4jyH"WrJJ- S-, r-f gprn- TITE SCR ANTON TRTBUN1- TUESDAY, OCTOBER iO, 1800. mv& THE BEAUTY SPOT OF THE PHILIPPINES K0W3T OK JOLO IN SULTT AltOHI-l'ELAQO. Wonderful Bocord Wrought by Spanish Oenernl Arolas City of Modern Conveniences Nestling in tho Heart o Mohammedan Sav ngory Natives Not Difllcult to Get Along with if You Know How to Handle Them. J. T. McCutchoon, In Chicago Ittcord When the Twenty-third Infantry re ceived orders on May lfi to proceed by the earliest transport to the town of Jolo, In the Sulu archipelago, there was dismay among the olllcors, for that station was popularly believed to bi- a sandy bench with a scattering of houses Inclosed by stinng vails, be yond whlrh the ferocious Moros await ed to slay any Christian who appear ed. The Moros have the reputation of being the llerrest and most warlike of any of tho East Indian tribes, and, being Mohammedans, the ones most likely to resist any lnaslon of Cluls tlan Inlliiciins In addition to tho rather Inhospitable ihuraitei of the people waiting for them, the Twmty thlrd had heard bad stories about the climate. Jolo was otlglnally known as a fever bod, and history tells how Ar las, un agqresslvu Spanish ollleer who displeased the pov eminent, was sent to govern the niehlpelngo cm the be lief that between fevois and Moros he would never leturn nll . During the long Spanish occupation nf tho Island of Sulu. tin white peo ple noci vtfiitured booiiil tho wall's or blockhouses except in aimed force, und aimed Moros wen compelled to leao thnii weapons tuHsltln when they enteted the tlty Occasionally a Juia mentailo, who is a imth- who has taken an oath to kill Clnlstlan, would come down fiom the hills, enter tho town with his weapon conceikd and then stiii t in on Ills inlUm ol ileith. Theie was onh one gitf tlnoiuh which the 11,11 Ives weie allow ei' lu en ter (lilt biuiil thai iT'Ue 2nd fe. t I a lit 1 1 (oeied building 1IU- a hand Muncl in which Sp.inlsh soklleis wen alwavs on gu.itcl to u e that no Moros passed without depositing th di weapons II the Mhos lefus-cl to stop thej Wei, .it nun' shot down Theie ale seial instances of t'i.e s'Mitiits being attacked, and one in whlih a single Voio aimed will- n Kit ong suc ceeded In killing time of the Spani'di t-oldlels before licit. g lllllivflf killed. l'ljO-UM CT NO'I VTTltAf'TIVK In i onse(iieiii c ol the chip hostility 1ki.miii the Spanf tills and .Moirs the formei luvei "pie.nl lit niiil the limits of the foil i little rSiutisnti towns of th( anhlpi l.igo Sulu SI itsl Tat. tan mil Ilongjo With the t.cepllon of these foul po'ts Willi ll nggleiraltil .111 iron of li . than tut squui.- miles tin sultan held m.i ,ir the whole chain of Is', mils i omptlsiiii, the Sulu gloup Spmlsli vneielgnt wa lie know lodged b H stiiiim, bin the i-p.inllllll- ei- unite lit In Je-st with cwK a fonthold on earh of the tlliee laigei mil mote !' til, Mauds c the. an hipi lago Wltl tin Im.mtn iilim Hi (1 b lead ing ilium s hi mattei about I lie tn m h in 1'id .nvnt,Tiiy "f tne M. ms, th pi 'in it of l!li in Sulu was ma ntti.iillx. So the two liiltullniis of tin T.unn -thiul I -ft theii i ho. iful ou.ntiia within tin uni.it.iit liu-elntl tut i t .1 niii Km i Santiago al Manila und s.i I d fin the Ian I of the w.il 1" mg Mm ) Tin i ml. n ds wne leadv and wait ing ti tmii th" kiwi inn tn ihe A.net- lcii I'1'! i weie .ilinllt rniJ tMitips In ell tin lorn gairl-iiiis, put nt which l umli i weie natlv Taalo s-uldior.! ine-lnl II! the i llilsli s-n lie The lail .Mii-ona Horn Sinsi Tntaon aWI I'o'ife'.io hnd bien dinwn la to Sulu f a delMikntlon, (i nd ihos, towns w it 1,-it in pitii"i.iiii of nmtiouj who v mt d tin in All tin niniible pi op eilv ol th gnf innient was sold t t (liini-e m ii hints ,tmi pi,ite houses win stilpptxl and the tittmt-rt sold b tin 'nldlei to the oinnlplc 'out and c lof t c'hl id Tin I em XIII. u lira;. Spunl-h tianspiti in rlv oil it Sulu limn Manila Sin. 1U with the A"ierli:in soldiei-. m boaid boit with Mime Sp intsh of llii'ts at onee lame out and itcut ttil that i siiuto be un1 Hied, as the had illsnunintou theli i an ion pn pat.it nv to el Ipplng them lnnni aid enno iiue.itly could not etuir It I'npuins 1'okigei and 1'iatt, I.leiilenaius Ili.ga, dein rol aril one 01 two thei olli m .ii't astioir llh the Spmlsli of-tni- ind tlut'i iniiip inle of ihe 'lwiiu thlnl wiie I'ltided on sampans, ten t i i boit M'NI ltr-ri Ol'T. A.li:UIN.s IN Tin spuisii siiinji iniineiipitely vii.itul tin ("uaitil, oi barracks our turips moved In and the fcunei i-cat-t'p'd troainl In an in Ighborlug houses that muld fuinlsh them sialtet On tin lollowllig nioinlug the tenialinler of tin tioops weie lauded, and at 3 Ra p m weie drawn up fti'lng the guvei noi s he.uliiitarteis. whue the S unish lies still llappul at its staff. All din ing tin morning the Twenn-ihlid bind hud boon learning to pla the St inlsli national air, foi pielnus t t' s occasion It had not be n i neee fraiy number to tlulr jopeitoie. The fpanlh llag was hauled down amid tln -.tta us of tint musU. while out In the liiinoi tho 1'iilted S.ates steamer Helena, which had arrived lit tho forenoon, filed a salute to tha Jed nnd yellow banner. Then, when the band swung Into the stirring bars of the "Star Spangled Bannci," the stars and stripes were hoisted on the staff where the Spanish flag had so long been (lying, the He lena's guns thundered a salute to the new dominion and SpanlEh and Ameri can soldiers nllko camo to u rigid at tention. With these simple und brief formalities Spain surrendetcd her swny in the sultan's lands and handed over to the Americans her load of trouble and strife One or two amusing Incidents oc curred while the transfer was taking place. Lieutenant Taylor, with a sinnlt detachment, went out to relieve the Spanish officer nnd post stationed nt the Torre de la Helno, n blockhnuso COO yards from the main gate of the walled town. The Spanish ollleer tlat ly refused to lower his flag or turn over the blockhouse without a written or der from the commandant In Jolo It required some determined talk to con vince him of the tifelcssnes of obsti nacy. When Lieutenant Taylor left the blockhouse he started aeioss tho country alone to another blockhouse some distance nwny, but was followed by the excited cries of the Spaniards, warning him not to venture so fat be yond the walls He war warned never to go outside the walls unless armed nnd accompanied by at least one sol dier. Kven under these conditions It was unsafe to gel beyond the sunell lnnce of the sentinels on the wulls. n' cry thing Indicated the extreme ter lor the Spaniards had for the Moios KVnitY MOKO WAS KlLLl'D Certain defined rules were found to be In fence Motes were permitted within the wulls o.ilv duilng ceilaln hours of the day a.id the ones admit ted weie always lompellid to leave their aims at the 'lanceili," a small bubed-wlie protected building a short distance outside the main gate Aim ed Spanish stildler-r wtie always on guard at tblr place dining the day, und Mm os coming to Jolo weie b.'iltel and compelled to deposit thUi weapons in this building until tliey letumcd fiom within tin town. Thtie ate sev ujI Instances told of finnticul Moioi swooping down from the hlllh, llred b lellglous yea! who have killed the Spanish sentinel- with knives or spears befoie being themselves shot. The most loce-nt ease of a ' liiiameil tnlo' t online down with tntniU. In his oiil was last Muiih. but his at l.mpt was not srnessful .m Inci dent showing the blind, heedlcs ioui age of the Mm. is rauinn1 laut Oeto bti, wnen a small bind of then., aimed with kiilvci and speais, attacked the fori ol Ii Ineos i di Astuilas, a iille out ftom the western gate. They welit mslh lepulstd by the Spanish rilles. but It l uotewoithv of thdi eoui ig" that ll'ev louglit theii hopeless light until eeiv one of them vus Killed It was an Oiiiduini.tn on n snn' scale Thise little Moilc mav lotney some idea of the teputr.tlop of the new station to which the Tv mty-thlid was assigned IVa the I'lM few Wetks the olllcers slept with their levoheis be neath theli pillows epee ting sit .iliv time to Hud a mutd"ious band of natives lluimli I'm; .hi.-.ugh the steets. M'ln n a lipe lo'oanut ill jpped down on .i tin loot In the middle of the i.l'jht theie .,is a deep tonvlitlon thai the tiouble had b-gim Twintv feveii dlfieient po'-f of sentinels weie cstabll-hed and eveiy ;venue leading ui to the v .ill- was wn'chcl with tp pie!nnsivo vlgllanii litlt the Moms m.de no dc moiistin t Ion oT hostilltv, ami as ilm, went by tin Ameilean ollk- is beun to vn tuie out beyond th walls Some of ihe ni'iie ailvontuioiis even went back Into the Intel im and i limbed the be.tu tlfi.l hills that nv ei look tin town t'AU.L'n ox Tun si ir.w The "lanceiii." ii'-leid m being tho place fot the lompiilscuy dltaimanienL of natives, gi.uii.fillv bee line u scat of trade and otllieis and .soldleis tlotkul out to buy up the wondeiful "Kiisis" and ' b irong-1" and Miens of the na tives, a paitv ot oflleiri well aimed, uossed the Mm I to Un sultan's cap ital, M libun and made u ceremonial c ill on his blphnets and her highness, the tuitions sultana. They veie te t.dved with as nniih distinction us the biiltnn's mlHoiablo sitriotindlngs ce uld alfotd. and tie whlte-wlnged bin! of pciee -eenti d to be taking up ith pel -lil'iueni ilbodt In .! lo Sevei.il days liter the sultan, with ti li Untie of over ino Moros, ietumod the tail, lie wis leielved in state, and his letinue was eoitrteouslv al lowed to entei the w ells nt Jolo with their nuns and illlis Our soldlen weie hild In iiadiiicss foi unv hostile move foi .nil oflleeis r'iiieiilired the sioiy of how a .sultan and his ietlnue h.i 1 come to pav a visit of state to the Spanish governor When they wen all in the palace, ol hp.uln.iiai lots, so the sioiv goes, the sultun piesented ti the goveinoi a valuable pi cent, und as the sipaniatd I nt ovet to esninlne It the suit in whipped out his billing and sunk it from tin top uf tin gov ernors hiMil eleai down Into the ihest At this signal the Mums spitted In to slaughter the Span'Mi gnulson. whleh tljov did, orl tl'iee men est aping The stoiy Is n tood one. but I've found that it Is absolutely lletttlous nothing of the suit ovet having de clined Still, it insplieil out sololen ti bo ptepaied lor any ueh dlveitlng exhibition. Thv sultan slid 't few nlee things, after the manner of tin orientals and Captain 1'iutt cunn tight bull nt him with some mote of the same kind Thrn tin suitnii and his gorgeous letlme struck off throiiih the hills foi his pil.ue and Ins harem twelve miles Days' Trial- 4 f f f slid no sale If not well pleased. If you rally wuut a luxurious Ued try out rle. jjant Nevuspitad Ulastle Kelt Muttrecs nnd I'illeiws. l'olt Is fust supei ceiling hair for bidding purposes, ns It Is much cleaner, softer, cheaper, und never wear out. Theio uro cheip giodes of Pelt, same as i heap hair. Only the llnest is mfecl In our Nevcrsprend, nntl you will be pleased with our mylo of making TIlU can be rmdlly tuken off to Uundiv aiiu tho innttions cannot spread and tluttelf out. Bend for our Hooklct of Intetentlnu facts about Iledding. Mulled free, f 4-- -f -4-1 1 -f -f 4-4- 4- 4- 4- I ! 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- THE SCRANTON BEDDING CO. -f4-f-4-4- 4-4-4-f 4-4-4-4-4-4-f 4-4- -f 4-4-4-f-r -f4-f-f 4- nniis tho Island, nnd things have gone along comfortably over since. WOHHWD ADOPT Ills- Ab'nW 1 VNCF. The stiltnn, hovvevei was a llttli lilt won led whether or not the Aliteil inns wore rtrolng to nontlnue ms yearly allowance, ncioidlnf to the tenris of the Siinulsli ngieemeiit Ni thing had been snld about It, and he f it himself face (o face with the prospect of luting his $2 100 (Mexican) a year. In ".lilcli nise lie would have to cut down his harem und smoke several pipit, of opium lrs4 each day Now, down below the Island of Sulu Is the enclumtlnr Island of Slats!, which Is said ta re as beautiful an Island ns there Is In the wotld. There Is a little town on the southern shore, aril fonnerly there was n Spanish gar rison stationed nt that point When the Spaniards left, however, the town was deserted. Week went by nnd tho sultan non tlccd that the Amei Icons weie making no effort to occupy the town lVrliapi he thought tho Americans had for gotten all about It. At any lute, bo hurried own llmre. and with twelve men of his army he at sinned foi mal j ossosslon mill hoisted his own llag above the whitewashed lampaits of the gleaming white mud foit. Then he went mound und made evoiybody In town give him a present, and when he left he had $8,000 In cash, and also a llrm belief that Slasi was a gid business proposition In other words, he was getting a Inst" of high life. Ho returned to Malbun with his money and left his armv of twelve dischaiged Noilh lioinco Sikh policemen to ile um! the ll'ig. The Americans In Jolo he.'.i'd of the laid down Into theii own tot libit v. for the town of Slnssl wis a legitimate eesMon fiom Spain, and they huirlcd ! sent wod to 3rneial Otis lh.it It would be advisable to nnango a tieaty or ngiecment with the sultan at one, mi that each sldj irlghl kiuw enct!y whole It stood and what Its lights weie Peil aps It would have been better to have sent tnops on to occupy Sl.issl, Tattiai and itongao at the same 'Ime tin town of Join was occupied but it wasn't done foi some reason, and tho dlilii ultv of solving the problem was made much nioie complex and delicate, for it Is human nature for one to give up more easllv a good thing thnt he Irisn't tiled that a good ihing that he h'Js tried gi:n'i:i:ai. 13ati- mission When (.icneini OtK lecelved wind fiom Jolo ho ut once made m range monts to elect u lieatv, ot agree ment, between the Moios and out own government He selected Oener.il Mates who Is a tool, love 1-h nded or itur, and in many inspects the best man who could be thos-en lir the mis sion, und the steemsnlp Chunii a was placed at Oeneial Hates' dspial 111 stiuetlons of a general ediai actor were given the la'tei. but us Huinial Otis did not tliorollghly undei stand the till" londlilims in tin Sulu aiihlpelago, he left the details of the negotiation) entltelv to the judgment and dUuetlon of Mite-. The I'hutruc.i was to s.iil e.i'ly In July, but a typhoon was abioacl. and it was not until the 12th that the sig nal wis pulled down and ,th" 'ttle s-te.umi b.i.ked out into the angiy wake of the gale It was my pi lv liege through the kindness of Oeneial r.ates, to pn with him and watch the develop mtnts, and this tilp, ble'es nffoidlng tlveweiki ot tr.ii.,'o expoileures In an ahno-t unknown laud, give me ad ditional ilt usurc of escaping for that length of ilme fiom the tyiannv of an turjiM 'inoi hl, vihl h was be coming almo-l Inioieiable to Anieiioan i oiicnondents After thlitv houis of steaming along the most In .ri il til ill of ocean Hacks, mancler than the Inland i-a of Jap: n the ('limine. i li'jehed the town of Hollo which llie and lighting hud i hanged so mtuli since I sa' It last Siptember Th bjsi,ihi, hei Ucm Is totalh ilistioved, althougl. the vrat"!" li out nnd ilvei tront have nut oeen damaged Twenty hoiu- more of steaming, and wi leach that gnat uit explornl invsteiUiiis lU'nd of Min danao, whli h Is sild by eveibodv to be ,lu tlihet't .i-land in the woild. IX Till Sl'L'T AUC'IIIPrLAOO Then i nines ten houis among th" most oMiublte Islands I've ever seen the Sulu anhipilagc) Main of them aie uulnhnl ited, and wo lt v.ltli our feet on the tall and look im acicm th" glassv .'o.i, whoso suifuce I- biokon only by the slipping night of hundreds of dying llsh. aril pick out inlands on which we can establish a rovornment and be a king. The water Is clear, and we can see the white cot.il land tai down below Dozens of little isl ands aie sealteied over the bosom of that peaceful s-uminer sea and the liih gieen of their hlllslds an! tho luoad. v.hite. gleaming beiuln s and the blillltmt .nlls of nativ ' pintas" make a pictitie that Is Ideal. Some of the Islands Use like castles fiom the sea. otlieis an mountains which natuie has heaved up In single peaks during some mighty subteiinn ean explosion, while the piettlest and most enchanting of all are tho'o dainty little patches of tropical gorgeousnes-s that seem to lloat on the blue water, with a white pedestal of sand thnt makes the Island look like a china dish filled with biautiful green plants. Then wo come to the Island of Sulu, which Is the l.aigest of all in the ginup, although it is only thlity-Ilvo miles long ami twelve wide. There Is a ihaini about the name of Sulu. It seems so i emote and far away. AVo prepare oui selves for the town our f.iniy has constructed a patch of white houses half bulled In waving palm tiees rising from a low, white stretch of toiul beach. What a strange looking Island It Is! Quite unlike any we've seen before, for heie Is a towering purple peak, with Its crest lu a mantilla of l.icv clouds, and then come, tanged in soldleily pie tlsion by its side, three flat-topped hills, all the same shape and size, and on beyond these anothei towering, stately mountain. The middle nnn of the siiuaretopped hills Is ban if trees, and Its smooth sides, green as a field of young wheat, look from the sea like the broad law ns of an Hnglls'i park On the veiy topmost point of this hill Is a small e luster of trees which spring up as unexpectedly and with apparently ns little purpose rs the topknot of a Japanese b tby. The Spanish captain of the ship tells us that the hill Is cnlled the sacred hill, because the tombs of some ancient liadjls aro sheltered by tho lttlo bunch of trees, and we wonder whetliT Americans would be safe in ascendln-' It. with ooannors sails Over on tho beach to our left is a Moro village which wo leain Is Patl kola, where the most powerful of na tive princes, or dates, has his home As wo steam farther down tho Islund there are many native sailboats seen, all with gorgeously colored sails which seem moie brilliant than even tho sails of Italy Imagine a sail made of the American ling and you mny have some Idea of the splendor of the Moro sails. The steamer now swings In a long cuive iiiound a Jutting point and uwny over on tho other side of the harlioi lies the town of Jolo tt looks like a fash lonablo seaside lesort all white mil green, and the long stone pier exten 1 lug far out In the harbor wateis Is or namented with gay lamp pasts and i bright, oetngonnl lighthouse tower. Swuims of soldiers are stteamlng down to vvntch tho ship come in, for It brings letters and mall nnd news fiom the outside world, which has been totalh kicking since the last ship enmo In three weeks before. There Is no rabla to Jolo and only a ship every two or thtee weeks. The neniest point which connects them with civilization Is the little town of Sandnknti, Ilorneo, l.'.O miles to the west. You may Imagine how l emote and Isolated a place must be when Its nearest pent Is a place In the remotest pan of the remote Island of Hoi neo. A few native sampans come out to the Ohurruca ns she chops her anchoi nnd omc soldleis paddle out In n.itl e dugouts. In an hour we aie landed on the pall, and then we begin to have a complete idea of the exquisite beau y of Jolo, the prettiest place In the Phil ippines A huge castellated gateway stands at the end of the pier, nn 1 through this you pass Into the main avenue, Calle Marlnn, of Jolo. You ut once feel that you've been dropped down In lit park oi a venerable college campus The stieet Is lined with Im mense trees that make a tunnel, even though the street Is fotty yards wide. On one side Is the line tesldence of Captain Tlutin, the Captain Chinaman of the Stilus, and his house, both In situation and extent, Is tho best one In the town. On the other side is a short row of shops, all iinlfoim In size and design, nnd painted with delicate shades of coloring Then there comes o little pmk with a fountain pi lyinn deep In the wnvinr tt apical veidure that fills it. Then mcie shops, nil alike In coloring, nnd a few spreading awn ings beneath which me tables and chairs like a Parisian boulevard cafe. 1,1 ICO A STACi: SnTTING. The stieet s are ns clean as btooms can muk-e them, tin there nto no ve hicles in Jolo und hoises aie allowed In only by special pel mission. All the aichltecturo Is omate and gayly col oied. and everything Is cm such a Unv scale that you Imagine yourself look ing at ome fancy stage setting All the stieet-. ate alike lined with gieat niching tiees, and Hanked heie und theie with carefully kept gardens. A wall about ten feet high surround.! the town und scatteied along on Its tot) me little sentrv tovveis, while nt the loineis and gates me fancy block houses In llfteen minutes you cun walk thiough eveiy stieet lu the town, for Jolo Is scaicelv mole than 500 vaids long and "in yards deep, and svih a walk is stne to leave vou in a ttate of astonishment and wonder nt linding such i perfect gem of a town In such an mit-of-tho-vv.lv Place. There ure wutei wenks und excellent stone gut tei.s, and the town, unlike most towns, has no pool quarter, but Is eveiyvvherc unlfoimly clean and excellently built As lliero Is no hotel In Jolo we s-at-tciecl iiiound In the messes of our old friends of Tent Santiago, wheio 1 had lived so many weeks in Manila It was then that we began hearing tho wondeiful stories of Governor Aio lus, the Spaniard wheo eueigv had tianslormed this lonely tioplcnl beach Into suih a place of comfort mid beau ty As I have mentioned befoie. Aio lus was sent to Jolo because the Span ish government wanted to get rid of him. hpain hud made the Island a penal colony and was shipping her doportudos" fiom the ninth down to the Sulus The population i onse ciucutly was made up of four classes lit st. the Moms who hated the Sp.inl m ds because of theli lellgliin, .seionil a ritual! of l'gyptlun und Arabian lene gudes who had swat mod aiound the Mohammedan nileis of tho Island cm the stiength of theli lellglon: thlid, tho woist element of Tngulo criminals; and, louith and finally the little Span ish sni rison MADi: THINGS PLEASANT Aiolus dotti mined that If he had to stay then he'd make It as pleasant us possible So he plunm d a tovn with all modei n convtiileiires paries, ave nue, a plnza, a big muiket place. fott, blockhouses, a war anil commlssaty department, a government house, a pier, a line hospital, wuteiworks, bai rack.s. a mission house, a chinch, schools for the child! en, cafe und broad palm-lined avenues lending be yond the walls to the outlying block houses and fort In shoit, he deter mined to make a city woith while, while he was doing it Ttadltlon says that he was Just, and nlso that, when Imposed upon, ho was as merciless us a Spanlaid can be Those who weie square weie tieated well, while those who weren't weie piomptly shot Under these conditions he succeeded where the olhci ninety -nine men would not have succeeded. Luboi waschenp He made the eon vii ts do the woik, nnd, knowing the man us thev did theie was no ie belling. When he got the inonev fiom I don't know, but Spanish oflleeis do not usually Hud It dllllcult to git money If then me people under their Jurisdiction who have any. In the eouise of a few years he had his town completed down to every de tail, and so wisely did he build that Jolo, Instead of being the fever-bed that It oni'e was. Is now one of the most healthful places. Spanish ofll eeis came down fiom the north and went homo with uivy lu their heaits. Jolo became famous for Its beauty. MADH THi: Sl'LTAN AFRAID. When the Moios glow tioublesome he staited out and whipped them, nnd he did this so successfully that the sultan became afiald of him and dui lng the last yeais of Arolas' reign there was compaiatlvely littlo trouble. Oc casionally a Juramentado would come down nnd do a little killing, until final ly Aiolas became exasperated and to'd the sultan that he was totting tiled of It und that it must stop The sultan responded that ho would tiy to stop It, but It might sometimes be beyond his power tn do so However, he would piomlse to send Arolas a woid of warning If he heard of any of his sub jects going "luiamentado," or running "aniuel. " One day a few moie realots shaved off their eyebiows put on their white clothes, went befoie a liudjl and tool; the oath to die killing Christians. Then they came dow n to Jolo and left a irimsnn tt all behind them during their brief but exciting crusade The fol lowing day tho governor received a note from the sultan warning him that some of his subjects had run nmuc't and for htm to piepaio for them. The next day a Spnnlsh gunboat and a battalion of Spanish soldleis stalled out and blew two or thieo Moro vll- I lages off the face of tho cat th, together Matchless Leadership 1 in Dress Good I and Silks. WE INVITE your attention to oui Dress Goods and C vy Silks because of their superiority in selection and in price. Years of practical experience has taught us what is best to buy. Our judgment, taste, opportunity and skill are combined in a wholesome effort to please you best. Price is a matter that regulates itself. You who understand our facilities for buying will never question why our prices are lowest. A . ill 1 1 f Again, it wouia oe impossiDie in a newspaper an- P nouncement to familiarize you with the stock assortment jfT t A. A. A. Ij Ml is so great, nere are mere mnis at variety . it win pay you to see the volume which are not mentioned. Black Dress Goods. 25c yd Styles come and go, but there's no black. But there is a difference in blacks, here. For instance: For erv good quality of Fine Tu li Serce, lull 36 inches wide, and extra goo I ie. Not u yard in the lot woven to bed less than 35c. 59c Vd "or u" 45"'nc, SerKe subjected J to steam p.essure and wan anted not to shrink. Would be good value if of fered at 75c. 65c vd ,0 3 5 fr ,le most excll ,lte J line of Black Crepons ever brought to Scranton. Goods that are positively worth a third more in value. 90c vd Fr the best grade of steam shrunk J Cheviot, very heavy weight, full 50 inches in width and bought by us to sell at $l.2S a yard. change to the pretty and becoming and so it is that you set the very best 9r vH Fr an exclusively good quality u ' y u of Black Brilliantine. rich in color and of elegant lustre. iNot a yard ought to be sold under 75c. 35c vd Pr yur -'01-e f two thousand y yards of 40-inch Black Fancies in veiy neat small figured designs. Not a yard worth less than 50c. 90c vd to $2,00 fr a cl0-'e assortment y of Cheviots, Henriettas, Zebe lines, Broadcloths and Venetian Cloths, 54 inches wide. Prices are very, very low. $1 vd or a Jeaut'u' Quality f Venetian y Cloth, heavy in weight, of very line twill, ;6 inches in width and positively worth $1 25 a yard. Very Nobby Silks. see- Theie are miles and miles of these fancy and pretty things here for you to -an assortment that has no peer anywhere. 39c yd colorings. 69c yd shadings. 75c yd rich and elegant in lustre and finish. For full 21-inch China Silks, in a beautiful range of all the leading Worth up to 50c. For a superb quality, of Taffeta Silk in all of the new season's 19 inches wide and worth 85c. to $1.75 for a handsome line of Black and Colored Corded Silks, ,1 48c vd or a ma8n'ice't Hne of Colore y Satins in every desired shado all the very newest and worth 65c. 69c vd or ver' c,,0ice 'tssortment of y Waist Silks in stiipes and checks. All colors and worth fully 85c. $1 1 f) rA For your choice of our fine i.iw yu Band Silks in complete range of styles and colors, Ought to be 41.25. Colored Dress Goods. The popularity of Plaids make Colored Dies Goods an impoitant feature of this season's stock. These special pi ices are of interest. 45c yd For i8-inch Zebeline Plaids nice quality and lull line of colorinus. Sold in other stores at 50c and 59c. 65c yd 50c vd or -iih-h all wool Camel's H. y Suitings in three shades ot gr and brown. Would be cheap at 69c. ur grey For your choice of a magnificent line of all wool Granite Cloths. full 45 inches wide, live shades of blue, also in castor, brown, heliotrope, garnet, green, cardinal and grey. These goods have never been offeied under 7 and are worth more than that. A Chance to Dress the Babies. x uur second Annual Autumn saie oi inrants wear negins mis moining on p second floor and continues during the week. Stock is at its best no matter ) what you want, it's here ; with a chance to save money at eveiv turn. Cloaks Of ladies' cloth in I Bonnets 3 styles very Bonnets Big line in colors, castor, yale, cadet and red. prettily chodieted in Z.Qr ? newest eftecb, sues 1 to 7 Large collar, braid O QQ silk and wool At... c yeais, plain and ruf- A CH trimmed u u S , fD ,. fled. From Sgc to.. . 'OKJ c Bonnets Of Bengaline silk ,, Cloaks-Very handsome; in white and all lead- qqr c Dresses-Many (etching made of astrachan cloth and mg colors. At ,K styles with rutlies over shoul- trimmed with Iamb'; 5 OQ ( ders, braid tiimmed. One to wool fur 3-" """"-Pretty styles in four 'years. 39c down OQr 2 white, pale pink and blue, t0 e Cloaks-Big variety ,n deep colbr edged with J 29 Dresses-Made up from K P plain and fancies. 6 months L'mbs wool (ur. . , ajds Siesl ow to P S 5 years. $3.98 J 2. 50 Bonnets Of white ripple four years. Special 7Qr to eiderdown and edged 59c at " t J Petticoats Of cream col- ) with swansdown Sacques Infants' flannel P C ored flannel, crochet edge, S Slips In large variety, S sacques, in dainty colors, 2 waist ot double mus- 29c P'am anc w't'1 tucks. 25c 3 w'' Prt?tty crocheted 25c V lin. i to 3 years.... 7 Good choosing at. .. . aJ, J edge. Cheap at s SECOND FLO Off. Jonas Long's Sons with a considerable number of the sultan's HUbjeetB The Miltnu ias t humid h truck, until he leeolveil a po llto note from ArolaB tellliiRr him that ono Spanish gunboat ami n battalion of Infant! y hail tun atnui-k anil uilvli inn tin sultan to prepare for them. Since that time, it Is said that dur ing Aldus' term of oillce theie were no inoie "Juiamentados," although sev eral eases have occurred since he le tuinod to Spain All the stoiles we heard of fleneral Arolas hae strengthened our admira tion for him, for ho must have been a man of wonderful chai actor and gieat foice Guessing nt It. May Some tiling told mo Cliolly would cull lust nlelit. Aclcllo H'ml Perhaps It was Cliolly. Judge. a A Mistake in Earnest. On one oic.islnn, s.ijt. tho Columbian, Lord Norbury. ot Knu'lund, observed an attorney of doubtful reputation prospect ing in tho dock tor buslnepx, and deter mined to make an examplo of hlin Junt as tho attorne: n rllmblnc-; oer the rails of tho dock Into the court his lord ship called out "Jailer, one ot jour pi lemurs Is escap ing Put him lincli " Hack the attorney was tin list, and tho following collo pi, c iibucd "My lord, there lt n mlet.ike hire. I urn an attorne.." "I am very xonv, Indeed" Kild Lord Norburj, "to nee om of our protesn'on in the dock " "Hut, my lord, I um Innocent ' "Yen, they ull nay that, ' w.ih the judge's i ply "A Jury of join own fellow coun tr.Miicn must betlo It." "But, my lord " exclaimed tho now dec perato man, "thcro U no Indictment against me." "Then" s ild bis lnrillilp. "vim will ln put lurk, and If no one appears to prose cute jnii will ! discharged by public proclamation nt the end of the uisizes ' $100 Reward, $100. The readers of ibis p iper will bo pleased to learn that (litre Is ut least one dreaded disease that settniu has been able to cum In all Its htiigcx and that Is Catarrh Halls Catarrh C'iro tho onh posltivo c ure now known to the medtenl fraternity, I'.itarrh hi Inn u couHtitutloiuil diseusi, loquiies a lonstltittlomil tientment Hall Catarrh Cure Is t iken Internal!., uotlii illrectl. upon the blood and mucous sur faces of the HjHtom, tliereb. clestrnym? the foundation of the dlheaKe, and glln,r the patient strength by bulldlni; up th constitution and assisting nature In doing Its work. The proprietors have so much fulth In its cuiuthe powers, that they offei One Hundred Dollars for any cuku that It falls to cure Send for list of testi monials Address, V. 3. CHNNHY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists. 75e. Hall's l'amlly Pills aro tho beat. .. j n iiifmtitnnimimHlHJUl' n , t (In ifTi'fi If-"' ill, ii fiijifc m JMMjMfcw! i hi, i .jfcHi iii mill' ,M rmnliii l., tjgg&G
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