The Scranton tribune. (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, May 26, 1896, Image 11
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. -::- 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 it', . 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, "X i.nrr.;i.ittttliit An etHcle. 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 4 v