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THE HEALTHIEST TOBACCO IN THE WORLD IS GrOODBODY'S "OUR SHAGG." PURE IN LEAF, RICH IN FLAVOUR, IS GOOD BODY'S "OUR SHAGG." PACKED IN loz. AND 2oz. PAPER PACKETS AND jui3. TINS IS GOODBODY'S "OUR SHAGG." THE HEALTHIEST TOBACCO IN THE WORLD IS GOODBODY'S "OUR SHAGG." PURE IN LEAF, RICH IN FLAVOUR, IS GOODBODY'S "OUR SHAGG." PACKED IN loz. AND 2oz. PAPER PACKETS AND 4LB. TINS IS GOODBODY'S "OUR SHAGG." THE HEALTHIEST TOBACCO IN THE WORLD IS GOODBODY'S "OUR SHAGG." PURE IN LEAF, RICH IN FLAVOUR, IS GOODBODY'S "OUR BRAGG. PACKED IN loz. AND 2oz. PAPER PACKETS AND hB, TINS, WHOLESALE DEPOT:- 5, CASTLE-STREET, CARDIFF. V TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS GOODBODY." DO YOU KNOW THAT f J .f"4 WTT .VH WIVJ' I I ti" .I..LU. £1mJ QUININE BITTERS, THE VEGETABLE TONIC. By its wonderful Tonic properties, giTes Tone to the whole system, increases the appetite, braces the nerves, improves the spirits, and thus greatly assists in eu.a.bling the system to withstand the attacks of various disorders ? DO YOU KNOW THAT g WILYM EVANS. XJT QUININE BITTERS X Cures every disorder of the Stomach, and is universally admitted to be the greatest remedy extant ? For Sick Headaches, Wind Pain in the Stomach, Loss of Appetite, IKsturbed Sleep, Dreams, and all Nervous affections, there is no medicine to equal A] Gi WILYM EVANS' T QUININE BITTERS. It is of exceptional value to females of aliases' and none should be without it. By using these Bitters all obstructions or irregularity of the system is removed, the health is re- stored, and an invigorating- digestion im- parted. BE CAREFUL. See that the name Gwilym Evens' Quinine Bitters" Is on the Label, Stamp, and Bottle, without which aone re genuine. Sold by all Chemists in bottles at, Is. lid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. Cases containing three 4s. 6d. Bottles, at 12s. 6d. per case; also sent, carriage paid, for the fcbove prices, to any address by the Proprietors. Af QUININE BITTERS MANUFACTURING CO., LIMITED, LLANELLY, SOUTH WALES. RTIFICIAL flpEETH. I -&. JL A COMPLKTB SET ONE Q DINE A SINGLE TOOTH 2s. 6d. rive Years' Wstrrantv. Prize Medal. GOODMAN AND CO. 10, DUKE-STREET, and 55. QITEEN-STREBT CARDIFF. ARTIFICIAL TEETH PAINLESSLY FITTED 1'V Atmospheric Suction, 'it one-third their usual charges. No Extraction* nseessnrj perfect and per- manent life-like npfj.jarance: sj»ecnil SOFT PALATES for Tender Gums perfeet Mastication -m and Speech. jV CO(TNTK Y PATIE NTS Supplied in One Visit, and X?- .Kujlway Fare allowed. ?.?-^ £ I.A^ATT £ NTI0N GIVEN TO BEPAIRS. EXTRACTIONS, STOPPING,Ac. TESTIMONIALS Dr. ANDREW WILSON (late R.N.) saysT-» I cau P.ecommend Mr. Goodman as a very skilfal and mmane Dentist. His reasonable charges should ittract to him all classes." Mr. E. VYSE, of Plaistow, says "I am very well pleased v^th the attention I have received from you. I he Ai-tiacial Teeth supplied have given me perfect satisfaction, as a previous Set I had from another aentist were by no means comfortable. I am indebted M Dr. Andrew Wilson, editor of Health, for recom A Bending me to your establishment." Consultations Free. WhUityinWKITE ENAMEL and GOLD FILL NGS, AMERICAN DENTISTRY, and PLATELESS PALATES. Before entering look for the Name- GOODMAN A CO., 10, DUKE-STREET, and Si, QUEEN-STREET. CARDIFF. Hours 10 to 8. Attendance EAST BARRY every TUESDAY, at Mrs. Boyes, 26, York-place; and PONTYPRIDD WEDNESDAYS, at Mrs. Pritchard,1g,Talt-SSfc. NEW n R F, s YSTEM 1 FOR PIANOFORTES rjlHOsipSON & jgjHACKELL, IMITED NEW HIRE SYSTENF FOR AMERICAN ORGANS J1HOMPSON 4 j^HACKELL, IMITED 3 NEW JJIBE SYSTEM. I FOR HARMONIUMS jlHOMPSON A ^HACKELL,J^ IMITED QUEEN'S BUILDINGS, 6ARDIFF. Jso at SWANSEA, NEWPORT, MERTHYR, GLOUCESTER. PONTYPRIDD, AND PENARTH. wgest nd Best Stù,"k eut of London to Select from All Instruments warranted and exchanged if not approved. EKMS—From 10s. Monthly, on Niew Bun: SvaMM B. -New Catalogue with Photographs and fall tailed patriculars sent POST FREE an application. BUY FROM THE MAKER. 3 A RSLEY'S L Celebrated Hand-made HATS. Jt> NTLY TWO PRICES ALI, FUR. 28. 9d BEAVER FELTED, 3s. 9d. 15, W Y N D H A M ARCADE. WORTH A GUINEA A BOX. JJEECHAM'S pILLS iOK ALL LIOUS AND NEiiVOUS DISORDERS SUCH AS CK HEADACHE, WEAK STOMACH IMPAIRED DIGESTION, >N STIPATION, 1, LlVi-jR COMPLAINT AND FEMALE AILMENTS. LARGEST SALE IN THE WORLD, In Boxes 9 £ d., 13 £ d., and 2" 9d. each. S; E E C H A M' S 1 0 T H T> A S T E r jyA EFFIC A (JIOUS -ECONOMICAL— KANSES THE TEETH- PERFUMES THE BREATH tube. Is. each. hR. HALL'S WONDERFUL REMEDY. (Marvellous Success iu Cardiff.) 3EAFNESS, DEAFNESS, DEAFNESS £ ED IN A SHORT TIME, as the following V mionial proves:—J. Hughes, 19, Mount-street, legar, Cured of Deafness after 39 years' suffer- Write him for particulars. '■ HALL also Cures Noises in the Ear and 1. ice per Bottle, 2s. 6d.. postage, 3d., for the Dot-f. HALL'S C'liief Depot and Consultation Rooms %7"3 Vfi'iand ai>d Waiea;— ▼ Jf 10, ST. ANDREWS-CRESCENT. CARDIFF. :-No othsr A.idress at present at Car- rAIvLFACTUliES, Horsforth. Offers his L Own Goods diroct from the Loom,at Mill Sergas Fancies, Cashmeras, Beiges, I Meltons, Mantle Cloths tternH sent free OIL application. I ve all intermediate profit. I ecial Lot of Dress Meltons, all shades, at Ir yard. iddress MANUFACTURER, HOES- fOBTa. NEAR LEEDS. j HOW < i REFRESHI NG! FTER THE LONG SPELL OF HIGH PRICES TO BE ABLE TO QUOTE THE FOLLOWING POPULAR FIGURES! ] C j^AYID JONES AND COo'S CELEBRATED £ ILD BACON L PER glD. LB. C 2 MONSTER STOCK TO SELECT FROM P< THE 81 w ESTMINSTER STORES HI "LITTLE BBADTIBS!" W. SP SMALL, LEAN, AND PLUMP HAMS, RE PI< PER 01D. LB. TH HI1 VERY FINEST BR UTTER, GOf PER 1 S. 2 D. LB. tR VND VALUE AT 1 S. AND IS. ID. E LVID JONES AND CO (LIMITED), N] WESTMINSTER STORES, 82 HARTOIT-STREET, CARDIFF, 22993 W$~OF THE WEEK. MT WFXJMY ifKyraf. 'fIU"U' I; L LOOK ouTI LOOK OUT « O O K r; T 1 u FOR THE a ç EXPRESS gUDGET, c -SL-J < T^E >- p: NEW L0GAL Jllustrated p ?= PAPER I] T 32 pAGES OF piCTtJliES JpORTRAITS. N THE gJXPRESS JgUDGET JONTAIN3 ALL THE "EVENING j EXPRESS "I I J l1<l1'I ? FOOTBALL SKITS AND SCENES j ( jIG-HT READING FOR THE I HEARTHSIDE, 'ARTOONS FOR THE WEEK S hfJ\ mo the is s ORTRAITS OF PUBLIC MEN har con ser Aim WOME24, Me; stei des nUl: KETCHES AT LOCAL MEETINGS and cos1 mel UMOURS OF THE POLICE. fte com as 11 the WM and men shai ALES PAST AND PRESENT stea1 ceiv not 'ARKS FROM THE BOULE- ot £ of M thei; YARDS, R IYMES AND ROUNDELAY Fur CKINGS FROM ALL POINTS I Ii OF THE COMPASS. "i feelii lezeii eougl (the IE PICK OF SHORT STORIES have that very been NTS FOR THE LADIES si", Tlu appoa IGHT READING FOR THE specis Hospi LITTLE ONES, &e? from intem 'Un<' SSIP FROM THE GREAT ft'» and te are." METROPOLIS I unrivi andT w PC LOOK Q UT! FOB THE PC XPRESSjglJDGET N1 THE PO: EW LOCAL yLLUSTRATED CHEQ remittc PAPER stamps the Po, Snbscri J p^GES; OF J>ICTURES Chequel AND POR TRAITS, ForPen Onl] ——— JL rpH( ages she ohstmcl ever eau VOW EEADT. | ham and „ Aston-ro AT ALL1 NEWSAGENTS Hagon,< Merthyr town. Newport E pENNY "CITBEKLY: unices b« X Li :aUOrf55f5. B ERRY AND C 0, COMPLETE HOUSE FURNISHERS, 34* QUEEN jgTREET, A R D IFF, ARE NOW HOLDING THEIR ^NNUAL CLEARANCE SALE PREVIOUS XO ? 5g 0pa. gT°CKTA KIN G. IMMENSE BARGAINS DEPARTMENT. 2 -I DINING, DRAWING, 2i R ANJD FCJ O g BEDROOM, SUITES, BEDSTEADS. »CQ 2 CARPETS, OILCLOTH, ELECTRO-PLATE, dX v;H GLASS, CHINA, cjb j 3 AND O2 23 o EARTHENWARE. g ow 3 02 i2l • Q IMMENSE STOCK TO CLEAR REGARD LESS OF COST. TERMS: BEST POSSIBLE VALUE FOR CASH ONLY. 2 ALL ORDERS OVER ONE POUND CARRIAGE PAID. 34<9 QUEEN gTREET, CARDIFF. f e2925 1; S. ANDREWS AND SON, FURNISHING UNDERTAKERS, I } Every Requisite for Funerals of *11 classes. | s OPEN CABS, HE ASSES, BBOUGHAMS, SHELLIBIERS, Belgian Horses, kc. tJ CHIKI OFFICE :-30.t 31, WORKING-STREET, s CARDIFF tl (Opposite the Menument). Branches:—The Mews, Castle-road, oath, and S 'Bus Office, Glebe-street, Penarth. I Telegrraphic address:— 1 b "OMNIBUS," CARDIFF. I 2' K. J. HBATH AND gONS CARDIFF, PONTYPRIDD, AND B u XT (l y^ONDON, B pIANOFORTE AND ^RGAN tc MEROHANTS, (FBOM SOJJTU WALKS DAILY NEWS 9TH JANUARY, 1894.) VERDICT OK NINK HUNDRED."—Under this title lessrs. R. J. Heath and Sons, Queen-street, Cardiff, T aiicforl» makers, organ builders, and music ware- •HIsemen, have collected an imposing array of testi- ionials and Press opinions relatiuj? to the quality of le musics, instruments supplied by them. The firm S0^WT r ^nowu ,in Cardiff, and, indeed, throughout juth Wales and the West of England, that it is irdlj neeesssary here to dwell upon its influence and >minanding' position. This collection of testimonials ryes, however, to do something more than certify the excedence of the instruments furnished by essis. Heath and Sons. It shows, in a sense, how H eady is the growth smong the general public of a aD iKire for a knowledge of music, and how increasingly — nnerous, even in the homes of the working classes e pianos, organs, and harmoniums. The ereat ajonty of the letters in this list relate to pianos ,d while man; of them have reference to most stiy instruments containing all the latest improye- snts, supplied to the well-to-do, the greater num- r relate to serviceable instruments purchased for e homes of the wage-earning portion of the mmunity. This growing love for so refining an art music is a most favourable sign. For though in £ nncipality music has for generations been the eai recrea,tion of th« people, it has for the most r* been choml jnusic in ooanectiaq with churches d chapels thati has occu])ied_attentioit. Instru- mtal music is now, however, receiving its fair »re of attention, and all those in true sympathy th the art must trust that the movement will go adily onward. These testimonials have been Ie- ved from every quarter of the Principality, while t a few come from other portions of the United ngdom. and some from South America, India., and ler distant countries. All speak most favourably Messrs. Heath's business methods as well as of sir instruments. J. HEATH AND SONS in? INVITE INSPECTION. LI, ILLUSTRATED LISTS AND VERDICT re POST FREE. 53407 gp( ^EATING'S COUGH LOZENGES mi aw "94, Commercial-road. Peckham, 0 July 12, 1839. th Dear Sir,—I a.m a pflOr hand a.t expressing my ev. ings, but I should like te thank you. Your sages have done wonders in relieving my terri1>le mi gh. Since I had the operation of Tracheotomy' same as late Emperor of Germany, and 1m' ,ke him, thank God, I am still aliTe) performerl at Bartholomew's Hospital, ne one could possibly e had more violent cough; it was so bad at times it quite exhausted me. The mucus, which was copious and hard, had been softened, and I wLYe ftltt 1 able to get rid of it without difficulty.—I ana. i our* truly, J. HILL. UTTERLY UNRIVALLED. tie above speaks for itself. Frem strict inquiry it ] kits that tbe benefit from using Keating's Cough De enges is understated. The operation was a iaily severe one, and was performed ley thc hm ialist, Dr. H. T. Butlin, of St. Bavi-holemew's pital. Since the operation the «uly means of Pal sf is the use of these Lozl!uges, So successful are adc that one affords immediate benefit, although t the nature of the case the throat irritation is lisrl use. WEIGHT IN GOLD. Sai< ider date Sept. 8, Mr. Hill writes:—" I should Pro SÍlloe hJ4.ve been dead but for your Lozeages- sec< ore t001.th thMr weight in geld. I will gladly gee tell anyone what a splendid ceugh remedy they old ~r in •atmg s L«zenges are seld in tins. Is. ljd. each. The vailed remedy for COUGHS, HOARSENESS fen THROAT TROUBLES. T TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. is, 1 -—— spec tion fESTEEN MAIL ont ONE PENNY DAILY. you, '08T FREE, 9s. 9B. PER QUARTER °HC< men ——— repl jgJVENING JgjX PRESS, wha pett HALFPENNY DAILV, doll' ■OST FREE 6s. 6», PER QtJABTJSB. hall I J^-EEKLPR MAIL, SIC IT! 0*»"i ONE PBNNJr|WJBBKLYJ mtei POST FREE Is. 8D. PER QUARTER. cent] servi EWS OF THE WEEK, St. ONE PENNY WEEKLY, C,aUS' the OST FREE Is. 8B. PER QUARTER. cutti thus QNES :.r POST-«FFIC £ ORDKRS should be in a ted in preference to Postage Stamps. Postage coun such r>s are not refused but, as th«y are often lost in f ost, they must, if remitted, be seat at the fiber's risk. l\h ———— "int < SUBSCRIPTIONS MUST BE PAID IN ball J ADVANCE. whicl this hall es and P.O. should he Crossed and M d Payable to D. W. THOMAS. 19 fS too c not HORTONS ORIGINAL' Towe l^'88 | BENEDICT PILLS | For ampL OUSANDS of Testimonials have Cardi been received from all parts. Females of. all I bould take them. They a.t once remove ai only I ctions, no matter how obstinate or from whall MAaR >use arising. In boxes 7id., Is. ljd., and 2s. 9d- ost Free, under 80ver, Id. extra, direct by the stor, G. D. Horton, M.P.S. (from the Birming- T d General Lying-in Hospital), Aston House, Let road, Birmingham. — Agents: Cardifi—A. rmKli< Chemist, 39, Bridge-street, and 11, Bute-street, rr- Wills, Chemist, Pontmorlais, sind George Town Swansea—Lloyd, Chemist Oxforrd-street rt—Young, Chemist, High-street. Cannot he PJ^'ar an other1 Chemists'. N.B.—N.B .—None Genniae searing Horton," ia red across each1 l y Letters ansisremffree. ldiff. (

SOUTH WALES TIDE TABLE. I H ■ £ 2 « 2 rr o w o a a P w 5 2 ►- H 5 > E d 65 o as K S fa Tnesdy. fforlli's 7 54 6 20 7W| 6 34 6 30 Feb. 207 7 48 6 45 7 2<) I 6 5c 6 55 (-Height 36 I 32 5 36 7 | 34 3 P5 0 Wednes ( M orm g 8 9 17 0 8 0 7 lb 7 day •< Evenng S 29 7 271 8 21 734 740 Feb. 21 (.Height 27 7 33 6 38 1 34 10 26 6 Thurs- /'Morning 8 <17 Tl^i~8_?0-jT7~52T~TT7 day Evening 9 6 8 4 f 8 58 8 10 8 17 Feb- 22 (.Height. 38 0 33 30 | 38 I 34 10 26 6 (Morning 9 24 8~> ^16T ^2S ]~oS Friday Evening 9 41 8 39 9 3 3 3 45 8 52 Feb. 23 ( Height 37 1 3.5 0 37 7 34 6 25 5 Sftcnr- (iHorui'g 9 56 8 55 9 4'j"i 9 3 0~. day. Evening 10 11 9 12 10 6 9 19 9 2„ Feb. 24 (.Height 35 5 31 8 3;. H 33 0 24 g Sundav (Morni'» 10 25 9 28TT0 ,22 [ 9 35 9 47 Feb 2^1 Ev-emng 1C 40 9 4? 10 38 9 51 9 56 0 C.Hfitrhr 33 3 29 11 33 T_\ 31 8 22 0 •vrondsv ( Mol-ui' £ 10 55 10 0Tl0 54 j"To~T~lol^ Feb 26 7 Eveni'g II 111 10 17 11 U 10 24 0 2' ( Height 50 4 27 10 JO 10 29 10 20 0 Boath Basin fEast Dock Sill J Alexandra Dock 4Dock Sill

• u/JLAl U jifc X V/XVi^Vil Ol YESTEBPAX'S FORECAST. YESTEKDAT'S "WKATMER. liasceriy <B soutn-easteriy south easterly winds, winds, moderate fair j fair. cold. 'j j 1 The forecast • £ the weather throughout the Westot II I,- I- 1 1 I. 1. r jitrjann sua oourn waies lor to-dav (Tuesday) is as t ollows:—Easterly breezes, moderate (fresh in Channel) ery cold, hut fine and dry. 1]

TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL. "ZT HIT c Tmperatfre. 0 Max. iMin. ) Mean. "U"A.l,J. S' Wednesday. 14 59 34 46*5 O'OO + Thursday 15 59 35 47'0 O'OO "ridav 16 59 47 53'0 O'OO a Saturday 17 58 36 47'0 0 !9 lunday 18 59 59 47'0 0'70 v londay. 19 35 23 43'5 COO 'uesday 29 59 28 43'5 000 The Temperature represents extreme readings of the 0: liennometer for 24 hours ended 9 a.m., taken in the a' bade at CwTt-y-Vil, Penarth. TbeRainfal1 regist-cred at Cwrt-y-Til, Penarth, for ZJ he 24 hours ended 9 a.m. d I

xx u IN i ill tr Arr UI1N JLisiiliJN X S, hi HARRIERS. CKICKHOWJCLL.-Wednesday, February 21, Cwm- anwr Bridge, near Manbeder; Saturday, February fr 1, Llangunider Village—12. Weather permitting. FOXHOUNDS. Si CA»MAHTHENSHIKK.Tnesday,February 20, Trelech hurch Friday, February 23, Shopnewydd, Llangain -10.30. Weather permitting. j) GLAMORGANSHIRE. — Wednesdav, February 21, urton Bridge; Friday, February 2.3, Dusty Forge—11. w LI.ANHARAN.—Thursday, February 22, Courtvrala >y inritaion)—11. Pf MoNMOTTHSHiBE.—Thursday, February 22, Croes ni ychan—11. PJJMSBOKKSHIRE.—Thursday, February 22, Treffie- cr m Bridge—11. a MR. SEYMOUR A T.I.EN'S.—Tuesday, Fe1 -uarv 20, undletou Frida.y, February 23, Henllan Lodge—11; m uesday, February 27, Williamston Quarries Friday, :a,rch 2, The Roses-12. yc TIVTSIUE.—Thursday, February 22, The Kennels ■10.45. or- YSTKAD.—Tuesday, February 20, Thorn Hill; hursday, Febx-nary

LLANDAFF CATHEDRAL SERVICES pe Tuesday, February 20.—Steggall in G hymn, 269. en Wednesday, February 21.-Brooksbank in E flat; ithena, Unto Thee have I cried" (Elvey). on Thursday, February 22.-Ba.ruby in E anthem, th Incline Thine ear (Himiael). Friday, Febxiuiry 23.Gibbons in F hyain, Z77. po Saturday, February 24 (S. Matthias).—Eight a.m. oly Communion. Five p.m.: Stanford in B :flat; en, are dol El'

TKLEPHONE, Nationnl 502 Post-office, 95. TELEGRAMS "Mail, Cardiff." see

"1' Me NOT E: S J ———*——— Ev; By "OBSERVER." J>1 lit Bei CARDIFF, TUESDAY MORNING. The poor Cardiff Council are still flounder- DO, If about in the morass of the town-hall 'oblem. What they do one week they Pol scind the next, and what the committee ,wh< ecia lJy appointed by them recom- g^-i ?ads they threw back with cavalier Bee ility into its face. The attitude of t-est e council on this, and indeed on nearly to I M'y other matter of any importance, re- rogt nds me strongly of the young woman mortalised in a once popular song :— won in ( First she would and then she wouldn't, Then she cried and said she couldn't, disri i so on and so on to the end of the tfl8 ipter. Hum sam the L suppose the weighty observations of Mr. wa? putation Kill (as the Yanks would call a) had the effect of giving the council ness lse in their wild career, ending in the t.he iption of a pathetic appeal for "more Surn it" from the comnyttee afore- i. Mr. Hill's remark. It is gnostieated that Cardiff will become a md Liverpool," must have staggered the A p women on the council, and one could almost fancy hear them exclaim with pious '•our, Not if we can help it At ——— Sessi hat even the council, pettifogging as it ias been startled at the decision of the felon jial committee was proved by the resolu- to ask for reasons." This is hard lines the p he committee. Story, sir ? God bless I have none to tell," said somebody Ifodg i. Reasons? God bloss you, gentle- Prisc on we have none to give," will be the ghire y of the Town-hall committee. For decid t can they say in defence their j^ui y little scheme for erecting a municipal again s house on the site of the present Town- c^iars ? don't quite understand Councillor ikell. Does Cardiff revolve like a reast- Cht jack around St. Mary-street ? Are the rests of this great, this increasing At re, the metropolis of Wales, sub- (befoi ieat to those of St. Mary-street? Is it Uhar. Mary-street contra mundum ? Be- g°on? B if so let it be clearly laid down, and c community will not be long before ng the Gordian Knot. If the less is to A to supersede the greater, why not put Htreiet word for Go-late ? Is there no charg< ciHor prepared to consider that or some eapeci other alley as a frontage for the coming I It wa ———— and h •. Shackell says the harbour trust is iu F t ■» n., tuG in he clouds. 1 hen he suggests a town- sequei .9 ifter the manner of that of Manchester- t 1 is six or seven storeys high. If we do evider it strikes me forcibly the town- Lewis will be in the clouds as well he harbour trust. It cannot be —Mr. dearly understood that the council is about building Babel or an Eiffel given r, and that there are splendid and the in I e sites, including that at the end of years1 ff Arms Park, if the authorities will since idopt a policy consonant with the great- y^nda, and the progress of Cardiff. had si veterir the council remember, too, that the Bench are beginning to call Time!" This v&nt> -hall question has been tossed about from to post, until as far away as Portsmouth under } are pointing the finger of scorn ^t Car Gentlemen of thecauacil, pull yourselve have a o r-J .tOCJ.LI., «iiu tSJ.Yc; w.5 ftuiiitJ* thing we can all thank you for. But there it is almost hopeless to say anything. You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, neither can you expect common sense from the parish pump or those who manipulate it. Nero fiddled whilst Rome was burning, and on the same principle we have coun- cillors who sketch and councillors who rhyme whilst grave questions like that of the Town-hall are being played with. The following lines, the product of yesterday's deliberations, are worthy a corner, but the blushing author doesn't want his name or even his initials to appear:— Where soall I go to seek for kind relief? My soul is deadened with a load of grief Onr Morgan hits the old site on tb« liead, ] And I ruthful Tommy sticks against him dead. Oh, will some guiding angel lead us from this maze, As many here are in a perfect daze. Oh may we soon possess a guiding light, And end this painful state of civic night. Poor old Rodney!' A change has come sver the spirit of his dream. For years he ias been the faithful friend of the Docks aolice, sharing their sorrows and their joys, and being present at all their parados almost without exception. But ilas, the spell is broken. Rodney was pre- sent the other day when the blackmailing" susiness was being read aloud. A look of pain clouded his canine brow, and after it was over he slunk away. His feelings had )een deeply wounded, his idol was shattered 1 aid, heedless even of the fact that the ] )obbies pay his licence between them, he has 1 ,aken up his quarters elsewhere. Cardiff is generally reckoned up to, if I tot a, little beyond, the mark; but so far I f laveu't dropped across the lady smoker 3 aking her walks abroad. But she has J aade her appearance in Birmingham, and a t rriter there says: — "I have not been I ailed upon to chronicle the appearance i. f a lady smoker in the public J c treets., But she has cjme at last. On & wo occasions during thw"*present week my v ttention ha3 been directed to a fashionably P almost gaily) attired damsel perambulating rew-street and Corporation-street, who I stentatiously and unblushingly puffed away v fc a cigarette. Hew she endured the quiz- ing of the passers by I know not, but she p id. I hardly think her action will receive h ither the admiration or the emulation of c; er sex." o1 ——. r( An honest Pembrokeshire man, writing tl TV! om classic Pontcanna, says :—" I saw in iturday's Express that there is to be a G inhering (iff Pembrokeshire men on St. tl avid's Day. Could you kindly inform me w hether it is to be such a gathering as will 81 irmit of the likes of myself, a working an, being present ? Plenty of my own aft would be delighted t6 attend such pE gathering, that is if the charges will per- th it. If you can give any particulars in £ ° >ur paper I, with others, shall feel diged." 81 ——— d<= I don't know how many readers I have at aD aceful Ely, but such as there are I don't vy them the least bit in the world. For 101 e thing there is within a dozen yards of to e railway-station a nsisome place, half nd half puddle, the stench from which is th ough to throw the trains off the line. As de abtless the laws of nature operate even at on y I would suggest that the said puddle be til] ;n to ere in increases the mortality of the k; ighbourhood. ga tal

WELSH SUNDAY CLOSING. to* fig irthyr Publicans Charged at the Police-Court. Y.l] C.■ aT* U Merthyr Polioe-oourt 011 Monday John MIS, landlord of the Fox and Hounds Inn, i: >edyrhiw, was summoned for keeping' open house for the sale of beer on Sunday, the h inst. Mr. W. Beddoe defended. The the ich oonvicted, and imposed a fine of £1 and me: ts, with endorsement of the licence.—Joseph sac lliams, landlord of the Bute Arms Inn, j rev tvhus, who was also defended by Mr. W. mo: Idoe, was summoned for a similar offence. iou deuce in support of the ease was given by WOI ice-constables James Evans and T. Smith, ) stated that they watched the house for an r 011 the morning of the 11th through a ng window in Bethania Chapel. Mr. •*J°r kloe, who had put the matter to a personal con: alleged that it was perfectly impossible whi the officers to have seen all that they related of lave occurred, and the magistrates, having wor trd to the seriousness of this issue, inti- wol ed that, if after hearing the evidence for WOI defence they oonsidered it necessary, they tioJ: ild go and make an inspection of the locus • [iio. However, when the defendant's wit- ln', ;es had been called, the justices deoided to a niss the case.—James O'Regan, landlord of Vanguard Ino, Merthyr, was likewise A moued for keeping open his i«?use on the e date. Inasmuch as a material" witness for as t defence was not in attendance, t.he case -^rn adjourned until Wednesday.—John Price, rais [lord of the Rose and Crown Inn, Peny- nan: en, was sunimoned for permitting drunken- map to take place on hig licensed premises on gaid night of last Mabou's Day. The defendant r<ha represented by Mr. W. Beddoe, and the J- ■_ mons was in the result dismissed. J in, the

SERIOUS CHARGES. badt pret ——— of IVj ontnlas Coal Salesmen to Take his whe Trial.. rifle; ——— Arm Abbeydore (near Abergavenny) Petty Cora ions on Monday (before Captain T, Freke. was is and ether magistrates) Heydon Heiron, the rilas, coal salesman, was charged with for t iousJv and fraudulently embezzling and Offic ing the sum of £22 8s. 8d. and also several this i, amounting to £578, 4d., received by him, ireperty of his master, Mr. Geo. Pritchard, merchant, Abergavenny, on the 12th of T1 ary. Mr. Tenkin (from the office of Mr. B. E. for t fens, solicitor, Abergavenny) prosecuted.— Com >ner bad absconded, but was apprehended warrant at Weston Beggard, in Hereford- .—After hearing the evidence the Bench in ed to commit the prisoner for trial at the Reec ng assizes, bail being' refused.—Mr. Ton- the announced his intention of proceeding advo st the prisoner at the assizes on a further treat ;e of falsification of accounts. us 1; 1 11 and

WHEN DOCTORS DISAGREE. ——- Co irge Against a Newport Veterinary an ir Surgeon. Newport Borough Police-court on Monday 'e Mr. H. J. Davis and other magistrates) • les Bennett,^ laljourer, Thomas Franca:, cnm' ictor, a.nd Edwin Sayer, veterinary sur- coun were summoned for cruelly ill-treating word musing to be ill-treated a horse. Mr. recei ( Lewis defended.—Inspector Warr, of deep oyal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty Vin0 nimals, who prosecuted, said in Alma- On t: on February 10 he saw a mare drawing as 1 monger's cart. The animal, which was in e of the man Bennett, was very lame, seen. ally in the fore legs, and upon examina- t1 t was found that the joints of the fore Crim: .ere diseased and had bone enlargement, on ve s suffering from ring-bone and side-bone, the C4 e considered that it was cruelty to work Powe rancis afterwards toiu him that he worked coun1 are under the orders of Mr. Sayer. Sub- itly witness saw Mr. Sayer, who admitted he mare had iing-bone, but not side-bone, wlth enied that it suffered any pain.—Other to Cc ice having been called in defence, Mr. Homt contended that Mr. Sayer was not liable to tl f he did advise that the mare should be opera d, but the Magistrates ruled otherwise. no £ Job Francis, the owner of that horse, and father of one of iefendants, said Mr. Sayer had not I any protessional advice with regard to ^dded are for two years. Inspector Lockwood mont] lim permission to work the horse two count ago, and the lameness had not changed expeU then.—Mr. James Dow, veterinary sur- had f( Swansea, who examined the mare on waQ „• y, said it was perfectly fit to work, and iffered no pain.—Mr. Henry Stewart, was 11 lary surgeon, Cardiff, aaid the mare was nically lame, but suffered no pain.—The The fined Bennett. he being merely a ser- the G 5s. and Francis and Sayer 20s. each.—• 'I'ljia iewis gave notice ot appeal, but it was „ „ '■ d out by the Clerk that the tine was an° 40s., and that he could not appeal.—Mr. P^^nci I hope you will increase the fine, to other me to appeal.—Mr. Davis: The bench hold s rlready come to a decision. the e

Notes from London. ALL THE GOSSIP OF TOWN! AND CLUB. Worries of the Political Situation—Mr.; Gladstone Speaks at Last-Politics in the Pulpit^ It is one of the worries of the political situation that each House of Parliament was to-night considering the amendments of the other House on two distinct Bills. The Lords had to deal with contracting-out in the Employers' Liability Bill. The pro- ceedings were comparatively tame, and centred in the one-sided struggle on the Cobb compromise. Lord Ripon prayerfully entreated the House to accent the Commons' amendment. "No,' said Lord Dudley, firmly, but politely; "No, not if we know 1^' Lord Dudley, with a lovely flower in his button-hole and his handkerchief hang- ing negligently out of his pocket, looked handsome and brave. He spoke with dignity and with power rather than elo- quence. After him came Lord Cowper, Lord Denbigh, who rose from beside Lord Windsor, and Lord Wemyss. Only 23 peers followed Ministers, and the Tory majority was 110. Hurrying back to the Commons, we found that a debate on the first amendment to the Cobb clause, which opened with a clever speech by Mr. Boscawen, had resulted m a division which gave the Government 52 of a majority. MB. GLADSTONE SPEAKS AT LAST. J The liveliest episode on the Local Govern- ment Bill arose on an amendment to the Lords' amendment which took the place of ,he Cobb clause. It brought out Mr. Glad- 1 stone from his unusually prolonged spell of silence. The Premier began feebly and 1 ,amely. But the cheers of his friends soon 1 roused him, and his efforts culminated in a 11 irst-class speech, full of clever sophistries 1 md brimming over with a good humour that I cept the House in a perpetual smile. He t ;'&ily chaffed Sir Richard Webster, who had jf )een up before him. He poked fun at the louse of Lords. But all this did not atone f or the gloomy silence of Mr. Henry I ^owler. On the matter of the Cobb £ lause Mr. Fowler had been super- j eded a.nd his opinion over-ruled. Taunts I rere flung at the Government, tem- E • red by lavish personal compliments t9 Mr. owler; but none of them stirred that long- j uffering statesman. Sir Michael Hicks- teach put this view most forcibly in his igorously picturesque description of the ackstairs intrigues by which Sir William tarcourt and Mr. Cobb had shelved Mr. 'owler and betrayed the pledges Mr. Fowler ad given to the House. Tremendous ™ heering drove heme these charges, over and I ver again repeated. Yet there was no ;ply. Only Mr. Fowler sat more than ever t< 10 embodiment of a Minister in misery. Cr. Chamberlain's speech was notable for G is playfully affectionate dealing with Mr. a ladstone and his powerful argument against 0 ie Government proposal. Despite that the foC eight of argument was all on the Church T de, the Government majority was 50. tl THE MISCHANCE TO THE LORDS' VI AMENDMENTS. h After the. debate in the Lords a number of ;ers walked over into the Commons, and 7 teir lordships' Gallery in that House was oj mfortably filled. Lord Rosebery, who had sen talking with Earl Spencer, came into I +j! e Commons' lobby, where also Earl ti )encer was seen. The Marquess of London- 'rry had a long talk with Mr. Chamberlain, re id also with Mr. Wrightson, the member in r Stockton, who had travelled all night to of in his place to-day. The talk of the sa bby was the mischance that had happened bi the Lords' amendments when the fo nployers' Liability Bill was sent down to G e Commons last time. A few lines of ar lendment to the Dudley clause were acci- lw ntally omitted. The clerks at the table in se e of the two Houses were responsible for te is. The omitted werds were quite unim- or rtant as a matter of principle, but they pa same important in this way, that they oL ve the Government an excuse for dii ting another division on the Cobb I npromise, by which they hope I considerably improve the sorry ure they cut in the two divisions. I eir hope rests on the fact that Unionists p 1 not care to come back to-morrow for a j ision whijeh will be merely formal, amki 1 have no earthly effect on the fate ef the 1. But for this untimely accident the ( 1 would have been withdrawn by the j wo vernment after the emphatic decision of We Lords te-night insisting on their amend- nts. Had the Lords been capable of an< rificing their principles to the desire for enge, they might have placed the Com- fr° as and the Government in a very ridicu- I s position. All they need have done WO( lId have been to accept the Cobb com- del mise as it came up from the Commons. Th< 5 Bill as returned had been deleted of whi d Dudley's proposal, including the Dm lprehensive and stringent safeguards den ich were put in to secure freedom choice and just compensation for •krnen. Consequently, the Government | jje( ild have left the workmen in an infinitely I sh0 'se position than any other of the proposi- hig] is before the House would have left him box Happily, the Lords were magnanimous brir resisted temptation. Wh thai THE ARMING OF ARMY AND NAVY. the question by Captain Price-Hutchinson, 0 the closing of the Bagot-street Small is Factory, Birmingham, unexpectedly ed an issue of national importance, Add iely, whether the supply of the new 0f ti ;azine rifle is complete. The Minister wa.s that practically it was. Thereupon, Mr. Tl mberlain and other important members *}n.d d. to get out further information, but all Minister would say was that as many only s as would arm all branches of the service serv, been manufactured. Incidentally a M ty side-light was thrown on the methods veyi [misters. Mi*. Arnold Forster inquired waa ther the Navy had been supplied with s. Mr. Wooaall made answee that the j" iy ordered its own rifles. Thereupon imander Bethell, with quiet irony, asked nigh the Minister aware that when he asked the Secretary to the Admiralty about rifles arrii 'he Navy he was referred to the War Ai e. Need I say there was no answe the J poser. whe; TRADE TREATIES. ie Hon. Robert Reed, Minister of Defence he Colony of Victoria and special Trade A missioner, addressed a meeting of tbers of the House of Commons interested Menial matters this afternoon. Mr. j l's speech was generally on the lines of the I United Empire Trade League, and he rhiw cated ex cisioll of theclausGs for trade appc ,ias with foreign nations, which prevent Wat laving Imperial Federation on a fiscal abiding foundation. —M; THE SUPPRESSION OF ANARCHISM. lonel Howard Vincent's question drew Com nportant statement from Mr. Secretary ques Lith, indicating a resolution on the part bad he Government to co-operate with estal gn Powers in suppressing Anarchist wou* pirators and shutting out .Anarchist P0^ inals from seeking asylum in this try. The Minister's statement was 11r, ed with painful care. It was well WeIE ved with cheers;which were significantly testii rather than loud. Colonel Howard Wels ent declines to express an opinion expe he elaborate reply of Mr. Asquith be*1", co the Anarchists until he has prov] it in print, but the gallant colonel tells fed] xat when he was chief director of the inal Investigation Department they got ry well with the foreign police. All Jo„e srrespondence with the police of foreign refen rs was conducted in the language of the betwi iry communicated with, and the depart- sity. was left in the most friendly relations every all other Powers. When I suggested be ir )lonel Vincent that the reply of the Proc*; s Secretary might be intended to convey = 1e House an intention of friendly co- —" tion with foreign countries which would be carried out, he admitted it was likely to be so. It L significant fact, Colonel Vincent l, that the return for the last three is showed an immigration into this iiiiiiiiiiiï ry of 5,000 aliens. They are not all An ed Anarchists, of course, but, still, we Coum "> look at the fact that the immigration denes fc the rate of over 1,000 more than it Surye 1 the preceding year. at F £ THE CHARITIES CLAUSE. three > battleground between the Lords and eemei overmnent will be the charities clause. laud i s the ground chosen by their lordships, bad ? is equally admirable on the score of cussic pie or expediency. On none of the Jvr-+ • disputed amendments would the Peers 1 o strong a position. Not only is there COU1i( ilement of injustice and spoliation tMor": UHvneu. 1ft tne clause, ont it is also in itself a direct breach of faith on the pa.rt of the Government. The Lords will win on this. The rest may go. REGISTRATION AND JUGGLING. Unionists are as anxious for a good Regis- J tration Bill as Gladstonians, but they (io 1 not intend to allow Ministers, under plea ] of reform, to pass a measure designed in the interest of fraudulent voting. The i frightful example of America shows how i necessary it is to stringently safeguard the r right of voting, so that, in the first place, only the qualified citizens shall vote, and, in the second place, that "wire-pullers and j machine-men shall be kept out of posi- I] tions where they might have any chance of i controlling elections by juggling with the ballot. Let me call attention to what took d place in New York last October under a Reform Ballot Act passed four vears ago 0 in the interest of purity. The common n lodging-houses were very nests of fraud. a Certain names were registered for each si lodging-house. On the day of election the proprietors were supplied with printed lists 0 of the separate names registered at each lodging-house. As tramps came, they were p furnished with these slips, and voted on tl them as often as they could. These "elec- h tors" are called "floaters." The biggest n voter was an ex-convict, who voted eighteen bimes in two districts. In another district four ex-convictfi voted in the name of four T well-known men in the neighbourhood. In jhe lodging-house districts tire difficulty was al lot to poll the full registered vote, but to tl ieep down the vote to the number on the of 'egister. In one district the voting was at ;he rate of over one a minute. From one small house alone, a liquor store, 62 votes 1( vera registered from three houses 233, and )of rom 31 houses 620. In another district four (W! odging-houses voted 337 names. In the ar Second Assembly district 5,000 fraudulent W rotes were recorded out of a total of 12,770. of ^orty houses polled 2,105, and one house lolled 183. I —^—a———t I to N<

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1 I AI "THE NEW BOY." I lis] The new farcical comedy, originally chris- 001 sued "The Boy," and aftt-rwards changed to Pa The New Boy," with which Mr. Weedon 601 kossmith will commence his inaugural career gul t Terry's Theatre on Wednesday, is the work 1 f Mr. Arthur Law. It has already been fei ivourably received at the Devons-hire Park hir heatre, Eastbourne, where it was given iree trial performances. The comedy is a auI ery clever satire on "the eminent director on umbug." The title part is that of a youth- doi II fellow who has married a widow several JBL ears his senior. Were it known that the Sir -dy was married again, she would be cutout the will of a rich old schoolmaster and I, dative. How she passes her husband off as I er ie only result of her first marriage, and how bes ie youthful husband is made to associate I hO\ ith the boys of the school, with the awful is B-ults Mr.Anstey so hmnorously limned I to "Vice Versa," will constitute the strong parts -t tine comedy. The doctor is ultimately .J ived from the clutches of a director humbug Boy/' who thus obtains pardon! r the deceit he has practised. Mr. Weedon in rossmith will, of course, play the youth, son: id the part should suit him to a. "t." The had sight of absurdity is reached when he is • ntenced by a country magistrate to receive °m< n strokes for stealing apoles from an on chard. Miss Gladys Homfray will play the ¡'W( ,rt of the perplexed wife, who looks as much M der, as she really is, as her beardless and his minutive husband looks younger. I thel T

THE TIN-PLATE TRADE. sch( gen< >rseinon Agree to Adopt the 36-box 1 Rule. 3n Monday the workmen employed at Fair- 8<7m od, Grovesend, and Gorseinon Tin-plate 6X31 nks fell into line with the other workmen I << r< J adopted the 36-box rule. This decision was J i/fdat at a meeting held at the Western j •, tel, Gorsemon, on Saturday afternoon, when whole matter was discussed. The room was P5"™ Dwded with millmen from Grovesend, Pair- j stud od and Gorsemon Works, together with nio.u egates from Pontardulais, Briton Ferry, &c. B chair was occupied by one of the workmen. a.nd a was supported by Messrs. Thomas "Tb ijamm and Thomas Phillips. The Presi- j no e it, in the coarse of a lengthy 8peec]|) dwelt I u >n the position of the trade a*d the impor-1 8 nJ ce of tin-platers adhering to the recognised Pero ) of the Union, viz., 36 boxes per shift. LI submitted figures for the last ten years, The wing that the over-production was excessively ti n, and, as a matter of fact, the rate of 36 prati es was net asJow as it should be in order to the lg about a satisfactory state of things, mate en 32 boxes per shift were found to be more v- ti sufficient by taking the output of last three years, which ffave a 'Kv< '1 of 29,000,000 boxes, and 32 boxes in whig it hours produced 38,400,000 boxes for salt. next three years, it was clear that the thi :ss over the demand was 9,000,000 boxes — s Iresses were afterwards delivered by several min" hose present, and the following resolution Th passed :— j iat we, the millmen of the Fairwood, Grovesend Gorsemon Works, do hereby, severally and Suntl tJy, agree to fall into line on the 36-box rule on T f day next February 19, believing this to ba the effectual way to rectify our trade and to pre- votes B our wage lists. respe essrs. Benjamin and Phillips then took con- Mr wice to Llanelly, and on the way a letter I ,• handed the secretary from Messrs. Harrop taoKe' Co., proprietors of the Grovesend Works, sung atening Mr. Benjamin and himself with and, 1 proceedings for trespassing on the pre- ss without permission on the Thursday re t when they visited the workmen and laid foundation of the decision which was fa,m < red at on Saturday. j w-^ j the Ivy Bush Inn, Llanelly. a meeting of I • Llanelly workmen was held in the evening, | n a similar resolution was passed. the

I"! iCHERS MEET AT COEDPENMAEN. drn*e I only meeting of the Rhondda and Pontypridd I 1< iciation of Teachers was held at the Coed- j Pries' uaen Board School on Saturday. Mr. T. I China rohn, Dinas, vacated the chair in favour of th lewly-elected president, Mr. Ambrose, Pen- In oeiber. The following oflScers were also Aft >inted :—Vice-president, Mr. Sampson, I a. few fcstown; secretary, Mr. R. D. Chalke, reliffi< dale; treasurer, Mr. J. W. John, Ynyshir. rVk1w r. Ambrose, in his premdential address, briefly with the progress of the Union quaut 19 the past year, and said the House of well-h mons had at last seriously considered the the si tion of superannuation of teachers, and a. strc uinuiimouslv favoured the scheme. The|a. 8 ilishment of evening continuation schools I VISIt" d prevent the usual mental lethargy which I three ;s«ed children after leaving school, and The ] d effectually bridge the gap now existing I great een the elementary and technical schools, j greate Ambrose also referred to the charter of the oondit :h tTniyersity.—A motion was passed pro- boys ig against the recent appointment to the a "def h inspectorate, on the ground that practioal I It is r rience in elementary school work had not j «be g€ deemed essential.—After tea, which was I boats, ided by the teachers of the school, Prö- fee 38 r Viriamu Jone-s delivered a most lucid I An interesting lecture on magnetism. He the dt assisted by Mr. Harrison, who manipu- for a the lantern with great effect.—Professor a. wort s, in acknowledging the vote of thanks, pow'rf red to the closer union which now existed I reply. een the elementary school and the univer- Ah, He looked forward to the time when I shtart, r teacher of an elementary school would Denni I possession of a university degree.—The j workn sedings terminated with an enjoyable social Wei I said tl I mornii

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HI in iiis, Well adjourned meeting of the Neath Town tioular 3il was held on Monday under the presi- tribute r of the mayor, Dr. D. Llew. Davies.—The bad ju lyor (Mr. D. M. Jenkins) reported that that I was a fault running through the ground a. job. lantwit, and that there were really only give y and three-quarters acres suitable for sfterac ;ery purposes.—The Mayor stated that the touchii vas practica.lly of little use, and tha.t they noticed o option but to go elsewhere.— Aftei dis- fond o m, it was resolved that the archdeacon be he pi ;n to, and the fact that the land at Llan- here a s unfit for cemetery purposes be explained, father, committee consisting of the ex-Mayor, do as ;illors H. Jones, Edward Davies, Hopkin togeth, IltL aad Abraham George wa.s appointed..appear

Cymric Caterings. A COLUMN OF NEWS ABOUT WALES. iJottings and Jokes of Principality Men and the Land They Live In. Cardiff has 222 postmen, Swansea 98, and Newport 97. Santley has promised to attend the Orchestral Society's dinner at Cardiff on March 29. A man who was using long words at the Pontypridd County-court was peremptorily asked by the judge to "speak common Eng- lish." Twelve years ago Principal Edwards was Boycotted by nearly all the Methodist Churches in North Cardiganshire because he was presi- dent of the college athletic club. The Swansea postmaster gets paid £570 a year for postal business, and the Cardiff post- master £550. But, while the former gets only £65 for the telegraph part, the other gets £100. A disgraceful scene was witneesed in Catbe- iral-road—the boulevard of Cardiff-a couple jf days ago. A horse in the last stage of drunken- less was heavily and unsteadily making his way dongs Doubtless, a weeks wages bad been iquandered on that bout. Lord Jersey was once the owner of a copy )f the first English Bible. The book wae irinted in 1535. Quaritch, hearing of the reasure, rested neither night nor day befora 1e had it transferred to his famous establish- nent. It cost him, though, J6685. They don't rise at Herefordshire rent dinners rhen the Queen's health is submitted. This is rom a Glamorganshire man who goes up there, nd has noticed it more than once. It i8, herefore, passed as Welsh news. But a little f the sort goes a long way, nevertheless. The Bishop of St, Asaph has served a moni- ion on the Rev. W. Venables Williams, vicat f Llandrillo-yn-Rhos, and upon his church- ardens that the former must on every Sunday nd holy day throughout the year hold a full f elsh service and sermon in the Parish Church I Llandrillo. Our Bridgend contemporary, the "Chronicle," evidently much concerned about the approach > the Grea.t Western Railway Station at eath. This is how it approaches the sub- • Ihe traffic on the left-hand side 01 Le town station approach, as you approach Ie approach, is so great," &c. &c. One of the best papers that came out cif merica was the partly Welsh and partly Eng. sh "Columbia." It was well-written, smartly inducted, and beautifully printed, but tIt. iper is now at an end. "Apmadoc" left it me time ago, and now "Columbia" has been ilped up by the older established "Drych." A curious story is told of Sir Francis Gren. LI. It was at the time he so distinguished mself at the victory of Toski. He had as nt, a very impulsive and wealthy lady, who hearing the news of the victory at once sat wn and, it was said, wrote a cheque for L0,000, which she forwarded to the lucky rdar. A "Constant Reader" wants us to tell r (the letter is in a lady's handwriting) "the 3t method for preserving fowls' eggs, and w long they will keep for market." Thia just the kind of information we don't care give. Eggs are kept long- enough now fchout it being necessary for us to say how }y can be kept longer. A oomicaJ incident happened last market da.y High-street, Mertj^r. A man was carrying ue onions in a paper bag, and, as the bag i become saturated with the falling rain, the ons broke through the covering and rolled the ground. "Jawl erioed, oaiff hen ■ dyn papyr fel hwn ddim maeddu hen ddyn jl y fi," exclaimed the wight, and, pulling off I scarf, he picked up the onions and placed m in that. rhe other day a teacher at a Welsh ooiffitry ool near Neath was giving a lesson on iders, and the children were aeked to cite rnples of the masculine and feminine der. "Man, woma.n," said one; "Boy, said another aaid^" iiorse. nwre. leone else. Now, Johnny, what is your mple? asked the teacher of one of the little s, and, with a knowing look, Johnny replied, up, saucer, sir." L good point in Major Jones's speech lost .J way the other night. The major was -Jl ising the democracy of America to the lents at Aberystwith College the other it. "Democracy is the great governing ruling principle," said Major Jones. lere they have no empty titles; no dukes, wj saris, no lords, no "Plenty of majors," ilM ited a student near the door, and the wation was spoilt. langollen people are notoriously cautious. "Llangollen Advertiser" admits "th«*y are ty smart down there," but thinks that statement that the result of the footljall ch between Wales and Scotland, played at j 'port, was published at Cardiff by the ening Express" in one minute after the stle had gone requires to be taken with Jfl As a matter of fact, we now find that is a mistake. It should have been half a llte. ■ J ie Lewises had things pretty much tfaeii j way at the saored concert at Dowlais on lay night. Colonel Lewis presided, Mr. Rhys Lewis gave a violoncello solo, the s of. thanks were proposed and seconded actively by Councillor Evan Lewis and William Lewis; Mr. Isaac Lewis took 'ts at one door, Mr. Tom Lewis would have only he was somewhere else at the time) lastly, it has been estimated that there 719 Lewises in the audience. ost Cardiffians remember the intellectual of young Lyn Harding, who used to recite such fiery fervour at many social gather- and, no doubt, many of them thought j young man would do better on the j • than he was doing in his position as er's assistant. Mr. Harding has now been J a few years on the stage, but he is wed tip J| iadder. He is now playing the "Village M it" in India, and from there goes to 49 a and Japan. England may be reached jfl te autumn. 9 ber the severe rebuff administered to them v days ago, it is to be feared that the ous zeal of some of the Aberystwith ge students will soon become a minus tity. Anxious to hear a sermon from a known London preacher, a committee QÍ tudente discussed the matter, and pasesd ong resolution asking the aaid dtane Ð Aberystwith and deliver a lecture to the 4 hundred odd students and professors. reply came without delay—Yee, the preacher would oome with the est pleasure, but there was one little tion the poor struggling Welsh and girls must fork out a trifle of gwm" in the shape of a cheque for J3100. rumoured that the students will not accept enerous offer, but will go in for two new which may be bought with half the ?ked by the great London preacher. Irishman, meeting an overman of one erf M epartmente of the Dowlais Works, asked. job the other da.y. Well, what sort of kman are you?" aeked the overman. A ful good wan, yer anuer, was the instant "All right, I'll give you a trial." sorr, now ye're going to give me a would ye mind shtartin' me brother is as well-shure, he's quite as foine a naIl as I ani mesilf?" next asked Pat. lI, bring Dennis with you in the morning," be gaffer, and the interview ended. Next ng the two men began work, but before did so Pat went up to the overman and Axin' yer pardon, yer 'anner, but could oe afther findin' something for the ould me father, to do? Faith, he's rather I knoe, but, shure, he'd do more work ne and Dennis put togither, so he would." ll, you see," said the overman, not par- ] rly impressed with Pat's entJiusnusti# e to his parent's abilities, "trade is 19 ust now and there's so many men abo.. ■■ can hardly promise to give the old ma* But 111 think the matter over, an$ jrou an answer as you leave work tMe oon," "Thall k ve kindly, sore," said Pø.t. npr his That afternoon the ga,<faf J d that neither Pat nor Dennis were ovefc M work, and so when six o'clock struck k'1,id them off," saying. "You needn't coma my more, but send the old man. youf instead; I now believe you that he can. much work as the two of yoq pnfc er." The old man has. not yet 'sm ranee at the,