JE THE SCRANTON TRIBUJN.M-FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1890. Published Dully, nxccpt Sunday, by Th Tribuno Publishing Company, at Fifty Cents a Month. New York Ofllce: ISO Nnssnu St., P. 8. VHKHLAND, Solo Acoht for Foreign Advertising. Kntcrcd nt tho Postnlflce nt Bcrnntou. Fa., as Seccnd-Clnss Mali Mntter. When space will permit, Tho Tribuno in always clad, to print short letters from Its friends hearing on current topics hut Its rule Is that thcfe must bo olRiiud, for publication, by tho writer's real lumo. TEN PAGES. SCKANTON, HKI'TEMnun 8, 1899. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. State. Justice of the Supremo Court J. HAY HilOWN, of Lancaster. JlidBO of tho Superior Court JOSIAII II. ADAMH, of Philadelphia Stale Trennurcr-I.IKUTENANT COL- ONEIj JAMES E. 15AIIN15TT. of WnshlnRton. Election day, Nov. 7. Common sense triumphed over mis information yesterday when the Grand Army encampment adopted unani mously n series of resolutions respect fully catlliiR on the president and ron Kiess to make certain desired ehntipres with reference to the rules and laws KovernltiR the pension department, but omlttliiK to make tho threatened per nnnal attack on Pension Commissioner Kv.'MH. whoso only offense was a fear less performance of the duties of hla cilice that caused dlSKnintlement amnnR pension attorneys and Inspired a conspiracy npalnst him. The Crisis at Hand. 1TII THE failure of Maltro Laborl's dramatic and pathetic appeal to the sovereigns of Ger many and Italy the last visible hops for a verdict of acquittal for Dreyfus disappears. This Is not on account of the production by tho prosecution of conclusive evidence of the defendant's sullt nor even because the defence lia failed to establish n reasonable pre sumption of Innocence. To Ameilcun "yes, the testimony as dally reported contains not n sIurIo substantial par ticle of Incrimination beyond the fact that Dreyfus knew thinirs which ho HilKht have betrayed and was appar ently somewhat paper to Ket hold of Information lylnR outside the raiiKe of his olllclal duties a condition of thltiRs which nilKht fairly Include him within the circle of Investigation, hut which without respectable proof of actual Riillt. oiiKht not to be allowed to con demn a dog. Hut It has been made clear as this astonishing trial progressed that the purpose of It Is not. as honest men had every right to suppose, to discover and to administer justice without fear or favor, hut to appease the popular de mand for an open hearing by causing a public re-trlal to take place before a court prejudiced and. we fear, llxed in advance. The president of France recently alllrmed his confidence In the absolute impartiality of tho Kenncs court mnrtlal and declared that Its re turn would be accepted as final by all honest-minded people, but If ho Is now of the same opinion he Is well-nigh alone In his hallucination. Wc recall in our remembrance of famous adjudi cations no similar Instance of ill-con-ecaled determination on the part of tho presiding judges to put an arbitrary advantage on the side of the prosecu tion and to make dlfflcult the estah lishment of a case by the defence. If this disposition on the part of the Judges at Hennes Is due to their men tal and moral limitations It is a mock ery of Justice to set such men in tho place of Judgment: and If It Is the outcropping of a deliberate conspiracy civilization owes it to God and man to vlpe out every vestige of the foul blot though to do so should necessitate ten thousand revolutions. In this day and uge tho government which from any cause is continuously powerless to secure for Its subjects a reasonable approximation to perfect Justice, and which, when a special call is made upon Its righteousness, ans wers by weakly succumbing to the forces of mischief. Is so grossly out of touch with the spirit of the times and so clearly detrimental to the common intetests of humanity that It ought cither to bo reformed or destroyed. We do not pretend to know whether In tho Instance of France the present order of things is so vitiated that the only u.iy to effect a cute is to put the pa tent to the sword; but It Is patent to all beholders that tho crisis Is nt hand vhloh Is to determine before tho eyes of men whether Franco Is to llvo or die. Kruger'a stock of farewell replies poems to he unlimited. Governor Stone on Trusts. AL.ETTHII has been published imrportlng to give tho opin ion of Governor Stone upon trusts. It is full of common senso and, if genuine, does credit to Its reputed author. "I do not," tho governor is credited with saying, "see any cause for alarm In the Increase of trust organizations. Tho foundation of trusts are trade or commercial experiments. They nre formed more upon theory than prne tlcal results. The theory Is thut If flvo or more men can by organization Into a corporation accomplish more than thy could as individuals, llvo or more corporations can by organizing Into ono body obtain corresponding benefits. This expectation may or may not bo realized. Success does not depend upon capital nlways, nor does it always fol low opportunity. My observation Is that success follows merit and capacity In those who strlvo for it. A corpora tion may havo ample capital and great opportunity and still fall If the Indi viduals who direct It nre deficient In capacity. A trust corporation must, utter nil, depond upon the Individual or Individuals who direct It. Tho stockholder Is ofton all but a silent partner In a corporation, and Is only fortunate when. lift happens to select a good manager." In the nature of things, unless these larse organizations of capital are well w managed they must go to pieces but If well maunged, they Involve the same gains to tho general community that were Involved In the organization , of corporations: when public enterprises had been limited to individual initia tive. The corporations, by reason of the larger funds mid energies nt their command, did things for the public convenience which Individuals, by rea son of their smaller resources, were unable to do; and tho combination or trust of the present day Is simply nn enlarged type of the more famlllnr cor poration, carrying to n larger scale the principles nnd purposes which first led to co-operative investments In the cor poration form, That corporations, whether great or small, should he subject to state regu lation to prevent abuse of their privi leges nnd powers, Is' self-evident nnd In this direction must Intelligent effort proceed If It would llnd the real solu tion of the trust .problem. Mr. Bryan seems to have difficulty In recovering1 from the sinking spell caused by the Indorsement of Mr. Croker. An Admirable Example. n Iirc STUHDY good senso of the National Letter Car- JL rlers' association In adher ing undevlatlngly to Its rule to avoid political discussion, as exam plllled In Its refusal to consider the Philippine question, commands, we are glad to observe, the widespread ap proval of the press, and sets a whole some example to other labor organiza tions, some of which are too prone to lend themselves to partisan or dema gogical purposes. The letter carriers of tho nation tire, we may confidently assert, In full sympathy with the patriotic spirit which believes that when one's coun try Is nt wnr with nn armed foe there Is no room for copperhendlsm or trea son. From our tnlks with and obser vations of their delegates In this city assembled, we have no hesitancy In assuming that an overwhelming pro portion of their number are in enthus iastic sympathy with tho policy of the president In the Philippines nnd for the Hag wherever Its folds float In symbol of American duty and oppor tunity. Hut they were not gathered here for the purpose of discussing the Philip pine pioblem. the Transvaal problem, the Dreyfus case or the tariff. Their work was cut out on strictly non-partisan and non-polltlcnl lines, they stuck to the text, and, we repeat. It constitutes an Instructive example. Denial Is made at Washington that even temporarily the United States lias surrendered any territory In Alas ka to Canada, and It Is timely. If we are right in that dispute, we should hold to our claim until the last dog Is hanged, and yield only when Canada acknowledges our equity and ap proaches us In the fashion of a decent neighbor rather thnn that of a churl. The Battle of Plattsburg, EXT Monday, Sept. 11, occurs the anniversary of one of the most heroic naval ba'tle in American history the bat tle of Plattsburg and It Is Interesting to recall the circumstances of It for purposes of comparison. In August. 1811, the English army, about U'.OOO strong, commanded by Sir George Prevost, advanced along the western shore of the lake to Platts burg, which was held by General Ma comb, with about 1,500 men. The American naval force, under Captain McDonnugh, was anchored In Platts burg Bay. It consisted of fourteen vessels of all classes, carrying eighty six guns nnd about SiO men. The larg est vessel was the Saratoga, twenty six guns and 212 men. She was built of green timber nt Vergonnes, nnd was launched only forty days after the first tree used In her frame was taken from the forest. The British squadron, under Captain Downle, consisted of sixteen vessels, carrying ninety-five guns and about 1,000 men. The larg est vessel was the Conllance, thirty seven guns and 300 men. At sunrise on Sept. 11 the British squndron came In sight, and by S o'clock approached tho American fleet. Fire was opened by the Americans, which was not returned by the enemy until the Conllance had anchored at about 300 yards from the American line. The first broadside from the Con llance killed or wounded forty men on board the Saratoga. In an hour the whole starboard battery of the Sara toga was disabled. She was then turned about by means of kedges, which had been laid from her bows, and by this means her fresh broadside was brought to bear on the Conflance. The British ship being unable to per form the same evolution, after nn en gagement Instlnir two and one-half hours, struck her Hag. Other British vessels In succession struck their col ors and surrendered. Finally tln twelve British gunboats hauled down their Hags, but the entire force of America;! sailors being required to keep the prizes afloat, the British gun boats presently made off and escaped. The American loss In killed and wounded was 112; that of the British was estimated at about 200, exclusive of prisoners, Of the ninety-five guns which they brought Into action, they lost all but twenty. The battle of Plattsburg was won against superior odds by tho superior generalship of tho American com mander. In that respect It Is typical of American seamanship, tho equal if which has appeared among tho sailors of no other nation. Hut the Plattsburir fight ought to teach the unwisdom of relying, In time of war. upon suddenly Improvised naval armament. It Is nn pleusant to think that eighty-four years after this memorable sea-fight, when the struggling republic or 1814 had grown Into the richest nnd poten tially most powerful nation in the world, another war was entered upon without adequate preparation, and agents had to be sent scurrying throughout tho ship yards of tho earth In the frantic ondeavor to buy ships of war nt any price, although ample tlmo had Intervened to build an abundance or these In American ship yards at the nation's leisure. Wo may ajways havo In our navy commanders like McDon- N ough, but It Is flying In the face of Providence, ns well ns showing poor appreciation of naval skill, to force these bravo sailors to do their fighting In Inferior ships. Says General Miles: "It is not an officer's place to request uny assign ment, but to obey whatever orders come to him." Now Miles Is talking llko a man. Man's Right to Die. THAT Interesting Connecticut Jurist, Judge Simoon K. Baldwin, of New Haven, who some time ngo pro voked widespread discussion by n ringing ndvoency of the whipping post, has just created another sensation. At Saratoga, ns president of tho Ameri can Social Science association, In his annual address, he argued that doctors and nurses should not needlessly pro lung life when tho patient Is 111 with nn Incurable disease. Wo quote his exact words: "There urn certain maladies that at tack thu human frame, which nro neces sarily futul, and others which naturally end In u speedy death, but may be so treated as to lead to ft protruded stntu of weakness nnd suffering, Incompatible with any enjoyment of life or useful ac tivity, and from which there can be no reasonable hope of ultimata recovery. In uncivilized nations such diseases are of short duration. They are cither left to take their course without Interference or the patient Is expedited on his Journey to the grave. In civilized nations, and particularly of late years, It has become tho prldo of many In tho medical pro fession to prolong such lives at any cost of discomfort or pain to tho sufferer or of sunpense or exhaustion to his family. "It Is ii grcnt responsibility this, that rcste oil modern medicine. It has a pow r to hold us back from the grave, for n few days, a few weeks, n few years, to which tho physician of antiquity was a strang er. But nre we sure that tho course of nnturo with mankind is really ut fault? May not she know best when she has had enough of us, In this stato of being? Or. to rise to a higher nnd truer lovel, may not the God over all, who has or dained theao laws or bodily decay, though He has also oidnlned these laws, later Uncovered by us, of scientific phys iology, be safely left to name the time tor calling His children 1 ome? That lie has given men ronie brief power to hold them back Is not of Itself and ulwuys a warrant for Its use, when under all rea sonable possibilities tho result will bo only a short postponement of tho Inevi table nnd bairen of any Intermediate op portunities for good." An argument alone moral lines was elaborated by tho speaker as follows: "If that future life which we connect with tho name of Heaven be ono of ac tivity In endeavor, of energy of achieve ment, of the strong helping the weak, tho wise Instructing tho simple, nro we sure that the analogies of life hero nr" ho far deserted that there Is always work for nil, appropriate for each? Or may. In a certain sense, time, that Is. the due order of succession In events, have its reign In other worlds and positions of usefulness In this planet or In that bo assigned to new comers, ns vacancies arise, and only then? If so a natural death, coming In ordinary course, may bo the divine way of calllt.g ono up from a condition of existence to which ho Is un fitted, or in which he Is not needed, to fine In which he Is needed, nnd needed at ence. To prstpnne 11, to protract a life In doing so by medical skill beyond Ito seemingly appointed bound, may, looked nt In this light, risk the loss of u fitter place In a laiger life the loss of a God glveti opportunity." The Meld of Inquiry here entered Is ono too delicate for rough-and-tumblo newspaper discussion: but Judge Bald win Is to be congratulated at least upon his success In projecting a new topic of subtle debate. Tho scheme of arming tho Macabebes with Krng-Jorgensen rifles will bo nil right If the dusky marksmen can bo rolled upon to point the weapons In tho proper direction. Past experience with friendly Filipinos, however, has proved that it will 1m safer to allow tho nmbltlous natives to carry water for a time. Inadvertently wo yesterday credited the new battleship Kearsarge to tho Cramps when ns a matter of fact she was built at Newport News. It only serves, however, to emphasize tho ex cellence of our native shlp-bullders. Hefore Mr. Goebel succeeds In prac tically demonstrating to Kentucky that tho Insinuation that he does not drink liquor Is a foul slander, he will no doubt be obliged to purchase head ache powders In Job lots. Exports of American canned beef during tho first seven months of the present year were over a million pounds In excess of tho exports during the corresponding period last year. All Is well that ends well. Tho hailing of Juan Isdro Jlmlncz as the deliverer or his country sounds like a Joke. According to all accounts Jlmlncz kept nt a safe distance until some one else had delivered the goods. Tho dowager empress of China, It Is said, has suppressed all the Chinese newspapers. What a pity she has not similar jurisdiction over the. yellow dragon press of tho United States. PERSONALITIES. Governor Stcunenberg, of Idaho, has never worn a necktie. The Empress Eugenic Is cruising among the Norwegian fjords In her steam yacht Thistle. Henry W. Corbett, United States Sen ator from Oregon, went to New York In 1S44 and worked In a store for 3.M u week. The Duke of Edinburgh has a fleet of 00 Mlver ships, presented to him at dif ferent times by admiring cities and towns. Leo XIII has now been moro than CO yenrs a priest, more than half a century a bishop and almost half a century a cardinal. Ono of tho few surviving veterans of Poland's struggle for freedom In 1830 Is Andiew Dckarz, who celebrated his 10.'M birthday not long iigo In Chicago. General Von ltock und Polnck will succeed General Count von Schllften ns chief of tho geneial staff of the Gcrmun urmy after tho autumn maneuvers. Sir Thomas Upton, owner of tho Sham rock, which will contest for tho Amcrl can Cup. was once in business In Omuha, whero ho failed to make a success. Nikola Tesla, who Is working on his new death-dealing machine In Colorado Springs, leaves bis hotel nt 11 In the morning and does not return until niter midnight. Montague White, consul-general for the Transvunl In Iondon, Is not ut nil u tplca! Boer. Ho Is popular In society, u good story-toller and a flrBt rato urt und musical critic. Caret J I end rick Kruger, n nephew of President Kruccr, of the Tranvaal re. public, is a recent graduate of tho Edin burgh university, where he won tho Syme surgical ucholarshlp. CURRENT VERSE. Which Way, O France P Which way, O France! which way? Tho Nations wait; Tho universal car Is strained, nttcnt, To cntch tho fateful words which thou must suy. Tho eves of nil tho world uro on theo bent; For more far moro than olio poor pris oner's fatu Is hanclng on thine utterance, this day. Which wuy, O Franccl which way? Which way, O France! why way? Shall craven Fcnr, Blind Prejudlco and fierce, fanatic Ilnle, With baleful Murder lurking In tho rear, Bcnr down tho scale of Justice, nnd out weigh God's Truth, which, crushed to rarth for many a venr. Now stands revealed In tho clear light of day? Which way, O Franco! which way? Which way, O France! which way? In times nt yore, Thy camps and courts were swayed by men of ndght; Fair Honor ruled thy realms, from shoro to shoro. That tlmo is past: thy brilliant, glorious day Seems darkening to a long and starless night. It must bo so else whorcfore should men say: "Which way, O France! which way?" Which way, O France! which way? Thy hands havo built A monstrous Idol all of burnished brasq, And In Its senseless grasp have placed a lance, Which, should It fall, as fall full well It may For many a stranger thing has come to pass Would plerco thy stormy heart, O reck less France! And, therefore, cro thy fiery blood bo split, Wo cry to theo to snatch that lanco away. This day, O Franco! this day. Which way, O France! which way? Not yet too late! The monumental crime of all our age. Designed to wholly ruin, rend nnd slay, A foul, black Lie, begot of bitter hate. Blind, cruel prejudice and senseless rage, Awaits Its sentence from thy lips, this day. Which' way. O France! which way? We, nlso. wait: Tho whole wide woilil nwnlU, with bated breath, Those nrlcf, decisive words which trim ihalt sav. Had ever words before such solemn weight? For him land thee) now life, or moral death, Honor, or shame! What wonder that men say: "Which way, O France! which way?" Charles Pore Murphy, in the SiWi. The Praise of the Present. Poets there bo who tunc their lyres to Days of Long Ago And sing a song of sentiment In meas ures sod and low. To them tho golden ago Is past, the gold en fleece Is cllf ped; Tho rose of pleasure hath been plucked, tho cup of Joyance sipped; They llvo In longing for tho lost, the dead of Alight Have Been, But I a bard most practical count all such singing s-ln. To me These Days, these present days. Have fertile fields and flowery ways, Wherein my fancy fondly strays; And If I had n song to bins, I'd sing about These Days. And there bo bards who rave a stave concerning Days To Be, When all things shall be lovely nnd lux uriant and free. When Joy shall reach her chalice down to thirsty mortal lip And certain rare elected ones to drunk enness shall sip: Tho bud has yet to blossom and the honey to be stored Ero hungry souls may sit them down und sweep the festal board. But as for me I say These Days Hold pastures whero my soul may gram And drink delights and gather bays; And If I knew a stavo to rave, I'd rave about These Dajs. To mo These Days nro golden-tipped with goodly thoughts and things. And Opportunity but waits to spread her splendid wines At my command, to bear me up and make my vision wide. That I may sweep tho height, tho deep and know them deified! The golden Days of Bong Aso, the golden Days To Bo Are not so wonderful by half as Theso Days are to me; And to These Days, these golden days, To mo nre rich with wlno nnd maize, And MInstrel-swect with harvest lays : And were I piping Pan himself, I'd pipe about Theso Days. Bobertus Love, In tho Sun. I A Child. Oh added being, fair nnd new, And how, by you. To man, to nature, will be paid Tho difference made? II. A need, a llttlo theft, of sun The debt begun! A little shadow on tho grass But swift to pass. 111. A little silence from tho day You tako away; And, for tho night, a llttlo sleep Becclve and keep. IV. To human care, that can but grant, You whisper want. And all the hard, Indifferent days Must llnd you praise. V. But In tho heart your need befriends Tho plunder ends. But In tho heart you pay with peu"o Your robberies cease. -Winifred Lenox, In Llltell's Living Age. PASSING SMILES. An Extravagant Wife. Mrs. Tulkmueh That Mrs. Itev. Back woods Is a shamefully extravagant wo man. She spends every cent of her hus band's salary. Mr. Sarkasm You don't say so the dreadful spendthrift; and to think Itev. Backwoods gets JIOO a year, too. Colum bus (O.) Journal. The Bicyclist. Bowd by the weight of "centuries," His figure ho will oft reveal. Another medal must be his Whenever ho bestrides his wheel. Wasnlnston Star. Two of a Kind. "I was In a little friendly poker gumo yesteidny afternoon," began Shortlelgh, "and tho result is I " "Sorry I can't oblige you, old man," Interrupted Knowell, "but I attended a charity social last night." Chicago News. Too Fragile to Attack. "Aren't you going to denouueo that iniquitous combine?" nsked the friend. "Not yet," unsworn! Senator Sorghum: "I'll do It before tho campaign gets un der wuy. but I'm ufrald the deal I.--1 t secure enough on Its feet to warrant "lie In making uny irr..ndbtand plays ut pr . ent. I might spoil lt."-WnshlnEton Star. Another Lie Nailed. "1 stand up for tho people," dcclurcd the polltlcul orator. "Falsel" cried a gamin In tho rear; "ho wouldn't even Muml up for n poor old lady In do car this morning." New York World. A Use for tho Chaperon. "What I You go Into tho surf without a chaperon?" "Oh, yes! There nro no sharks In this (attitude, you know." Just Before tho Battle. Jones 1 actually believe, my dear, that you think moro of my dog than you do of me. Mrs. Jones I'd llko to know why you think so. Jones Well, you never allow him to cat anything you cook. Chicago News. She Couldn't Refuse. Ho I'm thinking of proposing to you. She I hope you will postpone It awhile. He-Why? She I don't know you well enough yet to refuse you. Town Topics. A Painful Parting. She laid her head against my cheek; Oh, heavens, the pain or parting, With IB hairpins from that head Into my visage darting. Chicago Journal. A Sign of Progress. lie I have been wondering whether animals can rencon? She Well, that Is a step toward reason lag, nt least. Indianapolis News. The Still Small Voice. "Gentlemen of tho Jury," said an elo quent Q. C, "remember that my client Is hard of hearing, nnd that, therefore, tho voice of conscience appeals to him In vain." London Tit-Bits. A Mnn of Large Caliber. Pilson Is ho a man of much caliber? Dllson Why yes; bo's ubout tho big gest boro I hnvo run ncross for somo time. NUBS OF KNOWLEDGE. Tho nverage duration of life Is 3.1 years. The Kongo region exports about 3,000,000 walking sticks a .eur. Tho basic principle of printing originat ed ages ago In Chaldea. Tho proportion of married persons to slnglo ones Is ns 73 to 1,000. Tall persons hnvo the advantago of greater longevity than short ones. Tho number of summer hotels In tho United States is estimated at 21,000. Birth and deaths occur all the world over moro frequently nt night than In tho daytime. Persons born In spring have a moro robust constitution than those born nt other seasons. The first nutomn'lle club of Germany has Just been organized and the Duke of Batlbor Is tho president. There nro cotton mills In 3-i fo tho fl" counties In North Cniollna. tho total number in tho state being LOT). In St. Petersburg Is tho Urgcst bronze statue In existence that of Peter tho Great, which weighs l.ooo tons. Germany, which Is about the slzo of New England, the Middle States and Ohio, In 18M had 7.3CG miles of waterways. The population of the South African Uopubllo consists of G3.000 lloers. 87,000 other whites, called Ultlandcrs, anil 600. 000 Kalllrs and Cuius. The skeleton of a mastodon was dis closed In digging a ditch on the farm of F. W. Schaefcr, one mllo west of Ncw burgh, N. Y recently. The erratic actions of a church clock at Harborne, England, wero traced to a swarm of bees that had deposited honey In tho machinery and dial. Whales' teeth form tho coinage of the FIJI Islands. They are painted whlto nnd red, the red tctth being worth about 20 times as much as tho white. Tho German army irgulatlons requlro that commissariat ofliclals nnd paymas ters shall be specially trained for tho work of examining food supplies. There aro at present 3,(i00 languages spoken by tho Inhabitants of our globe, whoso religious convictions nro divided among 1,000 different confessions of faith. In Switzerland, as elsewhere, there has been for years a great Influx from tho country to the towrs. From 1S9I to 1637 the Increase of population In Zurich was 10,000 to 11,000. Toronto clnlms to be tho Lclpslo of Canada. Nearly $20,000,000 is said to bo Invested In that city and neighborhood In tho paper-making, printing und book binding trades. Bussla has abolished the distinction that bus heretoforo existed between Bus sla and Finnish postage stamps. Finnish postofilees are now provided with ltus fclun stamps only. Macaroni and vermicelli are simply n mixture of whentcn flour and water, pressed through molds nnd dried. They aro produced largely In Italy, where they nro favorite articles of food. A Brazilian doctor claims to havo dis covered nn Infallible cure for snake bites of all kinds. He administers soup, containing two grammes of calomel and 30 grammes of strong lemon Juice. immmw wj , i i r 1 'IifMI(liifi?5wSWirl 1 1I9M " I Phi 1 A Burlington, Vt., engineer was troubled with dyspepsia and indigestion, accompanied by headaches and heartburn, for over two years. Some of the time he was unable to work. His physicians did him no permanent good. He commenced using Ripans Tabules and obtained immediate relief. " I took one after each meal for about two weeks," he writes, ' and felt so much better that now I only take one nfter supper and I feel all right." A new itjl rokt cntiUnlnTiK Ririvi Tinuiii in a pr""r rartomwltliout Blv0 It new for m1 at mm drar tore ron titr cexth. Tnl. low-irif1 tori LluWwlpil fortbt .noraiil tUef-conumiatl. ondoBen o( Ihe nnMrnt cwrtoni 03) tabu Ire) f'-tn I !im j by uvill bj vrndtnir Tuny fftht r'nia t,i tbn Kifit.1 ('iirmcAL eoavtk'T'u. UbpniioBlW-, ,e Torlc-aratlujlvcurtuutrs liiivtbj u.11 tw unltor Umci'tu. tar Paper Fasteoer Fastens papers in a jiffy, feeds itself aud improved in every respect. Prices lower tliau ever. We are still sell ing the Planitary Penc 1 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 EXGRAVEKS, Hotel Jermyn Building. The HflMit & Coeeell Co0 Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas an Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware; 04 Lackawanna Arams Temperature Tamers. Plenty of things right here to make the hot weather not only endurable but enjoyable. And tho price nt which we offer them Is not going to make anyone hot, ex cept the mnn who charges a higher pilco for equal quality, and he Is nu merous. Just think of theso and get cool. Refrigerators at reduced prices. QMSia k FORSYTH, 325-327 TENN AVENUE. Lnuither Keller LIHE, CEMENT, SEWER PIPE, Etc. Yard andOdlca West Lackawanna Ave., SCRANTON, PA. 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