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TOE SCRANTON TRIBUNE---WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1902.''
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SCnANTON, FEtlHUATlY 2(5, 1902.
Itoport has It that one reason why so
many Plttston saloon ktcners ki-ow
careless of the llciuor law was because
the mayor of Plttston said It was to
be a wide open town. Maybe the may
or Is now ready to modify that pre
diction. Short Shrift for Stray Dogs.
T
-UK LIABILITY to rabies from
me uitea ol unmuzzled hobs
Is about one case In ten mil
lion exposures; and It is
veil established that more harm re
sults from a tioare on the subject than
from all the dc? bites that ever were
bitten.
But dou bites arc not uleasanl at
best. Neither Is the spectacle of mangy
tramp cms I'liuping around the sheets
of a populous city. For that reason,
chiefly, the order of the d hector of
public safetv coniinandlnp; the collce
to effect an eaily reduction in the or
phaned canine population of Scranton
will be generally appioved.
If anvhudy tries to raise a rabies
scare in your neighborhood, don't get
excited and think your last hour has
come. But, on the other hand, don't
try to resist the oollce extinction ot
stray curs. On general principles It is
a public necessity.
What a pleasure it is to see the breth
ren of the board of control dwelling to
gether in harmony. So mote it always
be.
Colonel VVatres' Candidacy.
THE ASSERTION Is made in
dispatches from Pittsburg
that Colonel L,. A. "Watres.
Lackawanna's only present
aspirant for the governorship, is about
to begin a contest for delegates In Al
legheny county. One dispatch quotes
the colonel as saying that from now
on he intends to make a tight in every
county in which he has any show ot
success.
Little has reached us here at home
of the colonel's plans; but if the fore
going version of them is true it speaks
well for Lackawanna county and for
the parly. Should Colonel "Watres"
candidacy result in bis nomination,
that obviously would be of advantage
to this county. Should lie make a brisk
fight and lose fairly, that would do
neither him nor this county any harm.
On the contrary, it would additionally
advertise both before the people or the
state in a way to the discredit of
neither.
In an interview given out by lilm in
Pittsburg Colonel AVatres says he has
put up his delegates in this county and
does not anticipate that they will bo
opposed. In thai statement we have
no doubt that he is correct. It has al
ways been the custom in Lackawanna
for the Lackawanna candidate for a
state olllce to have an unopposed path
way so far as local delegates are con
cerned, The only time this wise cus
tom was challenged was in isor. when
Judge AVillaid came before the state
convention for Superior court judge.
An effort was then made to dispute his
bolection of delegates but it failed.
There ox.s-.ts no reason why any fie
publlcan tn lackawanna today should
meditate u campaign of opposition to
the one candidate for state office now
In the Hold who halls from our county.
As for the statu .it huge, a lively con
test for the gubernatorial nomination
will awaken fie party from its leth
argy and help to Insure better results
at the polls, when next fall's state and
congressional ticket conies before the
people. If ouv townsman can win the
coveted pjace; well and good. If ho
i-unno:, lt;iu falr.to assume that he and
his friends will tako defeat good im
turedly and cheerfully support the
choice of the majority.
The newspaper wiseacres are no long
er prophesying that President Iloosevelt
will put Ills foot In it, They are be
ginning to recognize that he Is a piesl
ilent with a head.
About the Pink Slip.
TO IMPUTE dishonesty to a
body of business men when a
mot e charitable view is pos
sible is often unruir, it la
possible that it was unfair In the case
of tbe'-'board of fire underwrite! s for
the middle department whoso course
In the pink slip matter we censured
yesterday. Therefore, we withdraw
tjiat imputation as being too hasty and
perhups too sleeping; although as we
view it the course of the board of mi
dcrwrjters bears many appearances
of unfairness. To say that prom
ises of rebates on the pink slip were
unauthorized Is to convict a num
ber of local fire underwriters of exceed
ing their authority la a way very little
alfferent from misrepresentation, if
that Is true, it would be well for the
companies to look Into jt. If they have
agents hero who exceed their authority
in early understanding with those
igents. should be reached for the best
Interests of all concerned,
li'mnl talks which we have had with
representative local underwriters wo
arc nssilred that the singular course of
the middle department board 'has not
hud their uiuiuallfled approval, The
board could easily have Jttstllled u flat
advance In rates, made equitably, with
duo notice. But the slapping on ot a 25
cents per $100 special premium alleged
to be dtio to the poor condition of Scan
ton's fin! defense and then the long
pel. listed In lefusal to remit or rebate
that extra charge after the Items com
plained of had been substantially rem
edied and the city's fire defense brought
up lo the best condition In Us history,
If not dishonest, was at least disap
pointing and unfair. If It had been the
lionid's intent to exact a larger per
manent premium, why did It hide be
hind a temporary excuse? Why did It
not face the Issue openly, by calling
attention to the fact that It could no
longer do business In Scranton at a
loss?
The communication from a number
of local underwriters lo which we give
place In another column presents with
ability all the defense that can be
made In behuif of the board's course.
It loyally lays the blame on the sub
ordinate ngonts. Perhaps thny can
stand it: hLilg lire insurance is a
necessity at any price and where the
rate Is a nmtttr concerning which the
Insured have no voice there Is little
danger of the subordinate agent losing
business. But for our part, we do not
believe that the misrepresentation con
cerning the pink slip has been wholly
the work ot the subordinate local
agents. They are on the . whole a
pretty clean and icputable group of
men. We do business with most of
tlfem and, so far as their authority ex
tends, have no complaint to make. We
believe that If the lbcal underwriters
had handled this pink slip question
exclusively there would have been very
little misunderstanding and no subse
quent feeling of sharp practice.
The effort of Wellington of Maryland
to make out that William McKinley
was a liar and trickster can hardly be
pronounced a coruscating success.
Disfranchising a State.
1
"til'j point raised in senator
Tillman's behalf, that the
senate has no right under
the constitution, short of a
sentence of expulsion, to withhold from
any state its due participation in the
votes of the senate, had merit in It.
While the senate is the judge of the
standards of conduct of Its own mem
beis, the sovereign rights of the state
to full representation forbids any
abridgement of the voting power ot
the individual senator whose commis
sion Is legal and whose adjudgment in
contempt has not been followed by "a
verdict of expulsion. As the Tillman
petition says, it It weie in the power
of the senate to deprive a senator of
the right to vote on pending measures
of legislation by the mere fact of ad
judging him In contempt, there would
be no gunrantee of the proper represen
tation of any state In the deliberations
of the senate. A majority might thus
at any time enforce closm-ern a mi
nority, or a nilnoilty, taking advan
tage of the temporary absence of some
members of the majority, prbceed to
revolutionize the majoilty by voting
enough of its membeis In contempt to
give it control of the paillnmentary
organization.
The conduct of Tillman merits the
penalty of expulsion. It is flagrantly
bully-like and defiant. Even worse
than Ids list fight on the floor of the
senate was his audacious refusal to
decline the president's invitation to at
tend the dinner in honor of Prince
Henry, an invitation extended prior to
Saturday's disgrace. The Impropriety
of a senator seeking to lepresent at an
official function a committee of a body
which had just adjudged him in con
tempt should have been recognized by
him instantly, to say nothing of the
consideration due to the president ot
the United States and his guest. But
not only did Tillman refuse the oppor
tunity which the president gave to him
to get out of the dilemma gracefully;
he then followed up the president's
compulsory withdrawal of the Invita
tion with such coarse Insult to the pres
ident and with such an exhibition of
bravado and contemptuous disregard
of the proprieties of his situation that
if the senate shall not now i Id Itself
of bis presence It will in the eves ot
decent people stand as sponsor for his
standards of decorum.
The objeotlonableness. of Tillman as
an individual member of the senate
did not, however, affect the merit ot
the constitutional question which was
raised as to bis right to vote pend
ing the Inllictlou of a sentence for mis
conduct, The debate in the Quay case
clearly established that a vacancy
In the senate was not contem
plated by the rounders as something to
be encouraged and prolonged, but as
something to.be remedied at the first
possible moment, That the senate has
any right by a mere adjudgment in
contempt to disfranchise a common
wealth is on Its face preposterous, since
it visits on muny people who are them
selves Innocent of wrongdoing a pen
alty hardly to he exceeded in its sever
itythe penalty of virtual disfranchise
ment. That the senate may say to the
state which sends to It an objectionable
member; "Wo will not permit such a
man to remain in our body; send an
other, who Is pot objectionable, or do
without representation" is another mat
ter. In that case there is no disfran
chisement. The state affected can have
representation If it takes care in Its
selection, But in the case under
consideration at Washington, no op
portunity was ulforded to South Caro
lina to change her representatives, On
the eontrury, without notice to the
people of their state the senators from
that state, pending the Investigation of
their misconduct, were denied the right
of participation In important leglsla-.
tlon directly und materially affecting
their constituents.
Against such a ruling the minority
had a good right to protest. The ma
jorlty was wise in not Ignoring tho
points of manifest Justice In their pro
test. s . .
The name of William M. Laffan now
appears at the head of the editorial
page of the New York Sun, Indicating
that control of that paper has passed
into his hands. Though lacking some
of the btllllanco and wonderful versa
tility which jt displayed during the
lifetime ot Charles A. Kami, the Sun Is
yet easily the most readable newspaper
printed in the English language und
one of the furthestreaching In its in
fluence upon contemporary thought,
The mission to which Mr. Laffan lias
succeeded is, therefore, nn Important
one. Wo trust am believe that ho Is
equal to It.
Avoid Reform by Jerks.
OUIt neighboring city of I'ltts
ton Is just now In the throes
ot agitation over the refusal
by the Luzerne license court
of.23 liquor licenses, applied for by men
who, according tb testimony offered by
tho Anti-Saloon league, have not been
obeying the excise law as they should.
In this administration ot justice Pitts
ton docs not ytund alone. Throughout
Luzerne county there were 91 refusals.
But what ma4tes the case of Plttston
especially notable is the fact that the
councils by resolution petitioned tho
court to bo lenient with these appli
cants for license, Rlnco the rejection ot
their applications would create a most
serious breach In the city's revenues.
This petition from councils had no ef
fect. In consequence nearly $10,000 ot
revenue formerly received from licenses
will have to be derived from some other
source or the city go into bankruptcy.
It Is hardly necessary to suy that In
this action the court has simply done
tho duty Imposed upon It by law. From
a human standpoint the hardship
wrought by such a wholesale cancella
tion of permits to do business Is not
pleasant to contemplate. NorIs It to be
denied that the laxity In enforcing the
liquor law which has characterized this
entire community for years, and for
which all classes of citizens are in some
measure responsible, presents, If not a
justification of these dealers, then at
least some extenuation. But inasmuch
as no improvement can be wrought in
such a condition without somebody
taking the start, the present action of
court will, If followed up, prove highly
advantageous In the long run. But If
It is not followed up; If the present ac
tion shall turn out to be one of those
spasmodic jerks in the direction ot re
form which, after a little, end by leav
ing things in worse condition than be
fore, then Instead of the community de
riving benefit it will, as a matter of
fact, be actually Injured.
It has been pretty well established
b'y recentidevelopinents in Lackawanna
county that human nature Is a plant of
slow giowth; and that the man or
group of men who expects to force a
condition of public virtue beyond the
ability ot the average of public senti
ment and character to sustain simply
builds up disappointment. This Is la
mentable, for it often discourages good
men from doing what they can to make
their surroundings better. But as a
fact In life not to be 'ignored without
mischief it presents a strong practical
reason why reform movements should
be gradual rather than jerky; why they
should be ready to follow up whatever
the- undertake and persistently push
ahead until in course of time the aver
age of mankind Is moved forward.
That is the great lesson for reformers
to learn. When they learn It, the word
reform will lose In the public "mind that
significance which now often causes its
mention to evoke a contemptuous smile.
As Mr. Tillman could not take the
gentle hint in reference to the banquet
Invitation, the vigorous kick ivas the
proper solution of the problem.
Plttston saloon keepers are now cer
tain that the ground hog did see his
shadow a few weeks ago.
fl Glimpse of
Pad?reu)ski
IT. IS PAllUO.Y VW.U to be curious in to nl.y
omen wilt make a hpcttjcle ot tlicniwlvrg
our a popular artist, eien if lip is gicat
like Path-tun M, or uant lo nuiry liini, as
seieial hundred of Uicm did before lie tool; a
iilfe unto himself last jear. Why any woman
should wish lo many a man ulio lias to liaic
all the attention in tlie family, all the bouquets,
as it iieie, pJMes tompulienIon. If au.ionc's
lomfoit is to be lonsidcied, it is tlie gie.it art
ist's, ft is ids net feet and not his wife's which
set the public into i-i:unls of anxiety. It is
the piohlem of keeping him out of ihaughla
uhleli giies the ni.in.iRer thills. It is his nenes
nhiih produce tho tiptoe habit in tlie household.
It would fceem that the ino.it deiout hero
uouhlpper would begin to backslide in the face
ut kikIi prospects as these, and that the time
would fperdlly appioaili when the candles riin
burned at her diiliiilj s shrine would (jiow per
ceptibly shorter, llien the adi. Ullages of lotirj;
or niaklui? inoit of tlie other women in the
world mad Willi Jealousy, might ecaiccly be sup
poed to compensate feminine cnthusla.m in such
ca-es. lloiicicr, Ibis peculiar tjpe of adulation
lias been shared eien by loyalty for there were
two pilnceoei ot myal blood who weie almost
leady to icsort to duelling last jcar for the
priiilcBQ of being nioiu or less nonentities the
icinalnder of their ihrs, each as the- wife of
Paderenskl. It is ny prliate opinion that lie
mauled his piesent wife as u last icuirt lo es
cape the alaiiiiluc; attentions ut the other
women.
o
This particular pha-u in the life of a famous
artist Inipii'ssed mo the other day as I watched
the fvitilsh uiu tilth whlih ho was Mirioiinded,
I thought that they were toliillous of Xoidica
guaicltug that ptecioua nlghtiiigalo in her
tluoit, keeping failed her hours of rest, using
all tho cunning secrets of the toilet to pieservo
her nuriclous beauty and piofecllng her as bj
iniisihlo armor, fiom any disturbing influence
that might bait) Its edict on her art, Hut
really, they were indlficient In the ilegue of
their watchfulness as louipatcd with thoe who
liaio the le-ponslbility nl I'adeicntkl's welfuie.
He told me that he sleeps but little, and that
for d.i.i.s at a time the fiend of Insomnia pur
sues him, Thus Ills care takers must natch
cieiy leat opportunity to bale lihu get rest or
a little bluiubcr. It they fancy he is sleeping
ever so lightly duiina; a Journey they will almost
brain a poller who should ilumsily stumble
against the statc-iooni iilirie he lira,
They bin round him like cordon of sohlleis
fiom tho curious gare and tlie approach of the
public and they have a holy icieieueo for bis
moods of abctuctlou which precede a recital,
As a rule he will utter no word for hours pie
lious to a public appearance awl. he raid no
food duilug that time. 1,'U'iy energy of body
and soul is bent upon the prepaiallon of the
programme tlie mental attitude, the intangible
spliituai force which makes his plajing' what it
Is inccmpauble,
I wonder how many people would be willing
to do what 1'adeieiiskt docs to become great,
U Is all it'iy well to contemplate longingly
that $.',500 a night, which Is tlie lowest guar
antee he icci'Iies. It Is also a fascinating; pros
pect to bao the possibility ot milting KO.OOO
for one week's recitals as he bad for playing
four nights in Chicago and St, Louis on a foriifr
tour, to say nothing of the adulation and the
gloiy. ilt is a tery different matter to practice
all night ud creep Id bed fur a few moments'
lest at daj break, to 1U9 soon and go on tilth
study and to continue this jear after year with
only the bieak of a recital tour tthlt.li it even
more e.hautite. It is a ditfirent thing1 to deny
one's iclf all pleasures of the appetite and most
ot tlie social Jojs of life, to live as be lives In
luiury, yet with tlie utmost abstemlousiiess,
scarcely taking enough food lo euslaln existence
nml using no stimulants whatetcrf to utay as
It weie In,!! world where nil men are nl (hadown
and only art Is real, Hurely one ulionlil reap
some material rewind for thin devotion. Hurely
one thus pocssctl ' n Ideal and willing to
do all Ibis must compel llio fates to grant sue
ccs. The price Is too high for most mti eien
If they had the talent or the genius.
o
iMtlerctVflcl could luie been great In almost
any way which lie had clitwen so wonderful Is
this ability to concentrate bis entire energies! on
the subject at hand. Ho Is almost the folllmy
example of supreme musical genius combined
with a power of self conttol and phenomenal
Judgment In worldly matters. He earns fahu
lous minis of money and liU manager told me
lh.it if lie would put his thought to it, he
would make tho ablest ot financiers, but lie Is
so generous that about half of his great Income
he throws out with the two supple hands which
brought it in, with the most Indiscriminate
charity. '
bet a Pole como to him tilth a tale ot woe
and a prompt reply to prayer Is assured by the
lattsh gifts he bestows.
"I never can refuse them," he salt! laughingly
the other day. "My poor eonnlrjmcn. Mr,
unhappy PotanttI The tery air there nltecls me
dlflctcntly. I must not go there too often tor I
cannot woik. 1 have large estates In (lallcla,
tlie last little comer, you know, where they
allow us to peak our own language, and when
I go there tho bouse is full of tlsltors and I
see my people and ah, 1 cannot work, 1 can
not compose that Is all,"
He was much Interested in hearing about the
Poles In this city. "They ate not bad people
these my countijinen," he said pathetically,
"t'hey hate had so little, they bate been denied
so much. Waltl They will be different I They
will jet be good for America. Tlren that strange
beautiful smile lit up his face. "They don't
want to be mayor as soon as they land," lie
said la sty humor. "Hut they do haie chilsteu
lugs and weddings I am told."
How lie gieeted thoe counlr.iiuen of lil.
liolJi hands went to each one and there was a
mist in his eyes, as ho gate them such a heaily
gieetlng. I thought they would cuish his slight
linger and many of them wept. They weie tine
looking, welbdres-'ed men, "l come fiom Chi
cago," said one. "I came a thousand miles,"
said another, "to hear jou and see joii," while
there were many fiom this immediate tlcinlly
Including scleral members of the priesthood.
o
It may not be generally known that Mr. Pad-erew-ski,
as well as his wife, who ttus the
Daroneas Ilosen, is a Catholic not ot the Greek
church, for that Is Jtu-sian you know. J he leal
Pole of Poland can scarcely be nnj thing that Is
lliisslau. Plenkietlcz Is a teiy close fiiend of
Ids. He is not an admirer of Tolstoi, whom he
belletcs lo be Insincere.
P.idcreuskl almost neter sees a newspaper or
magazine inlcrt letter. What is still more dis
couraging to the interiietvcr, who can remedy the
aboie omission by means of his own imagination,
Is explained by the pianist's statement made to
the wilier: "I neter lead a piess notice, said
he. 'lliey won't let me see thcni. I don't know
whether they fear I shall be made unhappy, but
sometimes sk months or so later, 1 may look
them oter. They me all sated for me. I don't
know but they think a pics notice cold is les
oppressing than one hot. fconietimcs they haie
been hot, I am told."
I should like to tell more of the incidents of
Ids lomantic cnicer. Many of them haie not
readied the public prints. It is this s-d, ro
mantic stoiy that has held much cliaim ti tlioso
ulio tt oi ship at Ids sliilne, and jet beyor.tl and
aboie and siiriouiullng it all is the pcional
magnetism of the man, the something that makes
linn gieater than others who make snoot music
in the world. Nothing better illustrates this
singular quality than the experience of Pio
fessor Theodore Hembeiger, of this city.
Sometimes, because we haie him with us and
lie seems contented in our coinpiny we foiget
that ho leally does not belong to us wholly;
that such a master as he, is of a wider spheie,
and a higher attitude. Wc forget that be has
had the widest ndtantages, that he lias had and
still continues to reccite, invitations to hold
nol.ible positions both in this and the old tvoiltl,
ami that lie has heaid and knot.s intimate!
many of the gieatest pi.ini.sts ot tlie day.
Uaelc in ISS'J Piof. Ilcmberger was a member
of .1 eel lain Composei's society in Iiciliu. Theie
was a joung man in the society who was not con
sideied as luting any renuikable ability. Indeed
be was refused as a pupil by Hudoif, tiie famous
master. His work as a piuuUt had no paiticular
togue. They were all chums in the society and
their lciations weie so familiar that fietiuently
the other students used to Inclose fifteen pfen
nigs in a letter advislng.tl"o joiing nun in ques
tion to get his hair cut. It was blonde hair and
lie note it long and tousled. Societies and mem
bers came and went and the joung man was for
gotten. In the winter of ISO,", a pianist appealed in
New Yoik who Has the cau-e of unexampled
fuioie. He boie thu name of tlie student at
lleilln. Mr. lleuiberger, then a coiuparatliely
new comer to Suanlon, was interested in the
stoiles which came this way and one clay went
down to Xew York. "I'm going to Arid out
whether tills is the same PailirewsM that I used
to know," lie thought.
Cainegie hall tas packed almost to the fell
ing. Mr. llemberger fiom his seat far back
caught one glimpse of the perfoimer with the
nimbus of fair hair and lie said to himself, "That
is our PadiieWhk! sine enough," but when he
began to play (he sona.ta of Heelhoven opus 101,
tho Suanlon listener began to wonder. As that
notable composition stent on and giander, uider,
moie sublime under the artist's lingers, Profes
sor Hembeiger foigot the young fellow at the
conscitatory, foigot the memories qj tlie past
and only lealbed that something was speaking
to him out of the,inuslc that neter bad spoken
befoie. At the conclusion of the recital lie
rushed out and home ptihaps the most deiout
admirer Padeiewskl ctrr had.
Piofessor Hembeiger is a modest man and de
spite bis pist connection as a student tilth the
great pianist lie did not attempt to see him after
the clew of tlie iccital on Monday night as he
had no idea of being reinembeied,
o
It so happened that be was obliged to go to
the station with a fiiend and leached there jut
as PadeicHsM was about to enter the sleeper.
Mr. Hand hastened to him and took him to the
pianist's side, Padciewskl looked at hlni a mo
nient a Hash came into Ids e.tes and extending bis
hand a second time ho said; "Well, jou hate
changed a great ileal."
This abnoit look the piotc.-eor's bicatli but he
icplitd hastily, "Ah but tlie men of Poland .nc
polite. It is kind ot jou to sat- you lemrinbcr
inc." Padeietttkl then began to speak, lapldly
in Hermans "1 pat tou on tho back," fie said.
"Vuu lemember 1'clW llrrKhock and Staten
hagen, jou remember that night after the con
ceit," continuing in a swift How of lemlnUcence
which simply paialjzrd Piofessor llemberger, who
was so toticlud by llils marvelous gift of ieco).
lection that he could rot speak,
Padercnskl was most delighted at the meeting
and piled lilm with questions leatlng with the
exaction of a pipinlsc tint Piofessor Hembeiger
should send lilm some of his compositions at
once.
Piofessor llemberger listened thioush the le.
cital the other night to feel at its conclusion
that it was one of the most blissful eieulngs of
luuslo be had eter known. Willi his knowledge
or tlttiiosl, none can louili In stinpathy this king
of the pianists, lias long been his belief, Mr,
llemberger said;
"Kten those people who came fiom ciulosjty
and who expressed ihelr opinion of his appear
ante felt that be spoke to them out of hU
poetry of feelings, and they weie astonished into
inuleni'33, This was unexpectedly piotcd when
alter the last number, as people weie rushing
out in the fuililon of Scranton audiences, the
applause continued and the pianist rame back
and played a number while the gicat assemblage
stood listening in breathless silence. If this is a
fad, then we like the fad,"
Padciewskl In person ility Is most gracious and
charming. Tho friendliness in his ejrs, the gen
tle tolce, tlie air of litcly interest in the person
whom lie addiesses arc Inimitably Ills own. It is
plejaM u remember ll naho remark on Mon
day etenlng, "Come back and say good night
to me again, buieli jou will not go without a
a last word."
lUriiet Cliy Penman,
HOTEjL;:rxvrC CITY.
Hotel Chelsea
Atlantic City, N. J.
Now Open.
300 Ocean front rooms. 100 pri
vate sea water batbs. Seud for book
let. J. 11. THOMPSON & CO,
FINLEY'S
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Waists
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They are more beautiful and dress
ier than any shown heretofore;
greater range of styles and many
entirely new designs. Probably the
most prominent and most appropri
ate of the tailor made effect is the
Gibson Waist
Made of fine quality. Mercerized
Madras; comes in xvhlte and the
popular shades of the season.
White Silk Waists
These' are very handsome; mac"e
of good quality Taffeta Silk, clus
ter of tucks and hemstitched on
front and back, and lace trimmed:
also White China Silk Waists, With
chiffon trimming.
White Lawn Waists
Are strikingly dressy In design,
made of fine imported lawn with
allover embroidery, tucked front
and back, latest negligee tucked
collars.
Others with fancy trimmed V
shaped front in lace and embrold
eiy; also line with low necks and
short sleeves.
Fancy Colored Waists
Are of the most popular make;
tucked front and back; come In
plain colors and stripes. Some of
materials
Mercerized Oxfords,
Silk Ginghams,
French Dimities,
Mercerized Madras.
010-512 Lackawanna Avenue.
ALWAYS BUSY.
Rubbers
Ladies, 25c, 40c and 50c
Men's, 50c and 75c.
Look to it put our Shoes
on thy feet, they are better
than Putting Money in thy
purse, they cure thy ills and
save Doctor Bills.
Lewis&Reiily
114-116 Wyoming Ave.
4 Z "S- JS3"3,'$'i"ia'!''$''i'2aZ
I Sale of i
t Fine China ?
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In order to make room
for new goods, we are now
.j, selling our entire line of ,
I. Fine China at a reduction .j.
of from
1 25 to 50 perCent. 1
off regular prices.
iVlercereau & Connell,
132 Wyoming Avenue.
l,,',$,l"J"$!"l,,',!"",,'"l"$,
THIRD NATIONAL BANK
OF SCRANTON.
Capital, $200,000
Surplus, $550,000
1 Pays 3 interest on
savings accounts whether
large or small.
Open Saturday evenings
from 7.30 to 8.30.
toll Lis
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fluid Hffi
The Tailor-Made Woman I
In these days implies the
Traveled Woman
And for this peculiar sort of wear she demands a
certain kind "of Goods
Stuffs That Are Dressy ,
Yet will stand all kinds of usage, and will not crunv
pie, or spot or show dust. x
Our Pure
Worsted Crashes
Entirely covers this increasing demand. They come
in three grey and two brown mixtures in 48 and 54
inch wide, ranging from
89c to $1.50 per yard
Pure Worsted
Cheviot!
In Vigoreaux effects are
colors in Coverts make
occasion" Dresses, too.
All New Goods
And in a variety to entirely suit YOU. Call and
see them.
IdOD
as LODS s
SCRANTON'S BUSINESS HOUSES.
THESE ENTERPRISING OEALERS CAN SUPPLY YOUR NEEDS
OP EVERY CHARACTER PROMPTLY AND SATISFACTORILY.
FOR SALE
nUCOICS and WAGONS or all kind: also
Houses and Bulldlnp Lots at bargains. HORSES
CLIPPED and GROOMim at
M. T. KELLER
LacUawanna Carriage Works.
J. B. WoOLSEY & Co
CONTRACTORS
AND
BUILDERS.
Sealers In
Plate Glass and lumber
OF ALL KINDS.
Carpets
Beautiful new patterns and rich, harmonious
colorings, fresh from the world's most famous looms.
Hundreds of choice effects to choose from.
Wiltons Brussels Axminsters
Velvets Tapestries
Plushes Ingrains Three-PIys
Carpet Department on first and fourth floors.
Linings, floor crashes, srtair rods, pads, etc, on first
floor.
Rugs for the parlor, rugs for the sitting room,
rugs for the dining room, rugs for the hall, rugs for
the library, rugs for the cozy corner, rugs for the
"den," rugs for the office, rugs for any and all pur
poses, are here iu unlimited variety and assortment.
Saxony Wilton Brussels .
Oriental Tokyo
Smyrna Velvet Art Squares
Are a few of the line? we are displaying. The
smaller sizes are on tire first floor, the larger sizes ou
the fourth.
Williams
129 Wyoming Avenue.
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much worn, and thedght
handsome Raglans and "all
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seoumry BUILDINQ A SWINQS UNION
Home office, 203-200 Jlcars Building, transacts a
general building and loan business throughout
the state ot Pennsylvania.
E. JOSEPH KUETTEL. ,.
rear Ml Lackawanna avenue, manufacturer ot
Wire Screens ot all kinds; fully prepared (or
the spring season. We make all kinds ol porch
icrccns, etc.
PETER STIPP.
General Contractor, Builder and Coaler In
Building Stone. Cementing ol cellars a ape.
cialty. Telephone 2602.
Office, S27 Washington avenue.
The Scranton Vitrificd Brick
and Tile Manufacturing Company
Makers of Paving Brick, etc. It. II. Dale,
aet'oral Sales Agent, Office 320 Washington av
Works at Nay Aug, Pa., II. k. W, V. II. It.
and Rugs
McAnulty,
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