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To Be let RHYL, NiOiRTH Hot- el, best position, Family and Commercial, best farmer's house in the district, Good Stab- ling, Vaults, Ingoi 19 by Valuation, immediate possession, excellent. opportunity.—Apply, PERKINS, Hotel Valuer, Rhyl. 4 CHURCH 'STREET, To let from the 1st 9 May next, superior Dwelling-house sitmi. ted in the lest position in Rhyl. Two minutes' walk from sea and Church, Three entertain- ing rooms, 6 bedrooms, and bathroom. Rent, £40.-Apply, W. VAUGIIAX JONES, 15, Brighton Road, Rhyl. m0 LET.—20, WEST PARADE, Rhyl, at a X low rental, immediate possession. For further particulars apply to ANEURIN O. EVANS, Solicitor, Denbigh. WEST-BOURNE HOUSE, /YYestbourne TV Avenue.—2 Sitting Kooms, 4 Bedrooms, Bathroom and W.C., Kitchen, Scullery and Pantry, h. and c. water, Wash-house. £22. ALLENDALE, corner Wellington Road and King's Avenue.-3 Sitting Rooms, 10 Bedrooms, Bathroom and W.C., Smoke Room and Lav-i- tory, Kitchen, Scullery, and Pantrv. Rent, :£45. HOUSES in GAiMiDTiN STREET.—3 Bed- rooms, Parlour, Kitchen, Scullery, and Wash- house, Good Yard. Rent, J314. TRENANCE, Highfield Park.—Semi-detached Villa, 2 Sitting Rooms, 5 Bedrooms. Kitchen, Scullery, Bath, and W.C. Rent, £38. Pos- session in February. Apply to— EDWIN & SONS, Morley Road, Rhyl. OA QUEEN STREET, RHYL.—To Let, this commodious House, close to Promenade. The premises v 11 be put into iirst-class repair, I or converted ink. a shop to suit a good tenant. -Apply, A. LEWIS JONIBS, Solicitor, Rhyl. SEMI-DETACHED VILLAS with Gardens at OCHR-Y-FOEL, Dy.serth, near Rhvl. Newly and well built. Freehold. Charming situation. Extensive views. Conveniently jfRanned. Bath (h. and c.).—J. ROBERTS JONES, Solicitor, Rhyl. HOUSE & SHOP TO LET. May 1st, 1907.— JLjL Double-fronted Corner Shop and House at the corner of Abbey Street and Crescent Road. Premises to be altered to suit tenant. Apply 2I,t once.—VAUGiHAN, Chemist, 1, Vaughan Street. TO BE LET.-37, SISSON STREET. 3 Bed- -L rooms, Parlour, Kitchen, and Back Kitchen. Further particulars, .apply to T. WILLIAMS, 35, Sisson Street, Rhyl. TO LET.—12, WINDSOR STREET. 7s. 6d. J- per week, including rates.—Apply, JOS- EPH WILLIAMS, Auctioneer, Rhyl. HOUSES TO LET. RENT.£i13.¡Contair¡s 2 Kitchens, Sitting -i-L' and 3 Bedooms. Larger Houses, 2 Sitting, 4 Bedrooms, Bath, <Src., from £20. Shoo and House fcentral), £25.HAT;\YOOiD & CO., Agents, Rhyl. TO BE LET Furnished, on very low terms JL for a tang let, a pretty little home, con- taining 2 Sitting, 3 Bedrooms, H3,th, Sc. Fur- ther particulars from HATWOOD & CO., Agents, Rhyl. DYSERTH, Near Rhy1.-To be Sold or Let, in this rising locality, Fine New House: Garden, 15 rooms, Bath (h. and c.), Stabling; exceptional opening, boarding-house or school (much needed) S.W. aspect; 10 minute. Station £28. A 1st) Cheap and Beautiful Sites for Building.-Apply, G. H. EDWARDiS. HOUSES to be Let or Sold in Marlborough Grove. Rent, £ 22.—Apply, JOSEPH WILLIAMS, Auctioneer, Rhyl. "I A LAKE AVENUE.—With many advan- i.v/» tages, and fixtures included free.—An- 14, WEST PARADE, between the hours of a.m. and 12. mo LET.—24, KING'S AVENUE.—2 Enter- taining. 4 Bedrooms. Kent, £26 10s.— Apply, 6-7 p m. HOUSE TO LET in Gladstone Buildings. -1—L Immediate possession.—Appjv, W. RO- BERTS, 41, High Street. HIGHFIELD PARK.—MODEM VILLAS, JUST completed, To Let.—Apply, J. FOULKES, Highfield, Rhyl. OANGEMORE, 62, West Parade, Rhyl,.—7 J. Reception and 18 Bedrooms, possession at once. EXCELLENT CONNECTION" GUARANTEED.—Apply, JOS. WILLIAMS, Auctioneer. Rhyl. EENT £18.-Convenient House, with Sitting Room. 3 Bedrooms, Kitchens, &c. Also ancrthe.T House, 2 Sitting, 4 Bedroom's, Bath, &x. £22. Immediate possession. And se- veral Boarding Houses to be deposed of as going concerns.—Apply to HATWOOD & CO Agemts and Brokers, Rihiyl. HOUSE TO LET in DERWEN TERRACE, -LJL off Grange Road, containing 5 Bedrooms, 2 Parlours, Kitchen, Back Kitchen, etc. Rent, £ 15.—Adt>1V, 6, SUSSEX STREET To be Sold. FISH.—9 stone Cod, Ling, Haddocks, Plaice, -L or 8 stone headless frying fish, 10s. Kippers, Bloaters, or Finmies, 2s. 6d. box salt Cod, 2s. stone large .Pladte, 3s. 6d. ner stone; Bass, selected fish, 2s. 6d.—LACY SON, Fish .Docks) Grimsby. FOR. SALE.—GRANDFATHER'S CLOCK, J_ eight days, beautifully engraved, old brass face, with moon and date. A genuine old Antique, and in perfect going order.—No. 4 Mission Street, Rhyl. HOUSE in Wood Road and Sandfield Place. -LI Rent, £12 and £ 14.—Apply, JOSEPH WILLIAMS, Auctioneer, Rhyl. ■aannnB ft That Lot — H Ladies' New I Tweed, and 8 Caracule Coats I they are selling I at the Beehive ■ Sale, Rhyl, at I less than half,. I price, will. I Soon be gone. ARE YOU a KEEN Buyer OR DO YOU BUY FOR CHEAPNESS ALONE The essence of good buying is not so much the price you give as in what you get for the price. Quality is the only true test o cheapness. You can get Best Bacon i AT. I Best Butter Wiuliams & Co. AND THE Best Bread 29 QUEEN ST. AT MODERATE PRICES. 11 The Oldest established Bakers and Grocers in Town. Compare our J Quality and Prices, and you also will agree with the above. MT MtJhm Famous Breakfast I BACOIT 8d. per lb. Note the Address 35, Wellington Road, RHYL. JONES & SON'S 'T°rs N!' ? H B t DBIRiED-A-ID Is the Best, gives great satisfaction, Largest Sale IN THREE QUALITIES- BEST WHITE BREAD SECOND FAMILY do. BROWN BREAD. I Abbey Street AND Wellington Road, Rhyl j/jgv. ALL REQUISITES FOR 'THE FARM, GARDEN OR ESTATE Of the Best Quality and at Reasonable Price, may be yMSytoX obtained from lilrMcHATTIE & Co \^|ig/#*SEEDMEN, NURSERYMEN, and AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT MERCHANTS CHESTE,R. 9 FAlRM SEEDS of vigorous growth, including selected strains of CLOVERS, GRASSES, TURNIPS, MANGOLDS, &C., &C. ^J AR'DEN1 SEEDS of highest germinating power and reliable quality. AGRIICOLTTJRJAL IMPLEMENTS at Makers' List Prices, with a liberal Discount for early A payment. LARGE NURSERY STOCKS of ROSES, FRUIT? TREES, CONFINE, HOLLIES, EVER- GREENS, PLANTS FOR HEDGES, &c., &c. Illustrated Catalogues of any of the above Gratis and Post Free on application. FREE TRIAL. YOUR LMONEY BACK. RHEUMATIC REMEDY RHEUMATISM is known tt> be caused by a -LY' class of insoluble compounds known as urates, which are deposited) Iby the blood in the muscles and joints, when circulation is necess- arily slow. This deposit of urates creates an inflammation, and before relief can be had must be removed. NO. 19 REMEDY. This RHEUMATIC REMEDY dissolves the urates, eliminates and neutralizes the excess of uric acid in <bkA>d, and cures in a natural way all forms of Rheumatism. Take according to directions, and if after a fair trial you have not been benefited, send the bottle back. and your money will be refunded. IPrice ls. Post paid Is. 3d. FRANCIS & CO., Druggists, Wrexham. I DELAY IS JQANGEiROUS. To avoid serious development check your Cold at once by the use of HUKE'S Celebrated Pectoral Cough Mixture. It is of special value in Asthma, Bronchitis, Consuffnfption, Cmugihs, Difficulty of Breathing Hoarseness, (Wheezinig, &c. ° A trial will convrince you- of its merits. Sold in Bottles, Is. and Is. 9d. Per post, 3d. exitra. (Prepared only by J W Huke, CHEMIST, 99, FOtR/EGATE S'TRDEiT, CHESTER.
St Asaph (Denbigh) Rural District…
St Asaph (Denbigh) Rural District Council. LLANDDULAS WATER SUPPLY STRONC REMARKS ABOUT THE RHYL COUNCIL: SUGGESTED COERCION. The monthly meeting of the above authority was held at St Asaph Workhouse last Friday, undt-r thiichaiimanship of Mr William Jones, J. P. The Medical Officer and the Sanitary Inspector. On the motion of Mr Bennett Jones, seconded by Mr David Robert-, Dr Llojd Roberts was re- 1 appointed medical officer for the district, and Mr E U Evans wits re-appointed f-anitary inspector, uion terms agreed upon at the last meeting. The School Closing Question. A letter was read from Mr Humphreys Roberts, clerk to the Denbigh School District, as to the position taken by the Medical Officer in regard to giving certificates ordering the closure oi schools owing to sickness or epidemics. Mr Bennett. Jones said that Dr Lloyd Roberts was the ody medical officer in the county that gave them any trouble over this question. He wondered that he did not see be was going agains-t the ratepayers' interests in pursuing the course he did. It was a great loss to the ratepayers to keep a school open when the attendance aver- aged only about 50 per cent. The -Niedicil Otlicer-I look to the interests of the ch Idren who aie well besides the interests of others. Mr Bennett Jones—I propose that we ask our doctor to give certificates for the c'osing of schools in our district when he gets a letter from the Clerk to the School Committee urging that course. In the couise of further discussion son e members com ended that the Medical Officer ought to personally investigate all reports of outbreaks of dig, ase in the district. The iVkdical Officer maintained, however, that he wf-s at liberty to exercise his discretion in the matter. The Clerk, on being appealed to, quoted the following clause from the regulations as to the duties of a medical officer:On receiving inform- ation of the outbreak of any contagious, infectious or epidemic disease of a dangerous character within the district, the Medical Officer shall visit without delay the tpot where the outbreak has occurred and inquire into the causes and circum- stances of such outbreak." ) The Medical Officer, referring to the case under consideration, a reported outbreak of mumps, said he had not had any information on the matter yet. He had he, rd lots of rumours. He attended to all notitied cases. But he was not going to run about after every rumour. Moreover, mumps might be contagious, but it was not a dangerous disease. He did not want to be at loggerhe ds with anyone on questions like this, and he was quite prepared to agree to the matter being sub- mitted to the Local Goverament Board and the Board of Education. He ha,1 communicated with those d, partment before and the answers had been "Use your own discretion." Mr Bennet Jones said the Medical Officer was .only hidii-g behind some technical points. He was the only medical officer in the county that The Medical Officer-That does his work con- scientiously, do you mean ? (laughter). And that wont give a certificate just because he is asked for one? Replying to the observation of Mr Bennett Jones that he was not aware that he visited a certain locality during a recent outbreak. of infectious disease, the Medical Officer said Of course, yeu may not be awitre of my movements, but it does not follow that I am not doing my duty." Mr John Roberts-This business ought to have been dealt with before we reappointed the Medical Officer (laught- r). Mr Bennett J nt-s—If J am in order I will move the suspension of the standing orders so that we may at once rescind the resolution ap- pointing him for another year (Oh !) The Clet k-That, caj,Uot be done now. Eventually, as the Medial Officer did not agree with the views of some of the members, the Clerk was directtd to lay the subject of the difference before the Local Government Beard, together with the corresp Indence bearing thereon. Llanddulas Water Supply. A letter was read from the Rhyl Urban District Council stating that their Water Engineer hal advi-ed them that there was no necessity at present for the Council to do any additional works for improving the water supply to Llanddulas that they had decided on h s advice to scrape some of the mains, and so improve the supply that they did not hink any interview between two Councils needful. Mr J D Jones said tie was rather surprised at the attitude of the Rhyl authority. Unless they did something, Llanddulas would be in the same unfortunate predicament) as last year. He pro- posed that the Rhyl Council be again written to with a v ew to a conference on the subject. Mr Bennett Jones suggested that the Local Government Board be asked to take the Rhyl Council in hand. The Clerk said it had been admitted that noth- ing but a new main would meet the requirements of Llanddulas. He had written to the Local Gov- ernment Board on the subject, and he expected that department was now in communication with the Rhvl Council. Mr Banks, of Llanddulas, who had been asked to appear before the Council, said that they would be a great deal worse off at Llanddulas next summer than they were last year, owing to the erection and occupation of new houses, some of them very large ones. It seemed to him that the Rhyl people were trying to ride roughshod over them. He had been without a supply of water for three days at a time. They never expected to see any water before 9 a.m., and it WAS often much later than that before they got any. That state of aifairs was monstrous. The Clerk aid their engineer (Mr Storr) stated in a communication to him that it was a case of "heaven help the consumers while the proposed pipe scraping was on. After all, scraping was only a temporary relief. If the pipes were too small for present needs no amount of tinkering would make a 5in pipe a 6in pipe. Mr Mark Cross said his opinion was that they would have to come to a fresh arrangement and ask the Rhyll Council what they would want for laying a new main. They had been going on the present tack for the last 18 months with- out getting any nearer to a settlement, It was a high time they made a different move. The Clerk said there was a probability of being able ito obtain a water supply from a different source. Considering that the Rhyl Council were getting E100 a year from them in connection with Llauddulas water Jsupply and;Cloo a year for the Trefnant supply, to say nothing of the Workhouse supply, they deserved better treatment than was just now being meted out to them. He had a strong case to lay before the Rhyl Council if only they would meet a coiiirnit; ee from this Council. Mr Bennett Jones wondered if it came within the province of the Local Government Board to coerce the Rhyl Council to do what they required. The Clerk-They have all the facts before them. I am in communication with another water board in case we are not able to come to terms with the Rhyl Council. Mr Banks-The simple question is whether we can compel the Rhyl Council or not. The Clerk-I don't think we can compel them to enlarge their mains. After further discussion t ie Clerk was instruct- ed to again communicate with the Rhyl Council, emphasising the urgency of the matter. Cowiyd Water Board's Refusal. At a meeting of the Cowlyd Water Board last Friday, Mr Charles Grimsley, Clerk to the St. Asaph (Denbigh) Rural District Council, renewed an application made lo years ago for Cowlyd water for the parish of Llanddulas, and asked whether it would now be possible to comply with the application. The population to be supplied was 6uO to 700. Mr J W Raynes contended that the applica- tion should go to the Rural District Council, who had a right to supply the water to Llanddulas. Mr G Bevan (Colwyn Bay) he d that it was a question for the Board to decide. If they agreed to let Llanddulas have the water the Board I would then have to decide whether they would get the permission of the Llysfaen authority to use their pipe or whether they would put another pipe down. The Mayor of Conway (who presided) suggested that they should tell Mr Grimsley that the Board were unable at present to entertain the proposal to supply Llanddulas. Mr J Dicken moved and Mr Bevan seconded a resolution to that effect, and it was carried.
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FRENCH FLAGSHIP BLOWlST UP.
FRENCH FLAGSHIP BLOWlST UP. TERRIBLE LOSS OF LIFE. ADMIEAL MANCERON WOUNDED. A terrible explosion took place on Tuesday in the magazine of the battleship Jena, which was lying in the Missiessv Dock at Toulon. The Jena is a triple-iscrew battleship of 12.052 tons, built at Brest in 1898. She carries four 12-in. and fifty other guns, and four torp?<lo tubes, and a speed of 18'2 knots. She flew the flag of Rear-Admiral Manceron. commanding the Second Division of the Mediterranean Squadron, and had a complement of 698 men. The explosion occurred in the magazine of the after 12-in. guns, and the stern of 'the Jena was blown out. Some of the officers and crew were aole to save themselves. Rescue par- ties worked under great difficulties, as fresh explosions were expected from minute to minute. Several of the workshops in the dock- yard caught fire from the burning debris which fed on the roofs. A quartermaster named Giudi- celli, who had a remarkable escape, in describing the disaster said that there were a large number of bluejackets in the gun-roam, where Sub- Lieutenant Carlini was giving an historical lecture on Henri IV. Suodonly an explosion aft shook the ship. Most of the men who were attending the lecture were able to pave them- selves by rushing forward and crossing over the gangways on to the edge of the basin. A VERITABLE BOMBARDMENT. Several explosions took place at Intervals of a quarter of an hour. All the windows of the dock- yard buildings in the vicinity of the Missiessj Dock were shattered. On each explosion the debris was hurled a distance of more than 500 yards. An eyewitness stated that a fragment of a shell weighing nearly 231b. burst within four yards of him as he was proceeding to the spot, and when he was 400 yards away from th0' Jena. The explosion causcd a wild scene of excitement in the dockyard. The workmen on their way to work, hearing the report, rushed towards tho Missiessv Dock. from which columns of smoke were rising. First of all nobody knew exactly what had happened, and when the news spread that the Jena had blown up. the officials in charge of the workmen ordered everyone to leave the arsenal, and a general sauvo qui pcut ensued. INDESCRIBABLE PANIC. Admiral Manceron's maitre d'hotel, who was injured in the forehead by breaking glass, gave the following account of the disaster: I was in the dining-saloon pursuing my usual occupa- tions at about half-past one. when suddenly there was a formidable explosion in the maga- zine under the Admiral's dining-saloon. The glass flew in splinters and fire broke out every- where. I was wounded in the forehead, blinded by the blood which poured from my wounds, and suffocated by the smoke, but I did not lose courage. I rushed to the Admiral's cabin, where coffee had just been served, a.nd warned him of the danger. After that I do not know what happened. I believe I went forward. I cannot remember clearly, but I can state that the Admiral was injured. The panic on board was indescribable. The crew had jumped over- board or been thrown out by the force of the explosion, and it is quite .possible that those who did not have their necks broken by the fall were asphyxiated by the smoke." SOME OF THE VICTIMS. It is stated that among the killed are Captain Adigard, commanding the Jena, and Com- mander Vertier. Captain Adigard was born in 1853, and was promoted captain in April. 1902. IIo was an officer of the Legion of Honour. Commander Vertier. Chief of Staff of the Second Division of the Mediterranean Squadron, was surprised in his cabin. close to the after turret, when the first explosion occurrod. He attempted to escape, but unfortunately the door- way of his cabin was blocked with debris. When an ontranre into the cabin was forced, Co- mander Verlier's charred body was found on the floor. THE CASUALTIES. It is believed that about fifty were killed and about 100 injured. These figures, however, says a Toulon correspondent, are not official, and they may possibly bo exceeded. Sub-Lieutenant Rousse has been killed. Admiral Manccron, Sub-Lieutenant de Boissondin, and Midshipman Nilboeuf have been injured. The bodies of two unidentified men. one of them in the uniform of a naval writer, have been conveyed to the main hospital. The ships in the harbour and roads are undamaged. Admiral Bienaime expressed the opinion that the explosion was due to the spontaneous com- bustion of ammunition, which is liable to dis- integration and to chemical changes, and re- quires frequent supervision. The Jena must ha\e been carrying about twenty-five tons of explosives. PROCESSION OF DEAD. A telegram from Toulon to a Paris paper says: "The explosion occurred at 1.35. Three workshops at the arsenal, in which torpedoes, machines, and pumps respectively were made. were shattered. The roofs were entirely carried away. The Jena, still burning, settled down in the basin at half-past two. One of the injured, a petty officer, whose face. hair, and beard v ore badly burnt, and whose clothes were in shreds, had a wonderful escape. He related that he felt himself lifted up by the explosion, and a few seconds afterwards found himself on the quay. All the ambulances of the Squadron have been mobilised. The principal nayal hospital has sent all its doctors and nurses to the spot. There is a constant procession of dead and injured from the battleship. The first magazine which exploded was that containing 305 millimetre sh01k Lieutenant Thiercelin, the gunnery lieutenant of the Jena, who is suffering from 6everal wounds, said, in the course of an interview, that he feared the loss of life among the crew was very great. He believed that the fumes given off by the B" powder poisoned the atmo- sphere, and that the greater part of the victima died of asphyxiation.
THE DREADNOUGHT TRIALS.
THE DREADNOUGHT TRIALS. REPORTED DEFECT. A Naval correspondent informs the Daily Chronicle that the official accounts of the be- haviour of the Dreadnought at sea are not altogether borne out by private letters written on board. The engines and turbines worked admirably during the long distance trial to Trinidad, but the heat generated in the engine- room ia eaid to have surpassed the experience of anyone on board. Doubtless, some method of reducing the temperature below can be devised. The sufferings of the engine-room staff, espe- cially in the tropics, are de.scribed as severe. The of the Dreadnought is 60 great that her manceuvreing qualities when travelling at slow speed cannot be counted as equal to those of smaller ships. For keeping station with reci- procating ships at a speed of 20 knots, the Dreadnought is impossible. At a speed of 17 knots she is handier than the Duncans or the King Edwards, even in narrow waters, but for night manoeuvring without lights in close formation the Dreadnought must be looked on as out of the running.
UNITED STATES AND NICARAGUA.
UNITED STATES AND NICARAGUA. SENSATIONAL REPORT DENIED. With regard to the persistent reports to the effect that serious differences had arisen between Mr. Merry, the United States Minister at Managua, and Senor Zelaya, the President of the Nicaraguan Republic, concerning allegations of tampering with cablegrams sent- to the Minis- ter by the United States Government, the Washington Post announces that the State De- partment. officially denies that there has been the least friction between Mr. Merry and Seuor Zelaya.
PRINCE AND NAVY.
PRINCE AND NAVY. The Prince of Wales presided on Monday at the annual meeting of the Royal Naval Fund. at the United Service Institution. Acknowledging a vote of thanks and congratulations on his recent promotion to the rank of Admiral, his Royal Highness expressed his wish that he could fly his flag at the main, but he was afraid that this was now impossible. He mentioned, as a measure of his interest in the service, that he had decided that his eldest son should go to Os- borne next May, should he pass the examina- tion. Although, perhaps, his eldest son might not be able to make the Navy his career, be hoped one of his other sons would be able tQ do so.
KNEW A THING OR TWO. I
Basil Greenwood, twenty-eight, an estate agent, of Portslade, Sussex, has been sent for trial from the London Guildhall on a charge of fraud as trustee of property, value JS687, left to Mary Jane Dunville Pearson, an elderly maiden tody living at Coventry-road, Uford, who is QOff Qannileaa .1.10 on oaturuay night the dead body of a private of the 7th Hussars waø found lying on a footpath al NorwicY His head was shattered by a bullet which had been fired into the mouth, and a heavy Army revolver was lying near him. An enthusiastic civic reception was accorded to General Booth on Saturday evening at the City Hall, Toronto. Over 600 Salvation Army officers have assembled for the Congress there. He (who was diminutive and had a reddish countenance): "Will you have a little lobstez {"* She: "Oh, John, this is so sudden I" i ♦ i KNEW A THING OR TWO. I Fir-t Poet: "What became of your entitled 'The Lost Cat'r" Second Poet: It came back." First Poet: \r ell name your next effort, 'The Borrowed Umbrella,' and it will never be returned." ♦ WHAT CAME OF A REMINDER. "Have you selected your life preserver:" he asked, as they started out on an excursion boat. "Oh, Mr. Jones, how thoughtful of you," she- gurgled, as she threw herself into the arms of the astonished young man. --+-- WHERE WAS THE DIFFERENCE? Ad el ine: 'Shall you go for a drive to-day if Mr. Tompkins asks you?" May: "No, I think we shall go for a sail." Adeline: "But I thought you were so fond of driving?" May: So I am but Mr. Tompkins can't drive with one hand." WHAT'S IN A NAME. The following conversation was overheard the other day br; <veen two builders in a semi-aris- tocratic suburb of one of our large cities. "'Hallo! I see you lia%Te put a dollar a week more on the rent of those new houses of yours." Yes, a friend of mine in the municipal afhees told me they are going to change the name of the street from Binns-rd. to Arundel-avenue." FARE AND FOURTEEN. Recently. at a railway station, a bor about fourteen years of age, who was smoking a ciga- rette, went up to the. booking office and said: "Half return to B-" "What! a kid like you smoking?" ventured the booking clerk, noticing the boy's cigarette. ho're yo calling a sid, aw'm fourteen," re- plied the lad, impertinently. "Oh, you are: well, full fare, please." ♦ GLAD OF THE CHANCE. Sarcastic Father: "Jack, that young man from your office has been here three nights in succession, and it has been nearly midnight when he left. Hadn't you better invite him to bring his belongings and make his home with w for the future?" InnoCen: Son Oh, father, may I ? It is just what he wanted, but he was too bashful to ask you. He'll be delighted when I tell him this evening." • CURING A COMPLAINT. Moiher: "I wish you would go on an errand for me." Small Son: "My legs ache awful." Mother: "Too bad. I wanted you to go to old Mrs. Stickney's sweetshop, and-" Small Son: "Oh, that isn't far. I can walk there easy." Mother: "Very well. Go there, and just be- side it you will see a grocer's shop. Go in and get me a bar of soap." ♦ "NOT ME." A gardener saw a boy peeling the bark oi! one of his choice trees with a hatchet. He tried to catch the boy, but the latter was toe quick for him, so the former changed his tactics. Come here my little man." he said. in a soft fluie-like voice with pretended friendliness. "Come here to me a minute; I want to tell you something." Not me." replied the urchin: little boys like me don't need to know everything every- body wants to tell them." GETTING OVER THE DIFFICULTY. A little girl was sent by her mother to the grocer's with a bottle for a quart of vinegar. "But mama," said the little one, "I can't say that word." But you must try," said the mother, for I must have vinegar, and there's no one else to send." So the little girl went with the bottle, and as she reached the counter of the store she pulled the cork out of the bottle with a pop, wlJng the bottle on the counter with a thud, and said to the astonished shopman: There! Smell of that and give me & quart!" «—• PROMOTION*. Seated in a city restaurant a short time ago, several gentlemen were discussing the bearing of a certain decision on the education question. A schoolmaster of some local repute was speaking of the prospects of promotion in the teaching profession, and, incidentally remarked that his most promising and accomplished lady assistant had left him some time previously to enter the sacred bonds of matrimony. i "Well," said one of the company, "do you not consider that promotion in itself?" "I don't know." replied the schoolmaster, "but anyhow I may tell you she has just be- come an M.A." 1 FROM STAGE TO STALL. Although he was in a desperate hurry, Tom. kins pulled up short and gasped. There in the gutter, attending to a vegetable barrow, was his friend, Tinvoice. "Come to this aske-d Tomkins. "Why, I thought you said you were going on the stage." Yes," was the sad reply. I appeared the night before last at the music-hall I spoke to you about, and while I was doing my turn the idea struck me that I might start in the veget- able line. I had the stock sort of forced upon me, so to speak, you see, so it came easy!" And Tomkins recalled his friend's singing capabilities, sighed. and passed on. A MUCH-ENGAGED GIRL. A simple young man had just returned from Mudville, a small country town, and had be- come engaged, after a brief acquaintance, to a young maiden, whose reputation as a coquette was well known. One of his friends, meeting him one day, said: You don't mean to tell me that you are going to marry Minnie Blanche?" Of course, I am," replied the simple one, and why not ?" Why, because she's been engaged to every young man in Mudville." "Well," was the self-satisfied reply, "Mud- ville ain't such a big place." AS A START. He had been trying to impress upon the youngsters in the school that though it was right and proper to relieve suffering and poverty, it was much better to find out the cause of the trouble and remove that. Now," he said, suppose your father some morning came downstairs, and on going to the cellar found it flooded; what would he do flrôt? Would he begin bailing the water out ? No, of course not." Now, who can tell me what would be the first thing he'd do ?" After a short silence, a shrill, piping voice cried out: Why, he'd carry on awful, he would!" .-+- STANDING HONOURS. There may be more than one just cause for pride in the soul of the small oy at the closo of his first day at school. "How did you get on with your spelling?" little Jimmy's mother asked him. You look 60 pleased, I'm sure you did well." No'm, I couldn't spell much of anything," admitted Jimmy. And I couldn't remember the 'rithmetic very well, nor the joggerp IY." The mother's face wore a look of disappoint- ment, but Jimmy had reserved the choice mor- sel which was sure to raise a sensible parent to heights of appreciative joy. But that's no matter, mother," he said, be- stowing a bear's hug upon her; the boys all like me, and I've got the biggest feet in the c!»«s!" 4- I_- How calm and quiet a delight Is it alone To read, and meditate, and write, By none offended, and offending none. —Charles Cotton. May the hour of trial and grief bring its bless- .ng with it, and not have come in vain I The day passes so quickly, when one can do good and make others happy, and one leaves alwayti so much undone.—Princess Alice. We may.safely call that man happy who, how- ever lowly his position, and limited his posses- sions, can always hope for more than he has, and feel that every moment of exertion tends to realise his aspiration.—Prof. Stanley Jevons. "There is no day born but c^mes like a stroke of music into the world, and sings itself all the way through." We need not join in the music, and help it along, unless we choosp. We can make discords and strike all sorts of jarring notes instead. But the dav-music is there; and it is our own fault if we miss it. There are those who read to kill time, £ ? a refiige oh! shame, shame-from themselves. There are those who read because some work is in fashion, and it were bad taste not to be able to talk about it. There are those who read in order to give the public the benefit of their judgment—those mysterious men, the critics. There are those who read indiscriminately with morbid wideness of taste, as the savage devours earth. Lastly, there are those who read little, but with discernment; whose books are their honoured friends—" the souls who have made their souls wiser."—Canon Ainger. Labour, indeed, if we would but perceive it. is one of the greatest of earthly blessings. It rewards with health, contentment of mind, cheerfulness of spirit, and sound refreshing sleep: few of which blessings of liie are long enjoyed by those who do not daily, in one form or another, labour. And why is this ? Be- cause to labour is to perform the business of life; to carry out the purpose for which every human being is called into existence. As the Romans of yore. notwithstanding that they were heathen," had the true religious sense to per- ceive, "To labour is to pray." In work and by work. of body, as well as of mind and heart, we worship God and fulfil His will. Whatever may be the difficulties of the task before us—and difficulties great and many there are—we may rest assured in the reflection that our reward is certain. No man ever followed the study of nature with honesty and diligence, without an ample repayment of discovery. The particular object sought may not at the moment be attained; none can tell at the outset of an investigation where it may lead, or in what way it may. terminate; but this is certain, that lead where it may, and terminate where it may, new, important and interesting truths will have been met with, and the boundaries of human knowledge permanently enlarged.—Professor Fownes. Luxury is not confined to the rich nor to any clafis of society. It is a disease attacking us at every social level, and our national drink bill and our sports bill are part of the luxuries of the lower classes. Probably the. vices of the Smart Set are exaggerated by those who write from the outside, but they have their imitators. and these in turn are copied and aped by their inferiors in the social scale. And by a well- known law of human conduct the imitator catches the body without the fine flower of the spirit that may partly have redeemed the vice- on its higher level. At each stage in the social descent the luxuries become grosser and more material, and less relieved by any mixture of social virtue. On behalf of savages, and our ancestors in general, there may be room for some apology. If we reflect how large a part of human know- ledge consists of human emotion, we may even, say that they possessed some form of knowledge which we have since lost. The mind of man (it 1 as been well said) like the earth on which he walks, undergoes perpetual processes of denedab m as well as of deposit. We ourselves, as children, did in a sense know much we know no more; our picture of the universe, incom- plete and erroneous as it was, wore son- ua. colours which we cannot now reen "i» child's vivid sensibility, reflected in h y- ing imagination, is as veritably an uf1 truth as if it were an added clearness v 1.-si- cal vision; and though the child himseli ha not judgment enough to use his sensibilities aright, yet if the man is to discern the poetio truth about Nature, he will need to recall his impressions as a child-—F. W. H- Myers. For all who thirst for the old, deep, sweet feelings of childhood youth, even as David thirsted for a drink of water from his father's. well at Bethlehem, there comes this thought: that, under the tender touch of God, the heart# of men grown old and grey in a life of tempta- tion and sin may become again as the heart of a little child. For man there is a great truth' in this: that Milton in his vision saw Samson upon the last day of his life, blind, indeed, and grinding corn in the prison of his enemies, yeb lifting his sightless eyes in penitence and prayer toward God, until the solar light flooded his face and filled his heart with happiness, and in his death brought him victory again over ease and selfishness and sin. It is Milton's evangel of hope to this generation, with its sorrow and sin, that there is a Saviour divine, the Christ. whose sacred touch heals the broken-hearted. opens the door for the endungeoned, and re- covers sight to the blind.—Rev. Newell Dwight Hillis. Life has two ecstatic moments—one when the spirit catches sight of truth, the other when. it recognises a kindred spirit- People are for ever groping and prying around truth, but ths vision is seldom vouchsafed to them. We are daily handling and talking to our fellow-crea- tures, but rarely do we behold the revelation of a soul in its naked sincerity and fervid might. Perhaps also these two moments generally coin- cide. In some churches of old on Christmas Eve two small lights, typifying the Divine and Human Nature, were seen to approach one an- other gradually, till they met and blended, and a bright flame was kindled. So likewise it is when the two portions your spiritual nature meet and blend, that the brightest flames is kindled within us. When our feelings are most vivid our perceptions are the most piercing, and when we see the furthest we also feel the most. Perhaps it is only in the land of Truth that spirits can discern each other, as it is, whea. they are helping each other most. that they may best hope to arrive there.-A. J. and J. C. Hare. No human being can come into this world without increasing or diminishing the sum total of human happiness, not only of the present. but of every subsequent age of humanity. No one can detach himself from this connection. There is no sequestered spot in the universe. no dark niche along the disc of non-existence, to which he can withdraw the influence of his existence upon the moral destiny of the world; everywhere his presence or absence will be felt —everywhere he will have companions who will be better or worse for his influence. It is an old saying, and one of fearful and fathomless import, that we are forming characters for I eternity. Forming characters! Whose? our I own or others ? Both—and in that momentous fact lies the peril and responsibility of our existence. Who is sufficient for the thought? Thousands of my fellow-beings will yearly enter eternity with characters differing from those I they would have carried thither had I never I lived. The sunlight of that world will reveal my fingermarks in their primary formations. I and in their successive strata ef thought out life.-Blihu Burritt. _-=--=-
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