THE SCRANTOJs TMBUNE SATUEDAY MOBKHTO, JULY 11, 1896.
THE
LEAOE
124 AND 126 WYOMING AVE.,
Will, beginning on Saturday, July 1 1 , Inaugurate their First Annual Clearance Sacrifice Sale. It is needless for us to state that our patrons and the public In general will remember the
Great Honey Saver our first semi-annual sale last January and February was to them, and this, the ending of our first year in business In 5 cranton, we shall place before the public the
most remarkable values in choice merchandise that has ever been offered and take this means of showing our appreciation for liberal patronage bestowed upon us.
CLOAKS, SUITS, JACKETS AND
CAPES. -
iO Ladles' Fine Wool Suits In navy blue
and futicy; former price, $tS-9S to $i.0O.
Clearance Sale price, 12.98 to IU.WJ.
16 Ladles' Light Weight Cloth Cape,
nicely trimmed: former price. $1.98.
Clearance Sale price, 98c.
22 Ladies' Light Weight Cloth Capes;
former price, $2.48. Clearance Hale
price, $1.25.
IS very handsome quality Navy Blue
and Black Cloth Capes, with velvet
collur and trimmed with Kilt braid;
former price, $!.9S. Clearance Sale
price, $2.98.
J4 Ladies' Brocaded Silk Capes, also
velvet,- lined throughout with silk;
former price, Ji.HS. Clearance Sale
price, $2.98.
'AIL of our tlnest quullty of capes that
cold from $7.98 to $20.00. Clearance
' Hale price, $4.98 to $7.98.
jOur complete line of Ludles Jackets,
all the latest styles, the best of make;
and have divided then up In several
prices.
?ucket that were $3.93. Clearance Sale
price, $1.98.
3atkets Unit were $4.98. Clearance Sale
price, $2.98.
Jackets that were $6.98. Clearance Sale
price, $3.98.
Jackets that were $7.98. Clearance Sale
price. $4.98.
u Ladles' Black Brllllantlne Skirts,
Jined throughout, velveteen bound;
former price, $1.49. Clearance Sale
price. S9c.
f5 ladles' much finer quality black
figured Brllliantine Skirts, beautiful
new patterns, lined throughout, velveteen-bound,
five yards wide, former
price. $2.98. Clearance Sale Price, $1.98.
AH of our Duck and Linen Suits reduced
in the same proportion.
100 Children's Navy Blue Reefers, In all
sizes, former price, 9Sc, Clearance
Sale Price, 39c.
T5 very flue quality and beautiful de
signs, all sizes, former price, $2.98,
Clearance Sale Price, $1.48.
?6 of our finest quality Reefers, trimmed
In the latest style, former price, $3.98,
Clearance Sale Price, $1.98.
LADIES" SHIRT WAISTS.
SVt the prices we quote for this sale we
are confident will move them very
lively.
er dozen Ladles fine Lawn and Percale
Shirt Waists, with extra large sleeves,
sizes 32 to 42, former price, 50c. and
7Dc. Clearance Sale Price, 29c.
B7 dozen finest quality Percale In the
ist beautiful patterns, with large
MiiuHiiiiHiuiunmiiuimiw
WHAT IS GOING
ON IN LONDON
Chatty Letter from Miss Kaiser on a
Variety of Subjects.
ANOTHER WELSH CHOIR IS C0MINQ
Success of John T. Matkius at the
Royal Academy-. Miss Gertrude
Drinkwater, of Madame Davies'
Company, Wins the Parepa-Roia
Scholarbip---Other Interesting
News and Comment.
Correspondence of The Tribune.
Jandon, June 26. London Is perfectly
charming Just now, especially to a poor
, girl student like me, who can now turn
from her weary tvlnter grind at har
'. Jnony, voice production, elocution, lec
tures, und what not, and rest on her
. oars, so to speak, as the end of the
Royal Academy year draws nigh, and
anticipate a bit of summer leisure. This
nobis Institution is just now a seething
muss of worried students, all a-stew-ing
away in' a fuming heat over their
oxntns. which are now coming on. You
rray well ask, "Then why aren't you
' stewing, too?' But I answer: Alas! I
nm not even allowed the privilege of
votrying and stewing, for the simple
; reason that I did not enter the Acad
emy at the very beginning of either of
; the two years during which I have been
no fortunate as to receive instruction
under Its hallowed roof, and because of
" that reason, am debarred from entering
all exams, although I am not debarred
' from the privilege of studying with all
my trlght and main, or from any other
privileges. So you see, my dear friend,
thi't while the other girls are fretting
themselves ill over their exams, I, along
"With a number more of students who,
; like me, cannot get back to these hal
lowed halls by the first of September,
because, forsooth, we must earn the
mcney first In order to get back at all,
am free to merely attend private les
. . sons, go to the opera, see the new plays,
aiunu me oesi concerts, anu enjoy life
generally, while we know Just as much,
or think we do, as the poor girls who are
row worrying over whether they are
going to get their promotion medals or
toot.
So you see, having a bit of leisure,
ray thoughts naturally turned towards
. my.beloved homestead, and though you
" " mty perhaps have imagined you had
. -heard the last ptme,-you haven't, and,
' to'tjifote those annual words of greeting
from the American circus clown, "Here
ive an again!'?;
ABOUT iHH. W ATKINS. -Tou
will no doubt be Interested to
V learn that your fellow-townsman, Mr.
..-' J. T. Walking, Is ho a student at the
-.; Koyal Academy. Mr. Watklns Is quite
; at home already, and progressing finely
uider the tutorship of one or the 'finest
'"' . y'lce-teachers on the Jong roll of Royal
Academy professors, , Frederick t'KIng,
esq Mr. King has long had the en-,-vlaHe
reputation of having the finest
,c mens voices in the'whole institution in
vonacu. niH men reany ao ueveiop
-y splehlid voices under his care, and 1t is
.s not a; all too much to hope that your
J own townsman, Mr. Watklns, will soon
f becotm one of the bright and shining
lights la even an brllllnnt rm.
. . ........ . . .. . .
. .fessor Ring's -, , .
Another bit of news I have for you
la, that .Miss Oertrudt Drinkwater,
sleeves, made In the best of manner,
slses 32 to 44, former price, $1.00 and
$1.25. ' Clearance Sale Price, 59c.
C3 dozen of our higher grade Waists, In
the very linest of material, large
bishop sleeves and detachable collars,
slses 82 to 46, former price, $1.50 to
$2.00. Clearance Sale Price, 89c.
22 dozen tlnest quality Waists, a few of
each style that we have left worth
from $2.00 to $2.50. Clearance Sale
Price, $1.25 and $1.49.
INFANTS' WEAR.
18 dozen Infants' Cambric Dresses,
neatly trimmed, sizes 1 to 6. Clear
ance Sale Price. 25c.
37 dozen fine Lawn Aprons and Dresses,
choice patterns, nicely trimmed, sizes
1 to 8, former price, 69c. Clearance
Sale Price. 39c.
In this department everything apper
tabling to an infant can be found at
Clearance Sale Prices.
UNDERWEAR DEPARTMENT.
2 cases of Ladles' Vests, worth 15c.
Clearance Sale Price. 9c.
2 cases of Ladles' Ribbed Vests, low
neck and no sleeves, In white and
ecru ribbons round neck and arms,
former price, 19c. Clearance Salt
Price, 12sc. ''.. ,
One case Ladles' Ribbed Vests, low
neck and no sleeves, with colored llk
ribbons, former price 25c, Clearance
Sale Price, 15a.
18 dozen Ladies' Cambric Corset Cov
ers with V or square neck trimmed
with Insertion and embroidery, form
er price 29c. Clearance Sale Price,
21c.
12 dozen Ladles' Fine Corset Covers,
" V or square neck, trimmed -with nice
lace or embroidery, former price 50c.
Clearance Sale Price, 39c.
10 dozen Ladies Cambric Skirts, um
brella style, trimmed with fine tin
'broidery. Clearance Sale Price, 89c.
10 dozen much finer quality, trimmed
with fine embroidery. Clearance Sale
Price. 98c.
One lot of Ladles' Fine Lawn Skirts,
umbrella style, trimmed with Irish
point embroidery. Clearance Sale
Price, $1.49.
24 dczen Ladles' Muslin Gowns, Mother
Hubbard Yoke, trimmed with Inser
tion and tucks. Clearance Sale Price,
4!lc
12 do'.en Ladles' Flno Muslin nowns.
empire style, trimmed with Insertion
and embroidery. Clearance Sale
Price, 88c.
36 dozen Ladles' Fine Muslin Drawers,
whom Scrantonlans will remember as a
member of Mrs; Clara Davies" Royal
Welsh Ladles choir, has been so for
tunate as to win the Parepa-Rosa
scholarship, which entitles the success
ful candidate to two whole year's free
tuition In the Royal Academy of
Music. This scholarship Is competed
for by female vocalists only, between
the ages of eighteen and twenty-two
years, who must be British-born sub
jects, must not be, nor ever have been
students in the Royal Academy, and
who must produce certificates of birth.
I do not know how many entries there
were for this scholarship examination
this year.but there are always a goodly
number at any rate, as these scholar
ships are choice ones; but I think that
the winning of this scholarship under
almost any conditions, was a noble
thing to accomplish. I am sure that
every one of you who have ever heard
this young lady will be right glad for
her. I have not met her at the R. A.
M. yet, as her sojourn there has been
short, so far, but I shall give myself
the pleasure of an Introduction very
soon, and shall greatly enjoy saying
a loud and hearty "Bravo!" to her,,
both for myself and for all her friends
in the States. You may not know it yet,
but you are to have still another visi
tation of aWelshchoir nextautumn.the
artists this time hailing mostly from
Merthyr Tydfyl. It Is to be a mixed
double or Bliile quartette, I think,
from the little that I have so far heard
and I do not know the artists except
one, and have never heard of them nor
heard them sing, so cannot tell you
what to expect at all. The money that
Mrs. Clara Davies makes out of her
trips to the States have been such a
dazzling bait to others in Wales who
sing and conduct that there are sev
eral choruses and choirs male, fe
male and mixed now training for for
eign tours. Some of Mrs. Davies' girls
tell me that they are not going to the
Statea this autumn and winter, but
mean to rest on their oars until 1897
when they will visit us again. I know
some of you will be sorry for that, for
their choral work Is certainly almost
perfect, and an annual visit from these
energetic travellers would not come
amiss to many of you, I know.
OLGA NETHERSOLE.
I wonder If any of you happened to
see Olga Nethersole In her much dis
cussed creation of Carmen, when she
Was in New York this season. Well, of
course I. didn't, not having been on
that side of the creek for some months,
but I took the first opportunity of going
to see herassoon as she opened, shop In
the Gaiety Theatre here. Her broth
er, Louis Nethersole, kindly bestowed
upon your humble friend two very nice
stall tickets, and of course I took m
best beloved chum, and we hied us
down to the' Strand and saw Olga at
last. I liked her herself better than
her play.' She certainly acted su
perbly the night we saw her, but, while
somethings Were overdone and over
drawn others Just as important to the
character of her heroine were totally
neglected and somehow we went home
heaving an unsatisfied sigh. Nothing
Could possibly be found fault With In
the costuming and mounting of the
play gowns were simply ravishing
and yet there was something that Ir
ritated and exasperated me beyond
endurance. I see in the papers that It
has been taken off after a run of only
a couple of Weeks, so I gather that
London, though It likes Olga Nether
sot well enough, will have hone of her
with cluster of tucks. Clearance
Sale Price, 19c.
22 dozen Ladles' Fine Muslin Drawers,
with cluster of tucks and trimmed
with embroidery. Clearance Sale
Price, 33c.
MEN'S FURNISHINGS.
All of our Boys' Cambric Waists, all
ages, nicely made and perfect fit.
Clearance Sale Price, 19c.
50 dozen Men's White Unlaundrled
Shirts, re-enforced front and back.
Clearance Sale Price, 21c.
One case of Men's Fine, Blue Balbrlg
gan Underwear In all sizes, former
price 60c. Clearance Sale Price, 24o.
Our complete stock of finest quality
French Lisle and Balbrlggan Under
wear, former price $1.00. Clearance
Sale Price. 69c.
19 dozen Men's American Guyot Sus
penders; former price, 25c. Clearance
Sale price. 15c.
One lot of Men's Fancy Silk and Satin
Suspenders for summer wear; former
price, 29c. Clearance Sale price, 17c.
100 dozen Men's fine quality mixed cot
ton full seamless half hose, excellent
value at 12'ic Clearance Sale price,
3 pairs for 25c.
All of our Men's fine neckwear that has
been reduced to 35c. Clearance Sale
price, 19c.
HOSIERY DEPARTMENT.
125 dozen Ladies' Onyx Fast Black
hose, with double spliced Bole and
high spliced heel, forty gauges; form
er price, S3c. Clearance Sale price,
15c.
60 dozen Ladles' Fast Black and Rus
set Tan Seamless Hose, nice quality;
former price, 12Vic. Clearance Sale
price, 3 pair for for 25c.
One-case of Ladies' Fast Black, Russet,
Tan and Balbrlggan Koamless Hose,
excellent quality. Clearance Sale
price, 12V4c.
One case of Children's Ribbed Fast
Black Hose, sizes 5 to h'i; former
price, 12'4c Clearance Sale price, 3
pair for 25c. t
40 dozen Misses' Ribbed Fast Black
and Russet Tan Hose, sizes 6 to 9'4;
former price, 13c. Clearance Sale
price, 11c.
LEATHER GOODS AND TOILET
ARTICLES.
35 dozen Babe Skin Soap, sold all over
at 25c. a package (of two). Clearance
Sale price, 15c.
All of our finest quality of soaps and
perfumes at Clearance Sale prices.
One lot of Ladies' Black Web Belts,
Carmen. Of course she will put on
some of her other plays now, nnd see
how they "go down" In London town.
The next night after our Carmen ex
perience we went to see the Kendals,
who have o;ened at the Garrlck the
atre vlth their new play, "The Great
est of These." It's very mournful and
I was alllicted with the weeps nearly all
the evening-, but it was like a breath of
fresh air after Carmen, nevertheless.
Mrs. Kendnl Is very sweet In it, the
character she takes suiting her to the
finger tips. She is a woman of middle
age, Mrs. Armitage, with grown-up
children, and Mrs. Kendal makes her
lovely. A box full of princesses and
princelings of the house of Brunswick
were there, looking on with great Inter
est, and In the midst of it all an amus
ing incident occurred which was not
down on tho programme, and which,
though it spoiled a scene, was hugely
enjoyed by the whole house, pit, gallery
and stalls. While Mrs. Kendal and
another actor were having a very in
teresting scene together, the mantle
piece, upon which Mr. Curzon leans
negligently, suddenly gave way and fell
over onto the stage with a great bang.
It was marble, and the chairs danced,
the gas Jumped, and a great fog of dust
arose from the stage, almost obscuring
Mrs. Kendal's matronly figure from
view, and it was found necessary to
lower the curtain and straighten things
up generally before the play could be
proceeded with. They are doing ex
tremely well at the Gurrlck, which is
indeed far more than did poor Mr. Wil
lard, who neatly ruined himself over
the "Rogue's Comedy," which he with
drew from that theatre after only a few
weeks' run. Wlllard, you know. Is de
voted to America, where he made so
much money with "The Professor's
Love Story" some six or seven years
ago, and "Alabama" only a year or two
ago. And so he Is coming over there
with the "Rogue's Comedy" shortly,
and try that which made so lamentable
a failure In London on the American
public, before he shelves It altogether.
It Is a curious fact that In matters the
atrical, the things that charm the pub
He on one side of the water do not "go
down" at all on the other, and while
his "Rogue's Comedy" did not strike
London as good. It may be a great suc
cess In New York,
WAGNERIAN JOYS.
I am glad Indeed that I am living this
summer, and I'll tell you why. 1 have
seen the most perfect representation of
Wagner's only comedy opera. Die
Melstersinger, that was ever performed.
You may ask how that could be, when
New York has grand opera every win
ter and Die Melstersinger is performed
there. But It Is so, nevertheless, Emma
Eames, you all know Is a perfect Eva,
and as for the rest of the cast, Eduard
and Jean De Reszke were Herrs Sachs
and Walter respectively, and all the
others from Pogner down, stars every
one on their our account. I won't In
flict all the names upon you, except to
mention the Beckmcsser of David Bls
pham, which was the daintiest bit of
German comedy acting I ever wish to
see. You have never had Blspham over
there I believe, and so cannot really ap
preciate what he Is In Wagner opera
which I can assure you is a host. He is
American born, though most of his pro
fessional life has been passed in Italy,
Paris and London.
Never in my life have I seen such
wonderful and delicious fruit as the
Kent starawberrles, which are now, and
have been for two weeks past, In the
market. London, I must own Is some
times a sore trial to me in the winter,
with Its dull atmosphere, damp, chill,
cold and the great airy rooms of the old
with silvered buckles, worth 19c.
Clearance Sale price, 10c.
24 dozen Ladies' White Kid, White
Duck, Black and Tan Leather Belts,
finished In the nicest manner. Clear
ance Sale price, 25c.
UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS.
CO 26-Inch Silk Gloria Umbrellas. Para
gon frame, with handsome natural
sticks, worth $1.39. Clearance Sale
price, 9Se.
25 gross Curling Irons, regular price,
6c. Clearance Sale Price, 3c.
25 gross Stockinette Shields, every pair
warranted, regular price lOo. Clear
ance Sale Price, Cc.
260 gross extra fine quality Dress But
tons, regular price 25c. Clearance
Sale Price, 2V4e. a dozen.
Two-Inch Velveteen Binding, four-yard
piece, regular price, 14c Clearance
Sale Price, 9c.
Best quality Velveteen Binding, by the
yard. two-Inches wide. Clearance
Sale Price, 4c a yard.
Whale Bone Casing, regular price, 15c.
Clearance Sale Price ,9c.
Silk Belting, regular price 10c. Clear
ance Sale Price, Cc.
All sizes Safety Pins, regular price 8c.
' and 10c. Clearance Sale Price. 6c.
Best quality 100-Yard Spool Silk, regu
lar price 8c. Clearance Sale Price, 6c.
Best Cotton COO yard spools, regular
price 8c. Clearance Sale Price. 6c.
Best Cotton 600 yards spools, regular
price 6c. Clearance Sale Price, 3 l-3c.
COO dozen good quality Pearl Buttons,
regular price 8c. Clearance Sale Price,
4c.
30 26-inch Silk Gloria Umbrellas, with
paragon frame, with finest quality
natural wood handles. Clearance Said
Price. $1.49.
CO-Ladies-White China .SIliLParftsola,
with white ribs and white enamel
sticks to match and pretty white silk
tassels. Clearance Sale Price 89c.
All of our fine Linen nnd fancy Silk
Pnrasols, prices tor this sale being cut
in huif.
DRESS GOODS.
200 Remnants of desirable Dress Goods
divided In four lots.
Lot No. 1, Clearance Sale Price, 10c.
Lot No. 2, Clearance Sale Price, 16c.
Lot No. 3. Clearance Snle Price, 23c.
Lot No. 4, Clearance Sale Price, 43c.
This Is about one-quarter Vf regular
price for these goods.
10 pieces all-wool Beige Dress Goods,
regular prltv, 83c. Clearance Sate
Price, 11c. a yard.
20 pieces half-wool Challles, now desir
house In which we live, but I must own
that when summer comes and the parks
awake, and the strawberries make their
appeurance in the markets. I say to my
self that there are a few compensations,
and strawberries are one. This fruit
grows very large Indeed, much larger
than I ever saw at home, and are at
present only "tuppence" a pound which
you will call rather cheat). I know
they are especially fine and large this
season, and the flavor is perfect. They
are supposed to be very good for sing
ing students and so we luxuriate In
them dally.
Sometimes our strawberry feasts are
most gorgeous things. They are us
ually held in our rooms, or In my room
rather, for as I am the happy possessor
of a pound of powdered sugar, we all fly
to my room with our berries, dust them
with sugar from our family sugar bowl
and proceed to gorge ourselves. We sit
about on the chairs, the trunks, the
bed and the iloor and eat and eat, and
we talk (of course) and wish we wer
famous and rich players and singers
and din't have to study so hard any
more, and so we go on until suddenly
someone's conscience smites her, and
she Jumps up and rushes off to her
room to practice frantically, the rest
following, and, after observing that the
strawberries are all gone, I proceed to
buckle to myself and all is over till the
next one. Sadie Estelle Kaiser.
THE LOVER'S PREPARATIONS.
When He Expected to Meet His Pro
posed Fnther-in-Law.
It was eight o'clock in the magnifi
cent capital of the greatest republic on
earth, and the gloaming, oh, my darl
ing, had gone glimmering among the
things that were two hours previously.
A gas light burned golden yellow on
the corner of one of the beautiful streets
leading Into Dupont Circle, and an elec
tric light burned silvery white two
blocks down the Btreet, when an ambu
lance from the Emergency hospital
stopped In front of a palatial residence
in that aristocratic neighborhood and
backed up to the curb.
One minute, or perhaps less, after the
ambulance had stopped, a handsomely
dressed young man Jumped out over
the tailboard and started toward the
steps of the house.
As he did so, a policeman, strolling
leisurely around the corner beyond, ob
served the ambulance, and Instantly
sprinted for it.
"Say," exclaimed the officer, In the
usual chaste and elegant, not to say
Chesterfleldian, manner of an excited
guardian of the peace, "what's the
row?"
"There isn't any yet," replied the
young fellow, with a world of suggested
possibility in the way he closed his an
swer with the word "yet."
"What's the ambulance for?" Insist
ed the policeman.
"For future reference," said the young
man evasively.
"That's not what they are usually
for," argut?d the officer, trying to get
at the true Inwardness of the situation.
"No," and the young man drew closer
and Fpoke very confidently; "no, but It's
different In this case. You see, I'm go
ing In to ask a young lady's father for
her hand, and as the old man Isn't stuck
on me, I thought it might rome handy
for me to be prepared for emergencies."
The policeman gave vent to his ad
miration In a tow whistle, and waited
until a servant came out nnd told the
ambulance driver to go back to. the
stable. Washington Star.
The Rhode Island State Fair associa
tion has announced a premium of tu.WD tor
contests between horseleis carriages dw
ing Its September meeting.'
able patterns, regular price, 12V4C
Clearance Bale Price, 6c.
25 pieces fine silk and wool Dress Goods,
regular price, $1.25. Clearance Sale
Price. 39e.
20 pieces all-wool Crepons, regular
price, 75c. Clearance Sale Price, 33c.
25 pieces all-wool printed French Chal
lles, regular price, 40c. Clearance
Sale Price, 25c.
All of our 45c, 55c. and 65c. all-wool
Spring Dress Goods, In one lot. Choice
of Any, 24c.
One lot of all-wool Ladles' Cloth, In all
the desirable shades, regular price,
49c. Clearance Sale Price, 31c.
All of our $20.00 Dress Patterns, Clear
ance Sale Price, $10.00.
All of our $16.00 Dress Patterns, Clear
ance Sale Price, $8.00.
All of our $12.00 Dress Patterns, Clear
ance Sale Price $6.00.
All of our $5.00 Dress Patterns, Clear
ance Sale Price, $2.50.
The above are all new desirable Spring
Goods.
15 pieces all-wool Black Serge, the reg
ular 35c. quality. Clearance ' Bale
Pries, 22c.
20 pieces black-figured and brocaded
Nuns' Veiling, regular price, 75c.
Clearance Sale Price, 39c.
25 pieces extra quality black figured
Mohair, never sold less than 49c.
Clearance Sale Price, 29c. '
16 pieces all'wool Storm Serge. 42 Inches
wide, regular 60c. quality, Clearance
Sale Price 36c.
SILKS.
10 pieces extra fine quality two-toned
Silk, regular price Cue. Clearance
Sale Price, 33c.
One lot of Persian Silks, regular 40c.
quality. Clearance Sale Price 24c.
One lot extra quality striped Silks, very
Mylluli for waists, regular -price 49c.
Clearance Sale Price, 29c.
600 yards extra fine quality fancy Silks
that we bought from an importer at
25c. on the dollar. Clearance Sale
Price, 67c.
The value of these Silks are from $1.00
to $2.00 a yard.
COO yards of fancy Silks that we have
been selling all season at 65c., 75c.
and Soc. Clearance Sale Price, 43c.
25 pieces extra quality Black Brocaded
Silk, all new effects .regular price 85c.
Clearance Sale Price, 68c.
WASH DRESS GOODS.
20 pieces one-yard wide Printed Cam
bric, the regular 10c quality. Clear
ance Sale Price, 5c.
44
CARAD0CS
SOLILOQUY."
Happy Translation of Poet John H.
Powell's Emotional Soliloquy.
A GREAT ELOCUTIONARY TEST-PIECE
Dr. Jenkins, the Translator, has Fol
lowed the Text in a (iood Poetical
VeinThe Original a Very Popular
Test-Piece ill the Leading Eiatedd
fodau. Where Is the pride of my enchanting fair
Siluria now? Is it in Rome with me
A captive bound? Haply a waml'rer sad
In dear old Britain roaming there in
tears,
And seeking there some unpolluted spot
Some other sacred eot to set Its feet.
Cun no'one here the vital question solve?
I had war-horses, counties chariots trim
A host of dashing Britons at my beck
To do my bidding. I, at the same time,
Their chieftain leading on the field of
blood,
While fighting bravely for my country's
cause.
This only forms a part of the esteem.
Wealth, and dlstlngulsh'd pomp, which
I'harm'd mc when
T sat with Dignity, Authority and Grace,
The prince of wise and noble men on dear
Silurta's throne; and heard with soul en-
trane'd
The songs most heav'nly of her blessed
bards.
Beside me Majesty and Honor walked.
While Fame with radiant Jewels deck'd
my brow.
And Fortune scatter'd flowers around my
feet.
But, then, what profits now to call to mind
My greatness past? Remembrance, get
thee gone.
Thy presence to me now augments ten-fold
The wormwood of this deadly cup of grief
And disappointment dire a cup my soul
Must shortly drink to sate dark treason's
guile.
O! may oblivion dark surround me hence,
And kindly hide the Past.
Alas! where are
My dear princess and my aged sire?
Haply upon a troubled sea adrift
H u r I'd by the blasts of disappointments
drear
Against the crags of scorn without a
friend
Or trusted lover to lend a hand,
To shield them In the storm. Where'er
they are.
My dearest love salutes them kindly now.
Before the proud ambitious Caesar, soon,
In these grim chains I shull be rudely lei
Kv'n us a foul assassin: there his laws,
All deaf and blind to mercy, with one
voice,
Will clamor for my blood. My life with
Joy
Will I surrender for my country's cause,
And O! how happy would I welcome death.
Should dear tillurla's green and sacred
sod
Preserve my blood.
The day when I am called
To fare the Roman Court, what shall I do?
Would It bo wise to play the coward there;
To hide iny dlxnity and pride beneath
The traitor's gurb hypocrisy and crave
His pardon and his grace conttss it
wrong
That ever I unsheat'h'd a sword against
A pow'r so great, majestic und sublime
As Caesar's reulm? "To pluy the cow-
wnfd?"- .What!
Caradoo to do thusl , Get thee behind
Me Fear; disturb me not one moment with
Thy presence never was my bosom pale
Abiding place to thee and never shall.
"To play the coward!" Nay, unworthy
tbal . . ...
CORIN
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75 pieces genuine Scotch Ginghams
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100 pieces fine Printed Organdies, the
regular 18c. quality. Clearance Bale
Price, 8c.
75 pieces one-yard wide Printed French
Batiste, the 18c. grade. Clearance
Sale Price, 7c.
200 pieces of the best quality of Apron
Ginghams manufactured, regular 7c
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75 pieces striped and checked Cham
brey. These goods never soli less
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75 pieces Plain Seersucker In Blue, Pink
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BLEACHED AND BROWN MUSLIN.
75 pieces 4-4 Extra Fine Qaulity Un
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-good -quality. Clearance Sale Price,
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WHITE GOODS.
200 pieces striped extra quality India
Of any Briton far unworthler of
SilurlVt prince. Nay, nay, before the
Court,
And in defiance of grim Death himself,
I will defend my country and its cause.
And shall sustain my dignity and fame;
And if ambitious Caesar and his laws
Be sated on no less than this my blood,
I'll answer boldly: Drink it, drink it all!
So that my soul oppress'd may yet enjoy
The boundless freedom of a higher world;
Or to my native land It may return.
Freed of its fetters there to dwell again
In some brave Briton, that will be a
shield
To dear old Britain.
Lo, adrift I am
On life's mad sea; above me hideous
clouds
Of dire afflictions darken alt my days,
Ev'n as a wither'd leaf my bark is toss'd
By stormy billows, and between them,
borne ,
Alone and helmless lost I long to see
The port to where my adverse Kate may
lead.
O! that my wearied spirit now might reach
Some tranquil haven In the land beyond.
Lord of my blessed fathers, strengthen
thou
Slluria's Ruler In this raging storm!
If with Thy Saints In heaven I shall walk
The rosy paths of Liberty and Peace,
O! may my love of Britain never die.
Would I might spend my everlasting days
On one of the eternal verdant peaks.
So that my soul might see and there enjoy
The grandeur of my dear ilurlu. OI
My native land. If I shall not embrace
Thee evermore, to whisper my true love
Unto thine ear; nor 'mid thy zephyrs feel
The inspiration of thy sacred groves.
And hear the songs of thy enchanting
birds.
My last desire on earth shall be to place
A wreath of pure homage on thy brow.
THE UNIVERSITY OP WALES.
In a recent Issue of the South Wales
Weekly News we are Informed of thees
tabllshment of the University of Wales
by the public ceremony of installing
the Prince of Wales as first chancellor
of the university, and conferring hon
orary degrees on the Princess of Wales.
Mr. Gladstone and others. It was very
fitting that the Initial ceremony should
be held nt Aberystwith, for it was at
that beautiful town the first university
college was established, which served
to be the germ of a national university,
and soon led to the establishment ot
other university colleges at Cardiff and
Bangor. It wa here then at the oldest
of the three constituent colleges of the
University of Wales a royul pageont
was held and the first public ceremon
ies performed in connection with a
great educational movement which has,
moved Wales profoundly. The Uni
versity of Wales is a democratic Insti
tution. It Is in the bands of the people
themselves, and will be managed for
the advancement of education and cul
ture in Wales. It has been established
for nil classes, and all sections and
creeds. All are to be equal in the eyes
of the university, and nothing but ex
treme poverty will exclude students
from Its classes and degrees, whilst
thor are some scholarships for these,
and it iwill not be Impossible to pass
from the elementary schools of Wales
through the Intermediate schools of the
university itself. The university rep
resents the crowning point of a move
ment which was started about half a
century ago. It began with the attempt
to found elementary schools In the vil
lages of Wales, and It hns gone onrom
success to success until the educational
system of Wales Includes elementary
and Intermediate sctiools, university
colleges, nnd a national university. The
university stands as the symbol of the
yearning of the people for higher edu
cation and culture. As Sir Lewis Mor
ris In hlf ode sing 3 .... -.
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25 pieces Sorlm, the regular Sw grade.
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Tn this department everything goes.'
regardless of cost. We pay no atten
tion whatsoever during the month of
July to what goods cost In this depart
ment. Our object is to sell them at no
matter how great the loss is, as we do
not believe in carrying over a dollar's
worth of millinery.
250 dozeu Assorted Flowers, the regu
lar 25c. kind, In one lot, choice of any,
9c a bunch.
25 dozen fancy shapes made of finest
straw; none In the lot Worth less than
75c. a piece; choice of any, 13e '
250 pieces fancy and plain satin Rib
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as 60c.; Choice of any, 19c.
aii m our learners auu ornaments at
zoc on ine nuimr.
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All trimmed hats at one-fourth cost of
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ASSORTED NOTIONS.
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paper.
"This is our Joyous hour, .
The dawn expected longr
Break 'Sea of Music' in a surge of song,
, The long, long night of ignorance Is
done."
The university throws open its doors
to women equally with men, and In
this respect the newest educational in
stitution shows the way to Its older
sisters. Miss E. P. Hughes, a popular
educator, and who Is a member of the
university, has put Into a paragraph
the attitude of the university towards
worran: "We admit you on terms of
absolute equality. We dare not do what
the older universities have not done.
Now, In the morning light of our Welsh
renasence, we open every door for
you, admit you freely to every office
and to every privilege. We feel that
you at your best are necessary for the
real and rapid development of our
country, and whatever other countries
may decide we decide for Wales that It
Is not half the population which shall
have every chance and every possible
opportunity." The Welsh university is
the keeping of the people. What will
they do with It? We say with Sir
Lewis Morris;
"Rise thou, dear land, on Learning's
even wings.
Rise In Heaven's face, and soaring,
leave behind
Thy sordid outworn robe of lower
things."
II II II
NOTRS.
Dr. Isambard Owen, senior deputy
chancellor of the Welsh university, ha
communicated with Mr. J. Hugh Edwards,
the editor of "Young Wales." to the effect
that her Royal Highness, the Princess of
Wales, will graciously accept a copy of
the Welsh number of his magazine.
Organists were once a badly paid fra
ternity In Wales. In 14S2 the organist of
St. David's cathedral received only forty
shillings per annum. By '1M5 matters had
Improved a little, the organist receiving
ten pounds a year. The organ blower's
salary most have been microscopically,
small.
Judge Gwllym Williams Is not the first
Welsh Judge who has whetted his wit at
the edge of law. He had an excellent pro
totype In this respect In Judge Herbert.
When the latter'a vestments once miscar
ried by the railway he pleasantly ex
cused his unjuflgelike appearance by an
adaptation' of the lines of .owper in the
ever-entertaining story of "John Gilpin:"
"My gown and wig will soon be here, they
are upon the road."
Old students of the Carmarthen Pres
byterian college have subscribed a fundi
for the purpose of presenting the Institu
tion with full sized portraits of the late
Professor Morgan (father of Mr. J. Lloyd
Morgan. M. P.), and of Proessor D. E.
Jones. The pictures, which are life-like,
were executed by Mr. Henry Howell, of
Carmarthen, and will soon be placed in the
new wing of tho college.
Mr. Pan Davies, the prince conductor of
the Merthyr choir, has engaged Mies El
Hie Hut-ley. the Liverpool young lady who
carried off so many eloeUUotmry prices at
resent elsteddfodau. to recite at the con
cert of the Merthyr choir which will be
Riven at Llandudno on the evening before
the great clstcddfad.
The new orrnnlst of St. David's cathe
ilral, Mr. Herb -vt C. Morris, W only :i
years of age. Ills application was strong
ly supported by Sir Walter Parrot and Mr.
J. Kemirick I'yne, of Manchester cathe
dral, where he was assistant organist.
Names, once given, acquire a WJater
fixity In Welsh than in Kngllsh. Thus the
Institution now known as county courts
were first called "Small Debt Courts,"
In Wlsh, "Llvsoedd Man Ddyledlon," the
name bx which they, are still knowa la
Walsh. -
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