THE SCRANTON TMBUNE-TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1900.
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SCKANTON, MAY 8, 1900.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
CHARLES EMORY SMITH,
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
State.
Coni!lcincii at-Lnrco (lAM'IIA A. IIKOW.
nmii.i:i it. i'oKiini:i.i:i!.
Amlltor (Jororal-i:. 11. ll.Ullil'.Mliatflll.
Legislative.
t'ir-,t Dialrlit THOMAS ,1. HKYSOI.fK
Sertiml DMrlil .IOIIV St'lHTCil, JR.
Ihlnl District-KIIW Mil) JAMI'S, Jfl.
Fouith Dlstilil ! A. IMIIItllN.
Hy hist published opinions on the
Philippine' situation, cx-Vleu Consul
fieluln Wllelinnn, of How? Kuiir, Is In
it fair way of keeping pace with hla
nniiie.
Paying the Piper.
IV IOWA, as In Pennsylvania, there
Is a law which provides that the
dependents of a man addicted to
Intoxlcutlon can recover from
the liquor dealer who sells to that man
any damage which can be proved to
have lesulted from the sale. A case
Is point has Just been decided as
Sioux City.
Mis. Ivoulso Fulvte sued John Jlun
derscheid and John Arensdoif because
they hold her husband liquor which
caused him to become Intoxicated, in
this condition he lay outdoors one
winter night and became so badly
frozen that amputation of a hand was
necesbary. Mrs. Kalvre has been
awarded $6,000 damuges.
In morals this law Is certainly
sound. Kvery other business man is
responsible In damages for the havoc
which his business creates. If a steam
railroad or street railway company
kills or maims a man thtough Its negli
gence It has to pay compensation. AVhy
not apply the same principle to the
tralllc In Intoxicants,?
The mlddlo-of-the-ioad and side
path Populists seem In danger of ex
hausting their stieugth upon each
other long befote the tegular campaign
opens.
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KINDS of rumors have
been set afloat by the Penn-
fanla Railroad com
pany's purchase of a con
tiolllng Inteiest in Long Island rall
toad. One of the most Interesting Is
that the purchase Is a step In the real
ization of the late Austin Corbin's plan
to make Montauk Point the American
terminus of a four-day trans-Atlantic
line of steamers.
The Coibln plan was to double track
the Long Island road und so Improve
Its facilities that passengers could bo
can led from New York city to Mon
tauk Point In three hours. It was his
Idea to construct a tunnel from the
Flatbush avenue station in Brooklyn
under Kast liver to the foot of Cort
land street and another tunnel from
Atlantic avenue. Brooklyn, to Cowling
Green, thence under the North river
to the Pennsylvania station In Jersey
City. The establishment of steamship
pleis at Montauk Point would do awny
with the deluys attending the steam
ship nin from the eastetly end of
Long Island to Sandy Hook and
through the Intricate channel to the
upper bay. Mr. Corbln llgured that
by these means the time of the jour
ney fiom New York to Southampton
could bo reduced almost to four days.
No confirmation of this rumor has
been obtained; but It Is legatded as
an Intesestlng fact that the Pennsyl
vania llallroftd company Is hugely In
terested In the Ameilcan line of
steamships controlled by the Interna
tional Steamship company, whose
piesluent, Mr. Grlscom, Is a Pennsyl
anla company dlteetor.
Hev. Dr. Hertz furnishes more tes
timony to sustain the theory that pro
Boer sentiment can be best cultivated
at a distance from the scene of action.
Traveling Free Libraries.
A DISPATCH from Harrlsbuig
announces the organization
of the Free Library commis
sion recently appointed by
"v. Inventor Stone under the net of 1899.
Senator Magee Its president, John
TlmHnri treasurer, and Dr. Ueed, the
slAe librarian, Is beciotuiy. Messis.
Tjslomson and Heed, In conjunction
with W. M. Stevenson, of the Alle
gheny Cainegle library, ure to frame
regulations and select bookK for ttavel
Ing libraries; while W. N. Frew of the
Allegheny Carnegie library, and Henry
Belln, Jr., of this city, aru to draft a
general library law calculated to de
velop the Intent nnd scope of the work
contemplated In the act creating the
commission.
Dr. Ueed explains that for the pren.
ent the traveling llbiarles which ate to
bo Instituted will ba supported by the
vqluntary contributions of benevolent
gentlemen In different parts of tho
state, the hope being that In the near
future a reasonable apptoprlatlou may
be made by tho etate for tho enlarge
ment and maintenance of the work.
"Tho plan," ho says, "will be to send
books In boxes, each containing fiom
60 to 100 volumes, directed to the care
of reputable taxpayers In sections of
the statu where libraries 4o not exist.
It Is hoped that In the near future hun
dreds of theso libraries will bo placed
In circulation to the great good of peo
ple residing In sections of tho state re
mote from centres of population and
destitute of library facilities, it Is be-
llcved that many thou.inndK of tlollam
may be secured from eorpointlons hav
ing large; numberfl of men In their em
ploy and other gentlemen Interested In
promoting the Intellectual life of the
peoplo of the commonwealth, thus sup
plementing In a most advantageous
way any provision which may bo made
In the future by the leglslatinc of the
state."
It would icquliu comparatively small
contributions of money or books from
each friend of education In the com
monwealth to carry library facilities to
every remote locality. Ah a matter of
public profit the legislature should set
aside at Its next session a generous
sum for the put pose of perfecting and
extending the mechanism of this work;
but It will ulway be desirable to have
liberal private eo-opcratlon. In few
ways can benevolence be mote effec
tively directed.
Under the present army law there Is
a chaplain for every army post, who
remains at the pout whether the sol
dleis ure there or not. The result has
been that thousunds of soldlets sta
tioned In the l'hlllpplnes have had to'
get along without religious Instruction.
The army reorganization bill which has
passed the senate does away with this
antiquated system and assigns a chap
lain to every regiment, who Is to go
wherever the regiment goes. The
change Is ceitalnly desirable.
Destroy No Just Safeguards.
r
N OltDKH to In lug to Justice tha
contractors who conspired with
Captain Carter to defraud the
government in certain constitu
tions In Savannah harbor It Is neces
sary to secuie their presence within
the Jurisdiction of the Federal court
of Georgia. They were Indicted In that
court but fled to New York and an at
tempt to extradite them failed, owing
to certain technical defects In the law.
To remedy those defects Attorney
General Griggs diafted, the senate
passed and the house Judiciary com
mittee will today give a hearing In a
bill which In Its llrst form made an
Indictment In any fedeial coutt ground
for extradition. To this form the ob
jection was properly raised that It
would multiply spite piosecutions and
subject to Indignity persons Indicted in
distant places on flimsy evidence with
out benefit of lebuttal at the prelimin
ary heating. This objection colled fotth
the following amendment:
Hut nothing herein contained shall be In Id to
ipqulrc mich judge. Justice or commissioner to
inukc an order of removal in .no cap where1 It
shall be hliov.n i..it the defendant, by ioann
of absence from the distriit In which the In
dictment N found, could not have committed
the ufTmcc with which he is charged "
This amendment does not satisfy the
opponents of the Griggs bill, chief of
which Is the New Yotk Sun. That
paper contends that it HaN'es the pro
posed law open to the cardinal objec
tions that, under Its veiy language, u
copy of the Indictment alone shall bo
absolute evidence of guilt, and that
the defendant shall have no tight,
however Innocent he may be, to show
his Innocence before the committing
maglsttatc. The Sun adds:
I'nder this new bill a fnloral judge would lie?
compelled to older the lcinnval of the defend
ant, oven though it should appear upon the
fuc of the Indictment Itself first, that It
ilurcid no offence aguliiot tlioTnlted Mates
or xciond, that it was had in form, and should
be quaihcd, or third, that the offence charged
could not be legally tried in the district to
which removal is ec light ai the law- now re
qulries or fourth, that the offence his been
outlawed. The accused would be carried to a
distant distriit ai ough the federal judge he
fore whom he was arrilgned for icitiovul was
Jint as competent to pass upon the defect of
the Indictment as the judge holding court
while it was found. It would be monstrous to
send a citizen across the country to a remote
state to have the objections to an indictment
heard when the indictment was on its vriy
face had and one which should be at once
eiuashed. To rcmoc a man from his home for
an nlTenee which is enuall.v triable in his own
state Is an unreasonable sclzmo; and an selr
me which does not guarantee to the accused
a regular commitment witli the light and duly
of inquiry Into piobable cati-e is an unreason
able seizure, and one guarded against lij the
fedeial conMitutmu.
It Is desirable thut the co-consplr-atois
In the Carter frauds against the
govenfment should not escape; but It
Is also much more eleslrable that the
constitutional liberty of the Individual
citizen should bo Jealously protected In
the enactments of congress. A way
should be found to avoid the Just ob
jections of the Sun and yet to author
ize extradition In criminal litigation In
the federal courts.
In a few days the Incomparable
Padetewskl will have completed his
latest concert tour of the United Sfttes
and sailed for home. The tour has
comptlsed !'8 concerts, reptesentlng
1:3,000 miles traveled, and the teeelpts
exceed $200,000 or about $:',700 a conceit.
The aitlstlc sense of the Ameilcan
people may be in a pilr.ilip, c condition
but nothing is wrong with their
pocket-books.
THE OCCASION AND THE MAN.
Would Stiengthen the Ticket.
1'rnlii the Itocheslei llcmociat, and ( hronie le.
With the disappearance of Seeictary Long's
name from the llt of polde nominee fm the
lic-picildem'.t, that of l'ntin istii tjcucul
I lurlos i;. Mm,.. Is intiodiicid, Mr. hinllh, as
the country Mums, is a sueecs-fu' editor and
clqouent platform matoi. lie was fur a num
ber of jrars a noted- editoi in Mbaiiy, and
ailhc in New- "rh Republican poll. .is. Later
he became the cdltor-iu-ehlef of t lit- Philadel
phia 1'irss, uud Is now at the head of the
pottotflee depaitment of the United States, lie
Is a biilllaut and magnetic' campaigner, a
clean man in poiitlis and popular both In IVmi
s.lania and New York. Should Mr. Ssnith he
come the choice of the cotmntioii Ids iharac
ter, ircord ami talent would all contribute to
the ttirnu'th of the ticket.
In Every Way Admirable.
l'li'iu the l.jmuster i:.ninlncr.
The latest name to be mentioned for the Mcc
pre'sldelic is that of Postmaster (irneral Charles
Kmory Smith. He is said to h.ne the quid,
but sympathetic, support of the president. In
every regard Mr. Smith would be an admirable
candidate, and if the sad elu lines of time should
place him in flic White house his largo know I
cil'c of men and public atfalis would make him
uu cxecuthe wlthou. fear and without reproach,
meriting the confidence of the whole, people.
Without Flaw or Blemish.
I'rom the Iluffalo News.
And now comes the name of Postmaster leu
cut Smith. Mr. Smith is u man whose icpu
tattoii is without flaw or blemish, Kven Demo
crats would otc for him Just to be on ..,o
side of fair and square dealing, energy and
ability.
CONSTABLES
SEVERELY
ARRAIGNED
Com hull el from Page 3.)
home, ought to be kept home, going around for
social pleasure, Innocent perhaps at the start,
hut there, re a lot of people wno are abroad
for Just such Innocent Rlrls, and It Is a matter
of iiiHertatlcni that many of them picking up
an acquaintance In a fill ting way, arc led by
their elijers Into places where- liquor l dealt
out, and these girls, under age, are allowed to
! supplied with liquor, and In li.al way. with
their minds befogged by liquor, tho ground It
laid for undermining their lituc In a eery
much more ferloua wav.
There J oil see is an example where selling to
Illinois, selling to glrls-wc sometimes think
emi bncs are the only ones tint are In dinger
from the liquor trateic but selling oi mis mnu
to girls Is cen more rregnant with dinger
and with disaster to the eommunllj and to the
welfare and peace of eer one, than to bi)s.
WHY IS LAV DISftKlI VltDKI)?
i-ii. irnniiiinm. bow dixit all tlili" tint mue
alluded to come about T Why Is the law dlsro
warded in this way? l'cibaps juii be already
begun to ask course lies that question. Some say
It is the fault of tho judges. 1 bnie not infre
qucnlly Iwcn waited upon by ce.n mitiecs of men
who were licensed dealer III Hcuor asking that
the judges should do something to hrrak up thj
Illegal selling thil there was grins on around
them They seem to hac thought that Here
was the place to lewrt. .Ml of the Judge", I
hac no doubt, hac the iimo crlence.
Letters will come and do come constantly to
the judges making similar complaints. These
are more frequent Just before license court than
at other tines, and almost alwajs arc anonjmous
(,'entlemen, the Judaes are ready to do their
duty to the last degree, but these parties who ap
peal to tho judges mistake the power of the
judges Willi legaiel to Instituting any prosecil
toln. We may refuse licenses, lct what would
be the result. Speakeasies would spring up In
their places.
We try to exerclso a wholescme mean between
Indiscriminate licensing on the one hand, and a
restriction on the other that would result, as I
hac just said, ill Increasing the number of these
parties who go on selling without a license.
I senture to say that any liquor case that
comes up for trill In court rccciws from the
Judges different consideration from what aa ordinal-
case would. If jou were piesent in euit,
I belief ou would icadily note ;t. l nnu u
in duty to talk In Jumrs, to charger them when
hcio In the trial of a liquor case, differently from
what t would in an ordinary case, so that It
may not be charged that the court has not done
Its full dutv In the premises. 1 frequently speak
to judges who aie called In here from pirss of
business, and tell them the must do the Mine,
that they hao got to hold the miltei up to the
juiors more strlngcntl) than in an oidimry ease.
Hut. gentlemen, the judges cannot prosecute.
I cannot 6it as a Judge In the trial of a casj
If t direct a man to be prosecuted. So If I or
my colleagues bac got to suit prosecutions,
Just as soon as wo do that we hac got to step
oil this IhiicIi anil somebody else has got to tome
In and try the case. It is cntlrel incompatible
with our duties.
what n:oi'LK think.
People think, inlstakenl, that we can assist
them in this matter. Then a'aln others think
the mayor is the nun, the manr of scranton.
They sa, why he has all the iollee force back
of hinii'the police loam all around the city and
the know what is going on, it an of these
places arc selling without a license they know
It; If any of them aie selling openly on Sunday
they know it; If he would only just sa. the
wold to the police these places would Ik- shut up.
They point to Pittsburg and Philadelphia, while
the law is more strictly adminlsteicd. If jou
were in cither of those cities on Sunday nu
would find it a cny difficult thing to gel a glass
of liquor. If nu were sick 0U would haee to
git a presciiption and go to a druggist, io
stringently is the law enforced and so orderly
as a result is the whole community. And that
Is nil, as people argue, because the maor with
his hand upon the iollee presses these parties
and makes them close.
Others say it is the district attorne ; he is the
general piosecutor; he has the assistance of the
county detective; if he would only bring press
ure to bear upon the-,e different places they
would have to close. He pro-ecutes other cass.
If a man is murdered or if theic is a robbery
committed, he prosecutes. Why doesn't he prose
cute the violations of the liquor law which lie
back of these other offences?
Thin there arc still others that la.v it to the
constables. The constables they say arc the ap
pointed parties, the law makes them come up and
give in their returns at ccery quarter sessions,
stating that they have been all around through
their wards and through their townships, and
they have had their ces on these parties to see
whether they arc selling on Sunday or selling
without a licence, and the do not see an v tiling.
They are appointed to watch, hut they arc not
watching. It Is even ehiiged that they are
elected not to watch; that the liquor influence is
what elects the constables, and that as soon
as a man gels fo be a constable he eloes not
have to do ni. thing else; vhat evoibody else
sees, he carrot.
1 speal: of these things because everybody
siK"ik? of them. I mention them, however, with
out liny further enmmert. Whatever opinion I
may have in the iratter I do not cxpiess it. Wo
have reached the point, gentlemen, where, regird
less of the inaor, the district attorney or the
constables, the people tlrmselves, or at least
some of them, hive a b.st taken the matter In'o
their own hands, and tint is where the adminis
tration of the law, after all. In the emergency,
und the last emeigency, rets,
HAVi: M'MKKOUS ARltKSTS.
We have now, according to the transcitpts
that have been tent into this court, numerous
arre'sts, chirgiug all these different ciolatlcns of
the law- to which I have alluded; and the people
coming in beic in this ), with these charges,
with this effort mule without the assistance of
an.vbody else other than the assistance, that tho
law- gives them, the question now is, gentlemen,
bow aie jou goln; to treat lhe-e prosecutions?
icu icpreseut the people, gentlemen, and tlu.t
ejuestion is with ou.
I read from a clipping taken fiom one of our
prominent Sriaiiton dallies, to show joii what
ifintidcnic. or what liek of i rnfiilencp, the peo
pie have ill the Juiurs that attend e ur eourts,
"The tumble with piosecutions in liquor cases
is that it is almost Impossible to secuie a jury
that will convict. Deplore it or not as we
may, we might as well face the fact that a ma
Jnrlt of tho people look with toleration upon
violations of the licence laws and regard with
loathing the unattractive fellow who works on
the sentiment of a dealer for a glass of whisky
to relieve his pain and then prosecutes the
dealer for violation of the law There have been
a good many eases before the Lackawanna
eouits in which the testimony against the de
fend int has been so straight as to make his
guilt absolutely certain and yet a lerdiet of not
guilt lias been rcturnesl. This lias often hern
so patent as to call for severe rebuke of the
Juiurs fiom the beiuh and their uischarge from
further attendance at court. There is no doubt
whatever of the desliabillty, even the necessity,
of a movement to compel re-spect for the license
laws and suppression of gambling places. Never
has there been a time in the history of Scran
ton when they wcic so boldly set at defiance.
On Sunda) and on election das nearly every
saloon in the city Is In lull blast under the
iioscrt of oltiieis of the peace, who only await
the oieleT fiom their superiors close them.
1 have alieady called attention to the fact that
It is difficult to procure a conviction in court,
but the city authorities have the ower to
prevent the brazen openness of the Sunday and
election day business."
This editor evidently Is one of those who
think the major is the rcsiMHisihle party.
"That was demonstrated In the administration
of (nloml Hippie, and ft could be done again.
'I lie splug methods of the Men's union are not
to he commended. The proper mi I hod Is for
the city authorities to give notice that Sunday
Kales will no longer be tolerated and to there
foic iuipaitlally enforce the law."
This editor does not like the way that the
people have started at this, or, apparently, does
not.
somi: fiitou.ND roit fecmko.
The vjevva so expressed aie undoubtedly as I
have- said, the views of many It must be con
fessed lhat there la some ground for the feel
ing' which is leflected In this editorial. There
Is difficulty In securing a conviction In our
courts In thoe cases. Jurors seem to require
an extra amount and a peculiar quality of evi
dence In order to find a party guilty. If detec
tive have happened to play a part In bringing
about evidence against a party, it seems to
excite a prejudice in the minds of Jurois, as
though a sort of unfair advantage had been
taken of the man. .lust think of HI Uecause
t bib is caught they object to tuc way he is
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This Is the latest plutograph of Congressman Joseph V. Dalley, of Texas, who, on
Alarch 4 next, will deprive Senator BeverlJge of the title of the "youngest member of the
Senate." Bailey Is 37 years of age, Beerluge 38. By the retirement of Senator Chilton
from the race Bailey has a clear field for the Scnatorship.
caught. And yet look what you have to meet
If jou draw In the ordinary witness.
I can speak from experience of the difficulty.
When jou get a man who Is a frequenter and a
patron of a place, he seems called upon to shield
him If he can; he Is strangely oblivious to the
liquor he got there. Perhaps lager will be corn
beer or some other innocent and fanciful drink;
whiskey will be a beverage of unknown com
position. These are Just varieties of the evi
dence that Is encountered by means of the or
dinary witness. Such witnesses perhaps will say
that they did not pay for what they got, so
as not to mike out a sale; It was a pure gift,
just a friendly act on the part of the man
behind the bar, who was passing over me liquor,
who did It Just as a friend a friend of the
family perhaps.
And jurors allow themselves to be humbugged
with Just such stuff. 1 sometimes cannot con
trol intself, to hear parties come in and actually
perjure themselves In lhat way Just to let some
fellow get off, and then to have the Jurors ap
prove It and sanction it by bringing the party
in not guilty.
I allude to this, gentlemen, simply to point
out how it happens that we have come to the
pass that I believe we arc in now incse cum
cullies exist. They are constantly cxpcriencesl
Parties who are called upon to administer the
law understand It. It is time that jurois, a rep
lesentatlvc body of men, have their attention
called to It, and the attention of the commun
ity called to it by this public charge.
It has got to stop If law would amount to
an thing In this community. One disregard of
the law brings on another. !ct a man lose his
respect for one branch of It anil be will be
under the temptation to disregard another; it
is progressive.
TUB ONLY WAY.
The only wa is to hold It and enforce it, as
we are all sworn to do, In every part. We
aie not responsible for the law. The puty
knows the law; there is not a man breaking
the liquor law but what does It Knowingly. It
is not any mistake on his put. He knows it
just as well as the thief who steals my prop
cit. And why should bo lie favored in the
administration of the law? Why, when the law
si he shall not, shall he be allowed to go on?
In these words, gentlemen, I hao endeavored
not to Inflame jour minds, not to unduly In
fluence jou, but simply to allude to facts that
are just as much In jour own cognlrance as
they are In mine; I simply have arrayed them
before j-ou. Sometimes these things escape us,
or we only see a part of them. Now jou have
them brought together, they are face to face
with jou. I have done my duty in this matter;
the question is whether jou will do j-ouis. As
I say I do not desire jou to treat these cases
that come before jou any differently from what
you would any other case, I simply ask you to
treat them the same way, I simply ask you not
to array jour prejudice against them, but to
recognize "that a violation of the liquor law Is
a iolation of the law; it is Just as much a
violation of the law as theft Is.
These men who are selling without a llcens
are filching out of the treasury the license they
ought to puj What privilege should a man
have who comes in and applies for a license
and goes through the farce of obtaining it and
then does not take it out? Suppose they all
should do that? They will In time. Who will
respect the law?
The enforcement of the law finally rests with
the Jurj-. All the officers of the law can do
Is to present the facts, and It is for the jury
to say whether the party is guilty or not guilty.
It is for tho grand Jury to say whether an in
dictment shall be found, a true bill It I ho
facts arc shown. You aie not to array jour
mind against a man because this matter Is
brought to jou by means ot a eictective. De
tectives are constantly utilized; they have to
be; crimes have to be ferretted out In that
way. Whj should that bo to the prejudice of
a ease.
1 believe thee to be serious and Important
matters; I should not have dealt upon them
at this length if I did not, and with this charge
I submit the matteis into jour bands.
MAY CERTIFY CONTRACT.
Contractor Gibbons Wants to Put
Strikers at Work.
It Is very probable that Controller
Howell will certify the contract for the
Scranton street sewer in a day or two,
providing ho Is sulllclently secured by
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the contractor, M. J. Olbbons, fiom any
personal loss. Whether ho signs It or
not will depend on City Solicitor Vos
burg's opinion on the legal aspects of
the tase.
It will bo understood that the con
troller has not certified the contract
because tho ordinance providing for
the sale of the bonds to bo used in
paying tho city's share of the cost has
not yet passed councils. Mr. Gibbons,
however, says that ho Is desirous of
starting work at once, to give Immedi
ate employment to a largo number of
tho Mt. Pleasant strikers who are de
sirous of working on the sewer.
He offered yesterday to flic a judg
ment bond with 'the city treasurer for
the full amount ot tho.clty's share, so
ns to secure the city controller If that
official certified the contract. Assist
ant City Solicitor Davis was not so
sure that this would be entirely bind
ing and advised the controller to get
an opinion on the matter from Mr.
Vosburg, who was out of town a large
part of yesterday.
Particular Interest centers around
our $20 Thrce-PIece Bedroom Suites.
And It Is not dlfllcult to decldo why.
There Is something about each piece
which catches the eye and Invites a
better acquaintance. Then construc
tion and finish are observed and com
parisons made. The decision generally
Is that these are better In every way
than anything ever offered at the price.
Hill & Connraell
121 N. WashinRtoa Ave.,
EVERETTS
Horses and carriages are su
perior to those of any other
livery in the city.
If you should desire to go
for a drive during this delight
ful petiod of weather, call tele
phone 794, and Everett will
send you a first-class outfit.
EVERETT'S LIVERY,
236 Dix Court. (Near City Hall.)
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FOR THE
NEW YEAR.
from 5xT
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5 psr
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Washington Avenue.
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ALWAYS DUBT.
siions fop. spiuno,
BASK PALL S1IOKS,
OUTINfl SHOES,
TKNNIS SHOES,
nSIHNCI BOOTS
Lewis &RelMy
114-116 Wyoming Avenue.
For
Presents?
Yes, we have them, in
Sterling Silver, Rich Cut
Glass, Clocks, Etc.
An interesting variety
of the richest goods in
America. Prices the low
est, guarantee perfect at
iJERCElEAU &i
130 Wyoming Ave.
Coal Exchange.
Tine Hunt &
Coeesll Co.
Heating, Plumbing,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Light Wiring, Gas
an Electric Fixtures,
Builders Hardware.
HENRY BEL3N, JR.,
taeocnu ACeutrorttta Wyoralai
DUtrlc: .
Ai Icing, Ulustlnpr, Sportln;. SiiioUa.mi
ami tlie Itepuuno (Juo.mci.
L'o.upany'4
HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
talety l'"iHe, Ceipi niiel Uxnlojjri
ttooiu 401 Council llulllla;.
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THOS. FORD.
JOHN B. SMITH Si SON,
W. E. MULLIGAN.
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A machinist in St. Louis relates that for eighteen months
his life had been a perfect torture by reason of pains and
general bad feeling arising from indigestion, but having
read about
Ripans Tabules
he said: " I made up my miMl at last to try them, and
thev are great I I now use them every now and then,
and have no more Indigestion, no batl feelinjr, and my'
appetite Is much better. Everybody that cnfTersfroa
indigestion should try tbem,"
FINLEY
tafainits
Department
All the little details for our
annual opening of "Baby
Furnishings" are now com
plete, and on Monday we
will place on sale our spring
Hue of Infants and Children's
Hats, Caps, Cloaks, etc., etc,
and iuvite your inspection of
the same.
Children's Silk and
Mull Bonnets.
Silk, Mull, Leghorn
and Milanaise
Braid Hats
Children's French Cord
'Wash Bonnets"
a specialty.
French Hand
Embroidered Shoes,
Bibs and Baby
Carriage Pillows.
Complete line of Infants
Long Cloaks in
"Cashmere,''
"Bedford Cord,"
"China" "Faille" and
'BengalineSilk" eta
Ask to see our Golf and Sea
Shore sun bonnets in tho
new mushroom shapes:
Sale lasts the entire week.
510-512
tACHAWAMA AVENUE
The Neostyle
Duplicator.
00009
It will print 2,000 copies
from one original writing,
drawing or music, and 1,500
copies from any original writ
ten on any typewriter. We
are agents for the- above and
have one in use for the in
spection of any one interested
in duplicating machines.
The Planetary Pencil Sharp
ener, improved, The Star
Paper Fastener, improved.
We will put either in your
office on trial for a few days.
Reynolds Bros
Stationers and Engraveis,
Scranton, Pa.
He eany the largest Hoe of office lupplirj In
SotlhdStcrn l'cni)lianla.
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