) 10. TUB, MOH ANTON TIUHUNE WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 22, 1807. 'J ENGLISH VIEW OF CUBAN HORRORS What an English Correspondent Saw In the Central Provinces. CLGAR DISTRUST OP SPAIN SHOWN. Tlio Iiisurgnils Do Nun ltcllrvo III Spmuoli Paitti--I'amJo't nicliir I ami U tyliis Iillcrlus.--Slnrva tion In IliiV'ina, LomUm, nrc 21. The Culuin corre spondent (if tho London Chronicle ponds thufo details oC tlio .situation In Cuba, lie sayx: fnder Qi-numt Wcyler'n vile rcRlnic one-half of the Oulmn )oi)Ulatloti has disappeared; the lvinalnlntr half are turned Into implm-able enemies of Spain. Oenornl IJIani'u'H new policy professes to undo all the harm Wey ler has done. Nothing can bring life to the thousands of Innocent CulmiiH or the horde of'Spanlsh conscripts who have perished miserably a sacrifice to rapacity and olllcial neKllRence; but n the reform could pttccor the residue It would Indeed be welcome. I have recently traveled through the central provinces the most open and liiRhly cultivated they are a wasted desert of ruin and desolation. In every settlement a miserable remnant of "reconrentrndos" are gradually dylnR off. Last week to these people came the news that Wcyler's "concentra tion" policy would be ended, then came the "bando" of the captain general statins that the zones of cultivation would be extended, and all planters would be Induced to fortify their plan tations, and under puard provided by Spain restart cultivation. This, indeed, is all a nation without money could well promise, and under Its merciful proviso ground will be al lotted for the emaciated wretches to crawl out and plant a few sweet pota toes, and after starving on for three months they can reap the crop. Again, owners, who for the most part are penniless, must expend money In for tifying their plantation, Spain will pro vide a guard from her half-starved horde of men, while the planter re builds and buys new machinery for his "ingenio" to produce the sugar, and In time his crop will be icady. NEHD NEW CAPITAL. In many places not a particle of the very expensive plant necessary for cane grinding remains even the Im mense boilers had been stood on end and roughly Improvised into Spanish forts. Thus the sugar industry can only be restarted by the Infusion of English and American capital, and few will dare invest fresh funds at the present unsettled state of the Island. jMost of the estates owned by Cubans have been conllscated by the Crown, and nfter being plundered have been left Idle and practically ownerless. There Is no hope that the condition of Cuba can be materially Improved under Spanish rule, and in the present chaotic condition of affairs no bright outcome Is possible for the near future. Spain Is still Spain. In previous wars she has induced the Cubans to lay down their arms by promises which have been ruthlessly broken. The isl l.i'id for years has been completely dominated by the Spanish' element in Havana, who have s-hared the hpoils with the military and civil adminis tration. Therefore now the Cubans ab solutely refuse to accept Spain's word. They fully realize that though Stnor apasta Is acting In good faith', and vishc-s to atone for past evil, his party is weak, and Spain's very political or ganization makes It possible for a now premier to revoke every measure of re form Instituted by his processor. The late Conservative reunion is significant the Weyler partv Is still strong, while the lntransigeant Spaniards in Havana are loudly protesting against any meas ures of conciliation. The Autonomists ar.o very weak, and already at variance. I Interviewed Senor Calvary, the new Autonomist leader yesterday, on the situation, but from his utterances the days of Cuba must Indeed be dark It' the Cubans hero accept the autonomy he Is assisting Ooneral 131anco to Institute. He be lieves that, with' llb-ral self-government, If the Cuban leaders persist In the war their followers will take advan tage of the amnesty, and desert In large numbers, and the residue will soon be quelled. He overlooks the fact that the Cubans In arms beside distrusting bpaln and being maddened by atroci ties on their vttves and families, have pmall Incentive to lay down their arms and come In to starve, when they can live in plenty In the JTanlgua. The war debt, also, will be saddled on Cuba, and keep her in bondage permanently. THE CnUEL PANDO. General Pando takes active command of the army of operations. He is look ed on as a second Weyler Ueneral Hlanco Is a most humane man Pando has the character of being tha reverse. He was military governor of Santiago province at the start of the war, and terrible atrocities weie ascribed to him. His guerillas were certainly the worst In the Island. The colonel of a &tlll fa mous and bloody band sent to head quarters for instructions. Pando is stated to, have sent the following reply, winch is only characteristic of this struggle .Don't send reports to me and don't ask further questions. Just slay everything that Is Cuban man, wo man, child or Jog, In Havana a girl of 10 Is now being secretly treated by friends for a ma chete cut on the head. She was found not far from the city a few weeks ago and Drought in. It Is seldom, however, that the guerilla hack and fall to kill, and only by an oversight was th'is au dclous rebel of 10 summers left with Many persons cannot take plain cod-liver oil. They cannot digest it. It upsets the stomach. Knowing these things, we have , digested the oil in Scott's Emulsion of God liver Oil with Hypophos phit'es; that is, we have broken it up into little glob ules, or droplets. We use machinery to do the work of the digestive organs, and you obtain the good effects of the digested oil nt once; That is why you can take Scott's Emulsion. jt. rit.i,no, alliJur Isli. SCOT1 a lilt AN I t.n.'i 1','cwYork. life, Her family were all killed. Hen cril l'niido's plan of campaign In pur suance of tlu met elf ul policy Is to or ganize fresh bands of guerillas and set a heavy price on the heads of all lead ers dead or nllve. While Increasing these bands of raging wolves tho au thorities also hope to Induce the recon centrados to venture lieyond the towns to cultivate. Not n woman or child will date go outride; they have seen too many of their kinswomen done to death. OIOANTIC PKAUnS. The day of reckoning following Wcy ler's removal has revealed gigantic fraud In every branch of the service. Willie soldiers have perished for lack of diups and appliances the medical department funds are short $JOli,000. The Dalcarcs Hattnllon, whose men have died from nbsnlute want at (Initios', shows a deficit of $23.0no. Prom tlio Oulpuzcoa regiment Lieutenant Snares ltiv'ero has stolen $30,C"0 from the pay and supply account, and in now In hiding. This regiment Is decimated by fever and bad food. There are nu merous other instnnces. These odlcers have only copied their late general. On paper General Weyler has expend ed over S2.000.000 on the two "trochas." Iioth tin so defences were built with' military labor, the surrounding woods provided the timber, and competent au thorises tell me, after making a liberal estimate that the cost should have been less than $500,000. Ignored olll cers have also returned to Spain rich. WoyWs chief of staff. Colonel Escrtb nno, transferred his private account from Havana to Paris before he left 1st week. In twenty months he lid deposited $327,100. His pay is about enual to that of a Hrltlsh infantry captain. The significance of these facts Is realized by the knowledge that Spain's troops nrr dying from bad food and their pay Is nine months In ar rears. The starvation rate in Havana Is on the Increase. Pictures of staivlng Hin doos awakened compassion throughout the civilised world. Here.among edu cated and i?flnoil peole, are the same sad skeletons, but reduced through' a legal starvation. Until General Ulaneo's advent the police prevented any photo graphs of the reconrentrados. Pictures) will now be produced, however, which v 111 t"ll their own tale of Spanish 1)ar barlty. SECOND OF THE SERIES. Rev. II. A. Grant, B. D., Talks About the Inspiration of Immoratallty in the Howard Place Church. llev. H. A. Grant. H. D., pastor of the Howard Place African Methodist Episcopal church, Sunday evening de livered the second of a series of ser mon lectures on "Inspiration and Im mortality," choosing as a text, Psalm xvll:lii, "As for me, I will behold Thv face In righteousness; T shall be satis fied when I awake with Thy likeness." The speaker in part said: The living, self-conscious, thinking subject, to which ail mental attributes I and the body Itself belong, but of which we must content ourselves to be In lgnor unce, except us to the bare fact of Its existence tills Is person. We know In tuitively that we exist, but this intui tive knowledge furnishes no definition of our being, liefore bringing Into view the doctrine of Immortality. It Is Important also, for apparent reason.-!, to inquire Into the fact and high value of Intuition as a witness to truth. Hamilton, in his philosophy of common seiifc, maintains that the deliverances of consciousness, which come to us under the simple forms of feeling und belief, are so high in authority that they are "elements of our mental constitution, essential conditions of our knowledge, nnd must be accepted as true. To suppose this falsehood, Is to suppose that we are created capable of Intdllgence In order to be made the vic tims of delusion; that God is a deceiver and that the root of our nature Is a lie." "Thi'so first truths." says Abercromble. "force themselves with a conviction of Infallible certainty upon evi ry mind of sound understanding." "The only account that can be given of our belief," s.iys Stewart, speaking of the same tiling, is, "that it forms n necessary part of our constitution." Aristotle says: "Except some first principles be taken for grant ed, there can be neither reason nor rea soning." Even Locke holds the follow ing: "As for our own existence, we per ceive it so plainly that It needs not, nor Is capable of any higher proof. Experience then convinces us that we have nn Intuitive knowledge of our own existence and an Internal, Infallible per ception that we are. We are con scious to ourselves of our own being, and In this matter, come not short of the highest degree of certainty." INTUITIVE KNOWLEDGE. This Intuitive knowledge lies at tho base of all knowledge, and Is primary to all processes; a knowledge bound up with the soul from Its origin, associated with every fibre of Its structure, and accom panying necessarily every stage of Its growth. It Is to philosophy In its broad est sense, what revelation Is to Christian theology; viz: the Dlvlmly given ami Infallible base which alone makes philo sophy possible. If this Intuitive knowl edge is accepted by us as necessarily Infallible, we have nt once the touch stone by which to test nil doctrine; and If the Hlble Is also Infallible, It must accoid with It. If both are Divinely giv en, one as the basis of theology and tho other as tho basis of philosophy, they must be found In harmony and the re lation between the two Indicates the true relation between theology nnd phil osophy. I am quite sollcltlous to havo tills matter of intuitive knowledge, this ptotoplasm of all knowledge, this Infal lible certainty fairly recognized, because upon it the doctrine of Immortality r"-rs. A standard author sas of the belief In Immortality; "It is a natural and necessary Intuition of the moral nature; a dellverence of the Intuitive faculty oc casioned by tho apprehended facts of hu man experience." And again: "Tho nible, then, In postulating a hereafter for the human race, does what universal convic tion sustains, and Its testimony on this subject may be admitted on lallonal grounds." Hetiilnlng our spiritual defini tion of man. we may avoid the pnpu'ar en or of speaking of him as a compound of body and soul. Placing the personality where It log. Iriilly belongs, to wit. within tho spirit uality entirely, we may iHrmtas the Illog ical thought of a comp'rx or conipouutf i leounllty, and will then experience but little (llinculty In thinking of the Immor ii llty of man, even after we have seen be body go to destruction. Taking this view of the case, the heparntlen of man from the body, offers nothing whatever .r.ulntt our doctrine. Por aught that can In said to the contrary, the man thus dii-severed fiom the body mi y not only live as well as pievlous'y, but even bet ter than Willie in the Hi-Mi. Coin' .nslng the argument of llutler, the fuct that ho lives now, affords at 1 ust a presump. lion that he will ever live. Hut I do not propose to provo Immort ality by reasoning upon the facts of the huiunn heinp In particular, or upon tliono of nature in gem nil; nor Indeed by rea sonlng at nil. My hopo Is merely to show that a belief In Immortality can bo rec onciled to niieon. Man nlways has be llivid In Immortality, and It Is safo to assume always will bellevo In It in tome miiko and to soma extent. Men of excep tional parts have declaimed and argued nnd demonstrated against this belli f; but It has eer returned an Uanquo's ghost tf the evil, nnd as Pandora's hopo (o tho I-' " f1 ' ,'1 1' I" In Immortality d" s not owt Its origin to reason, and henco It cannot be overthrown by reason. Ilcnson can aid It. may Impair It, but can never destroy It. LITTLE PHIL'S CHRISTMAS. Written by n Lad Aged Ten Years. Christmas ove was drawing near.nnd everybody was very busy preparing for the holiday?. Tho streets were crowd ed with people coming nnd going. The windows of nil the leading slores were beautifully decorated nnd gave a pleasant nppeurtuiob to everything around. It was nt one of those windows that our little heio. Philip Knight, was standing looking at the beautiful things nnd happy faces of the passers by, and seeing till the children with their parents. His henrt grew sad nnd heavy as he stood watching all this, for lie was thinking of how happy he was last Christmas and how different this Christmas would be. Ilia mother whom he loved sincerely all his life has taken sick and tiled only a week ago, leaving Phil all alone In the world, for his father had died when he was a small child, so lie had no one left to care for him. He did not know what to do; he had no place to gj. The little home win re he and his mother lived ami what little furniture they had had been pnld by the landlord. So It was that Phil was a wundorer in the streets. It was growing dark nnd he was about to get on the train (not knowing what else to do) when a policeman caught him roughly by the urm and eald sternly; "Here, boy, where aro you going?" Phil could not spink, he was so frightened; then he remembered he had an uncle living In New York and he said. "I am going to uncle's." "Have you any money to pay your fare?" asked the otllcer. Philip had just two dollars so he said "Yes, sir." Ho did not tell him the small amount ho possessed nor did he tell him how unhappy lie was, for he was anxious to get on the train. So the otllcer passed on. When Philip entered the car it was crowded. He got a seat to the front of the car. All eyes were upon him as ho looked so bad and hadn't enough clot lies on him to keep him warm. He saw every one whispering to each oth er. His eyes filled with tears. He be gan to sob aloud. A kind ladv who had been watching him since ho en teiel went iver to him and asked him what was the matter. Phil soon told her his sad story and when sh't heard it she, too, began to weep. At last she said. Do not cry my child I will take you lrime with mo where vou will spend a happy Christinas, for 1 have two llttla boys like you, and -hoy will bo kind to you, and I will be a mother to you. So don't cry, you will never be alone again." These knd words spoken by tho lady cheered Ph'll and he dried Ills tears. The train stopped .'ust then and the lady told Phil to follow her. When they got off the ear they walked two blocks and then stopped at a beautiful house. She said: "This Is your home." Phil looked at the beautiful place which war lit up with lights; he was so ex cited he couldn't speak but his face told how happy he was. When thev enteitd, the children were surprised to see the little boy with their mamma, and when th'ey heard the story of little Phil th--y clapped their hands with joy and said Phil was their Christinas present. As for Phil I need not tell you how happy he was for he was In his Uncle's hotisj. Charles Loftus, 1306 Monsey avenue, Scranton, Pa, J, W. GUERNSEY'S GREAT MUSICAL ESTABLISHMENT Is the best place in the state to buy either an rgan or YOU CAN IlL'V Clir.UTiR, YOU CAN I5JY ON lSV IM;! 1S, you can nuv inrrn t iNiCKU.UBMrs Thau at uuy other plauj. Don't fail to call and see for yourself. Wareroom, 205 Washington Avenue, .SCRANTON, HA. m&& Tk 7K0OYL, aXI V "SVVr -fenmcini ssmmrr I Jt-nPlJLPIjnSnNISFOR MUS-llat hltol.es, - M.lit hlrts Neckwear, Gloves Sus penders, etc DR. SHIMBERG, OPTICIAN, HAS MOVI'.l) TO 305 SPROCE STREET Examination Free. (Ui'srAiits.) TiTT -J Vmi.-'"--,! if- ' .( v te-5 vtBslrl HOTEL ALBERT, Cor. 11th itroet nnd University Place. .i;' Y' dtK Dae block went of llroud- way. .Noted lor two tlilim, C O M RO R T unit CUISINE Klrt-i'tu-'s roomi at Rl.tlOa day and up. uurriioii tn i, in . .m pun. L sU .. mSNKLS ffll WITHOUT PAIN lly the use of my new local anaesthetic. No ulecp-prodtiiiiiK agent. It Is simply applied to I iCRUiiiKiitid tho tooth extruded without it particle of pain. All other dental operations performed poll tlMiy without pain. IIS USE WARRANTED 5 YEARS. Thcso aro the fume teeth other dentist chary u from $ lb to $'J5 a eel foi TEEIH WITHOUT PLATES. (.old nnd rorcclnln Crowns; Cold, Silver nnd Cement l-'lllln','i, at one-half tho usual cost. i:Hintmitloti free. Open oveuluu'j 7to 8. SuudajH 0 to 11 a, m. DR. BARRETT, DENTIST 316 Spruce Street, Next Door to Hotel Jermyn K I M KIMBALL RIANO L. f To those who are not acquainted with the standing of the W. W. Kimball Co., the following will prove of benefit: REPORT. Business established In KM) by W. W. Kimball. Incorporated June, 1ES2, with capital of Oi.m.000. Capital increased in January, 1SS?, to $i,ono,ooo. Capital increased from Jl, 000,000 to $1, soo.two. Statement, January, 1S00, showed sur plus of over $1,00(1.000 overpaid In capital. Tho company Is known as a first-class house In Its line and Is in high commer cial standing. If competitors say tho Kimball guar antee is not good, ask them for a mer cantile report of their company nnd see how It compares with the above. GE0UGR H. iV'S. tfeiioiul Went. tl est MurUet Street, W'llUci-ll.irM. W. S. F00TK, Locil Iscent. l'J'J l'aso I'liice, Scr.mtoti, l'a. Tho Old Dominion i'onpanv'3 ST '.ywn.' LiriniiiaO I'rlmww Anne," "Vurlst'iHrn.' nail "Jai ton i. .lor m business men, plcu. im wolwn and vNifiM " OLD PSI.iT CT33T n moit expedition route, ronyiH 1 1 N'orfol'c at Id. ,'!(). i. in., jivin u .viuK-.l.iy t i Mjn'il :, Hi connecting with fat nlturiui'i i traliH for th Vo,-t, Miuth and -utitliwe't fruiu WJM nnd with boats for ll.iltlmore, Mil., an I Washington, 1). C, an I nil coaneetliii linei. VS. l'or further Information apply to OLD II0.M1M0X STEAMSHIP CO. Pier 26, Nor h Ulver, New York. V. L. (iULl.AUIM'U, . .cc-l'rcs. undTrol. lie AUnagjr. A GREAT OFFER F0K TllK HOLIDAYS ...IIV... "ermanla Wins Cellars, IMmm 1 Jtiport and klitlm. N Y '9 are ditanniiiscl to it.'o.l.i.1) our kooiIi nui,' in va y uon peo. o 111 in 0 4.1 try, and vjcjii sn 11 1 iiut.jr way if it 11 u Uiu .li in by sail. 1; luii 11 i'iio of our ; 101I1, 0 j:it ulna; eleven 1 ilt.ev of ui ie and o le it lo of i) ir exiri flue ' 'ilo. 0 (lmti led (Ira -j . 1 ijy. at oaU'tiuU Its ac turn mm. upouru ciipt. ot $s.uu wa will sand to any I't-alur oflhlH paper oiid c.no of our soils, u. tlrit-clim and piu up In ele il.nl atyU assorted 114 lol.ows: 1 . 1 1. tiot tlranillm. purUl heo Chum. PUKIIH. lt. IjoU Delaware. I . hot. Itleillnj;. lt. hot. Toliny. II hot. Hwuul Ca ,1 1 ba. Ht. hot sherry, ut. Int. Klvinu it- hot. Madura. t. hot, Angelica, 1 1 it. hot. l'ort. 1 it. I'Oi. tSweet Is abu In, 1 ot. bot. Im Grape llriuuty. Thin offer Is made mainly to Introduco our Orand Imperial i-ec tnamnatcne ana our line iloulile-JU. tilled Ompe lirandy Till" rase of Kood la olh'red ut about one-half Its uctuul cost and It will ple'ino im If our frleudM und patrons will tn If. i udVHtilago of this anil help us Intro dtico our si ods. All orders should he In be fore Uc 'ember loth. mvmB fe M k .a i .s C2SSSs FLOREY'S. Your Attention is respectfully called to the uuusually large display of Holiday Goods we are uow showing and selling. New Goods. To give you an idea of as many as space permits. Bicycles Many rare bargains in new and second-hand bicycles. SPECIAL A few new Kcat 111?;, "97" model, marked from 100.00 down to $35.01) Skates We have just opened a new skate department with the largest stock ever carried in this city, consisting of Teck & Snyder, Union Hard ware and I). S. (Jllll) goods. These three makes are the standard ones. The price of these skates are from 50o to S5.00. SPECIAL We are closing out our regular 50c skates for 25c Sweaters and Golf Hose All colors and sizes. Sweaters 1.01) to $3 01) Golf Stockings 500 to S'2.50 Boys' small sweaters a specialty. The above is surely a choice list, but is only a snail part of what we have. "Come In and Look Around." Y. n. C. A. Building, sHOF XiJ.' Ul A Viaa, Jdicizjli tsgjjp 3 At rn -!: a! f, ontYrd an 3 onsquarter their actual vakte. $40,090 wo:lh will bs fairly slaughtered at the great STetLf's S&ie, commencing today, December 22, at 9 O'clock a. m. i3? M i The entire S 'o? Stock J1ANK3, aiul kuowu as the S se:'.ed an sold by the f.liti'ff, will be ihrcwii n the Scrautou market at such prices that oujht to sell every shoe in toc : in two wee.ci time. lira ?iiiji llblb oil I before in Northeastern. Pennsylvania. Come and choose your Christinas Slippers at half wh.it vou always pay Only three day "J left. Tuey will go by the hundreds. Don't delav a minute for .he store will be packed with buyers. This great sale is going to be the greatest ever seen in this city. CSrWe have made ample provisions to accommodate the immense crowds by securing plenty of salespeople. Fine Line of NEW SIYLES STOKE RINGS DiunionJilCobh3ti3iii; StarlinjSilvjrWarniJ Starllii NuiIllH, Finest stock ot Watches, all the latest styles and sizes at very close figures. CUTGLASS, CLOCKS, Etc The largest Jewelry House in Northeastern Pennsylva nia. nlERCEREAU CONNELL ) 130 Wyoming Av3, l FLOREY'S. our immense stock of holiday Here they art;: Indoor Games We have an immense variety of these goods all new. We must sell them and consequently have marked them way down. Our stock includes the following : Checkers and Hoards, Dominoes, Playing Curtis, (Jiiubngc Hoards, Chess, Helina, Messenger Hoy, Fish 1'ond, Nellie Illy, Parlor tioir, and others too numerous to mention. The price of these popu lar games run from 5 cents to $3.00. We also have a nice line of Spell ing and Huilding Blocks for the children. Athletic Goods We have always been the leaders in this line of goods, and have de cided to further increase the lead. We have therefore greatly aug mented our stock for holiday sell ing, and now have all grades and sizes of the following in stock: Indian ( lnbs, Striking Ha?s, Hoxing Gloves, Fencing sticks, Dumb Hells and loot Halls. Prices Right FLOREY, Agent, 222 Wyoming Avenue. OPENS TODAV. J I;ie33i3 On! Within from both stores formerly TANDARD SHOE flfi'in Dnrrn!n i;j DUl I! Ul i egins 2 1 7 Lackawanna Avenue, SCRANTON Steam and Hot Water MEATBN Hot Air Furnaces, Sanitary Plumbing, Gas and Electric Light Fixtures. ELECTRIC LIGHT WIRING. THE HI U IjUI u 434 Lackawanna Ava. FLOREY'S, Low Prices. and other things, we itemize Magic Lanterns Larec assortment, all sizes, rang ing in price from 50 cents upwards Air Guns Now selling the well known King Air Hllle, worth $1.00, At S5 cents Repeating Air Gun This wonderful gun shoots 100 B. B. shot without reloading. Regular price, $3.00, Our Trice, $2,50 Hunting Coats Closing out our entire stock of hunting coats, and will sell our $2.00 and $3.00 coats For 81.00 and 1.50 Pocket Cutlery A good pocket knife makes a most acceptable Christmas gift for small boy or adult. We have them. Nice ones, too. All grades, and are able to offer some exceptional bargains in these goods. We invite your in spection. Sixty Days, ownel by BRODHEAD & STORE, Today. THE PATENT FLOUR We Make It. We Warrant It. We Wholesale It. THE WESTON MILL CO. i SALF iUJIJ. V. 1 I
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