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TILE SCR ANTON TRIBUNE SATUIl DAY MOKJJXNG, DECEMBER 28, 1895.
Y.DSafoI yn y QwaSth,
florieri:-and the Ghost
Southey and the Oorsedd and lolo Morganwg,
- Ffrangcon Davies and Robert Morris Eisteddfod.
Minors are no less superstitious than
Bailors, and some strange sounds were
hvard recently at the Morfa eollery of
Ttilbuch In OlanmortfutiHhlre. The fol
lowing la- a racy description of the af
fair by the orMlial Moricn, of thn
Western Mall: "From the Bteps of the
Throne of the. Knights of Garters In
Windsor castle to the coal sheds of
i Morfa colliery. Port Talbot, Is a big
Jump. (Of course It lit. Just think of a
, man trnvellnit from Scranton to New
York In one day! That's about the
distance poor Morlen traveled upon this
i memorable occasion.) T ascended the
steps to have a view of the queen and
her court. I visited Morfu in quest of
u trhost. In arriving at the place I
found the Morfa miners standing in
Krouus at the street corners, llelng
descendants of the ancient Silurians,
. these men are very brave, and. like
their ancestors, they would meet a
chnrpe of cavalry on foot. Hut, if they
are equal to all kinds of llesh and bones
In 'war or peace, they are terribly afiaid
of ghosts. Did not we ourselves feel
the .llesh creep the first time we beheld
the'.fhost of the Itoyal Thane, Ham
let's father? Did we not think of the
speediest way of escape from the scene
when we first heard his sepulchral ami
bliiod-eurdllnrr tones crylnjf. "List, list,
) list!" It is all veiy well for the read
er seated in the dnylipht at his fireside,
to . call , the Morfa miners "supersti
tious," Because they on hearlnpr strange
and uncxplniniible noises In the diir
.envcrns of the narth, Intnderds of yards
below where the swans ridi tne wnttin.
'turn fall and bolt lor.irds the Il;rht of
the sun. One ot the miners today.
Mandii-.ff air.onrr his fellows, with bis
hands Jn Ills pockets, p. pipe in his
mouth, told niche hail rend the etlltovlel
comment In the Western llnll that
,nioi nliis' on what they, were pleased to
cull ..the "superstition" of the Morfii
miners. "Tell the editor," he said se
verely, "to confine his remarks to thlnps
of this Mvorld, for h" knows nothing
Hliout heaven nnd h-1! ami the work
Infra undorfcii.iirid1" And he added the
remark that If the Western Mail edi
tor hud been seated In the dim I i it It t t.f
a i liini:y vlan-.f' In the Jrterlor of t'te
i ikinsrs, and had henrd uroanlmj in I
the darkness beyond and below In tht !
il""l;, he. too, would have taken to his I
heels and quickly sought "some hole to ;
hide, In." Anothof miner, sharp-eyed
urd fteenihiRly hlf-hly intelligent, tie- j
cbiwd to me theie was not the slight- j
i n" . ttotibt . Hint Inexi'licribl" stranse i
nnes iiad iieeti heard In the workings,
V'th luti'l) ami before the explosion six i
y.Mis ito. This l.eller, which he tie- ;
'clured Ml per cent of trio men believed,
l.us been lnlensi!l(d by the Undine the :
rieve at 10 o'clock on Sunday iiluht
't 'iHe- to the mouth of the shaft, I
J.iHveriiiir hls voice, the same j
young - man salt" to me as follows: !
in the IMIile the dove hint a unl'iiu po- j
sltlou ktarbenlsrrwydti. The church Is I
there alluded to as nicuolnK do In the
wllderncsM, Th" Holy Spirit assiini"d
tli(" shape of n tlnve in Its descent upon
the head of our Lord at His baptism.
t whs a do'v that was sent out of
North's ark in search of duyllirht after
the di liiK". Hid." added be, "how do we
know but that the dove perched in the
flillit tin that tram, close to the weiirh
notise, and near the pit s mouth., mirth t
r.ot be -t siRtiul wnrnlnff un of our peril'.'"
'(in i'ouchlnir the pit's mouth 1 ascer
tained that Mr. Kolison, the ;;overn-
intent ilispectoi : Mr. Orey, the rlilef
:i'.iiaer; Mr Jsaae 'vans (miners'
rpMitl, and eiarht of the men hatl pone
d' n into the mine In search of the
vtiir'-ts'.' if any weir really Ihci"! It
Mi'tfck mo there was wiiiiethin(r peculiar
!n th numbers irune down to exercise
,t!ie "cplrlu." Mr. Kobson. Mr. Orey,
rttid Mr. Isaac Evans seemed to be en
I! "ifferi nftir the manner of the KR-vptlar.
trlmurti. The riht workmen repre
sented tho seven Planets and the Or
dind or Octnve. When I ascertained
the ortler with which they had gone to
fuoe the "enemy" 1 'instantly concluded
that he would take care to make hlm
Felf scarce on the occasion of their visit.
( in their return to bank, after spt ndintj
srveri'.l hours beloiv, they ilerlnred they
hiid neither seen nor heard anything.
Mr. Orey, however, looked very serious.
I'rolinldy, his seriousness on this occn-l-ion
-was mainly attributable, hot to
the Ahost or Rhosts. litit tt the annoy
ni.ice he felt at the stoppage of the col
lU'ry throitRh the men decllnlrift to ro
down. It was understood the men still
refused to resume work. lint Immedi
ately after nscendinR out of the pit
with the authorities mentioned above
Mr. Isaac Kvans and the eight men rep
resenting the other underground work
men returned to Talibaih to report the
result. of the exploration. The story of
; the fright Is hrielly as follows: A short
time before the explosion six years ago
peveral workmen declared they had
heard strr.uge nolseij In the workings.
It Is stated that several men were so
.frightened by what they had heard that
they leit of their own accord imd went
to work In the Ichondda Valley. Among
oilier t.hiniM then said was that an np
paitftion. dressed In a black oil-cloth
suit, had ascended from the shaft by
the siri6trf a tram of coal on the cage,
nnd .that . It had., been seen walking
feross the ward to the place used as a
, 'deadhiiuse after the explosion. One' of
. :thn ttlflcJaN of tho colliery, dressed ex
uctly ln the same manner, did as the
apparition had done immediately after
tht i dlbaster lurd ' haticened. On the
present- occasion, In addition to finding
'' tae do.ve; oh statrVI. on Sunday niisrht, two
V-nien iUflewifd.thP.Khrd a few, tluys ao
ij". groans issolfi! fro!! a-purt of the wcrk
S iiigs"iiiootiup!ef. in 'addition, to' this,
,ft is stated a .heavy door on one of the
'roadways was seen to open and shut of
Jts own aecerd. ami a canvass door was
. seen Muttering In a most mysterious
fashion. The entire locally is much
moved in reference to the affair, and
among other things, as indicating the
possibility of things supernatural ap
' .'Jieafinp. refer to the witch of Kndor
Yalsing'by the request of King Saul the
' ghoVt of the prophet Samuel. It-must
be admitted that it seemed that a small
minority laughed merrily over the tales
' told."
The majority of the miners working
n' these mines ridicule the existence of
spooks, and are very Indignant that the
newspapers have given such widespread
notoriety to the matter. Nevertheless,
many of them have left and are now
Working elsewhere, but the most intel
ligent of them claim that the strange
noises arise from the old workings in
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1 the nit. Tt is known that there are no
less than six corpses of the disaster of
six years ago are In the pit. The report
of spooks In the pit has created a great
stir In Wales and the sensational news
papers have greatly benefitted thereby.
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A Notable lllstcjdfod.
The Denbigh eisteddfod. 1828, was held
during three days upon the open space
within the walls of the ancient casilei
Sir Kdward Mostyn presided, and the
attendance of all classes was very large
on each day. On the first day letters
were rend from Sir Walter Scott,
Thomas Moore and Robert Southey,
expressing their grullncntlon at having
being elected honorary members of the
Cymmrodorlon society In (iwynedd, and
breathing respectively the tones of
nationul sympathy from Seotland.from
Ireland, and from Kngland. Southey,
in the spirit of poetic fi :; wship. said:
"The honor is peculiarly gratifying to
tne, because one of the works by which
I hope to bo remembered hereafter f o
lates mainly to Welsh trndltlon End
Welsh history." The Itev. Thomas
Price (furnhuanawc) on this occasion
appeared before his northern fellow
countrymen, and appears to have been
endowed with a double portion of the
spirit of his forefathers. On one day of
the eisteddfod. His Royal Highness, the
Kuke of Sussex, honored the scene, and
witnesed the contest for the gold harp.
The distinguished harpist nnd com
poser. Hard I. law, who conducted the
musical arrangements, requested Mr.
7'riee to announce the contest, and. in
a most remarkable rind Impressive
I Krech. he ninde the following observa-
Hons on the Welsh national instrument,
i "I have heard the guitar of the South,
i and have admired iti light and airy
j tone:;. So ct ngenlal witfc its native
blue and ethereal skies, have beard the
I harsher, but not less characteristic
! strains of the North; the pibroc
I or tiocnl.'. I Mill nt the gathcr
j Ir.g place ,,f lnverlochy, tht? war
. ronr i ! l.oclJel. v.ith the Gaelic address
I to til wolf ami the raven, "Come to me
j and 1 will give thee Hcsh." I have like
, wise lisrer.ed to tho melodies of Urln
I unions her own eineriild hills, the melo
j tiles so much In accordance with the
genius of the people among whom they
j originated, v!e.e gay. st moods are not
I lmfreticeritb tir.ged with a east of pen-
sivencFS, end of whom It has been ob
served that even l.i their liveliest move
ments there occasionally o-curs sime
minor third, or some first seventh,
which c asts Its shade as it passes, and
makes mirth even Interesting. I have
also heer 1 the no le.ts Joyous strains of
Merry Knglnnd. Hut it is with pride I
can venture to assert that not in Kn
ropel might saf-ly atld, not in the
world--! here is found among the peas
antry i f a et m n try that the criterion of
popular taste must be sought, anil we
limy challenge the world to produce
another country In which there Is found
In the hands of the real peasant and
village minstrel so superior an Insfu-
! mi nt as that of which we m- this day
i met to promote its cultivation." It is re-
corded that the effec: of this speech
J upon the audience was transporting.
and His Royal Highness the Duke of
I Kssex throughout the whole course of
tile proceedings was charmed, and re
marked to Lady liar: let Wynn in tone
loud nongh In be generally heard: "It
Is not at nil sufjtrlitlng that the sweet
strains of the 'Welsh barn and the cheer
ing nrpe -t of I .vte valer, hove set on
fire a soul so gifted as that of Mr.Vrice."
At the Tremadoe lOlsteddfotl. held In the
year of ISjl. I.ady Hall, of Hanover
Castle, offered i prize of two guineas
for the best epitaph on Carnhuanawe.
tine hundred and twenty-seven compo
sitions were received, and Kberi Fardd
awarded the prise to Hobyn Wyn o
Kition. Disapproving of even the best
out of ihet large number because It
dt scribed narnltuamiwc merely as a
great man. an historian and a harper,
the late leuan Garynedd wrote the fol
lowing, which by far was the best epi
taph: Mvvyn. Isel pymwynuswr offcirlarl
A phurar wintixirvvr;
CarnhuiinawK en wows wr er el
a ,.,n Un'i ln onn hsneswr.
KloJ
For facts in connection with the
above we are Indebted to Cadrawd. of
the South Wales News.
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Pont y fir Urmg. I
I-,.--.. f..ie renders art" familiar with
the legend conneot-d with the building
of the Devil's Bridge In CaidiRanshlre
All Welsh men and women have heard
nf the romantic old bridge, and the le
gend, no doubt, will be worth repeating
again. It has been considerably cur
tailed from the original, but the facts
remain the same. J. Hagnall Kvans,
M. A., a C.'ardl of eminence, tells the
tale at length, but we will tell It In a
shorter manner: An old woman, who
lived In a cottage on one side of the
valley, rose one morning and went to
look for her cow which she had left over
night grazing In a field near by. To
her dismay she spied the nnimnl on the
other side of the chasm, which there
was no way of crossing save by a long
tramp cither up or down the valley.
In her perplexity Mr. Devil came to
her ami offered to build a bridge from
rock to rock, on condition that the first
living thing that passed over It should
be his, of course meaning her, who; he
judged, would naturaly go across to
fetch her cow. To this she readily con
sented, and the bridge was built In
stantaneously. Hut the old lndy. In
stead of going over herself, took from
her pocket a crust of bread, which she
threw across, and her dog running nf
ter It over the bridge, she told the devil
to take him, for he was the first living
thing that had passed over It. Rxit the
devil sold. Now, this Is the legend,
doubtless In Its mediaeval dress, for
there are many popular tales current in
Germany,' and In Kurope generally, and
dating from the middlo ages, where the
devil is represef!U'd.;BS building houses,
etc., and everVa church, with a like stip
ulation, and Is foiled by a similar trick.
Hut nOW' artsfs the interesting ques
tion whether this, Hke many other stor
ies. Is not of far earlier origin. It is
well to remember that our Ayrlan fore
fathers habitually personified alnrost
ail the works of nature. Thus the rain-
swollen ciouu was tne cow. wrose
teenlng udder refreshed and replenished
the earth. The cloud itself wan spun
and .woven by thu celet:tla! "cl-.iud-wo-man,"
who also drew ?.rle water from
the fountains on high and poured it
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down in rain. The stormy wind was
the howling "dog," or wolf the dog be
ing also an attendant on the dead
whence many of our modern supersti
tions, such as the howling of a dog be
fore a death. The crossing of a stream
was an emblem of death, and this is
found, in one shape or other, in all Indo
Kuropean mythologies, and even In non
Aryan, as witness the crossing of the
river Styx in the Greek, and of the Jor
dan to the Promised Land in the Jewish.
Even Mr. Devil has his prototype in
the demon of the Aryan myths. May
we not, therefore, surmise that some
early settler of our race here on the
brink of the weird itheidlol, recalled the
ancient lore of his far-off ancestors of
an eastern tilne, thus furnishing the
foundation of the legend of the Devil's
Hridge.
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Southey and tho Oorsedd.
Very few even of our best read coun
trymen know but very little relating to
the "Oorsedd" of, the eisteddfod of
Wales. We mean the National elstedd
tod, the annual eisteddfod, and not the
petty mugwump competitive meetings
that are so frequently held In U walla
in these days. Gorsedd means a seat,
a judgment seat, a tribunal, a court of
Judicature. The descriptio-.i of the
Gorsetld as conducted In the days of
Madoc ab Owen Gwynedd the man
that knew America before Columbus
was born by Southey would render it
exceedingly applicable in the present
time:
There in the eye
Of Hunt, and In the face of day, tho rites
llegati. rpon the stone of covenant
The shea tiled sword was laid; the Master
then
liaised tip his voice ad cried, "Let them
who seek
The hlnh degree and sacred .privilege
of bardic science und cf Cini'ltric lure.
Here to the tmrds of liiitulii make their
claims."
Thus having said, the Master batle tho
youths
Approach the place of peace, ant! merit
there
The bard's most honorable name. Ai that
Heirs and trunsiniltors of the ancient
"liRlit,
The youiln advanced; they heard the Clm
hriti lore,
From earliest days preserved, they struck
their harps,
And each In ilua succession raised the
r.oii.
In n letter to Coleridge, which Is pub
lished in Southey's "Memoirs," he pvs:
Hard Williams (lolo MoiRanwg) com
municated to me Horn.i time ago some
fine arcana of bardic mythology, quite
new to nm and to the world, which you
will find !n "Madoc."
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.1 tjrent na.itnnc.
No singer nt the present day Is so
popular In London and the other great
Hnglish cities as Mr. Ffrangcon 11a vies,
tho marvelous baritone. Mr. Davies
was formerly n blight clergyman In
the established church of Wales, and Is
a highly educated gentleman, being a
graduate of Oxford. He became de
votedly attached to music when young,
and his friends soon learned that he
was 'n possession of a remarkable voice.
He soon abandoned his clerical duties
anil- took up music. He studied with
Dr. Roland Rogers nnd finished his
musical studies with the leading voice
trainer of the British nietropoli . His
succes'has been phenomenal and since
his advent upon the professional stage,
the great Stanley has lost much ot his
wonted popularity. He will pay his
first visit to America In the spring. He
has beei. engaged to sing nt several
'ndin(r concerts ut the great cities.
He will remain here dining the months
of April and May. An elTort is being
made toei'giige him for the Robert Mor
ris eisteddfod, which takes place on the
17th of Map-h. and Judge Edwards hns
kindly consented to communicate with,
the great singer and rAke the neces
sary arrangements. It Is t.1 be hoped
that the judge will succeed In his noble
efforts. We say he will. Re met him
on various occasions while on his Eu
ropean trip last summer. Tho Robert
Morris eisteddfod will be the musical
attraction of lsyii. ,
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MIsm .Mucijic I 'n vies.
The London correspondent of the
Western Mail has furnished that great
and popular dully newspaper .with some
Important facts regarding the future
engagements und prospects of Miss
Maggie Davies, the Dowlals young lady
who has so distinguished herself re
cently. She has now been engaged to
create the principal part In the new
opera by Dr. Vllllers Stanford to be pro
duced In London early in February.
This part has been practical. written
for Miss Davies' voice and style. The
opera will run for three months under
the supervision of Sir Augustus Harris.
This id not Miss Dnvles initial per
formance on the stage. She hns ap
peared In "Orpheus" at Cambridge and
elsewhere. The part alloted her is very
much like "Susanna" in 'La Mozza de
Figaro" and "Zerlina" in "Don Giovan
ni." which were played recently at Co
vent Garden by Madame Pattl. The
rtelectlon is bright and sparkling. Mr.
Hen Davies, Santley and Ludwig will
appear in the cast. Miss Davies Is
fresh from winning her laurels In Paris,
where she has been studying with Ma
dame Viardot.
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Poet lslwyn.
Welsh literateurs are delighted, says
the Cardiff News, at the prospevt of
speedily securing copies of the poetical
works of the seraphic poet-preacher
lslwyn. It Is dlllicult to conceive how
the publication has so long been de
layed, and Mr. O. M. Edwards, M. A.,
merits the gratitude of his countrymen
for his successful efforts In securing
the right to publish the production of
one who Is Justly regarded as one of the
sweetest Welsh poets of the century.
Equaly gratifying Is the announcement
now made that the dtd poet's sermons
are ajso being published. Islwyn's ser
mons will secure a ready reception both
In Wales and America. He had a high
conception of the mission of the poet,
but he gave precedence to the preaching
of the gospel, as will be seen by the
following:
Kr uched yw y bardd, er pared yw,
Cinatlaoth Awen, o nanctelddiol ryw,
Ymgolla yn y swydd orohiiel hon,
Fel seren yn y dydd, fel detuwn yn y don.
Wcndcrful .Malarial llittors.
Tho recommendations of the best
Chemists antl Medical Practitioners as
sure the public of the purity of Speer's
Wines and they are as well assured of
the purity of Aunt Rachel's Malarial
Hitters, the base of which Id, this wine,
only made bitter by herbs and roots
among which are -Peruvian Bark,
Chamomile Flowers, Snake Root, Gin
ger, etc. It Is dally used by the Medi
cal Faculty; - 1 .
Druggists sell the Bitters,
Yon Will Want ft.'
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January 1. It Is cpmprehnsive In every
thing pertaining to Northeastern Penn
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LATE LEGAL LORE.
The Legality of Adjournments,
A very novel case Is that of Tillman V,
Otter (Ky.) 2a L. R. A. 11U, to the effect
that the mayor cannot adjourn either one
alone of two branches of the general coun
cil of a city, and that the majority of one
branch cannot, 'by refusing to consent lo
lix a lime for the election of an orllcer by
both houses and by remaining away from
ine miieiiug. prevent tne remaining mem
bers, who constitute a 'majority of both
Draiicnea, rrom amain a valiu election, it
seems to be the I! rut decision to the effect
that an executive olticer must adoiurn
both, if either, of the two branches of the
legislative body, antl that the legal ad
journment cf such u body leaves it still
in session.
What Property .May Do Sciiea.
The richt of munfelnnl authorities of a
city to destroy 'the private property of a
citizen ror tne pu'Olle good witnout com
pensating him. unless the nrooertv is It'
self a nuUance endangering the public
health or safety, Is denied In Savannah v.
Mulligan (Ga.) 29 L. R. A. 3UJ; but It was
held that bedding which had been used
by a person who had tcnrlet fever was In
fact a nulrance endangering the public
health, the destruction of which was law
ful and entitled the owner to no compen
sation.
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Mnstt Set Death Traps.
Liability for fixing a, loaded gun In a
building so thAit it will be discharged on
forcing open thefront door, and will kill
a person attempting to enter, is held In
Stone v. Harr (Wash.) 29 L. R. A. 154, to be
a question or raot or mixed fact and law
for the Jury. With the ease Is a note pre
senting (ho authorities on the question of
ltiuuility for killing or Injuring trespassers
by me'itis of spring guns, traps, or other
tiangerous instruments.
Liability of n llotcl-Kccpcr.
Thnt a hofel keeper Is not liable for a
inert ny ins nignt cIkiR, rrom the hotel
sale, of money of a regular boarder who
has lived In the house lor some months.
If ordinary cure and diligence wero used
In employing the clerk. Is decided In Tay
lor v. Downey (Mich.) 2fl L. R. A. 92; ami
with the case is a nole r.'.i the liability of a
'hniice ror tne wrongful appropriation by
in servunn or tne tning ouueti,
-I!-
Stnto Not a Preferred Creditor.
The right of a state or a municipality to
priority or preference of payment from
an Insolvent estate after a general as
signment for creditors, which p.xsses the
title, is denied in State v. Foster (Wyo.)
29 L. It. A. 22fi; nnd tht- numerous cases
on the nriotitv cf n state or the t'nttotl
Suites in payment from sssi ts of s debtor
are reviewed In coivyction witn this case,
delating to Street Cars.
A person who lias signaled a street car
ami stands waiting ror it when struck by
the car. which makes a sudden swing from
Its proper track to a snitch. Is held in
lionovan v. Hartford street Railway Co.
t;r. Conn. 201, 29 L. R. A. 297, 'to have no
riclHs as a nnssencer. althoiich such nn
accident If held to make a prima fade case
or negligent' on the part of the street
ruiiroati company. ,
Overworking Men Is Illegal
Requiring a train crew to be on duty
nineteen nours eaen day without lime lor
food Is held In Pennsylvania Co. v. Mc
Caffrey duel.) 29 L. K. A. PH. to be th
proximate cause of an Injury to a track
hand by trains tmekins on him without
warning, while members of the crew were
away Irani the train in search of food
ami the company was held liable for such
injury.
HI-
1 rand of promoter.
Fraud of promoters in procuring a sub
scription to the stock or a corporation lie
fore Its organization Is held In St. Johns
.vlanuriK'tiiiliiK Co. v. Munaor (Mich. I
L. It. A. Ci, lo lie no defense against an
assessment on the slock after the sub
scriber hns united In forniinir the cornor.i.
tion, hut It is held that his remedy was
usauihi ine wroiigtioers.
' Liability of Loan Stock holders.
The liability of a memlicr of a building
nnd loan association to assessments
made tor -the purpose of covering losses
and equalising the members, so that they
may all go out on an cuutil footing, is sus
tained in Wohll'onl v. Citizens' II. L. &
Huv. Asso. (Intl.) 29 L. R. A. 177: and with
the cuse Is a note on the liability of ad
vanced members of a building and loan
association to nssessnmnrs ror losses.
. -il-(.onccrninu
Smoked Meats.
Smoked meats In a storage room where
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are regarded as contents of the smoke
house within the meaning of an insurance
policy construed in Grayblll v. Pennsyl
vania. Mutual hire Insurutice Association
lit) Pa. 7ii, 29 L R. A. .". where It ujiipearer.
that the purtle Intended the storage to
ue mane in ims wuy.
Light hour Low Void.
A statute prohibiting the employment of
females more .than eight hours per day or
iui i.v-eiKin noui s per week in any factory
m vtutiooioo is neiu in interne v. I'conle,
1M 111. 98. 29 L. I!. A. 79. to lie iineniiHtltn.
tloiuil hs an arbitrary Infringement of the
iiKni or inuivitiuals to make contracts,
which Is not justitleiLby 'the police power.
Collins One an Anarchist Is Libel.
Falsely publishing that a person would
be an anarchist if he thought it would
pay is neiu in i-vls v. Dally News Com
pany (Mil.) 29 L. Ii. A. 59, to bo libelous be
cause It Imputes the possession of moral
ooiKiuity nnu turpitude, which would
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nuuii me ieruu inus sugniutliseu.
Compulsory Vaccination Sustained.
The validity of a statute authorizing
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One of tho Rights of Labor.
A statute prohibiting employers from
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Let Lawyers Itcwnre-
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Twentieth Paper of Northwestern Travel.
Washington's Hop-Raising Industry.
Written for the Tribune.
After emerging from the western por
tal of Stampede tunnel, the "helper" is
disconnected from the train and we de
scend the western slope of the Cascades
on a grade similar to thnt In ascending
the eastern slope 110 feet to the mile
In the midst of superb mountain
scenery, to the valley and canyon of
Green River, a beautiful mountain
stream, which rises in the Cascades.
This stream Is well stocked with trout
and flows through dense forests of
cedar, fir and spruce, the trees ranging
from 100 to 250 feet high, straight as an
arrow and often without a branch for a
hundred feet or more from the base, and
from live to ten feet through.
Our credentials not only allowed us
the freedom of any train with "stop
offs" at will, but the privilege of a seat
on the locomotive, beside the engineer,
where he could point out the objects of
Interest, to be photographed aa we de
scended the net work of gorges and
canyons, so profoundly grand.
Viewed from tho Locomotive Cab.
Imagine the sensation! The engineer
opens tne throttle-valve just enough to
rive the train a start, when steam Is
shut off nnd brakes are applied, and we
go safely, but with thundering speed,
along the narrow pathway, blasted out
from the mountain side, around sharp
spurs, over yawning gulfs, the locomo
tive trembling in every part, swaying
from side to side and jolting upon her
neavy springs as she warms to her
work. Faster and faster turn the
driving wheels, louder and louder
sounds the roar of the train, the re
verberation being more and more in
tensified amid these mountain fast
nesses. Suddenly shooting around a
promontory, as If about to leap into a
yawning abyss which opens before us.
we make another short curve antl then
gt back on our course on the opposite
side of the spur, while above us is the
iron pathway we have Just passed over.
Thus we sweep along mile after mile, in
a thrilling and exciting race, following
tho winding track skillfully hewn from
the "solid wnll.4 of Hod's mnsonry," the
proud monarch safely held In check by
the air-brenk lever, controlled by tho
faithful engineer, who. at no time loses
his clutch on the wheels, and when the
speed Is too rapid, an extra turn of the
little brass handle antl the wheels are
gripped a little harder, the momentum
of the immense train Is checked and
finally brought to a standstill at Wes
ton, which Is the foot of the mountain
grade and the first stop made after
leaving the tunnel, a small railroad
town in the dense forests.
As we glide along through the ever
shifting scenes our constant com
panion, "The I.iindellus Camera," is
brought Into use. In obtaining snap
shots of this grand scenery, these in
describable mountain views. Hcrevveob
talned anuther view of Mount Taconin.
Its great snow dome Is seen ahead of
us. and in varying aspects now west
ward, then northward so that we get
magnificent views of the massive
mountain and of the nearer hills.
A nearer nnd more rugged wilder
ness soon presents Itself, which Is gnzed
at by every one with feelings of deepest
awe, as Mt. Taeomn's cold, hoary head
looks solemnly down with n noble dig
nity upon us tourists nnd the array of
smaller mountain peaks which are
simply satellites to their great master
and monarch.
Weston is the twin sister of Kaston.
just over the range where we first en
tered the tunnel on the eastern slope.
Here our westbound train takes the
side track for the eastbound train to
pass and the tourists are permitted to
behold an Interesting sight in railroad
ingof two trains, one bound towards
the rising sun and the other towards
the setting sun. and both for a time
running parallel to each other and In
the same direction.
(irccn Klvcr Hot Spriuijs.
Tester is tho terminus of the Cascade
and Oreen River divisions of the road.
sixty-four miles from Tacoma. through
the Puyallup valley, with twelve small
stations intervening, the principal ones
being Hot Springs, Meeker, and Puy
allup, Meeker being the Junction point
of the line to Seattle. Rltuntetl on the
C.reen river In the valley of that name,
sixty-three miles from Tacomn nnd
eighty miles from Seattle, Is the noted
Oreen River Hot Springs, the grent
health and pleasure resort of the Pa-
rifif Northwest. These springs are 1,
450 feet above sen level and surrounded
by mountain peaks that reach an alti
tude nf nearly u mile 3,000 feet and up
wards. These waters contain Iron,
magnesia nntl sulnhur. an excellent
combination of mineral Ingredients for
rejuvenating the system, nntl its baths
have effected complete cures In cases of
rheumatism; while Its friends claim for
alcoholism, the water Is nn absolute
cure, ns It opens the pores of the skin,
and drinking It removes nil crav'ng for
stimulants. It gives us great pVasure
to chronicle these discoveries in tne in
terest of unfortunute suffering human
ity. Such good hotel accommodations
are seldom found In so mountainous a
country as here: besides, the river Is
filled with salmon and mountain troui.
(ilncior l-'ed Streams
After leaving the Oreen river, the
railroad crosses two divides first to the
White river, towards Seattle, antl then
to tho Puyallup, both picturesque
streams, fed from glaciers bearing the
same names, whose source is from the
apex of the great white peak. Mount
Tacoma. There are sixteen or more of
these Ice-rivers, which drain in every
case from single glaciers Into Puget
Sound and the Columbia river. They
vary in size from lour and one half
miles long and a mile or more In width,
down to one-half mile in length nnd a
quarter of a mile wide for the smallest.
For a vertical uisiance m one nine
and one-half, or (MOO feet from the
summit downward, the mountain nroper
Is covered with a glittering, polished,
white enamel of Ice and snow, hundreds
of feet deep. Instead of a mountain of
black, rocky ridges and precipices, we
find a dome with white gleaming top
and sides and bluish-green Ice preclr
ploes. From the upper part of this
crystal field the glaciers spring. It Is
a favored opportunity to oe permitted
tn e-aze at this irreat white throne and
lenrn new lessons of God's goodness and
Nnture's manifold greatness.
Speeding Toward Tacoma.
From looking upward to the eternal
hills, as Inclination prompts, our rail
road takes us Into the depths of the
massive forests, broken only by an oc
casional clearing to Eagle Gorge, near
the base of the Cascades. Here is a
section house, a bit of winding track.
narrow dashing river and foaming
rapids, surrounded by luxuriant ferns,
"only this and nothing more" then to
Palmer and Puekley, and finally to
Carbendado.-WHUeson and South Prai
rie, where we are In close proximity to
the great coal fields of the state, twenty-
five miles from Tacoma and forty-nve
from Seattle.
From here to Puyallup, sixteen miles,
we pass through dense forests of fir
trees, 200 to 250 high; clearings con
taining thousands of stumps four to
six feet through, ranches of fat and
sleek looking cattle, and miles ot wheat
and alfalfa fields, the richest and rank
est in the state, and finally the most
productive hop region In the world,
where the possession or a few acres in
hops makes the farmer Independent for
,,fr ... .. ... .
i m Metropolis or nopar.m.
Puyallup Is a town of 3,750 population,
situated on the Puyallup river, eight
miles east of Tacoma. It Is surrounded
by hills covered by forests of fir and
cedar. It is essentially a "hop-town,"
the trading point for all the hop-raising
country in Puget Sound. The farm
ers almost exclusively engage in rais
ing hops and fruits. The hop fields
extend up to the very door-yards in the
village, and the drying houses on the
near hop farms are conspicuous ob
jects. The soil In this hop-growing
valley seems to be Inexhaustible and
every acre will yield a net profit, nt
least, of one hundred dollars. There are
few other forms of agricultural In
dustry In which eo much money can be
made lrom an acre of ground. The
tourist should stop oiT a day or two to
investigate the Industry which has
made the town. The average yield is
2.000 pounds per acre, and it often
reaches 2,500 pounds.
Among other hop-growing places we
visited are Kent and Meeker. Here
are long avenues of clinging, raspy
vines, dry kilns, press sheds, pickers
quarters, and stacked-uo picking
boxes ready for the picking season.
e took various camera shots or the
long, narrow lanes, walled in by blossom-laden
vines ns they hung on the
sea of burdened lion pules underneath.
Acres upon acres of these green-walled
fields line the road to both Tacoma ami
Seattle. It is a novel sight to witness
two or three thousand so-called lazy
Indians laboring In these fields during
the hop-picking season. Some of these
copper-skinned workers have come
hundreds of miles to get em
ployment; some from as far north
as Queen Charlotte Islands, and
some from the Yakima Indian
reservation east of the Cascades. Many
of them become very expert pickers
earning "large money" dailv. Ordinary
Pickers earn from $1 to $1.25 per day
The standard slue hop-box holds nine
teen and one-eighth bushels, or one
hundred pounds of green hops struck
measure and $1 a box Is paid for pick
ing, and some Indians pick two and
three boxes a clay.
Profits or Hop Farming.
After picking comes the drying pro
cess, which requires great care and skill,
as the entire crop may, by bad manage
ment, be rendered next to valueless in
u few hours. This season's hops nre
worth from seven to nine cents. Ten
years ago they sold for one dollar and
over. Hops cannot possibly be picked
and dried for less thar six cents. They
are then baled in bales of ninety to two
hundred and ten pounds eht-h. The
totul cost, including picking, baling ami
making ready for market, is fro.ni $170
to Slso per acre
We secured the following memoranda
from Kzra Meeker of Puyallup, which
may be of Interer;: Mr. Meeker Is
Washington's pioneer and the largest
hop-raiser on l'l.get Sound, owning ex
tensive Ileitis In both Puvalluo. Kent
nnd Meeker, nntl is considered the au
thority on hop culture in the United
Slates, being the author of an exhaus
tive treatise on Imp culture. He is a
gentleman of culture nnd wide experi
ence, and he says: "The soil here
among the valleys of the Puget Sound
nnsln is, as anyone may see, an allu
vial deposit, remarkably rich, to which
fact the luxuriance of even wild vege
tation bears ample testimony. We have
no such thing ns sub-soli here. I have
penetrated this rich alluvial mold to a
depth of 144 feet and found no change,
nothlngthat might be classed a sub-soil.
Hop roots penetrate the soil to a great
depth. In ditching through my yards
I have found them very abundant nt a
depth of four feet and roots nine feet
In length have been seen where exposed
by the vvRsh of river banks. A cron can
be raised the first year from cuttings
planted In the spring. This is not the
ense in other hop-growing 'regions.
During my fifteen years' experience In
the raising of hops, no enemies (hop
louse) have appeared, or disease at
tacked them, owing to the peculiarities
of soil and climate, which always Insure
the crop against ravages of disease so
destructive elsewhere. Hops have been
grown in these valleys, upon the same
lands, for the pnst fifteen years without
any apparent diminution of the crop,
or even weakening ot the plants.
"There are hop yards of thnt age
without a missing hill or sign of decay.
This very yard you are now inspecting
Is bearing Its tenth crop, and see the
result. Why, ns a matter of fact, with
oroper care, a hon yard will last and
llourlsh for centuries in this deep, rich
soil. The real tilal of the hop-grower
Is to secure requisite help tn Insure the
prompt picking of his crop. If not
quickly picked it is liable to deterior
ate In vnlue. Indians do most of this
work. Thousands of them come from
all parts of the conr.t, even from distant
Alaska." Washington hop-raisers al
ways realize ' at least $100 an annual
net profit per acre, and a very low esti
mate Is 1.000 pounds yield per ncre.
This Is the substance of what Mr. Mee
ker says, and much more might be ad
ded. If time and space would permit.
Some rivillrcd Indians.
Leaving Puyallup the railroad tra
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