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THE PAR EAST. TROUBLOUS END IN SIGHT. Pekin, May 26. The military authorities of the various Powers seem to consider a. settlement in sight as preparations are being made for the evacu- ation of Pekin. Two German marine bat- talions have left for Tsing-tau, and British transports have been ordered. Count von Waldereee expects to leave in the middle of June. COLLISION BETWEEN GERMANS AND AMERICANS. Pekin, May 26. The United States Legation guard had a fracas with some Germans to-day. Legation Street was being repaired near the United States Legation, and an American sentry was placed there with orders to direct passengers to pass along a side street. All obeyed ex- cept the Germans, both officers and soldiers, who caused the sentries much trouble. One German officer drew his swordand w^g going to attack an American soldier, who brought his bayonet to the charge. The officer then desisted. Later on a German soldieT charged past the sentry, whereupon the latter fired, hitting another German eoldier who was standing near the German Legation a quar- ter of a mile away. Fortunately, only a slight flesh wound was inflicted. The sentry has been arrested. The feeling is attributed to the action of the United States in retain- ing control with the Legation guard of one entrance to the Forbidden City, which the Germans consider a reflection en their na- tional honesty.

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TERRIBLE COLLIERY DISASTER IN WALES. SEVENTY MEN ENTOMBED. One of thotee swift catastrophes with which mining districts are familiar plunged South Wales into gloom on Friday. In the early morning, the "Universal" Colliery, Senghen- ydd, nine miles from Cardiff, was wrecked by an explosion in which, it is feared, over seventy lives have been lost. About five o'clock the world overhead was startled by three thunderous detonations. Four miles away they sounded like minute guns. But everyone who heard them knew that they meant the death of many bread-winners and Boon streams of people were seen pouring across the mountain paths. towards the pit. At the pit's mouth a cage with two men of the night shift had just come to the surface. Dan Shynn stepped out. Ere he had walked ten yards there was a deafening roar, and he saw the whole of the "staging and tackle blown sky-high. The other man, Morgan, who had lagged behind, had both legs broken. A thousand men are employed in the mine, but only between seventy and eighty, fortu- nately, were below at the time of the disas- ter. Rescue parties were speedily organised, but it was some time before a descent could be made. Meanwhile piteous scenes were witnessed among the distracted women whose husbands and brothers were entombed. The first explorers failed to reach even the1 bot- tom of the shaft. Half-an-hour later several neighbouring colliery managers made a. de- termined effort, and penetrated some twenty yards into the workings. They found a chaos of ruin, and before they could attack any of the falls the deadly after-damp forced them in turn to retreat. Another interval elapsed and then, at eleven o'clock, some mining en- gineers went down. A thrill went through the .anxious crowd that waited for their rec- turn when it was whispered that men were being brought up in ambulances. But three of the four prostrate figures were' of the re- scuers' party. They had been overcome by v the gases in pluckily endeavouring to sur- mount a fall. The fourth was an ostler, War- ren, who was found dead by the side of his uninjured horse. The task of clearing the falls proceeded at first slowly, owing to the damage which the cage and its gear had sus- tained. Later on a "bond" was substituted for the cage, and thus greater progress was made. Mr. D. Lewis (assistant inspector of mines) who came up about three o'clock, said that the rescue parties had not been able to penetrate to any great distance on the west Slide.: and that on the east side they had been hindered by a fall at least 120 yds. in length. David Evans, one of a rescuel party who descended the pit after the explosion, stated that on reaching the bottom of the shaft they came acrotes the prostrate1 form of William Harris, who was alive, but un- conscious. He was terribly burnt. Asked to describe the condition of things, Evans said: "The first thing we saw was a number of trams that had been smashed to atoms, and about ten yards away from the bottom of the shaft there was a fall, but it was not a very heavy one, and we had no difficulty in climb- ing over it, and in getting to the spot where Harris was lying. Going up some distance on the tramline we came to a stall on the east section, and there we saw four horses. Two of them were alive, but the other two had been blown into one of the stalls, where their bodies were tightly wedged, and both were dead." "You didn't see the remaining men in the pit?" "No, we could not get at them because of the foul air, but I am practically certain they are all dead. They could not possibly live in such atmosphere. The whole place is in a fearful state of wreckage, the bottom of the shaft tbeing completely destroyed." Despite the bravery of 'the rescuers, Harris up to an early hour on Saturday morning, was the only miner brought up alive. Three dead bodies had also been recovered—War- ren, already mentioned, Jones, and Coombes. The "Universal" Company, Limited, to whom the mine belongs, has a capital of £120,000, and is insured against any claims that may arise. Only a few miles away from the scene of the present disaster oc- curred the "Union" explosion of 1894, by which 281 lives were lost. Several theories are put forward to account for the present calamity, the moat probable one being that it resulted from the "shot-firing" by which the, coal is loosened. The pit had only been open for some eighteen months. Thousands of people waited hopelessly all Friday night round the mine, and heartrending scenes were witnessed. A TERRIBLE DEATH-ROLL. The work of the rescue parties went on at the wrecked mine in the Aber Valley through- out Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and it was soon seen that no hope whatever existed that any of the men in the mine could be taken out alive. Thirty-three dead bodies had been recovered by Tuesday morning, and the heroic workers, 8jS they pierced the de- bris, weTe hourly finding traces of the de- structive character of the explosion, and were having it borne upon them that it was impossible for men to live in what must have been a mass of fire. Several of the bodies found show that death must have come to some of the miners more slowly than others, for while the explosion had dashed some men against the wall and wedged them in crevices, others had been overcome by the noxious gases and died after a struggle. SCENES AT THE PIT'S MOUTH. At the pithead men and women keep dreary watch, and as each body was sent up to the bank, relatives and friends of the deceased man hailed it with shrieks and lamentations. The total deaths was officially stated on Mon- day to be 82. Wm. Harris, taken out alive, is expected to recover. He is the sole sur- vivor. MESSAGE FROM THE KING. Sympathy has been expressed on all hands with the bereaved, and among the earliest received by Mr. Robson, Inspector of Mines, was the following telegram from the Home Secretary: "The King is deeply grieved to hear of the terrible disaster r-t the Universal Colliery. His Majesty commands me to express his deep sympathy with the families of those who have lost their lives, also his admiration of the gallant attempt to Save life.—(Signed) RITCHIE." PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION In an interview with Mr. Dyor Lewis, one of H.M. Assistant Inspectors of Mines,, on Monday, that gentleman declared that he was now convinced the explosion was due to coal dust, and said the long continuance of the north-east wind, which had prevailed for nearly three weeks, had probably had the effect of drying up the air and had passed through the workings. He rediculed the idea that the gas had been ignited by the striking of a match in the pit, but as to shot-firing be- ing the cause of the explosion, he would not express an opinion as yet. He said he visited the colliery a fortnight before Christmas. and found that the management had made every provision in the main road for effi- ciently watering the mine, and in the course of his visits he never had occasion to report of inadequate ventilation. The workmen had also periodically examined the pit, and had made reports. He believed they had made a very recent examination, but he had Hot seen the books because they were im- pounded. The coal dust in the pit was of the same class as in the Albion colliery. There was indeed in this portion of the South Wales coalfield a. circle where the coal dust t?as particularly dry and very fine, and there- fore all the more fiery. The Universal Col- liery was in this zone. He did not believe that the explosion was due to ordinary gas, for more carbonic oxide was found than was consistent with that theory. This was sup- Ported by the fact that the lamps remained ahght and gave no indication of the presence of afterdamp. THE SOLE SURVIVOR. Much interest centres round the progress the recivery of William Harris, the sole survivor. It is unique for one man alone ° j^.e 8?Te(l from such aterrible disaster, and it will be indeed a great pity if his ;ie c&nnot be saved. The colliery company have an expert nurse from Cardiff for .llP> and the poor fellow is now considered ° be almost out of danger. He has not. how- 7er, yet made a statement as to the explo- 10n except that in his his delirium he has onstantly called out: "Jacko, Jacko, let us ruu into the cabin." It appears that Harris's duty was to take empty trucks from the pit's bottom and full trucks back to the cage. He and his "butty" had a little cabin into which they used to go and rest or have their food. His features, we are glad to say, are not broken in any way, but his face is badly burnt. There is a cut on the back of his head, which seems to indicate that the blast struck him from behind. Harris's father is a banksman at Pochin Pit, Tredegar, and was one the sur- face some years ago when an explosion took place there. Harris himself was born in Quakers' Yard, and came to Senghenydd two or three years ago. It will be remembered that at the first attempt it was found im- possible to get the cage with the first party of rescuers to the bottom of the shaft. One of that party said he distinctly heard shouting, and there is no doubt that the voice was that of Harris, who, in the midst of the gloom and horror, was exclaiming, as he has since been doing in his delirium, "Jacko, Jacko, let us run into the cabin!" It is now prac- tically certain that but for the ventilator being kept going by the manager, directly the explosion was heard, Harris's life would not have been saved. THE INQUEST. The inquest on the bodies recovered was formally opened on Saturday and adjourned. Daily since the disaster there have been fun- erals in the district, when the most pathetic scenes were witnessed. PREVIOUS NOTABLE DISASTERS IN WALES. Killed. 1849—Aug. 11, Letty Shenkin (Aberdare) 52 1852—Majr 10, Duffryn 64 1856-July 13, Cymmer 114 1860—December 1, Risca 145 1862-February 19, Gethin (Merthyr) 47 1863—October 17, Margam 39 1865—December 20, Upper Gethin 30 1F67—November 3. Ferndale 116 1869—June 10, Ferndale 60 1578-Sept. 2, Prince of Wales Pit (Aber- carn) 62 1878—September 11, Abercarn 268 1879-Sept. 22, Waunlbvyd (Ebbw Vale). 84 1880-July 15, Risca 119 1880—-December 10, Naval Steam Colliery 96 1885—December 24, Mardy 81 1887—February 18, Ynyshir 37 1890—February 6, Llanerch 176 1890—March 8, Morfa 87 1892—August 2 Park Slip 110 1892-A ugnst 12, Great Western Colliery 58 1894—June 25. Cilfynydd 276 1895—January 26, Ttylorstown 57

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PARDON OF ARABI PASHA. A REMINISCENCE. A Cairo message states that the Khedive has pardoned Arabi Pasha and Mustapha. Fehmy, who will return to Egypt. ) It was in the years 1881 and 1882 that the stirring events occurred which brought the name of Arabi Pasha so prominently before the public. In Febury of the former year a. military revolt was suppressed, but in September Ahmed Arabi and some 4,000 troops surrounded the Khedive's palace and demanded increased pay, which was granted. In January, 1882, Arabi was appointed Under-Secretary for War, and a period of storm and stress ensued. This culminated, on May 20th in the arrival of an Anglo- French fleet at Alexandria, and in the en- forced resignation of Arabi. Early in June, however, a rebellion of a most formidable character broke out. On June 11th occur- red the sanguinary riots at Alexandria, when the town was sacked and_ partially burnt Things went from bad to worse, and Arabi, evidently regarding himself as the master of Egypt, defied the foreign admirals, who protested against the strengthening of the forts at Alexandria. On July 9th Admiral Sir Beauchamp Seymour (after- wards Lord Alcester), issued an ultimatum. This being disregarded, the British Fleet- the French squadron having withdrawn- opened fire at 7 a.m. on July 11th, and after about 10 hours' bombardment reduced the Egyptian forts to ruin, killing and wounding a large number of Egyptian troops. The subsequent events, including the despatch of a British expedition, the preliminary operations under Sir Evelyn Wood, and Sir Garnet (now Viscount) Wolseley's great vic- tory at Tel-el-Kebir on Sep. 13th, 1882, will be within the recollection of most people. Arabi surrendered with 10,000 troops next day. He was tried for rebellion in Novem- ber. pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to death, but this was commuted to banish- ment. He was removed to Ceylon, where he has since resided as a semi-prisoner. Mahmound Fehmy, as one of Arabi's chief accomplices ,shared his exile.

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SUICIDE OF HUMBERT'S ASSASSIN. HANGED HIMSELF IN PRISON. The Anarchist Bresca, who assassinated King Humbert, has committed suicide in the penitentiary of Santa Stefano. Bresci had recently suffered from fits of great mental excitement. His gaolers had had to dress him by force. During the last two or three days, however, he had been more calm, and had written to his wife, to the Government, and to the King. On Tuesday night he tore up his underclothing into strips, and made a rope, with which he strangled himself. He was found dead next morning when the warders visited his cell. In the letters which have been foTwarded to their destinations, Breeci declared that he repented of his crime, and could not survive his remorse. One letter ,it is said, contains revelations of a plot formed in the prison. The assassination of King Humbert oc- curred last summer at Monza, in North IJtaly. Bresci, who was confederate with other Anarchists, shot the King as the latter was returning to, the Palace at night from a public gathering. The assassin was sen- tenced to a lifelong imprisonment. FURTHER DETAILS. The suicide of Breeci has created a sen- sation in Rome. Since entering the pene- tentiary the prisoner had been gloomy in his manner, but had evinced a great desire to talk, and when he was ordered to keep si- lence, he would reply, "You will see that my last day is not far away, and you will repent having treated me like this." Dur- ing the early part of last week Bresci at- tempted to grapple with his gaoler. He continued very violent, and had to be con- fined in a straight-waistcoat. During the last few days his character appeared to have undergone a complete change, and he seemed to be meditating some dark design. In the night he tore his trousers into four strips and formed a rope .which he fastened to the ceiling, and fco hanged himself. His body when found presented a horrible appearance. On the wall of his prison Breaci had scratched with his thumb-nail, which was covered with blood, the word "Vengeance." The inquiry into the affair is proceeding.

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HOW WELSH WATER WILL COME TO BIRMINGHAM. THE STORY OF A GREAT UNDER- TAKING. The June "Pall Mall Magazine" contains an article of unusual interest to Swanseaites. It is about Birmingham's new water works, and is profusely and beautifully illustrated. The story is written by W. H. Y. Webber, "based on conversations with Mr. James Mansergh, Pres. Inst., C.E., Chief Engineer, Birmingham Corporation Water Works." We make the following extracts: — "Thirty years, then, after the summer of that yofung man's pilgrimage among the Radnorshire hills and dales, the slightest of chances brings him and Birmingham to- gether. By that time become an engineer of high standing, somebody was moved by somebody else to inquire of him whether he could help Birmingham to the additional water supply whereof the city stood in direst want. The engineer put his finger on the map of England and Wales, anq said, "Here is water, in Radnorshire; whether for Bir- mingham or London. First come, first served. I do not know what may lie be- tween; but I know there is water here, and good reservoir sites!" Naturally he was laughed at. What madness was this ,to bid Birmingham go to Mid Wales for water to drink and to work with! Were there not streams, rivers enough that could be more easily come by? Why Radnorshire? What was the necessary connection between that remote district and the hive of industry in the centre of England—outside the fanciful conception of one man's brain? The con- ception, once given to the world, stood the strain of ridicule, criticism, investigation, and, later, of attempted piracy. The pencil- mark on the map remained. The prospect- ing of thirty years before was justified in the sight of all men, and its results received the i'l'proval first of the Birmingham City Coun- cil, then of Parliament. A straight line was drawn from the source to the service tank, and patient survey made the connection con- form to the trace as nearly as might be. The supply was found, the plan was made, and I the money was forthcoming. The long thought had blossomed at last, and the fruit would come in due season. "Birmingham having made up its mind, and Parliament having sanctioned the pro- ject, the engineer returned to his trail fully armed with powers and means, and instruc- tion neither to do the thing by halves nor to let the grass grow under his feet. He came with an advance party of pioneers ,to pre- pare the way for the army of workers who were to make the lonely valleys ring for years upon years with hammer-strokes, and the boom of rock-blasts, and the rattle of construction trains. When all is *done the vales may sleep again; but it w^.1 be be- neath the long reaches of a chain jof lovely lakes whose waters will be held up By mighty walls firmly built of native stone, and bon- ded fast into the living rock. And through seventy-four miles of tunnel, culvert and pipe, crossing river valleys, skirting towns, piercing hills almost as lofty as its native scaurs, the soft pure flood will How to ex- pectant Birmingham, to be the new life- blood of her people and their trade for ever. Then follow details of the great work in the Elan Valley, Radnorshire, and the ar- ticle is concluded thus: — Now let us look at the social side of this vast undertaking. Everything had first to be done to settle an industrial army—an army, practically, of miners and masons and mechanics—in a locality which only main- tained a few flocks of mountain-sheep. There was to be no unnecessary scarring, marring, or fouling, moral or physical, of this fair region of which the great city of the Midlands had so peculiar a need. With a sense of the duty imposed, together with the statutory rights conferred upon them—the Corporation of .Birmingham decided to make the great experiment of doing all this long, hazardous, and difficult work directly, and on their own responsibility. There should be no social pollution of the Radnorshire watershed by an undisciplined horde of the very roughest labourers and their eamp-fol- lowers. No greedy contractor should exploit the great work for the sake of shekels to be ground out of the using-up and degradation of the wandering labour of three kingdoms, certain to gravitate in an unmanageable mob to where so much money was to be spent in wages. If it were possible to avoid it, there should be no curse from a spoilt country- side following the good water to Birmingham. "The engineer, therefore, took up this ad- ditional burden of making provision in all things for the founding, organising, govern- ing, and administering of an outlying muni- cipal colony of Birmingham, situated in Radnorshire. There were not lacking those who, speaking with good warranty of ex- perience of the kind of people of whom the new community must necessarily be com- posed prophesied speedy disaster to the visionary scheme. Pay-day would turn into a Pandemonium any settlement exclusively composed of such a population! The fights! The troubles over the women! The preda^ tory, often murderous hangers-on! A small army of constables would be required to keep such a mob within the widest bounds of de- cent and orderly behaviour! "The engineer, firmly supported by his committee, listened to all these forebodings; and, not without plenty of his own—for no man knows the navvy and field mechanic more thoroughly—he took his pecautionary measures, trusting also to the favourable conditions already recognised as existing on the scene of the great experiment. The new high-road from the nearest town to the scene of operations was made to end at a bridge spanning the river at an unfordable spot." Across the stream the village was laid out. But before any stranger seeking em- ployment on the works could win entry into this modern Goshen there was an ordeal to be gone through. Standing slightly back from the road, on the hitherside of the bridge, hospitably inviting approach, the wayfaring man found a house of call, where his application was received by an official experienced in this business. He himself was forthwith invited to take a bath, and made comfortable for the night, while Irs clothes were disinfected. In the irforning there was a doctor's parade of the previous day's pilgrims; and those found suitable, and for whom work existed, were kept un- der observation for a. week. The others had a comforting meal, and an irrevocable turn- back. This rigid system of filtration and surveillance answered all its purposes to ad- miration. Followed out wiith unwavering, undiscriminating thoroughness, it has kept all physical and much moral contagion out of the guarded land across the river. Thanks to these precautions, no infectious disease has inyaded the colony since its foundation. The hospital for infectious disease, high upon the hillside, away from the village, has prac- tically never been used. This searching pre- liminary regimen has, in short, rendered the subsequent administrative task easy. But there are still many necessary precau- tions imposed to keep out avoidable evils. At the head of the bridge stands a uni- formed guardian of the way, whose appear- ance, when strangers approach on foot, or a cart crosses the bridge, reminds one of Con- tinental octroi-collectors. The resemblance is partly borne out by his functions, the chief of which is to look out for contraband— spirits. No spirituous liquors, as beverages, are allowed inside the village bounds. "The first building of the village is the general hospital. It stands alone, almost at the bridge-head, to the right of the road, while the dwelling-houses extend in long lines to the left. Thus there is no unneces- sary parade of the suffereTs from the acci- dents of a hazardous employ when they are brought down—sickening sights, some of them—from the works in the upper valleys. Blasting, timbering, hoisting, will claim their toll of victims—do what one will to prevent avoidable loss in fighting with blind forces. Calm, fair, cool in any emergency, the nurses wait within to do their duty by the wrecks of humanity drawn from beneath rugged stone, or gathered from the ruin wrought by unintended shot of gelignite. Amazing are the recoveries made, in this good air, of these clean-living men. The cheerful medico can tell you tales numberless to this effect. Higher up the hillside stand two more buildings of a public characteT—the school and the recreation-room. From the village, and also from all the scattered gangers' and watchers' shanties sprinkled on the terri- tory governed in the name of the Birming- ham Corporation, come—some by special train—the children of the' workers. No wil- derness this, for them Their little brothers and sisters in the far-away Midland city are not better provided with all the aids to learning; while for these the sweet air, lar

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WHERE LIBERALS FAIL. VIEWS OF MR. J. H. YOXALL, M.P. In a lively article) in the "New Liberal Re- view," Mr. J. H. Yofxall, M.P., himself an expert in organisation, deals as a candid and outspoken friend with the Liberal party or- ganisation in the provinces. "Test the Lib- eral network almost anywhere outside big towns and one finds it almost ae outworn as the spider's web that was woven for last sum- mer. Liberal organisation, indeed! One might laugh if it were not matter for lamen- tation. And meantime the National Liberal Federation potters along, a dear old gentle- man in glasses and gaiters, uttering words of irreproachable sentiment, his pockets bulg- ing with unregarded manifestoes against the wickedness of the political world." As Mr. Yoxall points out, manifestoes and pious sentiments will not secure triumphs at the polls. The National Liberal Federation, he asserts, managed to pass; muster in the days of Liberal prosperity, when the party was rich in prominent men and in money; but in the times of adversity it has inglori- ously failed, and "Tory Ministers will be a. fixture for the next ten years if the effort to oust them be left in the slow, weak hands of the National Liberal Federation. Weakened and discredited, it makes no sign of special effort against the perpetuation of weakness and discredit for the party. If Liberalism flourishes again it is to come by happy accident, not by skilful adaptation of means. We are waiting for the miraculous re-bloomin'g of the roses of yester-year." Mr. Ydxall is not merely a destructive critic. He offers what he terms a few modest constructive suggestions as to what a really workmanlike party organisation might be and do. The Liberal Publication Depart- ment should take in hand the question of local Liberal newspapers, many of which ha vie diled or transferred their allegiance owing to the lack of a little capital or a lit- tle organised effort to circulate them. At- tempt should be made to remove the bitter- ness or apathy of the relations existing be- tween Liberalism and Labour; an Eighty Club might exist in each town for the train- ing of speakers, and a Liberal association ought to be a. different kind of institution from what it is at present. "The Liberal association ought to be the nucleus of progressive enthusiasm and ef- forts of all kinds ought to bind its I members together and hold them by more than politi- cal ties, ought to resemble the home of a political family, ought to be concrete, hu- man, interesting, comprehensive, growing, and always live. "If anyone answers me that this cannot be done," Mr. Yoxalt proceeds, "I point out that it has not been tried. I point them to the Nonconformist Churches, the trade unions, friendly societies, and professional organisations, and to the' social institutions which flourish in so many towns because they are something vital and attractive. What the organisers of these can do Liberal or- ganisers' could do if at the centre there were persons who hated ruts, and would devise, originate, inspire, and dispose." I

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AN OLD NARRATIVE BALLAD. TO THE EDITOR OP THE CAMBRIAN." Sir,-About 44 years ago, when I was at school at Winchester, I spent part of the Christmas holiday at the house of a schoolfellow at Portsmouth, 'and staying there at the same time was a young gentleman named De Visine, from Jersey, who was about to enter the Royal Navy, and he sung some of the verses of the following ballad. About 25 years ago it was down on the programme at a Workhouse Concert, but the late Mr. Jones-Hewson unfortunately missed the item in going through the programme, and he told me afterwards he was much taken to task for this omission by his children—one of whom is now the celebrated Mr. Jones-Hewson — whose curiosity was no doubt excited by the singular title of the ballad. Consequently it has never as yet been sung in public in Swansea. There was a man who married a wife, Chorus—Moppity, Woppity. Mow-wow, She proved to be the plague of his life, With the ripstum, ippidum, mippidum, whip- pidum, Chorus-Robinson Crusoe says'"Now, Now." She churned her butter once a year, Moppity, etc. And that was because the chums were so dear, With the, Ac. She then bad to sell this butter quite cheap, Moppity, Ac. And that was because it would no longer keep, With the, &c. She paid her rent just once a quarter, Moppity, Ac. But then she had neither son nor daughter, With the, &c. She daily whipped her neighbours' boys, Moppity, Ac. And that was to keep them from making a noise. With the,$c, s -? She milker nef dowe but once a week, Moppity, Ac. And that was because their milk should be sweet, With the, Ac. She made her hens lay twice every day, Moppity, Ac. And that was the way she made her fowls pay, With the, &c. She fed her pigs almost every minute, Moppity, Ac. But the food was so thin there was nothing in it, With the, 4c, She fed her chicks on chaff and clover, Moppity, &e-, And in that way she soon got them fat all over. With the, Ac. She taught her cat and dog to ight, Moppity, Ac. The cat to scratch, and the dog to bite. With the, 4c. She rode a horse as tall as a church, Moppity, Ac. And that was because she liked a high perch, With the, Ac. Her servants always held her in dread, Moppity, Ac. For she gave them often a clout on the head, With the, Ac. She beat her husband every hour, Moppity, Ac. And that was because she had the power, With the, Ac. Her husband kissed her twice every night Moppity, Ac. And the doing so gave him the greatest delight With the, &c. This woman died when she was ninety years old Moppity, Ac. And that was because of her catching a cold With the, Ac. She got so ill that she couldn'tget well Moppity, Ac. And having Raid this I've no more to tell With the, Ac. This song was made for gentlemen, Moppity, Ac. If you want any more I must sing it again, With the, Ac. Verses I, 2,6, and 17 are as they were sung by Mr. De Visine. All the other verses have been added by me.-I am, Ac., O „ M. ROWED. Swansea, May 25th, 1901.

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den with the scent of the pine-trees growing within a stone's throw, blows through the class-rooms as it does not in Birmingham. On the same knoll amid the nines stands the recreation-room; and the school is also on Sundays the meeting-house for Divine Ser- vice. The "religious difficulty" does not exist here. "On week-day evenings the recreation- room is open to the adult population for reading, games, and plays. The young folks use it in the afternoons for gymnastics. The whole of the expenses of this establishment, and more, are paid out of the profits of the Corporation publichouse; but that is mat- ter for a separate paragraph. Those who schemed this village had no de- sire to rob the poor men of their beer. The Birmingham Corporation Water Committee simply fell back upon the three common- sense expedients, of limiting individual con- sumption; vending nothing more pernicious than sound malt liquor; and placing its sale in reliable, disinterested hands. The ar- rangement has worked admirably for six years. The men have their public-house, wherein they can spend a reasonable time of an evening after their day's work in the sdciable manner which they, like their mas- ters, enjoy most. It is their own club, into which nobody intrudes with the fell pur- pose of "improving" anybody. Every man has a right to his cheap, harmless pot of ale or porter; and this experiment amply justi- fies those who hold on general grounds that sound beer is the best temperance drink, for these latitudes, all the year round. They cannot get drunk here if they would; and it is not found that they desire to do so. At nine "sharp" the house closes, not to open again till the next night, except for the din- ner beer between 12.30 and 1.30 daily. Chil- dren are not served. The manager of this establishment is a salaried officer of the Cf.1r. poration. "There is no Corporation or Municipal Supply Stores in this village. Perhaps it was judged best to let trade take its ordin- ary course in this respect. The travelling merchants who supply meat, groceries, fruit and other necessaries and luxuries to the gentry of the settlement find nothing too good for their customers. The habitations of the village are a revelation to those who have fallen into the way of thinking hard things of the British labouring-class. "Such in baldest outline, is the work of conveying water from Radnorshire to Bir- mingham. The enthusiasm of the Corpora- tion Committee for the work, and their zeal for its successful completion, have borne the strain of long years of thankless administra- tive toil. With Mr. G. N. Yourdi, the chief resident engineer, at their head, the staff have lived their lonely lives among the hills for eight years that the great work has al- ready been in hand. watching every stone fixed in its place, and seeing that the multi- plex organisation of the construction marched towards the common end in security."