THE SCE ANTON TRIBUNE- SATURDAY MORNING-, FEBRUARY G, 189T.
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THE POET ISLWYN
OF SACRED MEMORY
Ml. Islwyn in Wales Becomes Immortal
Through Ills Muse.
MANY GIANTS BORN AT MT. ISLWYN
A Smnll, Wi'iilc Jinn Wns Ho Who
Took tliu Mountain on Ills Shoul
ders niul l'incod it in the Siglit of
.llnuy Cunurntions-MoiiiR it at
Will, niul Sending It on n Journey
Through Wales nnd Across tho Sous
To Welshmen.
It Is geneinlly acknowledged that Is
lwyn was among thu most gifted sons
of the Welsh muse that have nourished
dm Ing thu pie-sent centuiy, and as a
ineacher theio was non more a'ceept
uble with his denomination.
Mnehyn, of tho Weekly Mall, gives
the following jnetty little sketch of
the hard: "I was pilvlleged once with
his company from Mnesteg to Llang
nwyd, and I well lemember one thing
he tiled to Impress upon me, and that
was the truth of the old adage, 'A
poet Is bom, and not made, I hod
nsked his advice as to the best books
to study to become a pjjet, and I Mmll
not foi get the pains he tool: to make
me tee the advisability of giving up
such an Idea which ho found veiy
geneial among young men, 'Don't,'
said he, 'dabble with poetiy If you can
help it; but take to borne bianch of
knowledge which you could with a lit
tle industiy get to undei stand, and
would piollt by.' I followed Ills ad
vice, for which I feel thankful to him
to this day. In the Cylcligtawn, 1S31-5J
I find some poetiy written b him be
fore ho adopted his baidic pseudonym
Islwyn such as "GwIIjm Taidd," Un
o'r Llanclau," Habell W. T ," "Will
lam Thomas," and In November, lSr"
he calls himself for the time "Baidcl
Islujii" lie also contilbuted several
articles In prose to the same magazine,
upon which he was highly compliment
ed by the editor, who is still with us
in the poison of tho Rev. W. Williams,
Aigyle, Swansea.
"I.atel the long expected volume of
sonnons by Islwyn have appeared, to
the gieat satisfaction of all his admir
ers, and, as a pietace, tho Rev. E
Mathew's mutative of the poet-pieach-ei's
life, which appeal In the Cylch
grawn, is ghen, the following pata
giaph being most ehaiacteiistlc of tho
lenowned blogiaphei's stylo: 'He took
the name Islwyn from tho name of his
native pailsh, which was called Sly
ndd Islwyn. Peihaps the parish took
its name ftom the mountain, since, ac
coiding to the testimony of the best
hlstoilans, the mountain was theio be
fore the pailsh. At any late, the name
Islwyn, apatt from the mountain, has
become a household woid thioughout
Wales and throughout such paits of
the world as aie Inhabited u Welsh
men. It Is thiough William Thomns,
of the liabell, that this mountain has
become immoital: it was he that
caused it to enter into the llteratme of
Wales and to become dear to the hearts
of thousands. A small, weak man was
he w ho took the mountain on his
shouldeis and 'Macqd It In the sight of
many geneiatlons to come who other
Ise would neither hae seen nor
Iieai d of It. There were always many
giants in statuie at Mynydd Islwn,
and indeed some with gigantic minds,
3 ot no one was capable of tin owing
this mountain here and theie in song,
of moving it at will, of elevating It to
the planets, of sending It on a journey
thiough Wales and acioss the seas to
"Welshmen, and giving it existence and
immortality In history, except this
email, weak man in body, but a setapli,
stiong in mind."
PROMINENT SCRANTON WELSH
MAN. Mr. William Owen, of Madison ave
nue, Scianton, is one of the oldest and
most pioinlnent of tho Scianton Welsh
men. He was boi n 74 yeais ago In
Noith Wales. He arrived in Amu leu
Gl yeais ago, and woiked at his tiade
of nailmaklng In New Yoik city foi
"WILLIAM OWEN.
twelve yeais. He loft the metiopolls
for Trenton, N. J,, wheie he woiked
at the same profession for some yeais.
Mr. Owens carao to Scranton when
lots weie selling for two and three hun
dred dollars that afterwards weie sold
lor foity and fifty thousand dollais.
He is the father of ton chlldien, six of
whom are alive. One of his daughters
is the estimable wife of Chief Robllng.
The late Mis. Doud was also his daugh
ter. The Misses Maiy and Flo live at
liomo with the old gentleman In a sub
stantial lesldence on the coiner of Mad
ison and Olive. His sons are the Ow ens
Bios., the successful monument build
ers on Adams avenue. Mrs. Owens died
a few years ago and her lemains were
interred In the beautiful Dunmore cern
etry, wheio the largest and one of the
most costly and magnificent monu
ments have been elected to her mem
oiy. Mr. Owens was for many years
a successful business man on the West
Side. Notwithstanding that he has
'seventy-four yeais to his life's ciedlt
lie Is as lithe today as many men of
fifty and his mental faculties are as
bright as In the days of yore. He Is
veil blessed with woildly goods. His
principal delight now is reading. Ho
is a leading member of one of our Chris
tian chinches, and delights In tho doc
tilnes of his favorite creed.
NOTKS.
Aberavon can boast of the unique ills
tlnctlonof a blind mayor. Mr, Henry Rich
ards, who Is also knowu as a poet and a
preacner. All his reading matter, ber
mons, lectures, and speeches, he has spe
cially printed In raised characteis, Even
his dally paper is printed for him in this
fashion, so he never can get until two
days after publication.
Tho "Winllan," the monthly magazine
iBsued by tho Dookroom of tho Welsh
Wesleyans for the use of their young peo.
pie, celebrates Its jubileo this year and its
enterprising editor, tho Rev. Thomas
Jlughes, of Bootle, has signalized the
tlv f A
M m IPII
event by Isiulnc a Jiibllee number of dou
ble the usual size, which contains much
hlstollcal matter of groat Intel est to the
Welsh branch of the Methoillst chutch.
Mr. Justice Cliantham, while presiding
over the Mcrlonotlmhlru Assizes lecently,
made a bold nttempt to pronounce the
sweet and euphemistic name of "I.lnnll-hniiBol-genu'r
Olyn," Hut ho couldn't
and, turning to his ahaphitn In despair, lie
asked. "Is It one or liulf a dozen words';"
"One, my lord," replied the chaplain,
w hereupon tho Judgo oxclnlmed, with a
deep-dinwn sigh, "Then I pity jolt Welsh
men," Many thanks, my lord, but the
sympathy Is sndly misplaced.
An analysis of tho Welsh Nonconformist
denomination for 1SD3 shows that tho In
dependence nie the strongest In Cnrcll
gnnshlie, Carmarthcnshlie and 'aiumor
ganshlie, the Hnptlsts In l'embrokeshlie
and Moiiniolithshlie, and the Cnhlnlstto
Methodists In all tho counties of Noith
Wales, In Radnoishlro and IJieconslilrc,
In the South and In the English towns.
Tho total membership Is given as 117,207
for the Methodists, 130,782 for the Inde
pendents, and 101,701 for the Haptlsts.
The Rev T. Monts, of I'orth, whose
sudden and tragic death Is elnceieb
mom ned, was one of the best-known
prenchcis of tho Welsh Congregntlonnllsts
In ainnioignnshlre. Ho was a gieat read
er and student of modern theology, and
held ery definite lens upon tllo theolo
gical questions of the dav, Mr. Moirls
spent eighteen ears In tho mlnlstrj In
Dowlals, nnd four eurs at Porth, and nt
both places actively paitclpated In all
good works. At tho time of his death he
was prepailng a volume of seimons for
the press.
Notwithstanding what the traducers of
the Rhondda may suy, It Is questionable
whether there Is In the wholo kingdom
a moie vigorous Hand of Hope union than
that which has for its piesldent Mr. Al
fied Thomas, M. V. The Pontypridd
DIstilct Rand of Hope union Is laigely
tho cieatlon of Mi. It. Ilevan, Its honota
blo secretary, nnd one of Its featuies Is a
monthly duoglott magazine The Hope
of tho Age (Gobalth yr Oos) 111 which tho
vailous acthllles of the organization aio
discussed. In March tho Union will lipid
Its annual eisteddfod, when a choir of D00
bright little voices will perforin.
About sixty years ago, it Is said, an In
dulgence was extended to every dulitoi
contlned In the prison of Swansea cattle,
by virtue of which the prisoners had an
oppoitunltj, If their debts weie small, of
securing their lelease. Having obtained
this Indulgence from the high sheilft, they
weie allowed to expose whitevei articles
ttn.v rnlirVtt mnclni fn, nln In tllo nMPll
stieel, on that side of tho market place
next to the eastle. Tho limits of the ball
wlck were defined by a range of small
stones down the highway, within which
boundarj the debtors weie as secure from
tho molestation of their ciedltois as
though they weie contlned within tho
walls of the castle.
The Rev. O. L Hobetts, of Pwllheli, has
accepted the Invitation sent him a foit
nlght ago to undertake the pastoral chaige
of the Tabernacle Congregational church,
Liverpool, In which the late Dr. John
Thomas ofliclnls. Mr. Robeits, who wus
lecently mauled to the only daughter of
the lite Di. Hciber Evans, is in tho thlr
tj -fifth j ear. Ho was oi dallied to the
Congiegational mlnlstiy In the year liS2
at Penarth, Montgomeiv shire, after a
oouise of training at the Hiltlsh eollegp;
he afterward mlnlsteied at Pentjrch, Gla
moigntibhlru, and at Mlnney stieet, Cai
dlfr. He undeitook the chaige of the
Penlan chuich, Pwllheli, In 1M)1, and he
has labored theio with marked success.
He Is a member of the Cainaivonshlro
County governing body of Intel mediate
schools, and a membci of the Pwllheli lo
cal governing body. He Is the Noith
Wales secietarj of tho Congiegational for
waid movement lecently Initiated, and Is
acknowledged to be one ol the leading
soung ministers of his demnomlnatlon.
So far as the bulk of tho subset lptlons to
the Gee testimonial, as might be teason
abl expected, h.ib come lrom Noith
Wales, but it Is hoped that South Wales,
vv 1th Its large population and enoimous
wealth, will not be behind in paj lng a ttlb
uto of respect to otto who may be said
to have led the van In the light of Welsh
Nationalism, elsh Disestablishment,
Welsh Education and other Welsh move
ments. Although many Llbeuls may not
base ngieed with Ml Gee In all the details
of his long life's woik foi Wales, no tiuly
liberal-minded Welshman can foi a mo
ment doubt that ho has deseted well of
his countiy and the Welsh people geneial
ll, nnd It Is hoped that South Wales will
heartily co-operate with Noith Wales be
fore the list Is finally closed In malting the
tilbute a ti uly national and woithy one.
The committee set out with tho Idea ot
piesentlng Mr. Gee with the sum of 11,000,
togethei with small suitable nnd peitm
nent mementoes of the occasion to both
himself and Mis Gee. About .'U0 are still
lequlred to make up this amount to the
satisfaction of the committee, and It Is
to be hoped that they will not be disap
pointed. "It was this time thieo years ago,"
wiltes an old Llandoveilan, "when a
'pack' of us weie making the Journey to
Ulrkenhead to witness what subsequently
turned out to be tho complete discomfiture
of the Welsh team, a team which con
tained, by the way, two of our old school
fellow j Chaille Nlchol and Conway Rees
to wit. Tho night was Intensely cold, In
deed, we were informed at Liverpool that
tho barometer hid not been lower duiiug
the past twenty years! Anyhow, In spite
of all discomforts, wo spent the night right
meirlly, and loud and unearthly were the
noises In oui compaitments that cold and
diearj winter's night. Yarjis on all soits
of subjects were spun, and when a 'filth
fonnei' at Craven Arms committed tho
following atioclty of a rlddlo the train
was In Imminent danger of being derailed,
so roughly handled was tho offending
punster. 'I say, lads,' he asked, 'how does
a tramp lesemblo Craven Arras?' "Caue
neither weais stockings.' 'Wiong.' 'Wo
give It up." 'Woll,' said the rlddler, beam
ing with delight, 'because he Is always
cravln' alms" That pun and tho ciushlng
defeat our gallant fifteen sustained at
Ulrkenhead on tho monow completely In
capacitated all of us fot work during the
following week." ,
In answer to many Inquiries wo would
state that a very elegant maiblo slab was
placed over the grave of the Maid of Cefn
Ydfa when the Llangynwyd Parish church
was icstoied foui yeais ago, and the ln
scilptlon Is a facslmllle of what was on
tho old btono In the chancel which had
to bo lemoved. Will Hopkins' grave la
outside tho church, but nothing to point it
out In tho shapo of a slab or tomb.
When the gay sage of Tieforest lead
that Lord Tiedegai had met with an ac
cident to his eyo whilst out shooting he at
once wioto to his lordship.
TIs said a fellow feeling muke3 us kind,
That it extends to all tho blind;
My soul !s sad this fosgy morn
Because of tho ugly, barbarous thorn
Which bit Tiedegar In the eye,
And beieft the countiy of all Joy,
Tho great have worshippers by the peck,
Who to please a lord would ilsk a neck,
Rut even he with an axe to gilnd
Salutes Tredegar with an honest mind
Lord Tiedegar leplled: "Deal 'Morion,'
I nm veiy glad to see yout handwiltlng
again as clear as ever. Thanks for your
sympathetic veiscs, My accident, happi
ly, Is not serious, and I am rapidly lecov
erlng." Evidently tho Druid and the ba
ron see eye to eye.
It Is Interesting to find that the late
Bishop of St. David's wqs Sir Geoige Os
borne Morgan's private tutor at Oxford,
"And," says Sir George, In chronicling the
past, "a better man never lived." Tho
caieer of the Welsh radical leader In Ox
ford was an amazingly brilliant one.
It has not escaped the notice of Principal
T. C, Edwards that the call to which a
minister gives the readiest answer Is the
one with the biggest salary, "What eats
the strength of tho church," says ho In
the "Genlnen," "and utterly destroys tho
Influence of Christianity Is the worldllness,
II If mKwWR0& Mimlm mSmi
the love of money, the mlseillness, the
nairownees and tho selfish ambition of
some ministers of the Woid." And bo we
feai It will continue while ministers ate
merely men, human, eveiy day men.
Poity-five yeais' ervlce is a rare rej
ord It was in ISj-' when tho duke of
Wellington was still alive that Mi. Will
iam Powell took on duty as oigaulst of St.
Mary's Roman Catholic chutch In Mon
mouth a post which he has Just leslgned
to thu rcgiet of all.
We are going to have a series of Welsh
teirttoildl names. One of the bcst-kno.vu
mlnlsteis In Biadfoid Is thu Rev. T.
Rhondda Williams. This departuie, no
doubt, will be followed by the Rev. John
Ogmore Jones, the Rev. Evan Cadoxton-Juxta-Neath
Evans, or the Rev. Jenkln
Caerphilly -Higher Jenkins, D D.
One of the most humorous lecturers who
have toured Ameiica was a Welshman
named Robert .Tones-Burdett. Ho was a
native of ISrynmawr, nnd always com
manded a good fee for his lectin e. Never
heard of him He must have been lectin -lng
to the Indians. i
No one at Swansea was sill prised to find
Miss Dlhvyn smoking a clgai nt the com
meiclal banquet recently. Miss Dlllwvn
has long been a devotee to "sublime to
bacco." The story goes that her lather
(the late M. P.) used to say to guests with
whom the family were on Intimate teims,
"If y ou care foi a clgai y ou had bettoi
join my daughter In the smoking loom."
N
It Is stated that about .10 have '-o far
been collected among the London Welsh
for the proposed national memorial to
Prince Llewelyn, and It Is hoped to get tho
sum up to 100. One of the London secre
tailes has lecehed a note from the sec
retary of tho lord chaucelloi, In which
Loid Halsbuiy piomlses his support foi
the movement foi commemoiatlng "the
last native Pi luce of Wales."
Refenlng fo the tieaty of aibltratlon
between England and America, the Llvei
pool Meicuiy bays, with a sigh: "One can
only regret that the late Mi. Homy Rich
ard, M. I'., and other tried friends of the
pollcv of arbitration are not alle to wit
ness this triumph of their principles."
Ileie Is a true story of tho dead Bishop
of St. David's which has not yet seen the
light. Between fifteen and twtnty yeais
ago a veiy worthy Caunaither dilre cui
ate, who had worked haul for his church
against ndveisltles and reeises,as nomi
nated Informally by Bishop Basil Jon's
to a cuiacy betwixt Cardiff and Riecon.
But counter Influences wero at woik, and
tho Incumbent (now gone, like the bishop,
to the "gieat majoiity") took a sund
against tho cuiate, whose life became em
bittered by exceeding p.aioehlal bitter
ness. He was a masterly ineacher, and
his seimons were affluent of thought and
lnplratlon. The wondei was that so gift
ed a mind contented Itself with so lowly
and obscure a position, Tho vlcai, how
ever, lgnoied all thee considerations, and
this gentle but of mlsfoi tune's buffets
was pietty neaily broken-hearted. In his
previous curacy he had been tho means
of building a paisonage. But the vicar
had died, and the next vicar had his own
cuiate, and so Mi. Blank had to shift.
Whilst he was on probation nt his
wife and family woie actually domicilii
down West In a building which had been
an outhouse or attached to one, and then
the youngsters were laid low with typhoid.
The facts reached the bishop's eai, and
evidently his heart burnt hot within him
He did not, ns fat as the w i Iter know s, i ay
anything. But the euiato was Immediate
ly nominated to a rectoiy In the diocese,
and there he piobably still Ives a noble
man, whoo life has been one of high, but
unostentatious, excellence.
"All honor to Mr Harry Evan", of Dow
lals, on his gaining the diploma of r R.
C O ," writes a Brecon correspondent,
"but It Is a mistake to say that he is tho
first Welshman who ha', attained that
distinction. Mr A. H Edwaids, Mrs.
Bach, Oxon, and T R C O , of Holy
Tilnlty, Doncaster, late organist of St.
Mary's, Brecon, Is a Welshman nay, dou
bly Welsh by his mairlage to Miss I3 1
waids, of the lattei town. What of Mi
Lee-Wllllams, Mu, Bach , Oxon. nnd P
R. C O , of PenlFaipentte, Llanspy ddld,
Brecknock, late organist of Llandaff and
Glouchester cathediaW What, also, of
Di. Gieenlsh, P R C O. bom nt Ha
verfordwest, nnd Mi Mlddleton, P. R C.
O , bom at Welshpool, In 1S71? Di. Hulielt
Pany, r R C, O , 13 of Welsh extraetioi,
and Dr. Valley Roberts, r. R, C. O, and
others "
SEX AT OK QUAY'S SUCCESSOR.
W. E. Curtis, In Chicago Record,
I found in Philadelphia the other day
that Mr. Peniose, the new senator from
Pennsylvania, Is very well thought of by
his neighbors in tho city of Phliadelpn! 1,
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and, although he Is regarded as a loyal
lieutenant of Sotiatoi Quay, his lileiils
declare that his Individuality will asesit
Itself as he grows a little older, and his
natutnl abilities will be demonstiate 1.
Senator Quay Is veiy fond of Mr. Pen
rose, and has been tialnlng him foi sev
eral yeais to bo his successor as the Re
publican boss In thut state.
Mr. Quay first picked up Robert Adams
for that destiny He is a young mm ol
excellent family, which counts so much In
Philadelphia, with an Independent ior
tune, a good speaker nnd n knaek for
politics. He had him elected to the legls
latuie, then to the state senate, and then
got President Harrison to send him as
minister to Bia?ll In older that he might
have a little diplomatic experience. At
tho next election after his return, ho put
him up foi congt ess, but Adams did not
fill tho bill. Ho was too fond of society.
Ho liked to go to balls and dinner parties,
and was a great ladles' man, which de
ttacted from his usefulness as apolltlclnn.
Mr. Quay tried to correct these habits,
but Adams' social Instincts were too
strong foi him, and ho had finally to give
up.
Boles Pentose had already made coit3'd
er.tble headway In local politics, and hid
attt acted Mr. Quay's attention. After
watching him closely for a while, and
subjecting him to various tests to see
what stuff there was in him, the sena
tor decided to make Penrose his politi
cal hell, and he Is now the ciown prince
of the Pennsylvania machine. Ho sent
Pentose to tho state senate nnd kept him
there until he was iccognlzed by every
body as Mr. Quay's petsonal repiosenta
tlve. -Now he comes to tho United States
senate, young, nble, accomplished and
with a prospect of a famous caieer. Cei
talnly no young man, and he Is only SO
years old, ever had a liner oppoitunlty
to distinguish himself, and they say that
he Is made of the pioper kind of stuff
Like Adams, Mr. Penrose comes ftom the
exclusive circles of the Philadelphia arls
toctacy. Ho Is llch, good-looking, elo
quent In speech, bright, witty, studious
and slu end.
IT CANADA WKlti: IN KI'.VOLT,
riom the Sun.
If Canada were to ailse In revolt against
the Biltlsh monaichy, as Cuba has ailsen
against the Spanish monaichy, and vvsie
to strlko lot Independence and self-government
as Cuba has stiucl: for them, the
Amu leans would veiy suiely take a deep
unci est in the Canadian question.
If England weie to send hundteds of
thousands of troops to Quebec to ctush the
Canadian levolt, as Spain has sent hun
dteds of thousands to Havana ngalnst the
Cuban ieolt, the Ameilcan lnteiest In the
affult would grow yet strongei.
If the English troops weie not only to
fight tho belligerent Canadians, but weie
to butcher the defenceless Inhabitants of
Canada, minder the Canadian prisoners of
wai, burn thu hospitals of the Canadian
Insurgents, shoot all Canadians suspected
of sympathizing with tho lnsuuectlon,
kill women and children, execute cltlens
without trial, banish people to penal set
tlements In Afilca, and do other evil deeds
resembling those of Spain In Cuba, Amet
Ican sympathy fot the suffering Canadians
would be too sttong foi reptesslon.
If England weie to send against the
Canadians a savage genetal, with lull
powei to turn Canada Into n chainel
house, and to lay waste Its pi ov luces, as
Spain has sent the savago Weyler to Cu
ba, wo think that the Amei leans of this
genet atlon would ciy "Halt!" very soon
after the carnage and the lavages had be
gun. If the English were to claim that, be
cause they held Quebec and other toi tilled
places against the Canadlnns, as the'Span
laids hold Havana and a few other sttong
holds against the Cubano, It was their
piTv liege to destioy all the rest of Cana
da, we do not think tho Amet leans would
acquiesce
If England weie to say that she has
maintained her authority In Canada for
many years, and that the countiy Is hers
by tight of conquest, which Is what
Spain says about Cuba, tho Amet leans
would piobably leply that It was time toi
England to get out when the Canadians
didn't want hei any longei.
If England weie to aigue that, because
sho suppressed the Paplneau-Maekenzle
lovolt In Canada sixty yeais ago, he
would certainly suppiess uny othet levolt,
as Spain says she Is suro to win In Cuba
this time because she won thero thirty
years ago, tho Amei leans would probably
legard the argument as Inconclusive,
If at the time of the Canadian uprising
thete should bo In the white house a
president like Cleveland, nnd In the state
depaitment a secretary like Olney, and
If the two should do all they could to help
England In Canada, n3 they ha e done all
in theli power to help Spain In Cuba, wo
appiehcnd that the congiess of the United
States and the Amet ban people would
quickly tie their hands, and thou lalso
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Should Canud.a levolt against the Eng
lish monatchy, as Cuba has revolted
against the Spanish monarchy, tho
Americans would not permit their govern
ment to aid In the subjugation of tho
foimer, for the saku of Btltlsh loyalty, as
they are petmltting It to aid In the eti
thrallmont ot the latter, for tho sake of
Spanish royalty,
the r.AKUEST ukiik:e.
A Grunt Structiiro Recently Erected
Ovur tliu Danube River.
Trom tho Atlanta Constitution.
Tho longest inlltoad biidge in Eu
rope, and, In fact, the woild, was re
cently opened to traffic with great cere
mony. The new raihoad biidge over
the Danube liver at Czetnavoda is one
of the most Important technical achieve
ments of lecent date. For 11101 e than
nine miles this bridge crosses the Dan
ube pi operand tho so-called Inundation
which Is annually under water for a
ceitaln peiiod of time. The largest
spans are over the main cunent of the
liver, theie being one CJ0 feet and four
455 feet each. The total length of the
biidge piopn, without any approaches,
is 13,123 feet, while the latgest lallioad
bridges in the woild measuie as fol
lows. Tay biidge, Scotland, 10,72") feet,
Mississippi biidge, at Memphis, 10,000
feet, the Toi th biidge, Scotland, 7,800
feet, the Morody biidge, In Gallcia, 4.S0O
feet, and the biidge over the Volga,
near Sy sran, 1,700 feet.
The clear height of the bridge over
the main channel Is so calculated that
even at bight water the laigest ves
sels sailing on the Danube may pass
under it. The clear height of the dis
tance fiom high water mark, which Is
taken at !Io feet above low vvatei mark,
measuies 103 feet to the lowest ratters
of the superstiucturo. Tho caissons
upon which the foundations of the
biidge pieis rest reach to lock-bottom
of 115 feet below high water maik. TliQ
Roumanian government has just cause
to be pi oud of this magnificent stiuc
tuie, which enables tiaveleis from Lon
don to Constantinople or India to shoit
en their tiip by fuly sixteen houi"
The promise of diverting the tianseon
tlnetnl mails fiom othei lines was the
most potent factor In btlnging about
the coiistiuction of this biidge over the
Danube on the pait of Roumanla.
For Infants and Children.
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Rales $3.50 Per m il Upwards
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Opp. llrace Chu.-cli.-Kuropejn Plan.
Rooms $1.00 a Day and Upwards.
In a moc'.ost nnd unobtrusive wny thora nro
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Tho gient pppunrlty it Iisb ocqulied cin
readily bo tiacsd to its unique location, Its
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of Ub cuisluo and Bjrvico, oud its vory tnodor
ito prices
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ANOTHER WAT SUFFER FROM
SUTIC BEMT!tf!
Reads the Testimonial of Ex-Congressman' Wood,
of Kentucky, and on His Recommendation
Tries a New Remedy and is Cured. r
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Viom the American, Xeuark, Ohio.
Mr. W. L. AVllcoxon, n prominent jeweler
and vvnlelunnker, who U3 befoio the Repub
lican Convention ns u ctiididtitu ior thu iiam
iiuition for Congresjiiuin, is one of Newark's
live and energetic business men. llu hits
spent his entire llle in tho jewelry nnd
wutclun tklhj: business nnd has a reputation
in ndjoinuu; Stutes us well ns in Ohio fur
being 11 e.ireiul mid particular workman,
and us such his testimonial to the worth and
vt'lue of any put tieuhir tool or othei objiet
will be ol'tspeunl interest nnd importance.
A lepoiter ol" the Amerktm diopped in his
place of business on North Third Street,
Newark, Ohio, tliu othei day while ou ills
rounds, and dining tliu eomso of conversa
tion, teni irked to .Mr. "U'ilroxmi upon his
improved appearance. "Yes," said Mr.
Vflcoxon, " I leel a bundled percent, bet
ter than I did two years ago, and lllu to 1110
is now worth living."
"To what especial ineiit do you assign
your rejuvenation, have ou discovered tho
Klmr of life" queued the innocent re
porter. "No siree boh," wan the emphatic reply,
"byn simpler method tlinti that, old boy,
vi -is I emed of sciatic rheumatism, nnd I tell
jou I'm u Cum believer 111 the efficacy of
onu of the much advertised medicines now
on the market.
"Tor thieo years I hail been n terrlblo
suflcicr ftom sciatic rheumatism, and I tell
you it's no fun to linvo .vour nerves and
muscles in Mich a slato that thu slightest
change of weather causes ou to aehe and
will make jou leel as though ou weru 11
vvalkimj form of piln. At times it would be
impossible ior 111c to walk or evendiess my
self, and it was almost a torture for mu to
breathe. Of course, at thosu times, it was
impossible for me to work. 1 tried every
known remedy I believe for rheumatism,
taking the uuviee of my friends until I was
in a fair condition to be a walking dutg
stoie, but without avail. Tho regular phy
sician eould do uie no good and I was just
beginning to think of iiguiing out the cost
of 11 fnst-chiss funeral, when I chanced to let
my eyes full 011 the only lemedy that has
done me any good.
"A littlu over two yelrs ngo I was lying
on the louiigo at home sullering terribly
fiom my old enemy and trving to distiact
my attention ftom tho pain of reading a
local paper, The American, I think, when
my attention was called to -in article heided
in big tjpe, "A MIIUCLE." 1 lead it in
a casual manner until something familiar
struelc my senses. I read it again, when the
fact became tippircnt to mo tint I was lead
ing 11 history of my own experience, tho
jnins, the eflurts to bo cured and the unfail
ing result. It was a testinionhl of ev-Cou-pressman
Wood, of Kentucky, who had
been affected in a manner similar to 111) self,
but who had tried !)r' Williams' Pink Pills
for Palo People and was much improved.
"I wrote to him asking some questions
reguding the matter of his condition. His
sou answered my letter, stating that wltilu
his father was not iully recoveied iiotu his
sickness, yet lie was 111 mtielt bitter health
and constantly impioving, and he owed his
renewed hie and recovering strength to
nothing in the woild but Pink Pills. This
was sitisfactoi v to me and I went to the
drug stoic of Miller it Sou, where! piocuted
a box of pills. I took them faithfully ac
cording to ditections and fhunil tint the'y
were so helpful that I ventured on 11 second
box. This last box did thu work for me,
and I am now, and h ive bet 11 ior two ears,
free lrom any attack of my old enemy, weigh
more, enjoy pet feet health, and I litmly be
lieve that my restoration to lieilth is due to
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People."
"That surelv is good news ior rheumatic
people, if it wild do all jou elaim for it,"
said tho reporter.
"I believe it will cure other people as
well as it did me if properly taken, and I
will bank my word on its eflicaey," hu re
plied. '.Signed.) W. O. Wilcoxon.
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the most astounding statements
regarding the merits and durability
of inferior Pianos, intending pur
chasers should not fail to make
critical examination of the above
instruments.
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8th day of June, ISOtJ.
IAS. . I.1T70IIU10N,
Xotary J'ublic of I.UUmj Cui'nty, Ohio.
Mr. Oilimdo Miller, kenlor member of the
firm ol Miller & Son, druggists, of tills city,
was seen in lefereneo to the above article
and he stated that it was correct. That Mr.
AVilcoxon was a sorely afflicted man and
that nothing hu had taki u had done him the
good that the Pink Pills did. .
Mrs. Mary Andrews came to Newark,
Ohio, pome tlilitvtivo jears ugo and lias res
sided hire for thirticn veurs. Shu has many
Iriinds throughout the western part ol tin.
counlrj as well us in the city) whoso confl.
deuce in her is strong nnd who realise that
she will ptaisc nothing unless it isworlltyo
it. She said to the reporter:
"Tor liiiinj; years I have been a suflerer
from indigestion nnd tiie accompanying illr
that djspepsia and constipation bring it
their train, nnd was so miserable that at
times I did not earc whether I lived or died.
1 was troubled with bloating and never freo
ftom pain. I noticed in the daily Newark
.dim rial n an advertisement of Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills for Palo People in which tho
same sjniptoms weru given tliat I was suffer,
ing fiom. I hud tried 0110 medicine after
(mother without receiving any special bene
fit nor had tho local phvsicians given mc tho
lelicf thut I should have had, and I begun
to led very much diseoiuaged. Thus it was
that I procured fiom the druggist u box of
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills tor Pule People
without much hope of their doing me any
good, and was ngieenbh disappointed to hnil
thut the first box was doing 1110 a gieut deal
oi pood. My health was better, I could eat
heartier and enjoy what I ate us I had not
for years. It wus with renewed hope that I
purchased n second box ot thu pills and I
soon was ustored to a much better statu oi
health than for many vears back.
"Of eotiie I iclt rejoiced over the change
in my phvsical condition and my family
were equally happy. I do not like to take
1 meuiuuip, uui inu lorm 111 wiucti ur. ii
1 limns' Pink Pills for Pale People are put up
make's them so easy to take that it was really
a plettsuic to use tluni and I followed tin
directions cloclj. 1 lie pills took the bloa
from mu almost immediatelj. That has
been two vears ngo, and since then I have
enjoved splendid health. Of course winter
is liaidcj on me thin summer as I do not go
out much during thu cold weather, but the
p'it two winters I have been in good health.
I (irmly bclieie that there is no medicine
which will lender the s line aid to woman
kind that Dr. Willi mis' Pink Pills lor Pale
People does. lulu I had tlieni in the
house cverj member of mj family used their,
and were all bemfited bv them. I cauno
piaise tliem too much lor the good they die
me, and I lielieve they assisted very materi
ally 111 prolonging my lite. I lccomtucndci)
them to my neiglibois for their use."
Miss Alice Andrews, the daughter of tin
lad giving iiei testimony to the worth ol
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills tor Palo People
was silting by duung the conversation, uno
she give lit r views of the value ot tho pills
by stating the good it had done hci mother,
in bringing back to her cheeks thu ruddy
hue of health nnd in restoring her appetite
and btrtngtli.
The entire family believe in the efficacy
of the pills, and that they ure all that is
1 claimed lor them.
, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People
are now given to tho public as an uiiluiluie
blood builder mid nerve restorer, cm ing nil
forms of weakness arising lrom a watery con
dition of the blood or shattered ner es. The
pills are sold by tilt dealers, or will be sent
post paid on receipt of price, 50 cents a box,
or six boxes fur $2 50 (llicv ure never sold in
"bulk or by the 100), by addressing Dr. Wil-
j Hams' Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
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