FREELAND TRIBUNE.
PUBLISHED EVERY
MONDAY AND THURSDAY.
THOS. A. BUCKLEY.
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
TERMS, - - $1.50 PER YEAR.
FREELAND, PA., OCTOBER 27, 1892.
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
NATIONAL.
President.
Grover Cleveland..... ............New York
Vice President,
Adlal K Stevenson .lllinois
STATE.
Judge of Supreme Court,
Christopher Hcydrick Venango County
Congressmen- at-Large,
George Allen Erie County
Thomas P. Merritt berks County
COUNTY.
Congressman,
William 11. Hines Wilkes-Barre
Senator,
J. Itidgewuy Wright Wilkes-Barre
Sheriff,
William Walters. Sugarloaf Township
Recorder,
Michael C. Russell Edwardsville
Coroner,
H. W. Trimmer Lake Township
Surveyor,
Jumes Crockett ltoss Township
• We denounce protection as a fraud, a
robbery of the great majority of the Ameri
can people for the benefit of the few. —
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
IT is reported that many voters of this
vicinity do not intend to go near the
polls on election day, fearing that the
new system of voting will cause them
too much inconvenience and annoyance.
Whatever others may do no Democrat
who is worthy of the name will stay
away on such a flimsy excuse. There is
not the slightest difficulty in casting the
ballot, in fact there is no inconvenience
to be experienced at all, and, as to an
noyance, no one is allowed to trouble or
pester the voter while he has a ballot in
his hand. The friend who has a friend
on the other tickot cannot buttonhole
and badger you from your residence to
the poll window as heretofore, and that
alone should he enough to induce every
Democrat to come out and do his duty.
IN the death of his wife President
Harrison has the sympathy of every
citizen, as would any other man,
whether his position be that of president
or miner. Even in the two days that
have elapsed since she died the public
has been struck by the utterances of
many Republican organs. So desperate
have they become that nothing that
could possibly used as political capital is
too sacred for them. The sancity of the
death chamber has been invaded and
the president's bereavement is held up
to view in a manner that is calculated to
create a mawkish sentiment in the
minds of voters. The insincerity of
their motives is transparent and is a
mockery of the condolences they profess
to tender. But what else could be ex
pected from Republican organs in a poli
tical campaign?
IT is not probable that the history of
any political party in the United States
can show as many converts of national
reputation for one year as the Democrats
can for 1892. It is really astonishing to
view the number ef prominent men who
have had the courage in this campaign
to throw off the shackles that bound
them to the most corrupt and corrupting
political body that ever existed in any
nation. Half a dozen members of Re
publican presidents' cabinets, ex-gover
nors, ex-congressmen, citizens of every
business and profession, besides thous
ands and thousands of men who are less
prominent, and who remain silent for
obvious reasons, all these have deserted
the party that is led by the most noto
rious scoundrels that ever drew breath.'
They have joined the army of the \
people and will follow to victory that
fearless champion of equal rights,
Grover Cleveland.
THE new county advocates have
crawled into their hole, but that is no
sign the schemers are dead yet. Find
ing they could not sweep the lower end
with the cry for a division, they have
made a right-about-face and now seem
utterly indifferent to the question.
1 hat, however, is one of the old games
of Hazleton politicians, and they can't
fool the people of the North Side with it
this time. The candidates of both
parties are marked who have friendly
feelings to the movement to make Haz
leton a county seat, and all the threats
or coaxing they can do from now until
November 8 will not gain them a solitary
vote here, unless they give their pledge
against the plot. Thisisabilof friendly
advice to a few of the swaggering
"know-alls" who imagine they carry
the lower end in their vest pockets, and
who think voters and newspapers should
dance to every tune they play.
A Peculiar Denial.
A Wilkes-Barrean, who signs liimscll
"G. L. Baldwin, Post 257, Dept. Pa.,'
pnblished a letter in Tuesday's Proyrrx
in which he says a "late issue of tin
TRIBUNE contained an article which doei
great injustice to Mr. Foster, the Repub
lican nominee for congress."
The issue referred to is probably thai
of the 13th inst., wherein an article
appeared which alleged that Footer it
opposed by many old Boldiers in Wilkes
' Barre on account of his reported refusal
to aid the members of the G. A. R. in
their efforts to obtain money for the
Memorial Hall fund, claiming that the
t veterans should take their pensions and
build their own halls, as he (Foster) did
not expect to loaf there.
The TRIBUNE took the article from a
responsible paper, the Nanticoke News,
I. and gave proper credit for it at the time.
. If this Mr. Baldwin, Post 257, Dept. Pa.,
is so solicitions, of Foster's candidacy
why did he not disprove the statement
j where it originated? He makes no
it - mention of what the "injustice" was,
and gives only his own assurance that
3 Foster is "in full touch of sympathy
with the Union soldier."
Even if the charge is untrue it would
be far more manly for Foster to deny it
7 himself, instead of having his apologist,
t G. L. Baldwin, Post 257, Dept. Pa.,
beating around the bush in such away
that no one can understand what he is
51 driving at. Veterans don't care much
whether Baldwin's acquaintance with
Foster extends over a period of five or
, of fifty years.
That has nothing to do with what
. Foster is reported to have said to the
G. A. R. men who called upon htm for
p help, and until Foster denies and dis
proves the charge made by the Nanti
'' j coke News he should be considered
, j guilty.
Ilogus Protection Did It.
Here is a partial list of some of the
thousands of prominent Republicans
who have deserted the party and will
support Cleveland:
Walter Q. Gresham, of Chicago, judge
of the federal court.
Judge Cooley, of Michigan.
Wayne McVeagh, of Pennsylvania,
attorney general in President Garfield's
. cabinet.
Colonel Joseph A. Nunuz, of Buffalo,
, N. Y., chairman of the first Republican
convention on the Pacific coast.
Hugh McCullough, ex-secretary of the
treasury.
Charles B. Farwell, of Illinois, ex-
United States senator.
Philip Armour, of Chicago.
Henry A. Meyer, of Brooklyn, Re
publican candidate for mayor last year.
C. J. Harrah, of Philadelphia, presi
dent of the Midvale steel works.
, Judge Rea, of Minnesota, ex-com
, mander-in-chief of the G. A. R.
R. R. O'Dell, of Minnesota.
Theodore Witte, of Brooklyn, mem
ber of the bar.
Fredrick B. House, of New York,
ex-assemblyman.
John H. Seaman, of New York, ex
alderman.
Robert McAdams, of Rome, N. Y.,
the most prominent farmer in that
section.
William Green, of Gloversville, N. Y.,
a life-long Republican and G. A. R.
man, now serving his second term as
district attorney of Fulton county.
Albert R. Leeds, of New York, pro
fessor of chemistry in Steven's institute
lioboken.
Henry C. C. Astwood, ex-consul gen
eral to San Domingo.
"The Irish Vote.*'
Every four years a great deal is heard
about the " Irish vote," and how it will
be cast at the presidential election. It
is a favorite subject for a horde of petty
campagin orators who do not possess
enough brains to speak intelligently up
on any other matter, and the frantic
: appeals now being made to that nation
ality for its votes merely show the des
peration to which the Republicans have
been driven in 1892.
Even James G. Blaine, who made a
speech recently, was not above the com
mon crowd of "stumpers" who are harp
ing on the "Irish vote-" Coming from
one who is usually termed a statesman,
i it deserved a rebuke, and the Boston
I Pilot, in the following, gives it to him:
Mr. Blaine's interest in the welfare of
1 the Irish people is touching though
i tardy. It is a pity that it was not mani
-1 j fested when it would have been more
| useful to them during his first term as
j secretary of state under President Gar
; field. He might have displayed it to
, | good effect also when he visited the Old
j World, a few years ago and hobnobbed
" [ with "their former oppressors," after
I , hastily leaying Dublin in order to avoid
. j a demonstration in his honor gotten up
, j by some Irish Nationalists who did not
j know him as well as be is known on this
■ I side of the Atlantic.
3 j Remembering Mr. Blaine's painful
t ; lack of interest in such subjects even
t ' longer ago in the troublous Know-Noth
ing days, Irish-Americans may be par
-1 doned for doubting the sincerity of his
' professions now, just before election day.
. There are individuals who are sometimes
called "annual Irishmen." Mr. Blaine's
' solicitude for the Irish people is not
' even annual—it is barely quadrennial at
' i most.
. ! This "Irish vote," as we have many
' times said, is a bugbear of British Tory
statesmen too dull-witted to understand
A ' that the most intense enemies of English
y aggression in this country are so not more
1 on account of their Irish origin than be
, cause they are thoroughly patriotic Amer
ieans. Democrat or Republican, they
know hut one party wtien the nation's
welfare is at stake.
| it there be one question in the present
campaign upon which an appeal might
fairly be made to citizens interested in
the cause of Ireland it is the question of
'xx local self-government and home rule,
je which the Republican Force bill threat
ens to subvert. This is a matter which
28 Republican orators sedulously ignore,
b- knowing that it will not bear the light of
public discussion. The "Irish vote" will
, J not be cast in its favor; for Irishmen,
' above all others, know the meaning of
le I bayonets at the polls and all that they
is 1 imply.
TARIFF ON GOAT HATH
THE ABSURDITY AND INJUSTICE OF
IT EXPOSED.
A Duty of Twelve CentH a Pound In
]>onod Upon an Article the Commercial
Value of Which Is but Two Centg—A
Shrewd Scheme.
Judge Gray, of the United States su
preme court, has just sustained the action
of Collector Beard, of Boston, in classify
ing common goat hair with second class
wool, and making it dutiable therefore
at twelve cents per pound.
In commenting on this decision The
American Wool and Cotton Reporter,
edited by a moderate protectionist, says
in its issue of Sept. 22:
"Of course the court did not consider
whether this duty of 500 to 800 per cent,
upon the pauper goat hair of Bombay or
Russia is absurd or the reverse. The
court simply decided that under the
phraseology of the McKinley bill all
goat hair comes within the provisions of
class 2 of the wool schedule, and is
therefore dutiable at twelve cents per
pound. Under the tariff law which was
in force previous to the passage of the
McKinley act this goat hair was free of
duty.
"As the law reads, the hair of a primi
tive Russian or Bombay goat, worth two
cents per pound, is dutiable at twelve
cents per pound, while the wool of a
primitive sheep at 32 per cent, ad valorem
might get in at three cents per pound or
less.
"The supreme court has decided upon
the exact reading of the law, and it has
reached a decision that must be con
ceded as correct by every person who in
terprets the law as it stands, and not as
it should be from a commercial or eco
nomical standpoint.
"The fact that the law imposes a duty
of twelve cents per pound upon an arti
cle the commercial value of which is
from two to three cents per pound, and
which has heretofore come in free of
duty, has no bearing upon the question.
The McKinley schedule is replete Willi
these inconsistencies, and a close study
of the measure and the methods em
ployed in constructing it will show that
these seeming absurdities and ridiculous
features did not get in by chance, but
were cleverly devised schemes of men
who knew what they wanted and were
not scrupulous in reaching for it. And
it is this feature of the McKinley bill
that has cast odium upon it and has cost
the Republican party a large number ot
voters."
It seems absurd to talk about twelve
cents per pound duty on common goat
hair, and yet this is the law and thero is
no escape from it.
"The Ohio wool growers have gained
their point, but we fail to see where it
can benefit them in the slightest. It is
hardly probable that they contemplate
establishing a common goat industry,
nor is it at all probable that the
exclusion of foreign goat hair will
appreciably increase the demand for
wool—certainly not domestic wool.
It is a hardship which falls heavily
upon carpet manufacturers, and also
upon consumers of low grade carpet
ings, and is of 110 material benefit to any
one. A duty of twelve cents per pound
on goat hair is nonsensical; it means ab
solute prohibition, and that is what the
framers of that portion of the tariff law
aimed at."
It is not surprising that, understand
ing as it does how the wool schedule
wasconcocted, The American Wool and
Cotton Reporter, protectionist though it
is, has come out in favor of free wool
and dares to say that the McKinley bill
is not perfect.
The Pauper Labor Germ.
If the Republican party—that is, the
protected manufacturers—really want
to legislate to protect American work
men against tlio pauper labor of Europe,
it will ask its president to continue in
definitely the twenty days' quarantine
now placed on passengers from Europe.
The immigrants have nothing to sell
when they land here but labor, and the
continual stream of this commodity
pouring into this country tends to keep
wages down to the European level, just
as certain as several connected bodies
of water will tend to a common level.
Break the connection and it is possible
for one body of water to become and re
main higher than the others. Stop im
migration and it is possible for wages
piece wages—to become and remain
higher here than in Europe. There is
some doubt, however, if this is the in
tention of the manufacturers. The last
thing they would think of doing would
be to put up barriers between their mills
and the cheap labor of Europe. If i
European labor is cheaper than Amer
ican they want free access to it, and
they have it and use it to displace Amer
ican labor. "Don't stop immigration,"
says Andrew Carnegie; "there is room
here and work for all immigrants."
And the laborers have been thirty years
in getting their eyes open so that they
could see this big humbug!
TuriflTi Mako AnnicM.
Tariffs alone make necessary the main
taining of armies and navies, and our
army and navy cost the labor of Amer
ica 1100,000,000 a year. That is to say,
100,0U0,000 days'work at one dollar per
day must be performed in this country
to maintain an utterly nonproductive
naval and military force, because our
portH must be guarded to prevent the
bringing in of foreign goods for which
American citizens are anxious to ex
change their goods.—St. Louis Courier.
Protection Hurtl to Give Up.
Nearly a year ago New South Wales,
which had been a free trade colony, im
posed an ad valorem duty of from lOpei
cent, to 15 per cent.; this has proved
very unpopular, and a great many think
that the government which came in on
this policy will be supplanted by the
free trade party at the next election.
But history shows that where a pro
tective tariff has been entered into by
any nation, it is very hard to give it up.
—lron Aga.
! WAGE QUESTION AT LAST SOLVED.
"llio Solution Kof Acceptable* to Manu
facture™ ami Protectionists.
Tlie New York Press of Sept. 22, says
that about 1,000 immigrants land weekly
at New York to find employment in do
mestic service, and that the stoppage of
inimigration has raised the wages of
girls doing general housework from
twelve dollars to from sixteen to twenty
dollars per month.
Now, what an object lesson this is for
McKinley, Harrison, Carnegie and the
other tender hearted friends of labor
who have been trying in vain to raise
wages. This cholera scare lias cost us
millions of dollars, but it will be a pay
ing investment to the present adminis
tration if it has given lisa solution of
this wage question. Hundreds of mil
lions have been invested in the McKin
ley bill and other high tariff measures
to no purpose. Now, almost by acci
dent, the question is solved right in
front of our eyes. And how simple an 1
complete. No theory and no guess
work! Wages actually advanced 50 per
cent, in a few weeks, and the cause will
not be disputed by any party! It was
not caused by a high or low duty or by
any duty at all on goods.
It was caused by the stoppage of im
migration. Nor is it strange when the
matter is considered under this new
light, for isn't the labor market ruled
by the same law of supply and demand
that fixes prices everywhere? And is it
not the immigrant who has been bring
ing in fresh supplies of labor to reduce
wages here almost to the European level
—when product per earner is considered?
It is by checking immigration and not
goods, then, that we may hope to main
tain higher wages here—if they really
are higher. And now yon would think
all of the generous and sympathetic mil
lionaire friends of labor would at once
begin to make laws to stop immigration.
No; such is not likely to be the case. In
fact these good manufacturers are likely
to fight against a duty on imported labor
as hard as they fight for a duty on im
ported goods. They had their "contract
labor laws" in the sixties to induce im
migration here to keep wages down, and
it is their boast that "protection" en
courages immigration.
The New York Tribune said on this
same day (Sept. 22): "Protection has
been our policy for thirty years. Ten
millions of aliens have been brought
from Europe and supplied with remu
nerative employment under the stimu
lative effects of a tariff policy." The
same New York Press also boasts edito
rially that our high tariff policy is
draining Europe of the cream of her
laborers, and that the monarclis there
are doing their best to keep subjects at
home. What is the poor laborer to dor
Shall he continue to place his trust in a
party that for thirty years has been ex
perimenting in the wrong direction to
raise wages, and that will not adopt the
solution now that it comes from another
direction? Shall he form a new party
to stop immigration, or does this big
and thickly settled country have need
of the brawn squeezed out of the mon
archies of Europe? How would it do to
take duties off of the necessaries of life
and raise wages at once by increasing
their purchasing power? Perhaps after
all, it is less and not more interference
with trade and commerce that is in the
iuterest of labor.
THE GREED OF PROTECTIONISTS.
They Do Not Kliar© Their Protection
Bonus with Their Employees.
The whole theory of "protection" is
that the welfare of the laborer is best
subserved by leaving him in the hands
of his employer, and the only theory or.
which our tariff laws are assumed to
help the laborer is this: That if the em
ployers are allowed to extort bounties
from people at large they will use them
for the benefit of their laborers. Under
our "protective" system hundreds of
millions annually are handed over as t.
bonus to manufacturing employers. No
one questions that. That is just what
the tariff is for.
As Mr. Robert 11. Cowdrey suggested
some time since:
WILL SOME PROTECTIONIST PLEASE ANSWKIt?
Have you ever seen a laborer who cared a
nickel whether he worked for a protected or
unprotected employer?
Have you ever seen a laborer who expected
to receive more wages from a protected than
an unprotected employer?
Have you ever seen a protected manufac
turer who paid higher wages than he was com
pelled to?
Have you ever seen a very wealthy Arm pay
more wages than a moderately wealthy one?
Have you ever given more for anything than
you were required to? and, furthermore, if
you should, would you not call yourself a fool?
If, then, the unprotected manufacturer pays
just as high wages, and still is able to make a
profit, by what method of reasoning do you
arrive at the conclusion that t lie protected
manufacturer pays higher wages because of
protection?
If there is free tnule in labor, and high pro
tective prices for those things which laborers
most buy, is not the laborer being robbed in
stead of benefited?
If protectiunis desire to pay high wages,
why do they always employ the cheapest labor
they can find?
Our fertile noil insures our laborer
cheap food. Our free government and
lack of standing armies give him a
respite from the terrible taxation to sup
port government under which European
workmen groan, and the "protected
manufacturers, taking the most of what
he has thus gained, point out the little
advantage they leave him, and ask him
to be grateful for the benefits of "pro
tection," which, while it gives them free
trade in labor, enables them to charge a
bonus on all that every laborer buys.
"Protection" makes the laborer pay
more for the goods he lias to buy, but
puts no tariff on labor—the one thing lie
has tc sell. It enables the manufacturers
I to charge more for what they have to
i sell, but does not make them pay more
| for what they have to buy—labor. Whom
j does it protect?
The manufacturer wants free trade in
labor, and asks for "protection" in order
"to enable him to pay higher wages."
Why not rather give free trade in goods
and put a tariff on labor to "enable the
workingmen to pay better prices?" Do
the rich need protection more than the
poor? Does the capitalist need protec
tion so mnch more than the working
uiau? —Hon. John De Witt Warner.
CAMPAIGN SONGS.
Best Efforts in the New York World's
Prize Contest.
The hosts of the Democracy are marshaled for
the fray;
With Cleveland now to lead thein on they're
sure to win the day;
Their principles are borne aloft upon their
banner true.
And they are the men true blue.
CHORUS.
Shout glory, glory, halleluiah!
Shout glory, glory, halleluiah!
Shout glory, glory, halleluiah!
And they are the men true blue.
Fidelity to truth and trust, fidelity to right.
Inspire them with burning zeal to meet oppos
ing might;
And, lighting for the principles bequeathed to
them of yore.
They'll sweep from shore to shore.
No centralized plutocracy; no catering to class;
No lifting high in privilege above the common
No legislation to annul the right of equal share.
When Cleveland and his men get there.
The toiling millions in the field, the millions in
the shop,
The yeomanry of brain and brawn, the coun
try's pride and prop,
Shall find no high protective tax tneir industry
o'er whelm
When Cleveland holds the helm.
'Tis blazoned on the banner that the Democrat
unrolls,
"No force bill shall obtrude its baneful shadow
on the polls;"
His dear bought, sacred interests shall not be
wrest away
In the Democratic day.
The doctrines of the fathers, the> who uiAde
the nation free.
Shall bo the cry and watchword of the new
Democracy;
Those grand, eternal principles upheld by no
ble sires
Shall hum as altar fires.
Hurrah! then, men. for Cleveland and for Ste
venson, hurrah!
They represent the principles to crystallize in
law;
They stand for righteous government, and they
will win the fight.
Because they stand for right. •
With Cleveland and with Stevenson the hosts
will march along.
To swell at hist the chorus of triumphant battle
song,
When shouts of glad hozannos will he heard
on every hand.
Through all this glorious land.
The Pride of Our Land.
[Air—"The Star Spangled Banner."]
Oh, comrades, rejoice! In this glorious cam
paign
The patriot's soul is exultingly glowing,
His heart beats with joy and his eyes proudly
flash
As victory's tide ever onward is flowing.
For Cleveland we'll fight, for in him we delight;
He'll lighten our burdens uud make all things
right;
So we'll join hand in hand and make u brave
stand; *
Hurrah, boys, for Cleveland, the pride of our
land!
We need no protection, we scorned it before.
When 'twas offered by Kuglund, along with
taxation;
We fought it down then, and we'll crush it out
As the bitterest foe toour country's salvation.
Give it what name you will, it is tyranny still,
To absorb our earnings tariff's pockets to fill.
Then hurrali for our Cleveland, we'll join baud
in hand
For our country's best hope and the pride of
our land.
Wo have earned in the past the right to be free,
From wrong and oppression to guard our dear
homes*,
Neither discord nor strife our peaco shall dis
turb
When Cleveland, our hero, to rulo o'er u
Though McKinley still Bays tariff higher he'll
raise.
The country won't stand it theso Democrat!
days.
Then hurrah, boys, for Cleveland! We'll make
a brave stand
For the man we have chosen, the pride of our
land.
Democracy.
[Air—"America."]
Democracy! 'tis to thee.
Through ages yet to be,
Our land will cling;
In springtime's radiant show.
In summer's ardent glow.
In winter's frost and snow.
Thy blessings bring.
Democracy! 'tis to thee,
Faith of the truly free,
Wo ever bow;
Faith that was sorely tried.
Faith that lias never died.
Faith that will sure abide.
Triumphant now.
Democracy! 'tis to thee,
When other hope shall flee,
We turn our gaze;
Where oceans lave our shore.
Where prairies yield their store,
Where mountain torrents roar.
We render praise.
Democracy! 'tis of thee
All men will surely see
The glorious day.
That God their cry inay heed.
That God may help their need,
That God may grant thee speed,
We ever pray.
A Change of Base.
The tariff mongers have changed their
base, in accordance with campaign exi
gencies. Formerly their cry was the
"home market," and they did not con
ceal their contempt for the poor mar
kets of the countries of South America.
Now their whole talk is of reciprocity
with South America and of the wonder
ful increase in the exports of breadstuffs
lust year, which they attribute wholly
to the McKinley tariff. When the ex
ports of breadstuffs shall again fall un
der more favorable conditions in Europe
and under the natural influence of trade
obstruction, the tariff mongers will
again have the "home market" to fall
back upon. The great beauty of high
tariff logic is that it can readily adapt
itself to any and every conceivable con
dition of things.—Philadelphia Record.
How It Looks In lowa.
Take the recent Republican "victory"
in Vermont as it stands and extend
the same Republican loss of votes into
lowa in proportion, and the plurality of
81,711 for Harrison in 1888 will he wiped
out in November next and changed to
a plurality of 6,000 and over for Cleve
land, and this is just about the way lowa
looks at present for Republican consola
tion.—Sandusky (O.) Journal.
Either Peck or Aid rich Was Wrong.
The Republican organs who a short
time ago were commending Senator
Aldrich's statement in regard to the ef
fects of the tariff are directly refuting
his statements when they call attention
to Mr. Peck's monstrous array of statis
tics. They cannot both be correct.—
Newport (R. L) Herald.
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H. G. OESTERLE & CO..
manufacturer of
SOCIETY t GOODS.
HATS, CAPS,
SHI UTS, KELTS,
KALDItICS,
SWORDS and GAUNTLETS.
Banners, Flags, Ba clges,
Regalia', Etc.
LACES, Fit I NOES,
TASSELS, STARS, GALOON,
EMKK()II)EH Y MATEUIA L,
GOLD and SILVER CLOTHS.
WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES.
No. 224 North Ninth Street,
Philadelphia.
i. p. wiMii
Centre nntl South Streets.
Dry Goods, Dress Goods,
Notions,
Furniture, Carpets, Etc.
it is sufficient to stutu our stuck tliruuirhout
is the most cniiiplctc lu tht rckiou
w ; tvi t'"." *■" 11 "" 1 J'" l *"' .vuurstuves.
I ''prices with any dealer in the
same line OT goods in Luzerne count v. Try UH
when in need ot any of tin- above articles, and
especially when you want
LADIES', GENTS' AND CIIILDUKN'b
?00IS and SHOES.
In every department we offer unparalleled ;
inducements to buyers In the way of nigh class |
goods of quality beyond question, and to those
we add unlimited variety in all liew novelties
and the strong Inducements of low priees by f
which we shall demonstrate that the cheapest,
as well us the choicest stock. Is that now for !
sale by
j. p. MCDONALD.
Subscribe for the TRIBUNE.
Jl Illlllt'S '
EMPORIUM.
jWe Are Now Heady With
Our Fall Stock of
Dry Goods.
| Canton flannels, from 5 cents
a yard up.
Calicoes, from 3 cents up.
All-wool dress goods, double
width, from 35 cents up.
We have the room and the
stock. '
Ladies' Coals, Capes and,
Shawls
In Fall and Winter
Styles.
Mens' Heavy and Light
Weight Shirts.
The Most Complete Line
of Underwear
In Town.
Blankets, Onilts, Spreads,
Etc., Etc.
Wall Paper, Stationery
and School Books.
Furniture, Carpets and, *
Beddings.
A good carpet-covered lounge
for §5.00.
Ingrain carpet 35 cents a yard
up.
Brussels carpet, 50 cents to
§1.50 per yard.
Boots and Shoes.
" Ladies' kid shoes, §I.OO.
Children's school shoes, Nos. 8
to 101, 85 cents; Nos. II to 3,
05 cents.
Groceries.
All fresh goods.
Flour, §3.35.
Ham, 15 cents.
Tobacco, 38 cents.
Cheese, 131 cents.
Scim cheese, 8 cents.
3 pounds of raisins, 35 cents.
5 pounds of currants, 35 cents.
0 pounds of oatmeal. 35 cents.
(j bars white soap, 35 cents.
3 bars yellow soap, in cents.
Thousands of Other Goods
All Guaranteed.
Queens ware.
■ We sell Deite's Lantern, 38
cents.
Milk and butter pots, a com
plete line.
Tinware.
Washboilers, with lid, 00 cents.
Blue granite ware, a complete
line—is everlasting.
Call and see our stock and be
convinced of our assertion
that we can save you 35 per
cent on any goods you may
need. Terms, spot cash to
one and all. All goods guar
anteed or money refunded.
Yours truly,
J. C. BERNER.
Corner
i SoutJi and Washington Streets.
CITIZENS' BANK 1
OF
■ FEE ELAND.
15 Front Street.
. Capital, - gpSO.OOO.
OFFICEHS.
.TOSKI'U KIHKIIKCK, r resident,
I 11. C. KOONS, Viet} President.
B. K. DAVIS, Cashier.
JOHN SMITH, Secretary.
DIRECTORS.
Joseph Hirkbeck, Thomas Hirkbeck, John
agner, A Kudewlok, 11. ('. Koons. Charles
Dusheek, William Kemp, Mathias Schwa be,
John Smith, John M. Powell, ft!, John Burton.
BT Three per cent, interest paid on saving
deposits.
Open daily from 9 a. m. to 4p. m. Saturday
evenings from ti to 8.
WM. WEHRMANN,
German Practical Watchmaker.
r
Centre Street, Five Points.
The cheapest and best repairing store in
town. All watch repairing guaranteed for one
year. New watches for sale at low prices.
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pabvd WIUCIHW an.l ducks re
-ICNGI.ISH, SWISS ANI) AMERICAN
WATCHES.
| Complicated and fine work
on watches a specialty.
PATENT ,1
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j W. T. FIT/. GERALD, Att'j-llt-Law.
Cor. Bth and F Sts., Wellington, D. C.