THE SCBANTON TBIBTJXE- TUESDAT MORNING, MAY 2, 1896.
A BRILLIANT
WELSH SOLDIER
He Took Part ia the Great Battle f tie
Criaca..
GENERAL ROWLANDS IS RETIRED
He Ha aa Eiceatioaallir Brilliaat
rareer and i Hale aad Hearty at
6?One of the Oldest of British
Officers.
General Hugh Rowlands. V. C C. B.,
one of the few who have had an oppor
tunity of readlnK their own obituaries,
was. under the c-lause. comrmlsory re
tired m-ently. General Rowlands, who
Rt 67 years of ase. la a hale and hearty
man. and who has had an exceptionally
brilliant career. Is the oldest oillcer con
nected with the Klrst battalion. WVUh
regiment, (the old Forty-First foot,)
now on the active list. Joining- the For
ty-First In 1849. Captain Rowlands, as
he then was. went to tne rini-n wn
that corp9 In ISM. With the ' Welsh"
he took part In the battles of Alma and
lukerman. and Whilst bf-lna severely
wounded In the latter, gained u Victoria
Cross for "rescuing' Colonel llnly. of the
Forty-Seventh regiment from Uu3s!a
oldlem, he (Colonel Haley) belnu
wounded and surrounded by them, also
fur eallnnt exertions In huUmip tne
giuund with his advanced picket
vainat th on.mv fit the commence
nient of the action. In his "Invasion of
the Crimea." Kliifrlakp thus deals with
tin. Incident. 'When tne uuy wus in.-
glnnlg to br.-tik a sentry In advance c:i
Shell Hill discovered through the mist
what he Indeed to be a Ruylan column
approaching, and reported this to Cap
tuln Rowlands of the Forty-First, the
otlicer In command of the picket. Jtow
i.in.iu inuiiinilv ran i;u to the brow, una
the atmosphere then clearing a llltle he
was able to detect the approach of two
Kusslaji battalions, each Hueminiriy
gathered in columns. I'pon this he
caused the men of bis pick to deliver
their lire, and the two buttnllons thus
suddenly greeted were taken. It would
uwm. bv surnrlse. for they turned and
t ed back.' General nowiano s war
.Tdce liiiB been extensive, for he perv
ert throughout the Crimean war, beluK
m-fsent at the Siege or Seliosiopoi. in
eluding the assault on the Hedan, when
h wan nimbi wounded, and the uttnek
upon the Quarries., Having at the close
of the siege been for some time brigade
major. In 1H8 he waa appointed com
mandant of the Forty-First, being In
1875, after nine years service in tnat
miBt transferred to the lieutenant-col
onelcy of the old Thirty-Fourth Foot.
General Rowlands commanded that
battalion until 1S78, when he was ap
pointed to the command of the troops in
the Trnnsvaalon the annexutlonof that
country, and he served during the south
African war or that year. v. nusi nom-ii-ir
the command of a brigade In India,
he was. In 1881, promoted to a general
otlloer'a rank, being subsequently given
the command of the Third Infantry bri
gade at Aldershot. which post he re-
f igued In 1S83. obtaining the command of
a division in India, in which country he
served until 188. Subsequently he was
for a few months lieutenant of the Tow
er of London, and was In January, lbM,
appointed to the command or tne mi
tish district.
For several years General Rowlands
' lias held the distinguished service re
ward of one hundred pounds a year,
which he will vacate upon taking his
retired pension uf one thousand pounds
a year. General Rowlands Is no strang
er to Wales, having for some years re
sided at his Plas Ttrion near Cainar
von. In his old regiment he was held in
the highest esteem, and his countrymen
after the Crimean war presented him
with a handsome sword of honor. On
the occasion, last summer, of the depos
iting of the Crimean colors of the Forty
First In Llandaff cathedral General
Rowlands was a prominent figure In the
Sophia Gardens Park. Alert and agile,
and still retaining his youthful vigor,
his appearance gave no Indication that
tinder an arbiters' clause his active ca
reer waa drawing to a close. Few of the
many who watched the grey-haired
general could but help being struck
with the reverential manner In hlch he
handled one of those very colors under
which in the Crimea he had fought and
bled. Unveiling the memorial tablet
erected to the officers, non-commissioned
officers, and men who had fallen prey
to the Russians, General Rowlands
pointed out that the names recorded
upon that mural brass were of men who
'never for a moment turned from any
duty that they had to perform those
who at any cost stood their ground
against the bullet as against famine
those whose names are the most worthy
of the nation's lasting gratitude. With
another link which connects the
past with the present is sev
ered. Few officers have seen his
varied service, and few have
utilized like him those many opportuni
. ties for displaying thoughtfulness and
interest In the soldier serving and in
the veteran pensioned.
LLANDUDNO EISTEDDFOD.
At a recent meeting of the elsteddj
fod committee a recommendation of the
music committee was adopted that, in
view of the probable enormous number
of entries and the consequent length
of the programme, the elFte!dfod be ex
tended over five days, to finish on Satur
day, July 4, instead of the usunl four
and that the additional clay be devoted
to the brass band competitions for
which It Is expected at leant twenty
bands will enter. Several band?, among
them the Reeses o' th" Bam band, have
Informed the committee that they would
enter if the competition was held on Sat
urday. Among the entries for the male
choir competition already received is
one which Derwent. Cumberland, the
members of which choir Intend to leave
home at midnight on Sunday, June 2S,
In order to reach Llandudno in good
time. They have already written to se
cure apartments at Llandudno for the
whole week.
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AN EISTEDDFOD AT A COLLEGE.
An eisteddfod was held at the exami
nation hall of the University College of
Wales, at Aberystwith. recently, under
the auspices of the Celtic society, and
Is, we believe, the first time an eistedd
fod has been held in any college. Al
though It was not a very large one, and
all the -prizes were restricted to the
students, there was, speaking general
ly, no lack of entries. The proceedings
proved a great success. The chair was
occupied by Prof. D. W. Lewis, In the
absence of the principal, while Prof.
Kdwards proved a capable conductor.
To add to the Interest of the proceed
ings, the committee had arranged that
the winner of the chief poetical prize
should be chaired, and the ceremony
wus watched with much curlosty by
those who hod never before seen It per
formed!. The various competitions
Were adjudicated by members of the
college staff.
NEWS NOTES.
There' is nothing- to equal the enter
prise of an ' American paper. For in
stunoe, tho New York World or nine
days ago had a bold three-column
sketch of the drowning of the Ill-fated
young couple who recently ended their
lives at Llandaff. Judging from the
river, thewatersof which were tumbling
angrily and beating against the bank on
each side, while the discovery was made
by a man who was leisurely rowing
about In a boat. It Is right to add that
lie counldn't very well miss the tragedy,
for the bodies in the picture are stand
half out of water. .
There is a tradition ' In' Pembroke
hire which, represents the great Crom
well In a very favorable light While
tho Protector waa "at Ha vet-ford West
two of his mtn entered m mansion with
, ; ; : .. : ..5
the Intention of plundering It a very
common device uf the Puritans in
Wales. Hilton, the landlord, waa a
Royalist, concealed himself, his wife
denvlnff that he waa in. The Puritans
doubted this, caught hold of one of the
children and pretended to throw it on
the fire. Bolton at once Jumped out
from his concealment and killed the
ruffian on the snot. The case waa
brought before Cromwell, and the facts
stated, whereupon the Protector re
marked that the fellow was a great
rascal, and Bolton would be pardoned
as he had saved htm the trouble of
hanging him.
There Is much difference between the
prices the Welsh farmer of the present
day receives for his cattle and those
which his ancestors got In the tenth
century. In the laws of Howell the
Good the following: "A colt, if It at
tains three years of ase. is worth 60d..
and then It will be time to tame it with
a bridle, and to teach It Its duty.
wh.-ther r.s a s'allion. a palfrey, or a
serving horse. The value of a palfrey Is
liuil.. of a ! r.ck horse the same: or a
serving hors.? Mil., of a wild horse twd..
of a stallion ISOd. A year's trial Is to
be given on the sale of a horse: If It De-
conies restive on being backed among
a muHitude of men and horses one-
third of the price must be returned.
If a borrowed horse become 111, or ob
tain any bruise, let another be given
In its place till it do recover, and until
It do recover let it remain with the
borrower. A heifer's value is 40d., a
cow in her prime Is worth W!.. the value
of a sow is 30d.. of a boar liud.. the value
of a yearling Inmb 2d., of a ewe ?!., or
a rani 24d. The price of gosts Is the
same. The price of a cat Is 4d.; her
qualities uie to see, to hear, to kill mice,
to hive her claws whole, and to nurse
and not to devour her kittens. A goose
is worth Id., a gander id., a hen Id., a
cock L'd.
A new critic? has arisen in Carmar
then, and thus wrltes:"Vc-ishir.en
have no notion pf giving the titles of
Welsh books a 'happy turn In English.
Thus "Drych y IJt if Oesoedd" has been
rendered ' Mirror of the Chief Aues: Y
Bardd Cwsg. 'The Hard Asleep"; and
'Canwyll y Cymiy." The Welshman's
Candle.' All three are very clumsy and
should have been rendered "The Mirror
of the Primitive Ages," "The Sleeping
Hnrd." und "The Candle of Wales."
The country in English sounds better
than the people." Right you are.
Tr. Gomev Lewis who visited Scran
ton a few yi ars aso, will not be complete
when he visits the CurdilT exhibition.
In the World's fair the reverend doc
tor, who Is an old bachelor by the way,
was so delighted to find a Welsh girl at
the lliinnel department that he kissed
her. We wonder If It is bciause of this
that a smaller stall In Cardiff exhibi
tion has been placed In the charg- ui a
man.
"Pnbvyr" and "pabwyra" are words
wheih are no longer made use of collo
quially. Thirty years ago "pabwyr"
(rushlights) were commonly used in
country districts, and at a certain lini'
of 'he year whole villages tui nu out to
g.itlK-r I 'u ni (pabwyra.) P;i'..il!n eil
is now generully burnt In all country
districts and Pabwyr are rare as bara
barlys.
Tho nightingale has appeared in
Port lica wl.
TlIC FI N OF FAME.
Senators Vest, of Missouri and Berry,
of Arkansas, Toll It.
Wnhhlngton Letter Pittsburg News.
Senators Berry, of Arkansas, and
Vest, of Missouri, were seated on a Sen
ate lounge the other day "swapping"
stories, and during the course of their
reminiscences several Incidents which
have happened them during political
campaigns were related. Mr. Vest
amused his colleague with a story of
which he was the principal when the
Missouri Senator was a candidate for
office In his native state.
II II II
"It was 30 years ago, perhaps, when I
was fighting fur a municipal office lit
Western Missouri, that a trilling oc-cui-i
ice Imbued In me an antipathy to
wards what some people are pleased to
call 'fame,' " said Mr. Vest. "During
the course of my campaign I was book
ed to deliver a number of speeches in
my county. For one speech in particu
lar, to be delivered In a town of no
small size, I lmil made great prepara
tion and was confident that 1 could
iiioltl my own. Before I entered the hall
where I was to talk, I had allowed my
self to believe that I was -fairly well
known among the people, but a subse
quent event soon dispelled that Idea
from my mind. At the appointed hour
I climbed to the platform with several
other candidates and politicians, and
took a seat. Two or three speakers pre
ceded me, but being the star of the
evening a grandiloquent Introduction
was of course necessary to present me
in proper Bhnpe to the audience. A
local politician took upon himself the
task of introducing me to the large
gathering of Democrats and the man
ner In which he began flattered me,
but his conclusion robbed me of every
vestige of self-composure and I col
lapsed. 'Fellow Democrats,' he began
In stentorian tones and with a grand
sweep of the arms, 'the speaker which
I am about to present to you needs no
Introduction here. His sterling qual
ities and unimpeachable charneter as
a Jeffersonlan Democrat have com
mended him to every one in the state.
We all know and respect him. His
principles are the very bulwarks of
honesty ami Intelligence, stanchions of
truth upon which we advise all young
men to Iran for support. Gentlemen I
take unlimited pleasure in Introducing
to you Honorable , and tiiPn he
kaned over in my direction and aked
in a tone Just loud enough for those in
the first few rows to hear: 'What did
you say your name was'." "
.u II II II
hen the laugh had subsided Mr.
Berry, apropos of the.manner In which
Mr. Vest had been treated, told this
story:
"During the last session of congress n
delegation of my people pnsed through
the city on an excursion tour, and whl!
here 'took in' the canltol, I was seated
In the senate chamber one morning
when my colleague approached me and
said Unit there were nonic folks from
down home out in the Marble room,
nnd Ihey had asked to see us". Of course
I was willing to receive them and to
gether we repaired-!" the reception
room and welcomed them. Among the
party was a preacher and his wife,
country people living about eight miles
from my town, a very intelligent and
congenlul couple. They presented
themselves individually nnd we chat
ted for hulf an hour. Finally they pre
pared to leave and we directed them to
the door,
"After extending them n farewell
shuke of the hand. I started to return
to the senate feeling In the liappk-st of
moods, v'licn I was Interrupted by n
cnll from the worthy preacher's wife
with whom I had been talking. 'Oh.
senator.' snld she, 'there was a question
t wnnted to nslt you before t left,' and
then somewhat tlmldlv. 'What state
did you say you were from?' "
WITH HER HANDS IS MINE.
With her hands In mine, I begged for a
kts .. ..
Just a. single one-but she shook her
head. .
8h couldn't allow the coveted bliss.
Bhe didn't believe In klslng, she said. .
And she'd box my ears If I gave any sign
Of forcing my wish with her hands in
mine. , . .; , . .. -v. .. .- .
Whli her hands in mine, I plead and I
plead,
But shi wouldn't relent, 'it was all , In
vain.'
Then 1 slowly stooped to her lips so red
And kissed them, over and over attain:
For we both o( us knew, and we didn't
repine,
That hw threat went for nought with
her hands In mine.
;; i ,' T. L. Sapplngton, In Truth,
.5
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THE HISTORY
OF THE CROSS
Wis HeM a Sacred Symbol Loot Before
tke Crucifixion.
REVERED BY THE ABORIGINES
Of America as Well as by the Most
Ancient Fcplo of the Old World.
The Instrument of Ignominious
Death.
From the Globe Democrat.
No symbol, either In art, or in religion,
Is so universal as the cross. It appeal's
twice in our alphabet, as the letter T
and the letter X. It is worn by priests
on their sacrlfld&l robes, by distin
guished laymen an a sign of distinction
on occasions of Mate, and by male and
female nonentities as taste may direct.
It Is graven on eucliarlatle vessels, em
broidered on altar cloths, and cut In re
lief on tombs and monuments. Some of
the greater churches and cathedrals of
Christendom are fashioned in its shape.
In European countries it is common to
see large crosses erected In public
places. The famous Charing (chere
relne) Cross, In London, derives Its
mime from the fact that It was one of
the places ut which . King Edward I.
set up a cross to mark where the body
of his Queen Klianur rested during the
proRrc-ss of the funeral cortege to West
minster. Yet it is a mistake to suppose that
the cross has only a Christian history.
It was used as a religious symbol by
the aborigines of North and South
America, well as by the most ancient
nations of the Old World. Preseott tells
us that the Spaniards found the cross
as an object of worship In the temples
of .Mexico. Uesearches In Cenlrul
America and Peru prove that It waa
used in the same way by the Inhabit
ant;) of those countries. Dr. Brlnton, in
"Myths of the New World," informs us
that the Indians retard the cross as u
mystic emblem of the four cnrdlnul
points of the compass,
A MONO THE ANCIENTS.
The ancient Phoenicians. Persians,
Arsyrluns and Brahmins looked upon
the cross as a holy symbol, as Is abun
dantly shown by the numerous hiero
glyphics and other pictorial representa
tions on their monumental remains.
Osiris by the cross gave light eternal
to the spirits of the Jmt, beneath the
ci oss the Muysea mothers laid their
babes, trusting by that sign to secure
them from the power of evil spirits, and
with that symbol to protect them the
Etruscans, the ancient people of North
ern Italy, calmly laid them down to die.
The Thau of the Jews and the Tau of
the Greeks, whence came the T of the
Roman alphabet, were held to be not
merely letters, but sacred symbols, on
account of their being suggested by a
cross. Among the Scandinavians Thorr
was the thunder, and the hammer was
his symbol. It was with this hammer
that Thorr crushed the head of the
great Mitgard serpent; that he destroy
ed the giants; that he restored to life
the dead goats, which ever after drew
his car; that he consecrated the pyre
of Ualdur. This hammer was a cross.
In Iceland the cross of Thorr is still
used as a magical sign In connection
with storms of wind and rain. Long
fellow tells us how King Olaf kept
Christinas at Dornthelm:
O'er his drinking horn, the sign
He made of the cross divine.
As he drank and muttered his prayers;
run tne ttersei-ss everyniore
Made the sign of the hammer of Thorr
Over theirs.
Neither King Olaf nor his Berserkers.
nor, indeed, Longfellow himself, seems
to have realized that the two symbols
were identical.
Comparative mythologlsts draw vari
ous deductions from these remarkable
facts. Let us, however, appeal to a
man who Is not only a comparative
mytnoiuglst, but a Christian priest.
"For my own part." says the Rev. Bar
ing Gould, "1 see no dilliculty In believ
ing that the cross formed a portion of
the primeval religion, traces of which
exist over the whole world, among every
people; that trust In the cross was a
part of the ancient faith which taught
men to believe in a Trinity, In a war in
heaven, a paradise from which man fell,
a Hood and a Babel, a faith which
was deeply Impressed with a conviction
that a virgin should conceive and bear
a son, that the dragon s head should be
bruised, and that through shedding of
Moon siiouut come remission. The use
of a cross us a symbol of life and regen
eration through water Is as widely
spread over the world as the belief In
the ark of Noah. Maybe the shadow of
the cross was cast further back Into
the night of ages, and fell on a wider
range of country than we are aware of.
IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.
It was only natural' that the early
and mediaeval Christians, finding the
cross a symbol of life among the nations
of antiquity, should look curiously Into
the Old Testament to see whether they
were not foreshudowlngs in it of "the
wood whereby righteousness cometh.
Nor was their search unrewarded. In
Isaac leaving the wood of the sacrifice
they saw prefigured both Christ and the
cross. They saw the cross In Moses
with arms expanded on the Mount, In
the pole, with tranverse bars, upon
which was wreathed the brazen serpent.
In too two sticks guthered by the widow
or sarepta. Jiut .plainest of all they
n ad it in Kzeklel. ix., 4, , "Go through
the midst of the city, through the midst
of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the
foreheads of the men" that are to be
saved from destruction by the sword.
The word here rendered "mark" is In
the uUrn;e " slgna thau." The Thau
was the old Hebrew character, shaped
like a cross, which was regarded as the
slt,ri or lite, felicity and safety.
Yet the cross was not always a svm
hoi of honor. Among the Phoenicians
ami Syrians, and later among the Ro
mans, it was a punishment Indicted on
slaves, robbers, assassins and rebels
among which last Jesus was reckoned.
on aci-ount of his proclaiming himself
King or aiessinn. I ne person sentenced
to this punishment was stripped of his
clothes, except a covering around the
lnlns.In a state of nudity he was beaten
with whips. Such was the severity of
tins nageiiatinn tnat numbers died of It.
.Ifsus was crowned with thorns, and
was made the subject of mockery, but
insults of this kind were not common.
In this instance they were owing to the
petulance or tne uotnan soldiers.
The criminal, having been beaten
was condemned to Ihe further suffer
ing of carrying the cross to the place
of punishment, which was commonly a
hill near the public highway, and out of
the city. Th'.- place of crucifixion at
Jerusalem was a hill to the northwest
uf the city. The cross, otherwise the
"post, - tne unpropltlous or ominous!
tree consisted of a piece of wood erect
ed perpendicular), and Intersected by
another one at right angles near the
top. 1 he crime for which the culprit
suffered was inscribed on the transverse
piece near the top of the perpendicular
one. There is no mention made by the
ancient writers or anything on which
the feet of the crucified person rested.
It Is known, however, that near the
hnse of the perpendicular beam there
prolected a piece of wood on which he
sat. and which answered as a support
to the body since the weight of the
latter might have otherwise torn the
hands by the nails driven through
inem.
The cross, when driven firmly In the
erounu.rareiy exceeuea iu leet m height.
The victim was elevated, nnd his hands
were bound by u rope around the trans
verse beam and milled through the
palm. His feet were also nailed. . He
thus remained lastened until death end
ed his sufferings. While he exhibited
any signs of life he was watched by
guards: but they left him when It ap
peared that he was dead. If there was
no prospect that the victim would die
on the day or execution, the execution-
ers hastened the end by kindling a fire
at tne root ui tne cross, so as to suffo
cate him with smoke; or by letting
loose upon blra wild beasts: or occa
sionally, when in particular haste, by
breuklng his bones upon the cross with
a mallet, us upon an anvil. It was at
one time customary to offer the crimin
al, before the commencement of his suf
ferings, a medical drink, compounded
of wine and myrrh. The object of this
was to produce Intoxication, and there
by to lessen the suffering.
Crucifixion was not only the most le
nomlnous. but by far the most cruel.
mode of punishment. Th victim some
times lived until the seventh day. rne
thieves who were executed at the same
time with our Savior were broken with
mallets on the same day; and In order
to ascertain the condition of Jesus a
Innee was thrust In his side, but no
sl"is of llfa appeared.
Cicero says the very name of the cross
should be removed afar, "net only from
the body, but from the thoughts, the
eyes, the ears of Roman citizens, for of
all these things, not only the actual
occurrence end endurance, but the very
contingency and expectation, nay, the
mention itself, are unworthy of a Rem
an citizen nnd a free man." Hence th-s
force of St. Paul's frequent allusions to
the Uumllintion which Chr'st endured
when he suffered death upon the cross.
GLORY FROM SHAME.
It was precisely this idea which made
the early Christians seize upon the
cross as the emblem of their faith. That
which had been the symbol of shame
now bei'aine their glory. The ii-ctru-ment
of Christ's passion, by his death
upon It, became hallowed for all time.
The inedlaevsl Christians, desiring to
see the cross identified still more cluse
ly with the Jewish church. Inserted a
lepend to supplement the Old Testa
ment. The story runs that Seth received
from th angels three seeds cf the
forbidden tiv that he saw stnndlt.g,
though blasted, upon the snot where
sin had been first committed. Tukir.g
the seeds avcuy with him, ho put them
In the mouth of the dead Adam, and so
buried them. The young trees that
grew from them, on the grave of AtLini
in Hebron, were carefully tended by
Abraham, Moses and David .After they
were removed to Jerusalem the Psalmf
were composed beneath them, and fin
ally they slowly grew together and
formed a single glaht tree. This tree
was felled by the order of Solomin. In
order that It might be preserved for
ever r.s a beam In the Temole. The
plan failed, however, for the carpent
ers found thi-y could not manage the
mighty beam.
When they raised it to Its Intended
position they found It too long; they
spliced It, but to no purpose, they could
not-make 1 fit. This was taken as a
sign that it was intended for some
other purpose, and they laid It aside In
the Temple. On one occasion it was
Improperly made use of as a seat by
a woman nairied Maxlmella, and she
was at once enveloped in flames. She
Invoked the aid of Christ, and wus
driven from the city and stoned to
death. In the course of its eventful
history the beam became a bridge over
Cedron, and, being then thrown into
the stream of Bethesda, it gave to the
waters healing virtues. Finally from It
was made the cross of Christ; ufter the
crucltlxlon it was burled In Calvery,
and exhumed three centuries later bv
the Empress Helena, ' the mother of
Constantine, who was miraculously di
rected to the spot where It lay.
ELECTIONS IN 1890.
Etecptioual Interest Attaches to an
I'nuNually Large Number of Them.
From the New York Sun.
A larger number of states will partici
pate in this year's presidential election
than in any previous presidential elec
tion In the United States, and a larger
numoer or states, too, will vote on the
same day. Tuesday, November 3. than
ever heretofore, the list of states hold
ing preliminary spring or autumn elec
tions having beeh steadily reduced of
late years. None or the doubtful states
now holds a preliminary election, and
one of the lust states to fall out of the
early list Is Oregon, which In June, VMH,
sounded what the Republicans called
"the opening gun" of the Harrison and
Morton contest by a Republican majori
ty of 6,000. In the preliminary election
of June, 1892, in Oregon the result was
indecisive and unsatisfactory, the Re
publican candidate at( the head of the
state ticket polling 31,000 votes, the
Democrat 29.000 and the Populist 12.000.
Later on the electoral votes of the state
were divided between Oen. Harrison
and Gen. Weaver.
On August 3 there will be a state elec
tion in Alabama, and a reptltion of the
lively times of 1802 and 1SU4 is promised.
In both elections Kolb, a former Demo
crat, was the opposition candidate to
the regular party nominee, and the
claim was made that the results, as of
ficially returned, did not correctly re
present the vote cast. In August, 1892,
Kolb polled 115,000 votes (or wus credit
ed with that number) and his Demo
cratic opponent 126,000. In the state
election of 1804 in Alabama, Kolb had
83,000 votes, and Oates. his Democratic
opponent. 110.000. Afterward Kolb
caused himself to be sworn in as gov
ernor, and a dual state administration
was for a short time threatened. This
year a repetition of the fight is probable,
and the national committee of the Re
publicans will probably, es In 1882, be
asked to take a hand In the contest.
Three states will vote In September;
Vermont on September 1, choosing a
governor for two years; Arkansas on
September 7, choosing a governor for
two years, nnd Maine on September 14.
choosing also a governor for two years.
On Octorter 0 there will be n state elec
tion In Florida, and on tho following
day, October 7, a state election In Geor
gia, -which promises to be hotly con
tested between the two Democratic fac
tions. , .
ANOTHER LINCOLN STOKY.
Lincoln Told About His (.'ingcrbrcoil
Man In Illustrate His Point.
Mr. Lincoln was one of the rare talk
ers who could always point a morn)
with an adorning tale taken out of ."nr.
own experience. Everybody has ex
perience if he only knows it. Most i f
us are so much in the habit of taking in
wisdom and fun through the printed
page, or the story as another man tells
It, that we lack the cupaclty to see it
for ourselves.
The storyteller Is the man who finds
his own material. An old Southern
politician was moralizing thus jn few
nights ago and eulogizing the man th"
South used to dislike:
"When Lincoln first came to Wash
ington I went to see him, so prejudiced
against him beforehand that no man
with lees trenlus could have overcome
It. I left that first interview with his
friend. No ma:i ever came under the
charm of Lincoln's personality without
respecting him, and, If allowed, loving
him. .
"One day, after we had become fairly
good friends, 1 told him of my early
prejudice.
" 'Mr. Lincoln.' I said. 'I had hen:-J
every mean thins on earth about you
except one. I never heard that you
were loo fond of the pleasures of life.'
Mr. Lincoln sat for a moment stroking
his long cheek thoughtfully, and then
he drawled out in his peculiar Western
voice:
" 'That reminds me of ?ome-thlng that
MANLY VIGOR
ifVNCB AIORB In htrmflny
v with the world, 3000
completely cured men arc
singing nappy praises lor
tba greatest, grand
est snu most suc
cessful cars for sex
ual weakness and
lent rigor known to
medical science. An
account of this won
derful dlseorery, In
book form , with ref
erences and proofs,
will haarnl ii
(ring men (saalodl fne. Full manly rigor
psnnantiatlr restored, jroiluio impossible.
ERIE MEDICAL C0.,BUFFALO,N.
I BKTV
1 J HIM JV
a boy said to me when I was about 10
years old.
Once in awhile my mother used to
get some sorghum and some ginger and
mix us up a batch of gingerbread, it
wasn't often, and it was our biggest
treat.
' "One day I smelted It and came Into
the house to get my share while it was
hot I found she had baked me three
gingerbread men, and I took them out
under a hickory fee to eat them.
'There was a family near us tnat
was a little poorer than we were, and
their boy came along as I sat down.
Atie," he eaid, edging close, "gim
me a man."
" 'I gave him one. He crammed It
Into his mouth at two bites, and looked
at me while I bit the legs of my first
one.
" ' "Abe," he said, "gimme that
other'n."
" 'I wanted It. but I gave it to him,
and .is It followed the first one, I said:
"'"You seem to like gingerbread?"
" "Abe," he said, earnestly. "I don't
s'pose there's anybody on this eart!i
like'S gingerbread as well as I do.1' and,
drawing a aish that brought up crumbs,
I don't s'pose there's anybody seta less
of it.
And the eld politician sal.l Mr. Lin
coln looked as thouh the Eubjct t was
ended. tSulinston Hawkcye.
EVA M. HETZEL'S
Superior Fsc? Bleach
rosltiTel? Reams; All Ficiil Blsauisi
iVciMv
Aisles Fact Powder is superior to scy fact
powder ernr manutsturcd. Csad and com
mutled by Imdinz sori-ty mid profmlnnal
IMaiitiea, iiecuusu It gives Ihs lat powlbls
effort and nrver leaves the akin raugU or
arslv. I rice 6J cvnta.
Thrlxogent, Nnture'a Hair Orowar, Is the
greatHSt uun-inviicorator of the present pro
grestivt ave. baiini purely s vgtb!o roin
pound, entirely hat ml. as. nuj marrslous In
itsbenaflcant elect. All dta.-as-s of the bair
anlarslpare toadily en red It th um of
1 hrixngene. Price M cents ard 91. For sals
at F. M. Httiel i Hiilr-drewioianil Manicure
Parlor, 880 Lackawanna ave. and 1 Lan
niu Building, Wilkes-Barro, Mail orders
filled promptly.
iTstbis wftat ails you?
Have you a feel-
m IvVi V'A the Stomach -
U ftaEiVCPI Iiloatlus after
eating Belch
ing of Wind
Vomitings! Food i
Waterbrash J
t Heartburn Bad Taste In the Mouth.
I la the Morning Palpitation of the
J Heart, due to Distension of Stomach (
Cankered Mouth Gas In the Bowels 1
' I t CI 1. C1..I.I. -. I. -
i i.v9 ui ricau runic jiiiycuiv-
I Depressed, Irritable Condition of (be 1
l Mind Dizziness Headache Con-
' stipatlun or Diarrbirs? Then you have (
DYSPEPSJA
f la mi many furnt. Tht o pnltlvt J
' car far thii dittrc uint ctmpUlat It
Acker's Dyspepsia tablets
j mutt, prepaid, receipt f 25 ccots.
I'll int. r Itaiiwr. lftifl ImiM-Hnl. Vcw i
Yurk.miTt: "I acfTtnvtl horribly lrin tlys (
liHfiMiit. but At-1tr't TatblelsL taken alter .
' iiieait, uuve cun-u iiitv 1
Acker Medicine Q:, iCMtUbamhcrtSt, H. T.
ASK POK TRE BKLET.ON
GIVES T..I1K
FOR SALE EY THE
ATLflNIIC iili U
SCRANTCN STATION.
tmer.ni sr THiHiewreT Mcdicai A-jTsoarrit-
;tiki nnnwiuii i. ti 1
T'-1T MT-I -.111 .u 1
Tronfl'iMil ti ton to rtiifefr
w fr'im (Told?, tJ.rTh:-nnf,
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eurr;
f 'ntitlnrt'si
nsuiij m ur nn Din Ktri'PRr.m o
sd I JfTcoii l-mrn-i.t 4
ww i iw ;r"i it iifiilKliW. MPKl.iT.PrSU Dm'l.
JO ccutSa H. 1). CU:iH, kir 5i.ru hmt, Zxkt U. J. t
WPMTKftI snd safest Km? tn
niiiw I niJ4a fc K,ndine. l-Vwma.ltt-h.8v it
ilhtjum. "M "rfl, Huni a, r.ifi. tVondrtlil Ten
jjlrforfir.ClKi. rrlro,Aca.ntt7iic.nI i '
trltiaur by itml r."2;-in. AJdrcsnaaubuvrt. UrvLr
Fop buIo by MATTHEWS BUGS, and
JOHN H. I'HELPS. Serar.ton. Pa.
ata-h ni.l .. t r . . l . .
lipjruterstl mail.
OR. HC83V3
A s Amsd m mm rT Wr-iilfv'N
Villi a Rtarn ywas
EctnoTM FrtoUss, Plmpfcs.
Liver Meiea, Elackhoade,
So.ik-jrn and Tar, cr.J io
stoTss th eiin to 1'3 erljl-.
col frtshr.dtd, producing a
1 .nr
uear nnu rcvjuij com-
frciarallcis and perfarfljr nnrmleea. At ttl
c.-uiits,ornailcllorSCK.ns. Stad lor Circular,
. VIOLA CKItf MAP Imnr ta"B.-mW ta a
Ala pi.-Utlss K-xp. aac?a.1rt ht !. Mfca, oart wttar.i a
rival tol U0 avmiy, AwoluttW vnn rod riffiliH-Hjr iwaV
wua. 4im, Prica 2J Carrta.
fk. C. BITTNCR 4k CP.,Tot.sDO, O.
For sole -by MATTHEWS EROS, anil
JOHN 11. PHELPS, Scnttilon. Pa.
m
4
132 WASHINGTON AVENUE,
We Are Showing an Elegant
Assortment of
We 'Supply Hoth Proof
Cloaks
New York Cloak and Suit House,
Francis Fitz Gibbon, l Mm iKIiil
THIRD NATIONAL BANK
1 i
Capital, -
Surplus, -
Undivided Profits, 64,000 ,
Special attention given to Business and Personal
A A.
ufi'iiiinrc
IVVUUllWt
3 Interest Paid on Interest Deposits.
M J
2,000,000 BARRELS
Made and Sold in Six Months, ending larch 1, 1896,
Total Product of
I
The A Mill Alone produced 1,000,000 Barrels,
Largest Run on Record.
Washburn, Crosby's Superlative la sold everywhere from th
Pacific Coust to St. John's, New Foundland, and in England, Ireland
and Scotland very largely, and is recognized as the beat flour in tb
world.
MEGARGEL
WHOLESALE AGENTS.
Afpropriatl ' Buildings Contribute Dividends
Exceptionally Fair. General HOME Industry
Justly Keeps LUMBER Moving Naturally. Our
Present Quauty Retains Steady TRADE Upon
Value With Xpectancy, Yours Z-zling 422; &&
Richards Lumber Co., Comith Bl'du Scranton, Pa.
Bolts, Nuts, Bolt Ends, Turnbuckles, Washers, Riv
ets, Horse Nails, Files, Taps( Dies, Tools and Sup
dies. Sail Duck for mine use in stock.
SOFT STEEL HORSE SHOES
r.nd a full stock of Wagon Makers' Supplies, Wheels,
Hubs, Rims, Spoke3, Shafts, Poles, Bows, etc.
BDTTEHBENDER
CRANTON. PA.
Dr. Poaro Pennyroyal Plllo
Tbtr an MtBipt, la'a an 4 eartsla la null Tha mates (Ot. Psal1!) miHt Usjfa
tnilat. 8ataoraan.fMM. AdtaaafajJ.MslcixaO OTla4,0, .
Per sale by JOHN H. PHtLP&
6pmco Street Scranton P
Ill ill
-At-5.00.
Bags With Capes, Jackets,
and Suits.
1 1 s 1 t.
- $200,000
- 300.000
ID
CONNELL
AMD STEEL
OS)
EVERY WOMAN
Pharmaolat, ear. Wyoming Avanw aaf
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