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THE SCltAXTUS TH1BUJK SATUHDAX JklUHXlKO, JANUA11Y 4, 1896.
Noetic Qrongar Hill
In Wales9 Prettiest Valley-
. . . A Large Budget of Interesting News.
Y Don o Flaen Owyntoedd." Parry.
The Vole of Towy, Carmarthenshire.
South Wales, embraces in lta winding
course of fifteen mile aome of the love
liest scenery in the world. If it be less
cultivated, than1 the Vale of I'ak. Us
woodland views are mote romantic and
frequent. The neighborhood Is historic
and poetic around. From Oronsar Hill
the eye discovers- traJes of a ltoman
camt; Uolden Orove. tho home ot
Jereny Taylor, on the iiipotdt side
of tlw river: Merlin' chnlr recalls
Spencer: and a farm house near the
foot of TJaiiKuntinr Hill inlntw back
the memory of Its once Rental oeeuputit,
Richard' Steolo. Spencer places the
cave or Merlin amonK the dark woods
of fiynevor.
The author of this beautiful pastoral
poem was the Rev. John Dyer, lie wa
born at Aberplasney (neur Llandlloh
Cnrmarlhenshire. South Wales. In the
year 1700. and educated at Westminster
school. He was Intended for the law.
but. however, abandoned that study
for paintinK. In 1727 he published
Crotiftar Hill, which Is renmrkabli' for
simplicity, warmth of feeling, and ex
quisite descriptions of nature. He
then made tho tour of Italy, and then
returned home In bad health, took or
ders, and obtained some respectable
ecclesiastical preferment. In t
flldatlc poem, entitled 'The fleece"
(17J4). the difficult subject is treated
with great success: but the unpretend
ing tone of the poem made no Impres
sion upon his Contemporaries. Another
poem. .-The Hiilns of Home" (I7t().
abounds in Isolated beauties.
Silent nymph, with curious eye!
Who. the, purple evening r
On tile mountain's lonely van.
Itryoiid the nolne of busy man,
I'nlntiiiK fair the form of tliitiK.
While the yellow linnet slnifs.
Or the tuneful nlKhtlnoale
Charms the forest with her tulc
Come, with all thy varied hiien,
Come, and aid thy sister Muse,
flow, while I'hoebus, rlilliiK hkh,
(Uvea lustre to the land and sky,
Viongur Hill Invites my sonn
, firuw the landscape bright and strong:
tlrotiRttr. .In whose mossy cells
Sweetly muslim Unlet dwells:
(jroiiKar. In whose silent shade,
V'or the modest Muses mude,
80 oft, I have, the eveniim still,
At the fountain or a rill,
But upon a flowery bed,
With my hunil beneath my head.
While struyeil my eyes o'er Towy's flood
Over mend and over wood.
From house to house, from hill to hill,
Till Contemplation had her till.
About his checkered sides I wind,
And leave his brooks und meads behind,
And graves snd srottos'where 1 lay,
And vistas shooting beams or day.
Wide und wider apiVada the vale,
As efrrlea on a smooth canal.
The mountains round, unhappy rate!
Sooner or later, of ull height.
Withdraw their summits rrom the skies,
And lessen us the others rise.
SUM the prospect wider spreads,
Adils a thousand woods nnd meuds;
Still It widens, whims still.
And sinks the newly risen hill.
Now 1 gain the mountain's brow;
What a lundscupe lies below!
No i-lnuds, no vniKirs Intervene;
Hut the (ray, the open scene
Hoes the face of nature show.
In all the hues of heaven's bow:
And, swellluK to embrace the Unlit,
Spreads around beneath the sight,
Old castles on the cliffs arise,
Proudly towering in the skies;
Hushing from the wood, the spires
Seem from hence ascending II res;
Half his beams Apollo sheds
in the yellow mountain heads.
aids the lleeces or the tloeks.
Kiul klittered on the broken reeks
glelow tne trees unnumbered rise,
leautirui In various dyes:
he glowing Pine, the I oplur blue.
I'he yellow beach, tne sable yew,
ine Slender nr thai taper grows,
he sturdy ouk with broad-spread boughs.
KnA beyond, the purple grove
taunt or rnyllts, queen or love.
laudy as the opening dawn,
.les a long and level lawn.
In which a dark hull, steep and hlith,
lolds and charms the wondering eye;
i'he sturdy oak with broad-spread boughs.
lAnd beyond the purple grove
Keep are his feet In Towy s flood:
U I Is sides are clothed with waving wood;
ivnil ancient towers crown nts lirow,
That cast an awful look below:
IV hose raKged walls the Ivy creeps,
And with her arms rrom railing keens:
Mo both, n safety from the wind
tin mutual dependence find.
TIs now the raven's bleak abode:
'Tls now the apartment of the toad:
And there the fox securely reeds;
And there the poisonous adder breeds,
Concealed In ruins, moss, and weeds;
While, ever and anon, there full
Huge; heaps or hoary, mouldered wall;
Yet time has seen that lifts the low
And level lays the lorty brow
Has seen this broken pile complete,
Big with the vanity or stale.
Milt transient Is the smile of Fate!
A little rule, a little sway.
A sunbeum in a winter's day.
Is all the-proud and mighty have
Between the cradle nnd the grave.
And tee the rivers, how they run
Through woods and meads, in shade anil
t sun
Sometimes swift and sometimes slow
Wave succeeding wave, they go
A various Journey to the deep,
I.Ike human life to endless sleep!
Thus is Nature's vesture wrought
Tn ll,-!r,l,. mi .... U
rl litis she dresses green and gay
To disperse our cares away.
Ever charming, ever new,
( When will the landscape tire the view!
The fountain's fall, the river's flow;
The woody valley, warm and low;
The windy summit, wild and high,
Houghly rushing on the sky;
The pleasant seat, the ruined tower.
The naked rock, the shndv bower;
The town and vllluge, dome and farm
iCach pives each a double charm.
As peHils upon an Kthiop's arm.
ttee .on the mountuisrs southern side,
Where the prospect opens wide.
Where the evening gilds the tide. ,
How close nnd small the hedges lie;
tWhat streaks of meadow cross the eye;
A step, methlnks. may pass tho stream
So little distant dAngers seem;
K we mistake the Future's face,
liyed through Hope's deluding glans;
As your summits, soft and fair,
Clad In colors of the air,
' Which to those who Journey near,
Darren, brown, and rough appear;
Stld we tread the same coarse way
The present's still a cloudy day.
v o, may I with myself agree,
- And never covet what I see:
Content me with a humble shade,
My passions tamed, my wishes laid;
Vor while our wishes wildly roll,
We banish quiet from the soul.
'Tls thus the busy beat the air.
And misers gather wealth and care,
v Now. even now, my Joys ran high,
. As on (he mountain's turf I lie;
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While the wanton Zephyr sings,
And in the vale perfumes his wings;
.Vhlle the waters murmur deep;
Vhlle the shepherd charms his sheep.
While the birds unbounded fly.
And with music till the sky.
Now, even now, my Joys run high.
Be ful, ye courts; be groat who will:
Siariii for I'eace with all your skill;
Open wide the lofty door.
Seek her on the marble floor.
In vain you search; she is not here!
In vain you search the domes of Care;
Jrans und flowers Quiet treads:
Jn the lip ids und mountain-heads,
Along with 1'leasure close Hilled
Kver by eech others ide;
And often, by the murmuring rill,
Hears the thrush, while ull is HI ill
tVlthln the groves of iSrongur 11111.
:o:
Robert Morris lilstcddfod.
Some of our musicians seem to bo la
jorlng under a misapprehension re
garding the "Tempest." the chief choral
.'ompetitlon at the Itobort Morris lodge
Msteddfod, which is to be held next
3t. Patrick's Day. The "Tempest" ie
nine other thun Dr. Parry's "Y Don o
Kluen Owyntoedd." one of the most
beautiful glees ever penned by any
indent or modern musician. This It
the riiuidc that made Joo Parry, thr
i)iiddler-boy of Danville. Pa., known the
world over. It is a prize Rice nnd wat
awarded first honors In the great na
tional eisteddfod of Wales, which wilt
held In Swansea In Ixii:!. The Doctor
hud musical giants for his opponents In
this great contest, such men as the Im
mortals Owcnt. Owuln. Alaw, A law
Ddu, Hlaenunerch. Knilyn Kvans and
others, but the Pennsylvania Iron work
er's inspired compositions were regard
ed fur superior and he was accordinglj
awarded the first musical honors of tin
eisteddfod. We would state here tltn
this is the only Important prize thnt
ever was won by an American Welsh
man lu the great nutionnl eisteddfod ot
Wales, although we have on record r
lew second honors thnt have beet
awarded to American Welshmen. Karl:
In the l.lhtury of the eisteddfod In thi
century, fcos Olun Twrch wns declarer
the second best on an "Awill" In the tin
tlonnl eisteddfod of Wales, nnd Lawye'
Humphreys, of itica. N. Y becamo :
splendid second In the gteatconipctltioi
on the "Awdl" at the national eistedd
fod held at Merthyr a few years ugc
However. It Is to be hoped that tip
singers of Lackawanna valley will mus
tcr in greut strength, wtih their lies
voices), for this mugniliccnt opportunity
to demonstrate their capabilities Ir
four-part songs. Just read what Mis!
Sadie Kaiser writes from London o!
what the Ithondda singers are demon
strating on that great metropolitu
stage. Such opportunities offer them
selves in New York city.
:o:
"Ahcryswith."
Dr. Joseph Parry, referring to the re
ceptlon of the Treorky choir at Windsor
savs: "As to the hymn tune, 'Aberyst
with," It wus sung with such fervor thai
a repetition was culled for by her majesty
and I felt the honor thus done me very
keenly."
It rises, that mysterious strain.
It echoes through the halls again,
Of Windsor's glorious pile.
With ull the strange, I'umtttar thrill
That makes It loved on vale and hill
In olden Cambria, while
The teurs ruin down o'er furrowed cheeks
With eloquence that mole than speaks
Of feeling deep and wide.
And now our aged Queen revered
llus felt her pulses strangely stirred,
And will not be denied!
Oh! glorious harmony, to move
Uoih Queen ami peasant, thus we .provi
Sweet music's magic might.
Long. long, us Cumbria's hills remain,
So long wlii rise the noble strain
Which charmed our Queen that night '
:o:
"A Peppery Little Nation."
Phlegmatic people, us u rule.
Are in their movements lazy.
And when they think their thoughts be
come Ofttlmcs obscure nnd hazy.
Then why should folk ut Welshmen rail.
Complain they's Idem semper
Full of hot blood, which oft displays
The very hottest temper?
Warm hearts are better fa'r than told,
Ami so, much admiration
We have for Wales, ulthough she's dubb'd
"A peppery little nation."
A fiery spirit Is preferred
To one that's cold and Icy,
For everyone would rather have
What is considered "spicy."
Welsh people, on the whole, are found
Most kind ami tender-hearted;
Therefore, all visitors regret
When from them they have parted.
Hearts warm ns theirs will ne'er grow
cold.
But win men's admiration.
Hurrah for Wales! although she's dubbed
"A peppery little nation."
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Note.
A collector of Welsh curios hns discov
ered the following results: St. David's
has the oldest bishop, Bangor the oldest
dean, whiie.lt Is a tie between St. David's
und Llandaff us to the oldest archdeacon.
The oldest clergyman is In St. David's
(ex-Dean Allen), though Canon Hntvklu,
of Llandaff . runs him very close. The old
est Nonconformist is the Kev. Thomas
Hughes (Machynlleth), a Welsh Methodist,
the oblest Welsh bard Is (iwulchmal, a
Congregatinnullst: while the Knptlsts take
charge of the oldest Doctor of Divinity In
the person of l.lciirwg of Llanelly ut
Llandyssll, the ftev. Thomas Thomas. J.
P. Penrliydefaid: the oldest Inspector of
schools Is at Aherystarth. and the oldest
Journalist lives at Cunllff (Mr. 1). Tudor
Kvnns).
A student from the 1'nlversity of Wales
wus reri inly hunting for bargains among
a mixeil assortment of second-hand books
scattered on a stall outside the shop of
u dealer In such relics in Cardiff. He
nicked up u dog's-eared copy of "Horntli
Opera Omnlu," and made u modest offer
for the same. "What." cried the an
tiquary, hastily scanning the title, "11
Hlghtallan Hopera for six-pence! "Ah,
yes!" retorted the student, "but this is
only the words. If you find the music
you shall have a shilling." After search
ing in vain for the music, the learned ven
dor of second-hand books at last reluct
antly parted with "all the works of Hor
nce" for the original modest bid.
ltlackwood's Magazine for December
in reviewing Mr. M. H. Spielmann's "His
tory or lndon Punch." has a word to
say nbout Mr. Heed, the talented son of
Sir F.dward Heed, ex-member of parlia
ment for Cardiff, South Wales, comparing
Mr. Heed with Mr. Bernard Partridge,
Mr. Phil May and Mr. Franciss, the writer
says: "In Mr. Heed we fancy we doted
a much more ordinal talent of which
some of the choice fruit has been gath
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This year OSfti) (Jrindewald. Kuglund,
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representative of the church and of each
Nonconformist body In Wales to take purt
In the meetings to be held there In the
third and fourth weeks of July next. The
Methodists will he represented by Kev. T.
C. Kdwards.-D.D., Hula college, and the
Independents by Principal Herber Kvaus,
D. D.. Uangor. Very likely Archdeacon
Howell or Principal Owen will represent
the church. Dr. Kdwards. Cardiff, the Bap
tists, und the Hev. John Kvans lliglws
fach), the Wesleyans.
In the collection of true dog stories
which appear hi Mr. IS. It. Sim's columns
In the "Referee" there Is one from Hrllon
berry, thus: "In Aunust, 1NL Mr. Thomas
Dhnlcl, Church street, Briton Ferry,
brought me a greyhound puppy suffering
from the opuclty of the cornea. I applied
a lotion of nitrate of silver to the eye, and
ordered him to bring the pup every morn
ing for a while. Mr. Daniel brought It
for three mornings; on the fourth the dog
cumc Itself ami continued to come for
nearly two weeks, until the rye was per
fectly cured. -
The Newport "Argus" publishes a little
story about Mudumc Pattl when Al. Au
guste Van Vtiene gave a performance of
the "Broken Melody" ut Cralg-y-Nos re
cently. Madame Pattl Is not very fond
of compliments, but one wus paid her on
this occasion which must have pleased
her by its spontaniety und neatness. It
was a wretchedly wet uftcrnnon, and as
she welcomed the company she said: "1
im uorry it is such bad weather; I have
prayed that It might be line for you."
"Madame," saiil thut dignified old actor,
.M. Barton de Sella, "Miidume, I am afruld
you did not sing the prayer."
We arc not jiermltted to say from which
of the Welsh theological college the stu
dent came, but the facts ure simple. He
wsu supplying for a well-known pastor one
Sunday, and on his walk to the chapel he
was accompanied by the minister's pretty
daughter, 10 whom he was seen to be 'ex
ceedingly attentive. The young ludy's
name is Oruee, end when the student read
out the opening hymn the congregation be
came radiant. The hymn read:
The Welsh were ever attacked by the
charm which seems to be Inherent in
triads, und have preserved their fondness
to the pre? nt day. It may not be gen
erally known that here are now three decree-conferring
bodies In Wules the (lir
edd, Lampeter College university, and the
t'nlverslty of Wales. hen the (lorsedd
let Its charter It will stand on the same
rooting as the other two Instltulons.
Mag Maggie, a celebrity of the old town
f Swansea, made a pathetic appeal to the
naglstrales the week before Christmas
Viefore whom she was being tried tor
Irunktnness, "(live me seven days this
mec, not fourteen.' I have not had u
Chrl-itmus for the last six years." Tho
ipnch de.-llned to encourage Maggie's tea
'.Ive nature by any such provision. Too
bad.
African gob! found Its way to Welshpool
'n the seventeenth century. One Thomas
Duvies, who had gained considerable
A talth In Africa, bequeathed to the church
jf Welshpool u precious sacramental or
'lament III the form or a chalice of pure
told valued at eight hundred ami fifty
lollars. It hears a Latin inscription re
specting its donor.
'Twas Orace that taught my heart to
.fea r
And Orace my fears relieved.
Mow precious did that ("race appear
The hour I llrst believed.
Through many dangers, toils, and fears
I have already come,
'Tls Uruce has brought me safe thus far,
And (iruce will lead me home."
The edition of "Wales," which wns prl
iiarlly intended as a "National Magazine
'or the Knglisli-speaklng parts of Wales,"
orrow fully admits that the farmers, la
borers and artisans of these Anglicized dls
rlcts "have not welcomed It with the en
huslnsni that their Welsh brethren
howed when "Cymru" and the "Lienor"
were offered them.
Beaumaris, North Wales, has not only a
""rench name, but the llrst governor of
'he castle was a Frenchman Sir Wllllnm
Pick more, who was constable of tho cas
tle and captain or the town. In the time
if Charles I it was held for the king by
"oloncl Sir Klchard Hulkeley. who in liliii,
ntrremlered It on honorable terms to Oen
ral Myttou.
Aberdarc has an old repute for Its bards,
ind the list la a long and interesting one,
hut records ure scattered und ditlictilt to
Tet at. .To remedy this Mr. William M.
Hli.hurds Is preparing memoirs from 4S0
to the presn't time and appeals for con
tribution In the form of biographical de
tails of any Aberdare worthy.
Cardiff Is the city of clubs ns well as of
Clieebcens. There are now thirty clubs in
(the town, and word reaches us that there
ire in course of fnrmution ten companies
ill under the companies act for the pur
pose of establishing similar Institutions.
This number includes the temperance club
and tho Army nnd Navy Veterans' club.
Wules aids Its colleges very well. The
special fund organized by the Kev. ft. II.
Morgan. M. A.. Bangor, for the endow
ment of Bala college, has nlrendy reached
the sum of $80,000, while the fund collected
by the Hev. Heese Kvans, of l.lanwrtyd,
towords the Trevecca C. M. College
amounts to ubout $l.".0ts.
Welsh W'esleyanlsm, as a body, hns died
out in the ancient borough of Carmar
then'. West Wales never ilid take kindly
to John Wesley translated. In Cardigan
he has been burled ror yenrs, and at New-rastle-Kmlyn
his chapel has been long
ago converted Into u carjicntcr's work
shop. Llandaff and St. David's were'linked at
one time by the appointment of the Hev.
William Morgan to both bishoprics. This
distinguished prelate Is described us tin
"Incomparable man." He was a greut
friend or William Salisbury, with whom
from boyhood he was 011 Intimate terms.
Ther Is still to be seen nt the Haver
fordwest corn market a relic of the days
when corn tolls of the corporation were
worth a very grciU deal. Jt Is un old
wooden bin, which was used to hold the
takings. The toll of corn now taken Is
said to be a pint for every Winchester.
The well known lines
Camp y dluwl yv rwymppo dyn,
Kl goili, camp Duw gwedyn
nre attributed to the energetic muse of the
famous oetogenurlnn Welsh Culvlnlstie
Methiillst preacher, Thomas Hughes,
Machynlleth.
A new Mnsonlc lodge will food be con
secrated at Cardiff. It will be culled "The
Prince Llewelyn Lodge." Lord l.lungal
tock (the provincial grand master for the
Kustern division of South Wall's), Is being
approached to name a date for the conse
cration ceremony.
There Is a safety In being a Quaker In
Wales. It was reported to the Porthcawl
chamber ot commerce recently that a
man would have disappeared through a
hole In one or the roads if it had not been
tor his broad brim hat.
Acting on the advice or his physician,
Sir John Jones Jenkins, M. P., has left
Swansea for ICgyyt, nnd before leaving
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Intimated his earnest desire to have a
thorough rest from business und corre
spondence. He supers rrom throat atlec
Hon. Kbbw Vale Is, to all Intents and purposes,
going In for a new era of prosiwrtly.
With tiie advmt of better times In Iron
and steel, it has appointed a new manager,
in the person of Mr. W. H. Powell, as geu--erul
manager over the whole of tho iron
and steel works.
The man who says that Llangadock, a
small town In Carmarthenshire, has been
without a doctor for man or beast since
the days of the celebrated Maddygon
Myddfal Is entirely wrong. The town. It
seems. Is "full of doctors,"
The Immortal Christmas Kvans last
sermon was preached at the Pylc, and it
Is suld that when preaching he shouted out
that he felt as If he wns half In heaven.
He went from there to Swansea and died.
Bangor, North Wales, once had a na
tive Prichard by name who could not
only play very well on the harp, but he
couid compose excellent music and make
his own harps.
A dog's bite can cause thirty dollars'
worth of injury, and fori hose reasons that
amount wus awarded a Cardiff haulier by
Judge Owen recently.
STORIES OF EUGENE FIELD.
From the New fork Sun.
During one financial crisis that was
especially aevere, Kugene Field could
see no way out of his dltflciiUlcH except
to ask for a raise of salary, and that
was as abhorent to his tine nature as It
would have been to do a mean action.
Several days In succession he came to
the office resolved to make apeal to
Mr. Stone, and each day he went home
having failed to nerve himself up to
the speaking point. Finally ho formed
a thoroughly characteristic resolution
nnd for a week was not Been In the office
at all. Then one afternoon he marched
Into Mr. Stone's ollico followed by four
of his little children, the five of them
presenting such a pitiable appearance
as would have wrung tears from his
employer had his heart and his name
been synonymous, which was far from
being the case. Father and children
were dressed In rags and tatters from
head to foot, the children's toes were
sticking emt bare through holes In their
shoes, their faces were unwashed, and
their eyes red as If they hail been cry
ing. Field himself was in no better
plight, nnd there the five stood In front
of Mr. Stone, F.peuklng not 11 word, but
looking at him with appealing glances.
All this, of course, hud been carefully
rehearsed by Field during the week of
conspiracy, and the result was simply
overwhelming. At last Field broke the
silence, looking at hia employer, who
was also his best friend, out of those
big eyes so full of human kindness, and
said:
"Do you think you can see your way,
Mr. Stone, to raining my salary'.'"
Needless to stiy he got the raise.
One of Field's happiest Impromptu
verses was written on the fly leaf of a
book he presented to Francis Wilson
one day while they were together In
what Field called the Saint and Sinner's
corner in a Chicago book store.
Strangely enough, the verses were en
titled "The Passing of Kugene," and It
Is said lie turned them off with aston
ishing rapidity, writing down tho rhym
ing words at the the end of the line first,
nnd then filling in the lines. This is
what he wrote:
When Kugene Field was dying;
The death ull good men die,
Cume Francis Wilson fiyliiiT
As only he can fly.
"My friend, before you 'peter
And seek the shining shore
Write me In common metre
Some autographic lore."
Then Kugene Field smiled sadly
And Jiis eyes grow wan and dim.
But be wrote the verses gladly
His friend required of him.
And having done his duty.
From out Its home of clay
That soul of spotless beauty
To Cunaan soured away.
In the same book store a slip of paper
bearing some lines in Field's hand wns
found one day by a clerk In a costly
volume where Field had placed it with
no word to nny one:
Swete friend, for Jesusake forbeare
To buy ye boke thou lindest heute,
For that whi n I doe get ye peir
I ineune to buye ye boke my selfe.
One of the queer things he did nt the
News office was the establishing of
what he called the "Field memorial
window," really a portion of a glass
door over which he hajl an nrtlst draw
a cherub with the orthodox wings at
tached to his own head and face. I'nder
this cherub's head he took delight In
pasting all the disagreeable clippings
he coultl gather from newspapers and
periodicals regarding any one in the
oilice, and especially about himself.
This window cume to be regarded as a
regular bulletin board of spleen, and
many a quiet ( buckle Field would have
watching the long faces of his compan
ions as they read sarcastic or facetious
remarks about them. Field never cared
how much fun was made of him. and he
was the first to applaud when the laugh
wns at his own expense.
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"What is this new substance that I hear
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Letters of Travel
In Soiflthenni France.
Special Correspondence of The Tribune.
Aries. Nov. 15. 1895. It was on the
Boulevard that surrounds the old town
of Aries. The good people of the town
were taking their evening stroll for al
though It wan the middle of November,
the air. warmed by the breees from
the Mediterranean, was mild and pleas
ant. Across the way a waving gaslight
flickered In front of the ttnt of a stroll
ing company of acrobats.
A crowd of Arleslans, happy, content
ed with the world and interested In
ti ttles as only the French iienple can be.
were laughing Intermittently at the
sallies of the c lown (was ever a troupe
of acrobats without a clown)? and he,
while amusing them, was always keep
ing before their attention the fact that
it was rarely they had the opportunity
ot seeing such an athletic aggregation
as they had that lib,ht. To lend truth
to this assertion he would punctuate
his remarks by trotting out the strong
men (there were three ot them) und
exhibiting their muscles.
Kvery purauaslve word th'e French
tongue possesses was put In use to
draw from tho pockets of the thrifty
people ofArlea their sous. The price of
admission was fixed at V)ie extremely low
price of fifty centimes (ten cents) for
premlres, and thirty centimes for seo
ondes. "Six sous Beulement," he would cry
and the emphasis he put on the "scu
lement" brought vividly to one's recol
lection the dime museum man's cry of
"only a dime, ten cents."
Meanwhile the band was doing its
little best to keep up the Interest of the
crowd. This band deserves separate
mention. While not as large as some
It consisted of two cornets and a. bass
drum It threw an earnestness Into Its
work which Is rarely equalled. Instead
of foolishly trying to rival the larger
organizations In the extent of Its reper
toire. It confined Itself to one selection
and as the time for preparation had
evidently boon limited It had only
learned ubout three bars of that, which
It preservlngly repeated over and over
again. However, by one man's giving
the other two u start of a note or two,
and then beating them out at the finish,
they managed to vary it so that one
would almost, but not quite, think it
was unother piece. The operator on the
drum was evidently a man of parts, for
later. Inside the tent, he showed his
versatility by playing the cornet also.
Tho Performance Begins.
When.flnally.byexhibltlng the entire
troupe enmnsse the clown had Induced
a sulllcient number to enter the tent, tho
performance began. There was ex
actly $5.46 In American money in the
house, and ns the company numbered
twelve, it Is readily seen thnt the
Thespian has as hard a time In France
as elsewhere. True, the clown would
now and then announce that as some
performer had clone his or her part very
well, the management had kindly per
mlled him to take up a collection for his
own benefit. Hut a couple of francs. In
coppers was the most realized from this
si urce.
As for the performance. It was the old
f unlllur show, with a few variations.
There was tho man who balanced on a
structure of chairs, the one who swung
on a horizontal bur, and of course there
was the clown who tried to do It and
failed, and equally of course amused the
crowd as he has never failed to do, and
then finally did the net better than the
first performer, as he always does in the
end. The strong men of the show
strong men were its main feature were
very strong, and. one of thein the
"management" showed a really sur
prising strength in his hands.
The Contrast of Centuries.
At llrst thought, this all seemed very
modern, und a great contrast to this old
lioman city. Just across the way was
the theater the Romans built, the
ruins of which are still standing, and a
little farther on is thnt amphitheatre
which Is second only to the Colosseum
Itself and which would hold, nnd will
still hold, L'li.Onl) people. Tho cities of
New York and Chicago are proud of
their Madison Square Oarden and of
their Auditorium, but here Is a pro
vlnclalclty of the ltoman empire that has
an arena Into w-hleh both of these could
be put nnd leave room for a couple of
ordinary theatres besides. And it
would be very Interesting to know
whether in the year 3500, or sixteen
hundred years from now, these two
modern buildings will have stood the
wear and tear of time as well as the old
arena has that of the last sixteen hun
dred years.
When the Saracens held Aries, a
thousand years ago nnd more, they
built four huge square towers on the
walls of the old building, and now the
city of Aries Is restoring the Interior,
but it Is too massive to be effected by
any - changes of this kind. There la
nothing that gives one a better Idea
of the powers and stability of the lto
man empire than this structure In a
provincial city. It was to be expected
that they would build such In Rome
itself, but this building here in bar
barian Gaul shows thnt when they con
quered a country they Intended to keep
It.
Komnn Kctninisccncs.
But there Is much more In ancient
Aries to remind one thnt it was a Ro
man city and on Important one. On
the north side of the town runs the
old wall built by them, and it is still
in a good state of preservation, with
several mnsslve towers, not much of
a defense against modern artillery, per
haps, but against the weapons of the
time of its building, as good ns ever.
Then down by the river Is the nnlnce
that Constantino, the champion of
Christianity and the founder of Con
stantinople, built and resided In. Here
and there In the tnngled-up old streets
of the town one comes ncross a bit of
Roman sculpture or a Roman column
built Into a house, or, perhaps, standing
alone, holding Itself aloof, as it were,
from the buildings that are only LOW
years old. while it enn boast of 2.000.
Hut Aries wns old when the Romans
came. It was a rival of Marseilles
then, and wns probably a Greek, nnd
perhaps, a Phoenician city. Then It
was on the Mediterranean and traded
with all the known world, but the
Rhone has pushed Itself out Into the sea
and has left Aries inland with only a
remnant of its former commerce, a
sleepy old town of I'S.flOO people, while
Its old rival. Marseilles, has half a
million.
History Itcpcattne Itclf.
Rut to return to our little troupe of
actors. Are they so modern, after all?
Is It not probable that when the people
of the "Gallic Rome," as Aries was
called, were crowding Into the amphi
theater to witness some gladiator'".:
combat or on those evenings when tho
gladiators hud an "o.T night." nerhaps
on the very r.lte of the tent of the little
troupe, they were besought Just, as
earnestly, although In classic Latin
Instead of modern French, by some har
lequin of that olden time, to give up
whatever may have been the Roman
equivalent for the "six sous seulement"
to witness jugglers and strong men
from strange countries? Certain It Is
that the oldest Kngllsh and French
prints we have of such little shows rep
resent them with scarcely any change
from what they are today. These wan
dering half-gypsy ' like troupes, with
apparently nothing to keep them In
any beaten track, have unconsciously
formed the oldest guild In the world.
The style of the dramatic actor changes
with the changes of a people's culture,
but tfat athlete appeal to th same
A Street Scene in Ancient Aries That
Occasioned a Number of Reflections.
Interests now that he did 2.000 years
ago, and In the same manner. Per
haps it la In studying the amusements
of the people that we get even nearer
to the ancients than we do by studying
their monuments.
ltut. be that as it may. both studies
are very Interesting, and there Is no
pluce lu the world where they can be
followed more pleasurably than here In
sunny southern France.
Winford J. Northun.
A CAUTIOUS MAX.
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The Innccr of Making Ih-QmUcuous Ac
quaintance and oHilvtnc or Opinions.
From the New York Sun.
"It's a good thing to be cautious when
among strangers," said the precise
looking man to a tail, angular old fel
low to whom he was talking on the deck
of a Hudson river steamboat.
"Yes." was the renitonse, "you can't
most always tell who you're talking to
when you don't know, und stranger
thrown together as we are are mighty
likely to make mistakes If they don't
watch out."
That's what I think about it," said
the precise one. "There are several
people uround that I'd like to know
who they are, but I feel a delicacy In
asking?"
"Who, for Instance?" asked the tall
party, letting his eyes wander about
the deck.
"Well, there's a lady standing there
by thnt door talking to a young fellow,
who looks as if -he might lie her son."
"That far door?" inquired the tall
party, stretching his neck around.
"Yes."
"I see three or four there."
"It's the one to the other side."
"She looks as If she might bite a nail
In two?"
"Yes."
"Got a jaw on her like a vise!"
"Yes."
"Keeps It going all the time, as If
there wasn't any such thine as an eight
hour labor law?"
"Yes."
"(lot a bonnet on that looks as If It
might be a sign for a vegetable gard
ner?" "Yes."
"Got a complexion like a slab ot tan
bark?" "Yes."
"Looks as If her temper would sour
milk Just from tho cow?"
"Yes."
"Got clothes on thnt look like they'd
been made out of last year's circus
imsters?"
"Kxactly, She's the one. Who Is
she?"
"She's a Jay from Jay's Cross Roads,
ain't she?" he said with a laugh as he
sat down again.
"Yes. Who Is she?"
"Oh, she's my wife. Let me take you
over and Introduce you."
Rut the cautious man declined and
managed to lose himself in the crowd
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