The Carmarthen Journal and South Wales Weekly Advertiser

_-0. COMMERCE HOUSE, CARMARTHEN. ANNUAL WINTER CLEARANCE SALE NOW ON. In the Dress Department will be found several Lots of Goods marked at extremely low prices. A very special line in Black Merino at 2s. 2 d. per yard, worth 2s. lid. A large assortment of double-width Fancy Dress Material, Is. 6-d. per yard, worth 2s. lid. per yard. Special reductions in Mantles, Jackets, Ulsters, Mackintoshes, etc. All season's Stuffs marked at absolute clearance prices. Blankets, Quilts, Counterpanes, Sheets and Sheetings, and all Household Drapery Goods, greatly reduced. n Some very special lines in White Lace Curtains, Hambro Cloths, bleached Damask Table Cloths and Napkins. A large assortment of Oxford Shirtings to be cleared. The few remaining Carpet Chairs and Fancy Baskets marked under cost. | Fancy Gipsy Tables, octagon and square, at Is. 2- £ d. each to clear. 0 2 A VISIT IS RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED. February 5th, 1891. Established 1854. D. TITUS WILLIAMS, BOOKBINDER, ENGLISH WESLEYAN CHAPEL HOUSE, CARMARTHEN, Having taken over the Business lately carried on by his father (the late Thomas Williams), D. T. W begs most respectfully to return thanks to the Public for the kind patronage hitherto accorded his father, and hopes to be favoured with a continuance of their kind sapport. BIBLES, MUSIC, ALBUMS, and OLD BOOKS BOUND and REPAIRED with the greatest care. SECOND-HAND BOOKS BOUGHT, SOLD, OR EXCHANGED. THE IMPROVEMENT OF LANDED ESTATES. THE LAND LOAN AND ENFRANCHISEMENT COMPANY (Incorporated by Special Act of Parrliament) ADVANCES MONEY to Landowners for Drain&ge, the Erection of Farm Buildings, Artizans' and Miners' Cottages, Trial Pits for Mines, and for the General Improvement of Landed Property; also to TENANTS FOR LIFE, for the ERECTION of and ADDITIONS to ESTATE MANSIONS, STABLES, and OUTBUILDINGS, and their general sanitary improvement; the amount borrowed being repaid by a terminable rent-charge. No investigation of title is necessary. Prospectus and forms of application may be obtained at the Company's Offices. 22, Great George-street, Westminster, S.W. EDWIN GARROD, Secretary. MORTGAGE AND GROUND-RENT BRANCH OF THE LAND LOAN AND ENFRANCHISEMENT COMPANY. THE COMPANY'S REGISTER contains various sums of trust, and other moneys awaiting invest ment on Mortgage and for the purchase of Ground Rents. Further particulais on application. 22, Great George-street, Westminster, S.W. EDWIN GARROD, Secretary. [i 15 H. & T. PROCTOR, ORIGINAL MANUFACTURERS OF PREPARED BONE MANURES, FOR CORN, GRASS, ROOT, AND OTHER CROPS; ALSO Superphosphate of Lime. WOKKS :-CATHAY, BRISTOL. Telegraphic Address :-It PROCTOR," BRISTOL. ESTABLISHED 1812. H& T. PROCTOR'S PREPARED BONE • MANURES for Grass Lands favour a heavy growth of Grass and improve the quality of the herbage. H. & T. PROCTOR'S POTATO MANURE will profitably increase the crop, and by its use the morbid action of the Potato plant may, to a great extent, be prevented. H. & T. PROCTOR'S BARLEY AND OAT MANURES very much in. crease the yield, and im- prove the quality of the grain. Price List and p-Lrticulars of Prizes for Root Crops offered in 1891 on application to H. & T. PROCTOR, CATHAY, BRISTOL. [534 f 11 14111 T1OTM, | WHAT EVERYBODY OUGHT TO KNOW! I NEARLY EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT I x. s i s' I RU E oo no c RHEUMATIC ESSENCE, (Price 2/9 per Bottle. Four in a Case for 10/-) H Is the ONLY CURE for Rheumatism, (Acute and I Chronic), Gout, Sciatica, Lumbago, I AND ALSO THAT I ~W 3=3 I S' H VEGETABLE BITTERS, (Price 2/9 per Bottle. The only Size.) I IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MEDICINE YET H DISCOVERED FOR ■ Neuralg'ia, Tic-doloreux, Toohache, Faceache, Indigestion, ESI Depression of Spirits, Nervous Relaxation, Muscular |flB Weakness, Flatulency, Headaolie, Disturbed Sleep, Liver H Complaints, Fits, and all Nervous Disorders. IH Sold by all Chemists and Medicine Vendors. H If not in Stock they will be glud to procure if I them for yon. Insist upon having LEWIS'. B X3 30 MMIXA- II Do not allow other Remedies, said to be the same as BBS "LEWIS," to be palmed off upon you, if you do, you gift must expect to be disappointed. g| See that you get what you ask for, and that the name ||| is engraved upon tho Government Stamp, affixed to HS every wrapper outside, wilhout which none are genuine. Ml N.B.-Testimonials announcing Miraculous Cures are pouring in daily. M .r_ SOLE PROPRIETOR AND ORIGINATOR — KEjlf JOHN LLOYD LEWIS, I MANUFACTURING CHEMIST, H ABERAYRON, S. Wales. I BEAD The above Discoveries u-ill be mnde knows all over the World" the Sooner the Belter." PUBLIC NOTICES. "+-4 A CARD. C. MORGAN, M.R.C.V.S., Log VETERINARY S URGEOV, 13, King-street, Carmarthen. [5 NOTICE OF REMOVAL. JOHN D. THOMAS (LATE FFOSHELIG), • VET ERIN A RY SU R G EON, M.R.C.V.S. LOND., TO TROEDYBRYN HOUSE, LAMPETER. ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. [527 Telegraphic Address: GALLOWAY, CARMARTHEN. J. J. GALLOWAY, 3, QUEEN STREET, CARMARTHEN, WHOLESALE <{- RETAIL PASTRY COOK AND CONFECTIONER. NOTED for superior Cake, not to be equalled at the price. Schools and Meetings supplied with quantities to any Kailway Station within 30 Miles, carriage paid. LIST OF PRICES No. O.-A cheap Cake 3d. per lb. 1.—School Cake 4d. 2.—A really good Cake 5d. 3. A superior Cake. 6d. 4.-Extra super 7d. Others at 8d., 9d, 10d., and lid. per lb. TESTIMONIAL. Waunifor, Maesycrugiau, E.S.O. "Mrs Charles Lloyd begs to thank Mr Galloway for the excellent way in which he executed her order, all the cakes, &c., being so fresh and good." TAILORING DEPARTMENT Under the Management of an experienced London Cutter, 16 years in the West End. SPRING & SUMMER PATTERNS NOW READY ON APPLICATION. D. liTT^EES, 13A, 14, & 15, GUILDHALL-SQUARE, CARMARTHEN. [547 CHRISTMAS SEASON, 1890. A LARGE ASSORTMENT of FRUITS of all description now in stock at very reasonable prices. Having purchased under very favourable circumstances, I am able to offer EXCEPTIONAL VALUES in CURRANTS from. 3,11 d. lb. RAISINS 3id. „ SULTANAS 9d. „ Finest Mixed ORANGE and LEMON PEEL 8d. „ Do. ORANGE, LEMON, and CITRON lOd. „ T. SMTTH, WHOLESALE 4, RETAIL GROCER. PROVISION MERCHANT it CONFECTIONER, KING-STREET, CARMARTHEN. [365 BANN WHISKEY. WHERE really pure and matured Irish Whiskey YT of the old-fashioned type is desired, there is no Whiskey (at a reasonable price) to approach BANN and if constant Good Quality be borne in mind, there is no better at any price. BANN WHISKEY-one quality only- THE BEST. JAMES WILSON & SON, Ltd., Belfast. AGENTS FOR CARMARTHEN— BRIGSTOCKE & SON, 54, KING STREET. Price, J;;¡' per dozen, less -?. per dozen allowance for cash payments. [533 I HORSESHOE HM RSES ■ CATTLE M (CATTLE M SPICE B IT PAYS BREEDERS And Farmers to use HoRSE SHOE CATTLE SPICE with the food they give their cattle, as it rapidly improves the condition of the animals, brings up their weight, and increases their market value. The HORSESHOE CAT- TLE SPICE is a highly feeding condiment for Cattle, Horses, Sheep, Pig:" &c. Proprietors- THE BRITISH CATTLE FOODS CO, (LIMITED), LONDON. WORRIED FARMERS Who read with anxiety the state- ments of scientists that earth is losing its fertility nod yielding poorer produce year after year, arc assured that the" HORSE- SHOE" CATTLE SPICE supplies the natural salts deficient in the herbage through loss of the Earth's fertility. Vide recent correspondence in The Times. "HORSESHOE" CATTLE SPICE AGENT WILLIAM JONES, CORN, FLOUR, ALE. WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANT, CANTON STORES, LLANDILO. (BRANCH AT AMMANFORD). [311 MR. C. K. WHEATLEY, PROFESSIONAL PIANOFORTE TUNER. PIANOS tuned singly or by the year. Special -L attention given to American Organs and Har- moniums. All kinds of instruments repaired. Note the Address- 30, TERRACE ROAD, ABERYSTWYTH. LLANDOVERY ANNUAL EISTEDDFOD, WHIT-MONDA Y, 18!11. Chief Competition- Then round about the Starry Throne." Prize, je20. Further particulars can be obtained from the Secretary— 561] DAN DAVIES. Dopy OF RETURN, PURSUANT TO 7 & 8 VIC., c. 32. Name of Firm DAVID JONES & CO. PERSONS OF WHOM THE COMPANY OR PARTNERSHIPS CONSISTS. Name Residence Occupation William Jones Glandenys, nr. Lampeter.Banker Frederick Arthur Gerwyn Jones Pantglas .Banker NAMES OF PLACES WHEIK THE BUSINESS IS CARRIED ON. Place County Llandovery Carmarthen LlandiIo do. Lampeter Cardigan J. S. PURCELL, T i „ „ Registrar of Bank Returns. Inland Revenue Office, 2nd February, 1891. [560 T3RACTIGAL LESSONS in Land Surveying, WiA ?iveIiTb-v D> P- Navies, 13, Stone- bridge Park, Willesden, N.W. SHIPPING NOTICES. AMERICA. CUNARD LINE ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS. The Steamers of this Line have an unequalled record of half a century for safety and comfort, and take specified courses according to the seasons of the year. FROM LIVERPOOL VIA QUEENSTOWN To NEW YOltK. To BOSTON. AURANIA Sat., Feb. 11 PAVONIA Thur., Feb. 10 UMBRIA .Sat., Feb. 21 SCYTHIA Thur., Feb. 26 SERVIA .Sat., Feb. 28 CATALONIA Thur., Mar. 5 SUPERIOR ACCOMMODATION at moderate fares for FIRST and SECOND Class Passengers; also through to CHINA, JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND, and AUSTRALIA. STEERAGE PASSENGERS to all parts of America and Canada at Low Rates those by Boston Steemers booked to NEW YORK without extra charge. THE CUNARD STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED, 8, Water-street, Liverpool. OR TO THEIR AGEXT- D. S. THOMAS, 554] Schoolmaster, Llanduvery. AMERICAN LINE. UNITED STATES MAIL STEAMERS LIVERPOOL TO PHILADELPHIA, EVERY WEDNESDAY. First-class, full powered Iron Steamships. Accommodation for passengers, equal to any European Line. Passengers and goods landed at Philadelphia on the Wharf of the PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. THIS IS THE SHORTEST AND BEST ROUTE TO THE XV EST. Apply to RICHARDSON. SPENCE & CO., 8] H) and 22, Water Street, LIVERPOOL. FEMALE DOMESTIC SERVANTS from 17 to 1 35 years of age obtain FREE PASSAGES BY STEAMER TO QUEENSLAND, where they are greatly in demand and receive good wages only pay- ments— £ 1 for ship kit, and fare to depot in London. ASSISTED PASSAGES are also granted to labourers whose labour is connected with the land, such as FARM LABOURERS, GARDENERS, MINERS, QUARRYMEN, &c., and to approved females, such as DRESSMAKERS, TRAINED NURSES, &c. An experienced Surgeon and Matron accompany each steamer, and on arrival passengers are received into the Government depot, free of charge. Forms of application, rates of passage, handbooks, and all other information may be obtained on applica- tion to THE AGENT-GENERAL FOR QUEENSLAND, Westminster Chambers, I 1, Victoria Street, London, S.W. All persons who pay their own passages to the Colony, should apply for LAND ORDER WAR- RANTS before embarking. Forms and particulars to be obtained from the Shipping Firms bookin-j the passengers, or from the Agent-General for Queensland. Warrants will not be issued to persons applying after they have left England. [230 TO BE LET. TO LET, furnished APARTMENTS, within 2 miles of Carmarthen.—Apply to Z., care of Mrs Jones, Bronwydd Arms, Carmarthen. [536 rrio BE LET on lease, a very commodious Site for X a Factory, with an excellent supply of water from two rivers, Gran and Gwen. situate 1 close to Pencader Station, and a most convenient place to have a siding. —For further particulars apply to Mrs Evans, Cwm- gwen Hall, Pencader, Carmarthen. [521 ^po BE LET (furnished or unfurnished), for a term, -L "CWMFFRWD," about 1 mile from Carmarthen Junction and from Carmarthen Town, containing hall, dining-room, drawing room, library, G bedrooms, dressing-room, other offices and conveniences stables, coach-house, and other out-buildings; walled and vegetable gardens and lawn tennis court; also land if desired —For particulars apply to John Francis, land agent, Carmarthen. (51)4 WANTED. WANTED, a respectable YOUTH as an Appren- tice to Outfitting-and Gents' Mercery. -Apply to F. Gladwin, Bridgend. [525 MONEY WANTED. WANTED, Loan of £ 100 for 7 years on Life Policy and good Security. Good Interest.— Apply Journal Office, Carrmathen. [552 GROCERY & PROVISIONS.—Wanted, four nice BOYS to learn the Grocery and Provision Trade. No premium.- -Apply to W. Pegler & Son, Pontypool. [557 WANTED, good general SERVANT able to do plain cooking.—Apply, stating last place and wages, Mrs Gladwin, Bridgend. [555 J O SALARY.—Wanted, by a Christian Person, J 4-' situation in a gentleman or lady's family. Adver- tiser is honest, obedient, and attentive. Apply "Caleb," Journal Office, Carmarthen. [519 AGENT WANTED.—For Artificial Manures, of all classes, by lar/e manufacturers (Organic Manure £ 2 per ton). Sold to guaranteed analysis. Liberal terms to responsible energetic man, with good connection amongst farmers. Apply to Hamilton and Co., Limited, the Sovereign Chemical Works, Wands- worth, London. [563 COTTAGE wanted, oji or near the coast, next C March. Six or eight rooms; unfurnished. Rent not over £ 20.—Address L," care of Editor. [567 WANTED, COWMAN wife, servants' washing good cottage and garden Churchman large family unsuitable. — E. Thomas, Esq., Wellfield, Builth. [568 FOR SALE. FEATHERS.-Pure (no mixture of wing and tail clippings), fit for use, to be had only of the Sole Agent (for the last 25 years)- William Evans, Stag's Head, near Market, Carmarthen. [404. IpOR SALE, splendid well-trained SHEEP-DOG; M*JST BE sold, price moderate.—Apply JOURNAL Office, Carmarthen. [562 — PERSONAL. YOUR little game is now played out, and you are entirely at the mercy of those who cannot have pity now. Your two last communications make charges against persons whom I will champion until proved unworthy. An explanation I demand from you at once. Yes, good-bye; hope you are in future hope- less. [500 SALES BY AUCTION. CARMARTHENSHIRE. LLANYBYTHER COMMON INCLOSURE MR. JOHN FRANCIS will SELL by AUC- TION, at the Black Lion Hotel, Llanybyther, at 2 p.m., on Monday, March 2nd, 1891, in 2 Lots, a portion of the above Common, situate close to the new road from the south-west to the north-east of the Common, and near Bwlchcaemalwas, being Lots 5 and 11 at a previous sale, containing severally 87a. lr. 32p. and 5a. 3r. 35p., more or lees. A plan may be seen at the offices of Mr John Francis, auctioneer, land agent, valuer, and surveyor, Carmarthen, of whom full particulars can be obtained. [565

TO OUR AGENTS AND SUBSCRIBERS. We very much regret that during the last three or four weeks we were wholly unable to meet the demands made for copies of THE JOURNAL, owing to the increased orders reaching the office too late in each week. Much disappointment will be saved if orders are posted to reach us not later than Tuesday. We take this opportunity of thank- ing our numerous friends for their kind efforts in our behalf. Will they help us to increase our circu- lation from THREE THOUSAND copies per week, at which figure it now stands, to 4,000 by the end of June next 9-ED.

TO OUR CORRESPONDENTS. "A RATEPAYER." — We cannot publish your letter as it evinces a very vindictive spirit, and is unnecessarily harsh in its conclusions. We, however, sympathise with you, and may add that we have ourselves been much inconvenienced by the children that are allowed to tout in and around the station. Our correspondents will greatly assist us if they will send in their contributions as early as possible in each w-eek. Short, pithy accounts are always preferable to Ion? articles. Our increased circulation over an extensive area has necessitated a larger staff of correspondents with the result that we must observe this rule with greater rigour in future. We, therefore, trust our correspondents will do all in their power to help us to effectively meet this charge, by seeing that their contributions are short and to the point, and by forwarding the same as soon as possible after the eveiit.-ED.

ROMAN CATHOLIC DISABILITIES. It is strange that in 1891 we should be 0 gravely discussing the question of Roman 3 n Catholic Emancipation, which to all intents and purposes was set at rest 62 years ago. In may seem in accordance with the free spirit of the age that no religious qualification should attach to any office, but we might have been spared the lengthy debate on the subject E5 .) ee that took place last week, for it has left us completely in the dark as to whether religious disability is not after all a myth. Mr Glad- stone, in moving the second reading of his "Religious Disabilities Removal Bill," ex- pressed considerable doubt as to whether Romanists were legally disqualified from hold- ing the offices of Lord-Lieutenant or Lord 0 Chancellor of Ireland at the present moment, an opinion in which the Attorney-General apparently concurred. If this is so, it may be asked why the necessity of putting forward the motion at the present time 1 It was this question that gave interest to the debate, and rivetted attention upon the great Statesman who advocated the Bill, and to his motive for putting it forward. In 1867, as Mr Glad- stone reminds us, he spoke strongly for the removal of Catholic disabilities he was then in Opposition. The following year he was returned to office as Prime Minister with a majority of 128 votes at his command. He has held office for 11 years since that date, but the subject upon which he waxed eloquent when in Opposition was never broached when in power- The reason is not far to seek, and is apparent in Mr Gladstone's own written words. In 1869 the Acutiienical Council met at Rome, and in the following year declared the dogma of the infallibility of the Pope. In 1874 Mr Gladstone published a pamphlet, in which he stated That she (the Roman Church) has refurbished and paraded anew every rusty tool she was thought to have disused"; "that no one could now become her convert without renouncing his moral and mental freedom, and placing his civil loyalty and duty at the mercy of others "it is certainly a political misfortune that during the last thirty years a Church so tainted in its views of civil obedience, and so unduly capable of changing its front and language after emancipation from what it had been before should have acquired an extension of its hold upon the highest classes of this country Too commonly the spirit of the neophyte is ex- pressed by the words which have become notorious, A Catholic first and an English- man afterwards.' We take them to mean that the convert intends, in case of any conflict between the Queen and the Pope, to follow the Pope and let the Queen shift for herself." Mr Gladstone qualified these state- ments in the following year by saying that "the loyalty of our Roman Catholic fellow- subjects in the mass remains evidently untainted." However that may be, Mr Gladstone had not sufficient confidence in the mass to relieve them at that time of their disabilities, though pressed to do so by Mr Beblingham in 1881. It is evident that his opinion as to the dangers of Papal infalli- bility remained unshaken. What has caused this sudden change of front? As in 1886, convictions are sacrificed to assuage that insatiable thirst for office, which has become the chronic disease of Mr Gladstone's declining days. The only hope that he can entertain of success at the General Election depends upon the defeat of Mr Parnell, and the only power that can perhaps withstand that astute gentle- man is that of priesthood, therefore to the priests a sop must be thrown by reviving the ancient cry of Catholic emancipation. ° The ruse was transparent, and consequently the Bill was rejected. ib ifc w Meantime Mr Parnell snaps his fingers at C5 priest and patriot (1) amusing himself with 0 the semblance of negociations upon a foreign ZD shore. For the unpleasant position in which Mi-Gladstone is placed he expresses unqualified pleasure. We can easily believe that the sufferings of his rival chieftain, Mr McCarthy, afford him considerable satisfaction. Those repeated trips across the stormy channel must be very trying to that estimable gentleman, who, if report says true, is an excessively bad sailor. So far his pains have been endured in vain. It is hardly credible that Mr Parnell, who successfully defied the priests during his candidature when he was a comparatively unknown man, will now tamely submit when he finds the opinion of Ireland so strong in his favour, as was evidenced durin" his°late tour. °

"ONE MAN ONE VOTE." In a recent article in the lorum, "On the Government of American cities," Mr White, one of the United States ministers, describes the city governments of his own country, as the worst in Christendom the most expensive, the most in-efticient, and the most corrupt. Everywhere are wretched wharves foul docks, inadequate streets, and inefficient Z5 ZD systems of sewerage, paving and lighting As a rule the men who sit in the councils of our larger cities, dispensing comfort or discomfort, c z5 justice or injustice, beauty or deformity, health or disease, to this and future generations, are men few of whom have gained their position by fitness or by public service j many have gained them hy scoundrelism, some by crime." Mr White attributes this state of affairs in a great degree to the fact that the political clement is introduced into the elections of alde/men and other officials. He also maintains that the only remedy is to be found in depriving municipal affairs of their political aspect. The franchise in the United States is in general based on manhood suffrage, the only requirements being twelve months' residence, and, of course, due registration. Mr White fi-itrikly tssei-ts his belief that these convenient conditions of citizenship do not produce good results. He advocates the creation of owners' franchise, and would give powers to the owners of property alone to elect a board of control, who would have a veto upon all important decisions and expenditure. The extension of the franchise, us we now have it, to every householder, has not conduced to the dignity or the competency of our representative bodies. Mr Gladstone, in pursuit of his new panacea, "One man one vote," will not improve this state of things. We believe that property, as such, is entitled to representation, and taxation should always accompany representation. These are funda- mental principles of politics. John Stuart Mill, a great Radical authority, says, it is important that the assembly which votes the taxes, either general or local, should be elected exclusively by those who pay something towards the taxes imposed," and, that representation should be co-extensive with taxation, not stopping short of it, but also not going bayond it, is in accordance with the British institutions." The one man one vote policy drives at the very root of this principle and destroys it by ignoring the fair rights of property. It in- sists on residence alone as a qualification, irrespective of the p iymerit of rates or taxes. Property franchise has been in existence, al- most unaltered, since the reign of Henry VI. Our freeholders are one of the most inde- pendent and valuable elements in the electorate, and often have they asserted the rights and privileges of the people against their aggressors. The working man, also, who buys a cottage out of his own hat d earned money, would be deprived by this policy of Mr Gladstone of any vote unless he chooses to live in it. The man of business, often the largest ratepayer in a constituency, would not be allowed to vote in it if he happened to live outside its boundaries. Mr Gladstone him- self voted against this injustice when it was proposed on May 26, 1884, and set his face against the attempt that was then made to abolish the property franchise. The change is now demanded by him avowedly on party grounds, because, as he asserts, the vote of the owners of property was cast against Home Rule. The abolition of the ownership vote is advocated solely with the aim of removing one of the obstacles in the way of the policy of Separation on which Mr Gladstone has set his heart. Our politicians would do well to ponder over Mr White's expression of opinion —the fruit of years of experience of the work- ing of this policy.

TRULY RURAL. Yoicks tally-ho the fox breaks covert and away he goes the field panting and tear- ing along, forgetting all the ills of life in the L, 13 ZD joy of the heart. Dash it One cannot al- ways he thinking of pain and poverty. In that little cottage below the hill, there is a sick man- lying on his back in bed in pain. We all know it. Those who live in country houses understand that these things must exist together. We are sorry for them, they are pitiful but unavoidable conditions. Is it not so 1 Confound it all. No! They are not unavoidable. They are wrong conditions. The fox hunt is over, we have had a rare good run, and killed in the open, and now, tired with the day's sport, and sitting round the fire, dry and comfortable, we say that man's house should never have been built there. He is very ill with bronchial asthma, because his house gets no sun. It is on the shady side of the hill, and has only one room open to the roof, on which last winter you could see the hoar frost between the laths on the inside of the slates. It is damp as a wet flannel shirt. He has a bit of laud with his house, and knows that if he gives up the house the land fnust go too, and lie cannot afford to do that. So he sticks. Why does not his landlord mend the place ? Because the man is an undertenant, and the farmer from whom he takes it does not wish to bother the squire, and of course will not mend it himself. Men get very angry over these 6 Z5 things. The agents of large estates are often inconsiderate, and the weakest always goes to Z5 the wall. The poor make no noise, and it is good policy for a landlord to have an agent D 0 who will keep off disagreeable tenants. He will get all the more kudos for being kind, without the inconvenience of having to be kind very often. It may be observed also in our country towns that the main streets are lit and paved, the front parts are clean and tidy, and there the public money is spent freely as in Aberystwyth hundreds of pounds are now being spent on the Marine-terrace, where the richer people live. But in this back alley there is no light, the gutters are y n not swept, and the footpitli is not paved. There is a question if it would be even legal to light the place. The very one of all others that most requires it. It is certain it would never pay to flag the footway. Yet this town n y is full of gentlemen, and the councillors go in strongly for education We wonder where the illiterate have gone to, and what the snobs can be like But seriously, if health classes could be formed in the much talked of Intermediate Schools, where physiology and sanitation might be learnt, a step would be made, and if interest were kindled in the election of local sanitary boards something might be done. At present this most im- portant work is left to a few amateurs, and though their service is always the best in- tended, they are unable to cope with the mass of work that ought to be done. It would take the pen of Milton himself to rouse these sleepy bodies to a new puritanism of health. We have been told that Cromwell once en- trenched himself on Pendinas, and besieged Aberystwyth Castle. Whoever it was, he seems to have played havoc with the place, and left an eternal warning to Aberystwyth town councillors that Cromwells are some- times created to tlu ir cost. We should en- joy seeing another Cromwell entrenched in Windmill Court and amusing himself with the Town-hall on a Tuesday morning. We rather think those sleek terrace-dressers would skedaddle.