The Cardiff Times

WHAT SHOULD YOUNG GIRLS READ? A Boulogne-suv-Mer correspondent of Salads Journal answers this important question. This is the list of books which Anomala (that is the correspondent's name) says she should recommend for young girls Novels: All of Charles Kings- ley's, H. Kingsley's, Geoffrey Harolyn, of course Dickens, and Thackeray, if liked; any of W. Black's and Blackmore; all or anyof the historical works of Edward Bulwer, Lord Lytton Besant and Rice ad libitum, some of George Eliot's — namely, Silas Maruer," Scenes of Clerical Life," Brother Jacob Mrs Oliphant's "Nearly All"; "The Little Pilgrim in tne Un- seen" is nice forgood people-according to religious denomination any of Miss T. M. Peard's. For poets Any modern according to taste, but not too strong as for Byron, adulterated specimens for ancient, Coleridge, Goldsmith, Southey all Sir Walter Scott's novels and poems also of course, Cowper, Wordsworth, Tennyson, Long- fellow, and a host of others. For novels strictly avoid "Molly Bawn style, unless you would have your daughter think, Oh, it would be so nice to be naughty just for once." I could go on for a month," says the writer, and then not put down a hundredth part of the books which may safely be read, always remembering 'milk for babes strong meat for men.'

TOOK THE WIND OUT OF HIS SAILS. .:4 WAGGB (to jfounsc matron with the perambu- lator: Good morning, Mrs FullbJoorn are you I taking the son out for an airing, or the heir out for a sunning ? MRs FULLBLOOM Neither, Mr Wagga, Eaby is a girl.

Who is that little man talking to all those people crowding about bin, 1 I He's been attract- ing no end of attention to-night." "Why, have you not heard of Jinkins, the great explorer, just returned from his expedition into the very heart of Bungaboo, where he bad the most thrilling experiences t" "Certainly. And you don't tell me that's Jinkins ?" "Ob, no Jmkins isn't here. That's Firkins, who ciaimj T^.GO TO the sftJUe SQFCOPL with. JJULSIRS."

WELSH GLEANINGS. e By Lloffvvr. Welsh in Elementary Schools. With the introduction of the new code this year a. new era will dawn upon Wales. The Welsh language, which attained a. definite structure and was found capable of expressing thought in a literary form centuries before the father of English poetry was born, will be once more regarded as living literary language, which Welsh children will be taught to respect, and not to contemn as a mere dialect destined soon to die, and unworthy of the attention of educated per- sons. Welsh children will at last come to know something of their own national heroes and patriots; they will come to regard Owen Glyndwr as something more than a. rebel; they will come to revere Llewelyn, of whom English history books tell them little but that he died an inglorious death in a remote skirmish, as their national hero they will learn something of the geography, the geology, the literature, and the history of the land they live in. They will, in a word, be taught to take pride in the stock from which they have sprung, and to regard their language, their customs, and their national characteristics as something worthy of encourage- ment and development, rather than of extinction and repression. The enormous significance of this change is gradually being realised by the Welsh Press. The Baner, in a short leading article, says:—"AH the lovers of the Welsh language will be glad to learn that the Education Department (under the direction of our kind national benefactor, Mr Acland) has determined to permit the old language to be one of the subjects in which pupil teachers will be examined whon competing for Queen's scholarships, and whon competing for Queen's scholarships, and through this means the Welsh language will be placed on the same level in these special examina- tions as Latin, Greek, French, German, and Hebrew. The only further step that Mr Acland couid take was to make Welsh a compulsory sub- ject for those pupil teachers who will be examined in Wales. But until we get that we acceps the present conces-siou with thanks." The Celt, in a leading article, says :—" It appears that the great need now is for good- text-books. Our publishers should open their eyes and publish suitable books at once. The directors of sohools and all who are on school boards should take care that Welsh gets a fair chance. References should be made, too, in the various public meetings of the religious bodies to the provisions which are now being made for the teaching of Welsh." The Genedl says that it understands on high authority that the Education Department is anxious to do every- thing that is possible to facilitate the work of Welsh school boards in adopting Welsh in their elementary schools." The literary reviewer of the Baner says of CymmCr Plant" We are very glad to see that the hard-working editor (Mr Owen M. Edwards) promises to adapt the magazine specially to the needs of Welsh elementary schools. Such schools can do nothing better than use it. Speaking of the old system, Mr Edwards says Every- thing was done through the means of English, and the children understood nothing. I was told that I passed best in the school; but I never understood a word of what was &?keid me by the inspectors, and I had no idea what I answered him. A parrot could have answered AS well." The Churoh Demimsiration at Car- narvon. We are living in an age of monster public meetings and monster petitions. Neither of these is a modern innovation, but both huve been spasmodically resorted to as a means of agitation since the time of the famous Yorkshire petitions in the reign of George III. During the Reform agitation, the Repeal agitation, and the Chartist agitation the system of agitation by monster meetings became regularly established among us as a principal part of all political organisation for a definite purpose. The fashion has now been adopted by the Church in Wales, and imposing demonstrations like that held in the Carnorvon Pavilion recently, where Welsh hymns were sung with Welsh hwyl" and where speeches were delivered by the leading Church orators, are regarded as a likely means of in- fluencing the impressionable and emotional Celt. The Church papers describe the meeting as with exuberant ecstatic delight, and represent that never in Wales was an audience moved to a higher pitch of enthusiasm. While they magnify everything in connection with the meeting, the Liberal papers minimise everything, and speak of the enthusiasm being forced and unnatural, while the speeches are described as being pitifully poor. Some of the Church papers estimate the number present at between 10,000 and 12,000: the Herald Cymraeg's estimate (the lowest given) is exactly half of that—"between 5,000 and 6,000." With the Llan and Gwalia the demonstration is a sincere protest of Welsh Churchmen against the Suspensory Bill; with the Gcnedland the Herald it is nothing but a gigantic burlesque. The Genedl, in its leading article, thinks that the meeting "was a wonderful one. It was not conducted on the voluntary system. Everybody were paid for coming there, and we understand that many Liberals enjoyed a trip to the town at the expense of rich Churchmen. Another wonderful thing about the meeting was the wretched poverty of the speeches. As far as order was concerned the assembly was everything that could be wished. One thing only was lacking—the speak- ing-in the addresses of Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Lord Pcnrhyn, Sir John Puleston, and Mr Nantiey. It was Principal Owen who created most hwyl and laughter." The Genedl devotes the rest of the article to demolishing Principal Owen. The Herald says It would be a pity for any- one to deny Carnarvonshire Churchmen as much comfort as they can draw from the success—such as it was-which followed the great effort which they made last Wednesday. Not one of the speakers showed that they understood the signs of the time.?." The Bangor correspondent of the Cymro objects to the introduction of hymns into A political meeting of this kind but," he suggests, perhaps Churchmen are beginning to see that nothing will keep back the impending disaster, and are determined to die game,' that when death comes they may be found singing." The Journal, in its Welsh columns, gives a ver- batim report of Principal Owen's speech, which occupies over two columns. It estimates the number present at 12,000. Obviously the golden mean is the safest rule to GO by in this as in the generality of cases. This rule would give us AN attendance of 9,000. Labour Questions. The May-Day demonstrations in South Wales are described in the Tarian and the Tyst, wbilst the North Wales papers have also special labour correspondents from South Wales. The great event of the week in North Wales, from the labourers' point of view, was the grand demons- tration of quarrymen at Festiniog, of which descriptive reports of abnormal length are given in the Herald, the Genedl, and the Werin, Jottings. The Opmro, and the London correspondent of the Baner speak favourably of the Welsh University scheme, while Mr J. Young Evans, M.A., Trevecca, continues to take up the cudgels in the Genedl on behalf of the Theological colleges. The Brython Cymreig deals with the hardships of a poor Cardiganshire girl, who was recently committed to prison technically for "contempt of court," which she seems to have committed owing to her ignorance of English. A Brython representative visited her in prison at Carmarthen, where be found the chief officials were unable to speak Welsh. Several of the Welsh papers have leading articles on the open- iog of the World's Fair. ,,¡.

We've had a lawt of dudes on hand Befoah this dude we knew Theah was Yankee Dude an' Hoop de Dud* An' Cawk-a-Dudle-Du. But the fellah with the steel pen coat An' pants of kid-glove make, Who weahs a. plug an' owns a pug la FCLJE

Parliamentary History of Haverfordwest. (Bv W. R. WILLIAMS, SOLICITOR, TALYBtNT.) Wheu Wales was enfranchised in 1541, there does not appear to have been any writ issued for the election of a member of Parliament for Haverfordwest, or, at all events, no return to such writ has been found. The real subject for euiprise, however, is not that Haverfordwest should be overlooked, but that it should be enfranchised at all, seeing the other counties in Wales only returned two members each—one for the county and one for the county town. Therefore, when in 1547 a mbmber was returned for Haverfordwest, the county of Pembroke enjoyed the unique honour of being the only shire in the Principality to return three members. And it is difficult at the present day to satisfac- torily account for this circumstance. However, be this as it may, many scions of county families sat for Haverfordwest-the Stepneys, Lorts, Canons, and Perrotts of former days. Up to 1660, it had on its list of members five knights and one baronet, while since that period it has returned three knights, two serjeants-at-law, one Queen's counsel, six baronets, and five lords. One of its members (1685) was afterwards a Welsh judge, and another one (1802) was a Lord of the Admiralty, while its last member (1868) holds a position in her Majesty's household at present. The first member elected 3rd October, 1547, was Ricavdus or RicharcLHowell, gentleman, who was re-elected February, 1553 (as Ricardus Howell, senior, mercator or merchant), March 1554, and October, 1554, but of him nothing further can now be ascertained. In September, 1553, the return, which has been defaced, gives the member as Ricardus Tayllo, and it is doubt- ful whether this stands for Richard Taylor, or is meant for Richard Howell, merchant tailor. Then follow Johannes Bulton de Bultonbelle, gentle- man, 1555, Thomas ap Owen, gentleman, of Pentre-evan, 1558. Hugh Harris, gentleman, of Haverfordwest (son of Sir Hugh Harris, knt.), 1559. and Rice or Rbys Morgan, of Iscoed, county of Carmarthen, 1562. There does not seem to have been any writ issued in 1584, or the return has been lost, but in 1572 and 1586 Alban Stepneth, Esq. (sic), was elected. He was seated at Prendergast, and served as high sheriff of Pembrokeshire 1573. 1590. and 1605, and was M.P. for Cardigan (as Alban Stepnethe, of Prendergast) 1588 9, and also, according to one authority, M.P. for Pem- brokeshire 1603. He was the younger son of Thomas Stepney, of Aldenham, Herts, and was the founder of tho Welsh branch of that family, for, having married Margaret, daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Catham, of Prender- gast (M.P. for the county, 1558), he became possessed of that estate, where he settled down, and was appointed to the office of registrar ot the diocese of St. David's. Mr Stepney married. secondly, Mary, daughter and co-heiress of William Phillips, of Picfcon (see the county, 1559), and acquired much influence, as well as a very plentiful estate, by his two matrimonial alliances. He had three sons-Philip, who was a barrister- at-law Sir Thomas, who was a great courtier and was knighted and the eldest son, Sir John, who was created a baronet in November, 1621. The Stepneys afterwards intermarried with the Johnes of Abermarles, the Pryses of Gogerddau, a.nd the Mansells and Vaughans, and their names will be found sitting for Carmarthen, Pembroke, and Monmouth constituencies. 1588.—Sir John Perrott, Knight, of Scots- borough and Haroldston. He has previously been treated of as member for tho county 1562. 1593.-Sir Nichola.s Clifford, Knight. Probably a brother to Sir Conyers Clifford, the member for Pembroke in the same Parliament. Of the family of Clifford Earls of Cumberland, to which "Fair Rosamond also belonged. 1597.—Jam6S Barrett, Esq. It is more than probable that this is a nfune mis-spelt for James Perrott, of Haroldston, who has baeis dealt with 03 member for the county 1624, jwd this seespns to be corroborated by the fact that Sir James Perrott, knight, was again elected for Haverford- west 1604, 1620, and 1628. 1601.—John Canon, gentleman of CiJgetty. No return has been found for 1614. though it is likely that Sir James Perrott was again the member, but in 1624 Lewis Powell, gentleman, was elected he was seabed at Lantley, and also sat for Pembroke, 1620 and 1625. 1625.—Sir Thomas Canon, knight, of Cilgetty, who was re-elected 1626, he was probably the son of the member for 1601. 1640, March.—Hugh Owen, of Orielton (see Pembroke, 1626.) 1640, Oct.—Sir John Stepney, Bart, (see Pem- broke, 1640.) In 1645 Sir John was declared by the Republican majority in the House disabled to SIt, and a fresh election took place. 1655, Sept.—Sir Robert Nedham or Needham, Knight. There was no Haverfordwest member in 1654 or 1659, but in August, 1656, John Upton, Esq., was returned. In fact, while the county returned two members in 1654, Pembroke and Haverfordwest had not one at all, while in 1656 and 1659 they shared the honour alternately. The Republicans had peculiar ideas about allow- ing constituencies to return members. The family of Upton or de Uppeton was settled at Upton, in Cornwall, about the time of the Conquest, and one of its members, having settled in Ireland, was ancestor to Lord Templetown. This John Uuton was the eldest son of Arthur Upton, of Lipton, Devon, and married Dorothy, daughter of Sir Anthony Rous, Knight, of Halton, Cornwall. This descendant represented Dartmouth 1670-81, and Westmorland 1761-8. (Te be continued.)

WOMEN'S PRESENTS TO MEN. Discoursing on this subject, The Lady makes some sensible observations :—Take the case of cigars, for instance. How rarely is it that the unfortunate recipient can smoke any of the usually obnoxious weeds palmed off upon credu- lous women by unscrupulous tradesmen; and imagine, if you can, his infinite torture when compelled to puff away before the giver, in ap- parent enjoyment of one of the wretched abomi- nations ? A pair of worked brace. too, is a favourite present with a woman, and only a man knows how miserably uncomfortable and useless the unelastic articles sold for this purpose really are. Few men, too, wear such a thing as a smoking cap, though it is a gift hardly less com- mon than a pair of worked slippers, the latter usually three or four sizes too small, and sugges- tive of anything than the soft comfort so desir- able in such articles. Ladies should never buy cigars for their husbands or sweethearts, unless, indeed, they are absolutely certain of the parti- cular brand he favours and if they must work him smoking caps and slippers, braces, and other articles of apparel, they should on no account expect the unhappy man to wear them, but show a delicate appreciation of 'the feehng which prompts him to put these gifts carefully away in tissue paper, and be content with his explanation that they are too good to be worn.'

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WORKMEN'S TOPICS. BY MABON, M.P. THE MINERS' EIGHT HOURS. Wednesdays are, as a rule, not often great Parliamentary days. But Wednesday, the 3rd of May, 1893, will be marked in the annals of our Sritish Parliament. It points out an undoubted fact that social re-organisation has began. The leader of a great English party has consented to the principle of an eight hours' day. The Bill was carried by a large majority Bf 78 — 279 voting for it and 201 against 5T. Probably there has never been in 'he history of the British Parliament so striking an instance of the growth of public opinion. It surpasses that of the Home Rule question. These two normal majorities of over a hundred against in the last Parliament are now changed into a majority of over forty in favour. Great as this change is that oo the Miners' Eight Hours Bill is greater. The hostile majority of 112 that voted against the latter Bill in thelast Parlia- atent by the process of a general election has been TURNED into a favourable majority of 78 in this. The carrying of the second reading of this Bill Is a point of departure from which we predict there will be no turning back. It is tyuite within the range of possibility that IIbe Bill may not be heard of again this Session. In fact its not having been taken before Easter 3<ves it no precedence, and in' all probability its 'promoters will have to be content with its present position unless they can get the Govern- ment to grant them a Saturday sitting in order discuss and finally settle the Bill. This, however, though possible, is not probable. Still 9he fact that the principle of the Bill has been Accepted by a majority of no less than 78 in the House of Commons marks an epoch in labour Questions, and creates a situation from which there will be no retreat. We need scarcely MENTION that those who voted for the Bill con- >isted of the bulk of the Liberal party, to whom Are to be added all the Irish Nationalist MEMBERS (some of whom were present at great inconvenience) and a fair sprinkling of Tory democrats. But to the astonishment of the Radicals and Democrats, there were found about half-a-dozen Welsh members of all colours who Voted against the Bill. The debate, though at first not eventful, very toon reached a high order. It commenced with A moderate, thoroughly-prepared and modest Speech by Mr Sam Woods, the member lor the Inoe Division of Lancashire, and vice-chairman of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, and was replied to statistically by Mr D. A. Thomas, the senior member for Merthyr, who, lor the purposes of this debate, pulled off the anantle of the militant Radical and put on that of the coalowner. More on this, may be, by-and- bye. Be it said, however, that, having taken the matter in hand, the coalowners' case did not suffer in the hands of our friend, Mr D. A. Thomas. All was done in the best spirit; the debate gradually elicited and was occasionally illuminated by speeches of the most in. structive character. It was also remarkably free from the doctrine of laiasez faire. Indeed, Were it not for one or two slight exceptions that doctrine would have been out of sight almost altogether, Evidently after that memorable day it cannot be said that the House of Commons, on all sides, is prepared to listen to the proposal of State interference and to regard that as a question to be decided on its merits. Such was the significance of Mr Gladstone's speech. He Was of the opinion that the question of voting for or against the Bill should be an open one; and still he informed the House that the majority of his colleagues in the Government were in favour of it. The attitude of the House of Commons to the Eight Hours' movement has been of a cautious character. It has viewed with distrust any pronouncement of a general kind. It has, on the contrary, been perfectly ready to face and discuss, even during the last Parliament, a measure which, like the pre- sent, deals with the special circumstances of a special came. The peculiar conditions Under which the miners worked, and the mass of opinion in favour of a limitation of hours, in out opinion, affected the Premier, for he wound up his speech with the declaration that be intended to give a cordial vote for the second reading. The Saining industry, in fact, stands in a Peculiar position, and the question of the limitation of hours of labour may be well decided without reference to the general case. The physical circumstances of the mines render The enforcement of a limit of hours compara- tively easy. Nearly every detail of the con- ditions under which miners are employed have already been made the subject of legislative interference, and all these special circumstances have been so clearly demonstrated that the ultimate result has been the remarkable division on the 3rd instant. And, Above all, the Legislature could not well tefule to act where such an over- whelming majority of those employed in the trade, the most united and the most powerful in the country, were in favour of the Eight Hours' Bill. These arguments collectively have bad { strong influence on the country and through It on the House of Commons, which has now set its first seal to the reasonableness of the demand. Lord Randolph Churchill was the next speakor of note to the Premier. He was even more of an eight hours' man," to use a common ex. Pression, than MrGladstone himself. In a strong, clear speech he addressed the House of Commons Hi a way that might arouse the Unbounded enthusiasm at the Llanwonno meet- ings of old, and the Merthyr conference of Octo- ber, 1890. He frightened some of our Liberal frienda into silence, and as for us, the Labour lUembers-we listened with open mouths. He would have none of the local option business. He did not believe that it could be applied to so enormous an interest—it would be of great disad- vantage to the employee, and of no advantage to the employer. The result of this local option, In his lordship's opinion, bad been to give the adult miners two shilts OF seven hours from bank to bank, but at the expense of ten and a half hours for boys, and in cases 11 hours to a day for young persons, Was that an arrangement that commended itself TO the practical sense of the country; an arrange- ment which prevented the attainment of a mea. SUre on which they were etherise unanimous ? And here he GAVE Mr Burt a terrible hit. He -ould not understand the hoti. gentleman Opposing such a measure as this, that would bring about such a reduction of child KFIOUR in Northumberland, and yet he was the ^WMPION opponent of child labour in the Berlin vonferetice. He was equally as emphatic on the hank-to-bank provision—that it was a matter of detail, and should be dealt with in committee 14id equally as sweeping ou the penalisation of employers. It had always been the rule hitherto ihat the employer was the obvious person to bear ^HE burden, for it was he who had the power. It a remarkable speech from a Tory lord.

AF ARMY STORY. IN a. charming biograpby of GenerM Sir Hope ^RANT, Lord Wolseley, in the United Service MAGAZINE this month tells how that famous com- mander got his first chance. Lord Saltoun, who defended Hougoumont, was appointed to com- -IIAND A brigade in the China War of 184-1. WHEN talking over the dreary prospect of a '•X months' voyage, he said to his old comrade, •Mr David Baird, how much he wished to find a "pgada-major who played the violoncello." He IJIAYCJ THE fiddle himself. "With such a staff otncer H*3 could, he thought, while away many a [jreaiy LQUt, ou board ship in pleasant duets. ,n« REPLY W;Y;, Why doivfc you take young (,' r;«NT 1 He is A great musician and plays '■ f;>R that big fiddle Hope •AIT. NOT HITVT: ).■«■ >I ABLE to do what ne L'\C| 1,1 THE Mutiny, AT the IV,ku FORTS, aud else- WUTRRE.

THE ROYAL BETROTHAL. Mr Alfred Austin has written for the Standard an ode inspired by the betrothal of the Duke of York and Princess May. It opens with these stanzas I. Lift up your gaze from the ground Maiden mourning too long Lift up your heart at the sound, The sound of a Bridal Song. And the New Year bringing a living lover to banish the Old Year's wrong For Time, that hath swift power to hurt, as well Hath slow, insensible, sure power to heal. Gravely he tolls the funeral knell. Then merrily, madly, rings the marriage peal. And Time it is commands you now To be divorced from woe, And round your bare young brow Bids orange blossoms bud and blow. Time breathes on our lament, and lo 'tis Spring He makes the seasonable hours to ring The carillon of joy over the Wintry snow. English Bridegroom, English Bride. Prolongers of the Regal Line That welds in one that Empire wide, Whose bulwark is the bristling brine, Happy be your fruitful years In what gladdens and endears, Happy, but majestic too For, though Love betrothes you, must Sovereign Duty nuptial you. Yours will be a sacred trust: Not with pleasure, pomp. nor pride, Must you parley, but abide In austerity, august, Ingloriously wise, impersonally just t

M.P.'S AND THEIR DRESS. According to the Marquise de Fontenoy, who suupliep European information, not always reliable, to American- newspapers, the best- dressed men in the English Parliament are to be found on the Tory side of the House, and black frock-coats seem to be the general rule. The exceptions to this rule are Mr Henry Chaplin, who, no matter what the season and the tempera- ture, invariably has his burly frame encompassed in a loose black overcoat. Another exception is Sir Edward Clarke, the Solicitor-General of lord Salisbury's Administration, who seems to have a chronic passion for grey frock-coats and trousers. The dandy of the Tory side is the Duke of Portland, who wears a black frock- coat, light grey trousers, perennial white vest, white spats over varnished boots, a dossy silk hat, and an eye glass. His antithesis may be found in the person of Mr Keir Hardie, who invariably presents himself in » worjouan's cloth cap and a woollen ahirt.

A DANCING COW. Just as the skirt dancer and the serpentina" are becoming too common, a new novelty in the shape of a dancing cow has appeared, of course, in America. This light-hoofed animal is reported to be able to execute all kinds of light fantastic measures, providing the tunes appropriate thereto are played.

I remember." said the celebrated Wesley, hearing my father say to my mother, How could you have the patience to tell that blockhead the same thing 20 times over ?' • Why,' said she, if I had but told hun 19 times I should have lost all my labour. IN THE FRBNOB CLASS.—" Johnny, what's the meaning of jene sais pal?" "I don't know." "Then gofc»ck to y«ur a#d.etydy.»U1.y9V da^now.'J

jFARM^ggf GARDEN., Pasture Notes. In such an abnormally dry season as the present many will be puzzled how to treat their grass land. The most important questions which will arise in connection with this subject are stocking and manuring. Farmers of many years' experience will not have forgotten the somewhat analogous cases during the dry springs of 1881, 1884, 1885, and lastly in that of 1887, when ordinary manures were almost ineffectual under the exceptionally arid conditions which then pre- vailed. Now we have to do with a season more extraordinary in its character than any of those mentioned. Last year was almost equally dry, but it was accompanied by low temperature, and vegetation was backward. Now we have treesand shrubs almost as advanced as usually at the end of May, and yet the pastures are almost as bare as at Christmas, owing to th" fierce sunshine and parching drought of many weeks. How are we to treat them to the bast advantage under such adverse circumstances ? The usual practice of applying slow-acting manures like long dung or half-inch bones, &c., will fail signally to produce anything like an adequate return for the outlay this year. And tiww who have refrained from their use will not have reason to regret it. The low price of wintered stock due to the present scarcity of keep increases the present difficulty to a very great extent, but the land must be kept cleared or thinly stocked if it is to have any chance at all, and there- fore the sacrifice of the stock now, even at a considerable discount, will probably prove the wisest course to pursue, and the loss so in curred may be well recouped later on. To keep poor cattle or sheep on dried-np pastures will only be going from bad to worse, and end by the former getting poorer, and by preventing the re- covery of the pastures for the whole season, to say nothing of having to give up all hopes of providing hay for next winter's necessities. If the stock are disposed of at once, and quick-acting and forcing manures applied to the land, a good return may be expected, and with the warm rain, which is bound to come before very long, the hay crop may yet be up to the average (even if later than usual), and an abundant supply of nutritious herbage ensured before the end of the summer. Such manures as nitrate of soda, ammonia salts, Peruvian guano, and liquid applications are sure to have a benefic-al as well as rapid effect, but the time for applying slowly soluble dressings, or even short rich dung, has passed many weeks ago. Stamping out Swine Fever. We understand that the departmental com- mittee appointed by the Board of Agriculture at the commencement of the Session to inquire into the working of the provisions of the Con- tagious Diseases (Animals) Acts in so far as thoy relate to swine fever, and having regard to the nature of that disease, and to the conditions under which swine are affected therewith, to consider whether any more effective measures can be adopted for its prevention and extirpation," have reported in favour of transferring the administration of the Acts, so far as they relate to swine fever aud the payment of compensation for pigs slaughtered, from the local authorities to the Board of Agri- culture. The advantages which have resulted from the adoption of this course in the case of pleurc-pneumonia are widely appreciated and, fortified by the expressions of independent and expert opinion whicb-the inquiry has elicited, Mr Herbert Gardner may be expected to lose no time in introducing a Bill authorising the suggested change. The committee also ^gBnmehd that the scale of compensation for ca#pulaoiy slaughter be rained froib e4 p;rr piîi;i:1t. allowame) to £ 8, and that steps be taken to ensure improved sanitary conditions in alt places where swihe are kept. Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice was the chair- man of the committee, his colleagues being Sir Wm. S. B. Kayo, C.B., Q.C., Sir Jacob Wilson, Prof. G. T. Brown, C.B., Mr R. G. Wardlaw Ramsay, Mr Alexander Shaw, Mr Joseph Smith, jun., Mr T. Carrington Smith, and Mr Clement StepheqsoD .—Times. L > Window Gardening. Get all window-boxfcs put into proper repair and painted. Where there are several sets of boxes, those intended to be filled with tender things to come in after the spring flowers are over may be planted now and placed either on the greenhouse stage or in a pit or frame to grow and get strong, ready for the windows when the weather is suitable. In the windows inside the room do not keep old, useless plants. One well- formed plant is more effective than dozens of old, badly-grown subjects. This rule would apply everywhere-grow few plants, but care for them. Outdoor Garden. Hyacinths and other bulbs exposed to the full sunshine have been shorter-hved than usual this season, and there will probably be a chance of getting the beds prepared for the summer bed- ding plants earlier than usual. When the beds are constantly cropped more must be, done in the way of manure top-dressings. The best dressing for beds from which bulbs and spring flowers have been cleared is a little short;, old manure old mushroom beds well broken up will do mixed with the charred refuse from the rubbish-heap. The fine material will blend with the soil and the roots of the plant will strike into it immediately. There is a very praiseworthy tendency nowadays to substitute hardy plants for the usual bedding stuff, and those who have adopted this plan find it a pleasant change. Of course, if a glare of colour is required, pelargoniums, if the season I happens to be suitable, will supply it; but in a wet time the pelargoniums run too much to leaf and are not satisfactory. To mention only a few hardy plants suitable for massing, I will take first the hybrid gaillardias. The plants sown out- side last May will now be ready to go out, and they will commence blooming in June and continue till November. For late summer and autumn a broad mass on the !awn of white Japanese anemones has quite a distinct character, and everybody admires it. I have had masses 20 feet over that were very attractive..The red variety is also effective in its way. A mass 10 feeb or 12 feet over of lavender on the lawn is a charming object when properly managed, and it is not absolutely necessary that these groups should have a formal outline; but I think they look better when the grass grows right up to the foliage, so that there is no bare margin. Have not space now to refer to other hardy bedding plants. Fruit Garden. Forced strawberries were never better in colour or flavour than they are now, thanks to the bright sunshine; but the watering has been a very heavy business. The br ^ht Weather has enabled us to feed more liberally without doing harm. Abbott tfg -frames ot pits ckn be spared clear them out. Whitewash the walls to give a clean start; fill in with fermenting materials, and put out strong plants of melons as soon as the temperature is right. These plants produce ripe fruit early in August. In several ways melons are different in their requirements to cucumbers. They must have soil with plenty of body in it- i.e., heavy loam, and they do best in a firm root- run. Do not bury the collar in the soil over much. In dull, wet weather this may be a cause of canker. A little air early in the morning now is necessary in all fruit houses. When houses are closed at 8 o'clock in the morning something will go wrong, and insects are sure to be trouble- some. During this bright weather be very care- ful with the fires. I am letting the fires go out in the morning when the sun shines bright; plac- ing the plants between two fires is not only a waste of fuel, but it does harm, as it necessitates much labour to maintain the proper humidity in the atmosphere, and if this is neglected the red-spider will soon pub in an appearance. Vegetable Garden. To get up successional crops of anything in a dry, hot spring like the present, thoroughly soak the land before sowing the seeds, and shade after- wards till the seeds germinate. If seeds are sown in hot, dry soil without some precautions being taken, they will nob grow till rain oomes, aud nob do so well even then unless it comes quickly. It will be a. good plan to mulch early peas on south borders with manure, and give a good soaking .pith !9'. ROT". draw the drills a little deeprr. The ground is not so very dry if one can go down into it A little way. Before this dry, hot spell set ia many districts were inundated with water. The progress of cucumbers under glass has been remarkably rapid, especially where the house >*k~pt close and deluged with water. During the past week cucumbers from London have been hawked about the villages at 3d each. Such a thing was never known before in April. One wonders where the growers' profits come from; but I'suppose the hot sunshine had rushed them on, and they must be got rid of in some way; but the jog-trot ways of the past would not have produced them. I suppose the consumer benefits—i.e., if cucumbers may be considered a wholesome article of diet. Spare frames may be filled with cucumbers now, placing a little warm manure in the bottom to give the roots a start. Tomatoes in cold houses are coming on rapidly. and require a good deal of attention.—Gardening Illustrated. The Weather and the Crops. Even such passing showers as the first six days of May had to give seem to have revived the hardy drought-resisting wheat plant, and an early and very fine milling qualify of the wheat crop is now generally predicted for the United Kingdom, but a heavy yield in quantity is not expected. As there are usually superbundant offers of the cheaper sorts of foreign wheat this is no un- favourable prospect for the home-growers. With respect to other cereals, the promise is by no means bright, but the fruit crops, drawing sub- stance from the subsoil, look like exceptionally fine yields. With regard to trade, English wheat has advanced 5d in the imperial and 7d 03 the London average, and sales have been freer AT the improvement than they were before its occurrence. Foreign wheat has advanced 2d per cental on the week at Liverpool for Californian. and Id for red American. The Irish markets are 2s 6d per ton dearer on the week. London is not more than 3d per quarter dearer on the spot, but there is 6d advance in the market for July delivery. The spring corn trade has derived fresh s trength from the drought.-—Mark lane Express.

Andrew Fletcher, of Saltoun, in a letrcr te the Marquis ef Montrose, wrote :—" I knew a very wis. man that believed that if a man were permitted te make all the ballads he need net care who sheulcl Make the laws «f the nation."

BETTER THINGS. Better to smell the violet cool, than sip the glow- ing wine; Better to hark a hidden brook, than watch a diamond shine. Better the love of a gentle heart, than beauty's favours proud; Better the rose's living seed, than roses in a crowd. Better to love in loneliness, than to bask in love all day Better the fountain in the heart, than the foun- tain by the way. Better be fed by a mother's hand, than eat alone at will Better to trust in good than say, My goods my storehouse fill." Better to be a little wise, than in knowledge to abound; Better to teach a child than toil to fill perfection's round. Better to sit at a master's feet than thrill a listen- ing state; Better to suspect that thou art proud, than to be sure that thou art great. Better to walk the real unseen, than watch the hour's event; Better the Well doneat the-last, than the air with shouting rent. Better to have a quiet grief, than hurrying de. light; Better the twilight of the dawn, than the noon- day burning bright., Better a death when work is done, than earth's most favoured birth; Better a. child in God's great house, than the king of all the earth. GEORGE MAWONA.U>.

ONCE MORE. Once more N'ONG the river side Are willow tassels swinging- Once more along the woodlands wide Are robins gaily singing; Once more the gorse blooms on the fells, The heather on the mountains Once more the cowslips ring their bells Above the laughing fountains. Once more the wood anemones Are flutt'ring in the shadows, The daisies star the verdant leas, The buttercups the meadows; Once more the languid violet opes Her dewy eyes at morning Once more the southern-lying SLOPE* The bluebells are adorning. Once more each truant, breeze that blows Through wood and forest searches, To steal from orchard boughs their snows, The perfume from RIIE larches They set the lances of the wheat In mim:c tilting motion, And speed once more the swallow fleet Across the briny ocean. Once more the whirring corncrake cries Amid the dew-wet clover, O'er woodlands green the cookoo flies, A merry, CARELESS rover The leafy woods are all a-chiine, The skylark's notes are thrilling Once more a. gladder, blither rhyme The poet's lays are fi'.liug. —Chambe, s'S Journal. M. KC-CK.

I—WWWWWIIIWIIM MINI* MMFIWR A VISIT TO A DYNAMITE FACTORY. I have told you little of the factory itself, and will say a word about it as we go. It consists of a number of large houses, widely separated from each other, and of a number of small huts away in the distance, half-buried in the ground, and used for the purpose of storing the nitro-glycerine, the essential principle of dynamite. Each process in the scheme of manufacture has a house for itself, and each has a chief skilled in proportion to the danger which is encountered. But come with me as we step across the court, and let us enter the great house wherein the first process is going on. Here we find a workman felted as I am, and standing before a tank in which are many tons, note the amount—of nitro-glycerine in the actual course of manufacture. The great tank is full of glycerine, while the acid is dripping slowly into it from a pipe above. The mixture of pure glycerine, nitric acid, and oil of vitriol produces nitro-glycerine, the most deadly explosive in the world, so deadly that an ounce of it compressed would blow you into atoms, and so liable to explode that the least detonation or jar will instantly fire ifc It is positively the most awful stuff te deal with that man has ever discovered. No one really seems to know when it is going off sometimes it will stand a good shake, at others the veriest jostle will produce a disaster. And there in the tank before which I stood was enough of the fearful com- pound to destroy a city You may imagine that I was not very confortable in this place. I could not resist the thought—What if this stuff, which often explodes by spontaneous combustion, should go off while I am here rThe foreman KINDLJ? told me that if such a thir^E CJJD happen, no MAT? would find a hair of my head or a fraction of my limbs. He seemed perfectly unconcerned as be told the tale, and then he showed a thermometer dipped In tfrtt mixture to register its temperature. If the heat of this MAW goes up six or seven degrees," he said, the stuff would explode. I keep my eye constantly on that glass, and if a fast rise in temperature took place I should open the tap at the bottom of the tank and let the nitro-glycerine run through an uque- duot to a point. It I were in time enough, well and good, but if not—ah I echoed his exclama- tion, and suggested that a walk to the otb«r sheds would be a change. Fancy five degrees Fahren- heit standing between eternity and yourself! When in the open I asked my guide if there had ever been a case when that shed had been blown up, he said, "once," but he told me that the mass is often run off from the tank, and nearly always without trouble, as the record proves. With all this, I can imagine no more dreadful life than that of the man who stands daily before that cistern of death, and has but a few degrees of temperature between himself and utter annihila- tion. The other sheds are bad enough, but this one is appalling, and I breathed quite freely when we entered the apartment where the nitro- glycerine is washed, and where they told me all about the elaborate processes needed for its puri- fication. —From Chums."

Theatrical Note. A fashionably-dressed lady appeared at the box ofiice of the New York Standup Theatre, and said to the man at the window I want the best seat in the house." That depends on wha.t you call the best seat in the house. DO you want A seat where you have a good view of the stage 1" Not so much that as a seat where A person can be seen by everybody in the house. What do YJU suppose J this dollar- dreps for i" J t

ECHOES FROM THE CALENDAR. MAY. 14. SUNDAY-Sunday after Ascension. 15. MONDAY— O'Connell died, 1847. 16. TUESDAY—Vendbme Column destroyed, 1871, 17. WEDNESDAY-Dr Jetincr born, 1749. 18. THURSDAY—Kridystone Lighthouse opened, 1882.— Queen distributed Crimean medals. 19. FRIDAY-Eattle of Montebello, 1859.—Anne Boleyu beheaded, 1536. 20. SATURDAY—Columbus died, 1506. Decorating the Crimean Heroes. It was the Queen herself who suggested sio Lord Clarendon that the medals provided for the first batch of wounded heroes from the Crimea should be distributed by her own hand. The ceremony took place on the parade ground, between the Horse Guards aud St. James's-park, and was made wonderffllly impressive by the eu- < thuaiastic crowd present to witness the brilliant military display. No better account can be found than that given by her Majesty in the following letter to the King of the Beleians Buckingham Palace. Ernest will have told you what a beautiful and touching sight and ceremony (the first of the kind ever witnessed in England) the distribution of the medals was, From the highest prince of the blood to the lowest private, all received the same distinction for the bravest conduct in the severest actions, and the rough hand of the brave and honest private soldier came for the first time iu contact with that of their Sovereign and their Queen. Noble fellows I own I feel as if they were my own children -my heart beats for them as for my nearest and dearest! They were so touched—so pleased many, I hear, cried and they won't hear of giving up their medals to have their names engraved upon them, for fear they should not receive the identical one put into their hands by me Several came by in a sadly mutilated state. None created more interest or is more gallant than young Sir Thomas Trou- bridge, who had at Inkermann one leg and the foot of the other carried away by a round shot, and continued commanding his battery till the battle was over, refusing to be carried away, only desiring bis shattered litubs to be raised, in order to prevent too great a hemorrhage! He was dragged by in a bath chair, and when I gave him his medal I told him I should make him one of my aides-de-camp for his very gallant conduct, to which he replied, I am amply repaid for every- thing.' One must revere and love such soldiers as those Here the Queen spoke from the heart, with a touch of womanly sympathy and now her Ministers of State insist on the workhouse test of absolute destitution before awarding the smallest pension to the survivors of those brave heroes of the Crimea. The Tudor Monster. The first wifely victim sent to the block by the Tudor monster was born about 1507, and when some seven years old was taken to France by Mary, sister of Henry VIII. Nothing is positively known with regard to the date of her return but she was one of the maids of honour to Queen Catherine in 1527. She is said to have been a brunette, tall, of a most graceful figure, and highly accomplished. Henry's infatuation was complete, for he spoke of Anne to Wolsey as a young lady who had the wit of an angel and was worthy of a crown." As nothing less than the position of wife would win her, the King put for- ward the plea that his union with Catherine was unlawful, and on May 23rd, 1533, Cranmer pro- nouneed the marriage null and invalid from the beginning. Previously to this Henry had espoused Anne Boleyn, the marriage taking place (according to one authority) on Jan. 25th, 1533. A princess (afterwards Queen Elizabeth) was born on Sept. 7th in ihe same year. In LES^ than two years theicing'smtfections seem to HAHFE B^M alienated Historians are divided as to whether Hfllry had already BECAME ENAMOURED of J'aué Seymour, or AniM, by the LIGHTNESS of her manner, but really afforded ground for suspicion of her conduct. The former appears most pro bable, for the final rupture occurred at a tourna- ment at Greenwich on May 1st, 1535. The next day Anne was sent to the Tower, where she was tried and condemned on the 15th, and beheaded on the 19th of the month, the ferocious king marrying Jane Seymour the very next morning. Anne Boleyn's own brother, Viscount Rochford, Sir Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston, Sir William Brereton, and Mark Sineton (a musician at Court) also fell victims to Henry's savage revenge. Tke Last of the Broad Gauge. In a few hours, from Friday night, the 20th May, 1892, and the following Monday night, the whole of the line from Exeter to Truro, on the Great Western Railway, was changed trom t,b3 original gauge of 7ft. to the standard gauge of 4ft. 8%ins. inside the rails. The change was effected without an accident, and now through carriages can travel from Penzance to Aberdeen without change, and through trains will be running from the North to Devon and Cornwall, increasing the facility of transit both for goods and passengers.

WOMEN WHO NEVER SEE THE SUN. The Rev. Stopford Brooke is doing his best to raise support for the Women's Trade Union League, an organisation which is intended to raise the status of the poorest class of women workers. Speaking on the subject the other day, Mr Brooke said thousands of these poor women were living on the very verge cf starvation, their hours of labour protracted to the very last strain of the rope without a moment's peace of mind, without a moment's leisure for self-education or for enjoyment, and when, with throb- bing eyes and shaking hands and palsied brains they staggered into bed, it is only to sleep in unhealthy rooms a sleep that doss not rest them, and to rise day after day for years and year3 to thd same round of hopeless toil. The woman to whom he alluded earned from 5s to 7s a week, while those a grade above them earned 12s for more skilled work, each class labouring ten hours a day. Of what use is my life ? Why should I go on living ?" one of these workers, a girl of eighteen, had said to him a few days ago. I can never rest, I can never look upon a green field, I can never see the sun. I go to work at seven, sometimes at six o'clock, hoping to get away earlier, but frequently I am not able to do so, for orders come in late and have to be attended to the same niyht. To-day I WAS at work at seven, and I did not leave my place till nine. If I did not stay, my master would dismiss me, or he would not help me in the winter when work is slack and if I lose my work I starve." Asked about the official inspection of workrooms, she replied that it was generally known when the inspector was coming, and, any- how they dare not betray the truth to him. No- body cares for us; we don't care even for our- selves. All we want is a mattress to lie ou, It crust to eat, and a dress to put on. I am eighteen, and I'm sick of it already. In all such cases, now TIWITJLE iatist be the TEMPTATION to frnnro* < ralrty, how fierce must be the struggle between conscience and womanhood on the one hand and the dreary round of hopeless toil, and hunger and semi-starvation at the BEP^^)IL.THFL<AIH*R 1

-1 HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT. NRXV GRAT: Please, mnm, the fire's out, and I the cook wants to know where's the paraffin. MiSTRMSS We don't keep paraffin but if you are in a hurry, you will find a small keg of pow- der in my husband's room.

A lady was singing at a charity concert, and the audience insisted upon hearing her song a second time. Her little child, a daughter, was present, and on being asked afterwards how tr.amtna." had sung, replied, Very badly, for P99rJit

Welsh Tit-Bits. -1" New Wreichion Oddiar yr Eingion. [BYCADRAWD] Welsh Literature. The editor oi the Transactions of the Cymmro- dorion, or the Metropolitan Cambrian Institu- tion, Mr D. Lewis, in the close of his introductory remarks to the second volume (1828) of the above scarce publication, makes the following remark:— If we consider the rapid advancement of Welsh literature within thp last two years, since the revival of the eisteddfodau, we cannot help acknowledging the verification of the once im. probable prophecy of our immortal Taliesin "— Eu ner a folant, A'l1 hiaeth a gad want, Eu tir a gollant Ond gwyllt Walia. Their God they shall praise, And their language tlwy shall preserve. Their land they shall lose, I Except Wild Wales. The following list of monthly publications, IN Welsh, is the best criterion to ascertain the accuracy of the preceding statement :-1, "Seren Gomer;" 2, "Gwyliedydd;" 3, "Goleuad Cymru;" 4, "Eurgrawn Wesleaid;" 5, Dysgedydd6, "Eruct a Sylwedd 7, "Cyr. rinach y Bedyddwvr;" 8, "Y Meddyg;" besides two quarterly reviews. By the year 1832 they had increased to 18, and had he lived till now according to his argument the prophecy of Taliesin would seem still more likely to be ful- filled, for at present they number about 40, and chiefly supported by the peasantry, both as writers and readers. "Every cottage has its reader in every hamlet there is a bard every market town has its Press, and that Press hitherto kept pure, unpolluted by any immorality, by any impiety." The last sentence was spoken at the Leaumaris Eisteddfod in 1832, when Princess Victoria (now Queen Victoria) was present. The words are quite as applicable at the present day as far as the Welsh are concerned. A Bisjiop of St. David's. Celibacy was not in repute among the ancient Britons up to the 6th century, for we find married persons among their saints. Even in the: 10th century there was a married bishop at St. David's, aud in high estimation, Sulien the Wise, the father of Ryddmarch, himself an eminent ecclesiastic. Sun Worship. The worship of ths Sun was not only the most ancient, but likewise the most universal of any in the world. This probably was the original religion of this island. The Druids in after years adopted the same. The Britons, like the ancient Indian race, worshipped the sun under the form of erect, conical, and pyramidal stones, the symbols of the solar rays. Stonehenge is the most ancient monument in this country of the kind. We are told that the Druids had a perfect knowledge of botany, but their manner of collecting plauts was mixed with many superstitious practices. The seiago was to be plucked without the use of any instrument, and with the right hand covered with a part of the robe, the plant then was to be shifted rapidly into the left hand, as if it had been stolen the person collecting it must be clothed in white, having the feet bare. and having previously offered a sacrifice of bread and wine. Vervain was collected before the rising of the sun on the first of the dog-days. The latter plant was supposed to possess every virtue. and to be a sovereign remedy for all disorders. But the most sacred and solemn of all their ceremonies was that when gathering the mistletoe of the oak. This plant could only be collected in the month of December and on the sixth day of the moon, the sixth number being held sacred among the Druids. It was on the sixth day of the moon in each of the months, that they performed, their prinoipal religious acts. It i" «afeorded that on the appointed day for the cere- mony of the gathering of the MISTLETOE, they went in procession towards the placo where the PLAIN- was to be had. Wheu they had arrived at the foot of the tree it was ascended by the chief of tht; Druids, who cropped the mistletoe with a small golden knife. It was received with the most pro- found veneration, and deposited in a sort of white mantle. After this they sacrificed two white bulls, and offered prayers, asking the Deity to be pleased to attach to this plant good fortune, which would diffuse itself to all those to whom it was given. This distribution was made on the first day of the new year. Welsh Mode of Dress in the 0!den Times. The laws of Hywel the Good throws some light upon this subject, and the custom pre- vailing in the eighth century. The principal garments seems to be the brycan, a kind of upper covering- pais (petticoat), a coat and Uodrau (trousers). Giraldus Cambrensis (1188) tells us that the Welsh in his days either walk barefooted, or make use of high shoes, roughly constructed of untanned leather. Their dress is not different at night to that worn by day, for they defend themselves at all times and at all seasons from the cold only by a thin cloak and waistcoat. The men and women cut their hair close to the ears and eyes. The women covered their heads with a large white veil, folded together in the shape of a crown. The men shaved their beards, except the whiskers." Dafydd ap Gwilym described his own dress in one of his poems, which description must be the dress of a gentleman of the thirteenth cantury. A long pair of trousers, a close ja cket tied round the waist with a sash, to which was a sword suspended of considerable length, and over the whole a loose flowing gown, trimmed with fur, and a round cap on the head. In the year 1629, when the Rev. R. Lloyd wrote his preface to his translation of Dent's Easy Path to Heaven," he tens us that it was the custom among the Welsh at that time to carry a sword in going to market and elsewhere in self-defence. The Book of Baglan. KEMES OF CALICOTT COKTISUED. — Morgan Kernes, sone to Wrn. Kernes, sone to Wm. Kernes, of Newport, had issue, Thomas Kernes, doctor of the Lawe. Sibill Ivemes da. to Wm. Ivetnes, sone to Win. Kemes, of Newport, ma. Howell Carne, who had issue Richerd Carne, father of William Carne, and Sir Edward Carne, father to Thomas Carne. Maud Kemes, da. to Wm. Kemes, sone to Wm. Kemes, of Newport, ma. Roger Button, who issue Jams Button, who bad issue Miles Button, who had issue Edward Button. David Kemes, of Keven Mabli, Esq., sone to Jevan Kernes aforesaid, ma. Jouett, da. to PhiHip Thomas ab Gwillym ab Jenkin ab Adam ab Herbert, who had issue. Lewis Kernes ma. It da. to Gainage, who had issue. John Kemes ma. a da. to Lewis ab Richard Gwine, who had issue. Edward KOMES, of Keven Mabli, Esq., and liees Kemes, Esquire. Jenkin Kemes, of Vaindre and St. Melynes, eone to David Keraes, of Keven Mabli, sone to Jevan K..mes, as aforesaid, who had issue, Roland K"nr.es, of the Vayndre. Howell Kemes, of St. Melons, and sone to Jevan Kemes, aforesaid, had 1\.forgan Kemes, had issue David Kemes, had issue Wm. Kemes, cf St. Melons, had issue Catherine Kemes, mil. to Harri Morgan, Esquire. Thomas Kemes, of Siowe, 7th sone of Jevan Kemes, who had issue Wm. Kernes, who had issue John Kemes, of the Slowe. The pedigree of the Right Worshipful Gregory Price, by T. Jones, of Tregaron, continued from the Tit BIts" for April 29th Caradoc Vraich- fras, beareth S, a cheveron A 3 Spears' heads A, Liquid this Caradoc did also beare A, Dragon's head erased. Caradoc Vraich- fras, sone to Llyr Morynyth, sone to Meirchiawn GuT, the sone to Gwrastio, surnamed Giedlwm, ) the sone of Cenan, the sone of Coel, surnamed Codebag, sometimes Emperor of Great Britain. Caradoc's father married Gwen, one of the da. cf Brynchan, to. of Brec., and sone to Availlach, Kinge of Ireland. Caradoc himself ma. with Tegeyrfron, the da. of Noble Pelmore. The nobleness an virtue of that honourable ladie is most ancient, set out amongst the British histories, and they had issue. I am not certain who ma. with any of their noblemen whose names follow from Caradoc to Blethyn ab Maynarcb, some also would take it strange and inarveil at the strange names that were used in the ould tyme amongst the Brittaynes. Caradoc and Tegeyrfron bad issuo Cawrdras, the father of Glew, the father of Hoyw, the father of Cynfarch, the father of Caindeg, tho father of Teithwalch, the father of Tegid, the father of Anhrawder, the father of Gwyngid, the father of Hydd, the father of Drissin, the father of Maynarch. This Maynaroh being Lord of Brecon had issue Rlethyn ab MAYNGIVH. PWFLSIN AQD DRYTNTENO^. "VI-<¡", t

The man who first made steel pens got 4s apiece for them. In small hotels in Russia each guest is expected to find his own bed-clothing. In Persia, when a railway train kills a man, the natives pull up the track tor miles and boycott the trains. Edison, who sleeps but few hours himself, saja that the man of the future may do without sleep entirely. The council of Mansfield College has decided to hold a second Summer School of Theology* at Oxford in 1894. Every book given to the Queen is especially bouud for her Majesty, and the Royal Arms are stamped on the cover. Dean Lawrence, of Boston, has been chosen at successor to the late Dr. Phillips Brooks in the Bishopric of Massachusetts. The extent of the oscillation of tall chimneys may be exactly taken by a close observation of the shadows they cut on the ground. The German Emperor recently issued an order that no sermon preached before him by a Court chaplain must exceed 15 minutes in delivery. Devonport has lost its Assistant Constructor, Mr Welch, who died somewhat suddenly. He- was a member of the Royal Navy Corps of Coa. structors. The chief centre of the potash industry ia Russia is the Government of Saratoff, where them are 23 factories in operation producing 104,5QC; cwt. of potash. The white horse has been taken out of the Ger. man cavalry, experiment having shown that it can be seen at such a distance as to make it a special mark for an enemy. At the conclusion of his sermon in Temple Church last Sunday, Dean Vaughan paid a grace. fill tribute to a halt century's service (if Dr. Hopk'ns as oiganist of that church. Another volume of Victor Hugo's unpublished poems comes out next month in Paris. Most of the pieces date from the early days of the poetft exile, when his genius was at its zenith. The Chinese of Haiphong are much astonished at the introduction of the electric light. The wonders of arc and incandescent lamps seem ft constant source of attraction and amazement. In connection with Wesleyan Methodism IN the Isle of Man there are 150 men who are engaged in the work of local preaching. Sixty country churches are thus supplied every Sunday. There are five printing presses in Iceland. Ten newspapers and eight magazines are published, and the 12,000 Icelanders who have emigrated to Manitoba have founded in that city 12 news* papers. J At the banquet of telegraphists at Cardiff, Councillor Trounce mentioned the interesting fact that he well remembered the sensation caused in Cardiff by the arrival of the first telegram in the town. Some excitement has been created in Labour circles in Adelaide lately by the action ot the Government in dismissing five railway employees for having contested seats in the recent Parlia. mentary campaign. The Chinese women are beginning to rebel SERIOUSLY gainst the fashion of compressing their feet, which has for so long limited their energies^ It appears that a missionary has been preachtoj to them on the subject. 'il Fifty-three per cent. of the lunatics in the asylums of Bengal are there entirely as the result of Using "hashish," a poisonous drug. In Egypt wefoti. aud Turkey THE USE of the -drug is ,.t bidden by » stringent law. The great turtle found In the Artillery Barracks at Port Louis in 1810, when Mauritius was ceded to Great Britain, is still alive. Though it if believed to be 200 years old, at least, it HAH enormous strength, and can with apparent eu8 carry two men on its back. Young Mr Tom Curran, the youngest member of the House, and son of the rich Australian anti* Parnellite M.P., himself member for Kilkenny, has entered at the Middle Temple. He will be coached by Mr Arthur O'Connor, one of the ablest lawyers of the Nationalist party. A well-known minister with the Corph wrote last week expressing regret that he could not futfii his engagement to preach in a chapel in the Swansea district next month, but promised ta come to the said chapel some Sunday in 1896 I Nothing like taking time by the forelock. Herr Oesterlin has just acquired for his Wagner museum at Vienna the pianoforte on which the master received his first lessons. The instrument was formerly the property of Tbeodor Weinlig, the cantor of the Thomasschule at Leipzig, of whose method of teaching Wagner always spokf in terms of admiration. You can't do that," said a foreigner, wbft bore the fearful and wonderful name of Geor(V Cazayanuopouius, when a Battersea policeman threatened to arrest him for disorderly conduct, —" You can't do that, for Mr Gladstone is ill. power, and the Tory Government is out. I shalf communicate with Mr Gladstone." Despite this awful threat he was arrested, but discharged* with a caution by Magistrate Hopkins. Heine's birthplace, the town of Dusseldorf, hatt refused to allow a monument to be erected them in his memory. A number of the poet's admtrsit in Mayence are seeking to do him tardy honour by erecting a monument in that city. The town council have referred the application to tbf ^Esthetic Committee." It is anticipated that the majority of the Council will vote in favour otf granting a site for the monument. It seems to have escaped the attention of tht reviewers that Lord Sherbrooke'S biographer bar discovered the interesting fact that Robert Lowe was the thirteenth in lineal descent from John Hampden, of Great Hampden, Bucks, the progenitor of the ever memorable John HaropdeK and John Pym." He also asserts that Thackeray bad the same ancestry, a statement quite el variance with the accepted idea that Thackeray was descended from an old Saxon stock long settled in Yorkshire. The three new Royal Academicians are all North-countrymen by birth, one being a Scotch* man, one a Lancastrian, and one a Y orkshireo man. Mr M'Whirtfer was horn in 1839 at Slate: ford, near Edinburgh. After being elected M associate of the Scottish Academy in 1863, he "came South," and was elected an A.R.A. is 1879. Mr Henry Woods was born at Warring- ton in 1847, and came to London in 1864, having obtained a "national scholarship" in the art training schools at South Kensington. He w. elected an A.R. A. in 1882.

A SATURDAY SE.RMON. Nothing is more false than the dream of ms tain persons, who. seeking to conceive A perfect humanity, conceive it without religion. It ia tfcf very reverse which ought to be said. China if a very inferior epecies of humanity, and Chine has almost no religion. On the other hand, let us suppose a planet inhabited by a humanity whose intellectual, MORAL, and physical powet are double those of Jwrestrial humanity, tilet humanity would be, at least, twice as religion as ours. I say at least, for it is probable THAT the augmentation of the religious faculties would take place in a more rapid progression than the augmentation of the intellectual capacity, and would not be done in a simple direct proportion. Let us so suppose a humanity ten times as strong as ours, thai humanity would be infinitely more religious, ? is even probable, that in that degree of sublimity, disengaged from all material cares and from all egotism, gifted with perfect tact, and a divinely delicate taste,seeing the baseness and the NOTHING* ness of all that is not true, good, or beautifaf, man would be exclusively religious, plunged ia ? perpetual adoration, rolling from ecstasies to ecstasies, being born, living, and dying, iu <, torrent of bliss. Egotism, in short, which gtvet a measure of the inferiority of being, diminishes in proportion as the animal is got rid of. A perfect being would be no longer an egotist he would be altogether religious. Progress, then, will have for its effect the increase of religion, either ita <J»trqgtiw we it# diminution. FIJTNA*. F