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THE SCK ANTON TlUBTJiXE' SA'l'CTKDAY IOKNlN&, JANUATtY 30, 18?7. II Charles A0 Hartley's Tricks of VeetrMoquiilsinni, A SNAP-SHOT AT THE WORLD'S "FLYHR." I mado a trip to HoUon on the New York World's great Sunday "ilyur." 1 was a ineHf-PiiRer, and as sucn faith fully performed all the haid work In cidental to the occualdtt. I reported to "Biowney," the World's man, at the Grand Cential piomiitly at 11 o'clock Sntmday night. Shoitly after the advance sheets of the ieiit Sundaj Woild began to at live one wugon following another In luuld succession. Into the 111 st cars weie loaded the "HurtfoidV the "SiirliiKllelds," the "UoatWs" and other consignments for lntuilylim loni, Thee were ull de posited lu their nlloted spaces In the Bi'eiul cui. At Imff pat one tho leal nctlvltj set In, nird continued to glow npnre until 2.3J a. m. the time for depurtuie The iiunblliis of the de- Iheiy wagons the shouts of the men, haidly heaul above the hissing of the epeapltiBSteam fiom the Impatient loco motive, the clanging of the bells of In coining and outgoing tiulns, nil con tributed to make the c-iih us fusclnut Ing und thillllng, as It was lemurk able. Steaming nnd panting the hoises huuylng the "llnals" nwled. They weieb undled Into the cats with alac rity, und the conductoi, Abe Iloag land, (Ulckly save the signal to go. We were off, seven minutes late. What a tide' We falily tlevv over the ialls. On und on, through the black night we swept. As we swept past the towns, the sliding doois weie open id nnd the bundles began to disappear. At New Haen the tialn was divided, cine section going to Punidonoe, the other to Hoston, via. Springfield At Iglit o'clock In the morning I aiilveu In Providence. After a hull hour stioll thiough Its pretty streets I took the liain for Boston. Sunday Wot Ids I saw In the hands Df every newsboy, and Boston barely iwake. Think of It! Away off In New England and reading our morning paper as soon as we do here. I doff iny lat In due icVeience to Mi. Powell, the superintendent of oliculatlon for the H'otld. Magnum opus. Did I ply my .nit? Well, a little The train men seaiched high and low or tormentois. At the stations wheie le stopped I could get the names of the "Innocents," and call them as fiom afai, commanding them to leport heie or there, which they would do with Rlacilty, some clambeilng over tin' cats, and under the cais. We laughed heaitily at the antics of the policemen Stationed at the depot In New London, Dllday, by name. He nought his man or fully ten minutes and finally gave It up In disgust, with the lemaik: "Go to and I'll see you theie befoie I look for you any mote." I stood nt his side, and to me he lemaiked: "If he wants me let him hunt for me. Look at my clothes, they are coveted with Oil t, hunting for him." In Boston I would stop the trolley cais at will, and stait them at my pleasure. In a lestauiant near the old Colony station, I would repeat the or der given by the walteis, which the patrons concluded was nn echo, and theie was a seaich to find the point whence It came. "Steak and eggs ( a gieat Boston dalntj) have the steak laie and the eggs well done." "City beans and potk, blown biead. Put one on," and the familiar "diaw one in the daik," I would echo back as lustily as the older was sung out. I was not dlscoveted. On the Common where the Single Tax advocates held foith (on Sundaj. mind you), I amused myself at their expense, combating their aiguments with lively Interjections, which seemed to annoy some an amuse many. They could not locate me. 'AN EXPLOIT IN THE CATSKILLS. A very amusing exploit was that given at Tanneisvllle, in the Catskiil mountains. Our "heioes" weie. Mr. D.. of the big house of Lord & Taylor and a ceitaln city clubman whom we may call Mr. C. The ptctuiesque Maple Giove House lies almost obscuied behind the big maple tiees In the foregiound. It's glassy lawn Is a gieat cat pet of gieen. the house itself is old fashioned and quaint, und perhaps a better place to conjure up the shades of the lamented Rip Van Winkle could not be found. On this paiticular evening the guests Weie seated on the potch. Sottly came a gentle iat-a-tat-tat on the window panes. It was mining at the time, and but little attention was paid to it. I filled my mouth with the tiny shot and dliected a number om them into the midst of the guests. Instantly nil was confusion, und as we all lose to seek out our assailant. Mr. D. and Mr. C. were all gallantly, and I might lemaik heie, there weie seeia! ladles In the paity. I had not as yet dliected any missile at our heroes. Instantly 1 did so all their valor vanished. I falily 1 allied the little missiles on them Tlien a voice, which ull declared came fiom the air, ciled: "Mr. D., all nic- well In Austialia," I had learned his family was there. He became thoughtful nnd confened with his filend Mr, C. Together they called out: "Who are you?" "I am the spliit of R. v.," I replied In a sepulclunl tone. "Good night, good night," s.ild the un seen piesence. "I'll come ngnln on the eve of the monow. Cood night," and the voice died away in the distance a Itlck in ventriloquism not at all dllll cult and often effective. To my sui pllse the woids had the desired effect, nnd that night after letlrlng I could hear the guests In their looms discussing the Btiange vlHltatlon. For the (list time Mr. D. and Mr. C. ngiecd to loom to gether. The lattllng on the windows and the pelting they got with the "peb bleB," as they teimed the shot, together with the stiange message from Aus tralia visibly affected them. The following day they both declaied Ihoy had not slept a wink duiing the night. To their inquiries as to who R. V. was they received tho assuiance that it must bo Rip Van Winkle. It was Mr. Kennedy, the well known horseman, of New Yoik city, who sug gested this. He was "In the know" and disci eetly kept his knowledge to him self. Our heroes, who hugged the de lusion that It might indeed he the spliit of Rip, either forgot or did not know that he was a creature of fiction. The following evening tha same strange In cident, of tho night befoie, happened. They begged the supposed spirit to tell Ills name. Question after question they propounded and I answered as readily and as accurately as I could. "Now," commanded the spirit, "go to yonder tree and cut your name In the ark." Another Budget o? Amusing Experiences Graphically Described, "I will not," said Mr. D "until you show yourself." "Nor will I," said Mr. C. I soon caused them to obey. "Go or I will appear In your room, In the dead of night, In material form." They obeyed without further urging, nnd the murks still stand on the tree before the Widow Brown's Maple Grove House In the Catsklll mountains, I was prevailed upon to disclose the delusion. A number of the guests had gone In quest of a boaid house with moie congenial envltonments. MR. HARTLEY IN POLITICS. It was my good fortune to secuio an appointment as Inspector of election this year, which appointment canles with It the exemption fiom Jury duty foi one year, and a compensation of tlility dollnis for service. I was us slgned to the Twenty-seventh election dlstllct of the Thlrty-llist assembly dlstilct, and the boaul of ieglsti., con sisting of foul inembeis, met .it the bicycle store of Hubert Lawienc, 'Ml West 126th stieet. After sending inv colleagues, Messis. Abiatns, Miller and Buchman, out In search of the "man who wanted them outside." I trained my batteries on their helpless fi lends The Hi st to an ho was How laud Willis, who Inqulied if his friend Minor had leglsteied. "Not live minutes ao," said Bachman, "he came with his bi cycle and Lawrence let him p;o up on on the loot to fix It himself; Iip is up theie now. Walt, and I will call him. Say Miner! Hello, Miner! Bachman had gone to the ventilate.' In the leai 'of the stole, which lu' th? waj, Is but one stoiy high. "Hello" came back the reply as fiom the loof. "What do ou want?" "Willis is heie." "Tell him I want to talk to him." Willis neatly fell into the tiap, and going back shouted, "what are you do ing ui) theie, Miner?" "Fixing my bicycle. Tell Lawrence to let you come up," came the leply. Whereupon Willis declaied, "That's Mlnei sine." "How do I get up?" "Go thiough the laundry," suggested Bachman. He lepalred to the lnundiy next door, only to leturn at once with, "She nays I can't get up theie. I'll try the other stole " This he found to be locked up and unoccupied. Nothing daunted he en teied the five-story building on the corner of Seventh avenue and leaching the recond stor, loweied himself out on the loof. We could hear the tin ciacklng under his heavy Head. Here followed an amusing dialogue between Willis, and Abiams an Inspector. The latter had closed the ventllntor tight and pretended to mistake Willis for the supposed Miner. "I can't find him," cried Willis, In a loud olce. "He's just gone up, Mine!." Hald Abiams. "Mlnei Is not here, I'm Willis," said W1UK "I tell you Willis just went up there. Do you hear, Miner." v " it," shouted Willis nt the top of his voice. "I say Miner Is not here." Then lgnoilng Abrams he scoured the whole loot, ciylng at inteivals, "Hello, Miner." Bachman had meantime gone to the lear of tho building, and standing with in the door had lepe.Uedlv called for Willis. To all of which calls the poor fellow had responded. He gave It up as a bad job and leturned to the store amid the laughter of those piesent. He chaiged his mishaps to Ofilcer Schumncher, who had, but a few mo ments befoie, lecelved a dose of the same medicine. When the officer, w ho was only "on lellef" left the stoic, Wil lis remarked to those piesent, "that policeman Is losing time on the foice. He could get his $150 befoie the foot lights." Bichman and Abiams now thorough ly alive to the spoit appiopilated the stationery box, which contained the blanks for registration pui poses. Into this they cut a small hole at the center and inseiled the only funnel available, which was found at the stoie, leeklng with, oil, and black fiom usage. This lmpiovised telephone they hung upon a paltltion in the lear. A small coid leading appaiently to and fiom this, gave It, at a cui.soiy glance,r the ap peal ance of a ciude expetimental con nivance. A small bicycle bell was at tached, and the telephone was com plete. Di. De Vousney was tho fiist to tiy "the short wlie to Oilewltz's diug stoie," He called up Oilewitz. but on healing the iesponse. Immediately said, "that voice doesn't come Horn thut box." This astute disciple of Aesculapius was too much for me. Mi. 13. J. Wlllet, Louis Jundotf. James Wlckwnir, David Hess, Hany Fellows, Albeit Riley, Heniy Stelnecke, William Eaily and a young Ml, Ringgold weie a few of the many otheis who weie "up asalnst It." Some one In the rear would sound the bicycle bell, and Backmann would mull to the 'phone with an anxious, "Well, hello, what Is It?" "Is Mr. Wlllet theie" I would pipe loudly enough for that gentleman to hear "Yes," leplled Wlllet, lushing to the Instiunieut. "Is that you, Wlllet?" "Yes, who are you," he asked. I would name some filend known to him, the names being uunlshed to me by those who knew him, for I was comparatively a sti anger In the local ity. 'Mr. come over to Oilewltz's drug stoie right away" was the leply, "Oh all light." and off he went, only to leturn quickly with the lemark, "Or lewlts. sas he. didn't call " That was the signal for a good laugh, and an adjournment to the "coiner gio etiy." Next to nulve was Officer Moody In company with sevial biother oftleets who had scented the fun and who wanted to have a shaie of It. Ofilcer Moody was as ready a subject as Schu macher and after conversing with a supposed superior In another dlstilct, received a peremptory order to teport In that precinct at once, and oft lie hastened with all due alacrity. James Wlckwarr, the popular bicycle dealer, whose place of business Is lo cated neai by, came In at this moment) The little bell tingled and the call "Is James Wlckwarr there," btought that gentleman quickly to the instiunient, He lecelved the usual summons to report at Orlewltz's. Returning, the voice bade him go to Hollanders, whith er he went as promptly as to the dtug store. In the meantime other scenes were being enacted at both Oilewltz's and at Hollandeis. Oilewitz Imagined that ull Harlem had gone stalk mad. Peo ple weie lushing In at Intervals and de manding to know what he wanted, only to be met with, "I didn't call you," or "nobody called you from here." At Hollanders they looked on each victim with pity. "Wo have no tele phono heie. Go next door, In the cigar stole." Jolly Hairy Fellows, tho son of our dlstllct attorney, was ns pliable as his piedecossois, and his supposed con versation with is filend Jack Watts hud Its humorous, as well as Its seilous phases, Ho wont out In a vain seaich, like the rest. Henry F. Stelnecke was a fntce comedy In himself. "Yes," he shouted to a supposed ac quaintance "I am reglstei Ing now. What's that? No, I can't go down to night, I woik tonight." He succeeded giadually In raising his voice up to Its highest pitch, by an swering back, "I can't hear you, speak Iotidei." The man yelled till he was red In the face. He neaily dislodged the wicked funnel fiom lu fustenlngs. William Early, a pleasant-faced young man, was kept going fiom S o'clock In the evening until the store closed und he declaied with emphasis that Cunningham (by wnom he was supposed to have been called) "could hang himself. I'll be darned If I'll hunt foi him any moie. Now I've been oei to Hollanders, to Oilewltz's and to the Republican club tluee times. They ull swear he Isn't theie, und think I'm Jollying them," He was kept In Ignorance of the tiuth. A young man named Ringgold, a son of the actor by that nume, neatly put the assemblage In convulsions lie was told the wlie was connected with a laboiatory of a ceitalu Hailemlte whom he knew, and that by the aid of the X lay objects could be discerned (uvet the wlie) thiough solid substances. One test nftei another he exacted, asking, Inter nlln: "On whose head is my hat? What Is the name of the maker? Huw many gas jots ate burning In the window? What Is the name of the bicycle on ex hibition In the fiont window? How niniij people ale now In this loom?" To all of these queries, suggested by those present, 1 would nnswei con eetly. Tho oung man stood as one petiified w I tli amazement. "Walt a minute! Don't ling off! I l want to Ui you again." "All light," I piped back. Ringgold next placed ten men before the "telephone," behind these he sta tioned one whom he commanded to close his hand tightly ovei a twenty the cent slher piece. "Now," shouted Ringgold ttlumphant ly, "Tell me what Is before the tele phone " Fully aware of all details, I piped back, "ten men stand befoie the 'phone In the hands of an eleventh theie Is a silver quai tor of the year 1S11." The effect was electiical, and elicited from Ringgold an ejaculation which, lu prose or in poetiy, Is often Intel -dieted. BEFORE THE PHONOGRAPH. I have found my exploits at the phon ographs easy of accomplishment, In tending and ludlcious at times and withal effective In purpose. It seems Inci edible that a fellow -being would stand before one of these little Instal ments and respond to my intenogatlons with an earnestness woithy a hlghei purpose, yet they do, much to my own unmsement, for I am laiely detected. My audltois, to a man, become leady and pliant victims. At the Eden Museo the tender may find seveial of these phonogtaphs having the latge funnel attachment. The funnel I find an ex cellent adjunct. It selves to magnify my "telephone voice," and to assimilate the tone to that of the ' lpcoid," so pet fectly that one cannot detect the dlf- feience. Paidon my vanity. This is tiue. A ciowd had collected round the little ginphaphone and Biyan's famous "cioss of gold" speech came slowly fiom the cylinder. When the last woid died awaj, I called In exact Imitation of the 'iecoid" voice: "Well, say, how does the cioss. of gold hit you? Could you hear me all tight?' A momentaiy silence. They appealed ciedulous at first and looked foi some AJeeb whom thej believed concealed In the walls. "Come, come," said the voice fiom the plionogiapn, "Wake up, theie, you, 1 mean, with the beaver tile. Do ou want to heal me sing?" The oneaddiessed plucked up couiage enough to answer, "Yes." "Well, put a half dollar In tho slot," ci led the voice fiom within. "You ate verj modest In your demand. A half dollar for a tong Is a pietty pi Ice. I'll go ou a nickel," said the man addiessed "Nickel It s," answeied the voice from within, "let five of you contiibute a nickel each and I'll singanj song you call for. Come, huny up. theie. Time is money, you with the led neck-tie, you with tho cane, and that gentleman with the lady." The nlcl.els weie quickly furnished and depo.lted in the machine, while tho now bijj ciowd listened with Intel -est. "Slug, 'You Don't Know How Much I Love You,'" said the man with the high hat. The little ej Under com menced to l evolve slowly and lu' out came the sleieotped .sptech of lit j an. "Heie," suld the man with the cane, "you piomised to slii'T a song." "If England ihues" iang out the leal vulce fiom within. "That's not fail. Vou're n swindler. heie's the song" and like Intel jectlons came fiom sevei.il listeners. The speech ended, I began anew, and In explanation the voice within said: "You dldn t put enough in. I never o below mv pi lie Now put in enough to make the half dollar and I sing Down in llogan's Alley," and I sang: Soon I'll marry, None but little Sally, The Idol of the bon and gills, Down in 1 logon's Alley, It had the desiied effect and Into the box went the complement of nickels Again came Uijan's speech and again the expostulations. 1 gicw wtaiy of the fun, and bv vvu of dlveislon called out: fc 'Say. out thoio, I am not doing the talking." "Who Is," asked a victim. "The gentleman with the black derby hat, leaning on thu phonograph, on the left" hang out the voice from within. I descilhed myself puiposely to see Just how fai I could cany my nudltois With appaient suipilse I demanded: "Do you mean me?" "Yes, ou," 1 answeied quickly, "Well," said I, "I am not." "You are a liar, yotrnre!" nnswered tho phonograph, while I walked away with an tnjuied air. Ye Gods, It doth amaze me! Not a single person In that ciowd suspected my ventliloqulsm even after I had as much as told them all. For when I walked away they weie still shbutlng at the machine. I refer the reader to any of tho attendants at the Eden Museo In West 23rd stieet. Charles A, Haitley, 8 W. 18Uh street, New York. FROM OLD CAMBRIA THE LANDOF SONG Death of Rev. W. Basil Jones, D. D., Late Bishop of St. David's. REV. SILVAN EVANS'S AUQNUM OPUS The I'lrst Dny of tho Ycnr Snw thu Publication of tho I'ourtli Volume. Tho Work litis Now Reached to tho End of "D" mid Shows No Signs of 1'ntigiic on the I'urt of tho Learned Autlior-'Otlicr Interesting Notes. The bishop of St. David's died at his residence, AbergwIU Palace, on Thuis day the ltli Instant, at the age of 75. He had been In a weak condition for months.!, owing to a seilous uffectlon of the heurt, but had not been con fined to hi bed only a few weeks. . Ji trwmi v, "mm .-38SW BISHOP OF ST. DAVID'S. The Rt. Rev. W. Basil Jones, D. D.. was a genuine Welsh bishop, and as such was thoioughly popular and en- I Joyed the full confidence of his country men, both within and without his dio cese. He was bom in 18J2, his fathei being the late W. Tllsey Jones, of Gwynfijn, In the county of Catdlgan. Receiving his early education at Sinew shut y school under Drs. Butler and Kennedy, he was elected In 1S-I0 to a bcholatshlp In Oxfoid. Heie he gained a good position In the classical honoi list, and a fellowship at Queen's college. He wasoidained In 184S by the bishop of Oxfoid. His fitst paiochlal chaige was at Huxley, Yoikshlie. In 1S01 he became examining chaplain to the aichblshop of Yoik, and In ISCj vicar of Blshopthotpe, neai Yoik. In 1SU7 he was appointed aichdeacon of Yoik, In 1S7.T canon of Yoik, and In 1874, on the leslgnatlon of Bishop Thirlwall, he was nominated to the blshopilc of St. David's. His diocese Includes the counties of Pembioke, Caidlgan and Brecknock, and paits of Rudnor, Car marthen and Glamoigau. The aiea is 2,272,790 ncies, and tile population 435, 'J12. Bishop Basil Jones had a difficult position to fill, for he succeeded a man of -vast learning, one of the greatest scholais of his age. That he filled tho position with success speaks much for his natuial gifts and ability. Though not a scholar In the sense that Dr. Thli Iw all was, yet Dr. Bat 11 Jones was a man of learning and a voluminous w i Iter. Anaichaeologlst of note, he, In connection with Fieeman, the historian, vviote un elaboiate woik on the cathe dial of St. David's. His liteiaiy woik In other depaitments was veiy consid erable, Including woiks on classical, antlquailan, eccleclustlco-polltlcal, and historical topics, besides occasional ser mons. He was a contiibutor to Di. Smith's "Dictionary of the Bible," und to the "Speakeis' Continental v." but. pei haps, his best know n and most popu lar woik Is his "Plain Explanatoty Continental y on the New Testament for Pilvate Rending," which he hi ought out In conjnctlon with the late Aich deacon Chut ton. The late bishop mar tied In 1833 a daughtei of the late Rev. S. Holvvoithy, and lu 1S0C a daughter of Geoige Henry Luxdale, of Algbuith, Llveipool, by whom he has Issue. He was the one bundled and nineteenth bishop who had sat In the chair of St. David. JOHNES OF DOLAITCOTHY. Geneial Sir James Hllls-Johnes, V. C, G. C. B now a Caimai thenshiie squhe. Is "Jemmy Hills, one of the subalterns in Tombs' tioop, and an old Addlscombe filend of mine," In the te cently published autobiography of Lord Robejts. The latter gives a stilting account of the episode pet sonally wit nessed by him which won for Geneial Sh J. Hllls-Johnes his ino3t tieasuied decoration, the Vlctoila Cioss. It oc cuned dining the Indian mutiny, when his tioop of caiblneeis was by ti each el y exposed to a suipilse attack. "The tioop," wtltes Loid Robeits, "was thus left to lecelve the fiist uish of the lebel cavali, It was composed of joung soldleis. some of them quite un tiained, who turned and bioke The moment Hills saw the enemy he shout ed, 'Action fiont,' and. In the hope of giving his men time to load, and flie a inund of giape, he gallantly ojiatged the head of tho column slngle-hapded, cut down the leading man, stiuck the second, and was then lldden down him self. It had been taliilug heavily, to Hills woie his cloak, which piobablj saved his lite, for It was cut lu many pluces, as weie his Jacket, and even Ills sbltt As soon as the bod) of the euemv had passed on Hills, extilcat lng himself fiom his hoise, got up and seaiched fo: his swoid, which he had lost In the melee He had Just found It when he was attacked by tluee men, two of whom weie mounted He filed nt and wounded the fltst man, then caught the lance of the second In his lift bund, and inn him throutrh the bqdy with his swotd The (list assail ant coming on again. Hills cut him down, upon which he was attacked bv the thlid mun on foot, who succeeded In wieiichlng his swoid fiom him HI1U fell In the stiuggle, and must have been killed If Tombs hod not come to the icscue und saved the plucky subaltern's life" Both tecelved the V. C. Lord Roljeits keeps up his friendship with his old comrade, and spent his last few days' holiday at Dolancothy befoie leaving England to take up the duties of commandei-ln-chlef of the Indian aimy. NOTES. Sir Lewis Mot i Is looks forward to the time when the Welsh Pnlvetslty will have two thousand students, After, all, this will not be a gieat number. Wales by thut time, piobably, will have a pop ulation of 2.000,000, As half of the two thousand aie- likely to be diafted from England, the number of students In pro portion to the population In Wales tvlll be one In every two thousand. Recently, news leched Llantw It Majoi, of the death of Mr. John Bevan, a.te of Cowhildge, which event took place at Nerve, Italy. The deceased was about 9.ri yeais of age, and lived In Cow bridge until about 20 years ago, when he left for the benefit of his health and went to Evmouth, and soon afterwards spent every vvitner In Italy. Of late idr m m MM? VI uur r NrAL I r z. years he lived entirely there. He was well known in the Vale of Glamorgan. The deceased always subset lbed to waids temperance and education, He gave scholarships to boys fiom Llantw It Major at Cow bridge giammar school. In politics he was u Llbetal, and was a. lawyer by profession. The first day of tho Now Year saw tho publication of the fottlth volue of Chan cellor Silvan Evan's magnum opus the Welsh dictionary. The work has now leached to the end of "d," and shows no sign of fatigue on tho part of the learned author. It Is only fair to add, though, that the Chancellor Is as sited In his task by his son, a scholar of Oxford, and n chip of the old block, bo far as the Welsh und Its cognates are concerned. In a raclly-wiltten aitlcle entitled "A Run to Bala," which Mr. Heniy Monln hns conti United to the "Bible Society Reporter," for the month of January the writer says that the house occupied by the Rev. Thomas Ohatles (Chatles o'r Bala) Is now a chemist nnd lion mongei's shop. The study In which Chuiles vviote the "Geliludur Ysgiythyr ol" and piepaied the new edition of the Bible Is a bedioom, und the "College" Is now found useful to hold garden tools and such-like aitteles Hawaiden chinch will soon be famous for Its windows. To the window given by the wealtlo Aimenlnn inei chant, as a menioilul of the pulleilngs of Ills fel low countiymen and of Mr Gladstone's exertions on their behalf, will be added anothei elected bv Lady Penihyu and Miss Glvnne In iiicumiy of their sister, Noia ladv Penilivn Is a daughter of Mis. Gladstone's late hi other, the lector of Hawaiden. Caidlganshlie hns lost Its centennilan bv the death of David Evans, of Llnn aith He was hoin In 'the year 1791, and lemembeied the coionatlon of Geoige III, Geoige IV. William IV. and Queen VIctoiI.i Evans was a staunch Chinch of Hnglund man, and was sev enteen eais of age when the Calvinls tle Methodists sepaiated fiom the es tablished chinch. Among the two bundled and ten Welshmen and Welshwomen who pur took of tea provided the other dov by the "London Kelt" fiom a fund collect ed for that puipose was an old woman, a native of Mvddfal, In Cm mat then- shite, and a descendant of Williams, of Pantycelyn. A i cniai liable stoiv, the accuincv of which Is well vouched, comes fiom n lit tle tow n not far dovv n the line. Twenty-three yeais ago a voung woman, a native of Ntath, who lived with her two maiden aunts, and had piomised to le maln with them while thev lived, got mauled, but, as the aunts held men In abhoitence, the voung bilde took off her ring In chuich, gave It to her hus band, 11 ted with hlin at the chuich door, and told him to claim hei when both her aunts weie dead. Nine yeais later one of hoi aired lelatlves died, and the second passed away Just at the close of 1S. The veiy next morning the husband, whom she had nevei seen nor heaid fiom In tho whole of the twenty-thiee yeais, although both le slded in Glamoiganohlie, came and claimed his w Ife. Another i Ing had to be bought, for the one which had done duty neut ly a quai tet of a c entui y back was now too small for the buxom wife, who began her mauled life lu middle ago. A cuilous history attaches to the Court theatre at Liverpool, which was so seiiously damaged by file tecently. It was foimerly known as the Amphi theatre, and as It seated moie pet sons than any other building in Llveipool, some twenty odd yeais ago, It was fre quently used for political put poses. Mr. Gladstone, In the hlstoilc campaign when he was ousted by the Cioss and Turner fiom the Llveipool division of Lancashlte, spoke In it But the most famous gathei ing that took place w Ithln Its walls about that time was when John Blight addiessed a meeting of the Welsh frutetnity of that town, Welsh men being piesent fiom almost evtty pait of the Pilnclnallty. One of the most singular featuies of the gathetlng was that the chaltmnn was a Welsh man, spenking to Welshmen, opened in English, but. ns he aupeaied not to be nuclei stood, he bioke Into vigorous Welsh, amid loais of cheets and laugh tet, In which Mi. Blight heaitily joined Some of the statistics of the Welsh denominations aie Intel estlng. The Baptists appeal to have S71 chapels. In these 871 chapels thcte aie .128, 311 sit tings for 101,791 occupants Then In the Calvlnlstlc denomination 302 pastois aie divided amongst 1,317 chapels. It Is very easv to see, as childien say ut school, that 1,317 Into 302 "won't go" Obviously, theie must be a liberal bor t owing of pteacheis. These paiticular llguies ate, however Inclusive of Eng land as well as Wales, so that the dlspailtv is spiead ovei a conespond Ing huge aiea The Welsh Independents have 1.207 chapels and missions, and onlv 390 pastois. While the Calvinlsts have a debt of t:313,234 tluouciiout the entile community In England and Wales, the Welsli Indenendents have endowments valued ut i;i,313,0'5. One would haidly ex-pect that bod" to be earnest Di'-establlshers and Dlseudow eis But thev aie convinced that both would be good foi the Chuich of Eng land, Tefecca College Is the onlv Noncon fonulst college In Wales v. heie the staff Is composed exclusively of Oxtoid and Cambildgt men. ' Watcyn Wyn" anil 'Eos Dar ' have done neaily all tlie penllllon ana penlli lon singing of the last ten ypain in the N tluinl Eitteddtod. Hence tVy had a light to s1 eak and sing iie"r the CiJifl Cvmnroduilun last riltliyi vn liu' It was trid in the ciunt' ol the hctuie that penllllon singing goes under dliteient nanuH--(anu eyja'i tannau, cuiiil gvda'i delvn. and canu penllllon. Cunu gda'i tauunii because theie were othei stilnged Instiuments besides the WeMi haip. Canu peiilllion hud still a vvldel meaning singing with the huip Hie ci wth. tile hoi n, (i even with the paslwn, with tiny heav stick beating the Unit. &c , lu nee the teim "pastyn faidd " The mauneis of Noith Wales and that of South Wales aie dlffeient. They tollow the huip luton with huip --In Noith Wale., but thev sing v.ltli It sill ant ilant In South Wales How to account foi the two manneis the leetui el could not saj, but veiy likely the niuiinei of Not Hi Wales was the older of the two, "dull y De" was modem The light penllllon singing Is 'dull y Gogledd " The lectin ei explained how , lu his opinion, the Welsh aie u nation of poets and slngeis. Thev weie taught to be poets and slngeis by the old baids In the ancient times, and when the hauls lost the pationuge of the pi luces and noblemen and became mute and silent the people themselves began to sing that was the leal awakening. The lectin ei explained how canu penllllon was neglec ted, and how It was taken up and levlved these days, and exhoited the Cymmiodoilon to foi m classes to cultivate this lost ait. which Is leally Welsh. "Eos Dai" sang fout times twice "dull y De" and twice "dull y Gogledd." Collodd yr Annlbvnvvvr drl o'l gwyr meithol y flwyddyn ddlweddaf, ac y mae'r "Dlwyglwi" am lonavvr yn cynwys dailuuiuti da lawn o'r til gjda'r canlynol: Dlwedd y Flwyddyn ydoedd dlvvedd dydd Til a fiaenoilald cad tit chedyin ffydd Yr Atluavv Mori Is ga'dd yn gyntaf un O Abethonddu el alw I'w wlad el nun, 0 Aberaeion y Pairhedlg dad Wyslvvyd yn all, I'w enedlgol wiad Heibor o Fangor oedd y tiydyd I mawr Glplwyd yn svdyn fewn un dydd ac awr Cyn l'r hen flwyddyn glllo a'n gadael nt 1 wylo'n hlraeth wedl colll'r trl sfonishing Statement. SO REMARKABLE THAT, FOR FEAR OF DISBELIEF, SOME OF THE FACTS ARE WITHHELD. A Correspondent who Interviews a Woman in Re gard to Her Recovery from Illness is so Impressed with the Story and Regards it so Wonderful that He fears to Write the Whole Facts. READ HIS LETTER AND "THE WOMAN'S STORY. ' from the Fiee Wyoming, Wisconsin, June Oth, 1898. Dr. Williams' Jltil. Co., Hclieneclady, A. I". llentltmen: ltcpl.viii! to jour fuvor of recent date, I called on Mis. June Culvei, of Wjomiiig, Wh., jesteulay. I hud heard much about her case before 1 went to see her. She has ho long been regarded by her family and ull her uelglibois in a hopeless invalid thut her present state of health la nothing less than a maivcl hi this (.Wvoiuhig) valley. Vor more than a j ear past and up to the month nt March last Mi. Culver hud lain actually ut the itoint of tliath. Her neigh boisatid friends expected dully to be called upon to pei form the "last bad olUics" for hei, and when they leurncd that she hud actually arisen from her bed and could "sit up," it was felt thut little less than a resur rection hud happened in their midst. Yet ini'mliie the ir-tonlsilimiut vUion a week or two later it was uiiiKiiuiecd in the "valley" that she could vnU, and when she was, at last, renlly able to meet and shake hands with fiiends in the door, jurd, or upon thu street, it was felt that tritely u miracle had been vn ought in their midst. I found Mis. Culver, a pleasant faced, attractive little vvomin, about her household work when I called on June oth. fhe was, in fact, pickim; ov ei eoocbei rips, nnd her (list re'inaikaftei preetinx was that in all her fifty eight jears she could not recall so "early " a season for fruit "and garden bluff as the present. She taltet ficily of her long, sud illness the che.iry track of pnin and weak- ncssoverwlilchfot1 twentj yems her body had been racked, und told Vwth evident liappiiipts of hei uotidcrlul cure. "The ti nth is," sho said, "I was dead andnm alive again." And there was no luck of enthusiasm in her voice as she spoke of the sovereign remedy which had wrought such wonder work for her. She was suiroiliuhd hy the nipiiiheis of her family, her hush mil, daughter und grand childn u, and Pink Pills was certainly the burden of their happy conveisalion dur ing my visit. Hut her cute, afier all, is best summed up in her own simple and succinct statement, which she made in tho hope of doing good to otheis. Mrs. Culver is n woman of education nnd refinement. Her husband was povt master at W.voming during President Iluirison's administration. Among those of their neighhois who can further attest the facts in her case aie the piesent post master and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Duiistan. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Parks, Mr. and Mis. Solon Knickeibocker and scoies of olhcis living here in the town mid valley of Wyoming. P. S. I must confess that I hud an idea that patent medicine testimonials were mostly fakes, manufactured in the good-humored spirit of humbuggery which delights the world ut large. In this case which I have looked up nijself I hive found ut the fust trial u cm e so astonishing that I have been afiaid to write the facts just ns the actual histoiy of the case deuiaudi'd. I have been truly fvirful lest I should seem to overdo and thus spoil this splendid testimonial. I UP TO wnmrnnnnimnnnnnnmrnnnmrnnTTTTTTi uuiiiiuuuuuuuuuuiiuuuiiiiimuuuuuu Established 1866. M THE M M Ea E3 PSANOS At a time when many manu facturers and dealers are making the most astounding statements regarding the merits and durability of inferior Pianos, intending pur chasers should not fail to make critical examination of the above instruments. EL C. RICKER General Dealer In Northeast ern Pennsylvania. M t3 m "j New Telephone Exchange Building, 115t Adams Ave., YOU CAN SftVE IH3NZY BY BJYIN NEW AND SECOND-HAND CLOTHING Ladies' and Children's Wear. Seal iiiul I'lusli Sacqttcs, Carpets and Feather Heels From L, POSNER, 21 Lackawanna Ave, Prett, lielolt, lt'i. can send you a hundred names of persons who will vouch foi the (acts us herein stilted. Yours sincerely and with udiuiration uud, lespect for Pink Pills. 4 Signed.) F. W. C. The above letter is in reply to u lequest fiom the Dr. Williams' Medicine Company uskiug Mr. CnlMns to interview the lady mentioned and w lite up her case for publi cation. Not the least interesting pint of it is Mr. Calkins' own stiulghtfoiwurd state ment ot ustoiiisliment ut Mrs. Culvei's stoiy. 'Ihe Intel view with Mis. Culver follows: "I am very glad to add my tebtluioiiy to tho growing evidence of Pink l'ill cuics. The nuts in my cure tue simply these. Twenty yinrsuuu I biirau having rheumatism rheu matic pubis in my shoulders. '1 his developed lattr mi into iv lint thu duc'tois culled chronic licuiiilgiu ol the luait. In fact! had a coin pllcution of discuses und wusdoctored and nil vised for ninny ailments. 1 gicw steadily worse. Insidiously dibiuse fastened upon me. My liver and kidneys were affected. I hud palpitation of the heurt until my limbs would grow rigid und my iricnus wuiuu mini; me (lying. "I sought lciiHilies nnd medicul ndvico fnriuid iiciu. I'mui Wisconsin to New York 1 tried plijsiciuns of every school. Allo pathy, homccopathy, ehctrio and even ciuir ounts and Indian herb doctors. During the iurs that my hushundwas post muster ut Wyoming we had access to heaps of ad vertising, und through chciihirs treely dis tributed, 1 tried nil soils of remedies und consul led many physicians. Yeur by vcar 1 gicw steadily worse, until last yeai. lSOj, I became u bed-iiddcu invalid, and in Mmch of this jeai my phjbiciun said all I had to do was to close my ejes und die. I was nothing but n skeleton. "Abutitthe-'Othof Mnrcii a neighbor who had been troubled with iheumatism and had been taking Dr. Williams' Pink Pills came in and askid me to tiy them. I had read much about them, hut mis discouraged vvitli tijiug new umedies. I inmmciieed their use, houcvci, ami in u few dajs begun feel ing bctlei. Ihe neuinlgiu pains lied fiom the legion of my heait and stomnch. Inone week I wnsnhle to sit up foi an hour or two at it time In n little nioro thnn two weeks I could walk, nnd in Mny I began doing housework. I nm now able to do my work and inn iice from the frightful pubis nnd awful weakness horn which I biiflercd so manyveais. I owe this state of health to Pink I'illsand to nothing else. "My best wisli is thut this simple and true statement will induce otheis suffering as 1 did to give the pills a trial." (Signed.) Mns. Jam: Colvui:. Swoin to and subscribed before me this 5th day of June, 16PG. IliCiiAiin DUNbT.v.v, Justice of the Peace. We, the undeisigmd, husband nnd daugh ter of Mrs. Jane Cuhci, have rend her state ment ns above und decline the same to be" tiue. (Signed.) David W. Culvek. Mattii: Cui.vkii. Sworn to nnd subscribed bifuie me this 5th day of June, 1898. ICiciiAUD Dunstan. Justice of the Peace. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pule People are now given to the public as an unfailing blood builder and nerve restorer, curing all forms of weakness arising from a watery con dition of the blood or shattered nerves. The pills are sold hy nil dealers, or will be sent post paid on receipt of price, CO cents a box, or six boxes for $2.50 (they ate never sold in bulk or by the 100), byaddiessing Dr. Wil Hums' Medicine fioiupany, Sclieuectudy, N. Y. DATE. Ovtr 26,000 In Use. (jENUINE fcd E3 pi P3 t n Scranton, Pa. TTTTTTTTTnnn hmuumihl CALL UP 3882i 1 CO. Oil All ffi U OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE, Ml TO Iji MERIDIAN STREET. r 5l K.W. COLLINS, 3Innager. (