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THE SCBANTON . TRIBTTXE-SATUBDAT. MOR3STNG MAHCH 7, 189ft
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TRULY IT IS WONDERLftHD
Second Day's Sights in a Tuur of
Yellowstone Park.
MANY MARVELS OP NATURE
Whtr Springs of .Many Temperatures
6end Forth Waters of Mam Colors
That Blend Into a Panorama
of Iridescent Splendor.
' For The Tribune. ...
We urrlved at Mammoth Hot Splines
hotel in time for luncheon. -Alter
alighting from our courh, we union
scluu.sly glance about us and take a
mental Inventory of whut we see, uml
then proceed to the munimoth illninB
hull, where was served a luncheon, first
class in every respect.
Set down here ill the heart of the
mountains, on a plateau nearly 7,000
feet above the level or the sea. nlKlier
liy SOU feet thun the summit of Mount
WaHhiiiKton. and 1,000 inileH from any
where, is Indeed a mammoth liuildiliK.
II rut of the four found In the park:
hundreds of feet Ions, with Rubles and
jieaks ami towors; with a wide verandu.
running the entire length of it, lighted
with electricity, heated by steam,
noticeably large rooms with electric
hells, and containing ull the modern
improvements of a first-class hotel in
every respect, besides commodious
enotieh to accommodate hundreds of
guests, also as pretentious as those
found at Mirutosa and .cwpori. i
might say, right here, thnt there is in
vested in the park a half million dol
lars in its hotels. The help employed
are most select and competent, fath
ered mainly from St. l'aul and eastern
cities at heuvy expense. And, by the
ivuy, the supplies, too, have to be trans
ported by wagon through the park from
seven to one hundred miles. Notwith
standing these apparent drawbacks, the
universal verdict Is that the hotels of
the park ami their service generally,
lire excellent, better than could be ex
pected under the circumstaucs, and su
perior in service to that furnished by
the general run of sea-sliore and moun
tain summer resorts. The rates are $1
per day or per week after the first
week which are not extortionate, us
tiniiie would he inclined to fcur.
AN IDEAL SUMMER RKSOKT.
As the tide of tourist travel has turned
westward, the people have learned that
Yellowstone park is more than a won
derland. It is un ideal summer resort
ull the attractions of mountain, lake
and river country. In addition to its
grand panorama of natural wonders.
All classes of people may now visit the
park with ease unit comfort, men, wo
men, children and invalids alike: In
camping parties, or in the luxurious
I'onconl stage coach. There Is no need
of roughing it. for unlimited facilities
are now provided, in udilition to tin;
couches, here are surreys, buggies, open
wagons uud saddle horses, so that the
tourist can make the trip through the
park in any way he pleases, taking ull
the time he pleases and enjoy all the
marvelous grandeur und terrible phe
nomena found here at comparatively"
little expense.
The trip of 160 miles through the park
is usually made in ('oncord couches, and
some of new and peculiar design, es
pecially adapted for park use. While
being st ion if and durable, they are
light, eusy to enter and get out of, and
open at the sides, so thut the pussen
Ker can easily see the country while
riding ulong. The eiiliment Is the
best obtti limbic. The Park company
have tifty-four six-horse t'oncoril
coaches and fifty vehicles of other de
scriptions uud about four hundred
horses, and the amount invested in
them is over tlOO.uon. These coaches
comfortubly accommodate from seven
to thirteen passengers euch und usually
cover the entire route in live and one
half days. The cost of the entire trip,
including transportation from Living
ston and return, with five and one-hulf
lays' board at the park hotels. Is only
Jt.r.0. The tourist thus travels daily
on schedule time, but on application to
the superintendent of transportation,
Sir. S. S. Huntley, may stop olT at
pleasure at any of the hotels enroute.
'uch tourist is furnished a book, which
comprises checks for the dally stage
rides mid seventeen meal coupons, and
when the book Is exhausted, for each
meul or lodging thereafter, un addi
tional dollar is charged. Two weeks can
lie prollluhly and pleasantly spent
within the confines of the purk and no
one should think of making the trip In
less than seven days. There is no
night travel. A telegraph line connects
-Mammoth Hot Springs hotel with each
hotel und lunch station in the park and
also with the outside world.
BEAUTIFUL VIEW.
Prom the veranda of this mammoth
hotel the tourist is regaled with a land
scape of great variety. What do we
see? On the right and westward are
the wonderful mammoth hot springs
in oil their dazzling radiance, while Just
in front are two peculiar objects,
standing like sentinels on the level
place below the terraces. These are
"Devil" Thumb" and "Liberty Cap."
They ure extinct geyser springs, deud
and cut off from their fellows. Part her
away southward, blocking vision in
thut direction, towers llimsen peak. 9,
f.iK feet, the highest mountain visible;
on the left and extending miles south
eastward, Is the deep valley of the
Cardiuer and the eust Gardiner river,
along whose purple waters we have
Just been traveling, while the lava
capied Mount Everts, T.tiOO feet high,
crowds down to the (iardiner river und
basin from afar. Nearby, just across
the wide plaza in front of the hotel and
ugalnst the back ground, Is Fort Yel
lowstone and the neat and comfortable
red-roofed quarters of the soldiers', who
patrol the park. Here the 1'nltcd
States bugler blows his trumpet to stir
tip the slumbering echoes of the ravines
and performs the sentinel duty of liriiiK
the sunrise and sunset gun and from
here he acrom panics the party to every
point of Interest to protect the curlosi
ies against the insatluble relic-hunter.
I have read various descriptions of
this wonderland and never quite under
stood them. Kven now I question
whether, as I come to explore and ex
plain It. I ran give my readers any
better than a faint Idea of its beauties
and grandeur. The visitor may well
spend a day and even more inspecting
the wonders found on and around this
hotel -plateau.
This line of terraces is said to be the
only structure of the kind in the world.
Some years ago there was something
like It in the -Pink Terraces" of Koto
mahana, In New Zealand, but recent
volcanic eruptions destroyed them,
leaving Mammoth Hot Springs without
a rival. What are they? These ter-
IN THE WORLD
OF BEAUTY
IS SUPREME
Hot ml r is It thenoit effective skin pari
ffitig and beaatlfvtnfc snap ia the world, but
It ia lbs sorest, sweetest, and most refreshing
for toilet, bath, and nursery. It strikes at the
eanse of bad complex loot, falling hair, anil
Inula batrr Memlvht. vis1.: thb Cloooed,
ljtriJU(aD,OvBBWoBBBP,er Si-uaaua foaav.
MAN
rnces are formed by lime deposits from
the boiling water. Imagine a m1 con
stantly overflowing und depositing Mine
around 'the 'rim and edges, for ages
finally building U.a terrace. In addi
tion to being strongly charged with
lime, the water also carries sulphur and
iron, which form a delicate yellow and
a high-colored bronse. The older the
lime formation tho harder It is. -The
water of the "hot springs" is always
of an Intense blue. The inside lining is
usually ierfectly white, with occasion
al variations from the sulphur and Iron.
This lime, sulphur and iron extends all
over the park and gives coloring: to the
"Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone,"
the most wonderful sight probably in
the world, to which we shall allude In
a later letter.
VIEWING TDK TERRACES.
It requires several hours to leisurely
visit all these springs. The high altitude
over i.OOOfeet above sea level will not
admit of a rapid Inspection. Provided
with a walking stick, a. pair of smoked
or lilue glasses, and a guide, we start
In for a tour of real inspection. We fol
low a broad bourd walk straight tow
ards that strange odd hill, or cliff, or
row of terraces of many names. We
slowly climb the trail that winds over
the white chalk-like slope and reach the
top of the Hist shelf which shows the
whole line of colors from the blackest
of black to the most dazzling of white.
These terraces are the products of the
overflow of hot springs; new springs are
ever opening and old ones closing:. The
terraces vary in extent from five acres
to fractions of un acre. They rang In
height from a few feet to forty and evon
sixty feet. Tills mound of carbonate of
lime embraces 1T0 acres, with thirteen
distinct terraces, and in It is a group of
fifty hot mineral springs, whose inex
haustible fountains have for ages boiled
and bubbled and toiled to upbuild this
grand system of terraces which rise one
above another almost as regular as a
flight of stairs to a height of 500 feet,
ending on a mountain side perhaps two
miles back.
The peculiar processes going on here
result in colored waters, startling In
their brilliancy. Red. pink, black, ca
nary, green, sulTrnn, blue, chocolate and
intermediate graduations are found in
complete harmony. The various colors
mean various temperatures. Where
the water exceeds l.V) degrees Fahren
heit, this growth Is white; in cooler
water the growth assumes one of the
above mentioned colors, the green, red,
oriiUKe and yellow predominating. In
some places the intense whiteness of
the mass of terraces is absolutely daz
zling. In anoflier place It resembles
huse walls of congealed pitch, while at
another locality the most delicate com
binations of colors are shown. Here
one hardly knows whether to admire
the delicacy of the formation, which
cannot he excelled by the finest lace, or
the brilliant and harmonious coloring
and chromatic effects existing: con
stantly on this enchanted ground. The
hot wuter vegetation growing along the
rills ns thoy cool on their way from
some of the boiling springs to the lower
levels Is of nearly every color of the
rainbow.
S1CKX FROM THE HOTKL.
All these effects can be seen from the
Mammoth hotel, which Is only a. few
hundred yards distant. This spot
should he visited early in the forenoon
or early in the afternoon, as the heat
Is intense In the middle of the day and
the? reflection from the wuter and while
formation Is very painful, though In
sunshine the coloring of the springs Is
far more brilliant. We will make men
tion only of two or three of the promi
nent features. "Minerva Terrace" Is a
muss of lime stone forty-three feet In
height, covering un area of nearly an
acre with a hot spring on Its summit
some twenty feet in diameter. The
temperature at the edge is Vti degrees
Fahrenheit. Articles of glass, iron or
any hard substance placed where the
water can Mow over them are soon coat
ed with a crystal white deposit. "Jupi
ter Terrace" Is the largest of the for
mation, covering an area of five acres,
and the hot spring overflowing it is
Hourly 100 feet In diameter. In dose
proximity Is "1'ulpit Terrace," very ap
propriately named. Prom here a path
leads to "Cupid's Cave," und also to
"Narrow (lauge Terrace," which Is a
fissure ridge, say ana feet long, filled
with miniature geysers and springs
which present 'the most brilliant rolor
iiiKS. Tills ridge Is shaped like a letter
A. At' the apex Hie hot water bubbles
out from little holes. The crust formed
here by the lime Is so brittle that even
carefully walking along its sides will
often cause It to give way and give
the? tourist a scare. On the
next terrace above are "Orange
iteyser," "Devil's Kitchen" and
"Hath Lake;" at every step here
the path Is surrounded by smoking
springs. We peer down into the black
ness of the Devil's' Kitchen, or the more
interesting Cupid's Cave and tramp
over the "Kleplinm's Hack," where the
steam mid boiling waters ooze out from
his back bone. Here Is where the Im
pious visitor remarks. "If this is not the
Devils Sink Hole, it is Hell's Half
Acre." Many of the names are taken
from the devil or hell, und very appro
priately. We step mighty carefully
among the myriad streamlets that
trickle from the pools and go on, forget
ting fatigue, hunger and everything else
save the fact that we are in wonder
land. A UAZZU.NO (SPECTACLE.
From a point called Admiration Point,
and very justly named, the sightseer
has a view of the springs anil mmIs just
before him, that fairly takes his breath;
this is one of the most beautiful sights
on earth, you breathe the air of over
7.HH feet elevation anil look at scenes
of such gorgeous coloring and startling
in effect that they cause you to stand
speechless. No urtlst's brush or tRiet's
pen can adequately depict this extraor
dinary scenery. Returning from these
scenes, we pass "Liberty Cup." which
stands near the travelled road, separate
and alone. This is an extinct hot
spring, or (leyser Cone, fifty-two fe?t
high and twenty feet In diameter nt
Its base, formed of overlapping- layers
of lime deposit for ages, built up by
the overflow of hot water through the
orifice at its top. This resembles a
huge Icicle.
The "Devil's Thumb" Is a cone of
similar structure, but smaller, located
about I'OO feet from Liberty Can. Roth
show- signs of age' and decay. The
weather Is suit! to affect them as It
does the Obelisk In Central park. New
York.
Near Mammoth Hot Springs hotel,
and scattered over the formation and
plateau are uaves. springs, steam-vents
handsome deposits and curiosities
without number to attract and detain
the visitor. Just in front of the hotel
are two of thf se caves and vent-holes,
fenced In. Willi h we visited. They are
the craters of extinct geysers or hot
springs. The McCartney cave is of
special Interest. You 'can descend It
by means of a ladder for lifty feet and
ladder, rope and candle a hundred feet
further, when running water ran be
distinctly heard from the subterranean
chambers, whence the hot vaoors and
poisonous gases constantly rise.
The ruins of hundreds of terraces
have been found here. A few have
been so large that the water runs over
them as over rocks. The Mowing' of this
water destroys vegetable life, and all
over the terraces lie the remains of
trees, some of large size covered with
lime. There are. all told, nearly three
hundred acres of these variously color
ed hot springs. Where does all the
drainage go? At some places can be
seen, and others heard the underground
river (Boiling river) that carries these
heated waters down underneath the
formation Into the Gardiner river, two
miles distant. The overflow from the
springs disappears at the base of each
terrace and finds its way through sub
terranean passages under the hotel
plateau by way of this boiling river,
which has only two hundred feet of
surface exposure, before Jt enters the
Gardiner, boiling hot.
Rut wemust end this chronicle of our
second day; in wonderland.
John K. Richmond.
WELSH PRIKCEHYWEL DDA
He Rcioncd in the Ninth C.ntury
and His Laws are Still in Force.
ROBERT MORRIS EISTEDDPOD
A Creat Musical and Literary Eisteddfod
of Interesting and Spirited Con
tests by Native and Foreif
Competitors.
Hywel Dda was the most famous of
all the Princes of Wales, and began to
reign in the year SMO. The excellent
code of laws which he? enucted to be
kept throughout the Principality of
Wales were observed until the time of
Henry VII.. King of Kngland. The
"Welsh Chronicles" says thut when
good Hywel taw how the customs ot
his country were abused he sent to tli
Archbishop of St. David's, and to all
the bishops In Wales, and the principal
ministers of the church, amounting; in
all to a hundred and forty, us well as
tv the lords, baronets and gentlemen of
the country. He then directed six of
the wisest of each WapontaketCwniwd)
to come before him at his palace on the
river TafT, ami with these bishops,
ministers, and others of his subjects he
spent the whole Lent in fasting and
prayers for the assistance of the Holy
Uhost to restore the laws and customs
of his country, thut God might be glori
fied,- and the people governed in peace
and righteousness. At the end ot
he selectd twelve of the most learned,
with Hlegwyryd, a renowned doctor of
the law. and a man of great literary ac
quirements at their head, and com
manded them to examine carefully all
the laws and customs of Wales and se
lect those which were unnecessary.
When these laws hud been read and
approved, he caused them to be written
in three books one to be kept and used
continually at his court, the second to
be placed at his palace at Aoernraw, in
North Wales, and the third at his pa
lace at Hinefwr, that these laws might
be observed in the three provinces when
necessary.
The following are a few of the Welsh
laws:
"A hid ire oucht to hear fully, to learn
carefully, to set forth plainly, and to
judge mercifully.
"A man should be 25 years of age be
fore he is made or appointed Judge.
"A man will be neither properly nor
fullv sensible until his beard grows
nor will he be a husband until he has a
heard.
"The necessitous man who walks
three towns, with nine houses in each
town, without either receiving alms or
entertainment, and Is taken wmt
food in his possession, shall not be
hanged.
"Twin brothers ought only to have
the share of one heir.
"Three oflenders shall be adjudged
worthy of death, viz: ho who betrays
his lord, he who outrageously and de
signedly kills another, and the thief
who confesses for the value of more
than fourpence.
"If a husband and wife separate and
divorce before seven years elapse from
the time of their marriage, the husband
shall refund the wife her portion of
dower, her household furniture, and her
wearing apparel.
"When two uersons are walking. In
company. If the foremost find anything;
valuable he shnll divide the vulue with
the hindmost, but if the hindmost Is
the tinder he does not divide with the
foremost.
"If u man find uny hogs running on
his fields, any time between the 2oth of
September und the l"ith or November,
he may kill one out of every ten for his
own use."
Hvwl Dda Is mentioned in the Triads,
with DyTnwal und Prydain. as one of
the three good princes of Britain. There
are several copies in manuscript anil
elsewhere. The first printed copy, with
a translation In Latin, with notes by
lr. Wotton, was published In 1730. Ur.
Wotton was greatly assisted In prepar
ing this code of laws for publication by
the learned and accomplished Welsh
scholar, the Rev. Moses Williams. They
are also printed In the third volume of
the Myfyrlan Archaeology, and a tniri
edition was published by the Record
Commission under the direction of Mr.
Aneurln Owen. In 1X41.
An English translation without the
text was published by Mr. Probert. and
this curious und Interesting record of
ancient Welsh customs and manners
has been brought before the notice of
continental scholars by Gabriel Pleg
not. In his edition of the"LoiB de Howel-le-bou,"
8 vo. Paris. 18:12. .
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ROBERT MORRIS KISTEDDFOD.
The managing committee of the Hob-
ert Morris Lodge Kisteddfod Is very
Jubilant over the splendid prosnects of
the Robert Morris Iod;re Kisteddfod,
which Is to be held oiVSt. Patrick's day
at the Prothlngham in this city. Scran
ton holds the proud distinction (wlthone
exception Chicago which was an in
ternational affair) of having held the
grandest and only true elstetlilf.idau in
the 1'nlted States, and the one to be
held in this city on St. Patrick's day
promises toeclipse, both in magnificence
of competitions and superior merits.
those held here In the seventies and
eighties.. Llterarlly, the many subjects
presented for adjudication will, we are
reliably informed, even excel those pre
sented at he World's Fair Kisteddfod,
und the competitions in choral singing
will be of the very highest order.
Judge Kdwards is the adjudicator of
the poetical compositions, and he In
forms us that several of the contribu
tlonsareof a very high literary standard,
CLEEPY, DULL,
languid and morose, is
the way you feel when
your liver lulls to do
its work properly; in
-.consequence you suf-
Icr Horn indigestion,
"' ' biliousness, and dys
pepsia. You have a don't
care " spirit and a " TSlaved
J out " feeling, and everything
jr i tires you.
I I I To set the liver in action,
I I II purify and enrich the blood,
I 1 land to strengthen and vitalize
I the whole system, take Or.
. I Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
,1 covery. Having a peculiar
tonic effect upon the lining
membrane of the stomach and bowels, it
wakes a lasting cure of all stomach, liver
and bowel disorders. By increasing the
blood supply, as well as enriching it, all the
organs of tiie body are strengthened, and the
nerves arc fed on pure, rich blood.
Neuralgia is the " cry of the starved nerves
for food " ; nervous debility and exhaustion,
sleeplessness and nervous prostration are in
most instances the direct result of a starved
condition of the blood. The tme way to
core these ailments permanently is to take
the "Golden Medical Discovery," which
was discovered und prescrilcd by an emi
nent physician. Dr. K. V. Pierce, at present
chief consulting physician and specialist to
the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute,
Buffalo, N. Y. If you want a medical opin
ion ou your case, write h tin. It will cost you
nothing. '
A Book of ij6 pages on " Diseases of the
Digestive Organs," will be mailed to an
address on receipt of postage, six cents. It
contains names, addresses and reproduced
photographs of a vast number of people
who have been cured of dyspepsia, "liver
complaint," chronic diarrhea, and kindred
ailments by the use of "Golden Medical
Discovery."
"UVER COMPLAINT."
Climax, Kalamazoo Co., Micb.
D. R. V. ftER.ce, Buffalo, a. Y.:
Dear Sir K few of my symptoms were heart
burn and fullness after rating; sometimes pain
in my bowels and had taste in mv mouth; some
time I was fererteh. with hot fliwhesover skin.
After taking vonr " Oolden Medical Discovery "
was relieved of alt these symptoms and I feel
perfectly well. Yours truly, I
1
many of the compositions being from
Kurope. "The New Womun" Is the sub
ject of a short essay, with Mr. B. II.
Pratt, of the editorial staff of the Re
publican, as adjudicator. We learn,
that among the many he has received,
that there are quite a number that Jie
has re-read with great delight and keen
Interest on account of their great
originality and superior literary style.
And the same may be said regarding
the spirited and highly interesting
competition on the "Original Novel," of
which Mr. Llvy 8. Richard, edltor-in-chlef
of The Tribune, adjudicates. The
musical adjudicator is Mr. David
Davies, of Cincinnati, whose picture
we present here. He Is a musician of
WW
DAVID DAVIES, MP8ICAL JUDGE.
large experience and critical judgment,
having acted hi the capacity of musical
adjudicator in some of the leading eis
teddfodau of the country. He Is also
a magnificent vocalist, possessing a
charming tenor voice. The committee
Is entitled to unqualified praise for the
Riilendld work It is aeconiDllslung in
connection with this affulr. which will
be rewarded with great glory and auc
cess.
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SWANSEA.
'Antiquaries differ very much ns to
the origin of the English name of Aber
tawe. I.ewys Cllyn Cothl calls It Caer
Wyr. which means "Fortress of tiower-
land." Mr. Di lwvn. In his most nucl
eating little volume, "Contributions to
the History ot Swansea." gives sped
mens of the variety in which the name
of Swansea hus been sielled at amer-
ent ierluds, for Instance:
Sseynsel, by Qlraldus temp. 1IS8
tSweinesbeir "
Sweyneseye 1 " 1SI-I
Sweynesy " Hi
Swannesey
Hwanzey i " 1"'
Swans)- . 1;"
Swansea. " 1T:W
The latter is the name It has borne since
the last date, and Is so called in the
Corporation records on the Ilrd Decem
ber. 1738. for the first time. Another
style of spelling It Is In the "Charter of
Creat on." granted by King jonn;
therein the name is Sweynlhe. Camden
observes that the English name of the
town arose "from the number ol por
poises then frequenting the bay, as If
Sweln or Swine Hea. lit Jones's "riis
tory of Wales" It is stated to be derived
from the Welsh, "Morganwy." which
signifies the White Sea personified, und
Is correctly expressed In the word
"Swansea." Another authority again
will have it that "Its true derivation Is
from Sweyne, a Danish pirate who In
fested these coasts, and eye, an inlet.
Swenyne's inlet, us the early mode of
writing the word proves. Among so
many theories we can only leave our
readers to choose which one tliey pre
fer.
WELSH NOTES.
Lord Dunraven has accepted an InvllU'
noil lo necoine iionuiur.v iiiriiiwcr ui iiib
Royal Walsh Yacht club, whose headquar
ters are at Carnarvon,
A wonderful slaht has been witnessed
ceutly at .Maraani In (ilamoikunshli"
The long, low marshes between the (Jreat
Western railway line and the sea are ut
the present time .the home of muny thou
sands of wild (tense. As the trains pass
the marshes, the lilnls rise in the uir in
flocks, making the sky appear in places
almost black.
The best things of Rhyl Nonconformist
conference are those which ore left out
of the reports In the newspapers. Here is
one of them: The Rev. Lloyd Jones, of
Khvl. auoDiilar wesleyan minister, speak
in at one of the meetings, said that there
was no book so little like tlie .New Testu
ment as a church cuteehism. Tills New
Testament comforted 'the poor and pub
lished woe to the rich but the cnur.'li
catechism hud no word even of warning
to the rich, its warnings were all reserved
for the poor.
The Rev. John Owen, vicar of Kast An
stey. In Somerset, who died III February,
was a Vtejstimun, a native or Card I can
shire, and educated at lampeter colle.ve,
where he was for a ehort time assistant
lecturer in Hebrew. In Wti he was pre
sented by Cation Jeseopp to the vicarage
of Anstey, where lis remained until his
death. He wus 'the author of "Kvenlugs
with .Sceptics," u volume of "Verse Mus
ings on Nature, I'uith and freedom,"
and other works. He also edited UlanvlU's
"Scepsis Scientific ' for the "Parchment
Jlorary.
Harry Furness says: "Ireland ami
Wales ure becoming very modernized. The
traveler who, ufter having- looked fruit
lessly under the table for the traditional
pig. has come lo Wales, is disappointed to
mid the hunilmuiileii who brink his iiu
tutinul hot-wuler does not wear the high
stove-pipe hut, and that David Jones, the
boots, does not warble sweet melodies
whllle he polishes your shoes. That Is
only heard at the National i;itedilrod.
The only mimic I beard (at' Llandudno)
came from the drawing room und?r my
room the twung was thut of a Cockney,
ami the song one of Coburn'g."
An English member of a Welsh Board
of Guardians has resigned his seat because
the proceedings were conducted In Welsh.
The historical town of Conway Is the
scene of this latest revolt of the Haxou
against the Celtic fringe. Ills colleagues
counteously passed a resolution asking
III in to reconsider his decision, and he
consented to do so , sibling somewhut plte
onsly that "he could scurcely be expected
to vote upon a question that he did not un
derstand." Andayet .this is whut scores of
elsh guardians have for many years
been pructicully doing out of a sense of
innate courtesy to the English " 'squires"
who sat us ex-oftli'los on their boards in
Welsh W'ulea!
The exchange of compliments between
Minion and Alderman David Morgan- af
fords much merriment. The alderman,
with a smile ferocious, drew a verbal pic
ture ut Merthyr recently of Mr. Abraham
getting the South Wales miners to close
their eyes and open their mouths. These
miners, he declared, were in the position
of the child who ejected a cherry, but In
stead of the cherry a candle was pushed
Into its mouth. It seems somebody hud
previously likened the alderman to a
yojmg lady who was In love with the
"prince" the prince in the case being sup
posed to be Jlr. D. P. Thomas. M. P. Ma
tron's retort Is now eagerly awaited.
The Rev. John Evans, .Kglwysbach, In
his lecture on the "Contribution of tho
Weleh people to the development of so
ciety," advances the opinion with regard
to the future position or the Welsh, thut
their charcter and history do not warrant
the belief that they will be called upon to
take any leading part as traders, govern
or, or warriors, but that It will be as
apostles of religion that the Welshmen
of the future will distinguish themselves,
for not only have they a natural bent
toward faith and feeling, but they have
also been endowed with the gifts of music
and oratory, which are both calculated to
adorn religion and extend Its Influence
all over the world.
An old elm tree at Cadoxton-Barrv,
which, like the stake which marks the
resting place of "Ben Battle." stands be
tween four cross-roads, has formed the
subject of discussion at about half A
dosen meetings of the Barry Prban Dis
trict Council, a couple of members of
which desire to see it removed. Argu
ments to tne ereeri mat it is an ancient
and picturesque landmark, and that be
neath Its sheltering bouahs Howell Har
ries preached to a multitude at the time
of the great revival In Wales were abso
lutely unavailing, but when Mr. William
Thomas announced the stupendous fact
that ha bad "woed and woo" under Ma
leafy shade. It was at once agreed that
that tree must be ana red!
Lord Kathmore, better known as Mr.
David I'lunket. has a strain of Jewith
blood In his veins. Ills great-grandfather
was a Jewish banker named Levi, who car
ried on business at Haverfordwest at the
end of the last century under the name
of Phillips. One of the banker's daugh
ters was the grandmother of Lord Kath
more and Lord Plunket, the Protestant
arehblshop of Ireland. From another
duughter the Rev. Hugh Price Hughes is
directly descended, and from another, Mr.
J. H. Davies, J. p. Cwrilmawr, in the
county of Cardigan, the treasurer of the
Welsh Calvlnlstlc Methodist Connexion.
It Is somewhat curious, as illustrating the
tenacity of Jewish characteristics that all
Phillips' deacendacu still speak with a
slight lisp.
An "Irish Pastor" contributes to tha
"Irish Baptist Magaxlne" an interesting
account of a "Deputation lour In the Prin
cipality," uteading the needs and merits
of our beloved und richly-blest work In
l lie (i recti. The visit lasted a month, and
the depululion went lionio with pleasant
memories of Welshmen';- hospitality. Tile
writer dci-lures: "We ure glud to be in
a position to testify thut in the hearts of
HuptMs In Wules there Is a large pla-e
fur Ireland, and much sympathy for the
liospel workers in her borders. They -prossed
themselves us deliuhtt'ul Willi the
success thut through Ood's gruc. hud at
tended our work In recent years. It Is
pleuslng to note the remarkable hospi
tably which friends in the. different places
were quick to show us. W e had not to pay
a single penny out for accotnnioduliou
throtiKhQjiil the tour. This speaks volumes
for the kindness of our fellow-Christians
awuy In thut favored land of Noncon
formity. Our fervent prayer Is that
Wules may continue to Increase in spiri
tual prlvlego und power."
"Vn y dyfroedd mawr a'r tonuu," one of
the most popular of Welsh hvmns. was
composed by old Dafydd William, under
very singular circumstances, according
to the story related the other day by Mr.
John Thomas, of Temide-sardent. to a
Camanthen literary aociety. The old mail
had occasionally some differences of opin
ion with is better half, and once, when
such an altercation took Dlace. he escaueJ
from the house and sought shelter from
the storm on the banks of the river Loug
hor. While watching the angry waves of
me i.iwcnwr, lasneu into rury by tne pre
vailng tempest, and the echo of the storm
at home still ringing In 4ils ears, the
thoughts or the bar. I reverted to the river
of dea-rh, and it was then that he wrote
the Immortul words which have since been
a source or comfort to thousands ot pit
minis on the threshold of the areut be
yond. l.t is conjectured that this was
the incident which Watcyn Wyn had In
mind when he wrote for 'his "Can a The-
lyn:"
Yr aweii sydd o hyd o hyd
Yn canu ar hyd y bryniutl,
A nine cei-ddorlaeth yn mhob ton
,( ufonydd hon 1 mlnnau,
'"Mae's Llwchr fel yn canu 'nawr
Y dyfroedd mawr a'r tonuu."
Mr. John Howell, J. P., of Abernyron,
the chuirmun of -the Curdlganahlre Count v
Council, has not much faith In the ef-
ncacy or the practlcabil tv of the reunion
of Christendom, in a powerful article In
the "Monthly Treasury" he declares that
"the cry for reunion which Is in the air
Is a very empty one, and the shibboleth
may with profit be allowed to drop Into
desuetude," und he adds: "Communities
must, or never will, work out their own
salvation. If the Umpired genius were
found who oould fit the hundred and onn
sects Into one huue machine, designed fut
ure reclamation of humanity, having of
necessity lh omnipotent hand and in
genuity to lire mid set tne parts together,
it would flv to nieces at the first en nfl
and in doing so would be more likely to
crush than to save munklntl. Further
more, by the amalgamation of the seids
the advantages derivable from whole
some rivalry would be lost. It Is time to
drop tne enervating cry or reunion, und to
adorn thut or 'Km illation and Brother
hood. This means that each sect sh.inld
be 'comrades' to the other In the truest
eense of the word thut the highest rules
of chivalry should be deserved, that one
should endeavor to outshine the other on li
ft n serving his Master, und that any signal
victory by the one should be u source
of genuine rejoicing 16 the other, us is the
victory or one regiment. In the same cam
paign, under the same geneinl, Invariably
to the other. This indeed would be
union."
0 Lake Erls'a Shores -Tha Captain's
W ife Talis tha Story-It Will
Interest Many People-
(From the Buffalo Evening Nwi.)
If you were to call at 27 Front avenua
you would find a pleasant elderly lady,
-Mrs. Captln Henesy by name. Her
kindly smile and joyous manner are to
nosmallextentdueto the escape ahe has
had. Her own words can better de
scribe her rescue and one can easily un
derstand her present happy condition
when they realize what ahe has gone
through. Hhe says: "About five
months ago I had an attack of sickness
which lasted for a week and since that
time I have been aubject at intervals
to similar attacks, some of which were
longer In duration. It Is hard for me to
deaorlbe how I suffered. The pain
would commence In my head, after
whioh It would seem to pass down my
body and settle in my back, my sides
ached, tny back ached, and I had a feel
ing of great distress in the bowels. The
Increased pain which seemed to come
from lying down, would be almost un
bearable, my face and stomach would
bloat up and 1 could hardly stand on
my feet, dlaziness made it almost im
possible; this feeling wus always with
me even after the violence of the attack
passed over. The last attack I had was
the worst, and was so bad I would not
have been able to tell this story but for
Doan's Kidney Pills. As soon as 1 com
menced their use I found Immediate re
lief. The pain in my back and sides
left me and the dizziness went with It;
the bloating In my face and body dis
appeared and all distress in my bowela
was gone. I have great faith In Doan's
Kidney Pills; in a short time they did a
great deal more for me than all tha
plasters and medicines which I had re
sorted to In seeking relief and cure. I
hope always to be able to procure
them."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents.
Mailed by Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo,
N. Y sole agents for the U. 8.
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iaUsf asMeyjaaraatsaa or aioaey ref aedaa. Pries.
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gfrforPIUM. rta,asU.st Drag-Bai la
Hats or by all pressld. Aodreai m aboiri. BALM
r sal by Matthews Bros, and Joho
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TO our patrons: ,
Washburn-Crosby Co. wish to assure their natty mfi
rons thut they will thia year hold to their usual cuaioa
of milling STRICTLY OLD WHEAT until the new cro
ss fully cured. New wheat ia now upon the market, anal
owing to the excessively dry weather many millers an
of the opinion that it u already cured, and iu proper
condition for milling. Washburn-Crosby Co. will take
no risks, and will allow the new wheat fully three
months to mature before arindins.
This careful attention to every detail of milling
placed WashburaCroaby Co.'s flour far above ot
oranos.
HBGGL & GONNELL
Wholesale Agents.
mOW AND
Bolts, Nuts, Bolt Ends,
ets, Horse Trails, Files,
plies, aau -Duck ior
SOFT STEEL HORSE SHOES
. and-a full stock of Wagon Makers' Supplies, Wheels,
Hubs, Rims, Spokes, Shafts, Poles, Bows, etc.
ITTERBEID
SCRAN
EVERY WOMAN
oaMtUata neUi a missis, aseatkly, ranlattaf medicine. Only harauM m
taesanstdrupslMaialMBssa. ltjoiiirastta beat, get
Dr. PoaPo Pennyroyal Pillo
Thar an snapt, sals and eertaia Is ratal! The seaaloa (Or. Paal'i) sever auaat
BolaU 8eaiaarasre.ll.M. AddreM fan. HmmuuMB Co., ClaraUad, O,
For sale by JOHN H. PHELPS.
sprue Street, Soranton Pa.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
Dentists.
DR. WILLIAM A. TAFT. PORCELAIN.
Brides and Crown work. Offlue, Sii
Waahlnn;ton avenue.
C. C. LAUBACU. 8URGEON DENTIST.
No. 11S Wyoming avenua.
K. M. 8TKATTON. OFFICE COAL EX
chanse. Physicians and Surgeons.
DR. A. TRAPOLD, SPECIALIST IX
Diseases of Women, corner Wyoming
avenue and Spru.:e street, Suranton. Of
fice hours. Thursdays and Saturdays,
a. m. to ( p. m.
DR. O. EDGAR DEAN IIA8 REMOVED
to 10 Spruce Htrcet, Scranton, Pa.
(Just opposite Covrt House Square.)
DR. KAY, WI PENN AVE.';Tto 3 P. M.:
call 3062. DIs. of women, obstretrlcs and
and all dis. ot chil.
DR. W. E. ALLEN. E12 North Washington
avenue.
DR. C. L. PREY, PRACTICE LIMITED?
diseases ot the Eye, Ear, Nose and
Throat; office. 122 Wyoming ave. Resi
dence. 62Vlne street.
DR. U 11. GATES, 12S WASHINGTON
avenue. Office hours, S to I a. m., 1 .30
to S and 7 to p. m. Residence 300 .Ma ll
eon avenue.
DR. J. C. BATESON. TUESDAYS AND
Fridays, at 505 Linden street. Office
liours 1 to 4 d. m.
DR. 8. W. LAMEREAUX, A SPECTAl"
lt on chronlf diseases of the heart,
lung", liver, kidney and Benito uri
nary diseases, will occupy tlie office of
Dr. Ttoos, 232 Adams avenue. Office
hours 1 to 5 p. in.
Lawyer.
WARREN ft KNAPP, ATTORNEYS
and Counsellors at Law. Republican
building, Washington avenue, Scran-
ton. Pa.
JESSUP8 & HAND, ATTORNEYS AND
Counsellors at Law, Commonwealth
building, Washington avenue.
W. H. JESSTTP,
HORACE R HAND,
W. II. JESSTTP. JR.
PATTERSON WILCOX. ATTOrT
reys and Counsellors at Law; offices f
and 8 Library huildlng. Scranton. Pa.
R09EWXU, H. PATTERSON,
WILLIAM A. WILCOX.
ALFRED HAND, WILLIAM J. HAND,
Attorneys and Counsellors. Common
wealth btilldlna:. Rooms 19. 20 and 21.
FRANK T. OKELL, ATTORNEY-AT-I.aw,
Room 6. Coal Exchange, Sorun
ton. Pa.
JAM KS W. OAK FORD, ATTORNEY-at-Law,
rooms S3, 64 and 3, Common-
weaun ounainp;.
SAMUEL W. EDOAR, ATTORNEY-AT-
Law. Office, 3J7JJpTOest..8cranton.Pa;
L A. WATERS. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
42S Lackawanna ave.. Scranton. Pa.
UBJETOWNSEND, ATTORNEY-AT-
Law. Dime Bank Building-. Scranton.
Money to loan in largo sums at 6 per
cent.
C. R. PITCHER. ATTORNEY-AT-law.
Commonwealth building, Scranton,
fa.
11. C. SMYTHE. ATTORNEY AT LAW,
400 Lackawanna avenue.
C. COMEQYB. 821 SPRUCE STREET.
D. B. REPLOQLE. ATTORNEY -LOANS
negotiated on real estate security. 41H
Spruce street.
B. F. KILLAM, ATTORNEY-AT-UAW,
120 Wyomlna: ave.. Scranton, Pa.
JAS."J. II. HAMILTON, ATTORNEY-AT-
law. 4u common weaun mu s.
J. ftl. C. RANPK. 126 WYOMING AVE.
Architects.
EDWARD H. DAVIS, ARCHITECT,
Rooms 24, 25 and 20, Commonwealth
building. Scranton.
B. L. WALTER. ARCHITECT. OFFICE
rear of (W Washington avenue.
LEWIS HANCOCK, JR.. ARCHITECT,
435 Spruce St., cor. Wash, ave., Scranton.
BROWN ft MORRIS. ARCHITECTS,
rice building, Ue .Washington avenue,
Scranton.
STEEL
Turnbuckles, Washers, Riv
Taps, Dies, Tools and Sup
mine use in stock.
TON. PA.
Pharmaolat, eer. Wyoming Avenv and
' ' School.
SCHOOL OF THE LACKAWANNA.
Hcranton, Pa., prepares boys and girls
for college or business; thoroughly,
trains young children. Catalogue at re
quest Opeis September .
REV. THOMAS M. CANN,
WALTER H. JBUELU
MISS WORCESTER'S K1NDERGARTKNT
and School, 412 Adams avenue, opens
Sept. . Klndegarten lift per term.
Loans.
THE REPUBLIC SAVINGS AND
Loan Association will loan you money
on easier terms and pay you better ou
Investment than any other association.
Call on S. N. Cullender, Dime Bunk
Duildlnir.
Hotels and Restaurants.
THE ELK CAFE,lnnd iS FRANK
Un avenue. Rates reasonable.
P. KEIGLER. Proprietor
SCRANTON HOUSE, NEAR D.i L. & W.
passenger depot. Conducted on tits
European plan. VICTOR KOCH, Prop.
WESTMINSTER HOTEL,
Cor. Sixteenth Si. and Irving Place,
New York.
Rates, 13.50 per day and upwards. (Ameri
can plan). E. N. ANA BLR.
Proprietor.
Wire Srceiis,
JOS. KUETTEL. REAR 611 LACKA
wanna avenue, Scrauiun, Pa., mttuufao
turer of Wire Screens.
Seeds.
G. R. CLARK CO., SEEDSMEN AND
Nurserymen; store l-W Washington ave
nue; green house, 13r0 North Main ave
nue; store telephone 782.
Miscellaneous.
BAUER'S ORCHESTRA MUSIC FOlt
balls, picnics, parties, receptions, wed
dings and concert work furnished. For
terms address R. J. Bauer, conductor,
117 Wyoming avenue, over llulbert's
nurdo store.
JIEGARGEE BROTHERS. PRINTERS'
supplies, envelopes, paper bugs, twine.
Warehouse, 130 Washington ave.. Bcfan-
lim, rm.
FRANK P. BROWN ft CO. WHOLE
sale dealers In Wood ware. Cnrdage and
OH Cloth. 720 West Lackawanna ave.
THOMAS AUBREY, EXPERT AC.
countant and auditor. Rooms 19 and 20,
Williams Ruililliiff, opposite postofflce.
Agent for the Ilex Fire Extinguisher.
WELSBACH LIGHT
Ipecitllj Adapted (or Beading ud Saving:
rVlMMltTlckal fltMai aaamf nf Ml VM
boar and Rives au efficiency of sixty
louj eanaies.
Having at least Nl twr ami, esraw the)
ordinary Tip Burners.
uui ana sea it.
T & CQNNELL CO,,
434 UCMWMIII AUEKUE.
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