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fiirtns, jfiarnagcs, iSratDs. bib^ ASHMEAD —June 14th, at Lindiafarne, Manor Park- read, Bristol, the wife of Geoiffe Athmeod, of a dai'jjhter. EVAis^.—On Juno 9th, the wife of D. W. Evans, boiic tor, Cardiff, of a daughter. FALLEN.—On Saturday, fchp oth rnst., at Fredriks- fade, Oopeniugsa, the wife of Captain 0. Fa«sen, of a ton. HARHO.TLE.—On June 11, at 102, Inverness-place, HoaH: ]'ark Cardiff, the wife of H. P. JIarbottle, of a daiig-nt.ar. HLGHE MORGAN.—On the 10th June, at Bedford Court Mansions, tlie wife of David Hughes-Morgan, of a ilauglmr. LAMOyT.-JuM 8th, at Ingletori, Cathedral-rood, Cardiff, the wife of David Leuont, of a son. PILKFURD.—O-i Fr day, the 11th inst., at The F.e.da. Newport (Mon.), the wife of John Pickfurd, of a REES.—Juna 5th, at the Fareonage, Alltwen, the wife of 'he Rev J A. Rees, of a Lev. ROBERTSON.—On the 12th Ulst., at 126, Oittrell- toarl Roath, Cardiff. the wife of A A. Roberta m Hate ot Peaarth), of a daughter. WEBB.—On Tuesday, the 8th inst., at Hafod-y-ddol, Nantvglo, Mon., the wife of J. Edgar Webl,, Solici tor, of a son. MARRIAGES. EARLE—JONES.—On June 15th. at S. Mark's Chu-ch, Neivport, Men, by the Rev. A Earle, li. A. (brother of the bridegroom), assisted by the Rev. T LI. Lister, M.A., Frank Earle, of Plymouth, second hon of the irte Francis Earle, of Hull, to Maud, second daughter of Jacob Jones, of Ty Gwyn, O,ythp. Pa. k N "WDnrt, Mon. EDWARDS—WATTS.—On June 8th, at St. George the Martyr. Bloomsbury, bv the Rev. F. H. Rc chardt, William, second son of the late Lewis Edwards, n d !a w linog, to Mabel, eldest surviving daughter of John \VII! Jersev FISHER—PA-'COE.—On June 9th, at Roath-roaiil We^leyan Chmch. by the Rpv. R. K. Baulk will, HfcibeVt L., eon of Henry Fisher, to Alice Mary, youngest daughter of the late J. G. Paacoe, Master Mariner, Jer«ev. HADF E; D—W11.LIAMS.—Co June 1st. at St. Saviour's, Dartmouth, by the Rev. H Tracey, lf,-n v n •li.-ti dau^iitcr of the late Mr. Griffith Williams, M.E Swansta. and grand-daughter of the late Rees P'well, forme ;v oi Ll:Qt?iwvdd Court, B.- dsread. HUGHES—KIRKHOUSE.—On the 10th inst., at St. James's Swansea, by the Rev. J. A. Harriss, M.A., R. Janieit Hughes, MB., Denbigh, to Barbara, second daujrhter of the Jate George K'rkhouse, of Lletty Rhys, Brecon.«hire, and Mrs. Kiikhou*?. JONES—BOURNE—On June 1st, at Camden Church, OmbeiweU. bv tlie Rev. P S O'Brien. D D., T)r. Ohas. A. Jones. M.R.C.S.. L.R.C.P., of Thorneliffe. Penarth, to Neilic Newnham Florepce, oriy daughter of the lute Mr. Charles Bourne of Caraberweli. LOXDAT.E—CAMPBELL.—At the Old Church. Ayr, I Oil the 3rd inst., by the Rev. ames Bay Scott, of Seuqubar, Herbert Horace, younprest "on of the late G. H. Loxdile, n,N fo(¡ Madpe Goldie, younsrt^t daujrhter of the late Hamilton Ompbel!. Falkirk. At hoirjp 14, Maj^viJle:garden3, Trinity. Leith. July 1st and 2nd let and 2nd NEWPERRY—NICHOLS.—On the 9th June, at the Parish Church. Nxatt). by the father of the bride, assisted by the Re^. Arnold Frederick Evaus, M.A., rector of Neath the Re* Hi>n v Christ an New- berry. lILA., of Tyemouth. Worth umberlan:l, second sou of George Newberry, Esq., of Stafford Heuse, Broxo.)lIrne, B'^t-fordflhire. to W n-fred, "der daughter of the Rev. T B. Nxhols, M.A., Prin- cipal of St. David'« College, Neath. PEARSON—WILLIAMS.—On June 9th, at Llandaff Cathedral, by ^ev. J. R. Buckley, T. W. Pearson, eide*t son of Mr. T. W. Pts son Bombay, to Ada Isabel, fourth daughter of Mrs. Williams, Nether- world, Llandaff. and of the late Mr. J. D. Williams, Mo-thvr TwHil. SIMPSON—KIRKT!On^E.—On the 10th mf,t., at St. James's. Swansea, by the Rev J. A. Harriss, M.A., ourate-ln-charge, dnbert Charles, eldest son of David Charles Simpson of Her Miieaty's dock- yard, Devonport, to Catherine Mary (Kate), youngest 'laughter of the la'e George K'rVhouse, 01 Lietty Rhvs. Breeonshlre, and Mrs. Kirfcliouae TRKP \RN\VlLI.IAMS.—At St. George's Chutch, Hanover-square. London bv the Rev. David Ander- son, G'vilv-m Tliomas Treharne. of Pentrp House, Prntre, to Catherine Williams, of Brynhaulog, Bridg end. No cards. TFOMA^—EL'\S.On Wednesdev, 9th inst., at Newton fh.irch bv the Rer. Will'am Jones. Rector, William Tin mis, inn., Greerfiekl, Nottage, to M. C. Jf^as, el J er daiigiiter of Mr. William Elias, A'mc¡. Notta?e. VAITGHAN—LF'WII.—On June 10. at St. John'a! rhHTh. ^a-ton, Card'ff, tw Rev. A Henderson,! Reet-or, Henry Vauphan, of West Didsbury, Man- ciiejter. to I.ei'.a May. youngest daughter of the late Mr Frn-i Tjcwis, Oicmarthen. Vft T,ET?S—PT-GH —On the 9th inst.. at St. Catherine's Church, Canton. Alfred Villers, Bir- mli-abam. to Georsrina "11gb, daughter of the late Jennpo P'larb. Vartep. w M E«—WALDRON —On the 3rd inst., at St. Itaro&ba»> Peasemsre, hy the Rev. J. Owire. Recto.r, E'-npet ETington. vounjrest son 3f the 'ate T. E. Wales. Eo;q, TIM Inspector of Mines. Cae Bailey. to Ruth Marian, daughter of Walter Brind Waldron, Esq., of Peasemore House, Newbury. DEATRs DA VII) —On Saturday June 12th, at 170. Severn-road, Cardiff, Miry, reliofc of the late Thomas David, in her 76th vear- FH.IFJ.,IÑ,-On the Sill inst., at 34, Ivy-street, Pe*i9i-th, George ITeirv Williani FraiUt'in. •TFNKfNS.—On the 6th inst.. at Llwyrxjpvn. Cefncoed. Jen.ima Jenkins, beloved wif* of "William Jenkins, ajred 00 veutl JCNKfi — -On 13th inct., at Barry Dock, Bdmund Jones, Forge SVie Schools. Blaenavop. I KING -On the 12th inet., at 5. Albert-road, Penarth, ThnmllR Riniell King (late Inepector of Police), in his 65th vear. ) MINTOV —On the 9th inst.. at 10. Qnay-ctreet, Car- diff Charles Morgan M in ton, aped 20. MORf»AN.^=On the 12th inst., at Rose and Orown, Pf rtvpridd. Thomas Morgan, aged .59 yearn. PKDMfN.!—On the 7th )T.st.. at 101, Tudor-road, Cardiff. William George (32). eldest son of Thomas and Emily Redman, after a long and painful illn^e. Dferly regretted. JONES.—On the 10th inst., at Mountain Art (very jnildeniv). David Jonea (late deputy-manager r»->n-ia'* jrwi Comnanr), aced 53. NEWMAN.—On June 14th. 1897. at 108. Holton-roa.1, Barry Dock, Albert Walter Newman. Jeweller, ased I 35. SCOURFJBLP —On the 7th fiwfe, at 56, High-street. Hirwain. Gwenllia* Seourfieid. aged 7Q, the wife ef W. Scourflekl, and vidoar q) th« late David Bevaa.

TIDE TABLE. WEEK WEEK ENDING JUNE 25. 1897. a "63 -? M =3 S 2 w eM ■-X '■r —4 IM t-1 DATS OR THE So « go WEEK, -gl tA S |P if d+S Sa S «S o| £ 3 O oo| 1 S 8 » o ('Morning' 10 17 0 12 10 9 11 19 9 15 oaturay Evening 1 44 10 33 10 32 1 40 9 3 Height 29 11 32 10 ) 33 4 25 1 29 8 « (Morning 11 1 10 54 10 53 — 959 snnaay.-J Evening 11 25 11 14 11 14 12 1 10 20 l Height 27 10 il 1 31 7 23 1 28 5 (Morninar 11 42 11 34 11 35 12 21 10~ 1 Mondy j Evening — li 55 n 58 12 41 11 4 ^Height 25 9 2 2 29 8 20 >1 27 0 (Morning 12 7 — — 1 2 1' 9 Tuesdy J Evening 12 29 1' 18 12 23 1 25 1 54 (-Height 25 5 27 7 28 1 18 11 25 (Morning 12 56 12 43 2 48 1 50 — Wednes-J Evening 123 111 1 14 2 18 12 20 .Height 23 9 26 7 271 17 8 24 9 (Morning 1 56 1 43 1 43 2 50 12 49 Thurs. 1 Evening 2 29 2 7 2 12 3 25 1 16 v Height 23 1 26 2 26 8 17 2 24 6 (Morning 3 4 2 62 2 44 |, 3 59~ T&0 Friday.-j Evening 3 7 3 26 3 12 4 33 2 18 Height 23 7 26 6 27 0 17 7 24 11

LOCAL. Archdeacon Jones, vicar of Llanrwst. died on Wednesday morning. At their meeting on Wednesday the Cardiff Chimber of Commerce passed a resolution opposing the provisions of the Workmen's Compensation Bill. Ibe Rev. O sia.n Dsvies, who is leaving Bournemouth for Paddington, was on Thursday evening made the rocipent of several illu- nupated ad reuses and other presents. Two colliers, named Harris and Hopkins. wen committed for trial on Wednesday ft Pontypridd for causing an obstruction on the Tiff Vale line whereby a alight collision was caused. John Thomas, who was under remand at Llaneliy for doing srrievous bodily harm to » man named Daniel Price, was on Wednesdav remanded on vhs more serious charge of causing Price's death. Mr. Evan Evans, hMd-onnstable of Neath, and Mrs. Evans wero thrown out of a trap ct Olvne on Thursday nigbt. an-1 the fo-mc-r sus- tained injuries which will prevent him leaving his room for some weeks to come. At an adjourned meeting of the members of the Pembrokeshire Liberal Three Hundred en F-"W Mr J. Wynford Philipps. of Lvdstep. South Pembrokeshire, was elected as the Liberal candidate for the county. tiie Neath magistrates were engaged for a long time on Friday in hearing a charge of ner'ury preferred against David Martin, a gamekeeper, and John Davies. a polioe-oon stable. The case was eventually dismissed. An hour's extension is to be granted the rmb lioans of Cardiff on Jub lee D?y. The 250 sheep which have been apportioned to Cardiff out of the Australian gift of 20,000 are to be divided up, each into eight or ten marts for distribution amongst the poor of the town. At a meeting of the county governing body under the Welsih Intermediate E hicatio;. Act, held at Caisi ff on Friday, the clerk (Mr. Al!e ■) was instructed to obtain from the schools infor- nt"tion aa to any remote places in nwpvet of which they thought bursaries ought to b awarded to enable the children to get into the schools. At a meeting of the Swansea Tramways and Eieotrical Committee on Mondav the chairman (Mr. Martin) replied to the charges p eieirec against him by Alderman Leeder, and strongl protested that he would not have gained any pecuniary advantage if the Bill had passed. A vote of confidence in the chairman wa- passed. At the Swansea County Council meeting on Wednesday the question of the costs for the promotion of the rriple scheme was discussed, and a motion to defer pavment of the ill- until all were before th- council was carried. A "omewha.f hefted personal discussion on allesfed irregularities in the council chamber followed. A private meeting of the joint council of the two executives of the Carmarthen and I Jan el": v Liberal Associations was held at Carmarthen on Saturday to ee ect a candidate to content the seat at the next election. Thore weTe three candidate--—Mr. Tom Terrell. Q.C Mr Alfred Davies (Hprn^tead). and Mr Gwilvni Evans (L'ane'lv). Forty of the members voted for Mr. Evans twenty-six for Mr. Terrell, and e^-even for Mr Dav;er The council will, there- fore reennnmend the fir-t-namcd. The inquest upon the victims of the Maesrteg winding disaster was held lit the Garth Hotel. Maesteg, on Monday, before M*. Cuthbertaon, coroner for the Neath district. Lengthy evi- dence was given as to the causes and nature of the calamity, and Mr. Robson, inspector of mines, expressed an opinion that the owners of the pit had dona everything necessary to protect the mon, and that no blame could be attached to anyone. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death," praetiea-lv exonerated Thomas Thomas, the engine-driver, trom blame, and added a reeommendi.tion that the use of self-acting fangs should be made compulsory. At a meeting of the Cardiff County Council on Monday Mr. W. Evans suar<rested that trees sh uid be planted in the public parks am' designated Diamond Jubilee trees. The mayor promised to bring the matter before the parks committee. Moses Dangerfield. for saving life in the Raath Dock on the 14th of April, was presented with the Royal Humane Society's certificate. A resolution was passed autho- rising the mayor, the town-clerk, éJ Mr. F. J. Beavan to take the necessary measures with a view to obtaining fronn the South Kensington Museum a sper<ial errant of the art treasure? and other objects therein as might be of inte- rest to the Principality or the town. A m,ti n bv Mr. Veall. that the report as to the erection of the new Town-hall and law courts on the south-east side of the Cathavs pqrk be referred back to the Town-hall committee, was nega- tived. The Great Western Raihvnv Componv wrote that the delav in commencing the erec- tion of the new station at Roath hnd arisen in connection wtb the acouisition of the neoes-arv land. The directors added that no lirne would 1-0, ]('ct in nuttins- t:\1p. work in hand as soon as the land was acquired.

general. The Nottingham Town Council have decided to purchase the local tramways for £ 80.000. General R. W. M. Fraser, aged P? was run over by an omnibus in London on Sunday and killed. The Senior Wrangler in the Cambridge Mathematical Tripos is Mr. W. H. Austin, of Trinity College. Florence Prosser, who was arrested on a charge of wounding the child, Elsie Betterton, at Lvdnev, was brought before the magistrates on Tuesday, and remanded. A terrible accident occurred on Friday night near Welshampton Station, on the Cambrian Railway, about ten miles fr m Oswestry, to an excursion train which was returning from Bar-1 mouth to Oldham. Eleven persons lost their lives, and about 25 were more or less seriously injured. In an action by Sir John Willo'ighbv in the Queen's Bench (before Justice Hawkins) a^aiust Meusrs. Kegan Paul and Co., for alleged libel in a book on South Africa issued by them, the defendants made full apolo,gy and paid £ 200 damages. Dr. Jameson, Major Coventry, !l and others were present. The inquiry into the administration of the Manchester Police Force was resumed on Mon- da.y. In further cross-examination, ex- Inspector Burroughs admitted that fourteen cr-n- stables and other minor officers had sworn that he had borrowed money from them, a state of affairs, the commissioner said, which was as bad as bad could be. A Court of Appeal specially constituted of the six lords justices of appeal was engaged all Wednesday hearing an appeal by the Kemj ton Park Racecourse Company from the injunct:on granted by the Lord Chief Justice, at the instance of a shareholder of the company, restraining bett ng at their meetings. The case was adjourned. The International Miners' Congress was brought to a close on Friday. Resolutions were adopted favourable to the appointment of an adequate number of inspectors from the n ining class to be paid by the State, an-I also urging the necessity of an organised med oal service in the vicinity of all pits. A resolution advocating the nationalisation of the mineral wealth of the oountry was also adopted. At the Somersetshire Aaszes on Friday Faward Jennings, twenty, horsebreaker, Bristol, end Leah Treagonning, fourteen, Penzanoi, i were convicted of robbing Tom Jones a photographer. with vio- lence. Treagonir g was sent to a reformatory foi rive years, and Jennings to prison for six mouths, the latter being also ordered to receive 50 lushes with "the cat." The Duke of Devonshire, speaking at Liver- pool on Saturday, dwelt on the importance of fostering the general impulses in the direction 1 of Imperial unity. There never was a time when our Colonies had a larger place in the thoughts of the people, and it was satisfactory to know that a temper of mind formerly due to a large extent to the Manchester school had passed away. Free Trade he believed to be the wisest policy for this oountry, but the pro- phecies as to its universal adoption had been falsified, and we must neglect no opportunity of expanding and consolidating our Colonial pos- sessions,

foreign. Butler has been found guilty and sentenced to death for the Australian "bush murders." The treaty annexing Hawaii to the United States was signed at Washington on Wednes- day. The Japanese representative has lodged a protest. A severe earthquake occurred at Calcutta on Saturday. Eight persons were killed and many injured. Serious damage was done to many public buildings. A Reuter's telegram from Lamia. on Tuesday savs- The Turks this evening posted guns on the Othrys heights, concealing them behind foliage. The activity which the Turks have been displaying for the last two days inspires much distrust here. The rain is incessant. The correspondent of the "Standard'' says it is understood in diplomatic ciicles in Paris that there is an understanding between Turkey and Germany which places any negotiaticns as to the evacuation of Thessaly by the Turk.-— save against substantial compensation—in the realm of diplomatio dreamland. "In short, lurkey will retain Thessaly, and, as to the war indemnity, will consent to make a very easy arrangement. That is the present state of the case." The Berlin correspondent of the "Times" hears^ that the Czar has repeatedly declared that trreeoe must get back all the territory that is necessary to her for the strategic rectification of the frontier. He adds that reports are to hand from various quarters that the real peace between iurkey and Greece is to be preceded by a. preliminary treaty, and that the details are to be settled later. This confirms the repeated statement that the peace negotiations are going on satisfactorily, though slowly. News reached England on Friday from India of a disaster to British troops in the Toohi Valley, near the Afghan frontier. Some .300 men of the 1st Sikhs and 1st Punjab Infantry, with two guns of No. 6 Bombay Mountain Battery, were resting at two o'clock in the afternoon, when they were surprised and treacherously attacked by Maliks and a large force.- The British loss was —Killed: Colonel Bunny, of the 1st Sikha; Capta.in Browne, eon of the late Sir James Browne; Lieutenant Cruickshank, of the Mountain Battery. > ouuiiect: Surgeon-captain fciigginson, of the 1st Sikbs: Lieutenant Higginson, attached to the 1st Sikhs; and Lieutenant Seton Browne, of the 1st Punjab Infantry. About 25 men of the native regiments were killed, and about the sume number wounded. The occurrence is looked upon as simply a fanatical outbreak, and there is stated to be no cause for alarm or anxiety. On the 25th of last month a special cable- gram received in London announced that Mr. Barnett I. Barnato, commonly known as Barney Barnato, was seriously ill. It was stated that he had sustained a severe nervous shock, and taat some ai.xiety was expressed as to his mental cond tion. Two davs later he was .rdered oomplete rest, and a day or two after- wards it was reported tt-at the millionaire was much better, and on the way to a speedy recovery. It was also stated that he was about to sail for England The Union Steams ip v iimpanv s steamer Scot left Capa Town, w th )'T- Barnato on board, on the 2nd' inst. On luevday the news .was received from uunchal—the port at which the South African mal T.T°a^ on their passage to Europe— that Mr. Barnato had j'umped overbocrd during the previous afternoon, and was drowned. His body has been recovered, and is to be brought to England. °

HANDEL FESTIVAL AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE. [BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] The first day of this festival is always filled oy the performance of the work commonly considered Handel's masterpiece, the "Mes- siah, and no departure from the custom pre- vailing since 1862 was made on Monday. But, although it may shook .some's nerves, the question will soon have seriouslv to be considered whether too much familiarity has not bred, not contempt perhaps, but possibly indifference. The gaps amongst the chairs were mjny, not in single seats, but in dozens and scores, so that the usual appearance of the palaoe was changed. Much of this is to be aocounted for no doubt, by the increased pace provided this year, not perhaps suffi- ciently made known, and certainly not filled Ihe whole of the old space would probably have been occupied, but as it was, a coldness was in the air for long aft¡.,r the oommence- ment, caused probably by the unwonted sur- roundings. The performance opened with the "National Anthem, and closed with a vociferous and hearty call to the veteran conductor. Mr. Manns, than whom no one works more heartily and enthusiastically ior success. On the whole the standard of Friday's rehearsal was not "eached, considerable "unsteadiness showing itself in several of the choruses and the ac- companiments not shoving the sympathy with the soloists which one expected after Friday, in the "Pastoral Symphony no effort was apparently made to get the die- away effect of shepherds straying which pre- sumably the music is intended to suggest, although at the end of the following chorus a beautiful piano to pianissimo was attained. The soloists were Madame Albani, Miss Marian M'Kensie, Mr. Lloyd, and Mr. Santley. It is needless to say, with such executants, no better renderings of the music can be heard, provided, that is to say, that we accept Handel after the manner of Albani with content, and can be pleased with what we have often heard. Mr. Santley in "Why do the Nations would fain have re-called his prime of some years ago, and such an old favourite as he received, as is his due, a great ovation. Madame Albani received a hearty welcome, a.nd was loudly applauded for 'I know that my "Redeemer," but tho final notes were lost. Mr. Lloyd, in "Comfort ye'" and "Thou didst not leave," g.nve beautiful renderings of beautiful music Miss M'Kensie, too, particularly in the part mudc, was most acoptabie. Turning to the choir, barring the slight un- steadiness spoken of, they worked well, and created at times great effects. The sopranos were somewhat v,vak early in the day. but at the closing choruses all were in excellent voice. On the whole, if not the best performance, yesterday's will take high rank amongst "Messiah'* days. The Royal" boxes were occupied for the greater pert of the day by a number of the Indian visitors now ia England, accompanied by both Indian and English attendants. On appearing they were greeted with much applause, to which they repeatedly bowed their acknowledgments, and at the National Anthem all the Indians stood at the salute, both chiefs and attendants. SECOND DAY. Between 18,000 and 20.000 people were present at the Crystal Palace on Wednesday for the Handel Festival. The performance commenced with the National Anthem, as on previous days, and this was followed by the grand coronation anthem, Zadock, the i Priest." Selections were given from many of the great master's oratorioe, the soloists being Madame Albani, Madame Nordica, Miss EUa Russell, Miss Clara Butt, Mr. Santlay, Mr. Edward Lloyd, Mr. ^Barton M'Guckin, and Mr. Andrew Black. Under Mr. August Manns, the whole performance, especially the massive double choruses, gave complete satisfaction to < an enthusiastic audience. ] ——.n-fm. !„.

<fTKE WOBST STATION IK" THE COUNTRY." At a meeting of the Dowlais Chamber of Trade held on Tuesday evening in the Odd- fellows'-hall the President (Mr. R. P. Rees) gave an account oi the meeting of the Federated Chambers at Ystrad-Rhondda last week. He said that the Dowlais secretary (Mr. William J Harris) had asked what had been done in the matter of the urgently-needed new railway station at Lia.i,caiach, and he had been told that nothing had been done, mainly on account of the opposition of the inhabitants at Nelson. Mr. Harris had retorted that they in Dlwlals had had the same answer for the last yeir or eighteen months, and were not satisfied with it. A committee, consisting of Mr. Harris and the president and secretary of the federated chambers, was afterwards appointed to deal with the matter, and to report to the Board of Trade—Mr. H. W. Martin, manager of the Dowlais Collieries, said he was glad to hear that news, and he relied upon Mr. Harris to let the Board of Trade know how many trains passed through that station every day, many of them at express speed. The station was without question the very worst and most dan- gerous he hAd ever seen in any part of the country. There waf absolutely no protection for life or limb there.—Other members spoke to the same effect.

FROM THE It A INKS. Staff-Sergeant-major B. J. Finch, a war- rant officer, well-known amongst military men and Volunteers in Londt 1 aa superintending clerk of the Home District at the Horse Guards, has been selected for promotion to a commission as quartermaster in a line regi- ment. Sergeant-major Fince enlisted in the 97th Foot in 1870, and served in that corps; twelve years, and nearly all the time as a uon-commissioned officer, before being trans- ferred to the staff as a quartermaster-sergeant. He was with the 97th in South Africa during the Boer campaign, in the Eastern Soudan in 1885 under General Graham, and had served at many foreign stations before being appointed to the Home District not quite two years ago.

¡ BULLYING IN SCHOOLS. SIMILAR CASE TO THE HAILEY- BURY SCANDAL. BOY HANGED IN HIS DORMITORY. The "Daily News" says:—The following letter from the father of a boy recently at one of the great pubuc schools has been sent to us for publication by the correspondent to whom it was addressed, and who, we may add, is him- self well acquainted with all the circumstances. "Boys will be boys," we all know; but the point of the following recital seems to us to lie rather in its exposure of the bad judgment and cowardice which masters sometimes show when coiironted with cases of bullying: — Dear ,—The painful issue of the sad Haileybury case has very vividly brought home to us again how nearly we were involved in as terrible a calamity. It is just such a similar story at another of our great public schools, which has rapidly risen to fame. The features of the bullying in my son's case are a grosser scandal; but we have mercifullv been spared the fatal issue. Our hearts laleed for the parents of poor Evans! The facts are these, as briefly as I can state them:— In the last week of the term ending last Christmas our son (then nearly sixteen, in the form just below the sixth form, and the holder of two scholarships) was hung by the neck in his dormitory at night, by a neckerchief passed through the two rings of a gymnastic apparatus suspended from the roof. My eon was placed on a can; the bovs held the ends of flie necker- chief the can was kicked away, and my son was thus left hanging' in mid-air. Then. when these fine fellows suddenly observed his eyes were closed, they let him go. and he dropped uncon- scious to the ground, and had to be brought to aeain with dashincr of water; when they let him crawl without help to his bed! The cause of this outrage was a trifle. Mv boy had been asked bv another bov at breakfast to pass an- other fellow's sausage to him. as the said boy was absent. My bov thoughtlessly did as he was bid: but unfortunately the owner of the sausage oa.me in late. Thereupon my eon— not the real sausage thief—was condemned to be punished bv hanging for so dire an offentfe. My son told me of the circumstances on the day of his return home; but he told it me not as a complaint, but really as a matter of boast.- for he had not realised the imminent danger to his life. Father, I have had a thing happen to me which you never had!" These were his words. But his life had been otherwise made miser- able at the school for a considerable time, and this was the culminating act. I carried him off at once to the headmaster, who. in a long interview, took down all the particuiars and antecedent circumstances of the case, with a view to a tnorough investigation and stopping of the maltreatment. The aggravation of the case iay in the fact that the hangmen were a prefect, the head of the games, and the captain of the dormitory! I begged for a mitigation of the extreme penalty of punishment of the boys concerned, provided that my boy was adequately protected in the future from the retaliation of his school- fe-Iows, and I subsequently wrote to the house- master as well as to the headmaster to em- phasise this precaution. Before the end of the holidays I was made uneasy by a letter from the headmaster, saying that. after discussion of the case with tne house- master, &c., he had come to the conclusion that the case was less grave than at first it had ap- peared to him, though stiJ serious. 1 twice asked him for an explanation, but he declined to go into particulars. I learnt from my son that they were variously suspended and de- graded, and bound over as hostages for the future peace of my son. This I considered satisfactory, if due measures of security were taken with regard to the rest of the school. Mv fears and protests on this head soon received bitter realisation. My son returned to school. He wag received with a. storm of reprobation and persecution from the boy»'of his house, as well as others in the school. His own friends, under fear of the popular feeling, deserted him. It is impossible to relate details, but enough to say that for three weeks he underwent the moefc terrible mental and moral misery conceivable, and he was not exempted from the most eowardlv physical ill-treatment, in which another prefect was not ashamed to take a most infamous part. At the end of a week I wrote to the head- ma-ster, teLing him of some of my son's troubles. and complaining strongly that the house had not been oaLed together aD the case and no steps apparently" taken to address the school or ex. press the views of the authorities on such across scandal. His replv was most kind, but mini- mised my boy's sufferings and declined to call the house together, as he believed in the crood of it, and preferred in this to yield to the opinion of the housemaster, who was dead against it. All this time the housemaster was well aware of the anguish mv bov was under, going. His confidential prefect told my boy that he and the housemaster had talked over his case for an hour, and thev could not see how they could better his position with the boys now that his father had had "the insensate follv" to report the han<r'v'- to the headmaster. Not one word of sympathy or guidance did the house- master over breathe to my boy. Mv boy is of a sensitive nature, which made him shrink from the coarse rowdvlsm of his surpundings. But to this the housemaster was indifferent, or else he had not the refinement to discern it. At last mv son wrote one dav "Looks can kill," and "If it were not for vou and my mother," and "I have < fteo thought that the boys should find me nanginsr some day from those rinsrs, a.nd that would teach them something." We realised that his mind was getting unhinged. I at once went down to and saw the headmaster, insisting first on know, ing why he considered my son's case as less grave than he first thought. Among other things, he told me that he had discovered that mv son's case was not an isolated instance of hanging at the school. I then produced from mv pocket two medical opinions on the circumstances of the hanging of mv son—one that of an eminent doctor in the Midlands—both showing that mv son was in imminent danger of death", and stating that it was a ease of criminality. amenable to the penalities of the law. This manifestly had an effect on the headmaster. He said he would summon tfue house himself and address the boys. My son was then in the sick room, down with influenza, following on his previous terrible ordeal. I said I would come back at the end of the week to hear the result of the step? which ths headmaster had promised to take. On my return he confessed to me that he had not summoned the house himself after all, as the housemaster was still dead ag-iinst such a step- but. on his insisting, the house- master begged then that he only should summon his house. So the headmaster yielded once more. Then I went to confront the house- master, and asked him first whether he had been careful, in his address to his house, to make it clear to the boys that my son had reported the hanging to me. not as a complaint, but as a matter of bravado; a point which the head- master and I both agreed was of great conse- quence in influencing the opinion of the rest of the boys. His answer was: "No. he did not think it of any use Then he said: "Why, Mr. hanging sounds very terrible, but it is no more dangerous than tobogganing!" (The very same curious expression which his confiden- tial prefect had used to my son.) Oh! for such a housemaster! I asked him. had he seen the two medical opinions. ''Yes," he replied, "and they are simply ridiculous It remains to say that my son went back out of the sick room to brave once more the popular feeliig of the school. The general outcry had at last been silenced for a time. though he wa.s by no means free from a renewal of petty an- royances and spite. But the long and re- duplicated ordeal which he had passed through now proved too much for his health. His head refused to work, and he was nigh utterly breaking down. We had him home at once to recruit, with the approval of the school doctor md headmaster. We hoped a month would set him up, but it was not to be, and two doctors then absolutely forbade his return to the school, if we wished to preserve our son's health and Future career. This left us no alternative but bo remove him from the school, and with it went his two scholarships, for which, of course, we have got no compensation. This recitai reveals many of the same features as in the pain- ful Haileybury case—the same ignorance, or indifference, or callousness of the masters— the same attempt to screen those in responsi- bility. and to hush up the trouble! I have been ureed over and over again, on all bands, to sxpoee the case; but. bad though the whole affair is, the school was also my own old school, and I aould not ruin my Alma (!) Mater. It may be that. in the interests of the public, and for the good of our schools, this case should be made known, and it would, I think, be a. valuable and instructive contribution to the recent cor- respondence and revelations on the subject of the Haileybury scandal. If it be right to pub- lish it. I must leave this to the judgment of others.—Believe me, yours very truly, )>

CANNIBALISM IN AMERICA. A Reuter's special telegram from Liverpool an Wednesday says: —Messrs. Elder, Demp- ster, and Co.'s steamer Bo ma arriveid *o-dav from West and South Africa. The vessel left Rio del Key on May 21. This river ia governed by both Germany and England, but the upper part belongs entirely to Germany. Before the Boma arrived a force of German troops had been sent from the Cameroons to punish the natives of several towns in the interior. The chief trading house in Rio del Rey belongs to Swedish firm, and whilst a caravan of pro- duce was coming down to it the intermediary natives seized it. carrying off all the goods And killing the people. Many of the latter were eaten, but the heads of the victims were carried on stakes into the towns, and there kept. On the Swedes conveying the news to the German Governor be sent up the punitive expedition. The Germans killed a number of cannibals and burned down several of their towns.

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COLOFN Y CYMRY. 11 GAN "IDRISWYN." OND RHAID GWNEUD RHYWBETH. Y mae pawb yn ddiwahaniaeth yn con- demnie y Barnwr Ridley yn gwrthod caniatau ir hen Gymro o Sir Fon siarad Cymraeg yn Mrawdlys Biwmaris, hyd yn nod y Saeson eu hunain, a hwythau sy'n gwybod y cwbl, sef, hiliogaeth Die Shon Dafydd. Y mae'n fath doriad amlwg a diigywilydd ar freintiau Pryd- einwr, fel nad oes neb yn ddigon dlsynwyr i'w amddiffyn, er ei fod wedi cymeryd lie Y11 Nghymru—gwlad ag y dangosir pob anmhareh i'w clienedlaethoIdfeb; gwlad y rhoddir pob enw i'w dyheuadau i fod yn dda ac i ymddyr- ehafu gwlad y gwarthnodir cymwvnaswyr goreu yr Ymerodraeth Brydeirig o fod yn cael eu llywodraethu gan amcanion gau ac iselwael, os nid teyrnfradwrol; ie, gwlad sydd w-reu. dyoddef pob math o angliyfiawnder heb bron agor ei genau. Ond y mae y dygwydd- iad hwn yn Mrawdlys Mon yn gwrthdaro mor enbyd yn erbyn synwyr cyffredin a deddfau gwladol pob teyrnas wareiddiedig ar wyneb y ddaear, fel nad oes gan neb air o amddiffyniad iddo—y mae pawb wedi mynd yn fud. Go beithio nad a Cymru hefyd yn fud, ond y llefara'n groew yn mliob man ac na thaw hyd oni phenderfynir y cwestiwn hwn unwaith ac am byth. Dylid gwneud defnydd o hwn i wasgu ean lxawliau ar y Senedd a pheidio gorphwyso 'hyd' oni ddygir barn i fuddugoi- iaeth. Oofiwn am lawer o ymosodiadau cyffelvb, ac yr oeddym yn gwrthdystio ac yn cadw 11awen- o dwrw, ond fe ddarfyddodd y cwbI mewn swn—wnaed dim. Diau y bydd i'r aelodau Cymreig—y mae Cymry i'r earn o galon a thafod yn eu mysg—ddyfod a'r matei gerbron y Senedd ar ol y gwyliau, a dysgwyliaf y caiff y Barnwr Ridley a phawb sy'n amheu hawl y Cymro i siarad iaith el fam yn llysoedd fci wlad ei hun y fath gosfa y cotiant am dani holl ddyddia,u eu hemioeM Ond credaf fod yn rhaid ffurfio Cymdeitha.- gref a dylanwadol a chenedlaethol i amddiffyi yr hen iaith yn erbyn ymosodiadau pariiaiu ei gelynion. Y mae'n gywilydd, mae'n wir fod yn ofynol siefydlu y fath gymdeithas par y mae ffeithiau mor amlwg i'w cael o'i bodol- afcth fel iaith lefaredig drog filiwn o bobl, ond, waeth heb na aiarad, y mae rhagfarn at anwybodaeth dynion mewn awdurdod yn gwneud hyny'n angenrhaid. Gallesid dweyc yr un pteth pan ffurfiwyd Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg; yr oedd synwyr cyffredin yn dweyc nad oedd yn bosibl dysgu plant bach Cymru'r. effeitliiol heb wneud defnydd o'r iaith oeddym y.i siarad gartref ac ar yr heol ac yn yr Ysgo Sul; ond y mae'n eithaf sicr pe na buasai am ymdrechion y Gymdeithas hono na fuasai caniatad wedi ei roddd gan Fwrdd Addysg ] wneud defnydd o'r Gymraeg yn ysgolioi elfenol Cymru. Felly yn y cwestiwn hwn, rbaid cael gan ddynion goreu y genedl, yn emv y genedl, i fynd at yr awdurdodau i wasgu y mater yn briodol ac feffeithiol at eu nieddyl- iau; ac os gwneor hyny, y mae geuyf ddigor. o ffjdd yn anrhydedd Sion Bwl y rhydd efe i ni chwareu teg a chyfiawnder. -0: PROFEDIGAETH "IEUAN FARDD." Y mae Jiwbili y Frenhines yn at-dynu miloedd o'r Ameriean.ia.id i'r wlad' hon, ac mae llawer o Gymry yn cymtervd mantais ar yr amgylchiad hwnw ao Eisteddfod Casnewydd i dalu ymweliad a'r "hen wlad." Y mae amryw o Slatington-tref gynyddol yr nhalaeth Pennsylvania—wedi glanio yr wyth- nos ddiweddaf, 8ef y bardd-bregethwr, Dr. Richards ("Ieuan Fardd"), gweinidog y Bted- yddwyr y Parch. J. W. Morris, gweinidog y Methodistiaid; Dr. Williams, meddyg poblog- aidd y dref, a genedigol o Handebie; a. Mr. Pearce, un o'r triawd sy'n gweithio y chwarel lechi yn y gymydogMth hono. Unci y alat profeddgacth dorcaloiius wedi cyfarfod ag un o lionyat—Dr. Richards ("Ienari Fardd"), a gwn y bydd ei gydgenedl yr ochr hyn a'r ochr arall i'r Werydd yn cydymdeimlo ag ef i'r byw. Heblaw dod i'r "hen wlad" ac i fysg ei genedl anwyl ao i fwynhau ei Huchelwyl ac i gyfarfod a hen gyfeillion a chyfoedion, yr otedd mewn Hawn dysgwyliad am gael gweled a chofleidio ei hen fam anwyl yn Mhontar- dawe; yn wir, dyna oedd prif amcan ei ddy- fodiad drosodd; yr oedd wedi penderfynu na chair un haf arall fynd hedbio heb iddo gael ei gweled a chlywed ei hynt ar ol deunaw mlyxtedd o absenoldeb. Yr oedd wedi ysgrifenu ati i ddweyd ei fwriad, yn nghyda'r arnser y byddai'n debygol o gyrhaedd Pontar- dawe. Mawr oedd ffwdan a phryder yr hen wraig i baratoi ar gyfer yr amgvlchiad; mynodd wyngalchu a phapuro a glanhau y ty —J ty y ganwyd Dr. Richards ynddo—bob cornel o hono, er ei wneud yn deihvng i dder- byn ei mab athrylithgar. Ond. ow I mae'n debyg iddi drethu gorinod ar ei chyfansoddiad. ac i hyny yn nghyda'i phryder a'i gorlawenydd yn y dysgwy^ad am waled ei mab ar ol hir- faith o flynyddau o bereiindod yn "ngwlad machlud haul" do, fe brofodd hyny'n ormod i'r lien fan), a bu farw garol yr wytlmos cyn y ddiweddaf, a chladdwyd hi y dydd Sadwrn ennlrnol-—tri diwrnod cyn i'w mab lanio yn Southampton! Bychan y gwyddai Dr. Richards beth oedd yn ei aros pan yn gwneud pob brys i fynd tua'r lien gartref; rhedai adgofion fyrdd trwy ei feddwl; addawai iddo ei nun fwynhad a phl'eser nad oes yn y byd ei gyffelvb—mam yn derbyn ac yn croesawu mab ar ei ddychweliad o wlad beJlecig a'r naill a,'1' llall yn arllwys cynwys eu calonau i'w gilydd ax3 ni chafodd wybod chwaith hyd nes yr oedd 0 fewn chwarter milldir i'r ty y gwelodd oleum dydd gyntaf erioed. Haws clyehmygu 11a darlunio teimladau y bardd-bregethwr pan y deallodd fod yr hen wraig ei fam wedi marw a'i chladdu y dydd Sadwrn blaenorol; y mae ei deimladau wedi eu drvllio; ei holl gyn- llunio wedi eu dyrysu; difiasdod wedi ei daflu ar bobpeth ac. fel y dywfedai ef hun wrtihyf pan yn Nghaerdydd ar ei ffordd i Gymanfa'y Bedyddwyr yn Harlech, nid yw'n teimlo ei hunan yn werth i ddim. Nis gallaf ymatal— a gwn v gwna Cymru yr un peth-rhag mynd mewn dychymyg gyda Dr. Richards at y bedd a. gollwng deigryn gydag ef i wlyohu y pridd a orchuddia weddillioQ yr hen fam hon yn Israel. -y- 0. Y PROF FES WR ALFRED HUGHES. Fel y gwyr y rhan fwyaf o'r darllenwyr, y mae'r adran feddvgol yn Ngholeg Caerdvdd wedi colli Dr. Alfred Hughes. Gorfodwyd ef i roddi ei broffeswrlooth i fyny o herwydd fod hinsawdd laiih amgylchoedd Caerdvdd yn effeithio'n niweidiol ar ifechyd ei bnod. Yr oedd ef wrth eri fodd, ac wedi penderfynu gwneud Coleg Caerdydd yn enwog—mor enwog a £ un LIoegr neu Scotland—fel æfydl- iad i ddwyn i fyny feddygon c'r dosbarth blaenaf. Adran newydd oedd yr un feddygol pan ddaeth Dr. Hughes yma, ond dygodd ef y cyfan yn fuan dan drefn, a chasglodd ddigon c betha/u ar ei draul ei hun i wneud "Meusum" yr adran hono yn un lIedgyila wn ac o werth mawr i'r efrydwyr. Yn "Magazine" v Coleg am y mis hwn. oeir darlun ardderchog o Dr. Hughes, ac yn y nodiadau am dano gellir gweled pa mor uchel y meddylid am dano gan bawb. Dywied yr ysgrif: —"Nid yw y rhad sy'n eistedd wrth draed ei olynydd wedi anghofio eu hen athraw. y Proffeswr Alfred Hughes. Yr oedd yn ofid i bawb ei fod yn mynd yma.ith—ei luaws cyfeillion yn y dref vn gystal a'i ddysgybli»n a'i gydathrawon, y rhai a hiraethant ai- 01 ei wen siriol a'i yagvdwad llavv calonog. Fel athraw yr oedd yn hollo 1 wahanol i'r frawdoliaeth broffeswrol yn gyff- redin. Yn gymhwys am haner awr wedi naw bob boreu deuai i mewn i"r Coleg yn Hawn hoenusrwydd a sirioldeb, gyda blodyn pryd- ferth ar ei fynwes, a denai i'w ganlyn hold fywiogrwydd boneddwr o'r wlad ac awyr y wlad megys i buro am y dydd dawch y dref. Pan yn cael ei amgylchu gan ddwwn o efryd- wyr yr oedd wrth ei fodd. ac argyhoeddai bawb ei fod yn hoffi gweithio; ac mewn oan- lyniad yr oedd ei ddvsgyblion. hwythau hefyd yn anghofio pob anhawsd'er wrth sylweddoli y pleser oedd yn nglyn a'u gwoith. Nis gallai'r un myfyriwr lai na chymeryd dyddordeh hyd yn nod yn manylion syohaf e.i efrydia«th pan fyddai'r cyfryw yn cael eu cyflwyno iddo gyda gwen galonogol ac mewn ton oedd yn gwneud iddo deimlo eu bod ar y pryd o bwyaigrwydd arbfenig. Y mae ei yrfa wedi bod yn un Iwyddiamms graddio<ld yn Edinburgh bu wedi hyny yn Athraw yn yr un ddinas; ao wedi hyny oafodd ei ddewis i brif gadair yr adran feddygol Y11 Ngholeg Caerdydd. Yn awr, y mae'n llanw JT un gadair yn Ngholeg y =- | Rrenin yn Llunden, a gobeithio y sawdd sychaeh De^-ddwyrain Lloe^f er adfer Mrs. Hughes i'w chyn^1^ Cyn iddo ymadael gwnaed g* anrhcgwyd ef a llestri arian fe« edmygedd ei ddysgyblion o hono. y cawn ed weled eto yr ha^ hwn ar cyffelvb, nid yn gymaint i ganunJ$ y mae hyny drosodd; ond i bron y mae hyny drosodd; ond i bron 1 felus yw ei gwmni genym, ac ip°r • yw ein dymuniad am iddo beidioj^ sylltiad JTI llwyr a'i hen gydnab*. Ngliaerdydd." Oedd, yr oedd Dr. & ( ffafryn hefo pawb, yn y Co teg hono; ac yr oedd vn ofid mawr ei gysylltiad a Choleg Caerdydd alJ wedi gosod ed fryd ar ed godi i j rwydd ac i roddi yr addysg oreu i heb fynd allau o Gymru. to" Y FEIBL GYMDEITHAS A'R Dymuna Dr. Crnddylan Jones hysbys fod y Feibl Gymdeithas yn ddathlu triugfeinfed flwvddyn o de Mawrhydi y Fren'hincs trwy iad arbenig o'r Testament Newydd. • raeg a iSaesneg, am y prig isel o dd'lf1 Bydd y clawr wedi ei addurno )11 gcfnodi'r amgylchiad, a dylai pawb 7* mru, yn bobl mewn oed a phlant, b vn eiddo iddynt eu hnnain, fel arwyd i'r "Hen LyiFr" ac fel coffadwriaed» a^iad hirfaitih tin Grasusaf Frenhin^ Iv'V Cvmrn a dvma lyfr Victoria; J.| wedi ein dvrchafu ni a dyna sydd ei Mawrhydi yn wrthddrych dyma ein nerth ni fel cenedl, a. dyrna, Ymerodraeth Prydain Fawr; ac dathliad presenol yn gyflawn heb i't lie amlwg ynddo/ -:0:- "LLAWDDEN" YN D Fel y proffwydais, felly y mae ben—y mae'r Deon fiowell ei^ dechmi adfer yr hen iaith yn 01 J Gadeiriol Tyddewi. Ar orseddiad y Owen, darlfenwyd yr ail lith, er J* bawb, yn Gymsrafeg, ac wrth esiojnpl yn cael ed gosod mor gVB* Deon newydd, nis gallai'r Esgob edrych yn foddhans, a thraddodod^ fendith ar y diwedd yn yr un hen wneud i galonau y Cymry oeddynt rD i guro o gariad llawer mwy at yr iad, ac at y ddau wr newvdd lie yn eu mysg. A chain fod y gwai^ id?chreu, beth sy'n rhwystro i'r P* rhagddo a sefydlu gwasanaeth CyoM- yn ii,glwys henaf y genedl Gymreig ei seintiau yn nioreuddydd CriJû Byddai cael pregeth a gwasanaeth yn yr hen Ie cysegredig hwn bob rai o oreugwyr y genedl yn &cr o'i gyrohfan, nid yn unig pob EglffTj hefyd pob Cymro a Ghymraas hyny; a phaham nalll gellir cael gftD J idechreu ar y gwaith am yr haf p1* mwyn profl i"r byd ac i wawdwyr 1.. faint yw cariad y genedl tuag ati. pe ceid hyn y gwelid Ty Ddewi yn mwy o bererinion yn ystod SuHau J* gellir dychmygu, aq fe fyddai hycX dioi yn nerth i'w cenedlaatholdeb garweh. -:0:- CYMRY LLUNDEN. o bob cvnllun i ddathlu Jiwbili y yn sicr, un golygydd "Celt LlmideØ mwyaf gwreiddiol, sef (1) dan cant neu ragor o tlodion y brifddin&s i lan v Idiwrnod; (2) anfon nifer o'r rhai byw yno am ugain mlynledd neu ymweled a'r hen wlad i Gymru aØ Idyddiau. Y mae edsieu tiia ds.IJ bunnau i wneud hyny; ond y mae J ? yn hyderus iawn y llwyddanc. Y Llunden wedi gwneud eu rhan yn nid oee neb o Gymru hyd yma, ond 1 frydig Ddeon Vaughan, wedi oedd ef yn un o'r rhai oyntai 1 punt; a yw'n ormod dysgwyl i era"1, oethogion i ddilyn ei esiampl? p. Wener), er budd y gronfa, Gvmreig ar lwyfan gyhoteddns yn Ll^ y tro cyntaf erioed. Chwareuir "R<hyj —stori anfarwol Daniel Owen—gan Bala yn St. George's Hall, L^ag'h'g Nid qes genyf ond gobeithio y fformiad yn Uwyddiant a.o y oeir at amcan mor deilwng, -:0:- "TOWYN" YN CAEL EI SIO A glywodd y darllenydd "Towyn" 4 pregethu; os naddo, na cholkr y fydd yn ymyl yn rhywle; y &0 yn cario dyla.nwad rhyfedd ar 1 ei(!&. u-o- *irraW<lgar of llithrig yn syfrdanu pob gwrandlj^ hwyl angliylTredin yn ddigon i calonau oaletaf; ond yn ol v stori oj mae pobl yn dechreu cvnefino ag J gafodd ei siomi am y dylanwad oeJ* ar un o'i wrandawyr. Pan yn py dydd o'r blaen, ac yn mynd o hW^J a'r llai« yn cvfodd yn uwoh, uw^ gwelai un gwr yn gwrando yn astud codi yn ei sedd, a pho uwchaf ai'r 11* boddhaus oedd gwynteb y gwr, a < fod ar dori allan i orfoleadn. torodd "Towyn" a.r i fyny, a cbyr lais i'w uchelfanau. Ar hyn wele^. dawr ostud yn eistedd yn fod sedd, a chan daro ei "pitchfork"' II sedd a'i chodi at ei glust, trodd at deatliion, a dywedodd yn hyglyw, "1" boys, myn dian i I"

"TARRED AND FEATHJ^ PAINFUL FORM OF FTJNlS^ IN MEXICO. It is probable that most of our have heard something about the abO proceeding, but we imagine that have witnessed the woeful spectacle tb Happily, for the culprits oonceI11 punishments are now exceedingly • gentleman who has travelled in M describes this form of punishment: passing through a wild district Mexican frontier, I saw a man wbo..dl tarred and feathered. I hope I sw witness such a scene agaan. Frol". could gather, the fellow richly punishment he received, but his pitt dition excited my sympathy. The ing is both painful and perilous, y tar begins to stiffen on tne skin it ingly hard to remove, and the featB^j with it form a plaster, which adhe^jj bodv most tenaciously, causing But this is only the beginning of ment. Presently the tar cools and j and the slightest movement of gives a little tug at everv hair on of the body, creating the keenest j The perilous part of the proceedi™^ perspiration ceases, which means del tar is not removed. This latter however, is a tedious and trying times occupying four or five days. T- only be removed in minute which produces inflammation, so 1 process is rendered yet more tarflL operator having to apply sweet ojjj inflamed skin. I have heard of <5 death ensued before the tar could be. but in all cases I should infer punishment is one of the most awful can inflict on his fellow."

DRUIDS' MEETING AT Tlie .biennial meeting of the Order of Druids was opened in I. chamber of the Town-hall, Grimsbr, day, Mr. A. Stevens, of Nottingham' Delegates were present representing, the society in all parts of the coun* inaugural address, the President fjd. numerical progress had greatly tlie last few years, tlie membership now being 73.896, and the £ 373,435.— Mr. Rogenbaum (generfti of Hull- presented the annual rep^^ reviewed the progress of the socie past two years. The sickness claims of t.-e pa^t year were below j/ The report was received, and, aftet the sitting was adjourned.

1 SUCCESS OF A CARDI?*" LADY. A Cardiff young lady, who is ncØ r.l the responsible position of clerk at the Hotel Cecil, London, g W( interesting letter, in whien sh# hotel being now crowded with from all over the world, she ha* tional opportunity of undertaking. #Hj, dence of distinguished people- at frst it seemed as though she n ffrej a strange land, but, apparently' beeome accustomed to lier This young lady received ner writing and shorthand in the ca^ee^fd writing department of the 0 iPj Limited, and her sueeess ehoww II «jjd class of vork m whioh experier'w is sueh as to *n I take situations of the highest r«w- 1 J U I

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