Llangollen Advertiser Denbighshire Merionethshire and North Wales Journal

JOTTINGS & GLEANINGS. A CHANGE OF MINISTRY. Poor Nineteen-Four, you're rather like a Minister who tries, •• > But faiis in the result, to wm high favour in men s eyes; 1 What hopes your programme stirred m us, wnat grant aaticipations!— It seemed the very thing to spread goodwill among the nations. To-day, poor futile Nineteen-Four, you re other than you seemed— Statesman, defamed, discredited by pledges unredeemed! Your least of power bring up; we view your passing with composure; Hand in your seals of office sharp-old Time has moved the closure! -F. J. C. in To-Day.

THE CYNIC'S PHILOSOPHY. The game of Money ia played with a pack of cards from which hearts have been thrown out. Pay your debts, even if you have made a fortune. Cast a kindly eye on your office boy. He, too, has his lueid intervals. Even a sharp man may be gulled by a sharper. A man may smile a smile, and be a Freemason. To err is one thing; to know that you err is another; to persevere in error indicates talent. Fools sever err.- The Bystander.

POOR INDEED. Some of the Southern and Western counties of Ireland are full of returned Americans (says the "Club Chatterer" in To-Day), as they are called, who, as a rule, however, do not stay very long away from where the Stars and Stripes float. I heard of one who thought he would buy a farm in his native place with the money he had made, and secured a matter of fifty acres or so, mostly bog land and mountain. The place was hopeless as a farm, and things went from bad to worse. One day the agent was passing, and saw the man sitting on a dike with his hands in his pockets. Well," he called out, how are things going with you ? The farmer opened his mouth to answer, but no words came. What's up ? asked the other, going up to him. "Up?" croaked the man, in a hoarse voice, "I'm damned if I know. I could talk all right when I came here, but, faith, the land is so poor that I can't even raise my own voice on it."

STORIES OF GENERAL STOESSEL. An&tole Michailovitch Stoessel is too sever a and grim a personality 0.° *he hero °* „„<«sdStes. Most of the stories about the famous General present him in a somewhat forbidding light. More often than not he appears as the inventor of some painful, but appropriate, punishment for a drunkard or an idler. During the early days of the siege of Port Arthur, an artillery lieutenant was reported for intemperance. Stoessel ordered him to be shot. The young officer's brother interceded. All right," said Stoessel, "let him risk his life. We're all doing that." He thereupon ordered the culprit to take a champagne bottle and tumbler, and sit upon an exposed part of the Tiger's Tail Fort, which the Japanese were bombarding. The unfortunate man begged to be shot at once. Stoessel was inexorable. The lieutenant sat for several hours, holding up, in the sight of all, the cause of his humiliation. Finally, a merciful shell blew him to bits. Reading military history is Stoessel's recreation. He is a great admirer of Marlborough and Napoleon, and once won a bet that he could draw a correct map of every action in which Napoleon commanded. As a rule he abjures betting and gambling of all kinds. He is the author of the raying, No one under the rank of General can afford to loss money at cards. In Port Arthur, Stoessel was not at first popular, but the fighting had not been long in progress when the men began to worship him. A Russian officer declared that his presence was so indis- pensable during battle, that, when compelled by exhaustion to rest, he rigged out another officer in his well-worn cloak and forage-cap, and sent him accompanied by his own staff, into tke forts. The' men who had heard a rumour that their beloved General was dead, regained courage, and, attacking the Japanese, drove them out of the fort.-The Bystander.

LIFE BOAT SERVICES IN 190-4. The year 1904, unlike its predecessor, was by no means a stormy one, althongh during the earlier months a fair amount of boisterous weather was experienced. This returned now and again throughout the year, after perhaps many weeks of comparative calm, with the result that the aid of Life-Boat crews of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution was required, they thus being afforded the opportun- ity of rendering many valuable life-saving ser- vices. The heaviest gales of 1904 occurred on the ll-13th February, and the 9-16th December. On the first occasiou there were 20 launches of Life-Boats, resulting in the saving of 17 lives and 5 vessels; whilst during the latter gale 48 lives and 3 vessels were saved as a result of 35 launches. Between the 1st January and the 31st December, 1904, inclusive, the Institution's Life-Boats were launched 294 times on service, in addition to which Life-Boat crews were assembled in readiness for service 50 times, but their assistance was not needed. The number of lives saved by Life-Boats and other means for which the Royal National Life-Boats Institution granted rewards during the year was 519, and as many as 34 vessels and boats were also saved by the Life-B >ats from partial or total los*. Thv WOftl uaniber of iiye* for the saving of which the Institu ion has granted rewards since its establishment in 1824 has been 44,880. The cost of maintaining the Institution's large fleet of 285 Life-Boats in a high state of efficiency grows year by year but the financial support received from the public in the shape of annual subscrip- tions and donations is quite insufficient for the purpose; Increased help is, therefore, earnestly appealed for. Annual Subscriptions and Dona- tions will be thankfully received aud acknow- ledged by the Secretary, Charles Dibdin, Esq., 20 Charing Cross Road, London, W.C., by any of the Branch Honorary Secretaries, and by all the Bankers in the United Kiugdom.

ADMIRAL ROZHDESTVENSKY. Admiral Rozhdestvensky is described later, when events have seemed to invest such a des- cription with probable accuracy, as liable to fits of nervousness, and not long before the squadron sailed he was reported to be ill. But he may well have been worried nearly to death by the heartrending anxieties of his position. Not only had he before him a long and moat trouble- some voyage, the difficulties of which would be increased tenfold by the constant necessity for coaling at sea. Not only had he to face the cer- tainty of meeting, on the completion of this long and arduous cruise, an alert and powerful enemy who would have ample time to prepare a warm welcome for him. Long before these stages were arrived at there were tremendoas obstacles to be overcome in the way of official ineptitude and dockyard incompetence. The higher naval administration in Russia, sadly liable as it is to interference on the part more especially of the Grand Duke Alexander Michailovitch, does not make the way smooth for an able and conscient- ious officer whose one thought is the efficiency of his command, and it is easy to understand that, from June to September, Rozhdestvensky must have gone through very wearing times. In par- ticular, he probably experienced no little trouble in getting the armament of his ships arranged to his liking. In this direction he is likely to have proved an exacting critic, for he had always retaiued his Interest in marine artillery questions, and had won the special commendation of the German Emperior by his handling of the Russian Gunnery Instruction Squardron at Revalon the occasion of the Imperial meeting in 1902.— From" The History of the Russo-Japanese War."

SIR HIRAM MAXIM AND THE KING. Sir Hiram Maxim stood on the anchorage of his captive flying ships at the Crystal Palace, proudly watching the latest of his hundred and. one great inventions going round and round. I was the only passenger in the machines, for he had kindly ordered the apparatus to be run especially for my benefit (writes Mr. Gilson Willets in The Penny Magaziue). When the machines at last earns to a standstill and I attempted to go" ashore," I stumbled over one of the cushions. Kick that cushion aside," said Sir Hiram. I kicked a cushion aside once, when I ought not to have done so. I'll tell you about it." And as we drove back to his beauti- ful park-surrounded home at West Norwood, this American millionaire-one of the few, perhaps the only, simon-pure Yankee with a British title-told me of his first meeting with King Ebward. "At Buckingham Palace," he said, II I approached the place where his Majesty Stood. A cushion lay at t' «, King's feer. J thought that the cushion was u the way, that it was where it should not be, that some servant had carelessly left it lying there. So I promptly shoved it aside with my foot. Good Heavens I thought. 'That cushion was for me to kneel upon.' So that was my first mistake during that meeting. Bab his Majesty only smiled, and pretended not to notice the cushion which I had appeared to spurn. Then-all this happened quicker than it takes to tell it, mark YOtl 1-1 noticed that his Majesty was holding out his hand. Impulsively, 1 seized that extended hand, and shook it—shook it good and hard. Instantly it flashed over me that I had made another bad break. That hand was for me to kiss. So 1 said: 'Oh! I ought not to have shaken your hand, ought I, your Majesty ? To which the King replied—and notice the readiness, the cleverness, the kindness of the reply 'I hope, Sir Hiram, the day will never came when you ought not to shake my hand.' ■»

CHURCH AND CHAPEL. established okubch. Llangollen Taritik Chureh Holy communion every Sandai. aiid taint's Day at 3 It. In. Matins at!d iiely communion on iirsi (full choral aad third Sundays intht at 11 a.'n.; raacina and litauy on the Moond and touxta Sundays; raar.ins on'y on thtl fifth Sunday. School at 2 SO; children s service ano catechising at 3 SO p.m., and alao baptieras (if any). fcveiiBong and sermon at 6 p.aa.—St. David's Chapel, Vron. tnatina and Bermo-a at 11 a.m., school at 2 p.nj &nd evensong and sermon at 9 p.aa. Htily communion on the second Sunday in the raonth.—S'. Hary't Chapel, Eglvsyxeg: Evensong and sermon at 2 80 p.m., except the last Sunday in the month, when it is in Welsh holy communion oil the 2nd SUIlday.- Vicar, Rev. L. D. Je kiyLs, M.A.; oan.tes, Revs. J. E. Morgan J. T. Davie. and J. Rowlands (Yroncyssylltau). Liantysilio Ohurch: ifingiish servioes ac 11 If a.m.; also during August and September a < 16 p.m. Holy Communion on lat Sunday in the month, Rov. J. S. Jones, B.A. r vie tr. <51yndyfrdwy, St. Thomas's Church: English service during summer at 11 a.m., litany and short address at 3 15 p.m. Holy Communion second Sunday in the month at 8 a.m. and (in suenmer) last Sunday at 11 a.m. Itev.T.H.Vaugham, B.A., vicar Trevor Church: Holy Communion on first Sunday in the month: Euglish services at 11 ani 0 H. T. Owen, incumbent. PKBHBYTEBIAlfg. Aerefair: Sjrimng it 11 and 6, by the Rev. William Feulkes, Liang .lien. Church Street Mission (Llangollen): Sermon at 11 and G, by the Rev. v BAPTISTS. Llangollen (Dr. Pritchard's Memorial Church, Abbey road): Sermon at 11 and 0, by the Rev. K. W. Jenkins, pastor. wbslitaws. Llangollen (Victorian Promenade): Sermon at 11 and 6, by the Kev. H. W. Priag, Wrexham.

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MEMS FROM "MADAME." "In the matter of sales every woman has to work out her own salvation. The great point about successful bargain hunting is not to buy a thing because it is cheap, but because you want it. Let every sensible woman treat the matter of buying at sales like gambling at Monte Carlo, that is to say, take a certain amount of money with her and get the best value she can. At the end of January one hears many complaints, especially among girls, that they have picked up beautiful models which do not suit them in the least, or remnants that they cannot use. And added to this they have probably been tempted to spend the money that should have been, and was, originally intended to be invested in a new spring frock early in March. These are among the minor tragedies of a woman's life. Occasionally really surprising bargains are picked up. For instance, those who have waited until now to buy a fur garment will probably get very good value for their money. And this should also apply in the case of a serviceable travelling wrap, a coat and skirt, or a smart winter toque, a neat French blouse, which only wants washing, a coffee-coat, a tea-gown, or a dressing-gown; these are all good investment* provided you really want them."—Mrs. Eric Pritchard, in Madame, on '■ How to Buy at the Sales."