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THE SCRANTON TRrBUNE-THUl?i3DAYt MAI' 11, 1899.
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SOCIAL EXPERIMENT
OF GREAT INTEREST
BOOTH-TUCKER'S PLAN OF CUR
ING CITY ILLS.
The Salvation Army Tarm Colony,
Stnited with Twenty-Six rnmlltcs
in Eastern Colorado, Is Proving
an Entlro Success Solvea tUe
Pioblcm of What to Do with the
Sui plus Poor.
W. E. Curtis, In Chicago Ilccord
Out on tho arid plaints of Colorado,
on the Stintu Fe lullroud, Just across
the Kansas Hue, Commander Uooth
Tucker of the Salvation army, In a
small way lu solving the great i)roblem
that will perplex the next century even
mon than It hau the last, and his ef
foita deserve tho admiration und the
mipport of everybody who Is Interest
ed In the welfare of hla fellow-men.
Three millions of poor people, accord
Ins to Commander Booth-Tucker, "are
rotting and festering In the tenement's
or our treat cities. They cottHtltute
our Israel In EiTpt. Their numbers
Increase with a rapidity that threatens
to make the disease of paupcrtiom an
chronic and severe In our land as In
the oldest civilization of tho western
world.
"A year ago I formulated the theory
of deliverance as follows," ho Kays.
"Place the waste labor on the waste
land by meant of waste capital, und
thereby convert this trinity of modern
waste Into a tilnlty of production. I
pointed out that the centripetal forces
of our great centers of civilization
which are abForblng the masses of
our population must be counteracted
by centilfugul forces of equal strength.
I argued that If the JDO.OW.OOO now
ppent annually by our nation in meiely
affording tempoiary relief to this so
cial sons should be devoted to the
planting of the 3,000,OUO of our surplus
population upon say 0,000,000 acres of
fertile soil, the following results,
among others, would be obtained:
Their labor would produce annually
Horn the land .it least $120,000,000 worth
of food for ti.o consumption of their
families. Thu value of the land would
inetease fiom 60 to 100 per cent, the re
by affording an aburdunt security for
the Investment of the capital, which
would be repaid within a period of
ten yeans with Interest. The tax-consumers
would be eonvurted Into tax
producers and an enormously In
creased demand would be created for
the pioduce of our city manufactures,
while tho dead weight of their taxes
would bo simultaneously lightened by
the removal of the teirlhle incubus of
a vast pauper population."
IIULP GIVEN.
In seeking ,i piaetlcal experiment of
his thcoiy, C'oinmnmlpr Uooth-Tucker
laid bin plain bcfeiti Paul Morton, one
of the vlro-pie-ddents of the Santa I'V
i a 1 1 umd, who promptly leeognlzed Its
value and offeied, whatever encouiage
ment and assistance that railway could
ghe Jump.) A. Davis, Industilal com
missioner of tho Santa Te company,
tool: friinmamlc r IJooth-Tuckei and a
paity ot (ifllci.ils of the Sahation Army
ou the lltu of that road In Mr. Mor
ton'" pi hate cat as fa.' west as Wins
low Alia, vlsiitn? neatly all of the
many sections whete Irrigation sys
tems aie in eipoiatlon. A few weeks
later a committee composed of two uf
fleia's of the Sanation Aita who aio
expeileneed faitneis and two litiga
tion expend visited several of the locu
tions hn had been tepoited upon
faotablv by the commander's p.uty
Titer decided that a little spot in the
Arkansas .ille near tho liouiutaij Hu.
between Colotado and Kansas, upon th
lands of the Citeat Plains W.ite r coiu
pan. was tho most desliable Com
mander ISooth-Tucker made a ta ar
able contract with tlui company, under
which lie obtained an option upon all of
the land that might be needed for a
colony at the tate of $.'J 30 an uete, with
a perpetual water right and a contiact
to furnish all the water needed lor an
annual assessment of twenty-Jive cents
an ncic. This Is a lecluctlon of about
twenty per cent, ftotn the oidiuaiy
pilee of lands, and eleven ye.n.s' time
was allowed for parnent.
On these terms the Salvation At my
people took ono s-ectlon, or WO aetes of
land, which hab since been Incieased
by half a section, making a total of 0
acres, a few rods lioin tin tiack of tho
Santa Va railroad. They call it Kurt
Amity, and a station will be built theto
as soon as the business will .lustily it.
OUTTJ.NG RKCHUITS.
Then came tho great question as to
whether people who weio falluus lu a
great city could be Induced to do the
v ork and endure the haidshlps le
nulred of succ esstul pioneers In a new
rountrj. Plenty of dlshe.utened souls
weie willing to try, and when an ad-
DANOnR AVERTED.
If a man should cross a deadly snake in
his pathway, he would quickly crush it
beneath hh heel befoie it could sink its
poisonous fang into his flesh He would
not fctcp out of the way and temporuewitU
the dangerous . .
rcntile And et Lv I I lit .'
how taany peo
pie arc mere vv no
temporize with a
stilt more deadly
enemy consump
tion. Like a silent
serpent It prhdes
alonir almost utino.
tierd l'irst a cold,
or frore throat, then a
Alight cough, thtn ca
tarrh, then bronchitU,
then bleeding from the
lungs and utially death.
Thr way to crush out the threatening evil
in to fortify the system and purify the blood
with Or Tierce's ('olden Mi dical Discov
ery livery we iVnus and abnormal condi
tion that precedes consumption is cured by
this non-alcoholic reuiedj At the first
nign of derangement of stomach, liver and
blood, look out ' It is only a question of
time until the lungs will be attacked
through the impure blood, and then the
danger will be most denellv
It should be known to every sick person
that Dr. K V. Pierce will give carefully con
tidered, fatherly, professional advice by
mall to all who write him at buffalo, N. Y.
No charge or fee of any nature is asked.
"I am n railroad agent " writes I IS Staples,
Eq , of Barclay, Osage Co, Kaus , "anil four
Years ago, my work keepiug trir iu a warm room
ami stepping out frequently into the coM air.
Save rnr bronchitis, which became chronic ana
ecp eated Doctors failed to reacli my case.
A friend advised me to try I)r Pierce a medicine.
I commenced taking 'Golden Medical Disrmery'
and bythetimelhad taken the 6n.l buttle I was
better and after taking fuur bottles iny cough
was entirely gone Tlii ai a jear a?o last
winter, aud again last winter I took alout three
hot ilea to prevent a return of the trouble "
An honest dealer will not try to persuade
you to take a worthless hubitltute iu place
nf thr "Golden Medical Discovery" for
the sake of a little added mofit.
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As
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vertlgement was Inserted In the War
Cry at Chicago more than 600 men,
with families, applied for membership
In the colony. It was proposed to
limit tho number to thirty families,
so that each may have a tract of
twenty aciett and to select the best
men who applied with tho view to er
sallllty and adaptability such as
seemed llkelv In bo the most enduring
and the most cnotgetle. All applicants
were required to fill blank forms with
Inform ilton as to their antecedents
and experience and bring rettlflcates
of physical and moral soundness.
On April 115, 1838, the colony started
from Chicago, in charge of Thomas
Holland, un Kngttshman, holding the
rank of colonel In tho Salvation aimy.
Mr. Holland came to this country in
1SL' from London to work In the slums
of N'ew York, as for aoyenteen years
lie had been working In the slums of
London under the pcisonal direction of
Oeneral Hoolh. Accompanying him
were the following colonists with their
families:
Oeorgi; Cole, carpenter, Waltham,
Mass.; Frank McAbee, diy goods clerk,
Alliance, O.; James Harrows, restaur
ant keeper, Denver: Gcorgo Hupp, mo
tormanj Henry Newman, caipenter;
Walter Paldwln, bricklayer; Itnbert
Prwlng, plasterer: David "ok'r,
painter; Robert Newman, caipenter;
Arthur Pnterson, newsdealer; Klmer
Cox. expressman; James Chllds, i ab
road clerk; Krlc Erlckson, street rail
road conductot ; Gustavo Craig, farmer,
and William Deddlek, laboier.
Unless otherwise Indicated these nro
all from Chicago. These people were
afterward Jolixd by James Dean, mo
torman, Denver: Albert Stlntson, far
mer, Kearney, Kas.; John Arketh,
J'ueblo, Salvation aimy olllcer; James
Uennett, blacksmith, Holly; Jlltner
Harris, labotcr, Holly; Chailes Cash,
l.iborer, Holly, and two or three otheis
whose names I could not obtuln, mak
ing a total of twenty-six families and
about 100 people all told.
Seet.il fi eight cars loaded with
household effects, lumber and tools bad
been sent on in advance, also a supply
of food, extia clothing, hardwaie and
other essentials, so that they were
ready to begin wotk at once.
Tin: rniST ahiuvals.
"On the ISth day of April," said W.
M. Wiley, manager of thu water com
pany at Holly, "eighteen families ar
rived at what has since been named
Tott Amity.' The weather was hor
rible. One of tho peculiar spells of
weather to which the aild region Is
subject overtook them immediately
upon their airlal and It rained con
stantly for two weeks. The toads wete
muddy and no houses were built. Their
home was In tents on the bald pralile
and every obstacle presented Itself to
these 'tendetfeei.'
"To tho amazement of the old set
flets, not a moment of a day was lost,
but through the lain and mud the
material for their houses was con
stantly hauled out to the site mil the
bad woatji was laughed at. To such
an extent was this done that It was a
common remark of tho old and suc
cessful faimers In the country that few
of them would have woiked with the
vIroi and eneigy that these people
showed tlttough such weather. The
confident p atou-ed by this energy has
been cemented with time, until today
tho old settleis of the countiy look on
the Salvation Army colony with the
highest regaid, and Its olllceis and
membei.s have been elected by tho sm
loundlng farmers to ofllces of trust
and ptoinliiHiuo In their faimers' soci
eties am' 'nstltutes
SOCIAL DEMOCRATS.
"The fat west is composed of a
peculiar i lass of people," continued Mr.
Wiley 'The cowboy and the old set
tler aio strongly allied in their char
acteristic. They ate no lespecteis of
persons. A man with several millions
of dollats who lacks confidence in him
self Is as much a fool on the plains as
the fanner in a metropolis. No higher
praise could be given the Salvation
Auny colony than that thev have se
emed for themselves the conlldenco aud
respect of this class of people among
whom they aie to live.
'The location being in the iher bot
tom, they found the sod tough and
hard to plow tho flint time, and all of
the Inconveniences aud discourage
ments h.U aie Incident to the settle
ment of si iiett enuntiv. It is almost
incredible thnt a inteful examination
has not dlscoveted any setious ioia
plulnt or objection noiu any of the
people On the contrai y, all ot them
have written ea,t and advised their
li lends to make application to become
membets of the colonv
"This eolonv, which in the length and
buadth of the western country was
consldeied a Joke to statt with, is now
looked upon by the olllclals ot thu state
or Coloiudo, by the olllc lals of the coun
ties In the Aikansas vallev and by all
the people who come In contact with
them as a most sw cestui and piomis
ing undei taking. Tho land Is in ex
cellent shape lor a crop the coming
year, and gteat lesults aie expected
fiom it.
WOHK OF r.DL'CATIOX.
'These people, being educated, haw
taken tho lead in foiming funnels' In
stitutes and having soiial meetings to
which outside fatmeis are Invited and
they may today be considered the lend
eis in the eomtntinlty In all mutteis
which tend to scientific fanning und in
ttyins to do nw.iy with the loneliness
incident to the farmers life hy pro
viding meetings and social functions of
all kind.
"Tile ofllcers or the tlieat 'Plains
Water company, who aio lu Immediate
loitfh with these people, ate vetj eatn-
st lu their testimony that the colony
is well managed. In fact, thej epiess
amazement that a pattv ot gieen peo
ple should have been handled for a year
with so little ftlctlon and with such
thotoughly good discipline as bus ob
tained at Foit Amltv
'The inaiked chuiattetibtlt of these
colonists." concluded Mr Wiley, "Is
that the j feel their Independence and
the necessity of working out their own
financial success. They don't feel that
th. y aie the leelplents ot chaiitv In
the sense of money having been given
to tlietn, hut have simply been helped
by having money loaned to them at a
jeasonnhlo into of interest, so that they
have the opportunity to demonsttatp
that they have within themselves tho
elements of success Tho most Interest
ing featuio about this undei taking Is
that tho loss of self-respect so often
icsultlng from the ordinary charity
cannot be found In tho colony "
NO LONG Hit SCOFF.
The ranchmen and cowboys no lon
ger mako fun oi the Salvation Army
rolon. As Mr. Wiley savs, they rce
ognlzo not only a gieat success but a
purpose also, and give tho eolonlsts
their hearty and tordlul support. Tho
eolonlsts are not all members of tho
aimy. Colonel Holland tells mo that
few- belonged to that organization
when they left Chicago. The coloniza
tion movement la Intended to Include
all worthy poor who seem qualified to
undertake farm life on tho frontier and
are willing to submit to the discipline
of the at my.
Tho section and n half belonging to
the colony was divided Into ten-acro
tracts and a family placed upon each
alternate tract, and land being sold to
them at cost price, $2Z.r0 an acre, on
eleven years' time No payment Is ex
pected the llrst year. The second year
nothing Is expected but two yenrs- in
terest at tho rale of 6 per cent. This
third year the regular Installments be
gin and continue for nine years, al
though a colonist has tho option of an
ticipating his payments If ho chooses
to do so and getting a clenr title to
his home. It Is proposed to sell tho
vacant alternate tracts t" the people
whoso land adjoins them, but it Is be
lieved that ten acres Is enough for
nn Inexpeitcnced farmer to begin on.
All the expenses of the Journey from
Chicago, a eonsldetable pait of th
outfit, the tools, Implements, the ma
terials for the houres, and, in fact,
all the capital Invested In tho colony,
was advanced by the salvation army,
and Is to bo repaid In Installments with
G per cent. Interest. Commander
Hooth-Tucker does not believe In direct
charity. Ho thinks It diminishes self
respect as well as self-reliance. Tho
more you do foi a man the less h
will do for himself.
COTTXGH8.
Upon each allotment a pretty one
story frame cottago was built, similar
to that shown In the accompanying Il
lustration. The work was all clone by
tho colonists, assisting each other. The
several catpenters directed the labels
or their neighbors and In leturn le
ctlved assistance fiom them.
There Is no neater group of houses
in Colorado, and no mote contented
community In the world. Nearly cvciy
one has written to friends urging them
to loin the licet colony that comes out,
nnd those I talked with wete enthu
siastic over their success und tho ple.ts
utes they enjoy. It was cllflltult for
some of them to llnd words to expiess
their emotion?. Only one has leturned
east, and be. James, Hairington, of
Cleveland, was reluctantly compelled
to go because his mother, an aged
widow, wanted to spend her last days
with him und was too til to be le
moved to Colorado. The chlldien
especially have thtlved, and you can
not find a sturdier lot of little chaps
in all the world than the pale-faced
and hungry uichlns that left the alleys
ot Chicago only a year ago.
In the center of the village Is a neat
and convenient sehoolhouso, where
Miss Sadie Gunnison, daughter of a
Denver editor, who formerly lived In
Iowa, piesldes. and Is now teacblnrj
about forty young Ideas how to shoot.
It Is a regular district school and Is
said to be the best In the county. She
has a piano In the schoolhotise, gives
music lessons to her pupils after school
hours, plays for the amusement of
their paients during the long winter
evenings, acts as libraiian in charge
of a fine lot of books that look as
If they were studiously lead, and is
a guide, confidante nnd filend to all
the women In the colony.
The sehoolhouse Is Usui for religious
services every Sunday under the ditec
tlou of Col Holland, and occasional
preaching by a methodlst cltcult
preacher who set v es sevei al congrega
tions In this section. It is also the head
quarteis of the Fanner's institute. A
debating society meets eveiy two weeks
and discusses the great questions that
aio Intel estlng the rest of the unlveise,
and twice a month there Is a social
gatheilng, with occasional enteitaln
ments. In which not only the colonists,
but all the people in the neighborhood
take part.
i:quipmknt
ITact colonist has two horses, one
cow and several hogs, and started with
twenty-four chickens. IJach has plant
ed two acres of fruit trees and little
patches of berries and lloweis, which
the women look after. A creamery plnnt
has been pui chased in common and Is
nort producing enough butter to sup
ply the local demand.
The llrst ciops were raised in common
and consisted of seventy-live acies of
cantaloupes, which weie shipped east
and sold at good prices, fifty acies of
beans, a similar amount of onions,
beans, cabbage and tin nips, and lodder
crops to keep the live stock thiough tho
winter. Tills spilng each man Is taklujj
cate of his own allotment and Is plant
ing it as he pleases, but all are work
ing under the genutal dliectlon of Col.
Holland, who has shown gieat tact
and executive ability, and to whom the
prospeilty nnd contentment at Fort
Amity is largely due
SPANISH SHORTHAND.
Since the Wnr It Has Come in for
Unusual Attention.
I'p in the New York Tribune
In antic limtlon of the gieatly In
cieastd trade which this country will
have with Cuba and Potto Itlco, tbero
has sprung up since the war in Inter
est in Spanish siiotthand, which has
hitherto cut only a small flame In
i I'inmeiolal conespondence Many
stenographers, thinking that they saw
un oppoitunity to add to their earning
cat, aeity, have been making Inquliles
regarding systems of Spanish phono
giaphy and some of them are already
f.tudylng hard at the subject. It Is
true that there Is a gi owing demand
now for stenographetto who are thor
oughly competent to take shorthand
notes In Spanish. The consul In this
city of ono of tho South Amcilcan
count! Ics said the other day that ha
hau been asked by several pioinlnent
firms heie which do a laige business
with the West ludlhu islands whether
he could iceommond any person who
could take dictation in Spanish. Ho
knew of n few such, he said, and at
present they all hell? good positions.
It is no small undertaking to attempt
to leain Spanish siiotthand, for the
leason that It demands flit an ex
cellent working knowledge of the
Spanish languuge. This must be m
thorough that it will admit ot fow
mistakes, and to acquire a languiue
In that manner icquiies some montys
a- least, the smatteilng commonly ob
tained fiom the "Spanlsh-ln-a-dozen-lessons"
style of text book being tar
from sufficient. After the language
itself has been mastered, tho steno
graphy must be taken up In either of
two wnjs, both of which aro being
used In this city, and both of which
have their advocates. That is, one
may study a tegular Spanish system
of shonhand, written by u Spaniard for
tho Spaniards, or ho may take up one
of the well-known English systems,
which publishes nn adaptation of its
signs to the Spanish language Occa
sionally n stenographer dispenses with
am i a , , --. , , , ,
IBEECHAffl'S PILLS
cure bilious and nervous ills, I
sick neaaacne, ai3oraerea
liver and impaired digestion.
iu cisnta uud as couts, at all etnas' atorcc.
,I4I.I,,I
the learning of this latter method and
proceeds to do his own adapting of
the ordinary signs of Spanish words.
A young woman who now holds un
excellent trosltlon In this cltv as stcn
ogtupher in both English and Spanish
says that she has found the regular
Spanish short. .and tho only satisfac
tory method for tho language. "After
I had learned Spanish," she says, "I
took up that Engtlsn 'adnpted' ystem
of stenography. I gave It a fair trial,
but I cud not like it at all. It Is Im
possible to adapt the English signs
exactly to tho many wholly foreign
founds In Spanish, and I found It very
Incomplete and open to confusion. In
tho terminations of the words, upon
which no much depends In Spnnlsh, It
was pattlculurly weak. So I hunted
nbout for something different, and dis
covered a ystem of Spanish phono
gtaphy bv i-lorex Guillcrmo Pando. I
learned that, and have been using It
ever since."
COMPASS PALLIBILITY.
The Possible Cause of the Loss of the
Steamer Mohegnn.
Fiom tho London Shipping World.
The veiy fact that the mariner's com
pass Is above all things a supersensi
tive Instrument renders It pecull.uly
liable to those sudden and capricious
changes of which many navigators can
speak fiom experlenoo and to their sor
10 vv.
Tho compass of today Is pet haps ns.
perfect a production as the highest
scientific skill and the most delicate
mechanical manipulation can attain to,
and yet at a ciltlcal moment, and hy
causes beyond human foresight, the
vagaries of Its leadings may lead tho
most expeileneed seamen Into utter
disaster.
If, as has been said, there should
exist in the vicinity of the Menacleg a
ei powpiful and uncertain magnetic
Held by whoso influence vessels have
at times been quite Inexplicably drawn
miles out of their course, then the ter
llble loss of the Mohegan might well
be explained by this hypothesis alone.
And it should bo home In mind thnt
this suggested solution of the mystery
Is stiengthened by a reference to the
case of the Palmyra, lost on the Mann
cles on Match II, 18s.".. Here the com
mander, Cnpt. Mlnoff, was steering, as
he believed, due west after passing the
Eddystone, and thought ha was some
dozen miles off the Manacles and four
or five from tho Lizard when bis ship
struck the fatal rocks.
Hut there are other causes which
may, sepatately oi conjointly with the
supposed magnetic field In the vicinity
of the Mohegan's loss, have contributed
to disturb her compasses. For In
stance, we are told that tho vessel had
recently undergone extensive altera
tions. If In the course of cnirylng out
these any considerable hammering of
the beams or plating1 wete tiecessaty,
then that patt of the metallic structure
may have had Its magnetic polarity In
terfered with, even to the point of re
versal If such were the case, it would
be Interesting to know whether the
compasses wete teadjusted to meet the
nltered conditions before the vessel
proceeded on her last and, as It proved,
calamitous voyage. Again, theie Is
the possibility of compass deviation
due to the presence of the dynamo,
whose large external magnetic Held
would probably be lying dorrnnnt un
til the lights were switched on, per
haps only some hour or less before tho
Mohegan struck. such a deflection
would, of couise, vary steadily that
is, without oscillation of the needle
directly as the number of lights turned
on. In the expeilments on the Itoyal
Ist one vvitu fiom the dynamo was led
under the standnid compass at a dis
tance of thirteen feet, the return being
separated only five feet from It. With
the?o conditions It was obseived that
a current of about 100 ampheres caused
a deflection of eight degrees in the
compass, which, Indeed, resolved Itself
Into an excelled dead-beat galvano
meter, the deflection Increasing nnd
decreasing, without oscillation, for
cvciy variation of the current.
That such exaggerated conditions
existed on the Mohegan we do not for
a moment suggest, but that these dis
till bing intluences may have been pto
duced on a minor scale Is well within
the bounds of probability. We have
seen a sensitive needle "Jump" to the
influence of the magnetized ribs of an
othetwise inoffensive and Innocent
looking umbrella, and many of us have
suffered the inconvenience of a mag
netised ilbs of an otherwise inoffensive
and Innocent-looking umbrella, and
many of us have suffered the Incon
venience of a mngnotlzed watch a
small mass of metal, truly, but per
haps iu the- pocket of an olllcer near
the binnacle all sulllclent to deviate
the sensitively poised compass card
Hltheito, with one exception, we have
dealt only with possible and unfote
seon disturbing causes that may have
existed within the ship and baflled
even so experienced a navigator tiB
Cnpt. Oiltllths Of disturbing influ
ences beyond tho ship, probably the
most troublesome ot all Is the "sub
permanent" soiuce of error due to the
constant ne tlon of tile earth endeavor
ing to foim In that patt of the ship
neatest north a pole repellent to tho
north point of the compass a source
of en or the uecullar danger of which
utises from the fact that as It accumu
lates It produces no visible effect on
the compass while the vessel is steel
ing a steady couise, and only becomes
uppuieut on altering couise. Tims, to
exaggerate the Mohegan's couise, if
Cnpt. (iillllths had been steeling west
tor some days, and then altered his
course at light angles to south the
greatest effect would huvo been pro
duced, as In eveiy ease this enor
causes tho vessel to err In the direction
of the course previously steeied. An
enor of less than half a point In tho
long stretch of sixty-two miles from
the stmt to the Lizard would have
bein sulllclent to cause the disaster,
and from any one of tho causes wo
have enumeiated this slight fallibility
of tho compass, with Its teirlbly ellsas
turns consequences, nmy have been set
up.
In concluding our consideration of a
piobableeauyo of the loss r tho Mohe
gan wo cunnut but regiet tho action of
some of our contempoiailes In drawing
a comparison between the conduct of
the olllceis and men of the Ilouigogno
and those of the Mohegun. Knowing, as
wo do, what the i in -raff of thu steer
age means, we never attributed the
atrocities which took place after tho
Ilouigogno collision to tho action of
her eiew, and wo believe that tho
French olllceis died, when the time
came, us did those of the Mohegan. at
their posts, and with a heroism which
could not havo been surpassed. Had
tho Xlourgogno steerage passengers
been under tho stetner cadets which
would havo marked tho cuntiul of a
Hrltlsh, American or Clorman ciew, we,
however, believe that the propouloii
of crew to passeugets saved would
havo been jnoio ciudltabltj to tho ship,
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AVENUE.
J Is the talk of the town. The building is crowded from
early morning till closing time with eager buyers and
no wonder. New goods wjiich were at the depot and in J
Dasement are Deing unpacKea aauy
T damaged goods prices.
t Jackets, TailorMade Suits and Skirts
At less price
J at your own figures.
Ladies and Children's Hosiery and Underwear,
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Ladies' Silk Hose, worth $1.00, for 50c
$ Ladies' Lisle Hose, worth 50c, for 33jc
$ Children's, double knee and sole, worth 12c, for 8c 4
ITHE FASHION, 308 Lacka. Ave. !
O0 $
OUR BOY'S AND OIItL'S.
Called Back.
It Is onu of the school laws lu Uoton,
a-3 In other cities, that no pupil niav
come from a family any member of
which Is ill with a contagious disease.
One day ieccntl Willie K appeared
bofore his teacher and tald'
"My sister s got tho measles, Blr."
"Well, whnt are you doing here, then?"
lopllcd tho teacher, suvcrely. "Don't you
know any better than to come to school
when your sister has the measles? Now
you go home, and stay there until she Is
well."
Tho boy, who Is a veritable little rogue,
went to tho door, where he turned with
a tvvlrkle In his eye, and said:
"If jou please, lr, my sister lives In
Philadelphia." Hat per's Bazar.
A Tender Imitator.
A tender little Cleveland damsel of
three hummers Is a piofouud admirer
and Imitator of a ccttnln aunt of a lively
disposition. Tho little maiden walcnes
this admired relative on every possibles
occasion and has picked up a good many
of her tilcks and moaners.
A day or two ago a member of tho
family said t-nmethln? to tho little one
about her pretty hair and her rosy
cheeks.
Instantly tho little hand was prcssnd
across the downcast ecs, tho little head
was turned coly away, and in a de
cidedly affected tone the little volco re
marked: "You mako me blush!" Cleveland Pliln
Dealer.
Some Mistake, Probably.
A hrieht little girl, who sees and hears
eviiythlUK that is KOlnir on aiound her,
was piesent duilni; a conversation tho
other iIjv In which a Kenttemnn ac
quaintance of the family was described
iiH a "hen-pecked husband. ' A few
davs later the subect of the gossip hip
pened to call at thn houbo while the
little one was in the parlor. Sho looked
ut him with jjieat curiosity for awhile,
and then, clipping over to her motner's
side, whlspertcl
"He don't look IIko a picked chicken,
mamma 'Chicago Uccoid.
Theie Were Others.
Tommj came in from a blcjclo lido nf
half an hour and stood over the register
to warm himself, furtively examlnhiR all
tho exposed porlicns of his anatomy to
B.-I If he had frozen any of them
"Well," bald Mrs. Tucker, "I'll ventmo
to say that ou were tho only boy that
was a bite enough fool to go out lltllus
on hi bicycle such a bitterly cold day
as this'"
"No, I wasn't!" indignantly exclaimed
Tommy, iiibbhiR his nns-ei with his coat
bleeve-. "Not by a Jut full!"
'How many otheiH did ou see?"
"One," said Tonmj, still indignant. -
Chicago Tribune
His. Victim.
Kvmi the small boy teels the war spirit
"le." sulci a Clevelund youtiBster, "If
there's war can I go, too?"
You go"" cried his father. "Not imiih.
Whom do j ou think you could light'"
The joungster drew himself up. The
bplrlt of 'Tei gleamed In his oe,
"Well," he proudly cried, "jou just bet
jour lite that I can knock the stuftln'
out ot that Spanish boy kins an day"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A Happy Boy.
An ll-car-old hid, while studjlng his
history lesson last wick, learned that
Saturday would be President McKlnley's
blithila, and thought It would be a nlco
thing to send the chief miglbtrato a
blrthdaj card. The one he tcoured and
mailed contained the following good ad
vice "In whatever station von are. line!
his called jou to fill the place, ami jou
should do y&er dutv."
Saturday's mail bi ought the bey a
White llotho letter addressed to Mi
It wis frum Secretary Porter, who said
he had been dhected bj tho president to
acknowledge the reeelpl or the blithuav
token and to convey the president's
thanks for tho remembrance. Th vouth
Wdb delighted with tho attention, but
was disappointed that the president
should think ho was a men and was
anxious tt, tectlfj the mistake.
Tho president was to leave for Phila
delphia at 10 o'clock Monday morning,
but notwithstanding tho pressure of of
tlelal and pilvato matters tho youth was
admitted to the presldent'n loom whin
lie ptesented himself about 9 o'clock that
dn
As long at ho lives ho villi never fur
get that audience. The president thanked
him fur his thoughtfulfess. and present
ed him with tho rose which ho wore In
his buttonhole. It was a happy boy nho
returned hrme nnd told of hU success.
Washington Slur.
Swiss Onion ,Market.
Herno Correspondence Chicago Tteconl.
The annual 'zwlebe;! maikt." or onion
market, has lust been held In Heme.
Once a vear the peasants ciimu fiom far
and near to jiuicliase n stuck of onions
tor the twelvemonth and, hi fact, it his
gtnwn to bo a custom ou r.ukliel murkt
day for everybody, rich and pom, to buy
onions, If not lor use. then for tho cus
tom of then thing. On a Saturday night
tho onions, arrive. Oteal Iioxoh, baskets
and barrels of onions line one sldo of tho
longest main street nf the city and ex
tend from Il.iliuhof to Hireiigiaben, fiom
the station dliuctly thiough the long ar
cudo avenue an far as tho arcades exlctU
FASHION
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This is shirt waist weather
So this will interest you
50c shirt waists at 25c Thousands of these were sold
ON MONDAY ALONE. They aie a great baigain and quite
equal to the majority advertised by many stores at "49c,
worth 75c." These are regular 50c shirt waists bought by us
at a great reduction on account of the immense quantity we
took made of good fancy percale with detachable collar
and laundered cutis, all sices. Special price while the ,-
lot lasts J,DC
$1.00 pleated and trimmed waists at 45c Where can
you get another such oiler as this? Waists that aie pleated
front and back and trimmed with lace are usually sold at from
$1.00 to $1.25. Made ot good lawns and percales in hand
some patterns, with detachable collar and laundered .
cuffs, all sizes. While they last 45C
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Ladies living as far up as Honesd lie coma here specially
and REGULARLY in consequence of our muslin underwear
announcements. There is not another store in this valley that
can show the styles and assortments that we do and none in
the state that quotes such low prices.
Women's cambric corset covers
for ladies 10c cambric
4C corset covers, un-trinimeil.
t lor ladies' 20c cambric corset covers, V 01 square neck
1 9C and elaboiately trimmed with embroidery.
lor ladies' 59c cambric corset covers, V or square neck,
3VC with cluster of tucks, trimmed with lace or embroidery.
Women's muslin drawers
1 for ladies' 19c mus-
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2C " drawers, cluster
of tucks.
broidery trimmed.
for ladies' muslin drawers with cambric ruffle and
39C trimmed with embroidery; real value 59c.
for ladies' S9C muslin skirts, extra wide, with double
3 C rullle and cluster of tucks. 40c for ladtes 69c muslin
sknts. 59c lor ladies' 79c muslin skirts.
Women's muslin gowns
for ladies' 49c Mother Hubbard gowns of good muslin,
x9C tucked yoke and trimmed with cambric rulfle. Ori of
the banner bargains of this great muslin underwcM sale.
. for ladies' 50c gown of good muslin, Mother Hubbaid
4vC style, tucked yoke, trimmed with embioiderv.
Cfor 79c
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about a mlV All d.il Kuiiduv Hie
onions remain In the -dut-i, covered with
c lathes ot f v 1 1 i descilitlon. and e.uly
Monday mcrnimr the- sain begins. i"e
two dnjs cvciy one jou meet has at least
a stilus of onion, and ono w ilks tlie
entlro length of the m.ukct and weeps
A few dajs later eonie the dances J:i
ery saloon and hull it. dec coated, nnd the
juting pi'at.ants. girl and lads, come to
town and mako inert 1. lively 'winii.
Mhafl" Is ctowded with a pushing, i s
tllng tin ous: of plump ami mddj-luod
peasants, drinking, dancing and "lilting
out " There are no biavvK einly perhaps
parlies of mem bumpkins walking
through thn slice ts nt 1 or 2 o'clock In tlm
morning and yodellng without melody,
at the too of their strong voices.
An Unusual Display of I'iieworks
will be given each night at the Washing
ton Monument base during thc National
Peace Jubilee icleliiatlon at Washing
ton, Muy U. 24 and 25. An American flag
K0 feet long and 75 feet wide will be elc
v ated by balloons to a height if 1 CW feet
Ou nn artificial lako constructed for tho
purpose tbero will bo reproductions given
of Uevvey'H victory nt Manila, tho de
structlou of CVivcru's licet, and tho
rhargu up g.iu Juan I 111 on the lli
second nnd third nights icspictlvedv rlio
entire) exhibition will suipass anytnlng
ever before attempted iu tills country.
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