THE SOI? ANTON TRIBUNE- SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 20, 18i7.
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PRINCE IVOR HAEL
FATHER OF IVORISM
The Order that Cherishes and Cultivates
the Language of 1'octry and Song.
PAPER READ BY J. COURIER MORRIS
Ivortsm is the Iiili: ol Solnletv. Mfi'
of Thrill, ii lHo ol Honesty, ii Lilr
of Application to JtiisinuMx, mill u
Life of I'urity os Thought utnl
l'uilty of Speech and lsclilliicss.
ivorlsm Ii distinctively n. Cymtolc
Bttuctute. Its principles nr the letnln
Ing nail1" of Its perpetuity, and Its pn'
oeptu the comer stone upon which the
maintenance of the languuge of foui
thousand years rests upon.
Ivorlsm Is a biothethood, a family
vvhereln we aie tauttht to help each
other, to keep sacred a brother's se
cret, to piotect a bt other's chai actor
when wrongfully tiaduccd, and speak
up in his behalf, and to foiewnni him
in case of danger
Ivorlsm is the putest, noblest and
mo3t robust of the many Institutions
of old Gwalla
Ivoilsm Is, and has been fot moie
than five decades, the ptlnclpal aenue
by which the yount? Brython can leach
the Goal of a worthy ambition.
Ivoilsm Is the nuisoiy of good moi
nls the abidliiK place of Chiistlim
teachings.
The fundamental pilnclple of Ivoilsm
like Fieemasoniy and other kindled so
cieties is a belief In a Cod, Its
Kieat light, the Holv Bible, and its
clowning Glory, thn ptactlce of social,
moral and Intellectual Iitue Its ten
dencies are to assist, elpvate, and en
noble mankind, and to make Its vo
t.iiies honotable, just nnd chaiitable.
To be good Ivoiltes In thought, woid
and action, we must look deeper than
the iltual. With a knowledge of thes
eor In mind, that out lives may be con
trolled and guided 1J thorn, we will bo
bound together In one brotheihood,
seeking only the gieatest good for oui
selves and our frllow men
Ivoilsm as an Institution of philan
thropy has no supeiior nnd but few
penis In this or any other count ty. Its
vlttuei and Its blessings ate manifold
nnd know no bounds Its hand of chai
ity Is oer busy and unspaiing In its of
feilngs. DOCTRINES OF IVOKISM.
The divine doctilnes of Ivoilsm teem
with golden precepts Charity, filend
shlp, tiuth, loe, peate and honor are
indelibly In'-cilbed on ceiy page of Its
gloilous drclniatlon of piineiples. Its
golden elides me open to the poor a1?
well as to the 1 Ich The faithful and
the vlttuous, and the sober and the
chaste can enter Its sacred chambeis
Ivoilsm knows no inequality.
Ivoilsm demands chaiactei chaiac-
ter of untainted white Possessing this
pieclous qualification, the wide doois
of Ivoilsm aie thrown open to all good
American Gomel Ites. An election to
the older of Ameilcan Title Ivoiltes Is
the best chaiactei lecommendatlon any
man can possess, and theie Is no galn
jajlng the lact that the older Is, as a
rule, composed of the best men in the
cominunlt.
Ivorlsm is an Institution of thought
ful foim and active existence.
Its lundamentnl piineiples, the broad
aiea of Its Held of opeiatlon. its chai
itable and humane alms and put poses,
and Its wide scope of lellglous Influ
ence, hae withstood the power of Ilfty
ears against all assaults. The rugged
stiuctme of Ivoilsm is built upon the
locks of "Fiiendshlp, Love and Tiuth "
IoiIsm gI-s to standing nor slttlnp,
loom to the diunkaid, adulteiei, thlPt
and murdeier, and those who deny the
existence of a Kunieme Being will
never Head the sacicd chambeis ot
J orlsm.
Its patton saint, the immoital Ivor
Ilael, sheltered the weaiy and hoine
1 ts, clothed the pool, and fed the hun
giy. This Is the object of the exist
ence of Ioiism In Ameilca, and we
sincerely Relieve that the disciples of
the good and seneious Ivoi, both In
Ameilca and Vales., follow, liteially,
the magnificent piecepts of theli pa
tron saint.
Ivorlsm teaches the young Biython
to reach foi that beautiful shoie wheie
"Fiiendshlp, Love and Truth" aio
characters as lesplendent as the noon
day sun, and as noble and lnsplilng as
Holy Vi it itself. O, that w e could only
follow these model precepts! O, that
we might be empoweied by some divine
means to demonstiate to oui joung
Ameilcan Velshmen the giandeur of
our precepts and of theli alms and pui
poses. "FRIENDSHIP, LOVE AND TRUTH."
They aie ns pine, ennobling, sublime
and Inspiring an the seimon on the
mount VIser or holler words never
diopped f i oni the lips of man. Eveiy
wom, eveiy sentence, vea, eveiy pas
sage has been submeiged In the sacred
wateis of "Fiiendshlp, Love and
'Tiuth."
"Let those loe now who neer loved
before,
Let those that always loved now love
the moie"
Love, like death, levels all lanks, and
lays the shepheid's crook beside the
icyal sceptre, Love Is strong as death
Man j wateis cannot quench loe,
neither can the floods diown it. The
piecepts of Ivoilsm teach this golden
lule.
The disciples of Ivoi, the Oeneious,
are the chlldien of peace, love and
lionoi; the aie the children of
"Truth, Love nnd Friendship."
Tiiendshlp, "mysterious cement of the
soul, sweetnet of life and solder of
society."
The true Ivor hath a tear for pity
and a hand as open as day for melt
ing chatlty He has taken an oath
to piotect the distressed, maintain
light against might, and never by
woid or deed stain his churactet as an
Ivor.
To be a good Ivor, in houis of need
and adversity, he must be meek, eom
placent and self-resigned, but when
the ti umpet sounds the bugle of alaun
the good Ivor will weai, the minor of
chivalry and fight for the principles
of good Prince Ifor Hael. An Ivoi
without a stiong cuuent of ehlvaliy
running thiough his v elns is a poor Ivor
indeed.
To be a good Ivor, one must be genet -ous,
manly, forgiving, sympathetic and
lovable.
"Doubt thou the stais aie fiie,
Doubt that the sun doth move,
Doubt truth to be a liar,
But never doubt I love."
He Is gentle that doth gentle deeds.
In thy right hand cairy gentle peace.
"Man's inhumanity to man makes
countless thousands mourn."
Ivoilsm means that one must be
honest to himself, honest to his bio
tliers, and honest to his fellow-man.
"An honest man, close-buttoned to
the chin, bioadcloth without, and a
waim heait within." "Princes and
lords aro but tlio breath of kings, but
an honest man Is the noblest work of
t)ou" Th.la , precept again, brother
Ivoiltes, is one ot the rtiougest plllats
ENNOBLING LITERARY ADJUNCTS
In the giand old structure of Ivoilsm.
While Ivoilsm Is an oiganlzatlon ot
benevolence, In fact, yet without Its
many ennobling llt&rniy adjuncts, wo
arc sincere In our bpllqf that It would
never have leaahcd its present proud
eminence among tho fofemost of the
iraternal soaletips bt the world. The
social and llteiary fe&tuies of Its gnth
eilngs have been potent factois in Its
welfare, and the Htlinulus leclved
fiom such magnificent Influences have
ahcady made happy lmpiesslons, both
In a moral and Intellectual sense, upon
those membeia who uie frequent In
their attendance at the gntheilngs of
the English lodges of the noble older
The Welsh splilt of copipetltton and
supeilorlty have etiterodi largely, these
exercises and have nsseited themselves
In a most commendable mannei, Ex
cellent papeis are being read from time
to time on current topics, blogiaphlcal
sketches of eminent men, ciltlclsms on
the poetiy of the present and past, pa
peis on scientific and theological ques
tions, competitive poems and essays,
debates, etc., Including the melodious
music of Gwalla and Ameilca.
Ivoilsm, from Its humble birth In
Wrexham, North Wales, fifty-tour
eais ngo, up to Its present nigged con
dition bus been faithful to Its precepts
nnd obligations, tiue to Its language,
and gentle and geneious to Its chlldien.
The chief balds of Wales and Ameil
ca have testified most abundantly to
this fact by the publication of many of
theli poetical pioductlons of pialse.
Thiough the guat Influence of Ivor
lsm In Wales and Ameilca the lltcia
tuie of the Cjmiy Is of ,a purer and
higher standard, and the language of
PAST PRES J. COURIER MORRIS.
Old Gwalla 1 less polluted than It
would have otherwise been. Indeed,
had Ivoilsm died with the fatheis who
founded the noble older, our language
and out Utetatuie would now be in a
degeneious condition, and piobably
dead to all that is exalted In Its past
histoiy.
THE LANGUAGE OF GOMER.
I orlsm has done more than any
other Institution to peipetuate the llo
ble piophecy of an old Welsh gentle
man w ho, upon being asked by Henry
the Second, the King of England, w hat
he thought of the strength of the
Welsh, and of his loyal expedition
against them, made his answ er in the-e
words- "The Welsh nation may suiter
much, and maybe in a gieat measure
mined, or at least eiy much weakened
by your piesent and futuie attempts,
as well as foimerly It hath often been;
but we assuie oui selves that It will
nevvi be mined bv the anger of any
moital man, unless the angei of heaven
conciu to Its destruction."
Eu Ner a folant,
i:u Hialth a gadwant,
Eu th a gollant,
Ond gwvllt Walla.
We will lepeat in this connection
that one of the golden plllais of Ivoi
lsm Is to cheilsh, cultivate, and uu.l
fy the language of the posterity (if
Gomei, Japhet's eldest son, and the
nephew of Shem, nnd the language of
the princes called Saturn and Junltr,
who passed for gieat deities among
the ancients. And why shouldn't 'he
gieat oidei of Ameilcan Ttue Ivoiltes
cheilsh, cultivate, and puilfy the lan
guage of their foiefatheis? A noted
scholai once upon a time said: "A
stiange thing, after a i evolution of
faui thousand jeais, that so ancient
a language should now be s;ioken bv
the Aimoilcan Britons of Fiance, the
ancient Britons of Wales and the Bilt
oiib of Ameilca and Austialla. And
as this language has continued foi
such a long series of ages past, so we
have no lenson to doubt but that It is
the Divine will that It be pieseived to
the end of time, as we have the word
of God most elegantly and faithfully
translated Into It."
THE ALMA MATER Or WELSHMAN
And w hv , then, should not the noble
Older of Ameilcan Tiue Ivoiltes chei
lsh, cultivate, and puilfy the beautiful
language that John Ellas, Williams, o'r
vein, Clulstmns Evans, John Phil
lips, of Bangor; Thomas Jones, of
London, and the piince of the uuloit
of lecent yeais, the late Dr. Hebei Ev
ans, chaimed the multitude with thalr
Clulstlan tiuths In elyslan eloquence
and plnases of Incomparable beauty
It was In this beautiful old language
that the stately motheis ot King Al
fred and Piince Llewelyn elm Uyw olaf
sang their sweet lullabies.
Ivoilsm has been the piinclpnl main
stay of the eisteddfod In Wales, ard
the Institution In this countiy has re
icclved the liberal suppoit of Ivoilsm.
Much pleasute and wealth have ben
sacilfleed on the altar of the national
Institution of the Cymiy by the dis
ciples of Ivor Ilael In oidei that the
beautiful old language of Gwalla should
be maintained In Its oilglnal form of
purity and beauty.
Ivoilsm has been the alma matei of
the most distinguished Welshmen of
the age.
I say that we cannot be accused of
exaggeiatlng the facts In connection
with Ivoilsm. Welshmen aro not bv
peibollsts. Hypeibole and hypei hol
ism aie foieign to the Biython heait.
Ivoilsm Is the life of sobilety, a life
of tin if t, a life of honesty, a life of
application to business and a life of
purity of thought and puilty of
speech and usefulness.
In conclusion, then, let us say that
the good woik lives, It Is sacied.
TIiomi Wo Condemn the .Host.
Self-piotectlon niny be can led to an
unwarrantable extent. We have no light
to Injuio others If we can possibly avoid
It. The lightness of om position seems
to Justify us In doing those things which
would bring untold suffering to innocent
people, but the Infliction of. punishment
ought In every caso to bo tempered with
charitableness and calm judgment. Those
we condemn the most may, if we knew
all the facts, be mporo sinned against
than sinning. Philadelphia Methodist.
Life's bong,
I would not live too long. Too many years
Aro Just too many stanzas In life's song;
However sweet the llibt, men's wearied
eats
Tuin fiom the last. I would not live too
long.
Carrie Blake Moigan In November Lip-plncott's.
.' fist
Jutm
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AUTHORS' AGES
AND THEIR WORK
No Certain Test of The Time of Their
Maturity of Power.
BOTH LONd AND SHORT CAREERS
(Jciorjtu Kliol mid (icoin Sand Bill
eted by Twcnt)Tvvo Yonis-Miic-aiiliiy's
lissavs Bone in Twenty
Vcnrs--Somo Itcinarluiblo Instan
ces of Longevity nnd tlio Power of
ork.
Prom the Philadelphia Times.
A. Conan Doyle, who commenced
writing at 17 nnd Is now 37, snys he ex
pects to do his best woik before he Is
CO years old. And even that age glve3
him a good long stretch. Geoige Eliot
began nineteen jenis latei than Doyle
and continued twenty-four years. At
10 she had done "Silas Marner" and at
CO "Daniel Deiondn," "Theophrastus
Such" lepiesentlng the last four enis
of her life. At about 50, in "Middle
match," she leached her greatest
popularity, leallzlng ?10,000 fiom that
book. Theie Is certainly no diminution
of Intellectual force six years Intel In
"Deiondn." thougn possibly a lessen
ing of Interest. Geoige Sand, who
tool: to writing ten yeais oailler than
George Eliot and kept It up twelve
years later, also lost her fascination
tow aid the end, though she could do
as much and as good woik intellectu
ally nt 72 as at 10. Her mind was as
stiong as ovei, but the power to en
tertain was wanting She was thoi
oughly conscious of this and discloses
the secret. "I have piessed my Imagi
nation to pioduce," she snys, "without
seeking the concurrence of rav leason,
Instead of coming to me smiling and
clowned with llovveis my muse has met
me cold, loluctant, Indignant." James
Fonlmoie Coopci had thiee peilods of
novel-w riling The flist lasted five
yeais and ended at 37, about the time
Geoige Eliot began. What Is consid
ered his masterpiece closes this peilod.
At 52 he leturned to fiction and wiote
"The Deerslayer," which made a deep
Impiesslon. Aftet a lapse of six yeais
he again took up novel-writing at CS,
but seens to have been unable to
duplicate his earlier successes. He
pushed his woik on by foice of will till
152 and died a yeai latei of diopsy.
Thirty years ombiace Coopei's labor,
with the cieam of It put into seven.
Samuel Rlchaidson finished "Glaiissa
Harlow e" at the age when Cooper died,
and In the following yeai supplement
ed It with his next best book In six
volumes. He did ptnctically nothing
befoie 50
Histories, it seems, may be post
poned and done last of all. GuIzoUwas
busy nt his woik on Spain when he
died In the SO's; Geoige Buchanan
wrote a tiemondous volume besides nn
autoblogiaphy in Latin when some
people thought him in his dotage;
Bancroft only finished up nt 74; Carljle
did his last woik in this depaitment,
and Mncaulay died woin out, though
not old, wilting his history of England.
Hazlltt, Tom Mooie and Hume also
nnlslieu wltn nistones.
MACAULAY'S WORK.
Macaulay's essays were done In the
twenty jears between the ages of 2G
and 46 Rich as they are, and gieat
as was his absoiptlon In them, he was
moie devoted to his hlstoiv and wns
piepaied to lavish upon it all his time
and all the power of his faculties. Ho
sacrificed both political and social dis
tinction foi this histoiy, which he had
not done for the essays. In wilting the
Hist two volumes he made the start
ling discovery that his heait was weak,
and by way of tespite took office for a
eai. When on the thlid volume the
heart malady was so decisively mani
fest that ho could not doubt his eatly
doom Macaulay was well past 50 when
the fit bt two volumes were done, and
theie Is no evidence In them of weak
nets. The deteiloiatlon of his woik be
gins with the thlid volume, and when
he finished It with the death of William
HI, ho could do no moie. Macaulay's
collapse at 5S, however, was physical
lather than mental. He lived but one
eai longer, hav Ing been born with' the
centuiy. Gulzot's life of S7 yeais cov
ers 05 of activity, and theie Is no time
In this long span wheie his Intellect
seems to lose Its sticngth or liveliness.
He took up llteiatuie as a vocation
when ho was 22, and after some Inter-
luptlon icsumed it at 34. Again politics
Intel feied, and as with Bacon in Eng
land he abandoned the seclusion of his
study for office. Gulzot had not seil
ously enteied upon his work before G3,
and the last decade of his life was pos
sibly his most fiultful peilod. At 72
he began to leai n the Spanish language
and masteied it in order that ho might
wilte a compiehenslve history of Spain
At S7, when he died, he was wot king
at It. So the half-centuty mail: cuts no
liguie whatever In the life of Gulzot.
As to whether Geoige Buchanan, who
was both scholar and pout, gathered the
bulk of his knowledge nnd did his best
wilting within the Hist fifty years Is
both claimed anil questioned At any
rate, his big "Histoiy of Scotland" was
begun at 00 and continued till his death
at 74, Buchanan's enemies say he died
In his dotage and that the last pait of
his book is but the dtivel of an Imbecile.
Yet It Is no small matter that he should
hae taken up this task at CO and
completed It at 74 on his deathbed
And only two years before the history
was done and In connection with it
Ruchunan vviolo his own life In Latin
Just one j ear younger than Buchanan
when he began to write of Scotland and
nlno yeais past 50.
Catlyle, never tobust, enteied upon
the woik of his life. It was then, with
faculties stiong and elastic, that he
commenced the "Life of Fredeilck II."
Fifteen jeais without inteimlpslon ho
laboied on this book. At 70 It was fin
ished. "There," said he, "I'm done."
This was about literally true. He lived
sixteen eais longer, but physically was
broken dow n. His mind, too, of a sud
den lost Us capacity for long exertion
an occasional aitlclo for a magazine
being as much a ehp could do, He
lemaiked It was well toi his reputation
that he began the life of Ftedeilck no
later than he did, else he would have
been unable to completo It. Ho and
Gulzot weie engaged the Fame length
of time on theli last two woiks, Macau
lay would have finished his In just
about this time had he lived, nnd Bu
chanan did his In hut one year less,
which Is twice as long ns David Humo
wab engaed on his history of England.
Hume finished up at just 50 and lived
sixteen yeats longer.
AC5C OF nETIRMENT.
Hume, Cnrlyle, I'merson and Tom
Moore enteied upon n long period of
tent, fifteen or sixteen yeuts, befoie
death. A little In the way of contribu
tions to pei lodlcals was done after tills,
but nothing beilous. It seems unnatut
al that a man of Emeisnn's habits
should lose his fine powers at so early
Ian age as 67. He could then not work
more than two hours together, nnd that
not nftener than eveiy other day, and
sometimes not to exceed once a weelt.
His last book, "Parnassus," a collection
of poems, wns published when he was
7", though thev were vviltten long be
foie that. Tom Moore's mental weak
ness, which ended In softening of the
lunln and imbecility, was manifest at
a. little earlier age titan Emel son's.
Mouie quit writing at GO with the httg
esl work of his life, "The Histoiy of
Ireland," In four volumes, Hlsi most
blilllant peilod was theeaily two yenis
fiom 35 to 37 This wns the time ot
"Lallo. Rookh," when ho was Btiivlng
for money and a name. Hugo, In Fin
lies, was then writing novels against
Scott, and Mooie undeitook "Lalln
Rookh" In competition with his poem,
"Rokeby." Scott seemed to bo the
standaid of the world. Neatly thltty
oais earlier than with Emerson and
Moore Tnsso's mental malady set In.
He had Just finished "Gerusnlemme Ll-
berta" at 32.
Hazlltt, Coleildge, De Qtllncy and
Do Maupassant show us the penalty
men pay who stimulate their eneigles
to excess. Coleildge In his cloning years
pioftuced nothing. He hud reiovoted
somewhat fiom his opium habit, though
not entirely. The power of billllnnt
conveisation, however, he tetnlned to
the last, thouch his talks weie much
Intenupted, says Leigh Hunt, and in
a fceblet voice than formerly De
Qulncy seems to have borne up under
opium and laudanum bettor than Cole
ildge, and the long series of articles
which he contilbuted to Blackwood's
shortly before his death are about as
good as anything ho did at an cailler
date These aitlcles weie vviltten af
tei a long absence fiom woik, and
though there was no gradual decline
In De Qtilncy's power or sudden falling
off townrd the close, while this period
of Idleness lasted he appears to huve
lost his mental grip and then suddenly
to have legalned It. Chaucer experl
enctd n somewhat similar weakness
Just pi lor to his last revival. Hazlltt
was a little beyond 50 when he wiote
his "Life of Napoleon," and was then
going swiftly down hill. He made
some spin ts that recalled his old-time
splendor, but the book was disappoint
ing Dissipation and despair had done
their woik. De Maupassant gave way
a little eailler than Hazlltt, and very
suddenly, at 41, but up to this time
there was no Indication of weakness.
Ho lived two vears mote and died not
long ago, an Imbecile In an Insane asy
lum. SHAKESPEARE'S PRIME
Shakespeare Is thought to have been
on his highest level fiom 40 to 42,when
he wiote "Othello," "Leai" and "Mac
beth." "Hamlet" Introduced this peri
od and "Julius Caesar" followed It.
"The Tempest" was done at 4S Moll
ere is also most efficient just about this
time, "Le Ilaitufle" having been vvilt
ten between the middle of his foity
flist and that of his foity-second ear.
Schlllei's "Wallensteln," which Is con
ceded to place him nearer Shakespeaie
man etiner ol nis otnei dramas, was
done a little befoie 40, about the age
when Shakespeaie was engaged on
"Hamlet" and "Othello " His lung
tioublo developed at this time and
killed him six yeais later. In the sha
dow of death his mind was clear and
strong likely more bo than at any
other time. "Many things," he said
then, "are gi owing plain and clear to
my undei standing."
Chaucer began lnte and made an nl
most unbroken ascent fiom 45 to 63,
when he finished the "Canteibuiy
Tales." Befoie 70 theie was a per
ceptible decline. The labor expended
on "Cantoibury" seems to have bioken
his health, as on Its completion he Le
came phjslcnlly weak and lemained
so to the end. But it is worth noting
that on his deathbed Chaucer's mind
gathered new strength, and while In
his last sickness at 72 some of his best
verses vvete written. Fouiteen yeais
beyond this Humboldt Is putting the
finishing strokes to his "Cosmos " He
conceived the plan of this bc.nk way
along in the 70's and finished it not
veiy far shoit of 90. Humboldt was
possibly most vlgoiotis at 5S. It was
at that age he gave his celebrated lee
tuies In Betlln, lasting six months, on
the phslcal desciiptlon of the world.
At 5S Ceiv antes finished up the flist
part of "Don Quixote" and did nothing
so good afteiwaul. He lived nine years
longei. Humboldt goes twenty-seven
years beyond this, which Is precisely
the whole length of Chaucer's poetic
life.
CONCERNING ANGELO.
No one has outdone Michael Angelo
In old age. Humboldt ceased at S5,
but we find Angelo teaching four
i ears fuithtr on and touching the
veige of 90. At 71 he diew the design
for the rebuilding of St. Peter's and
supet Intended that work till he was S9
ears, when he died. And duilng the
flist foui jeais that he gave to this
design, which has been a levelation
of genius to all that have seen It, he
painted his mastei piece. "The Con-
veislon of St. Paul." In the ten yeats
piecedlng he did "The Martjidom of
St. Paul" and "The Last Judgment "
The last thhty eais of Angelo's life
are really the best of It. He died In
harness at nearlj 90, with the stiange
legiet that he should have fallen ?o
young Titian lived to a gieatei age
than Michael Angelo, almost i caching
his ono hundredth eai. The thought
of death novel tioubled Titian. "It Is
so far off," he said, "theie will be
plenty of time to think of It by and
by." He thought he wus quite young
at SO and piomlsed himself twenty
mote yeais of hard labor At 78 he fin
lshtd his "Maityidom of St Lorenzo,"
the last of that long list of gieat paint
ings that Titian executed At $0 he
set to woik on "The Last Supper," but
had not gone fat ubout one year
when he saw that his ideal was escap
ing him. The old man turned from his
woik In despair, but affeivvaid re
sumed It, and was S7 ears old when
he finished that plctuie. It Is called a
mastei piece, but Titian himself did not
think so.
Strndlvailus made his last violin In
1730, when he was 91. His sight failed
at S3, but still he made fiddles. At al
most 100 this man, who had never
known rest and who nt the same time
had never vvoiked excessively, spent
one year doing nothing and then died.
It will be noticed that he held out two
jeais longer than Michael Angelo De
neilot Is said to have ovvped the last
violin made by Stradlvarlus, which he
thought the finest instiument in the
world,
ltltlTISIl AKMY'S &TIIKNUTII.
The Total ol All tlio ISntish Imperial
Porcus is'4:il,(10.
Trom the Boston Transcilpt.
Hecent returns shew that the st ength
of tho niltlsh Impel lal forces at home
and abioad Is very nearly 2.21,000 of all
lanks, exclusive of the aimy teseive,
and thus well In excess of tho 219,7.15
provided for 1 the estimate of tho year
Of the total nearly 1OG.O00 are at home,
about 70,000 In India, 400 In EKypt, and
tho remainder are dlsti United over the
Mcdltenanean prairlsons nnd tho col
onies. At home there are, In tound
numbers, 20,000 tioops In Iieland, and
78,000 In England and Wales. Of tho
large foice lequlted In India, the Ben-
gal command has the greatest share of
the 70,000, having some 24,000 Blltlsh
troops, whilst the Punjab command
has 20,000 Madras and Burma 14,000,
Bombay 10,600, nil the remainder to
complete the total are on passage.
South Africa has latteily occupied the
sei vices of n considerable number of
Impel Inl trdops, nrtd there arc still
about 0000 men nt the Cape and In Natal
and In the ten Holies which hnve 10
ccntly been the scene of trouble. The
gniilHons of Gibraltar nnd Malta
absoib over 14,000 men, the West Indies
about 3000, the West African colonies
1000, Hong Kong nonily 3000, the Strnlts
settlements 1G00, Ceylon uither more
and Mnutltus 1000. In Austrulln theie
ate no Impoilal troops; In the Canadian
Dominion some 1500. Of all the foieign
military stations Cyprus and St.
Helena aie the mallest, the foimer
havlmr about 150 Blltlsh tioons and the
latter not .100. For the most of the col-
onles the number include special
local
coips of natives, us the Malta nrtllleiy,
the Celon nitlllery and englneois, the
Hong Kong leglment and the West In
dian regiment, but the gieat Indian un
live nimy Is, of couise, additional to
the 70 000 Imperial tioops qtiaiteied In
the great dependency
. .
COHINO A HUI,I,V.
Itow Senator Vooihcc ol Indiana,
When it Voting .Han, Cot the Better
ofn Local Tciror.
riom the Chicago Record.
AV'hcn Senator Vooihees, ns a joung
man, was beginning the pinctlce of law
In this city, a good many yeais befoie
the war, he had an olllce In the second
stoiy of an old building on Main stteet,
near 3d There weie other lawyers In
the building, among them old John
Balrd, a cloise ft lend of Voorhees'.
North of town lived a young fellow
who was known as the bully of the
county. He Was fond of boasting that
"ho could lick anybody that d(d not
like him," and of doing his best, when
necessary, to live up to his boast. Ho
generally carried an Immense horse
whip with him when he rode Into the
city, and whoever Inclined his displeas
ure was lucky If he got away tlnscath
ed of his lash.
It happened that the young lawyer
found It nccessaiy to deal with the
horse-vvhlpplng bully. Voorhees became
attorney lor a man who was In litiga
tion with the bully or with some one
with whom the bully sympathised. At
all events, when Vooihees made a stir
ling speech for his client. In the course
of which he lefened In caustic terms to
the other patties to the cause, the pug
nacious Individual felt aggrieved anu
svvoie vegeance apaln3t the lawyei.
He announced that he would horsewhip
Vooiheeis on sight.
Vooiheeis knew the bully and was
poifectly sure that the tin eat would be
can led out to the very best of the
tough's ability. He went over to
his Main street office, entered the room
and locked the door He sat down and
thought the whole matter over. He
came to the conclusion, that If he al
lowed tlio bully to whip him the cir
cumstance would be to him a piofes
sionnl disaster. He was only a young
lawyer, just beginning to get a few
cases, and a blow of the kind Impend
ing would be a thing fiom which he
might nevei lecover.
Old John Build, Vooihees' friend, had
an olllce ncioss the hall. He had heaid
of the thieat, had teen Voorhees enter
his olllce and felt that the moment was
a ciltlcal one for the caieer of the
young lawyei. So Balid stepped to the
lattei s door and turned the knob. It
was locked.
"Dan," he called out, "let me In,"
Vooihees was deeply absoibed In his
reflections as to the proper couise to
pursue and paid no attention.
"Dan!" came the olce of the old
lawyer In a shai pet and higher tone;
"let me In or I'll kick this d door
down!"
Vooihees admitted Mr. Balrd with
out further delay. The latter looked at
him In an Inquiring fashion, but foi a
moment neither spoke. They sat down
facing each other and then the old
man said:
"You've heard of that bluff?"
"Yes," Vooihees leplled.
"What aie jou going to do about It?"
"Well," said the young man, "I've
been thinking the mattei over pietty
carefully."
"Yes?"
"And I have made up my mind to
kill the fellow."
Old John BalrJ got on his feet with
out another word and beckoned Vooi
hees to follow him The men passed Into
Balid's olllce, whole the old man diew
out a laige drawer containing an as
sortment oj! levolveis.
"Take our choice," he said, pointing
to the lot
Vooihees picked out an ugly looking
weapon and made an examination of
it.
"This one will do," he said.
The old man flashed aiound until
he found some cartridges for the te
volver. Then he loaded It up and hand
ing It to Vooihees lemaiked:
"Now; stop him; do It foi your own
good and foi the good of the com
munity." ,
All this occuned on a certain Satui
day moinlng. The afternoon of the
same day Vooihees, with Balid's le
volver In the side pocket of his sack
coat, went down the stieet to have it
out with the bully of the county. He
expected to meet the fellow somewheie
on the couithouse squat e and he was
not disappointed. The two met face
to face on the south side of the couit
house near the 3d stieet coiner As
soon as the bully say the lawyei he
gripped the butt of his over-ieady
hoi sew hip and piepaied to sail In.
"I'm goln' to hoisewhlp jou," he
said.
Vooihees calmly drew his hand fiom
his side pocket and In It was clinched
old Balid's formidable flieaim.
"And I am going to kill you," Voor
hees leplled, leveling the pistol at the
bully's head
The bully became limp, Vooihees
stepped closer to him, seized the whip
from his neiveless grasp and gave
him a few terrific stripes over the
shoulders Then he handed the whip
back to Its ow nei and uald
"Now, get out of town and never give
mo the ghost of an excuse for It or I'll
kill jou "
The bully sneaked away, mounted
his hoise, and has never been seen In
Teire Haute fiom that day to this
For Infants and Children.
it a
every
Schedule In Kffect No ember 15, 3?5
Trains Leave Vilkcs-Barro as Followi
7.30 a. m., week days, for Sunbury,
Harrisburfc, Philadelphia, Balti
more, WastiinRton, and for Pitts
burp and tlio West.
10,15 a. m., week days, for Hazlaton,
Pottsville, Reading, Norristown,
and Philadelphia; and for Sun
bury, Harrisburg, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Washington and Pitts,
burp; and tho West. '
3.15 p. m., week days, for Sunbury,
Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Balti
more, Washington and Pittsburg
and tho West.
3.15 p "m., Sundays only, for Sun
bury, Harrisburg, Philadelphia,
and Pittsburg and the West.
6.00 p. m,, week das, for Hazleton
and Pottsville.
J. U. WOOD, Uen'l 1'asJ. Azeni.
J. Ii. IIUrClll.SSON, Ueneral Manazcr.
2,000,000
Mnde nnd Snlrl in &W Mnnthc. ondino- Hnivrh 8. BftQfl.
"- n, " .AT' V ' "
Total Product of
The A Mill Alone produced 1,000,000 Barrels,
Largest Run on Record.
Wnshburn, Crosby's Superlative is sold everywhere from tha
Pacific Coast to St. John's, New Fouiullaiul, and In lingland, Ireland
and Scotland very largely, and is recognised as the best Hour In th
world.
WHOLESALE
We Carry a Full Stock of
Wheels, Rims, Spokes, Hubs, Shafts, Poles, Axle'
Springs, Steel and Cast Skeins, Buggy Tops,
Duck, Drill, Rubber and Carriage Cloth,
Carriage Forgings, Bolts, Clips,
AND A FULL LINE OF
IROH. STEEL HUB BlidSill'S SUPPLIES.
Bittern bender & Co., Scranton, Pa.
THEDiCKSOSSSiVlAUFACTURSNGCO
OCRANTON AND WILKES-3ARRE, PA., Manufacturers of
leeeMtims, Statlossn Enes Boilers,
in ifttano
ft
KOISTIHG ARD PUMPING MAGMEPX
M
T-V Oct
8oraattaeoiieG3Ba Tollable, monthly, rcjnlatlnij mcdlclno. Only liarmloas GS4
tho i.urcst drugs should bo used. 11 you nasi tho bci, get
They aro prompt, safo and certain In iccult. Tho cennlno (Dr. real's) noTerdtap
a nolnt. Sent anywhero, 81.00. Addicsj PEAi ilaciciaa Co., Cleveland, O.
For sale by JOHN H. PHELPS,
Spruce Street, Scranton, Pa.
RAILROAD TIME-TABLES
LEHIGH
VALLHV RAILROAD
SVS-
TCM.
Anthracite Coal Used Exclusively Insur
ing Cleanliness and Comfort.
IN Un-'ECT NOV. 15, 15,96.
TRAINS LEAVE SCRANTON.
Tor Philadelphia and New York la D.
& II R. R. at C -15, 7.43 a. m., U 03, 1 20, ? 2S
(lllack Diamond Eiioss) and 11 SO p. m
Foi Plttston and Vv llkes-Bairo la D.
L tc W. R. R , G 00, 8 OS, 11.20 a. m., 1 05
3 40, C 00 and S 47 p. m.
Foi White Haven. Hazleton. Pottsville
and principal points In the coal regions
la D. & H. R. R , C.45 a. m., 12 03 and 4 41
p. m.
For Bethlehem, Easton, Reading, Har
rlsburg and piin-lpal Intermediate sta
tions Ia D. & H. R. It., 0 45, 7.J5 a. m,
32 03, 1.20, 3 33 (Black Diamond Express),
4 41 and 11,30 p. m.
For Tunkhannock, Towanda, Elmtra,
Ithaca, Geneva and principal Intermediate
stations via IJ , L. & W. It. R , C 00, S OS,
0 55, a m 12 20 and 3 40 p m.
ror Geneva, Rochester, Buffalo, Niagara
Falls, Chicago and all points west via D,
& II. R. R 7.43 a m 12 03. 3 33 (Black Dia
mond Express), 9 50 and 11,30 p. m.
Pullman pailor and sleeping or Lehigh
valley chair cars on all trilns bc'een
Wilkes-Bnrre and New York, Philadel
phia, Buffalo and Suspension Bridge.
ROLLIN II. WILBUR, Gen. Supt.
CHAS S. LEE, Gen. Pass. Agt Phlla.,
Pa.
A. W. NONNEMACHER, Asst. Gen
Pass Agt.. South Bethlehem, Pa.
Scranton Olllce. 300 Lackawanna avenue.
Del., Lacka. and Western,
Effect Monday, October 19, 1E03.
Trains leave Scranton as follows: Ex
press tot New York and all points E.ut,
1 12' 2 W. G 15, 8 00 and a 33 a. m , 1.10 and
"3 p ni.
Express for Easton, Trenton, Philadel
phia and tho South, 5.15, S 00 and 9 55 a. ni
l.lOand 3 33 p m
Washington and way stations, 3 45 p m.
lobjhamia accommodation, 6 10 p m.
Express for Blnghamton, 0wego, El
mlra, Corning. Bath, Dansville, Mount
Morris and Buffalo, 12 20, .U3 a. in., and 1,53
P. m , making close connections at Bulfalo
to all points In tho West, Northwest and
Southwest.
Bith accommodation, 915 a, m.
Jilnghamton and way stations, 1.03 p m
Nicholson accommodation, 5.13 p m
Binshamton and Elmlra express, 5 53
P. m.
Ep-ess foi Utlca and Richfield Springs,
2 3o a m. and 1 53 p. m.
Ithaca 2 J5 and Bath 9 15 a. m.t and 1 53
p. m
For Noithumberland, Plttston, Wllk3-
u,rre' !' mouth, Bloomsburg and Dan.
vine, making close connection at North
umberland for Wllllamsport, Hurridburs,
Baltimore, Washington and the South.
Noithumberland and Intermediate sta
tloiib, (, 00. 9 53 a m , and 1.65 und G 00 p. m.
Nanticoke and intermediate stations, S 03
and 11.20 a. in. Plymouth and Intermediate
stations, 3 10 and S 47 p m
Pullman parlor and sleeplnu coaches on
all expiess tiains.
For detailed Information, pocket time
tables, etc , apply to M. L Smith, eity
ticket olllce, 32? Lackawanna avenue, or
depot ticket ofllce.
Central Kailroiul of New Jersey.
(Lehigh and Susquehanna Division.)
Anthraelto coal used exclusively, insur
ing cleanliness and comfort.
TIME TABLE IN EFFECT JAN. 23, 1S97.
Trains leavo Scianton foi Plttston,
Wllkas-Barre, etc., at 8 20, 9 15, 11 SO a. m ,
12 45, 2 00, 3 03 5 00, 7 10 p m. Sundays 9 00,
a. in , 1 00, 2 15, 7,10 p m.
For Atlantlo City, 8 20 a. m.
For Now York, Newark and Elizabeth,
8 20 (express) a. m., 12 45 (express with But
fet parloi car), 3 05 (express) p. m. Sun.
day, 2 15 p m. Tialn leaving 1215 p m.
arrives at Philadelphia, Reading Termin
al, 5.2J p m. and New York 6 00 p m.
For Mauch Chunk, Allentown, Bethle
hem, Easton and Philadelphia, 8 20 a. m
12.45, 3 03, 5 00 (except Philadelphia) p. in.
Sundav, 2 15 p. m.
For Long Branch. Ocean Grove, etc, at
S20 a. m. and 12 41 p m.
For Lakewood, 8.20 a. m.
For Reading. Lebanon and Harrlsbuig,
via Allentown, 8 20 a. m., 12 13, 6.00 p. m.
Sunday. 2 15 p. m.
For Pottsville, 8 20 a, m 12,43 p. m,
Returning lenv'o Now York, foot of Lib-
BARRELS
COflNELL
AGENTS.
nap R II
General Office: SCRANTON, PA-
Fharmaclst, cor. Wyomlna Avenue and
erty street, North River, at 9 10 (express)
a. m, 1,10, 130, 4 15 (expiess with Buffet
parlor car) p. m. Sunday, 4 30 a. m.
Leave Philadelphia, Reading Terminal,
9 00 a. m, 2 00 and 4 30 p, m. Sunday, 6 23
a. m.
Through tickets to all points at lowest
rates may be had on application In ad
vance to the ticket agent at tho station.
H. P BALDWIN.
Gen. Pass. Ast.
J. II. OLIIAUSEN. Gen. Supt.
D E L A W ARE A - D
HUDSON TIME
TABLE.
On Monday, Nov. 23.
trains will leave Scran
ton as follows.
r n l' or eui UUItuuie u ij,
1315 7 53, R 53, 1015, a. m.;
2 0o noon; i.zi, z.iu, jo-',
5 25, 0 25, 7.57, 9.10. 10 30.
11 53 p. m.
Saratoga. Montreal. Bos
For Albany,
ton, New England points, etc. 5 43 a. in.;
"'roPr' Honesdale-5 15. 8 53, 10 13 a. m.; 12 00
nnon 20, 5 25 P. m.
For W Ikes-Barre-C 43. 7 43. 8 43. 9 33.
1015 a. m.; 12 03, 120, 2 28, 3 33. 4 41, COO,
7 m 9 30 11.30 p. m
For New York. Philadelphia, etc , via
T phlch Valley Railroad 6 45, 7.13 a. m,;
12 03; 120, 3 33 (with Black Diamond Ex-
PFor)'p1e1nn3yivannIa Railroad polnts-0 43,
nii n m 2 JO, 4 41 p m
ror' western points, via Lehigh Valley
nallroad-7.13 a. m : l-' ft,, 3 33 (vvun uiacit
Diamond Express) 9 50. 11.30 p. m.
'rVriins will ariivo at Scranton at follows:
7 50. 8 50, 10 10. 11 S3 a. m ; 1 10,
r, C 21. 7.53, 9 03, 9 43. 11 52 p m,
jV BURDICK. G P A. Albai
1 10. 2 14, 3 43,
Albany, N. Y.
H W Cross, D P A
Scranton t'a.
Erie and Wyoming Valley.
Effective Jan. 4, 1697.
Trains will leave Scranton for New
York, New burgh and Intel medlato points
on Erie also for Haw ley and local points,
nt 7 03 a. m. and 2 2S p. m.; and arrive from
above points at 10 33 a. m and 9 33 p. m.
SCUArVITO'v. CtJVISlON.
Ill Ilffcct October .ltli, 1HD0.
M6
W
rrom Carbondalo and the north a io.
7 40 8 40 9 31, 10 10 n m . 12 00 noon, 1.03,
"l 3 -, 4 37, 5 45. 7 45, 9 43 and 11 23 p. m.
" V, 'wiikes-Harro and tlio south 3 40.
North Hound, south Hound,
aoa 201 1 vuTyoi"
j. J Stations - g; 2
pSajcrrainslJillv. Er-1 Sljj &
3 lg I cept Miuday ) J Iga
p ii,i MiAirlve Leave i u
72-.N Y Franklin s: .... rn ....
7 10, West 4.'nil street .... 75 ..
700 WcehawLen ... 810....
r irlArrlve I.eaYPA Mr m
l lMIancoex Junction 2161 ....
1 wi Hancock .... su ....
" ii io StnrlUht ... si ....
LMH l'reston raik .... a ....
is 40 coino .... s4i .. ,
l-'Sv Tointille 250 ....
12 11 llelaiont .... 2M ....
IS 0,1 Ploatant Jit. ... 8C6 ....
I11W Unlondals ... a CO . ,.
U 49 roiest city s 19, ....
.... 6M)li3i caiboDdaio toi S4 ....
.... fti IIM11K) MblteHrldgO 17071338 ...
.... ft) tS ritsii llajllflU I! 18,18 431....
.... fa 11,11 .'I Jcimyn 711 345 ....
.... P3V1118 Archibald 720 881....
.... 03211 11 AlUtou 7M SM1 ..
.... 6V81111 Peckvllle 787 8J0, .
.... 6 2311071 Olvphaat 7 83 4 041 ..
... C 20 ll 031 trlceburc 7 84 4 07 ...
.... U IS 11 03 Throop 7 8(1410'...
.... 6 15 110) rrnvlrtence 7 39 in ....
.... oisfios", park Place (7 4HU7 ...
... 6l0il055 bcrnmon 7411120 ...
r mU m Leave Arrlvo a m r u
AH ti alns run dally exce ut atindav.
f Blgulllts that trains stop on signal for pas-
BOIIgCI s
i-ecuro rates via Ontario & Western betoro
purchasing tickets and bavo money. Day nn,
KlgM L'iprcsstothe West.
, J. O. Awlcison, den. Pass. Act.
T, Fllfcrou. l)l. Paa3, akc. sciaatoft, Fa.