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I THE WELSH PRESS. [BY CTWYLIEDYDD."] Cymru Fydd at a Discount. The comments of the vernacular papers upon the last Cymru Fydd meeting at Llan- drindod are extremely interesting, mas- much as they reveal the ho'llowness of the fad and how little hold it has upon the Welsh people. It is practically abandoned by all papers except the "Baner," and con- demned in strong terms by several of the others. The "Baner" is still suffering from the shock it received at the general election, which promises to become chronic. When it is remembered that not one of the mem- bers for South WaCes and only two from the North attended the Llandrindod meet- ing. the absurdity of the following state- ment becomes, evident:—"The old country is moving. The meeting at Llandrindod was all that could be expected, containing repre- sentatives from every part of Wales, and also from the great English towns; and those, for the most part, have been the leaders of the people for many years. The "Herald" —the oldest of the Welsh papers— takes no notice of the meeting bevond a column report of the proceedings." The "Groleuad makes no reference to it. but publishes the following important statement by a correspondent:—"I can assure you, Mr. Editor, that a much larger number' of your readers than you imagine are Liberal Unionists; and I a-sk you, on their behalf, to^ ail low this letter to appear in your columns, for scant fair play have they re- ceived at your hands during the 'last nine years. Before that time the Liberal party was all Unionist. The "Genedl"' has a short paragraph accusing Mr. D. A. Thomas of want of true patriotism, but prints a strong letter from Mr. William Jones, of Ba igor, condemnatory of Mr. Lloyd-George, in which he In-hes: -"I know enough of the history of my country to say that divi- ve, sions have been our bane since the days of our old Princes to those of Owen Glyndwr. Want of fidelity to eac-li other still prevails. Is Wales' great measure more for- ward tii-day because of the interference of Mr. Lloyd-George ? I btlieve not. No Liberal Government with its ey<^ open will again make Welsh Disestablishment the iirst plank of their programme." Confidence in the. success of the Home Rule scheme is not shared by the "Cymro," which ad- ministers the following reproof to the pro- moh'r. -J¡f Mr. Lloyd-George had been over anxious to prevent the South Wales Federation from joining Mr. Gee's scheme, >• c-i.'vdd not secure his object better tlian by using the threatening word.s he applied I towards his fellow-Liberals in the South. Aud we are sorry to be forced to draw the conclusion that Mr. George does not nossess the qualifications of a successful leader. Whether the Southern Federation, or that of the crew who call themselves by the liigh-soiinriinff name, 'the National Liberal Federation of Wales,' is rj:lilt. it is difficult to decide, for we have only one side shown in the newspapers. The mess has been shamefully gerrymandered by the leaders of the scheme. But there is one thing quite evident, namely, that the South Wales FederationMs know what thev nre about." The "Tyst" is of opinion that personal questions are at the bottom of the quarrel, a.nd asks whv strong lancua^e should hi u.sed. The "Seren" savs that quarrelling is the misfortune of the Welsh nation, who 0 ive yet to learn that bitter words will not lead to union. The "Celt" observes that 'I the violent language of Mr. Lloyd-George and Towvn Jones is not calculated to pro- mot? Cynmi Fvdrl. "Whatever may be the future of ii, it ado's, "it is doubtful whether the parties will u~<ite, and we shall be oblige:! to allow the enemy to occupy the ground for years to comt The Trades Union Congress at Cardiff. Ti.e Trades Union Congress is discussed, wit;, two or three exceptions, by a.K the Welsh papers. The treatment is weak and superficial, as if the conductors (Lid not realise its influence upon the social life of the nation. Although the leader-writers are ministers of religion, not one of them, except the leader-writer of the "Llan," has touched upon the religious aspect of the question. The following is a 6i n unary of the art.icles:- "Gened-l" —"The congress has fchanged its co;t;tution. None but workmen are in future to attend its meetings. The Inde- pendent Labour party are hot-headed Socialists, and Keir Hardie, Tom Mann, Ben Tillett. John Burns, Burt, and Broadliarst are excluded. The c-ongress has not been in sach a. healthy condition for years, and all its proceedings are creditable." "Golauad1" :—"The Trades Congress has drawn greater attention this year than ever. The proceedings were lively, as was ex- pected. The working men of England will have nothinc: to do with Socialists, and John Burns excluded himself in order to defeat them." "Herald" —"Many important questions were discussed, such as payment of members, fair wa-es in Government contracts, early closing of shops, certificated engineers, and eight. llOllrs a day for cohiers. They ¡:grec:1 .<so upon prohibiting any to cut <^al until thev are twenty years of age, and tnat men s-ho'uld not seek work in p.aces where tlieie ai^ plenty of workmen already. More ignorance than" libertv is shown in such resolution., .aml it is folly to suggest them on the eve of the twentieth century. The great fauttot th# congress was the undertaking too much work. Let workmen stick to practica oue.vtions. "Tvst": —"The most important wo>'k done 'was the change of rules. There was a storm on the first day. and it w»s fearei that the congress would be wrecked. ine Hardieites were beaten, and the congress was delivered from outsiders. The judgment and common sense of the working classes are sound and healthy. "Celt" —"One of the chief weaknesses ot the congress was the want of union among the members. Disagreeable thing.s ^e'e raised, and some of the delegates conducted themselves unworthily. The chairman raised a dangerous storm whilst doliverine his a; dress- and a collapse was feared. It is sa,, that Burns was the author of the address. "Tarian" :—"This years congress proves that the representatives of the workmen can discuss questions with skill, and that they have an eye for the main chance.. discussions compared favourably with tno- of the House of Commons. i L a")Pil ing delightful to «ee Mr. Jenkins a.ppiymg ttie whip to the backs of the Independent partj, and to listen to their squeais." "Cvmro" •—"Certain matters came to Agf- during the heated discussion whkh were not known before. One was the strugtrle betlueai t],o old and weaMiv unions and tne younger ones and the bugbear of the advoca £ of chanije wa^t^e Ind(fcpenden-t Laboui Pajrty under the leader^ of Keir Hardie In on sense the public will be glad to ^ar °f the defeat of Bardie and this party: on the other hand it is not a- pleasant sight to witne.. British workmen fighting each other in small sections instead of their common enemy. "Llan":—The Citurohmen of Oardm did wisdly in talking speoial notice of the congress. Sermons were preached in all the ehun-he-, bv eminent olergynien on the Sunday beuore tie meetings. This is as it should be. BY inviting the delegates to the House of God to pray for guidance and to (listen to religious teachers before commenomg tfhe week's work f3ie CTiurcih ws doing itts duty. The basis of Great Britain's greatness is its religion.

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I THE GARNET SUICIDE, On Motida.y Mr.W. B. Roderick coroneT held an inciue.st at Garnant on the body of Ascema-s Jones, of Prince Albert-row. Garnant. The I deceased, who was only eighteen years of age, and was the ;(In of Air. Rees, Jones, shot I' himself OIl Saturday night. Morgan Ley^hon TlionVas statetl that on Saturday night he was in company with the deceased in the Prince Albert Inn. About- 10.30 deceased left him, saying, "Good night," and, as lie did so, throwing to Thomas Griffiths his purse and tobaew, said, "I shall never see you again." This did not seem strange to witness, as they had all heen quite friendly, but deceased had spoken to him about Margaret Jane Evans. The deceased had only left the rlxnu a short time, wht>n witness* heard a gun report, Which sounded as if it came from the back of the house. The land- lady asked witness to fetch the police. He did not think deceased was jealous, although he had told him (witness) that Margaret Jane Evans would never have him. lIe had never heard that deceased had threatened that he wwnld kill Mi."<8 Evans, wit-new, or himseif. Deceased was quite sober all Saturday night. Thomas Griffiths said that lie was in the I Priuce Albert Inn, and that Jie heard the report of a gun, and, upon going to the back, found deceased lying on his back. He was still living when the doctor arrived, but said nothing. The muzzle of the gun was resting on his left shoulder. Margaret Jane Evanstated that she was a servant at the Prince Albert Inn. She served deceased with beer several times on Saturday. He ww drunk early in the even- ing. She noticed deceased was low-hearted, but, lie had never said he was fond of her. She was friendly with lum, but he had never been courting her, and never a-ked her to ma.rry him. She had refused to go out with decmsed. on Saturday night, but gave no reason. Dr. Griffith Lewis said that the wound was of a triangular shape, extending from tha I forehead to the top of the skull. A portion of the skull and braiiig had been ghot away. The jury returned verdict of "Suicide whilst tfinporarily insane."

COUNT AS A PRIZE. FRENCH NOBLE OFFERS HIMSELF ON THE LOTTERY PLAN. These are the davs of schemers. A French- man, signing himself Comte de Clerieo de Saint Germain, has written a letter to one of "na the St. Petersburg journals, proposing a lot- tery, with himself as t-he prize. There are to he 1,000.000 chances, each ticket to cost one rouble. Any young woman who wishes to pay that amount, in the hope of becoming a countess, is entitled to one chance. The one drawing the "lucky" number Count Clerico promises to marry, and install as the chate- laine of his French chateau. The proceeds of the lottery he proposes to divide as follows —250,000 roubles for himself. 250,000 for hi, bride, 250.000 for the journal which conducts the lottery, and 250.000 for the poor of Russia. The count aj-gues that this will be the lowest price—one rouble—ever paid by any woman for a bona tide title of countess. He declares that he belongs to one of the oldest families in France, has a comfortable fortune, unim- peachable character and unsullied name, and that he will furnish documetary proof of his claims. His fortune, however, he says, is not sufficient for him to live in the fin de not sufficient for him to live in the fin de siecle style. Some ",f the French papers have treated the proposition seriously, and express the fear that the oddity of his proposal wi t attract, someone willing to pay 1,000.000 roubles outright for him, rather than the one rouble at which he estimates himself.

THE OLDEST DOLL. I ALMOST AS ANCIENT AS THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION. The famous Bambino di Ara Coeli, of Home, i-s the oldest doll in the world, and, if tradi- tion is true, almost as old as the Christian religion, for it is claimed to have been carved out of a tree from the Mount of Olives in the- time of the Apostles, and to have been painted bv St. Luke. However, be this true or not, it has been in the Eternal City many hun- dreds of years, and is called the Ara Coeli Bambina (baby), because the church of that name, one of the oldest and most interesting in Rome, is its home. The miraculous Bam- bino lies in the Presepio, or manger, wrapped I in swaddling clothes, literally incrusted with diamonds, emeralds, rubie-s, sapphires, and other precious stones, while its neck and wrists are entirely covered with strings of the purest Oriental pearls.

Under the auspices of the technical insfrnc tian committee of the Glamorgan County Cour 3il, the annual competition in connection wit bhe dairy class conducted by Miss M. Edward?, me of the county instructresses, at Llancarfan Board School, has just been held. The follow- ing were the awards :—First class 1st, Mis; Lougher. Sheepcourt 2nd, Miss Evans, Clift jigbly commended. Miss Smith, Seddon. 3econd class 1st, Miss James, Witton 2m1, Miss Griffiths, Brinar 3rd, Miss Evans, Llan- 3&dle.

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In the Gospel alone is the remedy for the ills of society. The Conservative vicars of St. Mary's and St. Margaret's and the Libe- rail vicars of St. John's and St. Saviours united in welcoming the visitors to their churches." The Late Short Session of Parliament. Cr'tioisms upon the late session of Par- liament are made by ail the papers. Their chief feature is admiration of a fanv Welfh members who per.sistent'ly irritrttpd the Ixovernimen't—lifter tiie Irish fashion—by aisking irretevant questions and dividing the House upon them. Four young members from North Walts are singled out by the Buner" for special commendation. "The r.ew member for Angtesea," it says. "h.as been endowfd' with exceptional ahilities-- beyond these of his The new member for Arfon is written of as fol- lows :—"Mr. William Jones is so fondl of speaking that his silence at Westminster has exoited much surprise and disappointment among his friends. His explanation is that he is learning the w«ys of the Hou'se and it must be admitted that his explanation is correct, for he is never absent. He seeks intfoiiTiiation of everybody and1 has 'irnade nuany friends, with the result that he has nuany friends, with the result that he has aJreadiy become a character in the House. Aithiough he lia-s not spoken a. word, the gentlemen of the. press have their eye upon him, and his portrait will shortly appear in the 'Westminster Gazette.'The "HeraJd" complains that only a few of the Welsh mtmbfrs are fighting men. The "Tariaa" singles out Mi. Herbert Lsivvis—one of the "Baner's" young men—as most active and promising. With suoh rising talent, and Mr. Lloyd-George leading, we shall probablv witness some interesting ructions in the House next session. Certain papers, not carried away by noise and bluster, have been impressed with the firmness of the G-ovemment, and with the fear that Welsh I fads wiir be treated in a summary manner. "The Government did nothing," Mys the "GoJeuad." "but what w-as absolutely neces- I sary, and promised nothing. Efforts were I made to draw them, but unsuccessfully." The "Seren" is afraid that the continuation of the grant to the Welsh University will be made on condition that St. David s Col- lege shall be included in the a-nd the action of the Government 'with regard to intermediate sohoois is regarded with apprehension. "Gwalia." says that the morality of the Opposition has been ruined. Welsh Opinion of Tailors in the Olden Time "Cymro" is re-printing the "Experiences of an Old Tailor," bv "Hiraethog," which appeared in the "Tyst"" 30 years ago. This week** issue contains a letter by "(Jvnddelw," m which he gives the general opinion about taiiors in the olden times. He -says:—"The early Bapt> sts of Gwent entertained narrow and prejudiced views about the tailor frater- nity. Old Samuel Morgan, or Sor.ie Slum o Nantyglo,' was of opinion that there never was a tailor saved1 until he heard an old tailor praying As the prayer of the tailor touched his fetCings. he knelt by his side, and said1 aloud—' fhy grace, oh, Lord, is 'Teat, greater khan I ever thought it was. I did not think that thou gayest grace to tailors, but here is a tailor saved, and a dear fellow he is, too Equally narrow was the opinion of the renowned F. Hiley wiith regard to the tailors. He wa<s asked one time to settle a dispute at a chapel, and the first inquiry he made was, 'Iinw many I t-iiuors are theie?' 'Two,' was the reply. 'God help us!' he responded." Choice Language. The author of "Nyth yr Eryr," in the "Baner," writes thus in the "Seren :•—• "1 know two parsons who were expelled from the Nonconformists—one for ad-ultery a-d the other for drunkenness—who are the mUt zaailous of all the Cliurcihmen of the Principality. They regard with contempt the leading men of Nonconformity, and call } them bullocks, donkeys, and infidels. The rotten rags! Many a. monkey would be •shaimad to sit in the same room with them. 1 Men nursed on tlie breasts of Nonconformity, i a-fter growing to their Ml stature, turning ba-k to kick tlheir mother! It would be a o-ood thing if tlie oat o' nane tails were to°oome in contact with the backs of these ] characters. I am sorry for a broken-winded j old horse but I hate these bodies ».vho are < broken by the wind. Old Nonconformist ( turncoats are the most contemptible objects 1 that wear shoes." ]