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CITY NOTES.
The Delnwnie nml Hudson compatn
julil tlio tr.iliimui on tlio tlllsloii south
nf Straiiton and shops tit Ultes-Harie
jtstertlay.
Tin- Thliteenth w.uil Hculillean c.illciw
lias been called for Tuiscluj. Doc 21, at
tlii! if.Mil.ir polling plucci between tin?
hours of 1 ami 7 o'clock.
I'uiiik Cope otoiel,iy mrrnli g inatlu
.illlilnlt Ixlori Alileiniin Millar Unit In
kllli'il 11 mink 1 ml 11 eouli In Ketertiiwn
lit n celled tlio boiiii'y irom tlic county
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bt. John s Catholic Total Abstlnoii e
n tul lStiiciiilent poclctv, ot I'lue UtcoU,
Mill tdelunte the twelfth unnlierar nl
Jti uiganizitlon at Its hall, llJ7 Capcimc
incline. nut Monday cloning.
Mis. i:ilz.il)olh (inland Hall Just n
tillliid fiom tin? L'oiiM) cniintn. Afiic.ir
will sp, ,tk to the iiiiiik ptnple ami thll
iliiii in the IV1111 Auiuc ll.iptist c lunch
mi We duesiliiy afti intmu at lo'ilock Ad
wWslon fiee. JJieijhotli uclioiiic
.Haulage IU111-1H weie grunted josttr
da b tlio lirk ot tlu- court!- to Aithiil
iJiinn and August 1 1'ratt roiilliain of
Siranton. Uum lturdlck ami I'mma
(ii.iturr of Ciitbtiiidiilc; Daniel lll n
buigli. of llamli'ii, l)il. and Annie M.il
P11K of Win mitt- Christian Miller and
:iln Vail, of C.uhonlali.
Jnmos Shore and William .llllson were
jiliccil under in 1 o-t at '!.'i0 oclock este'
da morning l Special Olllcei l'hlllp
G11. lilt, in the Dolauaic I. iiknunnn 1
mil Weston jnul The men were at
tempting to In at thtli a out of town.
J1 itiiilnim Palmet assisted In the arrest
In pollie limit jestetd.u Minor Ilillei
ie Jillson anil Shote om hour to 'Ot
out of loun, without comlltlons.
Mrvit'im Drawn Woil..
makCH an elegant Christmas gift.
Most .loboiatc lino ever shown In
Sunnton. Mis. M. K. llcynoliK 71G
tlitms aienuo
THREE DIVORCES GRANTED.
In Ilncli Case Desertion 11ns IIki
t'liusp Alleged.
C'ouit vestoidai gi anted tlioices to
?ri Nancy Maria Oimloiff liotn John
1 s'ov Otndoilf, Mrs. lather J. ne-
It. 11 Isaac W. Jones, Mis. Jessl C,
Hi ngoug'i fiom Jol.'i I., Long .ugh.
lwcitloii in c.tcli case was thu giounJ
for ilh 01 cc.
Mis. Ointloiff's maiden name was
Miss Nancy M. Williams nnd .she was
111 st mm lied on Jan. lfi, 1S'2. Her lius
lianil died Sept. 21, ISC.",, and Dei. 2",
SS!I, she was married to John Otntloiff.
ile loft her Jan. 27. 1891.
Mis. Jones Miib man led in Hiughuin
ton May, li, 1S01, to the man who de-s-eiteil
her Juno A, 189.'. She is 2, jeurs
of ago and now lives at 5!0 Adams inc
line. After their mairiage Mr. ami
Mis. Jones lled witli her parents on
the West Side and subsequently ie
Hlded for a time on Tliliteenth street.
Tlio IfeiiEoughs wcie mauled nt
Vandllng Muy 20, isuo, nnd lived at
that place. Torest Cltv and Vundllncr
lietwcen that time anil Feb. 12, IS94,
when Densough deseited his wife at
Vantlling,
RISCA CROCKER ARRESTED.
Ho Is Wanted in Ilncks County for
Contempt of Court.
ItlFca Oi ocker, of this city, foimerly
of Doylestown, Hut ks county, was urn-ted
last owning at his boaidlng
housu by Lieutenant Davis and Patiol
man Daj, on a warrant lunught heie
l.y the fheilff of Hucks county, chrtri?
iiiK contempt of cotut. lie spent last
1. ght it the police headnuaiteis and
will letuni to his fotmer home with
the sheilff today.
Ci ocker enjojs a wide elide of ue
fltiaintauces heie. Ho hns been ic.ul
Ji'5 law for some time with Taj lor &
Li w U.
I'orpslry Ollicors.
Among the olllceis of the Pennsjl.
alllll FoieKtiv iissoiiatlon electetl at
lis twelfth annual meeting In Philadel
phia Monday weio thee councillors-nt-laige:
Lackawanna. Ur. o. IMgur
Dean: Luzeine. W. L Conynglmm;
Wuyne. Alonzo T. Seaile; Wjomlng
James W. Piatt: Susquehanna, i:dgar
A. Turiell; and Pike, Atthur M. Adams
Louis, UpUI) A: Dnvies'
Ilusy Shoo Stoie, will be open even
ings during December.
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O 1 ne very Dest place $
$ in this valley to buy &
Candy, Nuts, Fruits,
Poultry, Oysters or
Vegetables, from now
T X until Christmas. either
wholesale or retail,
will bs at the
SCRANTON CASH STORE
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MACBETH WAS N0T
a rf.ai. ban
A REAL BAD MAN
Dr. D. J. Stafford so Contends
In
His Powerful Lecture.
TO HOLD SUCH DESTROYS STORY
Disposed to Ho i-ood hut Tcinptntloii
I'ostorcil by Ambition Ovorcnmo
lllni--Allrr Ills I'irst Crimo lln
"as Disposed lo Ho lliclitcoiis hut
Could Not--The Moral of the Piny
Is That Crimo Is 1'ollowcd by Ho
in or. 10 nnd Punishment.
The 111 st of the winter com so of lec
tures aiiiinscil by He D. J. MtuOtdtl
riik. piesldent of Si. Thomas'' lolloge,
wni given lusl nlAlit when Uev. Dr.
D J. .s'tufiortl, of Washington. ! C'
dellMied a powerful lecture on Shakes
ptate's poweiful tingedy "Macbeth."
It wa n n?nst forliltltling night In the
mntti'i of weather, but despite this a
et laige audience was In attend
ance. t-MlVi'ving, If, indeed, an testi
mony was needed, to Hie 'jnod I tst im
Iies'ion that Di Stnffoid made in his
It c tine on "lltimlct" here, Inst w In
tel. As n ShakeFpeattnn lo-'ttt'ci Dr.
SiolTnrd Is uckuow lodzt'il in tlio wot Id
of lettciH to lie wilhntit 'i superior nnd
..Ilh few eqitnts, and that li Is a
jiopulir lectuief Is mil wondeied at
for a. moment nft"r he Is heaul once.
A It ctutu' aims tti lie entertaining and
instructive. Dr. Stafftud Is doubly so
for his lecture Is both discussion anil
practical delineation.
Those who had heard him In "Ham
let," In which he has attained national
fame, expected to be disappoint) d In
'Macbeth." but, much to the pialte
of his breadth and versatility sllih wn
not the ase Those of last night's
nudlence who hud also heard "Ham
let," judging fiom the lemarks nt the
mii'lushm of the lectuie, weio divided
In their opinion as which they liked
the bttei. The excellent C of on" or
the other is solely a matter of taste us
Di. Stafford treats both subjects alik"
and each peifectly.
His stle. as Indicated already. Is to
give the stoiy of the piece, Intel pi ct
It as his deep study and reseatch moves
him, nnd at appiopiiute times act the
chaiaetii-, as an aid In the delineator.
Tin: most sritLiMi:.
He unhesitatingly pionounies Mnc
beth to be the most sublime of all
'ia ikespeaie's pHiductlons. For splen
dor of nletuies nnd beauty of diction
It ! paitleulaily u'lilque In it the poet
pushes eveiv paslon to Its limit and
yet by his mnMerful genius avoids any
spoiled effect. Oreat as Is the plet e,
he eloe'i not allow its chaiacteis to be
destroyed by It, Macbeth is as power
ful as the piece and so Is Lady Mac
beth "Macbeth," the lecturer asseitetl,
was wiltten between the jcai.s 1C04 nnd
lfilO In honor of King James. Its aigu
inent, Indliettly, being that James was
descended fiom linnquo, which would
tickle the king's vanity by making his
genealogj faither 1 caching than that
of nnv of those about him.
The whole piny Is taken bodily fiom
Holllngshead Hven a poition of the
conversation between Malt film and
Mactlurt is llteially tianslated fiom the
story to the nlay It was a beautiful
j-toi y as Holllnsshead fiamid It.
Shukespeuto's psjchological develop
ment made it the gieatest of all pla
All that Is teirible in the mind "of
man is vvoiked into the play. It Is
essentially a teiilble tiagetly. The
inoinentaiy appeal ance of the welid
sisters at the opening of the play is
solely to dispose the listener to expect
something tenible
The n101.1l of the pla is the pointing
out of the supiemncy of the mtual law,
the lectuier iiigued Crime, lemoise,
punishment is the epitome ot the tale
Macbeth was disposed to bo a good
man. To make hinun villain, as do
some critics, Is to tlestiov the .signiil
eance of the play. Macbeth was hon
orably ambitious; he vn tempted, he
fell. Such is the chaiactei. He and
Duncan were about equally entitled to
succeed Malcolm. Duncan was pie
f ened, Duncan moved to be a weak
king. The gigantic Macbeth natuially
thought how much bettei light he had
to be king than Duncan. Young Mal
colm is named Duke of Noithumbei
land, which cairled with it the right
of succession to the ciown. The only
way now left for him to come to the
throne It to take It. There was am
bition, gradual development of temp
tation and finally the fall. Macbeth
was self-con uptetl, as Is cveiy bad
man.
AP.U1VAL OF DPNCAX.
Just nt the time when the tempta
tion has masteied Macbeth, Duncan
comes to the Macbeth castle. Lady
Macbeth all while Is unmoved, Mnc
beth's uood nntuie is stilling within
him. He tan not lest In the pitsence
of 'als intended victim. He goes out
to think it over. The thought toi lures
him. His filend, his kinsman, his
king, most of all, his host If the cir
cumstnnces weie only dlffeient Not
thiough fear, but by the dictates of
his conscience he concludes not to do
It. To make Macbeth a cold-blooded
minder would be like telling the In
telligence of the w 01 Id that in Hamlet
It has been philosophizing on the lav
lugs of a madman for 400 jeais. He
has a conscience. The good and bad
nie stiuggllng within him for mastery.
Lady Macbeth, divining what Is go
ing on. aIo leaves the banquet hall and
seeks out her husband She culls him
i cowaul, telling him he hns alieaily
fallen by willing the deed, hut dales
not eany It out. He does not defy
the taunt He will do it.
The descil'itlon or the tc-nlble night
which the poet conjuies up for the
need Is Intel estlngly elaborated upon
by the lectuier. Then, with a recita
tion of the passage "Is this n daggi-r
I see befoie me?" and timely com
ments, he fuither proves the fallacy
of the allegation that Macbeth was
"old-blooded Then again, for this
same purpose and incidentally to bring
out the will power of Lady Maebeth,
he enacted the scene when Macbeth
returns with the bloody dagger the
man all teiror, the woman the puson
Klcatlon of triumph This passoge, be
ginning "Dlds't hear a noise?" Is the
most terrible scene In tho teirlble hag
edy, Dr Stafford claims, and the thrill
ing way In which he acted it made
his heureis In peifect ngreement with
him. No finer piece of highly emotion
al work could be desired.
Who, but Shakespeaie, could have
Introduced In the veiy beginning of a
play such a climax and et sustain
unabatlng Interest to the end? the
lecturer asked.
UHSTLKSS AND FKArtFUL.
After this Macbeth would be a good
king, and was disposed to be such but
couldn't. To "be safely thus" Is now
troubling him. H Is restless nnd fear
ful, The great physical giant fairly
quails In the banquet scene. "Mood
will have blood," grndually Infiltrates
Itself Into him, and an unspeakably Ir
itpiesslble melancholy overcomes his
oul.
His craving, in his speech with his
wife's physician, for some "sweet ob
livious antidote," and his remorseful
beseeching "Turn buck thy universe
mil give me estertlny" are pitiful rev
elations of his forsaken and forlorn
condition. He cannot icpent for the
price the sacilflco of his kingdom he
v 111 not pay.
The playwright will not let him pass
nway detested. We pity him In his
death As Macduff stands with venge
ful sword nbove him. we find sneak
'ng Into our heart a sense of pity that
.Mich a great man should come to such
n icgrettnble end.
Lady Macbeth, the speaker contend
ed, was not as bad as her words, or
even action nt first glance, paint her.
"I had killed him myself had he not
looked so like my father," tells that
she has nffectlon. She exhausted her
possibilities in one great nctlon; then
s!'e became 1111 Inuetlve being, prey to
remorse, but uncomplaining.
Ilanquo Is the contemptible character
of the play. Dr. Staffotd contended,
and Macduff is the noble character.
Hnnqiio wns n sneak nnd coward, will
ing to profit by Macbeth's crimes. He
knew of the Intended murder but did
nothing to prevent It, nor nfterwards
did he move to punish it. He saw In
It a help to the fulfillment of the proph
ny that he would father a great race
of kings. Macduff was the patriot, the
tender man, the avenging wan lor. He
could feel nml act.
PLAY A MAUVKL
The play Is a mat vat. Dr Stafford
Paid In summing It up, and Macbeth
Is the highest cNpiesslon of morality.
Tonight Dr. Stafftud lectures on
"Hamlet" In Cnrbondnle, and Thurs
day nlglu he will lepint "Hamlet" in
this citj.
MADE WAY FOR SPITTACK.
M'nlkcd Along Wj timing Avenue with
a Revolver in His Hand.
Hy the airest of John Splttack yes
teiday the police department probably
prevented bloodshed In the neighbor
hood of Peckvllle Splttack lives In
that locality He tame here jesterday
nnd proceeded to fill himself with In
toxicants Silently after 2 p m, Splttack -was
staggeilng tlow 11 Wyoming avenue
catclesslj swinging in his hand a 38
callbie levolver The ciowtl of holi
day shoppeis on the street at the time
wns luige, but Splttuck was given
plenty of loom He vvnlked on mut
teilng to himself, but made no attempt
to use the weapon In his hand.
At the Lackawanna avenue rorner
Splttack tan into Patiolmen Hawks
and Pony, who .11 tested him.
On his pei son beside the revolver,
which wns new and had never been
used, weie found a full box of 3S-eaI-Ibie
cattildges and a quart bottle of
w hlskey.
Splttack was too ill link to give nn
account of himself jesteulay. He will
be heat d today. The chaigi Is drunk
and cau lug concealed weapons.
THE WALL IS BULGING.
Lnrth Xcnr 1L A. . V. Station Is
' Again Settling.
This week's rain has staited anew
the settling of the sulfate In Forest
point, untlei the iear pait of the stone
wall aiound the Krle and Wyoming
Valley nillw ay station on North Wash
ington avenue. The big wall, con
structed at a gieat expense, tlueatens
to tumble at any moment to the court.
Stteet Commissioner was untitled
Monday of the danger and the llssuies
weie tilled.
Yesteidny the culm which had been
placed Into the openings settled down
Into the mine, making the couit again
Impassable, The big wall Is bulging
out moie nnd mote at every fall In the
mines beneath.
SUPERIOR COURT CASES.
They Havo llccn Appenletl Irom tlio
( 0111 moil Pleas ol This County.
The following Lackawanna 'county
cases have been appealed to the Su
perior court, which meets heie on the
second .Monday in Januarv .
Lllen O'Donnell vs Chatles DuPont
Ureck, lllxler & Coirell vs. J. H. Lesh,
Riehnid Hi own s. Lackawanna coun
ty, Michael Ilesp vs. city of Scianton,
and Anthony Knight, Dan Llslnger s.
M. T. Keller. J W. Slocum vs. A. i:.
Cobb, Giltlln vs. Davis, Roslus vs.
Donta Plate Glass company, Hltten
bender s, Ulesecker et a., Xojh ,s
lliesecker et ul Ldwatd Thavne vs
Scranton Ttactlon company, Gllmoi:?
& Duffy vs. Dunleavy.
A I'lIVSK IAX'S PKIYILLCi:.
It w is evident the minute he enteicil the
pilvato otlk'o of tlnj lav, er thai he vwis
tirrlbly In 1 arrest
"I want to know." he said, "something
about tho legal ritihts, duties and pilvl
leges of phj sklans."
"Aie jou a ph)ficlan?" asked tho law
jcr, with that caution that Is to notice
able in a member of the legal fraternlt.
"I am not," leplled the visitor. "I have
meielj been triated by one."
"And In what way his ho offended.'"
"1 don't know that he has offended at
all. Mubu he nctcd entliely within Ills
rlfehts. If It Is the prlvelego of a phjsi
elan to put u thermometer untlei a mans
longue to gag him while he sa3 pretty
things to his wife 1 havt nothing to say,
but If It is not well, thiio's going to bo
tiouble "
"I think " said the lavvci slowly, "that
aceordlng to medha! prtellee, tho doctor
was acting entirely within his right",
providing, of course, he did not ke'ep tho
Ihtrmomtter In oui mouth to exceed ono
hour." Chicago Post.
Mhjf
Why should tho spirit of moilnl bo
ptliUtl?
Why should onesvvnggcr, i.nd strut, nnd
be loud?
Or plume himself on his delectable shape,
If Ida great-grmt-grcat-RrcMt-great-grcat-gieat-grcnt-sicnt-great-gieat-great-great-Rieut-Kre.it-great-greiit-great.Eieiit.giiat-Gieat-great-t,undail
win en anthropoid
ape? -Chlcugo Tilbune.
nnnCHAM'S PILLS for Stomach and
Liver ills.
The husband grumbles
Why? Hot soap suds
affect him always, Cure?
FELS-NAPTHA
soap with lukewarm
water, even in winter.
rULS & CO,, Philadelphia.
THE LAND OF GOLD
AND DIAMONDS
Lecture by (tic Rev. James Hughes on
South Africa Last Night.
ROOM FOR MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
It Only Wnlts lor Kntorprlslng Capi
talists to Devclope tlio Wondctlul
Hcsoincos of n .Host Wonderful
Country--It Is n I. nnd Rich In Soil
and .Mineral Wealth and Teeming
with Advcnturc--Lxporicnces ol
tlic Speaker.
Rev James Hushes, fotmetly of
Klmbeily, South Africa, but now of
Seianton, dellvetctl a lecture on "South
Afi lea, the Land of Gold and Dln
monds." In the Wuyne Avenue Haptlst
church last nisht. It was an address
that held the t'loe intention of the
audience fiom beginning to end.
Mr. Hushes said there was room for
millions of people In South Africa
the greatest gold and diamond piodue
Ing country In the wot Id, nnd one of
the best openings for the Investment
of capital, for all Impnitlul, competent
experts have Fiild that the country Is
llch In nearly all kinds ot minerals,
and that the soli with pinper and ex
tensive Iirlgntlon is capable of ptoduc
Ing an abundance both foi man nnd
beast. Mechanics, builders, carpen
ters, and especially miners, are nil well
paid fm their labor
It Is true that the laboi market, for
such men, la too often glutted. This
fact is duo not to the limited extent
of the lesourees of the countiy, but to
the want of moie enteipilse on the
pait of capitalists and to the enor
mous influx of wmklngmeii fiom neatly
every zone of this rolling globe. The
almost limitless lesouices of the coun
try have only been tnpped and the
population Is exceedingly small for
such nn extent of teirltoiy. In Cape
Colony, which embraces an men of
250,000 sounie miles the population Is
smaller than that of Gteater New
York. Con.sldeilng the fact that there
are but very few manufnctoiles In the
whole land, the cost of living Is fnlily
moderate, but the domestic comfort of
the white population Is far Inferior to
what we llnel In older countries.
DANGHRS AND HARDSHIPS
Mr. Hushes refened lo some of the
tlangeis and hardships to which the
white people nie subject The heat Is
sometimes veiy intense. He took his
wife and family one day oul into 11
country district foi the put pose of ren
deilng some assistance to a young min
ister who felt verv deeply the loneli
ness of his situation, for he seldom saw
any but black Knlllis nnd a few sutly
Dutchman While puceedlng through
a certain pass, so Intense was the heat
that in about twenty minutes the skin
of his wife's face was so scotched that
In a very shoit time alter, It all peeled
off.
While piocecdliiir on the same joui
ney thev had to cioss a liver, which
was lupldlv lising The hoises got ns
far as the mbltltlle of the stieam nnd
theie they stubbornly stood. Despite
the eloquence tif the lungs and limbs of
the dilver, the swelling of the stieam,
and n llbeial use of the whip, theie
the hoises stood, stolid and immovable
The wnter rose until it got into tho
bed of the cait, until the childien'.s
legs wete some Inches In the water
The situation was both painful and
perilous, and was becoming mine so
eveiy moment
The joung mlnlstei. whose cut It
was, leaped Into the silent but treat h
erous cumnt The watei was up near
to his aimplts He pulled at the lelns
and shouted and stood up In the cut
and made very llbeial use of the lash
and waxed most vociferously eloquent,
but all to no purnose The water was
still lising and the children In the
conveyance commenced shouting In
tones of agonizing tenor. "Drown,
dada! Drown duda." All were peifect
ly helpless The moment was big with
the most serious eventualities.
KAFFIRS TO TIIC RHSCI'L.
"In a veiy shoit time the cnit. hoises,
my wife and children my bi other min
ister and mjself would be swept down
the liver bj that silent but mighty
torient," continued the speaker "Just
at that ciltlcal moment some partially
civilized Kafllrs appealed up some dis
tance on the slopes of tho river banks,
they weie In a state of perfect nudity
with the exception of an old blanket
thrown over tho shoulclt-rs They knew
light well the danger of tijlng to cross
a Using liver, and they qulcklj ical-
K'ontli ued on Page t
Dy
Hnnrt hum. fin..
SDcpSlcl, HiomncUUUIlKSl-
tleiN poltlvclv cured. Clover liiuhiim's Dju.
I epsfu Ifemcdy Is a siiciitlc, Ono doso re
moves all ttlstiess, ami it puiiiiiineut t uroof
Hie most eluonlu and Mevem cases Is guaran
teed. Uonot suilcr! V intent bottlo will
convince tho most Hkeptlcal.
Matthews Ilios., Uiue'lsts, il'jo Lacka
wanna avenue.
Useful.
T I IB I
We Have Others.
Ladies' new $10.00 Chev
iot, Boucle or Beaver Coats,
Storm Collars, perfect fittiug,
at
This is the greatest bargain
of the season.
At Reduced Prices
Ladies' Capes,
Ladies' Coats,
Children's Coats,
Ladies' Suits and
Silk Waists.
JOHN (iUICK'S MIHTAKi:.
Ho Thought It Was 11 Stump, but It
Proved to Ha n righting llcnr.
Prom the New York Press.
John Quick, of Morris, hnd a fierce
fight with a black bear a few daa
ago, Quick was gunning for pheasants
on the mountains near Susquehanna, I
Pa. While walking through a swamp
that was hemmed In by heavy hem-
iockb yuicK spieu what he nrst tnougnt
was a stump not more than half 11
rotl ahead of hint. Hut the stump be
gan to move, nnd then Quick saw that
It was a bear, and It was coming to
waul him.
He thrust two buckshot shells Into
the gun and ihed both at the beai.
Hut bruin's progress was only mo
menta! Ily delaved, for tho shots seem
ed to make hint mote eager to hug
the hunter. Fiom a shamble he In
creased his gait to n Hot, nnd went
nt Quick with his teeth showing like
the Ivories of n mastiff. Quick stalled
on a mil, loading his gun with nhot
fllled shells ns he ran Then, turning,
he let the bear have both ban els of
lead, and much to his satisfaction tho
bear came to a standstill. TIip next
moment It wheeled face about, ns
though to stall the other way, when
suddenly It shuuibletl over to one side
and toppled In a heap, dead.
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A man whonlvas borrowtd the paper
and who hi ought a chair with him to
church In order to avoid paying pew rent
Invited tho editor and Hie puncher to
dine with him Iheie was nothing on the
table but bacon and greeni.
"Will jou ask a blessing, paison?" sail
the hnt.
"I will!" exclaimed the pieachcr, with
energv. "Lord, make us thankful for
what wo are about to leceive, and whin
we have received It give us stlength to
leueli, home sifely with our appetites!"
Chicago Tlmes-llrralil.
Christmas Presents.
Palms, Feins and Rubbers at a b.11
gain Lntge supply. Will hold jour
selection until Christmas. Call and see
our new stole, 201 Washington avenue.
G. R. Clat k & Co.
For Infants and Children.
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Both arc excellent
timekeepers both
are fully warranted.
One is just as
cheap as the other.
It is. a matter
of money saving
w h i c h e v e r you
chose in one case
many cents; in the
other as many dol
lars. At 89c
Gentleman's nickel case
watch American move
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some places more.
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jeweled, non-magnetic and
climatic adjusted move
ment. Case hand engraved
and dial decorated. Tramp
to Klondike, it can't be
matched for this. Just four
remain.
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Will find our store a pleasant
place to shop, as we give all our
attention to the Dry Goods busi
ness. Persons desiring to give
useful presents will find on our
counters large assortments of
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Black and Colored Silks,
Black Dress Goods,
Fine Dress Suitings,
Fine Table Linen Sets,
Napkins and Table Covers.
"Scranton'.s Lending China Store."
Stands for MILLAR & PECK. That's
THE UUST PLACB TO I1UY
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Walk In and Look Around.
THE
Veiaclty rather than variety prompts
us to tell of our success In the world
of trade. In our paitlcular piovlnco
there nie none who can approach us
either In point of quality or price. The
choice goods which we are constantly
bringing to jour notice aie unequalled
In this city. We have prepared to
leceive the lush or holiday buyers
with the
Largest, Host
suitable for all .sizes nnd conditions of
men and women. Our whole stock Is
highly interesting Just now, because,
while composed entliely of new and re
liable goods, they are priced extiemely
low, the gi enter part of them having
been lecently bought below the market
lates. Many illustiatlons of this ten
dency to sell for less than prevailing
values will be found by visiting our
store.
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326 Laskawjnna Avanua.
"Famous Old Stand."
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415 and 417
Lackawanna Avenue Scranton, Pa.
TOYS.
Second Floor Depart
ment. Room 25 feet by
100 feet, all Toys. Steps
front and rear of store.
Some Specials
For This Day:
Steel Horse anil Backboard
The horse's feet and legs move,
very serviceable, about 24 inches
long by 12 inches high. This will
sun your ooy to a J.
Worth $ 1.2s. Today -
84c
Steel Two-Wliccl Carts
Painted steel, yellow
wheels, was 25c. 'Today
Steam Engine,
A boy's delight, extra
size, worth 1.50. To
day -
19c
large
98c
.Smaller lor .iOc.
Steel 4-WliccI Milk Wagon
With cans and seat for
driver, was $1.00. Today
64c
Kid Body Doll, Special
About 100, some sleepers, curly
hair, bisque face, glass eyes,
very fine dolls, worth 1 AO
to 1.74. Today - VOC
Steel Animals with Bells
Attached to wheels, a very ser
viceable and entertaining yj
toy, Choice today for ui4C
THE GREAT
310 Lackawanna Ave.
J. II. LADWIG.
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ALWAYS ACCEPTABLE.
Our M. & H. Gloves at $1.00,
are unsurpassed in fit and qual
ity. Jouvin Kid Gloves, $1.59.
The most flexible, best fitting
glove made. Gloves for evening
wear.
Handkerchiefs
Splendid assortment of Hem
stitched, Fine Embroidered and
Real Duchesse Lace Handker
chiefs, Ladies' and Gents' Um
brellas, Ladies' aud Gent's Lined
Gloves, Irish Point Pillow Shams
and vScarfs, Gent's Fine Neck
wear, Purses, Boston Bags.