THE SCRAXTOX TRIBUNE- SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8. 1898.
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THIS IS UNUSUAL NEWS.
The Fact Thnt the Government Has
Made a Remarkable Decision
Regarding Whiskey.
Under the new iccnue stamp law,
whiskies are exempt trom special tuxa-J
tlon, but medicines uro taxed. It Is a no
ticeable fact, howeor, tlmt one whiskey
la compelled by the government to Ubo the
proprietary stamp on tho ground that It
is a medicinal preparation This sulllnry
exception Is made lit the case of Duffy's
Pure Malt Whiskey, its peculiar modi
clnal qualities being thus recognized by
tho government, as It lias been tccognlt'tl
by hundreds of thousnnels of people who
have expcrlenoed Its curative qualities,
This fact has long been known to tho
medical profession. viz . that Duffy's
Pure Malt Whiskey Is u medicinal
whiskey prepared especially for the use
of Invalids and for the specific treatment
of all diseases where a' tonic Is desired.
IThe Carbondale correspondence of The
Tribune has been placed In the hands of
Mr. J. M. Forbes. AH complaints as to lr
regulai delivery, etc, pIo news Items,
should be addressed to Roberts & Rey
nolds, news agents.
A MYSTERY CLEARED.
Michael Moran, the city's famous de
tective, added another victory to lin
long list yesteiday when he discovered
Miss Emella Oardosln, a Wllkes-Pairo
lass of tender years. Her parents re
side at Wllkes-Barre. and weie dis
tracted over her absence. Mr. Mor-n
found her at Simpson, where he acci
dentally happened to see her, and he
Immediately recognized lnr from ihe
descriptor he received from the
Wllkes-Barre police. He took her to
this city, where she Is detained await
ing the arrival of hv patents.
AN ICE BICYCLE.
Some time ago this paper exclusively
mentioned that T. A Walsh had In
vented a bicycle that would run on
sonw and Ice. Yesterday Mr Walsh
received papers from Washington stat
ing that his Invention had been pat
ented. John Swlgert, of Cottage street,
helped the Inventor perfect the model,
which Mr. Walsh himself has ridden
some miles. He has received a num
ber of offers from capitalists, but has
accepted none.
FOOT BALL TODAY. ,
The Indian foot hall team had ar
ranged for a game with the eleven rep
resenting St. Thomas' college eleven,
of Scranton, today, but the game will
not he played, owing to the latter team
backing out. Instead, the Indians will
line up against the Cottage Athletic
club and an excellent game may be
anticipated. The game will be called
at Alumni park at i o'clock. The High
school team will go to Honesdale this
morning and will play that hamlet's
team this afternoon.
GIVEN A HEARING.
William Slatee, of Honesdale. 'was
before Alderman Jones on the charge
of trying to stab one of the trainmen
on a Delaware and Hudson passenger
train The trainman would not allow
Mr. Slatee to pull the bell cord and It
was for this that Slatee tried to knife
him. The defendant's ball was fixed
at six hundred dollars, which, on ac
count of being unable to furnish, he
was committed to the county Jail to
await trial by Jury.
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PAINFULLY INJURED.
John Andrews, of Riverside place,
received some painful Injuries while
at Uniondale, where he acts as fire
man on an Erie pusher. Mr. McAndrew
fell off his engine while it was stopped
and received several severe cuts In his
head and face and was otherwise bad
ly bruised. Dr. John Nlles dressed the
wounds and found it necessary to take
several stitches in one over his left
eye.
KENNEDY PLAYERS.
The favorite troupe, the Kennedy
players, will open a week's engagement
on Monday night at the Grand opera
house, when "The Hand of Fate" will
be presented The company Is, well
balanced and each one especially adapt
ed to his or her part. The sale of seats
opened with a lush yesterday at Rey
nolds', and from present appearances
the house will be crowded on Monday
night.
ON A STRIKE.
The driver bovs at No. 3 mine are
again- on a strike. A young fellow
named Deegan was discharged for mis
using his mule and the rest of the num
ber went on a strike on this account.
They refuse to go hack to work unless
Deegan Is re-emploed The mine wag
idle Thursday and Trlday as a result
of the strike. The company officials
say they will not take back the dere
lict emploje. and the matter will be
watched with Interest.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
Mr. and Mrs. H. II. Major and fam
ily have returned to the city after a
season's stay at Crjstal lake.
Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Crevellng have
returned to their home In Plj mouth,
after a week's stay with theli son, S.
R. Crevellng, of Seventh avenue.
The Trinity church choir will be pho
tographed this afternoon
Mr, and Mn. Louis Uelger are In
Hawley, where they attended tho
funeral of the latter's futhei yester
day. Senator J. C Vaughn was the guest
of J. F. Reynolds, Thursday.
W. R. Cleft, of Dickinson street. Is
enjoying his vacation in New York and
Philadelphia.
-Mrs. II. A. Brown, of Peckville, spent
yesterday as the guest of Mrs. 8 S.
Hards,
Mrs. William Stevenson is seriously
111 at the home of her father, Joimthan
Dawson, on New I'emctery street.
Tho many friend In this city of
Charles Horn, of Scranton, will be
pained to hear thttt he Is berlously III.
Mrs. Elizabeth Ayers is confined to
her home on Dundaff street by Illness,
Mrs. L. S. Carlton, of Wame street,
Is 111.
PRICEBURG.
There will be nn entertainment nnd
drawing fin tho benefit of AVIIIIam .1.
Oliver, In Foley's hull (formerly Fad
den's), on Saturday evening, Oct JJ.
Doors will bo open at 7 o'clock; enter
tainment to I'ommfnw nt S o'clock.
Tickets, 2Z cents. Tho following or
tlclerrwJH be disposed of- Parlor chair,
parlor lamp, 50 pounds of four, silver
castor, boy's suit of clothes, smoked
ham, copper metal kettle, table cover,
comforter, set of flat Irons, lamp, box
of cigars nnd an umbrella.
James Muryctson was a Scranton
visitor yesteiday.
Miss draco Shafer and George Wood,
of Albert street, were married Wed
nesday by the Rev. W. H. Holder.
Both parties ate prominent young peo
ple of this place.
TAYLORJNEWS.
Now District President Installed
Officers Church and Personal
News.
Mr. William Nyhart, a former resi
dent of this place, nnd a member of
eamp No. 4't2. Patriotic Order Sons of
America, jecclved his commlslon n-i
Tuesduy as the new appointed district
d-H tv of Lackawanna county to sii'
ceed Mr. 1 .ntl.lln Phillips, whi.se
term as dldtri' t deputy has expired
The Rev. Autln Griffin, 15. D, the
newly appolrtM p'es'dlng elder of ti'o
Wyoming riliinl "111 pieach In 'h
M. E. church tomorrow morning The
services of the day will be as follows.
Love feast nt 9 30: preaching nt 10 30,
followed by the Lord's supper, Sunday
school at 11 45 All welcome
The coming entertainment of the
Llbeity council, Daughters of America.
which is to be held on Oetobet H
promises to be a grand musical treat
They will also hold n social after the
temtalnment. The programme will ap
pear In this column in the course of a
day.
Mrs. Peter Jones, who has been
spending the past few days in Price -bur,
has routined to the home of Mi
and Mrs. John E Davles, of North
Main street.
Lackawanna council, No 34. Daugh
ters of Pocohontas, Installed officers at
their meeting In Uedmen's hall on
Thursday evening. The officers were
Installed ns follows Propltus Mry L.
How ells, Pocohontas, Mrs. Martha
Taj lor: wenona, Mrs. Beecher, Poat
an, John K. Jones, first scout, Mrs
Hurst, second scout, Mrs Noakes, tlrst
warrior, Mrs Jenkins, second wan lor,
Mrs. Morris; third warrlor.Mrs. Rossar.
fouth warrior, Mis. Howells. first coun
cilor, Mrs Thomas, Hecond councilor,
Mrs. Mapleson, first runner, Mr.
Jones; second runner, Mrs. Harris;
guard of the forest, Mrs Evans, trus
tee. IS months, Mrs. Anna Kvans
Mr Thomas King, Jr , of Glenwood,
has accepted a position in the Laflln
store of the Glenwood coal company
The third quarterly conference will
be held In the M. E. church this even
ing. Miss Sallie Price, of Dunmore, was
the guest of her parents. Mr and Mrs.
John Price, of Ridge street, yesterday
Services at the Calvary Baptist
church tomorrow will be held at the
usual hours. Rev Dr H II Hart Is
will officiate. Morning service at 10 30
o'clock, Sunday school at 2 p m ,
evening service at 6 p m. Rev D S
Jones, of Wales, will occupy the pul
pit at the morning service
Mr. James Howells, of Providence,
was the guest of his parents In this
place yesterday.
Temple of Love lodge. No. 7, True
Ivorltes, will meet this evening in
Reese's hall.
Services tomorrow In the First Welsh
Baptist church will be held at the usual
time. Pastor Rev. J M. Lloyd will oc
cupy the pulpit.
The Tribune branch office In Taylor
Is in the Cohlelgh building
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Rogers have
been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. T. R
James, of Providence, for the past few
days.
Preaching In the First Welsh Con
gregational church tomorrow will be
held at the usual hours. Pastor Rev.
Ivor Thomas will officiate. Morning
services at 10 30 a. m , Sunday school
at 2 p m , evening service at 7 p. m.
Everybody is cordially Invited.
Machinists are kept busy placing the
looms In the new woolen mill Messrs.
Renard nnd son, owners of thp fac
tory, say that it will be second to none
In the country when completed.
Taylorvllle lodge, No fiBS, Indepen
den Order of Odd Fellows, will meet
this evening in their rooms on North
Main street.
Mrs. John K. Davles and daughter.
Mrs. David S. Price, were the guests
of relatives in Plymouth on Thursday.
Services In the Presbyterian church
tomorrow will be held nt the usual
hours. Sunday school will be held lm
diately after the morning service. Rev.
L R. Foster will officiate.
Mrs. Peter Jones was the guest of
relalves In Prlceburg on Thursday.
AVOCA.
The Delaware and Hudson train, due
here at 9 41 p. m., struck and Instantly
killed John Eustace at the Stark's
crdssing on Thutsday evening. He
was employed as agent for the Metro
politan Life Insurance company, and
was returning home from Scranton af
ter settling some nccounts with tho
company. Deceased was 42 jeurs of
age and is sutvlved by an aged mother,
a wife and two children, Georglana nnd
James. He was an active member of
No. 35, Ancient Order of Hibernians.
The funeral v. Ill take place on Sunday
afternoon. Interment will be In St.
Mary's cemetery
Homer Warner, of Mooslc. attended
the Christian Endeavor convention at
Harrlsburg this week.
James and Peter Walsh, professional
rlatlonetlsts accompanied Hatter's
band to Lebanon this week.
Mrs. M. A. Flock Is doing business In
Philadelphia.
Woik on the foundation of P D.
l.andon's nv house was begun this
week.
The St. Alo slus nnd rather Mat
thew societies ot this town will par
ticipate In the parade at Wilkea-Harra
on Monday.
. icqulem mass will be celebrated
on Monday morning In St. Mary's
church for the repose of the soul of the
victims of the Mud Hun disaster.
Dr. Lees, of Plttston hospital, nnd
Howard Tear, of Plttston, spent Thurs
day evening at the Snyder residence.
Mls-s Nellie Whnlen, of Wllkes-Paire,
l a visitor nt the Whnlen residence.
A H Smith, of the Avoca Argus,
visited the Montrose fair this week,
The funui.il of Jicob Smith took
place yesterday afternoon. Services
wer conducted at the family residence.
Interment wns made In Moner's ecme
tery Autumn services In the Methodist
Eplscop.il chute h, beginning Sunday,
Oct. 9, will be condueted ns follows'
Oct 010.30 a. in , sermon, pastor, 3
P. in., Sunday school rally nnd annl-
"Mii'wminOTaaaUMiiBiiiiiuMtiMi
Substitute for Lemons.
Horsford's Acid Phosphate
la ooollngt quenches thirst, end note
as a Tonlo.
Shun Imitation! Sld onl in bottlei.
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Consider1 the. Lilies.7
The trying troubles of women result torn catarrh, Mrs, Colonel Hamilton
and others t commend Pe-rU'tta.
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Mrs. Hamilton's picture is printed here, nnd her statements about IVru-na
find echo in tho hearts of women tho country through,
"It gives me much pleasure," writes Mrs J. A. Ilashor of Knowillc, Tcnn.,
" to recommend to tho public such a valuable remedy as Pc-ru-na."
" My health was completely broken down, and had been for almost a year. I
could not rest day or night, but suffered constantly untold misery. Tried rem
edy after remedy, but found no relief until Pc-ru-nn vv'as recommended to mo
by a friend. I have taken one and n half bottles and am to-day well and hearty.
I shall always praise Pe-ru-na, for 1 feel it saved my life "
Miss Hello Gunsalis, No. 203 Seventeenth Ave,, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, writes to
Dr. Hnttman : " Your medicine cured trie of chronic catarrh nffectintr the.
head, nose nnd throat, which I was nfilieted with for five or six years, growing
worse nil the time, until 1 began taking your Pc-ru-na. Indepcndcntof curing
my catarrh, Pe-ru-na lias wonderfully improved my general health."
versary address He v. D. Y. Smith.
7.30 p. m , wrmon pastor. Mondav,
Oct. 10 7.30. pi aver, song and praise
service, led bv Gpoieo W Shales
Tuesday, Oct 117 30, t-ermon, Hev.
John Humphries Wednesday. Oct 12
7 30, -ermon, Rv I' L Stntep.
Thursday, Oct. IS 7 10, sermon Hev. J
W Pi ire rrldny. 0"t 147 30, ser
mon, Hev. William Filsbv Sunday,
Oct 1610 30, session of Sundiv school,
2 pm, third nuuterly meeting, ser
mon, Hev Dr Austin fi lllln, presiding
eldei , 7 30 p m , Epwoith LoaRiie ral
ly and Veper reponlvo servicer
Mr Graham, of North Main street,
is suffer lnsx from a severe attack of
rheumatism
Sir John Pnvder, of South MMn
stieet. is seriously ill
Thete will be a special meeting of
Division 3. Ancient Older of Hiberni
ans, tomorrow evening -t 7 o'clock. A
full attendance Is tequested.
PECKVILLE.
Peckvllle Baptist church. Rev J S
Thomas pastor Services tomonow at
10 30 a m and 7 p m Motnlng sub
ject "Is the God of the Christians a
M th " Ev enlng subject "What Do We
Know of Heaven?" Sabbath school at
1130 a. m All cordially Invited.
Services In the Presbjterlan church
tomorrow at 10 30 a m and 2 30 p m.
Morning subject "life of the Father
and the Son." Service for rallying day
in the evening Subject 'The Twen
tieth Century Movement," by Rev. S
H. Moore, D D . pastor
Ex-Clerk of the Courts W. G. Daniels,
of Scranton, was a caller In town jes
terday. The squash that was rnlsed by Coun
cilman James W Smith this season
Is now on exhibition nt the gieen gro
cery market of W T. Javne. It
weight is 133 pounds
Miss Grace Olivers Is visiting friends
at Taylor.
About 3 o'clock esterdn afternoon
the Are alarm sounded for box No 12
The fire was in a large pile of slabs
and lumber In the Stuigess snw mill
The Wilson fire company quickly to
sponded to the alarm nnd soon had
two streams playing on the Dimes,
w hlch had come dangerously near the
mill. Hy the hard work ot the fiiemen
the mill was saved fiom destruction.
Taps weie not sounded until fi o'clock.
Mrs. P. F. Connor is ill of typhoid
fever.
Wallace Barber leaves today to at
tend tho funeral of his stey-slster,
Mrs. B. H McCumhet, who died Thurs
day at Stearnsv Hie, Pa
W, B. Stevens and Stanley Newton
returned esteidny from Lebanon
Merchant Elmer Roberts Is in New
York city purchasing a new stock of
fall goods.
O. S. Johnson has disposed of the
ownership of the Lackawanna Coal
company to Mr. E B. Sturges, of
Scranton. Mr Sturges will assume
control on November 1 Mi. Sturges'
son, C. H. Sturges, will be general
manager. F. E. Piatt, who lecently
resigned the treasurershlp of the New
York and Scranton Coal company, will
be the treasurer of the new company
Many changes nnd new improvements
will be made In the nonr future
Services ns usual In tho M K church
tomorrow nt 10 30 a. m. nnd 7pm
Preaching by the pastor both morning
nnd evening. Subject for the morning
'Our Example." In the evening the
sermon will be specially for the joung
men. Subject "A Young Man with n
Puipobe." Special music will be ren
dered bv the choir and all young men
are cordially Invited to be present.
Hev S. C. Slmpklns, accompanied by
His wife, will leave for Philadelphia
next Monday morning for the benefit
of Mrs. Slmpklns' health. It is earnest,
ly hoped b her many friends that she
may be benefitted by her vacation.
Hev. John Murley. pastor of Dundaff,
vlblted Rev. Slmpklns this week.
CLARK'S ,QREEN.
Martin Churchill, of Nicholson, spent
several days among old acquaintances
here the early part of the week.
Mrs. Mntlack rind four childien, of
Wllkes-Harre, spent Sunday with her
parents here. '
Hienford I Akrley, one of the ma
rines of Nlpe notoriety and a resident
of this vlilnlty, 'Js home on n furlough.
He urrlvcd here mi Frlduy night of last
w eek. J
Mr. and Mrs T? V. Sprngue and son,
Edward, of Scranton, spent Sunday
with the family of Edward Lutsey.
Mrs. Hoos unrj daughter, of Strouds
burg, are also visiting Mr. Edward
LutFey.
Mis. A. L Potter is visiting friends
In Sunnton .
Mrs. James sinover, of Halstead, is
visiting the hortio of horf nther. Mr, J.
B. Austin. I
Daniel Stevens Is a great sufferer
from a heverelyj strained wrist.
Mrs John Hickman, of Taylor, vis
Ited her daughter, Mrs. James nibble,
this week.
Churles Wllbiln, a member of Corn-
health In women is a
rare thing. It is uot
nlono thoscwho toil nnd
spin tlmt suffer from
rntnrrhal troubles; tho
diseases of women come to rich nnd poor nnd catarrh
is their cause. Tho inllucncc of catarrh on the homo
lives of our women can hardly be appreciated until
the real nutuic of catarrh is understood. Dr.
llnrtman explains this to women in his book
called "Health and Jleauty," which tho
1'eTU-na Medicine Co., Columbus, O., will
mall to any woman on application.
Mrs. Arthur L. Hamilton, wife of Colonel
Hamilton of tho Seventeenth Regiment Ohio
National Guard, nnd whoso residence is
& at SOD West First Ave, Columbus, O.,
VS$ writes tho follow lng about PcTU-na, Dr.
SnSxksJ; llnrtmnn's scientific remedy for catarrh:
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Sg- "i can ucar icsumony ns to tno
5$; tnnplisnf vnni wmndv Pn.i-ii.nfi T lm..
time, nnd nm enjoying better health
now than I have for some years. I
attribute the change to Pe-rrr-na,
and recommend Poru-na to every
woman, believing it to bo especially
beneficial to them."
pany A, Thirteenth regiment, spent a
week home and returned to camp Wed
nesday last
Mrs Thomas Phillips, of the West
Side, spent several dajs here with her
son, Frank 1 Phillips, and returned
home on Tuesday last.
MOSCOW.
Mrs. Kate Gillner, of Sterling, called
at the home of Mis. C. H Clouse Mon
day. Mrs Brink has returned home from
a visit with friends In Carbondale
Mis F. T. Pelton was In Scranton
Monday
Mrs Caroline Schlnegar, of Scran
ton, spent Saturday last with relatives
here
Albert Hathrlll la Improving his
'house with a new coat of paint
Rev Madison will occupy the pul
pit In the Methodist Episcopal church
Sunday. Mr Madison was pastor here
about fifteen years ago.
Mrs Barrows Is spending a few days
at the Central hotel.
John Decker Is home from, camp
Meade on a ten-day furlough
Mrs M. F Miller, of Scranton, was
the guest rtf her sister, Mre. C. II.
Tiavls, Friday
Agnes Watts returned home Tues
day after spending a few days with
her aunt at Elmhurst.
Mrs. E N Swartz called on friends
In Scranton Saturday last.
GREENWOOD.
Ebeneezer Davis nnd Howard, of
Eynon street, Hyde Park, callel on
Edgar and Elmer Davles, of this lace.
Henry Evans vHted friends In
Scranton last night
Sunday services will be held ns us
ual at the Presby'erlan church Sun
day school at 10 It a. m , preaching ser
vlces at 3 30 p m
Mr Ellas Davles met with a slUht
r.rcldent at the No 1 breaker of th
flenvood . ,zl company, h.-wiU3 h's
hind painfully bruised.
RAILROAD RUMBLINGS.
It Is said that the Lehigh Valley is
preparing for a new- nnd radical de
pat tut e about December or January 1
In Us freight department by having
direct instead of line representation.
Veiy little Is known about the plan, but
If It is what tumor says a latge num
ber of clerks nnd agents will have to
look for new- positions. As an illustra
tion of what is understood to be done.
it Is said the present large force of the
New- York Broadway office will be re
duced from nineteen to six. All this
villi be another nail In the coffin of
fast freight lines as they have been
conducted for many years. The rail
roads have been learning an Important
ns well as costly lesson In regard to
fast freight line methods and their
management. The day has come for
the cutting off of soft berths for a num
ber of Individuals, however worthy per
sonally nnd competent to get business.
Railroad managers understand as they
never did before that this sort of thing
cannot go on any longer without seri
ous trouble, nnd whtle the lines' ofllces
have afforded an opportunity to pro
vide places for friends, stockholders
have grown tired of reduced revenues
and chief executives equally weary and
disgusted by rate demoralization that
could be traced to the evils of the fast
freight line way of doing business
Philadelphia Times,
A committee composed of Louis Fitz
gerald, Edward R. Bacon, Henry Budge
and William A, Read, advisory com
mittee of the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road, has announced a plan of reor
ganization of the Central Ohio sys
tem, which will efface It completely
after the proper adjustment of the
bonded Indebtedness, and turn over nil
of Its rnlltoad properties to the Balti
more and Ohio railroad, of which It will
In future form a part This plan means
the absorption by the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad of the following 1 all
roads, comprising the Central system:
Centrnl Ohio railroad, SanduBky rail
road, Mansfield and Newark railroad,
Columbus and Cincinnati Midland rail
road, Newark, Somerset and Straits
llle ralhoad and the Pittsburg Junc
tion railroad Under the plan as pro
posed the Baltlmoie nnd Ohio will nc
qulre these talltoads by issuing In ex
change for their securities, bonds and
stocks of the Baltimore and Ohio sys
tem. The compound engine which has
caused much Interest among railroad
ers hereabouts and which Is said to be
among the most powerful, for tho
amount of fuel used, that has yet been
Hi this locality, will leave this even
ing in thuigo of tho engineer, J. I,.
Pugh, for the lower division of the
New Jersey Central The engine was
built by the Richmond Locomotive
Woiks. Its number Is 2127, and It Is
known as tho "tramp engine," so called
becauso It has traveled In four years
through every state and territory In
the Union, giving exhibitions of Its
THE LEADING AND LARGEST MILLINERY STORE
413--Lackawanna Avenue--413.
What Wonderful " Bargains"
Aro advertised now-n-days in Millinery nnd Trimmed Hats. Everybody soiling them at "hnlf prlco," What
a "fnko" it must seem to intelligent pcoplo who read ndvertisemontB. But Intelligent people go around and look.
1 hat's wlicro our ndvantago comes In Wo sell more Trimmed Hats and do the largest Millinery business in this
section of tho State. Wo have branches in New York and Philadelphia. Wo havo fncllltles for gottlug styles and
CORRECT prices which no other storo in this Htate possesses. Wo soil Millinery Goods as low ns other stoiea cau buy
them for to sell again.
THAT'S THE REASON WE'RE ALWAYS BUSY,
nrt w .4. D y" know that hero you get styles that aro superior to nil othors?
I 11 111 1T1 &C nlT. Do you know that our Trimmed Hats nre sold for much less than you
& A 1 M.KM.M.K AWV m. m. u ,j woul(l lmvo to pay Otsewhoro for Hats of like stvlo and quality? Do
you know that we carry more Trimmed Hnts in stock than nny other iiouso in this city? Do you know that our
Trimmed Hats at $4.98 nre equal to thoso sold elsewhere at $10.00 and $12.00? Tho nptest word painter could not toll
of them as they really nre these artistic creations in feminine head wear. We'd rather you'd see them than make an
attempt at description. Not much to pny for such beauty and grnca $.i)8.
Trimmed Hats at $2.98 and $3.98.
FELT HATS.
Every imaginable shape at our well-known low prices.
English Felt Shapes at J19c
French Felt Shapes at Gf)c, 7fic
Imported Felt Shapes nt !)5c
Velvet Hats, male over Buckram Frames, all hand
work, at 95c
Finest Silk Velvet Hats, made over Buckram
Frames, all hand work M.50
. . . SILKS AND VELVETS. . . .
ORNAMENTS AND NOVELTIES OF EVERY KIND.
Anything Bought From Us Not Satisfactory Can Be Exchanged, or You Can Get Your Money Back.
marvelous work. The engine has been
in Ashley for the past two weeks push
ing heavy trains up the back track and
has proved a wonder. On Saturday
this engine started from Mauch Chunk
with several hundred tons over the
tonnage drawn by other locomotives
and came through on schedule time.
Mr Push, who has charge of the en
gine. Is from Richmond, Va. Wllkes
Barre Times.
'AROUND THE COAL MINES.
The length of the ha-i'age of the
irside plane at the Dodg- mines re
cently necessitated the lengthening of
the tall rope The change has already
proved beneficial and lessenul the work
of man and anliua'.
Avondale colliery near Plymouth Is
to have a new- outside foreman in the
person of B. C Green, Jr., of Belle
v tte. Mr. Green ha3 capably filled the
position of assistant outside foreman
to his father at Bellevuo for several
years. His new- position Is a responsi
ble one.
The operations for the sinking of the
present Mt. Pleasant shaft from the
Clark to the Dunmore vein are under
way. The opening of the new vein
will not materially increase the col
liery's capacity or output, but w'll ev
en up in the sense of quality and quan
tlty where the output fulls off In the
other vela's.
Jermyn and company's Jermyn No.
1, colliery at Rendham, will probably
resume operations on or about October
13. Three months this colliery has
been idle and in that time the shaft
has been retlmbered. From the Bait
imore into the middle vein openings
have been made and the plant through
out put In an almost perfect state.
Turther operations toward getting the
coal from the two new- D., L.
and W. shafts In Hanover, Luz
erne county are under way. The shafts
are each 1,700 feet deep, have been
sunk for some time and new air ways
and branches nre being driven, A
breaker to prepare the output of both
shafts for the market will soon be
erected.
An electric motor for Inside haulage
has been placed in the Woodward col
liery, at Kingston, by the General Elec
tric company. This is the second one
in this colliery. It will displace ten
mules and eight drivers and runners
In point of capacity. It weighs twelve
tons, has seventy horse power and Its
length of haul Is 2.700 feet. The col
liery Is owned and operated by the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
company and Is fast becoming filled
with all the latest modern machinery.
All arrangements for the reopening
of the Sloan colliery, owned and oper
ated by the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western company have been nearly
completed The shaft was recently
deepened to open the Dunmore vein.
New hoisting engines were put In and
a new engine house built. Many other
minor changes have also been made In
and about the colliery. No definite in
formation as to how soon operations
villi begin seem to be forthcoming,
how-ev er.
William T. Smyth, of Wllkes-Barre.
has taken charge of the Parish col
liery at Plymouth, owned by the Par
rlsh coal company, as superintendent.
Mr. Smyth hns long been recognized
as a prominent mining man. He was
for years superintendent of the Le
high and Wllkes-Barre Coal company
and of late years has been at the
head of the Williams Coal company, at
Pottsvllle, of which Hon M. B Wil
liams Is the chief stockholder, previous
to which, ho was Interested In and had
charge -of coal mining in the west. Mr.
Smyth Is financially interested In somo
companies as well.
A hospital for sick nnd mjured mules
may be a strange Institution but It
apparently Is a possibility. Such a
step is now under consideration by
the proper officials of the Delaware,
Lackawanna nnd Western mining com
pany. The replacing of sick, Injured
and over-worked mules In and about
their several collieries hereabouts is
no small Item of expense. Often times
a saving could be made If proper care
nnd attention by veterinary surgeons
could be given the faithful animals,
A large building for the above purpose
will In all piobnblllty be erected by
tho company upon available space on
the Seal furm in Keyser valley, near
Jackson street, and the experiment
1 promises success.
OWNERS OF THE WORLD
In Point of Territory the United
States Ranks Only Fifth at Pres
ent How the Earth Is Parceled
Off.
From tho Times-Herald.
In extent of territorial possessions
Uncle Sam ranks fifth among the gieat
landlords of the world Britain, Russia
China and France each own a laiger
portion of the globe than that belong
ing to the United States "Territori
al expansion" will have to accomplish
considerable before we can better our
position, Judged by area alone, among
the possessors of the earth
The whole; world Is In the hands of
some sixty owners. For while there
are several times sixty different coun
tries yet most of them are only depend
ent states, not owners, but mere ten
ants, so to speak, of the face of the
earth. Sixty national landlords nre
not many for a world having 52,000,000
square miles of land surface, yet the
tendency of the times is to make the
number smaller tather than larger.
Since 1815 there has been a gathering
in of large areas under few govern
ments. Small sovereignties have com
bined or have been swallowed up by
greater ones. Uncle Sam swallowed
one the other day. During the last ten
years especially the greater nations
have shown an almost Insatiable gieed
for territory. At last they have turned
to rend one of their own number. China,
that for thousands of years has owned
so large a portion of the globe. Is about
to be dismembered and absorbed and
Its name dropped from the list of tho
world's owners.
To partly take the place of the na
tions that are losing their hold upon
"' earth some new- sovereign land
holders may appear. Independent Cuba
is already announced to fill the gap In
the list left by Hawaii. But the times
are against these new-comers Cuba
herself, not yet quite born as a re
public, Is already half christened as a
colony of the United States.
Striking boundaty lines as well ns
possible we find that the greatest 'nnd
holdlng nations, those having tetn ry
exceeding one million square miles, a
as follows:
Sq mll
British Empire 1 (71, ,n
Russian Empire K6bU,o'll
Chinese Emplie 4 21v,l'Jl
French Republic JWI.tls
United States ,f wj,h.j
Brazil 3 JO I b7S
Argentine Republic 1,77.10j
Turkish Empire l,57h,7iw
German Empire l.J.s jy)
These nine nations own over three
fourths of tho world.
The figures given for tho United
States Include Hawaii, but not the
yet Indeterminate territory we are to
acquire from Spain. Hawaii did not
bring with her a very large portion of
the earth Yet 6,610 square miles make
a good-sized stepping-stone for Uncle
Sam on his way to the Orient As to
Spanish territory, if we take the mini
mum proposed, Porto Rlto and the vi
cinity of Manila, the acquisition wilt be
only about 4,000 square miles. If Por
to Rico and all the Philippines be re
tained the United States villi be laiger
by about 118,000 square miles In
other words, our recent territorial
gains through peaceful annexation and
by conquest have a, total area some
where between thnt ot Massachusetts
and that of New Mexico If wo anti
cipate a little and ndd Cuba the total
area gained becomes about that of
California,
All this expansion does not change
our position In the list of great land
holding powers. We yet stand a little
below France.
If we make a next smaller group of
countries, placing in it thoso having
areas from half a million to a million
square miles, we again have nine na
tlons, as follows:
bq miles
Congo Indipeudent State oo,00
Portugal SlVtm
Netherlands 7WC11S
Mexico 7700V
Persia usuw
Venezuela Ut.tilJ
Bolivia Uii.iW
Spain !ul,',73
Colombia 51 1 lis
These two groups of nations own
seven-eighths of the globe.
Spain's position on tho list Is a pro
carious one Before the war she stood
better, Just below Persia. The figures
given show her size nfter the loss of
Cuba. They will shrink some further
In the hands of tho peace commission
ers. If tho Philippines become meri
ran territory Spain will diop out of the
group nltogethet. Tho nation that
once owned more of tho wot Id than al
most any other villi have shrunk to
lets than twice the area of Texas.
Another notion In this group In
which Americans arc Interested la
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Venezuela The figures given indicate
her shaie of the world as she claims It.
But Great Erltaln claims n latge part
of the sam tertltory The Interven
tion of the United States in the dis
pute led to the appointment of a com
mission whose decisiqn. It lit favor of
Great Biltain. may reduce the figures
for Venezuela borne lift y thousand
square miles
Tho remaining one-eight of the enrtlt
is divided among the other forty -odd
sovereignties in poi tlons l.tnglng from
nearly half n million square miles In
Pot ti to eight s-quaio miles In Monaco.
Among these owners of small holdings
are some ot the Important countries,
as follows
Hq mllCb
Italv . 4d0.iso
Sweden and Norway '-"( !l
Atistrln-Hurgarv It, I ."J I
Jnpin lbl.-Mi
Donmtrk 101 'wjl
SwtUiiltml -5 ijI
Belgium . . . . . 11 11J
In the foiegolng each nntion men
tioned has been et edited with ns much
of the taith as Its llasr coveis, no ac
count being taken of compatatlvo
worth of holdings oi natuto or title.
But In world property, as In any other,
there nre gilt-edged coiner lots and
theie nte out of the wav pieces. And
ns Important ns the thing hold la tho
natute of the hold Taking these mat
ters into account, tho nations in the
groups given at once begin to shift
thelt places. We can follow here but
one of them
The United States moves upward.
It passes Prunce, China nnd Russia
upon the ground of better tenltoty,
better held As to Prance, mot of her
possessions, outside tho nation proper,
have but little of the French Impress
upon them Much of her tenltory she
owns only In the sense that It lies with
in the French "spheie of Influence"
As to Chlnn. she has but a weak hold
upon her shnie of the world, nnd It Ilea
upon the wrong side of the globe As
to Russia, while she owns over twice
as much of the enrth as does the Unit
ed States, she has a less dosiiable wnild
property. Latitude Is ngalnbt much of
It, nnd topography- ngalnst nil It Is
an Inat cessible piece of the globe, for
with Its vast stietch of coast line It
has scarcely any available seaboard
This bilngs tho United States to sec
ond place in the mutter of tho owner
ship of the woild Whether she prop
erly stops there or can successfully
compete with Grent Biltain for first
place Is a question for nntlonnl real es
tate expetts. The Biltlsh emplie cov
ers enough of the earth to make tlueo
such countries as the United States
unci have half a million square miles
left over. Hut this terrltoty is scat
tered all over the world, much of it Is
decidedly unimproved nnd unimprov
able property, unci much of It Is held
In a very uncertain grasp. Regardless
of England's power to hold the em
pire Intnct, It Is doubtful If she would
in nil cases nttempt to do so If Can
ada were to insist upon her Independ
ence tomonow she would stand a good
chnnco of obtaining It without trou
ble. The United States, on the nther
hand, bus Its vast portion of the globe
mainly In one piece, of good quality
well located, nnd thoroughly In the
possession of one people and one gov -eminent.
Undo Sum need not wait for terri
torial expansion before lnjlng claim
to the possession of tho finest estate
upon earth nnd to the foremost posl
tloa among the owners of the world.