THE 6CHANTON ' TBIBUITB SATUHDAT 2I0RNTNU KTJVEMBEB 9. 1895.
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Vorld of Mefeifyj
Uoelde feeing enjrsg-ed as ha oJOJar of
at New York newspaper, TaUie ilorpan
Is making musical advances that -promise
to place him in 'the front rank in
tihait city. This week he has been en
traced for one year to teach tljrh sing
ing to the chorus of one hundred and
eighty voices of the Baptist Tabernacle,
Brooklyn. The chorus ia tinder the di
rection of Edward M. Bowman, one fit
the leading organists and teachers of
New York city. Olher classes are to
too formed in ithe same church. A com
mittee from Ocean Grove waited on
him last week -with a view of taklns
chanre of a large chorua in ithat place.
Mrs. Hackley, the founder of the Johu
(Raymond 'Instftuie'.of this ciiy, whose
- winter home is a the Plaa Hotel,
New York, has taken a grcait 'interest
(n his work, and dps-ires him to open
classes for children Jn different sections
of thtwt city. Mr. Hackley tuttended
the ti'.iildren's class at 'the Young Men's
Ohriptian association rooms last Satur
day, and was enthusiastic over the
wrk that was done. While mcst of
Mr. Morgan's itfaowilll bo spent in
New York, he says ith.it he will not
STive up the cihltdren's chorus classes
In tlrl-s city. There tre now nearly four
hundred in the classes 'Iwre,- and they
are imaklnir wonderful proc-ros'3. Par-
ruts are asked to attend any session of
the classes and -wuness the work that
to done. .If tt was known through the
city what . these .children are doing;.
there would.', not. bo tmef less -than, a
thousand .members in the various
Classes. . - ;
I! II -II
"Fleur irte I.Is," 'the - new opera In
S which Delia. Fv will - appear at the
' Frothinsham on Friday and Saturday
r next, was written 'by the well known
composwa-nd r.iusleai director William
T urst.atid'K ivcardednn his mst nopu
' lair work.- Composer Furst, like many
I nmskrlane of Ws class," toe dlmeufty in
wrM'l.n.sr down to the itavste of 'the patrons
' ;vcvf the wp-W-flato comic opera, whllch In
' ""B true 6Ttu : - not opera at all. IBut In
"Flcur do I the composer 'has struck
a happy vein, ojkI while, comiralnlnjr
much excellent musio the work also
embraces tcvouph of the "catrtiy" airs
to make It popular with it'he 'boys who
caa whittle. Delia Fox, the prima
donr.'a who Impersonates .the kddlns
role, -is tcj well known in Soran'ton to
rwou an lntrointotion to the avtrape
tncafre-coer v;"h the old Bennett-
Mnultca troupe; w.vh theCV'nricti Optra
company an.a with lo woJt 'Hopper,
sne nas rrequertiy aprfirci.t and os.ptl
vated ttie aud::m'?ei3 "by her tuneful
voice and original IntenpretaKoti of va
rious role .n well known tligft opera'
"Fleur da Iu" will probably be tei r,l
. the most enjoyable mustcul enitertalm-
mcnta c t'ne week.
II II II
The new rtiorua of the Wasbburn
Street Presbyterian church rumbcrs
, over fifty, .rplenrMd vojees. They are
under 'tho ffiretiilon of Tallle Morg-an,
and rehearsals are held every Friday
evenlnsr. It was thoufrht 'by rente that
a chorus of Wis size could not be
, , formed in that churoh, but Mr. Morgan
insisted that he voices were there.
and the rehearsal Tas't evening; fully
demonstrated this fact. The choir will
Bins: for the first iblme when the new
minister-will ibe Installed, wtoieih will
'De on tno last Sunday of this month.
On Sundays, the chorus will beunder
the direction of iMrs. II. T. Jayne. who
has had charge of the musio for the
past four months, -and given excellent
eaitisiaouoiK. ji,' - :-t. ''.
..!?.' tfh Wks dowbie quartette J pre-
paring; an excellent programme for the
social eeeslon of the lodge on Tues
day evening. The double quartette at
present ts ma3e up as follows: Tenor,
Howell Duvds, Tom IJeynon, L. J. Sle
becker, Gtforga De Wltit and Fred
Hand: basso, John T. Watklns, Will
. WatWns, C. P, Colvln and Richard
.Thoma,." . , - .
" ' II II "il
'aitisilcal Director John T. Watklns,
- f th! cJty. wlll have charge of the
:f .Mualcal ARIance of- Wyoming and
V, littckawanna counties thisaeason. The
AUSanioc Vwlll .probably meet at Nlchol
sort the laat week of the presen't month.
; Haydn's 'Creation" and "Hear My
i Prayer," by tMende-lssohn, will be given
Vatithe Alliance concert.
' - - ,11, II II
i HTM t8adle E. . Kateer, ' of Wllkes
Earr, "Willi. sail today on tho ,Lucanla,
ar Ixn'diorr, where she will resume her
etudles in the Royal Academy of
' Mus. Miss Kaiser will again contrl
.; ', imte letters to The Tribune.
'J!
, M.lMrClrac tilttle, of Bhe First Pres-
tyter;.an cnoi'.r, la studying piano with
Parsons, of the New York Metropolitan
college of Music, She eoc to New
Tork once a week.
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Otga'nltt PewnlnKton's recital at E.1m
Park church this aftcrnon wHl .be
amori? tihe pleael'ns musical events of
ire ween.
. '4. " 'I II
Q. s -a WTiittemore is prepartng a
V. iwmtalV Rtbtlc "The S.ings of All
J Nations," a.h Is to be g;lven ahotiily
attm? Elm Park church.
v rf'roft'ssoii J. Of. Ohairjce heiard Pader
ewfk'l In New York last Monday eve
ning. n . Jl -II ir
on nl two first American tours Mr.
raderewaki did not gro farther west
than St. Louis. His third tour will
take him as far as Son Francisco. He
Will play first In New Yor on Nov. 4,
- on which occasion his new Polish Fan-
Vtasia 'will be, heard. Philadelphia,
. ' Brooklyn (Seidl society), Boston, and
eighteen other eastern and southern
. cities will then be visited. . In Chicago
:' 'he will be Jan. -13-18, In St. Louis Jan.
11, 18. After that Mr. Fryer has ar
r4 ranged matters In such a way. that the
. ' great pianist will enjoy the benefits of
f,,.a southern climate. He. will play at
Nashville, Atlanta, Memphis, New Or
leans, Mobile, and on Feb. 8 start for
southern California, reaching; that
earthly paradise In the most delightful
;;: season of the year. He will ' play at
Can Diego, Los Angeles and 8an Fran
cisco, leaving that city on Feb. 2S. and
taking In Salt Lake City. Denver. Kan
sas City, Duluth, Rt. Paul, Minneap
olis and Milwaukee on the way back
to the east The tour will comprise at
,.least eighty recitals, and will doubtless
.. i prove a triumphal procession beyond
all precedent. On his second American
I' tour Padercwskl gave sixty-seven con
v s5e1"; r"1 the s"r"" receipts amounted
i 1 180 0'0' a um never before reached
rJy. any instrumental performer.
' Gounod's Jdeas regarding the proper
tise of the human, voice agreed sub
ftantially with Wagner's. In his little
. book oil "Don Juan," which haa re
cently been translated into English,
1 rom Mie third French edition, he say
that singers usuallv c.Br
.' except .having the sound of their vote"
noticea ana appiauned for Itself. "These
y twrformers' e adda, "are entirely mis-
taken aat the function and role of ths
i. voice. They take the means for the erd
i' and the awrvant for th master. . They
t orgt that fundamentally there to but
' Heart, the word, and one function, to
t' ejepress, cnd Ahat consequently a great
,,.4ngef; ought to. be flrrt'of all a great
is orator, aBd -4hat Is utterly impoBsible
(H- wrltheut nsbsolutcly truthful - accent,
When Mngerw epectallv- on the stag
irhlrOrVniy of dlsblaylng the voice, they
IV'-sftf H fWM Ot.tjiat Is ink
t:,tS iirfallliJe means of,. fallln,lnt
m -t mnotoajr; troUi sJonaibaaUhe rlvHege
laflnlt and Inexhaustible variety."
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:r..W Th UW atnount of tnoriey irnten
" rother De Resxk.4av hit
i ; p Xiawioft li find las; Ibtmc
Si
Interesting Notes About Famous
Musicians at Home' and Abroad.
ment In Poland. Both of these slngen
have recently purchased city real es
tate In Warsaw, and the basso, ,Ed
ouard, has recently bought the estate
of Garnek, which baa been very much
run doA-n, tike many estates In Poland,
while the tenor, Jean, has purchased a
large estate called Czentochow, and
has also offered a large price for
Skrxydlow, a hunting estate not far
from Warsaw. WhUe the amount of
purchase money paid for these prop
erties Is very large from a Polish point
of view, they represent about $1JO,000
of American money which the two
brothers earned in the United States.
Jean de fteszke also owns an estate
in the South of France, and has a
stud of fine horses, some of which are
on the European race courses. He Is
fifty-four years of age, and ia the best
of health,
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SHARPS AND FLATS:
Lulu Olafcr denies the rumor that she
Will be married.
Paiderewski has added sixty concert
numbers to his repertoire.
Hunipmtiiick will furnish the musio for
Rosmer's "Via KonlgHklnder."
A new lyric faerie, "The Drome Horse,"
by Humperdlnck, has had great success
at Cai?el.
Thb scene of Paderewskl'a opera Is laid
In the Carpathian mountains, and the
theme Is Hungarian.
It Is roportod that Leoncavello Is writ
ing the niusto for a piece called "Tha
Street Spngrsters," based on a poem by
a young Viennese lndy.
Krangren Davlee, tho English basso, has
been engafted by tho New York Phllhar
mooig society for Its last concert In April.
; News amid - .(ipssip , of Old Walea
The most prominent and Influential
journals of Wain are opposed to com
petitive singing olid are in favor of festi
val performances. The proposed Welsh
mu9!ca4 fentival, which arose out of a sug
gestion made by Sir Joaeph Harnby, has
been advanced unouher stage by a confer
ence or tne leaiiing musicians or-vtaics.
The movement has the warmest sympathy
of the musical fraternity. It will be-re-memb-
that Sir Joseph Barnby,' when
HpeuL of the opening of the Cardiff
musicu, festival, again alluded to the im
pression which the singing at the last
national eisteddfod had left upon his
mind. Such singing as he heard then had
never oecn equalled not by the supposed
best voices in the world. Germany toad
had the credit of producing the finest
mule voice choirs, but Sir J oseuh seemed
Inclined to give Wales the first, place, and
In order to show what can be done, he
propos ed that there -ilhould be held In
Wales yearly or trlenhlally. as should be
decided upon afterwards, a grand musi
cal resuvni, wun a cinoir ot i.ouu.picKeu
voices and an orchestra of 200 performers.
Hiils was to be the beginning of what he
believed could be developed into the great
est singing festival in the whole world,
There Is no modesty about the claims of
the festival, but we presumo that Sir Jo-
c'ln Knows wnai ne is speaaing aaout.
The Cardiff Times, In writing of tho mat-
ter, expresses Itself thusly: "We, on our
part, are confident that the material uxlsts
In Wales for the making of as fine a fostt'
vai or us Kinu mat tne more musical na
tions oanproduce. We have the voices, and
where the Welsh choirs go large audi
ences ran be lnduoed to follow. The one
question after that of organization Is, Can
the singers In the Welsh hills and valleys
be persuaded to give the same attention
and time to the practicing of complete
works that they now. willingly bestow
upon choruses for the purpose of winning
prises? To; the average .Welshman the
merttlen of a choir suggests an elnteddofd
and a struggle for a prise, with the cons.
qUent rivalry the-local jealousies and the
glory of the prise-winners. Certain cir
cumstances have brought about these
conditions, and we shall watch the pres
ent movement very carefully and with a
considerable amount of sympathetic in
terest, becau We have heard it so
often asserted that no Welsh choir can be
got to .practice without the stimulating
aid of a prise and a struggle for the honor
of beating other choirs. We hope and
trust that these critics completely over
estimate the power of .the-pr!ze and the
inducement of the competition. We hope
tannd that Welshmen can be got together
for the sake of musical art and the ad
vancement of choral singing In Wales
without these extraneous aids to which
we have referred; The conditions of train
ing for a competition, where one or two
choruses are taken, and for a festival,
where one or two complete works will be
performed, are certainly very different
The festival work will be more exacting
and require greater care, far more prac
tice; but the object to be attained Is well
worth all the extra trouble. It Is one
thing for a choir to be note-perfect in two
choruses which have been hammered at
during the year, but this will never make
musicians. It is a very different thing to
sing through two complete works In a
massed choir and with a big orchetra."
Comments are unnecessary, but the Car
diff Times must produce stronger argu
ments, ogalnst competitive singing than
It has done in this rase before It ran well
kll the nnclent Institution of old Gwalla.
The eisteddfod Is sometimes prostituted,
hut, as a rule, It has been an Institution
that has accomplished .wonderful work.
Tlio l.nte kllsbv Jones.
The late Rev. James Rhys Kllsby Jones
was born at a farm called Penylan, near
Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, South
Wales, In the year 1813. When he was 15
years of ago he went to school at Nenadd
Iwyd, a very popular preparatory school
at this period. After he commenced to
preach ho added his father's name to his
own. From Ncnaddlwyd he went to the
Carmarthen college, where he distin
guished himself . greatly. Leaving Car
marthen he went, to Blackburn to study
Greek under Dr, Alexander, and after
wards to Edinburgh, Scotland. He settled
first as a minister t Leominster, In 1834,
at which pl"-, 'erried his wife, who
survived-' ' Jto over 80 years of
age. Fro;B-fffflnster he Went to Llan
dovery, in Northampton.. While on a visit
to i.ianaovery, .Archdeacon Williams,
principal of the college at that place, as
a token of friendship addressed him as
Kllsby Jones, and lirutus, of the Haul, a
periodical unrivalled for wit and sarcasm,
whenever he had occasion to refer to the
distinguished writer and divine, always
wrote him "the eloquent Kllsby Jones,"
hence the name, and the master spirit of
Welsh wit adopted the name. His next
movement was to Boltoh, but he did not
remain long at the latter place, having re
turned to his own nnttv country, and
taking charge of the Independent church
i iinniaor-ar-wy. jtecelving a call at
Bedford chapel, London, he returned to
Sngland again, hut not for long, ns his
srt was at Olenvlow. a houso he had
built, for himself t Llanwrtyd. Having
returned to his home In Wales, he built
"Kllsby Chapel" at Llandrudod. which
was a place of great attraction (while he
was able to officiate) till his death, which
took' Otacft .In -IRKS Tin mm tha. Tlnan
Swift of the Cymry. He was one of the
staff, writers of the Rlackles, of Edlng
burfih, the greatest religious book pub
lishers of tha age. As a writer he stood
In the foremost rank. Kllsby was one of
iue greaiBsi men or tne age.
. . -VIcsr-ABottollo of Wales. '
'HenentV Dr. Mostyn, the vicar-apostolic
Of ' Wi'-es, : was the central figure at a
series of ecclesiastical functions' at the
Franciscan monastery or Hi. Aunt,
HolyWell, North Wales, this being p'ractl-
Mailt, itlm lttriafilna A c . .. ..
in Wales since his consecration. The oc
casion was the celebration of the death of
St. Francis and the settlement
est of Us kind In Wales. . The streets of
me wwn were uworaien wun magnificent
arches, bearing Inscriptions of welcome.
etc.. The bishop celebrated high mass.
and was afterwards-presented :wlth a
beautiful and costly cape and five seta nt
nrlest's vestments, which warn clvon in
Ms lordship for t).,purpose of dlstrlbut-"!;
log amonar.ciejpnek s ot poor .missions in
his diocese.' The, presentation .waa Made
try TktWWIlllams. One Of Ih falRa, f
tSe. monastery, who delivered an adiress
ljtdBe bishop,, expressing vjoy.of the
pupiw fit errinK Tim lomrnrp m xneir
midst He said they welcomed him as ths
scion of. a grand eld Celtic stock a scion
of a house which stood true to their land
and biiUi In, the tune when most of them
.Nil aver,, and a house which was strong-
VT rev 14 w tut Mini oc tat wins pee
-' The '.prince regent' of .Bavaria bis of
fered 4 pruw of J,W to the beat Oarman
opera.' Kighty operas were ready in July
and August, and the contest Is stlU pro
gressing. ;'
Uelllhl could not compose unless eating
bitter almonds or sugar-plums. Lousing
composed singing and drinking black coi
fee. Schubert drank wine, and in lsrga
quantities. The French composer, Hr
old, ate oranges when at work,- and he
made his singers eat oranges during re
hearsal. Calve is a Spaniard. Emma de Roquer,
the real name of ALme. Calve, wus born
in Madrid of a Spanish father and a
mother from the South of France, in the
Department of Aveyron. Her father was
a civil enginear. He died leaving several
children, of whom she was the eldest.
She found that It was necessary to help
along her brothers and sisters, and that is
what finally decided the career of Mine.
Calve, who, having had a very religious
education, at rtrst a( the convent or Ste.
Affrlque, In the country of her mother,
and finally among the Sisters of the
Sacred Heart at Uontpelier. and, tempted
by the calm life of the cloister, began to
think of taking the veil.
AS TO RELATIONSHIP. .
From the Times-Herald.
It was at the olub and the man from
Virginia had Jupt gona out.
"Bay," suld the man on the sofa, "all
this talk about family Un't such nonsense
after all. I consider every man a brother,
myself until after ths elections come
off."
"Then you cut him oft with a vote, eh?"
remarked the cynic.
"Yep, that's right. Say, talking about
relationship, did I ever tell you about that
trip I made to West Virginia last year?"
"Did you ever tell u about anything
else?" groaned tho cynic.
"Hetter let him tell his story at once,"
observed the philosopher, as he lit his
cigar, "I had rather let a mosquito bite
me at once than keep ringing in my cars
about how he means to do It."
"Oh, I'll tell it, anyhow," affably replied
tho man on the sofa, "I was mo kin? a
walking tour for my health and finding
more illicit stills and hearing more rattio
smake stories than I could ever tell you.
One night, as It was growing dusk, I came
to a cabin and the womnn welcomed me
so cordially that I knew at once there
was no still on the place and they'd let
me stay all night, which was lucky for
me, as there was not another roof within
ton miles."
"H'm," said the cynic, thoughtfully, "no I
pie. He hid, however, a greater claim
upon them as the representative of the
great oocupant ot the chair ot flt. Pftcr,
and he hoped the blessing of God would
rest upon his efforts to win back tho peo
ple of Wales to their ancient faith. The
bluhop, in acknowledging the gifts, said
ho looked upon their gracious and cordial
reception of him as a sign of their appro
elation of what had been so lately done by
then holy father In the Interests of the
Catholics of Wales. Ho had noticed lately
that some people of Wales looked upon
and spoke about the action of the pope In
constructing Waes into a vlcarlate-apos-tollc
as an. attack; upon Wales by the
Catholic church. An attack was usually
made by one's .enemies, whereas he was
quite sure that neither he nor the Catho
lic church were enemies of the people of
Wnloa. They -wanted to be on the most
friendly terms with thtm. They did not
wish to abuse any one for the religious
convictions : which they held; all they
wished was to obtain a fair hearing iroin
the peoplo of, Wales, . In conclusion ite
asked their prayers, as he felt .nnythlng
but equal to the 'taslc laid upon nlm.
The Tlnplata Trade.
. The Cardiff "Ames of Oct. 12 has the fol
lowing to say of the tinplate trade: "Has
the danger to' Wales, arising from Ameri
can competition, , boen swept entirely
away, or is it only postponed 7 Tho mat
ter is one of first concern, and should be
dispassionately weighed by operatives as
well as employers. 'Watchman, what of
the night?' might well be inquired of any
commercial seer watching over welsn tin
plate prospects. To this the beBt reply
that can be given is to point to what the
United States' have done In the past in the
esiaDiisnment ot new industries, ana tne
building up of 'Industrial successes. It
would be premature to assume that the
trans-Atlantic tinplate men will not re
turn to'the charge, and again attempt to
oust Welsh Imports, In justice to the
American iron masters, and in honesty to
the Welsh trade. It must be conceded that
our competitors are not the men to be
likely to be easily discouraged or dissuad
ed from any set purpose they may have
formed. So far, however, as we have said,
they have conspicuously failed, and
Wales Is fully entitled to rejoice at the
circumstance. How: short American mill
owners have come-of their intended pur
pose Is very , evident to our mill owners
at home." " ' ' ' '
Ancient Custom at Langharne.
This ancient town has many curious
customs. Among these : Is the annual
gathering of the hurgesses, which now
number over 800. They meet on the first
Monday In every September. The first
work done is the appointing of twenty men
to act as grand jury during the year, the
vicar of the parish acting as foreman of
the jury. A recorder Is elected and a por
treeve bailiff. Four constables are also
elected, . whose chief duty is to receive
their pay once a year for doing nothing.
Several new burgesses are elected annunl
ly, and shares of what is known as cor
poration land, varying from ten acres
down to five, are presented to five bur
gesses who are highest on the roll
amongst those who had not already re
ceived their share. About seventy of the
oldest burgesses enjoy this privilege for
life, and as these die others-come In their
turn to their shares.
Gold Mining in Wales.
The (sketches In recent numbers of the
Illustrated London News have drawn con
siderable attention to the latost phases
of gold mining In Wales. It looks as If
the yellow Industry was In for a good
start. It Is said, on, good authority, that
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, chancellor of
the exchequer, and Mr. Hanbury, finan
cial seretary of -the treasury, have taken
personal cognizance of the cry for a re
adjustment of royalties and that some
thing Is going to be donepresumably
with the view of lightening the Import
which weighs so heavily on the enterpris
ing gold-digger. It is also said that some
of the biggest financial magnates In the
city of London, Including perhaps the big
gest of all, are ready to formulate an im
mense capital stock to further develop
ments. ' ,
' V ... Notes.' ' " .'
The following-- Itenv: appeared In the
Wilkes-Barre Telephone recently: "Now
on lower and (In Hollehback cemetery),
we. come to the handsome monument so
lately unveiled to 'Gwilym Gwent,' the
eminent Welsh- composer, who died In
Plymouth, four years ago. He was a
musical genius, born In. a humble home,
and remained poor for fifty-seven years,
and died, and was taken by loving friends
to this beautiful cemetery, and now has
received a fine monument as a irlft in hia
shnostuneqtialed. genius. He worked in
tne mines, and while he nearly worshiped
music, he did not seem to realize that he
was a genius. His monument Is finely
Inscribed with harps, lyres, bells, bars of
music, ami someining or History; but I
was sort-y to note that his real namn win.
lam Thomas Williams, the name his fa
thor and mother gave him among tho hills
of far off Gwalla was not found on the
stone,"
Peter Williams, of- the Merthyr Tele
graph, a gentleman well-known to hun
dreds of people in this vicinity, died re
cently. He Was one of ths hest lrnnwn
journalists In Wales, and was a writer of
extraordinary force. On account of his I
great Independence of thouaht and his
forcible style In expressing himself
through the columns of his newspaper, he
made many enemies and greatly Injured
his financial standing in the community
In which he lived. Although for several
years he had ceased to be a very active
factor In public affairs, he will Innir ho re.
membered and esteemed for many ot the
works he was formerly engaged in.
A great distress prevails at LlancDy, the
crest tinnlste center of Wales. In pnnse.
quence of tho-prolonged stoppage of the
aiorra unpiaie woras, tne aistresa in the
dock district Is most acute. There sro
thirty or forty families' absolutely, riestl.
tute, and but for the charitable initiative
of a few phllntfthropld ladles, many
WOlira flaw vennmry imnsnrn. V or Some
weeks past .about sixty children of the
families affected have been Drovlded with
free brcakfasts-at the Dock schools, ,
' Dean Farraf- slates tHat his first sermon
contained one lovely passage from the
"Christmas Day -Homily," and in a foot
note he adds: ."My collateral ancestor,
Robert Farrar, falshop of Rt. David's,
burnt for the Protestant faith at Carmarthen-la
the reign- of Queen Mary, was a
chapliln of Cranmsr'f, and Is knows to
wondor they wouldn't let you stay If there
was a still ; I'm told they make It a point
to give a guest his whisky free and a
year's profits."
But the man on tbe sofa feigned deaf
ness and went on with his story: "There
waa a llktie freckled-faced boy three- or
four years old playing about the door
step and to start .the conversation, I asked
the woman If he belonged to her."
"Rather unnecessary question," drawled
the cynic, "with the next cabin ten miles
away." .-..'..
"And she replied that he did not," tri
umphantly went on the man on tho aofs,
'Oh, a relation, then?' said i. 'Nope.'
'Merely a stranger. 'Yep, just a stranger,
but me'n' my man felt eorry for him 'a
took him In.' Took him, gentlemen, when
they had hardly food or clothe eufn
olent for themselves." - -
"Those people have good, kind hearts,
if they are outlaws," said the philosopher.
"Human nature is, after all "
"Say, mebbe, the huoband had killed
the child's fathor," put in the cynic,
"those feuds "
"It was pure benovelence," said the phi
losopher, hotly, ".they"
" 'Just a stronger,' said I, and I tell
you, boys, my voice trembled, 'and yet
you took him In and treat him as If he
was your own child: that, was a good
deed.' ". .
" 'Oh, not eo terrible, said the woman
carelesslv. 'Ye toe,- ho was my darter's
child 'n' she an' her man. was both dead
V we kind o' took an interest in him
pears now jest's If he belonged to us,'
What do you think of that for a story?"
tie finished up, triumphantly.
"I think," said the cynic, and he spoke
with some 'heat, "that they must have
made an excellent article of moonshine
whisky at your lost stopping place."
And the philosopher, without a word,
put on bis hat and went home.
. Iho Worth of It.
The whispering waves curled around the
pier head. "Nothing," said the new-made
bride, "can fart us now." There was a
far-away look in thp bridegroom's eyes.
"No," he said, moro to himself than for
publication, "that's the worst of It." Ally
eloper,
The One Snro Way. ' . ..
A maiden writes Can you tell me how
to change the color of my hair, which all
tho young men tell me is "red?"
Certainly wo cun. Get rich; they will
then call It golden or auburn. Erie Mes
senger. have some share In the homilies.' I try to
persuade myself that he wrote this homily
and so lent me the only, good part of my
first sermon."
The aversion to Unltarlnnlsm In the
eighteenth century was frankly expressed
in the following lines by a calvimsti
Jlae'r mawn ar y mynydd
Bron durfod i gyd,
A'r glo yn y pyllau .
Yn treullo o hyd; ' : I,
A'r ddaear bron ffaolu i
Dwyn bara na haldd,
i Oherwydd mawr gubledd
fioslnlaid y wlad.
It Is stated on good authority that the
sneaker or the house cl commons has AD
pointed Osborne Morgan, one of the ablust
members of parliament from North
Wales, one of tho five members to nis
charge the duties of the office of speaker
ot t'ne house or commons in case or nis
death, his resignation, or that he should
be otherwise unablo to attend to the du
ties of the office.
The following appointments have been
made In tho diocese of St. David's: The
Rev. Charles Frederick Owen, to the vlc-
nraco of 8t. Clears. Carmarthen: Kcv,
Richard Lloyd Jones, to the rectory of
Bettws, Cardigan; Rev. William George
Snurrcll to the rectory of Cocheston, Fern
broke, and Rev. Owen Jones Thomas to
the vicarage of Llandyslllio, Carmarthen.
The consecration of , a new synagogue
tonic nlace recently at Pontvurldd. The
services were conducted by the chief
rabbi, the Rev. Dr. Adlcr. A very large
number of the Jewish community from
Cardiff. Swansea. Viewport ana tne itnona
da were present. The Christian section of
the community donated J3,00 towards the
uunuing. - -
Profesor O. M. Edwards, of Lincoln col-
Ipse. Oxford, who has been IndisDOsed
for some time, is again at his post of
duty, and occupied rooms In the college
DUiiaing tnat were once occupied Dy me
Immortal John Wesley. He has completed
his first volume of his "History of Wales,"
ana it is now in tne nanus ot tne book
sellers. .
A marriage has been arranged and will
shortly take place between Captain Chas.
Herbert, of the Royal Monmouthshire
Engineer mllUla, and Evelyn Mary, tho
only daughter of Lord David and Lady
Alary Kennedy, or casslllls House. Ayr-
shire, N. B., and 93 Queen's-gate, Lon
don. ,
A colliery proprietor, living at Swan
sea, Is being tried for stealing a quantity
of coal worth II 00. The affair has caused
a great sensation throughout South
Wales. Some of the most eminent barris
ters In Wales are entraared in the trial
The defendant's name Is David Thomas,
who is a very prominent citizen.
The Welsh language has a much greater
hold on Welshmen tnan most persons
think. It will surprise not a few to learn
that there are puousnea in tne weisn Kin
guage not less than fifty-six periodicals,
These include three Quarterly, one bi
monthly, twenty-eight monthly magazines
ana tweniy-iour newspapers.
D. C. Powell, of the West Side, writes a
wecKly letter to tne uryen, wnicn is very
readable and Interesting. He gave a mag.
nlllcent description of the many new
homes that have been recently built on the
West Side, prominent among them being
the elegant homes ot Dr. Roberts and con
tractor Hugnes.
vf--
After a long nMi uf sever Illness Magis
trate Daniel Owen, the greatest Welsh
novelist, died recently at hlshome In North
Wales. Ho was the author of seven mas
ter novels. He wrote in the Welsh Ian
guage, although- he was a gontleman of
classical education and was an excellent
English welter,.
One of the first boards of health estab
lished in -Wales was at Aberdare. South
Wales, in ISi4. Only two of the original
memoers ot mo Hoard are now alive, vis
Richard Fothorglll. the ex-member of par
llnment, and R. H. Rhys, one of the Glan-
morgansmre magistrates.
The late Dr. Amos R. Thomas, of the
Hahnemann College of Physicians, of
Philadelphia, who died recently, was a de
scendant of the first Welsh settlers In
Massachusetts. His father was Colonel
Azarlah Thomas, who distinguished him
self in the war of 1812.
At Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, one of
the oldest and prettiest cities in Wsles,
an old man named Evan Jenkins, aged 78
years, was round dead in bed. He retired
in the evening in his wonted good health, .
A man named Edwin navies killed him
self recently at Swansea, A letter was
found In his pocket, the contents of which
stated that ne killed himself on account
of too much fondness for whisky, ,.
Principal Rhys told the Llanelli Cymro
dorlon society recently that Msthew Arn
old wus a great genius because he had a
true Insight Into things he did not under
stand in detail. .
Madame Mllos-Bynon, the principal so
prano of Dan Davles' concert party, la
undoubtedly one of the best 'and most
popular sopranos in Wales.
The Rev. Daniel Jones, a Baptist mis
sionary in India, who is now on a visit to
Wales, Is a native of Llanilltyd, Gla-
morganahlre, South Wales,
Dan Jones, until recently principal tenor
of the Bangor Episcopal church, has been
nppolntad for llfo principal tenor ot the
Dublin Episcopal church, :
The Great Western railroad, the great
est railroad system In Great Britain, will
expend 11,000,000 on Improvements ot their
property ut Cardiff. ' '..'..' .. .,
At Troorcl recently 3,fi00. were stolen
from the house of. a. shoemaker named
Williams, a prominent member of the Sal
vation army; - . i.
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Tho contract, for extending the South
docks at Swansea has been awarded to Sir
Charles. Jackson at a .cost of Hoo.OQJ. - ,
The Plprc.s srholarshlp of tKO at tlkla
Theological college have been, won "this
year by ,j.OpriB WilUams. .. . . .
There are J.SOO Welsh people In London
and two-thirds worship In their own lan
guage. . . . , . . i -j .
Dewl Mon. of Brecon, South Wales, Is
preparing for ths press the political works
of the late Bard Tudno,
In. the : Wonderland
Of North America.
.Twelfth Paper Descriptive of the Great North
West The Journey from Butte to Missoula.
' From Helena to Spokane, a distance
of 400 miles, the tourist Is regaled with
an endless variety of fine scenery. It
is largely mountainous. Interspersed
with many little mountain valleys and
some large ones, also brawling brooks
and sedately flowing rivers are crossed
and skirted, which proved very Inter
esting to us. Our eaders may, by fol
lowing us closely as we pass these
scenes In quick succession, find them
equally so.
After leaving; ' Garrison proudly
namedjn honor of Vllllam Loyd Gar
rison, the eminent anti-slavery leader
the railroad passes along the Deer
Lodge river and we get fine views of
mountain scenery, especially on the right
hand, where the snow-mantled peaks
of Mount Powell appear. This entire
region is noted for the richness and ex
tent of its placer mines. Southward
are the Gold Hill mountains, where the
diggings are especially profitable, and
the .valleys of Rock, Willow and Squaw
creegs whose streams, which flow into
the Deer Lodge river, have produced
and are producing large -quantities of
fine gold. Three miles distant is Gold
creek, where. In 1802, the first discov
ery of gold was made In Montana; and
at the mouth ot the. stream we see
enormous bars and bowlders produced
by the hydraulic and sluice washing In
the region above.' Placer mining Is
now done on this creek by the Indiana
and Chinese with paying results. It Is
claimed that nine millions of dollars are
annually taken from these creeks.
A Remarkable Celebration.
Gold creek In September, 1892, was the
scene of a remarkable celebration the
uniting of tho two ends of the track dr
two divisions of the Northern Pacific
railroad. This celebration was attend
ed by the noted railroad magnates of
England, Germany and America The
eastern officials with their foreign
guests, came from the Unsalted sea in
four immense trains, to Join hands with
those who came from the Pacific coast
and to drive the last spike, thus com
pleting the Iron band from the Atlan
tic to tho Pacific oceans. Instead of
gold the Iron spike used In the con
struction of the railroad was used as
tho "last spike," and was driven by
Henry Willard, then president of the
road.
Near here on the right is the famous
Box canyon, noted for corralling game
of all kinds, also cattle, horses, etc.,
which, ortce entering here, are virtually
boxed in, safe from intruders and rare
ly escape. .. At Drummond is another
branch of the Northern Pacific which
leads to Granite Mountain Mines, thirty-one
miles distant, noted for its rich
ore. We were told that a vein of ore
there six feet wide and assaying from
125 ounces to 2,000 ounces of silver to the
ton, was being worked, the output
reaching $120,000 per month. Twelve
miles distant on the main line Is Bear
mouth, 1,239 miles from St. Paul, the en
trance of Hell Gate canyon. This Is
not a narrow pass as Its name would In
dicate, but a valley two or three miles
wide and some forty miles long to the
Junction of the Hell Gate river with the
Big Blackfoot river. Below tho mouth
of the Little Blackfoot the Deer Lodge
river changes Its name to Hell Gate
river. The valley here abruptly nar
rows Its breadth for seven or eight
miles to one mile wide, with mountains
on the right and bold blurts on the left
Hell Gate River.
The Bearmouth hills are of. volcanic
nature and Hot Springs are seen along
tne Men uate river remindful of the
Bad Lands and even Yellowstone Park
for brilliant formations of pinnacles.
precipices, etc., a continual changing
scene. Hen uate river is a deep, swift
stream and quite clear, except where it
receives the muddy, murky waters of
its triDutaries. which are alwavs cof
fee-colored from the gold washings "or
silt" in the mountains. Its largest trib
utary is Big Blackfoot, which comes
through a valley eighty miles long and
at Its junction here very wide. Logs
are floated, down the river from the
slopes of the main divide of the Rocky
mountains. We noticed several large
sawmills In Hell Gate canyon, and rafts
oi togs tnat are mainly cut into sun
ports to tho roofs of the various mines
in this section.
A noticeable feature through this
canyon was the wild flowers, so beauti
ful, so luxuriant, even fraa-rant. At
some places the forest sweeps down to
me water s edge and sometimes the
stopes were covered with mountain
grasses and wild flowers, red, pink, blue,
purpie, in coior were seen on ail sides.
They even peeped out of the rnvlnP
forming the most Interesting and beau-
iiiui norai commnatlon we ever wit
nessed. Our ladles not satisfied with
seeing, embraced every opportunity for
piucKing mem as souvenirs of the trip.
Tho City of Missoula.
RmergLntf from this famous
which Is also called ih weiniei-n .
way of tihe 'Rocky moun tains, we leave
DtiniiT.'a us lino rrowriLn-g rocks and pine
dad slopts, 'the onia-pc'in.ted trees and
beautiful wIDJ flowers, fcr the magn'fl-
oewt iplaitv at ilfc? fecit of the Bailor
Koca va.!iiey; tne H.l Ca'te river aim.
blnilni-f with tire B'liJ'eir Root sweeping
-r.udcai.wciaUy acrom It and now undfr
the name or ithe Mfcwoula, flows we:
ward unlUIl it omUra ithe. Columbia.
Mere is a Rt'sa't opening in the moun
tains of trlaingular chape, say six milts
or more w'jae. Mere is a swe for a city
umujij.-aiFsea. . nere is irne CiJiy of ,Mlg
eo-uwi, lut'erafiiy ntimmed dn, laid out
and bul'lt up to perfect thairmony wj'Jh
Vi3 'location.
Alighting from the train to stop over.
what do we ree? Immediately to the
noiitihasit Is a tare hill that Is etrlklnff
in Its) ncisemblaince to an animal. It Is
a huge dlepha.nit, whose hind quarters
form the northern end of Hell Gate
canyon, around which ithe railroad
curved as we emerged from It. This
maimmo'tih fl fl'My named Jumbo. His
head recKmes to the north; hla trunk
fltrotches out before 'blm; one eye is
plainly ee?n, enu' one ihlmd Ahouider ia
equally virfble. He is gazed at wCth
exc"l5irraut'.o.n3 of surprise by every one.
iljcokcig southward up a valley whosj
gulches aa-e filled with snow is Lilo
Peak of the (Bitter Root ranse. This
overhflinig Lclo Pa-sc 'I he scene of many
oonfl'lfts between India and through
wihilfh cniJer jep!i ram in iris famous
retreat from G-pnifrti.! Howard in 1877,
whfcih term'waijed In the bntitVa of. Bear
Paw mountains. Oct. 5. 1877. where the
brave chief r.d the rtst of his tribe
wore eairturtd wlMi'n reach of freedom
across 'Che Canadian border. At the
southern extremity of ithe valley, four
mOIca dijtlliar.'i, on rJic banks of the Bit
ter Root river, the r-i-ng-e forming the
background, I'SaT.'Ss Font Mtasoula, a
United -State's nii.liJ3i.ry peat ot three
campa'lca of oc'ored 'Infantry p.rri a
band: in all zi3 omcers ana men. east
ward is aiour.it M.iMula, a perfect frotiii
cii come, piercing th sky, while behind
us are two t'.dgo, nn lower on b.twi
ao nearest, 4s grass covered, but wilh
Fcarcoly tree to be tern, while farther
back air.'d 'hlgtwr up tlhelr ldVa are cov
ereii -and -black wl.ti firs and pines,
iihetr rum m Its JWicr bed-nff well round-
ed, or hlg-h with rocky craga.'
' A nnstllns western-Town.
MtKsotit& Is beautifully located on the
north side of tho now Missoula river,
at the junction with tha Bitter! Root
and Hell Gate. While It was formerly
ah isolated frontier post,' the Northern
Pccifio. has made It a stirring town.
with a population of 4,600. It la the dis
tributing point for a largo . country
around. The valley of the Bitter Root,
over eighty miles long, tne jocko and
Missoula valleys and many acres of fer
tile plains aro adjacent, and at Wast
seven rivers and creeks are In the Uk
mediAM , vicinity, nouuhc rwser or
r .'' ' .' . V ' '. ' ' - ' - ' ' ' -'
more beautiful than this combination
of valleys can be Imagined, stretching
out as they do between these protect
ing mountains. Missoula can appro
priately be called the "hill-shielded"
town. The spot where this town is lo
cated was once the scene of conflicts be
tween various tribes of Indians. ' The
Flatheads and Blackteet were deadly
enemies and presumably may have
fought over this lovely spot. At any
rate the ground at the mouth of Hell
Gate canyon (formely Hell's ate) was
covered long ago with skulls and hu
man bones.
Missoula Is division headquarters of
the Rock mountain division, where the
round houses and shops of the Northern
Pacific are located, also Catholio hos
pital ajid convent, besides the Univer
sity of Montana. Missoula Is in the
very heart of a game country, deer,
bear, mountain lions, pheasants, grouse,
etc., are in abundance and the streams
all through here are fairly alive with
brook trout. Here are two more
branches of the Northern Pacific, one
leads down the Bitter Root valley to
Grantsdale, fifty miles, and the other to
Spokane via Mission and Couer D' Alene
lake.
This Is a great fruit producing sec
tion. Cherries, pears quinces, apricots,
grapes, strawberries, etc., grow here to
an unusual else, and hove a flavor that
Is counted superior to that of the fruiti
of the coast. Tho altitude Is 8,000 feet
above sea level. The pleasant resi
dences, broad streets and shaded yards,
the equable climate, caused by tho
warm Chinook winds, and unexcelled
pioturesqueness moke It a desirable
place to live in. J. E. Richmond,
SETTLING AN OLP GRUDGE.
Two Chlcdamauua Veterans Reminds
Each Other of the Time Loag Ago.
From the Chicago Tribune.
"Right here," said the old! Union
soldier, digging his cane Into the
ground, "I stood on picket duty thirty
two years ago."
"And I stood on Ticket duty right
over there,". ald the grizzled old con
federate warrior pointing with his
long finger, alt a spot a few furlongs
away.
"I wotider," exclaimed the former,
"If you are the Johnny Red that gave
What is
Castorla is Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescription for Infants
and Children. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor
, other Narcotic substance. It Is a harmless substituto
for Parejjoric, Drops, Soothing Syrups, and Castor Oil.
It is Pleasant. Its guaranto is thirty years use by
Millions of Mothers. Castorla destroys Worms and allays
feverishness. Castorla prevents vomlUntr Sour Curd,
cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic Castorla relieves
teething troubles, cures constipation and flatulency.
Castorla assimilates tho food, regulates the stomach
and bowels, giving1 healthy and natural sleep. Cas
torla is tho Children's Panacea tho Mother's Friend
Castorla.
" Csstorla Is ao excellent medicine for chil
dren. If others havo repeatedly told me ot its
good effect upon their children."
Da, a. C. OsaooD,
.' ' Lowell, Haas.
M Csstorla It the best remedy for children of
which I am acquainted. I hops the day Is not
far distant when mothers will consider tho real
Interest of their children, aad use Castorla in
stead of the various quack nostrums which are
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium,
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful
agents down their throats, thereby sending
them to premature grares."
' Da. J. F. KnfcnXLos,
Conway, Ark.
lie Gentaar Cosayasij, TT
UP TO
Elttbllshtd 1B63.
the (jenuine
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At a time when many manu
facturers and dealers are making
the most astounding statements
regardingthenierits and durability
of inferior Pianos, intending pur
chasers should not Tail to make
critical examination of the above
instruments.
EL C. RICKER
General Dealer in Northeast
- era Pennsylvania.
New Telephone Exchange Building, US
. . ' Adams Ava Soranton, Pa..
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m
me av plug of tobacco when I hadn't
a chaw for twenty-tour houra, and was
-half-dead for one!"
"If you're the Tank that gave me a
canteen nearly full of -wKisky when I
was dyirrg for a drink," rejoined the
southerner, I am."
The voice of the old veteran from
the north trembled slightly when he
spoke again.
"1 have always ' thought," he said,
Uhat If I ever met that man again
his side of the fords of the river of
Jordan I'd tell him that that tobacco
was the -meanest, orneslest, good-for-nothlngest,
dog-goned stuff that I ever
put Into tny mouth."
"Yank." replied .the old boy In "gray,
with emotion, "I've always wanted to
live long enough to meet the man that
rave me thiat whisky and tell him it
was the vilest, naatlieat, cheapest. In
ternalist booze thait ever insulted the
stomach 'of a white man, begad, wh!"
Than the two old warriors shook
hands and moved off arm In arm la
the direction of a tent that had a bai
rel inside of It.
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AN INVENTOR'S DREAM.
Ellas Uowe Learned While Asleep to
Locate the Needle's Eye.
From the Philadelphia T.'-s.
Ellas Howe almorit beggared himself
before he discovered where the eye of
the needle of a sewing .machine should
bo located. His original Idea was to
follow the model of the eye at the heel.
It never occurred to him that it should
be placed near the point, and he might
have failed altogether If he had not
dramed he was build'lng a sewing ma
chine for a savage king In a strange
country. Just as in his actual nuking
experience, he was rather perplexed
about the needle's eye. He thought
the king gave him twenty-four hours
to complete and make lit asw.
If. not finished in than time, death
Was to be the punishment. Howe
worked and workr-d and puzulod: and
puzzled, and finally rave It up. Then
he thought he was taken ou t to be exe
cuted. iHe noticed that the warriors
carried spears that -were pierced near
the head. Instantly came the solution
cf the difficulty, and while the Inventor
Was Hbpgglng for time he awoke. He
Jumped out of bed, ran to .his work
shop, and ty 9 a needle with an eyo
eit ithe point had been rudely modeled.
Afller that It was easy. This Is the
true story of an .Important Incident In,
the invention of the sewing machine.
His Great Incentive.
Novelist Look here. Mr. Publlrher, by
hook or crock I mus-t wrlto a book that
will sell. The chance is too good to be lost.
Publishor Why?
Novelist Because-If I could only make
a success with my first novel, I've one
hundred and twenty-three others at home
that would bring in a perfect fortune.
Truth.
Castorla.
Castorla b so well adapted to children that
I recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me."
H. A. Aacmtn, SL D.,
Ill Bo, Oxford St, Brooklyn, N. Y.
M Our physicians in the children's depart
ment hare spoliea highly of their experi
ence In their outside practice with Coatoria,
and although we only bare among out
medical supplies what Is known as regular
products, yet we are free to confess that the
merits ot Castorla has won ns to look with
favor upon it."
Usrnco Hosfitax, asm Dursstiar,
Boston, Haas
Alli C. Surra, Pres.,
Murray Street, 5ew Tork City,
DATE.
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