THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY, JANUARY G, 1900. Publlehed Dally. Kxeept Sunrtriy. by Thn Tribune PtiblMhlnc Company, nt Fifty Cent a Month. New York Offlce: 5n Nnnn St . s s. vnnni.AND. Bole Agent for Foreign AilvcrtMnif. Entprrfl nt th Potofflcr nt Bernnton. Pa., aa Beccnd-Clnm Mnll Mutter. When hpito will permit. Tho Trlliini" In nltvnvn Kind tn print short littrrM fiom It friends bonrltiK nn current tnpli'X, but lit rule Is Hint tlirp iihipI lw hIhiihI. for publication. Iiv the wrltrrV n-nl ninv. ntiil Ilia comlltlnn ptt'cnliMit to urn ptniu'o li thnt nil rontrllnitlnni f whiili'vrr Jinturo ritnl hv !iniiini'ir F"nt sluvll bo HUliJoct tn rditorlnl rellein. TWELVE PAGES SCIIANTON, .TA.VUAUY i( 1500. The I'hilnilriphl.i North Atne-rlenn has ulre.iely Incited the llotnlioy rati' at the door of the ho-callcil IVntfyl vniila Uuptibllpan ni.ii'hlnp, but M'otiH In fiotibt about ntttlhutlni; the icront l)llaid it e'orty, or the hull most epidemic of lYckvlllo, to Qimylsiii. A Moral Tonic. El.Si:VHi:UU will be found the text of nn Impu sie nil (Iichs delKeled iltltlliK tho week by President Ilidlev. of Vale, upon a theme which "ItouUl Intel est iciy eltli'en the need of . lilghei itiinilaiel of imhllu molality. Tile speaker took the view tint the net ctnm'e of development in the United State" will btliiR about a pub lie opinion mole disposed to empha size than U the public opinion of our llnio tile iiioml account. ibllltv of men in IiIkIi 1.h i s. .mil wo aio kIiiI to notice tint he lunkoil upon the leccnt otpni'-leiii of our toiritoiy as lepn M'titlnt; a pilnolpil futiiie Inline nee in foimltiK this new ethical standaid. Theie Is ,m uil.iRe whlih us that "nothing -!iniieds lllce stle'cois." The Ftandaid uhlih President Hartley liopcs tn ve ( stabllshed in Ameilea diffeis Flh;litl In actuating piinciple; he would levlse the uclnffo so as to make it lead: "Nothing Micieeds ilk'. deseivlnt; to succeed." The man is respected now who Kilns power by any me ins not flagrantly penal; I'ic-I-thnt Hartley would li.ne public opin ion confei its lesppct upon no man nut fit tn wield power as a public benefac tor. When power Is s-o wielded, it will not nlaiin people, and theie will In little of the pieint llldlseiiinln ite and liiKelv ileiniKojjIc outcry against po lltii il "busses" (finimeichl "tiusts" 01 other t.pis o powi i eentl.ilbed without much iinl to public eiiultv. The tiuist jmt of Pipsldent ll.ul le '.s addic-s s Ids piopheey tint i Jnoial uplift Is Inevitable as a urn1-" (pience of espni'-lon. We can see dis tinct sins nf it alieady. The aitpotnt nn lit to be ailniluMtatois of our ne. wauls of men like Hernials Wllso 1, Youtiij, P.n Is .mil Wood, undei a pti s Mtle tiom public opinion which 'iio-t coit.ilnly would not hae tolei itnl the appoint nn nt of a CioKi i, Da Id Mai tin or a recuse Co; the public lefties-lies' oxer such honest and wcll-nieanlni; men as (ieneials ltiooks and Otis, who, though dolmj tbeli best, et scenic d to tall shiut of imbllc t)iec tatlon; the leadv .u iiuic-c ence uui unions nut sii-calkd spoilsmen In the belief that III t.ikini; can' of these new colonial Intiusts we mu-t be lionoi nble and linneM aboe all tilings el.se, and Just to the iittlu's- whom desllnv has put undei out tuition, this bun and pei locating s, MM. (1f mcpal icsjion Mhlllty mtr belme s(, ui.iii.eil as It is tort.iv, cannot be peinnnentl.s sep i lattd fiom rtointstie affali.s; sooner in later it will eflect a nnolutlon In our was of looking at our Intel nal methods nt admlnlstiatlon. To think the contiaiy is to Imply that a niajoiity of the Ami rican peo ple aie piponrteiatltiKly bid; a doc tllne which Is not tine. The eilitoilil ypell-lilnder Is now busily engaged looking up the iceoids of the pci-slhle ic o-pit lilentl.il com Pis. Pree Traveling Libraries. ATT"Hl: i:i5H;i' tdeKiaphie note I the other day cone 1 1 nlnir the JL appolntinent b Clovoino" Stone ot n Pice l.tbl.ii) coniniisslon of lie Is thus explained by the l'hiladelphii I! coul: The lati i'unisjanl leKlslaluie 1 ts-secl an .ut inppimed May .., lS'ii) i.st ibllshim; h Piee T.llit.n comtnl t .sion. The duties of the commission aie to Kle aihli t and counsel lor the be' ter nrtniliii'ti.itln i of the t.,, Hbi.ul s iille.nh si.ilillsluMl, to assist In the iiiKiiniatlon uf new flee llbi.n li s all to Mipenisc mid Inspctt sin liiuail s in the school distiicts ot the lominon wi.ilth except in iltlts of the Hist nn I j-.pe.ind class. The act tin ther pio Ides that 'the Miinmissrton s-hall also estab lUrti and maintain, out of hiiiIi miius as shall iiiini' Into Its lunula by appiopila lion or otherwise, a .sjtem of tiavel inK llbiaihs us far as possible thimiKh. out the commonwealth, Xci member of the commission shall iccclve any tom pensatlon for his sei vices as n moin bar ' The piolson for what is called fieo traxelliiK llbinrlcs, if an apptopilatlon nhould be made lor its pioper main tennni'v, would no doubt be of the high est public ndvnntnKe. As the people cannot all be bi ought to the books, It Is u wise thought to cany the books to the people. Uowiuor .Stone, In com pliance with the tetms of the law, hrn appointed ns commlsstonois to cairy It Into operation Senator C I,. Masee, of Pittsburg, and John Thomson, of Phila delphia, for four yeujH. W. M. l"iew, of PlttsbuiK; llemy ll-lln, Jr., of Kci.inton, nnd W. N. Steenscin, of Allesheny. for tluee yeais. .Subsequent appointments, except to nil vacancies which may occur, will bo made for a tenn of five years. Tho selection of commissions s Is ndmliable. Mr. View is the llbiarlnu of the Carneulo library, nncl will btlng alunble expeilence to the aid of his fellow-membeis, Mr. Thomson, tho lienil of tho Kieo llbiaiy in our own city. Is pecullaily fitted for hi new duties, since he has In the niunarenunt of the local Institution furnished tho best practical exempllll cation of thu w oi kings of the fiee library svstetn nnd demonstrated be yond dispute the value of the open shelves and traveling circulation pol icies. The Htnte llbrailan Is the ex eilllclo secretary of the commission." of the Scranlon member of this com mission, .Mr. Helln, It Is enough to sny that his long connection ns a director with the Albright Memorial llbinry, which has within Its field encounteied most of the problems thnt will come befoto the now commission, especially qualities him for the unsolicited honor Involved In the governor's appointment. We do not know what funds are ns yet nvnllable for carrying out the purposes ot the act of May f. 1V, but It Is clear tint a Judicious system of fiee travel ing llluailes in the- mini and spatscly Inhabited poitlons of the common wealth would ptove a protltnble Invest ment, worthy not only of stnto aid but also of Individual btnelkenee. Hvlrtenre before the cot oner who H conducting nn Imostigatlon of the Uia'nell mine honor Indicates that gloss caielessness and Incompetency have characteiized the management of the mine for some time past. Thii seems an Instance in which some one should be made nn example of. The fact that miners thcm'-elvcs aio some times careless In handling lamps Is no ex-cuse for olllcials who allow them to cndaugii life In this maunei. An Important Speech. ON Tl'KSDAY next the Junior senator from Indiana, Mr. Itevcildgp, will ndelress the senate upon the resolution, introduced bv him, uMiunlng the ne cessity and the perrmr.mcy of Amer Icin sovereignty over the Philippines. Theie is a tiaditlon In the senate that a jnung member must not make a speech upon the senate lloor during the llrst year of bis first term; but having passed several months In per sonal study of the conditions in Luzon and gathered valuable Information at Hist hand, Mr. Bevcrldge, upon emi nent aehioe, has decided to ignore this rule. The' speech which he hes prepared for delivery Ins, we are Informed, been carefully thought out nnd has been submitted to the presi dent, the secretary of state, the secre laiy of wai and other persons In whose Judgment theie Is gencial confidence; and In a sense thciefoie, It will be an olllcial dellve lance, (if Mr. l.ever ielge's jntiual ability as a master of the higher foims of oratory the public has lie-u d a good deal. He has the Inborn gift which applies eloeiuence and giace of diction to the spoken ex pression of thought. This speech will probiblv iecal whether or not he has also the mental power to grasp tho essoin Ills of a practical situation and eohe a woikablo policy of state ciaft. If he shall measure up in this direc tion as well as he alicadv mensuten as an ni.itoi, a new leader will hava appealed in our public life. lliyan in a pmther's skin might at least cuate a demand for headache powclus. Protecting Bird Life. -r -y NDlSMAYi:D by the appar- B out Incieate in the use of J blnls In nillllneiy, the Penn- shnnli Audubon s-oclety, In its thlid annual lepoit, announces that It will continue Its campaign of education until public opinion will no longei penult the wanton sacrifice of blnls of plumage to tickle fa'hlon; and It appeals to bionl-minded citizens e eiyw heie to come to Its suppoit. billing the past year the society, foimi'd oiiginally by a few earnest men and women in l'hiladelphii, who had s.Miipathy for blid life, has spread to ne u I v eeiy county In the state; the niembeibhlp has giuwn fiom .1,50) to fi.noo, the volume of Its correspond ence has neaily doubled and 2.",000 clr eulais hae been dlsttlbuted for the public's enlightenment. In conso cuence laigely of the society's work and influence, a clay has been observe i In many public schools known as "blid bay," upon which the trend of insti notion is fa enable to a more hu mane ti catmint of the featheied tiibe While the society does not expect to dissuade many women fiom the use of in name ntnl blnls and plumes, it hopes to cieate among the joung a sentiment on this subject which will affect for th bettei the fashions of the futllie. lMueallon.il mlsslonaiy woik of this kind foi the culthatlon of a finer type of s.Ki.ii molality is oiy easily i Idl euled and few among those engiged In It gain much ciertit dining their life time Yi t our country would be in a pltlible condition if theie weie not agoutis such as the Pennsylvania Audubon society, continually endoav oiing to counteract the clow nw aid In HueiKes In our public life. We aio disposed to i.ite this spliit of willing iiess io do thankless wink for the com mon weal as one of the most valuable nssit.s In our chle linentoiy. It Is not thought that tho British will hold up any caigoes of canned beef en louto for the Uoer lunch countei. American Corn. Pitm'APATIONS for the fur ther enlightenment of Euro peans ns to the food value of Indian coin pioceed apace At the Pails exposition. In connection with the AmeiUan exhibit, will be a kitchen ofieiing to visitors free sam ples ot malce In all Its culluaty vaila tlons, fiom hominy and cornstarch ef fects down to plain roasting ears of "coin on the cob," The utmost in genuity Is to bo applied to tho prob lem of ovei coming t Ii prejudices of the continentals' and if they can ha tempted to cat tho Yankee dlhes set foith for their conveislon It is confi dently believed that the battle will be won. The great tiouble heretofore has bepn that nmong the peasantiv of Huiopj nun Is regnrded ns a food constituent lit only for swlno and other dumb ani mals. The idea that it could be Intro duced with prollt Into tho human cui sine lias heemed pieposteious to them, and the elforts whl'h lmw been madj by American expoi ting 'lnteii sts to ills ibuso their minds hive been upon toi small n scale, to show up In prac tical results. Moreover, the agrarian interests In Kurope have donp their best to keep up the prejudice, hoping thus to wntd off American competi tion. It would seem that ;i lime must come when the nuttltlve value, cheapness1 nnd availability of com would force its acceptance in Kurope, especially In view nf tho recurring food famines there, lntenlflpd ns they must be by the continual Increase In population, and the steartv growth of the standln iinnles which withdraw their member ship fiom pioditctlve itidustiles. tf th-j corn exhibit nt Paris shall .hasten tho Inevitable it will cettalnly represent money and etieigy well expended. Some one has been unkind enough to call attention to tho fact that It will be lather dltllcult for the Uoers to pass thioitgh the Ittltlsh Hues and make use of tho hospital ship which Phila delphia threatens to send to their aid. In this uge ot Intelligence It seems a shame that Philadelphia cannot be al lowed the oppottunity to indulge in an occasional outburst without Interruption. Hopeful citizens ot Htadford county are still boilng tor oil. It is decidedly a chilly pel loci when liiadfoid county Is not excited oer a coal mine, a min eral spilng or an oil well. CURRENT VERSE. The Creed of tho Lion. The creed ot the lion Is us old as tho Hun, aiid us joung us the cub tint plas With the tussclert Jaw and the sharpened i law and thu tall of the mettled maze. The eieed of the Hon is to feed the lion and tho Jungle knows his roar, And it knows the glare of thu es tint Haiti when thu lips uru thiist lor Bore! The creed of the Hon Is good for tho Hon, and that's ns It ought to be; Kor under the law ot tho Jaw and th. paw and the ball nnd the Jungle ticu The lion must lho and tho Hon must hac and the Jungle knows his right, And it knows the cry when the whelps defy the creed nnd the law of might. The creed of the Hon Is the will of the lion, and luck of the will tho claw; And back of tho paw and the Jungle law thu thiist lor Mire In the Jaw. Tor what is a king If ho be not a king? and strange if it should befall That undet the swlnsr of tho law of the king there camo not death ut all! There came not diikncs unto those little and woik and light Who bond their knee at the Jungle tree and nsk for the law of right; birn It and ask it Hist, then go, out on the trail to til Ike Pools to hae thought that their service had bought tho freedom of llko for like! The cued of tho Hon Is ns old as tho lion, and as joupg as jesterday To ghe tho bast that the law will glv nnd take the west away! Aa old as the Hon, but as blind as the cub that follows tho trail of year.'. And thinks It Is free till It eomo'lo tho tree of Common nnd King and I'ceis! Baltimore News. An Autumnal Idyl. Nnturo now dons her regal splendor Tho featheied minstrel Lands attend her, To idchi.itu her fcbthal! Her glorious cliatms Inspire, enthrall! To co and listening eai attcnt, Thcv make appeal most eloiiuent. The witlltid, bright, ceiiik.in skies, Cloud-decked with Iridescent cbes Tho goigoous tints, when fades tho llght The Jeweled canopy of night The stately, slint solitudes 'Hie giand, ancestral, leafy woods Wild (lowers of arle gated hue Olmson and gold, pink, put pic, blue The el ilnt v frirranco they cxhile, Like Inn use, Hooding Held, copse, dale Mountain and alley, boskv dell ' All woo us with thilr nnstlc spell! While humming bird, bee, buttcrlly With insect tribes tint lilt tho sky. T'nlto to swell tho choral song, Which the glad, echoing hills prolong! Hut not with 1oous sight or sound, Merely autumnal das abound; Thelis tho rich products of the soil, And luscious fruits and golden grain inspire the reapers' glad refrain! Frederick Saunders, In New York Sun, A Popular Case. Sweet Cupid sat on a messy bank, j With a tear In Ids round, blue ee, His wings who diaggled with silver dow, And his quh er mid bow Hung by, The but tei Hies canio fiom tho garden mar And pel chert on his dimple toes, And a honebeu sipped at his dimple dp, And thought It an opening lose, "Not an artuw went to Its mark today, 1 wasted them all," ho slchcrt. "My wings and my curls too well they know. So the men and tho maidens hide, Jlv mother must clip my pinions close, And must hi ild my looks of gold. And I'll honow the fiock of a damsel lull. Jlv toi-rnto limbs to fold." So now no mote In the flowery field Oi the woods whf ic the thrushes sing bo we hoar the pitter of naked feet, Or the sweep of nn airy wing, lie has stolen the gown of a pretty girl, And lnr hat with Its (hooping plume, And a cluster of vehcty inlets blue Prom his breast to hlicd perfume. Ho his donned her cll with its hor de red edge. And her glocs of tho palest gray, And hides his bow In her Huffy fan before he goes out to slay. Ho has i lipped his wings and braided n!s curls, but beware of his rouglsh ccs, I 'or sly lltln Cupid Is still tho bame, In splto of Ids new disguise. London bvenlng Sun. A Stolen Kiss. The hammock hung between tho trees, The maiden fair bay in It with her ojillds closed He saw her theie. With wildly beating heart he stolo lip to her side And softly to Ik r ripe, red lips His own ho applied, He kissed her kissed tho gentle maid, Ho fair, so sw ei t, And with n tumult In his breust beat a retreat. At length sho slowly straightened up, With open eyes; "Ho took hut one," t-he said and sighed A lot of sighs. Chicago Tlmcs-Hcralcl. Beneath tlie Veil. Thero Is a veil o'er evervthlns. And so we muillcd walk till iliuth, Unless soma heart shall sob or sing And lift it with a Midden breath. Then do wo son in lslen plain Tho radliinc'ci deslud and elear, And when the vol! his dropped again Wo walk but absent-minded here. Alice Archer Bound, In Harper's. GLINTS OP HUMOR. Too Eloquent for His Own Good. The Son It was rather hard of oit, father, not to send mo any money when 1 wits so much In Heed of it, Thu Pather it was iny deslro to send ou nmplo means Immediately, but It was such n pleasure to read )our letters nsk I nil for remittances ro finely worded, )ou know thai I could not denv myself tho satisfaction of having mole and more of them. boston Transcript. Lucky Escnpe. .TonesThey say Smith's three duigh ters nil got ingit,ed to foreign nobleman while ut the "sluue," and that Smith Is tickled to death about It. brown Yes; he's Jut found out that tlu are rill dry goods clerks, and self supporting. Judge. Very Cold. Hicks I understand that that new cold-storage eompiny is making n lot of money. You are In It on the ground lloor, nrin't vou? Wicks (mournfully No; they froze mo out. Somen Mo Journal. Missed His Vocation. Patient You should have gone Iritexthe at my, doctor. Doctoi Why so? Patient Judging bv the way vou chargo vonr friends jou would be able to coin pb tely unnlhllato an enemy. Chicago New s. Remnant Refreshment. "What do you think my boarders call bread-pudding?" "(loodness knows." "They end It 'rng-tlmo desert." "De troit Preo Press. The Lesser of Two Evils. Passenger (as tialn stops) Conductor, are those two men taking a straw otej Conductor No; it's n cuse of hold-up. They uru train lolibeis-. Passe nger Thank goodness! It Isn't as bad as I suspected Chicago News, The Difficult Shopper. Pirst Clerk What a tlresomo customer that woman Is! Second Clerk Yes; sho alwavs knows what she wants, and she won't take any thing else. Chicago Rccoid. Rightly Named. City Nephew Is that what you call a penknife? It looks more like a ma chete. Uncle Silas Wall, it's the ono I stick pigs with, an' if, that ain't n pen knife I don't know what is. St. Louis Globe Democnit. Just As Bad. "Saw" said tho Night Hclltor to the Special Writer, when tho latter enteted the otllco ufter three d n s In Canada, "did jou hear about your p irtner?" Tho face of the Special Writer paled. "No. what?" ho said. "Run oer by a stKot car?" "Nopo; married." Detroit Pree Press. Looks Like It. McSwntters I sco the Hrltlsh havo liooo mules In the Transvaal. MeSmltters Tho Peers evidently havo a kick coming. S.vraeuso Herald. NUBS OF KNOWLEDGE. KussIt iins made the metric sjstem of weights and measuies legil, but without prejudice to tho old si Mem. London is importing Ice fiom Norwi, The regular supply lias bee n exhausted be cause, of tho Intensu Iil it. Thirl) -two Herman school children died during the last school )c.ir fiom the ef fects of cm petal punishment. Out of l.'l law htudtnts tailed to tho London bar In one day not long ngo, nineteen have Oriental names. Japan has established at Yokohama an Impeilil commercial museum, modeled afler tho one In Philadelphia. Japan ha i a new lighthouse made of bamboo, which Is s,(,i to iesst tho waves better than nnj kind of wood. To the academic cltj of Edinburgh is accorded the distinction of having tho largist tallway station in Great lirltain. Atlios, a small town on tho coast or Maccdonli, may not Inaptly bo termed "The Hachebirs' Paradise," as no woman Is to bo sien iinvwhero In the place. Itussla now has about L'l.OuO miles of railway line. Including the gieat exten sion in Slbeila. Half of thi gieat mile age has been added during thu past eight e ars. Tho British board of tiacle reports that 3.U4W English workmen ncelved an In crease of wages dining July, tho aver aged advance being C'4 penco per head per week. Nuremberg, Germany, has an electrical and optical works, which employ over J.eXiO men, besides a large sclentlllo staff, and which In 1M7 executed orders aggre gating i:i,000,000. Tho art of self defense Is inculcated enilv among some of the wilder tilbes of tho Caucasus, who instruct their chil dren as soon us they can walk In the Use) of tho el.lfcger. The convcson of tho flintiest, rough est limestone' Into soft, white wool is one of tho wonders of the century widen will shortly appear In a piactical way to tho m mufactuier. The only tea gardens In tho United States are at Piuchuitit, S. C. Dr. Shep ard's estate compilrcs about TOO acres, ot which between CO and lvO actes ate now planted to tea. Wcs,t Virginia has become the llrst state for oil and lumber, the second foi coke, and thlid lor coal. It has thirty sl rallrcnds piojieted, light of which are under loiislrrottou. Two German socle ties the Landwliths Geselschaft and the Veil hi eler JCuckei Industrie have combined to offer n pilo of JJ.'ino for tho Invention of a. machine for harvesting beets. Ten )onrs ago !i,000,001 bunches of ba nanas would satisfy tho Aineihnn de mand for tho f 1 ult, but last jear the twenty or moio Impoiteis of banan is sold as many ns lGOnOiieiii bunches The Intiodue tlun of Mower growing as an Industry In Southern New Jeisey Is being seriously innsldeied, and In con nection with bulb glowing, some lands being especially fitted for tho combina tion. Havarla bears tho prize for beer drink ing, tho )eaily aveiago for eaeh man, woman nml child being 2"5G llties. liol gluro comes net with K2 lltns, then Great IJiltnln with If; the average for the United States Is 47 llties a eat. It Is estimated tint them nie 11,000,000 cows In tho United States devoted to butter-mnking, and that their aveiage j Ic lei Is JJ'i pounds nf butter a )ear, or o total of 1,373,000,000 pounds, or about IS pounds for each one ot tho population of tho country. The fecundity of microbes Is prodigious, so much so that If fifteen drops of water polluted with bacteria nie allowed to fnll Into a cup of broth tho germ population would have Increased in twenty-four hours to so.ooo.ooo. LMther Keller LIHE, CEMENT, SEWER PIPE, Etc. lard nndOinoj West Lackawanna Ave,, SCRANTON, PA. Mercareae iMiel No, 130 Wyomtag Avenue. Our Thkty-Iourth Year. A GRAND Clhiristma Display Fiee Diamonds, Rich Jewelry, Stomie Riog'So 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 3s perfect. OFFBOE FUMTM Roll Top Desks, Flat Top Desks, Standing Desks, Typewriter Desks, And Office Chairs A Large Stock to Select 'from. Hill & Coeraell 121 N. Washington Ave, AhWAl.S HUY, rs. . Ji - I i r-.fiX L-.0 1122 rB'.n:-,--s7 si- rasEis IHHIT7T "7-'rpri'L5 iirF DIM TilP LAUGHS r Ht'IlIIKR AND Wll iUr UJAT.iKIt SHOE HOUSL, Lewis. Rellly & Davles, 114-UG Wyoming Avenue. The Hunt & Coniniell Co, Heating, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Electric Light Wiring, Gas an Electric Fixtures, Builders Hardware. 04 Lackawanna Avenue C;w Cn""-;c'i',fc M',-- r- I -I S: o o o BARGAINS IN EYaYIiiING, Heating Stoves, Ranges, Fmirnaces, Plumbing and GUNSTa k F0ESYTM, 125-327 PENN AVENUD. HENRY BELIN, JR., Oeuorul Agent for ttis Wyomlu LMatrlctfj.- Wining, BlastlnaSporttne. SinolielMi kiicl ilia Kcpuuua (Juoinlci. Co npauy'4 JEM EXPLOSIVES. kufety iic Cup nnd i;plo4ar. ltoom 401 Council lUlldtUj. ScrauUu. AUHNUIK1 THOS. rOTiD, - - Plttston JOHN V. SMITH & SON. - Plymouth V. E MULLIGAN. - Wllkes-Berre J-- ifflflii luroiTPi P01BEB. If A'OJJLryns- 1 'AVjmj fir 1 i , i f vf . 1 1 T? l t1 I II S X ' A druRKlst in Svracuse, N. V., sayb that Kipans Tabules are especially rlubt (or curln;: h ibituat constipation, and bicifi that that point ought to be brought out conspicuously in all the advertisements of this remedy, lie sells Kipans Tdbules to many theatrical folks and to tiaveling men, his store being located near the Hotel Candee, where most of these people stop. Among his customers is a local life insu rance agent, who had been in the habit of buying some kind of pill for his wife, with unsatisfactory tesults, till the druggist recommended the Tubules, Upon being ap pealed to for her opinion uf Kipans Tabule, the agent's wife said: "I hae used thero with good success iu indigestion and constipation, and can highly recommend them." In." .trip luirkrt rnntjilulnL' Tvxuirix Tinicu LC.irr 1111 rivi iini Tnl Ium prli t il hoc 1 1. SS rciJ uiuuii.irrtii uu itd uy lunu Iiv miiuiii loriy nmcvnii io int KI14XB CAWCAb 1 0 btnet, .Sew I urW-ur u hiii.-Io .m tea IUN Ttiii luj .ill be wt (or Bve eeult. NLEY'S BI. (d, Will claim particular at tention during the first week of Janmiary, 1900 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 th Lowest Prices! Cotton To the Finest made, and with zero weath er this sale ought to be inter esting. We still have a few Extra Fine Silk Covered Down Quoits Which we now offer at from $3.00 to $4.00 below actual value our reason bs ing we never carry this line of goods over. Best value ofiered iu everyday Cotifort ables, of fine selected cotton, from One Dollar up. SlOand 512 LACKAWANNA AVENUE iceisir 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. Q .": -t v WT TZ. A && Iris paper carton (1tJiout cta.r) U now forttltat MM ent mini for ettc Hnr Hnl th irnnnmlivl (He dogma lets lanes ,- l 1703 I a 'II r T, v " -H ?. 1 un-m P i ss llu,u- IrniW I CANDLE "