FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 189J.
THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE.
rniDAY, JANUATIY 28, 1899.
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REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET.
l'or School Dlicctur.
Tlirco Ycnra-lTrKIi NEULS, Elovcnth
ward.
Three Ycurs-D. I. I'illLLlFS, Fifth
waul.
Two Years-K. D. l-'KLLOWS. Fourth
ward.
Two Ycnrs-F. 3. GODFREY, Eighth
ward.
Ono Ycnr-1 S. UARKI2R, Bovcntecnth
wnrd.
Ono Year-ULIAS 11 EVAN'S. Fifteenth
ward.
Election Day, February IS.
The reception accorded, the battleship
Jtalno In the harbor at Havana Indi
cates that the friendly visit should
liavo been made lonir ago. Prominent
citizens suffering fiom foreign okuo
ought to be convinced by this time thnt
there. Is leally nothing to be afraid of.
In the Right Direction.
The ultlidtuwnl of Harvey K. Newltt
ns an Independent candidate for re
ceiver of taxes In Philadelphia Is a
flop In the right direction, but It Is
only n step. A number of other steps
will need to be taken by those in con
trf I of the Republican party organiza
tion In this stnte If trouble Is to be
uvertpd In the next ensuing general
election.
The withdrawal of Xcwltt was a for
mal notice by organization leaders that
they would not themselves sanction an
example In bolting. But the vote for
Di. Swallow last year showed that
theie are ninny thousand voters In the
commonwealth, ordinarily Republican
In partisan allillatlons, o are not so
scrupulous on the score of party regu
larity. These men. it Is true, old not
bolt their party conventions, but they
did what was ciulte a dangeiousr; they
bolted their parlj's regular nominees
nt the polls. They did this notwith
standing the fact that those nominees
were fairly nominated and weie per
sonally worthy If not exceptionally
popular men. They did It because they
ieie dissatisfied with the way things
had been going nt Ilarrlsburg; because
they considered It their moral duty ns
citizens to vegister a protest.
"Wo niv not now consldcilng whether
tills conclusion was wise; we are deal
ing rather with' a condition a condi
tion which In the oplrion of many has
not yet ceased to exist. It will take
more than a st'imp of tegularlty on the
back of tne Republican gubernatorial
candidate who shall be nominated June
to hold these voters In line. The
nominee on that occasion must be
more than regular; he must be clean
and broadgauged and untrammeled.
He must have convictions and the cour
ii no of them; he musi show unspotted
U'tdentlals and a strength of character
and of purpose guaranteeing that If
elected governor he '.sill be the creature
of no man, class, clique or faction,
but a tiue servant of the reople In
whose custody the people will feel that
they can confidently entrust their In
tel ets.
Such a man tan null the entire Ro
pMblliun and n considerable pan of
ill hWter element of the Democratic
Mit-. Any other man, be his label what
it may, w ill probably have mighty
10113I1 sledding.
It looks as though some one had hit
Hon. Robert E. Pattison's last guber
natorial boom with a sand bag.
Hawaii and Cuba.
The mote sens-ational developments
lerently In Cuba have tended some
what to subordinate In the public mind
the question of our future lelutlon.s
v Ith tho Hawaiian Islands, but the visit
to this country of President Dole Is
IiIm ly once more to bring It into its
tu.e importance.
The Cuban problem as It eonfionts
our Government Is essentially different
from the Hawaiian problem In Its pres
ent well matured nspect. The call for
American intervention in Tuba is only
t-llghtlv bused on considerations of nn
lional advantage to the American peo
ple. It would, to h nue. be to our
benefit to have Spanish misgo eminent
of Cuba replaced by Cuban home rule,
but primal lly tho Cuban problem is a
moblem of In oad humanity; a question
Involving the elementals In society and
government. We have as a nation to
ilei Ide whether we can conscientiously
sit still and ste many thousands of
human beings nt our national dooistep
Halved and ninny other thousands re
duced to hopeless destitution, with a
naturally fertile territory converted in
to a desolation and 11 waste. Interven
tion In Cuba will mean only Indirectly
nnd pel haps remotely profit to the
United States. Primarily and essen
tially It will mean the discharge of a
duty enjoined by conscience and good
morals.
The Issue presented In the Hawaiian
discussion, on the other hand, is pri
marily and nlmost wholly nn Issue of
prescient American statesmanship look
ing to the safeguarding of large Ameri
can Interests nnd tho protection for all
time, to come of American prestige and
opportunity In the great area lying
westward of our piesent western bor
der? a question ot Invulnerability
against nttack from that quarter In
the event of war, and of an equally
certain guarantee of commercial ad
vantage and, In time, supremacy dur
ing the continuance of peace. Hawaii
Is not to bo despised on Its own ac
count. It, like Cuba, Is a natural gar
den spot, different from Cuba In not
having been spoiled by civil war and
possessing cllmatlo and topographical
features far superior to those of Cuba.
Rut Hawaiian annexation Is tirged least
of all because of Hawaii's Intrinsic
value. Although on that score alone a
case exists far surpassing that which
b)d to the. purchase of Alaska, the pre
ponderating, almost tho sole, reason
for Hawaiian annexation at this time
Is tlrnt It would freely and without seri
ous complications place In Indisputable
American ownership and control the
strategic key to the commeice and de
fence of the North Pacific, a body of
water plainly destined to be the theater
In the coming century of the world's
greatest movements In both peace and
war.
lit the enso of Cuba a foreign' sov-
crclgnty bars our way, and besides,
the acquisition of Cuba; either by force
or purchase, would Involve us In what
for yenrs would Inevitably prove a los
ing Investment. Cuba has always been
hard to govern. Its climate and Its
racial Ingraft push the dllllculttcs In
way of a satisfactory administration
to an extreme. Cuba offers no pros
pect of ever pel mlttlng a successful
issue to the experiment of an nsslml
lcithjn of mixed races. The Latin and
the Anglo-Saxon stocks have never
merged and they never will. Cuba
must either be all Cuban or nil Span
ish. Mixing the two Is like touching
flto to gunpowder. Neither ns Cuban
nor ns Spanish In its population would
Cuba be n desirable Held for the at
tempted enforcement of government
along American lines.
Hut Hawaii In each of these particu
lars l.s ns different from Cuba as day
Is different from night. In Hawaii rep
resentatives of nearly nil the coloniz
ing nations ure gathered together nnd
dwell In substantial unity under a sys
tem of government controlled by the
sons and daughters of American plo
neer.i and modeled In detail on the
American pattern. Natives and aliens
concur with the Ameilcnn colonists on
the Islands In offering to the govern
ment of the United States a proposition
of merger coupled with practically no
burden of debt, Involving no serious
friction with nny foreign power, and
effecting the realization of an Ameri
can Ideal In statesmanship which has
been fixed in the minds of our abler
chief executives almost continuously
during the past seventy years. Hero
l.s a chance such n.s has come to no
other nation In n century; a chance
such as many another nation would
willingly fight for thrown without
solicitation or fee Into our very arms,
and yet theie Is a noisy minority in
this country which foolishly says no.
The Republican party will be guilty
of criminal neglect if It shall fail to
ratify this unexampled opportunity.
The coming together In tho Havana
harbor of the waishlps of four big na
tions is of com so merely a coincidence;
and so, no doubt, will be the Spanish
collapse which Is due In Cuba In about
sl weeks.
flore Traction Statistics.
'Considering the good natured rivalry
existing between the two cities, It may
be worth while to compare the recently
Issued annual statements of the Trac
tion companies of "WHkes-Bnire and
Scranton. We frequently hear com
parisons made as to the quality of tho
service supplied by the two roads; let
us see how tho figures contrast.
The gross receipts of tho Wilkes
liarre and Wyoming Valley Traction
company for 1S97 were, omitting cents,
S491.2SS: of the Scranton Railway com
pany, $300,323; difference in favor of tho
latter, S12t,9B3. Operating expenses of
the Wllkes-Haire company were ?21S,
881; of the Scranton company, $179,974;
difference In favor of the latter, $3S,'J07.
Net earnlns.s, Wllkes-Barre company,
$272,407; Scranton company, $1SC,3J1;
difference in favor of the former, $S0,
o;o. Fixed charges, Wllkes-Barre com
pany, $175,103; Scianton company, $13;,
170; difference la favor of the latter,
$39,933.
From these figures certain deductions
are possible. Of the Scranton com
pany's lecelpts, 11 per cent. Is clear
profit, whereas the percentage of the
Wllkes-Barre company Is not quite 12.
So far ns this exhibits a dlfferenco In
quality of management that difference
is apparently in Scranton's favor, but
in determining this point many fac
tors have to be considered other than
the single one of the percentage of
profit achieved. In the matter of op
erating expenses, tho Wllkes-Barro
company returns only 44 per cent, of
the money received fiom the people,
whereas the Scranton company returns
In the form of wages, damages and
payments for supplies, a fraction over
19 per cent. Considering the business
done tho fixed charges or the two roads
are about equal, but it must be con
fessed that In point of equipment the
Luzerne county institution is nt present
ahead.
We are, however, Informed that tho
Scranton Railway company intends In
the near futuio to remedy this dis
crepancy by the material Improvement
of its track and rolling stock. If this
shall be done, the comparison between
the two cities with respect to street
car service and results will not here
after need to be to Scranton's disfavor.
As a simple matter of giving justice
where Justice is due it should be said
that under Us present management the
locat company has prospered much bet
ter than was apparently to be expected,
coiifcideilng the obstacles in the way;
nnd since a prosperous street railway
corporation Is much better for a city
than one which Is expecting at any mo
ment a visit from the sheriff, we trust
that the tendency may continue In this
direction, until this city shall have In
all icspects the well equipped and ac
commodating transit system which it
deserves.
A Canadian woman, accotdlng to re
ports, Is In a condition reminding one
of the heio of "The Lady or th'e Tiger."
She Is In poor circumstances. An un
cle has just died leaving her nn orange
grovo in Florida worth $40,000, upon
condition that she shall reside on the
Florida, farm. Her husband absolute
ly refuses to leave his Canadian homo,
so th3 woman must relinquish the
oiange giove or tho husband. At flrpt
It would seem to be a perplexing
question, but If the woman Is well
balanced she will probably take the
orange grove. A husband wheso ob
stinacy leads him to prefer starvation
In bleak Canada to peace and plenty In
the tropics Is evidently out of Joint
mentally; and, besides, It Is easier to
pick up another husband than, a forty-thotiband-dollar
orange grove.
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President McKInley has caused the
announcement to be made that no In
terviews purporting to come from blip
are to be believed, as under no circum
stances, will ho talk for publication. In
his treatment of the press he Is coidlal
and kind, but naturally tho president
of tho United States has other things
to do than to respond to the calls of the
300 or more men who are stationed In
Washington as newspaper correspond
ents, and who would not glvo lilm a
minute's rest If once ho should set the
example of consenting to bo Inter
viewed. The Journals which fake In
terviews with the president and the
New York World Ib one do llttlo harm
to him, but they might bo engaged In
a more honorable occupation.
The Blnghamton Herald warns the
scions of the Eniplro stnte against
passing laws calculated to gag the
press, and snya that papers "can make
and unmake politicians." If tho Her
ald had anything to do with! tho manu
facture of some of tho politicians of
New York, our esteemed contemporary
should begin the work of dissection at
once.
President Dole wilt discover one
1 thliiR not without gratification to lilm.
Ho will learn that tho Benatorn who
favor Hnwallan annexation are, as a
group, the senators whose Judgment Is
accepted seriously by this country. Tho
senatorial opposition Is formed chiefly
of llght-wclghts.
Tho pinto service Issued gratuitously
to country papers by Andrews & Co.
Is now aiming its mud batteries at tho
I Business Men's league. Tho Andrews
. Idea of harmony evidently associates
Itself natutally with Handbags nnd
clubs.
l)r. Crafts Is probably not alone In
his surprise at what a good city this
city Is, according to tho police depart
ment standards.
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The resignation of Secretary Lyman
J. dago has again been reported. These
resignations come with prompt regu
larity from nlmost everybody but Mr.
(Jage.
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I Strange ns It may seem, the most
' melodious calamity howlers are In bet
ter circumstances financially than they
were two or three years ago.
Tim? to Line Op
for ih? Negf Fjghf
From tho Philadelphia Bulletin.
UILE the passage of the Teller
resolution by the senate will
have no effect on the financial
policy of the government during
tho present administration, It
will have an important result in another
direction. It mlscs the free silver lssuo
again from tho gravo where tho ballots
of tho people buried It ono year ago last
November, itthrusts tho question of main
taining tho public faith with the credit
ors of tho government Into the forefront
ot this year's general congressional elec
tions; It shows that the leaders of tho
silver forces are defiantly preparing to
keep up tho light on the lines ot 1S9G.
o
It Is obvious to all Intelligent observers
that tho contest for tho election of con
gressmen next fall Is of unusual Impor
tance. Tho tenuto Is already a strong
holdi of tho free-coinage heresy; tho
wrestlo tit the polls In November wlli de
cide whether tho house shnll likewise fall
Into their hands. Willi both branches of
the national legislature dominated by
Uryanlsm, the champions of debased
currency would have a marked advan
tage In getting ready for tho presidential
battle ot 1900, nnd the merchants, manu
facturers and Investors of tho country
would suffer through loss of public confi
dence. Cun tho adherents of the 1G to 1
crazo capture tho next house? In the
first place, they have a distinct advan
tage In the popular tendency toward a
ieactlon in the second year of each presi
dential term. This tendency is so well
established nnd generally acknowledged
that It needs no comment. Since the res
toration of the southern stntes to full
political rights, after the closo of the war.
It has brought about the cholco of a
Democratic house, time nnd again, when
a Republican president has been in office.
Moreover, It must be remembered that
the majority for sound money In the
Fifty-fifth house, though sulllclunt to
block all attempts to overthrow tho finan
cial declarations of tho St. I.ouls plat
form, is by no means monumental In Us
proportions. In a houso ot 3J7 members
there ate 202 Republicans, 130 Democrats
nnd 23 Populists who should bo counted
with the Democracy In all contests in
volving tho soundness of the currency.
Tho Republican majority over all Is only
forty-seven. If tho advocates of cheap
and dishonest money can seize twenty
four seats In addition to thoso they now
hold, they will control moro than one
half tho total membership.
o
Many slncero friends of honest dollars
are divided bv differences of opinion as to
tho udvisablllly of attempting swooping
schemes of monetary reform at tho pres
ent session, Tho vote of the senate to
tulco up tho Toller resolution was a notlco
s-eived on American business Interests
that no plan to fortify the gold standard
would be permitted to pass that body.
This should convince tho most ardent
champions of currency reform that ef
forts to carry out tho plans of tho In
dianapolis convention aro useless at this
juncture. This being tho case, with a
Republican houso la existence, tho con
ditions will bo mado much worse If tho
Democrats carry tho popular branch of
conaiess. This is u dnnger which should
arouse not only Republicans, but sound
money Democrats, to tho necessity of
united action against a common political
foe. Differences regarding plans of re
forming tho currency am of infinitesimal
Impoitunce In comparison with tho su
premo necessity of upholding tho gold
standard and keeping tho ciodlt of tho
United States unshaken. AVith a stub
born fight for tho control of tho house,
only a few months nway. It Is folly for
tho forces that elected McKInley to waste
their strength In controversies among
themselves. Sound-inonoy newspapers
should loso no time In impressing upon
their readers the need of unity and ag
gressiveness against tho party of seml
repudlatlon. THE COWER (IF ONE MAN.
Prom the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Tho sympathetic apprehension of the
wholo civilized world Is attracted by tho
leports concerning tho feebleness of Mr.
Oladstono. Of coutse. It Is the recog
nized way of human llfo that Infirmities
Havilandl
CM ma
WIS ARK CLOSING OUT four ok
Ol'U Ol'KN HTOClv CHINA PAT
TERNS At Cost
IF YOU WANT A CHINA DINNF-lt
SET NOW 18 T1IR TIM 13 TO.IiUY
wi: am: taking account of
HTOClv AND WANT TO CLOSE OUT
THIZME FOUR LINKS HKFORK FEU
RUARY 1.
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C1MOHS, FEMEE,
WAIXEY CO.
4'J'J l.aukuwuuim Avonue.
como with old aire nnd that death Is In
evitable. All rcallzo thnt Mr. Gladstone
Is a very old man; that ho has nlrciuly
passed tho ordinary span of llfoj that
ho has rendered moro thnn the full meed
of publlo service. Yet thrro Is, In addi
tion to tho natural sorrow that tho end
must come, a reluctance to release him,
nn unusual regret In contemplating tho
prospect of his death.
o
It Is becauso tho (trnnd Old Man's
usefulness In tho world's affairs has been
so great and because there Is nowhoro
In sight a worthy successor to him that
thero Is such unwillingness to hear what
everyone might reasonably have expect
ed. It was because ot this that ho wns
given such hesitating permission to re
tiro to private llfo and tho rest ho hud
so well earned. It Is becnuse he Is yot
tho rent leader uf his party and tho
strongest forco In British publlo senti
ment that his prospectlvo early domtso
Is regarded with ns much reluctance of
belief ns of suriow.
o
With Bismarck, who most nearly ap
proaches Oladstono as a contemporary,
the caso Is different. Ho Is loved lor
what ho has dono and will bo mourned
when ho Is no more. But his work Is
finished. Ho is no longer looked to for
counsel or Inspiration. Tho Man of
Blood nnd Iron ceased to bo a moving
factor In public affairs when ho ceased
to wield official power. On tho con
trary, William Ewart Oladstono could
not dlRposo of his tremendous Influence
when ho voluntarily retired fiom office.
Ho became, If possible, a moro potent
forco in creating public sentiment in his
own country nnd In others. His loss will
bo felt whenever his denth occurs, nnd
It may bo long before his llko Is seen
again. His powers cannot be delegated
to ono man, but his work may be con
tinued by soveral.
TIME TO STAIIT.
From tho Philadelphia lnaulrer.
Tho Scranton Tribune says the report
of New Jersey's stone road commission
ought to causo Pennsylvnnlans to feel
ashamed of their own state. Pennsyl
vania had much better have her money
In etono roads than In a broken bank.
Tho Pennsylvania legislature will act Just
as soon ns a strong and organized pub
llo movement compels It to act, and not
before. Tho present would bo a good
time to get such a movement under way.
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After a season's rest,
these goods are
Again to tie Front,
and such Ginghams
surpassing 3n beauty
and texture all for
mer efforts.
We Handle the
Genuine
Amidersoini9s
Manufactured in
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND
expressly for the fine
American retail trade,
and in designs exclusively
our own.
Tiiey are just opened
and await your inspec
tion. 510 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
OFF WITH TIE LID)
AH THK OLD YKAIt IH CAST OFF like
un old Hhoe, hu khould you reiolvo to
carry out the Blmlle by coiiiIuk lnuudsolect
lug it new unlr of our elegant '08 Hlioes,
Just received for those Uo want advance
styles at backward prices.
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FINLEY'S
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Giiftams
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WYOMING AVENUK,
GO
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JUL
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Great Bargane SelHinig Today
The popularity of our Friday Sales need no great spread of printer's ink. Prices and
qualities are the cold facts that bring the people to this store. Special for today from open
ing to closing time;
Genuine Glovine, the great cleaning preparation for kid gloves and delicate fabrics,
a 2t;-cent article, at H2 cents
LadJes'Kid Gloves, in Biarritz, lacing and 4-button, broken lines of $1 gloves.at 49c
Ladies' and Children's Woolen IVIittens, 9 cents a pair
Ladies Fancy Striped Hose, 6 pairs for 25 cents.
iYlen's Fine Guage, Seamless Half Hose, in tans, russets and fast black,
10 cents, or 3 pairs for 25 cents
Men's Flannelette Night Shirts, of excellent quality, 54 inches long, yoke
backs and felled seams, at 39 cents
Satin Embroidered Suspenders, with sliding gilt buckles and elastic ends,
the 50-cent kind, at 21 cents
BeaMtlftiil Embroideries
We will put on sale today in our center aisle, 1,000 pieces of Choice Embroideries,
Edgings and Insertings of exquisite workmanship and fine quality, direct from the best mak
ers at St. Gall famed for their fine work. We have divided the assortment into six great
bargain lots for today's sale, as follows :
Lot 1 Goods positively worth 5 cents per yard at 3 cents
Lot 2 Goods positively worth 10 cents per yard at 5 cents
Lot 3 Values usually sold for 15 cents per yard, and never lower than 12
cents, choice today at 8 cents
Lot 4 -Represents an extra line of 25-cent goods, choice at 12 cents
Lot 5 Contains the choicest patterns of goods worth from 25 to 35 cents
per yard, choice at 35 cents
Lot 6 Contains the choicest patterns of Wide Embroideries, worth, 50
cents per yard, today at 25 cents
Dress Goods
Fifteen-cent Fancy Dress Goods at 9 cents
Twenty-five-cent Silk and Wool Novelties at IS cents
Thirty-five-cent 40-inch Changeable Brocades nt 21 cents.'
Thirty-nine-cent Broadhead Fancies at 29 cents.
Cloak Oepartmeot
No other house ever did or ever will sell such excellent garments as we have at such
fabulously low prices. This is a broad assertion, but the garments themselves are the
strongest arguments backing up this assertion :
$3.00 Garments at $1.49 , $10.00 Garments at $4.98
$4.00 Garments at $1.98 $15.00 Garments at $6.98
$6.00 Garments at $2.98 $20.00 Garments at $9,98
Hotmriy Sales;
At sound of gong.
From 2 to 3 o'clock.
At sound of gong.
From 3 to 4 o'clock.
lint k coNNEirs
Furniture
Such a cholco stock to select from cannot
be found elsewhere In this part of the state.
And when you consider tho moderate prices
at which the good nre marked Is a further
claim ou the nttontlon aud consideration of
buyers.
GIFT SUGGESTIONS.
Wmnso Desks,
DitEssiNQ Tables.
KahoyTablks,
ClIEVAL 0 1. ASS Ed,
1'AiiLon Cabinet.
MusioOaiiinkts,
Cuiuo Cabinet
Hook cases,
Fancy Uasket's,
T,OUNG!IM,
WOnK TABLES,
Kasy Chairs,
Gilt Chair.
ImlaidOhaiks
ItOCKKltS,
Bhavino Stands,
l'KDE&TALS,
TAnOUKETTUS.
All at lowest prices
hleh quality
consistent with tho
of tho koocI.
Hill &
Gomuniell
At 121
North Washington
Avonue,
Scranton, Pa.
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Commuter
lira Basemeet
At 2 cents per yard Good Bleached Twilled Toweling.
At 3 cents per yard All of the Best Calicoes,
At 4 cents per yard All of the Best Outing Flannels.
At 5 cents per yard New styles of Percales, one yard
wide.
At 6 cents per yard The Best Dress Ginghams and
Bates' Seersuckers.
Mane Floor
Positively last sale of Arbuckle's Ariosa Coffee at 7c a lb.
Second Floor
Felt Window Shades mounted on spring rollers, at 7c.
Ladies' Perfect Fitting Wrappers, with full skirt, inside
waist and well made, at 57 cents.
The last sale of Wool Eiderdown Dressing Sacks, worth
$1.49, at 67 cents.
At 21 cents A lot of Children's and Ladies' Flannelette
Skirts.
At 75 cents Ladies' All-Wool Flannel Waists, in all colors
J The Very Best
ClotlhSinig Manufactured
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.
BOYLE
416 LACKAWANNA AVENUE,
THK MODERN HARDWArK STOHR
They're Qoieg1 Fast
THOSK OID JIKATKIIS WK TOLD YOU AllOUT LAST WKEK". RUT THK FACT
OF OUU HAVING HAD A GOOD BALK OF Til KM WILL NOT CHANGK OUR
RKSOLUTION TO CLKAN THKSf OUT.
TMIPV JVUTT (Tlf!) AND JUDaiO FROM MUCKS WK ARK 8KLLINO
1 I JIQ I XJ4UO 11 MJ ThjjM AT THEY WON'T LAST LONG. CALL AND BE
CONVINCED.
FfME & SiEAE CO.,
BAZAA
IQJMU
119 H Wasitagfoi Aveiue