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WORKMEN'S TOPICS.,
WORKMEN'S TOPICS., BY MABON, M.P, THE COMPENSATION ACT. The certificates certifying and authorising Ostinanent relief schemes under the Workmen's Compensation Act are coming to the end of their ive years' duration by the end of this year, and ^orkmenin various localitiesare becominganxioa^ know what to do in order to place themselve8 hhder the Act of Parliament direct. Well, in Hrfit, I don't know exactly whether it is necessary o do anything, for inasmuch as it ends with the "nù of the year in several places it cannot go on UY farther unless a new contract is made to renew The scheme. But should there be any donbt in 4he minds of the workmen at any place as to their future position let them—daring this and the next month—ascertain from the management -bat are their intentions with regard to the lutmre. See that no small parties of old or young blen forestall the works or colliery by allowing ^emselves to sign a few names and send them Wt to the registrar of Friendly Societies to be hriatered, and never lose sight of the fact that We is that possibility still. Should it be found that such has been the case Mien refuse to sign the scheme. It cannot alJy be made one of the terms of employment ,h.,1 men should sign these schemes, for accord- inK to the provisions of the Act itself the manage- ment can tender schemes to their workmen and llkve them ifigned by & few workmen, send \bem to the registrar of Friendly Societies, bo is supposed to make inquiries to satisfy him. \elf that such schemes are not less favourable the general body of workmen and their depen- dents than the provisions of the Act, and when this is supposed to have been done the companies I In consequence can enter into contracts with l their workmen as they choose, that the provisions bf the scheme should be substituted for the pro- visions of the Act. It is, and has been for a ^°hg time, a well known fact that a great num- bsr of these schemes were, a few years ago, with- 1)°', as fai as the workmen concerned knew, any blence of inquiry into the above contracts g made, without those workmen having a tPani to say in the matter, certified and put into operation. In one case that I know of, after this matter 48 brought before the registrar by the workmen a certain colliery, after they proved to him .b'f; they, as a general body, had had no voice in ptin cr rejecting a certain scheme, and ^ter proving to him that the scheme would not, 110r could not, be as favourable to them and their I 4ependents as the provisions of the Act would be yet he refused to withdraw his sanction to that scheme, notwithstanding that all this had I been proved before him. From him. therefore, YOTL, are to expect no sympathy whatever, nor n plain justice. Sach strength of official red "IPWsm I have never known or heard of as was :case with this official with regard to some of I IllellcbeDleS certified at that time. 10pon many considerations I am still of the 'Pinion, and the longer I live the stronger that Pilrion becomes, that it is far better for work- "0 to have themselves placed under the pro- of the Act direct than trust to the pro- tons of the best scheme that I know of at the :rent moment for regulating claims for com. jeU8ation by injured workmen. I agree with i :Otne of the statements that are made with regard | 'he good work done by the old Permanent Belief ^hd and those that promoted and supported &c., till the Act came ever since then I of no scheme where under its provisions workmen receive equal benefits to fit they receive under the provisions the Act. But I know of places Hare the employers and workmen agreed 0 continue the old schemes without the employers lIa.Ying their former portions towards them and :tJ.J.ow that and the Act to assist, and woik to R(sther, under which workmen are greatly bene- tea. But to such co-operation the employers of Colliers in this district refused to agree. Bat ben it was found that the workmen under tho 9iee of their leaden were agreeable to accept t ..t co-operation the employers as a body refused to deduct the workmen's contributions for the "Eposes of that scheme, while they were exceed- II:1Rly anxious to do so under the contracting out Rcheme, under which, after paying Is a month Contributions, the workers received less com. pensation than they receive under the provisions IIf the Act though paying nothing. Where comes the claim for any consideration workmen under such circumstances I cannot 40- More than this even could be said with to those thousands of men that have lost reit interest in funds that took years to accumn- in consequence of the refosal of those '^ployers to deduct the workmen's money at the towards the scheme that tbey were willing j? »bide by. Of this matter and the use that has made of that money since the least said the ter. More than this I don't want to say, but I 17aY bumble opinion as between the present heraes in force in this coalfield, the man that Ðts the provisions of the Act to provide and folate his compensation and those dependent ttOOXI him and not the provision of the Permac. Fund scheme is infinitely better of than he ^d be otherwise. Recent Legislation Affecting Labour. the Coal Miners' Regulation Act, 1887, "^visions are made with respect to the granting certificates required by the Act to be held 6y managers and under-managers of the coal ..111es. By one of those provisions it is enacted 110 person shall be entitled to a certificate ^er this Act unless he shall have practical in a mine for at least five years." Byan Yhe Coal Mines Amendment Act," of this ^°ri which received the Royal ^Assent on Jane it is provided that certificates may also be Nilted to any person who (although not having experience in a mine for five years) shall vo received a dinloma in scientific and mining 1 joining after a coarse of study of at J?*84 two years at any university, nniver- Ity college, mining school, or other /Ideational institution approved of by Jp Home Secretary, or shall have taken a degree t^hv university to be so approved of which scientific and mining subjects, And shall have had practical enperienee in a mine for least three years. Housing of the Working Classes. 4e .'0. Act, The Housing of the Working Classes -4;. t, 1903, wbich received the Royal Assent on j 14th, makes certain amendments in the laws with respect to the housing of the wT^ug classes. By one of the provisions of the r'* Act the maximum term of repayment of borrowed by local authorities for honaing extended from 60 to 80 years, j ^idrnents are also made as to closing orders a teUtion to premises unfit for habitation, Ibolitfon, and other matters. tit Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890. jj^i^ed that in contracts of letting for habita- by persons of the working classes a house or ^^t of a house there should be implied a con- that the house was at the commencement i 4he holding in all respects reasonably fit for j ^0 habitation. The New Act provides that, J t^pects any contract made after passing of I ^ct the provision just referred to shall take | Notwithstanding any agreement to the con-
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ScjjA Good Thing."—Myer I understand Wr^hleton's new play is a failure. Have you „ 11 ? — Gyer Yes; there is one good thing with it, however.—Myer What is /Gyer The angel who is putting up *8 Production. •inJ Cham I am afraid you are somewhat in- heard you ask yonng Jones to sing Wttii n8 else, and I happen to know you don't his voice in the least.—He: Well, I *1*3 we had only a choice between sometbin 1 *»'' Wk same thing over again. | | dreamt of seeing ypu on a bicycle? 1 wlQn« have you been tiding?". About kmi and off."
,."'.-THE HOUSEHOLD.
THE HOUSEHOLD. The ordinary hot water cosy is a very tall and straight looking article, and often the verv antithesis of a thing of beauty. No one, in fact, seems to think originality in this direction worthy, though it is an article continually in use. and seen by visitors. The one I have had sketched is quite a departure, and anyone contemplating making one should follow this pattern. The shape should be cut out in brown paper first, and from this the materials for lining and for the outside are then easily prepared. The ordinary house flannel is the cheapest and by no means the least effective material. A simple pattern is all that need be chosen for the em- bioidery, one consisting of small leaves, or flowers being the best. The leaves need onli; be coarsely filled in with a few stitches worked with crewels. The stems may be traced with several lines of crewel wool sewn down with silk of the same colour. The background of the material should be sprinkled with rice stitches, or with small stars made of four stitches crossed, or with large French knots worked with crewel or tapestry wools. Beinpr coarse, bold work, this A Uniqae Hot Watev Cosy. sprinkling of the background is not stich an, important task as would at first sght appear, and it can be very quickly done. The making up of the cosy need not be minutely described here. The edges of the one I depict were finished with a line of coarse woollen cord of mixed colours. At the top was arranged a double loop of ribbon having at each end a fall rosette of the same ribban with streamers falling nearly to the centre of the cosy and ornamented with small woollen balls. This cosy might well be copied in satin as a tea-pot cosy, if desired. Almost every household in these days of the ubiquitous amateur photographer possesses far more photographs than can be got into the album or arranged about the rooms. The conse- quence is that many really meritorious pictures are relegated in.o the limbo. The best way with superfluous photos is to store them in neat boxes which can be made ornaments to the tables as well' as undoubted centres of interest. The materials required are iyd. of green linen and some nice watered paper fer the inside, some seDj brown filoselle silk, and a box with a flap to let down, or some cardboard to make it. The style of box is that in which note paper is often packed. It should measure 7f inches by 431. across the lid and 2 inches deep. When open the box is the shape of the diagram. It is covered on the outside with the green linen, on which is traced and embroidered some word indicative of the contents. Work thi" in the centre of the back and also a view on the lid in the shades of sepia brown silk. Press out the embroidery, then place the linen over the box, and fasten the edges down on the inside with gam. This must be set aside to dry before the box is lined maide with the watered paper. i A Worked Cardboard Photo Case. I A good many housewives do not look with any pleasure upon the duty of ironing, for things seem to have such a nasty knaek of going wrong when it is in progress. All the difficulties, however, invariably arise out of a lack of system as well as care, and if only sufficient interest were taken in the matter to have a proper ironing- board, kept clean by being carefullystored away in a bag of its own. and all the other requisites kept with it, ironing would cease to be a bugbear. The ironing board I am describing is made from one of those pieces of wood which drapers have calico rolled upon, and the bag is very easily made from holland. The size of the board is immaterial to a few inches, but the one I got measures 28 inches long and eight and a half inebes wide, and if this is the size you get, yen will require, to cover it, one yard of 20-inch coarse white flannel and one yard of calico. The other materials are one yard of white unbleached holland for the cover and five yards of crimson binding braid. Take the board and cover it first with the coarse white flannel and then with the calico. Draw very tightly, and oversew each securely along one side and the ends. The case is made to receive the board easily, and is pro- vided with a flap and loop at the upper open end. and two pockets, one for the duster used to rub the hot iron and the other for the ironholder, which is also made of flannel, covered with holland and bound with crimson braid. For the front of the case a piece of holland is required l inch longer and li wider than the board. Cut a square of holland 74 inches each way. Bind it with braid and sew it upon front piece as a pocket for the holder. Place the open end of this pocket eight inches from the top of front piece Bind the top of front piece. Cut another piece the same width as front, but 12 inches longer. Bind one end of the second piece. Turn this bound edge six inches over bottom end of front piece to form the second pocket, which extends the entire width of case. Secure the back and front pieces across bottom of pocket by running thtm together close to edge. Sew back and front of case together alonz each side. There I Case for Ironing Board, Holder, and Duster, will then be 6 inches of back piece remaining. Round it at each corner,to make flap, which turns over the front piece. Bind the edges of case and flap to correspond to the other bound edges. Make a loop with J yard of braid, with a tiny bow in the centre. Sew one end to each side of the case where the flap turns over. With pencil write the words liolder and II Dustier" on the respective pockets. Work over the writing with cotton to match the braid, using stemstitcb or chain Btitch for the purpose. To make the holder, cat the remainder of the white flannel into three squares- Cover these on both sides with holland ana bind the braid to match the other parts. Work a French knot or small cross-stitch in the centre to keep the layers of material steadily in place, and this useful article will be completed. A very good recipe for a boiled batter pudding is the following :-Make a batter a little thicker than for pancakes, pour it into a basin that will just hold it, and which has been well greased with sweet beef suet, and simmer in boiling water for two hours. Serve with red currant jelly or any kind of jam. u I have been asked by a correspondent how to whip cream. Sweeten a bowl of cream with lamp sugar, flavour it with orange-flower water and the juice of a lemon or orange. Set another bowl near the above, with a sieve over it, then whip the cream with a whisk, and, as it rises toa froth, remove it with a skimmer to the sieve to drain. Whip also the cream which drains from the sieve and when done ornament with custards, trifles, or sillababs. ETHEL.
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Criticised. A Scottish gentleman owns a clever parrot which picks up many of the remarks it hears, and at times retails them at most opportune moments. A favourite exclamation of the Scotsman when his wife complains of any little ailment is- Great Cresar what's wrong wid ye ? Jast recently be sat strumming on the piano with one finger, and endeavouring to sing tha air of a new song. Having little or no ear for music, the effect was decidedly inharmonious. On his performance coming to an end, the parrot, which had evidently listened in disapprov- ing silence. ejaculated- Great Cesar I. what's wrong wid ye ?
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He You haven't a mind above a now hat.— She: And you taven't any. amd ondncyBHCB.
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MUSIC IN WALES. BY D. EMLYN EVANS. WALES IN ENGLISH MUSICAL JOURNALS. Both tha Musical Times — the leading English musical pablication-and the Musical Herald the organ of the tonic sol-faists, both edited in such a manner as to be interesting to musicians generally, have references to Wales or Welsh musical matters in their current num- ber. The leading article in the former is on Bangor and its Cathedral," which opens with a characteristic quotation from Dr.Johnson, "At evening "—so wrote the great lexicographer from Penmaenmawr, during his journey through North Wales accompanied by Mr and Mrs Thrale, in August, 1774—" the moon shone eminently bright, and our thoughts of danger being now past, the"re3t of our journey was very pleasant. At an hour somewhat late we came to Bangor, where we found a very mean inn, and had some difficulty to obtain lodging. I lay in a room where the other bed had two men. We went to worship at the Cathedral. The quire is mean, the service was not well read." Were any eminent doctor of past days to visit Bangor now, he would find considerable improvement, we have no doubt, in the hotel accommodation, as well as in the town itself,and oertainly in the Cathedral,its "quire," and the manner in which thb service is con- ducted. The writer of the article falls into the usoat,, and easily excusable, error in attributing a literal meaning, as understood in the present time, to the last syllable in Bangor-" ban- cor gdod or high choir (as we are informed); and of coarse, it was impossible to resist the temptation to reproduce the old joke about Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll-lla- ndysiliogogogocb," once more the supposed name in fall of a village not far from Bangor, but in Anglesey, and gener- ally known as Iilanfair P.G. Our author must be complimented upon the correctness of his spelling in the above instance—the addition of a syllable or two can scarcely matter in such a con- glomerate but he has not been quite so fortun- ate in the dnglyn from D. ap Gwilym's ode to Hywel ab Tudor, Dean of Bangor; and no quotation from the immortal Ab Gwilym,apropos of Bangor, can compare with the opening lines of one of his Cywyddan to Morfudd,- Y ferch dan yr aur Nathrloyw, Fain ddigabl crwn barabl croyw Yn aur o'r pen bwy gilydd, Yr rhian wiw, douliwdydd, Yn gwrando ar Salm Baichnoe, Y'nghor Bangor Ddeiniol ddoe." The englyn, however, possesses an interest for the musician in the fact that it refers to an organ and a choir—" heb atynt a'i can "-in the Bangor Cathedral of that day, the first half of the fourteenth century. The article in the Musical Times is en- hanced in interest by a number of viéws, and by photographs of Dr. Roland Rogers and Mr West- lake Morgan, the latter being the present organist of the cathedral, and the former his predecessor, occupying the post for twenty-one years. Amongst the illustrations is that of The organ in Shrubsole's day"; and thereby hangs a tale, not connected with the organ so much as Sbrubsole himself, and demonstrating the truth of the old adage that history repeats itself. William Sbrubsole is known, if known at all, to the ordinary musical reader as author of the well-known English hymn-tune Miles Lane." always associated with the hymn All Hail the Power of Jesu's Name," and to which it was com- posed, bat it is not so generally known that once upon a time he was organist of our northern cathedral, and that he was called upon to resign —for reasons that will appear in the sequel. We quote two extracts from the Chapter Records, one testifying to the young organist's ability, and the other explaining the oaase of his dis- missal. September, 1782. William ShrubsoJe was named organist with a salary of forty guineas a year, payable from the 22nd day of August last, from which time he has attended the duties of the organist a place in a manner so satisfactory and promising that we think proper for his en- coaragement to direct the treasurer to pay him also the sum of eight guineas towards the ex- penses of his journey, the removal of his harpsi- chord and other effects from London to Bangor." -1 October, 1783. Mr William Shrubsole, the organist of this Church,having given great offence to the Dean and Chapter by his close connection with one Abbott, late of this place, and by his frequenting Conventicles, that Mr Dean is em- powered to discharge the said William Shrubsole from his place of organist, if the said Abbott (who is supposed to be gone to reside in Dublin) shall at any time hereafter return in order to abide in the town of Bangor, or tbe neighbour- hood thereof, or if the said William Shrubsole shall be found to frequent any Conventicle or Religious Assembly where anything is tanght which is contrary to the Doctrine or discipline of the Church of England." We are indebted to the article under notice for the above interesting particulars. Whether the wicked Abbott returned to Bangor-or the neighbourhood thereof—or whether Shrubsole continued to stray into Conventicles and Relig- ious Assemblies, we do not know, bat another resolution of the Dean and Chapter, dated December, 1783, shows that his fate was sealed— he was to play on the organ of our Cathedral Church till Lady-day next and no longer," with the suggestive proviso added that if he wished to resign his office earlier, well and good, and he would be paid the full allowance to Lady-day next notwithstanling." A Mr Dean of Ban. gor, of onr own day, in dealing with an organist more able and eminent even than William Shrub- sole, and certainly not less insistent upon the I- Rights of Man," also based his complaint on :the frequenting of Conventicles by his erring .subordinate; the sum and substance of Dr. Roland Rogers's irregularities, however, being limited to his manipulation of unholy organ key-boards as we think. But Bangor Deans seem. to b-tve a penchant for this sort of diversion, as we find-drawing upon our musical contemporary once more-an entry in the Chapter records, dated December. 1811,to the effect that Dr. Pring, the organist, having conducted himself with dis- respect to the Dean, it was ordered that he should be reprimanded, and he was repri- manded accordingly." That Dean also found that his organist was a man of mettle, and al- though he impoverished himself in Chancery proceedings against the Dean and Chapter, he rendered cathedral musicians valuable service, and he retained his post as organist until his death in 1842, having acted in that capacity at Bangor for the long term of 49 years, This does not exhaust the interest which Bangor organists have for Welsh musicians, for Dr. Pringhad some- thing to do with a collection of tunes contem- plated by Owen Williams, o Fon &nT.Mr Robert Robertai one of the ablest organists and musicians Wales has produced, officiated as organist at Bangor for the last years of his to? brief life. But we have only sufficient pwe- Tmaining to barely refer to tbe" Musical Nualil," the subject of the leading article of which is Mr T. E. Aylward, of Cardiff, whose portrait is also given. We most be content with Rioting the concluding paragraph in connection with the Cardiff Festival, towards the chorns of which the Cardiff Musical Society, founded and conducted by Mr kyiward. has contributed 80 largely. The Cardiff Festival," as we read, "Bands in Wales for systematic and sustained musical effort, and the presentation of great works in their completeness,, apainst the spasmodic and combative musical life engendered by too great a devotion to the eisteddfod. That institution is good in its way. But the wiser and more farseeing among Welsh amateurs are more and more discontented with the domination of the eisteddfod.and are determined to pot some better ideal in its place. That the Cardiff Triennial Festival should be self-supporting, that it should be now an established event most be gratifying to all who wish for real musical progress in Wales'
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SomeReall] t. -Cousin George: Hands chapped? Why don't, you sleep in gloves, Maud. It will keep your hands permanently soft !-Maod (archly); I suppose you sleep in a nightcap, George ? When am I to die?" inquired Jonah. Soon as vou begin digesting," replied the whale. Jonah did not quite understand, and as he turned over to go to sleep tie mattered, Well, 4—»» dic jarting wi nny otfacrway.
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Illustrated Fashions. -4 The world of dress has of late been agitated to its depths by the report of the advent of the crinoline in that centre of fashionable novelties —Paris. Horror seized on all feminine hearts, and despair reigned supreme among the mascu- line part of the eommunltyat the thought of again becoming slaves to the most inaitistic monstrosity which is at once inconvenient and uncomfortable to wear and hideous to look upon. However, it appears that one of the autocrats in sartorial realms has expressed an opinion that there is no immediate danger that the crinoline will again be worn, although the details of the latest "creations gho\ a tendency towards an A Typical Tailor-made. increase of fulness round the feet. The newest skirts are gauged and gathered and tucked most elaborately, while shaped flounces or fall frills spring out voluminously from below the knees. This fulness is apt to prove inconvenient when walking, hence the introduction of full frilled underskirts, which in some instances are stiffened out a little at the back and sides to keep them from falling in ronnd the ankles. Some have been rendered even ore springy by the intro- duction of steels sewed firmly into the hem, and this has evidently been the cause of the reported re-intrcduction of the crinoline proper. The common sense which prompts an English girl to combine comfort and fashion will save her. I fancy, from falling into the error of submitting to any mode which would prove a hindrance to her freedom of movement. The tailor-made depicted is typical in every sense, as it is cut severely plain, while it fits perfectly. The skirt is of a convenient wSalking length, and clears the ground all round.; There is nothing so un. sightly (as we all knfw) as a short skirt which A Pretty Blouse. I lacks firmness round the hem bnt this is cor. rected in this instance by stiffening balayeuses round the hem of the foundation skirt. A stiffening of some sort is absolutely necessary for the correct hang of a short plain skirt. The very short trotteur skirt is always very full and often plisse, and is generally fastened down the side, whereas the longer skirts which rest an inch or two on the ground are now fastened down the back, but in both instances one's pocket is still as much a mystery as ever, and quite as impossible to find. Tailor-made costumes are particularly devoid of any trimming, bnt afternoon toilets are embellished with ruches and flounces arranged round the skirt, so as to give a panier effect, while pleats are let in at the seams. Fringe and cord prove a favourite trimming on many smart gowns, and are seen at their best when fprming the breloques which head the inserted pleats. The pretty blouse depicted is made of soft white oriental satin. The long fitting yoke is of worked net with a pattern in crystal and pearl beads, while the lower edge is finished by several rows of narrow ruched chiffon. The sleeves are of a novel but elaborate design, and are trimmed with lines of lace insertion. The w A Taffetas Hat. waist is finished by a folded velvet band, pale turquoise in colour, narrow ribbon of tbe same tone being interthreaded through the lace inser- tion. This style of blouse Looks very smart for dinner wear, expressed in white velvet. For afternoon wear, cream voile would look charm. ing. made in this style with woollen lace motifs. Velvet, both as a trimming and in the construc- tion of a complete toilet, will be very well worn Ang season, and will form some of the most charming costumes, enhanced by some sort of fur. Taffetas is also a material which is held high in estimation. although it can hardly be ealled a novelty. It is employed for complete dresses And blouses, and also for long coats, wbtle its presence is also felt in the world of millinery, as hats of drawn taffetas trimmed with feathers are considered very chic. The hat sketched is made of drawn taffetas, with a long ostrich feather curling round the side and over the hair at the back. The brim is curved beauti- fully, and the feather is large but not very tightly curled. The taffetas is gauged with a narrow quilting, finishing off the edge of the brim. Velvet is also employed in the construc- tion of some of the most charming picture hats. and is a material that is becoming to everyone; but at the same time it must be acknowledged that it proves somewhat heavy in wear, especially when liberally trimmed with fur or feathers, or, as in some instances, the two combined. Beaver hats are perhaps the prettiest style of headgear for immediate wear, especially when trimmed with a wreath of richly coloured berries or leaves in all the beanty of autumnal colourings. Some of the most fashionable beaver hats are covered with long, shaggy silk hairs, and are trimmed with a soft silk or crepe de chine 8carf carelessly twisted round the crown and tied in a bow at one side. Sometimes ostrich feathers are used as a trimming, held in place by a long orna- mental buckle, set with coloured stones. COQUETTE,
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They Surely Will. Yonng Microbe And so we are parasites, and are killing the man we are in ?-Old Microbe Vhat's the cas?, exactly.— And you say he has summoned the doctor ?" ■' Yes." What will thedoctors do?" Can't tell yet, but I am sure of one thing they will call as bard names."
SCIENCE AND HEALTH .
SCIENCE AND HEALTH By Dr. ANDREW WILSON, F.R.S.E., 8c. Love of Animals- A reader of this column, in a recent letter ad- dressed to me, asks me to say something regard- ing the love of animals and study cf their ways as exercising a. certain moral influence on human beings. This request is of a somewhat ivide order. I presume my correspondent wishes me to say something in praise of a love of animals as tending to inculcate in us feelings of gentleness, sympathy, and pity. If this be the case, I am quite at one with the reader who has thus ad- dressed me. One remembers Coleridge's lines :— He prayeth best who loveth best All things both great and small, For the dear od who loveth ns, He made and loveth all." The spirit of these lines, I take it, is represented by those who find objects of attachment in their dumb neighbours. Recently in this column I re- ferred to the subject of nature study now being extensively taught in schools as tending to exert a humanising influence upon pupils. By bring- ing children into contact with what may be called the mysteries of animal and plant life, their sympathies are undoubtedly enlisted on the side of regarding animals and plants with greater tenderness than before, and thus instilling into their minds a higher respect for living things. The boy or girl brought face to face with insect wavs, for example, will not be the most likely person to destroy life wantonly, whilst a know- ledge of the instincts and intelligence exhibited by higher animals may similarly cause him or her to treat our poorer relations with a larger amount of kindness than probably they have hitherto been accustomed to show them. The Dog and Man. I do hot donbt that toy correspondent is right in the contention that the more we know of the lives of animals the tess hkelihood is there that we should treat them with unkindness or with cruelty. I think my friend could find the most telling illustration of the attachment between man and animals in the case of the dog. There can be little doubt that this friend of man, which has been* associated with human life for such a long period of years, in certain circumstances acquires a strong hold upon our affections. Not so very long ago an affectionate dog of my own had to be assisted out: of this world gently through the medium of chloroform owing to an utter breakdown of his system through sheer old age. I confess that 1 myself was unequal to the task of administering the lethal dose. Necessary as this operation was, one felt that sentiment. which I do not think can be altogether regarded as of a mawkish description, prevented me from even witnessing the sending of my canine friend into Euthanasia. "Still the work had to be accomplished, and it was mercifally performed. It practically represented the passing away from the inevitable activity of life into the sleep that knows no waking. For days and weeks after wards I missed tbe companionship of mv dog friend. Nevertheless, I "dare not go the length of saying that affection for my dog has made me any the better man, but, unquestionably, I think tbe indirect intinenceof an affection for animals of this kind tends to cause us all to be most sym- pathetic to our fellow-creatures. As a cynical friend of mine, however, once remarked, all de- pends on the creature who excites your sympathy, and he added, Your dog may in itR way have elicited much more kindness and love from you by reason of his tacit and unvarying affection in all circumstances than many of your fellow- men." I am quite inclined to agree with my correspondent that the cultivation of a love for lower life, not merely for dogs, but in all its forms: mast exert a certain humanising influence upon those who extend protection and kind- ness to those creatures who are often helpless to help themselves. More About Radium. My readers by this time will know that the new element, radium, is one which offers for the investigators of science not a few problems of very complicated nature. One of these problems concerns its apparent power of giving oft energy without apparently suffering any diminution of substance. Tbe theory has naturally been broached by way of explaining this curious fact that this substance is, in one fashion or another, capable of utilising outside sources of energy in a fashion unknown to Os. It is obvious that in order to have any amount of energy generated and work done we must suffer a corresponding los. In other words, more work, more waste." Radium appears, so far, to present an exception to tbis rule. Only on the idea that this substance is capable of acquiring renewals of its energy from some outside source or other, such a para- dox as I have said may be explicable. One view of this substance of a singularly interesting nature is that radium represents a survival of the original elements from which this world, and probably other planets, were formed. It is con- tended, on this view of things, that elements of this primitive nature would differ from all other ordinary elements as we know them. in respect of the fact that they might be supposed to be en- dowed with an original sort of energy, and to be capable of replenishing that in ways not known, or represented in ordinary chemical compounds of to-day. The curious elements found in the air, amongst which helium and a"on are to be enu- merated, may possibly be found later on to pos- sess certain analogies with radium itself. If the view that radium really represents tbe survival of an ancient element that has somehow or other gone to the wall in the process of chemical evo- lution, we may, in the same way, suppose that the helinm and argon of the air represent certain of its companions. Radium and the Sun. In connection with the discovery of radium speculations regarding its nature and its marvel- lous powers have induced philosophers to revise their conceptions of the nature of tbe great orb of day whence we derive all our light and heat, and necessarily, therefore, our life. A distin- guished scientist recently said.regardiu radium, that we have recently acquired a knowledge of another source ot energy, and add ad that the amount available is so great as to render it impossible to say how lung the sun's beat has already existed Or how long it will last in the future. If the part played by radium in the maintenance of the sun's heat and light be regarded as of important character, then, instead of the extiDgnishinlbf the sun's energy, which astronomers tell us is only a matter of time, we may see a vista before as of an indefinite sapply of light and heat. The scientist, from whom I have already quoted, says that, knowing as we now do that radium is capabie of representing in itself an enormous source of energy, we have no right to assume that the sun is any less capable of giving forth energy to a degree at least comparable to that which it would do if it were possessed of radium. On tbis view of matters it is assumed that the composition of the sun includes such an object as radium and neighbouring elements possessing an indefinite power of not merely dealing with energy but, as I have said, of acquiring energy, from outside sources such as are apparently not available to metals or other elements of ordinary kind. I need hardly point out that the dis- covery of such forma of energy as may be brought within the service of man would unquestionably revolutionise the whole source of motive and other power at present at human disposal. Self-Purification of Water. Long ago the late Professor Pettenkoffer, of Munich, pointed out that in the case of the river of that city, which happens to be one passing along its course at a very rapid rate, absolute purification of its water occurred within a few miles of its passing the town. The sewage from Munich entered this river at the city. A few miles below all trace of ewae had disappeared. Pettenkoffer attributed this freedom from con- tamination to the aeration of the water, pre- sumably to the action of the oxygen, which the water had absorbed in its precipitous flow. His conclusions have, however, been more than once called in question Recently, observations made in connection*; with Chicago appeared to lend support to the views just detailed. It appears that the sewage of Chicago is discharged into the Illinois river* which, in its turn. joins the Mississippi. ions made on behalf of the University o&eWwtRO tend to show that, at a distance of UXtmuca from a point where sewage enters tbe rhmz» no microbes character- istic ot sewage can be discovered. One hundred and fifty miles is certainly a very considerable distance through which the effect of self-purifica- tion of the river may be eaid to act. But. I pre- sume, in this case much may depend on the foice of the river and whetherjts waters are well aerated or not; whil,no donbt also, the influence of light must be takso.into account in explaining the degree of porifieation which running wat er may exhibit. Crinolines. Those of as who are by no means aged persons will be able to remember the days when the crino- lines formed an essential part of female attire. I can myself well remember the time of the crino- line episode and I also recollect reading of the many accidents, occurring,practically, weekly, if not almost daily, in which women were seriously turned through their extended skirts sweeping across the front of grates. The latest rumour as regards dress is that the crinoline is to oe re- vived but I observe that a Parisian dress author- ity states that the so called crinoline is merely a certain extension on tbe lower part of the skirt designed to give greater fullness below to that garment. It is to be earnestly hoped that the exercise of common-sense by womenkind will be more than sufficient to prevent the revival of a fashion, which, apart from its being thoroughly inartistic, would be attended by grave risk of life from accidents of the kind I have described.
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Tailor When will you pay me that bill ? Smithkins: Upon my soul, old chap, you remind me of my little nephew. Tailor I do? Why ? Smithkins Because you ask questions that, for the life of me. I efm t MMWMf.
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Illustrated Humour. Why do you watch the thermometer on the wall so closely?" queried the invalid. Because," replied the untrained nurse, the doctor said if the temperaturs got any higher I was to give you another dose of quinine." Arry (whose old Dutch had been shopping and had kept him waiting a considerable time) Wot d'yer; mean keepin' me standin' abaat 'ere like a bloomin' fool ? 'Arriet, I can't 'elpthe way yer stand, 'Arry. I One Month Was Enough for Her. f Enthusiastic Accepted One I think it would be a splendid idea to bave the kitchen fitted with a radium cooking range! His Betrothed Er-ye-es, darling, but if radium does not come into nse, say, in a month's time from to-day, we won't wait for it, will we, dear? "See here exclaimed the strangei, as he stumbled into his twentieth puddle, "I thought you said you knew where all the bad places were on this road ?" Well," replied the native, who had volun- teered to guide him thronh the dark, "we're a-finding them, ain't we ?" Intrepid Widow: Speaking of conundrums, Mr Slocum, here's a good one, Why is the letter d like a wedding-ring?" Procrastinating Bachelor: Ob, I'm no good at conundrums. Intrepid Widow You give it up ? Why, be- cause we', can't be wed without it. Another Daughter of Eve. I Indignant Mother Why, did you strike little Elsie, you naughty boy? Dick What did she want to cheat for, then? Mother How did she cheat ? Dick Why, we were playing at Adam and Eve, and she had the apple to tempt me with, and she never tempted me, but went and ate it up herself. This engine won't work," said a fireman to the chief of a fire department. No wonder," was the reply it was made to play." Miss Fisher: Quite a confidential chat yon were having with Miss Kulcher. I fear you'll find rre dull by comparison. Mr Blunt Not at all. It s a relief to talk to a girl who isn't cJev-tbat is-er-not at aU. Not at all. Philosophic. I Gentleman Why, my man, how do you ex- pect to get that horse along with a epnr on one side only ? Horseman Well, sir, if I gets that ere side to SO. ain't the other boand to keep up ? Yes," said the young student, thoughtfully, when I get interested in a subject I never stop until I have embraced it thoroughly." That's nice." was his sweetheart's hesitating reply I wish I was an interesting subject." And she was. Young man," said the stern parent to the applicant for a job as son-in-law, I want you to know that I spent £ 1,000 on my daughter's education." "Thanks," rejoined the youth who was trying to break into the family circle; then I won't have to send her to school again." Had Had Enough of Cousins. I Daisy you know, Emily, Johnny is our first cousin. Emily (who has bad a quarrel with Johnny) Is he? Well, I hope he's our last, that's all I" Fond Father (showing off hiu offspring's intelli- gence) Now, Elsie. dear, what is a cat ? Elsie Danno. Fond Father Well, what's that funny little animal that comes creeping up the stairs when everyone's in bsd ■ i-* ■- Elsie (promptly) Papfc.
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A-Sruvr Fletcher f 1-itltoub, iu a UtWr-te the Marcnis f Montrose, mate :—" I kuov a very wise man'that believed that lfr, man were. permitted lo ra%ke all tho ballads be need n?t csro who should make tfcc laws "f th vati 'n."
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AUTUMN. Look nature through 'tis revolution all; All change, no death. Day follows night, and night The dying day stars rise, and set, and rise Earth takes tb' example, See the summer gay, With her green ehaplet and ambrosial flowers, Droops into pallid autumn winter gray. Horrid with frost, and turbulent with storm, Blows autumn and his golden fraits away; Then melts into the spring; soft spring, with breath Favonian, from the warm chambers of the south, Recalls the first. AI!, to reflourish, fades; As in a wheel, all sinks, to rescend. Emblems of man, who passes, not expires. Young.
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r- FAITH. 1, too, rest in faith That man's perfection is the crowning flower Towards which the urgent hap in life's great tree Is pressing- see in puny blossoms now. But in the world s great morrows to expand With broadest petal and with deepest glow. George EltoV-
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— Welsh Tit-Bits. Neu Wreichion Oddiar yr Eingion. BY OADRAWO. Old Beaupre. The .-«»;Lirsaip of a. volume, The Vale ol Oamorxau. has been attributed to the late Redwood, a solicitor who practised at Cow- bridge. lived at Llandough for many years, and daring his later years removed to a 'ace near Boverton. where he died about 50 ago. His tastes as far as they were known were lite- rary, and Thomas Carlyle was his guest on one or two occasions previous to prodacing hie Life of Stirling." As a delineation of the legends, manners, and customs of the Vale, Mr Redwood's book is interesting, and the transcript of local scenes excellent. In the chapter headed, Gwi- lym Twrch s Courtship. we have tbe hiatory of the building of Old Beaupre Porch. Mr Redwood claims for Twrch the merit of being the first to revive or introduce classical architecture in England. The building of the Beaupre Castle and Porch was his first design after his return from studying in Rome. and an exceedingly chaste production it is, worthy of the trouble of a walk from Cowbridge to see by anyone who is interested in the history of fair Glamorgan, its ruined castles and abbeys. The porch is within tbe courtyard, and was erected to commemorate the healing of a fed between two families, by a marriage. Tbe inscription thereon runs :— Say Cowldest: Thon: Ever Fynd or Ever Heare or See Worldly Wreitche or Coward Prove a Faythfull Fryiend to Bee. Henry Charde Bassett having to Wife Katherine, Dougbter to Sir Thomas Johns, Knight, Bwylt this Porche with theChymmi Tunnes. In ano 1600. Hys Yeres 65, Hys Wife 55. Now long deserted by the Bassett famity, the house has fallen into ruins. Enough only it preserved to serve as a dwelling for the farmer who rents about 80 acres of the fertile pasture near the house The Thaw winds silently along between his woody lands through the Beaupre meadows, stretches out into a rippling shallow as it skirts the base of the moana whereon the house stands, contributing not a little to tbe beauty of the landscape. The crumbling place is monument sufficient to the knightly power, wealth, and taste of the former race of Bassetts and the luxuriant daffodils that grow in profnse clusters in the old avenue, the fields, and even the roadside are surely a memento of the refinement of some now forgotten Dame Bassett. Over a century ago, when more of the house was inhabited than now, it was part of the creed of the neighbourhood that one or more of their old ladies haunted in spirit the scenes of their abode while in the flesh. Spirits of this kind were not often visible, but their presence became known by the rustling of the stiff silk dresses with which, a& when in the body, they still delighted to bedeck themselves. I was told of it by an old man on the spot more than twenty years ago. who had it from his mother, who when a young girl had been a ser- vant at Old Beaupre. She and her fellow-ser- vants were going to bed, their door was bolted. The staircase leading to their room was a narrow stone one, and they distinctly heard someone in a silk dress ascending it. They put out tIN light instantly, and the Lady Gwn Sidan came into their room and moved about there for some time. but though they looked they could not see her. Something over 80 years ago the estate passed entirely out of the hands of the Bassetts, by per. chase of the mortgage by Mr Daniel Jones, < wealthy old solicitor, who was childless. B4 also increased the estate by additional parchadi. built or completed (I am not now certain) the bnilding of New Beaupre, a comfortable man- sion about half a mile up the valley, in a wood- sheltered angle, and made it his hobby to im prove and beautify the estate. After some years' possession, the surviving representative of the Bassett family, then a pooi knight of Windsor, threatened him with legrf proceedings to recover tbe property, on '1M ground that tbe rental of the estate had over' paid the mortgage. Mr Jones, who was himself remotely connected with the family, offeredM give the estate back, by will, 10 tbe claimant or his representative, provided he should keep it and enjoy it for life. The offer was accepted, and the estate is now agftin in the Bassett family. Lead has been worked extensively irr the woods that surround New Beaupre, and numerous and dangerous pits and shafts are to be found there. It is alleged that some of these caverns as old as the time of the Romans undoubtedly they are so. One of these was the biding-place of a-celebrated local robber, lanto Franc, which is still known as his cave. Every theft com- mitted in the neighbourhood in his days wae shouldered upon him. At length he was con. victed of sheep stealing from the Stallingdown, and hung upon tbe gallows that stood on tbi, Down. Aware of tbe convenience he had beefi to the district to bear the brunt of all the rob tories committed there he told the crowd whf witnessed his execution that he left plenty ot lanto Francs behind him. Story of the Twrch Brothers. A family whose surname was Twrch had fot many generations possessed and worked the freestone quarries at Ogmore. Two brothers, Richard and William, worked together in the reign of Edward VI. These young mea unfor- tunately became enamoured of the same voun £ woman, which resulted in mutual jealousies between them, and ended in a virulent quarrel. Each with a solemn oath swore never to speak tc the other. Tbey, however, continued to work ir tbe same quarry, to the disadvantage and dis. comfort of both. The young woman having been informed of the situation between the brothers vowed on her part never to admit either of their addresser. This state of things tbre Richard into a state of deep melancholy, AD resulted in bis leaving the country. He wen; no one knew whither. For a very long period be was not heard of, and after a lapse of more than a quarter of t century be returned to Glamorganshire, afteL having been to London, Paris, Rome, and othev places on the Continent, working at his trade M a stone-cutter, and in the meantime in biff leisure hours applying himself to the study of architecture, sculpture, and other branches, in all of which he acquired considerable proficiency. On his return he found that his brother William had discovered the freestone quarries of Bridg- end, and bad settled there. Richard therefore entered upon the old quarries and worked them. The superior manner in which he executed'hfr work very soon drew the attention of the gentry to him, and in particular Richard Bassett. of Beaupre, a rich landowner and representative o{ one of the most powerful families in the coanty since its conquest, who employed him to do the ornamental work in stone for the front of hit cbapel at tbe castle, which he executed in hi, own freestone in the Ionic order. Over tI- entDance is carved the arms of the Bassett family with tbeir Welsh motto, "GweJl angM ot chywilydd" (Better death than disgrace), in relief lettering. The date of this is 1586. He was afterwards employed to execute the porch, which is of Dundry freestone (obtained near Briat(1). This is the fine and very orna- mental work which is spoken of by Mr Redwood as the classic architecture introduced bythit Welshman into this country. It is thre4. stories high, consisting of tbe Doric, Ioaic, and Corinthian; over which he has placed ac elegant attic story, and all finished in the moat masterly manner. On the second, or Ionic., story are the tablets on which the above inscrip. tion, in capitals, appears. The ablest judges of ancient architecture axv united in opinion tbat tbis porch is mncL superior to the earliest examples of Greet and Roman architecture in England, where those, principles of the art appear to be introduced fot. the first time, and at the same time. The above narrative ws^ derived by Iolt Morganwg from distant relatives of tbe Twrchs, who were employed in the same quarries af Bridgend when he was a young man following his trade as a. stone mason, &c.
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Ho Case.—Tomdix Have you learnel ake repairs or your automobile ? -Bojax i No; and I'm afraid I never shall. —Tomdix; Why not ?—Bojax; I haven't a bit of mecbanicai genius. Honestly, I don t believe I could igcroor a washing machine.