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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1898.
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SCUANTON, KEDllUAIlV 15, 189S.
REPUBLICAN CITY TICKliT.
I'or School Director.
Three Ycars-I'ETER NKUI.B, Eleventh
ward.
Thrco Yenrs-D. I. PJHLMI'S, Fifth
ward.
Two Ycurs-E. D. FELLOWS, Fourth
wurd.
Two Yenrs-F. S. GODFREY, Eighth
ward.
Ono Yenr-F. S. BARKER, Seventeenth
ward.
Ono Year-ELIAB E. EVANS, Fifteenth
wnrd.
KLUCTIOX TODAY.
The stockholder In n prlvute cor
poration who shouldn't vote at the an
nual election to protect his Interests
would promptly be declarod nn
ogreglous dunce. The Scranton tax
payer ta virtually a stockholder in the
Scranton school system, and Its direc
tors are to he chosen today.
; ;. Today's Election.
To wlilit liflSi lioen raid heretofore
ronccrnliii,' the imnoitunce of a wise
iholce of school illtcctois at today's
municipal election we ran now add
Klmpty that the time for malting this
choice. Ih at. hand. Voters who have
ii'KuriWor the. best inti'lests of the
city and who, as tnxpuM'tH ami par
ents have ii.ncein for their own In
tcivslfr, will not fall to do tluMr rlutv
today ly voting for lh" .U admirable
liepulilican nominees.
In the winds whwe councllmen and
nldermen are to he elected It Is worth'
keeping In mind that the 'election of
the ISrpubllcau nominees will strength
en the paily for Its comlns battled as
well as tend to Insure cfllcient local
Fovernment. With the mayoralty and
I'omnii n couiH'll in the hands of the
Democracy It It- especially dfslrable
that the present Jtepuhlioan majority
In 'elect eoumll shall he maintained
imlmralit'il. Cthenlse the results In
municipal nd'iilnlstinilon might be ills
ustii us
The thinp to do, then, is to vote early
mid ote the Republican ticket stiaight.
Complaint continues at the lncen
dlaiy distortions, exaggeintions and
Insinuations of the yellow journalism
in connection with Its report of the
Jlnrtln trial. Judge Woodward should
ply his rod with Increased vigor, let
ting no guilty sensationalist escape.
A Deserved Rebuke.
Dr. Ciiiiteras, of Philadelphia, who
is prominent In the councils of the
Cuban patriots, offers a thought In
lefereneo to the de Lome letter which
is both timely and to the point. "I do
not hesitate,'" says he, "to say that we
are, ourselves, to blame for the boor
ish conduct of the foreign leprcsenta
tive. We have n confirmed and per
nicious habit of speaking In disparag
ing terms of our public men and our
institutions. I have no doubt that Mr.
de Lome hns found In this country
milling ears for such statements as he
mokes In his letter. If he has not
himself frequently heanl similar ex
pressions from American llpn. Free
dom of speech Is a great thing. The
faults of our public men should be
pointed out openly and without fear.
Specific charges .houId be made, where
there Is a foundation for them. But
there Is a vant difference between, this
and the loose generalizations we hear
so frequently. Men in ofllce seem to
be honored lor a moment hy the pop
ular vote, only to be vilified afterward
as public criminals. We lack patriot
ism. If we do not love and honor our
institutions we cannot expect foreign
ers to respect them."
The rebuke Is deserved. It Is one,
too, that the circumstances of the
ease render doubly pointed, coming
from a representative of the class
which might most naturnlly be dis
posed to feel dissatisfied with the ex
ecutive's course In regard to Cuba.
It needs to be said, however, that
hlnce the publication of the de Lome
letter most of the radical critics of
President McKlnley and his adminis
tration have grown ashamed of their
attitude and are now learning modera
tion. An exception must be made In
behalf of one of these, a minister of
the gospel. Rev. 'Thomas Dixon, jr.,
who on .Sunday in the Academy of
Music In New York, read from manu-t-cilpt
these words, and more like
them:
When o Bowrnment gets down as low
In tho mire as ouis has In the last two
years It Is pretty hard to kick It hard
enough to mako an Insult felt. Wo
m t t-lck of the whlno of stock Jobbers
and pedlers, wl.o tell us through their
pusillanimous pmss that wo aro not pro
pared for a war with Spanish braggarts
who, tinablo to conquer a handful of Cu
bans, show their prowess by penning up
women and children and starving them
to death. The day has come for a genu
ine revival of national faith and patrlot
lxm. The day for that revival has certain
ly tome, but Us coming has not heen
helped by the kind of swngper which
uses abuse and - caluminntlon as Its
fvnilest stock In trade.
De Lome's man scuttled the
and the junta scuttled De Lome,
ors, therefore, are even.
Tillle
Hon-
. A Temperate People.
Frnnl an exhaustive report by the
British board of trade upon the pro
duction and consumption of wine, beer
aiyj, spirits In tho various countries of
Ktiropo and In the United States dur
ing, the period from 1885 to 1890 the sub.
jolrjed figures' aro taken because they
have an important bearing upon the
question of temperance reform. We
areT Indebted for them to the Philadel
phia Record.
'jjjie consumption of wine, the report
shows, has grown In France from 21.3
gallon' per head In 1S85 to 29.5 gallons
In 3JS81 In Germany, Great Britain and
the United BtatesVtlie consumption In
1896. was 1.06 gallons, .4 gallons and ,23
gallons, respectively, these figures rep
resJSntlng a slight decrease from the
consumption In those countries In 1885.
In other words, the average French
man drinks yearly 'pearly thirty times
an much wine a the average German;
about 70 times asjnuch as the average
Brian and nva-rljP'lBO-'tlrnes'-as much
nrstiiM" "
as the averane Yankee. The American
showing as to wlnc-drlnklng Is there
fore very creditable.
The French drink annually but 5 gal
lons of beer per head and this quan
tity does not perceptibly vary. The
Germans In 188G drank 19.8 gallons, but
In 1896 this average had Increased to
25.5 gallons. It Is the Englishman who
drinks the most beer of all, ale and
beer being Included under the one
head. His nnnual allotment has varied
but little from 30 gallons, being In 1896
30.7 gallons. In tho decade Included In
this repoit the average American In
creased his beer thirst from 8,8 to 12.7
gallons, a gain of nearly CO per cent.,
but It is evident from these figures Hint
It will take him at least fifty years at
the present pace to catch up with his
cousin across the water.
Of the four leading countries under
review Germany, according to the Rec
ord, "Is the largest consumer of spirits
for drink, the total quantity amount
ing to 100.7CO.000 gallons, or 1.94 gallons
per head of tho population a small
decline since 1S90. France has a con
sumption of 70,1M),000, or 1.83 gallons
per head. The United Kingdom has a
consumption of -10,070,000 gallon, or 1.01
per head, and the consumption In the
United Stales is 59,180.000 gallons, or
.S3 of n gallon per head. For the
I'nlted States, as well us for all other
countries In this report, tho measure
Is In Impel Inl gallons, five of which are
equal to six of our gallons."
The obvious lesson from the.e figures
Is that Amci leans, while not perfect,
are In condition to court comparisons
in the matter of tonipernnee.
Somrbody has revived the story that
Quay himself may yet become a. candi
date for governor. Iet him do so 'by all
means If the spirit moves. Then his
opponent would have an unmasked
target.
Postal Savings Banks.
In th recent press of more exciting
topics the public has temporarily lost
sight of a subject In which it has a dlteet
Interest the subject of postal savings
banVs. But in a letter to the Philadel
phia Press Rev. II L. Wayland of that
tlty presents certain arguments In fav
or of this proposed reform which aro
likely to arouse new discussion of the
theme.
The objection that it would be dilll
cult for our government to organize
and manage- efficiently a pystem of
hanks for postal savings Mr. Wayland
dismisses as hardly worthy of consld
eiallon after tho demonstration given
in the civil war of the nowor of tho
government to do great executive and
admlnistrativ" feats.
To the objection that postal savings
banks are unnecessary he devotes more
extended attention. That in populous
communities ordinary savings banks,
when well managed, would supply
the public's need In this direc
tion he admits but he eon
tends that they do not fill tho bill
outside these centres. In Now England
out of 4,700,745 Inhabitants, there are
2,090,633 depositors In savings banks,
with 57M.SC1.C22 of deposits; about 41
per cent, of the people are depositors;
In the Southern stntes, of 20,233,094 in
habitants, there are GG.0S3 depositors,
or three-tenthH of one per cent., with
5-9,479,314 of ilepolts; In the Western
stales, of 10,683,502 Inhabitants there are
2-18,918 depositors, or about one and a
half per cent., with $79,821,f35 of de
posits. "These figures," Mr. AVayland
thinks, "say all that need be s-ild as to
the failure of the ordinary savings
bnnks to meet the wants of the people
In the sparsely settled regions. We
cannot exnect that people will travel :
fifty or a hundred miles to make a de
posit. So they either squander their
money or put It in a stocking, and pres
ently comes a fire or a mouse; or else
there comes ;i mid-night tramp, and
there is a murder, perhapi preceded hy
torture."
It could ha wished that to the next
objection noticed by him the writer of
the letter In review had seen fit to pay
more detailed heed. What would tho
government do with postal savings de
posits If It should decide to receive
them? Mr. Wayland says pay no Inter
est; merely care for the principal. "It,"
he opines, "may be Invested In the na
tional securities, in securities of stnte3
or cities that have always been solvent;
they may also be loaned (according to
the Ingenious and feasible suggestion
cf Mr. Wanamaker) to the neighboring
national banks, at a low Interest, the
loans being a first Hen on the assets of
the banks." Unfortunately deposits
which should drawno Interest would
soon cease to be popular and thut would
defeat the very aim behind the advo
cacy of postal savings. Interest is an
essential, and If the government Is to
pay It It must first earn It by Intelli
gent use of the deposits.
In conclusion Air. AVayland says: "In
encouraging frugality the savings bank
fosters morality. Tho vices are expen
sive. Tho savings bank stands beside
thu church and the school house. Tho
postal savings bank will be the foe to
anarchy and communism and repudia
tion, partial or total. It will link every
depositor to the stability and solvency
of the republic hy the strongest tie,
that of Interest. The man who has $50
In the postal hank Is not going to vote
that the government shall pay him off
In 50 cent silver or In Irredeemable pap
er. I scarcely know of anything that
would more largely promote frugality,
morality, publlo Integrity, true prosper
ity, than the postal savings bank." All
of which may be llteially true without
helping us out of the Immediate dilem
ma, which Is, "How can .the govern
ment use postal savings deposits so as
to earn interest on them sufficient to
pay the depositors and the expenses of
conducting the postal savings system?''
That answered satisfactorily, postal
savings hanks will be legislated into
existence within thirty days.
The correspondents at Washington
who aie so ready to circulate fake crit
icisms ot General Woodford, our min
ister to Spain, ought to he ashamed.
Their work may Impair hla usefulness
at Madrid hut It cunnot Injure him in
the United States. We venture to say
that no other diplomatist on Uncle
Sam's pay roll would care to trade po
sitions with Oeneral Woodford, and It
Is a remarkable fact In his
favor that with so little ex
perience ho has succeeded so well.
He may not be so adroit nor bo
polished ns Henor do Lome !.ut ho con
evidently glvo points on common cour
tesy and horse sense to do Loino and
the whole brood of Spain's professional
liars, otherwise known as diplomats.
If It Is true that tho administration
proposes to let the Brooklyn net ns nn
escDrt to the Spanish cruiser Vlzcaya
on the occasion of Its visit to the United
States It will be a courtesy well be
stowed. The Brooklyn ought not to
leave the Vlzcnya's side for un Instant
during that ship's stay In American
watem, and since life is mado pleasant
by these little acts of pollteneis tho
Brooklyn might afterward even strain
a point and escort the Vlzcaya safely
home again.
m
It Is announced In fcomo papers os It
It were a new and Btartllng Idea that
the defense in the case of Sheriff Mar
tin and deputies may move for a, dis
missal of tho Indictment, among other
reasons upon the ground that tho com
monwealth' has no right to arialgn for
trial the representathes of Its laws for
doing In on emergency their unpleas
ant hut, as they claim, their necessary
duty. Such a motion may bo made but
If so, it will hardly come with the force
ot a surprise.
More gallant service than that of
Captain Stenger In preserving order
among the 212 passengers on board the
sinking Ptenmshlp Veendam until res
cue came, and In supervising tho trans
fer of passengers and crew to the
steamship St. Louis without accident of
any kind, has probably never been per
formed in the history of navigation.
Read again President Zehnder's thrill
ing account of it In yesterday's Trib
une and then doff your hat to this
brave mariner.
The American who hns never made a
peisonal study of the French charac
ter as on exhibition In Paris cannot
begin to understand the Zola trial and
we ure begtnnlng to doubt If those
who claim to know Paris by heart un
derstand It much better.
Having made things uncomfortable
for Princeton the temperance reformers
are now training their heaviest bat
teries on Yale. Moral standards at
our universities cannot be too high,
but maybe some persons expect the
impossible.
. .
The assertion of ex-President Har
rison that ho Is taking "absolutely no
Interest In political matters" means,
of course, that he is not taking nn office-peeking
interest. As a good cltl
cen he cannot be unconcerned wholly.
The problem of governing Hawaii
under nn American legime would not
be half as difficult as Is the problem of
preserving peace and good order In
Northeastern Pennsylvania, a territory
which It nearly equals In size.
The anxiety of the Spanish property
owners In Cuba to get under the shel
tering folds of the American flag is not
surprising. They evidently want no
Cuban Inspection of their property
titles.
Stone may shako Andrews before
election, but you can wager that An
drews would cling like a leech to Stone
after election If Stone should be elect
ed and Andrews had then an axe to
grind.
Generalissimo Carman abandons his
dream of Democratic peace with a dole
ful sob that ought to melt even the
marble heart of his esteemed contem
porary, the redoubtable Mr. Lenahan.
Discontinue the Superior court's term
of silting in Scranton? Who is tho
preposterous person that proposes so
ahsurd a change?
Spain's Tarn fo
Walk the Floor
Prom the Philadelphia Picss.
n nARIOUS questions aro raised In
somo quarters In connection with
W the de Lome incident. Did the
Yy Spanish minister outgeneral our
government in offering his resig
nation beloro ho could bo called to ac
count? Did the Spanish cabinet hasten
to accept his leslgnatlon before It was
asked to recall him? Was thero need
less and unfortunato delay in presenting
the message of out state department at
Madrid? Has there been a play of tac
tical movements In which the Spanish
minister and government have thus far
had the advantage? These questions are
propounded mid dlrcuFsed as if they pos
sessed real lmpoitanco and significance.
As a matter of fact they are of second
ary and Inferior moment. They may
carry some Interest as a mero detail of
diplomatic procedure, but they do not
touch the vital merits of tho leal ques
tion which has ecmo up between the two
governments.
o
Mr. do Lome Is now eliminated from
tho Issue. Whether ho foies tailed recall
or dismissal by promptly resigning Is a
matter of small consequence. It Is
enough that ho recognized he had be
come Impossible and took himself out of
the way. What remains (.f the Incident
Is a question between the two govern
ments free from the disposition of the In
dividual, and that Is a question which
Is not to bo determined by any smart
technicalities. Tho essence ot that ques
tion Is whether the Spanish government
shall extenuatu tho offensive act of its
representative, whether it shall shield
him and condone his wrong behind a
resignation and above nil whether It shall
keep Itself on a footing of complete cour
tesy and free intercourse with President
McKlnloy'a administration. That Is a
question primarily and peculiarly for tho
Spanish government. It concerns Madrid
far more than Washington. Our gov
ernment needn't borrow any trouble
about It. It Is the other party that may
bo left to walk the floor. The Spanish
government has been Informed In a digni
fied and courteous manner of tho act of
Its representative. It has dealt with him
by accepting his hastily proffered resig
nation. But that doesn't dlschargo Its
duty to this government, and whether It
accepted the resignation before tho com
plaint was received oi not doesn't affect
the matter. The complaint is there and
to that complaint the answer must be
made, not to Mr. do Lome, but to tho
government ot the United Stutes.
The spirit of the answer will deter
mine the attitude of Spain. If It bo an
attempt to evade a Just and free atone
ment under the plea that the minister's
resignation was promptly accepted, It
will not relievo tho SpnnUh government.
If, on the other hund, It Is un open and
unreserved disavowal of his net and a
frank expression of regret, It will. set the
Bagasta government right and permit its
reception in tho same Hplrlt. This an
swer must be a, voluntary offer ot good
will. We havo no occasion to demand it.
The Spanish go eminent knows what Is
due to Its own honor and to our ff-
fended sense, It Is not a question which
J Is affected by any measure of quibbles
or any raco of technicalities. Wo do not
doubt that tho Sagdsta ministry will
meet Its full obligations. It Is n matter
which Is far more Important to It than
to President McKlnley, and with tho
tenuro of Cuba hanging by a thread any
courso which would preclude free and
friendly Intercourse with our government
would be suicidal.
IIOW TO DEAL WITH QERMANY.
From the Washington Tost.
Without going Into the details, which
at present aro not definitely understood,
we mny safely assert In a general way
that Germany Is disposed to treat this
country In u. very unfriendly manner.
We may go even further, In fact, ana
say that her method of applying the
hostile treatment Is discourteous. Ger
many Is not only ndoptlng a policy of
commercial warfare, animated by a spirit
of retaliation, but she Is doing It with
what seems to bo deliberate rudeness.
o
Of course, no ono denies Germany's
right to urrniifcc hev tariff nffalrs ac
cording to her own Ideasj. That Is tho
privilege of every nation. It Is u privi
lege which wo exercise and Intend to ex
ercise to tho end of the chapter. In such
matters, nations consider their own In
terests, and not tho weiraro or tne rest
of tho world. If Germany were to levy
nn utterly prohibitory tax on products
of any given kind, She would bo well
within her sovereign prerogative, and no
ono could propeily reproach her. Hut
Uerinany has no right to slnglo out tho
United States for hnrur-slng and Injurious
restriction. Wo have with that empire
a distinct and explicit treaty, under tho
teims of which we nre guaranteed tha
same advantages that aro extended to
any other nation, and when Germany,
under any pretext whatsoever, violates
that compact, wo ore justified In com
plaining of unfair discrimination.
o
It Is not dtfllcult to locate tho Inspira
tion of this unfriendliness. Tho Geiman
government Is simply responding to tho
Agrarian clamor for reprisals on ac
count of our sugar tariff. It Is an old
story, familial to every one who keeps
pjco with public events, and need not
be recapitulated here. Germany has been
resentful and hostile In her attitude for
somo years past and has exhibited great
Ingenuity in the contrlvanco of excuses
for tho exploitation of her sentiments.
in various ways she has attacked our
trade and embarrassed and persecuted
our exporters. This latest demonstration
against American fruits, plants, etc., Is
merely a new form of expression for an
otd animosity. It means, tlmply, that as
long as we maintain the extra tariff on
sugars Imported from countries which
pay a bounty to their producers wo may
look for theso 'Irritating and harmful
ucts on tho part of Germany. Wo may,
after great trouble and tlrosomo contro
versy, nrrango this question of tho ap
ples, and so on, but within a very few
weeks the German anlmut will tako an
other shape and American Interests will
again bo subjected to distress and injury.
o
Tho question is whether we should
frittw away tlmo In tho adjustment of
these successive and persistent annoy
ances; whether it were not more dlgnlllcd
to recognize their real character and
purpose and to accept the hostile over
ture with courageous candor. It means
retaliation why, then, pretend to he
llevo that It means anything else? Why
not treat It as It deserves nnd give Ger
many the opportunity she seems to long
for? We can play at retaliation our
selves. Tho president Is fully autnonzed
to treat Germany Just as she U treating
us. Why not have done with this stupid
farce and take the gamo us it is offered
us?
UNREASONABLE CENSURE.
From the Washington Post.
Abuso of congressmen becauso they
have endeavored to secure early action
on pension claims of their constituents
Is unjustifiable, and, therefore, uncalled
for. So long as a congressman asks for
no violation or straining of law, but
confines his efforts In tho matter of pen
sions to a fair presentation of facts, his
activity may Justly bo attributed to sood
motives. There Is nothing wrong, noth
ing that Is not really commendable, In
asking tho pension bureau to tako up a
particularly meritorious case out of its
turn. If a congressman knows that an
applicant, a soldier or a soldier's widow,
Is In distress, suffering for the neces
saries of a decent existence, he does a
manly thing In writing or going or send
ing his secretary of the pension bureau
to ask that the case be expedited. Thero
nre thousands of applicants who can
wait for tho adjudication of their cases
without serious inconvenience. Thero
aro thousands of pensioners, many of
them of tho most deserving class, hav
ing an empty sleeve or a wooden leg.
who would never havo known want had
their country denied them a pension. But
many of the pensioners are very poor,
and many of those who now have appli
cations on file are In destitute circum
stances. Should a congressman bo abused
as a public enemy If, when one of these
poor creatures asks his aid In getting
early consideration of his or her enso, he
promptly compiles with tho request?
o
The tlmo has been when many of the
leading statesmen in both houses of con
gress havo made a specialty of attending
to tho requests of the veterans In rela
tion to pensions. Does anybody think
tho worse ot John A. Logan and Daniel
W. Voorhees because they were active
In behalf of pension claimants? Did the
people of their respective states blame
them, or did their national reputation
suffer by reason of such activity?
Tho Post has no doubt that thero aro
too many names on the pension roll. It
has no doubt that congress has been too
liberal In special pension legislation, and
It believes that the general pension act
ot 1&90 opened the door for thousands of
the undeserving to get their names on
the roll. It believes, too, that thousands
of tho undeserving havo take;i advan
tage of that act; that thousands who
were not Injured In tho service, and aro
quite able to make a good living, are
drawing pensions on tho ground that
they are not able to support themselves
"by manual labor." But all this should
not bo permitted to work to the Injury
of meritorious applicants. The legisla
tive mistakes of congress cannot be
remedied by reckless declamation
against the pension roll or by assailing
congressmen for giving kind attention
to appeals from the old soldiers and their
widows to expedite action on their
claims.
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Spring changes the silky dress of our flower plants and the silk dresses of women
as well, and '98's Spring Silk Blsssoining promises to be the daintiest, most artis
tic and flower-like yet produced. Solid richness, gauzy transparency and stuffy
softness vie for supremacy, in colorings, patterns, and styles varied enough to suit
every taste and everypurse. Spring Silks have been pouring in for some time, all
the famous silk centers of the world sending their choicest and newest, and our
counters are fairly laden with silk richness and silk beauty beyond the power of
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MusioOAiiiNirrs,
ccuio ca11inets,
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Easy Chairs,
on.T Ciiaibs,
iNI.AIDCHAIRi.
Rockers,
Huavino Stands,
Pedestals,
Tauourettes.
All at lowest price conslatcut with the
high quality of the goads.
Hill &
Coeniell
At 1121
North Washington
Avenue.
Scranton, Pa.
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The Very Best
Clothlog Mao Mfact Hired
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.
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416 LACKAWANNA AVENUE.
FIMIE
Aomituial
LMcn Sale
Opens today and will
continue for
Tee DaySo
No need to say that the values wo
will offer during this sale will he mora
convincing than ever that we are In a
position to offer "High Class" Table
Linens, Napkins, Doylies, etc., at prices
that defy competition.
Tho few numbers iiuoted here, aro
only an Index to the sneclal prlct-s
which will apply to all Qualities in
stock, (during this sale only), from our
25c number to the finest "Double Satin
Damask" &t $2.75.
10 PIECES flno German "Silver Bleach"
Damask, 68 In. wide; resular GOc.
quality
Sale Price, 35c
10 TIKCES 04 In. wide; regular 73c.
quality
Sale Price, 54c
10 PIECES Cream Belfast Damns!:, 72
In. wide: regular Vic. quality
Sale Price, 58c
8 PIECES 72 in. wide; regular $1.00
quality
Sale Price, 75c
A PIECES 72 In. Bleached; regular $1.00
quality
Sale Price, 75c
Table Napkins to match' all our finer
quality Damasks.
25 DOZEN German "Silver Bleach"
Napkins, 6-8 size; regular $1.23 qual
ity Sale Price, $3.10
25 DOZEN 5-8 size; regular $2.00
quality
Sale Price, $3.75
3-4 size, Full Bleached Damask; regu
lar $2.25 quality
Sale Price, $3.85
All liner numbers in proportion.
Special prices on Towels (For this
Sale).
510 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
Y'S
BAZAAR
i
If it breaks a
point
bring it back.
Now in ceneral us
In the publlo schools,
cltv hall and court
house offices, and
many private bust
nes8 places in the city.
YOURS for a price saved In lead and tha
tlmo waited In old fashioned chopping.
S
s,
STATIONERS, ENGRAVERS,
IIOTUL JERMYN BUILDING.
130 Wyoming Avenue.
HENRY BELIN, JR.,
General Agent for the Wyomloj
District for
Mining, masting, Sporting, Smokoleu
and the Repauno Chemical
Company's
HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
Safety Fuse, Caps and Exploders.
Rooms '.i'., 'Jill and '21 1 ComraonweaUtj
liuildluzi Scranton.
AGENOIE&
THOS, FORD,
JOHN li. SMITH JtliON.
E. W. MULLIGAN,
rittstaa
Plymouth
WllUes-Barr
II PLEASANT
COAL
AT RETAIL.
Coal of tho but quilttr for domestlo um
and ofxll sizes. Including Buckwheat anil
Blrdseye, delivered la any part of tha city,
at tho lowest price
Orders received at the Ofllce, first floor,
Commonwealth buildinr. room No
telephone) No. 2624 or at tho mine, tele
phone Ho. 272, will bo promptly, attend!
to. Dealers supplied at the mine.
WML 1 SI
KKU.
SIX BAYS9 TRIAL
Flmetary FeicSl Politer
wreirs
POIDER.
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