The Scranton tribune. (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, February 15, 1896, Page 8, Image 8
THE SCHAXTOX TBIBTTXE SATURDAY MOBXIXG, FEBRTTART 13, 1890. Facts of Interest To Women Readers.. Symposium of Information, Partly Grave, Partly Gossipy and Partly Gay. mE WOMAN'S PAGE: A "fair' that spreads with growing rag", ' A Just the proper caper, that they rail the "Woman" Pare" . In every "hustling" paper. Just why the woman mind 1b made So curious, seems funny: All sorts of mental marmalade Mixed up with men and money. Anil quite a group of grotesque things, lu tones of pink and yellow, Are what I find, with sundry flings About a girl's "best fellow." The way to make her sleeves like sails And tint her cheeks and lashes. And follow fashion's devious trails, Is shown In lucid flashes. fine cannot tell the subtle ways With which she treats each thesis; But. follow It for many days And you will have pare.ils. Truth. Tr. Moaner, Just appointed professor of hygiene at Ann Harbor, Is the first woman upon whom a full professorship has been bestowed there, although the Institution was opened to women by tne legislature thirty years ago. Jn noting this fact the Chicago Times-Herald iiuestlona whether the Vnlverslty of Michigan is not u little late In recogniz ing accomplished facts, and adds: "Tlie whole number of persons over 10 years Of uge engaged in gainful occu pations in this country Is :J.7;!r..WI. The proportion of sex Is. mete hl'.TX. female l".'2. The census divides occupations Into Ave classes. The proportions In i ai li indicate clearly the lines along which women have been muklng the jntist Impressive progi-ens. In agricul ture, fisheries and mining they ure more than 7!j ! cent. In professional ser vice they number one-third of the whole. In domestic service they constitute 38.23 per cent., and in manufacturing and mechanical Industries they comprise a fraction more than one-fifth. Figures are, howevej, more descriptive than ra tios. The number of women in agricul ture, fisheries and mining Is ti7u,500; lu professional service, Illl.tiS:!: in trade and transportation, L'2S,3Uil, and in manufacturing and mechunlcal Indus tries the total reaches l,0-7,5:'"i. ' :- . "Women's progresses rendered more Kraphic when read comparatively buck wanl. lu 1870, for example, only one woman architect was found In the coun try; in 1890, 12 were pursuing that profession. In 1S70 there were no women classified us chemists, assayers or met allurgists; in 1890 there were 46 in these occupations, 'Women do not ap ieur as miners in 1870, but In lS'.H) 219 were found connected with coul mining tnd 1JJ with other mineral production. There were no women surveyors or-en-(,'lneers in 1X70. In 1890 the census shows 127 under the heads of civil, me i liunlcul, electrical ' and mining. In 1S70 there were no women practicing veterinary surgery; In 1890, 2 are found. To this extent there Is Innovation, while the expansion of woman's sphere yf activity in pursuits which she had entered twenty years ngo is still more teiiuirkable. In 1870, 412 women were recorded as artists und teachers of art; In 1SW) the figure Is for this branch of .thelr Industry 10.810. In 1870 there were 24 women dentists. In 1890, :!37 were found. In 1870 the designers, draughts men and Inventors, women, numbered i:i; In 1890 the total under this head was :!lifi In 1870 the number nf women lawyers was fi; the number In 1890 was 208, and the middle of the decade prob ably finds It nearly 300. In 1870 the mfintier of women who were govern ment officials, federal, state and local, was 414; for 1890 the total Is 4.85, in 'creasing,' undoubtedly, every year. In ,1870 the number of women engaged in leaching was 84.047; in 1890 It hud risen to 245.061, and the statistics furnished recently hy the bureau of education show that the percentage of illiteracy in the United States has fallen propor tionately as to states accordingly as ,the proportion of women engaged in teaching . has Increased. In 1870, 527 women were licensed to practice medi cine and surgery; In 1S90 the number was 4, Ma, and this year, with the annu al Increment in the decade from the colleges, the total is fully 5,000. "A curious fact shown by th census of 1890 Is that there is not an occupation fallowed today by men in the United States from which women are alto gether abaent, with two exceptions, sol ! tilers and marines, and from these they are excluded by federal law, if not by the law of nature and humanity. There arei women locomotive engineers and firemen, women fishermen and oyster men,, women quarrymen, women wood vhoppers, stock raisers, herders, drov ers, gardeners, bartenders, barbers, sa loonkeepers,, real estate agents, commis sion agents, bankers and brokers, hack men and teamsters, hostlers, merchants (wholesale and retail), sailors, under takers, blacksmiths, boot and shoe mak ers, brewers, brick and tile makers, builders and contractors, butchers, cabinet makers, carpenters and Join 'era, carriage and wagon makers, clock and watch makers, compositors, coop ers,, distillers and rectifiers, door, sash and blind makers, engravers, glass workers, gold and silver smiths, gun smiths, watchsmtths, bellhangers, har ness and saddle makers, tanners, iron and steel workers, machinists, masons, J marble ana stone cutters, millers, mold ers, painters, piano and organ makers, plasterers,, plumbers, shipbuilders, pot ters, printers, tinners, wire workers, and wood workers. ' It Is surprising, therefore, that even At St. Louis men should be found to claim that women sould not be per mitted to engage In one form of bread winning on the score that soliciting In surance la not 'womanly.' In 1890 the nuin,ber of women engaged in that and closely related occupations was nearly CUT THIS OUT, IT'S GOOD The Best Ever Hade. THE rants, Overalls and Shirts. FREEMAN MANUFACTURING CO fcraatee, Pa. Ut 115 Price ft 3 Kpeolally ataaofactur4 for fin Retail Traa. 5,000. and there is no reason why the number shall not grow Indefinitely The rasi of Mrs. Gets, who, left a widow, with herself and children to support, and who undertook her duty In the line of business her husband had followed, is In iHilnt. .The underwriters of the town, with ii. explicable stupidity and narrow ness, t-ndeavered to drive Mrs. Getx out of the field. A letter from Mrs. Bertha Honore Palmer to Mrs. Getx's employ ers. V. I). Hirschberg & Brother, ma terially helped to bring the opposition to reason and decency. Mrs. Palmer, with characteristic right reason and prompt sympathy, declares that it is almost incredible, that such an Incident should have hupened 'In this day of ad vanced thought and of Industrial free dom for women.' It Is to be observed also that the women who are making the most Impression In this enlarged professional and Industrial field by individual ability, high per sonal character and success, are they who say the least about what they are doing, and of whom little is heard out side the several paths of activity in which they are honorably and profit ably occupied." Rev. Anna Shaw has been lecturing on "The New Mun" and like every thing else that she says or does, her lecture Is well worth the hearing. It is noted however that Miss Shaw does nut set the date for the appearance of this new creuture. The Philadelphia Press reports the lecture as delivered In that city. It says that she predicted that the new man will neither smoke, drink, sweur nor gamble. He will do none of these things because "he will be pre eminently a man in the development of his physical organism and will indulge in nothing thut will degrade his bodily development." Miss Shaw had seen it written that a man should not smoke until he was "0 years of age. If the new man follows this rule she thought that ut that age he would be married to the new woman and that assertive femule would then see that lie never indulged in the weed. As the result of this abstemiousness Miss Shuw foresaw an lncrcuse In the stature of the race. "There will be giants in those days." The. new man "may be u champion bat ter, or even a football player," but he will Indulge In these sports entirely as pastime und during seasonable hours. As a logical consequence professional nines will become n thing of the past, and the heavy hitters of today will be known only as myths. Miss Shaw was very earnest on this point, and scoffed at the idea of paying men more to play baseball than to work. The new man Is not to he an effemi nate creuture, lie Is to be "a lit mute of the rit-w woman." He la nlso to be Intellectual, but "not from the mere study of books." Ills mind will be a legal one, and he shall Judge accurate ly between right and wrong even when a woman Is concerned. This athletic foot ball playing Individual with the legal mind Is also to he well developed morally. "Not that the world will be absolutely pure, but he will be able to walk In the midst nf temptation with out being affected any more than a vac cinated man is physically who walks through a smallpox hospital." He will be "a moral influence for virtue, and go side by side with the new woman. clasping: her hand with a hand as pure as her's." The new man will also be re ligious, although he will pay more at tention to his life than he will to creed. He Is to be a manly man, but tender, true, and loving. His intercourse with man is to be that of brother with brother. He is also going to be a brother to the new woman. Miss-Shaw intimated that the sisterly racket on the part of the young women should be off set by something of the sort she Indi cates. The new man in business life is going o be benefited by the new busi ness woman. He will no longer have to spend money in buying cigars und drinks In order to close his bargains, f6r the female drummer 'will do away with such methods. Says the Allentown Chronicle: "The decision of a Scranton judge that a wife has the right to club her hus band over the head with an umbrella will prove of paramount Interest to every wife In the city of Allentown, as well as to husbands and to every mer chant In this city who deals In umbrel las. The old-fashioned way and one which has always been recognized in well-established families lu Reading was for the poor down-trodden wife to bang her husband over the head with a rolling pin. This was a clear viola tion of the statutes and a husband has the right to claim the protection of the law If his wife comes home from a meet ing of the sewing circle and wants to restore the peace and preserve the family honor with the aid of so diaboli cal a weapon as a rolling pin. In this city the rolling pin is somewhat out of date among our more fin de sclecle wives. We know a woman In this city who had occasion to reprove her hus band for falling to sew a button on her dress when she ordered him to. The husband had the temerity to talk back, when the partner of his bosom grabbed a bis; plump, over-ripe, warm lemon custard and shoved it right in his face, after which she took him and threw him head foremost in the sour-krout barrel. This, however, was an extreme case. "Whenever the Society for the Pro viding of Chest Protectors for the Sene gamblana meets one of the most fruit ful subjects of discussion is 'What Is the proper weapon for the correction of a husband.' The subject has never been satisfactorily settled. Now that the court has decided the question we may expect a run on umbrellas, and we HOW TO QET IT name and address, also buy them of. When this Is done, mail this ticket to THE FREEflAN nANUFACTURING CO., Scranton, Pa., and on receipt of it they will mail you an order on said merchant good for Twenty Cents (20c), to be used only In the purchase of a pair of the Celebrated Freeman Pant Overall, No. 115, Price $1.00. Purchaser's Address- Merchant's Address- LAST PORTRAIT OP ROBERT LOUIS 8TKVE.N80X From the Chicago i lines-Herald. Hy the Courtesy of H. H. Kohlaaat. would not be surprised to see in the near future some of our more enter prising merchants advertise a special brand of umbrellas as particularly adapted for the chastisement of incor rigible husbands. Something like this, for instance: 'We have Just received a large invoice of umbrellus, which we can conscientiously recommend to mar ried women. They are fitted with pistol grip handles, extra strong wire ribs and covered with stout t-loth, warranted not to tear. The ferrule of the umbrella Is covered with a pad so that fatal acci dents are not liable to occur.' This is us it should be, for tt would be a pity to break up a $5 parachute pver the head of a $3 husband." SELECTKD RECIPKS. Sliced Kaked Potatoes. Pare very thinly, raw potatoes and slice very thinly also, to nearly fill a two-quart pudding dish. Season with salt and pepper over the top; then pour over sweet milk two-thirds full, which will carry the seasoning: among the slices. Cut five or six slices of pork, and lay over the top us a covering. Make about two hours. If the pork Is likely to get too much browned, cover with paper till the potatoes ure done. Qraham Pudding. Two cups Graham flour; one teaspoon of salt: one cupful of raisins, seeded and chopped line; one cupful of sweet milk; one cupful mo lasses; one egg beaten light; one tea spoon soda, boil three hours, serve hot with sauce. Fruit Cuke. One pound brown sugar: three fourths pound butter; two pounds raisins; two pounds currants; one fourth pound citron; one and one-half teaspoon cinnamon; one and one-halt grated nutmegs: one teaspoon cloves; one teaspoon soda: one and one-fourth cups flour, one glass sherry wine; eight eggs. Hake three hours In a slow oven. Use your own Judgment In leaving longer as sometimes the oven is Just not right. Jumbles. One-half pound butter: one pound sugar mixed in cream; two eggs; two tablespoons extract of rose; add flour enough to make dough stiff enough to roll out quite thin, cut In any shape, buke on well greased cake tins, when baked should be one-sixth of an inch thick. Potato Cakes. One and one-half cup of potatoes mashed fine; one rup yeast and one cup sugar mixed together and let stand until bed- time; then add three fourths cup of butter and lard; one cup of sugar and two egtrs with flour enough to stiffen. Knead like bread and let rise over night. In the morning put lu pie pans, and when light coat the top with butter, sugar and tlour before baking. Angel Cake. Put into one tumbler of Hour one teaspoonful of cream of tar tar, then sift It Ave times. Sift also one glass and a half of white sugar. Beat to a stiff froth the whites of eleven eggs, very light and carefully, adding three tekspoonfuls of vanilla extract. After this add the flour stirring quickly and lightly. Pour tt into a bright tin cake dish, which should not be buttered or lined. Bake at once in a moderate oven, about forty minutes, testing It with a broom splint. When done let It remain In the cake tin turning It upside down with the sides resting on the top of two saucers so that a current of air will pass under or over It. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. One should keep a carpet broom, and on no account thoull it be used for any other purpose. Stone Jars for bread and cake boxc-3 rfhould be scalded twice a week In sum mer weather, sunning, if possible, to keep mold from gathering. Kice, tapioca, pearl barley, macaroni and many other ihingfe that do not show dirt on the surface need washing all '.he same. Don't throw away lemon or orange peel. Instead keep It for kindling the fire. Put the peelings under the stove In tin pans and let them stay there until thoroughly dry, and then they are ready to kindle the fire. In cooking it Is Well to remember that soda should never tie dissolved In not water, because If it is some of the gases would then be liberated ami wasted, and a greater amount of soda would be need ed to muke good this waste than if the oda were dissolved in cold water. If a bird or. meat Is to be dredaeJ with flour, salt should be put on before it is cooked, but the rest nf the seasoning U not to be added until it Is taken from the lire. A broom cover of cotton flannell in any dark color is a veritable boon to a tired housekeeper. Fit the cover closely over the broom in bag fashion, tying it closely on In a string run In the upper hem. The best colors for these covers are dark FOR TWENTY Cut down on the heavy black line, fill in your full , the merchant's name and Name.. Name -l ! 0 - gray, red, or any color that does not crock after sweeping off the kitchen floor or any painted or hard-wood floor. Uo over it with a covered broom, and every particle of dust can be easily taken up and the floor polished almost as blight us If it had been rubbed with a cloth by the hand. A covered broom U valuable for weeping piazzas as well as for sweeping down walls, . SOME SHORT STORIES. Cat and Philosopher. Sir David Brewster looked upon the whole canine race as imbued with probable hydrophobia, while cats, he declared, gave him an electric shock each time one entered the room. A fa vorite cat having been Introduced Into the old house, It one day trotted into the forbidden precincts of the philoso pher's room, looked straight at him, jumped upon his knee, put a paw on each shoulder, and klsedhlin as dis tinctly as a cat could. He was so surprised at her audacity, and so touched by her affection, that he quite forgot to ferJ the electric shock; his heart was won from that time they were fust friends, and every morning the cat's breukfast-plate was replenished by his own hands. One day she disappeared, to the unbounded sorrow of her master; nothing was heard of her for nearly two years, when pussy walked Into the house, neither hungry - nor footsore, made her way without hesitation to the study. Jumped on the philosopher's knee, and kissed him exactly as on the first occasion. It Is Sir David Brewster's daughter who tellB this story. Pittsburg Dis patch. Not Moshrooms. There Is a French story of some travelers In Africa who, while on an exploring expedition, ran out of sup piles. By chance they came upon a native hut, but it was empty, and the only visible edibles In It were several strings of mushrooms, suspended from the rafters to dry. For lack of anything better or more substantial, they stewed these and made a meal of them. After awhile the owner of the hut, who was a powerful native chief and warrior, re turned from a hunting expedition, and, having greeted the explorers In a friendly manner, set up a wild howl of despair. "What Is the matter?" asked the ex plorers. . "They are gone. My'evll spirits have stolen them," wailed the chief. "What are gone?" "Those, those:" shrieked the chief, pointing to the cut cords on the raf ters. "Why, no evil spirits took them," said the explorers. "We ate them." The chief seized his stomach In both hands and rattled the bones Inside his skin. "Ate what?" he gasped. "Those dried mushrooms." "till! suffering Moses!" roared the warrior, or words to that effect, "why you fools! you've eaten the ears of all the enemies I killed In battle." The Collector. Merciful Women, "Like mistress, like maid," is a. saying that Is probably oftener true than "like master, like man." The story Is told that Mdlle. Augustine Brohan, a celebrated French comedienne, who was extremely humane to all animals, no mntter how humble, one day at the table found a fly caught on her plate. She took it up ten derly with her thumb and finger and called her maid. "Marie." she said, "take this fly be careful, now, don't hurt him and put him out doors." The gril took the fly and went away, but presently Millie, Rroham saw her standing near with a troubled expreiTjion on her face. "Well. Marie." she said, "did you do as 1 told your' "No. mademoiselle, I've got the fly still: I couldn't venture to put him out doors It was raining and he might have taken cold," Youth's Companion. Fvorvbodv Snvn That the Wines and Brandy of the Speer N. J. Wine Co.. Passaic, X. J., are leading all other brands in public favor. Their Brandies are unexcelled for delicacy of flavor, and are pro nounced by the most capable Judges to be the very best In the market, while their fine Old Port and I'nfermented Orape Juice are superior to all others for the sick room and Communion Table. For pure grape Brandy their Old (.'Umax, vintage of 1876, is admitted the best to be had. Vineyard and cel lars at Passaic, N. J. CENTS (20c.) address you desire to U iM ft Cincin lati's Great Welsh Tenor.- Biographical Sketch Other Timely Notes Cincinnati Is pre-eminently a city of musicians and teachers, and none are more famous in the country at large. Much of the prominence of our city as a music center is due to' their ef forts, which are still Increasing in the advancement of this feature of the city's growth. In this lssue we present a brief bio graphical sketch of David Davies. our resident tenor, who is a native of Waenfergy Farm, Talsarn. Cardigan shire. South Wales, where he first saw the light of day .May 3. 1855. At the age of l:i, with his widowed mother and thretr other children, all younger than himself, he came to Cincinnati, and from that time, while hardly more than a child, becamo the main support of the little ramilv. On his arrival In this country he still spoke his own Welsh tongue, but at once embraced the oppor tunity offered him in our public night schools, of obtaining a good Kngllsh education, while he applied himself to a mechanic's trade and soon became well-known as an industrious and skilled artisan. He had already developed a passion ate fondness for music, and was known, in his small circle of Welsh friends, as possessing a magnificent voice. He had as yet acquired no knowledge of the art and did not until after his twen tieth year, when, at me persistent re quests of his musical comrades, with shrinking modesty, he presented him self as a pilot I to Professor Carl Paltol, then a resident teacher In this city. The professor, on hearing the promis ing voice, at once exclaimed: "Young man, there in money in your throat." The ambition of the youthful vorallut was soon arouaed. and in the autumn of 1877 he returned to his native coun try and entered the University of Wales, at Aberystwlth, where for three years, with hla characteristic assiduity, he studied the arts of vocalism, har. mony, counterpoint and composition, under the celebrated master. Dr. Joseph Parry, one of Oreat Hritaln's foremost musti.-ians. During the latter period of his uni versity course he first appeared In pub lic, singing In oratorio and miscellane ous concerts in London and many prominent places In the principality of Wales, and returned to the United States In the summer of 1880. as the tenor of Dr. Parry's Concert company, traveling with them through Pennsyl vania and Ohio. In the winter of 1880 Mr. Davies established himself as a teacher of singing and harmony in Cin cinnati. Me was at once elected direc tor of the Cincinnati Welsh Choral society, and accepted the position as the tenor In the Plum Street Jewisn Syna gogue (which position he still holds), and also at Trinity church, Covington, under Professor Bush Foley, where he remained until Faster, 1884. At that time, on the organising of the surpltced choir of men and boys at St. Paul's church. In this city, he was Induced to accept the position of tenor soloist. With this choir he Is still Identified, and Its success has been largely due to his faithful and Intelligent Interest. He has now many engagements in ora torios and other concerts in this coun try, and hus received the responsible appointment as adjudicator of Welsh competitive eisteddfods In I'tlca, Pitts burg and other smaller cities. In the summer of 1884 again visiting Wales, he fulfilled an engagement as tenor of the Madam Antoinette Sterling Con ceit troupe. David Davies' voice Is a strictly lyric tenor of manly, resonant quality, and the pure ease and even ness of his tone, the finish of his phras ing and expression, and his wonderful clearness of articulation betray his fin ished schooling; and intelligent concep tion and taste. In refinement of mind, heart and manner he represents the ideal musician. The striking- modesty and Integrity nf his character, and the kindliness and faithfulness of his friendships have won him unwonted social popularity, while as a teacher his conscientious interest in his art and his puolls have ever In sured him well-merited success. II II II Owen Gljrndwr's Radgo The sale last week at Christy's, for a paltry seventy pounds, of what is known as "Owen (llyndwr's Badge" Is another argument in favor of a Welsh National museum to preserve such rel ics of Cymru Fu. As already reported In the Western Mall, this "badge" is described as "a pendent of oval form, with a rock crystal egg In the centre," and measuring four inches by three, mounted in a silver gilt frame, beau tifully chased with ornament." This badge is supposed to have been won by the great Welsh chieftain, and It Is also stated that Owen Ulyndwr founded an Order of Chivalry, of which the egg a mystic symbol of bardlsm was the recognized badge. The author of "Owen Tudor" describes the badge as "an or nament which appeared like a large hen's egg of frosted silver, hanging by a massive chain of the same metal, wide enough to compass a man's neck." This opens up a wide field of con jecture, and it would be at once inter esting and instructive If further light could be thrown upon this theory. The badge which Olyndwr Is said to have given to his faithful follower, the Lord of Penmynydd, Anglesey, and by him handed to his son, Owen Tudor, the grandfather of Henry VII, Is described as being so constructed that, by press ing a secret spring the silver shell opened in halves, and that within his cavity was hidden the horoscope which the Welsh magician -"who could call spirits from the vast deep" had him self cast away for Owen Tudor. This prophecy was written on "a square piece of parchment of about a hand's breadth, covered with lines, and embla zoned figures of the signs of the Zodiac. Some verses in a neat small hand filled up the margins." The verses are thus rendered Into English In "Owen Tu dor": "Arthur's blood, of Tudor's line, Royal stars above thee shine; If the weaver work their rays In a woof of answering blase! Brave and haughty shalt thou be, Kloquent fierce as liberty! The wilful harp shall laugh or weep Beneath thy fingers' mastering sweep. Yet beware the Sons of Bong. Lest thou do or suffer wrong! Beware when in th rsultrv si-ales, The Lion paws, or Virgo pales! Else fear not thouah Snow. Ion leap. And srythrs of lightning red corn reap; Though Danger, with his gorr-i-lumped hair. Cross all thy paths, do thou but dare! Thou hast but to dure, to do! Only where thou weddest. woo! Woo no dmighter but a King's. Sweetly though the mermaid sings. And sous of kin its thy sons shall be. Kings of the waves and freer free!" The subsequent romantic career of Owen Tudor, his entanglement with Hut-line de Troye, his wooing of Cath erine of Prance, and subsequent mar riage to her on the death of her first husband, Henry V. Owen Tudor's rival In love and war- and the ascent of the velsh chief's (rrundson, Henry VII., to the throne of Kmrla nd these are too well known to the student of Kngllsh history to need further comment. II II !! The Poet 1-anreate Again. "Owylledyd." in the Western Mail, says "It Is unfair to attack Lord Salis bury, who owes no obligation to Wales or the Welsh press. If anybody Is to blame In the matter It Is Mr. Gladstone, who was the prime minister when the office became vacant. But no; Mr. Oiadstone is Immaculnte, and cannot be wrong. I confess I cannot see the poetical genius of Sir Lewis Morris. I remember when his "Epic of Hades" of David Davies, Singer. of Interest to Welshmen. came out, and how It was extolled by a certain class of critic, and 1 was In duced to get a copy. I tried to read It. but found It as difficult as the els teddfodlc "awdlau." But 1 am not a poet or a bard, and cannot, therefore, extract the nectar which more fortu nate mortals are enabled to do. But I can understand the following verses from a carol by Alfred Austin, which bear. In my humble judgment, a strong affinity to poetry: "We pile the logs, we troll th stave, We waft the tidings wide and far. And speed the wish, on w ind and wave. To Southern Cross and Northern Star. Yes! Peace on earth. Atlantic strand! Peace and good will. Pacific shore! Across the waters snett-h your hand. And be our broth.., more and more! Blood of our blood. In every clime! Itace of our race, by every sea! To you we sing the Christmas rhyme, l-'or you we liglifthe Christmas tree." II II II Notes. Mr. David Jenkins is going to rapture London by song. In addition to having his "Psalm of Life" selected for the Crys tal Palace festival in July next, he has the anthem, "Lord, O my Soul," chosen for the blir Welsh church gathering at St. Paul's 011 St. David's Day. An Influential committee of thoroughly representative men has been quietly form ing of late at .Yferthyr with the object of giving practical expreslsoit to the sat isfaction given over a wide area of South Wales and Monmouthshire for the late honor bestowed by the queen upon Sir W. T. Lewis, bait. The predominant opln Ion has been that It should take the form of a bronze statue, to be placed-In some prominent place at Merthyr Tydfil, the worthy, baronet's birthplace. "Owyliedydd" of the Western Mall has this to say of the "Dryck," our only American Welsh newspaper. He lashes it because It advised the Welsh neocle of America to take sides with America against Oreat Britain. "1 am sorry," he says, "that an old paper of the standina of the Dryvh should endeavor to inflame the feelings of the Welsh people against the Kngllsh nation, for Kngland is the friend of the Welsh (u! ryfygl and never does any harm except, It may be. throuah ta-noraiu-e." Mr. Owyliedydd Is evidently a new born "flat." Should such a thing as war ever occur between Rutland and Atnerloa. Mr. Owyliedydd would soon find out that it would not be necessary tor the Drych to Inflame the feelings of the Welsh peo ple of America against the English na tion. The American Welshman is a loyal American eitzmi and nothng would plesse him better than to shoulder the gun against tyrannical Kngland. Mr. Owyliedydd possesses monumuirtal gall. Mrs. White, a Citizen or Ithaca Was Saved. (Prom tliedthaca. Herald.) Our representative, hearing of tha ease of Mrs. II. T. White, called to see her at Seneca and Plain streets. We publish their conversation in the fol lowing Interview: "Mrs. Whtte, I hear you have some thing to say about a new remedy for backache and kidney disorders. Will you give me your statement for publi cation?" "Yes, I am quite satisfied to do so. I think tne public should know when a really good remedy is to be had, it Is the least I can do in gratitude for my recovery." "Tell me about your complaint." "About a year ago I had the Grippe, and since then my back has pained me constantly in the region of the kidneys; a dull pain at times, and at other Inter vals, sharp, darting pains piercing through me, were almost unbearable. I seemed to be giving out as the pain in my kidneys grew worse, and at last I had to stay In bed the greater part of the time. Finally, I gave up altogether. I had terrific headaches, and suffered so much pain my appetite left me." "Did the disorder affect the bladder?" "Finally it did. The urine was highly colored, and varied In suppression and excess. I often1 told my friends I be lieved I should go Insane from the pain. I heard of Doan's Kidney Pills, and be gan their use. After taking them two or tVree days I began to feel their good effects. 1 continued, and now am per fectly well." "Am I to understand that Doan's Kid ney Pills have entirely cured you?" "Yes, that's the truth. I have no more headaches or pains, and my ap petite has returned. Before using Doan's Kidney Pills 1 found it very try ing to go up and down stairs, or to sleep on my back: but now I can do so without a single pain, I feel com pletely cured, and 1 wish the manufac turers every possible success." For sale by all dealers. Price 60 cents. Mailed by Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., sole agents for the U. S. Danger Signals Mors tbtn half tbt victims of consump tion do not know tkey Ijvi it. Here is a list of symptoms by which consumption can certainly be detected : Cough, one or two slight efforts on rising,' occurring during the day and fre quently during the night. 4 Short briatbint after exertion. Tightness 0 th chest. Quick pulsi. especially noticeable In tin evening and after a full meal. , Chilliness in the evening, followed by t Slight fever. . Perspiration toward morning and 'Pile face and languid in the morning. Loss of vitality. If you have these symptoms, or any of them, do not delay. There are many preparations which claim to be cures, but Br. Jlttaf $iftlli Itmtli for Consumption bas the highest endorsements, and has stood the test of years. It will arrest con sumption in its earlier stages, and drive away the symptoms named. It is manu factured bv the Acker Medicine Co., 16 and IS Chambers St., New York, and sold by all reputable druggists. FAILING MANHOOD General and Nervous Debility. Weakness of Body and Mind, Effects of Errors or Excesses in Old or Young. Robust, Noble Manhood fully Restored. How to Enlnrge and Htrengthen Weak, Un developed Portions of Body. Absolutely un fa! It og Home Treatmoo t. Ceneflts In a dtv. roin M States and Foreian Countries. Send for Descriptive Book, ex planation and p roots, mttiutu (aeaieuj tree. ERIE MEDICAL CO., Buffalo, N.Y. 'ftDIH'S Celebrated Female rewrters never fall. iB.au iuu Jlu1.: MSi4MNhneUMa FADED Alntl 1,-fltifv t CAX THIS BE POSSIBLE Have flen and Women Been drawing Weaker and Losing Vitality? "Men are generally supposed to be h .Wronger and women the weak It was a professo -onnected with one of our leading cc ges who recently made this Strang remark. He ez Plained it in the iol.owlng words- "But Is this reahy the fact at the present day? Isn't It more true that the two sexes are l th deteriorating in trengtl, and vitality? We live more rapid, wearing liv than people did fifty years ago, a are showing the terrible effects of n health and con stitution. If you :bt my word, try to think of how y people you hear complaining of t' feelings and other miserable symp' that show they are suffering ir ionic form of dis-fa8,?- ,XU wl" l,ny b "urprlsed . n" how ",ul u c'n remember." That the profe; is right, and that these dangerous a ptoms are far more common than we generally suspect seems to be clearly-proved by the opin ions of many people who speak from actual experience. The following is a case In point: Mr. F. VV. Whiting, a prominent gen tleman well known In connection with the telephone industry, recently said: "Yes. we fin Ilea t,i .nMu. xr. M ceed and accumulate wealth, but we exnausi ourselves in doing it. The average American spends the first half pf his life in acquiring wealth and los ing health, and in the last half he spends his wealth to regain hla health. I know this from my own experience. The pace at which 1 did business nearly killed me. A few years ago -1 was nervous, Irritable and fun down. I longed for life and yet did not care for it. 1 dreaded death, but living was un desirable. I saved my strength, used good judgment and took Warner's Safe Cure regularly. I have found It to be Indispensable to my health and happi ness. Do work? Tea, hard every day, and I believe all Americana can do the same thing, regardless ot the cli mate, competition or social demands. If they will act upon my suggestion." It should be remembered that the great remedy above described is not a new thing or an experiment. It la a scientific preparation which haa stood the test of years. It Is universally recommended and prescribed by emi nent physicians. There is nothing like it for making weak men and women strong and well. If you are in need of such a remedy, will you not try It? EVA M. HETZEL'S Superior Face Bleat;!) PosltlTtlj Returns All Facial Blemishes. Azalea Face Powder is superior to any faoe powder ever manufactured. Used and 00m mended by leading sooltity aad professional beauties, beoauM it gives the beet possible fleet and never leaves the skin rough or m:uy. Price JO cents. Thrlxegene, Kature't Hair Grower, la the greatest nair iuvigorator of the present pro greeiive age, being purely a vegetable com ponnd, entirely Uarmlrw, and marvelous An its beneficent effect. AU diseases of the hair n I scalp ere resdily cured bv the nse of Thrixngene. Priee &u cents and II. For sale at K. IT Hetzel's Hslr-dresslag and Manicure Parlors, 8.10 Lackawanna ave. and Xr, 1 Lan ninr Building, Wilkes-Barre. Mall orders filled promptly. er tijt Maietev Mseieat Asvneaima oriminuL innnixu ,vHi CATARRH iHaatxa will ears yen. A wonderful booa tejnferert from Cable, aeeeTbrae., rntiHaUftUt. Aaemelea III aeeket, ready to rrt hMHcatlea of aa)4, GeaUaaea Vee.Koeeta reramaeet Cars. -sateeaoraiouerreraBdaa. rrlea. e at Pruejliu. lUdttarwl mal( CDSHUt si, Ikm liiwa auk, B. 1 i. . Trial fron Weenu. iTkcui 'YirUTini The nml aad aaftit remedy tt I riUL ailrtladMMeerieaia.ltoa.Balt r3,,,i42If,J,i,,' i'S1-- Waaeerfal reav eerrorPlKdie. Price, Mm m at nrat- tt a I as Bate or y nU prepaid. Addressee store. DWa-fW .For eele by Matthewe Broe. and Joha MT. Phelna. Coin?!eiUtin PrssstfsJ OH. HEBRA'8 VIOLA CREAM Beaeres Freeklee, bneWe, Cm.- . Moles. BlaeJtnaeaa ianham anT Tea, aad ro. stores the akin to It origi nal usahnL pTodueing a Um mnA aMl,K mm. frenaratlont and .perfect If barmlees. At SB. feugtiata, 01 Basiled for tOntt, lead tm areolar. VIOLA SKIN SOAP le asy ti 1 iiiiin as a aaw pirtMai awM at a tak. eae MM a O. C. BITTNER v CO., Toledo, OV ejealeby Matthewe Brae. and Jeha Vitality Restored. Falllne eexnal atraratti la ! nr eonna man ram be quickly and peruantn tlr rural by bm bealta ly , vigorous state. BuOeiwafraa.... NERVOUS DEBILITY, MUCOCELE, IIMTLOSKS, AND ALT, WANTINO TUAtRgsaeaM write to me for adrlre I bar bees a ehwe etndeat for many years or the subject of weakness In naea, the fact la. I waaa sufferer myself. Too beapfal toeaaK the aid ofoiuer men or reputable pbyetelaa, I levee tiaaied the subject deeply and dlaeoverea a staple wii utimi npmaraaDiy eucraanu rameay pletely cured me aisl rally enlarred me tram a lirunkan.ttunted coudlflon to natural strength aat aiav. a want every yonngoroia mfq to I It. I take a personal Interrat In eucb e one need hesitate 10 write aie aa all ooeama are held Mrietly ennfldentlal. I eoaeMas thli remedy absolutely free ot enal. De aat pea tt in, ovi wnie me niuy at vnoe, yea wiu aiwayee. me ut) you am 00. aaarece. THOMAS SLATER, Boxaojft, Shipper of Faiuoas KaJaaaasee) Cater) KALAMAZOO. yjOaU w iw Ac j8th