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THE DYING CENTURY
PASSED IN. REVIEW
THE CHANGES WROUGHT IN
WOMAN'S STATUS.
Her Place in Society Is Fixed Today
on a Higher Basis Than Ever Be
foro, and the End of This Transfor
mation Is Not Vet.
From the Chicago Tlmc-IUralct.
Before the tlmo of Christ the philos
ophy of riato was to thj effect that
"woman Is a disease." Even Paul,
apostle to the man of Galilee, wrote
of her In a way that has made him
least quoted of women among all New
Testament writers. Within the pres
ent century Schopenhauer wrote: "The
eastern people have a better Idea of a
woman's position than we, with our
gallantry and our Btupld feeling of
j reverence, the most absolute proof of
our German-Christian Ignorance."
Schopenhauer ascribed the position
, of woman at the beginning of the
nineteenth century as due to the In
fluences of the Christian religion, and
ho looked upon the advance as some
thing that could not be forgiven of
that creed. Today a student of gov
ernments and of peoples la willing to
pass In Judgment upon a race upon
the mere showing of tho condition of
the women. The world has seen a
great light, and that light has been
reflected from America, where tho
Btate of woman is higher than any
where else In the world.
"She has been a successful toller In
the task first set before her," writes
the Frenhcman, Do Varigny, of tho
Amsrlcan woman. "She has main
tained that which she created and has
1 ' extended and enlarged It by church
and school. In times of trouble, dur
ing the war of secession, woman's pa
triotism sustained man's courage. Un
der all circumstances she has been his
companion and equal. As such he has
respected her, and this respect, which
she Inspired by her sacrifices and her
bravery at the beginning, and after
wurd by her confidence in his protec
tion, has Influenced American morals
and has deeply Imbued them with tho
feeling that respect for woman Is for
man one of the first conditions of
moral life."
CO-EDUCATION.
Co-education, perhaps, has done
more to make woman's position se
cure In America than has any other
one agency. In the schools, not for
getting her femininity, she has ranked
everywhere with the young men of
her age. Seeing these go out to the
world's favored places In man's work,
she has been led to question why she,
too, might not have worldly ambi
tions. From taking degrees with these
young men In school, she has passed
by only a step to taking places with
him In tho world.
Women of middle age have seen this
whole battle with conservatism, from
the time the movement was regarded
as an incipient revolt. There Is
scarcely a profession In which women
today have not taken honors by the
side of men, competing with them,
though so newly fledged from centur
ies of repression.
In this the economist has risen with
the objection that in so doing woman
Is perplexing civilization and adding
new burdens to society. For answer,
woman points to the fact that woman
kind equals mankind In numbers and
reiterates that whatever may be her
demoralizing effects upon the working
world, her kind Is to share fully In
the consequences.
ENLARGED OPPORTUNITIES.
No Innovation In a hundred years
has marked humanity more strikingly
than has enlarged opportunity for wo-
man. It has forced upon every art'
and craft a recognition of her as one
to reckoned with In tho world. Today
the literary world of realism Is crying
out against the young girl of the per
iodthe girl who Insists on reading
because of whom the author must
leave unwritten things that otherwise
he would write. In like measure sho
Is troubling the book publishers and
the magazine editors. The law, al
most everywhere, has recognized her
political and property rights. A dozen
professions are open to her energies
and ambitions, and In her home she
has an unquestioned standing as a full
partner.
, Though the American woman today
gets her fashion plates from France,
she Is looked to as the model that
f nally shall Americanize Europe. She
has been criticised In Great Britain
and on the continent as one capable
of taking care of herself, but behind
that criticism Is a covert admiration.
She has had a marked influence al
ready upon the condition of her Eng
lish cousin before the law.
WE HAVE been doing a great business in our
Cloak Department larger tlian ever be
fore but the rush is over. Iii order to make
room for our immense stock of Stylish Shirt Waists,
we announce a
Great Clearance Sale of
Suits, Skirts, Cape
and Jackets.
Every garment must go, and we have reduced prices
so that no customer desiring a garment will leave our de
partment on account of the price. We have uo back num
bers. Every article new and stylish aud of the best work
manship. Our ready-to-wear garments are the talk of the
town. You can now buy an elegant high-grade garment
as cheap of us as you can buy the other kind elsewhere.
COME AND SEE.
MEARS & HA6EN,
In 1674 tho British husband was first
denied the right to whip his wife as
he would have chastised n child, tut
not till 1SD1 did the law forbid his
contended right to restrain her of her
liberty. This cns was of a man who
went to New Zealand, with a view to
making n home there, leaving his
wlfa In England. When he returned
for her sho refused to go with him.
He applied to tho courts of probate
nnd divorce and gained a decree giv
ing him possession of his wife. With
two assistants, he seized her as she
was coming from church nnd put her
under lock and key. She appealed the
cae and a higher court set the pre
cedent that the husband had no hold
of force upon her nnd gave her free
dum. It was not until 1S30 that tho British
parliament took cognizance of woman
In lawmaking. It then passed meas
ures designed to protect her as a
wnge-carner nnd as n political factor.
In 1842 It passed a law that a woman
should not be employed In the mines.
Then came the various "factory acts."
Among other privileges sho was al
lowed a limited franchise and could be
a member Of a school board, a guard
Ian, overseer, sexton or governor or
medical ofllccr of a workhouse. At
London and at Durham, Indeed, she
rnuld pass for ncademlc degrees, but
to this day Oxford and Cambridge deny
them to her.
Not till 1870 was the "man led wo
man's property net" passed, giving her
title to property under a certain pre
scribed sum. In I860 and 18S2, however,
laws were passed giving tho married
woman full title over her husband of
all properties of whatsoever kind. Her
property Is absolutely her own, to do
with It as she pleases.
THE OUTLOOK.
A. R. Cleveland, In his "Woman Un
der the English Law," says: "With
regard to the future, Judging by the
past, it Is not unlikely that even fur
ther rights will bo conferred on the
female sex. Provided the country re
mains at peace, wo have no doubt that
the parliament franchise must sooner
or later bo extended to woman, and
when this occurs provided a few minor
disabilities which the law still places
upon married women and tho legal In
ability of all women to fill certain
posts be removed women, whethet
married or single, will stand virtually
upon a legal equality with man.
"Whether or not this bo a consum
mation devoutly to bp wished is a
matter of opinion, but when these
further rights are conferred this will
not be because they are demanded by
an importunate section of women or
by the sex collectively, but because in
the opinion of the majority of men. as
well as of women, It will be Just and
equitable to confer these rights upon
them."
However this may bo a peculiarly
British conclusion, the world In a great
measure will concede Its truth. It
would bo hard Indeed to find a law-make.-
to admit that a "woman's
rights" woman had forced him to polit
ical recognition of her. Yet fifty years
ago, when a schoolgirl had earned
chastisement for herself, It was not
uncommon for a boy volunteer to walk
up and take the thrashing as her sub
stitute. It Is this spirit, more than
any other, that has been responsible for
the modern woman. Education has
awakened her to a desire for worldly
place and power, and as she has sought
them Just to that extent have they
been given to her. Assuming these
responsibilities, tho necessity for a
physique has become apparent until
the drawing-room doll of fifty years
ago Is forgotten as a type. Fainting is
a lost art. Wheeling, golf and other
out-of-door exercises have taken the
place of the lackadaisical tatting and
crocheting. Hygiene extends to tho
dress of the modern woman nnd sho
wears shoes In which It Is possible for
her to walk.
The result of It all Is a new woman,
In which the new century may see a
new promise for the race.
SOME NOVEL INVENTIONS.
Many Original Ideas Appear in a
Concrete Form.
I'rom the Washington Star.
The number of patents Issued by the
patent ofllce Is still gradually on tho
Increase, and while some of them aro
icpetltions and others aro Improve
ments, there are many original ones.
A recent patent has been Issued for
a four-wheeled automobile truck so
constructed with two large wheels on
an axle In the center of tho vehicle
and a small wheel before and one
behind, very much facilitating the
bnme.
There Is a bread-raising nnd clothes
drying device consisting of a set of
shelves so constructed as to go into
the ordinary oven of a cooking stove
or range, and the clothes can be laid
on them and nicely dried.
To amuse the children a soap bub
ble pipe has been Invented with three
tubes In a line, so as when tho young
ster fills the pipe he will have a num-
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ber of globules. A little vessel to bo
used to clean bicycle chains has been
devised. It Is flllo.l with liquid. By
standing tho bicycle on end n moment
tho chain can be run thtough and
cleaned.
A piston rod packer for locomotives
has been so constructed that the steam
packs It by coming between two rings.
A new pillow-sham holder consists of
a frumo to bo placed Inside of the
sham. It Is made of light sticks so
as to keup them In proper position. A
combined bed sheet and straight Jacket
has holes for the patient's arms and
a Bet of straps for the legs. An In
ventor has patented a shelf or vessel
protector lh which to set tho milk bottle-
behind the front door In tho early
morning. A calf woar.or consists of
a plate that muzzles tho animal so as
to prevent Its gutting at tho cow. A
curious Invention Is an apparatus for
the quantltlve determination of moist
ure In yarns, having a graduated
scale with a pendulum attachment so
swung that ns tho water is applied
to tho yarn It will register upon tho
Indicator.
MINING IN LUZON.
Information as to the Laws and Pros
pect Sent by n Montana Expert,
ilclcna Letter In tho New York Sun.
Following are some extracts from a
letter written by a former member of
the First Montana Volunteers who re
mained In the Philippines and who Is
a practical miner:
"At present there are In this city
about 200 cx-soldlers, from Western
states in America, nearly all experi
enced miners, anxiously awaiting the
necessary permission from military
headquarters to rush into tho rich
placer mining country which lies north
nnd east of here, but which permission
Is now withheld owing to tho lack of
definite Information on the pnrt of the
government as to tho exact Interpreta
tion of the mining laws governing
these Islands. These laws are now
undergoing at Manila translation by
several Spanish-American translators,
whose, task will, it Is believed, be com
pleted shortly. It Is known, however,
that the law permits prospecting for
minerals anywhere. No license or
other formality Is required to placer
mine unless the output exceeds 2,000
tons a day and buildings for working
aro erected. Any one is free to work
placers anywhere at no expense sava
his own labor. Placer claims contain
60,000 square Spanish yards, equivalent
to about 950 feet long by 625 feet wide.
Quartz claims are of the same dimen
sions. Tho apex of quartz veins may
be followed Into nny other land under
ground, provided no wall Is broken.
"The richest known deposits In Lu
zon aro found about seventy-five mlle3
northeast of here, where there Is abun
dant water for sluicing and hydraulic
mining, saw mills, &c. This section Is
Inhabited largely by Igorrotes, who are
very friendly to Americans, but ex
tremely hostile toward the Filipinos
and Spaniards, not Infrequently killing
them for slight offences. Miners can
live quite comfortably on .food pur
chased from the Igorrotes at from $S
to $4 a week.
"There is absolutely no reason to
doubt that the placer mines of Luzon
and Mindanao Islands as well as some
parts of Cebu are among tho richest In
tho world, easy to access and no hard
ships to bo encountered In reaching
them as soon as the military authori
ties permit miners to enter them.
Quartz mining Is absolutely undevel
oped In Luzon, but very rich speci
mens, scoured near here, of white
quartz carrying free milling have been
brought In. The veins are not well de
fined, however, the tendency Inclining
toward pockets, from one of which oro
assaying $65,000 to the ton in gold and
copper was secured. Tho copper veln3
In porphyretlc quartz In decomposed
state mixed with Iron oxides carrying
free gold and copper pyrites.
"The native women hereabouts pan
the alluvial sands with wooden bowls,
frequently taking out from J3 to $3 a
day, gold. Philippine gold runs about
$14 an ounce. Lost weeek an Igorroto
woman brought Into Dagupan, ns a
result of six weeks' panning, seven
pounds of gold nuggets, and two cx
soldlers, who mined In the same dis
trict for throe months, netted lover
$5,000 in gold, using pans and sluice
boxes, nnd would have done even bet
ter had not the soldiers compelled
them to leave.
"The rivers are lined with banks of
black sand (magnetic Iron), carrying
fine gold. The gold Is not flaky but
small, rough nuggets from the size of
a pin head to three or four ounces In
weight. Bed rock averages from six
Inches to twenty feet and the reason
why no systematic work has ever been
done In these fields Is because the Igor
rotes drive out the Spaniards while thu
Spanish government has never allowed
the Chinese and Filipinos to pursue
mining as a business, hence the whole
field Is new nnd wonderfully rich.
"Lead oie Is also abundant and runs
from 12 io 60 per cent to the ton, but
has never been mined to any great
extent. Copper runs from 15 to SO per
cent. Little or no silver has been
found although no systematic pros
pecting therefor has been done. Iron
Is found In nbundant quantities near
Manila, but the production thereof !s
small from the fact that the Spanish
government never encouraged mining.
Angat yielding as hlg'.i as 85 per cent.
Is mined In a primitive manner In this
Island as Is also a good grade of mar
ble, which Is found in large quantities
In Bataan province. Coal Is also
abundant, especially In Cebu. Very
rich gold deposits exist on the coast of
Suriagao, northeast MInadanao.
"The ex-California and Montana
soldiers are unanimous In the belief
that when opened up, tho mining fields
of Luzon will bo the most Inviting and
remunerative In tho world, not except
ing even Nome and the Klondike."
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A Suggestion.
Charley Sottpate I ulsh I could find some
thing to take up my mind.
May Cutting- l!ae ou tried blotting paper?
Ohio State Journal.
WHERE HE FAILED.
Uo was Just as mathematie
As he possibly could be.
There was nothing prtblcmatlc
About Euclid, ho could tee;
All tho toughest propositions
He could solve at quick as teat J
Simply tell him the conditions
And he had the anstvtr pat.
lie was crammed with Information
01 all kinds, up to the brim;
Men ot every cccupatlon
For advice came unto him;
Questions that set others frowning
He'd refer to as "a snap;"
Uo could ctcn sabe Drowning,
Could this very knowing chap.
Yet there was s dark enigma
That he couldn't figure out
That would leave on him the stigma
Of the deepest kind ot doubt
And he couldn't stand the tension
And he owned up, with a sigh,
That It passed his comprehension
How that gas bill came to high.
Chicago cRcord.
QUEfcK CUSTOMS OF
THE CUBAN CAPITAL
PEOULIAB BUT VERY PIC
TURESQUE PRACTICES.
Tliey Mark Havana as a Metropolis
Combining Many Phases of Euro
pean, South American nnd Island
Life The Matter of Politeness ns
Viewed from the American Stand
point. Itatana Letter in Chicago Record.
Not only is Havana one of tho
queerest, quaintest, oddest cities to be
seen In thousands of miles of travel,
out there are many customs and prac
tices In vogue which mark It as a dis
tinct metropolis combining many
phases of European, South American
and island life. The people of Cuba
aro a much-mixed people, largely of
Spanish extraction, yet not all Span
iards. The Cuban himself has become
a distinct type, nnd has his own cus
toms, habits, superstitions and beliefs.
Tho samo Is ttui of the Canary Island
ers, San Domlngans nnd people from
various parts of South and Central
America: they are all of Spanish an
tecedents, yet there is such an nd
mlxture of Indian and negro In their
make-up that they, too, form distinct
types Cuba has more than 500,000
negroes who speak the Spanish tongue,
and who are as benighted as when they
or tneir ancestors arrived from Africa,
besides another 100 000 or 200,000 who
are more advanced. It is not, therefore,
to be wondered at that the customs
and habits of this people are In many
particulars different lrom ours; they
aro not only a ver foreign folk, but
they are a badly mlxf.d-up people, with
Ignorance and Its attendant supersti
tions rlfo nmong them, all except a
comparatively small and se'ect circle of
the upper class, and even these have
customs quite unlike those of tho
United States In many details,
as to POT,irr:NEss.
It has been generally stated that the
Cubans are a wonderfully courteous
and polite people. But careful study of
their characteristics leads mo to the
conclusion that no class among them
excels a like class of our own people
In tho courtesies of life. If it bo
claimed that they are more expressive
In making their politeness known, It
must bo granted, but the essence ot
the act Is In no sense superior to trua
American politeness. An introduction
to a well-edueatod Cuban or Spaniard,
by some one whom he knows, Is suf
ficient to prompt from him, with ex
treme manifestation of cordiality, tho
tender of his house, as If It were given
away for all time. "Ml casa esta nu
mero," such-and-such a street, "esta
a la disposition de usted," which,
translated freely, means that his house
is at such-and-such a number, and Is
placed at your disposition. It sounds
very hospitable, and seems to express
more than we are In the habit ot offer
ing; at the same time it means no
more than our invitation for a stranger,
authoritatively Introduced, to coll at
our residence at his nleasure.
Like extravagant forms of politeness
of Cuban Introduction and social cor
respondence exist. An introduction
calls from a gentleman to a lady the
remark: "A los Dies do usted senora,"
or "senorlta," which means, If taken
literally: "At "your feet, madam," or
"miss." The response" Is expressed by
"Beso a usted la mano", or "I kiss
your hand." Of course, neither act Im
plied In the salutation follows, nor
Is there more of courtesy or politeness
contained In either expression than In
tho usual forms of polite salutation In
vogue In other countries.
Polite notes are ended with initials
to cover the form In custom In tho
country. "S. S. Q. B. S. M., " very
commonly observed, means, literally,
"I serve you In that I kiss your hand."
If it Is Intended to more completely
humble one's self the Initials used aro
tho same, except that "P." takes the"
place of the "M.," and then the senti
ment Is that "I serve you by kissing
your feet." The superficial observer
will at once declare that these people
are among the politest In the world
that they want to kiss your hand, your
feet, give you their house and all they
possess; but as a matter of fact It
simply Implies that they "gush" a
trifle more than we do, even though
their salutation bo Intensely sincere.
Although I have tried to be a close
observer of tho habits of tho people, I
have yet to see a single Instance In
which Cuban or Spaniard excels the
American gentleman in his demeanor
toward his equal and toward the gent
ler sex.
FUNERAL CUSTOMS.
An odd custom that prevails when
a death occurs In a family among the
better class Is the sending out of a
funeral Invitation of pretentious mag
nitude. ' These aro usually of quarto
form, six by eight or seven by ten
Inches and four-paged, bordered heav
ily, perhaps an Inch, In black and In
closed In an envelope of like pretentions
and border, the Inscription within be
ing tho more curious feature of the
announcement. One which I have be
fore me is a sample of the better class
of such documents. It Is nine Inches
long by six wide and consists of four
pages. The first and fourth aro heav
ily bordered In a rich and glossy black
with dull edging on either side ot tho
glossy strip and a narrow black lino
as an inner embellishment, tho Inside
pages being blank. This Invitation la
folded once nnd Inclosed in a largo
envelope of like adornment. The In
scription Is on the first page and qulto
elaborate. First, there Is a cross, below
which aro the letters "E. P. D." "En
Paz Descanso," meaning "Rest In
Peace." Below this Is the announce
ment In Spanish, and following an
nouncement are tho names of tho
widow, three sons, suveral nephews and
nephews-ln-law, a brother, half a
dozen friends nnd the family physician,
the name of the latter always ending
the list. If there have been thren or
four or half a dozen doctors in the caso
the names of all appear. Translated the
invitation reads as follows: Don so-and-so
has fallen, after having received
the last sacrament, and for tho pur
poses of the funeral, which will take
place this afternoon at 4.30 o'clock,
those who subscribe the widow, Bons,
brother, nephews, nephews-ln-law,
doctor and friends supplicate pour
presenco to render assistance at the
house of the dead, from there to ac
company the remains to tho Colon
cemetery, where tho last giving of the
hand will take place, for which favor
Is given everlasting gratitude."
At the cemetery a representative of
the family extends the hand of thank
fulness in their behalf to all who have
attended tho funeral, and tho ceremony
Is continued by the, undertaker and his
aids.
Other occurrences In connection with
deaths and funerals seem peculiar,
tho last sacrcment Is to bo administer
r-
cd a priest Is sent for nnd drives In
haste to tho house of tho Invalid In an
open cab, carrying tho sacramental
bowl and ringing a hand-bell with
short, sharp stroke as he goes. Passing
citizens doff their hats or drop to their
knees ns ho posses, and those within
who have heard the bell hurry to their
front doors with lighted candles In their
hands as he drives by. The greatest
amount of respect Is paid to the dead,
everybody uncovering their heads as a
funeral train passes.
It Is the custom for friends to carry
tho bier from the house of tho deceased
on their shoulders for a half-block or
block before it Is placed In a funeral
car. The latter, always gorgeous, does
not approach tho residence, but waits
at respectful distance, so the last the
family sees of their loved ono is that
he Is being borne away by friends,
generally by kinsmen.
Ladles never attend funerals here.
Long processions are mada up of car
riages containing gentlemen only,
usually one In a coach. And If It hap
pens that the funeral occurs at an In
opportune hour ot the day, when busi
ness and professional men cannot
leave their offices, their carriages are
sent empty and long processions with
few attendants aro seen. I havo wit
nessed funeral after funeral of tht
character, as many as forty, fifty or
sixty carriages without an occupant,
the drivers wearing badges of mourn
ing, sometimes the carlrage wheels
being heavily draped. This custom was
much more generally In vogue In for
mer years than now.
The funeral cars In use among the
better classes In Havana are gorgeous
In their decorations. The more elegant
are surmounted by life-size figures,
heavily gilded, with corner ornaments
nnd massive cornices, also glittering
in gold trimmings. These cars aro
drawn by four, six and even by eight
horses, when people are able to pay for
so many. The attendants, dressed In
red livery spangled with gold, wear
white wigs, old-fashioned cockades,
knee trousers with white hosiery and
gloves, this part of a funeral being
about as gorgeous as It can bo made
to be. Occasionally extra hearses ara
pressed Into service to bear the flow
ers, generally of metal and bisque.
TABLET NUMBER FIVE.
The Story of a Remarkable Murder
and How the Truth About It Came
Out.
From tho New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The story was told by a police com
missioner of another city who was In
New Orleans recently on a visit.
"Tho most Ingenious murder I ever
knew anything about," he said, "was
committed by a young physician. He
was a rblng practitioner at a place
whi.ro I formerly lived, and, with your
pet mission, I will speak of him sim
ply as Dr. Smith. About a dozen
years ago, as nearly as I remember,
this young man went on a visit to a
relative In a neighboring city, and one
afternoon, on tho third or fourth day
of his stay, he startled a lady mem
ber of- the household by remarking
that he 'had a feeling' that some mis
fortune had overtaken a wealthy plan
ter whom they both knew very well,
and whom I will call Colonel Jonc3.
Tho colonel was a prominent resident
of tho doctor's homo town nnd had a
larg outlying estate, which he was
In the habit of visiting once a week.
On tho day of Smith's singular pre
monition he was on one of those tours
of Inspection, but failed to come back,
and tho following morning his corpse
was found lying In a cornfield. Ho
had evidently been dead about twenty
four hours, and from tho appearance
of the body seemed to have been seiz
ed with some sort of fit or convulsion.
"Of course the affair created a great
stir, and the police made a pretty
thorough investigation, but the only
thing they found that merited any
special nttentlon was a small, round
vial In the dead man's vest pocket.
It was about the diameter of a lead
pencil by four Inches long, and had
originally contained a couple of dozen
medicinal tablets, which, lying ono
on top of the other, filled the little
bottle to the cork. A few still remain
ed In tho bottom. Upon Inquiry It was
learned without trouble that the tab
lets were a harmless preparation of
soda, and that Jones himself had
bought them at a local drug storo.
That ended suspicion In that quarter,
and, for lack of anything better, tho
coroner returned a verdict of death
from sunstroke. There was no au
topsy. "Some time after Jones had been
burled," continued the police commis
sioner, "I learned accidentally of Dr.
Smith's curious prophecy, and It sot
me to thinking. Eventually I evolved
a theory, but it was Impossible at
the time to sustain it with proof, and
for five or six years I kept It pigeon
holed in my brain, waiting for some
thing to happen. Meanwhile, to every
body's surprise, Dr. Smith went to tho
dogs. He began by drinking heavily,
gradually lost his practice, and finally
skipped to avoid prosecution for cash
ing a fake draft. After his flight I
learned enough to absolutely confirm
my theory as to Jones' death. What
had really happened was this:
"Dr. Smith owed the old man u con
siderable sum ot money and had given
a note, upon which he had forged his
father's name as lndorser. The planter
was pressing him for payment and had
threatened suit, which meant Inevit
able exposure. One day, while they
were conversing, Jones pulled out a
little glass vial and swallowed ono of
the tablets It contained, remarking that
ho took one dally, after dinner, for sour
stomach. That suggested a diabolical
scheme of assassination, which tho doc
tor proceeded to put Into execution.
Repairing to his ofllce, he made up a
duplicate tablet of strychnine, and, en
countering tho colonel next day, asked
him to let him have tho vial for a mo
ment, so he could copy the address of
the makers from tho label. Jones hand
ed It over unsuspectingly, and while
his attention was briefly diverted else
where Smith put In the prepared tab
let. He placed It under tho top four,
thus making It reasonably certain that
his victim would take It on the fifth
day from that date. Next morning ho
left town, so as to be far away when
tho tragedy was consummated, and
some mysterious, uncontrollable Ini
pule evidently led him to make th
prediction that first excited my sus
picion. When I made certain of all
this, I located Smith In Oklahoma and
was on the point of upplylng for nn
extradition warrant, when ho antici
pated mo by contracting pneumonia
and dying. I thereupon returned tho
case to its mental plceon-hole, where
It has remained ever since."
"Pardon me for asking," said ono of
the listeners, "but is that really a true
story, or aro you entertaining us with
interesting fiction?"
"It is absolutely true," replied tho
narrator,
"But how did you learn the particulars?"
JONAS LONG'S SONS.
Over Twenty Thousand Pieces of Dainty and Ex
quisite Undcrmuslins, All of Them Prac
tically Home-made, Are Here for
This Wonderful Midsummer
Exposition and Sale of
I ;j Muslin Dnderiearj
Yesterday's lesponse to the beginning of this annual mid-year
sale was wonderful. The throng of the morning hours was not
unexpected for these occasions whet curiosity; but the day
brought proofs of the popular endorsement of the stocks. Words
of commendation were many, and the buying made a new first
day's record. The garments, without exception, measure up to
the expectations and demands of lovers ot pretty lingerie. No
over-trimming, no gaudiness; but on every piece no matter how
inexpensive a finish that meets the requirements of good taste.
We Term Them Real Womanly Garments,
for there is no suspicion of attic work or a sweat-shop labor. Everv
piece is the product of an independent, well-paid American wo
man, working in company with her neighbors in comfortable
rural quarters. We have reached the ideal in manner of producing.
You have reached a period of satisfaction in underwear getting.
True econorpy, large economy; but, best of all, real womanly
garments.
Drawers
2 1 c .'?r v"y
flno nullity Muslin
iracr
In two stylo -one
ciy wide
with iimlirilU rtilllo of
cambric: the other nlalu stjlo. with
deep Iicm mid 3 plain. You'll nut
find their equal under 33c.
Corset Covers
24 ,, for two dlstlrct style ol COIl--
SET COVIIltS; one with V
neek and flnltlied with Torihon lace;
the other with V nick nnd ileip tilin
mlnc of llamburj;. Saii'.g quality as
Is sold elsewhere at 3Je.
Drawers.
q tor an uncommonly flno quality of Muslin DRAWKltS, made and finished In the
J"C best possible ttjle with rulllcs of Hamburg and finished with cluster ot plaits.
Sold all over tho world at O'jc.
donas loog's Sods
JONAS LONG'S SONS.
V
) We Are Breaking All Records Today at the Be-
5 ginning of Our Unusually Important
pej6oj
As the People pile in. the groceries pile out. Never
has a grocery store known such enthusiastic selling.
The great buying public are amazed at the uncom
monly little prices. They wonder how it is possible
for us to make such phenomenal concessions on the
highest grade of groceries. But we are doing it and
we are giving to Scranton the greatest sale in its history.
The lots remain unbroken to-day because quantities are
large. They'll be great picking to-day and to-morrow
and possibly Monday.
Cross & Blackwell's Mixed Pickles, pint sizj, 23c; qt. size, 35c.
Cross & Blackwell's Gherkins, pint size, 23c; qt. size, 35c.
Kent's Finest Pickles, pint size, 14c: qt. size, 23c.
Picklet a famous table re!is two sizes, 9c and 1 5c.
Van Camp's famous Chili Sauce, per botlle 9fi
Anderson's famous Soups, many flavors, per can Sc
Buckwheat Flour, full twenty-five pound sack for 45c
Fancy Gold Gloss Bloaters, per dozen lie
Eureka Brand of Pork and Beans, per can 8c
Genuine Holland Herring, big ten-pound keg for 49c
No. 2 Mackerel, big ten-pound kit lor 75c
Orange Quinces, very fine for desert, per can .... - !)o
English Breakfast Challenge Tea, always 60c lb; special at. . . ,3!)B
Ciscoes, very fine, per pound 3c
Macaroni and Cheese, a fine delicacy, two size cans, 9c and.. (5c
Armour's Famous Soups, all flavors, per can 17c
American Brand Soups, per quart cans 15 C
Capote Capres, in two size bottles at 14c and 8c
Cros-& Blackwell's Pickled Walnuts, per bottle at 23c
Shepp's Famous Cocoanut, per ) pound box at 5c
Shepp's Famous Cocoanut, per J 3 pound box at 10c
Granulated Wheat Shread, a splendid breaklast tonic at 0c
Hawkeye Rolled Oats, a fine breakfast food, 2-lb. package.... tic
Holland Herring, packed in pound glass boxes for He
Mason's Finest A 1 Table Sauce, two size bottles, 24c and.... 10c
Van Camp's Finest Table Catsup, two size bottles at 15c and.. 9c
Jonas Lod
"Well," said the police commissioner,
smiling, "Smith was like most clever
criminals he had ono weak spot. Ho
was fool enough to tell a. woman. Sho
blabbed."
BIG CAKES AND PIES.
Some So Large That They Have Be
come Historic.
Last Christmas, In North End road,
Fulham, there was on view nn enor
mous cake that towered almost to tho
celling of tho confectioner's shop. It
vas made to represent a fortress, and
welshed more than 4,000 pounds. In
les composition had been used COO
pounds of Hour, '100 pounds of butter,
100 pounds of sugar. COO pounds of
Icing sugar, 900 pounds of currants,
410 pounds of sultanab, 300 pounds of
cundlsd peel, 200 pounds ot almonds,
and 5,000 eggs.
Gigantic, however, us was this cake,
It cannot bo compared with that which
in June, 1730, Frederick William I. re
galed his army. After a huge repast
of beef, wlno and beer had boon par
taken of, tho guests, to tho numb.ir
of 30,000, saw approaching an immense
car drawn by eight hoises, on which
reposeJ u monster cake 18 yards long,
8 yards broad and one-half yard thick.
JONAS LONG'S SONS,
Night Gowns
AKr for two style ot NIGHT
"- (iOWNS In lioth V neck nnd
hlsh neek, IhiUhid with riiflle of ram
lirlc; ala with two row of Ham
Imn: h Milium mid altrriiitc cluster of
plaits. Would foe ury cheap at CSc.
Petticoats
A Or 'nr "ircc Bllos ' I'ETTI---
COVTS: one has deep umbrel
la runic with humtlkhlnff; another
his nifties edged with Hamburg, and
a third lus ery deep rulllo with
cluster of plaits. Are worth ODc.
JONAS LONG'S SONS.
It contained, among other Ingredients,
31 bushels of Hour, 200 gallons of milk,
I ton of butter, 1 Ion of yeast and 5,
000 eggs.
Tho soldiers, who had already eaten
a heurty meal, were ablo to devour
only a portion of this extraordinary
cake, so to their aid were summoned
tho people from the towns and vil
lages In tho neighborhood, among
whom it was dlstilbuted till not a
morsel remained.
A Pleasuro and a Duty.
I consider It not only a pleasure but
a duty I owe to my neighbors to tell
about tho wonderful euro effected in
my caso by the use of Chamberlain's
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Ilemedy.
I was taken very badly with flux and
procured a bottlo of this remedy. A
few doses of it effected a permanent
cure. I take plcusuro In recommend
ing It to others suffering from that
dreadful disease. J. W. Lynch, Dorr,
W. Va. This remedy Is sold by all
druggists. Matthews llrothers,. whole
sulo and retail agents.
A Doubtful Imitation.
"Tliat'a Imitation roflco jou'ro drlnUnff. Nevtr
BUMSi-il It, dlil youV
"No. I thouilt It wai tea." Clewland Plain
Pealcr,
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