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WtMv Pail. 1 *r> Czso SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1903. The 'WEEKLY .J[AIL is published on I rid ays and, Saturdays, and can be obtained frum your local newsagent. If you find any difficulty in obtaining the paper, please communicate with the Manager, Wtstern Mail Offices, Cardiff. The Weekly Mail" will be sent by post on payment of a subscription in advance on the following terms;- s. d• One Quarter 1 8 Half Year S S One Year 6 6 One Year 6 6

Montreal has set Wales an example. The pulpits of that Canadian city were last Sabbath devoted to sermons on tuber- culosis and the vital necessity that exists for united action in stamping out the plague. Everyone knows that the pulpit is a power in Wales. Why should not clergy, ministers, and priests unite for once in one strong, eloquent warning P Surely, health is'a matter of religion, for a healthy Christian is naturally of more use to society than a sickly one!

Principal Griffiths has a knack of say- ing straight things. His latest theme is Welsh patriotism, and he has uttered a warning. He condemns the insane attempt to bring the Welsh language into a species of competition with English, and lie says the cry should be, not so much "Wales for the Welsh" as "The whole Empire for the Welsh"! We might very well here take a leaf out of the Sotsman's boob. The Scot never per- mitted the language difficulty to impede iiis onward inarch, and look where his nation stands to-day. Happily, our exclusiveness is breaking down, and the Eisteddfod is a case in point. We hope the defeats our choirs are receiving at English hands will have a salutary effect. There is a deal of self-complacency to be rooted out.

No one can complain of the weather this Whitsun, at any rate. Save for one or two thunder-showers, it was simply magnificent, and vast numbers of people, both old and young, took their fill of enjoyment. Every train, every steamer was chockful of excursionists. The good behaviour and good humour of the crowds were a marked and gratifying feature. It shows that the tendency of mankind is upward, let the pessimists say what they like.

The sad catastrophe at Eton calls atten- tion once again to the great necessity which exists for providing all public and quasi-public, institutions with adequate fire-escape precautions. Of course, any number of suggestions have appeared in the papers ^ince Monday, but people soon get apathetic again. We have heard of another great public school where things are in a state of far greater unprepared- ness than Eton. What of our Welsh colleges and schools? The Aberystwyth holocaust springs to mind at once; but there are others less protected than Aberystwyth.

Major-general Baden-Powell had no reason to be dissatisfied with his recep- tion at Cardiff on Saturday, and his letter of thanks to the Mayor shows that he was deeply touched. One curious thing militated to a decided degree against the warmth of the welcome. The general, of course, appeared in his latest regimentals, whereas most people associate the conqueror of Mafeking with the familiar slouch hat and khaki. So far, indeed, was this the case that snapshots are in evidence where Baden's admirers were obviously cheering someone else! In spite of it all, it was a cordial Welsh welcome, for the people from the hills and the interior were not backward in contributing their quota.

1 Splendid weather has so far favoured < the annual meeting of the Glamorganshire 5 Rifle Association at Margam, and some 1 good shooting has been seen. The uiitry for the Welsh championship was very encouraging, considering the natura ] of the prizes offered, for beyond tiki j} possession of the proud title the winner ( gains practically nothing. On this account i it is so difficult to attract marksmen from ( autsidc the Glamorgan County that the ( :vent can hardly be called with justice a ] championship. However, it is the best ( rifle meeting held in Wales, and the rictory which Private Mather, of Cardiff, ] ivon on Tuesday was very creditable. Before many more years have passed it ( s to be hoped that the Welsh champion- ] ship will be elevated into a far more ( important event, with larger prizes, and, ;f course, larger entries—possibly into a 1 national meeting extending over several lays. f

CARTOON BY GENERAL RADEN-POWELL SPECIALLY DRAWN ON SATURDAY MORNING FOR THE WESTERN MAIL." One of our representatives aeked Major-General Baden-Powell on Saturday for an original caricature for publication from him. Our representative presented the general with a. piece of Mansion House notepaper, divided into two. Writing on one s:de: "Before coming to Cardiff-Humility"; and on the other side: "Leaving Cardiff- Pride," he asked the general to fill it in with two sketches. "B.-P." tumbled to the fun of the thing in a moment, and, walking over to the table at the window, he filled in the two sketches with his left hand. It took him a very few minutes-a few bold strokes with a lightly-held pen and a smiling face, and the cartoon was finished. "You'll probably feel very proud when you leave Cardiff," suggested our representa- tive. "Yes, but I don't know what a proud freeman looks like," remarked "B.-P. and, neither Sir Alfred Thomas nor Alderman David Jones being at hand, our representative was unable to supply a model. However, "B.-P." formed a very humorous idea of the hospitality of Cardiff and of the pride of citizenship when he filled in his second sketch.

WHITSUN CONFERENCES. THE MANCHESTER UNITY OF ODD- FELLOWS. The Annual Movable Committee of the Man- chester Unity of Oddfellows was opened in the Winter Gardens at Cheltenham on Mon- day. Grand Master R. W. Itoifrey, of the North London District, was in the chair, sup- ported by, amongst others, Mr. T. Hughes, Llanelly. The Grand Master, who was received with applause, having welcomed the delegates to Cheltenham, said the Manchester Unity still held the pride of place among all Friendly Societies with respect to membership, as it had for years past done with regard to capi- tal and all that appertained to the proper working of the affiliated Friendly Society system. A total of 1,010,795 members owed allegiance to the society—a matter upon which he looked with justifiable pride. The issue of the report upon the experience of the Manchester Unity for the years 1893-97 was the most important event to the society of the past year. There were one or two points to which he would like to draw attention. The first was the excess of sickness beyond expectation, especially that which was continuous—which practically amounted to a life pension to those who drew it—and which had been the means of dragging so many lodges down below the necessary degree of solvency. The next was the remarkable lesults shown by the grouping adopted. This opened up a new phase of the Eabject-the cost of annuities in lieu of sick pay in old age. He had never ceased to advocate, in season and out of season, that the proper function of a Friendly Society was to provide an annuity for its members after they had passed the working age. After 65 years of age sick pay was due more to the nature of a. member's occupation than to his state of health. Its incidence was much more uncertain than in the earlier years of life. The recipients were generally thoae who were constantly on the funds, while the remainder had to bear the burden. There was but one solution of the problem. Sick pay should cease at 65 years of age and an annuity be substituted. That it was practicable was proved by the fact that nearly 5,000 members of the Manchester Unity were now rubscribing for that benefit, a large pro- portion of whom are in the Ipswich district. He had been met by the cry, We cannot afford it." Surely, if that argument was to be raised at all it would be in Suffolk, where wages were, perhaps, as low as in any part of the kingdom. He had endeavoured to find out how easy it was to provide for annuities if the will was good. They would find that for a sickness benefit of £ 1 per week for* twelve months and 10s. per week for the remainder of sickness the contributions now asked at the age of eighteen amounted to £1 19s. 2d. per annum. Under the new experience the rate should be £2 2s. 7d. per annual throughout life. To substitute an annuity of 5s. per week at the age of 65 in lieu of further sick' pay after that age would coat P,2 7s. 3d. per annum, an increase of 4s. ad. per year over the approved rate, or a little over one penny per week. In addition to the actual annuity there would be a cassation of contributions to the extent of lOd. per week. At 25 years of age the extra cost would be lid. per week, and the relief from contributions after 65 would be greater. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded to the Grand Master for his address. Sir Edward Strachey, M.P., said he had hoped to be able to congratulate them upon the legislative proposals of Friendly Societies, but it was not to be, because, as they were aware, the Outdoor Relief Bill had been rejected for a second time by the Upper House. (Cries of Shame.") The following were elected on the estimates committeeMessrs. T. J. Cardew (North Lon- don). A. W. Daynes (Norwich). W. Redwood Bristol), A. Jones INantwich coand Crewe), R. Corfield (Whitchurch*, J. Lake (Swansea), A. [larding (Southampton), T. Waite (Cocker- mouth), and R. Grayson (Ormskirk). SECOND DAY. The second sitting was held on Tuesday, Grand Master R. W. Moffrey, North London, presiding. The investigation committee recommended the legalising of funds to redeem the contri- butions of members when they attain the age )f 65. The proposition was carried. The meeting then passed to propositions for ilterations of rules. The Market Drayton District introduced a proposition to give male adult lodges the power to accept female members where no separate female lodge existed within a distance of three miles. Mr. Kemp (Market Drayton), in introducing the proposition, explained that it was to meet th3 case of small rural parishes where the temales were not sufficient in number to form a, separate lodge with any prospect of success. lirs. Bishop (Woolwich), the only fernale representative, etrongiy opposed the proPosi- .ion. The proposition was defeated. Mr. Rigg, M.P., who is sitting a3 a deputy 'or the Ambleside District, in the course of in address Baid he was entirely in accord with the Grand Master that if they were to mcceed their success must depend not so nuch upon members of Parliament and itateemen, but upon tneir own unostentatiouB iffort. The conference then considered the direc- :ors' report. THIRD DAY. The third sitting was held on Wednesday, 3-rand Master R. W. Moffrey presiding. The directors reported the completion of he tabulation of the sickness and mortality experience of the society for the years 1893- La,7. Mr. Alfred Watson, of Nottingham, the ictuary, in the review of his report upon -he investigation, said with regard to sick- less there was a remarkable increase in the lumber of claims. Without taking the con- lidcration the question of occupation or ocalitiee, there was an increase in the imount of sickness from the earliest ages up -o the oldest. There was a remarkable fall n the death rate at nearly every age up to i5. That experience was supported and con- Irmed by the experience of the country at arge. With reference to the effect of occupa- tion upon sickness, Mr. Watson said he found :hc sickness of men employed in mining 10 terrible and so overwhelming that it was I lot the slightest possible service to frame ipecial monetary tables. Taking the whole society through the miners' claims were more :han 200 per cent. of the expectation, and m I continuous sickness they rose to 400 per cent. 3f the expectation. If the miners were to con- :inue on their present basis and the liability For accident was not separated from the ordi- nary sickness liability, it was their plain duty to call upon miners to double their contribu- .ions. If they were not prepared to do that :hey must allow these lodges to go to ruin, or put their hand in their pockets and pay their liability for them. or they must assist them to meet their liability by cutting off the acci- I lent risk. They considered mortality in regard to occupation as they considered it in regard to sickness. Broadly, the result came to this that occupation had no effect upon mortality. The remarkable fact was that mortality was very largely a question of locality. The mortality was highest in the agricultural and new manufacturing dis- tricts, heaviest in the textile district, while tha manufacturing and mining districts occu- pied the middle place. Mr. T. Hughes (Llanelly) said he recognised. coming from a manufacturing district, that they would have to revolutionise their rates of contributions so far as one section of the members was concerned. It would not be fair to call upon that section of their members until the matter had been very fully considered Those members had hitherto paid what had Keen required of them, and they must be careful not to inflict any hardship upon them. Mr. T. Walton (Southampton) moved that the report of the investigation be referred to the directors, and they be requested to specially report to the next Annual Movable Committee as to alterations of rules and tables which the investigation had proved to be necessary. Mr. Walton promised that the directors would next year bring up a report fore- shadowing what they considered would be necessary. Mr. Barnes (Plymouth) seconded the resolu- tion. The resolution was unanimously carried. The directors presented a new draft rule for the administration of accident compensation funds established by many districts of the society in mining and manufacturing centres. Mr. T. Hughes (Llanelly) and others opposed. and pointed out that many of the funds had done good work for their members. The model rule was rejected.

SHEPHERDS' UNITY. The Shepherds' Conference was held at Chorley on Tuesday. Business opened with a discussion on the secretary's report. The report was highly satisfactory, but there were 47 districts which were showing a decline. This. it was stated, was a question needing serious consideration. Mr. Milne, Aberdeen, suggested that a list of declining lodges and districts should be supplied by the secretary in the future. This Mr. M'Nicoll agreed to, saying he trusted the districts would not consider they were being held up to contempt, but would carry out the Scotch proverb, Take thought and mend their ways." Mr. Cromar (treasurer) said it was a healthy sign that the interest on accumulated funds had increased from £17,032 to £17,620 during the year. Discussion took place on the proposal of the board of management that hosts and hostesses of public-houses where lodges were held should not be eligible as treasurers. There was an amendment that the proposal should only be prospective. Mr. Ellis (Bristol) characterised the proposal as an attempt to interfere with the liberty of the subject, urging that the matter should be one of local option. The diaeussion was continued on Wednes- day, when Representatives of Merthyr and Aberdare opposed the proposal as an insult to a respect- able body of people. An amendment that the provision should only affect future elections of treasurers was carried, and an instruction was given to the board of management to bring before the next A.M.C. the desirability of prohibiting new lodges or districts meeting at or old lodges or districts moving to licensed pre- mises where intoxicating liquors were sold, unless it were shown that no other accommo- dation was available.

GRAND UNITED ORDER OF ODD- FELLOWS. The business of the annual conference of the Grand United Order of Oddfellows was opened at, Glossop on Tuesday, Grand Master Owens presiding. Ninety-six delegates were present. In a presidential address the Grand Master stated that the Order had increased numeri-* cally and financially, the membership having increased by 3.214 and capital by £ 35,185. He referred to the fraternal delegates' conven- tion, and expressed pleasure at the amalga- mation of the small lodges. The guarantee society and the insurance scheme were pro- gressing favourably. Respecting the Outdoor Relief (Friendly Societies) Bill, he regretted that it had been rejected by the House of Lords, and said this was one more blot upon their escutcheon. He thought the old-age pension scheme of the national conference too conflicting and far-reaching. The Bradford District suggested that the time had arrived when a scheme of old-age pensions should be promoted by legislation which would make a pension the right of every citizen, male or female. Strong opposition was raised against a pension for every citizen, whether thrifty or thriftless, but the proposition was carried by 69 votes to 24. A proposition was made by the Wrexham District that the incoming executive should bring in a scheme for the next conference whereby fairer representation would be secured on the board of directors. The allegation was made that undue influence had been used, but the assertion was strongly denied, and an apology demanded. Only two voted for the motion. In the evening the delegates were enter- tained to a banquet given by Councillor Edward Partington, mayor of Glossop. The conference was continued on Wednes- day. A lengthy discussion took place on the pro- position from the York City District in favour of general meetings being held every two years, and that the rules be altered accord- ingly. The proposition was supported by the Bolton, Hai'purhey, and Oldham Districts. It was pointed cut by one of the delegates that if meetings were held biennially it would be proclaiming to the world that they were beaten, and that if they went back to the biennial system it would be doing injury to the Order. The proposal to hold biennial meetings was rejected, 41 voting in favour and 55 against, the result being received with applause. A discussion afterwards took place with regard to the alteration of several rules, and the conference adjourned at noon. In the afternoon the delegates were taken for a drive to Lady Bower.

CO-OPERATIVE CONGRESS. The sitting of the Co-operative Congress was held at Doncaster on Tuesday, under the presidency of Mr. J. Shillito, J.P. Dealing with the preferential tariffs, Mr. H. Vivian (London) moved a resolution con- demnatory of the policy of Mr. Chamberlain. Mr. Kilham scconded, and. after a long and warm debate, during which a man from Bir- mingham protested that the abuse heaped on Mr. Chamberlain was uncalled for, the resolu- tion was carried amidst a roar of Ayes." Strong protest was also made against the action of the Government with respect to the London Education. Bill. It was decided to constitute a separate executive committee for Ireland.

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RURAL PROVERBS. It would be of considerable interest if your correspondents sent you from time to time, as they come across them, unfamiliar items of proverbial lore from various country dis- tricts. "Cochfarf" lately referred to a Vale of Glamorgan saying, "Calon lan y Pasc, a dillad newydd y Sulgwyn." Every parish in Wales could probably furnish "hen ddywed. iadau" of this kind, and others more recent whose authorship could be fixed. A charac- teristic injunction of my late grandfather was, "Canol y cae bob amser, fechgyn," and I should like to know whether it is used else- where. At the same time, very interesting parallels to well-known English proverbs can be discovered in this way. For instance, "There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip" finds a parallel in the country farmer's observa- tion, "Tra fo'r ci yn tomi fe a'r ysgyfarnog i'r coed." D. RHYS PHILLIPS. DODKIN. .In reference to the query of Mr. Edmund J. Jonea hereon in your issue of May 23, ih the "EtncyclopEudic Dictionary" "docLiin" is said to be the same as "doit." which is only an Areglicised form of the Dutch "duit," a coin the value of the eighth part of a stiver, whichi is iibout equivalent to a penny. I>r. Murra^ to-), in his monumental work, "A New English Dictionary," gives it the same meaning, staging that it is "an early name for the doit, a small Dutch coin, and' 'hence any coin of small value.' He givefi numerous quota- tions showing the use of the word from the fifteenth century down. CAEDI. GLAIX NEIDR. [Concluded.] Am for Pliny's O.A., it can be no other than a rihell. (marinfe or fossil) of the kind we call "E elimus Marinus." whereof one sort, though not. the same he describes, is found at this darr in most parts of Wales. ]]1[". Borlase, who penetrated more deeply int o the Druidical monuments in the kingdom the-a any other writer before or since, ob- aer res that the natural Anguinum, which must have been very rare, artificial rings of sto ne, glass, and sometimes baked clay were sul is-tituted as of equal validity. T he doctor adds from Mr. Lluwyd's letter, Atarch 10, 1701, at the end of Rowlands's "Monta Antiqua," p. 342, that the Cornish retiin variety of charms, and have still, tov sards the Land's End, the amulets of "Maen Magal" and Glain Neidr, which latter they call a Melprev (or Uilprev), i.e., "a thcaieand worms," and have a charm for the snuke to make it, when they have found one asl eep, and stuck a hazel wand in the centre of her spirse. The opinion of the Cornish (Dr. Borlase coirtinues) is somewhat differently given, as by Jlr. Carew:— "The country people have a pergaasion that the snakes here breathing up< m a hazel wand produce a stone ring of blu & colour, in which there appears the yellow figure of a snake, and that beasts bit and envenomed, being given some water to drink v/h arein this stone has been infused, will per- fectly recover of the poison." T hese beads are not infrequently found in bor rows (see Stukely's "Avebury," p. 44), or occasionally with skeletons, whose nation ancS age are not ascertained. Bishop Gibson engraved three-one, of earth enamelled with blue, found near Dolgelley, in Merionethshire; a second of green glass, found at Aberffraw; and a third, found at Ma* ss-y-pandy, Co. Merioneth. Tie following is Pliny's description of the snake egg"Prceterea est ovorum genus in Majrna Galliarum fama, omissum grcecie. Angus innumeri aestati convoluti, salivis fau cium corporunque spumus artifici com- ple.cu glomora.ntur anguinum appellatur, Druidse sibilis id dicunt ui sublime jactari, sogoque oportere intercipi, ne tellurem atti agat. Profugcre raptorem equo: serpen- ter euim insequi, donee arceatur annis alic ujus interventu. Experimentum ejus esse, si contra asquas fluitet vel auro vinctum," Ac. (Edit. Hardiun, lib. xxix., 12.) A poetical version of part of the above has bee n quoted from Mason's Caractacue. Tho peison speaking is a Druid:- "The potent adder-stone Gender'd fore th' autumnal moon: When in undulating twine The foaming snakes' prolific join; When they hiss, and when they fear, Their wondrous egg aloof in air; Thence, before to earth it fall, Tho Druid in his hallow'd pall. Receives the prize. And instant flies, Follow'd by the envenom'd brood1, 'Till he cross the crystal flood." "ri".ie Ancient Britons," sayd Pennant, in his "Zoology," Vol. III.. p. 31. "had a strange superstition in respect to the viper, and of wh: Ich there still remains in Wales a strong tra-iition." 'j^his wonderful egg seems to be nothing mo ie than a bead of glass, used by the Druids as a charm to impose on tho vulgar, whom the y taught to believe that the possessor WOl Drl be fortunate in all his attempts, and th £ st.it would give him the favour of the great. Oirr modern Druidesses," he adds, "give much the same account of the Ovum Anguinum, GlaSn Neidr, as the Welsh call it. or the athter gem, as the Roman philosopher does, butt seem not to have so exalted an opinion of As powers, using it only to assist children in cutting their teeth, or to cure the chin cough" (whooping cough), "or to drive away the ague. He gives a plate of these beads, ma' Je of glass of a very rich blue colour, some of ithich are plain, and others streaked." E iling, W. AP RHYS.

REMARKABLE VIGOUR SECURED FROM A SCIENTIFIC FOOD. Mr. Thomas Inch, Professor of Physical Culture, 60. Bishop's-road, Fulham. London. S.W1. reports the results of his experience wit 4 Grape-Nuts fully cooked cereal food as foil tews — A fter many years' careful experiments with food stuffs, I have proved your valuable Or;) fpe-Nuts to be far and away the best. F com the enclosed; photos you will see how I have developed my physique, and this I could not have done without proper nutriment being daiily provided to repair the tissue broken dowm by heavy bodily exertion, so that I am. perhaps. in a better position than most to test the merits, of any preparation claiming to iontain in a condensed form the consti- tuet tta of a complete food. In the first place. I found Grape-Nuts to be a n trtritive of such a high order that very little else, indeed, was necessary to form a meal. To my mind, however, the most valuable featif.-e about Grape-Nuts is its marvellous ener rising properties. As a Professor of Phytdcal Cult/lre, f have naturally had nume- rous opportunities for testing the food, but I ca, rnot yet realise how such a small quan- tity ?can give such remarkable vigour and Euch untiring energy as Grape-Nuts does to both mind and body. However severely my physical powers may be tfisted, and no matter what feat lies before me for accomplishment, so long as I have take n your food I have supreme confidence in ny ability to succeed1, and it is not too muat to say that thoee feats you will see deseiribed in the enclosed' programme. such as tearing three packs of cards, would never have been performed by me had it not been for (J=rape-Nnts. It ;$ most pleasant to take, requires no pre- paration, will keep indefinitely, whilst, on the scorei of economy, perhapsi it may claim to be the cheapest food on the market. Arr IOngst the world's foremost athletes there haa »een of late years a strong tendency to a vegetfjarian diet. To people thus inclined Grare-Nuta will prove a boon. Of <all the scores of pupils and friends to whom I have recommended your food not one has ilailed to praise it in the highest terms. In met say that, contrary to usual custom, you ire far too modest in the claims you put forw ird as to the value of your food, and this fact has influenced me in writing you this lengthy encomium in grateful acknowledg- ment of the benefit I liave derived from a regul atr course of Grape-Nuts. Let anyone, athlete or weakling, man, wompm. or child, who may read this un- solicited testimonial give your food a trial; they will soon come to value it highly. Grape-Nuts are sold by dealers at 7d. per packffc. Gra pe-Nuts Co., Ltd., Temple-chambers, Temifte-ave.. London, E.C. w

DFUTII OF SIR EDWARD HULSE. Reutfr'a correspondent at Johannesburg telegnaphed on Saturday:-8ir Edward Hulse. who was press censor here during the latter- part of the war, has been found dead by a servant in his bedroom, shot through the head. Sir Edward Henry Hulse, who was captain of the 15th Battalion Imperial Yeo- manry, served in South Africa in 1900, and was mentioned in dispatches. He repre- sented Salisbury in the Unionist interest from 3886 to 1897. In 1898 he married Edith, daughter of Sir E. Lawson, Bart. Lat er—Sir Edward Hulse had, it appears, been suffering considerably for some time from a fracture of the thigh which he susta, hied several years ago. A post-mortem examination showed that the fracture had ( never healed, but this had. nevertheless, not 1 prevented him from attending to his business affairs. The revolver lay close by the side of the deceased. An inquest will be held tomorrow (Tuesday).—Renter. j

WEEK BY WEEK. LIGHTER SIDE OF CUKRENT EVENTS. Rhyl is lucky a3 a watering-place. only had one bathing fatality in seven 7e General Eaden-Powell will be made honorary freeman of Guildford this day w Wales has nw ninety-three intermedi schools, with 8,322 pupils. The Hon. Anthony Howell, one can Consul at Cardiff, will \i3it Cardiff » month. h' In the Rhcndda Valley the colliers fight the heat by placing pennyworths of ice-cream. 112 their beer. The seafront at Penarth is being and at present several superior ouildinS^ in course of erection on the promenade. It is rather an extraordinary fact that -se port has not got one honorary freeman roll. There is a movement on foot to ask the Ques3 of Anglesey to accept the inayora^ Bangor next year. General Baden-Powell's pronunciation. Welsh is not perfect. He knows the meal*1 but not the sound, of his Welsh motto. Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, who has in South Africa since the beginning of is expected home early in August, when will go to Glanllyn for grouse ahootinS- Efforts are being made to open a tourist office under the auspices of a rePre!e. tative committee from the West Wales side resorts. BADEN-POWELL'S MOTTO PARAPHBASEl Lie nad yw pwyll lon'd y pen—ei arvvaia I berygl ga'i berchen; A cha gan sur fechgyn sen, A gwela lawer gwiaien. tJlf Aberystwyth was about the coolest ot watering-places on Whit-Monday. Its 110 mum temperature was only 55 degrees, against Rhyl 60, Barmouth 64, Llandud110^ and Weston 70. Brighton was 80, and lin 83! the Cardiff ladies are greatly divided on question of the height of General B3. jj8 Powell. Some say he is tall, others tha^t is short, all agree that he is good lookinS> several young iudies frankly avowed a « ingnesa to marry him right off. < Lord Kelvin and Lord Lister have accep t, t(P the invitation of the Welsh University attend at Cardiff on November 13 to re"geg. their honorary Welsh University degr Principal Griffiths will be vice-chancellor the time. It was interesting to note that Lord borne was one of the contributors to tbe treasures put up for sale by public auctio11 Christie's Salerooms the other afterlfha,ii The collection realised £ 105,845 5s. in less tn three hours-a remarkable sale. North Wales members seem to take the political duties more seriously than the South. One of the former voted In y divisions this session, and only one made an thing approaching a poor show. Sixty-si* the highest Sontii Wales record—that Of 3u D. A. Thomas. The picture postcard lends itself to understandings at times. A Barry lady just received one bearing a representation a graveyard, with a church in the (..18tan In the space beneath the picture, the frieud had written, "When shall we Bee. J f* here? May we expect you at An old correspondent, writing from states that Dr. Loughor, late of Cardiff. lS^ practice in that city, and is doing very It will be remembered that Dr. Loughor, at Cardiff, was one of the medical officers c nected with the Cardiff Union, and that surgery was for many years on the corner Castle and Newport Roads. The chimes of the clock to be placed the tower of Cardiff's new Town-hall w jjje heard for a distance of four miles. A8 flrg quarter and half hours as well as the bo"Is.- will be struck, this item of news may be forting to the folk who live in Park-place the adjacent neighbourhood. They had he lay in a stock of narcotics. 0 Dr. Milsom Rees, who has the official of the Covent Garden Theatre artistes.^ 1 son of Mr. John Rees, Penydre House, Dr. Rees was recently called to Paris to at1 Madame Melba, who had been taken ill an affection of the throat and ears. Mad8-^ Melba, is very fond of motoring, and says would indulge in it more if the dust did get into her throat. < Mr. James Howell, J.P. (of the ^Ttathg Howell and Co., Cardiff), has presented to mayor and mayoress a scroll bearing the Welsh mottoes which decorated the Town-" on Saturday. They were "Ofner Na ,.r Angau (" Fear him who does not fear dea and Yn Mhob Gwlad y Megir Glew (" j 7^3 country rears the brave"), which em^ic will, of course, have an honoured place the mayoral home. It is some years since the children got a tine Whit-Monday for their Sunday treats. Whil-Monday is consecrated to treats, and it means much in happiness disappointment to the children if the we»t is not according to the hopes of the little °D -tt Yesterday was glorious, and the the fields gave great joy to the little c people and the little Nonconformists, j regard Whit-Monday as tho most Irnpor day in the year. A movement is on foot to ercct at St. rine's Church. Milford Haven, a memorial the Rev. James Boaden, M.A., who was there for 21 years. Mr. Boaden ministered other placcs in Wales, including Llane where his memory is still held in estcein^gd the master of the middle-class school *°aILer- by the late Rev. Canon Williams, and a wards conducted till its close in 1875 by a. Rev. J. H. Gibbon-Spilebury, now of the Ar £ tine Republic. Somebody has noticed that two c03 generally, if not always, happen in Bre jg before rain appears. First, the water-car almost certain to water the dusty r0 the centre of the town; and, secondly>^4 melodious strains of a German band Jteti the ears of thoce whose throats have choked with dust. If these two happen, the inhabitants rush for t umbrellas and overcoats, and they are right. ell" General Baden-Powell's courtesy »s f^c' known to photographers. A Newport V j titioner, knowing by what train the gene ar- ova would be passing through that town froi# 4 diff to London on Saturday afternoon, to ,e to him at Cardiff to be so considerate put his head out of the wiudow to be Para- graphed. When the express stopped at port the general inquired for the pher, told him that he readily consented,^ did everything that could be desired for a » negative. Some idea of the number of water tri who left Cardiff Pier on Whit-Monday English Coast may be gathered from the that from eleven p.m. until early on Tnel6a>i morning the neighbourhood of the Piern was crowded with returning excursionists- 12.30 a.m. there were no less than 22 standing on the up-line to convey home1*tj,e the living freight to be discharged from two last arriving boats, and as the usual » & penny fare was exacted for any distance- the cars were crowded—the receipts of journey for that day must have been v DOnslderable. fI JO" Welsh patriotism will indeed be at a „c6 ebb if it submits without a struggle to ite musical defeats as were sustained on Monday. At Cefn, in Denbighhire, two cashire choirs carried off the chief prized tJ1. at Shrewsbury a Staffordshire choir dl r g. same, Mountain Ash coming in second. or f 'ti Moss, M.P., who presided at the former val, declared it was high time the ore choral combinations woke up, and we go his warning will have some effect. It pO inflated patriotism that thinks there IS ol good singing to be had outside the "lan song." Our Cornish cousins have almost as anecdotes of preachers as ourselves, and i3 a good one. In Cornwall many 01 mine managers, or "captains," as locally termed, are also local Preaagi amongst the Wesleyans. On one °cCr^ed'' Captain C., who had shortly before on a new mining venture in what was he a0U to be too glowing terms, undertook to P jjjtf in a neighbouring chapel, choosing for 0nt text the verse, "Who hath believed at 3, report?" This was rather too much fowrbo youth sitting in the opposite gallery. "tbe entertained an opinion adverse preacher's mining report, so he Pr0 replied, "Nobody." 3, There is a school in Liverpool whiek very interesting history. It was €st,a,igt9 & in Rose-place by the Calvinistic Met^?Jreo 1844, for the education of the chil" Welsh parents, and appears to ^fS 0' fairly successful during the eighteen1 feSLd' its existence. The curriculum included ing, writing, arithmetic, grammar, geogf tj,eir and the Welsh language. Whilst true to 0( Nonconformist principles in the separa the secular and religious instruction, it founders, nevertheless, made it a of admission to the school that the P 0t> took their children to a place of w0TSnS i°f Sunday. The school comprised sect*0 boys, girls, and infants, and a ni £ Dt 0f was subsequently added. The scholars gradually increasing, monitor assistants we re appointed from time t ^et at the modest salaries of Is. and 2s. r^yjii £ week, the appointments, evidently. I# with them more honour than to 1856 the locale of the institution have been changed to Prince The schools were closed in December. reason assigned for this step being t great number of schools then *n —ants" bourhood was fully adequate to the the vicinity." The venture is but 0f t&^ out of many of the timely enterpn Hen Gorph in the welfare of their men. < j

Balloon accidents continue in Wales. Happily, we have not to record anything so sad as the death of the poor child Albertina some years ago, and the casualties chronicled elsewhere have, one or two of them, almost a comic side. But to .what purpose are these ascents? Plucky lives are risked to gratify a thirst for the sensational which is positively morbid. If no one ran a risk, the watch- ing crowds would be much smaller than at present.

Mr. Chamberlain's fiscal proposals have come like a bombshell, and beside them the gravity of "passive resistance" and the like seems almost ludicrous. Free Trade has many a staunch adherent in England, yet there are many who 1 think it a huge blunder and who deem J the other nations wise in that they have 11 not reciprocated. Certainly, a few years 1 of Protection would be an interesting experiment.

ThE HEAVENS IN JUNE. I Mr. Arthur Mee writesThese June even- t ings are so exqui.site aa almost to force people i jut of doors to admire the beauties of Nature, [n the north-west after sunset is a magnificent star gradually increasing in lustre. Thi3 is } ;he planet Venus, which is drawing nearer to us and will continue to do so till the end of f :he summer. The only other planet con- s spicuous in the evening heavens at present is v Mar3, which, however, souths in full daylight. 1- [t is very ludicrous to read what has been ( appearing again in some papers about sig- nalling from Mars. If these writers could yiew the planet through a good telescope they would never again burden their pens with such 1 puerile rubbish. It is the Yankees who are i the greatest offenders in this line. and they are quite welcome to keep the speciality on their side of the water. What was seen at the Lowell Observatory, in Arizona (and not for £ the first time) was a mountain peak, or, maybe, a mass of cloud; and as a matter of fact-sad as it may be to write it—the evidence F for any planet besides our own being peopled ( at present with beings like ourselves does not increase as the years go by. On the 22nd 1 occurs the longest day. The Sun, at present, 1 is absolutely without a spot. The Moon is full ( on the 10th, and new on the 25th, about which I time high tides may be expected. s i

OLD FALSE TEETH BOUGHT. Many ladies and gentlemen have by them old or disused false teeth, which might as well } be turned into money. Messrs. R. D. and J. B. J Fraser (Limited), Princes-fitreet, Ipswich (Estab. 1 1833), buy old false teeth. If you send your teeth to them they will remit you by return I of post the utmost value; or, if preferred, they will make you the best offer, and hold the teeth over for your reply. If reference ] necessary apply to Messrs. Bacon and Co., Bankers, Ipawich. w259 j

LONDON LETTER. CO OF INTEREST TO ALL OUR READERS. LONDON, Thursday. THE FIRE AT WINDSOR. The tragedy at Eton interfered with the festives this week, to which special grace had been lent by the kind invitation of the King to have the river supper on June 4 in Windsor Park, instead of at Boveney, as usual, The river procession is one of the prettiest of the 4th of June scenes at. Eton. The function commences with "Absence," when the headmaster calls out the boys' names from the college steps. They answer and hoist their hats. Those who are going up the river, about eighty or a hundred in number, have' flowers in .their hats, and this makes the uplifting of the hats a charmingly quaint scene. The precession itself is a gorgeous mass of colouring. Each cox- swain carries an enormous bouquet of the colours of his boat, and is dressed as an admiral. If in the upper division he carries a sword. All the boys in the boat wear pink silk socks and pumps with gilt buckles. The supper has always been at Boveney, but, thanks to the kindness of the King, the boats would this week have turned at Boveney, and would then pass through Romney into the Park. This is the second year in succession that Eton has been unfortunate in its commemoration. Last year the illness of the King pre- vented his Majesty fulfilling a promise to visit the college and open the new cricket pavilion on June 21. A CART HORSE PARADE. Certainly the most interesting and one of the most attractive of Whitsun spec- tacles in London was the cart horse parade in Regent's Park. In former years wet weather has not deterred many thousands from witnessing it. This year under the glowing influence of resplendent summer weathei> the crowds were simply prodigious, and I am afraid a good many were able to see but little of the show. What is most to be admired in the spec- tacle is the delightful way in which the horses are dressed. Their manes and tails are entwined with gay ribbons, and bril- liant-hued crochet or knitting furnishes gorgeous trappings. The horses, great, sleek, strong beasts, seem proud of their adornment; but that is nothing compared with the pride of the carman's family, who, riding in state in the van, compare critically their own work with the decora- tions of their rivals. This I take to be one of the best educational influences of the parade. It not only excites emula- tion among the van-drivers to treat their charges well, but it also enlists in the good work the entire family circle, who spend many hours of pleasant labour in making the trappings. The present show exceeded the record in the number of entries, and I cannot but think that the decorations were also better than ever. There is only one regret after witnessing the parade- that it is not possible to give a prize to each. WAITRESSES' WALKING MATCH. Probably the most remarkable of the many walking contests which are now occupying the attention of the public took place the other morning between the waitresses of rival tea establishments. Fired by the existing craze, these young ladies determined to show that they could do something in the athletic way, and a walk from the Royal Exchange to the Marble Arch was arranged for. The encounter quite caught the fancy of the public, and as early as six o'clock thou- sands of amused holiday-seekers turned out and thronged the line of route. The waitresses, in their neat black costumes, with white aprons and sailor hats, were very much in earnest, and treated with absolute indifference, if mot scorn, the good-natured chaff of the public both at the start and during the walk. Some, 160 young girls started, and though it cannot be said that their walking was of a good heel-and-toe character, yet one or two showed that they had been well coached by male admirers. But such a laughing, scurrying crowd, surely, never followed so interesting a contest, and when towards the finish the winner drew level with and passed her nearest opponent the cheers which went up from the multitude quite drowned the peals of Big Ben. THE GOVERNMENT AND THE BUDGET BILL. The altered circumstances due to the withdrawal of the Opposition Leader's amendment will, probably, lead to a change in Conservative plans. It is now improbable that the Premier will himself make a statement on the Budget Bill. His views and the views of the Govern- ment as a. whole will be voiced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who, as Minister in charge of the Bill, will be the most appropriate medium of com- munication between the Government and the country. Incidentally, this arrange- ment will possess the advantage of leaving the Premier free to speak the last word in the debate. THE METROPOLIS AT PLAY. I It is impossible to exaggerate the im- mensity of the holiday observance on Whit Monday. As far as the-figures available and the most careful calculations go, it is thought that a million of people went out of London and came back the same night, and that another million were in the parks and open-air places of amusement. Quite a quarter of a million of holiday folk were, for instance, absorbed by the Alexandra, i Palace, Crystal Palace, and the Earl's Court Exhibition. The biggest railway record is, as usual, held by the Great Eastern, which carried over 150,000] people, being nearly double its Whitsun ■ traffic last year. The South Eastern carried 100.000. At least a quarter af a million passengers used the electric J trams to Hampton Court, where 300 big cars were running all day on ] horseshoe route from Shepherd's Bush] to Hammersmith via Hampton Court, ind vice versa. Fewer bicycles than usual were carried by train, but the roads jut of London bore an unbroken proces- don of motorists, cyclists, and horse vehicles. MR. PUNCH IN BOND-STREET. ] The success which attended" Mr. Punch's" visit to Bond-street last year las encouraged him to give another public I jpportunity of viewing the original draw- ] ngs of his artists. The exhibition, which jpens at the Woodbury Gallery on Mon- lay. will include works by most of the eading black-and-white artists cf the 1 lay-Messrs. Linley Sambourne, Bernard Partridge, Raven Hill, E. T. Reed. Phil J May, C. E. Brock, G. D. Armour. G. H. <' Falland, Thomas Maybank, G. R. Halkett, 7harles Pears, Lewis Baumer, Arthur Jopkins, Tom Browne, and several )thers. The mere sight of these names vill be sufficient to remind us of many f iright moments spent in the company of 'Mr. Punch," and his exhibition cannot 1 ail to attract all lovers of the humorous n art. ) WHISKY TRADE FRAUDS. One of the great troubles of the whisky rade is the fraud in filling up the empty < lottles of weil-known firms with inferior vhisky, whereby the public are twice njnred-in their pocket and in their < iealth. One of the best known irms has, I hear, offered privately 1 L prize of £10,000 to the person < vho shall invent a glass bottle that can J >e used only once, or, at any rate, that lan be used a "'second time only with peat difficulty. The cost of using a I resh bottle for every filling would be a } rifle compared with the saving to lead- ( ng distillers by the cessation of fraud. ] BOERS FOR BISLEY? 1 The fact that three rival teams from i tbroad will compete at Bisley this year ( vill give to the meeting an international j significance which it has never before '1 nijoyed. In 1866 marksmen from 1 Brussels came over to compete, and the 1 -esult of their visit was the presentation f :o the association of the Belgian ] Challenge Cup, which is still one of the eading competitions of the meeting. But < since that year visitors to Bisley outside < :his country have come from the Colonies ( md not from our neighbours abroad. This 1 pear, however, in order to strueele for j :he Palma International Trophy, which J she English team won at Ottawa, last year, in American, Swiss, and French team 1 aave already entered, and surprise will J not be expressed if other teams also com- ] pete. There is even a belief that a team 1 made up of Boers will throw down the i gauntlet for the Kolapore Cup. 1