THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2S, 1900.
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"Little Brother"!
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w- -w- 1SS Stanley wns a pink
M M find white KiikIIhIi Bit I,
tull anil shapely. Tho
I v S Mexican (,'lrlK, ho or
J V B tiered out their car
1 T JlL rlnees K they had a
ft black to ko, used to look
upon her with amaze
ment as she tramped down their steep
streets with a Jlnc, swinging, heel-and-toe
gait,
She wis picking her way one day
anions tho vendors In the plaza, stop
ping once In u while to give sumo
whining beggar or tatteied monstros
ity a ctntavo, when she felt her skltt
pulled. Looking, she saw a tiny hand
held out, and a childish voice piped
the usual foimula for alms. The lit
tle creatuie was no taller than n child
of four. Rut the face' It was old and
wlthoied. Tho e-yes were sunken and
bo old I Miss Stanley pulled back tho
robozo the hair was gray.
"A tlvvaif," she thought, with a feel
ing of repulsion. "How old arc you7"
"Fifty-four," piped up tno -wsi thing.
Then, Hue to her nrx, "The pi lest will
tell you fifty-eight, but I am not, I
nm only fifty-four." Pho said her
name was Itosltn
Koslta, It appeared, did nearly any
thing for (i lling, begging pteferablv,
although that is a somewhat over
crowded piofosslnn In Mexico Some
times she -old hlckens or M-gctables
on a. commission. She h i J nnother
source of lucerne, being a pensioner
on the bounty o ti young nian-i' ctn
tavo a week but she confessed sadly
he made her jump for the coin, and
If hu held his arm out straight she
might Jump In vain, she could not
i each It.
The brute!" said Mls Stanley
Itosita did not know the mi jnlmr, but
she looked up pleaded. That was good,
the English lady was taking an in
terest In her, for tho cpletle sound
ed profane, and piof.inlty fiom a. fem
inine stance Indicated stiong emotion,
which she construed faoiably.
The poor in Meleo aie always liun
gty, and Miss Stanley, knowing tills
failing, took Hoslt.i 10 a little otu
100m icstaurant. Tno menu was con-
ilned strictly to Mexican dishes.
Miss Stanley noticed that Koslta put
holt her dinner to one side, wiapplug
the came filjolcs In tortillar. When
she ame to a dulco of some tioplc
fiult, boiled In a sjrup of cane sugar,
her little wrinkled eyes looked wist
ful "How can I take boinc to my little
brother?" she asked.
Miss Stanley asked another tiues
tlon: "Is this food you have put away
for your bi other""
"ts," nnswered lloslta, in her
squeaky olce. "I take all the cue of
him. We aie alone, and I vvotk fin
him. He Is locked in the loom, now,
hee," and alio held up th" massive key
prcullui to Mexican doors.
"Why is he locked in?" asked Miss
Stanlcj, she dliecttd the moi to put
the dinner In a couple of ollas for
Itnsltu. to take to her brother
'Ho has combats with the chllilten
in the bticct, and I am afiald ho will
get hurt," she answered.
fifns Stan'ey watched her trot away,
laden with tho dinner for her bi other
So bulky Indeed, pitifully thin. It
was not until she 1 cached homi that
Ml"-s Stanley remembeied that she hurt
not asked how old tho ' llttl" brothei"
was.
t-he often met Kosit.'. after that,
sometimes in the Jut dtp, wheio the
loses nodded oveihc.ul and lolets
bloomed under foot, and tho band
pl.ived fcoftlj' and sweetly as Mokau
bands do. Itoslti would dait fiom the
Llicllng stieain of pelntlo Into the in
ner circle, whete the quality walked
under the tiees or f-at on the lion
benches. Mlt.-. Stanley could seldom
usist the little, dirty, badly worked
s.iuuro of thaw n wotk held out by
the tiny hand.
Sometime? In the plaza wheie the
vendors called theli ailous fiults an 1
fg( tables with Ions diawn, walling
irlh, Miss Stanley wouU suddenb
h"ii' at her elbow the sluill s.queak
of l!o3ita as she praised tin vhtues
of an attenuated lun "Muy gordo
nine' take it wdght it In utu hand
-It Is heavy beoud bt'lef!" she would
insist, holding up the uii.ittiui the
bundle of feathers to lliu "child '
Constance Stanley had no father or
mother, and, living with a btother
who was eiideavoilng to effei t the
drainage of "the lichtst silver mine
In the world," Mie wandeud uncheck
ed through tli ciowded rmuow
btrerts of tin1 old town, with a joung
eilaiia her only Hale'iuaid.
Sshe had often longid lo cxploio a
(Kwk btrret that pluugxl downward
from the pav(d anil civilized one. It
as damp and muiky A stall case of
lone, with ci ambling adobe walls, two
d thiee stuilcs high. Atioss the
u eel's n.urow width iluttered sttlngs
oC washing. The women, with their
red petticoats and blue lcbozos, made
bright spots of color. The men loafed
about, lean and tagged. It reminded
her of Naples. The doorways swat Hi
ed with babies and dogs poveilv
man hing side by side w Ith those In
nocents. Do'vn she went The street made
an abnmt tuin. At the cuinci she
whs stattled by seeing ptotiudlng
from a hole eut In a squalid dooiway
S3eral long black llngets. They weio
withdtawn and she saw as she passed
the door two bloodshot eyes peeilng
out like beast's eyes.
"Nina, nlnltu! The good mother of
God sent you, und see what gain will
be yours!" Turning Miss Stunley be
held Koslta at her heel. She had a
plate to sell a coatse. Ironstone china
plate, chipped and ctacked There was
a look of lntensa nniet on her old
face, and htr weo hands shook as she
drew her treasule forth fiom under
her rebozo. The plate was Impossible,
and Constance, I leaking that fact
gently to tho dwarf, was astonished to
see the tears gother and fall over her
shriveled chseks.
"For two days, senotlta, I have not
dated unlock that dooi," and she nod
ded toward the mean poital where the
eyes had shot,)) and the ilngeis pto.
truded res'lessly. " 'Little brother
has nothing to eat, except the fev toi
ttllas the poor atound lieu could give,
und many of these go hungiy from tho
sun's coming up until the sun's going
down."
Constance sent her servant and llo
slta to tits plaza fot some cooked food,
and, while bho waited she talked In
the doorways with Peplta und I.olu und
Juana. The told her how Koslta
woikcd and starved for het brother.
"How old Is he?" asked Constance.
"Qulen sabe?" they said.
"la hu a child or Is he big enough to
woik for her?" sho asked, Impatiently.
"Ah! ho Is grandote, but also he Is
loco, un miuilutlco. See, that Is Jose
now who glaies from tho hole In the
door."
Miss Stanley listened to them with
that rapt attention we all give to tales
of the mad. lie dug dee)) holes In tho
earth floor, burrowing like an nnlmul;
sometimes ho escaped In that way and
then thero was fear In tho narrow
street, and the police, after a bloody
tight, would drag him shrieking back
to the one poor room Koslta called
home. She had nlways put food
through the door to hhn before ven
turing to open it.
Once, for a lone time, he had not
tnenuced the peace of the street. That
was when he killed the sereno. A po
liceman teased him as he peered from
tho hole In the door, much ns people
tease a hyena snarling In a cake. Tha
mad have memories, for Jose, one night
when the moon was big, crept softly
about tho dark room and finding tho
key Koslta's small cunning had hidden,
opened the door, crept again softly up
the stieet to nn adobe doorway, where
was sleeping a sereno, his head on his
knees. The police have a day and a
night shift, but one cannot expect a
madman to know everything. So It
was an Innocent man who had his neck
wrung as tho cook does a chlcken'3.
They could only guess what then hap
pened There wcto only the pulsing
stats looking silently down and the
great calm moon. However, it was
evident he must have dragged and
woirled and teased the poor piece of
clay for God knows how far or long.
They found him asleep by the dead
ereno, and, although too polite In the
"land of tho noonday sun" to manacle
or chain, they took the precaution to
tie with stout maguey rope Jose's
slumbering bulk before six of the laig
est policemen would venture to cairy
him to the carcel Jose's kind of peo
ple aie Heated with dufetence In Mexi
co. So. after some time the ntnn was
sent back for the dwaif to feed and
(ate for, and Koslta's face took on
moic wrinkles each day. '
lly the time Koslta tetuined with
the food Constance, who understood
Spanish very well, had heard much of
the "little brothei."
She declined to look thiough the peep
hole at him Livening over his dinner
like a wild beast. Followed by Koslta's
woidj giatltude, she climbed .o the top
of tho stieet, and theie met Mr. Dy
sei t.
Mr. Dysert had but lately risen from
tho following letter.
"Dear Mollie. Tell father I am look
ing af'ci the mining business In great
shape. Mexico is rather Jolly. I went
to the governor's ball last night. Only
one Ihigllsh girl there, Miss Stanley
awful pretty girl. I knew her hi other,
Dick Stanley, at Trlnlt. Won a cup
at the thiee-mlle He's a ptetty good
sort. Tell Hob that If he tan get that
Hvt colored bitch of Oglethorpe for
eight guineas to buy her. Look out
for Tobln's foot. Don't let the old duf
fer from tne Clancarty stables fool
with It Tel! a!' the 'old folk' that
Master Tony sent them love and wlsh
ln' them a good piatle ciop. Love to
dad and jourself. TONY."
After Tony Dysett had evolved this
thaiactetlstic missive fiom his lnsldes,
he went out for a swallow of fresh air
and to lellevc himself of thn strain of
(.(imposition by a long walk
Constance w.m veiy lovely at the
dante, In a faint gieen brocade, with
a quantity of (loamy old latt Some
cilinso.t popple., weie twisted tound
her Ivoiy shoulders. One or two moic
of the tlamlng lloweis shone from her
pale gold hair Mr. Dysert completely
lost his head over her; as he had a
lot of possessions In It eland, among
them a i Ich father and an ancient and
houoiublc ancestty, he could affotd to
do so
He was thinking of her as she had
looked the night befoie, when suddenly
she appealed, with htr servant, com
ing up fiom a stitet dark and deep,
like a well, for aheady It was getting
daik.
On the sticngth of being at college
with her bi other, he began with tiue
manly iiastlbllity to take her to task
loi het impiudeuio. Hut Miss Con-
I HtJiKo tightened up her soft, haughty
mouth, and, giving him the tear curvo
ol a tweed bhoulder to study, led hhn
a t base home
Tlu house the biother and sister
occupied had been Senor Lopez's, but
was pie-i'iited to Dick, togethe with
a mine woith millions, seveial black
cjed gills and what other trilling prop,
ei ty Don Felipe owned However,
Dkk lontlnued to pay tent regularly
and gazed on the girls fiom afar. The
hanging lamp was lighted In the zag
uiiii. una when the tnozo unchained the
gieat double doors a flood of melody
and l Ich tiagrance tushed out to greet
them fiom tho bluls and floweis In
the dim patio. Dick. In a smoking
jacket lounged out fiom the sala to
insist thin Tony, the old boy, should
take tta with them. Which he did.
That was the fltst difference be
tween the brother and sister. Dltk
adoitd Tony, and every night they
pumped out the mine or lode to hounds
over tho sala floor. Hut .Constance
detested him, mid, tontinry to her
usual letlcence, said so. Sho tramped
aiound the dlsieputuble and filthy
stieeti' twice as much as befoie, for
she knew It nnnoved him. Sometimes
she would see him following, and she
letenUd his espionage.
"Why don't ou like Tony?" Dick
would ask. "You know my theory,
Connie, I hat a sporty man llko Dy
sait would make tho best husband."
"Oh, Dltk1 who Is talking about bus.
bands? 1 think a man who Is utterly
doggy and hoisey and lakes Brown
ing to bo an authority on pink eye or
glanders Is a very poor companion.
To quote your 'dear Tony' 'We don't
tiot in the same class!'"
Dick gave a contemptuous snort.
This was one day at luncheon, and
Constance, Instead of tho good cry she
pined foi, took a wall:. She, turned
her steps tovvurd what Mi. Dysart
called "those cuttluo.it dens." '
She had never seen the stieet so de
setted. All were taking a siesta, oven
the dogs. As sho i cached the sharp
comet she heard a thin little shriek
full of appeal She recognized Koslta's
voice, and ran with her crlada at her
ride Into the low. open doorway sho
hud befoie so shudderlngly nvolded.
Theie, snapping his teeth and toll
ing his bloodshot eyes, was KosltaS
"little brother" tied with stiong ropes
to an Iron pin In the wall but hK
arms were free, und he stood naked
to tho waist, a giant In size. He had
secured the key und haj almost pull
ed the staple from the wall, but Koslta
was clinging to his arm and calling
for help. To and fro ho swung her ns
a wolf might u lubblt.
He had tho key In his black, cruel
hands and he bi ought It down on her
upturned face. Then again, ns Con
stance rushed forward with a set earn,
tho key fell with n crunch on tho
little, old, gray hend.
At thnt moment the pin gave way,
for ndobc walls nre not strong. Con
stance turned with her hands thrown
out wildly. Over Koslta's body the
madman tripped with a crash to tho
eat th floor; just ns ho fell, liccuught
Constance's gown In his grasp. Sho
fell with him, and, falling, knew the
room had filled with u clntterlng
crowd, and that Tony Dysart, smooth
shaven and blond, loomed above nil.
Constance, with tho help of her crl
ada, got nut In tho sttect, where sho
listened, with beating heart, to tho
ales, curses and scuttling going on in.
side.
There was one dominating, awful
groan then a sinister silence
A moment of sickening uncertainly
for that unemotional young Lngllslt
womnn, nnd Tony Dysart, panting, his
clothes torn and bloodstains on his
face und hands.
He walked firmly enough to give
Constance a helping arm up tho
stairs.
He said Koslta was dead, and he
thought the "little brother" would dlo
aldo, for, while he was stttiggllng with
him, a policeman had ciept up und
htruck hhn over the head with a heavy
Iron bar.
"Her wo are at the Casa Stanley,"
she said, as they stopped before tho
carved doois "Come In, Dick will
want to see you. Ho can thank you
better than I."
"No one can thank me llko you,"
Tony replied. "And I must go to the
hotel. This arm of mine pains mo a
little No, not broken," he answered,
trying to smile, "but 'little bt other'
wrenched It a trifle."
Constance, howeer, would not nc
cojit his easy usuianc that It was
all right. "You must como In; Dick
will want you."
"Do you want mo, though?" Sho
did not answer that; but as sho let
tho knocked full, turned with teats In
her eves.
"Will you come. Tony?"
"I will come," he insisted, "If you
want me,"
The big doois swung open.
"I want vou," sho said, slowly.
And the doors clanged behind them.
Argonaut.
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MIGHTY TIDAL WAVES.
The Inundation at Galveston Will
Bank Among Most Disasttous.
l'rotr the St LoulJ Olobc-Ucmocrat.
That the coasts of Hngland have been
visited by many and dlsastious tidal
waves there Is abundant evidence. In
fact, tho ocean bay which suuounds
nearly the whole of Llghuid and Scot
land Is evidence enough that the en
tire shore line as it exists today Is It
self the result of gieat submeislon, or
seiles of submcislons, which ages ago
overflowed the old coast, tuslied In
shore made new land lines, and, hol
lowing out between the new line and
the old, a new ocean bed, leaving what
had been called the coast line to be
forever aftc called the "bar." The bar
Is to be found In nearly every port of
Hngland, eloquent testimony to the ti
dal waves of the past. Hut there Is
little of other testimony, such ns hus
been preserved In the tccoids of sea
poi t tow ns.
One of the greatest cataclysms ever
occurlng on the British toast was that
on the coast of Lincolnshire In 1571.
This has been commemorated In verse
by Jeun Ingelow In the poem entitled
"High Tide Off the Coast of Lincoh.
shite." Tho Llmolnshlie coast Is al
most uniformly low and mat shy so
low, In fact, In some places that the
shoie requires the defense of an ent
bunkment to save It from the encroach
ments of the sea. A sea wall had been
built when the great tidal wave of l.Vt
came, but it appears to have been abso
lutely useless as a defense of the coun
tiy and tho people at that time. At
the present day the fens of Llnccln
shlte are defended from the North sea
by some of the finest engineering
works In the world, and yet It Is muih
to be doubted whether they would
piove effective against such Invasions
as that which has just overwhelmed
Galveston
Theie aie ancient town retords In
neailv all the seacoast towns of Liu
colnshite which tell of the Inundation
of 1751. Theio was then, as there Is
now, a chime of bells In the tower of
St. Hotolph, Boston, nnd when the tide
was seen to be sweeping away the bar
rleis tho mayor of Boston himself
mounted the belfiy stalls and had
played the old love song called "Tho
Brides of Hndeiby" as an alatm to tho
countty side. But the tide c.imo so
unheralded, there having been no
premonition of it in stoim oi tempes',
that the meaning of the chimes vvus
not understood. Savants have never
had an explanation of the Lincolnshire
tide, coming, as it did, so unheialiled
bv anything thieatenlng a cataclysm.
The flood found the people unptep.ued,
and thousands fell victims to Its futy.
Main' of the most fatal tidal waves
of which we have any hlstoiy have
been accompanied by euithquakes add
ing to their hoirors, but making It Im
possible to say whether the cntth
quuke or the Inundation has been the
muie fatal and destructive. The great
eutth:uake at Lisbon In 1751 was ac
companied by a tidal wave which, toll
Ing up the Tagus river from the ocean,
submeiiied all the lower parts of the
tlty and destroyed thousands of lives
which might possibly have escaped the
earthquake shocks. When the earth
quake came to Caracas In 1812 thTP
was a tidal wave at La Guayia, the
entiepot of Caracas, which destroyed
many lives. Five years ago a series of
tidal waves, accompanied by or altei
natlng with earthquake shocks, visited
some of the most populous Islands of
Japan. The tidal waves t cached front
fifteen to twenty miles Inland, being
of such height, fotce and volume ten
miles from the ocean, partleulaily
when restricted to narrow valleys, as
to be capable of destroying much life.
The number of human lives lost at that
time has never been stated In any Lng
llsh newspaper, but that It ian fat Into
the thousands theie Is no toont to
doubt. Ten thousands is more apt to
be nn under than an overestimate,
such were the ravages of the combined
seismic and cataclysmic tenors visited
upon that part of the woild during
nearly a week of days and nights of
hotror which, foitunately, come but
seldom In the experiences of the lace.
Tho aflllctlon of Texas, while much
less than this, Is still monumental, and
will always tank among the great cat
astrophes of hlstoiy. Pei haps there
have been events more desiiutttvu of
life, In times or pluces where It was
Impossible that any leeord of them
should bo left. But few such are
known to history. Nor is It likely that
tho future will often bring to any part
of the world a severer aflllctlon than
that which hus fallen upon our gulf
coast.
SOME CENSUS FIGURES,
i
" 1'opuMlon. Increase.
1000 1SJ0. Actual. 1'. C.
Niw York 3,II7,2ID 2,4P2,6M tm,02S 0912 -f
f (lilmKo l.PH.STJ 1.CJD.8JU 6'.S,7iJ CHI -f
I'lillmlrlphla l.ffW.rOT l.OIO.Ofil 210,73.1 U 57
f N. I.l S7i,!B7 431.TTO 12.1,467 27.83 -f
-f Ho'ton .. CGO.S'fJ 4tS,77 112,415 25 07 -f
llaltlmorc B(is,a',7 434,4.19 74,513 17.15 -f
Cleveland 391,703 2ill,3V1 120,(15 40 07
buffalo 35J,2la 255.MI W.V.5 17,77
-f San Kranclsio . ..... 012,7f2 29J.W7 4J,75 11 01 -f
-f Cinelmatl :i25,tx' 290,r03 2,091 U 77 -f
IMtMiurit ..." 321,610 23,C17 SJ.W0 34 78
-f New Orlcant 287,101 2l.',OJ9 45,06.5 18 CJ -f
-f Detroit 2S5.70J 205,870 79.S23 31.77 --
Mllnau1.cc 2W.115 2O4.1S0 W.829 3151 -f
-f Hiuhlnhtcn 278,713 210,392 4,32J IIP' -f
-f Nettnrk 240,070 181,830 ' 01,210 35.31
Jersey City 200,4ST, 10J.003 43,110 20 01 -f
4- Louisville 201,731 101,129 41,602 2, 00 -f
-f Stlnncapollj j. 202,718 101,738 37lSO 23.05 -f
-f- I'rovlJeiiCB 1T5.597 132,148 11,451 32.SS
hi'llnnpolls 109 161 105,410 63,723 roll
Kjhsii City, Mo l2t7Si 132,710 31,030 2139 4-
-"r. Paul KJ,6.1J 133,158 30,170 226-) -f
-f Itotlicstcr 162,415 113,890 0,539 2131 -f
Denver 133,85') 100,711 27,110 25 11
Toledo 131,822 M.111 50,153 0183
-f Alleplicny City 13,S9fl 105,237 21,609 2.137
-f Cohlliibu 125,500 88,1 ',0 .17,110 42 11
Syracuse, K. V 103,171 88,141 20,231 22. '5 -f
I'ater'on, K. J 105,171 78,117 20,821 . 3121
-f Omalu, Neb 102,555 110,152 M7,S'i7 20 93 -f
f Seranton, li 102,020 75,215 23,911 35 05 -f-
-f Albany, K Y 91,151 01,92.1 772 .81
l'orll irij, Ore 00,110 40,385 41,011 01 f i
Atlanta, -a 89,872 63,53.1 21,339 37 1 -f
-f Dayton, 0 85,33.1 61,220 21,11.1 31 XI -f
f ItielimonJ, Va 85,051 81.SS8 3,602 150
f Nashville, Tenn 80,865 70,153 4,0)7 0 17
Ihltfiril, Conn 79,350 82,2.10 20,1.20 50 01
Wilm'nston, Del 70,503 W.lll 15,077 2151
-f Trenton, N.J 73.307 67,459 15,M'I 27 31
-4- llrlilueport. Conn 70,990 43,fi 22,110 1529
Oiklan.l, Cal 00,lV) 18,02 1,273 37.55
-f Ho1jol.cn, X. J 51,301 41,013 15,71(1 30 01
i:aiioil11c. Ind 61,007 60,750 S.151 10.2(1
-f Manchester, N. II 50,937 41,120 12..-.01 2115
I'corla, lit 60,100 41,021 15,070 30.75
-f Charleston, "5 C 65,307 61,955 Ml 155 -f
Silt 1 ake City, Utah 63,531 41,811 8,033 19 37 -f
V likes Hit re, Pa 61,721 37,718 11,00.1 37.13
Kan-is Clti. Kan 61,418 33,310 11,102 31V)
l'orthml, Vie 50,145 3I.IJ5 11,720 37.1.7 -
-- Yonken. X V 47,911 .12,a'.1 16,593 49 0.1 -4-
rt Wayne, Ind 45,115 35,191 9,722 27 17
-f Covington, K 42.M3 :.7,171 5,567 11 09
4- Akron, O 42,723 27,001 15,127 51 St
-f Ljiicistcr, Pi 41,151 :.2,011 9,113 29 51 -f
I.lnioln, Xch 40,161 55,154 M1.9-5 27 17 -4
l'awtuckct. It. 1 39,2.11 27,1.1.1 ll.B 4197 -f
Altoona, Pa 33.S7.1 30,3.17 S.C.iO 23 17
-f Mobile, Via 33,409 31,076 7,19.1 2.1.79
-f IUrmlnKham, Ala H3,4-, '.'0,173 12,2.17 4'. 95
4- RvUcstnn, Tev 37,7m 29.0M 8,705 29 'H -f
(Julru.l. Ill :.i:,2'2 31,111 4,753 15 11
J.lnilra. X. Y 35,072 30,891 4,779 15 17 -f
4- vllcntovvn, Pa 35,110 25.223 10.K3 40 33 -f
-f Divenport, la. 35,251 20,372 !! 311)
-f duster. Pa 31,209 2O220 11,9-wl H09
-f 5oik, Pa 33,051 20,791 12.M51 61 3J
Mnux Clly, li 33,111 2,110 4,91.5 12 12 -f
lliyonnc, V. J 32,722 19,0.11 11.6-.9 71.92
4- Canton, O 30,607 2i.,ls9 1,173 17.10 4-
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4- Mlmtlc City, X. J 27,Sls 13,055 11,73.1 113 21 4-
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JONAS LONG'S SONS. JONAS LONG'S SONS.
"It Was the Greatest Friday we Ever Saw,"
But Tomorrow Must Beat It
It is no uncommon thing to crowd this store with
people. There are several days each week when it is
woith one's while to jostle their way through thp busy,
but happy buying throng.
But with all the crowds, all the excitement and en
thusiasm of buying that this store has known, our Af
ternoon Hourly Sale of last Friday walked away with
the prize.
It was a new plan a new idea here, created solely
for your interest. Our point was to concentrate th'e
hourly sales of the day ALL into the three hours of the
afternoon between Two and Five O'clock.
Did it work ? Was it a success ? Ask any of the
thousands who were here. And so to-morrow we give
the second of
Great
BRITAIN'S VANISHING TRADE.
English Boots nnd Shoes Outclassed
by Foreign Makes.
Prom the London Kvprcss.
'Mcmly but wnoly the boot and 'shoe
manufacturing industiy is dwindling
In England.
Tho board of trade returns for last
month show that ve shipped over S,
000 palM less than e did In the pre
vious July. Of thlb shrinkage only
nbout half was due to the loss of the
South African trade, while the total
Ios was valued at about 16,000. This
rahed the decline for tho year to 23,
000 dozen, valued at 63,000.
Our linpoits of American und con
tinental bont.3 and bhoca aie rising
rapidly, while we ate reshlpping less
and less of three impoitatlons to our
fmelgn and colonial (.ustomeis. This
means that we are letaining more 1m
poited boots for our own use, and thus
still futlher leduclng the market for
honie-made goods. We are buying
moie Urgely than over fiom the cute
Yankee and enterprising ( ontlnontal
llv.il. Though we sold 8,000 dozen
palts Iat month, we actually Import
(d Ti'u (lo'sen palio more than in July,
1S99.
A retrospect Is still more stattling
In MS we spont C'JIT.C'Jl on Imported
boots, this ye.u our put chases have
ilsen to IM'O.'.'UO. Many mav console
thoms-elvcM that it Is only "cheap and
nasty" itibhlsli wo Import. But tho
revel f-o Is tho fact. Not only Is the
iiuulity In the goods wo Inipoit lm
pioving even mote lupidly than tho
quantity, but It is already 1!3 per cent,
higher than the pi he of the footwear
we dispatch to our own customei.s
abroad.
Why Is It that our shoo trade Is
thus dwindling anil helng snapped up
by foioIgneisV A host of factois may
be suggested, nnd 'Mill may play Its
part In the general slulnlcage, but
one cause stands out pionilneutly.
Ladles and gentlemen desiring neat
and attractive footwear buy French
ind American goods .'Imply because
Hngllsh boots and shoes do not fit
o well or feel so comfortable as the
imported ones, and also they make the
foot "lcok large."
The manufactuiers' icply, according
to the confessions of their trade or
gans, is a fianlc admission that their
boots do look too big. But they throw
the blame on the unfortunate last
makers, not half of whom, they aver,
know how to do more than shape a
block of wood Into something resem
bling a foot. "The in tlstic disposition
of tho foot over tho sole" Is described
as the one aim and object of the
Kiench and American lastmakei,
while its "more distribution" Is said
to bo the only object lit this country.
This distinction is characterized as
a "nice" one, but It Is acknowledged,
novel theless, to bo "vital," an J It ex
plains th compaiatlvelv small bulk
the foot occupies when Incased In an
impoited boot.
EX-MINISTER WOODFORD WEDS
Tho Bride Was Formerly His Private
Secietary.
II; IalIioIvc Wire from The Vssocutul Presj,
New Yoik, Sept 2". Ueneral Stewart
1.,. Woodford, former minister to Spain,
was maiiied to Miss Isabel Hamuli
i yesterday. The ivedding ceieinony
I took place in the chapel of the First
l'lesbyt.'ilan church, on lower Fifth
avenue, this city. Bov. How aid Dut-
ileld outdated.
The bilde was tho pilvate secretary
of ('.uncial Wooilfoid at .Madrid at the
outbreak of the Spanish-American
war. Sho is about "t! cars old, and
General Woodford Is C". This Is his
second marriage, his ilist wife having
died about two jeara ago.
GRIST MILD DESTROYED.
Ily Kxtluoive Wire from The Auoclateil Pres.
Mlcntmui, Sqit ST - Henry VAenlman'i three
btor cn.t mill, a mv. mill anil it Mono i11IIti
near M(lnsliur', wire ilislrojeil Ijst nllit ly
nre of unknown origin, Stirling on mill roof
I.os, 1J.0O0, insurjme, $11,000.
"No Imperial uYileoi lurk In the American
mlnil. They are alien to American aentlmcnt,
thought and purpose. Our prlirlcsa principle!
unduKi) nu change under i tropical tun. Ihey
go with tho flic."
All you need to do to insure your being here is to
read the list c f items which follow. We make no com
ments. Qualities and prices stand for themselves. Read
eveiy item carefully.
At 2 O'clock Sharp.
MASON'S FRUIT JARS, :c: Think of buying these best
of all canning jar.s, pint hize, for threc-and-one-half-ccntb the
cover's worth prett near that. But they arc here and lots y
of 'em, Friday at two o'clock sharp, in the basement for. . . 3'2C
GOOD STKP LADDERS, lilc: Just the time of jcar you
need them, so we put them within your reach at a little price
that you may reach whatever you want. Three-foot size, of
thoroughly seasoned cedar wood, strongly made. In
basement, 2 o'clock I V C
MG TIN DISH PANS, c: Who ever heard of an eight
quart dish pan for any such price? Yet you'll sec them in great
quantities here todav. Best American tin; -' o'clock,
in the basement V C
14 BARS LAUNDRY SOAP, 23c: That's unusual, Isn't
it Not many stores that sell even ten bars for a quarter. This
is Fair-bank's celebrated floating soap, too, as pure as the purest
for laundry purposes. Downstairs in the basement at -
o'clock, 14 liars J&OC
NEWEST CALICOS, JSJc YD: If vc were to buy them
in the market today they'd cost us just five cents; and if wc were
to make anv profit at all, you'd pay us more than five. Order
was placed weeks ago at old price. Calicos that just came from
the mills the brightest and prettiest of patterns. Grays,
blues, etc. At - o'clock
A pretty Philadelphia belle, when preparing for her summer vacation tourlnc;,
declared that one of the most important tiling that she put into her trunk wav a pack
age of Ripans Tabules. " Last summer," ai i she, " in spite of the heat and weariness
of travel, I always found a Ripans Tabule would help me when I felt depressed, After
any unusually hearty meal at the Atlantic City hotel, where I remained a large part of
the summer, a Tabule invariably did away with any tendency to indigestion. During
the winter I always use a Tabule after a dance or a theater party that has been follow ed
by a luncheon or supper such as are usually so injurious because they lead to the eating
of rich food and too much of it at late hours."
A nw t yl packet ooaUlolnjr tex muAita Tiiuua Id a paper carton (without rlaav) la now for 1&I0 at om
drug itortairoit riTK cxkt 1 hla low piioed mm UtrleDded for th poor audtba economical, finedocen
or tne rtTrnt cartons ( la) labuloa) ran 6a bad by mall by Hendlatf foriy-rlfbt cent to tba HirAH CiiuactL.
ConraXT, fo. Ill tprui.o birccl, Sow York-era tingle cartoociui liacLuJwUJ bowatlorBttcwiu.
:3c
At 3 O'clock Sharp.
LADIES' $2.r.ll SHOES, $1.40: THE GREATEST SALE
OF THE DAY. Wc emphasize this good and strong, for it
reallv has no parallel in the annals of trade. The lot consists of
JUST 498 PAIRS.
of very line and firm Kid Shoes, with dongola tips, heavy soles
and the new bull-dog toes. Wc positively GUARANTEE every
pair to give splendid wealing service; if not, wc arc
here all the time to make it right with you. Not a 4 V
pair worth less than $'J.."0. On sale at - o'clock, j
Friday, main floor
PLAID BLACK SUITINGS, UOc: Another sale that will
open the Autumn dress goods season with a rush. A wonderful
collection of the newest and prettiest of Plaid Hack Tweed Suit
ings, :() inches wide just the fabric for capes and storm skirts:
extra heavy weight and a big variety of shades. With it we
shall offer '2." pieces of ati-inch Cheviot Homespun, of hoavv.
substantial weight, finely woven and in many shades. Your
choice of the Two on Friday afternoon at " o'clock, Main ,-
Floor. Yard ." vC
FINEST 1IUCK TOWELS. lc: Two solid cases, so
there's no limit to the quantity ou may bu. Finest I luck with
handsomely finished borders in assoited colors, at almost ..
half price for One hour i jC
NEW FRENCH CORSETS, :!!)c : 1 lardly worth w bile to
say much about these; they're so good wc could talk all d.i con
cerning them. French patterned with short hips. White, drab and
pink, with pretty lace finish at top and bottom. Friday q,
afternoon at " o'clock on the Second Floor for 5vC
ENQU1S1TE SILKOLINE. .'Jc: Up one more flight to
the thinffloor and you'll find this great bargain waiting for you.
Newest and richest patterns in Silkoline. for comforts, pillows
and manv other things. Same as sold regularly in all stores at
10c. thouerli we think these patterns a little better. Ready
at : o'clock, Third Floor, Yard
At 4 O'clock Sharp.
THESE GRECIAN STOOLS, flSc: Did you ever sec
anything like them for the money? Fact is they are worth a
go'otl deal more, but we bought a big lot and they're yours at a
Friday price. Highly polished and finished, with upholsterings
of assorted French. Belgian and mottled Velours of unique de
signs, embellished with gilt bead trimming. On theQ
Foui ih Floor at t o'clock sharp at only V oC
PRETTY BUREAU COVERS, l!c: Same kind you've
bought before only a trifle longer ("-' inches); full IS inches wide.
As prettv as any Bui can Covers you'll find around town at
!)c; Friday at only 1 "C
blLk'uLlNh COMFORTS, !7c: Here IS another bar
gain of the sort you're after to keep out the chill and in the
warmth when winter days shall come. Handsome Comforts, full
size, splendidly filled, covered in rich patterns of dark and light
silkolines, neailv tufted; same as most stores sell up to dol-
lar ard a half. 'Here Friday at 4 o'clock for V C
LADIES' RIBBED VESTS, lc: Just the right weight
for wear from now till late Fall. Long sleeves, taped neck and
pearl buttons; all sizes and one of the biggest Friday bar-
gains at 4 o'clock for I "C
BOYS' ALL WOOL SUITS, $1.1".): Special lot in Vestee
and double breasted styles; also some blouses. Plain blue,
brown, plaids and checks. Yetce styles have open front Vests,
I5 to S years. Double breasted ! to 1.". Elegantly made and
ttimmcci. Worth from S-'.'-Ti to $!J.ni) suit. At 1
o'clock, Second Floor P 1 .Z"
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