Rhondda Leader Maesteg Garw and Ogmore Telegraph

Pentre. A-fr. Tom Evans, chief clerk at Ystrad Road Post Office, has been promoted to the Pontypridd Post Offict, and his depar- ture was celebrated last week in a bump- ing supper and social bv his confreres at the local office. Short addresses were delivered, in which hearty appreciation was voiced of Mr. Evans' geniality and comradeship. Choice vocal items were also contributed, and all went merry as a. wedding! bell. A special meeting in honour of our Patron Saint was held this year, as usual, by the members of Siloh Young People's Society. A good varied programme had been arranged and great efforts made to ensure success. The Rev. J. J. Williams presided over a large attendance. After an introductory pianoforte solo by Miss Maud Davies (Birynheuilog), an excellent solo was given by our champion vocalist, Mr. Tom Bonnell. Other vocalists in- cluded Messrs. Evan Edgar Davies, T. J. Thomas, Evan Daviee, and David Evans, and Misses Maria Adams, Winnie Owen and Ethel Morgan, all of whom delighted the audience. Choruses by a quartet and mixed choir (both conducted by Mr. Arthur Morgan) were also very well ren dered. We must not forget to mention the ladies' choir, who gave an excellent rendering of a new composition by Mr. Williams. The recitations were very few in number, but quality was good: Miss Hannah M. Davies is an excellent reciter. The audience was also treated to bardic effusions, which proved entertaining and inspiring. A qudet wedding took place at Portli on Saturday last, the bride being Missi Mary Ellen (Emmie) Jones, of Treorchv,. and the bridegroom Mr. Arthur Morgan, Elizabeth Street, Pentre. The bride was given away by her father, and was accom- panied by her sister. Mr. and Mrs. Tiller (the bridegroom's brother-in-law and sister) were also present. The bride- groom has been prominent in local musical circles and a. regular attendant at Siloh Church. We wish Mr. and Mrs. Morgan a, long period of health and happiness. --+-- A very successful competitive meeting was held at Nazareth on Tuesday evening of last week, under the. auspices of the Young People's Society. --+-- The old students of Pentre Higher Grade School will be pleased to hear of the activity of the officers and committee of the Past Students' Association. Strenuous efforts are being made to hold monthly meeting^?, which should be of instruction as well as of interest. The first meeting is to be held this week on Wednesday evening, when Mr. Llewellyn Jones will read a, paper on The Influence of Occupation upon Character."

Maesteg. S ut jif o c a t e d by a Pillow On Wednesday, the 24th ult., P.S. Davies was called to a house in Railway Terrace, Caerau, and there found the body of a man named David Howell, a collier, of Victoria. Street, Oaetrau, lying dead on the kitchen floor, his head being covered by a pillow. The occupier of the house stated that the deceased came to her house intoxicated, with a bottle of whisky, giving her and another woman a share; the remainder he drank. She allowed him to stay there the night, while she went to spend the night with a neighbour. On returning to the house on Wednesday morning, she found Howell lying dead. Dr. Jones, after examining the man, found that he had died from suffocation. It seems that he had turned over while sleeping, and that his mouth and nostrils had become buried in the pillow. The deceased left a widow with four children. Organ Recitals .—Mr. David CI egg, the famous organist, paid a nturn visit to Maesteg on Monday and Tuesday, the 22nd and 23rd ult., in connection with Canaan Chapel, and gave recitals of a descriptive character. He was assisted by Mr. Roland Baker, of London, with the London Queen's Hall carillon and new trumpet organ. The chapel was crowded each evening. Mr. David Davies, M.E., presided on Monday, and Mr. E. E. Davies, O.C., on Tuesday evening. I. L. P.—On Thursday last, Mr. Alexis Aladin, a member of the Russian Duma, visited, Maesteg Town Hall and gave a very interesting and inspiring lecture on the terrors of Russia. The lecturer dealt with his subject in a very masterful way which was greatly appreciated by the large audience present. +-0-+ Hodkey .-The local Wednesday team were opposed by Llangynwyd on the 24th ult., and a very hard game was witnessed. Great excitement prevailed, as both teams are local talent. Llangynwyd played a fine game and won by* 4 goals to 1. Maesteg were greatly off colour and did not lihow up as was expected.

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CHINESB RIVER DWELLERS. At Oanton the Tankia (which means boat- dwellers), form a sort of caste apart. The shore dwellers regard them as belonging to a lower social order; and ind-eed they have many cus- toms, peculiar to themselves, which mark them aa a separate community. How the swarming masses of them contrive to support existence is a mystery, but their chief mode of employment is in carrying merchandise and passengers from place to place. In some cases the daughters of the family go ashore to work in factories, as do the girls of other countries; but the year's earn- ings of a Chin ASS faetory girl would scarce suffice to buy a 6iaglc hat for her Western sister. It is of course lordly necessary to point out that, as against this low rate of pay, the stan- dard of living is correspondingly different. + COST OF BIG GAME SHOOTING. Big-game hunters should be interested in the following figures: In the German possessions in Africa a permit to shoot costs £ 41; special per- mission is required to kill more than two giraffes, four .rhinoceroses, and six zebras. In the case of elephant shooting, the authorities must he given one tusk from each animal killed. The hunter receives a small payment if he shoots a lion, panther, wild boar, or hyena. A permit to kill gazelles, antelopes, and monkeys costs only £ 2. ♦ A CULTIVATED SQUEAK. Although never accused of being songful, the Chinaman has a peculiar musical taste of his own. He is charmed, for instance, by the sing- ing of a. peculiar breed of mice, which he has especially cultivated, and which, it is said, are capable of producing vocal harmonies quite equal to those of the canary. The structure of a mouse's throat is shewn, moreover, not to be much different from that of the little yellow bird, there being likewise a distinct physical analogy between the two, even to the peculiar nibbling manner in which they take their food. » WE.VTHEE SIGNS. Rapid changes in the barometer indicate .early a.nd marked changes in the weather. A red sun has water in his eye. A piece of seaweed hung up will become damp previous to rain. Clouds flying against the wind indicate rain. When the leaves of trees curl with the wind from the south, rain is approaching. Red hair curls at the approach of a storm and straightens after it. Men work harder, eat more, and sleep more soundly when the barometer is high than when it is low. When the perfume of growing flowers is un- usually strong, rain may be expected. « A UNIQI' BAROMETER. A clever Frenchman employs a kind of baro- meter that may safely be callcd absolutely unique. It is nothing- more nor Je"" than the figure of a warlike General made of gingerbread, which the Frenchman hangs by a string attached to a nail at an appropriate place in his dwelling. Gingerbread, as everyone knows, is easily affected by changes in the atmosphere. The slightest moisture renders it eoft; in dry weather, on the contrary, it grows hard and tough. Every morning on gving out the French- man asks his servant, What does the general say?" and the man applies his thumb to the gingerbread figure. Sometimes he replies, "The general feels flabby about the chest; he would advise monsieur taking an umbrella." On the other hand, when the general's symptoms are "hard and unyielding," the Frenchman sal- lies forth arrayed in his best, vgth no fears for his spotless suit or new hat. lie says the general has so far never proved unworthy of the confi- denoe placed in his prognostications. — ♦ ■ EARLY OCEAN TRAVELLERS. That the Egyptians made sea voyages long before the time of Solomon, hitherto considered the first ocean traveller on a large scale, is de- clared by Professor J. H. Breasted to be con- clusively proved by a tablet found by him in Palermo, Sicily, during his three years' explor- ing trip. Professor Breasted asserts that the in- scriptions on the tablet shew that the Egyptian King who built the first pyramids made a voyage with forty ships across the Mediter- ranean to Lebanon to obtain cedar for a temple. This journey, according to the Professor, was made in the thirtieth century B.C., or 2,000 years before Solomon made his voyage for a similar purpose. • ♦- A CURIOUS DUEL. The following quaint account of a duel is taken from an old paper, and will probably be- new to most people: A duel was recently fought by Alexander Shott and John Nott. Nott was shot and Shott was not. In this case it is bet- ter to be Shott than Nott. There was a rumour that Nott was not shot, and Shott avows he shot Nott, which proves either that the shot Shott shot at Nott was not shot or that Nott was shot. Notwithstanding that circumstantial evidence is not. always good, it may be made to appear on trial that the shot Shott shot shot Nott, or, as accidents with firearms are frequent, it may be possible that the shot Shott shot shot Shott him- self, when the whole affair would resolve into its original elements, and Shott would be shot and Nott would not. We think, however, that the shot Shott shot shot net Shott but Nott. Any way, it is hard to toil who was shot and who was not. • ♦ HARDSHIPS OF SEALING. Sealing does not consist only of hurried scrambling over ice, and fierce, breathless battling afterwards. There are many hardships to be endured, Captain F. II. Shaw writes in the Penny Magazine, in a sealer's life, away in the far Arctic circle. The most common type of Arctic weather is a dense, lung-clogging fog, with a rasp of cold that is enough to freeze a glowing furnace. This fog may be diversified with cruel blizzards of pelting snow, borne on the wings of the constant gales. Once the snow passes, come sleet and rain—rain that is as cold as ice. Misery prevails greatly among the crews of Arctic sealers, for the dampness and the cold soon sap away the stoutest constitutions. ♦— ;— RARE CHINA TEAS. Many of the highest-grade Chinese teas never leave the country. Certain rare teas, however, which reach the London and other markets may fetch from J620 to JS55 a pound! One rare tea is made from the flowers of the tea plant instead of the leaves. The infusion is of a rich deep brown, and has a peculiarly delicate odour, but is rather more astringent i-liaii ordinary tea. Another'sort known as" Virgin tea" is used in China at weddings. It is made of the sun-dried leaf intact, and tied up in three strands of coloured silk. After infusion the leaves are eaten as salad- The tea known as Pekoe is made from the very young and tender leaves which are still covcred with down. The rarest of all teas is a naturally sweet tea, grown on a very limited scale in Western China. Its culture has been carried on -for ages, and the secret kept. The sweetness may be due to natural sugar in the leaf, or may be developed in it by y the process of curing. OLD-TIME HANGINGS. It is said that. about 50,000 people were done to death at Tyburn. The earliest mention of the place in connection with executions is in 1196, but, the gallows is believed to have been there at least a quarter of a century earlier. The last execution AT Tyburn took place in 1753. All sorts and conditions of men were among the vic- tims. But hanging in those far-away days was no rare thing anywhere, and connected with it were some strange practices. At the execution of a man at Spalding, the bailiff of Spalding brought the. man to the gallows, the bailiff of Weston brought the ladder to the gallows, the, bailiff of Pyncebeck found the rope, the rest was done by the bailiff of Multon. --+- Christmas in France is not, as in England, a special day for family meetings and merry-mak- ing. It is essentially a religious festival. The skull consists of twenty-two separate bones, eight of which form the cranium, the re- mainder entering into the composition of the face. <

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