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THUnBDAY, PKDRUAnY 3, 1899.
THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE.
tfMUnSDAY, PKUnUAHY 8, 189?.
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SCKANTON, nonilUAHY 3, 1893.
REPUBLICAN CITY TICKUT.
l'or School Director.
Throo Vcars-l'lTrur. NUULS. Klevcnth
ward.
Thrco Ycnra-D. 1. I'Htr.Ml'S, Fifth
ward.
Two Ycars-H. D. FELLOWS, Fourth
wnrd.
Two Yoars-F. S. GODFKEY, Eighth
ward.
Ono Vcnr-F. S. I1ARICKR, Seventeenth
ward.
Ono Year-ULIAS E. EVANS, Fifteenth
ward,
Election Day, February 13.
AVo (laro ,sny Colonel I.olHenrlns's
declaration of neutrality will nr'lnjr In
tense vellef to many trouliled souls.
A Call of Mercy.
The appeal for assistance which lias
lieen Issued liy the hoard of directors
of the Lackawanna hospital through
the president, Mr. James 1. Dickson,
)0!ts upon ii substantial footing of
henellt conferred by that Institution
on the community. The free public
hospital Ih uu IndlBpeiiHablo necessity
In cveiy larfio community and It Is ad
ditionally necessary in a city like our
"n. whose mines annually disable a
huw percentase uf the workers In
them, und whose busy shops steadily
nintt-Iliutu their quota of unfortunates.
on Its present basli the Lackawanna
hospital, In addition to an outstanding
debt of $.",(iUO, has to provide n yearly
maintenance fund fiom local soutces
of about the ."amp amount. While In
p'lulty most of this "should come from
the Industries that provide the larger
share of Its patients, the fact that the
excellent ministrations of the hospital
are' open without mice to the Injured
of any grade or trade makes It peculiar
ly worthy of miscellaneous support. To
deny that would be to confess to u con
dition of nlony hi'urtednpss which we
know does not exist in Scrautoii.
Tlu directors hay they have at times
felt like consldeilnir ttie question of
-losing tin hospital's doors, but that Is
something which the community could
ill nffoid. What Is needed, on the con
trary, Is such a libera! practical recog
nition of Its usefulness that Its facil
ities may be materially enlarged.
AVitli Marshal Leonaid's home county
going back on Quay, well may a pause
be ordered for the ascertainment of
one's bearings.
An Object Lesson.
The report of the New York state
factory inspector for 1SD7 contains some
Interesting Information concerning the
(lothing trade In New York city. In
Hint citv there are 3,091 clothing shops
and Cfj.&OO workers, 7.1 per cent, of whom
are Jews, ubout M per cent. Italians
and the balance is made up of Hungar
ians, Russians and English speaking
men and women, the latter being ex
ceptional. As to wages, we quote: The prices
paid In New York city for making ar
ticles of clothing seem almost beyond
belief. The contractor receives for mak
ing a fine beaver overcoat $1, arid for a
poorer grade of coat t'.O cents, for best
frock coat $1, for sack coat :!0 to '',
cents, nccoidlng to quality or grade.
I'ants are made up for as low as 7 cents
per pair, a good, swift workman making
eighteen pairs in a day. A better grade
will, of course, bring a better pi lee.
Makers of children's Jackets work on a
task system. An operator who can
turn out thirty-live Jackets per day can
secure as high as $14 per week. This
is a trille less than ti i-3 cents per
Jacket. Vests lange from 12 to 25 cents
each, according to grade, etc. Knee
T.ints bring from 1 to S cents per pair;
these arc the contractors' prices; the
workmen receive less. Knee pants,
commonly called school pants, with
double seat and knees, the contractor
pays the workers for making 6 to S
cents; and for knee pants without the
extra pieces they receive 4 to 5 cents
per pair. The contractor pays his help
by the week. Women receive from $3
all the way up to 9, and men from $4
to $12 per week."
Is it any wonder that American labor,
nccustomed as it has been under our
higher standards to wages sutllcient
not only to sustain life but also to make
possible some provision of comforts, is
growing restive und discontented in the
face of an alien competition so utterly
un-American ns this? Is It not high
time that congress, having protected
the hirers of labor, the captains of
home industry, should begin to legislate
for the benefit of the rank and (lie?
Immigration cannot be too quickly
restricted.
The man who never forms nn opinion
is the last man in the world who ought
to lie permitted to serve on a Jury; for
when he does servo on one his opinion
is invariably formed by the other
eleven.
The Rebound from Boom Times,
In his controversy with the Capitol
Tiullding commission. Governor Hast
ings has In his favor the fact that the
law specifically confines the commis
sion within a cost limit of $350,000,
whereas the plans and specifications, of
thQ commission appear to contemplate
the building at some future time of
supplementary buildings or wings, the
cost of which, not now estimated, will
be extra. If the governor's understand
ing of the law Is correct, the commis
sion muat provide for a structure in all
respects completed and final within the
specified cost and time limit or run the
risk of exceeding Its authority and en
countering popular rebuke.
Tho co.mmlsslpn'u side remains to be
slated and until It has had opportunity
of defence the public need not be in
haste to pronounce specific Judgment.
Rut speaking generally It can be said
that tho ambition, nowadays quite com
mon in municipalities, counties and
states, for ornate and expensive public
buildings Is more honored In the breach
than In the observance. Pride of eye
it not always tho highest sentiment to
be considered In this matter. Because
a lty or a county or a atuto gets Its
m,oney easily by popular taxation is
not a defensible retispn, why those in
truded, wi'i jta expenditure slu-uld.
canny yjeld to the ternntaiiqn, to by ex-
trnvngnnt, A city might better spend
its surplus thousands In public Im
provements which directly benefit tho
great mass of Its tnxpayors such as
street paving, now sewers, and public
parks and playgrounds than to lock
this money up in "groat nnd profusely
decorated homes for Hb executive ofllc
lals, who na n rule are the chief bene
ficiaries of this rorm of Investment;
and tho same general principle is equal
ly truu of counties nnd commonwealths.
The time has come in tho develop
ment of tho nrt of self-government
when tho American peoplo must learn
to practice economy as well In public
ns In private affairs. In private busi
ness relations economy in the various
processes of production, administration
and distribution is being more nnd more
cmphn.lzod. Tho problem In tho fac
tory, the ofllce and the homo is nowa
days not so much how to Increase gross
receipts as how Intelligently and with
out sacrifice of essential clllclency to
reduce expenses. This tendency will
have, sooner or later, to be rellcctcd In
the management of the people's public
business by their trustees In olllce. The
problem there will need to' be not how
to squeeze out of leluctnnt pockets
larger sums in the form of taxes, but
how to make present taxation produce
better results, to tho end that It may In
time be lowered.
"Wo have left behind the boom times
which Immediately followed the civil
war. They will never leturu. The
spectacle of a great peoplo quadrupling
Its total wealth within the brief period
of a decade, which Americans of this
generation have witnessed, was too un
usual to last. Though our's lias been
in many respects the land of miracles
In material achievement, such an un
precedented pace could not In the na
ture of things be long sustained. It
will be succeeded, to the public's lnst
Ing benefit, by a saner era of studied
economies, and the growing clamor of
the people against even tho appear
ance of extravagance In the public ser
vice is proof to the discerning that thl.s
new tendency toward thrift will event
ually be enforced as well In govern
mental circles as In private station.
The Cuban war correspondents ap
pear to have been lost in the lecent
hlizraid.
Temperance.
On Sunday last 'President Patton
pleached to the students of Princeton
university a sermon on temperance
which is well worthy of more than
passing attention, it contained his final
contribution to the controversy which
has raged around the tap room of
Princeton inn, and it embodied doct
rine profitable for nudy at all times.
In substance his plea wan l'or tem
po! ance for two leasons: (1) Its benefit
to self: and (2) Its benefit to others.
Addressing the undergraduates on the
first point President Patton Justified the
action of the university trustees in for
bidding the use among them of liquor
as a beverage by Informing them of the
uselessness as well ass the social nnd
economic danger lurking in alcoholic,
stimulation in the period of buoyant
and elastic youth, when nature boun
teously supplies unaided all the energy
necessary to a well-ordered career. At
this period temperance and total ab
stinence coincide, and even those in
maturer years who with approving con
science use Intoxicants In moderation
will teadlly concede the propriety of
President Pattou's position nnd ap
plaud it as embodying a necessary safe
guard for the you n or.
But it was with reference to the sec
ond of the reasons mentioned above
that the president of Princeton spoko
with greatest force. It is not for the
state to usurp the place of the Individ
ual citizen's conscience, and although
the speaker entered upon no considera
tion of the problem of statutory prohi
bition as affecting human society In
general, It Is easy to read between his
words a broad doubt of its utility. But
In morals he emphasized the Pauline
doctiine which Inspired the Apostle to
say: "If meat make iny brother to
offend I will cat no meat while the
world stands." That Is to say, a mod
erate indulgence which may be wholly
within a man's liberty and in no per
sonal sense hurtful to him, can become
morally wrong If by reason of It the
welfare of another Is imperilled through
tho Influence of example. Here we
have a prohibitory law not based on
human majoilty but derived directly
from the Source of all law. Yet even
here each man must decide his own
case. As President Patton well says:
"The carrying out ot the law must, in
theliature of the case, be largely left
to the Individual conscience. Men ap
ply this principle In different ways in
regard to the use of wine, Somo con
scientiously nbstaln at all times; some
n conscientiously nre governed In their
nbstlnence by considerations of time,
place and circumstnnces. ATo must not
charge men with hypocrisy or intem
poranee or fanaticism because they do
not agree with us In the application of
a principle which we all alike recognize
as obligatory."
In other words, reducing the wholo
subject to Us salient point, while society
may and should to tho limit of its abil
ity regulate those excesses which dis
turb Its peace or encroach upon tho
public lights, tho question of temper
ance In Its Individual bearing Is one
between each man and his conscience,
with the reservation that' society has
tho right to provide facilities for con-aclenco-eultui'c.
A shadow was not necessary to make
the groundhog of this locality scamper
bad; to warm quarters yesterday.
'I he Reverse Side.
The recent reports forwarded by gov
ernment representatives concerning
tho cqnditlon of tilings In tho Klondlko
region ought to inaka tho enthusiastic
gold seekers from tho states hesitate
before rushing blindly Into a locality
of which tliey know practically noth
ing. Tho uncolorod statement from
Captain Ray Indicates that, with hun
dreds already Etarvlng in the Klondike,
there is little ch'anco for tho newcomer.
The official statement of the govern
ment representative chows conclusive
ly that the majority of tales of fabu
lous "finds" about the Yukon originate
mainly In the minds of advertising
agents for steamship companies, who
seem determined to Hood the country
with Immigrants no matter vyliat e
consequences may, be.
According to Captain Ray's report a
paying slncer mine lios not been dis
covered In the Klondike within tho past
eight months; a lnroo number ot men
aro thero without employment and,
without means of returning home; In
many sections tho lawless are banding
themselves together for the purpose
of plundering others, nnd a powerful
government police ratrol Is recom
mended to protect life and property.
These arc items which tho Klon.dl.ko
excursionist will do well to think over
beforo lie packs his grip nnd turns Ills
back upon his eastern home.
Queen Carmen Sylva has written
opera llbrottocs in four different lan
guages. Yet If Sylva should tackle ono
of tho plald-sulted, plnk-Bhlrted Amer
ican managers she would doubtless bc
surprised to learn how little eho knows
about what "the publlo 'or wants."
It looks now as though the hardest
battles ot those having the warship
Maine In charge will ha fought with
Havana cookerv.
TOLD BY TUB STARS.
Dnily Horoscope I):iiwn by AJiicclius,
The Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolabo Cost: 3.0S a. in., for Thursday,
February 3, IK'S.
A child born on this day will not care
to seek a coldur climate. '
Some tacn becomo Villains, outlaws and
oppri'ssots of tho unfortunate. Others
throw salt on their sidewalks after a
snow storm.
Town lot enterprises are a trifle slow
now, but wait until tho s.ip season opens.
Only artl days of IS'jS remain.
Aiucclius' Advice.
Do not always Judge a man by the slzo
of bis hat. An inflated balloon Invariably
looks Imposing.
Need of Betf?r
National D?f?nse.
From the New York Sun.
THE OUEAT European nations have,
all adopted the levee en masse and
tho conscription ns a part of their
military system. Every sound man
within the military age, suy be
bctwecn eighteen and forty-live, hns
his place In the system of defenso
und Is to servo according to
ago In the active or standing army or In
tho reserves when they are called out.
It Is said that every French citizen of tho
military age, no matter where he Is Jn
tho world, has lit home his company, his
gun and his uniform; that his address Is
known to the war department, and that
within twenty-four hours after a decla
ration of war he would receive his sum
mons and bo on his way to his appointed
rendezvous. France, Germany and Rus
siu maintain enormous standing armies
und aro nt all limes ready to mobilize
them on the shottest possible notice; and
while the llrst corps aro advancing, the
reserves are called out and got ready
to follow. (Jreat Britain maintains but a
small standing army, and depends mainly
upon volunteers when she needs an In
ciease of force. AW have modeled our
military system upon hers, with all Its
costly imperfections, and while we have
so far been fairly ablo to defend our
territory and maintain the I'liion, it ha1"
been at an enormous expenfo of men and
money, accompanied by humiliation and
defeat in the earlier stages of nil our
wars except that with Mexico, nnd fol
lowed by n system of pensions the most
extravagant the world has ever known.
o
The last number of the Journal ot the
Military Service Institution contains a
prize essay on "Our A'olunteer Armies,"
by Lieutenant S. M. Footc, of the Fourth
artillery, which shows not only the most
careful study, but constructive states
manship of a hiali order. Ho traces our
military Institutions und practice from
their Anglo-Saxon source, through tho
French and Indian wars, the Revolution,
the war of 1S12, the Mexican war, and tho
war of tho rebellion, pointing out with
caro the condition of the country, tho
size of tho continental, volunteer and
regular armies, and the character and
cost of our military operations at each
period of our history. Ills description
of tho civil war, while necessarily much
condensed, is full of Interest. He shows
that our patriotism was almost without
fault nnd as high as we have any right
to expect it ever to be; that our mllllla
laws were neglected and inelllcient, our
regular army too small and too widely
scattered; and that wo were forced to
depend at first entirely on volunteering,
stimulated by high bounties, and after
ward supplemented by conscription. Ho
points out tbnt with good men and ma
terials In abundance, our great want
from tho start was for "Instructed and
competent officers" to tcacli the men to
drill and use their arms, and that If wo
would prepare the country against mis
fortune nnd wasteful expense hereafter
wo must "provide In time ot peaco a
number of capable olllcers of volunteers
sulllclently large to raise and train nil
the volunteers wo shall need nt tho llrst
call," remembering always that "at last
the man who holds tho gun fs tho man
who fights the battle."
o
Our great problem, therefore, Is to call
out, organize, and get Into position with
in tho shortest possible time enough men
with guns In their hands, nnd fairly well
drilled, to meet any enemy who can land
upon our shores or cross our borders.
AVIthout following the details of Lieu
tenant Foote's statements ho shows that,
In case of war with Great Britain, we
Bhould have to fight both her nnd Canada.
In which event we should require 100.000
more men to defend the country than wo
should rcqulro as against any other llrst
class power. He points out that It is
lully within tho resources of such a pow
er under cover of Its fleet to land nn
army from W.000 to CO.OuO strong In any of
our unfortified harbors. Inasmuch as any
power intending to mako an Invasion of
our country would bo free to select that
part of our extended sencoast which ap
peared to olfer the greatest advantages
and tho least risk for the tlmo being,
and as It Is now pretty well settled that
such a forco could be mobilized, cm
barked, transported across tho Atlantic
and landed within four or at most five
weeks after tho declaration of war, "we
should require an army of at leaBt JuO,
000 volunteers to prevent their advance,
and certainly 200,000 to dislodge them be
fore they could bo reinforced." Ho esti
mates therefore that wo should need
about "S5.000 volunteers for fortifications,
75,000 volunteers'for an army of observa
tion for tho North Atlantic coast, 75,000
volunteers for un army of observation
for tho Middle Atlantic coast, 75,000 vol
unteers for an army of observation for
the South Atlantic corist, 75,000 volunteers
for nn nrmy of observation for the Gulf
coast, nnd 75,000 volunteers for an army
of observation for tho Pacific coast; to
tal, 400,00a"
Such an nrmy would require from 20,000
to 23,000 officers. AVhoru and how could
they bo obtained? Certainly not from
tho regular army, unless every man In
It, ns now allowed by law, wero cpmpe
tcnt to become a commissioned officer,
nnd wero already assigned his placo and
rank In a regiment of volunteers. AVhlle
wo ntreo with tho late General Kuutz
that tho regular urmy might bo so or
ganized, recruited, and Instructed as to
furnish oh the olllcers required, nothing
Is moro certain than that tho present
laws do not provide for or permit any
such use of It. Hence, some other plan
must bo devised to furnish tho olllcers
needed to organize, Instruct, and com
mand tho men that are to hold tho guns
In tho next great war,
Ljcutenarit Footq regards tho sptu
tlon ot the problem oh 'fully within the
resources of our country, nnd thinks that
wo may work out In tho tlmo of 'peaco a
volunteer system which will give us tho
necessary number of olllcers nnd men
"tolerably prepared for a defensive cam
paign In from four to six weeks' tlmo."
ills plan Is ns follows: Ho would appor
tion ono regiment of twelve companies,
of 100 men each, to each congressional
district, Including three territories and
the District of Columbia, or 337 In all.
This would glvo 433.'.VW men. Tho olllcers
should bo commissioned and trained In
time of peace. The colonel ot each regi
ment should be nn ofilcer of tho regular
nrmy, not above tho rank of major, se
lected from tho actlvn lift for bis special
fitness. Obviously ho mlssht ba a native
of the district, or at least of tho state,
In which his regiment Is raised. Ho
should rocclvo his commission from the
president, nnd while with his volunteer
regiment, which need not bo longer than
ono mouth per year, hu should luivo tho
local rank, pay and nllownnco of a col
onel. Olllcers on college duty, or with
tho mllltla, could readily tuko this1 work
In addition.
o
Tho method of procedure would be cs
lows: Tho llrst year each colonel, assist
ed by a medical officer, would hold an
examination for twcnty-slx lieutenants,
to be commissioned and to hold olllco
for Hvo years. They should as. soon as
selected bo required to get their uniforms
and uppenr at the designated rendezvous
for a ten days' tour ot drill and Instruc
tion by tho colonel. Tha second year tho
colonel should hold two examinations,
ono of lieutenants over -0 years old, for
the rank of captain, and tho other for
lieutenants to fill tho vacancies In that
rank. Tho third year he should hold
threo examinations, one of tho captains
l'or major, one to fill vacancies umong
tho captains, und ono of now candidates
for the rank ot lieutenant. In tho fourth
year ho should select his llctutcnaut col
onel from the majois. Thereafter the
examining board should consist of tho
colonel, llutitennnt-coloncl and major.
with tho reglmentat surgeon as physical
examiner only all vacancies should bo
filled by competitive examination. The
colonel should drill and instruct tho of
ficers, a course of study and reading
should bo laid out for ouch J ear, and, all
the duties should ba performed In ac
cordance with army regulations and uv
tlclcs of war. Annual encampments ot
ten days should be held, neighboring regi
ments should bo brigaded, brigades should
bo assigned to divisions, and large en
campments should be formed at stated
times. All olllcers and mon should bo
under pay while In camp und going to
and from their homes. The cost of the
ofllcers under this system for fit regi
ments of heavy artillery, 30 of light ar
tillery. 43 of cavalry, and 223 of Infantry.
Including traveling nnd Incidental ex
penses, need not exceed $1,(XM,UOO per year,
nu iusignlllcant sum, which might bo
saved by a Just revision ot the pension
list.
o
The system has been elaborated with
great care, and Its feasibility Is sus
tained by arguments which can hardly
be refuted. Obviously, In case ot war
before the wholo plan could bo carried
Into effect by devoting only ono month to
It yearly. It could be pushed forward,
by holding nil the examinations, ono af
ter the other, till the officers for cncli
regiment had been selected, when they
could be drilled nnd lnstiuctcd by their
colonels, and could In turn drill and In
struct the enlisted men. Evidently our
military institutions, as we have Inherit
ed them und ns they now exist, must bo
changed, Improved and madu suitable to
all our national requirements, or wo shall
one of these days meet with great na
tional disaster and humiliation. It will
not do for us to depend upon our anti
quated, expensive and Incfllclent system,
or lack of sjystem, In theso days of large
standing armies and prompt mobilization.
AVe do not need a largo regular force,
but wo surely do need such workable and
working oiganizatlon as will give the
government an effective volunteer army
capable of expansion, economic adminis
tration and ot piompt mobilization to
ward any frontier or section of the
seacoast which may bo threatened by a
first-class power; and the sooner tho
necessary steps are taken to provide for-
such an nrmy the hotter It will Dp for the
nation.
CHURCH GROWTH.
From alio Philadelphia Prci.s.
The religious statistics ot the United
States as pretented In the census report
for 3S30 were prerared by Rev. Dr. II. K.
Carroll, editor of the New York Inde
pendent, ns superintendent of this de
partment of the census. Since that time
Dr. Carroll has Issued an annual state
ment, embodying the statistics of tho
churches of this country for tho preced
ing i cur. Tho statement just Issued
shows that during tho preceding eccles
iastical wear tho Lutherans of every
namo Increased a llttlo over 4 per; cent.:
Congregatlonalists, a llttlo less than 2'.2
per cent.; Methodists (17 bodies), a little
less than 1 per cent.: Presbyterians
(twelve bodies), 2 per cent.; und Roman
Catholics, a little less than 2 per cent.
Tho Lutheran churches have Increased
more than others by Immigration, Ger
many, Sweden nnd Nopvay sending large
numbers to swell tho membership of tho
American churches. The present mem
bership of thi'so bodies Is given as fol
lows: Lutherans, 1,507,100; Congregation
nllsts, 030,000; Methodists, C733.898; Pres
byterians, i,ao,i(a; Roman Catholic, 8.311.
754. Tho total number of communicants
in all churches is 25,919,027, and in Prot
estant churches 17,60-1,273. This census In
cludes every organization which calls It
self a church. Of all theso there aro 1S0,
232 ministers of religion and 1SI.S21 socie
ties or congregations.
o
Theso llgiues naturally suggest a com
parison with tho first yours of tho cen
tury which la drawing to Its close. Ac
cording to tho tables In Dr. Gullck's In
teresting volume, "Tho Growth of the
Kingdom of God," the population of the
Fnlted States In tho year 1S00 was 5,S0,
000, and tho communicants In Protestant
churches numbered only 301,000. or seven
out of each hundred. In 1890 tho popula
tion had grown to C2',& millions, and the
communclants In Protestant churches to
ll.lbO.OOO, or 22!i per cent, of the popula
tion. Tho Roman Catholic lflembershlp in
1800 was not moro than 100.000, while in
ISM It was 7,198,000, which still farther em
phasizes the rate ot growth which Chris
tian churches have maintained through
the century. During tho ninety years tho
total population Increased twelve times,
while tho Protestant church membership
Increased thirty-nine times, or moro than
thrco times as fust as tho population, Jn
1600 ono person out of thirteen was a
member of a Protestant church; in H90
a llttlo moro than cno In five,
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of, UliliisIIiii Underwear , s
Now in progress. Come and examine the garments and
note the price. Second floor; take elevator.
Night Gowus of Fair Musliji , J9C
Empire Gowus with tucks ami embroidered yokes 49c
Empire Gowns with tucks ami embroidery trimmed and sailor collars 59c
Special attention is called to all ot the finer Gowns from 98c upwards. They are
simply unequalled.
Skirts with tucks and embroidered ruffles , 3pc
Umbrella Skirts with several tucks and wide embroidery ruffle.... 59c
Umbrella Skirts ot finer qualities aud richer laces and embroideries, from...85c to $4.98
Children's Drawers with tucks. 8c and upwards
Ladies' Drawers, wide hem aud cluster of three tucks J5C
Ladies' Drawers with three tucks aud embroidery ruffle , 25c
Ladies' Umbrella Drawers, cluster of tucks and wide embroidery , 39,c
Ladies' Umbrella Drawers, with lace edge and insertion and linen ruffle... 49C
100 doz. Corset Covers of good muslin, well made and perfect fitting 7C
75 doz, Cambric Corset Covers, V shaped, ready tp trim ...32jc
Cambric Corset Covers, V shaped, trimmed with embroidery 15c
100 doz. various styles of Cainbric and, Muliu Corset Covers, V neck, high and
square neck, trimmed with neat embroidery, at 25c and 29x which beat the world
Several very fine numbers of French Corset Covers from 39c to $2.49
50 doz. Slips at ; 25c
100 styles of Children's Slips and Short Dresses, varying from 49c to $4.98
We lay special claim toward these particular lines.
WITH TIE 0ILB
w
rS
Af THE Ol.Il YEAR IS CAST OFK HUe
" an old shoe, so nhoulU you resolve to
carry out the simile by coming lu andnolect
Intr 11 new unfr of our elegant '08 Shoes.
Just received for thone who want advance
styles at backward price.
Lewis, Mlly h. tofes,
WYOMING AVENUE
THE MODERN HARDWARE STORE.
THEY'RE 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 lrom prices we are
selling them at they won't last
long.
CalJ and Be Convinced.
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HO N. WASHINGTON AVE.
MILL k CORNELL'S
Fnndtnr
Such a choice stock to select from cannot
Ijo fouud elxowhero In this part of tho state.
And vvhou you consider the moderate prices
at which the goods are marked is a further
clulm ou the attention aud consideration of
buyers.
GIFT SUGGESTIONS.
WniTINO DF3K0,
Drkssino taui.es.
FancvTabms,
CllEVAl. QLAKSM
PAULOft U.U1INEM.
JIubicCaiukcts,
CtlltIO UA111NLT3,
ijook casks,
Fanov IUskkts,
t.OUNOES,
WOnic Tables,
Easy Whim,
Gilt Oiiaihj,
Inlaid Chains
Kocklks
RiiAviN-a Stands,
ricDuirAus,
Tauouubttks.
All nt lowest prices
high quality
conalstont with the
of the good.
Hill &
Coeeell
At 12H
North Washington
Avenue.
. FtIe
yvv'',," -; u.. H "T D I
Scranton, Pa.
"CJv- Is)-
The Very Best
Cloth i nig Mao mf act nil red
Is the only kind ye have;
you can buy it as low as you
would have to pay for the ordi
nary. Call and see what we are
offering.
Ml
426 LACKAWANNA AVENUE.
FINLEf'S
Scitcl
RIM
After a season's rest,
these goods are
Agai
and such Ginghams
surpassing in beauty
and texture all for
mer efforts.
We -3and3e the
Genuine
Anderson's
Manufactured 'n
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND
expressly for the fine
American retail trqde,
and in designs exclusively
our own.
They are just opened
and await your inspec
tion. 5110 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
Ml
BAZAAI
MUCK
If it breaks a
point
bring it back.
Xow In general usa
In the publlo school?,
citv bull and court,
houeo offlccs, nnd
, niany private busi
ness places In the city.
YOU US Tor a price saved In lead and tha
time wanted In old faubloned chopping.
&
STATIOtfEItH, EXORAVERS,
IIOTEIj JEItMYN BUILDING,
lat) Wyomlns Avenue.
HENRY BELIN, JR.,
General Agent for the Wyomlm
District for
Itnlng, Ulastln j, Sporting, HmokelMl
and the Rcpauuo Chemical
Company's
HIGH EXPLOSIVES,
fcnfcty Fuse, Caps and Exploders.
Ilooms , in a and 211 Commonwealth
llulldtng, Bcrantoo.
AGENCIES:
THOS FOHD,
JOllN n. SMITH & SON,
K. W. UUI.UOAN,
ritutoa
riymouth
Wllkcs-Ilurr
II PLEASANT
COAL
AT RETAIL.
Cool of tho belt quality for domestlo us
and of all sizes, Including Buckwheat and
jpirdseye, delivered In my put ot tho city;
at the lowest price
Orders received at the Ofllco, first floor.
Commonwealth bulldlnr, room No ;
telephone No. 2C21 or at tho mine, tele
phono No. 272. will bo promptly, attend!
to. Sealers uuppUod at tho mine.
WM, L SI
LOW.
SIX BAYS9 TEIAL
Planetary Pencil Pointer
OIPIIT'S
POWDER.
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