"-' f THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY. MARCH 2. 1893. Published '011)', KxiMnt unddr. by the Tribune rubllhln Company, at Viny tent a Month. Tlic Tribune's telegraphic jicws is from three to five hours fresher than that of any Philadelphia or New York paper circulated in its field. Those papers go to press at midnight; The Tribune icccivcs news up to 3 a. 111. and sometimes later. All the news in The Trib une while it is new. JNTF1IPIJAT rill". lWrOWICF. AT KCItANTON, I"A., AS SFroNIVCI.ASS MAIL MATT HI. TEN PAGES. SCHAN'TOX, MARCH - IMS. t'mioubtcrily tlio happiest spectators of the ppndlne fffoit to nsccrtaln the It'Snl "stntus of the Hctnnton board of control nte thoo candidates for school dliectorihlp honois who had the fore sight to ipstrve a place tinder both umiiicllas. Senator Quay In Alotion. Sonutor Qunv 1 without doubt the nblit politician In tho country; a man of wonderful nualltlv?, vliot equal nflei he shall have letlred ninv not npprni foi a Rtneintlon The Idea "huh prevail In s?oine auditors that h' i nothliicr moie than a schemer Is, or mui', wide of tlw truth. Those wl 1 h.nt had oppoitunlty to study lilrn I n.. that there at" few men In public1 . llf. who hnve hl nalutal equipment f- 1 outiuctlve tatpmaiishlp or who, if .illi-d to j-onio position making ox ti:ini(lln,u deni.md upon them for pmnipt and c-illclent eeeutle woi le ns fen eani)ile, tlii' -cetelaryslilp of v I' nt the bcKlnnliiK of a preat mlll t"i (amoalcn could acquit them f !- as btltllantl a he could in buttle-flilil. too. It K believed tWii hr would eullv take i.mk anions t i' Ri-vteHt living commandei-'. His 1 niiic in vti.itecy. In aieuiate os tinnllrs of men. In the ability to for-' r-'nUti n plan of action without dl 1 iv nf It 4 details to the eiiems and I'i thr fncilln with which he rlf.es to 1 niri Rnn Irs and comes luoklh out of burpil"' , Is well-nlKh inexhaustible. VrMcil to nil this Is a tieculldi' per t Mini fabilnatlon which wins men to Mm and holds them s-ometlines een amln't theii better Judgment. N'ot at nil a magnetic man In the conventional sense f the wotd, he neveitheless N c lolhed with a hvpnotle power which feu who have been bt ought into pet scinnl contact w it 1 him have failed to teuii.se Hrvnnd all this and peihnps accounting fur a good deal of liN mip-rf-s In life I.m the fact of his lojalty to fi lends and his gencronltj. He Is ncc c.irily i ruel as a political!, and the field uf hK (Dictations Is often blood stained, but the man himself, in his pernoiial iclntion, is singularly good natured and humane. Had politics never compt lied him to caio the toich and gun, Matthew- Stanley Quay very probably would have rl-en to lenown as a philanthioplst. Ills besetting sin and w'e propose to be as frank In criticism as in praise Is laziness He is pione to piociatln ate. Ill aolf-conlldence is not egotis tical, It is inthir phlloMiphlc, but It often gets him Into timtblc which a little piompt net iv it on his patt, put forth at the light time, would have aveited. It was so in the Dclum.it er episode It looked for a time as If it might piove tine also In the peculiar und ominous situation now picvalent In Pennsylvania polities. Tot Innately the lepcut ionics that he Is moving; that be has begun to get a. knowledge of the situation by peisonal Inquiry smd investigation, and not thtough the percolated advices of none too trust wnrthv lieutenants, who. It is stumgly susppi ted, have been somewhat ad dicted to (he ruination of faiiy tales. All of wlilli Is important if true, and of its ttuth we are convinced. Nn man lias sufleicd moie from newspaper ciltliism and caricature than David H Hill, jet he openlv op posrs the i:ilsvorth bill, saying that an honct public man need not bo r.fiald of the ciitlcistu or witticisms of the press, and he is tight. Crime a Costly Luxury The fact w libit lands out moil piomlnuitlv In the s-taiemcnt of the county (ominissloneis for tin- fiscal veir ended Jan. ". 1S38, Is that com iiionwt.titli costs, court t.rives and prison expenses aggregate neatly ?").'. 000 or about V5 anli ce lor eveij voter In thi county. W'e mspoct that an innlvsls nf these costs would show that Iwn-thlid of them ate the tesult of eilnies That Is to sa.v, every voter In the counts 1h put to an cvpense aver aging 1 a cur I y icasoii of the scant o'leclieuce shown to the laws of the. commonwealth in this vlciultv. Tut ting the aveiage at J-' undei states the case, for there ate criminal costs that never go on u-coid and these ate per haps oqufil to tho recorded costs. It alo l to be noted that perhaps one hilf of the voters of this county arc not payert of taxes on ptoperty. Sub line ting these and estimating tho un oflicial costs as equal to tho official, wo have an annual average per capita e ririlnal cost of $8 which has to be car ried by thu owners of tnxable property. If there were Included in this estimate the sums paid In tho different cities and hoMUghs for police protection the fig ures1 oubtloss would be doubled. It 'would bo an Interesting study, If one 'had the time, to tabulate tho fig ures from the commissioners' state ments since the erection of the county and to note In what ratio the court costs have grown ns compaied with the growth In population. Such a tab nlatlon would give a toleiably fair an swer to the question, Are the morals of the inhabitants of the nnthtacite, coal legion improving? Another interesting study mlsht bo made by comparing the trend of couit costs In LnrUavvnnna with tho court costs in purely ngrlcul tuwil counties whew the racial com plexities Inpidentnl to Immigration are unknbwn, President Judge Stewart of Fianklin county once told us tliat tho year's criminal business In that county could usually bo disponed of In from one to two weeks, there bclnc only one court. Licliawuntm, with three times Kr.inklln's population but also with thteo courts, would consider ltcr salf fottunato to get through the yent's criminal dockets in twelve weeks. Theie Is now ample business for a fourth court. Tut this Is somewhat aside from our purpnso.lt would scent that comprehen sion of the foregoing figures VNouldmove the uplifting Influence.') of the com nuirlty to tenswed activity In the de velopment of ft better citizenship, nud abo ctcato a demand fot the better en forcement of law all along the line. If the single Item of speak casles were ac ceded the attention it demands It Is not unreasonable to suppose that our tremendous and multiplying court costs would sensibly lighten. The Cuban Junta, It l said, has In structed General Gomez to hold himself In readiness to co-operate with tho American navy In reducing Havana. The Junta should not be too eager. How to Oet at Pension Frauds. In the North American Ilovicvv this month there Is nn attiele upon the con tinually recurring pension question which is veiy liable to stir up a hor nets" nest. It Is by Di. John It. Gird tier, for many years a pension escam Iner. His way to put go the pension list is as follows: "Let congrs pass a law requiring a re-evnmlnatlon of every pensioner, or applicant for penlin, who bases his claim on physical disability contracted while discharging his dutv as a I'nlon soldlei. A board of modlcat examiners slnuld b established In each state two or more beards might be required In some states to facilitate matters. Lack beard should le composed of two memheiH, one a surgeon and the other a phjslclan. fhey should be se leetid solely for theli eminent and ac knowledged professional ability, and their honesty and standing in the state. They should give all their time to this w oik, and be paid ft salary of twenty thousand dollars each per year. They houl.l carefully cximltic every pen sioner in their respective states, ami lepott to the government exactly the phv lcal condition of each', and how much, if nn disability In any case was the tesult of service in. the war of se ct --Ion. Thty would bs influenced by nothing esxep' the physical facts pre sontel, and alwfos give the applicant the bein fit of any doubt. Such a re csamlimtlon vsoiili tequlre about one nr to complete It, and would cost the government fioni two to three millions of doll irs ' Twenty thousand dollnts a jcar for such wotk is putting It a little stiong ly A better suggestion would bo to di vide Di. Glrelr.er's suggestion by four, lint hero is the hornets' nest: "No man can pi edict ceitainly what the ic sult of this ro-oKnminatlon would be. My expeilcnce for t'veuty ears in the piactlc of my profession has made me familiar with the physical condition of a number of ponslonets, and basing my opinion on my ow n experience I believe at least oiie-thitd of those claiming to have been pcimanenlly disabled while In th discharge of dutv will be found to be frauds, and would be dropped from the pension l oil." "What Dr. Gird imc bollevs is, of course, his own af fair; but he will find It difficult to got the public In this Instance to believe v lth him. There W a suspicion widely picvalent that publication of the pen s.on rolls would lead to tho detection of manv -aes of misiepiesontatlon and to a considerable saviiig to the govern ment without iniuty to the honest pen sioner; but this suspicion has never g)iie so far as Dr Gitdner's has. His supposition Impi esses us ns inct edible. One thing lemalns to be said on this subject. The citizen who has knowl elge of pensions being fraudulently drawn is in duty bound to communi cate his knowledge to the pension de paitment, and thus i iwn tho way to an Investigation. Failure to do this where knowledge of fiaud Is specific mal.'S the citizen partlceps criminls. in connection with Superintendent Howell's wise plan to have instruction given in the public schools concerning Cuba It might be well to place special emphasis upon the hiBtoty of the var ious attempts which have been made by the Cuban people to liberate their persecuted Island. The history of Cuba Is one of the most Interesting, diamatlc and pathetic pages in the book of modern history and it is far too little understood In this countiy. Our sympathy for the Cuban aspira tion for ficcdom Is general when it should be definite and based on ac cutnte Information. Willi every neces sary allowance made for differences In standards, social, commercial and poli tical, between the Ii't In-American and the Anglo-Saxon races, the fact shows up clear to the careful student of Cu ban annals that no cause In history Is more thototighly grounded In justice and more worthy of appiovnl and sup poit than the cause of those Ill-fed and despeiate patriots who, under nn ener vating tropical sun and In the face of great discouragement and desolation, are fighting against tremendous odds, but lighting successfully, for Cuba Libre. It Is to be hoped that the house judi ciary committee nt Washington, will listen attentively to the presentation this morning by representatives of the Lackawanna bench and bar of argu ments for tho creation in Pennsylvania of a, new federal Judicial district. The arguments with which our people are armed are unanswerable. If the aim In holding back the court of inquiry's report Is to wait until the American people have lost their resent ment at tho destruction of the Maine, the hold-back will have to continue until peidltlon freezes. The New Brunswick preacher who denounced the women of his congre gation who confessed themselves ex hausted becauso of playing cards until 2 o'clock In the morning, had certainly grounda for complaint,, but his argu ment that according to Anthony Com Btoek'ij statistics, six people had com mitted suicide In ono year on account of lossea at cards will scarcely have much weight. More than that number commit eulcldo In a year becauso of domestlo infelicities, and yet tho clergy jnan would scarcely.. denounce .mar llage, neither would he protest against religious enthusiasm because many people annually kill themselves ns a result of going mad over religion. It Beomn evident ns the days go by thnt the yellow press of the country is steadily and surely bringing Itself Into general disrepute by the manner In which it Is manufacturing and pub lishing sensational despatches con cerning tho present difficulties with Spain. Tho majority of readers whose nerves have been kept nt an awful tension during the past few days are becoming disgusted to find that much of their anxiety ha been caused by fake stories originating In tho heated cranlums of New York space writers, and they are turning to home papers or to tho few rellablo metropolitan Journals for news. This fake business when conllncd to tho discovery of sea monsters, mldw Inter snakes, and en counters with bears and ghosts, can bo enduted, butwhonsuchvvholesale lylnt; Is brought to bear upon mutton of vl. tal Intel est to tho nation, even the In dulgent and long-suffering public is liable to become wear. Representative Mahancy, of Buffalo, won the admiration of the patriotic everywhere the other day when In llioy terms he called attention to tho membeis of the New York "400," who made attempts to lionize the officers of the Spanish waishlp Vlscaya while the sailors or the Maine were being hoi no to theli graves Mr. Mahaney's rebuke was timely and no doubt was meiltod, but the doings of that un thoughtful band of goslings known as New York's "400" arc scarcely of enough consequence to claim the at tention of n congressman. m A lesldent of Upper Lehigh writes to the Philadelphia Press a timely letter protesting against tho jeopardizing of our costlv warships and the lives of their gallant crews by the use on them of bituminous coal, with Its large lia bility to spontaneous combustion. The point Is well taken. All inval vessels should burn anthracite Bishop Newman is quoted in a pub lished interview ns having said that "wo aie now passing through the most unsettled condition of the whole world since tho crucifixion of Christ," and It Is added that be predicted a general smash-up. We don't believe that ho said a word of it. In silence Senator Billy Mason is decidedly more eloquent than in speech. Some Paragraphs oi Castial Comment EX-SHEU1IF CLEMONS appears to be ono of the happiest men In tho city these dnjs and has no hesi tancy In expressing bla preference for life as a private citizen. Sher iff demons upon retiring fiom the office lift a. clean record behind him which proves that. In that position, ns in other departments of public scivicc, he Is a man who can bo trusted. o I see that Mr. S. M. Nash the w-ell-krown hotel keeper, will again deal in real estate this spring as n side issue, still tctalnlng the management of that excellent family hotel, "The Nash. Landlord Nash Is ono of tho most ex perienced real estate dealers In dcranton. and has a knowledge of the values of piopertv hereabouts that will doubtless piovo of much benefit m parties who en trust their business to hl3 keeping. o Attoinev Chides A. Van Wormer. for merly of this cltv but now of Montrose, has announced himself us a candidate for the state legislature to icprcsent Susquehanna county In the Twenty-sixth district. Mr. Van Wormer is one of tho ablest of tho young law vers of Susque hanna county nd is amply qualified to represent tho district In the houso of representatives. He has shown a dispo sition to tackle tho capltol commission question a trlllo early In the fight, but unless this proves to be loaded, he will doubtless have little difficulty In securing tho nomination, which is equivalent to nn election on tho licpubllcau ticket in SuBquchanna, ci One does not nlvvas have to look to wards Now Yoik for the real thing in yellow Journalism. Tho Wllllnmsport Sun the other day produced a. "scare head" article treating of a rumor to the effect that an attempt had been mad" to assassinate Minister Woodfoid. The sleepless dallv of Lvcomlng does not print nny colored supplements or per fumed editions, but It does ncr propose tl at th" metropolitan lournal j shall have tho u e nopoly on hntr raising "scoop:). ' Sam R. Smith, of Wllkt i-Ilarre, s again at the front us nn autho nnd publisher. Ills latest piodnct in Is en titled "Daniel North of Wyoming Val ley." Somo time ago Mr. Smitn endeav oied to stimulate tho literary people of the Lackawanna nnd Wyoming valleys to greater efforts hv the publication of a magazine to which all were Invited to contribute. The publication was Intend ed ns a haven for the efforts that had been returned from the New York pub lishing houses milked "unavailable" Mr. Smith desired to glvp the writers an op portunity to demonstrate that tho pub lishers had erred In rejecting the efforts of the aspirants for fnmo In this sec tlon The magazine had a very promls Ing birth but time demonstrated that the big publishing bouses and magazine edit ors bad not made many mistakes and the enterprise did not receive the sup port that Mr. Smith had expected. As Mr. Smith Is a man of genius his last publication will no doubt bo a financial success. o A dog nt Hartford, Ohio. Is In a fair way to glvo a sclcntlllc demonstration of tho fotce of explosive elements, and In consequence of his supposed ability In this line Is given n wide berth by tho nervous citizens of Hnrtford, Tho pe culiar position In which the animal Is placed Is duo to his abnormal appetite. A day or two ngo the dog at six sticks of dynamite that had been left In bis pathway by some parties who were blast ing rocks. Tor a time the dog had his own way about the quarry, no ono dar ing to venture near him. At last ono of the party plucked up courage nnd at taching a ropei to the canlno's neck tied him to a tree. Developments are now being awaited bv tho resldolits In the vicinity of the captive cur. who expect thnt a vIroioiis bark oi sudden move ment of his tall may nt any time cauo tho dog and a large, part of the clrcum adjacent territory to disappear from the face of tho eaith. THE DAN0BR POINT. From tho rhllactc phla Press. Tho Spanish ministry and public are scarcely consideied by Americans in dis cussing the chances of collision between tho United States and Spain, but tho present Spanish situation is the most ser ious and perilous element In all the var ious factors which mnlce for peace or war. Spain Is so nearly bankrupt and her resources have been so exhausted by tho Cuban strugglo that most Ameri cans deem war next to Impossible on the part of tho peninsula. In addition, the Spanish navy Is notoriously Inefficient nnd tho Spanish army almost worthless. Individual courage the Spaniards have. History has no finer instances of head long courage than occur In Spanish annnls. Tho Idea thnt Spaniards will not light Is nonsense, but In the cen tury since Wellington recorded the brutal Judgment that his dispositions must bo mndo exactly as if lie bad no Spanish troops, because In action they wero worse than worthless, thoro hns been no reason to icvlse this opinion. Spanish arms have had no success In a century and Spain In that time hns been twice Invaded without npprcclablo rcslst cncei from tho Spanish army. o While Impotent In orgnnzed warfare, Spaniards possess both prldo and Individ ual coinage Talluro In Cuba has been an iutolciablo national disgrace. The monarchy is In grave danger. No Span ish public man enn permit himself to be associated with the surrender or loss of Cuba. It is doubtful If the throne would stand the shock of such an event. A short war with tho United States could not injure Spanish credit, because It Is gone. An American Invasion of Spain Is deemed out of the question. Spain hns no mercantile marine. Many Spaniards, from thoso near tho throne down, un doubtedly feet thnt tho dj nasty would be safer nnd the position of tho nation Im proved before Luropo If Cuba wero lost at tho end of a war with a power live times tho size of Spain than It tho Is land wrenched Itself free nnd left Spain Impotent, exhausted and discredited. o The practical result of this is that If tho Maine disaster ends in a diplomatic demand for Indemnity Spain Is In a sit uation and Spanish public opinion In a posture which may make It practically Impossible- for a Spanish Ministry to do anything but refuse and court war as the best way to reach defeat without dis grace. Granted that the Maine was blow n up by negligence on the part of the ocal authorities, nn adjustment would befareaslerwlthnny one of the six great Lutopean powers than with Spain. The big country could pay the bill and bo done with it. Spanish pride and preju dice are of exactly such a typo and tem per as to make frank reparation danger ous for any ministry, and perhaps lm possible. If our government, therefore, is rorced to ask some reparation, the con reqtiences may bo most serious, not be causo our claim was not Just, but be cause, a powerful party In Spain has long urged war with us aB the best way out of a bad business. THE COST OF KLONDIKE GOLD. From the Philadelphia Press. Unless nil signs me misleading or there should be a sudden chingo in the aspect of national affairs tho country Is likely to witness this year an exodus to the gold fields of Alaska such ns has not been seen In tho United States since the rush to California In lSli. Sonm estimates place the number of people who are prepailug to go to the Klondlko as soon as the weather permits as high as 15M.00O. This Is probably nn cxnggciatlon, but that great numbers will ro there is no icison to doubt. According to chtewd managers of transportation lines nnd thoso who expet to make moncj by fitting out mining parties thero will not bo 1ch than IflftiKjO men who will seek their fortuno In Alasko this summer, and this number may bo doubled. o Will It no ll.cse men to ttavel thou sands of miles to hunt gold In a fiozen region? A vcrj simple cilculatlun will show whether it will or not. Piubnblv only a sn al' number of thoe goiiiK have sat down and made a dlopibsiunntc esti mate ns to what It will coat to get to tho Klondike and bo leady to begin work Most of them will go in a luiih.izird wa tiustlng to luck to bring them out all right. These, however, who have pru dence nnd foresight will count tho cost befote starting and listen to the experi ence of thorie who have been there beforo them. And it those who have not looked at tho Journey other than as an adven turous summer trip can be brought to face tho facts and tho situation us It Is by a plain statement In figures much fruitless effott Hnd suffcilng and loss of life nuy bo avoided. o Beginning nt San rrancisco the dis tance to tho Klondike by the vay of the Yukon tlvcr is i,ao mllc.s. Jf tho over land route from Juneau Is prefcircd tho distance trom San 1'ranclsco to Dawson City Is about ::00 miles. Taking tho lat ter route as the shortest, a computatt in can be made us to tho cost or getting to the mines and sustaining oneself for a season. An old and expeiienced miner who has prospected 1" Alaska gives the San Francisco Call the following figures ns to the necessary otitllt and Its cost. Provisions S TO Ji) Clothing 71 tl Tools and camp outfit 01 xe Medicines R 00 Weapons yj w Total J2U 75 Tho faro from San Francisco to Dyeu is $48 Hist class and J2D second class, anil about $13 in addition must bo paid for freight on tho outllt, which will welsh about 1,M0 pounds. Then comes the overland travel which Is expensive. The entito cost of a joiirnej fiom Sin Fran cisco to Dawson City including this outllt cannot bo placed at less than J W0. Of courso many will not pieparo themselves In so completo a way. T hey will omit tho provisions, n good share of the clothing nud camp outllt and nil tho medicines. They will expect to obtain theso alter they get to Dawson City, but they will have to pay moie for them. The cost then of a miner going to the Klondike, obtaining his outfit and sustaining him self during tho brief mining reason can scarcely bo less than tlOO. And If 100,000 men go the total outlav will bo JIO.000.noO. Largo as this sum Is it Is moio likely to bo increased than lessened. o Whit return will there be for this large outlas ? Tho largest leld of gold In Cali fornia was In Via, the sixth year after Its discovery, when J53.00O0O) was mined. In ISO. the second c.ir after tho dincov cry, J23 0O0O0O was taken out. and M.W0 people had gone thorn then, and tho con elltons of mining were vastlv more tnvor able Mining could bo carried on through all tho voar, while In tho Klondike three or four months Is the limit. Tho utmost amount of gold tho Klondike mines ran bo expected to produce In 1SSS will not be bejeind $20.oou,rmo, uut It it costs $10.ono,. 000 to obtain thin whero Is tho gain.' If half or thrce.qunrtei.s of the 100 000 men who think of going to the Klondike will consider these farts nnd stay at homo tho country will be better off. There Is undoubted! v gold there, but If It costs $3 for every $1 mined tho hunt for It will mnko tho country pooler Instead or richer, to say nothing of tho Buffering, privation nnd loss of llfo which will hnvo to bo added, ' i Havilanid CM ma WE Alii: CLOSING OUT FOUR OF OUR OI'L'N STOCK CHINA PAT TEKNS At Cost IF YOU WANT A CHINA WN.VKR HKT NOW 18 THK TI.MU TO HUY WK ARE TAK1NO ACCOUNT 01' HIOCICANU WANT TO CI.OaK OUT TIIK3K FOUR LINKS IJEFORK FEU RUARY J. TIE CiEIQNS, FERBER, aixey ca 1U2 LacUawanua Avenue. GBL6SM Pin alter Than In the Baeko The small investment required now to obtain a first-class Jacket, Cape or Suit, will yield at least 200 per cent, to the purchaser. We haven't many winter garments left and the few that we have are good in every respect. All of them late arrivals of this winter's productions, consequently with but a few week's wear will be good as new next winter. Note the Prices: $5.00 Ladies', Misses' and Children's Garments, 6.00 Ladies , Misses' and Children's Garments, 8.00 Ladies' and Misses' Garments, 10.00 Ladies', Misses' and Children's Garments, 15.00 Ladies' and Misses' Garments, By securing some of these rare bargains you will be pro tected from the chilly blasts of March, and probably save a doctor's bills. Lewis, Reilly & BavleSo ALWAYS BUSY. TRADE BUILDERS For Men, $2JIJ, $2.50 afflfll $1 Honest Shoes. lewis, Reilly k Bavies, 111 AND Ilfi WYOMING AVENUE. THE MODERN HARDWARE STORE. Stop a Mi WHEN YOU ARE PASSING BY OUR PLACE AND LOOK AT THE DISPLAY OF llRUfeHES IN OUR WINDOW. WE HAVE ANYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF IN THE BRUSH LINE. ALSO NOTICE TUB s THESE TOOLS ARE ALL HIGH. GRADE AND EVERY TOOL WAR RANTED. k s: e? 110 N. WASHINGTON AVE. MILL & CORNELL'S Firaitirc Such a choice stock to select from cannot be found clsow hero In this part of the state And when you consider the moderate prices at which the goods are marked is a further claim on the attention and consideration or buj era. GIFT SUGGESTIONS. WniTiNQ Desks, Ut.esso Tables. Fanc Tables, Ciir.v.u. GLASSES rAKLORCADINEl. MrJSIOCAIUNKTS, Curio Cam: etc, Book Cases, ' Fanov Baskets, r.OONOES, Work Tables, Easv CUAtR), Gilt Chairs. I.nlaiiCiiaii; Rockers, 8ha.vi.vq stand!, Pedestals, Tabodkettei. Alt nt lowest prices consistent wllh tho high quality of the goods. Hill &. Cooeelll At 323 North Wasblnxton Avenue. Scranton, Pa. rs vW RSs, M eey The Very Best Cloth! eg Manmfactiiiiredl 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. BW 42 j LACKAWANNA AVENUE, Yr 2WJLU prmni! HE Opeoflmii We take pleasure iu call ing your attention during; this week to our magnificent stock of Fiee Dress Fabrics Just received, which for com pleteness is unequalled. Our importations consist of al most every new weave and in a full Hue of the choicest Spring Colorings and Com binations. Also a Very Choice Line of Flee Mack SilLaM SI In the New Plaids, Stripes and "Bayadere Effects," all in exclusive designs. We cordially invite your inspection. FIN TTY o (m 1 COOIS 510 and 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE BAZAAR $2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 7-5 MUCKLO SIX BAYS9 TRIAL If it breaks a point bring it back. Now In general um In the public schools, cltv hall anrt court house offices, ami many private busi ness places iu the city. YOUItfora price saved In lead and thi tltno wasted in old lastilouod chopping. & STATIONKK3, EXOIIAVURS, HOTEL, JKIIMYN BUILMNO, lao Wyoming Avenue. HENRY BEL1N, JR., General Agent for the Wyomluj District for DUPOMT Mining, Ulastlng, Kportlnsr, Smokolejt and the Kepauno Cbemtcal Coinpanj's MM EXPLOSIVES. tnfetyKne, Caps and Explodari. Rooms 'jl'J, 'Jl.'J and -J1 1 Coramouwen'tli liulldlng, Scruntoo. AQHXCIL3. tiio, I'oun, rituton JOHN . SMITH A30N, rivinontU K. vV. MULLIGAN, Wllkes-llarf w, IPlanefary Penes! Posnteir POOTEI. Ml PLEASANT COAL AT RETAIL. Coal of the best quality for domestlo usg and of all sizes, Including Buckwheat and Ulrdsee, delivered In any part of the cltji at the lowest price Orders received at the Offlce, first floor. Commonwealth building, room No f) telephone No. iBU or at the mine, tele phone No. 27?, will be promptly attended to. Sealers supplied at the mine, WE T. SMITE i 1 i ;
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