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THE SOttANTON TRIBUNE--WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1902.
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TEN PAGES.
SCIl ANTON, DECUMBEIl 21, 11102.
The Tlnicts mgoH tho nomination 1S
the DolnoriatB of John J. Fnhey for
accordcr bemuse In the lecent emigres
r.tonaliimpalgn ha "did and dared" for
Ills pnity. He teilalnly did both. Of
lite details, tnoie anon. Wi simply note
jiow the Times' testimony on the sub
ject, for It may, hcieattcT piovc blgnlfl
cant. The Wattr Cure for Fraud.
--""VIIE COJIMIONTS of the state
1 piess unjion the lew ilcvtlop-
JL monls which have yot com J
to light in the conspiiacy by
which William Connell was last month
cheated out of nn election to congress
nlioiuly make Intel estlng leading and
will doubtlc-s giow in interest ns the
developments liieie.ibi'. Here, for in
stance, Is what tho Philadelphia Press
bus:
"The eoniniishloiuis appointed by tlie
court In Congiossman Cannell'b contest-t-tl
election ease- to secuie and piesprvo
tho ballots h.ivp found Hint the ballot
boxes in sW dlstilcts of the borough of
Dunmoro had been submeiged In watei
;ind the ballots i educed to n pulp. They
:ue useless In dclei mining Jiow the
Aotea in thoso distncl'S were att. It
happens thit tin. so ditilcts .ire Demo
cratic strongholds, and it w.i; in some
of them th'it Congressman Connell ex
pected to llml the evidence of fraud
that would justify his contest and make
5t plain that lie had seemed a majorltj
of the legal -otes of the distill t. It is
rot fatated in the dispatches how the
Ijallot boxes got into, the water, but
even tho pietense of an accident in the
case cm hat illy be accepted. The laws
of the state aie veiy direct on the sub
ject of caring for ballot boxes. Thej
aie to be kept in a safe place under le
sponsible authority, so thit they mav
not bo tampered with. It should bo
piomptlv ascertained who Is lesponslble
lor the condition in which the Dunmore
boxes weie iound and piopcr punish
ment inflicted. This should bo ilonn
whether this destruction of ballots is
sulllclcnt to defeat the purpose of Con
giessman Conncll'd contest or not. It
was a misdemeanor to place the ballot
1 oes nn where but in a safe place, and
it was not safe wheie they could soak
in water. The law piovide" a ptopei
punishment for such misdemeanor. Tho
discussion of additional legislation to
secure honest elietlons is ptofltlebs il
the laws we now hav e are parmitterl to
lie either violated or ignored without
cei tulnty of punishment. The Dunmorc
m itter needs to be tinned inside out."
Next, load this from the Wllkes-Uaiio
I'.ecord: "It is evident that somebody in
Lackawanna county who has an intei
csl in the Connell-Howoll congression
al election contest Is dettrmlned to prc-
ent an examination of the ballots cast
nt the last election for the office of
representative In congress.' On Satur
day, when the cmnmlssloneis appoint
ed by tho United States court to secure
and preserve the ballots for use In the
runtest, opened the btllot boxes used at
the said election In the borough of Dun
more, they discovered that tho boxes
used In six dlstilcts where frauds weie
alleged had been soaked in water, and
and consequently the ballots weie le
lueed to the condition of pulp, so that
the wilting or pi luting on them was ob
literated, tendering them useless for
the purpose of ascertaining for what
landldates the baliota weio marked.
Clearly these ballots htvo been do
cstroyod lor the puipose of preventing
the detection of fraud and the possible
jnosecutlon of Un election boaids. In
what way and to what extent this de
Rtruction of the ballots will affect tho
contest for tho seat In cougiess will
probably not be known until the Inves
tigation begins. Tho districts whoso
hallo t boxes wore soaked and the bal
lots reduced to pulp are heavily Dem
ocKitlo, No doubt a dutermlned effort
will bo made to feuet out tho persons
utility of this attempt to prevent nn
Investigation to asceituin the actual
lcsult of tho election for congiessmau,
with u. view to punishing them as they
iliSnTVe, The ledeial authorities will
du'ubtleVi. take tha. matter In hand."
j(i this connection It may be well to
leueat some teniuiks made yesterday:
Jtfi yet no attempt has been iniido to
oxdI ilu how six boxes fiom districts
ijlvlng Howell renunknbly big majorities
nf water boaKcd, vvhlo two boScs from
cllatiluls in WHICH tlio voto was
it iiounal, and which wcio stored
tlio elx wnloi -80011011 boxes, word
lidrfcclly dry. Two thlncs arc mor.illv
cAtulm,,
'Ilrst, Iho h boes from districts mis
piited of having made fraudulent io
turns viro tilled with water, tho vvator
was allowed to leinnlu In them until thu
ballots und other pjpcis weie leduced to
puTpTTfliiV wds-"pomeiJ ott only n ahoit
lime, bijforft tie Ijoxes weio bu)i)lit out
of tho collar to bo opened by thu eom
inisfloners iijipoinlcd by tlio court to col
lect and picscrvo tho contents.
Second, tlio only ieatonublo ntollvmfor
t'impeiliig with tho ballots U to hide u
fraud.
Tliut thero wns giound for fiiispectlng
trutitl In sonic, at least, of tlicuo dlstilcts,
Is shown by a comparison of their returns
in the last and picecdlug elections. In
luO, Mr, Connell had us hU opponents,
al,,F. Conry, JJemovrat, who was natur
ally strong In theso particular districts,
and Trunk St. Spencer, Independent Re
publican, whoso mliid was In Dunmoie.
In tho last election, Mr, Connell's oppon-1
onl had neither of tlio elements of
strength fowled Uv Conry or Spencer
In tlio territory In question. With thoso
fnctH In tiilml tlio following tabulations
itlo sli'iitflc-ant!
1902.
Conncll, Howell,
rirsl wind, Klrst ellsttlct, .. 1)5 1M
First wind, Second district,., b) 61
Second wind, Second tllstrlet 82 Hfi
Third ward, Hccond dlHtrlct,. ) B"
Third wnrd, Third district... 71 100
Sixth ward, Plrst dlslllot... S". !'-'
rod CJ7
lfOO.
TliHl wnrd. V'lrflt district. ...12T. Si!
Tlrflt ward, Second district.. 27 78
Second ward, Second district 32 11
Third wnrd, Second dl8ttlct..127 6J
Third wnrd, Third district... !W Si
Sixth wnrd, l'ltst district. ...109 70
In 11M, although tlio Independent Kc
puljllcnti candidate hud IT) votes, prc
tmtnnhly for tho most pirt Itepubllenu
voles, Mr. Connell led the naturally strong
Dcmocrntle cnndldnto In tho vote of theso
six districts, by XI. In 190J, against a cnt
dlelalo of less strength In these districts
ho Is defeated In tho dlstilcts In tittcsllon
by 111.
Vcilly, there Id need of un Invcitlga
tlon. Let tlio probing go to the bottom.
Judge Mcl'hersonV. decision regnrd
ing the Iowa c. o. tl. liquor cases would
Koem to render a whisky license a de
cidedly short i iingo affair.
The Arbitration Problem.
THE CONS1DEUATION which
deters most of the American
opponents of presidential ni
bltratlon of the Venezuelan
muss is the possibility that If Picsklent
Hoosevolt should accept tho Invitation
of Geinmny and Great Britain he
would Involve this countty in respon
sibility. Theic is evidently a wide
spiead belief among conservative
statesmen In Washington that the
United States has about all the lespon
slblllty on ItB hands just now that It
can conveniently handle.
But Is thoio any escape fiom respon
sibility in this matter unless we fiank
ly abandon the Momoc doctrine? Thnt
doctilno itself, and not Piesldent
Iloosevelt, Imposes lesponslbility. It
says that foreign powers which have
grievances against Latln-Ameilcan le-
publics must accept limitsofourmaklng
in the measures of ledress which they
may adopt. Although wc tell them to
go ahead so far as Venezuela is con
cerned, and take a fall out of Castio,
piovided only that they make no pei
manent seUuic of tertitoiy, yet the
minute they do this, American senti
ment becomes excited and pi esses on
Washington to cry a halt. Satisfaction
for South American injustice to foi
eignerc must lie somewhere, and if it
cannot be worked out on the spot
wheio the Injustice has been commit
ted, it must be woiked out by those who
would pi event.
Of couise aibitiation by Roosevelt
would incut lesponslbility. But it
would come anyhow and might better
be laced In this peaceful method than
tlnough tho hnisher piocesses of war.
We predict that the president w ill take
the poweis at their word and do as
they suggest. In no other way can
South Amei lean lotten boioughs be
taught so elfectunlly that the Monroe
doctrine is not a license to steal.
ft might bo a good plan hereafter to
have the Duumorc ballots printed upon
oiled silk.
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A fllsflt Tax Collecting Sytm.
THE Carbondnle Leader ex
in esses dissatisfaction with
the piesont method of col
lecting taxes In that city,
and tiiges the centralization of collec
tions in ono ofllce. That is a need
which Is felt In every community In
Pennsylvania. It Is especially press
ing in Scranton.
Haidly a year goes by here without
a number of homes being sold liom
under the feet of their owners on ac
count of non-payment of tates, the
fault' for which non-payment is often
not with the individual but with the
slip-shod system of assessment and
collection. In many cases the accumu
lations of a lifetime of thrift and fiu
gallty aio sactiflced tlnough tho acci
dental missing of some petty tax which,
as likely as not, may have been over
looked because the assessment was
wiongfully made out. Wo know of an
instance in which a pi eminent prop
el ty owner of Scranton paid $8,000 for
a lot upon which ho intended to build
u line lesldencu and after a thorough
peaich of tltlo and the expendltuio of
large sums in Impiovement came near
to losing it because one of tho foimor
owneis of the lot had overlooked tho
payment of a few dollaia' county tux,
ot which fact there was no available
locoul. The matter had gone through
the hands of a ward collector who hud
been succeeded by other collectors un
til it would have taken a Philadelphia
law or to flgiuo out the location of tho
pioper depository of the infoimation.
Yet because of this ono luegularlty ot
a few dollius dating baclc u number ot ,
yems nn Innocent man might eablly
luivo been despoiled of a valuable homo
and would have been had not his attor
ney been more than ordlnuilly vigilant.
nut apart from this element of dan
ger to pioperty owners, which is as
much tho fault of thu system as of tho
Individual, the present nirangement Is
grossly uneconomic. To collect tho
two bundled odd thousand dollars of
state nnd county tax assessed In tho
city of Scianton the custom has beeen
to appoint fiom eighteen to twenty-one
wnrd collectors, who devote, to the col
lection such time as happens to be con
venient and rely largely upon exoneia
tlous to lollovo them ot lesponslbility
for the uncollected balance. Usually
the biiiall peisonal tax is not collected
at all except when payment Is volun
tailly proftoieil, Tlio commission on
collecting 30 to 43 cents at the C per
cent, rato which tho law allows Is not
a temptation to push this feu tin a of the
collections vigorously and as a icbult
eveiy year tho county lobes huudieds of
dollaid that it could secure with a bet
ter systemUatlou of collections.
What should be done is for the legls
Iutuio to empower the county commis
sioners to vest the collection of stute
and county taxes within city limits In
tho olllco of the city treasurer, thus
consolidating the collections, enabling
the citizen to pay nil his taxes by visi
tation to ono olllce nnd supplying u
central place vvheio assessments can at
all times be examined nnd, when nccen
pary, coriccted, Ah matters now stand
this would lc'itlhu nn net of assembly.
Hut falling Rtieh tin act, IL Is n heady
within the power of the cominlsslonets
to designate one olllcer to collect the
onthe Htitlo nnd enmity duplicate In tho
city, Instead of diffusing the collection
among ncurly two-scot o ward collect
oi s, This would enable the Ihoiough
systemlatlon of tho wot It nnd permit
of decided economies. It would also
enable the cltUen to locate tho collector
without having to hunt all over the
ward or employ n corps of assistants to
keep track of thu continual chnnges in
collectoif.
The announcement Hint riorcnuo
Hums, the joiing woman recently
prominent In connection with the mur
der of n young man found dentl In n
Now Yoik hotel, has been given nn op
put (unity to elevate the stage, calls to
mind the fact that in few Instances has
this sort of entei prise seived to clevato
even tlio box oillec receipts.
President Hoosevolt should put on a
catcher's mask It he concludes to act
as uniplio In the Venezuela, affair.
INFORMATION.
Statistics Issued by tho census olflco In
dicate, pnjs Hindstrcet's, that tho United
States ought to be a fiultful Hold for ne
cldent liisuinnco companies Tor example,
in tho last census venr tho twelve
months ending Jlay .11, mw-r)7,G13 acci
dental deaths wcro repotted. Of this
number 11,111, woio miles and 11,039 fo
mnlcs. In the pet led mentioned the pio
portlon of deaths fiom accidents and in
juiles was G7 0 In 1,000 deaths lrom nil
known causes, as against M7 In 1SW.
Piacllcnlly C per cent, of all deaths fiom
causes known and unknown aio duo to
uccldcntal injuiies, nt least that is tho
ratio one obtnlns by continstlng the K.IH
deaths fiom accidental Inluiles with tho
1,031,094 deaths from all causes that oc
culted In the census vear 1900. Theso
data sue not completo for tho country as
a whole, icllablo figures being furnished
by only the so-called registration stales,
Connecticut, Maine, Now Hampshlie,
Massachusetts, Rliodo Island, Veimont,
New Yoilc, New Jeisoy ami the Distilct
of Columbia. In theso states tho death
into from accidents and inluiles. was 0i
pet 100,000 of population, or 27,019 peisona,
an increase ot 4 1 per 100,000 of popula
tion, ratal accidents are inmo liable to
occur in cities than In luial puts Deaths
duo to ncchlents nnd injuiies were highest
among those whoso mothers wcro fiom
Italj, and lowest among those whoso
mothers wore born in tho United States,
119 j and C2 7 nor 100,000 of white popula
tion icspeetlvely.
A .stateinenL of Canada's tiude, pio
pared by the customs depai tment at Ot
tawa, shows nn Incieaso ot Uafllo with all
thu pilnclptl countiles, tlio most stiIUing
featuio of tlio statement being tho steady
gionth of business with Gieat Biitaln
The totnl imports lor consumption In the
fiscal j car ended Juno ".0 amounted to
$J0.',791,o93, ns against ?1S1,:17 9SS In 1U01.
Somo of the souices fiom which these
Imports weio diawn are shown In tho fol
lowing table, in which compailson Is
made with tho preceding jeii"
Countiy 1P0J. HOI.
United States 5120 809.O3C ifllO, Im O0S
Great Biltuln 49,2n,(A: 4J.01S lol
I'lanco 15,070,778 5,093,021
Germany 10.S1 l,0."J 7,021,103
Ital 724,'ja: i27,3Pl
Belgium l,700(,9i .!,S28 T.0
Newfoundland 1,1L3,120 f2-,,5CS
Tho expoits of Canadian ptoduce
amounted to J19o,019,7G.l in 1902, against
?177,l4J.Jo9 in 1901. Tills blanch ot the
tiado was, in tho lniin, dlstilbutccl as fol
lows: Country 1902 1901.
United States $ Tl.iaii.Ttfi $G7,993,7-'G
Gieat Britain 109.31S.213 9.',S57,G23
Fianco 1.JSS.S1S 1,4JC,C2S
Gennany 2,(,92,:kL'i 1.37I.71G
Belgium 2.41I.Lfl 1.72S.1S1
Newfoundland 2.381,107 2,112,871
Australia 2,571.7..!) 2,2')7,5J1
West Indies 1,7,0J9 3,b9i,203
Of tho collar and cuff industiy 83 pci
cent is ciedlted to Tioy, N. Y.; Baltimore
absorbs mote than 03 per cent, of tho
ojster canning tiade, and Gloveisvlllo
nnd Johnstown, N. Y, pioduco 71 pel
cent of all tho gloves manufactuicd In
tho United States. Moio than 43 pel cent
of all the joweliy manufactuicd Is the
product of Piovldence, It. I, and the ad
joining towns of Attleboio nnd North At
tloboio, JIass , and Piovldence eoutiols
moio than 30 per cent, of tho sllveivviuo
mamifnetuio. Chicago produces mote
thnn 24 per cent, of tho ngrlcultuial Im
plements made, and of pioduetlons In silk
Patetson, N. J., ab'-oibs mote than 25
per cent. Neaily half tho cnipcts made
hi Ametlca nio the work of Phllndeipliia
weavets, and Conncllsvlllc, Pa., produces
4S per cent, of tho coko sold in tho coun
try. Two hundred and twenty thousand
lrancs in gold have been stolen fiom the
collars of the Hank of Pianee. Tho sto
len specie was wiapped up In little cloth
bogs and was blng on shelves, which
weie shut oft by a tailing which was kept
locked. Tho galo had been opened with
a key nnd tho gold nbstincted tlnough n
littlo liolo cut in tho bottom of thn bags.
Little hope Is cutci tallied of tho detection
of he lobbcis. Thero Is leason to beltovo
that thu money was absttaetod as long
ago us rebiu.uy, though tho theft has
only now been dlscoveicd. Slneo that
thno 200 employes have puteiod tho vaults,
and thcio Is littlo cluiuco of dlseoveilng
suspicious expenilltino in Investments by
one or motu ot these,
Wheiover Alfied Belt, tho Afilcan Cine-
siiq MpmilifN iinu tntntoqlH thorn hn hoiii1.
not men of his own laeo, not Geunans
nor et Uugllslunon, but Yankees, as ho
calls them, to look after and cany on his
woik. Wheiover ou visit Bolt cntor
ptlses In Portugal, or South Ameilea, or
South Afitcn, or Austinll.i, or Kotea, or
Siberia, the man jou will Und in ch.irgo,
tho man who Is limiting It succeed, Is tin
American engineer.
Theio aio 30,000 moio dlvoiced women
than theio aio dlvoiced men in tho United
States, tho otlleial flguies being M.OUO in
voiced men nnd 111,000 divot ceil women.
Tho dlspailty Is accounted for by thu fact
thnt men pioeuirlug ill voices moto often
lemauy than the women undci llko con
ditions. IMMIGRATION.
Coinpittlsoii tot July, August, Septem
ber mid October, 1900, 1901 and 1902:
1900. 3901, 190.'
July ,,.,. :;s,$n :s.-,oi9 w.si:
August ,.,,. 31.l.i W,4o;i 45,511
September ,,,.,, 3J,4)1 D,02l K.228
October .,, li'.IUi 11,601 G),CU
Total 141,118 13.V2I7 21S.17I
Incieuso I'M over UK)l, 03,920, ot UJ per
cent
BEGAN WHERE HE LErT OrF.
Pi om tho Benton (ill) Republican.
An old stoiy is told ot a bonder who
called for an egg. Tho wuller asked how
he wanted it couked. Just then a Hush ot
lightning knocked him senseless, und for
eight yenia ho ietunhu.il unconscious und
speechless. Ho was ut lust ablo to spoalc,
and hU Hist vvoul was "Poacheel." It
vvus a. caso of suspended animation, nuel
thu Intel veiling tlmo wna u blank. Ho
lcsumed just whom hu had left off eight
yeaiB before. This reminds its of tho
Detnociat who is ngnln talking freo Undo.
In 1S")I, after tho country linil been wieclc
ed by fica trndo legislation, the llghtnlnit
of public sentiment struck th Democratic
prnty, Won! was sent till along tlio lino
that fieo Ititdo must not bo mentioned,
l'or eight veins not a fieo Undo Bciuenk
wns hentd. At Inst tho effect of the
stroke of lightning has worn off suf
ficiently for old nian Demncincy to to
sumo his fieo Undo cotucisatlou tit tlio
pieclso point wheio ho Joft oft eight venu
ago.
THE MODERN- FETICH.
Editor of The. Tribune:
Sir: I nm a subscriber lo ottr pnpor.
iitulrcnd caivtully jour eelltoilals. I find
In them helpful rending, und n sourco of
serious lellectlon and study. In your Is
sue this morning In tho editorial on "Tho
Cnrncglo Idea," you pay: "Almost our
whole roclul as well us commercial fabric
Is bulldcd on tho hypothesis that money
Is the chief aim, nnd Its possession tho
chief distinction in lire," etc. Theso
thoughts and thoso ot other wt Iters, nio
tollectlons of tho uiatuio thlnkcis of our
time. Not only tho ninluio minds ato
thinking thus but tho child mind bonds
that way. To llustuito: In our Methodist
Episcopal Sabbath school ono jear ago
wo had a lesson on the "Walk to Em
matis." Tho stmeilntcntlent. In reviewing
the lesson, spoku of tlio sudden appear- I
nnco of our Savior and the subject ot Els
convoi'.'Ltlon with Ills followers. "If sue h
n walls .should occur these dajs, whit do
nu ttiini: would be this convocation?
"Money." lopllod a ten year old in tho
front row of seats.
Is It to bo wondered at thnt such ans
wers eomo fiom ones of ho joung an ngo?
It shows that tho teachings 3,011 speak
of, "Our boys ate taught to ucquho it
(money) ns a result of cloveiness nnd
scheming," nro taking deep loot In tho
immature minds of our jouth.
Yoitis, etc.,
J. M. Alexander.
Carbondnle, Dec. 22.
A CHRISTMAS GnEETINa.
What shall I say to you whom I lovo
best?
Sweetheart, what secret is there yet un
told After those dozen yeais the happiest
That life can hold?
Secret thero may not bo; but this ono
thought
Comes to my heart upon tho Christmas
mom:
What joy unto the lonely world Ho
brough
When lie was born!
A Joy llko that within my soul I know
When, lll'o a white star In tho sky
above,
Suddenly Into my lonely Hfo camo jou
To shine with love.
A white star still, jpu cheer mo on the
w ay.
Lighting with love and laughter all my
life:
Let this my gieotlng bo on Christmas
Dav,
Sweothcut and wife.
Piank Dempster Sheiman, in Woman's
Homo Companion
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Our Stocks nro complete for the late
shoppers.
Ladies' and Gentlemen's Slippers,
from 45c to $2.00 a pair.
COME -COME
TODAY OR THIS EYENING.
We wish, you nil a merry Christmas.
Lewis & Reilly
114 and 116 Wyoming' Ave.
OPEN EVENINGS.
Diamond Baigahi3, an airay of inviting
1)1 Ices. Horn tho Cuttei to Consumer, with
i but ono small pi oil t added
liil-Kt. Diamond Blng. woith J80O; My
Pi Ice, J5uo. 6'.-Kt. Diamond Stud, worth
i J(00; My Pilce, 5450. 4V4-Kt. Diamond
Ring, woith $130; My Pilco. i330. 4-Kt.
Diamond Ring, worth $423; My Price,
1 $.23. 3 Kt. Diamond Ring, worth $300; My
x-rice, 2ju ik-i'ei. diamond ittng, wortn
5.S3: My Price, $240.
All of tho above aro Amsterdam cut,
Haw less, und gems of dazzling billllancy.
ICoiseshoe Scuf Pin. 31 Diamonds,
worth $80; My Price, $30 Ilumrailuu Opil
Ring, 42 Diamonds sui rounding, set in
platinum, woith $1S0; My Price, $120.
Ruby Ring (pigeon blood) suuounded
with lino diamonds, $173; Ruby alone
woith over $200 Sapphlro Ring. IVi-Kt.
(cornflower blue color), suriounded with
Jajer Diamonds set in platinum, $103;
woith $200. 1-Kt. Diamond Ring, worth
Slnflr Mn Pllrfl. XTr. Lift nhnn,l
I Rings,1 worth $110, My Pi Ice. $90. VKt.
Diamond Ring, worth $75; My Price, $00;
' -Kt. Diamond Ring, worth $35; My
Pi Ice, $2S. Yt-Kt. Diamond Rings, $10, $12
and $15
Diamonds, ituuies, sappturcs, opals ga
loro, and eholco selection cf mountings
tor bnme. avaltlng vour command.
TAKE CfiDVATOR AND SAVH MONHV
nnd at tho same tlmo sen exhibit Jet
Black Diamond, Golden Blown Diamond,
Canai y Diamond, tho Priceless (not blue,
but) Heliotrope-colored Diamond.
Uncut Diamonds, Sipphhes. Opals, etc.,
etc, ns they como fiom mother earth.
Each lidy customer will bo presentee!
with il New S.ifetv Gaitor Purse, tho
newest and most ptactlcal Invention of
its kind, an absolute safo way to cany
monov and jewels.
Each gentleman customer presented
with a ilno leather coin holdei; nothing
llko It; my own idea. SATISFACTION
GT'ARANTnnn
"Your Money Back Without Arcument."
WALTER W. WINTON'S
DIAMOND PARLOR, C07 Mears Building.
HENRY BELIN, JR.,
General Agent tor the Wyoming District (or
Dupont's Powder
Ulning, Blasting, Sporting, Fmolelesa aiu) the
Itcpauno Cliemlcal Company'!
HIGH EXPLOSIVES,
Safety Fuse, Caps and Exploders. Ttoom 401 Coo
sell building .Scranton.
AGENCIES.
JOHN D. SMITH & SON Phraouth
. W. UULLlclAN Wilkes Barrt
seam; full tlare; (t'j QQ.
at...., , , P0
324 Lackawanna Avenue
gaums
Reynolds Bros.
THE IDEAL
STORE FOR
I
LAST 1
10
If the question What to Give? bothers you just
come to Reynolds'. Never was a 3tore more resplend
ent with seasonable suggestion'? DAINTY, AT
TRACTIVE, USEFUL and PRETTY GIFTS are
on every side. They are inexpensive, too. We have
GIBSON, HORLBUT, PIERCE AND CHRISTY
CALENDARS, PRANGS' POSTERS AND
CALENDARS, DIARIES, DESK
PAD CALDENDARS.
IMMENSE LINE OF
LEATHER NOVELTIES, BEST AND NEWEST
IDEAS. IN STATIONERY, FOUNTAIN
PENS, GOLD PENS AND DAINTY
PEN HOLDERS
and a thousand and one equally desirable ar
ticles for gifts.
Just come along and see.
REYNOLDS BROS.
Hotel
-AT-
121 Washington Ave.
Wheip vou will find tho best and
largest assoi tment of
FURNITU
roR
Christmas Gifts
A PEW OP WHICH ARC
Ladies' Desks
(In all tho woods and finishes)
Ladies' Dressing Tables,
Parlor Cabinets,
Mus c Cabinets,
Fancy Chairs and Rockors,
Morris Chairs,
our nvnit-popuiiAit
LeaM Bookers
TABLES
of all tho nowest designs,
including
Parior oi in lies
And pveiythlng to bo found In a
Complete Puinlluio Stoiu.
Ell
.fid Li
The
OOSKC
Pwcfe
C
Koomsi 1 nnd 13
SCRANTON, PA,
V,
MINING AND BLASTINO
POWDER
llado at Mocslc ami ltushdilo Works,
tafliu & Rand Powder Co.'a
OKANGE GUN POWDER
tleetria mtlcrlcs. I'.lcctrlo Tiploders, Kx.
plodinj; HUsts, Uafcty Fuse.
REPAUNO OIIEMIOAIi CO.'S
Hianr explosives.
JLilJLJLJL sM
Connell's
I
IE SHOPPERS
Jermyn.
EDUCATIONAL.
Do You Want
a Good Education?
Not a ebort course, nor in easy course,
nor a chcop course, but the best education
to bo bad. ho other education is worth
spending time and money on. II you da,
write tor a catalogue ol
Lafayette
Easton, Pa.
which offers thorough preparation la ths
Engineering and Chemical Profc&tloss as well
as the regular College court.
iTATE 111 SCHOOL.
EAST STBOUDSBUItG, PA.
Regular Stato Normal Courses and
Special Depai tments of Music, Elocu
tion, Ait. Diawlng, Stenography and
Tjpewilting; stiong College Prepara
tory Depai tment.
FEEE TUTION-.
Boarding expenses J3 SO per -week
Pupils admitted at any time. Winter
Tei in opens Dec. 20th. Write for cata
logue.
E. Ii. KEMP, A. TS.
Principal,
oYRACUSE UNIVERSITY,
Syracuse, N. Y.
OrriTRS, bc-Ido the icgular Collego
Courses, Jleeh.inleal, Klectrlc.U and
Civil Ktigineeilng, Aiehlteetiiro, Music.
l'liiiitinL' Law. lledlelno. Sociology
II siiul Pedagov.
OVntt l'UUTV 01 llin -'-i..f, uuivoi-
.i. .1 i . .!.,.. ,,..(1 rnriTi,. nrn
ropicsentod on the fiieults of the Lib
el .11 rtllS ' eJIIL'HC lUIUl'll w ,... ova
nro ho modei. itu that they aro less
than tho fees in somo colleges where
li eo tuition is given.
Send for Catalogue.
SCRAIITON CORRESPONDENCE S0H0013
r.CIVNU ., l.
T. J. roster.Prea. Ulnier II. Lavvall.Trca.
It. J. l'ostor Stanley P. Allun,
Vice Piesldont. Secretary.
Ill's 81
Lager
Beer-
Maiiiifnctnrors oi'
Old Slock
J. .j. .j. !' '"
i PILSNER i
i
,SE, Scranton.Pa.
Old 'Phone, 333l.
New 'Phono, U935,
College
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