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THE SCRANTOX TltlBlTXE SATUKDAY MOUXIXG, " .TAN UAH V 19, 181)4.
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RECOLLECTIONS
CAPTAIN WILKIE
By A. CONAN DOYLE.
(These short serial stories are copy
- righted by Bocheller, JohnBon & Bachel-
ler, and are printed In The Tribune by
special arrangement, simultaneous with
their appearance In the leading dally
Journals of the large cities).
"Who can he Ibe?" thought I, as I
watched my companion dn the Bocond
class carriage of :the London unil Dover
railway.
I ihad been so full of the fact that my
long-expected holiday had como at lust,
and that for a few days at least the
gayetles of Paris were about to super
sede the dull routine of the hospital
wards, that we wtre well out of Lon
don before I observed that I was not
alone In the compartment. In these
days we have all pretty well agreed
that ".three Is company and two Is
none" upon the railway. At the time I
write of, however, people were Jiot so
morbidly sensitive about their travel
ing: companions. It was rather an
agreeable surprise to me to find that
there was some chance of whlllnir away
the hours of a .tedious journey. 1 there
fore pulled tny cap down over my eyes,
took a good look from beneath It at
my vis-a-vis, and repeated to myself:
"Who can ihe be?"
I used rather to pride myself on be
ing able to spot a man's trade or pro
fession by a good look at his exterior.
1 WfAmm
Captain Wilkie.
I had the advantage of studying under
a master of the art, who used to elec
trify both his patients and his clinical
classes by long shots, sometimes at the
most unlikely of pursuits; and never
very far from th mark. "Well, my
man," I have heard him say; "I can see
by your fingers that you play some
musical instrument for your livelihood,
but It Is a rather curious one some-
thing quite out of my line." The man
' afterward Informed us that he earned
a few coppers by blowing "Utile Hrlt
annla" on a coffee pot, the spout of
which was pierced to form a rough
flute. Though a novice In the art, I
) was still able .to astonish my ward com
panions on occasions, and I never lost
an opportunity of practicing. It was
not mere curiosity, then, which led me
to lean hack on the cushions and an
alyze the quiet, middle-aged man In
, front of me.
I used to do the thing systematically,
and my train of reflections ran some
what In this wise: "General appear
ance, vulgar, fairly opulent and ex
tremely self-possessed looks like a
man who could outchaff a bargee, and
yet be at his ease In middle-class so
ciety. Eyes well set together nnd nose
rather prominent would ba a good
long-range marksman. Cheeks flabby,
but the softness of expression re
deemed by a stuare-out Jaw' and a
well-set lower lip. On the whole, a
powerful type. Xow for the hands
i rather dlssappolnted there. Thought
' he was a self-made man by the look of
him, but there Is no callous In the
palm and no thickness at the Joints,
i lias never been engaged in 'ny real
f physical work, I should think. No tan
ning on the backs of the hands; on the
contrary, they are very white, with
blue projecting veins and long, deli
cate fingers. Couldn't be an artist
with that face, and yet he has the
hands of a man engaged In delicate
manipulations. No red acid spots upon
his clothes, no Ink ntn.lns, nrt nitrate
of silver marks upon the hands (Mils
.hf-lps to negative my half-formed opin
ion that he was a photographer).
Clothes not worn In any particular
part. Coat made of tweed, and fairly
old; but the left elbow, as far as I can
oeq It, .has as much of the fluff left on
as the right, which Is seldom the cne
with men who do much writing. Might
lie a commercial traveler, but the little
pocketbook In the waistcoat Is want
ing, nor has he any of those handy
Valises, suggestive of samples."
I give these brief headings ff my
Ideas merely to demonstrate my method
of arriving at a conclusion. As yet I
had obtained nothing but negative re
' suits; but now, to use a chemical meta
phor, I was In a position to pour off
this solution of dissolved possibilities
and examine the residue. I found my
self reduced to a very limited number
of occupations. He was neither a law
yer nor a clergyman. In spite of a soft
felt hat, and a somewhat clerical cut
about the necktie. I was wavering
now between pawnbroker and horse
dealer; but there was too much char-
aeter about his face for the former;
, nnd he lacked that extraordinary
equine atmosphere which hangs about
the letter even In his hours of relaxa
tion; so I formed a provisional dlag
"' nosls of betting man of methodlstlcal
persuasions, the latter clause being ln-
serted In deference to his hat and neck
tie. Pray, do not think that I rpnsoned It
out like this In my own mind. It is
only now, sitting down with pen and
paper, that I can see the successive
teps. As it was, I had formed my con
clusion within sixty seconds of the
time when I drew my hat down over
my eyes and uttered the mental ejacu
, latlon with which my narrative begins.
I did not feel quite satisfied even then
with my deduction. However, as a
leading question would to pursue my
chemical analogy act as my litmus
paper, I determined to try one. There
was a Times lying by my companion,
and I thought the opoprtunlty too good
to be neglected.
"Do you mind my looking at your
paper?" I asked.
"Certainly, sir, certainly," said he
most urbanely, handing Is across.
I glanced down Its columns until my
eye rested upon the list of the latest
betting.
"Hullo!" I said, "they are laying
odda upon the favorite for the Cam
bridgeshire, But perhaps," I added,
looking up, "you are not interested In
(these matters?"
"Snares, sir!" said he volently;
wiles of the enemy! Mortals are but
given a few years to live, how can they
squander them so! They have not even
an eye to their poor worldly Interests,"
he added In a quieter tone, "or they
would never back a single horse at such
short odds with a field of thirty."
There way something In this speech
of his which tickled me Immensely. I
supose It was the odd way In which he
blended religious Intolerance with
worldly wisdom. I laid the Times
aside with the conviction that I should
be able to spend the next two hours to
better purpose than In Its perusal.
"You speak as if you understood the
matter, at any rate," I remarked.
"Yes, sir," he answered; "few men in
England understood these things bet
ter In the old days before I changed my
profession. Hut that Is ull over now."
"Changed your profession'.'" said I,
Interrogatively.
"Yes; I changed my name, too."
"Indeed?" said I.
"Yes; you see, a man wants a real
fresh start when his eyes become
opened, so he has n new deal all round,
so to speak. Then he nets a fuir
chance."
There was a short pause here, as I
seemed to be on delicuto ground In
touching on my companion's antece
dents, and ho did not volunteer any in
foriniition. 1 broke the silence by of
fering him a cheroot.
"No, thanks," said he; "I have
given up tobacco. It was the hardest
wrench of all, was that, It does me
good to smell the whiff of your weed.
Tell me," he added, suddenly, looking
hard at me with his shrewd gray eyes,
"why did you take stock of me so care
fully before you spoke?"
"It Is a habit of mine," said I. "I
am a medical man, and observation li
everything in my profession. I had no
Idea you were looking."
"I can sou without looking," he an
swered. "I thought you were a de
tective, at first; but 1 couldn't recall
your face at the timel knew the force."
"Were you a detective, then?" said I.
"No," lie answered with a laugh; ' '.
was the other thing the detected, you
know. Old scores are wiped out now,
and the law cannot touch me, so 1
don't mind confessing to u gentleman,
like yourself, what a scoundrel I have
been in my 'time."
"We are none of us perfect," snld I.
"No; but I was real out-and-outer
A 'fake,' you know, to start with, und
afterwards a 'cracksman.' It Is easy
to tolk of these things now, for I've
changed my spirit. It's as if I was
talking of some other man, you see."
"Exactly so," said I. Being a medi
cal man I had none of that shrinking
from crime and criminals which many
men possess, 1 could make all allow
ances for congenital Influence and the
force of circumstances. No company,
therefore, could have been more ac
ceptable to me than that of the old
malefactor; and as I sat puffing at my
cigar, I was delighted to observe that
my air of interest was gradually loosen
ing his itongue. ,
"Yes; I'm converted now," he con
tinued, "and of course I am a nappies
man for, that. And yet," he added,
wUtfuily. "there are times when I long
for the old trade again, and fancy my
self strolling out on ti cloudy night
with my Jimmy in my pocket. I left a
name behind me in my profession, sir.
I was one of ithe old school, you know.
It was very seldom that we bungled
job. We used to .begin at the foot of
the ladder, the rope ladder. If I may
say so. In my younger days, and then
work our way up, step by stop, so that
we were what you might call good
men all through."
"I see," said I.
"I w-aj always reckoned a hard-working,
conscientious man, and had tal
ent, too the very cleveivst of them al
lowed that. I began as a blacksmith,
and then did a little engineering and
carpentering, and 'then I took to
sleight-of-hand tricks, and .then tc
picking pockets. I remember, when 1
was 'home on a visit, how my poor old
father used to' wonder why I was al
ways hovering around him. He little
knew that I used to clear everything
out of his pockets a dozen times a day,
and then replace them, Just to keep
my hand 'In. lie believes to this da
that I am in an office In the city. There
are fe-w of 'ihem could .touch me In that
particular line of business, though."
"I suppose It Is a matter of prac
tice?" I remarked.
"To u great extent. Still, a man
never quite loses .It, if he has once been
an adopt excuse me; you havedropped
some cigar ash on your coat," and lie
waved his hand politely in front of my
breu.'it, ns If to brush it off. "There,"
he said, handing me my gold scarf pin.
"you nee I ihave not forgot my old cun
ning yet."
He had done It so quickly that 1
hardly saw l hp hand whisk over m;i
bosom, nor did I feel his fingers touch
me, and yet there was the pin glitter
Ing in his hand. "It is wonderful," 1
said us I fixed it Again in lis place.
"Oh, that's nothing! Hut I have
b ;cn In some really smart Jobs. I was
In the gang that picked the new patent
safe. You remember the case. It was
guaranteed to resist anything; nnd we
managfd to open the first that was
ever Issued, within a week of Its ap
pearance. It was done with graduated
wedges, sir, the flivt so small that you
could hsrdly see It against the light,
and .the last strong enough to prize It
open. It was a clever managed affair."
"I remember It," said I. "Hut surely
some one was convicted for that?"
"Yes, one was nabbed. Hut he dldn'l
spilt, nor even lot on how It was done.
We'd have cut hlf soul out If" He
suddenly damped down the very ugly
fires which were peeping from his eyes.
"Perhaps I am boring you, talking
about Ihes-a wk-ked old duys of mine?"
"On -the contrary," I said, "you In
terest me extremely."
"I like to get a 'listener I can trust.
It's a sort of blow-off, you know, and 1
fti'l lighter after It. When I am among
my brethren I dare hardly .think of
what has gone before. Now, I'll tell
you about another Job I was In. To
this day, I cannot think about It with
out laughing."
I .tl't another cigar, and composed my
self to listen.
(To He Continued.)
I'KAYER FOR CONTEXT.
Dear Lord, to Thee my knee Is bent;
(jive me content
Full-pleasured with what comes to me,
Whut'ur It be:
A humble, roof, a frugal board,
And Klnipln hoard;
The wintry fagot ptlr-d beside
The chimney wide,
Whllo the enwrenlhlng flames upsprout
And twlno about
The-brazen dogs that guard my hearth
And household worth
Tinge with the embers ruddy glow
The rafters low;
And let tho sparks simp with delight,
As lingers might
That mark deft measures of some tune
Tho children croon;
Then, with good friends, tne rarest few
Thou boldest true,
Itanged round about the bluzo, to share
My comfort there: '
dive me to claim the service meet
That makes each seat
A place of honor, and each guest
Loved as the rest.
James Whltcomu Riley.
The Euoliilion of
One Real Geniiis
Impression i and Suggestions Inspired
by Dan Hart's New Hay.
CRITICISM AND ALSO ADVICE
Earnestness and Patlonco Are tho Price
Which Air. Hurt Must Pay llcforo Ho
Can Realize tho Promises
of Ills Present.
This Is a discourse upon a young man
of genius. As with all discourses, it
Is serious.
Until he wrote "O'Neill, Washington,
D. C," Daniel L. Hart's future as a
dramatist was an open question. He
had, In a number of prior productions,
shown fitful premonitions of high capa
bility which wtue no sooner In evidence
than they began to degenerate Into the
commonplace. His "Underground" was
rni'lo-dramatle enough to uuit the most
fastidious taste, but it was a melo
drama of canvuss and painted frame
work Instead of a .study of human
character. Tihe figures in It, the human
figures, were as mechanical as marion
ettes that dunce or vanish In obedience
to the concealed mechanician who
manipulates the strings. A step for
ward was taken In "A Daughter of
Dixie," a long step and a successful
step .Into the domain of real comedy.
The revelations in this play of the
author's power to comprehend and por
tray the 'human element were more fre
quento.nd belter sustained thnn In "Un
derground;" bun it nevertheless required
the stage craft of Ingenious scenic ac
companiment notably evidenced In the
"firefly" scene to keep "A Daughter of
Dixie" from adding Itself to the list of
plays forgotten as soon as the curtain
had runjr down.
The young dramatist my friend nnd
your's, whom we both wish well, but
of whom, albeit our friend, we must
speak and admit the truth was only
groping through the yet darkened
dawn of his undeveloped abilities.
It pleases me to believe that in tho
new play which Bcrantonlana wit
nessed last Monday night the play
made to order during the leisure mo
ments of a three-months' otherwise
busy summer's sojourn In the Catskllls
the play which sprang, not primarily
from the author's heart, but which
fashioned Itself, line by line and scene
by scene. In commercial response to one
actor's needs and he an actor of
limited range Daniel L. Hart has
ollnched the uncertain promise of his
past and given bond for good and, as I
believe, great achievement In the years
to come. "O'Neill, Washington," Is not,
in Itself, a great play how could 1t be,
considering the circumstances of Its
hasty a-nd inartistic composition? But
It is a play whose pcintillant lines and
bubbling alternations of wit, humor
and pathos show that the writer of It,
however hastily his work has been
done, has at last got hold of the live
wlr:-s of human Impulse and needs only
time and patience to operate them with
precision, eloquence and effective
power.
He Is learning the dignity and the
meaning of his calling.
Oreat work Is not done lightly or
cynically. The history of nrt contains
no instance of real and permanent tri
umph won without struggle und pain.
It is as true in letters as In theology
that "In the sweat of his brow must
man eat bread." Up to this time, Mr.
Hart has presented us with clever skel
tons nnd epigrams. "O'Neill, Wash
ington, D. C," Is the first of his plays
to put life-blood Into pulsating veins
and riiuw us real humanity. The reve
lation, us we say, Is prophetic rather
than actual. The hall-mark of made-to-ordc-rlsm
is broadly visible; and the
author or was It the manager? could
not overcome the temptation to distend
the pupils In the galleries by resort to
aovel mechanism, showing a model
warship in motion, with multi-colored
lights. Yet with all this' duly allowed
"or, we cannot deny the resultant fact
that "O'Neill," at least. Is a human
comedy, a comedy of real laughter and
-eal tears, a comedy In w hich the things
that happen happen as they ure
dally happening apart from the
footlights and uway from the cal
olum glare. The currents of hu
LEOTEI
Roust I'urtrldtff-fl. Cut off the feet and
lie down the legs very closely, Iuy a
qrlg of parsley Inside the bird, and fasten
i thin slice of salt pork on Its breast. I'ut
It in u saucepan with one or two thin
slices of pork, und a very little water.
Cover close and simmer gently half un
hour, or until tender. When done, re
move the purtrldge, cover It with soft
butter, dredge Willi Hour and place In the
oven to brown. To make the gravy, heat
a tublespoonful of butter In a small fry
ing an, udd a tublespoonful nf hour unj
stir till smooth und brown. Skltn off the
fut from the water In which the purtrldgo
was broiled and mid It grHduully to the
browned flour. Season Willi pepper nnd
suit. Serve tho partridge with the gmvy
poured around It. (tarnish the dish with
parsley, ltoust partridges are npt to be
very dry. Conked according to this meth
od they will be Juicy und Uellelously lluv
ored. Fricassee of Sweetbreads. Carefully r-e
move all the tough and fibrous skins. Put
them in a dish of cold wnter for 10 or 13
minutes, nnd they ure then ready to be
boiled. They must always be boiled 20
minutes, no mutter what the method of
cooking may be. Take two good-sized
sweetbreads, and after they have been
cleaned, place, them In a stew-pun with a
pint of broth and u leuspoonful of salt
und white pepper, four sniiill onions and
a bludn of mace; add two ounces of but
ter rubbed smooth with one teaspoonrul
of flour. Simmer ull together for half an
hour. Beat up the yolks of three eggs In
half a pint of creum, and grille Into It
one-fourth of a nutmeg. Add this grad
ually to the contents of the stewpun, and
cook a few minutes, and shake all the
time whllo the mixture Is rooking. Re.
move the onions and mare. Serve sweet
breads with the sauce around them.
Barley Soup. One sheep's head, or two
pound shin of beef, two quails of water,
quarter of a pint of barley, three onions,
a small bunch of parsley, pepper and suit.
Put all the ingredients In a stewpan, and
simmer gently for two or three hours;
stirring frequently to prevent the meat
from burning, but do not let It boll quick
ly; tnko the meat out, strain the soup,
and If sheep's head is used, put some of
the best pieces back Into the pan. The
tongue should be skinned and rut Into
slices, and the brains, which Bhould bo
added to the soup.
Barley pudding. One ounce pearl bar
ley, half pint milk, two ounces moist
of an hour, till quite soft; beat the egg,
add to it the barley, pour Into a ple-dlsh
and 'brown In tho oven.
Bavarian Rusks. Four ounces butter,
four eggs, two ounces of sugnr, fine-hnlf
pint milk, one teaspoonful of brewer's
yeast, or one teaspoonful of Berwick's
baking powder, two pounds flour. Mix
the yeast with a little of the milk, which
manity are presented for inspec
tion in thts play without distortion and
without caricature. Fun la not made
of virtue, goodness Is not sneered nt
nor, upon the other hand, is there any
preaching or platitudinous moral dis
course. We simply and clearly Bee be
fore us motives thut are good
and motives that are evil; nat
ural motives, naturally actuating
natural men and women, and they
Interest us and fascinate us and, as
should be, thrill and Inspire us.
The evolution of a real dramatist Is
proceeding rapidly In the personality
of Daniel L, Hart.
We counsel him to be patient and
earnest. If he has one fault above an
other, It Is that of personal unfamlllar
lty with the depths of human emotion.
Would it be cruel to wish to this young
man, In his career of gayety and vi
vacious prodigality of animal spirits
would It be cruel, I wonder, to wish for
hUn a great sorrow? Such an experi
ence might cut deep at the time, but It
would give to the American drama a
new creator; It would remove the one
thing from his pathway which
threatens bis future the obstacle of
Insincerity. It would make him pa
tient und earnest. Within his grusp is
the opportunity to do work which will
live in the annals of his profession;
work that shall enrich him not only In
dollars however acceptable, they but
enrich him also in the esteem of cul
tured and appreciative fellow-men und
women; In the regaid which is paid
to every creation of the mind that real,
izes by idealizing the hopes and striv
ings of humanity. This is no light re
ward. M its worth struggling for.
It Is sufficient to Justify and to com
pensate what are necessary to Its at
tainmentpatience and earnestness.
Our friend, be patient and earnest.
Rise to the dignity, to the seriousness,
of your powers and of your opportun
ity. Then see If we have advised you
falsely.
The speech-making of last Monday
might actor's and dramatist's sug
gested to me a strain of thought. Indi
vidually 1 have little use for race come
dies. Hack of all race lies nature, hu
man nxtuiv, fundamentally ahd essen
tially th'3 eame, "the world over. Why
should we have ain Irish comedy or a
Oernw.n comedy or a comedy of itlils,
that or the other nationality? I grant
you, they pay. But apart from that,
in the viiow of this subject which genius
may 'take which Is not In agony lest It
shall not be able to roallzo a crust of
bread, why should Diumaitlst Hart
hold as the height of Ihis ambition to
reform the Irlsih drama? True, no oth
er race offers so rich o. field for rapid
Wind varied dramatic contrasts; In nons
rit'her are the emotions found ait once
nearer the surface and deeper In the
heart. But is not that oirt highest and
best which transcends the metes an)
bounds of the geographers and the
ethnologists; which cays, with Monte
Chr!sto and O'Neill, of Washington:
"The world is mine!"
Let our friend ituke humanity us his
thome and work upon Its moving im
pulses with no 'timid or uncertain hand.
Let him work long, work earnestly and
work patiently. Thus toiling, the re
sult Will not be In doubt.
LIvy S. Hichard.
A DREAM.
Oh, It was but a dream I had
While the musician played
And here the sky, and here the glad
old ocean kissed the glade,
And here the luughlug ripples ran,
And here the roses grew
That threw a kiss to every man
That voyaged with the crew.
Our silken sails In lazy folds
Drooped In the breathless breeze
As o'er a Held of marigolds
)ur eyes swam o'er the seas,
While here the eddies lisped and purled
Around the Island's rlni.
And up from out the underworld
We saw the mermen swim.
And It was dawn and middle day
And midnight for the moon
On silver rounds across the bay
Had climbed the skies of June
And here the glowing, glorious king
of day ruled o'er bis realm,
With stars of midnight glittering
About his dladc.ni.
The sea gull reeled on languid wing
in circles round the mast.
We heard the som?s the sirens sing
As we Went sailing past.
And up and down Ihe golden sands
A thuusund fairy throngs '
Flung at us from their Hashing hands
The echoes of their songs.
James Whitcomh Hlley.
should be warmed, add the sugur, pour It
Into Ihe center of the flour In a deep pud
ding bnsln, und le it stund to rise fur ono
hour, add tho reiiutlnder of the milk und
the eggs, beutlng the whole well with a
wooden spoon, then put In a buttered tin,
leuve to rise for another hour, bako In a
mudernto oven, and, when cold, cut thu
cukes In thin slices, dry In a quick oven,
having previously sprinkled them thickly
with sugur.
Whllo Soup. Roil a knuckle or shank of
veul In two quarts of wnter until nil the
lluvor Is xtriti ted, und the meat boiled to
pieces, then strain und skim the liquor.
It Is belter to do this the day before It Is
served. When ready to use boil u cupful
of vermicelli tender, udd It to the soup,
and Just before sending It to tho table stlr
ln the yolks of three or four ckks well
beaten unci mixed with a pint of sweet
creiun. Stir this very quickly into tho
boiling soup until It aguln comes to u boll,
then quickly remove from the lire, us thu
soup Is spoiled If allowed to actuully como
to a boll ufter the eggs are In.
Batter Pudding (Rolled). Ona pint of
milk, two eiigs, one teaspoonful of suit, u
sultspoouful ground gliutcr, one-half
pound Hour. Mix tho Hour and ginger
well together, and moisten with a little
milk; buat tho whiten nnd yolks of tho
eggs separately, then together with tho
suit; add graduully to the flour and gin
ger, taking care that there are no lumps.
Butter a bushi, pour In the butter, cover
with a cloth and boll for two hours.
Angels on Horseback. Twelve oysters,
12 thin slices of bacon, a slice of buttered
toast. Take the oysters from their shells,
removing their beards, cover each with a
thin slice of bacon, which has been pre
viously dipped In hot water and dried with
a cloth, roll It round the oyster, pluce
them on a line skewer and suspend them
before tho Are till tho bacon Is nicely
cooked, Place the toast underiieuth them
when cooking and send the oysters to
table on It.
Omelet Fried. Six eggs, six teaspoon
fuls of milk, half a cup of of melted butter
ami a little salt. Beat the eggs well and
add the milk, butter and salt. Butter a
hot griddle and drop the omelet on It llko
huge cakes; when they begin to set, turn
up the edge, and as they brown, fold
them over and over. Let them lio a mo
ment and serve as hot as possible.
Little Loves. Take a quarter-pound of
fresh butter and beat It to a cream, 'Add
four tablespoonfuli of tine flour, two
ounces of loaf sugar, one ounce of candled
peel, cut Into thick slices, six sweet and
six bitter almonds, blanched and cut
lengthwise. Mix these Ingredients to
gether, form them Into rounds and bake
them In six pattypnns.
Philadelphia Record.
WIPES,
Qiiebec Is Like a
Transplanted City
It Is ii French Town Set Down Amidst
American Surroundinys.
SHKIXE 01' ST. AXXE BEAITKE
Hundreds of Discarded Crutches and
Canes Attest Its l:f fiency as a Itcstorcr
of Suspended Muscular Powers.
Adieu to Ancient Oiiebcc.
Special Correspondence of Tho Tribune.
Quebec, Jan. 1. Opposite Quebec, on
the northwest, across the St. Charles
river Is St. Croix, where are located the
Marino hosplutl, a French Catholic
church, a Congregational church, and
several shoe factories. Quebec In called
the "Lynn of Canada," for its numerous
shoe manufactories.
Nine miles distant Is the Indian vil
lage Lorette, where dwell the lust rem
nants of the Huron tribe. They num
ber now sixty families; :U souls all
told 143 males and WS females. This
powerful tribe once comprised over 80,
UOO souls. This Huron village Is a sub
ject of interest to ull curious travelers,
oh there are scarcely any among them
of pure Indian blood. They have Inter
married largely with their French
neighbors, but the Indian features und
habits still predominate.
This reservation is governed by the
customs of two centuries ugo; no white
man being allowed, until recently, to
settle within the sacred precincts of the
Huron reserve. They are a quiet and
religious people, they worship In their
own church (Catholic) a quaint build
ing of two centuries ugo. The men
hunt nnd fish, and the women' make
bead-work and moccasins, and the boys
earn pennies by dextrous nrchery. One
writer says: "They are th? remnants
of a lost people, harmless weavers of
baskets and sewers of moccasins, the
Huron blood fast bleaching out of
them." There Is a pretty waterfall In the
village, and a mile further back is the
reservoir, formed by damming back the
St. Charles river, which provides Que
bec with pure water. The adventurous
tourist may here tnke a canoe and
pnddle up LnkeKt. Churles. one of those
lovely sheets of inland water, within
easy driving distance of Quebec.
An ICnjoyble Drive.
The drive from Quebec to Montmo
rencl Falls, through the long drawn
out village of Beauport, Is perhaps
the most delightful, notably on ac
count of the magnificent scenery of
mountain, plain and river, and the
quuintncsfl of the buildings along the
road, but more than nil for the historic
associations which have consecrated
every foot of the way.
This place was founded In 1CC4, and
all ulnng Its plains was some of the
heaviest fighting of the war of conquest
of Canada, especially between the
French and English In 17"9, when the
latter under Wolfe were defeated with
heavy loss. On this drive the charac
teristics of French Canada w ill be ap
parent to the least observant.
Passing over Dorchester bridge, which
crosses the river St. Churles, we reach
this end of the straggling village, which
contains about l.r.OU "habitants." It is
a hilly road, but the Canadian horse
lays back his ears, makes a dash at
every hill and trots up and down with
no semblance of a break on the wheels,
often at a break-neck pace.
This Is a typicuil French Canadian vil
lage of a single street, say about three
miles long. It Is lined with a continu
ous succession of qualnit, solid, white
washed stone houses, fronted by small
garden patches. The houses are placed
at an angle with the street 'in order to
face 'the south. Every house Juts out
a little beyond its neighbor lit Its de
sire seemingly to dodge the east wind,
which is the prevailing wind here in
winter.
From each roof, which Is very steep,
projects one or more tiers of windows
and huge chimneys. These homes bear
evidence of antiquity, und the commo
dious church, with Its tall and graceful
twin spires, which can be seen for u
great distance around, reminds the vis
itor that 'here the ancient faith is held
with i simplicity and devotion unsur
passed by any sect in any part of the
world.
To n I onions Shrine.
Along the way Is the roadside cross,
pointing the "weary pilgrim" the way
to the shrine of St. Anne de Beaupre,
some fifteen miles distant, which for
2!i0 years has been the Mecca of devout
pilgrims seeking restoration of health;
where It 1b claimed wonderful miracles
have been wrought; the huge tiers of
crutches and canes, trusses and splints,
left by th' cured, give mule 'testimony
of the elllcacy of the Saint's Interven
tion In 'their behalf. We were reliably
Informed that over Stl.OOO pilgrims visit
ed this holy shrine last year, many
walking tihe entire distance from Que
bec as a penance, or In the perform
ance of vows. On it he road Is the Beau
port Insane asylum, several large flour
ing mills and lumber yards.
Omiint Trench l unns.
An object of curlurtlty to (he tourist
are the French farms. They are mar
row snipped domains, sometimes but r
few yards (seemingly) wide and a 'half
mile or more long, extending In long,
narrow strips behind the houses, far
back Into the country. The country
along Is brlwtllng with Ftotie and rail
fences. "The early French King In
llifil forbade the colonist making any
more clearings except one next to an
other," but In 1745 he was oblU;il to
order that the farms "should be not less
than ono and one-Oialf uipeuts wide."
Distances here are mt.isurrd by ar
pouts and leagucis. An anient Is an
acre and one quarter. "The nrpent as
a lineal measure equals ISO French, or
l!ll English feet, or about iuO yards by a
little over a mile," A French league Is
three mllf.s. Another characteristic:
mode of measuring distances Is by the
number of pipes to be smoked In trav
ersing It.
These narrow domains arose from the
octal character of the people, who
were thus brmyjht close together from
their need of concentration as a de
fense against the Indians, and also from
the sub-dlvlslou of estates by Inherit
ance. These farms are noticeable features
of t'he landscape, the entire distance
from Quebec to Montreal south. A great
want, 'however, In tho surroundings of
most French farms is foliage for practi
cal use a well as to beautify. The me
grand primeval forest, even the eocond
growth that nucceeds It, bus lieen ruth
lessly cut away till the landscape In
many localities, especially between Que
bec and Montreal, Is painfully bare, the
houses are exposed to ithe keen north
wind, and ithe cattle have no shelter
from the sun and storm.
Quebec with Is 75,000 Inhabitants,
two-thirds of whom ore French speak
ing, might be called a city of France
transplanted In America. At least, for
an Amerloan city it is sertalnly a pecu
liar place a fortress, a military town
and a commercial city altogether. An
American city Inhabited by French coi-
I . ATS I
Quaker Oats Goes All Over the World.' "
C TI It IJlo.. w.t. . .
ocivcu lur mree nunureu ana ixiy Minion DreaK
1 fasts in 1804. Why?
I
Sold only in 2
onlr.ts, governed by England, garri
soned by Scotch regiments. A city gov
erned by a people of different language
and ha.Uts from 'the muss of the popu
lation, c-pposfd In religion, and yet
K-avlng that population virtually with
out tuxes and In the enjoyment of
every privilege, civil and religious. A
city ut thp same 'time Catholic and Pro
tcstamt, where the lubors of the French
missions are still uninterrupted along
side of the undertakings of the Bible
society. All this under the rule of
Hrltlsli Puritanism. One writer says:
"A city of the Middle Ages by most
of Its ancient Institutions; a city witih
about the same latitude as Paris, lis
summcis warm, flhort and foggy, and
yet In winter smarting with the cold of
Siberia. It is not far from New Eng
land to France, only forty miles to the
down east Yankee state of Maine."
Hon to (iet There.
Quebec Is easily reached from all di
rections, -lther by rail or river. It Is
503 miles from Toronto, 430 nill!8 from
New York, 450 miiles from the Gulf of
St. Lawrence, and 2.070 miles from Llv
eupool. It Is also 1K9 miles above Mon
treal a five hours' run on the Canadi
an Pacific raillway, along the north
branch of 'the St. Lawrence, through
Old French settlements, some of them
as primitive as In the days of Cham
plain and Frontenac. The Canadian
Pacific is the only road that enters the
city, running directly under the walls
of and yet Into the city. The Grand
Trunk runs ion the other side of the riv
er to Levis, directly opposite Quebec;
the river, which narrows down to one
mile In width, Is crossed by steam fer
ries, of antique construction.
The steamers plying between Quebec
and Montreal are commodious and safe
boats, and during the summer months
afford a delightful sail of over 200 miles.
Liverpool and Halifax steamers to and
from Montreal, make Quebec a stop
ping point. The noble St. Lawrence,
after leaving Quebec, grows wider and
deeper, until it merges into the Gulf of
St. Lawrence and Atlantic Ocean.
Tourists who do not wish to visit
Montreal can reach the ancient capital
via Quebec Central, at Sherbrooke,
Canada, or Grand Trunk via Richmond
Junction, Canada, both landing at
Point Levis. This article concludes our
series on Ancient Quebec. Our descrip
tion has been far too brief to exhaust
the many attractions of this antique
city. These letters are the result of the
writer's personal observation and ex
perience, supplemented by statistics
and accurate information obtained
from the Hotel Frontenac, and G. R.
Renfrew & Co., furriers to the queen.
Jmhn E. Richmond.
WELSH NEWS NOTES.
The Welsh Baptists have nine and the
Independents ten periodicals published In
the Welsh language.
The Calvlnlstic Methodists have 24,000
members In Glamorganshire, and the In
dependents about 40,000.
There are more Baptists in Glamorgan
shire than in uny other county in Ureut
lirttaln. Their number Is 41. 4.
According to Mr. Ed Edwards, Aberys
twyth, a certain llala man's prayer was
thut he might bs kept from speaking too
hurshly of the Devil, lest he should have
to go to live with him some day.
One of the leust satisfactory though no
doubt necessary form which the Welsh
national movement Is tuking Is an agita
tion for a greater supply of Welsh reli
gious literature In our prisons.
In America there are 185 Welsh Calvln
lstic Methodist churches, with U'.UUO com
municants und 2;,UUO adherents. In Aus
trlu the ore four churches with a mem
bership of 337, und in 1'utugoiilu u mem
bership of I'll In six churches.
More Welshmen nttuined to high posi
tions In the mute in the sixteenth century
than ut uny other period, though the pop
ulation of Wales was under a quarter of
a in 1 1 lion. Tho Cecils, Herberts, Crom
wells and Devcreux were ull Welsh I)
blood or by connection.
The most nomadic people In Wales art
those of Radnor. The lust ccnsiiB showr
thut more thun one In four of the inhabit
ants ure Immigrants, while over one-half
of those born In Radnor have left their
homes for England or elsewhere. Thlp
explains why Welsh has ceused to It
spoken In Xlaesyfed.
This Is how Cynulnw reminded the Rev.
D. rhilllps. of Swansea, an old minister
who. though in Ills eighty-third yeur. Is
still bale nnd hearty, und able to preuch.
that his appointment wus at Hilton Ferry
next Sunday week:
I llethel, Hilton Ferry ,
Disgwyllwn ehwl I bregethil,
Yr nil iMyrtd Sul yn lonuwr.
Cobelthlwn yn ddlbryder
Y dewch yn lueh fel urfur,
Ac nrlwy or eln cyfer
O'ch gwlcddoedd moethus gwerthfawr.
Tho Welsh Huptlst Hiindlwok for ISl'i,
under the editorship of the Rev. D. It.
Richards, Swansea, shows that the Welsh
liaptlsts have seen another yeor of pro
gress. There are 7!G churches, 490 pastors
In charge, and 132 without charge; bap
tized, r.tHK; restored, 2,i:o7; received by
letter, 4.7.M; died, 1,077; excluded, l,2K; dis
missed by letter, 5,2112; removed without
letters, 'J 01(1. Net Increase, 2,3l(. Number
of members, 102,S!tT; Sunday school. 112,U"i.
St. Thomas' Duy, or Dydd Gwyl Domos,
fulls on Pee. 21, und used to be a great
day In Wales. The parochial charities
we're distributed at the church on that
day, and the receivers were expected to
remain behind for the service. Tal
hulnm used to tell a funny tale about it.
"Where have you been, Modryb Catrin?"
he asked an old womun. "In church for
the service and my Nlgwyl Domos."
"What sort of a service Is It?" "Tho ser
mon was all right if ono understood It,
but It was In English. But the slnginj
was beautiful. They were singing that
psalm you know 'Pan oedd y gath yn
Babllon.' "
One Mainma to l.ovo.
From Le Figaro.
"Do you love mo, mamma?" .
"Yes, my child."
"Rut not so much ai I love you, I am
sure."
"Why not?"
"Because you divide your love between
me and my two sisters, while I have only
one momma to love."
$0.00 to Calirornln
Is the prtco of double berth In Tourist
Slleplng Car from I' tiles no on are famous
rhtlllps-Kock Island Tourist Excursions.
Through cars on fait trains leave Chi
cago Tuesdays via Fort Worth and 101
Paso, and Thursdays via Scenic Routo.
Write for particulars to A.' Phillips 4k Co.,
Ill South Ninth street, Philadelphia.
iUUH SJUU3TIAN, Q.P.A., Chlcajo.
lb. Packages.
Physicians and Surgeons.
DR. U. EDGAR DEAN HAS REMOVED
to (118 Spruce street, Scranton, Pa.
(Just opposite Court House Square.)
IR.7" A. J. CONN ELlT OFFICE 201
Washington avenue, cor. Spruce street,
over Francke's drug stroe. Residence
Ttl Vine st. Office hours: 10.30 to 12 a,
m. and 2 to 4. and 6.30 to 7.30 p. m. Bun
day. 2 to II p. m.
IJH. W. E. ALLEN, OFFICE CORNEH
Lackawanna and Washington avenues;
over Ijeonurd's shoe store; otllce hours,
10 to 12 a. m. and 3 to 4 p, m.; evenings
at residence, (12 N. Washington avenue.
tR. C.-L. FREY, PRACTICE LIMITED"
diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose end
Throat: office, 122 Wyoming ave. Rol
deuce, 529 Vine street.
DR. L. M. GATES, 125 WASHINGTON"
avenue. Office hours, 8 to It a. u., 1.30
to 3 and 7 to 8 p. in. Residence 3W Madi
son avenue.
JOHN L. WENTZ, M. D., OFFICES E
and 53 Commonwealth building; real- -dence
711 Madison ave.; office hours.
10 to 12, 2 to 4, 7 to 8; Sundays, 2.30 to 4,
evenings at residence. A specialty
made of diseases of the eye, ear, nog
and throat and gynecology.
5rT K AY7206 PENN AVE.; 1 to 3 P. M. 3
call 2002. Lis. of women, obstretrlce and)
and all dis. of chil.
Lawyers.
JESSUPS & HAND, ATTORNEYS ANDi
Counsellors at law. Commonwealth!
building, Washington avenue.
W. H. JESSUP.
HORACE E. HAND,
W. H. JESSUP, JR.
WlLLARD, WARREN-&KNAPP, AT
torneys and Counsellors at Law, Re
publican building, Washington ave
nue, Scranton. Pa.
PATTERSON WILCOX, ATTOR
neys and Counsellors at Law; offices
and 8 Library building , Scranton, Pa.
ROB WELL H. PATTERSON,
WILLIAM A. WILCOX.
ALFRED HAND, WILLIAM J. HAND,
Attorneys and Couusellors, Common
wealth building. Rooms 19. 20 and 21.
W. F. BOYLE, ATTORNEY-AT-LAWC
Nob. 19 and 20, Burr building, Washing
ton avenue.
HENRY M. SEELY LAW OFFICES
in Price building, 126 Washington ave.
FRANK T. OK ELL, ATTORNEY-AT-Luw.
Room 5, Coal Exchange, Scran
ton. Pa.
JAMES W. OAK FORD, ATTORNEY"
at-Law, rooms W, 64 and 65, Common
wealth building.
SAM I'LL W. EDGAR. ATTORNEY-AT
m. uniee, all spruce St., Scranton,
Paj
L. A. WATRE8, ATTORN'EY-AT-LAW,
" jL-ftttwiitt ave., scranton, ra.
P. P. SMITH. COUNSELLOR ATLAWJ
Otllce rooms, 54, 55 and 6S Common
wealth building.
C. R. PITCHER, ATTORNEY-AT,
law, Commonwealth building, Scranw
ton, Piu
ccomeoys, 321 spruce street,
d. b. repltcleTat6rney-l6an9i
negotiated on real estate security. 4u
Spruce street.
B. F. KILLAM, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
ICQ Wyoming ave.,Scranton, Pa;
J. M. C. RANCK, riaTWYOSHNa AVE.
Schools.
SCHOOL OF THE LACKAWANNA,!
Scranton, Pa., prepares boys and glrla
for collge or business; thoroughly
trains young children. Catalogue at reV
quest. Opens September 10.
REV. THOMAS M. CANN,
WALTER H. BUELL.
MISS WORCESTER'S KINDERQAR
tcn and School, 412 Adams avenue. Pu
pils received at all times. Next term
will open Nov. 19.
Dentists.
DR. WILLIAM A. TAFT SPECIALTTi
in porcelain, crown and bridge work.
Odontothreapla. Office, 825 North
Washington avenue.
c c!Vai bach, 8UROEON DENTIST
No. 115 Wyoming avenue.
R. M. STRATTON, OFFICE COAL Ei
chuiiKe.
Loans.
THE REPUBLIC 8AVINQ9 AND
Loan Association will loan you money
on easier terms and pay you better on
investment thiin any other association.
Call on S. N. Callender, Dime Bank
building.
Seeds.
a. R. CLARK ft CO., SEEDSMEN AND
mimerymen; siore Hti Washington ve(
iimg, ,ueu iiuuse, l&w isoiin MOID 0V
1..
iiua, oiure teiepnoe
Teas.
GRAND UNION TEA CO., JONES BROS.
Wire Screens.
JOS. KUETTEL, 515 LACKAWANNA
avenue, Scranton, Pa., manufacturer f
Wire Screens.
Hotels and Restaurants.
THE ELK CAFE, 126 and 127 FRANK.
liu avenue. Rutes reasonable.
P. 2IEULEH, Proprietor.
WESTMINSTER HllTKI.
W. U. 8CHENCK. Manager.
Sixteenth St., one block east of Broadway.
ut Union Sijunre, New York.
Amorlcan plan, $3.50 per day und upward.
SCRANTtSN-HOl'SErNBARDTir4iv
puesungor depot. Conducted on th
Europeun plan. VICTOR KOCH, Prop.
Architects.
DAVIS & VON STORCH, ARCHITECTS.
Rooms 24 25 and 26, Commonwealth
building, Scranton.
E. L. WALTER," ARCHITECT. OmCI
rear of Uwi Washington avenue.
brown & morrYs7arch7tect3,
Price bulldlne. 126 Washington avenu.
i
Miscellaneous.
HA TT MR 'ft liUPUVllTn A riiat.i .-- .
Dallii, picnic, parties, receptions. wd
fit It it a In.l fonnurt wnlr t-i I r .
lainii uiiilriiou t 1 Ii
117 Wyoming avsnuft over Hulbort's
1I1UDIU BIUIQ,
MEGARGEE BHOTHKRD phi'mtcdiiJ
supplies, enveloDee. nauor ha ,ml
Warehouse, 130 Washington ave,, SoraM
ton. Pa. 1
UNDtSKTAKlNQ AND LIVRRY. li
5
Capouse ave. D. L. FOOTE, AOT.
FRANK P.. BROWN CO., WHOLE J
ale dealeri In Weodware, Cordate audi
OH Cloth, TtO West Lackawanna ave. I
ht Ttm BofThtot, Plmplet, Copper-Coloied
Spot Acum, Old sort. Ulcere In Mouth, Hotr
Falllngt Write Ook MnM CaHOT
om rmpie .icaca.iiiiur proon of en
Capital awOMo. Pallenueured alae rei
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