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WELSH M.P'S. Furthar Press Opinions of Mr. Marchant Williams's Book. The following are sornc, further opinions which have, been published in the Welsh press in regard to Mr. T. Marchant Williams's new book, "Welsh Members of Parliament :— The "South Wales Post" says:—"From the standpoint of workmanship, the book marks the highest point yet reached by the printing art in the Principality. Nothing approaching it in the artistic sense has ever before been sent out by a Welsh firm. A perfect trillllph on the part of the printers. No man who aspires to understand the politics of Wales can afford to be without this book.. Unconsciously the author—whose heart seems to have exercised a restraining influence on his frankness throughout-has given a picture of Welsh political life almost terrible in its lack of sincerity, in its prostitution of the noblest and 1,lost exalted of principles to personal ag- grandisement. A grim impeachment of the domi- nating power in the politics of the Princi- pality." The "Brython" says :—"This is a beautiful volume, just issued. It is exceedingly good throughout. The writer—Mr. Marchant Wil- liams—has done his task excellently. He describes the different members, one after the other, in sentences full of wit and full of mean- ing. There was no need to name any of them to those who knew them, the portraiture is so characteristic. A master's hand only could do this. and where could Marchant's equal be found ? The artist also succeeded in 'catch- in?' each member in the most natural 'pose.' They are all in their 'Sunday best,' the appear- ance of a few being almost foppish. No print- ing firm in Wales, or, indeed, the kingdom, have turned out better work. It is a credit to the firm of Messrs. Daniel Owen and Co.. to Cardiff, and to Wales, and a thoroughly suit- able volume nlace on the table of the most fa-hionable drawing-room. Order it imme- diately. because every copy will be sold in no time." Th" "Cambrian News" says:—"A credit to the firm as regards printing and general get- up. The artist. Mr. Will Morgan, has suc- ceeded in presenting excellent likenesses the W-"lsh members. We have no doubt the volume bo worth more when it is old than now while it is new. Messrs. Daniel (hvPTl mid Co. have hit upon a work which will -P --1 hp re-i^'iied from. time to ^im?." The "Nor+h Wales Chronicle," in the course of a review covering two columns and a half, The sumptuous and substantial volume which has just issued from the press of Messrs. Daniel Owen and Co., of Cardiff, and which is entitled 'Welsh Members of Parliament' is excellent in every way. and. is creditable to everybody concerned in its production. Hand- somely hound. it is exquisitely jirinted on a beautifully finished friction glazed paper. The artist has been peculiarly fortunate in matching the characteristic features and poses of his sub- jects, and with one or two exceptions the like- nesses are life-like. Neither are the ilh:stra- tions mere conventional re-produd,ions of photo- graphs. Thev are almost speaking copies of the Welsh M.P."s as they are to be, seen in the lobby of the House of Commons, on the street, and on the rostrum. Thp biographical notices -if such they may be called—from the pen of Mr. T. Marchant Will'ams. are in every respect fit counterparts of Will Morgan's pic- tures. In the latter you have the outward appearance of the man. in the former you have his character, his conduct, and his life (1Ïsdosed. The writing is at once flippant, candid, pun- gent, and in the main. true. In:1 volume whieih is so full of frankness we marvel to find so little that is bitter."

A Welsh Scandal Case. BRYNTEG MINISTER'S ACTION FOR LIBEL. He Makes a Claim for £ 500 Damages from a Congregational Minister at Pontypridd. Mr, Abel Thomas, Q.C., M.P., sat at Shrews bury again on Monday hearing evidence in a case referred to him from Liverpool Assizes, in which the Rev. G. J. Williams, Congregational minister, of Brynteg, near Wrexham, sought to recover Y-500 damages from the Rev. W. I. Morris, also a Congregational minister, of Pontypridd, for an alleged slander. Mr. J. P. Cartwright, of Chester, was for the plaintiff, and Mr. S. T. Evanj, M.P. (instructed by Mr. W. R. Davies, Pontypridd), for defendant. The case for the plaintiff was that he had been a Baptist minister, but left that church and joined the Congregational. In February last he applied for the appointment of minister of the Congre- gational Church at Brynteg, and Mr. N. Edwards, a deacon of that church, wrote, with the knowledge and consent of the plaintiff, to the defendant asking if he knew the plaintiff, and what were his opinions as to his fitness for the appointment. In reply defendant wrote that he well knew the person inquired about, who was not recognised as a minister in the church to which he belonged. He had applied for admission into the English Association of East Glamorgan and had been refused. He was in business as a grocer after that, and sold beer in small casks. but at last failed in business. The writer said he could not on any account recom- mend Mr. Williams as pastor, and he hoped the church would riot fall into the temptation which had been laid for it. On the re-opening of the proceedings, Mr. J. P. Cartwright said he had an application to make to amend the statement of claim by adding certain statements contained in the statement of claim in the action against Ellis Roberts. After hearing Mr. S. T. Evans, the arbitrator declined to amend. THE PLAINTIFF RE-CALLED. The Rer. G. J. Williams, the plaintiff, being re-called, said he received a postcard which he understood to announce his recognition to the Church, and there were anniversary services to be held, but they were entirely distinct from any recognition meetings. There, were no special services fixed until after the recognition meet- ing. Mr. Evana And now about your leaving Ton- gwynlais. You said upon the last occasion that you did not remember whether you had ever applied to that Church for a transfer, and that you were not aware that the transfer had been refused. You also said that you could not swear whether you instructed Messrs. Morgan and Mayo to apply for the transfer and to take pro- ceedings ? The Plaintiff: Yes. Have you since refreshed your memory, and do you wish to say anything more?—I have no thing to add. My memory is exactly what it was then. Do you remember whether you ever threatened the officers of Tongwynlais Church, through Messrs. Morgan and Mayo, with proceedings if they did not give you the letter of transfer ?—I do not remember. Do you still say that the reason of your leav- ing there was ill-health 2- Yes. there was no disturbance when I left. Nothing more than what I have already stated. Did you ask the church or any official of it recently to give you a certificate explaining the cause of your leaving?—Yes, I did. Did Messrs. Morgan and Mayo write at your request demanding the transfer?—They wrote I did not instruct them to threaten proceed- ings. Mr. Evans put in a letter from Messrs. Morgan and Mavo to Mr. George Stephen, secretary of the Church at Tongsvynlais, in which they stated that they had been requested by Mr. Williams to write for this transfer. The plaintiff I know that I had a conversa- tion with them on the subject, but I never instructed them to write in the way they did. If you did not instruct them this statement in their letter must be untrue ?—I do not say that it is entirely- Mr. Evans read a second letter, in which Messrs. Morgan and Mayo said Mr. Williams had called again, and was much surprised that Mr. Stephen had not forwarded to him the letters of dismissal, and unless they were for- warded at once or a satisfactory answer given proceedings were to be commenced but it was sincerely to be hoped that Mr. Stephen would not compel them to take that course. Did you tell Messrs. Morgan and Mayo that the transfer had not been sent to vou 2-I never instructed them to threaten the proceedings. I did not see the letters they wrote nor any of the replies. Mr. Evans said notice had been given to pro- duce the replies. Mr. Cartwright said they would be in the hands of the solicitors, and not of the plaintiff. Mr. Evans Did you yourself before you in- structed your solicitors write to Mr. Stephen demanding your letters of transfer ?—I do not remember. Is that all you can say ?—Yes. Mr. Stephen did not write to me declining in the name of the Church to give me a transfer. I am positive of this. The letter produced is in my hand- writing. It is a letter from me dated June 24, 1892, and addressed to Mr. George Stephen. It is in Welsh.—Translation read, asfollows:- Arvan House, Hafod, June 24, 1892. Dear Brother,—Yours to hand. I am sur. prised at the unbrotherly tone of its contents, especially when yon say you are writing in the name and on behalf of the Church at Ainon. If you were writing on behalf of yourself I should not be so much surprised, though I never ve you any cause to do so, but doing such on behalf of the Church, a number of people professing to be the loving disciples of Jesus Christ, I must say that I am really surprised. You know perfectly well that Mrs. W. and myself brought our letters of dis- missal from Havod, and that I, in the usual way as minister of the Church at the time being, read the same to the Church, and that you entered our names down in the account of the Ainon Church for the following association. The letters are now in my possession, and the Church at Bethesda, Havod, can prove their authenticity. Were you as a Church so short of common sense as to receive me as your leader in the House of God, and at the same time not be a member amongst you? Do you dare to say that my dear wife is not a m -mber for the simple reason that it was not convenient for her to communicate at Ainon for six months ? I have not the least desire for any unpleasantness with either yourself or the Church, and that was my chief reason for keeping away from there as I did. I suppose, to escape the consequence of certain actions > of yours towards me, you are trying to get my moral character under your feet, and are of the conscience to use your influence as a secretary of Christ's to reach your aim. Mrs. W. and my- self shall be very sorry to be compelled to use any further means to obtain the letters, and to prevent such a course I give you until Tuesday, July 5, 1892, to send the same.—With brotherly re- membrance, yours, &c., G. J. WILLIAMS. Mr. Geo. Stephen, secretary, Ainon Baptist Church, Tongwyniais. The plaintiff, replying to Mr. Evans, said he had not remembered that letter, Mr. Evans It is extremely strange that all is important correspondence should be going th on and that you should have forgotten all about it. You say in this letter that you should be very sorry to use further means, but that- you would give him until July 5. Can you connect that in any way with the fact that between the 5th and the 8th of July you instructed Messrs. Morgan and Mayo to write to Mr. Stephen?— I know that there was some correspondence. Replying as to the paying off of some of the debts in bankruptcy, the plaintiff said he be- lieved his wife had since paid off some, but he did not know which. The bankruptcy was in respect of transactions of himself and his wife, and he made himself responsible for them all. Mrs. Williams made the payments out of her separate estate- Plaintiff, replying to Mr. Cartwright, said I left Pontypridd in April this year. The Rev. Yyrnwy Morgan left in June, 1393. There has be&n no permanent pastor since Nir. V. Morgan left. The beer business was an agency of my wife's, and the licence was not renewed after it expired. I believe I first entered into correspondence about Brynteg in December, 1C93. I commenced my duties there on April 22. I was a member of the East Glamorgan Association of Baptists for fourteen years. The reason I wanted to join the Congregational Association was that I might be put upon the same footing that I held in the Baptist Church. THE REV. VYRNWY MORGANS EVIDENCE. The Rev. Vyrnwy J. Morgan said he was pastor oi a. church in Lambeth, and was for- merly at Pontypridd. He took duty at the hitter place in .April, 1892, and was in charge of the ohurch in January, 1893. He made the acquaintance af Mp\ VV iiilianis afcteir April, 1884 and discussed with linn the question of his (plaintiff's) joining the Congregational Church. itness mentioned it to Mr. Davies, the secretary of the church, and others, and the result was that the planntitf was received into the Church. With the consent of the deacons, lie was nominated at one Church meet- ing as a member, and icceived at the next, and recommended to the Church at the ordi- ,nance on the following Sunday. Witness an- nounced Mr. Williams's wish at the nomina- tion meeting, and expressed the hope that lie would have a speedy and prosperous settle- ment among the Congregationalists, by which he meant that he hoped Mr. Williams would soon succeed in getting a Church. After that he assisted Mr. Williams in getting to preach v/here a minister was needed. lie received applications for Mr. Williams to preach, and handed them over to him. Witntss quite believed that what took place entitled Mr. Williams to prench in Congregatiol al Churches. He had then resigned from the Baptists. To the Arbitrator Without anything more being done, I understood that he would be recognised as a preacher of the Church. I arnouuced the fact, and there was no protest. He was recognised as a preacher by me and by others in the Church. I cannot see how he could be received as a member without being received as a preacher also. Mr. Wil- liams was introduced by me as the Rev. G. T. Williams, who is looking out for a settle- ment amongst us." He could not be received in the Congregational Church until he resigned from the Baptists. Mr. Williams expressed to him a wish to join the East Glamorgan Con- gregational Association, his object being to become associated with other Congrega- tic,rialists. To Mr. Evans: I proposed Mr. Williams as a member of the Church. In my view he would have the right to preach. He had been a preacher, and was act a novice. He was received in the capacity of a man who had been ordained in another denomination, and aiot as atii ordinary member only. He did not remember having authorised Mr. Williams to use the note-paper of the Church. I gave plaintiff a general authority to use my name, but I have said I was afraid lie had exceeded the authority given. The letters sent by the plaintiff among tlie Churches did not exactly correspond with a letter which I had given to him. I did r.ot authorise plaintiff gtme- rally to write a letter in the form produced, purporting to come from me. I authorised plaintiff to send out a circular, but not the one produced. Plaintiff may have got th* letter paper produced at my house, but he did not have it from me. Mrs. Morgan may have given it to him, possibly. I am not aware of any other "undue liberties" that plaintiff had taken with my name. I proposed Mr. Williams as member of the East Glamorgan Congregational Association, but I did not attend the meeting. I saw Mr. Williams afterwards, and lie seemed hurt that he had been excluded. I saw the result in the newspapers, and Mr. Williams subsequently had a. letter stating the fact. from the secretary of the association. The question as to whether Mr. Williams was to be recognised as a minister of the Congre- gational Church was not put to the meeting, but he called him "the iev. and if anyone disagreed I should have expected them to have got up and said so. To Mr. Cartwright: He nominated Mr. Williams as a minister as well as a member, and did what lie, could to fet him "supplies." It was usual to get a. transfer from one ohurch to another: it was not strictly observed, how- ever. There was value in the transfer. DR. PAN JONES IN THE WITNESS-BOX. Dr. Pan Jones said the admission of the Rev. Mr. Williams into the Congregational Church ag a member and a, minister was regular and formal. He had himself been a minister of the Church for 26 years, but was now at Mostyn. It was the usual 'way to recognise a minister if there wa,s no charge against him. If a man had ceased to be a member of a Church for twelve months he would not be recognised as a member until he joined afresh. He bad re- ceived many members from the Baptist Church without letters of transfer. *If a man had ceased to be a member of the Church for twelve months and letters of transfer positively refused he would only be received as an outsider. There was no definite rule as to a man's bank- ruptcy each Church acted for it-self in that matter.' When a member of the Church washed to become a preacher and to be recognised as such, the Church discussed the matter, and in- vited" him to preach on probation. Then there was a further discussion as to whether he was a fit and proper person, and if the Church decided that he was he went to college. ni I Witness did* not recognise ordination at ail- he was a Liberal in that respect. He did not know an instance where a man had been recog- nised as a preaoher without his being asked to take part in the services of the Church. All was done that was necessar^ by the Church at Ponfvpr.ldd to recoarnise Mr. Williams as a preacher. He would not go throusrh the same form with one who had been a minister as with a mere novitiate. A minister of the one Church has qualified as a minister of -he nther aftpr being recognised. The proceedings were then adjourned till to-day.

At Merthvr Police-court on Monday David John Simmons and George Griffiths, repairers, the latter of whom was said to have absconded, 1, were summoned for a. breaeh of the 260th Social "Ride in force of t<he Dnwlais Company's N0., 1 Bedlinog' Pit. by sleeping in the mine. Sum- mons was fined 5s. and Costs, and Griffiths 10s. and costs. "ADVICE TO MOTHERS. "Are you broken in your res- by a sick child suffering with the pain by cutting t£eth? Go at occe to a chemist and get a. bottle of Mrs. Window's Soothing Symp. It will relieve the poor sufferer immediately. It is plea- sant to taste; it produces natural, quiet sleep by relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub awakes as bripbt as a button. Of all chemists, h lid. per bottle. tfE

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LOCAL AMUSEMENTS. "A Gaiety Girl" at Cardiff Theatre Royal. Once more this merry, tuneful, and entertain- ing musical comedy is staged at the Royal, and, judging- from Monday night's reception, a repetition of its former success aCOarclilf in May last is assured. Although the sdmrm of novelty has worn off, and many members of the large and representative audience that flocked to see A Gaiety Girl" on Monday night have already seen the piece several times, the frequent encores and lusty applause were sufficiently in- dicative of unquestionable enthusiasm. Many ohanges in the cast have been made since the last visit, and if some of these changes are not for the best, at least it cannot be said that they are for the worst. Miss Marie Studholme con- tinues to impersonate Alma Somerset," but she is absolutely wasted in the part- Neither a song nor a dance falls to her lot—only excep- tional beauty saves her from oblivion. Mr. Albert Christian is the present Charles Gold- field," and his rich baritone voice is admirably used in his Tommy Atkins and Come, my lady fair," songs. A new "Lady Virginia" is rendered by Miss Ada Jenoure, who infuses unlimited grace and coquetry into her pleasing pei formance. Both Mr. George Mudie and Mr. Charles Wilson are new in the respective charac- ters of Sir Lewis Gray and "Dr. Brierley," and exquisite delineations are given by both. A French lady—Miss Andree Corday—plays Mina" with immense success; Mr. W. J. Manning's "Major" is the same delightful, peppery, and impetuous performance as before, and a vigorous Bobbie liivers is contributed by Mr. C. R. Stuart, a young man with a future. The dainty dancing of Miss Maud Wilmot was warmly applauded, and the terpsi- chcrcan evolutions of Miss Madge Russell did rot fail to win appreciation. GRAND THEATRE, CARDIFF, I here was an excellent audience at the Grand Theatre on Monday night, and during the ensuing nighte lovers of melodrama will have plenty of good fare to occupy their attention. On Monday evening the celebrated play "The. Tioket-of-Leave Man" was produced, amd the piece was received as well as ever. The com- pany acted admirably, and all the scenes in the unravelment of the plot were very cleverly- worked out. The scenery was excellent, and the stage remarkably well set. On Tuesday and Saturday "The Ticket-of-Leave Man" will be repeated, on Wednesday and Thursday v "Moths" will be staged, and on Friday "The Lady of Lyons." an old favourite with Cardiff playgoers, will be, the attraction. THE EMPIRES. CARDIFF. The performance this week at the Cardiff Empire fairly bristles with good items. All the "turns" are of the best, and the business very up-to-date. Miss Katie Lawrence, an old favourite in the Welsh metropolis, but vho has not been in these parts for a considerable time, repeated her old successes in each of her songs. "Oh, My Bonnet," and "They Are the Best, After All." were the brightest, and were heartily cheered. The two M'Naughtons gave an irresistibly funny turn. The patter was smart and new, creating roars of JalH;1iter, and the boxing act especially absurd. The Lydia Crofton Company in the sketch "After the Ball" made a very big hit. The, scenes after the introduction of the rival are very well worked Lip. Bob Vokes, another old favourite, also scores with several funny songs, in which his facial expressions form a prominent part, and also obtains milch applause for "The Han- som Cabby." Herr Wingard, the whimsical wizard, works a smart sleight of-hand show, the while keeping the audience ivell supplied with funny patter The Sisters Desmond, a vivacious pair, sing catchy songs and dance. iemarkably well. Miss Florence Penley, a smart serio, sings, in addition to other songs, a very pretty "plantation" baliad, the dance following being very well ivxecufod. The over- ture, "Zanetta," by the excellent orchestra, under Mr. Burgess, is a treat- NEWPORT. Heading the bill here this week is the name of the celebrated comedian Dan Leno, who comes to the town with his blushing honours thick upon him. Great merriment was caused by the twin Brothers Clayton and the Misses Wood and Willis. The brothers are as much alike as two peas, and the difficulties which they get in are very funny. Lizzie Ramsden is a smart trans- formation dancer, and the way. in which she changed her costumes was most clever. Walton and Lester. the world's worst wizards," were irresistible, and Miss May Clarke, contralto, was a big success. Trillo. ventriloquist, and the Sisters Westfield, duettists, provided enjoyable turns." SWANSEA. The Empire, Swansea, was crowded on Mon- j day evening at each performance, the attraction being a remarkably strong company, both in

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EISTEDDFOD AT RHYMNEY. The sixth annual eisteddfod was held at the Victoria-hall, Rhymney, The Rev. George Griffiths acted as conductor, and also adjudi- ca.ted upon the recitations and literary competi- tions; music, Mr. Tom Price, G. and L., Mer- tbyr accompanist, Mr. Harry Evans, A.R.C.O., Dowlais. The numerous competitions were keenly contested.

I That Pass in a Day. "Yes, indeed," remarked one of the guests at the netx table, "'that- is certainly a new man sitting by the Agreeable Girl." The Agree- able Girl bent over the book which she always read at meal times, while every one wondered, as usual, that one so young, so handsome, and so stylishly gowned should seem to care for reading. The New Man noted her absorption in her bock, bm seeing that, despite this, pink xoses nodded upon her hat and she wore neither short hair nor spectacles, he summoned courage to ask in a mild tone of voice: "Would you be good enough to pas me the olives, please?" Witthornt raising her eyes the Agreeable airl answered: "The waiter is here for that." After which he apologised with such distant politeness, not only for troubling her, but for the accident which had thrown him next her, that the Agreeable Girl looked at him and sa^d "When you have been here as long as I have, you will have learned that no attention at all to a New Man is better than too much attention." Then she added* abruptly, "Why have you come here?" The New Mao was interestingly pale, and skin, hair, and eyes- harmonised in delicacy of hue, accentuating the refinement of his expres- sion and features. The Disagreeable Girls told each other that he was like the tenor in "The Heavenly Twins," but the Agreeable Girl told herself tohart he looked like a. tallow candle with the light gone out, and she had such a curiosity to see what he would be like with a, soft flame m his dull eyes that unconsciously she set to work to kindle it there. She had never seen a, quiet, steady candle, with it's pure, serene light- at Peter's Inn before. Electricity and gas flashed with their glaring, garish ^brilliancy there always, and so a softer ray she found was very restful. Peter's Inn was a famous health resort in the mount a ■■us of the east where hundreds of poor, weary souls went yearly for a. necessary course of dinners, lunches",and balls thefe was, by the way, a fine mcdicinal water there, and this, the N-sw Man said, was the reason he had come to Pater's Inn. the Agrwable Girl saw- tha-t he did not weat duck trousers, neither did he smoke cigarettes, nor a short-stemmed pipe, and learning, moreover, that he did not go in for gulf mud pol», atatl was not a baseball fiend- she ipoked at hina \aaderin £ ly and her grey eyes softened as she asked him: ( May I call you a Crank?" After that there wa.s between them that unexplaiiiable nothing, which has been called "something." and whieih explains every summer bond of sympathy. Yet another marked peculiarity of die New Alan was that he was never seen dwelling upon the porticoes with the Caretakers, The Caretakers are a distinctive olass at the modern summer resort, tlockilJg thither for the future prospects of their young and innocent charges. Truly, the Caretakers are long-suffer- ing, and much commended by the masculine inembars of the smart set. They see to it that their charges commit no such social im- I I proprieties as flirting, late suppers, and long drives by generously monopolising these pastimes, thereby nobly removing such dangers from the path of young g(;ris. Moreover, there is safety for young men with the Caxe- takers, for where is the subtle danger of a breach of promise suit to assail them should they, in a moment of forgetfulness, chance to l'o'l pluck a daisy and murmur idiotically, "She loves me. She loves me not." As tlTe days went by, the Agreeable Girl and the New Man were together more and more. Although there was a. sound of riches in the rustle of silk as the Agreeable Girl walked, the New Man never guessed that she lived in a brownstone mansion, nor did she question his life apart from their long walks and rambles along the mountain streams. There was, if any, a vague impression in her mind that the New Man was literary, or artistic, or something in that line, but this was because of the tallow- candle look about him, the trade mark, as it were. of those following such callings. The A.greeable Girl was always true to the spirit of her sobriquet. She would say to him quite fiercely: "Why are you so stupid and roma.nt.ic? DOIl't you know that practicality makes the wheels of this life go round?" Or she would admonish him "to get a. move" on him. If dream he must, let his soliloquy be "To hustle, or not to hustle," and then to fall I to—hustling" Her Crank thOlwht she was harsh and disagreeable when she spoke so, but it was for his good. though she knew it not. It is human to think that wha-t is bad to us is I not good for us. One day came when the Agreeable Girl went to the table with a book in her hand ag usual. She .fcauid tij,e_seat nest to lier's empty. She suddenly became aware that this empti- neili extended to everything at Peter's Inn. Life itself was empty since the New Man had left. She ordered her dinner, but forgot to eat it, so absorbed was she in her thoughts as she gazed intently in the book which she held, but never read. She hastened to her room, the lonely sense of emptiness having now extended to body as well as brain and heart. She sat down and penned the following letter "My own Crank, my big one! my great chum; your place is empty at the table, so is my heart, so am I, for I cannot eat. You have gone, gone! and I am woebegone-why did you come, since coming meant that you must I also go? I did not know that you were here i until you were not- here that you had crept I into my heart, until you had crept out of my | sight. Oh. my- Crank! my big one! I did not » mean to love you, I never meant to love any- thing but the books wliioh I carry around but never read. never read. "You reminded me of a tallow candle and rested me in all this glare. I only meant to see how you would look when lighted with a soft glow in your eyes. f applied the torch to my own heart. All the light burns within, while there is darkness around about me. because the real light of my Life, my tallow candle, has gone out. You will go back to your high and noble life, your life of dreams and actions, such as great Cranks know, and when your spark of hidden genius strikes the flint of opportunity you will no longer be a tallov.- candle, but a beacon light to the world. As for me, the gods pity me! But perhaps, as I languish iin my dungeon, wrestling with the shackle? of conventionality a ray of your light will pearce some crevice and refresh, me with -the memory of these days of sweet free- dom from society's servitude." Here the Agreeable Girl stopped and sat in deep thought. She was doubtful about the spelling of the word "servitude." Was it ",3erve," "serva." or "servitude ?" She he- came more and more puzzled to know. She suddenly tore the letter to fragments and let ,it flutter away in the wind. As for the New Man. his two little weeks and his too little 032h were both out. He left, stealing away like a thief in the night, though he stole nothing else like a thief, not even the Agreeable Girl's heart, for Crank that he was he ddd not know- that fee had picked her body of that. Pie hid returned to his her body of that. He hid returned to his high life: his exalted position upon a stool in a dark and crowded office. He had gone back to keeping- books in a second-rate business; house, but sometimes a little glow would come to his face with a sudden memory, .d then the columns of figures would jiot seem so locog or the office so clark. The Agreeable Girl had once seen the same flush in his cheeks, and she had said: "Ah! you are a pink wax candle now, and not a pale, tal- low one." But this was all over and the New Man never knew that, the Agreeable Girl lived in a city palace, or that she had ever written him a letter: for courtships that pass in a summer's day never know the goal of a to-morrow.

CURTAIN V. SHUTTER. It happened once upon a time A certain Mrs. C— Had chanced to call upon a friend- We'll call her Mrs B-, Now Mrs. B- was not at home, And so the caller's name Was left with SariLh Ann, the girl, Who thought she knew the same. In due time Mrs. B- returned, When Sarah Ann thus said: "A Mrs. Shutter has been here," The lady shook her head, And said she knew none by that name, Nor could she think of one Who bore a name resembling it; She tried, but thought of none Well, sometime after this event, These ladies both had met; 'Twas then made known who called that day; The joke is standing yet. When Mrs. B— to Sarah Ann Remarked "That lady's name Was Mrs. Curtain, who had called"; She knew then 'twas the same. Then added: "Yes, I did forget, But then one, thing I knew. g 'Twas something, 'bout a windy, So thought that Shutter'd do."

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VARIETIES. Ben Johnson and Nat Lee were almost slaves to alcohol. Moliere was subject to convulsions. Julius Caasar is1 said to have been an epileptic. Voltaire was probably the vadnest man that ever lived. Paganini, the violinist, once fell into a cataleptic state. Schiller was a victim of fainting fits and con- vulsions. The brilliant Southey finally sank into a stake of mental stupor, in which he died. Tasso was crazy a large part of his life, and was repeatedly locked up as a madman. Lord Olives melancholy finally ended in madness, and he died by his own hand. Spinello. the painter, became insane while painting his great picture, "The Fallen Angels." Angels." Nebuchadnezzar had that peculiar form of mental disease called lycanthropy, in which the George Eliot had frequent attacks of nervous prostration. Both Kelper and Cuvier died of different forms of brain disease. Charles XII. of Sweden gave many signs of mental derangement. Both Charles and Mary Lamb were dwellers in the borderland of madness. Tiberius' was ■% man of unusual ability, but with a hereditary taint of insa.nity. Beethoven seems to have been almost ir- ('n responsible about everything but music. Frederick William, the father of Frederick the Great, was half crazy most of his life. Cromwell, undoubtedly, had some form of brain trouble. His brain weighed ninety ounces. Archimedes was so absent-minded that he would do the most unconventional things without a thought of their impropriety. Edgar Allen Poe was an excellent illustra- tion of a brilliant mind upset by the use of stimulants. Dr. Samuel Johnson had many eccentricities that indicated a dangerous drifting away from sanity. Cardinal Richelieu was erratic from child- hood. He was once under restraint for temporary madness. Mohammed was an epileptic. He would re- main unconscious for hours when one of the paroxysms came on. Cowper's madness is well known. Once he tried to hang himself, and at another time endeavoured to commit suicide by drowning himself. Byron was believed by some of his con- temporaries to be mentally unbalanced, and his career of strange wickedness gave much colour to the supposition. Robert Burns never was well balanced. His excesses were. wild in their extravagance. Luther had hallucinations that to him were as real as the most absolute faofcs. On one occasion during his stay in the Castle of Wart- burg he thought he saw the devil 0.11 the oppo- site side of the table and got up and threw the inkstand at his old enemy. <gweiPMMBgagMSU^.LJUMILUt»llKUa«mUi.M»OTrjH|

DID HER BEST. This is the message the telegraph messenger handed to him: "Come clown as soon as you can-. I am dying. KATE." Eight hours later he arrived at the summer hotel, to be met on the piazza, by Kate herself. "Why—what did you mean by sending me such a message ?" he asked. "Oh," she gurgled, "I wanted to say that I was dying to see you, but my ten words ran out and I had to stop."

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LOVE. Deep in the moving depths Of yellow wine I sworb I'd drown your face, 0, love of mine; All clad iu a yellow blue, So fair to see, I You crouched within my cup And laughed at me. I Twice o'er a learned page I turned and tossed; For I could not forget The love I lost- All stern and robed in gloom You read it, too; Icouldnotseethewords, Saw only you. Within the hungry chase I thought to kill You, love, who haunted thus Without my will. But. in the gentle gaze Of fawn and deer Your eyes disarmed my hand Aiid took my spear. Beneath a maid's dark lash I swore you'd drown. Sink ui the laughing blue- Give in, go down But no while bathing there Right joyously Out from her liquid eyes You laughed at me. eoammi&imvanratt'sasmcc&maHsaacHnKnai

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