THE SCBAKTON TRIBUNE- SATURDAY HORNING, MAY 0, 1896.
11
TOE PRETTY MAID
OF CEFNYDFA
Tt SmhlM ui Shwi that Make
UathcUylal Urc
A MESSAGE ON A SYCAMORE LEAF.
Tfce P k "
Blood, aad Ike Bearer tke Sswssaer
Wild wklele Wafted It Awf
Die I Ht Lover's Embrace.
It ku been long claimed that the
famous .pot which ha. Blven a touch
Ins tala ot woman' love and mam
devotion bear In Ita annals not only
the records ot golden harvests, but of
fierce conflicts, a seeming forcast, so
the poet takes it. of the sunshine and
shadows that make up the Idyl "f
Jove The date ot the story is about
MOO. when the place was the residence
of one William Thomas, a descendant
of Sir Edward Thomas, of Cwrtybet
tws. and Catharine his wife. As he
was of good descent, and the wife was
the sister of the clergyman of Llan
gelnor. the claim of being of respect
able standing Is supported. Two child
ren were the issue of marriage. Ann.
the heroine of Cefn Ydfa, and William,
who died young. Ann grew up famed
for her beauty, and in her girlhood,
the Robert Burns, of the district,
tWlll Hopkln). the bard-a Blmple
plasterer by trade came In pursuit ot
bis business to the mansion, and fell
desperately In love with her. The
evidence given Is that the feeling was
mutual, though Miss Thomas was a
heiress with considerable means, una
had In her youth been plighted, or con
tracted, as the term ran, to the son
of their neighbor, Mr. Maddock. a
solicitor and an old friend of the
family. It Is Btated that the acquaint
ance began In the kitchen, where It
was the custom of the family to take
their meals with the servants and any
artlzans or strangers who might be In
and about the house. Will Hopkln
came of bardic descent, and has left
mi'morles proofs of a poetic faculty
which was likely to tell upon an im
pressionable gil l, who had never mixed
in society or seen the world, and Will
Improved the opportunities. She be
came the prompter of his muse. A poet
without his "goddess" Is an unknown
creature. Welsh literature simply
abounds with Illustrations, especially
from the tenth century down, and no
more enduring record have we than
In the life of Dufydd ab Gwllym, the
1-ard of Ifor Hael the ancestor of the
Krcdegar family who, not content
with one fair maiden to prompt his
poetical faculty, had a dozen.
Some at Will's efforts In praise of
the heiress are prserved with the
irreatost regard. Such as "Bujrelllo'r
Gwcnith Gwyn," where very mourn
fully he pictures the certain fact that,
though ho might be charmed and
loved, someone else would win the
maiden.
"I fondly watched the blooming wheat,
Another reaps the treasure."
Many a pleasant converse the lovers
had In the kitchen, and, as the attach
ment ripened, secret meetings follow
ed, until the mother's eyes were
awakened and It was almost Impos
sible for the slightest of stolen inter
views to be obtained. Even these were
stopped, and the fair Ann was made
practically a prisoner In tho house,
and not even a glimpse could Will get
of his beloved. Then Mrs. Thomas, as
an effectual means of putting a stop
to Will's love-making, hurried on the
suit of young Maddock, who was nat
urally eager to get, not only a beauti
ful wife, but a heiress as well. The
whole story of the attachment abounds
with Interest. . .
- - - - 1, nnt. nnil versa to
communicate with her, the tales of
strategy resorted to, tne employment
of a messenger between them who be
trays her trust, so that the maiden is
even deprived of pen and ink, and then
comes the most touching of episodes,
unsurpassed 'In amatory literature, the
writing of a message by her on a syca
more leaf, the pen a pin, the Ink the
maiden's blood, and the bearer the
summer wind which wafted It away.
But all came to an end. The effect of
prayers, entreaties, threats, was that
Ann resigned herself to her fate, and
married young Maddock in 1725. She
only lived two years, und such was her
affection for her humble lover that she
became Insane, and the denouement of
the tale Is that when In her last agon
iesin the hope of her recovery Will
Is sent to see if his presence would re
store her. She sprang into his arms
and died in his embrace.
Will lived to be 40 years old only,
and left numerous poetic works indi
cating some poetic feeling as well as
powers of sarcasm.
In the illustration of the latter, Will
' cynically told Mrs. Thomas, on meet
ing her one day, that she could no
longer boast of her daughter and a
heiress, but he could of having his
trowel and hammer.
It Is related that he met his death
while following his business, and, as
time not Infrequently acts like dis
tance and clothes it with an azure hue,
the loves of Will Hopkln and the Maid
of Cefn Ydfa have given an Interest to
the valley which seem to color and ex
pand as the years pass by, and bids
(air to be Imperishable.
Dr. D. D. J. Mason, of Wilkes-Barre,
has written an opera on this subject,
which was performed at Wllkes-Barre
sometime ago, with New York artists
in the leading roles.
NOT EDISON.
It Is to a Welshman after all, and
not to Edison, that the world Is In
debted for the development of the tele
phone. In the course ot an interest
ing article In the Christian World, re
cently, Mr. William Lynd, the British
agent for Edison's phonograph, makes
this Important statement: "Many per
sona in this country believe that the
development of the telephone is due
to the Inventive genius of Edison. The
man who made the capital discovery
of the microphone, the principal of
which Is embodied In all successful
telephones, can usually be found with
In two miles of the office of this jour
nal. Professor David Hughes, the in
ventor of that splendid telegraphic in
strument employed all over Europe
j and In this country for the continental
lines, discovered the microphone, and
gave his remarkable discovery to the
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EUHU YALE.
Ellhu Yale, the founder ot the great
university of that name in the United
States, Is burled la Wrexham church
yard, where, in front of the beautiful
facade of the church, stands a plain
tomb, surrounded by a fence of slender
rusty Iron pickets. On the south face
ot this memorial which Is only about
four feet high, one may read:
M S
Ellugh Yale. Esq.,
was burled the twenty-second ot
July, the year of our Lord
MDCCXXI.
On the north face is inscribed the
quaint bit of history in verse, after
the fashion of the time:
Born In America, in Europe bred.
In Africa travl'd and in Asia wed.
Where long he lived and thrived; In
London dead.
Much good, some 1)1 he did; so hope
all's even.
And his soul thro' mercy's gone to
heaven.
You that survive and read this tale,
take care.
For this most certain exit to prepare,
Where, blest in peace, the actions of
the just
Smell sweet and blossom In the silent
dust.
On the west end Is chiselled in sharp
er character:
Restored by the Authorities of Yale
College,
U. S., 1874.
Yate men are now contemplating the
erection of a more fitting memorlu!
to mark the grave.
SHORT HAND NOTES FIFTY
YEARS AOO.
Reporting even in Welsh is not an
art introduced in recent times. So far
back as fifty years ago a famous lec
ture of the late Thomas Jones, of Mor
rlston, afterwards of London, delivered
at Llandysul, was reported very fully
in the "Eurgrawn," the monthly or
gan of Welsh Wesleyanlsm. Mr. Jones
was at the zenith of his popularity Jiut
then, and was called everywhere to de
liver his lecture on. "Dyrchafiad y
Gwelthlwr." (The Elevation of the
Worklngman). On the occasion refer
red to to deliver It on behalf of irie
funds of the local Wesleyan chapel,
but, owlns to Horeb, though an Inde
pendent chnpel, being the largest in
the neighborhood. It was lent for the
purpose, but was far too small.
TWO NOTED MAIDEN SPEECHES.
Two men made their mark In the
house of commons on Wednesday
night. One was Lord Hugh Cecil (the
premier's younse3t son),- and the other
Mr. Kills Jones Griffith. Thus the "Sat
urday Review": "He Is the member
for Anglesea, a Mr. Griffith, a sort of
Welsh fanner, probably polished by a
university education. He la. a big raw
boned man, with feet like scows and
hands to match; his enormous wind
mill arms and legs make him look
something like an overgrown New
foundland pup. He spoke with a strong
Welsh accent, and said nothing no
table. Yet, In spite of the fact that
he merely repeated the worn-out party
shibboleths, he rolled them out In a
big, rollicking, easy way which sug
gested that they were lightly held and
might be turned to humorous account.
There was a sense of power in the man
tnat reminded us of the saying. 'Char
acter Is that subtle force which makes
us prize a man above his accomplish
ment." Mr. Griffith seemed to us an
excellent specimen of the shrewd,
strong modern, just as Lord Hugh
Oecil appeals to us as a wonderful
creature born out of due season a sort
of lomantic, poetically gifted person,
dropped by a malevolent fate into this
prosaic century. The appearance of
two such notable men In the house of
commons, in one evening Is merely
anomer proor. tr proor were needed, of
the extraordinary Increase In the num
ber of able men In the house of com
mons during the last twenty years. It
wouia not e too much to say that
there are now 60 or 60 men of first-rate
ability in the house where twenty
years ago perhaps there were a dozn.
The men of genius are as rare as ever,
out me numcer or distinctly able men
Is on the Increase."
NOTES.
Mr. H. M. Stanley will be a visitor to
Aberystwlth on the occasion of the visit
ot the Prince of Wales.
A new book by Professor Vaughan, of
Cardiff, on literary criticism, has just
been published by Messrs. Blackle and
Sons, with their Warwick series.
I.anfyrnaeh churchyard was formerly
celebrated for a herb which, when boiled
In milk, was regarded as a certain cure
for hydrophobia. The church was founded
in the fifth century.
Mr. W. Jenkins, J. P., of Ystradfechan,
has just completed his 25th year as general
manager of the vast undertaking of the
Ocean Collieries company, whose output
ot coal now averages nearly three million
tons annually.
Rev. T. Jones Davies, D. C, Pentyrch,
has received and accepted the Invitation
from the Calvlnlstlc Methodist church at
Llanbrailach to become Its pastor. He Is
not likely, however, to leave Pentyrch for
a few months.
One of the most gifted and popular re
citers In South Wales at present Is Mr.
James Davis, of Vochrlw. During the
few past years he has succeeded In win
ning no fewer than 67 prizes at the local
elsteddrodau. Let him come over here,
and our own Benjamin Griffiths will teach
him elocution that will materially aid him
in future contests.
Ruthin Is one of the few remaining
towns in Wales in which the curfew bell
is still rung. The Rev. J. Fisher, in dei
scribing the custom, mentions incidentally
that the passing bell for a married man
is "nine tolls," and suggests that here
may be found tho explanation of the old
saying "nine tailors (nine tollers) makes
a man,"
Notwithstanding Dr. Isambard Owen
appears to know ot no foundation for the
statement that the honor of knighthood
Is to he conferred upon him, It is still con
fidently asserted on what appears to be
the best authority that It Is the Royal In
tention to knight Dr. Isambard Owen on
the Queen's birthday for his services in
tne cause oi weisn education.
A coal seam has been discovered on the
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grlstlolus. Anglesey, and It has been o
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and Miss Beatrice Edwards, Cardiff.
Mr. Gwllym Richards, of Newport, a
rising tenor whoee record during the past
three years at the Royal Academy ot Music
is one of brilliant success, made his debut
recently before a Bristol audience at the
Colston hall of that city on the occasion
of the concert of the Bristol Society of
instrumentalists. His performances are
described lu the west of England press in
the most eulogistic terms.
A Pontypridd solicitor just after enter
In the forth county court the other day,
discovered that he had left his profes
sional gown at home. He was seriously
tierplexvd as to what to do, but one of his
earned friends enabled him to get out of
the dilemma by lending him his gown for
a while. But after the case was over the
two solicitors had to appeur In the next
action, one for the plaintiff, and the other
for theeli.-1'endant. Fortunately there was
anotliiaf learned friend present, and he.
without rising to his feet, quietly slipped
oft' his gown und handed t under the tabu
to the advocate who had given his own
garment away. Apparently JuriKe Gwllym
Williams did not percelev the manoeuvre,
which caused a good deal of merriment
among the lawyers.
The Rev. John Pugh. the (teneral super
intendent of the Calvlnlstlc Forward
Movement, will shortly leave Cardiff for
a lontt-needed rest. He goes to Cap
Town for three months the first good holi
day he has had since liTi. The gentle
man's health, we regret to say, has been
a cause of considerable anxiety to his
friends for some months past, and his
medical adviser has given it his opinion
that he needs absolute rest and change
Mr. Pugh. it Is hardly necessary to men.
tion, Is the father and the founder of the
Presbyterian Forward Movement In
Wales. Five years ago he started It In
Cardiff, and It has now centres all over
South Wales, the sum now needed to carry
on the work being flev hundred dollars a
week. When In South Africa he means.
If the wav opens, to go up the country as
far as Johannesburg, where he has many
friends. Should he s-.ioceed In visiting
Krtiaerland hU Impressions of the Boer
government should be of no little Interest
when he returns.
WOMAN'S INDUSTRIAL POSITION.
Published by Request of the American
Woman Suffrage Association.
I am almost ready to affirm that wo
man's need of tho ballot arises entirely
from the point of view ot industrial con
ditions since all rights, prtvleges, and
needs develop from the one fundamental
responsibility of sustaining and develop
ing one's individual existence. Through
the complex development of a civilization
based in competition, we are like women
huddling, on a seashore, driven by a soclil
development that prevents any backward
retreat, and which also forces us either
Into an overwhelming surf or compels us
to tuke a boat for the open sea of affairs.
And yet no oar is given us. We are com.
pelled nolens volens "to paddle our own
canoe," yet without a paddle. We drift,
we are in terror at the breakers, and wo
plead with man as he shoots past, con
quering nature and circumstances. We
ask for oars, but he smiles good-naturedly
and tells us that women are getting too
ambitious; that we are not as attractive
as we were before we asked for these
things; that we are not as picturesque In
the boat, and that he cannot clearly see
why we are there. And, Indeed, we our
selves do not perceive how It has come
about, and we wish It were not so, and the
dear old song commencing "Backward,
turn Backward O Time In thy Flight" is
forever in the heart. But there we are,
driven into the boats by that dread Imper
sonality civilization and yet the nec
essary oar has thus far been withheld.
Again to use another metaphor civil
ization, with its competitive system, has
forced the entire race Into mountain rang
es, which it Is compelled to conquer and
subdue. Woman Is there with her hus
band, sons, and brothers, and must needs
climb because there Is no retreat; yet the
Alpine stick which man carries, both as
support and defense, Is not placed In her
hands. If she pleads for It, man responds
good-bumoredly, but tells her she would
not know how to use it and the attempt
would really be more of a disadvantage
than a help to the entire company. So
she follows as best she may stumbling,
falling, yet smiling, that no one may guess
her tears.
II II II
How little the opponents of woman suf
frage perceive and understand, that In the
final analysis this is a question or sen.
preservation in an arena of conflicting
forces; and that it is as unreiatea to per
sonal ambitions as was the cry of Peter
to his Master when he found himself sink
ing. It is high time that man should per.
celve and admit, that the social situation
which has led woman to ask for the bal
lot is not of her making or desire; and
the asking is only the Imperative neces
sity of that situation. Meanwhile prog
ress waits that man's philosophy may rise
to the height of the occasion. Augusta
Cooper Bristol.
Vo
THE ADVANCED OMAN.
She may stand upon the corner in her
bloomers ir she chooses;
She can smoke a cigarette in public, too.
She may think up shocking thoughts and
dedicate them to the muses
In fact, do anything that's truly new.
But do not yet repine, -'
Oh, creatures masculine.
Nor thlrk creation's altered in Us plan;
For she always wants to do
Things she's not expected to;
And she doesn't care to do them when
she can.
A foremost place in politics she'll have
It if she pleases;
She'll worry over bargains In approprla
tlon bills
And decorate the gavel which untutored
man now seizes
With gilt and pretty ribbons till with
joy the eye It fills.
She may do It all In style
For a very little while.
' But the ultimate result we calmly scan;
For she always wants to do
Things she's not expected to,
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FICTION.
In her latest book. "His Honour and a
Lady" (New York: D. Appleton Co.)
lira. Everard Cotes, or, aa tho reading
publlo better knows her, Sara Jeaanette
Duncan, has achieved by far her moat
brilliant study of English official life
In India. The plot of her present story
la more Intricate than that of any
preceding book from Mrs. Cotes' pen;
the characters that figure in It stand o-1
In clearer relief and the knowledge which
the author displays of British-Indian
politics la deep and accurate. Added to
all this, her gift of satire is here re
vealed at Its very best, and the dialogue
at times fairly gleams with pointed and
sometimes almost poisoned wit.
This, in brief. Is the story: When
John Church assumes the post ot lieutenant-governor
ot Bengal and finds
himself the acting- king of 80.000.000
souls he is overcome by a feeling of his
responsibility and coddles his brain for
some reform Idea. He is a cold, calcu
lating and conscientious reformer, one
who Is born to make changes and upset
the settled order of things no matter
how well that order operates. One of
his first moves is. to withdraw state
support from the schools, maintained
by a tax on the poverty-stricken In
dians for the benefit of the children of
Krltlrh ofIl"lR His secretary. Lwls
Ancram, while openly appearing as a
supporter ot the policy o( his superior,
Is writing aritcles for the newspapers
attacking the movement. Ancram Is
entreged to Miss Daye. but all the while
he Is secretly In love with Mrs. Church,
who offers him some encouragement,
finding him a pleasant contrast to her
husband. Church's reform movement
results In his downfall and recall, but
before he can make ready for his de
parture he Is seized with a fever and
dies. It so happens that his office fails
to tho lot of Ancram. Mrs. Church
leaves for England and Ancram presses
M suit from India. Purely by chanco
his enmity to Church comes to the
knowledge of the widow and when An
cram arrives in London with the burn
ing hope that Mrs. Church will accept
his suit he is jnet with "official cold
ness." Philip uoyie, an aamiraoiy
drawn character, marries Miss Daye
and Lewis Ancram is left nothing but
the lieutenant-governorship of Bengal
and an uneasy conscience.
To appreciate the brilliancy ot the
book ono must, however, read it , and
then this notice will be superfluous.
I! II II
From the same publishers come two
other handsome volumes ot widely dif
ferent characteristics. In "False Coin
or True," Miss Montresor presents a
sympathetic study of an outcast girl
who was born In a workhouse, reared
by an unfeeling mistress of a Bristol
boarding-house as a mald-of-all-work,
rescued, when kicked out into the
streets, by one Monsieur Moreze, a none
too reputable traveling slelght-of-hand
showman and professional hypnotist,
developed Into a successful "medium"
who becomes the rage of London, and
finally, after a series of perplexing ob
stacles, wooed and won by a matter ot
fact young Scotchman, who, In his
wooing, has to encounter the watchful
rivalry of old Moreze himself. The cen
tral theme of the book Is a contrast of
the conflicting emotions of gratitude
and love gratitude, which Linda, the
heroine, feels for the hypnotist, who
had saved her from the slums and
treated her kindly; and love, which she
evinces for the young man who tries
to persuade her to desert her benefac
tor and protector, and fly with him. The
book would be much stronger if Its
character of the hypnotist did not re
mind one ot Svengali and thereby
challenge unfair comparisons.
The other volume embodies three
short stories by that singularly gifted
and unaccountably eccentric writer,
Robert 8. Hlchens. The title of the
book, "The Folly of Eustace," is sup
plied by the opening story, which tells
how a common-place young man, wish
ing to create a sensation, began a sys
tematic feigning of buffoonery, carry
ing this deception so far that when he
had won a fine wife he, through a cur
ious misapprehension of her character.
forced her eventually to elope with a
more congenial companion. The foun
dation Is slight, but upon it Mr. Hlchlns
has reared another wonderful analysis
of the workings of the human con
sciousness comaprable with that which
made notable his "Imaginative Man."
One cannot help wondering, . however.
why he does not turn his undeniable
powers to a more rational and whole
some purpose.
MAGAZINES.
The papers of chief interest In the
Forum for June are Senator Mitchell's
plea for the election of senators by
popular vote, a syllabus of which we
have already printed; Professor Sum
ner's exposition of "The Fallacy of Ter
ritorial Expansion," in which he takes
ground against the enlargement of our
present boundaries; Professor Black
mar's consideration of the question. Is
Democracy a Failure, the conclusion to
which Is that while democratic gov
ernment In America has developed
many serious evils. It Is nevertheless,
upon the whole, a success; and Profes
sor Thomas Davidson's analysis of the
social and economic conditions which
are making for the democratization ot
England. The Forum in this Issue eas
ily maintains its primacy among Ameri
can reviews regardless of price,
il II II
Perhaps the most interesting feature
of the June Century to those who are
(as every American ought to be) Inter
ested In politics Is Joseph R. Bishop's
paper on the "Humor and Pathos of
Presidential Conventions." It Is a peep
behind the scenes on the stage of na
tlonal politics which reveals many
things new and curious to the outsider.
Professor Bryce's second paper on
South Africa continues his singularly
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HARDWARE AND PLUMBING,
Ounster A Forsyth, 227 Penn.
LETTERS.
lucid explanation of the history and
tendencies of the various colonies, and
colonists v.ho have lately come Into
world-wide prominence by reason of
tragical developments in Transvaal; and
Dr. Albert 8 haw in a paper on munici
pal government in St. Louis holds that
municipality up to view aa In many
respects the best ordered one In the
United States. In addition to these
three notable papers on topics ot the
time, there are, of course, the usual
literary features.
The June number ot the Looker-Orii
(the appearance of which, by the waj
is greatly Improved by a new covef
makes announcement that In its next
Issue there will begin a series of papers
on Voice Production, by Dr. Floyd S.
Muckey and Professor William Hallock,
that ought to attract widespread atten
tion. Dr. Muckey is a throat specialist
and art authority on the anatomy of the
throat. Professor Hallock occupies the
professorship of physics at Columbia
University and is an authority on
acoustics. By means of an Instrument
Invented by themselves they have pho
tographed the human voice, among
others the voices of the De Reszkes,
Nordlca, Calve, Scalahl, Ancona, Crem
oninl and Atimont'i. In consequence,
many errors in prevailing methods ot
teaching, singing and elocution have
been discovered. The value of these
papers to teachers of music will there
fore be apparent. Probably tho most
Instructive paper In the June number of
this excellent magazine Is William Fes
ter Apthorp's discussion of the so-called
"new" fine art of color-music, which he
proves to be an Iridescent dream.
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If we may judge by the June Mc
Clure's, our younc; friend Stephen Crane
has at last been duly Initiated and nat
uralized Into the tribe of literary Proper
Things, He Is now given the place ot
honor, going ahead even of Rudyard
Kipling, who also contributes a story
the first of the Jungle series. But,
then. Crane shows that he Is worthy of
the trust. His tale, "The Little Regi
ment," Is a strong, artistic and original
view of war.netther over nor under
done. Apart from it, the portraits of
Mark Twain, Cy Warman's lost loco
motive story. Rev. James L. Crane's
recollections of General Grant, and, of
course, the Lincoln life, are features in
the June McClure's worthy of special
note. The Btudy of LI Hunar Chang by
Chester Holcombe, which Is promised In
an early number, will be awaited with
eager Interest. .Mr. Holcombe, it will
be recalled, Is the author ot that book,
"The Real Chinaman," which last year
proved far and away the most readable
and informing product of its kind that
came from the press.
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The following titles of articles in It
convey a good idea of scope of the Popu
lar Science News for June: "Marine
Nobodies." "Story of a Celestial Wan
derer," "Plants Growing Under the
Microscope," "Wild Parsnips and Wild
Carrots," '"Extreme Cold on Colors,"
"Acetylene Gas," "Power of Electrical
Fish," "The Parthenon Inscription foe
ciphered," "Continuous Darkness on
Animals," "Can We Mitigate the Locust
Pest?" "Baldness from Roentgen
Rays," "A Fish Out of Water." "Skunk
Madness," "The Study of Plants and
Flowers, "Jewelry 4,000 Years Old,"
"Photographing In Colors," "Monkeys
as Miners," "Music as a Cure for In
sanity." II II II
Under the conduct of William Mill
Butler, the Home Magazine of Blng-
hamton, which Is published by the Com
mercial Travelers' Homo association,
has developed Into one of the most
readable and informing monthly publi
cations In the United States. Although
It is primarily a class magazine designed
for commercial travelers, It has In It
enough good reading of a general char
acter to make It acceptable to persons
of any vocation or condition. For ex
ample, in the June isBue, there la a
paper, with beautiful half-tone illus
trations, on the Tennessee exposition;
one, similarly well illustrated, on the
New York custom1 house; one on the sol
diers' home at Washington; a very in
teresting one on Bismarck and the Ger
man empire, and one upon the X-ray to
date. In addition to these chief tea
tures, there are several choice poems
and short stories, an editorial review of
the month's leading events, a depart
ment of book reviews, and nearly fifty
pages devoted to a summarizing of Im
portant developments In the business
world. Indeed, the wisdom of selection
and condensation shown in this maga
zine will be bound to commend the peri
odical to all to whom its merits are as
yet unknown.
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The generally accepted belief that the
Roslcruclan brotherhood, concerning
which there was much talk and specu
lation in the seventeenth century, was
wholly an Imaginary Institution invent
ed by certain cunning pamphleteers for
purposes of literary deception, is vigor
ously assailed in the Juno Metaphysical
magazine by Alexander Wilder, who
sets forth what he deems to be evidence
to prove that that alleged secret order
of mystics really had a carefully guard
ed existence and that Its founder was
none other than my lord of Verulam.
Sir Francis Bacon. Mr. Wllder's theory
is ingenious, and like the other Bacon
ian theory which ascribes to the learned
viscount of St. Alban's the authorship
of Shakespeare's plaj-s, Is difficult to
disprove for the reason that we of to
day know nothing definite about the
matter.
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Gunton's magazine for June covers
the political Held with Its accustomed
thoroughness and la a convenient source
of valuable Instruction to those who
need Information on current Issues.
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"In a Dike Shanty," by Maria Louise
Pool, Is just Issued by Stone & Kimball.
Cowles, W. C, 1957 N. Main.
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER
Rogers, A. E 218 Lackawanna.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
Goodman's Shoe Store, 432 Lackawanna.
FURNITURE.
Barbour's Home Credit House, 425 Lacks.
CARPETS AND WALL PAPER.
Inglls, J. Scott, 413 Lackawanna.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Osterhout, N. P., 110 W. Market. '
Jordan. James, Olyphant.
Barthold, E. J., Olyphant '
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER
Snook, S. M Olyphant - -
PAINTS AND WALL PAPER
Wlnke, J. C, 216 Penn.
TEA, COFFEE AND SPIC& .
Grand Union Tea Co 101,8. Mala.
The Case of a Veteran Cited Whose
Paralysis Came from Ex
posure in the Army.
The Equally Interesting Method of His Cure, and
His Enthusiastic Endorsement.
In the town of Oneonta, in Otsego County,
Kew York, for a great many years there has
lived a man whose life has been overshad
owed by that terrible disease, paralysis.
Recently it was rumored that a miracle had
been performed that this man had been re
stored to his normal health and streugth and
to ascertain the truth or falsity of such a
rumor your correspondent visited Oneonta
to-day and being directed to the man sought
an interview with him, which was readily
and cheerfully granted. The man told his
own story as follows :
"My name is Edward Haswell. You
would not think front my appearance, but I
was born 77 years ago, in New Scotland,
Albany County. I was reared on a farm
and blessed by Nature with a strong con
stitution and good health. Early iu life I
removed to Albany, tlienue to Sclieuevus, in
this county, and finally settled dowu in On
eonta, where I have lived a great many years.
" When the war broke out I was strong
and active, being nearly six feet tall and
wiigliins; 225 pounds. I enlisted iu the
Third Kew York Cavalry ami nerved three
years. Of the long, weary marches, especi
ally in North Carolina of the days and nights
of exposure I will not speak, for it was in
the barracks at Washington tfiat my misery
begun. While there heavy rains fell and
not having sufficient protection ofttimes we
awoke in the morning drenched with the
rain. At this time I contracted a cold and
along with it cnine that dread disease, rheu
matism. I rapidly grew worse and was re
moved to the hospital where 1 was attended
by Dr. Leonard, uow of Worcester in this
county. He nrule me as comfortable as any
mm could, but I could not shake off the
disease. It was in my system aud after my
return home with impaired health and
strength reduced, my nerves gave out and
additional suffering ensued. I could move
around and win able to do some work at
length I went to work in the car shops here,
inside work wholly but the least exposure
would bring on terrible pains and life was
m ule miserable for me. . After a few years
my strength gave out and I was unable to
fight against my pains. In addition to the
rheumatism extreme nervousness took pos
session of me then heart disease set in; I
could not lie down to sleep and was brought
very low by this complication of diseases.
My wrists and ankles became swollen, my
legs, distorted aud my hips sunken, now you
can feel the cavities, also thrust your hand
into my back such were the ravages of
rheumatism.
" Rut this was not all. About six years
ago I had n stroke of paralysis which affected
my left side but by extra care I recovered
somewhat from this. Three years ago I had
a second stroke which rendered me entirely
helpless. My left side wis wholly useless
and I could not feel it when a pin was thrust
full length into my leg or arm. Before
paralysis set in I thought I was nigh to death,
lint now ennn the horror of a living death.
On account of my heart trouble which was
aggravated by this new disease, I could not
sleep and could be placed only in one posi
tionbolstered up iu a chair reclining
slightly on my right side. Now the paral
ysis affected my head and I would remain in
that position asleep in the chair for weeks at
a time without awakening. Words cannot
express the misery I was in and the suffer
ing I endured. All this time I consulted
doctors and tried all kinds of Dtttent medi
cines without receiving any benefit. I was
doomed to a lingering death and was in
despair. One day a paper was banded me
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Assies Psce Powder is superior to any fac
powder ever manufactured. Used and com
manded by leading society and professional
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effect snd m-vor leaves the skin rough or
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at r . M. Hetzel's Hair-dreaalng and Manicure
Parlor, 8X0 Lackawanna ave. and Ni 1 Lan
tiin - Building, Wllkes-Barre. Mail orders
tilled promptly.
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Terre Haute, Ind. A School nf Engineering.
Mocliauirail, Electrical, Civil Engineering,
Chuin ral courses. Well endowed. Kxti-nslve
Shops and Foundry. Stoiernly equipped La
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Address C. L. MEES, President.
FLORAL DESIGNS.
Clark, G. R. ft Co., 201 Washington,
CATERER.
Huntington, J. C, 308 N. Washington.,
GROCERIES.
Plrle, J. J.. 427 Lackawanna
undertakeITand LIVERT.
Raub, A. R., 425 Spruce.
DRUGGISTS. '
McGarrah ft Thomas, 209 Lackawanna.
Lorentz. C, 418 I.acltn;. Linden ft Wash.
Davis, O W., Main and Market, ,
Blocs, W. 8., Peckville. ,
Davies, John J., 103 S. Main.
CARRIAGES AND HARNESS.
Slmwell, V. A 618 Linden.
PAWNBROKER. '
Green, Joseph, 107 Lackawanna,
CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE.
UardUiiy J- L., 218 Lackawanna.
to read. In the piper I saw an account of
the healing of a paralytic who used Dr. Wil
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People. 1 had aa
faith in patent medicines, I had spent over
fc.UO.0O in them, all to no purpose. I'nsble
to work I had no income save a pension ot)
$8.0U per month. But some way I ws im-
Sressed with what Pink Pills had done and
etermined to give them a fair trial. I did .
not stop with one box but nsed three boxes ,
before I noticed any effect After taking
three boxes 1 felt a change coming over me.
I kept on taking Pink Pills and kept on feel
ing better. Gradually my pain left me, I be
gan to feel new life course through my body
and to my surprise and delight, feeling be- -gan
to come ?',. my side and life and
strength into my leg and arm. After taking
fourteen coxes i nau recovereu mil use ui
my limbs, my rheumatism was gone and my
heart trouble relieved. During my sickness
my -weight had decreased from 225 pounds
to 144 pounds, but to-duy I weigh 170 pounds,
am strong and active aud you would not take
me to lie 77 years old. "
While speaking. Mr. Haswell showed con
siderable emotion and when questioned he
aaueu: ' i cannot sav too mucn in praise
of Br. Williams' Pink Pills and I cannot ex.
press my gratitude to the Dr. Williams1
Medicine Company, they saved my life and
gave me back heulth I had not enjoyed fo
over 30 years."
When told that people might not believe,
such a story in print, he said: " I am will
ing to go before a Justice of Peace and sweat
to its truth, if you wish, snd I shall be only -too
glad to answer inquiries anyone nay
wish to make." .
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills 'for Pale People
are an unfailing remedy for all diseases aris
ing from a poor and watery condition of the
blood, such as pale and sallow complexion,
general muscular weakness, loss of appetite,
depression of spirits, lack of ambition, ao
mia, chlorosis or green sickness, palpitation
of the heart, shortness of breath on slight ex
ertion, coldness of hands or feet, swelling ol
the feet and limbs, pain in the back, nervous.
tardy or irregular periods, suppression ot
menses, hystcrin, paralysis, locomotor ataxia, ;
rheumatism, sciatica, all diseases' depending .
on vitiated humors in the blood, canning '
scrofula, swelled glands, fever sores, rickets, .
hip-joint diseases, hunchback,1 acquired de- !
fortuities, decayed bones, clironio erysipelas,
catarrh, consumption of the bowels snd lungs,
and also forinvigoratingthe blood and system,
when broken down by overwork, worry, dis
ease, excesses and indiscretions of living, re
covery from acute diseases, such as fevers, etc,
loss of vital powers, spermatorrhoea, early de
cay, premature old age. These pills are not a
purgative medicine. They contain nothing
that could injure the most delicate system.
They act directly on the blond, supplying to
the blood its life-giving qualities by assisting
it to absorb oxygen, that great supporter of all
organio.life. In this way the blood, becom
ing "built up" and being supplied with its
lacking constituents, becomes rich and red,
nourishes the various organs, stimulating
them to activity in the performance of their '
functions, and thus to eliminate diseases from
the system.
These Pills are manufactured by the Dr.
Williams' Medicine Company, Schenectady,
N. Y., and are sold only in boxes bearing the
firm's trade mark and wrapper, at fiO cents a
box, or six boxes for $2.50, and are never sold
in bulk. They may be had of all druggists,
or direct by mail from Dr. Williams'
Medicine Company. The price at which
these pills are sold makes a course of treat
ment inexpensive as compared with
remedies.
Complexion Proved
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For sale by MATTHEWS BROS, and
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JOHN H. PHELPS. Scranton. Pa.
Those tiny Cnpaalrai
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BROKER AND JEWELER,
Radln Bros., 123 Penn.
DRY GOODS. FANCY GOODS,
Kresky, E. H. ft Co.. 114 8. Mala.
CREAMERY
Stone Bros., 308 Spruce. ,
BICYCLES, GUNS, ETC.
Parker, E. R., 321 Spruce.
DINING ROOMS.
Caryl's Dining Rooms, 605 Linden,
TRUSSES, BATTERIES AND RUBBEB
GOODS.
Benjamin ft Benjamin, Franklin ft 8pruoa,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
Roberts, J. W.. 126 K. Main.
PIANOS AND ORGANS.
Stella, J. Lawrence, 303 Spruce.
DRY GOODS. CLOTHING. SHOES.
HARDWARE.
MuUay.Ambi-ose, trifle stores, PrevUaasSk
f SSI
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