WEDNESDAY, FEBItUAllY 9, 1891.
THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE.
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SCHANTON, PEnnUAKY 9, 1898.
REPUBLICAN CITV TICKET.
I'or School Director.
Threo Ycars-riSTElt NEULS, Eleventh
ward.
Three Ycars-D. 1. l'HILLtrS. Fifth
ward.
Two Yeara-R. D. FELLOWS. Fourth
ward.
Two Ycnrs-F. S. aODFUEY, Eighth
ward.
Ono Year-F. S. I1AMU3R. Seventeenth
ward.
Ono Year-ELIAS E. EVANS, Fifteenth
ward.
Election Day, February IB.
The letter which we publish this
wornlm from Rev. Thomas de Gruchy
concerning John II. Fellows' recent
bombast before the Pastors' union buk
Kests that perhaps the pastor of the
Tncltson street Hnntlst church has not
read to the belligerent and hay-tosslnj
ex-mayor that passage In. Holy Writ
wherein Christ ndmonlshed him only
who was without sin to cast the first
s-tone.
Next Tuesday's Election.
Next Tuesday being election day, It
may not bo anitas to remind the Re
publican electors of Scranton of the
excellence of their present municipal
ticket. While the campaign to date
has been devoid of Incident the Im
portance of electing a competent and
trustworthy board of six Is great en
ough to warrant careful weighing of
qualifications and the casting llnally
of an Intelligent ballot. The welfare
of the public schools, which Is at stake,
calls for more than the passive public
Interest which 1ms characterized the
campaign thus fnr.
We have said and we now repeat that
the olllce of school director Is one of
the most Imperious In the list of of
fices In a republican form of govern
ment. The six men who shall be elect
ed next week will, when Installed In
oflice, possess power more nearly nbso
lute within the area of their jurisdic
tion than Is possessed by any other
governing board or executive agency
within our knowledge. 13y a major
ity vote and without teference or pause
they can do what they please with
about $300,000 of the public funds tak
en annually from Scranton taxpayers.
Over their action there hangs no dread
of a veto. The discretion to levy and
spend taxes Is theirs practically with
out qualification or restriction. Not
only is this true but nlso In the de
tailed management of the school .sys
tem their will Is usually sovereign, Wo
know of no private board of director)
In the city whose members are en
trusted with responsibility half so far
reaching as will be that which will
devolve upon the six candidates for
school director receiving on Tuesday
next a plurality of the votes cast for
that office. In preparing their ballots,
then, thoughtful citizens will bear this
fact in mind. '
Wo commend the Republican ticket
less because we have desired to see
partisan lines drawn In this particular
election than because It Is our judg
ment that the candidates named on it
are preferoble men. At the same time,
the party Issue having entered the sit
uation, wo shall be pleased to see the
Republican voters stand b'y the party
standard and thus in a small way get
ready for the larger political engage
ments of the more distant but not re
mote future.
Senator Mason's Cuban resolution
unquestionably voices the overwhelm
ing sentiment of the American people,
but we see no new reason to suppose
that their opinion counts.
dross Contempt of Court.
The publication In reference to the
Martin trial to which Judge Wood
ward took such vigorous exception on
Monday Is understood to have been a
cartoon by Davenport In the New- York
Journal. At least this Is the Journal's
own belief and acknowledgment.. That
cartoon depicted Sheriff Martin as
standing with smoking pistol In hand
over the prostrate form of a crippled
miner while back of him knelt the min
er's wife and children, in tears. The
Intent of the cartoon was clearly vic
ious. Contrary to all principles of Jus
tice It presupposed on the sheriff's part
malicious guilt, whereas the law holds
every defendant Innocent until guilt Is
regularly established by due process of
law.
Rut even worse than the snap Judg
ment which it sought to pass, Is tho
gross Impropriety of such a publica
tion during the progress of the trial
of the. case. We believe there Is no
better established or wiser and fulrer
rule In journalism, among papers which
have regard for decency, than that
which withholds prejudicial comment
of any kind concerning n case In pro
cess of adjudication In open court.
While It Is the duty of Journalism In
a case of public Interest to print a
fair record of the testimony and of the
essential points In pleading and in the
Judicial charge to tho Jury, we aro
aware of no rule In law or morals
which clothes a newspaper with auth
ority to usurp the functions of Judge
and Jury. Such usurpation, on tho
contrary, constitutes the most flagrant
kind of contempt of court and cannot
be reprobated too severely.
.So far as Tho Tribune Is concerned
It has purposely refrained from hav
ing a special representative of Its own
at this trial, so as to avoid even the
appearance of any efforts to color ita
reports. The Associated Press, which
supplies us with tho reports that we
have been printing, Is not only impar
tial but is represented in Wllkes-Barre
?y men who come to their work abso
lately free of any preconceived opin
ions or sympathies, Their narrative of
the court proceedings is photographic
In accuracy, When the trial Is ended
we shall give expression to our views
Concerning it, but not before.
.'Because tho Ornnd Rapids, Mich.,
Free Press, had ' said that every Idle
men in that city could get work if he
wnnted to, 80 men applied to it for
employment. True to its word, it of
fered to hire eaoh one at $1.60 a day
and CO of the,, 80 forthwith flunked.
CalaiHlty.".H(iU'Iinc.'.aV a rule prooeeds
chiefly from those who don't, want to
work except with their vocal chords.
If there Is anything In the doctrine
of probabilities, tho next few weeks
ought to pee very material changes
In tho Cuban situation. That Spuln is
now simply playing for delay is clear
ly evident, but can the play win? Is
President McKlnley In a mood to be
held up much longer? Will congress
let It go nt that 7 Thero have been
many disappointments of Just expecta
tion in this matter In the past and the
Wear nnd tear of these on the average
American's confidence Is beginning to
tell: yet we still venture to prccHct
that the cutaln will bo rung' down on
Spain's tragic farce in Cuba ere the
robins nest again.
A Public Menace.
Expert testimony on a point of llvo
arM growing Interest Is supplied by
Coroner Ashbtidge of Philadelphia in
an lntjrview printed lit the Uulletln of
that city. The subject of the inter
view was the harmful effects result
ing from the publication of sensational
details I).. connection with reports of
suicides nnd homicides. Tho coronet'
from his oillclal experlencu cited these
Instances;
About two years ago a widow, 50 years
old, committed suicide by hanging. She
fastened a rope to tho knob of a
door In her bed-room. Then she
passed the other end over tho top of
tho door and stood on a chair while she
adjusted the noose. After completing
these arrangements she kicked the chair
to ono side. Her body hung so that
when the door was opened It swung with
It. Tho sensational details of tho airair
were given wldo publicity In the news
papers, and in less than a week two wo
men living In tho Immediate neighbor
hood took their lives In precisely tho
same manner. I investigated tho cases
thoroughly, and found that the last two
women had taken their lives without nny
cause. Inquiry showed that they had
eagerly read every detail connected with
the first suicide. One of them had even
sent a servant out to purchase lor her a
copy of every paper containing an ac
count of the first case. Sho had fairly
saturated her mind with the sensational
details before hanging herself. .Chord
was another ease. A woman klllc'd her
self by swallowing a concoction of alum
and laudanum. Her husband had been
Imprisoned for something, nnd she told
her friends she couldn't stand tho dis
grace. This case was also given a great
deal of publicity. Mark what followed.
In less than six weeks thero were live
other persons In Philadelphia who ended
their lives by drinking laudanum nnd
alum. "
The coroner gave other Instances,
but these amply sufllce to Illustrate his
point. His deduction Is that tho de
tails connected with some homicides,
owing to their brutality and atrocity,
had, best not be published. ''Their
publication." he asserts, 'iias a great
influence on seme natures. Newspa
pers go Into our homes, nnd children
get liold of them. The reading of hor
rible details Is bound to leave an Im
pression on their minds. The effect Is
not Immediate. Jt may not manifest
Itself until by sickness or worry the
person has been temporarily changed.
Then bad Impressions are npt to work
evil."
There can be no question of the cor
rectness of this opinion. The commu
nity has no more insidious menace than
Is Pinbodlod In tho sensational news
paper. Crimes Innumerable can be
laid at Its door.
The trial of M. Zola in France re
minds one of an American election
bribery investigation.
Last Year's Book Production.
According to figures compiled by the
Publishers' Weekly there were Issued in
1S97 by American publishers 492S books,
a smaller number than had been Issued
in any previous year since 1S93, when
the number was 44 less. Rut though
comparatively small the year's output
is reported as of uncommonly good
quality, entitling the year, in the
Weekly's opinion, to distinctly credit
able mention. One meritorious thing
In the year's record was a decrease of
nearly 60 per cent. In the number of
English novels republished In this
country. In 1898, 090 of these were re
published; In 1897 s however, only 332
were Inflicted on the American reading
public, and it is to be hoped for tho
mental profit of nil concerned that this
gratifying reduction will go right on.
Not more than 50 English novels In any
year are worthy of reproduction; prac
tically all above this limit represents
so much waste of Ink and paper.
The Publishers' Weekly divides the
publications of the year Into nineteen
principal departments. In each of
these, except theology nnd religion, ju
venile, physical und mathematical
science, and mental and moral philos
ophy, there was a falling off In the
number of books published from the
number published in 1890. The figures
In fiction are most noteworthy. Novels
from all sources printed or Imported
in 1897 were only 809 to 1,114 in 1890. On
theological and religious subjects 460
books appeared In 1S90 nnd 492 in 1S97;
55:1 law books were published In 1890,
as against 509 In 1&97-, CS2 books on lit
erary history, as against 415; 293 books
of poetry in 1896 and 247 In 1S97; 209
books of memoirs and biography, as
against 205; 177 on flne arts, as against
138, and 284 on political science, as
against 100. Of the 4,928 different pub
lications, 3,318 were produced by Amer
ican authors and manufactured In the
United States; 495 produced by foreign
ers, were manufactured here; and 1,115
were English works, Imported here in
sheets and hound, More than one
quarter of the English Importations
were of novels, most of which, as we
have remarked, may well be spared.
Before passing from this subject a
word should be said In recognition of
the steady Improvement which Is tak
ing place In the mechanical department
of book-making. Rooks are cheaper
than ever before, yet as regards paper,
print and bindings they average de
cidedly better than ever before. The
American portion of the trade Is chiefly
responsible for this Improvement. It
his practically set the pace for the
trade of the world and It has only be
gun along these lines.
A severe attack of Klondike fever In
Sioux City has resulted In a dlvorco
suit. The plaintiff In tho case is Mrs.
L. A. Russell. In her complaint sho
states that about two months ago her
husband resolved to go up to the
Klondike in the spring, and immediate
ly began u system of training to pre
pare. hlmBclf for the hardships of tho
life of a gold digger. He 'would per
mit rto lire' In the house and slept "with
tho bed-room windows all open. He
also confined himself and family to a
diet of "salt horse," beans nnd llmo
juice. As Mrs. Russell had no Idea
of going to the Klondike, she objected
to the training. She now asks $10,000
alimony and tho custody of her two
children, nnd it Is evident that sho
deserves both.
Judge Woodward Is certnlnly to bo
commended for his action In exclud
ing the yellow journal artists from the
trial of Sheriff Martin and his depu
ties. It is bad enough for tho citi
zens of Luzerne to be written up after
the style of a wild western mining
camp serial without additional cari
cature by the nightmare artist.
It Is said that Rev. Dr. John Hall's
church, the Fifth avenue Presbyterian,
will no longer bo tho fashionable
church of New York city. From pres
ent Indications the church Is liable to
become a place where people will as
semble primarily to worship the Lord.
With true mercantile Instinct, Broth
er Wanamakor apparently hesitates
between the natural hankering after
more advertising nnd the equally na
tural Inclination to first compute tho
Among the great men who want Mr.
Wanamakor to trv again we fall to
discover the name of Detective Tlllnrd.
And yet the first trip wasn't without
Its triumphs for him.
Speaker Reed denies that he has
been won over to favor the annexation
of Hawaii. We suppose Mr. Reed is
great enough to be allowed ono evidence
of fallibility.
Dr. Nansen returns with a pocket
full of money and Dr. Nansen also
thinks America one of the finest coun
tries on earth.
TOLD BV THE STARS.
Dnlly Horoscope llmwn by Ajncchm,
Tho Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolabe Cast; 4.0S n. m for Wednes
day, Feb. !), ISIS.
' S8P
A child born on this day will notice
that the fellows who have been taking
something to break up a cold will now
tiso the same medicine to kill spring fever
microbes.
Judging from the Times last evening
Mr. Merrlflcld evidently, has ambition to
pose as "advance agent of calamity."
The flowers that bloom on l'aster bon
nets will soon bo with us again.
Gardners aro not much In tho furniture
line; but they understand "spring beds. '
Ajucclius' Advice.
Candidates for the "Don't Worry club"
should keep out of local politics.
Th? Trtie Mission
of This Republic
From tho New York Tribune.
jj MOXUthc opponents of an American
Al policy in Hawaii there Is no ono
more worthy of respect than I'ro
LJU fessor Edward von Hoist. Ills es
timable character and scholarly attain
ments Invest his utterances on any sub
ject with a title to respectful considera
tion. In the present case, moreover, ho
nt least Is free from the suspicion of hel
lish and ulterior motives which unavoid
ably falls upon some of those who are
loudest In opposition to the annexation
of Hawaii, Ho Is not interested in tho
Sugar Trust, and there Is no reason to
suppose that he Is working for the ad
vantage of the commerce of nny aiien
nation. The salient points in his recent
argument egalr.st annexation, which Is
being widely exploited us a perfectly un
answerable and final word against the
pending treatv, are therefore to lie serl
oiisly considered.
o
From tho military point of view, ho
thinks, annexation would be a bad thing
for tho United Stntcs. since the posses
sion of the Islands, entailing fortification
and protection of them, would be a
sourco of weakness. Hut In the very
next breath he says that the reason why
Hawaii has not been grabbed by Mime
oilier power is that all the world knows
the United Slates would not be an In
different looker-on. Exactly. Hut Is It
bupposablo' that the United States would
become Indifferent the moment it annex
ed tho Islands? Would lis altitude of
protection bo any less a restraining force
then than now? If covetous powers have
kept their hands off Hawaii in Its inde
pendent state, fclmply because they iear
cd tho United States would resent their
aggressions upon it. Is it supposable that
they will rush to seize the Islands when
they are a part of this union and It Is
certain that any attack upon them will
mean war with the wliole power of the
United States?
o
From the diplomatic point of view, al
so, Professor von Hoist objects to annex
ation. It would entangle this nation with
the politics of the rest of tho world. If
that wero true, It would be a potent ob
jection. Hut, with all respect to Protes
sor von Hoist, It Is not true. On the con
trary, annexation would free this country
from such entanglements nnd from the
danger of them. For fifty years the
United States has had to engage In per
iodical disputes with various European
powers to keep them from seizing Ha
waii. On moro than ono occasion It has
had almost to threaten wur to make
them relinquish tho hold actually fasten
ed upon tho Islands. Year by year tho
danger of such complications Increases,
as the extent of unappropriated land
und the number ot small and therefore
spollable states decrease and the rivalry
among land-grabbing powers consequent
ly becomes more Intense. The semi or
trl protectorate over Samoa is an exam
ple In point. It has for years been In
volving this nation In disagreeable if not
dangerous controversies with u European
power. Rut once Hawaii Is annexed out
right to this country all such troubles
and the danger of them will cease. There
are no wrungles over our ownership of
Louisiana. Possession of Florida In
volves us In no entanglements nor broils.
o
Tho annexation of Hawaii means the
temptation to still further annexations,
says Professor von Hoist; especially the
annexation of Cuba, which, as ho truly
adds, has been under consideration much
longer than tho annexation of Hawaii.
It Is probablo that Cuba will some day
bo annexed. There Is no disguising that
fuct. It has been regarded as Inevitable
over since the foundation of this Repub
lic, Dut tho United States does not
mean to grab Cuba. On tho contrary, It
has at no Uttlo danger and expense to
Itself been preventing the grabbing of
that Island by various other powers. Its
consistent contention has beou that Cuba
must continue to belong to Spain, or be.
como un Independent state, or else bo an
nexed to tho United Statos. That Is the
Amorlcan attitude today. This country
will nover voluntarily Interfere to take
Cuba from Spain. If ever Spain wishes
to transfer tho Island to the United
States, tho United States will consider
the proposition, If ever the Island wins
Its Independence nnd then .makes over
tures for nnuexatton, tho United States
will consider the proposition. That is
all. That Is what the foremost states
men of this union have had In mind for
n hundred years. That is nil the "terri
ble temptation" amounts to.
-o
Professor von Hoist devotes an elo.
quent peroration to "the glorious mission
which Providence has Intrusted to this
Republic." Rut either he mlsconcolves
that mission or the Republic has from
first to Inst been going straight ngalnst
It. As tho earlier guides and protectors
of tho Republlo Baw it. that mission wns
not Incompatible with tho annexation of
Louisiana, n territory then vastly moro
remote from tho seat of government,
more dlftlcult to protect nnd moro likely
to Involve us In troublo than Hawaii Is
today. They deemed It not n violation
of that mission to annex Florida and Or
egon and Texas and Now Mexico and
California and Alaska. In these things
was the Republlo recreant to its mlaslon7
If so, It has by this tlmo become so hard
ened a sinner that thero Is no use In
trying to reform It. Uncle Sam Is Joined
to his idols; let him alone. Rut there be
those, nnd a vnst majority of the most
judicious nnd conscientious minds of tho
nation, who reckon otherwise. They be
hove that It Is tho mission of this Re
public to develop Its material and com
mercial resources and to protect Its wel
fare, nnd to do so not only for tho pres
ent moment, but for Illimitable posterity.
They would unify tho American system
and eliminate from It all elements of dis
cord, dUlntegratlon, nnd, so far as pos
sible, of entanglement with alien sys
tems, so that tho Republic, both now and
centuries hence, may be Independent,
unmenaced, self-contained nnd self-maln-talnlng,
without fpar and without re
proach before nil tho world. And to that
end they hellovo tho nnncxntlon of Ha
waii, nt Its voluntary request, will be nn
Important and worthy stop, Insuring un
ending benefits to both tho contracting
parties and commanding tho respect nnd
approval of mankind.
WANTS TUG TIIINQ CLOSED.
From the New York Sun.
For the satisfaction ot tho Ameri
can people, and for tho sake of tho fu
ture that Is beforo us, tho annexation ot
Hawaii should be completed without
much further delay. Cloao up this trans,
action of national Importance, take pos
session of tho property that Is ours for
tho asking, record tho title deeds at
once. In order that tho country may at
tend to other matters.
o
It makes no difference whether annex
ation is consummated by treaty or by
bill or Joint resolution. Tho twentieth
century will caro as Uttlo about tho
methods of procedure which added to our
national territory this priceless station
la tho Pacific as we caio now about tho
exact details and legislative mechanism
of the process which gave us California
and .Texas and Alaska. Tho Mugwump
obstructionists of national destiny will
all be dead or silent; nnd they will have
no successors. The American, ot tho
twentieth century will bless us unani
mously for having had wit enough not to
allow a great opportunity to escape, not
to allow n great treasure to pass for
ever Into the hands of England or some
other European power. They will thank
heaven that wo had tho energy to strlko
when the Iron was hot.
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Tho treaty hangs lu tho senate. Wheth
er thero aro sixty votes thero to ratiry
It if tho roll wero called today, the Sun
does not profess to know. Thero may bo
sixty-one. There may bo only flfty-ntne.
If thero aro sixty-one, or even sixty, Jam
tho treaty through. If every tradition of
the senate Is crushed flat as a pancako
hi tho Jamming thereof. If thero nro
only lltty-nlne, and no other In sight, do
not wait for the slow process of evolu
tion to transform fools Into wise men, or
to transmute selfish nnd self-opinionated
and short-sighted and possibly Ignobly
influenced opponents of annexation Into
patriotic American senators with eyes
that sco quite to tho horizon. Do not
waste tlmo In electioneering for a two
thirds majority, when a majority will
sufllce. Press tho Morgan bill ahead of
the treaty. Pass the Morgan bill arid
send It to the house.
o
Tho house will pass It, too; no fear
about that! The president will sign It,
nnd the Stars and Stripes will float over
the lovely Hawaiian archipelago.
THO WRONG WAY.
From the Philadelphia Tress.
Tho Virginia legislature has defeated
one of the silly laws prohibiting flirting
which are breaking out llko a rash over
the southern states. They are all relics
of the antiquated view that tho way to
prevent frivolous misconduct between tho
sexes is to shut up women and levy pen
alties on the men. The Oriental harem
Is the Eastern development ot this the
ory, nnd these laws prohibiting "flirt
ing" which tho heads of various female
seminaries South have asked for and
which some have obtained from South
ern legislatures In Tennessee and other
slates are a relic of the harem view of
women. The sound sense of the Ameri
can people, which is wiser and sounder
than the social conventions of any class
or the sumptuary legislation ot anxious
educators, has discovered a more excel
lent way. Tho best cure for "flirting.''
the casual, foolish, aimless contact and
acquaintance of young people. Is not to
prohibit It by law, but to prevent It by
education nnd social freedom.
o
Nobody ever heard of "flirting" In any
college whern girls nnd boys are edu
cated together. It grows llko a noxious
weed by every roadside where girls and
boys are educated separately, unless
und this unless carries the law and the
prophets on this matter the girls have
as strenuous and severe an education as
the boys, and are taught the responsibili
ties of sox Instead of having their empty
minds tilled with Its opportunities and
privileges. Educate a young woman and
throw her on her own responsibility and
she will be too busy to flirt and too wise
to entangle herself with casual acquaint
ances. o
Give a girl a superficial training, ac
custom her to think of "coming out" at
IS years of ago or so, Jill her mind with
the prospect of masculine contact until
she looks on it as a disgrace not to have
had a lover beforo she Is out of her
teens, lcavo her mind empty, teach her
that she Is watched, surround her with
social conventions which sugpest tho per
petual possibility of evil and the Inevit
able result Is that both she and the
young men she Is thrown with will need
watching and require all tho checks and
balances social conventions provide.
Sexual sense and sanity are not to bo
got by lacking up ono sex and fining the
other but by giving both trained minds
and busy hands.
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WE ARK CLOSING OUT FOUR OF
OUR OPEN HTOOK CHINA PAT
TERNS At Cost.
IF YOU WANT A CHINA DINNER
SRT NOW IS THE TIME TO HUY
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Good News from Our
Drapery Department , '".-
Several small lots from 3 to 5 pairs of Lace Curtains, which, catmot be duplicated,
have beeu marked down to a price that will naturally find quick takers. They be
gin at 37 cents a pair and run up to $1.98, many of them you find just half price,
A few pairs of Derby and Chenille Curtains, commencing at $1.98, Allot'
them 25 per cent, off the regular price and must be seen to be appreciated.
A Sale of Embroideries
One hundred thousand yards of New Embroideries Edgings, Insertions and
Flounces, are shdwn here for your inspection and approval. Fresh from St. Gall
and Herisau, bought direct from the dealers who have made those towns famous for
such wares, shipped to us as straight as rail cau run and ship can steer, and shown
at the little figures that modern methods of buying aud selling can compass.
Of course they're good goods, They're the kind which are made on hand
machines, patiently and carefully. They're distinctly NOT the kind made by
steam, in which the edges ravel freely after laundering. All the patterns, all the
styles, all the kinds have been gone over with care, aud the result is a collection of
the best, prettiest, most desirable.
Prices run from 3 cents to 49 cents a yard, about one-half regular figures.
OFF WITH THE OLD
a;
TUB OLD YEAR IS CAST OFF llko
un old shoe, so should you resolve to
carry out the simile by coming In nndselect
lng a new pair of our elegant '08 Shoes.
Just received for those who want advance
styles at backward prices.
lewis, Rely k Bavics,
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THE MODERN HARDWARE
E.
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 trom prices we are
selling them at they won't last
long.
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Aud 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.
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duks3inq table's.
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1'aui.or cad1nem.
MusioUaiunkts,
Cuitio Cabinets,
Hook Cases,
Fancy Baskets,
f.OUNOES,
WOllKTAnLR.
Easy Oiiaiih,
Gilt Cjiaiiw,
Inlaid C'ii amis,
HocKF.ns,
BHAV1NC1 STANDS,
I'EDBSTALS,
TAMOU11ETTES.
All at lowest prices consistent with the
high quality of the goods.
Hill &
Cornell
At 321.
North Washington
Avenue.
Scranton, Pa,
CLS iL
The Very Best
Clothlnig 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,
FINLEY'S
Great
February
iale
Means Genuine Reductions
on all
WINTER
GOOD.
Every derailment throughout
the store represented. This space
permits us fo enumerate a few arti
cles only, which are but instances
of the
General Reductions,
450 YARDS Fancy Silks from 4
to 10 yd. lengths, former price,
75c to $1.25,
Sale Price, 59c
10 PIECES All Wool Cheviots,
good value at 30 and 35c per
yard,
Sale Price, 29c
CASE Best Domestic Dress Ging
ham, every day value 8c,
Sale Price, 5c
CASE Best Quality Seersucker,
every day value 10c,
Sale, Price, 7c
ONE CASE Ladies' Seamless
Hose, double sole and heel, ex
tra value at 19c a pair
Sale Price, 12c
ONE CASE Men's Natural Wool
Shirts and Drawers, first class
value for 75c,
Sale Price, 50c
10 PIECES Loom Dice Table
Linen (all linen) best 25c quality
Sale Price, 39c
10 PIECES German "Silver
Bleach" Table Linen, best 50c
quality,
Sale Price, 35c
'15 PIECES extra heavy Cream
Damask, 75c quality, "extra
wide,"
Sale Price, 54c
25 DOZEN Hemmed Pillow
Cases
Sale Price, 9c
200 DOZEN Cutters best quality
Sewing Silk; good assortment of
colors;
Sale Price, 55c doz
510 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
BAZAAt
IU6K
If it breaks a
point
bring it back.
Now lu general ur
In the public schools,
cltv hall and conrc
bouse offices, and
ninny private busi
ness places in the city.
YOUHS for u price saved In lead and the
time wasted lu old lashloned chopping.
S BROTHERS,
fiTATIONEKS, KNailAVEIW,
IIOTEI, JEHMYN BUILDING.
130 Wyoming Avenue.
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
General Agent for the Wyomlnj
Ulstrlctror
Mining, Illastlng, Sporting, Bniokeleil
and tho ltepiuino Chemical
Company's
HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
Safety Fuse, Caps and Exploders.
It ooms 21'J, 'Jin aud 211 Commonwealth
llulldlng, Scranton.
AGENCIES:
TUOS, KOHI),
JOHN U SMITH A HON,
E. W. MULLIGAN,
ritutou
riyinouth
Wllkes-Durra
ML PLEASANT
COAL
AT RETAIL.
Coal of the best quality for doraestla uit
and of all slxoa, Including Buckwheat and
Blrdscye, delivered In any part of the city,
at Uie lowest price
Orders received at the Oflice, first floor,
Commonwealth bulldlnr, room No (J
telephone No. 2624 or at the mine, tele
phone Ho. 271, will be promptly, attended
to. Dealers supplied at the mine.
WE 1 SI
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Flaaetary Pencil Politer
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