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+ -ft -JY_ r"" YR WYTHNOS Mae yr argyfwng yn y fasnach araanol yn yr America wedi peri i amrytv gyflawm liunanladdiaxl. Mae Mr Balfour yn dioddef odiwrth an- \Yd, ac nid yw yn alluog i annerch eu gy- farfodydd. Mae llys vn America wedi dedfrydu men- yw dafoarydd i dewi am drigain liiwrnod! mp galed iawn! Mao y llosglynydd Vesuvius yn rhoddi allan lawer o 1,vg y dyddiau presenol. Tefur lief yd i fyny lawer o losgludw. Dydd Sadwrn, rlioddodd Ymherawdwr vr Almaen, Avledd i blant Ysgol ELighcliffe. Yr oedd un dorth o lara brith yn chwech troed- fedd o uchder. Mae y Prif Weinidog, Syr Henry Camp- bell-Banuerman. wedi myn d drosodd i Bl I arritz am ychydig Avythnosa.u er mwyn ei iechyd. Dedfrydwyd Edwin Hollin, casglwr trethu j y* Bornsley i garchar am bedair blynedd a j iianer o benyd wasanaeth am gadw rhan o arian y dreth. Lladdwyd Evan Richards, glowr, GQwer street, Cwmavon, dydd Mawrth wythnos ddx weddof, trwy i gareg gwympo arno yn nglofa y Cynon, Cymmer. Bu tywydd garw y diwrnodau diweddaf yn y Mor Du yn achos i lawer i golli eu by- vydaii Mae &on fod dros ddau cant o bobl wedi marw yn herwydd caledi yr hin. Oherwydd y niwl dydd Sadwrn yn I^r- pwl, methai llongau a. myn'd allan na dod l few'n. Ni allai y bobl ar y lan wel'dl y liong-au. Mae mwy o ysgadan wedi eu dal y tymhor yma, er fod yna dair wythnos yn ol eto or tymhor, nag un o'r blaen. Mae yna chwech cant a deg-ar hugain miliwn wedi eu dal. Mae sefyllfa y Fyddin parthed i'w hiechyd wedi gwella yn ystod y flwyddyn ddiweddaf a'i chydmaru a'r blynyddau blaenorol. Pri- odolir hyn i raddau am fod y nulwyr yn yfed llal. Lkxsgwyd bragdy y Meistri Taylor yn Bis- hops, Stortford, yn Ilwyr dydd Llun. Gwn- aed difrod o ddau can' mil o bunau. Newydd ei adeiladu oedd y bi agdy. Hysbvsir am farwolaeth Mr George Gin- ret, yn Brighton. Efe, oedd y diweddaf o'r teulu gwreiddiol Ginnet, perchenogion y 'circus' enwo'g o'r un enw. Yr oedd yn drigain a saitm lalwydd oed. Mae Tilonko, pennaeth y Zulus, wedi ei ddanfo-n i Ynys St. Helena, lie bu Napoleon Iionaparte, gyda llafur caled am ddeg mlyn" c-dd am y rnan gymerodd yn y terfysgoedd ym mysg y brodorion yn Natal yn ddiwedd- ar. Yn Mrawdlys Leeds dydd Llun wythnos ddiweddaf, dedfrydwyd Harold Carr, yr hwn oedd ond un ar hugain oed, i bymtheg mlynedd o benyd wasanaeth am saethu at gwnstabl yn y dref hono, gan feddw i'w ladd. Dirwywyd Edward Evans, bachgenyn yn yr ysgol. o ddeg swllt a'r eostau am daflu cerrig ar draws athraw yn ei ysgol, o'r elllw Levi Jones. Wrth roddi tystiolaeth dy- "iTOctwyd fod llawer o fenywod hefyd wedi taflu cerrig. Torodd tan allan yn nhai y Meistri Gam- age, masnachwyr teganau yn Holborn, Llun dain, boreu Mawrth wythnos ddiweddar. Yn ifodus, vn ystafeilocdd y Uoft y torodd y tan allan. Amoan gyfrifir y golled a ^aed i'r ty yn ddeg mil o bunau, ac i r n^yddan yn ugain mil. Mae Ficer Basingstoke, y Parch. A. W. Boustead, wedi ysgrifenu i ddweud nad oedd yn foddlon i'r Maer a Chynghorwyr y dref fyned i'r eglwys blwyfol dydd Sul diAveddat. Y rheswm yn debyg nad oedd y ficer wedi rhoi gvrahodd; ad lddynt. Ni aeth y iviaer yno. Terfysglyd iawn yw y sefyllfa. yn Tvvvssia o hyd Lladdwyd pedwar ac anafwyd un ar ddeg arall men ystryd yn Odeissa nos lurcher wythnos ddiweddaf, tiwy frwyd- belenau (bombs) Yr oedd y ffrwydnad mor gryf fel y chwilfrywiwyd miloedd o ffenestn. IHangodd v drwg-weithredwr. Dywedodd Mr Bonar Law, un o'r aelodau mwyaf talentog o'r blaid Doriajdd, ^th sr arad. yn nos l^ercher wythnos ddiwedd- af, pe j^ofynitl iddo efi pwy barti yn Nhy r Cyffredin oedd y galluogaccaf fel parti, Jiteb- i heb yr un petrusder mai y Blaid JJafur yr oedd. Mae Llys Milwrol ar fedr eistedd yn St. Petersburg i wneud ymchwiliad i weithred- iadau y Cadfr:dogion a'r swyddogicn, y rhai oeddent yn Port Arthur pan ymroddodd y Hwssiaid i fewn i'r Japaniaid. Honir nad oedd cydweithrediad rhwng y swyddog'on, ac nid oedd yr un cyfiawnhad i'r Cadfridog Stoessel roddi i fvny gan fod ganddo ddigon o fwyd, a chanddo fyddill gref. Mae gan Gwmni y Great Western o dan ygtyriaet-h y cynygiad o wneud llinell new- 'v't ydd rhwng Abergwaun a Phericader, er mwyn ii cysylltu Abergwaun a'r gogledd. Bydd raid iddynt, er svlweddoli y cynygiad yma, wneud llinell ddeublvg rhwng Pcncader ac Ystrad Ffiur. Gwneir llinell newydd wedyn rhwng Ystrad Fflur a New Radnor. Nid oes tin sail i'r hysbysiad y bydd i'r Bre tiin ddyfod lawr i agor y Sanatorium yn Alltymynydd, Llanybyther. Darfu i'r Dy- vysoges Christian add aw i'r diweddar Latly Dnimmond yr agorai hi yr ysbytty. Ond mae'n go gynar eto i siarad am yr agoi'iad, gan fod y p^vyllgor am glirio y ddyled o chwech cant punt sydd ar yr adeiladau cyn gwneud hyny. Aeth David Thomas, llafunvr amaethydd- ol, » Gaerfyrddm, yr wythnos ddiweddaf jzvda chyfaill iddo i ymweled a?i frawd yng Ngarmel. Buont yno drwy'r dydd, ac ym- adawsant oddiyno am haner awr wedi naw v noson hono. Wrth geisio croesi nant fech an cwympodd y ddan i lawr dyfnder o ugain troedfedd. Wrth glywed rhywun yn ochain arvth dyn o'r enw Isaac Davies i chwilio allan beth oedd yn bod. Cafodd David Thomas vn hongian wrth goeden. wrth ei ddillad, ac wedi cael clwyf cas yn ei dalcen. Oedd ef yn meddwl fod ei gyfaill wedi dianc, ond wrth chwilio dipyn yn mhellach lawr i'r afon deuwyd o hyd i hwnw yn farw. Mae eyflwr David Thomas yn b?ryglUK- Oymerir llawer ffordd gan wahanol ys- irrifenwyr (medd y "Drych') i egluro yr ar- gyfwng a'r vmollyngiad presenol yn mas- iiach arian 'America, ond nid oes yr un tMvdd #vto TA edi rhoi yr cglurhad American aidd, un cvson a cbyfansoddiad y wlad. Hys." bys i bawb yw fod America, yn wlad nwyfus iawn, ac yn gorweithio ei hun gyda phob- peth, hyd vn nod gor-wna ddiog]. lie y bo cvfle i hyny; ond yn sicr y mae yn gyffro- adwy ac yn dueddol i greu drychiolaethau o herwydd cyflvvr ei giau. Felly, nid yw vr ymollyngind presenol ond rhyw iath o lewvg, a bydd yn burion ar fyr, wedL I r aolvidosdon £ yda chymorth Shon Dai tuchio 'ychydig ddwfr melyn i'w gwynob, l feeri iddi goelio fod d'gon o aur yn y wlad. Gadawodd y Brenin a Brenhines Yspaen y wlad hon ddoe am gartref. Dywedodd gwerthwr dofednod yng N gwrt Bach, Brentford, mai goreu po henaf y bo yr aderyn. Yr oedd Mark Twain, yr ysgrifenydd Amerioanaidd byd-enii-og, yn 72 oed dydd Sadwrn. Torodd tan allan yn fferm Pantclai, Llan- clilo, dydd Stul diweddaf. Gwnaed collod o gant i gant a haner o bunau. Yn .hytrach nac ymadael a'u ci (collie) aeth gwr a g-wraig yn Brentford i'r carehar. Yr oeddent i roddi v ci i fyny. Ni fydd Pwyllgor Addjysg air Fynwy i gadw gwragedd priod fel athrawon o hyn ail an, os gellir cael rhai heb fod yn briod. Mae y Parch. Henry Martin Sherwood, ficer White Ladies, Aston, wedi bod yn off- eiriad am drigain ac un ar-ddeg o flynyddau. Mae streio gwyr y rheilfiordd yn India wedi terfynu. Dywedir mai Oyrnro oedd arweinydd y dynion. Mae Lieutenant Shackleton ac aelodau ¡;nÜl1 o'r parti ydynt yn myn'd i archwilio moroedd y De wedi cyrhaedd Awstralia yn barod. Mae Undebau Llafur Caerdydd a'r gang- hen leol o'r Blaid Annibynol Llafur wedi penderfynu rhedeg jrmgeisydd Llafur yn yr Etholiad Seneddol nesar. -S Cauwyd i fyny weithiau haiarn Worsall, West Hartlepool, dydd Sadwrn. Rhoddent waith i fil o fobl, rhai yn awr sydd allan o waith. Bu ystorm yr wythnos ddiweddaf yn lied ddrwg yn Sir Gaerfyrddin. Lladdwyd dau [ o wartheg Mr Maddocks, Baileyglas, ac ys- gubwyd ymaith nifer o bontvdd bychain. Am adael tien y gweithwyr pan oedd yn symud, dinvywyd David Eivans, Aberbar- goed, ac Albert Teaglo o'r un lie o bunt yr un yn Tredegar dydd Gwener. Aeth modur Mr. S. F. Edge, o Brooklands dydd Sadwrn 9614 milldir mewn awr. Hyn yw y cyflymdra mwyaf a aeth un modur eri- ood. Aiff moduron tramor 92 milldir yr üwr. Mae ar .veinwyr y ddwy Blaid fawr wleid- yddol yn wael eu hiechyd y dyddiau hvn. Mae'r Prif Weinidog wedi myned i'r Cy- fandir er ceisio adgyfnerthiad; ond mae Mr Balfour yn givella, ac erys yn Llundain. Mae nifer y genedigaethau yn Ffraino yn myned yn JIai o un flwyddyn i'r llall. Nid yw nifer y genedigaethau ond tua chwech mil ar hugain yn fwy na'r marwolaethau, tra yn yr Almaen maent yn fwy o wyth can' mil ac o bum' can' mil yn y wlad hon. Hysbysir y bydd i gwmniau y Great West- ern a'r Great Northern i ddyfod i ryw gyd- ddealltwriaeth cyn hir yng nghylch rhedeg eu llinollau. Bydd iddynt beidio rhedeg cei-bydresu eu gilydd lie y gall un cwmni fl'neud y tro. Cyfarfu Lemuel Davies, glanhawr peiri- annau, a marwolaeth ofnailwy yn Whitland dydd Sul. Cydiodd tan rywfodd yn ei ddill- ad, a chan eu bod yn llawn oil aethont yn wenfflam. Llosgwyd ef mor ddrwg: fel y bu farw y noson hono. Nid oedd ond dwy ar bymtheg oed. Ddydd Iau daeth y Rhingyll Owen a'r Heddgeidwad Owen ar draws corph cr vydr- yn o'r enw Joe Harrns, mewn lloft wair yn Cbedpenmaen, De Cyrnru. Credlr iddo iyn- ed yno i gysgu, a'i fod wedi marw er's pym- tnelnos o lelaf. Yr oedd oddeutu 40ain rnlwydd oed. Gredir fod ganddo deulu yn Aberafon. Bu dirprwyaeth bwysig gerbron Mr Lloyd George dydd Iau yn nghylch y nifer o do-vvy- !a\v oedd ar longau ein gwlad. Sylwodd Mr J Havelock Wilson fod y gwres i lawr yn mhlith y peiriannau mewn ambell i long yn peri i rai dynion gyflawnu hunanladdiad, yu effeithio ar meddyliau ereill, a bod llawer .yn many oddiwrth efFeithiau y gwres anni- oddefol. Yr oedd naw wedi marw ar un long neillduol mewn dwy flynedd. Trefnwyd i bwyllgor edrych fewn i'r cyhuddiadau di- frifol hyn. Fel yr oedd yr awyrlong Frengig, "La Pa trie" yn cael ei hadnewyddu yn Louhes- mes ar ol bod allan am daith, chwythwyd hi ymaith gan awel sydyn. Ni allai dau cant o wyr ei dal i'r llawr. Boreu SuI gwelwyd rhyw awyrlong yn myn'd dros Trimsarian, Sir Gaerfyrddin, a heibio Kidwelli, a thros dref Gaerfyrddin am haner awr wedi saith y boreu. Gwelwyd hi yn nhref Aberteifi. Tebyg iddi fyned yn groes i'r Iwerddon, canys fe'i ^velwyd hi yn Belfast prydnawn Sul. Bernir mai yr awyrlong Frengig oedd hon. Bu farw boreu Mercher wythnos ddiwedd- af Arglwydd Battorsea. Yn Ryde yr oedd yn aros amser ei farwolaeth. Cafodd ei ethol fei Rhyddfrydwr dros Sir Fi-veheiniog yn 1880. Bu ar o] hyny yn aelod dros ran yn Sir Bedford. Bu yn Arglwvdd y Try- sorlys un amser, ac yn twhipl i'r Parti Rhyddfrydol o 1886 i 1892. Cafodd fyn'd i'r Ty'r Arglwyddi yn 1892. Yr oedd yn 64 oedd, a. mab ydoedd i Mr P W Flower, Llun dain. Priododd Miss Constance Rothschild, ond bu farw yn ddi-blant. Ychydig NiWthlio-t-Li yn ol cymerodd djg- wyddiad torcalonus le yn Llundain, ag sydd wedi cyffroi rhai o feddyliau goreu ein gwlad CVflawnodd Alexander Good a'i wraig, Ma- bel. hunanladdiad trwy ymfoddi yn y Dafwys Arlunwyr osddent ill dau. Yr oeddent vn mlodeu eu dyddiau, ac wedi cael addysg ada, ac o gymeriadau uchel a phur. Ond pro- fodd gj'rfa bywyd yn galed iddynt ar y dechreu. Er bod y ddau o dalentau disglaer tAimlent na werthfawrogid eu gw aith a oliardotta nis medrent. Felly, cydsynias- ant mewn byrbwylledd, i roddi terfyn ar eu hcinjoes, gan fod y byd yma yn rhy galed iddynt i tyw ynddo. Dydd Ian diweddaf, cyfeiriodd y Parch R J Campbell at yr ach- es, a dywedodd ei fod yn waith ar ein gwar- eiddiad fod deuddyn ieuanc pur fel yna wedi ituothu byw, a. dywedodd ym mhellach fod yna filoedd o achosion o'r un fa,th na chlywir un son am danynt. Dnvy gwymp rhan o'r gwaith mewn cjr sylltiad.a lledu Pont Blackfriars, Llundain, yn lied hwyr prydnawn dydd Iau, c-ollodd pedw ar o bersonau eu bywydau, ac anafwyd amrvw ereili Lledir y bont ar gyfer tram- l ffyrdd Cynghor Sirol y Brifddinas, i groesi i yr afon o Dde Llundain, dros y bont i'r Fjnbankment, ac yna i wahanol ranau o Og- ladd y Brifddinas. Cyfrifir y draul yn dri clian mil o bunau. Drwy gwympiad 'cais- son" y bu'r ddamwain. Math o gawell dur yw'r ''caisson/' ac ynddo yr oedd y dyn ion yn parotoi sylfaen y bont. Elai y dyn- ion i'r cawell drwy sliiafft, a chauid y d'tdr allan drwy ddirwaegiad awyrol. Adeg y ddamwain yr oedd pedwar o ddynioo yn gweithio ar ben y cawell, ac amryw creill yn gweithio ar ysgaffaldiau. Yn sydyn, heb fynnd o rybuda, llithrodd y cawell, a syrth- iodd i'r dwfr, gan gludo gydag ef y pedwar dvn a thri o ddvnion a weithiant ar hvyfan islaw. Parodd hyn y cyffro a'r dyryswch mwyaf, oherwydd yr oedd, erbyn hyn, wedi tvwyllu, ac ni wyddid pwy oedd yn yr afon a phwy nad ydoedd. Fodd bynag, deallwyd fc-d pedw a.r o'r dynion wedi colli eu bywydiau j lie l dri gael eu hanafu.

Gan fod cymaint o'r Hughesiald yn myd y gan, cymerodd Miss Mary Hughes, y gan- tores ieuanc o Bwllheli, yr enw prye'ferth "J ira. Gwyn," ac fel Miss EirR Gvyr. y'i cyhoeddwyd i ganu yn y Bechstein llall ;.n ljUuidain ddydd lau Dydd Mawrth priodwyd yn Llundain yr Aiglwydd Ganghellydd (Arglwydd Lonebuin) a Miss Violet Hicks-Beach, nith Arglwydd St. Aldwyn (Syr Michael Hicks-Beach gynt). Arglwydd Loreburn yw'r Arglwydd Ganghell ydd cyntaf i briodi tra yn y swydd. Methodd y 'suffragettes,' merched y bleid- Iltis, a chynal cyfarfod yn Nottingham dydd Llun, gan gymaint o swn ac annhrefn oedd yno. Gollyngwvd llygod yn rhydd ar y ilwyfan, a bu hyn yn ddigpn i beri i'r menywod i ffoi. Bu damwain alaethus i Gymro o'r enw Dd. Lewis yn nglofa Ley don, 17 milldir i'r gor- llewin o Denver, Colorado, pan y cafodd ei ladd o dan gw-ymp yn y g[waith. Tua'r flwyddyn 1860 yr ymfudodd o Sir Gaerfyr- ddin a sefydlu yn Pomeroy, Ohio, He y bu am flynyddau. Cafwyd buddugoliaeth fawr ar ddiffyn- dollaeth yn etholiad Hull, ddydd Gwener, pryd yr ychwanegwyd y niiryafrif o blaid masnach rydd o 2,247 i 4,753. Pleidleisiodd 5,623 i'r Anrhydeddus Guy Wilson (Rhydd- frydwr), 5,382 i Syr George Bartly (Ceid-; wadwr), a 4,512 i Mr J Holmes, cynrychiol- ydd y Blaid Llafur. Mae dau cant o weithwyr dur yng ngwei- thiau Guest, Keen a Nettlefolds, yn Roger- stone, wedi dod allan ar streic am fod un c'r gwyr a weithiai yno ddim yn aelod o'u undeb. Dyived y gwr yma nad yw yn ael- od am nad yw yn foddlawn talu at gadw gwyr fel John Hodge i gynrycliioli Llafur vn y Senedd, gan mai Tori yw efe (Hodge) wedi bod erioed. Dywedir mai mewn eisteddfod fechan a gynhaliwyd mewn gwesty a gedwid gan fardd o'r enw "Meudwy Glan Elai," ger yr Hafod, Owm Rhondda, tua'r flwyddyn 1852, y derbyniodd loan Emlyn ei 15 swllt am ei gan arfarwol "Bedd y Dyn Tlawd." Beirdd eraxll yn bresenol oedd Nathan, Dy- fed, lenan ab lago, Gwilym Eiliam, ac Ifor Cwm Gwys. Oladdwyd trigain o fwnwyr yn nglofa Naiomi, Pensylvania, yn yr America, trwy i danehwa gymeryd lie. Dim ond un a ddaeth fyny i wyneb y pwll, o»d cyn gynted y daeth lan syrthiodd i lawr yn farw, wedi ei wenwyno gan yr awyr wenwynig yn y pwll Mae tawch gwenwynig y pwll yn ei gwneud bron yn ammhosibl i un o'r trigain "ydd ar ol fod yn fyw. Oymerodd damwain le ar lheilffordd y '1 Taff Vale yn Porth nos Lun trwy ba un y niweidiwyd pedwar ar bymtheg o bersonau, end yn ffodus n.i laddwyd yr un. Yr oedd tren yn aros yn yr orsaf o Rhondda Fach, a chyda hyny dyma dren glo yn dod o'i ol, a myn'd ar draws y cerbydau olaf y tren cyntaf gyda grym ofnadwy. Mae yn syndod na charodd un ei ladd. Mae y Brenin wedi cyfhvyno yr "Order of Merit" i Miss Florence Nightingale. Dyma y fenyw gyntaf i gael ei hanrhydeddu yn y modd yma. D.im ond gwyr mwyaf tal- entog ein gwlad sydd wedi derbyn yr an- rhydedd yma. Fe deimla pawb fod Miss Florence Nightingale yn wir deilwng o hono. Er mwyn y rhai nad ydynt yn oofio am watih Miss Nightingale, gellir dweud mai hi oedd y nurse gyntaf a aeth allan i ryfel er cymeryd gofal o'r clwyfedigion. Mentrodd allan i'r rhyfel y Crimea yn 1854, a, byth oddiar hyny mae gan bob gwilad ei byddin o nurses ar faes y gad. Nid yw sefyllfa pethau yn Neheu Affrica yn dda wedi terfysgoedd diweddaf ar ran y dynion duon, y Zulus. Byth oddiar hyny mae yno ryw anesmwythdra ac mae nifer y llofruddiaethau wedi cynyddu. Dr.vgdybir un pennaeth, o'r enw Dinizula nad yw yn ffyddlon. Ni chymerodd ran yn y terfysg- oedd diweddar, eto, meddylir ei fod yn gwn- eud rhywbeth o'r tu cefn. Barna rhai pe yr eid ar pennaeth yma allan o'r wlad, na fyddai un pryder o gylch gwrthryfeliad y Zulus. Gwneir paratoadau gan y Llywodr- aeth rhag ofn y gwaethaf. Mae dwy fil o filwyr yn barod i gymeryd y maes. Pe f t-niilai y brodorion ar y cyntaf byddai yn galondid i'r dynion duon yn gyffredinol trwy'r wlad i godi ac i gynorthwyo mewn gwrthryfel.

— -0' ■ MARWOLAETH MEROR. MR. LLOYD GEORGE. Drwg genym hysbysu am farwolaeth Miss Mair Lloyd G-eorgo, merch y Gwir Anrhyd-, eddus D. Lloyd George, Llywydd BWTJd Masnach. Cymerodd yr amgylchiad prudd Je am haner awr wedi pump o'r gloch nos Wener. Yr oedd y foneddiges ieuanc yn ddeunaw mlwydd oed. Dydd Mercher, yr wythnos ddiweddaf, bu o dan driniaeth feddygol, a suddodd yn gyflym ddydd Gwener.

BRENHIN ENLLI YN FEDDW. Yn Ynadiys Pwllheli yr wythnos ddiwedd- af, dyedawi Mr W George ei fod yno i gy- huddo John Williams, yr hwn a adnabyddid fel "Brenhin Ynys Enlli," am fod yn feddw yn y Wellington Inn Pwllheli, ar y 4ydd o Dachwedd. Amddiffynid gan Mr Hamlet Roberts, yr hwn a ddywedai nas gallai y dr ffynydd groesi o'r ynys y dydd hwnw yn herwydd fod y tywydd yn rhy arw. Tystiodd yr Heddwas Pugh iddo weled Williams yn feddw a diod o'i flaen yn y gwesty. Rhoddodd y rHeddweision Thomas (40). a Jones (48) dystiolaethau cadarnhaol. Gwel- odd y cyntaf ef ger y White Hall a r olat yn y Wellington. Metnai bron a sefyll ar ei draed. Wisci a yfai. Dywedai y Rhingyll Pugh ei fod wedi gweled y diffynydd yn feddw, a chynghor- odd ef i fyned adref. Mr Hamlet Roberts: Paham na chymer- asoch ef i fyny -Y Rhingyll Pugh: Er yn feddw yr oedd yn dawel. Dywedodd Mr Roberts yr adwaenai y wlad "Frenhin Enlli" yn dda. Yr oedd yn 65 mlwycld oed, ac er yr addefid ei fod tan ddy- lanwad diod, ac yn cael ymborth yn y Wel- lington, nis addefid ei fod yn fedaw' yno. Tystiai Mrs Thomas nad oedd y diffynydd yn feddw iawn, ond rhoed dirwy o Is., a sylwai y Cadeirydd eu bod yn dyner am mai hwn oedd y tro cyntaf i'r "Brenhin" fod o'u blaen.

o Y MESUR TRWYDDEDOL. Mae bwriad y Llywodraeth i wneud deddf- au newyddion ynglyn a'r tafarndai wedi gyrru ias o arsw-yd dros y rhai sydd yn dal cyssylltiad a'r Fasnach. Bu tair dirprwyaeth gerbron Canghell- ydd y Trysorlys yr wythnos ddiweddaf. Yr oedd un oddiwrth Gynghor yr Eglwysi Rhyddion, y Ilall oddiwrthj gyfranddalwyfr mewn bragdai, a'r drydedd oddiwrth wyr y Clybiau Yfoo. Cenadwii y tair ddirprwy- aeth oedd cael allan ryw awrgrym yn nghylch natur y Mesur Trwyddedol nesaf a ddygir yn mlaen gan y Llywodraeth. Mewn atebiad i ddirprwyaeth y dirwest- wyr, dvwedodd y Canghellydd ei fod' mewn cydymaeimlad a hwv. Yr oedd Deddf 19(M yn un. ddrwg. Bwriadai y Llywodraeth ddwyn yn mlaen gynlhm i leihau diot-a yn y dcyrna.s. Gyda go lwg ar ganiatau cyfr leusderau i ddiota mewn olybiau, sylwodd y Canghellydd fod hyn yn ddrwg cynvddol; ac yr oedd yn galedi ar y tafarnwr. gan ei bod ef o dan lygaid yr heddgeidwaid, tra nad oedd y clybiau o dan reolaeth. Ond nid oedd Mr Asqu.ith yn foddlon dadlenu llawer ar gynllun y Llywodraeth. Barnai Arglwydd Harris fod y clybiau yn sylfaenedig ar egwyddoor iach. Nid oedd ar glvbiau y gweithwyr yn Lloegr angen am (WeddfAvriaeth lem. Yn ei atebiad, mvneggodd y Canghellydd nad oedd y Llywodraeth yn bwriadii ym- yryd a chlybiau gwirioneddol y gweithwyr. Cydnabyddid eu bod yn cynyddu meAvn rhif, ond ni wneir g^-ahan.i aeth rhwng clwb y r dyn oyfoethog rhagor clwb y gweithiVr. Rhaid iddynt sefyll ar yr un tir. Yr oedd llawer o glybiau yn ddim amgen na. thafarn- I dai o dan ffug, yn rhydd oddiwrth drwydded yn rhydd oddiwrth oriau cau, ac yn rhydd ar faterion ereili. Pan ddaw y Llywodr- aeth i drin v mater, ni bydd iddi ymyryd a chlybiau a ddygir yn mlaen mewn ffordd anrhydeddus. Wrth ateb y ddirprwyaeth, mynegodd y Canghellydd y bydd i'r Llywodraeth gadw mewn golwg: fuddiannau cyfreithlon pawb a fuddsoddasant eu harian' yn y fasnach feddwol, fel ag i'w diogelu rhag deddfwri- aeth drawsfeddiannol.

_:X --=--===-=== NATUR YN Y GAl'AF. Mor brudd a difywyd yn awr yajnv llatur! A ddigiodd yr huan wrth blaxied p;chadur— A rewodd ei henaid—a ydyw ci chalon Ar fin ymlonyddu Archwilier y prawflon:- Y blodau amrywliw addurnent bob ooedwig A dol mor ddymunol, drengasant yiighyd; A dagrau hiraethlawn canghenau crynedig A re^-ant ar feddau eu swynion i gyd. Yr holl beraroglau o2dd, megis caredig Angylionz yn gwemi yu gwbl anwededig Ar ddynion, adawsant ein daear luddedig. Pa le mae y llysiau a droent fall Mwyon Dinasoedd y byd yn rhin weddau adfywiol, Can yrru ar edyn awelon fendithion 0 nwyfiant a nei tli i galonnau Ilesnteiriol" Gorweddant dan orchudd o farrug difa-ol,- Gan adael dynoliaeth mewn mwrllwch prudd- haol. Diflannodd gAvyrddlesni; y coed sydd yn weddwoti; A throwyd eu ffrvvythau-afalau broiigocliion Ac aeron, yn seigiau wrth fodd! pendefigion; Canghennau a blygent dan bwys eu gogoni- ant, Yn awr o dan (Úa yn bruddaidd ymu-yi-art, A dail gydsisialent a chwaon gwynfaol Mehefin, ymlidia corwyntoedd aruthrol Drwy nen ddychrvnedig o fod yn bresennol. Y llynnoedd ddanghosent, fel drychau, i nef- oedd A beilohion fynyddoedd eu mawredd a'u llun, A droant yn ddistaw yn frodyr i gymoedd Trancedig y pegwn gogleddoI ei hun; Y faenol adluniai drwy swynion llysieuol Amrywiaeth a thlysni cynhennid y byd. Ddaw weithian drwy ryw draws-sylweddiad cyfr i;iiol Yn chwaci- i Arabia Garegog i gyd. Tywyllwch a phryder, fel creulawn ormes- wyr, Feddianant yr awrhon orseddfainc y ddaear; Hyfrydwch ymgiliodd o dir ac o awyr; LlaAvenydd pob bywyd ddirywiodd yn alar; Distawodd llais nwyfiant, diflanodd chwareu- on, A chartref y gwynfa ehediaid a dynion; Y fronfraith anghofia ir lwybrau yr aAven; Alawon a rewant ar dant y fw-yalch,-n,- Ccrddoriaeth gyfoethog, amrywiol, y goed- wig, Yr hon, yn anthemau o fawl bndígedig- Anthemau calonnau di-lid di-bechodau, Fisgjmnai'n feunyddiol uwohlaV y evmvlau-I I glustiau'r Creaw'dwr. a ddisgyn o hyd Yn oernad alaethus ar glustiau y byd. J -1010 Caernarfon, j

•"43* m mm' j MAE'R DYDD WEDI DARFOD. j (Longfellow.) Mae'r dydd wedi darfod, a'r cysgod Yn disgyn ar adain y nos, Fel pluen o asgell yr eryr Yn syrtkio i lawr ar y rhos. Mi welaf oleuni y pentref A'i leAvyroh drwy niwl a thrwy law; Daw teimlad o brudd der drwy f'enaid Nad allaf ei gadw fo draw. RJhyw deimlad o brudd-der a hiraet-h Na pherthyn i boen nag i frawi Nad tebyg l alar, ond megjys Mai tebyg y nifwl i'r glaw. 0! darllen yn awr im ryw odEg, Rhyw ganig fach dyner a mwyn; I leddfu fy nheimlad anesmwyth, I chwalu fy ngofid a'l swyn. Nid un o ganiadau godidog Hen teirddion aruchel y byd, Y beirdd y mae adsain eu camrau Drwy'r oesau i'w glywed o hyd. Oherwyd-i fel canu arwraidd Atgofia'u meddyliau gwrycli hAvy Ddi derfyn boen bywya, ond heno, Am orffwys hiraethu yr wy. O! darllen gerdd rhywun a ganodd O'i galon, oe salach ei nod', Fel eafod o gwmw-1 yr hafddvdd, Fel dagrau o'r ernrynt yn dod. Y bardd, drwy hir ddyddiau o lifur A nosau o bryder mor ddrud, A glywai'n ei k-naid beroriaeth Ithyw ryfedd ganiadau o hyd. Hwv ydyAv yr odlau sy'n lleddfu Itoll angerdd gofalon a braw, Y teimlad sydd megys y fendith Ar ol dj'fal Aveddi a ddaw. A darUen o'r llyfr prid am hyny Yr odlig a fynnech, a ohaie Roi benthyg i ganiad y prydydd Felyster anwylaf dy lais. A Ilenwir y nos a pheroriaeth, A chyfyd gofalon y dydd Eu pebyil felg-wibiaid Arafia, A'u dianc, distawed a fydd. —AP IWAN. _&>< sa

Markets-Saturday. BUTTER, ETC. Carmarthen, Sat. Nov. 30th.-The supply was small. Quotations:—Cask butter 131d. to 14d. per lb. fresh butter 15d. to 16d.; dressed poultry-fowls 3s 6d to 5s per couple, ducks 2s 9d to 3s 6d each, geese 56 to 7s Gd each, turkeys 10d per lb i eggs 7 for Is, cheese 37s. 6d. per cwt. The Christmas markets are fixed for Saturday, December 21st, and Monday, December 23rd. The annual Christmas show is on December 12th. MEAT. Lqjiidon, Sat., Nov. 3Gt«h.—Beef quiet.- Scotch long sides 3s. lOd. to 4s, short sides 4s. 2d. to 4s. 6d.; English sides, 3s. 6d to 3e 8d.; United States sides—Liverpool killed, 3s. 4d. to 3s. 6d- Deptford killed 3s. 5d. to 3s. 9d.; American nindquaxters 3s 8d. to 4s. 2d., forequarters, 2s. 4d. to 2s. 7d. Mutton quiet—Scotch teg 4s 8d to 5s 2d, n ether 4s 80 to 4s lOd, ewe 3s 2d to 3s 6d; Iviglish wether 3s 10d to 4s 4d, eive 3s to 3s 4d. FISH. Grimsby, Sat., Nov. 30th.—Very poor supply; good demand. Quotations:—Soles, Is 8d., turbot 9d to Is, brills, 8d to 9d. per lb; plaice 5s 3d, lemon soles 11s. 6d., whit- ings 3s 6d, Avhitches 7s per stone; no hali- but; IiA^e ling 4s, dead 3s, live vod 4s to 7s 6<J, dead 3s 6d to 5s 6d, liA^e skate 5s, dead 3s each; hake and roker 30s per score; kit haddocks 18s, gib bed 28s, lii-e 32s. per box; lobster Is. 6d per lb. POTATOES. London, Sat., Nov. 30th.—A large quan- tity received sold slowly. Quotations:— Longwort-hys 100s. to 110s, Up-to Dates, 90s to 100s, Blacklands 80s to 85s, British Queens 90s to 95s, Scottish Grey Soil 90s to 95s per ton; French 3s 3d to 3s 6d Ger- man 3s 6d. to 4s, Dutch 3s to 3s 3d. per bag. Royal Kidneys 80s. to 85 per bag. HAY AND STRAW. London, Sat., Nov. 30th.—A poor demand prevailed for the heavy deliveries, prices being easier. Quotations :-Best clover 84s to 92s. 6d., inferior 72s. to 80s., specially picked hay 82s 6d, good 65s. to 70s, inferior 55s. TO 63s. mixture and sainfoin 70s. to 82s 6d, straw 25s to 31s per load. WOOL. Leicester. Thursday.—The opening of the last series of London wool sales for the year has displayed a better tone than was gener- ally anticipated. Spinners and manufac- turers are fully employed, and seem inclined to wait the turn of the year before placing now orders, when it is hoped the money market will be easier. The wholesale cloth- ing trade is good. CATTLE. Doncaster, Saturday.—Again a good sup- ply of store cattle and a fair trade passing at late rates, the market being firm. Dairy stock keeps dear, making up to £ 24 per head. Very few sheep; ewes 44s. to 56s, gimmers 60s. to 68s., lambs 3.5s. to 40s. Pigs were still a good trade. Young pigs made from 129. to 15s, ten week old pigs 20s to 25s., and strong stores 35s to 40s per bead. with a good demand. Leicester, Saturday.A. good supply of milch cows, which with down calving cows made up to t23 10s. Barren heifers made about £12 10s. and barren cows realised up to £15. Yearling bulls 9 £ guineas and one and a half year old steers and heifers sold up to £ 8 15s Rearing calves made up to 28s. Few sheep in the market. CHESHIRE POULTRY MARKETS. Saturday.—A steady inquiry for home-fed and import poultry, of which there was a satisfactory delivery. Fow'ls and ducks per couple:—Chester: Fowls, 4s to 6s; ducks, 5s to 7s. Nantwioh: Fowls, 4s. to 6s; ducks. 5s. to 7s. Knutsford: Fowls, 5s to 6s: ducks, 5s to 7s. Northwich: Fowls, 4s to s.5 6a. ducks, 5s to 6s 6d. Macclesfield Fowls, 5s. to 7s.; ducks, 5s to 7s. Sand- bach: Fowls, 5s to 6s; ducks, 5s to 6s. Crewe: Fowls, 48 to 6s.: ducks. 5s to 6s. Runcorn: Fowls, 4s to 6s: ducks, 5s to 6s 6d. Altrincham: Fowls, 4s to 6s: ducks, 6s. to 7s. Geese 9 £ d. and lOd. per lb.

WEATHER AND THE CROPS. Though the Av^atlier has been rather too wet to piease farmers in some districts, the agricultural position is, on the whole, jhatis- laetory, and laini work of various kinds prceeevis steadily. There has lately beer, a good deal oi mist and fog, Avhlch has limited the already short time during which v.ork can be done in the fields; -birt, with a desire to keep well abreast of the season, every advantage is taken by tillers of the soil to clear up arrears which the abnormal char- acter of the summer and autumn have left. Agood breadth of land has been planted with wJieat, though probably much less than would have been had the conditions for sowing been more favourable, and all the early sown crops are up and looking pro- msm. We are now within sight of the end of the year, the close of which will find us much better prepared for next season than was deemed possible a month or Eix weeks ago. The wheat trade is steady on the whole, with a fair consumptive demand, though in I a few instances sellers who a week ago were bokl'ng out for high prices haA'e been found billing to do business at fair a\-erage rates. To some extent the condition of the money market- is reacting on the wheat trade, the scarcity of money and the high rate which has at present to be paid for temporary accommodation causing weak holders to be more amenable to the pressure of buyers. But the trade is in no sense weak, and only in a few instances have large supplies led to any reaction, though farmers are offer- ing at many places more freely than is prudent.. There is still a demand for seed wheat in the country, which seems to indi- cate that groAvers are det-prmined to enlarge the acreage to be put under this cereal for ncxt year. Foreign supplies have lately been large, but shipments are now more moderate, and the quantity afloat shows an appreciable falling off, especially to the -ip Continent. In barley a good trade is being done, and large quantities of all qualities are changing hands at steady prices. Oats, although selling rather slowly, steadily maintain pre- vious prices, the supplies generally being about on a level with the demand. Maize has latterly been rather more sought after, and sellers find less difficulty in effecting sules at former rates, though no imprOA'e- ment in value can be noted. Beans and peas sell steadily on former terms. The flour trade is quiet and the turn weaker. Prices do not show much change, though sellers ore more disposed to meet buyers' views, and where they do so a fair trade is done.

AGRICULTURAL NOTES. BY A PRACTICAL FABMEB, SRIBE HOBSB SALBS. The sales of Shire horses for this season ftaTe begun, and, so far, very satisfactory prices have been recorded, although the best of the Etude have yet to be sold. No mention has been made Of another Bale at Sandringham, and it may be taken for granted that the sueoeesful one of last ;winter will not be repeated; in other words, breeders will not be recalled to the Wolferton Btud this season. The amount which changes hands at such sales and also at the Agricultural Hall during the progress of the Shire Horse Society's spring show is astounding (at one of the last named I have seen nearly E20,000 Change hands in one afternoon), and, as the bulk of the money paid for heavy draught horses goee into the hands of tenant farmers, the breeding of Shires may be looked upon as one of the most important side lines" which can be taken up by the agriculturist. Mr. R. W. Hudson, whose Btud at Danesfield, Marlow, haa been singularly Bucoessful in both the show ring and the stable- yard since it was started some years ago in a very small way has given up his Shire horses, but Mr. Leopold Salomons, whose sale at Nor- bury Park attracted so much attention only this very small way, has given up his Shire horses. for which such ready purchasers will be found were only drafted from the stud because of it being considerably overstocked. It was Mr. Salo- mons, by the way, who paid 1,550 guineas for the stallion Hendre Champion at the sale of the late Mr. F. Crisp's Shire horses at Girton, and that plucky purchase has been rewarded, for good prices have always been commanded for his stock, and last season he was leased to the Staf- fordshire Horse Society at a handsome fee. The sales will continue up to February, and there is Certainly every appearance of the series being a great success. PREMATURE SEEDING. In connection with the prevalence of seeding or bolting" in root crops this season, we notice, says a writer in the Filld, that the sug- gestion has been offered that the occurrence may be attributable to the injudicious use of sulphate of ammonia. It is, of course, possible to over- step the bounds of prudence in the use of any fertilising material, however valuable it may be, and an overabundanco of sulphate of ammonia- one of the safest of artificial manures—might easily account for some defect in the crop. We do not suppose, however, that this explanation of the abnormal seeding this year will be taken seriously, for if sulphate of ammonia or any other manure were responsible, not one far- mer, but thousands, must have been guilty of the indiscretion alleged, and it would be quite out of the ordinary to find such extensive uni- formity of practice as this would imply. There can be no doubt that the true explanation of the peculiarity referred to is to be found in the ab- normal atmospheric conditions of the season, and that the system of management pursued contri- buted little and no more than usual to promote premature seeding. The recent rains have done much to reduce the effects of the evil, especially in districts where the crops were sown late, and where seeding was not far advanced when the weather broke. THE POTATO CROP. In a great many districts potato digging is finished by this time, and an idea can now be formed of the likely value of the yield. As a rule the crop is a good one, although black 6cab is rather common, and in Essex the other day, while watching the lifting of what appeared to be a very fine crop, I was shewn quite a number of diseased tubers. Storing should be done as quickly as possible, for this autumn there is grave risk of serious injury from disease. Pos- sibly on account of the late period at which the attack revealed itself, spraying measures were loss effective than usual in checking the ravages of the blight which was vigorous and prevalent in early autumn. Although the disease is usually most destructive in arresting the growth of the tubers through the injury it causes to the haulms, it is also capable of attacking the potato direct, and this is the danger which confront growers at the present time. The spores of the disease descend from the haulms to the tubers, and, their passage through the soil being acceler- ated by heavy rains, it is evident that the crop is in great danger of suffering irreparable damage. The only course open to farmers is to harvest the tubers as speedily as possible. Digging be- fore the disease has penetrated to the potatoes will dimjnish the risk of further trouble. The de- sirability of freeing the tubers from contact with the haulms without avoidable delay renders it important that the fullest advantage should be taken of every favourable opportunity for the digging and storing of the crop, and, therefore, the hope is widely entertained that the weather may admit of the work being speedily com- pleted. There are two or .three points in con- nection with the harvesting of disease-stricken crops which demand the closest attention. In the first place the gathering and burning of infected haulms should be strictly insisted upon, and on no account should they be used for covering the potatoes, either temporarily or permanently, for it is clear that if this is done the disease will be provided with a suitable opportunity for trans- ferring itself from the haulms to the tubers, and thus the primary object of early lifting will be defeated. It is also desirable that infected tubers should be removed in the process of harvesting. for if they are stored with the others they will contaminate those in contact with them, with the result that disease may spread throughout the whole bulk. COMPENSATION FOR DESTROYED CROPS. An example of the sort of difficulty which will be likely to arise should the Government intro- duce further legislation relative to plant diseases, as in some quarters it is being urged to do, is afforded by a case lately heard in the United States. On the ground that mildew fostered on the indoor plants spreads to their fields and ruins their crops, two track farmers have secured a temporary injunction against a grower of I cucumbers under glass, restraining him rrom i7ri<nn» .:UUlIUDl"r iQ. hi." ha.¡&ps that VI

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FIGHTING FOG. An interesting apparatus is the invention of M. Dibos, a French engineer. Its aim is to disperse fog by artificial means. The early experiments were made with hot air, but later M. Dibos relied on electricity. In 1899, j says the Now York tin/j'tneering Magazine, M. Dibos happened to be on board a Channel steamer which ran into a dense bank of fog. He noticed that in the immediate vicinity of the mouth of one of the stoke-hole ventila- tors there Avas a clear space of considerable size. He immediately conceived the idea that the mechanical shock of the heated air de- stroyed the equilibrium of the particles of water and caused them to fall. A few ex- periments with a small fan confirmed this opinion. Convinced, therefore, that a much larger space might be cleared by the PROJECTION OF HEATED AIR under considerable pressure, M. Dibos con- tinued his researches, and devised a simple apparatus which under test produced in a dense fog a clear space over 200 yards long. His first apparatus was adapted especially for use on steamships, and consisted primarily .y of a east-steel, steam-jacketed cylinder. This had communication with the outer air by t means of a pipe, which was fitted with a valve and bent, so that the cone-shaped cop- per mouthpiece's axis was horizontal. During fogs Monsieur Dibos pumped compressed air into the cylinder, heated by the steam which circulated in the steam-jacket. This com- pressed air was then PISCIIAKGED IXTO THE FOG, th^ discharge pipe being pivoted in such a manner that the compressed air could be dis- charged in any direction. Continuing his researches, says the En- gineering Magazine, M. Dibos decided to ex- periment with electric waves, which he thought could be so utilised as to give better results than he had obtained with heated air, and in 1904 he installed an apparatus at Wimereux-Plage, near Calais. In this in- stallation electrical energy at a potential of 140,000 volts from an electrostatic machine was discharged into the air from a series of copper points. These points were about 80ft." above the ground. Several tests made in an extremely dense fog shewed that elec- trie waves at this potential can produce a complete dispersion of fog within a radius of I from fifty to sixty yards. M. Dibos considers that his researches so enormously impor- tant to the shipping industry—are by no means complete at the present moment. CHRYSALIDS AND CARBON DIOXIDE. In the Comples Rendus of the Biological Society of Paris, an account is given of the absorption of carbon dioxide by chrysalide by Marie von Linden. Chrysalids of tW9 species of Lepidoptera were placed hi a Koist atmosphere charged with carbon dioxide, and were found to have gained in weight instead of losing as they normally do at this stage. RADIUM AND MOUNTAIN BUILDING. The presence of radium in unexpected quantities in the rocks of the Simplon Tun- nel borings leads Professor Joly to suggest that this element may be a factor in moun- tain building. In the course of ages, he points out, radium and its parent elements thorium and uranium would be transferred in the processes of denudation from one area to another. And this transference would mean the shifting of areas of high tempera- ture, which might eventually result in crust movements. In this way a factor in moun- tain building, viz., the heat resulting from the presence of radium, would be traiicferred from poiat to point of the earth's surface. ORIGIN OF OZONE. Ozone, which is an allotropic form ol oxygen, has long been recognised as an active purifying agent in the atmosphere, owing to its powerful oxidising qualities, but the ques- tion of its origin has been much disputed. The investigations of Monsieur ITenriot, in France, have led him to the conclusion. that ozone forms in the upper regions of the air, probably under the influence of the ultra- violet radiations from the sun, and that it is brought down towards the surface of the earth both by descending air-currents and byi drops of rain. After a shower of rain the quantity of ozone in the air is always found to have been increased. ATOMS OF THE ELEMENTS. So important is an exact knowledge of thai atomic weights of the various chemical ele-0 ments that there is an international corimis, sion which undertakes to revise the list of such weights once each year, in accordance with the latest researches. The list for 19074 contained 79 elements. Among these there are seven whose atoms are heavier than those of gold, namely, mercury, thallium, lead, bis- muth, radium, thorium, and uranium, whicH has the greatest atomic weight known. The weight of an atom of hydrogen, still tho lightest of all known substances, is fixed 8011 1'008; that of an atom of oxygen at 16; that ef an atom of gold at 197*2 that of an atom of radium at 225; and that of an atom of uranium at 238'5. HYPNOTISING THE TIMID. A minute study of a number of patienta during many years has led Dr. R riUon 'to conclude that all subjects afflicted witli hysterical and neurasthenic troubles have previously been timid, and this timidity has played an important part in producing the psycho-neurotis (mind disturbance of the nerve functions). In his mind-healing prac- tice, and in re-educating the will by hypnotic suggestion, he takes timidity, therefore, into account, training hie patients to counter, act the effects of intimidation." As the timid are readily hypnotisable, he takes care to suggest that in future no one but an experi- enced practitioner will be able to hypnotise them, and only with their full consent, for, the benefit of their health. In curing timidity, and its resultant troubles, he has found that" suggestion has always enabled! him to achieve the most marked and endur- ing results." THE LITTLE WORLDS. The known number of asteroids, or minor planets, had by 1906 reached 603, and stilt the discovery of these miniature worlds oon- tinues, especially with the aid afforded by, celestial photography. Among a vast multi- tude of stars crowding a photographic plate one, perhaps, will be seen to have drawn St short thin line on the plate during its hours of continuous exposure. The astronomer, knows at once that it is either an p steroid ot; a comet. Subsequent observations soon de- cide the point. Only the more interesting enes are afterwards observed with attention; but, once discovered, they cannot be ignored, and the rapid growth of the flock becomes ars embarrassment. Eros, which at times ap- proaches the earth nearer than any otliec, regular member of the solar system except the moon, and Asteroid o. 588, which a aphelion is more distant than Jupiter, re main, as far as their orbits arc colicerncdv the most interesting members of the entire group, and are kept unlor constant observe tion whenever circumstances permit. VANADIUM STEEL. lI, According to a French mining journal, if between 0*3 and 0'5 per cent. of the metal vanadium it added to ordinary steel, the strength of the steel in all directions is nearly doubled. It is suggoste4 that the great affinity for oxygen possessed by the rare metal is accountable for this creat chanfe in the properties of the steel. A peculiar property of vanadium steels is that thev acquire their maximum of liar not by temperiug, but by annealing at from /OOdeg. C. to 800deg. C. The consequence ist that machine tools forged from vanadium 11M8 can be worked red hot without JosinL- their edge..

Æough6 the expert evidence heard was eSfremety conflicting. The glass-house cultivator declares that his business will be ruined if he is forced to stop cucumber culture, while the farmers bring- ing the suit say if he continues they will be forced to give up the planting of their most pro- fitable crop. As a result of the agitation that has been going on against what was termed the inaction of the Board of Agriculture the Destruc- tive Insects and Pests Act, 1907, has given the Board authority to take steps to prevent the in- troduction or spreading of insect and fungus pests by the removal or destruction of the plants infested. The question of compensation was, however, a serious one, and it was decided that the local authority was to be the judge as to whether the owner of the destroyed plants should receive any compensation. In the case of animals there is no difficulty in deciding as to the amount of compensation that should be paid to the owner of animals destroyed under Govern- ment orders, but it is not so easy where plants are concerned. A gooseberry grower, for in- stance, finding that hi6 bashes were played out or did not pay, would have little difficulty in in- oculating them with mildew and calling the at- tention of the authorities to their condition, with the expected result that he would be ordered to at once destroy the bushes, receiving compensa- tion. It is not unusual for nurserymen to have to destroy large quantities of plants owing to a glut or falling off in the demand for them, and we have seen thousands of young fruit trees burnt for these reasons. How much more pro- fitable would it be if a Government official could be got to cendemn such surplus stock with, of course, compensation, and if only half the value were allowed, well, half a loaf is better than no bread. There never was a measure more calcu- lated to induce careless, dirty gardening and farming than this Destructive Insects and Pests Act would beoome if compensation were to be allowed as the friends of some of the dealers ap- pear to consider it ought to be. In the United States there is no compensation; on the con- trary, the State authorities give notice that the affected trees or plants must be destroyed within a definite short period, and if this order is not complied with the authorities employ men, &c., to burn or otherwise destroy the condemned stock, and compel the owner to pay all costs. STOCK AND THE WEATHEB. Shelter should now be provided for stock in case of necessity, for the rapid change in the weather gives warning of sharp frosts and con- sequent risks where cattle or sheep are grazed on exposed ground. Some farmers, of course, are favoured bv beiner provided with natural Dro- tection, and one has only to go to that favoured district between Tring and Aylesbury to notice how the most is made of such provision by farmers on the Rothschild estates. It is, how- ever, essential that protection of some kind should be provided from sleet and heavy driving rain, and, without coddling in any way, rough buildings should be put up here and tnere for the stock to make use of when through stress of weather they are forced from the grazing grounds. Hay, of course, can be left there, and it will be found that animals to whom considera- tion is given in the way which is described will do far better th&n if left to look after themselve4 on ground where no shelter is provided. Frost if not nearly so dangerous aa cold rain.