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YELLOWSTONE
ONE OF NATURE'S WONDERS
Crowning Triumph of America's Won
derland. Yellowstone Park.
WORDS FAIL TO DESCRIBE IT
Ural of Scrlos of Illustrated Letters
Devoted to the Curioui and
Scautlful Sccnee la tlia No
tlonal Reservation.
Written for Tire Trllntne.
Here boglns another chnpter of our
Story. Having crnssed the continent
over the main line of the Northern J'n
elllo railway and witnessed. Its Rrnmli'tir
vt scenery and Hiirnrlws for twenty
ftBht suifesHlve days, we will retrace
our HtepH tor two thousand inlloa to
LlvliiRston and Rather up Home of the
wonderful scenery we lost In linssin";.
We will re-enter for that purpose the
portal of the Yellowstone National
Park, "Tho Wonderland of North
America."
When this Indian reservation was
set aside to be forever the Brand tourist
reHort of the people and their common
property by the peneral Kovernnient,
few had any Idea of the endless variety
and stupendous grandeur of the fea
tures embraced In tills tract of country
Klxty-five by seventy-five miles In ex
tent. This volcanic, region Is located
about midway in our national domain.
It nestles in the heart of the Kooky
mountains covering un nrea of :i.57;i
mpiure miles and Is encircled by ning
liillcent snow peaks from ten to nearly
fourteen thousand feet high. No valley
within its limits has an elevation less
than G.000 feet above sea level, while the
averaK Is about H.UuO feet. This freak
of nature is only a little spot of earth
in the northwest coiner of Wyoming,
coverliiff a few miles of Montana on the
north and overlapping into Idaho and
Montana on the west. It is one
of thu preatPst water-sheds on the
earth. Three of the larRest rivers in
the United States have their source in
Yellowstone park tho Missouri, the
Yellowstone, the Snake. These Htrenins
born within HlRlit of each other, lose
themselves in three mighty rivers that
seek old ocean thousands of miles apart
from each other. Here, too, is the lar
Reat body of water in North America
lit this altitude of nearly 8,000 feet.
Within this wonderful domain are fifty
peysers which uro said to outclass
MAMMOTH HOT
nnythlnjj In the known w orld, throwing
legulurly a column of hot water from
thirty to two hundred and lifty feet
in the air between intervals of from
one minute to fourteen days, besides,
within the boundaries of this wonder
ous geyser land there are known to be
una hundred geysers and 3.600 springs
and pools, together with paint pots,
mud springs, lukes canyons, rivers and
small parks, ad infinitum. Here in the
"Grund Canyon of the Yellowstone,"
ten miles long with, an average depth
of a quarter of a mile which 1 ac
knowledged to be the most brilliantly
colored landscape in existence, and
"Mammoth Hot Springs," the only col
ored terrace-building hot springs know n
that liuve such beauty and magnitude;
also cliffs of volcanic glass, mountains
of petrefactlon, hills or brimstone, un
surpassed waterfalls, interspersed with
thousands of natural curiosities, sur
rounded by perpetual snow clad peaks
which rise Into cloudland. all of which
fittingly characterize this as the won
derland of America and of the world.
' ITS HISTORY AND DISCOVERY.
This weird and enchanted spot Is only
M recent .discovery. Often did the
thought occur to us as w traversed it,
, why was it so long undiscovered. It
was not until 1870 that this remarkable
locality became known, although as far
bark as 1S06 some Inkling of what was
to be found there was Riven bv the
Lewis and Clark exploring expedition.
The stories then told came largely
from frontier guides and mountaineers
and were disbelieved, and more than
Ixty years elapsed before the residents
of Montana attempted to explore it,
althought several expeditions sent out
by the government had crossed the con
tinent In search of the most suitable
route for the Pacific railway; in fact.
the whole western domain was crossed
and re-crossed by these exploring
parties, and still the Yellowstone Park
country remained undiscovered. It was
left to John Colter (the first white ex
plorer) to know and tell of its wonders,
and then to General Washburn, in 1870,
to enter the Inner wilds of this myster
ious land, escorted by Lieutenant
Doaae, of the United States army, and
in 1871-72 for Professor P. T. Hayden,
United States geologist, to make a
thorough discovery under the sanction
of congress and largely through his ln-
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PARK.
6; permission of tho Evangelist.
fluence and efforts it became a national
reservation. It peonis strange that a
region so remarkable as this, was so
long an unknown land to us. That,
this is so. Is undoubtedly mvlng to the
fact that from the east and south the
Park Is almost impossible of approach
on account of the character of the
mountains. Tho region is more than
lifty miles south of the nearest route
traveled by explorers, besides hostile
Indians were in this Immediate vicinity
in very early days. Hut the question
is aptly unsweivtl by Mr. O. 1). Wheel
er, probably the best informed of any
of the Northern l'ucilie olllclals, who
says in substunce, "(lod moves In a
mysterious way, and in Ills inscrutable
wisdom He so concealed this grand her
itage that It would nut be discovered
LIBERTY CAP.
until the American people were suf
ficiently able to appreciate it. as to
preserve it In nil tts Integrity, its nat
ural grandeur and beauty forever. Just
us nature made it." Since the Park
was reserved for Its present purpose,
congress has set aside as a "timber re
serve" nnother tract on the south and
east of about two thousand Bqunre
miles, making the- entire reservation
one-fourth larger than my native state,
Connecticut. This ni t prevents the tim
ber here from being cut down or want
only burdened under severe penalties.
SPRINGS HOTEL.
The completion of the Northern rarlfic
railway across the continent was an
important event for the Park, espe
cially so when their branch line of
fifty-one miles brought them to Cinna
bar at its northern boundary. Thin
road brings the tourist from his far
away home and sets him down amidst
the mountains and confines of this
wonderland. "Thus far und no far
ther," said Mr. Wheeler to t ie, "i
Uncle Sam's edict to railroads, and
none may venture beyond the imagin
ary boundary line."
Connected with the Park are four
Important factors, each Independent of
the other, yet co-ordinate branches.
These are the United States govern
ment, the Northern Pacific railway, the
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Yellowstone Pork association, and tho
Yellowstone National Park Transpor
tation compuny. Like four separate,
yet integral parts of the samo machine,
thry work sympathetically and ,Jhar
ninnioutdy toward tho same end. The
avenue of annrouvh. to the Park Is one
entirely in keeping with its character.
Having given our readers a condensed
outline of this mysterious land of won
ders, we will invite them to follow us
in our dally travels through It. We
leave the main line of the road and
start in to see the park at Livingston,
for it's only through Livingston on the
Northern Pacific road, that we can
reach it. Livingston as described In a
former letter, lies at the base of the
Know and Helt ranges spurs of the
Kocky mountains.
Some people, like ourselves, have an
idea, that we enter the Park on the
same elevation above the sea, ami in
the same manner as itv would enter
Kaliniount Park, of Philadelphia, or
Central Park, New York. This Is a
mistaken idea we commence at Llv
iiiKslon on elevation above sea level
hi 4.4 .0 feet, urn! ascend to Cinnabar,
filfy-uiie miles, on a grade of eighty
feel to the mile overcoming 700 feet.
We do not leave our drawing-mom
car until Ciimaliar is reached. The
ride through this Interesting valley,
hounded by mountains, is mi appro
priate prelude to what follows in the
park Itself. It Is called a park. Your
minds shuliM be disabused of a mis
conception. It has nothing such as an
ordinary park would Indicate. No
gravelled walks no velvety lawns, no
statuary, no (lower beds, etc., but all
this extensive area Is literally crowded
with natural curiosities of the most
wonderful character. The hotels and
the government roads and bridges are
the only artificial things to be found
here, everything else being In Its nat
ural condition, rude, stein and wild.
Three miles from Livingston, . the
railroad passes through the first "can
yon of the Yellowstone," which forms
a natural entrance Into the I'pper Yel
lowstone valley. This canyon Is about
u mile long and Just wide enough to
comfortably admit the read und river,
the mountain walls rising 2,000 feet
perpendicularly on either side. Pass
ing through this first canyon we enter
Paradise valley, which Is from seven
to twelve miles wide and extends some
thirty miles along the Yellowstone river
which tumbles anil pounds continuous
ly, clear as crystal and cold as Ice.
This valley lias been settled by ranch
men. The land Is very fertile nnd Irri
gation has been carried on to a high
state of perfection, making the valley
as productive as the corn belt of Illi
nois, The rich ranches strolohliig-be-
f
yond the level upon the moraines, look
like great Persian rugs with their har
monious blending of colors, put this is
not the district In which one wishes to
specify and particularize. As the train
moves southward, the mountain scen
ery is ever changing and picturesque.
The most prominent peak Is Emigrant,
In the south end of the valley, which
rises proudly a mile anil a quarter
above tho valley to an elevation
of Hi.fi29 feet. Forty miles fronr Liv
ingston we puss through the "second
canyon of the Yellowstone," called
"Y'linkee Jim Canyon," named for an
enterprising Yankee, who, prior to
bulldliifr the railroad, built a wagon
road through the canyon at great ex
pense and enjoyed a lucrative business
In collecting toll from each visitor to
the park. Yankee Jim Is still located
here and has many piscatorial guests
during the tourist season, who tind the
best of trout fishing In these swift wat-
rs. This canyon Is far more pictur
esque than the first, as the mountain
walls rise higher, und Hie gorge within
which the river Is compressed. is scarce
ly loo feet wide. This valley Is the bed
f an ancient lake, with glaciated boul
ders strewn around, affording views of
rocky i iits and spurs
t'lnnnbar mountain is an object of In
terest. Here Is n group of vertical
beds nearly a half mile hlh. Kxtctuling
from the bnsq, to the summit, Is n red
dish band of arenaceous clay about 100
feet wide, called Cinnabar, which gave
the name of the mountain. "The Devil's
Slide" Is found her, formed by two walls
of trap-rock some l.'iO feet apart, which
precipitates 2,tHio feet down a mountain
Hank like a toboggan slide, and Is
strikingly realistic to the tourists. One
says, "It demonstrates how easy His
Satunle Majesty makes it In life for
any one to go down hill."
STAfSR TltAXSPOIlTATIOX.
Arriving nt Clnmib.ir. the transporta
tion company take up the work of st-re
transportation through the park, a dis
tance of one hundred and sixty miles.
Here is a line of six-horse tally-ho
coaches awniting the tourist for a drive
of seven miles to Mammoth Hot Springs
hotel.
Having exchanged our seats In the
comfortable chair car fur others equal
ly inviting In the grat coaches, v.e
commence the ascent of 2.000 feet In
seven miles to the famous hotel. Thin
ride is the first day's pleasure drive in
the park, and it is over an excellent
macadamizi d road; and right here I
wish to emphasize the superiority of
TERRACES AT MAMMOTH SPRINGS.
Yellowstone Park rouds, for to mo
among the pleasant feutures of the
park trip was the strong bridges, grace
ful curves and good roads. We wind
along the Gardiner river, which has Its
source from the snow ravines of "Klcc
trlo Peak," clear as crystal and cold
as ice; this river unites with the Yel
lowstone at Cinnabar. The grade gf
the carriage road . is. very steep, as
nearly ii.OOO feet hus to be overcome be
fore reaching Mammoth Hot Springs,
mainly in the last two miles, -when the
road leaves the river to ascend the
mountain. Klght ut this point 1 toiling
or Hot river empties into the cold, pure
waters of the Gardiner. The former Is
the combined ovei llow of ull the waters
of Mammoth Hot Springs, made' fa
mous from the fact that fish may bo
cuught In the cold stream and cooked
in the but stream without change of
position. After a long climb a sudden
turn is made, and the famous Mam
moth Hot Springs hotel is seen in tie
distance, and presently we pass
through a gateway of ruck and behold
the strangest and most fascinating
sight unlike unything , seoil else
where, it Is a rang. of snow
white terraces, rising like glguutie
steps of marble forming ii.-bus.in
filled with boiling bubbling water, heat
ed by nuture's furnace, und sending
forth clouds of ste;:ui. These ter
races are the . gorgeously arrayed,
exquisitely filigreed, nnd richly col
ored cliffs of "Mammoth Hot
Springs." In front of us Is a level
plateau, where, besides the famous ho
tel, are several other buildings, uinoug
them Camp Sheridan, the headquarters
of the superintendent of the park, and
proudly floating from his oflielal resl-'
dence, was the "stars and stripes'
which gracefully'salutcd us In acknowl
edgement of "three cheers for the old
Hag," alter we set foot on our own
nationul domuin, the wonderland of
America. .
This park is under the exclusive con
trol of the secretary of the Interior,
with Contain George S. Hunter as su
perintendent, and two companies of
cavalry. With United States soldiers
for police, it Is the most law abiding
section in our country today. There
are no saloons, no gambling houses,
thieves, highway robbers, or Indian
massacres. No man, except he be n
federal olllcer, can carry fire-arms of
any description. These two com
panies nntrol the park that no net of
vandalism be committed or the marvel
ous and delicate formations be disturbed.
These soldiers stand guard over all this
domuin according equal rights to ull
and sperj 1 favors to none.
A st a' trout story nnd we close this,
our first day's park experience. As we
reached the "Mulling river" on our
stage ride from t'lnnubar, our attention
was called to two gentlemen who were
fishing in the Ice cold Gardiner river.
One of them had cuught a' trout and
without unhooking It, he swung tlie line
nnd fish over into the boiling river, nnd
It was said the fish was cooked and
ready for the fable In less time thnn it
takes me to tell the story. This is my
first fish story. Tell me if this is not
Wonderland.
J. K. RICHMOND.
A WOMAN'S CONVENTION.
Its lluslncso Is Wickedly Reported by a
Merciless Male Scribe.
From 'the Buffalo Kx press.
"Now ladies," said the chairman of
the convention, nipping with her gavel,
"remember, please, that we must have
order. I must ask you to refrain from
whispering during the progress of the
meeting."
Still the low sibilant sound from the
group of pretty heads that had got to
gether in one corner of the hall con
tinued. The chairman looked annoyed nnd
rapped with her gavel more severely.
The group of pretty heads broke up
nnd the whispering ceased In that quar
ter, but over on the opposite side of
the hall, a delegate was seen to lean
toward her neighbor and the disagree
able hissing was resumed.
"Is it possible," said the chairman,
"that I must repeat my request? You
will refrain from whispering, plense."
The offending head nodded approv
ingly, but the whispering did not stop.
"If necessary, said the chairman,
ith a touch of anger, "I shall become
lersonal in my requests. Will the dele-
iate from I lost on kindly postpone her
fn ivate conversation with her neighbor
Mil the meeting Is over?"
The delegate from Moston -straightened
up In her seat and lliulied hotly.
' "Is it possible." she exclaimed, "that
you meant me?"
"Certainly," said the chairman, "there
was no one else whispering at the mo
ment, I believe."
"Hut," said the delegate from Hus
ton, "1 was only saying to my neighbor
what a splendid chairman you mude to
stop the whispering of those ladies from
Ohio over there. 1 don't see how you
cull object to my saying that.
"We will have no whispering on nny
subject," said the chairman, sternly.
And with that nt least n dozen heads
In different parts of the hall bobbed
over towards their neighbors' desks, and
the Ktbilutioti grew Into a prolonged
hiss, from which could plainly lie dis
tinguished such expressions ns "Served
her right." "The Idea!" "What a splen
did chairman!" etc.
A look of despair came over the chair
man's face, and she sat down, with a
mule signal to the secretary to go on
with fhe reading of the minutes and let
the whisperers have their way,
Able to ro for Himself.
Little Johnnie flleason Is only 0 years
of age, but lie has seen lmil:;h of street
car travel to give him an idea that hu
must always look our for No. 1.
The oilier day Johnnie gut on an Hast
Maine street ear with his nianima and
lurched him"ilf on the seat next to a fat
old gentleman, who did cnnshlerahle puff
ing when required to "move up." At the
Twelfth street crushing two young ladies
loarded the car. and ns the seats were nil
taken they were c,llHteleil to stand. As
the car nraied Kourleenah the f.it Indi
vidual Minioil to Johnnie and said:
"Vourg Iran, won"! you Ket up .'ind
lit one of thri'e young ladles sit down'.'"
Johnnie turned siuwlv to the fat e''M
tleinan, and with a look of ilis.tust said:
"What's the matter with yon getting up
nnd giving them both a scat'.'" Chicago
'Jimcs-Hcrald.
Denr l.ittlo Johnny.
Little Johnny has bei-H naughty, and
has to be sent from the t:ilil-. wilhotit
haling any dc'ei M-'or on h.nir he was
seen sittli in t'n ner of the room cry
bur. At l.'.i'l he thinks It lllue to stop.
"Well, 1 hope you have done crying
now," says 111.-' im :hcr.
"Haven't done," says Johnnie, In a pas
rion. "I'm only resting." TM Hits.
VALLEYS OF WALES
An Granule Description -of tbe I'coplc
fifty Years Ago.
IT . IS FROBABLY PREJUDICIAL
The Old rushloncd Wedding Parlies of
Long Ago and tho Mudo of l iving
- Among tbo Iroa Workers of
Wales in tho Past.
Charles Wilklns. one of the best V.nK
llsh writers in Wales, und formerly
postmuster 0f Merthyr, writes a very
doubtful description of the Iron Valley
of Wales lifty ) cars ago. In the Week
ly Mall, he sus that In looking ulong
the turnpike road beneath our feet, und
through the village, what objects do ive
Bee? There are horses In droves carry
ing .Wood.. There are black little girls
urging On. demurest donkeys. Their
panniers are laden with conl till the
fetlocks of the poor creatures seem, ut
every step, sinking to the ground. How
livaclously the coal-black, white
teethed little women (of from 9 to 1)
ply their work. They are adepts ut
the whip. Their "Chick," "chick,"
"Com up, lloxei1," "Coibe up. Sharper,"
are .most fascinating to hour. Horses
and donkeys, by the bye, are nil worked
In Hnglish, even by those who do not
understand a word of It. There are
wives rind daughters carrying victuals
to their husbands and fathers. There
Is a circle of women round u well. AVbnt
an opportunity for gossip not neglect
ed! The pltelierof one of them Is just
filled. A large-sized vessel it. is, some
thing like a Unman amphora. A coll
of -cloth; extemporaneously twisted out
of un apron or towel, or something
similar, being nut upon her crown, u
neighbor assists her to lift the jar
thereon. and oft'shestraddlcH cautiously,
like Itebecca. from the fountain. Is it
the weight of the water or the quality
of It. or what Is it, that produres that
unsightly wen on the neck of one so
young and rosy?
MAKCI1ING IN FULL PKOCKSSION.
Yonder are the members of a benefit
club marching In full procession. The
men are lirst, with tidy clothes nnd
white gloves. They have sashes, ban
nets, emblems, staves, and rods of of
llce. The women follow them. How
well and cleanly clad they are! Sub
stantial gowns, large, comfortable
shawls, the sugar-loaf hat, with broad
brim, fastened coqucttlshly a little on
one side, and snowy muslin bordering
their rosy faces. Reader, you shall
travel many a mile of her ninjesty's do
minions, yet fail to meet any such band
of Jolly, rosy damsels. We mean tha
unmarried ones, for they have employ
ment out of doors. They are guiltless
of stays; their cheeks are clear; their
forms are full and healthy. The mar
ried ones, for the most part, however,
have no such look. Shut up in their
close cottages, debarred of air und ex
ercise, worried by drunken husbands,
their gowns are no longer full and firm,
the clear, fresh health forsakes their
cheeks. With everlasting tea and ba
con, perhaps with tobacco nnd strong
liquors, dyspepsia soon sets In with
nil the horrors of tlatulence and hypo
chondrlacism. Yonder is a funeral. In
the midst of a seeming rabble of men
and women, old nnd young, on horse
back or on foot, in clothes of ull colors,
without order or arrangement, the
corpse Is carried. This has been some
workman merely. Had it been any one
of note we should have had the clergy
man and the doctor In the van, on
horseback probably, followed at seemly
distance by the undertaker and fur
nisher of mournings, all four with
black gloves and several yards of broad
black silk about their hats and dang
ling down their backs. The silk and
the gloves, by the bye, ate gifts from
the relatives of the deceased; the silk
becomes profitable, we are free to say.
In the shape of aprons to wife, daugh
ter, or oiher female favorite. The read
er shall make his own reltections on
this selection of four such function
aries' to lead the column to the grave.
The clergyman, the undertaker, the
furnisher of mournings can be under
stood, but the doctor we will leave It
It Is a sheer piece of practical wag
gery. Hut our workman's funeral
hark! as they go a hymn Is raised.
How solemnly It rises! The motley rab
ble has assumed a new look. How the
melody has fused and glased It! It
looks holy now sacred. Ah! but the
church 1 far, tho day Is fine, the way
Is pleasaift: the fewest will return in
soberness. To many a man and woman
there this funeral Is but a "spree."
A WEDDING PAUTY.
Yonder 'appears to be a wedding par
ty. Two collides, in Sunday apparel,
walk ni'in-iii-arni following: each other.
Doubtless they have been spliced by the
parish registrar who bids fair to do the
vicar out of all Ills marriage fees. Hy
way of wedding Jaunt, they are now in
process of making u tour of the princi
pal public places. The admonitions
they receive from their fi lends in each,
however instructive and encouraging,
are more remarkable for straightfor
wardness than for elegance of speech.
The loidegroom seems ulremly, by sun
dry symptoms, to acknowledge the vir
tue of the various taps he has achieved.
The doctor, on horseback In sports
man's Jacket, with some dogs behind
him; a farmer or two on business, a
Scotch tva-niau poking his brawny face
from house to house; men hawking
Titanic stockings bundled across a
stick; children at play; one or two red
miners or black colliers staggering by
some public house: women carrying
water jars on their heads such in'" the
objects to be seen 111 a Welsh village.
Of these the women are the most strik
ing und peculiar. The nfi'eotion they
display for the cast-off articles of their
husband's wardrobes Is to a stranger
quite touching. The lint seems to be
generally set aside as economical wear
for a man's grandmother. As for hi
wife, you shall meet her in l;i wa!.-.t-cout;
you shall meet her in hl5.Uttes;
you shall meet her in his coat, wtth her
hands Jauntily stuck in the pockets,
and, looking, the modern reader may be
assured,- Infinitely amusing.
And this, then, Is a Welsh Iron val
ley fifty years ago. Hehiml us In that
mountain are quarries, clinking with
the hammers of those that hew tliittine
to Mux the ore. In the bowels of the
earth beneath our feet nre men hdjf
naked. cutting, by the lifrht of candles,
from the walls of narrow chambers,
coal to form the. coke which melts It.
lint perhaps they nre Idling now. As
sembled In snuie common passage. Il
luminated by the combination of their
candles; they set themselves on their
knees, smoking their pines, drlnkinc
beer, while water all arovnd drips from
the roof ;exploslve gasmurniuisthroiigli
bubbles on the walls, or. here and there.
In a considerable stream, blows loudly
through "a blower;" the dark mineral
glitters on the lading tram, and ter
riers, seated by their masters' victuals,
buy the rats from them.
HUINGING MINERALS TO LKTIIT.
Miners' too. beneath our feet, with
pickaxe, or with blasting-poiyder. loos
en from the earth the ore. Horses,
through long passages, drag In dark
ness the minerals to the light. Hoys
of eight or nine, or younger, sue ml the
day by doors that guide the current of
air which is the life of nil within. l!y
locomotive along railway, or by horse
on tramroatl. these materials of lime,
and conl, and ore nre brought to tho
furnaces. Stout wenches, with huge
hammers, break suitably the lime and
the mine. others nssist the coking
of the coal. The filler wheels his bar
row of mine, or lime, or coke Into the
crackling flame of the blast-furnace.
At the bottom 'of the furnace the
moulder lays his moulds. The furnace
Is tapped, the molten brilliance flows
forth In a solid stream, filling ur, on
after jone so taking. Its appointed chrin
nels. Lnnk figures nt firemen ther In
the rorge relicat the metal. Tficlr
thin, swarthy, sweat-drlpplng fice
gleam in tne light or the open o
as ever and anon, with long rods, they
IMike the melting mass. How the
whlto-hot mineral flashes hither and
thither all about the forge! -How It
spurts and sparkles beneath the
squeezer? How, beautifully red-hot. it
is gradually rolled into long bars by the
wheels of tho roilinjr mill! Along
canal, tramway, or. railway tho fin
ished metal is now carried to the port,
whence It is shipped, to clvilizo tho
world.
And these workmen have all cottages
and wives and families, and there are
agents nnd master-men nnd gaffers to
rule and trulde them. And there are
shopkeepers to feed und clothe them.
And there nre lawyers and surgeons
und druggists to minister euch his
craft to thein. And there, In London,
Is the flower, the blossom of the whole,
the Iron King himself, whose task Is
to find u proper outlet for the laborer
of the iron vulley.
In the near future Mr. Wilklns prom
ises a description of the Iron vallev of
Wales as it is today her beautiful
church edifices and her Incomparable
educational facilities.
WELSH NOTES
The Ttev. W. Jenkyn Jones, a Welsh mln
slonary at Oulmpcr, I iri t lany, has com
pleted his collection of hymns In the lire
ton language.
The new edition oT tho awyddlonsdur
Is to bo published at once. The re-lssuo
has been edited hy Mr. Thomus Geo, of
Ixiibigh. and contains about eighteen
thousund new articles.
Davydd np Gwilym. the Welsh OvM,
who tlniirisr.i in tho timo of Chaucer,
was laid nt rest in the precincts of the
now ruined ilhoy of Strata Florida one
of tho most delightful spots la Cardigan-rj-'re.
I Is th onli0n of some tlmt o,
old yew tree that still may bo aeen ut that
Pi.i.1- is tne lucicili.n one ihai received tne
lamentations of lolo Goch to his Uo
parted friend..
Degrees In Wales in a few years hence
will be us thick ns dead leaves in Novem
ber. A writer in "Wales" tells us that
ere long every elenieiiiarv teacher and
every intermediate schoolmaster will bo
a graduate of Hie university. Tho Welsh
pulpit will capitulate next, nnd every
"call" will lie made conditional on a can
didate taking Jiis. degree. This, too,
among the descendants of those I'lirltnns
who less than eighty years ago consid
ered It next to a crime to puss through a
collegiate course.
It has never luen satisfactorily ex
plained hov certain German words hnvo
found their way Into the Welsh languiiKe.
For instance, in some districts of Carmar
thenshire the word "tians" Is In frequent
use among the people. Thus, "Nl wnii 1
ddl.il bans n till," which, translated,
means, "I will have nothing to do with
you." Hans here Is evidently the Oor
mnn bans, a contract, a league, a com
mercial transaction. The word Is found
In n modified form In the well-known his
torical movement, the liausrutlo leuguo.
Sir John Jones Jenkins, M. P., Is hack
In Wules from Egypt. Ue had hardly ar
rived at Cairo when he was taken ill
there, ami remained In quite a wenk state
till, by imrdlcul advice, he Bturted hack
nsaln. The dry nlr and the exertion of
tho first day or two seemed to have had
a very bad effect on Sir John's henlth,
but ho is now thoroughly recuperated.
The valu.'iWo cstato of the Into Lady
T.lanover will pass to her daughter. Mrs.
Herbert, of Llnniirtli, who also Inherits th
largeproiperty of her fnther.whlrh wan ori
ginally in strict settlement, hut Hhmit
thirty years ago. Lord Llanover succeed
ed in cutting off the entail by a special
arrangement with his nephew, eon of the
late Air. Hull, of Freshford.
The recent sheep stealing ease In rtre
con, says the Western Mall, brings to
mind the details of the last sheen stealing
ease In the same county over a centurv
ago, when the penalty on conviction was
hanging. The Jury wfr all farmers, and
not disposed to treat llshtly n offence
for which till had snfferd In tho loss of
sheet), more or les-s. When asked "T
their verdict, the foreman said: "We .v.
sentence him, my lord, to lie huncvl, nnd
after that drawn und quartered." VHs
lordship smiled itrhiily. iel said: "The
sentence Is my prerogative. You have
nothing to lo wbh that." "Then guilty
by all means," rejoined the foreman.
Professor Kerl Kvnns. we nre fold. Is
engaged on n phllosonhlcal dissertation
on "Failh nnd Ttenson." The professor ut
present lives at Adpar, Newcastle. Kmlyn,
within bow shot of the snot where tho
first Welsh book was Tiubllstied in Wnbs.
It Is altogether n classic ground that
neighborhood is, nnd has produced no end
of authors, poets, musicians and preach
ers. Mr. Jacob Hughes, siys the Western
Mall, patentee mid manufacturer of n
blood pill. Is going to reslile In America.
Mr. UiiElies mail" his pill nd Ills nil" ut
I.lanelly, then disposed of his chemist
bitsness, md went to live at l'ennrth. but
continued to manufacture his pills. Ilav
It'S flourished nnihl -the tlnntate hade, Mr.
IIURhes is evidently following it.
Judge ffwilvm Williams does not often
swear, but when he does he swears In
Welsh. This Is n thlnir which "Mni'lin"
said was Impossible, but many things aro
pos'slbh; fo an angry judge.
Miss Alice Collimrwooil. eldest dnushter
of Mr. l. CoIlliiKWoid, of lvnnr'h. near
Cardiff, has Ins n married to a well-known
architect out In Natal.
The Tt'M-, .T. S. Morris, late of Cnrnnr
von. North Wnles, now in Natal, is to be
the chief iiilludieator for the sinking at
the Durban clsteddfo l.
Tho committee of the eisteddfod that
s to lie behl ut Iniiban. Africa, are in
hopes of being able to enrage a Welsh
songstress direct from Wales.
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ORGANIZED 1890.
CAPITAL
SURPLUS
$280,000
40.000
JOHN T. PORTER. President.
W. W. WATSON. Vice President,
K. L. PHILLIPS, Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
Fnmuol Hines, James M. firorhart, Irrlng
A. Fiucb, pierce U. Finley. Joseph J, jeiinyo,
M. M. Kenieror, Charles K Matthew. John T.
Porter, V. W. Wutsou, Charles, BcEl'afer. L.
W. Uoraa.
INTEREST PAID ONTOE
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men aod firms gouorally.
Restored.
Fflilin? Pejlltkl Rfrenirrh In nt,l n, mil. man
heilulckiyitiiilpuriuuiieiitlyc'iiriHlbyBieUiaaeaUh
ly, viK'irous slattj. HufTerera from..,.
HERVGOS DEBILITY.
VCRICOCCLE, lilSHT LOSSES,
AXI All, WASTINO msiCAiKHshould write
to mo fur advice. I lmvo been a close studeat foe
i.may years of the subject of weakness in men, the
fuet (3,1 was a sufferer myself. Too bashful toseeK
the mil of ol.ler nu-iior repiuublnphvuolMii Haves
Jiuuteil I lie subject deeply uml itlneovorad a simple
Inn iiinnt reniurkably aurw)fnl remeily that com
pletely cured m uml fully enlarved me from a
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size, i want every yuuiiKurold man tokoow abeuc
11. I tek.. a iwnoiinl Interest In such cases and ao
oneiieeil iiennuBir, write me as allconuiuialcaUoaa
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elf but wrllu me fully at imee, you will always blesa
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