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I YR EIRA. I
I YR EIRA. Tarth ydyw yr eira sy'n casglu'n ddefnynau, A rhewi gan oerfel yr awyr uwchben; Ac yna dissryna fel pin ar y ddaear, Nes rhoddi ei gwyneb yn dawel dan len. 'Does neb yn ei ddisgwyl i daln ymweliad, 'Nenwedig pan byddo'i arosiaa yn hir; Ond pawb yn ddieithriad, yn un mewn dymnniad, Cael gwared o hono 'ddar wyneb y tir. Idaeln rhwystro'r amaethwyr; yn atal pob masnach, Nes peri i filoedd fud allan o waith, A llawer i deulu u, ewn dwfn dylodi, A'u gwyneb yn welw a'n Hygaid yn llaitb. Mae'r eira, gan hyny, yn groes i'n teimladau, Fod cymaint 0'1 herwydd yn dyoddef gwir yw; Er hyny ni welwn trwy gyfrwng y Beibl Fod ayben daionus o'i anfon gan Dduw. Mae'n puro yr awyr, gwrteithio y ddaear, A lladd creaduriaid dinystriol ein tir, Fel byddo ein meusydd yn amser oynauaf Yn Uwythog o ffrwythau toraethog a phur; JIae hefyd yn ddarlun o btfrdeb glanhaol Pechaaur colledig a duaf ei Ii." Yrhwn wneir yn wynacb na'r eira yn Salmon, Trwy rinwedd yr Aberth a roddwyd gan Dduw. Ei wyndeb dysleiriol sydd hefyd yn ddarlun 0 wyndeb dysglaeriach cartrefle ein Tad; Gwyn hefyd yw gwiagoedd boll deulu y Nefoeda, A gwyn yw prydferthwch gogonient y wlad. I Nerth gafifom i weled yr eira'n briodol, Ystyned ei wyndeb ei burdt b, a'i waith, Nes byddo lhyw awydd o'n calon yn codi, Cael meddu y Wynfa ar derfyn ein taith. I BARDDONES T GOEDWIG. Mote.
I Carmarthenshire.
I Carmarthenshire. David Jones, the Welsh hymn writer, was a farmer and cattle dealer, and a native of Carmarthenshire. He was an Independent, and wrote at the request of ministers of that denomination a large number of Welsh hymns, which rank in popularity second only to the productions of William Williams, of Pantycelyn. A man named John Thomas, residing at Bailey- street, Kidwelly, fractured his back bone daring the county council election at Kidwelly on Monday, the 4th inst. At a recent police-court at Llandovery there was a lad present to identify a certain prisoner. The Bench, on finding the boy's conception of the nature of an oath to be a ftfint one, asked him if be knew the place marked out for boys who told untruths. To this simple question the lad, with a knowing air, smartly made reply, To the reformatory school, sir The number of doggy men in the House steadily increases. We have already Mr Macdona, Mr FaTqabarson, and Colonel Morgan, and now the Stock- keeper notes t iat Mr W J B acklmy, M.F. H., has been cbosen as the Unfonist candidate for the West Carmar- thenshire Division at the next election. There are few more prominent dog men than Mr Buckley, who is pre- sident of two canine societies and has been interested in collies for quite 15 to 20 years. The annual meeting of the Llanelly Rifle Shooting Club was held at the armoury on the 5th inst., when Major Bjthway was re-elected president, and Colour- eergeantPascoe re-elected captain of the olub. Regret was expressed at the retirement of Corporal D R Jones from the secretaryship, and Private Douglas Arthur was appointed to succeed him in that office. A meeting of the executive committee of the Llanelly National Eisteddfod was held on Wednesday night, the 6th inat., Dr J A Jones, J.P., presiding, when a dis- cussion arose as to the issuing of the day programmes. —It was ultimately decided to appoint a committee of fifteen oat of the members of the existing committee to draw out a programme for each day. At Wbitland provision market on Friday the quotations were as follow Fresh butter in cask*, lid to lld per lb ditto in lib rolls, Is to Is Old per lb. Fresb eggs, 16 for la. Live fowls, 5s 6d perlcouple. Beef, 8d per lb; mutton 9d per lb veal, 7dto8dper lb. kbeet joints quoted.) At the Llanelly Borough Council, on Friday, Mr Richard Guest brought forward a motion to delay the construction of the proposed second storage reservoir. This was supported by :Mr Joseph Maybery, J.P., manager of the Old Castla Works, who said there was no hope of any immediate extension of the tin-plate trade in the town. No doubt, in the end America would make ber own tin-plates. At present one large works was at a standstill. Supposing two new works were erected in the town, was that any reason why they should go and spend X60,000 or fSO.000 on a second reservoir. The motion of Mr Guest was ulti- mately carried. On Friday night Mr Tom Lewis' extensive boot establishment in Station-road, Brynamman, was com- pletely burnt down. About midnight smoke and flames were seen to issue from the shop by some of the neighbours. The premises, together with all the stock in trade, which were only partly insured, were entirely gutted, nothing being left bnt a few corrugated iron sheets. The general belief is that some sparks from a stove must have fallen on the floor and ignited it. No one lived on the premises. Mr Goshen Evans, Llandovery, now a student at Trevecca College, has aocepted the invitation to become the pastor of the Presbyterian Chnrob, Ynysybwl, Pontypridd. Mr Evans terminates his course at Trevecca next Jane. On Friday evening, Mr J 0 Howell read a paper on "Electric Lighting" before the Llanelly Chamber of Commerce. In the course of his address be said that where companies were properly managed, electric lighting could be made to pay. He was extremely anxious that they should do the right thing from the start in Llanelly, and that could only be done by securing the services of an expert. He held that all consumers should be shareholders in the business. At the Michaelmas half-yearly rent audit Lord Cawdor granted to his tenants in the parishes of Llandingat, Cilyowm, Ll*nfair-ar-y-bryn, and Caio a reduction of 10 per cent. on Thursday, when the rents were received by hiq lordship's agent, Mr W D Drummond, of Portiscliffe, Ferryside, and also returned to them the tithes for the last half-year. At a special meeting of the ruridecanal chapter of Kidwelly the following resolutions were unanimously carried: Tbat Church Defence lectures should be given in every parish in the rural deanery that a mass Cburch Defence meeting should be held at Llanelly in the nf-ar future and that this meeting protests most earnestly against the Disestablihment and Disendow- meotofthe Welsh Church Bill as btjing most unjust and prejudicial to the best interests of the Welsh people. A meeting of the Llanelly Intermediate Education Committee was held at the Town-hall, Llanelly, on Thursday, 7th in8t, Mr Owilym EVlins in the chair. The Building Committee recommended advertising for plans for a school at a cost of £ 5,000, on a site near the Llanelly Hospital. The recommendation was adop'ed. It was decided that a finance committee should be appointed, to conaiflt of Mr Gwilym Evans, Mr E Trubsbaw, Mr T Seymour, Mr HJ Howell, and Mr Henry Wilkins. The Clerk reported that the sub- scription list now amounted to £ 2,999 14s 6d. The Llandebie Parish Council met on the 6th inst, Mr W Mansel Job presiding. It was intimated that the rural district council had treated with contempt this council's resolution about having more pay stations fixed in the parish for the convenience of the paupers, and it was decided to ask that body for a definite reply forthwith. A committee was appointed to take into view the sanitary -condition of the parish, and report from time to time to the council. The report of the committee on the re-arrangement of hamlets was adopted; likewise motions for additional polling stations and the improvement of Llandebie Mill bridge. Well-attended preaching services were held at Capel Newydd, Llanelly, on Sunday and Monday last. The Revs W Evans, M.A., Pembroke-Dock, ministered on the occasion. The Rev Silas Morris, M.A., the principal of Bangor Baptist College, and editor of the Seren Gamer, of whom an excellent portrait and a short biography appears in this month's issue of Yr Hauior, a monthly magazine devoted to the interest of the Baptist Sunday-school, is a native of Llanelly, Carmarthenshire. Mr Morris is 33 years old, and from the age of 11 to 18 he worked in the tinplate works at Hendy, Pontardulais. On Sunday evening, while the service was going on at Siloh Chapel, Llangeler, Daniel Davies, of Maespant, Llangeler, farmer, was seen falling on his knees in the pew. Some persons who were near raised him, but found be bad expired. The coroner of the district has been informed, and probably an inquest will be held. A poll was held at the infants' new school, Pembrey, on Monday, for the purpose of ascertaining the views of the ratepayers of the Burry Port Ward in regard to the lighting of the streets in that ward and of adopting the Lighting Act by the Parish Council. The result was that 100 voted against and 80 for. The chairman of the Parish Ccoucil, the Rev John Rogers, acted as re- turning officer. Cardiganshire. I The remains of the late Alderman George Green, Aberystwith, were interred at the cemetery near that town on Thursday afternoon, 7th inst. All the mem- bers of the Corporation, with their officials, together with the gmployeen at the deceased gentleman's foundry, joined in the funeral oortege, which was one of the largest seen in the town for some time. On Wednesday, 6tb inst., the Baplist churches of the Cardigan district held their annual choral singing meeting at Bethania Chapel, presided over by the Rev J Williams. The conductor was the Rev Gethin Davies, D.D., Bangor, North Wales. A lengthy programme, consisting of hymn tunes and anthems, was very credit. ably gone through. Sooth Llsndyssol is a strictly impartial county council division. Three years ago, it returned a Liberal with a majority of 22; now it gives exactly the same majority to a Conservative. The death ooourred on Saturday, at his residence at Conway, of Mr Morris Jones, in his fifty-first year. He was a native of Roewen, near Conway, and besides being placed on the commission of the peace for Carnarvonshire, he was aiso a member of the Court of Governors of the University College at Aberystwith. Messrs E J Evans, Nebo, Cardiganshire, and Edward Nicholas, A.T.S., Maenclochog, Pembrokeshire, both students at the Memorial College, Brecon, have received calls from Bryn Seion, Dowlais (Welsh), and Briton Ferry (English), respectively. Mr Evans, who is a third year student, is obliged to decline the call because be has another year, while Mr Nicholas, as yet, has not decided one way or the other. I The Rev David Herbert, B.A., curate of Carnarvon, has been appointed to the living of Menai Bridge. He is an old Lampeter mao, and, of oourse, a Cardi. On Monday P.C. Alfred Johns, stationed at St Dogmell's, effected a Bmart capture in the train near Boncath, and had the prisoner remanded to Carmarthen Gaol until the 19tb inst., wben the Eglwyswrw Petty Sessions will be held. The prisoner, Alfred Stepheos, Royal Navy Reserve man, in training at the battery, is charged by Tbomas Rees, Boyal Navy Reserve, Fish- guard, with having robbed him of C8 in gold on Sitnr- day nigbt whilst he was in bed Woeo arrested, prisoner was on his way to Swansea. The sum of JE7 in gold and 4s 6d. together with a ticket for Swansea, were found on him. I Pembrokeshire. I The annual return just issued of dockyard expense accounts gives the following figures as to the wor k done during 1894 at Pembroke: — New construction, £ 113,696, giving, with JE991 for rep irs, &c., and X809 for work done for other departments, a total of zCI15,496, er, with a further £1,794 upon manufactures in conversion shops, a total of labour charges of £ 117,290. With the farther addition of charges in regard to material* the total expenditure for the year was £ 208,679, of which £7,002 was returned to stock. The establishment and incidental chargee amounted to £ 40,928, of which £ 24,924 was diuriboted over direct charges to ships, &c., giving an average percent- age of 11*6 Miss May Roch, daughter of Mr W G Roeb, Main-street, Pembroke, and Miss Elsie Trayler, daughter of Mr Jones N Trayler, Pembroke, have passed the Cambridge Local Examination, junior division (under 16). On Sunday evening, Mr Edward Rooks, grocer, died at his residence in Bridge-end Terrace, Pembroke. Deceased retired last November from the Town|Coancil on which he had sat for nine years. For a year or two past he had suffered much from an ailment of the liver. A movement in favour of getting down a good sire of the Sbire breed has lately been on foot among the Pem- brokeshire farmers. Lord Cawdor keeps two Clydes- dale sires ebieny for the a*e of his tenants and neigh- boors, and his lordship's .enerodty in the matter is acknowledged with gratitude on all bands. Neverthe- less, the Shire is coming to the front bere now, and many farmers would rather go in tor breeding Soiree than Clydesdales. If the weather continues favourable the oourse at Alleston ought to be all that racing men can desire on the 21st. Mr Dan Davies baa done a lot of work to bring the jump* and everything as near perfection as possible. The popularity and activity of the Hon Sec (Mr W G Roch) cannot fail to enhance the success cf the Pembroke meeting. The new intermediate school, which is temporarily carried on at the Old Victoria Hotel, Pembroke-Dock, promises to be a grand success. Already, 64 boys and 40 girls are in attendance. The girls are apstaifs, and the boys down. The headmaster is a very able man, and the two female teachers are highly qualified, one being an M.A. No doubt the fame of the teachers has something to do with the attendance reaching the high figure of 104 already. Great numbers of Calvinistic Methodists and people of other denominations ate looking forward with interest to the great Association meeting which will be held at Pembroke-Dock on the 26th, 27th, and 28tb inat. The evening of the first day (Tuesday) and nearly all Wedoeaday will be occupied by the confer- ence, at which matters more or low of public interest will be disoaased. A very old member connected with St David's Cathedral has died in the person of Mr James Roberts, at the age of 82. He waa born in 1812, and in 1833 became a lay member of the Corporation of Vicars Choral. He attended the two daily cboral aervioes almost to the last. By hia death her Majesty become* the senior member of the cathedral establishment of St David's, for, on her accession in 1837, the Qaeen be- came a prebendary. The venerable dean, who was born on St Swithin's Day, 1802, is still actively per- forming hia duties, in the ninety-third year. It appears from the Cardiff papers that the Cardigan- shire authorities, fearing that disturbances may take place this week,have requisitioned assistance from the Glamorganshire police force, and possibly from other forces. Thirty sergeants and oonstables from that county proceeded to Llandyasul on Monday morning, in charge of Superintendent Jennings, of Bridgend. The old 50-gun frigate Nankin, of 2,540 tons, which hda done duty off Pembroke-Dock for a great number of years as a kind of receiving ship for the Royal Navy an1) a naval and dockyard hospital, has been sold by tender to Mr Harris, broker, Bristol, for £ 2,200. It is anticipated she will be broken up at Pembroke-Dock. The Nankin was one of the finest and fastest sailing vessels in the Royal Navy when in commission, and did good service at the taking of Canton, China, in December, 1857. At last meeting of the East Williameton Parish Council (Rev T Gravell in the chair), it was resolved that the council desire to express their gratitude to Mr F Lort Phillip-, Lawrenny, for his generous offer of a piece of land as a public cemetery for burial purposes. The council further passed a resolution to the effect that a committee meet the committee appointed by the St Isseli's Parish Couocil, to discuss the matter with regard to the well at Pentlepoir, which is considered a dangerous place to the oommuuity. At the Manorbier Parish Council a fortnight ago, the clerk submitted to the meeting a letter from Mr Smedley, manager of the Pembroke and Tenby Railway, in answer to a communication made by the clerk, stating that the company had already decided to make a new en'rance to the platform at Manorbier Station, which would shortly be completed. Mrs Wynford Philippe proposed, Mr Tbomas (Post-office), seconded, and it was unanimously agreed, that the clerk be requested to write and thank Mr Smediey for his letter, stating that the parish council learns with satisfaction that a new entrance will shortly be made at Manorbier Station. A meeting of the Conservative party in the new County Council of Pembrokeshire was held at Haver. fordwest on Monday afternoon, for the purpose of selecting the names of those who are to be put forward to fill the office of aldermen at the first meeting of the council on Saturday. It was stated that on the question of the election cf the aldermen to be nominated by them the Conservatives will, in all probability, obtain a majority of the members of the couocil.
I DRESS i,;,. lJAY.
I DRESS i, lJAY. Hats (saye a lady writer in the SfaitdarJ on March millinery) are less fantastic in .••h ipe tiiun the' were, 'he brims of the large vehet hats taking mstiirul -tirves, find are far more becoming to the face than :hose of the turned up here, passed down here order, have lately prevailed. The boat-slume for velvet briiumed hats suits most y>urt^ people, ^nd is meant to be worn straight on the hes.:j, not on one s de, or quite at the bhCk; the trimming is usually a ft-ei o'.ifkie, immediately in the centre, three ostrich f,-a,tliers on the left side, with on" or two resting on he hair at the back, the crown feeing of satin -if modilsed beefeater form. It is curious \) .t lwid 1 he number three lias taken of the jn'.lhnis-tic min i. [■ eai hers, bows, and loops of ribb'i.'i. rosettes, nd lowers are aU set on in triplets. Tne idea, which is originally Viennese, is adopted, arid adapted here very decidedly. Multicoloured straws will, us Spring advances, be greatly used. SPRING MILLIHERT. 'I in anticipation of the spring which, although de- layed, must arrive, we print a block of spring millinery. Grey and jet (observes the Paris Mode) harmonise charmingly for half-mourning, as in a dress with jet points from the waist framing the front breadth as if it were a tablier the corsage made with a yoke cf jetted black velvet, and the sleeves of black velvet to correspond. The prevailing method of trimming a dress by running round it a narrow spiral of fur or ribbon, starting from the left shoulder and thence proceed- ing corkscrew fashion in spirals to the hem of the skirt which it edges, is new, but scarcely to be com- mended, though one of this kind in almond cloth, with plushy designs and bands of zibeline, looked well on a girl of 14. The latest edition of a smart Parisian visiting- gown. which might be copied in cloth or woollen, was in pin spot glace silk of old rose-colour, shilt with absinthe green. Six green velvet ribbon bows ornamented the front of the skirt. The zouave bodice was in green velvet, with perforated border and funnel-shaped collar and cuffs. Brocaded pink crepc de Chine waistcoat pleated at the waist, pointed, and outlined with green velvet. A green velvet hat with old rose plumes completed a rather showy and striking toilette. The real grande dame always possesses that fine taste which leads her to prefer rich stuffs of some- what sober aspect to showy and fantastic colours, or patterns which at the end of a few weeks are already old fashioned. A BEOOjrrjfG Mattr.n. A neat mantle for young married women. B!^k velvet and bead t rimming. The tight-fit ting bodiee of figured silk. Livery cloth it much used just now for costumes, especially when trimmed with tbini-hilta, skunk, .-it astracl an. The s-hndes preferred are light be>o, silver-grey, nickel, steel, and iron combined with 1 IØ first-named fur; 8app:lire-bJue, N"n de Frau--r, and deep ruby with the secoad greens of a mure or > "fJ sombre tint, and deep beiges with the third. V,'uo,1l of broken designs and colourings, ruby intermir.u>i with the tone of piiri)lu (-)i- grtcn checked irregularly with black, are e-iic, iii)ove all >f the skirt be ample, and, for walking or skati::g, rather short, to show pretty boots that come h>$ih on the ankle. The bodice is always light-fining. A skirt of plain eloth. with a (Well band of fur or of velvet outlined by an edging of fur, looks w,I. Some of this kmd are trimmed wit.ii braid forming trefoils, or zig-zags, which suit young girls, JLVUSH ,n blouses are a fitting accompaniment, as also a r04110 of fur or cloth, trimmed with fllr ?nd adorned by a fancy feather to the left. Young married worn in prefer draped velvet toques, xi-itti give them a more dressy and serious n?pact, without taking from their youth fulness of inspect. White gloves are worn by the, fastidious, but economical women prefer colours, over which, on very cold days, mittens of white knitted wool are doneda fashion, by the way, much adopted hy men this winter in Paris. For girls, knitted gioves in white or coloured wool are more worn than kid oa unceremonious occasions. Never have furs been handsomer than now. Take, for example, a carriage mantle of Russian snblc. la'.txy sent out by a well-known firm. It had a higfi colllr I hat mounted far beyond the ears, was made to hang fuJI-though not too full-and in length it iust touched the knees. Around the neck, and hanging in lnng scarf points in front-scarf end, so sott and pliable that thev might- be knotted into a huge bow as easily as s'ilk-was a deep, slightly-fud lower collar of the sable. The lining of this, as well as of the entire garment, was of baby ermine. A dis- creetlv subtle hint of violets distinguished it besides, each one of those poor baby ermine had been lured in such a way as to rob it of any disagreeable animal suggestion and make it a flower instead. The latest fashionable novelty is the billiard gown, to be worn by fair amateurs of the game. The fol- lowing advice is given to those about to select this article of attire: Let the skirt be a full one, just clearing t he ground, of soft crepon or wool- even serge is used, but it does not fall in the graceful line that crepon takes. Old rose, old blue, Nile green any of these colours are charming, provided thev harmo- nise with the wearer's complexion. The bodice may be of the same material or of soft silk in a contrast ing colour, and elbow sleeves are admissible. It is not the occasion for a display of jewels, and the hair should be arranged simply. A pretty costunie worn by a belle at a pool party given recently was made with a skirt of black accordion-pleat.ed chiffon, a bodice of the same over cornflower-blue silk, with a crush collar and belt of the silk, and a bit of jet trimming.
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SOME candidates for vacancies on a provincial rail- way were being examined with regard to sight, henr- mtr. &c. To one of the candidates the examiner s;,i,i As to your hearing, can you hear the ticking of this watch ? I will put it a foot from your ear." "les. sir, I can hear it quite distinctly." "Very good. Now go about three yards away. Can you hear it now?" "Certainly, sir." Ah," said the examiner, your powers of bearing are remarkable. This watch hasn't been going for the last fortnight." Time's a man in Bloomsbury who has a mania for collecting all sorts of queer facts in history, science, and so forth, and his wife can't appreciate him at all. The other evening he laid down his paper. That's odd," he said to her. What," she inquired. "The statement that it would take 12,000,000 years to pump the sea dry at the rate of 1000 gallons a second." She studied the statement profoundly for a full minute. Where would tLey put. all the water?" she asked innocently, and he paid no attention whatever to the question. SCENE A country residence. Two burglars discovered at work. Wot'll I do with this burglar alarm, Bill- take it along ?" asks burglar number one. Second Burglar Yes, slip it in the bag; we can get some thing for it."
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THE STORY OF GRUMBLE TONE. There was a boy named Grumble Tone, who ran away to sea. •'I'm sick of things on land," he said, as sick as I can be! A life upon the bounding wave will suit a lad like me The seethinsr ocean billows failed to stimulate his mirth, For he did not like the vessel, nor the dizzy, rolling berth, And he thought the sea was almost as unpleasant as the earth. Be wandered into foreign lands, he saw each wondrous sight, But nothing that he heard or saw seemed just exactly right, And so he journeyed on and on still seeking for delight. He talked with kings and ladies fair, he dined in courts, they say, But always found the people dull, and longed to get away To search for that mysterious land where he should like to stay. He wandered over all the world, his hair grew white as snow, He reached that final bourne at last, where all of us must go, But never found the land he sought. The reason would you know P The reason was that, north or south, where'er his steps were bent, On land or fea, in court or hall, he found but discontent; Tor be took his disposition with him everywhere he went. ELLA. WHEELRB. WILCOX, in the (Jhrxstxan Commonwealth.
PRUDD ADGOF I
PRUDD ADGOF I Am Dafydd John, Ty'r Felin," yr hwn a fu farw o'r pla diphtheria, Ionawr 24ain, 1895, yn bum mlwydd oed. Pan wisgai plentyn cyntaf Y flwyddyn yn ei wyn, Ein Dafydd John anwylaf I'r nefoedd aeth drwy'r glyn. Er hardded oedd y ddaear Wrth wiego mantell wen, Pryderthaoh fil o weithiau Oedd tlysni'r wlad uwch ben. Ca'dd yno wel'd ei fami, A'i brydferth chwaer fach Ion, Ac adrodd ei galedi Wrth ado'r ddaear hon, Ac yno erwel'd yr lesu, I Yr Hwn a garai blant, I Ac am yr hwn bu'n canu Mewn hwyl ar fywiol dant. I Fe'i clywyd ef yn canu Mewn awyn am Galfari, ¡' Ond cana'n fwy rhagorol 0 fewn y nefoedd fry; Ac edrydd yr adnodau, I A'r darnau tlysion byw, Am bobpeth a berthynai I bur drigfanau Duw. Dy dad a'th daid sy'n wylo, A'th dyner fwyn famgn, ¡ A mynych gwnant adgofio Dy ddy wediadau di; Mat, gweled dy deganau Lluosog, fach a mawr, Yn tynu ocheneidiau O'r fynwes ar bob awr. Ha! Dafydd John, gadewaist Ofidi»u lawer iawn, A'r nefoedd wen gyrhaeddaist, Ac engyl pur en dawn; I Plant bychain yn fyrddiwnau Ynt heddyw'th gwmni pur Yn ngwlad y nefol hwyliau, Uwch cyraedd poen a chur. L h Uanfynydd. ELIZA. I
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> CWAHODDIAD I EISTEDDFOD CAERFYRD DI N I MAI 30,1895. iBoed hysbys i'r holl fyd, ?n fonedd a chyffredin, Eiteddfod sydd i Yfff.? edin, Eleni yn N ghaerfyrddin ) Bydd hon ar raddfa fawr, I CyfartLl i L-neUi- } It's music will be good f Excelsior, I can tell ye. '¡ Bydd corau bump neu chwech, Goreuon De a Gogledd, I Yn ymg Btadlu am I Y wobr a'r anrhydedd. | f And soloists of renown I Will rival one another, k For fame and victory K Are now to be or never. f Goreuon feirdd ein gwlad Dd&W yilo i'oh difytu, t 8ef Cwellyn Velinwen A Cnewllfardd Abergwili. These two, by all account, K As wiis are real clippers; j So ye who don't feel stout, Look out for button-busters! The concert in the evening ■ M" I do not understand How to describe it proper- If It will be very grand. They say that Madame Patti, Ben Davies, too, I guess, Is Will give the boys a helping hand To make it grand success. Come early in the morning, t-' The thirtieth day of May, Five thousand folks will meet you l At Market, I dare say, All dressed in best apparel And ready for the fray. » 0, what a treat see giants meet To fight on gala day Parch Griffiths Velinwen I'r wyl sy'n ben a chynffon; Os aflwydd ddaw i'w ran, Fe d r y gwan ei galon. Stand by him all who can, Don't let a good man die J For want of help. This lit le whelp Will thank you far and nigh. SJ. D. LEWIS. I Pl T?hite Horse Inn, Carmarthen. J. D. LEWIS. I j*
II 6WENAU MERCH IEAUANC. I
II 6WENAU MERCH IEAUANC. I fGwisgodd Duw y greadigaeth Ag amryfal olygfeydd, r A phob rhan o'r fantell orwych Adlewyrcha glod i'w Chreydd. Mae pob rhan yn dwyn rhagoriaeth i-y Yr arddunol tlws a'r erch i Ond mil barddacb na'r holl dlysm [ Ydyw gwenau hawddgar merch. • Hardd ffarfafen glir ddigwmwl Yn y nos gan fyrddiwn sêr, A phob seren ddystaw suryd Yn ei gorsaf am ein Ner. Teifl y naill trwy'r eangderau, Ar y Hall ei gwenau serch Ond mil myrdd prydferthach darlun Ydyw gwenau hawddgar merch. Hardd yw gardd yn Uawn o flodau 0 dan wenau hafaidd hin; A phob blodyn bach yn gyfrol 0 brydfArtbwch ynddo'i hun. Ond pe cesglyd prydfarth liwiau Addurniedig blodau serch; Ni faent oil ond cysgod eiddil 0 brydferthwch gwenau merch. JT Gwiag y bryn ei glog fendigaidd, ? wisg y ddM ei gwrthbn werdd, *t% GWlSi y goedwig rbwng ei changau ? Adar m&n i ddathlu cerdd. Fe ganlynir llwybrau'r fellten A rhuadau'r daran erch, Gwisg yr haul oleum llachar, Am y lloer, ei gariad-ferch. Gwrida'r ser yr haul a'r Ileuad Mewn gwylaidd-dra oil yn nghyd, A dystawa pob peroriaeth Drwy y goedwig fawr i gyd; Cyll y blodau tdg amryliw Eu hamryfal swynionjderch, Ger y wen eurianwedd siriol Wisgodd Dnw ar wyneb merch. I D. GWYNNE LEWIS. I
I --o-_U_-IVARIETIES
-o-_U_- VARIETIES ELECTRIC LETTER Box.-t-An electrical letter-box has been brought out in Chicago. When the postman inserts a letter, it starts a simple clockwork, which oloies an electric circuit, and rings a bell announcing f the fact. It does not matter how far the box ill from the house, and hence the novelty would be usefolln coontry districts, at farms and gentlemen's sea-s USING TIDAL FORCES. Sioce it is propos, d to light Constantinople by electricity from the watw-power of the Bospborus, it may be mentioned that the po-er of tideo has been utilised on a small tcale at an American seaside resort. The was as actuate a float, lifting it up and down, and the power thus obtained is caused to pump water into a <i?rn wh6re it is ?a'.ab.ejur sprinkling streets, and might be u.ed to ^w^rrk k aI dynamo. ?BAx?o AND BACTERIA.-The experiments of Dr Waldon have shown that ordinary bread is bake;i at a temperature too low to kill any microbes or germs of disease that may be in it. The temperature .ariee from 72'7deg. Ito 95degll. Centigrade, but in order ro destroy all chance of the bacilli surviving, i sbuuld be at least 100 degrees Centigrade, that is to say, the temperature of boiling water. How SOLOMON'S TEMLB WAS BD UILT.-MMr-rHr arttman, an American, finds tbat the ancient Egyptian me hod of quarrying at Baalbeo was the same as th? employed at Anoan an°d ascribes it to (J# Phoenician, the ??'i!drs or the Old Wor d It was the Phoenicians who built the Temple of Solomon, part of which was supported on piers and arches of masonry. When the Jews erected the second Temple, they re- built the arches on the old piers, as did the Romans with the third Temple. Hard by the Jew8' Wailing Plaoe" are the large skewbaukt of an arch connecting the Temple with Mount Moriah. This arch is men. tioned by Josephns. MARS WITHOUT ATMOSPHERE (P).-Profesaor W W Campbell states that the spectra of Mars and the Moon are identical in every respect,, and the bands of aqueous vapour in them seem to be due to the earth a atmos- phere. He considers that it Mars has an appreciable atmosphere, its absorptive sffect should be noticeable on the liijht doming from the limb of the planet, but he can find no trace of such absorption. This conclusion is certainly at variance with that of Schiaparelli and other eminent altrouolllers as to the existence of an atmos- phere and water on Mars. When ate'they going to THOUGHT HE WAS DEAD. When are they going to bury me? was the question which was addressed to a terrified nurse, as she was hurrying through the dis- seoting room of the Tenon Hospital lately, on her way to one of the wards. The voice, which wa. sufficiently cavernous, came from a cofliu lying near the dissecting table. The Dune was so frightened that she bad to be put to bed. An investigation to to the cause of her terror led to the discovery that one of th. patients in the hospital, an inoorrigibleirunkard named Valentin Roulier, had managed to obtain some drink last evening, and, being generally under the impression when in a state of intoxication that be was about to die, he entered the coffin and began to pray. As the nurse appeared he addressed to her the startling question as to the probable date of hi* burial. THE AGB OF THE EARTH'S CRUST.—Time was, and that not so very long ago, when geologists, among them Sir Charles Lyell, believed that the age of the stratified rocks, that is to say, the rooks formed by the action of water since the earth cooled down, was practically infinite, and hence there was no need to suppose that any great changes had ever taken place in the operations of Nature in forming such rocks. The causes at work to-day were, in thsir opinion, sufficient with unlimited time to produce the existing geological formations. This 11 nniformitarian school of geo.ogy received its death-blow from Lord Kelvin, who showed by mathematical physics that the age of the earth as a cooled or crusted body was meaeureable by tens of millions of years, say, from 50 to 100 million years Professor John Perry, who, by the way, is an old pupil of Lord Kelvin, has now brought forward mathe- matical investigation, which goes to prove that Lord Kelvin's estimate was too small, and sh^ould be multiplied by 121. Such estimates are confeasedly rough, because there is very little data as to the conducting power of rocks for heat, but Lord Kelvin is now making a aeries of experiments on the subject. Whether Lord Kelvin or Professor Perry is riiht, the Uniformil arian geologist seems to be as extinct as the dodo, and indeed, Redoes have recently come to the ooncl.s?onon geological grounds alone that 50 or 100 million years is sufficient to account for the geological istrata. ALUMINUM FOR BURIAL CAsj&s. -Science, in its battle to resist the forms of Natare in the preservation of the human body after death, has actiiered partial success. By the adaptation of aluminum for use in the making of burial cases, the destruction of the human bcdy by mother earth may not occur for centuries. A. the re- salt of experiments, which have been made at the works of the National Casket Company, in Alleghany, Amorica, the manufacture of aluminum burial cases is to be commenced. The durtt,ttily of the aluminum casket has been determined by powerful chemical tests, and it is believed that the new metal will stand the ravages of time for centuries, preserving the body as in its natural state at the time of butial. It has been demonstrated that the peculiar properties of the wonderfal metal will withstand corrosion longer than any metal thus far used in the manufacture of coffins. With the process of making aluminum perfected, it is probable that the case made of this metal will eupplaut all ° LADY CYCLISTs.-Remarkable strides have been made in cycling for ladies of late. The example set by Parts has been followed, and clubs opened in the best parts of London, where skilled instructors give lessons on the bicycle on a carefully-prepared track, where falls can- not injure the learner. The success of the new method of locomotion may be gauged by the fact that a paper is about to be started devoted to that subject alone, and entitled The Lady Cyclist. There are also clubs all over the country, and among the members of these and of those in the Metropolis are the Duchesses of Suther- land, Portland, and Westminster, Lady Margaret Spicer, and the Countess of Dudley. Thill lady has a remarkably beautiful machine, enamelled white and lined with blue and gold. The bandies are real ivory; it is a Raglan. The Duobess of Portland prefers a Raleigh. The B?nt?m i8 a great favo.nte fr ladies who consider safety, and 80 is the Beeston  an well known before her sec? maniage as the beautiful GUdys, Countess of Lonsdale, is among the enthusiastic cyclists. Miss Mabel Besant, ia of the well-known author, is the most expert. ? bi?s nothing of a 30 miles spin (says the Leeds Mercury). Lady Jeune does all ber shopping on a bicycle, and strongly advocates its use by women. The Duchess of Manchester is one of the new recruits. Lady George Hamilton is another. Mrs Asquith is not cycling just at present, but she is a clever wheelwoman. A new bioycle club with a covered track, as well as an open one, will be started next month at Fulham by the same management as that under which N IBiara skating hse become such a success. It will be on the lints of the Paris club. Experts will be employed to give lessons, and the aabscription wi.l,?l .be ?ht.? en_o?.gh to keep it 8elect. "-8pe?gofMr Grant ?THE ?A? WHO DN>. -Speakiog of Mr Grant Allen's new novel, entitled "The Womao Who Did," the Globe contrasts the New Woman with her prede. cessor and says: The Woman Who Did Not lacked tbe sublimated intellect, tbe wildering verve of the new person, and she was never balf loch good fun at a pic-nio or a bouse-boat party. Bat life i8 not.U pio-nics and panti?, and, beyond the ..Lot for p6ni6age and innocuous X,5 £ is able to manifest in tho.o   the Woman Whc Did unfortunately seems to have no other accomplishment. She can, it is true, make two k.nd. of toffee, and can puff cigarette smoke down her nose by trying very hard. but these are no great things to boast of. Her deposed sister was quite otherwise. It was when it came to the serious business of hfe that bar value best proved itself, so that nine-tenths of the time she was the most welcome helpmeet a plain, sinful man could have. The idea is ooccentratad into a single experience—say a man's reqoest for assistance in searching for his eyeglasses. The Woman Who Did smiles bitterly," or looks on the creature with 11 smiles bitterl 7,' (according to the writer ) and ex. pallid contempt (according to the writer), and ex- presses herself in an Ibsenesque way upon the degrada- tion of the marital alliance and the chattel nature of the female. The Old Woman-we beg pardon, the old ? ?eofwomaa-ontheconttary, called him a dear ? nld stunid," and pointed out that the glasses were on Shu is nose. The former, somehow, seems to go through ?life in h?v.?t? c?? her interior wrung at frequent intervals by diog thought that she may be doing respectable an conventional things tbat would please her mother, latter, from ber infancy, was ,,g "Female Soripture Cbar- trained up Virtue8, and taught a few acters, EMmpl,i.fy'? Female:VItues,' and taugbt a fe" bed-rock principles ?ot morality in a slow, sure, ™rha ?dtextsona artistic "ay byJflliVrte^d Vhno nestl^ r after she bad got out of sampler She flirted honestly &?te; O?e bad got out of the sampler and corksore- Carl stage, and fluttered, the .ampler and co?re??? ?'?? '? ? W?he? n ehe bad like a butteifly in white mw 15n • into the hearts cf in- like a bDtte.ay in white numerable youths at oroq? parties. When she bad got over this penod. ehe settled down and married a man whom she either kept on thinking the dearest fellow in the werld, or d^scov f w m0ntbs to have some ?ortcom.n? ??it?we ? gay any- have some shortcomings it wer floating /p.;nter6, the pO0lB( hroDgh all the 'Mg'B'?o?'? hP. d 'DMaden Ld the novelists, a P'T"'?'. furbelowed, Dreade6 China person on the canoes of ?W?? ?'" ag?r?.ou. creature of soft oorto.r. and one j' p8'forGaio8. borough. Scott has her  Jeanie Deans and the Fair WMai^d o ftSh Thackeray 10 Ameba, Charlotte, and-we had Blmoøt said Becky Sharp, but she was .mons the first of the Women Who Did. We have said that the Woman Who Did Not was always a man's be*t helpmeet in time of trouble. She knew bow to make poultices, and she had a marvellous recipe for liniment; her intuition, as dis- played in discerning when her hosband was in bad humour and not to be crossed, could only be equalled by Ibe infallibility with which tbe Woman WboDid can trample on all a hushaud's corns at once. But it must not be at-sofr.-ed that she was unfailingly grave, and only htppy when acting the part of domestic con- soler and femile phy sician-in-ordinary to tbe household. Taking her all in all, she was physically more robuat and buoyant than the New Woman, whose mental freaks codoe too often from arsemia and a bad digestive apparatus, and naturally she got more fun out of life in a simple way. Sh" did not smoke cigarettes, but she could s?meiimee bet her brothers at bird's-nesting in high trees; sbedi? not talk too freely to young men who were comparative strangers, but she was loved by boylS anJ e!derly men, who are neglected by the Woman Who Did. She flattered a man's vanity by always deferring to bis views upon everything except the pattern of the (iining room carpet and the question of crinolines, and anyone who has bad the privilege of her acquaintance will admit that she generally managed to get her owu way all Lhe i-ame.
i .- IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.…
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. I In the House of Commons, on the 5rb inst, there were several 'questions in reference to the system of sending girls to Continental music-halls and other places abroad, nd exp aotttions as to the result of inquiries on the subject were given both by the Home Secretary and the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs. The debate on Mr Bryce'a motion for leave to bring in a Bill to make better provision for the settlement of trade dispu'es, by the establishment of boards of con- ciliation and arbitration wa- reaumed by Sir J Gorst, who objected to the Bill, inasmuch as, while setting op the local authority, it refused to trust it, and reserved all discretionary power in the hands of a central department and some ignorant official in London. In the course of tome discussion, Mr Chamberlain argued that if the Bill, as its promoters had stated, was a measure brought in to prevent strikes, it was not only a sham, but a pretentious sham. The Government might establish a Board of Arbitration, so authoritative and influential, from its judicial position and weight, that no body of employers and workmen would dare refuse to submit their cause to it. Mr G Balfour, Sir M H Beach, and Mr Seton-Karr urged tue Government to give the House ample time to discuss the Bill on the second reading. Mr Bryce said it would not be his faulty if the House had not an ample opportunity of fully discussing the Bill. Thereupon the Bill was read a first time. In the House of Commons, on the 6tb inst, Mr Carvell Williams moved the second reading of the Burials Bill. The Bill provided that the burial authority shall not in future permit any means to be taken of marking the boundaries of, or distinguishing the consecra ed and unconstcrated portions of, the ground that consecration shall not confer any right or privilege, or impose any disability or obligation whatever; that the burial authority may provide a building for the burial service, which shall be available for all persons officiating at the funeral; and that all existing rights of inoumbents to perform duties and receive fees shall be reserved. The second part of the Bill shortens the period of notice for burialc, and effects other minor changes. Mr Williams contended that the proposed alteration in the law was called for in the interest of social peace and of religion also. Mr Tomlinson moved the rejection of the Bill, which, in bis opinion, did not pay due regard to the feelings of the members of the Church of England, and which contained many unreasonable provisions. Lord Cranborne eeoonded the rejection of the Bill. Sir G Osborne Morgan could not see what there was to object to in the measure. Mr Matthews objected strongly to some of the provisions of the Bill, which were intended to outrage the feelings of members of the Church of England. The Chancellor of the Exchequer accused the clergy of being animated by a constant desire to defeat the intentions of the Act of 1880. That Act would have been final if they had accepted it in good faith, and their eodeavour to defeat its operations had necessitated the introduction of the present Bill. The Government would give a hearty support to the second reading. Sir R Webster said there was neither demand nor grievance to warrant this attempt to offend the feelings of Churchmen, and to do injury to the Church. The House divided, and the Bill was read a second time by 224 to 113-majority 111. In the House of Commons, on the 7th inst., Sir Edward Grey again declared, in answer to Mr F S Stevenson, that tne despatches of The Daily Tekgraph Special Commissioner with reference to outrages in Armenia were being made the subject of full inquiry. After- wards, upon the Civil Service Supplementary Estimates, various subjects were discussed. The Go»ernment was blamed for not making stronger efforts to secure the custody of Jahez Balfour, and a reduction of the I Criminal Prosecution vote was moved as a protest. This was negatived after the Uoder-Secretary bad stated that the Government wlts doing everjthing possible to obtain Balfour's extradition. Other votes were agreed to. A oircuustance probably unparalleled in the history of Parlisment occurred in the House of Commons un Friday at question time. There were twedty-four questions on the paper. When the Speaker went over tbe lis: in the usual way, the firllt time, none of the members in whose names they stood were present to put I them, except Mr Radcliffe Cooke, but the Minister to whom his question was addressed was not in his place. Mr Asquith was the only Minister on the Treasury Bench. The Speaker went through the list a second time. With one single exception, however, it was now found that where Ministers ware present, members were absent; and where the members were present and put their questions, Ministers were absent. The sole question, therefore, which was pot and answered stood in the name of Colonel Howard Vincent, regarding the construction of tubes of boilers of H.M.'s ships Power- ful and Terrible. The House then went again into Committee of Sopply on the Civil Service Supplementary Estimates. On the vote for E500 to complete the sum necessary to defray the expenses incurred in the suppression of the slave trade and for the maintenance of certain liberated Africans, Mr J A Pease moved a reduction of £ 100 in order to protest against the continuance of domestic slavery in Zanzibar and Pemba, which were under British protection. Mr Chamberlain commented on the inconsistency of having the British flag Sying over slaves. After some further discussion, leave to with- draw the amendment was refused, and the committee divided, when the amendment was rejected by 153 to 106, and the vote was agreed to. The vote for £ 29,000, as a grant in aid of the revenue of Cyprus, was next discussed. Sir C Dilke ciiticised the administration, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer gave a gloomy picture of the results of our occupation. Cyprus, he said, was perfectly useless as a place of arms, and he did not think the Government would be justified in doing more in order to discbarge the liabilities with which they found themselves burdened. At the evening sitting,JMr Provand moved an amend. ment in favour of the direct assessment ul the enhanced value of land due to the increase of population and wealth and the growth of towns. The grievance of which ha complained was that the occupiers of houses paid the rates, and that the pnblio improvements which were carried out by means of these rates raised the value of the whole of the land in each town which escaped taxation. Vast iloans borrowed by the local authorities, and also paid for out of the rates, likewise went to increase the value of the land. That value could be quite easily separated from the value of the buildings, and the separate rating of the two was essen- tial to a just incidence of taxation. Mr Fletcher Moulton seconded the amendment. Mr Knowles con- tended that any legislation on the subject should be based on the reco nmendations of the Select Committee on Town Holdings, which reported in May, 1892, and held that ground rents were already taxed. The discussion was carried on by Mr Kearley, Mr G Balfour, and Mr Hazell. Mr Shaw Lefevre said that the land- lords in towns derived the full benefit of the increased value of the laud, while the occupiers of bouses and buildings were unable to shift any portion of the burdens of the rates to the holders of land. He cited the opinions of Mr Goschen and Mr Gladstone, the pro- gramme of the Moderate Party at the last London County Council election, and the speeches of Lord Csdogan daring the election, and concluded that the universal opinion of London was that there was a grievance, and that a remedy might be found. He hoped they might look forward to the Moderate Party to combine with the Progressive* in endeavouring to frame a scheme. In view of the general consensus of opinion, he would, without committing himself to any particular scheme, or without promising immediately to introduce a Bill, heartily support the amendment. Sir E Clarke commented on the unsatisfactory nature ot Mr Shaw Lefevre's speech, after which the amendment was agreed to without a division. I Another Motion Against Disestablishment. Lord Cranborne has given notice of his intention to move the rejection of the Welsh Disestablishment Bill on the motion for second reading. It is considered certain, however, that this will be moved, either by Mr Balfoor or one of the leading members of the Front Opposition Bench. MATCHLESS CLEANSER has swept away A thousand worries of Washing Day. IMPORTANT. In view of the recent drought, and the present shallow state of wells, &c., it behoves every householder to see that the water supply is filtered through a Maignen's Patent Filtre Rapide.—" A better filter could not be desired." -Laticet. Full particulars and medical evidence post free from Maignen's Filtre Rapide and anti-Calcairo Co., Ltd., 265, Resrent-street. London, W.
LLANDOVERY. I
LLANDOVERY. RENT AUDIT.-Tbe Michaelmas half-yearly rent aadit of Lord Cawdor's estate, situate in the parishes of Llandingat, Llanfairarybryn, Cilycwn, aod Cayo, was held at the Castle Hotel, in this town, on Thursday, when the rents were received by his Lordship's agent, Mt W D Drummond, of Portiscliff, Ferryside. The noble lord made an abatement of 10 per cent to all his tenants, and also returned to them the tithes for the last half-year. They were also entertained to an excellent dinner at the Castle Hotel, prepared under the superintendence of the proprietor, Mr George Calvert. CANTATA.-The members of tbe Williamø. Pantycelyn Memorial Chapel intend performing the pretty cantata, entitled Beelobazar's Feast," on Good Friday. The practices are well attended, and gives promise of every success. GENEROSITY.—^The Rev 0 Evans (warden of the College), and Mills Evans, have again given proof of their benevolence by entertaining the inmatea of the Workhouse to an excellent dinner, comprising of rout beef, plum pudding, &e. Miss Evane also presented to each of the females 2 The of SUlCar and half a-pound of tea, and four ounces of tobacco to each of the smokers, and Is to each of the non-smokers. Oranges and one penny were also given to each of the children. Miss Evans and a few other ladies were present. At the conclusion, the inmates gave three hearty obeers to the worthy donors for their great kindness. LLANGATHEN. PARISH COUNCIL.—A meeting of t his council was Deia on the 6th iost. at Llangathen Schoolroom. Tbe fol- lowing councillors atleDded-Mr Ebenezer Gnffitha, Cadfon (chairman) Mr Isaao Edwards, Rbiwdorth Mr William Richards, Cwmysgyfarnog Mr Thomas Scurlock, Lanlash Mr W T Morgans, Caeaonewydd Mr J S Lewis, Grongar Hill; Mr David Williame, Brynbafod Mr Tbomas Charles, Cwmaol. The fol- lowing resolutions were passed Proposed by Mr J S Lewis, seconded by Mr T Charles, and>greed, that the second copy of standiog orders produced by the mem- bers of the council at the meeting be sdopted, with slight alterations in the dates. Proposed by Mr Isaac Edward*, seconded by Mr T Charles, and agreed, that a committee consisting of four meodbere of the council, viz., Mr W Richards, Mr D Willifim-, Mr W T Morgans, and Mr W G, ffi th(4, wiib the clerk also, be appointed to -m-ske inquiries with regard to) the chanties ot the parish, an i to receive documents from the vicar that may be in his custody, which, according to the Act, are to be tran-ferred to the Parish Council. Pro. posed by Mr D Williams and secouc^.i ty Mr J S Lewis thai The technical education )edure bp ori breed. ing and rearing live stock. Proposed#ty Mr E Griffiths (chaiim -n), seconded by Mr W T Morgans, and agreed, that tbe clerk'f ?ala'y be five posnCs >>;i- fr his ser>. ices to the Parish Council Proposed by Mr E Griffiths and seconded "y Ir. ":(; oc th^otha meetiegg of the council be private.