THE SCftANTON TRIBUNE-TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1899. I'tibll'MM Ihitly, K.cpt Mimlar. br tlie lrlbuuel'uklldiliieCompuuri at ntty Cent, n Month. New YorkOITlce: JfiilNiumaii 4U H. s ItKKI.AN'H, t-cilc Agent for furolgn AtlTerilalnf. JiTFItJ I AT Tlf B JWrnrrtCE AT MT. INTO, M.i ASHrC0.Nt-Cl.A8S MAIL MATTKn. PCnANTON, JANUARY 3, 1809. TEN PAGES. Tho saddest lilt nf literature that lion. John Wutmnmkcr will have aeon In many a day is embodied In this cv rerf.it from nn AMoelnted Press dl puteh ypbterdny ndii cut from Harrli burg: "A confcienoc of the Democratic nipinli'Ts. wn s hold this nftcriinon at which a committee wni appointed to wait on the IrntloM of tho independent Kopubllcnns and notify them that thu "4 Democratic members were ready to unite nlth them on the fusion niuvo nipnt. Tho Independents said they could not at this lati dny muster enough MHe'j to make fusion a success" Mr. JFarr to Bo Speaker. The ONpect'Ml hnppned at Harris burs Inst nlpht when Iteprcentntlvo John 11. Fair vns overwhelmingly nominated for speaker In a caucus at tended by 124 Kcpublicnn members elect of tho next state house of repre sentatives In a personal and local sense the lionot Is highly dgnlflcnnt. It H the first time tlmt a representa tive from Lac kawnnna county has been honored In this manner, and the fact that the distinction has been cap tured b Mr Knir in the face of a complicated political situation and! against strenuous fartlonnl opposition testlllos eloquently in his personal popularity his diplomacy and the marked con.'ltleno placed in him by the leaders of the party. The allni native ti. this selection, fu sion of the Democratic members with the group of Win amaker followers anxious to cik ompa'-s the defeat of Senatoi Qua j , was Intoleiably tepupr nant. The Republicans ale largely in a inaioilty in the legislature. Their's Is the responsibility. Their's should be the power. The candidacy ot Mr. Parr, by enlisting In Its suppoit tho loyal Hepubllcan membi rshlp, and by prom ising in the administration of tho speakership u broad nnd llbeiat recog nition of nil elements on a basis of party harmony and ONpcdltlon and economy In the tiansnetlon of the peo ple's business, was, In the face of this menaced deal with the Democracy, an ussiirod Mil cess from the start. The usult confeis upon tho enter prising1 member fiom the Tlrst Lacka wanna distiiet a degree of Inlluence upon the shaping of party policy and legislation which calls foi his utmost piudence and deliberation The party at large, weal lid of Interminable fac tional squabbling and personal bicker ings, iiU look to him for a complete fulfilment of every promise. Tho op portunity is his to make a name which will bo hok' high In the lespett of the people or this broad commonwealth, lie will assume the speakeishlp fieo f lom embarrassing obligation or secret promise, and his friends at homo feel eonlldent that ho will justify their am plest expectations. On the score of merit Insuianre Com missioner Lambert deserves. If ho wishes, to be letalned under the incom ing state administration. lie is the best insurance comml'slonet Pennsyl vania ever had, Tho Business Outlook. Many icisons combine to indicate that the year upon which we have just entered will be one of unusual business) piosperlt.. i:oijbody knows how our expoits aie growing and how our im ports are declining befoie the nsserted ability of our people to supply their own wants. Hut without going Into diy figures It may be noted us supple menturj reasons that 1S09 will be a ear without linpoittint political elec tlons, thus giving the people a chance to tuin their minds to business prob lems; that most of the debts eontiacted by laboilng people lor necessailes of life during the stagnant ears or 1S0I and 1S9J, when mun of them did not earn enough money to meet current ex penses, have since been canceled, thus Ireelng thetv persons for a largo futuie expenditure on articles of necessity and also of luxurv, and that tho low con dition or stocks In the wholesale and letall stoies and In the factory ware houses throughout the count! y pit sages a mote geneial and nctlvc employment of labor nnd, In turn, a more even and a laiger diffusion of wages thun has been the fact since 1892. Tlietvj nie solid icasons why business should prosper. They cannot be gain said. But there nte also certain tradit ions which point to the same lesult. The Biblical storv of the fat and tho lean jears was a recognition of his toric truth. We have been through tho lean years, and very lean some of them were. too. Wo are now entitled to en counter a period of fat ones. The pen dulum has begun its return trip and the reverse swing may not unnaturally ne expected to go oh far In the direction of prosperity as tho forward swing went in the direction of Industrial and commeicliil stiingency and panic Again, it is a historical ttuth that lo tory In war, when nccomnllshed with out serious Internal loss, means to the victorious people a tienmn of good times. The American pruplo huvo been extraordinarily victorious at a cost which they scarcely feel. Their spirit of dare nnd udventure, roused by mili tant fervor, win find vent la business enterprises nnd speculation, and the consequence will reflect Itself In tho quickened activities ot trade, Bert of nil, for tho first time within the memory of tho present Generation the people of this country have full confidence In each other. Sectionalism Is dead. Confederate and Unionist have burled the past In mutual hope for the future. Populism Is expiring. The West no longer considers the East Its enemy. Tho comraderle of war, which brought cowboy and millionaire together on one footing, has expunged for years to come tho possibility -of a IfiirrMurnl aniinl tn olnsx jnalnusv nrt prejudice, and has postponed Indefi nitely thn wpollntlon prosrrnmmi; of T)cbr, Alt told and Bryan. Jt 1 polntr to be possible again for Americans to do business with American wherever Ameitcan jurisdiction reaches, not to npink of their doing business with fot elgneis wherever tho foreigners have t-enso enough to appreciate good thlngo, Democracy, In short, the "American Democracy," to uo Mr. Carnegie's term. Is nwnlte nt last to Its own won derful poten nd Is going to hump Itself and inn hlngs hum. With New u s weather 3 degiees below zero at Siianton nnd 100 above at Havana it Is evident that expansion has nli end v been accepted n a neces sity by the American thermometer. A Model State Paper. Colonel Roosevelt's inaugural address as delivered at Albany yesterday Is worthy to be ranked among tho great state papers of the century. It Is brief, It Is pluln nnd It la sound to tho core In Its philosophy ns to what should con stltuto acceptable public service. When one has read It one has a sufficient political creed for every probablo emergency. Here It Is: "A very heavy responsibility toiis upon the governor of New York state, a state of seven millions of inhabitants, of great wealth, of widely varied Indus tries ami with a population slngulaily diversified, not merely In occupation, but In race origin, In habits of life, In ways of thought. It Is not an easy task ho to frame our Iuvm that justice may br done to nil ullko In such n populi tlon, so many of whom have Interests that seem entirely antagonistic. But upon the great and fundamental Issuei of good government there must always bo a unity of Interest among nil per sons who wish well to the common wealth. There Is much lcs need of genius or of any special brilliancy In the administration of our government thnn there Is need of such homely vir tues and qualities as common sense, honesty and courage. There nre very many difficult problems to face, some of which are as old as government Itself, while others have sprung Into being In consequence of the growing i omplexlty and steadily Increasing ten sion of our social life for the last two generations. It Is not given to any man oi to any set of men, to see with abso lutely clear vision Into the future. All that can be done Is to face the facts as we find them, to meet each difficulty in practical fashion and to atrlve steadily for the betterment both of our civic and our social conditions. "Wo must icallze on the one hand, that we can do little if we do not sot ourselvs a high Ideal, and, on the oth er, that we will fall in accomplishing even this little If we do not vvoik through practical methods and with a readiness to face life as it is, nnd not ns wo think It ought to be. Under no form of government Is It so nee pssnt y thus to combine efficiency and moral ity, high principle and rough common sense, Justice nnd the sturdiest physi cal and moral courage, as In a repub lic It is absolutely impossible for n republic long to endure if It becomes either corrupt or cowardly; if its pub lic men, no less than its pilvate men, lose the indispensable virtue of hon estj ; If Its lenders of thought becomo visionary doctiinalres, br If it shows a lack of courage In dealing with the many gnivo pioblems which It must mi rely fate, both at homo and abroad, as It strives to woik out tho destiny meet for a mighty nation. "It is onl through the partj system that free governments are now success fully carried on, nnd yet we must keep ever vividly before us that the useful ness of a party is strictly limited by Its usefulness to the state, and that in the long run, he serves his party best who most helps to make it Instantly responsive to every need of the peo ple and to the highest demands of that spirit which tends to diive us onward and upward. ' In essence, this means a high ideal and common sense. The world Is not made by dieamcis but by workers, men who go tin ouch dirt If duty requires It and care moio for th result than for tho method. What splendid opportuni ties for usefulness and distinction ara now opening in this country for men who, like Theodore Roosevelt, have "such homely qualities ns common sense, honesty and courage!" Lackawanna county licpubllcaus aie unusual! modest this jiar. All they aro askinr for Is the speaker of the nouuo or repicsentatlves, secretary of the com monwealth and deputy attorne general. Tills modi sty Is probably attributable to iho fact that Lackawanna. Is tho only ounty In the state that gavo Dr .Swallow a plurality. Wllkes-liairo Jlpconl. Tho prodigal alvvus was the favoi Ito son. Old Geneial Gomez's attitude is not to his discredit. He sayr. if the men who have fought with him for thieo years aro not good enough to be ad mitted Into Havana ho does not care to enter without them Tho Philadelphia Press covers with a brave front the iccognlzed collapse of the elaborate conspiracy to defeat Sen ator Quay of which it was the chief mouthpiece. It dies hard, but there is no alternative. Tho obstacle to Henry Wattei son's scheme of running Dewey and Lee on tho next Democintlo presidential ticket Is the fact that Dewey has too much discretion to consent. In tho case ot the Ilusslan duke who predicted that Undo Sam will have trouble with Aculnaldo, of course tho w Ish is not father to the thought. Those Berlin merchants who want us to maintain an open door nt Manila might first open tho door at Hamburg1 to our slandeied meat . ' i If Spaniards could mumcr as much self-control in victory as in defeat, Spain might yet have a future. In the case of tho much-married Congressman Roberts doesn't the pun ishment already fit the crime? Mr. Wnnamaker's political Invest ments appnrentlv ill go Into the sink Insr film'. NEWS AND COMMENT An Intcrcstlnc Incident Is told by the Tioy Times of tho IMt of Governor Uul. lom and his stoff, together with tho chief executives ot twenty-nine other states, to Yorktown, Va., In liSl, to celebrate, the ono hundredth minlvcrtary of the suncii dcr ot Lord Coruuallls with 7.U00 men to Ueneral tleorgo Washington. General W. T, Sherman, who was an old friend ot Governor Cullom, was present nnd they had not met for a number of jents, The celcbrntlou was opened with prayer, nnd tho minister, Impressed with the Import ance ot tho occasion, had prepared n long Invocation which required nenrl half mi hour to deliver. Neatly every one pru ent sicmed to bo wenrlcd by the length of the pravcr, and General Hherinnn went to sleep. Ho woko up when tho minister had lead about halt the piair, nnd suw Ills old friend for the first time. Unmind ful of the minister ho nroso fiom his sent and started toward Governor Cullom, shouting nt tho top of his volco: "Hollo, Cullom, how ate vou?" Tho general's In tel ruptlon almost broko up the prelim inaries to tho celebration when Cullom quickly moved nearer tho old warrior to quiet him, and then the minister llnlshcd tho prayer without rurther Interruption. Tho Important results which have been uallzed In this cntintt and Camilla through the utilization of (ho falls of Niagara for tho production of ctectrlcH aie about to bo achieved In Switzerland, tmvs tho Electrical Review, where the Uhlno will soon become a rival of Ni agara as nn electrical nKent Tho ncccs huiv works were commenced some time ago. and nre now inpldly Hearing comple tion. The electric force that will be thus drawn from tho waters of the river will bo somewhere In the neighborhood of lti, iiOO or 17,00i) horse-power, nnd will be sup plica bi 0 turbines, of 800 horse-power each. 1 he greater part of this Immense force will be In the bunds of ono or two compinles who will employ It to thrlr own Indlildual benefit, and to tho ex clusion of the geneial Interest of the put) lie. At the same tlmo that tho hydraulic works neiessiiry for tho utilization of tho waters of the lthlne In tho production of electilcltj ate being carried out, the erec tion of u Write factory ror tho manufac ture of aluminium Is In progress. This factory will emplov 2 000 horse-power, nnd will be the most Important of Its kind in Switzerland. Tho aluminium Industry has lately assumed considerable Importance in tho countrv which hopes to becomo tho rival of the United States In the manu facture, of this article The Bhlne will also furnlh electric power for the Krlch Aaran railroad, the work In connectljn with which Is now well under way Tho itlllzatlon of the Uhlno for electilcal pur poses will not only transform tho cx Irtlng condition of certain Important In dustries In Switzerland, but will open up an Industrial future the greatness of which can hardly be at present appro elated. Secretaiy Alger Is considering a plan of relief for tho soldiers of tho Cuban army, who aro repotted to be In great need of financial assistance. Realizing that their pressing wants can bo best mot by tho distribution of money, he will recom mend that congress mako an appropria tion for that purpose. It is not intended that tho money shall bo a gratuity, but rutchr that it shall be in the natme of a loan, to bo reimbursed to the United States government out of tho revenues of tho Island. If tho recommendations of tho war secretary aro carried Into effect all tho soldiers of tho Cuban army who lay down their arms and promise to re sumo pursuits of pcico will rccelvo a cash donation from tho people of tho United Staes averaging SlUu to each sol dier. Tho amount mentioned Is regarded as tho least that will avail the soldiers of Cuba to return to their former vocations and labors without sufteilng unnecessary hardships. Here Is good though not unexpected nows from Havana. Writing of the sharp competition between American, I'ngllah, Trench and German promoters In Cubi Charles M. Pej.per records that tho Amoilcans have got rathor iho worst of It on largo eoncisslons, but ho adds: "Tho American drummers have risen to the situation I have seen them drinking champagne with tho Bngllshmon and smoking cigars with the Gcimans, bub bling over with sentimental kinship for their British cousins and accepting tho metaphysical explanation of their Teu tonic friends that Admiral Dledrlch's queer actions nt Manila were testimonials of friendship to tho United Statej. The morning following a sentimental evening of this kind tho American drummer Is apt to bo down In tho wholesalo district a lit tle earlier than usual." In consequence of tho recent lecelpt of ciders calllrg for the s,ieody ninnufaciuro of nearly $10,M!,Ooo worth ot electrical ap pliances tho Wcstlnghouse Machlno coin p.iny Is to doul le Its i'lltaburg plant and working foiee. Anotbor svmptom of good times observed In the same locality Is the fuct that ths Cnrnegies are going to erect n plant near Hon3lcad capable of nroduclng forty steel fteiRht cars u day. TOPICS OF STATE CONCERN. Special Conespondenco of The Tribune. Harrlsburg. Jan. 2 -The entlro division of tho new National guard will mako Us Hist appearance on parado at the inaug uration of Governor-elect Stone. Adjut ant General Stewart closed an arrange ment today with tho railroads to bring six full icglments here. The new guanl Is fully equipped with arms and uniforms manufactured at tho state ursenal, Tho tioops will como to Harrlsburghe .Mon day preceding tho Inauguration and re main over until Wednesday. They will probably be quartered In the now capltoi and the large halls la the ccntial section of tho city. None of tho old regiments that went Into tho volunteer scrvlco m tho war with Spain will bo reorganised In tlmo for tho Inaugural ceremonies, o Tho old soldiers over the state aro tak ing a lively Intciest In the induction into oltlco ot their comrade, Colonel Stone, and will bo here in largo numbers to witness the ceremonj The Suiv Ivors' associa tion of tho One Hundred and Klghty soventh regiment, Pennsylvania voluu teeis, have tho matter in charge and have at ranged with tho railroads to Issue one faro tickets to squads of twcnty-flvo or more Colonel Stone served In Company A of this regiment and Is encouraging tho movement to bring his old comrades to tho state capital after many jears of uep aiatlou. Headquarteis will be estab lished In tho Supremo court chamber itiid It Is probablo that regimental organlai tlon may bo formed. o Governor and Mrs. Hastings will give a dinner to Governor-elect nnd Mis Stone at the executive mansion on Monday evening preceding the Inauguration to meet some personal friends. After the dinner tho Hastings will turn tho mansion over to tho new governor and his family Tho ictlrlng rovemor and his family will spend u month In New York city until the now residence at Bcllctonto Is completed. Tho governor will entertain h8 cabinet nt dinner at tho mansion ono week frutn tonight. Senator-elect und Mrs David Martin and Hecelvor of Tuxes and Mrs William J. Honey, of Philadelphia, will be the guests of tho Hnstlngs at tho manslan until after the organization of the legis lature o Ono of Colonel Slono's first official nets as governor will bo to Issuo a call for a meeting of tho Hartranft monument com mission to fix tho dnto of tho unveiling of tho Hartranft statue In capltoi park Tho govrrno- Is ex-otllcio of the commls slon and as Hastings has been out of Joint with his colleagues nnd they have post poned tho exercises until after he retires, tho unvelllnir will tako place tho first week In May. The Nntlnnal guard and tho survivors of Unrtianft'H brigade nnd regiment will be Invited to be present. nx-Govcinor Beaver will piobably bo In vited to deliver the oration if Major Hrnwn. riVnutv ncrMnrv of Intumal f- fnlrs, declines tho Invitation or tho com mission. o Auditor General McCuutoy hns served notlco on Iho stato mine Inspectors that ho will not npprovo their expense bills until after they have bein endorsed bv Roben llrnwnleo, chief of tho bureau of mines. Prior to tho passago of the art passed by tho Inst legislature creating tho bureau of mines tho Inspectors wcro u law unto themselves. They came and went nt will and wero not subjected to supervision, although they were re quired to make nn annual report to tho Internal affairs derailment. When Mr. Brownleo took hold of the bureau last spring ho adopted regulations requiring them to keep a dally report of their move, ments nnd now Major McCauley notifies them thnl thelt hills will not be paid without Brownleo's endorsement. Tht In. spectors nro paid a salary of fl,000 a year and nro given an allowance for expenses nnd olllco rent In many cases tho In spectors have theli olllces In thtlr prlvato residences und ihnrgo for rent, fuel light nnd Janitor services. Some of the charges are looked on with suspicion and fiercal ter they will bo cnrofully rcrutlnlzed be foro they nre paid. One Inspector had his ofllco In n small hnllwav on tho sec ond floor or his resldcnconnd monthly put In a large bid fop ofllco rent. Tho Inspec tors nro chafing under tho restrictions which hnvo been placed upon them by Mr. Hrownlrc and will endeavor to Ifovo the next lcgMnturo modify the law to curtail his authority. o - Bx-Stato Treasurer liny wood Is still confined to his apartments bv Illness and It will bo somo tlmo beforo ho Is able to lesumo his duties ns cashier of the stnto trensurv. Ho Is suffering from a serious nffectlon of tho heart and lungs nnd his phvslcans s.iy he will hnvo to remain perfectly quiet for at least n month If ho can expect to recover Mr. Haywood Is n loyal lrlend of Senator Quay and Is nnx Jous to take n hnnd in the senatorial con test. As soon ns ho Is able to travel ho will tako a southern trip In company with Mrs. Haywood. Wanbaugh. m -- - THE CHANCES AKE. From the Altoona Tribune. Tho chances aro that Governor-elect Stono will excrclso his own undoubted right of cholco In tho selection of tho members of his official fnmllv ns well as In his other appointments. Ho la a gen tleman In every respect, exceedingly courteous to everv ono with whom ho comes In contuct, even to his political en emies, and It Is reasonnblo to suppose that ho will willingly recolvo suggestions from all quarters. Hut It Is no less re i sonable to suppose that the recommenda tions of his friends will be given most weight. The Trlbuno has no Intention of thrusting Its advice upon tho goveinor elect; It believes him qulto competent to succe&srully solve all tho problems that will confront him. Yet It cannot refrain from tho remark that thoso newspapers which abused Colonel Stono as a candi date and sought to nccompllsh his defeat voclfciatlng that his election would cer tainly mean tho appointment of Chairman John P. nikln ns attorney general, cer tainly exhibit a great deal of gall when they advise the governor not to appoint Mr. Klkln The Tribune does not know what Is In tho mind of tho governor-elect, but It Is sure that Mr. Ulkln Is an able man, was a most Important factor In the late campaign and would make an admir able attorney general. THE MOST ELABORATE. From the Scranton Times. The Scranton Tribune, Truth nnd Re publican Issued their customary an nnuals today. All thrro are credltablo specimens of this sort of publication, but The Tribune's year book Is tho most elaborate of the three. .jTHE NEW AMERICA. Her eves nio full of noblo hope. A quiet strength is in bar hands, She sees tho ear8 of splimflld scope That brightens hi the morning lands; Tho seas ara shadowed with her sails, Thiough wider fields her plough Is sped Her cup of plenty never falls, ' She feeds tho nations with her biead, Sho throws o'er many an alien race The shield of equal-poising law. The weak aro sheltered In her grace, Sho keeps tho violent In awe. Around the world her eagle Hies, Tho peoples gather at her knees, Her peaceful cmrire arches liso Above strungo lands In far-off seas. New York Sun Blank Books Office and Pocket issk Qfatas. BHDLEMKthe Bookman 437 Spruce Street. Holiday Goodh o o o Bat are gmi all tie year arotsii G. W. Fritz tias the best and largest assortment 3n his line. All suitable for presents. Among them will be found the follow ing: Harness $6 to 2o. Fur Robes $j to $50. Plush Robes $2 to 56s. Sleigh Bells 35c to $4. 50. Trunks $1.25 to $40. Traveling Bags. . . .40c to $50. Shopping Bags.... 75c to 12. Chatelaine Bags.. .25c to $13. Dress Suit Cases. $1.65 to $25. Telescopes 25c to $10. Ladies' and Gent's Traveling Cases, Mani cure Sets, Writing Cases, Music Rolls, Cuff and Col lar Boxes, ' Pocketbooks, Card Cases, Purses and a host of useful and orna mental goods too numer ous to mention. 41(D) Lackawanna Avenue Dunes GOLBSM nn This Is levemtoiry Week But with all the work on hand, we will start in the New Year this morning with some wonderful bargains in our basement for the day only : All the best calicoes, dark and light colors, 34 c per yard. Finest yard-wide Sheeting, 30 per yard. Cotton Crash Toweling, ic per yard. Dark Outing Flannels, 4c per yard. Heavy Cream Shaker Flannels, 3c per yard. Linen Toweling, 5 cents per yard. Beautiful Fleece Wrapper Cloths, 7c per yard. On the Ma5 mi Floor $0 pieces Germati Printed Plush Flannels, worth 15c; at 10c per yard. Our entire stoclc of Dress Goods at an enormous reduction iu price. ecomid Floor 25" dozen counter soiled Muslin Night Gowns, worth from 65c to $1. Today at 49c. $SgOur entire stock of Cloaks and Suits at about half their actual value. NEWYEAR'S GREETING Lewis. Rellly &. Davlcs wish tho pcacc ful, honest people of the iorld a happy New Yphi Wo nro happy because wo live In ono ot tho most prospeious cltlo, In one or Iho host countries. In one or tho largest states and the greatest country thnt man Is privlIeKed to llvo In. AmoiiR tho cities, towns, etc.. that e wls.li lo re member In a particular way aro tho Tol loulng: Wllkcs-Carre, Georgetown, Kingston, Hawlev, Bennett. Honesdalo. Forty Fort. Waymart, Wjomlnff, nimhurst, Parsons, Moscow, Miner's Mills, Oouldsboro, Mill Creek, Tobjhanna, Laflln, Mount Pocono, Yatesvlllc, Pocono Summit, Plttston, Crcsco, Durjea, Henrllle, Lack.iwanna, Spraguevllle, Talor, Portland, Acca, Stroudsburs, Moosle. Water Gap, Mlnooku, Delaware, Hancock, Manunka Chunk, Starlight. Preston Park, Conklln, I.ako Como, Great Pend, Pojntelle, New Mlirord, Pelmont. Airord. Pleasant, Klngsleys. Vniondalo. Poster. 1'orest City, Nlrliolt-on. fRi bondale, Factoryville, Wltito Bildco, Ia Plume, Jermyn, D.ilton, Archbild, Glenburn, Wlnton Clark's Summit. PeekUlle, Chinchilla, Olj pliant. Mjylleld, Dickson City, Nay Auk. Throop, Dunmon, feirranton, Wlmmers, JSInghamton. Mjplewood, Conklln Center. I.ako Ariel. May they llvo long nnd prosper is tho wish or howls. He Illy & D.ivles, the hon 1st and most exttndo dealers In boots, shoes, rubbers, etc . In Northeastern Pennsylvania, Nos. Ill and lib Wjomlng avenue, Scranton. Pa. VK HAVU VNUMIiUHOFKlNB III MP that we will close out AT COST This is a chance to get a good lamp for little money. TIE OMONS, FERBER, O'MALtEY 00, 4'2'2 Lackawanua Avenu A. THC MODERN HARDWARC STORE. Drop Lights We have made a re duction of 25 per cent, on our line of Drop Lights as we wish to close them out before iu veutory. These are all new goods and bargains at the prices we have marked them. FOOTE & SIEAE CO, 110 WASHINGTON A I. -$ Will be on sale Monday morn ing. Copies imiy tye secured from Carriers and Newsdealers. 5(H jHl. ISJ For Christmas Hill & Cormell, 121 Washington Avenue. Have an unusnnt largo assortment or Chairs and Rockers SLcripfion Ladies' Desks ,nllthowo0d,. Parlor Cabinets and Music Cabinets iu Mahogany and Vernls-Martln. A 1'EW choici: Pieces of Bric-a-Brac, Tabourettes, a large selection : Tables, in endless variety. Hill & Cornell 121 Washington Ave. TT or 1 899 Various styles and bindings. The larg est assortment in the city to select from for office and pocket use. Reynolds Bros STATIONERS aud ENGRAVERS, THE HUM & aMTOLL CO. Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas and Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware. " nhnt. BAZAAI HNLEY WiodflinigUp Sale om Fancy Silks To make a complete clearance on all lines that have been broken up by our holiday busi ness, we have arranged our entire stock of Fancy Silks into four lines, as sorted as follows: Assortment 1 All of our Fancy Silks that are suitable for waist, petticoats, dress and coat linings, etc., etc., and worth from 8;c to 1. Now Assortment 2 Kverything in our stock of Fancv Silks worth from $1.00 to 140. Now 88c Assortment 3 All Fancy Silks ranging in price irom 91.S0 to 92.00. mow $1.00 Assortment 4 A few choice things in Fancy Brocades, etc., mostly in short lengths ot from two to six yards each; were $2.50 to $5.50. Clos ing at $1.25 The first three lots are in. lengths rauging from four yards to twelve and fifteen yards each, aud we unhesi tatingly say that, so far as silk values are concerned, this is an opportunity rarely to be met with. 7 y s 510 and 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE HENRY BEL1N, JR., Oeneiul Asent ror tha Wyomlnj DlstrlcUo: JIIiUmj, ltlntliig, Hportln;, Hniolcs.au uud thu Itepauno CUeiulgA. Company 4 HIGH EXPLOSIVES. tufety I'me, Cnp uml IC.vploilort Hooiu lot Co nu ell Uulldloj. fceruutau. F anile wrairs PDllEBo AUENCIE.1 rims roiii), JOHN II. SMI I'll A ION. W. E.MULLIUAN, riut Plymouth WllktvlUcri
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