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TALK OF THE TOWN. THE lAST OF BUFFALO BILL OLYMPIA AX ABABIAN SQUAD—THE DEMONSTRATION—RUNNING IN AN U 8QUAE SQ C A BED- PAN KS AND PENALTIES—TH £ JUBILEE 1IONSTEK STKtCrCRE -HOW THE HAT WENT ROUND—THE AGRICULTURAL HALL EN FETE-BICYCLE V. COW- BOY—WHAT FOWLS ARE I-,CJING-"OUR BOYS "— JJAKK US LAUGH—LIFE TOO SAD FOR TEARS. Already Buffalo Bill, his wild buffaloes and cowboys, his rag-tag and bob-tail of gaunt blanketed Indians and squaws, his stock-in-trade of ramshackle coach, Panama hat, lank locks, and fascinating smile, are all as a tale that is told—vanished from our midst like the phantas- magoria of a dream. The place that knew him knows him no more. The electric light is re- placed by a darkness that might be felt, and the nüardins-no longer adorned by the prairie hero astride on a Bucephalus. charging creatiun with a swooping lasso, with Redshirt, bristling with ornithological spoils, gazing contemptuously on civilisation at large—are now devoted to the ex. position of the virtues of soup as applied to bulbous babies and voluptuous beauties, to dra- matic tragedy, and Swailow-'em's pills. The very day after the itinerant show had struck its tents, the wails and hoardings were stripped to make way for promiscn >us commerce. At pre- sent the hero is in Birmingham, delighting the crowds with his travesty of the Wild West. Will he be mashed to distraction there, as he was here? The opening of his mashing letters was the work of a confidential secretary, who pro- bably picked up the crumbs that fell from his master's table. Before departing, Col, Cody took the whole of his troupe to see the rival show of Wild East life, at Olympia. Beside one of bis staff the representative ot a large daiiy paper stood. After seeing the Arab attack on the military train, the Pressman asked his companion what he thought of the show. Wal," he re- plied, "I guess it's a mighty fine show-a very splendid show, indeed—in fact, after oars, I think it's the finest show in tbe .vcrid." In a few months the now darkened inclosure at Earl's Court will be alive again; there will be opened an Italian Exhibition, which will be as much Italian specially as was its American pre- decessor specially American. The Press gentle- man alluded to ibove was sent to interview the Arabs at Ojyinpia someone told the impassive Bedouins that the chiel takin' notes intended to print all their names in a London paper. In one moment the group broke up, and made for the unfortunate interviewer to a man. One pulled at his sleeve, two or three at his coat tails, others collared him, and his hat vanished. 1 should have been in bits," he said. but for a rescue party from the staff." Each and all called out their names in native Arab patter, wildly desirous to see themselves in print. This touch of nature made all kin. A series of articles has been appearing in a well-known evening paper, entitled, I think, My Life in the Wild West." They are to be reproduced in book form, and are -signed C. C."—the gallant C,)dy. As a matter of fact, Col. Cody's share of the performance is limited to his signature; the rest is by a gentle- man well known on the stc ff of the paper. You know all about the Trafalgar-square con- fl ct. The bon. member for Cardiff has told you all about it much better than I could do. When I arrived at the square, a dense crowd had already assembled there. Five thousand policemen guarded it, and about them surged a thick mass of men. The Radical clubs were marching towards the square frum all directions, and as fast as they came near the police seized their banners aad smashed their instruments. With iiatons and fists the constables hit right and left, as they tried to break up the processions. Pre- sently my attention was directed towards the Strand. There I saw two men advancing, arm. in-arm, bareheaded, followed by a string of demonstrators. Ti;ey made straight for the square, and tried to force their way in. The constables closed on them, and D) more of them was seen until a man, bleeding and supported by policemen, was led to t4 of Nelson's This WAS MR CUNNINGHAM GRAHAM, M.F. The soldiers are coming," I heard someone say as the member was taken away to Bow- street. Then I heard the tread of horses, and a body of Life Guards rode slowly ints the square. The people separated to give them spaco, and they passed on, driving the populace before them. A few minutes later a large body of Foot Guards appeared, to take the plice of the constables. They SQCAl-.ED Tiit SQC-AiJE, and prepared to receive cavalry. This brokjj l back; of t-tierit; the people dispersed, and after a few ugly rushes the square was left in possession 94 tb#frot>ps. Walking upwn the statue of ib. ueutday, 1 saw barricaded windows, some shops shut. I saw signs of the fray in broken glass, and I was amused to see how the ubiquitous advertiser had improved the occasion. In one wiuidow un ugly hole in the handsoime plate was covered over by a piece of paper announcing that the plate-glass of the windows had been insured in a certain office in the Cit;y. I had a cup of beef tea—by the way, an admir- able substitute for coffee and tea at luncheon hour-cost 5 !.—an j the waitresses complained of the cold. It "—the broken pane—" is not 40 be mended soon," I heard one say—"it wsts to exploit tho advertisement. Exhibitions, since 1851, have been the play- ground of the nations. We all know the admirable Albert was the moving spirit ,of the first, in the year mentioned. Her Majesty is justly proud of that first big boom, aud all the bigger booms that j have followed in its train hence her desire to round off her Jubilee year in a permanent com- memoration of her lamented consort's great achievement. Already £ 450,000 have been promised towards that end, £ 25^00 of which have been lodged in theLondonalld Westminster Bank. The estimate for the structure alone is balf-a- million—this, of course, according to unvarying precedent, means three-quarters of a million. The wires to gather in subscrbers were vigorously pulled, and specious pledges were given of heraldic honours to sympathetic helpers and subscribers. Return pledges of substantial aid were given, and the game was made. As I have said, £ 25,000 have ) been lodged-no more. The heraldic honours, so the story goot-, were slow on their way. However, sone thirty-aue British workmen hav4 turned the .d on the and that looks liki business! The action, in Any case, satisfies tll. expectant public. But supposing the ctractur4 raised, and the money expended, what aboui endowment, to pay officials, fcc. ? Of course, tut hat will go round again — it will, in fact, b« "all round my bat." .It Liay so happen th#tt her Gracious Majesty may nuvard the untinne I efforts of the Heir apparent by a cheque sufficient to balauce his leiler In the meantime, should the work go on at the pres tot pace, we may hope to see the big white eieph tnt nuished l' bout 1907. The colonies are fighting' over the "best I pJa.c.. "1 certain court on the map; and the Cape has retired from the field altogether. The British manufacturer does not w&.itt the Imperial Institute uo one in legitimate com uierce wants it. The Agricultural Hall is now a tsociated with the best part left to us of rusti t and athletic I Eng.aud. Grand cattle shows ami horse fairs, to be matched nowhere in cr out of the Empire and sports of all manly degrees. The bicycle give; a new field for prowess, skili, and' endurance for young England, and last week a t!L ke display of these qualities was made in the vast Qi the hall. I think the I'r. I COWBOT T. BICYCRIST I was one ul uhe most interesting of the contesis. To see the swift wheel circling with d ishing rapidity, obedient to the slightest touch of it* strident propeller, was a sight for old England tie be proud of. Read Fitzgerald Molioy's Mod-sm Magician," itid see now real the unreal is. As the age ripene. ghostly manifestations will become familiar matter, and cease to be supernatural if accounted for by any expressed law. It is nearirurChristm*- tide, and I only wish I could tell the readers of the Ziuco one or tw,) of my own w*itd em:ped- euces in the ghost direction. We seem to beabl# to do almost anything in the way of developing physical matter. The pouity show (tbe nine- teenth annual one) at the Crystal Ealaae provoa ourpoweriuput. I gi ve a FEW SPECIMENS, I ¡ taken by my artist, as contrasts in kind, and I samples of development. The homing pigeons afford an inlereiting study their wings bear the records of their pass;ageb-r,; lent mails across space. The Cochin Ciiina variety of fowl has been bred up to European perfection; some oi the six months old cockerels were like youn., ostriches. The game cocks seem grande. aristocracy than ever, and the little impudent bantam more minutely perfect tha.n I ever remember. I like this high breeding, it teaches us humanity, and aidg the Soc ety for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals poweriully. Scarcely a week passes now without a mtttinei of some new piece, which either leads on to fortune or collap-es in failure. Mr Wyndham'* (successful reviv&L -,of- "Our Boys," at the I Criterion, is a proof of how a relly good comedy enters into the life of the public, gentle and simple. Its last sands are running now, and when I the glass is reversed we shall have I MR DAVID JAMES. I the popular artist, in a new role. I think the Criterion the p.easautest place in London. A rattling good comsdy is the be6t clearer for over-" wrought brains, and a legitimate comedian a public benefactor. But the stage seems to be lapsing into a milliner's show room. It certainly has become the medium of wanton extravagance. Mrs Langtry's example in this direction baa been ontdone by Mrs Brown-Potter, whose recent expøHditJue with Worth ic said to aeieeet 4* £ 14,000. For this sum she has fourteen tronks tilled with garments beyond the power of a weak foale pdi tp dascribe. What a pity the Ifhdy cannot do them justice. ZINCO.

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Early Welsh Noncon- formist Ministers. If By J. Kilsby Jones. J The Rev. W. Erbury, of Cardiff. One of the contemporaries and fellow labourers of Mr Wroth was William Erbury, or Erbery, B.A., who was his senior in years, but, for reasons presently to be stated, not his equal in practical useful- ness. He was born in the parish of Roath, near Cardiff, in the year 1604. He received his erlucation at Brasenose College, Oxford. At the close of his college course he took his degree, and commenced his ministry at Newport, Monmouthshire, and in course of time he was appointed vicar of St. Mary's, Cardiff. In the year 1638 he was ejected from the living for refusing to read "The Book of Sports." He did not fear Laud, who, doing his worst, could only kill his body by starving it through the loss of stipend, but he did fear God, who had power to keep him out of heaven. He obeyed God rather than man, though that man happened to be the Primate of all England. He, unworldly soul, believed that man does not live by bread alone, and if his bread was obtainable only by obeying Illaii rather than God, he would have ex- pected the first morsel of it to choke him. Many of Erbury's clerical brethren also believed that a parson at any rate does Hot live contentedlyon bread alone, but by sundry additions in the way of fish, fowl, and flesh, and lubricated by other liquids than those flowing from cows and wells. The Vicar of Bray has always had a multi- tude of followers, who stick consistently to what they understand —a simple creed, con- sisting of one article, and subscribable from the stomach. Erbury's brother clergy- men must have thought him utterly unfit to be a Church of England parson if he for one moment hesitated to obey man, who had livings to give, and who could take livings away, to the Founder of Christianity, who had nothing better to offer his followers than a legacy of self-denial even unto death, but in the next world everlasting life, for which Worldly clerics had no particular relish, as being divorced from things understandable by eupeptic bipeds. According to the testimony of the then Bishop of Llandaff, Erbury's ejectment was •foflo wed by peace and quiet in the diocese- Very believable statement. At that a godly parson was a phenomenon, nd so rare that Erbury's mode of think- 11199 speaking, and acting must have been like thorns in their sides, for they had 110 liking for religion aparc from its emoluments. It is no wonder that he was in 1642 plun- dered by the King's party in Wales, when Possibly engaged in visiting different parts 1 of the country as an itinerant preacher. In consequence of the treatment which he deceived, he was forced to seek a place of refuge in England, where he obtained the appointment of chaplain to a '\1 Parliamentary regiment. J From this time to that of his death, which took place in April, 1654, he never resided i| Wales, and only occasionally visited it. [f during these visits he often preached, but not to organised congregations, overseered by recognised ministers. He himself says J *hat he was not invited or permitted to enter j pulpits in consequence of the pecu- » h&rity of his views. Mr Erbury had, for f years before his death, an attack of j! J*a>in disorder. Previous to this affliction 1 be is represented as the owner of superior abilities, scholarly acquire- ,I ments, and well-known as a successful Minister, grave in his deportment, and I j emillently religious. He was a very prolific Writer of tracts and small pamphlets, of h bicb twenty were collected and re-issued 11 a quarto volume by some of his admirers 1658, being entitled "The Testimony of William Erbery left upon Record." Those 1 "ho have read this volume do not regard it 4 historically valuable, but interesting, not- Withstanding, as shewing the author's piety, 00 ability, and, alas his disordered brain. And when it is added i" that the book flashes with wit, and is *i Niched with sublime sentiments, but ]i. barred by an amount of rubbishy nonsense s* as only a man partly insane could have re re, itteD we are reminded of the oft-quoted 1 c°Uplet :— 1 j Genius and madness are nearly allied, "j And tbin partition does tLe same divide. A ^Qt is not genius a species of refined intel- 3 Actual madness 1 F We have no knowledge of the cause or Causes which produced the partial eclipse of.'this A Naturally luminous brain. Possibly enough it J. *as occasioned by too much of that rare eoinmodity, as was the case with the great j Robert Hall, of overshadowing genius. Had H rbury been blessed with a small head on ff the top of an ample stomach, relievable of ft lt contents by unfailing digestion, the lability, if not certainty, is that he never j ^°uld have been pronounced fit for the con- venient of a lunatic asylum. Large heads, *'chly furnished, are not desirable pos- „<{ ^sions, as their owners have to pay heavy tOlIts and taxes for carrying them on their S Moulders. 0 A This partial derangement of Erbury's •v ta,in may, in some measure, account for the r kte of solution to which his opinions had p een reduced, and which seem to have E!Umed a succession of crystallised forms, J hich themselves after a time are resolved nto a state of flux, to be finally crystallised 111tl) something like Quakerism. The s°lutio»a and crystallisations may ex- la.in the reasons w hy lie was considered y some people a Unitarian, by ^thera 4t one of the chief of the ^abaptists," while others again gave him th not very complimentary name of (turbulent antinomian." t All these, however, were only the mis- ^presentations of people who did not ,oil, 44derstand the man, who was above their I Jphere of judgment. He might well have j ftu affiicted with cerebral disturbance, the ecclesiastical and political condition the country at the time was sad and sore *u°Ugh to make a wise, man mad. I lie had seen so much of the evil effects of ^t»te Church organization that it is no A h rve^ was suspicious of the abiding z, of constitution-mongering even by 'e ejected ministers in their new character «• ^onconforiuists, and that he should have Rested religion of all outward forms, re. II I Ilig it into inward meditation and speech- ^pir^iows to the Author of all goodness. is at the present time surely organisa- enough, and, perhaps, a little to As some people complain, it jjfil ^Presses all individualism, and stamps ^J^tybody with the same image and super- 'tP 'Ption, and, as the result, degrades men • Women into mere machines. If religion I i 1 I be liJe, and conduct three-fourths of it, then church people are in danger of substituting for them outward rites and ceremonies, and Dissenters what an old Cardiganshire minister used to call leg religion, (that is attendance at religious services) as a substitute for every day Christian conduct. What outward form Erbury's views would have assumed if he had not been mentally afflicted it is difficult to say; but it is obvious that he was more of a thinker than worker, and that the life of astudent was much more in harmony with his temperament than the noisy bustle of an active life. It is not often that the student is an organiser. To create forces is his function, to organise them is the pleasurable woik of a methodical man. As a Nonconformist, Erbury did not, whatever may have been the reason, make any definite mark on Nonconformity in the day of its small things, though, as an individual, his name will always be synonymous with self-sacrifice for what he .deemed the sacred rights of conscience in religious matters. Walter Cradock in our next sketch.

WORKMEN'S TOPICS. J BY W. A b rah aiii, M. P., Ryfi, abo n. MINING INQUESTS AND MINING INSPECTIONS, With respect to coroners' inquests on the bodies of persons whose deaths may have been caused by any explosion or accident in or about mines, the following provisions shall have effect uader the new Mines' Act Where a coroner holds an inquest, of which notice is required to be civen to the inspector, such inquest shall be adjourned, unless the in. spector or some other person on behalf of the Home Secretary is present to watch the pro- ceeding^ And the coroner, four days before holding the adjourned inquest, shall, in writing, inform the inspector of the time and place of holding it. But in the meantime the coroner may take evidence to identify the body, and may order the interment thereof. AS J XCEPTION. However, in an accident not causing more than one death the foregoing provision is not imperative where the majority of the jury think it unnecessary to adjourn; When an inspector is present at an inquest he shall be at libertv to examine any witness; but when evidence is given of neglect having caused or contributed to the explosion or accident, or of any defects appearing to the court to require a remedy, and the inspector is not present, the coroner shall send him notice in writing of such neglect or defect. .JURY mSQUALIFICATIOS. Any person haviug a personal interest in the mine where an accident has occurred, or in the management thereof, or is working therein, is disqualified from serving on the jury in such a case, and it is the duty of the constable not to summon such a disqualified person, and of the coroner not to allow him to be sworn or to sit on the jury. WITNESSES AT INQUESTS. Any relative of any person whose death may have been caused by an explosion or accident with respect to which an inquest is held, and the owner, agent, or manager of the mine, and any person appointed by an order in writing from a majority of the workmen em- ployed at the said mine, shall be at liberty to attend and examine any witness, either in per- son or by his counsel, solicitor, or agent, subject to the order of the coroner. And every person who fails to comply with the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offenca against frhis The foregoing sub-section continues the old Act, with the addition of liberty to the owner and the workmen to attend, and be represented by coun- sel, solicitor, or agent. Having finished Part I. of the Act, we shall now proceed to explain some details of PART II, The General Rules constitute the most import- ant element in the proper and safe management of mines. Hence the necessity of their being made absolute and imperative, instead of at the outset being qualified with the provision that they shall be observed so far as is reasonably practic- able," This is one of the weakest points of this act, as of all others preceding it, in the regulation of our mines. This is one of the provisions which was carried against the stern and unflinching opposition of the few labour members and their very few friends (on thts point) in the House of Commons. CONSTANT VfiNTILATIGN. By rule 1, adequate ventilation shall be con- stantly produced in every mine, to dilute and render harmless noxious gases to such an extent that the working places of the shafts, levels stables, and workings of the mine, and the travelling roads to and from those working places, shall be in a fit state for working and passing therein. And in the case of mines required by this act to be under the control of a certificated manager, the quantity of air in the respective splits or currents shall, at least, once in every month be measured, and entered in a book to be kept for the purpose at the mine. It should be observed that sufficient ventilation is to be con- stantly psoduced, aud, therefore, is not to be suspended during a temporary cessation of work, as, for exampie, at night, or on Sunday?, and other proper days of rest; for, under these provi- sions, the miner is to considered as continuing at work. Also, the rule is not confined to the venti- lation of the working places and travelling roads, but requires that so much of the mine must be kept ventilated as to render the working places, and travelling roads safe, And the provision for measuring the air in the splits and currents is new, and shall be of great value, as it will be a record of the amount of ventilation distributed and sent to various parts of the colliery, and not of the aRgregate quantity passing through the main intake or return only. FIIiE FOR VENTILATION. 2. Where a fire is used for ventilation in any mine newly opened after the passing of this act, the return air, unless it be so diluted as not to be inflammable, shall be carried off clear of the fire by means of a. dumb drift airway. This pro- vision is also new, and will be a great safeguard in gaseous mines. So is the third rule, which provides that, where a mechanical contrivance for ventilation is introduced into any milia after the commencement of this act, it shall be in such a position and placed under such conditions as will tend to ensure its being uninsured by an explosion, LASlP STATIONS. With respect to ignit) stations and inspections as to the conditions and ventilation before and after the men enter the mine, it was provided in Ruie 4 that A station or stations shall be appointed at the entrance of the mine, or to different parts of the mine, as the case may require." The following provisions will have effect as to- INSPECTION BEFORK COMMENCING WORK. A competent person, or competent persons, appointed by tho owner, agent, or manager, for the purpose (not being contractors for getting minerals in the mine), shall, within such time immediately before the commencement of each shift, as shall be fixed by special rul<fc made under this Act, inspect every part of the mine situate beyond the station, or each of the stations, in which workmen are to work or pass during that shift, and then ascertain the condition thereof so far as the presence ot gas, ventilation, roof and sides, aud general safety ate concerned. No workman shall pass beyond any such station until the part of the mine beyond that station has been so examined and stated by such competent person to be safe. The inspection shall be made with a locked safety lamp, except in the case of any mine iu whiell-iuifalimtble gas has not been found within the preceding twelve months, INFLAMMABLE GAS. A report specifying where noxious or inflam- mable gas (if any) is found present, and what defects (if any) in roofs or sides, and what other sources of danger are observed, should be recorded without delay in a book to be kept at the mine for the purpose, and accessible to the workmen, and such report shall be signed by, and, so far as the same does not consist, of printed matter, shall be in the handwriting of the person who made the inspection. And for the purpose of the foregoing provision of this rule, two or more shifts suc- ceeding one another without any interval aro to be deemed to be one shut. As to INSPECTIONS DURING SHIFTS, the ruie says that a similar inspection shall be made in the course of each shift of all parts of the mine in which workmen are to work or pass during that shift, but it shall not be necessary to record a report of the same in a book," provided that in the case of a mine worked continuously throughout the twenty-four hours by a succession of shift?, the report of one of such shifts is recorded in the manner above required. The foregoing rule re- produces with amendments and alterations Itules 2, 3, and 5 of the Act of 1872. It will be observed that the inspection with'safety lamps applies only to collieries in which inflammable gaR has been discovered within the preceding twelve months. The inspection prescribed by the rule is not only of the particular part where the inflammable gas is found—of each working place and the roadways leading thereto, hut it now must include minutely the condition of the ventilation, roofs, and sides, as well as the general state of the mine. The making of the inspection immediately before the commencement of each shift should settle a very SORF. AND DIFFICULT POINT. But as the matter of time may yet be construed in the process of arranging the special rules to be anything but that which may be deemed immediately, it may be that we are not yet out of the wood, as the [saying is. And it is a point that care must, be taken in settling it. Moreover, the reporting is to be much more minute than under the other Acts. And the report, so far as it does not consist of printed matter, is to be in the handwriting of the person who made the inspection., FIEKMEN LEARNING TO WRITE. This, unfoitunately, may cause the re- moval of some men which are now incap- able in that respect. Still, that is a much lessor evil than to allow things to go on as they are. Some firemen have already received notice, and others are striving to qualify themselves sufficiently to be able to make their own reports. The report bock is to be kept where it will be accessible to the workmen—a new requirement, The second compulsory inspection during the same shift is a point gained in the direction of safety, where single shifts are worked; but to deem two or more shifts succeeding each other without interval to be one shift is, in my opinion, quite of another character, and goes far to weaken the whole structure.

CARL DUNDER, Another Incident Makes him Weary. SERGKANTj maybe you know somebody who likes to buy me out," said Mr Dunder as be entered the Central Station yesterday with a down- trodden appearance. Oh It's you, is it?" queried Sergeant Bendall as he looked up. Got into some fresh trouble, I suppose ?" "Sergeant, I vhas broke all oop. If I can sell oudt I doan shtay here two weeks." What's the occasion ?" Vhel), it makes me feel better if I telt you. You know I keep a telephone in my place; I keep him to speak mit my brewer und to some Alder mans. Yesterday a man who vhas as shlick ash grease comes in und says vhas I Carl Dunder ? I vhas. All right, Mr Dunder, der wires vhas crossed und your telephone doan work. Sorry if you vhas troubled, but I feex him right off. VheIl, he goes mit dot phone und taps on der box, und takes down der trumpet und says "Hello Central! Hello hello y-e-s I vhas at Carl Dunder's. Can you hear me now ? Why, of course if he likes to treat me dot vhas all right. Nice old mans, uud doan' you furget him. Vhell -all right, goot pye Now, Sergeant, I haf to ask him to take a glass of beer, doan' I! If I doan' I vhas no shentleman, eh V' Go on." Vhelf, about two hours lafceJ a O-Eow-fiw came in. He vhas shlick, too. Vhas I Carl Duuder2 I vhas. All right. Mr Dun- der, dot induction vhas so strong ve vhas in a peck of troubles. Let me see how your telephone vhas. Und be goes bop und knockes on der box und softly says: "I SHCMP ON DOT FKLLEK." "Hello! Bill, vhas that you? No. Yes. Perhaps. Vhy, I vhas down to Carl Dunder's place. I second der motion. I can get two hocnered votes for him for Alderman, Hasn't treated me yet, but he probably will. Vhell, so long.' "Now, Sergeant, I haf to set oop der beer, doan' I ? I feels tickled, you know, und I like to be a U I understand. What else?" "Viiell, ;(,nip iiitre fellerii come, und I doan' suspect noboby until Shake comes home. Den he says it vhas an old chestnut, und dot I vhas soft in her lieadt. Dot makes me madt all oafer. Pooty queek somebody comes in. Vhas I Carl Dunder? I vhas. All right. Say, Mr Dunder, vhen yon ring on der telephone your number drop in dpr, office. Please allow me. Und he gorl oop und rintjs und call oudt: Vims dot you, Nellie. Alt! derw Nell! Does dot number drop down when I ring? Say, vhas you going oop to der Flats next Sunday? Guess viiere I vas? Not mti(-Ii You vhas vhay off. I was down to Carl——" Vhell, SeigeFtnt, dot vhas all I could shtand. I shump on dot feller uud gif him six weeks' sick- ness." Good I honor your pluck 1" Sergeant, keep quiet. He doan' go avhay oafer half an hour vhen my telephone rings. Vuas I Carl Dunder? I vhas. Dis vhas Supt. Shackijou, o dllr telepuouo. Mr Dunder, you haf almost killed one of our regular repairers, und I like to say to you dot it cost you more ash four I)ooiirred dollar-s No Dot vhas so. I doan' shleep two wink last night, und my wife says it vhill all come oudt dot I visa* Meti-arigle." It was a bad mistake." "Vhell, vhas can I do? Shust like I tells you nobody vhas two times alike. I vhas all der time shaking mit my boots, und Shake vhas going into consjftmption. Sergeant, if somebody arrests me let him be Vety-sdft'"und quiet. 1 vhas BO broke oop dot I can't stand some grief. If you see Mr Shacksou tell him how it vhas. Tell him dot I vhas all turned around in dis country, und do eafery time I kick at some dead-beasts he proves to be a shentlemaus. Good-pye, Sergeant! May- be 1 take some R,,Iigll ("I some R ÜR und put an end to all dis grief.Detroit Free Pms,

MIRABILt DICTU "V y Near-sigbf«J.QM Gentleman: Dear me, the wind is btewhig tso fitroDg that I cannot gross- theroad

WELSH GLEANINGS. (By Lloffwr.) An event of unusual interest is about to take place in Cardiff. Hove iyy readers ever heard of a Nodachfa Gymreig and a Cwrdd Clebran ?" Probably not. The wordi-supposed to be English—which would convey an idea of these things to the ordinary Englishman would be "Bazaar and Conversazione." One remarkable thing about the present case is that it is the first Welsh bazaar ever held in Cardiff, and that distinctively Welsh features of unusual interest will be intro- duced into it. » • • The most attractive part of the t)roceedings will be an exhibition of rare literary and art trea- sures, such as I am assured could not be got to- gether in any other town in the whole world There will be literary treasures of such unusual value that the promoters of the exhibition have had to give an indemnity bond to the extent of £2,000 for the safe custody of them Mr Alfred Thomas, M.P., Major E. Rowland Jones, and three other well-known Cardiff Welshmen sign this bond on behalf of the stewards of this unique Welsh Exhibition. I have no doubt my readers will now want to know where this exhibition is going to be held. But I hardly see my way to making this column an advertizing medium, and so I shall content myself with saying that it is to be held in Cathays, Cardiff, on Wednesday and Thursday npxt, and refer my readers to other sources of information for further particulars. I have before referred to the series of Welsh national songs being prepared by a couple of North Walian collaborateurs. Here is another of the series:— CABADOG. [Ygeiriau gan Mr IWAN JENKIN, F.R.H.S.; a'r gerddoriacth gan Mr R, T. HUGHES, R.A.M., Bethesda. ] [Copyright.] 'Roedd Cyffro mawr yn Rhufain, Prif ddinas gain y byd Siaradai pawb am Brydain, A'i barwr cywir fryd I'w weled llifai'r lluoedd, Mor glodfawr oedd drwy'r wlad; Un drechodd eu byddinoedd- Ond syrthiodd drwy erch frad. Ah dacw yr orymdaith- A'r dowr mewn cyffiou cryf; Ond ysbryd Anuibyniaeth Oleua 'i lygaid hyf. Gwrandewch ein rhwym Garadoib Drop Gymru cwyd ei lef; 0 flaen y Pen Coronog, Fel hyn llefarai ef:— Pe buasai fy llwyddiant yn debyg i'm bonedd, Gallaswn dd'od yma mewn bri a rhwysgfawredd— Nid isel gar char or, ond cyfaill o fri. Ac nid dianrhydedd i titbau t'ai hyny, Can's hanwyf o genedl glodfawr y Cymry. Preswylwyr hynafol Ynysoedd y Ili Genyf 'roedd meirch a rhyfelwyr aneiri— Ai rhyfedd fy mod yn anfoddlawn i'w colli ?' Os ydyw'r Rhufeiniaid am eang 'mherodraeth, Ai rhaid i bawb 'inostwng i'w raib am lywodraeth? Na, llwfriaid, nid oewrion, 'mostyngant i'r iau. Pe bawn wedi 'mostwng yn wasaidd i'th allu, P'le byddai 'cb ogouiaut aw iti 'm gorchfygu, t A'm heuw aunheilwng gai fyth ei gas bau. Ond 'uawr, os arbedi iy mywyd anffodus, Esampl byw fyddaf o'th galon gariadus.' I Bydd iyw ti Frython gwrol, Bydd fyw ?' tnedd Cesar fawr A'i enw yn anfarwol A bery oesau 'r llawr. Clywch feibion bryniau Cymru, Mae Hais yn moti y gwyut Yn dyweyd, Detfroweh fel cewri— Fet Cymry 'r dyddiau gy.nt.' Bytb, cofiwn am Caradoar, Dros Gymru dyrchwn lef, A byddwn yn ddiysgog, Yn wrol fel bu ef. O. Y.-Gorcbfygwyd y 4 llwyth dewr a rhyfelgar, y Siluriaid; (E"yllwyr)-sef, gwyr Gwent, Morganwg, a Hwlffordd-gan Ostorins, a flo ld eu pendragon dewr, Caradog, at Cartismandria, ei fam-yn-nghyfraitb, brenhines y Brigantiaid. 'Y fenyw felldigedig hon,' fel y geilw Carn- huanawc hi, yn lef ei noddi, druan anffodus, a'i bradychodd i ddwylaw y Rhufeiniaid. Yn y l.'l'íoedd. nodir y fradwres ysgeler hon fel un o brif garnfradwyr ei gwlad. I Curti" Finddu' ydyw yr enw a rydd awdwr Drych y Prifoesoedd' ary fradwres. Ymladdodd Caradog ddeg brwydr ar hugain a'i elynion. Ar ol ci fradychiad, cyinmerwyd ef yn garcharor i Rufain, a dywedir na bu'r brifddinas ond prin erioed lawnach o bobl na'r pryd hwnw.' Ond I cafodd byfder mawreddog Caradog, ac adroddiad urddasol ei eiriau,' y fath effaith ar Claudius Caspar fel y rhyddhawyd ef yn y fan. Tybia rhai mai merch i'n harwr oedd Claudia (Gwladys), gwraig Pudens. Digwyddodd byn o gylch B. A. 51.—I WAN. Mr Bright has been described as a politician whose Liberalism has crystallized many years ago. Now I never interfere in this column with politics except in so far as they directly affect Welsh interests. Treating recently of the land question in Wales, Mr Bright has said that he does not approve of the direction the agitatican seems now to be takinsr, and adds, "I am disposed to stand by old and well- recognised principles." Well, so far as that goes, the institution of slavery was an old and well-recogniz-id principle in the United States, but that did not prevent the abolitionists removing the blot; protection was an old and well-recognised principle in England, but that fact did not serve as an insurmountable obstacle to the determination of Bright and Cobden to intro- duce reforms; the principle of a State-aided Church and the compulsory payment of tithes may be regarded by many as old and well- recognised in Wales, but that is no excuse why the three-fourths of the population who feel aggrieved at being obliged to acknowledge under compulsion this piinciple should not now wish to be relieved of the incubus. Mr, Bright seems .unable to see that new lights may place a very different complexion upon oldand well-recog- nised principles." » But there is another point in Mr Blight's letter which brings out in a very clear light the absurdity of a system which places the whole 16gislative and executive power of the Government of a country in the bands of persons who aro utterly ignorant of the conditions of the people they legislate- for. He says that the native language of Wales "must be disappearing at school." He assumes that all the children in Wales have a competent knowledge of English. As a matter of fact, the Welsh language, so far from "disappearing at school, is now, for the first time, appearing there. The people are beginning to see that its banishment from the 14chools is not only a national insult, but a direct educational loss, and they hope to make the next school generation of children more competent in English by paying in the schools a due regard to Welsh. He must indeed be a most unobservant traveller who passes through the principality and leaves with the impression that the Welsh children have all learnt English. < w- In curious contrast to Mr Bright's complacent assumption that Welsh children all know English is the following extract from a letter now going the round of the papers by a Scotch gentleman who has been on a visit to Wales. The fact that Welsh is a spoken language, seems to have come with surprise on the writer, "In passing through a village on the way to the Monk's Cave," he says, "both going and return. ing, school children were met and spoken to, because we were curious to learn at what age they began to learn English, and found those who appeared to be eight or nine years of age did not comprehend what was said, notwithstanding the fact that they had some of Nelson's Standard of School Books i th6ir satchels, The older (scholars answered our questions intelligently though slowly." The following cutting from the Garnarvon and Denbigh Herald refers to a well-known South Walian, who has attained one of the highest posi- tions in chemical science. That most enterprising and successful Welsh tradesman, Mr Gwilym Evans, of 'Quinine Bitters' renown, is about to start for India. The prevailing difficulty with the Hindoos is that they are so inert and dull. Is Mr Gwilym Evans going 'to administer a tonic?" Mr Gwilym Evans mity be regarded as the Welsh Holloway. if A very promising young Welshman—Mr J, Puleston Jon. of Bala—has been awarded this year's Busby Divinity Prize at Balliol College, Oxford, his papers being biglily praised. Mr Jones, by the way, like the Rev Maurice Jones referred to in my last weekV gleanings, is a representative of young Wales, and an ardent supporter of the Welsh Utilization Society,

THE REV. DAVID DAVIES AND THE BAPTIST UNION. We have received the following from the Rev David Davies, formerly of Bethel Chapel, Cardiff Docks, and now pastor of the Baptist Church, Holland-road, Brighton:- TO THE EDITOR. SIR,-Iti view of the report still circulated that I have seceded from the Baptist Union, and o which you state that no contradictloll has ap- peared in a Cardiff newspaper, you ask me to give you a direct statement on the matter, and to express an opinion as to the probable, effect of Mr Spurgeon's secession. Amid exceptional pressure of work I cannot do anything that would suit your put pose so well as to send you a copy of a letter which I have already sent to the editor of the British Weekly in response to a similar request. Permit me to say that the report at the outset was nothing else than a shrewd guess, based upon the knowledge that I have the honour of iutimate friendship with Mr Spurgeou, and that I hold him and his work ia the highest possible esteem. Yours sincerely, DA VIDDA VIES, November 21st, 1887. We have now reached an acute crisis. The question which incessantly presses'upon those of us who sympathise with Mr Spurge on upon the main issue is, What is to be done?" My own conviction is that there is a ne«l and possibility of a radical reformation witbrn the Union. I therefore feel it to be my duty to remain, and to co-operate with others uf similar convictions in the endeavour to secure that object, it is, I think, most important that the Council of the Union should without delay look tilatter-i honestly in the face, and see whether we cannot, by the reconstruction of the Constitution of to Union, make it far more- satisfactory in its character and effective in' its opera- tions than it now is, and thus regain tor it the confidence of Mr Spurgeon and those who heartily sympathise with him. I personally think there is grent need of such a construction. The only Declaration of Principle contained at present in the constitution of our union is In this union it is fully recognised that every separate church has liberty to interpret and administer the laws of Christ, aud that the immersion of believers is the only Christian Baptism." Besides the difficulty of understanding how far the only restrictive clause in this Declaration is sup- posed to be operative, tbe question occurs, What is to prevent Unitarian Baptists from joining our unioll ?" We are particular abjut em- phasizing one baptism," are we less fn*.i02f .^° e™ljhas,Z0 "ode Lord "and "one faith ? Ou Sunday, October 16th, a B;>pnst minister and inettiber' of the Baptist Union preached a sermon which hack previously be n extensively advertised, and is which he is reported to have said that a far wicfergulf divided his teachings from Mr Spurgeorifs than that which divided his teachings from those: of Mahomet or Buddha. Yet this minister and Mr Spurgeon were at that moment members of the same Constian Union, the first avowed object of which is To cultivate among its own members respect and love for one another, and for all who love the Lord Jesus Christ. This ilia striking, and to many a humiliating, illustration of the truthful- ness of the empty boast tha-c the Baptist Union has no creed The Union can embrace Mr opurgeon and this modern Baptist minister can almost embrace anything.$here scarcely can be t umh ela^city. There surely ought not to be the possibility that anj^two members of the Baptist Union should have a greater gulf between their teaching than that which separates the teaching of one of them from that of Mahomet or Buddha. A Christian union that admits of that must seriously need revision. It ought not to satisly any man who believes anvtb.ng in earnest. Therefore I would urge, with all serious- ness that the constitution of the union be revised. hiLlT Mr Gange, in his speech at Sheffield, hinted at the possibility of inspired men iu ancient days not being adequately taught to cross their ts and dot their i B, and therefore that it remained for us, who are better taught, to do that for them. I would per- sonally mu-ih more readily suggest that those who drew up the constitution of the Baptist L nion omitted to cross their t's and dot thfr i'* and therefore left it all but meaningless that fur- ther it would be well worth our while, in the interests ollour denomination And the cause of Christ, to do that for them. ll;ld at the next May meetings give the required notice that at the fol- lowing autumnal assembly --tw revision of the constitution of the union shall have precedence of all other business. I would also earnestly suggest that the union, should have a recognised basis of belief:lÍitb regard to the cardinal truths of our region, and that in addition, it should have a-legislative authority over tne churches in the union in matters of belief and practice. It is obvious that our love oi independency has run wild--mid that a little pruning in tne direction off^sbyterianism, or the authoritative oversight* ^f the Welsh Baptist Associations, woute be an inestimable boon. It is evident that the Baptist Union can- not remain as it is. The roads divide, and the alternatives seem to be either a iamentable secession or a thorough reformation I earnestly hope it will be the latter.

CURIOSITIES. The impulse which leads' a. man to gather curiosities is as nearly instinctive as a sentiment can be. One may connect it tvith the habit of crows and magpies to adorn, their nests with glittering objects. Certainly of all birds that fly, these most resemble human berngs in character- fussy, thievish, inquisitive, .chattering, and quarrelsome. But it is not seriously to be argued that man is akin to birds. These coincidences are accidental. We can trace a distinct motive when the jackdaw hangs a silver sp.66,u before the eyes of his enraptured mate. She. surveys herself therein, she honours the gallant husband who dares to pilfer such a fine thing, she feels a com- fortable sense of property in the bank, as it were, for the subsistence of her young family in case of accident. But the emotions of a human wife in contemplating an Apostle spoon upon the wall are not so cheerful. B-at there are curios and curios. The style of thing fitted for a lady's purpose mibt be chosen with some care. It is easily found, like everything else, by one who has time and cash unlimited to aid his quest, but travellers in general have neither one nor the other, nor even inclina- tion. They bring borne objects which struck them at the moment, to which ptrhaps-F-Iso for the moment—public interest attached. But the chances are, in this lively age, that the public has forgotten its enthusiasm by the time a hero returns, and it is extraordinary tuck if the article itself commands attention by-its merits. Thus many a man in all ranks of life picked up shields and assegais in Zululand, flags and broadswords and helmets on the Nile; loaded his baggege with them, perhaps dropping manycomforts for their sake; and carried them home, fondly expecting that they would be treasured as' household gods. So they were for a day or two, set up on high: and honoured. But the feminine view came out at its strongest in this case. Kept back by other impulses while the captain's return was a delight- ful novelty, as soon as his wcpiinkind recovered their self-possession they began to eye these trophies askance. S'J he consents to their dethronement with a rueful consciousness that be has been an ass, and a few days/afterwards sends them quietly to the lumber rooin. Curiosities of this sort are a mistake, and our last sentence gives the reason why. Those only are worth collecting which have an inherent interest, not the interest of circumstances aud sentiments alone. They need not be costly, nor even artistic, but they should convey the impression that one might find subject for meditation there if one had time. To lay down such a rule without example is very futile—like that deep saying about rings that "they should always look as though they were presents."

We are all fortune tellers. That is, we can tell a fortune when we see it. All admit that a miser is not right to hoard his gold in a box when he might so invest it as to add to the welfare of multitudes. Bat every one does the same thing practically whd holds in his own possession anything from which he cannot or does not extract the value, thereby rendering it useless.

WELSH MUSIC AND MUSICIANS. By Dr. Joseph Parry, Principal of the Musical College of Wales, Swansea. No. 3.-OUR MUSICAL NEEDS. Amongst the musical needs of Wales must be included Musical Festivals—(1) a chapel choir's anthem festival, and (3) a choral and orchestral festival. Both of these should have as their aim the development and encouragement of Welsh music and musicians. They would bring out new Welsh artistes as vocalists, instrumentalists composers, and conductors. Surely it has become too fashionable to ignore Welsh native talent. I conscientiously believe that festivals would do much towards supplying our wants, and would prove a healthy impetus, creating a new epoch in the musical history of our country, Then as to A SOCIETY OF WELSH MUSICIANS. I have long been of opinion that if our musicians in Wales formed such a society for the reading of papers, and fcr diseu-sious upon all matters con- nected with the progress of music in our country, that would be productive of much good. The society could be organised—one branch being in North and the other in South Wales, and both could meet at our National Eisteddfod. And there is need of a Welsh musical journal. It is a reflection upon us as Welsh musicians that we have no musical medium in our language. I would tender the suggestion that some dozen or so persons should join in briuging out a musical magazine weekly, as I consider a monthly penny would not sustain the interest necessary to make the venture pay. Surely we could find a dozen good men in Wales and America, and a large circulation might he obtained amongst Welsh lovers of music throughout Wales, America, and Australia. Another pressing and important need is a HIGHER MUS CAL TRAINING for Welsh musicians. From,all I have pointed out it will be clearly understood that the varied musical requirements of the entire nation are very important, and embrace—(1) the music of the sanctuary; (2) the music of the concert-room; (3) domestic music; (4) tJ. teaching of music teachers (5) musical festivals (6) a society of niusiciaiis and (7) musical literature. Then, we need a national collegiate centre, where ail the most gifted could enter, so as to be fully equipped for their professional career. Our colleges should mature good teachers, fitting them for the re- sponsibility of supplying Welsh music in and out of the sanctuary, as well as the preparing of those who go to the Loudon academies. And we want musical examinations for all Wales in connec- tion with our national coileges. I believe such examinations would prove a strong link in binding the whole couutry to our three colleges. I would also be very hopeful of creating MEMORIAL MUSICAL SCHOLARSHIPS in connection with our colleues, to commemorate the names of leuanGwyllt, AmbroseLloyd, Owain Alaw, Tanymarian, Brinley Richards, &c. That would be a noble step in the right direstion. And I must, as a representative of Welsh music and of Welsh musicians, muster sufficient courage to say that our three colleges will fall short of their national object if they fail to offer the same encouragement and support to Welsh music as to other subjects. It is the duty of the colleges to recognise the high value of musical art as a strong element in our character as a nation. WELSH SUPERIORITY. I firmly believe (1) in the superiority of Welsh voices, (2) in our creative powers, (3) 111 our vivid imaginative powers, (4) and in the strong dramatic instinct of our people. Had I -the reforming force of Luther and of Wagner, and Shakespeare's power of language, I would set Wales cn fire until I aroused to a sense of duty our educational leaders, who really do not understand and appreciate our musical wants. The goddess of mu.-ic ought to have a place in each of the University Collage*. Then would my heart's dream be realized, f..r we should see In the future of our country our Pattis, pur Pateys, our Reeves,and ourSantleys; also, our Joachims, our Li-z s, our Richters, and our Beethovens. 0 Cambria the land of my birth, where I first heard my mother tongue, may thy musical sons and daughters of the future be high and bright, stars in the firmament of our musical world Such are the purest and deepest desires of one who loves thee.

THE SOLUTION OF IT. They had been engaged only fifteen years, but it seemed a. long time to her, and she was growing restless. "Darling," she said in gentlest accents. our betrothal ha." been very sweet, has it not? "It has, it has, my own." But it has been very long, don't you think?" "Yes, it&bas been pretty middlin' long," he rejoined. I was thinking, dearest," she continued, play- ing with his watcii chain, and casting down her eyes, that our betrothal is nearly old enough now to go out and work for its liv.ng. Couidu't we have it learn a trade, or get it a clerkship, or put it out at interest, or do something with it so that we might realise something on it? It has been hanging abcut home so long, burning gas and coal, and now it is nearly full-grown. It seems like a shame to have it doing nothing so long." "But, my love And just think," she interrupted, in six years more it will have a vote. I don't care so much about myself (raising her eyes) but pa and ma are kicking like a steer. What would you suggest?" We might get married." That's so. I never thought of that. They are going to marry Christmas.

A swinging sign: The conviction of a mu-J derer. He who can take no interest in what is small will take false interest in what is great. Charity should be done wisely and judiciously, not taken up as a mere passing craze and fashion, to be worn and laid aside, after being displayed to the eyes of the world, as one lays aside last year's bonnet and gown as being no longer the thing."

Samuel's Sentiments. Samuel at a "Tea Fight." I'm a good reciter, sir, I don't know which I am best at, tragic or comic recitatione. but so versatile ain I that I can make tragic onesscream- iugly funuy, and the comic ones awfully tragic, at least I am told so. Do you know, I have seen the people o affected when I have given them a bit of my own genuine pathos that they have Id got up und left the place. I .fftict them so that they never come aud hear me a second time- they can'r. tand it. It was my particular friend the Rev Z Ichariah Snivellurn who last invited me to recite. His congregation at St. Quagmire's had begun to fali off, so he determined to have a tea fight," and to give those who attended real ham sauawicbes and jam tarts in addition to tbe UUal half- baked buns, currant cake (weight ot each lOèif, 2 cw.), and blue- looking tea. The Rev. Snivellurn got the tarts on an economic prin- ciple. He went round to all the principal parishioners and told them how they would promote their own happiness in another world by m. king lots of tarts for him in tbii. This brought in enough tarts to have fed a whole boy. school for a day. Dou'c imagine that the tart mnuiac- I turers didn't derive any benefit 'n this world they did, for Mr Snivellurn, wheu the tea was over, got up and said that the particu- lar thanks of the community were due to, cartaiu ladies (he named them all) for the exquisite skill they had displayed in the making of the tarts, and especially for the generous and lavish manner in < which they had dolloped in the jam. He could not have compli- .1 r- LIJOlU more nigniy ana delicately than by spying that they were ail real jam" themselves. (Uproarious laughter aud applause.) It was a regular gorge, sir. Most of the people who came had been saving nu their appetites for tome time, evidently. I except the young ladies, who, as you will doubtless know, never affect to have any appetite, because to eat a lot looks so unin- teresting. Ali went well, sir, except tht a fussy young man, whose hair was so flat down that it looked as if it had been fl .t-iruned, let & tea-urn fall and scalded his lower extremities jnost grievously. I remarked with a smile to a laoy who sat next to me that the accident gave n,e quite a "te.urn. I meant turn, of course (I don't charge extra for this explanation). Sue turned upon me and scowled terribly, and I found out afterwards that she was the fl LL-i,, otied young man s sister. One man, sir, hau thirteen cups of tea, with solids to match, aud, when he was told that there were no more ham sandwiches, be said that be wished he'd never come to such a 'privation do." It was afterwards found that he was a member of the Salvation Army, allù had found a ticket that someone ehe had lost. When the t» a was over, the Rev. Snivellurn said tl,t fie'd irlake a ,few remarks. He gave good measure, for his rernarke, Ia.st.ed three q u a r- ters of an hour. Then he call«d upon Mr Dismal Shaken for a recitation. A most tragic and sepulchral young man, with hair that wanted cutting very I badly, got up. He recited "Eugene Aram's Dream." It was more like a nightmare than a proper, leg, titnite dream. I was told that Mr SimlcKH invariably haa an enormous feed of pork and onion- washed down by a few glasses of ginger wine, prior to reciting this, in order that he migilt property realise the horrific effect of the dream. He would have got on all right .f he hadn't spoken as though he had a cold. He began— "T'was id the pribe of sutber tibe," 'I and went on at the same strength. He got com- pletely thrown out before his best bit cama on. iv tien he camfi tp tJ. line, is wob, woe, un- utterabifc wiis, whu spill life's sacred stream," there was A cothplote collapse, for no" "sooner had be said, "Woe, woe," than a hulking boy, who had been passed in by bis father—one of the churchwardens after tea, shwutedout 'Emma,' aud ail the rude p ople there laughed. Tnat hoy was put out—and so was Mr Shakes, for that mat- ter. lie was so confused that when be fat down he missed his chair, and sat down on the boards of the platform. I was < glad he was disconcerted,, J T uecause ± was LOJU inui he had what he would call "The Wibidof Bubbie's Head up h:s sleeve as an encore recitation. Then ws had a comic reciter. He was a working man, and he elected to recite in the vernacular. Bttt he was not very "QCC:>88fu1. Finally, he said, "I fhink I had better sit ,d.n\'IJ," and it is astonishing wha: a number ot people he found to agree wilb-bizii. Mr Snivellmn's curate, the Reverend S -.raggr% -Wdliaou, then got up and said it was a dei'ghtful eatheriiig, and that '• it w.-is very pleasant L) see so ma.ny happy "and smiling faces around, re- marks which I fancy lhave heard somewhere before. He was followed by a lady, who "alii" Earts aad Omes m several keys. A young man near me said her singing reminded him of the "bowling of the blast," and I only just restrained myself from say- ing sometmngeis? aoout oiasc in conjunction with howling. Then my turn came, sir, and I stood boldly forth—in the programme I may say I stood boldly fifth, bui no matter. I gave them a pathetic bit first. It was called Little Jere- stood boldly fifth, but no matter. I gave them a pathetic bit first. It was called "Little J ere, miah, or the Struggle for the One-eyed Bloater." It is.a beautiful thing, sir; I ought to know that it ii, because 1 wrote it myself. One man was so affected by it that he went out to fet.ch the doctor. Auoth' r went out and ordered coffins for himself and family (a contract job), and said he only regretted he hadn't given up the ghost before he came in, as he didu't care about dying a lingering and paiuful death. Well, sir, I was getting on ail right till I came to the line Dam your fceors, u:y gentle boy," when up jumped the Rev.* Scraggs Wilson, and said he must protest agaiasi such language before young people. He evidently n.ír.ttln1r th 'H""lonincy nf th n:.il.Ú"' c.u, -W" .t'\ t" stout lady got up and walked out. Whether it was the tea or my recitatiou that disagree i with her I don't know, but I suspect it was the former, for to my knowledge she ate least two pounds weight of currant c..ke, and youjeaa't carry that con.fort- ably unless you are madeot cast iroii. But an explanation ensued, and I went on to the end. Thf>v simply writhed, sir! the effect was so intense. They were too much overcome tifi appiiaa VeY much. I was followed by a gentleman who bad evi- dently comfl to knock SO to bpaak. ^t* wfu a man of fie. ee-and truculent aspect, .and .«« Sect to rouse us with "The Charge of the Light Brigade." I never realised the horrors of the charge so fully before. He nearly tore thetj/lat- form down, he was so earnest about the matter, 'I,d t.o f..£;i. '.Y went bl,ek in tile tl,lou burst H blood vessel, ldid, ready. He fixed L;s -,eye on a youi.g man with a squint, and fuidy. trans- fixed him. I am tpfd that lie so galva- nised that yonng- man that the Jat- ter lias--ne%ei, squinted since. Then I after the Rev S n iv e Hum 1. I I naa said a few final words, the chief purport of wliieh was that a collection would be made, I had another turn. I began to recite, "Gone with a Hand- somer Man," when a rude buy from outside shouted through the window, "Shut up^.old ugly." A woman in the back rows laiigfted so much at- this that she dropped her bsby on the floor, and there was a fearful bowiing, a,LxiLi -.tii the people rushed to see what was the mutterr T .tbcught it time to be going, to I borrowed Jthe nearest hat Icould find in tbe anteroom, and went home. SAMUEL; His SENTIMENTS.

Many have fallen by the edge of the sword, but not so many as have fallen by the tongue. It many times fells out that we deem ourselves decei ve-i in others because we first deceive our- selves about them. There lived in the Ifiglilands some years ago a minister who was rather slow in paying his debts. On a Saturday night he despatched his man across the river for a pair of shoes, which he had sent to get mended by David, his shoemaker. There happened to be a spate in the river, and Donald could not get back till about midday on Sunday. When be appeared, the minister was conducting service in the church. He happened to be preaching about David, and just as Donald made his appear tnce at the dror, the minister said, But what did David say?" "David said," exclaimed Donald, that he will send you the shoes when you send the money to him f* TAKE CARE OF YOUR En.s.-Keep a ahedeon your lamp or gas burner. Avoid ali soddeu changes between light and darkness. Never read by twilight, moonlight, or on cloudy days. Never .read or sew directly in rrout of the light of window or door. It is best to let the light fall from above obliquely over the left shoulder. Do not use the eyesight by light so scant that it requires an effort to discriminate. Never sleep so that on first awakening the eyes shall open on to the light of a window. Never begin to read, write, or sew fcr several minutes after coming from darkness to light. The moment .vi)u are instinctively prompted to rub yonr eyes, that mcmeat stop using them. If the eyeiidsare glued together on waking up do Dot forCIbly open them, bat apply saliva with the finger it is the speediest duntant ia tbe world; then wash your eye^ &ce lm warm wfctcr.