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THE SCRANTON TRIBUJNJS-FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1899.
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TEN PAGES.
SCItANTON, NCvVnMBUU 17, 1S99.
- - atiis sa, - --
What Is, this from the- Bcranton
Times? ARUlnalilo'8 army In flight, tho
Brand concnfmatlon of Filipino pat
riots melting like snow, the back bona
of tho opposition to America's dis
graceful conquest broken, the Malay
George Washington likely to skip tho
country and leave the noble cause of
Filipino freedom In tin- lurch, ftffuro
hcad though he be? And all this "a
turn the American people will bo glad
to see?" Do we dream, or has tho
Bcranton Tlmrs so soon deserted its
former ally now thut ht Is down? For
shame, brother Times!
Ballot Reform.
rnoOHAMMK of ballot re
form lias been formulated
l"y the Philadelphia Times
which certainly seems to
cover the ground. It oompilses these
features:
Pliht An honest nfrttrallon law re
oulrina ever olllztn to appair in pernor.
Ui rigtstcr and eUblMi his iiuallnca
tlorw UK mi elector. lialutllliK evidence of
pei'tfuiml pajininl ot tho nito'siiry tuxes.
Second The aimnt of luxis neefs
caiy to qualify u citizen Z an elector
hhould lie uqiilieil tu lie paid In person,
or hj sunn' spirlnlly niuhurlzfil icpre
sentutlve who may Lo ruiulrcil to answer
under oath. Hint lie I- p.ilnii the tuxee
ol an othen.lte nualllled elector with
mom furnished by the elector himself.
Third That ten upiitublc electors of a
precinct upon piceir.lliiij sworn petition
to the court stating that there Is need of
Independent watchers for said precinct,
I: shnll lie the duty of the court to ap
point buck v.n'chus legardless of ap
pointments made by regular political or
ganizations. Fom th That the rlllclal ballot shall
contain but a slnglo column with tho
names of each candidate given under the
Iliad of tho particular olllee, with their
political defoliations fnl'owlng the name,
thus requiring tin elector to mark his
i hnlie dlstlnctlv for each office.
Fifth That upon Hie swom petition of
ten reputable electors of any precinct
nlleglng that tho vote returned Is fraudu
lent. It shall be the duty of the court,
v hen sitting to compute the returns, to
open the b illot box nnd make exhaustive
examination into the charges of fraud.
A good lilt of the present outcry In
Pennsylvania for ballot reform seems
to be on a par with the pickpocket's
cry of "stop thief." This is peculiarly
the case with the rlngsters Just now
prominent about the Wnnamaker com
missariat. Their indignation at nl
leged discoveries of political crooked
ness In wicked old man Quay's camp
would be more convincing If It did not
so strongly suggest the fabls of the
pot calling the kettle black.
Hut be that as It may. there can be
no question of the need of substantial
amendments to the Pennsylvania elec
tion laws, and the five suggestions of
our Philadelphia contemporary Impress
us as going directly to the heart of the
matter. The man too lazy to register
should not vote The man who does
not pay his own taxes should not voti
Thesn arL. self-evident propositions:
nnd It Is almost as self-evident that
the amplest security against frauds
both In the polling of the vote nnd In
the count Is to be had along the line of
Judicial rather than partisan action.
Finally, the need of a simplified ballot,
necessitating of the voter careful scru
tiny of each name Is recognized almost
unanimously among tho people. A
fclxth reform could advantageously bo
added in the nature of a law providing
that the "helpei" at a booth must be a
swiiin officer of the couit, required to
i etui n to court a record of the name
and number of each assisted voter, tor
uso In ease the court Is called upon to
order an Investigation.
Tho Pitt"luirg Times Is correct In
arguing that otlng machines would
mu makn dlshone' eb-eiion officers
honesd. liefnitn which docs not reach
tho Individual Is ot little nccount.
Por a Parcels Post.
IN TUT. ANNPAT. report of the
thhd as-itant postmastei gen
eral, Just submitted, occurs a
ery timely reference to the
feasablllty of doing nv.ay with the
fom ill class postage lali- of n cnt an
ounce on small parcels of merchandise.
Increasing the limit of weight to, soy,
six pounds, and carrying tills parcel
tinde at tho piesent third-class late of
fc oentB o. pound In other wordi, the
parcels post.
At It Is now. only 9,171 tons ot fourth
"class mall matter Is carried a year,
'bilnglng In about $3,000,000. To reduce
"Jho rnte would, of course, reduco the
.income piovidcd tho olume of busi
ness carried did not Increase. On this
5ofh't the report says:
"It will be rioted that about one
filn.tb of the postage is collected on
Ihlrrt -class matter nnd only about one
IhlrtlDth on fourth-class matter. If
'the latter wore mailed at the third
class rats the loss of revenue would bo
J." per cent, of tho total collected,
i "ltrferrlnp to tho weight of fourth)
Class. ,roattop bandied during tho jear,
vo see that It only amounts to 9,171
fonB. Were this weight doubled, as
may easily be assumed would bo the
Vasa ,f Jhurate bo reduced, It would
be tht- case it the rate be reduced, It
Would" scarcely mako nn appreciable
'difference In tho cost of transportation
and handling, while the Increase in
amount mailed would make good the
deficit In postage.
" "That the reduction In rate of post
age .would increase the amount of such
matter mailed;' that the apparent de-fjclt-irr
revenue would be moro than
extinguished; that tho measure would
ifieet with public approval, and that
foisting, difficulties In classification
would be obvfated, to the great satis
faction of .tho patrons of the malls, as
well ,a tho relict of postal officials, can
icarR-ly be "mjestldned,"'
.The third assistant nostmaster Gen
A
eral goes further In his advocacy of
this much needed Improvement. "Wo
now transport," pays ho, "a pound of
merchandlfe from Pan Frnnclseo to
Germany for 12 cents, but tho samo
package mailed for delivery In tho
United Htatcs will require 10 cents
postage. Agnln, samptee ot merchan
dise may be sent In Postal Union
malts nt the rate ot two ounces for 1
cent, but when sent In the domestlo
malls I cent per ounce (double the for
eign rate) Is required. I recommend
the consolidation of the third nnd
fourth classes oE mall matter as serv
ing tho public Interest nnd conven
ience greatly In the direction of fo
cllltatlng the work of tho department.
It has been suggested that the limit ot
weight of mall matter (four pounds)
might be Increased to, say. six pounds.
The argument la found also In the par
cels post nrrangemonts. In many cases
packages weighing as high ns eleven
pounds may be sent by parcels post.
A reduction of the rate on fourth-class
matter by a consolidation of the third
and fourth classes, accompanied by an
Increased limit of weight, would be' a
greut benefit to the public, but the pro
position Is open to thp criticism that
the department would be going too ex
tensively Into the freight carrying
business."
This criticism would not come from
the bulk of thu people, but from tho
Inteiested few. '
Secretary Gage's offer to purchase
government bonds In order to put
Into cliculation, for the purpose
of relieving a tempoiary stringency,
money now lying Idle In the United
States treasury constitutes an excel
lent object lesson teaching the need of
currency leform. The currency of tho
United Stntcs ought to be sufficiently
elastic to adapt Itself without nrtlllelal
aids to such periods or stringency; In
other words, It should automatically
expand and contract in accordant-3
with the iluctuating needs of buslnsss.
It Is a bad sign when the secretary of
the treasury has to sit in paternal
guardianship over the monetary circu
lation of the country, ns a kind of dry
iiuts, alternately ffcdlng It paregoric
and pap.
Chinese in the Philippines.
"-TrJil3 QUESTION of tho perma
nent attitude of the United
States government toward
Chinese immigration into the
Philippines Is one which Is entitled to
receive the most careful consideiatlon.
Rumor asserts that upon the proposi
tion of excluding the Chinese the Phil
ippine commission Is divided, three fa
voring that couise nnd two, Including
Admiral Dewey, opposing it ns both
unjust and Inexpedient. It there be
this division of opinion among the ex
perts It might be well to pursue a lib
eral course until experience shall have
cleared the pathway of all doubt. At
all events, tho light In which tho Chi
nese minister at Washington presents
the arguments against exclusion Is
worthy of attention. Says he:
"The Chinese entered the Philippine
Islands by Invitation. There are now
upward of 100,000 Chinamen engaged in
Industrious production among tho Fili
pinos. Many of these Chinamen have
Intermarried with tho native women,
and there are a large number of their
children, known ns 'mestizos,' who are
living witnesses that there is no abso
lute racial prejudices between tho Chi
nese nnd tho native Filipinos. I nm
reliably Informed that Agulnaldo, him
self, has Chinese blood In him. These
Chinese have lived peaceably with the
people, and under the Spanish rule
they frequently attained to offices of
considerable Importance in the govern
ment. I nm prepaied to admit some
what of rightful expediency if not Jus
tice In the American exclusion laws.
In this country the wages paid were
extraordinarily higher than Chinamen
had ever before earned, Therefore tnc
measure of protection against the Ch'l
nese was natural. In the Philippines
this Is not the case, because as a gen
eral thing It Is the Chinaman and not
the native laboier or artisan who com
mands the highest compensation. The
Chinese have done much to raise the
general level of civilization in that
archipelago."
It may well be asked how we could
hope to share largely In the coming
trade of China If wo should go for it in
the lace of having excluded tho Chi
nese from the ports of the Philippines.
Let It be sincerely hoped that our gov
ernment will not make a mistake in a
matter of such obvious delicacy and
Importance.
m
The Inflexibility of tho eight-hour
law is Illustrated In the complaints
made nt the recent postmasters' con
vention In Washington. Under tho
law no letter carrier daio bo employed
on' any day more than eight hours,
overtime being forbidden. Some days
when the mall Is light, the carriers'
work can be done In six or oven live
hours. Other days, when the .mall Is
heavy. It cannot be done In eight
hours, nnd carriers have to stop wo: 1c
on routes with delivery uncompleted.
The postmasters want congress to
amend the law so as to make flrty
elght hours a week's woik, with tho
permission to work the carriers nine
hours In emergencies, o-i condition that
all oveitlmc shall bo made good. On
Its face this seems a reasonable re
quest, nnd we believe that reasonable
men would be willing to grant it.
The Washington correspondent of tho
Chicago Record, Mr. W. R. Curtis, an
nounces that Senutor JJanna will, on
account of ill health, decline a re-election
as national chairman, and says
that Senator Penrose Is prominently
mentioned as his successor. Mr. Curtis
must delight to worry Hon. John
Wanamaker.
In announcing the permanent or
ganization of the anti-Quay forces In
Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia Record
says It Is contemplated to have each
Insurgent leader sign a pledge not to
puccumb to temptations from tho
enemy. The Record Is unkind.
Right upon the heels of Kdward At
kinson's pause for breath, Mr. Hayes,
of the Knights of Labor, appears on
tho stage at Roston nnd points out
the dangers that would attend a rush
of ten million unskilled Malay laborers
to this country. It really looks ns
though nervous citizens of the Hub
would never he allowed an opportunity
to rocovcr from continuous attacks of
heart palpitation.
The expectation seems to prevail at
Washington that the coming session of
congress will close without having
witnessed nny progress toward a
trnns-lsthmlan canal. People and con
gress both regard such a canal as a
great and gi owing necessity, but still
tho belief Is that the subject will drag
along Inconclusively as of yoie. Some
body needs a shaking up.
Tho Philadelphia Inquirer proiesspii
curiosity m to whether the announced
purpose qf tho new Independent rail
way from Scranton -to Now Vork to
reduce coal tolls will be carried out In
good fnlth. If the Individual toal op
erators are satlsrted on this point we
fall to see the motive behind the In
quirer's anxiety.
Reports are current that Secretary
Long will retire. If he believes what
he has written touching Rear Admiral
Schley's unfitness for a flag command
the retirement of one or tho other of
these men would seem to be Imper
ative. Should Senntor-elect Hnyward of Ne
braska, who is said to be ill beyond
recovery, die, tho appointment of hW
successor would devolve upon the gov
ernor of Nebraska, who is a Populist,
That would bo Colonel Uryan's oppor
tunity. In addition to the grnerous terms
offered Agulnaldo by the government
to come out of tho woods nnd surren
der, the rebel chief can probably sscure
n position on one of the New York yel
low leaders of public thought.
The picking of the Mollncaux Jury
has proved a tedious affair. Tho un
expected exhibition of Intelligence
given by men selected ns talesmen has
staggered the attorneys connected
with the case.
It Is fenred that General Buller may
have dlfllculty In slaughtering Bocra
rapidly enough to preserve the reputa
tion that has been given him by the
newspaper correspondents.
Tho third assistant postmaster gen
eral Is correct In his assertion that ono
cent postage Is quite enough for drop
letters.
Hobson threatens to (break the seal
of oblivion by saving the Charleston.
POLITICAL DISHONESTY.
Editor of Tho Trlbr-ne
Sir: In your Issue of today you quote
from a Philadelphia paper some com
ments on the I-ingstaff-Kelly election
contest, and then make some comment
of your own on the subject. Rut you
miss, and so far as I have seen all our
other Journals have missed, one side of
this subject. I refer to the utter fail
ure to punish or attempt to punish
Illegal voters und dishonest ehv-Mnn
office! s. Some of our Journals are call
ing loudly for ballot reform, and others
are demanding new constitutional pro
visions so that our elections will seem
less like a game of cards or a horse
race In the Integrity of the results
reached. Rut in fact the greatest of
our dlfllculty In relation to the fran
chise is the want of a strong, healthy
moral tone in the community. Men
who claim to be honorable will do In
political matters what would cost a
man his life In the lowest gambling
den In the country. That is, men who
nro engaged In politics pay less atten
tion to the laws of honor than gamb
lers. And no groat discredit attaches
to these things In the public mind.
Sodom and Gomorrnh did not do much
worse, only It was not In politics that
their shortcomings appeared, and their
reputations have suffered in conse
quence. o
The men years ago who tried to legis
late their fellow-cltlzens Into heaven
by their statutes and acts of parlia
ment on religious matters were just as
wise as the men who now believe that
new constitutional provisions nnd new
statutes will take the place of common
honesty in the citizens of a state. What
statute or constitutional provision will
prevent men from stuffing the ballot
box before the election begins, ns was
done In Philadelphia at tho last elec
tion, unless wo have honest election
officers who will prevent such frauds'
The only provision now needed In Penn
sylvania to secure honest elections Is
ono that will provide us with honest
men to do the voting, and honest elec
tion officers to do the counting. At
present there seems to be a mournful
scarcity In both departments. Josh
DllHngs said some years ago that ho
was afraid the time might come when
there would not bp honesty enough In
the world to do tho business with. That
is the trouble at present with our poli
tics. And yet we are insisting on our
right to bless tho Cubans and the Fili
pinos with Just such institutions ns
these.
But the featuro I Intended in nnll
your attention to Is directly connected
with election contests to which you re
ferred In your editorial. Lackawanna
county Is famous for its election con
tests, and has been so from its Infancy.
What we have scent on election con
tests, taken together with the expense
of the one wo now have on the stocks,
would pay off our county debt. And In
every one of these contests there have
been a large number of votes thrown
out on both sides. Some of these, it is
true, were rejected on purely technical
grounds. In such cases both tho voter
and the election officer may have been
Innocent of fraud. The voter may havo
believed that he had a legal right to
vote and the officer may have honestly
believed that the voto should bo re
reived. But election contests could not
thrive alone on such materials. In all
these contests there have been many
votes thrown ou by the court when
both the voter and the election officer
knew, or ought to have known, that
the voto was a fraud. And yet thes
men have gone on voting from year to
year as fluently as the most upright
elector In the county.
o
Now the casting of these votes by
tho voters and tho reception of them
by the election officers was as much of
a crime as tho breaking Into a house,
or tho picking of a pocket. But for all
these violations of tho law, who has
suffered? So far as wo know not a
man. And year after year these bogus
votes have been, deposited in tho bal-lot-boxes
at tho election and afterwards
thrown out by tho court. Our constitu
te - - i-llo unallUa anil 1 lolllO llfl.
cations for Illegal voting and our elec
tion lawb fairly bristle with provisions
for fining and Imprisoning this class of
law-breakers. But who has suffered
from these penal cnoctments7 Only tho
citizens who paid the legislature for
the time spent In passing them, and
tho lawyers who are compelled to pay
for a bulkier volume than woutd bo
needed If these statutes had not been
adopted. So far as the Illegal voter
and the dishonest election officer Is
concerned, these provisions are ns
harmless as the Quaker cannons of thu
late unpleasantness. Wns It Andrew
Johnson who eald Borne years ago that
treason was to be made odious? That
would be a good thing to do, but would
It not be equally as good to make dis
honest voting "odious"? Let some
robust citizen Initiate a movement ot
this kind.
o
Up to this time we have been trying
to repress this class of crimes by
methods that were in harmony with
tho entire safety of the criminal, That
Is not tho way we restrain other
crimes. Why Is there such a difference
In the treatment of the two classes of
criminals? Is It because wo have not
public Integrity enough to secure the
conviction of these criminals by our
Juries? Or Is the matter at all affected
by the fact that these men, In common
with their morally cleaner fellow-cltlzens,
have a vote when district attor
neys and magistrates are being elected?
I do not undertake to answer these
questions; I merely submit them for
public consideration.
o
But whatever the difficulty mav be,
let us look thp whole situation honestly
In tho face. It Is useless to hug tho
delusion that we can pass election laws
which will produce honest results when
administered by dishonest officers, nnd
strained by dishonest voters. No such
thing can be done. Instead of swelling
our statute books with new laws that
will not be enforced, suppose we try
the experiment, na yet practically un
tried, of enforcing tho laws we have
already. Laws nnd upright magis
trates were once a terror to evil-doers,
but so far our numerous election laws
have not been a terror to the political
evil-doer. I have no panacea for all
these ills. In this respect the times do
seerh to be a little out of Joint; but It
Is not my special mission to set them
rlcht. H. m. Hannah.
Scranton, Nov. 1G.
HUMAN NATURE STUDIES.
Dakota Slang.
One day, says the Bismarck Tribune,
when Caesar was leaning up against a
wooden Indian In front of Bonus's
cigar store, half way between tho
Forum and the Republican central
committee headquarters, he was ac
costed by a bunko-stecrer with a green
grip and the finest set of lilacs that
ever SDlIt tho breeze.
"Hello," said the bunko-steerer,
"haven't I seen you before?"
"I don't think you have, Jo Jo,"
said Caesar, who was dead on. "I
never was In tho penitentiary myself,
and If I ever saw you outside of the
bastlle It's a mighty good thing for
you I wasn't a policeman. You look a
good deal like a local option sentiment
In a German village. How much will
you take for a slip from that foliage
plant on your face to seed my lawn
with?" Caesar was ono of the great
Joshers In Rome at the time and it
tickled him to guy the rube, although
he savvied his graft all the while.
The bunko man pretended not to no
tice that he was a Joshmark and
dropped his grip on the sidewalk.
"Ain't you Polonlus Appleseecfus, from
over at Pompey's Crossing?" he asked.
Ho didn't know Caesar from a fever
blister, but he thought he might make
the sraft stick.
Caesar enjoyed tho whole thing more
than a Judy show. "Not on your little
red Bhawl," he said, "I'm the Iceman.
You're on the wrong sidetrack, uncle.
You'd better consult an oculist. Here's
an egg that some chicken laid In your
hair," he said, handing the bunko man
an egg that he carried around to use
In sleight of hand tricks that ho fre
quently did for the boys.
The bunko man saw that he had
struck a dead game sport and passed
on. Caesar went inside the cigar store.
"See mo Jolly the rube?" he said, drop
ping a nickel in the. slot and winning
a handful of nerfectos.
Brutus laughed fit to kill, and put
another handful of stogies Into the
oerfecto box.
"While you were Jollying tho easy
mark," he said, "he touched you for
your watch."
Caesar looked down and paw that It
was so.
History does not record what he said,
but it was hot stuff.
Wooing; a School Toachor.
"Yes," said a young man, as he threw
himself at the feet of the pretty school
mistress, "I love you, and would go to
tho world's end for you."
"You could not go to the end of the
world for me, James. The world, or tho
earth, as It Is called. Is round like a ball
sllghtened flattened at the poles. One
of the first lessons In elementary
geography Is devoted to the shape of
the globe. You must have studied It
when you were a boy."
"O course I did, but"
"And It Is no longer a theory. Cir
cumnavigators have established the
fact."
"I know, but what I meant was that
I would do anything to please you. Ah,
Minerva, if you knew the aching
void"
"There Is no such a thing as a void,
James. Nature abhors a vacuum. But.
admitting that there could be such a
thing, how could the void you speak of
be a void If there were an ache In it?"
"I meant to say that my life will be
lonely without you; that you nro my
dally thought and my nightly dream. I
would go anywhere to be with you. If
you were in Australia, or at the north
pole, I would fly to you. I"
"Fly! It will be another century be
fore men enn fly. Even when the laws
of gravitation are successfully over
come, there will still remain, says a
late scientific authority, the difficulty
of maintaining a balance"
"Well, at all events," exclaimed the
youth, "I've got a pretty fair balance
In the bank, and I want you to be my
wife. There!"
"Well, James, since you put It In that
light, I"-
Curtain. Wichita Eagle,
A Story of Fiddles.
James Whltcomb was a prominent
citizen of Indiana In her early days,
and he was not only a politician, but
ono of the best amateur musicians In
the country. He composed several
pieces for tho violin, which was his
own chosen Instrument, and many aro
the stories told of him and his fiddle.
At one time ho was traveling from
Indianapolis to Eastern Indiana, and
sinnnod for thn nicllt at a house on a
lonely road. lie entered the cabin rtvlth
his companion, and there they found a
lame young man called Amos sitting
by the Are scraping nt nn old violin
with most disastrous results.
Ho laid the violin on tho bed nnd
started away to the stable with tho
horses. Mr. Whltcomb at once took
up the violin, tuned It, nnd when Amos
returned was playing light and beauti
ful airs. Atnos wns entranced. Ho
sat down, and, mouth wide open in
wonder, watched the musician. Then
Mr. Whltcomb struck up "Hall, Colum
bia," and the youth could bear It no
longer. He sprang to his feet. "If I
had $50," cried he, "I'd give It all for
that fiddle! I never heard such music."
Mr. Whltcomb said nothing, but kept
on playing. By and by, when he had
finished, he laid the violin on tho bed.
This was the young man's opportunity.
He .sprang up, seized the Instrument,
carried It to tho ftre, where he could
seo more plainly, and turned It over
and over, examining ovcry part.
"Mister," he sang out, In high ex
citement, "I never In my life see two
fiddles so much alike as yours and
mine!" Exchange.
Startllngly Sententious.
A delegation of Indians from a
western state visited the land office in
Washington, says the Snn Francisco
Wave, and were duly Introduced to a
bumptious little official who had chargo
of this territory. This little man, who,
by the way, has a big head, patronized
the red men for all ho was worth, and
tnlkcd elaborately about the land of
fice. When he had finished the In
dians began to grunt and talk among
themselves. "What nro they saying?"
asked the egotistical clerk, with de
lightful anxiety. "Tell me what they
are saying." "I cannot tell you," re
plied the Interpreter, "It was not for
you to hear." But the little man In
sisted, 'and with great reluctance the
Interpreter finally yielded. "They
said," he translated, "Little man, big
head, heap talk, say nothing, much
fool."
Ho Resentod tho Imputation.
If one may Judge from the number
of stories appearing In English papers,
the faculty for making "Irish bulls"
in growing In that country. At a re
cent temperance gathering the chair
man thought it desirable to reply tt an
attack made upon him in tho local
press. "My opponent," said he, "ca'ls
me an ascetic. I hurl the accusation
back In his teenth. I havo been a to
tal abstainer from my birth." A still
more humorous lapsus linguae whf.
that of tho London vestryman win, in
referring to the financial condition of
the baths In his district, described
them ns "a millstone hanging around
the necks of the rate-payers like a
white elephant."
It Beat His Time.
A country boy, who was brought up
In a remote region of Scotland, had
occasion to accompany his father to a
village near -which a branch line of
railway passes. The morning after his
arrival, when sauntering in the garden
behind tho house In which they were
staying, he beheld with wondering eyes
a train go by. For a moment he re
mained staring at It with astonishment
and then running into the house ho
said: "Fayther, fayther, como ott!
There's a smlddy ran off wT a row o'
houses, and It's awa' doon by the back
o' tho town."
Ornamental Floors, such as we
offer have been in use in Europe
for generations. They are no ex
periment, It is safe to consider that no out
lay will so furnish and enrich a
dwelling as these ornamental floors.
They are cheaper than carpets.
Floors laid nnd finished in best
manner.
Fine line of patterns to select
lrom.
Estimates furnished and all work
guaranteed.
Hill & Cornell
121 N. Washington Ave,
Scranton, Pa.
The Hyot &
Conedl Go,
Heating, Plumbing,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Light Wiring, Gas
an Electric Fixtures,
Builders Hardware.
LMther Keller
L3HE, CEMENT,
. SEWER PIPE, Etc.
yard nnflOnioa
West Lackawanna Ave,,
SCRANTON. PA.
For
Wedding
Preseoteo . .
The largest aud finest As
sortment of
Sterling Silver-ware
Prices raugiug from $1.00
to $ioo.oo.
IERCEREAU & C0HH1LL
130 Wyoming Avenue.
Heat 5 eg
Stoves,
RafligeSo
FMrmiaca9
PlMmlng'
aod
Tie logo
GUNSTEIR & FOMSYTi,
825-327 PENN AVENUE.
-o
Tne Moncns IIaiidwarr Storb.
New arrivals pat
terns that will surely
please you. If you
want the best, come
here.
FOOTE & SHEAR CO.
119N. Washington Ave.
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
OcDciui Ajent for tua WyonUat
DUPONT
Wlulne, Ulastlns.Hportlns. SmolcoUu
aud ilia Usjmuus Ulieru'cal
Cojipuny'i
HIGH EX1PL0SWB.
kulcty Fuse, Capi and UxplaJsrt
llooin 401 CoiuiBlt liulldiu;.
tfcraiKjj.
AOUNUllM
THOS. FOnD, ... Plttston.
JOHN D. SMITH & SON. - Plymouth.
W. E. MULLIGAN. - WilUs-Barre.
id)' "nimdif
roiitt
MWmi ' fMSmki
vw tastfi MW v WkM
!( I, III?
In the pocket of my Tuxedo coat, said one of the New
York lour hundred that's the coat 1 wear when I go out
to dinners I always keep one of the small vials of Ripans
Tabules. There is one in the pocket now. I always look
to see that it is there before I go out of an evening.
After the dinner I always swallow a Tabule and then I
know that I shall have no trouble that night and no
headache next morning. With the Tabules in my pocket
I always feel free .to, eat and drink everything that is
put before me at a dinner,
A mw it jle parkrt rental nlrir iik Rirtut tabclh In a panrr rartnn (without gbuu) Know fo" tola at ion
4rnfrftofra iron riTlCKNTa Ttit. low prlcM Mirt 1. Inirnffort forth. ior itnd iho economical. Onadoaea
( uia O.atiant curtail Hi) ubalcal ran b hid bj mall by tending rortyright rota to the Kiriat CHBUeai,
tcwiar, he. Id 8truc Street, .New Turk -or a uugti carton (Tin laeTLU) will be tent (or Ore oenu.
FINLEY'S
The
UK
of the
Season
A purchase of near
ly 2,000 yards ena
bles us to offer the
greatest value in up-to-date
silks that
that have ever been
brought to this city.
The lengths vary
from 5 to 15 yards
each, and for com
plete Dresses, Sepa
rate Waists or Fine
Wrap Linings, are
the opportunity of a
lifetime.
They are arranged
into 3 lots as follows
AT
69c 88c $io
worth worth worth
$1.00. $1.25. $1.75 to $2.2?
Sale Opens Saturday Morning.
510 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENU3
TIME SAVED IS MONEY EARNED
SameMng Hew.
1LU 21 114
And We Haye ft
Pee Carbom
Letter Book
No Press.
No Water.
No Work.
No Time.
Any Ink.
Any Paper.
Any Pen.
A Perfect Copy.
Reynolds Bros
Office Supplies Our Specialty.
139 Wyoming Ave
HOTL'L Jr.KMYN.
Sale
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