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THE SGUAKTOKl TRIBUNE-MONDAY, FEBRUAR1 II. 1001.
NEWS OF THE
LABOR WORLD
WORK ON THE NEW STEEL
PLANT AT BUFFALO.
A Number of the. Buildings Havo
Already Been Completed Th Of
fice Building Cost 9100,000-Con.
nectlng Ballrond Flnlsbed-Presont
Condition of tho Anthracite Coal
Trade Make-up of the D., L. & W.
Board for Today Odde and Ends of
.Ucins of Interest.
The rsuftalo New litis thu followliiB
iln reference to tho now plant of the
tiuKiiwanna Iron and Stcol company
at Hinfalo: , s
"Tho work of building th Stony
Point fltt'Cl plant In irorfH.-ln o
rapidly that only those- who havo
occnilon to watch It fiom ihiy to
lnv havo any adutninto Idea or what
Is hohiK nccomullshi'd tit this great in
clustrlnl suburb ot Buffalo. KIvij or
tho largest btilMliWM. to ha wed for
inarhlnu and ruriicnter shops mc,
Jiave alrcaily been ooiiiplolid by ami
tun & Jennings.
The J100.000 ntllro hulldlni;, for
which Clmrh'S HenlrK Is tho contrac
tor, In well advanced toward conn".
Hon. Tho brick work ot the hide walls
is done und the moniianiea are now
intsv putting the roof on.
Tho cniflnp hoiwe has lioen uoiii
plolea nnd two of the ?nRinf. havo
been Mt and ure now In runnlm: or
der. Two or the Immense uprUhl
bolloif. i-ach of which Is 100 fc.'t and
npwntda In linlsht, are already In
place. .
"Ono of tho largest plow of con
struction work, tho building of tho
Intnlto pier, Is now In progrc.-s. Orat
tan & JcunlngK have chargo of thin
work, which will co?t about $t00,00n.
a linlo r.0 feet miua.ro and 27 feet deep
lias alreudy been opened for the pier.
On Tuesday the contractors will be
Kln laying the connote bottom, which
will be bIx feet thick and will tnlw
His months to lay.
"Then will begin tb- work of lay
ing tlio intake conduit, which will ox
icnd COO feet out Into the lake. This
Intake will havo a roncretr bottom sis
feet thick and walls ncven feet thick.
This work Is designed to endure for a
.enlitry or more. The Interior dlamn
ier will be twelve feet. All this must
done In about MX niotuiiR. m
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from a wide stretch of territory.
cold wavo In February gives tho coat
dealer more Joy than ono early In
tho winter, for It means that many
consumers havo to lay In fresh eup
plles Ht once. Both producers and
dealers realize that for tho rest ot
this winter tho demand for anthracite
coal must depend on the weather, but
the present cold spell has kept tho
market from sinking Into dullness.
The outlook for several weeks at least
Is excellent.
In the went, buyers at Minneapolis
and St. Paul are relying on all-rail
shipments. Buying nt Chicago hat
Improved: the amount of coal coming
hi by rail Is said to be ample. Along
the lower lakes and nt Inland points
east, demand Is brlrk. The small sizes
nrc much wanted. Along the sea
hoard consumers who have beeen go
ing alonif In u hand-to-mouth way
have sent In u rush of orders, but
the weather has nut seriously ham
pered the movement from the col
I'orles. nnd, while prices are llmi,
w hear of no premiums for spot
coal. Late last week arilvals at
Boston were heavy and the supplies
there are good. Coastwise tralttc.
however, Is now llghl, and tho coat
Unit arrived will probably he wuntod
b-foie moiu eoal gct nrotllld (ttiu
t'od. Knsliiorlng and Mining Jour
nal. This and That.
Tlio JCdgar Thomson Steel wolks of
tho Carnegie Steel company, at Iliad-
dock, t'ji., Is tilling an order for 6,000
tons of steel tails for tho (ireal Kast
ern railway of England.
The Atlas Bolt and Screw company,
of Cleveland, O., has changed this
name of that part of Its luclory which
manufactures cars, etc., to tho Atlas
(.'itr and .Manufacturing company.
William Harbour and John Pen
nington have been appointed receiv
ers for the Kogers Locomotive works,
at PuWrson, X. J., for the purpose ot
tinting up the nffutr of the present
company. The works are entirely sol
vent, and. indeed, have a largo ,-ur- j
plus. j
The Allison .Manufacturing com- I
pany, of Philadelphia, lias secured an
order for thirty-live passenger and
freight cars from the Jamaica gov
ernment railway. The value of the
contract is said to be $2n,noo. Con
tracts for the furnishing of about
1,000 tons of coal a mouth aro now b1?-
WE CAN HAVE
SIX MEMBERS
PLAN TO
REAPPORTION
COUNTY.
THE
Psrtlnl Agreement Arrived at as to
tho Places That Will Comprise
Each of the Six Districts There
Will Be Throe In the City nnd
Three Outside of It New Divi
sion Puts Representatives James
nnd Reynolds in the Same Legis
lative District
The Lackawanna lepresoniatlves at
Hurrlsburg havo madn a tough draft
of their Idea of how the six legislative
districts to which tho county Is now
entitled shall bo made up. It Is to bo
submitted to thu apportionment com
mute of thu house of representatives
this week.
It Is proposed to give the city threo
distinct districts, and the rest of the
county three. The following shows the
divisions, together with the last legis
lative and presidential votes and the
population:
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ond, Third and Sixth, are made solid
ly Republican. Carbondate and Dun
more, are, respectively, mado, the cen
ters of two districts that will bo close,
but still Republican. It Is figured that
all six districts should be carried iby
tho Republicans.
Mr. Reynolds wants that tho Twen
tieth ward should be dctachpd 'from
the First district and the Fourteenth
ward allowed to remain In IiIm baili
wick, Instead of making it a part of
the new Third district.
It Is possible that many changes
wltl be mado In this make-up beforo
the committee getH through with It.
One of the likely changes Is the trans-
fen Ing of Scott and Orecntietn rrom
the Sixth to tho Fourth district.
It Is proposed to mako Ijicknwanna
county a senatorial district by Itseir.
At present, It takes In part of tho
county nnd a strip of teirltory down
the valley, as far as Miners' Mills.
GAMBLER AND BANKER.
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run'oso of the intake is soiiy m sup
ply water for the plant.
"Tho South Buffalo vailorad. which
connects the works with the Lakn
Shore railroad is completed as far as
tho works, ro that It can lie utilized
for bringing up supplies. Them still
remains the work of connecting the
joad with tho Buffalo Crock road and
tho Lackawanna.
"All of the contractors who are In
formed regarding the work, agree in
,.,fr.t-fins- to c C. Conklln. the resi
dent engineer of the steel company, as
. wonder In tho way of planning work
end getting It through In a minimum
-.paco or time."
Lackawanna Orders.
Lackawanna passenger conductors
ate rcuiiested to send at once to Act
ing Superintendent of Car Service M.
It. Casey duplicates of their wheel re
ports for trains starting at midnight
December fit, 1000. up to and Including
iiulnn .starting at midnight February
7. ldOl.
During the past week several trains
have failed to stop and test air In ac
ini dance with circular No. 31. The
men In charge of such trains will he
disciplined. This Is to give notice that
hereafter such offences will be pun
ished by dlsmlsml from the I.acka
wnnna service, by order of the general
superintendent.
Lackawanna passenger conductors:
P. It. It. agent at Broad street station,
Philadelphia, issued tickets Form 83S0
It, Jfos. 146R-C1-C3, reading over over
line from Manunka Chunk to Mt.
I'ocono and return, and limited In er
ror to date of Issue, February 6. The
correct limit should have been thirty
days from date of sale. Please honor
theso tickets within such correct limit
when they ate presented for return
passage.
J. B. Talbot has been appointed night
yardmastcr at Kingston, vice I). A.
Condon, transferred.
in handling trains ot empties on de
scending grades, under no circum
stances will Lackawanna trainmen
permit an engine to lw coupled on to
the rear. Tills refers especially to
Mimmit trains handling empties from
Lehigh to Scrnntou und Nay Aug, and
from Clark'a Summit to Summon.
In no case must a Lackawanna train
bo backed over a public crossing or
highway, unless there is a man on the
icar car or on tho fiont end of the car
to see that the crossing is clear; nor
must a car be cut loose and allowed to
run over a public crossing or highway,
unless there Is a man on tlio car, and
In each case only after proper signal
has been given. At night the man on
Hueh train or cur must havo a light.
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ARMORY N.EARINO COMPLETION
Groat Size of New Sttucture Begin
ning' to Be Appreciated.
The new Thirteenth regiment ar
mory at Adams uvennu nnd Myrtle
si rent. Is now rapidly neuring coniple- .
tion, and while it Is not oxnoctud that
it will be llnlslied by April 1. which
is the time called for In the contract,
it Is in vertluiess believed that It will
bo ready tor occupancy by the middle
of that month ond that tbe regiment
will be housed there by May 1.
The front part of the building, or
that portion which will be used for
otilces, company rooms, reception par
lors, etc.. is now entirely finished, with
the exception of (lie Inside woodwoik
and the plastering. The front eleva
tion presents u remarkably ornate, and
beautiful appearance.
'file work of constructing the enor
mous drill hall in the tear of the main
building is about half completed. All
but three of the great stool trusses,
which support the roof, havo been
placed in position and this part of tlio
work will be finished this week. The
work of rooting over tho trusses Iuih
been fairly started and is being rap
Idly piu-hed by a largo forte of work
men. To see the plans of the new building
or to hear the talk ot the great slv.o
of the drill hall was not to realize at
nil Its tremendous hum. This cannot
bo realised without taking a look at
It now that It Is being roofed over.
It will not only be the largest single
room In the city, but one of the largest
In the entire state. Two leglments
will bo able to drill upon it at the
same time, should occasion demand.
X ball of magnificent proportion?
could lie given in It and it will un
doubtedly prove a sre.it factor In
drawing large conventions to Scraiitun
for there are but few cities which can
offer an auditorium of such size for
the accommodation of largo gatherings.
The drill hall will be nearly three
times the size of the drill hall of the
piesent armory.
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Blfi-Jawed Man Who Wanted Crusty
Banker About His Cashier.
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Occasionally secret service Informa
tion comes from an unexpected source,
as was the case last year with n New
York bank. The president of this in
stitution, who Is something of a crusty
customer, received a call one morning
from a gentleman whose principal
claim to distinction rested on a pre
ternaturally large and clean-shaven
Jaw overhanging a highly resplendent
diamond of Indubitable worth. The
caller proceeded at once to business,
Introducing himself a being 'the insldo
man with Sriunre Mike Smith' (naming
a tlxed star In the Rumbling house
firmament.)
"You think you don't want to know
me." hu continued, pointing a fat
finger at the disgusted president's solar
plexus, "but you do. T want to put
you onto your cashier."
The urbane banker growled out his
disinclination to hoar anything about
his employees, but tins visitor only
hitched his chair up a foot nearer and
Imperturbalily pioceedod.
"He's up In tlio place every night,
that cash pusher or your, rolling ...
bank's shiners across tho green."
"Ho'h ben winning your money, l
suppose, and that is why you are here
giving Information that nobody wants,"
snoored tho hunker.
"Copper that bet unless you want to
go broke." said tho "sport." quietly.
"What do you mean by that?"
"Copper It, I say. You're twisted.
He ain't getting our money. We're
getting his; his or the bank's."
"Do you expect mo to believe that
you came down here "
"Say. I'm busy," the visitor Inter
rupted, with sudden vigor. "I know
you. You're ono nf thoro dead ones
that think they know It all. I ain't got
the time to hear you tell It. Hero's
the point. Your cashier blows In his
dough nt our place. That's all light.
Then ho blows In the bank's dough,
fur a few thou', and what happens?
Why you get onto him and you make
a horrible beef, don't you? And then
It nil gets Into the papers and the cops
has to mako a play by closing us for a
couple of weeks tight In tho rush of
the season. We want that cashier
reeled In. Ho got to get to his feet
That's all. Take him nway; sec? Taku
him away."
And with sudden violent gestuio
that would havo knocked a fly off thu
tip of the banker's chin If a pre
sumptuous Insect had happened to ha
there, the visitor turned and went,
leaving the banker blinking and
speechless.
Here Are Four Great Bargain Lots.
Four Distinctly Different Lots.
Each atyle offered is a favorite, each one in active demand just novr. Thert
arc ample supplies of each though uo promises can. be held out that they
will be here very long.
First.
Second.
Third.
Fourth:
.too yards of plain colored Taffeta Silks, 19 inches wide, of CAr "Vfl
the regular 75c quality, in all colors. At 7vW jU
540 yards of French Broadcloths, iu fourteeu good
colonngs. The cloth is of the best $1.50 grade and in dJ 4 f C -mH
the Satin finish. 54 inches wide. At P I 1 7 jrKM.
735 yards of all-wool French Flaunel, plain colors aud
printed designs, in 23 different colors, 27 inches wide.
The usual 60c to 75c grades. At
640 yards of Woolen Dress Goods, a mixed lot of Serges,
Cheviots, Plaids, Stripes aud Fancy We ves in all colors,
38 to 44 inches wide, value from 50c to S5C yd. At
50c yd
25c yd
Hen's Shirts
45c A Characteristic Connolly & Wallace Price 45c
The lot comprises what is left of our famous purchase of 3,600 Men's Shirts All
regular One Dollar goods. The sizes are somewhat broken lint is why we have de
cided upon this ridiculously low price to cleau them out quick. Fine Laundered
Percale tnd Madras Shirts with one pair of cuffa to match
45c. Each.
Sizes : ij 15' 16 16; 17 iyli-
CONNOLLY & WALLACE,
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WASHINGTON
129
AVENUE
Union College
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The new division wllf place Mr.
.lames and Mr. Ileynoldn In l he same
district and will consequently mean
that ono or the other ofl them cannot
be a candidate for re-election. Mr.
IteynnldH is not wholly In harmony
with the other members In thin mat
ter i'Jie nut that .Mr. HeynuldH fell be
hind hi pany vote In the First dis
trict, and that Mr. Phllbln made blK
Inroads on the Domueratw In mnne ot
their strongest districts, must be ikept
In mind when yetinutng' the nbovi;
tables.
Pour of the districts, tin First See-
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(Post Graduate.)
Mention of Men of the Hour,
V., L. & W. Boaid for Today.
Today's D., L. & W. board la as foU
loivs:
Sunday, ri;u. 10.
Wild Can llokt 8 p. rn . (1. Haminlil; l!,..ti
i. in., II, T. buulci.
MONDAY. ri!B. II.
WIM CU West lillil . in.. O. lt.mUulU; : .
ii.. .Mm i:nnl; 4 a. in.. .1. llttrlly; ii u. in., .
KiMclium: 7 ii. in., T. Donillrnui ti a. in., II. .1.
l.urldni J0.30 a. ,n,, P. Chilean; 1..H . m.,
J'. ILilldti 1 p. in., .1. .1. Uuflv"; p, hi., II. mi
lling; U. 15 p. in., V. llicm; 4.ii p. in., U. Kear
ney
SmnmlU, Ktc.-S.Sn j. in., wi-l, (.. Triune
(flksr; 10 a. in.. wtt. . II. XUliols; i p. m.,
ve,t, Ciiricp; 0 p. m U8l, Dhrgonil, II, lloliii.
ty'n inni: 7 p. ni., cst troin Uiijcuiri. lhn m
vine, Mil.'im.', 7 p. in., vi.it bom (.'jyugM, liin-if;-;
7 p. m,, enst Iiimi Xiy A us, .. iluAUUtor,
1'iillfr 10 a. in., I", II. feoi.
I'liil.cri 8 n. in., linlij , 11. oil ii. ni., Monm
T p, in., Munliyi 0 n in., Uunplnr.
I'mwensffr KnidiiM a. n (ijfli.i.yi 7 J. in.,
Slucrr: &."0 p. m., S'.aiiUni: 7 . in., Mtliotrn.
Wild (.'.U Vct J 4. in.. A. P. Mullon; i 1.
in.. 1'. MrDoniioll'.b H.m.,t!lnl(y, .1. K.Mutrr'
intn; S a. m., T. ntzpJtrli'K: II a. m.. U
llullitt, II. J, llcnnlgiiirn mrn; 1 p, m J, II iv
ur; '.' p, in., J. II. MoIfis V, p, ni., D. Hjv
tony! p. in., .1. (laliijjn, ii p. in., (!. Klnif.k'j-.
f'cndudr.r M. .1, llcnm'.-iii icku at tu
lirrintcndfnt'ii office 10 a. tn.. 1iiim1.iv next.
.1. J. Murray am crow will go pt with ilct
lick car, Ir-avlnir Scraiitun I.M , in., Fcl"
rnaiy II. Mr. Ilinvy lll pleaw furnlh COO
lint rnidr.e.
lirakiman 0, Wilmot will uport at wirwrln
Ifr'linl' nlflr Tnmlay mornlriK next.
l.'oiKluder O. lUndolph will go to lloliokfn on
No. M Monday murnlns and irpoit to Super.
inlrnOcnt Koti'lmiu,
.Inlm .1. Iluinlt Mill co out on liia own run
wllli . Kearney next trip.
Demand for Anthracite,
Cold wMither nnd liljrh wintlg lmva
snenpthened the deniaini tor nnthra
cite decidedly. There ih still a fenr
pUis nf brulicii and eprjr sizes, but
ftve, chestnut nnd t,h" steam tAm
crt wanted and uidoivJ mo comlnn In
Uisliou rh.iiles 11. Fowicr, of thu
.Methodist Kplscopal ciiunii, who Is to
preside it t the i.nmlni? hossIoii oC the
Wyoming conference, which liesins
April 10 at West Plttstnn, Is a man of
intense personality. Keen perception,
marvelous oratorical ability. lie In a
scholar outranked by none, a C'lnis
tlan tfentleinnn, kindly sympathetic,
nlwaya helpful and ever alert for the
best Interests or the church and ot' her
ministers. As a presiding otllcer he
has no superior. Ills knnwU-ilKc of
(onferenee business, his kimsp of situ
ations and mastery of intiicHli) ecclesi
astical problems, with moral strength
and power to enfniee coircot dccW
Ioiih, makes him nt once a model bishop
and nn Ideal lesldent.
He Is a Canadian by birth, but iu all
that counts for line Ameileanlsm lie
Is an American of Americans. Horn
In Hurford, Canada. In 1S37, 1m today
bears his years as a man In the prime
nnd vlpnr of ucllvo life. Kducated for
tho bar, ho plussed bis Ii'ual attain
ments with theolohicnl knowIedKO and
when admitted into the TCock Itlver
confereni In JM1I hu sprantr rapidly to
I he- front, oecupylntr for tin? full pas
I oral terms tho strong pulpits of Jef
ferson street and Clark street churches
and the laifiu Centenary church of
ClilcaKo was built by him when only
Ilvo years a member of tho conference.
i u ti V
riubsermeiitly ho becamo pi-csldcnt of
tho Northwestern university, from
which position hu wns called by the
sonernl xml'eronce of 1S76 to become
editor of The Christian Advocate.
Four years later lie waa elected corre
HjKiiidlniT secretary of tho Missionary
society, and four yenrs subsequent to
this, Iu the general conference of 1881,
ho was elected a bishop of the church,
tho highest honor which the church
could give him.
The coming conforencs will bo his
thtrd presidency in "Wyoming. In 1887
and In 1898 he wag in charge, both
sessions being hold In the town of
Norwich, N. V. It la especially grati
fying that at this time, when the con
ference U to be at "West PltUton, that
Ulshop Fowler has been called to take
tho place ot Illshop Nlndetrunsferred
to tile ineniheislilp of the saints above
o Hint his many friends throughout
litis region may have an opportunity
of seeing and hearing lilni Iu confer
ence work. Many Scrnntou people re
member how two decades uro. In the
Academy of Music, he captured tho
large audience with Hint most eloquent
find masterly lecltlte. "Great Deeds of
tlreat Men." The two greatest lee
lurcs of today are "Abraham Lincoln"
und "iji'iieial Grant," which are de
llvetcd by Klshop Fowler. We ven
ture the statement that on conference
Sunday the West Plttiitoii church will
not be large enough to accommodate
the many who will be anxious to hoar
htm. It lias been suggested dial the
Sunday services, or at least on of the
number say the nveiiliig be trans
ferred tu the Klin Park church of this
city.
John T, Keith, who has Just become
superintendent of the Wyoming divis
ion of the Lehigh Valley railroad, with
headquarters at Wllltes-Harro. is a
lallrond man of much experience. ITe
was born In Tot onto, Canada, on Sep
tember W, 1S3H, and Is or Scotch. Irish
descent. He was educated in a college
at that placp and at tlio age of seven
teen, his patents having died, h wns
forced to enter the army of tollerp.
Mr. Keith left Canada and c.inio to
Pittsburg, where In; woiked as brake
man on a Pittsburg and Coiincllsvlllo
railroad passenger train. In 1S7." he
wuh promoted to bu a freight conduc
tor and In 1SS0 to passenger conductor.
In 18S3 he became a passenger con
ductor on the Pittsburg and Krle. and
In 1S8S he became trainmaster of the
entire railroad system. In 1S98 lie ac
cepted the position of superintendent
of the Haxleton and Mahanoy division
or the Lehigh Valley, with headquar
ters In Ilazletoii. There ho remained
until i took tho position of superin
tendent of the Wyoming division on
February 1.
Ho Is a thorough railroad man and
n gentleman ns well, and has made a
favorable impression upon thoso he
has come in contact with since ho took
charge of the main lino division on tlio
llrst of the month.
OFFICIAL OATHS.
England Has Some Curious Forms
Even at This Late Day.
Vioin tlio 1Mnloii Law .loui'ul.
Not the least interesting feature of
the appointment of Mr. Slice, Q. C, as
presiding Judge at the trial of the otll
clals of Hie lluniboll bank. In the Isle
of Man. was the peculiar ceremony
that preceded the performance of his
Judicial duties. II" whs required to
swear that ho would administer Justice
as Impartially "a the herring's back
bone doth lie In the middle of tbe fish."
Tills oath equals In qualntness the
ceremony of swearing thtougli which
the Norwegian witness lias to pass.
Before he gives his testimony he raises
the thumb, the forefinger nnd the
middle linger of ills right hand. These
signify the trinity, while the larger of
the uplifted fingers Is supposed to rep
resent the soul of the witness and the
smaller to Indicate his body.
"If I swear falsely," he exclaims,
"may all I have nnd own be cursed:
cursed be my land, field and meadow,
so that 1 may never enjoy any fruit or
vield from them: cursed be my cattle.
my beasts, my sheep, so that after this
day they mny never tnnve or neneui .
me; yea, cursed may 1 be and evety
tliing I possess."
This Is certainly a "good mouth
lining oath." but IU comprehensive.
nesH does not exceed that of the oatli
taken by the IMrmese wltncs. lie is
not content that the consequences of
his nerjury should fall upon himself;
ho Is even ready that his relations
should surfer with him, "Let us be
subject." be prays, "to all the calami
ties that are within the body and all
that are without the body. May we
be seized with niadncs.", dumbness.
deafness, leproy and nyciropnooin.
May we be struck with thunderbolts
and lightning and come to sudden
death." Kven more coiibclentlous. per
haps, was the first witness In the days
or the Hrehons, who took three separ
ate oaths before he gave his evidence,
the first standing, the second sitting,
the third lying, as there were the
positions In which his life was spent.
The nation that lias shown Itself to
be the most ingenious in the making
of oaths Is the Chinese. Slicing of a
fowl's head, brcnklng a saucer nnd
extinguishing u candlo are among tho
pIctuieKqiie ceremonies that precede
the giving' of evidence In n ChlnBso
court of Justice. The behiadlng of the
fowl Is supposed lo Indlrnte me fate
of the liar, and the cracking of the
saucer and tho extinguishing of tho
candle ilnnie are Intended to indlcato
what will happen to the soul of tho
witness who does not tell the truth.
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Curtain News I
Shrewd buyers will take advantage ot the special
prices made on our entire Lace Curtain Stock. Many T
small lots at a fraction of their real value.
All work done by grad
uates who arc taking a
course in our system of Pain
less Dentistry.
We only charge you for the
material used.
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Physician and Surjjsoi
311 Sprues St.
Temple Court BaUJiai
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Ml i ulc n'l cliionle illicavd of in. 11, wo
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llltAIS ANO WASTIM. I)iK.il:S A Sl'I.C'
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I'llts Ituiuuif, liolire, iiiieuiiuiiinni, Attluna,
CkUitIi, Vmlii'iiik'. I.ot M1111I100J. Nightly
Kmtalon, M I'mule DImmwh, Lcucuiiiwca, in.-,
Uoiinonlu'J, kyiihlllli. Wood Pokon, Indfoue.
tlou nnii vmitlitul hiliit obliterated. Surseiy.
I'lW, Ki'lli'l.. T.IVW .mil ftiiinacli Worms, .
lAltltliOZllNi:. ircliic (or (.atjrrh. TIhcu
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lining and Blasting
POWDER
UviUat Mooilaaud KuliJl Watit.
STRONG AGAIN.
You who onc jioescd sturdy phyf
Iquennnil steady nerveii, but now have
insufficient physical force to properly
attend to ordinary dutieii; you who
lwi vea sense of "all-Koneiie.'1 niter the
nugiucst exemou; you wuo are uuu,
languid ami old in spirit at an age
you who may feel tint your HIP u not
vlieiivoufiUouhlliefuuofil-slcaUite;B Ll 1
u.nrlli the ktruucrle there isa scientific
mennii of rcdeemluK all the precious
powcrswmcnRecmio oc cnuieiy iosi
UW AND OHDER LEAGUE.
Orgnnlzed nt Kansas City ns Rsult
of Mrs. Nation's Visit.
Dy Kxcliulre Viri from Th Awocialed Trcsi.
Kan.a City, Kcl. 10. Thf Law and Ord.-r
Lcjgiif m lieen organlwd hero aa a rrniilt vt
tho ilt fct Mrs. Carrie Kation, Thp object of
tlio Ic.iriie. ai stated In Its bylaws, Ii t "no
that tlio laws of Kantas City a to saloons nnd
Rambling are enloiced for the piotetllon of
lioinea and dilMrcn awl for the genera, welfare
of the people."
There is to be no snushing of itlonns, but
giOM action will I tat.cn tn mipprrM the erili
that result Irom iioivciiforceinint of prohibitory
and Fundi)' (lonlng lawk. liitehtt.pln Mill be
the rmblciii of the Ie.igue.
jj 0 tkfA
Have cured thousands such as yon.
Don't experiment with your health or
money. We will take the risk. If six
boxes tlo not cure you, your money is
returned, l'or years we have been
curing men on these satisfactory terms.
Sl.00 per box, C for i00 ronlled In
Plain p.ickagr Hook free. Addres
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LAPLIN RAND POWDER CO.'S
ORANGE GUN POWDER
Eltetrlo Ilatterles, rciestrlaKxnlodtri,
xplodlug blaiU, Safety Fuis nil 1
Reoauno Chemical Co.'s nx.-Ko'.'.Vn.
A Bad Brake
Is worse
at all.
than no bralco
We are now ready to
lit your wheel with tho
latest coaster brake. If
yon contemplate any re
pairs on 3'our wheel for
the spring riding now is
the time to get it to our
shop. We will send for
and deliver your wheel
when finished.
118 18
For sale by John 11, I'hclpi, I'liarnucUt, corner
M)omlng aw line and Spruce street.
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4SS to 485
N. Ninth Strest,
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Telephone Cnll, '.2334.
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
Central Agent for ths Wyomlog
District for
DUPONT'S
POWDER.
Ululr.g, tlUElIng, Eportlng, Fmcleleis sod ths
ltcpauiio Chemical Company's
High Explosives.
Ealety I'us:, Caps snd Giplodera. Room 101 Con
Ddl Building-, Sainton.
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