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THE SCR ANTON TRIBUNE-TUESDAY, FEBRUARY G, 1900.
ONE MAN WHO HAS
ESCAPED CRITICISM
CAREER AND METHODS OF
LEONARD WOOD.
Won His Spurs, It Is Snld, by
Knocking Down General Miles.
Trained In Warfare on the Western
PlainsThe Most Popular Man In
Cuba.
l-'tom th" WiirhliiRton Star.
Nonolillerveho over Beiveil the- I'nltel
States lias rlen to fume unit luii
(ained Its reuutilH tnoie: lapltllv' than
(lenei.il Leonard Wood, the new mili
tary Kovi'tnor of Cuba. It l tin1 curt
of Hiti'ii'ss t lut t may will be c.ilh'tl
elnzzllntf. AUIioukIi buitly pant thlity
nine year a of iikp, Wood Is a major
general. oceuplnK the most Inipoilant
post, with ono exception. In the Klft of
the War 1'epui tment. Ij."s than two
years ni?o ho nuK a plain usttant
itriuy HitiRcon with the tank of mptaln.
In still that of captain. When he be
came colonel of the Hough Klders In
May. 1S0S. he vvnx absolutely unknown
outside f his L'lielc of ft lends In the
army and In Washington.
His brilliant dush at I.as Ou.itntn.is
made hint n brlRadlcr general, and the
llKht of San Juan hill, In which he
commanded a brigade, hroURht him the
Koveniorshlp of the city of Santiago,
lleio his temaikable. tutlvlties In the
quelling of i lots, the feeding of thons
unils of starving Cubans, In stuet
cleaning. In fumigating, In battling
with dlM'MNe, made his fame ivimi In
limit lliltiitn and bintight him the
goetnorshl of the riitlro pi-ovlnie of
Santiago, together with an appoint
ment of .1 major gencial, which he held
until the atmy was icoiganlzed, whin
he bee unit a bilgadlu gdietal. And
only the other day he was again made
major geni'ial and as-lgnrd to the
chali In vvhli-h Vojlir .it ho long at
the palate In liav.in.i. This t.neer I
all tlte more iem.uk.iblo beialise Wool
staited as a singion-Miut-dtlo of the
active line of .seilie Only a f-v
medical ullheis ever have ieaeh"d high
pliues In the Hue, anil not one ever be
foie bte.ime .1 majot gelui.il. Hllg.ulicr
liciinal A .1. M.vtT. onie chief of the
signal seivlio. lose liuin the medical
seivlre: so did iienei.il S W. Craw
ford and iletiui.il Thomas I.avvsoti and
theie the list ends, so fat as gtneia'.s
nie contented.
IX A HAM) SCHUUl..
Wood received his nillltaiy ttalnlng
in the haulest school of the s.oivlie
the Indian nuintiy of the far south
west. Years before the Hough Hldeis
weie thought of Wood was past muster
of the art of tough tiding.
Hunt, lit vvlm,vv llh Captain Livvton of
the Kouith Cavaliy. who us a major
general was recently killed In the
Philippines, bt ought In Octonlmo, the
Apaihe, at the end of one of the most
illtllrult Indian expedition, that ever
fell to the lot of the Aimikan soldier.
The hardships of this put suit, whlth
leached many hundred mllis Into the
mountains of Old Mi-iio, can li.mlly
be oveiestimated. Wood, although not
then legulaily an ollhoi lu the at my,
lielng only a. i ontraet sutgeon, toin
manded the Infantry of the expedition,
us well as, at tinns, the Indian scouts.
So notable et, his achievements that
Congiess presented him with a medal
for distinguished seivlee. It was the
ti. lining In rhls Indian campaign that
led to the vletosj in the Jungles of
Cuba and plated Wood 111 u position
tn at quire fuither institution as soon
as oppoitunity should offer.
Although Wood possesses i.uc talent
lu his chosen piofcsslon of mtilkllie.
having been graduated with Illinois
fnun the Haivaltl Medical St haul, and
later seivlng as oflli-l.il phv hit Ian to
PiesUlent Cleveland and to President
McKlniev, he Is by n.ituie a lighter, a-d
it has bun his ambition fioui his
e.ullest tla.vs to lllid a pinto ill the ac
tive line of the seivlie.
HOW m: AVON mim:s' FAVOR
Curiously enough, he won favor
with the t ommandlng genei.il of his
department, now Major Oenor.il Miles,
by knocking him down. II was this
way: When young Wood cntued the
army he was as strong as an n and
he possessed the endurance of a Sioux
Indian. He was then, as he Is today.
Immensely powerful of shouldeis nntl
arms, with a shott, thlik netk and
stuidy legs. Fioni his boyhood he ha 1
piattlced running and walking, and
during his school career at Itoston he
had practlted boxing until he had be
come proficient In the ait. Uoxlng
was a favoilte sport at the heailiitur
teis of the department of California
nnd Miles was proud of his boxing.
At first the young surgeon, who was
by nature shy. diffident and low
voiced, took no pan In the sport. One
night, however. Miles Invittd him to
tome up, ussiuing him that lie (Miles)
was a hard hitter, but that he would
take into consideration the opponent's
youth, and so on, and so on. If there)
Is one thing that would have stirred
up Wood's boxlg blood it was Just
mch a remark. As the story Is now
told, the sparring was fast and l'u
lious, and resulted In General Mile
getting much the worst of it. Hut
Miles wus then, ac ho Is now, veiy
much of a soldb r. with a keen ndmlr
ntlon for the finalities of grit and de
termination, even If he suffered by
those qualities, and Wood betame his
warm personal friend as well ns ph sl
cian. DIHKCT AND HONKST.
My nature Ocneial Wood Is "fear
fully direct" the chaijcterizatlon of
one of his friends. He Is duect nnd
honest, like Hoosovelt. and yet ther
never was a man who learned the dif
ficult lesson of taetfulntss more 'thor
oughly. Not long ago a New Vmk
newspaper commented on the fact
that theru were only two men of
Make the Hair Grow
With warm banuoM of Ccticok a aoAr and
light dreulogiot Ccticuiu, pureitof emol
lient skin cures, Tbl treatment at onct
atopi falling hair! removes cruiti, icale, and
dandruff, soothes Irritated, lulling surfaces,
stimulate tba hair folllUei, supplies tlia
roots with energy and nourishment, and
make the hair grow whajnjill else fails.
AvVAm
ptotnliipnc' who came out of tin? war
wholly without unfavorable ciltlchtn
Dewey and Wood. When Wood wau
appointed major general last mouth
he was confirmed by tongiess without
u illwntlni? voice.
Wood ruled with the power of a
ernr In Santiago, and yet he Is prob
ably the most popular man In Cuba,
with Cubuns as well as with foreign
er, Ills appointment as mllltnty
governor was received with enthtislnsin
by cvety paper of prominence In the
Island. This was due to Wool's futil
ity of tact fulness, which, It seems,
came to him with his medical training.
A doctor must know how to manage
people. Th"ic are any number of In
stances showing with what consum
mate skill he managed the Cubans.
One of the most dllllcuK influences In
all SpinlsH-Amerlean countries Is the
chuieli. In Cuba It wan vetv power
ful, and Wood saw that It would h
neiessaiy to handle. It with meat c.tie.
Itiasmtith as It was naturally oppos .1
to the Amet leans ns bthig the power
which patted the church and state
ii tul divested the nithhlshop of his ac
customed revenues. Wood made It Ills
business to become personally a--tiualr.ted
with the priests, to look at
the ilPlli tittles fioni their point of
view, and when the new arehblsl.op
of Santiago vmih appointed. Wood w is
asked, to the mupiWt of every on-,
tti take n prominent phi'-e In the ttluin
phal procession. He expected that It
would be merely a matter of a brief
iiiulage ilile fiotn the palace, mound
the pl.ta to the eathedtul, but wlun
the pioccslon hid Stat ted lie
found that u place hail been
made for him under the euii
opy with the uithblshop. And he
niai thed all the way iliiough, no doubt
thlnglng of his old Puiit.iu aiuesnus
In New Ungl.ind. Sliu e tin n Won 1
ha? had no bottet lrletids than th"
chinch dlsnltailcs.
DIJALINO WITH Till: HDITOHS.
He deilt with that tvpltal Cuban In
stitution, the agitating edltol, with the
same wisdom. Santiago Is the hotbed
of Cub in icvolutlon. Hvety Cuban
Instil let tion has had Its ntlgln within I
lllty miles of the city of Santiago. And ,
iln- moiithplete of the Cuban Insiiigciit
Is the aultatlng cillliii". After th"
Americans i nine Into power this fiinc- I
Hon n v was for a tlnir devoid of a
puipee-o in life. The Spaiil.utls were
gone .mil the agitating piper no longer
tluivetl. It was n.itutal. theteloie. that
the editor should evintuallv begin an
assault on the Ametle.ui.i So liltti r
weie the att.ie.ks that many ieldents
of the city advised General Wood to
sllppit"-s these papeis, but the gencial
knew the mistake of making mart y is.
So lie s-enl for the most lolent of th.
edltois.
"You may say an thing you pleae
about me personally," ho said in his
quiet wuv. "but the niomtlit vou at
tack the government I shall put vou
in Mono Castle and keep 4.011 there."
Another one of these edltois had
suggested "going to the hills," which
in Cuba means rebellion. Wood sent
for him. too, and told him that the
sooner he went to the hills the better
It would be for his own safety, and he
said It "o seiloiisly that the next day
the editor did go to the hills, alone,
and ho has slnte canst tl no trouble.
P.VIDHNCi: OF TACT,
(iciieial Wood has made pat tliT.lur
effoits to Hud out the leal sentiment
of the Cuban people and to govern his
ollkial acts actoidlngly. With a peo
ple of the thaiacter of the Cubans, so
long accustomed to saying one thing
to the cruel Spanish oltlteis and dnln r
another, and by uatuie suspli ions,
this was paiticul.uly tlillit till, ami
iener.il Wood's populaiity in the Is
land Is the hist attestation of his sue
es. One ot his aids told me tint
whin General Wood was on bis tiipH
of Inspection he made In tin invulable
lille to dine with the liKal otllelals and
to talk muth with them. It some times
happened, therefoif, that Wood and
two or tluee members of the st.itf
would sit tlow 11 to tllnnei with a table
full of bl.it k men, with whom he would
dliectly be on the btst pes' llilo teim-.
In his otlk'iil contenntes Geneial
Wood communicates almost whollv
tluough an Intel pieter. but for filend
ly conversation he can get along thor
oughly well In Spanish. Indeed, he his
suipii'-ed more than one Cuban bv his
undei standing of the language, icply
Ing to remarks that were not Intended
for hk ens. Not long ago l.e wii
spending a day sho itlng guinea fowl
back in the Jungle. While he was iest
ing a number of nitlvts g.itheied
aiound, not knowing that he was the
governor of the piovinte. and after
suine general tonvcisation he askM
them what they thought of the publi
cations in the 1 evolutionary fiapcis.
The spokesman of the party made an
swer In one of those inimitable Span
ish epigrams: "The editor?, they wilte
to eat. We woik: we nte satisfied."
Furthermoie, Wood surrounded him
self with Cubans In Ills ofllce. He
tiusts them perfectly and they trust
him perfeetlv. As a consequence no
officer In the Island knows the natives
mote thoioughly than he.
NOT AFRAID OF WOHK.
Wood Is an cstiaordlnailly hard
worker. He Is up eaily In the morn
ing and fiequently visits seveial hospl
ta's. the Jail or the matket before he
1 caches his olllte at S yo o'clock or
nioie. He Is icadlly accessible to 1 leh
and poor, and his extraotdlnuiy phy
sical endurance enables him 10 se
manv people and attend to the thous
and and one tilng details of such an
ofllce and do eveiv thing well. Indeed,
lu appears to do a gieat many un
necessaiy things, that Is, unnecesaiy
things fiom the stilct viewpoint of
duty. He goes at the woik of Im
piovement In all suits of lines because
It Interests him peisonally. His mot
to Is "No eneigy Is loat to the unl
vtise." Take one example The Cu
ban Is by natuie nunc or less slip
shod In his way of doing things. Wood
N thoiough, with a thoioughness that
Is an unfulllng nstonlshment to th"
native. I staved In a hotel that was
Just being reoccupled after an epi
demic of yellow lever. The piopiletor
was telling me how Wood's men ha 1
done the fumigating.
"Why," he said, "they squlited thclt
disinfectants under the tiles of th"
roof," That was something that no
one of Spanish blood would ever have
thought of doing.
Wood has few ellveislons, his woi'k
Is his greatest pleasuie, although Tic
gets keen enjoyment fiom ildlng his
big giay horse tluough the tommy
he Is a nutuial born rldei or from
Inspecting the various parts ot his
piovlnces on a transpoit. Ho also
reads a good deal, books of hlstoiy,
nillltaiy lore and an occasional novel,
FAVORS CUBAN SOLDIERS.
Of the government of Cuba he has
his own definite, though simple, plans.
Ho believes lu icmovlng laigely the
Anieilcan troops from the island and
substituting a number of uglments
enlisted from among the Cubans them-
Great Sale of Towels Tuesday.
An Important purchase of towels the "clean-up" of a jobber's stock sives you
the opportunity today of choosinp; from two uncommonly good lots at prices which rep
resent but a small fraction of their actual worth.
8c Huck Towels, 4c These are of good size, extra heavy quality, nicely made,
finished wiih fringe at ends and topped with fancy colored borders. Worth fully 8c
just half price.
1 6c Honeycomb Towels, loc One of the best lots that ever entered this store.
Woven in genuine honeycomb fashion some people prefer them to the Turkish kind
made and finished. Very large full 22x54 inches in size and well worth 16c. Only
today Tuesday at 10c.
Sewing
Machines
You seldom hear us talk
of them they sell them
selves. Under another name
thousands have bought the
same machine and paid
fiom 40 to $65 for it.
You save all fancy profits
when you buy here.
Five styles.
Pi ices begin at 17.46.
Let us show you.
pelves. This Is no men theory, for
befon he venttlieil to silKRest slltll a
Mhenie to the war tlep.u Intent he liau
aeluiillycxpeiliuentMlvvlthlt in Sjlltla
Ko by the enlistment of a small com
pany of men mulct the Renei.il rules of
the U111 al (jtiml, and et ililllcd and
olllceietl as an Anieilcan triinpany
would have h.-en He found what
Minn t titles have denied, that the Cu
bans wile niKi 1 soldiers .lip! le.ullly
amenable to the Mi let discipline of
Amcritau atmy life. Ills Ide.i Is to
have a number of such letjlments ofll
ceicd. In the higher places, at least,
bv Aliici leans. Thc.se could occupy
the foits and other points of xantaRC,
and lie has eonlldciue enough In the
Cubans themselves to ptomle peace
In the Island. With this sj'Mrm of
military occupation theie would need
to be at the head of the Manit an hon
est Ameilc.in. whose thief ollice would
bo to keep the bad Cubans out of pow
er and tne roo ones In until such
time as the pood Cubans could conttol
the government. He believes that
Dl.iz of Mexico Is thf Ideal ruler of n
Spanish-Aniciitau count! y stionK and
honi'st and sle.ulv.
iwiumu: A ClUMK.
'.Suet ess," ho Mlil',""Ih so easy that
It Is a ci line to fall."
He will now have an oppoitunity of
ttliiR his poweis on the whole Island
of Cuba. Ills appointment showed an
c.sttaotdlnaiy amount of confidence In
htm on the pan of the admlntstia
flop at Washington, for If he should
fall the blame would fall on the piesl
dent. because he had appointed so
ouur a man and appointed him at
the ept use of so many older officers
In the atmy. Hut Wood will not fall:
he Is not the kind of a man who fails.
KING'S BROKEN PROMISE
Victor Emmanuel Repays a Peasant
Whose Life lie Endangered.
1'rom the Outlook.
Victor Kmmauiicl, King of Italy was
fond of hunting antl went to the niouii
tains to enjoy this sport. He often was
fai in adv. nice of his paity and met
with adventutts tint amused him
Rteatlj One day he found
alone mi the mountains and
hlmsolt
with a
stltam to eioss which Was tuibulent.
He was too Rood a hunter not to rec
ognise thf dancer of wading in a
stieiiu so deep and whlth he did not
know While looking at the stUMin,
and eiutstlonlng what he would do, ,
veiy tall, stiong man came through
the woods to tho Htieam. "You must
1 arty me over!" said the King. The
man icfused unless he was paid, They
agictil on the price, the man stipulat
ing that his passenger must ill pet
fettly still If he moved, he would
tluow hlin In the water.
The king agreed. The man stooped,
the king mounted his shoulders as th
baby does papa s, and they started
m 1 us-.. ,iien 111 muisiream uic King
Kin wuuuieu uuoui ins ejog. icsi no
""ui.i iiui iuiiuw. mm lumen lu iooh.
, , , :
angry, and declared
u"T"U.l,e VU ?"'
-V ! mhii iv-lj uiiqii Itlie UH.IUM i
ii.i 111 u n i-:i b vnriF n nTryj' einn rit.niiif.i.i
he would drop hi
water. The king
man went on. When they i cached the
other side the man demanded douhl
pay. "I-'oi," he said, "you put both our
lives In danger when ou turned." The
king thought the demand was Just, and
paid It.
"Is theie .instiling else I tan do fur
vouV" asked the king.
To this the man replied: "I have
long wanted a donkey. If I had a,
donkey I tould ssll my vegetables In
Tut in. It Is a good maiket."
"Would not a hotse be bettei?"
(fuelled the king,
"No," was the man's icply. 'The
donkey could lives In tho tow shed, Tho
horse must have a. stable. I have no
money." The next day the man was
working In his fields when his wife
tailed to him that the king had sent
him a hoise and a bag of money. The
man laughed at the Idea. "Why. the
king did not know him."
The wife l-islsted that the man should
come to the house, There the king's
messengeis told him who it was he car
ried over the stieani: that the king
lealUed the danger he had plai ed t'le
man In when eioswlng the stieam, and
tho horse and money to build n stable
weie the king's letonipense for fotget
ting for a moment his ptomlse.
Long afterwaid, on the occasion af
state, the k,lng was In Turin. The mnn
to whom the king hud given the hoisy
and the money for a stuble waited till
the king's can l.ige t ame. when ho
lushed out Into the stteet and thanked
the king and pointed to the hotse lint
nes,sed to a cult (Hied with vegetables.
An Editor's Life Saved by Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy.
Dm Ing the eaily pan of October, U90,
I cuntiactfd a bad cold which settled
on my lungs and was neglected until
1 feat til that consumption had ap
pealed in an Incipient state. I was con
stantly coughing and trying to eMiel
.something whlth I could not. I btcuum
alaimcd nnd after giving the lni.il
dot tor a trial bought a bottle ot Chain
bciluln's Cough Iteniedy and the result
was Immediate Improvement, and after
I had used three bottles my lungs weie
restored to their healthy stutiv H. S.
ndwnnls, Publisher of The Rev leu,
Wyunt, III. Kor sale by all druggists,
Matthews Hi oh'., Wholesale and Itet'tll
BKents.
Women
Will bo particularly Interested In
our big uunouutcmciit to them on
Wednesday and
Thursday
Which will chronicle it 11 event thev
have loolteil forvwinl to Uth an
umiMual amount of hitctcyt nntl
anticipation.
Jonas
COURTING IN MEXICO.
Conditions Which Make tho Tele
phono a Useful Auxiliaiy.
Tiom the Mexican Herald.
To begin with, it la clear the condi
tions of society are unite distinct with
these people. The custom of carrying
on .1 com (ship, ttndi r the window ot
youi mlstiess, as often as not, too,
without the knowledge of her patents.
Is entlicly tho coned thing. In any
other country this would be lllitatlou
tallied to .111 extieme, but not so In
Mexlto. Wheie custom sanctions,
theie is nothing more to bo said; and
alter all It scans to bo lu tho veiy
ulr.
Young women in Mexico nie not pet
nilttetl anything like the fieedom their
more fortunate sisters In Ungland and
America tnjoy. Here again, there I
a good reason for this. In former
'ilavs the lountry, us every one knows,
was In a most tetrible unsettled state.
Co only a shoi t distance out of Mexi
co and you will se tho most evident
proofs of this In the heavily built sur
i minding walls of many of tho hacien
das. These walls are In some cases
loopholed for inttskeliv. Somo of
thee. picturesque old plfrs uro verit
able fortresses and aie pctftctly self
tontalned, with their minder, or vvoteh
tower, petchtd up on an angle of the
wall, and the quaint little tlomo of the
1 c.iplll.i showing tluough the trees.
Those weie feudal days, nnd the sre.it
landowners had their retainers about
them on their estates. This vvaa neces
saiy. for the people were ever on the
.licit against armed Invasion. The
1 io.nU were unsafe ami hrlginds
I swarmed over the land fiom end to
end.
Is It surprising then that under these
circumstances the Mexicans .should
have learned to guard their women i
safelv within the walls of their hac
iendas? Hesldes, apart from tho din
ger of bandits and robbers, vhie".i
lnvo nlwavs existed, tho history ot
this count! y has been one lone suc
cession of meitiless i evolutions, party
against paity, foielgn Interventions-,
and o foitti. AYat and u volution do
not cettainlv bting with them muth
sccuiitv for women. Mn iver It must
1 li' icmembtieil that thesj customs
have tin even older oiigin. The people
sue Spanish, and, theieiore, to a great
extent Moorish. It is undoubtedly a
tact that iei.l of the oldest families
in Melto today have u stiun-j Jlooi
lsh sttain. handed down In nil piofo
nhllity by Andilui.tn nncetiy. An
dalusia, us most people art nwate, re
tain., in .1 most rmikrd manner manv
i of the old Meoilsh customs and ttadl-
tlons. Tho Moots have left their tle
i'nd?nts In that pait of the inuntiy.
and many a daik. almoicl-ced Andi
lul.m Henoiit.i. languidly watching
the crowd below. Ir. some old stieet of
ftianada, through the heally haired
vinAflcli ln,1ni. I 11c thnronchlv iln
1 oilentil typo as any ou will see In
lt I:aslt 0n0 Moorish cunom which
, ronvlns r this country Is that of
,.,., .,, iian,i to caH a servant
clapping me nanes can n wrvimi.
T, ,s s cclt!llnv ot Spanish or Mtc-
The mann-r in which a love affair
- -
commences is iinitu interesting antl in
this, as In every other mutUr In Mexi
co, theie Is a tight and wrong way of
getting about It. In the first Instance,
the meeting between the man and the
gill is quite atcldental. Possibly he
Is passing In the street and sees her
in the window. Mutual lnteiest Is
aroused, and then there you have the
comment ement of as pretty a coutt
ship as vou tould wish for. and one
that is thoioughly Mexican.
Now the usual way for the joiing
man. one would think, would be to get
un "Intioductlon." Wo Kngllsh nlmost
look upon an Intioductlon as sacred.
This, however. Is not at all necessary,
and In most eases It Is possible that
the man knows something about the
gill befuiehand. Having decided that
he would like to cany on am affair
with her. his first move Is In some
manner or other to send her his card
nccompanled by a declaration of his
ailmliatlon. If he has been very much
fascinated, a poem Is pel haps tid
diessed to the fair one. I must not
fuiget to mention that It Is a veiy
usual thing for the gentleman to
nsk the lady for some token by which
ho may know sho deItcs to counten
ance in his suit. Pei haps he icquests
het to wear a led tone In her hair, or
ptihaps It may bo that he earnestly
lio;,'s the senoilta to tluow him some
particular flower fiom hei window
when he comes to learn his fate.
Theie are tnnny and numeious other
wnvs of starting a lovo affair and the
Ingenuity sometimes displayed Is veiy
amusing. Then is one factor In pat
tlculur which Is fuvoiublo to lovets
lu this countiy, and that Is the clev
erness of the servants. Theie Is no
man who understands tho fine points
ot an Intiigue better than your teal
genuine MonIchii mozo, and ho will
tluow himself in a perfectly whole
heat ted manner Into your plots and
help ou out of the most unexpected
dltllcultles. All praise to the niotu!
He never Intrudes; but at tho iame
time ho Ir muy slmpatlco, and watches
developments.
I cannot refrain from refenlng to one
particular episode of which I have, no
doubt n select few have some Itnovvl
edgc There s a certain street In this
ancient nnd historic Cludad do Mexico,
Which 1" ,y" "loi'tl" woaiia n( u most
Trtinks and Bags
Hundreds of 'Em.
If thev coulil talk, what a cl.itterlUK of
voices tin re would he. We will kIiovv to
morrow more than tlftv illnllnct Mylc.
The neweit one are built ilrcscr fiinh
Ion, mill have st-p.irate compartments f'ir
hats, for skirts unit fot waists, ticslilis
entllcsH trajs iitul lo.itu for little things.
The prices on Trunks lienln at JJ is
this for an iinitsuallv strong one with
heavy b.unls anil RUaiantteil serviceable.
Sumo club Imks with hniM trimmings
toe.
Second floor rear ot elevator.
Long's
t ROSITVELY
not a single "talking point"
against these prices
Fine Upright Mahogany
Piano, was $4oo,
Now $250.
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Finn
$300 Buys
An Elegant Mahogany
Piano. Regular Price $450
:
Remember Our
Mandolins, Violins
and Guitars,
Now Going On.
I comical
anil eel tain v voiv
oiiginal
at th'i
I fiimtshlp. Cieep softly out
witching hour, not midnight, but the
pteiper time, and per.idventuie (pio
ldti! nu look in the light place), you,
111.1v come actosa a outh leaning In a
studiously c.ueless position against a
wall. Above him at soni2 consldctabt'
height Is a small stone tia'tony, and
the occupant ot this Is .1 pretty jouns
l.ulv closely veiled in a Mack tupalo.
linf,ir,;r,,U:. -
the man does not seem to be interested
in the balcony at nil. 'seilaer does the
I R,i appear to bo leaning over the b.il
I Usti ado on the lookout for nriyone. Hue
pause a moment, and luesentlv you
will discern .1 faint blacc :ne wander
ing up the expanse of white stucco
wall and then the while puzzle 's
solved! These two ciiuiniins lovets are
communicating .vl'.h each other lv
means of a hand telephone. They ote'i
have one end of the Instrunien'i. and ,f
vou pass by sufllclently near you
might possibly tutch an indistinct
murmur of voices. He Is certainly very
constant. I had occasion to pass that
way one miserable evening during the
rains: Mexico was then simply Inun
dated with water, and the lain on that
paitlculur evening was simply coming
down In sheets. That, however, did not
duunt the knight of the telephone.
Thete he was as usual, sheltered In a
seivlccable-looklng watei proof. Tho
tain water off the stieet had come up
over the pavement, and ho btood pi
tieiitly, but no doubt quite cheei fully,
111 a foinildable puddle. Such heroism
bin ely deserved equal sacrifices on ties
p.ut of the balcony, too; but not n bit
of it. The young lady was Invisible,
though It was noticeable that the tell
tale speaking coul passed up over the
1. ill of tho balcony and In between the
half-closed windows of the loom, I plc
tuicd the Senorlt.i to myself slttlns
tomfottal'ly ensconced In un armchair
In a nice thy place, and I have no doubt
I was pretty near the tiuth.
What Infatuation! He, poor man.
wus sublimely happy down below In
his puddle of water and wet mackin
tosh. One would think that It must bo
II sufllclently hard task to whisper
"sweet nothings" over a telephone
without the additional disadvantages
of a pom ing wet night. However, I
Uaiesay they managed to keep the In
terest up.
Imagine to ourself all this going on
in a public thoroughfare! liut tTien we
aie In Mexico, nnd there's the differ
ence. One must not forget to ndd that
11 gendarme stands In tho middle of the
load a little further away with his
night lantern shining Inlghtly. He
stands tnuflled up In his capo and
watches with stolid Indifference. Ptob
ably that gendarme and the young man
know each other well by sight.
skin imui'TioNB cuni'D roit sue.
Kczcma, Tetter, Bait Ithuum, Uatbci's
Itch, all Itching and burning skin dls
eases vunlxh when Dr. Agncvv's Olntmint
Is unccl. It relieves In a day ami cures
quickly. No case of Piles which un ap
plication will not comfoit lu a few min
utes. Try It. 83 tents. Bold by Mat
Ibnwa Urm. and W. T. Clark.-!!.
A Lot of 15c Dress Goods, 10c Tuesday
Today, Tuesday morning we shall place on sale an extraordinary collection of
very new'spring styles of Dress Goods, bought by us for the express purpose of a
"special sale'' at 15c. A little confusion with the manufacturer concerning the width,
brings the price for today down to 10c. They are mostly in small fancy worsted plaids
and checkered effects, with solid grounds, Interwoven with daintiest hues. Also, solid
colored cashmere effects In nearly all the best and most desirable tints. You cannso
duplicate the material any price in the market tol.iy, were you to bid for 50,000 yards.
We can only advise you to call early today if you hope to get your share of this
phenomenal offering. .
On sale in the Main Aisle Wyoming avenue entrance.
Men
Will be particularly Interested In
our big announcement ot
Thursday and
Friday
CojicrrnhiK a Saturday offer that
has no parallel for juice low lie'
In any ptoro In the enllrti Culled
States.
Sons
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Pianos
8c Phillips
X
4
Organs
EVERY DAY A BARGAIN DAY THIS WEEK.
Closing Out Sale of
TWO COINCIDENCE STORIES.
Told in Good Faith in Club Wheio
Romancing Is Barred.
It was the secietaiy's tin n to tell .v
yum to his fellow membcis of the Co
incidence 1 lull. The C'olnclde.KK club,
by the way, has no cumbersome ma
chinery. It has munbeis a: i olllcci",
meets once .1 wcck to tell queer sloilcs
along the line suggested by its nam"
and eventhhlg but the stilct t.Uth Is
baried.
"I've got two stories, much alike, to
tell. Theie's nothing dramatic or sen
sational about them. They stiutk nie
as queer, though. You know I'm a
lawyer. One day a man named Podge
brought In a letter of Intioductlon to
me from a filend out west. He had a
simple snit of a ease, antl I asked him
to come batk tit 3 o'clock that aftet
noon. Then I went over to the cilmi
nal eouit on business that kept me till
within a few minutes of .'! o'clock. As
I entered my ofllie theie was a man
sitting in the shaduvv. Without ically
looking him anil with mv mind full
of the appolntnunt I said, as I went
to mv pilvate ofllce:
"How uie you, Mr. Dodge? I'll see
you In a minute.'
"Pietty soon I i.mg and told the
olllte boy to show In Ml. Dodge. Tho
man came in and he wasn't my Mr.
Dodge at all. Imagine my suipii.se
when he said:
"How did you know my name."
"At the same time he handed me n
letter of Introduction fiom a friend
down east. His name was Dodge, all
light, and he had a case. I gasped
over the oddity of tho situation, ex
plained the coincidence to my visitor
and even showed him the other letter
of Intioductlon. Hut the man did not
believe nie. Ho evidently thought I
was a liar, and left without putting his
case In my hands. A few minutes lat
er In came the tlist Mr. Dodge and we
had a good laugh over It.
"The other coincidence was this: I
got two letters from two friends one
west of Chicago and one south, ask
ing mo to collect claims against a big
Chicago film and big Insurance com
pany with an ngenty In Chicago. I
telephoned and made appointment with
representatives of each of the concerns
ono ut 12 and tho other at 12.30
o'clock. I went out on an enand and
was delayed until 12.30 o'clock. When
I came In both men were waiting.
Strange ns It mny seem, both men wetn
named Hose. I intiodttced them. Onn
was originally fiom llhode Island and
the other from Connecticut. As far as
they could figure out they weio not
related. I've used falso names, but
otherwise the stoiles aie stilctly tiue,
and can bo pioven by evidence that
will pass muster In a court of law."
"SKLK PUUSEHVATION Is the flist
law of Natuie," and to take Hood's
Sarsapaillla on the first npearanco of
Impum blood is an Impoitant step to
ward self preservation. It makes rich,
red blood and Insuics good health.
HOOD'S
druffdsts.
PILLS
25c
do nut gilpe.
All
Pillow
Covers, 39c
Only because theyare the
last of a very large lot do
we make this price on them
for Tuesday. Up to today
they have been as high as
79c to 98c. Unusually pret
ty patterns made of the very
best materials and all in
readiness to embroider.
Enough for Tuesday.
Art Department.
Stylish Walnut Piano,
was $300,
Now $150.
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$200 Buys
A flagnificent Upright
Piano. Regular Price $350
138 WYOMING AVENUE, 4.
SCRANTON, PA.
NEW YORK HOTELS.
The St. Denis
UrouJway and Eleventh St., New York.
Opp. Qrace Church. European Plan.
Rooms $i oo a Day anJ Upward.
In a modest and unobtruslvo way thera
are few better conducted hotels In th
metropolis than the St. Denis.
The gnat popularity It has acqulied can
readily bo tr.it cd to Us unique location.
Its home-llko atmophero. tho peculiar ex
ccllenen of its cuhino and service, and lt
very moderate prices.
WILLIAM TAYLOR & SON,
WESTMINSTER HOTEL,
Cor. Sixteenth St and Irvhg Pi in
NEW YORK.
AMERICAN PLAN,
Day and Upwards.
lukofi:an plan,
Day aud Upwards.
$..5D Per
$1.50 Per
I. D. CRAWFORD,
Proprietor
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For Business Men
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In the h:art of the wholesale
district.
For Mionners
5 minutes' wulk to Wannmnkers;
6 minutes to Slogcl Cooper's. Big
Store, l'usy of access to the great
ury uoous stores.
For Sightseers
One block from B'way Car', giv
ing euby transportation to all
points ot Interest.
l HOTEL ALBERT ;
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Cor. 11th KT. & IJNIVnitSITV PL.
4- Only ono llloV-k from Uroadway.
X Rooms, $1 Up. pVafe t
MADE ME A MAN
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w rit ore lest VUuIUt to, old or fount, and
utamtaforttudr, buloosor murrUc-.
trannt Inunltj and Oontamctton It
i. ThalrurA ahmra imraadltta lmcrova-
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to cured tuoaandt aud wil lenro joa.
ituuoatanatauu wuicarajou. nofireapo-
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Tor eale In Scrnnton, Pa., by Matthdwi
Bros. nd II. C. Kandarat.n, Drita-a-Utic
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