its business with the trolley line. Now,
however, the "thl'-d rail" line is earning
J2.S a day and its success is felt to be
assured. It is true that tlie present win
ter has not, so far, been a severe ono on
mllroads but It has given test enough to
ussuro tho managers that tho "third rail"
system Is as practicable a method of pro
pulsion in cold as in warm weather.
o
With this example before them the New
York Klovated Railroad company can
hardly make a mistake if they decide to
substitute the "third rail" for tho old
method of steam transit. Such action will
also be sure to encourage Its adoption
elsewhere. It Is probablo thot many lines
have been wnlting the result of tho win
ter's test in Connecticut. The summer
trial was successful, and now that equal
good fortune has attended tho trial in
winter thero need no no runner nouoi ns
to the feasibility of tho invention. The
"third rail" may not be tho llnal and
best result of tho effort to apply elec
tricity to tho propulsion of railroad trains,
but it has Droved its superiority over
steam, on short lines, at least, and Its
general adoption for that kind of traffic
Is probably only a question of the near
future.
A SIGNIFICANT ADMISSION.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
Hon. James Bryce, M. P., frankly told
on audience at Wolverhampton, Monday
night, that steel rails, electrical appli
ances and bicycles could bo manufactured
"enormously cheaper" In the United
States than In Kngland. This admission
fully justifies the protection afforded by
our government to enable manufacturers
to perfect machinery and establish trade.
In the metter of tin-plate, dependent
largely upon tho cheap manufacture of
mild steel, the makers of this country
should soon be in advance of other coun
tries. The industry is firmly established
In splto of all efforts to stranglo It.
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houses with the latest in the way of
Draperies, Upholster 5 eg,
Wall Treatmeet9. Hardwood
Designs and Estimates Cheerfully Furnished at
(ggrWe are sole agents in this city for Lord & Taylor's Private Patterns of
Body Brussels and Wilton Carpets, made and laid at New York prices.
OFF WITH TIE DLB
AH THE OLD YKAR IS CAST OIT lileo
an old shoe, ho should you resolve to
carry out thoslinllo by coming In undHelcct
Ing u new pair of our elegant 'OB Hlioei.
Juit received for those who want advance
styled at backward prices.
lewis, Rely & Mvies,
WYOMING AVKNUK.
TUB MODERN HARDWARE STORK.
11HTC GOING FAST
Those Oil Heaters we told you
about last week. But the fact of
our having had a good sale of them
WILL NOT change our resolution
to clean them out.
THEY MUST GO
And judging trom prices we are
selling them at they won't last
long.
Call and Be Convinced.
FME k SHEAR C
110 N. WASHINGTON AVE.
MILL k CORNELL'S
initir
N
Such a choice stock to select from cannot
bo found elsewhere In this part or tho state.
And when you consider tho moderate prices
at which the goods are marked Is a further
claim on the attention and consideration of
buyers.
GIFT SUGGESTIONS.
Wbitinq Desks,
DltE3.?IXa TAUt.ES.
KancvTaih.es,
ClIKVAI. a LASSES,
PAW.OR OAniNKTH.
MuhioOauinkts,
emtio Uaui.nkts,
Hook Cases,
KANCV llASKKTS
Lounges,
work taulf-s,
Easv Chairs,
Gilt Chaw,
iNLAIDCHAIItS
Rockers,
BiiAViNci Stands
PEDESTAL'S
TAHOURKTrEH.
All at lowest prices consistent with the
bleb ninthly of the goodi.
Hill &
Commiell
At 123
North Washington
Avenue.
Scranton, Pa.
JK.
The Very Best
Clothiog Man Mtf act mired
Is the only kind we have;
you can buy it as low as you
would have to pay for the ordi
nary. Call and see what we are
offering.
en
416 LACKAWANNA AVENUE.
FINLEY'S
New
Emwii
enes
EI
18
has just been received and is
now open for your inspection.
The assortment far exceeds
any previous line shown. The
quality and patterns are hand
somer, and prices lower than
in any former season.
Our stock comprises all
.widths in 1'ine Cambric, Nain
sook and Swiss, and in the
finer grades wc have them in
Setts with All-Over to match.
510 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
BAZAAE
Floors, Etc09
Any Time.
MUCKLOW
3
A Place
Its Place
We lave
Everything
OFFICE
SUPPLIED
STATIONERS, ENGRAVERS,
HOTEL JERMYN BUILDING,
mo Wyoming Avenue.
HENRY BELIN, JR.,
General Agent for the Wyoming
District for
wroiT
Mining, ninstlnsr, Sporting, Sinoktlea
uuil the Repauuo Cuemlcul
Company'
HM EXPLOSIVES.
Safety Fuse, Caps and Exploders.
Rooms '.'l'j, 'in and 211 Comraonwtkltl
liulldlrjc, Scrautoa.
AGENCIES;
TIIOS, FORD.
JOHN U. SMITH i'sON,
E. W. MULLIGAN.
r-lttston
Plymouth
WilUes-Burrs
11 PiEASAM
COAL
AT RETAIL.
Coal of the bst quality for domestle us
and of all sizes, Including Buckwheat and
Blrdseye, delivered In any part of tba city:
at the lowest prlco
Orders received at the Office, first floor,
Commonwealth building-, room No t
telephone No. KU or at the mine, tele
phone No. 272, will bo promptly, attended
to. Dealers supplied ut tba mine.
WML T. SI
POllERo