Rhyl Record and Advertiser

KEWS IN BRIEF. At the Denbigh Borough Police Court yesterdaY Edwin Hughes, of Henllan Street, Denbigh was fined.£2 7s. 6d., including costs, for using a gaff in the river Ystrad for the purpose of killing salmon, and for assaulting James Ryan, the water baliff. Mr Gamlin prosecuted on behalf of the Clwyd and Elwy Fishery Board. Sergt. Richard Jones of Aberystwyth, who had for ten years acted as chief clerk to the late Chief Constable, was on Friday appointed Chief Constable of Cardiganshire. The Rev. E. Lloyd Jones of Manchester, lectured on The Pilgrim's Progress at Bethel chapel, Brymbo, on Wednesday. Mr J. A. Harrop who was unable to fullfil an engagemet to take the chair sent a contribution of a guinea. A marriage is arranged between Major Robert W. Williams Wynn, D S 0., of Plas-yn Cefn, Denbigh- shire, and Elizabeth Ida, second daughter of the late Mr. George Lowther of Swillington, Yorkshire. The pollling in the election of members of Town Councils took place on Monday. At Carnarvon the Liberal party gained one seat and the Labour party two seats. At Aberystwyth three new members were returned. The Cheshire Observer made a census of the attendances at the churches and chapels in Cluster and Hoole on Sunday week. The totals of morning and evening attendances were-Chulch of England, 9,732 Nonconfoimists, 7,300 Roman Catholic, 1,300 unsectarian, 352—grand total, 18,417. A North Wales gentleman who has on several occasions contributed handsome amounts towards the paying of Calvmistic Methodist chapel debts and towards the Foreign Missionary Society of the con- nexion, has promised to contribute towards the Centenary Fund of the British and Foreign Bible Society. Mr David Davies, was on Wednesday ordained a minister of the denomination recently formed in Liverpool which is known as The Church of the Welsh." Mr Davies will act as assistant minister to the Rev. W. O. Jones at Hope Hall, and will have charge of the congregations at Park Street and Garmoyle Road. -oo-

DYSERTH. LIFE IN THE EAST END.—On Wednes- day evening last a magic lantern entertain- ment was given at the National Schoolrooms Dyserth, by the Rev. Davies, vicar of St. David's Welsh Church, Liverpool. The pictures on the canvass showed Life in the East End of London, and Mr. Davies also explained them, and showed in a few words the great need of missionaries in that part. The Rev. Lewis Williams, curate at Dyserth, and Mr. Thomas, The Schools, superintended the proceedings. Theie was a fair house, and a collection was made in aid of the S.C.S. SUCCESS.—At the test concert held in connection with the Welsh Congregational Chapel at St. Asaph on Thursday last, the silver cup for the best recitation was carried off by Miss Lucy Morris, Dyserth. The piece chosen by Miss Morris was "Daniel" by the late Glanffrwd Thomas, and the adjudicators paid her a high tribute of praise for her excellent rendering. Miss Morris, who has just attained her 16th year, has taken first prizes for reciting at the Newmarket Eisteddfod and other places and is also an excellent singer. The prizes for the vocal competitions went to Miss Ada Williams, Rhyl, and Mr. Tegvan Roberts, Carnarvon. ACCIDENT. — An accident befell Mrs. Rogers, the wife of Mr. T. C. Rogers. Greenfield Cottage, Dyserth, on Friday night last, which might have proved fatal. It transpires that Mr. Rogers went to get hay in from a stack close to accompanied by Mrs. Rogers, who held the lamp for him. While cutting the hay, by some means or other Mr.^Rogers slipped and the knife caught his wife on the arm, with the result that the veins were severed with a nasty cut. Medical attendance was sum- moned and arrived just in the nick of time, Mrs. Rogers, owing to the loss of blood was rendered to an advanced stage of exhaustion.

TALACRE. Sir Pyers Mostyn's aunt, Lady Lovat, who has been staying with Lady Mostyn who has been very unwell for the last month, has to-day left for Scotland, and returns to Beauforte Castle for the autnmn.

Yn Mysg y Gweithwyr. (AMONGST THE WORKING MEN.) (ALLTIELYD A'R HEN DRIGOLION. Tua llai na deugain mlynedd yn ol yr oedd vn Galltmelvd. wr galhiog a dysgedig yn trig- ianu, neb llai na'r Parchedig Edward Hughes, v periglor. Yn nglyn a gweithrediadau hen eisteddfod genedlaethol a gynaliwyd yn Rhyl ceir enw ein gwrthddrych yn dal cysylltiad pwvsig a'i hanes. Ond gan y dichon fod byw- graffiad manwl o hono ar gael, nis gwnawn ond cofnodi ychydig o'i hanes yn nglyn a r hen drio-olion. Hen lane bodlon yr olwg arno yn wastad ydoedd, a dywedir ei fod yn lied gefnog arno méwn aur ac arian pan y bu farw. Ond pa sut bvnag am hyny, fel llawer hen lane 01 flaen ac ar ei ol, un lied od yn ei fyw ydoedd. Arferai gadw morwyn i weini arno ond par- wydwvdd moelion oedd addurniadau penaf ei dv, ag eithrio llwythi 0 lyfrau. Er cymamt oedd cyflawnder ei ddysgeidiaeth, dywedir mai pegethwr hvnod wael ydoedd: os annghonai ei bapur, annghofiai ei holl bregeth. Ar wa- han i hyny, credwn na sangodd un gwrthddrych enoed v "ddaear mwy diniwaid nag ef. Os cwelai hyd yn nod aderyn bach wedi ei glwyfo, teimlai ei enaid i'r byw, a gwnai unrhyw beth o fewn ei allu er lleddfu ei boen. Un tro wrth lanhau landers y persondy daeth ei was ar draws nvth aderyn bach a phedar 0 gywion vnddo. Dygodd sylw ei feistr ato, a dyna lie bu y ddau' mewn cyngor beth oedd oreu 1 wneyd. Tystiai y gwas mai Y: nyth oedd. y prif rwystr i'r dwfr redeg, a cheisiai berswadio ei hen feistr i gael ei symud oddiar y ffordd. na, Edward,' ebai yr hen Gristion, gweU. genyf i'r dwfr fyned i'r ty nag anesmwytho ar vr adar bach. Dewch i lawr a gadewch lon- ydd i'r pethau bach diniwaid ac i lawr y daeth gan adael y gorchwyl heb ei gwblhau. Den°vs hyn y fath dynerweh oedd yn ei natur. Nid°yn unig yr oedd y Parch. Edward Hughes yn dyner, vr oedd hefyd vn ofnus iawn. Er ei fod vn gawr o ddyn mewn maintioli, credaf pe crwelsai ond malwen yn ei lwybr y rhed- asai adref fel plentyn wedi gweled drychiolaetn. Gwyddom iddo wneuthur llawer o weithredoedd da yn ei ddydd, ac erys ei enw yn felus yn Galltmelyd am amser maith. Gwrthddrych arall teilwng i'w nodi ydyw Mr. Peter Morris. Y mae efe yn parhau yn fyw ac mor heinyf a llanc ugain oed, er ei fod. debygwn, yn gyflym gyrchu at y nod, wyth deg. Un o'r hen siort ydyw, ag un ydyw Mr. Morris wedi gwneuthur llawer o gvmwynasau yn ei ddydd. Gwell ganddo golledu ei hunan na pheri colled i eraill. Y mae hefyd yn sefyll yn uchel fel meddyg anifeiliaid. Credaf naci oes un amaethwr heddvw yn fyw sydd wedi bod mor lwyddianus ag ef yn eu medrusrwydd yn v cvfeiriad hwn. Bu yn foddion i arbed colledion trymion i'r tlodion yn ogystal ar cyfoethogion wedi i eraill fethu. Y mae yn an- hawdd gwybod pe buasai ein gwrthddrych wedi pi ddwyn i fyny yn y gelfyddyd beth a fuasai ei gyraeddiadau. Digon ydvw dyweyd fod gan drigolion y cylchoedd hyn achos mawr i ddiolch am" barodrwydd Mr. Morris mewn cyfyngderau pan nad oedd meddygon proffesedig wrth law. Pan v daw yr adeg iddo yntau noswylio daw pobl i deimlo eu colled am dano, fel llawer Cymro cymwynasgar fel yntau. myni glod bvdd farw' vw arwyddair y Cymry hyd hedd- yw. Gadawn ein hen gyfaill tirion ar hyn, gan ddymuno iddo brydnawnddydd dedwydd, a chaffed fyw nes cyraeddyd ei ganmlwyddiant. Peter Parry.—Er nas gallwn restru yr hen gyfaill hwn yn mysg enwogion y plwyfi, credaf y bydd gair am dano yn ddigon derbyniol ar gyfrif un peth o leiaf. Yr oedd Peter Parry yn wrthddrych digon diniwaid a gonest fel eraill o'r hne drigolion. Cofus genvf ar ol iddo gael ei gladdu i'w wraig daraw ar hen gyfaill idd- ynt, a chan gysuro ychydig ami yn ei thrallod, torodd Mary allan mewn gorfoledd, a dywed- odd, Wyddoch chwi beth, Mr. Hwn-a-Hwn, yr wyf yn hollol dawel a hapus wrth feddwl fod Peter bach wedi marw mor ddedwydd. Un o'r pethau diweddaf a ganodd yn ei oriau diwedd- af ydoedd, Hen fryniau heirdd Tremeirchion,' a gobeithiaf ei fod,' ebai, 'yn canu byth mewn gwlad well,' a gobeithiwn ninau yr un peth a'r hen chwaer, serch mai Hen fryniau heirdd Tremeirchion' oedd ei gan olaf pan ar y ddae- ar. Y mae arnom ofn yn ngwyneb twyll a rhag- rith y dyddiau presenol mai gormod gorchwyl i lawer fydd gwynebu byd arall mor ddibryder a'r hen gyfaill Peter Parry. Fe ddaw llawer c'r dwyrain ac o'r gorllewin ac eisteddant yn mynwes Abraham, a phwy wyr na bydd llawer un fel yr hen ffrynd yn eu plith. Gwirionedd ydyw cofio, Canys nid fy meddyliau i yw eich meddyliau chwi, ac nid fy ffyrdd i yw eich ffvrdd chwi.' Cyn terfynu yr ysgrif hon, gallwn nodi dau hen gymeriad arall sydd yn parhau yn fyw, ond wedi cvraedd oes mwy na'r cyffredin. Y cyn- taf ydyw John Jones, neu fel yr adnabyddir ef oreu wrth yr enw John Jones y Gwaith. Y mae llawer o nodweddion da yn perthyn iddo. Y mae yn ddyn geirwir, bucheddol, a diabsen. Y mae ganddo gof rhagorol. Gall braidd ad- rodd y Testament Newydd ar dafod lefarydd, a gesvd gywilydd i bobl ieuainc yr oes hon. Y mae hefyd yn ffyddlon fel aelod o'r Ysgol Sul yn Nghapel y Wesleyaid, Galltmelyd, a bydd yn angenrheidiol wrth hen gawr i ymaflyd cod- Will: ag ef mewn pwynt o wybodaeth Ysgrythyr- ol. Llawer o flynyddoedd yn ol cyfarfyddodd a damwain yn ngwaith Talargoch, a chollodd ran o'i fraich ond cafodd gymorth i gael un artificial' vn ei lie, a rhyfedd mor hwylus y mae yn ei defnyddio, byddai yn ofynol i ami i un gael tair braich i ymgystadlu ag ef. Y mae yn ddyn pwyllog ag arafaidd. Ond fel llawer un felly, credaf mai gwae y neb a fuasai yn ei gynhyrfu i ormodedd cawsai deimlo beth fuasai disgyn i'w fachau.' Cafodd yntau ei ran o flinderau y byd presenol. Gwyr beth yw ups and downs' yn dda. Credwn mai ei brofiad heddyw ydyw, Hyd yma y cynaliodd yr Arglwydd myfi.' Ein dymuniad ydyw iddo gael ei gynal hyd i ben ei daith, a mwynhau gwell gwlad yn y diwead. Robert Williams, y clochydd, sydd wrthddrych teilwng i'w gael ei restru yn mysg hen drigol- ion Galltmelyd. Credwn nad oes enw neb sydd fyw yn yr ardaloedd hyn yn fwy hyspys nag ef yn mhlith pob dosparth o ddynion. Y mae yn hen gydymaith dyddan a siriol. Caw- som y fantais o'i adnabod yn dda pan yn cyd- weithio ag ef yn Talargoch, ac y mae ein serch yn dal i ymlynu wrtho hyd heddyw. Y mae yn ysgolhaig da ac ystyried yn mha adeg y ganwyd ef. Gall ddarllen Cymraeg a Saeson- aeg yn rhagorol, ac y mae wedi dal swyddi ac wedi eu cyflawni yn onest, yr hyn sydd yn gre- dyd i'w enw hyd y dydd hwn. 0 ran ei ddal- iadau gwleidyddol, Ceidwadwr trwyadl ydyw. Ond nid yw yn un o'r rhai hyny na wel ddaiom" mewn eraill. Gwyddom iddo wasanaethu ei blaid1 yn ffyddlon ond a dderbyniodd yr ad- daliad dyledus am ei lafur sydd gwestiwn. Gwyddom yn eithaf da mewn cysylltiadau o'r natur hyn mai nid y dynion sydd yn gweithio fedrusaf sydd yn derbyn mwyaf o gyfran, eithr yn ami y cwn mudion sydd vn cael yr asgwrn brasaf. Y mae gallu ein hen gyfaill hefyd i'w ganfod yn ei waith fel torwr ar geryg bedd- au. Clywsom am Gymro unwaith lied an- llythvrenog a aeth i dori ar garreg bedd dyn ieuanc un ar hugain oed. Wrth geisio gwneyd y ffugiwr i fyny cofiodd fod tri saith yn gwneyd un ar hugain. Eelly gosododd dri saith wrth ochrau eu gilydd gan wneyd ei oed yn 777. redwn na bu ein hen gyfaill yn euog o wneyd blun.der felly. Gall ein hen gydymaith vm- ffrostio yn llinach clochyddiaeth yn eglwys y plwyf hwn. Nid wyf yn berffaith siwr a all fyned cyn belled ag Adda ac Efa, ond gall fyned yn lied agos atynt yn llinach eu cloch- yddiaeth. Er mai rhyw ddefodau a seremoni- au newydd a geir yn ein heglwysi y dyddiau hyn, credaf y teimlir rhyw wagder oddimewn i furiau cysegredig yr hen eglwys pan v byddo lie ein gwrthddrych yn wag ynddi. Hawdd y gallo ddyweyd— Clochydd oedd fy nhad, A chlochydd oedd fy nhaid, A chlochydd ydwyf finau- Y goreu yn y blaid. Gan ddymuno bendith i'w ddylyn yn barhaus. HENRY HUGHES. Gwaenysgor. (I'w barhau.)

A debt pllili when is doubly thanked and heeded, hut a debt too long delayed is oft but half- way paid. He who has resolved to conquer or die is seldom conquered; such noble despair perishes with difficulty. Those who dislike us serve us in a certain way, for they put us on our mettle to disprove their dis- beJief in us. A man's labours must pass like the sunrises and ransets of the world. The next thing, not the last, must be his cara.

ENGLISH BAPTIST CHAPEL. TEA PARTY AND PALE OF WORK. A tea. party and concert combined with a sale of work was held at the English Baptist Church, Sussex Street, on Thursday and the venture was well attended with a measure of success that must be gratifying to the Rev. D. G. Lewis, the energtic pastor of the Church, who in conjunction with some faithful friends had carried out the arrangements. The stalls were laden with a choice collection of saleable goods and were presided over bv Miss Slatter, Miss Rose Slatter, Miss Rawlins, Miss Hinds, Mrs Cox. and Miss Martin. The Rev. D. G. Lewis said he had much pleasure in announcing that Mrs F. L. Rawlins had kindly consented to perform the opening ceremony aid he bad the pleasure in calling upon her to discharge the duty. Mrs Rawlins who was cordially received by the numerous company that bad assembled said, —I do not pretend to any merit either of ability or goodness, but I have some claim to being tender hearted. If I had been a little more hud hearted and persisted in a refusal when Mr. Lewis aaked me to open your bazair I should have been spared the trial of speaking before so many, and you would have been spared listening to me. But I felt so much for Mr. Lewis' difficulties when he and I had gone over together all the ladies of his acquaintance and found none whom he could get to occupy my place to-day, that I felt there was no- thing for it but to jump icto the gap myself. Naturally I suppose all thoughts will go back tc-day to the last bazaar which was held here. And we think with longing lingering tender- ness of dear Mr. and Mrs. Burrows who were with us then,—the mainspring during their resi- dence here ot all the work in this chapel. We feel grateful, for while we sorely miss Mr. Burrows boundless liberality and wise counsels. Mre. Burrows unfailing thoughtfulness and kind- ness to every member of this chuicb, and tha winsime sweetness of Mrs. Miles Burrows's manners in carrying out Mrs. urrows plans and representing her here. Well, it is better to have loved and lot, than never to have loved at all. But now we have the loss and all it represents to deal with. Ani today we want to put our shoulders to the wheel, and help this church with the debt which has accumulated. I think we all know that with needful expenditure in repairs and paintings and maintaining the minister, the annual deficit amounts to £iO. This we jwant if possible to turn into a balance on the other side. We are hearing a reÜ deal nowadays about Free Trade and Protection. I thiuk that most of us here will be for Free Trade, at anyrate in this par- ticular instance, I can assure you that all goods both raw material and manufactured goods have been imported free into this little market and you can buy freely and take away to any land or colony anything that takes your fancy here. The freer the trade the better for our friends, small profits and quick returns, they only peek to transact a legitimate trade which means to enrich themselves and benefit other by supplying moderate and fair prices the wants of their customers. I wish every success to the bazaar which I now declare open (applause). Upon the proposition of the Rev. D. G. Lewis, seconded by atr Black a hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Mrs Rawlins for her services. In the afternoon a numerous company sat down to an excellently prepared tea the artis- tically embellished tables being presided over by Mrs. Cox, Mits Ollive Seeds, Miss Hughes, St. Asaph-street; Mrtt. D. G. Lewis, Mrs Bltck, Miss Williams, Mrs. Thos. Edwards, Mrs. vans, Ed- waid Heury-street; Miss Lloyd, Mrs. J. Edwards. Mrs. Martin superintended the arrangements, as- sisted by several young ladies. In the evening a concert was held. In the unavoidable absence of Mr. R. Llewelyn Jones, C.C., the Rev. D. G. Lewis presided. The follow- ing programme was gone through with much recital, Mr. Bryan Warburet; song, Miss Mattie Lewis; pianoforte duet, Misses Winnie and Madge Jones; song, Mr. Ifor Jones; Fong, Mies Owen; recitation, Miss Hettie Black violin solo, Miss Drummond song, Mr. Hanlon harp solo, Mr. Harold Edwards; song, Miss Amos socg, Mr. Robert Jones organ recital, Mr. Bryan Warhurst.

RHYL. COAST EROSION.—At the Court Leet of the Crown Lordship of the Manor of Englefield at Rhyl on Thursday, Mr. W. H. More, His Majesty's steward, and Mr. H. A. Cope, Crown agent, being present, Mr. F. J. Gamlin referred to the serious encroachment of the seiil, which, he said, threatened to demolish the sandhills on the Prestatyn side of the Rhyl boundary. Matters were considerably worse now than they were twelve months ago, and he prophesied that unless steps were taken to arrest this erosion, the sandhills would in ten years' time have been swept away, and all the land north of the railway from Rhyl to Prestatyn inundated. The Steward said the authorities on the East Coast having had to face a similar difficulty, had recently laid the matter before the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with a view to securing Government aid in their en- deavour to check the erosion,—The Steward was asked to forward the following resolution to the proper quarter:—"We desire to draw attention to the serious erosion of the sandnills caused by the sea between Rhyl and Prestatyn in the area of the St. Asaph (Flint) Rural District Council and within the manor of Englefield." BANKRUPTCY OF A RHYL LODGING-HOUSE KEEPER.—At the Bangor Bankruptcy Court on Thursday, before Mr. Registrar Glynne Jones, the only new case was that of William Pickin, West Parade, Rhyl, a lodging-house keeper, whose gross liabilities were returned at £95 2s. Sd., and there is expected to rank £72 15s. Sd. The causes of failure were bad seasons and heavy rent." There was a custom in Rhyl, the bankrupt said, by which the lodging-house keepers paid for goods the following season if the present one was a bad one.—The Assistant Official Receiver (Mr. Daniel Williams): And, relying upon the custom, you went on incurring debts ?— The debtor: Yes, and instead of the season getting better it got worse.—The examina- tion was closed. CHURCH SCHOOL MANAGERS MEETING AT RHYL.—At Rhyl on Tuesday a joint meeting of the St Asaph and Bangor I Diocesan Schools Associations was i held at Rhyl. The Bishop of St Asaph presided. A discussion I occurred as to the situation created by the I refusal of Welsh county councils to carry out the Welsh Education Act with respect to the non-provided schools, and a strong determination was expressed that the rights of the Church schools should be defended to the utmost power of the Association. This, it is understood, implies that, i: necessary, all legal means will be taken to secure the carrying out of the Act in its entirety.

I PENYFFORDD. CONCERT.—A tea and concert was held ) at the Penyffordd Wesleyan Chapel, in aid 1 of the children's clothing club on Satur- day evening last. At three o'clock a large number partook of an excellent repast which was prepared by Mrs Price, Ffynnongroew, assisted by several other ladies and gentlemen. At 7 o'clock a concert was held when the chair was to be taksn by Mr. W. O. Ellis (Berthengham), who failed to appear, ana his place was taken by the Rev. W. J. Jones. The following took part in the programme Mr. Hughes' Party (Ffynnongroew) Mr. Wm Parry, (Gwaenysgor), Messrs J.D. Roberts, Thomas Williams, (Ffynnongroew) Miss W. J. Pearson, Mr William Davies, Garth, Misses Roberts, Gelli Bant, Mr J. B.Jones, Pen-y- ffordd, etc. The accompanist was Miss S. E. Jones, Ffynnongroew.

LAST NIGHT'S SOCIALS. ENGLISH WESLEYAN SOCIAL. The tea this week was given by Mrs. R. Rhydderch, of Beech wood Road, and was well {attended. The following ladies pre- sided over the tables:—Mrs. G. Talalun Newton, Mrs. Robert Jones (Moorings), Mrs. S. J. Amos, Mrs. Grocutt, and Mrs. Gunner. Mr. G. R. Lawrence in proposing a vote of thanks to Mr and Mrs Rhydderch Rhydderch for providing the tea said the fact that so many had made it their business to attend the tea was ample testimony of the high respect in which they were both held both inside and outside the Church. Mr Robert Jones (Moorings) seconded the vote of thanks, and in the course of his remarks said he felt he had so much to say he did not know where to begin. He would like to give them a quotation from a poem by Ceiriog Hughes and for the sake of those unversed in the classics he would repeat it in English Thou knowest what my heart speaketh." The Rev. G. Talalun Newton in putting the vote of thanks to the meeting said he would ask them to pass it in Rhyl fashion after which he himelf gave them a very hearty vote of thanks and assured the members that he greatly appreciated their kindness from week to week. Mr. Rhydderch responded on behalf of Mrs. Rhydderch and himself, and said he thanked everyone for the cordial way in which they had taken up the vote of thanks. He assured them that his wife was only too glad of the opportunity of rendering any assistance in her power to help the funds of the Church. He was glad to see a few visitors, and he would ask everyone to extend a cordial welcome to all. He sincerely trusted that as many as had it in their power would rally round each member who gave a tea. In making the announce- ments the Rev. G. T. Newton invited all to attend the missionary service at 7-30, when Mr. Sharpe, who had had IS years exper- ience in the foreign mission work would address the meeting. Next Thursday was to be devoted to a social evening. This was the first open social of the season, and was under the superintendence of Mrs. S. J. Amos. WELSH WESLEYAN CHAPEL. The first of the social teas which have in past years proved so popular a feature of the Church activities at the Brunswick Welsh Wesleyan Chapel took place on Thursday when the tea was given by Mrs Thomas Davies, Paradise Street. The socials are arranged by a large and energetic ladies committee of which Mrs Pierce Lewis is the Hon. Treasurer, and Mrs. Hughes, Elwy Street the Hon. Secretary. At Thursday's pleasant function which was largely attended the following ladies presided at the tables Miss Williams, 34, High Street, Miss Williams, West Parade, Mrs Eccleston, Mill Bank; Mrs Richard Edwards, Cobden Terrace Mr. John Jones, 46, Kinmel Street; and Miss Thomas West Parade. The catering and general arrangements were in the hands of Mrs Ellis Evans. Mrs Pierce Lewis, Mrs Gardner, Mrs Evans, West Parade and Mrs Hughes, Elwy Street. After tea a short programme prepared by Mrs Pierce Lewis and Miss Thomas, West Parade was gone through. Among those who con- tributed were Mr. Robert Jones. Master Eddie Davies and Miss Jones, Mill Bank Inn. The usual votes of thanks were heartily accorded on the motion of Mr. Richard Edwards. IMMANUEL ENGLISH CONGREG- ATIONAL CHURCH. A social, given by Mrs Walton, was held last evening, The room was prettily I decorated, ane the refreshments were in abundance and variety. A large company assembled and spent a pleasant and profit- able evening. Mr Walton and Mr Hanlon were encored in the duet" The Veteran's touch," and responded with Excelsior." Miss Popplewell and Miss Shepard received the same compliment for a mandoline duet and other performances were also heartily received. Miss Bella McKewen sang "Love's ioung Dream," and" From Dark to Dawn," Mr Hanlon sang Off to Phila- delphia," Miss Hilda Edge played two pianoforto solos, and Miss Newton was the accompanist. The collection was £4 6s 6d. CLWYD ST., LITERARY SOCIETY. The first of the monthly socials that are to be held in connection with the Clwyd Street Literary Society, took place last (Thursday) evening. The tables were presided over by Mrs. Edwards, West Parade, Misses Gladys and Beatrice Hughes, Miss Jones, and Miss Edwards, Mrs. Jones, Cynval Villas, and Miss Jones, Mrs. Jones, Church Street; Miss Roberts, and Miss Jones, Church Street Misses Annie and Gladys Jones, Aled House Mrs. Hughes, River Street, and Miss Hughes. The arrangements were carried out by Mrs. T. J. Hughes, Miss Maggie Price, and Mrs. Knowles Jones. At the subsequent meeting a miscellaneous entertainment was held under the presidency of Mr. J. M. Edwards, M.A. The contiibutors to the programme were Miss Laura Bathgate, Miss Blodwen Morris, Misses Gwendoline and Maggie Jones, Mrs. D. J. Williams, and Miss Melia Hughes. Telynor Berwen gave a very interesting paper on Owen Glyndwr and also gave some penillion singing ac- companied by Miss Blodwen Morris. Var- ious competitions also took place and helped to complete the evening's enjoy- ment.

FANCY DRESS BALL AT THE QUEEN'S PALACE. An old English Carnival and a Fancy Dress Ball was held at the Queen's Palace last (Thursday) evening. Being Guy Fawkes day there were special events ap- propriate to the occasion and the Palace was filled with an audience which crowded the spacious ballroom and which reminded one of a busy night in the height of the season. There was quite an unusual number in fancy dress, oriental costumes predominating, and the effect in the varie- gated colouring of the electric light was truly beautiful. An efficient band played for dancing and the floor was crowded with a gay and animated throng of dancers. Pri 'es were offered for the best guy of the historic Fawkes and some very curious and original specimens were sent in. The winners was declared to be Mr. WillSilvey, the second prize going to Mr. Gregory, junior. Prizes were also offered for fancy dresses and for obstacle and water-pail races, the latter being very amusing. [loll Three thousand persons were present at a memorial service in Chicago for the late Mrs. Booth- Tucker, daughter of General Booth. Commander Booth-Tucker stood at the head of the coffin and delivered a speech on the work and character of the deceased woman. Two men and a woman, who are suspected of robbing and defrauding servants all over London, have been remanded at Southwark,

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THE POWER OF THE WILL. I Our bodies are our gardens, to which our wills are gardeners; so that if we will plant nettles or sow lettuce, set hyssop, or weed up thyme, supply it with one gender of herbs, or distract it with many, either to have it sterile with idleness or manured with industry—why, the power and corrigible authority of this lies in our own wills. —SHAKESPEARE. MAN'S LIKENESS TO MAN. While it is true that no two persons are alike, it is also true that no two are wholly different. The bond of likeness of man to man is greater than the separateness of unlikeness-for man is made in the image of God. No one has a right to consider him- self entirely incapable of forms of evil to which others have fallen a prey. If he has not yet fallen into them, so much the greater his need of gratitude. But he is like those who have so erred in that he is not out of danger. Neither is there any height of spiritual attainment reached by his fellows of which he ought to consider himself incapable. In liabilities and possibilities men are much alike, even though in the end they have differed in degree. It is more essential for the mutual assistance of each to each that men should think more of that which unites them as one in kind, than of that which separates them as diverse either in kind or in degree. DOMESTIC POLITICS. Home is a woman's empire, and a large one it is. Domestics are as complicated as politics. Our individual happiness is more immediately dependent upon domestics than politics. How many happy children there are in the world who know not the meaning of politics, who cannot grasp even the idea of a political question, but whose whole comfort is immediately derived from good domestic arrange- ment, of which they have some idea. And when that arrangement is defective, how speedily children perceive it-how soon they lose that fear and respect for their parents which form the chief source of domestic order. COMMON WORK IS NOBLE. The truest nobility is sometimes found in the most commonplace lives. Someone refers to a fable used by PJato, illustrating this fact. He said spirits of the other world came back to this world to find a body and a sphere of work. One spirit came and took the body of a king, and did his work. After a while Ulysses came, and he said: "Why, all the fine bodies are taken, and all the grand work is taken. There is nothing left for me." Someone replied: "Ah! the best one has been left for you." Ulysses said: "What's that?" And the reply was: "The body of a common man, doing a common work, and for a common reward." WORRY KILLS SUCCESS. Perhaps there is nothing else so utterly foolish and unprofitable as a habit of worrying. It saps the nervous energy and robs us of the strength and vitality necessary for the real work of life. It maltcs existence a burden and weariness, instead of a perpetual joy and blessing, as it should be. Poise and serenity are necessary to the complete develop- ment of character and true success. The man who worries is never self-centred, never perfectly balanced, never at his best; for every moment of mental anxiety takes away vitality and push, and robs him of manhood and power. Worrying indi- cates a lack of confidence in our strength it shews that we are unbalanced, that we do not lay hold of the universal energy which leaves no doubt, no uncertainty. The man who does not worry, who believes in himself, touches the wifes of infinite power. Never doubting, never hesitating, he is constantly reinforced from the God that creates planets and suns. Enough vital energy has been wasted in useless worry to run all the affairs of the world. HOW TO SUCCEED. The famous inventor Thomas Edison was recently asked by a young man what was the secret of success. Said the great man: "Don't watch the clock deserves a place in the rules of any young %ian who is ambitious, and striving for success in any line. Don't be a time-server. Remember that you are working for more than a stipulated sum for a stipulated number of hours. Keep your employer in your debt by doing a little more or a little better work than is actually required of you, and sooner or later there will come a day of reckoning when you will get your pay. FAITH IN HUMANITY. Ever judge of men by their professions! For though the bright moment of promising is but a moment and cannot be prolonged, yet, if sincere in its moment's extravagant goodness, why. trust it, and know the man by it, I say—not by his perform- ance-which is half the world's work. Interfere as the world needs must with its accidents and circumstances, the profession was purely the man's own. I judge people by what they might be-not are, nor will be.-BROWNING. FAME. Fame, we may understand, is no sure test of merit, but only a probability of such; it is an accident, not a property, of a man. Like light, it can give little or nothing, but at most may shew what is given. Often it is but a false glare, dazzling the eyes of the vulgar, lending by casual extrinsic spiendour the lightness and manifold glance of the diamond to pebbles of no value. A man is in all cases simply the man, of the same intrinsic worth and weakness, whether his worth and weakness lie hidden in the depths of his own consciousness, or be betrumpeted and beshouted from end to end of the habitable globe. These are plain truths, which no one should lose sight of; though, whether in love or in anger, for praise or for con- demnation, most of us are too apt to forget them.- CARLYLE. CONFIDENCE IN DARKNESS. Though the mariner sees not the pole-star, yet the needle of the compass which points to it tells him which way he sails. Thus the heart that is touched with the loadstone of Divine love, tremb- ling with godly fear, and yet still looking towards God by fixed believing, interprets the fear by the love in the fear, and tells the soul its course is heavenward, towards the haven of eternal rest," ABCUBISHOF LEIGHTON* 1 A train of thought wastes time if it carries no freight. Clothes do not create character, though they often reveal it. When money is your only friend you naturally hate to part with it. If you cannot have what you prize, it is a good thing to prize what you have. Some people only tell the truth when they hava, something disagreeable to tell. It is one thing to believe in immortality. It is quite another thing to live as an immortal. Strange power of the world, that the moment w& enter it our great conceptions dwarf.-DIsRAELI. Cheerfulness is the rubber tyre on life's vehicle. It breaks the jolt whenever prudence and industry have been unable to remove the stones from the road. Crows devour the eyes of the dead, when the dead have no longer need of them. But flatterers destroy the souls of the living and blind their eyes.- EPICTBTUS. Conventional usages were instinct with life and meaning when they were new, and it is best to try whether their original significance is worth saving, before we resolve to shake them off. Be sure that straightforwardness is more than a match at last for all the involved windings of deceit. In your daily life do what you feel right, say what you feel true, and leave, with faith and boldness, the consequences to God.—F. W. ROBERTSON. The absolute justice of the present system of things is as clear to me as a scientific fact. The gravitation of sin to sorrow is as certain as that of the earth to the sun, and more so-for experimental proof of the fact is within reach of us all-nay, is before us all in our own lives, if we had but eyes to see it.—PROFESSOR HUXLEY. It is an admirable thing, a most necessary thing, to have a sound body. It is an even better things to have a sound mind. But infinitely better than either is it to have that for the lack of which neither sound mind nor sound body can atone— character. Character is in the long run the decisiva factor in the life of individuals and of nation* aliku

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