The Cardiff Times

ROSS POLICE COURT UPROAR. At a special sitting of Ross Police Court on Saturday George Brook, of Aston Ingham, near Ross, was brought up in custody charged with being drunk and disorderly in the police cotirt at Ross on the previous day, when he was charged with persistent cruelty to his wife. His behaviour in the court on Friday was so violent that he had to be removed to the police station by four policemen. Brook now said he was very sorry, and. it should not happen again. The Chairman (Captain R. H. Yerschoyle) said defendant's conduct the pre- vious day was more disgraceful than anything he had ever seen in a court of justice. Defen dant would have to pay a fine of £1 10s, in- cluding costs. The charge preferred against Brook by his wife for persistent cruelty was then proceeded with. A separation order was granted, defendant to pay 6s per week towards his wife's maintenance.

New Life-Line Apparatus AERiAl TORPEDO EMPLOYED. At Dundeeon Saturday the Advisory Com- mittee appointed by the Board of Trade last year to inquire into the question of British merchant and passenger ships carrying life-line throwing apparatus brought their tests to a close. They will complete the taking of evidence to-day, and the report will be presented to the Board of Trade during the next few days. The Committee was estab- lished by Mr Lloyd George shortly after the Berlin disaster off the Hook of Holland, on representations made to him by a number of masters of passenger steamers. The Committee was asked to take evidence in different ports from representative ship masters bearing upon the proposal that the Board of Trade should ask Parliament to make it compulsory for Bri- tish ships to carry some apparatus-winch would throw a line from a ship to a shore at a distance of 500 yards to enable a breeches buoy to be hauled in also to invite those possessing such apparatus to submit the-same for examination, as the ordinary rockets were considered too erratic and reliability was essential. On -The question of evidence, we are officially informed that the statements of masters of liners taken at Liverpool in February last, and those ot, shipmasters taken since in London, Newcastle, Dundee, and other ports, are unanimous in recommending the carrying of some apparatus which will throw with accuracy a line from a ship to a shore for a distance of 300 yards. The Committee had some difficulty in obtain- ing desirable apparatus for experiment, most of them consisting of balloons, kites, and rockets. Two months ago, through the Foreign Office. they were asked to test an aerial pro- jectile invented by Colonel Unge, of the Swedish Army, who sold to the German Government the patent for the aerial tor- pedo for destroying air warships. The apparatus was prepared and submitted by Colonel IL Gustaff Rooa, managing director of the Normal Powder and Ammunition Company, London, and Captain Dundas, of the War Office. With two tests it threw the line a dis- tance of 360 yards, with absolute exactitude, and from any angle required. Theother tests on Saturday were made with a cannon, which broke the One at each of ten testa, a compressed air gun, which threw the line 90jyards, and a rocket by Commander Fre- land. Superintendent of Coastal RocketAppara- tus, which carried a line 115 yards. The owners of the largepasseager-carrying lines had representatives present at the tests, and Captain William Ridley, R-N-R-, of the White Star line, has given the following evidence :— Unge's aerial torpedo I think the most perfect projectile for life-saving purposes. My reasons for thinking so are these :—First, the length of flight of the torpedo second and most important, the accuracy of direction. It is well known that rockets are influenced by the force of the wind acting upon the long rocket stick, so that the aim and direction is uncertain. The aerial torpedo is of such power that it carries the line in a direct way to where it is required. I am under the impres- sion that for shore use or for use on board a ship the torpedo could be placed on a revolving pedestal such as is used for Maxim guns, etc-, the line being flaked around the same, ready for use when not wanted. A canvas cover would protect it from the weather. Most steamers of the present day are fitted with electric plant. This could be attached to the pedestal, and a small electric battery could also be attached, so that in the e^ent of anything going wrong with the ship's electric supply it would not matter. There is also another great thing in favour of the aerial tor- pedo, and that is the size and strength of the line that it carries. I am a master mariner and hon. lieutenant in the R-N-R-, and I have had 50* years experience of sea life in sail and steam." The rope which the Unge torpedo carried has a breaking strain of 80C8bs., and a carrying strain of 4,000lbs., so that, according to the evidence taken by the Committeethe line could carry the breeches buoy without having to haul in a special hawser.

COL. Sift IVOft HERBERT AT CROSS KEYS. Taxation ef Land Values. Col. Sir Ivor Herbert, Bart., M.P., addressed a meeting of his constituents at the Co-opera- tive Hall, Cross Keys, on Saturday, the chair being occupied by Councillor A. B. H. Benson. The hon. member, who was cordially re- ceived, criticised Tariff Reform, submitting that a policy of Protection would be to the detriment of Great Britain. Dealing with the it^was acute in this cour^ry statistics proved it was acut." in this prcwed that there were more unemployed in the United States of America; further, Tariff Reform would not reduce the number here. The hon. member referred to the reduction of the national debt, remarking that it had in three years been reduced by 41 millions, and there was every probability that at the end of the four years the reduction would amount to 60 millions. (Cheers*) The hon. member said there had been 23,000 applications for small holdings, and of that number 12.,(0) had been approved. These figures constituted a sufficient answer to those who asserted that there was no demand for small holdings. (Applause.) As to the education compromise,, he held that the only real solution of the difficulty would be to make the State responsible for secular education only. The Rev. W. Evans proposed a vote of un- abated confidence in Colonel Sir Ivor Herbert and the Government, and this was seconded by the Rev. D. S. Rees. In supporting, the Rev. Glasnant Jones said that he was gratified to notice Colonel Sir Ivor Herbert's name second on the list of those in favour of the taxation of land values, although he was alandowner him- self. The resolution was carried unanimously. _■ .■

HER ONLY SON. At'Herecord City Police Court on Saturday Frederick Grant, Kntlls-court, Bath-street, Hereford, was summoned for assaulting his mother, Martha Grant, by throwing a kettle of boiling water at her. Complainant said the de- fendant was her only son, and during the last five years he had given her a lot of trouble. He did very little work. 1 As to the charge, she had been out, and when she came home the defendant was standing at the top of the stairs with the kettle of boiling water, which he threw at her. The defendant was sent to eaoHfor two months.

I Royal Welsh Male Choir. TRIUMPHAL TOUR IN AUSTRALIA. (From Our Correspondent With the Choir.) MELBOURNE, Oct. 13th, 1908. A splendid reception awaited the Royal Welsh choristers from Treorchy at Sydney. Among the largepopulation in that fine city are a considerable number of residents from Yr Hen Wlad," and the coming of the choir was to them a pleasurable and important event. As evidence of such they turned up in strength to meet the visitors. On landing the choristers were received by Mr Russel Jones, barrister, who, as president of the New South Wales Cymmrodorion Societyextended a very hearty welcome, and expressed delight at meeting a body of singers of his own nattotiality, who came to Sydney with such an excellent reputa- tion. Other speakers included Captain Phillips (late of Pembrokeshire), one of Sydney's most prominent citizens, and the Rev. Mr Jones, pastor of the Welsh Church. The choir's stay at Sydney proved a truly happy one. The concerts were splendidly patronised, and the criticisms on the singing highly satisfactory—even lavish. Various forms of hospitality were bestowed upon them in a marked degree. The trip around the world- famed harbour as guests of the Cymmrodorion Society should be specially mentioned. The geniality of Mr ThomML the conductor, won him a host of friends, and as a mark of dis- tinction he was made an honorary member of Sydney's most exclusive club the Athenaeum. After the capital of New South Wales the towns of Wollongong, West Maitland, and New- castle, also in the same State, were visited, at each of which a mayoral reception was given. Newcastle is a stronghold of Welsh folks, and intense enthusiasm prevailed there. Mr Cook, the Mayor, and the Rev. E. Mona Jones, on behalf of the Cam- brian Society, spoke of the event as-one that would afford the keenest pleasure to their townspeople^speci&Ily in view of the Treorchy choir being the first from the old country to visit Australian soil. Earnest requests were made to the choir to appear again at New- castle before the conclusion of the Australasian tour. Civic Reception at Brisbane. At Brisbane elaborate preparations had been made to welcome the singers, a civic reception awaiting them at the Town a at which a goodly number of Brisbane's representative townsfolk put in anrappearacoe. The resident Welshmen of course were very much in evidence, and during the choir's stay were most energetic in their eftorts to make it an enjoyable one. The trip up the beautiful river arranged by them was perhaps the tit-bit event, the scenery being grand, The large and highly apprecia- tive audiences at the concerts indicated the fondness of Brisbane people for choral singing, and the efforts of the Royal Welshmen won golden opinions in the local Press. The towns of Ipswich and Warwick came next in the list of engagements. The former will long be remembered for its warmhearted and demonstrative reception. Blaekstone, a neighbouring mining village and headquarters of the Welshmen of the district, was the acteal scene, and here, at Brynhyfryd, the palatial residence of the Hon. Lewis Thomas, member of the Queensland Legislative Council, the choristers, in company with a large number of Welsh people, gathered on the lawn and sat down to an elaborate repast amid manifesta- tions of utmost enthusiasm. Mr Thomas, at present in England, was deputised by his daughter, Mrs T. B. Cribb. vi-ho had generously invited the Welsh residents within a radius of ten miles to attend. The village presented a great display of bunting, lines of national flags had been placed across the street overhead in several quarters, the local shops were closed, and the colliers had left their work to join in the celebrations. The matinee and evening concert given at Ips- wich were attended by crowded audiences, who gave every evidence of delight. Melbourne Revisited. After catling at three smaller towns on their way South, the choristers on the 1st October found themselves back again in Melbourne. The reception there took the form of a largely- attended smoking -concert, arranged by the Welshmen of the city, and presided over by Oapt. Jones, late of Cardiganshire. Melbourne was no exception in the display of warmth of feeling towards the Welsh visitors, and during the function an address of welcome was pre- sented to the Rhondda vocalists by the Cambrian Society. The popularity of the choir was unmistakable, and the local choral societies showed special interest in the concerts given at the Town HalL As will be observed.nothing but kindness and hospitality has been bestowed upon the Royal Welshmen in the various towns visited by them and, up to the present, nothing in the nature of sickness or accident has occurred to disturb the even tenor of their way. Through the courtesy of Lord Crewe, letters of introduc- tion to the Governors of each of the Australian States have been received by Mr W. Thomas, the choir conductor.

COLLIERY FIREMEN'S DEMAND. THE EIGHT HOURS' SHIFT. There was a large attendance of colliery fire- men at a special meeting of the Pontypridd District of the South Wales and Monmouth- shire Colliery Examiners' Association at the New Tnn Hotel, Pontypridd, on Saturday evening. Mr Rowlands, Porth, presided, and ex- plained that the meeting had been convened Mr Rowlands, Porth, presided, and ex- plained that the meeting had been convened to discuss the question of securing an eight- hours' shift for firemen. There could be no question thalf the limitation of hours as sug- gested was onty bare justice to. officials who were burdened with such heavy and onerous responsibilities. He waa pleased that their labours in this direction were bearing some fruitwand the matter had been mentioned be- fore the Royal Commission, when it was sug- gested that their maximum should be 91 hours. That would mean a big reduction in many cases, but their objective should be a uniform eight hours' shrift. (Hear, hear.) Mr Tom Jones, Rhymney, moved a resolution to again petition the Home Secretary either to include all cotUeryexaminers in the Mmes Eight Hours' Bill now before Par- liament, or fulfil thepromise made by him some time ago to the petitioners, of JD8JdDg some special provision for them. He said the neces- sity for shorter hours was recqgniaed. It was left to them to show their earnestness and determination in getting the eight hours day applied to them as a class. The reform was necessary for the greater safety of life and limb. How was it to be-expected that colliery firemen could stand more strain than other workmen t They coukl not perform their duty with the thoroughness required for more than that period, for their energy must not be relaxed for one moment otherwise the miety,of the mine would be imperilled. It was only the profits of the shareholders that could be argued against an eight hours shift. (Hear. hear.) Mr Harry Richards, Ferndale, seconded the resolution m a vigorous Welsh speech. He said proposals had been made to firemen in one dis- trict that if they severed their connection frith the association they would be granted less hours. (Shame.) But they did not want shorter hours as a favour, but as their inherent right. (Applause.) Mr Rowe; Tylorstown, supported the motion, and urged that the association should be made an educational machine. Mr John Williams, Aberdare, delivered a starring Welsh speech in support. He remarked that in some collieries the eight boars' shift had been conceded, but they had no security for its continuance. In the Aberdare district some managers had promised to introduce an eight hours' shift to the non-Uniomsts alone —(shame)—and he was afraid this bad ex- ample might be followed elsewhere. Mr Everett, Pcnygraig, complained that in some collieries as m;in1 as 13,14, and 16 hours were expected of the firemen. The resolution was carried with acclamation.

COLUERY CONFLAGRATION, About nine o'clock on Saturday nigitt the carpenters' shop of the Maerdy Collieries, Mardy (owned by Messrs Locket's Merthyr Coal Co.), took fire, and was soon fully ablaze. Immediately adjoining the shop is the stores and lamp room, which were in imminent danger of being destroyed. The manual belonging to the colliery was brought into play, and the fire brigade from Ferndale, together with the local police under P S. Phillips, were soon in attend- ance. A large number of the workmen of the colliery worked strenuously, and some of them exposed themsetves to personal danger in their efforts to grapple with the conflagration, Mr Taliesin Richards, agent of the colliery, super- intended the operations, and spoke in fine praise of the«plendid work done by the work- men, but for whose promptitude and energy the fire would not have so soon been ex- tinguished. The flames were confined to fhe carpenters' shop, and even from that building some of the machinery was sawed. There was some difficulty at first in getting a water supply, as the hydrants-were so far away from the fire. The colliery mechanic, however, very quickly fixed a hand pump at the feeder, from which a good supply of water was ob- tained.

8KEWEN SPOOK SCARE. NOT A CASE FOR PSYCHICAL SOCIETY. Lateon Friday a young man rushed into the Skowen Police Station carrying a large stick, and in excited tones excla imed to the officer in charge, There's a ghost in our house." Be- lieving that something was wrong, Sergeant Jones accompanied the young man to the house, and found the other occupants and several neighbours standing in a group near the front door. The officer proceeded to in- vestigate, and sat by the fire in the kitchen. He was not there many minutes when he heard a-queer uqusual noise, which was repeated several times. Every nook and corner in the house was searched, but the supposed spook could not be found, Sergeant Jones then sat on the stairs in the passage, and before long discovered the cause of the hncanny sounds. A large evergreen had been planted outside the front door, and with every gust of wind branches and leaves rubbed against the fan- light. f The frightened tenants returned to the house, and vowed that the evergreen would be nulled downpiefore another day Was out.

CARDIFF. A STRONG MILITARY MUSTER. Vicar Henderson and Flaunting Vice." Sunday was Mayor'^ Sunday, and at Cardiff, in fine weather, the Lord Mayor (Alder- man Lewis Morgan), accompanied by members and officials of the Corporation, many well- known citizens and by the local Territorials, attended St. John's Parish Church in the morn- ing. The scene outside the City Hall between 10-30 and 11 o'clock was very picturesque as the Territorials tookup thcirpositions ready to join in the parade to church, and large numbers of people along the line of route testified to the popularity of the Lord Mayor. The Lord Mayor, wearing his robes and chain of office, was accompanied by the town clerk (Mr J. L. Wheatley), the ex-Lord Mayor (Alderman Illtyd Thomas), the Deputy-Lord Mayor (Councillor J. W. Courtis), Alderman Sir Wil- liam Crossman, Aldermen Trounce, C. H. Bird, Robert Hughes, Councillor Morgan Thomas, J. Chappell, A. Sessions, J. Stanfield, Dr. Smith, Dr. J. Robinson, Walter Thomas, Jabez Jones, Seccombe, E. Nicholl (who was in the uniform of an engineer lieutenant Royal Naval Reserves), Forsdike, Kirk, Harrison, Dr. Biggs, Sydney Jenkins, C. Wall, F. G. L. Davis, etc. Amongst others present were Mr Harry Cousins (Registrar), Mr George David (Official Receiver), Mr T. H. Stephens, J.P., Mr Jas. Allan, J. P-, Dr. Walford, Mr Walter Scott, Mr PriesUey, Mr Harpur, Mr Ellis, Mr Ballinger, etc. The pro- cession was headed by the band of the CHar- morgaiishire Royal Garrison Artillery, under the conductorship of Mr T. J. Coughlin, folowed by over 200 men of the Royal Garrison Artil- lery, under Major H. C. Vivian, the-otherofficers present being Major Bradley, Captain and Adjutant Pollett, Captains Vyvyan Robinson, A. P. Carey Thomas, R. A. Richards, Lieuts. Ferrier, Reese, and Robinson. The Field Artillery, about 160 strong, were under the com- mand of Colonel J. J. David, with Adjutant R. A. T. Alton, Majors GiRing and J. C. Gaskell, Ltenienants G. Gaskell and J. G. GaskelL Major Caple was in command of 120 Royal Engineers (Telegraph), with Capt. Isaac. Capt. Wilkinson, Surgeon-Captain Rees and Lieutenant Lewis, and Major Sheen, with Captain Samuel and Lieut. Evatt, was in charge of 60 men of the Royal Army Medical Corps. The cyclists' battalion was under the direction of Colonel Wilson and Lieut. Rankin, and the eight veterans of the 2nd Welch Regiment re- presented 210 years' service—26 years each. Twenty-eight Army veterans were present, and the whole of the Territorials were under the command of Colonel Banfield, who was attended by Brigade-Major Sillery. The pro- cession included 40 members of the Cardiff and District Friendly Societies Council, with Mr H. H. Drake (president), Mr A. J. Hyatt (past president), and Mr C. Evans (secretary). The police and fire brigade men, under Chief Con- stable McKenzie, were also present. The Vicar's Sermon. St. John's Church was crowded, and the Vicar (Rev. A. Henderson) preached an im- pressive anid eloquent sermon. He said it had been stated by one who knew much about social questions that the men who act on Town Councils have to-day more to do with the well-being of the community than the men who sit in the House of Commons." They had only to think of what. had happened in American towns like San Francisco to be most thankful for honest municipal govern- ment, and to be profoundly grateful to those who devoted to it their time and their energies. It was a great thing to have before them a lofty ideal, and Cardiff's ideal should be a city with perfect knowledge, busy activity, ordered security, and constant worship. The life of a community which depended on light and air was of more consequence than ground rents. The man who let houses which were death-traps ought to be held as vile as a criminal as the tradesman who sold poisonous goods. The ideal city was a joyous and holy city. Why did they endure flaunting vice without trying to remove the causes which contributed to it ? Why did their business methods shatter the eighth commandment ? Why was it assumed that poverty meant the same as vice ? Sin was the one thing that ought not to be in the world. There was no blacker falsehood than to say that-aim was a necessity of human nature, to say it was under any circumstances excus- able. To say it oould not be overcome was to decry the redeeming work of the Master. At the conctusion of the service the band of the Glamorganshire R.G.A. gave a fine render- ing of Handel's grand march, Scipio." On returning to the City Hall light refresh- ments, provided by the Lord Mayor, were served in the Lord Mayor's parlour.

MERTHYR. The Mayor of Merthyr (AMerman Andrew Wilson) and his colleagues attended Divine service at Bethania Methodist Church, Penn- street, Treharris, on Sunday. At 10.25 a special train left Merthyr for Treharris, conveying members of the Council, borough officials, and others, and at 11 o'clock a procession was formed at the Forward Movement Hall, Tre- harris, and passed through Perrot-street, Fox- street, and Cross-street to the church. Heading the procession, which was marshalled by the Chief Constable and Mr B. P. Evans, were the borough police, looting smart in their n§w uniforms, followed by the Cyfarthfa and Merthyr Municipal Band (under the conductor. ship of Mr G. Lavesey), the Territorials (under the command of Captain W. Dowdeswell), borough officials and Corporation employees, coanaBoTs, and aldermen. In the rear was the Mayor wearing his robe and chain, with the ,town clerk in wig and gown on his left, and the Mayor's Chaplain (the Rev. J. R. Morgan), who has chargeof the Forward Movement Hall, on his right. The sermon was preached by the Rev. J. M. Jones, M. A., Merthyr. The singing of the hymns was accompanied by the Cyfarthfa Band. A collection was taken in aid of the distressed in the borough.

FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. Alan's Offering. By MADGE S. SMITH. AD the school were invited to make play- things for the children at the big hospital, and lor the beat and most original gift a prize was offered. I shall make a model railway," said Tom iWBson, with working signals, and little trucks to run up and down. I shall copy it off the one il have at home that cost fifteen shillings." &4 I shall make a rag dolly, with a china face. And I shall dress her like a baby, with all her ^dothes to take on and off," said little Ruth Partington. "Nothing fresh about that," said Tom. You might as well save yourself the trouble. You won't have an earthly chance of the tpzize." Besides, you cant do buttcm-holes," said a girl, you always get bad marks in I jwwtng-class." Bath retired, almost in tears. I shall make a kite," said slow Jack Smith, •ftp dull boy of the school: and was at a loss to 'Xnake out why everybody laughed. What are you going to make, Alan r" asked Alan opened his mouth, and slowly shut it *again. His face grew very red. u Alan doesn't want to part with anything," .-fd Tom. He wont even give sixpence to the tcticketctub." Alan turned away, sick at heart. Tom's taunt8 hurt him mare than he cared to show. Tto did not like to say that it was not because Ike did not wish to subscribe, but because his widowed mother could ill afford the extn. socket-money that other boys' easy-going parents thought nothing of. What should he make ? He was not a very ehyver boy with his hands, although he could mse tools as well as most boys of his age, in a zough-and-ready way. But his ideas were not very quick in coming, and his range was rather limited. If I could draw well enough," thought Alan, I could make some card-board soldiers like zfhase I saw in the shop in town. Or if I could Carre, I could make some doll-house furniture that would be a nice thing, but lots of boys arc "cure to think of it. and to do it better than I teonld." x Then he went out rather thoughtfully to find &sgn inea-pigs, whose voices could be heard up to the house-door, calling Oo-ee, Oo-ee," as if they had never tasted. They were a beautifully- matched pair of guinea-pigs, of a very correct patteni, with that particular combination of ■White body and brown hindquarters which is called Dutch-marked and their coats were as thick and glossy as possible. Ahtà was very proud of them. That's what 1*11 do he Aid, after looking at them very thoughtfully. It's best giving something you'd rather keep yourself, I think. If I made a real nice hutch- yes, I can do that, all right, and won't the poor little kiddies in the hospital be pleased*" 44 May I have twopence, Mother 7" he asked, when he went in, and he told his mother his plan. She looked a little doubtful. Are you tired of the guinea-pigs, my boy. I thought you were so fond of them I think that's sort of why," answered Alan jiryiy, and ran off to the green-grocer's to buy :an orange box, which he dragged home in triumph. I am almost afraid that Alan's home lessons Buffered a little neglect before that wonderful Tmtch was finished. Herushedhome from school j«*rery evening like an arrow from abow,and was Waning, and whittling, and hammering sway in the outhouse that he called his joiner's shop, before he had been five minutes in the house. Where was a terrible lot to be done. AH the wood had to be planed quite smooth, so as not rto scratch the children on the one side, or the guinea-pigs on the other. A piece of wire-net- stng had to be fastened neatlyjnto a frame for :the front of the day-nursery, which was made ■to take off for cleaning, and fixed with cunning Mtttle bolts and hinges off an old box. Than the guinea-pigs' bedroom, the little dark jtoom at one and of the box, had to have a little Uhju* way touted in the partition, and a sliding tAtor fitted, so that you could fasten them in. There was a wooden trough, too. that rocked tt-the pigs put their feet in, and so prevented them from getting in and wasting their food. Then Alan made a clever little rack to hold green food, and fixed it on the wall of the living room. It took many a summer evening to reach this stageof completion, and Alan triumphantly hoisted, a little Union Jack to show that the work was done. Nothing remained but to decorate his guinea-pig house. The interior was Whitewashed throughout, and the outside Alan painted a bright and cheerful green. The top ike covered with a strip of old carpet, and tarred orer to keep out the rain. Tom Wilson was first at school on the ap- pointed day, very proud and important, with a long, square packing case containing his ex- hibit. It was labelled Very Fragile." The materials cost nearly ten shillings," he cried. I don't think they'll be anythingmuch better rthan my model railway. Show it," said the boys eagerly. Oh, no," said Tom, importantly, I cant r4øw it here. It might get out of order. Wait < ttH you see it in the room." N It will soon be out of order when the chil- begin on it," said Jack Smi tb, arriving at ■a.rrm with his kite flying. I made it fly," he explained, there's no mnoc carrying a thrtjg that can come of itself." Bath's dolly was voted a greatbeauty by the ahool, and she confessed shyly that her mother jiad made the button-holes. Alan brought his guinea-pigs on the wheel harrow, the hutch covered with brown paper. I Why, whatever is yours cried Tom, the very idea. They won't accept it. They'd never fetth em have guinea-pigs in a hospital. Why. they're such dirty things." •'They're clean things, said Alan hotly. It's only when dirty boys keep them tha.t they Knell nasty." Won't they laugh, that's all," said Tom. .8Dd anyway, it's only made of an orange box. You needn't ask us to believe you made the guinea-pigs." I know it wont get a prize," said Alan, but anyway, there's no need to be rude. And rm sure theyll let the children have it. A guinea-pig's a simply lovely thing to have in bed." But for all his bra.ve words, he felt uncom- monly queer when it was time for the prize to be announced. He felt almost queerer when he baaed his own name announced, with the news that he had won the prize, and that his guinea- pigs would be kept on the verandah where the children who were getting better were allowed topiay. Ruth's doll was highly commended, and Jack's kite was spoken of with approval as a nice present for the children in the convalescent ward and grounds.* And Tom Wilson was asked to come and show how to work his very clever "Utd ingenious mechanical toy, which seemed "toubarve got out of order.

Cork Club's Rules. I •MR CHAIRMAN, BROTHERS ALL" Charles Edmund White, landlord of the White Hart public-house, Llangynwyd, was Summoned at Bridgend on Saturday for selling festoxicants during prohibited hours. Mr Evan B. Davies, solicitor, Maesteg, defended. The evidence of P.C.'s Williams and Evans, who W been in hiding in the churchyard, was that on a. recent Sunday evening about 7 o'clock they saw defendant take bottles of beer to five man on the roadway near his house and receive money. On one of the men thejr found 10 bottles. The defence was that no beer-was supplied, hut that defendant and the other men, who were all members of the White Hart < Llan- jrpnwyd) Cork Touring Club, were going through a mysterious forniula of their club. Mr Evan Davies explained that'the rules of ibe club compelled each member to carry about with him a piece of cork bound with Vimim and stamped with his number. If chal- lenged by a brother member he had to produce this cork or pay a fine of a. penny. He sug- gested that what the police had seen was merely the production of these corks among the men. The rales of the Cork Club were handed in. pnmp of them were- as follow :— i Every member to always carry his cork, .and, when requested, to produce it, except at y^pork, or be fined Id. Anyone using foreign matches to he fined 0; Id, or giving light or taking it off another ^brother. I Anyone not addressing another m the lodge flroom as brother to be fined Id. Anyone not addressing the lodge meeting ftp" Mr Chairman, vice-chairman, and .brothers all," when wishing to speak, to be iflned Id. i. Any member interrupting another member While on his feet speaking to be. fined Id. Each member on entering the room must address the meeting as follows-:—" Mr Chair man, vice-chairman, and brothers all, good evening the same on leaving the meeting, or be fined Id- Any member leaving the room and taking 1§us headgearwith him without the permission pf. the chairman to leave for the evening to "be fined Id. i Every member must pay his contnouxiom before sitting down, or be fined Id. No rplete to be rescinded. < i The Bench came to the conclusion that there Aad been a production of corks, not in brasses bat in botttes.&nd defendant was fined £2. For Riding andabettingStewart Hall, William Hall. John Thomas, David Morris, and William Evans, Llangynwyd, were fined 10s each.

Y GOlOFN GYMREIG Dymunir i*n gohebwyr Oymreig gyfeirio eu gohebiaethau, Uyfrau i'w hadolygu, etc., fel y caolyn:—" UrANO. Oil Hedd. Berthwln- street, Cardiff."

AT Y BEIRDD, Wel, dyma benillion gan Gleivon eto, a rhai gwir nodweddiadol o hono ef a'i ergydion anisgwyliadwy. Doniol, yn wir, yw rhannau o'i Mor Neis yw Bod Mewn Cariad." Dau englyn cymeradwy yw rhai J. L. Jen- kins, ond gymaint mireiniach cystrawen a fu- asai a dyrr n& wna dom" paladr yr ail englyn. Gadawyd un englyn all an am fod anaf ar ei gyrch— geir o hyD 0 gwrr eiTHa'r trydydd.' Braidd yn anelwig hefyd yw syniadaeth yr englyn hwn. Rhaid camol W. E. Jenkins am ei englynion awenyddol a chywrain i Fedd Gwag yr Iesu," er fod ambell air llanw yn torri ar draws n&tur- ioldeb y mynegiant. Cynnyg camol adwy at delyneg yw Llyn y Forwyn gan loan Griffiths ond fe wel yn y cyfnewidiadau a wnaed yn ei linellau fod ganddo Ie i wella fel Oymro a gwr o fam. Fodd bynnag, dalied ati i gacu mae rhyw nwyf yn symudiad ei awen sTn addo pethau gwelL

BARDDONIAETH. "HAWL Y DEWR YW A GOB, DOEAU."—Elfed. Hawl y dewr yw agor dorau—a rhoi Ei amrywiol fiodau Yn rhea 0 gylch i'r oesan Hwylio a'r gwir o law'r gau. Y dewr yn eon wna dorri—heibio Mewn gobaith i'r gwyilni; Hudo nos o'n bywyd ni « Wna'i fyw lanaf oleuni. Ynysforgan. J. L. Jenkins.

LLYN Y FORWYN. Wrth droed y graig, yng nghol y bryn, Mae Llyn y Forwyn firain, Ac ar ei wyneb llydan, glln, Y chwery gwawr y Dwyrain; Ac yn y nos bydd sSr y nen Fel blodau byd ysbrydion, A gwen y lloer, angyles wen, Yn gioewi ei waelodion. Mae'r llyn fel drych i'r graig uwchlaw Gael gweld ei gruddiau gwelw Ar ol i storm o wynt a glaw Ymarllwys ar ei delw; Ar ol y glaw daw heulwen glir Am daith dros dwyni anian Dry'r graig fel gwyryf uwch y llyn I chwerthin ami 'i hunan. Rwy'n caru'r fan sy'n cafio'r fun Fu'n canu ar y caeau Wrth fynd a dod vm mrn yr hwyr Ac oriau min y borau Er nad oes mynor hardd a drud Yn nodi ei gorweddfan, Mae llyn o ddwr a llwyn o goed A hen draddodiad diddan. Mae traddodiadau Cymru hen Am ferched ac am feibion A rhyw gyfaredd yn eu lien Sy'n angerddoli 'ngbalon. Mae oes yn mynd ac oe3 yn dod, A'r byd tel cylch-arlunfa, Ond bydd traddodiad byth mewn bod Tra'n dilyn haf bydd gaea'. Ferndale. loan Griffiths.

MOR NEIS YW BOD MEWN CARIAD. Mar neis yw bod mewn cariad I bawb o ddynol ryw Beth yw ? Rhyw nefol gennad I'r meddwl ddaeth i fyw; O ble daeth? Nid o'r ddaear O'r anwyl! mae'n rhy fawr; Fr byd fe ddaeth yn gynnar 0 rywle gyda'r wawr. Mor neis yw bod mewn cariad, Fel gwyr pob mab a merch; Rhyw felus gydymdeimlad Rhwng dau sy'n glaf o serch. Y galon sy'n llefaru A'r corff yn glust i gyd; Mor neis yw myn'd i garo, Fel ii, ar hyn o bryd. Mor neis yw bod mewn cariad Fel bu rhai rif y s6r— Dim ond y ddau a'r lleuad Yn gwrando'r eos bêr. Distawodd byi a'i ddwndwr Pob llygad dydd sy 'nghau, A'r huan fel boneddwr Aeth ffwrdd o ffordd y ddau. Mor neis yw bod mewn cariad Ar noson dawel, glir, Heb swn ond ei chwerthiniad Yn torri dros y tir. Rhyw adeg gawn sy'n wynfyd A phleser bron i gyd; Barddoniaeth ydyw bywyd Ac Eden ydyw'r byd. Cleivon.

BEDD GWAG YR IESU. Wylofai*r haul uwch CaKari—y dydd Aeth ei Dad dan lenni; Y gwiwlwys gjrsawdiau'n gwelwi, A neidiai nos i'n planed ni I Yna at Pilat apielijOdd—Ioseph, A chorff Iesu gafodd; Uwchraddol barch a roddodd—i'r fath gM, A haeddai nodded y bedd a naddodd. Uwch y marw gwelwch y Mairod—par, Un bob pen i'r beddrod, A'u hosgo'n ffurfio cysgod—ymddengyB, o ran, fel enfys ar nefol hanfod. Boreu'r Trydydd Dydd. &*r croendew fedd i'r cryndod,—t waew A gwewyr ar Dduwdod Brehir engyl i'w warchod, Mae'r trydydd dydd wedi dod Er i'r Duwddyn roi'r dyddiad,—Ha! galwyd Gwylwyr ddydd y claddiad; Er ei gloi yng nghraig ei wlAd, Duw sy ben-caed esboniad. 'E dreiglwyd y maen o'i drigle; —hwyliodd Pob milwr 0'1' fangre; Gwel lesu Grist eglwys gre' A'i goglyd ar Dduw'r gwagle. Er i'r lor wnend agoriadr-y tawel Letywr, fel tatiad, Nid ymedy am dy ei Dad Yh hollol nea trefnu'r diDad. Dyd heibio'r amdo a'i ryw,—a'i napeyn A wna hepcor beddyw Adeg i'r Bywyd ydyw I wneud y bedd yn dy byw. Boreu iawn,o'u byrr hunedd—(ond rhy hWryr) Tua'r ardd daw'r gwragedd; Ewch gartref mewn tangnefedd,— Aed gwg o'r byd,—gwag yw'r bedd. Mair Magdalen wen, hvnod,—wehryd i Gythreuliaid yn drigfod, Wyla n awr, heb sawr sorod, Yn yr ardd mor wyn A'r ôd. Hyd ei wagfedd chwim redegfa—gafwyd Rhwng dau gyfiawn yma; Anterth nerth y cynta' -orfu-Uddioed; Hwn oedd fuandroed yn ei addfwysdra. Ond yr ail bron gyda'r eiliad-a naid Yn hyf at y dillad Ar ol hyn pa wr o wlad—y fagddu A'i drg ef i wadu'r Adgyfodiad t Mwyach, paham yr amheuirt-Iesu'n Medd loseph ni welir Ond o'r llieiniau darilenir "Wele fedd gw&g sydd wag yn wir. Cwmparc. W. E. Jenkins.

ADOLYGIAD Y WASG. Addysg yn ei pherthynas a'r genedl, y plentyn, yr athraw, a'r goruchwyiwyr. Gan Caleb Rees, B.A., Is-ddarlithydd mewn Ath- raweg yng Ngholeg y Brifysgol, Caerdydd. Casne w ydd-ar-W y<?g, JohnE. Southall, 1908." Dyma lyfryn gwir ddefnyddiol, a chynnyg rbagorol i roi i'r Cymro synjad clir a theg o sefyllfa pethau ym myd addysg heddyw. Gwnaeth yr awdwr yn ddoei h yn crvnhoi'r erthyglau hyn o'r "Traethodydd" i lyfryn hylaw, ond diau nad ad-delir iddo byth am ei drafferth. Cymerir golwg eangfryd ar bob dim yuglyn a'r pwnc, ac ymdrinir A'r oil yn wrol a phwyllog. Dywermydd yw deall fod Mr Rees yn Gymro er ei fod yn athraw mewn coleg, ac yn Gymro mewn cydymdeimlad ymarferol k Chymraeg. Fodd bynnag, ysgwaethyroedd, nid dyna'r ffordd i ddod ymlaen yng Nghym- ru yr unig ffordd i unrhyw swydd a safle o ddim pwys yng Nghymru yw bod yn Sais un- iaith digon diegwyddor i wenieitho ac ymgrafu i'r Philistiaid Cymreig sydd yn anaodoa wedi cael llywodraeth y wlad i'w dwylaw. Wrth reswm, y Cymro dwyieithog yw'r dyn mwyaf anhepcor o bawb i wneud y gwaith hanfodol dros y Philistiaid a'r Dagon Seisnig a addolant; ac xmwaith ydeaJlo'rcnafiaidhyn fod ganddynt Gymro a fedr Gymraeg yn ddigon meddal i fynd i'w gwasanaeth, gofalant hwy wedyn am sogno ei ymhcnnydd ac ymdorsythn A'u traed ar ei ysgwyddau ger gwydd gwerin gibddall ac ehud i grcdu'r eelwydd diweddaraf a haerer. Mae'n wir, fel y noda Mr Roes, "y clywir am awdurdodau lleol yn ccisio Cymreigio eu hys- golion drwy rym ordeiniadau," ac fod y Llywodraeth "—nid y Philistiaid sy'n cymeryd arnynt fod yn garwyr eu hiaith a'u gwlad a'u cenedl ar lwyfannau cyhoedd—" yn ystyried mai Cymry sydd fwyaf cymhwys i weinyddn ein cyfundrefn o'r Swyddfa Ganol." tlhagorol yr ymresyma Mr Rees mai er budd cenedl, aC nid yn uniongyrtrhol er budd vr ysgolheigion yn unig, y sefydlir ysgolion," a dengys y llvfryn drwyddo gymaint yw cyfrif-" oldeb yr awdurdodau a'u hitholant.' I Rhenniryltyfryn yn bedair erthvgi a gall pxwb ddarllen gyda budd y gyntaf a'r olaf, sef "Addysg a'r Genedl" ac Addysg a'r goruchwyiwyr." I'r athraw, yn fwyaf neintoot. y mae'r ddwy erthygl arall, Addysg a'r IPentyn, ac Addysg a'r Athraw," er y 'talai'r ffordd yn dda i bawb ddarllen a phwyso y rheiny hefyd. j

Suffragan to Primate. DR. LANS APPOINTED TO YORK. We are officially informed that the King has selected the Rev. Dr. Cosmo Gordon Lang, Suffragan Bishop of Stepney, to succeed the retiring Archbishop of York. Dr. Lang, who has been Bishop of Stepney since Dr. Winnington Ingram was translated therefrom to the Bishopric of London, is a Fellow of All Souls, Oxford, since 1888, and was a canon of St. Paul's and hon. chaplain to Queen Victoria before being appointed to Stepney. He was formerly successively curateof Leeds, Fellow and Dean of Divinity of Magda- len College, Oxford, vicar of St. Mary's, Oxford, and vicar of Portsea. Dr. Lang is 44 years of agfe. The official announcement is as follows :— "The King has been pleased to approve the nomination of the Bight Rev. Cosmo Gordon Lang, D.D., Bishop Suffragan of Stepney and Canon of St. Paul's, to succeed the Most Rev. Dr. Maelagan in the Archb shopric of York. Our London correspondent says :—The ap- pointment of Dr. Cosmo Lang as Arcbbisbop-of York is somewhat unexpected, but one to which no exception can be taken. Dr. Lang, like his immediate predecessor, comes of a Presbyterian stock. His father is principal of the University of Aberdeen, and a much- respected member of the Church of Scotland. The new Archbishop of York belongs to the Moderate High Church school, and iBa great friend and constant associate of the Bishop of London. Dr. Lang was originally intended for the Bar, but after three or four years as a stu- dent at the Inner Temple he gave up the Bar and decided to take orders in the Church of England. He is a vigorous and eloquent preacher, and will probably prove to be a good administrator.

THORN CAUSES LOCKJAW. Cardiff Coroner (Mr W. L. Yorath) conducted an inquiry on Saturday into the death of Geo. Goddard (62), eoaltipper, Hill-terrace, Penarth. The son, a telegraphist, said that some weeks ago his father was working in the garden, when a thorn entered his right thumb. A poultice-was applied, and a week later the thorn was ex- tracted by a friend with the aid of a pin. Dr. John Wallace said that when he entered the In- firmary the deceased could hardly speak. Death was due to heart failure caused by tetanus. The jury returned It verdict in accordance with the medical evidence.

Fall from Fifth Storey. A CARMARTHEN SENSATION. Shortly after three o'clock on Sunday after- noon Willie Davies (29), ashop -assistant, whose parents reside at Burry Port, went up to a bed. room in the uppermost part of Mr J. Jenkins* five-storey drapery and outfitting establish- ment in Guildhall-square, Carmarthen, with the object of having a rest. Soon afterwards Mr Jenkins—who, with his wife, was sitting in a window of a lower storey—was horrified to see a human body falling from the top storey and crashing on to some buildings at the rear of his premises. They rushed out and found young Davies terribly injured. They immediately summoned assistance, and Police-sergeant Phillips and P.C. Lodwick went for an ambu- lance and had the unfortunate young man con- veyed to the Infirmary, where Dra. Parry, Price, and Williams discovered that be had sustained fractures of both thighs and a dis- location of the left shoulder. Young Davies, who until recently had been employed at Neath, was to have started work as a shop assistant at Carmarthen on Friday morning. On his arrival Mr Jenkins found him looking so unwell that he advised him to go home for a few days. It was fully believed that he had done this. and Mr Jenkins, who had cammrmi- j cated with the father at Burry Port, received a letter on Sunday morning asking him to make inquiries concerning his son, as he had not come home. Mr Jenkins met young Davies on the Carmarthen bridge on Sunday morning, and having been previously informed that the father waa coming to Carmarthen by the mid-day. train from Burry Port, asked both father and son to dinner. On the conclusion of the repast the young assistant went upstairs to fasten his box, and 10 minutes later, when Mr Jenkins asked him whether he would go out for a walk with his father, said he preferred taking a rest, as he did not feel well. Mr Jenkins then ad- vised him to go to bed, and he and Mr Jenkins left the room. Shortly afterwards the ghastly spectacle as described above was witnessed.

WELSH TERRfTORIALS. General Ltoyd en His Command. Geheral Francis Lloyd, C.B., D.S.O., ac- companied the newly-elected Mayor of Os- westry (Mr David Jones) to Zion Welsh Cal- vinistic Methodist Church on Sunday morning, and at the subsequent reception in the Mayor s parlour the .General, responding to a vote of thanks, said it was his pleasure to inform the Mayor that be had just received an order,which would take effect on January 26th, to take up the command of the Welsh Territorial Division, which included the twetve Welsh counties and four English ones. About the office he wouldshortiy assume little was known. StiD, it Wa&ODe which could be made useful by strenuous exertion. It was only by helping themselves that they could hope to protect their hearths and homes. These were times of great EapkHty, and before they could tell almost indeed within a very short time after a declaration of war the enemy might be at their gates, and they could only meet a-contingencyiiketbat by a well organised territorial army. It therefore became their duty to carry out the great scheme which had been evolved by ope of the greatest, if not the greatest, of War Ministera. He considered theechsme a feasible one, but its accomplish- ment would invotve hard and strenuous work on the part of the military officers appointed and, most important of all, on the co-operation not only of the TemtorialB themselves but also-of the civilian element. They bad it in their bands to do this, and when, after taking up his new command he came and asked to be allowed to serve them, he hoped they would do what they-carnld to co-operate with him. 4

SWANSEA. The Mayor of Swansea (Councillor Morgan Tutton) on Sunday walked in state to his usual place of worship-Mount Pleasant Baptist Chapel. His Worship was met at the Guildhall by most of the leading citizens of the town. A procession was formed headed by the mounted police, the Tramways Band and employees, the Boys' Brigades, the Post Office Band, the United Service Brigade, the harbour police and employees, pilots, officers a £ H.M. Customs, bur- gesses, the County Council Band, the borough police, the harbour trustees and officials, Con- suls, justices, Corporation officials and members of the Corporation. His Worship, who brought up the rear of a very large procession, was sup- ported by the ex-Mayor and Lord Glantawe. The Rev. James Owen, the pastor, preached an appropriate sermon.

NEWPORT. On Sunday Councillor Graham W. White, J.P, Mayor of Newport, attended Divine service at Wesley Church, Stow Hill, Newport, where he has been organist and an active worker for many years. He was accompanied by his fellow mMnbers of the Corporation, the fire brigade, magistrates, St. John Ambulance Corps, Boys' Brigade, members of the police force, and members of the local public bodies. The service was conducted by the Rev. Alfred P. Riddett, who preached an able sermon on civic duties. Collections were taken in aid of the hospital. N

ABERGAVENNY. On Sunday morning the Mayor of Aberga- venny (Alderman Wm. Williams) attended Divine service at St. Mary's Church. He was accompanied by the aldermen and councillors, the Corporation officials, and members of the otherpablic bodies in the town. The Terri- torials were in attendance under the command of Captain R. L. Baker. The boys' brigade also turned out for the first time. The Rev. Morgan Gilbert, vicar, preached the sermon.

BRECON. Dr. G. P. Francis, J.P., Mayor of Brecon for the second time in succession, attended Divine worship at St. Mary's Church on Sunday mean- ing. He was accompanied by the Corporation and officials, borough magistrates, Chamber of Trade, Post Office officials, police, prison officers, fire brigade. The lessons were read by the Mayor, who wore official robes, and the sermon was preafched by the Ven. Archdeacon Bevan (Mayor's clfcplain).

PEMBROKE. Councillor Young, Mayor of Pembroke. attended Divine service at Bethany Baptist Chapel, Pembroke Dock, on Sunday morning. A procession, in which the Mayor, the mem- bers of the Corporation, the Corporation officials, the local police, and representatives of the local bodies took part, was formed at the Market House and marched to the chapeL The Rev. J. D Jones, pastor, occupied the pulpit.

THE HEREFORD MUSICAL FESTIVAL Sir-John Cotterell, the Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire, presided on Saturday at a meet- ing of the Hereford Festival stewards. Sir Edward Elgar, Sir Geoffrey Cornewall, the Dean of Hereford, Dr. Sinclair, and Mr T. D. Barlton, the high sheriff, were present, amongst others. It was stated that 208 ladies and gentlemen had accepted positions as stewards, and it was hoped that the number would be increased to 250. The Lord Lieutenant was elected president and the Bishop of Hereford vice-peeeddent. The festival was fixed to take place on September 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th, 1909. Archdeacon Stanhope was appointed chairman-of the Festival Committee, and Judge Harris Lea, vice-chairman. Dr. Sinclair was unanimously re-elected conductor, this being his seventh triennial festival.

PRESENTATION AT ABERAVON. On Saturday evening the Rev. D. H. Griffiths, M.A., formerly vicar of Aberavan, now vicar of St. Woolos, Newort, was pre- sented by the members of the choir of St. Mary's Church, Aberavon, with a photograph of the choir of the church. Mr Clifford Jacob presided, and spoke of the loss the parish had sustained by the departure of the vicar. Mr Tom Jenkins, senior chorister, on behalf of the men, and Mrs Arnold on behalf of the ladies, formally made the presentation, and addresses were delivered by Messrs W. Jones, H. J. Cound, G. Lafferty, Rev. L. Walters, and others. The vicar returned thaftks.

TALKS ON HEALTH. By DR. ANDREW WILSON. About Longevity. The natural desire of everyone is not merely to live as long as possible, but to continue exis- tence in a healthy condition. Old age affiicted with disease does not form a prospect anyone cares to regard with an envious frame of mind, for the essential feature in old age, which is to be in any sense of an enjoyable description, must be the possession at least of a fair amount of health, enabling the individual to move about and to participate to some extent at least in the affairs of the world. The great problem of all health science includes therefore the care of the aged by way of prolonging our days in the land. Naturally it may be said that the best foundation on which a fair prospect of a healthy old age can he established, is that of the careful preservation of the health not merely in adult life but also even in the stage of infancyjit^elf. It is very evident for example that erroneous feeding of the child must be fraught with serious effects, producing enfeeble- ment of its frame such as no after care can pos- sibly eradicate. Hence, all through existence from infancy onwards to childhood, youth and manhood, great care must be taken of the health and strength if the period of old age is to be something more than one of weakness and enfeeblement. Some Curious Facts. The establishment of a sound constitution in early life must be undoubtedly considered as a primary requisite for the attainment of a healthy old age. There is no drug or panacea known to medicine which can possibly ward off the onset of age for to grow old is as natural a phase of life all round as ordinary growth it- self, which leads us from the stage of childhood onwards to that of adnlt life. Investigations into the history of very old persons, however, reveal certain curious facts worth noting. The late Professor Humphry, M.D., Cambridge, made an elaborate series of investigations into the history of very old persons, some of them centenarians, whom he found inhabiting work. houses. The history of many of those persons was certainly not one which could be described as of a hygienic kind. Many of them had lived lives marked by stress of work and even by privation, and as regards the habits of some very old persons, Dr. Humphry showed that they had by no means been temperate persons. Speaing of one very old person he remarked that when this individual was allowed outside the workhouse he drank not only freely, but everything he could get. We may suppose in such a case that such individuals have started life with constitutions of a remarkably sound order, and that on this foundation they haw been able to preserve health and to attain old age under circumstances which would certainly have caused the onset of disease or premature death in other persons less favoured by nature. Old Age Changes. Science shows us in other definite forms the manner in which old age operates to produce certain definite changes on the body, such as in due time interfere with the discharge of the functions of the frame. For example, as we grow old our arteries, or the blood-vessels which carry blood from the heart allover the body, tend to become less elastic. They de- velop in their walls deposits of limy matter, and, becoming tfius more rigid, are less fitted to convey the blood supply to the parts they nourish. The deposit of lime throughout the body is, in fact, itself a feature character. istic of old age. The cartilages or gristly » ends of the ribs where they are attached to the breast-bones tend to become limy, and the bones themselves lose much of their animal matter and become more brittle, a fact explain- ing the greater readiness with which fracture of bone takes place in the aged than in the adult. The living matter of the body contained in the cells also tends to become replaced by fatty matter, the cells thus undergoing a process of degeneration- Finally, the fat of the body tends to become absorbed in old age, a fact well seen in the wrinkling of the face. due to the absorption of the under-lying fat which in earlier life keeps the skin in a healthy condi. tion. 1-4 Seme Results. We have seen that there is no special panacea or means for warding off the onset ot oMage. At the same time. there is no doubt that the ch&nges incidental to this stat e are capable of being delayed through attentiod being paid in earlier -4tfe to the the rules of healthy living, and especially of healthy feeding. A man who has always been careful in diet, avoiding excess of flesh foods, living a simple life as regards his feeding, ana« above all things else, having been moderate to a degree in his use of alcohol, will, othex things being equal, prove a likely subject for the attainment of old age, and, what is more to the point, a healthy senility. When old age itself has come upon us, much can be done to prolong life by care in feeding. An old person requires less food all round than does the adult, and he should have his food given him in small quantities, and at more > freqnent intervals than is needful when one is in the prime of life. The food must also be given in a form in which it can be eacily digested. Light foods especially are required, for the digestive powers of the old person are, as a rule, somewhat feeble and weak. A certain amount of exercise in the open air is undoubt- edly another point worthy of attention, with respect to the care of the aged, and warmth, as in the case of the infant, is a kind of food in many cases to the aged person, seeing that the maintenance of heat saves to a certain extent the consumption of food otherwise devoted to this purpose. dropsy. I have been asked to say a few words re- garding the nature and treatment of the con- dition known as dropsy." Thi9 state is to be regarded rather as a symptom of disease than as an ailment in itself. The essential feature of dropsy, as is popularly known, con- sists in the swelling of various parts of the, body, notably the feet, ankles, hands and face, whilst sometimes in severe cases the dropsy may invade the body at large. The > presence of fluid in the tissues of the body is detected by pressing the finger on the swell- ing. In such a case a hollow or dent is made in the body, which persists for a time, but disappears when the fluid returns and fills up the hollow in question. Dropsy is a symptom associated with diseases of different kinds. Thus, it is extremely common in many kidney troubles, of which Bright's Disease is, per- haps, the most typical example. Dropsy is also Seen in cases where the heart is affected, being due to some obstruction or other in connection with the free return of the impure blood con- veyed by the veins to the heart. In certain cases of liver trouble dropsy is also a feature more especially is this the case when the dropsy affects the trunk of the body itself. Seme Details. In all cases of heart disease dropsy com- mences in the lower limbs. It will be found at night at the ankles and top of the foot, but after the patient has rested in bed it dis^. appears. In dropsy dependent on kidne^r disease the eye-lids will often be found swollen and puffy in the morning, whilst, as the day progresses this puffiness passes off, the feet being found to be swollen in the the day progresses this puffiness passes off, the feet being found to be swollen in the evening. Naturally, dropsy being it itself only a symptom, must be treated in conjunc- tion with the disease which has given origin to it. The main indications for treatment, however, may be summed up by saying that the action of the bowels and skin must be attended to, whilst appropriate treatment will alsd be directed to encouraging the work of the kidneys, by way of either removing or preven- ting an excess of dropsical fluid. This fluid, it may lastly be remarked, is not water, as is commonly supposed, but the fluid part of the blood which has escaped from, the fine blood vessels, and has not been duly returned to the circulation.

CARDIFF CHOIR ANNIVERSARY. "Stabat Mater" at Wtod-strnt ChapeL Over 1,000 people were turned away from the doors of Wood-street Congregational Church, Cardiff, on Sunday evening, when a bright service was followed by the second series of Sunday oratorios. The occasion wa3 also the second anniversary of the choir, which, under the capable and enthusi- astic training of Mr Silvanus Davies, has attained a high standard of proficiency. The choir is 120 strong, and its splendid work has had much to do with the rejuvenation of Wood-street. Church, where the Rev. W. J. Zeal is carrying on a vigorous pastorate. Assisted by an orchestra, of which Mr Arthur 'it Angle was principal, and by Madam S. M, Lewis Davies, R.A.M., Miss Morfydd Williams, R.A.M., Mr Gwilym Price, and Mr Stanley Barrett a vocalists, and by Mr Harry Garratt, organist, the choir gave a, fine redering of Rossini's Stabat Mat.er." The devotional spirit of the work was admirably interpreted through- out, and the choir enhanced its reputation as well as that; of its painstaking conductor. The Sunday oratorios at, Wood-street Chapel have been so much appreciated that they wiU be repeated during the winter months.

-4 IROWN, BLACK AND WHITE. Llandaff Man's Experience. On Saturday at the Rristol Police Coort Charles Brown, alias Williams (38), a coloured man, standing 6ft. 4in. in height, was charged on remand with stealing jewellery from Sarah Higgins, with whom he lodged at 23, Jubilee- street, St. Philip's, Bristol, and further with obtaining food and money by false pretences from Eliza Reen at Clarence-road, New Cut. A new witness was called in the person of Thomas Higgins, a brother-in-law of Sarah Higgins, of Llandaff. who was coiping from Cardiff by the s.s. Marchioness and met prisoner on the boat. They had several drinks together, Higgins pay- ing each time, and he also lent Brown money. Higgins told the magistrates that the coloured man said he had JESS 4s 41d due to him through the Board of Trade office. He got Brown lodgings. Brown conducted an amusing cross- examination, and the two men could not agree on any pnint. Fiach accused the other of being under the influence of drink, and Brown went so far as to say Higgins was stone drank." Of course Higgins denied this impeachment, and eventually the magistrates sent Brown to 1 prison for one month with hard labour.