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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.