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j I(OTIGE.-This column is devoted to better thoughts for quiet moments. C the wiles of Art, the grasp of Power, teatch the rich relics of a well-spent hour? Ttjyse, when the trembling spirit, wincp her flight rm round her path a stream of living light. j ROGERS.
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Idleness is the door to all vices. MALEBRAXCHE. Tanity ruins more women than love. MME DU DEFFAND. 41acerosity is but the pity of noble souls. CHAMFCRT. Life is a combat, of which the palm is in heaven. DELAVIGNE. 0 oblivion! oblivion! what a pillow for the Whausted traveller 1 Ducis. Curiosity is mere vanity. Most people only want to know in order to talk. PASCAL. ] dc Raading is useless to some people ideas pass through their heads without remaining. C. JORDAN. Absence diminishes weak passions and augments great ones; as the wind extinguishes tapers, but increases a conflagration. LA ROCHEFOUCAULD. 'I" Simple nature, however defective, is better than tke least objectionable affection; and defects for defects, those which are natural are more bearable than affeeted virtues. SAIXT-EVREMOND. When one has been tormented and fatigued by j kis sensitiveness, he learns that he must live from I day to day, forget all that is possible, and efface Jus life from memory as it passes. CHAJIFOBT. — —*>
Heredity.
Heredity. It is a most solemn and practical reflection that as tendencies are inherited from the past, so ten- dencies are transmitted to the future. You live in a, moment, and what you do in a moment is for all time. Remember, you do not only inherit, you trans- mit, and you do not enlv transmit to your children mat.ral qualities, but acquired qualities, and there- fore this doctrine of original sin has a very practi- cal bearing upon you. Through your children you rate posterity. You leave for good or evil indelible ■»ark»-on the Universe. Supposing before your afaild is born, you managed to make yourself a better man or a better woman supposing before you enter into the marriage s.tate, you actually do make yourselves better men and women, then you will transmit to another generation these cetter tendencies; but, supposing you neglect, this, and allow yourself to go on in unbridled lusts and passions, suppose you do not acquire habits of love, and truth, and self control, then the child Jaoru to you will be born with so many tendencies Against him. REV H. R. HAWEIS.
.:..\.Ttip- -ç.: . The Reformer.
T tip- -ç.: The Reformer. All grim and soiled, and brown with tan, I saw a Strong One. in his wrath, T^ff t ? Scaiting the godless shrines of man Along his path. The Church, beneath her trembling dome, Essayed in vain her ghostly charm Wealth shook within his gilded home With strange alarm. Fraud from his secret chambers lied Before the sunlight bursting in Iloth drew her pillow o'er her bead To drown the din. 8pare," Art implored, yon holy pile; That grand, old, time-worn turret spare Meek Reverence, kneeling in the aisle, Cried out, Forbear! Grey-bearded Use, who, deaf and blind, f Groped for his old accustomed stone, < Leaned on his staff, and wept to find His seat o'erthrown. Young Romance raised his dreamy eyes, Overhung with paly locks of gold, Why smite," he askdd, in sad surprise, The fair, the old 1" Yet louder rang the strong one's stroke, Yet nearer flashed his axe's gleam Shuddering and sick of heart I woke, As from a dream. I looked; aside the dust-cloud rolled-- The Waster seemed the Builder too Up spinging from the ruined Old I saw the New. ''Twas Wt the ruin of the bad, The wasting of the wrong and ill; Whate'er of good the old time had Was living still. Thus life shall on and upward go; Th' eternal step of Progress beats To that great anthem, cillm and slow, Which God repeats. Take heart,! the Waster builds again— A charmed life old Goodness hath The tares may perish-but the grain Is not-for death. God works in all things all obey His first propulsion from the night; Wake thou and watch! the world is gray With morning light. WHITTIER,
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—' NATURE NOTES. 1902. fanuary 25th. Laurel in flower (Machynlleth). Lauristinus „ „ „ Snowdrop „ n Honeysuckle in leaf. „ THE BIRDS OF A TOWN GARDEN. The Editor is going to find room in this column for me to tell you something about the birds of a town garden. The garden is quite a small one. and lies off Llanbadarn-road only just beyond the barracks. Some time since I began to make a list ef the birds which I have seen or heard as I have been digging or seed sowing in the garden. The list has grown till I think it must number between forty and fifty kinds of birds, and these are the only ones which I will mention. Many more may be found by going further afield, in fact nearly 220 kinds of birds have been met with at one time or another within a walk of Aberystwyth. Some of the gardeli" birds, like the Robin, are familiar friends who are always with us. Others, like the Quckoo, are only heard when days are long and leaves are green. In time of frost and snow the pinch of hunger brings a third class of birds, the winter visitors. There are still others, chiefly large birds like the Raven and the Seagulls, which pass kigh overhead and would never think of coming J down to alight in the garden. These only deserve a passing mention, but about the others we shall find something to say. Some of them, like the Starling, are comic characters; others, like the Thrush, are first class vocalists. But this is the list, and when finished we will see how many birds it includes. Missel Thrush. This is the large, light-coloured Thrush, which often makes a harsh noise as it flies. As soon as the new year comes, though the winds May be rough, if only the sun comes out between the showers of hail and sleet, we hear the Missel Thrush's song. It is not musical, but we are glad to hear it because it tells us that better days are ooming. &ng Thrush.—Everyone knows how the Thrush begins to pipe from the leafless trees early in the year, telling of spring not far distant. All boys know its mud-lined nest and its blue eggs, spotted with black but in town gardens it has a worse enemy than the schoolboy. The prowling cat. Watch the Thrush on the grassjin the early morning in search of worms, and see how cautious it is, giving a careful look round between each hop and peck. Fieldfare.—This is a kind of thrush which comes from the north, from Norway and Russia, in winter. When the ground is hard with frost we sometimes bear its loud shack, shack, shack," as it flies overhead. The Redwing comes with the Fieldfare. In serere weather we see them hopping about the tootball field, looking very disconsolate, for worms are scarce. In March or April, when hard times are over, they leave us again for the northern eountries. The Ulackbird's mellow warble from the apple- tree begins about a month after the Thrush has tuned up. He is a bold bird, and there isa fine outcry when a oat comes near his nest, where his wate, who has not so black a coat or so yellow a bill, is sitting upon the greenish, speckled eggs. Very noisy he is, too, at dusk, as he prepares to go to roost in the laurels. J. H. SALTER, (To be cmtiimed)*
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THEM and NOW. BY PHILIP SIDNEY." Well nigh thirty years have rolled away since the totvn of Aberystwyth—one of the first in Great Britain—adopted the Public Library Act. During that period corporation libraries, not inaptly te: lied the I- People's University," have multiplied by leaps and 'bounds, and, in every direction, the greatest literary treasures of the world have been opened to all who will read them. Let us look a little closely into the changes which have taken place during these three decades. Prior to 1870 the way for Public Libraries was being paved by numerous Mechanics' Institutes, Mutual Improvement Societies and the like, most of which had good collections of books as part of their effects. Here and there, especially in some of the quiet remote county towns, were to be found Book Societies, which circulated certain classes of books, — histories, biographies, fiction,-aniongst their numbers, who at the year's end held an auction, and sold their books to the highest bidders. In many ways the time had come for the People's University," and to-day we see, though perhaps we do not always appreciate, the wisdom of that little company of men who saw what was needed, nor rested not until the door was unlocked, and the people able to enter their own libraries. One of the most valuable and health giving tonics any pessimistic man—he who asserts ad ■nauseam that the world and all therein are going the wrong way—can take, is to stand for an hour or so in any public library on a Saturday night and simply watch was takes place. Let such an one go no further afield than Aberystwyth, and if he but state truely what he sees, then is he bound to admit that what he has witnessed must tend to raise the race of Iman-kind. Or go say to any of the largest reference libraries,-Birwingbam, Liverpool, Manchester, to say nothing of any in London, like the magnificent Guild Hall one-and there will meet his eyes such a scene of real study and work, the like of which was surely never dreamed of by the promoters of the Libraries' Acts. Why, to bring the example home to our very doors, one need not go further afield than Borth where, on a Saturday evening, the room is filled with as orderly and as well-behaved a company of readers as can be seen anvwhere, all intent on the one object of making the best use both of the time and the opportunity. Playing as they do so very important a "part in the true development of our national life, let me enumerate the more important dates of these Acts parsed bv Parliament to empower districts to establish libraries and to impose a rate on the in- habitants for such purpose. The first Act applied to England only and became law in 1850, just four years before Nonconformists were admitted to Oxford University. In 1853 Scotland and Ireland were included. Subsequent Acts are 1855, memor- able also as the year which saw passed the Act for securing Liberty of Religious Worship; 1866, 1867, just prior to the date when Compulsory Church Rates were abolished; 1871, which also witnessed the abolition of University tests; and 1877, shortly after which the Dissenters' Burials Act was placed on the Statute book of Great Britain. In towns having a population exceeding 5,000, town councils may, with the consent of two-thirds of the burgesses, resolve to establish a library and to rate the inhabitants for that purpose. The Act —and this it is always important to remember- may also be adopted by two-thirds of the ratepayers in parishes of a like population, and in local im- provement districts. Local authorities are not to expend more than one penny in the pound for the purposes of the Act. All these libraries-it is needless to say—must be open to the public free of charge. Prior to this Act the only library in Great Britain maintained at the expense of the State for the use of the public was that of the British Museum in London. This is now one of the first in the world and probably contains more than one million live hundred thousand pI inted books, and perhaps some one hundred thousand manuscripts and charters. Wales and Welshmen will always remember with gratitude the name of the Rev Dr Daniel Williams, who was born at Wrexham about the year 1644, and died in 1716. He was a wealthy man, and be- queathed his estates to trustees, known to-day as Dr Williams's Trustees." One portion of these estates, bequeathed for 2000 years, is appropriated to the following objects :— The maintenance of a library Scholarships at Glasgow University, and divinity scholarships; the supporting of a school for girls at Dolgelley [of which the headmistress to-day is Miss Diana J Inomas, IVI.A.J, payments to ministers in Wales grants to poor ministers, and to ministers' widows the distribution of books to the poor." Dr Williams's Library-now in Gordon Square, LondonjW.C.—was opened for the use of the public about thirteen years after the testator's death, and has been greatly augmented since that period bybe- quests, gifts, and by purchase of new books. Dr Williams's Library is mainly, but not exclu- sively theological. Speaking with a fairly long and close experience of its benefits, and benefits for which I can never be too grateful-, I should say it is rich in Ecclesiastical History, and Bio- graphy and in Philosophy, There is, too, a large collection of 17th Century Tracts, &c, especially of the important Commonwealth period. It cannot be too clearly known, and I feel our readersin the Principality will be thankful to have their attention drawn to the fact, that the use of this valuable library and permission to borrow books arefre to persons properly introduced, and guaranteed in accordance with the printed rules. Readers must be at least 18 years old and books may be borrowed by country readers on their fpay- ing carriage to and fro. So much then in passing for a noble library, which was an active, going concern long before that of the British Museum and which to-day shews signs of a vigorous life, unsurpassed in its history. Aberystwyth is particularly fortunate in its libraries, both public and private. It has its Cor- poration Library located in the Old Assembly Rooms its large and increasing College Library, housed by the gratitude of Canadian Welshmen, in a room worthy of Oxford at her best; and the valu- able Welsh Library, oNe part of which lives in the small room formerly occupied by the Prin- cipal, the other portion reposing temporarily in cases and presses in another portion of the College buildings. Of some of the many private libraries inthe district I may perchance write in the near future. The Corporation Library has also been particu- larly fortunate in its early managers, men, like Messrs C. M. Williams, George Davis, Evan Evans, D. C. Roberts, E. P. Wynne, to name only those still actively working in our midst, who were associated with the Library movement in the late seventies and early eighties. To their fore- sight and perseverance we owe that sure founda- ation on which the work is carried on to-day. In 1883-4 "the number of borrowers for home reading, was 12,693, a weekly average of nearly 250." The librarian, Mr E. Hughes, reported then that, on the whole, borrowers used the books carefully and that fines are inflicted on those who fail to return their books punctually." The number of books had 11 increased from 2,023 to 2465, of'the 442 volumes thus added, 133 were presented." (To be continued).
Cymru Fu.
Cymru Fu. Short, original, and signed communications on antiquarian topographical and kindred subjects pertaining to Cardiganshire will be treated on their merits. Communications to be marked Cymra Fu," NO. VIII. 23. WELSH SUPERSTITIONS.—A short time ago I witnessed what seemed to be the survival of an old Welsh superstition, when a tradesman, desiring to present a customer with a knife, made a clause that he (the customer) should in return pay a nomi- nal charge of a penny, or any other coin of the realm; explaining that, unless it were done, it would result in ill-luck for them both. On enquir- ing, I found that it was not done in mere caprice, but from an unshaken belief in the old supersti- tion. I understand that this custom applies only to a knife, or any other like instrument. I have failed to come across any mention of this custom by authorities on Welsh folk-lore, excepting Wirt Sikes, who states in his British Goblins," that a knife in Welsh Ghost-lore bears the same charm for exorcizing gwyllicn or ghosts, as the rowan branch for the Tyiwyth Teg," and further, that to give or receive a knife from a friend is a sign that enmity shall exist between the parties, or that it cuts friendship. Can any reader relate some personal experiences regarding this strange old custom, with or without variations to the above ? A few suggestions as to its origin wbuld also be very interesting, for its antiquity cannot be denied; in fact, Wirt Sikes suggests a connection between it and Arthur's E-xc&libur\ this raises the question —is it a purely Welsh custom t k DKTKDO OBONi; SIEPHAN. 24. MEMBlUl FOK CARDIGANSHIRE, in the year 1739 was Walter Lloyd, Esq., of Voelallt and Peter- well, attorney-general for the counties of Carmar- then, Cardigan and Pembroke. Father of the notorious Sir Herbert Lloyd, Bart., M.P., 1761-68, for Cardigan Boroughs. As a burgess of Aberyst- wyth, Walter Lloyd's portrait will appear in Part X of "Aberystwyth, Its Court Leet." For further information Ceitho" is referred to the Parlia- mentary Representation of Cardiganshire, by John Hughes, 1849; and The House of Peterwell," 1900. Copies can be seen in the Aberystwyth and Lam- neter College Libraries. G.E.E. 25. ABERYSTWYTH BURGESSES. j A.D. 1711 May 15th. J John David, of Llanllychairn, Smorn. j Harry David, of Machynlleth, „ Michael John, of Llanrbystyd „ Humphrey David, of Machynlleth „ John Jones, of Llanbrin-mair, „ David Evans, of Llanrhystyd „ Bees David. of" Evan David, of „ „ Hugh Owen, of Machynlleth „ Evan Lloyd, of „ gent „ John Jones, of Llanrhystyd „ John Phillips, gent, of Molivor, „ Watkin Lloyd, of Wern Newidd ffnt, n Morgan Jenken, of parish of Llanvi 8 hangel-geneu'r-glyn „ | Roger Green, of Oswestry. i Walter Lloyd, gent, of Cardigan [See above] Roderick Richards was the Mayor, the jury num- bered 13, all having the word gent written after their names. They scaled with red wax, G.E.E.
. LLANYBYTHER.
LLANYBYTHER. POLICE DISMISSAL.—An inquiry was held at the Town Hall, Llanelly, on Thursday, by a special committee appointed by the Carmarthenshire Standing- Joint Committee into the circumstances attending the dismissal of Sergeant Harries, of Llansawel, from the constabulary. The sub- committee will report in due course.
— Reviews.
— Reviews. A MODEL GARDEN by J. L. Pickard, lecturer in Horticulture at the University College of Wales (Welsh Gazette Office, Aberystwyth). This is a seasonable and handy little pamphlet, suitable for schools and cottages, published by the Teachers Horticultural Association in connection with the U.C.W., Aberystwyth. All who have a garden, large or small, should obtain a copy of this book without fail as they will find it an invaluable guide in the proper cultivation of their plot of grouud. The phamphlet is really an agenda of garden work for all times of the year but it will be found to be of exceptional value in the coming season. That it is written in a clear and practical manner, the name of Mr Pickard is sufficient guarantee. Copies may be obtained from Mr D. J. Saer, Board Schools, Aberystwyth. Post free 2d. each. DOUGLAS'S ENCYCLOPEDIA.—Compiled and pub- lished by Wm Douglas and Sons, Ltd., Putney, S.W. This is a book of reference for bacon curers, bacon factory managers meat purveyors, inspectors, and salesmen, city, county, and local authorities, and all other industries associated with the meat, pork, provision, and general food trades. The book, which is handsomely got up and well illustrated throughout, is crammed from cover to cover with useful information from the most reliable sources. Mr L. M. Douglas, as our Cardigan readers are aware, is an authority of the first rank on such matters as pig feeding and bacon curing, and con- siderable space is devoted in this volume to those and allied subjects. Butter factories also come in for a good notice. The subjects are well-arranged, and the extent and variety of modern and up-to-date appliances and apparatuses treated upon is simply a revelation. 1 CANADA.—We have received a copy of the Royal Souvenir number of the Victoria Daily Times," commemorating the recent visit of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York to that far-off island city on the shores of the Pacific, and which marks (to quote the journal) the westernmost limits of the boundaries of the Empire.the last point at which the Occidental dominions of the greatest of kingdoms meets the waters which lap its Oriental possessions." The Souvenir number, which is profusely illustrated, is full of interesting articles on various subjects, all recording the remarkable growth and progress in the life and government of British Columbia, with especial reference to the capital city of Victoria. "HENRY VAUGHAN," A Story of Pembrokeshire. Published by Thomas Burleigh, Strand, 6s. There are comparatively few novels which appeal to the public, and stake their success and popular- ity on any particular county, but this book is one of the few. It is published anonymously, yet lovers of Pembrokeshire everywhere will naturally turn to its pages with keen interest to know where in Pembrokeshire the story is laid, what aspects of Pembrokeshire life it deals with, and, if possible, to identify the fictitious with real characters. t-And many will be the Eurmises as to its author. The story is written in the form of an auto- biography, and for this reason it is evident that the author runs the risk of being identified with the central figure of the story-Henry Vaughan-and his introspections. In a short preface, the author, while admitting that some of the incidents are founded on fact, states that the characters are fictitious, and that the book does not represent the conditions of his home life, or the character of his father. There is much in the book, however, which will suggest, to the older generation at least, incidents and char- acters associated with North Pembrokeshire 8IId South Cardiganshire. And there will be no diffi- culty in identifying the Ormouth of the story with Cardigan. The story runs through the whole gamut of a life, from the beggarly treatment of an unsym- pathetic and grossly self-indulgent father, through the successive stages of school-life at Lowstead, where Henry Vaughan becomes the innocent victim of circumstantial evidence in a case of theft; of service under articles with a Mr Mostyn, of Cheriton, a wealthy lawyer, who makes him a partner and his heir; of the secret machinations of a despicable character named Gronow "—clerk, shopkeeper, and usurer, who endeavours to dispossess him, on the death of Mr Mostyn, by concealing his will; of love attachments in prosperity and adversity; of the search for the missing will, and its dramatic recovery in squalid London lodgings. Around this, the barest skeleton of the story, there is woven a tissue of characters both pleasing and contemptible; of local topography and circumstances Jwhich con- siderably narrow down the limits of the story and of old Pembrokeshire customs which prevailed, perhaps, twenty or more years ago, but which are now virtually extinct. As to identifying the characters represented in the book with real per- sonages, it does not require much ingenuity to discern in the hunting parson who invariably rode to the hunt on Nimrod," his favourite flea-bitten grey, the person of the Rev R. J. Lloyd, of Troed- yraur; or in Mrs Graham, of Hollowmead, the late lamented "Lady Bountiful" of Blaenpant-Mrs Brigstocke. The opportunity is not lost of driving home some very effective comments on such burning questions as Disestablishment, Church discipline, payment of tithes, and Land reform. There is a personal force in the opinions expressed regarding the English Church in Wales which makes them well worth quotation, and which must surely arouse the indignation and resentment of Welsh imcumbents, especially in Pembrokeshire. The most ardent of Disestablishers could hardly express himself more caustically than did Frank Moore (the son of a clergyman) in explaining why the Church in the Principality had so small a hold on the sympathies of the Welsh people. And the remedy for this want of sympathy is— Disestablishment, if it can be got without Disendowment. Let the Welsh Church govern herself. Take from her those privileges which make her hated of the people. Give to the laity some interest in her welfare, and let them •' take a share in her control. Let those who are unworthy of her be cast out. Then and only then would her ministers do the work required of them. Carelessness, drunkenness, and idle- ness would cease to reign." There is also an intensely bitter comment on the renegade Dissenting minister who enters the Church solely for the sake of social advancement, or the more material loaves and fishes. By the way, Henry Vaughan expresses his ignorance of the reason why Pembrokeshire is called the" premier" county. The explanation offered by Professor Tout, formerly of Lampeter College, in the columns of Y Cymrodor," is that it was the first organised shire of Wales, the Lordship of Pembroke being constituted in 1138 the County Palantine of Pembroke but mediaeval Pembroke- shire was less extensive than it is to-day.: Henry Vaughan is an extremely well written book, but it is presumed the author does not intend the landlady to be too literally understood when in one scene, she describes the floor as floating in blood." But this possibly is a mere printer's blunder.
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EPITOME OF NEWS. J
EPITOME OF NEWS. J •l*afc«us for the French Chamber will be held on April 13th and 20th. Gesomi Booth appeals to the Solvation Army t. move 100,000 souls during 1902. Mr. James Ogden li itF; given £ 1,000 for the exteacion of. the Rochdale Free Library. Lord Stratioona lias accepted the honorary eoloadoy of the Liverpool Scottish. It it expected that the Manehuriau Treaty will be signed within a hence, stiites a telegram from Pekiu. I Fifty thousand pounds'damage has been done by fire at the great La Dylo factory, near 1.011- vatim, Belgiiiiii. Five thousand Filipinos are now in the field fighting for the Americans against the insur- gents iu the Philippines. I Mme. Sybil Sanderson, the American prima donnn, announces that her marriage with Count FitzJames will not now take pliuu*. Sir William White, the retiring Director of Naval Construction, leaves the Admiralty on January 31st The Boston Town Council has received offi- cial Banetion to IL IOlln of £ 20,000 being rajy(K| for the ereotiou of new municipal builriiuirR, A ten-year-old child, of Camden Town Ims been choked by a periwinkle becoming lodced in her throat. ° A new royal saloon carriage is to be (!on- structed by the South-Eastern and Chatham ICaihvuy at a cost of £ 5,000. Mr. Henry J. S. Cotton, the Chief Commis- sioner of Assam, will retire at the beginning of May. & ° Fourteen persons have been burned to death and JO injured m a fire in a common lodemC- house at St Petersburg. ° Eight men have been killed by nn exploRion in the Lost Creek Colliery, near Des Moines Iowa.. Many others are missing. Commander J. \V. Low has been appointed captain-superintendent of the traiuiug ship Ex- mouth. Mr. Charles Frederick Crawford lias been elected a Bridge Master in succession to the late j Mr. Herbert Towse. Foreign worlis of art sent to Germany for ex- hibition purposes are to be exempt from duty under the uew tariff. A pontifical tiara in gold, valued at £ 40 000 is to be the jubilee gift of the English Cathohcs to Pope Leo XIII. It is announced that the cable rates to India are to be reduced from 4s. to 3s. 6d. a word. AII-, S. Ernest Palmer, of the firm of Messrs. Huntley and Palmer, has given the sum of £ 3 000 to the Royal College of Music in order to found a scholarship. For failing to comply with magisterial order to demolish a building erected beyond the hue of frontage, a Catf'ord builder was fined 4:20, with costs. Court-martial led for refusing to drill or carry arms it French infantry noldier stationed at Bfllort has been seuteuced to two years' im- prisonment. King Victor Emmanuel will hold a gra«d re- view of the Italian fleet on the arrival from China of the special squadron, which is due at Naples on January 30sli. The Sultan has iusued an Imde prohibiting gambling in his dominions, and ordering the prosecution of the lewsees of those establish- ments where it is carried on. Dr. Warre, headmaster of Eton, has issned a stringent order that all the tradesmen and their employes serving the college must be revaccinated. Lord and Lady Algeron Gordon-Lennox have cabled that they are none the worse for the railway accident they recently met with ia America. It is officially stated in Sydney that the up. pointment of the new Governor of New South Wales has been made, and that it meeta witb the approval of the Ministry. The death is announced of M. Nicolas Christies, former President or the Council of State, and in his time guardian both to King Milan and King Alexander. Tory Island, nine miles off the coast of Donegal, is to be cleared of its three hundred inhabitants. They have paid neither rent nor taxes for years. Once the property of ex-President Steyn, an Orange Free State official scarf, in red velvet and gilt lace, will shortly be offered for sale in London. Between Naples and Berlin there is now an express train service. The first train, however, only carried one passenger, who travelled from Muiiich to Berlin. For a pair of Worcester porcelain soup plates, part of the service presented by George IV. to the King of Hanover, fifteen guineas was paid at Cifristie's. The royal pavilion, to he erected on the Naval College grotiiiii at ]) utmouth, on the occasion of the visit of the King and Queen, is to hold upwards of 600 guests. The Prince of Walps has consented to take the chair at the forthcoming Imnuul Civil Ser- vice dinner. The date and place of the gather- ing have not yet been decided upon. The condition of the workers injured in the disaster at Smith field Mill, Ujlfast, is reported as having somewhat improved. Three, how- ever, aire not yet out of danger. The dontli of Di-. George Leo at the age of 70 is aniiounoA J)r. Let- survived only by a few weeks th^aiuinmicement of his reception into the Roman Church. Lady Cook intends to spend a portion of her large income in opening schools and conference halls for the teMohing of her views and for practical charitable work. Wn Ting Fang, the Chinese Minister at Washington, has received a draft for £ 73,200, in payment for the silver bullion seixed by United States troops at Tientsin. At Dresden a smell of smoke caused a panic during a recent performance at the lloyal Opera Hou^e. Before the manager could calm tiift fear- of the a man named Oscar Hagspiel died of fright. Barrow-in-Furness girirdiftns have to keep a pauper who can earn £ 3 a ue<>|; if lie lilien. He has been known to take his discharge, go to London, and even to Paris, and theu come hack to the workhouse. An official return phiced up u the table of the House of Coni!ii<>n«j shows that during the quarter, ended December 31st last, thero were 47 agrarian outrages in Ireland, of which 26 consisted of sending threatening letters. Mile. L;ane do Paugy, the well-known Pari- sian music-hall artiste, is stated to be about to mitt-ry it London stockbroker, after which she will retire from the stage and devote lierself to literature. Moorings have been completed in Ketliole Reacii, near Sheerness,-at a cost; of P-40,000, for the accommodation of four battleships to relieve the pi-esiiure in tle steam basin at Chatham Dockyard. At the annual meeting of the KilUee Town Council Mr. Bryan Sheedy, J.P., was elected to the chairmanship. Mr. Sheedy belongs to the landlord party, and was opposed by the United Irish League. Mr. Brown, the Scottish M:tiers' secretirv, denies that the cauny system applies to the miners of Scotland or England. The men are on piecework, and have never acquired the habit of wasting time. The present weight of the battleship Queen, which is to be launched at Devonport on March 8th by Queen Alexandra, is about 5,000 tonw, and before leaving stocks this will be brought up to 6;000 tons. Liverpool having made a net profit of £ 76.000 on last year's working of its municipal electric trams and elect, i-ic lighting, has devoted iE25,000 to the relief of local rates, equivalent to a re- duction of 2,21(1. in the pound. During the quarter ended 31st December, 1901, the Oswestry, .Montgomeryshire, and Aberystwyth branch of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children has investigated 29 com- plaints affecting the welfare of 91 children, and involving 35 oifonders. Action was taken as follows:—Warned, 25 prosecuted, 3; convicted 3; imprisonment and P-5 in tines. One of the children died. The Society's Inspector made 154 supervision visits. Nature of cruelties :-Neglect and starvation, 23; ill-treatment and assault, 5; manslaughter, L
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PA TI A BurT 1>K< H'U: '& 4 "Hero" from the Front. Mr. Robert Loraine, the hero of lnanv melodrama, thus describes his reception iie returned from fourt e.i 14 a)(Mt,hs", ,ei-v'ce in South Africa As a soldier, at any rale so far as mv relations were concerned, I was in manv u a complete failure. I ;d\va\s tried to duty, but that via* ju-t where our ideas elax For instance, a ci arming cousin of mine sisted in regarding it as a grave der< liet.ion duty when I sternly refused t" escort her l.> a lunch party at the Savoy in khaki uniform. i*>ttirn from tiie war. having done notl in" m ■ Uwn help to fight II. trifle of sixty actions ai, i merely march over some ;housand.s of miles veldt. Oh the shame of it Sitting < n ih lounge of the C'arltcn, however, I felt i< pleased with niyseli (o think that I, a player, had had the privilege of serving t ic Queen, shoulder to shoulder with Tomniv Atli iiis-Eijgiiii,i', tout teen mom s. 13tit iiiv disturbed bv a man 1 used to know, who strolled acio-s quite casu- ally and said Hullo, old man, vou're looking lit; been down to Brighton ? M.P. for Prestwich. In the speech which he delivered in moving the official Opposition amendment to the Address. MI". Cawley, the Member for the Prestwich Division, fully justified his selection for the rH- sjKmsdde duty assigned to him. For a iiiilij ivito had only addressed the House on one or two for- mer occasions, his speech was marked by very great ability, and there is little doubt that he will lie heard of again in Parliamentary debate. Mr. Cawley is essentially a business man, and a very successful one at that. He has held very strong views about the war throughout, and his very outspoken opinions oil the subject induced the Conservatives to make a specially severe attack on liis seat at the last election. Strange to say, however, he proved to be one of the few Liberal members who succeeded in increasing their majority. It is somewhat curious, con- sidering Mr. Cawley's views on the war, that ins two sons sltould be lighting at the front, both of them having greatly distinguished them- selves. A Smart Saying. Smart speeches were the order of the day during the two hours that some of the peeresses wailed in the House of Lords for the entry of their Majesties. Lady de Trafford scored by her definition of a dyspeptic as "a person with an optimistic appetite aud a pessimistic digestion." Her ladyship, however, usually does score; originality is the strong point of both herself and Sir Humphry, who, by the way, proposed to her one morning before breakfast, while she was arrayed in a dressing-gown, and on her way to a friend's room. A Clever MidgeL There is always a peculiar interest in the doings of little people, and my readers will, tlierefore, no doubt be glad to hear about Air. Charles Rossow, the smallest man in the world, made up to imitate Sousa, the famous band master. The idea for the attempt, like the exe- cution, is entirely his own. He was taken to hear the famous conductor when he was in America, and at once he said, I am going to try and burlesque him." He did, with such singular effect, that when Sousa himself saw it he was delighted, and exclaimed "That is the hœt imitation of me that has ever been done." Mr. Kossow, who is now twenty-four, is the third of the seventeen children his parents have had. With the exception of his eldest brother Frank, with whom he appears in a box- ing bout, and one sister, all the members of his family are people of ordinary size. It will no doubt interest those who have seen the match at the Hippodrome and elsewhere to know that it is not pre-arranged. Both brothers are really skilled with the gloves, mid delight in the exer- I cise. If anything, the younger and smallei- is tile luuHJietO of tile two with his fists. He is really a very bright little person, and takes a great deal of interest in everything that goes, oij itrotirid Iiiin. The Dog's Friend. There are few names which please the ears of genuine dog lovers so well as that of Mr. Etlgitr Fl kriuui, one of the most prominent members of the committee of the Kennel Club. When lie became a member of the Kennel Club in 1894 cropping was a much discussed and very vexed question among dog breeders and dog fanciers. All acknowledged its cruelty and many advocated its abolition, but custom hod put its seal on the brutal practice, and the few dog lovers who were really enthusiastic in their campaign against were only able to get an indifferent hearing, or, at most, a luke- warm support, Mi-. Edgar Farman changed all that. lie had the happy idea of writing to the King (then Prince of Wales) on the subject. The King's reply is remembered by all. On the dity Mr. Fai-iiittii ivas aide to lay the humane document before the Kennel Club Committee, the cruelty may be said to have come to an end. Mr. Farman had soon after the pleasure of seeing u rule of the Kennel Club enforced, which prohibited cropped dogs from appear- ing at its shows. Seldom does it come to the lot of a man to engineer so great a reform suo- cessfully. Envied by a Prima Donna. It is very evident from the following little story, related by Madame Emma CuI vé herself, that the famous diva is by no means an enthusiast regarding the delights of puhhc life." A short time ago," she filLVS, was singing in my native town, and took the opportunity to ask 15 of my former-school companions to have dinner with lIIe. All were married, having made marriages suitable to their various conditions of fortune and their looks, and they all, I con- fess, envied me a little. But, strange to say, there was not one of those 15 women whose lot I myself did riot envy, and she whom I envied most was not the most beautiful-she is now a marquise—but the humblest and least gifted, who lives the humdrum life of a provincial bourgeoise." The President's Clothes. President Roosevelt is among the great ones of the earth who finds no time or inclination to give to the study of clothes. His figure and carriage are hard oil (.Jotlles. anyway. Fifteen minutes alter he has put on a new suit it is pulled out of shape and wrinkled all over. In Washington one may frequently see two citi- zens taking an aiternoon walk together, or rather, not, together, but one behind the other. ;tr(- ttiitl liis I)rotlier- in-law, Commander ('owles, of the navy, and no two men are in more striking contrast in the matter of dress. The Commander will appear in a s Ik lint, frock coat, and immaculate shoes, of the shiniest polish. The President wears iii, clotlie-i looli as if he liept them rolled up in a tight bundle. j Major-Genera? SrnihDofrien. A better successor to Sir William Nicholson, I as Adjutant Ceni ra! in India, than Mnjor- j General Smith-Dorrien coul,1 hardly have been found. and the appointment gi vas i general sat -lact on as a fitting acknow ledg- in- nt of ins Souti. African services. As tliot4e w o served with him know, his most valuable work was not that wit cii was brought uiiiorp il.lio not C" in despatches «and gained hi. M. j r (Jotiei .vlship, but quiet, unostenta- tious intelligence work Major-General Smith- D iri ieo ;s not. without, experience in the Indian Empire he servd as Assistant-Adjutant- Gene, ai in toe Pnnjuub 1891 96, and got his Lieutenant-Colonel diip on the North-West frontier in 1898.
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