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THE SCR ANTON TRIBUNE-TUESDAY, MARCH i3, 1900,
JONAS LONG'S SONS.
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The Entire Scranton Stock of Lebeck & Corin, Known as "The
Leader," and Worth Today, by All Fair Standards $75,000, Is
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On Sale Here, and in No Other Store in Scranton.
"To the victors BELONG the spoils." To the public of Scranton and vicinity BELONGS this magnificently great
and splendid stock of merchandise. Figures do not lie or exaggerate. They offer the strongest evidence of the possi
bilities to save money. We are giving you extraordinary bargains from a 'stock that WE BOUGHT for ha.f its
inventory value and a quarter its worth.
Th? Bargains Yoa Are Getting Here Nou) Are
th? Little Price We Paid for
A few short weeks will roll around and they will all
will be lost. It is safe to presume you have money to spend, and have merchandise
needs that must soon be supplied. Has it occurred to you that the sale of this "Leader"
stock offers you the chance you've been waiting for ?
Not a Store in This Country Ever Struck Such a Bar
gain as Did We When We Bought "The
Leader" Stock for $3tf45.00.
Any fair-minded merchant will acknowledge this fact it is beyond dispute. You
are buying it for practically nothing. You are buying as line a stock of merchandise as
ever came from the markets. You are saving dimes upon dimes, and dollars upon dol
lars. You are getting new goods and seasonable goods at less than half their actual cost
of production today. Almost every minute of the day finds new bargains placed before
you. It would be next to impossible to show the great stock all at one time. As fast as
a counter grows empty it is filled again with something new and attractive something
you need and want, at a price within reach of your purse. And thus the sale grows
apace grander and better with each passing day.
Enormous Are
of Coats, Suits and
of Upholstery and Pictures; of Laces, Handkerchiefs and
Trimmings ; of Hosiery and Underwear, of Millinery and
Women's Underwearables.
A finer collection of DRESS GOODS and SILKS was never gathered under a sin
gle roof. Whatever your eye may crave in a dress is here for vou all the novelties and
all the staples ; the big and little plaids ; the plain and rough weaves. Particularly beau-
ttful are the silks. If you've a thought of a new dress, do not think of buying other than
you'll get two or three costumes for the ordinary cost of one. Hundreds upon hundreds
COMNJKIb are quartered in the basement all from "The Leader stock and offered at absurdly little
prices. Over TEN THOUSAND volumes of BOOKS in their original wrappers ; though' many of them were sold below cost
in "The Leader," you are buying them still less, including BIBLES, all worth nearly double what they were six months ago.
Thousands of pairs of GLOVES are vet to be sold, thoucn the sellinc is fast and furious inst sn with th, HAMnKFRr.HFFFS.
RIBBONS and hundreds of other things. The COATS, SUITS, WAISTS and WRAPPERS ought to interest you, if you are a student of economy, .u
Leader" had an entirely new UPHOLSTERY. LACE CURTAIN and PICTURE stock. It is needless to add that bargains here border on the ridiculous.
The Big
HOW CAPT. LEARY
REIGPibD IN GUAM
his
SWAY ABSOLUTE BUT
VEBV EFFECTIVE.
Naval Captain a Law Unto Himself.
Directs Natives to Oct Married
and Go to Work Expels Friars
and Checks Liquor Selling.
W. V. Curtis, In Chicago Record.
There have been great doings !n
Ouam since Feb. 1, 1S99, when Com
mancler Taussig', with a battalion from
the gunboat Bonnlngton, and the band
of that Rhlp, marched through Agana,
the principal town, where they were
received with enthuslaBm by the nn
tle and saluted by a company of na
tive mldlers under arms. The battal
ion was formed on the plazu, facing
the ilckcty old building which they
call the "palace," and at 10:30 o'clock
In the morning, while the band was ut
the llagstult plalng the "Star-Spangled
Uunner," Lieut. Jtoote hoisted the
Htars and btilpes and the native sol
diers tired a salute of twenty-one guns
from the rusty cannon. The people sur
tounded Commander Taussig nnd hla
companions, welcomed them with cor
dial greetings and seemed to bo veiy
much pleased to become citizens of the
United States.
"When Captain Lcary arrived a few
weeks later he Issued a proclamation,
taking possession of the Island of
Guam, and assumed authority In the
name of the United States. Under
Spanish tule there had been an admin
istrator sent fiom the Philippine is
lands, a tax collector and a command
tr of the military, but the friars of the
Itecolletto Order of St. Augustine had
actual tonttol of secular as well as re
ligious affairs and Imposed and col
lected taxes on their own account. After
Captain Leary had assumed authoilty
ho expplled three Spanish monks be.
cause lie "consldeied their Influence
and example Injurious to the Interest
of the community." He describes thoni
as "drunken" dissolute and shameless,
a disgrace to the church and un
worthy of the confidence of the people."
He also expelled a number of convicts
who had been sent to Qua in from
Manila by the Spanish authorities, and
were also a inenaco to the peace and
good older of the community, Uoth the
monks and the convicts were expelled
at the lequest of the Intelligent cltUens
of Guam, and Captain Leaiy said that
tho effect was noticeable Immediately.
There has been a good deal of cilti
clem of this arbltrury act and piotesti
hsve been filed with the navy depart
ment but the facta seem to have been
JWsumleistcjud. Four priests of the
the Stocks of Dress
Waists; of Books,
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Augustine onler were allowed to re
main and Captain Leary speaks In
high terms of them, particularly I'adro
Jose Palomo, who, he sas, is "a man
of extraordinary qualifications. Kind,
gentle, considerate, a true Christian,
and held in great respect by every one
on the island." He says that Padre
Palomo has strengthened his influence
and has cooperated with the Americana,
in cveiy thing they have done for the
Improvement of the condition of the
people.
Friar Francisco Itesano, the most of
fensive of the monks w ho w ere expelled
attempted to letuin, but upon tho rec
ommendation of Father Palomo he was
not permitted to do so, because his im
moral Ilfo und dissolute habits were a
pernicious example to the people.
There was one Ameilcan at Guam
when the United Ktata forces took pos
session, a Mr. Purtmasch, who has kept
a btoie there for many years and has
traded with the natives for copra, the
dried kernel of the cotoanut fiom v.hlch
oil is eNprtss,ed. The only othT stole
on the Island was kept by a Japanese.
Captain Hanton, a Hiitlsh subject, who
married a sister of Mi. Portmaseh, sails
about the Islands colli ctlng copra, and
has been In tho habit of visiting Guam
eveiy three months to lenew Mr.
Poitmas-ch's stock with supplies pur
chased in Honolulu. Manila and other
places. The Spanish government had
a contract with a steamship company
to visit the place sl times a jour, but
It could not be depended upon. Oici
slonally a Japanese ship or a whaloi
called, but now the only tegular con
nection between Guam and tho outside
world Is by the naval transpoits. None
of the luxuries of life and few of tho
necessities can be purchased; no fui
ntture or household goods, toilet nr
tlcles or clothing, or Implements or
tools of any kind. Mi. Potmasch has
Vept only canned goods and such no.
tlons nnd tilnkcts as weie useful In
trading with the natives. Since the ad
vent of the sailors, however, he has en
larged his stock, and now keeps a va
riety of goods similar to those sold by
sutlera at mllltaiy posts.
The population of Guam is about 7,000,
mostly of tho Malay tpe. The piincl
pal town In Agana, with 5,475 Inhabit
ants. There are several Spanish families
worth from $20,000 to 150,000, but tho
great mass of the population aie Ig
norant and indolent, depraved crea
tures, but are orderly, hospitable and
obedient. They have been kept In such
subjection that they have lacked both
the ambition and the opportunity to Im
prove their condition. No man or wo
man was allowed to accept work or to
sell or buy an thing except tho meiest
trifles without the consent of tho
monks, vho collected a commission on
everything sold or bought and a per
centage of all wages. Hveiy man who
killed a hog had to pay tho priests 50
cents, and II for every besf, and a cor-
Only Made Possible Becaiis? of
the Big Stock.
be gone. Your opportunity
Goods and Slks;
Gloves and Corsets;
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lespondlng amount for eveiy chicken or
animal used for food.
L'ach village has a small church anl
a schoolhouse In which tho chlldien
were taught reading, wilting and the
catechism, but nothing else. Captain
Leary has Improved the schools and Is
employing intelligent citizens as teach
ers He asks the people of the United
States to send hlin. care of the navy
department at Washington, kindei gar
ten outilts, discarded 'books, toys, pic
ture papers and plctuie books, and ev
erything else that would serve to amuse
and Instiuct the chlldien of Guam. Ho
has organized a manual-training school
and a music school, nnd asks for
musk al Instruments, as the natives
have much love and a remarkable tal
ent for music, and It af folds them so
much pleasure that he finds It the most
effective influenco In winning them
from Idleness and Its consequen; vices.
The houses are built on pots four to
sl feet above the giound to keep them
fiom dampness In the rainy season, but
are entlicly comfottless and furnished
In the inot ptlmltive mannei. Their
utensils aie simple and homemade, but
all the clothing comes from Japan. The
principal articles of food aie lice, i o
coanuts and cakes made from the flour
of the nut of a palm.
When government took possession
their. )i, ,v gICat deal of sickness
among the natives, who weie without
medical altend'in. e or supplies nnd
weie dependent entlicly upon their na
tive temedlcs. There had been a sur
geon attached to the Spanish mllliaiy
garilsoii. but he did not con
sider it ,ls duty to tieat sick
natives except those of the wealthlei
class who could affoiel to pay him.
Dr. Philip Leech of the navy at once
established a hospital and had tieatej
271 patients at the last report. Tho
natives are said to be very grateful
for tho medical attendance and showed
their appreciation by the energy with
which they assisted In building a hos
pital. Most of the diseases are duo to
the lack of sanitary airangements and
to the prevailing vices, rapt. Leary
und his sailors ure working diligently
to Improvo both tho physical and
moral condition of the people, and he
speaks with giatlflcatlon of tho changes
that have already been effected. While
Capt. Leaiy assumes the authority of
a dictator, he lecelves the cordial and
giateful support of the people and tho
heartv cn-operatlon of Father Palomo
and the other native priests. He has
compelled the natives to adopt sanl
taiy pieeautlons, has condemned and
filled many wells ,u,d cisterns that
weie found to contain Impure water,
and has secured an ample supply of
good water for thu city of Agana fiom
a spilug thiee miles distant.
Some of Capt. Ltaij's efforts at re
form have been as amusing as the
wero aibltrary, and his proclamation
commanding the natives to get mar
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ried has been the subject of consider
able humor. He found that over SO per
cent of the adult population were liv
ing In a condition of concubinage and
that nearly all the children on the Is
land weie Illegitimate, which was due
to the refusal of the priests to marry
a couple without the payment of a feo
of five pesos. Very few of the Inhabi
tants were ever able, during their en
tile lives, to accumulate so large a sum
of money. Recognizing that radical
measures should be taken to correct
this condition. Capt. Leary issued his
celebrated marriage older on Sept. 15
last, in which he commanded "all per
sons living together out of bonds of
wedlock" to bo man led before Nov. 3
under penalty of line and Imprisonment
and declared legitimate nil children of
patents who weie legally married be
fote that date. The priests were com
pelled to pet form the mai riage cere
mony without fees, and If thej refused
to do so. the people weie Instiucted to
go to ti civil niaglstiate. Capt. Leaiy
tepoits to the secretary of the navy
that "the meny wedding bells were
ri.ging constantlj" after his older wus
Issued, and he seems to think that the
matilmonlal relations of his constitu
ents have been greatly Impioved.
Anpther oidcr which has iccelved a
great deal of criticism warns follows:
"Public celebration of feast days of
the patron saints of the villages will
not be pei milted. Tho chuich and Its
members may celebiate all lellglous
feast das within the walls of tho
chuichcs or In private residences, In ae
coidance with the legulatlons" for tho
maintenance of the public peace, but
unless otherwise ordered the only pub
lie holidays tecognlzed will be Sundas
and liollclnx authorised by the sta
tutes of the United States."
This order was thought necessary be
cause the natives were In tho habit of
celebrating lellglous feast days with
drunken carousals In tho streets of the
towns and villages, which Invariably
resulted In disorder and destruction of
pioperty and often in quarrels In which
men and women weie killed and
wounded, nnd always "appalling exhi
bitions of vice and dgiadatlon In tho
public streets, where, inflamed with
drink, the natives lost all sense of
shame and propilety." In order to pie
vent this debauchery, Capt. Leary,
with the advico of the Catholic priest
to whom I have several times alluded,
requited all religious festivities to he
celebiatcd within the walls of the
chuichcs. He did not piohlblt or In
terfere with them in any other way.
Capt. Leaiy has also made an at
tempt to coneet tho vice of drunken
ness, which has been almost universal
among tho Inhabitants of Guam. The
liquor is made of the Juice of the cocoa
nut, biit now It cannot be manufac
tured, sold or given aw ay 'under a fine
of $100, and Imprisonment for one
month or more, and tho Importation
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of llquois has been prohibited except
under a special license Issued by the
gov ernment.
Another orde.' which has been ciltl
clsed as arbitrary, but was issued for
an equally good leason. prohibited the
sale of land without the consent of the
government. This was due to the fact
that a number of bwlndlers and specu
lators came to the Island after Its oc
cupation by tho United States and were
buvlng tho most valuable tiacts of land
from the natives for mete fractions of
its value, and In exchange for liquor,
articles of clothing, Jjvvelry and trink
ets. In older to protect tho natives
from such swlndleis Capt. Learv ex
tended his fatherly supervlKlcm over
their leal-estate transactions, and then,
to break up the habits of Indolence, he
Issued an oider requiring the people to
'40 to woik. Kvcry adult Inhabitant
who Is without it tiade or occupation
Is lequlred to plant it certain quantity
of coin, lice, cacao, sweet potatoes and
other vegetables; and eveiy family
must keep at least twelve hens, ono
rooster and one sow. All unoccupied
linds have been taken possession of In
the name of tho gov eminent, and per
sons who do not own gardens can ob
tain them for nothing In oider to carry
out this order.
A proclamation forbidding the expor
tation of food without the consent of
the government .was also a fatheily
precaution exercised by Capt. Leary fnr
the purpose of preventing famine. Th
natives never have raised more than Is
needed for their own support. Occa
sionally the Isluud Is visited Ly whal
ers and other ships whose masters buy
up all the food suolles they ate nh
to obtain, and in order to obtain moii
to pay for liquor the natives arc In the
habit of selling everything the vlsltois
will buy at any price they arj w'Mlng
to pay. Thus It has often happened
that a largo portion of tho population
have found themselves without food
and have been compelled to deponi
upon the ehailty of their pcUhbcr rr
to sustain life by eating ulaius thut
aie injurious to their health.
In oider thoroughly to Ameilcanlze
the people of Guam, Capt. Learv or
dered the celebration of the national
Thanksgiving day last year und Issu.;.!
a proclamation 'appointing Thursday,
Nov. SO, as a day of thanksgiving and
prayer. He recommended "all persons
to abstain from work and to assemble
In their respective places of wort'dp to
give thankd to Almighty Go I for His
goodness and loving kindness to us and
to all men."
Tho proclamation was obeyed, and
the first day of thanksgiving ever ob
served In Guam will not onlv be ic
membeied forever, but will be recog
nized as the most important event that
has ever occurred In that Island win
the exception of the hoisting of the
Ameilcan flag In the pluza. At the
j S MM find an Economical Paradise on the S S
most instances they're marked
pilntlpal chuich In Agana Capt. Leary.
his staff and entlie gartison nitcnueti
service. A solemn Te Deum was per
formed, the navy band furnishing the
mnsle. The lemulnder of the de.V w IS
given up to lejolcing, and Capt. s iy
reports that there wis veiv rttii in
toxication and no dlsudei.
HOW DREAMS ABE MADE.
Are Generally a Eepetmon of
Thoughts Ungulded by Reason.
From tho Chicago Recoid.
Dreams aie genet ally a repetition of
thoughts ungulded by uason. Those
caused bv internal nctlon or brought
about by action within tho body nre
diij entlicly to the action and state of
the stomach, which In tutu Is alfected
by the quuntity nnd quaHly of food
consumed.
The tli st ends or feeleis of the neives
ure located In the walls of the stom
ucli, and as tho food is digested they
draw up the nouiMimcnt and distrib
ute It tluoughout the netvous stm
to teplaco the waste that has taken
place during the clay. If tho stomach
ba sui charged with an abundance of
heating food, too much nourishment Is
fotced upon the bialn, causing .in ab
normal tilling of the chinnels, theieby
exp indliqr them, bringing them In touch
with othcts and causing the matter
fiom ono to oveiflow into m to mix
with the fluid of nclghhoilug channel.
Whenevc r the fluid tiaveises il channel
moie or less foullilv the thought which
oiigln.ited that passage Is lepioduced
mine or less vividly. Hence ensues tho
genetul mixing up of thoughts which
originally had no connection with each
other.
An ovei loaded stomach also causes
it flow of blood to tho bialn, sent there
by natuie to assist 111 assimilating tho
extra nouilshment, and the ovei
chniged blood vessels, piesslng upon
the neive chanels near the brain, cause
even more tuibulent dlstui bailees. This
accounts for the advice of so many
medical men that noconsldernble quan
tlty.cspeelally of animal food, should bo
taken Immediately before bedtime. Tho
crossing, recrosslng and touching of
these thought channels, biought about
In this way, produco the absurd mix
tuics of fancies that often come to us
when wo sleep.
The stomach, too, is a mill which
keeps on forever grinding, tho wa'ls
acting uj the grindstones. When, theie,
fore, theto Is nothing between them,
or, In other words, when tho stomach
Is empty, one wall grlnus upon the
other, causing an lirltatlon of tho
nerves, which pioduces that peculiar
sensation of falling fiom some gicat
height.
To understand how exteinal action
will uffect the dream of u sleeper It
must be borne In mind that those
dreams which seem to lake hours, nnd
even dujs, in passing, really occupy
less than half cost
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Store
but a minute fiaetlon of a second. If.
theiefore, we are awakened bv soma
loud, strident noise, say by tho crack
ing of a whip, then betwe-en the'tlmo
that the sound strikes the car while
we aie vet usleep, and the time that
we are fully awake to realize what has
caused the sound, a few moments only
have elapsed, but those few moment
wero sufficient to allow of a dream ot
apparently several hours' duration. 4
As an example: A milkman, driving:
up beneath an open bed room window,
cracks his whip smartly. Immediate
ly the thought pioduccd by the sound
causes a dieam. The sleeper Imagines
himself a soldier who has fallen Into
the hands of the encm. He Is led out
to be shot. He stands bllndfolded,wltli
hands tied, before the platoon of sol
dleis. He hears the cllck-clIck-cUclc
as the rifles are cocked. He hears th
woid given and the noise of tho volley
rings out on his ears. Then he awakes
with a start, to hear the rumble of the
milkman's wagon as ho cracked hi
whip and diove off over some rough,
cobblestones.
A blow, a cut or a sensation of pain
will opeiate In tho same wav, and
awaken ceitaln chunnels of thought
connected with pain Just as the nolsa
awoke those connected with sound.
I'm Instance, a sleeper dreams that
he Is closed up In some eloso traveling
cnirlage, and Is being dilvcn rapidly
off In uii unknown dliectlon by a man
who has designs upon his purse ami
life. He tiles to shout. In vain Jn
snuggles to get free, and In the tussle
dilve.s his aim tluough the glass win
dow of the carilage. The hand Is cut
and bleeding. It smarts feui fully, and
he awakes to find that In his sleep hs
had caielessly tin own out an arm, and
his hand has smashed some fine medl
c Ine glass on a stand by tho bedside.
The whole dream passed between tho
time that tbe hand first struck tho
glass, creating tho sensation of pain,
and the moino" that the sleeper awoko
to realise the fuct.
COULDN'T LSTIMATF. ITS VALI'l.
I)i. Agnew's Cuio for the Heart never
falls. It icleves In M minutes. It durcs.
11 Is a beaten light to lead ion hitk to
health. W. H, Mussrlinun, of (1. A. It ,
Wt.Ispi.rt, Pa., sajs: "Two bottles of Dr.
Agnew's Cure foi tho Heurt entirely
cured me of paltlpatlon and smothering
spells. Its va)ue ennnot lie intimated.
I feel like v. new man." Sold by Mat
thews Hros. and W. T. Clark.-41.
CASTOR I A
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