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Not a plump Figure.—1. A capital Business.—Lending money. Why is the letter a' like Aladdin's lamp ?— Because it will make any place a palace. He: 'Will you be mine?' She, curtly :'Nc.' He 'May I be yours ?" She, graciously Yes! A lady asking a sailor why a ship was called she,' the son of Neptune ungallantly replied that it was 'because the rigging cost so much.' Old lady Little boy, what would your lather do if he should find you smoking ? Little boy 'He'd —puff—' prob'ly lick me this is '—puff—' one o' his cigars.' Sweetness too much Condensed.—George, nervously 4 Do you love me ? W ill you marry me ? Almira: 'Not so fast, George One at a time, please An American seeing a review at Aldershot, made no remark until the Horse Artillery went by at full gallop then he was heard to mutter to himself the simple word Snakes Schoolmistress: "Edward, give me the definition of •excavate. Edward: 'To hollow out.' School- mistress Gue me a sentence containing the word.' Edward I hit Will and he excavated.' A false report of Haydn's death was once circulated, and a requiem was performed for bim. When the composer heard of it, he said,' If these kind gentlemen had given me notice of my death, I would have gone myself to beat time for them.' Ob, Mr Smith,' cried the pretty girl in a flower- garden to the famous Canon of St. Paul's, I shall never bring that rose to perfection 1 Then,' said Sydney Smith, taking her by the hand and leading her forward, permit me to bring perfection to the rose Tde old Lady Understood.—A musical friend induced an old Scotch lady to listen to an anthem, and told her with musical humour that it was the an.them David played to Sanl. Then I understand why Saul threw the javelin at him,' commented the old lady. An important Date.—During the oral examination of candidates for admition to a public school the pro- fessor of history asked, as usual, the following question—' In what year was Constantinople taken by the Turks? In 1453,' quickly replied No. 1, as he knew what was coming. Why is that date an important ono? Because it is alvv iys asked for.' An American newspaper contained this—'We have two schoolrooms sufficiently large to accommo- date three hundred pupils one above another.' Another newspaper, in describing the doings of a convention at Cleveland, said, The procession was very fine and nearly two miles long, as was also the prayer of Dr. Perry, the chaplain.' No end of stories are current, about the Shah. One of the most malicious recounts that his usual method of addressing English ladies was to say to them in his bad French. "You are very beautiful—I like you But, when he met one very distinguished lady whose personal attractions are uot to be compared to her intellectual capacity and social position, he said simply, You are so abominably ugly you ought to be killed!' Somebody said so.—It was a Scotchwoman who said that the butcher of her town killed only half a beast at a time. It was a Dutchman who said that a pigahad no marks on its ears except a short tail. It was a British magistrate who, being told by a vagabond that he was not married, responded, 'That's a good thing for your wife! It was an American lecturer who solemnly said one evening, Parents, you may have children, or, if not, your daughters may have.' A student said to a distinguished lawyer one day • I cannot understand how circumstantial evidence' can be stronger than positive testimony.' I will illustrate it,' said the lawyer. "My milkman brings me a can of nrlk, and says, Sir, I know that is pure milk, for I drew it from the cow, washed the can throughly, strained it into the can, and nobody else has handled it.' Now, when I take the cover from the can, out leaps a frog. Surely the frog is stronger evidence than the statement of the man Brown You have written quite a number of little poems, I understand ? Green: Yes I have flirted with the Muses.' Have your pieces been ■ copied widely?' 'Well, not my poetical pieces. I never saw any of my pieces copied but I wrote something in prose once that was widely copied—in fact, there were few papers in the country that didn't reproduce it.' 'That must have been very gratifying. Was your name attached to it? Oh, yes!' Was it a etory or an essay ? Neither. It was a testi- I monial to a patent-medicine.' Tried and found Wanting.—"Charlotte, my dear, how is it I find you weeping ? Have you had bad news from your husband ? Oh, worse than tlmt! My Arthur writes me from Carlsbad that he would die with ardent longing for me were it not that he can gnze affectionately at my picture and cover it with a thousand kisses every day.' That is really very nice of bim And, pray, is it that you are crying for ? I would give anything to have such a poetic and tenderly-loving husband as you have! Ah, yes—my Arthur is very poetical! But let me tell you that—just to try him—I slipped my mother's photo, into his travelling-bag instead of my own before be started.' One of my latest experiences in East London,' the Bishop of Wakefield writes, was an introduction to and enrolment in a fathers' meeting' conducted by the vicar's wife, in the parish of Christ Church. St. George's-in-the-East. Twice I visited this some- what novel society of seventy or eighty poor working- men, all of thfm fathers, and very hearty and pleasant and friendly they were. After my first visit, 1 received, a parcel containing a pair of red leather slippers, with a letter beginning, Dear fellow father,' which puzzled me a good deal, till I made out that it was from a shoemaker out of work, a member of the fathers' meeting,' who explained that, having nothing to do, he measured my foot with his eye, and had made me the slippers, and remained • your affectionate fellow farther A.B.' In a town in Lower Canada there lived and moved a rerv thriving business-firm, Messrs McPherscn & Parblue, the former partner being Scotch and Presbyterian, the latter French and Catholic. That the profits of the firm should not be diminished by a too rigid observance of the holy days of the Church, I it was understood between them that the store was to be open for business six days in the week. Thus it happened on holy days that Monsieur Parblue .J devoutly attended the parish church, while his partner looked after the • siller." Then on Dominion ?nd Thankegiving Days the son of the heather attended kirk, and listened with rapt attention to the cheerful seventeenthly' of the minister, while Monsieur carefully gathered in the dollars. It came about on one of these lattey days, just previously to Mr McPherson's going to church he was speaking to his partner at the door of their store, when a witty descendant ot the tribe of Benjamin, who was passing, took in the situation at a glance, and said, Sheutle- men, take me inte the firm, and you can keep open • every day in the year.' Squire Jeff's Dilemma.—Squire Jeffs, who was for many years justice of the peace in County Maine, was a wealthy but somewhat ignorant farmer. One day, in the most pressing season of harvesting, he was summoned to attend at the trial of some petty dispute between two of his neighbours. The evidence was long and somewhat tedious, and the squire had more than once exhibited symptoms of impatience. At length when it was finished, and the village lawyer had risen and delivered a preliminary H'm or two, he burst forth, • I don't want none of your pleading abont it! I know how it is jest like a hook! Besides, it's getting late. and I want to go home and look after my men. I can deoide it now as well as I can at any time. On being convinced that such a course, would not be exactly according to law he yielded reluctantly. The arguments evidently did not tend to edify him much on the subject; for, when they were finished, he exclaimed' There—it's jest as I knew it would be! The thing was as clear as day- light before, and now you've gone and mixed it up so, I'll be hanged if I know how to fix it!' A Tragedy.—Scene I.—A country railway-station. Time—Eight a.m. A yonng lady is seated on plat- form awaiting train. Young lady looks anxious, as if momentarily expecting some one. Train steams into the station nearly an hour late. Last glimpse of young lady shows her seated at a carriage-window with handkerchief to her eyes, seemingly in a paroxysm of grief. Scene 2—Sleeping apartment of young man. Time—The same. Young man is aroused from heavy slumber by the sound of alarum at "eight a.m. Young man yawns prodigiously, rubs his eyes, and mutters. "By Jove, there goes that confounded thing! Eight o'clock and I I promised Mabel faithfully to see her off. By Jove, but I am sleepy Pulls the sheets more closely about him. It can't be helped now however. I'll just concoct a httle story and make it all right." Turns over and sleeps till nine o'clock. Letter No. I *— Deare&t Mabel—I have not the language at my command adequate to express my grief on failing to be in time to see you off. But the fact? is, my darling, my Work kept me very late the night before: and, when I awoke the next morning, I was horrified to see that it lacked but a few minutes of eight; and though I dressed with all possible dispatch, literally fchr >wing myself into my clothes, I was enabled to rea:h ths station only in time to catch a glimpse of the rapidly-receriing train—the tram that carried all that was most dear to me in this world—Your own BARRY." Letter No. 2—" Harry Blank, Esq.—Sir —• Che train you speak of did not leave the station till 8.50. Enclosed will find engagement-ring, which I return to you foe ever,—MASCL.

INCREASE OF THE EPISCOPATE. f The following able paper on this subject was ead by Mr W. S. de Winton, of Haroldston, at he Church Congress, held at Cardiff, last week. I look to Llandafl as an object lesson to in- struct Welsh Churchmen in the advantages of a liocese of manageable dimensions. If this dio- jese were not only of sueh small area, but also so well provided with railway facilities, is it sonceivable that the bishop's influence could be felt as it is in every corner of the diocese each incumbent feeling that hit work is known and appreciated by his diocesan, not from hearsay report but from frequent personal inspection each curate knowingjthat his conscientious toil will not pass neglected, but that it is seen and will be rewarded by his Father in God, whose presence has often cheered him in his work, and whose kindly sympathy has encouraged and nerved him to fresh effort, and that a warm, ready welcome awaits him if he would seek for counsel and advice, not a formal request that as the bishop's time is already ap- propriated he must content himself with com- municating his troubles through the chilling me- dium of the Post Office; that every churchwarden, if only a small tenant farmer, and every church- worker, if only a, collier or mechanic, could realize as he does that he has a friend in his bishop never too busy to hear and adjust parish difficulties ? I believe that many a humble charchworker has felt his interest in his Church more quickened and his zeal more stimulated by a shake of the hand from his bishop accompanied by a few kindly, sympathetic words in his own native tongue, than by all the historic proofs he may hear that his Church is the Church of St. David, St. Dyfrig, and St. Teilo. By way of contrast, let us now turn to St. David's diocese, and here I must begin with a reminder that, though the cathedral is in the remotest corner of Pembrokeshire, almost washed by the waves of the Atlantic, the working centre of the dio- cese is Carmarthen, close to which the bishop resides at Abergwili. St. David's stands first of the dioceses in England and Wales in area with 2,238,021 acres, nearly 250,000 in front of Norwich, which thus makes a bad second with only 1,994,525 acres. In area, St. David's is larger than Durham before it lost Northumber- land, and is only slightly smaller than Lincoln before the See of Southwell was founded. Its size can best best be understood if I say that it includes the whole of South Wales except two- thirds of Glamorganshire and half a dozen border parishes in Radnorshire. Its greatest length from east to west is nearly 100 miles, or about the distance from London to Leicester its greatest width from north to south is some 70 miles, or nearly the distance from London to Portsmouth. In population it comes twenty- third with 482,245 in number of benefices twenty-first, with 404 and in number of clergy at work twenty-third, with 456. For the pur- pose of this comparison I take the dioceses as they were in 1887, before Wekefield was formed, omitting Sodor and Man. If St. David's is a good first in point of area, in its lack of railway facilities it quite defies competition. It takes five hours to get from its eastern border in Radnorshire to Milford, the railway terminus near its western limit; and six hours to get from its northern boundary on the Dovey to Swansea in the south, not allowing for delays through trains not fitting, which I may add, is an experience not unknown to travellers in this locality. It is simply impossible to find any town where a meeting can be held for represen- tatives from every parish in the diocese so that they can all go and return the same day. How is it possible for the influence of any bishop, even were he a Wilberforce, to be felt as it should be over so wide an area, by clergy or laity ? The bishop must be unknown by face to an overwhelming majority of the people, even in the towns of his diocese. There must' be a very large number of his churches in which a bishop has not been seen for centuries, except when they were re-opened after restoration. Even within my own knowledge there are many cases in which laymen have refrained from bringing matters before the bishop, which should have been brought before him, because they knew he had not sufficient leisure to go thor- oughly into them at a personal interview. The greatest source of weakness of the Church in this diocese is the isolation of thejclergy it is bitterly felt by them, and its consequences are most serious. I believe I am right in saying that in a majority of its country parishes there is no resident squire, and the most important personage is a small tenant fanner or freeholder, who is generally a deacon of the chapel, which as 'often as not is under a pecuniary obligation to him the parishes are large, the clergy dis- tant from each other, so their isolation may well be conceived. I am sure many a clergy- man has gone to such a parish full of zeal and energy, whom the terrible isolation and want of sympathy have driven to sloth and despair, if not to something worse. I have heard clergy from all parts of this diocese say how helpful a visit, not a visitation,' from their bishop would be, how anxious they are for his sympathy, how impossible it is to find an opportunity for con- versing with him on the difficulties they. meet with ia their parishes, how unreasonable it is to hope that the revived interest of their people in the Church may be quickened by a sermon from the bishop, or a. few words of encouragement to the churchworkers. Of course it is impos- sible for any bishop of this diocese to find time for any but purely official functions personal contact with his clergy and laity, with its spiritualising and energizing influence, is, ex- cept in a few cases, quite of the question. Ought we to be surprised at the prevalence of Baptist teaching, when a confirmation has never been seen in the vast majority of country parishes which do not make good 4 centres,' or that when the delegation of the cure of souls from the bishop to the incumbent takes place in the privacy of the palace, the Church is given credit for Erastianism, and her" libera- ation,' is earnestly demanded by so many religious Nonconformists who have never had an opportunity of learning from the public institution of their clergyman what the truth of the matter really is ? I am glad to say that we have already passed from the stage of academic discussion with regard to the remedy for this unworkable diocese to within measurable distance of practical politics. The diocesan conference having discussed the question at Brecon in 1887, and again at Carmarthen last year, unanimously resolved that a sub- division is desirable," and appointed a com- mittee to consider and report upon the best means of carrying it out." This committee unanimously recommends the separation of tht eastern portion of the diocese, viz., Breconshire, Radnorshire (exclusive, of course, of the border parishes now in Hereford diocese), and Gower (which includes Swansea and its populous suburbs) to form a new diocese to be called the diocese of Brecon and Swansea. This would leave to St. David's the three counties of Cardigan, Carmarthen, and Pembroke, with an area of 1,428,973, a population of 286.958, and some 260 benefices; and would rank eighth, thirtieth, and twenty-fifth in these respects, giving to Brecon and Swansea" diocese 809,048 acres, a population, allowing for estimated increase to date in Swansea district of 230,000, and some 140 benefices, thus rank- ing twenty-seventh in area, .above Hereford and Bangor in number of benefices. I do not pause to criticize or commend the wisdom of the committee's scheme it is their unanimous recommendation, and as such will no doubt be received and adopted by the diocesan conference and by Churchmen in general. It was suggested by the Bishop of St. David's at Brecon Conference in 1887, it was approved by the Bishop of Landaff in his charge of 1888, and it has the warm commendation of the Bishops of Chester and St. Asaph, who are both of course competent judges of the neads of their old diocese and I think this is a case where the principles of Home Rule and Local Option may be deemed not outof place, even by those who are most strongly opposed to them in their ordinary application. Next, as to its feasibility. Supposing that £4,000 is recog- nized as the minimum for old sees, and that St. David's will surrender £ 500 a year, and tha three other Welsh sees £ 200 a year each, £ P100 a year will be available from old endowments and we shall have to look to the public spirit of Churchmen to subscribe £55,000 in order to make up a £3,000 a year endowment or £26.000, if, as I hope it may be, £2,000 a year is allowed as a minimum to start with. I have seen it stated that our laity take no interest in the sub-division, and that it is only desired by certain of the clergy but, as Mr Dillwyn Llewelyn said on a recent occasion, the move- ment is not initiated by the bishop in order to relievp himself of some of his too heavy responsibilities, but by the laity because they demand mere thorough episeopal supervision. It was a layman who pressed the discussion on the conference in 1887, and again in 1888. and eight lay persons, including the Lord Lieu- tenants of two counties in the diocese, have already headed the endowment fund for the new see with promises of £1,000 each, and three with £500 each though no appeal has yet been printed or any public meeting held. The diocese of St. David's has found from voluntary sources during the past four years no less than £120,000 for Church extension. I am sure that £26,000, or even .C55,000, will not, after this, appear an impossible sum..611,000 towards this has already been promised, and I trust that all Wales will make common cause with us y to support as a national movement what I s believe the four Welsh Bishops are prepared f' cordially and generously to further; and I hope that when Wales has given her fair share, English Churchmen will not fail to extend to us s their sympathy, especially if the higher j minimum is forced upon Wales lest a awkward r precedent should be created for English sees. I have said that I hope £2,000 a year may be sanctioned as the minimum endowment of our new see this is a recommendation of the committee, and was opposed by onlv two votes, q When it is remembered that a Welsh deanery is E worth only £700 a year, instead of ranging as g in England from -81,000 to £3,000; that a ] Welsh canonry is worth only £350, instead of ] from J6500 to £1,400; and that of the 404 benefices in St. David's diocese, 226 are under g £200 a year, and according to this year's ( Crockford only three are over £400 net; it j will be sjen that Welsh endowments are { altogether on a lower scale than English, and I f hope it will be felt that 2,000 a year is enough { lor the new see to begin with. It will of course j be said that if it begins at this it will never be raised. In answer I can point to Newcastle, where, after the £3,000 minimum was com- ] pleted, a donor gave £10,000 to put the see ] nearer the level of j.ts richer sisters; and it ( would be easy for the Bishop of Brecon and ] Swansea to beg for his see without asking for £ any personal benefit to himself, by soliciting ( subscriptions towards the completion of the endowment on the understanding that they « should accummulate at compound interest j during his tenure of the see. It is objected that we should be creating two classes of episcopal endowments. J answer that there are already thirteen varieties ranging from the Bishop of Sodor and Man's £2,000 a year to the Archbishop of Canterbury's £15,000, and I do not propose to create a fourteenth variety. l' There is another very telling precedent which seems to have escaped most Church reformers. ¡ I mean the Bishop's Resignation Act of 1869, made perpetual in 1875. It is here provided that in the event of a bishop or archbishop being permanently mentally incapacitated, a coadjutor "cum jure successsionis" may be appointed, with all the duties of the ordinry occupant of the see except the possession of the palace and the seat in Parliament, and that the revenues of the see shall be chargeable for the coadjutor's support, in the case of Canterbury with £4,000 a year, in the case of York with £3,000. in the case of Sodor and Man with £1,000, and in any other case £2,000 a year. I submit that if £2000 is not insufficient for the young acting bishop of London, Durham or Winchester, it is not inade- quate for the Bishop of Brecon and Swansea at least to begin with. I now propose to deal with objections I have heard to the creation of a fifth Welsh sec. (1)—' We are going to be dis' endowed, why make the plunder more attrac- tive ?' To begin with, if we do our duty I do not believe we are going to be disendowed, but if I did, I should be even more anxious than I am to see the new diocese created if disestablish- ment, i.e., if left to organize herself, the Welsh Church would want the new.! see rather more than less than at present, and even the most ac' quisitive liberationist does not propose to 'nation* alize' any endowment from voluntary sources given since 1818. We should be merely in fine weather putting by so much for a rainy day, and thereby doing a great deal to ensure a continu- ance of sunshine. (2)—The difficnlty of filling Welsh sees while a knowledge of Welsh is a ne- cessary qualification. I admit that it is not only a desirable but also a necessary qualification that a Welsh bishop should be able to address his people, especially his confirmation candidates, in the language of their childhood and of their affections, if the Church is to compete on equal terms with Nonconformity. But the difficulty of selection is getting less each year we live. During the last fifty years there have been eight appointments to Welsh sees. The single diocese of S. David's has found four Welsh- speaking bishops in the last twenty j^ars. Surely if one diocese has supplied a Welsh'speak' ing bishop every five years, the whole princi- pality can supply one every six years. I have said there have been four native Welsh-speak- ing bishops appointed. The first was received with surprise, the second with gratitude, the third and fourth with positive enthusiasm does this look as if the difficulty were increasing ? Before the last two bishops were appointed, I heard in the diocese that supplied them the same tale of the impossibility of finding satisfac- tory Welsh-speaking bishops that I hear now. This shows me the value to be attached to sucfy an objection. Then again it is something new for the supply of good material for English bishops to exceed the demand. Lord Mel- bourne is credited with saying that no part of his patronage gave him so much trouble, and when exercised, so little satistaction to the pub- lic as the nomination to the episcopal bench. My lord, I, strongly feel that if we do our duty in finding the endowment we may rest assured that, in answer to our earnest prayers, the Divine Head of the Church will provide the man. (3)—The money that would be spent on endowing the see is urgently wanted for Chureh extension in Swansea, and for argumenting the 226 starvation benefices to which I have re- ferred. It is because I am so keenly alive to the need of supplying these two requirements that I so warmly advocate the creation of the see. We have here experience to guide us. The church' men of the north spent £75,000 in endowing Newcastle, though they knew that the money was terribly wanted for Church extension in Durham and Northumberland, where the churches only found accommodation for one- seventh of the population, and where parishes of from fifteen to twenty thousand souls cried for sub-division—with what result ? Why, in the first four years after Newcastle was founded, Northumberland raised £244,000 for Church ex- tension, and Durham £233,000 for the same I purpose, so that Bishop Lightfoot could truly say, In nothing has the wisdom of dividing the see been more conspicuously vindicated than in its financial results.' In the first four years after Newcastle was founded, the deacons or- dained In Northumberland and Durham were 170 against 134 for the last four years of the un- divided diocese, and the number of persons con- firmed was 37,132 against 15,815. In Liverpool diocese in the first seven years 217 deacons were ordained against 133 in the previous seven years for the same area in the three years ending 1884, Liverpool diocese subscribed for Church extension £145,385, in the three years ending 1887, £ 197,821; for parochial charities, dio- cesan institutions, and home and foreign mis' sions in the three years ending 1884, £98,771, in the next three years £117,508, making for six years a total of £559,485; not a bad return for the expenditure of £100,000 on the foundation of the see. But I shall be told it is useless to argue from the wealth of Newcastle and Liver- pool to the poverty of St. David's. I can, how- ever, point to results of sub-divisien quite as strinking in Cornwall, the West Wales of the ninth century. In 1850 the assistant curates in Cornwall were 47, in 1869, 50 in 1876, 51. Truro see was founded in 1877, and in 1886, the 51 had become 78. Befoie 1877 the average number of churches built and restored was 3 5 per annum, and since it has risen to 6'6. I have the Exeter calendar for 1887, the last that included Cornwall, and the Exeter and Truro calendais for 1889. From these I gather that the amounts given in a single year to various Church societies by Devon and Cornwall have increased since Truro was created as follows — Missions to seamen by £485, foreign missions (S.P.G. and C.M.S.) by £1,293, home missions (i.e., the general funds of Additional Curates and Pastoral Aid Societies) by £2,868, Cornwall under the last head giving more than Devon and Ccrnwall did together before 1877 yet during this time £117,000 had been spent on Truro Cathedral and £80,000 had only just been raised for the endowment of the see. An eloquent speaker said at Manchester Congress last year, We have to convince Churchmen, and the capitalists, that episcopacy, as a real energising force, working as the living centre of each dio- cese, radiating to the very outer ring of its cir- cumference, and sending the heart's blood of the Church to the extremities, is essential to the vitality of the body spiritual.' My lord, I think the experiences of Truro Liverpool and Newcastle should convince them. EPPS'S COCOA.—GRATEFUL AND COMFORTING— By a Hi r:.ugh knowledge of the natural laws which govern 1,),c operations ot digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of wel- selected COCOA, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save UR many heavy doctors' bills. It is by the judicious use of such articles of diet that a con- stitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to lesist every tendency to disease. 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DESTRUCTIVE STORM. A very severe storm was experienced on Mon' day in nearly all parts of the United Kingdom. The disturbance was of a purely cyclonic char' acter, and the wind circulation belonging to the system was very complete within the area of the British Islands. The report issued by the Meteorological Office on Monday morning, giv* ing the state of the weather for eight o'clock, shows that a heavy westerly gale was blowing over the whole of England, and an equally heavy north-westerly gale was being experienced in Ireland, whilst in Scotland the wind was chiefly from the south-east and east. The centre of the storm was at that time situated between Ardrossan aud Barrow-in-Furness, at both of which station the barometer stood at 28.63in. The mercury had begun to recover at all the Irish stations in the rear of the storm centie, but was still falling quickly in the eastern parts of Great Britain. The difference of barometer readings was rather considerable in the southern and western s gments of the storm area, and consequently the gale maintained considerable energy. The approach of the storm was very sudden, but, fortunately, the network of report. ing stations in connection with the Meteorologi- cal Office allowed of timely warning being given. On Sunday morning there was a small disturbance to the north-west of Ireland but this was passing away to the north-eastward, and there were no indications of any fresh dis' turbance approaching our shores from off the Atlantic. The barometer, however, in London commenced a downward movement shortly after mid-day, and the rapidity of the fall steadily in' creased. The reports received by the Meteoro' logical Office at six o'clock in the evening showed clearly that bad weather was approaching, and there was every appearance that a storm was blowing out in the Atlantic at no great distance from our shores. Rain was falling in Ireland, and the wind was freshening from the south' ward. It was upon this information that in' structions were given for the South Cone to be hoisted on all our costs. In the course of Sun' day night the storm area swept over the north of Ireland, and strong winds and gales, with copious rain, were experienced in all other parts of the United Kingdom. For a long time past England has enjoyed an almost complete im' munity from storms, and for one to compare with that of Monday, both for severity and for the extensive area subjected to the gale-force, it is probably necessary to go back as far as Decem' ber 8th and 9th, 1886, when the Southport and St. Anne's life boats were cftpsized off Foimby. Monday's gale was very similar in its character to that of December, 1886 but it would appear to have been of a less violent character, and the mercury did not fall so low by about an inch. It has, however, occurred while the trees still reo tain their leaves, so that much destruction has been wrought in this direction. Considerable interruption took place on Monday in the tele' graphic communication with the north and west, and details, consequently, came slowly to hand. In the afternoon the centre of the storm had passed to the eastward of Scotland, and at two o'clock was situated off Aberdeen, and the wind was still blowing with the force of a gale over nearly the whole of England and Ireland. In London, which was throughout upwards of two hundred miles distant from the storm centre, the wind blew with gale force in the early morn' ing, and was strong and gusty during the day; but the weather was, for the most part, fine and bright. About ten o'clock on Monday morning, duro ing the gale, a timber shed adjoining Clapham Railway Station "Was blown down, carrying with it a portion of one of the platforms. The gale swept the British Channel from Holy- head to the mouths of the Mersey and the Dee, doing immense damage to shipping. The wind was about west-north-west, and was accompanied by a very heavy sea and blinding storms of hail and rain. The coastguard at Holyhead, under the command of Mr John Williams, were sum' moned at 3.30 a.m., a signal of distress being seen from a vessel outside the breakwater. With great promptitude, the boat was launched, and, notwithstanding that the wind was blowing a perfect hurricane, the gallant fellows went out to what looked like certain death. After a long struggle with the fearful seas, the life-boat crew got alongside the vessel, and found that she was the Thomas Ayland, of Fowey, Cornwall. She had been caught in the gale, her sails had been swept away, and she was lying perfectly helpless. A tug which had also observed the distress signals reached the Thomas Ayland about the same time as the life boat, and even' tually succeeded in towing her into the inner harbour at 5.40 a.m. The London and North Western passenger steamer North Wall, Captain Rocbe, from Holyhead to North Wall, Dublin, left the harbour, and, on getting outside, was struck by a succession of heavy seas, which com* pletely swept her decks. Captain Roche kept his vessel's head to the gale for three hours but, failing to get to the westward in the teeth of the wind, he had to return to Holyhead, much to the relief of the distressed passengers. Such an event as one of these splendid railway boats having to put back is almost unprecedented. Captain Roche states that he never before ex' perienced such a heavy gale or heavier seas between Holyhead and Dublin he only gave up the struggle when he found it almost impos' sible to cross the Channel. He got alongside the wharf at ten a.m., having been out four and a- half hours. When passing the end of the break- water, as she was putting back to Holyhead, the North Wall appeared from the shore to be in im. I minent danger, the seas threatening every mo- ment to engulph her. The passengers speak in the highest terms of the gallantry of Captain Roche and the officers. Between eight and nine I a.m. the Glynwood, laden with timber, and owned by Mr. C. W. Jones, of Rhyl, broke away from her moorings, and was fast getting into a dangerous position, when the life boat again went out, and, with the assist nee of a tug, got her into the harbour with only the loss of her chains and some of her gearing. In the mean- time heavy seas were breaking over the break- water, while the lighthouse could scarcely be distinguished for the clouds of spray. On the sea slightly abating, it was discovered that about fifty yards of the upper portion of the break- water had been swept away, hundreds of tons of ironwork, stone, and masonry, supposed to be sufficient to defy the fury of the fiercest gale, were carried away, and the sea swept through the gap like thunder. During the afternoon a brig was observed coming head on towards the breakwater; her sails were torn to ribbons and she was quite uncontrollable. The rocket appara- tus was got out, the life boat launched, and with three tugs went to her assistance. She was eventually got in tow, and was brought into the harbour her escape was marvellous, as she was close to the breakwater when the tow-rope was made fast. A short time later a report reached the Coastguard station that a large barque was in imminent peril near the dangerous rocky coast at Khoscolyn. So far as could be descried, her sails had been blown away, and she was rapidly going ashore. The rocket apparatus, in chal-ge of the coastguards and a few Volunteers and commanded by Mr John O. Williams, 'chief officer, was taken to the scene, but could'not be used. The Rhoscolyn lifeboat, however, put to sea at great risk, and reached the vessel,' which was straining heavily at the anchors, with a heavy see breaking over her. The life boat was seen from shore to put a hawser on board and thus kept hanging on astern, while one 'after another, as opportunity offered, the barque's crew were taken off. The work was difficult and dangerous, and took over two hours to accom- plish. The lifeboat turned for shore, but her progress was very slow, so tremendous were the seas but in the end all landed safely. Later in the evening it was reported that a large four- masted steamer w. ashore at Abberffi a vv, about twelve miles from Holyhead. At Rhyl a vessel could be seen hard and fast on the West Hoyle. The lifeboat crow were summoned, and at once proceeded to the spot, some ten miles distant. The wind was in her favour, and it was antici- pated that she would land the crew down the coast, as it would be impossible to bring them back to Rhyl. At Hoylake, in Cheshire, ten valuable yachts and fishing boats were either sunk or driven ashore. On Monday night th" I gale had slightly moderated all along the coast. IIOLT.OWAY's 1'ILLS AND OINTMENT.—Though it is impossible in this climate of changing temperature to prevent ill-health altogether, yet its form and fre- quency may be much mitigated by the early adoption of remedial measures. When hoarseness, cough, thick breathing, and the attending slight fever indicate ir- ritation of the throat and chest, Holloway's Oint- ment should be rubbed upon those parts without de- lay, and his Pills taken in appropriate doses, t wpro- mote its curative action. No catarrhs or sore throats can resist these remedies. Printed directions envelop every package of Holloway's medicants, which are suited to all ages and conditions,1 and to every ordi. nary disease to which humanity is liable

DRESS YOUR PASTURES WITH Odam's Dissolved Bone Manure, And secure the following advantages which will be a great help in either good or bad times. -:0:- 1.—Hay Crop increased in Quality, and Quantity improved. 2.—After-Grass greatly improved in Feeding Quality and in Quantity. 3.—Worn out pastures Renovated and made Fertile. 4.—Lands newly laid down to Grass becoming speedily useful and nutritious pastures. 5.—A Thick Growth of Grass promoted, the Roots of the Finer Grasses being protected from injury by frost in early spring. 6.—Economical and lasting. AGENTS ELLIS & COMPANY, Haverfordwest. SPECIAL OFFER OF Forest Trees! Eorest Trees!! Forest Trees! :0: IMMENSE QUANTITIES OF Larch, Scotch Spruce, Fir, Alder, fyc.jfrom 2 to 3ft. o FRUIT TREES. —Standard, Pyramid, and Dwarf Trained. THORN QUICKS. —Privets, and Beech for Fencing. COVERT PLANTS. —Laurels, Rhododendron, &c., &c. Grape Vines, Roses, Ornamental Shrubs, of all sizes, and in large variety Priced descriptive Catalogue Free. Special Quotations given for large quantities. Truck Loads delivered Carriage Free. PHILIP HY. SHA W, Hillside Nurseries, Tenby. rESTABLISHED OVER HALF A CENTURY.] -:0: THE ONLY BOOKBINDERS IN TOWN -:0:- All Work done on the Premises, and at less than London prices :0:- JAMES ROGERS AND SON, BOOKBINDERS, Bridge Street, Haverfordwest, Beg to inform their Friends and the Public generally, that their Business is now carried on at the above Address, and to solicit a continuance of their kind patronage. Havimg purchased a new Gold Blocking Machine, together with new pattern Type, J. R. & Son are now prepared to execute ALL KINDS OF GOLD & SILVER BLOCKING & STAMPING. Name or Initials Stamped on Leather Goods in Gold or Silver. GOLD AND SILVER LEAF ALWAYS IN STOCK. BOOKS BOUND IN ALL STYLES OF BINDING, AND AT REASONABLE RATES. PORTFOLIOS AND SCRAP BOOKS MADE TO ORDER. SPECIALITIES IN MUSIC. A TRIAL SOLICITED.

GREAT'WESTERN RAILWAY TIME TABLE. OCTOBER, 1889, AND UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. UP—WEEK DAYS. SUNDAYS. a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. New Milford dep. 2 45 6 45 8 4010 30 1 0 5 0 7 5 3 55 10 0 5 0 Milford ••• 6 20 8 35 10 25 12 25 4-55 6 25 Johnston' 2 56 6 58 8 5210 42 ^1 13 5 13 7 17 4 8 10 13 5 13 Haverfordwest 799 21053:124 5 24 7 27 4171024 5 24 Clarbeston Road. 7 22 11 5!1 37 7 39 10 37 Clynderwen. 7 35 11 17 1 50 5 46 7 51 10 50 5 46 Whitland 7 50 9 3911 37 2 7 6 3 8 6 11 4 6 0 St. Clears 8 2 9 5011 48 2 18 6 14 8 18 11 16 6 12 Sarriau 8 12 11 57 2 27 8 27 11 23 Carmarthen June arr. 3 48) 8 23j 10 7 12 8 2 38 6 30 8 38 5 5 11 34 6 29 DOWN—WEEK DAYS. SUNDAYS. a.m. I a.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. a.m. I p.m. Carmarthen June.. dep 12 33 5 15 9 21 11 21 2 42 5 30 6 44 5 15 9 15 ganiau 9 31 11 31 2 52 6 54 9 25 St clears 5 30 9 39 11 40 3 1 7 3 5 30 9 34 Whitland 5 48 9 54 11 55 3 17 5 59 7 19 5 48 9 46 Clynderwen! 5 59 10 6 12 6 3 28 7 30 5 59 9 57 Clarbeston Road 10 19 12 18 3 40 7 42 jlO 9 Haverfordwest 1 18 6 24 10 30 12 30 3 52 6 29 7 54 6 24 10 20 Johnston 1 30 6 39 10 42 12 42 4 4 6 41 8 0 6 39110 32 Milford arr. 7 15 11 0 1 30 4 20 7 0 New Milford arr. 1 45i 6 50 10 55 12 55 4 15l 6 55 8 20 6 50/10 45

PEMBROKE AND TENBY TIME TABLE. ———————~————— UP TilAINrf—WKKK DAYS. SUNDAY. a.m. 1 a.m. I p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. Pembroke-Dock dep 8 10 10 5 12 30 2 30 4 30 6 20 3 0 Pembroke 8 18 10 13 12 38 2 40 4 38 6 28 3 8 Lamphev 822101: § 245442632 312 ManorbW 8 29 10 24 12 46 2 55 4 50 6 40 3 21 Penallv 8 37 10 32 12 52 3 5 5 58 6 47 3 30 f arr 8 40 10 35 12 55 3 10 5 1 6 50 3 35 Tenby -j d 8 50 10 40 1 5 5 5 7 0 5 0 Saundersfcot 8 59 10 50 1 15 5 15 7 10 5 10 Kil^ettV and Be^ellr 9 21053 1 15 § 7 13 5 13 ia 9 20 11 JS if, VAlf? I Whitland 9 30 11 20 1 55l 5 45 4t> 5 40 —————————————————————— DOWN TRAINS WEEK DAYS. SUNDAY. a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. pm. p.m. Whitland ^eP- 5 55 10 012 10 3 20 6 10 7 20 J, 2 Narberth 6 7 10 1312 25 3 35 6 20 7 40 lo KHeetty and Begelly 6 23 10 2512 40 3 50 6 35 § 7 32 KUgetty and iJegeiiy 3012 45 3 55 6 40 8 0 7 35 »Saundersfoot ° „ -r J in r rn a in T /t, f arr. 6 37 10 4012 »5 4 10 6 50 8 10 i 45 Tenby •{ a g 40 10 45 1 10 4 30 6 53 8 25 8 0 Penallv 6 43 10 48 1 13 4 34 6 36 § 8 5 EL' 6 52 10 56 1 22 4 50 7 5 8 40 8 16 Manorbier 7 0 11 3 1 30 4 58 7 12 8 25 Pembroke !•• 7 5 11 1011 37 5 3 7 17 8 55 8 30 »"■ 720' 1 45 5 10' 7 9 5 8 <0 § Stop when required for throagh passenq^w on speaking to the Guard.

SPRING & SUMMER NOVELTIES IN eo MILLINERY AND FANCY GOODS. -:0: MRS. SKONE REES Begs to announce her return from London, and that her Show-rooms are now open with a large and varied assortment of all the Newest and most o Fashionable Styles In TRIMMED & UNVRIMMED MILLINERY, Flowers, Feathers, Frillings, Caps, and Sunshades. -:0:- AN EARLY INSPECTION* WILL BE ESTEEMED. .— :o: Agent for w. <V A. Gilbey's Wines Sf Spirits. -:0:- FRESH ARRIVALS OF FROZEN MUTTON EVERY FRIDAY. '0' 12 & 13 Market Street, Haverfordwest. Stone and Marble Works, MARINERS SQUARE, HAVERFORDWEST. — :0: [ESTABLISHED OVER 50 YEARS.] '0' w. R. MORGAN, Surviving Partner in the Firm of T 3VCOIE^G-_A.2sr &c SOIsT, BEGS to thank the Nobility, Gentry, and tradespeople of the Town and County for the ver liberal support so long received by his late father and hl™self> Mid also> to state that the BUSINESS will still be carried on by him under the style of T. MOEGAN & SON, when ne hopes tohave a continuanoe of their past favours. Monuments, Tombs, Headstones, Crosses, Mural Tablets, Table Tops, Chimney Pieces, &c. In G ramte, Marble, Forest, Portland, and other Stones. FOREST OF DEAN HEADSTONES FROM £1 10S. ESTIMATES GIVEN FOR ALL KINDS OF CHURCH WORK. MONUMENTS and HEADSTONES Repaired and Cleaned in Town or Country. AGENTiS FOR THE BEST ABERDEBN GRANITE. A rery large number of the Newest and most Elegant Designs, which will be forwarded with Prices on Application. A Lar-e Size WHTTE MARBLE CHIMNEY PIECE, suitable for a Drawing Room, to be Sold a Bargain. No: E im; Al )DRESS V. MORGAN & SON, MARINER'S SQUARE, HA VERFORDWEST. .T. PP'WECE JAM ES, ARCHITECT UILDING SURVEYOR, HAVERFORDWEST. Certificate for Iftulding Construction. MRS. BAILLIEU, REGISTRY OFFICE FOR SERVANT 10, GROVE PLACE, ST. THOMAS GREEN HAVERFORDWEST. ALBERT STREET, HAVERFORDWEST- W. H. WILLIAMS BEGS to announce that he has commenced bus! JD ness as an ACCOUNTANT at the above ad dress, and hopes by an efficient and punctual discharge of all matters entrusted to him to merit a share of public patronage. Debts collected and recovered. No delays in set- tlements of accounts. Probate and Residuary Accounts prepared and passed. Rate Collectors' Books prepared for Audit. Terms moderate. An Eminent Medical Specialist who is a duly qualtf^ Surgeon PURITY AND THE INFlB^ MAN. Addressed specially oung men, with advice on Health, ,ind contain!^ recipec hat will restore the nervous and debilit»te" to the full power of Manhood. Free for the t;ene6t to all who desire a safe and speedy cure, without aid of Quacks. Send one Stamp to prepay postal Address Secretary, In stitute of Anatomy Birinitf ham. J SECOND HAND FURNITURE. PARTIES having SECOND HAND FUB^ TURE to dispose of apply to W. D. PHILLIPS, Auction Rooms, Market Street) T>T A TT) THE GREAT REMEDY F0*5 ±)JLAili 0 GOUT, RHEUMATISM SCIATICA, LUMBAGO, and GO UT NEURALGIA} The acute pain is quick 9 relieved, and cured in a few day AND by this celebrated Medicine. These Pills, which are per' R H Fll I M A T I Pi fectly harmless, require no f straint of^ diet during their and are certain to prevent DTT T d disease attacking any vital pa,r, JL -LJU JLJO. Sold by all Chemists at Is. and 2s. 9d. per box. «2$ "FOR THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE MEM* WORLD-FAMED THE GREAT BLOOD;PURIFIERJAND STORER. FOR CLEANSING and CLEARING the BLOOV JL from all impurities it cannot be too highly & commended. For Scrofula, Scurvy, Eczema, Skin and Blood V'' cases, and Sores of all kinds, it is a never failing »n permanent Cure. It Cures Old Sores. Cures Old Sores on the Neck. Cures Sore Lego. Cures Blackhead, or Pimples on the Face- Cures Scurvy. Cures Ulcers. Dures Blood and Skin Diseases. Cures Glandular Spellings. Clears the Blood from all Impure Matter From whatever cause arising. As tliij Mixture is pleasant to the taste and ranted free from anything injurious to the moat d?.! cate constitution of either sex, the Proprietors sol'c' sufferers to give it a trial to tejfc its value. I feel duty bound to inform you of the wonderrØ; effects of Clarke's Blood Mixture on me. I J had suffering over two years of severe naiure-. first consulted the test medical aid if could po" j procure till my means were run out, &nd with » heart I wa9 compelled to come into the worki>°^\ hospital where I now am. I began to thin* would never get better, till I read of Clarke's ^5# Mixture," and I determined that when I could f'ig. the means I would try it so I commenced t" yd prive myself of little necessaries till at lengtl: 1"; ad eleven shillings. I commenced to use the ø Mixture on Monday, May 6th. I then tbtl wounds on the left leg, one very large one oø ankle bone, one on the shin about the eize of11 ^t crown, and three on the calf almost as large. hres right leg was almost similar, but. there were till sores which I thought would break irto one. 011 are perfectly healed up now but one small plflCe the left ar.kle about the size of a shilling. There fifteen patients in the ward that I am in, tlV, were surprised to see my legs when I had taken mixture a week, and there are three of them now r' ing it. I am very eorry, indeed, that I cannot p f chase another bottle, and if you kindly send 11Ie ¡¡II small quantity I should bo able to get It, and I eb never forget it, as long as I live. Yours faithfully, EDWARD STATHEBS, IJA No. 8 Ward, Anal by Road Workhouse HosDi'tah June 13. 1888 LATER. J I write to let you know how I am getting received the bottle of Mixture you sent me, and g( wounds are completely healed up. I will b0.oO8(J/ here in » few days and get to work, which is 8. f'j.'j, promised roe. I am going to reside at my s,tr0lJ. Mrs Bullmer, 26, Grimsby Lane, Market Place, ^ef If you wish to use this case for the benefit of 0 rt II poor sufferers do so. The result of your really wonderful.—I remain your thankful <} June, 26, 1888. EDWABD STAT# T><r 0^ Sold in bottles 2?. 9d. and lis. each. CHKMISTS and PATENT MEDICINE DORS throughout the world, or gent for 33 stamps by LINCOLN AND MIDLAND COC DRUG COMPANY, Limited. TRADE BLOOD MIXTURE." del Ask for CLARKE'S BLOOD MIXTURE not be persuaded to take an imitation. „ utP THE UNEMPLOYED IN EAST LONDON.—At » » when much thought is being given to this 1 practical suggestion may be of service. La8' *Lr« more than £300,000 worth of foreign matches tr1 purchased by considerable consumers in this coaJtft)e to the great injury of our own working people, s° ell is it that 'evil is wrought by want of thought, as want of heart.' If all Consumers would PurC?jai Bryant and May's matches, that firm would be eO*" to pay £1000 a week more in wages. FLORILINE !_FOE THE TEETH AND BREAT^ few drops of the liquid Floriline' sprinkled oJ] -vicb. tooth-brush produces a pleasant lather, ot thoroughly cleanses the teeth from all parasite impurities, hardens the gums, prevents tartar,s 0 decay, gives to the teeth a peculiar pearly-white and a delightful fragrance to the breath. It reif ol all unpleasant odour arising from decayed tobacco smoke. The Fragrant Floriline,' being "$ posed in part of honey and sweet herb*, is delic' > I the taste, and the greatest toilet discovery 0 etft age. Price 2s. 6d., of all Chemists and PerfulØ Wholesale depot—33, Farringdon Road, LondoV' øt VALUABLE DISCOVERY FOE THE HAIB.—^ hair is turning grey or white, or fnlling oil, use Mexican Hair Renewer,' for it will pnsitivebj in every case Grey or White Hair to its OrJji of colour, without leaving the disagreeable s11le! ,11 most Restorers.' 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THBOAT AFFECTIONS AND HOABSEKESS-^RGEPE fering from irritation of the throat and edi^ will be agreeably surprised at the almost i,iti relief afforded by the use of 'Browns 0\d Troches.' These famous lozenges are no ^it- most respectable chemists in this country 0 ,gU per box. People troubled with a hacking t9K •slight cold,' or bronchia! affections, ca them too soon, as similar troubles, i| al o geCtiO gress, result in Pulmonary and Aethnia^, gg » See that the words Brown'=, Bronchitis T. cn the Government Stamp around eacn V- pared by JIJIIN 1. BROWN & Lond European depot 33, Farringdon Road, IS Jø If Printed by the Proprietor THOMAS tEWrroW1l:fø residing at St. Thomas Green, in W County of Haverfordwest, and pn £ 1) at the Offices. Bridge Street, m tn .ggj} and County, on FRIDAY, October I