THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE- SATURDAY MORNING, JMAROlI 20, 1S!7.
11
WELSH CLAIMANT
AFTER $3,000,000
The Drymma Estate, near Swansea, the
Richest In Wales.
A MERTHVR .MINOR THE CLAIMANT
When thu History of tliu Dr iitinn lls
tntu, Oiiup thu IticliUMl ami .Most
Kxtunilvo In WiiIch, Coiiich to Ho
Written, it will bo llxccoilliiKll I1""
muittlo in Jlum Ways.
When the lilstoiy ot the Uiymma es
tate, ut ono time one of the llehest uiiel
most extensive In Walts, tomes to bo
written Some of Its most ltiti'iestlnB
pages will be those clealttii: with the
notion ot a young mlnei trom Jleithjr
to establish his tlalm to thn piopoity
and to the enoininui sum. amounting
to ovpi thiee millions und a ciuaitei,
which Is now lying In the seciet inr-ew
of thu Chancel v When the cuse it
culled for hea: lug when that will be It
Is Impossible to sav, but It will be pto
bablv at an eailv day the moy which
will be disclosed to the couit will in
all piobablllty be of such a lomantlc
thai at tut as to avvukeii the Intel est of
the whole iounti The mete lai t that
such a huze foitune is clulmed Is suf
lltleut tc cieate moie than usual Intel -tst
In the case, but the social position of
some of those tidvv in possession of
what is alleged to be petitions ot the es
tute will, should the eftoit about to be
made to lelease the money fiom the
Chancet y be successful, tend to uiake
It one ot the most sensational of the
kind.
A CHAT WITH THC CLAIMANT
A couple of days blnce oui lepoiter
had the pleasuie or meeting III. Na
thaniel Hlchaid Thomas, the claimant,
at Cofn House, Polity pi Idd, the lesl
dence of Mi. Tom Edwaicls, who Is tak
ing; an active Intel est In the case Ml
Thomas Is vet on the sunny side of KO,
and has u flank and pleasing counten
ance. He wus hum at Cefn, and foi
jeais he earned his livelihood ns a col
lier at the Cum (Cvfaithta) Pit. His
fathei, too, was a tolllei in the sanu
pit, whole lie was deyiived ot life ns
the lesult ot nn atcident some jcais
atio The eilucatlonal uclv untaxes which
tell to the lot of the claimant was veiy
slight, as is Invailablv the case with
those vvl obe patents have little to spend
out of theli haid-enintd wugts. upon
their scholastic ti dining' M Thomas
is hovvevti, ot a studious ttiin ot mind,
and his letentlve memoij, sound intel
ligence, and good know ledge of Welsh
and English, help to make him an
agieeablp convtiatlonallst In either
tongue He Is single and now lives with
his step biothi'i, Mi David Mciedlth,
who is man ltd and who until lecently
was also employed as a colllei. Iloth
are of a quiet and unissuinlng disposi
tion, and Mi Mr tedlth, who devotes his
time and enoigy to his step-bt other's
case, Ins a pall of blight eves, is p
ceptlunallv Intelllgeiit, and poseses a
tnatvellous memoiy which selves mn
teilnlly in the piosecution of the case.
The bonds of ulfeition between them
aie "tiong, and they ate eleeplv at
tached to one anothei Both ait- mem
beis of the Welsh Calvlnistle chinch.
Mi. Meiedlth was with Mi Thomas,
and the few bouts which oil! repiesen
tatlve spent In theli company vveie ex
ceedingly Inteiesting and Instiuctlve
1 he conveisalion now and again turned
to the estate, and Mi Meicdlth es
pecially has a wondeiful giasp of the
case It wis culled on mainly in the
vomaculai, tend ome of the incidents
whli h they t elated as liav Ing occuned
since the: ronimenced to vvoik up the
case were of a tomantk and highly en
teitalnlng chatactei A few ot them
can well beat tepetltloii It Is Inteiest
ing to note how Mi Utlvvaid? Hist came
to be associated with the e nse About
'20 yeais ago, when he (Mr. Kdwaids)
lived at Ctfn, the piesent claimant's
father one day asked him to examine
.some documents v.hlch vveie w tapped
in a ltd pocket handkeichlet, and which
ill. Thomas deilaied t elated to some
liiopeily The documents vveie handed
ovet to Mt Edwaicls, who immediately
perceived that they vveie of u gteat
value. Unfoitunately, however, Mr.
Thomas was not destined to ptoceed
fai with his claim, for early in the
morning of the Uth of May, 1SC0, a stone
fell upon him whilst he was at woik at
the Cvvm Pit, and he was cat tied to his
old home in Celn dead. His son, Na
thaniel Hlchaid Thomas, had not then
attained his majotlty, and seveial years
wete thus lost In pioceedlne: with the
claim,
A VERY STRIKING INCIDENT
which has considerable beailng on the
case occuired In the following Septem
ber Acting upon legal advice, the pies
ent claimant, accompanied by some of
his filend, proceeded to the grounds
of the Drvmrna Mansion, which is situ
ate neai Llansantlet, and the lltht step
he took with a view to establishing his
claim was to cut down a ttee. He was
not, of course, allowed to proceed with
his vvoik without Intel ruDtlon, for the
presence of the stiangets and the cut
ting dow n of the tt ee w as speedily com
municated to the occ iiDler of the man
sion, who was soon on the spot. Na
thaniel Thomas held an axe In his hand,
and was about to out down another tree
at the time He explained, in atiswei
to questions, who he was, and -raid that
his ft lends and himself weie going to
"pitch their tent" on the spot. They
liad the necessaty poles and canvas foi
the puipose, but this was not done, and
Mi Thoman was soon aftei wards served
with a summons for alleged ttespaas
In due coutse he appealed In answer to
the chaige befoie the magisterial bench
at Neath, but the magistrate lefused to
accede to the request to commit htm,
and Mr. Thomas and his friends vveie,
we believe, "let off."
ANOTHER INCIDENT.
This incident however had hut little
of the air of romance which enveloped
another that occuned at tho commence
went of March, 1893, when Mi Nathan
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lei Thomas once again Bought to put
Ills claim to the estate Into practice
'flip stend of 6nbratlons which pvpii
titallv assumed a Very lively diameter
on this occasion was the Ynystawe
Mansion, the ancestral home of the
family, and which Is eald to have stood
the storms of neatly a thousand years,
It is is. a line old house, charmingly
situated In the Swansea Valley, near
dials, and was leant and has been
since -when on the last Satutdav In
rebiuaiy, 1SDJ. Mt. Nathaniel Hlchaid
Thomas, accompanied bv lite step
bi other and u. few fijciids, found them
selves in possession. The house was
absolutely empty not any kind of fui
nllurci bolus scon, and the inembeis of
the paity had to content themselves
vi'ith lying on the boaids at night and
cooking and eating their food In the
best way they could. They had taken
the piecnutkii) to take' a Ripply of
bread, btlltei, cheese, tea, stigat, pic
kles, etc, with them, foi they vveie pcu
ftctly aw ate that evtty offoit would be
made to elect them. All the windows
vveie bailed and doors locked, and foi a
few days they lemalned In quiet pos
session On the afternoon of thu fol
lowing Thuisdav, howevei, their peace
and tinnqulllty weto ludelv distuibed,
foi about half-past 4 o'clock they saw,
upon looking thiough the windows, a
ciowd of two 01 thiee hundied.
ARMED WITH ALL SORTS OF
WEAPONS
of defence and ottence and followed
by dogs, mulching tow aids the man
sion. They weie acompanled by a num
Iici of police and also by Ml. Sttlck,
of Swansa, who, It is stated, had
pteviously called upon the claimant to
leave the house. The leply which was
given from the window b the claimant
was that he had not gone there to leave
acaln unless It vveie bv means of phj st
eal foice oi by a piopet wilt of eject
ment when the crowd npioached the
house and ?avvuthe paty In possess
ion In one of the windows Nathaniel
Thomas and Ills fi lends were again
requested to slve up possession of the
house. This he lefused to do, and he
was, nftei consldeiable parley, told
that the doots would be foiced oppn
The claimant replied that he would
leave the house otiletly If a writ were
seived upon him, but this was e' '
dentlv not forthcoming and not with
standing the warning that a foiclble
entiance would be effected at their
own ppill the doors vveie burst open
The party inside then pioceeded to the
hall vvheie thev were confronted bv Mi
rilck, the police, and others When te
quested to leave Mi Thomas gave the
samp leplleh as before, detlailns that
he would not do so unlets lie were foi -elbly
ejected If they Intended to adopt
that touise he suggested that his
age was Intel viewed recently legaidlng
friends and himself should be carried
out, each bv tout men This couise was
adopted.andlntliatvvay Mr. Thomas was
TURNED Ol'T OP THE MANSION
but not before entering an tmphatlc
protest against thp action of the supei -lor
loice opposed to him All this, how
evei, was not done without causing
some consternation, and a humoious
Incident which occuired at the time Is
well worth tepeatlng When Nathaniel
Thomas was being carried out It ap
peals that, whilst tinning lound a shaip
cornet, his leg was slightly ttushed
against the side of the dooi , and as a i e
sult ot a sudden movement on his pait
those who held him bj the uims and
leg-, tumbled ovei one anothei down the
steps, much to the amusement of the
spectator Since then Mt Thomas has
not, we believe, t.out,ht to ( laini posses
sion In a slmllai wav, und we have no
doubt that the pioieedlngs which he is
about to take to piove his claim to such
a gigantic tot tune will piove of gieat
Intel est to South Wales generally.
The picture below Is that of the great
Caiadoc that led the South Wales choir
tovlctoiy on two occasions man years
ago at th Ci vstal Palace, London
their opponents being a choir ol profes
sional London singets, conducted bv
one of The gieatest musicians of the
age Pioudinan The pictuie below was
taken twenty -live veais ago, Immedi
ately pftei his f teat vlctoiy Ho was
CARADOC 25 YEARS AGO,
then In the pilme ol life, and never
knew a foeman woithy of his wondeiful
ptowess In the lealms of enchanting
ong Ho Is the gieatest choral con
ductor of any age, vea, of any nation
Theto is an unlimited scope to the as
set tlon, but it is true neveitheless Mi
Jones Is now in his slty-fouith eai.
One of the greatest musicians of th
choral sinking In Wales, and was asked
this question, "How will Caiadoc com
pete with the sreat eonductots of
Wales of the piesent dav? ' The it-ply
was "Only ono Sir Michael Costa, only
one Caiadoc He will die the gieatest
musical conductor of the age. No
Welshman lives to content his lights to
his gieat supeiiorltj " The same as
set tion was made in this countrj a few
ears ugo b James Pat son Pi Ice, of
New Yotk city,
WELSH NOTES.
The late Lord New borough left a curt
oils will Ho stipulated that his body
should i etnatn for a ear In the family
vault at Lluiutwrog church, which ho
Philadelphia.
if Kw
built as a memorial to his wife, and then,
be reltitirrtd at Bardiav Island, which
formed pmt uf his estate over his grave
stands a lino Celtic cross ot AnglFvev
matLle, designed by his loulshlp and beni
Ing descriptions In Welsh, I'tigllsh, Latin
and Punch.
I'evv parishes In Wales have given birth
to grentu oi mote useful men than Llan
gHinmtirch, Hteconshlre. Hem ate some
of them: John Penry, the gieat mart) I j
Theophllus Jones, the ccleluuttd Hrrcon
shlto hlstotlan; Thomas Hughes, who be
came lllshop of Ililstoli TheophlliM
Lvuns, authoi of "Drth y I'rlf Ocsoeddj"
Jiimes How ells, author at "Uplatolnn
lloelliinnc," the 'Lxlcou Tptru lotion,"
etc., etc., vhllu clobc to tho conlliies of
the piulsh Is Pi Into Llewelyn's grave.
Chailes Wesley man led a llrocnock
shlre liuly, Miss Owjnne, of Oarth, near
Uullth, the ccremonj taking place at that
county at Liana v on Pair parish church hi
the presente of his distinguished brothu,
John Weslej, Anothei Welsh dlv hie wont
to the good old county or Uiecknock for it
wife about the same time, viz , the saluted
Lewis ntesp, of Mvnvdd Uuph, Swanei,
who mauled a daughter of Mi. Abraham
Pcnrv, of Peiideijn Addiesxlng .dt.
Retsp Ml Pi m asked "How much
piopntv have vouV Taking hold of the
Hlble, Mt Reese leplltd. "Mj chief 111
lieiltuttte Is Hi this" Mr. PatUJ was
satlslled
'The Ameilcan Celt" Is the name of a
beautlfullv-pt Inted now monthlj publish
ed and edited bj rhe Rov. John C.illllths
toitiierl pastot of the Suiiiticr Avenue
Pteblulau thutih Its literature Is tf
a high ordet and mostlj of a Welsli cluii
uctei. Mi Olltllths has had consldoiable
expel iencu In this line of woik, and Is a
gtueeflll wtltei. ' Rliys Wvune" will
flguie veij piomlnentlj In the 'CMt, ' and
Its pages will be made vei delightful b
his coutilbutlotls Mi Utltllths Is per
feetlv at home In Welsh line and is an
encyclopedia In Welsh tiadltions of by
gone day
A very leudable aitlcle uppealPil In a
letent nunibei of the "Young Vlan" on tile
young and talented membeis of the
Huue of Commons Tlie following, ae
cotdlng to the vvilter, have displayed the
most conspicuous ubllty In the piesent
pui Ileum lit 'the Hon George Cuton
Llud Oeoige, Sli Cilwurd Cliev, Thomas
H. LUIs, ejeorge Lambert, J. H UaUIel
and George Wyndhum Heferilim to thu
member fiom Cainnivon, "9ein and un
bincllng us he Is when putting ton. aid
the w longs ot Ills countiv, Ml Lloyd can
be pleasantly i,enlal, and sotlallv he en
Joys as much populuiltv at the National
Liberal club as at the Hout "
Mi William Motgan, J P., Pant, who
has not inaptly been designated the lojal
Htiodotus, was In a happy und fatetlous
vein at the Bowlnls Chamber of 1'rade
meeting the othei evening In moving a
tesolutlon In favoi of Incoipoiation, he
lefired to the old-time rivalry that ex
isted between Moithyr and Dowlais on all
matteis from wiestling and cock-tlglitlng
even to the nuisery rhymes of those hal
cyon ( '1 diys of yore To the accompani
ment of uniestralned laughter (says the
Meithvi T2pres) he gave a leiltal of an
tnsplied specimen fiom the pen of a Met
thy i poet which lan as follows.
Mae bachgen o Dowlais,
Yn gwelthlo o lluen v tan,
Sydd bion a thoil el galon
Am Kue) v ferch fueh lan;
Mae el goesau fel y plpau,
A'i fieichlau fel y biwyn
A'i ben ef fel pytaten,
A haner lath o dtwyn
He then ,jave the tetort of a Dowlais
laureate, tqually pfteetlve In Its way
Mae meiehed bath y Pentra
Yn gwlsgo capau a tasa',
A modrwy our ar ben pob bys,
A cliwt ell crys nhw'n llapia.
There has long been a suspicion that the
wiitti of Welsh historical tales "ilit
tlements and Towtr," ' The Jewel of
Tnysgalon," and other woiks who ef
fects the pseudonym of "Owen Rhos
cuniyl" 's Mi. K Scholleld, of Convvav.
Mi. Scholleld himself, hovvevtr, though
admitting an intimate lelatlonship with
the mystetlous 'Owen," denies that this
Is so The novelist has taken Immense
pains to conceal his Identity, and those
who have had occasion to communicute
with him have bten obliged to addiess
theli letters to a London news agency,
vvheie they aie ledltected to "Rhos
comyl" In a lecent lettei received fiom
him, the novelist describes Mr Schottcld
as his "tiauscribet," and as that lettei
was written In a woman's handwriting,
it Is now suimlsed that "Owen" Is a
"she" The next new work fiom the pio
lltlc pen of this w liter Is to deal with the
' Rattle of Bosworth "
Another gieat divine Is dead, the Dean
of fat David's, the Rev Dvau Owen Phil
lips Kvan Owen Phillips was a native
of Pembrokeshhe, boin at Tiecwn, in the
iioitheiu part of the county, and was one
of three biotheis who enteied the church,
His eldest biothei was vicar of St, Mat
thew's, Oikley scjuaie, London, for many
years the friend of every Welsh cleigy
inan, foitunate ot unfoi tunate, in the
metropolis, and anothei brother was
vicai of Chi 1st Chuich, Leeds The dean
was educated ut Caidlgan Grammar
school and Corpus Chilstl colelge. Cam
bildgp, vvheie he obtained an open schol
aishlp He took his degtee, being eight
eenth Wtanglei, In lSf, was ordained
deacon the same yeai, and pi lest In 18W,
by the Atchblshop of Yoik Font years
latei ho became waulen and head master
of Llandovety, a position he continued
to ctupy till 1SC1, when, at the utgent it
quest of Bishop Thlllwall, he accepted
the living of Aberystwith.
Anglesey Is the only county in Wales
which theie is no newspaper of any kind
printed It has a poulatlon of fifty thou
sand, equal to Bieconshiie, wheiein aie
plinted four papers, and a laiger popula
tion than Mclrionethshlie, where there
are pi Inted no less than the newspapers
font of them ussucd In Welsh liven
Radnoishlie, with a population of about
,0uO, has Its model little newspapei
'Seien Corner," with one exception, is
the oldest peilodleal In the Welsh lan
guage, and It is with a feeling of regret
one leains that the hoaty magazine is
once again to die a natural death The
publication Is qalled after 'Gomer," the
(list edltoi, and which appeired at llrst
In a weekly foim Accotdlug to'prestnf
anangtnieiits, only one numbei will le
Issued
Like Alexander the Great, Mr Huuy
Dvans, conductor of the Dowlais Phil
Imimonle society, U thirsting foi moie
woilds to conquer The success which
has attended the production of his ehoial
setting of "Lead. Kindly Light," has
stimulated him to attempt more Important
vvoik. A few weeks ago he commission
ed Mr Wesley Powell to wilte the llbtet
to of a dtamtalc cantata foi him, und be
fore he left Dowlais Mi Powell hid at
compllshed the vvoik The cantata deals
with tho tiaglo end of the love of Hi en
da, daughtei of the led wur god Olln,
for Slguid, u young Noise wuiiloi The
noik consists of fllfteen poetical num
bei s, und Is seoied tor foui sololstu, pall,
female, and mWed chorus and full or
chestra The greatest pluiallst, orouib'y, who
pvi'- lvvd 'v Willis was ihe lute, I'll v.
Samuel Robeits (S It ) In the eaily days
of his ceiei't he was nilnlstai of no less
than ten churches Prom this he waij
known to his fi lends and foes as "Huui y
Dea Capel," u sobllquet which, It Is sup
posed, was given him by the late Di.
Lewis Edwards, of Bala.
A Dissenting minister from Wales, go
ing over the sea to foreign paits, wus
taken with a violent cold, and on re
turning to Caidlgan related liU expel 1
ence, The steward came to him, sympa
thized, and said; "I e you what 'tis,
sir; get an extra allowance of giog on
board, and when you aru tight go to bad.
You will be nil right In tho morning,"
"Hut I am a parson, " said the minister.
"Well," wus the'reply, 'If you be, you aQ
off duty." The friend to whom the mln
Istei contlded the tale very natui,flll)
usked' "Did you, take I17H "Won't sny,"
w u the rejoinder
"Offa's Dyke" was a defensive wall
built by the Romans against the Welsn,
It was an ent then fortification 113 mlos
lour and entltely cut off Waleri fiom Dug
hind, Now that the Welsh Rugby union
has hurled defiance at the International
boaiel and practically declared for war,
tho boaul had better gtt that dye up
again,
Mr. Ron Davis, the unrivalled tenor, will
commence anothei toin In America the
lilttci pint of this mouth.
The betutlful lower ot St. John's
chuieih, OuidllT, which Is about to be re
stoitd, lit n tost of about 2,G00, was built
by Halt In the year 1113 Huit Is also
hiild to have, built the towers ot Wiex
liain and St. Stephen's, Utlstol.
Among the contributors to tho "Die1
tloiiaiy of Nutlouil Wography." aie Pio
fcssoi Tout, formerly ptlliclpal of Lam
pt Ipi college, Mi. 1) Lleufei Thomas,
of Lincoln's Inn, London; Profesot J. 12.
Llovd, M A., of Noith Wules Unlvtrcltv
college; the Rev. II J. Jones, of Abei
daie; Piofessoi Robert Williams, of Lam
peter college. Piofessoi Tout lifts wiltten
most valuable articles on the Welsh pt luc
es, and Mi. Letlfel Thoimis bus contribut
ed, In addition to the lives of Illtud, lolo
Goch und lvoi llael, an Intel eating life of
Judge Jenkins, of Hensol, bringing to
light many hlthtito undlscoveied facts
about tha stuidy, old Royalist
Mi. Hugh Pilce Hughes gives In the
MatLh "Sunday Magazine" ome Of the
iesult of his txotllencp or answer to
piavet Not long ago tho West London
Mission wus guatly In want of money, so
Mi. Hughes Invited Jils principal col-leugue-to
meet him near midnight, und
they spent ome time "Imploiing God to
send us El 000 foi His woik by u partlculnr
iluy " li Hughes conftsses that he did
not shate this absolute' confidence, but
'btkeved with tiembllng " 'However, the
day uppolnted came, and .Mi, Hughes went
to the mettlng at which tht sum total
would be announced, and he says "It
appealed that In a very shoit tbne, and
in Veiy cMiuoidlnuty ways, f930 hud been
jent to the West Loudon Mission I Con
fess that as a theologian I was peipleved
We hud asked for u thousand there w is
a iletlclenev of ten 1 could not under
stand It 1 went home tiylng to explain
the dlscrcpunry, As I enteied my house,
and was engaged In taking oft niv hat
und coat, I noticed a letter on the table
In the hill I letnenibeied tha It had been
lying there when I went out, but I was In
a great huuy, und did not stop to open it,
1 took It up, opend It und eliscoveted that
It contained u c heqile foi 10 fot the West
London Mission, bilnglng up thu amount
needed foi that day to the exuet sum
which we hud named in oui midnight
piayer meeting" Of course, adds Mr
Hughe", this may be descilbed as "u mere
coincidence, but "all we want Is coinci
dences of this soit Tho name Is nothing
the fact is ev el v thing, and there have
been many such facts "
KEADIKU INTMiLIUUNTLY.
.Vot How Much but How Well You
Hcnd Should He tho Guiding Prin
ciple. Fiom the Philadelphia Ledger.
In ceitaln lespects books are to the
mind what food Is to the body. Well
chosen and taken in moderation, they
nouilsh, sustain and stimulate life But
If thy quality Is unwholesome and the
amount excessive Indigestion with Its
long tialn of evils, will Inevitably en
sue. To be nble to adapt out food to
the nepds of the bodv goes a long w ay
tow ards secuilng physical health and
strength, and to adapt out leading to
out mental and nioial needs Is eiiunl
ly Impoitnnt to the heulth of our
minds and clmiacteis. Nor can the
appetite pe always depended upon as
a guide In elthei case, Sometimes It
Is teeble and cupilcious, sometimes It
Is painpi'ied und Inuuodetate. Thu
powei or disci Imlnatlon Is nowheie
moie needful and yet nowhere moie
laie than In the selection of the books
we read. "Llteiaiy taste,' "as Piofes
soi- Johnson says, "Is a capacltv for
enjoyment Pure llteiary taste Is a
capacltv for enjoy nient of that which
common consent has adjudged to be
most woithy." But while leading Is,
as we have said, the common practice
of eveiyone, how taie Is the literary
taste which can thus make the leading
profitable and enjoyable In the best
ense' How few of those vvh03e eyes
glance over the pi luted page pause to
consider vvhethet Its thoughts are
strong and clear, oi weak and vauld;
whether its principles are true and
sound, ot specious and fallacious;
whether Its facts ate accuiatelv le
coided, or loosely gatheied togeei?
How few can discover wherein lies the
beauty of a desctlptlon, the stiength
of an aigument, the fine portiaval of
a character, the calm wisdom in one
passage, oi the goarkllng wit In an
othei 'Yet It is just this power of ap
pieelutlon that makes leading valu
able and enjoyable and enables the
tPadei to pick out the volumes that
aie vvoith tending fiom the innumei
able piles of Ilteiatuie that await him
on every hand
NOT GAINHD IN COLLEGE
It Is generally supposed that this
ability can only be gained In the
schools and colleges It would be well,
indeed, If all those who fiequent theso
hulls could be thus endowed Un'or
tunately, this Is fai from the case with
many who have enjoyed all their ad
vantages And what oi the thousands
who have never had, oi have lonr
since left behind them, all such on-ior
tunltles"' Shall they be content to be
mete mechanical teadets, theli m'nds
empty vessels, lendy to liold vvhat
evei may chance to dtop Into
them, or sieves to let It out
as easily? Must they be plachl
ly leslgned nevei to know the
meilts or demerits of what thev lead,
bfttlsfled to let theli eves and thoughts
dilft aimlessly acioss the minted page
on whatevei cuueut It may chance to
lake them"' "We all need (and vve
t roB r.iTiir.ii skx.
3 This rcmedv lelnir in.
jected directly to tho
Beat of those dlm-nueH
of thn Geiilto-IJrlnaiy
OruiinH. rftie u fiFi n n
cliungo of diet. C'uro
ruarunteed in 1 to a
(lnM. Nuinll lllllltl Tillnk .
ftf TT TE W a" u' "'all, Sl.OO,
tLp HJ JDiJEfl Motel ouly by
Wm li Clark, 326 Pern Ave., tcranton, I'a.
" "
&?wi4S(f
fj&& XZK. r--2
'Ctun -i. f?&?A,f&Z2r
y -
H-'W
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What Sarah Uenihard says
nedd to feel the heed) of some povvei
Within Us, which shall ntt'rftit lis tu
purity tif thought' and tepel m from
What is coat so find Impute, that shall
enable us to distinguish the Hue from
Ihe false, the nit out? fiom the weak,
the Uplifting from thejdegiadlng. Much
may be done to gain aiiv to stiengtlien
this powci by Individual discipline.
Much Is being done In Intelligent homes,
whete loading tilenid, with freely cx
piensed comments and discussion, Is
pinclloeil. The use of tefeienoo books
mid Hlmllai ulels in happily lnctenslng,
while literal y clubs mid poptilat lectuios
ate eohti Uniting laigoly to this tnucli
nedded powoi. To te-iead, to examine,
to dltcilsH, to e.vncns oi to wilte tho
thoughts thus iitlmulated uie all edu
cating pioce&ses in this dltcctlon.
mun with snNsn.
I( is Duo that .n InrGe proiioitlop of
people) lead uhlclly foi amlisemeiil, und
this, In out busv life, Is nn Imputtant
element not to be despised. Hut Idle
ness Is not enjoyment, and no pleasuip
Uonld hi' taken away by the povvei thus
attained On the contiaiy, It would
ioon udel Immensely to the delight. The
pleasilie ot looking at a fine painting
Is multiplied indefinitely If we uie able
to Judge of It und detect Its beauties,
Who can enjoy a fine building so well
as nh aichltect, oi n billllaut consni
vatoiv so well as a hoitlclturlst, or a
magnificent stenmei so well as a ship
builder ' They uie able to see whete
the beautv lies, to detect the fine points
of filth detail, and to catch the splilt
of the whole, while the utdlnatv spec
tator has no such povvei So leading
ufi'oids a chaini and delight to one
who can judge and disci Imlnate anil
appreciate, which Is utteily unknown
to the cuismy and supeillcial icadei.
und a single volume chosen and peiused
by the lotinei, will be of moie; value
and, will yield moie happiness' than
whole tomes that have passed, without
rellectlun thought oi judgment, undei
the) eyes ot the luttet.
-
CAKl.TON's Itr.lM.V.
Henry Guy Caileton, the dramatic au
thot, has an lnipedlnitnt In his vpeech-In
fact, jhe stamiiu is but this elicumstance
does not at all nuu hls'chaimlug gift of
conversation foi he Is one of the bisf
tulkets on almost anv subject, and ut
repartee he has lew supiriois One dav
a lady said to him "Mi Carleton, wete
you born with that stammei If I may ask
the question without impel tlneiir t , '
"No, mad 1111," was the leply, "I did not
begin It until I began to talk "
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55 Elm Streat, New York.
Mnrlo ri
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ii-ii iviaii
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all efTects of self abuse en excels nnd fndlfccretion,
WUUli uuBts one tor studs , business or roarriaao It
not only curck by s'lattfngat tboscat ot d ,easc.but
isagreat nerve tonic and blood builder, brinz
ins back tho plnlc Blou to palo hce les aid ro
btoifiy tbo fire of jojth. It wirds off InBanlty
and Conburaption Insist on haini! mn IVO.no
other. It can bo carried in vest pocket By nitll
bl.00 per packajre, or six for SS.oo, with a post'
tlyo written Riiiirantco to ruio or rotund
tho money. Circular free. Address
ROYAL MrDICINE CO 63 River SI , CHICAGO. Il
I-or &ulo by AlA'tllinWh, llicuo., uruj
Cist Mcruuiou, I'll.
RAILROAD TIME-TABLES
hchedule in Cfleit Natcmber ,-. iiii
Trams Leave Wilkos-Barro as Follows
7.30 a. m., week chys, for Sunbury,
Harrlsburg, Philadelphia, Balti
more, Washington, and for Pitts.
burp; and tho West.
IO.I5 a. m., week days, for Hazlcton,
Pottsville, Reading, Norristown,
and Philadelphia; and for Sun
bury, Hnrrisburc;, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Washington and Pitts,
burp; and tho West.
3.5 p. m., week days, for Sunbury,
Harrisburp, Philadelphia, Balti
more, Washington and Pittsburg
and tho West.
3.15 p m., Sundays only, for Sun
bury, Harri-.burg, Philadelphia,
and Pittsburg and the Wcit.
.6,00 p. m., week das, for Harlaton
and Pottsville.
J. K. WOOD, llen'l Pjss. Aient.
J. U HUTCHIvSOS, cienerul Alanuier
LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD &Y-3-
TEM.
Anthracite Coil Used Exclusively Inaur
1 ins Cleanliness and Coi.ifoit
IN ETFECT NOV 15, 1S
TRAINS LEAVE SCRAN'ION.
Tor Philadelphia and New Yoik via D
. If R. R. at 0 45, 7 tJ a. in , 12 03, 1 20. 3 ii
(Black Diamond Expicss) and 1130 p m.
.Tor Plttston and Wllkes-Barro vlu D
L 6. V R R , 0 00, S.OS, 1U0 a 111 , 1 M
3 40, 0 00 and 8 47 p m
lor Whlto Haven, Hazleton. Pottsville,
and principal points in tho coal reslons
v la D, &. H R, R , 0 45 a. m , U 03 and I 41
P m.
For Bethlehem, Easton, Reading, liar
rlsburg and pilnrlpnl Intermediate sta
tlons la D t, H n R t 43, 7 43 a, m ,
12 0.1, J20, 3 -J3 (Black Diamond i:piess),
-1 41 and u 30 p m,
ror Tunkhannoek, Towanda, Elmlra,
Ithaca, Geneva and principal intermediate
stations via D, L. S. W, R. R, 6 00, 8 03,
53, a m., 12 20 and J 40 p. in.
For Geneva, Rochester, Buffalo, Niagara
i aJi3' ChlcuKo and all points west via D,
S. II. R R 7.45 a. ni , 12 03, 3 33 (B)ack Dla.
mpnd Express), it 50 and 11.30 p. m.
Pullman pallor and Bleeping or Lehigh
iN'w f$k RESTORES VITALITY.
vir''''Sia)imJ'fr 1
?' I ur 1 iv u 1
r ry Jltt't
MW-J3Ji -
J old mi
YEARS fflF
RAN m TIE
SUFFERING MAS
V PARALYSIS.
7Vo n the Vi
Mr. Divlel G. Tnlhot U n well-known and
rpperleel 4 eitlen ol OHei;c) Cntiutv, Xcw
Yntk, lesielliii; nt lMtiHiitnn, who tluio join
it jo had 11 htiokr ed iiiunlysli, whioh lie at
tilhutc to tho elKof; of n wiiuiiil icccivecl o'i
tho lbth ol June 1SC1. boline l'etcishlire,,
Vn , wliili scivitiR with tliu New York
Heavy Aitllleiy.
'1 lit) follow hit; 11 hii own account of his
Illntii mill convalescence, vvhith will be
found intcicitliijj
Kuvtrbfox, N. Y., Aiifj. 31, 1S0G.
"Qn tho iiftli day of December, 1S'I3, I
was taken with u inialytlc shock, wlncli al
fie led thu wliolei of tliu left ijde, and I could
not pnk ior thrco weeks. I was confined
to my bed lor n long time ami constantly tit
tciieliel by a phy&icl in, tliotij-li little teliel
was cvpiiicnceil My otnniiicli mill the
musclib ol mv throat wero much ullcctcd.
I Mrs wounded 111 June, lfcu-1, at Petcrslnuir,
Vu., luvltii; then lo'-t three lingers ol my Icit
liutiel, ntiil tint ulwuys iillecteel me in a
mnrl.eel dcyref, mv arm often becoming
numb. I should stuti- that on the day I re
ceived thci stroke1, I had two distinct shocks,
Ihci llrst in thp ntoriiiiij,', which wns so Heltt
tlmt tho eloetor wiu not ut ull nlarnied. but
the Mcoml nieiily fh.heil me up Ever
since' the war I li id sullcrcd with nervous tie-bililv-nnd
my tonilitioii was very bid when I
was iittJikeel J nui now hlxty yciiiikl mid
lierelly laieel look ior anything upproae hum
good he iltli alter my Hie ol Miikring, but I
UP TO
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Establishtd 18G8.
THE,
ti
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TiliTi
(MP"-
At a time when many manu
facturers and dealers ai'e making
the most astounding statements
regardingthemeritsauddurability
of inferior Pianos, intending pur
chasers should not fail to make
critical examination of the above
instruments.
i
(!
F
EL C. R1CKER
General Dealer in Xorthcnst
ern Pennsylvania.
fc
New Telephone Exchange Building, 115
Adams Ave., Scranton, Pa.
R
mrnTTnnnnTTiTTTiTnTTmTniTnTTTTnnTTmTnn
aiiiuiuiiuiiiiujiuiiiiuaiiiiuiiiiiuuuiiiiii
Valley chair cars on all trains between
Wlll-es-Dnrre and New Yoik, Phlladel.
phla, lliiffalo and Suspension Hrldse.
RObUN H VVILUUlt. Gen Supt.
CIIAS S L,nn, Gen Pass. Ant , Phlla.,
Pa
A. W. NOSSCVIACHER, Asst Gen
Pass Agt. South Bethlehem, Pa.
Scranton Oulce. 309 Laeltawanna avenue.
Del.. I.ticku. iiiU Western,
Effect Monday. Ootobei ID, li,Do.
Trains leave Scranton as follows, Ex
press for New York and nil points East,
1 -10, 2 m 0 15, 8 00 and S 33 a. m , 1.10 and
3 33 p m
Express for Eiston, Trenton, Philadel
phia and tho South, G 15, S 00 and 0 S3 a m ,
1 10 and 3 33 p in
Viashlngton and way stations, 3 13 p m
Tobylnnna accommodation, 0 10 p m
Expicss for Blnuhamton, Oswego El
mlra, Corning, Hath, Danaville "Mount
Morris and Buffalo, 12 20 2 o3 a m and 1 53
p m . making close connections at liuttulo
to all points In tho West, Northwest and
Southwest
Bath accommodation, 9 l"i a m.
Blimhumtou and vv ly s-tatlons, 1 03 p. m
Nlcholon accommodation, 5 13 p m
Blnt-hamton and Elmir.i express, 5 33
P m,
Epress foi Utlca and ltlchfleld Springs,
2 3j a m and 1 53 p m
Ithaca 2 35 and Bath 9 13 a m , and 1 53
n m
I or Northumberland, Plttston, V'llks.
Baire, Plymouth, Bloomsbuii,' and Dan
ville, making closo connection at Noith
umbeilnnd foi Wllllampoi t Hairisbuig,
Baltimore, Washington and tho bouth
NorthnmbeiJand und lntermediite sta
tions C 00 0 53 u m , and 1 55 and b 00 p m
Nantlcoke mid Inteimcdlate stations, S Oi
and 11 jo a m Plymouth and Inteimedlnto
stations no nrd S 47 p in
Pullman pallor and sleeping coaches on
all express tialns
For detailed Information pocket time
tables, etc , apply to M I. Smith, city
ticket office -us l.ackaw mm avenue, or
dennt 'Irket nflVt
C --- U U r- A w ABE A .S D
2rJ JUrr t llUDbON TIME
TtULE
On Monday, Nov. 23.
ti. lilts will leave Scran
to'i ns follows
Toi Catbondale 5 15.
V 55. S 5j, 10 15, n m ;
12 00 noon, 1 21, 2 20, 1 52,
5 25 CJ5. 7 5T. 9 10, 10 30.
11 53 11 111
Tor Albany, Saiatoga, Montreal, Bos
ton New England points, etc 5 13 a n ,
Vol Honesdale 5 45, 8 55, 10 15 a m ; 12 00
For V Ukes-Barre-C 43, 7 45. S 43.
10 43 a in . 12.05, 1 20, 2 2S, 3 33. 4 41
9 3S
C00.
7 50 9 30 11 30 p m
Tot New Yoik. Philadelphia, etc,
T.1.I..V, v.ille. Hallioad 0 45 7 43 a
via
in
12 03 120-3 33 (with Black Diamond Ex
nruts) 11 30 P m
Tor Pennsylvania Bailroad points 0 43,
9 3s a m - 30, 4 41 p m
Tor western fiolnts via I.ehlgh Valley
RaIlroad-7 43 a m . 12 Ci 3 11 (With Black
Diamond Express) 9 r0. 11 30 p in
Trains will arrive at Scranton nt follows
Piom Caibondnlo und tho north C 40,
7 40 & 40 9 II, 10 40 n m : 12 00 noon; 103,
2 213 25, 4 37, 6 45, 7.45, 9 45 and 11 25 p. m
Fiom Wllkes-Bairo and the south 5 40
7 50. 8 50, 1010, 1153 a in : 1 1C 211, 3 43,
K C 21 7 f 1 0 01, 1 15 11 52 p m
j W nimnifK O P A Alunny N Y-
II W Cros D P A Scranton Pa
lie an.l Wyoming Valley,
Effective Jan, 4, 1S97.
Trains will leavo Scranton for Now
York, New burgh and Intermediate points
on Erie, also for Huwley and local points,
at 7 05 a, m. ond 2 2S p. m.j and arrive from
abova points at JO 33 a, m and 9 33 p. m,
mi
E ?
1 srsiifTwii-
est, Vltcci, A. V,
saw so much sntd about Dr. W11lams Pink
Pills leu Pule- People in the newspapers, and
tlmt they were jaind lor p-imlytics, tlmt I
determined to try (lie 111. 'Ihis I did just
one veiti 1 .11 el lour tiiontlis ngo I strictlv foi.
lowed directions nnil 1c.lt better witliin a
wick. I nm not tin nmci mini I was when
I hcpiii to take Ji Williams' medicine.
My old comrade Jsnrton, who was in the
same coinpuiy and Biment with me, ami
wns a ijricvous sullei r iiom ucncrnl nervous
dcbilitv, at my ricniiiiiiiudiitlou bus taken
Dr. Wil inms' Pink Pills and they have
helped him wonderfully
" I certify on I101101 that the above state
ment is tine in every partlculnr.
(feigned) D wiu C. Tai dot." '
AVitncss John g. Lafi'eus.
Dr. Wllllnms' Pink Pills contain, In a con.
clensed form, all the dements necessary to
Hive- new hie nml richness to the blood and
restore shuttered nerves, llicy are also a
specific lor troubles peculiar to females, such
us suppressions ii regularities and all forms
nt weakness. They build up the blood, and
restore the glow ot health to ale mid sallow
cheeks In men they effect a radical cure
in all cases arising fiom mental worry, over
work or chesses of vvluitevei nature. Pink
Pills are sold in botes (never In looc bulk)
ut CO cents a box or Mx boxes for $2 50, and
may be had of all druggists or direct by
niiiil from Dr Williams' Medicine Company,
Scheucctudy, N. Y.
DATE.
Ovar 20,000 In Use.
flENUINE,
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Central Kailroatl of New Jersey.
(Lehigh and Susquehanna Division.)
Anthiaclte coal used exclusively, Insur
ing cleanliness and comfort
T1VIE TABLE IN ErTECT JAN. 23, 1897.
Trains leave Scranton for Plttston,
Wllkos-Bnrre, etc , at S 20 9 15 11 00 a -n .
12 43, 2 00, 3 03, 5 00, 7 10 p m. Sunday s 9 00,
a m , 1 00, 2 13, 7.10 p in.
Foi Atlantic Citv, S 20 a m
For Now York, Newark and Elizabeth,
S 20 (express) a. m , 12 43 (express with Buf
fet parlor cai), 3 03 (express) p m Sun.
duy, 2 15 p m Train leaving 12 15 p m.
111 lives at Philadelphia, Heading Termin
al, 5 22 p m and New York G 00 p m.
For Mauch Chunk, Allontown Bethle
hem, Easton and Philadelphia, 8 20 a. m,
12 13, 3 03, 5 00 (except Philadelphia) p m.
Sunday , 2 15 p m
For Long Blanch, Ocean Grove, etc, at
8 20 a m and 12 43 1 m
Tor Lakewood, 8 20 a. m.
Tor Heading Lebanon and Harrlsburg,
via Allentown 8 20 a. m , 12 43, 5 00 p. m.
Sunday, 2 15 p in.
Tor Pottsville 8 20 a m , 12 45 p m.
Returning leavo New York foot of Lib
erty street, North River, at 9 10 (expreJ
a. in, 110. 130, 4 15 (express with Buffet
parloi cai) p m Sunday, 4 30 a m
Leavo Philadelphia Reading Terminal.
9 00 a m , 2 00 und 4 30 p m Sunday, 0 .'5
a m
Through tickets to all points at lowest
rates may be had on application In ad
vance to tho ticket agent at tho station
II P BM.DWIN,
Gen Pass. Agt.
J. II OLHAUSEV, Oen Supt
SOUAIVIOJN III VISION.
Ill l'.llect October llli, 1MKI.
North Humid.
sniitii ttomiil.
2Ui 201 I
i? 8tatlons
0 2S S (Trains Dally. Ex.
3 isr. I cept Miiulay 1
J el.
ill a
p
3 -di2
SS
Ms
i' in e Vulve leave u u
... "S.5.N Y rranklln t.J ... 7 41 , ,,
7 10 West 4nd street .... 7 13
700 WeeUawkeii ... 8 10 . ,.
r M'Arrlvo Leave a ti- mi
1 15,llaucocK Juneltou 2i6
I1T1 Hancock an ,
.. .. t J r 6 Rtarllsht 2 si
1846 Preston Park jjii , ,,
l-'40 COino . 841 ,
13 85 I'ovnttllo . 2 Be ...
12 14 Iltlniont , 2 59' , ,,
UiJ1 rieasfttit Mt . 310 ,,
. . 11159. Ulllondalo . 8 09, , ,,
1149 Forest City 8 19 ...
... 05011 31. carbonda'o 701 834 ....
ftuofimo
White Urldge
17 07 f8 38,
f 12 IS 4 .
7 111 3 43
7 80 3 5t .
7 .'3' 3 W1
7 27 3 59
7 31 4 01 ,
7 34 4 07
7 3d 4 10, .
7 3D 114 ..
fi, 13 m; 1
6 4llli1
6 3V11 111
6 8.' 11 15
esfiii 11
8 831107
6 8011UI
-1IUJI1CIU
Jenny n
Archibald
VV iiiton
Teckvllle
oij pliant
rrlcebure
Tin oop
Providence
Park Place
0 is 11 ta
6 15,1101
0 L'tlCSTi
6 10 10 5J1
17 41 14 IT
bcranion
7 4Y 4 30
p mU u leavo
Arrlvfil
1 nr wl
All trains run dally eicept fcunrtay.
f Mutinies that trains stop on Mgnal tor pas.
ecDKera.
i-ecuro rates via Ontario & Western before
purchasing tickets and eave money. Day and
Nlgat Eipresstothe West
J. C, Anderson, Oen. Pass Act
T, Flltcrott, Dl. Pass, Agt.Sorantoa, PT