THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1899.
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SCnANTON, JUNK IB, 1S99.
The fact Is noted find commented
upon despairingly by some of the "In
Biirtfont" organs that In spite ot the
factional heat engenedsred In tho re
cent Tioga, primaries, only GO per cent,
of the Republican voters took the
trouble to vote. Perhaps about 40 per
cent, of the Republicans of Tioga have
grown tired of bo much squabbling.
Democratic Opera BoulTe.
Our friends, tho enemy, have con
structed a brave platform. It bristles
with rrform declarations and Is ns
full of highly moral platitudes as a
gourd Is full of seeds. One can always
tell tho state of the Democratic party's
hunger for spoils by the thickness with
which It spreads on its platform
promises to ho good.
If promising wero performing, tho
Democratic party would undoubtedly
bo the most successful administrative
agency that tho world has ever seen.
Uut the history of our country teaches
that It is oiu thing for this party to
Koln high sounding rhetoric and qulto
another to effect piactlcal results in
lino with Its fulsome professions. Up
on the two occasions in recum
years that it has had a chance
to show Its nblllty in adminis
tering the affairs of this commonwealth
Its performance h.ib boon hesitant, lamo
and disappointing. In the legislaturo
its representatives with few exceptions
haw been as deep In tho mud as the
Republican members they criticize
have been In the mire. In the execu
tive ofllre, however creditable its in
tentions, It work has been rarely bet
ter and generally worse than that It
holds up l condemnation because of
Republican derivation.
There aio good men In the Demo
cratic party leadership in Pennsyl
vania, but they are In a. minority. The
party as n whole Is fit only to serve
ns a horrible example of misdirected
enei gy.
Tho authorities at "Washington prob
ably know their business, but to a man
up a tree It looks as If there would be
economy in life and suffering should
Gc.ieral Otis be given enough soldleis
to clean Agulnaldo out.
W. F. Hallstend'3 Resignation.
The resignation of General Manager
and Second Vice-President W. F. Hall
stead, of the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western railroad, takes from this
rich and prospeious road one of the
most noted and conspicuous railroad
men of the country. Jlr. Ilallstead
stands today without a peer in rail
road circles. Tho success which has
clowned the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western railroad for so many
years is due largely to his supeilor
management.
Mr. Ilnllstcud has from early youth
been associated with tho road, start
ing as he did, a humble water boy,
only to ilse to the stately and honored
position of manager and second vice
president. His absence from the helm
will not only be missed by those who
wcie dliectly under his supervision In
this city, but also throughout the whole
system. It would be impossible for
any other man to become so thoroughly
Identified with a road as Mr. Hallstead
Is with the Delaware, Lackawanna and
"Western. He knows nearly all the en
gines, and switches as well; and every
little detail which tends to identify
a successful man with railroad cir
cles. Mr. Hallstead and his keen, careful
ways of management will be missed by
the road he helped to build with pick
and bhovel nnd afterward pushed by
rare executive skill to wealth and pros
perity. As compared with other years,
Young America Is a trifle slow in be
ginning the Fourth of July racket this
season; but we don't murmur.
Where Americans Bear Comparison.
The esteemed Washington Post
points a timely moral in connection
with the Drejfus nffalr when it says:
"If It was damnable in Esterhazy
to sell tho bordtreau to the represen
tatives of a foreign and possibly hostile
power, what shall we say of those who
bought his infamy and soiled their
hands with its hateful contact? If the
wretch who sold secret lnfoimatlon to
the representative of another coun
try Is a base scoundrel, how are we to
describe tho parties who bribed him
to commit that Infamy? Even our own
laws make criminals of both the briber
and tho bribed. In the philosophy of
modern civilization, the receiver of
stolen goods is little, If any, less culp
able than tho thief. Do theso evi
dently Just rules apply only to lndivld
als, nnd do they lapse when It comes
to International affairs? Wo Imprison
tho malefactor who steals a pleco of
Jewelry pernaps to save his children
from starvation and we punish tho
'fence' who purchases from him the
proceeds of his criminal activity. Is
there another law for tho 'diplomat'
who goes to a foreign capital and there
entices a subject of tho power to which
he Is accredited to dishonor himself
and to betray his people and his gov
ernment? These diplomats are guests,
the beneficiaries of distinguished cour
tesies and immunities. Are they not
in much upon their honor as any visi
tor to a private residence would be?
Think of such a visitor, entertained
as a friend, trusted as a gentleman,
covored with attentions nnd hospitali
ties think of him in tho act of cor
rupting n servant of the house to rob
his master nnd to divulge the family
secrets 1 Is there a decent and self
respecting man in 'the world who would
not hold him In scorn, contempt and
aorror? Are these practices recognized
us permissible under the cover of diplo
macy? Do nations set up embassies,
legations, etc., at foreign capitals with
tho understanding that they aro to
employ spies, and traitors, nnd sneak
thieves, and that the vllo business,
which, outside of diplomacy, would be
treated as tho basest crime, Is to bo
regarded as legitimate? Truly, It
seems to us that, If this bo true and
certain features of tho Dreyfus Inci
dent appear to warrant that conclusion-tho
thing wo call diplomacy
stands mora In need of cleansing and
reformation than the most loathsome
slum In nil tho world."
Theso words of denunciation arc not
overdrawn. Much was onco said In
foreign capitals In derision of Amer
ica's "hayseed diplomacy." Our rep
resentatives in European courts used
to hare rather an unenviable time ot
It, shoved to ono side and socially snub
bed by the more gaily appareled
flunkeys of monarchical Institutions.
But tho American hayseed diplomatist
was at least a gentleman and a man of
honor. Although frank of speech and
plain In manner, he was tho kind of
man who didn't hnvo to bo kept under
detective surveillance for fear that he
would steal the property of tho nation
to which ho was nccredtted or con
spire to do Injury to his hosts. And
in later years these mamy qualities
have not failed of proper recognition.
Tho so-called new diplomacy of direct
speech and candid negotiation is al
most wholly of American inspiration
and evidence is accumulating that the
American fashion thus set Is gaining
rapidly on tho old continental style of
Intricate Intrigue and deception.
As the harmless friend of everybody,
Mr. Guffpy did not keep pace with tho
ice man In sawing congealed iluld at
Harrlsburg.
Properly Placing the Blame.
The Washington correspondent of the
Now York Tribune 13 disposed to make
life unpleasant for Secretary Alger. In
the course of a series of very direct
and pointed attacks he makes citation
of the figures which follow:
"In 1SGJ, under the administration of
Edwin M. Stanton, the year In which
tho Civil war developed to Its greatest
propoitlons, when with a million men
in arms the business of tho National
government was far mort extensive
and complicated than ever before or
since, the annual register of tho War
department gave the following figures
of Its civilian clerical force:
No. of
Bureau. employes.
Secretary of war 40
Adjutant general 73
Quartermaster general 153
Commissary general 12
Paymaster general t.7
Surgeon general 33
Chief of englnceis 17
Chief of ordnance $,3
Provost marshal general 133
Total CGj
"May 31, 1807, two months nfter tho
present secretary of war took office,
when the country was In a state of
profound peace and Its entire military
establishment consisted of no more
than 29,312 men, including the retired
list and also the military cadets nnd
teachers at West Point, the annual
register of the War depaitmont showed
its civilian clerical force to bu as fol
lows: No. of
liureau. employe!.
Secretary of war 71
Adjutant general 127
Commissary general 30
Paymaster general 27
Surgeon general 123
Chief of engineers SI
Chief of ordnance 42
Inspector general )
Judge advocate gcm-inl 33
Chief signal officer 7
Record and pension Ml
Superintendent of buildings 10S
Rebellion records fl
Total 1,3G;
It Is unfair to blame Alger for this.
Alger Is merely a civilian figure-head.
The bureau chiefs, who hold offices
for life and are Independent of every
body, nro the ones who have loaded
down the clerical force with dead tim
ber. They are the culprits to bo raked
over tho coals.
Distance certainly lends enchant
ment. The Filipino pan lot of a year
ago upon close acquaintance proves to
be an ungrateful, treacherous, cut
throat, not entitled to the consideration
that would be given a lattlesnako
colled ready to spring.
Until the peace conference at The
Hague can furnish a list of "killed and
wounded" it must not expect to attract
much attention.
-
There is a suspicion that ex-Governor
Paulson's political storage battery
needs re-charging.
"Silver Dollar" Bland shows a dis
position to outlive his obituary notices.
TOLD BT THE STABb.
Dally Horoscopo Drawn by AJacchus,
Tho Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolabo Cast: 2.tS a. m., for Thursday,
Juno 15, li'jO.
4.
A child born on this day will notice that
tho most successful politician U tho ono
who appears to make a pltdgo and does
not.
Man can generally bluff everything savo
his own conscience.
Tho lazy man Is tho most successful
Idealist.
The roso cold and hay fever Invalid will
enjoy being miserable for a few weeks.
People who cannot find hard times
fast enough generally strike for them.
It is evident that nettles are growing In
Alfy's flower garden.
AJacchus' Advice.
To have your good qualities discovered
get Into 11 scrap of some kind. To bring
the bad ones to light, run for office.
SOCIAL DUTY
The door-bell rings,
The portal swlnss.
My lady comes a-calllng,
In velvet dressed.
Her veil close pressed;
The formal talk's appalling.
Tho style, tho day,
Tho church, the play
Whatever lino she fanclei.
Ten minutes pass;
She says, "Alas,
Tlmo'Illes!" and oft she dances.
No real word said
From heart or head,
No thought, to live In beauty;
Her list she checks
What name's tho next?
She's doing social duty.
-Lydla A. Coonley-Ward, In Woman's
Home Companion.
Franklin as the
First American
Concluded from Pago t
heart, whose firm resolution no obstacle
could turn asldo or adverso circum
stance defeat.
ENVIRONMENT.
Nothing apparently seemed more un
promising of greatness than his en
vironment. He lived in a country vil
lage, which, located on tho vergo of an
unbroken wilderness, was more Inac
cessible to civilization than Honolulu
or Manila at tho present day. Its so
ciety consisted of a few families and
still fowei" educated men and women,
and the conveniences of llfo, as com
pared with those of tho meanest vil
lage ot like size of the- present day,
were pltlablo In their poverty. The
civilized world could scarcely be said
to know of its existence, and Its news
of battles f .ight and won and treaties
made and bioken slowly crept across
the ocean In snlllnir nackets. and was
disseminated through the colonies
through a few weekly newspapers.
The people of Philadelphia wero still
in the very childhood of tho race,
Ignorant, superstitious, nnd narrow
minded. White men wero sold In tem
porary bondage nnd African slavery
existed even In the city of Pastorius.
Beyond tho Susquehanna was an un
trodden wilderness, nnd the Alleghenles
were regarded as the true boundaries
which nature had sot to tho progress of
the colonics, and all of English birth
still believed that tho three estates of
king, lords, and commons were divine
ly ordained. Even Benjamin Franklin
would then have raised his hat and
bowed his form In obeisance at tho
mere mention of His Royal Highness
George I.
AN EVENTFUL PERIOD.
These, however, are but tho super
ficial conditions, for It Is true of Frank
lin, as It has been true of every great
man, that ho Is the Joint product of
that direct Inspiration of tho Almighty
to which we give tho name of genius,
and of extraordinary times. The cen
tury in which Franklin lived was des
tined to bo epic In the grandeur of Its
achievements, and most far-reaching In
Its results upon the nfter nges. It was
a period of transition. Human eocloty
was about to bo reconstructed. Upon
the ruins of feudalism the better super
Htructuto of democracy was then In the
slow process of election, and It was
difficult to distinguish between the now
structure and the old. Three mighty
forces wero engaged in this work of
reconstruction, all Inter-dependent nnd
each to somo extent causing nnd caused
llVf till j-tt lint It rk il IdrmiiI nntlnH r
knowlodmi bv mpnt nf tho nrinHnir
press, the upraising of the masses by
industrial inventions, nnd the growth ,
or democratic Ideas. Men were soon to
lose faith In the divine right of either
a king, titled nobility, or state priest
hood to ride, booted nnd spurred, upon
the backs of the masses. Entail and
special privilege were to be swept
away. The day of the people was about
to dawn. A new doctrine was to be
preached, that nil men were created
equal, both In rights and duty. In the
eyes of the law, and that the only dis
tinction between Individuals should bo
that earned by superior service to tho
common weal. This new gospel of
iiuinuniiy was to nnu its nrst expres-
slon nnd trial in the wilderness of
America, even as the preaching of the
Nazareno found Its first utterance nnd
nccoptance In tho desert places of Gall
lee. War, never to cease until final
triumph, was soon to be declared and
waged against every form of tyranny
over the mind nnd soul of man, whllo
to the individual, without distinction
of ruce, class, or cro"d, was to bo of
fered that "career open to talent," that
fair field and no favor, that equality
of opportunity, so far as political In
stitutions can determine the' conditions
of the competition, which Is the basic
principle of the American common
wealth. TIIK TYPICAL DEMOCRAT.
And the very Incarnation of this
democratic spit It, tho great exemplar
of tho plain people, the foremost
apostle of the now gospel of equal
rights, was to bo this printer of Phila
delphia, who.o coming kings should
live to dread, and whoso strong right
nun, ever pressing the lever of his
printing press, was like the God of
Thunder, Thor to rend In twain the
English empire nnd drive the Bour
bons from tho throne of France. Well
did Thomas 1'enn speak of him In thoso
early days as a "dangerous" and "un
easy" man, and a "tribune of the peo
ple." George III. was accurate when
he described him to his ministers as
the "most mischievous" spirit of the
Revolution, Joseph II. of Austria was
wise In his day and generation when
he refused to meet Franklin, with the
remark that "It was his trade to reign,
and ho would not endanger the craft
by playing with Franklin's lightning,"
while Ill-fated Mario Antoinette, In
whoso proud court Franklin had stood
In his plain garb as the very Incarna
tion of that democracy which was to
bo her Nemesis, was to sadly say: "The
time ot Illusions Is past, nnd today we
pay dear for our Infatuation nnd en
thusiasm for tho American war." In
this mighty social movement, the
greatest since the growth of the Chris
tian church, Franklin was to direct nnd
typify that fourth estate, tho printing
press, whoso influence was even then
beginning to create the now ull-gov-ernlng
force of public opinion. He was
destined to enjoy a career which, in
the extent and variety of Its ussi'ul
ness. is wholly without a parallel In
the history of democratic America. The
some time tallow chandler was to be
come, despite the prejudices of royal
caste which had prevailed for a thou
sand years, tho honored guest of four
kings, to be crowned with laurel
wreaths by titled ladles of the pioud
est courts In Christendom, and ap-
plauded to the echo by the very aris
tocracy which he came to destroy. The
self-educated printer, whose education
was chiefly gained in the hours of the
night with borrowed books and by tho
flickering light of a tallow dip, was to
found one college and ono univeislty.
to be given tho degrees ot the great
universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and
Kdlnburg nnd the younger colleges ot
Yalo and Harvard, and honored with
fellowshlo In all the learned societies
of tho world. The man who bought
rags for ready money, and who had no
library or philosophical apparatus ex
cept of the simplest description, was to
captivate the Imagination and chain
the admiration of the world for all time
by a series of scientific experiments so
noblo in conception and far-reaching in
results as to rank his name forever
with Copernicus, Galileo, Newton, and
Leibnitz. Llko Oedipus, he was to solve
the enigma of the skies. The greatest
statesman of his time, whoso towering
genius had constructed tho British em
pire, the elder Chatham, was to seek
the advice and Information of this
plain justice of the peace of Philadel
phia, who without title, wealth, star,
or ribbon, was to sit down with tho
most skilled and titled diplomats of
Kuropo In a chess gume of nations, in
which, with a skill worthy of all ad
miration, he was to chockmute mighty
kings and bweep powerful statesmen
as mere pawns from the chess board.
THE GREATEST AMERICAN.
Franklin seems to me to bo at onco
tho most typical and the greatest of
Americans. He was the first to attract
and hold tho attention of the world,
and ho typifies, as none other, that
product ot our Institutions, the self
mado man. Ho was incarnate democ
racy, Duo perhaps to his gentle lln
cago or to his Inherent characteristics,
I Washington was always an aristocrat
and swayed with tho pride ot class,
while Franklin was over a man of tho
people, simple In his tastes, companion
ablo to high and low, and with scant
regard for tho prejudices of class and
condition. When loaded down with
honors received at royal and titled
hands, ho could still remember with
prldo his modest beginning and tho
days of his early married llfo when ho
was clad from head to foot In home
spun of his wife's spinning, and when
In his later years ho had ceased for
nearly forty yeats to be a printer by
occupation, ho still proudly wroto him
self down In his will for all time as
"Benjamin Franklin, printer." Tho
two Americans who seem to como most
directly from the very henrt of the
masses, and who best typify tho aver
nge of American character, aro Frank
lin and Lincoln, nnd both united in
their personalities the qualities of good
humor, genial fellowship, generous op
timism, originality of thought, simplic
ity of ideas, inventive frenlus. unweary
ing Industry, nnd love of freedom.whlch
are the peculiar characteristics of our
people.
COMPARED WITH WASHINGTON.
Some may challenge my statement
that Franklin Is the greatest of Ameri
cans, and clvo preference to his great
contemporary, Washington. Of this
thero might bo somo question If we
conltncd our cstlmato to the more politi
cal history of tho republic and to their
services in Its foundation. Washing
ton's services on the field of battle ap
peal most to the imagination ot men,
nnd his Inestimable influence ns tno
first president of the republic will ever
give him pre-eminence In its history.
Tho man on horseback casts a longer
shndow thnn ho who walks upon tho
ground, nnd In the epic of our Inde
pendence, Nestor must give place to
our "king of men." Such was not tho
estimate of their contemporaries, how
ever, for Franklin was hailed by them
as "pater patriae" long before that tltlo
was given by posterity to the groat
Virginian. When Washington, nn un
known lad of sixteen years, was sur
veying the Fairfax estate, and before
Hamilton, Madison, Jay, Warren, John
Paul Jones, Arnold, Wayne, Knox, and
Marshall were ever born, Franklin had
become famous throughout the world
by his discovery of the nature of light
ning. Ho was a power In the colonies
and was Influencing their thought when
Sam Adams was leaving Harvard, and
Jefferson, Hancock. Patrick Henry, and
Richard Henry Leo wero children. Ho
had submitted to the council of Albany
tho first formal draft for a union of
the colonies, and was urging its neces
sity as the delegate of Pennsylvania,
when Washington was making his first
and last surrender at Fort Necessity.
Indeed, the length and variety of
Franklin's public services have never
been surpassed, to my knowledge, and
rarely equalled. For sixty-eight years
1 o served his country and mankind.
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liberty of the press In Boston, and con
tlnued without Interruption to his
eighty-fourth year, when from his sick
bed he advised with reference to Im
portant public measures.
HIS COUNTIIY'S TEACHER.
He was tho mentor of his country
men. He prepared them for their long
struggle with England by Inculcating
lessons ot thrift and independence by
his homely nnd epigrammatic wisdom,
which, while it may seem pennywise to
us In these days of opulence, yet was
in that day of little wealth essential to
the well-being of America. He advo
cated the nccesslfv of union and drew
the first plan ns early as 1751 to secure
it. In England he was the champion
and defender of the colonies, and rend
ered them two services, which wero In
dispensable to American Independence.
The first was the repeal of the Stamn
Act, which postponed the struggle until
the colonists were strong enough to de
fend themselves, and the other and
more Important was the series of ef
fective pamphlets and satirical pole
mics, not Inferior In biting satire to
those of Swift, by which ho divided
public sentiment in England nnd se
cured for America the sympathy of
Euch men ns tho elder Chatham. Burke,
Fox, Shelburnc, the Marquis of Rock
Ingham, Doctor Priestley, and many
others. For thirty years he led tho
Liberal party of Pennsylvania In Its
strong nssnult on the hereditary privi
leges of tho Penns nnd the Islonary
idealism of tho Quakers, which was un
sulted to those times "that tried men's
souls." Would the tilumph ot "Wash
ington have been possible without the
formal treaty of alliance with France,
and the lleets and armies which wore
sent by that generous ally to America?
To whom more than to Franklin do we
owe this alliance?
The man whose name alone of all
Americans is to be found appended to
tho four greatest documents of the
period, the Declaration of Independ
ence, the treaty of alliance with France,
the treaty ot peace with England, and
the Constitution ot the United States,
need not yield even to tho courageous
soldier and masterful president.
No American who has ever lived, and
Indeed few ot any raco or time, ever
shono so resplendently in so many dif
ferent ways. The traditional versatil
ity of the present hero of dramatic lit
erature, Cyrano de Bergerae, is fairly
shamed by one who was successively
a tallow wick cutter, printer's devil,
printer, merchant, justlco of the peace,
alderman, postmaster, postmaster-general,
private soldier, colonel, general,
editor, author, humoilbt, musician, sci
entist, philosopher, diplomat, states
man, and philanthropist. In himself he
combined many of the qualities and
achievements of Newton, Talleyrand,
Addison, Swift, Voltaire, Chatham,
Wllberforce, Greeley, and Defoe. Ono
can sum up this extraordinary man
with the simple statement that, "tried
by the arduous greatness of things
done." he thought more, said more,
wrote more, and did more that was of
enduring value than any man yet born
of woman under the skies of free
America.
Mayor Joslah Qulncy, of Boston,
made a brief address In which he said
that the achievements of Franklin were
such as to cause his memory to be
honored by not one cr two cities, but
ly the entire world.
The Unveiling.
Tho unveiling ceremonies in front of
the postofllce on Chestnut street fol
lowed, the cord being drawn by Miss
Margaret Hartman Bacho, a descend
ant of Franklin.
Charles Emory Smith, postmaster
general, in making tho address of pre-E-ntatlon,
said;
"It is peculiarly fit that this distinct
commemorative work, rich and strong
in the graco nnd glory of ait, tho gift
of a Phlladelphlan and the creation of
n, Philadelphia sculptor should rise on
thl3 spot. Franklin was tho first post
master general of tho United American
colonies, and his benignant flguro is
here to signalize and embellish this
great postodlco which Illustrates tho
present magnitude of tho ecrvlco he
began. Ho was the founder of the
university, and hero is jts ancient site.
He was the foremost journalist of tho
colonies and the typical printer appro
priately rests here as an enduring em
blem and model on tho lino of what
has become newspaper row."
Mayor Ashbrldgo accepted the gift
for tho city.
Nature Approved.
Dumbloton "There Is ono thing that
can bo said about Carmer no matter
what the surroundings may be, ho always
maneges to preservo his pcaco of mind."
Flasher "I don't know that ho de
serves much credit for that; It's such n
email piece, don't you know." Detroit
Frco Press.
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Another Wed of
Great Bargains at Our
1 eEBUILIIIG sale
lit
Just took at the great drop In prices
of goods printed below.
Plums in Millinerv Dennrt-
,'! merit One dollar Hats f
' at 3C
I
Big Price Cutting in Sheets
and Pillow Cases :
50c Sheets 37c
ioc Pillow Cases 6c
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case is not full of scratches and it
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The price, too, is always a little
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Bring your watch in let our man
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Do not hesltato about having tho plumb
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LlflE, CEMENT,
SEWER PIPE, Etc.
Yard and Olllce
West Lackawanna Ave.,
SCRANTON, PA.
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A man, at present a resident of Knox County, Maine, worked
several years ago for a considerable time in the mines of Colorado.
His meals were irregular and in consequence he became a terrible
sufferer from indigestion and has been ever since. He had tried many
patent medicines without realizing any benefit until his brother Charles
.advised him to try Ripans Tabulcs. "I thought it useless," said he,
"to waste any more money in medicine, but as he urged me I bought
a supply and deriving such benefit therefrom I purchased more," He
recently said of himself and his condition : " I can now cat all kinds
of vegetables, mince pic, cheese and baked beans, which I have not
dared to eat for many years."
Fashion!
Hot Weather Specials
Men's 50c. Balbriggan
Underwear &
A great tumble in the prlc
of Ladies' Lawn and Percal
Wrappers. $1 garment r?(
down to each 3
Star
Anatomatflc
Paper
Fastener
Fastens papers iu a jiffy,
feeds itself and improved in
every respect. Prices lower
than ever. We are still sell
ing the Planitary Pencil
Sharpeners. The only sharp
ening device which never
breaks the lead. On trial in
your office for 10 days free of
charge. We have numerous
other novelties in office sup
plies, together with a large
line of Blank Books and
Typewriter's Supplies.
Reynolds Bros
STATIONERS and liXGUAVERS,
Hotel Jermyn Building.
FORI
A TweEty-Year
Gold-Filled fee
a 15-JsweM
m Movement.
Both
Qiuiaraeteed
The Best Watch in the
Whole World for the Money.
MffiCEKEAU & cmmi
130 Wyoming Avenue.
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NEAT, DURABL13 BOOK BINDING
IS WHAT YOU HECE1VD IF YOi;
LEAVD YOUH OUDUIt WITH Till:
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Special
immmer Sale
Ladles' aod
ilisges9 Ffloe
Mniislta
Uederwean
Early 5n the spring we
placed orders for a line oi
high class garments, com
prising EgM Gowns,
Long and Short Skirts,
Corset Covers,
Dravers, Etc,
Which have just been
received and will be placed
on sale this morning.
We take pleasure in
bringing this particular
line of goods to your no
ticethey being mostly
made up from French
patterns, are exceedingly
handsome and of the new
est designs.
New line of Children's
Umbrella Skirts and
Drawers, with lace and
embroidery trimming--Elegant
line of new Siik
and Lawn Shirt Waists.
510 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
mi: MODEKN HARDWARE STORE.
This Week
We are giving with every
purchase amounting to
$5.00 or over, a
PLYMOUTH
These handsome and use
ful articles can now be seen
in our window.
EOOTE El SHEAR CO,,
119 Washington Ave. 119
The Hymt &
Coeeell Go
Heating, Plumbing,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Light Wiring, Gas
an Electric Fixtures,
Builders Hardware;
04 Lac&waana Aveaiic
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
Oenerul A cent for tha Wyoming
District ( J?
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Ululnc. iilnitln&Sportlu;, SmoKsliMl
uud luo Ilepauno CUomlcU
Company'
HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
kufety Kihp, Cup nnil Kxplodatk
itooui .101 Cuunell lluUdlu.'.
ticritutua.
AOUNUIISi
THOS. FORD. - - - rittstoiu
JOHN H. SMITH & SON, - Plymouth.
W. U MULLIGAN, - Wllkcs-Barre,
UP-BOARD
POWDER.