TIIE SCR AKTON TRIBUNE SATURDAY HORNING, NOVEMBER 17, 1894.
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One of. the pleasing and valuable
fPHtnrPH of the recent convention in
this City of the Young Women's Chrlsi
tlan association of Pennsylvania was a
paper read by Dr. C. E. Ehringer, direc
tor of physical education in the State
Normal school at West Chester, upon
"The Physical Well-being of Woman."
We select from this excellent paper
somepotntHof more than transient inter
est. After noting that in primitive times
the law of exercise was enforced by
the very conditions of uncivilized soci
ety. Dr. Ehringer continues:
: "The whole tendency of modern clvlli
aotlon Is toward specialization,- and,
while" It is t(f this great force of con
centrated and specialized effort that we
owe the material advancement of our
day, there is yet a blighting and wither
ing effect which we are just beginning
to appreciate. The first effects of an
era of specialism must ever prove dis
astrous In some directions. The whole
subject has been tersely put In these
'words: 'There are three great marks
or necessities for all true developement
aggregation, or the massing of things;
differentiation, or the varying of things,
and integretatlon, or the re-unltlng of
things." ' The result of aggregating in
dlvlduals, families and communities,
may. te Been in our great cities aua
their development in architecture, art
. and industries. TIip effect of differenti
ation Is evident In the great discoveries
"and Inventions. But the consequences
of integration, or the re-unltlng of
things Into higher wholes. Is scarcely
yet apparent, and this, broadly speak
ing, is the problem of .the future.
"A word now concerning the physical
Effects of city life. Man In his natural
state lives In the country, whether as a
hunter, a tender of -herds, or an agri
culturalist. The tendency to aggregate
in cities is most natural and easily ex
plained. A higher Intellectual culture
"obtains '.tliere; amusement are more
liumerous and diversified, and com
merce more active. The city has been
styled the nerve-center of our civiliza
tion. It is also the storm center. True
Indeed, it is that 'the roots of civiliza
tion, are the nerves; and other things
being equal, the finest nervous organi
zation will produce the highest civili
zation Hut We must not forge't that
there Is a limit to this cultivation and
refinement of the nervous system, that
unli'ss there is a coincident care and
development of the nutritive and mus
cular systems, disaster must inevitably
result. Unfortunately, the specializa
tion of labor required by city life, the
sedentary occupations it Imposes; the
. Jack of pure nlr, invigorating sunshine,
pure water, proper rest and adequate
means of natural forms of recreation,
' nre weW nigh fatal to this need. Unless
special efforts are instituted to counter
act these baneful tendencies; unless the
city dweller can be .brought to realize
these facts and induced to correot them
by concerted and Intelligent endeavors
his physical decadence Is a foregone
conclusion; disease Will not become less,
but Vastly more frequent than It now is.
VThe progress of civilization unques
tionably Involves an Increasing strain
on the nervous system. Among sav
ages and uncivilized races Insanity and
some dther forms of nervous disease
' now so comomn are almost unknown.
A writer in the November number of
the Annals of Hygiene says: 'I will
venture to assert, so true Is the fact
that insanity is the product of civiliza
tion, that if it were not for the combat
ing influences of social laws, assisted
not a little by scientific medicnl aid, all
North A-meiica could, not contain the
vast and enormous- army that would
constitute the civilized world's array of
lunatics.' Dr. Beard, the well known
y. . authority on nervous- diseases, says:
'There is a large family of functional
nervous disorders, that are Increasingly
frequent among the indoor classes of
civilized countries, that are especially
frequent n the northern and eastern
parts of the United States.' The suffer
ers from these maladies are counted In
this country by hundreds of thousands;
In all the northern and eastern states
they are found In nearly ever? foraln
: working household. They are
, all diseases of civilization, and of mod
ern civilization, and malrrly of the nine
teenth, century and of the United
States. Neurasthenia, or nervous ex
haustion, is comparatively a modern
disease, its symptoms , surprisingly
?iore frequent now than In the last cen
ury, and it Is an American disease in
this, that. It is very much' more common
. here than In any-other part of the civ
ilized world.' Drl 8. Wler Mitchell, one
vt the greatest authorities In this coun
try on nervous diseases, says: ' 'The
flower of American womanhood is
wilted by over-culture before It comes
fully Into bloom. The long hours, the
multiplicity of studies, the number of
teachers each striving, to get the ut
most out of their pupils the craving
rivalry to be well graded, the all-de-,
vourlng jttnbltlon to command a means
of living, the . hurried or neglected
' meals, the want of exercise and the
fatal irregularity that it entails, the
gnawing worry, that murders sleep-it
is these, and these alone, that condemn
ten of thousands of American women
toalifeof misery and uselessness before
they have ceased to behlldren.' These
references will ' serve to explain In a
measure why man-does not enjoy the
same uniform good health and content
ment that other Vertebrate animals do.
It Is because man has sadly perverted
his natural instincts, and has failed for
' such a long period to conform to the
laws of his organization. Dr. Alls.
' Skene aptly says: 'AU this incompro
hensible variety which Is displayed in
tha human family comes from per-
surfoundlngs. In the present state of
society in this country too much time Is
devoted by one class to mental culture,
and by another to a necessary struggle
for. existence. Nearly' all -our institu
tions of learning are- deypied to Intel
lectual, and moral culture, 'While there
Is no organized means) of physical cul
ture.. In. our cities almost nothing is
dope to supply the great demands of the
system for physical exercise. Just here,
where the efforts in this direction should
be the greatest, this all-important sub
ject is practically ignored. Medical au
thorities throughout the land have ever
and anon been giving their warning cry,
but thus far It has been but little heed
ed. Dr. Skene sums the matter up In
these words: 'According to my obser
vation of the subject as It stands at the
present time, the chief cause of Imper
fect development in women is imper
fect general physical culture. Mental
and moral education have their influ
ence upon sex, but they cannot take the
place of bodily health.'
"The period of childhood Is cut too
short. Children are not allowed enough
time to grow, to perfect fhelr mental
and physical evolution. Children In
this country are to apt to be precocious,
to be little men and women while they
are still children In years. Among girls
the emotional natures are too much
cultivated, nnd they are encouraged too
early to enter society. Up to ten or
twelve years of age boys nnd girls
should lead much the same life, the
girls engaging In almost the same
games and pastimes as the boys. The
tendency to mature thought and occu
pations should be restrained and dis
couraged. The spirit of play and out
door exercise should be fostered In
every way possible. The disastrous
consequences which come upon a peo
pie as a result of the enervating in
fluences of civilization affect the health
of women in a far greater degree than
that of man. In her the consequences
are more quickly seen and greatly in
tensified. The remark Is often made,
and not without reason, that Ameri
can women are the weakest In the
world; -and if this be not strictly true,
It Certainly Is freely conceded that ner
vous diseases do prevail among Ameri
can women to a greater extent than In
the women of any other civilized coun
try. The decline from strength to weak
ness has been gradual and hence not
alwuys so noticeable. But in compar.
lug one generation of girls and women
with another this fact is plainly seen.
Indeed, there is a prevailing notion
that weakness Is a legitimate condition;
that 111 health Is quite a natural state
of the sex, that seml-invalldlsm is an
indication of refinement, and that
strength Is rather a condition of coarse
ness. But within the, past few years
there lias been a somewhat healthier
reaction from these false notions. The
feeling is growing, as It should, that
health Is not merely a matter of per
sonal comfort, but Is indispensable to
the prosperity of a people, and Is a fact
of tremendous significance as bearing
on the moral questions of the day.
would not otherwise obtain it. Where In J.L- CinM ftS
- lli tut i iuiu ui
lack of means precludes the establish
ment of an equipped gymnasium, some
provision should be made; a physical
department should be organized and
the work 4n some , form entered .upon.
In smaller pjaces, where an abundance
of room Is at hand, out-door work could
be encouraged and undertaken without
any special Instructor. Health talks
could be inaugurated by securing the
aid of the local physicians, and at a
small cost health journals and suitable
books could be furnished for the read
ing room. Every town of 4,000 or 6,000
inhabitants should have a Young Wo
men's Christian association and an
equipped gymnasium connected there
with. But, you say, how can this he
done? Where will the means come
from? It can be done If the necessity
for their existence Is shown. It needs
but an adequate appreciation of the
alms and uses of this association to pro
cure the needed funds. .
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IX LABORATORY AND WORKSHOP
How Mechanical Ingenuity Yokes Itself
with the Theories of the Pedants in
too Effort to Achieve New
Wonders of Invention,
"The saying that all disease is a sin
Is not a mere empty phrase, but rests
upon demonstrable facts. In the words
of Dr. Felix Oswald, 'every disease Is
a protest of nature against the active or
passive violation of her laws. But that
protest rarely follows upon a first trans
gression, never upon trifles; and. life
long sufferings the effects of an In
curable Injury excepted generally lm
ply 'that the sufferer's mode nt life Is
habitually unnatural In more than one
respect.' But what are the causes, and
where his remialy? H are we to improve-
the physical well-being, of wo
man? This is the momentous question.
The deteriorating -effects of city life
have been touched upon, and the ex
cessive nervous development and men
tal strain incident to it pointed out.
Improper food is doubtless a great fac
tor, but lack of exet'clse and Impro
prieties of dress are two of the greatest
evils. The latter I have neither the
time nor the disposition to consider at
present at any length. Women, her
self, has grappled with this question In
earnest, and the needed reform Is slowly
but surely progressing. In the short
time remaining for me I would like to
briefly point out what can be done to
remedy the physical deterioration of
woman by physical training. The artl
flclal conditions and diseases of modern
life can only be remedied by resorting
to artificial means of obtaining exer
cise, and this must be done by organized
and systematlo effort. Leaders of
thought and great movements of the
day must lend their aid. Suitable
means and proper places for securing
physical exercise ore demanded. But
even these ore of small value unless
suitably qualified persons are provided
to instruct in their use, explain their
action, necessity and limitation. The
Young Men's Christian associations
throughout our land have already done
noble work In providing suitable
equipped gymnasia for the young men,
and a good beginning has been made In
the Young Women's Christian associa
tions. I have no hesitation in saying
that the need of them here and the
good which they may accomplish Is
far greater than In the Young Men's
Christian associations. The boys and
young men, .both from preference and
necessity, secure more or less physical
development, whether special provision
is made of not. Not so with the girls
and young women. Mistaken ideas of
propriety, conventionalities in dress,
ignorance, want of opportunity and In
centive, alike operate to prevent their
securing the one thing most heedful to
their physical well-being. Every Young
Women's Christian association in this
broad land should make oil the provi
sion In Its power to secure to Its mem
bers some form of physical training.
The urgent necessities of this cannot be
too strongly set forth. Even though
gymnasia were a thousands times more
numerous than they are at present, If
every school in the land made some
special provision for physical develop
ment, there would still exist urgent
reasons why the Young Women's Chris
tlan association should specially en
gage In this work, as it has a field pecu
liarly Its own, reaching a large class
who sadly need such training and who
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"Let us consider for a moment what
a well organized physical department
might mean to a Young Woman's Chris
tian association. Were an ample room,
suitable for a gymnasium, provided
with the needful apparatus and pre
sided over by a skilled instructor at
tached to each association, think of the
good that might be accomplished In the
way of physical regeneration, vv nat
a host of girls and young women it
would attract. How pleasant and profit
able might be the evenings of those
who through the day had been occupied
in household duties, at Bchool, in the
factory, the office and the store room.
Each applicant for admission to this
department should have a thorough
physical examination by the physical
director to determine the exact needs
of the case; suitable work should be
prescribed to bring up physical defi
ciencies, and correct the numberless
faulty habits of posture of standing,
walking and sitting.
The applicant should be shown why
a drooping head, hollow chest, uneven
shoulders, crooked spine and protrud
ing hips are harmful. What Injuries
may result from suspending the weight
of the clothing from the waist with
tight bands; how and why constriction
of the waist is one of the most promi
nent factors n the causation nf the dis
eases of women; that these things not
only effect her health and happiness
now, but may profoundly Influence her
future well being. Should the appli
cant be suffering from any condition
demanding medical attention, she
should be turned over to the medical
director, who, In Yfung Woman's
Christian association's, Should always
be a woman. What a world of good
could be accomplished here. The ad
vice and occasional attention of a
skilled woman physician might be the
means of arresting many diseased con
ditions In their lnclplency. I would
have under this department a course of
lectures upon hygiene In Its various
aspects, laying particular stress upon
temperance, social purity, dregs reform,
heredity, diet, cookery and allied sub
jects. I would have a course of health
talks for children and a series of prac
tical lectures for mothers on the care
of children. What we need, above all
things, is a broader view of physical
education. This is no visionary ideal.
All disease that can be prevented Is
a crime both against ourselves and the
state. In many instances physical re
generation must precede moral regener
ation. 'Life is not to live but to be well.'
We cannot buy health, we must de
serve It.' The woman of the future, if
these suggestions be properly borne in
mind, will be vigorous, healthy beauti
ful and all sufficient to the demands of
her lofty position." '
Rushing through the air at the rate
of 200 miles an hour on an airship pro
pelled by rapid explosions of nltro
gelatlne Is the proposition made by Dr.
Edwin Pynchon, M. D., of Chicago. He
Is the author of a paper published In
Transportation on "High explosives as
a means of propulsion in aerial naviga
tlon." In the course of his discussion
he says: "In aerial travel, the great
desideratum Is ceaseless and rapid on
ward motion, and at an altitude of
from BOO to 2,000 feet the best results
should be attained. It Is quite prob
able that a speed of 150 or 200 miles an
hour can be easily had, and will, In
fact, be necessary in order to Insure a
commercial success. I have estimated,
with a ship of the size mentioned, that
after a full speed of 200 miles an hour
has been attained, it can be maintained
by the explosion every five seconds of
a pair of 60 per cent, nltro-gelatlne
cartridges, each weighing two ounces.
Then will thus be required about 100
pounds of the explosive for each 100
miles of the journey, and the cost, in
cluding a very liberal alluwance for
construction and Insulation of the cart
ridges, should not exceed 40 cents per
pound. The expense would then be
$1.20 per minute, or $72 per hour, being
less than 40 cents per mile traveled,
Three thousand pounds of fuel would
thus more than provide for a transat
lantic voyage, and the cost thereof
should not exceed $1,000, which would
would be Inexpensive for a vessel of its
probable carrying capacity, which, In
addition to fuel and supplies, should
easily transport 25 adults, consisting of
a crew of 10 and 15 passengers. Let
man but partially succeed in the field
oi aerial navigation, ana mere is no
doubt but that the maximum of success
will follow in much less time than has
been required in the evolution of the
ocean steamer."
In the neighborhood of 200 delegates,
representing 17 states and territories,
Canada and Mexico, were present at
the third national Irrigation congress,
recently in session at Denver. Colo
rado and California have more than
half the area under successful Irrlga
tlon; California, 1,004,233 acres; Colo
rado, 890,733; Montana, 350,582; Utah
203,743; in all 3,500,000 acres under lrrl
gallon, which cost over $30,000,000.
Value of products on these lands range
from $S.25 per acre in Wyoming to $19
In California. First cost Is about $S.15
per acre; average annual expenditure,
$1.07; value of water rights thereafter,
$26 per acre; increase In value of irri
gated lands from $80,000,000 to $300,000,
000. Irrigation has come to stay.
furs, $1,100 having been paid for a single
skin.
Fruit Is supplanting wheat on California
farms.
The oldest manufactured weapon Is the
sword.
Artificial whalebone Is mads from
leather.
The most abundant free metal In the
earth's crust Is copper.
The engines of the world can do the
work of 1,000,000,000 men.
Troy, N. Y., mokes over $4,000,000 worth
of stoves every year.
American corset factories represent an
Investment of $7,000,000.
The grandfather of the Rothschilds did
not own a penny in 1S0O.
It requires twenty hours for a ship to
pass through the Sue canal.
Over 90 per cent, of the business of the
United States is done by checks.
Scientists predict that In a century
there will no disease not curable.
A costal card recently received by a
Cincinnati paper contained 3,203 words.
The gross value of British maritime In
terests amounts to slightly over $10,000,-
000,000. I
A camera especially adapted for the
photography of meteors has been Invent
ed by a Boston artist.
There are only about 87,000 persona In
countty out of the whole number whose
Income annually exceeds $4,000.
The total amount of beer drank In the
world during 1S93 Is estimated by a Ger
man statistician at 4,500.01X1,000 gallons.
In the fiscal year 1803 our exports of
raw cotton were 4,401, ret bales, or z.aH,
131,711 pounds, of the value of $187,012,089,
or 8.48 cents a pound.
Experiments are being made with com
pressed hay for paving blocks. The hay,
after being pressed, Is soaked In a drying
oil, which, it Is claimed, renders it Indestructible,
Paper Indestructlblo by fire has been in
vented by M. Meyer, of Purls. A speci
men of It was subjected to u severe test
148 hours in a potter's furnucc and came
out with Its glaze almost perfect.
A Manchester (Eng.) man carries on his
person a complete pickpocket alarm sys
tem. Removal of Ills watcn, pin or oiner
Jewelry causes the ringing of tho bell.
The electric plant weighs tweniy-iwo
ounces.
The Prussian government spends over
$50,000 a year In BUpport of the laborator
ies connected with the medical depart
ment of the University of Berlin. This Is
exclusive of the salaries puld to profes
sors. A llchthouse lens of the first order Is six
feet In diameter, and costs $4,250 to $8,4(10;
second order, 4 feet 7 inches, and costs
$2,7110 to $5,550, and the third order, 3 feet 3
Indies, and costs from $1,475 to $3,050.
It Is said that a week's work In Birm
ingham, Eng., comprises, among Its va
rious results, the fabrication of 14,00(1,
000 pens, 6.U00 bedsteads, 7,000 guns, 300,
000,000 cut nails, 100,000,000 buttons, 1,000
saddles, 6,000,000 copper or bronze coins,
20,000 pairs of spectacles.-Phlludelpiila
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A Napoleon of finance picked out a
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posed all the money of the companies
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SWEETHEARTS IN YOUTH.
Romance of Mr. Justice White and Mrs.
Linden Kent.
Associate Justice White, of the United
States supreme court, and Mrs. Linden
Kent, of St. Louis, were married in New
York a few days ago.
The marriage Is the culmination of an
attachment formed years ago, when
both the justice and his bride were
quite young. At that time he was a
newly-admitted barrister, and she waB
a society girl of high standing. For
some reason the match was broken off
and she wedded. After years of separa
tion they again drifted together, and
the affection, which had been smolder
ing, ripened for tho second, time Into
a llame of love, and their wedding is
the natural consequence.
Justice White recently purchased a
home In Washington and fitted it up in
magnificent style, and will take up his
residence there on his return.
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When Jimmy cornea from Bchool at four,
j-o-r-u-s-a-i-e-ml how things begin
To whirl and buzx and bang and spin
And brighten up from Die roof to floor!
The dog that ull day long has lain
Upon the back porch wagg his tail
And leaps and barks and begs again
The last scrap In the dinner-pail,
When Jimmy colnes from school.
The cupboard latches clink a tune.
And mother from her knitting gtlrg
To tell that hungry boy of hers '
That supper will be ready goon.
And then a slab of plo he tukes,
A cooky and a quince or two,
And for the breezy barnyard breaks.
Where everything cries, "How-d'y do?"
When Jimmy comes from school.
The rooster on the garden fence
Stirs up and down and crows and crows
Ag if he knows, or thinks he knows,
He, too, Is of sojne consequence.
The guineas. Join the chorus, too.
And Just beside the window nlll
The red bird, swinging out of view,
On his high perch begins to trill, s
- -When Jimmy comes from school.
When Jimmy comes from school, take
care!
Our hearts begn to throb and quake
With life and Joy, and every ache
la gone before we are aware.
The earth tpkan on a richer hue,
A. softer light falls on the flowers,
And overhead a brighter blue
Seems bent above this world of tours, .
When Jimmy comes from school. .
James Newton Matthew,
The French admiralty recently con
structed an aluminium torpedo boat,
which, upon trlul, gave great satisfac
tion. The material of which the hull of
this boat Is constructed is not pure
aluminum, but is -an alloy consisting of
94 per cent, of aluminum and 6 per cent,
of copper. The adoption of this lighter
material enabled important changes to
be made in the general designs as com
pared with the usual methods of con
stuctlon; but the total weight of the
hull Is only about one-halt of what a
steel hull would be. The boat is CO feet
long, 9 feet 3 Inches breadth of beam,
and yet the total weight, with water in
the boiler, Is a little less than nine and
a half tons. One of the chief results In
ubiiib una ngnier material Is that a
speed of twenty and one-half knots was
maae, against a maximum speed of
British torpedo bonts of the same class
of seventeen knots. Among otlmr ml.
ages claimed are ease of taking out of
tho water Into dry dock, additional
buoyancy and freedom from vibration.
me saving in weight nlone is of In
creased Importance with boats designed
to be carried on the decks of battle
ships, such as designed for the Ameri
can battle-ships Maine and Texas. Only
one thing is against aluminum for boat
making.. It costs twice as much as
steel.
Electricity Is now applied to the Inan
imate typewriter. By its means one
operator at a single machine can make
l.uuu impressions or whatever he Is
writing. Tho electric typewriter is
operated just like an ordinary machine.
Chicago is the first place to use them.
These electric typewriters, or rather
the machines which nre fed by a cen
tral machine, have been placed In the
leading hotels, business-houses, sanrple
rooms and In private residences as well,
and a general news report Is being Bent
out to thel patroim 'from th,o main
offices. The news which is sent out on
thje machines ,is furnished by local
newspapers, placed on the machine na
Boon as received, r,o that a man may
stroll Into his favorite resort, whether
club, hotel or cafe, and by glnnclng
over the neat manuscript unfolded be
fore him by the machine find out what
has happened, what is happening and
what Is likely to happen during the
day. At headquarters, where the news
is sent out, a young woman Bits at a
keyboard exactly like that to be found
in the ordinary typewriter. This Is
electrically connected with the "tick
ers," each of which has a metal wheel
bearing the letters of the alphabet,
numerals, etc. When the young woman
at the transmitter thumps the letter A,
or any other letter, the wheel, which Is
Inked, promptly prints that letter on
the white roll. And so It continues, the
lines being printed as they are to be
read, from left to right as in a news
paper. The shifting of the paper Is
done automatically, and one person,
the one who plays on the keyboard at
headquarters, operates all the "tickers"
simuuuneousiy.. tney may number
l.uuu and some or them may be 20 miles
or more away, but all record the events
of the day at one and the same mo
ment. The machine Is about four feet
high and occupies floor space about a
foot square. The Information sent out
is In the shape of bulletins containing
the pith of the news.
THE WORLD OF LAIiOn:
America has 2,000 breweries,
Chicago has 207 millionaires,
..Illinois leads in railroad mileage,
Astor will build an JS.W.000 hotel.
Paper In 1841 was 25 cents a quire.
Dresses are sold by weight In Japan.
Austrian police must be telcgraphurs. .
In the' tenth century razors cost SO cents,
providence, Jl. I., demands S-cont bread.
The "earth weighs 6,019,830,000,000.000
tons." .
An Australian gold mine Is 2.400 foot
deep.
The lea otter Is the most valuable of all
WELSH NEWS NOTES.
Swansea was noted In the last cen
tury for Its straw hats and its pottery.
Out of thirty-four members of parlia
ment for Wales and Monmouthshire,
only fourteen are able to speak Welsh.
Abel Thomas, M. P., holds several
medals for bravery In saving lives from
drowning.
The present dean of Bangor was at
. . i
one time vicar oi uoigeiiey, aim im
some years the present bishop acted as
his curate.
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Nearly 4,000 members of the Cymru
Fydd league have already been enrolled
In South Wales, while even a greater
number have been enrolled In North
Wales.' :
Sir John Jones Jenkins Is a native of
Clyduch, near Swansea, and Is married
to the Bister ot E. It. Daniel, the well
known owner of the Pentre Tin-plate
works.
There are from 6,000 to 7,000 chapels In
Wales which have been erected during
this century, and It Is estimated that
$4,000,000 have already been paid for the
buildings.
Six Welsh members will not seek re
election at the end of the present
parliament They are T. P. Price, Ful-ler-Maitland.
W. Williams, William
Rathbone, T. P. Lewis, nnd George T.
Kenyon, while one, If not two others,
may at the last moment decide not to
contest their seats.
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Sir John Puleston la constable of Car
narvon castle. His ancestor, Roger
Puleston, was collector of taxes In the
reign of Edward II, nnd was hanged by
the Infuriated Welsh on the battle
ments of the castle ot which his de
scendant Is now the custodian. Sir
John commenced life as a chemist's as
sistant and was at one time editor of
the Plttston Gazette and Is well known
to many Scrantonlans.'
Welsh literature Is the work of ama
teurs. Celrlog was ' a statlonmaster;
Hlraethog was an Independent minis
ter; Dewl Wyn was a miller; Myny
ddog was a farmer; Watcyn Wyn com
menced life as a collier; and his cousin,
Gwydderig, Is a collier still; and one of
the chaired bards is an agricultural la
borer.
Sir John Llewelyn derives his Welsh
name from lils mother, who was the
daughter of Mr. Llewelyn, of Penller
gare. Sir John's father was Mr. Dlll-
wyn, brother to L. LI. Dlllwyn, late M.
P. for Swansea, who changed his name
on marrying the heiress of Penller-
gare. The DIUwyns were an old Quak
er family.
Arthur J. Williams, M. P., Is the son
of the late Dr. Williams, ot Bridgend,
and Is also descended from the celebrat
ed Dr. Price, the Unitarian divine of
the last century, who anticipated many
of the discoveries which Adam Smith
made In political eceonomy. He Is
married to one of the Crawshayg, ot
Cyfarthfa.
Tho blr.hops of St. David's Beem to
take kindly to eccentric genius. Iolo
Morganwg, though he never went to
bed, but slept in an armchair in the
kitchen, was always a welcome guest
at Abergwlll. Carlyle's dyspepsia was
no proof against the genuine kindliness
and Courtesy of Dr. Thlrlwall; and the
present bishop reckoned among his
closest friends. Dr. Freeman, the his
torian of the Normnn Conquest.
Lord Mostyn is the descendant of the
Mostyns who were privileged by Queen
Elizabeth to hold an eisteddfod at the
end of the sixteenth century. The
older branch remained Catholic, but the
younger branch, of which the present
peer Is the representative, turned Pro
testant under the later Tudurs.' One of I
the Catholic Mostyns, who Is a priest,
sang at the Carnarvon eisteddfod, In
the Birkenhead choir.
Henry M. Stanley, the explorer andl
rescuer ot Livingstone, Is a Welshman,
can read Welsh and converse In the
motnnr tongue. Me was born In one 1
of the aim houses In the quaint and
small city of St. Asaph, and commenced
his adventurous career from one of the
qu'etest spots in Wales.- Owen.
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