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The times., 1898-11-27
NOTE THIS:

IA RTlCLEs selected now viii be laid
y aside; delivered when and where re-
quircd. Initials engraved, stamped or carved
free. Goods suitably boxed for long jour
ney or delivery in Washington free.
The times., 1898-11-27
Toilet Article Dept.


DAINTY perfumes are costly-and
Dtherefore appreciated as presents.
The leading makers of the world are
represented here-Roger & Gallet, Hou-
bigant, Legrand. Pinaud, Deveaux.
and the Crown Perfumery Co. Prices
here are from 10 to 25 per cent less
than asked at the drug stores. This
statement is equally true of Leenen
Paris made brushes and other best
toilet articles. Price hints:
1lo for the celebrated Keep Clean
J0J Hair Brushes, with aluminium
face, waterproof and dust-proof Fill
ed with pure bristles. and finished
with imitation ebony backs. These
brushes are considered the best pro-
duced at SOC. The complimentary price,
S9c. only during the Opening"
LQn for Manicure Set, consisting of
fSu nail polisher. file, knife, scis-
sors, and powder; in imitation ivory
and amber. A bargain spot soon
discovered, melting away like the snow
did yesterday.
kQo for 81 value Celluloid Basket.
4OO suitable for infants or work
basket. In pink, blue and imitation
ivory, amber and tortoise shell. An
other feeting bargain spot"
IN per cent discount on all Mani
~ cure and Toilet Sets marked at
various prices from si-5o to $40 each.
The times., 1898-11-27

IL, For the prettiest and best dolls
GJG the price ever bought In keep
ing with the times, We have soldier
dolls and sailor dolls. and darling
baby dolls, that will make you think
% cents an ab=UrdIy little price-
The times., 1898-11-27
100000 Christmas Presents at The Palais Royal

"Openne
there Tim has
nyou needmakeno
t
great numbers with uholyre -wthow
prices entsears hsmabe temed
FROM bsme
Of the Complmn N
the
The times., 1898-11-27

IN. is a complimentary price for
IuG small but good bottle of per-
fume. in gold decorated box. Suitable
present for young miss.
The times., 1898-11-27

nlo For 17-inch Dolls. with bisque
Z'G head and kid hoiy-I bargain
spot that Will disappear long before
Christmas Day.
The times., 1898-11-27
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Ssss 5 y<zSsT

IN, for Bisque Atomizers. with
4JG cherubs as natural as life. GILT
spray and fittings. Cost up to s1.50 at
the druggists.
The times., 1898-11-27

Calendars and Stationery.
HE Opening attractions include
Calendars and and on all Boxed Stationery and
up The following Bargain Spots deserve and will receive,
your appreciation.
Co of Of and
J6 ZJG tied
from in
Holmes, Lowell chfds
The times., 1898-11-27

Qi for Adler's Dogskin Gloves for
> men. 81 for Fowne-s Gloves for
boys. 81 for Perrin's s-clasp Gloves for
misses.
The times., 1898-11-27

Ccn for Ladies' Warranted Kid
JUG Gloves. When presented you
can say that they can be brought any
time to the Palais Royal. where they
will be fitted at our risk.
The times., 1898-11-27

M. tomorrow for 4-ounce bottles
Z4G of .-Faure'' and Scotch Heath
err triple extract. The names are
guarantee of excellence. The price is.
OF course, reduced for the opening"
only.
The times., 1898-11-27

SI35 i95 %a the e.aess s5e Palds aIlh RSya 5%ynty
years of unsuiiied reputation. This
seasons styles include 5-clasp and +
button, in glace and suede kids.
The times., 1898-11-27

aC. for the glass Perfume Atomiz-
ZJG ers. as illustrated. The gold dec
orations make them expensive-looking.
The spray is guaranteed.
The times., 1898-11-27

C( NJ For the Superior s19S Hair
pI.Lu Brushes. with back and
handle of sterling silver. 925-1.OOo fine.
Some with ebony back and sterling sill
Yer trimming are newly lovely.
The times., 1898-11-27

complete, said: l never DSfore
saw SO many pretty dolls. "
ef 10 Is to be the Opening price
1l.ZJ of the $50 .'Handwercll''
Dolls. Bigger and better than any be-
fore offered at s1J0. And need we tell
you the "Handwerck' make is best
with papier-mache bodies light as air,
but strong as iron; with composition
faces true to nature, with j0iGted
limbs. making every movement seem
as natural as life-they are ideal dolls
The times., 1898-11-27

90, For the sc aprons. made Of
OJb sheer India Linen. Some of ex-
~, size and double width; suggest a
Christmas gift for nurse; others pret-
THY embroidered. suggest the mistress
OF the house.
The times., 1898-11-27

CT OF for Dents 81 English Walk
Di.cJ ing Gloves for ladies' and
The times., 1898-11-27

The picture is one OF
a lot that was secured
at the late trade sale
of Hamburger s. Co..
one of New York's
leading i m porters.
Choice of the lot.
worth up to 81. for
only
The times., 1898-11-27
Umbrella Stands.

Always useful but seldom as orna-
mental as these are row And some
are bargain priced.
The times., 1898-11-27

{. To sl.5O for choice of probably
JG the largest collection of Chill
dren's Picture Books ever seen in
Washington at any one time.
The times., 1898-11-27

loo During the Opening for 25c
IJG 'Shellene" Side and Pompadour
Combs. Neck. Cnignon, and Fancy
Top Combs. Halrpins of l-2, l, and IL
dozen in box. And the isc "Shellene"
at only Sc for choice.
The times., 1898-11-27
Among the Books.

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of them selected with the aid of
experience and good Price surprises the rule
The times., 1898-11-27
SI.l9.

The basement tomorrow will be
musical with the song of many Hartz
Mountain Canaries. Any one of them.
univ in solid . brass cage for SI.98
The times., 1898-11-27
"DOlit0wn." "

A BIG corner of this first floor
has been arranged with a
grand display, creating town of
many inhabitants. We think the
name ''Dolitown" Is not inappro-
pirate. A lady who called last
night, just as the display was
complete. said: 81 never before
saw SO many pretty dolls.
The times., 1898-11-27

CO. To so for gailoping horses.
~Z'oJ Bargain spot'-S9S for $40
horse, perfect in form and covered
with real horse skin.
The times., 1898-11-27
A Corner on the Basement Floor.

Q7QQ For SO Fire Patrols, full
Vf,oo size model for fuil-size lit
tie boy-s5.9S instead of $3.50 for me-
dunn size Patrols; 1923 instead of IS for
small size
The times., 1898-11-27

In To $50 for iron toys Extra good
oS value are the trains, consisting
Of engine, tender. and cars Perfect
models. Worth S1.25, for 95c.
The times., 1898-11-27

alo During the Opening for
kiG choice of the 25c aprons Thou
saHds of them; some single. some
double width; some long and some
short: some plain and some tucked:
some embroidered and some lace
trimmed. Best of 25c aprons at PIC for
choice
The times., 1898-11-27

LQn For 81 cit Buckles in the lat
TOO est clasp effects. Another spot
that will only too quickly melt away.
The times., 1898-11-27

aC. For choice of all the famous
ZJG Hentz Books-those published to
retail at 30 cents and generally sold
at that price.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-12
Suffrage and Representation.

We have already called attention to
the fact that a constitutional conven-
ton is soon to assemble in Louisiana
to devise a scheme to prevent the
negroes of that state from voting, the
means in view being a combined edu-
cational and property qualification
Administered fairly and not permitted
to generate unfairness, such a quail
fication could be defended with good
grace. Many persons, indeed, believe
that with these reservations properly
guaranteed it should be adopted
throughout the United States, and that
from its adoption, without restriction
as to race or sex, would come very
material improvement in political con-
dtions.
Be this as it may the Louisiana plan
is not so ordered. 1t is confessedly a
plan to disfranchise the negro and keep
him down. This is the argument OPEN
ly made by some of its prominent ad-
vocates. They give many plausible
reasons for their attitude and seek to
invest their course with the halo Of
patriotism but not one of them, so far
as We are informed, has yet proposed
reduction in Louisiana's representa-
tion in congress to correspond with the
reduction which must necessarily en-
sue in the popular vote from the adop-
tion of this restrictive qualification. In
other words. they want the negro to
count when he can count to the white
mans advantage; it Is only when he
might count to the white mans disad-
vantage that they want to repudiate
and disown him.
The Philadelphia Press quotes very
opportunely a clause in the United
States constitution which makes inter-
esting reading in this connection. Sec
tion 2 of Article XIV says: Repre-
sentatives shall be apportioned among
the several states according to their
respective numbers, counting the whole
number of people in each state, ex-
cluding Indians not taxed. But when
the right to vote at any election for
the choice of electors for president and
vice-president of the United States
representatives in congress, the execu-
tive and judicial officers in a state. or
the members of the Legislature thereof,
is denied to any OF the male members
of such state being of p years of age
and citizens of the United States, or in
any way abridged, except for partici-
patton in rebellion or other crime, the
basis of representation therein shall be
reduced in the proportion which the
number of such male citizens shall
bear to the whole number OF male cti-
zens q years of age in such state"
TT will be SEEN" adds the Press,
that this clause exactly covers the
Mississippi and South Carolina cases
and the proposed action in Louisiana,
and puts it in the power of congress to
lessen the representation of those states
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-12

a man out OF his house who spoke to him
of his good luck" He had made his
fortune in the "hot potato" way and
luck" had played no part In 1T.
Another erroneous impression among
many young men is that those who have
once gained success take life easy ever
afterward. On this point Mr.. Richard
Mansfield remarked In his Chicago talk;
There is really little truth In the popular
idea that after the play we retire to our
homes of princely grandeur where we
feast on pate de foie gras and cham
payne until an carly hour in the morn
ing" There is Just as little foundation
for this belief in connection with other
callings as there is in connection with
the stage. In fact II there is any place
In life where hard work is more necos-
sary than in achieving success 1t is IN
Keeping the success once gained. Given
character and persistent and well-direct-
cd effort end any reasonable purpose in
life can be accomplished. Character Is the
foundation and work Is the superstruc-
ture. IL the former Is laid broad and
solid the latter can be reared to height
undreamed of when tho task began
These are old truths which have been
told and retold time and again and they
are suggested anew only by the hot po-
tato with which Mr.. Mansfield used to
warm his cold fingers.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-12
Widows Pensions,

BY a vote of Z to the bill to bar
from the pension rolls the widows Of
soldiers who shall marry hereafter has
been negatived in the house committee
On pensions, four Republicans voting
fer and four against. This doubtless
means that in this congress there will
be no legislation looking to a reduction
in the volume of our pension disburse-
ments.
The result is not unexpected, mas
much as the agitation for revision of
the rolls has been in progress but a
comparatively short time. Yet in the
opinion of many it involves mistake.
We have the authority of the commits
sioner of pensions, which is to say the
authority of the administration, for the
assertion that the number of veterans
who are inveigled into marriage by
women seeking their pensions is suf-
ficiently large to make it eXpedient to
adopt bill of the character mentioned
above, and the refusal of congress to
consider the subject can have no other
effect than to increase the growing
restiVeness of the people at the con-
tinued growth of the pension costs.
Opinion on this subject divides along
two lines: One, holding that any and
every proposition contemplating the
grant of money in the form of pensions
offered in the name OF the veteran SOL
der or his relicts and heirs should be
enacted into law without scrutiny or
question, last ground should be given
for the charge of ingratitude; and the
other holding that the money of the
people should be expended in this d-
rectiOn with the same careful weighing
of claims and equities that would be
expected in other forms of congreSsion-
al appropriation. That the former line
has guided legislation too often in the
past seems to lie quite generally ad-
nitted by students of the subject. and
it is worthy of consideration whether
the continuation of such a policy may
not provoke in time public revolt
which shall go to the other extreme of
stinginess and injustice.
1t is largely for the veterans them
selves to decide this point.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-12
THE HAWAIIAN STAKE.
) phila adclDhia Press.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Tho question at stake is immcasuraby
greater than the simple issue of taking
the Hawaiian islands. 1t presents the
broad issue of entering into the world )
competition for enlarged commerce, or of
renouncing all serious effort for CONNER
cial expansion. If we are going out to
seek foreign trade to construct the Nica-
ragua canal to build up commercial lines
and to claim Oar legitimate share of the
commerce of the Pacific and the far east,
1t would be the height of folly to let slip
the great advantage which the possession
of the Hawaiian islands would give us in
this movement. AS mere matter of
self-defence it would be blindness to miss
the opportunity. But if we are to seek
commercial extension IL would he a piece
of faulty V hich would make our narrow
craftsmanship an object of ridcule among
the nations. The question involves the
scope and character of our future ma
tional policy, and it is to he hoped that
the senate will show itself somewhat
worthy of being the highest legislative
chamber of a great nation,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-12
How to Vote on Tuesday.

Among a number of reasons why the
Republican city ticket named above
should he elected on Tuesday two may
be mentioned more especially:
In the first place il is a good ticket.
The men on it are tip top men. They
have the confidence of their neighbors.
They stand well as individuals. Tax
payers readily trust them in private
business relations ana that is strong
presumptve proof that they could be
trusted to administer the duties of
school director if seated as a board Of
six.
In the second place, it is the Repub
lcan ticket and in year which will
witness desperate political struggle
between the two great parties in state
and nation. it will do no harm and is
likely indeed to do much good 20 start
the record with rousng local Repub-
lican victory.
1t is "only a city election, to be sure,
but the men to b. elected on Tuesday
will have vastly more to do with maxi
ing or marring the welfare of Scranton
than they would have if they were
running for the office of congressman
or governor or even president of the
United states. The average resident of
Scranton could get along without no.
ticing very perceptibly the difference
betweeen a good or a had congressman,
a good or a bad governor, even good
or a bad president, but there isn't a
man in the city who wouldn't quickly
feel the difference between an efficient
or an inefficient school board. That
touches every pocket book and we'll
nigh every home.
The chances are that the six men
receiving the highest vote for school
director on Tuesday will soon after
ward be installed in an office which will
control almost absolutely the oisburse-
rncnt annually of nearly So for every
man, woman and child in the city, and
which will have great deal to do
with the hiring and the direction of the
work of more than 900 city employees.
1t is obvious, therefore, that the
choice of these men is no small mat
ter and we earnestly advise the intel
liecnt and public spirited citizens of
Scranton to give it on Tuesday their
thoughtful and conscientious attention.
-
Tom Cooper for governor would at
m hn hi 10 ,,if af
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-12
GIVE AID TO THE NJ. c. A.
From the Elmhurst Signal

From the Elmhulst Signal.
The appeal made by the management of
the Scranton Young Mems Christian as
sociation for aid to erect a new home
for the association should meet with a
generous response, not only from the
people of Scranton, but from the resi-
dents of the entire county. The associa-
ton is a representative one and it's work
touches every hearthstone gathering in
it's arms the youth of our cities, towns
and villages, and affording a safe and
sure retreat for all who seek it's shelter.
In Elmhuist, in Moscow, in Madison
vile, in Dalevillc, and in every hamlet
surrounding us are young men who have
felt the uplifting Influences of the Scran.
ton Young Mems Christian association.
Now that the building is in ashes, and
the association homeless. it needs help.
Young men, ii is your home that is
burned, and this being so will you not
help to rebuild 1t?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-12
SOMETHING TO CROW OVER.
New York ommercial-Advertiser

New York Commercial al-Advertiser.
De Lome's downfall is a cruel blow to
the pessimists who are forever moaning
about the incompetency of our diplomats
We may not have a class of trained dip
lomatists, and we may send country law
yers to contend with experienced minis
ters at European courts, but they do not
make spectacles of themselves by insult
ing the heads of the governments they
are accredited TO. They may cat with
their knives, but they do not get them
selves sent home in disgrace. If Sack
ville-West and De LONE are trained dip
lomatists the United States will be sat
isfied time longer with its unframed
ones.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-12
A Comparison.

The Spanish newspapers and officials.
the London Times, the washington
Post and Senator Hale, of Maine, who
has been Span's foremost American
champion, each and all profess to be
greatly Mortified at the alleged theft
of the Canalejas letter. Their opin-
ion on that subject is thus expressed
by the London Times: "It is from ev-
cry point of view deplorable and la
mentable that so useful a career as
Senior De Lome's should be terminated
by an act of the basest treachery.
Honest men, whether in America or
England, must regard with profound
contempt the party which sinks to such
methods of warfare as the Cuban ring"
The counsel of the Cuban junta, Mr.
Reubens, has said that the Canalejas
letter was obtained in Havana, he
declining to say how, further than
that "a man risked his life for it,"
Let us assume that the letter was
stolen. Is that sufficient to bring
odum on the Cuban cause or, as the
Times prefers to put it, the Cuban
ring? Cuba and Spain are at war.
1t is a war to the death. Spain has
employed lies. theft, treachery, brib-
cry, murder, outrage and every other
known weapon in her effort to defeat
the Cubans. Must Cuba have no dis
cretion whatever in the matter of
reprisals? If the New York junta has
been smart enough through secret
agents in Havana to circumvent the
willy de LONE, Spain's ablest and most
unscrupulous dplomatist, is it not to
be placed rather to it's credit than to
its discredit? Washington used spies.
Grant used them. Every general and
every cabinet minister in active SER
vice in this or any other country has
used them. Their use is a necessity
DE Lomes own letter shows under
what odds an antagonist of Spain
would labor which should be simple
minded enough to take Spain at her
word, without precaution against
treachery or false representation.
This attempt to discredit the Cuban
junta is too thin. And this reminds
us that it Is in the interest of fair play
to emphasize a point briefly made on
detail has the iunta in New York vet
falsihed in it's authorized statements
of news or policy to the American peo-
pie There has been a deal of taking
at Key West and at Tampa, and the
careless reader of these contradictory
romances may have confused them
with the authenticated outgivings Of
the junta; but the reader who cares to
go back over the files will find that
what we have just said as to the truth
fulness of the junta's reports to the
American public is absolutely true.
A great many Americans, realizing
only part of the essential factors in
the problem, have heretofore been in
clined, we suspect, to overestimate the
astuteness of de LONE and to underes-
Innate the ability of the Cuban dele
gate TO the United States. Dr Tomas
Estrada Palma. DE LONE had diplo-
matte and social recognition, he had
tsflE fvkI 4 II xt,aet. 50
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-12

Many will doubtless be pleased to
learn that the rumor concerning the
formation of pig iron trust was false.
There will be no need for the public
at large to economize on pig iron this
spring.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-12

Luetgert acts as though he would
like to make sausage of the jury that
convicted him. This STRENGTHENS tie
original idea cherished by many that
Luetgerts affairs should have been
settled with a link of hemp.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-12

For driving to the left and thereby
injuring a woman a New York express
company must pay damage bill of
$4,000. Now let the law lay it's cor
rective hand on the rapid pedestrian
who neglects to keep to the right.
Scranton is full of him.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-12

1t is reported that Senor de LONE ex-
poets his letter to make him the next
Spanish minister of state. He has all
the requisite qualifications,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-12

In the house. In the case of alls three
of these states an enforcement of this
provision of the constitution would re-
duce their representation to three mem
bers of the house each, or a total of
nine members. They have now total
of twenty members" Our contempor-
airy adds that there is one way to avoid
such q result. "If," it says, "the
Louisiana convention adopts an educa-
tional qualification for the suffrage ap-
plicabe without partiality to both
races and makes provision for the edu-
cation of the people the provision in
the United States constitution may be
quietly ignored"
Unfortunately figs do not grow on
thistles.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-12

Georgia Judge has declared the
anti-kissing law in that state uncon-
stitutional. For the benefit of the ris-
ing generation we give this noble jur-
lists name. 1t is Calhoun.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-12
REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET.
For school Director.

Three Years-PETER NEULs, Eleventh
ward.
Three Years-D. l. PHILLIPS, Fifth
ward.
Two Years-E. u. FELLOWS, Fourth
ward.
Two Years-F. S. GODFREY, Eighth
ward.
One Ycar--F S. BARKER, Seventeenth
ward.
One Year-ELIAS e. EVANS, Fifteenth
ward.
Election Day, February 10
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-12

The experience of Lord Sackvile-
West and Depuy de LONE indicates
that an ambassador should be like the
modern uryman-without an opinion,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-12
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope dawn by Al cchus
The Tribune AstroIoger.
Astrolabe Cast: 1.24 a. M. for Saturday,
February L, 1898.


sfaS w tST
A child born on this day will notice that
the first robin is a trife backward
about rendering his opening rocitativc.
The "singer" that Manager Fenyvessv
desired to inject in his entertainments
seems to have assumed the qualities of a
mustard plaster.
Only few days remain in which the
reporters can find verdicts in advance
for the Martin jury.
1t is dangerous to say Hello" to Mr..
Finn these days.
Songs of Spring.
Seek not the unpolluted street
Nor for dry pavements yearn;
The mud that now clings to thy feet
Will soon to dust return.