The Scranton tribune. (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, November 07, 1896, Page 11, Image 11
11 CELF A GWYDDOR YN ISGWLAD Y GAN Pjofcssor Herkomer Speaks Before the Welsh Natlooal Society. ART OF A HIGHER ORDER NEEDED la a Few Years Male Will Have Her Proper Place Among the Ar liitic Nationi ofthe Earth.Making Strides in That Direction. Professor Merkomer spoke recently before the Liverpool Welsh National so ciety, his subject being "Art In Wales. He spoke as follows: "The letter to the press in which I appealed to Welshmen to lift their art to the level of their music has been so well received, and has been so spontaneously responded to. that I warmly embrace this opportun ity to enlarge upon any suggestions, which could only be brletly dwelt upon in that one letter. Now, although It is known to most people thnt I am a teacher, it Is not usually known that my life's teaching has been done as a love, and not as a business. Free me, therefore, from any suspicion of sordid motives when I take up a nation's cause In art. I consider that no nation can be said to have fulfilled, in an Intellec tual sense, its entire mission until the graphic and the plastic arts have been adequately represented, and it Is from an enthusiastic desire to help Wales to attain this indispensable condition that I hold out hand, heart, and experience at this critical juncture. Nor do 1 come as an Interloper, for my connection with Wales has been. Indeed, a close one for twenty years, through my wifes' family, although 1 only came Into contact with the Qorsedd lately. I opened my cam paign by telling the truth about the Mate of art. as represented at the Na tional Eisteddfod held that year at Llanelly. and that in uncompromising language. With the National Kistedd fod held at Llandudno I could do noth ing, as the details hud been already Bet tied; therefore, I hud to let that event pass. Hut the National Eisteddfod of Newport for 1 817 was entirely open to me, and I wish in every way to ac knowledge my appreciation of the way in which the local committee' has met me. it readily gave me what I asked for a free hand. Having planned the art prizes for that occasion, I shall get a real start; maybe, an Insignificant one in some ways, but it will be the lirst step In a now era for art In Wales. Am I too optimistic In my reading? From the following facts I deduce a logical concision the Celts were superb art-craftsinen before the Christian era and after, and, as the later scientific theory Is that acquired faculty is not hereditary. I take it that innate faculty is. The history of Wales provides us with ample reasons to account fr the Celtic ait-faculty lying dormant. Hut dormant is not dead, and 1 believe the original Celt, with all his Innate ar tistic faculty, lies dei'p down in the na ture of the present Welshman. WELSHMEN FULL OP MUSIC. It is undeniable that the present Welshman Is full of muHic, of rhythm; that lie luves the "vast and the ideal," and that he is full of "receptivity." There is an originality about his very language which must have been begot ten by a race of original capacity. This peculiarity was strongly marked In the early bnrds of Hrituln, for they clenrly showed, 4 wild originality. In addition to this.' there was a rugged spirituality. This romantic, rugged spirituality is the key-note to the char acter of this tnce. n I seo it. This was the note in the age of ages, when the metallic thunder of tne simple C.od-ft tiring thinker was heard as lie worshipped his unseen I.elty in the Temple of Hnered Hock. Suffice it thnt this early Hriton's once sharply-defined shadow guarded by the Welsh through centuries, getting dimmer and dimmer, but never lost, until the mysterious form was re-drawn on the old hazy outline by the modern Qor sedd drawn by faltnful men, who, with racial preogatlves, inherited the spirit, but were not artists enough to trace the artistic aspect of the dim shadow. That was left lor my hand to complete . Professor ilerkomer then gave an In teresting description of the Oorsedd robes, portraying with much minute neps those worn respectively by the arch diuiil, the bards nnd the ovates. He also treated at some length of the historical and aesthetic aspects of the Oorsedd, us the repository of bardic tradition and truth. Of the Oorspdd as a social and educational factor, the professor said: "The (Jorscdd is an institution for cementing the national characteristics, by bringing together for a special purpose, all manner of thinkers interested in their country. I know of no other scheme that can ac cntnr.llsh this with peace! I have per mission to quote the pregnant words of an Irishman, after he had witnessed the Eisteddfod, who said. "If we In Ireland had had through the past ages such an institution, we should now be a great and united nation." Ureater praize I cannot conceive of that Insti tution, which Is the outcome of the Oorsedd, and which, I trust, will al ways be regulated by It. In this way the Gorsedd broadens Its mission and becomes a practical supervising coun cil, and well It Is that such a gigantic piece of machinery as the National Eis teddfod should be under a permanent superior power, to prevent local ambi tion from over-reaching the mark of good taste at any time. ENTHUSIASM AT EISTEDDFODAU Professor Herkomer next passed In review the method of conducting els teddfodau, picturing the enthusiasm they produce and the influence they wield over the national mind and moral habits of Wales, and went on to speak more in detail of his favorite ubject Art and Eisteddfod. He said: As the art-teaching In Wales has hitherto not only been scanty, but for the most part of the wrong sort, the aspirant who could go away did go away, with the result that he never returned. If the art-workers have been few, the art-patrons have been fewer, and this proves that the best workers did not venture back for fear of not getting patronage, and thnt the native patrons of art never thought of looking for the workers within the principali ty. (Hear, hear.) If the Welsh artists and art-craftsmen, living In or out of the Principality, will only send to the eisteddfod, we shall soon And the work ers who are worthy of being re-called. When good art work Is forthcoming at the national eisteddfod, it should be re-produced In all the London art mag azines, and I Intend to Introduce this form of publicity next year. Now, I have mud that national art training should be substituted for the present , national art training, and It wl'l he necesary to go a little Into detail, in order to make you more clearly under stand the foregoing conclusions The national method of tuition means, In Short, a direct and personal Influence of master upon pupil and the present national" means an Impersonal Influ- . ence, exercised by that gigantic and unwieldy piece of machinery at South Kensington. With all the modifica tions, It has practically remained in the same sroove In which it started. The central governing body Insists on mechanical perfection as much now as It did 40 years ago; and no master who wishes to please his own committee by earning grants can free himself from this bondage. He must send up works that conform with the laws laid down ly this central management. No plan could te better calculated to crush out nil Individuality, both In the masters and the pupils. And. further, no sys tem could act more perniciously on the morals than payment on results. In the future we must see freedom of ac tion given to each master, to each town possession an art school. And this Independence Is only obtained by municipal support, assisted by money at the disposal of the county council for educational purposes, each town to Itself, each town with Its well-paid responsible masters. First In rank is to be the artist who teaches the artis tic branches, and then should come the master who is to teach the more me chanical branches, such a might bo needed for mechanics In their crafts. But never should one man be expected to be pjoflcient In both these branch es, for no man has ever been. TEACHING ON A PERSONAL BASIS. This emancipation from the apron itrlngs qf Kensington through munici pal and county council support would produce an Individuality in the art of each town. It would vary according to the necessities of the community. All teaching must be on a personal basis. The longer my experience the more cer tain I am that the art faculty In every human being Is worked by his charac ter. I mean that, provided the natural gifts are there. Its successful issue de pends on the mere character of the in dividual, and It Is precisely for this reason that the art master must be the student's best friend. We must remem ber that all questions of art resolve themselves Into the one, "What do you see?" To train "seeing" does not mean to implant an original brain faculty, for that Is Impossible. The student can only be shown hii strength or his weak ness. Out of himself comes his Ideal ity; out of himself comes the gift; out of himself comes his inner "seeing" or Imagination. Strange to say, the art that needs this precious faculty above all others has been generally consid ered to be one of the lesser arts, name ly, decorative art. But I tell you that true and noble decorative art Is rarer than true and noble pictorial art, and the teaching of this art offers far more obstacles than the teaching of the pic torial art. It cannot be taught on' a large scale; it cannot even be taught in schools; it must be taught In the work shop. Turning schools Into workshops Is the alternative, you might say; yes, but not with the ordinary system of classess. It must take the form of com plete apprenticeship. This brief survey tuition will Bhow you the drift of my beliefs. You will have gathered that the unwieldy system governed by that central body at Kensington is not of the kind likely to unearth Individual talent. You will further have noticed that I put the strongest emphasis on the importance of "personality" In teach ing; that the pupils must be around a strong man, who Is a Bystem in him self, without having to conform to a central system, which must necessarily become stereotyped and lifeless. That the aoplled arts need this method of teaching more than the pictorial. You have heard me say that certificates ob tained from such a system as that prac ticed at South Kensington are worthless as guarantees of ability; therefore, the whole question for Wales resolves Itself into the following: Wales needs mas ters who will establish art schools on a newer and more national babis. The National Eisteddfod must appear to you the one and only agent for finding the masters through their work, and that the selection will follow naturally upon the work sent In. When you have the men. then, surely, the formation of schools simply means local enterprise. Hut we cannot move In the matter of selecting the masters until we have seen what the next few National Eis teddfodau bring forth In nrt work. Fim, get united effort on the part of nil Welsh-born, living In and out of the principality, in order to gauge tlie qual ity of the present living Welsh work ers. (Hear, hear.) If, in the next few years, it Is shown that there are too few Welsh artists to select from, we must turn to those who have lived three and more years In the principality; fail ing that, we must turn to foreigners to help, ns they have been obliged to do lu other young countries. The times r.re propitious for n new nrt era in Wales. The Oorsedd Is allvp to the Im portance of the moment, and will watch over the Eisteddfod with ever-Increasing interest. The' Eisteddfod Is creat ing more and more Interest, and I be lieve each local committee will, in turn, exert Its Influence to Improve thnt in stitution year by year. I see the goal tlmt Wales Is to reach In art. clearly, and I believe the nntlon Is ready to fol low the voice of a friend who sees that goal. And may I live to see great art works, at least In the applied arts, branded with the phrase "Made In Wules!" NO TITTSBURO. llr. Robert Davis, secretary of the Pittsburg eisteddfod, visited the West Side singers the latter part of last week. Mr. Davis was accompanied by Mr. Roberts. Their mission was to get a holr or party of singers organized for the purpose of competing at Pitts burg on Christmas day. Since the World's fair eisteddfod very little is the interest in music on the West Side, and we are not led to believe that a choir of any kind will participate in the competition at Pittsburg. The per sons who know how to organize a choir will not do it and those who would like to do it do not know how to. We would like to see the Pittsburg folks helped out, but the scheme to take a choir down there Is very Impractical. ROBERT MORRIS EI STE DDFOD. We understand that the Robert Mor ris lodge will soon be able to publish the programme of their second annual eisteddfod which Is to be held next year. We do not see why the commit tee should go out Its own circle for ad judicators. There are two or three musicians in the lodge well able to do justice In that department. They have Prof. George Howell, Howell Harris and others very capable to adjudicate the literary compositions. Dr. Beddoe is a splendid judge of what a good reci tation should be. All the outside help they need Is a Welsh poet to adjudicate the Welsh poetry. What Is the matter with Mr. Griffiths, of Turin, N. Y., who seems to be the Welsh poet of the day and the winner of the three hundred dollar prize at Denver? WHEN DICKY HAP THE MEASLES We found we had to hide his shoes, His stockings, trousers, waistcoat, coat And then he vowed he'd put on Sue's Pink gingham, and he'd find his boat And have a lark. He wouldn't stay In bed and swallow nasty stuff! And thus he'd fret and toss all day Oh, there was Interest quite enough When Dickey had the measles! On Monday he was eloquent: "I nay, now, mother, since I'm sick, I must live like a nobby gent; What if Old Spectacles docs kick? 8ee, here's the lunch list: Ave cream tarts, Three red bananas and some dates, A coffee cake and walnut hearts!" We sadly thought of pearly gates When Dickey had the measles! On Wednesday 'twas he called for Bess; "Halloo; Come in and read a story, That's It; the pnge Is turned, I guess, Now give us fights and men all gory, I-le tt ill. Don Carlo shh you'd bent! Was that a Cossack rode the horse? All rlKht, no on, oh, skip the rest. That's only love." This was, of course, When Dickey bad the measles! On Sunday In a steamer chair VV'e left him and we went to church, The service over, in the glare Of sunlight on a wooden perch. Sat freckled Dickey with Is chums; His tongue was running like a streak. Were thankful now, whatever comes, . It can't surpass that awful week W hen Dickey had the measles! Anna M. Williams. TO A CHAPKHONfi, Are sitting at the play, Tomororw night, when three of lis If I should chance to hold May's hand, Please look the other way. Later, as in the carriage, we Are speeding homeward, say Dear chaperon, don't see my arm Pray look the other way. But when at last we're In the hall, My friend, I beg, I pray, When I beEln to say good-night Don't look don't even stay! Vogue. What Harold Meant. Mother Every name means something Hairy, the bold, Charles, the brave! W -.Ilium, the good, Harold, the Helen (starting from a reverie) Har old oh, yes. Harold means business. He told me so last night. Chicago Chrgntcle. CELEBRATED RHYMES OF NOTED CAMPAIGNS Soap That Have Very Materially As listed the Spellbinders. LYRICS THAT OUR FATHERS SANO Hanrr. Clay the Flnt Victim of the Doggerel Warblers, bat There Hate in the Course ofthe Fait Half Cen tury Been Numerous Othen. From the Times-Herald. Oh, poor Cooney Clay! Oh. poor Cooney Clay! You never can be President, For Polk Is In the way. Thus sang In the year of grace 1844 and of the remibllc the sixty-eighth I some million-odd voters. By their bal lots these songsters and sootn-sayers made good their prophecy. Campaign songs have offended the ears of music ally cultivated and fired the partisan heart since politics began. None of the lirlcs has' endured. Your campaign I poet is not usually a high-class genius. anu generally a parodist, a matter oi the weakest and most sinful form of verse, his efforts die of weariness and Inanition almost before their echoes have ceased. For these reasons it Is difficult to And examples of campaign melodies of a past day. An old man may sometimes be found who can work off In cracked voice a stanza or two celebrating Harrison the elder, fa miliarly known as "Old Tippecanoe," and execrating Martin Van Buren. . Here's to our fathers and mothers, Likewise to Ould Ireland, too; Down with Martin Van Buren And up with Old Tlppecano. That was a favorite more than fifty years ago. It Is a model of its kind. Where can you find another four-line selection which teaches reverence for the parents, love of the motherland, de spite of the opposition and honor for the party candidate, combining all with a bid for the gravel train vote? The song was written as fnr back as 1S40, and yet there are men who Bay our for bears were clumsy and awkward In the art of politics. II II II Prior to 1840 the voice of the cam paign melodies was not loud In the land. There were campaign poets true enough, but fortunately their produc tions were not set to music, or were not adapted to tunes already written. The only political song generally known was the still familiar "Yankee Doodle," written to ridicule the colonists, but adopted by them In lieu of a national hymn. "Hall Columbia." "Star Span gled Banner" and "Columbia" do not seem to answer the description. The country has been unfortunate in its patriotic singers. Even Julia Ward Howe's famous "Battle Hymn of the Republic," beginning "Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord," has been criticised for lti Inco herence. In the fragrance of the lilies. Christ wus born across the sea, sounds sweetly, says the analysist. but what does It mean? Other propositions contained In this widely ijMebrated production nre likened unto bits from Browning for, their Incomprehensibil ity. And what can be suld for the ap preciation of the masses? "John Brown's Body" goes easily to the same music that carries the sublime buttle hymn. Nine hundred persons of every l.noo of American birth of the age of 12 years and upward can give the metri cal tale of John Brown's body, what befell John Brown's lambs, and the dire treat to Jeff Davis In connection with a sour apple tree; they can give the serial and give It correctly In alt lis forty parts with the glory hallelujah chorus between each, and bo glad of the chance. Is It a safe assertion that two persons of 1,000, with the same conditions ns to age and nativity, could repeat the first stanza of Mrs. Howe's poems? Probably not. But this is a shade wide of the murk, al though perhaps both "Battle Hymn" and "John Brown's Body" might be properly catalogued as campaign songs. II II I To return to earlier days. Tt was In the presidential struggle of 1840 that the poet found his strength. It was a campaign of a 'phrase and of a jmg. The Inspiration came from the enemy, ns usual. When General William Henry Harrison was nominated by the whlgs the Van Buren courtiers and the administration organs elevated their aristocratic noses In contempt for the homely North Bend farmer's poverty. A New York paper-r-they get off wrong even unto this daysaid con cerning the candidate: "Give him a barrel of hard elder, and settle a pen sion of $2,000 a year on him, and. our word for it, he will sit the remainder of his days content In a log cabin." This attack upon the hero of the western country vastly stirred the common people and the opposition newspapers. They returned contumely for reproach and the light of the sun was obscured by the mud cast at "King Van." "Matty, the Aristocrat," or whatever they chose to miscall the President and candidate for renomlna tion. Political speeches of this genera tion are as a breath of weather from Medicine Hat on a June day when read In comparison with the tropical utter ances of our grandfathers. And they did not find basis for a libel suit In a political circular at that. Their dif ferences were talked out on the stump or voted off at the polls or shot off In the crowd. This particular paragraph quoted from the New York paper had much bearing on the result. The whlgs made it the text of their speeches and editorial uproar. They did worse; they set it to music and sang it. In a month there was not a whig who could so much as achieve the scale but was distending lung- and uplifting voice thus: They say that he lived in a cabin And lived on old hard cider, too; Well, what If he did? I'm certain Here's the hero of Tippecanoe. This ballad contained some score of verses and was so constructed that it could be sung to the tune of "Old Rosin the Bow." This melody had much vogue In the first half of the century. Everyone knew It and the greater num ber of political ballads were built on Its lines. II II II They sang It so wisely and so well that Harrison received a popular ex pression of 1.275,000 votes to 1,128,000 for Van Buren. In the electoral college the man from the Ohio valley had 234 votes, against Van Buren's 60. One of the popular songs of the campaign, and one which may be heard yet in the remote rural districts of Ohio, was entitled "Where Is Your Ljg Cabin Built?" Ohio was then, as now, a great figure In national politics. It was the home state of the candidates. The Ohioan has an Instinct for pipe-laying and combining which results In bringing many rich gifts of national office to the buckeye men. In the Harrison campaign a log cabin was erected at every Ohio cross road, and a barrel of "stone fence." by which stalwart name aged cider is known In the state, was on tap for all comers. It was a season of barbecuing and hurrahing, and this was the song they sang: Oh, where, tell me, where was your log cabin made? Oh, where, tell me, where was your log cabin made? 'Twas built among the mcry boys that wield the plow and spade. Where the log cabins stand. In the bon- nie buckeye shade. The writers of the song shrewdly made It possible with the air of "The Highland Laddie." a lyric which stood high in Ohio districts and was approved by men and women both. Therefore the log cabin song which wus the Joint creation of the Clark county delegation to the Ohio People's convention Feb. 22, 1844. was presently heard all over the state. No one person could be proved culpable, for each delegate furnished a stanza. A prophet wrote the second verse. He said: Oh what, tell me what, Is to be your cabin's fate? , . Oh what, tell mo what, is to be your cabin's fate? W'eil wheel It to the capital and place it there elate. For a token or a sign of the bonnle buck eye mate. The composite concluded with the fol lowing: By whom, te'.l me whom, will the battle next be won? By whom, tell me whom, will the battle next be won? ... ' ... The spoilsmen and leg treasurers will soon beirtn to run. And the log cabin candidate will march to Washington. . Another effective ballad of the cam paign was a parody of "The Swiss Boy." It also appealed to state love. Come, nrouao ye, arouse ye, my brave buckeye boys, Take the ax and to labor away! The sun is up with ruddy beam. The buckeye blooms beside the stream; Then arouse ye, arouse ye, my bold buck eye boys. The necessity for converting the en ergy of enthusiasm Into the power of the ballot Is impressed in the conclud ing lines: To the polls, to the 'polls, then my brave buckeye boys, To the rescue then haste ye away. The cup we nil the hard elder pass, In friendship round until the last; With a shout, with a shout, go the brave buckeye boys. With Old Tip to the White House away. Hie true dignity of labor and the re ward which Invariably attends upon modest patriotic merit was voiced in a .song beginning: In a cabin made of logs by the river side, There the honest Tanner lives. Free from sloth and pride. To the gorgeous puluce turn. And his rival gee In iis robes of regal state and tlmeled finery. It was evident that commercial and industriul depression was not unknown in coon Hkln days, nor did the voters hesitate to affix the blame for drought, poor crops and overproduction upon whom It belonged the head of the ad ministration. To the Joyous strains of "Mai brook," more familiarly known as "We Won't Go Home Till Morning," was sung this: The times are bad and want curing; They are getting past all enduring; Let us turn out Martin Van Buren, And put In old Tlppecano. The best thing we can do. Is to put in old Tippecanoe. It's a business we all can take part In, Bo let us give notice to Martin. That he must get ready for starting, The song; goes on to tell that "We've had of their humbugs a plenty, we've a dollar now where we had twenty; their roguery can't be defended, and it's time their reign be ended, wo shall never see things mended" until old Tippecanoe goes to the White House. II II II This Harrison presidential canvass marked an epoch In the history of politi cal campaigning. Heretofore votes had been beguiled by speechmaklng, by ar gument; candidates had been vilified or lauded In prose principally. Thereafter glee clubs and bands ha? tneir part, ana a large one, In shaping opinion. The close of the campaign of 1810 with Har rison's triumph was marked by the In spiration or a New England singer, whose words will outlast the republic. Of the state of Maine he suld: She went hell bent. For Governor Kent. For Tippecanoe and Tyler, too. il !l II The Clay campaign four years later, when James K. Polk defeated "The Millboy of the Slashes," was the season of another epidemic of song, less pro nounced than the first outbreak, but widespread. It wus in honor of Clay, whose history was more picturesque than his antagonist's, that most of the songs wore written. The Polk ballad mongers, instead of telling their hero's deeds, Invented metrical attacks on Clay nnd prophecies on the result. The quatrain which heads this article tilled tho air In the Polk districts. For the tariff party there was "The Clay Song ster" to draw from, and a single leaf impression of "That Ha me Old Koon Roarer" had a circulation larger even than that claimed by the Now York World of today. Four years luter, when Zachary Tay lor, Cass and Van Buren made the can vass, the "Cass and Butler Song Hook," "The Free Soil Minstrel" and "The Bough anil Heady Melodist" contained the lyrics. None of the songs outlived the occasion, and they are to be found only occasionally lu garrets of farm houses or Infrequently explored library regions. There ivna a Scott songster printed In 18fi2. but Franklin Pierce, although hu gained the election, dues not seem to have Inspired the minstrel to nny ex tent. When Fillmore, Fremont and Buchanan took the Meld In 1856, if one were to have prejudged tho result by the poise, it would have been Fremont's victory. "The Kocky Mountain Songs ter" contained yards of verse lauda tory of the pathfinder, and the woods and country roads were full of singers. Fillmore had a poet or two under pay, but the muse did not work in Buchan an's behalf. Yet "King Buck" gained the election. "The Hob o" Link Minstrel," "The Lincoln and Hamlin Hongster" and "Honest Abe of the West" -sufficiently indicate the time of their publication by their titles. There was a "Little Olnnt Songuook," filled with the lay of the Douglass minstrel, but all the productions were uniformly bad. Then came the four years of the war. "Weil Hnlly 'Round the Flag." "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp," Marching Through Ueorgia," "John Brown's Body" and some others born in these times of pain and distress live yet. in a great measure because the music is stirring and the words are readily parodied. Of the songs of the southern cause two lived longer than the war. "Maryland" and "The Bonny Blue Fag" are poems. The name of the au thor of the latter has been mislaid somewhere in the last third of the cen tury. "Maryland" was written by James R. Randall, who Is now the Washington correspondent of the Augusta (Ua.) Chronicle. In the presidential year of 1864 war songs had the ear, and the campaign lays generally found basis and topic In the rebellion. "The Little Mao Hongs ter" and "The Lincoln and Johnson Campaign Songbook" contain all that was written. II II II In 1868 the "Grant and Colfax Songs ter" and "The Seymour Campaign Songbook" were filled with the paro dies of martial songs. Myles Reilly'a "Come fill your glasses, fellows," Is perhaps the best of the efforts of the day. It went thus: So boys a final bumper. While we all in chorus cha.it. For next president we'll nominate our own Ulysses llr.int. And If asked what state he halls from. This, our sole renly shall b.; "From near Appomatox Cuuit House, With Its famous aupl- tiv." For 'twas there to oi.r Ulysses That Lee gave up the tight. Now, bovs! To Grant for president, And Uod defend the right. The verse wns written before the nominating convention and was sung In the hall. There were other songs, miles of them, written to Grant's glory, In Which 'Lysses comes marching home, and unconditionally rhymes with X'. S, O.. but fortunately the dust is on these, and It shall not be removed. Few of them were heard four years afterward, for theft a new 'crop of home grown poets had sprung up. Greeley had no lack of singers himself. There was one song which traveled far. Its chorus still comes sounding down: Oreeley forever! hurrah boys! hurrah! Down with Long Branch and up with Chappaqua, For we'll rally round the old white hat Weil rally once again. Shouting for honest Horace Oreeley. The political cartoonist was a strong man In the second Orant campaign, and even more effective four years later. In the Hayes-Tilden affairs there was con siderable caricaturing, much marchina- I and burning- of bright lights and pow der, with but little singing. The glee clubs were not so popular and the lyres were unstrung. To say the truth there was little In the life of a country law yer in Ohio or a corporation lawyer in New York to Inspire poetry or har mony. Therefore saltpeter and kero sene were invoked to lire the public heart. II II II In 1SS0 the soft spirit of poesy again dwelt temporarily in the land. Gar field, the man of the people, was the chief beneficiary. Hancock was not a good subject, somehow. In open disre gard of Garfield's clerical profession and well-known principles, hundreds of thousands during his canvass made tuneful declaration that, Weil all get blind drunk. When Jimmy comes marching home. An eastern writer, almost before the noise of the shouting in Chicago died away, put up a brief biography of the candidate. It was substantially. If not exactly, as follows: He early learned to paddle well, his own forlorn canoe. Upon Ohio's grand canal he held the helm (helium for euphony true. And now the people shout to him: "Lo, 'tis for you we wait. We want to s?e Jim Oarfleld guide our glorious ship of state, Jim Ourfleld's at the front, Jim Garfield's at the front, 'Twould be a sin to full to win, With Uailield et the front. One filled with the reverential awe felt by the small In the presence of fame said: Garfield and Arthur, there they stand. Match their worth In all the land. This nation Is not a nation of hero worshipers and the song of the man who was impressed lived for one edi tion only, whereas thousands sang Col onel John A. Joyce's verse to the famil iar "Golden Slippers." When the wur began with a rebel row. Children, children, won't you follow me? He took to the front, put his hand to the plow, Halle, halle. halle, hallelujah! As I said. Hancock was an ill sub ject. One or two possessors of rhyming dictionaries and a wnistling acquaint ance with popular melodies labored In his behalf. One of them went back to early days smelting to Interest the Sons of tho Revolution. Ho not-'d thatthe candidate's family name the same as i hat of the line writer who set his sig nature to the great American docu ment. "From the old Declaration," he said, "we follow Its fame; 'twas then honored unsullied: today 'tis the same." Another pointedly desired every one to "Hurrah for him, tne nation s chief, who wears the civic wreath. Yet an other Garfield sympathizer, who had witnessed Gilbert nnd Sullivan's early atrocity, wrote to Hancock s harm: In the union war I fought so well That my name Is greeted with a rebel yell. One does not follow the sequence, but the winter doubtless meant well and the Idea was probably clear enough to him. So let It pntss. I! II II A Garfield adherent inter In the ram palgn wrought as follows In the Inter ests of the cause championed by the j JnUianupulis Journal: I Sing a snnir of shotguns. Pocket full of knives. Four and twenty black men Fleeing for their Uvea, "When the polls arc open Shut the nlitgcr's mouth, Isn't thnt a bully way To make a solid south? Northern sympathisers Muklnjf rpenches chaffy; Major Hi in ml Hancock Kutlng rebel taffy, English In a quandary How tu save their dollars; Along comes a folid south AnJ Ills them nil with collars. Then there was another who had evi dently heard of sectional lines and who had a knowledge of the rally song. Ills production began: I Weil repudiate the debt, boys, we bor- roweu rrom me norm; I Shouting the battle cry of freedom. Wt II burn ilio public schools and we'll m.e in? iiixvern lurwi; Shoutlrg the butlle cry of freedom. 'Tla slavery forever. Hurrah, boys, hur- ran: Down with the yankees and up with the bars. While we ostracize the loyal and murder tnonsaiins more; Shouting l he battle cry of freedom. The song of 1SS4 was "Grover! Gro. vir! We shull be In clover." It was a prediction. In 1SK8 It was an appeal "drover! Grover! Four years more of Grover!" The request was denied to be renewed more successfully at the end of the second Harrison s term. Benjamin Harrison did not arouse the same poetical spirit that his grand father awakened. Ho wns not so near the people's hurt. Blaine was a can didate more of the mind than tho emo tion and few harps were struck for him. LITERARY NOTES. "The Story of the Mine" Is the title of on Important new booK, ny Charles How ard Shi nil. which will be published Im mediately by D. Appleton & Co. in the Htorv of the West Series, edited bv Ripley Hitchcock. It la an exposition of silver mining. o D. Annleton & Co. announce an elab orately Illustrated work entitled "Driving for Pleasure; or, The Harness Stable and Its Appointments." by Francis T. Un derwit, mis sumptuous volume Is tne first book which we have had on the subject of proper appointments, etc., and It will take rank both as tho recognised authority and also as one of the most elaborately Illustrate. end beautiful of the books dealing lu any way with the norae. o "Mauler Ardlck, Buccaneer," Is the title of a strong historical novel by a new American writer, F. J. Costello, which Is to De punusneu immediately ny me Apple tons. It Is described as picturesque his torical romance, with a wealth of adven tures on sea and land. Introducing us among others to the redoubtable Henry Morgan, whom the reader accompanies lu his daring Journey across the Isthmus and in tne sacking or ranama. William Allen White's book of Kansas stories, "The Heal Issue," la announced for publication by Way ft Williams on iMovemner m. Mr. mte s editorial, "What's Wrong with Kansas." which was reprinted from his paper, the Em poria (Kans. Gazette,) and used as a cam paign document, has already Introduced hi in to a lame circle or readers. His io ries are original and sincere and Inter esting. Some or them show a deep In sight Into human nature ami in. all of them one reels a sympathy with Its weak nesses and failures. They are fresh and wholesome, and at times very humorous. o The completion of Herbert Spencer's system of philosophy is announced bv his publishers, D. Appleton A Co. As first stated, this division of the "Synthetic Philosophy" was to be treated In two volumes, but in their preparation the amount of matter grew to such propor tions that a third volume became neces sary. This coniuins I'urt VI, Ecclesias tical Institutions: "crt Vlf, Professional Institutions, and Part VII f. Industrial Irtltiiticrr. In view of the numerous chanses. beneficent and otherwise, that have ben g"!ng on In the industrial world within recent years, the appearance of this closing section has been eagerly look for in many quarters. It will be found lo be fully up to the hight stand ard of Mr. Spender's preceding work, and to shed a strung IlKht on current iadus trial problems. The many admirers of Mr. Spencer will Welcome the volume for quite another reason. It completes the great phlltsophlc system projected by the author thlriy-six years aito. that has bejn Justly styled the grandest Intellectual un dertaking of the century. The work upon It has been carried forward with an earn estness of purpose and a perseverance that neother rarrow circumstances, re peated breakdowns of health, nor unreas oning criticism could withstand. A thus brought to a close. It constitutes at once the most profound and most Inuential body of thought of modern times. 1 hit Old, Old Q iestinn. The stre-t car stopped suddenly to take on a passenser. an. I the voice of the man who was talking of Inst Saturday's storm became distinctly audible. Well,' he remarked, "Chicago didn't catch It "half as bad as St. Louis, any how." "That so? absent-mindedly askd the man sitting next to him. "What was the score?'' Chicago Tribune. ANVgebblePrfjiaralioftCjf As similating t-heroodandReula-tiig the Staaaiis andBcweb of IVoinolesIHeatioaCheetnjl ncssandBestCofltains neither Opjurn.Morphlne oorMtatial Not Vxac OTIC 4Sttlt JwSjSt ADofect Remedy for Cons lio- tion. Sour Stomach.DiarrtocB, Worms .CoimusunsJevtrisli oess and Loss or Sleep. SaMMftSMMSM Tac Simile Sifnahirt of NEW "YORK. EXACT COPT OF VRAPPtB. ttf Directory of Wholesale and Retail CITY AND SUBURBAN AHT 9TVDIO. F. Santee 538 Sprues. AIIII.KT1C AND DAILY PAPEK4. Reisman A Solomon, 103 Wyoming ave. ATHLt.TIC tiOOI AMI BICYCLES. C. M. Florey, 222 Wyoming ave. AWNINGS AM) HI II11F.R fcOODS. , J. J. Crosby, IS Lackawanna ave. BANKS. Lackawnnn Trust and Safe Deposit Co. Marcharts' and Mechanics', O Lacka. Traders' National, cor. Wyoming and Spruce. West Side Hank. 109 N. Main. Scranton Savings, 122 Wyoming. Bl I'lHNU, CAHPKT CLEANING, F.TC. The Scranton Bedding Co., Lackawanna. IIHIWIHS. rtoblnson, E. Sons. 435.N. Seventh. Hoblnson, Mina, Cedar, cor. Alder. BK YCI.KS. (ilNS. F.TC. Parker, G. R., 321 Spruce. IIICYCI.r. 1.1 VtRY. ClVy Bicycio Livery, 120 Franklin. BICYCLE Kr.PAIBS. KTC. Blttenbender & Co., 31 3' i Spruce etreet. limns anu shoes. Ooldsmith Bros. 314 Lackawanna. Goodman's Shoe Store, 432 Lackawanna, UKOKI K ANI JLWI-LLR. Radin Bros.. 12S Penn. CANDY MAM FACTtRKR. Scranton Candy Co., 22 Lackawanna. CAKPF.fS AND WALL PAPER. Ingalls, J. Scott, 419 Lackawanna. CARNIAGfc AND HARNESS. 8imwell, V. A., S15 Linden. CARRIAGE REPOSITORY. Blume, Wm. & Bon, C22 Spruce. CATERER. Huntington, J. C, 308 N. Washington. CHINA AND GLASSWARE. Rupprecht, Louis. 221 Penn ave. CIGAR MAMFACTl'RER. J. 1. Flore, 223 Spruce street. CONFECTIONERY AND TOYS. Williams. J. D. Bros.. 114 Lacks. CONTRACTOR AND BITLDER. Snook, 8. M Olyphant. CROCKERY AMD GLASSWARE. Harding, J. L., 21S Lackawanna. DINING ROOM. Caryl's Dining Room, SOS Linden. DHY GOODS. The Fashion. 808 Lackawanna avenue. Kelly Healey, 80 Lackawanna, Flnley, P. B., 610 Lackawanna. DRY GOODS, SHOES, HARDWARE, ETC. Mulley, Ambrose, triple stores, Provl- denoe. DHY GOODS. FANCY' GOODS. Kresky, E. H. Co., 114 8. Main. DRL'GGISTS. McOnrrah A Thomas, 209 Lackawanna. - Lorenti, C, 418 Lacka.; Linden ft Wash. Davis, Q. W Main and Market. Bloes, W. S., Peckvllle. Davles. John J., 106 S. Main. ENGINES AND POILERS. Dickson Manufacturing Co. FINE MF.RCIUNT TAILORING. J W. Roberts, 126 N Main ave. W. J. Davis, 21S Lackawanna Eric Audren. 119 S. Main ave. FLORAL DEMGNS. Clark. O. R. Co., 201 Washington. I LOI R. HITTER. EGGS, ETC. The T. H. Watts Co., Ltd Ttl W. Lacka Babcock O. J. Co.. IP) Franklin. FLOI R, FEED AND GRAIN. Matthews C. P. Sons Co., 84 Lacka The Weston Mill Co., 47-49 Lackawanna. FRI'ITS AND PRODUCE. Dale ft Stevens, 27 Lackawanna. Cleveland. A. 8., 17 Lackawanna. FURNISHED ROOMS. Union House. 215 Lackawanna. FURNITURE. Hill Council, 1.12 Washington. Barbour's Home Credit House, 425 Lack. GStftCF.HS. Kelly, T. J. & Co., 14 Lackawanna Mege.rgel & Connell, Franklin avenue. 1'orter. John T., 20 and 28 Lackawatina Rice, Levy & Co.. 80 Lackawanna. Pin J. j., 427 Lackawanna, SEE THAT THE FACSIMILE SIGNATURE OF 'IB OH THE WRAPPER OF EVEBT v BOTTLE OF CutsHt ! fat ti is m-iIi bottlM mXf. It Is ant uli im knlV. TVi tlW un t sail ri Mjtkinf 1m ra ths 1m w iratlw tkst H Mill. " ..j it J uLm poM T h Oat joi gst O-A-8-T-O-sVU. . jut a S0"11 11011 w mmww mjiip GENERAL MERCHANDISE. Osterhout. N. P., 110 W. Market. Jordan, James, Olyphant. Bechtold, B. J., Olyphant. HARDWARE. Connell, W. P. ft Sons. 118 Penn. Foote & Shear Co.. 119 N. Washington. Hunt & Coanoll Co., 434 Lackawanna, HARDWARE AND PLUMBING. flimsier & Forsyth. 827 Penn. Cowlfs, W. C., 11)07 N. Main ave. HARNESS AND SADDLERY HARDWARE, Fritz, O. V 410 Lackawanna. Keller & Harris, 117 Penn. HARNESS, TRUNKS, BIGGIES. E. B. Houser, 133 N. Main avenue. HOTELS. Arlington, Grimes ft Flannery, Bpruet and Franklin. Scranton House, near depot. HOUSE, SHIN AND FRESCO PAINTER. Wm. Hay, 112 Linden. HUMAN HAIR AND HAIR DRESSING. N. T. Llsk. 223 Lackawanna. LEATHER AND FINDINGS. Williams, Samuel. 221 Spruce. LIME. CEMENT SEWER PIPE. Keller, Luther, 813 Lackawanna. MILK, CREAM. HITTER, ETC. Scranton Dairy Co.. Penn and Linden. Stone Bros., 308 Spruce. MILLIINER. Mrs. M. Saxe, lis N. Main avenue. MILLINERY AND DRESSMAKING. Mrs. Bradley, 208 Adams, opp. Court House. MILLINERY AND FURNISHING GOODS. Brown's Bee Hive, 224 Lackawanna. MINE AND MILL SUPPLIES. Scranton Supply and Mach. Co., 131 Wyo. MODISTE AND DRESSMAKER. Mn. K. Walsh, 311 Spruce street. MONUMENTAL WORKS. Owens Bros., 218 Adams ave. PANTS. Great Atlantic 83 Pants Co., 819 Lacka. wana ave. PAINTS AND SUPPLIES. Jlencke ft McKee, 808 Spruce street. PAINTS AND WALL PAPER. Wlnke, J. C, 315 Penn. PAWNBROKER. Oreen, Joseph, 107 Lackawanna. PIANOS AND ORGANS. Btelle, J. Lawrence, 308 Spruce. PHOTOGRAPHER. H. 8. Cramer, 311 Lackawanna aye, PLUMBING AND HEATING. Howley, P. F, ft M. F., 231 Wyoming ave. REAL ESTATE. Horatio X. Patrick, 328 Washington. RUBBER STAMPS. STENCILS, ETC, Scranton Rubber Stamp Co., 638 Spruce) street. ROOFING. National Roofing Co., 331 Washington. SANITARY PLUMBING W. A. Wiedebusch, 234 Washington are. STEAMSHIP TICKETS. J. A. Barron, 2IS Lackawanna and Prlceburg. STF.KEO-RELIEF DECORATIONS AND PAINTING. 8. H. Morris. 247 Wyoming ave. TEA, COFFEE AND SPICE. Grand Union Tea Co., 103 8. Main, TRUSSES. BATTERIES, RUBBER GOODS Benjamin ft Benjamin, Franklin and Spruce. UNDERTAKER AND LIYERY. Raub, A. R., 423 Spruce. UPHOLSTERER AND CARPET LAYER. C. H. Hazlett, 226 Spruce street WALL PAPER, F.TC. Ford. W. M., 120 Penn. WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER. Rogers, A. K.. 215 Lackawanna, WINES AND I1QUORS. Walsh. Edward J., 32 Lackawanna, W1U AND WIRE ROPE. HI Washburn ft Moan Mfg Co., 119 Franklla ave