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ftoctrp. A DREAM OF ROSES. Yes I through all ages since the first fair roseS- Tbornless and perfect ope'd in dewy air The dream of you tile sweetest dream encloses God's living love-books written everywhere Reaching our finest and our tenderest feeling, Voiced with a perfume so divinely sweet Like silent eloquence, or music stealing In harmony of spirit-tones complete. Aud roses: roses sC¡1rcely can we measure How ye are woven wit II our precious things- Life, beauty, friendship, love, and soul-lit treasure And thoughts of God, your holy presence brings. Sure never hein¡¡;, althDllgh horn to sorrow." But aye must" gladden as he looks on you, And from your perfect loveliness may borrow An Eden-Glimpse of be '.ven-born light and llew. 80 belutiful in all your v::ried classes, From dainty hedgerow dariings white a: d red- T,) cultured splendours-scarce a day that passes But in my llome your feast of love is spread. And how ye waken memory Oft her casket Opes at the scent of ttlis ddicions rt, ,wer- And we, with trembling lip, and keen apnealing ask it Whence comes tl1e secret of its hidden power- For visions it recalls-I do remernher An old, old house, with dove-cote 'neath the eaves And warm pink, cabbage roses ('twas September) And tiright dew sparkled 'mid the abundant leaves) And honey-suckle gold and ruby fingered- A tracery line around tile antique door, And there an English Rose," a lovely maiden lingered, Made beautiful to me for evermore. I see her now, the woodhine and the roses- I hear her voice, so near i: seems to me; And yet I know that her dear SOUl reposes In tranquil meads beside the crystal sea. S,) brief, so fair her life — more touch of nearness- A.airi 1 again: ye swhtly pass away Yet the pare fragrance with its cadence, Bids ns still listen what your voices say- Poor mort, I rich immortal, ld it be The sonl attuned can reeld .he langnage well, Just as it hears the wiele sea's melody In the soft murmur of a stranded shell. And roses roses: 0:1 your beauty, God's iovincr-kindne*s opens fresh to me, Rekindl'd tlJiJught of Lfe, of joy and duty Retouchèel by your gentle ministry. And in mv dream of ro-es, 0 for ever May England's Rose hold her rich, braverie Routed in G-od; then will each high endeavour Be crowned with good and lasting Liberty. The Hose of Sharon !1ollon!"d aye hy Thee, Mother of Empires, over land ànd sea. SIETHELBA..
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ftortfolxo. Take me the best action tbat can be named, pride and malice shall find a way tlJ disgrace it, and put a hard visage upon it. In a11 your dealings give your neighbour good measure heaped up and running over," and you will nos lose by It in the end. It is only a weak man whom the wind deprives of his cloak a QUID of the average strength is more in danger of losing it when assailed by the genial beams of a too kindly sun. A LITTLE SEBUON\—How majestkdly do men of genius walk in history sorne like the suu, with all his travell- ing glories round him otheis wrapped III gloom, yet glorious as a night wi th stars And yet, on earth, these Illen were not happy, not an happy, in the outward cir- cumstances of their lives. Tiley were in want and in pain, and familiar with prison burs, and the damp, weeping walls of dungeons Oh I have looked with wonder upon those who, iu sorrow and privation, and hodily dis. comfort and sicknes8, which is the shadow of death, have worked right on the accompli3hment of their great purposes toiling much, enduring much, fulfilling much; ilud then with snattered nerves and smews all unstrung, have laid themselves down and slept t ie sleep of death- md the world talks of them while they sleep. It wouid seem, indeed, as if all their suffering, had but sanctifiell them-as if the death angei, in passing, had touched them with the hem of his garment, and nude them hoJy-as if the hand of disease hill been stretched out over them, only to make the sign of the Cross UPOD their s >uls, And, as in the sun's l'clipse we can behold tae great stars shining in thO' heavens, so in this life eclipse have these men beheld the lights of the great eternity burning solemnly and for ever!- LrH/gftl1úW. THE POETRY OF THE Fü!URE.-Granrl as to-day's accumulative fund of poetry 15. there is certainly some- thing unborn, not yet come fÛlth, different from anything now formulated in any verse, or contributed by the past in any lanll-somethi.ng waited for; carved, hitherto non-expressed. What it will be, and how, no one knows. It will probably have to prove itseif by itself and its readers. One t'1ing, it must ruu through entire humanity this new word and meaning solidaiity has arisen to us r'uoderns), twining all land like a divine thread, stringing all beads, pebbles or gold, frou; God and the soul, and like God's dynamics and -unsliine illustrating all and having reference to all. From anything like a cosmical point of Vlew, the entirety of imaginative literature's themes and results as we get them to-day seem, painfully narrow. All that has been put in statement, tremendous as it is, what is it compared with the vast fields aud values and varieties left unreape l Even in the Iliad and Shakespeare there is (is there not!) a certain humiliation produced to us by the aiJsJrptioD of them, unless we sotind In equality, or abDVe them, the songs due to our own democratic era and surroundmfS and the full assertion of oU!seives.- Walt Whitman.
■♦-SWANSEA POLICE COURT.
■ ♦- SWANSEA POLICE COURT. SATURDAY. [Before Dr. J. G. Hall and A. H. Thomas, Esq.j THE SWANSEA STABBING CAsE.-James Woodland, the young sailor who is charged with cutting and wounding Edwin Ensmearen, at the Sailor's Home, was again placed in tbe dock. — The police applietl for a further remand until Saturday, wilen it is expected that toe prosecutor, who is now very much better, will be able to attend and give evidence.-The Bench granted the application, and prisouer was remanded accord- ingly. MONDAY- [Before J. C. Fowler (Stipendiary), T. Cook Davies, and L. Tulloch, Esqrs.] HER 59TH APPEARANCE.—Dorcas Carr, who had been locked up before 58 times, mishehaveJ herself attain in the Strand, on the 29th November. She wished to be imprisoned, and P.C. Smith (it) gratitied her desire. The Bench cornmitteJ her for a month. Prisoner, on leliving the <:oek, said" Thanks. n A DANGEROUS -.}latthew Thomas, haulier, Grorseinou, was convicted un the evidence of P.C. Burnett, for being drunk while in charge uf a horse and cart in High-street, on tuo 29th X ovember, anJ was tilled £ 1, or 10 davs. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—James Hassett, labourer, Strand, was charged with being drunk and dis"rLlerly on the platform of the Grea'' Western Railway Station, High-street, on the 29th November. Prisoner, it was proved, was very riutous in his conti net, and kicked Robert James, a town porter. PIned 106. illduding costs, or seven days.-Emilia Smoulding (5.2), Tontine-street, was charged witl1 being drunk and disorderly iu tbe Strand, on the 20th November. P.C. Smith (71) proved the case.-Fined LOs. including eosts, or seven days.-David Francis (221, J1>mes-street, was charged witb a similar offence in Waterloo-street, on Sunday. P.C. Lloyd gave evidence, and prisoner was iiued 10s or seven days.J ohn Harris, labourer, I 31, Orchard-street, was charged by P.S. Gardner with a like offence ill St. Helen's-road, on the th November, and was fined IUs. and costs, or seven days. HEGGING.-Edward Miles, a stalwart young labourer of 19, was charged with begging in Watkin-street, on the 29th November. P.C. Rosser said he fOlllld 7jd. in the prisoner's possession, The man said he had been employed at the Mannesman Steel Works, and he was remanded until to- morrow for enquiries to be made. A BAD ME:\IORY.-Wm, Murray, 37, Brynmelin-street, had no recollection of being drunk in Walter-road, on the 21st 50vember, but P.C. Reardon eame to tbe assistance of his memory, amI the Bench fined defendant os. and costs. A SAD CASE.-Albert Powe. confectioner, College-street, was chargell with assaulting Eliza, his wife, UIl the 22nd November. Mr. Slater appeared for the eomp1ainant; :\1r. Leeder defended. Complainant said that on the day named she went to the next public-house but one (the Whyndham Arms) for a bottle of lemonade, and on her return to the shop she came in contact with her husband who struck her across the shop, inflicting marks upon ber filce. and also Upùll her arms, which she beld up in self-defence.-By Mr. Leeder My husband has cautioned me about leaving the sbop. He has not warned me against going into We Whyndhain Arms. I have not been in the habit of going there at all hours of the day. I know a young mall named" Harry," aged 17, living at tbe Whyndham. On Thursday week I met him as the Pavilion I was in a box with my servant, and" Harry" came into the uox. I have been out since with him and the servant. I told my husband I had been to the" Fulton." I admit that was not true.- By Mr. Slater I made no arrangement to meet" Harry" at the Pavilion. I went to the Whyndbam for refreahruents.-Mr. Leeder admitted the assault, anJ sought to justify it. On the (jay in question his client was in tbe Market, and was informed tbat his wife was ..ut, and. hall left tbe shop to take care of Høelf. The hlJ8fiud entered the shop at .5.;)0, and finding no one there, he went for his wife, who presently came in, aud It was clear to him that she had been drinking. This had all been brought about by jealousy. Defendant had reason to suspect the fidelity uf bis wife, whose conduct nad become commou property with a certain class of people. However, defendant deuied having struck her with his tist. Complainant was the mother of five children, and this was how she conducted herself. -The Stipendiary said this was a sad case of a wife in a good position accusing her husband of chastising her. Such chastisement was not to be thonght ùf or tolerated, and was inexcusable, although the"e might be palliating circumstances. Defendant, in this case, W 'uld be fined £ 4, or 21 days. CHARGE OF SUNDAY DRINKING.—WM. Harris, Brewers' Arms, Orange-street, was summoned for selling intoxicating drinks on Sunday, the 23rd November. Mr. Bennett (Deputy- Town Clerk) prosecuted Mr. Slater defended.-P.C:s Burnett and Lewis gave evidence. The constables visited tbe house at 12.50 p.m., and found in the smoking-room ten men, four of whom were described as lodgers, and tre others as travellers, but the police, after making enquiries, were not satisfied as tu their bona jides.-Mr. Slater, referring to the cases of three men who had been summoned for illegal presence, saiJ the police had acted properly in reporting the case, but he had an explanation to offer in defence, If these men had entered their nawes in the travellers' book, and had also g1ven to the landlord the information tbey gaveito the police, he (the landlord) would have served tbem, bnt owing to the police coming in quickly, the men were not served. The eencl:1 ruled that the onus rested.upon the landlord, who was called and saill the taps leaked during the night, which accounted for the liquor found by the polk-e on the counter.-The Bench considered tbat the defendant haJ not used reasonable and proper precautions, and fined him 50s. and costs.-Richard Jeffreys and Wm. Davies, Cwmbwrla, were then summoned for beiu" upon the premises. P.C. Burnett said these men refused to give any account of themselves. They were fined 20s. each including costs. THK BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.-Elizaloeth Evans, landlady of the Imperial Hotel, Plasmarl, was summoned for permitting drunkenness upon her licensed premises, on the ::2nd ult.- Inspector T. Jones stated that on the evening in question, at 25 minutes past ten, he went into the room at the back of the bar, and found there, asleep, very drunk and almost incapable, a man who lived about 100 yards from the house. The land- lady, on being spoken to, said she was very sorry, and it should not occur again. She also added that she was leaving the house shortly.-Mr. Robinson Smith, for the defendant, argued that as the drunken man went into the house intoxicated, au,1 was not there supplied with drink-he entering unawares- defendant cou1d not be properly charged with this offence.- John Thomas, a young labourer, living at 1,135, Neath-road, the man found upon the premises, was summuned for the offence. He said he was served at other houses than the Imperial, and passing that house, homeward, and hearing singing, he entered and fell asleep.-This defendant was fined 10s., including costs, or 7 days, and with regard to the landlady, the Bench gave her the benefit of the doubt, raised by the statement made on her behalf, and dismissed the summons. CHARGE OF PERMITTING DRUNKENNEss.-WilJiam Parkin, licensed victualler, Shades public-house, Salubrious-passage, was summoned for permitting drunkenness on his licensed premises, and also for selling intoxicating liquor, on Sunday 23rd ult.-P.C. Lewis (69), said that on visiting this house he found in the bar parlour, four men with glssses before them, and these men said they had come from Aiorriston. In the bar he found two men, Smith and Adams, both of whom were drunk, especially Adams, who was helpless and asleep, and both had pint measures upon the table before them. Witness drew the landlord's attention to seven men in the smoke room, whom the landlord described as old travellers." They had before them pints, blues, and glasses containing beer. The landlord put Smith and Adams secretly out of the snug door. -P.C. Burnett corroborated.-P.S. Bowden said he had been unable to serve summonses upon the men found without reasonable excuse, upon the premises, they having given false addresses.-Defendant was called to give evidence. He said bis wife was ill upstairs, and he (witness) was attending to the business. He gave explanations as to the presence of the men m tbe house, and tbe barmaid, Miss Stephens, corroborated. They swore that all the visitors were asked whether they were bona fide travellers or not. and that every reasonable precaution was taken.-A lodger in the 8hades, named William Clarke, was called, and denied the allegation that Smith and Adams were drunk.—P.C. Lewis (re-called) said Adams was helplessly drunk, and Smith staggering drunk.-P.C. Burnett (re-called) said he also had not the sllghest doubt as to the drunkenness of the men.-The Stipendiary announced that he would give his decision to-morrow (Tuesday) morning.-Mr. Miller (deputy- town clerk) prosecuted in this case, and Mr. Robinson Smith defended. TUESDAY. [Before the Stipendiary, Thos. Freeman (ex-Mayor), W. Stone, David Jones, and W. Watkins, STEALING CLOTH.-A respectable-looking man, named Howell, was found guilty of dtealinlt a piece of broadcloth, of tbe value of 17s. 9d., the property of Mr. Edwards, draper, Oxford-street. The man was employed on the premises from which he stole the cloth, antI afterwards pawned it, which act led to his apprehension. The defence was a very lame one, that he had bought the cloth of a man in Wind-street.- Defendant was sent to prison for one month with hard labour. DI80RDERLY.-Joseph Jarvis, of Cwm-road, was fined 5s. for being drunk in High-street on the previous evening.- Elizabeth Moss was fined 2s. 6d, and costs for being drunk in High-street. ABU8IVE LANGUAGE.-Annie Hatherton, a respectable married woman, was summoned by Elizabeth Hicks, of St. Thomas, for using abusive language towards her. The parties were neighbours, and the language used was alleged to be very gross and disgusting. Defendant was fined 20s. and costs, or ten days. Defendant, who strongly denied the charge, elected to go to prison. WAGES CLAIM.-A painter named Freeman Martin claimed a sum of £ 1 17s. 6d., as wages due to him from John Morris, Loughor. After hearing the evidence, the Bench ordered tha amount to be paid with costs. CAUTION TO NEWS Boys.-Elias Tolly, of Pottery-street, was summoned for allnwing his boy, Richard Tolly. Uyears of age, to sell newspapers in the streets, at a late hour, on the 22nd November. P.C. 15 proved the case, statinl that the boy was shouting in the streets as late as nearly 11 o'clock. The mnther appeared, and promising that the boy should not do so again, the lad was reprimanded and discharged, the Stipendiary warning those parents who sent their children out late at night to sell papers that they were subject to a penalty of £ 5, FALSE PRETENCES.—Reginald Gent (34), seaman, was sum- moned for obtaining 2s. 6d. from Benjamin Thomas Williams, with intent to defraud, also with obtaining a quantity of liver, of the valua of 9d„ from Messrs. Eastman, also with intent to defraud. Committed for trial to the Quarter Sessions. CAUTION TO LANDLORDS.—Wm. Parkin, landlord of The Shades," was summoned for a bre.ich' of the Sunday Closing Act, and with permitting drunkenness on his premises. Tile case was gone into the preceding day, and only adjourned for the Stipendiary to consider his decision, who now said that the two Alen spoken of were drunk, and that tLe other men, or most of them were not bona fide travellers, except the two sailors. l'he defendant had not taken proper precautions, aud kept no travellers' book. For permitting drunkenness, the defendant was filled £ 4 and costs, and for keeping his house open, £1 and costs—a total of £7 3s. For being unlawfully present, two of the men were each tined 10s. WEDNESDAY. [Before Drs. J. G. Hall and J. Paddon and Colonel Morgan. JuviNILE THEFT.—David Jones, aged 12, living at the Graig, Morriston, was charged with stealing a Waltham silver watch, and gold Albert chain, valued at £ t>. from the waistcoat pocket of Gwilym Morgan.-The complainant, a youth, said he lived at the Swan Inn, Morriston. On Monday he was playing football in Llewellyn Park. He took off his coat and waistcoat to play. Up-m the waistcoat was a watch and chain. Presently, complainant went to put on bis clothes, and missed the watch and chain. Witness saw prisoner near his clothes. The same evening he went to prisoner's house, but failed to find him.- Mr, Jacobs, pawnbroker, Plasmarl, deposed to handing the wiitch and chain (produced) to P.C. WiHi tms. The articles were brought to his shop by a lad who gave the name of Samuel John, and said he had been sent by his brother, who was outside, and who turned out to be the prisoner. Prisoner, in replv to questions put to him, said the watch belonged to his father, who could not come to the shop, as he was ill. Witness retained possession of the watch, and instructed prisoner to fetch his mother. He did not return, however, and witness handed the articles to the police.—P.C. Williams gave evidence as to the arrest of the prisoner, who made no reply when charged with the theft.—He pleaded guilty, and was ordered to raceive ten strokes with the birch rod. ALLEGED ASSAULT.-John Gower, rollerman, Morriston, was summoned for assaulting Watkin Owen, on the 26th inst.— The parties had a dispute in the Midland Works, at which they are employed. Complainant appeared with a scar on his face, which it was alleged was caused by defendant striking him with a pair of tongs.—The Bench, after hearing the evidence, dis- missed the case. TRESPASSING UPON CLYNE COMMON.—Gwilym Davies and Andrew Thorne, Bishopstone, were summoned for havin¡¡;, on the 16th ult., unlawfully committed a trespass in search of conies upon Clyne Common, the property of his Grace the Duke of Beaufort; they were also charged with trespassing upon lands adjoining in the occupation of Wm. Graham Vivian, Esq.-Mr. Robinson Smith prosecuted Mr. G!asbrook Richards defended.—This case was adjourned for the summons to be amended from "in search of game" to "in search of conies." —Mr. Robinson Smith, referring to the remarks of Mr. G. Richards on the last occasion, as to the claim of defendants to he copy-holders of the m nor in which the Common was situated, said he did not know what the defenæ could possilJly be, because it was a matter of common knowledge that commoners hMI a right only to the herbage, and never to game or rabbits. —Frederick Gulliver, Mr. Graham Vivian's head gamekeeper, repealed his evidence, wllÎeh was to the effect that he saw defendants, with sticks in their hands, kicking the gorse, from which they disturbed a rabbit, and then sent after it a lurcher dog. Clyne Common belonged to the Duke of Beaufort, and Mr. Graham Vivian had the right of shooting over the Common. —Further evidence, given by Mr. Vivian's bailiff, showed that defendants refused to allow Gulliver to search them, or to receive tbeir names. They said they had as much right as Mr. Vivian to shoot over the Corn mon.-Mr. Glcisbrook Richards, for the defence, maintained that defendants had a right to be upon the Common, and denied that they went there on purpose to get rabbits. The dog was not with the defendants, but with some children, aud there was nothing iu the nature of search- ing for conies. The case was a paltry one, as defendauts wer", only looking after their cattle upon the Common. The dog, which was alleged to have ran after the rabbit, was brought into the Court, and at the suggestion of Dr. Paddon, was placed upon the table for the magistrates to have a closer inspection. Mr. Glasbrook Richards contended that the dog was used as a sheep dog, and would not catch a rabbit. Mr. Smith thought differently-that the dog was a lurcher, and the magistrates' clerk said he would be sorry for a rabbit that came in its way. Mr. Richards would lay six to four on the rabbit. Mr. Smith said it the dog was his, and would not catch a rabbit, he would shoot it. (Laughter.)—Two brothers of the defendant Thorne gave evidence for the defence. Their father was also called, and said that on this day he sent out his sons for the cattle.—The Bench, atter a short retirement, decided that the case had beeu proved, and fined defendants is. each, with costs, Jei 4s. 3d.
.a STRIKES AND THEIR COST.
.a STRIKES AND THEIR COST. It has been said that among the matters which will have to be taken into account by the historian who deals with the present age co-operation and strikes will occupy a prominent position. The latter have, perhaps, attained their prominence mainly in consequence of the principle of co-operation underlying trades unionism, and a con- nexion may thus be said to subsist between the two. But what is understood 9S the co-operative movement has, of course, aims entirely distinct from those of the unions. This distinction was clearly brought out by Judge Hughes, in an encouraging address to the co- operators at the Crystal Palace, when he implored his hearers to pay no heed to the syren songs of brand-new or old-revived nostrums for setting the world right,— the songs of State Socialists or new trade unionists." The report of the Labour Correspondent of the Board of Trade, which has just been published, states that there were strikes at no fewer than 3,164i establishments during 1889, "67 per cent. being for advanced wages. Now, although a large proportion of these latter were successful,-48.3 fully, and 31'5 partially,—it is shown that the average loss to each individual in wages while the strike lasted amounted to about B3 5s. This is equivalent to Is. 3d. per week for a twelvemonth, and, as the strikes committees and trades unions expended a further sum of .£63,636 in support of the men, it certainly discounts the success considerably. Never- theless. the fame of this same success seems to be inducing destitute workers from various quarters to flock to our shores. Only last week a batch of 300 Polish Jews arrived to swell the already crowded ranks, allured by the assurance that work is plentiful and well paid for in this country. Some twenty of the strikes of 1889 were what have been termed sympathetic strikes,—and this year they have, unfortunately, been still more numerous. The spectacle of trade after trade being called out to show their sympathy with entirely different industries by thus bringing additional pressure to bear upon employers is becoming very common, and proving very irritating and vexatious, says The Builder. It cannot but be regarded as fortunate that the great Australian strike, which pro- ceeded on this method, ended in disastrous^failure for the principle is mischievous, and causes universal uncertainty, mistrust and uneasiness, thus putting a restraint upon commercial enterprise. It is to be hoped that similar attempts at coercion" in this country will meet with a similar fate, and that strikes of this nature may not figure so largely in the returns next year as they will in this.
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♦ WANT OF VENTILATION IN CHURCHES AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS. On Friday of last week a bazaar was held in the Grange Free Church, Edinburgh, the proceeds of which are to be applied in providing accommodation for ladies who may faint during the time of service. It is to be inferred, therefore, that fainting is a common occurrence amongst the ladies of this congregation when in church. This is not to be attributed to anything sensational in the service, but to the bad ventilation of the building. The interior is fitted up with cumbrous galleries, the object having been to provide sittings for the utmost possible number of persons within a given space, the consequence being that the air becomes speedily vitiated, and fresh air cannot be admitted in sufficient quantity without producing draughts. This is only one of many instances, says The Builder, of the absurd fatuity with which churches, concert-halls, and other public buildings are crammed fuller and fuller without it even occurring to anyone, apparently, to reflect that each fresh person introduced means so much greater consumption of oxygen. This they are left to find how they can, and then women faint (and sometimes men also) from sheer want of air to breathe.
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MEETING AT THE SWANSEA TRAINING…
MEETING AT THE SWANSEA TRAINING COLLEGE. A CLERGYMAN'S ADVICE TO THE STUDENTS. On Friday evening, a meeting of the students of the Swansea Training College, Nelson-terrace, was held under the presidency of Mr. Philip Rogers. There was a fair attendance of the general public, among those present being the Rev. Eli Clarke, Rev. B. J. Binns, Dr. Ebenezer Davies, Mr. D. Williams (Principal of the College), Mr. S. P. Wills, &c. The proceedings were opened by the students singing, after which the chairman called upon the Rev. Eli Clarke to deliver his address. The Rev. gentleman, in the course of a very interesting and practical address, which was most attentively listened to, said :—I do not know what estimate you young students have placed upon the profession of your choice; a very high onr, I hope. You cannot place too high a value upon it, for it is a profession which ranks among the highest ministries of life. Your work, as teachers, is so important that it has awakened the interest, and I may add the enthusiasm, of the whole nation. Political parties are widely divided on almost all other subjects, but not so much on this. Oa this great platform they stand shoulder to shoulder, and work together for the common good of all. If there is any rivalry, it is not to advance this or that party in the State, but to deepen the interest, and to quicken the zeal of both, to produce the best results in National Education. That is why the members of this Swansea Traiaing College Committee pull so well together. We all agree that a sound elementary education is laden with benedictions both for the children themselves and for the natiun at large. The harmonious feelmg which reigns over all our committee meetings is perennial. We may not agree, and probably we never shall, on the subject of our respective churches, as to what discipline shall be observed, what order carried out, and what creeds shall be received. We have a right to differ, but no right to be unfriendly. We shall never all agree to arrange our- selves around the crystal fountains of the Baptists, to be saturated with the silvery spray borne to us from their baptismal waters. Nor shall we ever all agree to become passengers in the express train of Congrega- tionalism, of which the oracle of Walter-road Cathedral has recently proved himself to be so worthy a conductor. Nor shall we ever agree to sit beLleath the sheltering branches of the Wesleyan cedar-tree to listen to pretty stories of individual experiences of life's battle, and to sit and sing ourselves away to everlasting bliss." Nor shall we all agree to go over the sea of life in the great ship of Caivinistic Methodism, notwithstanding she has a good and able crew, captained by the patriarch of Argyle. Neither are we all likely to arrange ourselves under the flag of "Gener al'' Booth, to beat tambourines and to blow big drums, accompanied by the blast and counter-blast of the Salvationist musician. Well, I say we cannot all agree on these points—and I am by no means sure that it is desirable that we should—but why do we, who differ so widely from each other on religious points, agree so thoroughly on this? Because the ministry of teaching the young is so essential to the well-being of life, aud the prosperity and stability of the nation at large. Education has already done a great and a wonderful work—as recent statistics will show—but it has yet a great and a wonderful mission to accomplish. The prevalence 01 vice amongst the lower strata of society is such an awful factor, that I consider religion, apart from education, would be powerless to grapple with this monster of evil. The breach between the rich and the poor is widest where there is the least education. The vice, which is the worst in form and effect, finds its home where there is the least education. The filthiest streams which pollute the young mind at the very beginning of its career are found in those dens of darkness wnere there is the least education. And therefore in the same ratio in which we can bring home this great civiliziug power to these untaught masses, such will be the pro- portion of our increased civilization, and, I hope, moral improvement also. It is on this broad basis that I would heartily support, not only the education given in our national, or denominational schools, but also that which is imparted in our great board schools. If in the latter there is the abseuce of that direct religious teaching (which I firmly believe to be so important to complete the education of the child), yet I rejoice that the educa- tion which he is receiving is so helpful to him that I would not allow my preference for a religious (as well as a secular education) to thrust me into opposition with a system which has done, and is still doing, a good work in elementary education throughout the country. Having taken up too much time, I fear, in trying to show you the importance of your ministry as teachers, let me now say a few words to you about your needs for tha profession you have chosen, and these I take to be three- fold (1) Mental (2) Physical (3) Moral. First, Mental,, by which I mean that training and developmeut of the mental capacity, which is necessary to make you good and successful teachers, and what I have already said on the importance of teaching, as a beneficent ministry, will help you to understand how assential it is that your mental training for the work should be ■ thorough. Some of you will soon be leaving us to commence your important work, and thoroughly" is the word which expresses the manner in which we all wish vou to carry out your duties. The quality of thoroughness is the only one which will pass the keen eye of Her Majesty's Inspector, and be accepted by the Education Department, and without this quality,, you may depend upon it, your failure is foredoomed. Need I tell you what I mean by this word thoroughness ? I mean an aptitude for being practical and real. The application of the mind is careful, painstaking to accomplish the duty in hand. I believe that thorough- ness," in almost all departments of work, both of the body and of the mind, is one of the great wants of the age. Too many people think of quantity rather than quality. But I have to say a few words about physical training. While I lay great stress upon the claims of mental education for your work, would not on any account sacrifice the health of ihegbedy to that of the mind- Let us stick to the old mott»«f a sound mind in a sound body.. What is our duty with reference to this great question of physical education ? I answer, the careful consideration of the laws of health. I take it that this is one of the first duties of the executive under whose roof you dwell. I desire to lay great stress on the importance of physical exercise. All experience which is worth having goes to show that adequate exercise is absolutely necessary to produce the highest state of vitality in the body; and the brain being part of the body, participates in its increased power (..0 the doctors tell us), and therefore it is most unreasonable to expect a healthy vigorous brain without a well-constituted body and, of course,, the converse is also true. Please to place this great truth in your memory, and try to carry it out, not only now in your college life, but also when you are teachers, that among the great laws of health that of habitual and systematic physical exercise is of the highest importance to health. By moral training I mean, of course, that training which relates to moral practices, moral duties ethics, manners of conduct, virtue, uprightness, purity, chastity, integrity. I need not tell you how important all these things are for anyone, especially for those who hold responsible positions in hfe. In your profession as teachers, these virtues stand forth among your most pressing needs. They are materials which make up character, and character—I mean that kind of character which will help you iu the day of your necessity—is built up, not by spasmodic efforts, but by long and careful painstaking, both in word and deed. Lacordaire tells us that Human character is composed of three elements. The intelligence, the seat of its thoughts the heart, the seat of its feelings; and the will, the seat of its resolutions." In actual work you will feel—as all good people feel who have an important ministry to iultil-how necessary these things are to help you. One of the great objects of your presence in this College is" net only to train your mind and body, but also to devalop the faculty of morality. You are here to sharpen your sickles, to collect material and force for your work. You will need patience, and a large stock of it too. Patience with stupid managers, with grumbling, interfering parents, with pupil teachers committed to your care,, patience with the children whom you must first learn to love before you can successfully teach. You will find that the advance of some children will be slow and halting, by others swift and hopeful, and you will want patience with the former, it will be so difficult to get them on. Give them your patient consideration. Consideration is the offspring of love. Do not be in too much of a hurry with them. Better do a little well than a great deal imperfectly. Make haste slowly. Let patience guide you. The sister of a clergyman said she could never make the boys in her Sunday class under- stand the difference between their Spiritual pastor and their ghostly enemy. As often as she asked them Who is your ghostly enemy?" they replied, The vicar, Miss." And "Who is your Spiritual pastor?" "The devil, Miss." There is nothing but patience and plodding to help the dull scholars. Be hopeful, for you will need this virtue. Do not allow your hearts to be invaded by discouragements. The germ-life of the good seed which you sow in reliance upon God will, under the congenial iufluenoes of heaven, strike deeply into the uncongenial soil of these young hearts, and grow and blossom into sweet flowers, which shall shed a fragrance upon the desert wilderness. The Rev. B. J. Binns proposed a hearty vote of thanks to the Rev. Eli Clarke for his admirable, interesting and instructive address. They had had the privilege of hear- ing a great many addresses on similar occasions, and knowing that it was not polite to draw distinctions and comparisons between one address and another, he knew they would all agree with him that they had seldom if ever listened to one which was so valuable and so practical as that just delivered by the Rev. Mr. Clarke. It fully exceeded his (Mr. Binns's) expectations, and he hoped those students who were about to leave the College would practice the lessons which it sought to teach them. Education had suffered greatly in the past through the lack of mental, moral and physical training on the part of the teachers. Pretenders had set themselves up as teachers, but who were unable to teach, and the rSbults were injurious. It was important that they sho.uld have trained, cultivated and efficient teachers of both sexes. Female teacherB were rising in importance year by year. Sixty per cent of the certificated elementary teachers of this country were females, and their work was a great one. There were certain encouragements which the teachers of the present day met, but which the old teachers never saw. The attendance of scholars had been made compulsory, and all the teachers bad to do was to see that they were properly taught during school hours. There was another advantage which teachers now had—public estimation. Their work was more highly thought of, and schoolmistresses, as a profession, were more esteemed now than in the past. The profes- sion was rising in public importance, and people were beginning to think that the country could not do without the services of able and experienced teachers. This ought to serve.to encourage the young ladies he saw before him to go on in the career which they had chosen, and which promised such useful and glorious results. The emoluments were also increasing, and were much higher now than some years ago. He hoped those students who were about to leave the College would carry away with them a recollection of the time they had spent there—that they would do their best to speak a good word for the College, and that they would endeavour to enlist more sympathy for it and prepare their scholars to pass the examinations with credit and success. They wanted students in the College who had been well grounded before they came there. This had been unfortunately neglected in the past, but he hoped the teachers who were about to leave would remedy the defect. Mr. S. P. Wills seconded the motion, and referred to the Rev. Eli Clarke's continued attendance at the College meetings. Dr. Jilben. Davies supported. He said they must all admit that Mr. Clarke had struck out a new line in his address, and had displayed an amount of individuality and originality iu his remarks which had been extremely interesting. He quite agreed with him that it was important to train physically, for by improving the body they also improved the mind. The day's work should be commenced with a good breakfast, of which porridge should be the first course. Tea should be avoided as much as possible, especially strong tea. It was doing unmixed mischiet. The motion was carried with acclamation. The Rev. Mr. Clarke briefly and suitably returned thanks. The Chairman proposed a hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Williams, the Principal of ths College. Dr. Ebenezer Davies seconded, and said the College owed a debt of gratitude to Mr. Williams which it could not well repay. Mr. Williams had evinced considerable interest in the work, and their best thanks were due to him. The proposition was carried nem. con., and with applause. Mr. Williams responded, and in doing so referred in eulogistic terms to the teachers in the College. Mr. Williams proceeded to give some very useful advice to the students. Teachers, he said, should be possessed of patience. He believed the majority of teachers who were not successful were wanting in patience. They broke down on that one point, whereas if they only studied it they would be capital teachers. A number of the students were about to leave them, and they would take with them the good will of everyone connected with the College. On the whole, their conduct had been very satisfactory. In conclusion, Mr. Williams moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Philip R jgers, who, he said, made an excellent chairman. The Rev. B. J. Binns seconded, and it was carried. The Rev. Eli Clarke proposed a vote of thauks to Miss Rodwell, Miss Hendey, Miss Williams, Miss Thomas, &c., the teachers in the College. Mr. S. P. Wills seconded, and it was carried with enthusiasm. The meeting shortly afterwards terminated. ♦
jSWANSEA BOARD OF GUARDIANS.
SWANSEA BOARD OF GUARDIANS. The weekly meeting of the Swanssa Guardians was held on Monday morning. Present, Sir John T. D. Llewelyn (Chairman), and Messrs. E. R. Daniel, Philip Rogers (vice-chairmen), Rees Harries, Llewellyn Davies, Edward Roberts, Philip Jenkins, Seymour Arthurs, David Oweit, F. H. Glyn Price, John Griffiths, William Simms, E. C. Preece. Thomas Jones, D. Jones Powell, William Evans, and Stephen Thomas. The Clerk (Mr. Baker Haynes) read the minutes, which were confirmed. Mr. Philip Jenkins presented the report of the Visiting Committee to the Workhouse. It stated that every. thing was clean and satisfactory, and recommended that fresh bedsteads be obtained, and the children provided with interesting books. The Chairman said that about twelve months ago a number of bedsteads were ordered, and it was thought they would be sulScient for some time to come. Were the old ones worn out or was the number of paupers in- creasing? Mr. Philip Jenkins said he was assured by the matron that 40 new bedsteads were urgently needed, as the legs of the old ones were worn away and tore the flooring when moved. New clothing was also nece^ary. He did not know what difference there was in the number of paupers last November, as cempared with November this year. He thought it had increased. The Chairman said the number of paupers in the Work- house on November 26th, 1886, was 408, as compared with 361 on November 26th, 1890. Mr. Llewellyn Davies moved that the matter be re- ferred to Committee. This was seconded and carried unanimously. The Chairman read Mr. J. C. Fowler's report on his visit to the Cottage Homes. It was of a gratifying nature, and urged upon the Guardians the necessity which existed for the purchase of two cows for the Homes. The Chaiman moved that the report he adopted, and re. commended that the purchase of the cows be left to Mr. John Davies (Login). The report was adopted andlthe recommendation agreed to. On the suggestion of Mr. Philip Jenkins, it was decided to receive tbe Vacination Committee's report at the next meeting of the Guardians. This was all the business of public impoartnce.
MEMORIES OF OLD SWANSEA.
MEMORIES OF OLD SWANSEA. THE LIVELY SCHOOLBOYS OF LONG AGO. [BY PETRUS CAMBRENSI8.] WHY don't you interview Dr. Hall, and give us some of his memories of old Swansea," asked one of the jovial diners at the complimentary banquet to the good Doctor some few weeks ago. I put the suggestion into the pocket of my memory, and when some time afterwards I met the genial Doctor, I proceeded in cold blood to ask him a few questions as to the Swansea of his early days. With that kindness of heart and courtesy which never fail him, Dr. Hall was good enough to reply to all the queries which it occurred to me affbfeajnoment to put to him. And this is roughly the result:— "What was the condition of the old Manor House when you were a boy ?" "The Manor House, or the Place House, stood on the piece of ground now enclosed by the angle of Goat- street and Temple-street. It was encircled by an old wall, and in one of the back parts of the building an old man used to live in a sort of hovel. The front of the Place House, which was then in a very ruinous condition, faced Lower Gower-street, and I, as a small boy, used to be very much afraid to pass the ruins after nightfall. There were tales about ghosts haunting the place; but there was something more fearful still, in the person of an old man named Grove, whom the boys used to annoy, but who used to revenge himself for the annoyance they gave him. Many times have I gone a long way round to reach home without passing the old Manor House." n What was the state of the old Gore House in Upper Goat-street?" O that was an old tumble-down whitewashed building, in which a washerwoman lived. It looked as if it had once been a pretty good building, but it was gone very much to decay." Where was the Free School or Grammar School held then ?" The Grammar School was held in the house which is now occupied conjointly by Admiral Stroud and Mr. W. H. Francis, at the foot of Mount Pleasant." The late Col. George Grant Francis speaks of the Ban Caer, or what is now called Bunker's Hill, where the fine Wesleyan Chapel stands on the corner of Upper Goat-street and College-street. What occupied that site in your boyhood ? Oh there was a Wealeyan Chapel there—an older and smaller structure than the present one." "There were other schools in the town, I suppose, be- sides the Grammar School?" Yes There was Harmsworth's School in High- street, where part of the Cameron Arms Hotels now stands." A good school ? Yes, a very good school." Superior or inferior to the Grammar School ?" About equal, I should say, only the head-master of the Grammar School used to take boarders as well as day scholars." Which was the larger school ? They were about the same, and (a.dded the Doctor, with a twinkle in his eye) the boys used to fight! Whenever one of the Grammar School boys met one of Harmsworth's boys there used to be a row, and the half- holidays were spent sometimes in contests on a larger scale. The play-ground of the Grammar School boys used to be on a field situated where Grove place and Belle Vue-street now stand. In Dynevor-place there was a row of very low houses, and the more mischievous of the boys used to throw stones up into the air in such a way that they would fall down the chimneys of the cottages. This provoked a never-ending feud between the cottagers and the boys on their way to school. Many a one was chased, and frequent were the threatenings to duck the scholars in the open stream which then ran down the hill and along Dynevor-place in front of the present Inland Revenue Offices." "Who were your school-fellowa while you were at the Grammar School ? The present Lord Aberdare was one of them. He was one of the elder boys, and I remember him officiating under the Head Master's orders at a flogging." Did he wield the birch ? "0, no! He and another scholar had to hold the offender while the Master plied the birch himself. And long practice had made him a good hand at using it." Where was the school held—in the red brick house as it stands at present ? No, no; in a building at the back. It has been pulled down long since. I believe." Who were the champions among the fighting boys of that time ? "There is one of them alive in Swansea now-not a very stout or strong, but still a pugnacious fellow, Mr. I remember a school boy's battle ia which he undertook to knock a new idea or two into a big lubberly fellow who came from West Cross." Where did the contest take place ? "In that quiet side road or lane leading from Mount Pleasant to the former school house." How did the battle terminate ? 0! one of the ushers came by and separated the com- batants, and we all decampcd." "Those were happy days—the days of bovhood, Doctor Ah, yes! fairly happy; but we had our troubles, like all boys, at all times."
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THE EX-MAYOR OF SWANSEA ON…
THE EX-MAYOR OF SWANSEA ON CAPITAL AND LABOUR. WHAT MASTERS AND MEN SHOULD DO. On Monday evening the ex-Mayor of Swansea, Alderman Thomas Freeman, was the recipient of a beautifully illuminated address, the spontaneous gift of the workmen of the Villier's Spelter Works, of which Mr. Freeman is the managing director. The presenta- tion took place in the large club-room of the Landore Coffee Tavern, and there was a fairly good attendance of workmen from the Villier's and Clayton Works. Mr. Daniel Williams was elected Chairman, and among those present were Alderman Freeman, Mrs. Freeman, Coun- cillors W. Watkins (Thomas, Watkins and Jenkins), Jas. Howell, and Messrs. W. Cox (solicitor), W. Williams (Wern), Morgan Harry, W. Hoseah, D. R. Lewis (Plasmarl), T. Jones (Morriston), R. Williams, T. Phillips, W. Samuel, J. L. Owen, Dr. Williams, &c. The Chairman, in opening the meeting, expressed the great pleasure it afforded him to be present. He spoke in high praise of Alderman Freeman, who, he said, was a man who acted honourably with his workmen, whose sympathy and good feeling he had won. He had risen from the ranks to his present proud position, and as Mayor of Swansea he had set his colleagues an ex- ample which they should try to emulate. Alderman Freeman was a thorough Welshman, and was an honour to Wales. Mr. DI. Thomas then presented Alderman Freeman witn the address, which read as follows Anerchiad €r Henadur Thomas Freeman, Y.H., Brynhyfryd, Abertawy, oddiwrth ei Weithwyr yn Ngvjaith Spelter y Villiers. ANWYL SYB,Mae y cysylltiad agos sydd wedi bod rhyngom a cllwi am gynifer o flynyddoedd bell ch—y cvfleusderan lluosog a gawsom er dyfod i adnabyddiaeth o honoch—y syniadau uchel a goleddir yn ein plith am danoch fel dyn, meistr, dinesydd a boneddwr Cristionogol—ac mae yr ysbryd iach a'r teimladau dvmunol sydd wedi arfer bodoli rhyngom a chwi, yn gwasgu arnom i wneud datganiad o'r cyfryw mewn ycliydig eiriau yn yr Anerchiad hwn, gan obeithio y derbynir ef yn yr un ysbryd caredig ag y mae yn cael ei gyflwyno. Wrth daflu golwg yn ol dros dymhor lied faith y mae llawer o oonom wedi bod yn eich gwasanaeth, ac wrth feddwl y gallasem, ar lnwer adeg, ddyfod i wrthdarawiad poenus a'n gilydd fel meistra gweithwyr, nis gallwn lai na theimlo fod em llinynau yn yr ystyr hwn, wedi disgyn mewn lleoedd hyfryd, a bod em cysylltiadau gweithfaol wedi bod yn uodedig o gysurus ac nis gallwn lai na phriodoli hyny, mewn rhan helaeth, dan fendith Duw, i'ch gofal, eich pwylI. eich tegweh, a cll uoethineb chwi fel meistr ac arolygydd Yr ydym, bob amser, wedi eich cael yn gyfryw y gallwn ddyweyd ein meddyliau yn rhydd wrthych, ac os digwydd fod genym gwynion, y gallwn yn ddibetrus eu dwyn ger eich bron, gan deimlo yn sier y rhoddir iddynt y sylw a'r ystyriaeth a deilyngani. C'redvvn bod ein buddianau a'n cvsuron ni, fel gweithwyr, yn gorwedd yn agos at eich calon" chwi yr hYD sydd yn peri i ni edrych i fyny atoch, a theimlo ein bod a dan y rhwymau mwyaf i edrych a gofalu na bvddo i'ch buddianau a'ch cysuron chwithau i gael dyoddef oddiar ein dwylaw ninau. Caniatewch i ni, yn mhellach, i'ch llongyfarch yn y modd mwyaf calonog, ar derfyniad eich tymhor fel Maer ein tref. Nid oedd neb a lawenychai yn fwy na nyni yn ngwyneb eich dyrchanad l r gadair hon, na neb yn teimlo yn fwy sicr o'r cychwyn, y llenwid hi yn effeithiol ac yn anrhydeddus genych. Mawr edmygem yr annibyniaeth meddwl, y gwroldeb ysbryd, symledd calon, a'r ymagweddiad dirodres a ddangoswyd genych yn nghyflawniad dvledswyddaa amrywiol y Faeroliaeth ac nis gallem lai na theimla fod eich tref enedigol wedi gosod anrbydedd arni ei hun trwy eich gwahodd a'ch ethol i eistedd yn ei Chadair Lywyddol. Nid oes genym, wrth derfynu, ond dymuno i chwi, a'ch teulu hoff, hir oes, dyfodol dysglaer, a llawer o gysuron; a chan ;fawr hyderu, na ddaw dim i dori nac i aflonyddu ar ein cysylltiadau ninau a chwi fel gweithwyr, am flynyddau lawer. Ydym, Anwyl Syr. Ar ran a thros ein Cydweithwyr, WILLIAM WILLIAMS. WILLIAM BRAZELL. JOHN EVANS. JOHN NEILL. THOMAS WILLIAMS. Tachwedd, 1890. Mr. Brazell, the oldest workmen at the Villier's Spelter Works, said he had been working under Mr. Freeman for 17 years, and had always found him a good and honourable master. (Applause ) Alderman Freeman then rose, and was- loudly applauded. He said it gave him great pleasure to receive such a magnificent address from his workmen. It was a really beautiful and valuable work of art, but far above its intrinsic worth were the sentiments expressed in it. For a master to receive such a presentation from his workmen was highly gratifying, and was a position in which any man might well feel proud. It was now 17 years since they started the Villiers' Spelter Works, and he could assure those present,, most of whom were his workmen, that he appreciated their kind words. The subject of the address brought forth three points- Capital, Labour, and what he had done during the past year in filling the civic chair of the Borough. Capital and Labour were the two greatest powers in our midst-the two great social powers which our lives were dependent ^pon. When we found these two great social powers fighting one against the other, the result was nothing but disorder and misery on all sides but when Capital was taught that it must have Labour, and when Labour had to acknowledge that it was necessary for her comfort to have Capital, then both went on their way rejoicing. This had been demonstrated beyond a doubt in this country on more than one occasion. Some time ago he was in Ireland, and there in one place Capital thought it could do without Labour, and the result was that thousands upon thousands of acres of land remained waste and dormant to the loss of all concerned. In another place Labour thought it could do without Capital, and the result was the same. Poverty and tuisery held the upper hand all round, and the sight was a soiry one. In another place he found things very much different. Capital and Labour went hand in hand together. Peace, prosperity and happiness reigned supreme, and everything went on as merry as a marriage belt" The masters lived in their houses, contented and free from any anxiety, while the workmen and their families were happy and comfortable in their modest but bright homes. (Ap- plause.) So it was when Capital and Labour understood one another everyone wa* happy and contented. When Capital had a reasonable return, Labour should have a fair day's wage for a fair day's work. (Applause.) And that brought him to the next point, that that the management of every concern was aa important position. When a manager had to hold the balance fairly between Capital on the one hand and Labour on the other, they must acknowledge it was a very important position to hold. All he could say was that he bad endeavoured to hold that balance fairly, and he was glad to say that both sides, masters and workmen, had been satisfied with what had been done during the past 17 years. (Applause.) To manage a works was not always a bed of roses," and it had not been so in their case. They had had periods of great depression in their trade, brought about by foreign com- petition. In 1879 they sold their metal for £ 13 5S., ia 1881 £13 10s., and in 1886 £13- 8s. These were very serious times for them. It was no easy matter to steer their vessel clear off the rocks, but it afforded a very good instance of good sense on the part of the workmen and those who represented Capital. He remembered in September, 1886, the men were called together, and told the works could not be carried on for any length of time at the wages they then received. The men readily accepted a reduction, but even after this it was found impossible to carry on the works without great loss. He (Alderman Freeman) stated this to one of the directors of the company, and he said Go on as long as you can keep your head above water. Keep the men in the works as long as possible." (Loud applause.) Another reduction in wages was asked and readily agreed to but the turn soon came, and he thought the men were satisfied with the wages they received and the company with the returns. His policy during the past seventeen years had been more to lead than to drive. He always desired to treat the men in the same manner as he would wish to be treated himself. Reference had been made in the address to his public work daring the past year. He had to thank his workmen a great deal for being able to perform his public duties as he had They had gone on with the work the same, and had given him no cause for anxiety while he was away from them. Thej had assisted him materially to carry out his public duties, and he thanked them heartily. He bad done his best, according to the abilities he possessed, to perform his duties, and he trusted he had not done anything to cause them to blush. He knew he had not pleased all. It was difficult to do that, but he had endeavoured to act according to his conscience. He thanked God he had the courage of his. convictions in carrying out his duties without appealing to the gallery or courting popularity, Wf vJIrs p ed M the day. and did not hold in Airman 1Dg thanked them f°r their kindness, plans™ ernaQ resumed his seat amidst load ap- M^Re^wfn- Davi,esu <oa behalf of the workmen), and Alder ma nFreeman ^c of the directors) eulogised Mr. W. Cox (solicitor) said he was glad to be present to congratulate Mr. Freeman upon the cordial feeling which existed between him and his workmen. In most other works, from all he could learn, such cordiality was conspicuous for its absence. He had known Alderman Freeman for 30 years, and he gave him (Mr. Cox) a start in life seventeen years ago, when he entrusted him with the formation of the Villier's Spelter Co., which was the first important thing he had to do. He had been his kind friend from that moment, and he felt sure he could always rely upon his support and sympathy. The success of both the Clayton and the Villier's Works was due very largely to Mr. Freeman's genius, and his ability to make himself beloved by his workmen. Mr. Owen Williams said it was owing to masters re- fusing to reason with their men that there were so many strikes. Mr. Freeman always listened to his men and reasoned with them—hence the good feeling which existed between him and his workmen. Councillor James Howell said Alderman Freeman was an able manager and a Christian leader. During the short period he (Mr. Howell) had been in the Council he had found Mr. Freeman to be a gentleman who was far above pandering to any|pct or party. (Applause) He was a gentleman who had distinguished himself as an able debater, an able administrator, and a self-made man, and as one who was able to hold his own against any other. Dr. Williams, in a few felicitous remarks, bore testimony to the many sterling qualities which Mr Freeman possessed. He had filled the Civic chair with great honour, an honour which, he believed, could not be eclipsed. •^°h« kn«°I ?;,WatkiDS (Thomas, Watkins and Jenkins) !a- J „ ? Alderman Freeman was the working-man's friend a friend that one could afford to differ with. He urged upon the young men present to follow in the foot- steps of: so worthy and so good a man. urged upon the young men present to follow in the foot. steps of: so worthy and so good a man. *i, t ^om.as Jones (Morriston) also spoke, and a vote of tnanks having been accorded to the Chairman, the proceedings terminated.
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ithnietie5, 4cc. Too often left—The right path. A young lady rese nbles ammunition because the powder is nee. led before the ball. God could not be everywhere, and therefore He made mothers. Old liabbi saying. If matches are nude" in heaven, the sulphur must be im. ported from •' the other The ollly way to spell a Russian or a Polish name is to sneeze three times and SlY" Ski. Grace-" What air w.,s that yon were playing last night ?" Ùi.nra-" A millionaire, and I landed hiIu." It is a wise child that goes out of t'1e room to laugh when the olù man hits his thumb with the hammer. One of the hest cures for ubeslty is to live at a boarciing house where you will be treated like one of the "Tnis bread of yours, ruv dear, is a contradiction of the laws of gravity." "Inde"?" Yes; it's as heavy as lead, but won't go down," 8tran!ler-" Will you tell me, sir, if I am half way to Kilmore. Irishman-" Faith, an'I will, Ü yon will tell me where vuU started from," How much to take me to the cathedr:Ü?" asked a tourist of a hackman. Pat replied, "The meanest man I ever took gave me three shillings." Fair D.) you remember old Lord Grumley?" }bu.[-" So. He died before I was oorn; but you remember him, do you not, Edith ?'' Sl1e-" III Shakespeare fontl" means" fooIisll, He-I< I don't believe the meaning has changed any since his day. I used to rail myself your fond love." •' How are you getting on with your new house?" I have hari to tear it down." hat was the matter?" "It wasn't "built the way my fdends wanted it." 8hr—"George, dear, what do you think onr happiness is chiefly dependent upon ?" He (as his arms steals about her willowy WllÍSt)-" L'pon our surroundings, sweet." A fat man being accosted oy II man to whom he owed money with the words How do you do answered, pretty well I bold my own." And mine too," replied the man. Generositv.—British Workman ("as usual," on Saturday afternUlJn)-" N'errer mlllll (Ine) nevrer mmd, old pal. Yon shall nerrer be withuut a shiliillg so long as I've got sixpence." Call ,wtOII-" Your wife was a perfeet piet.lre at church tilis coning." Ben. E. Dicks (marrie<1 a year and cyuiclli)-" In a modern sense I agree with you, dear boy. The frame cost me just £::3:' How's jour family ?" Pretty well, thank you," "Any of your daughters married y~t ?" "Xo, and I can't under- stand why they don't g., off they use powder enough, goodness knows" Cholly had an idea yesterday." What did he do with it?" "Lust it. He had a cane in his mouth at the time it occurred to him, and befure he could get it out he had forgotten the idea." Tenant-Landlord, our housewall jon ODe side has sprung out about ten feet." Landlonl-" Make yourself easy. Although it probably renders the house that much bigger, do not fear; I will not raise the rent on you." Would you believe," sairl a thriftless young man to a friend, that I had a fortUne in my grasp last evening ?" How so?" asked a friend. "I shook hauds with a girl whose fingers were covered with diamonds." Small builder-" Wel!. DO, sir; I can't say ag I've ever laid a wood-block floor, but I've no doubt it isn't an insurmount- able difficulty. If me and my son here lay our heads together I dessay we'll make a very good block floorin', sir." Perkins-" 8houlà you cUllsider it foolish of me if I decided to change my mind?" Erown-" My dear fellow, quite the reverse. It would be a most advisable step to take, and you .Jllld ve certain to be a gainer by the tran3action." J'ond mamma —" Why, wilat have you in your apron ?" Little daughter (breathlesslrJ-" Üb, manfma, SUch good lock Dotty Dimple's cat had six kittens, allll her mamma would not let her keep but one, so she gave me the uther five." Elderly heiress (sadly)—" No, Mr. Jones, my heart is dead to the tender passion. The only man I ever loved, or could ever love, was killed at the battle of—of—" Mr. Jones (disap- love, was at the battle of-of-" Mr. Jones (disap- pointed awl reaching for his hat)-" Waterloo ?, A Figure of Speech. —Ethel—" Dad, this is my new dress. How ùo you like it ?" Dad-" Oh, I daresay the dress is all right, my girl; it's the figure I object to." And it took him nearly an hour to convince her that he meant the price. A stranger, in a South Western town ill Pennsylval'1ia, claimed to be an antiquary, whereupon old Josh Bugby, who was the villlge oracle, said, "an antikary, is he? WeB, I'm blamed if 11e looks as though he knew one kind of an ant from another He took her fancy when he came; he took her hand he took a kiss; he took no notice of the shame that ¡¡:lowe,1 her happy cheek at this. He took to coming afternoons; he took an oath he'd ne'er deceive he took her bther's silver spoons and after that he took his leave. A Good Customer. -A Frenchwnman, who had lost one of her eleven snns, chaffered with the undertaker about the price Qf the burial, saying-" Sow, look here, sir, you mustn't be too hard with me. I shall he a good customer I've got ten children more." Mrs. tJigntlyer-" What's the matter, Henry! You look downhearted." Mr. Highfiyer-" 1 am almost discouraged. I lliive failed three times, amI am not independently wealthy yet." Mrs. Highflyer Well, dear, fail again. You will sncceed eventually." Bro7."n—" What you really mean that you advocate roarrvi:1go one's deceased wife's sister?" Jones-" Yes, dear I:>ov. Wife's a good thing. Mother-in-law's a bad thing. Two good thing3 anti only one bad thing, you know. It saves the second mother-in-law." Golly Why the deuce don't you sing out the names of the stations clearly?" said au irate railway passenger to an American brakesman who had just delivered himself of the regulation string of unintelligible gibberish. Golly 1" exclaimed that individual, ere's a cove as expects hopera- singers for II brakesman's wlIges Donald, after consuming a little liquid grain, entered a pro- vision shop to purchase a few substantias. On the shopman requesting him to taste a sample of the meal, Donald, tos-ing his head, knowingly, exdaimed-" Na, na she may look Heilan', but she's no sae Gaelic as to put the taste 0' her dram oot her moo' for a taste 0' oatmeal." You see," said Uncle Job, my wife's a cur'ous womaD. She scrimped, and saved, and almost starved all of us to get the parlour furnished nice, and now she won't let one of us go into it, ami hain't even had the window blinds of it open tor a month. She is a woman." Moore records what Lord Ellenoorough said to-the barrister, upon his askwl{, In the midst of a most boring harangue, is it the pleasure of the Court that I should proceed with my state. ment?" Pleasure, Mr. has been out of the question for a long time; but you may proceed." George, dear," she said, with a blush, do you know that; Mr. SampsJn asked me last night to be his wife]" "Well, I like his impudence. The Idea of proposing to an engaged young lady. What didyou say to him V" I told him that I was very sorry indeed, but he was too late. Little Miss Little, seeing a certam friend of the family arrive for dinner, showed her joy by all sorts of affeetionate catwn You are glad when I corne to dinner ? asked the invited ruest, "Oh, ves!" replied the little gIrl. You love me a jlreat deal then r "Oh it isn't for that. But; when you come "e alwa\s have chocolate creams, said tnecnild. Out in Montana the minister began Will you, take this woman to be your wedded wife ?" elf? ?J00m interrupted him as follows :—" Say, Mr. ^»y,er foolin' and get down to bizness. You know I m h to take this lady, an' so what's the use of askin: me Besi e I don t allow nobody to call her a w man. She s a lady, sl;1e.ls. fhe attachment of perfect friendship was exhibite (says Jerdan) by Coleman in the instance of a loving palr or crODles staggering home from thE: tavern, when one tumbled mto the kennel and besought his comrade to belp him up. "Ah, no," hiccupped the true friend, "I am too drunk to do tnat; out, my dear boy, I will lie down by you," which was no sooner saia than done. Be careful, sir called a policeman to a cabman who was speeding bis horse along the street. "What for ?" asked, the driver ag he pulled up. I'll have you up for fast driving. "What is fast driving?" "I say old fellow, take me into Court, won't you ? If you will only get it into the papers that this bos8 was going onr four miles an hour I can sell bim for £ 10. If you will I'll try and help YOq some time." The waiter brin2s a dish of mnshrooms to two diners in whom the sentiment of State pride is well developed. Call those mushrooms ?" says one, contemptuously you ought to see the mushrooms that grow in the country where I come (rom-the great big fellows, as big as dinner plates, that grow at the feet of the trees." In my part of the country," say. iiis companion, proudly, the trees grow at the feet of the mushrooms." Another Young maid carried him to his mother for punishment, Master Jimmy having pinched her in the face SJ severely that it was black and blue. Jimmy, yon've been a very naughty boy, aud you must promise never to pinch Peggy again," sRift his mother. I promise," replied Jimmy wIth. a roguish smile. "Promise what?" asked his mother, Never to pinch Peggy again where it will show," answered JImmy. Well, mUm, I must be afther lavin' yez," annonnced the cook, Whitt do you mean? Why are you going ?'' asked her utonished mistress. I am going to be married next week" was the reply. "But, surely, Bridget, you will not leave me so suddenly You must ask hIm to wait for you for a few days." Oh, I couldn't, mum," "Why not, pray ?> .< Sure, mnm, I'd loike to oblige you, but don't feel well enough acquainted with him to ask. such a thng An Irish soldier once waited on his commanding officer with what he termed a very serious complaint. «« Another man," he said, had upbraided him that he was not married to his own wife. whom he accused of being: ^tte^han she should be, and called Rer many bad na.mes besides, ,hICh he should he ashamed to mention to his hO:lour. Well, my good fellow," sa.1d the Colonel, have you any proof that you are legally married ?" "Faith, your honour, I have the beat proof in the world," he replied. Here he took off his ha .or rather cap, and exhibited.. broken head, saying Doea your honour think I'd be after taking that same abuse from anybody but a wife ?" MAZAWATTEE TEAS are a household word in Wales; they recall the <lOUc10Ul teas of 30 lear. ago.
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+ REVIEWS. THE QULVER (Cassell and Co., Limited, London):—This excellent magazine for December is now before us, and we can only say the same of this as we have said of its predecessors- that it is full of really interesting, entertaining and instructive Sunday and general readin){. It is beautifully illustrated, and the frontispiece, by Markham Skipworth, is entitled "A Roman Forum." The serial stories Waiting to be Claimed," Sifted as Wheat," and "Paralysed Gold," are ably written, and their high moral tone is such that they are bound to exercise an influence for good upon the reade*. The Quiver should ùe in every home circle. "Christmas Arrows," the" Quiver" Christmas annual for 1890, is now readj. price 6d. CONQUESTS OF THE CROSS (Cassell and Co.) part 21, still continues its very interesting record of missionary work throughout the world. BRITISH BATTLES ON LAND AND SEA, by James Grant, is graphically written and capitally illustrated. Part 4 is now ready, and should be obtained as soon as possible. Part 21 of Cassell's Illustrated HISTORY OF THE RUSSQ- TURKISH WAR is also ready. This is a very useful work, and as it will be completed in i4 parts, students would do well to get any of the numbers they might have missed. A HISTORY OF MODERN EUROPE (Part 2) by C. A. Fyffe, is exceedingly well illustrated, and treats- upon a most important period of the history of modern Europe. THE NINETEENTH CENTURY is full of articles this month by such writers as Mr. Chamberlaih, Mr. Cunninghame Graham, Mr. Shaw Lefevre, Professor Huxley, Mr. Frederic Harrison, Cardinal Manning, and Earl Grey. It is impossible in one brief notice to present a survey of this plethora of political and social matter. Mr. Chamberlain inquires Shall we A merican- ise our iU6titutions?" But his article relates entirely to the improvement of the rules of procedure in the House of Commons, with a view to prevent obstruction. In this respect be suggests the adoption of some American practices. Cardinal j Manning* Dr. Adler, and the Rev. H. Price Hughes. all offer their opinions on the subject of Irresponsible Wealta." The great problem of their articles is what to do with the poor. Cardinal Manning says the remedy for the evil lies i either in legislation nor in modern political economy, nor in tl"3 present administration of the Poor-law, nor in ".committees" and societies,"but in the spontaneous action of individual men, in personal sacrifice, in the charity of humanity anc of self- xteuiel.. Pr- Alder also advocates ''Giving/' but Mr. Price Hughes attacks the social "^ystertni'hich—prodoces millionaires. Mr. Cunninghame Graham discusses the social ideal of the various classes with the object of showing that the ideal of the working-man is the emancipation of all who live by wages." Mr. Shaw Lefevre, who has spent the autumn in Constan- tinople, contrasts the state of matters there now with what he found during a visit made by him in 1857. He says that the destiny of Constantinople, both from a commercial and political point of view, is becoming more and more a matter which primarily affects Austria and Germany. Professor Huxley, with grøat spirit, joins issue with Mr. Gladstone in reference to the view of the latter as to the miracle of the herd of swine. Mr. Harrison maintains strongly that it is the duty of this country to restore the Elgin marbles to Greece. Earl Grey concludes hie- attack 011 the House of Commons which, he says, under its altered constitution, has proved that it is incapable of performing its high duties, that this is a source of great danger to the nution, and that this unfortunate state of things ha« been brought about by the mistakes committed by the leaders of the different political parties. Sir Herbert Maxwell writes upon birds, and Miss Louisa Twining on women as poor-law guardians, inspectors of lunatic asylums, and members of the committees of management of hospitals, prisons, and peni- tentiaries.
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