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I WISE AND OTHERWISE. I I You can always borrow trouble without I eecarity. Happiness depends half on what we do and half on what we don't. In trying to get to the top don't place too much dependence on the lift. Most of us get what we deserve, but only the successful of ut, will admit it. Bvery dog has his day, but it isn't every dog who knows when he is having it. The average man feels that he could bear our burdens much better than his own. Some people cannot stand prosperity, but the majority do not get a chance to try. Few men suffer so little from insomnia that they are not occasionally caught sapping. Willie (to visitor): You'd better eat your pie slowly; ma never gives more'n one piece." When a man finds a woman for whom he thinks there's nothing good enough he asks her to take him. "Why do you suppose Mary married that poverty-stricken count?" "Got him at a discount, I guess." Does your husband play cards for money? I den't think so. But those who play with him do. Supercilious youth (to tram conductor): Is that Noah's Ark full yet? Yes, all but the ufonkey* Jump in." Doctor: are suffering from a compli- cation of diseases, flir-at least six." Patient: I suppose you'll allow me a discount on half a dosen, doctor? She: Men aren't any brainier than women; they have only fooled us into believ- ing that they are." He Well, doesn't that show that they are? Did the operation on Mrs. Gaby's throat prove a'success? Oh, her husband is en- thusiastic about it. He says she can't speak now above a whisper." Admiral (to Bishop): How many couples have you spliced on occasion? Oh, as many as twenty in two hours." Ha! a speed of ten knots an hour! Bacon: I gave my wife a rainbow kiss when I left home this morning." Egbert: "What in the world is a rainbow kiss?" Bacon: One that follows a storm." "Ddes the young policeman who calls so often mean business?" a lady asked her cook. I think he does, mum; he's already begun to complain about my cooking." Curate: What are you running for, Tommy? Tommy: I'm tryinJ to keep two fellera from fightin' Who are the fel- lows? Bill Perkins over there and me Rich Papa: You foolish girl, that English nobleman who's courting you really doesn't look on you as his equal." Wilful Heiress: 41 I don't care for that, papa, as long as he's my peer." Was your husband cool when you told him there was a burglar in the house I asked Mrs. Darnley. Cool! replied Mrs. Cowley. I should say he was cool! Why, his teeth chartered!" What are you going to pay your counsel if he proves you are innocent?" asked the magistrate of the burglar. Half the pro- ceeds of the robbery, jras the candid but nafortanate reply. Tell me briefly your version of the affair." said the magistrate. Well, your worship, he offered to prove t-o me in black and white that I was a fool, so I proved to him in black and blue that he was a liar." Man at Desk: Why do you claim a trom- hone player is less of a bore than a pianist? Man in Chair: "He is, because he doesn't get the ehanoe. He doesn't find a trombone in every home he visits." "Mother, do fairy tales always begin with Once upoa a time'? No, dear," replied the mother, hearing her husband's step out sidej sometimes they begin with, My dear, I was detained at the office!' Ben: Why did Lucille break off her en gagement to you? Bob: Merely because ?1 stole a kiss." Ben: "She must be silly to object to her fianc6 stealing a kiss from her! u Oh, I didn't steal it from her! The cultured young woman from Boston was trying to make conversation. Do you oare for Crabbe's Tales?" she asked. "I never ate any," replied the breesy girl from Chicago; "but I'm just dead stuck on lobders! A small boy made repeated rsquests for more padding, but was told that too much pudding would make him ill. Looking wist- fully at the desirable diah for a moment, he Mid: Well, give me another piece and send for the doctor! "Did you find anything in that houftef" asked the footpad. Nothing worth while,' answered the burglar. But it's bad luck to come away empty-handed, so I brought along the watchdog and a lot of burglar- alarm apparatus. "Mother," said little Mfcbel, do mission- aries go to heaven?" "Why, of course, dear." "Do caDnibald" "No, I'm afraid they don't." But, mother," the little girl insisted, if a cannibal eata a missionary, he'll have to go, won't he I Mrs. Cobb: What on earth is that? Mr. Cobb: "This, my dear, is a barometer—a'j present from our son at college." Mrs. Cobb: Oh, I've heard of them! Isn't the dear boy thoughtful? Whieh way do we screw it when we want the weather to be fine? Master (to coachman): John, just go down to the well and draw some water for Mollie! John: U.1 was engaged to drive borses and not to draw water, sir." Master: Oh, well, just get the horses and carriage out and drive Mollie to the well, then! "Why, Willie," said the teacher in a Eained voice, have you been fighting ag.ln.! •idn't you learn that when yon are struck on oze cheek you ought to turn the other one to the striker? Yes'm," agreed Willie, but he hit me on the nose, and I've only got one. Father: "No, -you cannot have any more cake. (Very seriously): Do you know what I shall have to do if you go on making that dreadful noise?" Little Qirl: "Yes." Father: "Well, what is it?" Little Girl: Give me some more cake." And she was quite right. A lady took her little daughter out to tea, and was much shocked to see her try to put a thin piece of bread and butter into her pqeket. "Whatever are you trying to do?" asked the mother. The little girl replied: 1 thought I would take this home to nurse for a pattern." A landlady, whose reputation for over-feed- ing her boarders was not great, asked her solitary boarder before he commenced his supper, Shall I light the gas? The lore one looked at the scanty meal, and eplied, Well, no, it isn't necesaary-the supper is light enough." Look here, Pat," an old gentleman said, to-morrow evening, if you bring my tea without spilling a drop in the saucer, I'll give you a shilling for yourself." "Right, sir/! said Pat. The following evening he won the shilling by bringing the cup in one hand and the saucer in the other. Tommy was ill, and his mother poured out. a dose of medicine, and held the glass to his lips. As Tommy smelt the horrid stuff i-e drew his head back, aud, remembering at last Ae many lessons in politeness he had re ceived, he exclaimed in a shocked voice; Ladies always first, mother! [ "I strongly object, to the custom of chria. tening ships with champagne," said a ma", I who was a strong temperance advocate. "I think there's a temperance lesson in it." "How can that be?" "Well, immediately after the first bottle of wine the ship take-ä to water and sticks to it ever after!

,I Memorize that Mark- w. want you to "Know it" and to associate ^Kr tt with Fred Burp- tb* man who makes VA flv tIae clothes." J??? It wtU appear tn many of Fred Bum's ?dv?rtt«- ???L ??? m?nt*—therefore study it car?fuUy—<n«noriz* tt—  ?Ny for It is tha mark of merit! ??f Behind it Is an .XPeri8DC8 such as <<w tailors caD ???! Si approach-none ?xc?L \?M? And with such an <xp?fiwno< we can guarantee to make \?K ??? you a suit that ah&U &t you pM<<ctiy—th*t *hmN be cut by lHEu ? t ?ørt cuH?)r* tn the I.? s?le-?at <h?t be built 01 tbo IB ■ I and awawtout of matorktis. IB ?! And to-day we onef you ? spocial t?? 11 War rebate of 12?o /0 B\ off Window pricest will you call 'I « Remeaibw F. S. FlkgD BURN THE MAN WHO /Mm Ml MAKES THE CLOTHJOl FRED BURN, M 57 Queen St., CarcliH, 29 High St., Newport.

I ;F«riMfal«. The second meeting of the P.S.A. Brotherhood was held on Sunday last, the 23rd inst., at the English Congregational Church, Femdale. A large number of young men again attended. The speaker was the Rev. Wm. Meek, of Pugh Memo- rial Hall, Porth. Mr. Meek spoke very inspiringly upon the works from Ezekiel, Eyes have they, but they see not," deal- ing more particularly with the Christian life and subjects of spiritual discernment. I The chairman was Mr. Walter W. Marshall (Missionary Society of the British and Foreign Sailors' Society). Miss Cissie Powell gave a fine rendering of "I will praise Thee." The speaker for next Siittday is Mr. Owen Buckley, of Tony- pandy, and the soloist Master Arthur Jas. Evans.

WORKMEN'S HALL, TON. I Together with. the fine variety portion, of which the star attraction is Cassie Walmer, the talented ocmedienne, fresh from her London successes, is one of the best series of pictures shown here. That great film, "Adventures of Kathlyn," which is shown in serial form in the first half of each week, is simply wonderful, being far superior to any picture yet shown locally. Next week's instalment promises to be of intense dramatic interest, the situation at the conclusion of this week's picture being very critical to the parties con- cerned. The chief pictures for the second half of next week will be "On the War- path," a thrilling Bison drama in two I parts, and one of the ever-popular Key- stone films, Speed Kings," a picture guaranteed to rouse to laughter one and I all. The variety will include the Great Diavello, known as the great upside-down j rider in the wheel of death," in a won- derful performance in a revolving wheel; and Jack Clare, the increasingly popular coloured comedian, in all his latest suc- cesses, which will without doubt be appre-, ciated.

-IW40 1- HINTS TOR" THE HOME. THE YAlfuK OF ALUM. In now many housewives cupboards wewM you And a jur of ttumt Very few! Yet it has- many sxoellsnt uses, and is quite obser. Iron bedsteads should be soonged over twice a year with hot water ia wbieh a piuft of alum has been disaolTed. Befors applyiag- polish to a stove add to it a tesspoonfwi of powdered &lam. The effect is brilliant. Tender gums, which bleed with the touch of a toothbrush, can be hardened with alum water. Hot pavements and hard roads aw torture to tender feet. Bathing the latter .ightly in tepid water aM alum e?? tb?tt tro?h!e. B?eco?afM<*?b!<M?.?"?? wb? ? a couple of S?'?'?* ?<? tethe faMhg w*ter ??.???? '"? oo?r .dull" U '???? Dleddl, wd'" ?.'s but, half a ,??m of ??i.' 'e?h' oè? <? water w an ayewteh?S?.? q?ite hM?deM, and will do weak ey. much? god. -"1. t. ?t M worth repeating that d?gerou? flfeanelette can be rendered non-inflammabhr u al«m is added to the rinsing water, ami1 Out cisterns or barrels with foul water ean be rendered fresh and clear by stirring is powdered alum. A USE FOB OLD LAC. CURTAINS. A _1: M • il. « a uotzvo zor utilising coo oeiUtf that remaino in fine lace enrtsins that have seen their day, is to cut out the rich raised work rings and wreaths from which the deli, cate net has worn away. Apply them to- squares -of velvet or satin for Me a* oashiow covers. Applied on olive or oMttaHi_ o pw* velvet, or some soft .wood-brown. shade, effect is rich and elegant, esptocfiglljr wtifep further i* of with ? frill of Is"' M?kt? bMt'ofthepi!!o?at?of Mik of ?r-- of th HOW AND WHAT TO KAT. Feeding the machine called the huamgp body is not any more difficult than feeding a- locomotive, says a well-known food eapeR. and medical man in Health Culture. The, question of proper diet is, from a practical standpoint, neither a complex nor a difficult matter, in spite of the rampant theories of" food Specialists, dietic experts, and other faddists. Eat plain, simple food in moderate- quantities twice or three times daily. Eat ism such a manner that it is a pleMure-. plea- sureable, natural act, not a surgical opera- ition. Then the food will digest he it skoatt}, and will- be properly converted into thought, and motlOn-tbat is, into vitality; and fancy ftjiqd*, while they, may create- enerffv for a time, weaken and destroy s. sauna dirmtion.

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PANTRY JOTTINGS. w. W '1- -J .8./ Butter should be Kept cioseiy if a large quantity has to be kept in hand it.. should be pressed as tightly as possible into a jar with a close-fitting lid. Tea must be kept in an airtight tin in a. cool place. Coffee should not be bought in large quan- [ tities, as it loses flavour. To be in perfec- tion it should be roasted and ground daily. It must be kept in airtight receptacles. Sugar of all kinds should be kept in closely covered tins or jars. Flour must be kept in an airtight place. It soon absorbs moisture, and this turns it musty. Household" flour is more nourishin than the finer varieties. Grains of all kinds should be bought i small quancities, otherwise they may get tiny 'insects in them. Oatmeal soon becomes stale and sour, so should be purchased in small quantities, and kept in a tin. Soap should be bought in !ar?e quantities, cut in pieces, arranged on a shelf, so that the air can get to it. It M ill then dry and harden and waste much less in the water. Spices are best bought in stnall quantities^ as they soon lose flavour; they must b8' stored in airtizht tins.

Presentation at Cwmparc. I An interesting presentation meeting was held at Soar Chapel, Cwmparc, on Satur- day, under the auspices of the Park Col- liery officials, on the eve of Mr. James Jooml (manager) departure to take up an appointment at the Avon Colliery,, Blaen- gwynfi. I Mr. M. L. Price, manager (his suc- cessor), presided, and in a brief address spoke of the high esteem in whifh Mr. and Mrs. Jones were held by all the officials and residents of Cwmparc. Mr. Wm. Thomas, overman, on behalf of the officials, presented Mr. Jones with a marble and bronae clock and a'pair of bronze horses. In responding, Mr. Jones said that he would always cherish the present as a memento of their kindness and the plea- sant time he had spent with them during the past 25 years as a workman and official. Miss Gwen Hughes, daughter of the present under-manager, presented Mrs. Jones with a flower stand. Mrs. Jones, in a brief reply, thanked all for the kindness shown her during her residence in Cwmparc, and spoke with regret at having to leave the place, where she had spent such a happy time. The following also addressed the meet- ing:—Messrs. Richard Hughes (under- manager), James Davies (weigher), and John G. Jones. Musical items were contributed by the following:—Overture, "Memories," Mr. Joseph Davies, who also acted as accom- panist; song, Galwad y Tywysog," Mr. Stephen James; duet, "Excelsior," Messrs. Stephen James anl E. T. Jones; song, "The Veteran," Mr. E. T. Jones; song, "The Mother and Her Babe," Mr. John Rees; song, "Just as of old," Mrs. Sally James. Mr. John G. Jones dis- charged the secretarial duties.

I ANlJUM READING$. i BLESSING THE ANIMALS. I In certain parts of Mfixictf there is Observed during the month of Maitc$the curious custom of blessing animals in htmour of St. Anthony. The peon Indiaus,,says the Philadelphia Record, bring their animaiitos" to this, one of the greatest functions of the year, in festal attire of amazing colour, variety, and effect. Anklets, collars, frills, bow3, belle, blankets, streamers, rosettes, miniature jackets, caps, and trouisers, and patterns executed with dye or paint-brush, are proudly shown on .that day. The animals range in kind from huge plough- oxen and fighting bulls to pet oats and tiny "love-birds." Each in turn is 1- BROUGHT TO THE PADRB, I by whom it is sprinkled, bieseed, and adjured in the name of the saint who loved their kind to be faithful and serviceable. Many of the candidates for the blessing pre- sent ludicrous and grotesque features. One may see a bedizened mule ahead in the line of a whimpering puppy clad in Nile green or a rab- bit with a pink hat. The commotion created by this motley collection of Creatures embraces every sort of barking, braying, squealing, cack- ling, and clucking, to which is added the 000- fused laughter, shouts, and exclamations of the owners of the beasts. On one occasion the sensation of the day was afforded by the proud owner of a fine flock of poult >, each bewildered hen of which waa arrayed in a paper Eton jacket, neok-frill, find bonnet tied under the chin. Pigs and mules are the worst behaved of the animals brought too be blessed, dogs the best, and oats the most in- different. CZAR AND MYSTERIOUS HERMIT. I Prince V. Bariatinsky in the fortnightly Review discusses the fate of Alexander I. of Russia, and gives reasons to chow that the Em- peror died in 1864 in Siberia under the name of the hermit Fedor Koozmich. Summing up the reasons which have led him to this decision, the Prince says: (1) Koozmi$h undoubtedly was a well-bred and highly-educated man; he was aware-in dewl- of all questions of State and of history, espe- oially in connection with the end of the eigh- teenth century and the reign of Alexander I.; he knew perfectly foreign languages; he had served in th" army, or, at least, had worn a uniform; he knew aU about the Court life and ceremonial and high-class life in St. Petersburg. (2) Hotook the oath to wmain silent on hif antecedents and his real name; he retired from the world in order to ajtone for a heavy sin thq-t tortured him all through his life; he was very religious, not in the "clerical" but in the "mystic" meaning of the word. (3) Not one of the testimonies of people who knew him contradicta the possibility of hia being Alexander I. j on the contrary, they all seem to support this point of view, and many of them even consider it as a fact. The exterior, the figure, tiie height, the age, the deafness of one ear, the corns on the knees (from playing on the knees), the habit of holding the h-ands on the hips, the habit of receiving visitors stand&g and almost always the back to the light—all these signs strongly judicata 1- STXIXING BSSElfBUJTCa 'I of Koozmich to the Emperor.  (4) Fedor Koezmich was in am ragpo&dMOO with many people (we do not know exactly with whom), MId eometimea he ueed even & cypher for hi. col'r?ndenoej these people communicated to him all that happened in Russia, and, there; fore he was always aware of all political and social questions of the day. We know, for in- stance, for sure, that he was in correspondence with General Couat Osten-Sacken (the father of the late Ambassador of Russia in Berlin), and introduced through him a young Siberian girl, whom he protected, to the Emperor Nicholas I. Ostes-Sacken ptvierved, the hermit's letters iu a separate parcel, and this parcel disappeared tfter the Coujnfa tl<<th, just in the same way as disappei ted the documents I in connection wkh the last years: of Alexander's reign. We have to oonfees'thdt if the mastery of Alexander's death was MYOte,7 of the hermit's liftè, was. Naihing remains'from Kootf- rnich except the house where he died, and on the wall of which are hanging—as a protest against the mystery—the portraits of Alexander and the Hermiii. (6) Four persons who saw Alexander recog- nised him in Roounieh-two soldiew, a lady (the wife of an official), and a retired serysat. A few lines more. Fedor Koozraich died on January 20th (February 1st), 2864, io. a house built for him by a rich merchant (Hromoff), near Tomsk. When asked, before his death, to tell ids real name, he answered: "God knows my name," and pointing out a little bag beside his bed. I < TxiBi M mt aacBXT." In the bag were found two doournen* oa? eontainin? several lines of reli?ioa* &araot-or (quoti?Mns from pe&Ime and prayers), the other quite mootop!:ehensiMe, Mxteen *ords and a kind ?f key to a cypher, obYiouely the cypher he used fo* 'hm jecret. correspondence, the whole dated "IS37 the- day ofe".bu? arrival in Stber?. Ili1pøeu?- aoW)eea <teoM??Mred up to thepreee.ó,t. Such M th??nHtn? Md tnt? of' Emperor Alexander I. and the SH?en? ?it, Fedor Koozmich. Th* tmnbe of'?h?""e- fuHf preserved, and drew m&ny v?'?¡'" say even pilgrime—but in which of them h<a found eternal peace tho victor:oue ell.' of Napoleon « that is the question I PET HORNETS. Many years ago, says Major HurLartone Haiti J in Knowledge, whilst I was casually walking down Chiswick-lane, I discovered hornets busy around four straw hives in the front garden of a cottage. I entered and asked the propristor b let me observe them. I found that he kept these hornet* for ",t3, and that he had no beea. We had a long oohyersaition on hornets, and I learnt from my acquaintance much of great In* tereet, and I was confirmed in all my somewhat conjectural ideas about the habits of hornets, which vary muoh from those of their cousins, the commoner wasps. Friends are apt to aoouss me of joking when I aver that the horust IN a GIN-TLIB, iNDnaxern.c=ATuitj6 very suitable for a pet; but it really is so, aDd the reason is easily explained. Accustomed to hunt high in the tree-tops she remains ignorant of the savagery of the average schoolboy, and she seldom experiences the malice of man or be- comes aware of the trepidation of woman at the mere sight of a wasp. Her services must be overwhelmingly beneficial in woods and orchards. At midsummer she forages much in the night. The honey-bee gathers from sunrise to aunset, but works hardeet in the forenoon and slackens towards evening. The wasp begins 'an lioui earlier and ends an hour later. Now hornets work most of the twenty-four hours if the weather permits. When I visited my acquaint- ance in Chiswick-lane he had two hives occupied by numerous inhabitants, and one other by a very young colony; he lifted up the latter hive and let me observe I THE. QUEEN AT WOBX. He said he felt no danger wl.atever, although she was at that date being assisted by her fi st brood of workers. I greatly desired to know how he managed to have inhabitants for his hsves year after year, inasmuch as hornet oolonies were reputed to be not like those of honey bw*, but like those of was started anew each year singly in a new spot by a surviving queen f,ft.or hibernation. He said that every I. year, since he had started with a transplanted colony, queers had voluntarily chosen hives in his garden. I KAISER AS SITTER. I I was approaching the hilltop on whioh the Kuuaer and his officers had taken up their tion, writes a Press photographer in the, Lor,<1tJn Magazine, when I was sitopped by a German sol- dier and forbidden to go any nearer. I then tried to conceal myself behind a tree, but the giant General von SchoU had already seen Die, and. striding up to me. he said in bacoken EnJl"

Clydach Vale. I a recent,me&Md. Rhondda Free Church Council a move- ment waa suggested for holding a demon- stration of Sunday Schools of Mid- Bhondda. It was discussed in various meetings, and eventually it was decided to hold sectional demonstrations. As an outcome of this decision, meetings of re- presentatives of the Sunday Schools of Clydach Vale and Blaenclydach were held to consider and arrange a sectional demon- stration for Clydach Vale. Unfortunately, circumstances prevented several of the sohools from participating in the demon- stration on the date suggested, but the Baptists of Galfana and Bethany had so far proceeded with the movement that their programmes 'had to be carried out. Both schools arranged for a united demon- stration on Whit-Monday afternoon. They paraded the streets in large numbers, headed by the Oalfaria Sunday School banner. The procession was quite an im- posing spectacle, and was in every way a success. The children of each school were provided with a splendid tea, which they thoroughly enjoyed. The demonstration was so successful, that it is probable that the movement will be repeated next season, when it is to be hoped that all Sunday Schools in the locality will take part.