THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE SATUEDAY MORNING, AUGUST 29, 1896.
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HIGH HOPES HANG
. ON OXYGEN LENS
TMop to Be Sees Through One 50 Feet
in Diamater.
OAS TO BE ISED INSTEAD OP GLASS
Unique War ot Getting an Abslouta
VacuumA Curious Laboratory.
Taking Photographs in the Dark.
Other queer Thiugs.
From the Philadelphia Tlmea.
The study of the stars Is likely to be
revolutionized by a new discovery. Be
fnr Ions; telescopes will be provided
with lenses not of glass, but of oxygen
gas. They can be irmde of almost un
limited size, so that the heavenly boills
may be Inspected at comparatively
short tanae. The moon will be brouRlit
within a few miles, so that every topo
graphical feature of the side which it
turns toward the earth may be explored
and mapped. The problem of the so
called canals of Mars will be solved,
and If that planet has any Inhabitants
the fact will be ascertained. In short,
astronomical science will leap Into a
new era.
Such are the claims made for an in
vention which Is the achievement of
Professor Elmer Gates. The beginning
tf It was simply a short piece of Iron
bhing, In the ends of which pieces of
lass were sot. The little cylindrical
ox thus made was filled with oxygen
ns. Now, it has been ascertained by
Professor Dewar, that oxygen Is mag
netic He found that In a liquid con
dition It could be picked up by a mag
net like iron filings. Professor Qate3
turned this fact to account by convert
ing the iron tube Into a mngnet, wind
ing it round and round .with fine wire.
A gas, of course, is composed of par
ticles of matter which arc flying about,
exercising toward each other a mutual
repulsion. Thus It will be understood
that the molecules of oxygen in the lit
tle box were attracted toward the mag
netised Iron ring, so that the density of
the gas was less In the middle than near
the ling.' Professor Gates used the box
in place of s glass lens and made photo
graphs with It. Here, then, was tho
discovery, namely, that oxygen gas
would serve instead of glass as a mate
rial for lenses. Professor Gates say
that he can build a lense fifty feet In
diameter which will photograph the
Moon on such a scale and with such nc
curracy of detail that the surface of our
sntallite may li studied to an advan
tage never dreamed of hitherto.
FAR MORE PERFECT.
Hut this Is by no means all. The lens
of oxygen gas necessarily is far more
perfect than any glass lens can be
made. Inasmuch as the particles of oxy
gen under such conditions as those de
scribed arrange themselves In accord
ance with mathematical law. Again It
is an accepted truth that lenses of glass
have their limitations. In other words,
their usefulness In telescopic work does
not Increase Indefinitely with bigness.
The lenses mado for the Lick and
Yerltes observatories represent the lim
it of size In glass lenses, nigger ones
could not be rendered available for
practical purposes. With oxygen
lenses it is quite otherwise.
Professor Gates believes that there Is
practically no limit to the size of the
oxygen lens. His discovery will brlnj?
the whole stellar field Into comparative
ly near vle,w, and the astronomy of tne
nrar future will he a science enormous
ly more lar-rtHcinng ami cuiiiprviifn
plve than nt present. Think of a tele
scope with a lens fifty feet In diameter!
What might not this gigantic eye
search out in the realms of space as yet
unexplored? The topography of Mars
and the other planets which attend the
run will become familiar. If there are
any people on the Martian orb, some
means may be found to communicate
with them. Even far-off Jupiter may
be watched, as It cools off and gets
ready to support the population which
.eventually, doubtless, will bo evolved
and furnish Inhabitants for that huge
world ten times the diameter of the
earth.
NATURE OF ETHER
Professor Gates has been making
some researches recently which throw
light upon the nature of ether, which
Is supposed to fill all Interstellar space.
Hitherto science has been disposed to
claim that this mysterious element. If
such It may be termed, was homogene
. ous and continuous everywhere-1, e.,
not consisting of distinct particles. Put
Professor Gates lias proved to his own
satisfaction that the ether Is actually
composed of such particles. That they
must be definitely small goes without
saying; but the Professor asserts that
they are as much smaller than a chem
ical atom at such an atom Is smaller
than the sun.. If that be so. It is no
wonder that nobody has succeeded a
yet in finding out about the nature and
properties of ether.
However, Professor Gates thinks that
v ho has made a beginning in research In
this direction. The lirst step has been
accomplished by devising a means of
creating an absolute vacuum some,
thing never accomplished hitherto.
Though the air In a receiver may be
reduced by an exhaust pump to the ut
most tenuity, even to the one-millionth
of an atmosphere, some of it remains.
A Crookes tube contains a little air. Up
to now the total vacuum has been a
mere conception,, never accomplished
in fact. But Professor Gates' vacuum
Is absolute. He produces a glass re
ceptacle which contains not a parttcl
of air. It has absolutely nothing in it
save the long-sought ether.
This remarkable result Is accom
plished in a very simple way. To be
Bin with, the Professor takes a tube of
potash glass. This s an extremely
hard glass, requiring a much greater
neat than any other kind to melt It. He
fills the tube with another sort of glass
that Is very soft, bavins; a melting
point 600 degrees lower than that of the
potash glass. The tubo and It con
tents are then subjected to slow heat
ing until the soft glass is sufficiently
melted to enable It to be pulled out bod
' lly part way from the tube of hard glass
containing It. The space thus left Is nil
absolute vacuum, containing no parti
cle of air or any other gas. It holds
nothing but ether, pure and simple.
PHOTOORAPH8 IN THIS DARK.
Here, then. Is a quantity of absolute'
ly pure ether. The question Is, will It ex
pure ether. The question is. Will it ex
" hlblt under certain conditions any phe
nomena calculated to throw light upon
its nature? One thing which Professor
Gates has accomplished by means of it
Is the taking of photographs In the
oars, out declines to say mucn aooui
. that, inasmuch as he has made only a
Beginning at it. An extremely Inter
eqttng experiment Is performed by sus
pending In the vacuum a little metal
all on the end of a platinum wire. The
- mb ana wire are nxea in piaca inci
" ' tfintnuy to the r-rouses of creating tho
r -ZZi. am C3 KM H MM SO
the sun's rays at a point near to the
ball.
At the point of focus according to the
theory,' as Professor Gates explained
it the particles of ether move about
most rapidly and are furthest apart
owing to the sun's energy. Thus the
ball swings toward that point of less
density. This It does every time, show
ing that it is acted upon by some sort
of matter. The Professor regards it as
proof positive that the ether Is a ma
terial substance and composed of par
ticles which are thickly crowded to
gether, though Inconceivably minute.
This Is the substance which fills alt
space whose wave motions make light
and transmit electrical energy from tho
sun to the earth.
His laboratory Is a very remarkable
establishment. It is crowded with in
struments and apparatus for psycho
physical research. Professor Gates has
several boxes which are filled with Il
lusions of various kinds. Most of these
are illusions of the eye, but there are
others which deceive the touch, tho
taste, and other senses. According to
Professor Gates human beings have
eight senses the sense of cold, the sense
of heat, the sense that a muscle is mov
ing, touch, taste, smell, hearing, and
seeing. And, by the way, he has ft col
lection of 1,600 different smells, good and
bad. In a series of bottles containing
perfumes and various chemicals. They
are Intended to educate tho sense of
smell.
BLIND MADE TO SEE. '
By Means of Transfusion of Vitreous
Humor from a Itubbit's Eye. .
There are six people In. Hamburg
whose eyesight has been restored by
Professor Deutschmann through Infu
sion from the eye of a living rabbit.
Upon one of these patients the opera
tion was tried successfully on both
eyes.- These persons were all nearly
blind when operated on.
As described to the New York Jour
nal correspondent at Hamburg by the
assistant of Professor Deutschman,
the new operation Is as simple as It Is
startling. Professor Deutschmann does
not attempt to replace a diseased re
tina, nor does he claim that he can
substltuto the retina from a rabbit for
that of a human being.
At the same time he does not hesi
tate to operate on the retina Itself
by making such Incisions through It
as may be necessary to assure the suc
cess of his process. He has fovnd that
blindness frequently ascribed to dis
ease of the retina is In reality often
caused by a detachment of the latter.
Such detachment and shrinkage of
this delicate membrane result from
absorption of the vitreous humor which
constitutes nearly nine-tenths of the
body of the eye itself. This vltteous
humor is enclosed In a sac, making
what Is commonly called the eye-ball,
and through It the Image passes from
the lens to the retina.
The latter Is retained In place by the
full roundi d body of the sao of vitreous
humor. When this vitreous humor losas
Its normal volume through absorption
the retina stretched around It shrinks,
having no support of Its own, and thus
the sight is finally destroyed.
The great discovery which Professor
Deutschmann has made is that the de
ficiency of vitreous humor In the hu
man eye can now be supplied from the
eye of a living rabbit.
The transfusion is accomplished
through a simple rubber tube. Before
this is done, however, the most deli
cate kind of eye surgery is necessary.
Cocaine Is flist administered to the eye
of the patient to be operated upon.
This is for the purpose of rendering it
insensible to pain.
The operating surgeon then cuts into
the sac of vitreous humor In the eye
of his patient with a steol canula. This
cuts through the sclerotic, through the
choroid and through the retina.
The eyeball of the patient is turned
down so as .to expose as much of the
top surface as Is possible. The cutting
is done from the top. In a place that
Is never Been under normal conditions.
An assistant holds a live rabbit, and
with the steel ca ula he cuts deep into
the sac of vitrei, s humor In Its eye,
which almost exaccly corresponds with
the eye of the human being In Its con
struction and texture.
The eyes of the rabbit and patient
are then brought as close together as
possible. A small rubber tube is in
troduced Into both incisions, being
pushed deep Into the sao of vitreous
humor in either case.
A gentle pressure of the finger upon
the eye of the rabbit Is then sufficient
to pump the vitreotis humor Into the
rubber, tuba and thence Into the hu
mor sac of the patient. In less than a
minute the deficient quantity of vitre
ous humor can be made up from the
eye of the living rabbit
A 8 11 1 P Ott WHE ELS.
How a French Inventor Proposes to
More nt n threat Rate.
A French builder lias Just put the fin
ishing touches In the Call Iron Works,
at St. Denis, to a vessel with which he
expects to literally revolutionize tht
science of aquatic locomotion. Ac
cording to a formula well known to
science, the resistance of water to the
progress of a ship Increases in a direct
ratio to the square of the speed, and
thus renders hopeless any effort to make
traveling by sea as rapid as traveling
by land. M. Ernest Basin conceived
the Idea that this difficulty might be
overcome if we applied the ss'mij prin
ciples to steamers as to locomotives.
Our ships are practically sledges. Why
should they not be coverted Into wheeled
carriages?
The model vessel which he Is Just
completing, after many years of experi
ment, consists of a platform about 120
feet long by 34 feet in breadth. This Is
supported upon three pairs of wheels
msde of hollow steel, rather more than
SO feet In diameter, and presenting to
the waves an edge somewhat resembl
ing In outline the keel of a ship. The
propulsive force Is given by a screw
driven by an engine of 760 horse power,
which also causes the wheels to revolve.
The Inventor calculates that he loses
only 40 per cent, of the linear progres
sive speed developed by the rotation of
the wheels, and that If the latter were
25 feet In diameter his ship would travel
at the rate of fifty miles an hour.
In the course of a few weeks this
strange craft will be launched In the
Seine and towed to Kouen, whence it Is
intended to make an experimental voy
age by way of Havre to the Thames.
If M. Railn reaches his destination In
safety, navel experts will no dobt be
curious to see the craft
BRYAN,
Peroration,
Jubilation,
Nomination,
Preparation,'
Notification.
Peregrination,
Argumentation
Trepidation, ,
Condemnation,
Consternation,
Lamentation, .
Extermination.
tta asseets.
HARDD ABERTAWE
Y DYDDIAU GYNT
History of the Mei of Swansea ol
Loaf Ao. '
NEW EDUCATION BILL BY MR. OEE
lie Has Constructed a Bill That Will
Trove a tiodsend to .tlr. Balfour and
Sir John Gorst, and Will Secure for
the Author the Gratitude of His
Countrymen.
Many a writer has been fluent In his
description of Swansea of the beauti
ful bay, comparable with that of
Naples, with the unequalled position
of the place, an accessible coast, the
mineral treasures so abundant In all
quarters but little reference has been
made to the men who have made it
the metallurgical center of the world.
In this respect It Is very different to that
of Cardiff, and both places can well be
excused from any rivalry. Each Is po
tent in Its own sphere one as the great
coal port, the other distinguished for
the number and the variety of its In
dustries. But about the men we may
well be excused for commenting awhilo
ere treating at length upon the con
spicuous features of the place. Mr.
Charles Wllklns, F. G. S.. says that the
native population, yet represented In
the rural districts, were Welsh and
Flemings, and between these the anl-
moBlty was Intense, the Flemings hav
ing been planted by the English King
as a thorn in tho side of the Welsh. This
antagonsim of races may have had
something to do lu later years in re
tarding the development of the mineral
and other wealth, which, however, In
due time, forced by the overwhelming
riches of the district, was brought
about. Among the old natives, Swansea
men are proud to enumerate such as
Gower, D. D., bishop of St. David's, who,
biographers state, was celebrated not
less for the elegance of his taste than
for his munificent patronage of tho line
arts. Then there was Henry do Swlne
sey.Abbot of Glastonbury, whose name
cogently recalls the manner of writ
ing "Swansea" in the Middle Ages, and,
amongst others, Bean Nash, the eccen
tric whose mother was a niece of the
unfortunate Colonel Poyer, and may
thus be claimed by the present bishop of
Llandaff among his ancestry.
The first movers for good In the Swan
sea district came from without, and
were neither bishops nor eccentrics.
Carbery Price, by his energy In matters
of coal and copper, gave a start: Lock
wood, Morris, and Co. followed; next
Mansel Phillips, with his colliery, and
then came Chauncey Townsend. who
originated the coal trade on the Kllvey
side of the Tawe, accompanied by one
of the native population, a Mrs. Mor
gan, who about the same time had a
colliery known as the Birchgroves. Mrs.
Morgan In the Swansea Valley and Mrs.
Lucy Thomas In the valley of Merthyr
were pioneers of the trade in their
several districts, and gave an excellent
start, though the development In both
instances needed the lapse of time and
able men at the head. Men "from with
out" and English capital these were
the essentials; and, looking back to tho
annals of most of the Welsh districts.
It Is remarkable how much of these
came from the great Metropolis. Craw
shay, though of Yorkshire parentage,
came In direct contact with Wales only
after he had been for some time set
tled In London. Thompson, who was
materially Interested In several works
on the hills, was a London alderman.
Forman, one of the old Ironmasters, was
an official of the Tower of London, and
Chauncey Townsend, the Swansea pio
neer, was an alderman of the city of
Londom and a man, not only of position,
but of ability and means. He was not
content, having acquired a status in
the city, to follow Blmply the routine
of the corporation, measure out small
modicums of legal Justice with large
Mendings of equity on the bench, make
speeches at city meetings, and attend
to periodical turtle banquets. He looked
farther ahead. One of the great needs
of London in the last century was coal,
and the eyes of many a capitalist were
directed towards Wales, from where
came rumors of coalfields and iron
measures such as no other part of the
land could compare. It was these ru
mors, as shown In my "History of the
Coal Trade," which gave a start to
Cardiff, which brought Anthony Bacon
to Merthyr and Plymouth, and enticed
the good Alderman Townsend from the
attractions of London down to the west
There was a great similarity In early
movements. Lockett and Marychurch,
London men, visited the widowed coal
dealer of Merthyr, Mrs. Lucy Thomas,
and embarked upon the.great coal trade
of that district. Townsend made over
tures to the Swansea widow, Mrs. Mor
gan, and began his long and prosperous
career from that event and date. His
beginning was also, like the others,
very small. Tho sample of coal that
went from Merthyr was a tubful, that
from Aberdare a parcel in the form of
a brick, and that from Swansea In a
small bag of tho proportions of a horse's
nose-bag. His collieries the Birch
groves were for a long time on a small
scale. He shipped the produce at White
Rock in small bags, conveyed to that
place from the collieries on the backs
of mules and horses.
As Townsend prospered, and his fam
ily grew up around him, he became the
accidental means of Introducing an
other man of note to the district who
was destined, also, to found one of the
honored family of the neighborhood.
This was John Smith, of Drapers' hall,
London, who married Townsend's
daughter, and soon had an Interest in
the Llansamlet colliery, which had
grown under Mr. Townsend's rule to
the greatest importance in the district
It had cost large sums of money to
bring the place to Its full develop
ment, but had amply repaid, and was
one of the sights of the West for Its
fine engines. In the making of which
for the ironworks and collieries of
Wales the Quakers of Neath Abbey
were so worthily famed. As showing
the "long" life and nature of these old
western collieries, It may be stated that
fifty years afterwards It was consid
ered as yielding a revenue of over 2,000
a year. Townsend left his son-in-law
one-fifth part of his colliery, and Mr.
Smith, by steady work, In time ac
quired three other parts, which, in 1797,
he. In turn, left to his sons, Charles
and Henry. Very few people of that
time have handed down worthier rec
ords than the Smiths, of Llansamlet.
Charles Smith was one of the most
popular of men, and, what is more,
deserved popularity. He was by no
means built up on publleV lines as public
orator or useful busy-body In all de
tails of corporate work-life. On the
contrary, his nature was retiring. , He
was very studious, a capital geologist,
mastered tha Welsh language . thor
oughly, was very humane and devout
and was In his generosity free-handed.
There Is a great deal of popularity In
the last mentioned characteristic. Men
with the open hand, who are not too
lnilatuv ahout the) teal character
and antecedents of people whom they
are asked, to relieve, are often very
popular, and, .when they disappear.
linger long in the memories of the
benefited for their practical virtues. It
was Charles Smith's fate to be early
taken away. The student devout be
liever, thorough philanthropist, was
called early to his grave, and it has
been our good fortune to see In one of
the old records published at the dawn
of the century a testimony to his worth,
written in the most earnest manner. He
was succeeded by his brother. He
(Henry) married a daughter of Sir
George Leeds, and a daughter of this
marriage married Mr. George Byng
Morris, son of Sir John Morris, of Sket
ty Park. In the case of the founder of
the Smith family we have a forcible
illustration of the fact that more for
tunes have been sunk in the early in
dustries of Wales than have been won,
few colossal fortunes have unquestion
ably been made. The Guests, for in
stance, the Crawshays; but the last of
the Hills, of Plymouth, died a com
paratively poor man; the first of the
Scales at Aberdare sunk a large for
tune, and from the outskirts of Cardiff
up to Swansea great sums have been
lost, with only ruined walls, tall chim
ney stacks, or discarded sinking left
as mementoes. In the case of the
Smith's nearly the whole of the for
tune acquired by the grandfather of
Charles Smith iwas sunk In the dep
pits and costly machinery of that time,
but the property proved of some value
to the descendants. In this case the
pioneer was like the planter of tho
oaks, under which descendants flour
ished, while he never lived to linger
under their shade. Smith enjoyed the
distinction of being In great part own
er of the finest colliery of the. West,
and that was his reward. His heirs ob
tained and realized the benefits.
While Townsend was busily engaged
In sowing the seeds of future success,
and the Smith and Morrises were com
ing Into note, there came another
worker into the valley, who was des
tined to hand down, by himself and des
cendants, greater fruits, then had pre
viously been acquired. This was Viv
ian, also another man from without,
like the Grenfells, the Dlllwyns, the
Baths, Rlchardsons, Martins, Yeos and
Glasbrooks.
EDUCATION BILL BY MR. GEE.
The "Baner" makes the announce
ment that Mr. Gee has a new element
ary education measure ready, and that
It will soon be published. It Is grati
fying to find, after so many efforts and
failures In that direction, that Mr. Gee
has constructed a scheme "that will be
agreeable to the government and satis
factory to all parties." This revelation
will prove a God send to iMr. Balfour
and Sir John Gorst, and secure for the
author the gratitude of his country.
This Is not the first time Mr. Gee has
posed as a legislator. It is true his
schemes has not been endorsed by the
country, but that Is the country's fault
and its misfortune. Everybody well re
members, says the Weekly Mall,
his disestablishment and disendow
ment bill which principal Owen ex
posed with such skill and effect as to
destroy the Suspensory Bill of the then
government Mr. Gee is also the author
of a "Land BUI, which, unfortunately,
died a natural death. The third page
of the "Baner" has been the medium
for many years for the promulgation of
Mr. Gee's matured Ideas of legislation.
He Is the possessor of a valuable attri
bute, which has proved valuable on
many an occasion. He is so assured of
the wisdom of his plans, that rebuffs
and defeats do not disturb the serenity
of his mind and he pursues them with
the Industry and pertinacity of the ant.
It was said of Lord John Russell that
he was prepared to take the command
of the Channel Fleet, and It may be
said of Mr. Gee that he Is prepared to
undertake the control of the British
Empire. This Is how the new scheme
Is heralded: "Let It be known to the
government, the Tory party, unionists
and the authorities of the Church and
Papacy that we shall not submit to
the act of 1870 any longer, whatever
the consequences may be. If we are
taken before the courts and fined, we
won't pay! If our furniture Is sold, we
shall bear It! If sent to prison, we
shall go there, too! And we shall do It
cheerfully rather than suffer our chil
dren to be poisoned by the doctrines of
the Papacy! No! Not even to the old
terms! much less to tho conditions of
the last measure of the government."
DR. PARRY TESTIMONIAL.
An action was brought at Cardiff
county court recently by the Hon. An
thony Howell, treasurer of the Maesteg
committee of Dr. Parry's National Tes
timonial fund, to recover the sum of
fifty-one dollars, moneys which had
been received by Councillor Edward
Thomas (Cochfardd) as secretary of the
above fund, and which had not been
paid to Mr. Howell, as treasurer. Mr.
Lewis Morgan, who appeared for
the plaintiff, explained that there was
a claim by Mr. Thomas In respect of
out-of-pocket expenses In connection
with the consert of Maesteg and other
matters in relation to the fund and Mr.
Thomas refused to pay over this sum
until his claim had been admitted and
satisfied. As Mr. Thomas refused to
pay over this money until his claim had
been admitted nnd satisfied, and as he
had not filed his claim, the judge bad
no alternative but to give Judgement
for the full amount claimed, and leave
Mr. Thomas to his remedy of bringing
an notion In respite of his claim.
NOTES.
A professor In one of the Welsh unlver.
si ties, speaking to his class quits recent
ly, asked of the students, "What comes af
ter death?" No reply. The question was
repeated, "What comes after death?" and
Just there entered a local upndertaker.
Class and professor were convulsed with
laughter.
The most successful men in the long
run are those who were failures in their
younger days. In proof of this we may re
fer to the case of the Rev. V. M. Jenkins,
of Liverpool, president of the Welsh Con
gregational union. When Mr. Jenkins Jo
llvered his first sermon he was deliberate
ly advised by a lord deacon to "put his
Addle on the roof."
There Is a large and flourishing, but
unregistered, matrimonial agency at
Llandrindod. The latest score is that a
well-known Welshman, who, after a
week's stay at this popular place, has been
able to announce his engagement to a
third wife, the lady having one bet
ter, being able to boast of having burled
three husbands. And yet wlJows will go
to Llandrindod.
The claim. of Brecon to be the birth
place of Mrs.' Slddons has given the South
a pre-eminence In the annals of great
tragedians which North Wales envies and
wishes to emulate. It may, perhaps, be
of sesvlce to our neighbors to mention that
a famous actress In her day, Mrs. Jordan,
whose lineaments have been handed down
by some of the famous painters of tht
time, was born st Mas, In the parish of
Nantglyn, Denbigh.
Few people are aware that about five or
six miles from Bullth there is a place
with regal associations. This is Llysdl
nam, In the parish Of IJanavan Vawr.
The hamlet was formerly XMnain Palace,
and anciently the residence of several of
the retail, descendants of Brychau Bryeh.
elaleg. A piaoa I still pointed out called
r '
Pen Llys, or the palace summit. The ele
gant villa of the well-known "Venables
family Is upposed to mark the spot of the
old princely ruler.
Bournemouth has an evident partlaflty
for Welsh divines. The Rev. J. Osslsn
Davies, who has been stationed In the
fashionable Dorsetshire seaside resort for
some years, will be Joined In the month of
October by another popular Congregation
al preacher and lecturer, the Rev. Thomas
Evans, of Victoria Park church, London,
and formerly of Hope chapel, Merthyr, he
having Just accepted a cull to the vacant
pastprate ot oue of the Congregational
churches there.
Tho Baptists and Methodists have bson
saying some unkind things recently of Dr.
Thomas Kees, of Swansea, the historian
ot Welsh Nonconformity, but so far as
we know, none of them have ever churged
htm with cannibalism. Yet it appears to
be a fact that he developed strong canni
balistic propensities, on at least one occas
ion when he had a Baptist minister fried
ana serve,! hot for dir.ner a circumstance
which may, perhaps, explain the recent
Baptist rttaek upon him. The fact, so
far as they hnve eome to llBht, are these:
Dr. ltees, who was a peculiarity absent
minded man, wnB one day engrossed in
preparing his Sunday's sermon, when
there entered to him his wife. "Thomas,"
said she, "What will you have for dinner
today?" The historian drew his long
Broseley pipe from his mouth, and calm
ly replied, "Fry that Baptist minister for
me!" No whit astonished, his wife calm
ly asked, "Which Baptist minister do
you want?" "That man at Cwmbwrla!"
was the reply. "Oh, you mean Haddock?"
she asked. "Yes; that's his 'name. I
should like him fried!:' and he had him.
In the vocal scores of oratorios, operas,
etc.. it is customary for the comnoser to
Jot down in the pianoforte accompaniment '
the words "flutes," "oboes," "wood," !
"strings," "brass," and so forth at the j
points where those Instruments come in i
according to the orchestra score. So !
much by way of preface. The other ;
morning Mr. Lesley Powell, Dowlals, was !
caught laughing, and he explained that ;
he had got more fun out of the vocal score
of a recently published Welsh oratorio
than out of all tha comic papers ho had
ever seen. Then he opened the book at
the close of a chorus representing a
burning building, and after the sopranos
had shrieked out their horror in upper B
at tha words "naming'' there was in the
accompaniment the two little words "add
wood." "Why not add paraltln as well?"
asked Mr. Powell. Then he turned to an
other part of the book, and showed a
olo In which the soprano appeals for more
air. At the close of the solo the words
"add wind" appeared in the accompani
ment. If there is any reference in the ora
torio to the Cardiff corporation the com )
poser has probably written "add gas."
Welsh antiquary Sir S. Meyrlck, will be
reminded of the sweeping way in which
he treated the merits of Twm Shon
Catl. Twm has enjoyed a reputation in
Cardiganshire and Breconshlre second
only to that of Robin Hood, of Sherwood
Forest. "He was," states Meyrlck, "a
natural son of John Wynne, of Qwydyr,
In early life a notorious free booter, after
wards esteemed as an eminent antiquarian
and poet, but is more known for the tricks
attributed to him as a robber.
Wadsworth Whlttler, a Boston newspa
per man, and relative of the poet, has
written a uuoan comic opera, under the
rather striking title of "A Cuban Carmen.
or the Duke of Fcveragua," which may
have a New York production shortly after
election.
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For a Year a Woman Seeks Relief
Without Success, but It Filially
Comes at Last,
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Another Case of Nerve Exhaustion Cited, Which was
Cured in a Similar Way by a
Nerve Food.
Prom tht OouHer-ITtralA, Sdffinaw, MUh.
That ws know not what s day may bring
forth is an old adage and a true one. To-day
our skies are bright and sunny; we have
health, strength and activity. We reckon
confidently on the future and lay our plans
accordingly, but when that to-morrow comes
we may be stricken suddenly down by the
hand of disease, and lie on a bed of suffering
and sorrow.
Every day we see illustrations of this fact
among the friends in our own circle. To-day
they are well and strong and are pursuing
their daily labors; to-morrow the afflicting
hand of disease or death has brought them
down to helpless illness or the grave. Among
the many ills that afflict humanity, and one
that bathes the highest medical skill of the
Iircaent day, none is more feared and none
eaves the viotira more helpless or hopeless
of ultimate relief than that known as paralysis.
Sometimes it creeps gradually over the
victim, perceptibly closing its ever tighten
ing coils from day to day and again it comes
like a lightniug flash, and the once strong
man or woman is more helpless than a child.
Such was the case with Mrs. Kutli Wolcott.
the wife of Kev. II. B. Woloott, an esteemed
minister of the gospel, living on their hand
some farm a few miles from the thriving
little town of Blancnard, Isabella County.
Michigan.
While attending to her daily duties the
hand of that dread disease, paralysis, was
laid heavily upon her, and when she was
alone at her fireside.
In conversation with a Courier-Herald
representative, who had heard ot her severe
ease and cure, she spoke as follows: "The
stroke came on one day shortly after dinner.
The men had just gone out on tha farm to
work iu the fields, and I was ironing. All
at ones I felt a flaah over my brain like an
electrio shock and something that seemed
like a bead of perspiration seemed to run
down my left lower ltab into my shoe. I sat
down for a moment and then, feeling better,
resumed my ironing. Again, in a few min
utes, there came another dash over my head,
and airain there was the peculiar sensation
of something running down my side. Then
I knew that something serious was about to
happen and I made hasto to reach a bed,
where I fell, under the influence of paralysis.
After I had laid there for a few minutea my
husband came in and, not seeing ma where
I had been working, bs looked for me and
found me lying helpless.
" My speech was not affected, and I told
mm what was the matter. A doctor was at
once sent for to the village of Blanchard, a
few miles away, and he came out to tne
farm in about three hours, but he could not
afford me any relief. This was three years
airo in April, 182 that I suffered from
this stroke of paralysis. It afiected my left
side and rendered me helpless. For a year
following this I had skilled medical attend
snce, using among other things an electrio
battery, hut it all did me no good.
" At this time I read in a paper about Dr.
Williams' fink Pills, and they were also
recommended to me by some of my friends,
who had heard of the many cures that they
had effected in eases like mine. After I had
been taking them for about two weeks I be
gan to feel better and have continued to
steadily improve. The paralysis was so bad
that I could not walk around the bouse, but
had to be lifted about. My left arm waa also
entirely helpless. I am now able to walk
around and get out to call on my friends and
neighbors, and am so well that I can get
around very well. I used twenty boxes ot
Pink Pills.'1
As Mrs. Wolcott concluded the recital of
ner trouble the representative of The Gnriar
THIRD NATIONAL BANK
OF SCRANTON.
Capital,
Surplus, -Undivided
Profits,
Special attention given to Business and Personal
Accounts.
3 Interest Paid on Interest Deposits.
IRON AND STEEL
Bolts, Nuts, Bolt Ends, Turnbticlcles, Washers, Rit
ets, Horse Nails, Files, Taps, Dies, Tools and Sup
plies. Sail Duck for mine use in stock.
SOFT STEEL HORSE SHOES
and a full stock of Wagon Makers' Supplies, Whetla,
Hubs, Rims, Spokes, Shafts, Poles, Bows, etc
TOMB
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SCRANTON. PA.
MANSFIELD 5TATB NORflAL SCHOOL.
Intellectual and practical training for
teachers. Three courses of etudv besldea
preparatory. Special attention given to
preparation lor college. Htuuenta ad
mitted to best colleges on certificate.
Thirty graduates pursuing further studies
last year. Oreat advantages for special
studies In art and music. Model school of
three hundred pupils. Corps of sixteen
teachers. Beautiful grounds. Magn'.llcant
buildings. I .arse grounds for athletics.
Elevator and InArmarv with .itrit.nl
nursa. Fins gymnasium. Everything
lurniaoea ni an average COST to normal
Btudents of flit a year. Fall term, Aug.
Winter term, rHc i Spring term,
March IS. Students admitted to classes at
an tlrns. For catalogue, oentainlaf fan
taremaUoa, apply t ,
S. B. ALBRO, Principal,
, M nstUld. Pa.
Htrald eonld readily believe tht many rSa
ports of wonderful cures effected by tha
wonderful and popular remedial agent- Al
though Mrs. Woloott is sixty-two years of
age, and has suffered an affliction that might;
readily prostrate a younger person, shs
looked well end hearty, and gave evidenos
of strength and activity unusual for her age.
Inquiry at the two drug stores in the viV
Inire near by brought forth the information
that the case of Mrs, Wolcott was well known
throughout that section, and was considered
a remarkable cure. Both druggists reported
that there was a steady demand for Dr. Will
liauis' Pink Pills for Pals People.
Front IA Republican, Harbor Bpringt, MeK
One of the leading citizens of Northern
Michigan Is Mr. George W. Childs, who has
made himself famous as a successful hotel
manager at the popular summer resort, Bay
View. When Mr. Childs first arrived at
Bay View, soma years ago, tbs resort busi
ness of Northern Michigan was still In its
infancy. With the little money be had hs
purchased the Bay View House, but running
a hotel in this part of the country at thai
time was rather up-hill business, and ha had
to work night sua day to make both ends
meet
" When I cams to Bay View I was a
strong, robust man, but clow confinement to
my duties as manager of the hotel and
the amount of hard labor I was compelled ts)
do. soon told on me and I was taken to my bed,'
"I immediately began doctoring but tha
physicians consulted did me no good, and I
paid out many bard-earned dollars in doctor
bills.
"My nervous system was completely
played out, I suffered severe pains in tbs
head and had no appetite. Finally I told
my wife that I had determined to sell out
and leave the country, thinking that a .
change of climate might be beneficial. But
la tne midst of my sufferings, liks the sun
shine that breaks through a dark cloud, a
messenger came from heaven, so to speak.
While I waa perusing my morning paper I
chanced to glance at an article speaking of
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills tor Pale People.
I saw that they were said to cure exactly
what seemed to ail ma shattered nerves
and sick headaches.
" I told my wife about my discovery bnt
shs said it would only be another useless ex
penditure. I, however, thought 'nothinr
ventured, nothing gained,' and determined
to havs a box. as they cost only 60 cents.
By the time I bad taken half tha box I felt
much relieved, and then I knew that I bad
struck a remedy much better than a physio
lan and certainly a good deal cheaper.
"After I had used the whole box It was
able to leave my bed. I persevered in tak
ing them and when the fourth box was gone
I was as you see me now a perfectly well
man. To Dr. Williams' Pink Pills I owe
my life and I wish I could sing their praises
throughout the land that all might know the
life-giving power of these little pellets. Cer,
tainly suffering humanity has had no bettes
friend than Dr. Williams' Pink Pills."
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain, in a com
densed form, all the elements necessary to give
new life and richness to the blood and restore
shattered nerves. They are an unfailing spe
cific for such diseases as locomotor ataxia, part
tial paralysis, St. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neu
ralgia, rheumatism, nervous headachfusthe
after effect of la (tnppe, palpitation of the
heart, pale and sallow complexions, all forms
of weakness either in male or female. Pink
Pills are sold by all dealers, or will be sent
post paid on receipt of price, 60 cents a box,
or six boxes for 2Ji0 (they are never sold in
bulk or by the 100), by addressing Dr. Wll.
Jiamt' MedJclns Company, Schenectady, N. V.
$200,000
300,000
64,000
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL
n
NEW GTMNASIDM.
EAST STROUDSBURQ. PA.
1 Famous School la t Famous Location
A Mono tbs mountains of the
noted reeort, the Delaware Water Gap.
A aehoat of three to four hundred pupllawlta
no, over-crowding elaaaaa, bat where teachers
can become acquainted witk their pupils and
help them Individually iu their work.
Modern Improvements, A line new gymas
stam. tn chart of expert tralasr. We teaoli
Bewing, Dreeemaalnn, Clay Modellna Frew
head sad Mechanical Drawing witheut extra
oners.
Writs to as at sac for ear catalogue and
other Informatkm. Toa gala mare In a small
ssheet Uaa la the orerero wdedeeboobk
AMtass
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