THE SCANTO! TrttBtJNE- SATUBDAY MORNING, JULY 18, 1896.
WORLD OF
A CONFEDERATE HISTORY.
The R N. Woodward company, of
Baltimore, have favored us v.ith ad
vance sheet of a "School History of tha
United States," which Rev. Dr. J. Wil
liam Jones, formerly a chaplain In the
army of northern Virginia and now
chaplain of the United Confederate
veterans, has prepared for southern
schools. In his preface. Dr. Jones thus
tells what he has tried to do in the book:
"In traveling over the South, I have
heard general complaint that hiBtorles
by Northern authors were unjust and
unfair to our section in their Colonial
Revolutionary and Civil history, and
that when they came to treat of the
causes, conduct and results of the great
War between the States" they are ut
terly unfair and misleading, both In
what they narrate and in what they
omit. It la also thought that some books
by Southern authors, are either un
luitable for the schoolroom, or lose their
value by an attempt to be neutral, and
hence colorless on the great questions
that have divided the sections, and
that, compiling from Northern histor
ians, they have fallen into many of their
errors, both of commission and of omis
sion. For some twenty years I have
been collecting material and preparing
myself for the task, studying earnestly
not only the best of the current histor
ies, but original sources of Information
as well, and diligently seeking to
reach the exact truth on all disputed
points. Born, reared and educated on
Southern soil, following for four years
with youthful devotion th battle-flag
of the Southern Confederacy, for
twelve years secretary of the Southern
Historical Society, and during all these
years devoting time and close attention
to American, history. I may modestly
claim that I have had some facilities
for knowing, and some qualifications for
preparing, a history of the I'nlted States
which shall be acceptable to the South
and fit to be taught in her schools."
If Dr. Jones' history shall fall to prove
"acceptable to the south" It will be be
cause the south Is very difficult to
please, for he has enthusiastically giv
en It the benefit not only of every
doubt but also of every romance which
his Ingenuity could devise to take the
place of less welcome facts. An Instance
or the later disposition on his part may
be cited on page 22 and :'28, whereon it
Is said:
"General Scott, after holding a coun
cil of military men, advised the evacua
tion of Tort Sumter as a 'military nec
essity,' being satisfied that It could not
be re-enforced or provisioned wl;hout a
great expendltureof treasure and blood.
The confederate government had sent
Messrs. Forsyth, Crawford and Roman
to Washington, with Instructions and
full powers to treat with the federal
government and fairly settle all ques
tion at Issue. Secretary William H.
Seward of the state department, while
declining to recognize these commission
ers officially, still. In an Informal Inter
view which he granted them, held out
to them hopes of a peaceable settle
ment. Judge John A. Campbell of tile
supreme court, In the presence of As
sociate Justice Nelson, had an Inter
view with Mr. Seward (at Mr. Seward's
Instance), In which Mr. Seward assured
him. and authorized him to assure the
commissioners, that Fort Sumter will
be evacuated In the next five 'lays.'
When the time had expired, so far from
evacuating the fort. Major Anderson
was busily engaged In strengthening Its
defenses. Judge Campbell had another
Interview with Mr. Seward, who as
sured him that the fort would be eva
cuated and that the government would
not undertake to supply Fort Sumter
without giving notice to Governor Pick
ens.' "Meanwhile It was published In the
papers that large naval and military
preparations were being made by the
government both at New York and Nor
folk with the evident purpose of re-enforcing
Fort Sumter, and Judge Camp
bell wrote to Mr. Seward of these facts
and of the anxieties of the people of the
south, and reminded him of his peace
able assurances. Mr. Seward sent the
laconic answer: 'Faith as to Sumter
fully kept; wait and see' although he
knew that the fleet of several ships,
carrying i'85 guns and 2.400 troops, had
already sailed for Charleston harbor.'
Again, In the sub-chapter headed
"The Cause of the War," we are treated
to such sentiments as these:
The war had now begun. Who was
responsible? Was It a "Slaveholders'
Rebellion;" a revolt of disappointed
Southern leaders against "the best gov
ernment the world ever saw?" Had the
Southern states a constitutional right
to secede, and were they Justifiable In
doing so? Had the United States Gov
ernment the right to coerce sovereign
states, and was Mr. Lincoln, Justifiable
In Inaugurating a war of subjugation
against the South?
When the colonies wrested their Inde
pendence from Great Britain, she treat
ed with each state as a sovereign re
public, and not with the combined
states. When-the government of tho
"United States of America" was first
formed under the constitution. It was
by the secession of states from the old
Confederation, and when the new con
stitution was adopted, the right of
withdrawal for what they might deem
sufficient cause was distinctly reserved
by both New York and Virginia, and
was thus secured to all the states who
entered, or might thereafter enter, the
Union.
North Carolina and Rhode Island re
fused at first to Join the new Union,
and remained out as sovereign states,
independent republics, until the rights
of each state were made clearer bv
amendments to the constitution, and
the right of state to secede put beyond
reasonable question.
This right, which was reaffirmed and
emphasized by the famous Virginia
and Kentucky resolutions of 1798-99, was
not seriously questioned In any quarter,
except under the exergencies of par
tisan politics. Through a period of
many years. New England had an un
broken record in favor of the right of
secession. In 1804, the legislature of
Massachusetts passed an act to the ef
fect that the purchase and annexation
of Louisiana by the general government
was a sufficient cause for the dissolu
tion of the Union, and that It absolved
the old state from their allegiance to
the Union, and the public men and the
people of New England generally in
dorsed that view. But tho first active
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LETTERS.
movement in the direction of secession
occurred In New England during the
war of 1813 between the United States
and Great Britain, which was from the
first rery unpopular In the New Eng
land states, although the war was really
undertaken in the Interest of their com
merce. The war was denounced as unholy,
and without any plea of Justification.
Even In the pulpits disunion was boldly
advocated as the only remedy for the
monstrous wrong. When Commodore
Decatur was chased into New London
by a British squadron, he made repeated
attempts to steal out In the darkness
of night, but In every instance the
enemy was warned by the burning of
blue lights on shore. Thus that brave
officer, to his great exasperation, was
held powerless by enemies at home.
When the news arrived of the declara
tion of war, the flags were half
masted In Boston harbor and at other
points. New England decided that her
militia should not be permitted to go
outside the state limits to helr carry
on the war. Not content with negative
measures, the six New England states
sent delegates to Hartford, December
15. 1814. where they sat with closed
doors. They determined that the na
tional government must make a radi
cal change of policy, or New England
would withdraw from the Union. Hav
ing decided on this momentous step,
they adjourned to the following June
for more decisive action. Before the
day for reassembling arrived, the war
ended. But for this, the United States
would have had at that time to face
the question of subjugating the New
England States, or of allowing their un
doubted right to Secede from the I'rilon
and set up for themselves.
In celebrating the fifth anniversary
of the Inauguration of Washington,
April 30, 1839. ex-President John Quincy
Adams made a speech, which was re
ceived with wide approval In New Eng
land, In which speech, after deploring
the growth of sectional feeling, and ar
guing that If the time came when the
States should lose fraternal feeling for
each other. It would be better for them
to separate, and far better for them to
"part In friendship from each other than
to be held together by constraint," he
says: "Then will be the time for the
reverting to the precedents which oc
curred at the formation and adoption
of the constitution, to form again a
more perfect Union, by dissolving that
which could not bind, and to leave the
separated parts to be reunited by the
law of iiolltlcal gravitation to the
centre."
Three years titer. January 24. 1842.
Mr. Adams presented a petition to con-gre-s
from the citizens of Haverhill,
Mass, praying that congress would "Im
mediately adopt measures peaceably to
dissolve the Union of these states,"
and asslnglng reasons for such action.
Resolutions censuring Mr. Adams for
presenting this petition were Introduced
by Mr. Marshall, of Kentucky, but,
after two weeks' debate on them, dur
ing which Mr. Adams ably defended
the petition and his relation to it, the
resolutions were laid on the table, the
houBe seeming to approve the position
of Mr. Adams.
In 1S44, and again on the 22d of Febru
ary, 1845, the legislature of Massachu
setts passed resolutions avowing the
right of secession, and threatening to
secede. If Texas was admitted into the
Union. Indeed, there seems at that
date to have been no serious question
North. South. East or West of the right
of a state to secede.
This view of the question was Iterat
ed and reiterated by leading statesmen
and newspapers throughout the north.
Even after the election of Mr. Lincoln,
and Up to the actual breaking out of the
war, Horace Oreeley, one of the ablest
and most Influential Republicans In the
country, advocated again and again In
the New York Tribune the right of the
Southern States to Peaceably with
draw from the Union, and the wicked
ness and folly of the claim that the
general government had any right to
coerce them. He said: "If the cotton
states shall become satisfied that they
can do better out of the Union than in
It, we Insist on letting them go In peace.
The right to secede may be a revolu
tionary one, but It exists nevertheless."
Again: "We hope never to live In a
republic whereof one section Is pinned
to the residue by bayonets." And again:
"If the Declaration of Independence
Justifies the secession from the British
Empire of 3,000.000 colonists In 1776. we
do not see why It would not Justify the
secession of 6,000,000 Southrons from the
Federal Union in 1S61."
The New York Herald, of November
23, 1860, said: "Coercion, in any event,
Is out of the question. A union held
together by the bayonet would be
nothing better than a military despo
tism." After the Inauguration of Mr. Lin
coln, the Commercial, of Cincinnati, one
of the ablest Republican papers In the
country, snld: "We are not In favor
of blockading the Southern coast.
We are not In favor of retaking by
force the property of the United
States, now In possession of the
seceders. We would recognize the ex
istence of a govrhment formed of all
the slaveholdlng states and attempt to
cultivate amicable relations with It."
General Scott, the commander-in-chief
of the United States army, was
very emphatic In advising that there
should be no war on the seceding
states, and that the Federal Govern
ment should say to them: "Wayward
sisters, depart In peace." It would
seem, therefore, that the right of the
Southern states to secede was beyond
all reasonable dispute, and that It was
even recognized by a large part of
the public sentiment of the North.
But had they sufficient cause to ex
ercise this Inalienable right? Did their
grievances Justify this extreme meas
ure? The answer to this question re
quires only a brief summary of the
facts. Slavery had been Introduced
Into the colonies by the cupidity of Old
and New England, and against the fre
quent and earnest protest of the
southern colonies, especially Virginia
and Georgia. It had been most dis
tinctly recognized by the Federal Con
stitution, which provided for the re
turn of fugitive slaves. The privileges
of the slave trade had been extended
twenty years tinder the constitution of
1787 by the votes of New England,
whose ships were so largely engaged In
it, against the earnest protest of votes
of Virginia, Delaware and Maryland.
It had been finally abolished by the
action of Virginia, Georgia and other
Southern states, which passed laws
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Africa. The Northern states held
slaves as long as they found them pro
fitable, and then. Instead of setting
them at liberty, they sold them to the
South, put the money Into their pock
ets, and afterwards began a bitter, per
sistent and relentless crusade against
slavery and slaveholders.
Through long years of excited and
bitter controversy over this question,
the South submitted to compromise
after compromise. In which she yielded
almost everything, only to find fresh
demands from the other side. Finally,
she saw the constitution and the laws
of the land set at defiance by the "Per
sonal Liberty" bills of many of the
Northern States, the decisions of the
who In that day were stainless ermine,
fhe rn,a.nd Vli"fled' constitution of
i -.-nlted. Lst,e denounced as a
helP'lh.W ,h,d,eath nd covenant with
hell the doctrine of the "Higher law"
proclaimed her territory flooded I "uh
in ."n"7i,"ter,ture' nd invaded b?
an armed band, whose avowed object
"." ;erY" lnal"Tectlon. murder, arson.
fnl Sp,.n?w aboIIn leaders proclaim
Ing that they would have "An ant .
slavery God and an ant" slavery Bible "
eTiW ir?"" "9 ,he,r Platform "In
eligibility of slaveowners for every office
fhflL i no co-operation with
them in religion, or society; no patron,
age to pro-slavery merchants, no guest
ship In slave-waiting hotels, no fee
to pro-slavery lawyers, physicians, par
!?.n.r edl,OM' and " hiring of
?i i ? ' ..and to can th climax, a sec
tional climax, a sectional party avowed
these principles and took possession of
the government by electing a sectional
President to carry them Into practical
effect.
The tariff, the fishing and other boun
ties, the distribution of the proceeds
of the public lands, the establishment
of four well-equlpped dockyards at the
North to one at the South, the expendi
ture of Immense sums of money for
lighting, buoying. Improving and for
tifying the Northern coast, and very
much smaller sums for similar purposes
along the Southern coast, although
there are four miles of sea front In the
South for one ut thw North, and the
Very patent fact that the trend of legis
lation, since the North and Northwest
had gotten the control of congress, had
been to discriminate against the South
and In favor of the North all these
things had brought the ablest men of
the Southern states to conclude that the
South would be bet'er off out of the
Union.
Add to these and other facts that
might be mentioned the pregnant fact
that the General Government was fast
drifting from the principles of its
founders and being changed from a
"Republic of republics" Into a consoli
dated nation, a great centralized plu
tocracy, and that the new party which
had come Into power utterly Ignored
the old doctrine of "State sovereignty,"
and It Is not to be wondered at that the
Southern states should feel that the
time had come for them to resume the
powers originally granted to the gen
eral government, and peaceably estab
lish a new government of their own.
But Virginia and the border states
still clung with ardent love to the old
Union, and were driven out only when
Mr. Llnnnln 1naiiiriirat.,l a n.a ....i.
Jugatlon against their sister states, and
caiiea on tnem to aid in the onslaught
Tha frequent declarations of the Con
federate states that they wanted peace,
and not war, were strongly embodied
In the 4?llHf nf Pt-oalfl.nt llai'la'a
sage to the confederate congress, April
toui, in w iiicii ne saiu: we pro
test solemnly, in the face of mankind,
tllut U'A 1 1 O I r-na.iui n, an. - I 11 . .
save that of honor. In independence
we seen no conquest, no aggrandize
ment, no concession of any kind from
til., iltatoa U'lth U-lll,.Vl tva kada L.tal..
been confederated. All we ask, la to
ue lei aione; mat inose wno never nelu
f.fiU'At .tVAi- lia al.all ... rw.t.. ............
our subjugation by arms. This we will,
we must, resist to the direst extremity.
The moment that this pretension is
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nuunuuiicu, BnuiU III UIUI . 1 1.1 1 1 1
our grasp, and we shall be ready to
eiuei iiiiu uea'iea vi iiiuy uuu i-uui-
merce that cannot but be mutually
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UriirilUBL IVHB U IIIIC 11 7.V7IIB1UII la
maintained, with a Arm reliance on that
Liivine rower which voera wmi us
protection the just cause, we must
continue to struggle for our Inherent
right to freedom, independence and
self-government."
IVa orknr.liiflh ftiAfcfiirA that tha bp.
ceding of states not only had a perfect
right to withdraw from the Union, but
that they had amply sufficient cause for
.l.lnn u .-. a.t . V. . . . n . 1 . . , I ...in
them by the North was utterly unjusti
fiable, oppressive and cruel, and that
the South could honorably have pur
sued no other course than to resist
force with force and make here heroic
struggle for constitutional freedom.
We have not space enough to permit
us to follow to any greater length this
curious so-called history, which It Is
proposed to Introduce Into the school
rooms of the southern states for the
vitiation of the younger generation and
the perpetuation of the false glamor
surrounding treason and secession. If
the south likes this kind of history,
with its alternating perversion, suppres
sion and manufacture of facts, ,we sup
pose the north has no legal right to ob
ject: but just the same it Is a mighty
sneaking way in which to try to justify
what many of the south's most eminent
citizens have voluntarily admitted was
a colossal mistake.
FICTION.
"Sir Mark, a Tale of the First Capi
tal," presents what we imagine to be
Anne Robeson Brown's first serious at
tempt at Action. It is the story of a
spirited young Englishman dispossess
ed his patrimony by reason of the
Stuart wars, .who manages by a com
bination of aitlflce and force to get
back a considerable fraction thereof,
with which he sets sail, In the latter
part of the last century, to America.
Arriving there, he Is taken into the
family of a prominent Quaker citizen of
Philadelphia, then the capiat city of the
young republic, and Is soon made ac
quainted with Mr. Washington. .Mr.
Adams and other leading figures In the
new government. The young man gets
drawn Into a conspiracy against the
commonwealth, from which he Is op
portunely saved; and after a conversa
tion with Washington, in which the
author makes a successful attempt to
picture thedlgnlty.calmnessand reserve
force of character of the first execut:ve,
repents, .wins forgiveness, and taes
his place among the plain defenders of
the republic. Some scenes in the book
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Through the Apple tons, F. Schuyler
Mathews has Just brought out a com
panion volume to his very admirable
book of two years ago on the "Familiar
Flowers of Field and Garden." It Is
called "Familiar Trees and Their
Leaves," and It contains, 'In addition to
Instructive descriptions, over 200 draw
ings by the author of characteris
tic leaves representing every section of
our wooded area. "Possibly there are
some of us," Mr. Schuyler remarks In
his preface, "who may not think that a
leaf Is a thing of beauty. Leaves cer
tainly are common, but they are far
from common place. If we doubt this,
let us try to draw or paint a single leaf.
One may draw ever so carefully and
well, yet he cannot tell with the pencil
or the brush all the truth and beauty of
one leaf. Its color Is too waxen and
pure to be Imitated by earthly pig
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complex for one to copy with absolute,
life-like accuracy. Yet this work of
Nature's wonderful art Is common; the
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leaves, no two of which are exactly
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ume is to bring some of these common
but yet wonderful and too often un
recognized truths of Nature home to the
eyes and to the minds of men and wo
men who are willing to give a little
time, now and then, to Mr. Schuyler's
Instruction.
SOME LIVINQ AUTHORS.
H.-Willioni Canton.
Among bards of childhood of the pres
ent day William Canton la preeminent
ly laureate. Years ago Robert Buclmn
an associated the name of a fellow
Scotsman, William Miller, with this
lofty and felicitous title; and no one
who has read or listened to that inimit
able child-poem, "Wee Willie Wlnkla"
will question the suntty of Mr. Buchan
an's espousal. It Is a long time since
Miller's day, however, and many sweet
and happy warblers have arisen and
continue to make cheerful melody In
the world's great nursery. Wearied
with manhood's cares, Robert Louis
Stevenson sought relief In the chil
dren's garden; returning from a .lay's
laborious toll in the capacity of sur
faceman, Alexander Anderson contem
plates In a moralizing spirit the "cud
dling" balms; even Robert Buchanan
forgets his Inherent Bohemlanlsnt In
the thrilling, vigorous, and pathetic
story of the "Two Sons."
II II II
In Mr. Canton we have a big-hearted
man who has studied children un.ler
different circumstances in all their var
ious aspects. Like Kipling, he has the
true knack of understanding children;
he reads In the tiny eyes the tecrets
of the soul. His verse may not glide os
smoothly as that of his contemporaries;
it is certainly unlike the orthodox gib
berish which not Infrequently passes
muster In a nursery Jingle. Essentially
a poet of the nursery, he sings to men
and women of their children he sweeps
the harpsichord of the heart and touch
es the chord of love which awakens to
responsiveness the latent affection re
motely secluded In all God's creatures.
Not In a dry, cold, formal tone does he
approach us; vivacity and artistic mo
tion clalrn him; his rhymes for chil
dren must especially be sung, not read
they are of those "fancies that broke
through language and escaped."
II II II
Mr. Canton's life has been as varied
as his genius Is comprehensive. He
was born In 1845 in the island of Chusan,
which Is situate on the east coast of
China. The "heathen Chinee" had been
under British government for fully five
years previous to this, the Inland hav
ing been captured by the British forces
during the Opium War of 1840. Our
author's practical knowledge of the
Celestials can not be extensive, for
though born amongst them, his boyhood
was s:ent as far from them as It well
nigh could be. Brought up as he was
In the island of Jamaica, whatever Im
pressions of John Chinaman clung to
the youthful mind we may be sure were
speedily eradicated by his educational
sojourn In sunny France. Victor Hugo
seems to have helped materially In the
literary up-bringing of Mr. Canton; In
his dramatic efforts In particular do we
discern the great French novelist's
style lnslduously suggested In our au
thor. Quitting France, Mr. Canton
next took up his abode In England.
Here he spent several years In educa
tional and literary work. It was while
f us employed he received his first big
Journalistic appointment, which neces
sitated his crossing the border. In
Glasgow he was Intsalled as editor of
the Weekly Herald, which was followed
In due season by a sub-editorship on
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literary tone. In thts capacity Mr.
Canton sojourned In old St. Mungo's
city for a good many years. In 1891 the
lamented death of that genial-hearted
Scotsman, John Nlcol, left vacant the
literary managership of the publishing
house of Isblster & Co., Ltd., and our
author was selected to All it. As assist
ant editor of the Contemporary Review
and Good Words Mr. Canton has done
what he could. Hitherto his life has
been kaleidoscopic In Its changefulness,
and though at present snugly quartered,
his hours are crammed with busy work.
There is a danger of his sticking too
closely to the editorial chair; and the
fact that he has recently added the
editorship of the Sunday Magazine to
his other duties, while It Is further proof
of his capacity for hard work. Is per
haps to be regretted. The world of
books Is more suited to our author than
the ephemeral world of magazlnedom.
II II II
"The Invisible Playmate" well sus
tains his reputation. Although for the
most part prose, there are one or two
nursery-rhymes In the little book col
lected under the heading. "Rhymes
About a Little Woman." The story of
the Playmate Is a charming piece of
work, ful of a pathetic Joy and rich In
touches of pyschologlcal tenderness.
When she laughs and waves about
Her pink, small finger,, who can doubt
She's catching at the glittering plumes
Of angels flying round the rooms?
It Is only the child-lover who can de
tect this; it Is only the poet who can
Imagine that "her eyes are little heav
ens of an earth made new"; that "her
hair might be the down from an angel's
wing!" We have remarked his similar
ity to Kipling in his appreciative un
derstanding of children. Mr. Canton's
varied life has also given him some of
the Anglo-Indian's versatility In dia
lect. It was a revelation to all that
Kipling could accurately handle the
Scotch language; Mr. Canton Is equally
at heme with the quaint old Doric.
When his little woman's very thirsty,
what does she do?
She croons to us In Doric; she murmurs
"A-coo!"
Oh, the Utile Scotch girl, who would ever
think
Shed'd want a coo a whole coo needing
but a drink!
Moo, moo! a coo!
The little maid was quite right In this
respect. She Is a gay, dashing crea
ture, moreover, and has a remarkable
recipe for wearied mortals. She asks
What shall we do to be rld.of care?
Pack up her best clothe and pay her fare;
Pay her fare and let her go
By an early train to Jer-I-Cho!
We command this cheerful philo
sophy to all whom It may concern; the
little volume to all who prize or would
seek to appreciate and understand
God's blossoms: and the comprehen
sive genius of the author to the whole
reading world.
Mr. Canton's latest volume "W. V.:
Her Book," Just published by Stone &
Kimball, has all the charm of "The
Invlsable Playmate" and much beside.
J. M. Barrle, the "Stlcklt Minister" says
of It: "Down I sat to It as soon as I
had seen that most quaint front
ispiece, and to my mind It Is a delicious
book. The touch or the exquisite is
over It all. My mouth waters to go a
walking with W. V. and I have sev
eral things I want to tell her. The one
hair in the pen that would have turned
her Into a prig Is never there not the
shadow of It. 'Picky' roads I have
been hunting for that word for years.
There is no doubt at all about the book
being literature."
Will Ramsay.
A QUESTIONABLE COMPLIMENT
Particularly Hard on the Bishop and
Not Pleasant for the Senator,
From the Washington Times.
Bishop Lawrence, of Massachusetts,
was up at the capltol the other day, and
his presence recalled to the mind of a
good Episcopalian senator a story
which the bishop told on himself. At
the time of the story the bishop was
dean of .the seminary at Cambridge.
Phillips Brooks had Just been elected
bishop, and had accepted, when one
flne morning President Eliot, of Har
vard, met Dean Lawrence on the street.
"The church has made the greatest
mistake of a lifetime," said the presi
dent to the dean. "Brooks was the
pivot around which we revolved In Bos
ton. Now you have spread him out all
over Massachusetts. I tell you It Is a
mistake, a great mistake; any one
would do for bishop."
Time rolled on and death claimed
Bishop Brooks, and later Dean Law
rence was chosen his successor. A few
days after he again met President Eliot,
and the latter was almost warm In his
congratulations.
"My dear bishop," he said, "I must
congratulate you. The church couldn't
have made a better selection. I thought
you should have been the choice when.
Brooks was chosen."
The bishop laughs as heartily as any
one over the Incident.
Not Interesting to Noah.
Newly Arrived Spirit. Who was that
venerable looking personage that yawned
so dismally while I nag talking about the
tremendous ruin they are having on the
earth? Resident Spirit That was Noah.
Denver Koail.
Dr. Deletion's "Vitalizing Sarta
parilla Pills"
Contain all the virtues of the liquid
Sarsaparlllas in a concentrated form
and being candy coated ore delightful
to take. Combined with the Sarsapar
Ilia are other extremely valuable blood
and nerve remedies, which render them
at once the greatest blood purl fler and
blood maker as well as the most pow
erful nerve builder known. Their
magical powers to cure all Nervous
Diseases, Nervous Weakness, Nervous
Headache. Hysteria, LotBof Vital Power,
Falling Health, etc., are pleasing and
wonderful. Price CO cents and $1.00.
Sold by Carl Lorenz, druggist, Scranton,
418 Lackawanna avenue.
Cowles, W. C, 1S07 N. Main.
Watchmaker and jeweler.
Rogers, A. E., 216 Lackawanna.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
Goodman's Shoe Store, 432 Lackawanna.
FURNITURE.
Barbour's Home Credit House, 426 Lacks,
CARPET8 AND WALL PAPER.
Inglls, J. Scott, 41 Lackawanna.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Otterhout, N. P., 110 W. Market.
Jordan, Jaanes, Olyphant.
Barthold, E. J., Olyphant
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER
Snook, S. M., Olyphant.
PAINTS AND WALL PAPER,
Wink. J. C, 116 Penn.
TEA, COFFEE AND SPICE,
Oraaft Ualaa Tea Ca M S. Mala
Ago irapiroeotaW
Mm non UoigM
A Trained Nurse Gained Fifty-three
Pounds by Using a Nerve Food.
ONE OF THE HOST
fYom (At Oauitt, Tonktrt, if. T.
" I don't look much like a living tkeletoz,
now, do I f And yet two years ago I weighed
just seventy-two pounds," said Mrs. J. W.
Coffey, of Warburton At enue, Yonkers,
N. Y., to a reporter. And we agreed with
her, for she certainly looked anything but a
living skeleton, but rather bore the appear
ance of a plump and attractive lady in ex
cellent health and spirits. Continuing she
ntd:
"I had loit my appetite and was wasting
away in flesh, losing some fifty pounds in a
few months. Doctors said I was threatened
with consumption. I was under what was
regarded as first-class medical treatment,
but it had apparently little or Bo effect, for
I kept getting worse until I was so weak
that 1 could not attend to my household
duties and could hardly walk. My husband
and everybody who saw me thought surely
that I would die, and there seemed bo help
for me.
" Tonics and stimulants and medicines all
seemed useless, and I grew worse and wort
until at last I resolved to seek some new
remedy one entirely out of the uiual line
of nauseous drugs and doses of stuff which
seemed tp take away what little relish I
might perhaps otherwise have had for food.
A friend told me of some wonderful cures
effected by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for
Pale People and I bought a box. The effect
from their use wa noticeable from the first
and soon appeared almost miraculous, for It
seemed pretty nearly like the raising of one
from the dead.
" I soon commenced to eat, something I
had scarcely done before for weeks, and soon
began to gain in flesh and strength. I went
one day to the doctor's office and he was sur
prised at the change in me for the better. 1
had to confess that I had been taking the
pills, and he wa broad-minded enough to
advise me to continue what was evidently
doing me so much good. 1 took, in all, six
boxes, and increased in weight from 72 to
125 pounds, which is my regular and normal
weight."
"Are you sure the cure Is permanent? "
" Well, yes. My work is that of a trained
nurse, which means, as you probably know,
irregular hours and at times great exhaus
tion. During tha two year since my re
covery I have had many engagement, and
through them all have continued in good
health. I take pleaiure in bearing testi
mony to the remarkable power of this great
medical discovery. 1 know of other cures
effected by it. A friend of mine suffered
greatly at her monthly periods. One box
relieved and three boxes cured lier. But I
know of no case equal to mine, for my situ
ation was critical, desperate aud almost
hopeless."
Mrs. Coffey has lived In Yonkers for six
teen years, and fur twelve years has followed
the business of attending the sick, excepting
only the period of her illness. She ha
hundreds of acquaintance and friend who
know her to be capable and trustworthy.
Many of them know how very ill she wa
and now remarkable wa her recovery. The
pill have a large tale in Yonkers and Weit
Chester County, which will be greatly in
creased as their merits become better known,
for they seem to be one of the medical mar
vels of the age.
COnPUXU.1 ouWijHES
May be hidden imperfectly by cosmetic and
powders, tut can only be removed perma
nently by
HETSEL'S SUPERIOR PACE BLEACH.
It wi'l poiltlvely remove Freckle, Tan,
Moth. Ssllcwness. and cure any d isosiim nf
the skin, such a Pimples, Acne. Black tited.
Olllnes. and renders the akin toft and bu
tliul. Price 1 per bottle. For tale at
E. M. HETSEL'S
330 Lackawanna Ave., Scranton, Pa.
Hotel Walton
Broad and Lscutt Street Philadelphia.
One of tbe most magnificent hotel la the
world. Palatial In every detail.
Absolutely Fireproof.
European Plan $1.50 Upwards,
American Plan $4 Upwards.
Situated near all the leading theatrtt and
railroad nations.
STAFFORD, WHITAKER & KEECH
I. D. CRAWFORD. Manager.
FLORAL DESIGNS.
Clark, G. R. A Co.. 201 Washington.
CATERER. ,
Huntington, J. C, SOS N. Waahlagtoa,
GROCERIES.
Plrle, J. J.. 427 Lackawanna,
UNDERTAKER AND LIVERY.
Raub. A. R., 425 Spruce.
DRUGGISTS.
McGarrah A Thomas, MS Lackawanna.
Lo rents. C, 418 Lacks;. Linden A Wash.
Davis, O W., Mala and Market.
Bloes, W. 8.. Peckvllle.
Davles, John J., 16S S. Main.
CARRIAGES AND HARNESS.
Btmwell, V. A.. 616 Linden.
PAWNBROKER.
Green, Joseph, m Lackawanna,
CROCKERY AND OLASSWARa,
fjT-g, -1 -"'""
1
REQAMABLE
nESULTS Oil RECORD.
AS UXsOLICITED TaOTIMOSTIAb
fnm thi Journal, Allan f, Tnat.
"Being constantly asked by many of my
Mends if Dr. William' Pink Pill for Pale
People were doing me any good, 1 offer this
unsolicited testimonial and auiwer. Kever
having seen a well day lince I bad typhoid
fever last summer, I could retain scarcely
any food, my limb and joint ached and
pained all the time. It was mitery to me to
rise up in bed and my mind was clouded, ia
fact wa a physical wreck and I felt tbat my
life was drawing to a close, and I mutt con
fess it was without regret on my part at my
sufferings were almost unbearable.
" Since I commenced to take Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills, at the solicitation of my wife, I
have taktn four boxes, and I feel like a new
men. My appetite i good and I now retain
what I eat. my limbs and joints are free of
pain and I have gained ten pound in weight.
My life feel renewed and while aot yet en
tirely well, I feel so much better that 1 un
hesitatingly assert that I believe Pink Pill
for Pale People a good medicine for what
they ere recommended. Knowlne tbat ao
medicine will save life under all circum
stances or in all cases, yet I do honestly be
lieve that they hare prolonged mine, or at
least, where all was dark and gloomy and
full of suffering it haa been changed for the
better.
"The manufacturers of thi medicine do
not know of my taking it. Neither am I
paid for thi statement, but give it freely in
answer to friend and the editor of this
(signed.) JoHJt Bacgress, Atlanta, Ten.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
27th day of March, 18D6.
R. M. BLATDE9, Notary Public.
Regarding the above testimonial of John
Bangres, I beg to ay that no man stand
higher for honesty and veracity in all thi
section than John Baugren.
W.H. WftlOHT.
Editor and proprietor of the 1tmocrat
Atlanta, Texas.
Dr. William' Pink Pill for Pale People
are prepared by the Dr. William' Med
icine Co., of Schenectady, N. Y., a firm
whose ability and reliability are unques
tioned. Pink Pills are not looked upon a a
patent medicine, but a a prescription,
having been used a such for year in genual
practice, and their successful results in
curing various afflictions made it imperative
that they be prepared in quantities to meet
the demand of the public, and pluce them in
reach of all. They are an uufailing specific
for such disease as locomotor ataxia, partial
paralysis. St. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neu
ralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the
after efi'ect of la grippe, palpitation of the
heart, pale and tallow complexion, and tha
tired feeling resulting from nervous prostra
tion, all diseases resulting from vitiated hu
mor in the blood, such as scrofula, chronic
erysipelas, etc. They are Alio a specific for
trouble peculiar to females, such a siippres
(ion, irregularities, and all forms of weak
ness. They build up the blood, and restore
the glow of health to pale and sallow cheek.
In men they e fleet a radical cure in all cases
arising from mental worry, overwork, or ex
cesses of whatever nature.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pill contain all the ele
ment necessary to give new life and richness
to the blood and restore shattered nerves.
Tbcy are for sale by all drucgist, or may be
had by mail from Dr. Williams' Medicine
Company, Schenectady, N. Y., for 60 cents a
box, or six boxes for (2.S0.
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or m nuL nnnLDi
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HEADACHESSISSS
iihlct win sure 70a. a
watiderfni bona to auffbrM
from Cclrft, Bore Threat,
or hat rrrK. 4rn
tmpuAMt tirf. Aatflfelent
rt'mftlv. Immlnl tn oarr
In poekt,rS!!r to ou Brit lodiomUoa of cold.
C'satltmea Use Kflfeet rerawaeat Care.
StUsf wUon tuaranteod or money refunded. Price.
eta. Trial free at pitisslsts. Rertturadnall.
UPNTHftL or.ifa'eaflit NBdf for
hi &si 1 nut. sfirtiaaiHasea4BcMna.1tch.sa1t
nbenm'4 SnraLHurns, rule. Wea4erftal res
tdrforriXEa. Frtce. at, at Drat- B as
tint or by mall preprd. Addresses above. DAI r!
For sale by MATTHEWS BROS, and
JOHN H. PHELPS. Scranton, Pa,
Complexion Presanred
OR. HKBRA'8
VIOLA CREAM
Bemove Freckles, Pimples,
Ever . MtMlMMkhttS;
iembare and Ttn. and re.
stores the skin to It orijl
sal fresbnos. producing a
Clear auu ' ......
f reparation and twrfrotly btrales. Atlfll
(ituggiste, or mailed for Met. Send lor Circular,
VIOLA SKIN .OAP Is ptr latiaiisieMese m
tu euthbii toe. eoesMM t tke
riMiWW?. bl-ie ee SMtt.
eeMt. Altreston. Pries 25 Cents.
G. C. BITTNCR 4 CO., Tolioo, Q.
For sale by MATTHEWS BROS, and
JOHN H. PHELPS. Scranton, Pa.
BROKER AND JEWELER,
Rail in Bros.. 123 Pnn.
DRY GOODS, FANCfY GOODS.
Kreaky. E. H. A Co.. 114 8. Mala,
CREAMERY
Stone Bros., SOI Spruce.
BICYCLES, GUNS, ETC.'
Parker, E. R., 221 Spruce.
DINING ROOMS.
1
Caryl's Dining Rooms, 60S Linden.
TRUS8E8. BATTERIES AND RUBBES)
GOODS.
Benjamin A Benjamin, FraaklU A
MERCHANT TAILOR,
Roberts. J. W, 121 N. Main.
PIANOS AND ORGANS.
tall. 3. Lawrence, SOS Bp rue.
DRY
GOODS. CLOTHING, SHOES,
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reel la 4B hear witfeMlLA I
sjpejj- 4nifiroa, I rrj lector