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Abercynon Police Court.
Abercynon Police Court. Otti Wednesday, before Sir T. Marehant Williams (Stipendiary). "IT'S A BIG LIE/' Domestic Infelicity at Penrhiwceiber. Martha Gallier, Penrhiwceiber, sum- moned her husband, Thomas, Gallier, for wilfully neglecting to provide her with food. Mr. W. Kenshole, Aberdare, who ap- peared for complainant, told the story of defendant's callousness. Hiis client, he said, was a cripple, and the husband ap- peared to be very anxious to get rid of her. He arranged some time ago to live apart fom his wife, and allowed her 7s. a week. That was not enough, how- ever, and she returned to live with him. Even then she was obliged to ask for food from her relatives, wrio were good enough to bring some. On one occasion her hus- band brought food home, and ate it him- self, denying a particle to his wife. Stipendiary (to Mr. James Phillips, Pontypridd, who defended): Cannot you agree to an order for 9s. a week? Mr Phillips: The defendant is an ostler, and only earns 3s1. a day. Stipendiary: What is your defence? Mr. Phillips: We deny these charges, sir. Mr. Kenshole has made a flowery speech, but there is no ground for those allegations. My client has been most kind to his wife, providing her with ducks and all manner of dainties. Stipendiary: He must pay 8s. 6d. Mr. Phillips: But he is not bound to pay more than one-third of his earnings, according to the authorities. Stipendiary: Oh, we do ,not take notice of that dictum. Mrs. Gallier then bore out her advo- cate's statement, and added that she had been married 24 years. Cross-examined by Mr. Phillips, Mrs. Gallier admitted that her husband had from time to time brought home a duck, two rabbits, andi fish. She further ad- mitted that she had had the same kind of food as the rest of the family, but it was not good enough. Mr. Phillips: Does not your weekly bill for food amount to 22s.? Complainant: It's a lie-a big lie. Complainant soon afterwards com- menced weeping, but when! the Stipen- diary assured her that tears would pro- duce no effect upon him, she dried her eyes and answered some more questions. Eventually the Stipendiary made an or- der of 8s. a week, and added that the defendant was not so bad as he had been painted. YNYSBOETH BUTCHER AND HIS WIFE. Blanche Bowen summoned her husband, John Bowen, for persistent cruelty. Mr. W. Thomas, who appeared for Mrs. Bowen, explained that the husbaitd was a butcher, baker, and greengrocer at Main-road, Ynysboeth. The parties had been married: five years, and there were three children. Mrs. Bowen narratedthe story of their domestic troubles, and said that the bruises seen on her face were caused by a blow by defendant. On one night he cut a kidney bean stick from the garden, with which he beat her until she was black and blue. She was now living with her sister-in-law. An order of 15s. a week was made. EJECTMENT. Mr. Ben Thomas, clerk to Mr. J. D. Morgan, accountant, applied for an eject- ment order against Thomas Morgan, 6, Napier-street, Mountain Ash.—Granted. TORMENTING HER TO DEATH. A Slow Process. Mary T. Jones, a rather stout and healthy-looking woman, residing at 16, Park-steeet, Abercynoni, complained to the Bench that her husband was torment- ing her to death, and she wanted a sum- mons against him. Stipendiary: It would take him a long time to torment you to death-about 15 years, I should say. You look very well. Applicant: That is my luck, sir. Stipendiary: You've not come here to complain of your luck, have you? Applicant: No, but my husband is a very nasty man in the house, and if he comes* here you will be able to know whether he has cause for it. He has caught hold of my throat, and has assault- ed my little girl. The Clerk advised her to take a sum- mons out for the assault on this girl, and this she did. COST OF A SLANDER ACTION. lix respo-use to Inspector Davies, wliq shouted! "Any applications to the Magis- trate," An Abercynon man stepped forward and asked for a summons against a man who had slandered his good name. "Ah!" said Col. Lewis, "you must go to the Assizes for that, and it will cost rou about = £ '150. It is too big a job for us." The manv was sad at that saying, and ent away grieved, for, unlike the young applicant spoken of in the Scriptures, he d not great possessions. a COMPLIMENT TO THE JUDGE. An elderly woman from Penrhiwceiber applied for a summons against a grocer who, she said, would not return a watch deposited with him for some groceries. She had paid the grocer in question hard cash for what she had had, so she re- quired the watch returned, but this he had repeatedly refused to do. Clerk: Had'nt you better sue him in the County Court? Applicant: No; I think the Police Court would be better. Stipendiary: Go to the County Court, and tell the Judge your story. He is a much nicer man than I am. (Laughter.) AN AMUSING DEFENDANT. Never Heard of the Black-List. Thomas A. Stanton, Penrhiwceiber, was summoned for being drunk and disorderly P.C. Wilson said he saw defendant in Ynysmeurig-road, Abercynon. He was very drunk, and was committing a nuis- ance against a wall. Stipendiary: What do you say to that, Stanton. ? Defendant: I admit being drunk, sir; but as for cummittin., a nuisance, it's a blooming lie, for I was eating biscuits at the time. Stipendiary: Ten shillings and costs. Clerk: You will be tried now as to whether you are a habitual drunkard or not. Stanton: What is that ? Stipendiary: You will be placed on the black list. Stanton: What does that mean? Stipendiary: That you cannot have any beer to drink for 12 months. Stanton: Oh, I don't care for that. 1 never drink beer. The doctor advised me to drink spirits, and I attend to the doc- tor's orders before anything else. (Loud laughter.) Clerk: Do you wish to be tried here or before a jury at the Quarter Sessions? Stanton: Here, I don't want 110 go all over the country. Defendant admitted being drunk on three occasions during tht past 12 months, and his name was entered on the black- list. Stipendiary: Your photograph will now be taken. Defendant laughed loudly, and replied, "It will not be the first time." Stipendiary: You take care that you won't get drunk now, or you'll find, your- self in trouble. Stanton: I shan't be much worse than, I am now. You can't hang me in any case. Stipendiary: I don't know about that. You will have to go to prison at any rate. We are doing this for your protection, you see. You are not a bad sort of fellow at all. But when you are drunk you are very noisy. Stanton: I indulge in a song sometimes, but I never use bad language. He then left the court laughing hear- tily. DRANK WHISKEY TO. CURE! INFLUENZA. John Smith and Joseph Jones were sum- moned for being drunk in Bassett-street, Abercynon. One of the defendants denied having been drunk. He had only had five whis- keys, which he drank to cure influenza. Stipendiary: 10s. and costs each. Take care you don't get any more of that influ- enza.. NONE THE WORSE FOR HIS "HOLIDAYS." Wm. W arren, charged with being drunk in Windsor-place, Ynysybwl, told a long story of his persecution by the police. Seven weeks ago, he said, he had to "do" 14 days, and, a few days after he came out he met a member of the force, who said to him, "Well, Warren, you look none the worse for your holidays. You could do with a bit more." Stipendiary: They seem to take a great deal of interest in you. Defendant: Yes, they do, sir. I only wish I had a lawyer to plead my case, for they can do it better than working folk like me. Stipendiary: But that would cost you about .£50, you know. That would be too much of a luxury for you. Pay 10s. and costs. AN OLD HAND AT IT. Evan Evansi, Matthewstown, in reply to the charge of being drunk and disorderly, said he only drank two bottles of bass. Stipendiary: Are you an old hand at it, then ? No answer. In reply to further questions defendant denied making a noise. The reason why he talked so loud when, the constable came on the scene was that his friend was old and hard of hearing'. Fined"10s. and costs. DRUNKS. Robert Thomas, im Margaret-street, Abercynon, 10s. and costs; Rees Rees, in Herbert-street, Aberoynon, 58. and costs; Evan J. Davies, in Abercynon, 10s. and costs; Hugh Ashton, in Robert-street, Ynysybwl, 10s. and coats. CYCLING FURIOUSLY. Frederick Smith was charged with rid- ing a bicycle furiously along Aberdare- road, Abercynon. P.C. Jones said that defendant was go- ing at the rate of 16 miles an hour. He knocked a small boy over at the bottom of the road. Defendant pleaded for leniency, as this was the first time he had ever had an accident. Stipendiary: You have begun in a small way. This time you hit a little boy down, .next time it may be a big policeman. (Laughter.) You will have to pay 10s. and costs. PENRHIWCEIBER TRESPASSER. William Owen, a collier employed at the Penrhiwceiber Colliery, was, summon- oed for trespassing on a railway belonging to the Colliery Co. Mr. W. Kenshole prosecuted, and P.S. Davies gave evidence. Defendant: It strikes me that some are allowed to go that way, while others are stopped Fined 5s. and costs. MORE COAL STEALING AT PENRHIWCEIBER. Evan Morris (16), Thomas Morris (14), and Margaret Rees (16), were fined 7s. 6d. each for stealing coal from the Penrhiw- ceiber Tip.
Disastrous Fire at Newport.
Disastrous Fire at Newport. ABERDARE MAN'S SHOP GUTTED. Between 3 and 4 eclock on Thursday morning a disastrous fire occurred at the shop of Mr. Watkins, grocer, 122, Com- mercial-street, Newport, resulting in the death of two girls, and, with the exception of some parts of the shop, the gutting of the premises. The names of the unfortunate victims were Maud Poole (18), whose parents re- side at Rogerstone, and Cassie Hopkins, a relative of Mrs. Watkins. The premises consist of a four-storied building. Mr and Mrs Watkins slept in the bedroom over the study on the third floor, their three younger boys-Trevor, Ernest, and Edgar-slept in an adjoining room; the two elder sons-Alfred and Stanley—occupied a room at the back of the second floor, while the two unfortun- ate girls slept at the top of the premises. Through the efforts of the police and the fire brigade, Mr and Mrs Watkins and all the children were rescued, but they all narrowly escaped a terrible death. Mr Watkins is an Aberdare man, the son of Mrs. Watkins, grocer, Cross-street, and brother to Mr. Morgan Watkins, Aber- dare people rympathise with him in the dire calamity which befel him.
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G.W.R. Temperance Union. ABERDARE BRANCH. The monthly meeting was held on Sun- day, October 22ntl. The chair was taken, by Mr. J. H. Bannister, president of the branch, who opened the meeting by prayer. Mr. J. J. Jones then read a pas- sage of Scripture, and gave a short address, after which Mrs. Bannister sang a olo. Mr. W. A. Davies gave a very interesting address on "Beer Drinking a Public De- lusion." He dealt very. clearly and very forcibly with" his subject, showing that beer is not a food, and that the alcohol contained in it is a poison. The members of the Trecynon Mandoline Band gave two selections of music; then the chairman gave a short address. Miss S. Harries presided at the organ. Mr J. J. Jones closed the meeting with prayer.
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Mr Evan Roberts' visit to the Aberdare Valley. RETURNS TO LOUGHOR. Mr. Evan Roberts, who has been the gueet of Mil 'Lloyd, draper, Mountain Ash, attended Rtios Welsh Baptist Church on Sunday morning, and the pas- tor, the Rev. T. T. Hughes, invited him to conduct the service. The revivalist, however, declined the honour, preferring, as he said, to spend a quiet hour in the house of God. After the pastor's sermon the revivalist delivered a short address. In the evening Mr. Roberts attended the service at Bethlehem Welsh Calvinistic Chapel, the pastor, the Rev. M. D. Jones, officiating. At the close the revivalist de- livered a forceful address. Durng his stay at Mountain Ash Mr. Roberta paid a. brief visit to his friend, the Rev. J. Morgan, Bryn Seion, Tre- cynon, in whose chapel he held the first meeting of his first itinerary career. He promised some friends at Trecynon that he would return there and hold a meeting if directed by the spirit to do so. He did not, however, return to Trecynon. On Wednesday afternoon Mr. Roberts, ac- companied by* his brother, Mr. Dan Roberts, left Mountain Ash by the G.W.R. for his native home, Loughor. Seveial friends came to the station to bid him adieu.
THE CWMDARE SQUABBLE.
THE CWMDARE SQUABBLE. Sir,—I am not an Elimite, neither do I hold any brief for the young man who has been responsible for the scenes in Elim, Cwmdare, but I have sympathy with the motives, at any rate, if not the whole of the methods which he adopts. He is, I am sure, sincere, although people with a high sense of refinement and a capacity) for making nice distinctions, condemn him for "making a scene in God's house." But every refoimer that the world ever saw has been compelled to do something- similar. Jesus Christ created a scene in the temple of old when he ejected therefrom the. money-changers, "the worshippers of God and Mammon," the devotees of "idolatrous worship," and "the students of the money market and ¡ stock exchange," as your correspondent, "One who wants Justice," terms them. St. Paul was the author of innumerable "memorable scenes," and were not the apostles accused of "turning the world upside dow,u: P" What a glorious scene did Luther create at Worms, yea, in the house of God. The young revivalist from Loughor was blamed by a great many staid, sedate, and conventional Christians because he was making scenes, iru the house of God, but you cannot win souls without ma-kiing a consternation in the enemy's camp, hence the scene. I would like if "One of the Gentiles" were to give his proof for asserting that the whole thing was pre-arranged. Noth- ing of the kind. The young man obeyed what he thought was the voice of the spirit. Will your correspondent furnish us with the statement that "came from I the lips of his own relatives" concerning the alleged pre-arranged "rumpus P" 1 demand this in justice to' the relatives. Your correspondent tries to evade the incident of the "disgusting language" which "Justice" refers to. But the fact remains all the same. I cannot say what "Justice" intends doing in the, matter, but I am sure that the challenge given and the explanation required can be respectively accepted and given by Caleb Beynon himself.—Yours, 6tC'5 OUTSIDER,
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MOUNTAIN ASH INSTITUTE;. A GRIEVOUS SIN. Sir,—Half truths are often more calum- nious than whole falsehoods. Mr. Ben- nett's letter in, your last issue is full of them. There is a tendelcy in certain circles to assert that, as regards belief in supernaturalism, the battle has been fought and won, and that the victory is on the side of negation. I should like it to be understood that supernaturalism is a term which includes the idea of God, as well as the mode of Hie manifestations. It seems to me that Mr. Bennett believes in this victory. I am positive that it will take him, or anyone else, more tllan a life-time to prove it. There is noth- ing in the advance of scientific know- ledge and the critical art that separates or undermines the, foundation, of belief itself, but on the other hand, there is much that confirms it. There is a great deal said about the damage done to re- ligion by the advance of science in all its branches, but when any unbiassed person examines such allegations, they are, found to be untrue. It is well to remember that science, whatever else it can explain, cannot ex- plain creation. At its very starting point there s, and ever will be, a miracle; something supernatural, that for which no known natural forces are adequate to account. We must bear in mind, also, that religion and religious experiences are just as much facts needing to be ac- counted for as any which meet the physicist and biologist in their laborator- ies. The opinion that science and re- ligion are necessarily antagonistic has re- ceived heavy blows from many whose Christian faith is not less sure than their knowledge of the universe is pro- found. Lord Tennyson once said, "It is hard to believe in God, but it is harder not to be- lieve." I believe in God, not from what I see in Nature, but from what I find in man,. God is love—transcendent, all- pervading. But we do not get this faith from Nature or the world. We, get this faith from ourselves, from what is high- est within us, which recognises that there is not one fruitless pang, just as there is net one lost good. "So far as science can go in that direction," said Lord Kel- vin, "it is a help to religion." A help, but not the ultimate basis; not the foundation, but a; support. Religion is previous to science, just as God is prior to nature. Kindly remember, Mr. Ben- nett, that humility is a condition and in- strument of knowledge, both in religion and science. You wouldi do well to use it as such, and not scorn principles that you once believed, and ist-i-ove to get others to believe. You say that the earlier Christians gathered their erroneous notions of Christ- ianity from the Christian Scriptures. 1 say no, decidedly not; they were gathered from mis-conceptionsl, which were the re- sult of the ordinary weaknesses of human nature. True Christianity means exactly what you say, Mr. Bennett, i.e., sincere belief in Christ "as the only Son of the Living God." To abstain from theft, adultery, perjury is its other half, the first being the basis of the second. You will never se6 the erasure of the veree in _un Scripture you refer to. It will wear out I the storms and the sunshine of the world, and all the perverse deviations of humani- ty until time shall be no more. The weapon is not yet forged which shall im- pair its efficiency for aiding in the re- demption of mankind. The grand old Book is an inestimable treasure. The work which it has done, and which it is doing still, justifies anyone in accepting it as the true and only Word of God. All inquiry really searching, if unbiassed, leave as its result not less but greater reason for wondering, and admiring the hidden modes by which the great Artificer works out His designs. Whatever in- tellectua.l power you may have, Mr. Ben- nett, you have not enough to authorise you to pass judgment on the Scriptures. The scepticism that fills the mind of many to-day will cease to be when it has done its work, as many movements in days gone by. They derive no real strength, they have no true promise of perman- ence; it is all based upon an over-weening self-assertion. It has no intrinsic strength of reasoning to rest upon. It might be the means of dispelling the leth- argy, and stimulating the zeal of be- lievers. No educated person like yourself, Mr. Bennett, is ready to affirm that the weap- ons of scientific men are always ("except in their own particular sciences) weapons of precision. Professor Huxley described the weapons of Churches as being old- fashioned. There are men quite so great in intellectual power as Prof. Huxley, that prove this statement to be wrong, and has not a person like myself, of lofty ignor- ance, the right to refute it, if my exper- ience teaches me otherwise? Experience —the true scientific foundation of all real knowledge; experience—which is' previous to the exercise of the critical reason or understanding; the experience of the mind and soul is the true foundation of religious belief. It is from a man's in" ward experience the understanding has to take its facts, and thence to, reason out the justificatioill of belief in a God whom we may love and trust. I take no notice of the latter part of your letter, as they are only childish ar- guments, and only prove to me the, weak- ness of your case. I will not be less wise than Mr. Reynolds, by writing any more letters, as you seem to imply that it is only fools that answer you. Therefore, there is something very foolish in yours to begin with, as they only elicit answers from fools.-I am, etc., Penrhiwceiber. J.P.J.
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READERS AND WRITERS., The resurrection of fiction favourites is get- ting to be a common practice with novelists who have had the good fortune to create such characters. I am not sure that it is altogether wise. Johnson said that Robinson Crusoe" was the only book he could have wished longer. But do you think that Johnson would have sarod to follow Crusoe through a continuation volume of the same length as the original? I doubt it. Which of us is not absolutely satisfied with "The Vicar of Wakefield" as it stands? Could we do with another 300 pages about Mr. Primrose and his daughters, married now and surrounded by the usual olive branches? Who wants a continuation of "Don Quixote"? Do you suppose that if Nathaniel Hawthorne were to rise from the dead and send out a sequel to "The Scarlet Letter you would en- joy it as you enjoyed the original book? I am afraid the answer to all these interroga- tories must be in the negative. I am certain at any rate that I do not care for Mr. Rider Haggard's revived "She." Twenty years ago, when She" burst upon us as a startlingly original creation, we were thrilled and fasci- nated by the way in which the novelist's fertile imagination played about her. But now-well, one is so much older, of course, and somehow Mr. Haggard fails to thrill and fascinate as he once did. To say truth, much as I admire Mr. Hag- gard's inventive skill, my human sympathies are seldom called into play in reading his books. "I must have real flesh and blood for my characters," said a prominent novelist to me lately—" none of your mythical, half-human creations." It is seldom that you get real flesh and blood from Mr. Haggard. Run over in your mind all his notable tales, and think whether you have not already had enough of these half-human characters, these mysteries of wild savagery and heathen civilisa- tion, these customs and institutions derived from prehistoric antiquity, these immortal queens, these tremendous caves and caverns, these splendid cities of sculptured marble, these imaginary preternatural incidents, and all the rest of the Haggard machinery. Mr. Haggard is quite unconcerned about con- sistency with ascertained facts of geography or ethnology, with the physical laws or nature, with the conditions of average human character and behaviour. Yet, after all, why should not these weird, romantic imaginings of his be per- mitted for our diversion as well as Homer's Odyssey, the marvels of Aladdin, the fables of Arabian invention, or even the Earthly Paradise of Mr. William Morris? ———. The pity is that in the ordinary novel Mr. Haggard is so heavily handicapped. He has the imagination which can create or vivify thrilling incidents; but he has not—or, at any rate, he has not yet displayed—the imagination which natu- rally occupies itself with the subtler complexities of human nature. I am glad to hear that we are to have a Life of Kate Greenaway, whose charming water-colour sketches of children are almost the only thing of their kind in art. I never saw the little lady, but I knew her father a good many years ago, when our common services to the publishing house of Routledge brought us occasionally together. Kate Greenaway's picture-books, published by the Routledges, were enormously successful--al- most as successful as Caldecott's famous series which included John Gilpin and The House that Jack Built." She was paid, I believe, £ 5 for each of her drawings, and her work was al- ways extraordinarily careful in the minutest de- tails. She herself made costumes, for instance, to put on her models whenever she desired a par- ticular effect. She drew for the love of it," but was a very slow worker. The librarian of the Leeds Public Free Libra- ries makes what the Publishers' Circular calls an astonishing complaint in his last annual report. He says: "The situation of the library all the top storey of the municipal buildings pre- vents many people from visiting it. So long as the library is thus located its usefulness will be restricted." Quite so; there is surely nothing "astonishing" about the statement. "Such a getting upstairs (to quote the old song) must be detrimental to the usefulness of any public institution. It is pleasing to read that The World's Classics" series has been taken over by Mr. Henry Frowde, of the Oxford University Press. Some sixty-five volumes had already been issued in this, in many respects, the best of all the cheap reprints when Mr. Grant Richards's busi- ness misfortunes overtook him; but Mr. Frowde will have no difficulty in adding, as I understand he proposes to add, very largely to the number. There are still scores of non-copyright books which are waiting for a place in the many cheap series on the market. Why, for example, does nobody give us a cheap edition of Rousseau's Confessions ? It is not in a,ny of the series, so far as I can ascertain, and, indeed, I believe you cannot buy a copy for less than 4s. 6d.
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Mr. J. J. Bell, the author of "Wee Mac- greegor," is in trouble about a title. He had been announced as publishing shortly a book called "Mr. Lion of London"; and the an- nouncement was promptly followed by a protest on behalf of Mr. Richard Kitchin, who, it seems, published a copyrighted "The Lion of London" a few years ago. Perhaps the" Mr." would save the situation. But somebody ought really to start a book-title bureau. Mrs. Alice Braithwaite is not likely to get into any difficulty about the title of her Plain Dinners: A Help to the Uric-Acid-Free Diet." The book contains some very clear and simple directions for cooking vegetables, &c., suitable for those who suffer from too much uric acid. Alas! what many of us are suffering from is advertisements in the evening papers of cures for uric-acid ailments! It is not easy to be interesting in a preface to a guidebook, but Mr. Thomas Hardy has man- aged it in a little shilling book about "Dor- chester and its Surroundings." The book has the recommendation of containing a map of Dorchester arid its suburbs, a feature lacking, so far as Mr. Hardy is aware, in all previous guides of the kind, And then the novelist add,: "Natives of the ancient borough may smile at the idea of any sane person losing his way in a town of ten thousand inhabit ants. Yet I have been credibly informed that such is frequently the case, even amongst teetotalers; and I have myself met one gBntleman-a. most ingenious and intelli- gent person—who suffered from the same mis- adventure, and complained bitterly of there being no readily accessible map for his guid- ance." That "even amongst teetotalers" is e:x- cellent. Who says that the author of "Tess" is deficient in humour? I commend the. following extract from » recent volume of essays to the attention of the ingenious gentleman who draws up the adver- tisements of the Time* book-club scheme. The writer is Mr. Lacon Watson. He says: On re- flection, I am convinced that to secure the highest sort of pleasure in reading, it is neces- sary to buy, your book at once, before you test its quality bv borrowing it from a library or from a friend. This is to take the freshness off it. to rub the bloom from your peach. There ilt never quite the same tremulous delight, the same happy uncertainty in sitting down to vour purchase for the second time." I have no hesi- tation in subscribing to the dictum. But I sub- scribe to a book-club too! Mr. Andrew Lang has been trying to solve* the puzzle of Dickens's last plot; in other words, to discover what was really the "mystery" of Edwin Drood. Dickens, as everybody knows, was overtaken by death before he had finished the novel. He left his secret as a puzzle to the curious, and the curious have been trying to solve the puzzle ever since. The question is, Was Edwin Drood killed, ot did he escape? Mr. Lang believes that he escaped—that Mr. Jasper, in fact, bungled the murder. Perhaps ho is right; who knows—who can know? But if Dickens meant the young man to escape, why did he so obviously leave hi».i out in the "coupling" which he clearly arranged? The sailor is evidently to have Rosa asd the clergyman Helena. Who was Edwin to hive? That is another "mystery." J. C. H.
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.11>1 CUTTINGS FROM THE "COMICS," (From Punch.) THE rumour that Russia is desirous that her strained relations with ourselves shall cease, >s now confirmed. A Russian ice-breaker has re- cently arrived in the Tyne. WE understand that the South American Governments have consented to participate in the new Hague Peace Conference conditionally on no attempt being made to interfere with thelt internal Revolutions. The Servian Government is again negotiating with the British Government with a view to the resumption of diplomatic relations. King Peter, we understand, has pointed out that he is hapPY to be able to state that no Sovereign has beell assassinated in his country for some time now- LADY (accosted by little girl with COLLECTION card, headed "Centenary of Nelson"): you know what this is for? What does' Centen- ary of Nelson' mean?"—Small Girl (after" lon and thoughtful pause): I think, m'm, it's to help to bury him." THE TEST OF COUEAGE.—She: "You men are such cowards."—He: "Anyhow, one of go married you! "I'M taking my boy to the Indeed I I'm sending mine to Eton."
IN MEMORIAM.
IN MEMORIAM. HENRY IRVING. Born, 1838. Died, October 13th, 1905. Ring down the curtain, for the play is done. I Let the brief lights die out, and darkness fal. 1 onrter to that real lite he has his call: And the loved face beholds the Eternal Sun- A FORTISSIMO FINALE.-According to thS Musical Times, Mr. Wiihelm Backhaus's Efl £ us lish tour is to end somewhat noisily. •„ conclusion," we are told, he will be heard 1 Germany, Austria, and France." (From Judy.) OLD COACHING PROVERB;" Four-in-hand 10 Worth two in the bush." SMITH SECUNDUS wants to know if an to shew you were somewhere else at the ssllo time. THE drivers of four-wheelers are asking tot easier terms. Growlers ever. SHE Do I really love you? Why, I'd s°°^0 be miserable with you than happy with other fellow.—He: "But are you sure y^g won't find some other chap that you'd sooner miserable with? of THE newly inaugurated Leeds College. Dramatic Art will, it is understood, only principals. '4 t h1 THE story of the Hull skipper who lost^ JJJ pipe overboard, and afterwards discovered '1 the stomach of a cod is one that calls *° corroboration. Such stories inspire instanttbet lief. Had the. pipe been discovered in any way, we might, perhaps, have doubted ing been dropped at al- The fisli conviUce at once. is WE understand the American pugilist wHO agitating for damages for a knoV.c-out ceived in a fight is taking his case into Chan THE Statue Merchant: "Ah! you 5 beggar! You have smasha the -arm The beautiful statue of Johna the Baptist- Outf Reveller: "Thatsh all ri'. Knock his eye an' call 'im Nelson!" (From Pick-Me-Up.) A' FALSE ALABM.—Dolly: "Well, Binks propose to you during the motor-ri Polly: "No. I thought he was going. i' he didn't. When he went down 011 his was only to crawl under the car and ex» the works." 011 FRIENDSHIP.—Mrs. Onyx: "How did llý know that Mrs. Brilliant's diamonds paste and her silver ware all plated? nd- nett: "How? Why, she is my dearest frie A TREAT IN STORE.—Mrs. Hockstem: leetle Abie's birt'day. Aaron. Vot ve g" Mr. Hockstein: Yash a vindow pane car5 unt let him loogk oud und see der tr g0 py-n „ i A GOOD REASON.—"Excuse me, s £ ict „B0^ Paterson's man, but I left a parcel her ,-vefeO an hour ago that should have been ..friJ" next door." "Yes, sir," replied the gij; > e you can't get it just yet." Why not. qU-f cos' the lady ain't 'ad time to undo it j^ur- into the contents. Come back in art-a ON SPEAKING TEEMS.—Mrs. „ are yez on spakin' terms wid our ne a J JJJ Mrs.' Murphy: "AT coorse I am, bhe CAI a thafe an' I called her another. .,==-- Printed and Published at their,F, ing Wrorks, Market Buildings, Street, Aberdare, in the County alld morgan, by the proprietors, W. J. L. Rowlands.
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Mountain Ash Musical Institute. A GRAND SMOKING CONCERT. The above was held in connection with the 3rd V.B. Welsh Band at their newly opened Musical Institute on Monday evening. Mr. Ben Ashton, who occupied the chair, made a few opening remarks, which were well applauded. Mr. Alf. Pardoe, junior, acted as accom- panist. The programme included the, following items: Overture by the accompanist. Song by Mr. Joe Hoskins, who created roars of laughter by his very clever al- lusions to the recent cage accident at Mountain Ash. Laughing Song, Mr. C. Pardoe. Song, "Kathleen Mauvourneen," Mr W. Denmead. Song, "The Diver," Mr. T. Evans, the euphonium soloist of the band. Songs were also given by Messrs. W. Jones, W. Jenkins, and several others. A cornet solo, which was much appre- ciated, was given, by Mr. G. Dyer. Solos on a, gramophone manipulated by Mr. T. Harper were given at intervals, Great credit is due to the committee for providing- the member's with such a musi- cal treat. Mr. T. Evans proved the hit of the evening, and distinguished himself as the cake-walk waiter, much to the amuse- ment of the audience. The committee intend holding thcee concerts periodically.
,All Saints' Day.
,All Saints' Day. ST. ELVAN'S ABERDARE. On Wednesday (All Saints' Day) there were celebrations of the Holy Communion at 5, 7, 8, and 11 choral. The preacher was the Rev. J. S. Longdon, M.A., Rector of Cadoxton-juxta-Barry. At the evening service an eloquent sermon was preached by the Rev. D. Davies, M.A., Rector of Canton, Cardiff. At the end of the ser- vice there was a procession.
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Depression in the Coal Trade. PROPOSED STOPPAGE OF CWM- PENNAR COLLIERY. On Wednesday notices were given to about 1,000 workmen engaged at Cwm- pennar Colliery to terminate contracts. The officials have also received notices. The reason assigned is the slackness of trade in the! district. The news has caused quite a sensation in the district.