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1 8 THE SCRANTON REPUBLICAN, SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 18, 1896. II BUSY IEKJN WALES NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD AT LLANDUDNO. Presentation to Dr. Joseph Parry Made by United States Consu Howell Results of the Principal Competitions Rev. Ben Davles the Chaired Bard State Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Aberystwith end Cardiff.

Great success has attended the Llan Budno national eisteddfod. One of the interesting features was the presenta tion to Dr. Joseph Parry. In speaking of the presentation Sir John Puleston said: It was not necessary in the presence of many thousands of Welsh people who had for years lux uriated upon and enjoyed the result of bis great musical works, for him the speaker) to labor the point. They all knew him: they all loved him.

Dr. Parry jvas the first to compose a Welsh opera, the first Welshman to obtain a decree of Bachelor of Music, and the first to have the higher degree of Doc tor of Music. Dr. Parry was also a great and patriotic Welshman, a man who was never tired of upholding the banner of the Eisteddfod. Everyone present would rejoice that "his great work and his great virtues were to he recognized toy this testimonial.

He hoped the Eisteddfod would continue to make progresss, and that it would (have in view, amongst other good things, the continued promotion of the language they all loved. One sugges tion he wished to make in conclusion Was that they should give as much at tention as possible to getting a char ter and an endowment fund and a per manent Davillion, for It was an InstitU' tinn teA from the cottage homes of Wales. Mr. Anthony Howells, the United Btates Consul at Cardiff, was called upon to make the presentation, and in the course of his remarks referred to (his first acquaintance with Dr. Parry some 30 years ago In the United States.

Even at that period their girtea lenow countrjmian had established a reputation as a musician of great promise, having in several eisteddfoddic competitions won prizes when pitted against musicians of considerable aDiiity. nux. Joseph Parry was then a poor young man, and some friends started a fund, which reached nearly (500, which enabled their voung friend to set his face towards the Mecca, the Royal Academy of Music, where eventually ne not merely graduated, Tiut did so with great honours. He (the speaker) was treasurer of that fund in the long ago, and now that he was returned to this country he was delighted to have the honour of acting as treasurer to the present movement, which had produced 581 2s. a cheque for which he had now great pleasure to hand to the recipient.

Dr. Parry was then led to the platform by Sir John Puleston, and was received with overwhelming enthusiasm. The audience rose en masse, and cheered again and again as Mr. Anthony Howells handed over the cheque. Dr.

Parry, in response, said: Ladies and Gentlemen, should like to say much on musical art in Wales, but wisdom whispers in my ears to flay but a word or two. I cannot but express feebly my heart's gratitude to all who have contributed in this matter, and there is no one to whom I am imore indebted than my old friend Mr. Anthony Howells. I shall say no more either in the language of Shakespeare or In the tongue of Taliesln, but the remainder of my speech shall be in the language of Beethoven. The choral competition excited great Interest.

The order in which the choirs eang was as follows: 1. Litenelly, led by Mr. John Thomas. 2. Merthyr, Mr.

Dan Davies. 3. Khymney, Mr.J. Price. 4.

'Builth, leader "Llew Baullt." 5. Dowlais, Mr. Harry Evans. 6. (Holyhead, Mr.

W. S. Owens. Builth choir, led by Llew Baullt, was the victor. The competition was for choirs of 150 to 180 voices, the prize being 200 guineas and an English silver lever watch.

test pieces were "Trip We Gaily O'er the Glen "(from D. Jenkins's "Dewl "Where His Loud Voice in Thunder Spoke" (Handel's Jepth and "And How Sweet the Moonlight Sleeps," unaccompanied. The adjucators were Messrs. F. H.

Cowen, Joseph Bennett, J. H. Roberts, and D. Jenkins. The only choir that sang the first piece in Welsh was Holyhead.

Mrs. Clara Novello Davles of Cardiff, ac comipanied the Merthyr choir. Intense excitement prevailed during the contest. It could scarcely have been greater had the competiMon taken place In South Wales, but the result was un expected so far as the greater part of the audience was concerned, although musicians present were not not disposed to express dissent from the verdict. Dowlais choir, by some means, got out of tune, and, although they sang the first (piece splendidly, they were, therefore, given up.

Merthyr, Khymney, and Holyhead seemed to be favorites with the audience prior to tthe delivery of the adjudication, with a very general impression in favor of Merthyr. Still, the singing of each choir was fine, and the keenness of the contest was remarkable. In view of the tension of feeling between Merthyr, Dowlias, and Rhymney many hundreds of people present rejoiced that an out Bide choir should have been victorious. NOTES OF THE EISTEDDFOD. The Rev.

Ben Davies, of Panteg, Ystalyfera, was declared the chaired bard of 1806. In the duet, tenor and bass, "For so hath the Lord" There were 21 entries, and of these three parties appeared on the platform. Th prize was awarded to Mr. ft'. Thomas of Llanelly, and Mr.

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HmtTw KkltoitlofeM, I Cilfew (pupils of Mr. D. T. Evans, of Swansea). For an essay on "The Agricultural Depression in Wales, fts Causes and Suggested Remedies." prize ten guin eas, seven compositions were received.

The feest was that of the Rev. W. Wil liaims of Tryddyn, Mold, who was rep. resented by the adjudicator. Mr.

Jones Williams, who, after delivering his ad judication, was invested with a prize, with a good deal of derisive Janghler at the Incongruity of the course adopted, A very interesting violin solo com petition of 12 entries, with keen pre' liminary competitions, for rendering Rode's air with variations, followed. The first prize was awarded to (Master Bennie George of Tredegar, and the second prize to Miss Mary Thomas of Morriston. The South Wales competi tors, on finding themselves winners, shook hands amid the aipplause of the audience. The soprano solo competition was an interesting one, no fewer than fifteen young ladies appearing in the prelim inary contest for the rendering of "Owain Alaw's" "Cenwtoh Arfoledd Jacob." The adjudicators were Messrs. F.

H. Cowen, J. H. Roberts, and D. Jenkins.

Three of the competitors appeared upon the platform, and of these Miss Edith Rowlands, of Haverfordwest, was declared to be the best. "Alafon" delivered the adjudication of himself and "Berw" on the epitaph on "Tudno." There were 40 competitions sent in, and the prize was awarded to Mr. Thomas Williams Pontypridd. There were 36 epitaphs a Thod received, on the late Canon Ellis Roberts Wyn "Berw" delivered the adjudication of "Dyfed" himself, and awarded the prize of two guineas to the Rev. D.

Lewis Dewi Independent minister, Llanelly. A 5 premuim offered for a series of hymns on "The Birth, Life, Death, Re surrection, and Ascension of Christ' brought forth eighteen effusions, and the hymns sent in by "Awatyn Wyn" and "loan Marc" were declared to be of equal merit. The prize was, therefore devided. "loan Marc," it transpired, was the Rev. Cernyw Williams of Corwen.

Bass Solo, "Gro Peccatis" the out of Rossini's "Stabat Mater." At the preliminary contest, before Mr. J. H. Roberts, Mus.Bac, and Mr. Joseph Bennett, only twenty put in an appearance out of 37 entries, and this number was reduced to three, who appeared on the platform, and sang be fore the audience.

The winner was Mr. L. R. Bowen of Cilfrew, Neath. In the Solo Pianoforte, (a) "Floretta" (Dr.

Roland Rogers), and (b) "Fugue In minor (Bach); prize, two guineas given by Mr. A. E. Bartle. There were 38 competitors of all ages, and Mr.

F. Cowen delivered the award in favour of Miss Eva Price of Builth, South Wales. Many tsouth wales candidates were among the parties who entered for the soprano and alto duet, "Invitation to the Dance" (Carl Reineck). The prize, however, was retained in North Wales, being won by Miss Cissie Pritchard of Cefnmawr, and Miss Laillah Parry of Oswestry, both of whom Were invested by Lord Mostyn. Among the druids was the venerable 'Gwalchmai," who is drawing fast to wards the hundredth year of his age.

Jtie was robed in spotless white, but not two white for his noble character. He has been a bard since his youth, and now tottered within the circle of "Maes Gwyn" of the ancient Druids. "Hwfa Mon," a native of the Holy Isle of Anglesea, where the aged of the druids sought asylum from Roman swords, was the archdruid. I regret to say the archdruid was not in his usual he complained of a weak chest, and could thunder no more from the pulpit stone of the circle words to the effect that "the Englishman, who might wish to deride the Gorsedd might as well attempt to carry Cadair Idrls under one arm and Plinimmon under the other, and Snowdon upon his empty head, as attempt to put down the Gorsedd." By Morieu. Referring1 to the installation of the Prince of Wales as Chancellor of the Welsh University, the "Tyst" has the following: "There was an element of bitterness in the cup which has nearly spoiled everything.

Wales could not open its university without giving proof of its old peculiarity, namely, making little of itself on account of prejudice and jealousy. The list of honors was opened without a single Welshman upon it! But honors are conferred upon Englishmen and Scotchmen! Such an dnswlt to our nation should not be tolerated." STATE VISIT OF THE PRINCE. Abervstwith was favored with splendid weather on the occasion of the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales and the Princess Victoria and Maud. The proceedings in the marquee when the Prince was Installed as chancellor of the University of Wales were of a brilliant character, fully two thousand ladies and gentlemen being present. The procession reached tne marquee a few minutes before one.

'Whilst it was entering the Treorky choir sang "Ar Dywystog Gwlad BrynSau," and when the chancellor took his seat the opening strains of "The Druids' Chorus" burst forth and almost simultaneously her majesty's ships Hermione and Bellona, lying off the pier, rattled off a salute of 21 guns. The formalties of the installa tion and conferring of honorary degrees were then proceeeded with. In his speech the Prince thanked the officials for the compliment which had been paid him in nominating him, the first graduate and electing him first chancellor of the university. From very early times, in spite of difficulties and adverse circumstances, the Welsh people had seldom failed to display a marked love for 'literature and learning. Concluding his speech, he said the aims of the university must be high, its vigilance keen, and Its care incessant.

The field of work on which it was entering was one of promise, and, should it be true to its mission, they might confidently anticipate that success and fame would attend its efforts. The Princess of Wales was subsequently created a Doctor of Mmsic, and Mr. Gladstone, Lord Herschell, and Earl Spencer, Doctors of Law, the chancellor admitting each of them to their degree. The proceedings in the congregation were brought to a close by the singing of "Hen Wlad fy Nhadua" and the national anthem in Welsh. At three o'clock the royal party, together with other distinguished visitors, entered the college 'buildings, being greeted with enthusiastic cheering.

The party were received by the president of the college (Lord (Rendel) and Lady Rendel, and afterwards sat down to a luncheon in the pavilion. Lord Rendel gave the toast of "The Queen." Mr. Gladstone then proposed the health of the Prince and Princess of Wales, and, having paid a high coffnpliment to the royal family, spoke of placing mental cultivation in the forefront in these days of money worship. The Prince of Wales, in responding, said he might truly cay hat one of the proudest moments of his life was when he found him Ise in the flattering position of being able to confer an academic distinction upon Mr, Gladstone, an conclusion he wished the university and its colleges partners in a great and distinguished work, every possible prosperity and success. Principal Viriamu Jones (Cardiff).

'Principal Reidhel (Bangor), and Principal Roberts (Abcryswlth) re sponded. An interesting feature of the proceedings in the pavilun was the presentation to Ellis Roberts, by the Prince, of a medal for personal bravery In saving the life of a fellow workman at the Blaenau Festinlog slate quarries. The new (Alexandra Hall, fc women students, was subsequently formally opened by the Princess of The royal party reached Cardiff on the following Saturday, where they were received by the mayor and mayor ess (Lord and Lady A pro' cession was then formed, the Prince's military escort consisting of the Moil' moutlishire troop of the Royal GlouceS' tershire Hussars, and a move made tee direction of the exhio'ti in. The ceremony of conferring the honorary freedom of the bo. Dugn upon the Prince was then proceeded with, the Mayor offering his ryai highness a hcr rty welcome to the town.

Tr.e Prince was with a gold kov and a volume coutaiilns the history of the Cardiff free libraries, and thfn his royal highness, in reply, de claied the building open. In view of the unique proceedings when his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was admitted an honorary freeman of the ancient borough of Cardiff, the following list of well known townsmen and distinguished personages upon whom has been conferred a similar privilege will be Interesting: 1886. Alderman Andrew Fulton. 1888. Mr, Alfred Thomas, M.P.

1889. The Right Hon. W. E. Glad stone, M.P.

1890. 4113 Royal Highness the late Duke of Clarence. 1892. The Right H6n. David Lord Mayor of London.

1894. General the Right Hon. Lord Roberts, G.C.B., 1896. Hia Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, K.G. The Act of Parliament enabling the freedom of the borough to be conferred upon persons of distinction was passed in 1885.

DeligioJs ap Rev. M. I. Jamison of Nesmrvrir p. will preach in the Graen Ridge United angelical church this evening, and at lU.ciO a.

m. tomorrow. Communion ci viue immeaiately after morning ser mon. 6 Tllo fn. 1, m.

nrinucs uu me j.aDernaci'e on South Main avanue, between Eynon and Elm streets, continue to Increase In Interest, and throngs of people gather from night to night to listen to the novel mode of teaching by the (evangelists. They have arranged for special eervloes in ounciay, Doth afternoon and even ing. subject for 2:30, "Present Truth i iieiie Are so (Many Churches, ax. i. to, Bigns ot the Times," which will envolve the present issues of the day in the moral, physical and political nvi 1U, VOLUNTEER'S TENT SERVICE.

jmiss ijraper of Sing Sing, N. who is visiting Mrs. Benjamin Dimmiok of mis cny, will conduct the service at the Volunteer's tent on Sunday afternoon at 3:45 o'clock. Miss Draper is a lady of great intellectuality as well as spirituality, and It is hoped a large number of people will avail themselves or tne opportunity of hearing hiar. All who are engaged in Christian work are eepeciai'iy invited to be present.

'mere are a number of lwinio vuhn advocate giving a vacation to the pew as well as to the pulpit and choir during the heated term, or at least for a monm about this frme of the yeir. io oe sure, many or the regular attendants go out of town for the sum. mer of for a vacation, more or less ex uenaea. DUt there are others who re main at home almost every Sunday of the year, and it Is not oroba.W that that they would commit anv unpardon able sin if the church were closed for two or three wteeks. Thev wnuld he sn delighted to have dt re open and to see ail the brethrfen again iir their old familiar places that possibly the effect might be very salutary.

It has grown 10 oe sucn a custom for evervone tn take somle sort of a vacation that (f thr church were allowed one dt might be profitable. Of course people are not obliged to attend two or three services on bunday, even if the church Ss not closed, tout the conscientious ones al ways feel it a duty to go and swelter and struggle with weariness if need be, and nowadays when the minisbeir, the organiist, tne cnoir, the official board and even the sexton go away for a va cation, it probably would not the stay at homes to have a similar priv ilege as regards services on a hot Sun day. Probably few people realize the great event which the Christian Endeavor convention in October ds to be. The city will be full of earnest young people and the sessiona will be of great interest. A mass meeting will be held in the Second Presgyterlan church on Thursday evening, July 30, when a fine programme will be given.

Inter esting reports from the Washington convention will be heard. A big excursion will be run to Far view on August 6, for all the Christian Endeavorer3 of northeastern Pennsylvania, An enormous amount of preparatory work has already been done in anticipation of the convention. A pleasant social will be held at the residence of Rev. J. P.

Moffat Thursday evening by members of the Washburn street church. Rev. Dr. McOanney of New York will preach in Elm Park church tomorrow. Dr.

Rarmsey of Philadelphia will occupy the pulpdt one week from to morrow. Rev. George E. Guild has returned from Washington. He delivered a brief sermon last evening at preparatory service in the Providence Presbyterian church.

Rev. Mr. Hulley of Keystomia Acad emy will speak tomorrow in the Penn avenue Baptist church. Rev. W.

B. Waller of New Rochelle will preach tomorrow an the Green; Ridge Presbyterian church. DiRrvclona Result. From a letter written by Rev. J.

Gun derman, of Dimondale, we are Hermitted to make this extract: "I have no hesitation in recommending Dr. King's New Discovery, as the results were almost marvelous in the case of my wife. While I was pastor of the Baptist church at Rives Junction she was broug brought down with pneumonia succeed ing la grippe. Terrible paroxysms ot coughing would last hours with Mtitle interruption and it iseerned as if she could not survive them. A friend recommended Dr.

King's New Discovery; it was quick in its work and highly sat isfactory in results." Trial bottles free at Matthews drug store. Ask your physician, your druggist and your friends about Shiloh's Cure for Consumption. They will recemmend it or sale bjr all dealers. Mm, Dr. Joseph Parry has bean presented with a $3,000 testimonial by his countrymen in recognition of his musical genius and the great impetus1 he has given to music in his native land.

He Is the first to compose a Welsh opera. the first eWlshman to obtain the degree of Bachelor of Music and the first to have the higher degree of Doctor of Music. The choir of the Providence Presby terian church will take a vacation dur ing the month of August The newest thing in instrumental attachments is a transposition key board to a piano by means of which instantaneous transposition cam be made of any piece. This will ha found a great boon to vocalists who often wish to hastily transpose a selection. The "extra key board is adjustable.

It is attracting a great Interest at Powell's. Organist Pennington of Elm Park church is spending part of his vacation in Oberlin. It is probable that the coming winter will be one of unusual and delightful activity In business circles. A RIFLE WITH A RECORD. One In the Possession of Captain Brady Bid Terrible Duty After the Revolution.

Among the many articles illustrating the early history of Pennsylvania owned by Bobert Strain of Pittsburg is the rifle of Captain John Brady of the Rangers, the most prominent of the Indian fighters, who after tha "Revolution won wostern Pennsylvania from the red men. The gun was made in this city, hag a barrel 3 feet 8 inches long, caliber 60 bullets to the pound, has the original flintlock and a beech stock that was broken at the grasp in a hand to hand fight. It was mended with a strip of rawhide, and constant handling has worn this smooth as glass. John Brady was one of five brothers, all fighting men. Three of them were with Morgan's Rifle corps at Saratoga.

On the conclusion of the war they settled hear Standing Stone, afterward moving to Juniata county. This was a famous hunting ground of the Senecas, and they made it warm for the pioneers. The Brady family, assisted by their neighbors, undertook to cut a field of rye. Thoir rifles wore stacked handy, but near the close of day they bo oame careless, and were attacked by a party of Shawneos. Sam Brady got to the rifles and shot one of the Indians, and thon got a bullet through the body and was tomahawked to death and his long red hair carried away in triumph.

His father escaped and two girls, but a third was captured and her brother Thomas killed and scalped. When the Indians retreated they took Mary Brady along. She was tien about 18. One of the party was a very largo who spoke English well and was kind to the white captive, and this was the famous Seneca chief, Cornplantcr. Bald Eagle, a Shawnee chief, was also along.

At night, when the party were sleeping, Mary Brady arose and taking her brother's scalp that was drying by the fire, quietly stole away, and taking a straight road through the woods, was met at daybreak by her brother John and his friends, who were in pursuit. Brady swore to be revenged on Corn planter and Bald Eagle, and eight years later while scouting on the Alleghany range he fired across the river at a party of Indians, and although a mile away his bullet brought down Bald Eagle. The place is known today as Brady's Bend. In the early history of the state there is no more conspicuous figure than Captain Brady, and he is a splendid illustration of the Scotch Irish pioneer, to whom the settlement of the state is largely due. Brady died about 1806, being thon doorkeeper of the legislature of Pennsylvania.

Ho was a small man, but strongly built. Philadelphia Times. A Presidential Barber. Presidents of the United States since Lincoln have been shaved daily during their occupancy of the White House by the same barber, a colored man, who at the present time because of this fact enjoys a 11,400 clerkship in the treasury department. He is a good clerk and writes a fine hand.

Notwithstanding all this he still pursues his calling of presidential barber. Every morning while the president Is in Washington this clerk goes to the White House, oarrying in a satchel razors, soap, cups, brushes and strops. This duty is always finished in time fur him to be at his desk promptly at 9 o'clock, and few of his fellow clerks know why he never appears without that black leather satchel. Lincoln was the first president to employ him as a barber at the executive mansion, and for some reason he has always been able to get the same privilege from every successive president. When President Grant returned from his inauguration, the door of the White House was openod for him by this barber, whom he questioned as to what position he held in the White House.

Something in the fellow's speech or manner pleased Grant, and he told him he was to consider himself installed during his term. During the early days of shaving the presidents the barber took his meals with the other servants in the White House kitchen. Whether or not, in addition to this, he was paid a regular sum or tipped each morning he has never been known to state. In all matters he la close mouthed and rarely speaks of any occurrence in the White House. Chicago Tribune.

Effect of HappineM on Health. It should be remembered that happiness and health are most intimately, if not in dissolubly, associated. The man who is happy, not by transient gleams of spiritual sunshine, not by casual gay surface coloring of his existence, but by a blessedness all through his body, is not, in the proper sense of the word, diseased. The radical idea of the term dftease is inconsistent With this state. Let us remember that life, blessedness and health are one.

He who Is not blessed, who is not happy, does not really live. He does not realize the idea of what we call life. The wheels of life move, if they move at all, with friction and labor and effort. Ail action in the line of duty is an uphill exertion and not a spontaneous vivacity. An unhappy man cannot in the full sense of the word be a healthy man.

Much of what physicians treat as physical disease is only a mental unhappiness. It follows from this that the best physician is he who blesses others, who makes other souls happy by the divine sunshine of his words and presence. The sphere of his beneficent life is a contagious peacefulnesa and undisturbed tranquillity. He ministers to minds diseased, calms their fears, allays their anxieties, solves their doubts, quiets forebodings, removes the gloom of despair, supplants their self condemnation by a sense of pardon and aims to pluok from the heart every rooted sorrow. Phrenological Journal.

Do Fish Feed at Might? Apropos of a discussion on this question in the sporting press, Outing says: "Do fish feed at night? Well, well do fish swim? Country boys, how about the big fire beside the water? How about the boy who got first to the big boom and so secured the boss place? How about the spiky finned channel cats and mud cats that came up two at a time; the goggle eyed rock bass, speclaj prizes; the hideous 'mud which, at once went into the fire, along with a yard of line? How about the night lines? How about everything connected with the sport that used to get bettet and better as midnight approached, till the glorious fun and occasional profanity were interrupted by the sound of the 'old man falling foul of a wire fence, or breaking a gad from the plum tree up the bank? Do fish feed at night? I dunno they used to." CALIFORNIA YELLOWS. Boau Beacons Why California Should Ba Called the "Golden State." California might be called the Golden State as much because of the gold of its flowers as that of its mines. No one will dispute its claim to this title who has seen its roadside gay with orange hued poppies, its meadows radiant with yellow daisies and wild mustard, and its hillsides glowing with masses of yellow bloom. While nature here supplied the richest soil and the rarest climate on earth, she withheld a sufficient rainfall, so that the California valleys lay, until 20 years ago, parched and arid during six months of the year. A singular instance of the fineness of the line between poverty and riches before irrigation reclaimed this country was found in the massacre of horses in 1869 and 1870.

There was in the state about that time an enormous number of bronchos. This fine species of horse has hardly an equal for grace, speed and endurance, and thousands then ran wild over the country. They lived on alfalfa, a kind of grass which there grows abundantly. When the crop dried up in the drought succeeding tho rainy season, the horses were not worth the cost of their living. Their owners shot them by hundreds.

One clear sighted man saw a golden opportunity in the situation. He sold his ranch and bought 6,000 horses at 13 each. A condition of the sale was that he should take them out of the state within a week. He started with them for Denver, and for six months braved the perils of a journey over mountain and desert and through a country peopled by Indians, whom he had alternately to fight and cajole. Arrived at last, the best horses in the "string" brought $50, the poorest about $20.

At the end of seven weeks the impromptu horse dealer went back to California with a fortune. New Jfork Dis patoh. HIS LITTLE SCHEME. How He Proposed to Get Even With Hl Enemy, He stopped the big blue coated officer on Woodward avonue. "Say!" he exclaimed, "I want you to arrest a man up here for me.

Can you do it?" "You'll have to have a warrant first What did he do?" "What did he do? He threw me out simply because I asked him to subscribe for" "The best book in its line that was ever written," the officer hastily broke in. "Why, yes. How did you know?" he asked the wielder of the club. The officer smiled a knowing smile and said: "But you can't got a warrant for that. There's an unwritten law in this town that permits a man to throw out a bcok agent." The littlo man looked down hearted a minute, and then suddenly brightening up eagerly seized the officer's arm and remarked: "The law can't touch me, can it, if I work a nice little scheme I have in mind?" "Depends on the scheme." "Well, you see, I have a friend who's quite a scrapper.

Now, I'll take him in tow and give him a good insight into the business, and after two or three Weeks I'll send him around to his place, and I won't say a word to him about how mean the man is who lives there. If the man pitches on to him well, well, you just want to be around to see that my friend doesn't hurt him too much. The law couldn't touch me, could it?" be inquired anxiously. The guardian of the peace assured him that he thought he was safe. And after thanking the officer profusely he disappeared down the street, again ready to take up the burden of life.

Detroit Free Press. On the Increase of Survivors. Among the curiosities of the United States census is the fact that the number of veterans drawing pensions on account of service in the Federal armies during the civil war, instead of decreasing from year to year, seems rather to inorease. Those familiar with military statistics will not, however, be surprised at this. Take, for example, the "thousand" who accompanied Garibaldi to Marsala.

To speak with absolute accuracy, this heroio bond consisted of 1,051 souls, including two gallant Frenchmen. They fought with utter recklessness and suffered terribly from lack of food and shelter. Nevertheless it is computed that the survivors of the "thousand" In Italy now numbers fully 7,000 men, and to those should be added at least 10,000 more who are at present either in the United States or in the Argentine Republic I do not know precisely how many survivors of the six hundred of Balaklava there are now in Great Britain, but there is not a town of any size in the United States that does not boast of at least one of these gallant men, and we may safely assume that there are fully 2,000 survivors of the six hundred in the United States alone, without counting those in Canada and tne other colonies. W. L.

Alden in Idler. Snn.downen In Australia. Titled lords, baronets, parsons, lawyers, captains, architects, clerks all these are to be met with on the roads. They can be divided into two broad classes viz, those who are looking for work and those who are seeking to avoid it. The former consist a fine set of men of all ages, ready and willing to undergo the hardships of a weary tramp of hundreds of miles, along which they push forward hopefully to find the work which is generally to be had by those who are willing to search for it.

Tbflir "swag" is generally made up of a pair of blankets and a pair of trousers, a spare coat, two or three shirts and pairs of socks, a brush and comb, towel, needle and thread, etc. For stores they carry bread or flour, sugar, tea, carbonate of soda for making damper, a billy pannikin and knife aijd fork. This is a fair average swag, though it will often be supplemented by sundry little additional luxuries, according to the individual Idiosyncrasy of the owner. Temple Bar. Prices Two Centuries Ago.

Tho question of prices in the first quarter of the seventeenth century is fail of interest to every one, and it is satisfactory to find that food was not as fabulously cheap in the days of our forefathers as we are often led to believe. Mary Verney writes to Ralph at Blois complaining bitterly of the dearness of provisions in London. Beef is fourpence, veal and mutton eightpence, while Pen Verney reckons 8 shillings a week too much for her diet, which is afterward fixed at 6 a year. Twelve pounds a year seems a great deal for willful little Betty, agod 13, to spend on her dress, but country bred as she was she declines, Mary writes, to wear anything but silk. The sum of 50 olaim ed by Nancy Denton, who was a spoiled child and rich man's daughter, la far more appropriate to her position.

In fact, the fees earned by physicians in those days were far in excess of what we should give la spite of the. exceeding staplicUy for Infants PnOTHERS, DO YOU KnOW that Paregoric. BUtl Bateman's Drops, Godfrey's Cordial, many so called Soothing Syrups, and most remedies for children are composed of opium or morphine I Yoo Know that opium and morphine are stupefying narrrH piam Po Yon Know that in most countries druggists are not permitted to tell naroottoj without labeling them poisons Do Ton Know that you should not permit any medicine to be given your chUd Walesa you or jput physician know of what it is composed Do Yon Know that Castoria Is a purely vegetable preparation, and that a list of It ingredients is published with every bottle Do Yon Know that Castoria is the prescription of the famous Dr. Samuel Pitcher. That it has been in use for nearly thirty years, and that more Castoria is now sold than Of all other remedies for children combined Do Yon Know that the Patent Office Department of the United States, and of other countries, have issued exclusive right to Dr.

Pitcher and his assigns to use the word Castoria and its formula, and that to imitate them is a state prison offense Do Yon Know that one of the reasons for granting this government protection was because Castoria bad been proven to be absolutely harmless! Do Yon Know tiiat 35 average doses of eastoria are furnished for 35 Mats, or one cent a dose Do Yon Know that when possessed of this perfect preparation, your children totf be kept well, and that you may have unbroken rest Wellt these things are worth knowing. They are facta, The fae siatile signature of Children Cry for ASK FOR TllEBbKLET ONXlGIfTAND OVESBKT L'GHT HOT For sale by the Atlantic Kefining Company, Scranton, To. The Dsckson Manufacturing Company, Scranton and Wftkes Barre, Manufacturers Locomotives and Stationary Engines, Boilers, i antj Pumping riachincry General Oflloc, gcranton, Ia not to say roiunrkublo unpleasantness of thoir phai'maoopooia and treatment. Dr. Theodore Mayence, the fashionable doctor, left 140,000 (equivalent to over $500,000) behind him, and Sir Ralph la miserable because he cannot afford to pay Dr.

Denton the 50 which is the ordinary fee for a confinement. A Venetian mirror costs 40, a portrait by Vandyke 50. A maid's wages come to 3, but the pair of "trimcd gloves," with which it is the fashion to reward any extra services on her part, comes to 1 6s. an absurdly disproportionate payment. The price of Sir Edmund's Covent Garden house is 100, and many horses fetch as much, while 200 a year is the usual prloe for a boy's board and teaching in a good Frenoh family.

Longman's Magazine. He Took the Case. Somebody perhaps it was Postmaster Wlllott told a good story about Campbell Carrington the other day. Carrington, it seems, had a cliont who was almost absolutely sure of going to the penitontiary. The facts were dead against him.

But the lawyer talked with him awhile, impressed upon him the narrowness of his chances for acquittal and finally asked him this question: "Would you rather plead guilty and take the sentonce which the court will impose, or would you prefer to go upon the stand and give your own version to the jury?" "Nythcr," said the man coolly. Carrington looked at the accused with astonishment. "My friend," said he, "any man who can stand here and say 'nyther' whon the shadow of the penitentiary is upon him gets my services for nothing. You will be acquitted yet." The result proved the prediction. Carrington went in, fought the case, and the man was aoquitted.

Washington Post. Mermaids. All the worli over there are legends about mermaids. The Chinese toll stories not unlike others about the sea woman of their southern seas. Mankind is taught on the most excellent evidence that a mermaid was captured at Bangor, on the shores of tho Belfast Lough, in tho sixth century, while another caught at Kdam, in 1403, was carried to Haarlem and kept there for many years.

I 1 Gar Jackets of Fishskln. The Eskimos of Alaska make jackets of the skins of the rod spotted trout of that region, known aa tho Dolly Vardon, which they tan for Hi is purpose. The Dolly Varden is a handsomo fish of a pale purplish gray color; it attains a length of 8)4 feet and a weight of 10 to 12 pounds. The skin is waterproof, and with its bright red spots it makes a very showy jacket. New York Sun.

The word preposterous originally meant a process of reversing the natural order of things, such as indicated by the common expression "putting the cart before the horse." By an easy gradation it has come to be used in its present significance. Will Power Core. The very last cure out for indigestion is eat of anything, everything, throw discretion to tho winds and bring yourself to believe you can digest stones and coal if neo essary, and every bad symptom will disappear like magio. It it only the will which is wanted, and if you can brace yourself up, pull yourself up to believe this, you are well. Exchange.

Turkish Bath Money. Among the Turks bath money forms an item in every marriage contraot, the husband engaging to allow his wife a certain sum for bathing purposes. If it be withheld, she has only to go before the cadi and turn her slipper upside down. If the complaint be not then redressed it is grsjund. ivt Qwm.

I I i and Children. la on ever wrapper. Pitcher's Castoria Gladness Comes lxith better understanding; ol the transient nature oi me many pnyu Seal ills, which vanish before proper efforts gentle efforts pleasant efforts rightly directed. There is comfort in the knowledge, that so many forms of sickness are not due to any actual di ease, but simply to a constipated condition of the system, which the pleasant family laxative, Syrup of Figs, promptly removes. That is why it is the onlj remedy with millions of families, and is everywhere esteemed so highly by all who value good health.

Its beneficial effects are due to the fact, that it is the one remedy which promotes internal cleanliness without debilitating the organs on which it acts. It is therefore all important, in order to get its beneficial effects, to note when you purchase, that you have the genuine article, which is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by all reputable druggists. If in the enjoyment of good health, and the system is regular, laxatives or other remedies are then not needed. II afflicted with any actual disease, one may be commended to the most skillful physicians, but if in need of a laxative, one should have the best, and with the well informed everywhere, Syrup of Figs stands highest and is most largely ased and gives most general satisfaction.

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