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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-TUESDAY, JULY 26. 1898.
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REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
stati:.
Governor WILLIAM A. STONE.
Lieutenant Govcrnor-J. P. S. OODIN.
Secretary of Internal Affairs JAMES W.
LATTA.
JjflB of Superior Court W. W. ron-
TER.
Congressmen Rt Large SAMUEL A.
DAVENI'CRT, QALUSIIA A. GROW.
LEGISLATIVE.
Hpnntr.
Twentieth Dlst.-JAMES C. VAUGHAN.
Ilium',
rirst Dlstrlct-JOHN R. FARR.
Fourth Dlstrlct-JOHN F. REYNOLD3.
COLOXIII, STONE'S lLA'l'rOIIM
It will bo my purpefco when elected to
o conduct mjselt ns to win the respect
and ccod will of those who have opposed
ma as well a3 thoso who have given mo
their support. I shall bo the governor
of the whole people of the stale. Abuses
have undoubtedly gfwn up In tho legis
lature which arc neither tho fault of one
party nor the other, but rather tin
growth of cuttcm. Vrr ccessury Investi
gations have been authorized by commit
tees, rerultln; in unnecessary cxpoutc to
tho state. It will be my care and pur
pose to correct theso and other evils in ro
far as 1 have tho power. It will be my
purpose while governor of Pennsjlvania,
os It has been m purpose In tho public
positions that I havo held, with God's
help, to dlscharRo my whole duty. The
reoplo nro greater than the parties to
which they beirng. I am only Jealous of
their favor. I shall only attempt to win
their approval and my experience has
taught mo that that can best be done by
nn honest, modest, dally discharge of
public duty.
It has cost sonio time, money and
trouble for the United Stntes to decldu
as to what was the matter with tho
Maine. Kp?iimenls necessary to evi
dence have also been rather costly to
Spain, hut the ptoof Is conclusive.
The Hod Cross Society.
The country owes a debt of gratitude
to the active members of the Red Cross
society which it can only in one way
adequately repay. Let the Red Cross
society havo the financial support for
the merciful work it has undertaken,
and the Indlvldualofllcersand ministers
win find adequate reward ti the con
sciousness of tho woik they have done
and are doinsr in Cuba. It Is difficult
to see how tho administration could
have distributed satisfactorily the nec
essary relief to the starving Cubans in
and around San tin en without the co
operation of tho Hed Cross society. A
distribution of a kind could have been
made, of course; hut the effectiveness
of the work would havo been hamp
ered by official restraint. We can
easily perceive how this would have
come about no less by a lack of indi
vidual sympathy than of individual in
itiative. The members of the Red Cross
society ate ftee from the harrnsslng
and dlstuthln-: conditions of relief
ttork undei taken by government. The
resources of the organization being
limited, they know when nnd where
and how to economize without inflict
ing unpreventlble hardship, while they
are liberal where liberality is needed.
Every case is examined on its merits.
The recipients are made to feel that
they are receiving succor from friends
in an hour of extreme need, and not
forced In their own opinion to accept
eleemosynary dabs. Many of the peo
ple who nio now accepting the relief of
the Red Cross society at Santiago were
before the war In a substantial posi
tion. They probablyneverdreamed that
the time would shortly come when
fortune would humble them to the ne
cessity of receiving gratefully those
alms they were accustomed to distrib
ute as a religious, duty, as well as a
social obligation.
Immediate wants are attended to as
they occur. An average of eight hun
dred, rations a day are given to the
most needy at Santiago. This Is a class
that cannot bo reached all at once.
Those who lived low down In the social
scale will not be backward In coming
forward to claim their share; but there
are undoubtedly others whose birth
and position heretofore placed them
above want who will have to be In
dustriously sought out. Castlllan pride
is never so stubborn In its folly as
when It has nothing hut hunzer and
rags to support it. The Red Cross soci
ety will not take any notice of this
ridiculous aloofness. It is work
ing without discrimination, bringing
food and clothinir to all whom It finds
Jn need of it. The most pressing ne
cessities of tho people of Santiago have
already been met. The society has
pressing; need of the flner sorts of pro
visions, such as oatmeal, milk, and
canned goods. The soldiers have made
largo holes in the stock of the pro
visions of the Red Cross society and
this is hardly reasonable, although it
was possible a necessary disposal of
the society's provisions. The provisions
consumed by the military, whether
Spaniards or our own troops, should
be Immediately made good. The ad
ministration is responsible for the care
and comfort of both. The Red Cross
society Is no part of the military com
missary. It Is a voluntary, chnritablo
organization for a special purpose, and
the more It Is allowed to confine its
administration to that purpose the
greater the beneficence of its work
will be.
The American Boldler does not con
sider K beneath his dignity to do some-
thins pise besides fight when at the
ft out. Machinist-privates have saved
tho government about $3000 In repair
ing rltles nt Jacksonville.
Admiral rwcy fhoiiUI present that
gold coII.tr to Agulnaldo, along with ft
stout chain with the Instructions tlmt
the other nnd Is to lie worn attached
to a bit: pocoiimit tno unit the war Is
over, during which time the "Presi
dent" of Manila might whistle.
War Deafness.
Lieutenant W. 11. Harrison, of tho
Oregon, has had his heating temporar
ily Injured If not permanently destiny
ed, and Is now nt home Invalided. This
resulted from the reverberation of the,
suns at the battle of Santiago. Par
tial loss of hearing or even Incurable
deafness of a member of the crew is
not jnfrequcntly tho result of a heavy
cannonading on a modern battleship.
This is not to be wondered at when wn
remember the delicate anatomy of the
ear. Tho ear consists of the outer
lobe, as we nil knew It, from which
leads a somewhat curved canal, about
one and a quarter inches long, which
ends in a delicate membrane, the
tympanic membrane, which protects
the tymphanlc cavity, the drum of tho
ear, while this smnll cavity is In turn
kept ventilated by n narrow tube, the
eustachian duct, the open end of which
Is placed In the throat. Any violent
shock or concussion Is likely to rupture
this tymnhantc membrane and cause
Irreparable Injury. A violent blow on
the car deprived Thomas Edison of his
hearing. It is hard to estimate what
the world has lost by this physical de
privation of the great Inventor. It
seems almost Incredible that a man
almost stone deaf could be the origin
ator of the phonograph, the most won
derful of all applications of electric
ity to the Indefinite retention and
afflux of sound waves.
There was not a man probably In the
engagements at Santiago or Manila
who has escaped more or less Injury
to his heating as a consequence of
the rapid detonations of tho guns in
action. In most cases this will be
temporal y, but In many Instances It is
likely to temaln permanent. Deaf
ness, if slight or temporary Is, It
Is true, more of an inconvenience
than an nflllctlon. No mnn or
woman traveling tho downwaid path
of life wholly escapes It. It is us
natural a corollary to this ago
as gray hairs; It Is an Indication of
the decline of the recuperative powers
of the nervous system nnd constitu
tion. The Increasing deafness of the
late Mr. Gladtone was the mo'U notice
able sign of the decline of his marvel
ous physical powets, and so it is with
almost all men who carry robust
health to extiemc old age. Certain oc
cupations predispose to deafness. Boil
ermakers, for Instance, are notorious
for this deafness, and so on with men
engaged In occupations In which con
tinuous danger accompanies tho pros
ecution of their work.
While deafness Is the natural ac
companiment of physical debility and
senile decay, it prevails among tho
young to a more prevalent degree than
Is commonly supposed, and is in
most Instances, prevontlblc. Had
Lieutenant Harrison stuffed his ears
with a mixture of soft clay and cot
ton fibre, when effectively prevents the
clay from hardening, he might have
pieserved his hearing Intact. Cotton
wadding Is nut dense enough to pre
vent the sudden contraction of the air
on the tympanic tissue and Its conse
quent rupture or total destruction. No
artillery battery should go Into action
without the gunners first adopting the
simple and effective precaution of clay
ear plugs. They cost little or noth
ing and are aa portable as canned
goods. Bathers will find It an effective
remedy against a very disagreeable
and sometimes a dangerous effect of
a sudden plunge in the water. In the
good old days when the rod was the
sole symbol of authority in the school,
many a poor boy and girl lived to
cuuso the brutality or thoughtlessness
of the blow on the ear from tho teach
er which deprived them of hearing for
life or superinduced earache, the most
agonizing of all contracted diseases.
Specialists In car troubles are almost
as numerous as specialists In optica
or nervous diseases, and they do not
seem to lack a large measure of pat
ronage. Vet nature has ndmlrably
protected the delicate organism of the
ear from untoward accident. In all
these matters that concern the preser
vation of nerves, sight, or hearing we
are yet like chlldien, we live to learn
by the experience which is paid for
in sorrow and suffering,
It was a British sea captain who
saw a sea serpent last week. Ameri
can commanders aie watching out for
pilzes.
1 1
Profanity of Today.
The new ordinance regarding pro
fanity in New "York city, which Is prac
tically the eld law existing lx most
states, seems to be causing not only
extreme criticism, but actual conster
nation In certain quarter?, although a
suburban resident swore twcnty.flvo
dollars' woith the other day and un
complainingly paid the five to a New
Tork Justice, evidently not regretting
the outlay. That the enforcement of
this ordinance seems to lie- regarded
as necessary Is not a flattering Indica
tion of municipal or national progiess
In the way of culture or morality. It
is however encouraging to sec Borne
one prominent In municipal govern
ment, who Is interested in this species
of reform in the metropolis. The time
his arrived when profanity Is not tol
erated in company where, in yenis gone
by It was often heard. The bluff old
Uncle Tobies and Sir Anthonlos, who
punctuated their lemarks with oaths,
have gone out of fashion, and while
retraining from profanity in the pres
ence of women nnd children Is con
sidered Imrtratlve, there Is n largo
proportion of men, and among them
those whose opinions and respect nr
worth cultivating, to whoso cars it Is
decidedly objectionable, Under utrong
provocation a man in:y have to fxer
clso considerable self control to avoid
using so-called strong language. Yet
few men with any pretensions to re
finement and familiarity with good
society, swear habitually in ordinary
conversation in these days.
The press thould come in for soma
ciltleism on this point as there is a
tendency even in reputable Journals to
constant repetition, under the guise of
vdt, of stories and speeches contain
ing a profuslcn of profane expressions,
and this Is not the best means of ele
vating the popular taste.
The Caiiists are making little pro
gress in Spain. Tho pictender hur
riedly left Brussels on Saturday for
Switzerland, owing very probably to a
gentle hint from the Hclslan govern
ment. The government Is watching
closely his movements throughout the
country and their efforts for mischief
are fettered by the general lndlftcr
ence of the people and the continued
loyalty of tho army. The Carllst out
break may bo general when It conies,
and will, of course, add one more to
tho unutterable woes of th3 peninsula.
Don Catlos expects that the conditions
of peace when they aio concluded will
cause a revolution, and he is right. It
Is altogether nnother matter how that
revolution will trend. Meanwhile mem
bers of the Spanish ministry arc at
tributing to President McKlnley's im
presslonableness the one Insufferable
difficulty that stands In the way of
peace. Tho fact is that tho Spanish
government has mndc no direct over
tures for peace either by her respon
sible ministers or by accredited pleni
potentiaries. Until she comes to direct
Issue, the president must be Impres
sionable, for his judgments must be
guided by the issue of the war. At all
events our demands will not likely be
lessened by a continuance of the war.
The Trading Stamp.
This trading stamp Is no more In
the "Parlor City." The final blow
against the enterprise was delivered
in Blnghamton the other night at a
meeting of the Uetnll Grocers' associa
tion, when tho following resolution re
garding the trading stamps was adopt
ed: Whereas, Many mei chants In other lines
of business as well as our own, have re
cently discontinued the use of trading
stumps, on account of which special ef
for Is being made at this time bv tho
stamp companies to induce merchants to
continue giving them out.
Resolved, That we, the Blnghamton Re.
tall Grocers' association, denounce In the
strongest possible terms the uee of trad
ing stamps of every kind and nature.
First, because It Is contrary to goj.l,
sound business principles to educate cus
tomers to expect a gift with ccrythlng
they buv. Second, It Is an unnecessary
tax and expense upon the merchant.
Third. Any merchant handling those
stamps must In some way get the cost
of the stamps from his customers or he
cannot afford to give them out.
At its birth tho trading stamp
scheme appeared to be one of the most
attractive of baits ever placed before
the class of people who are always
anxious to get something for nothing,
and the indifference with which the
arrangement was received by tho easy
public has been a matter of surprise
everywhere. In this city, It is alleged,
many merchants who had an aversion
for the scheme entered Into the trad
ing stamp combine because they ex
rectd that It would control the retail
business of this vicinity In a short
time and they feared to be out In the
ecld. The result has been contrary to
expectations, very few people taking
the trouble to bother with the stamp
bool s. From the action of th( Blng
hamton grocers, however. It Fcems that
there was danger that the trading
stamp scheme would not die a natural
death In that city.
Th army surgeons who objected to
women as nurses at the front are keep
ing still Just now. The hundreds of
wounded men who lived through the
horrors of Santiago nre, however, do
ing a deal of talking which Is largely
Interlarded with cat nest blessings up
on the Red Cioss Sisters.
One of the supplies seized with more
enthusiatm than Bibles was tho box
of baseball bats taken to Key "West by
the Young Men's Christian association
and immediately appropriated by sail
ors who wanted to play against a nlno
of the marines.
TTlth Lleutnant Hobson and Joseph
Loiter both in the city at once New
York has had unwonted excitement In
the past few days.
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus,
The Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolabe Cast: 3.43 a. m., for Tuesday,
July 26, 1SDS.
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A child born on this day will note that
Agulnaldo's gold collar has neen un
equalled as food for editorial thought
since the days of LI Hung's yellow vest.
The Jolly old sailor of Cadiz
Of Ynnkeo tara neer afraid is;
But when Watson runs
Out the 13-inch guns
He'll Imuglno school's out down In Hades.
It Is probabla that the "strategy board"
about the St. Charles hotel today will
have difficulty In securing "rough riders"
to lead tho Lackawanna untcrrlrlcd.
The barn swallow builds his nest of
mud. And Candidate Swallow well, he
appears to have mud to spare!
Ambitious scribes In this vicinity are
evidently trying to tranaform the Scran
tonlan Into a Journalistic Waco.
General Shatter and ex-Street Commis
sioner Abo Dunning will soon be able
to shake hands. Shatter Is engaged In
tho work of cleaning the streets of San
tiago. Agulnaldo's whistle seems to worry al
most everybody but Dewey.
The Spanish gunboat hunting season Is
nearly over.
THE FLORIDA QIRL.
Red rose was ne'er so sweet to press
Upon u rtd-roso mouth,
As lips of her that I tarrts,
My Sylvia of the South;
The Btentcd air is In her hair,
And in her twilight ec3
I catch the gleam, as in a dream,
Of love's own paradise.
Oh, happiness amid the flowers
Of this fair lotus land!
We laugh away the witching hours
Together hand In hand,
Whllo In my breast tho sweet unrest
Of lno uudjlng rows,
Until I say. "Re mine for ayo,
Oh lovely Southern tote!"
And then she lifts her legal head
And opens wldo her eves,
As If the serious words I've said
Occasion her surprise;
She speaks nt last suspense Is past
My fate what shall It bo?
"All uniforms and they're in kwarms
Look Just alike to me!"
Baltimore American.
Great Britain's
Naval Increase.
From the Times-Herald.
THE statement of the first lord of
the ndmlralty, Georirc J. Gos
Then, on Great Britain's supple
mentary naval programme,
which was delivered In th house of
commons on Friday, shows that the
British government propose to all.ere
tenaciously to Its "two-powvr system "
no matter how heavily anv otl.ei na
tion mav inciease Its naval budget.
In the original British programme
only two battleships were taken Into
account, but In consequence of tho ac
tion of Russia the government, in or
der to carry out Its policy of keeping
tho navy of Great Britain equal to the
combined fleets of any two powets, Is
compelled to present a supplementary
programme usklng for four moie
battleships. Tho Russian programme
provides for four cruisers. Great Brit
ain will match this with four battle
ships and twelve destroyers, making
the entire expenditure for new ships
about $75,000,000.
Of course Mr. Goschen maintained
that this Increase in the naval pro
gramme was not Intended as a men
ace to Russia or to any other power.
Great Britain Is not looking for quar
rels with her neighbors. Her com
merce nnd her colonial dependencies,
In the opinion of her statesmen, re
quire firm adherence to the policy laid
down a number of years ngo.
The proposed enormous Increase In
British naval armament Invites com
parison of the present fighting strength
of the navies of tho world Compara
tive tables prepared from Information
officially compiled by tho British gov
ernment In response to a paillamcn
tary Inquiry make the following show
ing for the leading powers In the mat
ter of battleships:
Tons
ment.
England 33 40S.WO
Franco 10 l&O.OUO
Russia 11 108,000
Germany 4 30.DOO
United States S 48,300
While the combined battleships of
France, Russia and Germany outnum
ber those of Great Britain by one, their
total displacement is 70,000 tons less.
In armored and protected cruisers Eng
land's supremacy as a naval power Is
still further emphnslzed by the follow
ing comparative table:
Tons
ment.
England 97 427,000
France 37 133,000
Russia a a9,500
Germany 15 K,6no
United States 16 79.C00
Inspection of these comparisons
shows that Gteat Biltaln is so far
ahead In naval armament that no na
tion can expect to catch up with her,
even though she abandoned for a time
her "two-power policy." Comparison
with other powers, however, shows that
the United States is rapidly assuming
a commanding position on the seas.
We are ahead of Germany In battle
ships and stand next to France in
cruisers.
With five battleships In active ser
vice and eight new ones building and
projected we are In a position to easily
claim third place among naval powers.
LITERARY NOTES.
The fiction number of Scrlbncr's Maga
zine has been an Institution for a decade.
In It have appeared many notable shoit
stories that have made their authors fa
mous. It has also been the occasion for
several novel and successful experiments
In color-printing. This year the colottd
cover Is one of the four prize designs by
Albert Herter, and It Is a brilliant tx
ample of decotatlve printing. Tho most
ambitious scheme In color-printing un
dertaken by an American magazine Is
tho reproduction of eight full-page de
signs by Henry MrOarter which accom
pany E. S. Martin's noble poem, "The
Sea Is His." The way in which the shad
lug of color Is attained Is mechanically
Ingenious and aitlstleally effective. It Is
a novelty In color printing, even for ex
perts. Tho War has necessarily crowded out
some of the Illustrated short stoiles.
Richard Harding Davis continues his
brilliant Chapters of the War with amus.
lug description of the life at Tampa Just
before tho sailing of General Shatter's
cxpedlton. He aptly calif It "Tho Rock-ing-Chalr
Period of tho War." The con
tiasts of character seen on the piazzas
of tho Tampa Bay hotel; tho amusln-j
differences of polnt-of-vlew among the
troops from various states; indeed, nil
the romance and comedv of the im
promptu aimy assembled at Tampa In
May and June are depicted by Mr. Davis.
Following the text very closely Is a se
ries of Illustrations from photographs
made by Dwlght L. Elmendorf which aro
not only realistic but artistic.
DEALING WITH THE CUBANS.
Trom the Springfield Republican.
Now, It Is obvious that wo cannot go
among these people In tropical lands ani
maintain pleasant relations with them If
Wn hnM thpm rptMv in niti atnnraHu T
cannot bo done without appearing to them
as narrow, intolerant ana opptesslve. We
must know their language we must be
tolerant of their customs, we must be
charitable toward their fallings, we must
recognize their inheritances, and finally,
we must not assume to be perfection our.
selves. There is real danger that In our
Impatience to achieve quick results, In
our masterful desire to run things, in our
conceit of transcendant superiority over
all tho rest of the world, we shall unduly
antagonize weaker races and end by
simply pushing them to tho wall. If wo
are to be teachers, helpers and protectors,
rather than conquerors, we must use tho
weapons of knowledge and toleration, and
lead by the persuasiveness of sympathy
rather than brute force. We can Amer
icanize, but In this case it Is our boast
that we will not Americanize by tho
sw ord.
PRAISE FOR M'KINLEY.
From tho Mexico Herald.
The American peoplo have many good
things for which to thank Allah and one
of them Is a president with the gift of
common sense. The president of the
United States who very prooerly has as
sumed the duties of commander-in-chief
of the land and sea foices of the lepuh
lie, nnd Is comamnder In very fact has
done well In restraining tho ardor of belli
cose patriots who shed seas of blood for
no good purpose. The war has developed
tho character of President McKlnley. who
has been emancipated from himself! Ho
Is no longer the northern Ohio politician
wrapped up In protectionism; he is a
statesman and a solilr worthy of re
spect. He moves slovvlv at times, like
Lincoln, but ho has demonstrated that ho
has the sound sense of a Grant nnd the
wise patience of the first of tho martyred
presidents.
TIME FOR ACTION.
From the Klmlra Advertiser.
There was a wild exultation in certain
quarters over tho conduct of tlto Cuban
soldiers and it is assumed that this coun
try has been buncoed In going to war
with Spain. No doubt much disappoint
ment is felt over tint revelations of Cu
ban Inefficiency, greed and cruelty among
pin
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the followers of Garcia. It may be that
these half-Marved men represent the
average of Cuban Intelligence and senti
ment though that remains to be seen.
The Cubans In this country make the
plausible explantlon of the actions of
their countrymen and they may be right
In their poslton. There Is yet something
to bo learned before making up a final
judgment, hard as the allies are to get
along with at present. But granting that
they aro worthless, the condition of
things In Cuba had become Intolerable,
as the president said, and it was time to
end It.
THE LITTLE ENCYCLOPEDIA.
Nearly 700 languages ar spoken In
Africa.
The screw of an Atlantic steamer costs
about 4.i)00.
About 400,000,000 pounds of soap aro useft
In Britain yearly.
The first theater in tho United Slates
was openfd in 17,"2.
Cigars are given to -soldiers In the Ital
ian army as part of their dally rations.
Klshteen tons of steel dlt.appear dally
on the London and North-Western rail
way through wear and rust.
A captlvo beo striving to escape has
been made to record as many as 15,540
wing strokes per minute in a tecent tert.
As far as calculations can decide the
temperature of comets Is believed to be
2,000 times fiercer than that of red-hot
Iron. ,
Tho share of land falling to each In
habitant of the globe In the event of a
partition would be about twenty-three
and one-half acres.
It Is said that the patterns on the finger
tips aro not only unchangeable thiough
life, hut the chance of the finger tips of
two persons being allko Is lebs than one
in 61,000,000.000.
Tho amount of liquid refreshment tal'on
by a man of 70 years would etiual (0,700
pints, and to hold this a pall twelve feet
high and more than 2,500 times as largo
as an ordinary pall would bo required.
Cats can swim If they only care to ex
ert themselves sufficiently The ancient
Egyptians used to fish with them on tho
Nile, according to the representations on
walls and so foith that have come down
to us.
The names of no fewer than 103 buttles;
are emblazoned on the banners ot the
various regiments which form the British
army. But many actions of great impor
tance, both as regards military results
and the roll of killed and wounded, are
not so commemorated.
There have never been more than three
contemporary European queens: In fact
the number who have occupied thrones In
medieval and modern times Is compara
tively small. England heads the list with
live, Russia can boast of four, but the
total comes to considerably under thirty
altogether.
Tho durability of Ivory Is proved by the
fact that billiard balls which, for the
sake of curiosity, had been made of very
well-preserved mammoth Ivory, undoubt
edly many thousands of years old, were
played for several months by experienced
players in Taris without It being noticed
that the balls were not mado of fresh
Ivory.
Swiss funeral customs are most pecu
Jlar. At the death of a person the fam
ily Inserts a formal, black-edged an
nouncement In the papers asking for sym.
pathy and stating that "the mourning
urn' will bo exhibited during certain
hours on a special day. In front of the
houso where the person died there Is
placed a little black table, covered with a
black cloth, on which stands n black Jar.
Into tills the friends and acquaintances
of the famllv drop little black-margined
visiting cards, sometimes with a ftw
words of sympathy (n them The urn is
put on the table on the day of the funeral.
Only iren ever go to the churchyard, and I
they generally, follow the lieaise on foot, J
2?- t ijf' "
ummcr Rcadb
TOURISTS ANjD) STAY -
Four Cent
MILL k CORNELL
121 N. Washington Ave.
BRASS BEDSTEADS.
In buying n br&ss Bedstead, be snra that
you get tho best. Our brass Bedsteads are
all mode with seamless brass tublns and
frame work is all of steel.
They coat no more than many bedstealj
madeof the open seamless tubing, Kvory
bedstead Is highly finished and lacquers 1
under a peculiar method, uotolnj ever hav
ing been produced to equal It Our new
Bprlnc Patternt are now on exhibition.
Hill
&
Coenell
At 121
North Washington
Avenua.
Scranton, Pa.
Reveenne
Cancellation!
tamps
Made
to
Orden
Reynolds Bros
Stationers and
Engravers,
HOTKL JEHMYN UUILBINO.
130 Wyoming Avenua.
Midsummer
Lamp Sale .
Until Sept ist wc will offer
our entire line of Banquet,
Princess and Table Lamps at
from 25 to 50 per cent, dis
count. We wish to reduce
stock. If you are iu need of
a lamp this is a chance to
get a bargain.
TIE CIMONS, FEMER,
AitEY ca
423 Lackawanna Aveuna
BAZAAI
AT - TOiES.
CAREY,
STEVENSON,
READE.
FINLEY'S
irnisl
M
The last ten days In
July will be devoted
to clearing up stocks
in general throughout
thisdepartment.when
everything in the line
of summer goods or
broken lots of any de
scription will be closed
out regardless of cost.
Boy's Shirt Waists
and Blouses, Men's
Negligee Shirts, Men's
Balbriggan Under
wear, Neckwear, Hos
iery, etc., etc.
One Lot Men's Soft Front Neslle
Shirts, separate cuffs, to be worn with
white collar. Our regular COc line, at
43c.
One Asorted Lot Men's Soft Front
Shirts, with attached collars. Our 65c,
75c and S5o qualities, in one lot to
close, at 50c.
Two Lots Boys' Unlaundried Shirt
Waists, "Mother's Friend." Our 60a
quality, at 3Sc. Our 65c quality at 50o.
Broken Lots Celebrated Klnir Waista
for Boys. Round collar style. 800
quality at 50c to close.
Glen Collar Style, our JM0 quality
nt S3c.
Boys' Madras and Oxford Chev
iot Blouses, our $1.10 quality, 95c Our
?1.35 quality, $1.10.
For Stout Men, extra large sizes in
Soft Front Negligee Shirts, with de
tachable collars and cuffe at great
reduced prices for this sale.
Tho greatest value ever offered in
Men's Balbriggan Shirts and Drawer"
at 21c each. For this sale only.
Big reductions on Neckwear, Hosi
ery, etc., etc., during this gale
510 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
HENRY BELIN, JR.,
General Agent tor the Wyomlnx
District for
iiraiT
Mining, Blaitln;, Sporting, Smotceleii
and the Uepauno Cbeulcal
Company'
HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
tafety Puis, Caps and Kxptodtrs.
Hoom 101 Connell Uullalos.
bcrantoo.
AQKSatiJ;
thos, rorm
JOHN a SMITH &30N.
W. E. MULUQAN,
Pittrtav,
Plymouth
WUkeBarri
Ma's
POWDER.