The Montgomeryshire Express and Radnor Times

TIME TABLE NOTES. A-Stops for 1st and 2nd class from or to local stations, and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd class passengers from or to stations on other Companies' lines. Notice to be given to the Guard. B- Stops by signal to pick up or set down pas- sengers booked to or from stations on other Companies' lines. BB-Stops to set down passengers booked from Stations on other Companies' lines beyond Oswestry, Welshpool, and Moat Lane. BC—Stops to set down passengers booked from stations on other Companies' lines. BD-Stops to pick up passengers for Crewe, &c. BK—Breakfast baskets obtained at Machynlleth by this train, price 2s. each. Orders to be given to the guard before the train leaves Aberystwyth. C-Stops by signal to pick up passengers for stations beyond Moat Lane. CR-Stops by signal to pick up for Chester, &c. D-Stops to set down from Stations beyond Welsh- pool, and for beyond Machynlleth. Also on Tuesdays stups to set down from Newtown. G-Stops by notice being given to guard. H-Horse Boxes and Carriage Trucks. Particulars ascertained from the Station Masters. L-Runs on Llanfair Fair Days, i.e., first Friday n each month. M—On Llanfair Fair Day, i.e., first Friday in each month runs twenty minutes earlier. Q-Runs on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays only. S-Stops at Abermule to set down, from July 1st to 26th, and from September 17th to 30th. *—Stops to pickup or set down on informing guard. C. S. DENNISS, General Manager. Although great care has been taken in compiling the time table, we do not hold ourselves responsible for inaccuracies.

A Scotchman came to London for a holiday. Walking along one of the streets he noticed a bald-headed ehemist standing at his shop door, and inquired if he had any hair restorer. Yes, sir,' said the chemist; 'step inside, please. There's an article I can highly recommend. Tes- timonials from great men who have used it. It makes the hair grow in twenty-four hours.' Aweel,' said the Scot, Ye can gie the top o' your heid a bit rub wi't, and I'll look back the morn and see if ye're tellin' the truth.' ) The meeting had not begun. A nervous little man shifted uneasily from one part of the hall to the other. At last he rose and called out in a high penetrating voice: 'Is there a Christian Scientist in this hall P A lady stood up and said, I am a Christian Scientist. What do you want ?' I want you to change seats with me, ma'am, as I'm sitting in a draught!' v # Sir Henry Taylor used to relate how on one occasion he went to see Lord Hammond, then the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, of whom it used to be said that he was never absent from his post. On this day, however, he happened to be away, and when the doorkeeper was questioned on the subject he said, 'His Lordship has gone to a funeral, sir, and it's the only day's pleasure he's vhad for two years.'

NEWS OF THE WEEK. Wrexhan Public Hall and seven business premises in the centre of the city were destroyed by fire. The Duke of Connaught has accepted the new command of the Eastern Mediterranean, with headquarters at Malta. The body of a Cardiff girl typist, who had been missing from home for three days, was recovered from a millpond at Llandaff. A woman employed at a Plymouth hotel was nhnt: riaarl hv har hiishanrJ from whom sbft haH been living apart. The man afterwards com- mitted suicide. The Standard Oil Company of Indiana, a branch of the Standard Oil Company, has been fined £ 5,848,000 for receiving rebates upon inter- State shipments of oil. A riot took place among the Chinese on the Rand, who wrecked the quarters of the Chinese police and broke the heads of two policemen. Four Chinese were killed. A Leicester office boy, aged fifteen, has admitted the forgery of his master's name to a cheque of .£210. So clever was the forgery that the bank cashier was deceived and the money paid. Two stokers were killed and two men injured by a fire which occurred on board the destroyer Spiteful in the Solent. It is stated that oil fuel ignited in the stokehold, which speedily became a mass of flames. A great scheme by which the Salvation Army will buy ten townships in Ontario for colonisation has been agreed on. subject to approval of the land by a Joint Commission of the Army and the Canadian Government. No dividend was declared at the meeting of the Gaiety Theatre Company, the past year having been the worst for thirteen years. Mr George Edwardes, however, said lie hoped to pay an interim dividend shortly. Dr. Macnamara, speaking at the School Hygiene Congress, urged teachers to play golf. He said that he had lured hundreds of his teaching colleagues to the teeing ground, and they had all arisen and called him blessed. Mr Churchill stated in the House of Commons that it had been decided to construct a pioneer railway, 400 miles long. in Northern and Southern Nigeria, at a cost of.21,230,000, thus opening up the territory towards Lake Chad. A remarkable story of alleged bigamy was told at Westminster, where a photographer named James Young, or Mitchell, aged 47, was remanded in custody. He is alleged to have contracted four marriages, and three of the wives" appeared in court. While engaged in night manoeuvres off Swanage the destroyer Quail was rammed by the scout Attentive, forty feet of her bow being cut right off. The truncated vessel was towed stern fore- most to Portsmouth. The crew had amazing escapes from death. A landing party from the French cruiser Galilee having been attacked by Moors at Casa Blanca, the streets were claared at the point of the bayonet, many Moors being killed. A part of the town and suburbs were afterwards bombarded, with much loss of life. I sent you some suggestions telling you how to make your paper more interesting. Have you carried out any of my ideas ? "—Editor: Did you meet the office boy with the waste-paper basket as you came up the stairs ? "Yes." "Well, he was carrying out your ideas! The death has occurred of the Marquis of Bristol at the age of seventy-three. By the suc- cession to the marquisate of the late peer's nephew, Captain Frederick Hervey, a Parliament- ary vacancy is created in Bury St. Edmunds, the only seat in Sufiolk retained for the Conservatives at the last General Election. The Premier and Mr John Bums received at the House of Commons a deputation on town-plan- ning. Both Ministers declared themselves in full agreement with the deputation's desire to provide a sane system of town building free from the evil incubus of slums, and announced that two Bills prepared by the Government-Housing and Town-planning—would be pressed forward next Session. In re-visiting his former home in Achill Island, and winning a wager in doing so, James Lynche- haun, the notorious prison-breaker, risked recog- nition by the police, in which case he would have been sent to complete the life sentence, from which he escaped in 1902. Only one man in the British Isles reoognised him, though he was arrested, during his stay, on a charge of housebreaking, which broke down. Speaking at a Liberal demonstration at Lyndhurst, in the New Forest, Mr Lloyd George said, with reference to British and foreign trade, there was one class of man he could not abide, and that was the man who, although he was doing well himself, was perfectly miserable, gloomy, and downhearted because another man was also prospering. Plenty for all men was the redemption of a Divine pledge, and the grumbler had no place in any real life. Mr William Mellings, of Rycroft, Marton-in- Chirbury, died from injuries caused by falling from a load of hay. Mr Mellings had taken his horse and cart to assist Mr G. Butler, of Marton, to carry hay. Towards evening he fell from the load on which he was at work. and dislocated his neck. He was taken home and attended by Dr Woods, but finally succumbed to his injuries. He leaves a widow and two young children, with whom much sympathy is felt. While funerals were taking place in the cemetery at Newport, Mon., a shot was heard, and a man was found lying under a fir tree behind the Non- conformist chapel with a bullet wound in his left temple. Beside him was a revolver. The man died in hospital two hours later. In his posses- sion were found papers in the name of Trevor A. Llewelyn Thomas, and a watch bearing an inscription showing that it was presented to Private Thomas, A Company 1st Volunteer Battalion South Wales Borderers, by the inhabi- tants of Brecon, as a memento of active service during the South African war. The whole structure of procedure in the House of Commons is hopelessly obsolete. It is a tradi- tion spoken of with veneration. As a matter of fact. it deserves only to be spoken of with con- tempt. The perpetual patching and tinkering of the rules is like patching a hundred-year-old coat, or unKering a gecue wnion nas oeen in use since Queen Anne. This is not a political question at all. The machine is absolutely useless for modern purposes, but I question whether it will be des- troyed in our time. The truth is that the very rustiness and cumbrousness of it enable the Opposition-of whatever political colour it may be-to delay and embarrass the intentions of the Government.

The Next Education Bill. A meeting of the Welsh party under the presi- dency of Sir Alfred Thomas, gave some considera- tion to a draft report of the sub-committee appointed to prepare a memorial for submission to the President of the Board of Education indicat- ing the requirements of Wales in regard to the coming Education Bill. The form of the draft, which, with a few emendations, followed the resolutions of the education conference held at Llandrindod last year, was subjected to consider- able criticism before it was, on the proposal of Mr Llewelyn Williams, seconded by Mr Ellis Davies, adopted for presentation to Mr M'Kenna. It is understood that the party will stand by the old proposal of a National Council for Wales, the possibilities of which were explained by Mr Lloyd- George in a speech of remarkable power and breadth of view.

Oswestry Shooting Case. BOY KILLED BY HIS SISTER. A terrible shooting case occurred at Oswestry on Monday night. Shortly before seven o'clock Thomas Fergusson, head gamekeeper to Mr Wynne Corrie, went in company with his two children, John Davidson, aged nine, and Barbara, seven, to the pheasant shed at, Lower Turnpath, to see to the eggs. The boy took with him a rook rifle, which he had been accustomed to use for two years, and which he placed behind the shed. Forgetting this later, he sought his father's aid to find it. On the father stating where he had seen the rifle, the little girl raced to get it for her brother, The boy meanwhile hid. When Barbara saw him she playfully raised the gun, and point- ing it at the lad, pulled the trigger. Unfortu- nately the rifle was loaded, and the bullet struck him on the right breast, severing an artery and setting up internal hemorrhage. Death took place almost immediately. At the inquest on Tuesday, a verdict of accidental death was returned.

WHY I DIDN'T GO TO SEE THE CHANNEL FLEET. Sir,—Would you really like to know why I didn't go to see the Channel Fleet ? You ought to know without being told. Editors always know everything, or pretend they do. How we poor outsiders smile at their airs of omniscience and their serene assurance. It does not matter how long nor how carefully a person has been trained for his profession an editor can always show him a more excellent way. It particularly amuses me to read an editor's advice to farmers. I wonder sometimes whether any farmer ever profited by such advice. I could give you several reasons why I didn't go. But would you suppose I was likely to go ? Am I given to rushing hither and thither after every will-o'-the-wisp ? Did you ever see me going anywhere because others went? Did you ever see me at a circus, or even a wild beast show ? You never saw me at any of the plays that your paper advertises so extravagantly. I never even desire to see any of these things. I have never seen the local contigent of the volunteer batta- lion, of whose achievements your correspondent last week had so much to say. So why should I go all the way to Aberystwyth to see a few war vessels ? I am not a bloated Imperialist, and I don't look like one. My worst enemy cannot say there is any pretence about me, so why should I vrv i-L -1 T7U_ _1.1- T 1 t gu uu tI iuo \.IUaouU"1 wmitt li x naa my way the only fleet in the world would be a fishing fleet. I am a lover of peace. My principles are- look after your own business, do not encroach on you neighbour, live peaceably with all men, and support a genuinely Radical Government. If every one adopted my principles we should not need an army nor yet a navy. Will this reason suffice or do you want another? I hadn't the time to spare. Had I been the editor of a weekly paper I could have shaken off the dust of the office, shuffled off its cares, and gone for a holiday by the sea. But I am only a poor agriculturist- the representative of a class that have to stay at home and work that other people may have holidays. Some of your newspaper writers declare that going to market once a week is a great waste of time, and what would they say if we went to Aberystwyth ? Then it was a fine day, and fine days have not been too plentiful this summer. We were in the middle of the hay harvest, and even Luke Sharpe" cannot give better advice than the old proverb Make hay while the sun shines." I always expect some judgment to fall on any- one who neglects duty for pleasure. Had I gone I should have expected the rain to spoil the clover, and the blackbirds to pilfer all the black currants. Do you want still another reason ? ThenlatformR would be dangerous, the trains hot and crowded. Why should I vainly try to cool a perspiring face all the long journey just to see what I had no desiro to see ? What if all the Methodist schools were going? I am not a Methodist, and you know it. And although a Methodist crowd may be vastly more endurable than a Chinese crowd, yet crowds of any kind have no attraction for me. Why should I go on that particular day just because the railway company have kindly signified their willingness to issue cheap tickets ? If I want to go away I do not find them too obliging. Only the other day, at a station about 20 miles from Newtown, I was one of a party who wanted a train to stop, and was told it could not be stopped for less than 50 passengers, and we were not cheap trippers either. Shall I give you one more reason ? If anyone whom I particularly cared to go with had asked me to go, all- the preceding reasons would have vanished into thin air, but in that case I should have been going for the sake of my friend's company and not the fleet, and, under such circumstances, the heights of Plynlimon, or the banks of the Severn, would have been as attractive as Cardigan Bay. While I am about this subject would you like to know why I didn't go to Bangor to see the Queen ? Or to London to see Mark Twain ? The answer to both is the same. I was not asked. CYNICUS LABORIOUS.

Army Contracts in Wales. Mr J. D. Rees asked the Secretary of State for War whether he would state in what counties in Wales and with what firms the contracts for 423,000 were placed last year. Mr Haldane, in reply, said: The contracts were placed mainly in Glamorganshire, as the articles bought were tin plates, nickel, foundry coke, etc. It is not considered expedient to publish the names of the firms in question.

Bride Burnt to Death. A marriage at Pimlico was followed within a very few hours by the death of the bride, under terribly sad circumstances. While cooking the wedding "breakfast," in her husband's absence, her dress was ignited, and she was so seriously burnt that she passed away in St. George's Hos- pital, whither she was removed. The husband was a young carman named Albert Jordan, and he had taken apartments for his bride in Effingham-street, Lupus-street, Pimlioo. The wedding took place at half-past nine in the morning at St. Gabriel's Church, Warwick-square. The bridegroom's brother acted as best man the bride was accompanied by her married sister and brother-in-law, who gave her away. After the ceremony the wedding party returned to Effingham-street. There the happy couple received the congratulations of their friends. Later the bridegroom, his brother, and his brother- in-law went out for a row on the river, leaving the bride and her sister to prepare the break- fast." Mrs Jordan, it seems, was still wearing the light white dress in which she was married- material which lent itself very readily to fire. Her sister, after rendering what help she could, lay down to rest in the same room. About 12-20 the residents of Effingham-street were startled by agonised cries. The bride, whom several of them had seen returning from the church, was in flames! Mrs Jordan appears to have been cooking by the range. In- the fender was a spirit lamp, alight. The window was open, and the draught caused the flame of the lamp to ignite the bride's dress. She shrieked to her sleeping sister, who springing up, wrapped a quilt around her. In so doing the pister was badly injured, both her arms being terribly burnt. The cries of the bride attracted willing helpers to the house. But there was little they could do. A cab was procured, and Mrs Jordan was hurried away to the hospital. A few minutes before one o'clock the husband and his companions returned home. As they turned into Effingham-street they saw a crowd of people standing opposite the house they had lately left. Rushing up, the husband addressed a young man who lived in the same house. Whatever has happened ? he cried, and the young man broke the news as gently as he could. And the stricken bridegroom hurried to the hos- pital in a cab. At five o'clock in the afternoon he was standing by his bride's death-bed, and saw her pass away.

Raspberry and Currant Jelly. A NOVEL DINNER SWEET. This jelly is made simply with the fresh fruit and Corn Flour, and retains the delicious fresh taste of the fruit. It is so much nicer and so muchanore wholesome than artificially prepared jellies that it is well worth while taking a little trouble to make it. The recipe, however, is really very simple—here it is:— £ lb Raspberries nearly ripe. jIb Red Currants nearly ripe. ilb to ilb Sugar, according to the ripeness of f.1- n.f, vug 11 vu w« 2i oz (4ft tablespoonfuls filled level) Brown and Poison's Patent" Corn Flour. Boil the fruit with the sugar and sufficient water to cover the fruit until quite soft, then strain to remove skins and pips. Make up the juice to It pints with water, if necessary. Mix the Corn Flour to a smooth cream with a little of the juice. Bring the rest of the juice to the boil. Remove the saucepan from tlle fire. Pour the mixed Corn Flour slowly into it, stirring vigorously. Bring to the boil again and boil well for three minutes. Pour into a mould and cool. When cold, turn out and serve with switched cream. The juice of half a lemon may be added to help the flavour. And one word more, just look at your packet of Corn Flour and see if it really is Brown & Poison's Patent." So often when you think you have the best, something else has been sent you. And it makes such a difference in table jellies like this i when Brown and Poison's Patent" is used.

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE MEN OF NEWTOWN. Gentlemen,—You have so decided a salt-and- savour-of-the-earth assumption about you, that it is peculiarly meet you should be told precisely what you are, and how you stand. Here goes. Your faith is immense, if your worda be any measure of it. You are always eager to publish abroad the peculiar merits of your home-not eager to convince any of its merits, but only to shout them in the general ear. You fillip the ear of the public with a three-man beetle." Every- thing which appertains to "Newtown," as you phrase it, is vastly superior to similar things doing the like duty in other places. You are, in fact, just a wee bit braggart, and, as is the only danger of your sort, somewhat likely to impose your comical views upon simple minds. Because you so little heed the susceptibilities of other patriot enthusiasts, I shall, in proving what scanty reason lies behind your shoutings, use little care to dissemble my meaning. According to your comical idea of perspective, Newtown is the home of all that is desirable and good; Welshpool is, in its contrast, filled with unjustifiable pride and snobbery; Llanidloes, as a mere backwash of the world's tide, is utterly negligible. Newtown is, in fat, the one jewel in the crown of Montgomery. I know not to what defects of vision this funny view is due, but, in the general interests, the painful obliquity should be corrected. To a neutral, Newtown is a colour- less, characterless kind of place, marked by no noteworthy attribute. Welshpool is distinguished by its (in some respects) charming atmosphere of the old county town, and Llanidloes makes no bad figure as the small, unambitious, self-con- tained borough. But your town can adequately fill none of the many qualities claimed for it. Take, for instance, its claim-how often repeated, I care not to tell-to be a busy emporium of trade, a kind of Leeds in Wales. There is nothing in it. If one calls on any ordinary afternoon, one is struck most by its somnolence. Blinds hang down over every shop window, shopkeepers snore in their back parlours, dogs and urchins hold the streets in sway. The emporium air is certainly not there. If I were asked what is the town's dis- tinctive mark, I should find it hard to reply. The place is so commonplace, so hybridised. Ah! "hybridised" gives the idea. Newtown is most like a cross between a deserted village, where business might have been transacted in the past, and a speculating shantytown, where it may be induced to visit in the future. This effect of commonplace is also apparent in I the look of the town. It is only fair in appear- ance. The few good buildings are factories and warenouses. The visitor. after passing some of these near the station, haps upon some ancient, slate-sided erections, which do not look handsome. Of course, their designer may not have intended them to be handsome, in which case he may be complimentod on his success in avoiding that which was not within his memory. After passing these, the visitor comes to what has but the semblance of a street. So irregular do the houses stand, that he wonders whether such a thing as a good thoroughtare comes within the scheme of Newtown. Perseverance is, however, at last rewarded, and he eventually enters Bread-street. This, he admits, is something like streets as other towns practise them. While acknowledging it to be a pleasant scene, he is forced, however, to the conclusion that it is the only one in Newtown. The others are merely tumble-down shanties, in pretence of alignment with a few properly built houses or shops. Llanidloes beats it hollow. At the stage, the visitor bad better be removed out of the town, Irrt he seek to explore the slums, which are extensive and remarkably offensive for a town of this size. Newtownians, you should abolish slums! Of the inhabitants, it is best to speak straightly. Society with you consists of a strong middle class, and a weak, but numerous, poor Good old middle class Britain's bulwark You embody the quintessence of snobbery and vulgarity. In Newtown, the class is eminently typical, and, being weighed down by no aristocracy, very assertive. Practically, the entire management of the town is in the interests of the middle class. Everything is devised to their well-being, from low rates and easy politics to a comfortable religion. The poor fetch and carry, the middle class enjoy-and ride; which means that the poor are stupid and the others selfish. A Newtown man is terribly vulgar. Of course, I mean the natural, unfettered Newtownian, not the extremely respectable middle class. His strident, vulgar speech may be distinguished anywhere in Wales. It is more terrifying to a sensitive ear than the speech of Cockney or Brummagem peakie blinder. Having forsworn the native tongue, Newtownians seem to have been punished by being given, instead of the usual fulness of sound of Welsh throats, merely the plaintive bleat of the lamb. The long-drawn succession of squeaks and piping noises is really the most painful for a listener. The grammar, etc., is simply barbarous. It may be rendered somewhat as follows:— Wale, Ernie, 'ow art 'ee ? er 'Ow, orlright, Chaurley. Bin kick-ia' futt- bawl at Larn-id-lus. Aw." Ah. 'An licked 'um, o' course." Aw, I 'spose thee 'oot. Newta-own kyarn allers easy lick Larn-id-lus." Ah, an' Walsh-pool." ec Well, ah. I dun know as 'ow they could 'elp it." Thee hasn't sid our Jyawk ? or Naw, 1 'anna &id 'im nowhere." 1lY" L1 r"I. uuuna ma-a-tna. uoo -nignt, unauriey. Goo'-night, Ernie." It does not look well, does it ? But doesn't it flatter somewhat? I found the true flavour untranslatable to writing. In case the above does not represent truly, how about this Put thee futt in that ther a-owl; ther's a rawt there! I offer no prize for a proper rendering of that into English. ONLOOKER.

New County J.P's. I, .:v do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to his Majesty, King Edward the Seventh, his heirs and successors, according to the law. So help me God. I, do swear that I will well and truly serve our Sovereign Lord, King Edward the Seventh, in the office of Justice of the Peace within the County of Montgomery, and I will do right to all manner of people after the laws and usages of this realm without fear or favour, affection or ill-will. So help me God. These were the two solemn oaths that sixteen new County J.P.'s took in the Welshpool Assize Court a few minutes after one o'clock last Monday afternoon. It was technically an adjourned meeting of the Summer Quarter Sessions, but the scene bore small resemblance to the ordinary proceedings at a Court of Justice. In the presiding chair, on the magisterial platform, there sat Mr Richard Lloyd, Newtown, as deputy-chairman of the Quarter Sessions, with Mr David Jones, Spring Bank, Welshpool, as the only other qualified county magistrate present, But to the right aud left of the chairman were grouped the prospective justices. One of them- Mr Matthew Powell, manager of Lloyds' Bank, Welshpool—had been appointed by the Lord Chancellor some twelve years ago, but it was only now that he took the oath. The others were Messrs William Pugh Phillips and Alfred Ford, Newtown; Richard George, Llanidloes; Maurice Owen, Thomas Soley, Maurice More Lloyd, and Thomas Dick Kirk, M.D., Montgomery; Richard Bedford Williams, Church- stoke; Colonel Herbert Witherstone Mynors Baskerville, Llandinam; Frederick Ernest Maraton, Welshpool; Gwilym Edmunds, Llan- idloes; Capt. Charles Martin Stirck Humphreys, Dolforwyn; Edward Powell, Newtown; Samuel Ellis, Llanfair Caereinion; and Robert Owen Perrott, Llansantffraid. Two only of the recently appointed magistrates were missing: Messrs John Shuker, Churchstoke, and J. B. Willaus, Dolforgan. The spectators at this adjourned Quarter Sessions numbered one, the meeting, though public, had not been advertized, as is always the caso at criminal and civil sessions. Inspector Tanner, the veteran police officer, of Newtown, formally opened the proceedings by reciting the quaint old Anglo-Norman proclamation, be- ginning "Oyez? Oyez!" Then Mr G. D. Harrison, as Clerk of the Peace, distributed four or five Testaments amongst the magistrates, who held the volumes whilst the two oaths were being administered, and kissed the book in turn. The new county magistrates then signed their names on the declaration book in the order given above, and the ceremony was over in a few minutes. On behalf of Mr Harrison, Mr Richard Powell, his veteran clerk, received from one county 1 magistrate qualifying fees, totalling JSZ.

O'R T W R. Tra cura calon dan fy mron Am Ddirwest bur diolchaf; Anadlodd obaith byw i hon Yn nos fy ngwarth gerwinaf; I Yng nghlust fy ing sibrydodd serch, Rhoes ole ar fy mriwiau A chefais mown dyfnderoedd erch Fy mywyd yn ei breichiau. Ffordd arall heibio, gyda gwyn, Ai beilchion feib Athroniaeth, Rhag iddynt weled ynof ddyn Amddifad o ddynoliaeth; 0 fryniaa Moes, bydolion call A wawdient fy nghamweddau; A saint anianol—llawn mor fall, A wgent ar fy ngwaeau. Cymerodd Dirwest fwyn fy mhlaid Ym mhwll fy ymyfed halog; Ac wrth fy nghodi yn fy llaid Cofleidiodd fi yn serchog; Oddiwrth fy cbwant diddyfnodd fi; Adferodd fy ieuenctid; Rhoes ar fy ysgymun enw fri, A nefoedd yn fy ysbryd. Goleuodd ser yn nos fy mryd, A gwnaeth fy myd yn newydd; Dangbosodd Dduw yn ras i gyd, A dynion yn garennydd Mawrygaf mwyach Ddirwest gu, A lloriaf feddwdod ysol; Y naill yn angel imi fu, A bu y llall yn ddiafol. IOLO CARNARVON. Dyma ddernyn byw ar ddirwest. Talai yn dda am ei adrodd yn y cyfarfod dirwestol. Manteisiai y cyfarfodydd hyn o gael adroddiadau da. Dau angen sydd, darn da ac adroddwr da. Hyderaf y gwna_rhywrai yn mhob ardal feddwl o ddifrif am helpu dirwest yn y ffordd hon. Diolch i Miss Catherine Morgan, High-street, Mrs Jones, Poplars, Four Crosses, a Mr Joseph Jones, Saw Mills, am eu rhoddion i'r Llyfrgell Rydd. Ofnaf os oedant yn hwy y bydd yn rhaid gwneyd i fynu y Gongl Gymreig heb gymorth rhai cyfeillion oeddynt yn darbodi cynorthwyo. Bydd hyny yn golled i'r Ilyfrgell ac iddynt hwythau. Nid oes mo'r help, ni cheir aros ydy' hi. Adeg helbulus a thrafferthus gaiff yr amaethwr gyda'i gynhauaf eleni. Os teg fydd y boreu daw gwlaw y prydnawn, ac os byddis wedi gwasgar y gwair gwelir cyn nos mai gwell fuasai peidio, Nid oes ond gwylio ar bob cyfle a manteisio ar enyd o sychder, gan gofio y caed haf rhagorol y llynedd. Rhodder eleni at y llynedd a cheir fod y cyfartaledd yn uchel. Felly y mae gyda phob gwaith ar y ddaear, ceir colled ac enill, a rhaid byw ar yr average. Derbyniais drwy law y Rareh Lewis Jamee, Llanfairmuallt, gopi o fras gynllun a fabwysiad- wyd gan Undeb Cynghorau Eglwysi Rhyddion Canolbarth Cymru er sefydlu cylchoedd darllen a darlithiau lleol yn nhrefi a phentrefi y wlad. Mae y cynllun yn un rhagorol. Bwriedir ei gychwyn ar ddechreu'r hydief. Yn llyfrau cynygir y rhestry,ria:-I. Llyfrau Cymraeg: Un neu ragor o'r rhai a ganlyn-Barddoniaeth Elfed, Cyf. I.; Bywyd John Thomas (Cyfres y Fil); Barddon- iaeth Eben Fardd (Cyfres y Fil); Taith y Pererin, Bunyan 2. Llyfrau Saesneg: Un neu ragor o'r rhai a ganlyn: A Short History of Wales, O. M. Edwards (Unwin); The Living Christ and the Four Gospels, Dale; Ruskin; Unto this Last, and Sesame and Lilies. Y mae y Parch Griffith Ellis, M.A., Bootle, wedi ymgymeryd a pharotoi Cofiant i Mr Gee, Dinbych. Rhyfedd y newidiadsu ddaw gyda threigliad blynyddoedd. Pwy fuasai yn dychmygu gweled yr un gweinidog, sydd ar hyd ei oes wedi bod yn fugail, yn parotoi cofiantau i Mr Morgan a Mr Gee! Ar fur gogleddol yr Eglwys, Mallwyd, mae cof-lech o farmor yn 4 troedfedd 0 hyd 3 o led, yn llefaru fel hyn yn LladinYma y claddwyd y Doethawr loan Dafydd, genedigol o Ferres yn ngwlad Dinofwy, arolygwr yr Eglwys hon am 30 mlynedd, gwr o lenyddiaeth lawer, amddiff ynwr egniol crefydd dianefedig, urddasolaf ar ei gariad tuag at ei wlad, yr hwn a gymeradwyodd ei fuchedd ddilwgr i ddau Esgob ei oes; ac yn nghy- faethu yr Y sgrythyr Sanctaidd i'r Gymraeg o'r Groeg, Uadin a Hebraeg, ei ddysgeidiaeth a'i gwnaeth yn gynorthwywr defnyddiol iawn i'r ddau. Efe hefyd oedd yn ymchwiliwr mawr a dilwgr yn iaith a hynafiaeth Brydeinig; croniclau wedi eu hir esgeuluso a wnaeth yn hysbys; er a gwybodaeth ymadroddion henafol, efe a agoredd y ffordd nid mewn un llyfr yn unig i'w olafiaid. Ar ol cyraedd dros 80 mlynedd bu farw yn mlwyddyn ein Arglwydd 1644. Fe wnaeth cyd- wladwr iddo, ag arian a gasglwyd, ar ol dau gant o flynyddoedd, fel na fyddai cofadail hwyach yn eisieu i ludw a choffadwriaeth y cyfryw ddyn ag oedd wedi haeddu yn ardderchog oddiwrth ei wlad, er mwyn anrhydedd a duwioldeb, a ofalodd i roddi i fyny y cofnod hwn." Cyfrol werthfawr i ysgolion ac efrydwyr banes Cymru ydyw yr un newydd ei chyhoeddi gan Mr Howell T. Evans, B.A., Caerdydd, "An Analysis of the History of Wales." Amcan y llyfr yw rhoddi amlinelliad o'r prif ffeithiau hanesyddol, ac olrhain y llinellau pwysicaf ar ba rai y mae dadblygiad Cymru wedi eu dilyn. Coir ynddo fapiau newyddion, a rhestr o'r awduron yr ym- gynghorwyd a hwy. Daeth adroddiad y Men's Convalescent Home, Rhyl,' am 1906, a da genyf alw sylw at y cysur a'r lies sy'n deilliaw i ganoedd o rai'n gwella drwy y sofydliad hwn. Yn ystod y flwyddyn bu 943 yn aros yno. Drwy gyfranu ato mae cynulleidfaoedd a phersonau unigol yn cael hawl i anfon cleifion yno, a byddai yn dda i ragor wybod am ei gyfleusderau a'i gynorthwyo. Blodeu Cudd ar Gaea Awen yw enw ffcyffro fechan ddestlus a dyddocol gan y parch, G. Penar Griffiths, Pentre, Abertawe, sydd newydd ei chyhoeddi gan Mri. W. Hughes a'i Fab, Dolgellau. Ei neges yw dwyn y to yma 0 Gymry i gymdeithas rhai o'r beirdd llai adnabyddus. Mae yma tua haner cant o honynt, o ddiwedd y ddeunawfed hyd diwedd y bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg. Cyflwynir hwy i'r darllenydd, a gadewir iddynt adrodd gair o englyn, penill neu bryddest, fel y bydd. Ber iawn yw stori ambell un,-dim ond pedair llinell, tra y mae eraill, fel Huw Myfyr, yn cael adrodd dernyn gweddol faith. Mae'r awdwr yn fardd, ac yn cael pleser gyda chywreinrwydd y rheolau yn gystal a'r meddyliau, ac fa gaiff y darllenydd, pwy bynag fydd, rywbeth i'w ddifyru ar bob tudalen, ac adeiladaeth yn fynych hefyd. Mae'r Llyfrfa yn Nghaernarfon newydd gy- hoeddi argraffiad destlus a rhad o Ddrws y Society Profiad gan Williams, Pantycelyn. Ceir rhagdraeth rhagorol i'r argraffiad gan y Parch. Edward Thomas, Tregarth. Mae galw mawr am yr argraffiad o Tbeomemphus," a diau y caiff y gyfrol hon eto werthiant teilwng. Mae Uawn cymaint o eisieu amddiffyn y seiat yn y dyddiau hyn ag oadd yn adeg Williams. Miss G. A. Jones, B.A., yn awr 0 Jarrow-on- Tyne, ond yn enedigol o Chwilog, a ddewiswyd yn ail athrawes yn Ysgol Dr Williams, Dolgellau, a Miss Nesta Edwards, B.A., Dolgellau, yn lie Miss Jones, yr hon sydd wedi ei dewis yn brifathrawes ysgol Borough-road, Llundain. Ar ei hymadawiad cyflwyd i Miss Jones (merch Mr Edwin Jones, Llandinam) dressing case" hardd gan hen ddisgyblion yr ysgol ar ei hymadawiad i'r Brif- ddinas. Gwtliwk.

TREFEGLWYS. A. H. BENNETT, draper, Caersws, attends Room adjoining Red Lion Hotel, Trefeglwys, every Thursday, from 2 till 8, with a good assortment of General Drapery Goods, all at lowest cash prices. [Advt. S. BEPSTEIN, £ 10™PWARDS WITHOUT DELAY 3, Newhall St., ON NOTE OF HAND AT A FAIR RATE BIRMINGHAM. of interest. BILLS DISCOUNTED STRICT PRIVACY AND ESTAB. 1870. STRAIGHTFORWARD DEALINGS GUARANTEED. l AND 26, CHESTER-ST, SHREWSBURY.

MARKETS. NEWTOWN GENERAL, TUESDAY. s. d. s. d. Wheat, per 240lbs 15 0 to 15 6 Oats, per 2251bs 15 0 to 15 6 Beans, per 2401bs 15 0 to 15 6 Peas, per 225lbs 14 0 to 15 0 Beef, per lb 0 5 0 6! Mutton, per lb 0 6 0 8! Pork 0 5 0 5! Bacons. 0 5 0 5! Lamb, per lb 0 8 0 9 Veal, per lb 0 6 0 7 Fowls 3 0 3 6 Chickens, per couple 3 0 5 0 Ducks 4 0 5 0 Butter, per lb 0 10 10 Eggs (wholesale), 12 to 14 10 0 0 New Potatoes (local) per cwt 8 6 9 0 Rabbits (couple) 10 0 0 WELSHPOOL GENERAL, MONDAY. 8. d. s. d. Wheat, per 240lbs 13 6 13 9 Oats, per 2251bs 14 0 14 3 Beef 0 8 0 7 Mutton. 0 9 0 10 Lamb 0 0 0 0 Pork 0 9 0 0 Bacon 0 5. 0 0 Veal 0 8 0 0 Butter, per lb 0 10 0 11 Eggs (hens') 13 to 00 1 C 0 0 Do. (duck) 12 1 0 0 0 Cheese (fat). 0 6 0 8 Turkeys, per lb 0 6 0 0 Ducklings. 3 6 5 0 Chickens 3 0 5 6 Fowls. 3 0 0 0 Black Currants, per quart 0 3 0 0 Gooseberries, per pound. 0 1 0 0 Guinea Fowl, per couple. 5 0 5 6 Rabbits, per couple 13 14 SHREWSBURY GENERAL, SATURDAY. s. d. s. d. Wheat, per 2251bs 12 3 12 6 Oats, per 2251bs. 13 0 13 6 Beans, per 2501bs 13 6 14 6 Fresn butter, per lb 0 10 0 0 Eggs, 12 to 13 10 0 0 Foww. per ooudle 5 0 5 6 Ducks, per couple 6 0 8 0 Rabbits, per couple 10 16 Potatoes, per cwt 6 0 0 0 OSWESTRY GENERAL, WEDNESDA Y. s. d. s. d. Wheat, per 751be 4 5 to 4 8 Barley, per 2801be 16 0 to 17 6 Oats, per 200lbs 13 0 to 13 6 Fresh butter, per lb. 1 3 to 1 4 Eggs, 13 10 0 0 Rabbits, per couple 1 8 2 0* FowlSi per couple 5 0 5 6 Ducks, per couple 6 0 8 0 BUTCHERS', HIDE, SKIN AND WOOL Company Limited, New Canal-street, Birmingham. -Current, Prices: Hides-95 and up, 51-5t; 85 to 94, 5i-5t; 75 to 84, 5f-5t; 65 to 74,5 £ —5*; 56 to 64, 5f-51; 55 and under, 5f—5f heavy cows, 5j:—4 £ light cows, 5 £ —H bulls, 4 £ —4f; warbled and irregs., 4 £ —5 £ Calf, 17 and up, 6}; 12 to 16, 7i 9 to 11, 7k; light, n. Horse hides, 23/ 21/6, 18/6, 16/6, 13/3, 12/6, 8/3. Pelts- Lots, 5/8, 5/4, 4/3, A 4/1, B 3/4. Lambs-Lots, 5/10, 5/4,4/8, A 4/6, B 3/10, c 3/6. Welsh Pelts— 2/5. Welsh Lambs—3/6, 2/10. Fat—Best beef, 21d; best mutton, 2id; seconds, 2id; common, lfd. Mixed fat, 2 £ d. Marrow bones, 1/2. Waste, 9d score. MANCHESTER CORN, Tuesday.—The wheat market has ruled quiet to-day. Maize values have advanced about 6d. per quarter since Friday. LIVERPOOL CORN, Tuesday.—Wheat: With cables from America during the holidays showing a decline on balance the market opened on the easy side for speculative positions. Cargoes quiet; Australian afloat quoted at 35a and for shipment 36s 6d to 36s 9d. MANCHESTER CORN, Thursday.—There has been about an average attendance at the weekly maiket. Wheat was in comparatively small demand, and prices rather favour buyers. Maize does not show much change. Flour moving off in small lots at late rates. Peas and beans fairly well held. LONDON CATTLE, Monday.—The beast trade was slow, and sellers had to accept a decline of 2d per 81b in value to effect sales. Fat butchering cows and bulls, owing to the scarcity of buyers, were difficult to sell, but late rates governed all transactions. The sheep trade was extremely slow at a decline of 2d per 81b. Lambs, on the other hand, were firm and steady at last Monday's rates. Quotations:—Beef,2s8dto4s8d; mutton, 4s 4d to 6s 2d; lamb, 5s 8d to 7s per 81b; milch cows, .£16 to .£21 per head. LIVERPOOL CATTLE, Monday.— Demand was slow for cattle, but prices could not be main- tained except for small finished quality lambs. which met a fair trade at practically unaltered values. Beef, 61d to 5d; mutton, 8id to 6d; lamb, 9-ld to 8id per lb. LONDON CATTLE. Thursday.—Beast entries 40, same as last Thursday's offerings, all fat cows and bulls poor demand; cows quoted 3s 2d to 3s 8d; bulls 2s 8d to 3s 4d; five milch cows arrived, no trade; 1450 sheep entered, decrease 400; trade favoured buyers; best down ewes 3s lOd to 4s; lambs 6s to 7s; calf arrivals 50, best 5s 8d; pigs nominal, 5 offered. BRADFORD WOOL, Thursday.—The market is quite steady. Spinners are still waiting in hope that prices will come down in medium slow cross- breds, but topmakers are standing out for the rates which ruled last week; everything from eighties down to fifties can be described as ex- ceedingly firm, and against buyer, and forties and below are quite steady in home-grown wools. The reductions in quotations seem to have entirely stopped. Mohair is steady.