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MARBH AND COMPANY. ADULTS' FUNERALS. IstClass, with best Hearse and Coaeb, on the most modern principle, with It pltir of well-lm0wn Flemish bred Horses to each, one-inch Elm polished Coffin best registered Furniture, with ela.bor.-ite name-plate engraved, 11ne satin trimmed robe. and self atten- dance £5 5 Marsh nnd 00.'s 2ud Class ditto ditto 4 4 0 Marsh and Co.'s 3:'11., with inrproveil cltlTiage 3 3 0 Marsh mid Co.'s 4th. ditto ditto 2 10 0 CHILDREN'S FUNERALS. Including pair Flemish-bred Horses, modern Coach, wHIt all the 1atest improvements, Polished Coffil1, lined with fine flannel, and attendance :— Under one year £ 1 7 3 Under two years 18 0 Under t tree years 110 0 Under four years 112 0 Under five years 1 14 0 Otic-horse carriage, including coffin covered in ¡.Inck, 1,h:e, or polished, lincd with flannel, modern coach, and attendance :— Under six months 0 16 0 Unifer one ,veai 0 18 0 Under two years 10 0 Under three years 110 Under four years 13 0 And 1'10 on in proportion. Ilandaonie Car, Carved or Plain Hearse, Mourning Conches and Broughams, Oatiich Pinmes, &c. I AddreM-olSO.MT. MARY-STREET,CARDIFF

WORTH A GUINEA A BOX. BE BOHAM'S pILLS iron ALL BILIOUS AND NERVOUS DISORDERS SUCH AS SICK HEADACHE, WEAK STOMACH IMPAIRED DIGESTION, CONSTIPATION, LIVER COMPLAINT AND FEMALE AILMENTS. LARGEST SALE IN THE WORLD, In Boxes 9id., and 2s. 9d. ea.ch. JJEE CHAM'S TOOTH pASTE —EFFICACIOUS—ECONOMICAL— CLEANSES THE TEETH- PERFUMES THE BREATH Collap»ible tube. 18. each. HORTONS ORIGINAL' 1'0*( £ *Jml0'1 BENEDICT PILLS i>r THOUSANDS of Testimonials hare been received from all parts. Females ef all acres should take them. They at ence remove a A ebatrnctlens, no matter bow obstinate or from what ■ e?er eiiise arjuinf. In boxes 7|d., Is. ljd., and 2s. 9d. geyt x'oat Free, under eever. Id. extra, dircot by tbe Proprietor, G. D. Hortea, M.P.S. (from the Birmincr- ijain and General Lyins-ia Hospital), Aston House, A«te>tt-ro&4, Birtniuffbam. — Agents: Cardift—A. ga^on, Chemist, 39, Bridge-street, and 11, Bute-street, Merthyr—Will#, Chemist, Pontmorlais, and Geo rye iewK. Swansea—Lloyd, Chemist Oxferrd-street Jfewert—yo^xnf, Chemiift, Hiyk-stroet. Cannot be bad frut other Gb«mints. N.B.-N.B.-NoDeGeDulDe H«)«M Marl., "G. B. Herton," in reel across each 1.1tol. tetters aiumerod free. t

METEOROLOGICAL NOTES. SOUTH WALES TIDE TABLE. I ■4— +-f j i s g 5 m O & O H S t g 3 fti ej |S M °' o 03 'g a OJ Mondav CMorni'= 7 34 6 31 7 25 6 46 6 39 Jan IA Ev-eni'g- 8 0 6 58 7 25 7 10 7 It, (Height 35 11 32 2 36 5 34 6 24 o Tuesdv CMorni"& 8 25 7 23 8 I? 7 33 7 32 Jan 1 fcvenng 8 47 43 8 40 7 b5 8 1 ■Jan. &5 (Height 37 1 3> 0 37 7 34 11 25 1 Wednes (Morni g 9~9 3 7 9 1 8 16 8 16 clay -? Even ng 9 30 8 28 9 22 8 37 8 43 Jan. 24 (.Height 36 11 ZZ 10 37 5 34 9 25 6 Thurs- (Morning 9 49 8 48 9 42 8~5sT~8 q9 day i Evening 10 8 9 9 10 3 9 19 9 34 Jan. 25 (.Height 35 10 32 0 .36 4 34 1 2-i 3 ("Morning 10 25"P9 28 10 22 9^39 j 9 38 Friday -2 Evening 10 43 9 47 10 41 9 57 10 1 Jan. 26 (Height 34 5 30 11 34 9 33 2 23 6 Sat.ur- fMorni'g H 0 10 o 10 59 4 47 4 33 day. -J Evening II 17 10 22 11 15 5 20 5 14 Jan. 27 (Height 32 2 29 4 32 8 32 3 21 0 Snndav C^0™1'^ 33TIo7rriT1^5~5T"r5~38 Tiii j Evening 11 53 11 1 11 55 6 20 6 30 -» (Height 29 7 27 4 30_1J 33 2 2.3 6 Roath Basin fEast Dock Sill t Alexandra Dock §Dock Sill.

BAROMETRICAL INDICATIONS. Appended is a chart of the barometrical readings for the 48 hours ended Sunda.v midnight, as regis tered at the Western Mail Office, Cardiff. The instrument, is 33ft. above sea level.

WEATHER FORECAST. SATBSPAr'S FoKKCAbT. I SATUKnAy'S ATjSATMKtt. South westerly winds, South westerly windfi, strong scm.ally and stronf? showers, showery, [ The forecast, of the weather throusfhovt the Weetof Lu!!J:md and South Wales for to.day (Monday) :« as fO]J8WS :Westerly to north-ioesterly strong iruuls art'l gllles; sqnaHy: s7,Qlre¡-y; colder.

TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL. T. MPEUATPEE. DaTS' fcjMm. Mean/ Sunday il4 53 43 48*0 COO Mondav.. 115 £ 6 57 45'5 0'07 Tuesday 116 56 39 47'5 0*25 Wednesday .il7 57 40 48 5 0'C9 Thursday il3 56 42 49"0 0'15 Friday 19 57 40 43*5 O'OO ?nmivi £ y_ 20 55 32 44'0 1 0*26 The Temperature represents extreme readings of the thermometer for 24 hours ended 9 a.m., taken in the shade at, Cwrt-y-Vil, Penarth. The Rainfall registered at Cwrt-y-Vil, Psnai th, for he 2 '■ o ji*, ,7, -,1Y,: IIUUJIII

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. HARRIERS. CRICKHOVTBLI.. —Tuesday, J"unary 23, Llangenny Bridge; Saturday, January 27. Castle Inn, Pengen- tford, near Talgarth—11. Weather permitting. FOXHOUNDS. CARMARTHKUSHIRT-—Monday, January 22, Maen- llwydd, Mydrim Friday, January 26, Talog—10.30. vVeather permitting. GLAMORGANSHIRE.—Monday, January 22, Eglwys- brewis Wednesday, January 24, Brynsadler; Friday, Jtuiuary 25, Coedriglan—10.45. LT.ANHAEAN.—Friday. January 26. Pentyrch Village -10.30. LLA NGnJn .-Tuesct.\y, January 23, Llansoar Wood —10.50; Friday, January 26, Graig Harris—11. MONMOUTUSHIRE.—Monday, Jituuary 22, Raglan; Thursday, January 25, Three Salmons, Graig--ll. PEMBROI SHIRE.—Monday, January 22, Neyland; Thursday, January 25, Sotva—H. MR. SEYMOUR ALLEN'S.—Tuesday. January 23, Coedcandlas Friday, January 26, Yerbeston Gate -11. TIVTSIPE.—Monday, January 22. Bwlch-y-Brith Crossroa-ds Thursday, January 25. Llechryd—10.45. YSTRAII.-Tuc;;ria.y, January 23, Cefn-On Wednes- day, January 24, Black Cock Inn—10; Friday, January 26j Ninndy Mountain—9,30. MC—■ I ■ ■■■III II —MM—B—E—I——IB

LLANDAFF CATHEDRAL SERVICES Monday, January 22.-Chants and hymns by the holiday choir. Tuesday, January 23.-Chauts and hymns by the holiday choir. Wednesday, January 24.—Garrett in D; anthem, "From the rising of the sun (Ouseley). Thursday, January 25 (Conversion of St. Paul).- 8.30a.m., Holy Communion. Five p.m., King in F anthems, "Now we ai:e ambassadors" and How lovely" (Mendelssohn). Friday, January 26.—Walmisley in D minor; hymn, 406. Saturday, Jaauavy 27.-Ba.rnby in E anthem, Wherewithal shall a young man (Elvey). WLL MIMWW8BBWWBMIBIWWWBMWHMWMWBBW

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NOTE S. By "OBSERVER." CARDIFF, MONDAY MORNING. THE HOUSE THAT JERRY BUILT. AN OLD RHYME RE-WRITTEN. This is the House that Jerry built. This is the Unsuspecting Man that bought the House that Jerry built. This is the Drain untrapped and foul, Whose poison brooded like a ghonl. About the Unsuspecting Man that bought the House that Jerry built. This is the Sickness ending in Death That followed upon the fetid breath Of that Drain untrapped so cunningly feui, Whose poison brooded like a ghoul Upon the Victim (rest his soul) who bought the House that Jerry built. And these are the Pious Folk who say, The Lord who gave hath taken away." But there's one at least knows the cause of death, How it followed so fast on the fetid breath Of that Drain untrapped, so cunningly foul, Whose poison brooded like a ghoul Upon the Victim (rest his soul) who bought the House that Jerry built. This is the Rope that if right were done Should through a noose be deftly run— No matter what Pious Folk might say Of the Lord that crave having taken away- To put a stop to the vile career Of him who ruined that home so dear, Who laid the Drain whose fetid breath Was the cause of the Sickness ending in Death Of the simple Victim (one of a band Deceyed by the Schemer so cuts and bland) Who bought the House that Jerry built. THE OFFICE POET. But that I was asked officially to abstain from immediate comment on the new cata- logue of the free library (a request which I see another scribe gleefully ignored on Saturday, a very few hours after it was made) I should have hastened, on that day to congratulate Mr. Ballingerand his assistants on their new achievement, an advance copy of which was then lying on my desk, and to have given my opinion of its contents and the way the work had been accomplished. It is the opinion of that wise and learned body, the general public, that to compile a catalogue or an index is an easy business— child's play-a mere nothing-a. kind of hey-presto business altogether Some years ago the writer catalogued a public library of some seven or eight thousand volumes, and the task has given him a wholesome respect for catalogues and their compilers, and with a. vivid recollection of that weariness of the flesh he all the more heartily congratulates the Cardiff Library staff on their latest accomplishment, The catalogue just issued is a clear, well printed quarto of well-nigh 400 pages, and is dedicated to the memory of Peter Price, J.P., late chairman of the general com- mittee (died 1892), whose public spirit led to the foundation of this library in 1861." The catalogue, of course, concerns only the lend- ing library. The reference department- is still in progress of cataloguing, and a card catalogue to, I believe, the bulk of it is to be consulted on the premises. Of the new catalogue (compiled on what, I believe, is called the dictionary system, the best of all arrangements) I may say at once that it is just what one would expect from Mr. Ballinger-clear, concise, handy, and to the point; indeed, it inay almost be added that the "wayfaring man, though a fool need not err therein." Suppese, for instance, somebody wants to get to know all he can I. about De Quincey, but at the moment of consulting the catalogue can only j remember that he wrote a volume 1 of Confessions." Under C, Confessions** give us De Quincey at once, and, turning to D, we find nearly three-quarters of a column [ devoted to the Opium-eater. There are all' the latest biographies, and a complete set of De Quincey's works, with a careful synopsis j of their contents. If still further the searcher wants information about De Quincey scat- tered throughout the essays in the library he has but to turn to the end of the cata- logue, where an index puts him instantly on the track. My Cardiff readers will make haste to pro- cure the catalogue without delay. It is priced at the simply ridiculous figure of six- pence, which in no sense whatever represents the value of this very excellent compilation. I may add here that I have been looking over Mr. Ballinger's pages for mistakes. So far (with one very trivial exception, if it is worthy to be called an exception) I have looked in vain, nor did I enter on the search with the slightest prospect of success, know- ing whom and what I had to deal with. On the cover of the catalogue appears a sketch of the library as it will be when the additions are complete, and a right noble building- 'twill be! One word more About the library ere rl turn to something else. Some idea of the wealth of its lending department may be gleaned from the following-, selected almost at random from the new catalogue. Books on Shakspeare and his works occupy a page, Language and Languages a page and a half, n- 0 0- Music four pages and a half, Ruskin half a page Engineering over three pag<">, Carlyle half a page, and so on. Wales is perhaps inadequately represented, but of course the student will turn to the reference section and its rich store of works relating to the Principality. TO THE EDITOR. Sir.-I have just read Mr. Observer's" graceful allusion in his Notes to my some- what uncalled-for protest to part of his inci- dentary remarks on Matabele warfare. I shall be glad of him to know that I also, thinking of the massacre by our Mi1Xml guns (even as used by an inferior force), nearly on that account cancelled my late criticism, which you and he kindly noticed. It is a disagreeable fact, show- nig up logicless war, that the exigencies (reduced fighting number*, increased science) of civilised versus savage troops cause, by the superior weapons used by the former, an access of the natural brutality and want of manhood in the latter.—I am, &c., A CORRESPONDENT, Cardiff, Jan. 20. My correspondent will not be surprised at my cordially agreeing with him on the horrors and odious atrocities of war. Whether so-called civilisation be pitted against savagedom or civilisation against civilisation it is very much the same.! To learn something of the hideous brutalities of the battlefield (apart from the glory, which somehow or other is limited in its range), let my correspondent read (if he has not already done so) Zola's La D.5 bade." In that great book a power- ful pen has drawn a merciless picture, merci. less because accurate its awful pages must give pause to those who think war a splendid and a glorious thing. Somebody has been writing upon what he calls "the conductor's eye." "I can never be sure" (he writes) of catching the eye of the conductor of an omnibus. His proper place is the footboard, and there, in certain times past, which I am both old enough and young enough to remember, he always stood, intent on his main business of looking out for customers. Now he is all over the premises, and particularly on the roof. Unlike a famous bird of metaphor, he cannot be in two places at once, and, while he is near the skies collecting fares, and yielding to the irresistible temptation to gossip with the driver, he is necessarily in- different to the wants of mortals below. Catch his eye if you can, in at least five cases out of ten. It matters less on the thoroughfares which are more abundantly served, but it is a real hardship when it is a question of catching er not catching a 'bus which runs only at intervals of ten minutes or a quarter of an hour." Now, then, Cardiff conductors, keep your wits about you!

RHONDDA GROCER'S APPEAL Judges Quashes Conviction and Makes Comments. Mr. Justice Hawkins and Mr. Justice Law- rance, sitting as a Divisional Court in the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, on Saturday gave judgment in the case of James v. Jones. Sir Richard Webster, Q.C. Mr. Brynmor Jones, Q.C., and Mr. M&cMoran appeared for the appellant and Mr. Finlay Q.C., andMr. Rhys Williams for the respondent. Mr. Justice Hawkins, in delivering judgment, said the appellant James was, on the 15th of February, 1893, convicted .by four justices of the county of Glamorgan for unlawfully selling in December, 1892, to the respondent Jones, an inspector under the Food and Drugs Act, a packet of baking powder which was mixed with a certain ingredient-alum-injurious to health. Against that conviction he appealed to the quarter sessions, where the conviction was con- firmed. A special case was then stated for the opinion of the Queen's Bench, and the case wa argued before them on December 18 last. According to the facts disclosad, it appeared that on December 10, 1892, the appellant sold to the respondeu t a packet of "Excelsior" baking powder. The effect of mixing the baking powder with flour was to generate carbonic acid gas, which caused the pastry or bread to expand, and so rendered it light and digestible. The mixture consisted of 20 per cent, of biearbollatc of soda, 40 per cent. of alum, and 40 per cent, of ground rice. To liberate tbe gas properly a quantity of alum was necessary. The ground rica was added merely for the purpose of preserving the compound from injury by damp. There, however, still remained an element of injury in the powder which remained in the bread. Section 3 of the Act enacted that any person who lryxed any article of food with any ingredient so as to render the article injurious to health, and should sell the mixtu-ta, should be liable to a penalty not exceeding zC50 for the first offence. The question they were asked was whether baking powder was an article of food within the meaning of the statute, and, secondly, whether, assuming it to be so, there was evidence that the appellant sold the same to the respon- dent mixed with an ingredient injurious to health. The mere sale of all article not in itself an article of food, but mixed with an article injurious to health, was not an offence. It was true that ground rice was an article of food, but it would cease to be so if it were mixed with an equal quantity of alum, as in the present case. Wh < would venture to describe such a, mixture as food ? With equal truth mig-ht rat poison be called food for man ? The test rof the matter was whether at the time of the sale the article was au article of food. If it was not. then no offence was committed. They were clearly of opinion that the baking powder in question was not an article of food, because it could not of itself be made up into an eatable or drinkable form. Under those circumstanccs, the order of the quarter sessions and the original conviction must be quashed. He observed that the cost of the prosecution were X667 odd. That was simply disgraceful, and he regretted he could not give the appellant all his f costs. There was one comort the appellant would not have to pay all the costs of the prosecution. They would fall on the right shoulders. Mr. Justice Lawrance concurred.

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■■111111 m~i i iiiimiiBuwn MIHHBII mii'iBa 1 win 11 mi mi 11 | SUNDAY CLOSING ACT. Police Raid an Alleged Bogus Club at Cardiff. Late on Saturday night Inspector Fowler, Police-constable Hares, Detective Gretton, and other constables belonging to the Roath division of the Cardiff county borough police force made a raid on what is known as the Social Club, located at 58. Constellation-street, Roath, and seized a large quantity of beer and spirituous liquors. It appears that at 11.45 p.m., while the police were watching the premises, two children were seen to enter the club, and shortly afterwards 1 'L 0 leave with a. couple of bottles of beer in their posses- sion. The children were accordingly stopped, and Inspector Fowler and Detective Gretton, having- satisfied themselves that an illicit sale had taken place, entered the premises with other constables under powers of a warrant. Inside the club twenty men were found drinking, the beer being supplied by the reputed manager, whose name is John Cotter, and who, it will be remem- bered, was some time previously fined JE100 at Llandaff Police court fer a breach ••>f the Licensing Act. The constables thereupon took possession of eight 36-gallon casks containing beer, three empty 36-gallon casks, one 4^-gallen cask full of cider, a spirit cask, three jars containing spirits, four bottles full of whisky, two bottles of rum, and a quantity of drinking- utensils, all of which they conveyed in a couple of carts to the central police-station. The premises raided upon is said to be a branch of the Maindy Social Club Company (Limited), andis frequented principally by cattle drovers, butchers, and men having business at the Roath Slaughter-house. It is the intention of the police authorities to take proceedings aga'nst the man in possession for selling beer without a licence. SHEBEEN RAIDS AT CARDIFF. In addition to the extensive seizure of beer at Roath, Constables Maxwell, Dredge, Wheeler, and Gregory effected seizures at houses located in Mary Ann-street, Angelina-street, and Milli- ceiit-street.

TAFF VALE COMPANY. A Mass Meeting of Workmen Decided Upon. A very strong feeling at present exists amongst the outdoor staff of the above com- pany at the long- time which has elapsed before any reply has been given by the directorate to the appeal for the recognition of the men's com- mittee, also for an interview on behalf of the men, who were so severely dealt with for trivial offences. The committee met on Sunday to consider the general position, when a letter from the general manager WM discussed, in which it states that the directors at their last sitting had the question under consideration, and instructed the general manager thereon, but having been called away to London directly after the sitting of the board, he was unable to furnish the committee with their decision, but promised to do so in the course of a few days. The committee decided that a mass meeting be convened for Sunday next, the 23th inst., which will be attended by Mr. Harford, general secre- tary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, and Mr. Maddison, edito" of the Railvjay Review.

PROPOSED RAILWAY. Importont Powers to the Barry Rail- way Company. In accordance with the Standing Orders of Parliament, a copy of the Bill which will be introduced next session to authorise the company to make and maintain the East Glamorgan Railway has been duly deposited. A description of the line has already been given in the Western Mail. The capital of the com pany is proposed to be fixed at £ 450,000, divided into 45.000 shares of £ 10 each, but with power to sub-divide these shares into preferred half- shares and" deferred half-shares." The borrowing powers under the Bill are limited to £150,000. thus making a total share and loan capital of £ 600,000. As regards this oapital, an important provision is inserted, which, if sanc- tioned, will authorise the Barry Railway Com- pany to subscribe £ 150,000 of the total sum required, and to guarantee interest on any of the remaining share and loan capital of the com- pany. For this purpose the Bill proposes to empower the Barry Company to raise £150,000 additional capital, and aiso makes provision for the election to the board of directors of three representatives of the Barry Company. The first board of directors of the new company, in addition to any that may be elected by t4a Barry Company, will consist of Lord Windsor, Mr. Archibald Hood, Mr. Edward Davies, Mr. Robert Forrest, Mr. Thomas Webb, Mr. Thomas Roe, Mr. Thompson, Mr. John Howard, Mr. Thomas 1.ouis Gueret, and Mr. Lewellen Wood. The time sought for the completion of this railway is five years from the passing of the Act, and dur- ing this period power is sought to pay interest out of capital, provided that the aggregate sum so paid shall not exceed £ 30,000 The Bill also contains clauses te empower the new com- pany to run over the Rhymney Railway, the Taff Bargoed Railway, and the Brecon and Mertbyr Tydfil Junction Railway for distances northward of the points where the proposed rail- way will form junctions with these railways. Power is also proposed to be taken to enter into working agreements with the Barry, the Mid- land, the Rhymney, the Great Western, and the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway Companies.

FALSE PRETENCES CHARGED. A South Wales Civil Engineer is in Trouble. Henry Matthews, civil engineer, who says he has been employed on the Swansea Bay Railway, was brought up in custedy at Ilfracombe, North Devor, on Saturday charged with having ob- tained by false pretences the ram of £8 2s. 3d., the property of Miss Dunn, of the Britannia Hotel, Ilfracombe. Prisoner had been arrested on the previous day on leaving Gloucester Gaol. —Miss Emma Dunn deposed that the defendant arrived at her hotel on the 24th of June, and stayed there ten days. He represented himself as an artist, and that he was on the staff of Ally Sloper. When ten days had elapsed a bill, amounting to the above sum, was presented to the defendant. Matthews thereupon stated that he was just about to proceed to the quay to meet his father said he would pay the account immediately on his return, but from that day to the present prosecutrix had not seen him.-In cross-examination Miss Dunn admitted that when defendant first came to her hotel he offered to pay a Jeposit.On being charged with the offence prisoner said he was a civil engineer, and that ho had no intention to defraud. He had executed some work at Swansea for Sir John Jenkins, and that gentleman had procured him an appointment on the Swansea Bay Railway. Prior to taking up the duties, however, he came to Ilfracombe, and foolishly spent his money. His intention was to pay the bill when he entered upon his situation.—The prisoner was remanded until Thursday.

BOARD OF TRADE INQUIRY. Stipendiary Lewis Delivers an Im- portant Decision. At the Town-hall, Cardiff, on Saturday, the Board of Trade inquiry into the circumstances attending the stranding of the Liverpool steamer Alderley in the Sea. of Marmora, opened on the previous day, came to an abrupt conclusion.— At the outset Mr. T. W. Lewis (stipendiary), who conducted the inquiry, askcl whether the vessel had sustained any material demage.—Mr. Waldron, on behalf of the Board of Trade, there- upon put the question to the master, who replied that she had been examined at Gallipoli by Lloyd's surveyor and a diver after the stranding, and found to be perfectly uninjured. Upon this, Mr. Waldron stated he did not intend to ask that the certificates of the officers should be dealt with, but he requested that the inquiry might continue, and that the court should answer the questions which would be put to it.—The stipendiary, however, decided that as there was no material damage he could not proceed with the inquiry.—Mr. Waldron referred to the 32nd Section of the Merchant Shipping- Act of 1876, which he contended gave powejr to the court to hold an inquiry where a vessel/had been simply stranded, aad the judgment of Lord Chief Justice Cockburn in the case en. parts Story (Law Journal, Queen's Bench, 266), wss referred to.—The learned stipendiary, however, was still of opinion that material damage was necessary to give the court jurisdiction, and accordingly the witnesses were discharged, and the court rose.

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I"Welsh Wit and Wisdom fALL THE GOSSIP OF THE I PRINCIPALITY. interesting Notes and News about Welshmen and the Land of their Birth. The Dean of Bangor is convalescent, after a severe attack of influenza. "Watcyn Wyn" says that if it were not iot the corridors and the waiting-rooms in oUt denominational colleges Welsh would find no room within their walls. Principal T. C. Edwards is at present th* guest of the Lord-lieutenant of Anglesey si Treborth, and has been there for several days- Dr. Pldwards returns to Bala to-day (Monday)* and the college work will be resumed. Gower is a place where people die reIn. tantly. One old lady was in her ninety* ninth year when she passed away, and male inmate of the Penmaen Workhouse høø reached and passed hie ninety-fifth year. It has been pointed out that the outbreaks occur in alphabetical order. Aber- avon was first attacked, then Bristol, then Caerphilly. Ia Dowlais next, then EbbW Vale, afterwards Ferndale, and Gilfach to follow? A significant sign of the times is furnished by the fact that during the last fortnight fewer than 41 tramps have applied for shelter at the Penmaen Workhouse, Gower. As tbe workhouse is about a dozen miles from the nearest point of oivilisation, the large number finding their way down is all the more markable. Eglwys-bach," the Wesleyan missionary iD the Rhondda Valley, is alarmed. He says; — If we do not soon get reform in Glamorgan* shire the spirit of the world and the sensual practices of the mixed population will swamp the churches. It is said that 400,000 person in this oouuty are outside the Kingdom of Christ—nearly as many as the entire popul** tion of North Wales." Canon Farrar has an article in the F-ebrttW number of the "Young Man." The article is accompanied by a good portrait of the great divine, who is represented standing in his study engaged in writing. We beheld Mocien" intently inspecting an object aD the desk, and then he cried out, in th* Rhondda fashion, "Hoi, see here; Canon Farrar's ink-stand is one of the old Hirlas Horns of the Cambrian chieftains On amination we found that, as usual, MofieC WaB right. Talk about Welsh! The "Daily Telegraph" said that Lord Kelvin on the previous day delivered a lecture on the HamogeneodS Partition of Space." From the report hiø lordship showed, by skilful divisions of rhoØ- boidal and paraJlelopipedal bodies, how there was but one form of inclosing cell widch. nntS" hold the molecules. That form is the tetra- kaidekahedromi, or fourteen sided figure- Good gracious, how long it takes some people to find out things! We knew this years ago, only we never told anybody because 1ff' couldn't spell it! It appeals that Lord Justice Bruce, who is now on circuit in North Wales, is pa;rtial to walking and mountain-climbing, and, siaee there are no oases for him to try at the various sittings, he finds ample time to follow his iø- clination. The other day Judge Bruce, with his wife, daughter, and son, asoended Cadet Idris, avid thoroughly enjoyed the exercise- Little wonder the North Wales circuit is be- coming more popular than ever among her Majesty's representatives of the la.w. It 18 all play and no work for all Montgomeryshire Merioneth, and Carnarvonshire only manage" to scrape up one prisoner. Arrali, sorr," said a. Dowlais Irishwoman as she held up a. dirty, ragged little urchin to the curious gaze of a policeman, "anah1 sOft, whatll I do wid this poor child I'd'n't knoe- Shure, it's breaking me heart to see him, 80 it is. His father an' mother have bin dbrinfc" in' like biases all the week, and to-day, be me sowl! there's not a mouthful &v toooritf nor a mouthful aT tire in the house—th«r«'s not, indade, BOIT. Faith, eorr, ye must take up the two divils, so's the poor child woo'* stiiarve." The policeman thought it out, and came to the oonolusion that it would be easief to interpret an Assyrian hieroglyph than to describe the process by which the locking-uP of his parents would ensure the comfort of tIDe child. The Radical pote in the Vale of Glamorgan has not secured the reward which his brillialJt verses deserved. He wrote a war song for supporters of Alderman John in the last coatw council bye-election:- Ye noble electors, be firm now and brave; Thrice cursed be eaoh one who will act as slave To Tory proud gquirelings and their kindred folk, Who would prese you 'neath tyranny's yoke. Vote, vote, all true men, for John; You'll then enrol him—noble soul, Triumphantly head of the poll! Then John to the council ye wise ones will send, He there to the many will prove a true And Bassett thus teaoh to return to his bounds To tend upon Tories and hounds. Vote, vote, all true men, for John, You'll then enrol him—noble soul. Triumphantly head of the poll. As it happened, Alderman John, ''noble sotA was not "enrolled triumphantly head of the poll." Christmas Evans, the great pulpit orsfc* of long ago, was a man of varied attainments- He could be meek a.nd lowly, and he could put roysterers quiet in their own way. On* day a fellow, with more ale thaai manned' came into a room where Christmas was sitting and said, "So you are Christmas Th-aas? "Yes," was the reply. "Well," added th* beery one, "your Bible says thast I can thee on the cheek," suiting the action to word, "and tbaA thou art to turn thy otb^ oheek for another smite." Christmas quietlf turned the other oheek, and had slap two. Then Christmae aroee, and, buttock his coat, remarked, "You should have further, my man. The Bible also says th»* with whatsoever measure thou measurest t1Jf brother shall be measured out to you so maflf fold," and he went in scientifically with one, two, three, and then parried and duckew and cleverly got the head of the other chancery, and didn't let go till the tot" amounted to a thorough drubbing. We have heard a good deal of the lack øJ orchestration in Wales, and much of it i. Here is a. bit of the other side:—Mr. W. JIj. Whitehouae, of the St. James's-hall Concert* and professor of tive violoncello at the Roy Academy of Music, is justly regarded a8 on of the finest stringed instrument players the country, and his opinion on matters orob tral is valuable. He saw Mr. Harry Evan A.R.O.O., conduct the orchestra at Mr. A- Silver's concert at Merthyr the other and, without waiting to be introduced to a#™ he said, Young man, I feel honoured in ing you. There are very few men who conduct an orchestral—very few—and you one of them. I aill simply astonished aA ease and gracefulness with whioh you o0*T ducted the band to-night. But your condu^f ing had a merit beyond tbai of mere P.™- new—you had grasped the true spirit Beethoven and of Hummel, and displayed ? rare ability to communicate that idea to those you led. It wa, marvellous, young sir." Talking of the recent meeting of the Sou^ Wales Institute of Engineers, it is a able fact that there are only seven engin^^ now living who were members in the 1857. when the institute was founded, V* Mr. David Thomas, Cringallt, Neath: | Jamas Brogden, IP coed, Carmarthenshire; Hort Huxham. Swansea; Mr. Phineas Aborcarn House. Monmouthshire; Mr. Jordan. Newport. Mon. (late of Ebbw Va-Ie). Mr. Richard B^lington, Aberdare; and ^1" Matthew Truran, Bedlinog Hall, Merto-^ Tydfil. Of the entire council—twelve ill num —there remain only four, viz., Messrs. Trur Bedlingtau, and Huxham, and the Mr. Rees H. Rhys, of Aberdare. The dent, vice-presidents (six), treasurer, and 11 secretaries have all gone over to the ma.j011 Now that the Afon VaJley is attracting -e much notice, it may be added that a j» paper read before this institute on the uitn of this rich, valley was contributed by first-named mining -«in«er, Mr. 1)a Thomaa. of N eeda.