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LEGAL. Election of Clergyman.—" An Old Reader."—We will repiy next week. Surety.J. L. W—You car. claim the second six months' rent from the .surety. Claim for Extra Wages.—"Tobacconist."—You eau recover the allowance for a house in the county-court Rule of Road.—" J. B. IX"—•Assuming that the overtaking vehicle is on ifs right side, a pedestrian should mcve to the left, i.e., to the nearest side cf the road. Will —" Charley."—It is a pity you did not ?ive us the road. Will —" Charley."—It is a. pity you did not ?ive us the information for which we asked. Send us the precise words of the will, and the tenure and value of tae property. Surety.—" J. L. W."—In your statement you men- ion an agreement between -Tones and Keece. We do not understand how Keece coines in. If vou will ex- plain we will answer your question. Tender for Timber. Bl"lltus. Yon have acted quite righttv. The tendering firm must, bear the loss occasioned by their clerk's mistake. Consult your solicitor as to the further steps you should take Death Duties.—" Fortunate."i—You do not give us enough details. Is the house freehold or leasehold ? Does the will g-iye you the house free of Ie?jaey and succession duty ? We think vou should consult your solicitor. Distraint—" V. B. J."—You can distrain after having given a notice to quit, whether the tenancy be quarterly or weekly and you nmy distrain after the expiration of the notice for rent due up t» the end of me notice. Sale of Korse.—" Agriculia."—You ought to have presented the bill on the proper date You bad i)etter sue B and his nephew at onee, and, with that v;ew. you should consult a solicitor in your ueicrh- nourhood.. Factory. P. C. J. "We should think that you have a good cause of action against, vour present landlord, but a great deal depends upon the nafure cf your contract with him. You should consult your solicitor. Legacies.—"Inquirer."—Tlie executrix is right If a legatee ife-belore the testator, the legacy does not ■& his representatives but lapses. The only J!c?.pt;on is when t?io legatee is a child or other issue {"¡. of the testator. t P Gift of Working rinplenieiit.Pa-iv.If one person delivers a chat vcl to another, with the inten- tion of making a gift o t it, the property in the chattel passes to that other person, nnd it cannot be lawfully reclaimed by the first. Villaee Green.—" Veritas."—If the laud belongs to the Duchy of Lancaster ir, is not a village green, and it i j under the control of the Duchy. If it is a village green it does not belong to the Duchy, and is under thecoatroloftheparish council. Apprentice.—" S. H."—We think the suggestion that part of your son's wages while serving his ap- prenticeship should be paid into the Savings' Bank to his account is a very good one. We have no doubt that it can be carried out, if the master agrees. Arrears of Wa,es. TobaccoDist.If the wife engaged you, you should sue her in the county-court for the amount that has not been paid to you. You will have to treat the husband as having acted as his wire's agent in making the pro use. Income of Baronet.—" Posi t,on."—Titles are seldom bestowed upon men. who have not the means neces- sary to enable them to support the dignity in a proper manner; but there is no law that a man cannot be made a baronet unless he has so much a year. Damage to Roof.—" Justice."—If the chimney-pot Was properly fixed and in good repair, the owner of the chimney-pot would not be liable for the damage to the roof. If it was not, he would be liable but it would be for the owner of the roof to prove the state of the chimney-pot. Name of Son.—" Caroline S."—Tomakeqnite certain you had better withdraw the nomination, and make out a fresh one, calling your son by both the name by which he was registered and the name be now bears. nd you should make a will leaving it. to him by the same names. opy of Will.—" Interested One."—Get someone to go to Somerset House and search for the will, and order a copy of it. You will have to furnish him with the full iiime of the testator and the approximate date of death. The fee for the search will be Is The cost of the copy will depend upon the length of the will. Troublesome Lodgers.—"A Six Years' Subscriber." Y 011 can turn your lodgers out as soon as the notice is expired. You can accept rent for the period ex- piring at the end of the notice but; if you accept rent for any period after the end of the notice, a fresh tenancy will be created, and you will have to give a fresh notice. Unpleasant Stepchildren.—" Worried.We fear you cannot compel the father to provide a separate home for his gi-own-up children if he chooses to let them live with him. You can, of course, leave your hnsband if you like, and cannot be forced to return to him bnt unless your reason for leaving him is a good one you cannot compel him to mai.-itaiu vou. Disorderly Houso.—"Phoenix."—The landlord might, perhaps, have a right of action sgainst the tenant for the damage lone to his property, if he can prove that the tenant knew the use to which the house was being put. But he cannot tjo;t the tenant without giving him the proper notice to quit. Such a notice should he given without delay, and steps should lie taken by the landlord to see that this use* of the liouae is not continued. Eaj-bed Wire Fencing.—Dubitabiiis."—You wiU find that your having given your neighbour permis- sion to put up the fence will be a serious obstacle to your obtaining relief in a ccurt of law, but the fact that it is on Ins own ground will not affect the ques- tion. You had better see if you can come to terms with him, Would he not let you cut off the barbs on your side of the fence? What reason can he have for wanting to put up such a fence between your garden and his? You do not keep bulla or other dar. £ erous a-uim&lfi in vour back garden, do you4' Ownership of House"—" Jersev. \Vc are not sure that we quite understand your statement. We as- suine that what happened was that the inau vou refer to built a house during his first wife's iifetime, using for that purpose money belouiring to her, and that he then obtained from the freeholder a lease to himself and his two daughters as joint tenants or as tenants in common. We assume, also, that the lease was granted before the Married Women's Property Acts. or that, if it was granted after auv of those Acts, the first wife left no will, so that the man became on his first wiies death entitled to her personal estate. Lastly, we nssume that the man left no will. It seems to us that questions may arise as to whether the whole benefit of the lease did not upon the ♦w ? P^s to her husband. In that event, all the children by both wives would now be enatled equally But, assuming that this is not the case, it would depend upon the wording of the lease whether, upon the man's death, the whole J i6Ll?e survive to the two daughters, or r6! ^a.u s estftte entitled to one-third of the benefit of the lease. In the latter case all the children by both wives would now be entitled to share equally III such one-third part. The case is so com- plicated tnat we strongly advise you to consult your solicitor.

GENERAL. "Cottage Club and Institute, Cadoxton "—Dr. W. 18 184H WaS k°1U near Bristol, on July "Daily SubMriber."—There are four lord mayors in England—ot Loudon, York, Liverpool, and Man- chester1 respectively. Postal Arrangements.—" Post Office.You had better write to the Secretary of the Post Office, St. Mart;ri's-le-Grand. London. Ii F."—The detective force of London, which only numbered fifteen men in 1869, was raided in the fol- io\v:ng year to 266 and a superintendent, at which number it stall, we believe, remains. Toor Man "—The (.-atr'li-'em-aJive-oh paper« are horribly cruel to the unfortunate flie. There are plenty of fly destroyers quite as cheap that are perfectly merciful. Why not usa the.se? Co:n."—"ies there was an Irish coin called an eagie in the reign of Edward I. (about 1272), which was made of base metal. The American eagle (with half and quarter eagles) is a gold coin, worth ten dollars— about £2 lB. of our money. Topey."—There are plenty of respectable dealers in such goods as stamps and old books, but we cannot recommend particular firms. The authorities at the British Museum would give you a rough idea of the value of the Bible. which may be considerable. J. W.The Polytechnic was opened in 1839, but, somehow, never prospered commercially. It was tiinud into a college in 1872. but, after a melancholy existence, was wound up in 1882. Since then it has been occupied by the Polytechnic Young Men's Chris- tian Institute. A. Ii."—The Amir Abdour-Rahman was born in 1845, and proclaimed at Kabul by the British in 1880, but the troubles with Ayub Khan (win of the late Amir Shere Ali) kept recurring until Avub's final defeat and flight into Persia in 1881. Since then Afghanistan has been fairly quiet. Ayub, however, tried to get up another rising in 1887, and eventually surrendered to the Indian Government in November o em er of that year Twenty Years' Subscriber."—Your question reaches us too late to give you full particulars this Ave-k. But the cost of educating the boy as a, veterinary surgeon will lie considerable HP must be fairly educated, to start with, and then there are the ex- penses of his training and examinations. You can get the fees and rules by writing to the secretary of the Roval Veterinary College, Great College-street, Camden Town.

MISSING RELATIVES AND FRIENDS Emmens.Wanted, information respecting any of the relatives of the, late James William Emmens, who d'-ed :n 1872. resident in Mile-end, E. His son, who inquires, would gladly receive news. -Address W. J Emmens, 6, Hindmia's-road, East Dulwich, S.E. 16.6.95 Usher.—News wanted of Jessie Usber, who left Hornsey Rise about two years and a half ago, and went to Texas (America) with her brother and sister, where they ran a horse ranche. Her frend M. Robarts inquires—Address 23, Bolsover-street, Port- land-road, London, W. Yf.tes.-News wanted of Thomas Yates, aged 47 years. Once lived at Naunton. Left England for Amen-a in or about; the year 1871: not heard of since. Supposed address-Tama city, Tama county, State of Ohio, Norrh America. His sister Ann in- quires.—Address, Compton Abdale, Gloucest rshire, R.S.O. 7,7.95 Flynn.—News wanted of Denis Flynn, once a butter merchant in the city of Cork. Went to America in 1887 first went to St. Paul's. Minnesota; last heard of in Texas about six years ago. Age was about 54. Native of t.Y slielmore, Bandon. County Cork. Rumoured that he went to California. About 5ft. llin. iu height; short-siishted; dark, turning grey. His mother inquires.—Address Mrs. Ellen Flvrin, Cashel- more, Bandon, County Cork. 23-6-95

WELSH Cli U RCH HISTORY. LETTER FROM THE BISHOP OF ST ASAPH. Writing- to the Rev. E.J. Newell, The College Porthc&wl, the Bishop of St. Asaph says: — When I last wroi to you I bad only been able to glance at the "History of the Welsh Church." I have during the last few n.« iths had time to read it over with care. It seems to me a most valuable contribution upon a subject which had not received hitherto anything like adequate treatment. Churchmen in England and WTales owe you a real debt of gratitude. I sincerely hope that you may be able (as you hold out some hope of doing) to tell us in a future volume how the prostration following the disendowment of the sixteenth century was intensified by the Puritan oppression in the seventeenth. It has seemed to me that no one has brought out the fact with sufficient clear- ness of detail that the difficulties of the Church in Wales during the eighteenth century were largely the result of the wreck and poverty inflicted by the Puritan oppressors on the Church in the seventeenth. Dr. Erasmus Saunders in 1720 throws much lig-ht on this point. The Palace, St. Asaph, June 4, 1895.

CADBURY'S COCOA. A food alike suitable for building up the growing body and for repairing the waste which is incidental to all the processes of life."—Health, i«1287-2

WELSH INDUS- TRIES. THE FIRST GUEST IN HIS EXILE AT AIOWLAIS. REMINISCENCES OF HIS EAiiLY IN WALES. By CHARLES WILKINS, F.G. S. Recollections of the adventurous English- man who had come to link his fortunes with Lewis, of the Van at Dowlais were common enough amongst the last generation, lie was a tail man, strongly built, ana evidently wed litted for pioneer work. Thy people thought him eccentric and somewhat reserved, but a kind man; reverenced, according to the old term, by IKS men. One of his tirst efforts was to get a knowledge of Welsh, and he was soon abie co talk a little with the workmen in their own language. Guest had sole charge of the solitary furnace, and built himself a house by the Morlais, and in a quiet way plodded on, using charcoal as fuel, and getting small, but good, yields. The time came when the iron world in all direc- tions were beginning to use pit coal in iron- making, and Lewis and Guest made arrange- mentis to give the invention of Dudley a trial, For this purpose it was necessary to get a new cylinder from Cardiff, and reading the ac- counts, in the old and fast-fading records of that day, is more reminiscent of the building of pyramids and the conveyance of Egyptian gods than of anything else. There was quite a small army of men brought together, of all sorts and! conditions, from the ironworkers of Dowlais to the mule and pony drivers and the spare farmer hands around. Twenty-four oxen, we are told, were requisitioned, and the eventful day came when, with all the wild gesticula- tions and cries, of tired and heated men, shout- ing voluminously in strange dialects to wonder- ing and' wearied oxen, the cavalcade, after a world of difficulty and danger, came over the Waun Mountain, and rested a while ere the descent to Dowlais was made. Thi", expedition was long remembered as one of the eventful incidents of Guest's early days. Unfortunately, there was no great success at first, and the weekly yield at this time was only eight^n tens. The slow, almost tedious, growth of Dowlais augured eventful greatness? though mot so evident to the pioneers. That Dowlais wa-s even then discussed as a Land of Promise is shown by the number of men who began to throng thitherwards, not only from, otherparts of Wales, but from England. Very soon after Guest had settled down Mr. Wilku-.gon, father of the we I-known ironmaster, came to Dowlais, and is entered in the rate-books of the parish, in conjunction with Guest, as leasing land and starting a furnace at Plymouth. He built a furnace the ruins of which were visible a few years ago behind the old Vulcan Steos at t .1 Dowltis, also, but lie evidently did not "come to stay." At a considerable distance from this furnace there was a water-wheel, which acted as the motive power to a, large bellows sup- plying the furnace witn blast. The blast, again was conveyed through a long clay pipe of a very frail character. The whole thing soon collapsed, anu Wilkinson gave up the rivalry and retired from both Dowlais and Plymouth. John Guest does not appear to have had any doubts of ultimate success himself, for lie soon invited a number of his old Broseley friends, and eventually most of his family were gathered around him. Previous to this his life, as described in the history of that time, handed down from the old people who are dead and gone, was a very lonely one. He, in fact, was an exile from his kith and kin, living amongst a strange people, of whose language ana manners and customs he knew little. -From a friend of ''Iolo Morganwg, who used to visit at Penyrheol House. Merthvr pnrj 'u-inlr inordinately of tea as many as a Oozen at a time-fortttnatelj, the caps were sniaii uie.v nas been hanoed down some interesting particulars of that exile. Mrs. Williams, the friend in question, was a little girl at the time of Guest's early career, the daughter of one Nicholas, the smith' of Pant Coed Ivor. Once a week a post- woman, mounted on a small pony, brought the letters from Brecon to the village of Merthyr, and as she stopped at the smithy it fell to the lot of the little girl on several occasions to take the letters for Mr. Guest to save the post-woman the journey. We are further told that at this earlv date only two newspapers were brought by the post- woman—one for Air. Guest and another for a. respectable yeoman of Merthyr, who resided at Pondside. The little girl was rewarded every time she gave the letters and jP:'per to Mr. Guest with a penny, andi one Christmas Day, as a great treat, with a six- pence. She often described to her son, Mr. Morgan Williams, of Penyrheol, the aopear- ance of Mr. Guest. He looked a lonely, somewhat a melancholy, man. She found him frequently sitting on a large stone—a boulder evidently—in front of his one fur- nace, which was about the size of a lime- kiln, and as soon as she came in sight lie rose from his seat nimbly and came towards her, evidently anxious to hear news from home. Then, giving her his penny, he would perch again on the stone, reading his letters and his newspaper. That weekly post, brought far away over the Beacons, was to Guest the red-letter da;" of his life. He heard all about his Broseley home, tidings, perhaps, of the coming wife and stalwart sons; and the newspaper, the "Cambridge Intelligencer," brought him in touch with the busy world, which seemed so far away from the Welsh hillside, and told him of the stirring news which found not disputants, undoubtedly, in the sanded kitchen of the "White Horse" at home. It was a momentous time that in English his- tory. The shadows of the American revolu- tioil were thrown forward. Pitt, "like a cagea lion, was growling defiance in his retreat. and Flowers, the Radical editor of the newspaper, was writing with a venom, which soon afterwards led to his imprison- ment. All these things led Guest for a time from his contemplation of his furnace and the direction of his men till faded again, the objects which passed over his mental vision, and then again the ironmaster took up vigorously the momentarily dropped role. Then we find as time passed uneventfully by that one by one Guest became surrounded by his family and many of his old friends. His father, Thoma.s Guest, of Broxley, had reared a large family—full particulars of the various members are given in the "History of Merthyr"—but it would appear that only John rose to distinction. One brother, Thomas, was employed at Dowlais Works for years, and died at Dowlais. Robert was also employed at Dowlais, and the brothers' sons, who were many, filled various positions -moulders, master refiners, forge clerks, &c. —as the worlcs expanded. It was John Guest who first worked coal at Dowlais, and when it was in little use at the works he would sell it to the Vavnor farmers. The sale took more the form of an exchange than anything else. The farmers would bring a sack of lime to the works, and barter it for a sack of coal, giving a halfpenny to Mi. Guest in addition. This sack of coal was then taken home, divided into three loads, or three small sacks, and on the backs of mules taken into Herefordshire and even into further counties, and sold for lOd. the sack. It was related in the last generation that upon one occasion Mr. Guest, finding that coal was becoming more useful, rose the price to one penny, and this caused a good deal of consternation amongst the old-

SUICIDE AT CARDIFF. A NIGHT WATCHMAN CUTS HIS THROAT. A sad occurrence is reported from Roath, Cardiff. Shortly after seven a.m. on Tuesday George Fordham, a watchman who had just finished his night's shift at Hill's Dry Dock, where he was employed, returned to his home at No. 5, Rose-street, Roath. A few minutes afterwards Mrs. Fordha.m had occasion to go out into the back, and was horrified to see her hus- band lying on the ground with a tremendous gush in his throat. The distressed woman called for assistance, and Dr. Treharne was summoned. When the latter arrived at the house he he bound the wound on the suicide's throat, but it was seen that nothing less than a miracle could save him, and Fordham died at ten minutes before nine o'clock. The sad affair caused a profound sensation throughout the district. Fordham, who was a man of 43 years of age.. had been for some time in a very depressed state of mind in consequence of pecuniary trouble. The Inquest. The inquest was held at the Town-hall on Tuesday evening (before the borough coroner, Mr. E. B. Reece).—The wife of deceased stated that some time ::go a fire occurred at Hills'Dry Dock, where Fordham was engaged as watch- man. and he was greatly worried from fear of dismissal. On Tuesday morning he was very j much depressed upon arrival home. He had a short conversation with her, and then went to the back, where she found him ten minutes later with his throat severely cut. In 1882 j he was in the Egyptian Campaign, and suffered; from sunstroke.—Jas. Beynon, a seaimui, living in Rose-street, said that, finding the street in a state of alarm, he went into deceased's hOl1'<8, and found the man at the liack with a wound in his throat. A razor was lying on the ground. He bound up the wound, apply- ing some liniment, but a short time afterwards the man died. He was quite conscious, and managed to speak to the childrpn,saying that he died for them.—Police constable Harrison gave evidence, and Dr. Treharne. who was called in, stated that deceased died from loss of blood soon after his arrival. There were in all four cuts across the throat, the jugular vein being cut.—The manager of the dry dock said that no blame had been, atached to Fordham on account of the fire. He had merely been asked if he knew the cause.-A verdict of "Suicide whilst in a state of temporary insanity" was re- turned.

"How Farmer Hayseed got over a difficulty" is the title of an amusing and cleverly illus- trated poem, which describes the manner in which a worthy agriculturist discovers a plan whereby his servants can get through the har- vest work in a much shorter time and with greater comfort to themselves. The brochure is attractively got up, and may be obtained for the mere asking from Messrs. Newbn.U and Mason, Hyson Green Works, Nottingham.

AN AMERICAN TRACIv MAN MURDERS HIS FAT#^ LRI" LAW. ,U U f th<>V I51* American papers to hand tell 01 of James Owens, a murderer, w''°n C0^ id down by a sheriff's posse in AtchmfcO nt Owens escaped from gaol five ul°rli.re6 company with a train robber aI1(l desperate prisoners. He was un"f; f.jjr ,lp h of death for the murder of his Juclge Seneca Noblitt, in Atchinson yj »gle year ago. The young farmer lJ ^-tr with Noblitt's daughter five years ■.j, i a married her. When they returned two children. Noblitt refused to j jj^an and took his wifci and children away gee vl Owens went to the house and asked b; When he was refused ha shot his & f W'ai dead. It was a desire to see his .jJPn >, a#air: that led Owens back to the neig'^j Md where he had committed the crime, 3 «• V he was killed by the officers. 9qB ha appeared at the house of Fritz k'LJr eh farmer, wlio lived near the old Nobii stead, and asked for breakfast. ,ro a to him, but Klute told him he IlU,stJJ at once. Owens said he would c,ii3l^Uti; nightfall. He wanted to see tff|l%iaB dren, he said. He hid himself bam, and Farmer Klute wen riB £ S tl his work. Two hours later a neighbor e 5ji% hand passed the place and carried to lAflij??.Pi the information that the murderer in Klute's barn. Fifty yards in which Owens was hidden, and t(l Jl big road, stood the Noblitt farin-h" ell y,.Jali(.e fugitive had been told that his cm- »mas there, and he waited patiently for the out into the warm, sunshine, where see 'them. It was hours before they « M^ril but at last he was rewarded by a 61" jjec Jt under the trees in front of the house. ,t'tul ST out of the barn and down the dusty g j Jftiff his hands and knees, peeping through IA,s at the little ones. TTie boy was 1 a broomstick horse, and the girl wa-5 g ? di-fj, doll. The murderer gazed at them a < and forgot that he was a fugitive, Vif capture a heavy reward had been w the State. Farmer Klute had s^Ptot W v the lane 'to inform the sheriff's posse (i was in the barn. There were six ? i all armed w7ith Winchester rifles and io^c)i W- They tied their horses and o it through the field. They saw 0^_eI^ (iiw in the dust, where lie had crossed Two of them went cautiously in the 1^ of the house, and caught sight of "j ,g ((j in the fence corner. He was -l'lr?11 (f^l Vains looking into the yard..where his c. },of*'e tr laying. The boy on the broomstick- looking up with wondering eyes in^^riffL*4 ta J face. Suddenly a shot rang out and » 0 ;< T crashed into the fugitive's shoulde^f* U turned upon his pursuers with a re-d Cj each hand. They leaped the at him from under cover. si way track towards the barn, .e. j/J Vfc dren ran screaming towards the ho^3'ys, reached tlhe barn, re-loaded hls v>e te J n' came out again on his horse with jjffvje in each hand. The sheriff's volley, and a shot passed through. piiPfe'' lt> •, but he rode awav, shooting at hlS jjg l as he ran. A hundred yards £ <•$* W,' dying by the roadside. The fu^^e 'W. had coaiie ouit of the house when e D* ,jf 1 began, and stood looking on at K down the lane. She saw a a fes arms and fall from his horse, i4 'jj sheriff 's men lift the blood-stained she didn't know whose it was- 1 tir^ >" until her little son pulled at her ^;1 lisped, "It is papa." that she i was her husband that, had been *■*

DROWNING ACCID^ :?hV; tr- 1'f' WOMAN DROWNED IN dock. e About one o'clock on Saturday > yr ity,. the Cardiff police wcro informed M Martha Francis, a widow resichng M manied daughter at No. 124, CI" A, ef Jut Cardiff, was, missing from her he111 e' K'at hours later she was discovered by a j Ijti^' sailors, named James M'Carthy j., f Ryder, struggling in the West l although they immediately jump^ ^V* water to save her, their efforts Pr° M and she wr.s drowned. This news >Ni conveyed to the house of the spD*ry, Vy.'J f'TV the deceased, he went to the morW t^ra the body had been taken after bcij1" .'MP fitn, from the water, and if^! IT as that of Mrs. Francis. that som? four years and ^'M >, 'r. the deceased was sadly bereaved. 1 so distracted by family troubles that time her mind has been more or On more than o,ne occasion she j"! all l er belongings into a bundle. I ^it her home at 124, Clifton-street, na« >0 ( l/' to the docks, where she deli_g,ht-^L.ericy:l[ the ships—she having a son m ,l>1'1 j n di stveral brotl ers. captains. On i.r,ffle\ sjcsm tlm police had brought her W Satin day's escapade was her last, j* ,jj ei* toV'ht she must have packed all h' valuables together, as everything 'n her was gone, and, watching her °Po0^ f slipped out of the house- It is no1" (j she got into the water, but no i,vii)g suicide hivngs over her death, sheJf. complained of being unhappy. tbe i K! I >V i' that the was watching the vessels J iJie f when she slipped into the water. :t in end- < A* i V? NARROW ESCAPE OF A 130 ,A': C LLANDAFF- M 11 On Saturday afternoon, about J- g -'f" twenty to thirty boys were mill stream between the Llandaff and the River Taff at Llandaff, ()f V, named John Roberts, aged seven- »i y field-place, Llandnff-road, Canton- t 0l\ C away by the current. Some ofo VhA a diately rushed off to give the 1 n& W it' Llandaff Police-station, about three\rk[ W\' a mile way. Three constables hu i\>e spot, and endeavoured to intcreep before it reached the river. They (i. in time to secure the body at ,e V, e'' <> the stream, and, although the h f been in the water twenty minutes- » .« [ alive. Measures were at once ce^ ,g ^.y v,°r store animation, which were jy ''ie Roberts was taken home. His o1 f ^r't much cut, having travelled a dis^P' a mile, through bushes and | obstacles. nlZ?* jf ,1 obstacles, nlZ?* jf ,1 4' lir DROWNED WHILE DI^/J eXa George He my Allman, aged ft*1 j J in a Liverpool dock by falling 0 j asleep on the deck. BATHING FATALL1^^ JOR, to Two lads sons of an ice-creaju\^ipg hn Valvoni were drowned whilst .jiCj Sai River Nenent Wellingborough °n p, j Vj ing. Tlie younger, aged sixteen, -oet^ assistance of his brother, a<red cc-uld not swim, and both sank- j Ivvo boys, named Herbert | Duncan, were drowned whilst b? pip "hi reservoir near Darwen on Sat u 0 b-cxlies were recovered locked Of Jr ] On Sunday night a boy, drowned whilst bathing at Hack11 [

fashioned farmers, and for many a day they could talk of nothing else. And in our quiet ravines and wooded hollows, even had there been much news stirring, it was tardy enough in getting here. Even fifty years later it is said that the battle of Waterloo was discussed—long after Napoleon had been safely contined in St. Helena. But our farmers and early ironworkers soon had subject matter for gossip. England was initiating the most regrettable course of estranging American friendship by the imposition of new and heavy duties on imported merchandise. It was in 1765 the obnoxious Stamp Act was passed. In the same year the American Congress was first held in New York; in 1767 duties were levied on tea, paper, and painted glass; in 1775, 300 chests of tea were destroyed, and in 1775 the memorable battle of Lexington took place. Go to the secluded churchyard of Vaynor, where amidst the old farmers of that time sleeps now Robert Crawshay, the last of the iron kings, and as you read the "simple annals" of the buyers of coal and sellers of lime, the scarcely decipherable mementoes of the dead become rounded into significance. You see aga-in the grey forefathers of the hamlet—the Jenkinses and Richardses and Watkinse.s-and fancy again peoples the ruined village of Pontstickill, and for a brief, time you are back in the past, when the solitary Dowlais furnace was the beacon light and a marvel of which few imagined the out- come. John Guest, from turning out 500 tons a year, gradually increased it to 1,500; and, considering the primitive appliances he ha.d, this was very satisfactory. His only means of getting mine and even coal was by scouring. The mountain streams would be dammed up to a considerable height at such places as Twyncarno, and then suddenly cleared away, scouring out the mine from the sides, which, by its greater weight, would sink to the bottom of the brook or stream, and be collected afterwards. Fuel in his time was principally charcoal, and there a.re traditions extant that the re heights of Dowlais were well wooded, pre- senting more the appearance of the Cyfarthfa side than of tne bare, treeless expanse it now does. In local history he is stated to have been a good, kind master, and amongst other benefits and privileges gave his men once a year a dinner on the Waun Mountain, but the men indulged so excessively in drinking as well as eating that, much against the grain, Mr. Guest gave it up. By this time, 1780, the labours of the pioneer of the Guest family were beginning to tell. He had reached his sixtieth year. The prime of life had passed—the end could be seen mentally and not afar off. Like the prudent, thoughtful man he was, he had trained up his son, Thomas, to relieve him I of the increasing responsibility of his works, and at his death on November 25, 1785, Th-omas stepped naturally into his place. During the career of the first Guest, Lewis, of the Van, had retained an interest in the Dowlais furnace; Mr. Thompson, the father of Alderman Thompson, had also an interest in the works, but sold out his share to Mr. Tail, who had been a traveller for the Dow- lais Company, as it was formally called after the death of the first Guest. The death of the pioneer John Guest ends nafurally the first epoch in the history of the distinguished family which has had such an importa.nt influence over the destinies of the iron and coal trade for nearly a hundred and fifty years. The beacon ligllt that he lit on the hillsides of Dowlais was before he died flashed back again from the opposite Cyfarthfa, Hills; and before following the career of the Guests it will be incumbent to sketch, which will be done in our next, the beginning and early annals of Anthony Bacon and of Cyfarthfa. mn'i m, i tm iwaaa—a