THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 9, 1896.
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TOYS, HOLIDAY GOODS AND CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
UOur assortment is now as complete as it will be we have nearly everything in the shape of a Toy that is made Christmas Tree Trimmings
of all kindsnew things opened every day. Come and look around bring the children with you. Buy early, before the rush starts.
MAIN FLOOR.
Toys Books and Dolls.
2d Floor.
Dovn Stairs Department.
OPEN EVENINGS
:
HUT ' 4c-
n OPEN EVENINGS
Red Sign
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CHR1STMBS It ORNRMENTS-
. GLASS--2 FOR 4c.
TINSEL lc A YARD.
Xmas Tree Candles
Xmas and New Year's
Cards
very fancy worth ioc
Only 4c
1S97 Calendars
Beauties,
Only 10c
Spring Candle Holders
Only 10c a Dozen
TOYS. TOYS.
Just ThinkFor Only 4c.
Jack in box 4c
Harmonicas .4c
Flutes 4c
Humming Tops .4c
Watches 4c
Building Blocks 4c
Toy Sad Irons 4c
Toy Wash Hoards 4c
Pop Pistols 4c
Rubber Dolls 4c
Horse 4c
Rubber Balls 4c
Masks 4c
Noah's Arks 4c
Tin Rattles 4c
Iron Banks 4c
Apple Banks 4c
Skates.
The Boys' and Girls' delight
A good present.
Hoys' Skates.
any size.
39c
Girl's Skates
Any size, with heel strap and
patent lever fastener in front
Only G9c
Mckle Plated Skates.
Any size, boys' or gents'.
Only 9Sc
Child's Decorated Tea Set
Large pieces, good for regular
use, 24 pieces, assorted colors.
96c Set
Mass Kerry Sets
Large glass bowl, 6 sauce
dishes, worth 40c
Monday 29c
Opalescent Cream Jugs
Hold half pint were ioc
Monday 4c
A Regular 10c Story Book 4c
Handkerchiefs
Some big bargains offered in
this ' department. Gents' Initial
Japanette, worth 25c each.
Only 14c Each
JOINTED DOLLS.
Special 15 inches long, pretty
face, nice hair, well made, worth
Monday 19c
Washable Dolls
Stuffed body, 18 inches long,!
pretty face, worth 19c.
Monday 10c
Washable Face Dolls
About 12J inches long, worth
ioc
Monday 5c
SPECIAL BARGAIN.
Mechanical Lion and Un
cle Sam on Box.
Works by spring, a big, new toy,
was 25c.
Monday 10c
Toy Sweepers
A perfect toy, and very interest
ing, same as the $1.00 sweeper.
Monday 34c
A very large assortment of fancy
dressed dolls
From 24c Up
DOLLS BEDS AND CRADLES
. JUMPING JACKS,
BLACK BOARDS.
FROM 10c UP.
Steel Toys,
Sulky and Riders.
Rabbit Riders.
Horse and Surrey.
Fire Chief's Wagon.
Fire Engine.
Hooks and Ladders
Fire Patrol Wagons
Drays with Two Horses.
Farm Wagon and Horses.
Railroad Trains.
Stoves and Ranges.
Dump Carts and Mules.
Police Patrols.
Ice Wagons.
And many .others.
China Toy Tea Sets, ioc. up.
Climbing Monkeys.
Doll Carriages, 24c. up.
Drums, from ioc. up.
Mechanical Toys.
Trumpets.
Magic Lanterns.
Tlionographs.
Two Wheel Carts, ioc.
Sand Mills.
Bisque Figures.
Wood Block Houses.
Guns.
Soldier Sets.
Kid Body Dolls,
In Kid Dolls, you must see the
bargains we offer before you can
realize how cheap we are selling
them. These are the most ser
viceable Dolls you can buy. We
have them.
From 10c Up
STORY BOOKS,
A, B, C BOOKS,
LINEN BOOKS
They Are Worth Double.
Drums,
Rubber Dolls,
Rubber Toys.
Rubber Rattles.
. Rubber Balls.
Card Games.
Fur Animals.
Wool Horses
Wool Doys.
Wood Horses and vVagons.
Musical Tops.
Tambourines.
Hobby Horses.
Galloping Horses.
Doll Furniture.
Doll Wash Tubs.
Doll Wash Sets -
Noah's Arks.
Big Bargains in Gbina and Glass. They Make a -Very
Serviceable Present
We have a very large assort
ment of Decorated Plates, China
"ups and Saucers, Mugs, Oat
Meal Dishes, P.one Dishes, Olive
Dishes, Creams, Etc., Etc., Etc.
At Only 10c a Piece
Glass Stand Lamp
Full size, large size wicks and .
chimney, all complete, worth 24c.
Monday 10c
A very large assortment of
China Cups and Saucers, worth
50c. and 35c.
For 25c Monday
Glass Cako Stands
Full size.
Only 10c
1 Bottle Castors
With glass bottoms and nick
eled wire handle, worth 50 cents.
Monday 34c
China Cream Sets.
China Cup and Saucer and Plate
Sets.
China Bread and Milk Sets.
Glass Water Sets.
Decorated Glass Water Sets.
China Oat Meal Sets.
Glass Wine Sets.
Vase Lamps
Large assortment.
From 98c Up
Nickel Plated Cuspidors
Full size, worth 19c.
Monday 10c
Imported English
Decorated Tea Pots
Fancy shapes were 64c. 1
Monday 39c
1 (Jt Decorated
Cream Pitcher
Worth 15c.
Monday 10c
Clothes Dryers 8 prongs, were
19c.
Monday 10c
Imitation Leather Lunch Boxes,
were 15c.
Monday 10c
Coal Hods Japancd with hood,
some are dinted very little, were
34C
Monday 19c
OPEN EVENINGS,
In Addition to Showing Onr Holiday Goods, We Have a Fall Stock of Regular Staple Goods Always in Stock,
LLYWARCH HEN
A CATWG DD0ETH
Ivor, Oeoeroui as Oold, Meek and Beau
Icons to Behold.
OUR EDEYRN THE O0LDEN T0NGUED
Chieftain, Eloquent, Refined, Fierce
in Wrath, yet Wine in Mind, to the
Hard a Golden Hoard it the Good
Bet or the Lord, None But flea of
Matchless Might Dare Attend Him
in the Fight.
Llywarch Hen y Rhen gawr oedd
A llewawy el alluoedd;
Ithyfulwr, oedd y Kwr gwyeh,
Dyagawdwr, cauwr eeluwyeb.
Llywarch Hen was a celebrated poet
Who flourished In the middle of the
Sixth century. His patrimony was In
the North of England, and he is sup
posed to have been a chief of some part
of. ancient Cumbria or Strathclyde.
Llywarch bore a distinguished part In
defending his country against the
growing- power of the Saxons, and xur
Vlved to lament the loss of twenty-four
ons who fell tn the same cause. It
apepars from one of his poems that he
fought under Arthur at the battle of
Longborth, about A. D. 630. He retired
after witnessing the defeat and death
of his patron, to a solitary hut in Mont
gomeryshire, thence to a secluded little
place called Pabell Llywarch, In the
parish of Llanovor, near Bala, which
Is still pointed out as the "Cot of Lly
warch Hen," where he composed bis
pathetic story on "Old Age,' 'and where
he died at the great age of 150 years,
having outlived all his children, of
whom the names of twenty-seven are
recorded in history. Those of hla
poems which are extant are printed In
the "Archaeologla." six of them betnn
of an historical character; the other
six are on moral subjects. The same
poems were also published In a separ
ate volume with a liberal translation
by Dr. V. O. Pughe In 1794. entitled
"Heroic Elegies." Llywarch is ranked
In the Triads as "one of the three In
telligent bards of the Court of Arthur."
the other two being Catwg the Wise
and Tallesln, the Chief of Bards.
Calwaladr hen'baladr bi
(Da oedd) ac yn dlwrddu
Eu brenlnlarth, helaeth haw!,
. Ar Ethawl lywodraethu.
Cadwaladr the Blessed, was the last
of the princes who assumed the title of
Chief Sovereign of Hrltaln. He Is railed
In the Triads one of the three Blessed
and Canonised King of Britain, for
the protection which he offered to the
fugitive Christians when) dispossessed
by the Saxons. Disheartened at .the
progress of the Saxons he went to
Rome In 6S8, where he remained until
his death, which took place In 703. The
parts which had not been conquered
by the Saxons at this period were gov
erned by different chiefs, as Cambria or
Strathclyde, Wales and Cornwall.
. Trachwlth ar ol eln trechu a'n dlflaw
A'n dyfod I Gynw-u,
I pysgeidiaeth, wlw faetb fu,
J Em hwylus yn cymlu,
'. N1 cha Cymry felly fod,
A'u heglur hen laeth hyglod;
Geralnt Fardd Ohia gloyw-waa (lan,
Tu ddu. oil a dd'ai allan.
Uunlal Ramadeg llafnfyoh,
Ar cyntaf (gwelaf, on, gfycb).
Geralnt flourished about A. D. MO.
which was preserved among the MSS.
at Raglan Castle, before the noted
Welsh collection at that place was de
stroyed In the wars of the Common
wealth. This original work Is now lost,
tout it was made use of to a great ex
tent by Elnlon and Edeyrn Dnfod Aur.
Geralnt the Blue Bard was one of the
most Illustrious men Wales ever pro
duced, and It has been suggested by
some that he was the same person with
Aser who,' on account of his great
learning and superior talents, was In
vited by the great King Alfred to his
Court, and that by his advice Alfred
founded the University of Oxford. Iu
gratitude to his distinguished p J Iron,
Aser wrote his life, which was printed
for the first time In 1574. Cnradoc re
cords his death In his chronicle "Aser
the Wise, Archbishop of the Britons,
died A. D. 906."
Known follant eoflant cyfan gorho.Taw!
I OrulYyilil nh Cumin,
Noddwr y Iieirdd hol'fclrdd-lan
Ac uchles y gynes gun.
Hen ddvsgeldlnethl
Clwyoli wybodaetu llawn a noddal,"
Awenyddiueth I
Uruffydd ab Conan was a distin
guished patron of the Welsh bards, be
ing of the stock of the five royal tribes
and king of North Wales from 1075 till
1137. He was born In Ireland, of which
country his mother was a native, and
where his father had been obliged to
take refuge from the commotions
which raned In his native country.
Oruffydd during his relirn had several
conflicts with his enemies, the Eng
lish, but In 1096 made pence with them.
Oruffydd found great Irregularities and
abuses among the Welsh bards, and it
Is recorded that he Invited to Wales
some of the best musicians of Ireland,
and called together several congresses,
where laws were established for the
better regulation of music and poetry.
This Is a period of great reformation re
garding education in Wales, at which
rived at a high perfection, and from
the death of Uruffydd ab Conan till the
the 'poetry and literature of Wales ar
death of Llewellyn we have a brilliant
succession of poets and men of letters,
Owar ydoedd hen Garadog Llanc arl'uu
Lion, cu eurfad, en wok;
Rrudydd, hunesydd hen-oosog,
O gu dudau mwyn godldog.
Caradog was our great historian, who
wrote the Chronicles of Wales, from
the abdlctlnn of Cadwalader to his own
time, I. e., from 0S6 till 1157. His "Brut
y Tywysoglon" Is a continuation of
'Brut y Hrenlilnoedd," or Chronicles
of the Kings, ills history was trans
lated Into English by Humphrey
Llwyd. and published by Dr. Powell in
Ifiiit. Several editions of this import
ant Welsh history have been pub
lished. "Ifor Had:
E fu yr hrn Ifor Hnel I'r Awen
Yiv rhunwr tlrlon-hael
Wylhed a mwyned y niael
Rhodal i Felrdd yn rhwyd-hael.
Ivor the Generous, Lord of Maesa
leg, second son of Llewelyn ab Ivor
ab Llewellyn ab Blcddi, who came to
Glanmorgan from Dyfed In the time of
lostyn ab Uwrgant. His mother. Ang
harad, was the daughter of Sir Morgan
ab Merehlth ab Uruffydd ab Meredith
Oethln, the son of Khvs nb Tewdwr,
Prince of South Wales. The chieftain
of the house of Tredegar flourished
from A. D. 1310 to 1370. He was the
patron through life of the Prince of
Welsh bards, the illustrious Dafydd ab
Gwllym, for which service Wales havo
always felt ziateful to him, and his
name respected. Many of our bards,
have sung his praise, but none so ex
cellent as the Patriarch of Wales.
Ivor, generous as gold.
Meek and beauteous to behold,
Yet the boldest in the fray
Is the master I obey;
None, but men of matchless might
I (are uttend him In I lie fit; lit!
Chleftuln, elixiuent, rellned,
Fierce In wrath, yet wise in mind,
To the bard a golden hoard
Is the goodness of his lord.
Edeyrn Dafod Aur, or Edeyrn the
Golden Tongued, Is referred to as an
author of exceptional ability;
Edeyrn rhugorwych awdwr,
Uuiliilnir, ae en wok wr,
A'l dafod aur, rliyildaur oedd,
tidwyeh o leithydd ydoedd;
t'odoild eln hlaith a gwalth gwych
1 gaerau uehel gorwych.
The Welsh grammar when he under
took to compile at the command of
the Welsh Princess was mude public
about the year 1270. This cuirious and
Interesting old work is considered the
national grammar of the Principality,
and was published from the original
manuscript about 40 years ago by the
Welsh MSS. society. This is a most re
markable record of the patronage of
literature by the Welsh Princess in the
midst of continual wars in defending
their homes and country.
Knwnf, heb ddihoeniad Oruffydd,
Uwr hofYwych el garlad;
Ab Nicholas a fu'n wustad
Nawdd awen lawen el wlad.
Noddwr I'r belrdd helrdd e' fu,
A chyfulll I'w d'.lyrrhafu.
The distinguished Welshman of the
house of Dlnefwr, Carmarthenshire,
was a celebrated patron of tho bards
who flourished at the end of the four
teenth and beginning of the fifteenth
centuries. He was the grandfather of
Sir Rhys ab Thomas. Nicholas are
reserved In manuscript, particularly
the history of Carmarthen Eisteddfod,
held under his patronage In 1451, where
the rules of the Welsh metres were
agreed upon
PRINCIPAL REICHEL OP BANGOR.
Of the three gentlemen qualified for
the vice-chancellorship of the Welsh
University, Principal Relchel, of Ban
gor, who has now Just entered upon his
term of ofllce is the only non-Welshman.
Hut, according to Prof. Edwards,
of Aberystwyth, who contributed an
excellent sketch of the new vice-chancellor
to "young Wales," "by this time
It is well known in Wales thut the
present vice-chancellor, except in the
accident of his birth. Is also thorough
ly Welsh, on his first arrival In Ban
gor, he made a solemn vow to himself
that he would do bis best to under
stand the nature and characteristics
of the people among whom he lived;
this aim he has studiously pursued
and has realized to a very high degree.
He has stayed for long periods in
Welsh rural parts, and he has taken
enormous pains to be able to read
Welsh literature. On the University
Senate he invariably encourages the
University to develop the natural char
acteristics of the Welsh people, and
he most strongly insists thut the study
of Welsh History should form a prom
inent part In the history course of
the new university. He can talk Welsh
with a correct accent, and tho style
of his Welsh letters would serve as a
model to muny Welsh writers, and lute
ly he has redoubled his effort, to im
prove his knowledge of Welsh, for 1
hear, on very reliable authority, that
he la afraid for Mrs. Heichel to outpace
him in this most Important course' of
study."
AN ENGLISH EDITOR ON THE
WELSH.
Mr. A. E. Fletcher of the New Age
(late editor of the Dally Chronicle)
has favored the editor of "Young
Wales" with an Interview in the course
of which he speaks freely upon many
matters of Interest to Wules. The
WelBh members, he considers, are a
body of good all-around members, with
two promising men among them Mr.
T. E. Ellis arid Mr. Lloyd George," Mr.
Ellis makes an Ideal Whip," bus thor
oughly Justified his selection by his
splendid success, but for all that "it
Is a pity he should have gone Into office
because It hampers him somewhat. Mr.
Fletcher is us fervent as the most
ardent Cymry Fyddite In his admira
tion for the member for Carnarvon
whom he declares to be "one of the
most prominent men in Parliament,"
and is "one of those good men who
very likely may be approached to take
office. But Mr. Fletchers ailvlce to
Mr. Lloyd George Is an emphuttc
"Don't." for "If he docs uccept office
he will run the risk of Hlnklmr Into un
official Liberal and lose his inlluence
as a leader. He Is young and he Is a
splendid platform speaker, and "adds
the editor of the New Age, I look upon
him as the destined leader of the Welsh
party."
WELSH CHARACTERISTICS.
A Welshman, styling himself "Llow
Trefor" writing to a Ponaypridd Journ
al about what he describes us the "in-
a i1 ' i J II -r V- - i K d.m J " ' .v. wsiaTj-" mi - l&r
IN THE DAYS TO COME.-LitV
Copyright, 1S9G, by Mitchell & Miller.
volved characteristic of tho Welsh
lunguuge states:
"It Is a heterogeneous conglomeration
of a synchronising amalgamation and
pulverisation of zinzlberaceous matter,
and leads us into Interminable dis
quisitions of a mythological metaphor
ical caballstico-sartoriul antediluvian
puleontologlcul cast!" Snakes alive!
And do the Pontypridd folk still allow
this blasphemer to live?
YR HYFUVD WLAD.
Draw, ymhell ml welaf ddinas,
Mwiad dedwyddweh perftulth ywj
Owlad o hi clclweh, brl. ac urdilas,
Gwlad He n.l l oes poen na brlw;
Dym.i'r fan y euwn ildlhangfu.
Ar lb cyst odd yma sydd,
Ar bol trailod, Init, a KwiiSKfu,
Heddwch perffaith yno sydd.
O! pa bryd caf flnau weled
Dy otoiil.uit heb un Hen?
LleUluu ceraint, piyd caf glywed.
Fry o jrylch yr Orsedd wen?
Selnlo can I h'liban Hcthl'em,
Can am ahcrth Callari;
Kid oes di-i'i'yn ur yr anthem
Fawr am gariud lesu cu.
Yn che.leg mae fy nvhalon
llddlyina I fyny fry,
I'wchluw gal.ir. eroesau hllnlon,
1'wehlaw pobpfth mat tl:
Fry I'r nef 1 fyw'n dragywydd,
Vmadii a'r cwbl oil yn lan,
Ceisio'r Koron aur a'r palm'wydd.
I uno yn y nefol gan.
Ambleaton. M. M. Batematt.
ELEGANCE AXI) UTILITV.
lie Buuiiht Tiint-l'icci- to Suit Each
I'nrtic ulur Homo Need.
From the Washington Star.
"I want something handsome In the
way of a clock," he said to the Jeweler.
"We have a very tine line of goods,"
was the response, "and the prices are
very modeerate."
"I don't care anything -about the
price. I want something that will
show at a glance thut it cost a whole
lot of money." ."
"Certainly. We have some beautiful
Imported goods."
"Thut's the idea. Something that
came from abroad. I want an onyx
pedestal and ormolu trimming and a
statue on the top of it." "
"Here's a Veritable "'ork of art."
"That's pretty well; but I'd like some,
thing more attractive than that. It's
to be a birthday present to my wife,
W'e haven't been keeping house veijr
long, and she's been worried for fear
pvople would think we were going
without a clock because we couldn't
afford one. I'm going to see that she
has something so handsome that It'll
dazzle everybody who comes Into the
parlor and so precious that It hus to
be kept under glass like a specimen
in the museum."
"How Is this one?" the Jeweler In
quired, as he lifted a massively ornate
article from a shelf.
"That's the very thing. That'll
please her almost to death. Pack It
up and ship it out to my house and
send the bill to my otliee."
"It'll cost $U5," the Jeweler mildly
suggested.
"That's nil right. It looks as If It
were worth It."
He started for the door, but cam
back and said: "By the way, you'd
better glvce me ntiother clock one of
those small nickel-plated affairs that
cost about a dollar and a half, so that
we can stick it off In an obscure cor
ner to look at when we wait to know
w hat time t la."
Pennsylvania Itailrond to Issue Clcr.
leal Orders.
The Pennsylvania Ball road company
announces that for 1897 it will Issue
clerical orders to regularly ordained
clergymen In charge of churches lo
cated on or near its lines east of Pitts
burg and Erie. To secure these or
ders clergymen should make applica
tion to the nearest ticket agent as
soon as possible, and It Is desired that
all applications reach the general of
fice by December 15