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III; VY SENTENCE ON A BLACKMAILER. At Sussex Assizes, on Saturday, Mr. Justice Grantham sentenced Timothy Horfan, commis- sion agent, to 10 years' penal servitude for at- tempting to extort money from Thomas Augustus Goodman, clerk to the Hove magistrates and a solicitor practising in Brighton, by accusing him of having committed an abominable crime and, further, hy compelling by threats of violence Cioodman to execute instruments for certain sums of money.

AN EX-MAYOR KILLED. Mr. Robert Griffin, landlord of the Queen's Hotel. Weymouth, was thrown from his horse on Saturday and liiiied. Mr. Griffin was NILyol. of Taniworth in 1892-3. During his residence at Tamworth ho closely iden ifled himself with the interests of the licensed victuallers and brewers of the Midlands. He was a prominent Free- mason.

The only medal granted to a lIegm for gallant comluc; in Cuba has been awarded to Sergoaut- hlor daker.

FPITOMR OF NEYfS. Ilnli has jnst received its first consignment of Australian tobacco. Four automatic telephone-boxes are now in use at Yokohama. Onp hlllH!t.i :ma nineteen lols of old Eog- lis ecnrxt've furniture were sold f-.r £ 2,6i)7 7s. ilt ( 'hr.si ;e's. To oefray the cost of the Victor Hugo ce:i- tenarv celebration the French Government is to sU* for a credit of £ 3.200. J nnudism is one of the subjects taught at lleidellvrg University, the lecturing profess or b«*-tig a journalist himself. The Automobile Club of America iins ;3.'):1 members, who own 3S0 motor-cars and have J1 more on order. I An annual grant of £ 6,G66 is to be made by the Indian Government lor the preservation or I imeienfc monuments ill Hindustan. The total strength of the Imperial Yeom:i:irv raised for service in South Africa now amounts to 3f>227 officers and men. A p .il of eight hells, weighing allogether 4 tons JS.Vewt., has just, been undo in Dublin tor a Roman Catholic church at Dundee. A State registry office for female servants is to he opened m Sydney by the Government of New South Wales. The Kaiser lias ordered the distribution of 1.<W copies of his photograph among the sailors of the German Navy. A mus cal Passion plllY in 16 tableaux has b,,(-it by the cnr6 of it Ptris clitirelt, an i will be produced on March 8th. Hull municipal tnullS made a profit of last ye:ti- Of this amount £ IU,000 has be(,.i (Iev(,te(i to the relief of'tiie rates. An appropriation of P-12,000 for a new Legn- tion building at Pekin is proposed in a Bill now before the- United States House of Represeuta- ti ves. A manuscript copy of I, Hoin(-, Sw pet Home," in l he handwriting of John Howard Payne, the author of the song, will be sold shortly in New York. B aroir Hayashi, the Japanese Minister, will dine with Sir George Chubb on March 7th to meet the executive committee of the Wolver- hampton Exhibition. The installation of the Prince of Wales as Chancellor of the University of Wales, in eession to the King, will take plnce joiutiy at Bangor and Carnarvon. The number of seamen who deserted. or failed to rejoin, their ships at SOllth African ports during 1900, showed an increase of 718 9 per cent, over the figures for 1895. Several- British firms of cycle makers have travellers in South Africa, w)io tre -Lil i-e:i('.y with ttteir samples to make a rush for the open- ing trade the moment hostilities cease. Hypnotism is being employed at Algiers in order to obtain information from Yakoub Mohammed, the alleged instigator of the native rising at Margueritte. Shemakha, a town of 22,000 inhabitants in Transcaucasia, has been destroyed by an earth- quake, states a St. Petersburg telegram. It is not known whether any lives have been lost. Hornsey residents have decided to petition t!,«* Privy Council for a charter of ineoporration. The district has a population of 81,000 anu a viiiiie or cr)ig,gso. Fifty miles of footpaths have been con- structed at Yarmouth out of agate and other hard materials taken from the beach. Some of the paths, it is estimated, will last 2rm years A sealed bag containing £15,000 Italian per Cent, stock has been stolen Ironi the postal van while, on the journey between Modcna and Paris, stiti,es an (ta.Lan police notice. There has been issued to the Manx Legisla- ture a bill introduced into the House of Keys by Mr. A. Quinc for tho abolition of tied pub! houses. John M'CiMdev while delivering War Office despatches at newspaper o'lioes, broke a blood vessel and fell to the pavemen;. dead in the Strand. At Dorking several persons have been lined for disorderly conduct and obstructing tho police during tho playing of football in the streets on Shrove Tun-day. Francis George Widdows, described its -L clergynwi.ii, was sentenced to two years' hard labour at the Old Bailey for the COllllllisHiOIl .,f an net of impropriety with a boy. Richard Somerville. labourer, was fined 5<. at Crewe for stealing two b igs of potatoes. „ He pleaded that he 1.:1<1 Iwell out of work for two months, ;md his famdy were siarving. The writ for the vacancy in North Kdkeluiv has been received by the sheriff, and t'■■■<< nominations have h"I'1I fixed for the 20tit illt., and the polling for March 6th.. A contest is not expected. To find work for a certain number of the unemployed m Gcrnritiy, the Imperial Govern- ment lias ordered 787 loconmtires and 10.9.'ic railway carriages aud to he hnilt b) next Mardi at a cost of £4 Gi-O.(K-)O. A gas-lit bell-buoy wdl soon replace the present bell-buoy at the Manacles lieit Falmouth. It was on the Manacles that the steamer Mohegan was wrecked and the Amen, can liner Paris stranded. Some 3,000 of the unemployed in Berlin have been engaged during the lust few days clean ug the streets of snow. T-ey are paid at the ra^e of 2s. 7d. a day, hut have to waic live days be. fore receiving any wagON. United States Treasury statistics for 1901 show that the exports for the 12 monihi amounted to over £ 200,000,000, England, as the second best customer, taking 15 millions worth. Scarborough guardians have decided to pur- chase a ton of sugar and store it at the work- house in order to avoid being mulcted in extra duty in the event of a further advauce in price on the introduction of the Budget. While walking in the Romarb Forum, a British visitor found in IL CUVity gold coins of the Em- peror Hjnorius. The coins are very rare speci- mens, and have boeti taken possession of by the Government authorities. Legacies of £4,000 each have just been left to tilo Pope ittid Cardinal Richard, Archbishop of Paris, by a rich Englishman named Watkins. who lias died after a long residence- in the French capital. The Mahsud Jirgas have paid in EW3 aud have surrendered 37 rifles. They have ar- rested 109 of their fellow-tribesmen who were back ward in paying up, mid have handed them over as prisoners, state* a telegram from Peshawar. As trustees for the estate of their sister, Countess Castellane, Mr. Gooeg(i and Miss Helen Gould, says a New York telegram, have been ordered by the court to pay Z-10,897, judgments to that amount having been obtained against the Castellanes in Paris. While IL flock of sheep was being driven along a road at Casterton, Victoria, one of the aniittvlli trod on a box of matches. The blaze which followed ignited some dry grass, and the result was a bush lire which devastated the whole district before it burned itself out. At Constantinople the Turkish War O,'TIeo and the municipal authorities, lietween t lellb, owe a gas bill of XIO,000 to the Belg an syndi- cate which provides the Turkish capital with gas. If tho bill is not paid within a few days the company threatens to cut off tllo supply. The appoitment of Colonel K. A. Wahab, R.E., to bo his Majesty's Commissioner lor Hie demarcation of the line dividing the territory of the tribes in the vicinity of Aden, with WM mi the British Government have direct relations, from the dominions of the Sultan of Titihey, has been gazetted. An English visitor has been robbed of £300 while travelling from Monaco to Nice. Hot kill- wittingly accepted a drugged cigar from an affable English-speaking fellow passenger, an I after a few puffs became unconscious. When he awoke his money aud the giver of the cigar had both disappeared

HUGH DAYIESS 1 COUGH MIXTURE i SO MORB Difficulty of Breathing. H NO MORE SheplMM Sights. B NO M vttB Distremnlng Cough*- n DAVIEB'S COUGH MIXTURE for COUGHS DAVIES'S COUGH MIXTURE for COLDS H DAVIBS'S OOQGfl MIXTURE f« ASTHMA | DAVIES'S COUCH MIXTURE for ^JWMCHITIS g DAVIES'S OOUOH SCTXTDHE for HOARS^fcTEoS H DAVIES'S OOUtfH MIXTURE for !NTLUEKZA H 1 DAVIES S COUGH MIXTURE for COLDS g 1 DAVMS'S 0033H MIXTURE for OOU6FS g H DAVIES'S COUGH MIXTURE for SORE THRO A » B DAVIES'S OCUGH MIXTURE—Most sootliins f| 1 DAVIES,» .j'/GE MIXTURE wanna tee Che?., g H DAVIES'S OOTOH MIXTURE dies elves theiPmegin M H DAVIES'S OOUG-H MJ XTURE—for SIN^E'iS » 1 DAVIE -'S COUflH MIXTURE—for PUBLIC « ■ DAVIES'S COUGH MIXTURE SPLAKE.^S a 8 THE CHEAT WELSH REMEDY. S 2 9 Bottles. Se,d fl Q Sweefr thai Honey. Children like y TmjGH DAViES, Chemist, Business Notices. JAMES-FS LONDON AND PROVINCIAL Tea, Wine, Spirit and Provision STORES, TERRACE ROAD, ABERYSTWYTH. No connection with any other Shop in the district. j SOLE AGENTS in the District for BASS & CO.'S Celebrated Burton Ales and Stout, Supplied in 9 and 18 Gallon Casks in Im- perial Pint and Half-pint Bottles. AGENTS FOR Wl & A GILBEY'S Wines and Spirits. GLEN-SPEY GLENLIVET SCOTCH WHISKY, JOHN JAMESON & SON'S AND DUNYILLE'S IRISH WHISKY, In Bottle and on Draught. HENNESSEY'S BRANDY. CROFTS FINE OLD PORT. KIMMOND'S SCHWEPPE'S & STRETTON HILLS MINERAL WATERS. J CROSSE &:BLACKWELL'S GOODS IN GREAT VARIETY. LAZENBY &|SONS' PICKLES. HUNTLEY & PALMER'S AND PEEK FREAN'S BISCUITS AND CAKES. MACKENZIE & MACKENZIE'S AND JACOB'S BISCUITS. HARRIS'S WILTSHIRE BACON, DEVONSHIRE BUTTER AND CREAM. Cheddar, Stilton," Gorgon- zola, and American Cheese. ]. J. (O.'S Ceas Are well known for their QUALITY AND FLA I/OUR. (PRICES- t 6d.. 2s. 2s. 6d. 2s. 8d and 3s. per lb. =- Business Notices. A WORD IX SEASON. THY MORGANS Pectoral Linseed Balsam Certain Cure for Coughs, Colds. InduQMa, and all affections of the Chest, Throat, and -Lungs. HAS CURED OTHERS. WILL CcRY- You. Prepared only by R. MORGAN, Pharmaceutical CHEMIST ABERYSTWYTH. Sold in Is. 2s. ttleB WQNDEKFUL RESULTS. WORTH A GUINEA A BO FOR ALL HILIOUSr ill NERVOUS DISORDERS HEADACHE, CONSTIPATION, WEAK STOMACH, WIND, IMPAIRED DIGESTION. DISORDERED LIVER, and FEMALE AILMENTS. ANNUAL ALE SIX MILLION BOXES. In Boxes, Is IJd, and 2s 9d each, with full directions. The Is Ii-d box contains 56 Pills. Prepared only by the Proprietor— THOMAS BEECHAM. ST HELENS, LANCASHIRE ROCK FOUNDRY, MACHYNLLETH. [ESTABLISHED 1869]. A DECIDED IMPROVEMENT O ALL OTHER W ATE 11 W HEELS In efficiency, simplicity, compactness, and ness. I solicit an opportunity to confer YOjib parties in want of Turbines or Water WheRs. Special design for Churning, &c. TESTIMONIAL. The Iron Water Wheels turned out from Rock Foundry are well-known throughout Qie Principality and many counties beyond. They ffire but on the most modern designs, the construcSfctt being at the same time light and durable, Sd giving a larger percentage of power than cdKe claimed for most Water Wheels."—" The Railway Supplies Journal." Address all communications to B. M. DAVIES, Engineer and Ironfounder, MACHYNLLET^L NOTICE OF REMOVAL ARTIFICIAL TEETII MIL JAMES REES Seventeen years with Musrs. Murphy and Row. 30, ALEXANDRi ROAD, Railway Tarraee), A BYSTWYTB. MB. RFIRS Tisits rRE6A80K first and last in each Month at. Mrs. Williams, Stanley House. Visits Machynlleth the Second and Fourth ^ufoes- days in eack Mmth at Mrs. R. Jones, I*Ktre. rhydin Street (epposite Lion Hotel). Corns on the 1st and 3rd Saturday in each at Mr W. Evans, Grecer, Liverpool House, (oriwsita Slaters Arms. Visits I anipeter the First and Third Fridays ijtn) L Month, at R. £ vaas, milliner, 18, Harford Square. Cmamous MODB&ATB. SPLENDID BARGAINS REES JONES JGMPORIUM, FJLREGAECK Now offers for Sale at Low Clearance Prices a fine lot of < MEN'S, YOUTH'S, AND BOYS' OVERCOATS. R. DOUGHTON, JBONMONGER, CHLA DEALER CYCLE AGENT, (OPPOSITE THE TOWK CLOCK). CYCLES FUR SALE AND IImE. USE THE CRYSTAL PERISCOPIC SPECTACLES TO BE HAD AT ABOVE ADDRESS Furniture. Furnitnre. EDWARD EIJLIS & SON, Little Darkgate-street, ABERYSTWYTH. RUBBING EASES PAIN. By instinct the hand flies to the part hurt, but to eliminate Aches Pains a safe stimulating medium or lubricant is necessary, and its physical condition should facilitate the oroceis of rubbing. Such is ELLIMAN'S EMBROCATION. elliman's For Rheumatism, Lamba*^ Elliman s „ Sprains, Bruises, EHiman's „ Fresh Cuts/^ hjliman s .Sore Throat from Cold. Elliman's „ Cold at the Chest, EHiman's „ Neuralgi. trom CoM, elliman's „ Chilblains before Broken. Elliman's „ Corns when Painful, Elliman's „ Cramp, Stiffness, elliman's Soreness of the Limbs ElUman s after Cycling, Football, Elliman's Rowing, &c. Bottles, Sid., IS. lieI., 2.. 4m. Slouch, Eujtap*.

NOTICE.—This column is devoted to better thoughts lor quiet moments. Can the wiles or Art, the grasp of Power, Snatch the rich relics of a well-spent hour ? These, when the trembling spirit wings her Cight Pour round her path a stream of living light. ROGERS.

0 Thou of Little Faith. Sad-hearted, be at, peace the snowdrop lies Buried in sepulchre of ghastly snow; But spring is floating up the Southern skies, And darkling the pale snowdrop waits below. Let me persuade: in dull December's day We scarce believe t,here is a month of June But up the stairs of April and of May, The hot sun climbed to the summer's noon. I I I I WW

Possibilities of England's Future. England, which has grown so great, may easily tiecomg little through the effeminate selfishness of luxurious living; through neglecting realities at home to amuse herself everywhere else in stalking phantoms through putting again on her resources at strain like that of the great French war, which brought her people to misery and her Throne to peril; through that denial of equal rights to others which taught, us so severe a lesson at the epoch of the armed neutrality. But she will never lose by the modesty in thought and language, which most of all becomes the greatest of mankind; never by forwardness to allow, and to assert, the equal Tights of all States and nations; never by refusing to t)e made the tool of foreign cunning, for ends alien to her principles and feelings; never by keep- ing her engagements in due relation to her means, or by husbanding those means for be day of need, and for the noble duty of defending, as occasion offers, the canse of public right, and of rational freedom, over the broad expanse of Christendom. W. E. GLADSTONE. +.

Dr Jenner. Only a century ago small-pox was the most dreadful scourge of the human race. Whole towns and cities were not infrequently half depopulated by its ravages. In the Russian Empire it is said to have swept away 2,000,000 in a single year. It was calculated that in Europe 210,000, annually fell victims to it. The average, of deaths from the disease was estimated at one in five,while of the sur- Tivors they were subject to other diseases, such as scrofula, chronic opthalmia, or pulmonary consump- tion. In the London Asylum for the Indigent Blind three fourths of the persons there relieved had ) lost their sight through small-pox. Edward Jenner, a pupil of the celebrated John Hunter, directed his attention to this important subject at an early period of his career, and THE FIRST GLIMPSE of the matter came to him in a curious way. During his apprenticeship a young countrywoman applied for advice, and the subject of small-pox being casually mentioned in her presence, she re- marked, I cannot take that disease for 1 have had Cow-pox." His attention was arrested; he made inquiries, and found that-it was a popular notion in the district that inilkel-s who bad been infected with peculiar eruption which sometimes occurred on the udder of the cow were completely secure against the small-pox. From this time forth he pursued his inquiries, mentioned the facts he had collected to John Hunter and others, but everywhere, as THE IDEA OF A GREAT DISCOVERY impressed itself more strongly upon him, he became the subject of ridicule. At the meetings of a med- ical club he attended, the members sportively threatened to expel him if be continued to bother them with his hobby. For years Jenner patiently pursued the subject, making diligent and searching Irivestigat,ions, uncheered by the least encourage- ment from any member of the medical profession. At length his studies resulted in decisive experi- ment. On the 14th of May, 1796, a boy aged eight years was vaccinated with matter taken from the of a milkmaid. He passed through"the dis- order in a satisfactory manner, and was inoculated for small pox on the first of July following without the least effect. An extensive series of experiments followed j THIS FIRST ATTEMPT, and raised a storm about the ears of Jenner. He met with ridicule, opposition, defamation; severe and unmerited reproaches were cast upon him by enemies, and his friends deserted him. The per- secutions of Galileo," says Dr Baron, his biographer, 'would, I believe, have been eclipsed in their mon- strous and outrageous hostility to the splendid dis- coveries of that illustrious man, by some of the op- ponents of vaccination, had the spirit of the age or their own power enabled them to carry their designs into execution." Still, he bore up against the tide of opposition, although his sensitive nature shrank from the ordeal through which he was called to pass. AT LAST he ^as rewarded by receiving from upwards of seventy of the leading physicans and surgeons in London a declaration of their confidence in his Views as published in his able memoir, An En- toiry into the Causes and Effects of the Varce I f' ltCe?1/æ Till the day of his death he never relaxed his efforts to spread the knowledge of his discovery,not for the sake of gain, but from motives of pure bene- volence. And through his heroic labours, by his unaided intellect and industry, Edward tenner became the means of blessing every civil- ized nation under the sun, by prolonging human life and averting the ravages of the most fearful disease to which the human race is subject. 1B85, EDWIN HODDER.

NATURE NOTES. IRUSTicus.-The various modes in which trees branch should form an interesting subject until the flowers come. By a study of the various branch systems you will find that a general law overns the branching of trees. BEl. UTlFUL SALT CRYSTAL. During these frosty days-and even in the early morning in Aotamn -the crystals of salt on the pebbles along sea coast present a truly beautiful sight, es- pecially when seen at the proper time, that is, "Ilaen they are lit up, as it were ,by the slanting rays of the :sun and irradiate all the hues of the Jainbow. Take a walk along the pebbly beach to ~larach or Alltwen shortly after the tide has *bbed, and you will find full many a gem of Purest ray serene." LUNAR CIRCLES.—On the evening of Dec 31, of las year, I, with mauy others, had the pleasure of seeing a phenoraina, viz., a perfect luna- rainbow ^closing a reddish pink halo round the moon. To- night, Monday, Feb 17th, there was visible for over hour, a circle of the widest extent that it has keen my lotto see. Circles round the moon are of ..ery frequent occurrence, but one of :'ouch great £ *tent as that of that evening is of very in- sequent occurrence indeed. R KENRICK, M.C.A.S. THE BIRDS OF A TOWN GARDEN.—IV The Pied Wagtail is the black and white biri which we see by the water side, running about the lawn or upon the roof, keeping its tail on the move up and down all the time. It will often dart into the air to catch a fly, and is one of the most active And lively birds that we have. If you see a small brownish bird, much the colour of a thrush, run- ning and moving its tail just like a Wagtail, it will be the Meadow Pipil or Titlark. It may be seen upon the football field any day at this time of year, **»d is easily recognised because, like the Wagtail, it runs and does not hop. Some fine day about the middle of April, we see the first Swallow, and right glad we are to welcome it for its arrival means that Spring is close at hand. A little later comes the House Martin, which roaker, a nest of mud under the eaves. It has not the forked tail of the swallow, and shows a white ■Pot about the tail as it flies. Sometimes, too, we *ee the Sand Martin, the little mouse-coloured Swallow, which makes its burrows in the sandy j bank of the Rheidol. Late in the summer the* Swallows begin to collect upon the roof to discuss" their approaching departure. By the first week in October scarcely is to be seen. Last year some young swallows of a late brood were left be- hind after their friends and relations had gone. Either they were not strong enough to undertake the journey or else they did not know the way. The Rights got cold, and one of them came into the house for shelter. There were no flies to be had and after the 1st of November we saw them no more. I am afraid they all perished. The Finches axe some of our favourite cage birds. They are seed eaters, aud consequently have strong vAjnicai oiiis quite different from the slender bills of we birds which feed upon insects. First comes the Greenfinch or Green Linnet, to be seen with the Sparrows and Chaffinches which come to pick up seed upon the lawn. He is olive-green in colour with a band of pale gold in his wing, so that You might mistake him for the goldfinch if he were not a much larger bird, stout and strongly built «ke a sparrow. It is only now and then that we hear the Goldfinch twitter as be flies over the garden, for the bird-catchers have been, busy and have much reduced his numbers. His beauty and his song have proved his misfortune, dooming him too often to a cramped existence in a oage. U.C.W. J. H. SALTER, (To be continued).

CAPEL ZOAR, LLAN- BADARN. 1802-1902. BY PHILIP SIDNEY." Just a few notes this week, about this Inde- penrlent Congregation, not so much by way of writing an historical account of the society, but simply to put on record a few facts, which may possibly be of use to any historian, who essays, in this the hundredth year of its formation, to give us a succinct account of its rise and progress ;—an account which no one will welcome more thank- fully than myself. The congregation still worships on its original 9 site, close to the Garreg Fawr" where, as we were reminded by the Rev Thomas Williams, B.A., when recently lecturing at the stone to the British Chautauquans, Vavasour Powell preached, and was immediately after arrested, and lodged in prison for so doing; to-day the Rev Griffith Parry leads the brethen's devotions, and preaches to them, in all peace and respect. Vavasour Powell was the greatest sufferer of all the Welsh ministers about this time, say 1640 to 1670, the year of his death. During his eventful public career, we are told, that he was confined in no less than thirteen different prisons, and passed the last eleven years of his life, almost without intermission, in one or the other of them, and from the Fleet prison his brave spirit passed on to the Nearer Presence. About the year, 1795, twelve Llanbadarn lads, might have been seen every Sunday sitting in the big Cwmcynfelin pew in the parish church, and there being taught by an old clergyman from Borth, who regularly came over to meet them, and to take his Sunday School Class. Some of those lads started the Independent Church, in 1802, one of them lived to a great age, and died at a com- paratively recent date his grandson, if I mistake not, still lives not far off. In 1815,-tlie memorable year of the battle of Waterloo—the young church, hardly thirteen years old, began its register of births and baptisms, and carried it regularly øn, down to 1837, when the good old pastor, Benjamin Rees, availed himself of the conditions laid down by the Registration Com- missioners, and safely deposited it with the Govern- ment; any one to-day by calling on the Registrar General, at Somerset House, Strand, and paying the modest fee of one shilling, can have this pre- cious book brought up from the Vaults for inspec- tion. I hope to see it before the year is out. On the fourth day of March, 1828,-the year be it remembered of the ministry of the Duke of Wellington—the treasurer of the church wrote on the first page of a new book, Zoar Chappel Account Book, Llanbadarn." Let us open it, and see what we can glean from its well-ordered contents. The names of the first twenty members, whose pay- ments are entered opposite to their names are :— William Jones ( Weaver), Thomas Thomas {Lab r), Lewis Edwards (Weaver), David Jenkins (Waun), John Morris (LaVr), Simon Davies (Maltster), Catherine Jones (Widow), Josiah Jones (Lab'r), Griffith Williams (Shoe'r), Jane Jeremiah (Widow), John Richards (Fac'k), Margaret Griffiths ( W idom), John Jenkins (Lab'r), Edward Richards (Waun- gati), Catherine Rees (Widow), Anne Daniel ( Widow), Jeremiah Evans (Lab'r), Anne Humphreys ( Widow), Anne Hughes (Butcher), and Deborah Jones ( Weaver). These are just the very kind of people likely to make a strong and vigorous congregation. Their monthly contributions ranged from 3s, down the scale, 2s 6d, 2s, Is, 6d, aye the widow's mite of 3d. Who can tell of the possible denials Widow Daniel had to make, to raise her extra halfpenny ? Every now and again comes the sad, but inevitable entry rccdi viarre. Other trades followed by the members were those of Turner, Carrier, Spinner, &c. Members are noted as living at, Cwmsylog, Dyffryn Paith, Llainygawsa, Aberystwyth, Peny- graig, Pendre, Talybont, Penllwyn, Pwllhobi, and Maesbangor. In 1831, Thomas Thomas, whose name stands second on the list of 1828, is noted as having been admitted 1802 he lived with his wife Jane at the Waun, and died probably in 1842, for in November of that year, the continuous entry of Thomas and Jane Thomas becomes simply Jane. Thomas, Walln, until 1855, when we read Died A il. Members were excommunicated at divers times, and so a wholesome discipline was maintained in the church. One man was so dealt with on 3rd January. 1834, two more on the 15th August follow- ing, and so on. Some were Restored after a period of probation. The payments made in 1828 and following years have no little amount of interest now that three- quarters of a century have rolled away. On 17th January we read that Anne Killing was paid on account of strangers, 8s. Who Anne Killing was I know not yet, her name does not appear on the list of members for that year. On the same day Two preachers received 2s; just one shilling a ser- mon. Thomas Thomas was paid for Thatching, 2s 6d, this probably means that the meeting-house had a thatched roof. John Edwards gets 2s for 2 Plates and Small Botle, doubtless for the orderly administ ration of the Lord's Supper. On 6 March, and various after dates we read Paid for Ale, 5d, certainly not an exorbitant sum oil costs Is; a broom 2d; Spirits Turpentine, 2d; and Candles, 15s; Students frequently came from Neuaddlwyd Academy, they got one shilling apiece and are entered sometimes by name, Wm Griffiths, Wm Davies, Wm Morris; at other times as 2 Strangers from Neyaddliryd, 28. In September, 1828, AIr Shadrach, Junr., preached twice and got his two shillings. Lewis Rowland came frequently from Talybont, but got no more than the shilling. In 1830 Anne Killing gets 17s 6d, being arrears and whole of the account vp to Jan. This I am inclined tothinic was payment for hospitality to preachers. In August, 1850, we get our first view of good Azariah Shadrach, who received Is 5d, which looks like Is for the sermon and 5d for his ale,—in April, 1831, we read Eliachim Shadrach, Ale, 4d; John Ellis charged for snvffer, 2s 2d and on 16th April, 1838, Thomas Phillips signs a receipt for Is rent due for Zoar Meeting-house at Llanbadarn-fawr. t >$&$¥& Continuity of names in a congregation as in a district is very often seen, and Zoar is no exception to the rule many of the surnames on the list of 1828 are to be found in the church to-day, as they were in 1843. In this list of those who then kept the month" are:-John Jenkins, Penygraig; John Richards, Felin; Jane Thomas, Waun; Lewis Edwards, Griffith Williams, John Isaac. Theopbilus Jenkins, Richard Herbert, William Jenkins, and Morgan Morgan. One point more of interest before I close this book, from which so many old-time bits have been extracted. On the 14th March, 1843, a meeting of the church was held to discuss the all-important matter of finance, a meeting at which it was stated that the number of the active members then stood at 123. Those present then covenanted to give the Rev Benjamin Rees the sum of P.4 quarterly, in addition to the rents accruing from the chapel houses and the sittings on the ground floor of the meeting-house. Furthermore, they arranged what may be termed a sliding scale in the matter of salary to the minister. If the congregation went down by ten the minister was to accept a propor- tionate decrease in his pay; if the congregation went up by ten or more, so, too, did the salary. It would fare hard with some ministers I wot of to- day if they had to submit to such an ordealfas this, which redounds to the credit of the Zoar congrega- tion. Surely the result would be more of what is said to prevail amongst the Scots,—to wit," plain living and high thinking 1" The congregation now worships in its third chapel; of good old Benjamin Rees I write not now; of his latest successors, the Revs James Edwards "and Griffith Parry, suffice it here to say that their praise is in all the churches.

Cymru Fu. F3 Short, original, and signed communications on antiquarian topographical and kindred subjects pertainiiag to Cardiganshire will be treated on their merits. Communications to be marked Cymru Fu," NO. XI. D2,—VACCINATION IN ABERYSTWYTH sixty years ago was certified in this form, an original time stained slip having been sent to me by Mr T. J. Samuel, Solicitor. No. 682 Certificate. John [Jones] aged 1 year was vaccinated the 25 July 1842 by me, and passed regularly and successfully throngh the Disease. (Signed. W Philipps. You are desired to attend next [blank] that the Certificate may be filled up. The above Certificate in blank, should be given to the Person on whom the operation of Vaceination has been performed, or to the Parent, Nurse, or other person having care of the Child, immediately after the operation." G E. E. 33.—ABERYSTWYTH BURGESSES.—A.D. 1730, 4th April. One David Williams, of Aberystwyth, sworn One Mr Samuel Gardner. One Thos David, of Gu Glyn, Glover," At this Leet the jury presented Charles Richards, Esq. and his servants for turning of sheep from Vainor to ye Commons belonging to this Corpora- tion where he has no right and title soe to doc, by the Laws where he lives at." G. E. E, 34.-LEWIS MORRIS, TO REV EDWARD RICHARDS. 18 Nov 1759. Dear Sir, So much for wood and timber. I am glad you and the children are in health and in high spirits, but as for their making as good scholars as their master and, I am almost sure they never will, for nature has not been so kind to them, they may be excellent for coursing and cock fight- ing, the only qualifications of this country, their genius seems inclined to nothing higher. I agree entirely with you yt. they might be as good schol- ars as their ;father, who is none at all. School learning is as different from that little store of knowledge which I have as chalk is to cheese (cheese I should have said first). My masters were only sycamore and gorse bushes, and few lads chuse study under such wooden masters, if they can be better diverted. But God's will be done, it is He that distributes his gifts to whom He pleases by first implanting the inclination, and by giving the strength of mind to receive the impression of the knowledge of His works. Every excellence and knowledge in men are gradual steps towards that perfection of all wisdom and goodness, and is to be valued according to its use to him on society. But hold I am no preacher and must turn my face to poetry, which your letter seems to require. You have said so much in a few words about the faults of our Welsh poets, that it would require a volume either to defend them or explain the matter. But I shall be as short as posible in saying a word or two to try if you and I can agree in sentiments about them or that I can prove myself a man of sense by agree- ing with you. (To be continued).

LLANILAR. WANTED.—It is strange that the inhabitants of this pretty little village are content with their lot without a reading room or library of any kind. Will not the squire of Llidiarle move in this matter? If he were only to take it in band he would find plenty of willing and ready supporters. Llanilar would surely profit not a little by such an institution.—VERAX. DEATH.—The funeral of the late Mrs Mathews,a daughter of Richard Jenkins, Pencwm, took place on Saturday morning, the remains having been brought from Birmingham the previous day. The burial was to have been made on Friday, but as the deceased's husband failed to arrive owing to the trains missing a connection, it had to be deferred, and the body was placed over night in the church. SKATING is somewhat a novel scene for Llanilar, and the Vicar's fine sheet of water was the centre of much interest during the past frosty days, as it afforded a splendid opportunity of indulging in this exhilarating out-door pastime. Last Friday a party including Mr Loxdale, Professor Macaulay and the Rev J. F. Lloyd could be seen having an enjoyable time on the ice. In figure skating the Professor undoubtedly excelled, but the Squire and his Rev- erence, considering their lack of opportunity for exercise in the past, displayed considerable skill.

NEW QUAY. MUSICAL SUCCESS.—At the examination of the London College of Music, held by Mr G. D. Rowle, Mus. Bac. (Cantab.), London, on December 16th, at Carmarthen, the pupils of Miss Thomas, L.L.C.M., Affines House, New Quay, gained cer- tifioates as follows :-Elementary Section-First class honours, 92 marks, Margaret Anne Jones, Arfryn, Church-street. This candidate, who is only eight years old, obtained the highest number of marks at the Carmarthen Centre, and conse- quently will be awarded the first prize. First class-Elizabeth Rees, Morfa House. Pass-Mary Hennetta Evaline Davies, Guild Hall, and Enoch Lewis James, Omnia Villa. Certificates were also granted to the following candidates at the theoretical examination held at the Towyn Vestry New Quay, on the same date:—Junior pass, first class honours, 94 marks, Maggie Jane Jones, 1, Hill-street; 85 marks, Elizabeth Letitia Evans, Polruan, and Kate Sabina Jones, 1, Hill-stfeet. During last year Miss Thomas has had twenty- three successful candidates—three first class honours, sixteen first class, and five pass. This record proves that Miss Thomas has a rare ability as a music teacher. LIFEBOAT.—The lifeboat has been removed from the lifeboat house, and is now seen on the patent slip on the new car on which it is to be drawn by horses to the sea. What will become of the old building? Some suggest is should be opened as a Parliament House for the members of Cnwc y Glap. Time will show. SCHOOL BOARD.—A meeting of the School Board was held on Thursday evening, February 6th, Mr Hugh Davies, Post Office, in the chair. There were also present:—Mr Evans, Pantteg, Rev D. M. Davies and the Clerk (Mr Joshua Jones). It was decided that the sanitary condition of the New Quay school be considered immediately, several reports having been sent by the District Council that the :condition of the school was not in a fit state. Also the plans of the Cross Inn School were returned from the Education Department ap- proved. It was decided that the building of the school be commenced with as soon as possible. Miss Myfanwy Parry was allowed to enter for the examination for pupil teachership, and if success- ful, to commence duties in July. The applications from the Head Master of Cross Inn with regard to the monitors and the superannuation' grant were granted. The report of the Board of Education upon New Quay Board School has come to hand, and reflects great credit upon Mr Lloyd and the staff. TEMPERANCE.—On Monday evening in last week a temperance meeting was held at Towyn Chapel under the auspieces of the New Quay and District Temperance Union. Mr J. C. Jones, Llanarth, took the chair, and in his opening remarks ap- pealed to all present to conduct themselves in such a manner thac would help the meeting to be a success. The programme included the following items:—Duet, Misses May Phillips and M. E. Jones (encored); address fcy Mr Morgan Evans, J.r., Oakford, a veteran in the temperance work. In his opening remarks Mr Evans said that his experience as an active worker with the tem- perance cause for over twenty years gave him a right to speak on this question. He said that during all his life, and he had travelled a great deal, he had not found that strong drink bad done anybody any good but in hundreds of cases he was acquainted with, he had seen the evil effects of strong drink. The Speaker proceeded to say mat tne greatest evil we had to fight against these days were the organizing powers of the drink traffic. A duet by Misses Ruth and Naomi Jones followed. Then the Chairman called upon Miss Rees (Cranogwen). Miss Rees took for her text Proverbs xxxi. 4, 5 verses. Those who had the pleasure of listening to her address cannot easily forget it. It is not often it comes to our lot to hear a Welsh lady addressing a congregation in Welsh as it ought to be spoken. Her appeal to the women and young ladies of the congregation was most effective. Wr T. P. Davies gave a song in good style. Rev J. Jenkins moved a vote of thanks to the speakers andjsingers, and the Rev W. Jones. Bethel, seconded.

■ WM — PENBWLCH. DEATH It is with much regret that we have to announce the death of Mr John Jones, farmer, of Cue Cwtta, Halfway, who died at his home on Friday. !%■ 7'h The drceased was a brother of Mrs Dpvi«.\ vr;f«! of Davicl Davie. Ceunant. 1 he funeral lnok on Thursday last, when the reuui'^ %"tlr,1 conveyed to the burial' groundat Among ui«n> others present at ■ fur.eral were Mr Edward Evans, J.P., Ai.ovsUvy'lh Councillor John Bonner. Llanafan \i"fj' )¡'aJ, Mr Thomas Davit. London, son of Comu i: A>r D Davies, Ceunant. The Rev A C Pe:;rce, Y-f-miue». and Rev J E Thotna-. Pontrhydygrovs. c-Uk-ia:ed.

PENBRYN. ApPOI:1'Mr:T-l ¡If' Bishop of St David's has offered the living of P. n'oryn, vacant by the pie- ferment. of the K- v T. Jones to Llandarrog, to the Rev John Thomas, HA, curate of Llanuuicks, Glamorganshire, wis. has accepted it The hev J 1 homas is a Lnnij.eter College man, and was ordained deaemi in 1886. and priest in 1837.

THE AJaIY rSTIMATES. A SUBSTANTIA)", DECREASE. A memornndiun of the Secretary of Stnte fo i War relating to tho Army Estimates for tile next: financial year hits issued. The total esti- mil-tes Rmoillit to £ 69,310,000, "nd the number "f men to he provided for is 420,000. Of these, 219,700 are for eruiimry services t, n(i 200.300 tor war service. This is a decrease of 29.900 IIIPH, us compared with the present financial year. Tin ra is a decrease in the estimate of £ 23.230,000 or war services, as compared with the proKent. fiinin- cial year, and of £ 375,000 for ordinary Rervicch. The proviHion made is sit III(!ielit to maintain field force at its present strength in South At! !f) for between eight allll nine months of the new financial year.

A STEAMER TWICE RAMMED. During a dense fog i u tho Mersey channel Sunday a collision recurred entailing <hmiii^« Hull steamers. The Dallon liall, outward homui for Halifax, was at anchor waiting to complete her crew, when she was run into by a steamer named Sutherland, outward hound, which struck her heavily near the starboard bow. doing con- siderable damage. Shortly after another steamer, also outward hound, named Marpessa, struck the Dalton Hall in the same place, widening tm> breach. As water was pouring into the forehoM of the Dalton Hall she was ru» ashore to prevent her sinking in deep water. Both the other steamers put back damaged.

FATAL nOILER EXPLOSION. There was a fatal explosion on Saturday at tho Villa Bianca, Bathwick Hill, Bath, occupied by Mr. Chsirles Henry Seers, a member of Bath City Council. M rs. Seers v/as in the kitchen, which is it-Ti exteiirioiifroiii tho main building, when the boiler which generates steam to lieat the house exploded, presumably through the action of frost upon the pipes. The range and the boiler were blown to the opposite side of the kitchen, where the thick stone wall dividing the kitchen from the dining room was demolished, Mrs. Seers being buried beneath the debris. Her death must, have been instantaneous. Mrs. Seers had just previ- ously remarked that she hoped they would huvo no trouble with the boiler.

SHOCKING DEATH OF A BABY. On Saturday a shocking accident happened at Aston, which resulted in the death of a 14 months old child. An elder child was wheeling the baby in a perambulator. She left her charge for a moment and the carriage ran into the gutter, where it overturned, and the baby was thrown out just as a horse and out were passing. The driver was unable to pull up, and the result was that one of the wheels went over the ohild's head, inflicting terrible injuries. The poor child was conveyed to the General HORpitnl, Imt death had taken place before its arrival there.

ACCIDENT TO DEAN FARRAR. Denii Farrar, while attending afternoon service at Canterbury Cathedral, on Saturday, appeared to be seized with faintness, and fP.11 from his stall. A lay clerk and one or two King's scholars went at once to the dean's assistance, and he was car- ried outside, bleeding somewhat profusely from a wound on the head. The dean wished to return to the choir, hut his condition precluded this. The condition of Dean Farrar after me(lieal attend- ance showed an ijipt-oveujetit at Later en- quiries at the Deanery elicited that Dr. Farrar passed a comfortable night, and that the wound on his head is not so bad as was at first feared. The fall was due to a loss of equilibrium, not faintness.

CONVICT CUTS HIS THROAT. A tragic sequel to a Liverpool Assize trial came to light on Saturday. On the previous day Mr. Justice Buckuill sentenced James Wilson to five years' penat servitude for forging a cheque for JCI,000, and as lie left the dock the convict ap- peared very depressed. As soon as he reached the cells, Wilson asked permission to visit the lavatory, which was granted, and a few minutes later he was found lying in a pool of blood, having out his throat with a knife. It is expected that the man will recover.

BUILDING STRIKE SETTLED. The iock-ont in the building trade at Maidstone has ceased, Mr. Askwith, Board of Trade arbi- trator, having given his award in the dispute to the effect that during December and January the men shall commence work at 8 a.m., and continue work without break till the dinner hour. This is a gain to the employers, but in the case of the men's contention the arbitrator decided a vital poiut to carpenters and joiuors, namely that the rate of pay for overtime should commence after an ordinary day's work, instead of after a ten hours' day, as propoNuil by the Master Builders' Association. Both sidos profess themselves satis- fied witlt the award.

A COMPLETE VINDICATION. An important Board of Trade inquiry which fiad lasted throe days was conohided at Sunder- land on Saturday. It was into the ailequaey of the means taken to save the ci ew of the French barque Quillotta, which was wrecked at Sunder- land with a lows of 17 lives. A letter had been sent, to the French Consul by a disaffected mem- ber of the Sunderland Lifeboat Brigade, making certain insinuations. Toe Court found that everything possible had been done to save the crew by t' e lifelioat brigade and coastguard, and that it was impossible for the lifeboat to render assistance.

FIFTY PEOPLE IN THE WATER. On Sunday afternoon, when between 2,000 and 3 (MM) persons were skating and sliding on the Round Pond, Kensington Gardens, a portion of the ice suddenly collapsed. Some 50 persons were immersed, and the greatest excitement prevailed. One hidy was for a moment in great peril until resetted by a bluejacket from H.M.S. Pembroke, it it elderly gentleman was also assisted by a sailor from the same ship. All the people were at once ordered off the ice, though several remained, de- spite the efforts of the attendants to disperse them.

T,EAD-POISONING ON THE WANE. The increased vigilance in protecting workers t, in unhealthy trades is being rewarded by the best re II J I", as shown by a Home Office return just issued. Cases of lead-poisoning in earthenware und e'.ina wouks have decreased from 249 in 1899 to 106 in 1901. In all other industries under the Faefrory and Workshop Act CMOR Of leild-poison- in" have similarly diminished, the figures being 1^99, 1.009 cases 1900, 858 and 1901, 757.