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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1899.
We Believe
In every community there nro a good pro
portion of people, who will go to a well
storked store, nnd make purchases of
such goods ns they need.
This la tho only way to buy
Pianos, Organs and
Musical Merchandise
We Invite you to call nnd pen our stock.
Wo carry ns fine n lino of PIANOS as
were ever offered In Sf rnnton. i
Our prleis will tislonli-h you. Wo del not
enrt out Roods on trial, but If you mean
business, wo will sell lower than any ono
Oct our prices on WASHBURN goods.
Call and sco tho ANOEUTS.
TUNING and REPAIRING
A Speclnlty.
PERRY BROTHERS
203 Wyoming Ave,
SCRANTON
Ice Cream.
BEST IN TOWN.
2FBB Per
c Quart.
LACKAWANNA DAIRY CO
Telephone Orders Promptly Delivered
235-337 Adams Avenue
DR. A. A. LINDABURY,
, Specialties Surgery, l)iseas33 of Women
Office IIours.........Il to 12a. m
'J to 4p.m
At Ilesidence 7 to H p. m
Office 210 Co nil ell I)ulldla. Ilesldonce
210 Month Main Avenue.
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Scranton Transfer Co.,
HUail J. KEEVAN, Manazer.
Checks ItasgftRe direct from renldsnca to
any part of the United BtatdJ.
Offlco 109 Lacka. Ave. Phone 523
HUNTINGTON'S BAKERY.
120 Spruce Street.
Masonic Temple.
DR. PARKE,
Has reopened his offlco at
308 Washington Avenue
Special attention clven to Diseases of
Women. Olllcc hours, 10 to 12; 2 to 4; 7
to 8. '
C 3. SNYDER,
The Only Dentist
In the City Who Is a Graduate In
Medicine.
420-422 SPRUCE STREET.
DR. H. B. WARE,
SPECIALIST.
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
Office Hours 9 a. m. to 12.30 p. m. ; 2 to 4.
Williams Building. Opp. Postofjlce.
I CITY NOTES
PRINTERS' BALL.-The Printers'
union of this city will conduct Its annual
ball in Music hall next Wednesday even,
lng.
DR. M'LEOD'S SWJMON.-Tho subject
of Rev. Dr. McLeod s morning sermon
tomorrow at tho First Presbyterian
church wilt bo "A Message Irom (3yd to
the American People."
GIFTS ACKNOWI.nDGED.-Tha Home
for tho Friendless acknowledges the fol
lowing senerous gifts; Mr. W. II. Gear
hart, KO; Mrs. W. II. Gearhart, 50; Mrs.
J. A. Price, J10.
EXHIBITION TONIGIIT.-Thero will
be a public exhibition of beautiful Mil.
mlnated pictures on a largo scicen erect
ed at 122-121 Penn avenue, in front of
tho "Bon-Ton" hotel this evening, com
menclng at 8 o'clock.
WILIj MEET TONIGIIT.-Thero will
be a meeting of tho subscribers to tho
Green Rldgo Free Kindergarten ahsociu
tlon Saturday evening at 7IK) o'clock, nt
the rcsbldcnco of II. It. Reynolds, 1710
Monsey nvonuo. All LUbscrlbeis nro re
quested to be present.
FOOT BALL TODAV.-An exciting and
well-played gamo is expicud this after
noon at Athletic park. Tho High school
team will line up ngaln&t tho btrong
Keystone eleven, from Factoryvllle, nnd
the' result is eagerly watched for by all
foot ball enthusiasts. Tho High school
will lino un ns follows. Left end. Me
Hugh: left tnckle. Welenfluo. left guard,
Mnlla; center. Eynon; right guard, Hor.
an; right tackle, Sehultz; right end.
Vaughn n; -quarter back, Trupp; left half
bnck.iWllllams; light half back, DcBow;
full b'rfck, Hnrrlriglon.
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THE MODEL," X
VIENNA CAFE AND RESTAURANT,
E. MOSES, PROP. Z2I-SS3YJASH"
INOTON AVENUE, OPP. COURT
HOUSE,
' Dinner Table d'Hote. Breakfast,
Luncheonind Supper a la carte.
Oytters served in any stylo.
All table dollcacles of tho season
served In cafe or delivered to fam.
tr lles in any quantity desired.
f- Flno Catering a speclnlty.
Fresh Invoice of fancy groceries
f and smoked goods, Salmon, Stnr-
gedrr,.. White Fish.
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OFFICERS OF
THE BANKERS
Were Chosen at Hie Ses
sion Held Here Yesterday.
INTERESTING .ADDRESSES
Delivered by Hon. Charles S. Frdr
chlltl, ex-Secretary of tho Treasury,
nnd Hon. Thomas J. Powers, Etato
Commissioner of Banking Reports
of Group Chnlrmen Wore Ono of
tho Features of tho Session Reso
lution Passed Asking Congress to
Enact a aw to More Firmly and
Unequivocally Establish the Gold
Standard In This Country by Pro
viding That tho Gold Dollar,
Which, Under the Existing Law, Is
tho Unit of Value, Shall Bo tho
Standard Measure of All Values in
the United States.
The Pennsylvania bankers concluded
their convention with a business ses
sion yesterday morning, nnd in tho af
ternoon the delegates departed foir
their homes, expressing themselves
highly pleased with their stay in the
Electric City.
Addresses by Hon. Charles S. Fair
child, ex-secretary of the treasury, nnd
Hon. Thomas J. Powers, state commis
sioner of banking; reports from group
chairmen and the election of offlccrs
were the main features of the pro
gramme. The reports of tho group
chairmen proved especially interesting1
this year, inasmuch, as the subject
matter of the reports was the General
condition of business In the various
districts represented by the groups
They tended very strongly to corrobor
ate Colonel Bryan's reluctant state
ment that "thcie is some piosperl'n- "
Tho session was called to order at 10
o'clock by President Kunkel. nnd tho
proceedings opened with prayer by
Rev. C. M. GKIln, D. IX, pastor of Elm
Park church, after which Hon. Chas.
S. Fairchlld was introduced to address
the convention on "Tho Business of
Banking."
Mr. Fairchlld spoke in a conversa
tional stylo without any attempt at
oratorical flights. He was listened to
with wrapt attention and vigorously
applauded when he had concluded. He
said in part:
MR. FAIRCHILD'S ADDRESS.
Mr. President and Gentlemen I sup
pose it Is more of a formality than
anything else having nddicses on the
subject of your business from other
men. You who have spent your lives
In the business of banking need very
little from an outsider. I mybolf have
had a shorter experience than most of
you In that particular line, having been
the president of a financial institution
for ten years only. Before that my ex
perience had been as a lawyer, and In
that capacity I was deputy attorney
general and afterwards attorney gen
eral of the state of New York. I occu
pied that position four years. Then I
became assistant secretary of tho
treasury, and then the secretary of the
treasury.and those offices occupied four
years of my life. So that I have seen
this subject of business, of banking,
from various standards. Perhaps that
was an advantage, and perhaps it was
a disadvantage. It has not all been
passed In one business, as , on see. As
a result of it all, although I have never
had to do with a national bank or a
state bank, except as a director, as I
have been in one or two and am now,
as a result of my observation I think
I am now able to speak In a quite un
prejudiced manner, and In view of the
prejudice that so largely exists in the
public minds In many parts of tho
country, and on the part of many peo
ple, against the bus! less in which you
are engaged, and at a time when men
are seeking still to excite public feeling
and perhaps to base political Issues
upon the mere name of banks and
bankers.
I wish to say and I say it
In all sincerity and ns the result of
some years of experience nnd obser
vationthat were It not for tho service
which you and your Institutions render
to mankind wo would lapse far toward
barbarism. Therefore it always seems
to me that bankers w lion alone or when
they gather together should never be
In a state of apology towards their fellow-citizens
or on the defensive as to
their business in any way, but. quite
the contrary, they should feel and as
sert that they aio performing an In
estimable service to mankind; nnd be
lieving that as I do, I always look upon
any gathering of bankers with the
most profound respect ns bilng and
representing a body of men who have
served their fellow-men on tho whole,
taking the average, with unparalleled
faithfulness and benefit. '
USEFUL BODY OF MEN.
Hence I fpel that in having the privi
lege of addiesslng you a few words to
day I am talking to a body of men who
are as dignified nnd ns useful ns any
that can bo assembled anywhere in
our eountiy. What service do you ren
der? What Is ono nf the chief services
that you render? Under our checy and
deposit syfetem you furnish a currency
that is Just ns truly a currency for
most transactions as gold or Fllvcr nr
United States notes Nor bank notes.
Under that check and deposit system
you furnish the vehicles that moe the
business of a county to n degioe an 1
In a magnitude as to which tlise forms
of currency that I hav spoken of aie
tho merest trifles. That currency Is
based on wh.it? It Is nut based on
United States bonds; it Is not hased on
any safety fund: it is not based on
anything whatever except the geneial
commercial soundness of the business
of this country and the faithfulness
and the wisdom of the banket g who
conduct the business of those banks.
Should you cease to render that ser
vice tho great bulk of the business of
this country must stop. r
Under our modem conditions It
could not go on. Should we
have to transact our business,
In the old way of tho middle
ages, in money today, anil not on this
enormous faith nnd credit that comes
thinugh these banking Institutions, tho
business of the world as conducted in
modern times must practically stop.
Tho other kind of currency answers for
small transactions, to make change. It
Is serviceable In llttlo transactions
whera men do not know one another.
Tho gold or tho silver, or the United
States note, or the bank noto serves
ns an Introduction because they nro
based upon something that is known
to nil mankind. All mankind knows
that all mankind will tako gold. All
the people in tho United States know
that at tho present time everybody will
toko stiver because tho silver is prac
tically redeemed In gold 'In our coun
try. THEY DO TAKE IT.
Everybody knows that everybody
elso will take a United States note. Ho
does not know exactly why, but be
cause everybody does tako It. Every
body knows that everybody else will
take a National bank note. Very tew
people know why, or know what they
are based upon or what makes them
good, but they do know that evoty
body will take them. Therefore those
kinds of currency answer for transac
tions where men do not know one an
other, where there Is not time to In
qulio about one another, or in- rural
districts where men have not business
habits nnd do not like to keep accounts
nnd that sort of thing and prefor
money, ns It is ordinarily called. But
this is tho small change business;
these are your llttlo transactions;
these arc your horse-car fares.
This is tho thing that you
pay your railway fares with,
the thing that you pay for
your purchase In tho retail sioren with,
where there Is not time for the pro
piietor of the store to know whether
a check Is good or not, nnd this thing
answers where the checks that come In
and exchanging them back and forth,
would not make the proper change.
But after all, when all this Is disposed
of, the great movoment of business
tlmt takes place Is through the other
service that jyiu perform; and It Is
Just ns truly a currency as any of tho
things that I ha-c mentioned. The
function of gold is to serve ns a certain
reserve because that Is known ns ac
ceptable at all times to all men. There
fore under that Idea and thoso habits
It has become necessary to have some
where a fund of gold which men feel
enn he fallen back upon In case of ne
cessity to settle balances that nro not
settled In other ways. It is seldom
used except when men begin to doubt
the other things, but ns long as the
other things have no doubt connected
with them the gold is In the world and
in this country more as assurance tn
case of extremity.
SAFETY OF CURRENCY.
As to tho safety of this kind
of currency, or of any other
Kind of currency that might be Issued
by thp banks, because In my appre
hension your deposit and check cur
rency differs In no icspect from a bank
note currency except that It has to per
form some of the minor functions of
which I have spoken as to the safety
of It, as a whole, based as it is upon
the business of the country. Isn't it
safe? Isn't It safe to base anything
upon, If you choose to do so as a whole,
guarding ngalnstsporadlc cases of mis
management. Isn't It safe? If the
banks of this country are not safo for
all their responsibilities that they now
have and w hie h they may assume, take
them as a whole, leaving out the al
most infinitesimal fraction of failure
nnd bad management ns applied to tho
v. hole, then, I always like to ask, what
Is safe. Take the' city of Scranton. I
was reading of your banks and of their
prosperity and of their resources in the
nowspaper last night as set forth in
one of the addresses delivered hero
yesterday.
Would you say that the munici
pal bonds of the city of Scran
ton wore a better asset than the com
bined obligations of tho banks of
Scranton I think on a little reflection
you would sav not, because the obli
gations of tho banks of Scranton, be
Ini bastd upon all tho business of
Peranum, whenever those assets, there
fore, become worthless then what be
comes of Scranton nnd what becomes
of the municipal bonds of Scranton?
Theiefoie I always maintain that what
you have In your banks and In the
banks of your country is a higher se
em Ity than nny municipal, or state, or
government bond because the prosper
ity of the thlncs which go In to make
the assets of the banks, the prosperity
of those things Is the condition pre
cerdent to the solvency of your munici
pality, of your state, or of your coun
try. Wipe out tho assets of your banks
and not only are your municipal and
state and government bonds good for
rothln, but your railroad bonds are
good for nothing because tho whole
thing, thp whole life-blood of the busi
ness of this country would bo dried up
and nothing would bo valuable.
BANKS ARE SAFE.
Therefore, in speaking of the banks as
n whole, bearing In mind always there
serve that theie may be here nnd there,
and one badly managed, taking your
banks as a whole, I think we may
safely sav that nothing can be con
ceived of that is more sound and more
safe; and It follows ns logical when
ono considers the fact that the con
dition precedent to all value Is the value
of the assets of the banks of the United
States.
And bearing that in mind, not to
take your time, I think that men should
take that thought fully into consldera-
I IFF W
WyilUiy
Why let your neighbors
know it?
And why give them a
chance to guess you ere even
five or ten years more?
Better give them good
reasons for guessing the
other way. It is very easy;
for nothing tells of age so
quickly as gray hair.
5
is a youth-renewer.
It hides the age under a
luxuriant growth of hair the
color of youth.
It never fails to restore
color to gray hair. It will
stop the hair from coming
out also.
It feeds the hair bulbs.
Thin hair becomes thick hair,
and short hair becomes long
hair.
It cleanses the scalp; re
moves all dandruff, and
prevents its formation.
We have a book on the
Hair which we will gladly
send you.
If you do not ohtsln nil the bene,
mi you expected t nm tho me ol ilia
Vigor, write the doctor about It.
1'rolmhly there li umo difficulty
with yuur general lyitcm which
in ty bo cully removed. Addreu,
Dr. J. C. Ayer. Lowell, Mui,
ffa .m
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raJTfw
Jfirom TIfrs. Vaughn
to 97?rs. SPinkham,
LtTTIft TO MRS. rlNKUAW NO. 64,38;
" I)KA.n FmnsD Two years ago I had
child-bed fever and womb trouble, in
its worse form.' For eight months after
birth of babe I was not nblo to sit up.
Doctors treated mo, but with no help.
I had bearing-down pains, burning in
stomach, kidney nnd bladder trouble
and my back wus so stiff nnd sore, tho
right ovary was badly affected nnd
everything I ato distressed mo, and
thero was a bad discharge.
I was confined to my bed when I
wroto to you for advlco nnd followed
your directions faithfully, taking
Ijydia E. Plnkhnm's Vegetable Com
pound, Liver Pills and using tho Wash,
nnd am now nblo to do tho most of my
housework. I bellcvo I should liavo
died if it had not been for your Com
pound. I hopo this lottcr may bo tho
result of benefitting somo other suffer
ing woman, I recommend your Com
pound to every one." Mns. M.vr.y
VAuamr, Trimble, Pulaski Co., Kv.
Many of theso sick women whoso
letters we print were utterly dis
couraged and life was a burden to
them when they wrote to Lynn, Mass.,
to Mrs. Plnkham, and without charge
of any kind received ndvico that mado
them strong, useful women again.
tlon In considering all these questions
of banking all theso mooted questions.
Men should satisfy themselves of tho
truth of the proposition that I lny down
as to the absolute safety of the thlijg
as a whole, otherwise your country is
nothing the business of your country
is nothing at all. Bear that in mind,
and then go on from that to consider
any questions of currency legislation
that you choose. But if you satisfy
yourselves of that fact which I feel is
perfectly true, then one can fight in
telligently and more Intelligently than
If ho has proceeded with his mind
filled with tho fact of a failure here
and there, he can more intelligently If
he has eliminated thoso considerations
and taken the whole as n whole con
sider all of these questions to which
attention has been called in late years.
Another thing that I think we need
to consider, nnd consider very care
fully, Is the relation of tho government
to all of this business of banks, and,
through them, of the country. I was
Interested In reading In the newspapers
last evening the speech of Treasurer
Roberts, and tho propositions that he
mado for making more secure the cur
rency of the United States. That is,
in my Judgment, almost absolutely es
sential to give an assurance of pros
perity, continued without disturbance
from time to time, through tho cur
rency of the United States.
AS A SUGGESTION.
I would not state this as my opinion,
but I would throw itoutns a suggestion
that great as the usefulness of the
United States currency has been at
times, vet in its present condition be
ing based for Its redemption upon the
power of tho government at Washing
ton, and, through political changes,
upon the will of the authorities at
Washington, the fear that the promise
expressed or Implied of the government
would not ba fulfilled has made the
currency of the United States a good
deal of a nuisance at times. In 1S95,
about this time In the year, I think
the currency of tho United States at
that time came mighty near wrecking
the whole of our business nnd it had
within its possibility the doing then
within a few weeks of something that
would have wiped out ten times over
all the service It had ever done to the
business of this country. That possi
bility and that danger should, of
course, bo removed. The propositions
that have been made nnd which tho
president Is making and which we hope
will be enacted, will go a long way to
remove the possibility of the currency
Issued by tho government, Instead of
being a public servant and a public
benefit, from becoming a public
scourge. It does not take us beyond
the safety, but it prevents its being
a terrible menace to business.
And another thing that I was very
much Impressed with when I was in
tho treasury department which is now
arising again, and I am glad to speak
of it In the presence of the treasurer
of the United States is our sub-treasury
system. This system of taking In
the treasure of the United States into
a vault physically all the revenues of
the government w'hen the revenue"
of the government day by day equal
Its expenditures, or vice-versa, of
course no change is made; but when,
as in my time, our revenues enormous
ly exceeded our expendltures.and when
ns now the revenues are exceeding the
expenditures, and If this condition of
business prosperity goes on that dif
ference will probably Increase.
INCREASES REVENUES.
Now at this very time when business Is
fo large, when so much Is needed to carry
on the business of the country, that
very condition increases the revenues
of the United States without corre
spondingly increasing Its expenditures,
with the result that the very moment
when the business of the country needs
all the money It can get, the United
States, by the very prosperity of that
business and by other circumstances
that have created the need for the
money. Is withdrawing It from the pos
sibility of Its use by the community.
That is what happened In my time,
when I was in the treasury, until we
came to a condition that threatened
serious panic.
I know I went to New York
at that time, and I met my old
friend Mr Vermllye nnd one or two
other gentlemen and we were looking
over the situation, nnd I recollect Mr.
Vermllye holding up his finger to me
and saying: "Sir, unless you do some
thingand it Is not a question of days,
but It is a question of hours you will
see as had a nanle here as ever was
known," Think of the morstroslty of
a state of things that made a state
ment of that kind true7 I, a young
man who happened to be at the head
of the treasury department, to be taken
out to luncheon by half a dozen bank
ers in Npw York and having It put into
my head tint there was that prodig
ious power In mi hands as a govern
ment officer' And It was true. For
tunately it is a power that never has
been abused, but it is a state of things
that ought not to exist. This whole
system of locking up, outside of the
money of the country that comes in in
public revenues, Is something that ob
tains, I think, nowhere elso in the
world excent In this country. I sup
pose It has Its origin rather in fear and
Jealousy of banks. It certainly never
contemplated great revenues. It never
contemplated a condition such as we
then had nnd which we will have again
in this country.
ANOTHER SOMETHING.
Now, thero is another something
and It does not make much difference
to you bankers; nono of these questions
make ho much difference to tho bank
ers as to their profits, as mankind is
led to suppose; you go on In business,
you make money with good currency
or bad currency, and perhaps you mako
more with bad than with good cur
rencybut the people who are your
constituents, the people whom you have
your charters In order to serve, they
need In their affairs a protection In nil
Aheso things, and you are occupying as
to those matters. It seems to me, a sort
of position of trust towards your cli
ents who nro not In a position to look
Into these things nnd understand them
quite so well ns you, You cannot sit
down nnd merely protect yourselves,
You ought, out of fairness and a sense
of obligation toward thoso who nro
making your Institutions prosperous, to
glvo your minds to tho things that will
avert dangers from their business, al
though it may not affect your profits,
you knowing In advance of the dan
gers. Therefore, all of theso subjects should
bo considered by bankers.although they
aro not primarily so much Interested In
them ns other members of the com
munity.The other members of the com
munity aro often prejudiced upon these
subjects to their own Inlurv nnd detri
ment. Now, If you comprehend the
fullness of your obligations nnd trusts,
you should seek to overcome those
prejudices, even at some risk of some
unpopularity, because you are In the
position to do it; you have tho obliga
tion upon you.
HIS REMARKS NOT NEW.
I do not propose, gentlemen, to take
up nny more of your time. I simply
wish to say that I am enormously Im
pressed with tho Importance of all thog
subjects and the Importance of your re
lation to the community, and therefore
I have ventured to spenk of some of
these general subjects. That which I
said In regard to your deposltp, and
chocks, furnlshln? a tuiirexcy Is not
now. Alexander Hamilton spoke of It
in his time, nnd Gallatin nnd other
men said there was coming tho great
currency of the country. So that It Is
not at all new, but It Is something of
which the mass of people apparently
think but little. You are In a time of
great business prosnerlty in the coun
try as a whole. With wisdom nnd con
servatism It is likely to continue a long
time. It Is within your power to ex
ercise a restraining Influence ns well
es giving aid to all this. It Is your
part not only to encourage, but to ex
ercise a conservative Influence. It Is
your part to use your Influence, so far
as you can. to remove governmental
difficulties that grow out of our laws,
some of things founded on the neces
sities of the time and others sometimes
upon passing prejudice.
All this Is among our duties and
functions, as I understand them, not
alone to conduct your own Individual
Institutions and make money for them,
but If you come to a full appreciation
of the whole subject, that you are to
give your minds to all of these things.
And therefore, to repeat what I started
with, I say that a group of bankers
like this Is one of the most important
assemblages that can be gathered to
gether In this country; and feeling that
I have felt It a high honor to bp cn'led
on to make an address to the hankers
of such a great business community as
Is this state of Pennsylvania. You have
malntnlned the Inner of your profes
sion as a whole with wonderful fidel
ity. You have been of Inestimable use
In developing the resnurct s of this mar
velous commonwealth, and I bid you
God-speed In your good work in the
years to come. (Applause.)
MR. POWERS' ADDRESS.
Following this came tho addres3 on
"The Banking Department of Penn
sylvania," by Hon. Thomas J. Powers,
state commissioner of banking. Mr.
P6wcrs said:
There was a time when the chief de
light of certain classes of demagogues
was to sneer at the bankers, and In
some parts of the country th; still
try to bring them into contempt nnd
array certain elements against thtm.
This feeling, I am glad to st.il does
rot exist to any consldcrab'j degree in
Pennsylvania, and the time is coming
when the people everywhere will con
cede to the bankers as a class their
;ust meed of praise and honor (or their
rtt tiing qualities.
No community is complete without
its banking institution. You cannot
point to a prosperous and thriving
place that does not have In Its midst
a sound bank that is and has been a
help to Its prosperity.
Tho banking department of the com
monwe tlth of Pennsylvania was first
seated by an act of the legislature of
". By reason of the failure of th.it
body to mako an appropriation or Its
support, It work was seriously handi
capped, and but little was accom
plished duiintr that year or the year
following In tho way of examinations,
although much work was done by the
superintendent and his deputy in for
mulating blanks for reports and
schedules, receiving reports and tran
scribing these portions thereof which
were deemed best for the Information
of the public and compiling the same
for the annual report. The greatest
labor devolving upon these officials was
not only locating that of tho various
corporations placed under the care of
tho department, but tho careful study
of tho various acts of assembly creat
ing them and thus ascertaining Just
what kind of business tiny could or
could not do, in order that they might
be properly classified under the var
ious headings of banks, trust com
panies nnd savings inst'tutions. Their
nomenclature was misleading, nnd I
hero record the wish that the day mny
soon come when we will have a uni
form system covering all institutions
In the state.
EXAMINERS KEPT BUSY.
In the years 1803 and IS04 the field
force, then composed of three examin
ers, were constantly engaged in mak
ing examinations.
In February, 1SD5, tho department
was re-organlzed. the ntimbt." of ex
aminers increased to ten, and building
For Saturday afldf
10-SPECIALS-10.
First Special
Ladies', Men's and Children's Hobe,
nil SSc. goods, 3 pairs for
59c.
And a largo ball of darning cotton
free with every, purchase.
Second Special
Men's Unlaundxied Muslin Shirts,
very good muslin, linen bosom and
covored collar button hole. A tip top
shirt. '
29c.
Third Special
Jouvln nnd Emperor best grade fine
kid gloves. Mostly tan, broken as
sortment of sizes, SI, 50 and S2.00
gloves, to closo at
95c.
Fourth Special
Corsets, a lot of the bast make of
$1.00 and $1.25 corsets. Lines that
we aro closing out
49c.
Fifth Special
50 pieces of wide Taffeta Ribbons,
best grade, all new shades, 25c. iunl-
ity.
12J4c
C.
MEARS&HAQEN
Utw;!
52
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I i ooay s
To Illustrate by example the wlfulom of tho old ndftRC, "Never put off till
tomorrow what you can do today," v,n mention Lamp opportunities that
nm n 1a m nXiml nin1 lAilnV Wit tl'lVn mnHtltnrl Infn Inmhi n mimViAtt s
pjji Import samples of uholco vases. From tho fact of their cxcluslvencss does
35 not mean fancy prices nf you buy tho lamp for what you would ordinarily
2 pay for the Vase; Kncrustia Glass, Itoyal Bonn, Bordcnbach, etc.
Zt N. B. Thero aro no duplicates,
5d SCRANTON'S lamp headquarters, 2
Millar & Peck, ,34U?ir.";2f I
THE POPULAR HOUSE
Dockash
Stoves ana Ranges
tVJcids in Scranton.
High Grade Goods.
Will Last a Lifetime.
Cheapest to Buy.
Best in the World.
Always Give Satisfaction.
Repairs Always in Stock.
HAATP fr PHI I pd m
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On Thursday
F. L.
an Opening of
Fine Fairs, Cloaks,
' Capes, Jackets,
Suits.
9
sses
Fur
and loan associations, both domestic
and foreign, were placed under its su
pervision. Since that time ll:e woik
of the department has been constant.
Were the examiners to work ovary day
in the year, Sundays include!, it would
be a physical Impossibility to examine
once per year each and cvry corpora
tion coming under its Jurisdiction.
At the piesent time it has under its
care two hundred banks, trust com
panies and savings institutions, tweU
hundred domestic building and 'oan
associations, fifty foreign building as
sociations and twenty-five Homestead
loan and trust companies; the latt r
doing a business somewhat akin to
banking associations.
Their assets are as follows;
Banks $ 8(5,255,988 13
Trust companies .-.,. 2Crt,3S 1,703 77
Savings Institutions 105.70i.929 il
Trust funds 41S.CS2.010 03
Domestic building ass'ns.. 112,C0',7C7 27
A grand total of $990,011,510 03
And this does not include tho foreign
Continued on Pago 12.
nonday irafy
Sixth Special
Fancy all Silk Plaid Neck and Hair
Ribbon
Seventh Special
Over 500 Ladles' Embroidered
Handkerchiefs, slightly soiled. v Have
been used for decorating. All 20c.
numbers. 3 for
25c.
Eighth Special
Ladles Wrappers, Percale and
Cambric. Nicely made, very full
sweep. Big selection of stylos.
89c.
Ninth Special
Nearly 200 men's working and
dresa shirts, cheviot, cambric nnd
madras, dark and light, 70c. and
SI, 00 garments, to close the line
39c.
Tenth Special
All that we have left of our La
dles' Summer Shirt waists. Somo
good ones In the lot
25c.
n
nances
- FURNISHINQ STORE,
WW.,
f Xf nclltllrvi-Atl Arn Hi
nusiiiuLuu nw.
CRANE
Etc.
Coats,
SPECIAL SALE
HIGH GRADE&Sk.
fekitoslies
Hoil Storm Goats
Former Price, $15.00.
Successor to Dronson & Tallman.
412 Spruce Street.
Headquarters for .Men's Unihrwear.
SUMMER RESORTS.
Elmwood Hall
Elmhurst, Pa.
(Formerly Hotel Clmlutrst,)
Open All the Year.
Tills liotol has bean lomoJela 1 and roflttst
throughout aud will op;n its iIoom June li,
1'or rates, eta, call on ur aJJron
DR. W. H.H. BULL
ELMHURST, PA,
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At Retail.
Coal of the best quality for domestla
uso and of nil sizes, Including Buckwheat
and Blrdeeie, delivered In any part of
the city, ct the lowest price.
Orders received at the office, Connell
building, Boom S08; telephone No. 1763, or
at tho mine, telephone No 272, will ba
promptly attended to. Dealers supplied
nt tho mine.
T PLEASANT COAL CO
To PATENT Good Ideas
may be secured by
our aid, Addreu,
THE PATENT RECORD,
Baltimore, MoV
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