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CYMDEITHAS GYNORTHWYOL Y GLOWYR. TARIAN Y TANDDAEAROLION. Gan "MORIEN." Cyfaddefir gan bob dyn ag sydd yn ei lawn synwyrau fed y rhai ag eydd yn enill eu bara yn ein glofeydd yn haeadu y tyner- wch mwyaf ag y medr y byd ei estyn iddynt. Mae eu gwaith yn disgyn i odreu y mynydd- d oedid ao i gelloed'd y ddaear i gael odddyno drysorau a.g sydd o gyniaint eu buddir byd o benbwygilydd; defnyddiau ag sydd yn troi po b olwyri beirianol ar dir a mor; yn gosodi gwerth nad oes iaith a fedr ddarlunio ei faint ar yr livn a. wnant. Am lawer o flynydidoedd ychydig o syhv a delid i'l gweithiwyr tenddla.earol, ac edrychid a-rnynt yn llawer i-liy ami fel yn sefyll yn 'sel yn ngraddau cymdeithas. Yr o!edd hyny i'w briodoli, yn ami, yn y gorphenol i ddos- barth neillduol o weithwyr ag oedd yn -by hoff o'r d'iodydld meddwol, ac a wnelent yn eu hamscr hamddenol fyned o le i ie, gan wneud stranciau ffol. Mae y gwarth ag y mae y dbsbairth hwn wedi ei djnu, ac, yn wir, yn riiy ami ei dynu eto ar eu oydweith- wyr diiwyd, gonie-st, heddychol, goleuedig, a gwir grefyddbl wedi ac yn gwneud Tawer o ofid i'r rhai hysy ag sydd yn gyfarwydd a'r llu mawr cyffredinol o'r glowyr. Mae llawer iawn o lowyr Cymru yn ysgolheig- ion, yn aoC yn dduwinyddion. Mae yn eu plith filoedd o gantoriou heb eu hail, cyfansoddiwyr cierddoriaeth, gramadeg- wyr, aredtliKvyr, beirdd, a gwleidyddwyr. Y mae rhai o bregethwyr mwyaf hyawdl Cymru a Lloegr wedi bod yn "raso drams" a. phethau fely cyn iddynt erioed e;sgyii i lwyfan cy- manfa. ac esgynlawr Exeter-hall. Hwy yw y "boys" ond iddynt wneud chwareu teg a hwy eu hunaii,n a ella,el cyneusderau. Y di- wedda.r Thomas Jones, glowr o Dreforris, oedd y pregethwr penaf a welodd Llund&n erioed, meald paiwb, ac yr oedd pendefigion y deyrnas yn tyru i'w wrando; a glowr o Fae'Steg yw pregethwr mwyaf doniol Lerpwl heddyw. Pa. sawl glowr Cymreig vr wyf wedi eu gwekd yn cael eu oadeirio yn nghanol sain udgyrn arian ar Iwyfan yr Eisteddfod I GenedlaaLjhol ? Pa, sawl arweinydd "cor iin- debol," yn deall odilau melusber Handel, Mozart, &c., gystal a'r wwdwyr eu hunain, wyf wedi weled yn cael eu hanrhydeddu yn Olympia fawr cenedl y Cymry ? Llawer un o bob un o'r ddau ddosbarth. Gwelaie lawer o wyr meddylgar wedi wylo yn hidl, ond yn ddystaw, wrth weled yr olygfa swynol. Yn awl', y mae trysorfa yn bodoli er's rha,i blynyddoedd tuag at fod yn gymhorth i weithwyr wedi eu hanalluogi trwy a.,itod- .yr ion i ddilyn eu gwalitha,c i'w gweddwon a'u hamddifaid pan, fel y mae hi, ysywaeth, yn dygwydd yn rhy ami, yn eael eu lladd trwy ddygwyddfiada.u fel yn ddiweddiar a gy- merodd 110 yn IsTghilfynydd. Mae miloedd lawer vii awr yn aelodtau o'r gymdeitha'^ raeorol^hon, ond yr wyf yn cael lie i ddeall fo- llawer o weithwyr o hyd yn parhau yn wrMiwynebol iddli hi, a,c yn gwneud pobpetli a fedrant i'w rhwystii-o* Dywedir fod gweithwyr y "Great Western," Pontypridd, o'r bron, yn ei Eu rheswm sydd fel y camlyn:—Yn ol cyfraith yn awr y mae y meistri yn gyfrifol am ddiogelwch pob un o'r gweithwyr, ac os profir fod un o'r gw ithwyr wedi oaol anaf o herwydd esgeulusdm un o swyddogion y lofa, mae y meistri yn rhwym o dalu i'r anafus, neu i'w deulu os wediei ladd, yr hyn a elwir "com- penBatiion." Rheswm arall a Iodidir dros y gwrthwynebiad i'r drysorfa yw—fod yr ym- wybvddiaeth o'u cyfrifoldeb arianol i'r gweifthwyr, neu i'w teuluoedd ar eu hoi, yn gwneud i'r meistri fod yn fwy gofalus am y gweithwyr nag a, fyddent pe na. byddai y gyfraith hon mewn bodolaeth; ac mai un o delerau oyrndeithas y drysorfa. yw na ddelir y meistri yn gyfrifol am un anffawd, pa- fodd i by nag y bydd wedi dygwydd., a bod y gyf- raith fel hyny yn oasl ei gwneud yn ddirym. Mae y rhesymau yn deilwng o'r sylw mwyaf diffifol, ac"ni ddichon un dyn cydwybodol beidio) a chydymdeimlo a'r bobl dda hyny a.'u dygant yn mlaen. Ond gadewch i ni weled pa un a odal y rhesymau eu tir wrth eu llawn ystyried. Pa sawl "anIwp" yn y cant sydd i'w briodoli i esgeulusdra swyddogion? A oes un yn y cant? Ni enredaf fod. Mae yn amhvg i bawb, o herwydd: fod yn well i'r meistri gadw pethau rnewn trefn nag mewn annhrefn, na WIla y meistri aclael i'w meddianau gael eu dinystrio drwy esgeulusdod. Dyna y wedd iselaf ar y path. Ond i esgyn i dir llawer uwch, a oes un dyn allan o Bedlam a feddwl mai diwerth yn ligolwg y meistri yw bywydau a.c aelodau eu gweithwyr? Y mae diogelwch y lofa a diogelwcili y gweith- wyr yn gwlwm Avrth gwlwm, ca,nys peryghv y naill Arrth beryglu y Hall. Yr wyf fi wedii gweled meistri yn wylo dagrau heillt- ion ar ol eu gweitSliAvyr, a,c yr wyf wedi bod yn llygad-dyst droion o'u cydymde-'mlad dyfnaf" yn a.nxfodion yr anafus. A' ydyw swyddogion glofa yn fwy tebyg o lod yn fwy dibris o'r lofa o herAvydd. nad yw v m&istri yn gyfrifol am ddainAveiiniau a by- Avydau y rhai sydd o'i mewn? Mae gofyn y fa-th ofyniad yn ymylu a.r ffolijeb canys fe wyr pawb mai yn nacaol y rhaid ateb. Ond, a cha.niatau fod uri neu ddau mewn cant o cklgAvyddiadau wedi dygwydld o her- wydd diibrisdod rhyw SAvyddog neu gilydd, a bod hyny yn cael ei brofi mewn Ilys barn., beth sydd i ddyfod o'r mwyafrif mawr sydd yn dyoddef, a dim modd i brofi fod y peth wedii dygwydd trAvy esgeulusdra o gwbl? Dyna, amgylchiadau diweddar ofnadwy Oil fyiiyiid a'r Great Western! Wedi dyfal oWiilio i amgylchiadau torcalonius y dy- gAvydicliiadaru hyny gan SAvyddogion y Llyw- odraeth, yn "inspectors," eiriohvyr uchaf- lyso-edd y Gorolii, "Mabon," Morgan Thomas, a'r gpveitihwyr! mAAyaf profiacfd, ni (Idar- ganfyddAvyd dim yn profi esgeulusdod, fel i wneudl y meistri yn gyfrifol. Ond yn union yir oeid, y gymdeithas o dan sylw yn estyn ffi thrugareddlau i weddAvon ac amddifaid y trueiniaid drengodd yn y rhaiadrau tan! Mae llaAver o guro gan anwybodusion ar Syr William Thomas Lewis, sefydlydd y drysorfa fendiigedig hon, ond y gwirioriedd yAV efe yAv cyfaill goreu glowyr Deheudir Cymru, a dangosodd ychydig amser yn ol ei serch diledryw tuag atynt trAvy dros- glwyddo tair mil o bunnau o'i logell ei hun i sefydllu trysorfa i dalu am addysg uwcli- raddoil i blant glowyr yn Athrofa fawr Caer- dydd. "Actions speak louder than words," medd y Sais, a,a y mae gweatlired fel yr un uohod o eiddo Syr William yn siarad yn uchel pa fodd y cura ei galon, er yn ami yn oael ei erlid, tuag at lowyr Deheudir Cymru Peth arall y dylid ei gofio gyda dfrifoldeb, set fod y meistri ag sydd a'u eyfoeth yn eu glofeydd, a thrwy hyny yn rhoddi cyfleusdra i filoedd lawer i enill eu bara, yn haeddiu cydymdeimlad a pharch pob doebarth o gymdeithas.

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THE BOY CAPTAIN'S STORY HE TELLS OF THE CRUISE OF THE TRAFALGAR. About last Christmas there came to us from the other side of the world news of a ship that, having lost her officers by death, was piloted safely to port through many and many a mile of water by an apprentice boy. The ship was the Trafalgar, a fine four-master of 1,700 tons, belonging to the Clyde, and on a. voyage from Batavia, Java, to Melbourne. The apprentice boy was Mr. William Shotton, who comes of sailors, his father, Captain Stephen Sho-tton, ueing one, and his grand- father Defore that. Now he is back from his voyaging, and at his home in Gloucestershire. He has told the story of the voyage thus:- "I Avas bound apprentice for iour years on board the Trafalgar, and a very good iron ship I think her. The first stage of the cruise, which ended in a manner that interests you, was from Cardiff to Rio with coal. Then from Rio we proceeded to New York in ballast, and from New York to Batavia with a cargo of case-oil. Uaptain Edgar died from Java fever at Batavia. We left, and when we sailed two men were ill in hospital from it, and two other men had deserted. I was myself attacked, was in bed for days on end, suffered from the fever all through the voyage which followed, and even now feel it occasionally. After the captain's death -1111. Roberts, who had been first mate, took charge of the ship to take her to Melbourne, where we were going, again in ballast. We got a. new first mate, Mr. Norwood, while a. man who had been taken from among the crew was second mate, and I was ranked, as I had been, third mate. My term of apprenticeship, if the point is worth mentioning, had expired a few days after we left New York. "We had 23 hands altogether, the crew bcing a, mixture of nationalities, a number of them Dutchmen. We sailed from Batavia on Octo- ber 29—last October, of course—and on Novem- ber 9 an able seaman died of fever. By that time, too, the master, Mr. Roberts, was down, and Mr. Norwood, I think, read the service at the funeral of the able seaman. The ship was hove to during the service, as the way is, and on every occasion afterwards that was observed. The master died on November 15, and the car- penter on the same day, and Mr. Norwood died on the 21st, and the cook on December 7." "I imagine that during the illness of the master and the first mate you must already have had something to do with the navigation of the ship?" "Yes; because the second mate could not navigate, and the death of Mr. Roberts and Mr. Norwood left me the only one on board who could navigate at all. Perhaps the position was rather a difficult one for a lad of eighteen, but, somehow, I can't remember that I ever really thought about it. Anyhow, I had been at the navigation of the vessel some days be- fore the 'complete responsibility fell upon me" "When you were to all intents captain of the Trafalgar, what was the attitude of the crew?" "I hardly know, but I told them I thought I could sail the ship all right to Melbourne. The deaths had demoralised them, and it could hardly comfort them to have the apprentice for si(irver-tliey were in a bad way altogether. They wanted me to make for Fremantle as the nearest Allstraliall port, because they were arxious to be off the ship. I knew that a great expense would be incurred for the owners if I put into Fremantle. or any other port saving the one which was our destination. 1, there fore, told the men that if I could steer the sehip to Fremantle I could steer to Melbourne, and that I would not steer to the former, and would throw up the whole business if they insisted upon it. It was necessary to take a plan and stick to it. Their spokesman came and wanted to see the chart, being evi- dently suspicious. I asked why did he want it, and he said--wliat was not true-that he wished to see where a place inland in 'Aus- tralia lay. I told him my chart only showed the coast, not the inland parts of Australia, and I heard no more of the matter." "Should I be right in taking it that you had to contend with trouble on the part of the "Whatever there was arose from the circum- stances of the whoLe position, not out of any feeling towards me. The second mate and I had watch and watch about, and as to that, there is rather an amusing matter, which I may tell you." "The clock by which we made the time of the ship hung in the binnacle, and I got sus- picious that it was being flogged—that is, altered-in the interest of making the time of those in the mate's Avatcli shorter, and, conse- quently, mine longer. As that was hardly fair, I thought it had better be stopped, and I brought to my assistance the fact that the crew strongly believed the room in which the mate had died to be haunted. They thought they saw the mate moving about in it at all times, and they would not go near it. I had the clock put into this room, with a light near it when dark, so that its face could be seen through the skylight. Nobody wanted to go in and flog- that clock any more." "Among the other little difficulties with the men you had to overcome, was there not one as to a. plundering of the provision cabin by some of them?" "Yes; I stated that unless the names of those who had interfered with the provisions were given me I should call in the police when we reached Melbourne. I got the names, and there was no further looting. When Ave got near land the men became quite demonstrative towards me, and when we sighted Port Philip Head they gave me a hearty cheer. I was all angel then." "Now, what about the weather—was it a, good voyage?" "Until we came up to the longitude of about Adelaide we had fine weather; then we had three very hard days blowing. The main and mizzen topsails Avere split, and the main loAver topsail new out of the bunt-lines altogether. However, although that was a bit of weather, it did no harm to us, and we re-placed the injured canvas with new, all right. There was no difficulty at any time in navigating the ship, and we reached Melbourne on December 17. Perhaps our last night at sea was as anxious as any we had, for we struck the coast shortly before dark, and, our chart being an old one, I could not venture to go in. There was no- thing for it, but to put about and beat off shore in very rough weather-untrl the morn- ing, and everybody was glad, after so strange a voyage, to get ashore. A new captain had gone to Melbourne to take over the ship when she should arrive, and I came,home in her as third mate, having taken my certificate in Mel- bourne." "I believe they made a good deal of you in Australia, did they not?" "Oh, they were very kind, but for all the kindness I have got I don't know that I should care to go on such another voyage as that. Still, if it came to having to do it, why, I think I could get through it. In managing the Trafal- gar I had this great advantage—that I had been on board her for years, and knew every peculiarity and characteristic she had." Such is the story of the boy captain, and lie would just have readily not have told it. HI -=--===

ONI. Y A LITTLE BILL. At Clerkenwell County-court (before Judge MadoAA^se-White) Joseph Theodore Ingolby, a medical practitioner, of Highbury- quadrant, sued William Bicknell, laundryman, of Gillespie-road, Highbury, for £4. 19s. 6d., for medical attendance and "medicine. Mr. Derham appeared for the defendtiit.-Tlie plaintiff having stated that he attended the defendant for six weeks for liver complaint and kidnev disorder, Mr. Derham said he did not dispute the facts, but only questioned the reasonableness of the charges. 'His client was a poor man, and he contended that 4s. 6d. a visit, including medicine, was exorbitant. Ques- tioning the plaintiff he asked: Do you not charge according to the rent your patients pay ? You know it says so in Whitaker.His Honour That is more conclusive than a House of Lords judgment. (Laughter.)—Mr. Derham I believe it is sometimes. (Renewed laughter.) —The plaintiff said he did not consider his patient's position in regard to charges.—Mr. Derham: What would you charge his honour? (Lauglit,or.)-Plai,itiff: Not less than a guinea -(Iaugliter)-at least, it depends what sort of house his honour lives in. (Renewed laughter.) -—His Honour: You will have to get an Act of Parliament to increase my salary. (Laughter.) —Defendant said he thought the charge of 24 19s. 6d. was exorbitant, considering that he was only suffering from a "little bile" when the doctor visited him. (Laughter.)—Mr. Derham: How much medicine did you take?—Defen- dant: A few quarterns. (Laughter.)-I-lis Honour Oh, you take it in quarterns, do you? (Renewed laughter).—After further evidence his Honour gave judgment for the plaintiff for £ 3 and costs.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) Paris, August 6. How Anarchists are Made. The trial of Caserio, the little Italian1 baker that murdered poor M. Carnot on the 24th of June last, if it has not revealed that he was truly the paid bravo of a band of associated Anarchists, sufficiently demon- strates that he was converted into an assassin by the study of Anarchist news- papers, but, above all, of Anarchist pam- phlets. Caserio had even an ideal "-he lamented not to have received a superior education to execute his views as if the stabbing of the popular President, who prayed his escort to suffer the people to come near him, exacted culture. Henry was more educated than Caserio, and he ope- rated by throwing a rudely-constructed bomb into the midst of a cafe concert crowd, while Caserio plunged a 24-inch dag'ger into his victim. The literature that fed the minds of Vaillant and Caserio did not directly urge to kill and burn, but that was its trend, and the fanatical mind said, The law and its administrators are the causes of the victims of society, make victims conse- quently, of the representatives and guar- dians of that society." Such literature is certain to fall under the eyes of a fanatic, to drop into a seed-bed but too well prepared, and to impart the impulse to the Caserios. And the base of the griefs of these assassins is not complicated: the strong crush the weak; the rich g-rincl the poor. Remove the oppressor, and the oppressed will inherit the coveted pedestal of human happiness. They accuse the chief of the State of com- mencing anarchy by applying the laws for the maintenance of civilisation —hence return blow for blow. Caserio must expiate his crime, but the human conscience will ask, Is it on the assassin who stabs or the literature that incites his blow the greater responsi- bility rests? Caserio's Trial. The Government acted wisely to allow the proceedings of Caserio's trial to be published, regrettable as the necessity has been, so as not to leave the painful subject open for appeal and prolonged discussion as to the retrospective action of the new law just passed. Caserio was, perhaps, the sole person in the court who remained unmoved as the horrible drama was unrolled. Where pity does not exist commiseration is absent. The terrible criminal displayed no emotion, no repentance. He avowed he felt no sen- sation" in driving the dagger home; that if he had not slain M. Carnot at Lyons he would have executed his resolved crime in Paris. That sent" creepiness" into every spectator so did the passing round of the dagger to the jury, and the request of the presiding judge that the members would not much handle it, as it was destined to be con- served as a sad souvenir. It will be locked up in the vast iron safe in the Archives Office. It was at M. Carriot's special request that the escort of honour fell back a few paces, so that he and the crowd could the better see each other. Three- detectives remained close behind the carriage. M. Rivaud, the Prefect of Lyons, said that a resolute man will always succeed in killing his victim the de- tectives, &c., would never be able to ward off the blow Caserio's act was so instanta- neous that no precaution could have pre- vented it. About the Assassin. Caserio is not 24 years of age. The court is mostly filled with journalists, and who are freely allowed to take sketches. Only a few ladies are in the upper galleries, and they are provided with their opera- glasses. The attitude of Caserio displays no bombast; he is only particular about the expounding of his doc- trines-to save society by exterminating it. He seems to have the indifference of a young wild beast his voice is calm, wooing, like all the Italians, and he is very obsequious. He has apropos replies, though in no way insolent. His ambition, like his predecessors Ravachol, Vaillant, Henry, &c., is to have his Anarchist views well expressed —for him everything else is leather and prunella. He repudiates the idea that he is irresponsible for his conduct he denies that insanity runs in his family. Nothing can disturb his tranquillity and sang-froid. Bowing to Madame Garnet's request, the clothing her husband wore at the commission of the crime was not exposed in the court. The poignard was the only piece de convic- tion laid on the table. M. Turpin's Invention. Respecting M. Turpin's invention for the destruction of corps d'armee, the committee of examination recommends the Minister of War to test the discovory, by ordering' the construction of the apparatus for the rain- ing upon the unjust showers of bullets. Then, if it be found impracticable for war- like purposes, as was the mitrailleuse of the Second Empire, perhaps the invention may be utilised by industry. However, a patriot draws attention to the fact that the Govern- ment will require at least a month to turn out the machine and test it. Now, before the expiration of that time the description and plans deposited at the Patent Office by M. Turpin to protect his invention will be open to any person who desires to pay the usual investigation fee. As the law can- not be altered, it is proposed to turn it: only let an applicant see one portion or a single element of the documents. But a dozen persons have only to put their heads together to each demand cognisance of a section to become in possession of the whole in a few hours. The impression is, that as public opinion runs so much after the puffed discovery, it is best to give the. aerial bullet machine fan-gun a trial, and so end the con- troversy. M. Casimir-Perier. Naturally much interest is taken in the Naturally much interest is taken in the --) social life of President Casimir-Perier, w is passing his holidays on his estate at Pont" sur-Seine, in the Department of the Aube, and in possession of the family surce 70 years. In the little village of Nogent close by, and consisting of but one long street, he is "adored." Whea only a' simply deputy he even took a prominent part in all the humble joys of the villagers they have not yet been able to call him* "Monsieur le President": they still are addicted to address him by his lad name ■ Monsieur Jean." The most enthusiastic of, the old villagers adopt the local fashion of- addressing him as My cousin," a tribute of respect, devotion, and kinship in the elan. sense. M. Casimir-Perier likes fishing, boat- ing, shooting, and gardening. He and his' lady are very fond of equitation, and dailyj indulge in it. The President has' a weakness for trees, not to cut: them down, but to plant them. The long; lines of chestnuts leading up to the mansion1 from the public road were planted by him? when a boy. His favourite amusement is to1 watch his son learning to ride in some of the park alleys; he is then always aecom- panied^ by an enormous mastiff, named* Fox." Another of his pastimes is to visit the little chalet built in the park for his two children, which they" manage on their own ideas of housed keeping. He drops upon the young folks —eleven to thirteen years of age--unex- pectedly, and demands to share in pot- luck. He is very much attached to his old nurse, Madame Robin, or that he calls "Madiiiie Nouncushe still has only! calls Madame Nouncushe still has only! one name for her foster son—" Mv infant" The first family breakfast that M. Casimir-' Perier partook of on his arrival as President! he had Madame Nounou at table. She' and her old husband, both 75, are provided with a model cottage in the village, wher: they live on a, comfortable pension. Th4 President and his lady have accepted an in. vi.^ti(-^1 to de3eixner> as in days gone by! with Madame Nounou—a return breakfast.' The old nurse does not feel quite at case re- specting her infant" since she has grasped the Carnot tragedy. She experiences an unnatural ieehng," she says. However, the President is well guarded. Then he is notoriously plucky, and has the keen eye and instinct of coming danger natural to a soldier. I China and Japan.. I The public up to the present has not been able to seize the "naked truth in the con- tradictory texcgrams that arrive respecting hostilities between China and Tapani Nothing is clear, save that war has been officially declared. The Power that can control the sea route is viewed as having the greatest chance of ultimate success. The cause of the quarrel is net discussed; the results of the fighting are alone looked for- ward to. Then of the contending Naval and Army forces, the best judges can as yet form no definite opinion. China has numbers if they can be concentrated, while Japan has modern organisation and scientific all-round unity of armament. The European Powers are dreading if any of them will be sucked into the war current. It is England and Russia that are likely to put this suspicion to the test. Technical minds follow the working of the new scientific weapons and tactics. It is the belief that the European Powers wilt not allow the war to drag any slow lengtji along. French Naval Manoeuvres. The French naval manoeuvres now closed are considered on the whole to have given satisfaction; they have demonstrated the necessity of France strengthening her Aveak point—the absence of a fleet of grey-' hound cruisers. Perhaps the mobilisation' of the naval reserves left some-1 thing to be desired in the adoption' of measures to give the unities some prac- tical ideas of seamanship and gunnery before being called out. Men employed in canal barges, dock porters, and lig-hterm<»»- of every description are bound to join th\ naval reserves. Now, good seamanship despite all the wonderful delicacy of naval machinery, will still count in the wars of the future, and the greatest commercial Power will have the largest supply of oldl salts. The absence of these qualities ex. plains why the Russian Navy is so defective."1 The sailors" are taken at once from the plough, and sent direct to sea, or to the land a™y, as the wants of the services may demand. Deserted Season's Resorts. The wailing and gnashing of teeth is still becoming louder at the seaside resorts being positively deserted by their usual migratory populations. A triend of mine, who has been amusing himself bicycling from Dunkirk to Biarritz, has wheeled through the majority of the Nor- mandy and Ere tag ne seaside villages. very few strangers are to be encountered, and windows and door-posts seem to be car- petted with "Apartments to let," and, tell it not in Gath, at half the prices of former seasons. The Parisians, the chief clients of the sea beaches, have adopted the mania of going to Switzerland and the moun- tainous parts of Italy, where the natives have not yet quite learned the art of taking the strangers in and fleecing them. 16 is also reported that in hill districts living ia one half cheaper th an at the seaside, while the temptations for dress and society extras are not essentials for holiday-seekers. The doctors are also accused of recommending both beys and girls, in presence of the mental pressure, the consequence of the encyclopaedic college programmes, to try the mountain aip as a superior tonic. 'Only weak lungs or lazy, catarrhs do not get on so well in mountain as in lowland homes. Indeed, we are in presence' rather of an evolution of ceraparative ex-1 pense where families cannot afford the ravages of a summer outing on a purse that seems never to see days of fatness again. ;J —tiMTWIWm IBBemOQ .;jrf 'lOr

A BRAVE ROAD SWEEPER. V/1 A boy of six, named Flack, fell off the Temple parapet, London, into the water. His com- panions all ran away crying. A road-sweeper,- who was some distance off, at once rushed t4 the spot and dashed into the water. He .re-: peatedly endeavoured to reach th drowning boy, but all his efforts were without success.' At the inquest on the lad, Thomas Green, the road sAveeper, in the employ of the county! council, said he strove to reach the lad several tliiies, and ultimately had to. desist owinp to exhaustion. The body was recovered ten! minutes after the accident. The Avitness was commended for his bravery.—A verdict of Accidental death" was recorded by the

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4 cr-n'ro J e glft of oratory and courage °f has convictions. What he 1 tkc. u ju"§ment—a failing which lies Tk fan 1,1 ,a^ his ills and troubles. ikii^ ln^. w,as painfully conspicuous in his -86<?f 6 ^ar<3'iff Park-iaill last night. Irinpf t !fresy" Canon Driver and ferl-.V. 11 t r same school what it may, the & '> before a mixed audience of saints ^HSrl ar TerS' is not the proper place to Etahle enias a" them. Nor was it chari- fp»!L mak? tlle attack- The Father is a %rvpr "ri Church of which Canon \]:f Canon Fremantle, and tlieir a«)Ki Biblical criticism are distin- sum'f.rr, lm!ustera- Father Ignatius may be .hit Ti 6 if ail(i head at Llanthony Abbey, er.6l no rigllt to constitute himself \'P ^'1Cal court to decide between ?■, orthodoxy. We trust, for the leaw ,01yi1 reputation, that he does not iq ri f ^*Ve et'ec't to his threat to enter Tes?r?f ^le forthcoming Church Uon- jli'i Exeter. We had enough of it at last Congress. | }vaTlle purd^f police have a tough task on •Mom] .U0Ay- They were instructed on of "make 'inquiries as to the owners t feof 1»*ises mentioned in three cases against T ^oeS"618- We hoPe they will is ln unearthing the owner's, though it t° gj,.jr^0Us that it is a very difficult task remit uou^ w^° ow*r)S property in the dis- °orm !? P0I'tions of the town. When the pQjj ra,tion were looking for a site for a new 'e'Ration at Adamsdown, the committee I the n91*^6 tlie matter utterly failed to find Was n+&TS' aiK^ ^ia(' to wait until property i a.ot ■? f°r auction before they could vriiy 1S 1101 ^lai'd to understand the reasons <|ay are s0 retiring. A local Dooms- tranft j° *n this connection would be 3 itvrvni otls eye-opener for a lot of uncom- y good people. their kWdaff Cathedral School they "bake g°od °WI* bread," and some humour, with a the n J interest, was introduced into aecou't'6 Proceedings by the head-master's exPeriment' and its results, i brea^f^ directly by the proportions of the f now and previous to the experi- si]Cce' e latter has not proved a financial ettoriYiS' ^0r the boys have developed an traef jUs .aPPetite for "home made as con- l'at d to'tdcl b. id their demand for the boughten 0nlv \besides which the school matron uses bread verJ best flour. With wholesome school jIK' S°°d appetites, however, the j coat r 'to1' has been ousted, a-nd the whole on]y ip ^dical attendance for the term was attend this item being for Dr- VacheH's Ms f ance on a boy who ran a thorn into ahser,00^' The head-master attributes the 4 "haljp08 si°kiiess from the school to the ^ink ,OAVn bread" experiment, and we ha is justified in his conclusion. Th T1 — tWY^asury at last has done a handsome A If ^a*es—^ has allowed a sum of four J "pant6 P0U11^3 a year for two years to be 4(1 ln the work of collecting, examining, fcrif ?ataIoguing Welsh manuscripts at the Office Useum> a't Oxford, at the Record f^o and elsewhere. This arrangement \^ei es a national grievance, and every Haea* scholar and patriot will rejoice beyond i^oo"Ie' That our ancient MSS. remained and uncatalogued was the one l|jige ty which has baffled the patience and "Ou-llG6 every Welsh palseographer from [ i§ bu+n M^yr" to "Gwenogfryn. There disCr; °ne Either step, requiring wisdom ?nd j a] ifWin ati0n—the appointment of diuly ^Orlj Persons to undertake the task. The ^cq„„- eannot be done except by scholars serip+ln^e<^ with the language of the manu- Welsk' i Most of them, of course, are in iiw put contain passages in Latin and, paw.6' other language's- More than this, of is a science the acquisition kjiou!ile, requires much experience and much f°r iif °f collateral subjects. But it is sugc> ,9 Treasury, not for the public, to »est the names of "duly qualified men." A veryr'i^ Harbour Trust Committee took a r 4Pi)ni ^finite stride for ward yesterday in lyJ! Mr. W. R. Heclley as expert to ^rtip l^a'te the condition of the various pro- i«S ProPosed to be acquired by the trust. tb 18 a So. matter for congratulation that K, %0t^ ^^ittee liave been able to secure the Ration of Mr. R. W. Perks, M.P-, in 4 pr« °f investigation. Mr. Perks holds !T>.IIlerit position in the financial world, W a great deal more, his reputa- ir, 18 unsullied. It is no secret now that th Perl-S proved the financial saviour of ICT%arry.:t)ock undertaking at one very a period in its history, and that iro'P ^!s Put his hand to it the venture 'ieyg 0n to success. Mr. Perks, we he- Cqjjj aot now connected with the Barry but he is associated with other con eil.terprises, and his financial record w^th the Manchester Ship Canal S^oW,- ^uown- Mr. Hedley is in his own "Pahi1011 knovv'n, and, we believe, a 'hat tf Tllar" is satisfactory to. be assured ^eftiesle 10Wn1ers of the docks and other pro- .? ar^y understand the basis upon 1*0 jjj. the corporation committee propose isncjf6 with the negotiations, and that jfrjlis' a basis they are prepared to discuss '^Ur together the prospects of the llr trust scheme are to-day very )>r;giic. k ^rdef— of the Bristol Channel—a. jr°WblvCa'?^on i°cyi newspapers, used, r i e cause practically there sre no atio11 ao- •rm ^le ST1bject of perennial agi- {°vemi|aimst the supineness of successive .'an The subject possesses more a i mt6rest, for in the event of war | a ]me the inhabitants of the Bristol i? ca« "ttoral who would sillier fe«t. e~ of attack by a hostile i? V tirtli"g. as may aPPear I f §la.jx(]> 'silver streak" is no longer oa]j'> s, bulwark, and as for our "hearts the „ °f iron)—well, the object-1 esson H^stak11^?611^6^ ^"ava^ Manoeuvres is as defea.t a able as it is unwelcome. The V' of •5 C)n^ R,(Jd (or defending) Squadron 1 k' earning as to the necessity i0,»e th na-va.l efficiency, and also forces jj-e ne;-d for adequate protection on the T? ?Ue knows tc what the troubles Pub'ir -inay tend, and the tension of h fi, may well be judged by the W that Mr. W. £ e° Q^ux's Nwj ton The Great War m 'pi 'veil I In 197, bids. fair to be the success, 1 ^&rlc 1)6 senSation, of the book year. iJ11t not 18 ac^cepted by experts as a graphic, i jP^^rawn, picture of what might L as si ^^gtand's enemies dare to attack F i Preri 6 •Dow ls:' armed but unorganised, of ,^llnS and never prepared, with the kXCePt it- los't every requisite for victory j. ,r>rH I j ai. ,i T av e hearts and strong arms. The Jf6 ^Ptu'^t of the coast towns and London, i the etl re °f Birmingham, and the repulse i at Manchester, Glasgow, Edin- I aid Newcastle after slaughterous s ^eaf1"6 a'^ things that might happen. h^6ri°r' a Sea fi^^ts in which the enemy's ts aje annihilated are equally in th ^'e as'tute manoeuvres by p ^ndiif6 .^rench and Russians succeeded L naif a million of men on our | y.-6 .a(^.mittedly probable, and in face 18 it is madness to defer preparation. t "11>