THE SUKAJS'TON 'L'UJJiUNE-TJIUllSDAY. Al'RIL 7. 1898.
5
5 The Circus Rider.
From
I.
"Hnup-ln!"
Crack went the circus master's whin
no tho girl's Hying flguie went through
the last tinsel-covered circle, hlghei
pvon thun thi preceding u, nnd
alighted safel In the saddle umld
rounds of rough applause.
One solitary (Igure occupied thr
"drest" seats a full dnrk mnn, with
bronzed face nnd keen eyes, nnd to this
one upper-class pntmn waet the cream
of tho entertainment directed.
As the girl lode loitnd before her exit
shp made the usual (elnt of Mowing
n kiss to the stianger, but the rlrcus
master's Jealous eye noted that a deep
flush dyed her forehead. Hi iikui noted
that the same solitary figure was theie
for the third night In sucec sslon wus
there alone nnd that us soon ns
"Queen Camilla" left the ling he got
up, colleettd stick, hat and gloves and
depni ted
"He'fl n fish out o' water." muttered
the man to himself. "What's he doln
hero, 1 wonder? If he's got un ee
upon Camilla he'll soon find ns how
others as got nn eye upon him."
And that night, after a frugal but
somewhat noisy supper, the ringmas
ter sought out a fat, eldeily woman,
always ntrongly ledolent of gin, but
who, In spite of that and other little
delinquencies, was railed by courtesy
the wardiobe miss ess. The manager
for In I.eo Snlterne's eltcus the mali
nger, owner, director and tlngmaster
were rolled In one came upon this lady
asfiho was folding away Camilla's glu
tei Ing robes.
"Look here'" he began roughly.
"Have you heard anythln' about tho
gent that's been hangln' around?"
"Course I have'" mutteicd the wo
man sulkily. "Who 'nsn't? He's the
new 'squire, just tome home fiom Atis
traly '
'An' what's he doln' heie? '
"Come to see Salteino's circus. I sup
pose," she i oplted "leastways, lie pajs
'Is money like the lest "
Theie was silence, sae for the tink
ling of baubles as she folded the cos
tumes Thevi the man seized her by
the aim
"You nln't been spllttln'?" he hissed.
"If vou have, Meg Hudson, It'll be the
worse for you'"
"D'ye think I want to get rid of the
girl? D'ye think I don't know that the
show would soon go to the dogs if it
warn't for Queen Cam'' D'ye think I
don't know that she keeps things goln'
both befoie and behind scenes "Why,
theie Isn't one o the whole company
but what loves her, and" with a
scowling glance "hates you."
"Well, it s n dangerous nelghboihood,
anyway, said the man, shifting un
easily beneath the glance, "an' It's time
we was movln' on."
' Ay' As long as the Hall stood
empty, and no one knew where to look
for n heir "
"Hold your tongue for a croaking old
fool'" cried the mannger angrily.glanc
ing round at the thin wooden paitltlon
"Who knows who might hear ye, ye old
bird o' the night! Anywa.s, we'll he
movln' on We can't affoid to throw
away monev, but there's worse might
happen If we stayed." And, slamming
the door, he went.
At least old Megthought he had gone,
and she mutteied to heiself:
"No, un' ie can't afford to he found
out neither, my fine master."
The whiff of a cheap cigar and a
muttued oath told her that she had
been oerheard, though she didn't
catth the managers concluding le
mai k
"I'll find some means of stopping
jour tongue, madam; you know too
much, nnd seem like growln' dangei
ous "
"When Ronald King laid his balf
crown on the grimy sill of the little
pay office next night he was Informed
that 'the reserved seats was alt took
by a party ' Hut instead of the turn
ing away In disgust, as the manager
hoped, he merely exchanged the coin
for a sixpence, and passed In among
the crowd
Queen Camilla was. to do her high
flight tonight, and it was Queen Camilla
he went to see. He hadn't waited to
analyze the attraction; he simply went
because he was attracted. To be sine,
f nteitalnment was scarce in the 'vil
lage whcie he had suddenly been cas,t;
and though he wus the owner of a
lovely estate nnd 5,000 a year, there
.vasn't a more friendless creature than
he In existence.
He had been ranching for fourteen
venrs In Australia, and had been re
called in most unexpected fashion to
step into his dead uncle's shoes. The
family history was to him a sealed
book His uncle had had children who
hnd died, and that was nil he knew.
Queen Cam was later than usual that
night and many watches had been Im
patiently consulted before she came.
The 'diess seats remained empty, unii
the ringmaster ha"d a frown on his
blow His ruse had failed, and he was
2 shillings poorer for having tiled It
One swift dance Camilla gave toward
the seat Ronald had occupied, then net
eye traveled along the line as if diawn
by his steady gaze, and she gae a
quick stait of lecognltlon.
The muster cracked his whip sharply,
and the horse began Its accubtomed
amble, but even no It started on Its
treadmill paie, the ringmaster's eye
caught the flutter of a loose strap, and
he stooped to readjust It. Quick us
thought, the girl lalsed her head and
looked straight at Ronald King. She
was pale that night there were dark
rings round her lnllliant eyes nnd as
he met his glance gravel and stead-
PIMPLY
rimplet, blotches, blackhead., red, rough, oily,
mothy skill, Itching, caly icalp, dry, thin, and
falling hair, and baby blemiibra prevented by
Cini'.uiu 6oai-, the moitcffcctho .Un purify
ing and beaullf) Ing aoap In the orlci, at v. ell in
purcit and vroe'.c.i fur toilet, bath, and ourtery.
(uticura
t U Ikrouilxnit IU wmM. r.irtl t k C (' , Sol.
fif4., Kwu Q3nw thiiruisklD, nn.
BLOOD HUMOlCV.Tir'U'K!.
FACES
Answers,
lly for one moment she slowly shook
her head. It seemed to hltn there was
supplication In her glance. What did
she mean?
Then the buckle was secured, the
whip cracked again, nnd the round be
gan. U.
Houp-lu! She seemed to skim through
tho air more lightly than ever that
night, though her face was rigid, and
It was with dlillculty that flho sum
moned a smile to her lips. She trotted
lound nmld een louder applause thnn
i usual; but her little nrtlllclal salute-
that sham stage kiss was lacking that
night Perhaps Queen Cam had for
gotten. At the entiance she wn met by Meg
Hudson
"Come awny, my lamnile!" said the
old woman, folding the gill In her
arms as she slipped from her saddle.
"I'e got a nice bowl o' milk for vour
supper, then ye can go straight to
jour bed. You shall have no moie
harsh words tonight no, nor any other
night fiom that old tnitai, If I can
help It."
A flaming pineal d on the boardings
next dn.v announced a specially atti ac
tive programme for the last night at
Uriixton Hut before night came the
clicus tent was strurk. the cnrunns
weio packed, nnd the tinvellng com
pany hnd lied in sudden panic .
Old Meg had been ailing for two or
three dajs No amount of wann gin
had succeeded in banishing the shl
cring which took possession of her
and that mcTinlng she was seilously 111.
and no doctor was needed to pronounce
the telilble word "smallpox." Old Meg
was left de&eited In the small cara
nn where she lay. The wardiobes,
foitunately, were not In the same car
aan. and Leo Salterne's tlicus com
pany took a rapid flight to the neniest
town
Queen Cam had begged haul to stay
behind, but the managei wouldn't hear
of it: so, weeping and teluctant, she
took her place. She would be required
for the panicle, and besides, if she got
smallpox and lost her beauty her caieer
would be ended. An old woman more
or less didn't matter, and Fecretly the
mannger rejoiced that a sure and cer
taln means was at hand of silencing
Meg's tongue forever. She was the only
one who knew the (headed secret
It was eighteen yeais now since Jack
Foil est, the handsome young tiding
master, had lun away with the only
daughter of the 'squire of Htaxton
The 'squlie had neer noticed his
daughter since, nnd when Jack bioke
his neck oer u gigantic hurdle In view
of n crowd the shock killed his young
wife, who left behind her in old Meg's
charge a few valuable jewels, her mai
rlage lines nnd a tiny baby girl. Old
Meg had stuck to thoe treasures
llerecly tin ouch thick and thin, but
the secret would die with her. Camilla's
Identity would lemain unknown and
tho manager would take possession of
the gin soul and bodj.
Theie was a hue and ct j In the camp
net morning, for tho queen was miss
ing. Her rough bed had not been slept
In, but all her tawdry robes and finery
were there. She must have gone away
In the eiiest lags. Of couise they
knew where she had gone, for Cam
knew no such thing as fear, and the
mannger swore loudlv that some one
must go at once and fetch her. Hut
there was the smallpox that was a
gi eater teiroi than the managers
wrath.
in.
Itonald King went home, haunted
by the supplication of these beautiful
eyes. He huriled over un Important
engagement next day to go to the last
peitormance, but leached the place
onl to And that the Arabs had folded
their tents and silently stolen away.
One solitary caravan alone marked the
spot, and, lighting a cigarette, he
scrolled up to where It stood
Tho sound of moaning came tiom
within, and, nfter knocking ainly, he
opened the door. A miserable sight
met his eyes. An old woman 111, dy
ing, lying on a tough straw pallet
tinned a haggard face to tho Intruder.
Itonald had seen sickness before.
Out in the bush anyone helped a dy
ing comrade, and soon he had mois
tened the jaiched lips, aunnged a
pillow under the aching head, lighted
the swinging lamp, and sat down In
tho miserable hovel; while with euger
hands the woman gave a packet Into
lilr keeping, and told him a stoiy
which seemed to tho young man only
tho lavlngs of dellilutn. It was vain
to seek n doctor then; the nearei-t one
was miles away, In tho morning he
should come.
1'iesently tho moaning ceased, and
the old woman slept Then Itonald
slipped quietly out, with a stiange
thankfulness at heart that it was not
the beautiful Queen Camilla who had
fallen a letlm to this teirlble scouige
With inclining light he was b.i' I.
again, but paused un the tlckety steps
of the caraan at thu sight that met
his eyes; and In that moment his heait
went out fiom his keeping.
Seated on the floor In Cinderella gaib
ot brown lags tho woman's hend in
her lap, was the glil ho loved What
mntter sho wns a elicus i idol U glil
of the people that bho was shorn of
her pomp and glitter? Though she weie
the very scum of the earth, ho loved
her. She wus his queen a queen In
tug.'
one glnnco told him old Meg was
elmd, und gently he lelloved the gh I
of her burden.
"You must tome with me," ho said,
looking Into her beautiful eyes. "You
tan do no tnoio for her. She Is dead."
"She wns the only friend I had. Oh,
what shnll I do without her?" bobbed
Cam. "I have no home. It Is all a
strange, dnik, mystery; I do not even
know my own name!"
Then It flashed acros Itonald that
those lmpeis-thut tumbling talk had
n t been dellilutn nfter ull'
"So you aro really my cousin? It
1j you who must telgn heie, and not I."
"And what shall you do?"
I?" He met her gasso steadily Nov
el now must this glil know that he
woishlped her. "I shull go back to
Auntiulln," ho said huskily
"Theie l.s loom enough for us both
here, lion. Hut, If you must go" shy
ly "you will take inu with you?"
Then sho was In Ills arms.
iiuuv rr.vHit 7ri"tTi: inckkahu
Interesting expsrlinents have been con
ducted by Vrofefsor O. C. Marsh, of Ynle
I'nlverslty, on brain evolution, and ho has
learned from tils studies that animals of
the present day hnvo larger binln thin
their predecessors had; thnt In tho brains
of animals In tho mime gtoups tho steo
Increased progressively from the coccno
through tho mloceno nnd plloccno pe
riods. When n species of mnnimnl ue
rnmo extinct it was found thnt it had a
i datively smalt brain. Ho tins nlso found
that the snmo theory held Rood In regard
to birds. Finally ho applied his research
to mini, tho conqueror of nil elso on eartn.
Tho development of the brnln 1ms pone on
with tho centuries, and one rnce after an
other has dominated always tho larger
biatn. In modern mun tho cctclirum
ovcrshndovvs all other parts of the brnln
combined. Down to the present time tho
larger brain rnco has outmatched the
smaller, although the latter has greater
brute force, ns a rule, Professor Marsh,
after weighing tho brains of modern peo
ple, has discovered that tho average brain
of tho Japanese Is greater than that of
nny other people. Fifteen years ago lie
said they would llgure as a grent power
among nations, perhaps an overwhelm
ing force. It Is u matter of speculation
how they will use their brain power and
how near his prophecy will come true
New Ideas,
LAKi: NUIMMUOR.
Interesting Turin About tho Largest
llady ot fresh W ntor tn the orld.
"The Great Lakes" Is the title of an
article In March St. Nicholas, written
by W. S. Hat wood. Concerning Lake
Superior, Mr. Harwood says: It Is, tv
begin with, the largest body of fresh
water In the world. It Is water of
wonderful purity which It holds, too;
and some time and in tho not very
dlstnnt future, either the people -who
live In the lnrge cities to the west and
south will come to this lako to get tho
water for their homes. It will not be
so temarkable nn engineering feat to
pipe tho water of this lake, pure and
sparkling and fresh from Its cold
depths, to these cities which urn now
struggling with the question of theli
water supply, and meeting nil sorts of
dlflleultles In their effoits to get watei
lit to drink
All down through this thousand feet
of blue there Is a peculiar coldness. At
the erv most, the temperatuie varies
thiough winter and summer not more
thun six degrees. Winter and summer,
tills great lake never changes to any
appieeiable extent, so that If you dip
your linger tips In the blue sutface on
a day In July, or If you test It some
day In eatly winter when you have
been out on some belated, Ice-mailed
llslilng-smack, or when you have gone
out to watch the fishermen spearing
their supplies through the thick Ice In
mid-January, you will And but a trif
ling diffeienco in the temperature.
Away down nt the bottom, too, there
Is but little urlatlon In the tempera
ture, for It stands at nearly forty de
grees Fahrenheit nt tho bottom, and
Mules from foity to forty-six degrees,
winter and summer, at the surface.
The other lakes, though told, ate not
In this lespect like Superior.
The whole bottom of the lake Is be
lieved to be a strong roek basin, though
It would seem that there must be great
spilngs ut the bottom to help keep up
the enormous volume of wnter. From
the noi th there Is a large ninount of
wnter pouting Into the lake year In and
year out, the svvlft-rushlng, nariow
banked Nlplgon nnd other streams fur
nishing no smnll part of tho supply
These sti earns In u large measure muke
up the loss fiom the surface. One of
the old lake captains, a bronzed, kindly-faced
man who had been for thirty
five yeais on tho lakes, and had faced
death many a. time In the filghtful
stoims which sometimes sweep across
these beautiful bodies of water, told
me, as we were passing nlong one day
near the north coast of Superior, with
the headlands and Inlets and glossy
green bluffs of that most picturesque
shoie In full iew, that tho theory that
the lake was slowly going down In
size was true He maintained that he
could tell ft oni certain landmarks along
the shores, with which he Is us fami
liar as he would be with the stieots of
his old Scottish blithplace.that the lake
was slowly veiy slowly but suiely
receding. However, it will be some
centuries yet before there will be any
appreciable lessening of the Oieat
Lakes, so that we need not be ron
cei ued
Strange as It ranv 'eem, the lake has
tides, too, well-defined tides, discovered
In 1SG0. it Is what Is tailed a self
reglsteilng tide, with a legular flux
and leflux wave, caused, so the scien
tific men say, by the sun and moon.
The aornge Use and fall eveiy twenty
four hours is otto fouiteen hundredth
of a foot; the maximum tide at new
and full moon Is one twenty-elght-hun-dredth
of a fool.
Another very Interesting, and veiy
sad, thing ubout this lake is that It
neei .gives up Its dead. Whoever en
counters terrible disaster happily in
frequent In the tourist season and
goes down in theangiy, beautiful blue
wnteis never conies up again From
those o idlest days when the daring
French voyngeis in theli tilm birch
bark canoes skirted the picturesque
shores of this noble but telentless lake,
down to this present moment, those
who have met their deaths In mld-Su-perlor
still llo at the stone-paved bot
tom It may be that, so very cold Is
the watei, some of theli bodies may
have been preserved through the cen
tuiles. Sometimes, not fni from tho
"hole, the bodies of people who have
'Mi w locked from fishing Hmaeks or
f em plensure boats cuei taken bv n
cuifl squall hnvo been tecovered, but
only nfter the most heroic efforts with
ding-net or by the- diver.
i
I ALL.VDAlt OP (JOOI) INTII.N
I IOs.
Said Father Tempus 1 huvo a plan.
I'm going to swtat olt on the first of
Hut his resolution began to ebb.
Ho was twodaysbhy by the end of
VIZH.
Then ho lost his temper and went so tar
As to bawl and bluster nil through
Ho iiuffod and blew till ho spoiled his
shape.
Ho lie look tho water euro in
He took a shower bnth ever day.
Ami was most dlbagrceablo ull through
',1AV-
'I hen summer rutno and he changed his
tuno
Any tool can bo good In
Hut tho strain wns so gteat that by 'unci
by
Ho vvu.s taken with fever In
, . JULY.
Ho only Just escaped tho morgue,
Ills ttnipciuturo was bo high In
Never wore resolutions kept
So well us In tonvnlosctnt
BIJl'T
When ho recovered tho world wan
shocked
For ho painted the country red In
When he howbd ind raged like a fiend In'
love
Ho wns full ns could bo of lomorso in
It's pluln, said he, this thing must cease!
I'll swear off iiguln at tho of
DI3C.
-Oliver Heifoid, in Life
WAR IS TRULY AN
EXPENSIVE LUXURY
Soma Facti and Figures Worthy ol
Serious Consideration.
COST OP A SCKAP WITH SPAIN
Enormous Expense of lloth Coun
tries in Cnse of Conflict llotvvoun
Tht-iif-Snnln Is Already on n U'nr
rooting, but It Would Cost 1'our
Millions to Furnish Our Soldiers
With Now Utiles Alone--Homo I'lg
ores from tho Civil War.
From the Now York Heiald.
It would cost tho United States 1200,
000,000 to go to war with Spain nnd
JJOn.000,000 to maintain the war six
months. It would cost Spain a thous
and million pesetas a peseta equals
nhout 20 cents to go to war with the
t'nlted Stntes, nnd fifteen hundred
million pesetns to maintain the war
six months
These nre conservntlve estmntes
made nfter talking with those In a
position to best Judge the cost of a
conflict between the two countries. At
best the estimates of the cost of a war
must be In tho most general terms,
ns ull dipends upon the scale of prop
uiatlon, the aggressiveness of the con-tenc'lnp-
parties, nnd the particular
theater of war whether on land or
wnt-r And yet the essential tequlte
mentrt In wcglng war are readily clp
tei mined by those familiar with mlli
taiy sclent e, and with this goes the
epciicnce of our Inst vvnr, which cost
the stupendous sum of three thousand
million collnts.
Theie aiu cternns In the- public si
vlce here such as General Haw ley,
chaltman of the senate committee on
mllltniy affalis; Senator Moirill, who
framed the Motrin tariff, which gave
the sinews of war In 1S61, ns well ns
many army and navy bureau chiefs
skilled In the detailed cost of ordi
nance, equipment, tinnsportation,
quai termasters' supplies and the com-
missal Int. who know the cost of war
In all Its fonns. They are naturally
I nth to discuss an hypothesis of com-
i Ing war, and yet It wns from men of
this character that the .basis of these
estlmutes wns diawn. With a view to
getting nlso the cost from the Span
ish standpoint, eminent Spanish nu
thoiltles were consulted
MOST COSTLY THING
' War is the most costly thing in
the world," said General Hnwley, n
etern both of the Held and of pub
lic life, when asked what It would cost
us to go to war with Spain. "But that
is about the only certain element In it.
It is a cost so enormuus ns to be nl
most beyond comprehension. Hut
when it comes to enumerating the
Hems of cost, or to stntlng In advance
what a given conflict will cost, that
cannot be done with any degree of
accuracy In the first place, It de
pends upon how many men are to be
called Into service, and then the kind
of seivice they will have to peiform
With that much known, the thing to
do Is to consult the heads of the
t-eveial bureaus of the war and nnvy
depai tments. There Is a fixed cost of
rations, another cost of equipment,
another of clothing, etc. Hy learning
all these separate Items of cost some
adequate Idea might be formed of
the tost of going to war, but until I
knew the number of men to be brought
Into service nnd the scope of prepata
tion I would hesitate In making even
a rough estlmnto of cost It Is like
asking how long Is a piece of string
It depends. All that I can say Is that
the cost of war Is enoimou the
gieatest one item of cost known."
Geneiul Haw lev mentioned the ex
perience which the lust war gave In
the measuie of cost of war, nnd many
other mllltniy authoiltles base theli
Ideus on the piaetlcal experience which
thnt conflict nfforcled to our own peo
ple It wus a lesson not only in the
assembling of men and supplies, but In
the best methods to be followed In rais
ing tit eat sums of money for emer
gencies. oun nxpnninNci: in ism.
When 'Pitsldent Lincoln called on
congress for 100,000 men, ho also asked
tor $100,000,000. This was at the tate of
11.000 for every mnn called Into service
His message to congiess stated also
that the sum asked was "less than one-twenty-thlrd
part of the money value
owned bv men who seemed ready to
devote their whole" This gives an
other percentage one-tw enty-thltd as
a basis of calculating what amount of
the wealth of a country should be sum
moned to aid in Its defense.
Secretary Chase, then nt the bend of
I the tiensuiy, estimated $320,000,000 as
the sum requited to begin the war.
This proved to bo short of the require
ments. The urmy nppiopilntion bill
passed by the extta session of congress
after the filing on Sumter can led $207,
000 000 The nnvy appropriation bill
tarried $50,000,000. These estimates und
uppiupilatlons were made, it must be
i inemlieted. with no conception ot
what the war wns to be, and with nn
Idea that at most it would close within
sl months. The ilrst estlmutes of war
are usually undei t.ither than over
what the tost pioves to be
With this expei ltnce at hand, some
genernl Idea can be had of the cost of
going to wai at the pte-sent time. The
circumstances are muth different, und
yet this Is the onlv experience of our
own In modem wnifnte fiom which
lcsbons can be diawn, and It anything
the elements of tost nre gi eater now
than then. In a war with Spain the
conflict would be essentially dltfeient
fiom that between the North and
South, In that Spain nnd tho United
States would be fighting ucross nn
otenn instead of hand to hand In ono
country.
NAVAL WAnFAIU:.
This would tnaka It essentially a
naval warfate and a war on commetce
und to that extent the elements of cost
would be different from land watfaro
Hut with both countries having long
lines of coast to piotect, with Cuba
as n field of land conflict, the element
ot providing for tho cost of lnnd war
fare would bo hut illy lets than that of
thu marine struggle. Prudente would
nlbo dictate that tho scale of piepata
tlon would take Into nccount the pos
sibility, oven probability, of Spain's
foiming alliances with Hutopean pow
ers by which her fighting strength on
land und sea would be lutgely aug
mented. With these considerations existing,
the cost of going to war with Spain
nt this time could not be estimated
far below the cost when the first crash
of arms came In 1S61, There would
not bo the need of the vaBt land force,
at first 100,000 und fast Increasing,
until the armies exceeded tho fnbled
forces of Xetxes, n million men being
In the field ut ono time, Hut tho man
ner of ships of war und merchantmen,
TRADE WHERE YOUR
These Are Busy Days
For us and for you. Thoughts of Easter are uppermost for
tradition links New Clothes to that Festal Day. Today's im
portant news concerns Boy's Clothing in particular; Millinery,
Gloves, Etc., in general. We know you're busy so we'll
tell the story briefly, and bid you welcome when you come
here.
An Easter Suit
For the Boy . .
It would take a page of this paper to tell you all about
the good things we have here in Clothing for the Boy.
They look expectantly forward to Easter for a new suit
and they generally get one. Here are some special offerings
for Thursday, Friday and Saturday that will make the task of
choosing a suit an easy one. Every garment is guaranteed
absolutely all-wool, fast in color, with solid-sewed seams
and tailored in the best of style. You're sure to find some
thing here at a price that will please you.
BROWNIE SUITS 3 pieces,
consisting of coat, vest and pants;
some are braided with fancy Sou
tache Braid. Patterns are in navy,
brown, gray and Scotch checks;
sues 3 to 8. Prices.
$1.98, $2.48
and up. All one-third less than
actual value.
BLOUSE SUITS,
commonly called
"Sailors." The
nattiest costume;;
lorlittle tots they
come in all colors,
with plain and
fancy trim. Mater
ials are Mottled
Cheviots, Serges,
Thibet and Mo
tuiis. Priced at
$1.98 to
$2.98
All one-third less
than actual value.
COMBINATION SUITS in all
the leading styles The nattiest of
these is navy cheviot. Suit con
sists of coat, two pair of pants and
cap to match. We sell them regu
larly for $4. As an Easter offering
to "the boys the price d o
will be 32.90
Sizes are 8 to 1 s years.
SECOND
" Going Home to Dinner ? "
Asked one business man of another yesterday. "Never," was the reply, "so long as I can
get such a good dinner for a quarter at the Big Store." These were true words, well merited
and still better appreciated. We ARE serving a good 25" cent dinner better than you'd
think, for that money. The best meats that we can buy. The best vegetables in our
grocery store. The best pastry our cooks can make. That's the whole story. You can find
out more by trying it once.
Dinner
Jonas
the absembllnpr ot sufllclent forces at
vulnemble points on our boaboaicl and
holders', would require the men drawn
from the Held In tho rough peneral
estimate ot cost at the outset and for
tho first six months a considerable re
duction was made ftom the first co3t
In 1S61, In order to give a wide margin
of conservatism In estimates, although
It N belle; ed the circumstances of a
conflict with Spain and her allies
would Justify an estimate fully up to
the cost of opening the civil war
SPAIN ON WAlt FOOTING.
Aa to Spain's Hist cost in going to
war with the United States, It mubt be
borne In mind that Spain Is now prac
tlcallj on it war footing, and has boon
since the Cuban struggle became seil
ous. The wai footing of Spain is 1SJ,-97-'
men, and this footing has been
1 cached, If not exceeded, In Cuba alone.
The foic.es theie have fluctuated, but
the olllclal figures a year ago gave 121,
130 men in Cuba Adding the icseno
force In Spain, and those In the Philip
pines and Pueito Rico, tho total Is
fully up to the war footing of Spain.
The same Is tiue of Spain' navy.whlth
Is and ha.s been on a war footing. This,
then, would gle net tho advantage of
having her organization of war In ar
tual opeiation, whereas tho I'nlted
States would be pieclpltated fiom a
state of peace Into one of war. Doubt
less a wai footing of Spain capablo of
dealing with Cuba would have to be
eiy mntetlally enlaiged in dealing
with the United States, but at least It
would servo as a nuelruH It would
save that extraordinary cost of a Hist
htait. ITp to this time, however, Spain
has known no need of a war footing
bejond that above given, which, in de
tail, Is as follows:
Infai.try IS.'.iW
Cavalry 17.1WJ
Artillery U'.tuO
Engineer UMi
Staff n.iiii
Ilcfpllal coipi. i,j
Total
.ls:.'j;j
SPAIN'S FIRST COST.
While this Is the war fooling of
Spain, yet provision has been made by
which. In an extraordinary emergency,
1.083,575 men could be put In the field.
This vast number, In a country having
but 17,000,000 population, Is phenomenal
In the annuls of wurfare. It Is not
conjectured, however, but Is baaed on
caieful estimates made by Spain as to
her utmost resouicea In cubq. of need.
It contemplates tho establishment of
military depots m every Spanish dls
tilet, and making It tho coutor of a
MONEY GOES FURTHEST COME HERE.
TOP COATS The newest outer
garment, if vou would dress your
boy in style. They are of covert
cloth, -made with French facing,
patch and flap pockets, Italian lined;
these garments ate positively worth
0.00. While they last
the price heie will be .
$4.98
That s 2 less than you II pay
elsewhere.
KNEE PANTS Of all kinds of
material, for any size boy. Here's
a special oiler lor this week. There
are two lots, stylishly made, of line
materials, patent waist bands, nicely
finished. They're about what you'd
pay ,o cents and 75 cents for. Ilere,
this week, at
25c and 47c
They're a bargain well worth
coming after.
FANCY BLOUSES With deep
ruffled collars and fronts, lancy
culfs. Materials are linens and
laws, both lancy and plain,
37c to $1.48
Ordinal lly you'd pay a third more
for them.
SHIRT WAISTS Both launder
ed and unlaundered. They come
in white and colored percales, made
with band so separate collar can be
worn. Some have sailor collars.
Prices, this week, from
25c to 75c
be cheap at double
And they'd
the price.
FLOOR.
Ready at 11:30. Twenty-five
L
s
regimental organization of tecruits and
leserves.
With these fotrs to diaw fiom,
Spain's Hist cost would be In aiming
and equipping thosu tn addition to
the force now In Cuba and the Phlllo
plnes nnd disposing them In the army
and navy. What this cost would be
has been roughly estimated by com
petent nuthoillles at the outset at 1,
000,000,000 pesetas The basis for the
estimate Is the cost of the Cuban con
flict tn the piesent time. The war bud
pet for lRSn-98 was 140,000,000 pesetas
legular and 40,000,000 pesetas extrao--dlnui.v
This has been mounting up
ever since until tho cost of the wai up
to this time is estimated at J2S0.00O.uuo
or JS1000 000 a yeai With the lnci eases
requisite foi a conflict with the United
States, the cost would bo more than
double that of holding Cuba, and, bj
a most conseivatlve estimate, the to
tal of 1,000,000,000 pesetas, or ?200,000,
000, was made by one well lilted for an
intelligent view of tho subject.
ij.pl:nsi:s for six months.
JUnj Interesting details uio devel
oped In the couiso of tho estimate for
maintaining tho war for six months.
For Instance, the Item of new guns for
the United States Hoops would be a
laigo clement of cost dining the (list
I ftages of the war. At present the
I Iwag-Joigensen gun Is being put Into
' use as fast as It can bo munufactuied.
Hut there ate not noto than 23,000 of
these guns available. There are some
I L00.000 old Spifngt'eld ililcs, but in a
I war with Spain hr men handling one
of the most deadly of modern arms
the United Stutes would hardly epect
to place Sprlngllelds In the hands of its
Boldlers. Tho new rllle costs from M7
to J20, and to arm 200,000 men the i -m
of this ono Item of rifles would bi
000,000
The estimate Included a ration allow
ance of 10 cents n day, which, for J0o -000
men, for six months, would be an
other $1,000 000. Another detail In u itch
ing the total estimate for six months
wns tho ci,t of uniforms, two suits at
$! euch being nllowed. This, foi 200 .
000 men, would be about J3.600.000. In
the Item of ammunition, tho estimate
contemplated 200 rounds for each man
In six months. Five dollars would
about cover the cost of 500 rounds,
which, for 200,000 men, would bo about
$1,000,000.
With tho modem use of machine
guns, every company of Infantry
would doubtless have a gun of this
chatacter. They cost about $1,000
eneh, making nnother Item of about
200,000, tho cost In eveiy Instance runs
ong
Sig0MfcsaV
That We must continue
Easter talking Millinery to
Bonnet you for we've a
stock worth talking
about. If we didn't have,
you'd hear less concerning
it. New Yoik people tell us
they've seen no finer show in
that city. Likewise Philadel
phians. That's where the two
cities agree. Scranton'ans are
all of one mind it's the big
gest show in town. Only
one trouble. We've made the
prices lower than they really
should be. But it's our first
season with you we want
you to come again.
Trimmed Hats in great pro
fusion. Untrimmed Hats by
the thousand and expert
trimmers to adorn them to
your liking.
SECOND FLOOR.
Your Surprising to see the
Easter new-comers around
Gloves our Glove Depart
ment since they've
learned of some of the special
lines we carry. Those most
interesting for Easter are the
special makes of
Trci'ousse & Co.
Ph. Courvoisicr & Co.
known to be positively the
best on the market. You'll
buy them once and you'll
buy them again we can as
sure you of that.
Of course we've many other
makes all the best of their
kind, on which our prices will
be found to be 2j per cent,
lower than elsewhere
MAir AtSLE.
Cents.
BASEMENT
Sons.
Into the millions. Aside from the first
cost, there Is the additional cost of
transporting vast supplies of food and.
clothing, after It Is once pui chased.
WHUnn TO GET MORI! SHIPS.
The same scale of elaborate expenso
runs through all branches of naval
equipment, limited, however, by tho
fact that a navy cannot be expanded
In weeks or months, as an army can
bo formed. Although a war between
the United States and Spain would ha
essentially a marine stiuggle, both of
the parties would have much dlillculty
at the outset In Inci easing tho number
of thtlr ships. From tho moment war
was declared eveiy port In tho
w. oi Id would bo closed against
us in any effort to buy ships.
While free to buy of tho
Armstrongs or nny other foreign firms
at the present, these markets would
be closed to us the moment hostilities
began.
Not only would foreign governments,
occupying the position of neutrals, ha
unable to aid us with ships, but It
would be Impossible for us to buy of
privnto parties without making tho
foreign government lesponslble, ac
cording to tho rigid ruling of the Ala
bama award. Tho same restrictions
would bo placed upon Spain, and only
by formlns alliances could tho navies
of either countiy be materially aug.
njented at the outset. This, of neces
sity. would keep down the element of
naval cost, for, being unable to buy
boats, the countries would have tn do
their lighting with sueh forces ns they
had, augmented by thr merchant ma
il no.
Tho arming of merchant ships would
bo a costly operation, fur they would be
diawn from their legular service, and
the government would have to pay llb
etally for their use. At such times
"war piollts" nre expected and exacted,
nnd there would be no tecourse from It.
And abide fiom the (list cost to the
government of taking these merchant
ships from the coasting trade, the
tiansntlantlc. tho trnnsp.iclfle.tho West
Indian, und the South American trade,
theie would bo the second cost of
mounting guns nnd giving them such
armament hs would (It them for war
Bervlce.
The financing of tho Civil war was a
stupendous opeiation, as may bo Judged
from tho fact that today the govern
ment Is slowly paving off the bonds
floated ut thnt time, and Is maintain
ing an Issue of $110,000,000 greenbacks
Issued on the faith of the government
to tide over the demand for funds.