THE SCBAftTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY .MORNING, JUNE tf. 1897.
15;
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The .resignation of a cathedral or
ganist In the "prlmo oi llfo Is not a com
mon event. In n, few weeks Mr. Lee
Williams, who lias nlreatly fjlven up
his post at Gloucester, will start on a
sea voyage. An affection of the throat,
AVhlch has for some time troubled him,
makes rest and sea air desirable. Many
friends In Gloucester and elsewhere
C. LEE WILLIAMS.
will follow him In sympathy to the An
tipodes, and hope that dry air nnd sun
shine may do for him a service which
the fine old city of the Severn valley
with Its fogs and damp, cannot be ex
pected to render.
Mr. Lee Williams has done fifteen
ears good work In Gloucester, and has
won the regard of all Its citizens in
qufte a remarkable way by his solid and
.unpretentious effort, as well as his mu
sical Insight and feeling. Here, in the
music-room of his olllclal residence In
Palace Yard, It Is pleasant to talk with
him of these happy years. Of his work,
at least, he is ready to speak, but of tho
personal question, the way In which ho
has done It, he Is silent.
Mr Williams is of Welsh descent.
His father, Rev. D. Williams, L.L.D.,
came from Brecon, and was related to
the Wllllamses of Abercamlais. Dr.
Williams, who was in orders, was a
Fellow of New College, Oxford, and
held for flfty-ono years the college llv
llng of Alton Barnes, Wiltshire, though,
owing to loss of sight, he had for many
years to perform his duty by deputy.
Mr, Lee Williams, as a boy, entered the
fchoir of New College, Oxford, and was
'there for four of five years. Mr. Wil
liams' uncle was at the time warden of
the college, so that he was not with
out friends. When his voice broke his
father was living in retirement at
Winchester, and here the lad went for
a time, knowing no more of musle than
a choir boy usually does, and having
an open mind as to his future career.
The first thing his father did v. as to
send him to a tutor to mako up those
arrears in general education which a
rholr-boy's llfo at that time had In
volved. It Is tho recollection of how
little ho did in general studies when a
chorister that hasj.niade Mr. Williams
bo careful that "the choir-boys under
him shall have a good education
Before long he decided to make mu
sic his profession, and being at Win
chester, It was a natural thing that he
thould bo articled to the cathedral or
ganist, Dr. Arnold, of whom he has the
pleasantest recollections. He was for
five years with Dr. Arnold, during the
latter part of which time he acted as
deputy organist. His first appoint
ment was at Ovlngton, a village a few
njlles out of Winchester, and he rode
there and back each Sunday on a
hired pony. The recollections of these
rides Is humorous. The pony was of
ten changed, and his temper and llttlo
ways was gloriously uncertain. Some
times he would lie down, sometimes
kick, sometimes bolt. The result was
that more than once the youthful or
ganist was late for his duty. The Win
chester apprenticeship over, Mr. Lee
WHHanis took an organ at Upton,
Torquay, from whence he went St.
Columba's College, an Important pub
lie school sometimes called "tho Eton
of Ireland" near Dublin. .Among his
predecessors here weie Dr. Arnold, Dr.
E. G. Monk, Mr. T. E. A lward, Mr. F.
Cambridge, &c. The five years at St.
Columba's were happy ones. Mr. Leo
Williams was a form master as well
as music master. He divided the 150
boys Into four classes, and all learned
to sing, showing much enthusiasm.
Fond of games and fishing, there was
plenty of recreation for him, and the
friendship which he formed -Alth Sir
Robert Stewart was especially helpful
unci cordial. While here, Mr. Williams
graduated Mus. B. at Oxford, during
Sir Frederlo Ouseley s professorship.
In 1876, Dr. Arnold was laid aside
from work, and at the request of tho
dean and chapter Mr. Lee Williams
gave up St. Columba's and took his old
master's place for a year. When this
duty was done, and Dr. Arnold was
happily able to resume work, the or
ganlstslup of LlandafC Cathedral was
offered la Mr. Williams. His cousin, tho
Very Rev. Thomas Williams, was tho
dean, ao that naturully all went well
luring tho live or six yearn that he was
there, and when, early In 1S82. Dr. Har
ford Llloyd resigned his post nt Glou
cester Cathedral In order to go to Christ
Church, Oxford, Mr. Leo Williams, who
took his place, left Llamlaff for Glou
cester with regret. The Cardiff Or
chestral Society, of which ho was the
first conductor, waB one of tho organi
zations which he left behind.
"While I was at Llandaff," Bay-3 Mr.
Williams, "I was struck by the Welsh
loo of music. A Welshman by Inher
itance, I had never lived In Wales, and
ns a listener and spectator I used to go
to tho p.'&teddfodau und marvel nt the
enthusiasm shown by working people,
both as performers and auditors. Of
course the system has Its defects. I
don't like the money prizes; I think tho
repertory of the choirs Is too limited,
but taken as a whole, the Welsh devo
tion to choral singing Is remarkable,
and as far as I know unparalleled. I
have always been myself Immensely
fond of unaccompanied choral singing
glees, madrigals, part-songs, and
even anthems. This art Is distinctly
English. Wherever I havo been I havo
tried to revive (t. At Llandaff I formed
a madrigal society, and conducted It
during my time there. The unaccom
panied singing Is the purest style of
vocal music. One of my last acta bo
fores leaving Gloucester will be to servo
with my friend Mr. Rlseley as adju
dicator In contents for malo and for
mixed choirs, which our County Coun
cil are'gettlng up with the public funds
(at their disposal.
"peaking generally, I think that the
cathedral -service has been overdone
with organ. I should llko to hear more
unficcoransnled work from the choir
It is devotional, and It Is splendid prac-
(s
literature
tlco. On Fridays wo havo an unac
companied nervier;, ivlileli I established
some yeais oro. What anthems do we
find suitable? All the older cathedral
school of coraposera complete their ef
fects without the 'organ. Take Greene's
JO clap your hands' (In five parts)' one
of the llnest pieces of counterpoint I
know; Croft's 'Sing praises,' Goss's 'O
Saviour of the world,' Sterndale Ben
nett's 'O that I knew."
. Mr. Lee Williams has proved the sin
cerity of his Interest In part-singing by
composing several men's-volco glees for
the Bristol Hoyal Orpheus Society,
and madrigals" for the Bristol Madrigal
Society. One of tho last concerts which
he will attend before his departure will
bo at Bristol, where tho Orpheus So
ciety will produce a new part-song
which he has written to words by Thos.
Moore.
THE IRISH EISTEDDFOD.
The Olreachtas, or literary assembly
In connection with the movement for
preserving the Irish language, was held
recently in the Rotunda, Dublin. A
member of the city council presided In
tho absence of the Lord Mayor through
Illness. Tho assembly, the first of Its
kind ever held In modern times In .Ire
land, was largely attended, those pres
ent Including Mr. T. H. Thomas, R. C.
A., the herald bard of Wales. A con
siderable sum of money was awarded
in prlz,.
The proceedings, which took place at
the Mansion Houses in tho evening,
when the- Felt Executive Committee
welcomed, the Welsh delegation in
Dublin, were of on extremely Interest
ing character. As principal member of
tho Welsh delegation, Mr. T. II. Thom
as, herald bard of Wales, was received
with tho greatest cnthuslnsm. After
being Introduced by tho chairman, Mr.
Thomas said ho had como to attend the
Fels In the double capacity of a mem
ber of the Goredd and a member of the
eisteddfod. He was the bearer of two
messages from his nation. The first
was from the Archdruld of the Gor
sedd, who said, as Celts, the Welsh re
joiced In every thing done for the
glory of the Celtic race, and that their
hearts would go out to the Irish In
their festival days during tho present
week. The other communication was
from the Executive committee of tho
present year's eisteddfod, who ex
pressed a hope that, like the eistedd
fod, the Felo would succeed in ob
taining tho adhesion of all tho people.
The Executive of the elsteddfo'd would
this year give a ptize for a piece of
Irish music.
HOME NOTES.
T. Cllcenin Evans will shortly pub
lish a volume of his own poetical com
positions. Thomas J. Davis, Mus Bach, of this
city, will set to music tho words of a
Welsh hymn by D. B. Morgan (Ap
Tegld) of Philadelphia.
Index, who now fills the position of
assistant editor of "Y Drych," will pub
lish a volume of his English essays on
miscellaneous subjects.
Tho Row DePugh Griffiths, of Blng
hamton, N. Y., will soon publish a vol
ume of his poetry In which will bo in
cluded his prize poem, for which ho
won three hundred dollars and a hand
some chair.
In next Saturday's Issue of the Tri
bune a poem of great originality, and
beautifully Illustrated, will appear.
Tho poem Is a pastoral one on the poe
try and beauties of the Vale of Towy
by a hitherto unknown bard. Those
capable of Judging claim for It much
poetical Inspiration nnd grace.
T. J. Davis, Mus. Bach, will start
a music class in the near future In
BInghamton, N. Y. He has been en
couraged to do so, and we aro certain
that his efforts will be appi eclated. It
Is a well known fact that Mr. Davis is
acknowledged by the leading musi
cians of Gwalla to be the foremost four
part song writer of his countrymen,
and Is fast developing as a song writer
of gteat distinction. As an Instructor
of thorough bass and a writer of In
spired music, few, If any, are his su
periors. He has been too unassuming.
It Is not generally known by the
Welsh people that Lewis Roberts, of
Bellevue, who started upon a contin
ental trip last week, is one of the best
Welsh scholars In this country and one
of the strongest writers In his native
language. Only those who have given
tho matter a life study and who have
been In constant practice can appre
ciate this fact. Because one wtltes an
occasional article to a Welsh paper Is
no starldard to go by. Were we only
allowed to tell, our readers would be
surprised to learn how fewi Indeed, of
our great men can write the mother
tongue fairly well even.
The Rev. D. P. Jones, of tho West
Side, writes ns follows to the Drych;
"I am proud of the fact that our fellow
townsman, John II. Powell, has suc
ceeded so well In composing such an
excellent national hymn. In this com
position I find superior elements of
true Inspiration. It Is to be hoped that
Parson Price -.vlll ho equally as suc
cessful with tho music. The popular
musician should be well at home in
this class of music. Let words and mu
sic bo published at onco so that tho
hymn could bo sung at the Newport
Eisteddfod."
Mr. W, C. JoneB (Cadle) ha written
a very clever and Interesting biogra
phical sketch for the July 'number of
the "Cambrian"' of Mr. T. D. Jones,
of Hazleton. Tho subject of the sketah
Is aqo of tho best known Welshmen
In V country. As a mining expert
he has but few equals, and as a scien
tific engineer he Is well known to tho
profession, and has written extensively
on scientific subjects. At one time ho
was mine Inspector of tho Hazleton dis
trict. Friend Cadle has been happy in
his subject which ho handles very
gracefully,
Mr. Gwllym Amos, the Wllkes-Barro
musical copductor, replies In this
week's Drych in a pungent, shoulder
hitting article to Mark Evans' flound
ering and bombastic remarks In a pre
vious number of that paper. The con
troversy arose over the adjudication of
the musical compositions of the Utlca
Eisteddfod. Emlyn Evans has accused
Mark Evans of plagiarism, and proved
his asertlon most conclusively by pub
lishing both adjudications eldo by side
In his periodical. It wub the most
barefaced crime of recent years. The
author of the orlarlnal Is Dr. Tavalaw
Jonca who Is yet allvo and a very live
ly citizens of tho United States.
John T. Watklns, of the Royal Acad
emy of Music, London, Is expected
home. Mr. Watklns has made him
self felt at the great academy, and his
record ns a student was one of many
successes. Ills friends aro already
PROF. LEWIS WATKINS.
pressing his claims for the leadership of
the choir that Is soon to be organized
for tho purpose of competing nt tho
great New York Eisteddfod, which, In
point of great magnificence, will excel
even tho world's fair eisteddfod. Many
believe Mr. Watklns Is the proper man
for such painstaking work, and that
with him at tho head of such an or
ganization laurels of greater worth
than those even won at the world's fair
are within the reach of Scranton choris
ters. Mr. Lewis Watklns Is also In the
field and will contest with might and
main the academician's right to this
honor. Ho Is also a leader of sterling
capabilities, with host of admirers to
fight his battle. Let the band play,
but Scranton singers cannot afford to
enter this competition and lose.
NOTES.
The area of Llanelly Is a little over
4,000 acres.
The normal capacity of the six Llan
elly tlnplate works Is 31,6S0 boxes per
week.
There are 32 teachers of all grades
In the service of the Llanelly school
board.
The Carnarvonshire batteries of tho
Cheshire and Carnarvonshire Artillery
Volunteers aro to go to Pembroke
Dock for this year's training.
One of tho remarks of tho Rev. Ar
thur Mursell In his Llanelly lecture tho
other night was that a more difficult
task than calling another man a fool,
was toprove one's own sagacity.
Tho enthronement of the Bishop of
St. David's Is expected to take place In
St. David's Cathedral on June 4, Dean
Howell Is expected to take up his resi
dence at the Deanery about tho 20th
Inst.
At the end of this or the beginning of
next month a number of Interesting
presentations will be made to the re
tiring principal at St. David's College,
Lampeter, both by residents of the
town and tho students at that educa
tional Institution.
A wag stated the other day that the
characteristics of the four great Welsh
denominations In relation to preaching
could be classified thus; Baptists like
hwyl; Independents, poetry; Metho
dists, depth; and Wesleyans, energy.
There are four Congregational
churches at Bournemouth and the pul
pit of each Is occupied by a Welshman.
The Rev. Osslan Davles one of the
number will shortly leave, on the as
sumption, possibly, that this time some
variety was Introduced.
A series of conferences on "Manual
Training," to which all Welsh teachers
and members of educational boards are
Invited, has been ananged by the
Welsh Central Board. Tho first will be
held at Aberystwyth, the secarid at
Bangor, and tho third at Cardl.
We understand that tho Rev. John
Evans (Eglwysbach), who presided re
cently over the deliberations of the
South Wales Wesleyan Synod at Car
diff, has declined to allow himself to be
nominated for the office of the Book
room Editor In connection with the de
nomination. Eglwysbach has no Inten
tion of leaving Pontypridd just yet.
The Cambrian for June, 1S07, gave
great prominence to the advertisement
" Your father has an Idea that
will fool him I "
" Gracious 1 You are not going
From Home
And Abroado
of "a new and "beautiful fast sailing
steam packet, the Lady Charlotte,
and with two engines of thirty horse
power each!" This "fast" packet piled
between Cardiff and Bristol and Swan
sea. Compare tho abovo with Messrs.
Campbell's fleet and you will see what
sixty years has done.
Mr. O. M. Edwards's fellowship at
Lincoln college, Oxford, Is about expir
ing, and tho London Kelt sugggests
that he should be offered the fellow
ship at Jesus' rendered vacant by tho
death of Vice-Principal Llewellyn
Thomas, for. It adds, "a college which
had Professor Rhys as principal and
Owen Edwards as a don would Burely
attract to ltelf all the best elements In
the Welsh college."
Though not distinguished for a wide
scholarship, the lato Rev. Llewellyn
Thomas, the Vlco-Prlnclpal of Jesus
college, Oxford, devoted himself with
unwearied zeal and energy to the ser
vices of his college. Two years ago
he ran Professor Rhys close for tho
Prlnclpalshlp. Welshmen will watch
with Interest the steps that will be tak
en to fill tho Fellowship which has
been rendered vacant by his death.
A 'party of magistrates and pressmen
walking over the grounds of tho old
castle at Llantrlsant recently, had
their attention directed to a very re
markable phenomenon. Among a num
ber of children present were two young
sisters whose long curly hair was per
fectly white, while each had a pair of
pink eyes. The little ones aro objects
of much curiosity in the district, and It
was elicited from a "native" that both
their parents have dark complexions.
Many prominent pulpit celebrities are
announced to take part In the opening
services of Christ church, Penarth,
and among them Dr. Berry, the chair
man for the year of the Congregational
Union of England and Wales. Dr. Hor
ton, who has already taken the ser
vices, Is a well known author and
preacher, and minister to one of tho
largest congregations In the Metro
polls. The new church, both externally
nnd Internally, Is exceedingly hand
some. Tho Rev. Alfred Rowland, L.L. B.,
who has been so heartily Called to the
chair of tho Congregatlonnl Union, Is
the son of the Rev. James Rowland,
a native of Maenclochog, Pembroke
shire. ""For 22 years Mr. Rowland has
been minister of Park Chapel, Crouch
End, one of tho largest and most suc
seccful Noncomformlst churches in
the North of London. The new presi
dent was born at Henley-on-Thames,
where his father labored for many
years. Mrs. Rowland Is a Pembroke
shire lady.
Grave and reverend divines some
times fall into temptation. Dr. -Owen
Davles, the popular Baptist divine,
is the latest terrible example. Attend
ing a book sale tho other day ho heard
the auctioneer reading the titles of a
miscellaneous lot then put up for sale,
"Fifty Years In the House of Lords."
"Too long by far!" said the divine,
shaking his head gravely, the laughter
at the sally being redoubled a mo
ment later when the lot was knocked
down to the author of Christmas
Evans's Memoirs.
Mr. J. B. Evans, Dowlals, writes: I
was surprised to see that the late Rev.
J. Hughes, of London (Iago Trichrug),
was said to be the author of tho well
known Welsh hymn:
O Arglwydd, cofia am,
Hlllogaeth Abraham,
A dychwel hwy. &a,
When It was known that It was com
posed by tho late John Hughes, Pont
robert. Probably your correspondent
was misled by the Initial "J. H." al
ways attached to It.
It Is definitely settled, so 'tis an
nounced, that Mr. O. M. Edwards will
gradually withdraw from his maga
zine work. It has been for some time
interfering not a little with his tutor
ial work at Oxford, and the shock of
his child's death has been so great that
he does not feel capable of supporting
the double any longer. The good he
has done by his magazines, especially
Cymru andCymru'r Plant," can scarce
ly be overestimated, and we Join In the
hope that some means may bo found
of Inducing him to continue his over
sight of these two at any rate.
The following Is a copy of a note sent
by a parent to the head teacher of an
elementary school In one of the mining
towns of Monmouthshire: "W. R.
(chllds name) have been under the doc
tors hands sing April 5th, with tho
safetfater yesterday he seen him last
and ho said ho was not ready for school
for 0 weeks Mr. Williams told me that
IT LOOKED THAT WAY.
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you are going to marry a worthless,
to break off the engagement, are
-from
tho Clarko that ho his gun to sumnst
mo till next court day. I leave It for
ho doctor." Tho school master has
done all ho can to understand the note,
but, like the good woman who wrote It,
he has now Bolved In despair "to leave
It for the doctor."
Probably tho youngest preacher In
Wales today Is Mr. Willie Powell, of
Trcherbert, who Is know In the dis
trict as tho "boy preacher." He Is the
son of a Baptist, who Is employed as a
signalman on the Taff Vale Railway.
Tho lad is only twelve years of age,
and, according to a correspondent,
"thoso who havo heard him preach
from various pulpits In the valleys are
surprised at his learning, his easy de
livery, and his orntorlcal powers. He
Is a student at the Higher Grade school,
and always .composes the discourse
which ho delivers."
Mr. D. Rathbone, tho cx-M. P. for
Arvon Is a zealous Unitarian, but, In
the exercise of his princely munifi
cence, ho knows neither sect nor creed.
For nearly 20 years Mr. Rathbone has
devoted two commodious detached
family houses at West Klrby for the re
spective use of tho clergy of the Church
of England and tho Nonconformist
ministers fengaged In Liverpool nnd
their families. Each Invitation Is giv
en by Mr. Rathbone for nearly three
weeks' stay, during which time coal
and gas are provided free, This gener
osity has been much appreciated by
those who are working for God In the
crowded districts of Liverpool.
Among tho Welshmen who have con
tributed to the Dictionary of National
Biography should bo memtloned the
name of Mr. J. Austin Jenkins, B. A.,
tho Registrar of tho South Wales and
Monmouthshire College. Mr. Jenkins
has contributed several articles one of
them being upon Dr. Nicholas, one of
the first founders of Aberystwyth Col
lege, and an intimate friend of Sir
Hugh Owen and Sir Samuel Davidson,
tho great GreekTestament scholar. Dr.
Nicholas, towards the end of his life,
was a constant contributor to the Lon
don Echo. He was also an author of
some repute, having written a work on
the pedigree of the British people.
Archdeacon Bruce, writing anent the
proposal of opening a subscription list
with the view of presenting the Bishop
of Llandaff with a copy, or even two,
argues that if a presentation to com
memorate the fiftieth anniversary of
his Lordship's ordination as a priest
Is to be made. It should be one such as
everybody In the diocese could partici
pate In. "I plead," says the Archdea
con, "that this proposal Is unfair to the
diocese at large, unworthy of Its object,
and even ridiculous. Let the Cardiff
Rural Deanery give tho Bishop a cope
by all means I have no objection to
copes but let tho diocese seek the aid
of an Orchardson or of a Herkomer,
and not of a tailor."
It may Interest our readers to learn
that the bequest of the late Miss Rote
ley to Greenwlck hospital, announced
In our columns the other day, consists
of the house and shop In Castle street,
Swansea, occupied by Mr. Austin Wil
liams, solicitor for offices, and Mr. Bow
den for the shop. Besides this Miss
Roteley has bequeathed to Greenwich
hospital the breeches Nelson wore
when shot and some shoe buckles and
weapons. Tho will directs that the
legacy shall be applied for the benefit
of tho British government school for
the sons of officers of the Royal Navy
and Marines. Miss Roteley Is the
daughter of an officer of Marines who
was on board the Victory at Trafalgar.
Pembroke Dock Is considerably re
moved from the area within which the
art Influences of Welsh elsteddfodau
are felt, and yet It can boast of one
gentleman In tho person of Mr. Charles
H. Williams, of Charlton place, who
has attained a high standard of merit
as a sculptor. Although only a work
ing monumental mason In tho employ
of a local tradesman, he has, during
his life, executed a great deal of ex
quisite monumental work, but he has
now eclipsed all his previous achieve
ments by producing an artistically
finished monument, surmounted by a
figure of the late Mrs. Johnstone, nee
Boyle, of Pembroke Dock, which, ac
cording to the testimony of the do
parted lady's friends, Is a perfect like
ness of her.
Mr. Petherlck, tho old schoolmaster,
to whom His Honor Judge Gwllym Wil
liams made such kindly references In
his speech at the opening of the county
court at Mountain Ash tho other day,
was a blacksmith by trade, and lived
In a cottage above the Duffryn In
Cwmpennar. A large garden adjoined
his house, and he lived almost entirely
on its produce, being almost, If not
quite, a vegetarian. He subsequently
acted for many years as secretary to
Mr. J. Bruce Pryce, J. P., father of the
late Lord Aberdare, and took a few pu
pils, among whom was tho Judge him
self. Apropos of the reference to his
extreme piety, the following story, told
a correspondent by Mr. Davles, Darren,
Las, Is eminently characteristic Mr.
Petherlck on one occasion, forgetting
It was Sunday, went out wheeling a
good-for-nothing fellow; but aha I I
you ? "
'IJJ. Cojjjrlsht, I807i by Mitchell &MJUe.rj
aiming Spells ant! Dizziness
Follow La Grippe; V
WE HEAR LESS ABOUT THIS DISEASE THAN FOR
MERLY, BUT IT IS STILL VERY PREVALENT.
rrom the Hew Era,
A noteworthy 'njlanco of tho fallibility of
crcn the most skillful physicians is furnished
in the case of Mrs. J. E. Smith, of Greens
burg, I ml.
Tor four years Mrs. Smith was afflicted
with a nervous affection that finally left her
almost completely helpless and which the
phyilelaa who first attended her said posi
tively could not bo cured. Subsequently, a
number of physicians in this and other cities,
declared her case to bo hopeless.
To-day In spito of the verdict of tho doe
tors, -tond without their aid, Mrs. Smith is
perfectly well. To a New 7i'ra reporter iho
told tho etory of her extraordinary recovery.
"Five years ago I had a severe attack of
la grippe, followed later by another. Dur
ing the four years following, my health
continued to decline, until finally I was
hardly ablo to move.
"After having tho grippe," raid Mrs.
Smith, " I was ablo to be about for awhile,
awl to do some work. Hut in a short time
after tho second attack, I began to experi
enco nervousness, nnd often had fainting
cpnlls, my trouble being similar to hysterics.
1 gradually grew worse, and In a short
w5ilo I becoruo subject to such spells of
ne.-Vousncss that I could do no work, being
sca-ccly ablo to more about the house. I
couidnot sleep and could'not eat. I would
lie avake nights, my muscles twitching con
tinuously My physician called it nervous
ness of tlie throat and breast, and after treat
lnir me for itevpral months said that mv case
or any caso llko mino positively could cot
barrow, but whilo on the Journey with
his load ho suddenly remembered it
was the Sabbath, and so conscientious
was he that he left the wheelbarrow
and Its load where It was, and there it
remained until Monday morning.
His Honor Judge Gwllym Williams
thoroughly understands tho wray of the
average British workman. While hear
ing a case In which a defendant com
plained of the excessive number of
hours charged against him for work
done, his Honor pointed out to him
that the workman commenced counting
time the moment he left the workshop,
and kept on counting until he reached
tho workshop at night. "When I en
gage a Cardiff man to do some work
for me," his Honor continued, "I have
to pay him the time he spends walk
ing from tho shop to the station at Car
diff, the time he Bpends In tho train,
and the time it takes him to walk from
the station to my house, including the
time he spends In calling in two or
three publlo houses." The voice In
which the last phrase was uttered
made It appear that his Honor re
garded tho latter as the unklndest cut
of all. But the genial Judge Is philoso
phically resigned to the Inevitable, for
he added, "Of course we know we are
all swindled, but it Is the custom, and
we have to put up with It."
Gratifying progress seems now to bo
made by the movement Initiated by the
Welsh Independents to raise a fund
of 20,000 towards assisting the weaker
churches and establishing ,now causes.
A large mumber of the churches have
been visited, and It Is believed the
the amount required will have been
raised In five years. A similar move
ment was initiated about sixty years
ago. In that movement the leading
spirits were the sainted Williams, of
Llanwrtyd, and the Indomitable "S.R."
In that movement the denomination
collected In the course of two years
a sum of f30,000, half of which was de
voted towards establishing and sup
porting weak causes. The churches ot
the denomination then numbered only
about 400; now the number Is yearly
three times as great, and It Is pointed
out that It 30,000 could be collected In
two years two generations ago, the
present generation ought to be able to
raise a sum of not f20,000 but 80,
000 In five' years' time.
Hero Is an over true story of a prom
inent member of the Welsh, University
court which may to some extent ex
plain how Cardiff's undlsputable claims
to tho location of the University offices
were Ignored by that body. The gen
tleman In question, on hospitable
thoughts intent, had Invited a number
of distinguished guests to dinner.
When the dressing bell rang the host,
and such of the guests who were stay
ing the night, retired each to his bed
room to don his "suit of customary
black." When the party reassembled
In the drawing-room as a preliminary
to the procession to the dining-room,
the host was found to bo absent. The
hungry guests waited long and patient
ly, but In vain the host appeared not.
Tho cook was raging at the prospects
of a good dinner spoilt, and the waiters,
like tho men in the parable, standing
Idle because no man employed them.
At last some one suggested that some
body else should go to the host's bed
room lest something should have be
fallen him. When this was done that
gentleman was foid peacefully snor
ing in bed! Having doffed his coat to
don his dinner dress, tho host In a fit
of absent-mindedness had undressed
and gone to bed for the night, leaving
his unfortunate guests In a 'sad pre
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burg nnd other cities who attended me, agreed
that my caso was hopeless. For three years
I lingered In misery, trying dlOerent doctors
and, remedies, but none did me any notice
ablo good. Finally my druggist advised mo
to try Dr. Williams Pink Tills for Palo
People, which was to highly recommended
by newspapers. As a last resort I tried
them, thinking that if they did me no good
death might soon glvo mo relief. The first
doso helped mo, and with every doso I im
proved. I took about three boxes nnd a
half and was completely cured, as you seo
mo to-day, perfectly healthy and ablo to do
all my own work."
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills aro an unftdlUij
speclfio for such diseases as locomotor ataxia,
partial paralysis, Bt. Vitus' dance, sciatica,
neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache, tha
after effect of la grippe, palpitation of tha
heart, palo and sallow complexions, that tired
feeling resulting from nervous prostration, nil
diseases resulting from vitiated humors in tha
blood, such as scrofula, rhronio erysipelas,
etc. They arc also a specific for trouble; po
culiar to females, eucn as suppressions, ir
regularities and all forms of weakness. In
men they effect a radical euro in all casesi
arising from mental worry, overwork or .ex
cesses of whatever nature.
These pills are manufactured br tho Br.
Williams' Medicine Company, Schenectady,
N. Y., and are sold only in boxes bearing tne
firm's trade-mark and wrapper at GO cents a
box or six boxes for f 2.60, and are never sold'
in bulk. They may bo had of all druggist
HOTELS.
FERN HALL,
CRYSTAL LAKE, PA.
The opening of this famous rosort un
der new management will take place?
early In June.
Situated in the southern corner of
Susquehanna county on the shores of
beautiful Crystal Lake, Fern Hall Is
one of the most attractive places In tho
State of Pennsylvania to spend a few
weeks during the heated term.
Every facility Is affordtd for the en
tertalnment of its guests.
BEST OF
Purs Mountain Air,
' Beautiful Scenery,
Cuisins Unsurpassed.
the table being supplied from Fern Hall
farm.
Postal Telegraph and Long Distance
Telephone service In the hotel.
Tally-Ho coaches make two trips
dally from Carbondale.
Write for Terms, Etc., to
C. E. ATWOOD. KIAKR,
Crystal Lake, Dtmdaff, Pa.
THE MURRAY HILL
MURRAY HILL PARK,
THOUSAND ISLANDS.
The best located and best
furnished hotel on the St.
Lawrence river. Accommo
dations for 300 guests.
Opens June 25th, 18o7.
F. R. WHITE, Prop.
Glen Mountain House.
WATKINS, HCHUYLER COUNTY, N. Y.
On Seneen Lake. On lino of New York Cen
tral. l'ennsylvanta, nnd Lehigh Vnlley Rail
roads. 1,400 feet nbove sea. No malaria.
New water works, supplying mountain
nprl UK v titer. Snnltnry plumbing. Entirely
new miuuigement. Splendid fishing. OOO
acres, Including tha famous Watklns Olen.
Popular prices. Kpeclal rates for excursion
parties. J. K. KEKNAN, formerly Hotel
Chamberlain, Mgr. Address W. K. ROBIN.
HON, t'rop.
$V
WM. M. DATES,
An established bottl nnder new tntriMtment
did thoroughly abreeit of tb times. Visitors to
New York will find tbe Everett la tha vory brt
9f tbe shopping district, convenient to places of
amusement ana readily accessible from all part
of the city. EUHOl'EAN PLAN.
WESTMINSTER HOTEL,
Cor. Sixteenth SL and Irving Plaoa,
NEW YORK.
AMERICAN PLAN, $3.50 Per
Day nnd Upwnrds.
EUROPEAN PLAN, $1.50 Per
Day and Upwards.
SEO. MURRAY, Propriator.
The St. Denis
Bread way and Cletenth St., New York,
Opp. Grace Church. European Plan.
Rooms $i.oo Day and Upwards.
In a modest and unobtrusive way there are
few bettor conducted botels In tbo motropolbt
than tbe Ht, Denis.
The great popularity It bis acquired nan
readily be tracod to its, unique location, it
homelike atmosphere, the peculiar excellence
of Us cuisine ana errlce, and Its very moder
oto prices.
WILLIAM TAYLOR AND SON.
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