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OUR SHORT STORY.
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OUR SHORT STORY. A SERVICEABLE YOUNG MAN. By HOWARD FIELDING. The Savannah steamer was about to sail from the port of Boston. She had the full complement of passengers, and there was the usual number of friends and relatives to say good-bye. People were running about upon the main deck near the gangplank and in the saloon above, kissing one another in a hasty and seemingly reckless manner. Observing the excitement attending these ceremonies and the abeent-minded look in the eyes of nearly all the voyagers, Mr. Howell was of the opinion that it would be safe to ki's two or three of the prettiest girls on the chance that they would mistake him for a brother or a cousin in the general confusion of farewells. There was one girl in particular with whom he would have tried the experi- ment if he could have reconciled the act with his ideas of gentlemanly behaviour. She was the prettiest of all and the most distracted. She was near the foot of the main stairway leading to the saloon, and she obviously did not know whether to go up or stay where she was. Three or four times she ran np a few Steps, only to descend again, and she made many futile attempts to attract the attention of uniformed men who dashed by her on their Tarious errands. There was a rush for the upper parts of the boat. It seemed that the gangplank wa-s "Your daughter wants ycu!" about to be pulled in, and every one was in a hurry to secure a favourable place for waving a handkerchief to friends upon the pier. Men and women stumbled over the hand baggage which other men and women had set in their way, or picked up that which did not belong to them, or sought vainly for that which did. The young woman whom Howell had been observing was carried up the stairs by the crowd, and in that moment Howell made up his mind that something really was the matter and that it was his duty to lend aid. With great skill he made his way to her side, just as she began to cry with nervousness and vexation. "Please don't be offended if I venture to notice that you're in some sort of trouble," said he. "If there's anything in the world that I can £10-" "My father's gone ashore, and he hasn't come back," she cried. "We left something in a cab and "Is he going with you?" "Yes; and he has my ticket and all the money." "I'll go and get him," exclaimed the young Inan. "Don't you worry a bit. Go stand by the rail, outside the staterooms. I'll bring him there." "But you don't know him." "Yes, I do; I saw him with you five minutes ago," said Howell confidently. "Don't be afraid." "If I could only find Mrs. Winslow and Ethel"-the girl began. "I don't know who they are, of course," cried Rowell. "but I'll find them for you later; your father first." He ran down the stairs and darted across the gangway. There was almost Its much confusion on the pier as on the boat, but Howell had the advantage of vigour and agility, and he was tall enough to see over the heads of a crowd. In a moment he espied the man of whom he was in search talking with a cabman in the middle of the pier. "Your daughter wants you!" he cried, grasp- ing the man by the arm. "Hurry! You've only just time enough." Without waiting for a, word in reply, he hurried the old gentleman across the gang- plank. "What's the trouble?" cried the captive, when he was finally landed aboard. "We're going to sail in about four seconds," replied Howell calmly, "and you've got your daughter's ticket, and she hasn't any money." "Bless my soul!" exclaimed the old gentle- man, thrusting a hasty hand into his breast I (pocket. "Is it possible that I've been so careless?" He broke looee from Howell's grasp, and dashed up the stairway with amazing agility. ."There's no. hurry now, Howell called after him. "You'll find her by the rail outside the after staterooms." He followed in the old gentleman's wake, but that venera,ble person had suddenly de- veloped great fleetness of foot and wonderful "You wait here, please." tkill in dodging through a crowd. Howell wae some distance in the rear when the other ran through the narrow passage leading to the strip of deck that embraces the super- structure. In the middle of the passage Howell vio- lently encountered the old gentleman, who was returning at high speed. "Get out of my way!" he cried, pushing the young man aside. "I'm in a hurry. Oh, I beg your pardon; I didn't recognise you. She isn't out there. Where can she be? Perhaps, the has gone to her state-room." He darted away forward, leaving Howell iomewhat perplexed It was absurd to sup- pose that the young woman had gone to her state-room. Howell was much more ready to believe that the errant father, in his wild excitement, had failed to see her in the crowd beside the rail. So he traversed the passage arnd looked out. The first person upon whom his eyes rested was the young lady herself. She ran toward him with a cry of joy. "You have found him?" "Yes; he's aboard all right," said Howell. "I told him to come out liere to look for you, and he did so, bet he was so nervous that I pness he failed to notice you "Poor father!" she said, with a sigh. "He's pness he failed to notice you "Poor father!" she said, with a sigh. "He's nearly blind without his glasses, and, of course, they fell off his nose at the first alarm." "They did," responded the young man. "Oh, there he is now!" He caught an instant's glimpse of the old gentleman scurrying by the inner end of the passage. "You wait here, please," he said to the young lady. "'I'll bring him to you this time for certain." "Tt'f? so kind of you," said the girl. The old gentleman's coattails were just disappearing round the corner of the structure that runs up through the middle of the saloon, forward of the main stairway, enclosing the upper part of the machinery and a few staterooms for officers. Howell made his best speed, but he had almost com- pleted the circuit before he overtook his prey. Your daughter," he said sternly, is just where I said she was. Go through that passage aft-the one where we had the ;oHision—and you'll find her outside." "There isn't a minute to lose!" exclaimed the old gentleman, and in two seconds more be was out of sight. Suddenly Howell was aware of a new com- motion. Some one seized him by the arm. He turned to face an elderly lady of an agreeable countenance, though her dignity suffered somewhat from the effect of her excited state of mind. Beside her was a pink Cheeked, pretty girl. Where has he gone?" they exclaimed in :horus. Where has who gone?" returned Howell. "My husband?" cried the elderly lady. Papal" exclaimed the eirl. I-I don't believe I have the -honour of his acquaintance," stammered Howell. Why, we saw you chasing him around the sSloon!" cried the girl. You mean the old gentleman with the gold eyeglasses hanging down his back?" Yes, that's papa," said the girl. Oh, please take him ashore." "Why, I've just brought him aboard," gasped Howell. You brought him aboard!" exclaimed the elderly lady. "Why did you do that, sir? It was very imprudent. I can feel the machinery starting under our feet at this moment." But his daughter told me "—Howell began. "Why, I never saw you before in my life!" exclaimed the girl. How dare you say I told you anything?" "Wait a minute! Wait right here!" cried Howell. I'll bring him to you." He fled madly towards the stern of the boat, darted through the passage that has been several times referred to and ran into the arms of the lovely young woman in whose service he had first enlisted. Where is he?" she asked. Can't you find him? Oh, it isn't possible that he can have gone ashore again!" I don't know," gasped Howell, but, where- ever he is, I'm sure he doesn't belong there. My last instructions are to take him ashore." "Take my father ashore!" exclaimed the girl. Well, I'd like to know who says so." Be calm," said Howell running his fingers through his hair like a maniac. Be cahn, please—for I can't. Have you a mother or a sister on board?" "Certainly not." Are you sure the man was your father? That is, I mean the gentleman I caught on the wharf?" How do I know whom you caught on the wharf?" she demanded. "I haven't seen him. But I fancy that I know my own father, if I can only find him." "Where," cried a stern voice, "where are they?" Howell turned to confront the excited old gentleman. "Where are who?" demanded Howell. "My wife and my daughter. I must find them. If they haven't the tickets and the money, I'll swear that I haven't." He displayed a big pocketbook which he had been searching in the course of hie mad career. ""Vny, Mr. Winslow!" exclaimed the young girl, "the steamer is starting You'll be carried away." I can't help it," he returned. This young man was sent by my daughter to tell me that she'd lost her tickets and money. I haven't enough with me to see them through, but I must stay and do what I can." "Why, it was I that sent him!" exclaimed the girl. And, of course, I didn't want you; I wanted my father. And the steamer had started and there he is on the pier. Father! father!" Howell looked over the rail and saw a tall, white-haired man making frantic gestures. What shall I do? What shall I do?" wailed the girl. This is all my fault," cried Howell in mortal anguish, "but I'll get you out of it some way." "Oh, papa!" It was the voice of the pink cheeked girl, and she stood in the mouth of the passage- You're carried off." What's this about your tickets and money?" demanded Winslow of his daughter. "Why, they're all right," she replied. What made you think they weren't?" "A raving lunatic told me so," said Winslow, glaring at Howell. On the whole," said Mrs. Winslow gently, I'm glad it happened. The sea voyage will do you good." "Good!" gasped Winslow; "and I haven't so much as a shirt or a handkerchief for a change in the next week. By Jove, I haven't change in the next week. By Jove, I haven't "Where are they?" I even my overcoat; I left it in the cab. But let that pass. Poor Burnett is worse off than I am, though it was the result of his own care- lessness." He'll be glad you're here on Millie's account," said Mrs. Winslow, comforting the pretty girl whose troubles had begun this drama. That's true," replied Winslow, and he added in a voice like the trump of doom: I'll take caro that she makes no undesirable a-eqnaintane-m on the way to Savannah." Howell wilted under this blow, but he re- covered when Millie Burnett came nobly to his rescue. We must remember," said she. that what this gentleman has done was with the best intentions." That view finally prevailed with the whole company, and before the steamer reached Savannah Mr. Winslow was wearing Howell's clothes and smoking his cigars. And one evening, while the moonlight glorified the little waves upon the ocean, Howell told Millie about his queer fancy regarding the kiss-the first thought of her that had ever come into his head. It proved to be an interesting subject of conversation, and while the two young people were in the midst of it the moon kindly dodged behind a little cloud and the fancy became a reality before the steamer parsed out of the shadow.
AN INCOME-TAX PROBLEM.
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AN INCOME-TAX PROBLEM. In the King's Bench Division on Friday Mr. Justice Channell heard revenue appeals. The question was raised whether the under- taking of a nitrate company was a. manufac- tory or a mine. The Alianza Company (Limited) had paid the Chilian Government £ 1,000,COO for the right to exploit Caliche, and the company contended that this was a manufacturing business, and that the fact that they purchased the whole of the stock of raw material at one operation did not affect the principle by which the profits should be assessed. The Income-tax Commis- sioners argued that the money paid for the Caliche was capital, and that the deduction claimed by the company was inadmissable. The Judge said it was clear this was a company formed to work a bed or mine, and, therefore, the stock of the Caliche was capital, in respect of the diminution or exhaustion of which no deduction could be claimed. The appeal was dismissed. The amount due under the case for the tax was nearly £ 78,000.
THE OGDEN CLAIMS.
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THE OGDEN CLAIMS. The Imperial Tobacco Company has found it necessary to make clear its attitude in rsgard to the question of tho Ogden bonus, in consequence of the statement made by the cha,irnian of a recent meeting of the Ogden Bonns Association, to the effect that the company would like to see the bonus distri- buted, and would help the association with that object instead of opposing them. This statement is now described by the Imparial Company as incorrect. In repiy to inquiries received from customers, the Imperial Company states that, inasmuch as Imperial Company states that, inasmuch as it gave to the Ogden bonus etigtomer.; an opportunity of joining the Imperial scheme, any attempt to obtain payment of the Ogden bonus beyond the d'ate at which the Imperial Company took over the business is not yet viewed with favour by the company.
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ABERYSTWYTH TOWN COUNCIL. Councillor Hopkins presided over a meeting of the Aberystwyth Town Council on Tuesday. A question arose on a letter being read as to a footpath, and during the discussion there wiere some interruptions on the part of one or two members. Mr. Gibson was on his feet when Mr. William Thomas got up to speak. Mr. Gibson wanted to proceed with his remarks. The Mayor called for order, but, failing to obtain it, he eaid he would adjourn the meeting until the afternoon. He vacated the chair and proceeded towards the door, but returned and business was resumed.— Alderman Peter Jones was appointed the council's representative on the Court of Governors of the University College of Wales.
SHELL-FISH AND SEWAGE.
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SHELL-FISH AND SEWAGE. The Royal Commission on Sewage Disposal. in their fourth report, find that sewage and I trade effluents from towns on tidal rivers and on the coast are usually discharged in an un- purifled condition into tidal waters. The investigations of the Commission have been directed to ascertaining whether this was a proper method of disposing of such matters, and if not. in what circumatanoes such dis- charge was productive of injury, what was the nature and extent of the injury, and what remedries are practicable and available. After carefully considering the whole of the evidence submitted as to the extent of illness attributable to the consumption of contami- nated shell-fish, the Commissioners were satis- fied that a. considerable number of cases of enteric fever and other illness are caused in this way. The evil is sufficiently grave to demand a. remedy. Captain Anderson, the 'chairman of the Whitsitable Company, esti- mated the ca-pital value of shell-fish round the coast at from £6,000,000 to £ 8,000,000.
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WELSH UNIVERSITY.
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WELSH UNIVERSITY. GREAT INCREASE DEMANDS A NEW OFFICIAL. The administrative work connected wittt the University of Wales has turned out to be eo enormous that it is felt by those interested in the university that it will be impossible to have it carried out much longer on the volun- j tary system. The University of Wales is for- tunate in having men interested in it who are eminent in their various walks of life,1 and who have devoted an enormous amount5 of their time to the cause of higher education in Wales. Nearly all of them are busy me who can ill afford the time they thus volun- tarily and patriotically ea-crifice in the caw. of the Principality. It is felt by many of thai leading members of the court that the time has come when much of the work now dona by the deputy-chancellor and the vice-chan- cellor should be given to a man who cou devote practically the whole of hie time thedutieo. At present it should be borne in min-d, much of the work devolves upon the princi.1 pals of the three constituent colleges, who, in turn, devote a great deal of time to it at the expense, necessarily, of their work a« principals. The concentration of the work in one high official would relieve the prin- cipals of duties which are more or less a hindrance to their proper functions, and, in all probability, ensure a higher degree of efficiency all round. What is being now suggested is practically the creation of a stipendiary rectorship. Naturally, the position would be a very responsible one, and it would be neoessary to fill it with a man of high attainments. This necessitates a substantial salary. Of course, there are difficulties in the way of creating a new office of the character sug- gested, and the way of overcoming these dif- ficulties is now under consideration.
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"BLACK DEVIL" ASSAULTED. SCENE IN A RHONDDA PUBLIC- HOUSE. A serious charge of assault was preferred against Lewis Roderick by Moees Jenkins (both colliers of Blaenrhondda) at Ystrad Police-court on Monday. Mr. D. W. Jones, solicitor, Pentre, appeared for the complain- ant, and Mr. James Phillips, solicitor, Ponty- pridd, defended. The Complainant stated that on Saturday week he went to the Blaenrhondda Hotel on business in connection with his pay-ticket. He went to the back premises, where he met Roderick. They did not speak, but went into the hotel again, and defendant suddenly called attention to a case heard at the same i court the previous Monday, when bis brother was fined £ 6 for assaulting witness. Defen- dant called him a black devil for raising I summons against a weak man." Witness re-1 plied that "he was strong enough to knock two of his teeth out." (Laughter.) Roderick i then struck him in the mouth and cut his lips open. He followed this up by hitting him a severe blow behind the ear, knocking him between a bench and a table. He crawled under the table, out of the way of the defen- ciant, who seemed to act like a madman, sweeping away 20 or 30 pint pots, the broken crockery going in all directions. His assail- ant then pulled him from under the table and again struck and kicked him. In cross-examination, some amusement was caused by the complainant continually exclaiming "What?" to the questions put to him. "Answer my questions," said Mr. Phillips, "it's very rude to keep repeating what.' What ? said the man, and, being reminded of his discourtesy to the bench, excused himself by saying that he was not in the habit of attending the court, and was unaccustomed to its ways. Mr. Phillips': Yon were here last Monday. Complainant: What? (Loud laughter.) Several witnesses corroborated Jenkins's story Defendant said the case was owing to the summons taken out againet his brother. Jen- kins said tbat it was in Mr. Harold Lloyd's hands, and he (the witness) said: "I'll give him Harold Lloyd." Cross-examined by Mr. Jones, Roderick admitted that he had been in court before in an assault caae, and had been fined for fighting, and bound over once to keep the peace for six months. The Stipendiary commented upon euch a scene being allowed in a long room whilst so many persons were present. A fine of £5 was inflicted, or in default a month's hard labour. Defendant would alao have to find two sureties of £5 each, to keep the peace for six months, and. failing this, undergo another month's imprisonment.
IPRESSED BY CREDITORS.
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PRESSED BY CREDITORS. BANKRUPTCY EXAMINATION AT PONTYPRIDD. At Pontypridd Bankruptcy-court on Tues- day Thomas Owen Brown underwent hie public examination before the registrar (Mr. James E. Spickett). Mr. Cross, solicitor, Cardiff, appeared for the debtor. The gross liabilities were recorded at £9,985 10s.; £1,522 178. lid. expected to rank for dividend; deficiency, £1.527 17s. Id. Sixty-eight creditors were unsecured to the extent of £1,185 16s. 5d, and one creditor was fully secured for £B,477 14s. 5d. Debtor attributed his insolvency to pressure by creditors and loss on speculations, having leased a site for a hotel and being unable to obtain an offer after spending about £1,(XX) upon it. The fully-secured creditor held (in respect of money advanced) mortgages on workshops, three cottages, agreement for lease of cottages and hotel site at Tylors- town, consisting of 41 cottages (36 being finished) and 41 more to be erected, eight houses in Ferndale, three freehold cottages, and freehold farm at Trefeglwys, Ac., and debtor thought the estate would not be called upon to bear the liabilities. In December, 1902, his assets exceeded his liabilities to the extent of £4,000, He had spent about £ 1,000 in excavation and building retaining walls on the hotel site, and had had no return. His business as a whole had been fairly remunera- tive, and had it not been for the pressure brought to bear upon him he would have been able to go on and pay his creditors in full.—The examination was closed.
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STARTLED FROM HER SLEEP. I A CARDIFF MOTHER'S ALARM. Those mothers who have been wakened in the middle of the night by the cries or actions of their young children will appreciate Mrs. | Owen's story. On more than one occasion Mra. Owen, the wife of a painter and deco- rator, living at Model Cottage, Tintern- street, Canton, Cardiff, has been startled out of her sleep by her little boy Willie. She would wake sometimes with a sense of terror and find the little fellow rolling and tossing about in the greatest distress. Nothing could comfort him. Nothing could send him into peaceful sleep. His head aud limbs would convulsively twitch until his mother's alarm knew no bounds. This was a terrible strain she could net bear. Cardiff mothers will understand what thoee nightly scenes meant to Willie Owen's agonised parents. "During j last winter," said Mrs. Owen to a Barry Dock News reporter, iu teliing the whole story from the beginning, my ro;i was taken ill with what turned ont to be St. Vitus' dance. The really marvellous part of his case is t3P manner in whieh he was cured bJ" Dr. Williams' pink pills for pale people. The doctor told us what was the matter with Willie, and he held ont no hopes of recovery. at least for some time. Then the services of another very skilful doctor were obtained. The latter had the child under his charge for about four months. In time the affliction seemed to become more and more acute, and the child wasted away until he became a veritable living skeleton. The spasmodic movements of his limbs were painful to watch. The poor child had no energy to play. because it was all wasted in a disease which robbed his life of pleasure and made ours a misery." Our faith in medicine," continued Mrs. Owen, had been ruthlessly shaken, but, having read in the newspapers of the remark- able cures effected by Dr. Williams' pink pills in similar cases, I suggested to my husband (foi I was in despair at the time) that we should just try this last remedy." Mr. Owen here explained that, eager not to resort to measures which might in any way retard the recovery of the child, he placed himself in communication with Dr. Williams' Medicine Company. Having obtained their advice, he procured a box of Dr. Williams' pink pills for pale people. The result." he said, is a striking testi- mony to the wonderful curative properties of this great remedy. Within a week after beginning to take the pills the condition of oar little boy ahowed a marked improvement, and before the second box had been finished the child was wholly recovered." "His appetite returned," interposed Mrs. Owen; "he rapidly pnt on flesh again, and Willie is now fatter and healthier than he has ever boon before. lIe is too young," she added. to go to school yet. but he romps and plays about as heartily and healthily as any child in the district. I have also given some of Dr. Williams' pink pills for pale people to my eldest daughter Gwen, aged seven, who has been suffering from fainting fits. Likewise I have taken some myself, and both of us, as in the more pronounced case of Willie, have derived the greatest benefit from the pills. It was through the newspapers that I learned of Dr. Williams' pink pills, and I shall be glad if others benefit by reading the facts I have told you." L460-1
COLOFN Y CYMRY.
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COLOFN Y CYMRY. [GAN IDRISWYN."] PWY SYDD I ARWAIN ? Ydi, y mae hwn yn gwestiwn pwysig i ni yn Nghymru—Pwy sydd i arwain ? Y mae llawer wedi bod yn treio'u llaw, ac wedi methu. Dyna hanes ein hen fren- hinoedd a'n tywysogion—ein rhoddi dan deyrnged a llywodraeth y Saoson a wnaethant hwy. Bu beirdd a chantorion yn uchel eu bri a mawr eu dylanwad, ac yn cael pob nawddogaeth gan foneddigion ac uchelwyr yn mhob rhan o Gyniru; and ni lwyddasant i ddeffro ein cenedl a pheri iddi ddod yn ymwybodol o'i bodol- aeth, er iddynt wneud llawer i gadw y fflam genedlaethol i gynneu. A hanes Cymru ar ol y rheiny ydoedd ei bod yn gaeth i'w harferion drygionus, a hollol ddiamddiffyn rhag toel ei llyncu i fyny gan y genedl gref yr oedd yn tain teyrn- ged iddi. Bron ddau can mlynedd yn ol, fodd bynag, fe ymddangosodd gwr Duw yn inhulpud Cymru; ac yr oedd ei floedd mor ofnadwy a nerthol ac ysgubol nes crynu o'r wlad o ben-bwy-gilydd; agor- wyd ei beddau a'i meirwon a ddaethant allan yn dystion byw i adrodd eu gwared- igaethau; siglwyd hi gan ddaeargryn- feydd a ddertrodd bob cysgadur ac a wnaeth i'r rhai oedd yn gorwedd yn gelaneddau diymadferth yn "nglyn cysgod angeu" godi ar eu traed yn llu mawr iawn ac yr oedd ei genhadwri mor lawn o'r Dwyfol fel ag yr enynwyd fllam-ffiam sydd byth heb ddiHodd-o obaith yn eu mynwesau ac y rhoddwyd can orfoleddus ar eu tafodau—can na dderfydd byth bythoedd. A'r pulpud sydd wedi bod yn arwain er hyny, ac o dan ei lywyddiaeth y mae Cymru wedi enill buddugoliaethau anhygoel a chyflawni gwyrthiau dirifedi; ac y mae ei ddelw a'i argraff ar bobpeth a feddwn ag sydd o un gwerth ac an- rhydedd i ni fel cenedl. Ei greadigaeth ef, inewn gwironedd, yw Cymru fel y gwelir hi heddyw; y pulpud oedd y Samaritan a'i cafodd ar ochr y ffordd yn glwyfedig ao archollodig a gwrthodedig gan bawb; efe a'i hymgeleddodd ac a dywalltodd olew i'w harchollion ac a'i cymerodd ar ei an if ail ei hun i'r llety ac a dalodd yr holl dreuliau drosti. Oni bae am ei phulpud, ni fuasai Cymru yn bod heddyw fel cenedl fyw a gwahanol i bob cenedl arall; ni buasai ond adgofion o honi yn ei henw yn unig mewn hanes ac ar fapiau y Deyrnas Gyfunol. Pan oedd pob gallu arall wedi methu, fe lwyddodd y pulpud i gipio cenedl y Cymry allan o'r gyneuedig dan yn bentewyn wedi "crino yn ngwres y fflam"; ac y mae heddyw yn bren iraidd, gwyrddlas, tyfadwy, a thor- eithiog ei ffrwythau. PWY SYDD AM Y FLAENORIAETH? Wrth gwrs, wedi i Gymru gael ei chodi i saile o nod ac i gael ei chydnabod yn genedl anrhydeddus, yn meddu ar nod- weddion gwahaniaethol gwerth eu cadw y mae llu o ymhonwyr yn dod yn mlaen i ddadleu eu hawliau ac mai hwy a hwy yn unig, sy'n meddu ar y galluo'edd a'r doethineb angenrheidiol i'w harwain yn y dyfodol. Yn eu mysg y mae beirdd a lienonon a gwleidyddwyr ac addysgwyr- ac y mae'r naill a'r llall yr un mor ffydd- log yn anffaeledigrwydd eu cyffyriau ac fel y crach-feddygon i gyd, yn sicrhau gwellhad i bawb o bob afiechyd a dolur yn mysg y bobl a dyrchafiad buan a sicr ir genedl yn gyffrecjinoi i'r pinacl uchaf y mae'n ddichonadwy i wlad godi yn y fuchedd hon. Myn y dosbarth a gyf- enwir yn "feirdd newydd" mai ganddynt hwy y mae'r allweddau i ddadgloi holl ystafelloedd teml Barddas Gymreig ac mai eu cynyrchion anlWalladwy ac anamgyffredadwy ac anolrheiniadwy hwy sydd i dvwys Cymru Fydd ac nid penill- IOn "paganaidd" yr hen emynwyr ysbryd- oledig. Dynoda un—Mr. W. J. Gruftydd-yn ddiweddar mewn cylch- grav.n misol benillion Ann Griffiths fel "penillion paganaidd ardderchog. Un arall yw y "beirniad newydd," a bod hollwybodol ydi hwn; pwysa a inesura awdwyr mwyaf meddylgar Cymru, ac nid ydynt ond megys gwegi yn ei olwg; ie, rhydd genedl gyfan yn ei glorian, a chy- hoedda uwch ei phen, "Ti a bwyswyd ac a gafwyd yn brin; nid wyt hyd yma ond cenedl eilunaddolgar—yn plygu glin i ryw ddelwau fel beirdd cadeiriol a phregeth- wyr"; a meddyginiaeth y beirniaid an- ffaeledig hyn yw fod yn rhaid i ni fynd yn ol at weithiau'r hen feirdd Cymreig, ac yn enwedig Dafydd ab Gwilym a'i gywyddau serch i "Forfydd" a throi i ganu ac addoli y "rhyw deg." Myn eraill wedyn mai gwleidyddiaeth a deddfau Seneddol yn unig all gadw Cymru yn y safle y mae ynddi yn awr a'i dyrchafu yn uwch eto i'r lan; ac y dylid ymddiried yn hollol wrth ein gwleidyddwyr a'n cyn- rychiolwyr yn y Senedd; ac y mae y rhai hyn am i'l holl wlad roddi ei bryd yn gyfangwbl ar wleidyddiaeth. Ac y mae dosbarth lluosog arall wedi ymgolli yn 11wyr mewn addysg, a chredant mai'r ysgolor yw'r gwr i gymeryd arweinydd- iaeth Cymru o hyn allan. Efe yn unig sy'n dod i fyny yn mhobpeth a'r meddyl- ddrych o gadfridog i'r meddwl Cymreig sy'n dyheu am wybodaeth ac yn barod i wneud po baberth er dringo ar hyd risiau dysgeidiaeth. Gan hyny meddir, gadawer rhwng y Colegau a'r Brifysgol a'i hysgolheigion a thynghed Cymru yn y dyfodol; y maent yn hysbys a hanesiaeth y byd ac yn y gwyddorau a'r celfyddydau, yn medru ar ddeongli arwyddion yr am- serau, ac i fyny ag anghenion yr oes hon yn mhob dim, tra mae'n hen sefydliadau wedi mynd yn fusgrell a methiantus ac yn rhy hen ffasiwn i fod o un dyben i gyfarfod a sefyllfa ein cenedl o dan yr amgylchiadau ne-wyddion a ffafriol y mae'n byw ynddynt yn awr. NEB OND Y PULPUD. Na atto Duw i hyny byth gymeryd lie, a phell fo'r diivrnod y bydd neb na dim ond y pulpud yn arwain meddwl Cymru; oblegid mae ei llwyddiant yn y dyfodol fel ag yn y gorphenol yn ymddibynu'n hollol arno. Efe a all ei harwain i lawn feddiant o'r etifeddiaeth y mae wedi enill ac i fedi ffrwyth llafur cenedlaethau o gvmwynaswyr ac i droi y manteision sydd yn ei chyrhacdd yn risiau i ddringo i fwy o enwogrwydd ac o ddefnyddioldeb. Y pulpud yn unig sy'n gwynebu y werin, ac nid yw pob gallu a sefydliad arall ond egwan yn ei yrnyl i ddyrchafu cenedl gyfan. Y mae Cymru ar ei goreu—yn ei gogoniant—yn oi phulpud; yno y mae hufen ei thalontau a'i hathrylith a'i haddysg; a dyna'r rheswm fod y Dwyfol wedi bod mor amhvg ynddo trwy'r can- rifoedd ac am ei allu a'i ddylanwad ar Gymru. Pan rydd cenedl ei goreuon yn ebyrth byw at wasanaeth crefydd, y mae Duw yn sicr o roddi amlygrwydd o'i fodd- lonrwydd trwy wisgo ei weinidogion yn "filam dan." "Llais Duw yw llais gwerin," medd un hen ddoethawr, ac ni wiriwyd hyny yn llawnach erioed nag vn mhulpud Cymru. Y mae'n Gymreig i'r gwraidd ar fronau Cymru y magwyd ei wroniaid; ac y maent yn ddelweddau byw o'r cymeriad Cymreig yn ei nod- weddion goreu. Y mae ei phulpud yn adwaen Cymru, mewn cydymdeimlad a hi, yn barod i wneud aberth drosti; ie, i farw yn ei lie. Y neb a abertho sy'n cael ei wobrwyo a'i gymeradwyo, a'r hwn a gollo ei fywyd sydd yn ei gae! yn filwaith aiogelach. Y pulpud yn unig sydd wedi gwneud un aberth dros Gymru pan oedd pawb yn ceisio yr eiddynt eu hunain ac yn lladd ac yn blingo ein hen genedl, fe safodd y pulpud yn ddiysgog uwch ei phen, a chafodd weled yr esgyrn sychion yn symud ac yn codi ar eu traed. A does neb yn deilwng nac yn gymlnvys i'w harwain yn y dyfodol ond ei phulpud. NLs gallwh fforddio gadael tynghed ein cenedlaetholdeb a'n hiaith a'n llenydd- iaeth 3'n haddysg a'n cynydd i'r mi gallu na dylanwad arall. Cyhyd ag y rhydd j Cymru flaenfrnvyth ei hathrylith a'i doniau i'r pulpud, y mae'r Nefoedd yn sicr o'i arddel; ac ond i ninau fel cenedl lyuu wrtho yn deyrngarol, ni gawn yr amddiffyniad Dwyfol drosom, a gallwn herio holl alluoedd y byd; ie, pyrth uffevn ei hunan nis gorclifygant ni. -:0:- DARGANFYDDIAD HYNOD. Ychydig wythnosau'n ol, cafodd Mr. Thomas, gynt o Ty'nywern, Groeswen, fentbyg copi o'r darlun diweddaf a dynwyd o "Ieuan Gwynedd," gan y Parch. Garibaldi Thomas, Aberdar, er mwyn ei roddi yn y llyfr newydd ar "Ym- daith Qynulleidfaoliaeth trwy Watford, Groeswen, a Thonyfelin." Pan gaed y darlun yn ol wedi gwneud y "block" o hono, cafwyd fod ysmotyn bach ar ysgwydd chwith y bardd, ac wrth ei rwbio i'w lanhau, daeth Haw fechan wen ei briod i'r golwg. Yn ddiamheu, yr oedd y darlun wedi ei gymeryd pan oedd y bardd yn wael iawn yn ei nychdod olaf, a chan ei fod braidd yn rhy wan i sefyll, yr oedd ei anwyl briod wedi rhoddi ei braich o amgylch iddo i'w ddal i fyny a'i Haw wen dros ei ysgwydd aswy. Onid yw'n hynod meddwl fod y ffaith hon wedi dod i'r golwg yn awr ar ol dros haner can' mlynedd; ac onid yw y ffaith yn esboniad o'r cariad y canodd "Ieuan Gwynedd," druan, iddo, yn y rhagymadrodd i'r "Gymraes," ychydig wythnosau cyn ei farwolaeth, yn y llinellau prydferth hyny — Ti wyliaist wrth fy ngwely Pan ydoedd haul yr haf A'i danbaid wres bob diwrnod Yn gwywo'th briod claf. Ti wyliaist wrth fy ngwely Noeweithiau gauaf oer, Pan syrthiai ar y lleni Oleuni llwyd y lloer. Ti wyliaist wrth fy ngwely Pan oedd yn wely gwaed, A ffrydir.u coch y galon Yn drochion wrth dy draed. Ti wyliaist wrth fy ngwely Pan oedd y pesweh blin Drwy'r nos yn peri imi Ddihoeni ar ddihun. -:0:- Y GYMRAEG YN YR YSGOLION DYDDIOL. Y mae'r cwestiwn hwn yn cael sylw neillduol y dyddiau hyn, a bwriedir gwasgu ar yr awdurdodau newyddion i wneud y darpariaethau angenrheidiol i ddysgu Cymraeg i holl blant Cymru yn yr ysgolion dyddiol. Pasiodd y Sassiwn Gyffredinol yn Nghaerdydd benderfyniad cryf, a gobeithir i'r cyfundebau eraill wneud yr un peth. Bu o dan sylw pwyll- gor gweithiol Undeb Ysgolion Sabbathol Caerdydd hefyd, a mabwysiadwyd pender- fyniad yn galw ar yr awdurdodau addysgol yn y dref i ddysgu Cymraeg yn yr holl ysgolion o dan eu gofal. Sylwyd ar yr anhegwch fod Cymry y dref, tra'n talu y dreth addysg, yn gorfod dysgu Cymraeg i'w plant yn yr Ysgol Sul, a hyny pan yr oedd prif addysgwyr y byd yn dadleu dros ddysgu dwy iaith i blant pob gwlad, ac y mae yn Nghymru gyfle i ddysgu y ddwy yn berffaith, sef y Gym- raeg a'r Saesneg. Dywedai Mr. Darling- ton, arolygydd ysgolion Canolbarth Cymru, y dydd o'r blaen wrth areithio ar y cwestiwn ei fod yn llwyr argyhoedd- edig o'r angenrheidrwydd am ddysgu y Gymraeg yn ysgolion Cymru. Pe credai y buasai hyny yn rhwystr ar ffordd cyr- haedd gwybodaeth o'r Saesneg, gwrth- wynebai ef ddysgu Cymraeg. Ond credai ef mai rhwyddhau y ffordd a wnelai dysgu Cymraeg, yn enwedig yn y siroedd Cym- reig, ac yr oedd gwerth moesol mewn talu parch i iaith yr aelwyd a'r genedl yn yr ysgolion. Ni chafodd Cymru erioed well cyfle na'r un presenol i hawlio chwareu teg i'w hiaith a'i phlant, ac i sicrhau dyfodol o lwyddiant a hapusrwydd, ac i ymddadblygu'n genedl o ddylanwad mewn byd ac eglwys. -:0:- CAMGYMERYD DR. OWEN THOMAS AM LYFRWERTHWR. Yn ei ysgrif ddyddorol yn y "Geninen" ar ei ymweliadau a Llunden y mae y Parch. D. Griffith yn adrodd yr hanesyn canlynol am y diweddar Ddr. Owen Thomas —"Lletyai mewn ty ardderchog —eiddo Mr. Griffith Davies, y rhifyddwr byd-glodfawr • ac yr oedd ganddo yn y ty hwnw ystafell ardderchog i ystorio ei lyfrau ynddi. Pan arweiniwyd fi iddi, rhyfeddais; o amgylch o gylch, ac oddi fyny hydi waered, nid oedd dim ond llyfrau yn y golwg. Ymddangosai i mi fod yno filoedd o gyfrolau. 'Mr. Thomas,' meddwn (nid oedd wedi ei wneud yn Ddr. y pryd hwnw), 'y mae yn amheus genyf a oes gan unrhyw weinidog arall yn Llun- den, o ba sect bynag, y fath 'library' ag sydd genych chwi.' 'Oes,' meddai, 'y mae yma gryn nifer o lyfrau, ond rhaid oedd i mi eu cael. Bu amryw fel chwithau yn amlygu syndod yn yr oIwg ar eu hamledd.' Yna aeth rhagddo dan wenu i adrodd yr hanesyn a ganlyn: — Fe ddaeth yma eneth fechan o Saesnes i wasanaethu dro yn 01; ac ar ol gweled y fath nifer o lyfrau yn y 'study' yma, hi ddywedodd, ryw ddiwrnod, wrth yr hon oedd uwchlaw iddi: 'Y mae'n rhyfedd genyf pa fodd mae Mr. Thomas yn gallu byw,' oblegid yr oedd wedi llyncu y syniad mai llyfrwerthwr oeddwn. Gofyn- odd hono paham yr oedd hi yn rhyfeddu. 'Wel,' ebe hi, 'er pan wyf yma ni welais neb yn troi i mewn i brynu cymaint ag un o'i lyfrau.' '0 l' ebe y Hall, 'yr ydych wedi camgymeryd; gweinidog ydyw Mr. Thomas, ac nid llyfrwerthwr.' Rhoddai y newydd hwn foddhad iddi; oblegid pe buasai llawer yn troi i mewn i brynu y llyfrau, cawsai lawer mwy o waith glan- hau nag oedd ganddi." Ond nid hwna yw y gwir eglurhad am lawenydd yr eneth pan ddeallodd mai pregethwr ydoedd ac nid llyfrwerthwr; ofn oedd arni golli y fath foneddwr o fod yn lletywr, oblegid nid oedd Dr. Owen Thomas byth yn anghofio y "forwyn fach" am unrhyw gymwynas a wnelai iddo. -:0:- EIN LLENYDDIAETH. Y mae ein llenyddiaeth gyfnodol yn anrhydedd i ni fel gwlad, ac y mae'n burach a galluocach o lawer na chyhoedd- iadau cyffelyb Lloegr. "Y DEONGLWR." Y mae'r "Deonglwr" yn dal i fyny ei gymer- iad o fod yn gylchgra-wn uwchraddol yr Ysgol Sul; y ma-e felly yn ei nodiadau golygyddol a'i erthyghu yn fisol. Ei gynwys y tro hwn yw "Y Parch. David Phillips, Abertawe," "Robert Hall," a "Breuddwydion y Dydd." gan y golygydd; "Y Beibl a Lledaeniad Cristion- igaeth," gan y Parch. B. Watkins, Ferndale; "Yr Ysgol Sal a'i Gwaith," gan y Parch. M. H. Jones, 8.A., Caerfyrddin; "Yr Hyffordilwr," gall Dr. Phillips, Tylorstown; ac esboniad Hawn aj- y maee llafur. Y mae "Y Deonglwr" yn gwneud gwaith ardderehig fel hyn trwy sefyll megys ar y mur i wylied eymndiadau ymosodwyr ar y Beibl ac ar y Grefydd Grist- ionogolac i rybuddio ein cenedl rhagddynt. "Y LLUSERN." Y mae'r "Llusern" hefyd ar yr un llwybr, ac nid oes yr un cyfeiliornad yn cael ei roddi allan i'r byd nad yw yn cael ei ddynoethj gan un o'r golygwyr. Gwneir hyn y rhifyn hwn mewn ffordd o atebiad i Syr Oliver Lodge-- un o wyddonwyr blaenaf yr oes ac mewn perffaith gydymdeimla-d a Christionogaeth, ond yn methu credu yn athrawiaeth yr lawn; a byddai'n dda i bob aelod o'n Hysgrol Sul ddarllen y nodiadau golygyddol am y mis hwn. YR YMWELYDD MISOL." Rhoddir y lie blaenaf yn y rhifyn hwn i fyw- gra.mad a darlun o'r diweddar Syr H. M. Stanley, ac o'r diweddar Barch. Thomas Rees, D.D., Abertawe. Y mae'r hanes am John Elias ac Ardalydd Mon yn hynod ddyddorol, a cheir yma ryw syniad gwan am allu desgrifladol ac areithyddol y cawr-bregethwr hwnw. Gwneir y gweddill i fyny o ysgrifaft detholedig a chwaethws, a gresyn nad ellid ei yrn'n ym- welydd misol i bob ten Is o Gymry trwy'r byd. "CYMRU'R PLANT." Yn mysg Ha o ddarlaniau dyddorol i boh Cymro a Chymraes, oeir y mis hwn ddarlun o un o gewri pulpud Oymru—y Parch. John Williams, Princes-road, ijerpwl, yn nghyda chrynodeb byr o hanes ei fywyd, gan y golyg- ydd, mae'n debyg;—"Y mis hwn, wele un o gynrychiolwyr y pulpud, gweinidog un o'r capeiaa Cymreig pwysicaf yn y byd. I'r pulpud y cyfeiria talent orea Cymru hyawdledd, gwreiddioldeb, nerth cymeriad. a dysg. Nid o fysg pregethwyr y detholir aelodau seneddol fel rheol, nid ar eu tywysog- ion hwy y rhydd ein Prifysgol ei choronau; ond, os na chant y gallu a'r goron, eu heiddo hwy yv/'r gwaith. Y mae'n Hysgol Sir, ein Coleg, ein Pri fy¡;gol, oil yn bwysig erbyn hyn; ond, fel gallu i addysgu a dyrchafu gwerin, nid ydynt oil ond egwan o'u cydmaru a'r pulpud. Un o feibion Mon yw y Parch. John Williams. Yn Llandyfrydog y ganwyd ef, yn Mhorthaethwy y cafodd ei addysg, yn Mryn- siencyn yr enillodd glust Cymru; ac, fel llawer o feibion Mon, trodd i Lerpwl i gylch eangach. Rhoddodd Rhagluniaeth lawer o gymhorth iddo—corff iach a lluniaidd, llais areithfa, ac athraw Ysgol Sul da. Y mae yntau wedi gwneud ei oreu i gyfaddasu ei hun at ei wa-ith-yn aros yn fyfyriwr ac yn weithiwr caled ar hyd ei 000, Rhydd ei oreu yn ei brogethau. Clywais un o wyr mwyaf diwylliedig ei oes yn deegrifio un o bregethau argyhoeddia-dol Mr. Williams mewn cymanfa; er ei bod fel cleddyf llym dan finiog, dywedai fod y meddwl yn aruchel drwyddi, a'r chwaeth yn berffaith bur. Clywais was fferm ar ei wely angeu, bachgen di-ddysg a digon dwl, yn son yn ddiolchgar am yr un bregeth; ac yr oodd y bregeth hono wedi newid ei fywyd dTwyddo." "Y CERDDOR." Y mae Mr. David Jenkins, Mus. Bac., yn dweyd gair yn ei bryd am Eisteddfodau'r Stri- gwyn, ae y mae i'w ganmol am eiarad yn blaen, oblegid y mae'n llawn bryd gwneud hyny neu adael i'r "Eisteddfodau" hyn ddwyn gwaradwydd ar Gymru. Wedi cymharn'r eisteddfodau a, gynaliwyd yn Lloegr a'r rhai a gynaliwyd yn Nghymru, a dweyd fod y rhai cyrftai yn mhell ar y blaen yn newisiad y darnau cyst-adleuol, ychwanega:—"Mae yr annhrefn yn nglyn a'r cystadleuon, yn enwedig yn y Iteheudir, yn boenus i'r eithaf. Y gwir yw, mae y rhan fwyaf o'r pwyllgorau yn cael eu llywodraethu gan y cystadleuwyr; os na fydd y cystadleuydd neu'r cor yn barod, rhaid troi y cwbl o'r neilldu-dim gwahan- iaeth faint o anghysur ac anghyfleusdra i'r beirnia-id ac i'r gynulleidfa. Goddefir ysmocio, eriarad, a phob annibendod, ac ni fyddai waeth i ddyn godi stondin ar ganol ffair na mynd i lwyfan i wrando ar chwareu y berdoneg nen. ddatganiad unawd. Perffaith 'Dwr Babel' ydyw hyd nes y decbreuu un o'r corau ganu; yna agorant en llygaid, a lledant en safnau, tra y cana y cor; yna ant yn ol i glebran a smocio—ac yn ami cedwir y gwaith olaf yn mlaen tra y cenir. Rywsut, mae'r Eisteddfod wedi mynd mor isel fel na ddysgwylir ond annhrefn ac anfoesgarweh; ac, yn wir, mae'r ymgais wneir at fod yn 'witty' a doniol mor isel a, dim geir yn y dafarn weithiau." "YLLADMERYDD." Heblaw ysgrifau yn dal cysylltiad union- gyrchol a'r Ysgol Sul, ceir yn y rhifyn hwn hanes dyddorol gan Mr. E. W. Evans, cyhoedd- wr y "Lladmerydd" o "Gyfarfod Ysgolion yn Jerusalem." 1'r Americaniaid y perthyn y eyniad o gynal cyfarfod ysgolion, neu gynadledd o gynrychiolwyr Ysgolion Sab- bathol y byd, yn Jerusalem; ac yr oedd yn ymgynulledig yn y ddinas'sanctaidd bleidwyr yr hen sefydliad o bob parth o'r byd. Dyma ddywedir am gyfarfodydd agoriadol y gynadledd:—"Dydd Sul yr oedd cyfarfodydd cyntaf y gynadledd, a chafwyd tri o gyfarfod- ydd. Am haner awr wedi deg-, traddododd Archddiacon Sinclair bregth ar 'Grist a'r Plant.' Yn y prydnawn, gweinyddwyd y Sacrament o Swper yr Arglwydd, dan arwein- iad Dr. Potts. Dechretrwyd y gwasanaeth gan Br. Watkinson, a thraddododd Dr. Monro Gibson anerehiad a gofir gan bawb oedd yno tra y byddant byw. Yr oedd yr holl amgylch- iadau, a'u hagosrwydd at fryn Oalfaria a'r ddinae santaidd, wedi dwyshau meddyliau pawb, yn enwedig y siaradwr, ac yr oedd y bendithion ysbrydoledig yn disgyn yn gawod- ydd ar y gwasanaeth bythgofiadwv hwn. Dy- wedir na fu cynifer o Gristionogion erioed o'r blaen yn cydgymuno mor a,-or, i fryn Calfaria. Beth pe boasai yno fil o Gymry yn cann 'Bryn Calfaria!' "Y GYMRAES." Y mae'r "Gymraes" yn ei hysgTifau a'i phenillion a'i darluniau yn gwasanaethu'r rhyw deg gyda gallu a ffyddlondeb. Y mae'r rhifyn trwyddo yn traethn ar ryw bwnc o ddyddordeb iddynt, a dylai gael "cefnogaeth holl ferched Cymru; yn neillduol. dylai rhieni ofalu ei osod yn rrwylaw en irerched, oblegid y mae'n sicr o wneud daioni i'w cyrff a'u heneidiau a'u gwneud yn well merched a gwragedd a mamau.
STRENGTH OF VOLUNTEERSj
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STRENGTH OF VOLUNTEERS SHORTAGE OF OFFICERS AND MEN. Aocording to the annual return of the Volunteers for 1903, which has just been pub- lished, the establishment of the foroe was 366,171, the enrolled strength 253,281, and the percentage of efficients to enrolled strength 95.58. With the exception of 1902, this is the lowest percentage in the last twenty years. Of the 8,981 officers, only 1,921 had passed in tactics or artillery and qualified for thej special grant; only twenty had passed in sig- nailing, and only fifteen in supply duties The non-commissioned officers and men who had passed in signalling only numbered 204,1 a.nd in supply only nineteen. The following are the forces in some of the Welsh Counties: ) Artillery.— Cardigan, 9 officers and 234 men, with 3 non-eflftoiente. Glamorgan, 49 officers. 1,289 men, 74 non- efficients. Monmouth, 21 officers, 464 men, 25 non- efficients. Submarine Engineers.— Glamorgan, 14 officers, 260 men, 13 non- efficients. Infantry.— Brecon, 24 officers, 820 men, 21 non-effici- ents. Cardigan, 6 officers, 136 men, 10 non- efficiente. Carmarthen, 18 officers, 535 men, 22 non- efficiente. Glamorgan, 114 officers, 3,021 men, 399 non. efficietite. Haverfordwest, 9 officers, 80 men, 12 non- effieiemte. Monmouth, 79 officers, 2.684 men, 49 non- efficients. Pembroke, It offioers, 137 men, 18 non- efficients. efficients. Bearer Companies.- Glamorgan, 3 officers, 61 men, 6 non- efficients.
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=—=—===== REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S RETURNS. The Registrar-General reports that the annual rate of mortality in the 76 great towns I of England a.nd Wales last week averaged 13.5 per thousand. The figures for the South i WaJes towns were: — Newport 8 Cardiff 10 Rhondda 15 Merthyr Tydfil 9 Swansea 12 There were 8,643 births and 3,953 deaths ■ registered in 76 of the great towns of England and Wales during the week ending the 2nd inst. The following are the figures for the South Wales towns: — Births. Deaths. Newport. 41 12 Cardiff 103 34 Rhondda 88 37 Merthyr Tydfil 58 13 Swansea 55 22
KAISER AND SIR E. J. REED.
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KAISER AND SIR E. J. REED. The German Emperor, having expressed a high opinion of his Majesty's ships Swiftsure and Triumph, gave permission to Sir Edward J. Reed, M.P., their designer, to offer for his Majesty's acceptance a painting of these vessels, which axe practically alike, and a oom- miesion was consequently given to Chevalier Eduardo De Martina. The painting was taken to Kiel by the King's permission in his Majesty's yacht, and duly presented to the Kaiser, who thereupon telegraphed as follows to Sir Edward Reed:—"I have much pleasure receiving the picture of the Triumph you presented to me by Eduardo De Martino. This magnificent vessel looks most powerful in the picture. I am quite delighted with Martino's work.—William I.R."
DR. RANDLES DEAD.
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DR. RANDLES DEAD. The death is announced at Heaton Moor, near Stockport, of the Rev. Dr. Marshall Randies, one of the most prominent figures in the WeaVeyan Church. Dr. Randies was born at Over Darwen, Lanes., in 1826, entered the Wesleyan ministry in 1854, and was tutor at Didsbury College for Wedeyan ministers from 1886 to 1902; president of the Wesleyan Conference in 1896, and chairman of the Manchester District and Synod for many years. The deceased, who was the author of several works, was father of Mr. J. S. Randies, the Conservative member for the Cockermouth Division of Cumberland.
NEW RECORDERS.I
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NEW RECORDERS. The King has been pleased to appoint Mr. A. Clavell Salter, K.C., to be Recorder of Poole, in the room of Mr. G. Pitt Lewis, K.C., resigned. and Mr. George Cave, K.C., to be Recorder of Guildford, vacant by the resig- nation of Mr. K. M. Bray. K.C., on his appoint- ment as one of his Majesty's judges.