8 THE SCRANTOX TRIBUNE SATURDAY MORNING OCTOBER 5, 1895. Gleanings -. from the Rfire Land of Song, Three Welshmen took the leading roles at one of the greatest musical festivals of the age, which took place at Cardiff last week, where the master works of Wagner. Sir Arthur Sullivan, Slgnor Edgar Tlnel. modern comosers. were performed, as well as the works of the old masters, including Handel's. Beethoven's, Verdi's and others. Hon iMvles, the matchless tenor, who was the chief attraction at the World's Fair tric.lt musical festival, and created such, a furore, took the lending char acters In all the performances. In Tinel's "St. Francis." his assumption of the leading part was worthy of his great reputation. The musical critics of the leading Knglish musical journals write that the "Hymn of Poverty" was riven with admirable skill, though this vas distinctly surpassed by the "Hymn f the Sun," with chorus, and the "Hymn of Love," the second-named, being, perhaps, his 11 rat and most not able achievement of the day. Ills achievements tltly demonstrated his right to rank as one of the select few really great tenors now 'before the world. BEN DAV1ES. Mr. Ffrancon Pavles. baritone, was never heard In better voice. His dramatic and Intensely real style of enunciation lit ihlm with curious apt ness tor such a position as that which he filled. To music of the order adopt ed In "St. Francis" no one Is more competent than he to give the fullest and finest effect. His work was dis tinguished by evenness of excellence. Power and warmth of expression ore indispensable to the Httinsr perform ance of suoh music as that of M. Tlnel. and these Ffrancon Davles possesses in no measured degree. Douglass Powell took two parts strangely unlike, the "Watchman" and the "Spirit of Hatred," tuit he acquit ted himself In both with undoubted success. His rendering of the watch man's nocturnal chant. "The Streets ere Silent Far and Near." realized to the fuH the solemnity and gloom of the Incident .Mr. Powell is a great vocalist. Another "Welshman who figured rrominently In the great festival was David Jenkins, music bachelor. Mr. Jenkins Is well-known to the Welsh people of the United States. He visited this country in 1SS5, and held concerts, lectured on music, conducted musical festivals In Pennsylvania, Ohio. Illlnlos, New York and several other states, and adjudicated the choral competi tions at the national eisteddfod of America, held at the Lackawanna rink, in Sf-ptember, 1S85. The newspapers of Cardiff. In writing of Mr. Jenkins, have the following to say about htm: "The advent of a Welsh conductor of a piece written specially by him for this year's musical festival ati Cardiff Is an Inter esting; Item In this week's programme. It Is pretty generally known In the highest musical circles that David Jen kins, Mus. Bach. (Cambridge), has written expressly for this festival a cantata entitled "A Psalm of Life." for chorus and orchestra, and that he will conduct himself. Mr. Jenkins, who Is now professor of music at the Univer sity College of Wales, has, like other distinguished musicians, had a hard tattle to fight, but, on the other hand, he has also had the reward of Inborn enthusiasm and genius In the position he has attained, and the general recog nition his works have commanded. He was born at Treeastell, Breoonshlre, Couth Wales, In 1849, and like many Welshmen before toim. and even of the present day, foe 1s a "son of the eistedd fod." In his early years he was a uocessful competitor as a singer and composer at Welsh etateddfodau, and, after studying music for a year or two he was the first to (rain the honor and distinction of the A. C. He also won Xrtss at the Tonic flolfa college, and at American elsteddfodlc contests, and In 1877 succeeded In gaining the degree of music bachelor at "Cambridge uni versity, England. As a composer he la In the front rank, and is also widely and favorably known as a conductor and adjudicator. Rarely do we come across an elsteddfodlc programme that does not Include, as a test piece, some thing written by him. His volume of hymn tunes has been adopted by the English Calvlnlstlc Methodists of Great Britain." The New Vloar Apostolls. The new Vicar Apostolic, Bishop Francis Mostyn, was born at Talacre, Flintshire, on Aug. 6, 1850, and is the fourth surviving son of the late Sir Piers Mostyn, Bart., by Frances, sec ond daughter of the fourteenth Baron Ixirat. The new vicar was educated at Oscott and Ushaw colleges, and began his work as a priest under his cousin, (Monslgnor Slaughter, In the parish where he was ordained and consecrat ed. He was a member of the first Birkenhead school board, and of the Cambrian Choral society. Me Is an eloquent and forcible preacher. As tradition says, lit was an ancestor of his who was bishop of St Asaph In the Fourteenth century. Through his grandmother, daughter of the Seventh Jtnron Strafford, he Is descended from three English martyrs the Karl of Arundel, Viscount Strafford, and the Messed Margaret Pole, the countess of Salisbury. He celebraited his first mass Ma bishop at the Church of Our Lady, Birkenhead, on Sunday, Sept. 15. He was consecrated bishop on the same date by Cardinal Vaughnn, of West rrlnlster, who Is also a. Welshman. As Vicar Apostolic of Wales, BIshopMostyn v.Ill have Within the district of his vlcarnte all the powers and privileges of an ordinary bishop In a r.anonlcally constituted dlncese. but will be re sponsible to tin metropolitan, as In his capacity of Vicar Apostolic he directly represents the pope himself Leo XIII, thus taking Wales under his own imme diate control and authority. fctnlncnt Divine The Roibertses, of Llanbrynmalr, and D. Owen Evans, with his two brothers, are by no means the only Instances of members of the same family attaining positions of eminence In the Welsh pul pit. The late Rev. Owen Thomas, D. D.i regarded as - the most powerful preacher among the Calvlnlstlc Meth odists, was rivalled among the Inde pendents by his brother, the Rev. John Thomas, ID. P. The latter has a son (the Rev. Owen Thomas, M. A.) who bids fair to maintain the pulpit tradi tions of till family. A very parallel ease Is that of the Reeses. The Rev: Henry Reese, father-in-law of the lord lieutenant of Anglesey, was as promi nent a figure among the Methodists as his ftrottwr. tht.Jler. WUHan Usom. The Cardiff Musical Festival, with a Picture of Ben Davles Welsh Notes. D. D. (Gwllym iHlraefhog) was among the Independents. The son of the lat ter (the Kev. Henry 'Reese, Kryngwarn) la one of the most popular Welsh pivachers In North Wales. The llev. John Thomas. D. IX, spoken of above, vlslltd this country on two occasions, the first time during the civil war. and he last time about fourteen years ago. This time he was accompanied by the Ujv, lr. Thomas Heese. of Swansea, ttouth Wales, author of the "History of the N-ncomfoi:nltt Church." The lat ter gentleman was the most Moved Welsh preacher of his time. He was not a great orator, neither could he be classed among the mighty theologians of his day, but his gentleness, tender ness of speech, religious sincerity and his Christian conduct through life made him the Idol preacher of his country men. His simplicity was his greatness. The Very Rev. James Allen, dean of St. David's, has tendered his resigna tion to the bishop of his diocese. The aged prelate is In his ninety-tflrst year and Is the oldest graduate living of Trinity college, Cambridge. He was or dained In 1S33. He was dean of St. David's for seventeen years. -Few church dignitaries lived In a more sim ple and primitive manner. In his home among the Weliih hills he has been In the habit of cooking his own meals and performing many other humble domes tic duties In order that he might apply his Income to the maintenance of the ancient and romantically situated ca thedral in Pembrokeshire, South Wales. In speaking of the late lamented Mynyddog, one of the newspapers of South Wales speaks of him as follows: "He stood unrivalled as an eisteddfod conductor. He possessed a tine pres ence, had a powerful voice and cool brain and ready tongue." Notwith standing our great respect to the mem ory of the departed genius, we must differ with the writer of those lines. Mynyddog was a fine-looking man and was possessed of a cool brain and a ready tongue. As an eisteddfod conductor he did not rival the late Im mortal Kil'by Jones. Llew Llwy fo. our own Judge Kdwards. the Rev. Dr. Kdwards. of Kingston. and many others. He did not pussess the majes tic presence of Kilsny Jones, or his great originality nnd his inimitable manner of conveying his thoughts to his hearers; he did not possess the pow erful voice cf Llew l.lwyfo and the Immerse stock of humorous anecdotes the latter possessed. He also lacked the music .il culture of Llew Llwyfo. He lacked the charm nnd scholarly at tainments of Judire Kdwards and his magnitude,-.: skill In wielding the -sceptre of authority as an elateddfodical conductor. He lacked Dr. Edwards' promptness and methodical ways. Mynyddi g was a betor lecturer than eisteddr.idical conductor. He was a great parlor entertainer and an excel lent conversationalist, but as a poet he will be longest remembered. He was the Whltcomb Riley of Welsh poets. He visited this country about twenty years ago. and while visiting Cincin nati he wrote one of his finest and greatest poems. "The City of the Dead." It is at Cincinnati's beautiful ceme tery lie the remains of one of Gnalia's greatest prose writers and preachers, the immortal Jones Llangollen. Mr. Jones was the most prominent figure in Welsh literature In America thirty, five ytars ajto. and the Welsh people of this country, some twelve years ago. erected a costly monument of granite to his memory at this beautiful ceme tery. Vailous Notes. Ournos. one of the mot noted "chair" cards of Uales, b. its icr the revival of an anrlen.; privilege enjoyed uv the bards t ,,r(:sla,J U-'03 ,;,"'J S'V" l'y Ijio Tlr Iarll In former nines tu tne nii:istrel of VV.'ies, wnei."t:-.ey i.iisn: rcn ic rt.it free. Being ohilKt.l to puy lei.t, ,ie iiiu.stlons wheintr he is a fcar.t. tiun.'os is u uruther of Uavid Jones, ut Heue.be, ui t':ls city who is al a very succvJ-fui competitor In bardic meters. The rtmm::t. tv: the l.iau luJno nn tlor.al eitte.Mtoii of Ua.w. .u ..e ne.'.l In !,!; has o.rcjil iv.-ilvel a.i . :..i,- in tl car,.;ma competition, ik. , ,, A ,, ze .' tSM Is onre I. 'i ... " of I eii'iPMro lie work Col Wales, ar. l ha con e :u before th e.c-f ot t.ve to ill.vfoeijte th.mse. e pielo-n in the in.i..er t.it .o.ri rtoiu j .a jut. . In or.ic -i ... V Htl.l- :rittt ti have Iodised the ci;ia.tr a .. . 1.1 U the tank for safe cuiOdy. The residents In the tifU-Vj.irhind of Prince Albert, Oat.iar:. C'a:n.:t:ien.ihira. wure greatly alarmed recei.tly by a reor of some firearms. Invalidation I.-U to the dlcovry at the bar ic of an Inn of a young man na-med Asocnei Jones, ased 20, who had shot himself by placing tre mus sle of a single-barrel gun to his fori head. Jealousy of a young man living at ISryn amman, who It Is state I, was courting his sweetheart, Induced the suicide. Several accidents occurred recently t Swansea, South Wales. II. Itussel, butch er, of St Helen's road, was driving his trotting pony on the Mumbles, prepara tory to taking a part In a trotting race; his horse collided with a vehicle, and Mr. KusseU was "thrown out o.nd severely in jured. While a man named William Price was asleep on the Oraig. Waunwen, he was awoke by a severe blow on the head from a lead water pipe, which had been thrown out. Price was severely Injured and was token to the hospital. Arthur Water worth, a conductor on the Mum hl railway, has bei admitted to the hospital from concussion of the brain caused by falling off the train; while a similar course has been adopted with re spect to a man named Lewis, of Bond street who sustained a severe Injury through 'ailing off the train. Recently Messrs. W. Prosser, hair dresser; B. Nor man, accountant, and T. Jones, composi tor, went In a boat from 4he Mumbles, when they were caught by a strong cur rent. This was running at a great rate, but Its presence was not observed till a return was attempted. After nearly an hour's pulling they found they made no headway, end as dark was coming on they naturally got alarmed. Fortunately, however, their position was observed from the shore, and the const guardsmen put off, and with much difficulty got the boat out of the current and then In shore. At the Ystrad police court recently, John Pipes Turnbull, alias Logan, was ehargid wUh embezzling the sum of W, the prop erty of John Williams, milkman, Treorel. The prisoner pleaded gulMy and was sen tenced to one month' Imprisonment. The superintendent of police observed that the prisoner was wanted by the police for forging a check at Llanbrynmalr, North Wales. Th question of the rate of output In the tin plate trade at l.lanelly Is by no mmn settled. Although the agreement embodying a clause sanctioning a rate of forty boxes was signed by both sides. It Is pointed out to the employes that the dclccaite had no right to pledge the men to Ignore the existing rulo. It Is said that the union men will not he railed out, but It will not be a matter of surprise to And the men coming out on strike In protect. At the Llnnelly police court recently, Georgians tsirg, ed 11. wss charred with attempting to commit sulfide. I)e. fondnrrt. In answer to the charge, replied: "I did drnw the rasor serais mv throat." The (presiding nvatrlstrato said the bench, eJtrr carefully conelrtering the case, de. cicd to send ftotiw tor trial at the quar ter sesnlon. On being removed the pris oner raid: "I will do worse than this when I got out." . -M The Soelety of Relftvcnltes presented re cently .the Rev. W. J. Richards a. beau tifully worded address, magnificently copied,' and enclosed In an elegant oak frame, as a token of respect for his ser vices to the society. The revrend gentle man Is soon M locate at watervllle, N. T. The preservation took piace ai uow On account fef 111 health Professor Kerl Evans, of the University of North wales, hss reslgnedtrom active labor In the unl- varsHy. The. profsaeor la a brotaar m tos treat Welsh compoEer, D. Emlyn Evans, The announcement is made of the acci dental death of the Rev. Klehard Owen, of Corwen. Noilh Wales. He was a Wi leyan miniater and one of the most active workers of that denomination. Dr. 6lr John Williams, accouoher to the royal furnily, will attend the winter va cation at Hullth, South Wales. 81 r John la on of the mwt eminent physicians of Hi vat Britain. He U a native of Car trtartheuFialre and la the possessor of one of the beat Welsh libraries In the world. In a report published recently, out of the sixty atudeints at Bangor Normal col lege, tltiy-ihree are natives ofi Wale. Four belong to the Kplw-oiisl church, eiKhteen to the Calvtnutik: Methodist, sev enteen to the t.'onurKalloiiailU"ls, six teen to the Baptists, three to the Wes leyana. and one to the I'Yee Missionary church. The debt standing against the eolleue hul been reduced IIUO slues the commencement of the preeent year. One thoustand dollars Is to ba subscribed to the funds of the Treorel male party for the 1-urpc.v of lefrln the expense of the ti io of the party to Windsor CuMIe, n.t which i'ace they will sing (by ItivlU tl.uil to her majmitv. Queen Victoria This Is the party that won thn chief laurels nt the l.lanelly eisteddfod. 81 r Joseph Hurnby declared their Hindu th very lines, from every standpoint, that he ever heard. , A granite monument Is to be erected at Brecon. South Wales, to the memory .f Mrs. Hiiruh Hiddono, the Immortal ac tress. Tlio monument Is to cost fci.MiO. Brecon Is the birthplace of the Immortal uu tress. The town council of I.hvnclly, South Wales, the seat of the national eisteddfod, recently held, has received the sum of fi.OUO for the use of the pavilion In which ths eisteddfod was held. The national eis teddfod committee has nlso promised the council another l,(n. This Is a princely payment. The eisteddfod, tlnanclally, was an uiiprvcedented success. Two beautiful and costly colored win dows were recently unveiled at the parish church of l.landdewl Telfre In mem ory ot tho noble and generous wife of the Lord Bishop of Llandun. . Wrexham people are noted for their t04t In collecting money for charitable Institutional Recently several pretty maids were eta.tloned at various cor ners of tho principal streets, with con tribution boxes In hand, soliciting aid for the city hospital. They succeeded In this manner to collect MD for the worthy muse. Tho maids of Wrexham, like the historical mold of Llangollen, are very charming. A desperate prlxe light took place re oei tly at Linn won no, Olamorgaiishlre, South Wales. Twenty rounds were fought, and one of th principals died In a few hours after the termination of the tight. It had transpired that two young unmar ried men hud quarrelltd, and ultimately arranged to tight under the rules of the English ring. A desperate encounter was clanged In. and 'twei.ly rounds wees fought. The names of tho two principals are Arthur Venetian ami Harry Lewis. I They were both vtry evenly ' match.nl. Vaughan was very badly beaten about the body. They fought on a Sunday moriiimt I In a very lonely spot near Llaiiwonno, , About i o'clock In the afternoon of the snme day Yaiik'hun explrod. The young man was of good physique and very mu. cular, but his face was severely bruised, : and a severe Internal bruise, about the tir." of a silver dollar, was found on tho I left purt of the skull. Moth lungs were I gorited with blood and there was venous congestion of both lungs. The right side of the heart was also full of blood. His opponent wns arrested and lodged In Jail, awaiting his trial for manslaughter. 1 The mae-nlflcent new workmen's Insti tute, within a few yards of the Ystrad , railway station, the cot of which Is nbout 1'Ji.nuO. lnclurg the furniture, etc., and it defrayed by the workmen in the Malndy and the Eastern collieries, was opened last week In the presence of a large as semblage of miners and other residents In the localities. It was officially stated at the meting that the library lunds amounted to nearly $10,000. Factional feeling has already asserted Itself In th? r.!:afie of listlcuffs on the foot ball fields In Wules. During the second half of e We'sh league match played be tween Wrexham nnd the Westminster Rovers at Owersyllt. Ted Ellis, a Wrex ham fi:il-bnck, fouled one of the oppaslng : side, hl tree coming Into violent on i tact with his opponent's chest. The West- mlr.-ter plnver was boilly huit. for he lay I down, npnarently suffering great pnln. i The ei'uporttrs of tho Injuied man's iim, ' who, no the ea-mo was being played on the Rovers' groi' were much In evidence. Invading tHat prvtlon of the field tet enact for the play, and quickly surround ed the Wrr-xhandtc, who was hustled about, wiil several of the most Indignant spectators clamored to get nt him, and to express fiemselves In a more forcible manner. There were two or threj Indi vidual flsrhts bid ween the rival players ; The Wes.'.mlnrter mnn at length recov I t red nnd v ns nh'e to resume play. Ac cordingly t'-e fifld was cleared and the ! game proceeded with, ending li a win for : Wrexham by six goals to one. FOR A SII0JIT JAMPAICN. Views of Sumo of tno Lending Editors of the I'nitcd !atws ns Expressed In Let ters to tin- iV.iIcns" Tlinos-IIcrolJ. C. O'U. Cowurdln, Richmond DIs rnmnalens are not nec essary In this ae. with the railroad. I telegraph ami telephone facilities which I wo enjoy- 1 fr-erc can be no argument I adduced that the great body of voters cannot be thoroughly enuenienea upon the Irsucs of a canvass in a short whUe." Editor New Orleans Picayune: 'A presidential campaign Is always a pe riod of extreme agitation, unsettling i,i,in,. nnd disturbing financial con- I fidenre to so great an extent as to dam age very seriously the commerce ani Industries of the country. To the end that this negation may be made as brief as possible let the campaign be opened only at the last moment that will give time for the necessary work of the canvass to be done." J. H. Estill, Savannah News: "We give too much time to political cam paigns. One presidential campaign Is hardly over before another Is begun." John J. Hamilton, Des Moines News: "The plan of shortening the campaign would remove a nation-wide cause of business depression." Charles P. 'Mosher, Cincinnati Post: "A presidential campaign Inevitably Injures business. The longer the cam paign the greater the damage to busi ness." , Ti. P. Ilelser, Bloux City Journal: "This Is the age of the newspaper, of the railroad and the telegraph. The newspaper dally lays all the evidence before the Jury. Why should the sum ming up drag; Its slow length over a campaign of five or six months?" George K. 'Matthews, Buffalo Ex press: "A reasonarble amount of poli tical discussion Is wholesome, but that reasonable amount can be obtained In a time much shorter than has usually been devoted to It." . . W. C. Tatom, Nashville Tribune: ' "A short canvass would tend to reduce campaign expenses, lessen or abbrevi ate the uncertainty and disturbance of business more or less attendant upon national campaigns, and would serve every legitimate purpose of a long cam paign." - Jnsephus TMnlels, Raleigh News and Observer: "We have discarded slow going methods In other lines; why hold fast tn the antiquated custom of devoting half a year to a red hot politi cal campaign? The peoplo want shorter campaigns." . . , , James Mitchell, Little Rock Pemo. crat: "fllnce the American people will g eraty on politics every four years, the thing to do Is to make the paroxysm as short as possible." . , : t . . R. T. Van Horn, Kansas City Jour nal: "Short campaigns arc best for two good reasons: They enn be made more active, aggressive and general S9 to time and money both. And the peo ple are not wearied by the Ions; ten sion canvass." Arthur Jen Wns, Syracuse Herald: "Any one who Is entitled to the vote of his fellow citizen - should be well enough known to not need ths assist ance of a lone canvass." C. H. Oere. Nebraska Btste Journal! "It would not only save-much money to the party contributors to campaign expenses, but would lessen the wear and tear on the nerves of the candidates. Morten tns strain on Mint InUrttU which always languish during; the ex citement of campaigning, and relieve everybody from the prolonged annoy ance of professional politicians, whose demands are Incessant from the day the nominations are made until the vote is polled." (Merrls Taylor. Wilmington Every Evening: "For hot fighting, at close range, a period of from one month to fix weeks, prior to the election will. I am convinced, prove sufficient." It. M. Johnston, Houston Post: "We have had too much politics during the recent years for the material good of the country. The business world wants a rest from the disturbing; Influences which hUherto have been so potent for evil." A. R. Pickett. "Memphis Scimitar: "I am of the opinion that this countr could get along without any politics at all, or any tulk of politics, for at Uaot live years." William E. Cramer, Milwaukee Wis consin: "A presidential election usual ly costs the people In time and money 1100,000 000. The exigencies of the day demand that we should minimise that cost. A short campaign would bring the expenditure down to t.VUWO.oOO." L. W. Nlemuii, (Milwaukee Journal: "I 'believe that nine-tenths of the honest people of the country favor shorter cam paigns, and the shorter the better." William A. Jones, Syracuse Post: "I am decidedly In favor of shorter presi dential campaigns. First, because the long campaign demoralises business; second. It affords opportunity for wide spread political corruption, and entails Upon the party organizations an im mense expense even for legitimate pur poses; third, .It Is unnecessary. We live In an electric a',-e. and can do as 'much real work In a six weeks' campaign now as could have been done In six month, when the fashion for long campaigns was started." Similar views are expressed by twenty-three other editors. Only a few ex pressions of opinion are favorable to a long canvass. NEW YORK GOSSIP, New York. Oct. 4. "Uneasy Is the head that wears a crown." 1 believe the say ing Is "Uneasy is the body that wears a policeman's uniform" It should be now. I never look at the nice sleek policeman on our block but that 1 shudder when 1 think of his posslbla fate. What minute muy he not be caught nupplng. talking, smoking, -tC., by the ver alert Commissioner Roosevelt when on his rounds. It is quite tin de slecle. you know, for a woman to dubble In politics, and really 1 think Roose velt Is splendid. Hcsliles enforcing the laws which he really ought to do he i.v In cartoons, very amusing. Roosevelt's totetit name Is "the fakir," and It has been donned him by the World. The World, you know. Is often caled the "fake pitjer" by other New York Journals. Thero Is little difference betwen "fake" and "fakir'' und I have come to the con elusion that It Is from that fact the World derived Its Inspiration! Mr. Roose velt has been engaged for the coming sea son by the Boston Star Lecture Course, nrd his first address, which will be de livered October 21, Is caled "The Enforce ment of law." Apropos of hotels, have you ever no ticed how monv there are In New York city with English names one might. In deed he In London, viz.. The Mnrlborourth, The Clarendon. The Vlctorln, The Savoy, The Hrunswlck. Hotel Bristol. The Wind sor, etc. The latter has lust been leased to Mr. Leland. It was his father who, when proprietor of the Metropolitan since demolished first Introduced the ue of napkins at meals In New York city hotels In 18M. I teres ted quite a sensa tion ot the time and was soon copied. A most novel feature in hotel life has been Introduced nt the St. Andrews, on West Seventy-second street. This is a swell family hotel luft completed, on the. same Rlan as the Majestic. The servants in the ouse are all Chinese and are dressed allk" In snow-white linen robes. I sun. pose If the Innovation Is successful every hotel will want Mongolian servants and Mott street will xoon become deserted. I think there Is every reason why Charles Frohman should be called "The Little Napoleon." Don't yoAl? He vanquishes the public and critics alike. He has brought out two of the greatest theatri cal ucceres ot .the ipresent sea.'Ot). "The Oav Parisians" and "The 8portlng Duchess." The writer saw the latter dur ing the week nt the Academy. It Is a play In which love, hatred. Jealousy, vil lainy, etc., are placed In contrasting Jux taposition: it is also a continued feast for the eye. full of life and color. There are no less than thirteen scenes, among which are Tsttersalls, Ixindon, The flreat Hotel and Eosom Downs, where the Derby Is run. The most gorgeous scene of all Is the Rcrlmental Ball at York, having cost over $.H.mi0 to stage the one scene. Agnes Hooth plays the role of the Sporting Duch ess In a truly sporty manner, and from the title of the play you will see further praise would be useless. :o: Mndnme Clara Novcllo Davles and her Royal Welsh Ladles' choir gave a concert last Mondnv night at Calvary Methodist church. This Is one of the largest churches In New York city and I was glad to see It was nearly completely filled. There were at a rough estimation over three thousand persons seated in the building. Every number was enthusiastically applauded and encored. Mrs. Davie looked very bewitching In a dress of scarlet satin and gold, a combination rather conspicuous on nnvone else, but which suited perfectly Mrs. Davles' perfect brunette beauty. ."o: . Recognizing a celebrity from a photo graph Is a common occurrence In New York city. Lol week a closed carriage, loaded with steamer trunks, rolled by me, but not too quickly for me to see the oc cupants, a rather striking looking man, a woman and a child. I pondered where I had seen the man's face before. It was not until I opened the evening papers, which contained his picture nnd notice of his arrival, that I knew It was Hall Calne, the distinguished novelist. Mr. Catne will while here be entertained by the Lotus club. The Lotus, club Is noted for Its dinners to celebrities, having en tertained at dinners nearly every for eigner of distinction who ha visited America within the past twerKy-tlve years, among them Froude, Stanley. De Lesseps, George Augustus Sain, Henry Irving, etc., and the deoewied King Kula ks on, of Hawaii. Distinguished Amerl cans have not been forgotten and dinners have been given In honor of General Ornnt, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edwin Uooth, Whltelaw Held, etc., etc. :o: Musicians are looking forward With a great deal of pleasant anticipation to the performance of Humperdlnck's delightful fairy opern, "Hansel and Qretel,"' at Daly's theater Monday night. Humper dlnck Is a disciple of Wngnr, end wns comparatively unknown ur.tll after the performance of "Hnnsel and Oretel" In Oerminy, where he awoke to use a hackneyed expression and found himself famous. The chirm of the opera, they say, lies In Its almp'lrltv snd the beauty of Its music. The nlot deals with the old nursery tale rela ted tn us all In our child hood. It tells the odventiires of a poor broom seller's children who. d-lven Into the forest by their angry mother, come under the protection of csrtsln good angels And ere led by them to the abode of a rblld-eatln witch, whose machina tions they overthrow snr'i succeed In llh erntlng a nrmhe-e of illttte. prlsone. "Hsrisel end Oretel" wss enthusiastically received abroad, but whether or not It will meet the same success In America the stars alone can tell. Axurnasios. . . Grace I never saw such luck as I'm having! Null What's the trouble now? Orsce Jack was up to the house Inst n'ght, and 1 ss'd I dared a mnn to kiss me, and he said he would take no wo man's dart i Noll And then? Urane Papa bad to come !n and talk flnancel-Syracuse Post. TRt'ST 10 LI CK. V What's the way to win a woman t It Is not by deepest sighs, ' Nor by efforts superhuman , To be noble In her eyes, ; It Is not by being wealthy; , . It ! not by baring young; Nor by bo ng strong and healthy .. . Nor by a persuasive tongue. It Is not by being Jolly; It Is not by being sad; Nor b wisdom; nor by folly; It Is not by being bad, , , t. ., k It ! not by gentle breeding; ' 1 It Is not by being poor , . And no sort of special pleading Will avail the hopeless boor, " , But, as Pm wretched sinner, ' .And by , . . where I hope to go, -If you ask me how to win her, ; , I admit I do not know! - -ttarry Rons ins, B Trut. In; the Wonderland ; Of North America. Fargo, Sept. 23. The Bad Lands of Dakota proper extend over come twenty-five square milts. Although thtse are u!ltd Bad Lunds, they are not so bod as I had been led to expect from 'their t:Mue. While there are many bare clay ar.d sand tutors, and deep and perpendicular lanyons, cut by the ti:rtoms in rainy seasons, there are alio a g.vX many h'vil, grassy and oeacllrful valleys with a few trcts and rhiuOs. We fiund but tittle watei here, lha tops of a great many of the bu.;e are red and oversiirewn wl:h what Is cia Ik J volvatilc BCiwIa, which arises fiom the burning of the lignite, fouid In beds. Here Is where tile sub- tertiant'an tires are Et'.ll burning, and where forests have been pe-lrltled", and f; rata, ox blue clay cunverted Into scot jj. Cedar Creek is the mot;t interesting locality, and, perhaps, are here found the most extensive of the subterranean fires of this entire region. This Is a roctlHy for hunting, as large game has nmt been exterminated. For cattle raising this si-ctlun has no superior anywhere In the went. It is covered wJth ia growth of short bunch grass, which cures on the ialk into excel lent hay Air winter feed. lie Is so nu tritious that rattle become as fat as rtall-ft'd oxen. Over most of this sec tion there Is nothing but this grass and the bluler, grayiah, green sage buch, which gives the landscape a look exf grim desolation, and loneliness, lie lies Its Keal Churectcr. The foibkldlng aspect of this land, however, completely belles its real character for glazing. Tho clIITs and broken valleys offer almost perfect shelter to the animals In winter. The ranohmen claim than the hiss of cattle during the severest weather in winter Is very slight. Even "half-starved pil grims" phiced on the ranch late In the fall, come out In spring as sleek as the best. The rainfall Is slipht and the scantlties of the waiter supply causes the oaiut're to keep ni ar'the rivers, creeks and large wucr rno1es during the sum mer, while In winter they roam ovei tfiie tack country, where .they have not bofore grazed, which affords them ex cellent winter feed, though they ofter dig for It bentaith the snow, as they slake 'tiielr tlilirt when toe ponds and f triums at closed with loe. Cattle never ntarve, 'but thrive whr re they cot. find this bunch grass, in cither sum mer or win ter, l uuncii je hi i ds of cat tle were seen in the valleys and uplands here. At Little MIrsourl, across the river from Medora, on the bluffs, Is a coal mine In active operation. A mile dis tant Is an abandoned military post For sixteen miles westward the coun try becomes less rough, although the railroad passes through many cuts and ravines. Soon the landscape is that of a broad rolling prairie, marked here and there by Isolated buttes, Senti nel Butte being the most prominent and on clear dnys can be seen for thirty miles, but looks only to be about three miles away, so deceptive Is the lumi nous atmosphere. This region abounds In mnss agates. Specimens found at the foot of the buttes, that we obtained, are of great fixe and beauty. We were reliably Informed that this butte was formerly a favorite resort for butTalos and the bones of these anlmab lie In heaps at the foot of the preo'plce. whit ened by tho weather, they hnvlng been crowded over the brink In their wild rambles. The large piles of bones of various animals for shipment near the station afforded sufficient proof of the fact. Tho Passing of tho lluf falo. For many years up to and Including the winter of lssi and 1882 this was the finest buffalo hunting country on the continent, but the slaughter that sea son was enormous. Think of It? Over 250,000 hides were shipped east, mainly from Miles City. Few have been seen here since that time, and save the fifty or sixty forming the herd In Yellow stone National park (which the law protects), so far as United States is concerned, the buffalo Is practically ex tinct. In the park they are safe from the hunters' deadly repeater and will multiply rapidly. A primitive boundary mark one mile westward marks the boundary be tween Dakota and Montana. It is a tall pole upon which Is nailed a fine pair of antlers. The elevation Is 2.840 fee above sea level. For the next thir ty miles in a beautiful prairie platenu, well watered with rivulets forming the divide between the Little Missouri and the Yellowstone rivers, descending Into the valley of Olendlve Creek, reaching the Yellowstone river at the town of Olendlve. Traveling Through Montana. fThe Northern 'Pacific railway has now traversed Dakota 375 miles; we are now to travel not less than 800 miles through 'Montana; the luxurious appointments of our train, together with attentlveofllcers, render weariness wvll-nlgh impossible and the trip hour ly becomes more Interesting, enjoyable and also instructive. Its "land grant" embraces alternate mile square sec tions for a distance of fifty miles on each side of the track, covering some 6,000,000 acres, of uniform fertllltj and very productive for diversified farming, especially adapted for gracing pur poses. Olendlve Is the first place of any prominence In iMontana. situated on the south bank of the Yellowstone river ninety mlles south of Fort Buford and Its Junction with the .Missouri. Ulrn dlve occupies a broad plain about a mile wide sloping to thj river. It la surrounded by curiously shaped ciay buttes, which rise abruptly to a height of 300 feet above the river bed. The soil here Is a rich sandy loam. It Is an Important point for shipment of cat tle and wheep to eastern markets. It La a county seat, with a population of 1,500. It is the beginning of the Yel lowstone division of the railroad, which extends to Billings, a distance of 225 mllf. Here Is our first Introduction to the Yellowstone Valley and river of the same name, wtMch extends westward his tn this v.illev 340 miles to Livingston and thence due south for over too miles' through Yellowstone park amf Yellow stone lake. The railroad follows It closely and crosses It occasionally. In Its characteristics this river closely re sembles the Delaware and Susquehan na. Its waters, unlike those of the (Mis souri, arc bright and clear, running over a bed of gravel and among numerous beautiful Islands covered wlth heavy timber. The absolute crys tal clearness was more and more notice able as we reared the .National park and its source In or near Yellowstone lake. It has a permanent channel and la navigable during most of the year from Its confluence with the Missouri at Fort Buford 250 miles to the ni'.'Uth of the Big Horn river for Btenmboata of 800 tons burden. It was a pleasant In troduction after our long prarle ride tt many days' duration. In the Yellowstone Vnllcv. The Yellowstone valley Is full of In terest ' nd Instruction, affording a change- In "landscape architecture" which, as the valley is ascended, grows more marked with every mile. It va ries In width from two to seven miles, the river winding from sWe to side, bluff to bluff, leaving a considerable plateau of rich land on either side of ths Stream. The bluffs 'present a pic turesque appiarance as they aliow their precipitous faces against the stream, first on on side, then n the other. Crae. too, art called Bad Lands. In Furtiier Information Concerning the Bad Lands" of the Dakotas. the valley are fine stock ranches, or 'gracing farms." the same luxurlent grass covering the whole country. The tourist can but notice the brown, rus set color and withered look of the grasses of both low land and high land alike, which the htat of summer has spread over them. The mountains ap pear like collossal hay-mows, with a iuxurient growth of bunch grass run ning up their slopes, cured as It stands by the ,un Into the best of hay upon vhlch herds fatten all the year around The stockmen claim that all cattle fat ten more quickly and keep in better cone t Ion upon this grass than those w.iloh are pastured upon the plains ot Nebraska, Colorado, or even the Blue ! "ra18" J ,K"ntucky. This wild prairie hay Is of better quality and far more nutritious than timothy and can be put In stack at tl per ton, and It requires no shelter. This valley for a great distance has the same weird look, though dotted with pines, oaks, ash, box elder, cedar and cottonwood trees. The Yellowstone river is a prominent feature to the traveler. Its snow-fed waiters run resuwtlessly (through the high dingy bluffs between stately ave nues of cottonwood trees and beside rk-h meadows, its rapid current giv ing life and energy, while the deep, green, pure water and pebbly bottom gives it additional charm. A Pioneer Citv. In the next seventy-elgh miles the tia.In follow ing closely the Yellowstone, parsing five Ktaitlons, when Miles City Is reached. This 4s the only town on tho Northern Pacific, between Lake Superior and the Rockies, which does net owe Its origin to the building of the rrd. It was a flourishing frontier tiurilng post for years before the North ern 'Pacific rtjchid the Yellowstone Valley. I'.s builncs'i, to a large extent, was w.'i.h tuffava hunters, and after their eyi.errnlnatlon, the people turned -hflr at.toruion :o nock raising. The Jcvt'.opmfM c; this InteretU In the last fi-.v yt.ii has teen as rapid as that of .v.Iieat l tiling In Dako.a. It Is said here a;-e ever TvO.OdO cattle on the inches Iriiiwury .to the town. The fcllowatone liver Is navigable to this .Jlnt. during what they call the "June Ee." but r,he railroad supplants the Iver ti ifflc init entirely. Here we no .ico a large Irriratlng canal, which .valet n large or.;a of country back rom the bxtom lands of the Yellow lone and Tongue rivers, which re lu're Irrigation. MMrs City,. it will be tii'.etnbercd. ,l.as suffered mu.ch from Ires, and In wooden buildings are be ns relit 'It wliih subMar'.ial brick otruc ures. It Is a bi ight ar.d lively town to lay. with a population of 1,600. A Cri-weekly ftage runs to Deidwood. A day rent here gives the tourist a france to see inleresting features of the cattle business and irrigation. T.iree miles distant, along the line, Is Fort Keogh, the mcst Important mili tary post in the Northwest, having & sarrlton of nine companies, commo dious barracks, a hospHal and school, besides a score cf neat cottages for the 3fflcera and their families, built around a park, in the center of which Is a handsome fountain, fed by the waters of Ye'.l.wr.:one river. This fort was buUt by General Miles. In 1877. as a means of holding in check the warlike Sioux Indians. But I shall reserve the consideration cf Hhe Indian problem for another letter. J. E. Richmond. THE SWIFT ACTION ( Husishrers' Spec net us nl be cmprt Is as ictr'e currtst This action Is obtained through the ca pillaries ar.d nerve centers; the pellets are hardly dissolved upon the tonue before the cure Commences. FOK COLDS, Coughs, Hoarseness, Bronchitis, Larvn gltls, or Clergymen's Sore throat; lnftu ensa. Catarrh, Grip, Hay Fever and Pneu monia. From the first Chill or Shudder to the dread Pneumonia "77" Is a Specific and Cure. "77" will "break us" t Cold thai "hansi ta. DISORDERED STOMACH, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, and Weak Stom ach carry In their wake more misery than poverty. Dr. Humphreys' Specific No. 10 relieves promptly, and by its continued use a per fect and permanent cure is assured. RHEUMATISM. Next to the soured dyspeptic may be classed the crabbed Rheumatic, who suf fers from every change in the weather. It was. Indeed, fortunate for sufferers from Rheumatism when Dr. Humphreys discovered his Specific No. 15. It sets upon the Liver and Kidneys, eliminating the Uric Acid fromlhe blood; the cure follows, swiftly and surely. MEDICAL BOOK. Dr. Humphreys puts up a Specific for every disease. They are described in his Manual, which Is sent free on request. Smell bottles of pleasant pellets fits your vest pocket; sold by druggists, or sent on receipt of price, 2.V., or five for tl. Humphreys' Medicine Co., Ill and 113 William St., New York. THE TRADERS lational Bank if Scraston. OR0ANIZED l8po. CAPITAL 250,000 bUMLUS, $10,00C AMTEL FIXES, President. W. W. WATSON. VIce-I'resldsnfc A. B. WILLIAMS, Cashier. DIRECTORS. Samuel ttlnes, James M. Everhart. Irv Ing A. Finch, PUrce D. flnTey, Joseph J. Jermyn, M. Q. Ksmcrer. Charles P. Mat thews, John T, Porter, W. W. Watson. I. Ml LIBERAL Tftti Mnk Invttts the patroatff tn bum muii arm i;rnriy call up sesa. HOH'LDDWD ca : OILS. VINEGAR . AND . CIDE.F.. OPPIOft AND WARKHOUBt, ,; M TO Kl HSRlDjAN ftttZZt M. W. OOlf MHO, -M'C V SCRANTON DIRECTORY . . - or i Wiiolcsala Daalsrs hi Usst'.nrt. BANKS. . Lackawanna Trust and Safe Deposit C Merchants' and Mechanics', 49 Lacks. TJ"d.'ENf t'ona1' m Lackawanna. West 8.4 Bank, ICS N. Mala. Scraatoo Savings, 122 Wyoming. BEDDING, CARPET CLEANING, ETC. The Bcranton Bedding Co., Lack. BREWERS. Robinson. R. Bona. 4S5 N. Seventh. Robinson, MIna, Cedar, cor. Alder. CHINA AND OLA88WARB. Rupprecht. Louis, 231 Pans. TOYS AND CONFECTIONERT Williams, J. D. A Bro., U Lacks. FLOUR, FEED AND GRAIN. Matthews. C. P. Boos A Co., M Lacks. Ihe Weston Mill Co., 47-t Laoka. PAINTS AND SUPPLIES. Jlencke McKee, MS Spruce. MONUMENTAL WORKS. Owens Bros., til Adams avenue. MILK. CREAM, BUTTER. ETC. Bcranton Dairy Co.. Penn and Llndea. ENGINES AND BOILERS. Dickson Manufacturing Co. DRY GOODS, MILLINERY, ETC, The Fashion, Ms Lackawanna avenue. PLUMBING AND HEATING. Howley, P. F. M. T.. Ol Wyoming avs OROCERS. Kelly. T. J. Co., II Lackawanna. Megargel A Connell, Franklin avenue. Porter, John T. 2i and 21 Lackawaana. Rice, Levy Co.. XI Lackawanna. HARDWARE. Connell, W. P. Sons, Il Penn. Foote Shear Co., lis N. Washington nuui loruieii tjo., ut Liacaawanaa. FRUITS AND PRODCCB. , Dale ft Btevens, 27 Lackawanna. Cleveland, A. 8., 17 Lackawanna. DRY GOODS Kelly & Healey. 20 Lackawanna. I lnley, P. B.. 51ft Lackawanna. LIME. CEMBNT, BEWER PIPS. Keller, Lutber, US Lackawanna. HARNESS at SADDLERY HARDWARE. Frits G. W.. 410 Lackawanna. Keller A Harris, 117 Penn. WINES AND LIQUORS. Walsh, Edward J., 22 Lackawanna. LEATHER AND FINDINGS. Williams, Samuel, 221 Spruce. BOOTS AND SHOES. Goldsmith Bros., 204 Lackawanna. WALL PAPER. ETC Ford. W. M., 120 Penn. CANDY MANUFACTURERS. Bcranton Candy Co.. 22 Lackawanna. FLOUR. BUTTER, EGGS, ETC. The T. H. Watts Co., Lt., TO W. Lacks. Babcock, G. J. A Co., 11 Franklin. MINE AND MILL SUPPLIES. Bcranton Supply and Mach. Co., m Wy FURNITURE. run tc conneii, ui waa&ingtoa. CARRIAGE REPOSITORr Blume, Win. A Son, S22 Spruce. HOTELS. Scranton House, near depot MILLINERY A FURNISHING GOOD. Brown's Bee Hive, 224 Lacks. DIRECTORY Of SCRANTON AND SUBURBAN REPRESENTATIVE FIRMS. ATHLETIC GOODS AND BICYCLES. Florey, C. M., 222 Wyoming. HARDWARE AND PLUMBING. Gunster A Forsyth. E7 Penn. Cowles, W. C. 1W7 N. Main. WATCHMAKER AND JEWELEJs. Rogers, A. E., 21S Lackawanna. BOOTS AND SHOES. Goodman's Shoe Store, 422 Lacks was sa, FURNITURE. V. . . . . . I . , T . . , . - -' uirwur numi vrruti nvuai w CARPETS AND WALL PAPER. Inglls. J. Scott, 41 Lackawanna. GENERAL MERCHANDISE) Osterhout. N. P., 110 W. Market. Jordan, James. Olyphanl. Barthold, E. J., Olyphant CONTRACTOR AND BUII Snook, S. M., Olyphant PAINTS AND WALL PAPER. Wtnke, J. C. SW Penn. TEA. COFFEE AND SPBCal Grand Union Tea Co.. 108 8. Mala. FLORAL DESIGNS). Clark, G. R. A Co., 201 Washin CATERER. Hunt:nfton, J. C, 201 N. Was&Inftea. GROCERIES. Plrle, J. J . 437 Lackawanna. UNDERTAKER AND LdVERT. Raub, A. R., 425 Spruce. ' DRUGGISTS. xtcnarrah A Thomas. 201 Lack wanna. A Wask. Ixirenis. ... lis lcs;. binders I Davis, a W Main snd Marks Floes, w. B.. recsvme. Davles, John J., 10 8. Main, CARRIAGES AND HARjNESl, Blmwell. V. A., (IS Linden. PAWNBROKER. Green, Joseph, 107 Lackawani a. CROCKERY AND QLAS IWARnV Harding. J. L., 2U Lackawann u BROKER AND JEWS LJSR. Radln Bros., 122 Penn. DRY GOODS. FANCY OODtV Kresky, E. H. A Co.. 114 S. M da. CREAMDRT y" Stone Bros., 208 Spruce. BICYCLES. GUNS. : iTf Parker, B. R., 221 Spruce. DINING ROOM! Caryl's Dining Rooms, 505 Ui den. y , TRUSSES.' BATTERIES And RUBSXJI GOODS. I Benjamin A Benjamin. FrankUa A SpruM MERCHANT TAILOR. ! Robsrta. J. W..mN. ltoln. I PIANOS AND ORGANS. Stalls, J. Lawreno. W tpruci. .. DRY; GOODS, CLOTHING, SHOC a. v.. , naawnass. i Muutr.assartise, trie stores, Prov 4.
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