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""TEN PAGES.
FCltANTON. JANUAUY 4. 1100.
Thp fnct tint or" tlioii'nntl rilinlnos
nl Mintln cio roneetnort In a plot tn
embnnaii the I'liltt-el State's Rovcrn
ni'iit by wanton inutilcr of ii'pr!"n
tntlvo of f.uclKn nnlluim nt that city,
chows that too iniuh vli?lliwc cmnut
lie eiilsnl en on In ow of tho
".nilmi."
Secretary Hay's Triumph.
--- I'l.I.IMt Infoiniatlon as to th
U4 HLOpi' of till? poliie.ssloiis SO-
JL tut oil f I oni the Kuroponn
pinu-iM with lisped to Amor
I -in !nteiet In Chin i Ine'UMses tin'
hlRnliliiim' of Hn'i.t.iiy H.i' til-
Vlilpll. If I'll' puM'tit t'MH'i-tatloilf. t,r
mil m.iti' lUpiiitiiient Mull hi' ieulUi'1,
the.- u-sult will i (institute thi- most
lin mill. iblc dlplomitlc nrhlcvenicnt 'f
11u hint iu.iiui of the ninetei'iitli cen
ti'ii Oiu cov i iiim nt lias not topped .it
noiiiliu' pb'dKii of an "open dooi'
Into Cliliit'-f pint". undo" Hut ope in
loiiiinl, but h i" .il"o "ought to win iim
t iln pi Iv lli'iri s lm Ann i lean iltl.Ji.in
In tin Ii'.isul tinltoiy .iml spln-ros jf
Inlluiiiit'. -mil hi a ixiuiantv airilnst
(INiilmliiatlnw i.Uis on i iIIw.ins built
and lin mm! mi'ler luitlsrn authority
and iiKaliiMt dlxciluiln itlni; limn iko
dins, the 1 1. lit. to in iKi miiti.uls with
the local aulhoiltliH and I'lilnc-e mm
i h. nits t fici h ah tin -nljji't. t of oth
it I'otintili s, tin- I'Nploltatloii of mines
upon tin- most faviualilr conditions of
li'itil any om and an until oppoitu
nitv to bid fut imiti lets' fni public
iinpiove'liiellls and foi the usi' ot sucil
iiiipiovenunts. One of tin most lm
poiliint iiii'stlons involitd letcis ti
IjIUi n" tasi-s, in tho I'hlni'sc local
buiiei oil. UK's, which, li.v manipula
tion, with tho coiinhautt of Chinese
tllklils, (ould be mule Ufiithe ills
t rlminiitlniis against Anioilcan ttade,
i'M'ii tliui;h mi upon door was Riiaian
ticd our inticli mts, and no dhcilmln
.itlnir custom duties won leltd upon
oni meuhandlso. All thtse pulnf
luii' been toM'ioil in tho coiio'-pond-eiuo
wliii h has pisMii bitwcon Wash
ington and the Kiuopc.ui capitals; mil
It Is authoiitathily announced that
the matter u is uaclitil tliu .st.iK'.'
when- a Rciieial wiittou aKU'emetic
li.nlniT tho iliaraitor ot an intet na
tion il (onipitt is within uhl It is
not ilc linitcly Known that tho United
.States Ins tairlul ovuv point; but
tho billcf Is Keni'ial tint In addition
to assuilnt; an upon door Seuetaiy
Hay lias. K.ilncd otlior advant.iRes of
a substantial and piollt.tblo inatactei.
Acaln ui' must lio.u In mind that
foi tliosf tiiumiilis Ailnili.il liewcy !s
partly respimslble. Hut for his capturo
of the Plilllppliiis they would not havo
been possible,
-
I'nltss the Di moeiatie LmIois can
htli,vest soiiio moms of (hocUru the
Incitase of wanes about the lounti.' all
t ilk of iisuiln' tiie nation fmm Uo
imbllianlsni will bo wuibc than usol"ss
this jeai,
The Twentieth Century City.
IX TJIKSi: DAYS of iltctilc jno
Kioss what cliiuiKtf will come to
the KoM'inmont of out Kteat
titles in the twmtltth untitiy
whlih Is s-o near to hand.' Tim toj lo
Is one to t.lS tile piuplioilc liistiiut,
but In the Sittii.laj i:oiiIiik Post
-Major Itmisoii of CIiIi.iku liny.mU
some Intcsi itliiK kusi.
Tin ean'i le thptjplial minr, fif
ty i"iis henri will be u man who lias
nnde a riofi sional .study of munici
pal problem. and dcinonsttati d to the
people tint he poshes -es exception il
'ouslucss nblllt Ho will hi i he ,i
bil.nv d' tioiii IW.WQ to .'."),noo a jcar
and will not. in Major Hanlsou'"
opllilou. wate miii li uf lut- valuable
time on tin iiiutltie ilitails of -s
illstiibutliin but will bad the tliliiKimr
ililih Benu.Uis public IinproMini uts
Tho people will dem mil tint lie 1
ljeisonally honest, political! clean
and moially puie, unl when they tin
such a man they will pile lesponslblil
ties, upon him.
To ielloe the majoi of the futuie of
the Kieat hm ill mi of patiou.iKti home
fin in, C civil scnlto will be juce.ss.uy,
U.ut llr. liarii?on has talth that it will
)? a ilirinciit foini from that now in
vokw. rreitTiHHliult tnlielleo," .sat
U". 1W In; pubfie Miitlhient of the
Uveirtiftir'ichtUlV wiirbu nnv nunc
ftnotablu to a tJCiindlim' auuy of me
i)ianicall appolnteil ilil cmplo.ves
than it Js to a standing anny for lor
elgn 6ESftSion or lidoirial opuicsslon.
tfne .is. as. bad n nulFunte, and menace
1fl.J.eIUi.ljJiy.nn instluitlpns a,tiie other.
A clll Hervlco tint should not lonlliv)
Itself, tu j mare mechanical questlonliiK
as to thcMHresH'of 'candid ites for of
J,M.' '& vvnleh should go further nnd
talro'ntocr.snlzancp the character and
capacity of nil would-be public w
M'TrtP,' 'would roach many evils now in
PXlBteijce. ,rree.l 'confident tliat one pf
the. 'JtnboHUiit changes of tha up
proaphtng new eia will be public de-mantT-fov
a civil hervlio law, national
U,s9pftanil, national and local In up-plication'-
which "Minll have foi Its 1l.
tinctpnrpose- tm tipbulldinir of thu
moral tharacter of ofllce-holders."
In the twentieth century tho younu
men of 'energy nnd character will ba
trained to go Into politics for tho pub
Ho welfare and that, Mayor Harrison
thinks, will clean "oul much of tht
prebent foulness. "It Is the man who
thinks and then acts for the light that
counts In public service. Thnt man Is
frowiijr more t and more common eaca
year, in a quarter of a century ho
und bis fellows should bo a majority
To Save the Anthracite Coal Trade.
WE REFERRED IN THESE COLUMNS ft few days ago to tho
proposed new, transpoitation route to tidewater via the Erie
and Wyoming1 Valley and Dolawaio Valley and Kingston
rallrnnds. In that article we quoted from statements of
the coal shipments of tho Pennsylvania railroad as a proof that soft
conl nnd coko were supplanting the market for anthracite coal. The flg
uies i elated only to tho shipments upon one road during the greater part
of last year. The conclusion, however, drawn from these shipments is
nbundantly Justified by statistics covering a larger field and a longer pe
llod. We have at hand the shipments from Pennsylvania of anthracite
coal for four years pi lor to 1809, nnd of bituminous coal and coke for
three years ptevlous to that time. They are as follows:
Shipments of anthracite In 1895, 40,545,000 1890, 43,171,000; 1897,
41,000,000; 1898, 41,000,000. This shows a decrease from 1895 to 1890
of 7.2 per cent.; from 1800 to 1897, 3.0 per cent.; from lb97 to 1898,
an lncienso of .007 per cent; or from 1895 to 1898 a decrease of 10 per
cent.
Shipments of bituminous coal:
1890 50,925,000 tons
1897 55,109,000 tons
1898 04,712,000 tons
showing an inciease from 1890 to 1897 of 8.3 per cent.; from 1897 to 1898
of 17.3 per cent.; from 1890 to 1898 of 27 per cent.
Shipments of coke:
1890 6,013,000 tons
1897 8,533,000 tons
1898 10,171,000 tons
showing an increase from 1896 to 1897 of 20 per cent.; from 1897 to 1898
of 19.2 per cent, or In the three years of 53.8 per cent.
Statistics for the United States show an equally rapid increase In the
consumption of bituminous coal. They are as follows:
For 1896 138,900,000 tons
For 1897 140,573,000 tons
Tor 1898 170,992,000 tons
This shows an Increase from 1890 to 1898 of 5 1-2 per cent, and from
1897 to 1808 of 21 per cent.
These statistics, which are merely confirmatory of the information
which is constantly foiced upon persons connected with the anthracite
coal industry, prove beyond question that bituminous coal and coke
nto steadily nnd iireslstibly forcing anthracite out of the market. The in
jmy to the antlnnclte producer ftom this competition does not rest
meiely in the loss of tonnage. If the inquiry were confined to the larger
sizes of coal from chestnut up, which command higher prices in the mar
ket, tho result would be still more striking and startling; showing, as
It would, that in nil except the very small nnd cheapest sizes of coal the
loss has been gieatest. An analysis of the sizes of coal shipped recent
ly, as compaied with the sizes of coal shipped before the encroachments
of bituminous coal in the eastern market became serious, will demon
stiate that the large sizes of coal, upon which the prices are highest, are
being ciowded out of the market. The proportion of chestnut and larger
sizes of coal to the whole anthracite tonnage was, in 1885, 82 per cent.;
in 1897, CO per cent. The proportion of lump, broken and steamer coal,
which nie used almost exclusively for the production of steam, Is ns fol
lows: 1885, 23.7 per cent.; 1897, 14.8 per cent.
Tho following table shows more in detail and for a longer period that
the Inciease in tonnage of anthracite has been almost entirely in the
unprofitable sizes of coal produced by the operator, namely: Pea, buck
wheat nnd smaller sizes:
Tonnage in
1880. 1890. 1897.
Domestic h i z e s
which include
chestnut nnd
larger sizes. . .20,020,000 (88"0 28,155,000 (777c) 28,505,000(6970
Pen, buckwheat
n n d smaller
sizes 2,807,000 (12) 8,458,000 (23) 13,132,000 (31)
Total 23,433,000 36,613,000 41,637,000
All this demonstrates what Is well known to nil anthracite producers,
thnt of lnte years it has been necessary to crush down into the very small
commeicial sizes a large propoition of the coal which used to be shipped
in laiger sizes.
This condition, which confronts all interests connected with the an
thracite industry, has been fully loalized by the operators for a number of
years, and after exhausting all other devices to check the loss of the an
thracite maiket, they reached the conclusion that the exorbitant rate of
fi eight tariffs was the most serious element in the problem of reducing
the pilco of nnthincite to retain the market. They therefore bent their
energies to the effoit either to obtain n material reduction In rates from
the piesent transportation companies, or to secure a new and independent
outlet. All efforts to secure a reduction of rates by present transporta
tion companies were unavailing. Through the co-operation of the Erie
and Wyoming Valley laihoad, however, and the timely abandonment
of the Delawnie and Hudson canal, the way was opened for securing n
now load to tidewater at n minimum cost for light of way and con
stniction, and with such favorable giades nnd curves ns would enable it
to tinnsport coal at the lowest practicable cost. They have already en
tered into contiacts tor the shipment of n large amount of coal at prices
which will plnce It nt tldewnter nt n total saving of about thirty cents
per ton over present lates. The success of this enterprise cannot fail to
benefit nil interests connected with the nnthraclte business. There seems
to bo no reason why, in view of the energy nnd capacity of the men at the
head of the movement, it should not succeed and prosper.
in municipal affalis, even in a city as
Kieat as Xew Yoik, wheie public In
teiest In public affalih is at Its lowest
lib "
So much for the manner of the rov
ernmint of the twentieth ccntuiy city;
let us next consider tho lesulls. Foie
most ainoiiK these, in Major Harrl
ron's opinion, w III be more hunllRht,
moie pute ah, moie loom, mote pieen
Bi.us and u neaiei nppioath to natui.
Cities aie not to be congested pilhons
but m li utlllt.ilb' i onstrui ted abodes
abounillnir In small paiKs and play
Kiounds. with no daiK alley cesspools
or KaibiiKe heaps.but with well paved
and will lighted stieets and boulevards,
with ilevated ti.ulcs for nil steam lail
loads and automobile stiiet ear tians
poitatlun doing away with bothersome
trolley lines and incidentally with tho
now peieiinl.il franchise scandals.
Questions of the public health und
(omonlenco will receive the attention
of the best minds and be wrought out
in ptactical form. Above all, a feeling
of htothcthood now absent from city
life will peivade the in ban population
of tlfty jears heme; and in conse
(liience: ".Municipal hospitals will be plenti
ful and piovlded foi all needed pur
poses. Heal.th boards will have pi ac
tually unlimited sanltaiy poweis.
Tenements will not be permitted to
eland. Light, pute all, ample loom
will be piovlded for those to whom tho
foi tune of life has not been kind. The.
municipal paik will be n Ilxtuie In ev
eiy Ulstilct. Tree culture will bo en
couiaged, and lloweis will no longer bo
a inilty to the poor. As much atten
tion then will bo paid to tho night
school ns Is now devoted to useless
clmiltlts. Tho common chools, the
primary and grammar grades, will re
ceive double tho notice now paid them.
The high school will be tui tailed In
power, because those wealthy enough
to enjoy Its comforts, being In a hope
less minority, should pay for the eamo
or seek the private schooljjwhlle taxa
tion results are diverted to the schools
for tho people. Wo will no longer force
a child to climb up to education. Wo
will brim? It down to him. Our pennl
Institutions will take on tho character
of farms and gardens, and put off the
character of prisons. Children guilty
of first offenso will never be Incaiceiat
ed with confirmed cilmlnals. Police
nuthoilties will have awakened to the
tact that cilme la aa much a disease
typhoid fever, and that the patient
must be treated according!)'. Municipal
law will approach recognition of moral
law."
Major Hnirlon's piophetlc aim is
high; yet nothing which he so vividly
pictures is impossible, or even dililcult
of attainment whenever public opinion
so demands. It Is altogether a matter
of educating the mnjoilty to hold out
for their own welfaie.
According tn aecounts the Mollneux
Jurjmon aie at piesent in a state bor
dering on frenj'. These unfottunate
men have during the severest season
ot the j ear, elating from Nov. U, bein
piisijneis on a salaiy of $J a duj-. And
while their own business Intel csts wetti
going to the dogs, they hive been
obliged to listen to the dreary talk of
$30 a day experts and $200 a day law
yers In a tiial that seems liable to last
the remainder of the winter. It now
looks as though tho prosecution had by
Its prolixity destrojed all Its chances
of conviction.
A current dispatch of considerable)
Intel est tells of tho construction near
Lapoite, Ind, of a $500,000 beet sugar
plant which Is to convert Into sugar
the beet crop of C.000 aeies of adjoin
ing land. The lowlind. of Northern
Indiana ought to bo well ndaptcd to
beet culture. If this expeilment suc
ceeds we may look for its jepetltlon In
many similar localities until a fine new
Indus-try will be tho result.
According to latest accounts the war
bee Is buzzing beneath tho turban of
Menellk, of Abyssinia, who Is prepar
ing to Invade tho Soudan. Meneilk's
awakening is liable to be as rudo urd
Impassive ns that from a plpu dieain.
Feeietniy Hay wants inngress to e.
tabllsh a training school for dlplo.
mntists. If it should do this It should
make Mr. Hnv tho pilncipal Instiuctor.
Ho evidently knows hla business.
Now that Agulnaldo's wife and othnr
female relatives have surrendeied, the
pompadour-halied chief may also soon
bo peiBuaded to como Into tamp nnd
accept a government position,
Parties who talked of Invading Can
ada In the Interest of tho Uoers, havo
concluded to sit down by tho flro and
wait until theie Is a thanee In tern-peiatuie.
LITERARY NOTES.
Five nrtlcles In the January North
Amu lean ltcvlovv am dtvoti'il to tho
South African war. G. l.eveson Uowcr,
formerly comptroller of lur mnjcstj's
household, recounts tho opinions on the
condition of "Tho llrltfoh Army," ex
pressed In a recent rcniirs.itlon by lllo
Hojal Highness the Duku of Cambridge,
the cousin of tho queen, and for m my
jenrs romniauderlinihtcf of the forces
of (Ircat Urltnln. Dr. W. J. I.cjds, the
KuropiTiti agent of tho South African
lepuMIe, answers a mimbci of ipustlons
relating to tin. "Origin, Diuatlon and
Outcome of tho War," giving a clear Idea
of tlio theories and rxpictatloliii of the
Hoers themselves on thise points. '1 ho
lit. Hon. Karl Orev, who was for some
time hUh commissioner of !lhoil"(i, dis
ci "es the relations betvvien Ungland
and the Transvaal frcm the Hrltlsh point
of view. Professor Hans Delbuick, of
tho Berlin university, ex itnlues the al
titude which the grcit powers ot ljiiropn
are likely to nssttnie toward Cleat Url
tnln at the present crisis, Vladimir
Holnitrcm nnd l'rhice Oolehtomskj-, In
"Oicat Drltaln on the War Path," voice
tho belief of certain classes of Intelli
gent ItUEslans that Hrltnln's war
ngolnt the TnuiHViinl Is the first step
In a gigantic military scheme whoso ob
ject Is to secure for Ki'glind tho musteiv
of the Mediterranean nnd of tho Imlitn
ocan as a means of tccuring her posi
tion in India Gecrgo l.acy, who spent
many jrars In biislnrsa pursuits in tho
Dutch Hi'pulillcs In South Afrlri, con
tributes a paper entitled "Some Poor
Characteristics," In which ho draws n
craphlc pit tut o of the farmer-lnhibltaiits
of the Transvaal, showing how they live
ami what ninntur of people thev are. One
nrtlcle which Is somewhat obsolete Is
from the pen of Apollimrlo Mablnl, for
merly prime minister In Agulnnldo's cab
Inet, but rccentlv cat tured bv the Ameri
can troops. It sets forth the grounds on
which tho Insurgent Plllplnos billeve
themselves to be entitled to tho n cogni
tion of tho United States ns an Inde
pendent r public. Needless to s iv, this
nrtlelo was written prior to M.ibtnl's,
capture.
Street & Smith. New York, publish. In
"Out of the Pest," by Kleanor H. Oor
vell, a striking studv of the evils, Immc
dlito and lemoto of llltgtltm.icj. A
Sister of Ch.irltv dHeovets tho dcid
mothel and ncwlv-born rlilld, with noth
ing to show their ldct.tlty or hlstorj
Iho story ite if lupins some twet.tj
jeais liter when tho el.lld ins become
u man ot great talent but overs-h ulo.ved
bv the cloud which envelopes his oiUIn
Tho hdolne, nil American girl, has eomo
to Paris for violin studv, believing her
self tho danghter of devot"d and te fined
piients. In pretesting agilnst he.
father's second marrLgo she brln-. upnn
hersilf the shock and horror of the ills
eovoiv that sho Is no legitimate daugn
tor, but a waif adopted from tho un
known past. The nory goes on to IU
cllmrtx, showing how tho curse of llle
gltmacj' lenes unhealed wounds and
falls In unforeseen plnces upon the most
Innocent. And jet tho story Is neither
li"avy nor ombre, but his both light
ness and chat m and Ihn delight of un
expectedness. The announcement of publication of u
number of biographies of D. I, Moo.lv
has forced tho family to dens that un
Mich will havo their authoriz itlou or co
c oration. Although Mr. Moody was
steadfastly opposed to any biographic il
notices during Ills life, ho knew It could
not bo avoided after his diath, and a
few j ears ago expused tho wish that
bib elder sou, V. It. Moody, should un
dertake It, in order th.it many false
statements now current might bo coi
rectcd Tho family have a largo num
ber of private letters, as well rs photo
graphs, and other material, which will
be icservcd for tho only authorized blo
graphj. The reqifht is m ide to friends
all over the world who cm contribute
authentic matctlal, to send it to V. R.
Moodj-, K ist Northlleld, Mass Mean
while, a brief biographical sketch will
be compiled by his son nnd Issued In the
Moodv Colporlago llbr.il y with all possl
blo despatch.
Iiird & I.ee, of Chicago, havo just
added to their admirable collection of
itferenee books n valuable pocket com
pendium, entitled "'J he Twentieth Cen
tury Handy Cjolopcdla nritannica," com
piled by Alfred U. Chambi rs, I'll. D. It
Is a S'xC inch volume, of WO compact
column", containing a wealth of alph i
betlcally arranged inform ition. Tho
subjects iiielude hlstorj' and dates down
to the present jeai; gtogrnphv and bio
graphy eaiefully lev Ned, all the leveling
facts, theories nnd dNcovirles In nnill
clne, chemlstiy, phjslcs, botany, zoologv,
astionomj'. miteoi(ilnj,v, tc , etc. Noth
ing ot intci i st to the present generation
has been neglected, and oven law and
business have uciived their share of the
author's attention.
Tho richest woman In the world ins
taken up her pen to contribute to the
Woman's Homo Companion. In tho I.b
tuaij' number of that m igazine Mri
Hetty Gieen will dUcuss '"lho IJenciits
ol a Dullness Training for Women,"
writing from hir own wide experience ns
n woman of affairs and a successful
financier.
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Among the cities, towns,
etc, that we wish to remem
ber in a particular way are
the following:
Wllkes-narre.
Kinnston.
liiuuett
Totty Tort.
V omlnB.
Parsons
Miners Mills.
Mill Creek.
I.allln.
Yatesville.
Plttston.
Dtirv ca.
Lackawanna.
Tav lor.
Avoc.i.
Moosle.
Mluookn.
Hancock.
StnrllKht.
Conklln.
Orent Tlend.
New Mllford.
Alford.
C.eorKetown.
Haw lev.
Ilont"-dale.
Wuvmnrt.
Klmhiirst.
M03COW.
fJoiilil-boro.
Tobvluinn.i.
Mount l'oionn.
Pocotio Summit.
Crc"co.
Henrv ville
Spr.isuevlllc,
Delaware.
Water Gap.
Mauch Chunk.
Preston Paik.
Like Como.
Pojntclle.
llelmont.
Pleasant.
I'nlondale.
Porcst City.
C.trhondale.
White IJrldgc.
KhiKslev's.
Poster.
raetoryvllle.
Kichol'-on
I.a Plume.
Dalton.
UUnhurn
CI irk's Summit.
Chinchilla.
Vu field.
N.lV AUK.
Dunmore.
Wlmmers.
Manlewood.
Lake Ariel.
Ji rm n.
An lib eld.
Winton
Peekville.
Oh ph. nit.
Dickxm City.
hroop
Scranton.
Hliinh.imton.
Conklln Center.
Poitlanu.
Btroudihurg.
May they live long and prosper Ifc the
wish of
LEWIiREILLY&MVIES
The herest and most extensive dealers
in boots shoes, rubbers, etc., in Noith
eastcrr Tenrtylvanla.
114-11 16 Wyoming Ave.
The Hunt &
Connell Co.
Heating, Plumbing,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Light Wiring, Gas
an Electric Fixtures,
Builders Hardware.
iH Lackawanna Avenue
is youn
IIOl'HU VACANT?
ir bo,
Tltt A "FOR HKNT" AD.
IN THn TRIBUNE.
ONB CENT A WORD.
Sllversmitls,
BARGAINS IN EVERYTHING,
Heattag
Stoves,
Raimges,
FMrmiaces,
and
flOgc
GUNSTH & FORSYTH,
J25.327 PENN AVENUE.
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
tii'Dcrul Agent for tbs Wyoinlaj
Distiiot.j:
iiuroifg
AJlnlng, l!latlnt;,Sportln; BmonUli
unU ibe Itupumu Cuoinlta.
Lo ii pa ly i
talety taic, Cipn nut i:ploij;i
llooiu 101 Connell llulUui.'.
6)orantj4.
AGK.N0I1.1
THCS. TORD, - - Vltlston
JOHN B SMITH &. SON, - Plymouth
W. E. MULLIOAN. - Wllkos.IJ.ttr.
PIIOEGL
JlllPliS8Li -r I !ut
"Two ycirs in I had tlic Grippe," silil the uife of t lone Island
fsrrmer, "and since then I have never hecn ml smart. Nothing that 1 ate
icctneel to srt will on my stnmae.li. I have never been much of a 'land for
doetorini;, but I tried didiant Winds o( herb tens, but they didn't seem to do
much good. One day a lady asU-d me if I uoulJ try
Ripans TabuJes
Richard he tool, some too. Wliati or tint arc made of I don't know,
but we have not felt s will in )esxs. Wo work all day now and eat our three
regular meal-., and all kinds of vlctuils seem to agree with us. L)ont hoitate
about taling them. Tiny win't hurt ou."
-!
FINLEfS
lb
Bid
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 wanting
in the assortment from the
Lowest Meed Cotton
To the Finest
made, and with zero weath
er this sale ought to be inter
esting. We still have a few
Extra Ftae
Silk Covered
Oowmi 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 iu everyday Comfort
ables, of fine selected cotton,
from One Dollar up.
510 and 51.2
LACKAWANNA AVENUB
scesir
ooooo
A complete line for 1900,
for office and pocket use,
numerous styles of Cal
endars, Pads and Stands
to select from.
Blaek Books
aud the largest and most
complete line of office
supplies in Northeastern
Pennsylvania.
Reynolds Bro
Stationers and Engi avers,
Hotel Jermyn Building.
Scranton, Pa
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