The Carmarthen Weekly Reporter

CARMARTHEN WEEK BY WEEK. The first rain after the drought fell on Friday—which, on this occasion, was not an unlucky day. The shower was received by everybody with about the same enthusiasm as a converted teetotaller drinks his first mug of beer. It was, in fact, hailed with delight. Aprojios, how is it that at railway buffets beer is always cheaper than lemonade ? You can have a glass of beer for 2d but the cheapest temperance drink is 3d. It takes pretty strong temperance principles to nold out against this state of affairs. ■» # 1 • by the way, can anyone tell me what is meant by a teetotaller." I know any number of teetotallers" who seem to think that all they are required to do is not to get drunk in public—or in a public-house. Even, however, amongst the stricter class I know very few whose principles are able to with- I v se stand the prospect of champagne for nothing. These sort of people have no spirit in them at all—except the spirit which goes in by their mouths. L .H- Aprujios of this subject, a Carmarthen correspondent—who religiously makes it a point of going somewhere or other on Bank Holiday—asks me how it is that the G.W.R. has a refreshment-room at such an unimport- ant place as Xewcastle-Emlyn; and has no such accommodation at Swansea. I cannot undertake to give an answer to the question. The eccentricities of the G.W.R. constitute yet another of those things which passeth all understanding." All I can do is to advise my correspondent to carry a flask in his pocket. Then he need not care into what outlandish localities he strays. There are over 200 members of the Literary and Scientific Institution entitled to vote at the election of the committee. Last week, however—as in former years—only about 50 actually voted. It just happens-but it is by the merest chance-that a thoroughly good committee lias been elected. However, the fact shows that only about one-fourth of the members of the Institution take the slightest interest in its management. A more striking testimony to the empty- headedness of our youths could not very well be found than the abortive character of the attempt made to conduct classes in connection with the Institution. A splendid opportunity was offered to acquire one or more languages at a nominal cost. But not a dozen names were sent in of people willing to join. Our youngsters are thoroughly satisfied with themselves. They know quite enough—of matters of which they ought to be ignorant. There is no need for foreign languages in Carmarthen, and- to some wooden-headed people—Carmarthen is the world. I remember meeting a self-satisfied school- boy, who thought lie was a great authority on English History. I asked him "Who added India to the British Empire ?" His answer was Oh I never learnt that in school." So when some of our self-satisfied young men go to other towns and are expected to be modern and up-to-date, they will say 0 we never did anything like this in Car- marthen." A fine impression outsiders will then get of the town In this world business is business. People will not inquire whether you are a German or a Turk; what they want to know is what kind of work are you capable of doing better than anybody else Besides there is another aspect of the matter to be considered. It is well to study languages even if you do not intend to go into commerce, just as it is well to study mathematics even if you do not intend to become an engineer. By so doing you evpand your mind—assuming, of course, that vou br.ve a mind to. expand. My attention has been called to the case of a man, who makes a practice of belabouring his le in the early hours of Sunday mining to the great annoyance of the neighbours—and presumably of the wife herself. Sunday is the Lord's Day to Christians, which is the reasou why so many heathens make the devil's day of it. I have never come between husband and wife, and I should be sorry to interfere in the present case but I think as a compromise the neighbours should insist on the wife being 11 zn gagged before the performance begins again. The neighbours will not then be annoyed, and anything which takes place will be entirely in the nature of a family affair. An illiterate character assures me that the Carmarthen public do not like my style of writing. By the Carmarthen public lie means that vile scum which floats to the top—the people who come up at the police courts, and the people who ought to. By the Carmarthen public" I understand the respectable tradesmen, the respectable professional men, and the respectable working men. I happen to know that they thoroughly approve of my methods. It is the foul gangs whose actions will not bear the light of day, who object to plain- speaking—as a certain nameless class objected to the lighting of the streets of London bv gas. v # Assuredly there is a demand for a Recrea- tion Ground. We used to have sports to attract people on a Whit-Monday now our own people leave town to go elsewhere, and scarcely a soul comes into the place. If 5,000 people visited the town on a holiday, and only spent 2s. each whilst here, the local tradesmen would net the handsome sum of £ 500. This is better than mere sentiment. < But the permanent value of their visit to the town would be much greater. A good many people who had never been here before, might—after seeing the place—make up their minds to take up their residence in Carmarthen. A few old fashioned people of course—like the Boers-would like to keep out all Outlanders but the present genera- tion is far too intelligent for that. Carmar- then men—and women-arc now making headway in every town in the kingdom; and if Carmarthen is to be shut up tight against all strangers, the people of other towns would be acting consistently in sending back every St. Peter's boy to the town of his birth. So the young people are # too shrewd to advocate any ideas of the kind. If this town is to keep its position we should strain every nerve to attract as many people to it as possible. The more people there are, the more the money circulates. And the more cosmopolitan a town is, the more successful it is. Every nation under the sun has had a hand in the making of Cardiff. It is not the Cockneys who made London. The most successful men in the metropolis are IVelslimen and Scotsmen. Any town which is not open to the outside world will soon get eaten away by the dry- rot. The National Eisteddfod is coming off in the autumn as usual; but the musical genius of Carmarthen will be unrepresented there. This is not because we have declined music- ally—far from it. We are just too lazy to set about making preparations for the event, and organising a proper choir. It is high time to shake off this wretched lassitude, and to set about doing some practical work. If ths listlessness creeps into every department of life, the outside world will have no idea of the existence of Carmarthen—except they look at the map, ♦ Are we going to have a dog-show this year ? If so, it is not by any means too early to be making preparations. This, at least, has always been such a successful event that there is no excuse for letting it drop. We have heaps of dogs in Carmarthen —some of them sly dogs, and some ofthem funny dogs. The want of a choir in Carmarthen is surely not to be attributed to the fact that I former choirs were not successful in taking a prize at the National Eisteddfod. It is rather a childish thing to throw up the I attempt because you do not win at the first try. How many Volunteers shoot at Bisley I year after year, and never win the Queen's trize 1 Only one can win. But thousands improve their shooting by trying. 'Tis better to nave tried and lost, than never to have tried at all. Whit-Monday is White Monday—Llun- gwyn. And the man who loses a day's work thereby, finds that the next pay-day is Black Saturday. I have been taking legal advice as to the rights and wrongs of the same individual holding different offices. I am advised that no one person can hold more than three offices under the Corporation. Thus Mr John Morgan is Market Inspector, Surveyor, and Inspector of Nuisances. It would be illegal for him to be appointed to another office. With regard to other public bodies they can make pretty much any arrrnge- ment they like. It lies with them to con- sider whether in view of the salary they offer they could get a suitable man to give his whole time to the duties of the post. Thus a very good Sanitary Inspector might be got for;CIO(I.a year who would perform no other duties-but you could not get a good Town Clerk on any such terms. You might get some sort of a Town Clerk but a man who was well able to do the work might easily earn a good deal more than XIOO in some other manner. Wo might appoint Judges at a salary of Y,500 per annum; but we should only get fourth-rate barristers to take the office. We pay our judges 15,000 a year in order to get the best men and yet some of them could actually make more at the Bar. But on the other hand, 1.500 a year would be a very handsome salary for a magistrates' clerk. You must consider the work done before you can say whether a salary is adequate or not. • At the next meeting of the Council it would be well for some members to draw attention to the perfect sham which is made of watering the streets on dusty days. Instead of laying the dust by continually watering the roadway, a few detached drops are scattered—as from a syringe-and there the matter ends. Some of our councillors are very good at raising dust—let them take a turn now at laying the dust. It is all humbug to say that we have not water enough to keep playing on the streets all day in dry weather. There is an un- limited supply of water in the Towy good enough for the purpose. What "men" some of our youths are I have been told of a young ''man" of 22 who was a candidate for a situation the othor day, and who seut his mother t3 make application for him. I have no doubt he can swagger like a trooper in the street. on These fellows always do. V The Carmarthen Borough Bench gave an exemplification of the peculiarity of English law this week. A man who knocked down another and kicked him, was only called upon to pay a fine of £ 2 and costs. Another fellow who got hold of a watch not his own, when drunk, was sent to gaol for a month. Property is always more sacred than the person. < The practice of canvassing is not confined to the political arena. St. Peter's Sunday School had first of all arranged to go to Aberystwith but before the next meeting the young ladies who favoured Tenby had canvassed so well that the former resolution was rescinded in their favour. Another victory for lively woman Several Nonconformists in Carmarthen have signed petitions against the Education Bill. This is very proper. But how do they reconcile this with sending their children to Church schools If they are so dead against the voluntary system, they ought to send their children to Board Schools. If they believe, on the other hand, in voluntary schools, they should not sign the petition. This is the latest atrocity perpetrated on the premises:— We've a man in town—perforce Who has hair both rough and coarse And a voice both harsh and hoarse— He's a beggar for a bike without a light But the deuce of it all, When he gets on the ball," He can't see at all- Of course, then, I mean that he'd tight. He was staggering down thro' King-street, Twas late on Saturday night, The cigar he held he could not smoke, Indeed, he was so tight." He staggered, growled, and swore, and stopped, He looked like one insane Good night said he to a pal close by, And-reeled down Jackson's-lane. What a shame I" thought It as I watched him go, And a man of such pretensions To see him out this time of night Puffed out to such dimensions A note was found under the Office door one evening last week, upon which were written in a round hand the following strange words 0 11 Mister Eliter,-deer sir, thurs a man in Car- marthen who did asked for a lend of twenty pounds from his relation and then aftur a cupel of weeks the begar smasht and did never paid a penny back -thuro a blagard for you Mister editer. Yes indeed now I" Among those who tramped down to Llan- stephan on Whit-Monday were five charmingly-attired young damsels who said that it was much better to walk down and spend the money on lemonade and hop- bitters than to invest it in tho booking-office of the G.W.R. They were accompanied by two lads encumbered with sandwiches in brown paper-to save the humble brown.. A young lady in St. Peter-street on Satur- C) night said she never read those horrid 0 novelettes now What a pity that half our young ladies do not follow suit! Here's an incident which occurred in a school near Carmarthen a few days ago MISTRESS—Now girli. I want you to tell me what you must have before you can thoroughly enjoy sausages ? PUPIL-Confidence! MISTRESS-Go to the top of the class A wrestling contest took place last Sunday afternoon on one of the Sticle Bach fields. The combatants wero about 20 years of age. The referees sat on the ground and gazed admiringly upon the two fellows who puffed and growled and staggered about pulling each other with the ferocity of wolves. This is some folks' idea of Recreation As an instance of the despicable meanness of a young man, the following fact is good. A party of cyclists left Carmarthen not very long ago for a town not a few hundred miles away. They missed the gentleman who had to pay their "exs," and consequently had to fall upon their own resources. One of them came from home minus a cent, and his friend only possessed 14s. The two agreed to go shares." At their destination the following confab took place between them :— Borrower How much money did you have leaving home this morning ? Lender Us. Borrower How much have you now ? Lender 4s. Borrower Lend me 2s till we get home, then I'll give you what T owe you, viz., 7a. The young man was good-natured enough to deprive himself of what lie needed in order to oblige the other fellow who stood treat to his chums," as if he were a millionaire. I Although they both live in town, he has never paid a fraction of the money. They say that doctors and lawyers have consciences that will stretch but never break—this young man has no conscience to break, except it be of the pneumatic tyre variety. The shop was closed, and she was off To the middle of Guildhall-square, Because," she said, 11 her dear J Would surely meet her there." I Hallo said J-, with ecstatic smile, As he marched up to her side Great Scott! there's mi quoth la bslle Jillc, Do, Jack, me ir.m her hides There now, she's gone, we'll go," said øh", Wherever you may please To tho Parade we'll go," said J- to her, And sit beneath those trees. Forthwith went J and Miss L- too, And sat beneath those bowers, Where they smiled and smacked, and hugged and squeezed, And continued the game for hours. < Mr Evan Morris (Messrs Evan Morris and Co., Old London House, Carmarthen) bas been appointed official judge for Pontypool district by the South Wales Centre of the National Cyclists' Union. Mr H. W. Davies has also been appointed a judge for the Carmarthon district in addition to Mr A. J. Jones. « If there is anything that tends to drive you to the verge of desperation it is that— when you are pensively walking home at night-somebody suddenly rushes out ten yards ahead of you and bangs a huge carpet against the pavement, and before you are aware of it—you are enveloped in a dense cloud of dust. Now this is an abominable and unmitigated nuisance, and quite sufficit-nt to justify a police-court proceeding — which, indeed, would un- doubtedly have the effect of preventing a practice that is frequently perpetrated by some of our reckless slovenly hussies. It was a positive torture to struggle down through Lammas-street last Saturday evening through tlnse eddying clouds of dust, but when a woman ran out at 9 55 p.m., a few yards in front of me, and thumped a heavy mat against the pavement, the words of that popular song forcibly recurred to me, 'E dunno where 'e are This opprassively hot weather has a very detrimental effect upon some people's livers, and when those organs are deranged there is a tendency to hypochondriasm ;-then all is gloom, absolute misery and despair, and the hypochondriac looks upon felo-de-se as a relief from his dismal life of misery. Not only does the featherless biped inherit this tendency, but the plumed biped also, as may be seen from the following incident: One extremely hot day last week when the up-Irish goods was approaching a station next to Carmarthen Junction, a crow that had been hovering about near the line walked on to the rail and deliberately placed iis neck on the rail, and immediately the train passed over it. A second crow was found a few yards lower down with its head severed in the same manner. The higher culture is making its way amongst the lower order of creation. Complaints have frequently been made from the Magistrates' Bench about the manuer in which loafers of both sexes congregate at the corners of our streets and on the pavements. The language used, too, is not of the choicest description, and respectable people are shocked. Last Sunday evening, at the bottom of Lammas- street, when people were pouring out from churches and chapels, stood a horrible specimen of depraved humanity-drunken and ragged, and well-versed in choice Billinsgate—and no one troubled to remove her. Are not those in authority supposed to clear away these pests ? The Carmarthen contingent which has been selected to take part in the forthcoming Cardiff Musical Festival will give a sacred concert at the Town Hall on Sunday evening. The Mayor (Mr H. B. White) will preside. # Some of our local wheelmen had con- siderable difficulty in returning home from Llanstephan on Monday night. One ran over a rabbit which he killed he is now in mortal terror that he will have a summons for poaching. In another place traffic was suspended for the nonce on account of half- a-dozen drunken men who lay stretched across the roadway like a huge foul serpent. There was considerable difficulty experienced in Crossing the Bar" in this instance. But then we must not be too hard on people who like to enjoy themselves on Bank Holiday-in their own peculiar style. < The Carmarthen School Board at its meet- ing on Tuesday had the audacity to discuss the advisability of having the schools scrubbed out every week As might be expected such an audacious proposal was not carried. If it had been, the dirt-and-dogma folk would have got up another hysterical howl against reckless expenditure on the part of the School Board." The town was deserted on Monday. No wonder that such was the case when the only attraction provided for visitors was-a Missionary Meeting Two young men who visited per boat Llanstephan on Monday were advised to clear out of the "pub" in the evening as the tide was running out. It was pointed out that if they drifted out to the Bay it would be a case offelo-de-se. 11 What's the good of a fellow to see ?" exclaimed an 0 erudite youth, it's a fellow to swim you would want then! Yes, indeed ♦ ♦ The end has come. A lady in bloomers rode through the town on a bicycle on Wednesday. She almost required police protection. < I have been unable to pursue my usual investigations on account of the holidays; and some of the little birds who keep me supplied have flown away this week. I intend, however, to let in daylight into a few more corners next week. TOBIAS TWISTER.

IR. JOliN LLOYD MORGAN by his action in the debate on the Rating of Land Amend- ment Bill has acted up to those principles which he has always professed. He has always declared himself ready to support any measure calculated to benefit tenant farmers-and that irrespective of the Party by whom it is introduced. He supported the Bill because-although it barely touched the fringe of the difficulty-it would cer- tainly be of some benefit to the farmer. But the so-called friends of the farmers were shown up in their trne colours during the debate. Mr Lloyd Morgan spoke strongly j in favour of an amendment, which proposed that one-half of the rates should be paid by 1 the farmer and one-half by the landlord. He urged the extremely moderate character of the concession asked for and appealed to the Goverment to accept the proposal. But no; the 11 friends of the farmers went solidly into the Lobby against the amendment-which was of a character calculated to make the bill of more practical benefit to the tenant than it otherwise would. The Tory Party is indeed the farmer's friend —as long as the farmer rests content with being told that it is so. But it is evident that the friendship won't stand much of a strain. When, however, a General Election is at hand again, wo may expect to hear the same old hoary fables trotted out to do service for the time being. But they will certainly be pretty full of moths after being seven years locked by in the cupboard. The dullest political optics will then bo able to see daylight through them. in

AN IMPENDING DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. TiiE Lobby correspondent of the Press Association has drawn public attention to a matter which could not very well have been much longer left in tho dark. The Liberal and the Irish Parties have been gradually drifting assundor and the fault is certainly not to be laid at the door of the Liberals. For ten years the Liberal Party has placed Home Rule in the forefront of its pro- gramme; and has consequently retarded the progress of other Radical measures. Home Rule has during those years always taken precedence of other Liberal proposals and Liberalism has suffered accordingly. The Irish Party has strenuously insisted that its demands shall not be asked to play second fiddle to anything; and the result has been the collapse of two Liberal Governments after having wasted the t;1 greater part of their time in passing Homo Rule Bills which would not be of the slightest service to the Liberals ot Great Britain. This is tho dobit side of the Irish account; the credit side is much easier to write up. The Irish Party evidently consider themselves quite free to support the enemies of Home Rule and to vote against the Liberals on a purely sectarian question—and that question, one which in no way affects Ireland. A Bill is before Parliament which will give increased grants to the Anglican and Roman Catholic schools in great Britain-not Ireland-and at the same time leave these educational establish- ments under the unqualified control of the clerics and the clerical iluukies. This Bill is promoted by the Party which throutened to "lino the hedges with bayonets" in the event of Home Rule becoming law. Nevertheless, in obedienc3 to orders from the priesthood, the whole Irish Parry goes into the Lobby against the Liberals—and that under circumstances in which the Government was assured of a three-figure majority in any instance. Seeing how little the Irish Party is inclined to put Home Rule in the foreground, it would be the height of folly for the Liberals to consider themselves any longer obliged to keep to the old order of precedence. The fact of the matter is that ever since the fall of the colossal influence of Parnell, the Irish policy has been regulated by a caucus somewhere in the neighbourhood of May- nooth-the training-college of the Irish priesthood. It is the Church first-and the the Nation a long way behind. Irish politics are subject to these fluctuations the broad National platform, occupied by O'Connel in his early days gradually degen- erated into a ferocious religious bigotry. The young Ireland Party with its contempt for mere creeds and its desire for the general elevation of tho whole nation caused a re- awakening of the National sentiment, until it in turn was swallowed up in the hideous gulf of of petty Ribbon Associations. Then arose Fenianism, a wild murderous improb- able and wholly Utopian orgrnisation—but with that healthy contempt for priestly domination which the leaders had imbibed from the teachings of young Italy. Then after half a generation of stagnation dis- turbed only by the puny efforts of a few nonentities, Parnell-the Napoleon of Irish politics-came to the front. The priests joined in the Home Rule movement then but they did not dominate it. Parnell was not one of their flock; and whilst he was strong enough to utilise all allies, none of the allies could utilise him. After his fall and death, many of his followers made a struggle for the independence of the laity in matters political. It was evident, however, that they were in a hopeless minority. Illiterate voters were driven like sheep to the booths; men who had independence enough to make a stand against the clerical Old Man of the Sea were subjected to petty persecutions; and the Bishops openly denounced any- one who would read those newspapers which advocated views not bearing the Maynooth Hall-Mark. This is the degraded level to which Irish politics has now fallen; and which has resulted in the Party putting their ostensible principles in tho background in order to serve tho supposed interests of the Church to which they belong. The Irish Alliance means that the Liberals must always consider Home Rule as a preferential claim; and that the Irish will always consider themselves free to do just exactly as they like. Heads I win, tails you lose." Liberals cannot be blamed if they wish to cancel such a very one-sided bond. Home Rule—like universal arbitration-ig a very sound principle; but Liberals will think twice before they put it in the foreground in order to delay English, Soots, and Welsh measures and to oblige a coterie of back- boneless politicians who place sectarianism before everything else. It will be time enough for the Liberals to think of Home Rule when a thorough measure of Disestab- lishment has come into operations and a far-reaching instalment of electorol reform has been placed on the Statute-book.

H. M. STANLEY AS THE PATRON- SAINT of DIC-SHON-DAFFYDDISM. MR. H. M. Stanley is the man who found Livingstone." He is also the author of In Darkest Africa." He came to Swansea last week, and combining tho character of a scientific explorer, with the semi-missionary spirit—which is so much affected by gentle- men of the W. T. Stead type—he felt called upon to say a few words with the intention of enlightening Darkest Wales." It was. however, but a voice crying in the wilder- i ness; the more pronounced the National spirit becomes, the wilder shriek the toadies of Dic-Shon-Dafydd. The brighter the, moon shines, the louder the dogs bark. Mr Stanley did not say anything very original; he was not fettered by too strict a regard for accuracy; but his platitudes were of a: character eminently acceptable to those who would have us believe that we do not form a part of tho British—but of the English— Empire. Mr Stanley is afflicted with th t unfor- tunate failing of the Irishman who "could never open his mouth without putting his foot in it." He proceeded to expose his ignorance. H" knew of no Welsh colonies nor of any people outside the Principality that could speak Welsh. It is a great mistake for people to imagine that a thing doos not exist, because they are not aware of its existence. There is a delightful old Boer lady in one of Rider Haggard's works, who counts up the few hundred British troops she saw in Natal, and the thousand or so she saw in Cape Colony —and as great a number of these were killed in the South African wars—she comes to the conclusion that Queen Victoria has no army left! We wonder if that old lady was any relutim to Mr II, M. Stanley Perhaps tho next time that gentleman goes exploring, he will pay a visit to the Chaput Colony in Patagonia, where all legislative C) ZD and official business is conducted in the Welsh language. It might also enlighten him to visit one of the huge c-isteddfodau held regularly in the United States—or even to pay a visit to some of the Welsh places of worship in London or Liverpool. Mr Stanley's next utterance was slightly hazy. He had seen hilla of Welsh coal in various parts of the world, but the sellers and tuyers of it were perfectly ignorant of Welsh. Ha had seen stacks of tinplate boxos, and heaps of iron and steel rails made in Walee, tut those who dealt in them were absolutely ignorant of Welsh. Quite so. And wo have seen shiploads of Champagno and the people who dealt in it and who drank it were absolutely ignorant of French We have also seen cargoes of German yoast; and the users of it did not understand a word of the language of Goethe. Thousands of children may be seen running about our streets eating sweet — or spottad Seville oranges; and — mirabile dictu—they cannot speak a single word of Spanish! What wonderful discoveries some of us can make, to be sure But Mr Stanley has not seen everything on the faco of the earth after all. He had seen a goodly portion of the British Empire but he had never been able to determine which pirt of was specially built by Welshmen. Of course not. When any member of the Celtic fringe" does anything creditable to distinguish himself, he at onco becomes an Englishman Sir John Moore, the hero of Corunna, was born in Glasgow; but he is a famous English General." Picton was a Carmarthenshire man but as he happened to die a glorious death at Waterloo he is at onco raised to the dignity of being an Englishman! The brave Welsh Fusiliers, who swept the Russians off the heights of the Alma, camo in very handy to adorn an English victory—as the Highlanders did at Xel-el-kebir. How many sons of Welsh county families are in the regiments which to-day uphold the British power from Suakim to Cairo? But, of coarse, they are gallant English oificers." It looks very much as if somebody else was a greater thief than Taffy One discovery he made was that wherever aborigines in any part of the world were found clinging to their traditions, they were always sunk in obscurity aDd unimportance. Mr Stanley's ideas run too much on the Congo and the upper reaches of the Nile. Let this erudite traveller traca the history of Europe from early Greece to modern Italy and he will find that the preservation and the re-awaksning of the National Spirit has always produced that which is best in art, literature, and commerce and that the servile plagiarism of foreigners has always resulted in the decline and downfall of a people. From inaccuracy Mr Stanley again fell into haziness. German children had to devote four hours a week to learning English, while in Wale3 there intelligent people who maintained that children's education ehould largely be in Welsh, as though there were countries abroad where a knowledge of Welsh would be of advantage to their sons. As a matter of fact, intelligent Welsli parents wish to have their children educated in Welsh, so that the children may under- stand English. The English them- solves experienced the bilingual difficulty from the days of William the Conqueror until the time of Edward III. Education was then conducted in Norman-French. The Saxon schoolboy had to translate the Latin Mater amat puerum suum as "La mere aime son garcon." The result was that after endless floggings the unfortunate English boy understood very little Latin. When, however, the sentence was translated, The mother loves her son," it was easy for the budding Englishman to bccoine a proficient Latinist. So it is with Welsh children nowadays. A Board School teacher would take a long time to explain in English, to a Welsh child, who the Prince of Wales— who now is coming to Aberystwith-rcally is. If, however; the teacher understands Welsh and informs the child that the gentleman is "mab henaf y Frenines," the most thick-headed pupil in the school will understand that His Royal Highness is lioir to the British throne. Sir William Hart- Dyke, a former vice-president of the Committee of Council on Education, said:- Wo must not encourago the Welsh language at the expense of English but rather as a vehicle for the sounder and more rapid acquisition of English." Sir William Hart-Dyke knew more about education than does Mr H. M. Stanley. The children of the Principality speak Welsh for the most part; and they can never learn English or anything else except through the medium of their own tongue. How much of the history of England would a Welsh boy learn by having H Macaulay" thrust into his hand by a teacher, unable to explain a single sentence in tho vernacular. If, ( however, the difficult phrases wore ex- plained in Welsh, the pupil would learn the I history, and would learn to appreciate a good English style. Having acquired r English, and being well grounded in his mother tongue, tho VVelsh boy is better fitted to learn French or German than the monoglot English youth is. The greater number of languages a student knows, the easier it is to acquire another. Welshmen are too shrewd business men not to bo awaro of the commercial value of English, and to take full advantage of it. But that is no reason why they should give up the tongue of the home, the pulpit, the oisteddfod, and the Sunday SchooL Saes'neg ydy w iaitb fasnachol, Benat yr boll deulu dynol Ond y mne Gymraeg yn hynach, Ac i mi yn fil melusach. Saes'neg ydyw iaith dadblygiad, Iaith gwyddoreg a gwareiddiad, Cymro uninith, myn ei dygu, Ond-paid anghofio iaith y Cymry.

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,I, i ö' lA J t" United Agricultural (JCK'ty. ,1. FtNALARRAXGEMEXTS. 7 SEVEN CHALLENGE CUPS TO BE OFFERED FOR COMPETITION. A meeting of the committee of this society was held at the Boar's Head Hotel, Carmar- then, on Saturday. Col. Lewis, Llysnewydd, presided. There were also present Mr | Edward Lewis, Cilletwr Mr Davies, Capel | Dewi Mr W. V. H. Thomas, Starling Park > Mr R. Footman, Hafodwen Mr Edward Francis, Penygraig Mr Morgan Richardson, Novaddwilyni Mr Griffiths, Penally Court; Mr C, W. R. Stokes, Tenhy Mr W. S. Marsh, ;1 Penybedd; Mr T. H. R. Hughes, M.F.H., I Noyaddfawr Mr Eynon Bowen, Troedyraur T Mr Bowen, LI wyngwair Mr J. L. Thomas, I Tanlan Mr John Francis, Myrtle Hill Mr | Yorke, Trecwn Mr Henry Davies, Typicca; Mr H. J. Davies, Bremenda: Mr Harries, i Llandilo-Abercowin Mr David Evans, Llwyncadfor and the Secretary (Mr D. H. Thomas, Croft Cottage). f The draft rules and prize list presented by f a sub-committee were adopted with certain u emendations, and it was decided to have the jt show on August :2ht. the day after that of 9 the Joint Counties Hunters' Society, the f venue to be Ystrad Park, near Johnstown, Carmarthen. This suggestion was adopted, because the fixtures of the Hunt Show could be used for the Agricultural Show. Seven challenge cups are to be offered by the following, viz. Mr Morgan RichaVdson, Xoyaddwilym, Cardigan, the prime mover of the new venture Mr J. C. Harford, Falcon- dale, Lampeter the solicitors of Carmarthen, the tradespeople and others of Carmarthen the licensed victuallers of Carmarthen Sif John Jones Jenkins, M.P., and Mr Tom Harries, London. The prizes to be awarded will amount in the aggregate to about £:300, Several classes will he confined to tenant farmers whose rental is under £2no a year.

Races at Llfiusteylian. L For some years Llanstephan Races consti- 1H\ tuted one of the annual events looked forward af to in "West Carmarthenshire as the motive R for a good day's outing. The event was, how- ever, allowed to fall through j aud was in a St fair way of becoming a thing of the past gw when it was revived by the exertions of Mr Tom Rees, of the Union Hall, Llanstephan.* The races, which came off this year on Whit- p Monday, were on a much more extensive and | j complete style than the event which came off on the sands on the previous occasion. A good course was secured on the Down Farm, which was as well suited for the purpose as any in the county and, although it is nearly. a mile distant from Llanstephan, it waS visited by crowds of people during the time the different races were being run off. There was a large number of visitors present from Laugharne, Ferry.side, Kidwelly, and Li an- elly but by far the greater number came V Laugharne, Ferryside, Kidwelly, and Li an- t, elly but by far the greater number ctuie, y In from Carmarthen. In fact, it seemed as if all Carmarthen—and his wife-had turned out to do honour to the restoration of the pristine A glories of Llanstephan. A more enjoyable {! day the visitors could not have had for the N veritable Queen's Weather" prevailed the I various events came off without a hitch and the racecourse being situated at a goodly 0 elevation afforded a magnificent view of the beauties of Carmarthen Bay. The generous X prizes ofrore(i- -iii one case amounting to £15 drew horses from a considerable distance K to take part in the competitions and to win 1 glory or filthy lucre—for their owners. Mr IT T. Rees, the hon. sec., by the efforts which he has made has benefitted almost every trades- man in Llanstephan for the crowds of people who were drawn to the favourite little watering-place by the fixture were so numerous as to fill to overflowing every place of refreshment —temperance or otherwise—in 1 the place. If Llanstephan Races become ft J permanent fixture, they will certainly be a I great boon to tho village. Mr J. Lloyd I Thomas acted as starter, and Dr J. Carver as judge. Mr W. Vincent Howell Thomas >M performed the duties of clerk of the scales in mj a peculiarly efficient manner. There were no K- regular" bookies;) present on the course but Mr John Daniels, of the Albion Inn, Carmar then, "made a book;) for the occasion—sofW that none of the usual excitements of a race 1 meeting were lacking. The fact that the jockeys rode in the orthodox parti-coloured j costumes added much to the appearance of j the field. The following arc the results :—■ i TRTE LL.VNSTHPHAX STAKES of n:>. For ho 83? ot ] any heijjiis, 15 h?iE;?.s fcr; c?rry I0.ifc..51bs fcr every a inc.i over, ruq allo.^od er.cVi inch und^f f J that height. Mile and a on tho flat. WiDner 1 to fay £ 1 to the second horse. J to ray jEt to the second horse. J Mr Harriet's b m Annis La-irie list John Erans 1 1 Mr Lewis's th m Naughty Girl, Sot 3iba J n T, Davies 2 Mr Da vied s ch (iota Seeker. lOof. 10 b3 J Davie3 3 Mr Edmunds1 ch g Paihfio.lor, 10st lO.bi Smith 0 Mr Beabows' b m Lit fit Saliy, 10dt. Owner 0 Mr Lloyd James' Tit-Bite, 1 Osfc ol' S ,B James 0 ( 1 Mr Thomas' b m Lady Ashburnham, list 0 ♦ John Thomas 0 fej Mr Williams' b g Prince of Teck, lOst lOlba 0 %r Henry Jones 0 Mr J J am OB' br m Little Wonder, lOst ."dbs 0 T Thomas 0 OPLN GALLOWAY STAKES of For Q-alloways 14 hands 2 inches and under. Catch weights. One mile and a half on the flat. Winner to pay 10s to the second horse. Mr L-,wi-.i' ch m Niughty Girl T Davies 1 Mr J F Thomas' Towyn Lass .Daniel Jones 2 MAIDEN GALLOWAY RACE of £ 5. For Galloways 14 hands and under, that have never won a race of fiuy description. Catch weights One mile on the 11* Winner to pay 10s to the second 1 horse. j Air Charlie Jenkins' Dolly Varden Own?r 1 ,m Dr Carver's b m Madame Angot T Rees 2 B Mr David T I-e-,v"s' D Davies 3 m Mr D Williams' b m Rock Dove Owner 0 ■ Mr William Jones'Judy D Phillips 0 I POXy RACE. 13 hands and under. Catch weights. H Ilalf-a-mile. First, £1 15s second, 10s third, I 5a Mr Ebswortli's b m Bride of the Sea J Rees 1 ■ Mr J Rees' b g No More J Howell Evans 2 I Mr W Thomas' or g Sam-de-Arab J Thomas 3 I Mr W Jones' br m Judy D Phillips 0 K. Mr J James' b g Longford T Rees 0 B Mr J F Thomas' Towyn Lass — Thomas 0 !g POSy RACE. 12 hands and under. Catch weights. t Ilalf-a-mile. First. £ 1 IOs; seo:ond. 10d; third, M Mr John Roc?.' Xo Mora J Howell Erans 1 n Dr tarvera ch m Dorothy Vane J Rees 2 f! Mr Lewis' b m Bridesmaid T Olive 3 E A. CONSOLATION* HACK was also run fur beaten horses, and w«s won by I Mr Lloyd James' Tit-Bits A good deal was added to the discomfort of the visitors by the exceedingly bad accomodation provided by the lessee of the g rerry. Visitors who came down to Ferryside K by train had in many places to wait three- ■ quarters of an hour before they could get ™ across. It was not a case of "first come first served but it was the case of the survival ij of the fit test; for those, who were not able to h fight for a place, had to wait until the last. 5 then again m coming back, those who thought that—if they were at Llanstephan an hour before their train started from Feri-yside-tliey would be in good time, found out that they had made a great mistake. Many had to wait a good deal more than an hour. To see the landing-stage crowded with people, and the boat taking off a batch reminded one of nothing but a tea- spoonful being taken out of a sugar basin. L nder normal conditions the accommodation provided is inadequate, but on Bank Holidays it is simply disgraceful. The lessee of the rerry has as much of a monopoly as the < Railway Companies and it seems peculiar if lie cannot—as the Itailway Companies do-- provide accommodation both for ordinary and extraordinary occasions. If any Railway Company provided such poor accommodation for passengers, Parliament would have no hesitation whether in sanctioning the construction of an opposition line. DKARNESS AND NOISES IN THE HEAD, cured a the patient's home. This Illustrated Edition also treats on the cure of Catarrh, Bronchitis, Asthma Extreme Stoutness, Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Hbenma- fcism by Medico-Electricity.-4d C. D. BRIGHT Publisher, 8, Tavistocke Place London, W.C. CARMARTHEN: Printed ond Published by the Pro- prietress, M. LA WHENCE, 36 her Offices 8 BIN*. afcreot, FUIDAT, May 2t>th, 1&9G. j;1