"W -"WIWJ (" Ml1""" "i-fm i in up Wi Mlll)iMOM.ti ! i "- THE SCRANTON TRIBUNIS-TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1899. ; yVT'W 'IiCi ' i Scranton CrCBune Published Dally. Excpt Bnnflny. by Ths tribune Publlnhlnir Company, nt Fifty Sent a Month. Now York Office! 10) Narmiu St.. B. S. VtlKRI-AND. Bolo ARcnt for Foreign AdvcrtUlnK. Entered nt the PoMnmrn at Scranton. Pa as Scctna-Clasa Mall Mntter. When rpnee will lurmlt, Tha Tribune In nlwnys Kind to print hort letters from It frier ds bearing on current topW sut Itn.rulc Is that I hero must bo olEnnd. for publication, by the writer's real name. BCRANTON, NOVEMUBIl 28, 1S09. Tho Central Pennsylvania Telephone and Supply company needs to Improve tho service on Its residence circuits. If only one telephone company Is to do business In Scranton It must satisfy reasonable public demands. Quay Should Be Seated. r HOUGH IT BE true that tho question of tho admission JL or rejection of M. S. Quay by the next senate upon credentials of gubernatorial appoint ment Is one not likely to be affected by any amount of newspaper discus sion cither pro or con, but Is to bt) mainly a matter of the personal Judg ment of a majority of tho senators nl ready seated, yet certain general prin ciples me nt stiiKe which seem to mer it brief consideration. Under our form of government It Is clear that the Intent Is that each state Miall n't nil times have two represen tatives In the United St.ites senate. Full representation Is an essential part of the scheme of a senate parliament of co-equal states. The deprivation of a state's complete representation, whether by death, accident or Intrigue, Is a destruction of the "qulllbrlum Im mediately to be remedied If the sen ate Is In session or to bo remedied as soon ns possible after the senate shall convene. This Is the undisputed In tent, tho animating spirit, of the Con stitution of the United States and of the men who framed it. Upon this broad principle we erect the proposition that M. S. Quay by gubernatorial appointment should be entitled to sit In tho senate of tho Fifty-sixth congress. Ho was the cau cus nominee of his party. He led the list of candidates nt every vote of tha legislature In Joint session assembled. Although he did not have at any time a majority of the entire vote cast ha came so near to having Is that no oth er candidate ranks In the same cate gory with him. The absence of a ma jority from his standard was the work of treachery and Intrigue, without sanction fiom tho people, and by a margin Just enough to deadlock ths assembly but not enough to name any senator instead. The Insincerity of the opposition was shown In Its failure to bilng Its majority strength lu .me for any one aspirant for Quay's place. The appointment by tho governor simply completed the work where the people left off and, if ratified, will save the great commonwealth of Pennsylvania from having to get along In this Im portant coming session of congress with a smaller representation In the national senate than, will be enjoyed by the mining patch called Nevada, with n total population hardly so large ns that of the section of our city com monly known as Hyde Park. Upon the constitutional quibbles raised In Quay's case the senate at different times has decided to different purposes. Each senate Is tho sole Judge of the questions hero at Issue. Hut on the broad ground of the nat ural Intent of the Constitution In Its creation of a senate of co-equal states nnd as n matter of common fairness to the six million people Inhabiting the commonwealth which today has but partial representation, it is sub mitted that the senate should accept Colonel Quay on the strength of the credentials which he brings and thus say to warring legislators In every state: "Elect when you should or by failure convey the right to the gover nor, tho people's only other immediate recourse." Oom Paul is not reading Soudan war news with any degree of exuberance. The Next Vice President. T IS EVIDENT from surface In dications that the president would like to have, as his next running mate, the present nfll dent secretary of war, Hon. Ellhu Hoot. If the latter can be persunded to accem. the place will be his with practical unanimity. It does not seem possible, however, that on the acore of personal Inclination Mr. Hoot would willingly exchange the active duties of tho wnr portfolio, where ho Is In hourly touch with great events which have to do with the making of Important hls tory.for the Innocuous desuetude of the vice presidency. The Impression which he makes upon one is that of a man whoso natural forte Is rapid activity: whoso nerves aro of tho healthy kind vhleh require continually to be occu pied In tho despatch of hard work. To put a temperament of this kind In the vlee-prcsldency without In some un ojllctar manner augmenting the real duties' of that office would be, It seems tb ue, an act of cruelty. A arrangement might be made vyhlc'h would obviate this difficulty. It U well Itnown that in connection with the, working out of the problems of civl). government n the new territories tjicfe'nre large puzzles of law-making apd law-construction to be solved. These come technically within tho Jur Isdlptjojj of the war department but they are legal problems almost wholly and require In the man who would master them the special aptitudes of a. ftrat-clasa lawyer as well as tho prac. ttcaL Intelligence and experience of a nTan'of affairs. Into this hole Mr, Hoot would fit as If ho wore a peg made es pecially fur It. It was mainly for the benefit of .his abilities In this particu lar direction that he was asked to suo ceed General Alger as secretary of WJir, and It can easily bo Imagined that thetouftro routine deUlls In connection wltnthojwar -portfolio which would diBtcAPt'ottenilon frpm the legal prob. lemirU) which Mr. Root's Interest Is moBtkeen and that ho might therefore welcome an opportunity to bo relieved of thojulUary part of his present work in order to give undivided attention to the construction of governments In the new possessions. This Is altogether n matter of conjecture but our hypothesis looks plausible. Should Mr. Hoot consent to be a can dldate for tho vice presidential nom ination at the next national conven tion wo would take It to Imply that Home view of special duty or obliga tion had presented Itself to lilm which outweighed the ordinary disadvantages of the ofllce. If a vice-president Is to bo chosen for only the ordinary purpo5o of filling n gap In the ticket, occupy ing a place In Washington society, and looking wise upon occasional tenures of tho presidency of the senate, Ellhu Hoot Is far too useful a public servant to bo wasted In that manner. Ho might better let the place go to tha Honorable Timothy Woodruff of white vest fame. Late despatches provo that the "sup plicating Filipino" whom Colonel Met calf has been accused of murdering, was making nn attempt to run a knife through the colonel's heart when tho officer shot. Thus Is another yellow story robbed of Its most Interesting fea tures. An Elastic Bank Currency w HIL.E NOT professing to be any too well convers- nnt with tho Intricacies of currency reform, we , had often wondered how tho simple ex tension of the note-Issuing privilege of national banks from 90 per cent, of the par value of deposited government bonds, the present limit, to 100 per cent., the limit proposed by the presi dent, would Impart to our currency tha elasticity of which there Is admitted need. Such an extension, It seemed reasonable to believe, would bo quick ly followed by a corresponding amplifi cation of business credits, and the In elasticity now felt would then be pres ent In precisely the same old degree. This view of the matter has received tho attention of the comptroller of tho cunency,,Mr. Dawes, whoso Interesting annual report we abridge in another place. The demand for greater flexibil ity In circulation being at bottom ot tho recommendation for an enlarge ment of the bank note Issuing privilege, Mr. Dawes proceeds to devise a plan whereby this flexibility will bo assured and preserved In such a manner as to divide Its advantages between tho banks and the general public. His sug gestion is that If tho present tax of 1 per cent, on circulation were lowered to one-sixth of one per cent, on 90 per cent, of the circulation of national banks and a tax of 2 or 3 per cent, put on the last 10 per cent, of circulation when outstanding, the latter portion of the bank-note Issue would bo preserved as an emergency fund and Its calling In would bo rendered certain as soon as the emergency which drew it out should have passed. The comptroller's purpose In lowering the tax on the 90 per cent, of circulation Is to offset the hardship of a special lax on the last 10 per cent, of circulation, so that the banks would not feel that they were being taxed unfairly on this emer gency fund when in use. Should con gress feel that the comptroller's con sideration for the banks In this matter Is too delicate, It could adjust differ ently the basis of taxation upon the 90 per cent, portion of circulation; but the feature of a special tax on tho emer gency fund Is Indispensable If the ele ment of flexibility Is to be Insured by law. It will be noted that the comptroller draws Into the background his former proposition of a bank-asset currency. He never went ns far In advocacy of that plan ns his predecessor, Mr. Eckles nor as far ns the Mugwump Democracy have gone In their volum'nrui lite ature labeled "Currency Reform"; but It Is significant that now he practically re cants the bank-asset heresy. "Nothlns except the avoidance of panics can," says he, "at present Justify any experi ments with bank-asset currency." The doctrine that national banks should have no better security for their note Issues than their available assets plus a small tax-fund reserve Is a doctrine not likely ever to find favor with the great majority of our people. It is a doctrine sound enough in theory; but it needs for Its successful realization in practice a percentage of honesty and good Judgment In the banking business considerably higher than the existing average. We offer apologies to tho Springfield Union. It does not crib editorials. Our rernark yesterday was meant for tho New Haven, Conn., Union, a syxtematic borrower without credl. The word "Springfield" got Into type alongside the word "Union" by mistake. The Manufacture of Iron. I T HAS BEEN frequently said in print; In fact, It Is a kind of standing boaat In Pennsylvania that tho first American Iron fur nace was tho old Warwick farm fur- ' nuce which was put Into blast nbout the year 1720. Now comes a writer In 1 the Washington Star. W. C. Dodge, who shows that this belief Is nearly 100 years out of tho way. "Iron works," writes Mr. Dodge, "were first built at Falling Creek, in Virginia, In 1619-'21, and Beverly wrote that 'the Iron proved reasonably good, but before they got Into the body of the mine tho people wero cut off in fatal massacre.' It appears that the I works were not rebuilt, and no Iron was made there after that time, and but lltt,lo before. At Lynn In Massa chusetts, John WlnUirop, Jr., built a foundry on the banks of the Haugus river In 1G13, which was eighty-seven years before that on the Warwick farm. History Btates that In 1616 tho agent of the company bought some- of tho country's guns to melt over at" tho furnace. It was at this foundry that Joseph Ji-nks made the first Iron cast ing, a small Iron pot containing about one quart, Another establishment was built by Wlnthrop and his associates at Bralntree, Mass,, In KHB-'G, and In March, 1017. Robert Child, writing from Boston, says of the Lynn and Brain tree enterprises: 'Wo have cast this winter some tons of pots, likewise mor tars, stoves and skillets,' Numerous other furnaces were established at var ious points In Massachusetts from ICC to 1696, and Schwank in hli history ot 'Iroti In All Ages' eays that 'for a hundred years after Its settlement lr 1020 Massachusetts was the chief scat of tho iron manufacture on this con tinent.' By an act of parliament In 1751 tho manufacture In the colonies of oil forms'of steel nnd Iron except cast Iron was prohibited, the object being to compel the colonists to ship their pig Iron to England, where It was manu factured, nnd Buch of tho articles ns wore needed were returned to the colonics. It was then that Lord Chat ham said: 'I would not permit the colonists to make even a hob nail for themselves.' " Mr. Dodge adds: "What a comment on Chatham's assertion Is the present condition of the Iron nnd steel business In tho United States nnd England. In 1878 Great Britain produced 46 per cent of the world's supply of pig Iron, and the United States furnished 29.30 per cent of tho world's supply of pig Iron, and 34.58 per cent of the steel, the amounts being: Steel, over 8,000,000 tons, and of pig Iron, 11,773,931 tons, a total of near 20.000,000 tona. In 189S It was still more, and the present year will far excel all previous years. To day the United States Is the Iron mas ter of tho world." A new Invention In telegraphy re cently tested In Chicago makes pos- slble, It Is eald, the transmission of 2,fi00,000 words over one wire In a single day and 'no mistake Is possible." Tho should pick out what ho Inventor wants. When Admiral Dewey Interviews that 25-pound bird from Undo "Hod" Vast's turkey farm he will probably forget all about tho efforts of the Washington yellow reporters. Tho Stroudsburg Dally Times Issued a Thanksgiving number on Saturday which Is Inclosed In an illuminated cover, and Is In every way a meritor ious publication. The Pennsylvania town of any size that cannot produce some sort of a football team this week has no right. to a place on tho map. HUMAN NATURE STUDIES. Tracy as a Wit. General Benjamin F. Tracy, who has returned from tho Venezuelan bound ary commission In Paris, gained quite a reputation as a wit during his so journ abroad, says tho New York World. One of hla sallies was during the Dreyfus trial. Ho was explaining Method of procedure at taw In thl, country. The French lawver tnt-r. t n U. THA1. .. ....11 . .1.- rupted him, saying "But, according to what you say, my dear General, I don't see how, by your American methods, you ever succeed In convicting a man." "Exactly." retorted the General. "And by your French methods, I don't see how you ever succeed In acquitting a man!" Some time afterward General Tracy was engaged In a discussion with an other American on Professor Mark ham's much-tnlked-of poem, "The Man With the Hoe." An Englishman who was listening to the argument asked who tho man with the hoe was. "The Man With the Hoe?" repeated the general. "Why, that is the news paper man." Somebody had to hammer a treatise on printing presses Into the English man's head before he saw the point. Mr. Chonto's Little Joke. Mr. Choate, ambassador to England, Is credited with the latest Joke on Philadelphia. It was at a dinner given to him by the members of the Phila delphia bar. The toasts of tho even ing had been given, when the chair man, with a Jocular remark, called for an eulogy of the Quaker City, re lates the Now York World. Mr. Choate rose, and with a bow be gan what promised to be a magnifi cent econlum upon the glories of tho city of Penn. So magnificent. In deed, were his compliments that a feel ing of apprehension began to creep over the company. It occurred to them that perhaps there was an element of sarcasm In these honeyed pnrases. Finally the speaker paused. "I wish to congratulate you espe cially," he then said, "upon the pos session of two of the most distinguished citizens since tho days of Washington Albert Gallatin, of Geneva, and Ben Jainlu Franklin, of Boston." Two Stories of Lawyers. The logic of wit Is the most destruc tive logic that Is employed against error. This was aptly illustrated at a public reception given a few nights ago, at which a learned lawyer, who Is slightly lame In his right foot, was present. The advocate overheard a lady say to her companion, "That !s Mr. C , the lame lawyer." Turning around ho replied, "No, mndnme, I nm a lame man, but not a lame lawyer." An amusing Incident ocrurred In ono of the common please courts the othar dav. The lawyer for the defense was making n very lengthy cross-examina tion of nn old lady, when he was In terrupted by the Judge with the re tnaik: "I think you have exhausted this witness." "es, Judge." she- exclaimed, "I do feel very much exhausted." Philadel phia Call Would Change the Ratio. The late M. Schourer-ICufcTner, vice president of the French senate, was a scientific writer of great ability, a distinguished chemist nnd a broad minded philanthropist, says tho Sat urday Evening Post. It was In these capacities ho was known to tho public, of which few knew the other sldo of his character. His lutlinato friends know him as a raconteur and wit. Many of his epigrams afforded amuse ment to the literary world of the French capital. During the Dreyfus excitement ho remarked: "Voltnlre said we Frenahmen were half monkey and half tiger. Wore he alive today he would change tho ratio to tho dis favor of the kingly carnlvorn." Rebuked. An urchin In a country parish of Scotland, having been told by his par ents to read a newspaper aloud to them, commenced to do so In tho usual drawl ing manner of the parish school, says tho Scottish-American, He had not proceeded far when his mother stopped him short, exclaiming: "You scoonral' IIoo daur ye read a newspaper wi' the Bible twang!" HAS BETTER MONEY PLAN Concluded from Page 1. levying of a tnx of tino-slxth of 1 per cent, upon circulation to 90 per cent, of tho par of tho bonds nnd ullowlng tho banks to Issue curieney to the par of the bondB by paying u tax at tin rateof 2 or 3 percent. per annum on tho excess up to the par when outstand ing, will result In the desired Increase In our general bank note Issues, nnd provide a marked degree of elasticity in our circulation. The Increase ho es timates nt JIOO.OOO.OOO and the margin of elasticity he estimates at $30,000,000. As to whether this margin would be sufficient, ho ays: As tho uso of rec'lscounts and bills paynblo on tho part of tho WcsUern und Southern banks nt certain seasons of tho year Is reenrded as evidencing tho uoid of nn clnstlc circulation, and as bearing upon the question uf tho measure of re lief which tnjy bo expected lrom the bond-secured emergency circulation hero recommended, the comptroller will state that without any general Incrciso In bank-note circulation us a result of new legislation, the possible emergency cir culation of $20,000,Ouu Immediately avail able, based on bonds securing 'ho pres ent clrculatlnn, nmoui.ts to moro than the combined bills payable and redis counts of nil tho national banks of tho United States outstanding at any llmo within the last three years. If tho comprollcra' i,t!mato of u possible Iv.nd sccurcd emergency circulation of J30.000,- P0O bo correct, this nmount Is about d.iu bio the average combined bills payable and rediscounts of tho entire natlur.al system outstanding within that period. As the elastic und uncovered Issues of tho joint-stock banks of England, Scot land, and Ireland, comprising all tho un covered bank notes there Issued, may bo cited as illustrating the advantages of nn elastic circulation, tho comptroller would also call attention to tho fact that theseentlrc Issues aro but a small amount moro than tho J20.tfOO.000 bond-secured emergency circulation which would bo Immediately available on existing bond deposits In tho United States under tho lctjl. latlon recommended. And with nn lncrcusc In general hank-noto circula tion, resulting from modified laws, wo would propably have a bond-secured emergency circulation In this country larger than tho emergency circulation cr the Joint stock banlis of England, Scut land, and Iieland, which Is secured enly bj tho general assets of tho banks, -without prcfeienee over other creditors. There Is no ncod, under normal condi tions, of n Inruo amount of emergency circulation or a high degree of elasticity In bank-note circulation. Tho immense volume of checks, drafts, and bills of exchange, based upon tho assets of bnr.ks and often called bank-credit ouire.-.cy, expands and contracts In uceordanco vltn tho demand of trade and business, nnd Is tho medium through which the great bulk of the business of our country is trans acted. It is extremely clastic, and varies in amounts at different seasons of tho same year. It is generally amply ade quate to tho business needs of iho coun try, except in times of disturbed confi dence and financial tianlc. Tho Issuance of bank-asset notes under normal conditions and In the present de velopment of our banking Bystsn car not bo Justified by tho plea that without them the needed elasticity ot bank-note currency cannot be obtained. Nothing except tho nvoldanco of panic can at present Justify any experiments with bank-asset currency. When authorised for use In times of panic they should bo so heavily taxed that they can Irculate only while a panic lasts, and liko clear inghouse certlllcates should be a remedy simple for a rare emergency. In seek ing tho theoretical advantages of fluidity in bank circulation wo should take no risks with Its Bolldlty. Other Recommendations. Among other recommendations, the comptroller strongly urges laws au thorizing the Incorporation of banks for the purpose of carrying on inter national nnd intercolonial banking as distinguished from domestic banking. He also recommends laws authorizing the establishment In small communi ties of national banks with a capital ot $25,000. He repeats his recommen dation of one year ago relative to a modification of the law restricting loans to any one Individual to 10 per cent, of tho capital of a national bank, and advises the attaching of a penalty for making excessive loans after the present section Is modlllel. He also gives in detail the results of an ex tended investigation Into the develop ment of all tho different banking sys tems of tho United States during tho last ten years. PERSONALITIES. Miss Ruth Underhlll, this year's golf champion, Is a granddaughter of the latu Charles A. Dana. It Is reported that Mayor Jones, of Toledo, will bo petitioned to move to Cleveland and run for mayor In 1901. (tovunmr-elcct. Crnnn. of Massachu setts, has selected for his pilvate secre tary John I). Smith, of tho Boston ller nld. Tho University of Illinois has secured Curoll D. Wright, Urtted States labor rommlsFlerer, as a spcciul lecturer in the department of oconomtfs. Ueorgo II. Daniels, gmeial passenger ngent of tho Nw York Central railroad. Is reported to be at tho bead of a move ment to abollfh the practice of "tipping" tho porters on sleeping ears. Colonel Robert AV. Huntington, of tho United Rtates muiinc ccrns. whose men, under galling flro. held Camp McCalla, at Guantunnmo, Cuba, has given up tha command of tho marine barracks, In tho mivy yard, nnd began a two months' lenvo of nbser-ec, nt tho end of which, rn January 1", 1910. ho will bo retired from the service, at his 1 n request It has nrretirnlly been decided that tho degreo of LL. D.. will be conferral ' upon Oenprnl Diaz, the president- of Mex- ico. by the University of Pennsylvania, Tho Mexican minister has been communi cated with bv the vnlvorslty authorities, nnd n reply has been leceived to the ef fect that thn head of tho Republic of Mexico would be heppy to receive such nn honor. THE MAN WITH THE HOE. For Tho Tribune. f The green fields rest 'neath a rummer sky, The bio Is courting tho clover bloom. In tho tree thut stands by the streamlet's side Tho squirrel seeks his home. Over the hills the ungeluH chimes; With reverent head bont luw. On tho brown 'earth, 'neutli tho sweot sunshine, There stands tho man with tho hoe. No brother to tho ox Is he, Who to his Maker bows his head In grateful prayer for health and strength, To toll for dally brend. Though wrongs of ages dull his brain, In God's own Imago still he stands, Earth claims his body, not Ills soul; Ills faith proclaims the man. And who shall say what hopes are nls, With what clear vision still ho gees; Who lookoth far beyond the skies Iteyond tho "swing of plelades?" No cureo rests on the brow of lilm, Who's thankful still for blessings sent. He la no brother of the brute. Who's head In prayer Is bent. C, II. Sopcr. Scranton, Nov. 27. THE lArAYETTE DOLLAB. To tho Public: Within tho i.ext few days thero will bo struck nt the United States mint In Phil adelphia tho most unique and significant coin Issued In modern times. It Is tho Lafayotto Dollar1 authorized by congress In aid-of tho hufnyetto monument. This colli, which Is a legal tender dol lar, bears upon Its face In Ims-rellaf n double medallion of the beads of Wash ington and l.tifnyette, and upon Its to vcrao u miniature reproduction of tho cqui'Strlnn statue ot I.ufaitte ustd fi,r the monument, 'i'ho Inscription on tho dollar ixplnlris Its purpose (stiuck In commemoration of monumunt erected by schcol youth of United States to General I.afnyctte, Paris, France, 1900). Tlio Lafayette Dollar thus serves not only to aid tho memorial work, but forms a new nnd beautiful tlo between tho two great republics of Europe nnd America, and therefore tho coin must ha regarded ns an International emblem. It constltutts a most dcsirnblo souvenir and memento of tho Children's Monu ment to tho "Knight of Liberty," tho Universal Exposition of 1900 at Paris, und tho opening of the twentieth century. Tho limited number Issued will make these coins extremely rare and In very grcnt demand. For each lVflLof our population there is n ratio of out one Lufnyctto Dollar. Tho first coin to bo struck of the E0.00 will bo presented by tho president ot tho United States to tho president of tho French Republic. Popular subscriptions for theso coins will now be entered, and honored In tho order received. Tho price fixed on them by tho commission is two dollars. All orders for coins to be considered must bo accompanied by payment In full and bo In tho hands of tho commission on or before Dec. 15, 1893, on which date tho popular subscription closes. Drafts, cur rency or money orders will bo accepted In payment. Drafts and money orders must bo made payable to Edwin A. Pot ter, treasurer of the commission. Tho commission reserves tho right to limit tho number of coins allotted to each subscriber. Students of schools nnd colleges, who wish coins, should comblno their orders In uno subscription nnd send If possible through local bank. Inquiries and subscriptions for coins to be addressed to Itobert J. Thompson, secretary, In care of American Trust nnd Savings bank, Cblcngo. William R. Dav, William It. Allison, Edward Everett Hale, W. T. tlnrrls, Archbishop Ireland, John W. Mnekay, Melville- E. Stone, Charles A. Collier, Edwin A. Potter, Chnrles G. Dawes, Alexander II. Revell, Ferdinand W. Peck, Robert J. Thompson. Office of tho Lafayette Memorial Commis sion, Chicago, Nov. 23. HAS HAD ENOUGH. Editor of Tho Tribune. Sir: Will you kindly allow mo to ask tho newspaper people If wo cannot have a rest now from this dose of nnclent matrimony prescribed a la Dewey? Tho ccuntry has had no such medicine slnco Harrison mado a holy show of himself. F. P. Pearl. Mooslc, Nov. 27. Mi Borto. Ornamental Floors, such as we ofler 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 from. Estimates furnished and all work guaranteed. Hill & Coeoell 121 N. Washington Ave. Scranton, Pa. HeatflIlg, Stoves, Ranges, PunnniacaSc. amd GUNSTER & FORSYTH, S25-327 PENN AVENUE. HfcWRY BEL1N, JR., utiiciiu Au'ju or tn .Vy-Jiii..!! I 411101 iliblni,, lllnttliu, soiru 1 " "J "' miiu ins llci'amu Cos a.j.i 10 m y 'IBXfLOSiySS, lulcl) line, in -nut .1,'. ilJM Koom 101 Uti.nwU liuillt.i.'- rinraiiUJ. AUU.NUIK4 TI10S. FOItD. Vlttstuu JOHN B. SMITH & BON, P.ymouth V. E. MUt,UQAN. Wllken.UHire PIUIEii For Wedd5mi 4 Presents o c The largest Mid fmest As sortment of Sterling Silver-ware Prices ranging from $1.00 to $100.00. MERCEKEAU k C0NKELL 130 Wyoming Avenue. the MonKitN HAtinwAnK sroaj. Ttategivmg Nesls Have been, anticipated here. We're ready to supply you witli Roasting Pans, Baking Dishes, Jelly Moulds, Carving Sets, Fruit Knives, Nut Cracks, FOOTE & S1!BAH 00. 1 19 N. Washington Ave. - The Hyot & CoirrasH Co. Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas an Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware. 04 tactoaiM Avenue Luther Keller LiriE, CEMENT, SEWER PIPE, Etc. Ynrd and Oflloa West Lackawanna Ave., SCRANTON, PA. 7 is your HOL'SD VACANT? IF SO, THY A "FOR RHNT" AD. IN THE TUIHUND. OND CKNT A WOUD. &:Z. r' e'ft lcw,&ro.-JL... (rW ' - ..- r 1 lfz:::::qmS- -Z -Affmi7r. rfw- - -- wJn' - '.t fee: ?i.-r"'S-: . .' Nkiohuok'S So.v. Wc havg not had a doctor at our house fo goin' on two year. I'AKMr.R. Don't nobody ever get sick? NmaiiDOR's Son. Not much, nnd when anything seems to bu wrong, mother makes us take a Ripans Tnbulc. FARMPli. That's just what my wife docs, too, and we've never used up the first half dollar's worth yet. I took two of 'cm in the spring, and they did the business for me first rate, A n'w.ijlf rfl"tf(l.l;l-rTrvri''.).rlil'trliitiiuirpr Mr'iMlllio'itpU")l3no forwJaat wmi 6m- .tfttMrur knOMKT j(,w ,if,. . 1 1. fut 4w 'or U it hh4 ittM.cin,inlil. On down ctl . Si.iDtr-.nctn. (lt,il.iniHU'li.. by mull, HMullak-1 if It Hjm mi to tir Itirixi CUKig.fc CuariKT, to. I, ti.riwe tIMI, !- YwJt-cr uugU cuiu(lu tiBi'i-uj 01 U tent tur Ok ciuU. Fflnnly95 Dress Tri mm mm logs. The Meteoric Display Proved a Flat Failure The Opposite can Safely be said o our present stock ol Dress Tri mm tags ...AND... Garnitures Which are attracting more attention then any similar line of goods ever shown in this vicinity. The goods are so elaborate and the line so extensive that a personal inspection of the same is the only way you can get acquainted with what we are showing and we suggest that you make an appoint ment to look them over, when we will be pleased to give you all the time and attention at our command in helping you to make your selections. SlOand 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE TIME SAVED IS MONEY EARNED Smelling New. Pee Cariboo Letter Book No Press. No Water. No Work. No Time, Any Ink. Any Paper. Any Pen. A Perfect Copy. ReyeoldsBroj Office Supplies Our Specialty. 139 Wyoming Ave HOTi:i. JKItMYX. 8H---'. -m m .T - - "' - - - " !&F3?V, WRITE US Aflsl We lave It ; , 1 I
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