THE SCKAXTON TBIBUNE SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 19, 189G.,
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SIR LEWIS MORRIS
A'l FARDDONIAETH
They Suggest the Perfect Art of tbe
the Great Teotuson.
EXQUISITELY.W'ROUQHT HARMONIES
They Come Over tho Spirit with tho
Freshness of a Spring Morning
When the Daises Star tho Sod aud
all tho Birds are Awukc--Xotes of
of Great Interest.
We lire pent.
Who sing today, by all the garnered
wealth
Of ages of pnst song. We have no more
The world to choose from, who, where'er
we turn,
TrAJ through old thoughts and fair. Tot
mtiFt we sins
We have no choice; and If more hard to
toll
In noon, when all Is clear, than In the fresh
Wh.te mists of eurly morn, yet do we And
Achievements its own guerdon.
Lewis Morris.
The -difficulties of a modern poet are
well expressed In these linea from his
pen whom In this sketch we seek to
honor. In a sense the poet of our day
mny be forgiven the Impression that
It Is a vain thing to attempt anything
new in the world of song. There ore
times when the mind Is oppressed with
a painful consciousness of the limits
within which thought is bound. 'When
It seems as If thinking and even Im
agination were doomed eternally to
move In a circle. Wheh with some
thing of the bitterness of Solomon, the
heart, wearied of the dull, erey aspect
of everything around, 1ms cried out:
"There Is nothing new under the sun."
In such a mood the poet feels as though
the harvest had been reHped by other
sickles and he were only doomed to be
a gleaner picking up a few scanty ears.
Hut this is a mood which tho poc-t
should resist with all his power, for
the world Is as young today ns ever,
and Is rich In suggestlveness if we
have but souls to respond. Tho dews
sparkle as freshly on the budding
quicks as they did in Kden. The lark's
soprano, the thrush's warble, and
"blackbird's boxwood flute" Bound as
sweet today as they did when Shakes
peare heard them. Age has not sullied
tho stars or dimmed the pensive mooil.
The tales and sighs of happy lovers
have not ceased, and the myrteries cf
life and death still front u for solu
tion. Homer and Shakespeare and
Wordsworth had said everything. Hut
this Is not so. Far truer is the mood of
Mr. Morris In another place, He sings:
For whllo a youth Is lost la soaring
thought,
And whllo a maid grows sweet and beau
tiful, And whllo a springtide coming- lights the
earth,
AnJ while a child, and whllo a flower Is
born.
And while one wrong cries for redress and
Hilda
A soul to answer, still the world Is young.
Yes. tho world Is silll young1 and It
unveils Its Inner loveliness to tho mind
illumined with that "light -which wns
never on tho sea or shore, tho consecra
tion and the poet's dream." It is with
out question that such a light has been
shed upon It by Sir Lewis Morris, and
for thU reason we are glad to call
the attention of our readers to one of
the purest and most gifted of living
poets.
PARENTAGE AND CAREER,
Wales Is a land of beauty, nnd we are
not, therefore, surprised that it is a
land of song. He who wanders on the
banks of the "Wizard De-e," stands
amid the spray of the Swallow Fall3,
or looks up to the glittering precipices of
Cader Idrls, cannot wonder that stall
visions have stirred men Into song;
and Sir Lewis Morris Is a Welshman.
He was born at Carmarthen In Jan
vary, 1833, and la the grandson of the
well-known Welsh antiquary and poet,
Lewis Morris, of Penbryn, Cardigan
shire. He thus owes Fortieth Ing to the
important law of heredity bo powerfully
. ntoeutuatcd by modern science. His
father was the inte L. E. Williams
Morris, of Carmarthen, ami his mother
was the daughter of the late John
Hughes of that ancient borough. The
subject of our sketch received ills early
education at Oowbridge and Sherborne
school, after which he went to Jesus
College, Oxford. He-re he frail tinted ns
first class in classics and Chancellor's
Prizeman, and took In 1S55 his M. A.
degree. In 18GI he was called to the
I!ar at Lincoln Inn, where lie prac
ticed chlelly as a conveyancing- counsel
until 1S80. Meanwhile he had been
elected an Honorary Fellow of Jesus
College and a Knight of the Order of
the Savior (Greece.) In 1880 he wns
appointed on the Department Commit
tee, charged by the government to In
quire Into the subject of Higher Edu
cation In Wale, and In the same year
was made a Justice of tho peace of Car
marthenshire In which county he now
resides at Penbryn House.In 1S86 ho was
Gladstonlan candidate for Tembroke
and Haverfordwest, He speedily, how
ever, retired from the strife of politics
to fulfil his higher destiny as a poet.
"SONGS OF TWO WOKLDS."
It whs In the year 1872 tliut our au
thor first ventured to publish, when ho
issued a modest volume w ith the above
title. The authorship of the volume
was veiled under the nom de plume of
"A New Writer." Of this volume the
Spectator wrote: "If this Is the mere
prelude of a mind growing In power,
we have in him the promise of a fine
poet." Other critical judgments were
equally favorable, and two years after
a second series appeared, which was
received with still more hearty ap
proval Blackwood's Magazine declar
ing that "the v"es are full of melo
dious charm oi , sing themselves al
most without mx '.c." In 1875 appeared
a third series, w..lch elicited from the
Times the declaration that the author
had nojla definite position among con
temporary poets. These volumes have
since been collected Into one, which has
passed through nearly twenty editions,
and Is published by Osgood, Mcllvaine
& Co.
' We are not surprised at the world's
favorable Judgment of these verses,
since In their felicitous phrasing, their
exquisitely-wrought harmonies, and
their purity and delicacy of feeling, they
suggest the perfect art of Tennyson,
and come over the spirit with the
freshness of a spring morning when
daisies star the sod and all the birds
are awake. In proof of this assertion
take the following lines from the poem
entitled v
ODE ON A FAIR SPRING MORNING.
Come, friend, let us forget
The turmoil of the world a little while,
For now the soft skies smile.
The fields with flowers are set.
Let us away awhile
With fierce unrest and carkinf thoughts
of care.
And breathe a little while the jocund air,
Aa4 stag the Jeyous neaeurea suns;
By those free singers, when the world was
young.
t
For still the world is youug, for still the
spring
Rcuews Itself, and still the lengthening
hours
Bring back the month of flowers.
SONGS OF THE CITY.
But the songs of this volume are the
songs of two worlds. Hence not only of
the world of Nature ddes our poet sing,
but also of the world of Man, who
Is greater than Nat'tre, as the tenant Is
greater than the bouse In which he
dwells. It is Impossible to study his
verse without discerning his deep sym
pathy with humanity, alike In Us more
piteous aspects as they confront us In
our great cities, or In the anxious ques
tioning which burdens the mind of the
thinker in his outlook on the myster
ies of life.
The spectacle of human misery and
human fall la ever trtth him. "The still
sad music ofs humanity" haunts
him with Its pathetic and sorrowful
refrain. Soiled human doves as they
flit by him bring pain upon their
wings. Weedo of the city on which
God's tender dews scarce seem to fall
sudden his steps. Lives which from
their poisoned fountains flow polluted
to the sea oppress him with their hope
lessness. Indeed, we are Inclined to
think 'that it is in this deep moral sym
pathy, this feeling of brotherhood, this
tender outlook on the Buffering world,
that his truest claim to greatness
rests. In his poem entitled "St. Christo
pher' he tells us. behind the veil of
his hero, how he "moved amid the miry
ways of this sad world" for ever bur
dened with
The great pnln
Which everywhere cries heavenward ev
cry day
With unregarded sufferage; the foul
wrongs
Which are done on earth for ever; the
dink sins
Sinned nnd yet unrequited: the great sum
And mystery of Evil, worked on him
Not to allure, not to repel, but only
With that strange spell of power whist)
knows to tuke
Tho strong soul captlvo.
In anothr r poem of great beauty called
"The Food for Song" he asks to what
subject he shall strike his lyre. Shall
he Ring of Nature with her blue dome
flocked wi'ih pearly cloudlets? Shnll
he sing of knightly tournaments and the
awful Joys of battle? Shall he attune
his voice to the low thunder of
Thought's unfathomed sea?
Nay
ltather amid the throng
of tolling men
Ho finds the food and sustenance of sons,
Spread by hidden hands, again, and yet
nfcain.
Where'er he goes, by crowded city street.
He fares thro' springing fancies sad and
sweet
Some Innocent baby smile;
A close-wound waist;
Fathers and children; things of shame and
guile;
Dim eyes, and lips at parting kissed In
haste;
The halt, the blind, the prosperous thing
of HI
The thief, the wanton, touch and vex him
still.
"EPIC OF HADES."
It was In the year 1S76 that Sir Lewis
Morris published the first Instalment f
the poem which constitutes his truest
title to enduring fame. In the classic
legends of Greece he found a sphere
specially suited for the exercise of that
exquisitet delicacy of touch, and that
pictorial grace which had already re
vealed Itself in his best work. In the
"Epic of Hades" he has made those
"fair nnd gracious fantasies" of Greek
mythology tho theme of his verso.
Marsyaa and Andromeda. Helen and
Eurydlc, Adonis nnd Medusa, Psyche
and Eudymlon, with others In their
train, come forth to enchant us with
the strange witchery which for two
thousnnd years has led captive the
hearts of men. The poet represents
himself as Hades In a dream; and
passing from place to place in that
realm of shudes, ho sees the forms of
those whose names are enshrined In
the mythology of ancient Greece, and
from their lips he hears their story.
That is a fine touch in which he pic
tures the souls in Hades as "dim and
pale as the young faith which made
them." Ills dream is all the way
through half mixed with waking
thoughts, and, as a consequence of this,
lessons are drawn from these fantasies
of the ancient time full of suggestive
ness for the modern day, and of
thoughtful application to the common
experience of life. The poet scorns the
thought that these stories of the dim
past have no present significance. On
the contrary, ho holds that Greek
mythology abounds with truths which
am unfading and eternal, and which
will ever find an echo In the deep heart
of man.
How should any hold
Those precious scriptures only old-world
tales
Of strange Impossible torments and false
gods;
Of men and monsters In some brainless
dream,
Cohorent, yet unmeaning, linked together
By some false skein of song?
Nay! evermore.
All things and thoughts, both new and
old, are writ
Upon the unchanging human heart and
soul.
The wenry woman
Punk deep In easo and sated with her life.
Much loved nnd yet unloving, pines today
As Helen; still the poet strives nnd sings,
And hears Apollo's music and grows
dumb.
And suffers, yet Is happy; still the young
Fond dreamer seeks bis high ideal love,
And finds her name is Death; still doth
the fair
And Innocent life, bound naked to the
rock.
Redeem the race; still the gay tempter
goes
And leaves his victim, stone; still doth
pain bind
Men's souls In closer links of lovlngness.
Than Death Itself can sever; still the sight
Of too great beauty blinds us, and we lose
lhe sense of earthly splendours, gaining
Heaven.
It Is after this fnshlon that these an
cient fables are spiritualized, while
from the first line to the last a high
and delicate purity dominates each
conception. Our author's treatment of
these fascinating themes Is a remark
able Illustration of the law that we see
what we are framed to see, and what
we take with us the wish to see; and,
while some writers have sensuallaed
these legends, he has spiritualized them.
The Beatrice of Dante did not move
through the regions of departed spir
its more purely than he docs or survey
the loves and sorrows of those dim
shades with a more tender sympathy.
This Is another note of excellency In
Sir Lewis Morris. He does not tamper
with the moral law, or trifle with moral
distinctions. These things are not with
him mere matters of opinion, to be
shaped by him In caprice, but eternal
and unalterable realities receiving their
solemn functions from the eternal
mind. As Sophocles expressed It at an
earlier time, "there Is a God within
them who groweth not old."
It was a fortunate circumstance for
Sir Lewis Morris that the "Epic of
Hades" fell Into the hands of John
Bright, the people's tribune, and that
he referred to It In one of his speeches
as "another gem added to the wealth of
poetry in our language," It would be
a happy thing for us as a nation If our
public men would more frequently al
lude to such examples of pure and .en
nobling literature as Impress them In
the course of their reading. Many a
beautiful and helpful poem which might
have stood In lriteilectual heavens as a
moon, full-orbed, to silver the sterner
aspects of human feeling, has rolltfd
up slowly Into vision, or even waned
and died without adequate recognition,
because attention has never been called
to its merits by those who commanded
the public enr. Amid to much of ex
ceeding loveliness, clear In outline,
chaste in color, and suffused by the
glow of, a rich and vivid Imagination
wisely curbed by the fine restraint of
an ulmost perfect art, It is difficult to
furnish extracts which will convey a
just Idea of the writer's power.
NOTES.
The Pont-y-Prldd Temperance choir are
likely to compete at the Cardiff exhibition
eisteddfod.
. The magnificent banner presented to tho
Gorsedd by Sir Arthur Stepney, formerly
member for the Carmarthen buroughs. Is
now on view at tbe Athenaeum, Llanelly.
Few towns in Wales, barring Cardiff,
have made such rapid strides onward as
l'ont-y-Prlrld during the last twenty years.
As a proof of this It need only be men
tioned that while the population In 1875
was only 7.M0, it Is today 3ti,0U0.
Mr. Christopher Bishop, who had charge
of tho train which conveyed Li Hung
Chang from Euston northward on
Wednesday Is the son of Mr. Joseph Bish
op, of Abergavenny, tho well-known dis
trict passenger intent of the London and
Northwestern railroad.
Hbbw Vale boasts possession of the
laritest east steel wheel ever made. It is
twelve feet six and three-eighths Inches
In diameter, nine Inches pitch, thirty-two
Inches wide, and weights eighteen and
one-half tons, and hns just been made for
the Kbbw Vnlo Iron nnd Steel company
by Messrs. Thomas Frith nnd sons (Llin.
lted) of Norfolk works, Sheffield.
Dr. IX B. Thomas, of Toronto, Canada,
whoso recent visit to Wales was made ro
much of by his numerous Baptist friends,
hns one of the Inrgest and wealthiest
churches In the Dominion of Canada. His
chief characteristics ns a preacher are
a free nnd lluent style and a strong Welsh
accent.
The Llanelly Guardian rcforrlng to tho
fact that Sister Gwendoline, who nursed
Sir .Iphn MHInls In his fatal Illness, Is the
daughter of Mr. Joshua Griffiths, a native
of Llanelly, states that Sister Victoria,
who, It will be remembered, acted as nurse
to the lute Duke of Clarence Is also closely
associated with Llanelly.
It is a happy coincidence that the Rev.
T. K. Edwards, Cwniafon, wns elected
moderator for tho year of the South
Wales and Monmouthshire Cnlvlnlstlc
Methodist association. At the quarterly
meeting at Pemiet church, Ebbw Yale
tha place at which be hold his first pas
toratehe received double the number of
votes recorded for the two gentlemen who
were also In the running.
A Llanelly contemporary declares that
the Rev, Thomus Johns, the popular pas
tor of Capel Als which by reason of its
pnst associations Is one of the best known
churches In Wales believes In variety.
He spent tho first part of his holidays
In Scotland, then at Llandrlndod, and Is
now In Paris, whore it Is said he startled
some of the natives with a number of his
englymon.
The "Tyst" points out that in his article
on tho Rev. Griffith John, the veteran
Walter Daniel, of Harry Dock. p mistaken
in referring to the Rev. Elijah Jacob, tho
minister of Ebenezer, Swansea, who pre
pared the youthful student for college, at
having passed to the majority. Mr. Jacob,
w ho was ordained in 1813, is at present re
siding in Strund, but is without tho
charge of a church, having resigned the
pastorate of Ebley church, Glouchtster
shire, eoine ten years ago.
A Rhonddn navvy under the Influence of
drink entered the ring formed by the Sal
vation Army on Saturday evening In tho
upper part of the valley and Inquired of
the "Captain" If he was too much o" a
sinner to be saved. "Xo, my dear fellow,"
replied tho officer, "fur In Christ there's
salvation for all." "Yes, but I'm an
Irishman," rejoined the mnn in moleskin.
"It doesn't matter whether you nre an
Irishman, or Welshman, or Englishman;
In Christ there's salvation for all." "Three
cheers for the 'captain!' " exclaimed 1'nt;
and one of tho soldiers shouted fortfl,
"Let's pray for the navvy.' '
The poularity of the eisteddfod, which
hns for generations been so marked In
Glamorgan and Carmarthenshire, In tho
South, Is rapidly extending to the western
counties. The New Castle Emlyn and St.
David's eisteddfodau must be written ns
two of the most successful gatherings cf
the year, nnd already eyes nro directed
to those parts for promising talent. Tho
triumph of isullh at Llandudno should
bring about a similar revival In the county
which Is mournfully associated with tho
death of Prince Llewelyn.
Welsh ministers somehow do not stay
long In Loudon. Osslun ft after a rive
years' pastorate, Kynon stayed about sev
en years between two pastorates, Justin
Evuns remained about nine years, Cynon
Lewis left after three years. Dr. Hevan
hardly stnyed a fifth year In any church;
Thomas Evans was pastor of Victoria
Park for eleven years; Elwyn Thomas has
a ten years' experience of Tolmers-square;
Pedr Williams, J. M. Gibbon. Hey Mor
gan, Evan Thomas, David Thonin3 and
olhers are all men of comparatively short
experiences us pastors of one church.
The Vicar of rnnt-y-TYidd preached at
the opening of a new church at Llanwrtyd
recently. When coming down the pulpit
stairs his foot caught In tho carpet. He
fell and dislocated his shoulder. A locnl
surgeon was not within call. Dr. Enoch
Davles, being at Llanwrtyd. was sent for.
The well-known anti-tlthi-r soon put the
Joint right and gave Immediate relief to
the pastor. The visitors were highly
pleased, and one of the sights of Llan
wrtyd for the next few days was that of
the Llberstlnnlst leader and the clergy
mnn walking, arm linked in arm, about
the park. Some would have It thnt it was
the case of the Hon nnd the lamb, nnd thnt
they could not distinguish which fcis
which.
A South Wales man who has ventured
Into the Transvaal recently thus writes
home: "A nice ride it was from Cape
Town to Johannesburg. No cushions on
the peats; six In a compartment; very hot
In tho day and bitter cold at night. It
took us sixty hours. I om working fifteen
miles from Johannesburg, for nothing, as
I nm learning the rock drill, and have al
most mastered It. By the time you git
this, I hope to be earning cl a day, which
is the pny of a rock driller. Everything
Is very dear: f.G a month for food alone.
The company finds us rooms, but you must
find your own bed and everything you
need, f!o your own washing, etc. There
is no fireplace In tho room, nnd it Is very
cold at-nlght almost bites your nose off
when you get up in the morning. I find it
very different from home. 'Every mnn for
himself Is the motto. At meal times, if
you are not there In time, you get none.
We have three meals a day; breakfast at
7. dinner at 12. tea nt fl; and then the men
all clear off to bed, as there Is nowhere
else to go. only thp public, where they
charge Is for every drink you get."
WHAT ROBERT . MORRIS SAID.
Tt (Unsound currency) has caused In
finite private mischief, numberless frauds
and the greatest distress. There Is great
Impropriety, not to say Injustice, In com
pelling a man to receive a part of his rtnbt
In discharge of the whole. Arguments are
unnecessary to show that the scula by
which everything is to bo measured ought
to be llxert at the nature of things per-sffwfft-
Exacts from a Chicago Alderman's
Sermon on " Practical Politics,"
Whnt wonder that our land is full of
discontent? Where are the poor and the
unfortunate of this city before the law?
Their highest court is the Justice-shop,
tho creature of dirty politics; i ho othciuis
they meet are of the wort I. They luar
Homing but tha blackest side of govern
ment und are usuully its saddest victims.
They know that they suffer; they know
thai they are wronged. They listen to
the vuleo of tho demagogue, who has
learned the story of their sorrjw, and ac
cept the (piuck remedy which he holds
out to them. And the farmer, t lie man
we sometimes call a repuliutlonlst In
whnt school has he been educated? A
railroad has recently been built without
itoveiinneni aid uion honest capitalisa
tion from San Francisco to Fresno, up '.he
San Joaquin Valley. Desplle tho eco
nomic waste of parallel railways. It can
make 6 per cent, by charging just half
what the Southern Pacltlo railway has
churned and the farmers have paid all
then years, liuving contributed by tax
ation his share of government expense
and having paid in addition extortionate
rates to a merciless monopoly, can one
wonder that he now asks who is In pos
session of the fruits of his toll or that
favors a sort of retultutlon, unable to see
that tile form taken by retaliation Would
bo worse for lilia iu the end than the In
jury he seeks to remedy? Too many V.in-tlei-bllts
have dimmed the public, too muuy
rich men have been kept out of jail by ex
pensive lawyers. There have been too
many Northern Paclllc railways and loo
many Union loops. Were there nothing
but unreasoning anarchy behind the dem
onstration of class hostility. It would be
founded upon the whirlwind nnd blow
away, for the game of politics Is nothing
but a bluff uud a bubble, I'pon the very
real danger of an alien, Irreconcilable
populutton Dennis Kearney founded the
ssnd lot pnrly; upon the abuses of rail
ways the l'opullsts have their footing.
Our governor, the inconsistent and contra
dictory, tlnds in tho real evils thnt beset
the poor throughout the oppression of tho
well to do, whether directly or through
the oll'eeis of tho law a fertilo Held in
which to sow the seeds of anarchy.
The worst politician In the midst of his
self-seeking does more for the commun
ity than tho citizen who Is too line to take
up the dirty business of praetleul polities.
1 have seen In my short public llfo the
must shameless corruption that can be
conceived. I have heard It made a jest
by men who should wear prison stripes
for selling their constituents. I have
heard It lightly discussed by men of capi
tal who should adorn the stocks ami
whipping post If the prison Is Rood enough
for tho commodity they have purchased.
H Is nrgued that the vote that
controls our local politics conies from the
suloon, that It Is drunken, sodden and
ignorant. What an admission! Do tha
drunken, the sodden, the Ignorant manage
tho private business of this community?
1'ubllo control must come from some
source. It might come from the count.
Iim-roum ami the pulpit. The neglect of
the Intelligent and honest is tho oppor
tunity of the demagogue.
Pulpit and reform platforms ring with
vituperation of the saloon and the saloon
power In politics. Is selfishness the pecu
liar property of the saloon? The saloon
may be the poor man's club It may be the
poor man's gambling-house; it may be a
leading cause of his poverty und the suf
fering of his family. Were I an omnipo
tent being, I would wipe out alcohol from
the list of human commodities until men
were fit to use it without encompassing
their ruin, but If you want to find tho
place where politics Is not neglected be.
tween (lections, go to tho saloon. You
will ilnd, perhaps to your surprise, that
the talk is largely of measures for the
general good, and you would feel thut to
day the saloon is more nearly the forum
of our local government than the church
or the club. Even the average saloon
discussion is better than no interest at all.
When we hear the clamor of the unfor
tunate we are. apt to fall back with com
placency upon the i'iicim of the survival
of the lit test, ignoring the fact that we
In n certain measure' create the standard
of the Illness. Yes, we have been vic
tims nf the doctrine of the survival of the
(litest when we have elected to choose as
A MAMMOTH STEAMER.
The Pennsylvania Will lie the Lurg
est Craft Allont.
Porno time next month tho Hamburg
American Packet Line will launch their
new ocenn steamship Pennsylvania,
which will be the largest freight carry
ing vessel In the world, and with one
exception the largest ever built, says
the New Tor!: Journal. The largest
boats now In transportation service be
tween Amerlcnn and European ports are
those of tho White Star and Hamburg
American Lines. They can carry from
seven to eight thousand tons deud
weight, or. In other words, that much
freight ran bo stored In the holds, ex
clusive of the weight of the crew and
passengers.
The Pennsylvania will nearly double
their capacity. The measurements of
the new boat, which Is being built at
Dclfast, are as follows: Length, CC8
feet; beam, G2; depth, 42.
The displacement will be twenty thou
snnd tons, and the dead weight carry
ing capacity Is estimated at between
thirteen and fourteen thousand tuna,
nearly double that of the present largest
liners In service. The Pennsylvania will
be equipped with quadruple expansion
engines, und the combined horse-power
will bo seven thousand. The length, BCS
feet. Is fully one hundred and fifty feet
greater than the present steamers, and
the depth and beam are increased ac
cordingly. The new craft will be expected to de
velop a speed of from fourteen to fif
teen knots an hour, which Is a very fair
rate, though by no means a record
breaker. The enormous freight-carrying
capacity of the boat may be the bet
ter realized through comparluon with
the freight cars of the railroad trans
pot tntion companies.
The largest of American freight cars
can carry but thirty tons of dead
weight, so that In the huge holds of
the Pennsylvania the contents of forty-six
cars could be stored.
in addition to Us largo freight-carrying
capacity, the craft will carry 223
cabin passengers and 1,500 persons in
the steerage. It will be equipped with
five decks, with plenty of room for
promenades nnd observation seats. The
ofllclals of the company expect to
launch the Pennsylvania from tho
yards in Itclfost .next October, nnd It
will ply between New York and Hum
burg. The Pennsylvania will be the largest
freight-carrying craft In commission,
and with one exception the largest
ever built. The one exception was the
famous Great Eastern, which was built
In 1S.'8 at JIillvall-on-the-Thames. She
was the largest ocean-going craft ever
built, but from a financial standpoint
was a wretched failure. The dimen
sions of the Great Eastern were as
follows: Length, 691 feet; width, S3
feet; depth, 48 feet.
The craft was registered as being of
32,100 tons displacement, with a dead
weight capacity of 18,915 tons. She
had one direct-acting horizontal en
gine for driving the screw, with four
cylinders, each of 84 lnche3 diameter,
and with a four-foot stroke. Tho horse
power wns six thousand, and was de
rived from six boilers and sixty fur
naces. In addition to steam power, tho
Great Eastern carried 6,500 square
yards of sail. She made several trips
across the ocean, but was so unwieldy
and unsafe that she was finally dis
mantled and the hulk sold for old met
al and wreckage.
iMILUINKR.
Mrs. M. fiaxe, 146 If. Main avenue.
UPHOLSTERER AND CARPET LAYER.
C. H. Haslett, 28 Spruce street
the nttest thoso with tho most dollars.
We havo set up a stundard of excellencn
thnt muy be b- KgeJ, borrowed or sioien.
Yes, one ihat may l.e eontrucied, expand.!
or wiped out of existence, und 111 passing
It might b remarked that tho free coin
age idea con hardly be culled u reform hi
the staiidurd, for we have no reason to be
lieve that IhoFj with the mo.-t half dollars
will bo any titter.
The outlook Is dark enough, but It Is the
durkness before tho dawn. Beneath nil
the sins of wealth and the besetting crime
of lunorance there Is still character, thank
God, yes, und sense In the American peo
ple. They Hro awakening to their posi
tion und they will rise, to the emergency.
We must not wait for un impersonal some
thing to do the woik. We have been ne
glectful; we. the greedy; we, the Ignorant.
Hero and now is our oojjoruinlty; our
duty is before us; not here, but wherever
we mny be; not now, but every day. We
niuu work. We must barn, und our na
tion will live. Let us shatter the stupid
dictum of those who. In the weakness of
inanition, despair of popular government.
flepresentatlve government means con
stant watchfulness on the part of tho gov
erned. There Is nollilug vicarious abi
it. If there were ever as cowurdly a ipic- -tlon
asked us the lilsmrle, "la lifuj worth
living?" it Is Its correlative, "Is repre
sentative government a failure?" Repre
sentative government cunnot be a failure.
It is the ultimate truth of men's mutual
relations. It may be overthrown and the
human race stt back for centuries, but as
the cloud tends to the sea, so must men
return agin to self-government. There Is
no other solution.
In ench case the competent, who havo
allowed our country to reach Its present
duiii-cr point, have evaded their responsi
bilities ami considered "practical politics"
s synonymous with r'dlrty business."
There is a large, Impractical forum buil-1-ed
for them somuwhere in the clouds,
where men may kick against reflection
of mundane pricks with no hurt to their
feet, no effoct upon the thorns. The man
who sneers at practical politics Is creat
ing the condition which his dainty exist
ence shuns.
I have tried tn put beforo yen a picture
of the present situation. It could be noth
ing bin a rough sketch, a bare outline.
Tho Inexcusable greed of wealth, tho In
discriminating envy of yovevty. Corrup
tion in oilice, corruption In elections, cor
ruption in nominations. Hmpd nculect on
the part of the competent, bitter Ignorance
of tho Incompetent. The lying appeals of
the demagogue to low Impulse and lower
intelligence. The Insatiable appetite of the
politician.
Whether we look nt the broad field cf
finance, where stock-watering nnd merci
less trickery prevail or tho narrower life,
where the farmer and the country buyr
play hide and seek wllh the scales, we
have no cause to congratulate ourselves
upon our honesty as a people; but our
private morals ore still pure und holy In
comparison with our civic life that is an
ulcer steadily eating into tho nation's
stamina. It must he burned out by tho
tire of unselfish effort.
Most of us have scarcely given our gov
ernment a thought between elections. It
Is supposedly Instltutetd for nil of us, ns
directed by tho best of us but hun become
largely the rule of the purchasable unions
us for the benefit of tho purchasers, or un
tnillscrlmluatln? hodce-portgo of sonu.
times well-meaning ignruno. All that wu
have accomplished in a material way Is
threatened by neglect of this one thing
needful.
We have had one slnndnrd of morals
for our churches and charities, another
for our business dealings, whllo our mu
tual relations, through the sacred forms
of lnw, have been forced to do without any
system of morals ut all. Our government
Is not representative of the average mor
ality, though it doubtless Is what we de
serve. .
We cannot reconstruct the human race,
but we can drag political life up to our
average level; if we do not It will level
things by dragging us down.
ANDItEW JACKSON'S VIEWS.
From Ills Eighth Annual Message.
"A depreciation of the currency Is al
ways attended by a loss to the laboring
classes. This portion of tho community
have neither time nor opportunity to watcii
the ebbs nnd flow of the money market.
Engaged from day to ony In their U3eful
toils, they do not perceive that, although
their wages nre nominally tho same, or
even somewhat higher, they are greatly
reduced, in fact, by the rapid Increase of
cur. ency, which, as It appears to makr;
money noound, tney aro ut llrst Inclined to
consider a blessing."
I
Directory of Wholesale and Retail
CITY AND SUBURBAN
NTATIVE
ART STUDIO.
.. V. Santee C3S Spruce.
ATHLETIC AND DAILY PAPKK4.
llelsman ft Solomon, 103 W yoming ave.
a tiii.ltk: goods ami hicvcles.
C. M. I-'lorey, !K2 Wyoming ave.
AWMNtiS AND HI HULK GOODS.
J. J. Crosby, 15 Lackuwunna, ave.
HANKS.
Lackawanna Trust and Safe Deposit Co.
Men-hunts' und Mechanics', 4'J'J I.acka.
Traders' National, cor. Wyoming and
Spruce.
West Side Bark, W N. Main.
Scran ton Savings, 1-2 Wyoming.
IlHiD'NG. CAHI'ICT CI.KAN'IN'fl, ETC,
The Scranton Bedding Co., Lackawanna.
II U LWF.RS.
Robinson, Y.. Sons. 4:Ci X. Seventh,
llobiiison, ilina, Cedur, cor. Alder,
ilirVri.ES GI NS. I.TC.
Parker, E. It., 321 Spruce.
liir.VCI.f-: LIVLRV.
City Dicyclo Livery, 120 Franklin.
mr.VCLK UI I'AIHS, ETC.
Bittenbendcr & Co., 31314 Spruce street.
poors AND SHOES.
Goldsmith Bros. ,W Lackawanna,
liooilmun's Shoe Store, i'il Lackawanna.
UKOKLK AND JEWELER.
Radln Bros., 123 Penn.
CANDY MAM EACTIRER
Scranton Candy Co., 22 Luenuwanna.
CAUPE1S AND WJI.I. P AIM l.
Ingalls, J. Scfjtt, 419 Lackawanna.
CAKklAKKS AND HARNESS.
Slmwell. V. A., 515 Linden.
CARRI AG E R E I'OSITOH V.
Illume, Wm. & Son, G22 Spruce.
CATERER.
Huntington, J. C, 308 N. Washington.
CHINA AND GLASSWARE,
Itupprecht, Louis, 221 Penn ave.
CldAH MANEFACTIREH.
J. P. Fioro, 223 Spruco Btreet.'
CONFECTIONERY AND TOYS.
Williams, J. D. & Bros., 314 Lacko,
CONTRACTOR AND fit ILDLR.
Stlook, S. M Olyphant.
CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE.
Harding, J. L., 215 Lackawanna,
DINING ROOM.
Caryl's Dining Boom, COS Linden.
DRY GOODS.
The Fashion. SOS Lackawanna avenue.
Kelly A Henley, 20 Lackawanna,
FInley, P. 11., 510 Lackawanna.
DRY GOODS, SHOES, HARDWARE, ETC.
Mulley, Ambrose, triple itorei. Providence
A tlnisfor's
F03 FIFTEEN YEARS REV. JOSEPH
SECHLER WAS i" T8BKEOT.
Tried ell Setts of Rediclne, but Kens fifforiiod Relict
Scnsev.'hat Dlsssuraged fcul with Faint Kepo
!!e was hi to try a Ke Remedy.
Read what Ha now Says.
JVomV Vatetlt,
There if probably no malady to which the
huinuu body in liable so painful or aggravat
ing as rheumatism. Tiie person so unfortu
nate as to be afflicted with this Insidious dis
ease has no outward indication of iuwarj tor
ment. TJuliko other diiordert it does not
often affect the appetite nor dues it in most
instances reduce the lleslt.
Often a rerlaln flush in the face scenm.
panics tho ailment und lends the friends of
the patient to congraluluto hi in on hit
healthy appearance with the familiar ex
pression, "how well you look," while he is
sult'cring the most acute torment, Not often
briiis the direct cause of fulalitv. the nntient
tines not generally receive the sympathy of
i.itiiua un ia mo vnsu ui uuit-r coillHUims.
Often during the day there is n marked sub
siibuee of tho p-iln und the sick msn is able
to pet around w ith eotisidernbiu comfort only
to feel tho most excruciating nsony on retir
ing nnd the night is spent in the most pain
ful sleeplessness. Sometimes the disease as
sumes u Inl'rutorv character moving from
limb to limb. This is the moxt alarming
symptom us it is opt to lncnte iu the vital
flirts iu which case It Is liable to prove fatal.
Under tho most fuvnrnble circumstances sn
otherwise healthy body may wear out the
disease, but the cases when once seated and
recovery follows are few. Frequently it
does not succumb without leaving the ex
tremities in. a deformed eondition and the
Jin ii da often remaining permanently out of
snnpe. Alter "eintng convalescence tt. is
liable 1o return on the slightest provocation.
The application of embrocations ami other
outward remedies may, in a eliuht degree,
alleviate the sult'cring 'but are powerless to
five perruuuciit relief. ' ' .
P.rCV. JOSEPH 8ECIII.ER.
A pentlcman connected with the pres was
recently roiiversinif with Kev. Joseph Secli
ler who furnished liim with some information
concerning I ho above mentioned disease.
lr. Sechler is a clergyman of the Reformed
Church and has been a prominent minister
cf that body for over thirty yeare, and lias
nearly all Hint time resided in Lena,
Stephenson Comity. Ill, lie was active in
founding tho Northern Illinois College nt
Dakota in thnt county, nnd wm for eight
years tecrelnry of thut institution and for
two years its financial iit'cnt, which position
ho liutl to abandon from causes hcrcnltcr
mentioned, sinco which time he has taken
charge of a congregation nf his brethren in
the town of Harlem a few miles from his
res;dence. Through his efforts the Salem
Keformcd Church, one of the ncutest nnd
most appropriate country churches in Illi
nois, wns built three years ago. The interior
is finished in modern stvle and the frescointr.
tlthnugh not so elaborate, is in taste not be
laud the wealthy city edifices, Mr. Sechler
BUSK
DRY GOODS, FANCY GOODS. MILK, CREAM. BUTTER, ETC.
Kresky, E. H. & Co., 114 8. Main. Srranton Dairy Co., Penn and Linden.
Stone Dros.. .10S Spruce.
DRUGGISTS. '
McOarrah & Thomas. 209 Lackawanna. MILLINER Y AND DRESSMAKING.
Lorcntz. C. 41S Lacka.; Linden & Wash. Mrs. P.radley, 20S Adams, opp. Court
Davis, (. W Main nnd Market. Ifouse.
liloes, W. 8., Peekville. 1
Davles, John J.. lOti S. Main. MILLINERY AND FURNISHING GOODS.
" Brown's Bee Hive, 224 Lackawanna,
ENGINES AND 1'OII.EKS.
Dickson Manufacturing Co. MINK AND MILL SUPPLIES.
Scranton Supply and Mach. Co., Bl Wyo.
FINE MERCHANT TAILORING. JLL
J. W. Roberts, 12C N Main ave. MODISTE AND DRESSMAKER.
W. J. Davis, 215 Lackawanna. Mrg. K. Walsh, 311 Spruce street.
Eric Audren, 119 8. Main ave. Z.
1 LORAL DEMONS. Owens Bros., 2!S Adams ave.
Clark, G. R. & Co., 201 Washington.
pv-rs
, ,-"t ,i; ,-"5. ?;G0:T, w t Great Atlantic 3 Pant. Co.. 319 Lacka-
The T. H. Watts Co., Ltd., 723 W. Lacka. Ve
liubeock O. J. & Co.. lit) Franklin.
,,,.,, MFDlwrmtV PAINTS ANO SUPPLIES.
, ; X t a i t v Jleneke & McKee. 309 Spruce street.
Matthews C. P. Sons & Co., 31 Lacka.
The Weston Mill Co., 47-49 Lackawanna, pi-f-g r WAI I. PAPER.
FRUITS AND PRODUCE. Wliike. J. C. 31S Penn.
Dale & Stevens, 2J Lackawanna. PAWNBROKER.
Cleveland, A. S 17 Lackawanna. 0rggn. Joseph, ffi Lackawanna.
FURNISHED ROOMS. MAXOS AND ORGANS.
Union House, 215 Lackawanna. gte)I, j Lawrence. 308 Spruce.
FURNITURE. PHOTOGRAPHER.
1IIII ft Conrtell. wpsttnEton. H. 8. Cramer, 311 Lnckawanna ave.
Barbour s Home Credit House, 425 Lack. ...
PI UMBINO AND HI-A I1NM.
GENERAL Ml RCIIANDISB. Howley, P. F. & M. F.. 231 Wyoming ave.
Osterhoui, N. P., 110 W. Market.
Jordan. James, Olyphant. REAL ESTtTF
HcchtolJ. !:. J- Olyphant, Horatio X. Patrick, Washington.
GROCERS. R BFK STAMPS, SIENCILS, ETC.
"yT'i i. ?,'i?4;!,.r.ki,a!n!!Il Scranton Rubber Stamp Co.. 538 Sprucf
le-iargcl fir ( oniiell, I-nitkI!n avenue. "
Porter. John T.. 20 and 21 Lnckawanna. Blr'"-t'
Mice, Levy & Co., 30 I.ieks wanna, ,.....
l'lrle. J. J., 427 Lackawanna. HOOHNU.
- National Roofing Co., 331 Washington.
HARDWARE. , ...
Connell, W. P. ft Sons, 11S Penn. P "T . .
Foote ft Shear Co., 119 Nf. Washington, W. A. Wledebusch. 234 Washington ave.
Hunt ft Connell Co.. 434 Lackawanna.
STEAMSHIP TICKETS.
HARDWARE AND PLUMBING. J. A. Ilarron, 215 Lackawanna and
Ounster Forsyth. 327 Penn. Prlceburg.
Cowles, W. C, 1B07 N. Main ave. '
! STEREO-RELIEF DECORATIONS AND
HARNESS AND SADDLERY HARDWARE. Vivv't!!,.
, , ttn - , S. II. Morris, 217 yomlng ave.
Frits, O. W 410 Lackawanna, :
Keller ft Harris. 117 Penn. tea, COf't'EE AND SPICE.
HARNESS, TR I NKS, BUGGIES. Grand Union Tea Co., 103 S. Main.
E. B. Houscr. 133 N. Mnln avenue. TRUSS IS. BATTERIES, RIDKER GOODS
Benjamin & Benjamin, Franklin and
HOTELS. (spruce.
Arlington, Orlmes tt Flannery, Spruce 1
and Franklin. UVDEK TAKFR AND LIVERY.
Scranton House, near depot. Raub, A. It., 425 Spruce,
HOUSE, SIGN AND FRESCO PAINTER. WALL PAPER, ETC.
Wm. Hay, 113 Linden. - Ford, W. M.. 120 Penn.
HUMAN HAIR AND II AIR DRESSING. WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER.
N. T. Llsk, 223 Lackawanna. Rogers. A. L... 215 Lackawanna.
L.T,?EH Au "mi sh,AEdVLr0?j",,L.ekaw.nna.
William. Samuel, El Spruce. t .
... D. ....... WIRE AND WIRE ROPE.
, LIME, CEMENT SEW FR PIPE. Waehburn Uota Mfg C. IU FraakUa
KtUer, Luther, U3 IJackawaaaa, ave i(u.
iufforings
Galena, H!inoi$.
includes in his contTrpntion large nuraher
ut well-to-do farmers, chiefly from the Hliito
of Pennsylvania, many of them readouts of
the vicinity since pioneer times.
This worthy minister informed the reporter
thnt for lilureu years lie was the victim of that
dread disease, rheuinutikui, Bud suffered
nearly ell tha torment above described.
The prescriptions furnished by skillful phy.
iciutis gavo only temporary reiief, Tho
vurious advertised remedies which were
recommended to him were alike powcrlcis
to mitigate his sum-rings. The pain wus to
intense that he contemplated abandoning his
culling because the disease interfered so
much with tho necessary preparation for the
duties of his office.
Hoinewliut discouraged, but witli a faint
hoie of recovery, ho was led to try Dr. Wil
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People. It took
but a short time to feel the ell'cet of the med
icine in u marked alleviation of bis terrilda
agony. After three months lie was fonixir
tively free from pain. He continued the use
of the remedy st longer intervals and at the
end of six months he felt that the disease was
entirely eradicated. Another great benefit
cume to him ut this time.
During this fifteen veers nf suffering there
wns added to the malady tho lesser one of
piles which iuelf would have been a terrible
miction but for tho over-shadowing cue
of rheumatism. In the effort to cure the
greater the lesser one gave way. lie ran
now fulfill tho duties of his calling without
being diverted by the agony thnt he suffered
for so many years. He ran with eonlidenrn
conscientiously recommend the pills to all
afflicted with the diseases mentioned above.
This worthy minister would, if necessary,
muke affidavit to the foregoing statements,
but feels somewhat dlfiident about doing fo
in a community where his word is taken
without question.
Mr. Sechlcr's ense was to remarkable thnt
it a subsequent interview the press repre
sentative inquired if he wus sw.-ire of any
other remsrknhlo cure effected bv Dr. Wil
liams' Pink Pills. He replied that he was
somewhat cautious about recommending ad
vertised remedies, but if he wanted to know
more he might inquire of Joseph Ilutmao-
ner, r,sq., an oinciai menineroi iter. .-ecn.
ler's congregation, who resides a short dis.
tance north of the church referred to shove.
Mr. Hutnineher if prominent farmer of the
town of Harlrm whose ambition never ex
tended beyond his own town, but lie has
filled nearly all the town olliccs up to super
visor and is well-known in the county. lie
wns enthusiastic in his praise of the pills.
He stated that for three yeurs he was an in
tense Mill'erer with kidney troubles nnd n
tendency to dropsy but always accompanied
with rheumatism. The most skillful inedi
cnl treatment measurably succeeded with
tho two former but the latter defied their '
efforts. No wonder tiiat lie was credulous
when his pastor related his experience nnd
recommended the remedy thnt lind relieved
his ulVerinrr. However, stler using two
boxes of pills according to .irections, lie be
gan to feel relieved ami ' continued use of
ilicm effected n perfect ei re. He hns rreom
mended them to Ids neighbors and they linve
iiivurlribly benefited the afflicted when taken
sceordine to directions. He always keens
the pills in tho house in case there should be
indications of n return of the disense.
"Should nny afflicted ono wish for reference
regarding the above named gentlemen a let
ter addressed to tlio bankers of Lena or
Preeport, III., or any of tho public men of
Stephenson County, will procure tho neces
sary information. Of course a stamp or
curd should be inclosed.
Dr. Williams' rink Pil's for Pale People
nro now given to the public as an unfailing
blood builder and nerve restorer, curing ull
forms of weakness nrisini; front a watery eon.
ditinn of the blood or shattered nerves. The
pills are sold by nil dealers, or will he sent
post paid on receipt nf price, 50 cents a Imx,
or six boxes for $2.50 (they are never sold la
bulk or by the 1U), by aririrriwine Dr. ',.
liuuis' Medicine Company, Schenectady, K. Y.
BOUSES.
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