The Scranton tribune. (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, August 01, 1896, Page 11, Image 11
THE SCRANTON ' TRIBUNE- SATURDAY MOBKING, AUGUST 1, 1896. 11 FIFTY YEARS OF GREAT INVENTION Some of the Marveli Wrought Dnrini the Lait Half Century. EFFECT ON PEOPLE'S DAILY LIFE The Mo.t Remarkable Period of Ac tivity and Development in the Hit torr of the WorldComlorH of Liv ing Which Owe Their Exigence to the Fertilo Resource, of Bialn and Enerty Contrast with the Condi tion! of the "Good Old Days." From the Washington Post. Politic, and statesmanship must yield the palm to Inventions as the conser vator of human progress and civiliza tion. It Is Indeed pleasing to turn from the chaotic conditions wrought by the blunders of legislation to the achieve ments of those who have contemporan eously carried the world forward at a greater pace than did statecraft in Its most progressive days. The task of tell ing about the progress of a lifetime has toeen assumed by the editor of tne Scientific American, who, In the fiftieth anniversary number of that publication, reviews with a masterly pen the effect of Inventions during the last fifty years. The material world has advanced so rapidly during the last half century, and with a pace so accelerated, that mankind has almost lost one of Its most Important faculties, and one es sential to happiness that ot surprise. The nil admlrarl faculty Is attaining a wide spread. The most marvelous developments are taken as a matter of course the condition of things fifty years ago is seldom pictured to trio mind and all the material blessings which ws now enjoy are used as con veniences of dally life, and no mora. Formerly there was an Idea prevalent that surprise and astonishment were emotions of the Ignorant. Today they are rather emotions of the scientist. The educated engineer cannot without such emotions contemplate the Insig ntfioant feed .wire of a trolley road carrying silently hundreds of horse power to points all along the line he cannot without these feelings contem plate the electric motors, drawing pow er In proportion to the work they have to do, all regulated by the automatic government of counter-electromotive force he cannot see the unstable though glgantlo ocean liner filled with every refinement of electrical and me chanical art, all working perfectly on their never quiet, never level platforms he cannot follow the construction of a cantilever bridge with the ensuing changes from compressive to tensile stress and the reverse, as the span Is completed these things all excite In him such emotions that he cannot ob serve them and know them without a feeling of true astonishment at the achievements of mankind. THE SMALLER THINGS FIRST. The temptation is to consider tho greater things, to contemplate the fiUO plate steamer crossing the Atlantic through storm and sunshine the open hearth furnace with Us tons of steel, fluid as water and resembling molten silver the Immense steam engine and great hydraulic power plant. But we may usefully leave for the moment the monumental works of the last half cen tury and see what changes have been effected In our dally life by the move ment of progress. The steam engine has been greatly Improved, and in the articles on naval progress and the locomotive much .will be found on its development. The Cor liss valve motion and the compounding ot cylinders, leading to more perfect ex pansion and a longer range of working temperature limits, have brought about great economy so that one-tenth tht fuel will do the same work as com pared with many engines of the middle of the century. In details, such as the supply of water to the boilers by In jectors and Inspirators, doing away with the feed pump, the machine stoker for supplying fuel, and the reeding of oil drop by drop to the cylinder, tha drops passing through a glass tube so as to give sight feed lubrication, the steam power plant hat had many and great developments. The machine shop hat not been neg lected, and America can boast of the finest machine tools, for .wood and metal, such as automatic lathes, mill ing machines and shapers, that the world can show. The development of abrasives, emery, and carborundum, has made the emery grinder a neces sary tool In every machine shop. The miner even shares In the advance, spe cial machinery for extraction of ore, for undercutting and drilling being In vented, while modern explosives of graduated power and quickness make the work of placing shots much safer. Compressed air has been used In some classes of underground work, but elec tricity is making Its presence felt there slso, and electric machinery for tun neling the mining Is In extensive use. THE NEW METAL. The work of St. Clair Devllle In the days of the last Napoleon have borne fruit, and now aluminum has a recog tilled place among commercial metals. In Its reduction the electric furnace and the electrolysis of fused salts have been tried, and the cheapened production of sodium has had its effect on the cost of production.' The lightness of the metal led to hopes that it might lead to the construc tion Of a flying machine. The develop ment of the laws of moving aeroplanes have given a better basis perhaps In this direction than any preceding work, and the theory of the Internal energy of the atmosphere gives a possibility of the solution of the problem of soaring Directory Wholesale. BANKS. Lackawanna Trust aid Safe Deposit Co. Merchants' and Meclmlcs', 41 Lacka. Traders' National, ttfJLackawanna. West Side Bank, 10. NvMaln. oraatn Savin fa, 122 Wyoming. BEDDING, CARPET CLEANING, ETC. The Boras ton Bedding Co., Lacks. BREWERS. Robinson. B. Bona, 4tt N. Seventh. Robinson, Mlna, Cedar, oor. Alder. CHINA AND GLASSWARE! ftuppreoht, Louis, SB Peon. TOTS AND CONFECTIONERY Williams, J. D. Bro., tU Lacka. FLOUR, FEED-AND GRAIN. Matthews, C. P. Sons Co., M Lacka. Tho Weston Mill Co., 47-41 Lacks. FAINTS AND BUPFLXBt. JlMifcl s Mtftoa, Bfrr flight. Tet very little has been really accomplished, although more has been done during the last five years to raise the rational hopes for true mechanical flight than during the fifty years that preceded. Pood for the family is now procurable In endless variety. Independent of the season of the year. The enormous de velopment of the canned goods industry, of cold storage, and of cheap transpor tation makes the salmon of Oregon, the delicate fruits of California, and the vegetables of the west familiar to the residents of the most distant cities. The winter kitchen can have every summer vegetable, and the feats of tne Komana In supplying the tables of Its emperors are dally surpassed, only It Is now done for the benefit of the poor. Even In the treatment of food, notably of the cere als, there Is great advancement, and the roller mill turns out flour of greatly Improved quality and with larger yield from the grain than was done by the old grist mills. In the matter of the transportation of water the most Impressive achieve ments of engineering are executed :n order that at the turning of a kitchen faucet water may flow into the kettle of the cook. The contrast between old and new methods Is nowhere more forc ibly presented than In the two Corton aqueducts one of the year 1842, follow ing approximately a contour line from the Croton Lake to the Central Park, New York, Its path being traceable from the surface over nearly all Its extent the new one of 1890 driven deep underground wherever possible, as a matter of preference, and built without surface disturbance except at the shafts and in one or two difficult places. To innnlv pIHph with water throueh such aqueducts, great dams are built or nat ural lakes are utilized. The fact that the lake or dam is to be fifty or more miles distant plays no part. OTHER BRANCHES OP INDUSTRY. Perhaps the manufacture of shoes supplies as good an illustration as any of the substitution of factory for hard work In supplying domestic wants. The American shoe factory with Its work shops filled with machinery and with trained operatives, each practiced In performing one single operation, using Ingenious sewing machines, producing welt shoes or shoes without welt, sends its products to all parts of the world, and the hand-made shoe is used less and less. Foremost among the developments of the last half century Is the India rub ber industry. The discovery of the vul c?ntKiitlop. of India rubber at once brought Into the realm of practical uses a unique material, India rubber. At first It had been unsatisfactory, sub ject to change of qualities and uncer tain In every way and affected by varia tions In temperature. But Goodyear (rreat Invention of vulcanization pro duced a new and wonderful material, which has affected every department of modern life, and which, as not the least of its achievements, has created the modern pneumatic bicycle. It Is hard to believe that this invention only goes back a little over fifty years. In the march of progress the farmer has participated. Reaping, mowing, raking, harvesting, plowing and culti vating, form but an Incomplete state ment of work now executed for him by machinery. Steam has long been used to do his work now electricity Is stepping in to his assistance, and we find an electric plo,v under trial. Pat ern churns, centrifugal, and deep pan cream separators make his dairy work easy, and It Is further simplified by the creamery to which he delivers his milk for butter and cheese making by machinery. Today America exports cheese In enormous quantities, and man a tourist has eaten In foreign lands, under foreign titles, cheese from cheeso factories of the Empire Stats. AN AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION. The stock farmer who raises cattle for market to supply meat Is not neg lected. His market has expanded en ormously, until the "roast beef of old I.'ngland" has to be supplied by coun tries thousands of miles away from London. Cattle ships, which in all their appointments represent the finest ma rine engineering, receive them and they are dispatched across the ocean with as little concern or uncertainty as If It were a ferry which .was to be crossed. The docks on the Thames re cohe Bteamer load after steamer load of cattle for the supply of the great metropolis and of the country at large. It really seems as If, without modern Improvements, the world would have to go unfed. It would be fairer to gay that it is the concentration of popu lation In such centers as London and New York which has made It necessary to provide food supply by such methods. Under the conditions of former days. In a society more In accord with Mr. Kuskln's Ideas, we might find the cattle ranges dotted with little villages, and I.cndon as yet not unified and consoli dated, its constituent settlements still having Independent existence. At pres ent It is the other way, and there are in the west, deserted cities whose In labltants were unable to resist the tendencies of the day. The cattle trade and food supply systems indicate the tendency of the world toward life In great centers or population. The de serted farms of New England, like the deserted cities of the west, tell the same story. There Is often a companionship in dis ease and Its remedy. Cities grow large, and dwellers in the suburbs Identify themselves with the metropolis. For their benefit special rapid transit meth ods are developed. It Is a very few years since the horse car was welcomed by the American city as an improve ment on the old rattling omnibus. The writer recollects the day when there were many omnibus lines In New York, and when the horse railroads of Phila delphia were an object of pride and rejoicing. Now all Is changed. The horse railroad is archaic, and with a few exceptions In the way of com of Wholesale MONUMENTAL WORKS. Owen. Bro.., lit Aaams avenue. MILK, CREAM, BUTTER, ETC craaton Dairy Co., Pcnn and Linden. ENGINES AND BOILERS. Dickson Manufacturing Co. DRT GOODS, MILLINERY. ETC. Tho Fashion, M Lackawanna avenue. PLUMBING AND HEATING. Bowloy, P. F. M. T., 231 Wyoming ava, GROCERS. Kelly, T. J. Co., 14 Lackawanna. Megargel Council. Franklin avenoa Porter, John T., X and 2S Lackawanna. Rio. Levy Co., M Lackawanna. 1 HARDWARE. ConnelL W. P. Boas. 1U Penn. f oot. Shear Co.. lit N. Washington. amesn veeiseu 1, ess i.aaaa pressed air, steam and electric motors, transit within city limits is done by central station methods. The city resi dent who desires to see the finest ex ample of steam engineering has but to visit the power plant of his municipal railroad. The maintenance day after day and month after month of the great cable roads of New York and other cities Is a wonderful triumph of en gineering practice. The electric trolley road Is, however, the most powerful of these factors in what we have alluded to as the work remedial of the Ills of modern centralization. From the cen tral station It sends Its power lines In all directions through the suburbs of cities, and at almost nominal rhargs carries passengers for miles at a speed of ten to twenty miles an hour or more. The city worker Is no longer obliged to live In closely built up streets. The cars escape to the region of green fields. The trolley may yet modiry cities umll they become centers of work and not of residence. THE UNDERGROUND TROLLEY. The trolley line with single overhead wire and rail and ground return Is not a satisfactory thing. Much damage has been done by escape, or rather branch ing, of current from Its rails. The un derground trolley has been In usu on v. couple of roads, one In Ireland and one In Hungary, but only recently has It been Introduced into America. The cities of Washington and New York have excellent examples of It. As It avoids the unsightly aerial wires, wlih attendant dangers, and as the under ground system has two Insulated con ductors, avoiding destruction of pipes by electrolysis, the best wishes of civic engineers should be extended to It. We have already alluded to cold stor age. Another dr.mestlc use to which the science of the day has been devoted is the production of ice. Ice formerly was harvested entirely from natural sources. Now it is made artificially In great quantities, and every first-class ocean steamer or large steam yacht can make Its own" Ice and cool Its own refrigerators. In southern legions this art makes itself most directly felt, for Florida need no longer Import Ice from Maine. It can be made by machinery in quantities required for dally con sumption. The business man and the litterateur, even the newspaper reader, share In the advance. Quick processes of Illus tration have changed the dally Journ al into an Illustrated publication, and color printing is used in it, as well as for works of the highest art. The typewriter, a product really of the last twenty years, has effected a perfect revolution In the old-time sec retary's art. There Is no longer the striving after a legible hand of definite style, but the even work of the type writer makes the handwriting of the secretary a thing of no Importance. The typewriter brings the writer's art in close Juxtaposition with that of the printer, and, following out the ana logy, we find the modern printer In possession of machines for composing. TYPE-SETTING MACHINES. It has long been a dream with In ventors to do away with the hand com position. Early In the fifties William Mitchell's type-setting and distribut ing machines were experimented with at the Trow printing office, In New York city, and were used for some years there. Other inventors attacked the problem In other ways; some devoted their efforts to the production of a matrix, by mcar.s of which a stereo type or electrotype could be produced. At last the idea of a matrix-setting in contradistinction to a type-setting ma chine occurred, and a complicated and highly Ingenious machine was Invent ed for carrying out this Idea. This machine, the Mergenthalcr, so called Linotype machine (which might more properly be written Llneotype), set, by means of a key-board, individual let ter molds or matrices. For Justifica tion, wedge-shaped spaces or quads were used. These were inserted between words, and when the line was nearly filled and a syllable division or end of a word was reached, the line was com pleted by thrusting In the wedges. This accomplished the missing function of preceding machines the -nachine did its own Justification. When a line o!" molds .were set up the casting of metal against their races was automatically done, and a "slug" of one complete line of text resulted. Quantities of printer's work is now done on machines of this class. It marks the solution of a problem of four centuries' standing. A very important line of work Is in the field of the gas and oil explosion engines. In these we have a long range of temperature change acting to re duce the low economy due to the sec ond law of thermodynamics. Thrss ma chines are now made without ignition tube, flame or electric spark Igniter, and, as they operate .without boiler and require scarcely any attention, they go far to bring power within the use of all. Ericsson, Roper, and others have done well In a parallel line of work with hot air engines, and the entire subject of displacement of the steam engine is affected by them as well ns by electric motors. These smaller mo tors, because they require so little plant, are now entering Into the dally life of the Individual. They are used In small machine shops, small boats are driven by them, and Industrial con ditions may yet be gravely modified by the possibility of economically pro ducing small units of power with small Investment of capital. While this Indicates the possibility of the division of Industries Into small units, we are confronted on the other hand by Immense Industrial settle ments, the tendency of the day having brought about consolidation of Inter ests. Thus ,we have the car shops of Pullman, 111., supporting a city. We see the great Carnegie Iron works, at Homestead, Pa., covering 110 acres of ground and employing 8,000 men. a ver itable Industrial army, beyond the im aginations of the past generation. and Retail City and Suburban Representative Business Houses. FRUITS AND PRODUCR Dale A Stevens, 77 Lackawanna, Cleveland, A. 8., 17 Lackawanna. DRY GOODS Kelly A Ilealey, 20 Lackawanna. Flnley, P. D., 010 Lackawanna. LIME. CEMENT. SEWER PIPB. t Keiler, Luther, 813 Lackawanna. HARNESS A SADDLERY HARDWARE. Frits G. W., 410 Lackawanna. Keller Harris, 117 Penn. WINES AND LIQUORS. Walsh. Edward J., 22 Lackawanna. LEATHER AND FINDINGS Williams, Samuel, 221 Spruce. BOOTS AND SHOES. Goldsmith Bros., 304 Lackawanna. . WALL TAPER, ETC Ford. W. M., 120 Penn. CANDY MANUFACTURERS, , eraataa Candy Co.. U Lackawanna. CYMRAEGY CERRIG CALCH "Universal Brotherhood" the Chair Subject la 1897. THE NEWLY-PUBLISHED PRIZE LIST The Programme it the Best, the Most latere. ing and Most Comprehen sive that Has Ever Been Published Under the Aegis of the National Eisteddfod. For the first time In its history New port next pear will be the locale of the National Eisteddfod, and there Is every reason to believe that the local committee and the town will rise equal to the occasion. The committee has already shown a large amount of pub lic spirit in connection with the under taking, in proof of which we may refer to the handsome amount which they have guaranteed. This has reached a figure considerably above three thou sand pounds. But it is not only in re gard to the financial aspect of the af fair that the committee has shown Itself abreast of the time. They have produced an excellent programme, more varied and comprehensive, prob ably, than any .which has ever borne the Imprimatur of the National Eis teddfod. In saying this, however, it must not be understood that one ap proves of each subject and regulation introduced In the programme. The subject for the chair ode is "Universal Brotherhood," for which a prize of 25, with a chair of the further value of 15 Is offered. The theme Is a capital one, and worthy of the best efforts of tha Welsh muse, but there Is nothing dis tinctively Welsh about It. and it might have been suggested by an eisteddfod committee In Tlmbuctoo or Wilkes Barre. This remark, however. Is not applicable to the subject of the heroic poein. Here we have a thoroughly Celtic subject, "Arthur of the Round Table" around which the "awen" may turn and turn ad Infinitum. The prize offered In this instance Is equal to that on the awdl, a crown of the value of 15 being offered Instead of the chair. The committee have not consulted their better Judgment in re gard to the adjudicators. Those ap pointed on the awdl are "Dafydd Mor ganwg," "Tarolog," and "Pedrog." "Dafydd Morganwg" knows everything that Is known about "cynghanedd" and the Twenty-four Metres (though, by tho bye, Dafydd ab Ermwnd will not be sworn by at Newport), but It would be interesting to learn .what may be his other qualifications for the post he has been requested to occupy at Newport. His confreres are two Non conformists ("Dafydd" also is of that persuasion), and. it so happens that they are of the same denomination. This is unfortunate, and will give oc casion to the enemy to blaspheme. On the heroic poem we have as adjudica tors "Dyfed," "Ceulanydd," and "El fed," three excellent men, only, as a matter of compliment, they might have been Invited to adjudicate on the awdl. "Dwfed," in particular, has prov-3.1 himself an "awdlwr" par excellence, and should be confined to his special branch of AVelsh poetry, much In tho same way as "Gwallter Sluclialn" was in his day. Apparently, the Newport committee are largely composed of mer ciful men, for they have stipulated with Welsh bards that the chair ode Is not to exceed 600 lines, and the heroic poem must not exceed 1,000. This stip ulation, we take It, Is a silent testi mony to the literary value of "cyng hanedd." Other subjects In the depart ment of poetry are a libretto on tho "Court of Ivor Hael" a well-deserved compliment to Lord Tredegar, the big gest guarantor on the list; a "cywydd" on "Electricity," and a catena of stan zas which is to reach "From Holyhead to Monmouthshire." There are also a series of verses on "The Banks of the I'sk'i and a drama on the "Massacre of Abergavenny." By the bye, tho committee should proffer some explan ation, for it Is not perfectly clear whether this "massacre" refers to some eisteddfodlc disaster. There are the usual minor competitions, such as a "hlr a thoddald," an elegy (to the late Lord Aberdare), a "tuchangerdd," or a satirical poem on "Football Worship," and the regulation "englyn," on which vast subject "Dafydd Morganwg," "Tafolog," and "Pedrog" have been re quested to adjudicate. One of the most useful competitions under the general heading of "Poetry" Is a "Collection of the Poems of Tudur Aled, with Critical and Historical Notes," for which the really handsome prize of 50 Is offered. In this case the adjudicators are O. M. Edwards, of Lin coln college, and Dyfea. In life domain of translation there is nothing which calls for special prizes, there being only two paltry prizes of 5 each offered for a rendering of "Yr Enald," by Islwyn, and of "Herve Rlel," by Browing. In regard to prose, the committee have shown themselves more enterpris ing than any since the Cardiff eistedd fod, 1883, and have offered a prize of 100 for an original unpublished work of permanent value to Welsh literature, either on any period of Welsh history previous to the year 1300 having special reference to the social lire and organi zation of the people, and dealing with Wales either as a whole or any par ticular province of it, or on Welsh poetry of the current century, or on the Welsh people past, present and fu ture. The subject Is really an excellent one, and should invite some of the best men of the day Into the arena. A very useful prize, also, Is that offered for an account of the Welsh dialects of Gwent and Morganwg, as tending to encour age the study of Welsh dialects. This prize is offered by D. A. Thomas, M. P., FLOUR. BUTTER. EGOS, ETC The T. H. Watts Co., Lt., 723 W. Lacka, Babcock. O. J. A Co., 11. Franklin. MINE AND MILL SUPPLIES. 8craoton Supply and Mach. Co., 131 Wye. FURNITURE. Hill A Connell, lul Washington. CARRIAGE REPOSITORY. Blums, Wm. A Son, 622 Spruce. ' HOTELS. Scranton House, near depot MILLINERY A FURNISHING GOODS Brown'. Bee Hive, 224 Lacka. City and Suburban. ATHLETIC GOODS AND BICYCLES. Florey. C. M., 122 Wyoming. ' HARDWARE AND PLUMBING. Gunater Forsyth. St? Paaa. and the adjudicators are Judge Gwllym Williams and Mr. Darlington. So far as his knowledge of "Cymraeg y Cerlg Caleb" goes. Judge Gwllym Williams will perform his work satisfactorily, but one falls to see what are the spe cial merits of Mr. Darlington. He Is not a native of Gwent or Morganwg, and, so far as one's knowledge goes, he has not made a special study of the dialects which prevail In those locali ties. Prizes are also offered for "A Collection of the Folk-lore or Gwent," and a "Dictionary of Welsh Names of Rivers and Places," Including . elsh field names in Monmouthshire. The adjudicators are Colonel Brad ney, a man of wide local knowledge, and Mr. Ernest Rhys. There are two other subjects which are likely to pro voke keen competition. They are "The Mystery and Miracle Plays of Wales," for which a prize of 10 Is offered, and an essay on the medicinal springs of Wales, for which a "prize of 5 Is given. The remainder of the prose department is taken up by essays on the Welsh triads, the best means of teaching and preserving the Welsh language, and the advantages of an education In the arts and sciences, and a series of stories descriptive of Welsh social life or or Welsh history, for which a prize or 30 and a Becond prize or 20 are offered. In the department of music the com mittee have been equally liberal. Here It is satisfactory to learn that Welsh talent has not been overlooked or Ig nored, as has been too often the case In past eisteddfodou. With the excep tion of Sir A. C. Mackenzie, Professor Macforren, and Dr. Roland Rogers, all three of whom are ravorltes with Welsh men, the adjudicators are racy or the soil Mr. Emlyn Evans, Mr. John Thomas ("Pencerdd Gwalla"), Mr. David Jenkins and Mr. Albert Wil liams. In the chief choral competition a prize of 200 Is offered, and a consolation prize of 50 to the second best. The pieces slecttd for comretit'on are "Now All Give Way Together" (St. "Lud- niita," by Dvorak) and "They That Go ; Down to the Sea In Ships" ("Psalm of ; Life," by D. Jenkins). In the second choral competition, which, like the first, is open to all comers, a first prize of 75 and a second prize of 25 will be award ed. The test pieces here are "Rest Here In Peace" (Bach) and "Goed yr Ilydrcf" (Emlyn Evans). There Is, in deed, a very full programme of music provided, which In Iseir Is a guarantee of the success of the eisteddfod. Just to mention a few of the Items: Prizes are offered to choirs of one congregation (church or chapel), not to exceed fifty voices a new feature In eisteddfodlc circles; to mdle voice choirs of from sixty to eighty voices; to female choirs of from twenty-five to thirty voices; to glee parties; for eight-singing, quartettes, duets, and any number of solos. Nor have the claims of Instrumental music been overlooked, for prizes of 50, 25 and 15, and a great number or smaller prizes are offered. Composition (musical) has also being given due attention, the chief prize in this department being a prize of 50 for tne best cantata for mixed voices, with orchestral accompaniment, the subject being "Ivor Hael." This ought to pro duce something worthy of the prize and of the subject. Liberal awards will also be made In art and science, the principal being a prize of 40 for an oil painting on any sbject selected by tho author, and two of 15 for a portrait bust (from nature). a carved nnk bardic chair, and a carved section of mantelpiece in wood. Other competitions include pen and ink sketches, architecture, design, photog raphy, terra cotta, subjects for stu dents attending technical and art schools and classes in Wales; botany, geology, natural history, nook binding, knitting, embroidery, needlework and domestic arts. Altogether, the pro gramme Is the most Interesting and most comprehensive, probably, which has ever been published under the aegis of the national eisteddfod. NOTES. Mr. Arthur Morris, son of Sir Lewis Morris, has Just, after a sever examina tion, both in theory and practice, won a scholarship in naval instruction at the Royal Naval college at Greenwich. It will be remembered that of his ancestor, Lewis Morris (Llewelyn Ddu o Fon) It was said "that he could build a boat and sail It." Mr. Arthur Morris was head-boy on tho modern side of Westminster school. Whatever may be the future of tho tin plate trade Llanelly will ive In history. The Ffestiniog Elstedfodd committee are already contemplating following the ex ample set by the tlnopolls and utilizing the eisteddfod as the means of securing for the slateopolls a permanent covered building, which may be utilized for all public purposes from a horse show to a market hall or a Methodist sassiwnl Now there Is In one part of the Land of Morgan a place that was known among men as the habitation of the sweet sing ers, for they that dwelt therein had se cured shekels of gold, because In that they did sin? better than thorn that dwelt In the land of Philistines. And because the people had done this thing many times it come to pass that there arose among them divers men, who said unto the 'people: "Let me be your leader In the next battle, and we shall surely win more shekels." And the people hearkened unto the lead ers, Joined with them, to the end that thc'.r forces were divided and their power was broken. And bitterness was enkin dled between the leaders and them, so that new names were given to the armies of the people. And on of these armies was called Bullth! And the people who belonged not to the armies marvelled greatly at the things which had come to pass, and said, 'Verily, there will be no place In the land while the people are thus divided among themselves." " The chronicler who chron icles as above tells us to keep his notes and watch Dowlals! "How to Cure all Skin Diseases." Simply apply "Swayne's Ointment." No Internal medicine required. Cures tetter, eczema. Itch, all eruptions on the (ace, hands, nose, etc., leaving the skin clear, white and healthy. Its great healing and curative powers are pos sessed by no other remedy. Ask your druggist for Swayne's Ointment. Cowles, W. C, 1907 N, Main. WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER, Rocers, A. E., 215 Lackawanna. BOOTS AND SHOES. Goodman's Shoe Store, 432 Lackawanna. FURNITURE. Barbour's Home Credit House, 42S Lacka CARPETS AND WALL PAPER. Inglls, J. Scott, 419 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, tit Penn. TEA, COFFEE AND 8PICB. Srand Union Tea Co 101 S. luta. A faithful Wife's Anxiety. Sb Plsads fcr b Lifo cf Her Ibisd trf b Told thai No has fcrf Iko Mc:lh to Livo. A Sturdy Wolverins Ftrctr, Weighing 168 Pessds, Re duced to a tare Skelstsa In Fear Skert Ucnthi, fitter Being Turned f roa tha PhycIcIx.Vs Deer to Die. He Lives to Becosa Kit Former Self. He Teils tho Story. Frtm tt Democrat, Caro, Mich. "Fourteen yean ago," said H. M. Under wood, who has for the past five years held the office of School Director in District No. 7, Indianfields township, and is well known throughout the eouuty, " my brother and I moved into tins county, "fwa a wilder ness then, and we located in the pines here with nothing but our hands to carve out our homes. It was an unequal struggle; but hard work and economy won the day and two years ago, with niy forty acres nearly clear of debt, I began to feel that the worst was over. In April of that spring I was as sisting in driving logs down the Cass Kiver, when I was taken with a slight but constant Sain in the left side below the heart. As ays passed tho trouble increased ; my appe tite fell away and I visited one of the best known and most successful doctors in Caro. the county seat. I was intormed that I had an inward abscess and must cease work. " It was hard to quit work when I knew too well that it only meant another mortgage on my little farm, but within a few days I was obliged to return to my home. The medicine furnished by the doctor gave me slight relief but I could detect no perma nent benefit. My appetite was gone; I could not sleep, and each day found me growing weaker. I next visited Dr. A. L. Seelcy, of Mayville, who, from the rirst, said that he had but slight hopes of benefiting me and recommended that I go to a sanitarium. With no money this I could not do, even thout;h it would save my life, and with m-dieine that the doctor furnished I re turned to mv home feelins that the I oat ra of hope that I ever would be my former self was lust disappearing. Days passed and I was rapidly losing flesh. During the awful months which I passed that summer and I can never forget them I was reduced in flesh from weighing 168 pounds to 110. "Slowly tho iongdays and the awful nights phased until another seven days had been added to the awful days of torture; and still no relief, and my weight was now 140 Sounds, nerves shattered and ray system in a eplorable condition. At this Juncture my wife said that something must be done, and with assistance I was taken to Mayville, where Dr. Sceley was again consulted. After making a thorough examination my wife earnestly pleaded that he do something for me. He said that he could do nothing; re lief might be found at a sanitarium, but, otherwise he would give me Just one more month to live. Sorrowfully she turned from the physician's door, and what I considered mv fast Journey home was soon to be under. taken. I had rend iu the Caro Democrat of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Tale People and the benefits many had received from them, and with faith less than the grain of musuiru seeu, i agKea ner to step imo tne drni; store and secure a box. This she did, and after a jolting ride over a poor road we finally reached home, tired, worn and in sorrow, I took the first pills that night, and left my wife sittinj sorrowfully comparing the flickering hopes of my life with the faint rays of light from my bedroom door, while I thought only of what the doctor had said. The forepart of the night I was restless as usual, but, do you believe, during the latter Eart of that very night I caught n uap, the rst sweet and resting sleep I had enjoyed for months. I continued the medicine the next day, and the following night I slept, yes sir; slept a greater portion of the night. "Oh. vou can't imaeine how briehtlv the sun shnne on our home before that week was over, and how the faint rays of hope were fanned into a name, But mv lather and many of my neighbors shook their heads and said : ' comply something quieting about those Dills: 'twill be hack airain. look out for the after effects.' Rut here are the after effects, said Mr. Underwood standing erect, the picture of health and weighing 165 pounds. " From the second day after cetting the puis tne cnange set in. i ennui sleep, my appetite came back, and before I had finished the third box of Dr. Williams' Pink STATE NORMAL SCHOOL NEW GYMNASIUM EAST STROUDSBURQ. PA. A Famous School In a Famous Location A MONO THE MOUNTAIN OF THE noted resort, the Dels, are Water Oast A school nf three to four hundred pupils. wltn no over-crowding clasnes, butwher teachers can become acquainted witli tbeir pupils and help I hem Individually ia tbeir work. Modern improvements. A fine new gyinna slam, in charge of expert train. We teach Hewing, Dressmaking, Clay Modeling, Free hand aud Mechanical Drawing without extra charge. Write to ns at once for our catalogue anl other information. You gain more in small school than in the overcrowded schools. Address GEO. P. BIBLE, Principal. 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Pills for Pale People I wu able to do my chores, and before the fourth was finished I was doing my farm work. My curs was complete and permanent, and I have not seen a sick day since and you bet Dr. Wil. Hums Pink Pills for Pale People are as nug gets of gold at our house." "Swear to the statement I have madef Why, certainly and with pleasure," said Mr. Underwood, whtn the reporter sug gested that some people who Were got ac quainted with him might be skeptical, and ho accompanied the reporter to a justice', office, where the following acknowledgment wu taken : State of Michigan,) ComTY OF TOSCOLA. Personally appeared before me, H. If. Un. derwood, who, under oath, declared that th. statements made in the above interview wtrt true and correct in every respect. Signed : C. D. Petersham, JVbfary Public, in and for Tuscola County, Michigan. Orson Livermore, who was present at the interview with Mr. Underwood, said: "Yea, neighbor Underwood's cure is considered miracle by the people of this locality, and the story is told over and over again." "Why "said Mr. Underwood. ''if yon have any doubts about the matter, just call oa Samp. Wells, J. II. Weaver, Guy Wilson, An. drew Thompson, my lather, T. K. Underwood, or any of the dozens of reliable farmers ia this section : they know all about it.".' During the conversation which followed after the interview, the reporter learned that Dr. Hendris, of Mayville. recommends Dr. Williams' Pink I'll is for Pale Prop in his practice, and that Mrs. Thomas Anderson, liv. In. bnt a tew miles away, had received mar. velous help from them ; also that John Smith, Sr., living near Akron, this county, an old gentleman eighty-nine, years of age, who had beeu a sufferer from bilious rheumatism for year., had been entirely cured by their use. But as night was approaching the reporter could not pursue his investigation, further. A Muscatine Woman. On the second floor of one of our neatest business buildings, located at No. 12S West Front Street, is the home of Constable and) Mrs. M. C. Briggs, and it was visited to-day for the purpose of speaking to Mrs. Briggr on a question of considerable weight to her. The reporter upon calling found Mrs. Briggs . little indisposed (not however with her form, er complaint), but nevertheless in a very con. genial mood. Upon Inquiry as to the bene, fit she derived from the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, she said : "About eighteen months since I was taken down with sciatic rheumatism in my lower limbs, especially my right leg, and so fierce was the attack that I could not wulk at all. After trying various remedies, all without avail, a lady neighbor of mine, Mrs. John Yoder, who, I think, is now living in Eldon, mentioned Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People and said she had used them for simi lar trouble aud had found them very bene ficial. I purchased a box of pills at F. Kee per A Co.'s drug store, ana before I had iuken all of the first box I began to feel much improved and the pain began to ease. I con tinued to take them, buying a second box. and when I had nearly finished the second box I was able to walk about as ably as ever and have not had an attack since. " I heartily endorse Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pule People and feel confident that anyone afflicted as I was could be easily re stored to their usual health by their us." from the Journal, Mutcaline, lova. 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