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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-01
Popular SupcrstitiOus.

In giving "A portion of a pigs ''fry" to a
neighbOr, which is most common custom
among the Welsh, the plate 1t Is sent on
should be returned unwashed. If it is
washed the bacon will not cure.
Putting loaf of bread on the table the
wrong side up is sign that the devil is in
the house.
If stocking is worn wrong side out
without knowing II for d whole day II Is
a sign of good luck.
If stockings are hung crossways at the
foot of the bed with pin stuck In them
it keeps off the nightmare.
When brewing the old people used to
throw into the liquor a few red-hot Goals
to keep of the witches.
Ii a swarm OF bees settles on the dead
bough of tree II Is sign that soon
there will be a death in the family TO
which the bees belong.
TO prevent an-evil spirit entering your
bedroom. place your shoes heel and toe
at the foot of the stairs before going 10
bed.
When folks ears tickle. Ii Is a sign that
lies are being told about them: when 1t
Is their nose. IL IL q sign they will be
vexed: when the right eye. 1t is sign of
good luck: Or the ball of the hand, it Is
a sign that somebody will soon give them
some money.
Folks cannot die II is said, if they lie
on bed that hath pigeons feathers in 1t.
IL cinder called '.cofin.'' flies out Of
the fire. the person Il alights nearest to
will die first.
I. is unlucky to see single crow in
the morning when starting for long
journey: 10 see TWO black crows is sign
of lucky day.
Dwy fran ddu
LIVE dda mi.
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WANTED TO BORROW HIM.
Queer Request Two Women Made Of q
Philadelphian aud Reason Therefore.
From the Philade

A genial Philadelphian. who for OBJ
vious reasons does not care to have
his name printed on this occasion, Sc
cured a Darlor car seat on an express
train for Reading few days ago. and
as he was about to pass through the
gates was surprised to hear himself
accosted in feminine tones with the
somewhat startling question: please.
mister. could borrow you for a while %
Looking around he found two buxom
women. who hastily and hesitatingly
explained tina: they were riding on a
pass made out i'm the name of gen.
tleman and his wife, and. as the gen.
tleman was not present, they wanted
the genial-loOking citizen to place his
bought ticket at the disposal of one
lady and take the other one under his
wing. while he personated the absent
owner of the pass.
(which is my wife," nc inquired
with an inward qualm, lest his own alb
sent better half should hear the story.
You can take your choice. SIR" said
the lady in search of an cs cort, and he
promptly did so by tucking the arm Of
the youngest fair one under his own
and leading her into the car. The
couple proved to be right jolly travel
ing companions and the citizens only
regret in the transaction was due to a
fear that the story might leak out and
get home ahead of him. But it didn't.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-01
BATTLE OF THE BACTERIA.
Investigations Prove That II Is Danger
Gus to Life.

Investigations Prove That It Is Danger.
Gus to Life.
Professor Lancaster has again been
dallying with the festive bacteria of
cholera and typhus, which take up their
abode in our drinking waters. says Lon
don Invention. But short time since.
Professor Lancaster came out with the
bloOd-curdling and CHASTITY warning In
regard to filters in which he threw on
the screen of the public cognizancc all
sorts of horrible wrigglinE and per-
nicious bacteria and bacilli, which al
most tempted us to forswear our tee
total proclivities and declare that we
would never drink another drop of
water so long as we lived. In fact. we
had become convinced by reading Pro-
fessor Lankester's Investigations that
II was absolutely dangerous to live at
all. Now, the enthusiastic bacteriol-
Ogist has sprung another mine on the
open-eyed public. His investigations
into the private life of microbes induce
him to believe that they can live and
flourish for a time in pure distilled
water, but that II those of the cholera
and typhoid persuasion be turned loose
into ordinary drinking water. they are
promptly set upon and worried to death
and total extinction by the ordinary
bacteria, harmless to human life, that
abound there So deadly are these
harmless bacteria to Messrs. Cholera
and Typhoid. that even if ordinary
water be distilled and filtered to ex-
clude the common microbes. 1t Is still
SO unhealthy for the breeds above
mentioned that they imediately sue
cumb If they are placed in 1t.
The conclusion the professor arrives
at, therefore, Is that even Thames
water is actualy safer to drink. though
1t may be fairly stiff with microbes.
than pure drinking or lake water, in
which. of course. the typhoid germ can
flourish in al It's deadly vigor. We are
a little curious to see what result bac-
teriologists will arrive at next. and are
very mpch inclined to the belief that
the consensus Of opinion will be to go
back to our good old methods. and eat
and drink as we have been accustomed
to for so many generations. without an
"ariiere pensee" as to what particular
forms of microscopic life it may con-
TAIN.
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The Rev. owen James. u. u.


The Cardiff Times has the following
to say of the Rev. owen James. ID. D.,
formerly pastor of the Scranton street
Baptist church, of this city. 1T has
now transpired that the eminent
American divine whose name Is asso-
ciated with the principalship of the
Aberystwith- th-Haverfordwest Baptist
college Is the Rev. owen James. NJ. A.,
u. d.. who was recently elected presi-
dent of the Roger Williams seminary
in the United States" The eminent
divine Is the son-in-law of Mr.. Daniel j.
Evans. the venerable Welsh historian
and poet of the West Side. who had
much to do with the moulding of Mr..
James brilliant career as a scholar.
Mr.. James came to this country twen-
ty-siX years ago and entered Bucknell
college. His career here was remark
able for his great aptitude as student.
He graduated with high honors and af-
forwards for a number of years studied
theology. Subsequently he became pas
tor of Baptist church at Washington,
ID. c., at the time when the immortal
Garfield was assassinated. with whom
he was personally acquainted and with
many other illustrious statesmen. He
delighted greatly in frequenting the
senate chamber and the chamber of the
house of representatives To hear him
speak of the oratorical powers of the
giant Conkling and the brilliant Blaine
was a great pleasure. While Mr.. James
cannot be considered an orator himself.
still his easy style and graceful
phraseOlogy is very pleasing. He is
about fifty years of age and q native of
Carmarthenshire.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-01
:. IT. .
COLDS
Curious Sayings.

Trolley Pills. said . gentleman calling fsp
-, :" because they knock out the Grip.
Hs<enty Heaven. lisped child ssking ~
seventy seven. Children all like tho pleas.
ant pellets; they prevent Colds running into
Group and Bronchitis
Singers Ruin, or loss Of voice. cancels the
engagement and stops the flow Of gold: vide,
Sibyl Sarderson. ''T' prevents the loss Of
both singers and cler. ymen's voices and
restores them when l,s..
Broken Bone OF d, ngue Fever. is >he South.
ernsrs term for La Grippe. "..'' dissip patss
this Fever aud cures the Grip.
Oripper, to seize. is the Russian idea Of Grip.
80" loosens its hold.
They Sey, that ~ stops the cough. cures
the Cold. prevents Pneumonia.
They Say, that -" breaks up = cold that
hangs on" and ii does.
A Wag says: "Even the angels are returning
from Heaven, content to reside here with
"17""
Small bottles o. pleasant pellets--hs your
vest pocket; sold by druggists. or sent on re.
ceipt OF price, 25c. or five for &l.O0 Hun.
phrsys' Medicine Co., Ill 4 ll3 William st..
New York.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-01

by Mir. Gladstone" And more than one
portrait hangs on the wall bearing the
great statesman's signature and Few
kindly words of greeting to his humble
friend and admirer.
prominsing young man Is Mr. Hugh
Hughes, the manager of the Transvaal
Gold Exploration and Land company.
He is a native of Llanrug. Canarvon.
and his father, Mr.. X. w. Hughes, is
manager OF a led and silver mines in
Huelva. Spain. MIR. Hugh Hughes has
Just written to the Rev. J. Eiddon Jones
pastor of his native village. in reference
to the rumOrs that reached him that
there was a general desire on the part
Of the young men in the district to emf
CRATE to the African gold fields. Mr..
Hughes states that he would certainly
not advise any young man to leave his
native land. especially at the present
time for Africa unless they have en-
ployment already found for them at
their journeys end. or unless they are
prepared to be idle for a month or two
In searching for work. Let young
Welshmen take this warming. as MIR.
Hughes states that there are several of
their fellow -country!nen in Africa, who.
after leaving good employment among
the hills of their native land. now are In
the midst of a terrible struggle for life.
owing to the cheaDn of native labor
In the goldields.
Mr.. Morris Lewis. of Swansea. has
returned to his favOrite task of trans
lating verse. This time he has rendered
a sweet little rhyme Of "CeiriOg" into
melodious English. which he calls The
Maid of the Valley" The two verses
run thus wise:
The Maid of the Valley has set all
Alright.
FILLED is my heart with a newborn de-
light;
The sheep on the hillside are fairer to
see,
Whittier the swan on the still lake to
. me-.
The woodland is greener. brighter each
tlow'r.
Life altogether is not as before:
My heart is a-singing from morning to
night,
The Maid of the Valley has set all
Alright.
She to the valley has given a glow.
Gayer the laugh of the rivulet's flow:
Softer the breeZes which comes from
the West.
loneliness truly doth everywhere rest
Brighter the Muse is than ever before.
Sweetened my thought to it's inmost
core;
My heart that was heavy brlms with
delight.
The Maid of the Valley hath set all
Alright.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-01

The battle of Asincourt was an occasion
on which the Welsh particularly signal
lied themselves and the armoriai rnsigns
OF each county. and the order IN which
they stood Is graphically portrayed in the
following lines:
Pembroke. u boat wherein lady stood,
Rowing herself within quie, bay;
Those men of South Wales of the mixed
blood,
Had Of the Welsh the leading Of the way.
Carmar;hen in her colors bore a rood,
Wherein AN old man lean'd himself to
stay:
At star pointing; which of great re-
nown
Was skilful Merlin. manner of that town.
Glamorgan men, u castle great and high.
From which, out of the battlement ABOVE.
\ tame shot up itself into the sky.
The men of Monmouth Qor The ancient
love,
To that dear country. neighboring them
so h'gh,.
Next after them in equipage that move
Three crowns imperial, which supported
were
With three arm'd arms, in their proud
ensign bear.
The men OF Brecknock brought a war!kc
tent,
Upon whose top there sat a watcnful
Geek.
Radnor, "A mountain of high ascent,
Thereon shepherd keep ng OF rs .,ock
As Cardigan. the next TO them that went.
Came with mermaid sitting on a rock:
And Meirionyth bears (as these had doncI
Three dancing goats against the rising
sun,
Those of Montgomery bear pranc.ng
steed:
Denbigh. a Neptune with his three fork d
mace.
Flintshire. a work maid In her summer
weed,
With sheaf and sickle. With warlike
pcce,
Those of Caernarfon mot the least In
speed.
Though marching last in the main army's
face)
Three golden eagles in their ensign
brought.
Under which Oft brave Owen Gwyne,h
fought.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-01
The New Poet Laureate.

The selection of Mr.. Austin as the
successor Of Tennyson i'm the poet lau-
reatship meets with chorus of disap-
proval from the vernacular press of
Wales. The "Genedl' quotes Dr. Rob-
ertson Nicol to SHOW that the new lau-
reate ''never wrote a line.--not a single
line-that can be termed true poetry"
hut. the office having been welded to
n party so unpoetical as the Conser-
vatives. what else was to be expected"
Ills greatest friends" the Goleuad be-
lieveS. "can scarcely assert that Mr..
Austin can be compared to his pre-
decsssors Tennyson and Words
worth, but. doubtless. the pres
cnt government felt that there was
no one more fit tn he selected out of
the ranks of their supporters. II the
appointment is given as the recognition
fort service to a political party. Mr..
Austin has thoroughly deserved 1t. for
Ills pen has been kept busy i'm the in
terest of Conservatism for many years"
The writer does not think the selection
will occasion any disappointment to
Wales. for it was known that there
Nas no hope that the Tory minister
Would recognize the claims of Sir Lewis
Morris. The Tartan. while acknowledge
ing that it would not be correct to say
that noone previously knew of Mr.. Aus
tins existence. agrees that he has. not
;fttainedh any eminence Compared to
Tennysoh he is but pigmy. nor will he
hold comparison with many of the
poets now living. I'VE believe" says
the same paper, that 1t is not national
partisanship that leads us to believe
that he is not to be compared with Sir
Lewis Morris. Why did not our fellow
Countryman receive the appointment /?
Is II the fact that he Is Welskinan, in
blood and in sympathy. that blocked
the way. We cannot answer, but we
believe that Sir Lewis Morris has been
badly treated and that one who is in
flnitely inferior has been promoted over
his head. IT Is very certain that the
Welsh nation will feel it has received
blow. and that one of her most gifted
sons has been snubbed." None are
more surprised at the appointment" I"
says the Banner. than those who are
true poets. We could easily name half
a dozen who stand infinitely above Mr.
Austin in the world of poetry. Sir
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-01

in good condition. The young girl, or wo-
man, often grows pale, wrinkled and thin,
eats little, everything wearies her, she conl-
plains of herself as aching and sore and as
sleeping poorly. Often she is troubled with
backaciie, or tender spine, with a bearing
down weight in the abdomen, or at periods
she may be irregular, or suffer extreme pain
from functional arrangements.
DIR. Pierce, chief consulting physician to
the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, of
Buffalo, N. ", in his long and active expert
ence, met many cases of this kind. for which
he used a prescription which was found to
cure such difficulties permanently in ninety
eiehf per cent. of all cases. Having proven
so successful, DR.. Fierce put his " Favorite
Prescription " OH the market, and it is to-day
sold more largely than any other medicine
for the ills of woman.
For all functional arrangements, displace.
nents, liberation, inflammation, and the
catarrhal drain from the lining membranes
of the special internal organs OF women, Dr.
Piercc's Favorte Prescription reaches the
origin of the trouble, and corrects 1t.
E,,I Iran
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-01
Rair and beautiful
woman vino keeps

4 the woman vino keeps
! at a distance the conf
plexion beautifiers,
paints and powders,
which soon ruin the face.
A healthy glow to the
skin, a. face without
wrinkles, and sparkling
eyes, will be yours ifyou
keep the system and the
speCial internal organs
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-01
Home Cymry Eydd.

The West Side is going to have a
Cymru Fydd society. Twenty promi-
nent Welshmen are at the head of it
and have been granted "A charter from
the head Office which is located in Lon
don. The laws of the main society are
emphatic that no person is eligible to
membership unless he is well grounded
in the rudiments of the Welsh Ian
guage and Is able to read it and write
it. 1t is simply a society organized for
the maintenance of the Welsh language
and their first banquet will be held on
st. Davids day in this city. None but
full-hedged members will banquet and
all speeches, songs, tOasts, etc, will be
in the vernacular.
Bwyta fu o ffrwy;h prem,
Nos Il dydd yn Eden Wen:
Prem gwybodaeth da a drwg,
Heb fod dan Y dwyfol VIZ.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-01

MTS. MARY NRIM, OF
H.. writes: " A few
years ago l took cold,
which resulted in female
trouble. and affected my
whole system. About a
year ago. / took cliills,
had one or two q month ;
they were very weaken
ing. Had pains i'll my
sides. more frequently in
left side; gradually grew
worse until, finally, I
had to take to bed. I
had a bad cough and
couldn't rest. I COM.
menced taking your
medicine. took il about
four months, taking
seven bottles Of Doctor
ptaVNasc E,..,,.:Sx. D4f.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-01

Intellectual and practical training for
teachers. Three courses Of study besided
preparatory. Special attention given ID
preparation for college. Students adj
m!tted to best colleges on cert.ficateI
Thirty graduates pursuing further studeN N
last year. Great advantages for specii
studies IN art and muse. Model school
three hundred pupils. Corps of s!xtei
teachers. Beautiful grounds. Magn.fice
buildings. Large grounds for athletiq
Elevator and intirmary with atteEfa
nurse. Fine gymnasium. Everyth.r
furnished at an average cost to norm
studerts of Sii3 a year. Fall term. Au
2S. Winter term, Dec. 9 Spring tern
March 16. Students admitted to classes
any time. For catalogue. containing fp
Information, apply to
-. $. II. ALBRO, Principal.
'' Mansfield, Pa.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-01
Lord I.yttletOu and Wales.

Lord Lyttleton in his Letters from
Wales remarks that when | first
passed some of the Welsh hills and
heard the harp and the beautiful
peasants accompanying it with their
melodious voices. | could not help in
dulGing i'm the idea that l had descend
ed the Alps and was enjoying the har-
monious pleasures of the Italian para
disc"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-01
Welsh Journalists
And the New Laureate. |
Lord Lytton's Trip Through the Land of Song.
Prominent Welshmen i'm the City of London.

Recently. at q meeting of the King $
Owen Evans presiding. Mr.. Llewelyn
Williams, in the course of an address
on National Awakening in Wales in
Relation to the Welsh Language" said
that Nelshmen owed a double duty to
the language of the land in which they
were born. They heard in the first
place that they should have litera-
ture all their own, Il literature which,
In the words of Dean Vaughan. would
be unapproacable save through their
language" During the last dozen
years Welshmen had done much toward
the realization of Dean Vaughan's ideal.
Daniel Owen and owen Edwards. Noel
wyn and Elfed. PRINCIPAL Rhys and
Gwenogfryn Evans and Morris Jones,
each In his different department. had
been doing great and lasting work, and
1t could be said with truth that at no
previous period of its history had the
Welsh language displayed more Wig
orous vitality The volume of their lit
erature still remained small as COM
pared with English literature. But
true literature was a fertilizing germ.
and should not be judged by bulk but
by quality. Still much remained to be
done. There were q thousand parish
councils in Wales, and each had the
power to establish free library where
choice selection of Welsh books might
be kept. Yet he was afraid that there
We're not a dozen parishes in Wales
where thsese powers were utilized.
Take again the question of teaching
Welsh in elementary schools. Mr..
Ackland had given the power to man.
ayers of schools, who We're popularity
elected. to teach Welsh as n class sub
ject. Nevertheless, in the most influen-
tial portions Of Wales the use of Welsh
was tabooed in schools. intermediate
schools had been recently established
i'll Wales but even In so Welsh n county
as Carmarthen he was informed that
Welsh did not find place in their cur
riculum. In some places indeed the gov
erning body had been mad enough to
doom the schools to certain failure by
appointing monoglot Englishmen as
head teachers. men who, whatever their
proper qualifications might he, lacked
the essential qualification of a knowl-
edge of the language and circumstances
of Welsh life. But Welshmen had not
only to maintain Welsh as a literary
organ and an educational medium, they
must insist on the recognition in all
appointments In Wales. Some vain
and foolish persons had raised an alarm
that this was Wales for the Welsh"
1t was nothing of the sort. 1t was
true, WALES for the Welsh speaking" ="
lult II was something more IL was
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-01

Lewis Morris. for instance. is a thous-
and times his superior"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-01

Plerce'S FaV0rite Frc- ."'' eN'.'''
seription and five Of his - Golden Medical Dis.
covcry." My weight has increased. and feel
better and stouter than have for years"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-01

Sir William Thomas Lewis
The above is a picture of the recently
appointed Welsh baronet. one of the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-01

Mr.. David Jenkins. Mus. Bac.,
Aberystwith, is now engaged In setting
the words to music.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-01

England's Grand Old Man has sup
piled an old man in North Wales with
timber from his Hawarden estate felled
by his own hands for the purpose of
making little ornaments. The peasant
patriarch's parlOr Is decked with ever
so many pretty things. Walking sticks.
work boxes. picture frames, bracelets.
lockets. paper knives are there in
abundance. All made of wood sent me
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-01

The present palace of the Bishop Of
st. David's at Abergwili is u mansion In
the Elizabethan style. which was i'm
proved by Archbishop Laud when he
was Bishop of st. David's 1921. who
also consecrated the chapel attached
to il.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-01

They do things gracefully in Bangor,
North Wales. An alderman, Jones by
name, of course. has been presented
with silver cradle. a daughter having
been born during his mayOrality.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-01

One of the handsomest chapels in
London is that at New Barnet. where
the Rev. J. Alfred Davies (son of DR..
Thomas Davies. of Slloah. Chapel,
Llanelly. otllciates. 1t will cost about
$75, 900 to build
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-01

Lady Hanover has endowed two CAL
whistle Methodist chapels at Abercarn
and Hanover. both of which belong to
the Monmouthshire Monthly meeting.
One Of the conditions of the endowment
Is that Welsh is the only language in
which the gospel is to be preached.