The Cambrian

SPORTS AT CARMARTHEN. The Carmarthen Amateur Sports and Bicycle Races, took place on Whit Monday on the Athletic Grounds. Despite tbe unfavourable weather which prevailed throughout the day, there was a fairly large attendance, and the numerous events were well-contested. The engagement of Rex Fox, the Canadian Blondin, was a big attraction, but he wns unable to complete his teats owim to the continuous showers of rain. Handsome prizes were awarded the successful competitors. The officials the starter, Mr. Snpt. Thonvis Smith; judges, for bicycle races Mr Thomas Smith, J.P., Wellfield and Mr.Tames John, solicitor and for foot races. Mr. H. Brunei White, solicitor and Mr. J. F. Morris, solicitor officia' judge, X.C.U., Air. Evan Morris, who, with 0 1 Mr. Charles Hadyn Williams, attended to the secretarial work, while Mr. J. Burgess, Nelson Hotel, was the hon. treasurer. Results;- One Mile Bicycle Race, open to competitors who had not won a first prize at any open meeting—1, Ross Smith, Gloucester, C.C.: 2, W. Williams, Llanelly C.C. 3, John Jones, Glanamman. 220 Yards Flat Race (open handicap) 1. W. D. Thomas, St. David's College, Lampeter 2, John Ivor Thomas, St. Helen's Harriers, Swansea; 3, Percy B. House, Grangetown F.C. ) 220 Yards Boys Race (under 15 vears of age), open handicap, three miles radius of Carmarthen- 1, Carl K. Andrews, Carmarthen 2, Taliesin Thomas, Pensarn; 3, Thomas Daniels, Carmar- then. One Mile Bicycle Race (open handicap)—1, Ross Smith, Gloucester C.C.; 2, E. A Waters Ne'wnort C.C. 3, F. G. Manders, A.C.C. 120 Yards' Flat Race (open handicap) 1 W D Thomas, St. David's College, Lampeter; 2. Percy B. House, Grangetown F.C. 3, W. T Williams Carmarthen F.C. Half-mile Bicycle Race—1, F. G M Andrews Carmarthen A C.C. 2, P. R. Lewis, Carmarthen A.C.C. 3, Dd. Evans, Carmarthen A.C.C. Costume Competition—1, T. C. Davies 5 King- street, Carmarthen; 2, Fred Trenchard, Carmar- then 3, Joe H. Spurry, Carmarthen. 440 Yards' Flat Rlc-e-l, W. D. Davies, St. David's College, Lampeter; Ernest Poole, St. Helen's Harriers, Swansea; John Ivor Thomas, St. Helen's Hurriers. Two Mile Bicycle Race (open handicap) -1, J. D. Davies, Llauelly Wheelers' C.C. 2, Evan Befr, Llanelly C.C.; 3, P. R. Lewis, Carmarthen A.C.C.

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S 4 1 1 £ £ J » 5 2 i Fmiay i 4 54 5 2o 31 8 31 t, 25 8 S f Saturday o 5 39 6 o 32 7 32 « f 2 Sunday 6 6 21 b 42 33 0 32 6 wi f 26 0 Monday T7 4 7J5K ft £ S 25 0 Tuesday 8 7 45 8 5 32 o 31 11 2 Wednesday 9 S 28 8 ol 30 9 30 3 4 3 £ Thursday. 10 9 16 y 44 29 6 29 2 2% ■> I Friday 11 10 12 10 47 27 11 27 4 21 4 iS Saturday.. 12 1128 2i U 19 10 Sunday 13 0 14 0 57 26 s 25 6 i9"e la"„ Monday 14 1 31 1 59 2t. 1 26 6 2o 6 Tq o Tuesday if. 2 30 2 55 27 2 27 8 h Z Wednesday 16 3 20 3 43 28 4 28 9 2 9 91 « Thursday. 17 4 6 4 Z! 29 2 29 7 23 7 ov f Friday 18 4 59 5 25 29 7 3'J 1 2i 1 tt i Saturday.. 19 5 45 6 4 29 11 30 6 24 6 M n Sunday 20 6 22 6 41 30 4 M ll 24 11 2^ s Moaday 21 7 0 7 17 29 7 30 2 24 2 2a s Tuesday 22 7 35 7 4T 29 0 28 9 22 9 2f Wedneaday 23 8 3 S 19 27 0 27 11 21 11 20 X Thursday. 24 8 36 8 56 26 0 26 11 20 H le Friday 25 9 17 9 3625 4 26 1 20 1 IIj 7 Saturday. -& 9 5910 24 ^4 4 25 3 19 3 17 q •sunday i,v 10 55 11 28 2? 10 2o 0 19 0 17 fi Monday 28 « 2 23 9 17 9 Jg 3 Tuesday 29 0 39 1 1525 3 24 7 18 7 1 Wednesday 30 1 41 2 7 26 2 25 8 19 8 18 2 Thursday.. 31 33 2 5627 6 27 9 21 9 20 3 MOON'S PHASES. 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CRICKET AND GENERAL ATHLETIC NOTES. 6 [BT "ARGUS."] "THE CAMBRIAN" CRICKET PRIZES. I have much pleasure in announcing that as in the past two years, there will again be offered The Cambrian prizes to the bowler and batsman ivl o makes the best monthly average The prizes will be awarded monthly, and will consist of Dr. W. G. Grace's excellent books on Cricket," and in addition photos of the winners will appear in this column The averages must be sent in by May 29th, June 26th, July 24th and August 21st, and must be signed by the secretary and captain of each club. I trust the secretaries will assist me as much as possible in securing correct results, and in preventing a repetition of what took place last season. Everything must be con- ducted fair, square, and above board. Anyone found doing otherwise will be exposed. I I would also thank secretaries for interesting items of local news, as I am anxious to make this column bright and attractive to everyone. It should be stated that the playing members of the Swansea Cricket Club and the Morris- ton Cricket Club, are not eligible for The Cambrian prizes. All communications should be addressed to Argus," The Cambrian, Wind-street, Swansea. t> J »*# ARGUS OFFERS A SILVER MEDAL. The opening of the month of May has seen goal posts and footballs discarded to make room for the lees popular, but more scientific game of cricket. I say less popular, because the interest in past years has been very small, indeed, com- pared with that shown by lovers of our winter game; but this mav be due to the lack of sup- port which our local gentry and the powers that he accord the game. Why is not the Victoria Park open for cricketers, and why do not the Corporation let part of the parks to clubs for a small consideration, and thereby encourage healthy sport, and to put to good use land now lying waste. Surely good William Thomas of Lan, would never have spent so much time in fighting for open spaces had he known tha.t they were to be used by horse shows, eisteddfods, &c., and not by young people for exercise. It is not to the credit of the Corporation, who have the ground, but will not put it to its proper use. I have hoard it stated that some of our Councillors think that a. cricket ball isdanaerous to the nurse girl and her baby Well, in the first place, young men do not want to play cricket until after business hours, say 6 o'clock,—when no baby should be out, and, for, the matter of that, the nurse girl either! V But to return to cricket; and what are the prospects of season '94. I little thought early in 1893 when it was my pleasure to call attention to the first meeting of the Swansea and District Cricket League that anything would come of it. But it is now an accomplished fact. We have a league and a powerful combination it pro- mises to be. There are now elevenclubsamliated Sunnybank, Sketty, Singleton, Clydach, Gower- ton, Penliergare, Pontardulais, Yniaygerwn, Neath Y.M.C.A., Swansea Church and St. Jude's, and these contain the cream of the talent outside of the Swansea club, as was witnessed by the win they secured on Saturday last over the Swansea. 1st. 11, beating a good eleven by 66 to 41 runs. The league are offering a shield for competition amongst its members, and in re- sponse to an invitation from the League secretary I have offered him a medal for the best batting average in the league matches. The qualification is that the winner must have played in six league matches, out of the ten arranged. I am asked to state that the League Committee will be glad if any gentleman will give them a similar prize for the best bowling average. Now, as to the prospect of the respective clnbs. I want to see them make a start, which Sunny- bank and Clydach do, on Saturday next, and then I shall put on my thinking cap, and make my choice. It is my intention for the next few weeks to give the history and prospects of each club in this column and I shall be glad if secre- taries will kindly favour me with the dates of the formation of their clubs, the names of their officers, past and present, and a list of the matches won and lost during the time the clubs have been iu existence. My first article will be on Sunny- bank. which was the first club to join the league, and will appear next week. ••• SIEDLE BROS.' Photographs are the I CHEAPEST. BEST, and do not fade. #*# Several county cricket matches were brought to an early termination on Tuesday, Middlesex defeated Somersetshire, by ten wickets; York- shire beat Lancashire by an innings and four runs Warwickshire proved successful over Kent by eight wickets; and Notts succumbed to Surrey by an innings and nine runs. ( V Playing for Derbyshire against Hampshire. Mr. L. G. Wright scored 142 not out; and in the Essex v. Leicestershire match, Poughet- was credited with an innings of 109 not out. Mr. W. G. Grace also played a faultless innings of eighty- eight for Gloucestershire against Sassex. MA*TSELTON RECHABITE 2ND XI V. BLACK VALE C.C.—This match was played on Saturday last on the ground of the former, and ended in a win for the Rechabites by 69 runs. Score Rechabites, 98 Black Vale, 29. The batting of R. T. Hughes for the Rechabites deserves mention. SWANSEA 1ST V. DDSHCT XVII.—An interesting match took place at the St. Helen asss1 n. ""ss formed aDd District Leag-ue, of all tbe clubs outside the Swansea. and Morrlston F. t Fifteens. The weather wall fine and the ground in. "t'S It was the opening match of the season, but It was robbed of much of its interest at the. last moment hy the abstentIOn of several promment members of the SwanseR Club. The e.leven made a very feeble show indeed, only making a tota of 41 The District men made a splendid start, Gwyn, Sweet and Murphy topping their opponents The others, however, could not cope with ™ >. howling He took fourteen wickets in *•>'• b»d District's score was 66.. N O y SWANSEA V. TAIBACH.—At the 3R™ iw fVinees on Saturday, the above teams Port Talbot R B th-g season. Major Langdou met for the first captained the respective and Lieutenant an(j gQO yards seven teams. Distances,^ ;_Taihachi 816. rounds at eaC £ -J? Major Langdon, for the 3rd 3rd G.K.V., 804> „ 8Jorer with 92, Sergeant G. G.R.V., was the top ■« 0f the same team, Harris and Sergeant Newm and 90 polnt8 coming second and third w respectively. TB^ON.mTOgCANT OFjBE Muscular exercise is taken duly sburp good Of heir health alone, w wnjlly rapid talk to and from some gi«n P^' « only a ^^t^'some Promenade, without way, but a be-uny.^ be at than this. T excited, or the full weight j slightlyinteresced annexe of the exercise young and middle-aged forms of ext-rcise gymnastics, tennis and are swimming, « e> thege pa9times, for an cricket. One or ° reach of all. There is a hour, must be wnniu svstem by pleasant stimulus imparted to DOt 'the quick walk, exercise of this sort. mind of City men, who together with £ duriDZ their daily journey are conscious of nothi g aoainecl with anxiety save that their heads ar As far as their of business, which r simply locomotives bodies are concerned, 7 -n a given time, getting over a better than no exerc-se Such exercise is, perhaps, oe tfae name. The at all, but it is not w° processes by stimulus given to aJl. t important. 1 18 pleasing, active exertion is excitement, which is an ordinary and right health. necessaiy both for happine *•* sharp exercise under- The man who engages w *"rilxoitement, and goes a course of pleasureable ex^ into action. every part of 'he system wfaich act upon i 6 The will stimulates the cie8 causes the muscles. The action of the mJ; h the blood to circulate more b*ats rapidly, and large bloodvessels. The lie expand, the respirations are lnc/hepa*e^-Jb begins to crave and at the same time the reoifble waste of for nourishment to repair^ mugcie and nerve, tissue occasioned by ex o.SM1tial for the well Sach exeicise is quite 0 ready b,i«„(,b..boleojl.^ 'to compel to take our ease, and w egpecially when the our refectory hmba to w 'o#fe ]oa( the mastery mind is weary. and mental worry is best closed over matter. A day of m ■y before bedtime. b, gome good, bard physic which are It is a w.ll-known fact «n dl whereas if little used degenerate and dwinoie, t properly and regularly used they grow firm and strong. Again, if orer-taxed they waste and wither mya The Lady. If possible, rest and food, and exercise should be justly proportioned so that the waste occasioned by exertion should be exactly repaired by nourishment and sleep. This is supposing good health in the first instance. Where there is a tendency to corpulence exercise should preponderate, though this is often very disagreeable to the one who has to practise it. #*# Whit-Monday's cricket virtually marked the opening of the first-class season, and it was not a specially brilliant performance. Wickets well soaked by constant rains, and then dried by a May wind and sun, are not ideally suited to bats- men, and in no case was any remarkable scoring accomplished. The poorest display of all was the cricket at Lord's, in the match between Middlesex and Somersetshire. Somerset, with only three wickets to lose in her second innings, only just drew level with Middlesex. This was the more unfortunate as the match was arranged for the benefit of Sherwin, the famous Notts wicket-keeper. Sherwin is a favourite with every cricketing crowd, and he well deserves his fame. He is one of tne small school of cricketirg jesters, of whom Briggs and Mr. Hornby are distinguished examples. ample girtb, his good temper, his pleasant _ric s before the stumps and behind them, and his brilliant and lasting form as a wicket-keeper, all endear him to the crowd. Briggs—is another crickttcr whoso !083 w0«'^ ec«p.f«ho wiliest of bowlers, the mostcneery hatmnen—the the fro, ..d »o,t great Lancashire piayer^hasi g q{ plea8Ure. fellow-countrymen ma y jyjon(jay's cricket, says Turning to the fhat.t does not foretell the Chronicle, we are afrai rospects of Notts, a specially bflhant sess(» i llded are not with Shrewsbury and ^unn i,^ promising, »ndherfir whicb later on in the i. ominous of misfortu Yorkshire—the year she may pe geason_i1as begun well, and champion of la against the accomplished batsmen and bowlers of the Kent eleven, has had batsmen t&]e of her remark. .8. The first tussle for the Shield, which the Swansea District Cricket League have put up for com- will take place at Clydach, between that n!nh «nd Sunny Bank C.C., on Saturday next. Sunny Bank will be represented by J. Thomas A Goldsworthy, J. Mornsb, b. J. Murphy *E. Cronin, H. Seaborn, W. P. Gwynne, W Thomas, H. Walton, E. Walton, and H. G. Solomon. # GLAMORGANSHIRE GOLF CLOB—A match between the Glamorganshire and Clifton Golf Clubs was played over the links of the latter on Saturday, and resulted in a win for Clifton. Score Clifton—W. Fairbanks, 0; E.J. B^rff, 5; Rev. H. J. Knight, 0; G. E. Leman, 1; Dr. D. G. Johnston, 13; M. A. North, 0; G. H. Clark 8, S. H. Hooke, 0; H. V. James, 3; total, 30. Glamorganshire—J. Hunter, 2; C. B. Stoddart, 0 T. M. Barlow, 2; W. H. Tucker. 0 F. Mason, 0; Herbert W. Flint, 0; R. H. T. A. Rickards, 0 A. M. Ingledew, 0 A. B. Sumner, 0; total, 4. The following is culled from the'' Athletic News Cricket Annual, 1894 NnHi™ After the death of Biddulph m 1876, Notting- hamshire sorely needed a first-class wicket- ^por. At that time there was a burly colher livino- at Cinder Hill, which is on the outskirts ot the county town. This miner, a strapping fellow of 25, who was a native of Kimberiey a ew miles away, used to play cricket w^h the Ba fnrrl Park Club He could bat ana DOWI a DII, too He had a fancy for hecornmg a wijket- keeper, and practised vnth amuged very hard mdia-ru J much force against a himself by throwmgi b Und. This trained wallandcatchingitonthe reboun^ed his hands and his eyes, and SDeeds. At the ball at all angles an knowing that last one day this cricketm tQ Trent SStoTaiith^&Si.luok beardaJ tho Budge, ana wiuu £ Upins interpreted, means Khe apot to cttin^HeoHSu,?he chief con. stable of Notts, then and for many years after one of the three trustees of Trent Bridge ground, and one of the most important of the many important personages who have ever been con- nected with Notts cricket. Captain Hollen in his °Tiiff, bluff style, asked. Who are you ? The Basforl Park player, to whom I have been allud- inrr .aid, "My name's Mordecai Sherwin." "What do you want? Weil. I want to keep wicket for ceawnty." "Are you afraid: was the next question, to which Sherwin replied. "N^awt fears me." This tackled the fancy of the irascible, but nevertheless kindly captain, who proceeded to examine Sherwiu's hands. He found that t^e were ample, so ample that the captain was tempted to think that they had been de^iar- Sd by nature for told the captain what he had done for Ba&foid Park and how he had trained tor stoomping. A day or two afterwards Captain Holden aont for oil Sherwin, and he was put through his facines in a w somewhat -evere trial at Trent Budge. Sherwia came out of the ordeai with much su cesi and some scars, for he was cut over the eye, on the mouth, and had some teeth knocked out. Such details as these did not daunt the man who said, Neawt fears me." He looked upon them as a foretaste of pleasures to come. The result was that Sherwin first played for Notts in August, 1876. IMOt

DELIOIODS TB* DELICIOUS MAZAVVA TEAS. DELICIOUS MAZAWA1 T-,AS- DELICIOUS MAZAWA SWANSEA HospiTAL.-ine ks to acknow- Hospital ask^ us, tmdly contributed ledge the receipt of £ 5 6s- 7d>'f fue Villiers Tm- by workmen in the employ £ 2 13s 4>1- by ment of the Hospital. sIEDLE BROS., Photographic Artists, l HeathfieJd-Btreet. Swansea. NVTHFI EEV. EVAN DAVIES,CLYDACH. nKTSunday last, crowded congregations a- John's Church, Clydach, to greet the tended St. Evaa Davies, upon his return to Vicar, th an absence of eight years. At his church • the rev. gentleman preached the mor.n;^ in the evening in Welsh. Lon„ in English'a°in„ aerviCe commenced, every before the evening ed-fice had been occupied, available seat in were also crowded with while the aisles and y took for hl8 text ,on, aui Mrered »

In which I presume King Arthur may be included. (A) Vide Spenser's "Fairy Queen." Bk IV. The Legend ot Campbell and Triamocd, or of Friendship. Canto IX., et seg., which brings ont that love and friendship can nudist only among the good and honest; not among the faithless aud disloyal; not among the Paridels and Blandatnours, but among the Scudamours, ] the Triamonds, and Campbells, with whom the Briton 1 prince learned what true love and friendship are and the defonuityof discord and lust. (B) To dwell on the face of the earth, having deter- mined appointed seasons and the bounds their habitation.. t (c) Scotch for hoax. presage the event," is being manifested so that < great increase of science and "the greatest thing in the world" is confidently looked for in future. There, as elsewhere, I believe men are beginning to see the tree that makes sweet the bitter. Of course, in speaking of the people, it is not their ancestry nor their "ghosts" I refer to; for it is their future that fascinates me the loving righteousness that will make them truly great. Gower indeed might even become a kind of seed trail ground for the rest of Wales, as Wales is about to become for the rest of the Empire, if Madame Folly would only keep away. Anyway, never let us forget the undesirable things (in the Triad) that shut out from inheritance in the eternal Kingdom, and the most desirable thing at all seasons, the fruit of the Spirit," as put memorably (in the other Triads) that leads to citizenship in the eternal Kingdom. And (D) let us pray that the last vestige of the stony heart may disappear, or that principle and feeling may produce the truly and beautifully good which is better than the great. To maintain the honour of ancestry it is considered sufficient to be wise in counsel and brave in execution to be boldest among the bold and gentlest among the gentle. But what I urge upon the people is that they should be even better than their fathers, and rejoice in the day that the night may carry no dread for them to give over all conversational irregularity of a more or less vulgar type," and to do more tor those who know they are going wrong. There are degrees in the large and varied family hereabouts, and even the rich, as well as the poor, may be a degree better if they would only attead more to what is above, without neglecting knowledge of what is beneath, which enables us to do more. Then will the men of Gower become more men after God's own heart. His very darlings. Davies, indeed. What I long to see on the part of both rich and poor is more regulation of social instincts, that they should not go on so much in "sets," showing little public spirit or little interest in one another. What about our descent How money is gathered by one or lost by another, and titles tacked on, are open secrets to the very roadmen. Our asoent is the great thing. Therefore, let debt worship and all the sorry business connected with it pass away, and the noblest work come out in every quarter*. Consider anyone without love about the place, wherever they dwell, nobody at all; unworthy to be reckoned amoug the people who are, through inspiration, passing rapidly from serfdom to free- dom. Therefore, pay homage to reality and love, which ought to reside in every man." As Emerson said: The existence of an upper class in not injurious so long as it is dependent on merit," and allow me to add, not on money. The sover. eignty of character prevents us, therefore, from giving the superlative to many. I only wish we could apply it to more. God granc that the Idyls of the King" may be lived all over again in Gower, where I trust to see the men spring to their moral feet to spiritual manhood, and engage in the war oil the side of the soul against mere sense. Then shall King Arthur rise, and lead the hosts against the whole breed of Cotyito, who hath too long reigned "Consuming Queen" in place of Guinevere. As her father said Then might we live together as one life, And reigning with one will in everything. Have power on this dark earth to lighten it, And power on this dead world to make it live. For we have heard the secret of our Arthur's birth," who is not only at the head of the mammalia but at the feet of God. As Geraint said of Enid, Yniol's daughter: "Here, by God's grace, is the one voice for me." Then will the very face" of men "with change of heart be changed." For Percivale the pure, who passed into the silent life of prayer," hath told Ambrosius what drove him from the Round Table. No "earthly passion crost," but the sweet vision ot the Holy Grail "drove him" from all vain-glories, rivalries, And earthly heats that spring and sparkle out Among us in the jousts, while women watch Who wins, who falls; and waste the spiiitnal strength Within us, better offered up to Heaven. "One no further off in blood" from him" than sister" told him of the "Sound As of a silver horn from o'er the hills, Blown" And said to:him, II So now the Holy thing is here again Among us, brother; fast thou, too, and pray, And tell thy brother knights to fast and pray, That so perchance the vision may be seen By thee and those, and all tne world be heal'd. And break through all, till one will crown thee King Far in the spiritual city." ° rherefore I call for Men With strength of will to right the wrong'd, of power To lay the sudden heads of violence flat." t For these "in the strength of this vision" would ride Shattering all evil customs everywhere." Would that these old heathen Celtic tales became ipiritual history. Meantime, like Ambrosiug 1 have to Mingle with our folk. And knowing every honest face of theirs As well as every shepherd know hit sheep, And every homely secret in their hearts, Delight myself with gossip and old wives, Andllls and aches, and teethings, lying«-in, And mirthful sayings, children of the place. That have no meaning half-a-league away. Reioice, small man. in this small world of mine, Yea° even in their hens, and in their eggs." For Gower and geese go well together for a little. Still "I know there will dawn a day. Th«efore, 1 come with news of the victory that should be. The next sketch may be from The. Wonder of the World on Gower," tel en (D) Because "Either success or discomfiture begins ever at the heart."

SOMETHING ANNOYING. Nothing puts an Englishman out quicker than to hear a man boasting of himself or of his own achievements. Let others praise you, we say— blowing one's own trumpet is put down as brag. Now Brag may be a good dog, but Holdfast is better, and HOMOCEA has a fast hold on the British public. And it is the endorsement of the public that has caused this New Remedy to spring so rapidly into favour. Our testimonials speak for themselves. TESTIMONIAL FROM THE GREAT AFRICAN EXPLORER, HENRY M. STANLEY Whitehall, London. "Dear Sir,-Yonr oint. ment, called HOMOCEA was found to be the most soothing and efficacious unguent that I could possibly have for my fractured limb, as it seems to retain longer than any other, that oleaginousness so requisite for perfect and efficient massage. The fault of embrocations generally, is that they harden and require warmth, whereas yours, cesses oeing particularly aromatic, is as soft as oil, and almost instantly mollifying in the case of severe inflammation. Yours faithfully, HENRY INI. STANLEY." LORD COMBERMKUK says HOMOCEA did him more good than any embrocation he had ever used for rheumatism. LADY VINCENT, writing from London, says: "Homocea is such an incomparable application for Rheumatic Neuralgia, that she wishes to have two more tins sent. Homocea is a remedy that should always be in the house. People will get burnt, bruised, and hurt in various ways. A cold in the head will come on without warning—"Homocea" used as snuff will check it. Remember that HOMOCEA subdues inflammation and allays irritation almost as soon as applied, and "TOUCHES THE SPOT." All wholesale houses stock HOMOCEA. It can be obtained from Chemists and others at Is. 1 d or 2s. Hd. per box, or will be sent by post for Is. 3d. and 3s. from'the wholesale agency, 21 Hamilton Square, Birkenhead.

THE WHITSUNTIDE HOLIDAYS. HOW THEY WERE ENJOYED IN SWANSEA AND DISTRICT. The "oldest inhabitant" cannot remember many such Whitsuntide Holidays as the good folk of South Wales experienced in 1894. The weather was miserable, and com- pletely spoiled out-door amusements of every kind. Rain commencel to fall on Sunday afternoon; as the evening wore on it increased, and did not cease until five o'clock on Monday afternoon. It was a bitter dis- appointment to the thousands of children who look upon Whitsun as the happiest and most important holiday of the year, the time when they don new clothes, which they disport with much pride all the summer, and, in many cases, far into the winter. Indeed, thousands of children get new clothes only once a year, and that at Whitsun. It is but natural, therefore, that they should fervently wish for fine weather to show their best frocks and hats." And again, it is at Whitsun that the majority of Sunday School treats take place, 11 1. 1 J, aitnougn mere is a growing tendency to postpone them until more settled weather. On Monday last there were no country treats for Sunday School scholars in Swansea and district; they were compelled to enjoy them- selves under shelter, and to forego rides in trains or tram or in wagons. It is gratifying to record, however, that in the majority of the cases where the scholars had to partake of their treat under shelter, it was decided to arrange a trip into the country later on in the season. This will keep the little ones in a high state of pleasureable anticipation for a little longer, and thus make up for Monday's disappointment. So wretched was the weather that hundreds of people did not leave their homes all day. The railway and marine excursions were meagrely patronised, the sports at the Cricket Field did not attract more than a couple of hundred people, while Mumbles rarely looked so forsaken as it did on Monday. Those who prepared to cater for the holiday seekers have sustained pecuniary losses, large in some cases and small in others. The New Theatre, Wind-street, reaped the benefit of the unpropitious weather. The afternoon and evening performances of The Bohemian Girl" and Fra Diavolo," by the celebrated J. W. Turner's opera company, attracted crowded and enthusiastic houses. About 3,000 people came to Swansea by the Great Western Railway excursions, and 2,000 left 1,200 entered the town by the Midland Railway an i 800 took their departure 849 doing likewise by the Londo'i and North Western Rail- way and S22 entered the town. The traffic on the Mumbles Railway was very small, not more than on an ordinary day,80 that not only have the tavern keepers of Mumbles sustained a severe lost by the wretched weather, but also the Railway Company. TABERNACLE SUNDAY SCHOOL.—The annual treat of the Sunday School scholars of the Tabernacle Methodist Chapel, Landore, took place on Whit-Monday at the schoolroom. An eisteddfod was hold in the evening. SALEM BAPTIST CHAPEL.—Owing to the inclemency of the weather, the annual outing of Salem Baptist Chapel Sunday School children, which was to have taken place on Whit-Monday by a visit to Singleton grounds, was abandoned. The children, however, met together in the schoolroom, and sat down to tea, after which sweets and fru were distributed among them. In the evening ab entertainment took place, when a capital programme of vocal and instrumental music was gone through. WHIT MONDAY AT CWMBWBLA. — The un- favourable weather which prevailed throuzhout I tne day prevented the young scholars of the various isnnday Schools in the Cwmbwrla district making their annual turn-outs. It had been arranged that all the schools in the district should march together in one procession to a field near the Cockett where a meeting would be held, the Rev. J. DavIes, Cadle, in the chair, and addresses on Sunday fcv-hool work delivered. The rain prevented this coming off, aud tea was given to the children 111 the vanous schoolrooms. At the Libanus Baptist Chapel about 450 children were served with tea and about 100 adult., while about a similar number sat down at the Cwmbwrla Independent Chapel. The Sunday School members of the Bethel, Babell, Cadle I Carmarthen-road and Zoar Chapels were similar- ly entertained. "At lnhanus Chapel an eisteddfod took place m 6 e^?n,ng, Mr. John Jenkins in the chair, tne adjudicator being Mr. David Griffiths. A.C. THE CRICKET FIELD SPORTS. The Swansea Cricket and Football Club experienced the hardest luck. They had arranged ? excellent programme of athletic spons, which excited considerable local interest. Substantial prizes were offered; the entries were arge, and the arrangements admirable, reflecting credit upon all concerned. Had the weather been favourable there is no doubt the Cricket Field would have been thronged. As it was only a few hundreds attended, and ub have, therefore, sus- tained a souiewnat heavy los3, a fact much to be regretted. TV,0 handicaPPer for foot-ra-ing was Mr. W. H. A.A-A-< and for cycling Mr. J. Young, n,?' The Starter was Mr. J. Livingstone, £ • Cornel Morgan and Mr. W. T. Farr, "iIt' timekeeper Mr. \V. (ianz. The band of and the y performed a nice selection of tne i.nftliii? against the rain in commendable U?1C' 'I'j.a foll°win" is a list of events, &c.:— U>N Y*ET>S FTJAJR ,RACE HANDICAP (Scratch represented lOy*f^ from Bradley).-Fir,t heat: I Peachy, St"He 2 8 Harriers O Second heat: E. ^VH"B^own"^ Hamyr's7*^). Third heat: Jj', Swansea Harriers (8 yar is) Fo&r J ^.Davies, Llandilo F.C. (6 yards); ^nal heat: l8t, Evaii^; 2nd, Peachy; —First heat: Aberaman C.C. (90 vard-)- 2nd, l™eU, Swansea Speedwell C C (155 T^d3)- %%Td HNI: lst' E- Bichards. Swansea H»irie,f y,ards/)- Third heat: lst, Swansea eny Wheelers (215 yards) 2nd D 1190 ya"ia,• RACE *WNoVicES_igtj valuT £ 3- 2u,d £ /9r heat: J" Jonesi Llanelly \VlH^lers (25 yards Second heat: D. PhUlipJ NeathUmted (5 yards) Third heat: C. i HE E300 YARDS SCRATCH RACE.—challenge cup, value £ 12, ^?n e tltnes before becoming "e oroperty o'J^l™e Each winner to receive a &°lci m^aal ^V10. ,i3 5 second, gold medlT value JB1. holder, C. Coke, lst: A. B. Manning- Helen s Harriers; 2nd, S. p nwr S.C. F.C. Time, 38sec. UION VIRPS FLAT RACK FOE ROTS.—lst prize, 2nd, value 10s.; 3rd, value 5s. First htt 1st V. Griffiths (2 yards) 2nd, W. J. Pwwidden, St. Helen's Harriers (10 yards). Spp'ond heat: lst, A. Poole, bt. Helen's Harriers CS vnrds) 2"d, E. C. Durk, St. Helen's Harriers 3 yard-).' Final heat: lst, A. Poole; 2nd, Durk; 3 V Griffiths. HALF-MILB BICYCLE RACE (SCRATCH).— OHnllt iice cup, value ±20, to be won four times before becoming the property of the winner, each winner to receive a gold medal value £ 3 second, a ffold medal value il. Present holder, W. Rosier. he„at,: ^pW; lio^r, Swknsea speedwell C.C.: 2nd, t. Rwhards, St. Helen's Harriers. Second heat • l&t, A-Batt, Swansea; Speedwell -ftimell, Swansea Speedwell C C• *mal: Dead heat between Rosser and Richards. 440 YARDS FLAT RACE HANDICAP.—1st, value £ 4; 2nd. £ 2- Fl1.^ Iieat: 1st, H. Richards, St. Helen's Harriers (45 yards); 2nd, A. Jenkins, St. Helen's Harriers (17 yard.) 3rd A. G. Camden, St. Helen's Harrier* (24 yards). Second heat: c 1 t A B- Manning, Sc. Helen's Harriers (5 yards) '• 2n», Gf°rf3 Thomas, St. Helen's Harriers (30 yards); 3rd, H. C. Evans, St. Helen's Harriers (15 yards), iinal heat: lst, Jenkins; 2n<), Camden. Two MILES BICYCLE RACE HANDICAP.—First, ralue t:4: second, £2. First heat: J. Jones, A.beraman C-C. (160 yard;-) w o Second heat: Lst, D Phillips, Neath United (340 yards) 2nd, J. Jones, L;anelly Wheelers (395 yards). Final beat: 1st, Jones; 2nd Phillips ONE MILE FLAT RACE HANDICAP.—First, value A;5, second, £2; third, £1. 1st, T. E. Dsborn, St. Helen's Harriers (150 yards); 2nd, VV. H. Ponter, .-t. Helen's Harriers (130 yards); 3rd W. Evans, St. Helen's Harriers (55 yards). 440 YARDS STEEPLECHASE HANDICAP.—First, value £4; second, £2. lst, E. 0. Poole, St. Helen's Harriers (scratch); 2nd, A. B. Manning, St. Helen's Harriers (158 yards). There was a monster procession at Manchester an Monday of children connected with the Church of England Sunday Schools there. Over 20,000 boys and girls assembled in Albert-square, and afterwards walked through some of the principal streets of the city, accompanied by several bands of music, and with a great display of flags and banners. Unfortunately the weather was far from favourable.

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EISTEDDFOD AT PORTH. Under most unprop:tious circumstances aud amid a continual downfall of rain, tne third Porth gathering, designated the semi National Eisteddfod of Wales," was held on Monday morning. The president for the day was Mr. Herbert C. Lewis, The Mardy, Aberdare, the adopted Con- servauve candidate for the Merthyr Boroughs, whilst Mr. E^an Owen, J.P., Cardiff, acted as conductor. The adjudicators were:—Music: Dr. E. H. Turpin, London Mr. J. H. Roberts, Mu*. Bac. (Canta^.), Carnarvon Mr. M. O. Jones, G. and L., Treherbert; Profeilsor W. Scott, Cardiff; and Mr. F. Atkius, Mas. Bic, (Oxon.), Cardiff. Brass and Fife Bands Mr. J. O. Shepherd, Liverpool. Recitations: Dr. E. Gurnos Jones, Porthcawl. Timbering and rope splicing Messrs. Griffith Thomas, Mardy William Meredith, Wattstown; Ivan Evans, Cymmer; Thomas Williams, Penygraig Dan Evans, Llwynpia; and Mr. W. Thomas, Cymmer. The accompanists were Professor E. P. Mills, Pontypridd, and Mr. D. Lloyd, Tonypandy; while Mr. W. Morgan (" Ap Siencyn"), Caerphilly, dexterously manipulated the harp. Mr. Herbert C. Lewis, on rising to de- deliver the opening addresp, received a most flatter- ing exception, and was most attentively listened to. THB COMPETITIONS i I There were 32 competitors on the piano solo, "Souata No.2, Op, 36" (Eleminte), for players under fourteen years of age. First prize (10s.) was awarded to Miss Maria Williams, Maesteg; second (7e. 6 i.), Master Fred Tilling, Abertillery third (5s.), Miss Mary Davies, Port Talbot. No less than twenty persons competed on the recitation (for males), O Haul Aros." The prize was a guinea, to which Mr. Herbert C. Lewis added another guinea. The prize now amounting to 92 2s., wng divided between Mr. T. Williams, Pontypridd, and Master Abel John Jones, Tony- pandy. Three juvenile choirs entered the lists and com- petwd on The Sleighing Glee (Dr. Parry), for which a prize of JE10 was offered, namely:—Dow- tais, led by Mr. D. W. Jones; Clydach Vale, under the conductorship of Mr. David Thomasl; and Hop- kinston, the baton wielder being Mr. David Thomas. Hopkinstown Choir won the prize. Out of eleven competitors in the baritone song "Still remember me," the prize of L2 2s. was awarded to Mr. Ivor Foster, Dinas. Seven competitors entered for the violin solo, with pianoforte accompaniment, "Caliph de Bagdad," for which a prize of J21 It. was offered by Mr. J. R. James. Cymmer. Mr. F. Atkins declared the winner to be Mr. kGeorge Frederick Ford, Pontypool. Mrs. Scott, of Cardiff, offered a prize of one guinea to the young lady who would best recite "Portia's Speech in Defence of Antonio." Fifteen fair maidens entered the arena, and the prize was awarded to Miss Mary Davies, Port Talbot. who was invested by Dr. Ivor Lewis, J.P., Cymmer, who also gave additional prizes to Miss Ceridwen Bowen, Mtrthyr, and Miss Gwen Williams, Treherbert. Fully 5,000 people had congregated in the marquee when the second choral competition took place, at half-past three. Five choirs com- peted for the prize of £20 and the silver mounted baton to the conductor, and took their places in the following order Efailisaf, Llantwit Fardre led by Mr. John Lewis; Minstrels, conducted by Mr. William Williams (" Gwilym Taf ") Treorky Minssrels, under the leadership of Mr. Tom Williams; Ynyshir Choir, leader Mr. John Howells; and the Mid Rhondda Harmonic Society, trained by baton weilder David Evans ("Asaph Rhondda"). Efailisaf were the winners. Twenty competitors entered the preliminary test in the coutialto solo competition, but these were reduced to two, who were called upon to sing befoie the audience. The test piece was "The Chorister (Sullivan.) The prize of two guineas, given by Mrs. Dr. Ivor H. Davies, Brynfarw, Porth, was awarded to Miss Annie Williams, of Cardiff, a member of the Royal Welsh Ladies, Choir. Only one party competed in the quartette, "In this hour of softened splendour," namely Mr. James Jones and friends, Treorky, aud they were deemed worthy of the prize, £ 4 4s. At this stage of the proceedings, at the request of the conductor of the eisteddfod, the vast audi- ence rose, and showed their sympathy with Dr. Joseph Parry in the loss of his talented son. Mr. Haydn Parry, by singing (led by Mr. Gwilym Thomas, Yuyshir) the hymn tune "Aberystwyth." Out of fifteen young ladies who bad entered the soprano solo competition Tell me, my heart," only three were allowed to face the audience. The prize of two guineas (given by the Misses Davies, of the Imperial Hotel, Porth), was awarded to Miss M. A. Morris, Tonyrefail. Mr. William Thomas, Cymmer Collieries, now gave his adjudication on the timbering and rope- splicing competition on the Llwyncelyn Siding. The only competitor was Mr. Henry Thomas, of Merthyr Vale. The next item on the programme was that of the chief choral competition. Only two etioirs entered Blaenycwm, led by Mr. Evan Watkins, and the Merthyr Choir, led by Mr. Dan Davies. The test piece was Great and Wonderful" (Spobr), and the prize £100 and a gold medal, together with £ 5 for the be»t quartette. TheMerthyrChoir were declared the winners. Twenty-three players under seventeen years of age entered the pianoforte competition, A Ray of sunshire," and the prize was awarded to Miss Daisy Jones, Cymmer. The timbering competition was a popular one, and as'^many as seventeen competitors entered. The first prize was given to Thomas Bjwen, Treorky, and the second to Henry Evans, Ciltynyud. SECOND DAY'S PROCEEDINGS. Tuesday morning dawned beautifully fine, and thou-ands of people, garbed in hoiliay attire, wended their way to me spicious marquee on the Llwyncelyn Grounds, attracted thither by the promise of some of the keenest competitions that ever took place in the history of thw'eistedd- fod. Soon after t.n o'clock the number ot people in the pavilion far exceeded that of Monday, larje though it was. Waen the eisteddfod com- menced there were no less than 5.000 people present, and this number was nearly doubled by mid-day, and the financial success of the gathering was, without a doubt, settled. During the after- noon, however, a still larger number came, and the grounds, in spite of its dampness, was paraded by 1,000 or 2,000 more. Recitation for females under sixteen years of age. Ti Wyddo^t Beth Ddy wed fy Nghalon." 1st Mir.am Griffiths (Penyrenglyn, Treherbert) 2nd, Miss Nellie Williams, (Tylorstown). A prize of one guinea was offered for the best recitation by men of The Dagger Vision" (Shake-peare), and was awarded to Mr. J. Probert Evans (Ferndale). The bass solo. "Iuchcape Bell," prize was awarded to Mr. John Lewis, Pontypridd. Four parties entered for the prize of four guineas, offered l,y Dr. Morgan, of Clydach Vale, for the best rendering by a string quartette of "No. 19, 1st Quartette (Op. 4) in C," from Haydn's. The prize was awarded to Mr. Mellin and friends, of Puntypridd. In the Drum and Fife Band Competition the first prize of £ 7 7s. was won by the Mountain Ash Band, and tho second, £ 3 3s., by Cymm er, Glyncorrwg. In the marching contest a prize of two guineas, offered by Alderman Dr. H. Naunton Davies, J.P., for an open selection, wasjawarded to the Cymmer Band. A prize of two guineas for the best rendering of th tenor solo The Last Watch was won by Mr, David Howells, "Gwynalaw," Ferndale. The victor of a score of battles, in response to loud cheers, gave a capital rendering of Gwlad y Delyn." In the Brass Bind Competition three prizes of zEl8, S,7, and £ 5 were offered to brass bands for the be-'t rendering of Selections from The Bohemian Girl.' Six bands appeared, the winner of the first prize being Ferndale second, Llanelly and third, Blaina, Mon. A prize of E2 2s. for the best rendering of the tenor and bass duet, Love and War," was won by Mi-. Owen Treharne, Treorky, and Air. John Devonaid, Aberdare. MALE VOICE PARTY COMPETITION. — The test pieee wis that beautil ul chorus of Dr. Joseph Parry's, entitled, Tne Pilgrims," and the prize was £ 30, supplemented by two guineas for the best rendition of the solo. Six parties entered Cwmainan, led by Mr. D. E. Davies ("Dewi Mabon "), The Ogmore Valley Male entered Cwmainan, led by Mr. D. E. Davies (" Dewi Mabon "), The Ogmore Valley Male Voice Party, conducted by Mr. William Davies 1 (" Eos Myrnach"). Porth and Cymmer, led by Mr. Rhys Evans Clvdach Vale Male Voice, under the coductorship of Mr. W. Glynfab Williams, and the Treorky Male Voice Party, conducted by Mr. W. Thomas. As this party appeared on the l stage tliev were greeted with cheers and bowls- 1 the latter being brouarht about by the presence 1 of Mr. Ffrangcon Davies among the singers. ] The wildest scenes of excitement prevailed for i some time, and the disorder was at last stopped i by tlie Chairman declaring that unless every fair 1 play was given to the choir, he would put a sti p i to the competition. 1 Mr. J. H. Roberts, in his adjudication, declared Treorky Choir to be the first, Cwmaman second, and Clydach Vale third. The soloof the Treorky choir was the best. The prize for the Trombone solo was divided between Mr. John Thomas, Treorky, and Mr. James Williams, Pentre. In spite of the terrible state of the weather and the enormous crowd which came to Porth the arrangements and provision were of a high state of excellence, thanks to the energy and foresight of the committee, of whom Mr. T Richards, Llwyncelyn House, was the chairman Mr. B. Walters, secretary, Mr. W. Davies I the financial secretary, and Mr. I. Jones, Porth, the treasurer. Quvzzi,s PLATR FBOM THE MAlrtrrACTUR YVA DrRitM with fnjih durin« the Past eighty years his contributed Hnm/J „ ^p e.te ^Cfess to the perfection of Boyish "Mappin Brothers (th« original Firm), the famous Silversmiths and Cutlers, who. with their public direct *Forks> Sheffield, supply the Unmei J n P"«s, thus eHeSmg an V Pnrehaser«. Mappin Brothers' 5 ,755 u Queens Piste, and Queen's Table Cutlery ba»e secured ten first-class awards Msissty the rQu^n Cblca«° ^hibition, while Her Warrant to £ !cent.IJ' renewed Her gpeetal Warrant to the firm. Mappin Brothers sand their Illustrated Price List free to any part of tbe world «nrl these we strongly recommend our readers to procure bv writing to Queen's Works, Sheffield • t;6 Sir John Bennett's); or 220. Kegent-rtr'eet. L^dou W"! EISTEDDFOD AT CAKEPaiLLY. The seveuth annual Caerphilly Castle Eisteddfod was held in a spacious marque. specially erected in the grounds of the old custle, on Monday. Excursion trains were ran from the surrounding districts, and the audience numbered several thousand persons. The competitions were eighteen in number, and the amount of the prizes was nearly £140. Mr. E. W. M. Corbett presided. The adjudicators were as follows :-Music, uIr. John Thomas, Llanwrtyd, and Mr. D. W. Lewis F.T.S.C. Rrpnummali Drose and noetrir William Cosslett (" Gwilym Elian "), Caorphilly buss and fife bands, Mr. J. Samuel, Llanelly. The accompanists were Mr. S. E. Evana (Caer- philly) and Mr. R. Howells (Aberdare). Mr. Tom John (Llwynypin) ably officiated as conductor. The chairman of the committee was Mr. Johu Morgan, Brvntirion vice-chairman, Mr. B. Price, Caerphilly treasurt r, .Mr. O. P. Edmunds and secretary. Mr. J. D. Hughes. The following are the adjudications Pianoforte solo, "Op. 24, No. 3" (Sterndale Bennett), confined to persons under eighteen years of ag«^ Priza of JEl Is. Miss Maggie Gibbon, Cardiff. 66 Violin solo, "Mazurka No. 5 Miniature Pictures (Carl Bohm), confined to persons under fifteen years of age. Prize of £1 Is., Master Benjamin George, Tredegar. Soprano solo, "From Mighty Kings (Handel). Prize of t.1 Is., Mins Beatrice Johnson, Penygraig Contralto solo, "Onid oes balm yn Gilead." Prize divided between Miss Erans, Ferndale, and Master Arthur Lewis, Bedwas. Englyn, "Maen Chwyf." 1st, Mr. Thomae Williams, Pontypridd. Best investiture bag:-ht, Miss R. Erans, Oaerphilly; 2nd, Miss Willy, Caerphilly. Tenor solo, Y Llong a'r Goleudy." Winner Mr. J. L. Thomas, Rhymney, pupil of Madame Clara N. Daries, Cardiff. Recitation, "Gofalon Mam 1st, Miss E. A. -Tonee, Peuydarren, Merthyr; 2ad, Mr. James Davies, Vochriw. Juvenile cboir competition, Pa fath Ie yw'r Nefoedd." Only one choir competed, the prize of 1:5 being awarded to the Tabernacle Choir, Pontypiidd. Fife band competition, Let the Hills Resound." lat, 27, Mo uotain Ash (conductor, Mr. Stephen Cossleu); 2nd, L3, Cymmer, Port Talbot (conductor, Mr. L. Davies). Poem, "The War Horse." Prize divided between Mr. Edmund Evans, schoolmaster, Aber, and Mr. Thomas Williams, Poutypridd. Second cboral competition, for choirs of 40 to 60.—" Mai (J. Thomas). Prize of £ 10 awarded to the Tabprnacle Choir, Pontypridd (conductor Mr. J. Griffiths). Duet, Bydd Bur i Gymru Fad." Winners, Messrs. W. T. Davies and Jenkin Rees, Maesteg. Essay on The best method for young people in villages and small towns to utilise tiieir leisure hours for self-improvement." The prize of two guineas was divided between Mr. John Williams, assistant-master, Penygraig, and Mr. J. Edwards, Rhymney. Baritone solo, "Cnradog" (R. S. Hughes), There were thirteen competitors, the winner being Mr. Jenkin Rees, Maesteg. In the male voice competition the selected piece was Y Pysgodwyr" (The Fishermen), the prizes being E20 and C5, four choirs competed from Aberamau, Gilfachgocb, Brynmawr, and Barry, Brynmawr won the first prize and Barry the second. Brans band competition, "Gems of Cambria." —1st prize, il2, Vochriw (conductor, Mr. R. Dawxon) 2nd, t8, Abercanaid (conductor, Mr. R. Jones); 3rd, £5, Abertillery (conductor. Mr. S. Griffiths).. Chief choral competitition, "Ye Nations" (Mendelssohn). Choirs not to number less than 60 voices. Only two choirs cowpeted-Abeygwyrifi and Merthyr. The first prize of S40 and a gold medal was awarded to the Merthyr Choir, Mr. D. A. Jenkins being invested, whilst Mr. D. Morgan, the conductor of the Abergwynfi Choir, received the second prize of £10. The proceedings then terminated.

"YOU WILL FIND ME THE RIGHT MAN!" THE LONDON SHIPWRIGHT AND THE LIVERPOOL BANKERS. i nf bankers who advertised for A Liverpool fi Africa received, amongst a book-keeper to g amusing letter from an the numerous rep i wrjting in blacklead, applicant in Londo > to go to Africa to »id :I ,0J'; tb«,«- keep your Book. I n require to be careful fore i can start at once.. mT WOrd, and i can who you fixon. lama g0Otchman, or, to be be depended on. I nder a native of the more correct, a Scotch Hig 30 atl(j island of Arran, Butes ir • ^rade, buti don't 40 years of age a shipwrigh y j. faave been cure about it, 1 P'6*0' d' thanks to the blessed with a 8°°d ,m me from drink from giver of all good, He has kep abstainer and Childhood till now. I am a tota^ t .g non-smoker. The right man for absolutely respectable, sober, honest, j t trustworthy man. Yo«twill find me her m for you. Should you fix on me I will expect y to dell faithfully with me ,=d ment and every assistance. I Have no London some time therefore 1 am wfl KD 'es that I can give you any amount of 1referenc., also Police references. Although 1 go out, still i would not go if the as to put me into an early grave. Yo Promise me to deal faithfully with me, and to Pt Zd to my comfort. Should you do so all is pll i will do my duty. Should you decide on me I' oU Want me to start at once, you will have to 9 d me suitable clothing, and also money, as I 8e° either the one nor the other, as 1 am out of h!lVe neither but no debt to pay Give me work at P ,ar 8Uch a8 lodgings, how far is the every Pal Butchers shop away, bis there Coals Grocers and water, milk, is there any to be §ot» • the people Savage or Civilised, c«n Churches, h» "J *V 3oward ou your person, is you cany d tbere in hopes to bear from Sabbath day ur Liverpool correspondent 1S, to be «P-e.,«,ePd b, the .pplcut. adds, is not lige

THE ROOT OF THE GENEALOGICAL TREE OF THE PEOPLE OF GOWER. AND SOMETHING MORE. [BY A. oM. MACABTHOB.] On whose Earth hath they raised these Castles, Or dug toese piles of stone? Then let us boast of ancestors no more For fame of families is all a cheat lis personal virtue only makes us great. DÁNIEL DEFOE in The. True-born Englishman "The mercy of our Ged doth not measure us by what we were.HALL. Three things attached the ancients to their native soil: temples, tombs, and ancestry. We speak of posterity the magic of the future charms us. Pensees of Joubert. In turning to ancestors of the people of Wales, and Gower in particular, our attention is called to the stone-age men: the paleolithic, or earlier black haired which have died out; and the neolithic, or laier, also black haired, Celts who may still be seen about here, perhaps along with Euskarians, whicu were before them, and learnt Welsli as Irish learn about here, perhaps along with Euskarians, whicu were before them, and learnt Welsli as Irish learn English, and which are distinguished from the true Celt as the Silures, an independent tribe which acquired Wales before the Koman invasion. This Euskarian race, which survived in this famous tribe of the Silures until the time of the Normans, were short, squat, swarthy men unlike the true Celts, which were stalwart, fair haired, and blue eyed.* Anyway, these were the first inhabitants of Gwyr (recurvus or crooked) that Mimus called Guhir, as ill. the Triads; and that is called in the old French romances Gohre and Gore, of which the following is part history. After the death of Morgan Hen, one of the kings of South Wales, in 974, on quarrels between his sons, Owen and Hywel Odda, the great Welsh law- giver, Edgar gave Gower between Nidd (Neath) and Llycftwr (Loughor) to Hywel, one of eight kingd who rowed the King's barge on the river Dee. Next, these internal broils attracted the notice of early Norman Kings. About 1099, when William Rufus was called in against Rhys ap Jestyn, one of the minor princes of Glamorgan, Henry de Beaumont, Earl of Warwick, who was sent to quell the distui uame, struck uff his head at Penrhys (the head of Rice) and built the castles of Swansea, Lougbor, Llanrhiddian, and Peurice—perhaps Oysteimoutli also—that is, the castle destroyed ere the present ruin was built. And the Earl of Warwick founded a priory (which, attached to Norman Abbey, was granted to All Saints' College, Oxford, in 1441), at Llangenith, in memory of the son of Gildas 1St. Kenydd or Kenneth, the name of an old Scottish King. Then, during the reign of Heury I., Gower passed by agreement with the Earl of Warwick to the Crowu and in 1107 the oft-repeated and therefore believed plantation of the colony of Flemings happened. William of Malmesbuiy says the Welsh accent was only in the extreme N .E., and that there were customs distinct from the Welsh, though some place-names perhaps shew the Peninsula was once Welsh like the rest; and Cambrensis as well as Holhngshed confirms this statement by Malmesbury. Therefore the name, 'Little England beyond Wales,' that has been given to Gower, is justified. We are told further that King John granted Gower to William de Breos, lord ot Brecon, among various grants of the King of England to the Rngtuh and William entered into negotiations with Sir John de Mowbray, who had married his daughter Alina, for transfer of lands of Mowbray, because there was no male issue. Sir John de Mowbray saw arrange- ments for giving his lands to Hugh de Dispenser, a favourite of Edward II. He rebelled, and was hung at York. But his son, Sir John, made up by serving Edward III. and getting provision fur expeditions against France 123 of his men of Gower to the army in France, 1344; and in 1346 he took over 150 more, who perhaps took part in the battle of Cressy. From the Mowbrays Gower then passed to the Herberts, Saris of Pembroke and, by the marriage of the loeiress of that family to the bouse of Somerset, the dukes of Beaufort, who are still lords of the Manor. Therefore, being English, in the Wars of the Roses Gower suffered ltttle; in rebellion, it blew hot and cold, favouring one side and then the other as occasion arose, which was not often. The Corporation of Swansea replied bravely to Cromwell; but when that grim warrior ■ passed on the road to Milford, was subdued. At present, Gower is noted as a place where agricul- ture pars. Urn now for a short history of the people, because tife and drum history is over and that of the people, probably of Danish extraction, residing in this part of the coast between the seventh and twelfth centuries, begun. The general character of the present race is said to be "slow ot thought, [ cautious, calculating, temperate, honest, moral, clean of great primitive simplicity in manners, hard and remarkably industrious, rather ltgenious in their way;" and their ouacoms: blùdlng ] weddings, public funerals, dressing the graves. i I At least this is the description given by one who was a Gower man himself—I mean C. D. Morgan, who died last year. But the inhabitants on the north of Cefn Bryn are purely Welsh, speaking ( still their mother tongue and retaining their place names. There is therefore a remarkable divergence between those and the inhabitants south of that hill who are of a different nationality. This points back to the landing of the Flemish or, perhaps, people from Somerset, or more probably Ddnes, to whose incursions over many centuries on all the Gower coast history bears testimony. We may even go further and say that marriages between those on the north of Cefn Bryn and those on the south are comparatively rare. Thus that ridge formed a natural bulwark, often defended but afterwards, by agreement, became the peaceful frontier between the two peoples, who are alike interesting. Speaking of the Norman rule, John E Southall, Newport, u of opinion that it did not much affect the language, but was the means of abolishing the Welsh language from South Pembrokeshire and Gower by the introduction of Flemish colonies. He is not able to decide whether the population there was much reduced through the Norse invasions but in family names ending in "kin," he thinks the Flemings may be traced, e.g., in Watkins, Hopkins, or Jenkins. He also thinks that not loug after his accession, Henry VII. granted tbe Abbot of Weaih a charter for a University of Wales, a project that has now been realised after tbe lapse of 400ye«rs.(A) Of course, we have all one Father and one God, who made of one every nation.(B) Still, one race mny be distinguished from another, and each may consider the past as throwing light upon the present. As it is said, to know what a thing is you must learn what it has been. Borrowing a figure, then, Irom the invasion of ice, to which I reterred in my last sketch, the Celts were like a boulder dropped on the way as tbe peoples migrated westward from the common home of Aryan races at the roof of the globe. The people came, in fact, with the tide of Celtic migrations at the time of the wandering of the nations," as it is called, from tbe East. Therefore Welsh, Scotch, Irish, Manx, and French are all related in race and language, if not in character or conduct. It has indeed been con- cluded that the races separated by the Channel were originally one; and similarity of character and temperament has also been noted. They are all said to be warm, impetuous, and impression- able, with a childish delight in what ti.ls the eye or the sensuous imagination. Therefore also tickle in resolves, and fond of change and show, and often litigating or quarrelling, I am sorry to say. Some say ihey are perhaps lacking in perseverance, ready to learn, but incapable of prolonged applica- tion given even to intemperance, greed, and superstition, whatever else. But they are improving, at leaøt in "little England beyond Wales," through the Gospel they require as distinguished from that which they desire, our II.ncestors, the Galatians, meutioned in the New Testament; for the people there are not allowing tny to coiue the Druid over them, as they were wont to do, because tbey have come to see the difference being declared righteous and being actually so. True meu and honest womeo, in fact, are beginning to appreciate the m.ora.1 preliientatiun ?f the Gospel now rightly insisted upon, and distinguish it from the judicial legal forensic law court way of putting it, so ably criticised by Principal Fairbairn in his book, Christ iu Modern rhtology." They are as clear aø ever-yea, mure clear than ever-Jegardiug the principle upon which they are so kindly treated by God and trusty men ill righteous but they are now mure anxious to attain real righteousness, which is the great cause of the exaltation of individuals as of nations or races. They have partly seen through works of vanity or silly self-ounce it, and are louging more to produce the fruit of the Good Spirit. They are partiy fencing out those works alid partly fencing in this fruit. The Triad they do nut care for is £ sensuality, idolatry, and discord; and the Triads I they do wish above all things are Love, joy, I peace; long-suffering, kiudness, goodness trusttui- S ness, meekness, temperance. For they see that no p great change for the better was ever brought about '1 disconnected flom real religion, moral and ] spnituil, as distinguished from the mjr«ly ] ceremonial and r.tual, which is a bit of a priest ] code.(o) Self-constituted 'delphianism, in which a schism had become inveterate It h hoped, is dying ( out along with ritualism through higher criticism I which is being brought down to the people. After ] a time not a single wolf-pack may be seen, as ] healthy teaching is being more appreciated, and s unhealthy knowledge detested. Therefore qualities g nearer to the Divine and farther from the animal } are being slowly unfolded in the Peninsula. Even I the disposition upon which others can rely, and ] which relies upon otheis, which "doth more than ]

A NEW BAPTIST CHAPEL NEAR MORRISTON. -At Cwmrhydycewri, near Morriston, on Saturday, three memorial stones of a new inptist Chapel, were laid by Mr. Wm. Williams, A.P., Dr. John Gomer Lewis, and Mrs. Nicholas Sampson, Newarren. near Swansea :—There were tresent the following ministers Revs. Garmon Thomas, pastor Gomer Lewis, Swansea D. R. Phillips. Clydach Rees Lewis, Graig-Cefn-Paro iobert Roberts, Morriston; D. B. Richards, 3rynhyfryd J. W. Lewis, Calfaria, Morri-ton ind Messrs. Wm. Williams, M P. Wm. Lewis, }aer#alem; Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Sampson, 1 Vtr. Rees Lewis, contractor; El'Rs 'lhomas' ( 3rynhyfryd, &c. In the course of a short speech, flr. Williams. M.P., remarked of the good work iccompli-lied by the friends in the place, and iaid he could see, by passing through the village, lOW vigorous and successful were their efforts to J •aise its moral and social condition. Dr. Gomer Lewis, Mrs. Sampson, Mr. Llias Thomas, Rev. R. tloberts, Mr. D. R. Phillips, &c., spoke. SIE D L K BROS:' Photographs are the CHEAPEST, BEST, and do not. fade. SUDDEN DEATH.—A Terdict of death from iatural causes was passed at an inquest held on ruesday morning on the body of a man named Farrell, who died somewhat suddenly on Sunday morning in a common lodging-house on the Strand, Swansea. C o a a B T s.—ThomMna world-renownea, the most popular fof thirty years. Present sales larger than ever. Local agency and prices see pare 2 of this paper.