The Cardiff Times

THE DAME AND HER PETS. Fifteen dogs at one and the same moment in a grocer's shop devouring the sausages, testing the quality of the hams, and making their acquaintance with other dainties while their mistre&s was engaged in an altercation with this proprietor of tho establishment, who could not ba induced to regard these proceedings as per- fectly innocent—such was the spectaclo which met the gaze of the policeman who had been hurriedly summoned to the spot by a distracted ffchopboy. The owuer of this pack, a venerable and kind hearted dame, had, owing to hfr devotion to her pets, earned for herself in the neighbourhood the sobriquet of Maman I Toutou, and when the agent of the law ventured on a civil remonstrance she turned her batteries on him and fired off various uncompli. mentary epithets, for which she has been called upon to answer in a court of justice. The worthy dame frankly admitted the soft impeachment, but argued that there had really been no cause for interference;and when the judgemildly remarked that 15 was rather an unreasonable numbei of dogs to introduce into the precincts of a shop, she readily exclaimed that them was no law on the subject. She had, however, as the policeman pointed out, infringed an nnportant regulation. as not one of the dogs was muzzled and the judge, seizing his opportunity, observed that if this precaution had been taken they would not have played havoc with the grocer's sausages, For this irregularity no fine was inflioted on the good lady, who SJ stoutly defended tier pets, and she got off with the payment of 25 francs for her abuse of the policeman.

MONMOU fH DAIRY SCHOOL. In their report of the competition for the county medals, gold, silver, and bronze, competed for by the pupils who have attended the working dairy school in tho county of Monmouth, Messrs Gilchrist and Rigby stato that 50 pupils out of thj 164 who had attended the various courses of instruction held at different centres throughout the county during tht. summer of 1892 93, entered the competition. The w"rk done by the whole of I the pupils was generally of a high class. They were epecially struck with the smartness of tha majority of the pupils, whe, it was evident, bad been carefully trainod at the various courses of been carefully trainod at the various courses of instruction. On the last day of the competition, the 10 who had been selected to compete in tho tina: competition did uniformly excellent work, some of the Candida e? in that competition per- forming tho *vhole operation of making butter in 90 minuted. The arrangements made for the conduct of the examination were excellent, as was shown by tht. fact that six separate competitions were easily undertaken before 3 o'clock on the second day of the competition. Mr Gilchrist wishes to state that the character of the work done by the final lot of competitors was distinctly ahead of the work done at the last aunual com- petition.

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Pigheaded—A drum. A tea set—The Chinese. An open question—Where's the corkscrew. The sincere man finds out his mistake and becomes polite. The law is no worse and no better than human nature. He who borrows money belongs to the lender until the debt is paid. The man who ruleth his wife's spint is a great deal scarcer than he who taketh a city. Don't measure things from the point of your own speciality. The man who can't drive a horse may be able to run a 10,000-ton steamship. THE PHILOSOPHIC BEGGAB.—He displayed on his breast a label worded as follows :—" Do not be ashamed of giving me only a halfpenny-I am Ihnd." Friend; I see you have begun spelling your name in the old-fashioned way, S-m-i-t-h.— Smythe Yes I have to. Too many "Smytbes," nowadays, you know. You say you live in St. Louis ?"—" YeB. Lived there all my life."—" I suppose you've had no trouble in eating that peck of dirt meantime?" —" We don't measuro it by the peck down there, but by tho barrel. VVH don't eat it. Did you ever see the Missouri river water au naturel J" It may be all right for the soap man to adver- tise "It will all come out in the waxh if you use Jinks's soap but when a man pays three dollars and a. half for a fancy coloured shirt and it comes out of the first wash white, he thinks it is about time a soap was invented that would leave some of it in. THE REAL THING.—Mrs Maggg I'm going to have some company this evening can you make the punch, Connor ?—Butler (reproachfully) Can Oi make a punch, Mr:4 Maggs?—"But can you make a good punch, Connor ?" Lave it to me. mum. Oi'll make yez a punch that'll knock em out in three round" Pa, was John Rogers a cook ?' asked Toozer, coming in from the kitchen with her face red from workmg over the cook-stove, and a smell of broiling meat clinging to her.—" No. my child,' said Senior Alley. Why do you ask ?" Because," she replied, wrapping a rag around a burn on her finger, because be was burnt at the steak.' EVENLY MATCHED.—TWO clergymen totally diff-rent in character, were yet firm friends. One was prim and precise, especially careful of his linen, quiet in speech and manner the other, careless as to dress, and a regular John Bull in ways and words. The latter had formed the habit of taking snnff, much to the disgust of his friend, who abhorred all such practices. One day, at a ministers' meeting Mr Blank pulled out his snuff- box, tapped it in the orthodox fashion, and took a hearty pinch. Mr Arnold, thinking to rebuke him, said, in his mildest tones, Mr Blank, how much, do you think it costs you a year for snuff ?" Don't know," was the reply • per- haps about as much as it does for your starch." It is recorded of a certain hair-splitting bishop who was accustomed to compose his" charges in the train, and whse desk was always placed opposite to him, that he invariably treated it as though it were a living vis d,-vii. The train being very full on one occasion, a would-be passenger inquired if this place was taken, and the bishop, with his sunniest smile, expressed regret that there was no room..1 I don't think that was quite right, my lord," said one of his fellow- passengers. What was not right ?" inquired his lordship, urbanely. To say that the place was taken." Pardon me I did not say that it was taken; I was particularly carefnl to use the wurd occupied. GAUN TO DOT.-— The court records of Scotland give a new instance of taking the will for the deed. A farmer's boy was arrested on the charge of pushing a girl into a millpond. In pleading his case, he declared that he did not push her in, adding, "I was only gaun to do't." Upon this the bailie summarily inforn.ed him that do't and gaun to do't were all the same, and that he would be obliged to pay a tine of 10s, or go to gaol. The boy, not having the neeessary amount of money, was allowed to go and procure it from a friend. In a short time he was again seen standing in the court. Have ye pit id your fine yet?" inquired the bailie. "No," replied the culprit, but I was gaun to do't, an' as ye say do't and gaun to do't are a' the same, I'm thinkm' you an' me'il be clear noo I" Upon one occason an actor, who rarely knew his part, deliberately posed through an entire act of Julius Cceaar, and left the responsibility of the scene upon the shoulders of his colleagues. They managed to pull through without him by incor- porating his lines into their own parts, and when the curtain dropped they went in a body to the culprit's dress ug-room. He was calmly reading a newspaper when the door was buret open. Well, sir," saId the irate star, "what do you mean by piacing us in such a predicament?" What are you talking about ?" said the actor. What am I talking about ? That scene, sir." "What was the matter with It?" "Why, you never once opened your mouth- didn't speak a single line, sir." "Didn't, eh Well, by Jove do you know, it struck me the scene hung fire." AN AMUSING DERIVATION.—Lexicographer? of other days were notoriously at fault with their .lerivations, and an amusing instance is given as to how plausible etymologies may be concocted. It appears that the learned Porson was staying at one time with a well-known Canon of Ely named Jaremiah King. One day at dinner, when they had got into a discussion upon questions ot etymology, Porson gave a derivation which King considered so far fetched as to be quite ridiculous. You might as well say that Ir,y name is con- nected with cucumber," said King. Possibly there was a cucumber on th" dinner-table. And so It is," said Por:<oll. "How so?" .k",d King. I. hy, thus—Jeremiah King, by contraction Jeny King; Jerry King by contraction and metathesis. Gherkin and gherkin, wa know, is a cucumber pickled." Porson's definition of the meaning of the word jrherkin is almost as erroneous, it will be observed, as his playful derivation, since gherkin is not a pickled cucum- ber, but a small cucumber of a particular variety commonly used for pickling. A PLKASANT REBUKE.—A French woman tells a story that is worth keeping. "I should like to tell YUll," she said, how a countrywoman of mine saw Paris give a rebuke twenty years ago. It was just aftar the Franco Prussian war, and feeling was ready to show itself any whet e, Madame Von Konig was a young woman who, ten years before, had married a G"rman army officer. Her heart Was torn during the struggle, and, though her aid went to her husband, her tears were Rhed fcr Paris. At a dinner party some one had the bad taste to speak of 'conquered Pans.' 'Paris may be conquered,' said Madame Von Konig, but she still retains her ability to create a beautiful thing out of nothing.' The next day one of the gentlemen present sent her a single white hair, asking her what Paris could make out of that. She sent it to a great French jewellar, and told him of her challenge. Presently there came back to her a device in gold and enamel. On a bed of safcres the Prussian black eagle, holdiug in its mouth the single white hair. Attached to one end of the hair w-.ro tho arms of Alsace, in delicate, tiny gold workmanship, at the other, the arms of Lorraine. Underneath was engrossed: 'Alsace and Lorraine; you hold them by a hair. PASS IT ON.—Once when I was a school boy going hume for [he holidays I had a long way to go to reach the far away little town in which I dwelt. I arrived at Bristol and got on board the steamer with just enough money to pay my fare: and that being settled, I thought in my innocence I had paid for everything I needed in the way of meals. I had what I wanted as long as we were in smooth water; then came the rough Atlantio, and the need of nothing more. I had been lying in my berth four hours wretchedly ill and past caring tor anything, when there came the steward and stood beside me. Your bill, sir," said he. holding out a, piece of pap«r. I have no money,' I said, in my wretchedness. "Then I shall keep your luggage What is your name and address? I told him. Instantly he took off the cap he wore, with th» gilt band about it, and held out his hand, and said: 14 I should like to shake hands with you. I gave him my hand anr" shook his as rfrell as I could. Then came the explanation- how that some years before, some little kindness had been shown his mother by my father in the sorrow of her widowhood. I never thought tho chance would come for me to repiy it," said he, pleasantly; "but I am glad it has." So am I," said L As soon as I got ashore I told n.y father what had happened. An," said hp, you see how a bit of kindness lives Now ho has passed it on to you. Remember, if yon meet anybody that needs a friendly hand 30U most pass it on to them. Years had gone by. I had grown up, and quite forgotten it all, until one day I had gone to the station of one of our main line, I was just going to tak" my ticket when I saw a. little lad crying—a thorough gentleman he was, trying to keep back the troublesome tears, as he pleaded with the booking clerk. What is the matter, my lad ?" I asked. If you please, sir, I haven t rD">ney enough to pay my fare. I t :.ve all I want hut a f..w p« nc.» and I tell the clerk If he will trust me I will b" sure to pay him.' Instantly flashed upon me the forgotten story of long ago. Here, then, was my chance to pads it on. I gave him the sum needed, and then got into the carriage with him. Then I told the little fellow the story of long ago, and of the steward's kindness to me. "Now to-day," I said, "I pass it on to you, and remember, if you meet with anyono who needs a kindly hand, yc-u must pass it on to him." I will, sir, I will," cried the Ind, as he took my hand, and his eyt-s flashed with earnestness. I am sure you will." I answered. I reached my destination, and left my little friend. The last sign I had of him was tho handkerchief fluttering from the window of the oarriage, as if to say It's all rights eir x: Will JMSS it

Dymunir i'n gohebwyr Cymreiggyfeirioeu goheb- iaethau, llyfrau i'w hadolygn, &c., fel y canlyn: Dafydd Morganiog, Morganwg HQuse, Llantmt- street, Cardiff.

EISTEDDFOD CHICAGO. L-- BEIRNIADAETH HWFA MON AR GY8- TADLEUAETH Y GADAIR. Lp URAD. J Y CrBKNlAD.—Wele awdl brydferth, a llawn 0 farddoniaeth y testyn. Agora." Y Cyreniad ei awdl fel hyn :— Canaf ar bwnc nef a'r byd, A Dwyfol Arwr deufyd- Am Dduw'n Frawd dan dlawd len Tylodi teulu Eden, A Dyn a Duw eu dau'n dod I ddigwmwi hedd gymod. Yn yr ymsyniad o fawredd y testyn mae y bardd fel yn ymarafu, gan ymbil ar Dduw am nerth:— Dyro, 0, Dduw! dy nodded— Dyro'r grym i fydru'r grSd Fennyddiol yn fy Nuwddyn Ddnetb, er gwaredigaeth dyn, I wisgo cnawd yn dlawd len I'r fytbolfawr fath elfen," Wedi oael ei anadl ato, teifl y bardd ei otwg yn 01 mor bell a'r Cyngor borau, ao edrycha ar Fab Duw yn dyfod allan o fynwes ei Dad, yn olyr arfaeth ddwyfol:— Arwr y cyngor borau—bu Efe, Fywhaodd b'ant angau; Arbedwr en bywyd au bu y gwr, A Uysgenadwr i'w 1Ie.g eneidiau. Antnria y bardd yn ei flaen drachefn i ynason am gwymp y ddynoliaeth, ac i ymwrando ar lais Duw yn yr addewid o "Had y Wraig:"— Mewn Had y Wraigamnaid roes Duw o ail anad) einioes; Rhyw un seren alOurol-yn dangoa Ar ael y ddunos yr Haul Haeddianol." Ceir y bardd yn symud eilwaith, i edrysh ar yr oesau proffwydol, a chysgodol Gwisgedig gan Rysgodan-Inddewig, Addawol fu'r oesau; Llusernau holl ser y nen I'r Heulwen ar eu holau. Wedi dyfod yn mlaen o olygfa i olygfa, yn new. yrch fflunau yr allorau, daw y bardd i olwg cyfiawnder yr amser :— Yn nghyflawnder yr amser, Ion Duw anwyd yn mhlith dynion; Nef ogonedd fu geni Cenad Nef yo ein cenad." Mewn rhj w synfyfyrdod rhyfedd, rbydd y bardd i ni bortreadau barddollol, o amgylchiadan genedigaeth yr Iesu, a dyga ni i olwg y bugeil- iaid a'r angylion, a'r doethion dwyreiniol a'u anrhegion ac yn i olwg Herod "NidhtrfaydiwairFod A'r Baban p ir heb wybod Am elyniaeth mileinig, Effro deyrn, gyffroai dig; Ond y Baban, bychan Fod, Arglwyddai ar gledd Herod! Tywysa y bardd ni eto i weled y mab bychan a,'1 rieni yn ffoi t'r Aipbt, ac oddiyno dyga ni i olwg angladd Herod:— Ond cyn hir daow Herod,—y gwaedlyd Gadlyw, yn ei feddrod; A'r Iesu a'i deulu'n d'od Fry i'w hen gynfro hynod. Wele'r dreflan fechan fn Yn fro isaf yr Iesu A chawu o'¡" chyJch yn ei chaa Mewn heddweh ei mynyddau. Gyda hyn cawn ddesgrifiad o dylodi ao iselder Nazareth, a chawn grybvvylliad am ei dyrchafiad yn ei chysylltiad a genedigaeth Iesu :— 'Ni ddichon dim daioni,' Oedd llcchres ei hanes hi; Ond er y gwawd. dlawd Ie, Ac erlio, bu'n fagwrle Ceidwad byd coded ben o ddinodedd yn E len. Wedi aros am enid i edrych ar Iesu yn rhodio hyd froydd Nazareth, cyfeiria y bardd at ddystaw- rwydd a dirgelwch y deng-mlynedd-ar-hugain y bu yno yn cael ei ddwyn 1 fyny;— Amlenwyd ei ddeng-mlynedd—ar-hugain Yn nhrigias dinodedd Mae'r Beibl fel pe am i'r bedd Gau ar hanes Gwirionedd Oddiyma tywysa y bardd ni j'r deml, i weled Iesu yn dysgu y doctoriaid, ac yna cymera ni i Naza- reth drachefn i weled Iesu yn dilyn ei alwedigaeth gyda ei dad Josepb :— Rbyfedd Mab yr lehofa,—Mab y Saer Yn mhob swydd, mewn gweitbfa; Lien y ffurfafeu, o'i fodd. Setenodd y Saer yna! Ar 01 hyn cawn yr Iesu yn gadael Nazareth i fyned i ddechren ar ei weinidogaeth :— Cefnai ar addysg gyfnod— colef hen Y clogvvyni hynod; Yr oedd awr glir roddai glod I'w Dad Ef wedi dyfod. Yon. ceir portread clws 0 Iesu yn cael ei fedyddio, ac o'r G->lomen yn disgyn arno U Y Golomen wen bono,—ddisgynodd Yn ddwys genad arno, A roddwyd i arwyddo Nef ei Dan a'i fywyd O." Bywyd gwyn bob adeg oedd, Fel di-nifwl wlad nefoL" Yr olygfa nesaf a gawn yw yr olysrfa ar lean yn oael ei demtio gan Satan yu yr antalwch ao wedi hyn cawn olwg arno yn dechreu ei weinidogaeth, gan alw ar yr apostolion a'u dysgu. Wedi hyny cawn olwg arno yn myned oddiatugylch gan wneuthar gwyrthiau a rhyfeddedau, ac yn wr gofidus a chynhcfin & dclur. Ar ol cael y ydyg. feydd hyn, cawn ein harwam i fynydd y gwedd. newidiad, ac oddiyno i'r oruwchystafcll, lie cawn ddarlun godidog o'r Swper Santaidd:— Trom nos y brad a gvvadu—fu'r noson Fawr nesaf i'r gwa*du! Iesu pur yn swperu Ag un oedd ddiafl a gvsen ddot* Dyeithrvl hwyrbryd athrist! Pryd trwm oedd y swper trist." Wedi edrych ar Iesu yn sefydlu ypwper santfcidd, tywysir ni 1 olygfeyddd Gardd GetPsemane; ac wedi cael goIwg ar Iesu yn cael ei arwain 1,a heolydd Jerusalem, ao <J frawdle i frawdle, byd nos daeth 1 beD Calfaria. Mae golygft-ydd..y Groes yn ofnadwy o ogonedew, a gwell frenyin beidio dyfynn dim yma, rhag ofn i ni wneyd oaui "'1' bardd. 0 olwg y croeshooliad dygir ni I weled claddedigaeth Ie-u, ac i wylioei adgyfodiad fonsu y trydydd dydd. Ar 01 yr adgyfo >iad, yr ydym yn cael desgrifiad o Iesu yn ymddangos i w ddysgyblion er mwyu cadarnhau eu ffydd am ei adgyfodiad, ao er mwyn eu dysgu yl1 mhethau teyrnas nefoedd Arosodd, fel ar risiau—y Gwynfyd, Pan ganfn fod eisiau Ar gtdyrn .yr gadaruhnu-Gu ffydd wan j Daliai i ymddyddan am dalm o ddyddiau. Ca'dd ddwylawdystaw dystion—gan deimlc, Ei gnawri, amlwg brofion o greulyd guro hoelion, Ao anfad frathiad ei fron." Wedi desgrifio esgyniad Iesu ar ddehenlaw y Mawredd, a ohyfeirio yn hyfryd at ei eiriolaeth Iwydd anus, ac at lwyddiant ei deyrnas gyfryugol yn y byd, cawn olwg oxoneddua arno yo dyfod gyda'r angylion yn y farn ddiweddaf:— Daw. fe ddaw! Ynad fydd Ef—bryd hwnw, Nid Brawd hynaws tanguef Daw eilwaith, gyda dolef, Yn nglyn a holl engyl nef." Wedi rhoddi desgrifiad o'r lean yn,didoli y ddau deulu, yn Nydd mawr y Fat n diweddaf, diwedda y bardd ei awdl A'r llineJIau hyn:— Ond, O! pwy a saif ai Fit Yn dyst lor o'i dosturi, Boren y Farn Fawr a fydd, Hcb wyrni'n ngwydd y Barnydd 1 Rhoed Ion y moddion i mi Gael difyrus glodfori Swyn El Ras yn yr Iesu Yma ar y ddaiar ddu, Nes pyrhaedd i deyrnae eorhoen. I .1 LAZARUS."—Awdl yn ard(tangos' llafur maw* yw J1011, ac yn cynwys dwy fil olinellau. Dech' I reuir hi 4'r englyn yma :— O! Anadl yr awenau,—ac addurn Tragwyddol feddyliaii! .Rho dtliryr hodd i fawrhau Y Duwddvn a'j nodweddau. Ar 01 gweddio am anadl yr awenau, eerdda Y" awdwr rhagddo i edrych ar fawredd a dylanwad enw yr Iesu:— wared wr hawddgar ydyw,—G wared wr Drwy guriadau ystryw Rhued burn difrocau byw,—ymwared Yw Dnw'n ei nodded i ninau heddyw." Cyfoda yr awdwr y Hen drachefn oddiar drueni y byd drwy gwymp Adda, a dengvs awydd y byd iddyfod rywsnt o'i drueni;— Y byd oedd ynnvybodol—o'i aflwydd, Ac o'i Ilyflwr rlamnioJ; Ond, er chwilio, eto'n ol—ffordd nid oedd I'w ddifyr Nefoedd, ei fro henafol." Cawn olwg ar y byd etc yn chwilio am lawer o ddychymygion, er ceisio cael ailati ffordd i'w wareau. Yr athronyddion yn ceisio atbronyddu gwaredigaeth, ond yn methu :— Athroniaeth borthai'r enaid—anedwydd A'I syniadau tanbaid; Ei dysg oil yn giodns gaid,—ond ei maeth Heb iechawd wria<»th i bechaduriaid." Y Gwaredwr yn cael ei ddangos yn y pellder, trwy y cysgodan a'r aberthau :— O'r lachar safle uchod-ei lef oedd, Wele Fi yn dyfod!' Yn ddwyfol, anfeidrol Fod, I ddrws y ddaear isod." Wedi byn ceir cyieiriad at enedigaeth yr Iesa 1n Methlehem, ac at letty yr anifail Dyn oedd yn adnewyddu—ei lawn hwyl Yn ei wely manblu A Mair dan v mar du,—heb anedd, Mor wen a Rhinwedd, yn mron a rhynu!" Enw Mair, o ddynfder ei gwaeledd a'i thylodi, yn oael ei ddyrc-hafu i fri bythol oherwydd ei chys- sylltiad a'r Iesu Enw Mair yn air o nod—beru'n bur Yn ei barch diddarfod; Mewn llesgedd, 0! ryfeddod, Wele fam i Ddwyfol Fod!" Dygir ni yn awr i olwg "Saren Bethlehem," sef y seren a Krewyd gan Dduw o bwrpas i arwain y doethion at y "Mab Bychan:"— Ei Seren E< groesai'r nos, 0 wydd engyl i ddangos I fyd diddef fod Duwddyn Wedi dod i gadw dyn." Herod yn ceisio cnaid y Mab Bychan," ac yn trengu dan farn Dn w — Daeth dolnr Duw i'th dalu,—ac, er braw, Gyrai bryf i'th ysu Rhwysg hyll, yn brysio gallu Ei ddyrnod Fu'th wael ymosod ar Fethlem Iesu!" Gwarchawdiaeth y Nef dros y bachjjen Iesu; ei feithriniad, a'i gynydd :— I'w fawr sedd n'i fri swynol-y rhodiai'n Waredwr Cyfryrigol; Haws i Anwn resynol Fyn'd i'r Nt-f na'i droi yn ol." Yn yrail ran o'r awdl arweinir ni i olwg gwan- wyn oes yr Iesu yn Nazareth, ac i olwg yr hen dy- lie y tybir y cafodd yr lesu ei fagu :— Dacw'rhen dy cywreiniol,—i fy Nuw Fu yn rawdd tymorol; Ei addurn sydd heneiddiol,—ond i'r Sank Dan hytryd foliant o'i fur adfeiliol." Ar ol cael desgrifiad o'r Iesu yn holi y doctoriaid yo y Demi, cawn ddesgrifiad o hono yn dilyn ei alwedigaeth, hyd ardaloedd y wlad 'Mab y Saer,' yn ddysglaer ddyn, Haedoa ei'waitb ri ddilyn 'Mab y Saer,' yn ddysglaer Dduw, Ddaw'n enill i ddyn annuw." Yn y drydedd benod ceir darluniad o Iesu yn gadael Nazareth, ac yn myned at yr Iorddonen i'w fedyddio: — Ar fin dw'r yr afon deg Y rhodiai, daeth yr adeg I wynaf ddyn ufuddhau I fedydd diofidiau, Gan adysgu i'r du ar dall Fod o ddw'r fedydd arall." Yn union wedi ei fedydd, cawn olwg ar Iesu yn cael ei demtio gan Satan yn yr anialwch ac yno cawn olwg ar lesu yn ei orchfygu & gair ei enau: U Ymaith, Satan! aflan wyt, Krlidusgythraul ydwyt; Ymaith! etifedd fllamiau,—rhagrith ffol, A tbwyll niweidiol yw'th holl boniadau Yua gwelir Iesu yn dechreu ar ei weinidogaeth, yu wr gofidus, cyuefin & dolur, ac yn cael ei ddi- yatyru gan ei bobl ei hun :— Daea* isod. O! resyn, Fu heb dwr i Fab y Dyn!" Yn y bedwaredd benod yr ydym yn cael ein Jwyn drwy Gethsemane i edrycb ar lesu yn chwyau'r gwaed, a Judas yn ei fradyohu. Agorir golygfeydd yr Ardd & cbadwyn o englynion, yn dechreu fel hyn :— O! decaf wr, dacw efe—ar ddaear Dduaf Gethsemane; Enaid diddig yn dyodde' Yr anaf llwyr yn ty lie." Wedi gadael golygfeydd arteithiol yr Ardd, dygir ni i weled lesu yn cael ei arwain yn Haw ei ddi- enyddwyr o frawdle i frawdle, hyd nes dyfod yn 81 waed i ben Calfaria. Y lIa yr ydym yn cael golwg ar Iesu yn marw. Ac wedi hyny cawn or ei gladdedigaeth, ei adgyfodiad, a'i esgyniad i'r Nef. Ar 01 cyfeirio at eiriolaeth yr Iesu, a tliywalltiad. yc YsbryJ, a llwyddiant yr efengyl, diweddiryr a.wdl S'r eiddumad hwn:— I jy was, Geidwad Iesu,—drwy y niwI, Dyro nerth i gredu A rho fodd i ryfeddu—prydferthion A gwerth y goron a geir o'th garu. Trwy fy mai, tro fy mywyd-i iinell Goleuni dy Ysbryd; A chlodfawr, uwchlaw adfyd, Mi ganaf m«vy, gwyn fyd myd Ein hamcan wrtb wn(<yd y dyfyniadau a wnaethom oedd arddangos y llwyb. agymerodd y bardd i edrych ar ei destyn, ac DId i arddangos gMT-an yr awdl, oherwydd mae yn yr awdl emau llawer dysgleiriach na'r dyfyniadau a wnaethom. Mae yr awdl hon yn arddangos llafur dirfawr, ac yn arddangos yni ijieddwl cryf. Mac ei hiaith yn gref a choeth, ac y mae ei chynghanedaiad yn gywrain a ohadarn. Ond wrth ddyw^dyd fod llawer o gamp yn yr awdl hon, rhaid dywedyd hefyd fod ynddi lawer o ddiffygion, acy ma", y diffygion hyny i'w gweled yn airilwg yn anwas- tadnvydd ao annghymesuredd ei ohynllun. Mae gan yr awdwr gant a thri ugain o linellau yn desgrifio Satan yn temtio Iesu yn yr anialwch, ond heb un Iinell i grybwyll au. yrongylion yn dyfod o'r nefoedd i weini iddo ar 01 y terntiad! Os cymerodd y bardd y fath amser i dd«*grifio angel uffern yn poeni yr lean, dylasai gymeryd amser 1 ddosgrifio angylion y nefoedd yn dyfod i weini iddo. Miw gan y bardd 335 o linellau yn desgrifio golygfeydd Gardd Gethse- mane, cad heb un tmeli o grybvvylliad am y Swper Sanctaidd. Dylai y bardd gwtogi yir-son Judas y bradwr, or mwyn rhoddi He i sefydliad y Swper Sanctaidd. Mae gan yr awdwr gant o linellau yn desgrifio adgyfodiad Iesu o'r bedd, ond heb un Iinell i son am ysnweliadau yr I 'su d'r apostolion ar 01 ei adgyfodiad. Dylasai y bardd gofio mai adgyfodiad Crist oddiwrth y mfirw ydyw sylfaen fawr Cristionogaeth. Heblaw hyn, ni chrybwyilodd y bardd un gair am ail cldyfodiad lesu i'r Farn diwedraf, pryd y bydd yn arwain y pendefi^ion adref, a phan y bydd yn cyflwyno y aeyrtias i Dduw a'r Tad. Y mae cynllun awdl Y Cyreniad" yn gryno ac ysgrythyrol, ac y mae yn fwy perseiniol mewn iaith a chynghanedd nag awdl "Lazarus," PC oherwydd hyny y mae yn fwy melus i'w darllen. One: ein gorchwyl yn awr yw ceisio cael allan pa un o'r ddwy awdl yma yw yr oreu o ran cyfoethogrwydd gwir farddoniaeth y testyn; ac ar 01 hir fyfyrio. a chymaru, a phwyso, yn 1k:r- tfaith deg, yr ydym yn cydfarnu mai yn Awdl "Lazirua" ycair y farddoniaeth fwyaf cyfcethog, ac oherwydd hyny yr ydym yn ei farnu yn oreu, a,'i fod yn rhyglyddu Cadair Eisteddfod Gyd. genedlaethol Chicago, yn y nwyddyn 1893. [DIWEDD.]

DEATH OF MR WM. RITSON. We regret to announce the fatal termination of Mr William Ritson's brief attack of bronchitis, which took place on Sunday morning at his charming residence. Wood ley field, Hexham, Northumberland. His eon, Mr John Henry Rowland Ritson, was summoned to the death- bed of his father on Thursday last, and starting by the first tram available, he arrived at Hexham at eight o'clock on Friday morning. The deceased gentleman WM born on August 6th, 1811, and was very early in life set to hard manual labour. He loved work, and thus he has left behind him a rich record of sterling achievements. He came to South Wales to carry out important railway and other contracts. The construction of the Mertbyr tunnel was one of his works, and he also had entrusted to him the making of a meet expensive portion of the Great Western Railway lying between Neath and Swansea. During the time in which he executed the con- fcraat of constructing the Briton Ferry Dock, be reaidedat Briton ierry, the house which after- wards became the residence of the late Mr Wm. Hunter, J.P., agent to the Jersey estate. Re. moving froui the Neath district, he successful Iy carried out some important railway work near Haltburll-by.the-Sea, and in various parts of Scotland. As the result of well-applied energy he amassed great wealth, a portion of which he invested in house property at Briton Ferry. He also acquired a large share of the famous Aberdulais Tinworks, near Neath, of which his son, Mr J. H. R. Ritson. is now the managing partner. Another son is Aid. Utriok Ritson, of Newcastle-on-Tyne. Several y"a.r.. ago the deceased gentleman purchased an estate near Hexham and built a fine mansion (VVoodleyfield) in which be resided for the remainder of his life. He had very extensive interests in collieries and ironworks in the North of England. A few years ago he and Mrs Ritson (whodifd in 1892) celebrated their golden wedding day. It was a time of great rejoicing in tha neighbourhood of Hexham, the Wesleyan Methodist Church, of which he and Mi's Ritson W.,rd loyal supporters, being well to tho front with their congratulations. He was a person of remarkable individuality.

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WELSH-AMERiCAN SUCCESS Civic Receptian to Dyfed and th 'h( Ladies' Choir. The members of the Welsh Ladies' 0 together with the Rev. E. Rpes (Dyfed). ? on Friday evening officially welcomed back by His VV orship tlie Mayor of Cardiff. Th^,j ceediiigs took the form of a recL-pi-ion at theT<» hall, wiiero a laige number of l.-idies. and ||*> men fron. all parts of South Wales gather* jl pay honour to the succe«.-iiu singers a"d distinguished bard The Mayor (UounciJlor J. Trounce), wearing his robe and cham of entered che Assembly-room, accompanied Miss Trounce (woo carried a lwaU bouquet of chrysantiiemuns), with the clerk and Dyietl, where his Worship for received ^tho members of the choir and 110 th. number of their friends. Mrs Clara D.ivies, on entering the hall, was pre"t!ut"" Miss Trounce with her floral trioute, and cordial round of applause greeted the tl\le tt 4 conductress of the Ladies' Choir. After chorus h id bsen sung by the choir* i-J The MAYOR expressed intense pleasure co behalf of himself, his coi'eagues, and inhabitants of Cardiff—indeed, he IOJT eay the whole of Warns -in eongratul**»y the Welsh Ladies' Choir and Dyf^d thfl success thoy had achieved in ChiCjjL and in most warmly we coming |j back to the hearths and homes of beloved \V*' J He felt that the choir had entered upon a & jy, difficult expedition in going so far away to j 'hose laurel?. They had made themselves kn^ throughout th» world, and brought honour • dignity upon Wales itself. He proposed following reso 11 ion — ? That this meeting of the Cymmrodorion Society feliow-townsinen of CArdiff clesires to congratl r Dyfed 011 his success in winning the chair t«#L e with the chi f bardic prize at the Chicago and trusts he may ,.elljOY long life to serve hÍII CO and enrich its litefature. Professor POWELL, M.A., seconded the tegfti tion. He called attention to the circumst nee of a reception be:.ng givt n by Jp chief magistrate of one of the chief ports ofJJ JPi world to representatives of that which wasl*? ni.- characteristic of the Welsh nation-viz., po< Ol and music. He hoped that this innovation J 6r an augury of a new statn of things lløJ it! Welshmen, and that it would encourage. fellow-countrymen to be more aggressive, make themselves felt in circles that through fault but their own had but little knowledge H Welsh inner life. Speaking of Dyfed, he p*8* a high eulogy of his personal charact r, and» jj; attainments as a preacher, poet, and ad judical 5» aud prophpsied that h,¡ has a millHiOIl to Welsh nation which would result in Wales tiJ. 1\' its place as a land that will produce will sparkle as long as classical literature *> read. (Applause.) Dr. Rays GRIFFITHS supported the moti* > which was carried with acclamation. DYFED, in responding, said that althoBl J congratulatory meetings had been ra' numerous recently, he would be less than bn if he did not express his deep feeling at receif such a reception in his adopted town, and _& Jjjjl instance of its popular new mayor. He said. ell" he was satisfied that his humble efforts had glftd:i the utmost satisfaction to nineteen-twentiecl,,La,'g his fellow-countrymen, and the twent'a^j^ he supposed were of Providence tol as a kind of thorn in the flesh prevent him Itbpcoming excessively However, it was impossible for every compEl&1 to secure a pr ze, and, that being so, it always happen that certain croakers wculd e*|ST Poetry, to him, was an irresistible impulse, *"1^ whether he ever competed again or not, he )* certain that ho would never deny himself pleasure of coveting the Welsh muse. Mr Councillor MUNN proposed a similar 0^J gratulatory resolution to the Welsh Choir, which was seconded by the Rev..1A DAVIES, and carried, a suitable and humotfjjE acknowledgment being made by Judge GWXl<"j WILLIAMS. j ( The after-proceedings were of social charact^k Hwfa Mon on Dyfed's Ode. Jr Although somewhere about twomonthan*- elapsed since the Welsh Eisteddfod was held*. the Chicago World's Fair, the discussion c:íd cerning the award of the prize of £ 100 and » |j medal for the best ode (Awdl) on *•' 1 Nazareth" is still carried on in the a ( periodicals; and as only but a week or two | the official pronouncement of the adjudica^ y was commenced to be published, it may be ( the summary which Hwfa Mon makes a6 conclusion of his criticism of the production*^ interesting m the form of an English to { rendering. "Our object," he says, rferrintfw his criticism on Dyfed's ode, in making quotations we have done was to exhibit the ''5 the bard pursued in looking at his subject, not with a view to exhibit the gems of ode, because there are in it gems of brilliancy than those we have quoted. This indicates great labour and also & energetic intellect. Its phraseology eloquent and polished, and its allitera4'0-, skilful and compact. But in stating thert¿. much excellence in this ode, it must also be 9*jl there are many defects, and those are cle?*?; discernible in the unevenness and disproiiort'^ ateness ot its plot. The author has 160 h. describing the temptation of Jesus in the des^jJ but without one line to describe the coming from heaven to minister to Him after temptation If the bard took such tintC IJtf! describing the angel of hell tormenting Jesi" should have takf-n time to describe the heavejjjj angels coming to minister to Him. The bard (J 335 lines describing the scenes in the Gethsemane, but not a hne of mention of *5' Holy Supper. The bard should have curf'Lj the traitor Judas's soliloquy in order to 1 1 room for the Holy Supper. The b«*~ has 100 lines describing the resurrect^ of Jesus from the grave, but witW'L a line about His interviews with apo3tles after His resurreotion. The should have remembered that the resur tion of Christ from the dead is the great foui'^j tion of Christianity. Besides this, not a did the hard mention about the second oomif11iC of Christ to the last judgment. The plot Cyreniad's ode (Tud 110 Jones's) is more co" pact and Scriptural, and more harmonioUii, J expression and assonance than (Dyfed's) ode. and because of that it is ,u pleasing (melus) to read. But our concern no* to endeavour to find out which of these two is the b^st as regards the true poetical wealth 0* the theme, and after long studying, and weighing, perfectly fairly, we adjudge that in Lazirus's' ore is to be found wealthiest poetical feeling, and in consequence adjudge him to be the best, and that he t.eser'rf the Chicago International Eisteddfod Ohfti* 1 the year 1893. j

■ j HEAVILY FINED FOR" WHOLe" SALE PIRACY." At Wood Green Petty Sessions, on Fri^ Walter Perry (43), a picture dealer, of 2, Bog»**a terrace, Bograve-road, Tottenham, was charg8" on remand, on a warrant—before Aldei'i*}*^ Latham and Mr Stacey—with unlawfully and multiplying certain pictures, the copyright which were the property of Messrs Thomas Agl,^j and Co., fine art dealers.—Mr Blanch* Wontner prosecuted, and Mr Arthur Hutton counsel for the defence.—The evidence alres^J given was to the effect that Messrs Agnew be'af the coyprights of The Village Wedding Diana or Christ," and various other P'ot°rS and that the prisoner bad had photographs t of these pictures and had reproduced them sale —Mr Wontner said there were summonses against the prisoner, charging with selling piracies of copyright pictures. It agreed to take them collectively.—Lewis man, of 51, Great Offord-street, Liverpool, a*jT he had known the defendant for about two during which tin,e he had purchased a number øt pictures from him, among them foor live copies of "The village WeddinfC and "Diana or Christ."—Inspector Camii,#[ eaid he received a letter from a named Williams, who had formerly been in dant's employment, in consequence of which P" went to the house of Goodman, also to a Mr jamin, in Liverpool. At Goodman's he about thirty copies of copyright pictures, and. Benjamin's 87, all of which they said came frjo the prisoner. — Mr Fox, manager to Me«*K Agnew, proved that his firm held the copy'JJj of the pictures mentioned.—Expert evidence to the effect that artist proof engravings taken of the pictures. Prisoner photograph^ theso and then sold the photocrrapiis. They all beautifully done, and showed that the prison was an adept.—The Bench decided to con vie Messrs Agnew's ewe.—The prisoner was charged with pirating "The Ruling Passio^J. "The Day of Reckoning," and" Th. Gan,ble Wife," of which Dowdeswell and Dovvdeswe'^ Limited, hold the copyright.—Tho Bench victed in the first two cases, and the third dismissed. The prisoner was also convicted pir-iting The Roll Call and Qaatrebrs £ >^ tha* prosecutors being the Fine Art Society. .jj other prosecutors were as follow :—Arthur Too and Sons, H. Graves and Co., McLean and Clifford and Co., Arthur Lucas, X. P- Men do** the Berlin Photogiaphic Company, and the*, teruational Art Association, Caininada proved that prisoner had been ?°jfi v ctedat Manchester of a like offence, and £ 30 and costs.—The Bench decided to imp^*Vj f ne of £ 280 and 9gs. oosts, with an alternative > 56 weeks' imprisonment. The negatives impounded.

MERTHYR GUARDIANS. There was an exceptionally large attendants0 4 members of the Merthyr Board of Guardian* Saturday, Mr D. P. Dtvies, J.P., Several of the guardians present had not Puf an appearance at the lioaid meetings for a time. The occasion of interest was the ment of a registrar of births and deaths for Afcerdare district in tho place of the late Scale. Advertisements had been issued i" daily papers since the last meeting of the bo*^j. aud there wre 19 applications fo the apHfV, ment sent in.—Mr R, H. Rhys, Ab^rdare, moved that Mr Thomas > son of the deceased registrar, be appoii't^j^ Sir William Thomas Lowis said he rose vr ry K'cat pleasure to second the propos'-10 lfei Mr Rhys.— Mr Walter Smyth, J.F., th •> election of Mr Morgan I homa«, the pr' pay oicccr of thj union.—Mr Thomas Aberdare, seconded. —The R~v. Alderman Davioa said he always believed in \JD0 faithful servants.—Mr David Evans pr^poScTtjef* election of Mr Rees Lewia, Cardiff-road, dare.—Tha vote WM thon taken. and 'yøf mentioned by tho Chairman that Mr ha; received only cno vote—that of hi»C r°P £ —The Chairman then announced there -j# votes given for Mr T. Scale and 17 for Mr W** Thomas. He declared Mr Scale elected.

BARDDONIAETH. YR AMAETHWR. Pan fo gwawr y dydd yn tori, A phan fyddo anion dlos Yn dadebni, gaii ymloewi Yn nihalog wfith y nos, Gwphr yr ainnethwr ffyddlon Weithiau a'i esgiadiau'n llaes, Yn cyfeirio ei olygon A'i gerddediad tua'r maes. Onen bren, diaddurn hollol, Ydyw ei hoffusaf ffon, Byth ni rodda bwys neillduol, P'un a'i syth a'i cam fydd hon; Dros ei faesydd &'n ofalus, Gyda'i ffon a'i ffyddlon gi, Er niwyn gwelt:d ai cysurus Ydyw'r praidd, ac iawn eu rhi'. Iach awelon y boreuddydd Geidw iechyd ar ei rudd Peraidd fiwsig y gwyrdd faesydd, Ac arog-Ian r blodau hlvdd, Geidw'r pruddglwyf a'i helbulon Rhag ymdori ar ei hedd, Fel na welir dim 0'(1 holion Ar ei hardd, rosynaidd wedd. Tuag ato eiddigeddaf Weithiau, am y medda ef Ar yr alwedigaech iachaf A'r tin henaf dan y nef. Hon yw mamaetli pob celfyddyd, Pe ddarfyddai hon o'n tud, Bnan yinaith 'hedai bywyd, Trengai celf a masnach byd. o bob gwaith, gwaith yr amaethwr YcJyw yr agosaf un At y dwyfol,—hardd gvdweithiwr Ydyw ef a Duw ei hnn. o dan wenau doeth Rhagluniaeth Y cynyrcha, mewn rcwynhad, Ffrwythan maethlawn er cynhaliaeth A llawenydd yr holl wlad, Pawb yn rhwydd fydd yn dymuno Llwyddianti'r amaetnwr lion, Sydd yn ddiwyd yn gwrteithio A phrydferthu'r ddaear hon; Drwy ei ymdrech yr anialwch (hardd, Gwyset ddaw'n faesydd ffrwythlawn A'r diffaethweh mewn prydferthweh Dry yn ail i Eden Ardd. Whitland. CERIDWIN.

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No Fooling Her. Proprietor Can't I sell you some of these nice smoked herrings ? Mrs Newly wed You can't, fool me. My hus- band told me never to buy fish unless they were alive. A Hint to Husbands. Gus de Smith You, say yen write dunning letters to yourself and sign theui with fictitious names. What do yon do that for t Pete Amsterdam You see my wife is always after me for money, and when she reads those letters she becomes discouraged. Rough on Mrs Vanasstorbilk. Mrs Shoddy (to servant): How could yon be so careless as to spill the soup all over Mrs Vanasstorbilk's dress at dinner yesterdiy ? Servant: Nobody was saying any thing* mam, and I thought I'd try and start the conversation. Cure for Pedestrianism. Mrs Caller I never see your husband out walking. He used to be very fond of taking long tramps in the country. Mrs Pete Amsterdam I know it, but I cured him of it. How did you manage it ?" "I went along with him." A New Departure. An Austin boy had the bad habit of reading after he went to bed and leaving tho candle burning, much to the alarm of his parents, who were afraid he would set the house 011 fire. As the boy did pretty much as he pleased, his father told the servant to go up into the son's room every night regularly, after he had gone to sleep, and put out the light, which programme was carried out for several months. One night, however, the parents of the boy were aioused from a. sound slumber by the negro calling out Boss, oh, boss what am I ter do ?" Merciful Moses what has happened ?' ex- claimed the apprehensive parents. De boy has done Merciful heavens 1 has he set the house on fire 1" No, boss, but he has put the light out hisse'f. I wan ter know what I am gwine ter do about hit I" A Careful Alderman. A certain town in Texas has an alderman who ia noted for his opposing every expenditure which iie thinks unnecessary, and he thinks that almost every expenditure is just that sort of one. Some- body of a scientific turn of mind remarked in his presence that the town should have a meteorologi- cal observatory. Not by my vote will she get any meteorol. ogical thingumbobs. The fire companies have cost the city too much money already," said the alderman. We have built them an engine house and bought a steam engine, al1- What has the proposed meteorological observ- atory to do with the fire department ?' asked the astonished scientist. "Ain't a meteorological observatory one of these new-fangled brass attachments they fasten to an engine to make it run easier ?' inquired the alderman. Amor Vincit. She was a Western heiress, young and fair; Eyes, hair, and bank account beyond compare. He was a youth, kind, handsome, true, and bold. No further adjectives will that line hold. They loved each other. Yet no word of plight Had passed their hps until one glorious night— One radiant night—one perfect DlKht-in June- While soared in heaven the star-encircled moon. He said, I'd wed tItte. Yet, ere thou reply, Learn the grave fact—a British peer am L Nine titles I could use, if so inclined I have two more, but they've escaped my mind. "I could not, secret-laden, meet thine eyes 1 tell my sad tale, though my fond hope dies." He paused. A moment, naught the silence broka Save Ocean's roar. Then, thus the maiden spoke: 'Honour and shame from no condition rise.' Even a peer need not apologise. i\ot his the fault that he's not Smith or Brown Be brave, my darling! We will hve it down." The Power 8f the Press. Mr Manygirls It is an outrage the way the Press mixes in people's private affairs. There is one reporter m New York I'd like to lay my hands on for about five minutes. Mr Chumly What did he do? Mr Manygtrls He published among the per- sonal items about the peculiarities of great men that I had the biggest foot in Harlem. I have four marriageable daughters, and the effect of that item has been to deprive them of gentlemen company, it may eventually cause them to wither .r,nd die on the branch of single-blessedness. Philadelphia Vindicated. The City of Brotherly Love has somehow or other managed to acquire the reputation of being a very quiet country town, a sort of a Greenwood Cemetery of a town. Innumerable jokes, some- thing like the following, have been going the rounds of the press for the last twenty years. "A lady dropped a pin on Chestnut-street, Philadelphia, and the people came running around the corners to learn the cause of the un- usual noise." Here is some more cumulative evidence of the drowsiness of the town founded by William Penn. New Yorker (who has obtained a place for his boy): Well, Mr Johnnyn.aker, how are you pleased with the boy so far ? Mr Johnnymaker He seems to be a very likely iad the only fault I have to find with him is that he is always in such a hurry. There i8, howevei, one class of citizens who seem to be bright enough. However, we wiU let a Philadelphia paper tell its own story :— "Philadelphia burglars differ from lightnmg in that they often strike the same place twice and even more, and they differ from lightning 10 the further particular that they do not get caught at it. This eeems to prove conclusively that Phila- delphia burglars are smarter than lightning, and that Philadelphia policemen don't in the least degree resemble the burglars in this respect. The robbery of one plumber's establishment three times within a few weeks, although situated within a stone's throw of a police-station, would seem to indicate that the burglars consider the neighbourhood of a police-station the safest place in the world in which to carry on their opera- tions." Blind to Her Own Blindness. "Curious," said an optician, "how sensitive some people are to the evidence of advancing age given by their eyesight. With many customers I air) actually obliged to resort to deception to suit their requirements. Last week an elderly woman came into my store and inquired for glasses. She said she knew her present glasses were too strong, couldn't stand old glasses, eyes too young and all that. I tried her eyes and found that the real trouble was the reverse of her statement. • Madam,' I said, your glasses are too weak.' • Sir ?' Precisely you np"d two numbers stronger.' Young man, you must be insane,' she said, getting angry. 'I have only worn glasses a few months, and I wish the mildest sort. I know it is so, because the pair you have selected hurt my eyes dreadfully.' Of course that settled it. I explained that I might have been mistaken, examined her eyes again and said I had a pair of very mild glasses, not so strong as her former pair," in fact, but of excellent make, which I could recommend. I produced a pair and she tried them. Are they weaker than you showed me be. fore T she asked. Very much, madam.' Weaker tban my present ones f "Somewhat.' u. Well, now, you see I was right,' she said, triumphantly; I haven't seen so well for weeks. These are exactly right and rll take them just as they are.' "'Of course we can't put old glasses on your eyes,' I said pleasantly as I could, and she went out just as well satisfied as if she knew it all." Didn't she f' asked the reporter. Well, hardly. I had sold a pair of glasses to that woman one number stronger than any she had trkd on, and but for my deception she would have ruined her eyesight for a bit of petty vanity. His Dinner."1 "I was travelling in Indiana," mid the "druinmsr," "and in order to make several towns whore I thought I could sell some goods I was obliged to drive about forty miles. I went through some of the queerest little towns I had overseen during that drive, and at one of the queerest of the lot I stopped for dinner. The hotel WM an ordinary frame house. The front room had a sort of a counter across one end, and the local post office was perched on that counter. Th'-re w.rt two or three eh aire scattered about, and a great sheet-iron stove, big onouph to take in the stump of a good siz<'d tree, stood in one end of the r ):)10. The landlord t?ld me to sit down in the office and took my ttam and ate.wed it away somewhere. When hb returned I asked him if I could get some dinner. '"I reckon,* ho said. I" it nearly ready ? I ask«d, for I was hungry as a bellr. "'I reckon,' ho said again, and then he dis. appeared ftom sight. Half-an-h-tiir later a good-looking girl eami out and said that dinner was ready. I followed her through a long hall into a little rojm at one end of tho building, and she motioned me to take a seat at a pine table which held a few dishes and which haci no cloth. I sat down and sb'" disappeared. I waited for twenty minutes and was just about to leave in disgust when the same girl came bustling into the room and tock a stand behind my chair. Bean soup?' she asked in a persuasive voice. No, I said, I don't think I care for any bean soup.' "'Bean soup? she inquired again, still moro persuasively. "I don't want ILny," I replied shortly. Then dinner's over,' she said, and with that she disappeared, and, by Jove 1 dinner was over, for not another person oonld I get to come near QMw*

THE FvlEMBcHS FQK MERTHYR AT MOUNTAiN ASH. .A crowded meeting of constituents was held on ba,turday afternoon ar. five o'clock to hear speeches tmm Mr D. A. Thomas and Mr Pntchard Aloigan. Upon the proposition of Mr J. W. vvas taken by Mr W. Abraham, ivl.I. (Mnbon). The GHAUOIAN said the Government had to be congratulated upon the strides the Employers' Liaomty Bill had made in the last few days. How the Bill had been perfected day by day was a matter of gr.at gratification to this country. I he Bill was now prrpared to be read a third time. It was Bill of a kind a d character that no previous Government had ever dared or attempted to propose to the House of Commons. (Appbuise.) It was mneii more complete in its provisions, and the working men were in duty bound to give their thanks to the Horn* Secre- tary—(applause)—and to che Grand Old Man—! (applause)-—who had given the opportunity of passing this splendid measure through the House of Commons. (Applause.) Mr YVM. JONgB, C.C., moved a resolution ex- pressing unabated confidence m the present Liberal Government, and hailing with delight tiie prospect ot the following Bills becoming law Disestablishment of the Cuurch in Wales, the Employers' Liability Bill, and the Parish and District Councils' Bill. Mr BENJAMIN ASHTON seconded the motion. Mr lJ. A. IUOMAS, M.P., was received with enthusiastic applause upon rising to speak to tho proposition. He referred to the unexampled obstruction which had been offered by the Oppo- sition in the House of Commons. He believed, however, they would pass the Parish Councils' Bill, so lar as the House of Commons was con- cerned, but if the Opposition could kill it they would do so. He dilated upon the Home Rule question, and expressed the opinion tnat the next general election, like the last, would be fought upon the Home Kule Bill, and he thought they, as Liberals, were quite prepared to fight it in that way. (Hear, hear.) Ho alluded to the position taken by the House cf Lords in the matter, and thought the people of this country were now of opinion that the House of Lords should be done away with. (Applause.) As to the Employers Liability Bill, it was, as Mabon had already told them, 01 such a character tbat no Government before the present one had dared to introduce into the House of Commons. It did away with the doctrine of "common employ- ment the meaning of ."fllch he explained in detad. He voted against the contracting out clause not as an employer but as a repre- sentative of that constituency-(applause)- and he thought whenever any question affecoing his interests as an employer and the interests of the workmen had come forward, he had never hesitated to give his vote in favour of the work- men. (Applause.) But he thought employers should be able to insure themselves as far as they could out of it. He believed this was to the interests of the workmen as well as the empoyers, because it was against the interests of the workmen if anything were done that was calculated to check industrial enterprise. Upon the question of the appointment ot magistrates, haobsei-ved he had attended with the deputation that waited upon the Lord Chancellor the other day, and he was bound to say they (the deputa- tion) did not get what he considered a very satisfactory reply from him. The Lord Chan- cellor was a member of the Liberal Government, and he was bound to say they looked to him for something better than they got from him. He did say that having received euch a largo deputa- tion, he (the Lord Chancellor) might have given them a better reception than he had done. At any rate, he need not have lectured them like a parcel of schoolboys. The Lord Chaucellor was an exceedingly able man, but he was afraid his weakness consisted in a morbid fear of laying himself open to political favouritism — so flagrant a characteristic of some of his predeces- sors. They (the deputation) quite believed with the Lord Chancellor that the appointments to the bench ought not to be politic-ii. But what they said was that in the past there had been political appointments, and the Tory party had filled the bunch throughout the country, and especially in Wales, with their own friends. And they asked the Lord Chancellor not to appoint men because they were Liberals, but to put on men who ought to be magistrates and had been overlooked in the past because they were Liberals. The Lord Chincellor bad said he did not like going past the Lord-lieutenants. 'Now they had in that- county a Iiord-lieutenant—Lord Windsor—and he (Mr ibon as) believed he did his best to discharge the duties of the position in which he was placed. But he was a party man and why should he have the responsibility of appointing the magistrates any more than the speaker? He (Mr Thomas) would not care to nominate the magistrates, but he did say he was quite as competent as the Lord-iieutenant to do so. Lord Windsor was a Conservative, and he was proud to say he (Mr Thomas) was as strong a Radical as his lordship was a Conservative. But what could Lord Windsor know about the men who were qualified to be upon the bench, in Mer- thyr and Aberdare, for instance ? He was the Lord-lieutenant of a county the population of of which was some three-quarters of a million. He was only human, and he could not know every- thing that was gomg on, nor could Mr Forrest, his agent. They had to gee their information second-hand, and he thought it would be better for the Lord Chancellor to put aside the Lord- lieutenants and go directly to the districts for information. (Applause.) He did not want the nominations to be in the hands of members of Parliament; but he would like to see them placed in the nands of the county councils. (Hear, hear.) After further reference to this subject, he referred to the question of tfte Disestablishment of the Church in Wales. The CHAIRMAN said their thanks were especi- ally due to Mr D. A. Thomas for the way in wb.ch he had supported the workmen's claims in the House of Commons. (Applause.) I e also offered some drastic remarks on the attitude of the H luse ot Lords and the Conservative party gen- ra!ly. Mr J. W. JONES, pending the arrivalof Mr Pritchard Morgan, interposed a vote of thanks to the Primitive Methodists for lending them the hall. Mr PRITOHAUD MORGAN subsequently arrived, and was greeted with much applause. The hon. member said he was there to tell them that so far as Parliamentary work was concerned they had had a very hard time of it. Last Session was occupied entirely in considering the question of Home Rule, add they might certainly be con- sidered to have worked overtime on behalf of the people they represented. (Applause.) He next dealt with the Employers' Liability Bill and the Parish Councils Bill, and said if the House of Lords did throw out these Bilis Mr Gladstone would have to consider what steps he might have to take in respeot of that great Chamber, and whether he was going to allow them to put aside the statutes of the people. (Hear, hear.) They would then see whether the Lords would then go and search the lunatic asylums to fetch men in order to set aside the will ot the people. (Laughter.) It was a serious question, and be thought the people of the country were alive to tho fact that they were en- titled to send to the Parliament, whether called Commons or Lords, their own representatives. By all means let them have a second chamber, but let them do away with the anomaly of people who, for no other reason than that they were the sons of their father, were allowed to set aside the wills of the people. Regarding Disestablishment cf the Church in Wales, he said all the Welsh members had been fighting shoulder to shouldor in order to have this measure put in the front rank of politios as far as the Liberal party were con- cerned; They were encouraged by Mr Gladstone himself, who said if pressure was brought to bear and if thoy pushed him, he would accede to their request, and, at last, they had a pronouncement from that great statesman that Disestablishment for Wales would be the next great measure that would be brought before tho House of Commons. (Cheers.) After narrating a ticklish anecdote, he declared that when tho Home Rule Bill was passed, and they had Disestablishment put on the statute book, then it would be time for the Tories and the Home of Lords to take a back seat, because, in all probability, the Liberal party j would be, and ought to be, in power for an almost unlimited period of time. (Applause.) The motion was then carried with acclamatiou. Mr GBOKGB proposed a vote of hearty and sincere unabated confidence in Mr 1). A. Thomas and Mr Pritchard Morgan as the members for the borough. and Mr Pritchard Morgan as the members for the borough. This WItIt seconded by Mr Evans, supported by Mr Edwards and Mr Williams, and resolved upon unanimously. Mr D. A. THOMAS, in acknowledging the vote, observed that as he had already said, he did not want to sprak on the labour question, but he hoped if he did come there in a fortnight or so he would he able to congratulate them upon some advance in prosperity. (Applause.) Mr PBITCHABD MORGAN also responded, and said they would do the best th-y panoibly could to deserve the confidence and that support which the constituents had been pleased to give them. He proposed a vote of thanks to the chairman. This was seconded and carried, a.nd the pro- ceedings then terminated.