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LIVE NEWS OF THE
INDUSTRIAL WORLD
REVIEW OF CHANGES MADE ON
THE LACKAWANNA.
What Has Been Done During the
Year In the Way of Organising the
Road in Accordance with Moderra
Ideas Make-up of the D., L. & W.
'Board for Today Experiment Le
high Valley Is Making with, a
View to Using Wires for Tele
graphing and Telephoning.
"The supproedlnR of an ohl-fnshloneJ
railway management with it thorough
ly modern and "up-to-date ulnft has
never been conducted under more
striking results than on the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western. Railroad
managers, commuters and Investors
have watched with unusual Interest
for the tangible results which were
promised from recent sweeping changes
In office force and executive methods,"
say the New York livening Post,
"Last week's statement of earnings,
presently to be supplemented by more
complete details of the annual report,
will partly, though not wholly, satisfy
this curiosity.
"The figures for the year make a re
markable showing of profits, the bal
ances over fixed charges being In ex
cess of IS per cent, on the capital
stock, as against a little over il per
cent. In 1S9S. As the gross railroad
earnings were reported as decreasing
by $843,000 the enhancement In net
earning power is attributable to re
ductions In the expense and to gains
In the revenue other than from trans
portation, chiefly the Improvement In
the"1 coal department returns, which
were JflOLOOO, 'against a deficit of $1,
726.100 In 1898. The showing as to sav
ings effected In the operation of the
tallroad Is quite exceptional, being $2,
025,000 In transportation alone. This,
moreover, haB occurred despite a mate
llally enlarged volume of traffic car
lled, the Increase in the coal business
being 62?i million tons carried per
mile, or C.73 per cent, A saving of over
J2.000.000 was an Impressive result of
the working out of the plans for the
new management for the lehabilltatlon
of the property.
CHANGE OK METHODS.
"But the apparent significance when
only the figures were at hand, w 1th-out-
any explanation as to the means
by which the results were brought
about, will be a good deal altered by
the explanatory text of the full re
port. A good part of the apparent le
ductlons in expenses are assigned by
President Truesdale to changes In the
methods of accounting. The compari
sons of earnings are also effected in
the same way. Thus, one of the seem
ingly noteworthy features of the re
port, a decrease of nearly half a mil
lion dollars in receipts for transporta
tion of coal, despite a laiger amount
carried. Is, as has been alieady pointed
out, attributable to the fact that credit
was taken in other years for earnings
on coal carried for the company's own
use.
"One of the largest decreases In the
expense account, the cost of locomo
tive fuel, Is not so much due to a
change in operating methods as It Is
to change In plan of charging for ths
coal consumed by the company's en
gines. Some general idea of the por
tion of the saving attributable to this
change, and the proportion brought
about by the readadjustment and le
ductlon of the train mileage, as related
to the traffic, might bo anlved at If
comparisons of the train statistics
were possible. These figures, however.
aie now given for the first time In
the company's annual repoits. No
comparisons are made, because as the
present officials find it necessary to
state in a foot-note to the statistics,
the train mileage and traln-mlle earn
ings prior to July 1, 1899, were Incom
plete and Inaccurate, huch a state
ment is a sufficient commentary on the
manner In which thlB part of the com
pany's affairs were conducted.
AFFECT THE PAT HOT.L.
"Lack of such comparisons ls,unfor
tunate, not only because these ar
rangements directly affect the pay-roll
of engine and trainmen, and the re
vision of this pay-roll account has been
one of the large problems undertaken
by the new management, Engine and
trainmen are usually paid a specified
sum for each mile run by these trains;
that system has been put Into force
on the Lackawanna In recent months,
but formerly these employes were paid
by the month and the Sunday suspen
sion of traffic gave many of them :i
weekly holiday. Change from this plan
to the mileage basis may not have
brought a reduction In the aggregate
expenditures for such labor, but it has
brought about a considerable direct
economy, nevertheless, In that a very
much larger amount of wotk Is now
being done for the same expendltuie
of wages. In other depaitments of the
company's service It has been possible
to effect considerable economies In th
cost of labor by the reduction of too
large forces. The full results of this,
however, will bu a matter of the
future,
"The changes In this company's in
turae account in the past year, theie
fore, favorable and creditable ns they
,ira to the policy of the new manage
ment, are modified in significance by
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special circumstances and new methods
of doing business to meet the present
day requirements, demands time to
develop Its full effect. Changes must
be gradually Introduced, and a year
Is a short time In working out such a
problem. Other New Tork roads have
had to undergo In late years, tn more
or less degree, the Infusion of new
Ideas and new methods In their oper
ating methods, notably the Long Isl
and and New York Central: but In
each case the full result of the econo
mies brought about did not become
noticeable until the first year under
the new' methods. This consideration
makes the savings reported In the Del
awaie, Lackawanna and Western's
preliminary annual report, over $2,000,
000 In the railroad service, and appar
ently ns much or more In the coal de
partment, seem specially noteworthy.
PAVINOH MADE.
"It may be mentioned, for Instance,
that the savings which are relative
but not direct, aimed nt In the chang
ing the basis of computing wages for
engine and train men, though In force'
several months, can only recently have
appeared on the books. The loading of
engines by capacity, Instead of by
number of cars. Is only beginning to
show the Improvement expected. A
new ticket system has contributed to
Increase the passenger revenues, and
such Instances of the reforms being
worked out might be multiplied.
"The first need of the company has
been, perhaps, heavy new locomotives,
and orders for a large number were
placed last year; yet when delivered
they can only be used on certain por
tions of the system, pending the
stiengthenlng of the roadway and of
the bridges nn other sections. The
teal meaning of the change In Lacka
wanna's management should, there
fore, nppear In the present year's re
sults to a more noticeable extent than
In those of 189!."
D., L. & W. Board for Today.
Following is the make-up of the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
boaid for today:
Friday, March 2, 1900.
WILD CATS, SOUTH.
1 a. in. H. McAllister, with A. J. Mc
Donnell's men.
" n. m. J, Dcvine.
4.30 a. m.-a. IIIll.
6 ii. m. B. Van Vlelt.
S u. m. U. Van Flelt.
10 a. m. A. O. Hammltt, with James Gn-
h.ignn's men.
1 p. m. II. Ulsblng, with F. E. Bccor's
men.
2 t. m. n. Bennett.
3.&I p. m. J. Moler, with C. Bartholo
mew's men.
I.4' p. m. James McCann.
4.4"i ji. in. O. C.ik', with H. T. Fellows'
men.
SUMMITS.
fi.43 a. m.. north O. Frounfelker.
Id a. m.. south McLane, with Warrick's
men.
1 p. m south II. Bush.
PULLER.
10 a, m. Pccklns.
PUSHERS. "
S n. m., south Hnuscr.
11.30 a. m.. south M. Moral,.
7 p. in., soutru-M, Murphy.
10 p. m., south C. Cawley.
PASSENGER ENGINE.
CM p. m. M. Magovern.
WILD CATS. NORTH.
! ii. m., 2 engines T. Fltzpatrlek.
1 p. in., 2 engines It. Cntner.
5 p. m 2 engines J. E. Masters.
Tills and That.
P. H. Mongan, who has been fore
man Ht the A. D. & F. M. Spencer
mine, at Dunmore, for twenty-flv.
years, has resigned his position and
the resignation went into effect yes
terday. He retires from active life.
Thomas F. Carroll, who has been a
clerk in Superintendent Salisbury's of
fice at the Lackawanna avenue sta
tion, has bfon promoted to the posi
tion of coal billing clerk at Clark's
Summit. The appointment took effect
yesterday.
The Lehigh telegraph department Is
trying out a new system, and, if suc
cessful, there wilt be direct communi
cation by telegraph and telephone be
tween Bethlehem nnd the main office
tn New York over the same wires. The
lesult Is awaited with much interest,
as it Is a theory often suggested, but
has never been tested by actual prac
tice. If successful it will save thous
ands of dollar.s for the company. Two
wires will be used, running along on
the same poles, nnd at each terminal
a transportation Is made from one wire
to the other, so as to kill the induction.
WILKES-BABBE'S POSTMASTER.
Was Chairman of Republican County
Committee Last Fall.
Byion G. Hahn, who has been named
for postmaster of Wllkes-Barre, to
succeed Acting Postmaster D. A, Fell,
was chairman of the Republican coun
ty committee In Luzerne last fall.
When Mr. Hahn fiist applied for tho
postmastershlp he was not u icsldent
of Wllkes-Ilane and his opponents
urged this as a icason why his name
should not be considered. Mr. Hahn
promptly oveicame this objection by
taking up his residence In the cltv.
Mr. Halm's success was not achieved
without a hard struggle. Opposed to
him wen the respective forces of
Geoige J, Llewellyn, C. IS. Metzgar and
James Bowman, each of whom sent
delegates to Washington.
D. A. Fell, who has been nctlng
postmaster since the icmoval of E. V.
Bogait. has given genetal satisfaction,
and It was believed until quite recently
that he would not be disturbed. But
when Mr. Fell announced that he did
not want to jeopardize his law practice
by lemuinlng In office, the scramble
for the place commenced In earnest,
with Hahn finally winning out.
Bryon G. Halm is the son of United
States Commissioner Gustavo Hahn,
nnd was born In Wllkes-Barre In 1863.
He attended the grammar schools and
Harry Hlllman academy. Graduating
fiom the later he entered Lafayette
college and graduated with the class
of 1890. Ho then entered the office of
H. A. Fuller, under whom he studied
law. He was admitted to tho bar In
March. 1893. and has since practiced
that profession. Pievlous to his ap
pointment he was stamp deputy under
Internal Tleenu Collector Penman.
The Best of All.
Of the many pretty calendais for
190U. the "LITTLE SWEETHEARTS"
ART CALENDAR Is the best for the
home. Its bright, pretty children's
faces will cheer and gladden any
household. There are six beautiful
groups, in wnter-color designs, by Fran
ces Brundage, the famous painter of
children, bound together at ton with
silk ribbon, making a most artistic
collection, This calendar Is sent free
to all subscribers to Frank Leslie's
HopuJar Monthly for 1900, together
with the November and December
numbers, 1899, or the January and
February issues. 1500. FKANK LES
LIE PUBLISHING HOUSE, 141-143
Fifth ave., N. Y.
MR. SCRAN fON'S SIDE
OF LIGHT QUESTION
POSITION WITH REFERENCE TO
CITT COHTKACT.
Electric City Light, Heat and Power
Company Has Not Made an Appli
cation for a Charter and He Does
Not Bee How a Corporation Which
Does Not Exist Can Make a legal
Bid Treatment the City, Has Re
ceived from His Company Has Al
ways, Been Considerate.
The following statement has been
made public by W, W. Scrnnton, presi
dent of the Scranton Electric Light and
Heat company:
So many absurd und contradictor'
rumors arc afloat concerning the bid of
this company In response to the city's
advertisement for a ten year street
lighting contract that I ask leave to
state our position.
First Wo hold that, ample time hav
ing been given by the city for responses
to Its advertisement, and two bids only
having been received, the city Is bound.
In ordinary commercial decency, to ac
cept one or the other of those bids. If
one of those bids comes from a com
pany, which at tho time did not exist
and never had existed, that bid should
be thrown out. Inquiry of Mr. W. W.
Grlest. secretary of the commonwealth,
shows that as late as yesterday no
charter hud ever been granted to tho
so-called "Electric City Light, Heat and
Power company," nor was there appli
cation for any such charter on file. Ex
actly how a corporation which does not
exist can make a legal bid I do not
see. For that reason, If for no other,
the contract should be given to the only
responsible company bidding; that is
to say, to tho Scranton Electric Light
and Heat company.
Second Outside of the above consid
eration, we believe that a plain recital
of facts concerning our company will
convince any fair man that It Is to the
Interest of the city to accept our bid.
In 1887 the city, desiring Its streets
lighted by electricity but not having
the money to build the necessary plant,
the city authorities, as well ns promi
nent citizens of that day, united In urg
ing the interests represented in the Gas
and Water company to take up the
work, If not for profit, yet as a matter
of public spirit and city pride. In that
spirit alone we went Into the matter.
While we never expected to make much
money by It, we did expect, and thought
we were justniea in expecting, rair
treatment.
PUBLIC WAS PLEASED.
When the work was done and the city
lighted, tho public of that day was
pleased and the compliments and praise
we received were endless, and, In spite
of all that has been said, our service
today Is equally good. We spent over
$300,000 In bulldlnr a plant of the most
substantial character, and. having, In
what was perhaps a spirit of quixotism,
resolved to show that a city could be
served by a private company more
cheaply than it could be by Itself, we
charged only the actual cost of light
ing, or twenty-five cents a light per
night, at a time when other companies
were getting forty, fifty and even
seventy-five cents and more a light.
In March, 1S94. feeling we had done
all that could be reasonably asked of
us, we offered the plant to the city at
less than cost, an offer, by the way,
which never had even the poorihonor
of consideration by the councils. Later,
as costs diminished, we voluntarily re
duced our rates from twenty-five cents
to twenty-thiee cents, to twenty-two
cents, and finally to twenty cents. Dur
ing the twelve years since starting, th
company has never paid a dividend,
and the city has had Its lights at, prac
tically, cost. I have no hesitation In
saying that If there ever was an In
stance In which the public has been
faithfully, honestly and economically
served. It has been so. by us.
For the last two weeks the Scran
tonlan has devoted Itself to attacking
us. It has ransucked the country from
Maine to California for instances of
cluap lighting. Yet out of 172 private
companies. It can only instance four
teen, of equal candle power and run
ning all night ns we do, whose prices
are any lqwer than ours. Some an;
nearly double, and the average, even
Including those run only till midnight,
or even by moonlight schedule. Is far
above ours.
The real truth Is that, so far as we
arc concerned, there Is not enough
profit In a twenty cent contract to In
sure us against the damages Incident
to a live wire accident. Does all this
look as though we had been trying to
"rob" the city? Yet tho new contract
Is more exacting than the old. At pres
ent, if a light goes out, we are docked
only the time It is out. But. under the
proposed new contract, if, by any
trifling accident at the works, such as
a hot crank pin, one, two or three cir
cuits of sixty lights each go out for a
moment, the contractor Is to lose the
pi ice of all those lamps for the entire
night.
NUMBER OF CITY LAMPS.
Out of our S00 lamps, 07 are city
street lights. Of the $300,000 which our
Plant has cost, more than two-thirds
has been spent for the city, at the
solicitation of the city, for city service.
In view of all these facts, 1 ask every
fair-minded man whether it is equit
able in the city, by i ejecting our bid,
to put us to a loss of over $200,000, thus
virtually ruining u plant built express
ly to serve the city. We have always
treated the city fairly, we have given
It honest nnd low priced service; we
have voluntarily reduced prices again
and ncaln. and we defy any man to
name an instance in which we have
treated the city In a petty or picayune
spirit. I think we are entitled to fair
treatment in return. We want nothing
but what is right and for the city's
Interest, and we ask no councilman to
vote for our bid unless he honestly
thinks It for tho cltv's interest. If,
however, any councilman thinks It for
the future Interest of Scranton to de
stroy on Industry which the city Itself
c;alled Into being, or that such confis
cating action will make It easier for
the city to obtain future contracts at
low urlces, then let him vote against
us. The time will quickly come when
he, and the city also, will have cauFe
to regret his vote.
I have been asked to explain our
"threat" to shut off the city lights In
case our bid was not accepted. We
have made no such threat nor any
other threat. Wo have merely alluded
to the well-known fact that, having
had no contract with the city for sev
eral years, we have simply been sup
plying the city by the year at prices
named. This year ends March 31. If,
after having named a price at which
we will supply the city with light, In
response to tho city's advertisement,
the city rejects our offer and gives Its
work to another concern, It Is difficult
to see how, after our year has expired,
we are In any way bound to furnish
lights further. To suppose any such
nonsense would be to assume that, In
case we should iceelve an offer for st
much of our plant as was not -needed
for commercial purposes, and the buyer
Tonight
Just before retiring, If your, liver Is
luggim, out 01 tune ana you teei auu,
i bilious, constipated, take a dose of
Hood' Plllm
" And you'll be all right In the morning.
should want to remove his purchase,
we could not let It go, but must con
tinue to supply the city lights and lose
our sale.
W. W, Scranton, President.
Scranton Electric Light nnd Heat
company.
ARCHITECT EXPECTED.
He Will Confer with the Park
Commissioners,
Architect Edgerton,. of Philadelphia,
who drew the plans for ,th Improve
ments to be made In Nay Aug park, Is
expected to arrive In this city the .be
ginning' of next week, and will have a
conference with the park commission
ers regarding the work to bo done there
this spring. '
Commissioner Bedford staled, in con
versatlftn 'with 'a Tribune man yester
day, that th'c first thing which would
be done would be the Improvement of
rfhc park at- the southerly end, near
where the menagerie Is now located. It
has not yet been decided whether or
not tho swimming pool will be built at
once, though many are qf the opinion
that It Is the most necessary Improve
ment. CHIEF WALKER'S REPORT
It Tells of the Condition of the De
partment When He Assumed
Chtrge and It3 Netdj.
Chief Walker's first annual leport
was read last evening In select council
and, though rather long, Is Interesting
throughout.
In beginning his report ti chief re
fers to what he terms "the deplorable
condition of the department" when he
came into office, the apparatus going
to decay, harness going to pieces, etc.,
and states that he has been able to
repair this condition of affairs to a
certain extent.
After giving In detail the organiza
tion of the department, etc., the chief
takes up the question of hose, pointing
out that to the hose more than on
almost anything else depends the suc
cess of any fire department. There
l now, according to the renort, VMM
feet of good hose In the city and near
ly 3,000 feet of bad hose.
The chief advocates the 'erection of
more drying towers and says that
"hose can be made to last lust twice
an long If It Is properly wash? 1 nnd
dried." There Is now 2.500 feet of good
hose In the central cltv. wlic or.
June 1, 1899, there was only 'OJ feet
The report gives a detailed account
of the extensive repairs male to Hie
various hose and engine houses dur
ing the year, after which refymci! t
made to the large number of new hy
drants placed during the yen. Re
ferring to the permanent men, tlu, chief
says the discipline among thm was
very good, except in a few Instances.
He advocates the furtherance of sonic
legislation that will give the paid men
of the department one day ofj out of
every ten. that they may mlnr'o with
their families. He also broach i the
subject of more remuneration for them.
The number of alarms rospon 'cd to
during the year was as follows: Bell
alarms. C9: second alarms. 10: third
nlnMH.H ft. MnnMH, n1....M ft, n,llt'
riittiuwi, Ktruuim umiiiin. ., nun
alarms, 3S; false alarms, 5; test alarms,
4: 'total number of alarms, 230.
The loss to property destroyed by fire
was $193,619.06 and on this there was
$1,230,4.10 of Insurance.
The following list of the various
causes of fires, which Is contained In
the list, Is specially Interesting:
Crossed wire, 1: curtain coming In con
tact with lighted gas, 2: rubbish, 10:
Incendiary, 4; overheated stove. 14;
electric whes. 13; defective flue 33; ex
plosion of oil stove, 1: manure pile, 1;
carelessly throwing lighted matches, 1;
unknown, 81: thawing frozen pipes, 2;
smouldering ruins, 4; careless plumber,
1: conflagrations, 2; gas explosion, 1;
children handling matches, D; lamp
explosion, 9; escaping gas, 4: hot ashes,
4; spark from locomotive, 4; lamp up
setting, 1: fireworks, 3: lightning, 2:
burning tar, 1: overheated furnace, 1:
spontaneous combustion, 2; hot grease
upsetting, 1: burning candle, 1.
In tho lino of recommendations the
chief suggests first that an ordinance
be passed compelling the owners of
buildings over four stories high to put
In a stand pipe at least four inches
thick In such buildings with an open
ing on every floor. In recommending
the purchase of the new hook and lad
der truck, which the estimates commit
tee chopped out, the chief refers to the
fact that the present truck Is not only
unsafe, but entirely Inadequate, the
longest ladder being only 63 feet long.
It could be repaired and remodelled,
he says, for not less than $2,400, where
as a new truck will cost only $4,000.
He lecommends the cutting down of
the present truck and Its removal to
North Scranton. providing the new
one Is purchased. Ho states, that the
following pieces of apparatus must be
repalied Immediately: Eagles, Frank
lins, Liberty, Cumberlands and Wil
liam Connell's.
In conclusion the chief calls the at
tention of the councils to the necessity
of purchasing the fire alarm system
now In operation.
FALLING
HAIR
RESTORED
by warm shampoos with Conceal Soap, foi
lowed by light drenlngs with Cdticvbi, pay.
est of emouientssnd greatest of skin cures.
This treatment wm clear the scalp and hair
?.L,.?.?e,M ,na dandruff, sootbs Int.
tated, itching surface, sttaulatt tbe halt
follicles, supply the roots with nersy sad
nourishment, sod prodoos luxuriant lustrous
salt with clean, wholesome scalp.
The Dickson Manufacturing Go,
kcrsuton nod WUkevBarre, Pa,
Manufaoiureri of
LOCOMOTIVES, STATIONARY ENGINES
Belltr. Helstlng and Pumping Machinery.
General Office, Scranton, Pa,
T
ITl WENT UK Mil
may t Mcored by
our aid. AddreM,
THC PATENT MCWIB,
Contioljvallace
Friday, March 2, 1900,
Store News of Importance
A Cotton Dress Goods Paradox.
Cotton prices ara advancing sharply. Almost every day a notice comes
of "No more goods at old prices." As to Cotton- Dress Goods, however, we ,
can answer almost in the same, but to announce a reduction, not au increase,
For advancing prices have no terrors for us our contracts are made. Be
sides, au advancing season counteracts some of the trade conditions, and to
stores wi h power come opportunities like these :
At 5c yard, regularly Sc, Everett Clas
sic Dress Ginghams in a large variety of
neat checks aud stripes: colors fast.
At 7c yard, regularly 10c, Printed
Dimities in stripes and designs on various
colored grouuds.
At Sc yard, regularly 10c, Checked and
Plaid India Linous in white. The cloth is
fine and strong, the patterns clear and
bright.
At 14c ya:d. or $1. Jo for a piece of 12
yards, our Famous Imperial Long Cloth in
the fine smooth chamois finish, unequalled
for fine sewing,
At 12 YzCy regularly 15c, Fine Printed
Dimities in ' a great varieties of stripes,
figures and floral designs. Copies of Bel
fast goods at half their cost.
CONNOLLY & WALLACE,
$13 SHOUT Hi
DELIGHTFUL
TRIPS
of two to five days' duration, are offered
by tho
OLD D0RI1NI0N LINE
to such well-known historic points as
Norfolk
Old Point Comfort
Richmond
Washington
at the above prices.
Favorite Routii from the North and East
to tho Winter Resorts of Virginia and
North Carolina.
For full information apply to
OLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP CO
Pier 26, North Blver, Wow York.
H. B. Walker, Traffic Manager.
J. J. Brown, Oen. Pass, Agt.
Lager
Beer
Brewery
Manufacture?.? ar
OLD STOCK
PILSNER
435 to 405
N. Ninth Street,
.PA
Telephom Call, 2333.
MOUNT PLEASAMT GOAL
At Retail.
Coal of the beet quality for Comestle
ui and of alt elzei, Including Buckwheat
and Blrdteye, delivered In any part of
the cltv. at the lowest price.
Orders receded at the otnee. Connoll
building. Room S03; telephone No. 17, or
at the mine, telephone No. 2R, will, lie
promptly attended to. Dealers supplied
at the mine.
1 MOUNT PLEASANT COAL CO
SCRANTON'S SHOPPING CENTER.
now you II tind it'll pay.
SriYRNA RUGS q it. x 1 2 ft., reversible and all wool, $25.00,
worth $35.00. HAND-HADE TOKIO RUQS 9x12 ft., $i5.oo, worth
$22.50. Complete line, all grades and sizes.
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Williams & McAnulty, b
THIRD NATIONAL BANK
OF SCRANTON
DEPOSITARY OF
THE UNITED STATES.
Capital 8200,000
surplus 45O.000
WM. CONNELL, President.
HENRY BELIN, Jr., VlccPrci.
WILLIAM H. PECK, Caiblir.
&
DR. DENSTEN
311 Spru39 St,
Ttoplj Court Building,
SCRANTON, PA.
All acute and chronic. diseases of men.
women and children. CHHON1C. NERV.
GUS. HRAIN AND WASTINO D13KAS
ES A SPECIALTY. All dlMasei of the
Liver. Kidneys, Bladder, Bkln, Blood,
Nerves, Womb, Eye, F.ar. Nose. Throul,
and Luiibs, Cancers, Tumors, Piles,
Rupture, Goitre, Rheumatism. Asthma,
Catarrh, Varlococcle. Lost Manhood,
Nightly Emissions, all Female Diseases,
Leucorrhoca, etc. Gonorrhea. Sjphilln.
Blood Poison. Indiscretion and youthful
habits obliterated. Surgery. Fits, Epl
lepsy.'Tape nnd Stomach Worms. UA
TARRHOZONK. PpccKto for Catarrh.
Three months' treatment only J5.00. Trial
free In omc. Consultation nnd examl.
nations free, Ofilce hours dally und
Sunday, I a. m. to 9 p. m.
DR. DENSTEN
At 8c, regularly 10c, Good Heavy
Fleeced Outing Flannels in an unlimited
assortment of neat stripes aud checks in
the strong fast colors.
At ioc yard, Bates' Seersuckers Fine
Domestic Ginghams, an elaborate assort
ment of styles aud the best of the present
season's production.
At si2c, regulai-ly 20c, Victoria
Lawns, 40 inches wide, in short lengths of
from 1 yard to 5 yards; very special value.
At ioc yard, regularly 14c, Famous
New York Mills Bleached Muslin, in con
venient small pieces of from 5 yards to 20,
sold only by the piece.
At 18c, regularly 25c, Printed French
Percales, 36 in. in width. The cloth is very
fine, the patterns neat, the colors fast.
127 and 129
WASHINGTON AVENUE
RUG BUYING
The universal master the buying
public have confidence in what we
advertise. So have others the com
mon sense wealthy, who have inher
ited the principles of frugality along
with their money. Nearly a quarter
of a century's business experience en
ables us to know the wants of the
people and we never violate the con
tidence imposed in us. These rug
values cannot be duplicated when
present stocks are exhausted. Buy
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