Welsh Gazette and West Wales Advertiser

To My Books. Silent consolers of the loneliest days Of sorrow and distress! whose gracious power Doth shed around us in immortal rays The splonclours of the past; tlii-o' storm and -shower, Sunshine and shadow, ye are with us still, Touching our souls with your own calm repose, Even as the glory of the rainbow throws, Its tenderness on sea, and distant hill More than mute memories are ye of those minds That, blossoming 'mid the gloom of doubt and pain, Gave to the world that majesty which binds Our earth to Heaven in Thought's celestial pain; Ages may perish; kingdoms pass away -In you the soul embalmed defies decay DAVID R. WILLIAMSON.

Kindness. In the intercourse of social life, it is by little acts of watchful kindness recurring daily and hourly-and opportunities of doing kindnesses, if squght for, are ever starting tip,-it is by words, by tones, by gestures, by looks, that affection is won and preserved. He who neglects these trifles, yet boasts that whenever a great sacrifice is called for, he shall be ready to make it, will rarely be loved. The likelihood is, be will not make it; and if he does, it will be much rather for his own sake than for his neighbours. G. A. SALA.

♦ At College. It was at college, in his quick and eager youth, that Bacon rose up in scorn against the scholastic course of study, and planned the first step of the Novum Organum." It was at college that Descartes bacame painfully conscious of the in- competence of the Aristotelian Method, and the vanity of the reigning sciences. It was at college that Locke grew impatient of the quibbling pedantries that passed count as philosophy, and learnt to despise all education except self-educa- tion. And it was at college that Comte first felt the necessity of an entire renovation of philosophy, and impressed with the conviction that the restriction of the scientific Method to the phenomena of the inorganic world was an absurdity. He saw thus early the absolute necessity of applying that Method to vital and social pro- blems. Bacon was thirteen, Comte fourteen, when this reforming spirit awoke in each. G. H. LEWES.

♦ The Enemy. Unschooled in Letters and in Arts unversed; Ignorant of Empire; bounded in their view By the lone billowing veld where they upgrew Amid great silences; a people nursed Apart, the far-sown seed of them that erst Not Alva's sword could tame now, blindly hurled Against the march of the majestic world, They fight and die, with dauntless bosoms curst. Crazed, if you will; demented, not to yield Ere all is reft! Yet, mad though these may be, They have striven as noblest Englishmen did use To strive for freedom and no Britain he Who to such valour in a desperate field A knightly salutation can refuse. WILLIAM WATSON.

— -#• First Signs of Spring. A suggestion of green is now seen all along the hedgerows. Both quick-set and blackthorn are still bare; but here and there the stout, brown warty shoots of the elder are putting out tufts of leaves: the wild briars are already well clothed with their delicate and vivid foliage and in places we may, perhaps, see one of the guelder-r jses un- folding' its pleated leaves. A gust of the keen spring air is driving before it the bright white -clouds; the sun bursts out momentarily with unwonted power, and we see flying gaily before us, with its characteristic zig-zag flight, a brilliant -visicn of life, of resurrection. It settles for a moment on the bank, and as it closes its sulphur wings it reveals the beautiful curves of their angular outlines. It is the Brimstone butterfly; but, though its caterpillar fed on some blackthorn bush not far from here, this lovely insect left its green chrysalis late last autumn, and after flying .about for a day or two, passed into that winter sleep from which to-day's sunshine has awakened it. If this sunshine continues, its warmth' intensified towards the afternoon, we may meet several other |kinds of btitterflies; but all of them at this seasen will probably be similarly hibernated specimens. -,es Here, at last, however, the sunshine seems to THE !aYe awakened some sympathetic brightness in the plant-world, for the whole hedgerow before us is a (sparkling- blaze with the many-pointed rays of the ( lesser celandine-Wordsworth's lesser celandine- shining among its own glossy leaves. There are plenty of green unopened buds among these burnished golden stars, however; but some of the blossomsbearunmistakable signs ofJFebruary s rains. We mig-ht have gathered them a month ago; now they are bleached to. a whitish pallor that makes their gold seem as dross. THE COUNTUY.

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LIBERALISM IN THE LLANSANTFFRAED DISTRICT. SIR,-Ten years ago there was a majority of 35 Liberals in this district In the present year there is a majority on the Tory side of 34. The Liberals have gone over to the Tory side at the rate of four per annum. This is a sorrowful fact, but why? There are a few persons in the district who may be called Beer and Bible Boys "-or, for the sake of brevity, the three B.'s. These folks use the Bible on Sundays and serve Bacchus all the week. They are led by a Churchman who is able to dress in a Liberal garb when it suits his scheme, and on other occasions in a Tory garb. In such a way the Liberal side has been muddled since 1888; the Liberals have dwindled away to a serious minority. The County Council seat has been held by a Churchman all along. The present member offered to resign the seat in favour of one of their Liberal candidates, but a clique considered that a grievous sin. and that the selection should be made by them. They brought out a candidate. The sitting member would not resign in his favour, but would let the district decide, and the decision was a majority of 53 for the sitting member. The < intended candidates stood off to give a fair field to cliquism, and to show it its folly, knowing well the i disastrous result beforehand. ] GOMER. MERIONETH COUNTY ROADS. ] Sm- Y on state in your last issue that the Merioneth County Council are not satisfied with their roads: I may add—neither are the public, and by a long way too. People in a position to judge say that Merioneth roads are the worst in the whole of Wales, and you have to go to the remotest parts of the Highlands of Scotland to find anything equal to them—so rough and shock- ingly bad are they. I believe that the County Council is pursing a most foolish policy in dealing c with the maintenance of main roads-they are acting penny wise and pound foolish, by making economy rather than efficiency the sole object of their desire. Our County Council is the most unprogressive in the country, and the disgraceful state of our roads is not only a reproach to those in authority but it is also a direct loss to the county and the ratepayers at large. Hundreds of well-to- do tourists, and thousands of cyclists forsake our county—in spite of its unrivalled natural attractions —on acoount of the bad state of our roads. Some of the largest ratepayers in the county are hotel- keepers, and this means a serious loss to them, and it is galling that they should suffer in this account. But the hotel-keepers are not the only class that have to suffer-for the roads in their present state militate very much against the farmers, and they tell to a great extent upon the success-or want of success-of our fairs and markets. It is high time that something should be done and that without delay. ONE WHO NOWS. ABERYSTWYTH TOWN LIBRARY. Dear Sir,—I am a native of the neighbourbood of Aberystwyth, and spent several of my earliest days in the town of Aberystwyth, thirty-five years ago, before the hotel was turned into a college. Although thirty five years is a long time away from the town of my nativity, yet I still feel an interest in this town where I spent many a happy day. I am quite aware that there are a good many im- provements in the old town, but there is room for more, and while there is quite an advance in the education of the masses in Wales, yet we ought to improve our opportunities wherever there is need. I have no doubt but that Aberystwyth needs a better library than it has, and as there are not many in the town and county who are able and willing to subscribe liberally to an addition to the Library, therefore I see no reason why Aberyst- wyth should not apply to the generosity of Andrew Carnegie for a liberal donation of five thousand or ten thousand pounds towards a Library. I am not aware of a single town where he has refused when the town would comply with the condition of the gift, and Aberystwyth needs a very complete library on account of its college. There are more than twenty towns in America which have received the gift of from five thousand to one hundred thousand pounds. Several of the gifts are coming to this state (Kansas), one to Emporia where the State Normal School is located, where there are very often as many as two thousand students including boys and girls. The gift is generally given on certain con- ditions, namely, where five thousand pounds is given he requires the Town Council to guarantee five hundred pounds to sustain the library annually, and so on in proportion to the gift. Now comes the question does Aberystwyth need a better Library ? If go, can the Town Councilsee their way clear to com- ply with the condition of the gift? The next step then would be to send your application to Andrew Carnegie, New York. J.S.J. Independence, Kansas, U.S.A. 25 February, 1901.

The Story of a Great Welsh Inventor. (FROM JFHE "WESTERN MAIL.") Richard Roberts, the great Welsh inventor, was the subject of a delightful lecture delivered at the Cory Memorial Hall last week by Sir William H. Bailey, ot iuancnester, Derore a joint meeting ot the Cardiff Naturalists' and Cymmrodorion ) Societies. Mr. J. J. Neale (president of the Cardiff Naturalists) presided over a small, but deeply appreciative audience, and remarked that they owed a debt of gratitude to Sir Thomas Morel for introducing to them the lecturer of the evening. Sir William (who was warmly and frequently ap- plauded) at the comineqcement of his lecture said that his subject was a man who had triumphed in the arts of peace. It was his privilege when a boy to come in personal contact with Richard Roberts, who, strange to say, was much better known in London and Manchester than he seemed to be in the Principality of Wales. Richard Roberts was born in 1789 at Carreghwfa, Lnymyncch, near Welshpool. It was a remarkable period, for it saw the commencement of that era of iron and steam which had given England her foremost place among the nations. Roberts was one of the men who by their marvellous inventive genius had contributed to secure for us our cotnmei-cial pros- perity as compared with OIK Continental rivals. He was the son of a poor shoemaker, and he never had any schooling. Notwithstanding that, he developed into a first-rate :mathematician, and one of the finest draughtsmen who ever came to Manchester. The father was an able man, and his ability descended to the son, who had, moreover, a memory that was well-nigh astounding. Richard Roberts was one of Nature's student's. Oxford and Cambridge culture had done but little for the inventive progress of these islands. Roberts when quite a boy created.a sensation by making his mother a spinning-wheel, and such a piece of work was it that the admiring quarrymen clubbed4 together and bought the boy a box of tools. Some- what later the lad worked himself in the quarry, and later- in 1805—went as patternmaker to the Bradley Ironworks, owned by John Wilkinson, the father of the iron trade and inventor of the first iron boat and of thesteam bellows. Wilkinson was a brother-in-law of Dr. Priestly, the discoverer of oxygen, and friend of many distinguished people. It, 1812 Roberts is found at Mar.dsley's, works in London, and three years later we find him in Manchester, where he obtained work at a cabinet maker's. In 1816 he commenced business on his own account, and his inventive genius began to show itself and make him locally prominent. He invented a clever gas meter for the town, but it was not patented. He also invented a slide lathe and screw-cutting machine. Roberts was married twice, the second time to a Frenchwoman, who did not turn out so well as she might. In 1822 he patented a loom, and the next year, in partnership with one Sharp, he established the Atlas Works, Manchester. Here he improved the reed-making machine and commenced designing locomotives. He had an immense influence on the progress of the railway engine, of which in its modern form he was to all intents and purposes the disigner. He also improved the steam whistle, which, by the way, was invented by a South Walian. In 1825 came the self-acting mule, the first steam spinning machine, the greatest invention of Roberts's life. He was the first man to invent a machine for spinning by steam power, and thus keep pace with the weaving machinery already in existence. There is not to-day a mill in the whole civilised world where evidence of the genius of this great Welshman is not to be found. Roberts had the scientific imagination to an admirable degree of development. As the sculptor sees the angel in the block of marble, so did Richard Roberts see his ideas in iron and steel and brass—he was the Shakspere of mechanical invention. The lecturer went on to describe Roberts's planing machine, the original of which can be seen to-day in the South Kensington Museum. It was fifteen or twenty years before this ingenious invention was generally taken np. The rapidly growing business of Sharp and Roberts dealt largely in many species of machinery, and mention was specially made of a punching machine that did most exact work on the plates for the Britannia, Conway, and other bridges. Great reputation accrued to Roberts for this idea, which has since been utilised all over the world. Roberts turned his mind to the improve- ment of clocks, watches, and telegraphs, and invented the pneumatic sympathetic clock. Nothing came amiss to his genius, from water meters to electro-magnets and twin-screw boats. It was remarkable that a man from an inland town should have been able to astonish the world with his inventions and improvements in marine engines. I Various great societies were proud to receive as a member this man, who was a cyclopedic inventor. Compared with other inventors Roberts was a marvellously many-sided man. The name of WhitAvorth was often mentioned when the real credit belonged to Roberts. The lecturer had no hesitation in declaring him the greatest inventor of the nineteenth century throughout the whole world. Roberts invented a wonderful floating battery, which he offered to the Government. This invention brought him to the notice of the French and Russian Emperors, but Roberts patriotically resolved not to place his inventive genius at the disposal of the enemies of his native land. In process of time Richard Roberts became one of the town councillors of Manchester, and later went to London as a consulting engineer, where he was in I great request. As an expert he won the highest encomiums, nor would he ever give opinions save on ] matters which he thoroughly understood. Roberts was famous in his lifetime, "respected by his work- men. and idolised by students. Of money he thought little or nothing, and his experiments reduced him to comparative poverty. An influental jommittee was therefore appointed, and an income I guaranteed. But the old man positively decline to leave London. Sir William Bailey gave some reminiscences of his personal contact with Richard Roberts, and went on to say how it was that England had won her noble place at the head of I the worltf for mechanical inventions It was largely because men of independent mind bad been 1 driven over here from other countries, and added to sur genius their own varied genius and abilities. He had often wondered what kind of mother c Roberts's was, for a clever boy usually had a clever mother. Roberts died in 1864, and was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery. If they disired to see his monument let them look around them in the machine shops and amongst the prosperous artisans af England. He trusted his audience would retain i grateful niche in their memories for this great benefactor of his country.

Upper Montgomeryshire Monthly Meeting. r This monthly meeting was held at Newtown on j Thursday, March 7th. The first meeting commenced at 11 a.m., and was devoted to discuss the standing orders, which were eventually adopted. It was resolved that they come into force in August, and Mr R. Jones, J.P., Pendinas. and the Secretary (Rev Edward Williams, Machynlleth), were appointed to arrange for their publication in book form. The second meeting commenced at 1-45 p.m. It was announced/that Messrs John Mills, Llanidloes; H. H. Meyler, M.A., Machynlleth; Thomas Evans, Llwynhyrddod; and the Rev Evan Evans, Dylife, had written acknowledging the receipt of letters of j condolence. A letter was also read from the Secretary of the Connexional Temperance Society, re The Sale of Drink to Children Bill, and the Secretary was asked to draw up a resolution on the subject and to forward copies of it to Messrs J. W. Combe, M.P., A. C. Humphreys-Owen, M.P., and the Home Secretary. The Chairman (Rev. T. F. Roberts) delivered his valedictory address, and his successor (Rev R H. Jones, Llangurig) took the chair. It was arranged that the next meeting be held at Cemmaes on the 18th and 19th of April. The topic selected for the Church Meeting was, The ministry of the Spirit," based upon John xvi. 8. The Rev T. Mordaf Pierce enquired into the state of the cause at Newtown, Saron, and Caersws. The Rev D. Lloyd Jones, M.A., was appointed to enquire into the state of the cause at the next Monthly Meeting. Mr David Jones, J.P., Neuadd, reported that the treasurer's account had been audited and found correct. It was stated on behalf of the Local Auxiliary Fund that they had decided to give the grant to Cemmaes, and Waen, and Neuadd, and Deildref. The Secretary said that the Sunday School Committee bad met and had discussed the desirability of holding special meetings in con- nection with the Sunday School during the year. It was found that the Llanidloes and Glandovey districts had arranged to do so, and the other districts were advised to do the same. Attention was also directed to the new method of carrying on the annual Sunday School examination this year. The report of the committee appointed to look into the new regulations for the election of pastor was read and confirmed. It was resolved that John ix.—xvi, be the portion for the annual examination, 1902, and not as previously arranged. The Secretary presented a report re the Centenary Fund. It was announced that the sum of E5,650 bad been promised, of which £2,179 have been paid. A few churches yet remain to be visited. The Rev R. W. Jones, and Mr Richard Phillips, Newtown, were appointed to review the statistics. The applications from Caersws and Saron for grant from David Jones' fund were declared to be in order, and it was decided to forward them to the Secretary of the above fund. The Rev Elias Jones, of Newtown, was appointed to officiate at the reception of new deacons in April, Mr Hugh Davies, of Machynlleth, who was leaving for London, was requested to convey the sympathy of the meeting to the Rev J. Owen Jones in his pro- longed illness. The Secretary was also directed to send a letter to Mr John Edwards, Post Office, Llan- brynmair, in his illness. A church meeting was lield on Wednesday evening, which was largely attended, the subject being Importunity in Prayer," based upon Luke xviii. 1-8. The Revs, T. Mordaf Pierce, and D. Lloyd Jones, M.A., were announced to officiate at the public services on Thursday evening.

Llanfihangel-y-Croyddin. YMDRECHFA AREDlG-Cynhaliwyd yr ymdrechfa eleni mewn cae perthynol i Mr Charles Bonsall Edwards, Llwynwnwch, Frongoch, ger Devil's Bridge, dydd Gwener, Mawrth laf. Yr oedd yr ymdrecbfa yn gyfyngedig i Llanfibangel-uchaf. Gwobrwywyd fel y canlyn Dosbarth I., 1 Mr W. Evans, Blaenmagwr 2 Mr J. Dudlike, Llety'synod; 3 Mr D. Thomas, Cwmnewidion uchaf. Dos. II., 1 Mr Morgan Morgans, Tynrhyd; 2 Mr Joseph Davies, Glantrisant; 3 Mr Evan E. Jones, Blaenpentre 4 Mr D. Davies, Dolgors. Dos. III., 1 Mr John Evans, Cwmnewidion ganol; 2 Mr Mathew Davies, Gwarllyn; 3 Mr D. W. Mason, Glanfedw; 4 Mr John Jones (jun.), Troedyrhiw. Rhoddwyd hefyd wobrwyon neillduol fel y canlyn:— Am y rhych oreu ar y cae, Mr W. Evans, Blaen- magwr am y cefn goreu, Mr Joseph Davies, Glan- trisant; am y wedd oreu, 1 Mr John Evans, Cwm- newidion ganol; 2 Mr W. Bonner, Glantrisant; am y gaseg oreu, Mr John Dudlike, Llety'synod am yr harness goreu, Mr W. Bonner, Glantrisant Yr oedd yn galondid mawr i'r Gymdeithas i weled y nifer dda o 13 o ymgeiswyr yn troi allan i ymgystadlu yn yr ymdrechfa hvyddianus hon. Cafodd y cystadleuwyr ganmoliaeth uchel gan y beirniaid. Beirniadwyd yr aredig gan Mr S. Evans, Bwlchcrwys; Mr D. Morgan, Lodge Farm a Mr Rowlands, Brenan y ceffylau a'r harness, gan Mr John Davies, Pengwernydd; Mr J. Jones, Boncydd a Mr Griffith Williams, Rhydpererinion. Swyddog- ion y gymdeithas oeddynt:—Ysgrifenydd, Mi Griffith Williams, Rhydpererinion trysorydd, Mi W. Bonner, Glantrisant. Mae y beirniaid a'] swyddogion i'w canmol am gyflawni eu gwaith foddlonrwydd pawb. Printing quickly and neatly done at tIlE L, Welsh Gazette Printeiies. Bridge Street.

Business Notices. R. SAYCELL, FISH, GAME, AND POULTRY DEAIFR GREAT DARKGATE STFREET, ABERYSTWYTH HORNEB'S CLOTTED CREAM ANDICEEAM CHEESE FRESH tun v SOLE AGWT FOR Palethorpe's celebrated Camlf-idge Sausages in the district TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS :SAY LL, ABERYSTWYTH." TELEPHONE —NO 6. E. L. ROWLANDS, FAMILY AND GEJERAL GROCER, LIVERPOOL HOUJE, ABERDOVEY. Choice Selection o General Provisions aj d Italian Goods, etc., always in Stock. CAMBRIAN FA Y. LAMPETER. DAYIESFBROS.' BOOTS AD SHOES ARE POPULAR ALL TOWNS — — t' STEPHEN V AUtHAN DAVIES, £ 1<>RN J^LOUR, AND JLROVISION j^JERCHANT, LAMPETER. THE Finest Te Man Brith that cm be procured for fijs. 4d. per lb Sole Prnnnotn» Stephen Is. lOd. with its marvellous, flavour andSuperb Quality has snrS Sh highest in public flavour. as sprun» Wlth a bound into the t. Hotels. BRYNAWEL PRIVATE HOTEL, Llandrindod Wells (Two minutes' walk from the Railway Station, Pump House, or Rock House Mineral Springs). ACCOMMODATION FOR SEVENTY VISITORS. This Private Hotel is situated on one of the highest sites in Llandrindod Wells command;™ • i rupted view of « Ye Olde Druid Circle," Temple* Gardens, and the suioundSg counSj Buif" wkh ah modern improvements and perfect sanitary arrangements. Centrallv situated J Drawing Roo«,s. Private Sitting Booms (Jsuite)." Smoking, WriSf.nfSarf Ko^ms.TennSTrLu'et md Bowling Green. Fine South aspect. Electric Light throughout, All diet arrangements under the snedal supervision and advice of Dr. Bowen Davis. Personal superintendence. Terms on application MR. MRS. JEFFREY JONES, PROPRIETORS. GWALTA H O T E L Ltd., LLANDRINDOD WELLS. THE origin of the Llandrindod "GWALIA" is the well-known '"GWALIA" OF TTPPFR WORURAT T>T \rv LONDON. It was started 1889 by the season of the following year, extend JdditiSns had to £ nade to meet a rapid increasing business these extensions have culminated in tlio NEW PRFMISFS wViinh ^as opened last year (July 27th, 1898,) CeU ln tno I KhMlbES, whioh The situation of the "GWALIA" is unrivalled. Beautiful outlook, commanding *he finest views )ssible, perfect South-W est aspect, close to Park and Mineral Springs—Saline, Sulphure, and Chalybeate. Heating apparatus good supply of Radiators on balconies and corridors. ELECTRIC LIGHT. PASSENGERS' LIFT. BILLIARD TABLE. EDWARD JENKINS, Manager. J AND "GWALIA" UPPER WOBURN PLACE, LONDON. THE QUEEN'S HOTE]LG ABERYSTWYTH. —— Table D'Hote, 7.30. Boarding Terms frem 3 Guineas per Week, or 12s. 6d. per day. rHI*HOtel replTfe Wlth every modern appliance, and contains Coffee and Dining- Rooms Ladies brooms 'Rooms' -d St^Shu^ed JghteTby Electricity. of 150 a11 the Public and Private Sitting Rooms face the sea and are W. H. PALMER, Proprietor. BELLE VUE HOTEL, ABERYSTWYTH. (Facing the Sea and close to the Pier.) ts one of the most reasonable and comfortable Family and Commercial Hotels in Wales. v 30"- Boardin £ Terms from 2* Guineas per week, or 9s. per day. 'Bus meets all Trains Tariff on Application to the Manageress. P y ^us meets an i rains W. H. PALMER, Proprietor. WHITE HORSE HOTEL, ABERYSTWYTH. CLOSE TO SEA AND RAILWAY STATION. TERMS MODERATE. Proprietress: I M. A. REA. ABERYSTWYTH, "THE WATERLOO," FACING THE SEA. HIGH-CLASS FAMILY AND COMMERCIAL HOTEL. THE LARGEST AND MOST COMFORTABLE, HOTEL IN THE PRINCIPALITY BOARDING TERMS FROM X2: 2: 0. BILLIARDS. FLEC.CRIE LIGHT. —F08IIN0. TERMINUS HOTEL, ABERYSTWYTH. TH w ^nOW "nder new management It is situate close to the Station and is the avost convemen- Hotel in Tewn for Travellers and others. It has recently been enlarged and is now replete with even modern convenience and is lighted throughout with Electric Light* T. E. SALMON, PROPRIETOR. PENYPONT HOTEL, TAIALLYW 1*OSTAL ADDRESS-CORRIS, R.S.O. TELEGRAPHIC ADDREss-ABERGYNOLWY This Hotel, which is situate at the west end of the far-famed Lake. Tourists, Visitors, and Cyclists will find every accommodation and comfort at moderate charges. Guides for Cader Idris. Posting. Lake and River fishing free to Visitors at the Hotel. THOMAS LLOYD, Proprietor. — -fr- ( W. M. J ONES, GENERAL RAPER, GLASGOW H USE, TT MACH STNLLETH. AUTUMN AND WINfER GOODS IN GREAT VA IETY. Ulclsh Gazelle PRINTERIES, BRIDGE STREET J I ABERYSTWYTH. I GIG LAMPS. Edmund dmunds, SADDLER & HA ESS MAKER, COLLEGE STRE LAMPETER, Begs to inform the Pub that he has a Grand SelectiKi of GIG LAMPS N STOCK, AT VERY MOD TIIi PRIGES. All kinds of Repairs neatljBxecuted on the shortest not SADDLES, CUSHI S, HARNESS, &c. REWARD & IZE BOOKS ALL ipICES. A visit is respectfu solicited. Orders by Post striclM attended to. NEW FANCY 1TATIONERY 6d. and BINETS. W. JEjNKINS 6r«at Dificgarc St. And 13, BRIQJGE STREET, ABERY, WYTH. 'r -== —-Business WILLilT- RELIANCE HofrORlN A\T) n°site 'vlwi 15, PIER STREET, Working Watchmaker,! Lapidary, and Jeweller. Purchaser of Brilliants, Old Gold and Silver Modern and Antique Plate. CASTLE HOUSE. ABERAYRON. I -\tI- John Hugh Jones, The oldest establishedDraper in Aberayron. LARGE TOCK OF DRAPERY OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. I f FOR WELSH MATERIALS Of all description unsurpassed in the Town MODERN SHOWROOMS. i Ladies and Gentlemen aie respectfully requested to visit the above Establishment. They will be surprised at the variety of the Stock. | — REAL WELSH FLANNEL AND WOOLLEN GOODS GO tO J. & E. EVANS, GENERAL DRAPERS AN| MilLLINERS, .1 — 40 — GREAT,.D.ARKK$AXE SlffiEETl A B E R Y & T W Y T H « F. BENNISON., FISHMONGER A FRUITERER, LISBURNE. i HOUSE, TERRACE ROAD. FRESH FISH PAILY FRESH FISH DAILY CAUGHT 13Y OUR OWN BOAT BAY. Albatross.. an Plover. FRESH SALMON FROM THE TEIFY, SEVERN, Aifjl OTHER RIVERS. ICE always on hand. Hongers' Clotted Cream and Cream Cheese. Fruit anq| Vegetables fresh daily BENNlloX'S NEW AND COMMODIOUS POSTING ifsTABLISHMENT PORTLAND STREET4, ABERYSTWYTH. CHAR-A-BANCS leaves Lisburne House Terrace-road,, at lO.ISyEi.m. Daily for Devil' Bridge, Plynlimon, jalyfnant Valley, other places of interest; also] AFTERNOON DRIVES, f Excursions made to Hafod, Taliesin's Grave, Honk's Cave, &c., &c. SPECIAL TERMS FOR PRIVATE PARTIES. Landaus, Victorias Waggonettes, Phaetons, Dog- carts, Irish Jaunting Car, Governess Cars, and 1 Donkey Carriage for Children always on Hire. COMMODIOUS BICYCLE STORES. r SPECIAL^ OTICE. GREATf SALE DRAPER* GOODS ATi London iHouse, DURING THE MONTH. JOHN LLOYg) & SONS, TOWN CftERS, BILL POSTERS ANM DISTRIBUTORS, HAVE the largest numfer of most prominent Posting Stations in parts of Aberystwyth and District. 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• *■ Rich and Poor. Oh, rich man's son there is a toil That with all others level stands, Large charity doth never soil, But only whiten, soft white hands, This is the best crop from thy lands- A heritage, it seems to me, Worth being rich to hold in fee. Oh, poor man's son scorn not thy state 'There is worse weariness than thine, In being merely rich and great; Toil only gives the soul to shine, And makes rest fragrant and benign: A heritage, it seems to me, Worth being poor to hold in fee. "th, heirs to some six feet of sod, It is. e equal in the earth at last.; Both children of the same dear God, < all /rove title to your heirship-vast I I By records of a well-fi'led past: flO A heritage, it seems to me, Well worth a life to hold in fee, V LOWELL.

A Dream. There are times when a dream delicious Steals into a musing hour, Like a face with love capricious, That peeps from a woodland bower And one dear scene comes changeless, A wooded hill and a river, .A deeu cool bend where the lilies end And the elm tree shadows quiver And I lie on the brink there dreaming That the life I live is a dream, That the real is but the seeming, And the true is the sun-flecked stream. Beneath me the perch and the beaver sail by, In the dim, cool depths of the river, The struggling fly breaks the mirrored sky, And the elm tree shadows quiver. There are voices of children away on the hill: There are bees thro' the flag flowers humming The lighterman calls to the clock, and the mill On the farther side is drumming; And I sink to sleep in my dream of a dream, In the grass by the brink of the river, Where the voices blend and the lilies end, And the elm tree shadows quiver. Like a gift from the past is the kindly dream, For the sorrow and passion and pain Are adrift like the leaves on the breast of the stream, And the child life comes again. 0 the sweet, sweet pain of a joy that died Of a pain that is joy for ever! o the life that died in the stormy tide, That was once my sun-flecked river. JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY. +

A Vale of Rest. By PHILIP SIDNEY.' Llangorwen Church, standing in the midst of Clarach's Vale, is perhaps for situation one of the most restfully placed structures near Aberystwyth, within ear sound of the waves as they lap the strand, hard by the babbling bubbling brook hastening on to the ocean, and surrounded by mighty trees, in the branches of which rooks build, and continually cry Maud, Maud, Maud.' The building itself, reared of the harder veins of the slate-stones of the country, and worked at great labour, is one of more than ordinary beauty. and in its early Englsh style harmonizes with all its natural surroundings. Tradition—never to be too ruthlessly put on one side- says that long ages before the present Church, dedicated to All Saints was built-an older church stood on this self same spot. Whether this was really so or not it might now be hard to prove as an actual fact, suffice it to say that there is nothing to the contrary, and we may readily believe that so restful and retired a vale would appeal strongly to our ancestors as a place .vhere prayer and praise were wont to be made. The site of the present church and burial ground were both given by the late Mr Mathew Williams of Cwm Cynfelin, who was a zealous friend to the church, not only giving a large sum wherewith to endow it, but contributing the greater part of the cost of erection, aided however by liberal subscriptions from generous neighbours. It was consecrated on the 16th December, 1841, by Bishop Thirlwall, who performed the impressive and solemn service of Dedication in the Welsh tongue, a circumstance said to be without a parallel during, at least, the three preceding cen- turies. At this service the church was crowded, and the alms then offered amounted to the sum of £21165 6d. f In many ways this church is of more than ordin- ary interest. The design of the altar and the chancel is taken from that of Newman's church, at Littlemore, hard by Oxford, and having myself compared the two, truth compels me to say that it would indeed be hard to find any points of material difference between them. Then again the remarkably noble and and com- manding dark oak eagle lectern was the gift of John Keble, author of The Christian Year, who had personal interest in the church, in which he occasionally preached. With St Hilary's Church at Llanilar. Llangorwen, owns one of the two finest chalices-a jewel spark- ling cup-in this diocese; a vesse) of which on another occasiou I hope to dilate. The first vicar was Lewis Gilbertson (1841-1852) tbe present one is the Rev. William Evans, and between them come the names of John Williams, John Hughes, J. D Jones, James Lewis, John Parry, John Griffiths, W. J. Francis, David Davies, and Evan Evans. Now for a word about the interior of the building which consists of a nave seventy-two feet by thiity three feet, and the chancel twenty-nine feet by twenty-seren. The wood work is of an extremely substantial character, but too seldom seen in modern buildings —and of the best workmanship-that after Ruskin's heart—solid, substantial, and shamless, the whole being of Welsh oak, and Spanish chesnut. The nave is seated with low open benches having close backs, and is parted off from the chancel by an arch and dwarf screen. The chancel is paved with Painswick stone and is approached by one broad step, and the altar by three more, on the topmost of which, low and un- obtrusive rails are fixed. The altar is of a Bath stone, with a reredos of seven arches, of the same stone behind it. Beneath the central'arch is a plain .cross and, in four of the others we read in the Welsh language, but in Saxon chararcters the Lord's Prayer, the Mosaic Comandments, the Apostles' Creed, and the Lord's Prayer. # The Trisagion is inserted in gilt between the points of the arches. A neat credence tables, or prothesis, is fixed against the north wall, on which are placed the elements, before, they are used for the Lord's Supper. No one can enter this church without being forcibly struck by its adaptability and appropriate- ness for its sacred purposes. The chastened beauty of the chancel, its repose, its simplicity, and the delicacy of the stone work cf the interior, contrasted with the bluejflag stone of the nave, all give an air of purity which cannot fail to impress the mind with a corresponding idea of the sanctity of the place. The register of Baptisms begins on 13 December, 1841, that of Burials in 1842, and that of Marriages in 1843. To the southern wall of the exterior ofthe chan- cel is affixed the second of the two sun dials known to have been made by Aberystwyth's old school- master, John Evans, It is both accurate and invaluable—long may the day be distant ere it follow the sad fate of its brother dial at Aberystwith and be needlessly and ruthlessly torn down from its abiding place. It bears on its face the name and date: John Morgan, 1858.' Under the protecting care of the church many of:- 0 'The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep,' their days' work done, their tales told, their war- fare o'er. And not only the rude forefathers '—tillers of the vale-but also the master of science, for it was here on the memorable 3rd of December, 1887, that Thomas Samuel Humpidge, Ph.D., B.Sc. (Lond.), he loved professor and conscientious seeker after bruth, at U.C.W. was laid to rest. He was one of those men, alas all too rare, whose aim it was," and his achievement, not only to instruct, but to interest and to inspire. Few who worked under him could fail to catch something of his own enthusiasm and love for scientific truth." He not only felt himself, but, what was better, made his students feel, the infinite value of know- ledge for its own sake, and the unworthiness of seeking it in anv other spirit than that of love. He was more than an able teacher, whom his pupils listened to with respect, be was an ardent leader, whom they followed with delight." His powers of work and of arrangement were put to a severe test, when the fire of 1885 destroyed the-whole of the Science department of the College with the greater part of the apparatus and materials, and the severe strain of this time, following upon the shock of that terrible night, was among the causes of the failure of health that soon after began to be apparent. Now even, when more than a decade and a half have rolled on since staff and students gathered round that sun-bathed open grave, his love of truth, his earnestness and singleness of purpose, his self-furgetfulness in others' cause, his character, his frank, open-heartedness and ready hhlpfulness, are still remembered by us, no less than his wonder- ful energy, his rapidity of decision and action, and his genius and his enthusiasm for science. I No reader will expect me to apologize for here introducing Professor Angus' noble "In Mem- oriam a. t T. S. H. I NOVEMBER 30TH, 1887. We knew thee, friend and fellow, in thy days Of work and weakness, tried in both we knew Thy heart's desire, thy yearning for the true, The earnest search that led thee into ways Untrodden, where the eager eye would gaze And flash, as though the weary body drew Fire from the kindling soul within, yet grew Fainter, as being too frail to bear the blaze. Now is the weakness ended, and the night Over, and, as on eagles' wings upborne, Thou shalt unwearied range the vast unseen, Learning God's trtith, in depth, and breadth, and height, And seeing, as with eagle's eye serene. The cloudless splendour of a better morn. The little vale of Clarach is justly celebrated for its early harvest, and for its superior quality of its barley crops. This advantage is derived partly from its sheltered situation and genial soil, and partly from the facility of gathering the sea weed cast on the neighbouring shore after storms, which is freely used as a manure. Reader, when the opportunity offers, wend your steps to the Vale of Rest worship in its Church and feel with many others that life is not all rush and hurry, but, that here you can be still and alone with The Alone.