THE SCRANTON ' TRIBUNE- SATURDAY MOBKING, AUGUST 1, 1896.
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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
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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.
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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!
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GENERAL MERCHANDISE
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Jordan, James, Olyphant.
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A Sturdy Wolverins Ftrctr, Weighing 168 Pessds, Re
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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
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FLORAL DESIGNS.
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CATERER.
Huntington, J. C, 308 N. Washington,
GROCERIES.
Plrle, J. J., 427 Lackawanna
UNDERTAKER AND LIVERY.
Raub, A. R., 426 Spruce.
DRUGGISTS.
McGarrah A Thomas, lot Lackawanna.
Iorents. C 418 Lacka;. L'.nden A Wash.
Davis, G W., Main and Market
Bloes, W. B., Peckville.
Davies, John J., 106 8. Main.
CARRIAGES AND HARNESS.
Slmwell. V. A., 516 Linden.
PAWNBROKER.
Green, Joseph, 107 Lackawanna.
CROCKERY AND GLASS WARD.
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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.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People
are now given to the public as an unfailing
blood builder and nerve restorer, curing all
forms of weakness arising from a watery con
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pills are sold by all dealers, or will be sent
post paid on receipt of price, 60 cents a box,
or six boxes for f2..V) (they are never sold in
hulk or by the 1X), by addressing Dr. Wil
Hams' Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
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