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ABERGELE and PENSARN URBAN 1 DISTRICT COUNCIL. | THE BEER QUESTION I ALL PURE AT ABERCELE I The monthly meeting of this Council was held on Monday evening at the Council Chamber, Abergele. Mr Thomas Williams presided, and there were also present: Messrs Thomas Evans ( Vrice-Chairman), J Pierce, Geo Perkins, H Thomas, J Hannah, Ed Williams, Isaac Roberts, J Edwards, J C Knight, Pierce Davies, E A Crabbe (Town Clerk), and M R Jones (Surveyor and Sanitary Inspector). New Buildings. The General Purposes Committee reported tfiat they had passed plans sent in by Mr Inglis, on behalf of the Countess of Dundonald, for several new cottages to be erected in Water- street, and for alterations to the Hesketh Arms Hotel for Mr Allanson. Holding his Hand. The Surveyor said that there were several things that required attention, but he did not intend asking the Council to carry out any improvements at present, as there were some heavy accounts outstanding, including about £2ÕO for Penmaenmawr stone. He, however, suggested that it would be well for the Council to order that a new wicket gate be erected on the Penybont footpath, as the old one had been broken down. Mr Thomas agreed with the Surveyor aa to the necessity of a gate, adding that he should put up an iron erection there, aa nothing of wood would stand for long in the hands of Abergele boys—nothing less than iron two inches thick would answer in the town (laughter). Plenty of Tramps. It was reported that as many as 18 tramps had slept in the common lodging house at one time during the past month. Mr Pierce observed that that explained the absence of "Commercials from the St Asaph Workhouse Vagrant Wards. The Widening of Pentremawr Road. The Clerk explained that the necessary papers for the Local Government Board Inquiry as to the widening of Pentremawr Road would be sent off at once in order that the inquiry could be held early in the New Year. The Vice-chairman hoped that the Local Government Board would help the Council to get the widening completed by the summer. It was decided that the Surveyor be entrustei with the carrying out of the work when the Local Government Board's sanction has been obtained. More Light in Dark Places. On the motion of Mr Edward Williams, the Council decided to erect a lamp opposite the entrance to the County School. Several mem- bers spoke of the need for more light in this quarter, as there had been difficulty in getting in and out of the playground at night. New Post Facilities. On the application of Mr Batho, Postmaster, Rhyl, the Council sanctioned the fixing of a pillar box at Brynhyfryd for the convenience of the people residing on the St. George road. Areenio in Beer: All Pure at Abergele. The Clerk read the circular letter sent out by the Local Government Board, urging local authoiities to analyse beer in their districts for the purpose of ascertaining whether it con- tained arsenic. The Vice-Chairman thought that it would be useless to spend money in Abergele for taking samples of beer, as there was no brewery in the town, and the beer sent there had been analysed elsewhere either in England or at Wrexham. Mr Thomas Tell the Local Government Board that they drink coffee here (laughter). The Vice-Chairman added that there was rQaJly no occasion for analysing beer in Abergele. It was all pure. Mr Perkins They don't drink enough of it. Mr Edward Williams Some drink enough of it, I know. The Vice-Chairman suggested that the Council pass a resolution to the effect that they did not think there was occasion to spend money in analysing beer. Mr Perkins said it was all very well to talk like that, but where would the Council stand if two or three deaths took place through drinking beer containing arsenic. There were other articles as well as beer that should be analysed also. The Vice-Chairman added that all the beer sent to Abergele had been analysed. Mr Pierce I believe that if anyone takes the trouble to go round to the hotels —— Mr Thomas And to taste it (laughter). Mr Pierce, continuing, said he did not sug- gest that it should be tasted. He knew that almost every hotel and public house in Abergele had displayed in the bar a certificate to the effect that all beer sold there was pure. The Vice-Chairman If you go to the Ship Hotel you will find beer brewed from my barley, which is the best in Abergele—(laughter) —at least it is Mr Jones, of Pentre Ucha'a barley (renewed laughter). The Chairman pointed out that the Local Government Board in its circular suggested that jams and syrups and sweets should also be analysed. Mr Pierce They will want to analyse the eggs that hens lay next (laughter). Mr Perkins They should do so, as there are chickens in some of them (laughter). On the suggestion of the Clerk, it was decided that the attention of the Inspector under the Food and Drugs Act (Supt Jones, Denbigh) should be called to the circular, and that he be asked what steps he was taking in the matter. Congratulations for the Clerk. The Clerk reported that he had written to the Rev Jones-Bateman as to the erection of a lamp in a field adjoining the Church Walk. In reply, the rev. gentleman readily gave permission, and suggested that another lamp should be placed on Pentremawr road, opposite The Lodge Gate. In the same letter the Clerk was heartily congratulated by the writer for the successful way in which he had organised the Dundonald Home-coming. It was decided that the Surveyor should attend to the placing of the lamps where required. The Fire Engine. The Vice-Chairman urged the Council to lose no time in getting the necessary arrange- ments made with regard to the purchase of a Fire Engine, seeing that in Wrexham recently there had been a lamentable occurrence in connection with a fire. It was decided that the committee should meet this (Friday) evening.

NOTES FROM RHUDDLAN. [BY P. R. W.] The Rhuddlan Day Schools seem bo be in a very prosperous state, not only as regards atten dance and examination results, but also from a financial point of view. The balance sheet for the year has just been issued, and the subscriptions of those who have contributed seem fairly satis- factory. The duties of our respected vicar and those assisting him are rather trying at times, I especially so when objections are raised by some to contributing. But by refusing to contribute to so worthy an object as the educating of the rising genera- tion, many forget that if others had not con- tributed in days gone by, they (the objectors) would have stood _a peor chance of being in possession of the education which they now have, and it is to be hoped that when appeals are made to them again that the response will be more satisfactory, seeing that the money is devoted to so excellent an object. There are some people in Rhuddlan who think that a School Board would do far more good than the present voluntary system. But if a rate of from 6d to Is in the pound was levied on those persons they would very soon see that a small contribution given voluntarily would affect their pockets in a much lesa objectionable manner. Although some persow8 who do not at present pay rates directly think that a School Board Rate would not affect them, yet it is reasonable to think that if a, landlord has to pay an increased rate, he, no doubt, would get its equivalent from a tenant by way of increased rent.

DENBIGH. BAZAAR.—On Thursday last week a Sale of work in aid of the National Schools was held in the Town Hall and opened by Mrs Edwards, The Palace, St. Asaph; who in doing so expressed the great pleasure it had given her to accede to the wish of the Rector that she should open the sale of work. She was very pleased indeed to be amongst them, and hoped the sale would be very successful. The Bishop could not be present, but he had desired her to be express his sympathy with the object, and he hoped the sale would be very successful and materially help the Rector in the work he was so well earring on in the parish of Denbigh. Unfortunately there were two sales of work at the same time, and both for the same object-the National schools-the one at Rhyl and the other at Denbigh. They could not both go to Rhyl or both come to Denbigh,so they had divided, and the Bishop had gone to Rhyl and she had come to Denbigh (applause). She remarked that in their last parish before they came to St Asaph they used to have a sale of work, and they were always glad if the last one was a little better than the one before. She believed Denbigh's sale last year was very successful. She did not exactly know the result but she trusted that this one would be still more successfull for the sake of the very important object to which the Rector had referred. She had then very great pleasure in declaring the sale of work open (applause). The Rector (Rev Dan Davies) said that their schools were in every way thoroughly efficient, and he was quite sure that the Churchpeople of the parish agreed with him that if it was worth while maintaining the National schools it was worth while seeing that they were thoroughly effi- cent and in every way well equipped for the im- portant work they had to do. The schools were, he was pleased to say, in a thoroughly efficient state and worthy in every way cf their support, so that in their efforts to maintain the schools they were not whipping a dead horse, as it were, but supporting an institution which was thoroughly appreciated by parents aud was doing a remarkably good educational work, and he had every confi- dence that they might look forward to the schools being of immense advantage to the child- ren of this parish (applause). He thought there- fore they were justified in asking their support for that sale of work which, as he had said, in a large degree helped their Church schools (applause) At the close of the day it was found that the bazaar had produced jE70 13s.

RHUDDLAN PARISH COUNCIL. A meeting of the above Council was held on Thursday evening in the Boys' Schoolroom. The members present included Messrs W Conwy Bell (Chairman), C W Jones (Rhyl), Rees Davies (Pont- ygwtter) W Foulkes, John Roberts, Thos Hughes, W Jones, J Jones, Rev D G Lewis, and the Clerk (Mr R Griffiths). The minutes of the last meeting were read by the Clerk, and, after a few remarks in reference to remedying the drainage of the Boys' Schoolroom, &c, they were passed,, The New 11 Footpath."—A Delusion and a Snare The Chairman called the attention of the Council to the efforts made cn the Rhyl road to construct a footpath. He was at a loss to give it a right designation, because no one who had seen it would venture to call it a footpath. In some parts it was more like a quagmire, and was very dangerous to pedestrians, especially at night. It was also a source of danger to vehicles. There seemed to be no attempt at making a proper foundation to it, but simply to raise it a little from the high-road with a mixture of clay and mud, and then sprinkle a little gravel over it. No doubt it had the appearance of a footpath, seen at a distance, but in this case, as in many other things, "distance lent enchantment." He thought it was their duty as a Council to call the attention of the County Couacil to the defect in it, and ask them to see their way to remedy it, or do away with it altogether. Mr C W Jones expressed the opinion that those responsible for the work must have misunderstood the intention of the County Council in the matter. What the County Council intended was to have a footpath only on portions of the road where its width would allow of one to be made. By having a footpath just here and there they would not only economise, but would be able to get one in the real sense of the word. He proposed that the attention of the County Council be called to the matter. The Rev D G Lewis seconded, and agreed with the Chairman that the road was in a better and safer state before having a footpath than it is at present, especially so at Bone Hill. At that place the road was a great deal too narrow to allow of a footpath, and the danger to vehicular traffic was very great, inasmuch as the path was more like a mud-lake than anything else. Whatever the Council did with the footpath on other portions of the road, he earnestly hoped, for the public safety, that it would be done away ,with on that very dangerous hill. Mr Thomas Hughes remarked that he thought the men on the road would have been able to make a better job of it if proper instructions had been given and carried out. He expressed the opinion that a lot of unnecessary work was very often done on tha road, at the expense of neglecting what was really to the benefit of the public. After a few observations from other members of the Council, confirming what had been said, the resolution was unanimously agreed to. The Lighting. From the minutes of the Lighting Committee it appeared that the collectors appointed had performed their duties with satisfactory results. Some additional lamps had been placed here and there. The minutes were passed without opposi- tion. The Condition of Dyserth Road. Rev D G Lewis brought this subject forward, and remarked that the Parish Council had called the attention of the County Council to the unsatis- factory condition of that road. He desired to further emphasise that fact by saying that the road was not receiving the attention which the parishioners claimed for it. There were several defects in it. One was the rough state in which it was at present, and to remedy that it was necessary to have the steam roller to go over it. Widening it in places (especially on the hill by Hcnafon) and also straightening it here and there would add a great deal to the safety of those who had to use it, both on foot and in vehicles. The Chairman said the subject had been under the consideration of the District Council for some time, and they had received replies from the County Council on the matter. He quite agreed that the services of the steam roller were necessary in order to get the road into something like a level condi- tion, but he was informed that it was impossible to get the roller at present. No doubt they would do their best to level a portion of it this year, and more would be done next year. The widening was too great and expensive an undertaking at present, but'something would have to be done at no distant date. The Rev D G Lewis was not aware that any replies had been received with regards to their complaints. But whether or not, he was still of opinion that something should be done to widen it. The escapes from collisions in some of the narrow parts were most miraculous; and it was the public safety he had in view in bringing the subject forward. The Chairman said he was afraid it was im- practicable, and the expense too great for the District Council to agree to it in order to be a convenience to Rhyl. Mr C W Jones said he was in favour of the road being widened piecemeal, and if the Rhyl Council could see that it would benefit them, perhaps they would agree to some contribution for that object. The County Council could not be expected to do the work, as it was not customary for them to take over any road, if it was not in a proper condition as regards width and foundation. The Chairman said that although the road was part of Rhuddlan, still the parishioners could not be expected to go to such enormous expense as the improvement would entail. Mr 0 W Jones said if a new road could be constructed running from Maesgwilym Gate to Rhydorddwy Wen it would do away with at least three dangerous curves, and they would have a smaller area to keep in repair. The Chairman, although agreeing with Mr Jones, did not think it could be done at present, as the cost would be too much. Mr John Jones suggested that the owners of land and the authorities at Rhyl be approached to ascertain their willingness to contribute. The Chairman suggested that a deputation be appointed to wait on the District Council and to place their views before them, seeing that very little satisfaction was to be had by writing. Ultimately, the Rev D G Lewis and Mr Thomas Hughes were appointed as a deputation. Several communication were read from parties who had been written to concerning defects on their properties and accounts were also presented. In order to deal with the latter in a more exhaustive manner, the Council was adjourned until to-night (Friday).

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Technical Eduoation in Flintshire. Mr P. Mostyn Williams, the organising sec- retary to the Technical Instruction Committee of the Ilintshire County Council, has issued his report for the past year. It appears that the Flintshire County Council receives under the customs and excise act, 1890, about £2,800 per annum, j During the past year 48 classes were held, at which there were 916 students, being a decrease of 59 as compared with the year before. It is stated that the results of the examinations are disappointing, and that in art especially tho failures are extraordinary." The increased number of failures is attributed to the raising of the standard by the examiners. In the ambulance classes the number of students had increased from 35 to 130, and owning to the growth of these classes the Committee have decided that in future no district must spend more than 20 per cent. of its grant on these classes,

ABERGELE COUNTSa HO OL. THE VICAR ON USEFUL INSTRUCTION AS A MEANS OF HAPPINESS. On Thursday evening last week the annual dis- tribution of prize j to the pupils of the above school was made. Mr John Williams, Bronfelen, chair- man of the local governors, presided. He said that believed the County School at Abergele was a grand success, and they had received a very favourable report from the Examiner under the Welsh Central Board. He felt they were all proud of the Welsh Scheme of Secondary Education. It was the Welsh educational ladder from the elementary schools to the higher paths of learning. It was very discouraging to find that a large percentage of pupils entering their Schools from the elementary schools were not able to come up to the mark. They could not possibly find fault with the teachers in those schools. They worked hard, and their whole soul was in their labour. Neither could they blame the children, who no doubt did what they could to attain the necessary learning. Where were they to look for the faults then? He thought one was that the number of teachers was inadequate to the number of children under their care, so that it became a matter of impossibility for them to do what they would under more favourable circumstances. Another reason he thought was that a Welsh-speaking schoolmaster had a great advantage over an English one-word man in teaching Welsh children. Not that he for one moment considered Welshmen as such better than Englishmen but that they were in a better position to explain the English taught through the medium of Welish to the scholars under their care. (Hear, hear.) The Vicar remarked that it had been well said that Happiness is the chief end of life." To attain this end fathers wanted to have their sons educated so as to become successful in the world, and mothers their daughters so as to be happily married. (Laughter.) Some that their sons might become great preachers and possibly some day wear a mitre. Others wanted to be popular, but that also was not the chief end of life. Wealth, beauty and learning were but means—they were not the end. Reading, writing, and arithmetic were all very good in their way. The aim of many parents was to have their children educated so as to become preachers, shopkeepers, and clerks. These were all very good in their way, but the supply was always greater than the demand and the competition was keen. He urged them to aim at getting their sons to be good black- smiths (laughter), first.rate joiners (applause). Others could be modelists if they liked, but let them endeavour to learn some manual labour—to make their sons and daughters self-efficient and they would then be happy iCheere.) Again as to the daughters, the mothers wanted them to have long fingers so all to be efficient pianoforte players. He did not think that was the means to the end. He wanted them to learn to scrub the floors, cook a good dinner, and know something of butter- making. (Cheers). He wanted those good joiners and blacksmiths to have first rate wives—those who would be able to do something besides lying on their backs on the sofa all day. (Cheers and laughter). He appealed to the parents present to bring up their sons and daughters to that end. He should like to see a cookery class attached to the School, so that others besides pupils could be taught. He was glad to see Mr Roberts, M.P., present. He was a wealthy man, and he wished he could induce that gentleman to start a dairy farm in connection with the School, (cheers). He impressed upon Dr Williams, the head master, and Mr John Williams, chairman of the committee, to show that they were doing their utmost to bring up those pupils to answer the chief end of life. He pressed upon the pupils to make themselves self-efficient. The young ladies so as not to be dependent upon servants, which was the burn- ing question of the day. That was because mist- resses were not able to undertake the household duties. If they did so they would really have in their hands the best method of attaining true happiness—the chief end of life.—(Loud Applause.) Mrs Colman distributed the prizes and the children sustained a programme of music.

CHRISTMAS BELLS. From time immemorial the steeples of every church have pealed forth with unusual activity at Christmas time—and most of us have heard their music in the night seasons whether living in town or country—the bells at Christmas invariably appeal to us with peculiar effect; they seem in some sense to associate us with the countless millions who have been keeping Christmas in this land since the "Gloria in altissirais Ðpo" was first heard here, and they wake again the half-forgotten memories of childhood's hopes and youthful aspirations. But they my troubled spirits rule, For they coutroll'd me when a boy They bring me sorrow touch'd with joy, The merry, merry bells of Yule. In George Eliot's account of Christmas at Riveloe, in "Silas Marner "—unsurpassed as a description of the holiday festival in a qniet English village the very extreme of loneliness and callousness is indicated by the picture of the poor weaver's indifference even to the influence of the church bells and we would select no more admirable illustration of the influence of the Christmas surroundings on the imagination of those who accept them as sacred and blessed, without being able to explain or even understand them, than the quaintly pathetic appeal of Mrs Winthrop to the unhappy Silas-u But you didn't hear the church bells, this morning, Master Marnar ? Living so lone here, you lose your account, I dare say and then your loom makes such a noise, you can't hear the bells, more now the frost kills the sound. But now upon this Christmas, this blessed Christmas as is ever coming, if you was to take your dinner to the bakehus, and go to church, and see the holly and the yew, and hear the antbim, and then take the sacramen you'd be a deal the better, and you'd know which end you stood on, and you could put your trust in them as knows better nor we do, seein' you'd ha' done what it lies on us all to do. There's no other music equil to the Christmas music, Hark! the erol angils sing.' And you may judge what it is at church, Master Marner, with the bassoon and the voices, as you can't help thinking you've got to a better place already." This is very homely—scarcely less blunt in its faith than the good woman's confidence that her lard cakes were better worth eating when they were stamped with the letters I.H.S." Not only is there in these words the faithful expression of the simple goodness which, Heaven be praised, moves the hearts of thousands of English peasants, but they reveal a response to Christmas influence not far removed in spirit from the sentiment of Tennyson's stanzas :— The time drawl near the birth of Christ The moon is hid, the night is still The Christmas bells from hill to hill. Answer each other in the mist. Four voices of fonr hamleU round From far and near, on mead and moor, Swell ont and fail as if a door Were shut between me and the sound. Each voice four changes on the wind, That now dilate and now decrease Peace and go dwiil, goodwill and peace, Peace and goodwill to all mankind.

NOTICE TO ADYEBTISEBS,— As a matter of experience it is beyond dispute that judicious advertising pays to an extent beyond any ordinary comparison with its cost. The progress of com- petition is so rapid that a good old house which does not advertise is in danger of losing much sound custom. Some people think it smacks of dignity to say that they can live without advertising. They may live upon this kind of dignity; but life is one thing, and success in life another. A good repufatiou in business means that you shall be widely ar.d favourably known. A good adver- tisement in a widely-circulated newspaper is the beet of all possible salesmen, who never sleeps and is never weary; who goes alter business early and late, who accost the tradesman in his shop, the scholar in Lis study, the lawyer in his office, the lady at breakfast-table, and who cin speak to thousands of people at one time, saying to each one the best things in the best manner. The RHYL JOUBNAII offers just the opportunity sought for in this district The class of persons among whom it circulates renders it the very best medium that can be found for any tradesman de- sirous of extending his connection.

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BISHOP OF ST. ASAPH ON TEMPERANCE LEGISLATION. TRUST COMPANIES WANTED. LESSONS ON THE BEER SCARE. On Friday evening, at the National Schools, St Asaph, a meeting was held in connection with the Church of England Temperance Society. The Bishop presided over a fair attendance. In his address his lordship said Unfortunately it is superfluous to dwell upon the growing evils of intemperance. The complete remedy is multiform. Societies like this have been labouring fruitfully for years from the moral and religious standpoint, and they have done much to create and direct public opinion on this subject. Ig- norance, bad dwellings, bad cooking, pre-dis- positions, improvident marriages, and the deadly monotony of their lives, explain many cases of intemperance. One formidable obstacle to the progress of temperance is found in our licensing laws. The liquor trade in this country is becoming a monopoly of collossal influence, and the situation at present is revolving itself into a fight between the State and the trade. Even in the House of Lords this influence is apparent. Let there be some Temperance Bill on the notice paper, and the benches are no longer empty. It requires a sanguine heart to hope for any immediate help from legislation. Mr Herbert Roberts, one of our own members, brought before parliament last session a small but useful measure of Temperance Reform. It was crowded out; and I am wondering whether the same potent influences will be able to suf- focate this measure in the present Parliament. Another illustration is supplied by the Pure Beer Agitation, consequent upon the repeal of the Malt Tax by Mr Gladstone, in 1880; the liberty given by the free mash tun to brewers in the choice of ingredients made it highly desirable to secure by Act of Parlia- ment a definition of beer, and after 1885 a bill for that purpose was repeatedly introduced. You know what a vast consumption there is of beer, and, therefore, the vast im- portance, in the interests of public health, of seeing that there is nothing deleterious in its composition. The Revenue officials and the Excise officers have followed a system of examination which has for its main purpose the protection of the revenue, and not the discovery of poisonous or harmful ingredients. The Chairman of the Board of Revenue in England is reported to have stated recently that he approached the question of beer materials "with the blank impartiality born of blank ignorance" —a deplorable confession of ignorance. Every effort so far to secure a legal definition of beer and to protect the public against deleterious beer has failed. We know the result now. Every day appalling records are given of deaths from arsenicated beer. It will be interesting to ob- serve how the trade faces the revelations made during the last few weeks. Enough has been said to prove that there is little hope of substantial help from Parliament in dealing with intem- perance. Legislation is of the nature of a frontal* attack. We must trust, however, to a well conceived flank movement. Earl Grey, in a recent letter, called attention to what seems the one hopeful plan of Temperance Reform. The plan is to incorporate Public House Trust Companies. These companies would acquire every new license, and to the public houses acquired they would apply a principle of administration which will secure that they be managed as a trust in the interests of the community, and not for private profit. In the public house, as now conducted, there is no security that the best liquor obtainable in the open market is supplied to the consumer, and it is the interest of the publican to push the sale of intoxicants. In the public houses managed by a Trust Company, only the best drink would be sold, and the manager, being paid a fixed salary and no commission, would not want to push the sale of intoxicants. These public houses would be refreshment houses and not merely drinking bars, while food and non-intoxicants will be as readily supplied as intoxicants. These houses under the administration of carefully chosen trustees will be conducted for the benefit of the community. The plan has already been tried with great success. Such a Trust Company has been formed for the county of Northumber- land, and it is proposed to form a similar com- pany for London. Earl Grey's letter on December 3rd, gives full particulars of this scheme. Personally I am convinced that it is the only hopeful Temperance policy now before the country, and if these Trust Companies are widely taken up by the best and sanest friends of Temperance I believe we shall be in sight of a remedy which Parliament will not give us, and which our voluntary Temperance Societies can- not hope alone to achieve.

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THE PRESS. "The Golden Bough," Mr J G. Frazer's great contribution to the study of Magic and Religion has been revised and enlarged by its author till the orginal two volumes have grown to three in the second edition now published by Messrs Macmillan and Co. The difference consists chiefly in the introduction of fresh illustrative matter, but in some oases this has materially altered the text. Miss F M Peard's new story "Number Two" deals with the complicated love affairs of a charming but wilful heroine. Her first love has proved faithless, and she is taking her revenge on their adorers when she comes to Egypt and finds Number One has fallen under a cloud and enlisted under a feigned name. Number Two is sent by her in search of him and nurses him through a dangerous illness in a remote Nile village. Unfortunately Number Two does not realise that the heroine now has only resentment for the man she first loved, and it is only after many misunderstandings that his devotion is re- warded.—There are charming descriptions of Egypt and of Gibraltar, where the story ends happily for everyone. "The Destruction of Ancient Rome," by the famous Archaeologist, Rodolfo Lanciani, a volume of convenient size published by the Macmil- lan Co., should form aIm )st an indisptnsable com- panion for visitors to Rome. Mr Frederick W Holls, a member (from the United States) of the "Peace Conference at the Hague" has written nnder that title a record of the preceeding of the Conference, whose object is to tell what took place, with sufficient fulness for the student of International Law, but with. out making the book too technical for the general reader. Mr Holls believes that the Peace Con- ference accomplished a great and glorious result not only in the humanizing of warfare and the codification of the laws of war, but above all in the promulgation of the Magna Charta of Inter- national Law, the binding together of the civilized powers in a federation for justice, and the establishment of a permanent International Court of Arbitration. Stage-Coach and Tavern Days," by Alice Morse Earle, is a genial and very readable ac. ount of road and inn in America from the seventeenth century far on towards the present day. Stories of the turnpike-details of the old waggons and other vehicles—tales of highwaymen, old stage drivers and landlords are set out with copious illustrations and the whole miscellaneous lore of taverns is laid under contribution. It is the more curious because in New England the innkeeper was habitually a leading citizen, Rnd because in the Puritan communities there were all manner of enactments for moral supervision. But even in New England the tavern was a club, and a place where much punch was brewed, according to the many receipts which are given in the work and stage plays figured there at times, though" Othel- lo had to be disguised as a moral dialogue." There is an excellent chapter devoted wholly to tavern-ghosts; there are stray anecdotes of the Indian waifs who hung about these centres after the scattering of the tribes there is a long ac count (illustrated like everything: else) of th tavern signs, many of which were painted by well known artists and many of which had a politici history-for example The Golden Lion" in Philadelphia which after the iBritish Lion fell into disrepute sank to being" The Yellow Cat." The book is packed with good stories and out of the w IV information. THE Messrs. Macinillan began this week to publish a uniform edition of Mr Marion Crawford's novels at the prices of 3s. 6d. per volume. The series opons with Mr Isaacs," the brilliant story of Indian life of which Mr Crawford made his first appearance and his first success. And what- ever be has written he has written with such de- tailed and intimate familiarity as to give his work an interest on that account alone. The customs of the harem, the procedure and constitution of the Mafia, the amount of cigarettes which an expert can turu out daily; the effect of building specula- tion in Rome-all these and the like are matters on which Mr Crawford writes with the accuracy of a professed statistician. And whatever he writes is written in a style, fluent, easy and manly and un- affected with an admirable instinct for construc- tion. The series is an encyclopaedia of miscel- laneous and interesting humanity in all times and places, and it is a collection) of, perhaps on the whole, the most readable novels that have been published in our day. The Foundations of Knowledge," by Alexander Thomas Orirond, published by the Macmillan Company, is an important attempt to reconstruct the system of metaphysical thought in conformity with modern cJncentione-especially with the dominant modern conception evolu- tion "Spanish Highways and Byways," be Kathariu Lee Bates, is the record of tourists' impression of travel in the Peninsula—impressions that modify a good deal the conventional view. Lztborious Spaniards, straggling wita bitter poverty, meet them at the very frontier yet in the midst of disaster Spain was keeping car- nival. a Botany an Elementary Text for Schools," by Professor L. H. Biiley, of Cornell University, is an excellent introduction to the science to be put into pupils hands. The book is divided into four parts, of which the first describes the nature of plants, generally, indicating the various laws of their growth and the functions of each main part; the second considers the plant in relation to its surrounding, the effects of climate and situation, the struggle for survival; the third, beginning with the cell, discusses the minute structure of plants; and the fourth sketches a broad classification of plant species. The January number'of "Macmillan's Magazine* will contain a paper on the Art of Acting with some reminiscences of her own career by Madame Ristori.

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Why did Jacob Weep after Kissing Rachel ? A lady friend has transmitted to us the follow- ing Opinions of the Press upon the subject of the text which tells you that Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice and wept "-If Rachel was a pretty girl, and kept her face clean, we can't see what Jacob had to cry about.—Daily Telegraph. How do you know but she slapped his face for him ?—Ladies' Treasury. Weeping is not unfrequently produced by extreme pleasure, joy, or happiness it might have been so in Jacob's case.- Science Gossip. The cause of Jacob's weeping was the refusal of Rachel to allow him to kiss her again.—Nonconformist. It is our opinion that Jacob wept because he had not kissed Rachel be. fore, and he wept the time he had lost.—The City Press. The fellow wept because the girl did not kiss him. -Pall -Nlall Gazette. Jacob wept because Rachel told him to do it twice more, and he was afraid to.—Methodist Recorder. Jacob cried because Rachel threatened to tell his mamma.- Sunday Gazette. He wept because there was only one Rachel to kiss.—Clerkenwell News. He wept for joy because it tasted so good.—Jewish Chroni- cle. We reckon Jacob wept because Rachael had been eating onions.-British Standard. Our own opinion is that Jacob wept because he found after all it was not half what it was cracked up to be." New Zealand Examine-her. A mistake- not his eyes but his mouth watered,—The Ladies' Chronicle. He thought it was fast colour, and wept to see the paint come off. -Fine Arts Gazette. He remembered he was her uncle and recollected what the Prayer Book says.-Church Journal. He was a fool and didn't know what was good for him -Englishwomen's Advertiser. He knew there was a time to weep-it had come, and he dare not put it off.-Motliodist News. He thought she might have a big brother.—Sporting Chronicle. Because there was no time for another.—Express. When he lifted up his voice he found it was heavy, and could not get so high as he expected.—Musical Notes. He tried to impose on her feelings because he wanted her to lend him 5s.—Baptist Guide. A truce to all Beneath the starry yault or golden sun is there aught in nature or in heart equal to the rapture or intense deliciousness of the first kiss ? I answer verily no. Jacob had never kissed fair maiden before, and his first realisation of crowding a life's deliciousness" in these momeuts overcame him, and he wept for joy.—Hornsey Hornet.

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