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SCHAXTON, MAHCII 17. 1
Lieutenant Commander Sobrnl Is
concct when In Informs M fellnw
fouiitrymrn In Spain that the T'nlted
Plates does not want war. Hut he Is
in enor In saylnt; that 1V.IS afraid to go
to war. Spanish hanking on Yankee
cowardice would bo oxeeedinRly peril
ous financiering.
The Appropriate Reply.
The attempt of Spain to olmrfip upon
the t'nlted States the Lillino of nu
tnnomy In Culm adds to the Rravlty of
the e.xltinfr situation only In po much
as it further Illustrates the hypocilf.y
of Spanish diplomacy and teaches th'i
government that time spent In ai fill
ins with such an antagonist t time
misted.
it should not he necessary for the
American state depaitment to take any
H'cclfic notice of this latest hit of Span
ish effrontery. The best form which a
icply could take would he the out
spoken lecosnltlon of Cuban Independ
ence. Then, If to us Spain were dis
posed to credit the falluie of her fake
scheme of homo rule, to us she might
also award the irsponlblllty for assur
ing In Cuba the establishment of the
genuine aitlcle.
of all the plans which have been con
sidered for the fiecing of Cuba It seems
to us that this Is the best. Itecognlllon
of independence would he quickly fol
lowed by the accomplishment of Inde
pendfnee In fact as well as In name.
The day that witnessed the signing at
"Washington of such a ptoclumatlon
would, ere nightfall, put Into the hands
of the Cuban repiesentatlves in this
country sufllelent money, ciedlt and
siipplles to effect the expulsion of the
Spaniard fiom Cuba Inside of llility
day. It would also dispose of the
Cuban war debt, leaving Spain, who
contracted It, to pay it or fate th
music of repudiation.
This pioposltion is defensible because
11 l light. It concedes to the people
of Cuba what our forofathei.s daimed
fur the united I'olonlcs, nothing moie
and nothing les. Trip few Cubans In
1he pay of Spain whom lecognltlon of
lie Cuban lepublle would disgruntle
ae on a par with the Tories of the
Ameiican Kevolutlon. The Totle
rlalmed to be better than the mile and
Ill-clad followers of Washington who
bote the brunt of the battle foi Ameii
can fieedom. The Cuban autonomists
piofess to be the supeilor class In Cuba.
But they In tealltj aie the cowards of
tuelr lace the men who hope for fiee
iloin but do not daie In Its behalf.
Independent u foi the patilots of Cuba
and a fig for Spain hhould now be the
motto at Washington.
Hi. Wanamaker's bolt mav not be
an unmixed blesMng for the Republi
can part, but It will at least help the
npwspapei.s by enabling them to pilnt
some spltited news.
Our New Battleships.
Tlieie will he launched at Newport
News one week tioin toduj Iwo new
battleships, the Kentuck and the
Keaisage, which, when completed, will
be the finest ships of the Mud afloat.
The Mibjeit of naval aim.imunt being
just now an uppeirnost oik- It may be
m oi th our while lo consider briefly
some of the charaeteilstlcs ot these
two giant war-vessels. They being twin
constructions, the data of either will
answer equally well for the other.
The ships are .".US feet Ions and "J
feet 3 inches wide at heir widest point.
When fully loaded each will displace
2.32: tons of water, have lO.OoO horse
power, cany 1210 ions of coal (plus 500
moie In an emeigcncy )and furnish
quaiteis lor fill ofllceis, seamen and
marines. They will tiavel ut a normal
gait of 10 knots per houi, with a diaft
of only 23 feet when full laden. They
will each carrv four ill-inch nnd four
J-Inch breech loading guns, nnd four
teen C-lnch rnpld-flre cannon. In addi
tion theie will be twent C-pound. six
1-pound nnd four Ontling guns. This,
with four torpedo tubes, complete the
ships' armament.
The S-lnch guns arc In the upper half
of two two-storied tunets, and me
shclteied by. walls of hteel fiom nine to
eleven Inches thick. The 13-inch guns
occupy the lowei halt of these tunets,
and have Meel shelteis fioni 15 to 17
inches thick. To pierce the walls of
tjie lower tin ret a shot would have to
strike them fiom a distance of 1,300
nrds with all the pent-up energy
equal to' beaiing that shot thirteen
mils, The auxiliary battel y of four
teen five-Inch rapid-fire guns Is mount
id In the MipwstiuctuiiJ on the muln
deck. This superstructure, wheio It
fates an enemy, is composed of hard
ened steel six inciter- thick, and mi ex
plosive Bix-lncli shell could ever get
through tho bulwaik. Each gun sta
tion s separated from tho adjoining
gun by a two-Inch wall of ateid, that
the effect of penetrullng hot and
hut sting shell may he localize J. Each
of thusa guns has a scivico late of
speed of qulto lx ahr.cl ihotz a min
ute, and as each Miot weighs fifty
pounds, a llltln arithmetic tells the
storj Each hlp will carry 300 tons of
nhimunltloii.
- band ot sleol 7 1-2 feet wide nnd
' ranging in thickness from -t Inches ut
the sttrn. to f.j-i Inches ninldghlps, one
.'ttylr; fib'XYe, qne liittf below the water
jllnti, wlll-piotect these ship from the
Khotvof nn enemys All other exposed
parts aje slmllaily protected, In pro
portion to their liability to injury. Had:
of, tho armor plates tin tho vicinity of
the-deck Is a band of cullulaso which
M nutTOBflHUV..Ui all.Aio holes
dr.iiiiiiiir watr. ffho encrsy. of the
ships w 111 como from five profit bollcrn
aboard cncli, which operate two pets of
triple expansion engines nnd turn the
twin EciewT. Wore than SO auxiliary en
gines mo located on each fillip and will
aid the men handling and lowering the
boats, manipulating the nvehor, load
ing the coal, dlsclnrglirR the ashes nnd
performing other feats necessitating
great strength. The operation, of the
turrets nnd of the big guns will he con
trolled by electricity. Complete, each
ship will iepresnt an Investment close
to $3,O0O,O'i9, prices having fallen tlnce
the JIaliie was built.
When we telleet that or all the great
modern war ships how nlloat, number
ing wall Into the hundreds, no two have
yet been matched ngnlnst each other In
war tinder circumstances calculated to
nfiord a fair test of their cftlclency as
lighting machines, the courage of the
dirCotent maritime powers In Investing
so much money In them stands out In
prominent 1 cliff. Yet this Investment
conllnueH. Kngland next year will
spend $120,000,000, Kussla $40,000,000,
France $70,000,000 and Oermany prob
ably $"0,000,000 In additional warships;
hud even I'ncle Samuel, under the spur
of a shaip necessity, after buying two
new ships fiom litazll thiealcns to
build throe others.
A good reply for President McKlnley
to mako to Premier Sagasta's appeal
to him to eoa the Cuban Insurgents
to accept autonomy would be to quote
the De Lome letter.
Can Trubt the President.
Theie was a time, not many week?
ago, when public opinion would hnve
been adverse to an adjournment of con
gress In advance of a settlement of the
Cutan problem. At that time the pub
lic was disposed to doubt the presi
dent's llrmliess. This feeling, although
based upon an Imperfect understand
ing of the situation, was natural and
w ldepsrcad.
But today no such doubt exists. Cir
cumstances have Intervened which
hae effectually lemoved It. The piesl
dent's policy Is now better understood.
Tht leasons for that caution which
hcerred like cowaidlee In him are com
prehended. Our former unprepared-i-ess
for the consequences of a resolute
policy has been In gieat measute over
lome. It Is perceived that the chief
executive, while seeming to aold de
tei mined action, was simply biding his
time waiting for the opportune mo
ment and trying to get ready. When
that moment came he pioved giandly
equnl to the emergency. The history
which William McKlnley and a pa-
tilotle congiess have been making In
the nasi few days U hlstoiy which will
bear the inspection of the future. No
line In It w ill ever have to be erased.
This bting the situation it Is clear
that congiess can adjoutn whenever It
gets tl.iough with its routine business,
and urn safely lemlt the further man
agement of the Cuban nuestlou to the
chief executive, in whose province It
llghtfully belongs
The l?mpemr of Austtia need not ex
pect that the l'nlted States will ask his
consent to the doing; of Its duty In
Culm. The empeiur of Austila should
remember that he Has doubles of Ills
own.
State Insurance of Labor.
The intioductlon lecently at Albany
of a Wotkmen's compensation bill, In
Imitation of the act passed last j.ear
by the Uiillsh paillament, should vain
thoughtful Amei leans that a new legis
lative subject of great Interest must
In futuie be leckoned with. The Al
bany bill, like the Kngllsh act, pro
poses that workmen engaged in certain
hazardous occupations, an for example
Hie opeiatlon of tialns or the mining
uf coal, shall be compensated by their
employeis for all accidents ailslng out
of their employment. The employeis,
on the other hand, are authoilzed to
piovldo this compensation out of a
fund to be charged on the books as a
necessary ccfct of the business, the
same as lent, tire Insurance, lenewal
and lepalrs, etc., the Idea being that
ultimately the consumei will foot the
bill
When this ineasuie was (iist pio
poseii for enactment In England the
ciy went forth that It was ultta-social-Ktlp.
Hut Lord Salisbury, In suppoit
Ing the bill In the Lords, pointed out
that it was not moie socialistic than
the sstem then existing, under which
workmen and the dependents of work
men made non-productive by accident
weie often thrown on the chaiity of
the community and supported by pub
lie taxation If it Is the piovlnce of
government to piotect the Interests ot
the weak and helpless then certainly
the enactment of legislation making
piovlslon for the victims of Industrial
accident Is propel ly within its piovlnce.
The precedents of factory inspection
and other Industry regulating laws en
acted In this country make untenable
the position that such n law as is pro
posed above would be antagonistic to
the theoiy and piactlce of American
government.
The one large obstacle in the way
of such a law in this country Is the
fact that Its enactment In one state and
non-enactment In another would Im
pose upon the Industries of the form
er state a burden which might lender
It Impossible for them to compete suc
cessfully with rival establishments not
so burdened. This difficulty was not
expeilenccd In England, because theie
one act of parliament covered the
whole kingdom. But tha pilnciplc ot
the bill is thoroughly sound. The con
sumer who enjoys tho frulls of labor
performed at si cat hazard bhould pay
a pi Ice adequate for tho insurance of
that labor. Most employois already
carry out n. policy similar In effect, al
though voluntary on their part. All
wiuld wilcomo an enactment like that
piopofled it assured that it would ap
ply to competitors as well.
Tho post oMce cU'iuttment has de
clared fraudulent nil pu'7.ki publica
tions which offer prize for tno illllns
in of missing letteis. Tapers printing
these puzzle offeis cannot hereafter c"
through the malls. The schmo in
question looked simple. You wrote out
what you thought wpre tho answers to
'the puzzles and sent them, with a tum
of money, to tho advertiser, expecting
to get come one of the numerous prizes
J offciccl by him; but the answers were
never correct, nnd you nevr cot any
prlsie. All you received for your money
was a cheap magazluo or story paper
and some experience. Tho jeputahle
nov.'tpaper or magarlnc, one worth the
pi Ice charged for It, docs not have to
tesoit to such questionable expedients
as these to secure circulation.
The city of Chicago has ogieed to
permit children of this poor, during the
coming summer months, to uso the ilty
school yards as playgrounds, nnd a so
ciety of women has been formed to
provide the necessary apparatus for
the youngsters' amusement nnd to take
care of tho little oaes while at play.
Scrantori unfortunately has very few
school yaids large enough to bo of
much value In such a direction; hut
Scranton has several natural parks, ond
thesis ought st on lo be put in first
class condition,
Mr. Wanamaker Is likely to be ham
poied rather than helped by the auxll
lailes collected mound him. Those
among his advisors who nre i.ot recog
nl7Pd has-beens must he put Into the
equally unsubstantial class known as
political feather weights. Wo except
fiom this category such men as Leach
and the Van Valkenberge, but the less
said of them perhaps: the better.
It Is a pleasure to note that England
nnd Japan are still friendly toward us,
notwithstanding Mr. White's curt re
fusal lo entertain a triple alliance.
Imopean powers aie evidently of the
opinion that It would be too expensive
to lavish anything but sympathy on
Spain Jut at present.
Astiologcrs predict that Spain will
lose valuable teirltoiy In .Tunc next.
The astrologcis are evidently a month
or two behind time.
Unless this difficulty with Spain Is
settled soon the. Wllkes-Barrc Times
w 111 be obliged to purchase a new dress
of bold face type.
It seems about time that something
was heard from the Delaware peach
crop.
Expert Joggling
uMfh the Stiff rage
Tioin the Philadelphia Press.
THE suffrnce clause prep;
committee of the Loulsk
ltitlon.il conentlon tlt!
cato that that body wl
epared by a
luna constl-
i not Inili-
111 mako a
sincere effort to solve this miss-
llon. As now framed it fixes the fol
lowing lequlrcments for voting: An abil
ity to lead und write, which must he
application for regMiatlon in the pres
ence or iho leglsttatlon ollicer; It unable
to lead and write he or hl9 wife or minor
child or children of father or mother, le
sldlnrf hi the state, must own unci hnvc
paid taxes on ut least t'ftO woiih of pi op
cm; If, however, he was n votei In nnv
s-tato of the 1'nton en .1 unitary 1, 1SGS, oi
ls the malu de.scei'tlant of such a voter
and not less than 11 eais ol age at the
time of the adoption of this constitution
he can vote legardlcss of the educational
and propel ty qiinliflcitlon.
o
It tlos not need any legal MU lo ee
thiouvh the luggleiy r.ttcmpleil In tills
clause. The educational leqiiliemeut Is as
stilt t as that In force In an state In the
I'ulon and if lelt alone In itself It would
Insure Llotislana an Intelligent stiff uige.
Tint the properly qualification and the
qualification of h.xxhiE been a MJter In
lsoS oi the male descendant of such ,i
voter compltttlv nullify the educational
lequliem-mt. The evident purpose Is to
Invent some sebteifuge by means of
which everv wluto ipiin can vole whbo
cm lulling all or as many as possible ot
Iho colmed men. Thne are probably no
white native oters In Louisiana today
who did not Vote somevvhi re in ISus or
who aie not malo descendants of such
voters. And even If there Is, the pioper
tv qualification with Its jumble of wife,
chlldien. father or mother as the owner
of I'M worth of assessed piopeitv can
be depended upon to supply a loophole
IhrouKh which the voter can creep.
This, however, does not cover all the
means by which It Is pioposect to dilute
tho suffrage In Louisiana The suffrage
clause also savs that "no male person of
foreign birth vho shall have bepn natur
alized prior lo the adoption of this con
stitution shall ever be denied the right to
leijlster and vote In this state by teason
of his failure to posspss the educational
or piopeity qualifications piesented by
this constitution " As this would con
tinue to admit to the ballot boxes the
Ullteiate Italian voteis, of whom there
aie a huge number In Louisiana mid who
have long been a peM In New Oileans ps
piii'ally. It Is not surprising to hear the
newsp'tpers ot that city condemning ihe
clause severely. The piesent constitution
of Louisiana admits to tho RUIfiago any
alien who has tleclnicd his Intentions and
been ono jear In the state and all who
have voted under this requirement could
claim the sulfiago under the pioposed
clause in the new constitution.
o
The Louisiana convention will make a
grave mistake if it consents to any such
tampering with the suffrage. Tho plainer
and simpler tho requirements tho bet
ter. It is now admitted that what is
known as the "understanding" clause In
the .Mississippi constitution wan a mis
take and that a simple educational re
qidiemrnt would have been better. South
Carolina's constitution Is an Improvement
on the Mississippi tnstiumcnt, but 1t is
not free from Jugglery. It was hoped
that tho Louisiana convention would
frame a constitution that would be an Im
provement on both these states, but the
work done so far has not renllzecl tliU
expectation. There Is time jet to nvold
mistakes and tho severe criticism the pro
nosed suffrage clause Is meeting may en
lighten tho convention as lo the temper
of the public on this subject. Hut If It
does not and somo BtiftrngP Jumblo Is
adopted Louisiana und the Demorratle
party which controls tho convention will
have to bear the blome.
AN OBJECT LESSON.
li om the New York Sun.
Tho progress of Iho Cuban business has
afforded u useful lesson touching another
mattoi. Tho battleship Oregon, one of
our four mightiest, built ujion tho PucMc
oast, Is now nt Sun Francisco waiting
01 dors to join the Meet In the West Indies.
If subsequent events cuuso tho adminis
tration to brim; her to tho eastern coast,
she will have tv travel 11,1)00 miles,
throuchatemiiestuoui cauldron about ths
Mom, instead of 6,000 miles, which would
bo tho vnyava wire sho ablo to pass from
tho Pacini! to tho Curlbbean sea, tht ouch
a NkurauKn cat ul,
o
Germany has Just collected her western
and eastern coasts by means of n canal
south of the pcnlnsuU ot Denmark. Theie
has lien talk of Franco building nnothtr
between tho Bay of Biscay and the -Mediterranean,
avoiding the passago around
Spain and 1'ortuiiAl Tho value to tho
United Stutes of a canal across tho
Jsthmus of Panama can be easily reck
oned. Tho German canal cuts off n cir
cuit around a territory of about 21.000
square miles. A Hay of Ulscay-Medlter-ninean
cut would cut off iho circuit
piound thu peninsula of 2u0,0OQ squaro
miles, or Wst than tho state of Texas, A
Nicaragua canal would cut off for our
ships passing from tha Atlantic to the
Paelllo a voyaeo uround tho South Amer
ican continent, ot which thn number f
square miles reaches seven millions and
a quarter.
o
No schema of engineering on the globe
equals, In Importance to the country con
templatlng It, that of the Nicaragua ca
nal. Doubtless very many people require,
to ronvinco them of Its wisdom, a lesson
so lmpresslNo ns our pending preparations
for war,
PRESIDENT AND THE MILITIA.
Washington DUpitch in the Sun,
Threo questions pertaining to the call
ing out of tho mllllla have been a source
of controversy for Somo tlmo and are of
tpcclnl Importance In tho preparations
which aro belnir mndo for possible war.
These have been answered by Lieuten
ant Colonel fJcorgo 1J. Davis, deputy
Judge advocate general of the army, un
der authority of the adjutant general's
oiriCG. The questions are:
1, If tho president of the lulled States
should call out the mllltla. of one stato
for duty In another state would It bo
mustered Into the general set vice by any
oath other than that administered to tho
men as militiamen In their own slate?
2. Does tho cnll of the president neces
sarily have to bo through the governor
ot tho stnte7
.1. In calling nut the mllltla would It be
within tho powcts of tho president lo
designate certain organizations, or would
he havo to limit himself merely to mak
ing a requisition for u certain number ot
men?
--o-Colonel
Davis snjs, In answer to thn
first question, that under the practice cs
tabllshed by the war department a prac
tice, however, neither required nor ex
pressly sanctioned by law an oath rr ni
lealanpo Is essential to the muster hi ot
mllltla troop", under the net of July 1",
1SG2. "Being a condition Imposed by or
der or regulation merely," ho says, "and
not a statutory requirement, It Is subject
to change, or modification, by tho samo
authority. It Is rroper lo o'osprve. how
over, that ono of the chief reasons for
the ImtRisltlon of tho oath of nlleglonce
to test tho loyalty of tho Individual
members of tho mllllla. upon their blng
mustered Into the service of the flitted
States still exists and would servo the
same useful purpose In the ftltuio that
It has served In the post."
o
Answering the second question, Colonel
Davis says: "Tho only statutory lestrlc
tlon upon tho nuthoiltv of the president,
In respect to tho calling torth of the
mllltla. Is that contained In the act ol
July 17, 1MS2, which requite that 'when
the militia ot moro than ono state Is
called Into the actual service ot the
t'nlted States by the president, he shall
apportion them among such states ac
cording to representative population.' On
the other hand the act of Feb. 2S, 1T9j,
tonferred authority upon the prctulent
'to call forth such number ot the militia
of the slate or states most convenient
to tho place of danger or scenp of action
as he may deem necessary to repel such
lnvalon. or to suppress such rebellion,
and to lssno his orders for that purpose
to such officer of the mllltla as he may
think proper.' The call would ordinarily
be addressed to the governor, who, in
most of the states, Is made tho command
er In chief of Ihe active mllltla of the
state. Such, Indeed, has been the prac
tice of the executive since the formation
of the government under tho constitu
tion." o
In lesaid to the thlid pioposltlon this
explanation Is kInpii: "I'mlcr the nil
thoilty contened by the net of Yb. 2.
t',. It would be entirely within the dis
cretion of the piesident to designate cer
tain organizations for service under lite
call. If theie bo no oiganized militia In
the slate pointed out bv the art of July
17. 1SG2. as the one from which the militia
should be drawn, the power to designate
becomes impossible of execution, and the
call must In consequence be addiessed to
the governor of the state. H is proper
to say that the latter course Is th on-
propei ly to be putstied under otdlnatv
circumstances. It Is only when an emer
gency of time exists, or the lovalty or
the militia of a pirticular locality Is
doubted, or where theie Is iason to be
lieve that the eierutlve will not honor
the presidents request, that the call
should be addressed dliecth to the com
manders of the mllltla organizations
whose seivlces aie believed by him to be
necessary to meet the existing emer
gpney "
THE LESSON NOT COMPLETED.
From the Philadelphia Time".
If it be tine, as seems to bo ciedlbly
reported, that wltnes for the dcfen-.e In
the trial of Sherllf Martin and his depu
ties for the Lattlmer U.iKcdy has been
dismissed from his labor association ami
violently assaulted because he testified
when summoned by Iho defence it must
mean that the vindication of tho law In
the trial of Sheriff Jlartln and his depu
ties has not taught tho obedience to law
th.it Is necessary for the safety of all
dasirs and conditions In oveiy com
munity .
o
Shcilff Martin and his deputies weic ac
quitted bj a Juiy of tho vicinage, and un
der tho iristiuctions of n Judge who com
mands tho confidence of all who respect
Integrity and le!d obidlince to the law,
Tho verdict was a Judicial dcclaiatloii
that the law must be obeyed by nil,
whether citizens or aliens, and If other
prosecutions ami punishments shall be
necessaiy to enforce the hsson of that
veidict, they will suiely come. Ihero
Is safety to thu humblest alien himself
only In tj scrupulous maintenance ot
law. He l helpless to defend himself un
less the law shall bo his piotectlng shield
under nil conditions and clicumstauces.
The t Ich. as a tule, don't need the. law
for the protection of person and property,
but the poor need It alwavs, and tho piti
able misguided aliens who not only sav
un llieir employment without th pio
lensu of con plaint against their employ,
crs, but marched to Latllmcr to forco
others by violence to do the same, aro
thoso who most need the protecting caie
of the law.
o-
The erdlet In the caso ot Sheriff Mar
tin and his nsoclates Is not an excep
tional ono. It Is not a dcpartuie In any
degree from iho established law In this
state slnco Its organization, and its les
bon will bo finished only when It shall bo
cpiifesfed by ull that cveiy ono who vio
lates the law shnll be punirhed, and that
every ono who Is bummoned to terdlfy
shall bo protected. Tho ono thing that
the alien element of 'eniislvnnla must
learn, and learn speedllv. Is that this Is
n government of law. and that all must
bo obedient to its mandates.
"Marioo
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OUR PRICE.
6 Double Rolls for
20 yards 9-3nch Border to
at 3c per yard
By comparison you will see we save you 7 cents on whal
they consider cheap, and you are not compelled to buy border
of us unless you want it. This is not the price for a day 01
week, but for the entire season.
Ill lower corner wMow we are slowing a line of Jamestown Novelfj
iress Fattens at $2,T3 aiM $143 per pattern.
Lewis9 Really
& DavleSo
ALWAYS BUSY.
sS
Spring of '98.
WK MAKE A SrKCIAI.TY OP lOOT
CLOTHING. WE FITTINGLY FIT TIIK
FUKT. TIIATl&OUlll!USINKS. SHOES
bHOLS, FOUlt FLOOKS, AND NOTHING
HUT fellOIX
lewis, EeilSy k Mvlcs,
114 AND III! WYOMING AVENUE.
IHE MODERN HARDWARE STORE.
iargaSi lay
WE HAVE UARGAlNfi
Every Bay
LET IS CALL YOUR ATTENTION 10 A
FEW OP OUR HARGAlNls:
Planished Tea aud Coffee Pots with
Copper Iioltom i.c
HennlH Potato Mashers ion
White Metal Teaspoons toe set
White Metal Tablespoons uoo net
Tin Dairy Pans, 1 to ll qt 4c each
Tin Dairy l'unc, il to 1Q qt uceach
IvKEP YOUR EYE ON OUR WINDOWS
lOIt UARGAINS.
F00TE k SMEA1R CO.,
110 N. WASHINGTON AVE.
MILL El COMEli
121 N. Washington Ave.
BRASS BEDSTEADS.
InbuyliiK R brass Reditend, b sure that
j on get the best. Our brass Ilodstends nre
nil made with seamless brass tubing and
name work Is nil o. trel.
They cost no mois than many bedsteads
made of the open seamless tublue. Every
bedstead is highly finished nnd lacquerel
under n peculiar method, nothing ever bav
been produced to equal it. Our new Spring
Patterns are now on exhibition.
Hill &
rTV-nrMlflfl At 121
North Washington
Avenue.
Scranton, Pa.
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Paper
25c
match,
20c
45c
PRINQ
CLOTHING
in endless variety is arriving daily. It is of the
"Boyle & Mucklow grade," winch, is sufficient guar
antee of its style and quality, Before making your
spring purchases we would be pleased to show you
our line. Everybody buys at the same price.
BOf
436 LACKAWANNA AVENUE.
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We ;ne sole agents in this city
for the above make of celebrated
Kid Gloves, and are now showing
them in a full assortment of Spring
Shades for h'aster wear.
We also handle "exclusively"
the tollowing well-known and le
ttable makes, viz:
"P. Ccntemeii &Co." "Joinville"
"Monopole"" "Fownes"
which for wearing qualities, per
fection of fit, etc, are unrivalled.
For this week only we will make
a special offering of one of our
most popular 1.25 Gloves,
REAL KID
M
at 98c.
These goods being taken from
our regular stock and not bought
for "Special Sale Purposes," are
therefore thoroughly reliable.
We always carry in stock a full
line of popular length gloves for re
ceptions and evening wear, from 8
to 20 button lenghts, at right
prices.
510 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
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bazaar:
COMPETITORS' PRICE.
6 Rolls at 2c 12
20 yards Border, 2c 40t
52c
lUGKLOW
5J
SIX BAYS9 MAI
If it breaks a
point
bring it back.
Now In censral nta
in the publlo school,
cltv ball and court
house offices, and
many private busi
ness places In the city.
YOURS for a price saved In lead and thi
time wasted lu old lusUloucd chopping.
S,
STATIONERS, ENGRAVERS
HOTEL JERMYN BUILDING.
130 Wyoming Avenuo.
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
General Agent for the Wyoming
District for
DUP0IT
B)fiMMiraEIG
Mining, Wasting, Snorting. Smokelen
and the Repauno CUetnlc.il
Company's
Hid EXPLOSIVES,
Safety Fuse, Caps nnd Exploders.
Room Sl'A 213 nnd '214 ComiuonTre'ttj
Building, Scrantoo.
AGrCILi
THO", KORU,
JOHN 11. SMITH A SON,
V E. MULLIGAN.
Plttstot
Plymoutli
Wllltes-Barre
Ml PLEASANT
COAL
AT RETAIL.
Cm of the beat quslltr for domestle use
and of all sizes, Includlns Buckwheat and
Slrdseye, delivered lo to part of tha city;
at tbe lowest price
Orders received at the Office, first floor.
Commonwealth budding, room No J
telephone No. 2624 or at tbe mine, (elf
phone No. 712. will be promptly attended
to. Dealers supplied at the mine.
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