i THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-THURSDAY. APRIL 14. 1S9S. 5 CUBA'S WONDERFUL WAR FOR FREEDOM Results of (tie Three Years of Pig III I tig Just lindcd. LIBERATION IS WITHIN SIGHT Victories Won Against Tromomlons Odil-.Thc lironl March of (lomez nud .Uncno--Wcyler's Monstrous Crlmo Against IItininnil'OHur nnd i'nituru ol Aiiloiioniy In Culm. From tho Now York Sun. During tho threo yeats of their war, from Veil. 21, l&'Jj. down to Fob. 21, 1S98, the Cubans have endured inoro sufferings nnd displayed more heroism than any other people have done In n Btrui'clo for liberty. In the face of trctmjdou8 odds without tho help of a frle. lly power abroad, without even military training, their nrmy being composed principally of enthusiastic volunteers, without a regular supply of arms and ammunition, with very lit tle money, nnd, what is a disadvantage even graver, with the olllelal hostility of every government, Including tho na tions nearest their shores they have nearly exterminated 200,000 Spanlshsol dlers.themost powerful Kuropenn nrmy ever sent to tho American continent; and neither lire nor sword nor bribes nor fair promises of better govern ment have been powerful enough to make them ngiee to a pence not based on their ubsoluto freedom from the hated yoke of Spain. If history does not afford a parallel of the stern resolution displayed by the Cubans to die or to win In a struggle with nil the odds against them, neither does It present a case of stubborn re sistance to justice nnd human rights, and of barbarous cruelty which equals the record of Spain In Cuba, The eighty years of war for liberation car ried on against Spain In the Nether lands are not comparable with the struggle In Cuba. That was princi pally a war of religion In the sixteenth century, a time of nionarchlal oppres sion and religious fanaticism. This is a war of extermination, for no reli gious, no political principle whatever, but only to reduce by force to the sway of a rapacious government an Ameri can colony that has every right to be free, A BRIEF CHAPTER. These three years of war to the death form but a brief chapter In tho his tory of Cuba's struggles. Since early in this century their noble aspirations for liberty liavo cost the Cubans streams of blood shed by the Spanish tyrant. Tho list of Cuban martyrs who died for their cause on tho scaf fold or in exile long before the llrst mllltnry attempt against Spain. In 1813, would 1111 many pages. In lS.'O General Narclso Lopez, after some ephemeial victories, was llnally defeated, caught, and garroted In Havana. But, his ex ample, no more than that of Pinto and Estrampcs, executed as he was In tho capltol of Cuba, was not lost to the patriots. On Oct. 10, 1SGS, after eigh teen years of turbulence and constant conspiracies, a formidable revolution broke out In Yarn, which lasted ten years. If pence was signed in 1S7S, It was only for a truce In the terrible contest. Spain was not going to keep her promises of Justice, and the Cu bans would not accept the everlasting rule of Spain. The year of ISO 3 brought a new nnd formidable revolt. If dur ing tho three years of war which have elapsed since thou the Cubans have not given evidence enough of their un compromising stand, the history of their past uprisings will sufllce to prove that peace and prosperity are Impossible In the neighboring Island while the flag of Spain waves over Morro castle In Havana. ORGANIZED IIV MARTI. The present revolution was organ ized by Jose Marti, a Cuban exile In this country and a man of genius and courage. He organized here what is called the Cuban revolutionary party, an association of clubs of Cuban politi cal exiles, for the purpose of raising money to free their country. Poor as were the majority of the few Cubans who lived In the United States beforo the beginning of the revolution, they listened to the eloquent uppeals of Marti and gave him nil they had on earth to liberate Cuba from Spain. Marti was appointed delegate of tho party, and his faithful friend, Benja min J. Guerra, was made treasurer. There was not much money then In the safes of tho afterward famous junta and their funds were soon ex hausted by an unsuccessful attempt to start an expedition from tho South, But Marti had obtained the co-operation of General Maximo Gomez nnd General Antonio Maceo, two veterans of the last war. He knew that tho discontent against Spain was deep throughout tho Island. He had Import ant connections with conspirators in all the provinces. He gave without hesitation tho orders for the umislmr and wont to Snrito Domingo, to Join I General Gomez and take with him tho ! 1101(1. At that grave and decisive moment the total funds of the patriots amount ed to not much more than $70,000. It is wonderful that with u sum, compara tively speaking, so paltry for so great a purpose, a wnr should have been raised which has cost Spain up to this time, besides the sacrillee nf so manv of her soldiers, $2JO,nno,noo and bus caused to tho United Slnt.'S a net loss In trado and business of saoo.OyO.tOU. MARTPS DEATH. On May 19. 1895, Mnitl was killed In the engagement at Don lilo-, but his work hud already been den.-. Ho had landed on April 31 with O. i.cr.v! tioniess at Sabana la Mar. on the s mthcrn Skint on fire with torturing, dbtilguritig, Itching, burning, bleeding, scaly, and jiiiiiiiljr humors, instantly relieved by a warm bath with Coticdiu 8or, a single application of Cvticciia (ointment), tbe great klu cure, and a full dose of Cuncutu Rmolvzm:. It KM tlmoifcout III. woill, Tom P. C. Com . So',. BABY'S S SC t ""'''.Vl illr r-tiea r-t nu. aUlcura const of Cuba, after Issuing at Monte Crlstl a revolutionary manifesto, nnd had had time before his death to con voke tho representatives of nil the Cuban provinces to n general assem bly to collect a Provisional government nnd frame a constitution. If this was not dona until later, In September of tho same year, at tho town of Jlmag tmyti. It was not less true that from tho llrst days of tho revolution the de sire of Marti, as of all the patriots, was to organize a republic with popu lar Institutions. Two months before Mnrtl's death General Antonio Maceo had landed at Duava, near Barncoa, Santiago de Cuba province. With a handful of men nnd n, few rltles nnd cartridges, a small open boat brought him to Cuba from Jamacla. But his name and his presence were enough to make Spain tremble. He nnd his heroic brother, Jose Maceo were surounded by super ior Spanish forces on the day of their landing. They broke through tho Span ish lines and made their way Into tho country. In a few days, as soon ns tho news spread of their arrival, the pro vince of Snntlngo de Cuba lose In nrms nnd Antonla Maceo had around him more than 10,000 Cuban soldiers, CAMPOS IN THE FIELD. Tho revolution wns saved. Tho few patriots who took up urms on Feb. 24 at Bnlro nnd Mnnzaulllo had courage ously resisted under General llarto loine Mnso, now Cuba's president, the attacks of the columns of the Spanish General Lachambre, as well as tho pro posals of jience from the captain gen et nl of the Island, Don Emillo Cnlleja. The envoys of the captain general told Mnso that the revolution was a failure. The provinces of PInnr del Rio nnd Havana were entirely quiet. A few unimportant bands In Matanzns and Santa Clara had been dispersed or had surrendered. Puerto Principe wns unanimously In favor of peace. But Maso, knowing well how to receive such reports, refused to yield. He hnd conlldence In tho lnndlng of Mnceo, Marti nnd Gomez. Ho knew the great moral effect thut tho presence of those leaders in the Held was going to have on tho Cuban ruoplo; and Spain know it also. The news that Maceo was In Cuba renehed Mndrl ' shortly after the overthrow of the Sacasta cabinet. Cnnovas, then In i ower, resolved to light tho revolution with the first of the Spanish generals and with all the ro rources of the nation. General Calleja was recalled and General Martinez Campos was sent to Cuba with 23,000 soldiers. Martinez Campos landed in Gunntn niirao, Santiago de Cuba, on April 1C, 1SP3. His llrst Imprtsslon was pessi mistic and the lonf chain of defeats Inflicted upon his command until De cember of the same year proved how right he was In believing from the llrst day of his arrival that this war was to lie more Important than tho previous one in 1S0S. He wasted a great deal of time In useless trips by sea to Ha vana and again to the east. Maceo was preparing In tho meantime his men and Gomez was formulating tho plan of the great invasion of the west In order to carrv the revolution to all the provinces and establish In each one a regular body of the Cuban army. VICTORY" OF PERALEJO. July 13, 1S93, Is the memorable date of the battle of Peralejo. The war hnd been until then confined almost to the province of Santiago de Cuba, with some small bands of patriots roaming through Puerto Principe and keeping up only an unimportant guerrilla war fare. But Maceo had already obtained some notable triumphs, nnd Martinez Campos decided to carry reinforce ments to the Spanish towns in the In terior which were in great danger of attack by tho insurgents. While Mar tinez Campos was on tho way to Bay amo, Maceo offered him battle near Peraljo. Maceo and to this happy chance General Martinez Campos owed his life did not know that the SDan iards were commnnded by Mnrtlnea Campos himself. Ho thought that tho Spanish column of S.000 men was led by General Fledel Santoclldes, because such was tho Information given to him by a Spanish prisoner. "Had I known at the beginning," he wrote afterward, "that Martinez Campos was there, I would havo sac rificed 1,000 of my soldiers to catch him, nllvo or dead."- The engagement was a pitched bat tle, and the Cubans, not numbering 0,001, carried the day. General Santo clldes ft ll dead near General Martinez Ci.mr.or. The Spaniards lost all their ammunition and their horses. Com pletely routed, a body of them, avail ing themselves of the darkness of tho evening, fled to Bayamo, carrying Mar tinez Campos on a stretcher borne by four fcoldiers. He was exhausted by fatigue and filled with despair. More than GOO Spanish soldiers were left dead on the field. With the splendid booty secured by him, Maceo completed the arm'ng of the patriots. WORK OF GOMES. From April to October Gomez suc cessfully carried the war through Puerto Principe province and laid his plans for the Invasion of the west On Oct. 22 Maceo, having received or ders from Gomez, wlm u.-nu . .i..i Commander-in-Chief of the army, in September, by the Assembly of rep resentatives, started for the east with 2.000 of his men. On Oct. ;:o Gomez in vaded Las Villas. Maceo joined him on Nov. 29 near a plnce called Los Guayos. Fiom there they began their triumphant march. On Dec. 3 the Spanish Colonel Sogura was defeated by the Insurgents at Iguara and had to kavo his dead on tho field, together with a great supply of arms and am munition, on Dec. 15 the Spanish bat tllioi.s of t'ni'.tiiiurt nnd Tie vino were routed by Maceo at .Mai Tiempo, after the most gallant charge wirh mnnlutes of the Cuban cavalry, led by Maceo liinmelf, that has ever been seen In the Cuban wars. On Due. 21 the victory of El Desqulte cleared tlfe way for thu In vaders to the province of Marttanzas. Martlnpz Campos thou made u despe rate effort to check the two Cuban leadou,. Until that moment he had been lecolllng before tho Invaders with his columns, hoplnif that they would top. But he saw that each rtep of tho patriots to the west waa a decisive tilumph for their cause. The ontlui s!a3in for tho revolution wn growing day by day throughout the country. The Cuban ranks wero filled by volun teers trom nil the cities and towns by whlcii Gomez and Maceo passed. Mar tina. Campos milled his almost dls-P-rsed men and presented battle at El Collseo on Dc. 23. CAMPOS FORCED TO FLEE. Tho notion was sharp and decisive. Martinez Campos behaved bravely, lending one of his wings Jn n charge against Gomez, but Maceo falling on tho Spanish won the day for Cuba and compelled Martinez Campos to retire. The captain xenoral hurriedly entered Havana, making preparations to de fend tho city, iind ho confessed his de feat to tho r.utonighad Spanish volun teeii and rceidents of the capltol. Some Great Drapery Selling Is Now Going- On at The Great Store pREMENDOUS were the crowds yesterday who sought the JA Great Bargains we are offering in Drapery Stuffs and Cur tainings. The main aisle of the store from Lackawanna avenue was a bee hive all day. Such values have never been known in Scranton before. No matter what your wants may be in this line, we have the goods for you at 25 per cent, less ghan you can buy them elsewhere remember that. THE SELLING WILL GO ON ALL DAY TODAY for we've enough of everything for everybody that's characteristic of the store. Once again, we tell you to come, expecting to find bar gains you'll not be disappointed. SILKOLINES, in all the pretty nrm c viHqc ,-,!,- quality, for this sale at OC GOLDEN DRAPERIES, Simpson's finest grades, light effective draperies, worth 1 8c; for this . sale at lUC FRENCH FISH NETS, hand some double bordered goods, lacy cento and dainty borders, 18c. qual ity; for this great iF saleat.....' IZyC EXTENSION RODS, 42 inches wide, , worth 10c; for this great sale at... . OC MAIN On the night of Dee. 27 the captain general made that avowal. A few days later, the rabid Spaniards of tho city compelled him to tender his resignation to Madrid. They demanded from Cano vas a captain general, framed In the old Iron cast of tho Spanish conquer ors, not to llsht battles and risk his life on the Held, but to exterminate tbe native population. In their belief, women, children, every one born In Cubn, should be held responsible for the situation. They did not like a sol dier with a gallant career and personal courage. They wanted an executioner. Cnnovas satisfied them nud appointed Don Vnlerlnno Weyler y Nicolau to succeed Martinez Campos. The question may be asked why the patriots after so many victories did not Invest the city of Havana and end there with the Spanish dominion. The answer is very clear. After the battle of Collseo General Gomez reviewed his troops nnd found that each soldier had only three cartridges. The Cubans In tho United States were making vain efforts to send a big expedition to the patriots. A hostile administration checked them. If the Spanish nrmy was defeated in the fields of Cuba, Spanish diplomacy was triumphant at Washington. At Guira do Melenn on Jan. -1, 1S98, tho patriots had to light with their machetes to enter tho prov ince of Havana. For such a state of affairs, General Gomez considered his best plan to be to organize armies In all the provinces invaded, so far as his resources permitted him to do, and try to rnise the war In Plnar del Hlo province. At Garro on Jan. 8 tho pa triots routed a Spanish column and en tered Plnar del Hlo. General Gomez then withdrew to tho east while Maceo proceeded to the west. On Jan. 17 he obtained another victory at the very gates of Plnar del Hlo city and on Jan. 22 ho tools the town of Panes at the western extremity of the Island, three months after his departure from I3ara Bua In Santiago do Cuba. On Feb. 12 Maceo returned to Ha vana province. General 'Weyler pub licly declared Plnar del Itlo pacllled, and the gallant Cuban leader returned to that province on March 15. WKYLEU'S ATROCITIES. i fieforo this Weyler had already shown his sanguinary spirit and plans of murder. Prisoners of war and In nocent persons unjustly chnrged with aiding the rebellion were shot every day In Havana. The most summary court martial preceded tho executions ns a mere formality. In other cases the victims were murdered In cold blood In their dungeons or thrown nllve Into the sea during the 'night at the entrance of the hurbor to feed the sharks. The horrors of the Council of Blood under Alva look pale when com pared with tho crimes of Weyler. In thn country his troops had orders to uitrago women and to kill every non conibatant without regard to age. In the cities he appointed as Inspectors of police the most infnmous murderers and thieves from the Spanish penal colonies In Africa. In a thort time more than 100,000 persons emigrated from Cuba panic stricken. Put Weyler was not satis fied. He Intended to destroy the coun try nnd to exterminate the natives. Seeing that the executions in the forts wero too slow a method nnd that the destruction wrought by his columns was not enough to ruin tho Island, ho conceived one of the most monstrous crlmoa ever committed against human ity. On Feb. 10, 1696, he lasucd his two fnmous decrees of concentration, lly them every human being in the coun try districts was compelled to leave Ills home, after It had been destroyed by tho Spanish columns, and go to one of tho fortified towns under the vigil ance of tho Spanish soldiery. With the homos of tho reconcentrndos their cul tivated lands were to bo devastated nd around the towns where they had to live not a piece of bread was to bo glvon to them. 'In this manner, tindei. protrxt of n military operation, half a million people, most of thorn womon Jonas ART DENIMS, 36 inches, in the newest effects, 20-cent quality; tor this sale . . at 14C 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 saleat... "C AISLE--LACKAWANNA AVENUE. 1 j and children, were condemned to die from hunger. Fiom the date of those decrees until November, 1800. UOO.OOO people were murdered thus In Cuba. Since Novem ber, as a result of Weyler's sanguin ary oiders, tho number has been In creased to 400,000. What monster in history over did so much against hu manity and civilization? Nero, Cali gula, Tamerlane, Torquemada, Alva, when compared with Weyler, appear mild and humane. A poltroon, besides being an assassin, be never offered battle to the Cubans or took the Held to light. In his time Spain sent 200,000 soldiers to Cuba. He kept them inac tive guarding the trocha from Maiirl to Majaiui In I'innr del Hlo province or from Jucnro to Moron In Puerto Principe. At other times from his pal ace in Havana, following on a map the Imaginary positions of his enemies, he ordered his columns to make com bined movements that always resulted 111 defeats. ESCAPED IJV SEA. One Instance of tho stupidity and cowardice of Weyler occurred on May 1. 1VIG. He ordered one of his favorite comblnatlono of columns against Ma ceo at a place called Caearajicara In the province of Plnar del Hlo. Tho re sult was that the forces of the Spanish Colonels Inelan and Gelabertwere shat tered by the Cuban leader, and the havoc made In tho Spanish lines was so great that the Spanish soldiers, panic-stricken, throw themselves Into the sea to escape the Cuban machete. Weyler, as In all other cases, accused his subordinates of not having obeyed his orders exactly. On Dee. 7, lS9fi, Maceo, after having crossed Weyler's famous trocha and entered Havana province, was assass inated in an ambush near Punta Prava. The revolution lost In him a great pa triot and a heroic soldier. Put Weyler soon understood that tho murder of Maceo was not the death of Cuba's cause. In March, 1690, General Callxto Garcia landed in Santiago de Cubn. He soon replaced Maceo as a dashing fighter and a brilliant commander. At the same time Gomez in Santa Clara had won the Important battle of Sara toga and controlled the whole province, Tho battle of Juan Crlollo In February, 1S97, was another of Gomez's Import ant victories, and In Santiago do Cuba the lutter part of the year was made conspicuous by the triumph of General Garcia at Victoria de las Tunas. BLANCO AND AUTONOMY. Weyler was recalled In November, when nfter the death of Canovas and tho fall of the short-lived Azcarraga cabinet, Sonor Sagasta was selected as Prime minister by tho Queen Hegent. It Is a well-known fact that after the message of President McKlnley Wey ler's recall was Imposed upon Spain by this country. General Don Itnnton. DInnco, who was to chango tho sanguinary methods of, warfare of his predecessor, entered Ha vana Nov. 29, 1897. Spain granted to Cuba an autonomist system, which has been declared a mockery by all Im partial Judges. The Cubans have re jected It, and the new reglmo Inaug urated In Havana on tho tlrst day of this year by General Illanco Is now generally considered as a complete failure. Tho patriots have declared tho ac ceptance of autonomy nnnct of treach ery to their Hag. They huvo hanged as spies all tho Spanish agents sent to them to propose such a scheme. They have rejected with scorn the offers of money mndo to them by Hlanco. The death of the Cuban aenernl Aranguren, near Havana, hits not discouraged the patriots In tho least. They keep up the war as enthusiastically as ever, having adopted ns their motto "Independence or Death." fwiiH in n Crowd. Ho "I hate to bo squeezed In a crowd ed thoator like this don't you?" She "Yes. Thero are too many people around." New York Life. CRETONNES, light, airy col ors, 36 in. and washable, 1 8c quality; for t this sale at -C FANCY ETAMINE, pretty stripes, for windows, wears well, washes well, Q worth 1 5c; this sale at oC FRENCH FISH NETS, fifty inches wide, superb quality, best weaves and designs, worth 30c; for this 1 great sale at 17C CURTAIN LOOPS, for lace and Swiss Cur tains, will wash nicely, worth 10c pair; for this sale at 5C Sons KEYBOARDS OF ALL KINDS Variety anJ Extent of the Usefulness of the Typewriter American Ingenuity . Once More Conqusrs the World. From the Sun. The typewriter Is one American produ.t which has never suffered a foreign boy cott. The click of the American type writer Is heard around the world. The tourist llnds It turning up In all .orts of out-of-the-way corners, fiom Iceland to Van Diemim's Land. With tht Donol.i and Afahuntl expeditions It lias penetrat ed Into the heart of the African wilder ness; with Lieutenant IVnj it found Its way to thu Arctic regions; the Russian government has sent It all through Si beria; it Is to be found in the homes of the missionaries In India. The czar of Kussla has u richly engraved, gold-plated, will to enamelled, lvory-kcyed typewriter for writing both English and Russian. Queen Victoria has one In her household, and so havo the queen regent of Spain and the khedlvo of Egypt. In the vr.-ck of the battleship Maine was found a typewriter, and should the Russian east cm squadron's flagship suddenly sink In the Yellow sea an American typewriter would bo found hi the captain's cabin. The unlveisal use of the typewriter is due to its e:n-y adaption to almost any language capable of being prlui-d. Typewriters have been made to write Greek, German. Hebrew, Siamese, Telegu and Russian. The accents, so Important a part of other languages than English, aro written with dead keys, which do not movo the cylinder carrying the pa per. The dead key device has recently been ingeniously applied In solving a dif lleult problem in typewriter construction. An English m!stonnry in India, Dr. Jacob Chamberlain at Mndanapalle, Mad ras Presidency, wishing to translate the Scriptures for the nutlves, wrote to uu American typewriter company asking If a typewriter could be made to write tho Telecjii language, lie had been using an English-writing typewriter, and one day, when it was smashed by plaster falling in his bungalow, tho idea of a Tclegu t pewrlter occurred to him. The Telegu language Is peculiar in that every char ncter represents a syllable. The mis sionary resolved the language Into 210 characters, but upon further study found that theso characters wero built up from u much smaller number of basin forms, 'i'heso forms were hand cut In India un der tho missionary's direction nnd sent to tho typewriter company: With tho aid of tho dead keys It was found possible to build up all tho composite characters of tho Telegu language upon a stnndard keyboard. Tho typewritten words look like u Chinese laundryinan's efforts, a confused mass of curlycurs, spotH, points and asorted crescents. Tho missionary found his Telegu typewriter bo viiluablo In Christianizing the heathens that other missionary sent orders for similar ma chinos. With them a largo poitlon of tho Hllilo has been distributed In duplicato among the unlives. HEBREW KEYBOARDS. An English student of Hebrew sent f n inquiry to tho bunio company tor a He brew typewriter. None had over been mnde, but u Hebrew keyboard was planned and tho order tilled. Hebrew, it must bo remembered, Is written from right to left and from tho bottom of the page to tho top. Tho llubiow typewriter made for tho student has the mechanism of tho ordinary typewriter; to havo re versed it would have been a costly im lertaklng. The owner consequently has to write backward. Should thero be a. sufllclent demand for Hebrew tjpownters they would bo made to write from the upper righthand corner to tho opposltu. Tho German government recently ordered the use of only German lotteis in tho government business. For bovcral year Gorman typewriters with Roman letters havo been In use, but to meet tho new order a German keyboard has been ar ranged. A chango has also been mndo In tho Greek typewriters. Tho llrst Greek typewriter wrote a slanting letter, but a new vortical letter having becomo much In favor In Athens, nn American typo, writer company has equipped a machine with this stylo of type. King Chulalnngkorn I. of Slam, wlillo traveling In Eurono tint Inn, ,,,. m.. saw the typewriter. Ho was so Intorostwd in iiiu iiiuciunu mai ne immediately gave command that a typowrltor bo added to tho enulnment of thn rnvni i,m,e.t,ni,i Tho Siamese language had nover been wnuflii wnn a lypowrllor, but an Amor These Dress Goods Bargains Are Two Days of Great Selling; Dress Goods and Silks Friday and Saturday. The most we can say about the offer ings below are that they are worthy bargains worthy of this great store. That's the whole story in a nutshell. We've made prices on certain lines for two days that command your attention, because of their lowness. Honest values are they and you'll find "them such. .t:' . 4$ inch all wool French Novelty. Poplins, the "shadow changeable weave in delightful1 effects of the: latest 'Spring colorings; a fabric expressly designed for high- c class wear. Worth $1.75" a yard. Special Price P - 46 inch high-class silk finished Velour Novelties in hpvvitrhinrr tintu nf rncfnr fan mvnl IMmq nmivlon 1-wvmm green and pearl grey, with producing a rich and tasteful a yard. Special price 48 inch all wool French Granite Cloths, in a choice selection of new spring shadeslight tans, grey, royal blue, army blue, reseda, golden brown, etc. Worth i.2 'TQr a yard. Special price - - 42 inch English Covert Cloth, in magnificent color mix tures of tan, brown, grey and castor. High grade goods iQf that are absolutely worth j$c. a yd. Special price t" VC All Wool English Tweed Suitings in a complete assort ment of the season's most desirable colorings. Worth "2QfT joe. a yd. Special price CPxi 40 inch fancy new Crepon novelties a dainty Spring fabric in colorings of brown and white, blue and white, black and white, castor two-toned and brown and tan. jQfr Goods worth oc. a yd. Special price wVlw 56 pieces of Black Dress Goods in all-wool Cashmeres, all-wool Serges and all-wool Jacquards. Goods that Az-r are positively worth 40c. a yd. Special Price - i, 100 yards of Black Brocaded Gros Grain, all pure silk, splendid assortment of patterns. Worth 7JC. a AQ.fr yd. Special price nrOL 7jo yards of Black Japan Silks; born in Japan, dyed in France'and brought here for selling. 28 inches wide, very1 brilliant and heavy quality. Worth 75c. a yard. Aflsr Special price nrOU 10 pieces of Black Satin Duchess, pure silk with bright rich lustre. The kind that's worth 75c. a yard. CQf Special price O VV 20 pieces of Black Figured Taffeta Gros Grain Silks, 24 in. wide, neat nobby patterns; also fine quality of Black Moire Velour, rich and lustrous. All worth $1 a ft-r yard. Special price LPOi- 24 inch Black Imported Dress Taffeta, soft, rich '7CSr lustre. Worth every cent of $1 a yd. Special price... ' -' DEPARTMENT CORNER LACKAWANNA AND WYOMING AVES, lean typewriter company wns appealed to, nnd within a Hhort time tho king was supplied with a Slameao typewriter. 11U northern neighbor, the emperor of Chlnv, might use a typewriter It ho had ono, bift until ho publishes an Imperial decree abolishing 11,000 odd characters of his people's alphabet ho will havo to con tent himself with a brush nnd Inkpot. The Japanese, In their struggle for commer cial recognition, aro crying for typewri ters. UxpertH aro nt work unraveling tho Japanese language, and a Japaueso typo writer keyboard will probably result from their studv. The polyglot machine Is a recint devel opment of typewriting construction. Bus iness houses doing a largo foreign busi ness with m veral countries asked for ma chines writing several languages. liy providing for the accents of tho various Kuropcan languages on one keyboard half a dozen or moro laiiBUiiges may be writ ten on one mncliine. Many typewriters with Kngllsli-Spanlsh-l'iench keyboards aro shipped to South American countries. Tho most Interesting polyglot machine, in tho world Is the one lust ndded to Tope Leo XIII for use In the Vatican. Like the ono furnished tho czar, It is decorated with gold. Ivory, and enamel. The ma chine writes Knfsllsh. Kronen. Italian, Spanish, l'ortugueso and German. A.V AN!LO-SAXON LK.YCUi:. Views Impressed Concerning It by Senator Lamar Twenty Yenrs Ago. From tho Washington I'ost. The utterances In tho British House of commons the other day, touching the propriety, and. Indeed, tho obvious duty, of England to tender the services of her llert to tho United States should there ever bo any need, forcibly recalls tho vlows of ono of the ablest men of our generation upon this very matter. Tho Hon. L. Q. v. Lamar served his peoplo and tho country ns congressman, sena tor, cabinet minister, una associate Jus tice of the Supremo Court of tho United States. Ho was a man of broad views and a far-sighted statesmanship that, when remembered today, seems like u prophesy, Ho foresaw that some time America must be In need of allies. "I'll tell you what will occur then." suld ho. "Some wise British statesman will suggest un Anglo-Saxon league; some thing akin to tho league In Kurope whei ,) Henri IV ruled France. But this will not bo nn alliance offensive and defensive." "An Anglo-Saxon league, is not a con ception of today. It dates buck to tho time when I.ord Lyons so ably repre sented Hnglaud bore. I was a young eon. gressman then, and ono lovely night, after a charming dinner at Mr. Corco ran's, Lord Lyons said to me: 'Lamnr, let'n walk homo together.' So ho dis missed his carriage, und, lighting a cigar I did not smoke ho commenced Jk- Unusual Hot Ewry-Day Occurrences, in small woven seeded effects, material. Worth $1.50 0&rr VO Ing: 'Some day said Lyons, 'you Amer icans will have to fight Spain for Cubu.' Thls was very shortly after IMerro Soule, onco our minister to Spain, then a. sen ator from Louisiana, spoke on the cele brated resolution, authorizing Mr. Bucti anan to offer Spain Jl.OOO.OOO.OW 500,000,000 Spanish pesetas for the Island of Cuba, Mr. Soulo opposed It, and talked elo quently of the golden and bloody Hag of Spain. "That night," continued Mr. Lamar, "Lord Lyons suggested the plan of an Anglo-Saxon league. The Impression the thought made upon my mind haB nover faded. I havo often wondered, as It be comes more and moro evident to mo that wo must ona day light Spain or soms other Kuropcan power, where wo should find our allies In such nn event. Castelar, the greatest orator Spain has ever known, won his chief fame in n great speech when he was the Itepubllran leader in tho Spanish Cortes. In which he brilliant ly advocated the formation of France, Spain nnd Portugal Into a grand Latin republic. Ste how Pavour united tho Italian states Into a great kingdom, and look at united Oermany, welded together by blood und Iron under von Bismarck. "Like to like. We will havo to follow tho universal example some day." roiwirnlioiiH. "James," said tho milkman to his now boy, "d'ye see what I'm adoln' of'' "Yes. sir," replied Jnmes, "you're a pourln' water Pito the mill:." "No, I'm not, Jnmes. I'm n-pourln' nilik into the water. So If anybody asks you If I put water Into tho milk, you can tell "cm no. Allers stick to tho truth. J.imes. Cheatln" Is bad 'Hough, but lln' Is wuss." I'Ick-Me-Up. . i thi: niiii:iti:.M;i:, Such a blaze of summer sun! Such a wealth of golden gorsel Lvery holo it oorfect ono; The most charming Inland course. Flowers dotted hero nnd there Where had danced wee fairy feet, All the hazy summer nlr Laden with their perfumo sweet. Who could feel but blithe nnd gay! Golf tho only game to play; By the way, I was eight up with "Bogle" that day. Such a blatant glaro or whllial Such a sun, ono turns nnd blinks; 1 was plnylng. for my sins. On that horrid little links, Speckly iloweis thut catch tho eye Where you want the ball to drop. Spoiling every likely lie, Smelling liico a chomUt'n shop, Bound to make one go astray; Who, I ask you, who could play? By iho way, I was nine down with "Bogle" that day. London Golf,
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