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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY. APRIL 13. 1898.
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The Qyldimg' Spirit of
the Cybae RevoliuitSoe,
Dramatic and Eventful Career of the Cuban
Delegate, Tomas Estrada Palma.
From the Times-Herald.
Tomas Estrada Pulinn Is the grand
old man, the lleujamln Franklin of
Cuba. As Frunklln pleaded in the
courts of Euiope for recognition of the
freedom mid Independence of the United
States, ro Palma has pleaded In this
countty fir the recognition of Culm.
Like all Cubans, he has seen dnik days,
and his pleading Iihh seemed 111 vuln.
Hut hope is blighter now and better
days arc duwnlng
Palmu's picsent position In the
struggle for Cuban independence Is that
of head of the diplomatic service and
delegate or chief of the revolutionary
clubs, "Why doi so t he go home and
fight If he Is so anxluua for Cuban lib
erty?" Is a question that has been
asked about him moie than onee. Hut
It Is easily answered. 1'alma has
fought for his countr and his Hag.
He has si" n his mother practically
murdered bv Spanish mnruudeis, he
has seen his estates confiscated by
Spanish officials Twenty years and
more ago he led Cuban troops against
their Spanish oppressors; later he
served as president of the lepubllc.
While In thntij(ltlon he was betrayed
and captured and spent some jeais In
a Spanish dungeon Through one and
another of these experiences he has
reached the age where he can be of
more seivice to his countiy In a diplo
matic way than In the "field. He has
left the fighting for younger men, and
as minister plenipotentiary to this
country he has done his native island
a service which probably no other
could have done
LITTLE KNOWN.
Comparatively little is known by the
American public of tho personality of
Tomas Estrada Talma. No complete
sketch of him hns evei been published.
Yet there is no man whoso life has
been more Intimately associated with
tho modern hlstoiy of Cuba, none
whose career Is more characteilstlc of
the heroic sacrifices willingly made by
the patriots of the island In their ar
dent and aiduous pursuit of liberty
Slightly built and below the average
height the frailness of Minister Palmu's
physique Is what first Impresses one in
his appearance. He looks old In the
sense of one who hns gone t hi ouch a
great deal and suffered much, but the
casual observer would allow for prema
ture aging and hardly tonipute the
years of his life at 63 His featuies
are not regular, his complelon hns the
dingy look of old parchment maiked
with light brown freckles like the
specks often seen on ancient docu
ments His stialght, dark hair, now
grizzled and no longer thick, Is some
what long. His dark blown ees nit
not strong, tho left being maiked by
a peculiar droop His straggling gray
mustache, with n wide parting under
the nose. Tails to hide the thln-llpped
mouth The loss of two front teeth
accentuates the stiength of the mouth
by compressing the lips, and adds to
the appearance of piematuie nge.
Altogether there Is something sinister
about the ordinary appeal ance of this
expel lenced I evolutionist Hut there,
1b a change when bis face lights, as he
waxes eloquent over the bitter wrongs
of Cuba Mr. Palma speaks English
with some dlllleulty and with n maiked
accent. Hut his soeoeh Is most ex
pressive and in his o n tongue he Is
an orator of convincing fone
ELOQUENT ON CUBA S WOES
He tnlks fitely to those he can trut.
and reldom makes mistakes In that
matter. t such moments his eyes al
most blaze and his tace glows with en
thusiasm. He seams another man from
him w hose appearance a moment before
was commonplace, If not actually le
peilant The almost furtive look, due
to years of Intrigue nnd conspiracy,
and the shadow ing of Spanish spits,
disappears at these times, and the leal
min shines forth. It Is then that one
realizes the amount of nervous eneigy
lonflned In that Insignificant, weak
looking fi.ime nnd understands the
pow erful magnetism which has made
Palma one of the greatest Cuban ln
t'uences. It Is then thnt one sees why
his Is a name to conjure with among
his countrymen, and one feared nnd
hated by Spanish tyrants who have
tailed utterly In their many attempts
to seduce him
It una on July 9, 183" thnt Thomas
Estrada Palma was born on the larg
est of his father's estates at Haynmo,
In the eastern piovlnee of Santiago de
Cuba His father was one of the
v enlthlest and most respected Innd
owneiE In Cuba. His holdings eom
prlsed hundreds of thousands of acres,
most of them devoted to the breeding
and rem Ing of cattle. Besides the ln
i ome from the herds, the estate yield
ed a large revenue from the sale of
mahogany and othei woods found In
Its foiests nnd had also u sugar mill.
One indication of the estate's great
extent may be found In the fact that
the meto privilege of gathering the
honey from it was Bold for $1."?00 a year.
Theic(he boy was brought up In lux
ury until old enough to study at the
best school afioided by Havana.
STUDIED AT SEVILLE.
While Palma was still a boy his
lather died Soon after he went to tit
himself for the law bv studv nt the
Unlversltv of Seville tlraduoted there
nnd admitted to piactlce. Estiada went
back to his mother nt navnmn.
He never practiced law. Little obser
vation of conditions In Cuba wns need
ed to convince him that wheie corrup
tion held sway and pure Justice was
only a dream the practice of law must
be u mockery for an honest man Ills
llfo wns devoted to the administration
of his estates and the study oi govern
mental conditions under wihlch Cuba
vias ti cited only oh a soune of iev
enuo for Spain or tho aggrandizement
of officials lemarkaule for cupidity,
corruption and cruelty
When the first suggestion of uprising
was heaid In 1S65 Palma became In
terested, and In 1867-, when the coun
try was In the throes of Intrigue, which
gave birth to the revolution, he threw
himself heart und soul Into the con
spiracies which had Independence for
their object Ills ability and social
eminence soon made him u leader, and
ho became the bosom friend of such
men as Cespedes und Agulleia, the first
president und vice president, respec
tively. When Cespedes raised the
standard of revolt Oct 10, 1S68, Palma
freed his' slaves, raised all ho could
from his tax-drained estates and aided
the rnovement to tho utmost. Ho took
the field, and with him to tho hard
ships of camp life went his devoted
mother.
The detachment of which he vvrb a
member was surprised one day in Pal-
ma's absence by the Spanish. Estra
da's mother wns captured and com
pelled to walk in tho lear of the troops.
Her strength gave out and bIio wns
abandoned alone nnd helpless In tho
woods. There she was discovered by
her son with a searchjmrty, having
had no food for two weeks. In three
days she died, und the son, to whom
Spanish cruelty had been biought homo
so closely, became more determined
than ever In devotion to the cause by
which tho. yoke of the oppressor was
to be bioken.
"INDEPENDENCE Oil DEATH."
After the capture of Hayamo, which
quickly followed the outbreak of the
war, Palma was elected to the Cuban
assembly Under Spoturno's presidency
Palma became secretary of tho repub-
ON THE RUINS OF SPAIN.
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T 'iho following tublo riiows the population and area of the icpubllcs that "t
T have arisen from the ruins of the Sipalilsh-Amerlcnn empire, according to T
T the last census In eoeh 4
I Area Squaro -f
1'opul itlon. Miles. 4-
i- Mexican Republic .f 'J,!WJ011 TG7.00". T
f Republic of llonduian ITW.OIS 4W T
J Republic of (Juiitenillu 1.13S.UIJ , 1.3400 T
T Rt public of Ccsta Rlea 260.00.1 23,000 I
I Reruullc of Salvador fA'.&ll 7.222 X
i Republic or Nicaragua 420,004 49.2M) -f
RcpuhU-or Uruguay 82lf.lS 72,110
-f United States of Venezuela 2 232,527 IVri.9 J
f Argentine Republic S'JJL'.'iW l,77b,19i J
T Republic or Colombia 3,&7S,(fl0 C13,'US T
T Republic of Chill 2,003,07 -"3,8
T Republic of Paraguay 432000 OS.000 f
I Republic of Peru a.GJl.SH 403,747 4-
4- United States of Hrazll 10,330,210 3 200,S7S
Republic of Ecuador 1,270,000 120,000
it It will bo been that having lost twice as much territory as there Is In all
I Europe, the Spaniards have lost a. population nt leust half again as large as 4-
4- that of all Spain. The table does not, however. Include tho vast territories
4 which were o: ce- claimed by Spain and are now part or the United States, T
4 such as the great states or Texas and California, the vast territory north of
what Is now Louisiana and west of the Mississippi river, which was toy -
T erned by a Spanish captain general In NewOrlons, tho present state of Flor- 4
I Ida, and parts of t labama, Including tin present city of Mobile. Tho area 4
4 and population of former Spanish territory now within tho terrltoiy of tho
4- United States Is greater, moro valuable, nnd far richer In tho possibilities of T
"" future development thuii the whole of the Iberian Peninsula. T
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lie In that capacity he framed and
was the real author of the famous de
cree Issued by Spoturno That decree
was that any Cuban found negotiating
for peace on terms which failed to rec
ognize the absolute Independence of the
Island republic was a traitor and should
be shot. This Is the decree recently
rev Ived by the present Cuban govern
ment, under which Itulz met his end.
"Independence or death" was Palma's
motto then, has been ever since and is
now.
Spoturno having resigned, the Cu
ban assembly elected Palma president,
March 2s, 187(5 Tho scene was Impres
sive In Its extreme simplicity. Stand
ing with his right hand on the Cubnn
constitution, Palma swore to obey and
execute It and all other Cuban laws
honestly and truly. He bore well the
oneious duties of the piesldency until
he fell n v Ictlm to Spanish force
through Cuban tieachery While In
Porto Principe two Cubans were
brought betoie hiin chaiged with ne
gotiating for peace on a basis which
did not recognize the- ubsolute Inde
pendence of the Island. At the trial of
one of them Palma presided, and tho
pilsoner was sentenced to death. The
other was named Veiona, who had
once been a close ft lend. Theie ensued
In the president's mind a conflict be
tween duty and filendshlp. Hut duty
pi evaded, and Verona wns executed,
the only concession to his own feel
ings made by Palma being that he was
not the Judge who sentenced his friend.
The man whom Palma condemned
managed to escape. He had learned
that Palms', was to statt eastward on
a jouiney to Santiago. He knew the
route by which the uresldent would
travel nnd took his Information to the
Spanish authorities He served as
guide for a force of several thousand
Spanish soldiers, who waylaid and enp
tuied the president, whose tmprison
ment Spain so earnestly desired.
IN TWO SPANISH CASTLES.
It Is a lemaiknble tribute to Pnlma'b
Influence nnd to Spain's mistaken esti
mate of his character that in the hope
of reducing him to subset vlency his
captors treated him with a courtesy
and consideration in btriklng contrast
to their wonted methods. He was tak
en Hi st to Havana, and Imprisoned five
days In Morro Castle. In that time the
cnptaln general of the Island sought
by eveiy means to transform the pn
tt lot Into a lenegade The pilsoner
was told thnt If he would take the
oath of allegiance to Spain his vast
estutes. till of which had been con
fiscated, would bo lestored. with free
paidon and public office Every offei
wns dimly letused Then Palma be
came an exile as well as a prisoner
Ho was sent to Spain nnd imprlhoned
for a yeai In the cnstle of riemat.
There, too, he was tieuted lemutkably
well for a Spanish pilsoner, the idea
apparently being that, though he could
never be coerced, he might be coaxed
into submission. One appioach after
another was made to him, but all weie
scorned. In a Spanish pilson, In Spain,
at the meicy of Spaniards, bo defied
tho Spanish government
With the subseeuient sunender of the
revolutionists tiinio Palma's liberty.
With libeity returned temptation to
play the renegade. It came in new and
moie Insidious form than ever. Yet
was It never a temptation to this man,
who spumed It ac- an Insult Sums of
money, the restoration of his estates,
n high position under the Spnnlsh Gov
ernment nil these woio often ed If he
would but take the oath of iilleglanco
to Spain, and all were i ejected.
HACK TO THE NEW Vv ORLD.
! pon his liberation Palma traveled
to New Yoik by way of Paris. In tho
new world the ov-presldent of that
Cuhi llbre which had vanished cast
about tor an honest meuns of liveli
hood He made his wuy to the Re
public of Honduras. Theio he was
among fi lends and sure of sympathy.
Ho began work us a schoolmnster nnd
became postmaster general He fell in
lovo with tho daughter of Piesldent
Huardiolunnd man led her. He brought
his wlfo to tho United States. In
Orange county, New Yoik, thev bought
a piece of propouy. nt Central Valley,
and established their home. They have
six children, the oldest of whom Is
IB, and the youngest 114 yean old. A
school for the children of Spanish
Americans from the republics of the
western hemisphere wns opened. It
was nt the high tide of prosperity when
the call of patriotic duty was henrcl
again, and the school was abandoned.
, It Is commonly said that Palma Is
the head of the Cuban Junta In the
United Stntes. That Is a mistake, due
to the Inaccuracy which revived a fa
miliar term to describe something to
which It does not properly apply. There
Is no Junta now. There was such n
body, with headquarters In New York,
during the ten yeais" war, which raised
upward of $2,000,000 for the Cuban
cause, hut there Is none now its place
being taken to some extent by a dele
gation, comprising a piesldont or dele
gate, a secretary and a treasurer, elect
ed bv the associated Cuban revolution
ary clubs. Tluy arc Featured In many
cities of this country, Chicago. In Cen
tral nnd South Amerlcn, the West In
dies and Mexico In times of nettvlty
11 is essential thntthey should have
their power centralized for executive
and ndvlsoiy purposes. This purpose Is
served by the delegation In N'ew York
elected by the nssoclated clubs, which
simply represents Cuban revolutionists
abroad and Is the ally of the home
government.
HEAD OF REVOLUTIONISTS.
In July, 18r, Palma was elected dele-
gate by the clubs to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Jose Marti. He
thereupon gave up his school, made his
headquarters at the Astor House and
only ocoasslonnlly had u glimpse of his
family at Central Valley.
Hut Tomas Estrada Palma Is also
minister or delegate plenipotentiary
abroad of the republic of Cuba, author
ized to appoint Its delegates to other
powers wherever and whenever he sees
fit. This Important office, conferred by
the Cuban government Sept, 19, 1893, is
altogether apart from his position as
delegate of the associated clubs. As
tho representative of the Cuban gov
ernment It hns been his duty to appeal
to the state department of tills country
for recognition from time to time, thus
far with no official success. It has
been his business to appeal to tho pub
lit, maintain popular interest, unci aid
rnd comfort the revolutionists by col-
I looting funds and In every wav pos
sible. That he has been highly suc
cessful all know who have watched the
men erne nt nt nil closely.
Now there Is a lenewed vigoi In the
man, his step is lighter, his eye brighter
anei his whole aspect less anxious and
careworn than Jt was a year ago He
s-cts the signs of dawn. Always con
v li.ee d that Cuban independence must
come, he feels now that It Is coming
quickly, and nlreadv he discovers the
glitter of Its day star on the horizon.
ANCIENT T I II I! PIECES.
Prenchors .Measuring Their hermons
by lloiir-glusse in the Pulpit.
Prom the London Stana.it d
Ve need not do more than allude to
the habits after the reformation, nnd
especially In Scotland, of preachers
measuring their discourses by the hour
glass In the pulpit These marked an
hour exactly Those first made In
Charlemagne's day ran for twelve
hours. Alfied the Great hit upon a
method of measuring time which shows
that there was no Saxon one, though
very prolmbly some of the monaster
ies (then the onlv homes of knowledge)
weie acquainted with water clocks
nnd hout -glasses, if not by practical
knowledge, at any rate bv heaisnv.
However, the kingdom In general fol
lowed Alfred's plan, which, though In
genious, necessarily lacked unythlng
like the accurucv of the other inven
tions. Yet the king's Idea was hailed
as a wonderful effott of genius, which,
fof such an era by comparison with the
general Ignorance, It vvu As every
schoolboy (In this cni-e literally) knows,
Alfred maiked time by uishllghts.
Middle-aged people still leniember Its
utn In the uuiseiy at night, and the
reflection of the circular holes In the
tall metal shades on the celling Al
fred, says an ancient authority, "that
he ml tht properly know how the hours
pam-d, made ui-e of burning tupers
which were maiked with lines nnd fixed
In lanthorns, an expedient Invented by
himself (so, bv the wav, weie. In S9
the lauthoins, of serapeil hoin, which
still Mimo old-fnshloned rustles pr for
to glass). Hut tapers, however, woio
then veiy expensive. The King might
himself use these, hut prolmbly the
uishllght was used by people in gen
eral. A CAUTION TO UVCLISTS.
How n Certain 1'orm of I'.xliniistloii
.liny be Avoided.
Every sport, like every occupation
or profession, has some maladies that
are peculiar to It. This malady may
result from over-indulgence In tho
sport, or from too assiduous applica
tion to the occupation, or It may be
caused by a veiy modest Indulgence
or application by one who Is especially
susceptible by reason of some constitu
tional peculiarity
There uro several ttoubles, moie
or less serious, which have been found
to be due to abuse of the health-giving
wheel, and doubtless as tlmo goes
on otheis will bo dlscoveied.
Tho most serious lll-effeet that has
yet come to light, apart from the heart
Injury that may be so easily Induced
by "scorching." Is a form of nervous
exhaustion following overriding. This
Is practically tho sdine affection aa
that which may lesult from any phy
sical or mental labor prolonged be
yond tho Individual's llm'i of endur
ance; but Its onset Is pettillarly In-
sldious In tho 'case of whtel-ildms,
betnist It Is ofte.i masked at first
by n sense of well-being and exhilara
tion tcsultlng from the gentle nnd
rapid motion, nnd the long time spent
In the open ntr and sunlight.
The first symptoms of the trouble
nre simply thoso of fatigue. Tho rider
is u little surprised to find he tins not
the nppetlte ho ought to have after
a quarter, a half, or a century run;
he goes to bed early, thinking to Bleep
off his fatigue, but ho Is too tired to
sleep, and tosses from one side to the
other, dozing occasionally, only to be
awakened with a violent starting of
the limbs. He hears his heart beat
as his head tests on the pillow, and
ho may even bo conscious that his
pulse Is surging In his ear the follow
ing morning when ho rises from his un
easy bed.
The next day ho Is a little "bllllou.s,"
and feels out of sorts and Irritable.
These warning symptoms pass off In
n day or two, and If their significance
be understood und heeded, they may
never icturn. If the wheelman or
mote often the wheel woman persists,
however, In riding each day, or two or
two or three times a week, beyond
his or her limit of endurance, the signs
of strain become more and more pro
nounced, until finally a condition of
unmistakable, If not Irremediable,
nervous exhaustion has become es
tablished Tho remedy for this, or rather the
means of prevention, Is very simple:
Don't ride to fust or too far. Each
one has his own physical stnndnrd to
which he must confoim If he would
keep well, and the symptoms of ex
cess that have Just been briefly
sketched must bo heeded. Youth's
Companion.
OUTLAWRY IN ALASKA.
Many n Miner lias Lost Life nnd Gold at
the Hands oi Desperadoes Some
Examples of Lawlessness
rrom the Chicago Tribune
Murder ai,d lobbery on a wholesale
scale mink the mountain tialls of Alaska.
Tho paths which lead to nnd rrom tho
country of the Klondike aio bcet with
Inhuman ghouls who kill and steal with
Impunltv. Theie Is seauely a mllo of the
overland roael on which gold-lndcn miners
return fiom tho new Eldorado that does
not bear tho maik of soino fiendish crime
of outlaw iy', and tho evil has assumed
such terrifying pioportlons that the
strong aim of the federal military de
partmentihes been Invoked to suppress It.
This at leit Is tho sensational story
brought tfc Chicago by George V. Harry,
F. L. Keating and others who have lately
come back from Dawson City, and they
tell It with an air of earnestness which
foiccs conviction upon the llstenei. In
It may be found an explanation of the
action of tho government In hurriedly dis
patching a comparatively large delach
:nnt of troops to Alaska nt a tlmo when
tho fe od supplies In store there are ad
mittedly srarco, and 'tho addition of even
a. few moro hungry men makes the sit
uation still more serlcus from the stand
point of famine
Con'-eivatlve men assert that at least
??.(io0.lX) worth of gold dust and food
supplies have been stolen In the Klondike
country during the .the last twelve
months, most of It Insido the last halt
year, as the opportunities for plunder or
this kind have Increased with the desire
of miners who had made a fortune to
get back to tho states and enjoy it
LIKE A DIME NOVEL
The raot diiect confirmation ot the re
port comes from Ucorge I'. Itniry, who
Is now In Chicago after an experience of
eighteen months In the Klondike district.
Ho s.iys
"My story sounds so much Ilka a dime
novel adventuio that 1 am almost
ashamed to talk about It. To say that a
party of twenty miners was murdeied
In one batch by bandits Is coming It pret
ty stroiiff and yet I behove bucIi was
their fate I went over the Dyea tiall
with a laity of six early In March. 111".
Tho trail was then new and la bad shipe,
und we were compelled to tllluvv away a
lot of our supnlli-s before wo could get
tluough. We finally settled in what is
now known as Dead Mule Valley and laid
out our claims We had fair luck, ami
before white r set In had cleaned up nearly
$12 000 apiece. In tho meantime twenty
other miners had come down from th
Klondike legion and mndo their homes in
the vallev. so we had a thriving little
cam)) all to ourselves.
"Tow aid the last ot September two
stiungers claiming to be unlucky prospec
tors wandered into camp and spent a
week with us. Hy that tlmo wo were all
anxious to get hick to Dawson, as vvj
hud decided to start for home from there,
but had not made up our minds ns to thfl
best way of reaching tho town. The) two
strangers professed to know all about llio
mountains, and said thev could easily
guide us thici'gh the pisv-s to the Jaw
son trail A deal was intule with them to
act as guides foi tho paity, tluii pa
to bo KM) each, p.tyuble In gold dust us
oon us Dawson was within sight
"I don't know how It was, but In omo
manner I became suspicious of the stran
gers, and at the last minute Pete Purred,
'Dutch Hauer and I chopped out ot tho
patty We weio all convinced tho alleged
guides were lying, nnd we reiuscd to trust
ourselves with them Our enly lear then
was that they were making a bold 'bluT
to earn Jl 000, unit might get us tangled
up and lost In tho mountains e had
no Idea that they weio pilots roi u band
of ghouls, as they afterwaid turned out
to be e tried to Induce the other camp
ers to wait for a more lav arable oppor
tunity, but tho strangers had won them
over, and early In October Parrel), Hauer
und msseir bade tho other twenty good
bye and they struck oft over the hills to
the north Ndbody has even een or
heard or any member or that party, e
eept the guides, since that dav
"Olio week latei Panel, Dauer und I
stiuck camp and took up a trull to the
west Hefore the main body leit it was
agieed we would ull meet in Dawson
Atler a live weekb' stiugglo and greit
suffering our little band of thice i cached
lMuxoi). anei wo were suprlsed to learn
that our friends had not at rived theto.
We waited neuily n month for them, and
then started for home. Dawson Is full
of energetic newspaper men waiting to
send out the news of big strikes, and
tho aulv.il of a party of twenty men
with fully H00.O0O In gold dust between
them could not possibly havo been over
looked All tlueo of us mndo efforts to
Indue o tho Dawson people to get up a
rescuing party, but were unsuccessful
MURDER CONPESSED.
"As I havo said, wo waited for uea.ly
a month, and then got icuely to starf for
home Just as we were about to leave
town I run Into ono or the ghoulish guides
In 41 gambling house, und nt once asked
him where our friends were. Tho chan
was drunk nnd ugly, and replied, with an
Insolent leer: 'ir youil go back u revv
hundred miles on tho trad youil find
them waiting for you' The boldness, cr
his unswer made ino lose my head, and
Instead or letting the matter drop there
l started n to 'mix up' with him. This
was a Job I got tho worst or. us the room
wus mil or desperadoes who were plainly
In sympathy with him, and at the first
opportunity I turned tall and ducked out
nC tho den, something I should havo done
at tin beglnulg, berore speaking to the
bandtt.
"Hunting up Parrcll nnd IJuuer, I told
them or what had occurred, and we at
once went to the authorities und laid the
matter beroro them. Inelilo or un hour u
posno or thirty urmed men was ready to
surround the gambling house und tako
Jprmiimtlon lli fallow UaJ b.u.u u.kn
inn gnoui, but while We wero making our
Powerful MoneySaving
Opportunities in
Draperies and Curtainings
.A
04tEB the biggest
"rTAS They came
"Ssf- manufacturers in the country. They are high class
goods better than has ever been brought to Scranton the equal
of any you'll find in New York or Philadelphia.
You've moved into your new home or you're brightening up
the old one at the Spring-time season. Hence this great $ale com
mencing today for your benefit. You'll find a wonderful array of
offerings. There were too many of them for our Upholstery De
partment on the third floor. So we propose to devote the ENTIRE
MAIN AISLE, running from Lackawanna avenue through the store,
to the selling of them. Come expecting to find Bargains. You'll
not be disappointed we promise you that.
SI LKO LINES, in all the pretty
new shades, 2lc ,
quality, for this sale at OC
GOLDEN DRAPERIES,
Simpson's finest grades,
light effective draperies,
worth 1 8c; for this t
sale at lUC
FRENCH FISH NETS, hand
some double bordered
goods, lacy centers and
dainty borders, 18c. qual
ity; for this great t oT
saleat YAyjfJ
EXTENSION RODS, 42 inches wide, A
worth 10c; for this great sale at... . OC
MAIN
Jonas
away by his companions and wo could
not pick up tho trail.
"Later we learned that this man went
under tho name of 'Yellow Tom," and wus
an all-round bad man Two days before
wo reached Dawson he had shown up
with a big lot of gold dust, which it is
now plain was stolen for tho men he mur
dered. Stionger proof than this wus
found In a sled which was owned by ono
of our Dead Mulo Valley pirty. 'this
was uneni thed In a second-hand supply
htore, along with some guns nnd blankets,
which I had no trouble In identifying, and
the proprietor said positively he had
beught tho stuff from 'Yellow Tom ' '
waii "i:.vtuas or ism.
How tli (i Neiws of the Firing on Sum
tor Wns Sprencl In n Weitorn Town.
Prom tho Sun.
"I remember the news of tho begin
ning of the civil war as It came to out
town," said a man who Is not yet a
veteran. "I was about 16 years old. I
was returning home In the afternoon.
I saw coming townrd me a horse rid
den, as I recall it, madly, by a man. As
they came nearer I heard the man
shouting. The horse was blowing Ilka
n locomotive. I noticed that the man
rode bareback. Everytlme he yelled he
plunged his heels Into the slds of the
horse. I do not remember tho exact
words of the rider, but they were about
war beginning.' As ho rode people In
the street who saw him stopoed, 11s
tended, nnd asked one another about It,
many windows ulong the wuy were
hoisted, and as I proceeded homeward
the women who knew me called from
the lookouts and asked me what 'that
man' said nbout tho war.
"When I reached homo I found my
mother's parlors a scene of confusion.
Tho neighbors had called In to tell lur
what they knew and to nsk what she
knew nbout the war Tho negroes
about our house were frightened. One
of them took refuge In tho cellar and
came out only after she had been
threatened. Her fear wns the 'abollsh
Iner .' Tho vvoid 'Yankee' as an op
probrious epithet had not at that tlmo
come into use
"There wns a Dutch hotel In the town
on the roof of v hleh was a triangle. For
many years It was the town clock. It
dangled out tho hour for the three
moils, breakfast, dinner and supper,
nnd when It sounded tho housewives
looked nt their timepieces. This trlnn
glo clanged out that afternoon before
supper time. An earthquake would
have caused no moro commotion. Tho
proprietor of the tavern beat the til
anelo until the city marbh.il mado him
stop It.
"Theie vvete two newspapers in tlio
town and each onb got out what wai
called an 'extra.' It was not much like
the extra of this generation. Tho news
of the firing on Sumter consisted of lebs
than 200 words, was printed on a tmnll
slip of white newspaper and was set in
tho same width as the columns of the
papers which Issued them. There was
no adveitlsement or other news on the
slips These extras sold for 25 cunts a
piece. Fiom that time until tho close
of tho war that wns tho sort of 'extra'
that Was Issued by tho papers In tho
(own whero I lived.
"A long time afterwaid I heard talk
about the man who rode the horse and
who spread the news. Ho was tho son pUshecl In his Important work:
or the town miller I never heard where "The destruction of the ttlnged I
he got his Information, but as soon as ' sects as carried on by the Qovernmei
ho heard It he mounted the hoise that , commissions during the past foui
had been hitched to tho rack In front of Ove months has been veiy satlsfnctoi
the mill and carried tho news of his n Its results At least 30,000 tons have
fwn uccord. There weie four boys In been destroyed as near as 1 can Judge
that miller's family. They enlisted early from tho reports placed at my disposal,
for the Confedernto cause. Not one of Allowing 100,000 Insects to the ton, this
them leturned. The ono who spread would give a grand total of 12,000,000,
the news was killed somewhero In the 000, or sufficient to cover 400 square
'Wlldprnpsiu' uX eja. ii uuj known to miles of suifure so tblpitlv tht thre
TpHIS MORNING at 8 o'clock, we place on sale in
11 the Main aisle, Lackawanna avenue entrance, a
binr consignment of Draoerv Stuffs and Curtainincs
invoice of these, goods we have ever had.
to us from two of the biggest and best known
ART DENIMS, 36 inches, in
the newest ehects, 20-cent
quality; for this sale .
at..... HC
CURTAIN SCRIM, 40 inches,
good quality, worth .
8c; for this great sale at 4C
CURTAIN SWISS, 36 inches
wide, very good quality and
worth fully 14c yard; n
For this great sale at... "C
AISLE--LACKAWANNA AVENUE.
bong's
go Into one of the engagements of that
series of stubborn Ilght3 and revcr
came out. His body was never Identi
fied. "I lecall that Pt the time of the lire
on Sumter, many of our people weie
still 'on the fence,' as wo said. The
Lincoln electors had received few votes
In the town It was a Breckinridge
section. 1 remembei thnt the tendency
wns In favor of the preservation of the
Union, but the people were afialel of
Lincoln. At that time they believed
he had beer, elected for no othei pui
posc than that of 'freeing the niggeis
and stealing the horses.' And so it
happened that negroes nnd horses weie
locked up often at night, together, not
In the same room, of course, but often
In adjoining i corns In the outhouses. I
have often thought that, It tho people
had understood Lincoln In the begin
ning of the war as they camo to know
him later, many a man who went south
would have fought for the Union. And
If I am correct in that, would the war
have lasted as long as It did '
' I remember a gathering at the house
of my father one evening In which the
military genius of General Scott wps
discussed. Some prerent had been with
Scott in Mexico, It was the consensus
of that gathering, and this was betore
the Bull Hun fight, that Napoleon cume
first and WInfleld Scott second. What
an impression that made on my mind.
I remember hearing one of the Scott
enthusiast say that Scott would eml
the war In one fight.
"I shall never forget I he news of tho
first Hull Hun fight My people had nr
ranrd to leave the town oif a short va
cation, but this news kept them at
honi'". The second day's news gave
more particulars. It told of the lout of
the Union At my And then 1 saw
something In human natuie which '
had never seen before, of which I kin
nothing. 1 tho fence cieaieei,
take up the metaphor' And o
man and family came off to Join
Southern caue I lecall that t
was called a granny, and very -nfttr
his name was forgotten. The i
Hull Hun made leciults for the Svju
Several regiments enlisted in my tow,
and countrv. Success of tho Eolith in
the first engagement of any onse
queuco carried with It the doubtois
And In nealiv every Instance of this
life which 1 havo observed, I have
found, that as soon an success Is es
tablished, those who .shook their heads
became followers, and yet you und I
havo known some Miccesses to turn out
failures, paradoxical as that may
sound."
AMERICA'S LOTUS T KILLER.
I'rofcuor Iliuncr .Uukes n Report on
This Subject.
A letter iecelveeTSnturday fiom Pi of
Lawrence Bruner.now In Argentine Re
public, says thut the Merchants' Com
mittee there wishes him to put In six
months In addition to the year he con
tracted "for to study the locust plague
and devise remedies,
In tho Buenos Ayres Heiald of De
cember 2t, uppeurs un article taken
from Professor Bruner's prellmluai v
rcpoit to the Merchants' Commlit
Some extracts are given to show i
the American scientist Ioih dpi m
CRETONNES, light, airy col
ors, 36 in. and washable,
18c quality; for n.
this sale at l2c
FANCY ETAMINE, pretty
stripes, for windows, wears
well, washes well, a
worth 1 jc.; this sale at OC
FRENCH FISH NETS, fifty
inches wide, superb quality,
best weaves and designs,
worth 30c; for this .
great sale at 1C
CURTAIN LOOPS; for lace and Swiss Cur
tains, will wash nicely, worth 10c
pair; for this sale at 5C
Sons
would be ten locusts on each square
yard. If In estimating we allow one
half to be female and each female to
have deposited 100 eggs, then sufficient
locusts have been destroyed to have
coveied n possible 20,000 square miles.
To this destruction of winged Insects
we must neld at least 10,000 eggs that
have also been elestioycel.
' To say thnt all this reduction In the
number of locusts In the country means
nothing would be ridiculous In the ex
treme Why, If this same class of wat
faie can be kept up during the next
few months and I cannot see why It
cannot the pest will be nearly or quite
In the power of Its natural enemies
inside of another year. This, too, with
out disease
"nut this is not enough. We should
see that It Is not only brought within
the control of Its enemies but that It
Is entirely exterminated from the coun
tiy, so that Its natural enemies can
devote their attention to some of the
other locusts or grasshoppers that am
showing a tendency to Increase In vari
ous paits of the lepubllc, and of which
six or seven kinds have already come
to my notice "
Fiom the study of the habits of the
locusts Pioressor Bruner has leeom
mended that the destruction be active
ly cairled on when the young are Just
hatched, as they then pile up about
loots of plants on the ground. Wire
bushes, whips, flails, paddles, and shov
els are ijulte elTectlve, as also ate torch
es of i ass satuinted with oil or slml
lur appliances. Driving flocks of bheep
or henses ovei u field filled with the
young Insects or even older ones Is
also practiced. Harriers of zinc and
smooth bubstnnces that the young lo
custs cannot climb and tienches and
traps for catching them to await de
struction are also recommended.
The professor also says thut the
natural enemies or tho locusts, the
bltds, frogs, toads, snakes, llznids, ar
madillos, moles, files, wasps and beetles
must also bo encouraged and not de
stroyed. The professor Is nlso experi
menting with thieo diseases which at
tuck the locusts and which may by pro
pagnatlon help to thin out the pests
.Neuraska state Journal.
"HE KISSED iSKK HACK.'"
' nn
"The sweetest slrl i o er diet suj ""
Was Sally illack. iu
She kitted me on the rlcl;.' und I
I kissed her back ", n , ,
Thus sang a pi ei. yistciday, ...
In Jocund mood
We liked his'
rr.eni'-hearteil wy.
And culled it gocut,
. . .
Vet, still tils chlvuhy. wo doubt,
Whs lather Hj.H'k. v,
When Sally; klsseyl.Ul cheek the Inut
ile "kissed her back'
Hei mouth her chin, her chicks, her
ey nt.
Wero hl$ to s-miiek;
And yt. he s,ys, tn our surprise,
"I kissed her back."
1 it
Qrcnt Scott the greatest reason this
I ever rend;
A majden'ij lips refuse, and kiss
Her back Instead,
i
i erhapa his youthful fancy, shy.
Deemed It uncouth;
Hut soon, the rogue, would learn to pry
ller pretty mouth.
And nfter years of life's alloy,
With Sally Black.
It still remains his ehlefcst Joy
to -Kiss ner uacis.
Dear brother bun!, rorglve, I pray,
The Joko wo crack;
Tho debt or penitence to pay
I'd tako It back.
-W. II Held. In Hurrald Nwn. ,