THE SCB ANTON TBIBUNE-MONDAY MORNING. JULY Iff, 1895.
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MORTON'S BOLLETIN.
Bicycles.
Tricycles.
Velocipedes.
Boys' Buckboards.
Boys' Express Wagons.
Boys' Wheelbarrows.
Babies' Double-horse Rockers
Dolls' Perambulators.
Children' Coaches.
Krough Keigh and other
Games.
I Very Interesting Prices,
at -
NORTON'S,
22 Lackawanna Avenue.
GOOD BREAD
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kNUFACTURED AND FOR SALE
TO THE TRADE BY
to Weston Mill Co.
PERSONAL.
harle Lenahan. of Wilkes-Barre, was
stsltor to the ctty yesterday.
ittorney Frank Loughran. of Wllkes-
Ir. and Mn. Hutchison and ion, of
emokln, and Mr. Anna Johnson, of
rmont, are visiting at the home of Au
iw Robertson on North Rebecca eve
s'. Ira. Emma Finch, formerly of thla city.
fa married at Johnatown rocently to
H. Thomas. After an extended wed
if trip they will make their home In
hnstown.
P. J. Eag-an, money order clerk of the
stoiTlce, was elected yesterday to repri
nt the Scrantcn Postofflce Clerks' asso
tion at the annual convention to be
Id next month In Minneapolis.
Mr. and Mrs. George E. Davis returned
iturday night from their visit at Mlnne
olis and the Interior of Minnesota much
vlforated. Mr. Davis will begin altera
,..,ns.oo nls theater In a few days and will
MB tt Sept. 1 ,
Attorney W. W. Watson, h'.s daughter
jjnle and nelce, Miss Jane Rujbter, ac
mpanled by Miss Annie Robinson, are
tapping at Hotel Vendome, Boston,
Ir. Watson, daughter an nelce will spend
, few days on the New England coast.
I Ira A. Holly, superintendent of the
Economy Light, Heat and Power com
pany, leaves today for his home at New
Haven, Conn., to be present at the mar
riage ceremony of his daughter. Miss Hat
!, who will wed John J. Burns, one of
' New Haven's most prosperous business
men.
;' Frank Donnelly, of Oxford, N. T., who
i Is the guest of his schoolmate at Yale,
' Charles B. Lenanan, of Wllkes-Barre, ac
companled Mr. Lenahan and Frank
I Loughran, of 'Hasleton, on a visit to the
' city yesterday. Mr. Donnelly graduated
' in law this vap and In th .MilAmln
course In '83.
RAILROAD NEWS.
'Martin Carey la accorded to be the
oldest engineer on the Delaware, Lack
awanna and Western In point of
year of service. Lou Bingham is the
oldest conductor ' with Edward Mo
Gram a close second as a clamant of
thla distinction.
Delaware and Hudson coal shipments
for the month of June were as follows:
Delaware and Hudson Canal, 13.585
tons; railroad, 71,814 tons; total for
month, lt.S7 tons. Shipment for sea
son via canal, 17,536 tons; railroad,
tOO.t71, tons; total, M7,f06. Coal on hand
at Honesdale, 143,280 tons. Coal mined
and shipped by the Delaware and Hud
son Canal company for month, 345,210
tons; season, J,50,232 tons.
' Among the new rules for 'baggage
men on the Lackawanna la the follow
ing;: "Dogs on chains when accom
panied by owners or caretakers on
same train, may be carried In baggage
cars, and baggage men will be permit
ted to collect and retain one-half cent
per mile between local stations for care
of same. No charge less than twenty
five cents nor more than $1 on any one
dog, the-maxmlum charge of $1 only
when dogs are carried 100 . miles or
more."
Rev. John Tighe, pastor of St. Paul's
Roman Catholic church, of Greenville,
N. J., addressed the afternoon meeting
of the Railroad Young Men's Christian
association at Hoboken, N. J., last Fri
day. His subject was "Christian Cltl
senehlp." Conductor P, F. Duffy, of
this city, who presided at the meeting,
also made a short address. They were
afterwards Invited to address the meet
ing of the Railroad Toung Men's Chris
tian association In Brooklyn, by the
secretary of that organisation, who was
among the auditors.
- The Pennsylvania railroad Is a great
institution, but It gained additional
celebrity today through the actions of
one Its employes. J. H. Cheetham, real
estate agent of the company In Pitts
burg, notified his great employer that
. he is getting too big a salary, and
wanted It reduced. When this news of
aa employe actually asking to have his
wages cut down was sent to the Broad
street station, Philadelphia, the Penn
sylvania headquarters must have sus
tained a good-sited paralytlo stroke.
There were no precedents to guide the
officials of the big corporation, as no
one had ever before asked to have
his salary reduced. However, tt was a
matter of easier adjustment than a
trlko for higher waiea, and so Mr.
Cheatham's salary was today reduced
to the moderate figures he designated
himself. . ' He is now regarded with
(ouch awe in this city, and he seems
aa lonesome as a snowball in a barrel
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9CJ 0 TEE PROVERBS
DclWcrco by Rev. D. P. Joaes U the
Tibcraactc Caarca.
GREAT TRIBUTE TO HOXESTY
If It Was Universally Prsctleed. the
Speaker Said, the Era of Good Times,
Would Be I'kbered la at Oaee.
Teoaghts About the aoul. .
Rev. D. P. Jones yesterday delivered
the following thoughtful sermon i -Tabernacle
church. West Bide, taking
his text from the Proverbs:
The book of Proverbs seems te be as
a beautiful garden filled with all kind
of flowers always blooming "i. T
freshing to the visitor. The c0"
tains all kind of Instructions morally
and religiously to all that may read and
study Its lessons. The author of the
book was the wisest of men. Solomon,
the son of David, the King of Israel.
8olomon had an especial blessing of the
Lord upon him and he was a man of
great understanding to discern between
Kood and bad. and there ore he was the
Sight man to collect and wnpose Pro
veres .thjU were worthy of the Holy
BTo' understand this book we have
to comprehend to some extent wnat a
proverb Is. the object of having so
many proverbs combined together as
a part of the Bible, which m Us prlnol
Sles is to stand forever. A proverb
means a short eaylng that contains a
good moral or a practical religious prin
ciple, that enables the reader to take
hold of a lesson that he needs In every
day life. The reason we have so many
probe-rbs In-the Holy Book Is because
our dally doing should be always in ac
cordance with good principles. In this
light we are to look at the book of
Proverbs, as a manual of practical
rules for our daily observations.
Word About the Bible.
There is another word In regard to
this book that the young reader should
v.. t,a i a, a cannot study this book
as a book of theology that treats upon
one theme or doctrine. Mere we nave
all kind of instructions that may help
us to work out the principles of Chris
tianity in the moat effective manner,
day after day among our fellowmen.
Tho young man that has a wish to bo
wise and godly In his life let him study
tha book.. In the words of our text we
find the following lessons:
First. To be honest In all of our do
ings In this world. "Drink waters out
of thine own cistern, ana running
waters out of thine own well." The
peoplo In the time of the author had
to build their own cisterns and to have
thilr wells prepared so that they would
have supply of waters In time of need
and not to take of what belonged to
their fellowmen. who had worked hard
In due time to obtain what they might
greatly need In the future. The name
or the lesson Is that every man should
work for his own living and to take
hold of all opportunities te pay his way
In this world, also that every person,
family, society and government should
live according to the means we have as
produce of our own.
Morality means that man should do
his best 'to live in this world without
taking from his fe.Uowman what does
not belong to him. Honesty is a grand
principle that honors the man that
loves labor, honest payment, honest
tktvarrta nlirwlvo. mnA lln,.t trtivtril.
others. The law of honesty has In its
hand the most worthy blessings to the
human race only to take hold of them
according to the way of wisdom which
Is plainly before us In the word of God.
Expenses Would Be Reduced.
If every person within the city of
Scranton would only try to live hon
estly, even In these days of what we
called slow times, and to do the best of
the little we have of our own labor. In
a short time we could buy the means
of life for the half of what we are pay
ing today. The honest man whereso
ever you may find him has to pay for
the dishonest, and that la one of the
greatest burdens that hangs upon the
shoulders of society in this age.
When men and women will observe
the grand principle of honesty to a
greater extent that today, then shall
the world have Its "good times." Toung
people, build your own cisterns by hon
est labor, and make your wells accord
ing to the opportunities of your age,
so that you may be able to drink the
waters of true prosperity out of your
own labor and the pleasures out of the
principles that cannot fall to be a
foundation of happiness under all cir
cumstances. Second, The fundamental principle of
true prosperity, "Buy the truth and sell
it not." In the olden times, as well as
In our days, some people were very
anxious to make money. They were
buying all the properties they could
get to sell them afterwards for more
money. They did net buy because they
loved what they bought; they were
buying to sell. We need In our days
men and women that will buy the truth
not to sell It, 'but to keep It and
to use It day after day as a moral and
religious property that cannot be
bought from them by the largest
amounts of money that the world has.
Here we have something that is greater
even than morality, the man that buys
the truth takes hold of Godliness be
cause Godliness In Itself is of the
greatest value. It Is the law of God
liness that makes man and Cod one in
principle. We need the religion that
cannot be taken away from us even by
death.
Maa Who Has Nothing to Sell.
The man that can sell his religion
for money or for the pleasures of this
world has nothing to sell really. We
should take care of what he offers In
the market, its only a sham. Under
no circumstances has man the right to
sell the truths. It's a property that be
longs to the soul. Toung men of our
age think not that you can prosper as
you ought to In this world without the
truth and without the strongest love
towards what is right according to the
law of Ood.
Tou have to work hard to obtain
the truth, you have to dlr deeD to be
hold the fceauty of the Lord and His
great salvation. Money will not buy
the truth for you. Buy it with honest
labor, with careful study of the word of
Ood, with faithfulness to your convic
tions, ana witn sacrificing spirit that
was manifested to the world by the
man,, Christ Jeaus. The truth can
make every man free, the man ht
sells it sells his freedom.
Third, We Should not lower the ml an A.
ard of Christianity for the sake of
things that are not In accordance with
the law of Ood. - "Take awav th rim..
from the silver." The word dross means
scum material or the waste matter that
falls off from a better part. The scum
material of this world should not havo
a place where holy things dwell.
Worthless things that have nothing
of pure value for the market should h.
cast away from every Christian man as
well as rrom every Christian society.
The human soul Is a solid niece of
silver that requires the best efforts of
Its owner according to the ooDortunltles
of the gospel to show eta original
Dtauty. now muon aross have we
within the bouse of Ood In these days
that should be taken away from the
Holy place as a dead material.
Must Take Away ths Dross.
We have the dross 1n out songs with
in the temple very often, and In the
affairs of making money. The church
will have to take away the dross from
the silver very soon or It must suffer
great loss.
The power that belongs to humanity
by the grace of Ood, which came to us
In Christ and His Gospel, will have to
constrain men and women to acknowl
edge the authority of Christianity as
the only standard ol a Godly lire.
The dross of sin cannot be taken
away from our habits only by our will
ingness to comply with the gospel of
our Lord Jesus Christ. Ood will have
a day when the dross of humanity shall
be taken away from the silver quality
of His righteousness. "Now is the day
of salvation.
MISSIONARIES IN CHINA.
Rev. Aagust l.aoge Tells of Religion la
the Far East.
An Interesting sermon was preached
at the Hickory Street Presbyterian
church yesterday morning by the pas
tor Rev. August Lange, based on let
ter received by him recently from two
young Presbyterian missionaries In
Oan King, China. One of them. Rev.
F. C. H. Dreyer. Is well known In Scran
ton. He lived In the Tenth ward for
several years. The other missionary
Is Rev. Ernest Saure, who was a fellow
student at Hloomfleld seminary, N. J.,
with the preacher. They left for China
five months ago to take up the work of
evangelizing the Mongolian Idolators.
Rev. Mr. Lange clothed In his own
eloquent words the trials and tribula
tions of the faithful missionaries In
foreign lands, especially in China. In
the town where they have taken up the
Master's task, is a population of more
than 60.000 Inhabitants, all but 120
Christians are heathens. Messrs. Drey
er and Laure are equipping themselves
In the dialects of the language to be
able better to extend the Christian reli
gion by teaching it to the nations. .
Chinese Superstitions. ' "
In this town a very small church is
built for the edification of the small
number of Christians. The Chinese are
very superstitious, and many of them
believe that by burning up brown paper
on the body of their deceased friends
their souls go up with the smoke to
Heaven; or rather to the celestial re
gion. Some of them build churches,
place a statue of the devil In them and
bestow burnt offerings at the base of
the statue of His Infernal Highness.
The greatest trouble experienced In
converting the Chinese to the true God
Is their aptitude in learning everything
about idolatry, and refusing to listen to
any exhortation that would lead them
to a knowledge of the Christian reli
gion. The Chinese were the first to use gun
powder and apply It In warfare, though
that Is not to their credit In a moral
sense, although It exhibits their inven
tive powers; they used printing blocks
before Gutenberg discovered the art of
printing; they knew what the mariner's
compass was before any other nation.
In the sciences and the arts the Chinese
have taken a prominent place; yet
themselves and the Japanese are as
much in the dark as the .barbarous
tribes of the lower races of Asiatic
paganism. ' The teachings of Buddha
and confuclns are espoused by almost
400.000.000 souls.
The fame of China all the world over
through the exqulsiteness of Its por
celain ware shows that they are in this
respect superior to their more civilized
coexistent Christian. The parts of the
celestial empire that the missionaries
And the most lucrative for souls is the
Interior provinces.
Small Proportions of Christians.
The cities of Shanghai, Canton, Nlng
kpo, Amoy and Dugutschen are where
the Christian religion has taken the
most root, but its progress has not been
at a ratio that Is much better than the
condition that exists in the city of Gan
King; where the speaker said that only
120 Christians can be found among 60,
000 inhabitants.
Rev. Mr. Lange, following up the
tenor of the letter, spoke to his people
on the necessity of encouraging with
material assistance the missionaries
among the Chinese. The statistics
showing the population of China to be
upwards of 400,000,000 souls, without of
that number only a meager percentage
believing in the living God. It Is. in
cumbent on every follower of Christ to
assist his brother.
The speaker hoped that the congrega
tion of the Hickory Street church would
do Its share toward the extension of
Christianity among the eastern heath
ens. It may Incur some labor and
trouble but the cause Is worthy of all
effort.
He cited the example of the two
young men who have given up friends
and prospects. They are doing it for
the Lord's sake, whose yoke is sweet
and burden light.
CHURCH NEWS NOTES.
Rev. J. T. Morris dielivnt turn
mons in, the BeMevue Calvdntatb. Math.
odlst church yesterday.
Kev. Frank Parsons, of Waverlv.
preached the two sermons in Simpson
oieitnoaist Episcopal church.
Professor Hushes, of -tho XVamt qm.
delivered the evening sermon in the
Green Kldge Baptist church.
Kev. W. 8. Jones nrarhA a .oi
In this First Welsh Baptist church. In
the morning communion services were
held.
ReV. F. P. DotV. of Mui liunntnn
otreet Method tsrt Episcopal church,
preached two Interesting sermons yes
terday. W. C. Weeden. the tenor, has returned
and yesterday began to conduct the
singing in the Second Presbvterlan
church.
Mark Levy, a Jewish Christian nf
London, spoke at the evening service of
Grace Lutheran church In the Yoiinn
Men's Christian building.
Rev. Foster U. Gift trpar4iel In lh
evening In the Scranton Street Tinnii.i
church. Pastor Collins' morning ser
mon was upon "The Essential to Chris
tian Joy."
The pulpit of the Penn Avenu R.n.
tist church was occupied in the morning
oy ev. w., j. rora, or Green Ridge,
and In the evening by Rev. T.J. Col
lins, of the West Side.
The mornlnsr service at n
Lutheran church, Fourteenth and
wasnourn streets. Included baptism
and a sermon on that sacrament by the
pastor, Rev. Dr. A. L. Ramer.
The Sunday School Institute, of Pitts
burg district, African Methodist Epis
copal church will convene In Bedford,
Pa., July It, and will continue three
days. Those who will attend from this
city will be Rev. C. A. McGee, pastor
of the Howard Place church, and Miss
Lula Lilly, delegate.
The last of the series of opening ser
vices at the Calvary Reformed church
chapel, Monroe avenue aifd Gibson
street, were held yesterday when two
special sermons were delivered by Rev,
O. N. Strouch, of Schuylkill Haven.
The Holy Sacrament of the Lord's sup
per and tha reception of new members
were observed during the morning ser
vice. The opening of the church chapel
had been In progress each night since
Wednesday and excepting Saturday.
KEVS 0FJHE SIUIS
New Schedale Will Go late Effect on
the Soath Side Line.
HIT HIS RIVAL KITH A BRICK
Peter Alba ugh Had Neighbor Angast
Brill Arrested -Events of the Day la
tha North End. Dunmore sad
Mlaooka la Condensed Form.
SOUTH SIDE. .
Tomorrow morning a schedule will
m into effect on the South Side and
Moostc street railways that will give
the patrons of these lines a service
whioii ou:ht to be appreciated. Cars
will run to the city line every tan min
utes and to Mooslo every twenty mn
utea between 7.30 and 8.30 p. m. Seven
cars will be put on Instead of four, as
now. The first car In the morning will
leave Franklin avenue at 6.15 and ev
ery fteem minutes until 7.30, when the
ten-minute trips will begin.
At 8.30 p. m. the oars will fall back
to flfleen-mlnute trips until 11.35, when
the last car will leave for the city line.
The first car will leave the city line for
the central city each morning at 5.52.
The first car will leave Mooslc at 6
o'clock. The twenty-minute service to
Mooslc will begin at 7.30. At 8.10 p. m.
the cars will drop back to forty-five-minute
intervals to Mooslo and the last
one at night will leave Franklin ave
nue at 11 o'clock.
Dorothy Is Fasolnatlng.
On Prospect avenue and the corner
of Orchard street. In a double house,
live two families, the Davis' and Ken
nedy's. The first named has two
pretty daughters, Miss Ida and Mlsa
Dorothy. Ida loves and Is loved by
Charley Golden; Dorothy has two lov
ers, Patrick Kennedy, son of the fami
ly that occupies the other half of the
house, and Patrick Convey, whose
abode Is many blocks away. Convey
is the favored suitor amd was to see
Dorothy last evening. Tftiey adjourned
to the back porch, and Kennedy ap
peared with a brick, which he applied
forcibly and in a rude and angry man
ner to the head of his rival and then
disappeared.
Woke the Squire Out of Red.
Peter Albaugh of the Twelfth ward,
went to the residence of Alderman Don
ovan earlv Saturday morning. He
Svanted a warrant for the arrest of
August Brill. Albaugh told the alder
man that Brill assailed htm with
stones. The warrant was served and
Brill twas put under bail to answer the
charge in court. Albaugh said the as
sault was the outgrowth of something
Brill had 1n the nose for him.
Shorter Paragraphs.
James Cafferty, of Fig street, 'was se
riously Injured on the foot Saturday at
the railbank of the South works. A
rail fell on it and almost cut the mem
ber off. He was removed to the Moses
Taylor hospital.
The Sunday school of the Hickory
Street German Presbyterian church
will hold a picnic next Thursday at
Central Park garden. It will be one of
the finest of the season and deserves to
be well patronized.
Much Interest Is being taken in the
free excursion of the employes of the
Sauquolt Silk mill to Lake Ariel on
Saturday, Aug. 3. Those not in the
employ of the company can purchase
tickets at cost price, 60 cents. Refresh
ments will be served for what they cost
to those who do not bring along lunch
baskets.
NORTH END.
The family of William Chappell are
at Lake Winola.
Orton Jackson, of Holllster avenue,
left Saturday for Preston Park.
Mr. and (Mrs. Pierce, of North Main
avenue, left Saturday for Sayre, Pa.
iMlss Margaret O'Hara, of Green
Ridge, will leave this week for Phila
delphia. Mrs. E. W. Weston, of Canton, Mass.,
was visiting friends in the North End
Saturday. -
Howard Griffin and Joseph Scharar
drove to Crystal Lake Saturday even
ing to spend Sunday.
Kev. D. M. Klnter and wife, of North
Main avenue, leave this morning for
Harvey's Lake, where they will spend
their vacation.
W. C. Cowles is in Philadelphia, at
tending a department council of the
Patriarch Militant, Independent Order
of Odd Fellows, of Par.tifylvamla.
The Green Ridge conclave of Hepta
sophs will hold a regular meetling this
evening, and as business of Importance
Is to be transacted every member is
requested1 to be present.
Mrs. C. H. Scharar and her niece,
Miss Daisy Stevens, and Mrs. Sydney
Henwood, of the North 'End, attended
the Elm Park Sunday school excursion
to Lake Ariel on Friday.
The Toung People's Society of Chris
tian Endeavor of the Welsh Congrega
tional church had an excellent time at
Lake Ariel on Saturday, and there was
a large crowd In spite of the weather.
An excellent literary and musical en
tertainment will be given in the par
lors of the Park Place Methodist Epis
copal church next Thursday evening,
July 18. Admission), 10 cents. Cake
and cream will be served after the en
tertainment. DUNMORE.
O. R. Winters Is In Shenandoah on
a business trip.
W. J. Hall and John (McDonnell spent
yesterday at Lake Winola.
Charles Freethy, of Cherry street,
spent the Sabbath with frlen'da In Haw
ley. Miss Susie Donnelly, of Binghamton,
(s spending a few day with friends In
town.
Miss Ella Teeter, of Hawley, is a
visitor svt the home of her brother, W.
R. Teeter, on Elm street.
Miss Butler, who has been employed
In New York city for some time past,
Is now home on her vacation.
Mrs. George flchramk, of Collins
street, das returned from a week's
visit with her parents In Plttston.
. Mr. Huber has moved from his for
mer residence on North Blakely street
Into his new home on (Delaware street.
Crosswalks, which will be a great Im
provement and be welcomed by all
pedestrians, are being laldr In Peters
burg. Mlsa Ruby Yost, of South Blakely
street, and Miss Clara Tort, of Shenan
doah, are spending this week with rela
tives at Tostville, ,
t No, 4 school, on Grove strestwhlch
did' not commence with the other
schools last fall on account of repairs,
wlH close on Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ptroy Cols, of Hones
dale, 'spent Sunday with tha parent!
of the former, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Cole, of Brook street.
Andrew Derby, of West Drinker
street, who has been quite ill for some
time. Is now very low and small hops
Is entertained for his recovery.
The Ladles' Home and Foreign Mis
sionary society of the Presbyterian
church wilt meet at the home of Mrs.
Hlgglns, on Blakely street, Thursday
afternoon at 2. SO.
Quarterly services were held In the
Methodist Episcopal church yesterday
morning, and communion services
were held In the evening, both of which
were under the charge of Presiding El
der Thorpe.
M. J. Burke, the Chestnut street tail
or, has Instituted suit against the bor
ough for damages to his place of busi
ness by the heavy rain of Sunday.
June 30, which caused considerable loss
all along that thoroughfare.
MINOOKA.
Mlsa NelUo McDonald, or Freehand,
visited Mlnicoka friends Sunday.
Mlas Winifred Mahedy. of Nantlcoke,
visited her parents on Main street yes
teirday. The Minooka Baseball club will play
the Anthracites, of M-ooelc, at Lacka
wanna, park, Frriday.
M. F. Judge, John Kearney, James Bo
land, W. J. Buckley and Richard O'Don
nell aitended the Belie vue convention
yesterday as delegates of the St. Jo
seph soefcty of this place.
Tlh baseball team of the O'Connell
council, Young .Msn'a Institute, will
Jouirny to Lake Ariel today and battle
for honors with an aggregation or ball
tossera from the St. Brendan council,
of the West Sid a, which Is conducting
an excursionto that place.
At an early hour Sunday morning
Knaves entered the bair-n of Thomas
Murray, on Fern street, and stole fifty
valuable pigeons. The Intruders gained
an entrance through an aperture In the
ceiling and by breaking lock on the
coop.
A t a meeting of the St. Joseph Total
Abstinence and Beneficial society yes
terday the following members were
nominated as officers for the ensuing
year: Presidium!, P. J. Mulkerln; vice
president, Patrick Fltzhenry: financial
secretary, M. Egan; recording secretary,
P. J. Foley; trustees, W. J. Buckley, J.
Na'llln and James Borand; treasurer,
P. S. Drlecoll; sergaant-at-arrms, F.
Connolly; janitor, James Wallace; mes
senger, R. J. Cusick.
W. GEORGE POWELL. .
Written for The Tribune,
It may seem superfluous to the general
reader to add another note to the eloquent
tributes that have been paid to the mem
ory of Professor W. George Powell, yet
his life had many sides and the subject Is
by no means exhausted. By the death cf
Mr. Powell a larg circle of friends and
acquaintances has sustained a great loxs.
the sense of this loss is expressed by a
deep and prolonged grief which Is univer
sal among those who had the. privilege of
knowing him. This sorrow Is not limited
to hta Immediate friends and acquaint
ances; throughout the whole community
there Is a feeling of affectionate regret
at the sad ending of a life so full of brill
iant promises. Professor Powell's life,
however, was not one of mere promises
barren of achievements. Considering his
years and his opportunities he had already
accomplished much. Had the full meas
ure of man's days been allotted to him,
he would have won for himself a place
In the literature of our country that any
man might be proud to occupy. Prophecy,
however. Is not criticism, and It may be
Inappropriate to anticipate what his fu
ture might have been. The world con
cerns itself with realities only, the per
formance and not the promise; yet meas
ured by this rigid standard Professor
Powell was a remarkable young man
dowered with many rare gifts of heart
and mind. He had a genial personality
which attached itself In true human fel
lowshlp with all classes and conditions of
men. With him both in bright days of
actual Intercourse and through long years
of tried acquaintance the highest dream
of friendship could tus and for many, was
translated Into a reality.
...
It la not the purpose of this letter to dis
cuss his rare social qualities which will
ever be held in loving remembrance by nil
his friends. We aim rather, to give the
public some knowledge of his exceptional
Intellectual attainments, his broad cul
ture and his distinct Individuality as a
writer and a man. Professor Powell be-
an his life with an unquenchable curl
OPlty and a lively Intelligence, which stim
ulated him to intense mental efforts, that
may havs done much to exhaust him be
fore his time. In his early teens we find
him collecting fossils, plants and Insects
of every description and classifying them
iwith 'far more familiarity with latin
terminology than oould have been natural
and wholesome In one of his years. He
became an omniverous reader, a cease
less talker. Hs cultivated his powers cf
apprehension to a remarkable pitch of
sensitiveness. He possessed a quick and
sympathetic temperament that was lit
erally palpitating with sensibility. He
was Impetuous, Imaginative and over
flowing with eagerness to touch life at all
Its points.
These qualities of his mind are In some
measure reflected In his writings, which
consist of innumerable essays, sketches,
letters and poems. He wrote upon an In
finite variety of subjects and always
wrote well. He had a real gift of expres
sion which he exercised in every form of
literary workmanship and In each he
demonstrated his ability to wield the Im
plements of literary art with exceptional
power and effect. Hs was fond of style.
wrote about style, and sought to achieve
a style of his own, yet he had none of the
vanity of the mere craftsman. He al
ways avoided artificial attractions. In
flated pretensions, and non-artistic man
nerisms; those grievous faults which per
vade to a large extent the current liter
ature of the day. He abhorred all dis
plays of pedantry. Simplicity was hrs
shibboleth and the ultimate aim of all his
work was to grasp at generic truths.
...
In the poetry of Professor Powell there
I II
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Is always evidence ef a pure pottle strain,
a vivid Imagination which gives reality
and color to all his metrical productions.
There la also vigor and originality la his
verse, and these qualities please us all
the mors since we teel that they are the
product of a deep and delicate sensibility
prone to discover that aspect of things
which Is most ia harmony with the loftiest
views of the Intellect, and the noblest
sentiments of the heart. He understood,
also, the use of words. He had inspira
tion, poetic genius, melody, rhythmical
variety, and was a complete master of the
mechanism of versification. Add to this
his deep and sympathetic love of nature
which the artificial functions of civilised
Hfe could not shrivel up or destroy, and
what more Is needed to make a great poet?
One thing, and Professor Powell possessed
it, a clear vision of the great things of
life, a true perspective of Its relations and
an accurate conception of man's real place
in the scheme of creation. Let us bid
blm farewell In the hope that the great
verities of light and love which he la
bored to transplant from heaven to earth
will henceforth be his eternal portion.
H. H.
Written for The Tribune.
"When in the dawn I sink my head.
Bleep, Death's twin-brother, times my
breath.
Sleep, Death's twin-brother, knows not
Death,
Nor can I dream of thee as dead."
Years of Platonic friendship during
which our lives have been Intermingled
closer than the lives of brothers, gave me
an opportunity to observe and study the
character, life and disposition of th late
Professor W. George Powell possibly bet
ter than any one living outside of his Im
mediate family. Together we have en
joyed the pleasures of life and shared its
disappointments. He the teacher and I
the pupil have read the reasonings of tha
old philosophers and the sublime thoughts
of the poets, have studied the wonderful
drama of nature and gone over the well
trodden paths of fancy and fiction; so
that if In this, my humble tribute to one
to whom I was bound by ties stronger than
those of friendship, I appear to the reader
to extoll too highly his virtues, or place
too high an estimate upon his genius and
ability, I trust that he will consider that
it comes from one from whom death has
taken one that was almost part of the
writer's life.
"Whatever way my days decline,
I felt and feel, tho' left alone.
His being working In my own,
The footsteps of his life in mine."
.
Professor Powell was born with a poetic
nature and his whole life has been in keep
ing with the heritage which he received
at his birth. His love for books, among
which he spent the greater part of his
leisure hours, made him appear to many
to be of a cold and unsympathetic nature,
but to those who knew him best no
warmer, friend or more congenial compan
ion ever lived. His knowledge of liter
ature and literary character made him
at all times an Interesting person to con
verse with end his conception of what
true poetry really consisted of proved him
to be a critic of the highest order. He
detested at all times affectation and self
praise and would starve before he would
lower the standard of true poetry by
writing doggerel. He made It a rule to
read a certain amount every day and there
has not been a day In ten years up to the
time of his illness that he has not lived
up to that rule. The amount of ground
that he covered by his reading Is beyond
our ability to conceive. His reading was
by no means confined to literary subjects,
for he was equally as well versed In
science and art. Geology was a favorite
study and his articles on the geological
formation of Pennsylvania published some
eight years ago, when he was barely of
age, have been considered by those in a
position to know to be among the best ever
written. His power of application was
something extraordinary and he devoted
almost all of his leisure moments to add
ing to his store of knowledge,
...
To those friends with whom he dally
came In contact his death will be keenly
felt, for It leaves an opening In the circle
of friendship that it will be hard to fill.
To me. Individually, It takes a friend and
teacher that can never be replaced, one
with whom I had anticipated spending
many happy hours In the future and
hoped to see occupying that high place
In the literary world that would surely
have been his had not death claimed him
for Its own.
"1 leave thy praises unexpressed
...
And by the measure of my grief
I leave thy greatnes to be guess'd,"
E. E. Robathan.
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