' - ' THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-FRIDAY. DECEMBER 2, 1898. C0e cranfon CriBunc I'tililWiml Daily. Kteejpt kiitMiiv. bv th 1 rllimie I'ublMiIni: Company, at I Ifty Ueitti a Month. New orliUfIlce: Ml) NumauKL, H. H. VIIKKI.ANI), fcole Agent Tor 1'nrelgn Ailverll'lnt- l.MFHFD ATTIIR rOSTOFFICK AT RCIIAVTON, IM., AS SltCO!tCl.AS3 MAIL MATTKR. TEN PAGES. bchanton', di:ci:mui:i :, isos. Senator MugCP'B specific iuimouhcl tiifiit tlmt ho will go Into the Repub lican lt'glslntlvr cuucui and Biipport Its miinlnee mentis that If Quny In iIwihmI of tint charge uBtiliisH hltn he will be le-clcctetl, aim" foltleJ. TIiIiikh are not fiolnfj John Vananial.er wnv. A Question of Justice. It m better for all concerned lh.it the nHsallnnts of Senator Quay should ho pcimltteel to ptc'ent their entire bud- nut of Information In open lOiirt than tint they should be enabled to churge th.it he had escaped ftom trial through n technicality. Judge Flnnletter's ml Ing dlsmlislng the denuineis nnd fix ing upon Dee. 12 a? the date foi the be Klnnlni? of the tilal K therefore, very ile.uly a ruling In the Intel ests of Jus tice. The Indlttnienii In themselves do not ntliount to much. It I" the volume of Insinuation back of them which must bo cleared up, not less for Senator (juny'p .sake than for the honor of the nmiiinnwultli It Is not the public's business If Qun. bouows money fioni it liimlv with which to speculate In links h) long as the bank tients with him on it fair buslnei'4 basis and so long nx th" spot illation Itself Is legiti mate. Hut It Is the public's l)Utnt"-i If Quad's ciedlt at the bank lf uphold at the pu'illcV expense: nnd on this polnt'the pioductlon of all the evidence In iinm louit Ir. demanded bv eerv eon'ldeiatlon of full plu At the same time, the evidence and not pieconcehed opinions nmw deilcle the iuestIon of Innocence m guilt. Hetween the Quay wotchl'ipcis and the Quay hateis, be tween the rlass who can liellnve noth ing III of Quay ami th i lass who can lcliee nothing good of him, stands a great mats of cltlens who occupy th" lionoiable Judicial attitude of with holding tholi opinions until the evi dence Is In. It Is not now iv question of politics pilmarlly but llatl and Inevltablv one of lustier, .lurtlce nius-t be done no matter who shall suffer. Hen.Uor Hoat siji -overclgnty Is not a sulable nitlcle. He forgets the times we have bought It fiom France, Jlexlco nnd Kula. I'he v7eather and the Piophets. The loss ot the Portland Is attributed to the isob Miionc" of her skipper In putting to sea when oidered not to do so. 'I his appr.us to be almost incredi ble. Captains of paengrr steanicn i fallze the re-qionslblllt v of leaving poi t In the teeth of a foiecisted s-loim. Thev dread to do to when compelled, nnd shlik when possible. Captain HI inchard m i have been an eceptlon, although theie Is no moie tangible ev I deuce to thnt effect than the loss of his boat and thla vague Intimation of a dlsugard of owlet x. We shall never henr his side of the stoiv. However thnt innj b, the Voitlnnd wits only otv of a laige number of cialt that have saiown the tlantlc coast with their wieckuge during the lontlnuunce of this feaiful gale. As all the wiecks wcie coasting vessels, being almost within balling distance of the shc. had the meteoiologltal bureau given timely w .lining of tho impending lritilcaue, it is impossible lo conceive how all these ships, big and Miiall. could have been Incontinently caught in It. The ic seems to have been no such warning, 01 no anticipation of n tempest Uom th point fiom which b Mining. We had an Intimation that y toim was tiavelllng cast of the Mlsls-slppl, an ordinary blizzard In fnc t whlrh !s not mal at this season of the eai" Hut li via not pected to af fect tli New Hngland co ibt moie he veicly than .ins' othei section of tho continent over which It swept. This stoim did not mlgln.itv In the Itocky mniiiitalns, nor Pi tlmt favoilte lioni' if the ev clone, the West Indies Had It done so lis prognost'ialloii would lui been selcntliUallj possible nnd Its loice and Olictlnn :ippiolmntt ly ele timlnaile Tho norm, Instead, was one of those gicat billows ol wind which swop aeiips the Ninth Atlanti and the Kuiopean ontlneiu fiom noithwest ti sc)utheaut In the latter p.tit of Kovembei and the eailler davs of Oecembei Neaily two weoks ago It stuifk tlu Hi 111 di Island? Willi un precedented fuiy, pan of it, as It tiuveiscd the Atlantic. siveeplng tluough the S 1 1 nils of Olbialtai and nlong tho Mediterianean until it sjieni Itself on the unprotected shoieri of Itnly, causing dlsiihic. to shipping In that countiy fcauely lesy revcie than here at home An occurience like this which has Its oi lulu In the east, while our meteoi oloslsts have their heads tuined to wards the wct't. Is not very ciedltablo to their scientific pieselence. Theie appeals to lo a vast amount of un conscious delusion in wealhet fiut custs. They nie seivlceably us itcoids of nctual batometilc al phenomena which through connotation muy bo looselv relied upon to give an Indica tion twenty-four bonis In advance of thu weather we may reasonubly epeit ' If thlims do not chniiBc ineanivlillp. This Is hlglilv Mituitiile, tin fill as It goes, but It goes only u eiy Utile waj To bo sine, it leaves us Independent of foolish lunnt predictions and aibituu, v emplllcal forecasts which mil foie fathers icgnided with such fond assur ance. Wo know that the appearance, of the moon does not piesugn the con dition of tho vveathci. The atmos plieilo envelope of tho globe does not reach to tho moon, not can the moon powlbly Influence It. The inlnbow, wo Know, Is not a sign of .iln but Is act ually rain Itself, and Ut pilsmntlc huti mo the result of refiuctcd light on Its Mil tides and not the condition of tlf vapor In the rainbow. Wo niiwndayH know, nUo, tlmt the ntinosphere Is mude up of mixed eases, highly elastic, nnd very dilatable by heat nnd of ex it erne mobility, momentarily Mit.vlng nil over the entth, Yet when this Is told, the fact remains that meteoiology Is only an Infnnt science. Its nurses rio so Innidlnntely proud of tliell bantling Unit they mnke little, account of Its extteine waywardness. They nie oei-fond, nnd the public Itself over credulous. It Is quite evident that a majority of the coasting ships which weie ennght nt sea In t-nich lamentable utimbeis In the iccent stoitn would not have ent Uled out were It not tor their depend ence on tli nccuincy and foieslght of the weather prophets It Is tiue that a. laiser number ot these sehooneis were wictked whllr ljli.g at nnehor or driven on shoio fimn thcli mooiing". tint the exlciit of the uilnmltv shows utter until epaiednehs to eiieountet It, or utter lack of nntlclpatory knowl edge of Itf approach, which was cal culable enough, It seems to us, to have nffoided contingent warning. There m no scientific Investigation mote Inter esting, more pioductlve ot cosmopoli tan lesults, or morp favoinble to nn Introduction to the profound secicts ot natuie than the study of mcttoiology. but this slot in proves conclusively that for once the students of It were caught napping Wo have not yet occupied Havnna yet the government nt Washington has already placed a credit of JiO.000 for the first cleaning of Havana's filthy stieets. Theie Is no "mnnana" busi ness about t'nele Sam. The Wealth of tho Soil. A most Intel cstlng detailed analvsls of tho piesent condition of Ameilcan (igilculture has been made by the Chi cago Tlmes-Herald. after study of which we can icadlly understand why the west and noithwwt are llteiallv booming. Tho ciop of ISSS Is figured as follows: Corn, l,S6S,liO,000 bushels, 44,777,000 bushels more than last year nnd a flgute exceeded only twice in seven yenis; wheat, 702,!)61,000 bushels in,93S,000 bushels more than last yenr and the laigest leld on lecoul, oats iOS.O.IS.OOO bushels, a lecoul exceeded but twice In our hlstoiy, lye, ".",."10,000 bushels, ncuily 4.000.000 bushels moio than last yeai; baile.v. Sl.100,000 bush els, above the nveiage, potatoes, L'OJ, 64S.O0O bushels, nn Impiovcmenl of fif teen per cent on lust eur; Jinx peed, 17.J17.000 bushels. 00 per cent, better than last year: cotton, 11,500,000 bales, 400,000 bales moie than last year and the largest yield iccoided; and average yields of apple, hay and bioom corn, the exact figures being apples, 7,081,000 bands, bay, GS, 000,000 tons; broom corn, 3V.97.000 pounds. Now as to piliw. Cotton of com so has fallen because of overpioductlon. Wheat, too, Is lower than during the Letter boom peilod a ear ago, but It Is 10 to IS cents above the prices i tiling three and four jeais ago when the yield was. much smaller. On the basis of cash quotations in Chicago the Tlmes-Heinld thus flgtnes the lange of prices duiing the past four ears 1th 1S!"i taken as the stnnduid of compatlson: Actual cash price, is?."), isfn,. tsar. ivi Coin, bit $ ."i Wheat, liu r.s Oats, lui 11 IO c, 1)U !n ISarlov, 1)H -! Potatoes bu 'J! liny, ton 13 W Flaxseed, bu Hogs, 100 lbs am Cattlv. 10) lbs j 3 Pheep, HiO lbs. . , . -,i Wool, lb 21 llutter, dairy, lb.. .19 i .-i". $ .27 ? ., 7 .'- .t- .u . " ,M .17 .17 .4! !i.2"i 1.07 ::.i". 'no ,:o .20 10IKI 'i 2"i 1) 3 .15 Ti 10 .iVj .'!il .20 Sin .:'t .17 Per cent, of price IsK. 1V.H5. Is'i7. lS'iV. Co-u. bu 100 Wheit bu 100 Oats bu 100 live, bu 100 Hurley, tin P0 Potatoes, bi 100 Hav. ton in) riuNseeil, bu Hm nogs urn lbs io) ('attic, bin lbs 101 Sheep, lm) lbs ... .100 Wool, lb 10 1 Hotter, elalrv. lb. . . Km !i. llti in 1(7 ls7 CO 111. 'il 12! Ih4 n: 10". 327 110 :i2 112 IH! US I!1) CI 1ik '.'1 127 1".4 ir: i) 15rt 103 jos lfi In) 74 M 'Hi 120 i;i lm) ') 10-. Avetage. . . 10) It will be noted that with the excep tion of hay nnd hogs every product Is tnateiially hlghei than In IS")". The variation In hay Is due to the fact that the iop of ls;)"i was nbnoimnlly small and the nop of IS'jS abnoimally large, while In the case of hogs the parent supplv Is little shoit of 30 per cent latger than In 1M" "Aside I rom laige eiops and good pi lies theie Is ' our contempoiaiv adds 'another fnctoi with an Impoit ini t beailng on the prei-ent impioved financial position of the faimer While Pi lees of the pioducts of his jabot have Mfadlly advancesil since 1SU3, the juices of those things for which he must ex change his jnnduets have Just as steadily fallen, so that the pioducts of the fnt in as a whole exelinnge for an Inci easing amount of those things o neceifllty and of Iuuiy which the faimei bus. No other inoduclng class so full j eetuies the benefit of thu gtadual rheujienlng of ai tides of dally consumption tluough Iminovi! meth ods of mnnufnctuie and dlsttibution, berause no othei important class finds the monev value of lt juodiuts ad vancing eolncldeni with jnlce decline In other dliectlous. Selecting llvi sta ple nitlcles, two of unlveisnl food use, coffeo and sugar, oil foi lightning; leathci the bafcls of tootvveui, hainess upi'. other farm use, and hteel billets, the controlling fuctoi In the piice paid foi fmm muchluei uud Hiking the wholesale pike foi tho thst week In Ncveinbei of earh year the following table results. As in thu case of faun j oducts In the pit-ceding tabid col umns aie added showing the per centage relation of the pilco of each aulcle ut each date to the price In li95, The showing Is ub follows Ibtsi. liJd. b97. lvis conee, lb, .13 J JOT, $ .'X,U .U3T. .0121 .ikita .UI72 .UTj ;-iu'ar, ll . . I.enther, lb . 1'tin.lcum, g.il Steel bi'ts, ton :u vi .so .is .'J71 .UW .Wit U,4 L'k'Ju V'.-J Pj..'j lo, io ii';. n'.:. js'.s Coffm I'") 0,1 Sllg.ll 101 UI Leather I'm M Pdinlcuiii V'i W Hteel blllfts . . . 1"' M 41 ill !'l Te. ii Ml 17 HI I ul ;i i le uhO . . 1'JO "It will lie heen that the geneial tiend of average pi Ice Is ns distinctly downward in the case of these articles the farmer buys at; It Is upward In th care of those articles he sells. While the average in Ice of the at tides of fai in pioductlon Is lit per cent higher In IS'JS t linn In 1S9", the nveragc price of the articles which form u very laige portion of necessary farm imrchases Is 17 per cent lower now than In l89r. Hon ml I j speaking, a given volume of fnrtn tiroductn will now exchange foi 45 jier cent moie of those at tides the fntmer buys than was the case three j i uis ago." These flguies oNiilaln the iccent mm keel decline of Populism nnd they also c ninpou the epllujih of free silver. Chuiles W. Stone, of Wnrren, says If MeKlnlci should not want n second tctm he (Stone) will be for Dewey. Tho countiy no doubt would bo with him If it were not foi that Impottunt "If. ' A Relic of Barbarism. Writing In the Marine Hcv low. Trank Morris, navy nudltor of the tieasury depaitment, condemns unflpuilngly the whole system of prize money and boun ties which the statutes give to the of lleeis and men of the navy who make captures of piizes In time of war, and asserts that It Is nothing moie nor less than legalized pliacy while, ne a means of conferring revvatds, It Is notoriously inequitable. Mi. Moirls adds. "It Is well known In seivice circles In Washington thnt this question ot pi lw money Is at the bottom of all this leulousy between Sampson and Schley. Title enough, the lnw elates specially that one-twcntleth of all julzo moneys shall go to the oillcer In command of the squadron to which the vessel mak ing the itl7c belongs, whether he be within signal distance at the time ot the captuie or not, but It must be le nii ml erod that It was for some time an pep question whether Schley and the vf 'els of the former 'white equadion' were technically a petition of the licet commanded by Admlial Sampson, no decimation on the sbjeet having been made either by the president or Secre taiy Long. Determination of this point was the icnl object of tho appointment of the naval boaul, the value of whose findings regarding tho Santiago fight was so little appreciated by the gen etal public. Had Schley's friends been able to cairy their point with reference to the authority vented In the respec tive commnndeis, as well as the con tention thnt the New Yolk with Ad miral Sampson on board was not with in signal distance at the oiienlng of the fight, Schley's prize money would have been heavily increased and Sampson's would have been corres jiondlngly decreased. However, they failed and Samitson will iccelve a (dinre of all mones." 1 1 is unnecessaiy now to revive this lM'tlcuIar discussion but brief lefer ence to It is not out of place as shovv Ina how the pi Izo money system tends to intioducc a disturbing element In nnval cltcleo by corrupting duty and discipline with the stiong motive of cupidity. In his leccnt report Secre tnry Long spoke plainly about the In tense piessute put upon him by many buicau ofllceirt who wanted assign ments to the fiont. Their vvoik at the dejiattment was not less Important nnd necensnry than that done by tho commanding ofllcers on blockade; but It nffeied no such oppoitunlties for distinction or pioflt. While It would be unfair to say that cupidity or the deslie to share In the spoils of war was the chief Impelling motive of this cla mor for nctlvc asslcnments It doubt less would be within the truth to say that it had something to do with caus ing it. The high tone of the naval scr lco, which is a national pride, would mtmiretl be fuitheied by the elimi nation of the whole .system ot lottery jnlze aw aids, which Is distinctly a telle ot baibaiism. It Is said that the amount that Amer icans have paid to foielgn shlj)Ovvners c-lncc the Civil war exceeds, twice over, tho total cost of that war, and the amounted ci edited to foreign ship owners by the most well infoimed American exjieits is, -nowadnjs, thtee hundred million dollais annually about as much as the total customs ami Intcrnnl revenue receipts of the United States government. The res toiatlon of our merchant mnilne by llbeial congressional encouragement Is theiefoie one of the vital and piesslng needs of the times Theie cannot heieafter be- doubt that Tom Piatt Is the star hnimnnizer. Ills scheme of silencing his factional op. ponents by putting them all Into office Is ceitnlnly calculated to promote fra ternal amity nnd good feeling. Kveiv candidate for a city otnee hereafter should he asked whether or no ho appioves of the use of soft coal ns u nulsance-bi ceding feat in e of Scinnion Indusiiv. This nuisance must go The time having neaily ai rived when our hot Tagnle trieud, Don Felipe Agulnanldo, will have to fish or cut bait, futuio news from Manila will be awaited with luten-st. The suie wuy foi I'unuda to guln lice access to Ameilcan markets, with out which she has only a second-iuto lutuie, Is to Join In the aiinevatiou giaud match, Jlmhifv Castellauo, the new captain gtiieial who succeeded Ilium o, hopes to lenmln In ofllce long enough to get his pictuio In tho Illustrated pnpeiu. D.ivid Mai tin having comet out In fnvoi ol ballot letoim, theie la some hope. Then4 will he the ilng of the genuine about futiiic peace Jubllin,. THE OPPORTUNE TIME. Wo have perfected our lullmad i4 terns bo that ht-ieuttei their growth Is sure to Do liraduul; the development of our Inleuor usourcus has nlso leached a Unto approaching peifeetlon, mid. us a loiiiieijuniiti' of this, the inteipilse of t lie nation Ik ten the luomuit ktullcd, uud ttw iivoiuiet) I'm Hit' us. of oiir ijieat staples of tiuiimmctc in aie in a measure t,lut cl. with tho ift.-uli of oci i surplus dueling linger nnd lurg'i tuaikeis ubioacl. This Is the' time of I'M times fm tha nation In tin n Its iittentUni to tlio iiihiillillm if Aim l li nil sil'l pll'g. which will not niil alien d a vent foi out purt-up stcul In iliiHtrles, but will move u somcc of de I en ie for the untie n, if It shall ever again become Involved In a foreign war. NEWS AND COMMENT Philippine words as u tide are Jaw brenkeis. In the ChliitKO ileioril John T SUl iitcneon, Its Alnntlii coiresponel cut. ilulK helps to decipher them, "l'a vlte Is ironouuced ns if spelled "Ku vectv with tlio necent on tho "veet." 'orngleloi, tho Island at tho entrance to the buy Is Koi-ieck-l-ilor, with the) 'ieck' sortened a little bit, as If you started In snj "reck," but quit on tho I'icoiiel thought Mnrlvetes doe-s not ilijine with "steals, but with "fellies." mid Stnlaciinnn. thu suburb wheie tho governor geuenil lived In .Manila, sounds like .Miiluiiinvnii. Luzon Is simply Luzon but It duesn t ihjnio with "boozln . LL.tpivnu is ptonoiiiued as It it weri rhvmlng with "slghln " Hollnao Is How-lou-ovv, llko "how ' Cnrllmo. the water buflnlo mill pilnrlpaT. beast of bntel-ii here, ends the same way that Is, Carl bow. Calhio, the captured gunboat, whoso captain didn't know war line! been de clared, sounds ns If It wcro spelled "Oil yow ' the "Cal" rhvmlng with "ml" aiul the "vow" Homing with "how." MIn ilunao belongs to the tame class, Just as If It had utwajs been spelled ".MUiiienow and there had nevel been an "no" In It. "Ncgro," tho gicut si-gar Island, Is easy, the one pronouncing It keeping In mind tho slmnle fact thnt the "lie" Is spoken ns If It were "nay.' Pannv, the homo or hnrd words to piotiounce, Is called "Pa nlah." with the accent on the "nigh l.eyto Is "l.iy-t." nnd Gulmaraa Is Qlmmer-as, Willi the accent on the end. Hutu. in in Mindanao, where the gold comes from, Is very much disguised. Lit tle would one think that In every day life in these parts It is called "Uoo-too-nn," with the accent on the "too. lllgnn. nlso In Mindanao. Is lll-egan, ationgly suggesting bad health it. an Irish family. Iljollo h Kct-o-rel-o. Camarlnes is Cum-miir-eniiles, anel Albiy Is Albuv Ma late and Siasbate are In the same clvss, former being MatatU nnd the latter Jln3 batty. Antique, one ot the pi ov lines of Panay, Is called 'Antlcky ' Henguet. in Luzon, is Jubt plain Hen-get. Hnnmbang Is Hv-um-bang Tngnlns and Vns.ivns, the two great tribes of the Philippines, aro Tng-ollas and Vlss-ejc-us. The greit volcano of Tanl, In Hatnugi's, w ealloel "Towel." and the bin lnko In Luzon Is ca.led "L,iv-goona de Buy.' although It Is coi nelly written Lnguna de Hi. Hx-Senator Htlces Chinese iallw.iv con cession authorizes the ronsti action of a trunk lino from 11 inkovv to lions Kong, leX) miles, with bni.ch tonils and feeders traver.slnir a fcillle count! v having a population In excess of 2).nooooo All tho material, including ties, will have to be shipped from tills country, bocai'se of the siaulty of timber and the absence, of steel rnll mills In China The timber sup plv will be sent bj sailing vessels from Oregon, anel the rails and other construe, nlou material fiom the I'ciinsvlvnnl.i mills NcKotliitious ate now In progiess which mnv yet give to Sir. Hrlce unci bis associates practical control of the entire railway svsteni of China. The Importunes of all this to American trade in the far east especially In view of our acquisition of tho Philippines. Is obvloir. Here Is a description fiom nn old Eng lish periodical which a New York Sun cor respondent thinks would apply to 11 L Oodkln. of the New York livening Po3t. "A Tory can ile no hlghei than the as sumption of n question He has a pre judice In favor of ceitaln things and against certain persons This Is all ho knows of the matter He therefore, gives vou assertions for aigument and abuses for wit. If ou ask a reason for his opin ions ho calls ;ou names, and If ou ask why he docs so he proves that he Is In the iIkIU by repeating them a thousand times." As a definition or the tvpicnl American Slugwump this Is woithy of pieservatlon. Fncle Sam's unlfoini inav not be a thlrg of beauty but It has its advantages. Writes SlcCutcheon from Manila: "It does nn American citizen good to see how superior in phjsiquc nnd how strong In healthful development tho soldiers of his country are. Thej are usually so mucn tailor than the Spanish and Insurgent soldiers tint there Is no comparison. The uniforms worn by the Americans are somewhat uglv and unmllltnry looking, but there is nlwajs tint suggestion of health and stiength nbout them that tho offense to esthetic Ideas of beauty is not noticed ' The western members of the Flftv slvth coiu;res who sa thev saved the day propose to get If they can the fnt of fices In tho organization or tho house, ir this expectation Is realised, tho witty anel amiable Jlnjor SIcDowell ot Sharon, will soon be out of a Job. much to evcrv Penn svivnnian'.s regret. Hut it probably will not bo realized i:-Coiisiil Williams, well known In Scrantem, Is n edited with having salel that the easiest way fo' I'ncle Sam to solve tho Agulnaldo problem Is to offer thnt Ingenious voting gentlemnn $300,(100 to take n permanent vacation If Mr Will lams said this he was verj likely Joking, AN AMAZED BRITON. The Hon. J. llennlker Ilentou is a dls tingulsheil number of the Ililtlth ptr li.imeiit. lie Is known world-wide be cause of bis able nnd peislstcnt advocacy of cheaper International postage, in the studv of wlilch eiuestlon the methods em ploed bv fori ten n.itlcns to extend their commorcM anel their shipping, ihrougn postal Bt.mts, have been under his criti cal and keen review. A few ears aeo he dli-cussed the subject of postal icform In tlio columns of tho Noith Amtiican Hoview during tho course ot which lie made this lemarkuble statement: "As a conse'fiuenco of lefuslng $3,notM'M a ear In sulislclles to native shlpowneis oi Wt. IHXI.000, the United States hud to paj In the same period no le.s than $ IW0 cH 'Jill for freights, while their nuicnntilo m.i rlno dwindled Into Insignificance" This we-ll-posted state simjj know very well Indeed that his own government would never let sitih an oppoitunlty lo build up n great steam shipping of the llrst class pass bv, and ho was poiriK only proper heed to an nma7lnc exhibition of Amei lcan nettled when he made, the frank out. burst which we have qiiotnl. NONE TOO SOON. From the Lebanon lie port The Seinntou Tribune Is .1 illy calling Ihh attention of the people of Unit city to tlio necessity of choosing u man as the net inns ur who shall huvi brains, a comprehensive knowlcdse of the nctu.it i oudltloii, the. needs and the posslbilltli s uf the city of sufficient b.uk-bono to light the neeessao u forms tluough and u wlthataiiel any vicious nttemulb ut nn cumbering the i ity with bad laws All that The Tribune t-nn Is with a. ihango ot name entirely appllcublo to Lebanon, nnd, while tlio time for election is three mouths distant it is not loo soon to be gin easting mound foi . man such us 13 outlined above Graft Holiday Book Store, OI'K.VH ntll) VY KVK, DKC. 'J wii.i.i .MS iii no. :io:i w.vsii. avi:., oi'i iu .vriNt.. ION'S. Music by Lawrence. Souvenirs for Ladles'. BEIDLEMAN, r,jaKN- GeiftSMITI Dress For HoMday Gifts Or lor Immediate Wear. Now Is Yomr Time to Buy These We have just placed on sale some of this season's most desirable productions, comprising many different styles and colorings, at much less than cost of production. The manu facturer is the loser and you are the gainer. YoMir Choke the Pattern, $2o340 $See Window. ALWAYS IUSY Easy Shoes Easy ou your purse. Easy ou your feet. Easy to be thankful in. Our Store's easy to trade in. You are always welcome. Lewis, Mly & Hwles, 11 l ASn 110 WYOMING AVENUH t looking around for your Christmas Gifts o o o o reinciuber our stock of Fine China, Cut Glass, Brie a Brae, Dinner, Tea, and Toilet Sets. TIE CLEI0HS, EEEEEE, TOALLEY CO. 4'J'J I ackawanoa Avanu If Yom L in our window you will agiee witli us that our display ol Skates, Ikimoiiieto, Droip iigMs, is veiy line. The prices will suit your purse. F0OTE & SHEAR CO, no WASiuxcnoN avu 5 WOLF & WENZEL, Jlil Veluiiii Vvciipi' I'o.irt llom:. tactical Tinners d bole Acsnts for HlcUardou-Hnj'ntoa'i turuacei sail Itanjov r i jMggT, 3 Patterns 1898, Fall ExWWt 1898 MILL k CORNELL'S WIMPUM a imiiiiM No such magnificent display ot furniture has over boon shown In Scranton as that now presented In our Fall exhibit. Now hero can equal choice or equal values In Furniture bo found. Latest designs In Bedroom, Parlor, Library, Dining room and Hall Furni ture. Furniture to suit every taste nnd prices to suit every purse, with tha satisfaction of knowing that what ever may be selected will be the very best In the market for the money. Inspection of our stock and prices solicited. Hffl & CoemieU At 121 North Wanhlostoa Avenua. Scranton, Pa. The Largest Assortment of n o cosier iaric For n999 Can be found at oni establishment. Now is the time for your choice, as we have liVliRY style of dut y that is made. Reynolds Bros STATIONERS aud KXCiKAVHRS, l'JO Wiomliis Avoiue. 'Hie I iiigoit Una of Olllca Suppllo In .Nortli eatttiin I'euuHj Ivmil.u THE HUNT & CONNIBLL CO. Heating, Plumbing, Oas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas and Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware. 434 Lackawaaaa Araite lire Y BAZAAR ) k We have just completed a purchase of over One Thousand Yards Fancy Suitable for evening, recep tion aud street wear as entire Cost mimes Or h - The lot consists of some s, S, Erocaies, Etc., IN lafifdia, Gr Graii AND telesse Effects Every number is new, bright ud up-to-date and we have no hesitation in pronouncing this The most superb line of Genuine Silk Values ever shown in this city. We place them on sale SATURDAY MORMG and solicit au early iuspectiou 510 and 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE HENRY BEL1N, JR., Geuciul Agent for tlio W'i oiumt DUtrlctfJ." Jllulni;, llliistltig, Sporting, 8moko.ai uud lUo Ilepjiuio Luemiol cuiuiuny i HIGH EXPLOSIVES. titfcty l'iue. Cup mill Kvplolart- Jloom ioi Conuull llullJlu;. cicruutaa. AOKNCIL.-B uin. rout) JOHN 11. HMU'II Jt-SON. W.KMULUUAN, rittt riymnnta VVHUei-UarrJ NLEf'S Silks iireirs POWDER. K
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