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    THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE- SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 9, 1896. 11
THE NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD
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Musical Competitions Kill lie More
Spirited Than Ever.
SIX CHOIRS' FROM SOUTH WALES
Hopes for a Belter Outlook for the
TinpUito Trado Owing to the
Operations of on American
Steel Combine.
Monday of biFt week was the last da
for entries for the LU.ir.dudm eistedd
fod. The details of the entiles received
tvro appended: Chair prize. JMo and
oak chair, 16 entries; Arwnrejdd A.
aiid sliver crr.vwi. nln oniric'-'-. Arrtl
("Clwydfardd"). 11. d 11 "ul medaj,
value 1". throe entries; UauuiS'.'i dd,
10, nine entries-: drama, ten Rumens,
sis entries; Kmynau. 113. 11 ertr-.e.--.;
EHBlynlon, 10 entiles: htilletl poem,
6, one entry: Uir a Thodduld (Tudnr.).
two B-ulneus, 25 entries; Uir a Thiduuid.
two guinea. -'' trlcs: Rwjlyn "
Jirych." one gullies 31 m'-rica: es.-ay on
the Welsh liuiiruasc. i fur c-.uiHf.
Knirlih handbook of Welsh history.
23. three entries: poems on Welsh lit
erature, 20, thiv entries; es;.-ay on
agricultural depression In Wales, 10
guineas, clu'ht entries; hftndbi ok on
Llandudno, 10 i;uln.u.s. two hum s; ifl
iy, "The lt.lltu.-uco of Hi" '-i'h lati
puuno on the relislous. I't racy, I'lid
, ,,r,i l'r, r,f tl-i lhiiisii Kt'iplrc
10 guineas, lour entiles: tramdaii'.n Into j
Jlpplish of -Mj-fr tri nd.-ryn." cpi end j
ilver modal. J cntiier: tr.ui.-bMI'm Uit j
Welsh'. "The Ail I. -lit .Marine:." !
entries: ehlet ehnrul -.ni'-utin. ia-'
guineas and a .cold watch, the Moituyr
Choral KPCi. '.;.'. the l.lar.elly Cl: rnl s .- j
1-ty, the llohhend lluniveib' ;neiety,
the Bulllh and Imtricl lltir-.nony so-;
lety ithymncy United choir, and the
1Wv!i,la I'lilllillMllOllii; FM-i:ty; M'CIJllll 1
floss competition, prise 70, nn.T music
value the Wrexham Orpheus Choral
imelety. the Wen choir, lu-thes-da.
Jllaeiiali Kreptinlo,? Choral union, Pon-inniloi-
Choral society, th" Flint I.xocl-s-l.ir
ehoir. Third choral omnia '.iL:i
(male choirs), tirst prlr.e. 4' guineas
K. eond tn-ize. 10 guineas Mid a Pi ver ,
tip. the Amnn c.lec roclety, Ahcr-I
rliuv. Derwent Mai- Voire ehoir. .inn- .
herbind. Hangar Cnlt-d Male -dee
choir, llnelv.-yn Male Voice party. Ah- ,
Main Voice lartV. Nau'-U" Male i
Vol'-" p-irtv, t-'rvai'V.-e Cyiiimt odorlon
Male Voie... "party. Cluntnwe .Male Voice
party. and ('win iven Male Voice choir.
Female choir ftr.pet itlon. lirst prize
5, K.-e.ond prize. .:7; Cwenl Ladies
hoir. Dvirvn Clwyd Ladies' tleMr,
Ulrhenhead C.ltar.a Kadlif elioir. i'on
typridil I.rdl- s' el;oir. and the. Tyrolean
l.rulW (hoir. Quartet. prize live
pulneas, 11' entries ; (liartet reading at
Mght. eight entries; tenor a.nd bass
lu't. prlKc three gnlm-as, 11. eiitrie:';
eopranoand nlto duet, prisii' tiine guln
las, 12 er.trii s; soprano atid bass duet,
l.Vize thr. guinea ;. 12 entries; s rrano
!, 82 entries; ir,e;:;:o-soiia".o lo.
j,rlz. tv.-u guineas. 21 entries; nlto solo,
jn ir.e two gtilnei.u. seeond pi ii:e one
guinea. 2.r. entries; I nritone Bolo, prize
two guineas, :.'S entries; lmss solo, prize
two guineas, 27 entries; pi-mUHion ulng
ing with harp, plize two guineas, lour
entrleii: orehestral bi'.nd eoinpetition,
first otlze, .e,:;;,. seeoial prize, llv- guln
ea. Moid tlivhestral soelety and T'oaty
prhld Cndietral soeiely: string quart, t
party and Trnr.by K'olwyn Hay) party;
pianoforte solo, prize twr guineas. 27
entries; violin solo, first prize three
guineas, reeond prize one nuinen, 2a en
tries; vloloneello solo, four entries'; cor
net solo, prize two guineas, nine en
tries; pt'da.1 harp solo, prize two guin
eas, live entries; clarionet foIo, prize
two guineas, two entries: composition
for f emnli voices, five entries: music
comnosltlon, duet for male voices (T.
and H.). twointrlea; conniosition violin
nolo, prize four guineas, six entries.
In the arts department there have
been so far &;l entries received, but the
time for entering has been extended to
the 20th May.
; it ii
BRUTUS' rOWKR OF SARCASM.
During the time the late and re
nowned Itruttis edited the Haul he re
sided at a small cottage on the roadside
leading from Llandovery to Treenstell.
m ho bank of the (iwydderig a small
liver runnlnT through a thiekly-wno.l-ed
valley called Cwnidwr, on her way
to join the beautiful Towy. At this
time the mail coach used to run past
thin eottaue, p.nd the driver w,i3 In the
habit of drawing the attention of the
passengers to the place, as where F.ru
tus lived, lniring one stormy and dark
night a very serious accident happened
to the mall coaeh some tlisanee from
this cottage. The conehmim drove too
nenr the edge, and the coaeh, hories,
driver and passengers went over, mak
ing several saumersaults on their way
to the bank of the Owydderlg below.
The poor passengers who happened at
the time to be in the coach were said to
be of a notorious character, the elect of
the Wicked One. luif ns it happened
they sustained but very llttie Injury
besides being shaken, nnd naturally
frightened. Some little llnic nfter the
accident a big stop" was placed on the
side of the embankment, where the
horses tumbled over, to commemorate
the sad event and to act nhni as a warn
ing to all those having to pass that
v,ny. HriUus was asked to write a
proper Inscription for the memorial,
which he did In the following lines:
Beware, ye coachmen, p m.encrf r.- and nil.
For here the mall had a treniemloiis fall:
O'er hedge It rolled, tumbling tonvthrr.
And rested nut naill It ivnciied the live.
Tho devil gaped, wiiU watery mouth
asunder,
lint heaven deeiared he should have, no
plunder;
Then, wuit. Old Xlek, Have patience, you
can
And you shall surely jnilp Iheni our hv
one.
Of course, ttw lines were never In
scribed. Brutus was th editor of the
Haul from Its very -i-,n,menoement in
the year 1S33 up tMI Ids i1.--uth 1: i?.
of this church magazine the late llev.
)'hlllp Mvuffyfid Alltwn said at one
time: "Vr wyf yn methn edryeli ar
haul mawr mitur with fedikvl am hen
liu.ul drewllyd Llanyir.ddyfrl."
ii !l I!
a colmehy msptiTK.
Recently a innsa meeting of the Mar
dy collieries was lield to consider the
dispute between the employers and the
men In respect to the prices to be paid
to the workmen for working the Ilute
seam. A few months ngo the umpire
lUrt.ll taA lit.. .1 .. t .
i. , tit a U..UUI, it. uriuuua
Directory
Wholesale.
BAXKS.
Lackawanna Trust and Safo Deposlli Co.
Merchants' and Mechanics', CD f.anka.
Traders' National, 2M Lackawanna,
West Side Bunk, 100 N. JIuln.
Scranton Savings, U2 Wyoming.
BEDDING. CARPET CLEANING, ETC.
The Seranton Bedding Co., Lacka.
BREWERS.
Robinson, E. Sons, 43i N. Seventh.
Robinson, Mlna, Cedar, cor. Alder.
CHINA AND GLASSWARES,
Bupprnoht, Louis, 231 Peon.
TOT8 AND CONFECTIONERY
.Williams, J. D. A Dro., 314 Lacka.
FLOUR, FEED AND GRAIN.
Matthews, C. P. Sons Co., 34 Lacka.
k Weston Hill Co., 47-49 Lacka.
' PAINTS AND SUPPLIES.
JMncka A If etc, KM Spruce.
list of prices identical with the Fern
dale list of prices adopted for working
the liute seam at the Ferndnlo col
lieries which are, situated in . tha ad
joining district. Owing to a dispute as
to the interpretation of a portion of the
award, a large number of workmen, in
cluding rippers und colliers, absented
themselves from work without notices,
und claims nd counter claims were
made by the employers and the men
respectively in respect to the cases.
With reference to the rippers the court
decided in their favor. The judge stat
ed that with reirard to the miners the
award was binding upon both parties
as long as It was not set aside. The
miners, therefore, wiio contended that
they were net bound to do the second
lippiugi or to cut the bottom, had to
pay the damages claimed by the com
panv, notwithstanding the fact that
the "judge ivmut keil that the work of
Miond rippir.es devolved upon the rip
peis. The question In dispute Is a very
important cue. and really it af.ects a
Vtry laruc number of workmen indi
rectly outside, of the Manly collieries.
Th meeting resclvc l. however, that
woik should be resumed upon the
t. in s suggested by William Thomas,
Uryn'awcl",' Aberdare. chief agent of the
coll'erlos, pending the decisions in the
appeal case, and hat an agreement be
drawn up between the employers and
the workmen.
II il !! :
THK TINTLATK INDUSTRY.
Tn speaking of the gigantif Ft .-el pool
that ivts recently established In the
I nUcd States. I'. It. Loughman, one of
the old 'St tlnplate maker:), has ex-press.-d
he opinion that If the steel pool
j-bouid be a surce 's, It will not be ninety
dies until most of the American tac-
3 u.e i it .sou. Ji"
ite makers are se'.lisg 1 jf.i' h uriiler
without knowing It. :'rc:ing t
tn.p,
lih-u'eir, he said: "1 have been 111 tho
rolling n-.ili business for many years
i n.' I know lust what It costs to operate
a p. ill. Men who have just started in
i he business have no knowledge . of
ilx.d expenses, and they can und-rrell
me because 1 prefer to Ut my works
sia-id Idle rather than work at a Joss.
1 have practically made no tinplates
in nine months. 1 have-sold as low us
j::.::". a bos. 1 was iked to deliver r.t
3.25. I declined, na 1 know that plates
cannot be delivered from Wales less
than $:i.40 per box. When I made fi.000
ions of plates a year my fixed expenses
are ?S a ton. If 1 do not do as much,
tli.-v are not more than that. Uy and
hv some v. ill be sold out by the sheriff,
and men of experience will buy their
works at half what they cost. If the
t tei l r"ol is a siiocei-s, this will' not
take a long lime. 1 have bought billets
already for
From the i.bovo showing the-American
ti'iphite trade may be said to be in
ib -i rate sl'-;1is What 1ms been long
f. 11 in Wales ! that if Ann llcan plates
were sold on a sound commercial basis,
even v. lib the tariff. Welsh plates
would hold much of the market. One
of l -,e r' -suits of the steel pool will be to
mal.e business touch real bottom sooni
.r. Thus its operations become a mat
ter of paramount interest to Houth
Wales.
Ci iO PRIXCirLK OF MERTHYR. '
With re ference to the statement that
the (M.g principle was adopted by Tre
vltblek In the early part of the century
at Merthyr Tydfil, liafydd Morga.nwg
wrlN s: "Me. Treviltdek wan not the in
ventor of the cogged wheel nnd rack
h comi.live, neither-did he adopt that
l i Ineiple, ror was it uprd on the Pen
darreii tramroad. Trevlthlck's Ux:&mo
tive laeine, which was put together by
Mr. lb . -.!( .Tones, worked in 1S0.1. ,
knew Mr. Jones well, and I have a fine
portrait of him, as well ns of Mr. Tre
vlihlcl;. Tn 1 si I one Mr. Hlotiklnop
patented ids cog wheel lowmntive. The
teeth of his large' Cogg-d wheel fitted
In a rack, which was laid down paral
lel with the tram plates. A locomotive
of this kind was used on the tram
ways from DowlaiF to the canal side be
tw.Cn Jackson's-bl'dce and "the Iron
bridge at Merthyr. This tramwav ran
from the canal over Jackson's bridge,
passing Iiethesda chnpel and the lot
tery (where the Drill Hall now stands).
Then crosFing the turnpike road It
pit sMi d In front of the cottage In Pen
liarren park, where Mr. Roes Jones
lived, pud then parallel with the road
to a point near where the Cottage hos
pital Is. Here it crossed the road aftnln
to the right-hand side, on which side
11 continued all the way to Dowdais. I
don't think the cog and rack were used.
r.Yoont nn that Tinrt of 1 hi- line, where
' the gradient was 1 in 12 or 1 In la. 1
remember the inels on that part of the
road fieri near y. here the new theater
Is to a point noar the bottom or the
lure to Cwa; lodygnrth, where the hos
pital is. The rack was there ns late
ns 1S12-". I am not certain whether the
cog nnd rack were used on any other
part of the line or not. It was not nec
cssajy on level ground nt least."
II II II
WALKS AND WELSH.
The crurade which has been started
by Mr. Alfred Thomas, says the London
draphle, agtilnst the retention of the
terms "Wales" and "Welsh" would
probably meet with more cordial sup
port from his fellow -countrymen if he
lied better substitutes to suggest than
the hybrid Anglo-Lntinised forms of
"fjimhrla" and "Cambrians." If Mr.
Thome.? wishes to destrve well of his
countrymen, a far better field for his
reforming eenl is; furirtshed by the
"curiously unlmlni'icrinative and pain
fully prevailed surnames," to quote the
phrase of one of his critical oompalri-
i ots. with which thousands of Welsh
l families are burdened.' According to
! this authority there is no historiacl or
! other reason why any Welshman
should be called Jones or. Williams,
while on the other hanil there is no lack
of line and distinguished Welsh names
to which nil the Joneses might Ily for
refuge tomorrow, it Is therefore, sug
gested that Instead of forming a soci
ety for "promoting" the name of "Cam
bria" Mr. Thomus should found one for
the reformation of ' Welsh surnames.
iJesb.b s, "Cambria" pre.mnts the great
drawback that no worus rhyme to it,
whereas, to quote a Cardini'an bard,
(our own Silurian). "Whene'er men
prnlse our hills and dales, no word can
lhyme as well un "Wales."
- II 'I II
A BEAUTIFUL CONTRALTO.
Never since the ibiys the charming
Kdith Wynn, tin- prima donna of the
renowned Stanley troupe, sang at
Klein's opera house on Lackawanna
avenue, twenty-live years ago, hns a
vocalist of such superior merits and re
markably rich voice visited our shores
that can be compared with Miss
Thomas, who Is now professionally
touring oirr country. She is a graduate
of Wholesale
MONUMENTAL WORKS.
Owens liros., 218 Adams avenue.
MILK. CREAM, BUTTER. ETC.
Scranton Dairy Co., Penn.and Linden.
ENGINES AND ROILEP.S.
Dickson Manufacturing; Co.
DRY GOODS. MILLINERY. ETC.
Tha Fashion, 30i Lackawanna avenue.
PLUM DING AND HEATING.
Howloy, P. F, & M. T 231 Wyoming ave.
GROCERS.
Kelly, T. J. R- Co., 11 Lachawnnnn.
Mogargcl & Council, Franklin avenue.
Porter. John T 2(i nnd 2H Lackawanna,
liice. Levy & Co., 30 Lackawanna.
.' HARDWARE. I
Connell, W. P. & Sons, 118 Penn.
I-ooto & Shear C'o.( 119 N. Washing-ton.
Hunt & Connull Co., 431 Lackawanna.
of the Royal Academy of Music, Eng
land, and a late pupil of the great
Shakespeare, the prince advocate and
teacher of voice culture, London. 8he
will appear in concert at the Young
Men's Christian Association hall next
Monday evening, and will be assisted
by OrganUt Pennington, of the Elm
Park church; Mr. Hemberger, the violin
virtuoso, and her distinguished father,
Uwilym Thomas, chief basso of the
Royal Male party, of Wales. Many of
the leading critics of London have un
hesitatingly pronounced Miss Thomas'
superb voice superior in range and
quality to that of the late renowned
contralto. Madame Patey. Her train
ing has been of the most thorough, and
her success since her debut on the Lon
don stage has not been surpassed by
any of the recent debutantes. The pro
gramme will be an unexceptional!)' line
one, and every Cyniro and Cynnaes will
miss the musical treat of their lives by
stayiug at home.
II II II
NEWS NOTES.
Yv'ith the exception of Dyfed and one
or two others. Welsh Methodists pos-b-.-ss
such n poor show of bards that
the Ooleuad goes into ecstacles because
n Methodift minister has just carried
off a 3 prize at a provincial eistedd
fod. "Next week we shall have the
"l'yst crowing ovtr Hwfa Mon,
Cwnlchmal, Tedrog, Hawen. Watcyn
Wyn, t.urnos. lien Davles. Machreth,
Dew I Ogwen and a host of other sons
of Ae.ak In lndependla Fawr whose
lights shine ns brightly on the eistedd
fod platform as In the pulpit."
The founder of one of the largest
ornamental factories of terra cotta In
me worm. j. j. i.iiwurus, oi tiuuiiou.
died a few weeks ago. In ihe forty
years iu v. hlclj he. labored ho made his I
naiuu. celebrated throughout the world,
mill his employe,. ,from a beginning of
hall' a dozen, amounted at ills death to
over 1,000. He was fortunate in ac
quiring u terra cotta clay at IVnybout,
near Llungnlleu. which was unrivalled
for Its brightness of coloring.
Talking about Wales, the Rev. T. Ky
r.on Davles. now of (llnsoow. says: "We
have no William Shakespeare, but us
a student of human nature we have nn
excellent student in Thomas Edwards
(Twin o'r Nant); we have no Burns,
but we have John Celriog Hughes; no
Dante, but have Ells Wyn o Lasynys;
no Walter Scott, but a splendid repre
sentative In Daniel Owen, the author
of "Rhys Lewis."
There has. Just denarted this life In
the neighborhood of Rhulhyn a well
known character who answered to the
name of Will Rarbra, nnd who had nn
experience more unique than pleasant,
At a time when the game laws wer-j
much more severe than at present he
wus one night tempted by a couple of
companions to go on a poaching ex
pedition. Their only bog was a single
pheasant, and. drawing lots. It fell to
poor Will's share, bringing him. how
i ver, bad luck, for, being caueht with
the bird In his possession, he was tried
and r;:itenced to seven years pcnnl ser
vitude In tho Rermudas! He actually
served over four yenm of his time, nnd
was then released on a petition gotten
tin fn his behalf by Archdeacon New
combe. Mr. Prltchard Morgan, member of par
liament for Merthyr Tydlil, wears n
very Impressive air of mystery at the
present time. He seems delighted nt
the roFult of his Australian trip, and In
due course, will, no doubt, let the nub
ile into tho secrets of his mission. Just
now. he thinks that a discreet silence
is fulrer both-to himself and to those
wlth'whom he ta financially Interested,
lie had n. strange experience in one
!rt of western Australia. There he
cilme across en old political suoporter
frotn-A,berilale. a man who had voted
for him at the election-of ISMS. This
man bad, It appeared, emigrated, and
purchased a claim, which developed n
very promising mine. Mr. Morgan was
so interested Jn the man's mine that he
took a journey of three hundred miles
in order to prospect it. and. but for the
fact .that U wu.s not sulliclently de
veloned, there enn be no doubt that It
would have been added to the many In
terests that he purchased during his
sojourn. It was during this Journey
that he unexpectedly came across a little
Welsh colony, the members of which
serenaded him in true Cymric fushion.
CKI'DK IM-NTISTRV.
Tho Process Was Painful, but the Rcsnl
Wn Attained
From the San Francisco Post.
"While traveling in southern Oeorglu
a few months ngo," said Attorney W.
W. McNair, "I Baw a beautiful piece of
uemai surgery. A teamster developed
a toothache while on the road. He
thought it would soon be better, but It.
kept getting worse and worse, till he
could hardly handle the reins. Ho put
a chow of tobucco on It, but It only
Jumped the harder. Then he stopped
hln team, built a little lire, heated a
needle red hot. and had another tenm
ster Jam It down Into the cavity to kill
the nerve. Still It Jumped and thumped
till the poor fellow was pretty near In
sane. " 'Hoys, she's got to come out,' he
rhnuted to his companions, as he pulled
up Ids team.
"They all stopped, wound their lines
around their brakes and climbed down.
" 'How can we get her out?' asked
one of them. .
" 'I don't know.' groaned tho victim,
'but she's got to cotne."
lie opened the Jockey box on his seat
nnd rummaged around In it. finally
producing a small hatchet and a big
nail.
" 'I guess you'll have to drive her out
with this,' said he, and he sat down on
the ground and hung on to a buckeye
bush with both hands, while one of his
companions placed the end of the nail
against the side of the tooth and hit
with the hatchet. The first llrk made
the teamster Jump and yell, but he set
tled down for another one. The second
stroke loosened It un, and after a lot
of groaning the teamster wiped the per
spiration off his face, climbed on to
the buckeye nnd said:
" 'Hit her again, boys.'
"The third lick sent the offending mo
lar Hying."
If tho Jtnhy Is Cutting Teeth.
Mrs. Winslow'y Soothing Syrup has
been used for over Fifty Years by Mil
liens of Mother.- for tlieir Children
while Teething, with Perfect Success.
It Soothes the Child, Softens tho Gums,
Allays all Pain; Cure3 Wind Colio and
Is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. Sold
by Druggists In every part of the world.
He sure and nsk for "Mrs. Wlnslow's
Soothing Syrup," nnd take no other
kind. Twenty-live rents a bottle.
The Nickel Plate Road runs from
Ruffulo to Chicago, via Cleveland and
Fort Wayne.
and Retail City and Suburban Representative Business Houses.
FRUITS AND PRODUCE.
Dale 4 Stevens, 27 Lackawanna.
Cleveland, A. S., 17 Lackawanna,
DRY GOODS
Kelly & Henley. 20 Lackawanna,
I-'lnley, P. 13., 510 Lackawanna.
LIME, CEMENT, HEWEH PIPE.
Keiler, Luther, bl3 Lackawanna.
HARNESS & SADDLERY HARDWARE.
Fritz O. W., 410 Lackawanna,
Keller & Harris, 117 Penn.
WINES AND LIQUORS.
Walsh, Edward J., 32 Iicka wanna.
LEATHER AND FINDINGS.
Williams, Samuel, 221 Spruce,
-' BOOTS AND SHOES.
Goldsmith Bros, 304 Lackawanna.
WALL PAPER. ETC.
Ford, W. M., 120 Penn.
CANDY MANUFACTURERS.
Scranton Candy Co,, U Lackawanna.
II HEADS THOUGHTS
Washington Inventor I'atents a Re
markable Production.
KNOWS TOUR MEXTAl SECRETS
Believes That the Forco or Thoajht is
Something Actual, Whoso Vibra
tions Can Not OnU be Kecnrded
llut Also Transmitted.
Washington Letter, Philadelphia Times.
If the accounts given of a new ma
chine just completed by Julius Emner,
of thU! city, are not too hoiief ul It is
the most wonderful of discoveries, for
it lifts man out of Wie plane of the ma
terial end reads his most secret
thoughts, laying bear his mind as if
beneath a tnlerose&rie, and recording
each Idea as it Is given birth In the
brain. If it was a great feat to photo
graph through a solid substance It is
an almost miraculous performance to
take mental t hotograohs, which can
be secured unknown to the person, pho
tographs which will tell every intangible
dream which Meats through the soul.
The Idea of recording thought oc
curred to Mr. Emner about three years
ago. The fact that sight nr.d hearing
were caused by the vibiu'Kms of light
and Bound mud-? him suspect that the
force cf thought was Fometliing actual,
which exerted a tangible power by vi
brations Khn'Mr to those of light nnd
sound, and Hint a machine could be
constructed which would be sensitive
to the thought force, as the phonograph
is to the voice. Many deny that thought
Is anything real, but Mr. Emner holds ;
that the brain is n form of electric bat- i
tcry. thoughts emanating from it Just !
as the rays do from electricity, that j
they penetrate the atmosphere und j
cause vibrations just as a tuning fork
does when struck. Hypnotism, he ex- ;
plains, shows that mind goes out nnd :
exerts lis force on another, and the
brain vibrations are transmitted from I
one person Just us the sound would
be carried. j
The machine, which Is now in the ;
hands of a patent lawyer. Is a cylinder
about six or eight Inches long and an i
inch and a half In diameter. It Is cout
ed with an exceedingly sensitive chemi
cal, which Is easily decomposed by the
electric current. In front Is a fine
needle of aluminum, coated at its point
with chemicals, and resting on the cylin
der, whi'e the base Is set. In a din- j
phragm of aluminum, a very thin plnte i
of the latter being used. In front is a
large, open, somewhat horn-like ar
rangement, which Is intended to convey
the vlbralons direct to the recorder.
The machine Is put In action by means
of a small motor, which revolves the
cylinder, the thought forces causing the
needle to make upon the surface of the
cylinder ImnresBlons which correspond
with the vibrations. j
ELECTRICITY DOES IT.
There Is, of course, n.n electric induc
tion coll connected with the aparatus.
The person whose thoughts are to be
read Is seated about three feet in front
of the machine and lets his mind pursue
the train cf thought ho desires. The
motor Is set going and within a few
moments the cylinder has done Its work
and a finer nnd more delicate needle Is
put In place of the recording one, for the
mind is to be read from the impressions.
Connection Is made with the second
ary Induction coil and wires leading
from the electrodes are placed at the
base of the brain of the render. The
ideas which had passed from the first
person Into the machine are now trans
mitted into the mind of the second per
son with absolute fidelity and perfect
accuracy, the thoughts being received
In on unconscious manner that Is, not
by any sound or any written word, but
the conception frames itself In the mind
of the second person Just as it was given
being in that of the first. It is Just
reproduced again.
That the machine will do all that is
claimed for it has. It Is said, been
proven not only by the inventor, but by
several other persons. An experiment
was tried to show that this force of
thought was exerted unconsciously bv
a person who was unknown to him, and
to make a perfect test a young lady was
placed In a hypnotic state and put a
few feet away from the machine. She
lay before It not only not exerting her
self, but absolutely unconscious of her
surroundings, and without any control
over her own mind, which was In a state
of seml-oomn, or at least oblivious to
the environment. Then Mr. Emner took
the record of mind from the cylinder
Into his own mind and read her thought
finding that her brnin had been busv
with family affairs all the time.
INTERESTING TESTS.
Another exnerlment was tried with
two friends to whom he had been ex
plaining his Invention. Mr. Emmer had
his thoughts recorded and then let
his friends read them by placing the
wires from the electrodes nt the base of
their brains. As soon as they hud fin
ished expressing their astonishment one
of them wns placed near the cylinder
and when Mr. Emner read Ihe record
It ran "Am I In nn insane asylum or
am I hypnotized?" showing that the
man's mind was full of wonder nt tho
things he wns experiencing. When he
went awnv he told that he had been
hypnotized, not being able to compre
hend that such n wonderful power ex
isted ns thoutfht recording.
As thoughts vary In Intensity. Mr.
Emner showed that the degrees would
be marked upon the machine. He pro
cured a dog and by teasing It threw
It Into a violent rage when near the
cylinder. The record showed that the
dogs mind was powerfully agltnted, for
the vibrations were Intense, hence It
Is to be seen that by Emner's Invention
not only human feelings, but those of
the nnimal creation ere open to our
mind s eye.
PRACTICAL USE!?.
The uses to which this Invention can
be put are numberless. To be able
to preserve the record of our own
thoughts, which we tan rend off nt
will; to be able to take down the
thoughts of nnother when they may he
unconscious of the operation; to fnthorn
the brnin of the poet: to examine the
minds of the Insane: to discern the se
cret thoughts of our friends, and to
trace the workings cf crime In the brain
of the criminal nr.? all fields of unlim
ited boundaries, operations of which
science has as yet scarcely dreamed.
To lay the soul under a microscope, and
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watch tta Innermost workings Is truly
marvelous, and this Is what Is being
done by the thought-recording ma
chine. It can also be used a3 a means
of communication with the deaf, who
can thus read the thoughts of another
in conversation just as well as if they
possessed hearing. The business man
can sit at his desk, think out replies to
his letters without opening his lips,
and hta clerk write them out from the
cylinder while the man Is miles away.
Tho author need no more dictate to
a stenographer, for this machine will
take the Ideas In their very birth, and
hold them for posterity. The inald
whose lover is bashful can detect his
tender thoughts. There can be no de
ceit uructlced en one whose o.floe Is
fitted out with such a conscience Pierc
ing friend, for the alma and motives of
these about us will 1-e, if they are
echoed In their thoughts, as clear to us
as tho day. The murderer will be con
fronted with a proof of his crime, and
the punishment of offenders will bo an
easy task.
TO PIIOTOCRATH THOUGHT.
Mr. Emner has also ben experiment
ing wl'h the X rays, nnd says that he
believes that he will be able to mche
actal photographs of thought that is.
Hint he can photograph tho vibrations
of thought, Just ns those of light and
sound are taken down by the camera.
His iiifnt'on is to place the machine
about three feet from the pr-rsjn, and
on one side, half-way between them,
will be a camera, and on the other side,
bin in th" same pnnlt!o;i, will bo the
tube In wh!i h the X Iny (s generated.
Tho thought vihrntions In Passing Into
the machine will naturally vhave to
cross the space between the camera and
the ray, und a photograph of the vibra
tions, so Mr. Emner thinks possible,
will be the result.
.Mr. Emner also thinks that some
years ami he ran ncros what he now
believes to lie the X ray. and that his
opinion Is that this wonderful licht is
a species of magnetism r issesed by all
human bodies, tine night he lift In u
dark room several iiiugm'tM. while a
camera wltii the shutter open, but plate
slide closed, was on a table. In this
peifectly dark room were several cases
of Instruments, and the next day. when
be hud taken n picture on the plate and
developed it. he found on the fr.ee per
fect photograph of the Instruments.
He believes that the mnsncts generated
the X ray, this taking the picture.
LITERARY (30SSIP.
In announcing tin? appearance of his lat
est bunk, "The Story of Cuba." A'tirat
Halsteiul writes: "In the capacity of cur
rent historian I arrived la Culm in Jan
uary and came away In March. Letters
of Identification from members of the
ci.bIiiBl, the supreme court, the chairman
of tho committees on foremn affairs of the
senate ami the house, and from the Span
ish minister, were honored by Ihe highest
Spanish olllcials in Havana, who wave me
polite und di Uingulshe.l l onsidei aiinn an 1
diplomatic iiuoimaiion. I was uue;--vu-wc.l
by Ut Discussion, a leading Ha
vana .loin rial, and my presence thus made
known nt law on the Island, I found my
self In th confidence oi sympathizers with
the Cuban ciii'se. ttho were at immense
pulns to thoroughly Inform me of their
views of the esuses, conditions and conse.
queiu-es of the war. 1 took testimony on
botli slclea, and It occurred to mn I hud en
joyed unusual privileges, In hearing from
criminal sources, of the deplorable combat
which Is desolating the li.'hest anil fairest
Island In the world, nnd my Interest in the
theme, which has deepened daily ns I have
Ruined knowledge, has cuuae.l me to make
historical investigations In the records ot
the Cuban reniuries; and therefore 1 have
undertaken and am in course of accom
plishing the task announced. I have sen
timents, sympathies and convictions re.
Kurdlng the grave mutters treated, nnd
have slated them frankly trying to be
Impartial In statement and I am encour
aged to believe that I have been so Inter
ested In writing of Cuba as to produce an
Interesting book. It Is a lubor in itself
fascinating, und the diftleulty or uTserni
inatlon is an unceasing experience. It s
hard to find the truth In many Cuban to
rlcKbut this story, to far na I know and
believe, Is true and fair. 1 urn impressed
thut the matter collected and the man
ner In which it Is presented, make up a
consecutive and Intelligible historical sum
mary, and application of Intelligence of
Immediate and permanent interest nnd
political importance to the people of tha
United Slates, who have a profound In
terest In the cause of Cuba and a duty to
perform in the decision of her destiny;
und her crisis Is now."
I M I.
I "I' I
From a comparison or tne statistics oi
all the chief English libraries, says tha
Golden Penny. It U evident that there is
a very general agreement In Great Rrl
taln that t'ua best novels In the various
departments of lictlon lire us follows:
Sensutlonal novel "The Woman in
White."
Historical novel "Tvanhoe."
Dramatic novel "Mnnto Chrlsto."
Domestic novel "The Vicar of Wake
lleld." Sea novel "Midshipman Easy.
Novel of rural life "Adain Rede."
Political novel "Lot hull'."
Novel written with a purpose "t'ncla
Tom's Cabin.
Imaginative novel "She."
Humorous novel "Pickwick."
Irish novel "Charles O'.Mallcy."
Scotch novel "lb-art of Midlothian."
Knellsh novel "Vanity Fair."
American novel "The Scarlet Letter."
The most popular novel of all "Vanity
Fulr."
II II II
It wns tho ambition of George Du
Maurler to be a singer, but he ruined his
voice by tin Incessant consumption of cig
arettes. Ills father was anxious to have
him adopt science ns a profession, and
it was not until after George was at liber
ty to study urt. One duy when drawing
from a model In Paris tho girl's head
shrunk to the size of a walnut, lie put
his hand to his left eye and found that
it hurt failed hlni. This was the most trag
ic event of his life, und for years he has
lived In constant dread of .tnl blindness.
His llnii ihliwlng for "Punch" were
accepted ill ipile of their bad qualities.
He takes the most Inllnlte total blindness.
His first drawings for drawing some of
them live or six times. The "Trilby"
craze annoyed him Intensely, and none of
his Intimate frlemis ever refer to the pop
ular book In his presence.
!i II I1
James Lane Allen, the writer of whoso
recent stories have pleased so well, is u
typical Kentticliian. His father was u
native of Kentiu ky and his mother wis
from Mb'slsssippi. lie Is tall, straight mi l
has an eui-y dignity, has deep-blue eyes, tt
heavy moustache and a lirm mouth. Ho
always hud a predilection for literature,
even after he became engaged in educa
tional woik. Finally he threw up every
thing to devote himself to writing "Ken
tucky Cardinal," "Aftermath" and "John
Gray" his btnt-known works, lie armn-s
that no man can put Into a boo. what is
not in himself, lie possesses a keen sense
of humor, und has lii- h locals.
II ii l
Elbert Hubbard Is ngaln alone on the
deck of the Philistine. VV. Iil.ieklmi a
Harte lasted just nineteen days, and the:;,
as the lesnlt of a disagreement over tenm
or pit--, left for Huston. Mr. Millibar I
will forego his customary summer's trio
to Europe rnd edit the Philistine himself,
which means that It will have things In It
worth reading.
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TOR
Inisresting Information that Should be Care
fully Read by the Fair Sex.
It Treats of the Dangers of Procrastination,
out the Way to Relief from Various Ills.
Story of a Mother and Daughter,
From the Ckronirlr,
A ftnry rrmarkablo In many respects is
told l.y Mrs. (ieorge Argile which contains
much information which will be appreciated
by thousand of women who are mitit-riiii!
r.s she did, nnd lliey will find relief from nil
their trouble, so easily, so quickly, and no
prrniuni-iilly that tlicy will wonder how the
Jjosfibility came nlmut.
Mr. (icorgn Argile left hit native home in
Yorkshire, England, eight years ngo to em
brace the greater opiHirtiiuitiea this country
oll'ereil. lie wus I'uitiiuatc in immediately
securing a responsible pKilion on hie
arrival in Cliicimo with the ('liicn-jro anil
Rock Mn ml Ihiilroml Company. Faithful
lo his duties lie received recognition by pro
motions mid to-day is in sole charge of the
team tracks of this great railway ylem.
The position is known in railroad circles as
foreman of the teams that loud und unload
freight.
A Her one year nnd a hulf tn the employ
of this mud lie sent for his wife und children,
who arrived safely here und in good health.
After roiiiii two years residence here Mrs.
Argile commenced to feel badly. Like
thousands of other women he hail womb
trouble of over twenty years standing. At
first this trouble, in Chicago, wus not suf
ficiently nente to interfere materially witli
her household duties, but in course of
months It developed In such n degree that
it proved exceedingly painful to her lo at
tend to the many little duties required to
keep ii house neat ami tidy. This condition
continued to grow worse anil worse till she
was forced to recognize that if she did not get
skillful medical aid, she would grow into a
continued invalid. During this period u
neighbor whom she laid known for quite n
while lolil her that she was using Dr. Wil
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People with ex
ccllent results, nnd she believed thut they
would rid her of nil her troubles without
Hie uid of any physician. Having confi
denee in her neighbor's words she com
menced to take the pills some six months
ago mid found that tiller taking the first box
she fell un improvement, uot great, hut
sufficient to realize that if tills better feeling
continued she would he on the ri.idit ronil.
With the second box, she knew thut she
was gettjng better, as she gained both flesh
und strength, felt a Imoyiiney of spirit she
lind not experienced in years, and the pains
from which she had suffered so much were
quickly growing less. To-day it hns been
five months since she began taking the pills.
She is relieved of all her pains, lias reguincil
her strength, so thut she is able to work all
day, nnd it is only when she overexerts her
self thut she hns any indication of pains,
which would also happen to a perfectly well
womun. ;
This is the story of what Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills tiirPnle People lmve done for her,
und of course she is well satisfied with the
benefits she bus received. Rut this does not
end by any mentis wind she has still further
lo tell, ami what is morn she speaks with the
suine knowledge slit- has of her own case,
tliecnsoof her little daughter Emily who is
l"iyeiirsold. Shesuys in recant to her, "about
three years ngo Kmily in the summer months
when diphtheria was prevalent, was tuken
down with it. She was very ill nnd had n
serious time of it fur weeks. Several times
I doubled whether she would pull through,
but thanks to her strong constitution she got
Letter mid nfter ninny weeks wus nlwnt
ligiin. I noticed, however, that something
win led in her throiit which seemed to effect
her. Then, too, she did not regain her old
lively spirits. She wns lunguiil in her move
incuts, tlie complained of being tired and
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further more it became pereeplible that the
was growing nervous. Her condition dur.
iiig I lie following year nfter her sickness did
not improve, iu fact, I thought it was u little
worst-. Tho second yenr, I know it ws;
but probably being with her constantly did
not fully realize that he was decidedly get.
ting iu a very bud way.
' It wus only in the forepart of lust year
that 1 became seriously slunued, us her lao
guidnrns, her eouslant tiredness, iuureututi
und she lieeiinie so nervous and so fretful
that if any person spoke to her, it would
muke her cry. Her nopetite got poorer with
every tuoulii, hiiiI I did reully wonder how
the little thing could live en what she Rle.
ller complexion beeume sallow und assumed
u greeuish hue. Hud she heeiime what I called
'skin and honrs' very thin Indeed. This
wus her condition some four mouths se,o.
It was nt this time that I had tuken a few id
the pills, mid commencing to get fiiitli in
them made Kmily lake tliem. I say, ini.
mediately she felt better, perhaps that is not
quite true, but certainly alter the third week
I could see nn improved condition in her,
und this improvement continued up lo tho
aeennd month, slowly hut surely. Then the
improvement of the child became tnurkiil,
her uppetite returned and grew better with
every day, she commenced to fatten up, she
became more cheerful nnd lively und l-r
nervousness ut times left, her altogether.
"In tho last two weeks tier complexion
hns rcguiucd the perfect color of lienlth, her
checks are fleshy uud plump nnd she is us
lively ns a cricket. Her nppetite well tha
less said about that the better, she is eating
nil the time und ull the time is hungry.
When she now rimics home from school, iii
stead of listlessly crawling into the house
lo lie down to rest, she is romping till over
the house nnd cries ' Mother you don't
know how good It feels to be full of life,
how glad I mn thut I don't feel tins) any
more.' She hits completely thrown off her
nervousness, nnd ull those symptoms which
for thn-e long years niiulc me fcur very
much l lint she had not long to live.
"All this I know lo he due to Or. Wil.
Hums' Pink ;Pills because she lias tukeu
nothing rise, nnd I inn indeed thankful that
Providence brought the thought to me of giv
ing them a trial, know what a bad condition I
wus in before t took them, und 1 suw I he
condition my daughter Kmily was in. To.
ihty botli of us look nnd tire well. I can do
the work in my house every duy ns I did
formerly without nny trouble and Kmily is
oneof the liveliest, most cheerful nnd plimip
girls In our neighborhood, uud Unit is say
ing a good deiil us the children around us
tire noted for splendid henllli and excellent
spirits. We live nt 47liO Wentworth Ave.
"Tim above is a correct statement of the
facts concerning my case und Hint of my
daughter Kmily.
(Signed.) F.MII.Y Ancil.15."
Sworn nnd subscribed to before me this
fourtli duy of February, 1KU.
Dan. Orkhnk.
Nohiry J't'lilic
Tr. Williams' Pink Pills contain in a con.
densed form, all the elements necessary togivo
new life and richness to the blood mill restore
shattered nerves. They are on unfailing spe.
cilin for Mich diseases s locomotor ataxia,
partial paralysis, St. Vitus' dunce, sciuticii,
neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the
nfter effect of lit grippe, palpitation of the
heart, pale anil sallow complexions, nil forms
of weakness cither in mule or female. Pink
Pills ure sold by nil dealers, or Mill be sent
post paid on receipt of price, 50 cents n liox or
six Wes for SSJiO (they ure never sold in hulk
or by the 100), by nddressing Dr. Williams'
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
iVITALITYinMENi
Frilling Ungual's
BtrmiRth in Old orif
Younic Men can bo
"VO uuk'ult uii-i rruiu-t
i henti.T curort by nieCJ
tn a Kn-.ttli v. iloorniii'
IO m netiniiy, TiBurtim
nervous
Debility g
Weakness fA
nnd nil wasting rtlsenoos.fft
. i . .II - tne d,lM.-'
rfttmlnit.fnrtnHrr.iiirfl t'.
fyucM In mr 11, the iw-t
9mtn nr rrnni
ASk' its fni!iecaeo)ir nr.i
jSvrltAcororbd n simplo
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9 successful HenicKlr
7MtiRt comtl!tflir ciri?a
ftnmn, nnd inllr unlnntnd m
i?from a nlirnnknii, tuatea
tvxrontl.Tlou to nniui-iU tiUn
5tiS?tnl strnnptlt. J want every
,n"1f:oroli man to know
y.TCftr'irmt tt. lluKfl uprtn:u
vWnitero.it in nouii cniw, una
lii'twritn mn. nunll coimiiUtiU
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