THE SCRANTON TRIBUJSK-THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 189D. Published Dally. Except Sunday, by Tho Trlbuno Publishing Company, at Tlfty Cents a. Month. New York Office: 160 Knoinu St.. fl. s. vnnrct,AND. 8olo Agent for Foreign Advertising. Entr-red nt tho Postntnee nt 8cranton. Pa., ai Seccnd-Clata Moll Mntter. When rpnee will petmlt, The Tribune Is always glad to print short totters fiom Its friends brnrlntf on current top!'" but Its rule Is thnt there must bo signed, for publication, by the writer's real name. SCHANTON', NOVfiMHl'in III), 1809. As a result of the activities of a Taxpayors' association which took Btcpt to plus tho leaks In tho county treasury, the costs collected In Schtijl kill county on capes tried before tlio criminal court have risen from about $2500 last year to ncnrly SS00O this year while In many directions substantial economics have- been enforced. Thh example sliowi that where theio Is a will to effect leforms In coutl admin istration ways and means will present theniFelves. Thanksgiving Day. FOIt PERSONAL, blessings ev ery day should be a thanks giving day; on this especial occasion we pioperly take pause to meditate upon the benefits, advantages and opportunities confront ing us collectively, In a material sense tho piospcct may well aw'akon the liveliest sentiments of satisfaction nnd Kratltude Krom a trying period of depiesslon the Ameri can people have omeiRed Into a fulness of prosneilty far In excess of their wildest dreams. Farm, factory, i all road and mine, north, south, east and west, bear tokpns of a richness such ns Is not to be found In any other land; such, histories tell us, as never existed In any other ape. The I'nl ted States, not content with being the Bianaty of the world, is becoming rap Idly the work shop of the world and Is prepatlng to assert its primacy In the ocean-cam Ing trade of tho world. No need to cite tho figures No need to tell of the millions that measure the phenomenal Increase of American wealth between the dally rising and the setting of the sun. The fad Is wtltten high and large where eery man can see thnt on this soil of ours Providence has wrought the new miracle of the centuries In a magic bounteousness of social endowment ex ceeding the Utopias of the seers of old. Hut It Is not for this chiefly thnt we should be grateful at this particular moment. It Is lather for the opportu nity to bestow this great trust becom ingly and well; an opportunity which Is a challenge to tho highest manhood. To the people of this nntlon hae been recently committed by Providence manifested through events guardian ships over Inferior peoples ns well as tremendously strengthened moral pres tige and Influence In the creat coun cils of the world. "Wo nie to have a test of our ability to subordinate to Christian duty the pomp and Intoxica tions of Imperial power; wo are to show whether In the woof of our na tional character there Is a fibre suffic iently strong to hold us true to our high Idenls while yet performing some of the great labors which befit the possession of great power. On this day sanctified to reverence and thanksgiv ing let no Ameiican regiet the test or will to meet It by whining or evasion. AVith cessation of hojtllitles against Dewey, the question naluially cornea to mind: Who will be the next target for the yawping yellows? Harper and Brothers. IN TUR embarrassments which have overtaken It tho great pub lishing house of Harper Ar Brothers will have the substan tial sympathy of all friends of Ameri can literature together with feivent hopes for a speedy rehabilitation. The difficulty Into which It has drifted seems to hae been th not uncommon one of putting oft until tomoirow econ omies which should have been Insti tuted today. Income is an uncertain factor but Interest gnaws on contin uously nnd the time camo when even tho groat house of Haiper found IN accumulated Indebtedness too heavy a load to bear. It Is fortunate In liming lenient cred itors who shnre with J. Pleipont Mor gan the opinion that Its downfall would be "a national calamity" It H also fortunate in having at Its head, in Colonel Harvey, a buslners man couiageous enough to face facts and net In accordance with their prompt ing. The result will bo n cutting away of dead weight, a leorsanizatlon on the basis of economic modern methods nnd eventually a new career of In creased piospeilty and usefulness. In these later dnys, when publishers aie 8 thick ns hops, we may not appre ciate ns we should the indebtedness jot an earlier generation to tho llat 'peis, who wero our fathers' represen tatl6 and almost Indispensable pur eydrs of polite literature; but every American who has the gift of retro spection must entertain n sense ot per sonal conreiri' Ih the Welfare of this 'historic establishment. AgutnnMo Ji probably thnnkful that ..his lg.s'have not' given out. .. ' The Currency Caucus Bill. 4 -TT-Hn CONSERVATISM ot t- I" -Republican caucus curre " JL bill will doubtkss expei the rency expedite ' Its passage nt tho coming session by not provoking the antag- onlsms which would beset a more rad ical .proposition. Tho cardinal feature of the bill Is tho provision establishing by mandate tha single gold etaudaid and requiring all 'Interest bearing obligations to be pay able In gold. Silver certificates and "silver dollars lemnln legal tender and ntrncjmjable In gold at the option 'ot ;liie,t;rtary'p 'the tieasury but 'tho-jnalntenaneo of the parity of nil 'our Tn6ney Is made obligatory upon him and no loophole Ih left for admin istrative acts calculated to Impair thu .jtabrtltJS'fifUUo Efilrt standard. This Jputs Into law the will of tho people V eXDteBsed botli In '1895 nnd In 1898 nnd will Increasingly commend Itself to Intelligent popular Judgment. Another feature likely to iccomniond It In tlie'provlslon Increasing the bank note privilege to the par of deposited bonds nnd substituting for the present ono per cent, tax on bank circulation a ono-tcnth of one per cent, finnchlso tax, tho value of the bank's frnnchlsa being determined by ltf capital, sur riiw nnd undMded profits. This pro vision docs not secure the elasticity recommeniod by Secretary (Inge nnd Comptroller Wawen, but In conjunction with the authorization of nntlon.il banks with $25,000 capital It contem plates a considerable expansion of bank circulation and to that extenl will opernte tc relieve nionetaiy strin gency nnd promote the development of commercial enterprise In sparsely Bet tied communities. The feature of cles ticlty, so necessary In the opinion of tho best Informed students of tho banking problem, can be uiged at a later lime when congitrsional condi tions appear more propitious. Tills caucus hill I only a step. Rut it is n stop manifestly In the right II lectlon, and other progress will fol low. General Miles Willi adheres to bis be lief that the regular army of the Unlt cd Statis on a normnl basis should be not less than 65,000 strong, or about one trained soldier for each thousand of population. "That would," says he, "bo a veiy small number ns compared with other armies of the world, but yet sufficiently largo to keep nbrenst of the Improvements In wnrfaio which, are being made." The o.urstlon of army reorganization may not be en tirely soKvd by the next onsress, but progress toward its solution is demand ed by every consideration of national common sense. Work That Counts. I N Tin: ADDRESS presented re cently to tho piesldent by the delegation leprescntlng the Cu ban Planters' and Farmers as sociation were grouped some flguies which strikingly exhibit tho waste through which Cuban agriculture nnd Industry pissed as a Jesuit ot the In cendiary insurrection against Spain. They bear intimately upon the piob lem ot Cuban jeeonstructlon. "Thnt the sources of wealth In tho Island of Cuba had been drained out to almost exhaustion when tho peilod of American occupation began Is a, fact," sas tho address, "which ad mits of no dispute. The sugar ciop, which had been 1,054,211 tons In 1S9 1, and 1,004,264 tons In 1S05. suddenly fell down, thanks to tho Insurgents' torch, to 31S.126 tons In 1S00, 262,431 tons In 1S97, nnd 226,88; tons up to August, 1S9S. In 1S9 1 there were on the soil of Cuba 1,100 sugar plant Uteris, 101 coffee estates, S.S5 tobacco farms, giv ing occupation to about 80,000 peasants, 4.29S cattle lanches and 23.23S taims, where minor ngilcultural products weie raised. What was left ot all that under the proclamations ot General Maximo Gomez and the bandos of General Wcylcr Is not unknown In this country. If there are now In Cubi more than 145 sugar plantations, in anything which may approach running order, It will be n surprise to tha Cubans." That tho quickest way to secure a contented population In Cuba, easily inclined toward education and ad vancement, Is to forwaid the agricul tural and commercial lcfonstiuctlon of the Island Is a proposition to which there is no reverse side. It Is Is a cheerful sign to see the substantial classes among the Island's population now taking hold In good faith and spirit In co-operation with the Ameri can authorities toward this Indispen sable end. Secretary Hay Is credited with tho nmbltlon to bring about, nt least In formally, a better undei standing among tho great nations with respect not only to the political and commer cial future of China, but nl.so in ref erence to diplomatic Interests in gen eral. The czar's peace congiess was a beautiful dream which American statesmanship may yet, by practical overtures founded on common sense, coneit into a substantial reality. Thu recent course of events Indicates that the present s.eeietary ot stnte nt Wash ington Is an example of the light man In the right place The Postal Deficit. ONR or TIIF things which must in fairness be said of Hon. John Wanamaker is that he made an efllclent postmaster general. The business ncu men which he brought Into play upon the problems of that office Imparted nn Impetus which has nut yet died down. Tho testimony cf Mr. Wana maker upon a. problem of po3tnl ad ministration therefore merits ntten tle consideration, and In his Noith Ameiican we find the following ulg nlflcnnt statement "The exorbitant tribute drawn by tho rnllroads from the I'ostolUco de partment Is one of the gientest scan dals of our government. We pay $35, 000,000 a year for tho liauspurtatlon of the malls by rait. Halt of tna: amount would be an oxtinvagnnt figure. A reduction to that extent would wipe out the deficit and leave the postal service with an unnual profit of over $10,000,000. Mr. Flnley Acker, on behalf of the National Roaid ot Trade, told tho Postal commission that tho average rate paid to tho railroads for hauling the malls wb 110 per ten per hundred miles. Dt, Gecuge U. Tunell, a transportation expert em ployed by railroad companies to make the best possible showing In their be half, challenged this statement In an nrtlcle In the Journal of Political Rconomy, but after making nil posal blo and some impossibly deductions, he did not succeed in rrduclng the figures below $34 per ton per hundred miles. That Is 31 cents per ton mile, which Is more than It would cost to haul the malls by Tigon. If tho gov ernment had two tcimi ot mall to send from New York to Chicago, and tlmo was no object, It could actually buy a team of horses and a wugon, hlro a man to drive them and pay tho ex penses of team and man on the road for less than the rnllroadu chargo It for carrying tha sacks In Us own iiar tcred car." This testimony derives especial lm- portnnce from tho fact that Iho rail roads hnvo lately put In n claim for a higher rnto of pay, hoping by thl move to avert the threatened battla In tho next congress for a reduction of their contrncts. It Is also pretty well un derstood that tho outcry over tho sec ond clnss mall nuisance (that Is, the admission to tho malls nt tho second class postage into or bonks run os tensibly at mfrlnls and of tons upon tons of stuft nominally leglstercd na periodicals but In no BCitse entitled to so low a postage rate) is grontly In tensified by ralliond influences, who hopo by tills mcins lo distract public attention nwny frcm the mall freight rnto problem. It Is clrar that tho f-cc-ond clnss pilvllego Is being abused nnd that steps should bo taken by congress to coiuct that abuse but It satins ta be equally well established that a re vision of contracts between tho gov ernment and the rnllroadu Is necessary. Tho way to euro tho t.o.'itnl deficit la to attack It at both ends. The fairness of tho proposed change In the basis of representation In Re publican national conventions nppeals to every elomont In tho party save the shyster element In the Southern states. Tho Indorsement by tho na tional committee noM month ot Mr. Payne's motion to allow each state four delegates nt large nnd ono dele gate for each 10,000 votes or majority fraction thereof cast nt tho lat pre ceding presidential election would re ceive the heartiest approval ot the Republican party membership throughout the country and bo a step In tho direction of obvious Jus tice. Let those have tho power to nominate who will bo required to do the electing. According to accounts of tha voyaga of the Mananeuse. the disabled trans port Is liable to prove a greater men ace to Ameiican soldlein than Filipino bullets. Some one should be called to account for sailing a vessel In such a condition that the greater poitlon of the crew deserted at tho iirst port. The walking delegates cf discontent who me endeavoring to stir up a war In Cuba may find the tioublc thoy are looking for sooner thun they antici pated but In a different form than they deslied. The Chicago "Slher Republicans" would display better taste If another name was placed on thtlr misleading door plate. ENGLAND'S TRADE WITH US. Fram tho Philadelphia Press. Vhnteer may be sald of the goern mental or purely political questions which affect our relations with England, theiu aro solid arguments why, for commer cial reasons, wo should contlnuo to main tain with that country tho magnificent trade connection which has bo long ex isted. Great Britain has long betn the best customer for our export commod ities, and there Is ocry reason to bUlevo that she will contlnuo to be, and for sel llsli reasons alone this country ought to do what Is proper to be done to keep alive tho gicut fact that the mainten ance of the commercial status Is of vital Importance. , It is probable that In tho calendar year 1&59 the value of British Impotts from tho United States will aggregate more than $031,000,000. or about half the total exports of this country In what will probably ptoo to bo tho year of tho heaviest tm rUiandlso export trade. Tha Imports of products of the United Stntcs Into Great llrltuln last year wero mora than $031,000 000 and more than $500,000,000 In 1697 nnd 1S90. Tho merchandise exports this car from Great Brit ain to this country will probably be the largest since 1S97, and they may . bo estimated at $150,000,000 Slneo 1S95, when tho valuo of British mer chandise exports to this country was $220,000,000 there ras been a falling oft, except In 1S97. when there wero extraor dinary shipments of some loading nr tlelcs pending tho passage of tho Ding ley tariff bill For Iho ears tho busi ness has been growing more largely In our faor nnd the excess of imports from tho United States has nrlsen enormously. In 1SD3 the bnlar.ee of trade with Rng lnnd In favor of this country on mer chandise account was $220,000,000. Tho next ear it irsc to $730,000,000, nnd in U9S to $l7,OOO0CO. Tills jcar will be somewhat le.ss, but will probably bo $478, 000,000. During the llc years, Including 1S99, the excess ot merchundlso exports from the United States to Great Britain has approximated two billions of dollars a trade worth keeping nnd, If necessary, tho making of tome bacrlflco to keep. PERSONALITIES. M. J. O'Conncll, who died in Hartforo, Conn., recently, was In his youth hailed as an artist of tho first promise, and Bus kin spoku of him ns tho best colorUt America eer picduced. Mme. Melba sajs that the truest com pliment sho ever received was from a llttlo boy out west, who blubhlngly re marked, "You can sing nicer than my pop con whistle on his lingers " John Means, a geologist, who has been connected teeral years with the Califor nia State Mining Bureau, has sailed for Tlen-Tsln, China, to accept a place with a big English mining eyudicntc. Grand Sire Alfred 8. Plnkerton claimed nt tho bnnquet of tho Veteran Odd Fel lows' association In Boston that there aro n million Odd Fellows on this continent, and that 20 per cent, of the army In tho Philippines nro members of that order. Charles Dewey, of Monlpeller, Vt., brother of the admiral, has, It Is said, posltlely refused to be u candidate for tho Republican nomination for governor of tho stato next year, sujlng thnt his nmbltlon does not run In that direction. Tho Be Elijah. Kellogg, tho author of "Spartacus to tho Gladiators, ' known by all hchoolboys, Is row nearly 90 ears old, but ho continues to minister to tho llttlo church In llarpswell, Me., where ho went In 1S4I, after his graduation from Bowdoln and Andover. Hamlin Oarlnnd, tho author of stories of Western life, Is going to bo married, the prospective bride being Miss Kulema Taft. Sho Is tho daughter of Professor Dou Carlos Taft, formerly of tho Uni versity of Illinois, and a sister of Lorado Taft, the bculptor. 8ho Is an nrtlst of ability. Mme. PattI possesses n queer fad, which sho has kept lecret lor many enrs from tho public. It Is only a few years since this peculiar fad or hobby became krown. It Is tho passion sho has for daggers and similar weapons. They are small In hUo ard many of them his torical. William R Webb is to IrJierlt with tho bulk of William It. Webb's estate the latter's most prized ti ensure, a gold box encircled with diamonds and bet with arlous precious stones, the mark of ap pieclatlon which tho czar of Russia gavo him ns a small return for tho Oeneral Admiral, Webb's first wurshlp. How Foolish of Him. "Dear," said Mrs. Youngwife, "thoso table castors tqueak terribly, I wish when you come homo tonight you would bring mo somo oil for them." "Whut kind?" "Why, castor oil, of course." New York Press. CURRENT VERSE. ThnnkBglvlng. A tear or two, n prayer or two, For tho dead that hnve gone beforo us; Pure thoughts that Btray from tho world nwny To tho sweet hcaen bending o'er us. Strong hopes that thrill with a noblo will, For the wcrk that may choose nnd cnll us; Deep soul-content, that but good Is mcunt, In whatever may befall us, A song, n smile, nnd n pulsa tho while Thnt throbs with tho Joy of living; - A kiss or so from dear lips, nnd lol This Is the, heart's thnnksglvlng. Madeline 8. Bridges In Roman's Homo Companion. The Black Terror. A gcnernl uprising of the Basutos Is fenrcd. Tho Globe, Nov. 6. Rvery nation In civilization Will tremble In domes nnd walls; Th' cncrndled bnbe will writhe nnd cry, Tho nursing mother will sob nnd sigh, And tho veriest coward will dnro to dlo When the big bltick thunderbolt fallal The chief will nsk for his heron plume, Ills peoplo will henr his calls; His men will nnthem a savage rune, Thcjil beat their tom-toms 'ncatb tho moon, And the conches they Will roar at noon When tho big blnrk thunderbolt falls! They'll fright the fields with their sound ing shields, A sound that thn soul nppals; They'll fllo their teeth, they will fill their belts, And tho Itops, tho neks, tho vales and veldts Will nil be black with tholr naked pelts When tho big black thunderbolt falls! Their signal flames will brand their nnmes On the front of the mountain walls, Tho 'venglng tribes will gather fast. Their battle songs will rldo tho blast, And civilization will stand aghast When the big black thunderbolt falls! The earth shall hear with a throb of fear Tho rush of tho eliding jell; In after jenrs old men will tell How tho nineteenth century, praised so well. Was chained by tho neck to the Jamb of hell When tho big black thunderbolt fell! But tho Union Jack will dance nnd nod When a dauntless nation calls, To triumph suro our men will plod: They'll give the peoplo, they'll give the sod, They'll give a continent back to God If tho big black thunderbolt fallal Toronto Globe. To a Diamond. Thou bauble of Inconsequential size. That gleams ullke on Joy and on dis tress! Circle of fate! No cobblestjio that lies To mnke a pave, but caps thy useful ness. If I should crush thee with my heel, should spurn Thee from my sight, what matters It, I say? Unto thy parent earth thou wouldst but turn And Love and Death would still keep on their way. And yet? Go little ring. I know thy power. Mighty, but useless. Yet, for my de sign Who knows but thou may rulo tho fickle hour Mako somo one who Is not this day bo mine. Go, brilliant messenger, nnd play thy part! I'll be content If thou, beneath her look. Will mako the same Impression on her heart As thou hast mado upon my pocket book. Tom Slabon, In Life. A Portrait. Sho seemed tho very self of graco Made manlfett In womanhood; Tho typo of bomo Intended race Withdrawn because the world was rude; A soul which stooped to poso In clay For some Ideal swept away. Her voice? Perhaps Prometheus, freed, Had filched It fiom the heaven of sound, Or Pan bequeathed his mellow reed To speak a languago more profound; It was a mortal note to chords Which Immortality nfTords. A Parian challco was her cheek, Through which the warm blood blushed like wine; And could somo lordly lips bespeak One draught so rich from Autumn's vino, Tho heart it cheered would gladly pour Red drop for drop to purchase more. The depths of her expressive eyes Seemed meant to shame tho pride of speech; Her smllo mado wisdom Fccm less wlso For nil It could not hope to teach; The heart, In Its own strength secure, Though earthly warm was heavenly pure, Tho night beheld her darker hair. The brighter gems which there sho wore, Then snuffed Its stars with angry nlr And crimsoned into day onco more. Sho was tho All of love distilled. Tho heiirt's forefnneled dream fulfilled. Charles J. Bajne In Woman's Homo Companion. The Sunset of the Year. In richer hues than Tyrlan dyes could lend Yon wooded hill by Autumn's touch Is dressed; Where golden birch nnd silver poplar blend With maples crimson as tho robin's breast; And fragrant pines nnd stately hemlock vie With cedars vested In perennial green, Whllo russet robes o'er oak and beeches lie. And sumachs, raising flaming torches high. In sunny spots und sylvan nooks are seen. With dog and gun tho sportsman eager hies Through brow nlr g fields once fair with waving grain, Where timid quoll from out the stubblo rise, And poor "Bob Whlto" must chant his plea In vnln. From yonder marsh there comes the plover's call, A rabbit flits from friendly thicket nigh; A lonely woodceck In tho bushes tall Whistles his note ero brown wings down ward fall, As rings his death-knell to tho Au tumn sky. In forest depths tha evening's quiet broods, Savo where somo lingering songster pipes Ma tune. And In the nirber glory of tho woods Perchancii rejoices In I he buns of June. But through tho aisles, vvlth.rustllng car pets spread, There falls no more upon the listening car, Through spacious nave and archway overhead, The melody of song tho choir has fled; Tho calm that tells the season's close Is here. O'er forest, field nnd marsh and wooded hill The golden lights In wondrous splendor He, Rro Winter comes, of stern nnd rugged ' will, And Autumn whispers to tho world good-byj But ore tho song of mountain stream bo stilled, And russet robes glvo placo to ermlno drear, Again Is earth with Summer's prescneo filled, And Nature's heart with Joyous whisper ings thrilled In this, tho radlnnt sunset of the yonr Bentrlco Hnrlowo In tho Woman's Homo Companion, NUBS OP KNOV, .LEDGE. CannlbatlEm Is still Indulged In by aboriginal Australians, U to tho present year the Philadelphia city hall has cost $23,000,000, and It Is not finished. It Is estimated that thero nro In tho United States nearly 4,000,0I)0 women who earn their own living. Slag left nfter the making of Btecl by tho Bessemer process Is now being con verted Into phosphate. During tho last six years tho aluo of tho property of nineteen leading col leges has Inci eased 37 per cent. Tho Church of San Francisco, which was founded by Plzarro, nt Limn. In 1535, was almost destroyed by llro recentlj. It Is believed that the most ancient dictionary In tho world Is tho Chlneso lexicon, compiled by Pncutshc a thousand years beforo Christ. Tho home of tho shad when It leaves tho river for tho sen after spawning Is unknown, and nothing whatever Is known of Its habits or food. IUls'ln, which has heretofore supplied tho greater part of Ruropo with cerculs, has herself become a purchaser of grain from the United Stntcs About 21 women In 100 are stronger In tho left arm than they nr In tho right; women, too, are moro frequently equally strong In both arms than nre men. An Idea of the development of South Africa Is given by tho tact that tho Chemical and MctallurRlc.il society of South Africa has 534 members, of whom 410 are residents In that part of tho globe. At a depth of twenty-seven feet n curious discovery was mado recently on tho Island of Gothland tho skeletons of several knights In full aimor seated on their horses. Archcologlsts think they date back to the ninth century. Hveen, tho llttlo DanlHh lslund In tho sound half way between Seeland and the Swedish coast, and only fifteen miles from Copenhagen, Is being bargained for by n Germcn sjndlcntc which wishes to turn tho Island Into n gambling resort llko Monte Carlo. Ono of tho departments of Cornell uni versity kept a record of tho destruction caused by lightning In Now York stato during August It killed six men, eigh teen horses, twenty cows nnd one sheep nnd struck llfty-nlno bams, twelve resi dences, two churches and ono mill In proportion tho churches seemed to fare worse than any other kind of property. In the canary-breeding establishments of Germany only the male birds aro valued for tho females never sing. Tho method of training the birds to sing is to put them In a room where thero Is nn au tomatic whistle, which they all strlvo to Imitate. The breeder listens to tho ef forts of the birds nnd picks out tho most npt pupils, which nro then placed In an other room for further instruction. Ornnmental 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 and finished in best manner. Fine line of patterns to select from. Estimates furnished and all work guaranteed. Hill & Comeell 121 N. "Washington Ave, Scranton, P.i. Heatlog RaogeSo Fmiriniaces9 PI u mm Minis: Tiotai GMSXEIR k FORSYTH, 323-327 PENN AVENUE. HENRY BEL1N, JR., Ueutrui Aeent for ths Wyaaiui . UUtrlcl r Uluins, lllastlne.Hportln;. ti Mi,t uud lbs llepuanu Uaa nua Co npuay HIGH EXPLOSIVES. tulety Hie, Cnu unit Kyplolj.'i. ttoom 101 CiMinell llailtl 1;. Bcruutja. AUE.NUim -TH03. FORD. - - - .Vlttston. JOHN B. SMITH & BON, ? Plymouth. w. ja. um.i.idAN. . WIlkei.Bwc wreirs POIItt For Presents O O 0 The largest and fiucst As sortment of Sterling Silver-ware Prices ranging from $1,00 to $ioo.oo. MEIRCEMAIIJ & OMEiLt 130 Wyoming Avenue. Tub .Momnt lUnnwAitR Stoij. ItafegtvMg Heeols Plave been anticipated here. We're ready to supply you with Roasting Pans, Baking Dishes, Jeliy Moulds, Carving Sets, Fruit Knives, Nut Cracks. FOOTE & SHEAR CO. 119N. Washington Ave. The Hunt & Coenell Co. Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring', Gas an Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware. 04 LaelwaiM Aveitie Luntlher Keller L1HE, CEMENT, SEWER PIPE, Etc. lard nmlOlllcj West Lackawanna Ave., SCRANTON, PA. is Yotnt HOUSE VACANT? If SO. THY A 'TOR KENT" AD. IN THE TRIBUNE. ONE CENT A WORD. 4&v;,'7 - , 1 am forty-four years of age, a native of New York City, but living now in Texas. Have no occupation, but live with my son, who is a " ranchman." The diet being so different in every way to what I have always been accustomed brought on severe attacks of indigestion. I tried everything prescribed or advertised, with no permanent relief. At last I determined to send for two of the 5-ccnt cartons of Ripans Tabules. After taking the first box I began to feel better after eating. I con tinued taking them, two each day. I sent for more, so certain do I feel that they will cure me. 4 nrw rtjlo Nukt containing tix niMNi) Titnxt In a psprr cirton (without (!) Ii now for ula at hm drn& ,:-.".- wg cent Tlua loW'ttriooU nort 1. Intruded for tne ixor anil lb economical One dosei. ot tho nve-tcnt carton. i.M tahulo oin b haU bj mall by .rndiiur lortr clrnt cvntt to tbe Kirava Cukhic.l Con. ranT.No i0fpni'e8trf.Vw Vorlc-or n idnKlo carton (TKNTaaruEai will tM-nt (or ti.eccnt. ltirai Tascu lav i" t b4 t ffroor4wral iwrekKixn, new, a-enU and at liquor tlvroa and barber tooia. Fnmiley9s Dress Trimmnini! The Meteoric Display Proved a Flat Failure The Opposite can Safely be said ot our present stock ot Dress TrlmmSinigs ...AND... Qannihtiuiires Which are attracting more attention thou auy similar line of goods ever shown in this vicinity. The goods are so elaborata and the Hue so extensive that a personal inspection of the same is the only way you can get acquainted with what wo 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. 510 and 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUB TIME SAVED IS MONEY EARNED Sonneting New. And We lave It, Pen Carbon 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 HOTEL JEltMYN. WRITE US ..-. t- . L.L. .hht M .1 i? i --J MiMlfc.iiL -' '
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