THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-MONDAY, MAY 22, 1899. t$t fkitanton ri6une rnbllihrnl Dully, llxeept Similar, br tb Irlbunei'ublliUlngl'ompaayi at 1'irtjrCant Month. Iew YotkOOIce: 1M) Nummi fit., M. 8. VIIKKLANP, (oUAtent for Korelsa .Mlvertlalu?. l.STFRKD AT THR rOITOfrtCE AT CnAtTOV, TA., AB SICOSD-CI.AM MAII. KATTKH. BCRANTON, MAY 22, 1S99. The tranBfrr of J. M. West, for some time local rcprcsentntlvp of the Ilar ber Asphalt company, to aencva, N, Y., announced Saturday, It Is proper to eav, had no connection with the local controversy oor street repairs, but was In pursuance of a request preferred by Mr. West to the general onice In New York several weeks ago, as the records show. A Duty Outlined. Whatoer limy be the truth as to the discovery of the mlfhlns nsphalt repair tontrnets. their dlsappeaianco nml subsequent history point a very piegnant moial It these contracts have been held for political oficrson nl speculation or If their disappear ance wax due to carelessness In the uiilndlnnihlp f i1'1' recoide and papers, tin- londltlon Is one of munici pal dl.cae and the remedy l to be found In a moie rlRld supervision by the pooplo of the woils of the public nlllcIaN. The Incident lms Illustrated to the tiiNPciyer how loosely their mu nicipal nffulm aie conducted. It should Impress upon them the need of lnstl tutlns a Rood many municipal reform". UmliiR the prosiest ot this street repali controery there hae heen numrrniio rlmiBCS of debaucheiy In connection with the RiantlnB of public icntiucts .mil finneliHes. Some of these ihuiRp" have been manifestly made Infliiccrelv but the suspicion li nevei IheleBi w hlcpi end that they have had some basis of truth. Tor ouiscIncp. we hae no evidence to sus tain sin h a chaise and therefore do not make- It. Out If there are a num ber .if substantial citizens of this town who belle e that roirupt Induem es are rift- In councils the time has certainly come In the development of the city when steps should be taken to Investi gate this matter thoroughly. Wp have scon In the Item of street lepaiis how rHrelesulv the public conveniences are ured foi and how difficult It Is for the people to get the nttentlon from their seivants in o'llee which they have n. rlKht to expect and to demand. We have seen In the open letter of tho mnyor's private secretary what the c ecutle depat Intent thinks of the meth ods necessary to bo used to Influence councils. We have seen In the legal action recently brought against ths ilty by viewers endeavoring to en force tho collection of pay for city work done and wo are seeing In the public subscriptions made necessary for the completion of the South Side sewer how this loose if not criminal method of doing business reacts on the Individual citizen and how certain it Is to lead the tity Into debt, disgrace and litigation and It ought not to re quire an extended recital of these pat ent and notorious facts to Justify the opinion that it Is time to enforce tho turning over of a new leat. When a private employer becomes convinced that some one in his employ Is neglecting his business, wasting his money and otherwise acting In bad faith, he takes measures to defend his own. The employers business ability is usually gauged by the success which he achieves In oiganblng tho labor of his employes and In Instituting checks and safeguards to prevent robbery and peculation. The taxpayers of Scran ton in their tapaclty as employers of official labor have evidently been too le'iient Tiny hae permitted their employes to do as they pleased and een when suspicious that their own interests- haw been betrayed they have taken no steps to discover and punish the beliayeis nnd to institute a higher older of business ability and fidelity In the municipal service. Now, when the lty is at a crisis in Its history, when gieat Industilal changes .iu Impend ing and when we aie about to bo In ought fate to face with tho prob lim of taking vigorous measuies to preseive and to extend the coinmei ilal and Industrial resources of our (immunity, the thing which stares us In the l.u-p Is the fact that the gov ernment of our cltv Is so Inelllclont, so neglectful of ordinary business prin ciples, and so responsive to secret manipulations ot denugoglc influences that no leputib'.e outside manufac ture! or meicham looking about for a new place of iMlJ?nef nnd business investment, would hazard a decision in iavor of Scranton This (hploiable condition can be rem edied If thf substantial citizens of the town will unite to i-medy It. It will not cure Itself. Agulnaldo's anxiety to be bought Is evidently now about the only obstacle to a quick i etui n of peace In Luzon. Ciiticlsm. That Counts. Gradually the personal resentments of the late war are dying down Into a sincere desire to profit by its mistakes. Suggestions of Improvement aie now being offered, and are receiving a le spectful hearing. Most of these aie Im personal in Intent and recognize that the welfarn of the military service of the United States Is above Individuals. To a Washington Star tepiesentatlve an unnamed army officer recently un folded one plan which should be fol lowed without undue delay. Said he: "It wasn't so much the Mauser bullets that carried grief and desolation to so many American homes as It was the Insidious diseases, tho seeds of which were contracted by the men's system when our loyal volunteers were being iialncd to fight, before they went to the front. As this country had to de l nd on Its volunteer army In tho Uto uur. so It will In any future war, and Mio Idea of forming a camp for thirty tlej'.ifand recruits on unknown ground, here there has not been a sewer or a . aler ptpo laid In advance, and where i hero Is not enough water, even before n becomes contaminated, to quench tho hliPt of the soldiers, as was tho case p.t Camp Alger, !s the height of folly. "Ono of tho ill at things congress nhould do Is appoint a committee of experts to select sites for several na tional camp grounds say one In the north, one In tho east, ono In the west, one In the central states and ono In the Rotith, Having selected the ground, make piovlslon for laying them out Into camp grounds and thoroughly equip ping them for Immediate occupancy, Hy that I mean have a complete sower system all ready for Immediate oper ation, mid n waterworks plant that could bo worked by the turning of a faucet. Then when tho time cnine for a call to arms the volunteers could bo gathered from all directions and begin and continue their training without danger of an epidemic before they had learned the first ludlmcntHof soldiering. These camp grounds would not He Idle until there should bo a declaration of war. They should be used every sum mer for tho encampment of both regu lar and National Guard, and the In vestment would prove a paying one even If wc never went to war again." This Is tho kind of war criticism that counts. Canadians are deservedly Jubilant over tho fact that the dominion Is now conftonted by a. surplus In revcilues Instead of a deficit. The prosperity of Canada will be noted with pleasure In the United States, where the belief amounts to a conviction that the United States and Canada will some day become one. Be Prepaied for Disappointments. If the report Is true that the Itusslan delegates to the czar's peace congress have declined to accept the proposition of England, backed by the United States, to neutralize all private prop el ty nt sea in time of war, then we may well doubt whether the congress will be substantially productive of good. This proposition was one of the three upon which there had existed any hope of concurrence. Disarmament, tho ostensible object of the conference, wns known to be n practical Impossibility under existing conditions, but there had been some expectation that In addition to neutralizing private property afloat the congress would formulate a limited plan of International arbitration and take some steps to further abridge the cruelties of war. The basis ot Russia's alleged objec tion to the prevention of tho seizure of private pioperty at sea Is that It would benefit Grcnt Ilrltnln In far greater proportion than any other nation, on account of England's supeilor merchant marine, and by so much contribute to England's naval supremacy. The Rus sians nrguo that so long ns England has the upper hand In the carrying trade, that long will the liability of English merchandise to camuro In the event of war operate as a powerful leverage In forcing England to keep the peace. There may bo truth In this con tention; but If seizure of private prop erty afloat Is morally wrong and If Its abolition would, as most Intelligent men claim, be a great forward step then it does not become 'the nation which Invoked the peace congress to be the first to show signs of insincerity England may be in the ascendancy to day In the ocean carrying trade, but the very fact of the neutralization of private propeity would operate as an Incentive to other nations to compete more strenuously than heretofore for a larger share of the salt water com merce. We In the United States have In this question an Interest second only to England's, for though England Is now at the top of tho list, our people do not have to look very far ahead to foresee the day when the American merchant marine will be crowding that of England for first place. These reports as to Itusslan attitude and Intentions may be Inaccurate. Friends ot civilization may well hope bo. But while wishing for the best re sults at The Hague let them also be prepared for disappointments. The millennium evidently Is not yet. If he wants a truly good candidate Hon. John Wanamaker might run for state treasurer himself The Lash for Wife Beaters. Governor Roosevelt s recent advocacy of the whipping post for wlfe-beatera aroused various comment, some sharp ly censorious, but the dilft of expert opinion seems to be in the governors direction. The Medico-Legal society of New York has undertaken to secure fiom eminent penologists opinions on this subject und the first instalment made public rliows a laJge preponder ance in favor of the lash as a cor icctlve. Judge Baldwin, of the Supremo court ot Connecticut, fnvors it unreservedly. Says he: "No sentence to a county jail Is gteatlv dreaded by a hatdened criminal. It gives him in most cases an assurance of better housing and of bftter food than he Is In the habit of gaining by nv other mode of exer tion. On the other hand, whipping Is dreaded by every one, man or child. Governor Ruukingham of Connecticut once stated that no white man had ever been whipped twice under a Ju dicial sentence In that state. Thera have been many who have gone back to Jail ten and twenty times " Chief Justice Lore, of Delnvvaic, in explaining tho use of tho whipping post In that state, notes the state's peculiar geographical situation, serv ing to make It the dumping ground of tramps and vagrants.and says this fact makes the lash something of a neces sity In tho state's criminal law. "Tho second and perhaps controlling rea son," ho adds, "grows out of the test of experience, that the whipping post is the most efficient deterrent of crime known to our laws. It Is tho most dreaded of all punishments, and in applications for mitigation of sentence the prayer almobt Invariably is for tho remission ot the whipping. It appeals to brutalized nature as no other pun ishment does, and has made nnd kept In the past the criminal classes of Del aware relatively small In number." Superintendent Rrockway of the EN mlra reformatory says, moie guarded ly. "Beyond question, there Is a con siderable class of young offenders, In prison nnd out of prison, whose re covery to orderly and Industrious be havior In a free community can bo best accomplished by some proper uso of corporal treatment. Tho question will sometimes arlso whether young criminals or prisoners should bo sur rendered to evil ways, to habitual crlm', or bo rescued by resort to a physical application. The fact that for it given class of crimes and pub- lie misbehavior there will surely nnd quickly follow a consequence, easily appreciated by tho offender, would net ns'a check to certain misdemeanor of fences, but any scheme of penology whoso basis Is chiefly a deterrent one cannot, I believe, piove effective In preventing crime." " Tho argument for tho whipping post dlffeia from tho atgunicnt for tho gal lows. The gallows does not deter peo ple from committing the crime It Is In tended to punish; the whipping post does The gallows extinguishes nil hopo of reforming tho criminal; the whipping post very often lays the foundation of a lasting reform. In cilmr-s of violence, such as wife beatlng, certain forms of assault and tho like, a good lash well applied In tho name of tho law, but not In pub lic, has proved Itself an efficient In strument of Justice. Moro power to Itl It Is nnnounced that the social boy cott recently Inaugurated by tho Aus trian and Belgian ministers nt Wash ington against the Mexican ambassa dor, who had a hand in tho execution of the Emperor Maximilian, has col lapsed. It wns frowned upon by the ofllclals of our state department and It wan equally repugnant to common sense. The boycott, by the way, Is an Institution which does not thrive in tho United States. Edward Atkinson hopes to keep near tho top round of tho ladder of fame by publishing an anti-Imperialist freak paper. Kriends should ndvise against tills. George Francis Train once at tempted the freak paper scheme and it was a flut failure, and it Is believed that Train possesses considerable moro originality than Atkinson In his par ticular line. Gallery playing in public office Is a political Investment of very uncertain nnd tianslcnt dividends. Tho ofllclal with the courage of his convictions Is tho man of longevity In public affairs. A good many American citizens who were entirely willing to hurrah for Dewey are now quietly edging away from the Dewey contiibutlon box. Tho number of the malcontents In Cuba Is probably a good deal smaller than might be infeircd fiom the noise they make. The Ideal and the Real Peace Plan. I'lom the Times-Herald. p. N AMERICAN tourist who had M went many hours in tho dream jl land of Sir Walter Scott while he r was growing up on the shores of u u l.iko Michigan received the llrst great disappointment of his life when ho glanced across the little pond that is called Loch Katrine. He could assoclito nothing romantic and heroic with su"h an insignificant body of water. Natur ally nnd without question ho had carried his own lake standard Into the wizard's realm of poetry and fiction and had never reflected for a moment on tho potent fact that there was no room for a Michigan In Scotland. The result was that ho had to rearrange his ideas beforo he could again enjoy tho literature that had given lilm so much pleasure. o The Illustration Is offcicd as a correc tive suggestion to thoo optimistic souls who havo been building up a peace con ference nut of the czar's proposals. Tho gathcilng which has just met at Tho Hague will not touch seriously on the Riander designs of tho imperial mant lesto There will be a shrlnkago in tho siupo of tho practical discussions as great as that which was observed in tho reduction of the imaginary to tho real Loch Katrine. Hut this Is not to say th'it tho conzress will bo absolutely value loss. There are gtounds for a reasonable expectation that it will accomplish soma Rood, and we may Indulge In the reason able expectation without fear of a se vere disillusionment. o Whether the czar is sincere or not and whether Germany Is hostile or not, the delegates from so many powers can baldly separate without having reached divers beneficial agreements on minor points, and they may peihaps in ike fCV tr.il important gains In tho Interest of civilization. If it is not likely that any thing will be done towaid tha restriction of armaments and military cxpenJlturcs. there is every prospect that tho cause of n.edlation nnd abrltrntloi will be ad vanced and that tho laws of war will l-o rendered more humane. This is tho moro iirobablo becauso in these matteis the congress will not bo called upon to act In a revolutlonaiy spirit. The prin ciples with which it will deal already have a standing In International law. Civilized warfare is an old term, and so I international arbitration. There will be precedents from which to argue for n greater expansion and a broader recogni tion of rules that conduce to peace and to the elimination of some of tho horrors of war o If, then we would regard the confer ence aright we should dissociate it In our minds fiom Utopian schemes nnd think of It not as of something startling ly original, but as of a development In a seiies It is in this way only that we can understand its real worth. It will add n little to tho work of tho past, and In so doing will strengthen the founda tions for tho work ot tho future. For this much we should be thankful, even if disarmament and universal peae seem to bo ns fpr away from us us ever. MORTGAGING THE FUTURE. From tho Washington Fust. 1'ersons who talk glibly about "the con sent of tho governed" and make eloquent protests agulnst "taxation without repre sentation" do not hcsltato to reach for ward thiough many coming decades and put their hands Into tho pockets of men whoso great-great-grandparcnts havo not yet ai rived in this breathing world. Na tions, states, counties, and cities Innum erublo uro piling up debts and, in so do ing, aie laying tuxes on lemnto posterity. It Is Impossible to avoid legislation and executive and judicial acts that will ef lect the material and moral interests of tho people of coming centuries, Obvi ously, we cannot consult with or get the consent of geneiations yet to come. Tim present must assume a great measure of responsibility for the future. liut It would sbcm only reasonable and honest that when we tax posterity, when wo In cumber posterity's Inheritance, wo should uso the money thus borrowed in a man ner that will LOirespondlngly enhance tha valuo of tho cetatu that wo shall pass along to our succetsors. For public improvements of an endur ing character, such as parks, sewers, and waterworks. It Is not morally wrong to dlvldo tho expense- between tho genera tions that will use them. Their con struction makes tho leal estate of a city moro vuluablo by incrcctlng not only ilia longth, but tho enjoyment of life. The futuro will bo grateful to tho past for such works even if It has to pay a part of their cost. Hut a posterity loaded with debts for what Us ancestry con sumed or wasted, a posterity paying tax es for tho benefit of Its ancestry, will havo a good reason to grumble, so: Tho city of Philadelphia Is about to draw on tho faturo for moro thnn 111,000, 000, and Is going to expend a lurgo part of It on works which posterity will never see. For example, t2,000,0iw lire to ba used for paving and repairing of street I'.ivcmvnts and repairs do not last long In any city. It would be scarcely moro unfair to tux the future for firework foi tho coming Fouilli of July than for such Improvements as those. The next gen eration nnd Its successor, and so on to tho end of llnii. will have utrects to pav.j nnd pivements to repair. There tire other largo Items In tho list of works proposed that will not bo passed along to posterity with the bill for their construe tlou. Tho bill wilt go, sure, and straight, but tho goods It calls for will have boon consumed on tho way. :o: Wo do not mention Philadelphia from any Impression that her caso Is excep tional, but simply because It Is the latest object lesson In that dubious public mo rality which wo are considering, Other cities nro living on tho future, reaching Into tho pockets of coming generations for tho means of paving their streets, cd ucatlng their children nnd doing other things which they ought to do themselves. FOOD ADULTERATION. From the Times-Herald. The senate puro food Investigation be ing conducted In this city has proceeded far enough to disclose some startling facts with reference to tho adulteration of food products. In fact, tho revelations already made fully Justify the enactment by tho next congress of n drastic pure food law that will bo stringent enough In Its provisions to protect American con sumers from tho vast quantities of adul terated food products that oro unnually dumped Into our ports by foreigners who are not allowed to sell them ot home o Ono of the witnesses beforo the com mittee slated that ho ground adultera tions accoidlng to orders and that ho furnished n number of retail llrms with mixtures made of "ground cocoanut shells, buckwheat middlings or bran und other articles." Such thbifls, tno wit ness admitted, mado up a mixture which went out on an order for pepper or all spice. This Is the kind of stuff that Chi cago is sending out to a. certain clas3 of consumers under various spicy and at tractive labels Such disclosures as this should impel Senator Mason's cominltteo to a searching Investigation of firms that mnko a business of adulteration. o Next in Importance to tho revelation of facts bearing upon tho chatactcr and ex tent of the adulterations Is tho question of remedial legislation, nnd in this con nection the testimony of Graeme Stew art, of W. M. Hoy t & Co., is most valu able. He recommended that a tax should bo imposed in such a way as to keep out foreign adulterations and that manu facturers und Jobbers bo required to plainly label all packages and products so that the retailer and honest shipper would be protected from frauds In tho matter of spurious coffeo, It is believed that a duty of from 3 to 5 cents a pound would not onlv protect tho domestic ship pers but would effectually keep out the spurious and inferior grades, tor tho rea son that tho wholesalers' prlco of pure coffeo is now so low that tho poor stuffs when burdened with a fair Impost tax could not competo with it. It is claimed that tho duty on tea hns already resulted in a marked improvement In tho quall'y of tho tea that Is shipped to this country. o In tho absence of uniformity in state legislation upon food ndulteratlon, the only hope of relief for the consumers nnd dealers Is In a national puie food law framed along tho lines suggested by Mr. Stewart. DREADFUL DAYS FOR JOHN. From tho St. Louis Republic. If Philadelphia doesn't quit developing so much wickedness she may lose Ml. Wanamaker. It was hard enough for him to llvo with tho corroding knowlcdgo of Quay's plum tree eating away his re spect for machine politics, but it was ad ditlonally pati.ful for him to discover that the most colossal counterfeiting scheme on record had Its rendezvous right In tho heart of his homo city. Ono moro disclosure of Iniquity such as these may causo tho good man to throw up tho spongo and emtgrato to Now Jersey or Chicago. . GRAVITATION THE SECRET. From a Speech by Congressman Dolllver. I saw tho order In the president's hand writing directing our great admiral in Asia to And the Spanish fleet and capturo or destroy It, but neither tho president nor tho navy department expected tho admiral to bo ablo to bunch them. Wo expected to bo chasing that fleet all over tho Pacific ocean throughout tho sum mer, and gather the most of them In by lato in the fall at any rate. Tho fact is that nobody in particular took us to Ma nila. When they blew us up in Havana tho law of gravitation did tho rest. THE MOTHER OF A SOLDIER. Tho mother of a soldier hats off to her, I say! Tho mother of a soldier who has gone to face the fray; Sho gave him to her country with a blessing on his head Sho found his name this morning in tho lonk list of tho dead: "Killed Sergeant Thomas Watkins, while leading on tho rest, A Iilblo in his pocket and a portrait on his breast!" The mother of a soldier she gave him to her land; Sho saw him on tho transport as ho waved his sun-browned hand; Sho kissed him through the tear drops and told him to be bravo; Her prayers went night and morning with her boy upon the wuve. The mother of a soldier her comfort and her joy. She gave her clearest treasure when she gave her only boy; She saw tho banners waving, she heard the people cheer; She clasped her hands and bravely looked away to hide a tear. I Tha mother of a soldier Ah! cheer the hero deed, And cheer tho btave who battle 'ncath the banner of their creed; But don't forget tho mothers, through all the lonely years, That fight the bravest battles on the sun less field of tears. i Nay, don't forget the mothers the mothers of our men, Who ceo them go and never know that they'll come back again, That give them to their countrv, to bat- tie and to die, Because tho buAles call them and the starry banners fly. The mother of a soldier hats, off to her, I say! Whoso head Is bowed In sorrow with Its tender locks of gray. She gave without regretting, though her old heart sorely bled When sho found his name this morning In the long list of tho dead "Killed Sergeant Thomas Watkins, whllo leading on the rest. Ills dear old mother's portrait clasped upon his hero bieast!" rolger McKfhscy In Baltimore News. ON FiOPE. Men paint Hopo m an angel In thin clothes, . But 'tis not so: Hope is tho hay tlriWer a donkey's nose, to make him gct Chicago Record, THAT TRIBUTE TO DEWEY. From llio Washington Tost. As regards tho movemont with refer ence to Admiral Dewey, which, heaven bo prnlped! Is now assuming u rational and decent shape, we should Hko to nmko one small fuggcstlon. Tho enthu siasm of tho American people is lutein Klblo enough, and it Is unquestionably creditable to all of them. Ho deserves much nt our hands, and, If wo owo him anything nt all, wo are under tho most binding obligations to pny that debt In somo fashion that will not distress and InJuro him It Is now generally under stood thanks to tho good scnoo and good feeling of tho multitude that ho does not want, nnd could not, without serious In convenience to himself, accept thu num erous banquets nnd Jollifications that have been proposed. Wo havo abandoned tho Idea of shocking him with ebulli tions und undermining his system with stupid banquets. It remains, therefore, to honor him In somo other way, nnd tho proposition to present him with a houno possesses nil tho elements of courtesy and common sense, without losing tho smallest touch of enthusiastic grntltudc. Wo cordially support this plan, nnd shall encourage It In every wny. ,o: Thero Is Just ono further vvoid to sav. Admiral Dewey does not want und could not use a palnce. He Is nlono in tho world, with the ecxeptlon of a son A great and gaudy mansion, choked by lux urious accessories and lost In space nnd room, would bo of no uso to him what ever. On tho contrary, It would bo a grievous burden, if not, Indeed, a real affliction. Tvvcnty-flvo or thirty thou sand dollars would secure for him a homo in the locality ho prefers, and tho rest of tho money subscribed should bo In vested In such manner an to ennblo him to maintain his establishment In proper style. To Invest him with a gorgeous mansion would be to mako him a Slnd bad with tho Old Jinn of tho Sea perma nently fixed upon his shoulders. Wo stand second to nrno In admiration f Dewey ns a man, a commander, nnd a diplomat. Wo regard his achievement ns tho most brilliant nnd tho most per fect of tho wnr. Thero can bo nothing too good for him. Ho deserves It all. But tho trlbuto can reach tho point of persecution, and wo seek to stop It short of that. Doesn't Need to Listen. "Cousin Josephine hides her deafness with great tact." "How?" "Sho talks all tho time. "-Chicago Re cord. REXFOUD'S. SCRANTON, May 20. Being the only wholesale and re tail jewelers in Scranton explains why our prices are below other stores. For instance, a little thing like a collar button: We have a one-piece unbreakable button, the back covered with hard enamel, cannot soil the linen, don't leave a green decoration on you, either, 1 5 different shapes. The price 5c each, 50c the dozen. THE REXFORD CO., 132 Wyoming Ave. Solid gold buttons, $1. tyMJf The Deadly Sewer Gas from a leaky drain may give tho doctor a caso of typhoid fever to woik with un less you permit tho piutnber to get In his work on the drain llrst. Do not hesitate about having tho plumb, lng in your houso examined by un expert if you think thero is the slightest defect. A thorough ovei hauling now will sava mary a dollar later. Tho ,smoko test will convlnco you whether there Is sewer gas or not. GMSTEIR & FORSYTH, 323-327 PENN AVENUE. Laura. I bought my first supply of Ripans Tabules more out of curiosity than anything else and was very much surprised at the goot results which followed their use. I had often seen them advertised, but being a little ( prejudiced against patent medicines I thought 1 tliey would do me no good. In future I never want to be without them. I had been troubled with indigestion and dyspepsia for .1 long time, and although I tried many kinds of medicine, I never found anything really to do me much good until I tried Ripans 1 Tabules.- 1 We are Slhowiini his a great variety of elegant goods in Spring Serges, You will find the prices like tlie goods right. Wo J. DAVI 213 Wyoming Ave., Scranton, Pa. Come la and ask to see our Wedgewood Blue, Oriental Rose, fa t30 to The most beautiful shades ever display ed in stationery. All Sizes m Stock Wc have the usual complete line of (Office Supplies, ReyeoldsBros STATIONERS anl ENGRAVERS. Hotel Jcrmyn Building. lis New lectric Clock, NO WINDING NO WEIGHTS. NO HPItl n GS. NO ItUPAIKS. NO THOUHI.C OI' ANY KIM). And PERFECT time at small cobt. Send postal card and our agent will call with samples. MERCEREAU k IMX SOLE AGENTS, 130 Wyoming Avenue. Luather Keller Line, CEMENT, SEWER PIPE, Etc. Yard and Odlce West Lackawanna Ave., SCRANTON, PA. FIN M'K ILJiLt R We 3nvlte inspection of our elegant new line of Bottd and Eaiicy Swiss, Swiss Greiaiiae: 5, Soic, ,s, Etc,, All of which we are show ing in an unlimited as sortment of the newest patterns and designs: New Sine of Satin, CMaa S; Wash Sit aid lawn lifirt Wai Choice line of new belt buckles and Collarette Clasps In sterling silver and jeweled, in the most ar tistic designs. Meet aid Steel Belts, Black Satii Sasb Belts Shirt Waist Sets, in sterling silver, Roman and gold enamel, pearl, etc., an unusally large and at tractive assortment. SllOand 512 LACKAWANNA AYENUB THK MODERN HAHDWAIIE STORE. Palmer Hammocks Excel all others for beauty, style atid durability. Princess Bafoy lammocks Just the thing for the lit tle ones. With Enameled Frame $2.50 Natural Finished 2.25 Others for $1.40 to 1.75 F00TE ii SMEAR CO, 119 Washington Avenue. The Huot & Cooirisll Co. Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas an Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware. 434 Lackawaana Aveaiie HENRY BEL1N, JR., Oiceiul Agont for tha Wyouimj District f j.- Mlulne, lllaetlns.Sportlni, htmoUalnii uod thu Ilepauno Ch8ailc.il Loiiipauy'i HIGH EXPLOSIVES. tufety KiiRe, Cap-t nnd Hiplodari. Uoom 101 I'oanell UuUUlu;. Soruatja. sts DUP0NT8 PillEi. AUU.NOllil uioi, roni). pmit9 JOHN RBMU'll.tlON Plymouth. W.K. MULUUA.N, WUkeUut ;.. i ... .to ..oato AAu . MM.AL 1 wiwlwnTMfcAi'
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