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THE SCBANTON" TMBUXE SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 19, 1895.
In the Wonderland
Of North America.
Ninth Letter of Northwestern Travel Incidents
of the Journey from Livingston to Helena.
Livingston la located on a broad and
loaning plateau, at the head of the
Yellowstone valley, at the very gateway
of the Belt Range of the Rocky Moun
tains, on the left bank and at the last
crossing' of the Yellowstone river, which
here makes an abrupt turn southward
Into Yellowstone park. The town con
tains about 4.000 population and pre
sents a bright and thriving appearance.
It is naturally and charmingly situated
in an amphitheater of noble mountains,
whose snowy peaks rise over 10,000 feet
above the sea level, and so temper the
atmosphere of summer that tourists
never feel the enervating effect of a
lower altitude. The valley here a
wide expanse gradually rises to tho
fcase of theee mountuins which encircle
It; the Ions ridges and cones, at whose
feet Mo 'sleeping snow banks." seem
io look down proudly upon the valley
below with Its bustling town.
Livingston is an important railroad
terminus and junction point of the
park branch with the main line. Trains
eastward and westward, from Atlantic
end Pacific, center here, as all travel to
the Yellowstone park must slop here for
Wonderland. The roundhouse and ma
chine shops of the Northern Pacific
the next largest on their entire line
are located here.
Veins of tine bituminous coal are
found In the mountains close by. Here
Is also a large limestone ledge; said to
be the first deposit of this important
mineral found west of Lake Superior
on this line. The Clark's Fork mines,
rich In sliver, lie directly south, and
the surrounding hills are covered with
cattle ranches. This Is a famous hunt
ing ground. Although the buffalo has
disappeared from his accustomed
haunts, the antelope, deer anvl bear are
still found 'here, besides all manner of
small game. This Is a favorite breed
ing ground for elk. As the hunting and
killing of all game Is prohibited by law
within the boundaries of the Yellow
stone park, hunters find here a con
venient place to lenre the train for the
so-called Crazy (Mountains. In close
proximity to the park, where game is
abundant. This locality, too. Is notej
for Its fine trout fishing. Near Still
water eighty-seven fine trout are re
ported by a noted "rodster" of the pre
ceding trafn to have been caught In
four hours with a single rod. Some
that we saw weighed two, three and
even four pounds each.
Uesumlng the Onward Jonrncv.
Reserving our description of Yellow
stone park, the "Wonderland of Ameri
ca," for a future series, as Indicated in
my last letter, we resume our Journey
westward from Livingston oer the
Bolt Range of the Rockies. Early was
the hour. 4.50 a. m.. when our long train
of sixteen cars pulled out to climb the
range. The eastern sky was already
crimsoning with beams of the rising
sun and all nature seemed to be awak
ening from a r.lght of slumber. Birds
were singing, fowls were crowing and
flowers were fragrant from the morning
dew. Columns of thin bluish smoke as
cended from farm house chimneys on
every hand and the morning air was de
lightfully and refreshingly cool as we
speed up the range In plain sleht of the
white peaks of Crazy Mountains on the
right and the snow ranee on the left.
We soon found ourselves ascending
the first of the two great mountain bar
riets that ihad to be surmounted by the
entrlnee rs of the Northern Pacific rail
road. Three times does the train climb
up and d jwn the vast mountains before
it clears the last of the range From
the valley of the Yellowstone, at Liv
ingston, to the approach of the Boze
man tunnel, some twelve mllej. the
grade is US feet to th mile through a
Tolling country, with park-like spots.
The tunnel pierces the mountains at an
elevation of 5.572 feet for a distance of
3.G10 feet In length, from which It
emerges into a wild defile on the west
ern slope, called Rock Canyon. It Is well
named, for In places the rocks are pro
digious In size and the scenery is re
markably grand and Impressive. Enor
mous precipices of gray rock, with cas
tellated seams, rise high above the
dark forests which clothe the sides of
the narrow ravine. So regular In form
ore they that they seem to have been
built by human hands.
At Continental Iivide Summit the
waters run mainly westward, and we
find for the first a coal mine, produc
ing a good quality of bituminous coal,
tad at Timber Line we find a busy coal
mining town of 500 inhabitants. These
mines furnish coal for the Northern
Pacific railroad and most of the Mon
tana towns reached by rail.
A Cltv Gemmed by Whito-Caps.
As we pass out Into the broad, fertile
valley of Gallatin Is seen the old mili
tary post of Fort .Rills, abandoned In
I8S7. A few minutes m-ire end the train
runs Into Bozeman, a flourishing little
city of twenty years' rrowth. with a
population of 4,000. Few places can
boast of more magnificent scenery
majestic snow-capped ranges standing
out against the sky on every side. The
city presents an attractive appearance,
with its .handsome brick structures,
made from brick manufactured here.
IVjzeman owe much of her solidity to
her agricultural resources, being locat
ed at the head of the Gallatin valley,
which is twenty by thirty miles In ex
lent, with a soil composed of a rich,
dark vegetable mould. Aside from ex
pensive coal mines near here, there are
forge gold, silver, Iron and copper de
posits. 'Both placer and quart mines
are being rapidly developed. The coal
mined here Is of superior quality; not
a lignite, hut about 05 per cent, of fixed
carbon. These coal fields extend some
thirty miles. The borings show three
seams of five, ten and sixteen feet each.
iA good coke Is trade from this ooal and
1s used .largely fur locomotive purposes
. and smelting ores, as well as for domes
tic fuel.
Thermal Springs, said to contain the
same medicinal properties as those of
the famous Carlsbad springs of Ger
many, are within six miles. After leav
ing Bozeman the railroad traverses th6
famous Gallatin valley, which Is
hemmed in by .lofty mountains. Its
level plains are so rich and well tilled
that It in not uncommon to get inrty
bushels of hard spring wheat and sixty
bushels of fall wheat to the acre; and
Its barley is of such superior excellence
us wj De n great uemana lor mailing,
etc., at Milwaukee and other eastern
- cities. Much of the farming In this
valley Is carried on by Irrigation, the
gentle elope of the valley being favor
' able for the construction and manage
ment of Irrigating ditches which were
eccn on both sides of the train. The
largest Irrigating canal In, .Montana 1s
found here. The Gallatin river also
furnishes Immense water power, and
abundant supply for irrigation aside
from the mountain streams. I will say
night here that the average yield of
wheat, oats and barley, etc., on irri
gated lands Is about double that raised
on eastern farms.- The soil, which is a
black vegetable mould, would prove a
good fertilizer for New England soil,,
A Point of Geogrsphionl Interest,
Twenty-nine miles westward ' from
Bozeman is Gallatin City and the
bright little town of Three Forks com
manding the valleys of the Madison
and Jefferson. This Is a point of con
siderable geographical Interest to the
traveler, for ihere the three great
mountain streams form a confluence,
pouring their waters into common
channel, : to form the 'Missouri river,
perhaps. the greatest river on the con
tinent, Which ihere enters upon its long
J . I llf. . 1 1 . 1
river for nearly fifty mile In its various
. winding, until, finally, the river run
away northwamft through the profound
chasm known aa the Grand Canyon of
.I'ae Missouri, or tlhe Gates of the Rocky
Mountains.
After leaving Gallatin, ttie railroad
first enters a savsge gorge of weather
worn rock or pallisades, remindful of
those on the Hudson river. They show
stains of Iron and copper, und rise hun
dreds of feet above the track on both
sides, the swil't clear current vf the
Missouri flowing between. The scen
ery here is among the wildest on the
road. (Passing three stations amid a
scries of bald, barren bluffs on the one
side and large natural mustard fields on
the lelt. we reacih, Townsend. 1.122 miles
from St. Paul, an Important trading
post and depot for visitors to the White
Sulphur Springs, renowned In Montana
for t.hc!r dilative proprlit!S. Also, a
center of gold and silver mines which
yield a high grade of ore. This is the
celebrated Neihart silver camp and .St.
Louis district. Here, too. Is another
Curse ln'its.:lng carnal, costing $150,000,
which will bring under cultivation 40,
OuO acres of line lands.
Hcgiuiiing of tho Canyons.
' From Townsend cimes a series of
deep guises or canyons. On the sum
mit of the first Is a gigantic le.'.;;e of
lime rock, the aimer, vertical sides,
partly smooth and partly seamed, from
top to. bottom, form narrow gorges of
fantastic chape. First Is Avalanche
Canyon, noted for its snow-slides and
avalanches, I. w here are rich and ex
tensive placer nJincs. Net Is Hell C.a'.e
Canyon. two miles ftittlmr on. whloli
wnile .having a peculiarly suggestive
name, amply merits the appellation. It
is said there is no spot In Montana
where there Is as much rugged wlUI-ix-fs
and natural beauty In so small a
place. The gates of this canyon rise
to a surprising height, and within its
walls a silvery st rcum Hows, forming
a tortuous passage through a series of
gates cut In very hlth walls. There
gates are so narrow that a man can
span their width nearly with extended
anus. On each side of the pot-go are
smooth fissures, called "Devil's Glides."
and every noul: .is tilled with bright
moFSes and lichens. This scene can be
belter Imagined .than oVscr!u-d.
Six miles distant are Castle .Mountain
and Crystal Cave, the latter a cavern
of great extent, having twenty-three
separate chambers, full of curious and
beautiful stalactltlc and stalagmitic
formations. From her? to Ik-iena. liilr
ty miles, we traverse mainly the broad
and rich Missouri Valley, w hich Is from
ten to twenty miles wide. The country
Is covered with sage, brush and huiuih
grass, a dry, barren waste apparently,
but under Irrigation the richest of land.
From the car windows we see several
nilver mines, some In operation nn.t
some abandoned. An occasional smelter
was alo seen, flat what Interested us
the most was the cattle ranches and
the "cattle on a thousand hills" ex
tending up the mountain sides, down
the gulches and on the river bank, as
fat and sleek as tne corn-fed of the east.
Western Stock Nitlslng.
While Montana possesses an Immense
area of very rich agricultural land and
stands fifth In the I'nlted Spates in the
production of gold ami silver, tills
"great barren stale" has as great a
reputation f r Its stock raising as Pa
kota has for its wheat. The Red River
Valley of the North has Justly
been called the -"Ureal Basket
of our Country." and as Justly
can the Yellowstone and Mls
tourl Valleys of Montana be called
the great resort for the grazier and cow
boy and metropolis, even, of the stock
raiding Interest of the Great West. The
traveler can find much food for rell-c-tlon.
much to interest and Instruct him
aside from viewing the ever-changung
panaroma of grand tcen.vy. In the ar
rangements at the 3tatkr.s for holding
ami caring for and shipping the Im
mense droves of cattle, sheep, etc..
fuusd t the stations along the line,
and that roam the country miles back
In the hills and the mountains out of
sieht.
From the train 1t Is no uncommon
right to see herds of sleek looking cattle
grazing on the?e russet hills. Some
time droves of a thousand or two are
noUced coming In a broad column from
the distant mountains on their wiy to
the railroad station for shipment; many
have marched, may be, hundreds of
miles from their ranches. These droves
arecontrolled by rh? famous "cowbovs."
picturesquely dressed In gray shirts,
leather breeches, called "chapps,"
broad brimmed hats, each man mount
ed on a fast steed, armed with a revol
ver, bowle-knlfe and rawhide whip, ac
companied by a large band of pon!s,
wMch curry the camp eiiuippage and
supplies, and serve as "remounts" for
the cowboys. To keep the wildest and
straying members of the drove In line,
often requires the greatest skill and
keeps the powers of bofi
driver and beast strained
thrtr utm t tension. These boys
are large, brawny and clear-eyed fel
lows, and polite to anrwir all civil
questions, but quick to repent insinua
tions.
How Stock Mnlslng Is Conducted.
A biCef description of how stock ral.
Ing Is carried on in Montana may be
of interest. The customary way Is to
brand the cattle and turn tactn nut
Ixrje on tie prairie. The more careful
system Is to employ he-rders (cowboys),
who can manage a thousnnd head or
more while on the range, except at the
"round-up'' In the spring, when a f"W
extra men are required. They always
go mounted, and ride at a speed which
sends terror t the straying ereaturen,
No human being dure go among the
cattle on foot for he would be gord
or trampled to death at once, as the
sight of a person on foot instantly
c.auses a rush toward") the strange vis.
Itor. Veil Informed cattlemen est),
mate the aveiage profit of stock rais
ing In Montana for the last few years
at 30 per cent, per anumn on the money
Investment. It is said that the grazing
interests or tne west are moving stead
ily toward eastern Mantana, for so
rapidly do cattle thrive on the nnirl
llous grasses of these northern valleys
that a yearling steer Is worth from $S
to no more In Mantana than In Texas.
Why, a single acre of bunch grass Is
fully equal to three acres of average
buffalo grass. In actual sustenance, for
car tie, and It is unexcelled by the best
of cultivated timothy or clover.
The Hording of Sheep.
. Sheep must be herded summer and
winter In separate flocks of one or more
thousand each, and must be corralled
every night and guarded against the
depredations of dogs and wild animals,
Hay must be provided for them while
the ground Is covered wilth enow, and
sheds must be erected to protect them
from severe storms. They must be
raised by themselves, for cattle and
sheep cannot live together on the same
range. The sheep not only eat down
the grass so closely that .nothing Is left
for the cattle, but they also leave an
odor which Is very offensive to cattle
for at Jfcast two seasons after. One
ranchman says: "Cattle men locate.
sheep men come and go, roam from
ranch to ranch and kill It." Notwlth
standieg the ocs,t of managing sheep Is
greater than that of handling cattle.
the returns from sheep raJsIng ere
quicker and larger, and profits some-
times double on the Investment.
Of the few large bands of horse we
saw. they' were carefully herded and
fenced ilnln valley ranches ten or
twelve miles Jong, often extending hack
to the foot hills and even mountain
sides. With, the river front and fenc
lng the two sides, sufficient protection
is afforded for the best, horse farms.
Horses being more hardy than sheep or
cattle, arc belter awe to endure cold
weather and to ' "rustle" or paw
through the snow that covers their
pasturage. 'Wiio has not heard of tbe
(Montana horse? 'Noble creatures! They
are among tne beat in the world; ten
rules an hour Js the usual' speed which
tney are capable or trotting with ease.
'But enough of this digression. The
subject 4s one that needs to be studied
at length. Dismissing H, we enter
weiena tnrougn the Prickly Pear val
ley, covering an area of fifteen by
twenty-five miles, which Ilea eastward
and north of the Silver .City a treeless
country, but rich with bunch grass and
enormous crops of cereals wiith irriga
tion, j. e. Richmond.
LORD LIONEL'S PERIL
An lintertaining Incident of the Es-.MIn-Ister's
Stay In Washing ton-Tits Thrill
ing Tola of a Mysterious Bos.
From the Washington Post.
There Is no longer any doubt that
Hon. Lionel Sackville-West was, during
his term here as British minister, ter
ribly alarmed as to his personal safety.
Undoubtedly he imagined that the
whole torce and Ingenuity f the Irish
agitation party was concentrated upon
himsilf. and. that the leaders expected
un.l Intended to make' a brilliant ex
ample of 'their importance by Immolat
ing him up in the altar of freedom. We
already know that, as a matter of fact.
Mr. Wevt wus spirited out of town, and
taken away upon a yacht In order to
rave him from the ravening Fenlann,
a::d It now appears that a really thrlll
li.g tragedy occurred at the British
l.-gatlon about the fame time a trag
ci'y which Involved the state and navy
d. j artments, and, for some hours at
leat i, occupied the attention and preyed
upon the iienes of tome of our ablest
oi .Itiance olllceirs.
It seems that, one morning, an ex
press cmpany delivery wagon drew up
before ..he HritU'.i establl.-ibnietit on
I'ennt client avenue, and deposited a
particularly solemn ami mysterious
b'x. The box In question was -not
much to boiift of In the matter of slse,
but It was a low-browed and forbid
ding pnekage,, suggestive of stratagem
and plot. It was oblong In shape, very
heavy us to its upeeilir gravity, und
absolutely non-committal In appear-ar.-ce.
Tin re wan nothing to show
where it came from, the various tags
and pasters having been multiplied an I
superlmpe'sed s that no one could ac
cucttely determine Its origin. The one
conspicuous feature, however, was an
elaborate ami eyplU-it Inscription, giv
ing minute details as to the manner In
wilicli the box was to be opened. The
legend entered Into the most Insignifi
cant particulars, explaining every evo
lution wttli painstaking care, and leav
ing It to tlie ft verisli imagination of the
reader to prefigure tiie ghaily conse
quences of the very smallest careless
ness. ent totlie St.ito Depnrtmiint.
Naturally, the mysterious package
first fell under the observation of the
llunkey, who promptly dismissed it as
not being in his lino. Then it came to
the r.otlee of one of the official under
strappers who thought it a good thimr
to let alone. At last Mr. Horace Hel
yar. the secretary, surveyed It and
found that It was as Inscrutable as the
American wallz. And, finally, Hon.
Lionel Saekville-West looked at It and
grew white and broke on: Into goose
flesh. The upshot was Uat they Sent
the oblong box to the stale department
with a message to the effect that her
majesty's envoy extraordinary, and uVI
the rest of It, had no sort of curiosity as
to the contents, and a hint that perhaps
the I'nlted States authorities might like
to examine the same at their leisure. It
took Just two minutes to convey the
HEWS ARB GOSSIP OF
Brief Resume of Facts Concerning: Wales
Cardiff Musical Festival Notes.
Although this Is the only Institution
of Its kind In Wales, the Cardiff Musi
cal festival Is only referred to by two .f
the Welsh papers the Tarlnn and the
I.Ian. The Tarian refers particularly
to Mr. Jenkins' work, "The l'salm of
Life." which was performed for the
first time. "The musician from Aheryst
wlth Is seen here at his best. It Is a
classical work, without any effort to .
I. lease the ear hv 'breaking Ihromh I
rules or art. The choir and himself
were as of one soul, and he drenv more
music out of ihem than any one of the
others Sir Arthur Sullivan and Hlr Jo
seph ll.irnby was able to do. If the
opinion of those who were listening In
the Park hall are of any value, Mr.
Jenkins has gone up one step of the lad
der." The Llan thinks that the com
mittee if the festival deserve praise
for Inviting a Welsh musician to com
pose a work, especially for the festival.
It thinks the festival will raise the
standard of music In Wales. It believes
that Wall 3 ought to produce better
pieces than "The Light of the World."
by Hulllvan Pieces which can be sung
in the sam festivals as the "Kiljah"
and the Menlah."
Wlint Hr. J nines . levied Thinks.
"I believe much of tho quiet, dignified,
conservative character of Philadelphia
Is due to the good old Welsh blood of
her first Welsh settlers." declares Dr.
James J. .Levlck, who has been making
an exhaustive historical research into
the settlement of Welwh emigrants In
Pennsylvania. "Tho emigrants were
cadets of ancient houses. Mora than
one had been ut Oxford. It Is an Inter
esting fact that for twenty-five years
the only phyplcinn In Philadelphia and
vklnlly were 'Welshmen. Curiously
enough, .Dr. John Jones, the physician
of flcorgo Washington, wits the great
pisrdfon of Or. Thomas Wynne, thi
physician of Wlllam P-nn, who rime
over In the giod ship Welcom?. Thus
the founder of the state and 'the father
of his country,' owed Ihflr lives hu
manly sje-nkln-T. to the care and skill of
Wcbh physicians."
Noics.
Oonidec. thi transistor of the Plblo
to th l'.rctaftne Innguage, .was burled
p.t Konkln, Brittany. Oct. 12. 145. T!ip
Cymrlgyddion y Fenni In -offered
a prize for a Welsh englyn to place on
Ms tomb, and the bishop of Bt. David's.
Lady Llanover, OarnhituiiEWe. and Mr.
Keee Llandovery, Were amongst the
rubsoribers towards the memorial. Can
any of our readersgive the englyn which
wan the prize? "We believe Mr. Anourln
Jor.cs, of Brooklyn', can forplsh It. If
he cannot, protably M trloh, of Wales,
can. Both gentlemen live III the beau
tics of ancient history.- ' . "
Mr. Thomas Oee. the Veteran editor,
has given great offence once more to
tho church of England 'people. of Wales.
Mr. Oee was preaching at the work
house of St.. Asaph on a Sunday evening
recently, when 'ht noticed that the cush
ion under the Blbl Met bwas worked
thereon. TWs he C.ircful'y mdvsd away,
and some of the churchmen of . tho dis
trict propose bringing theJmiKter be
fore the board of guardians.-t
Apropos of "Kllsby,." s-corrcrpondent
writes wht It war 'on. the occasion of
his receiving a call to Birmingham,
England. that he replied, thereto In his
own style. Instead pf replying In writ
ing to the call he wpnt to Birmingham
and attended a ohurch meeting of the
members and addressed thein. In these
terms: "You have Invited' James Rees
Jones to become your pastor, and I
have come here to tell you- that James
Rees Jones has decided to accept It.
I have come here not to kwd over you,
but as the Lord llveth, you . shall' not
lord over me." " . ',
While the literature of Wales ' can
boast of a good number of faithful and
comprehensive biographies, thr.t monu
mental work of the late Dr. Owen
Thomas tHe biography o,' the late
Jones Talysarn the Chrysostum o
package, in the hands of affrighted
janitors, to the navy dejsAPtment, and
as much longer for one of our diplo
matic experts to pen a highly hysterical,
letter asking the naval big-bugs to see
what the thing amounted to. In less than
half an hour the box was lying on the
grass of the navy yard plalsance sur
rounded at a respectful distance by the
scientific wiseacres of the corps and still
turning upward to the fearless sun Its
weird and terrifying inscription.
"What shall we do with Itr This
was the dilemma confronting the rep
resentatives of our great and glorious
government. It was a very trumpery
little package so fur as concerned its
size, but It was Immeasurable in its
mystery and suggestlveness. Those di
rections about the opening thereof
read very much like the programme of
a holocaust or the prophecy of an erup
tion. The adjacent officials felt that
they were gasing upon the unknown
and the Immeasurable, 'llut of course
something had to be done, and present
ly a gigantic ldea occurred to one of the
ordnance ollicers. WMh furrowed brow
and solemn mien he ordered out a sec
tlon of double riveted boIUr Iron. With
this he Inclosed the olilonn box. Then
a hole was cut In the side of the Iron,
and soon a long metallic handle was
spliced to a saw. Next an elderly and
not psrtlculaly valuable minion was
summoned fom the shops and told to
take thl&'saw and, ntandlnir outside the
casemate and Inserting the instrument
through the porthole, to saw off the end
of the box and in expose the deadly
contents to sclent Iflc observation. The
person sawed away, under some diffi
culties, of course, while his superiors,
with fingers In their ears, watched him
eagerly. Suddenly he struck what
seemed a wire, and then, accompanied
by a whole party, he tied n mile or so
and waited, palpitating, for the cata
clysm. Welled Anln forthc rxrlo!nn.
Nothing fallowed. Then they ven
tured back and gazed. There was th
wire, but the box was voiceless and
Inert. After s-.ine feverish consulta
tion, they fastened another wire, a
I long one, to the wire In the box, and,
ivtrea'.in'r to the distance of a hundred
yards, thry gave that wire a great,
big Macedonian Jerk. There was no
eiuiition. The heavens were not rent
ivltit clamor nor the earth torn up
with violence. The boiler Iron stood
upright ard the oblong lx within lay
still like a cobra coiled fur the fatal
f prlng.
They put fhctr heads together In
a sym'vislum of terror and confusion,
wondt r!r..-r what they should do next
wlih the British minister's express
pa.'kare, and. about that time, a smil
ing llunkey appeared up.m the seen" i
bearing a very polite ami somewhat
urgent note In which the minister, the
lion. I.lon I .Slckvllle-W est begged that
the box mlg'it be relurneil to him Im
mediately. This dreadful thing, as It
afterward appeared, was nothing more
nor It .s than the woiklnir model of a
machine, designed by some Ingenious
Cockney resident In the West Indies,
for the cheaper and more expeditious
extraction of t lie tnlees ef pineapples
nnd so forth. Mr. West had nn Interest
In the Industry, and the machine had
been sent to him for his Inspection und
approval. The box waa afterward
rudely opened with a hatchet and the
apparatus used In the West menage for
the effectual sqneesing of le-mons and
the like. But the Incldemt was tre
mendous while It lasted, and for at least
six hours the British minister and the
state department and the hugh-u-muck-a-mucks
of our great American navy
Mt as If they stood upon the brink of
the bottomless abyis They fell as
though the secret council of the Fe
nian br.rtherhood, grand, epic, homi
cidal, stood with uplifted dagger at
their very throats.
THE LARD OF SOKC
-The
the Welfh pulpit, must on nil hands be
uccredlted first In place In the language.
Nenrer than this to Boswell no Welsh
bh itrapher has ever approached.
A recent convert from the Congrega
tional denomination to the . I'nltarlan
body is the Itev. L. Jenkyn Jones, of
Bradford, Kngland. vile is a native edu
rati I at I'M In burg university, Scotland.
He Is an excellent preacher, and has
much ef the Welsh lire In his delivery.
'Mr. Joins 1s now visiting Wales, and
prior to commencing .his ministry at
Woolwich, F.nglund, he will prach at
the Harvest Festival of the Highland
Place I'nitHrinn church at Aberdaro,
the home of Unitarians In Waits.
Now. we have him sure. According
to old Wlh manuscripts there bad
been an Institution for learning at
Caerwrgon, established by the em
ei jT. 1 h ob..lin, the second of that
name, in the beginning of the fifth cen
tuiy. and called IJangor Tewdwr. that
Is, the college of Theodoslus). Of this col
lege, the same manuscript ay, was
St. Patrick, the apostle and titulary
saint of Ireland. Again, in the gen
ealcgy of the Brltljh saints we find the
following notice of At. Patrick: "It wa.i
the rloiy of the Kmperor Theodoslus
In conjunction with Cyatewvn Lydiw.
first founded the college or llltyd. which
was regulated by Balerus. a man from
Home, and St. Patrick was the princi
pal of it before lie was csrrled away a
captive by the wicked Irishmen." Will
Mr. Lynett, of the Times, please remem
ber this; that St. Patrick was a
Welshman ami that the Robert Morris
'' ' 'dtlfod will be held on ilarch 17.
ISM.
The lltton stone has been worked In
fli.uth Wales from the time of the
ll'vnar. und the .Normans for srchl
tpctiir.il purposes for ornamenting pub
lh buildings, anil It preserves its
whlteners fpr centuries, a fact tn which
Ihe ruins of Neath Abbey, i wnnsea cas
tle, ar.d other ruins In South Wules bear
convincing testimony. On the seashore,
near ilHinraven castle, this vein, which
Is a ?)cchj of limestone, Is most promi
nent, and the promontory at Twyn yr
Hufen is chiefly composed of It.
Last week's London Graphic, whlch
sneaks In appreciative terms of Ids Int
ct production. Informs us that Mr.
David Jenkins' "Legend of gtf. David's"
will shortly be performed in Liondon.
The first volume of "The Methodist
Fathers," edited by the Rev. John Mor
gan Jones. Cardiff, and W. Morgan t
Pant, has Juet been published. The
praise's accorded the work are univer
sal.. 1 .1
The Rev. Tcewyn Parry has published
a very able little volume on the life of
that great Welshman, the late Dr.
Lewis Edwards, Bala. The complete
biography of this divine Is, by the way.
In active preparation by his. son, tho
Rev. Principal Edwards. M. A.,' D. D.
There Is ancient tradition In Cardl
ganehlre that a powerful giant once
kept a post on Cmig Mawr. or l'entry
chryd Maur, in' the vale of tAeron Olr
aldus mentions an open grave which
was to be seen in that neighborhood,
which fitted tho length of any man, be
he email or great. This wm supposed
to be, and was pointed out as the grave
of tho giant, for he was the genius of
the Aeron Vale. His palace 1s said to
have been on the hill, and according to
the traditions of the .place he was In
the habit of Inviting neighboring giants
to a trial of strength, and wonderful
were the fetes accomplished by these
mighty men. At one of the meetings
quoits were proposed, and, after a se
vere contest the hero of Crug Mawr
won the day, throwing his quoit clean
over the sea, and. planting; It on the
Irish shore, and, henceforth gave the
Cardigan giant (superiority over all
other giants In Ceredlg's land. Wonder
If there are many of these remarkable
giants living tn Csraiganhire today!
Men of Renown in
European Affairs.
Discussion of the Claims of Two Prominent
Candidates for the English Laureateshlp.
From the Times-Herald.
London, Oct. 12. Considerable specu
lation has been set on foot in literary
circles by the statement of the Dally
News that it has been "assured that
the prime minister has resolved to ap
point a poet laureate in succession to
the late Lord Tennyson, and that his
choice has fallen upon a London jour- ,
aalisi."
There are only two London Journal
ists who have attained sufficient emin
ence tn poetry to make the bestowal of
the distinction upon either of them any
thing less thun an empty and turcica!
compliment. These are Sir Kdwln Arn
old and William Krnest Henley.
The liberal Dally News would scarce
ly be the medium of the "advance in
formation" of even a literary appoint
ment by a tory premier, If he could have
his will. But this journal has a way oi
getting at the inner purports 01 .the
literary leaders of the period, ond is
right In nine cases out of ten v, lien It
makes a forecast In this field, iOtl
quotte requires that the name of a
laure-ate-elee t, when there Is one, rhould
Hrsl be given to the country through
the columns of the ofileiel gazt'tte; so
that. If tiie- Dally News people have
precise Information as to Tennyson's
successor Ihev arc In honor bound to
keep It to themselves, that It may be dl
vulrred in the wiy prescribed by estab
lished usage. ..Meanwhile the tongues
of the goslps wag.
.Mr. Ilcnlo's Uccord.
Mr. Henley's name or poetry 1s not
widely known, I npprehe.id. In the Unit
ed States. thounh both are lamiliar to
the American literary cult. A word
about u man whom his friends dei-m
worthy to wear Ihe laurel crown will
not be out ol place. He was born in
USouceKter about forty-live years ago.
Whui a mi re boy the loss of his father
t!irev him upon his own resources, and
the hardships of early poverty were In
creased by a constitutional weakness,
resulting In permanent lamenesB. He
was a man grown when this disorder
attacked him most fiercely, and he went
to, the care of famous surgeons at the
oi l Infirmary, Kill. 1 burgh. In hope of an
operation tnat mi,-ht afford relief. Lit
tle physical good came of this experi
ence; for t.muy a duy he lingered there,
bedrldd in, w ithout money or friends.
At that time the Comhlll Magazine
stood for mtiv than It represents now.
It was edited by 'Leslie Stephen, a man
with an unerring instinct for literary
genius wherever it cropped to the sur
face. Henley sent him verses verses
describing abysmal depths of mental
and physical suffering In that hn!f
workhouse and half-Jail." things too
horrible for prose. As a result of his
contributions Robert -Louis Stevenson
came to him one duy into that "trans
formed back kitchen" which he tells of
In his "Itook of Versi-s" bearing vjI
umes of Balzac.
Met UN Wife in the Hospital.
It was while at this Scottish Infirm
ary that he met the lady who In years
after became his wife. She had gone
there upon an errand of mercy to a
sick relative. On leaving the hospital
he plunged Into literary work for a live
lihood, first in Edinburgh and then In
London. There he edited In the order
named. "Ior.don," the Magazine of Art
and (Jointly with another) the Art Jour
nal, writing all the while profusely and
forcefully for the Saturday Review and
Ihe Athenaeum. His compositions were
about equally divided between poetry
and prose. But It was not until the np
pcarance of his "Book of Veises" III 1S8
that he became known outside of a
comparatively small circle.
This volume iattracte.1 wide attention.
It bore the stamp of originality. An
drew Lang, 'in a careful critique of It,
observed: 'lMr. Henley says what no
body else says and as nobody else says
It." In 1SS9, with an expanding fame,
he Went to Edinburgh to edit the Scots
Observer. The publication leaped at
once Into a national status. It was
read everywhere for Its singular ability
and deflnlteness of doctrine. The trans
fer of Ixindon and the change of title
to the National Observer have made it
and Its editor yet more eonspleuous.
Very much as Charles A. Dana has
Impressed his peculiar personality upon
every department of the New York
Sun. so Mr. iHenley Impressed himself
upon the National Observer. His more
recent Journalistic ventures are too
familiar to call for specification. Hen
ley's best prope today Is that of art
criticism. In this field of effort he is the
terror of charlatans.
Ills f'reed in Ills Verse.
His last Important volume of verse
has for title "The Song of the Sword."
The poem Itself was written at St. An
drews' university, whose senate lias
conferred upon him the degree of doctor
of laws. "The 'Book of Verses" has tho
greater vogue. In Its second part he
unfolds his theory of life. If I read
him aright there Is a strain of new
paganism In his song. He thanks rhe
"gods;" be appeals to the "gods" like
any panthleH. You may search his
verse In vain for such n line as Tenny
ron's "?trong ron of Ood, Immortal
Love." etlll. if there be not divinity
In his poesy, there Is a touch of mag
nificent humanity. He sings "I thank
whatever gods may be. f.ir my uncon
querable soul." He Is as ftrong. and
perhaps Intractable, as Ibsen. His Im
agination Is brilliant, despfte the dull
ing Influence of newspaper drudgery.
Uudyard Kipling has based one of his
bent stories on Henley's "Or ever .tlhe
knightly years were gone." which Is ns
gorgeous os n Cob rldg -an dream. "On
tho Way to Kcw" Is Spenserian In Us
soft, old-fashioned effects. As pretty a
love song as one could wlrh to hear Is
"I Loved You Once In Old Japan." It
Is Impossible to resist the feeling, how
ever, that Henley's orly hardships
dropped gall Into his cup, which ell his
subsequent good fortunes have not en
tirely washed away. To him life Is full
of splendid purposes, but mean results.
He has 'the Ideals of Tennyson und
Longfellow, but does not see the ac
tualities they saw -with the eye of Chris
tian faith.
, Sir l.dlh Suits the Politicians.
. Sir Edwin 'Arnold would suit the poli
ticians better, and the poet laureateshlp
Is, In but resort, a political gift. He Is
more tractable than dlcnley. He Is,
moreover, the editor of the great liberal
unionist organ, tho Dally Tcjegraph,
and In that capacity has rendered In
calculable services to the unionist
cause during the last nine years. A
man of many accomplishments, a cour
Itler, ft scholarly litterateur, familiar
by personal study and long residence
with the peoples and customs of the
Orient, Sir Edwin Arnold Is a name ns
well known In Tokio and Benares as In
London and Chicago. Of his master
piece, "The Lights of Asia," morn than
fifty editions have been published in
'England, twice that number in the
United States and 110 less than ten In
India. It 'has been read with the glow
of enthusiasm by scholars in ad parts
of the world. Carlyle referred to the
time he had spent In perusing it as
passed "well and nobly, as in a -temple
of wisdom."
Arnold has not found poetry and Jour
narllsm antagonistic. Heine said:
"Send a philosopher to Fleet street, but
for God's sake do not send a poet
there.": Perhaps he .would not have
felt so if he had not been an Invalid.
Arnold says: "Send a poet to Fleet
Street. Let him work there every day
and learn his business." He declares
that he is a poet because he is, in heart;
of the people that Is to say, because he
is a Journalist to whom the hopes,
fears, Joys and sorrows of the people are
absorbing facts.
. "Ths Light of. the 'World." which
flrat read to an English-speaking audi
ence in America, Is his latest poem of
particularly ambitious flight. It is the
natural crown of earlier works. By
It ihe aims to show that "each great re
ligious faith contributes a special color
to the philosophical speotrum which
makes the light of truth." Arnold's
Idea is that the chief religions of the
world are not mutual enemies but sis
ters. The resolution to write this poem
was itaken on a sudden as he sat one
day in a Japanese teahouse amid the
Emoklngs of the silver pipes and the
sounds of the guitars. It was the logi
cal sequence of a long line of effusions,
of "Hllopades'a." "Mahabharata,"
"The Lotus and the Jewel." and "The
Beautiful Names of Allah."
Air of Verity Stumps His Words.
Descriptive grandeur and an air of
"erlty utamp all his oriental works.
The approval of the orientals them
icIvch In In proof of this. But Arnold Is
as well veired- in Creek as In Hindu
uta nte or Japanese. Few Englishmen,
with the excel tlon of Mr. Gladstone, are
so well versed In classic Greek. His
translation of "Hero and Leander" in
heroic verse from the elreek of Mu
eaeus, is a specimen of his critical
scholarship and sensitive classical sym
pathies. His distinctively English
poems do not bear ithe stamp of an
equal genius, but there Is no reason to
believe that he would not be equal to
the official task of glorifying the Vic
torian age In verse If It devolved upon
him to earn a laureate's stipend In
that way.
The truest poet In England Is Charles
Algerr-m Swinburne. William .Morris
pushes him closely In foe race for glory.
The one Is a red republicans; the other
Is a socialist. Both are politically
barrel out from the favors of the
crown, and both wear fairer wreaths
than any king could give thorn. But if
the post of laureate Is to filled at all,
those two poets being excluded from
the sphere of choice, a selection that
would not move the stones to rise In
nmllr.y might fairly be made from Sir
Fdwln Arnold and William Ernest
Henley.
As between the two the odds are in
favor of Arnold. He Is an optimist, a
courtier and religionist. Henley Is only
a poet. Quite likely neither Arnold,
Henley nor any other will get the dis
tinction for a time yet.
RECORD OF THE PLAYERS.
President Yonng's Official 1. 1st of League
Avcrngcs-nmkclt's Phenomenal Stick
Work -The Phillies Led as a Club.
President Young has completed the
batting averages of the league players
of '!; who played In fifteen games or
more. The feature of this table of sta
tlstles is Jesse Burkett's hitting. This
hard-hitting Cleveland outfielder leads
the league with the phenomenal aver
age of .t:3. His nearest competitor is
Delehanty. of the Phillies, with an
average of .359. In fact, the Philadel
phia team shows up higher than any
team In the league at the bat, Hamilton
with .a5. standing fourth; Clements
fifth, with .3VJ. while Turner with
tit 3 Lange. the stalwart and handsome
Chicago outfielder.
Jennings, the obstreperous Baltimore
shortstop. Is in seventh place. .M6, and
Stenzel, of Pittsburg, eighth, at .24.
The champion Orioles show by their
averages that their nick work was an
Important factor In their scrappy bid
for the pennant, as "Mugsy" MeUraw,
"Steve" Brodle, andKelley all haveover
.350 to their credit. One. and perhaps
the principal, feature of the season's
work at the stick Is that seventy play
ers have an average of .300 and over.
Popular Jim MoOuire, the Senators'
crack backstop, leads the Washington
team, with an average of .330, thus
placing him among the select seventy.
Senator Cartwrlght is a good second
with .32710 his credit, and Selbach. with
,3J4, ranks third among the Senators,
ttelng Hawley and Beckley, of Pitts
burg, and Sheehan, of St. Louts.
Scrappy Joyce has an average of .308.
Anderson. .301: Crooks. .2&1; Boyd, .2M;
Abbey. .275: Mercer, .254; Maul, .253;
Schiebeck. ,1S2.
Hamilton leads the league in stolen
bases, with $5 pllferlngs during the sea
son. Lange. of Chicago, is next, with
"9. and iMugsy MeUraw comes third,
with 69; Jennings, with 60; Kelley, 59,
and Heeler, 67. all Orioles, occupying
fourth, fifth and sixth places in the
stolen base record, and showing how
the Orioles hustled on the bases.
Cartwrlght, of Washington, consid
ering his extreme adiposity for a base
runner, is perhaps the most remarkable
player In the league on the bases. He
and Stenzel tie for seventh place In the
stolen base record with 63 pllferlngs to
their credit. Tom Brown has 61 steals,
ami Is In eighth piace, tlelng Everett,
of Chicago.
Jack Crooks ties MUler. Dowd and
Smith for nineteenth place on the
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Farmer Thompson, of Philadelphia,
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McCarthy, of Boston, probably the
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la the 133 games In which Jim Mc
Otilre participated he stole 20 bases and
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Jennings, of Baltimore, leads the
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Crooks has 18 eacrllloes to his credit,
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