THE SUltAKTON TRIBUNE-MOJNDAW JANUARY 1, 1900. Zfc gcranfon $rt8um Published Dally. Exempt Sunday, by ' Th Trlbuno Publlshtn Company, t Fifty Cents a Month. New York Office: 1W Nnnti Bt.. B. B. VnRRt-AND. Bote Agent for Foreign Advcrtl-lnK. Entered at the Postofflee at flcrantoi. Pa., ns Bcccnd'ClaM Mall Matter. When spneo will permit. Tho Tribune l nlwayi Kind to print Khort inters frnm Its frlnnu brarlntr on current tnplrs, hut Kb rule Is thnt those mud lio slcncd. for publlrntlnii, by tlio writer's n-nl n.me; and tlio cnndltlnn precedent to utceptanee In thnt nil contributions of whitever naturo nnd hv whimofvor "ont slinll bo subject to editorial rovllon. SCRANTON, JANUARY i, 1000. The Philadelphia Inquirer objects to the curfew law l)ccauc "It It the duty of iinrcntsi to look after the moral vvolfuro of their children." a statement nonn will dispute. Rut what It to bo done when patents will not perform their duty.' The New Year. CONDITIONS nro nil propitious for n happy New Ye.u. There l.at never boon a 111010 sat isfactory Btato of builness. M010 wnjTe-earners nie now einpluvoil In productive Industry than ever befoio nnd their earnlnRs, as nieaHtiicl In the lomfnrts open to puuhaRe, upon tlw nveuiKP were never higher. This means that the widest diffusion of prosperity which It la possible to achieve under the prevalent Industrial system has been accomplished. Nothing so dls LoutnKcs a man or menaces society as onforeoil Idleness or labor perfoimed at a scale of lemunt ration lnsulllclent to meet the unavoidable expenses of life; and on the conttaty, no condition this side of p.uadlhe Is so satisfactory ns that which enables every lndustil ous man to apply his ability In ti manner productive of a comfortable Income, under circumstances which do not discourage hope of appreciation and advancement. AppljluK this standaid to the Ameri can people as they cross the threshold of tho new year, we find that from the economic standpoint theie is infinitely more to be thankful for and Infinitely more incentive to encouragement than has been tiue for a number of years past. There are perplexities and injus tices, to bo sure, but the proportion which these bear to the situation as a whole is relatively to other years a small one. The man who has no other resource than his labor Is not In nil lcspccts to bo envied; if he Is wise he will this day firmly resolve to lay up of his earnings, week by week and month by month, enough to protect him and his against nn always possible period of adversity. Yet one year ago, two years ago, or. In fact, at any past time, bairlng abnoimal Intervals, tho laboring man would have experienced more difficulty than he experiences to day In securing satisfactory wotk and wages. The Industrious, intelligent and piollclent workman begins the j,ear 1900 with the happy fact confionting him that nioto men aie anxious to ecurj his s-crvltes and make a profit out of them than ever before; and tho error -nious dlvci.sillcatlon and expansion of Ameiknn lndustty and commerce now in piogiess Insure that this condition will bo likely to continue for a con sldetablo period to come. That which is true as to labor is of (ouiso true as to capital, with thu qualification that men of means who possess to a laigo degree the specu lative mania nte at this moment reap ing a small portion of the inevitable harvest of folly. Money abounds for legitimate and intelligent investment; tho real wealth of the country wtj never greater, nnd tho men who pos sess generous pottlons of this wealth are as a rule ready and willing to take the steps which will result in their possessing more, provided that tho steps impress them as being safe steps and not missteps leading to disaster. But If tho gamblers are not so active or prospcious as they were during tho stock-watering era of a few months ago; II some of the gas In these ln ilated big capitalizations which we used to read so much about is being liberated under the pressure for money needed in honorable channels, those will chiefly lose who were figuring upon making others lose, and tho recoil of their projects will Illustrate poetic Jus tice. Materially, then, tho New Year be gins underneath a bow of promise. In tellectually and morally the outlook Is equally cheerful. Opportunities for self-advancement by means of culture were never so numerous or so avail able ns today; and they are multiply ing rapidly enough to keep up with the demand. Nothing prevents the poorest child from securing a good edu cation, from associating with Influences tending to develop him morally nnd spiritually, and from finding a place In life In keeping with his merits. So far from the door being harder to open or the ladder harder to climb, because of tho ulleged multiplication of great for tunes and of the favorites thereby sup plied with "pulls," the reverse is true, for the very reason that the poor boy lias both 11 better chance to qualify himself to Use In life nnd 11 larger flo'd of selection than ever before; and now, as always, it Js the strong man thnt counts. To tho man In mature life this duy should be significant because of the privilege which is his to see thj high standards of welfare characteriz ing this time; to tho youth it should be pregnant with inspiring possibilities. .Secretary Gage will resign simultan eously with Billy JIason. No More Tail Twisting. A BORROWING of trouble Is Indulged In by Walter Well man Washington cones pondent of tho Chicago Tlmea-Herald. He is convinced that the Democratic politicians of the na tional capital are priparlng to tako Bdvantago of the British reverses In Bouth Africa to stir up in the United States an anti-British sentiment which ihey hope to utlllzo for partisan pur poses. "What a war In South Africa has to do with politics In the United States m;y," says'he, "be somewhat of a puzzle to the average man in the Street, but here is the, 'argument as the Democratic leaders have It outlined In their minds: l'ltst, the 'plain people' of tho United States aie against Ung land; second, the Republlctn admin istration Ins concluded some port of ntllance or under stnndlng with (treat Britain, more or less secretly nnd moro or lers to England's advantage; third, there Is more Kympathy In this country for the Roera thun there Is for tho Klllplnns, but If we make u red-hot campaign of untl-lmp'tlnllsm. usinjr Knirtuud'H desire to oppress the Roer republics ns our chief horrible exam ple, and connect tint with the at tempt of the United States to subdue the Filipinos, perhaps we cm stir up a feeling thnt will hurt the Repub licans next yoir." Mr. Wellmnn continues: "During tin last few days Democratic senators have begun to tako an Interest In Sen ator Mnson's Roer sympathy resolu tion, and Mr. Mnson now claims he has n majority of the senate for It. Ho Is quite hopeful nt getting n vote, and points out tint It Is merely a ronato ronlutlon, nnd dees not u quire tho npprovnl of the president, no that It could be passed without dragging in the administration. It Is also said Senator Ruirows. of Michigan, Is pre pared to tnuku n speech In belnlf of tho Mason resolution. Mr. Burrows has a great many Hollanders nmoiK his constituent". An Interesting ques tion, viewed from the Washington standpoint. Is this: If the Democrats start playing politics in such n 'vny as to take advantage of tho nnll-RnglMi sentiment prevailing among certain classes uC the population, may not the administration be forced Into some counter move? And, If mi, what form would It be likely to tak-V Mediation, repudiation of Anglo-Saxon under standing, or a strong tnll-tvvlbtln.? im-sigp nvr the Alaska lioundaiyV" An opinion at this dlfiinnce as to what may be done bv tho polltlcl.nn at Washington would iioi"9 no vuUi: but if tho men at the head of tho ad ministration keep tiue to their records they will not be dellected from the pathway of obvious duly by passing fluctuations In evanescent public sen timent. Though It be true tint honest Americans ellTer widely In their esti mates as to tho merit-, of Rngland'J present controversy with the Trans vaal, ciy many of them looking at the sublcct through their "vmpathlcs for tho "under do,;. ' yet no American who stops to weigh the matter can wish to see his government repay Hng l.ind's kindnesses of two years ago by a policy of tall-twlsthiB for political effect. We have no quarrel with Rng land. Wo have no interest in the Boets. Tho South African war is .1 war In which we cannot interfere In any way without Inviting consquencs from every standpoint unwise. Tho truth of this i so obvious that we do not see how much political cap ital can be nindo for the Democratic party by agitating the matter. But if they should try to make an it.suc of this kind theie need bo no hesitancy on the part of the administration In accommodating them. President Schut man's opinion that where tho flag hus been raised in thj performance of duty, as in the Philip pines, it must not be haukd down should cam for him the everlasting contempt of every copperhead in tin land. Our Lesson. IN HIS ARTICLR In last week's Independent concerning the Philippine situation President Schurman t-aid: "I icB'rot that tho Americans allowed tho siloori to get n foothold on tho Islands. That has hurt the Americans more than anything else and the spectacle of Americans diunk awakens disgust in the Filipinos. We suppressed tho cock light there but left tho saloon to Ilouilsh. One emphasized the Filipino frailty and the other the American vice. I have never seen a Filipino ehunkard." In George Keenan's article In tno Outlook of Dec. 2Z upon "Cuban Char -actor" a similar regict is expressed. He says he had been In Cuba almost elx months before ho saw n Cuba-i perceptibly under tho influence of In toxicating liquor. "Almost all Cubans drink," says he, "but they are the most temperate people, nevertheless, that I have ever known. Even In hours of triumph and periods of great emotional excitement, when over -Indulgence might be expected if not ex cused, the Cuban s-eldom loses his head to such an extent as to become noisy, disorderly, or offensive. I wit nessed in Santa Clara, Clenfuegos, and Havana three great popular dem onstrations in honor of General Omni ., when there were reunions of old anuy comi.ides, celebrations of victories won by Cuban aims, and scenes of allium unparalleled excitement and p.UMon: did not notice in the cir.wded cafes or In the surging throngs on tho btteets a single lnto!catcd Cuban soldier or civilian. About the rabidly of last January the people of Ma tanzas had a triumphal eelebratlop, lasting four days, of their dellveranci from Spanish rule. Nearly a thousand Cuban soldiers came Into the city from neighboring camps; live hundred negro men and women formed in a solid column at night, and danced half a mile clown orre of the principal streets, to the accompaniment of de'itlons shouts and cries arrd tho frenzied beat ing of tom-toms and drums; and tho vvholo city went literally wild with patriotic enthusiasm and excitement. Although the cafes and dtliiklirg-sa-loons were all open, as usual, tho Cu ban population remained perfectly sober, nnd General Sanger, who was then governor of the city, told me that, so far as he could remember, there was not a single arrest for drunkenness or disorder In the wholn cur days. Is there a city or town In tho United States of which as muci could be said at the end of an annual Fcuith of July celebration of Ameri can Independence? Drunken Ameri can soldiers I havo seen In Cuba, bv tho scoro If not by tho hundred, but all the drunken Cuban soldiers I have fvor reen might be counted on my thumb." Mr. Keenan continues: "Tn many ports of tho Island, and at many different times, my national and racial prido was deeply wounded, not to say humbled, by the tfhmrt con- trnst betveen American lnlempcranea arrd Cuban sobriety. In R-irarcu one nftetuoon I happened to ?eo three or four drunken Atnerlcnn soldiers stng grrlng down the street toward tho postoillee, under the eves of a dozen or more sober and observing Cubans. In tho faces of the latter was a half Pitying, half-contemptuous expresr'on which Becmed to say, 'How Is It pos sible for human being to make such beasts of themselves?' There was Jus tification enough, perhaps, for tho ex pression, but It irritated mo neveithe les. In courage, In honesty, In capa city, and In all that goes to make true manhood, those Amerlcnn soldiers were Immeasurably superior to tho Cubans who stood, dear-eyed nnd sober, on tho sidewalks and looked after them with disgust and contempt. I had no doubt whatever that three-fourths of those very Cubans would lie without scruple, steal If they had a good oppor tunity, and go contentedly for three months nt a time without a bath; but drunkenness did not happen to bo their vice." We are accustomed to exult some what patronizingly nt tho Instruction which nwalts the Inhabitants of the new dependencies ns a result of m ot lean Intervention nnd sovereignty. May It not be possible that this edu cation will In some degree be reciprocal? It is announced tliat every nation In Ruiopo excepting one has put In writ ing Its veibil assurances to the United States of an "open doot" In Chlni. Tho exception Is Russia, whose offi cials me "thinking the matter over." It will not look well for Russia to be tho dog In tho Ot tenia1 manger. Some coinnu nt lias been occasioned by the fact thnt In tho make-up of the senate committees Senator Revet Idge. of Indiana, was put on the Philippines committee, the most Import tut assign ment which a new senator ever re ceived. Maybe Reveildge will show that ho Is worthy of It. Cuba's future depends wholly upon tho education of the natives, nnd the sooner 11 general svstem ot fieo public instruction Is inaugutnled throughout tho Island the better it will be for all concerned. We quite agree with tlio Otyphant Gazette that every man who wishes to bo well-Informed on current affairs should serve as a Jurvman. It is an Invaluable education. TOLD BY THE STABS. Daily Horoscope Drawn by AJacchus, The Tribune Astrologer. Astrolabe Cii't: l-'.Ol 11. m., for Monday, Jui.u.ity 1, lliixi. A child born on this dav will wish Ps friends of (be nineteenth or twentieth ceutuiy u Happy New Year. Poitrv and pinc.il.es .no to a ccrtala 1 xtent lu the s-ime l.s. They nro apt In produce llkn effects on the liver If In ciulged In to CNCCfcs. The new car cannot be nccused ot ringing in the Jantu.ry thaw. Origin of Expressions: It was the in 111 who fell on a buzz saw who was "much cut up." "Siletie o Is golden," Is tlio remark made bv a. m.111 who attempted to suppress an Item in n sensational paper. "The rate Is not nlw.-ivs for the slow" nmy havo lesnlttd trnm meditations of tho nntl-m.iclilno politic! ins. ".Much In llttln" evidently originated at the business end of 11 wn-p. Some Facls flbotif the New Cenfiiry Charleston News and Courier. The twentieth eel tuiy will commence em Jaiiuaiy , 1301. It will open on Tins day .uiel close on Sunday. It will huvo tho greatest number of leap cjrs w-. I'l tvvintj-fmir. Tlio ear 1 ol will ho the Hist one. then tvny louith c.ir lif ter that, to and Including the ear 2u00. i'ebruuy will have three) times five Sun la In 1WU. 1J1S and 137C. In lJOl, federal ni modal el ly, Fourth of July nnd Th.iuW'lvli.g day will occur tho sairo day in thu week. Then, alter that the same thing will li.q.pcn at thu following Intervals: u, 11, n, 1,, u, 11 t,ir.s and so on, or In I'C, 131S. vs: 13 n, and so on. in the cais PUJ, 1311, lfC9, and I'M thcro nre four hoIld.ivH thnt will fall on tho same clay in tho week-tho three already mcntloied end WishhiRton'H bit t Inlay iniiiiverFary. as ulso thu itth of Februury. - o Thanksgiving el ly and Christmas will ciecur tho si. mo day lu the week In 13iri, and then at successive Inteivnls of 11, fi, 11, 11. fi. 11 cars, and so on J also in l'tJ. I'Cij and I'M. Mi,rch -1 will f.ill on Sundry lu the Inaugural c.us 1317, 13' and 137! The sa0 J(,uly ulcndur that i as used 111 l.'0 can bo used again lu I'iOI. The following mis. In order, beginning with 1301, the dates of Raster fur tlu tt:M twentv-hve cats of tho centurj: Apill 7, Mnieh -0. April l. 2, 21 , Murclr 31, April 3. 11. .Vlaich 27, April lti. 7. March 2t. April 1.'. 4, 2!. fc. Mirth M, April 20, I, March 27, April 1C, 1, 2't. 12. Tlio c-.trllctt possible, elate on which Raster can oc cur Is March 2 J. The List time It ou tlined on this dite was lu 131, but It will not occur ngntn until after tho twentieth eentiirv. The latest Kutter can occur Is April 2ii. and It will thus occur oneo In tlio coming century In 1311. Thu Inst time It occuired was April 'Ji, lssi;. Whenever Raster oecuis on March 27, or April S, 10, 17 or 21, Christmas also occurs on Sunday. Though tiie ot thu objects aimed at by the ehuicli authorities who llxid upon tlio method of deter mining tho tlato of Bus. ter was to prevent Its occurring on tho sntne date ns the Jewleli Passover, never theless tho two events will occur to gether tour times lu thu twentieth ecu iur -April 1.', 1303; April 1, 1323; April 17, 1327, unci April 13, I'M. The twentieth centuiy will contain !, 521 d.is, which lacks 0110 day of being exactly C.21s weeks. Tho day of tlio week that will not occur i.h often as each of tho others Is Monday Fifteen out of the hundred ears will begin on Wednesday nnd thu samo number on Friday. Four teen will begin on each of tho other days of tho week. Several announcements nro mndo of changes to bo Inaugurated with tho opening of tho new century. The first of linportnucu Is that Russia will naupt tho CJiegerlan calendar. This will bo done by omitting thlrtei n dnvs, tho amount of tho error that will havo accumulated after tho close of February, 1900. Tho Russian will then wrlto January 1, 1901, Instead of December 19, 1900. Tho other Important announcement is that It is not nt nil likely that tho astronomical day, which now begins nt noon of tho civil dny. will begin with tho civil day at mid night. Tho present method of having the astronomical day to begin twelve hours after tho beginning of tho civil day is apt to bo confusing. On the other hand, to havo tho former begin at midnight will be to them somewhat Inconvenient. o As to eclipses In the coming centi"1" thcro will be nbout 3S0 of them, tho num ber of solnr bring to the number of lunar In about tho ratio of I to 3. Whnt Is the very ruru occurrence In a calendar yeni will happen In 113. the first thnu since 152 !, viz.: Seven eclipses, the largest posMble number that can happen In a jear. There nro eight total solar eclipses predicted to occur vlslblo In tho United States In 1319, 19.M, 13(5, 19M, 1331. There will also occur twelve transits of Mer cury. A transit of Venn, however, which Is of much rnoro Importance, will not oc cur within tho next century. Tho earliest date predicted Is Juno 8, 1!U01. Whllo It Is claimed nt least 1,000 comets como within visible rnngc of the enrth within a cen tury, there Is rcnsonablo certainty of the recurrence of but one extraordinary comet In the next century. Thnt one Is known ns Hnlley's. It was last Been In 1S-J5. It will be due ngaln In 1310 or 1311. Tho exnet time Is not known, owing to Blight modlllcntlon In Its orbit, duo to planetary Influence. Of course, It Is not lmpnslblo for some hitherto unobserved comet to rrceir In all Its blazing glerv nt nny time. No nrtronomcr knows. Of famous nntecrlc shewers there will pron nblv be three recurrences of tho IoonUls In 1312, 130". and IMS, r.s In the present ccn ttirv, one being duo November 13 of this cnr. PERSONALITIES. Tho German emperor's Income Is put down by experts at $13,000,000 per annum, his civil list nlono amci'nttng to J3.W2.S0O. I.ouls VnFquez, the chnmplon bllllnrd plover of Spain. Is on his way to New York, after a jenr spent In Mexico, Cuba and South America. C. J. Hnmlln, of Buffalo, has presented Rnst Aurora, near that city, with land costing over $7,b00, to bo used for a pub lic park and athletic field. Miss Helen Long, who has presided over the homo of the secretary of tho navy for two years, has tho degree of M. D. from Johns Hopkins. Cardinal Moran. the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sjdney, Is an up-to-date prelate. Tho nngelus bell of his cnthc drnl Is now rung by electricity. Howard Pjle, tho well-known Illustra tor, has turned an old mill near Chatld's Ford, Fa., Into a picturesque studio, and worked there through the waim clays. Tho gift to Admiral Dewey while In Boston of the Massachusetts Daughters of tho Revolution was 1111 Immcnso bou quet of 130 Amerlcnn Beauty roses stand ing iVJ feet high. Miss Cecelia Beaux, of Philadelphia, has been appointed ns the only womntv on the Jury to select exhibits for the Fnlted States flno arts department at thu Paris Bxposltlon. Dr. Henry J. Schcnck hns Just com pleted his twelfth icar as dog constable of Boston, during which time ho has killed over 10,000 unlicensed dogs. Ho gets Jt for each clog he kills, but his ex penscs nro not small. The Degree of Doctor ot Philosophy honoris causa ha been conferred on Mrs. Agnes Smith Lewis, of Cambridge, Eng land, by Hallo university. Mrs. Lewis tllseoveied tho Sjrlac Gospels on Mount Slnal and edited them. Commissioner William A. Jones, after careful study of tho subject, has come to the conclusion that "a full-blooded In dian lunatic never lived." Ho holds that Insanity was not known to tho led man until he began mixing with the whites. A new writer has risen in an Indiana town whose stories seem to appeal allko to children and their ciders. Her name Is Clara Yaw ter, and she lives In Green field, the same llttlo Rooster town from which James Whitcnmb Riley first hailed. King Humbert, of Italy, Is said to he tho most highly Insured monarch in tho world. Ho curries policies aggregating $7,000,000, nnd has $20,000,000 Invested through the BothscMlds in London. Ho Is said to have saved most of this out of his civil list of $2,CO,000. Tlio only rcaton announced for the giving by Mnie. Pattl of n full perform ance In her theater at Cralg-y-Nos of the opera '"Iraviata" Is that sho desires to bring pleasure to her husband, who, with tho exception of a few Invited friends, will be the sole spectator. In reply to a letter of Inquiry from tho editor of tho Christian Advocate, General Frederick Funslon, of Kansas, writes that he was born In New Carlisle, O. Ho sivs bis mother's family was from North Carolina nnd that he is 1 elated to tho Virginia family of his name. Lionel Decle, tho author of "Trooper SS03," which lias mado u stir, revealing ns it docs conditions In the French army, has been principally known heretofore ns an African explorer. In IS'U he started on n Journey from the Cape of Fgantlii, and thence to Zanzibar. Ho has been In Africa several times since. A retent arrival at San Francisco was Miss Paulino Drollet. who Is looked upon by the natives of Pepeltl of tho South Sea Islands as their Queen. As a three t descendant of a former King of the lslnnds sho would bo Queen in fact had It not been for nn edict of tho French government In her childhood. A 1 111 liter of a century ago Charles B10.1dw.1y Rouss, the blind millionaire, was lmpilsoned In New York for debt, and Mr. Rouss likes to tell about It us nn example of the workings of an absurd law long since repealed. On tho walls of tho Ludlow Street jail may still bo seen tho Inscription ho then cut there: "When I leave hero I shall bo a rich man." Roll Top Desks, Flat Top Desks, Standing Desks, Typewriter Desks, And Office Chairs A Large Stock to Select from. Hill & Connell 121 N. Washington Ave, Ltwtheir Keller LIHE, CEMENT, SEWER PIPE, Etc. Vard and Offlot West Lackawanna Ave., SCRANTON, PA. KM FURNITURE Merccrcai Cwiel Our Thirty-fourth Year. A GRAND Christmas Display . . o BARGAINS IN EVERYTHING. Fine DSamonds, Riclh Jewelry, Stoee Ramig'Sc Watches of the reliable sort from $2.50 to $150.00. Sterling Silver Wares, Sterling Silver Novelties, Clocks, Etc. Our prices are at the bottom. Our guarantee is perfect. NEW YEAR'S GREETING LBWIS,RE!LLY&I)AIES Wish the peaceful, honest people of the world a Happy New Year. We are happy because we live in one of the most prosperous cities, iu one of the best counties, in one of the largest states and the greatest country that man is privileged to live in. Among the cities, towns, etc., that we wish to remem ber in a particular way are the following: Wllkes-narre. Kingston. Hennett. Forty Fort Wj omlnfT. l'arsons. Miner's Ml" Mill Creek Lallln. Yntcsvlllo. 1'lttston. Durea. I.neknvvnnna. Tuv lor. Avoc.i. Mooslc. Mlnookn. Hancock. HtarllKht Conklln. Great Bona. New Mllford Alford. Georgetown. Huwley. Honesilalc, Waymurt. Elmhurst. Moscow. Gouldsboro. Tobvhanna. Mount l'ocono. Pocono Summit fresco. Henry vllle. Sprasuovllle. Delaware. 'uter (Jap. Mnuch Chunk. Preston Park Lake Como. Povntelle. UelmonL 1'lr.is-nnt. Unlonilnle. Forest City. Cnrbondale. White Brldgo Kings-ley's. Foster. Factoryvillo Nicholson. J.,a Plume. Dalton. Glcnhiirn. Clnrk's Summit. Chinchilla J'aylleld. Nay Auff. Dunmore, WImniers. Muplewood. T-ako Ariel. Jerm n. Archbald Winton. Peckvllle.i Olyphant. Dickson City. Throop. Scranton. Plnirh.imtnn. l'ortland. Cnnkllu Ce-iter. Stroudtburg, May they llvo long and prosper Is the wish ot LEWIS9raiXY&JD)AVI C djU The her est and mnt extensive dealers In boots, shoes, rubbers, etc.. tn Noith easterr Ptnrtylvanla. 134-111$ Wyoming Ave. The Hunt & Connell Co, Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Qa3 an Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware. IS YOUR HOUSE VACANT? IP 80. TRY A "FOR RENT" IN THE TRIBUNE ONE CENT A WOI AD. 1 Silvsrsmite Heating Stoves, Ranges, Fimraiaees, Plmmlbiinig aed Tioiog. GMSTEJR & FORSYTE, 325-327 PENN AVENUE. HENRY BELIN, JR., Ceueral Agent for tua VVyomlaj UHtrlcs.i.' Wining, lilnMlnz.Hportlnr;, SuioUs.tn uuil ilia Uepuuiu Uueitilct. Co upauy HIGH EXfLQSWB. tulety Kme, Capi uuj Cxplo.tic ttooiu 401 Uonnoll llulUluj. tioMutia. AUUXUIfctt THCS. FORD. - - - Vlttston. JOHN B. SMITH & SON, Plymouth. W. E. MULLIGAN, WIlkts-B-rre luroiTPS POMJEB. A Kentucky school teacher who had for jreirs endured what she describes as "perfect luaritrdom," from headache and dyspepsia, writes, in a letter from Louisville, to say: " When I was ttachuic school rn J'nuburij, Laurel County, a friend, a mer chant there, who has also suffered much from dvspepsla and headache, said he had found a sure cure for these dnexses in Kipaiis 'l.ibulcs, and he gave mc a few to try. 1 found my headache left me. J then tent to New York, to the manufacturer, for a box, and whenever troubled with indigestion took them. I soon found myself much better; but. after some months and after indulging imprudently in eating. I aj'ain suffered from my old enemy 'indigestion.' I sent to LouUville and got a box. Finding great telief from this I got another, which certainly proved my confidence in the medicine. I grrw so much better that I now onl) take ihctn when I find I need them ; but if I am isnprmlnt In eating I find nothing better than these Tabulei. firing a teacher, I lead a sedentary life, so that oftentimes I hnd myself bilious and feeling heavy and dull; then I avail miself of the good effects of Hlpans Tannics. The gentleman from whom I bought the first Tabulcs tells me that he has found them more beneficial In sick headache than any other remed). Like myself, he thinks they are Infallible in d)spepsia." ' -r-- - "--- w wtiwHv)tiMi uvtj wlUDVVOIllIOr DT9 NLEf rl Will claim particular at tention during the first week of Jan unary, 11900 And we intend unloading the bulk of our stock at low er prices than will again be possible probably in years. There is nothing wauting iu the assortment from the Lowest Mcefl Cotton To the Finest made, and with zero weath er this sale ought to be inter esttng. We still have a few Extra Fine Silk Covered Down Quilts Which we now offer at from $3.00 to $4.00 below actual value our reason be ing we never carry this line of goods over. Best value offered in everyday Comfort ables, of fiue selected cotton, from One Dollar up. 530 and 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE ixcesir 00000 A complete line for 1900, for office and pocket use, numerous styles of Cal endars, Pads and Stands to select from. Blank Books aud the largest and most complete line of office supplies in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Reynolds Bros Stationers and Engravers, Hotel Jermyn Building, Scranton, Pa. mi$Aiom un aogem IHIKlOift Blankets Manes f s 1
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