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WORKMEN'S TOPICS. BY MABON, M.P. THE POSITION OF MINERS IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. No better evidence can be got of the fact that the social and economic conditions of t e wor are from day to-dav enforcing themselves upon the consideration of the rulers thereof than the variety of the great and important inquiries into those conditions that have been so assiduously prosecuted of late, and are still many being proceeded with and the increased anxiety evinced in various countries to learn r0™ workmen themselves or their trusted tives what are the real condition o whiob .be wk. work a«lU^i ago it v,as our great Please which ■rio —•tf r IS 10 US *0 "which, among other greatest un portanee, an interview that t^I"gs' C0l1 ai Lumandin, two of the foremost MM. Basly and liumanun^ > in France, had with the miners' representatives in Minister of Public Labour for the purpose of discussing with him the old age and retiring pensions for miners. The Minister said that after a. number of interviews and conversations with the law reporter, the question of pensions for miners had made great progress, and he hoped to be able to place the matter on the Parliamentary agenda for consider- ation shortly after the reassembling of Parliament, towards the ond of January. Economic Conditions.. We find also that m examination into the Economic condition of the mining population of fchat country have been recently concluded, w ici brings out some useful facts, and which will^serve Us greatly in comparing those conditions with the Conditions of the same class of peop • in Countries. Now, a thorough mmmation i 'he economic conditions of the miners of Trance «k* those of any other country, would involve a detailed inquiry into the following, among points —(1) The money wages received ( Purchasing power of such wages (3) the hours labour and (4) the physical conditions under frhicti labour is carried on. „ But, unfortunately, the evidence collected bears uPon two of these points only, viz., ™°"ey ,.J ft"d the hours of labour. It is said that seek g '^formation with regard to the purchasing pow wages would involve inquiries o laborious, if not impracticable, character. n must b.i admitted that even m country the attempts that have be- made to Ascertain the facts on the P° that> y no means successful. It 5 living ■pw from tt«, the r.ta»oo of «b. 0 fche amount of remuneia 1 sonie dl^ult problem. That wages are low parts—as jn Germany, for ,nstw"f7n the other J «fceap is beyond all doubt; ™ at a time faand, wages have risen in this place. no increase in other prices hasJ»k P i„ vlew of the difficulties Jble t0 an "iqnirv, the examiners though i the their attention to money the average daily wages 1>ut also the Rentage of the value of coal raised at the P where such wages were U 6e^n-tS' in our °Pinion' camlot ,° d jn Wales j ^tv'ce, and will be highly appreciated m Wales. f France. I &/?he following table, compiled from tie | de I'Industrie, gives the outpi, p 'Q tons produced, the price of c<^> an Per ton in France for the yer.r 188^ 6 o g &" S 1S.1 i 1 c t;— 2 Ef i- B? i. "S'SID. ^«S ioo fll o<5 c O tiZSa m c P-C s 5 § 5__ r I J»arti £ £ } i? 71 4 57 3 01 fefe: IS u a 3 83 2 "j T »oifet Niver. 87 4 30; 3 47 &|tAveyron: 209 10 g J g| j g| f4 I g 3 37 3 35 -^i^sins'. 12 der appears from this table that the mine {.ec^r°Und and those working on jho pi '««88 sr 50 p. -J. aos c°al at the pit s mouth. A -4 TS'%r^T, Wtm 3fi"°ST° i0 188^ a&d at' 3 111 rj, fcs. 16e, ill 1890. r,f hasins is B difference of wages in the different basin 1 gained by the varying condjtions un<ier °h th« work is carried on, and the g bav SuPPly of miners. For instance in the c bribed,reUa^ therefore Wa?es are higher It is evident also, say trie thrt'thediSetmoc l-ryy,. raxes v. j •, „,T 0vtent aftect wages •. 1 d does not to anj exi-ei T oire BaJ/ Sl-0wn by the fact that in the Loire ',Wth^e royalties are h'„ pag de CaUTs average, whereas m the i are r,ortii where the royalties and v.raffe, This^in amount, wages are below ea e in Wa ars °ut the contention that the di in dePends on local circumstances. Saifteexut>n0ttend t0(1Vara En-land, though since ?u ent that they do m Eng.Maa, Wag^ Jl6 "se m prices during the last two y '1' K: ave tended to rise. basins. r-neb co&ls V-%ry mption This; ° £ ^^nch coals vary m d'fferenfc is i!S attributed to the fact that the eonsumpt.o Ve,* mostly WAI as the cost of carriage pr ? Coal i, • • j from other districts. being introduced from north of Noe J Duval Stff0 cent, was given on 6 16th f Tease ° J in additional 10 per Cent- on aT> f 1890, though in realitv >u 20th of August 1890, th.Jugh in aiDo^t aetuaul ,ncreafe the mines in the U°rth the pay-sheet of igg0 France, the daily wages ral All Workers. 1 _X- —« lsgq A Mine.' B Mine.' A M^ne" B s. d. s. d. s. d. d. 2 H After a Pcrease 2 5j 2 7 2 n- 10 rvidvanca of 0cClteSnt-'16 q .35 u 2 10i 2 Hi 5 9 ago. 2 ill of 10 4 o 3 104 v,°vke t0tal actual advancu in A n»ine 132*9 was 24-9 Der cent.: for the miners a one, [25 8 £ and in B mine for all the worker* <*tn. %?eQt- for the miners alone, 31 7 pe the „ 6 aboye increase followed the advance ,of coal, and according to the mining C4re> the average selling prices were. „ TTP^ S. «• 1888 9-03 7 6 1889 q-24 7 8 u!o » » li°C 8round in the L6 £ S. d. 1888 45 5 10 |88g 47 18 4 vJ890 53 17 7 trict busy times m the 1 a thousand miners were out Jor a 0J S(] eavounng to secure an ad vane Mr Errard, minors' secretary, «d th6 ltlen to resume work on time was most n^po* ™ aUvir-e -^he meeting did not choose » the strike went on. The 11 ation to the managing dire0 ;ye(j j,' the deputation was not even received, V°i'k end the strikers were obiis?ed to 'I'he -r,^6 °'d rate of wages. /7W1M bajs | reiich Press, and notably the Ling ,(u lished numerous telegrams j-e Haiti>i le 'r<|te Miners' Conference a baj«. and according to the s»»e «ie French miners are in high glee at the prospect of the eight hours' day being enforced in the mines of Great Britain by legislative enactment. It is also stated there that the resolution passed at that Conference in favour of the establishment of a Minister of Mines has produced a most favourable impression on the Continent and that the miners of the Continent, in consequence of what is being done by the miners of Great Britain, are anxiously waiting to see what Labour reforms are going to be initiated by the present Govern- ment.

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The Household. c The True Wife. Oftentimes I have seen a tall ship glide by against the tide as if drawn by some invisible bowline with a hundred strong arms pulling it. Her sails were unfilled, her streamers were droop- ing she had neither side-wheel nor stern-wheel still'she moved on stately in serene triumph, as her own life. But I knew that on the other side of the ship, hidden beneath the great bulk that swam so majestically, there was a little toilsome steam- tug with a heart of fire and arms of iron, that was' tugging it bravely on and I knew, if the little steam tug untwined her arm and left the ship it would wallow and roll about, and drift hither and thither, and go off with the refluent tide, no man knows whither. And so I have known more than one genius, high-docked, full- freighted, idle-sailed, gay-pennoned, that, but for the bare, toiling arms, and bravo warm-beating heart of 'the faithful little wife that nestles close to him so that no wind or wave could part them, would have gone down with the stream, and have been heard of no more.-O. W. Holmes. Everything in its Place. We have all our own places in creation, and are only safe when we are keeping them. It is so with men, it is so with animals. Some animals who flourish well and happily in the plain, become ailing or die on the mountain. For example: Von Ischudi makes the singular remark, that on the Cordilleras, at elevations of more than 12,000ft., delicate breeds of dogs and the European domestic cat are ex- posed to a particular kind of mortal disease. Humboldt records that innumerable attempts have been made to keep cats as domestic animals in th- town of Cerro de Pasco, lying at an elevation of 14,000 feet above the seas level but such endeavours have invariably been frustrated, as both cats and dogs have died in convulsions at the end of a few days. The cats, after being attacked by convulsive fits, attempt to climb the walls, but soon fall to the ground exhausted and motionless. Lord Bacon says of little men in high places that they resemble small busts on high pedestals, and are the more ridiculous on account of their elevation. Hints. QUAKING PODDING.—Scald a quart of cream when almost cold put to it four beaten ergs, a spoonful and a half of flour, some nutmeg and sugar- Tie the pudding in a cloth and boil it for one hour. Serve with sweet sauce. SHOKTBREAD. —Three-quarters of a pound of flour quarter of a pound of ground rice, half a iround of butter, quarter of a pound of sugar, and a, pinch of salt. Rub the butter and flour well together, then add the sugar, salt, and rice. Knead it thoroughly with the hand, and cut into cakes. Bake in a slow oven, say twenty minutes. but the cook must judge by the heat of the oven and the appearance of the cakes. These cakes are usually long and narrow. LEMON SYRUP.—Grate the rinds of six lemons, add the juice of 12, let it stand overnight, then make a thick syrup of 61b. of white sugar. When cold, strain in the juice, squeezing out as much of the flavour of the grated rind as is desirable, and bottle. Use one tablespoonful to a glass of water. FLICKER MEAT.—BOU some milk, and stir in enough flour to make it as thick as ordinary oat- meal porridge. To be eaten with treacle. BOUAl) NECK OF Mu fT<Mf.—Remove the scrag from » neck of mutton, saw off the chine and the rib bones to about four inches in length, fare Iwav port of the fat, mm a clean, iron skewer Io7S the bones to keep the jomt in ^pe *« i dfnnff wfftp it in ho»li r^Tof„sd r <s SaiWf r1 ,?*&s«™ ud mashed tun. »P»- "S&ATO hot mashed potato with one> gg, and »«'«"»»»-' side in butte i j hops in water HOP on P in the ]iquld into one enough to cover t • ^ree gallons of hot K2. iSYS'^ |o„r? S boltta Tarttne aCId cub. added 1 Hiked. infc0 a bowl the white of PATE CBRAMS. BI fcjfcy of water, and stir one egg, ^Id an -equa q enQUgh to mould in confectioners suga FIa,vour with vanilla. ,nto shape with the d fill the cavity w.th Seed some shapely aare rotrude and form a the cream, cream may also be white stripe. A °desjred. Dry on oiled placed on the top, if tna(je by placing an paper. Date nougats a m wl)lch the almond or other nut inth\c-vv y^ & ]lUle f

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I WELSH GLEANINGS. I

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WELSH GLEANINGS. By Uoffwr. The Land Question. Much prominence is still given in the North Wales papers to the land question. The Baner has several articles discussing the present critical position of the farmers. It devotes a special leading article to Mr T. E. Ellis's recent speech at Harlech, in the course of which it says, In our opinion Mr Ellis's speech on the land question at Harlech was a magnificent one. It is evident that office has not in any wise changed his opinions, or restrained him in any way from giving expression to them. Never did he hold forth more strenuously on land tenure than he did in this speech. Mr Ellis showed that the re- ductions and remissions allowed by landowners afford no remedy. The generosity of the land- owner comes to light certainly in his kindness in remitting from what is legally his due. But the landowner ought not to have a claim to that which is not just. The agricultural depression has, nevertheless, done one important service-it has centred public attention on the present system of land tenure, its origin, and its history. And Mr Ellis had no hesitation in saying that the present system had lamentably broken down. The reforms needed are a land court to ensure fair rent, security of tenure, and full repayment for improvements. Reform must be on these lines and on others which we could name." Llew Tegid" in the Celt has a vigorous article on The Land and the People." Gwalia, referring to Mr T. E. Ellis's speech, says that it is obvious that Mr Ellis's object is to create a bad feeling between farmers and their landlords." Reforming the Eisteddfod. The Conference on Eisteddfodic reform in the Genedl has outlived the old year, and is this week as full of interest as ever. Mr J. H. Roberts, Mus. Bac. (Cantab.), pleads for the encourage- ment of Welsh talent. The 'star' system, he says, has been for many years unbearable. Ridiculously high prices are paid to "Madame "or"Signor while Welsh singers of equal capacities are ignored, He warns Welsh composers, if they wish to avoid pecuniary losses, from devoting too much attention to musical composition, as, under the present system, Eisteddfodic committees prefer to perform works by foreign composers in a foreign language than to bring out original works by Welsh com- posers. Mr D. Tudor Evans, Cardiff, who as secretary of the National Eisteddfod held at Cardiff in 1884, had some valuable experience, gives some important suggestions for reform, which indeed are quite revolutionary in their character. He proposes (1) that the future meet- ings of the Eisteddfod should be carried on on the plan of the British Association meetings, and that an address should be given by the President on the first day on a Welsh subject; (2) after this, thesubsequent meetings should be held in sections; (3) choral competitions should be held only in the evening (4) the prizes and certificates should be distributed on the last day, in the presence of the President and all interested; (5) a permanent secretary should be appointed, aud the Eisteddfod should have a monthly magazine wherein to disouas matters a*ffeotm$it. Political Prospects. Surmises as to what the impending Parliament- ary Session will bring forth aro as thick as blackberries in the Welsh papers, and references to it are made in the Tyst, the Herald Cymraeg, the Tarian, the Genedl, the Seren, and other papers. The London correspondent of the Baner administers a rebuke to Mr W. T. Stead for his pessimistic predictions about Mr Gladstone and the Liberal party :—"Mr W. T. Stead takes it upon himself to proclaim that Mr Gladstone's strength will not bear the strain but for a. very few weeks; and the prophet of the Review of Reviews' is so kind as to inform us that the Liberal party will come to its fall before the end of the summer, under the leadership of SirWilhsun Harcourt, to be revived again, after a period of Salisbury's tyranny, under a new leader, Lord Rosebery.' No doubt Mr Stead believes that Providence bas,pointed him out as the one who is to enlighten the nation." The same correspond- ent, dealing with the prospects of Wales in the forthcoming Session, says :—"Wales is certain of a good share of the solid work of the next Session, but the position of Disestablishment still remains amongst the things unresolved. First of all, we shall have the Royal Commission on the Land Question. Next, we shall have important additions to our educational system, especially in connection with the teaching of the Welsh language, and the establishment of the Welsh University. As for Disestablishment, there is reason to fear that there will be no room for a complete measure on the subject during this session. Two strong parties stand in the way— the Temperance party, who are eager for reforms in the licensing laws, and who threaten opposition if preference is given to Disestablishment; secondly, the advocates of registration reform. No special prominence is given to Disestabhsh- ment in the arrangement of the resolutions at the Liberal Federation meetings at Liverpool, as was given at Newcastle last year. The represen- tatives of Welsh societies did their best for the claims of Disestablishment for a definite place, but it was arranged otherwise."—" Eynon," in his weekly notes in the CeU, says :—" It is rumoured by the Press Association that it is the intention of the Government to make, at an early date, an investigation into the land question in Wales. It is rumoured at the same time that no Welsh Parliamentary measure will be brought forward this year. If this is true, I hope our representatives will be bold enough to say to the G.O.M. The past is enough to live on wind, and on soft soap, henceforth we want reforms.' Poor Taffy has listened too long about poor little Wales' and gallant little Wales.' Let Taffy not listen any longer to such humbug. At the present time the Welsh party holds the balance of power in their hands. They are strong enough if they wish to upset the concern, and it is only the reasonable duty of our members to demand a slice of the blessing for Wales instead of throw- ing a whole loaf across the Irish Channel. How- ever zealous Wales is for Honrfte Rule, it is far morezealousfor Disestablishment. All of us know that the old man (yr hen frawd) from Hawarden will not give us this blessing willingly, so we must demand it against his will." Thus writes Eynon," in clear, unambiguous, and forcible language. It is indeed a characteristic of all the writers in the Celt that they do not mince matters, and never hesitate to call a spade a spade. The leading article in the Genedl also deals with The Prospects of the next Parlia- mentary Session." It advocates payment of members, and believes that Mr Gladstone in his Home Rule will provide for a continuation of Irish representatives at Westminster. The Journal (Carmarthen), in its Welsh pago, gives currency to the statement that there is a general expectation among both Liberal and Conservative members that a General Election will take place before the end of this year, though there is v strong feeling against dissolution on both sides of the House. Jottings. The Celt and the Brython Cymreig have short articles pointing out that at a recent meeting of the Council of the Tonic Sol-fa College it was decided that candidates for the certificates of that college can be henceforth examined in the Welsh language if they desire. -The Llan devotes its leading article to a profoundly sympathetic review of the late Rev D. D. Jones, B.D., Llanelly, and his work.—The Genedl gives a Welsh translation of the article that recently appeared in the Speaker on Welsh Disestablish- ment.-The Goleuad states that Dc Edwards, Bala, is slowly recovering. tammmmmmmrnmmtmmmmmmmmmm

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Parliamentary History of Carmarthen. o lBY W. R. WILLIAMS, SOLICITOR, TALYBONT.] 1835.-David Lewis, of Stradey, M.P. 1835-7, J.P. and D.L. for the County, and died 1872, when the estate devolved upon his son Charles William Mansel Lewis, B.A. Oxon, born 1845, who is son-in-law to Sir Philip Miles, Bart., of Leigh Court, Bristol, and was sheriff of the county 1881. 1837.-David Morris, of Llanstephan, eldest son of David Morris, J.P., of Carmarthen, banker, born 1800, was a banker at Carmarthen, a J.P. for the County, and M.P. for Carmarthen 1837 till his death October 1864, being re-elected 1841, 1847, 1852, 1857, and 1859. 1864, October.—William Morris, of Coomb, Llanstephan, vice his uncle, D. Morris, deceased, second son of T. Morris (who was, like other members of his family, a banker at Carmarthen, and a J.P. for the county, of which he served as Sheriff 1834), born June, 1811, educated at Carmarthen Grammar School, married 1847 Mag- dalene Mary Anna, daughter of Sackville P. Gwynne, of Glanbran Park, was a J.P. and D.C. for the county, High Sheriff 1858, M. P. for Carmarthen 1864-8, and died 1874. His eldest son, Thomas Morris, was Sheriff 1882. 1868.- John Stepney Cowell Stepney, of The Dell, Llanelly, eldest son of Gen. Andrew Cowell, of Coleshill, Bucks, by Maria Justina, youngest daughter of Sir Thos. Stepney, Bart., of Llanelly, and co-heiress of her brother, Sir Thos. Stepney, the last baronet, and widow of Francis Head, of St Andrew's Hall, Norfolk. Born February 7th, 1791, entered the army, and saw service in the Peninsular Wars (1810-15), and became Lieut.- Col. Coldstream Guards, was created a Kuierht of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order, K.H., and married (1), July, 1820, Mary Ann, daughter of the Hon. Robert Annesley (son of Earl Annesley, and of kin to the members for Carmarthen, 1625 and 1660). She died the following year, leaving a son, Wm. Frederick Ross, who died unmarried 1872, He married (2) November, 1823, Euphemia Jemima, daughter of General John Murray, of Castle Murray and Glenella, County Donegal, who died 1874, having had two sons—James Charles Murray Cowell, Page of Honour to William IV. and Queen Victoria, Captain and Lieut-Col. Coldstream Guards, who met a soldier's death at Inkerman. November, 1854, and Emile Algernon Arthur Keppel, the present baronet. Colonel Stepney Cowell took the additionel sur- name and arms of Stepney by Royal licence, December, 1857, as the representative of the ancient family of Stepney, and was created a baronet September, 1871. He sat for Carmarthen 1868-74, having been High Sheriff of the County 1862, and died at the advaucted age of 86, in May, 1877. 1874—Charles William Nerill, of Westfa, Llanelly, eldest son of Richard Janion Nevill, of Llanllaiedi (Sheriff 1836), born 1816, educated at Rugby, married in 1841 Jane, daughter and co-heiress of David Davies, of Swansea, was J.P. and D.L. for the county, of which be was High Sheriff in 1868, chairman of the Llanelly Division and chairman of the Llanelly Board of Guardians, a member of the Wyndham Club, and proprietor of extensive copper works. Mr Nevill accepted the Stewardship of the Chiltera Hundreds in 1886. 1876, August.—Emile Algernon Arthur Keppel, Berks-Stepney, of the Dell, Llanelly, and Wood- end, Sunninghill, Berka, vice Nevill, resigned. Born Dec., 1834, youngest, but only surviving son of Sir John Cowell Stepney (see 1868), whom he succeeded as second baronet, May, 1877 mar- ried August, 1875, the Hon. Margaret Warren, daughter of George, second Lord de Tabley, was an unsuccessful candidate for Carmarthen, 1874, but represented it 1876-8, when he resigned his seatyjaffij again in 1$86 J>2. Sir Arthur Stepney, a#Mr|lSfl|j6feHy called, was edwctUse^fcfc Eton, was, a clerk in the Foreign Office 1852-73, and attached to the Earl of Clarendon's special mission to the King of Prussia on his coronation 1861, and is a J.P. for Carmarthenshire, of which he served as High Sheriff in 1834. 1878, May.—Benjamin Thomas Williams, Q.C., of Merryvale, Narberth, Co. Pemb., vice Sir Arthur Stepney resigned. Eldest son of Rev T. R. Williams, of Merryvale, born 1832, graduated M.A. Glasgow University, married in 1859 Mar- garet, only daughter of T. John, of Dolemani, Co Pembroke, was called to the bar by the Hon. Society of Gray's Inn 1859, and became one of her Majesty's counsel learned in the law 1875. He was sometime chairman of the Narberth School Board, and a J.P. for the counties of Brecknock, Glamorgan, and Pembroke, and held the appoint- ment of Recorder of Carmarthen 1872-8, when he resigned in order to enter Parliament. He was re-elected for Carmarthen 1880, but in the follow- ing year was promoted to the Judicial Bench as judge of County-courts for Circuit No. 30 (part of Breconsbire and Glamorganshire), which ap- pointment be resigned through ill-health three years afterwards. His Honour Judge Williams died last year. 1881.—John Jones Jenkins, of the Grange Swansea, vice Williams, who vacated his seat on accepting an office of profit under the Crown. Son of Jenkin Jenkins, of Morriston, Glamorganshire, born at Clydach, Swansea, May, 1835, married (1) 1854, Margaret, daughter of Josiah Rees, ot Morriston (she died 1863), and (2) 1864 Katherine, youngest daughter of Edward Daniel, C.E., of Morriston. Being Mayor of Swansea in 1882, during the visit of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, to open the new Docks there, he received the honour of Knighthood, to the great satisfaction of the Principality. Sir John is a J.P. for Swansea I and Carmarthenshire, and a J.p. and D.L. for Glamorgan, for wbich latter county he was high sheriff, 1889. He was Mayor of Swansea, 1869- 70, 1879-80, and 1880-1; Hon, Lieutenant Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers, 1889-90; President of the Royal Institution of South Wales, 1889. 90; unsuccessfully contested Carmarthen in 1880, but was its member 1881-6, when he lost his seat, and he was a third time defeated July, 1892. 1886, Sir Arthur Cowell-Stepney, Bart., again returned. 1892.—Major David Jones, who defeated Sir John Jones Jenkins after a severe contest. Major Jones, who resided for many years in America, was afterwards United States Consul at Cardiff, and is a gentleman of literary tastes. CONTESTKD ELECTIONS. 1874.-Nevill, 1,654 Arthur Cowell-Stepney, 1,481. 1880.-Wiliiams, 1,935; J. Jones Jenkins, 1,825. 1885.—Jenkins, 2,984 J. S. Tregoning, 1,281. 1886.-Stepney, 2,120; Sir J. J. Jenkins, 1,897. Carmarthen has returned to Parlament one (future) Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, three knights, one G.C.B, three baronets, five honour- ables, one (future) county-court judge, and one (future) viscount and three earls.

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FARM AND GARDEN. insect Parasites, The families of the parasite wasp flies are im- portant to us as a. means of keeping the increase of other insects in check. One division of these is that of the ichneumon flies (Iohneumonidae). These are much like the ichneumon parasite of the cornsawfly. They are lightly-made insects, with a longish body and abdomen, long legs, a small head, with long horns, often having a ring of white on them, and an ovipositor, sometimes short, some- times long,and often permanently extended like a large and long sting. With thistheyinserttheireggs, for the most part into the grubs of other insects, but sometimes into their egjrs, and occasionally into the chryealids; and those Kinds furnished with long ovipositors pierce with them through bark or solid wood. and thus insert their eggs into beetle grubs or whatever. their selected victim may be, which, although out of sight, their instinct tells them is withia, ready to act as food to their maggots. And thos they give us help which nothing else affords. In the case of corn ears which are infested with aphides, many of the aphides, instead of being of the natural colour, green, or yellow, or brown, or other tints, will eeem to "be of a rich brown, or almost black. These have been killed by the ichneumon. The female of the apbidus inserts a single egg into the abdomen of many aphides, one after the other, and the maggot, which hatches from the egg, consumes all that is eatable, until its live host is reduced to a state which will not carry on life any longer. Its uninvited guest. goes through its changes within to an ichneumon, and presently quits the hardened skin, whish is distinguished, as we have just observed, by its colour. Some- times every aphis on a corn-ear is thus destroyed, and there are other kinds of allied parasite flies which help us similarly. Mushrooms in Winter. Where there is a moderately warm shed or cellar, little difficulty ought to be experienced in obtaining plenty of good mushrooms in December and January, or indeed at any time during the winter, much less indeed than in the hot summer weather. Artificial heat is not absolutely necessary, provided the place is both warmly situated and tightly built, and the beds fresh and of tolerable bulk but at the same time a couple of rows of hot water pipes is a decided advantage in severe weather, as if the air temperature often falls much below 50 degrees, the production of the mushrooms will suffer a check. The most suit- able air-temperature is about 55 degrees, and the bottom heat in the beds ought to be at least 5 or 10 degrees higher than this. A genially moist atmosphere must be maintained at all times by frequently sprinkling the paths or any vacant spaces, and occasionally the beds themselves. Manufacture of Margarine. A Parliamentary return gives the names and postal addresses of th. manufactories of margarine in the United JJingdom registered under Section 9 of the Margarine Act, 1887." Not merely is the manufacture of sham butter carried on under the sanction and inspection of the State, but it has attained such proportions in this country as to enter into serious compe- tition with the genuine products of the dairy. In the Metropolis there flpe> four margarine manufactories, in the rest w Epgland seven, in Scotland ten, and in Ireland two, the names and addresses of which are stafted ip the return. Of the extent of their produotidfe we have no authoritative information, but can be no doubt, from the rapid development of the trade, that an enormous of what was popularly known as bosh butter until scien- tists invented the more imposing title of margarine," finds its way into the market, and eventually into the stomachs of English consumers. Apart from the home production, we import from other countries more than 1,000,000 cwts. per annum of this artificial commodity, valued at upwards of £ 3,500,000, or half the quantity and one-third the value of our total imports of foreign butter. The Weather and the Crops. English wheat on Monday, the 16th. was dearer in London, following dearer country mar- kets on the 14th. On the 17th the value was still tending upwards, but since the 18th there has been a halt. Loudon cn Friday quoted an aver- age of 29-5 3d only, against a previous return of 30s, but the fall had induced an increase on sales from 2,031 to 2,304 qrs., and even after 91 con- cession London is still offering 28 lid per qr. above the imperial average. London millers will pay a very good price by comparison with pro- vincial millers for English produce of fair quality, but the Metropolis is a disastrous market for damp and poor wheat. Foreign wheat has been a thoroughly unsettled trade. Flour has advanced 6d per sack for ordinary bakers' grades of Ameri- can, and the tone of the trade is strong, the demand being better than for some time past. The spring corn trade has continued in favour of sellers. Barley last week was dearer at 28 out of 40 markets oats at 26 out of 30; pulse at 22 out of 25 and maize at 21 out of 30.—Mark-lane Express. Unheated Greenhouse. Not much can be done here beyond seeing that pots containing bulbs or tubers are well protected with cocoanut-fibre. I was in a cold-house the other day, and although the frost had penetrated the house, a very large Christmas Rose of the large-flowered type and a bush of Laurestinus were in bloom, and had quite a gay and festive appearance, with variegated shrubs and hardy grasses. It is quite true that there is very little enjoyment to be got out of a greenhouse in frosty weather without the house is artificially heated but expense and trouble are saved, and this, I take it, is the main object in view. I have found the advantage cA covering up a part of the house during very cold weather; it tends to keep things comfortable, and there will be fewer broken pots. Window Gardening. Very little can be done till the weather moder- ates, and the days get a bit longer. Of course, there will probably be some losses from frost, especially where not carefully looked over, though it is quite possible to save plants from frost in the average dwelling-bouse. India-rubber-plants must be kept in a warm room, end the leaves be wiped over weekly. Vegetable Garden. The frost of the past week will very likely damage the green orop3; but it is premature to speculate yet as to the amount of injury done. There was no snow when the cold was at the greatest to protect Broccoli, and the ohances are that where the plants have received no oheck to their growth from heeling in, that some injury has been donat Then) has been ample opportunity during the froet for wheeling manure on the land, and for preparing pea-sticks, making straw mats for sheltering any- thing that requires it, and I also find these straw covers very useful for shading young seedlings in hot weather in summer. It is perfectly true that hot summers have been rare of late years, but they will doubtless come again. Hot-bed making will in many gardens new demand attention. Where there is plenty of stable manure and tree- leaves the old-fashioned hot-bed will do good work in a most economical manner, and the manure comes in very useful afterwards tor various purposes. When in the manure comes from the stables it is generally shaken over, and what is suitable for mushroom beds taken out, the re- mainder being mixed with about the same bulk of tree-leaves. and thrown into a heap to ferment, and when it has become warm it is shaken over again, and used as re- quired to make beds for forcing various vegetables. Pretty well all kinds of vege- tables required to be forwarded at this season, will grow freely in the hot-bed. Asparagus, sea- kale, rhubarb:—though the two last are more fre. quently forced in the n.ushroom-house—then radishes, carrots, potatoes, lettuces, cauliflowers, and French beans can be forced in warm pits with as good results as in warm bouses. It is only a question of temperature. A forcing tempera- ture may bo taken to msan about 60 dec's., -and there should be no difficulty in keeping up such a warmth with fermenting materials if properly handled. Taking into consideration the character of the weather now. it will be wise if there is room under glass to sow a few seeds of such things as cauliflowers, cabbages, lettuces, and Brussels sprouts as soon as the weather ohanges. Mint, tarragon, and other herbs if required may be planted in beat.-Gardening.

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SISTERS OF THE POOR. Lay them down-their work is done; Let them rest—their race is run Weep not—they have fought, and won Why should we deplore them ? They are where no tears are shed Lay them in their peaceful bed, With the calm and holy dead Chq,nt the requiem o'er them Not for greed or earthly fame, Heedless of our praise or blame, For the love of His dear name Who had gone before them, For them suffered, for them died— In the strength His grace supplied, Faithfully their task they plied Chant the requiem o'er them With brave hearts and willing feet. Threading crowded lane and street, Gentle looks and voices sweet Won their way before them: Now the willing feet are still, And the loving hearts are chill- La.y them down—it is God's will 1 Chant the requiem o'er them Hopeless sinners taught to pray, Sisters fall'n from Virtue's way, Won to Christ, no more to stray, Well migho ye adore them Go and do what they have done, Let your race like theirs be run, Win the guerdon they have won! Sing your requiem o'er them! Ye whose pale lips kissed the wall Where ye saw their shadows fall, In plague-stricken hospital— Such the love ye bore them Ye who once, on fevered bed, When the hireling nurse had fled, By those hands were nursed and fed, Sing you requiem o'er them Two and two with love unspent, On one holy purpose bont, To their loving toil they went; One strong hope upbore them; Let them slumber side by side, Wherefore should the grave divide Those who wrought as one, and died! Chant one requiem o'er them F. W. a.

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Triolets. 1 saw her to-day^ And she smiled to me sweetly i Hertyesaresogrey, I saw her to-day. She was fresh as the May And she dresses so ueatly. I saw her to-day And she smiled on me sweetly. I don't know who she is, And it dosen't much matter. Perhaps she's called "Liz I don't know who she is, She does not wear a friz— I am glad she's no fatter. I don't know who she is And it doesn't much matter. I saw her to-day, Shall I see her to-morrow I really can't s»y. I saw her to-day- Present pleasure gives way To the prospect of sorrow- I saw her to-day, Shall I see her to-morrow ? I have met her again, But she wan with another- Tom, Dick, Harry, or Ben. I have met her again. Does she know many men ? "*• Or was that chap her brother ? I have met her again, But she was with another. At the Fancy Dress Ball That chap's arm was around her, I'm not jealous at all At the Fancy Dress Ball, As they swung round the hall, Oh be did look a bounder At the Fancy Dress Ball, That chap's arm was around her. I'm at last introduced, Far too long have I tarried., (My shoe's come unloosed) I'm at last introduced- Mr Smith-Mrs Ruist— Why. hang it she's married, I'm at last introduced, Far too long have I tarried.

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ECHOES FROM THE CALENDAR.

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ECHOES FROM THE CALENDAR. JANUARY. 29. SUNDAY.—Septusgesima Sunday.—Victoria Cross Instituted, 1856. 30. MONDAY.—Cha los I. beheaded, 1649.—Surrey Theatre burnt, 1865, 31. TUESDAY.—C. H. Spurgeon died, 1892. FEBRUARY. L WEDNF.SDAY.- Parnell v. Times, £ 5,000 damages, 1890.—Slavery abolished in the United States, 1865. 2. THURSDAY.—Zulu War began, 1879. 3. FRIDAY.—Lord Salisbury born, 1830. —West India Docks commenced, 1800. 4. SATURDAY.—Fair held on Frozen Thames, 1814. The Victoria Cross. This order had its origin in the Crimean War, at the close of which no fewer than one hundred and eleven gallant officers and men were gazetted to the Cross. Sixty-two of these received the glorious V.C. from the hands of her Majesty at a grand parade in Hyde Park on Friday, the 26th of June, 1857. The first courageous deed for which the cross was granted was that performed by C. D. Lucas, mate of H.M.S. Hecla, on the 21st of June, 1854, when he seized and threw over- board a live shell, which had been fired on to that vessel. Ihe mate of those day; has since risen to be Rear-Admiral. An interesting account of the four hundred and odd winners of the Victoria Cross has been compiled by T. E. Toorney, late colour sergeant 1st battalion Royal Irish, and it is published at five shillings by Alfred Boot and Son. The. decoration consists of a Maltese cross of bronze, with a Royal crest in the centre, and underneath a. scroll bearing the inscription For Valour." It carries with it a special annuity of JB10 (except to officers), and for a bar or clasp thereto B5. Troop Sergeant-Major Berryman, 17th Lancers, stood alone as the possessor of the clasp. He gained it for bravery at Inkerman, the previous honour being conferred for heroic deeds at the battles of the Alma and Balaclava. The cross has been gained by 13 regiments of cavalry, the three regiments of foot guards, by 57 regiments of the line, and by one battalion of the West India regiments. The Rev James Williams Adams, B.A., while chaplain of the Cabul field force. was gazetted to the Cross for rescuing two men of the 9th Lancers from imminent death under heavy fire. It was also won by a coloured sea- man at Lucknow, and by a black private in West Africa. The Surrey Theatre Was first opened as a circus in 1782, one of the managers being Charles Dibdin, the famous song writer. The performances being commenced without a licence, the magistrates stopped them at Christmas, which occasioned a serious dis- turbance. The military had to be called out, and the Riot Act was read from the stage. After a chequered career of sevea years, and then a. spell of prosperity, the circus was burnt down on August 12, 1805. In the following year a new and more elaborate house was opened, and this came under the management of Elliston, when he lost Drury Lane by the fire of 1809. At that time thelie,encedid not permit dialogue to be introduced into any piece, except with an accompaniment of music throughout. Macbcth therefore had to be turned into a ballet of action. It was under a. second tenure of management by Elliston that Jerrold's Black-Eyed Susan was produced on June 6th, 1829, with T. P. Cooke as William. After Elliston came Osbaldiston, and then Davidge. The Shepherd and Creswick regime lasted from 1849 to 1863, when Mr James Anderson took Mr Creswick's place. It was about twenty minutes before midnight on Jan. 30th, 1865, that the fire broke out. The was not over, but happily the entire audience and the actors escaped in safety. The pTMettt largeB- mid more hand- some theatre was erected and opened on Boxing- night of the same year (1865). Slavery in America. Despite the statement in the Declaration of Independence" that "all men are born free and equal, and possess equal and inalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," the Constitution of the United States, as ratified in 1788, expressly recognised slavery. General pro- visions were made for the recovery of runaway slaves, while the different States were left to make their own laws on the subject. In 1820, when Missouri was admitted to the Union as a Slave State, it was agreed that slavery should be legalised in the South, but prohibited in the North of 3&deg., 50m., N. lat, The difficulty at length culminated in the War of Secession, and President Lincoln, on September 22nd, 1862, issued a proclamation de- claring all the negroes of Southern masters who should not ha.ve returned to the Union before January 1st, 1863, to be free. Another step was taken on April 8th, 1864, when the Senate passed a constitutional amendment abolishing, and for ever prohibiting, slavery throughout the United States. This, however, was thrown out by the House of Representatives, but Congress took up the question again, and the amendment was passed by both Houses It was then ratified by more than two-thirds of the States, and became part of the Federal constitution. The West India Docks. These gigantic docks, between Limehouse and Blackwall, were designed by Ralph Walker, C.E., as "The Merchants' Place." The first stone was laid by the Right Hon. William Pitt, and the dock was ready for opening on August 27-, 1802, when the Henry Addington, a West Indiaman, first entered, decorated with the colours of the different nations of Europe. The northern, or import dock, was constructed to hold 250 vessels of 300 tons each, and the southern, or export dock, 195 vessels. Their extent (including the canal inside to avoid the bend of the river at the Isle of Dogs) was 295 acres. In the warehouses provision was made for 180,000 tons of merchan- dise. For 20 years from their construction these docks were compulsorily frequented by all West India ships trading to the port of London. On the expiration of this privilege the revenues greatly declined, and the docks subsequently came under the control of the East and West India Dock Company, which has a capital of over two millions.

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Sudden Change of Tune.

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Welsh Tit-Bits, Neu Wreichion Odiar Eingion. [BY CADEAWD ] The Maids of Cefn Ydfa and Sker. It may be interesting to your readers to know tbM honourable members representing two con. stituencies iu Glamorganshire are lineally desoended from the families of the maids of Cefn Ydfa and Sker." Mr A. J. Williams, the member for South Glamorgan, is descended from the Rev Rhys Price, of Tynton, LIangenior, the latter being the brother of Catherine, wife of Wm. Thomas, of Cefn Ydfa, the father and mother of the Fair Maid." Mr Alfred Thomas, the member for East Glamorgan, is descended on the mother's side from the Williarnses, of Sker. Elizabeth Williams, The Maid of Sker," was the second daughter of Isaac Williams, of Sker. Thomas Evans, her lover, was a young harper, and it was he who composed the said "Air," but the words, it seems, were written for him by a poet living in the village of Newton Nottage, named David Llewelyn. Miss Williams' parents were averse to the young harper's suit, and married their daughter to a Mr Kirkhouse, of Neath, by whom she was cruelly treated, and she died early in life. The harper played this tune at her funeral as a kind of dirge while the coffin was waiting at the gate of Newton Churchyard. The harpist died 30th October, 1819. A writer in the Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian of September 12th, 1846, says :—" The Maid of Sker' has long been a popular song in Glamorgan. The air is well-known throughout the Princi- pality. and, though somewhat monotonous, Is sweet and plaintive. Oral tradition says that it is older than the words, which undeniably bear the impress of modern creation. They were written, report says, ninety years ago by David Llewelyn (happy combination of names in a harper), and have the merit of running smoothly and expressing the tender passion with much feeling and felicity. I cannot succeed in affiliating the air; it might have been com- posed by Hugh Morgan, consul to that Hugh Whost) cousin was the Lord knows who." The bard in the song does not aooord with the local history of the lovelorn swain as recorded in his native valley. There the tale of his trouble is at once interesting and affecting. The young harper fell in love with the "Maid of Sker," a Siren of Song. He pleads his passion success- fully, and became the accepted wooer of the lady. His whole soul is devoted to her charms, he lives upon her smiles and upon music, and is ready to retire, if required, to a wilderness to feed upon berries if accompanied by the object of his idolatry. Alas for the harper and his happiness The small-pox seized him in a virulent form, and had it not been for his temperate habits and fine constitution he must have died under the attack. He rose from his bed of sickness, his face I furrowed, and his sight gone! Had the lamp of life itself been extinguished he would have escaped the aneruish of blighted hopes and a broken heart, which sent him after miny years with sorrow to the grave. "The Maid ot Sker cast him off in his affliction I and gave her hand to auother Another version I of the story releases the Maid of Sker from such heartless conduct. Another wooer, rich and powerful, and a landowner, steps in to mar the mutual happiness of the maid and her impassioned lover and by the aid of parental authority suc- ceeds in carrying away the maid an unwilling captive, while the harper dies in despair." It is interesting to note that the harper lover of the Maid of Sker," whether his name be Evans or Llewelyn, lived long after the death of the woman he had loved and had made so famous. In 1792 and later, be played regularly every winter season at the monthly assemblies at Cowbridge, and I have heard it said that he often, at people's request, playd the famous melody upon his hMl) and sang the song, but never did he play it without shedding tears. Another story :—It was said that the Maid led a most unhappy life with her husband, Mr Kirk- house, and that his brutality shortened her days. At her funeral the harpist either walked before the coffin playing the tune for ever to bo asso- ciated with his first love, or else it was while the body rested at the entrance to the churchyard. Anyhow, on the steps leading into Newton churchyard he addressed the husband of the deceased thus: If I felt sure that what I have heard is true, I would not leave a whole bone in your body." Folk Lore. It is said of Mr Llewelyn, of St. George's of the Vale, who was living about 1820, that while he was conducting the service he had a pot of jam close at hand of which he would take an occasional spoonful. If a stranger came into church during service, or a person whom the old clergyman had not seen for some time, he would stop the service and come down and speak to him, inquiring carefully after wife and family, who might be at home after which he would return to the reading-desk and resume service. Instead of a regular sermon, the dear old clergy- man liked to read a chapter or part of a chapter to his congregation and then expound it. This was not very much liked by bis hearers, and on one occasion—such was the familiarity of the manners of the time and place—an old farmer stopped him and said, If you please, sir, we don't like this expounding business. There are many here who think as I ( do, but perhaps they will not tell you to your face, but we are tired of this here expounding, and would like, sir, I to have a regular sermon." A Pembrokeshire Proverb.—The Goodes and the Cousins are very tall families, most of the men being over six feet high. There was also a goodly numb-'r of them. It used to be a proverb that if the Goodes and tho Cousins were laid down end to end they would form a line all round thecounty." Beggar's Bush, near Cowbridge.—The origin of this name is derived from the begging friars, and that probably at that spot they took up their quarters and preached an open spot doubtless at that time, with a large thorn or a number of large thorn trees there to afford them shelter. Hark hark! the dogs do blark, The beggars are coming to town, Some in rags and some in jags, And some in velvet gowns." Welsh Genealogy. GLAMORGAN. Yestyn ap Gwrgau, Kmg of Glamorgan, ma. Ynghariad, da. to Elistan Glodridd, Prince' of all the Land betwene Wye and Severn. Caradoc ap Yestin, Lord of Avan, ma. Gladice, da. to Gr. ap Rees, Prince of South Wales. Meredith ap Cradoc ap Yestyn ma. and had issue. Gwenllian, da. to Meredith ap Cradoc ap Yestin, ma. Howell ap Sisillt, of Cantreselif. SOUTH WALES. Rees ap Theodor, Prince of South Wale-?, died in 1090. He lieth buried in the Cathedmll Church of St. Denis; he ma. Gladia, da., and b. to Rywal'on ap 'Cynfyn, Prince of Powis. Gr. ap Ryce, Prince of South Wa(es, ma. Gwenllian, one of the da. of Gr. ap Conan, Prince of South Wales. Lord Ryce, Prince of Demetia and South Wales, ma. Gwenllian, da. to Madoc ap Meredith, Prince of Powis. Meredith Gethyn, Lord of Llanymddyfry and Tally, 3rd son to the Lord Ryce, ma. Gwenllian, da. and one of the h. of Howell Carllion, Prince of Carllion. Gr. Lord of Llanymddyfry, Tally, Wenllug, and Kefoeth, Meredith inv Tauglusfc, da. to Gronowe ap Llywarch, of Isgenen. She beareth A: 3 Ravens S. a chephron Meredith, Lo. of Llanymddyfry, and he builded the house of Maohen, ma. Gwenllian, da. and h. to Cadwallon ap Meredith, lo. of Radnor. Sir Morgan ap Meredith was discomfited bye the Frenchmen from many Lo. of his, ma. Cristey, da. to Dafydd ap Myrieth of Gwent. Anghaiad, Ladye of Tredegar, da. and sole h. of Sir Morgan ap Meredith, Knight, ma. Llewelyn ap levor, Lo. of St. Cleare. [The above pedigrees are copied from an old MS. lately discovered in Bagtan, the property of Mr R. W. Llewellyn, which we shall call here- after the BOOK OF BAG LAN. J

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The oldest prelate of the Church of England is the Bishop of Chichester, aged 90 the youngeet, the Bishop of St. Asaph, who is but 44 years of age. The Academy understands that Sir M. E. Grant Duff is writing a little book on M. Renan, with whom he had an intimate acquaintance dating back to 1859. The New York Press Club has just paid 100,000 dols. for a site for its new club house. This looks like thrift and prosperity for New York ue wspaperdom. Princess Marie, after the festivities are over at Bucharest in connection with her recent marriage, will commence to devote herself to master the Roumanian language. An Auckland inventor has constructed a net to catch whales. The mesh is big enough for a calf to pass through. It is said to have been already used with great success. A patent watch screw making machine has recently been brought out which can cut threads on a wire that are finer than a human hair. It is the invention of a lady. It is stated that the authorities of Southampton Docks have, without assigning any reason, dis- charged upwards of 70 of the permanent hands, including some of the police. Miss Olive Schreiner is thinking of leaving her two-roomed cottage at Matjesfontein, in South Africa, and of coming to England in the spring with a new book. In the States they call overhead or elevated railways L roads." It is to be hoped tbab when Liverpool gets its elevated railroad, the Liverpud- Ilians will be very cautious about their haitches in referring to it. It is confidently expected that one of the features of the Queen's Speech on the opening of Parliament will be the announcement of the engagement of the Duke of York to the Princess Victoria Mary of Teck. Lord Penrhyn was on Saturday presented by his South Carnarvonshire tenantry with an ad- dress acknowledging his liberality in granting unsolicited an abatement of 25 per cent. at hit ''half-yearly rent audit. The arrangements for the American tour of the Lyceum Company include what is, perhaps, the longest touring journey on record. Mr Irving and his company start from England and go straight on to San Francisco, where they begin their American tour. One of Professor B«lTs latest inventions is the waterphone," for locating leaks in water pipes. It is said to have been suggested to him by observing a plumber's apprentice endeavouring to trace a leakage by the primitive method of holding one end of a small steel rod in his mouth and tapping on the pipe with the other end of it. Mr J. A. Yates, who has just been appointed Chief Constructor at Chatham Dockyard, is one of' the ablest members of the Royal Corps of Nava! Constructors. He was lately employed at assistant to Admiral Duckworth-King, inspector of contract-built ships, and previously spent some years at Devonport. Mr Yates is only about forty. Lord Craven, who is to marry Miss Cornelia Bradley-Marten, daughter of the American millionaire, is, so far as rank and wealth are concerned, one of the greatest catches in the English matrimonii market. Not yet ?,& year* old, he took with the title estates yielding £ 80,000 a year in rentals, a fortune of £800,000, and three handsome country seats. The temper of fine edge tools is said to be utterly spoiled if exposed to the sunlight for any considerable length of time, either in summer or winter. Moonlight, it is said, has a similar, effect, a single night's exposure to a first quarter moon having ruined the temper of a large cross cut saw, with which the experiment was tried- at least, so says an American authority. Some light is thrown on the question "Is mar. riage a failure ?" by the Registrar-General's annual report. It appears that for many years there has been a steady decline in the number of widowers and widows who subject themselves to the matrimonial bond a second time. If the maxim crede experto is applicable here, the conclusion is not favourable to the blessedness of wedded life. Nearly a century ago the late Mr John MacArthur first imported into New South Wales some merino sheep of pure Spanish breed and by these he laid the foundations of the wool- growing industry, which is one of the main sources of wealth to our Australian colonies. Early in the present century the first Australian wool, weighing 1671b., was sent to England. The import now is over 331,000,0001b. It is not generally believed that Mr Gladstone smokes; but he does. It is true that he draws the line at a cigarette, and is satisfied with a few mild whiffs. But he is often seen pointing an argument at a friend's house with a cigarette from which all the fire has vanished. Those from whom the venerable Ulysses accepts a weed" are favourite hosts and the Prince of Wales. Personally he would rather not smoke. The resumption of their former relations as collahorateurs by Sir Arthur Sullivan and Mr W. S. Gilbert is now regarded by their mutual friends as an affair of the early future. They have laid down the lines of a new opera to be presented at the Savoy in the autumn and Mr Gilbert, who has outlined his plot, wili visit Sir Arthur Sullivan, at the invitation of the com- poser, at Roquebriine, for which resort he left England on Saturday. The late Mr Isidore Wertheimer was at work on an autobiographical novel at the time he wac suddenly stricken with his fatal illness. The title of his book was to have been The Littlft Dancing Girl." It is stated that the book wili be concluded from the author's rough manuscript, and published in tie course of the next few months. As a posthumous memorial of a gentle* man who figured very prominently in a certain. cause calibre, the volume will, doubtless, be r&> ceived with much interest. The ex-King Milan of Servia announces that the prolongedquarrelbetween himself and his wif, is at last ended. He married Natalie in 1875, when she was 16 years of age. Milan is now not quite 40 years of age, NataMe five years younger. The dissensions of this ill-assorted pair have been a European scandal for the last seven years and Servia, to protect herself, was obliged to exile them both. The young King Alexander—who will be 18 in a few month?, and then comes of age—will find the prolonged absence of his 1* conciled parents conducive to public tranquillity. P4PUf' Pawb ("Everybody's Paper") is th^ title of a new publication from the Herald Office, Carnarvon. It is attractively got-up and the letter-press is relieved by some cleverly executed sketches. There is a happy vein of humour running through every page. Here is one of the tit-bits. Dr M- Beth yw eich galwedigaeth ohi syr ? Squire Gwr boneddig. Dr M. Wei fe ddylech ddewis rhyw Man, dyw hon ddun yn cytuno a chwi.

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WORKMEN'S TOPICS.

The Household.

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A Use for the Money.

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I WELSH GLEANINGS. I

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Parliamentary History of Carmarthen.…

■ ' ji ■ HARD TIMES,

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I FARM AND GARDEN.

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¡THE BROOK-SIDE. ;

SISTERS OF THE POOR.

Triolets.

Dorothy.

Sentences Passed by the "Judge."

ECHOES FROM THE CALENDAR.

IN DOUBLE HARNESS.

Sudden Change of Tune.

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