!. 'J 1 yr'V jr 7mx 'r "v - WEDNESDAY, JANUAUY 12, 1S9J. THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE. WEDNESDAY, JANUAJIY 13, 1S9, Y UNCLE SAM'S LARGE . ISLAND COLLECTION Not Counting Hawaii, lie Has an Ex tended Oceanic Realm. i SMALL ISLES IN SEVERAL SEAS Honolulu's Picturesque Hnrbor. Right oi Anncxntiou of .Mid-Sen , Territory-American Isles in tlia Pnclfle--Quoor Savages or Vnrloits Jtlnds, Globe-Domocrat's Washington Letter. Many persons arc of tho belief that Undo Sam f'y annexing Hawaii will come Into po&.sslon of tho first Islands worth mentioning that he has ever owms-d. Tho acquisition of Hawaii, with the beautiful and picturesque har bor at Honolulu, has been the subject of wide discussion slnco tho treaty was signed at Washington. The harbor is, perhaps, on of tho most interesting of the many attractive features of tho Sandwich group. Tho Hawallans, as their own tradi tions clearly state, camo from Tonga, In tho South Pacific, voyaging 2,000 miles over a trackless ocean and col onlEcIng tho Sandwich group 400 years before Columbus dlscovored this con tinent All of these are, or soon will be, under tho flag of tho United States. This country M proprietor of a largo number of scattered pieces of real ci tato in both the Atlantic and the Paci fic. These, indeed, constitute quite an ocean empire, and among their inhab itants are numbered several lclnds of savages some clad In furs and others attired In little else than their own brown skins. Distributed over the mld-Paclflc, In the neighborhood of the equator, are quttn a lot of small Islands that belong to the United States. Most of them nro from 1,000 to 2,000 miles to tho south and southwest of Hawaii. Some of them are near the Gilbert archipel ago, and there Is a considerable cluster Just a1)out the lesser distance men tioned and directly south of tlio Ha waiian group, Including America, Christmas, Palmyros, and other Islands of large size. Christmas Island Is about thlrty-flvo miles long. It ob tained Its name originally from the fact that the famous Cook stopped thero on a Christmas day for the pur pose of observing an eclipse. It Is a ring of coral formation, Inclosing a la goon that has become so salt through evaporation as to be a veritable brine. Pishes, thrown over the reef by storms, aro pickled In it and remain perfectly preserved and good to eat for months. SIXTY IN ALU These Isle3 of tho Pacific belonging to "Uncle Sam number sixty In nil. They have all been annexed to the United States under an act of congress which became a law Au&,18, 1S36. This law, which remains In t3Xo today, de clares that whenever any citizen of the United States shall discover a deposit of guano on any Island, rock or key, not within the lawful jurisdiction of any other government, he shall be at liberty to take peaceable possession thereof, and such Island, rock or key may at the discretion of the president be cor Idered ns appertaining to the Unite States. The dlscoveier is re quire o glvo due notice to the De part At of State, with aflldavlt, de scrll fg the Island and showing1 that possession of the same has been taken in the r.ame of this couttiv. Ho Is obliged nt-tht same time to give a bond which is filed In tho tieasuiy. "Jjo discoverer, at the pleasure of Congress, enjoys the exclusive right to occupy his island for the purpose of obtaining guano, and for this product he Is allowed to charge only a certain fixed price, namely, $8 a ton for guano dQllvcicd nt the ship's hide or Jl a ton for the privilege of digging It where It lies. Furthermore, he gives guaran tee by his bond to deliver the guano only to citizens of the United States and to be used in the United States. The law also provldes.curiously enough, that all offenses nnd crimes on such Islands by persons who may land there on, or In waters adjacent, shall be deemed as committed on the high seas, on board of 'a merchant ship of the 'United States, and shall be punished accordingly.. The president Is author ized to use the land and naval forces of the United States to protect the rights of the dlacoverer or his heirs. Any adventurous and speculative person today Is at liberty to tiamp about the Pacific or any other ocean and annex Islands to the United States In the manner described, under tho law quoted, which appears In the Revised Statutes aB section B570. It Is merely necessary to show that a deposit of guano exists and that the Island In question Is not claimed by any nation. Now, there are thousands and thou sands of Bmall Islands In the Pacific that are unclaimed and uninhabited except by the sea birds which breed upon them, so that no difficulty lies In the way of such "acquisition of terri tory. The reason why all of the so called guano Islands In the Pacific that belong to the United States are located In the neighborhood of the equator, and between the Gilberts on the west and the Matquesas on the east, Is that there Is comparatively little rain In that particular oceanic region. There are quantities of Islands to tho north and south which have guano deposits, as well as on the Asiatic side of the Pacific, but the stuff Is almost value less because the rain wash the nitro genous matter out of It. GUANO BEDS. - As is well known, the Jinest guano in the world Is that obtained from the Chlncha Islands, oft the coast of Peru. Its quality is due to the fact that rain hardly ever falls there. Unfortunate ly, those deposits are now practically exhausted. The ancient Peruvians were accustomed to draw upon them ft supplies of fertilizer long before Columbus landed, ond so carefully did they project the beds that nobody was allowed' to land upon the Islands dur ing the breeding season of the birds which occupied them. Tho principal guano-producing birds are tho gannets, gulls, cormorants, pelicans, and, in hot latitudes, the beautiful tropic birds with long talis and exquisite plumage. In tho tropica the other birds above mentioned do not migrate, and so tho accumulations of their droppings In crease more rapidly. It Is known that more than a century is required to add. one inch in depth to a Bheet of guano. When it Is considered that deposits of guano are sometimes as much as CO nnd even 60 feet deep, It will be real ized what an enonnouB length of time must have been needed to form such beds. In the neighborhood of the West In dies and off tho coast of Yucatan and Nicaragua aro several other guano Islands that bnlmig to the United States. There at Jeven of them In all namely, Anchor .e', Booby Key, Na vassa, San KeJJpNortheast Key, North Key, North Rock, Sorrann. Key and tho three Trlanglo Keys. Nearly alt of them aro small, and the guano Is of second-rate quality because thero is too much rainfall. However, most of tho vnluablo guano was long ago re moved from nearly all of tho islands described, nnd Uncle Sam has no very Important use nt present for thoso pieces of water-bound real estate. Nearly all of them are uninhabited, though a few prlmltlvo Polynesians get a scanty living on some of our an nexed ocean property In the Pacific, cocoanut trees and screw pines yield ing the most Important part of the food supply. The natives adopt a very in teresting expedient for the purposo of making an artificial. noil. They dig down to the coral bedrock, and into tho hole they throw all sorts of refuse, such as dead fish, garbage and leaves, with occasionally a llttlo sand. In the soil thus formed they plant taro. ATOLLS. Not a few of the (Pacific Islands be longing to tho United States are atolls, llko Christmas Islnnd, already spoken of. An atoll is supposed by some au thorities to bo tho result of volcanlo action, a mountain being uplifted from the bottom of the sen and sinking later on, so as to leave behind it tho rim of coral reefs by which it Is surrounded, A typical guano Isle is Malpelo, which Is an Isolated rock about a mile long and half a mile wide. It Is covered with the excrement of sea birds, which occupy It in vast numbers. Thero Is no vegetation on It save a few low and leafless bushes. Probably the plants which would otherwise grow there are killed bv the droppings of the birds. The most remarkable feature of Mal pelo, however. Is a cave on tho north west side, which has never been ex plored. On one occasion a boat from tho United States Pish commission steamer Albatross entered it for a dis tanco of 200 yards. The entrance la an arch 15 feet high, nnd the cavern with in expands into a symmetrical dome. But Undo Sam's ocean empire In cludes a great many Islands of far greater Importance than tho guano Isles referred to. In Behrlng Sea thero nro several very large Islands, besides the little Prlbyloff group, to which the fur seals resort. On one of those Islands a catastrophe occurred a few years ago. Traders furnished tho na tives with a barrel of rum, and, in stead of devoting their attention to tho procurement and storing of food during the hunting and fishing season, the wretched people became drunk and stayed so. Next year white people came and found not a soul alive; all had starved to death during the win ter. This country owns the entire chain of Aleutian islands, which sep arates Behrlng Sea from the North Pnclfic. The Inhabitants of these Is lands, called Aleuts, are particularly Intelligent, much more civilized than the Esquimaux, nnd bear a close re semblance physically to the Japanese. ALASKAN ISLES. Off the coast of Southern Alaska Is a group of Islands of great size, on some of which live the Thllnket In dians. These India is are the most ar tistic savages in tho world, being very skillful wood-carvers. Off the coast of Southern California Is the Santa Barbara group, compris ing a number of large Islands. For merly theie were Inhabited by a large population, which wus attracted by the many natural advantages possessed by them. There were quarries of sand stone, from which suitable mortars for the grinding of corn wete obtained, and plenty of the finest soapstone In the wot Id was at hand for the manufac tuie of pots and other primitive uten sils. There was plenty of food for nothing, as one might say, the fishing being excellent. The dead were usual ly burled In graves marked with the jawbones of whales that had been thrown up and stranded on the beach. The people wete happy and prosperous: bUjt the Jesuits came and ordered mat teis differently, compelling the natives to move over to the mainland Opposite, wheie they now leslde. At present tho Islands are used for raising sheep. Thus It will be seen thatjthls nation, when it has annexed Hawaii, will pos sess quite an extensive and widely distributed oceanic realm, Inhabited by several queer kinds of people. There is good reason for believing that the Aleuts aie descended from the same stock as tho Japanese. Nobody knows anything about tho origin of tho Es quimaux. THE KEA.Ii AND HEW JACKSON. Ho Could Not Today Win the Ronown Which Attaches to tlio Horo or Now Orleans. From the Philadelphia Press. The Democratic idolatry of Jackson Is not altogether unaccountable. He had many of the qualities which make up tho poular hero. First of nil, he was absolutely fearless. The popular judgment vuns strongly with Parson Wilbur: "I don't alters agree with him," sez he, it, by Time!" sez he, "I like a man i..dt nin't afeared." He was a vehement friend as well as a bitter hater. Ho had n real genius for war, and his star aiose amidst the darkness of midnight. He gave the country a victory and a hero Just when victories and heroes wore sadly needed. The war had brought 'us, on land, nothing but a series of defeats and disgraces, culminating in the capture of our national capital and tho burn ing of the national buildings, which (while bringing llttlo glory to the en emy) brought measureless ignominy upon us. There was great reason to fear a similar humiliation In the cap ture of the capital of tho southwest. To defend the city against the British army we had a handful of undisciplined troops, made up of the local mllltja, hastily-gathered volunteers, negroes., and Lafltto's pirates. No one dared hope that these forces could make head agalnBt the veterans of the Penin sular War, who had defeated the mar shals of Napoleon; who had marched In triumph from Torres Vedras to Paris; of whom Wellington said, "With these men. I could go any where." It was over this darkness that Jack s' and the 8th of January Hashed with a radiance that startled not alone the nation but the world. Wellington and Napoleon alike recognized the splendor of the military gpnlus that had emerged from obscurity. The plain people were all tho more readily captured, as they knew that the hero was one of themselves a man of humble birth, owing nothing to books, or to the schools, who did not really believe, to his dying day, that the earth Is round. His simple life, his corncob pipe, his direct, unadorned, lucid and forcible speech added to the charm. He was personally pure in life and, no doubt, personally honest. He was peculiarly tho idol of the South and the southwest, which held then a political predominance that no longer exists. It was no disadvantage to him in the ; ... of Tenesiee and Mississippi that he would say to visitors, "That is the pistol that I shot Mr. Dickenson with," and that he and Colonel Benton each carried in his body a bullet from the other's rllle. Probably Jackson's JONAS LONG'S SONS. SfcN0VVWN Root her Day of Great Surprises In Ihis Great Sfor?. Tremendous (touMs ar? availing themselves of the tremendoiis bargains. They ar? stir prised at the loudness of prices bonder hou) ute can sell so cheap. That's What makes the "other fellouls" Wonder. Never has stich btisiness been known in Scranton as at this great January Trade Sale The prices We have named on good goods startles the mercantile World. And We shall keep right on setting the pace not only dtiring this sale, btit at all times. Women's GlovesA Great - -r . ' . "i Notions. Non-Twist Tape White all sizes. Dress makers will appreciate this bargain. January Sale lc Dress Shields l.ooo pairs Stockinet Dress shields. January Sale, pr.. 4c Tourists' Curling Irons Fording extra good val ue. January Sale (jc Buttermilk Soap Genuine "Cosmos." Janu ary Sale 5c Cake Dress Stays Ivory-tipped Dress Stays, all sizes and colors. Worth 12c. doz. January Sale .... 6c Pins Adamantine Pins. Janu ary Sale, 12 papers for IQc Hose Supporters The "Queen," with belt; all satin; safety pin top; loop and button clasp. Worth 50c. January Sale , 19c Dress Shields Canfield the best made: No. 1 17c No. 2 2'c No. 3 25c M M JONAS adherence to tho Democratic party was largely a matter of accident, due to his Southern birth and associations; to the fact that the Federals opposed the war: to his own narrow-minded view of the Constitution (If we may suppose that he ever gave any reflec tion to that Instrument), and to the rivalry existing between himself and Henry Clay. It Is a matter for congratulation and ls-an evldenco of advance In public Intelligence that such a career as that of Jackson, Js probably Impossible at the present time. When a later Ten ntssean Imagined that Andrew John son was but a modern spelling of An drew Jackson and that Ignorance and bull-headed will were the only requis ites for Greatness, the nation smiled contemptuously and tossed him back Into lils proper obscurity. Even the gjeat nnd merited popularity of tho man who compelled the surrender of Lee was Impaired by the Suspicion (we believe unfounded) that he aspired to something of absolutism. JONAS LONQ'S SONS. This morning at 9 o'clock we will place on sale two thousand pairs of Women's Fine Kid Gloves, of French manufacture, in all the leading shades, black and white. Handsomely embroidered and worth by every fair standard $1.25. They would cost that to import under the new Tariff. Came too late for our big advertisement of bunday and Monday, but they're here while they last at Domestics. Dress Ginghams 3.000 Yards of fine quality Dress Ginghams in an end less variety of pretty styles ' for this sale. Worth 10c. . 5JC Apron Ginghams 50 cases of Apron Ging hams 2Jc per yard Worth 50, Calicos 50 different styles of good quality Calico in light and dark coirs. Your choice at. 3jc Outing Flannel 3.000 Yards of beautiful quality Outing Flannels, same as sold everywhere at ioc. Here at -., 5c Blankets Full size, heavy in quality, nice Doruers in ura white. January Sale nice borders in Gray and CI- 43c pair Skirt Lengths 5.000 full size, Ladies' Skirt lengths in handsome over cast edges and pretty bor ders. January Sale 23c each Huslin Fruit of Loom and Hills Bleached Muslin, 36-in. wide. January Sale 5 lAc I DON'T FORGET THAT ALL J DAY AND MONDAY ARE ON M -Hm-K-HH--H-f-H Greater Scranton's Greatest Store. J.ONG DISTANCE SINGING. Miss Helen Buckley's Voice Trnvclod 1,000 Miles. A woman's voice, rising and falling In song, traveled 1,000 miles yester day, and a little crowd of men listened with delight to the notes' and greeted the finale with applause. Tho singer, listening far away, heart tho sound and cmlled. She had sung In Chicago to an audience In New York. Tho audience gathered about 3 o'clock in one of the offices of the American telegraph and telephone com pany, at No. 15 Dey street, to hear MIbs Helen Buckley's voice from the West. J. H. Phipps and I. P. Camplgllo h'ad arranged the test with tho company. They said it was tho first experiment of the kind. Not long ago a piano was tertod in his manner, but it waa not known how tho singing volco would curry. Walter Damrosch, Ernest Ney w, John W, Lander und other musi cians had promised to be present, it JONAS LONQ'S SONS. Bargain. Pair. Household Utensils, Six hundred pieces of Grey stone Granite Ware, to be closed out at less than what you'd pay for tinware. Dish Pans 21-quart Dish Pans. Worth 98c. January Sale . . 39c Foot Bath Tubs Worth 98c. January Sale. 39c Chamber Pails Worth 95c. January Sale. 42c Toilet Paper 2,000 rolls to go at - 2c Scrub Brushes Good quality 3c Clothes Lines 50 feet of Cotton Line for. 5c Dust Pans Large Japanned. Round handles. Worth ioc. Jan uary Sale , 3c Dish Pans 10-quar, tin. January Sale 7c Men's Working Shirts Cheviot well made. Worth 35c. January Sale 19 Jersey Working Shirts, laced front. Worth 50c. Jan uary Sale 29c Cheviot Working Shirts. Worth 50c. January Sale . . 33c Heavy Cloth Working Shirts. Worth 75c. January Sale , 45c Worth Si. 00. January Sale 59c Worth $1.25 and Si. 50, January Sale 79c 69c THE GREAT BARGAINS ADVERTISED SALE ALL THIS WEEK. 4-m-HHHHH was sad, but did not appear, but John Brown, of Chlckerlng hall, was there. She pang and the sound sped east ward. From where she stood the wires stretched southward to Blue Island, and then swung sharply to the east, over the plains of Indiana and through the towns, darted into Ohio at Bryan and th'enco to Miaumee, and po across the state and into Pennsylvania. Fast er than the eye can trace the route on the map, tha humming wires carried the sound through tho black coal fields to PittBburg, then through Al toona and Harrisburg, now stretched between' poles, gliding underground now dropping from sight under a river. They climbed mountains and threaded forests and swung over tho fields and farms of Pennsylvania, and New Jer sey, and until at last they plunged un der the Hudson and set the reoelveM vibrating up in tho twlentleth story of tV'e telephone building. The wires entered in a large desk, on which 'lay a score or more receivers for the guests. When all was ready JONAS LONQ'S SONS. Some New Things in Boys' Clothing Open their eyes today. Great values all of them. We'll dress the hoy in tip-top style whenever you bring him here. And we'll save you money on every garment you buy. Boya Bailor blouse nult,duop oollnr, well trimmed, em. broldorod Btalelda. I'ntent walnt band on pnuts. sizes 3 to 12. Novor sold Ion than 90.118. Januarys Q QO Bnle... ,go Urownte Butts coat, pants ond separate vestee. All wool plaid chovlot, elnbo. ratoly trimmed with buttons nnd brnld. Sizes 8 to 7. Never old leu than 61.60. Januarys Q AQ Hale 0,45 Knee Pants Corduroy Knee Pants never sold at less than 75c. Also blue Cheviot Pants, double scats and knees, patent waist bands, guar anteed not to rip. And a line of grey Cheviot Pants. All to go at January Sale 47 cents. Linens. Napkins 500 Dozen Fringe Linen Napkins in Plain White; also large assortment of Colored Borders, at 4c Value 7e Toweling 200 pieces pure Linen Kitchen Towclings in Bleached, Unbleached and a large variety of checks and fancy plaids , 6c yd Value 100 Table Damask Full width Turkey Red and White Damask "... 17c vd Would be cheap at 'Juc 20 pieces Table Damask. Worth 30c. January Sale ... . 1 9c 50 pieces pure Linen, 60 inches wide, Table Damask; also 20 pieces with Fancy Red border. As long as they last at 25c yd IS piece? 72-inch Silver Bleached Table Damask, in a fine assortment of handsome designs 38c yd 15 pieces of 72-inch Snow White Table Damask, all pure Linen and Irish manu facture, at 67c Worth si.oo Towels 200 dozen of Pure White Linen Hemstitched Huck Towels, size 21x40. As long as they last 2 for 25c Worth double 150 do:en of all Linen Fringe Huckaback Towels, with red borders; size 21x40. 3 for 25c Worth double Linings Best quality Kid Finished Cambrics, all colors, includ ing Black, Gray and Brown. January Sale 2JC yd 33-inch Moreen Skirting in Black, Navy, Grey and Brown. January Sale .... 1 2JjC IIIIIHttHIMMHUIIIIII the operator called up the Jong dis tance department and asked for Chi cago. The connection was mudu, and the receivers wore handed to those present. "All ready here," said Chicago. Every word was distinct. "All right," said tho operator, "go ahead." Thero was sllenco for a minute, and then n, piano was heard. After a few bars tho voice of a woman rose, clear, sweet and strong. In ilend6Usohn's "Hear Yo Israel," from tho oratorio of "Elijah." It was difficult to distin guish the words, but each note of tha melody could bo heard distinctly, with the piano accompaniment swelling or dying away. The effect was not unlike that of tho phonograph at times. There was the same metallic ring at Intervals, nnd sometimes tho sharp scratching nojse heard In that instrument. In her high notes Miss Buckley waa heard to the be&t advantage. Those fairly rang out, and It seemed as if she wero singing in fflnnir:lri JONAS LONQ'S SONQ). Navy Chin chilla Ilccfora, deep Bailor col lar. Worm lining, Blze SI too. itnvoboen selllngQtri.no, 8 1. 08.1c 85.0H. Ail to go at ono price. &r.r.$3.48 Chinchilla Top Coats, velvot collars, size s to 10 yean. All are double breasted with plaid linings. Never sold nt tban $2.70 and 3.36. Januarys 2.00 uaio.. Double Breasted Coats With regular coat colars; well lined. Pants have double scats and knees, and patent waist bands. Sizes 8 to 15 years, and have never sold at less than S2.50. January Sale $ 4g Embroideries. Nainsook and Cambric Edgings and Inscrtings manufacturer's samples an endless variety of patterns and dainty designs, with cut out, open-work edges, 2 to 7 inches wide. Values up to 35c. yard. January Sale ... 9c Cambric Edgings mm 1 3-inch. wide. January Sale lc Braid Mohair Dress Trimming Braid, in Black only. Was 35c, 39c. and 49c. yard. Jan uary Sale 25c Laces Elaborate line of Laces for neck garniture, dress and un- ' derwear trimmings. Exclu sive varieties and patterns. All widths. January Sale .. 9c Sheets and Pillow Cases Plain and Hemstitched Sheets and Pillow Cases, manufactured from best known brands of muslin; all shrunk and full Bleach. Plain. Hemstitched. PILLOW CASES. 42x36.... 9c 42x36.... 10c 45x36. ...10c 45x36., ..lie 50x35 lie 50x36. ...12c 54x36.... 12c 54x36.... lie SHEETS. 63x90 31c 63x90.... 30c 72x90.... 34c 72x90.... 43c 81x90 37c 81x90.... 48c 90x90.... 42c 90x90.... 54c Also special lot, any size in plain, full bleached pillow cases As long as they last. . 5c each ON SUN" 1 HHtH"H SONS o room npar by. Tho pong ended with n full, clear note and crashing peal from the piano, and the listeners drop ped the receivers to applaud. Mr. Phipps called up Mibs. Buckley and he was delighted to learn that her audience was pleased. Her next number was a. difficult aria from Mnesenot's "Herlodade." In th'ls the metallic sounds were more notice able, and made it mora difficult to ap preciate the voice. This disadvantage, It was said, was duo to the piano, and Miss Buckley sang a. French song without accompaniment, This was al most perfect. Hardly a break marred the beauty of the voice, and even the softer' passages were pure nnd dis tinct. After compliments wero sent to the singer tho "concert" was closed. New York Herald. Tho Now Woninn. "Wouldn't you feel helploss, Emallne, If you heard the wolf at your door'" , . "Not much. I'd pull him by tho ear nnd make a lovely rug out of him." Detroit Free Prcs. n -w m, ,, . -a ;.. . fr-VO Mjj . -4Xt. J-v i-.-. ftu 4riJ 1 , OKdrf. .?. -i-fr . &ef f . Ij., .. . J - yH .. A.. - ".-fcA. .
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