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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE- FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1899.
9
REAL CAUSES OF
SOUTH AFRICAN WAR
ENGLISH AND BOER GXAIM3
OABEFULLY REVIEWED.
Xt Information Is Lacking as to the
Principles Involved In the Contem
porary Conflict Between the British
nnd the Boers Hero It Is Fully and
Fnlrlv Set Forth.
From tho Times-Herald.
The Issue between tho English nnd
the Boers Is ono as old as this century.
In many different forms, but always
with much the same ground of quorrel
nt tho bottom, It has re-appeared with
each succeeding decade. Wherever the
Englishman and the Boer have had
their common Interests In ono terri
tory strife 1ms been sure to come, tor
the qualities and Ideas of the two ore
widely dissimilar.
Tho great gold fields In the Trans
vanl nrn the material facts that have
caused the conditions of the struggle
of today, for It Is through them that
Englishman and Hoer have been
brought so closo together. Today the
Boers claims to be the lords of the
Transvaal country and they persist In
regarding the foreign settlers the Ult
landcrs as temporary residents with
out legal rights. Sharply opposed to
this view stands England, whose many
sons In Transvaal land have their Im
mense Investments In mines and machin
ery and demand n full share In the gov
ernment. "Tho Transvaal for the
Uoers," Is President Kruger's cry, while
tho English Against It shout: "Full
rights, civil and political, for our emi
grants who settle In your land."
The first form of the Issue Is over
the question of sovereignty. England
Is asserting her suzerainty, while ad
mitting lioer Independence In local af
lalis, and Ki tiger Is denying England's
claim. Such Is the history of the two
that each can fairly make Its claim.
Sovereignty or no sovereignty would
not, however, be a burning question
was there not reason Just now for In
sisting on it. The more practical
statement of the Issue Is that It con
cerns the political franchise rights
which the 'Ultlanders now find It so
difficult to acquire, and which Eng
land Insists so strongly they shall se
cure on reasonable conditions. It Is
on account of Inability to agree on the
terms of the franchise, combined with
views about sovereignty which leave
no middle ground, that war Is waging,
but even tne franchise Is only an in
cident in securing what the English
really want. .
MAIN GRIEVANCES STATED.
The main grievances of the Ultland
ers against Boer rule In the Trans
vaal can be summed up In the follow
ing declarations:
The Vitlandern pay practically all
the taxes of the Transvaal, yet have
no say as to how tho money shall be
spent
Their children have to speak Dutch
In order to gain a proper education.
Johannesburg Is wretchedly governed
and It Is In a fearfully unsanitary con
dition. The Ultlanders have no power
In municipal government.
Their newspapers are gagged.
They are not allowed to hold public
meetings.
Trial by Jury is turned into a farce.
The djnamlte monopoly is on obstacle
to the Industrial progress of Johan
nesburg. The president may without trial ex
pel any Ultlander from the Transvaal.
He controls the cables and can delay
messages.
The Ultlanders pay more money In
taxes than is spent in the government
of the Transvaal.
To add Insult to injury, the Ultlander
has been disarmed and compelled to
pay for n fort erected to terrorize him.
This, then, has been the status in the
Transvaal. The Hoer, caring only
for farming, hunting and religion, nar
row, bigoted, but fearfully strong con
sidering his numbers, rules the Ult
lander. thiee times as numerous, and
seriously hinders the latter in his mod
ern struggle for wealth.
The Transvaal, or South African Re
public, as It Is propei ly called. Is ,i
region about as large as tho state of
Nevada, and Is completely surrounded
by foreign countries, having no direct
outlet t0 the sea. To tho north and
west are the British possessions, Be
chuanaland and Rhodesia. To the
south Is tho friendly Orange Freo
State, and also Natal, a British pro
vince. To the east are the Portugeso
colonies. Ili'ly and oven mountain
ous, full of sharp ravlr.es and regions
of dirtlcult passngo. the Transvaal la
peculiarly adapted for intensive op
erations, and iven with Inferior flght
eis than the Boeri could long hold
out against a great force. The Boers
settled It only after n series of hard
experiences, the result of which had
been to drive them noith and east
from the African settlements they had
originally made.
STRUGGLES IN FORMER DAYS.
Only by considering these past
struggles with the English can the
present one be seen In its true propor
tions. The Boers were the original
European settlers of South Africa. Of
Dutch descent, they had sturdy qual
ities, which their life In the savago
lands only served to make sturdier.
They were farmers from the first, and
by tho sweat of tho negro races they
grow in wealth. The English took
definite possession of tho Cape in 1811,
nnd the English immigration then bo
Ban in such great woven that Holland
emigrants and Boer children could not
keep up the balance of power. Tho
situation was much such as exists now
in the Transvaal, where the Ultlanders
out number the Boers, except for tho
fact that then the Boers were actually
and not merely nominally subjects of
Great Britain.
The English rule wan autocratic, and
the Boer Idea about slaves and land
holding fitted so little with the Eng
lish Ideas that soon the Boers had two
great grievances against their rulers.
They wero surly and ugly and often
there were riots and broils, until they
found what they thought was a solu
tion of their troubles In the '20s.
FIRST TREK NORTH.
Then they began to "trek" north and
eaBt Into the wilderness to set tip
homes for themselves. The English
did not hinder them.
Tho year of the great trek or exodus
wns 1836, when the regions now in Na
talr Orango Free State and even the
lands across the Vaal were all entered
by them. In Natal the Boers were
first slaughtered by Zulus and then
subdued by British soldiers and forced
to move further north. But In the
Orange River nnd Vaal countries they
were left very much alone by the Brit
ish, though a sovereignty over them
wns claimed. Sir Peregrine Maltland
Issued a proclamation Auk. 21, 1815, to
the effect that all these Uoers wero
still British subjects.
England was able to enforce this
claim as to the Orange River country
In 1S48 by on armed Invasion, when
tho resident Boers and their nllles from
the north were beaten In battle, Her
forceful occupation would havo gone
still further Into tho Transvaal region
had It not been for troublesome wars
with the natives. Tho Cape govern
ment soon found Itself In no position:
to enforce Its claims over tho Boers,
nnd so, by conventions signed at Sand
River In 1852 nnd at Bloemtontcln In
1854, It recognized the two llttlo gov
ernments ns Independent states, nnd
abandoned sovereignty over them.
BASE OF KRUGER'S CLAIM.
Here is the first ground for the pres
ent claim of President Kruger to com
plete independence for the Transvaal.
His sturdy countrymen had gained an,
advantage which they might have held
permanently had they been nble to
conduct their affairs so as to give no
reason for further British Interference,
The Orange Free State was success
ful in keeping Its house In order and
remains independent to this day.
There wero many little statelets at
first In the lands beyond the Vnal, but
In time they combined, and tho first
republic of the Transvaal was organ.
Ized.
In 1864 M. W. Pretor'.us was reeog
nlzed ns the head of tho state, nnd a
constitution for the land was made
The condition of the republic was,
however, by no means good. Tha
Boors, not over CO.Oin In number, wero
continual' fighting with tho natives,
who were so numerous that they could
not be exterminated or erushid. Tho
Loom themselves did not pay their
taxes, and the government, with little
money, could not furnish proper pro
tection to tho residents.
The conditions grew worse and
worse. Finally the negro chleftalna
wero so generally victorious that thy
threatened the British colonii-s to the
south. The weakness of the Boer
state was a point of danger to all tho '
British possessions. In f7 England '
decided that It was high time to in
terfere. Sir Theophllus Phopstone was
sent to tho Boers ns a social com
missioner of Great Britain and before '
long he concluded that there was no '
way to make stnble the government
but by issuing a proclamation of an- I
nexation. Some of the Boers thought '
he was right. There were others who
thought ha did a great wrong, nnd
among them rises the name of Paul ,
Kruger to prominenco for the tlrst
time then, as ever since, an advocate !
of the complcts Independence of tho
Transvaal.
DISASTER OF MA.IUBA HILL.
Of tho events that follow the Eng
lish dislike to speak. The Boers speed
ily grew discontented. In ISSsO they re
belled. Then came the fearful slaugh
ter of British troops at Majuba Hill.
Great Britain came to the Boer term.,
nnd by a treaty signed at Pretoria In
August, ISM, guaranteed their inde
pendence, "subject to the suzerainty
of her majesty."
There was no mistaking the meanlnt?
of the word suzerainty as defined In
this convention. It was expressly stip
ulated that the English crown should I
appoint a British resident, with a veto
power over the Internal policy of tho
republic toward the Kaffirs; that It
should control and conduct Its entire
foreign policy and reserve the right of
moving troops over Its territory in
time of war. To the Boers, however,
the reservation was gall and worm
wood. As they chafed more and more
under what seemed to the colonial of
fice a mere shadow of authority Glad
stone cheerfully proposed a revision
of the convention.
Thus came the conference which leJ
to the second or London convention
of 1SS1. Though held in tho metropolis
of Great Britain itself tho British pub
lic thought little and cared less about
tho matter. The Boers got pretty
much what they wanted. Out of def
erence to Boer sensitiveness the word
"suzerainty" expressly used in the con
vention of 1881, wns omitted In the
new one, and the title of British
I resident was changed to diplomatic
agent, with a restriction of his func
tions to purely consular duties. Com
plete Independence was granted In do
mestic affairs. The western boun
daries of the state were mutually de
termined upon.
Though tho word suzerainty was
dropped, the thing itself was asserted
In one clause, which ran as follows:
"The South African republic will con
clude no treaty or engagement with
any other state or nation than the
orange Free State, nor with any na
tive tribe to the eastward or west
ward of the republic, until the same
has been approved by her majesty the
queen.
It Is to this convention of 18S4 that
all the recent discussions between Kru
ger and Chamberlain had reference.
The failure to mention sovereignty was
interpreted by ruger as meaning that
no sovereignty existed. The omission
wub regaruea uy Chamberlain as leav
ing the status of relations the sann ,i
In 1SSI.
TROUBLE WITH UITLANDERS.
From these days date the beginnings
of the latest developments of relation!)
between the English and tho Boers
the relations which havo led to tho
war. The new wealth of the country,
wealth despised by the Boers, caused
tho Inrush of Ultlanders, men not
wanted by the Boer occupants of tho
land. As in the earlier cases the
policy adopted by England was one
for protection of her trade and the wel
fare of her citizens. Conflict In the
iiituro was discerned.
The discovery of gold In the Trans.
i ,' Cl!nie In 1SS, Jt ,neant 'or that
and what the discovery of the Klmber
ley diamond fields had meant for Cape
Colony The city of Johannesburg was
founded In the center of the gold fields,
and became the headquarters of the
Ultlanders, who rushed in by thou
sands, in tho midst of the race of
Boer farmers, loving their country with
Idolatry and full of peasant virtues and
prejudices, the great system of modern
Industry erected Its temples. Before
many years the Ultlanders numbered
as many as the Boers. Now they are
twice as numerous.
So the problem of the English was
again upon the Boer. "Here are the
foreigners, with all their wealth. They
will demand the franchise which gives
them equality with us, who desplso all
they have and seek. They will outnum
ber us, ond If we let them vote they
will make our government nfter their
own kind. Where will be the things we
love In this life? Where will be our
language, our religion, our home life?
Shall we make them equal to uslo our
ruin, or shall wo risk all to keep thehi
outside of our government?"
The problem was fairly faced, and the
answer was squarely given, with "Oom
a aul" Kruger, president of the repub
lie since 1BS3, as national spokesman.
"Wo will keep all power In the hands
of the Boers. We will let the Ultland
ers remain and make wealth, but we
will take from them in taxes oil that
we need. Wo will make them conform
to our language, our system of educa
tion, our political Institutions, and wo
will be masters In all things."
The faster the Ultlanders came, the
moro rapidly the constitution of the
land, never any too definite, was mold
ed over to concentrate tho power where
the Boers wanted It to stay. A sys
tem of two classes of burghers or citi
zens was worked out. At nresent Its
form Is ns follows: Tho first-class
burghers, who alone enn sit In tho
higher house of the volksraad, com
prise all male whites resident In tho
Transvaal before 1876, or who havo
fought In the principal wars of the
country since then. The children of
bucIi persons receive citizenship at tho
ngo of sixteen. All other persons, nfter
they become naturalized, which Is pos
sible with two years' residence, are second-class
burghers, unless by special
resolutions of the higher raad ad
mitted to full citizenship. The second
class burghers enn vote for minor
ofllcers of the republic, but not for
president or vice-president. They can
vote for members of the lower raad,
but not of the higher, and they can alt
as members "of tho lower raad, but not
In the higher.
PRIVILEGE OF LITTLE VALUE.
As It is the higher raad which has
the full power In the making of laws,
it can bo seen how little the ptlvileg3i
of the second class burghers amount
to. Llttlo as they are, they must avail
to Immigrants, no matter how wealthy
or capable, until, as has been said,
a srocial resolution gives them tha
higher grade of citizenship. Even be
fore this Is secured there are many
hindrances In tho way, as, for In
stance, a qualification of fourteen
years' residence and favorable peti
tion from the full burghers of the ward
in which the applicant resides.
The qualifications foi attaining n full
citizenship have varied from time to
time. At first they Included only a two
years' residence, then this was raUed
to Mve years. Mere recently It has
been made fourteen vears, and there It
still remains pending the settlement of
the present troubles. It must bo no
ticed, however, that tho law gives the
applicant not a right, but n careTully
guarded opportunity of being elected
to full citizenship If the higher raad
approves of him.
As to the character of the Transvaal
government, it should be noted that tha
power Is even more concentrated than
the foregoing description would Indi
cate, for th" small upper raad has
great power, ond the still smaller
council of the president has still great
er power Intrusted to It, while tilts
president himself manages to concen
trate through these bodies almost ab
solute control of the land.
With this machinery for keeping the
Ultlanders out of government It may
well be Imagined that the present con
dition of the laws In the Transvaal
makes plenty for the Boer and much
hardship for the Ultlander. The Ult
landers, who number, ns has been said,
two-thirds of the white population,
pay 95 per cent, of the taxation, accord
ing to the best estimates that can be
made. It was easy for the Boers,
who are nearly all farmers, to arrange
the tax laws so that they would have
such results.
But their grievances are more than
economic ones. A list of them vai
given above, and It Is only necessary
hero to point out how all of them
have arisen from the Boer's belief that
he Is owner of tho land and that he
has a right to make tho Ultlander ser
T iceable to him.
MONOPOLY ON DYNAMITE.
The dynamite monopoly Is an In
stance. In the mining Industries tho
Transvaal needs an Immense amount
of dynamite. Nominally In order to
secure home manufacture of It a mon
opoly was granted. Tho firm, Instead
of manufacturing, imports most of Its
dynamite, supplies a very poor and
dangerous article and has double the
price.
Another monopoly is the Netherlands
railroad, which Is so fostered by tho
government that It change charge from
twelve to fifty times as much for haul
ing freight as is charged In the United
States.
The Insistence on the Duth language,
or rather the Transvaal dialect of it,
being used In all the schools Is a great
cause of trouble to English residents,
for they can find no means of giving
their children such education at homo
as they would wish. The later move
ments on the part of President Kru
ger's government, the gagging of the
expression of public opinion nnd the
disarming of the Ultlanders, are only
minor steps in making secure the fruits
of what his system of laws and ad
ministration has accomplished.
Most of the Ultlanders are, of course,
English, nnd England conceives it has
a right to protect its emigrants nnd
citizens from such Impositions as these.
Joseph Chamberlain touched on this
point in one of his great speeches on
tho Transvaal question, Justifying tho
right of intervention. Chamberlain
Justified the right of Intervention,
firstly, because It was the right of
every civilized power to protect its
own subjects; secondly, because Great
Britain had tho right of intervention
under the convention as to the suzer
ain nove: nnd thirdly, because tha
convention had been broken in letter
and in spirit.
In the Transvaal tho I'ltlandors have
grown moro nnd more dissatisfied with
their position, but, tied as they havo
been by their beln? disarmed, and by
their great properties, which lie de
fenceless nt the hands of the Boer,
they have dared do nothing.
RELIEF PETITIONS SCORNED.
Their monster petitions for relief
have been laughed at by tho volksraad
and cast contemptuously aside. An oc
casional project for reform came up,
but either Kruger or the members of
tho raad saw to It that It was early
killed.
All tlie lime the Transvaal went on
drilling Its soldiers and perfecting in
firmament. War talk was heard from
time to time In the Transvaal as well
as In England, nnd In August. 1307,
President Kruger, In an address to tho
volksraad, openly denied that England
possessed any rights of sovereignty
over the country. No particular In
cident excited much wiath, however,
until tho murder of an Englishman,
Ergar, by a Boer policeman In Decem
ber, 18f8. Tho Ultlanders found It ut
terly Impossible to get Justice for tho
crime.
In March last Joseph Chamberlain
brought the Transvaal situation 'prom
inently before the house of commons.
Ho said that President Kruger had
promised reforms, but that none of his
proposals Mould be satisfactory. Tho
offers to modify the mining laws and
to reduce tho period for acquiring full
burghershlp from fourteen to nine
years, ho said, would bo unsatisfac
tory. What Is wanted, ho Insisted, was
tho granting of real municipality to Jo.
hnnnesburg, with control of Its own
educational system and civil police.
In another speech during the same
month he defined tho right of Interven
tion In tho Transvaal which England
had, limiting It to cases In which the
convention of 1884 had been violated,
or In which English subjects had been
treated In such manner as would glvo
cause for Intervention If they were resi
dents of some Independent foreign
country, ns France or Germany.
Ho added, however, In accordance
with his Imperialistic views: "Then
there Is only one other case. Wo can
make friendly recommendations to tho
Transvaal for tho benefit of South
Africa generally and In the Interests
of peace,"
March 24 a petition, which had been
signed by over 20,000 British subjects
in the Transvaal, wob forwarded to tho
British government through Conyng
hom Greene, the British agent at Pre
toria. It dealt with political grievances
only, and aimed to show that the Boers
were continually making existence
hnider for tho Ultlanders. A body
known ns tho Ultlander council was
formed, and Its communications with
Sir Alfred Mllner, governor of Cnpo
Colony, met with a favorable response.
Since then the Boer has been Eng
land's chlefest concern. .Negotiations,
until very lately, had been continu
ously in progress, In the hope of secur
ing a peaceful settlement of the
troubles, hut they only resulted In pro
ducing a firmer and more emphatic as
sertion of his position by President
Kruger; and now the whole contro
versy Is being ndjusted by war.
RAILROADS OF THE WORLD.
Total Length and How Distributed
Among Various Countries.
From Engineering
The length of line In operation In
Eurone nt the close of 1S97 was esll-
I lmted at 164,4C"i miles, as compared
I with 149,048 miles at the closi : 1S03.
I The length of line In operation In Noith
i and South America ut tho close of
i 1SS7 was 237,740 miles, as compared
with 225,526 miles at the close of 1S0S.
! The length of lino In operation In Asia
1 at the close of 1897 was 31,102 miles.
I as compared with 23,809 at the close
of 1893. The length of line in operation
-in Africa at the close of 1897 was 9,967
miles, as compared with 7,763 miles nt
the close of 1893. The length of line
In Australasia at the close of 1897 was
I 11,383 miles, as compared with 13,249
miles at the close of 1893. The length
' of line In operation throughout tho
j world nt the close of 1897 was, accord
I Ingly, 457,039 miles, as compared with
419.933 miles nt the close of 1S93.
The total of 164,406 miles, represent
ing the extent of line In operation In
Europe at the close of 1S97, was mado
up as follows: Germany, 30.072 miles;
Austria and Hungary, 21,012 miles;
Great Britain, 21.528 miles; France, 25,
S3S miles; Belgium, 3,690 miles; the
Low Countries, 1,955 miles; Switzer
land, 2,278 miles; Spain, 6,822 miles;
Portugal. 1,473 miles; Denmark, 1,389
miles; Norway, 1,211 miles; Sweden,
6,335 miles; Servla, 356 miles; Rou
mnnia, 1.S00 miles; Greece, 595 miles;
Turkey, 1,596 miles; Malta, Jersey and
the Isle of Man. C9 miles.
The 237,740 miles representing the ex
tent of line in operation In North and
South America was made up thus:
United States, 1S5.465 miles; Canada,
16,791 miles; Newfoundland, 569 miles:
Mexico, 7,341 miles; Central America,
648 miles; Colombia, 348 miles; Cuba,
1.111 miles; Venezuela, 637 miles; San
Domingo, 117 miles; Brazil, 8,713 miles;
Argentina, 9,842 miles; Paraguay, 1,125
miles; Chill, 2,678 miles; Peru, 1,011
miles; Bolivia, 625 miles; Ecuador, 1S7
miles; British Guiana, 21 miles; and
the West Indies, 685 mlle3.
The 31,102 miles of line in operation
In Asia at the close of 1897 were dis
tributed as follows: British India,
21,137 miles; Ceylon, 29S miles; Turkey
In Asia, 1,568 miles; Russia in Asia,
3.321 miles; Persia. 33 miles; the Dutch
Indies, 1,301 miles; Japan, 2,520 miles;
Portuguese India, 51 miles; Malay
Archipelago, 161 miles; China, 301
miles; Slam, 168 miles; and Cochin
China, 239 miles. The 9,967 miles of
lino In operation in Africa at the close
of 1897 were made up thus: Egypt,
1,776 miles; Algeria and Tunis, 2,721
miles; Cape Colony and Natal, 2,271
miles; Transvaal, 461 miles; Orange
Free State, 713 miles; Mauritius, the
Congo, tho Soudan and other states,
2,033 miles. The 14,383 miles of line
In operation in Australasia at the close
of 1897 wero made up thus: New
Zealand, 2,205 miles; Victoria, 3,146
New South Wales, 2,739 miles; South
Australia. 1.S9S miles; Queensland,
2,438 miles; Tasmania, 477 miles;
Western Australia, 1.36S miles; and
Oceania, S8 miles.
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The following prices, which we ore
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The goods are the finest grade and
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Fine Diamond Bines" at J5.00, worth
110.00.
Solid Gold Band Illncs at 11.23, worth
J3.D0.
Solid Gold Band Rings at $1.00, worth
12.25,
"bold Filled Cuff Buttons, 60c, worth
J1.23.
Cuff Buttons, previous prices 1.00, now
87c.
Gent's Solid Silver Watch, Elgin move
ment, (3.50.
Ladles' Sterling Silver Watches, worth
JO. 50, now $3.75.
Gent's Nickel Watches, S. W., price
J3.B0, now $1.75.
Rogers Bros'. Spoons, warranted, 60c.
Rogers Bros'. Butter Knives, Sugar
Spoons, Pickle Forks, 37c., previous price
75c.
Ladies' Solid Gold Watch, Elifln move,
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Ladles' Gold Filled Watches at $3.50,
worth $15.00.
We also havo about three hundred La.
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7Ic will closo them at 10c. each.
Special sale now going on at Davldow
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Extra Heavy Solid Silver Thimbles at
ISc.
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20 cents each for Friday.
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complete until the Turkish towels hang on the
racks. They're the real comfort, the genuine
luxury of the bath. The man who invented
them deserves to Dcwcy-ized.
This lot which we are going to sell on Fri
day are unbleached, particularly large in size
you can wrap up in one of them if you wish
and on many other occasions you've scrambled
for them at fifteen cents.
Better come early if you wish to share in
this towel bargain. There's only two and a half
hundred of them and they won't last long.
Women's Overgaiters.
14 cents the pair on Friday.
There's more real comfort and health in
these Overgaiters than one can imagine if they've
never worn them.
An old physical law tells us to keep our feet
warm and we keep the body warm. The com
fortable shoes help to be sure, but the overgaiters
add the necessary finishing touches.
They are made of best quality felt, in black
only and arc seven buttons high high enough
to offer every protection from cold to the wearer.
Most stores think them cheap at half a dol
lar. They are much below cost at fourteen cents.
Do not look for them on Saturday for they'll all
be gone when Friday night comes.
Torchon and Val Laces.
3J cents the yard on Friday.
The price is so small you can hardly see it.
You'll wonder, too, how it can be so when you
see the laces.
Most of them are machine-made Torchons
in edgings and insertings though in the lot are
quite a number of pieces of the delicately woven
Valenciennes kind.
Some of them have been S cents and ten
cents the yard, while others have sold as low
as five cents, though worth more.
You may carry away all you wish on Fri
day at lU cents there's enough to reach from
here to Olyphant.
Children's Dress Aprons.
21 cents on Friday.
All sizes from two to fourteen years.
Several styles of course. Among them arc
pretty striped muslin effects with full ruffles back
and front, prettily edged with lace.
Another style is of plain lawn of fine quality
with very full yoke. The epaulettes over
shoulders are artistically trimmed with lace.
Still another style of lawn is' finished with
very full ruffles; the entire front being of open
work embroidery.
You'll marvel at the price-lowncss of these
aprons.
If it wasn't for Friday you'd never buy them
at twenty-one cents of that you may be sure.
Women's Cashmere Gloves.
1!i cents the pair for Friday.
Black Caslimcre, fleece lined. Think of it.
We anticipate a rush on Friday that will put
to shame all previous sales in this best of all
glove stores.
This story concerns a great purchase of
Cashmere Gloves by us enough to keep warm
many, many pairs of hands during the cold win
ter that we're in for.
In any regular way they'd be cheap at twenty-five
cents.
One thing certain there'll be no more this
winter at l.'l cents after Friday.
All sizes, carefully made and finished, beau
tifully lined. Solid black.
JONAS LONG'S SONS.
Fine Gilt Top Books.
1 7 cents each on Friday.
When the publisher made these books, he
tells us he figured close that they might be sold
at thirty cents. ,
Little did he understand how we sell books
yet fifty cents would be no out-of-the-way price
for this lot.
You have never seen them here; they arc
brand new (came in Monday). 12 mo. size, print
'cd from large type on book paper, bound in silk
finished binder's cloth, stamped in genuine gold;
double head bands, hand burnished gilt tops,
library style.
Among the hundred titles arc the following:
Abbo Constantly The.
Arabian Night's Entertain
ment. Adam Bcde.
Aesop's Fables.
Alhumbra.
Anderson's Fairy Tales.
Arilath.
Astoria
Bacon's Esrays.
Black Beauty.
Bondmen, The.
Bracebrlilge Hall.
Character.
Children of the Abbey.
Child's History of England.
Count of Monto Cristo, The.
Crayon Pipers, The.
Daniel Dernnda.
Deemster, The.
Deerslnycr, T.''0.
Donovan.
Don Quixote.
Dream Life.
Drumniond's Addresses.
Duty.
Bust Lvnne.
Edmund Dantes.
Egyptian Prlncesr, An.
Felix Holt.
First Violin. The.
Grimm's Fairy Tales.
Gulliver's Travels.
Handy Ar.dy.
Hardy Noi soman, A.
House of Seven Gables.
Hpatln.
Imitation of Christ.
Ironmaster, The
Ivanhoe.
.Tano Eyre.
John Halifax.
Kcnllworth.
Knickerbocker History of
New York.
Lamplighter, The.
Last Days of Pompeii.
Extra Warm Blankets.
SP. cents the pair for Friday.
This for a lot of Blankets which you did not
buy when they were marked $l.lu, principally
because they are white ones, though they have
' deep and rich colored borders.
We think you'll bay them now at 8.1 cents
for the quality is much superior to any you've
ever seen at much more money.
They are 11-1 size, which means that they
reach the extreme largeness of blanket making.
They arc soft, smooth and downy. TKere'll be
no need to curl up a bit in order to get in under
one of these.
About one hundred pairs are to go at this very
special Friday price.
We wish there were five hundred of them
it would enable so many more of you to be
pleased.
. Novelty Dress Goods..
15 cents the yard on Friday.
Dress goods that for three weeks back have,
easily brought thirty cents the yard.
A bargain that you'll long remember; wd
can give no other excuse for this tremendous,
price cut.
The lot includes a choice variety of new
novelty checks tiny woven effects in bright
and lustrous colors, along with some fancy mix
tures. ,t
While the manufacturer evidently, had in
mind's eye children's dresses when he designed
this lot, they would indeed be considered very
choice for warm and pretty waists for grown
folks.
Anyway they're
in securing some
that are here for
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JONAS LONG'S SONS.
Friday Sales.
us every Friday from
better.
the
Lorna Doorc.
Luclle.
Madcap Violet
Mlddlemarch.
Mlcah Clarke.
Mill on the Floss, The.
Mosses From an Old Manse.
Oliver Twist.
Our Mutual Friend.
Pathfinder. The.
Pilgrim's Progress, The.
Robinson Crusoe.
Romance of Two Worlds, A.
Romola.
Scarlet Letter. The.
Scottish Chiefs.
Self Help.
Sesame and Lilies.
Sign of the Four, The.
Silas Mnrr.er.
Sketch Book.
Story of an African Farm.
Study in Scarlet, A.
Swiss Family Robinson.
Thnddeus of Warsaw.
Thnlmn.
Threo Guardsmen, The.
Thrift.
Elllylojs Scandal.
Tom Brown's School Days.
Tom Brown at Oxford.
Tour of tho World in 80
Days.
Twenty Thousand Leagues
Under the Sen.
Twenty Years After.
Vanltv Fair.
Vendetta.
Vlear of Wakefield and
Ttasselas.
Vlcomte do Bragolonne.
We Two.
Wblio Company. The.
Wide. Witlo World. The.
Wo Wlfle.
Wooed nnd Married.
Wormwood. ""
cheap and you can't gp amj'ss, ',(
.of the fourteen hundred yards
Friday.
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