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ST. ASAPH GUARDIANS AND THE EDUCATION RATE. —— PROPOSAL "OT TO LEVY THE BATE IN THE ST. AS \P UNION. ANIMATED DISCUSSION. The A.ot5on of the Board of EDUCATION in post- poninar the APPOINTED day in Blintshire. a T EOM»WHTT SINGULAR sequel at the St. Asaph Board of GU-trdiana on Friday. The matter cropped up in a RTTHFR extraordinary manner It arose cut ot a dem for the pavnoeat of £18 rates in reapeot of the W 0 khome PREMISES It walt claimed that part of th" r ite to THE amount of 2d in the had been levied for PDACNOQ PURPOSES, and as thsra appeared » to fee no probability of the FLINTSHIRE County Oounor SPBT.DINJF any money fer some time to come, the Gua dhns would be justified in deducting from tte bill KD amount equal to 2d. in the It WitS >esolv- d to POSTPONE the matter for a month, an<i to INSTRUCT 'he CL^rk (Mr. Charles trimslev) to the Flin S^ire County Council if they intended to "nfnrce merit of that ptrt of the rate which they had í 11 eu TED devotiuif to educational purposes. Mr J. Frimston opened the dieca-pion by asking whether the Finance Committee business had been dispos <i of. and, if s:), what had been done in regard to the JJintahire Couaty Council's preoept The Ch,drmlin replied that tiny were just oomine to tti t matter Mr H run-ton; Well, seeing that the Government A Member: Tbp Bo-trd of Education. Mr Fr:m8toll: I mHn the Board of Education M. J H Ellis: I rhe to a point of order. Are we in order in patintr the intentions of the UNVEMIMENT ID REGARD to this auestion, and in pracFiua!l? recommtndi the non-payment of this mot e ? Mr Frimston • I am not anticipating anything. Mr Elii*: I U aintiin thtt it is premature t° rttiftt thi QUHSITI(<N. We are not suie whether the GCVFRCIBI nt is not, a'ter ull, JMROING to allow the C.,unry Council to ad MINISTER the Education Act Thev have only so far suspended the appointed day from Jauu ry 1st to February ht, whioh will make no difference at all. Chnirman: I cau't allow you todiscuis that of the question. Mr Ellis: Well, rule it out of order altogether. Mr Frimston (to the Chairman): Will you decide ai< P The Ghairmaa I thiik this question is properly j raised. A. bill has beea placed before the FINANCE C -mmittee, but cot p ISAED; and Mr Frimtt(>n is goiug to ive the reason why it WitS not passed. We must not, howaver, disouas the general question. Mr. Frimston SAID that what NE wis going to point out that a bill for j618 from the County Council had been submitted to the Finance 0000- mittee. The rate, he understood, included 2I. in the £ for educational purposes. Mr hillis: If you please, it is not stated on the precept. Mr Frimston: Let me go on. Mr Ellis; I urn ooJy stating facts. Continuing, Mr Frimston said that in the faca to the tact that the of Education has postponed the adoption of the Education Act in Flintshire, it appeared ulfele88 levying a rate thst would not be used. It WHS rather har i to call upon the ratepayers of Flintshire to pay 2d. in the pound if they were not sure whether it woald be used for the purpose for which it was int-nded. At the Finance Com- mittee be made a suggestion that they should p>tS8 the amount less the 2d. for education purposes, because they did not, of course, object to pay the poor rate. So long 8B the County Council did not really require the money they could, he considered fairly defer paying that portion of the rate. H proposed that they d, fer paying that portion. Mr (j F. Gunner fsconded, remarking that if the 2d. in the £ was not wanted for education purposes it could not be used for any other. Therefore, what was the good of collecting it? Mr Ellis said he was very sorry the Chairman had allowed the question to be raised. He thought it was a matter tbat might well be left in the hands of the County CouneiJ. They had ordered a precept but had not specified what the rate was for—they did not say that so much WitS to be allocated to education purposes. Therefore he considered it premature for that Board to refuse to pay an\ portion of tbat precept. He wall rather surprised at Mr. Frimston, being an Overseer, like hiaue'f, bringing the question forward. If it got known to outsiders—FTDD he oould not see how it was to be avoided—that the rate was to be paid pieoemea.I, the moral or rather immoral, influence it wouid bav- would be very great upon people who were called to pay the rate. Tie result would be that the people of Rbyl would, until the question had been settled, now refuse to pay that portion of the poor rate, and probably would refute to pay at all. What would be the result of that disastrous policy he hesitated to say. It would hitndicip them as overseers very much in regard to tie collection of certain sums BY certain dates. He sincerely bopod the Board would not allow such a very bad example to go forth to the public as to pose as the first passive RESNTINJJ authority in the county. The Board ought to hesitate before they acknowledged the wisdom of such a policy, and should be the first to pay the rate. Should the County Council not ultimately spend any of the rate on educational objects, they would doubtless give the Board credit next half- year. The probability was that if they paid the full amouIlt- be did not think Mr Frimston WAS right in saying that 2d. in the £ was for the purpose which he specified—the County Council would deil fairly with them, and remit any amount that WAS not used for the purpose for which it had called. Don't let this authority be the first to show any rebellion to the poweiathat be," he added in conclusion." or else the influenoe will be very bad and corrupt." Mr Gunner: Our Clerk ILKA that 2d in the £ is for educational purposes. Mr Ellis: I go by the precept itself. The Chairman it is quite right that 2d io the £ is intended for educational purposes. In tackling this question I am afraid that we, as an authority for levying rates on behalf of the County Council may place ourselves in an awkwatd position. Mr Frimston But if the County Cjuncil get the money they can't deal with it. The Chairman In view of the decision given this week by Lord Alverstone and others that those who object to paying for education purposes may part of the poor rate, this question is quite in order here. Mr Frimston I agree with you. The Clerk In the event of the people refusing to meet the precept wbere will the overieers be ? ftMr Frimston was anxious to have a few more I words on the subject, but The Chairman thought it time HA kept his seat. "Don't let us quarrel so near Christmas,' added Mr R. LI. Jones. Mr 'Ellis Has the Denbigh County Council portion been paid by this Union, aLd, if so, WAS there any difference in the precept ? The Chairman I can't say. The matter before us now ia the Flintshire Count il. Mr T. Howes Roberts said he rcse to propose that the matter be deferred for a menth. That would, he thought, savo the overseers a consider- able amount of trouble, for by then they might have found out whether there was any cause for division at all on this question, or rather they might find out that it was a subject upon which tt e N ere not very much divided after all. When THE jprecept in question was issued it was understood that it would covet thr'e months. By the post- ponement of the appointed day from Janu uy to February they at once get oat of a month so far as the education question was concerned. It was qui TO possible that the appointed day might be deferred until after March, in which case he agreed with Mr Frimston that by meeting the precept in full they would be^handing over money that was not required. Be (the speaker) was afraid that the overseers of tbe different parishes are going to be put in a vary awkward position, and he for one would support the amendment. The Chairman: If this rate is due before a month's TI» £ S, tfeen tha Ovefeeer's will certainly be IQ worse position, lIr Morgan: When is the first call due ? Mr Ellis: It is due now. Mr R. C. Thompson said he was not a passive resister, but he took a keen interest in education matters. Personally, he saw little or no ground for all the strife that was goinSt on about religious teaching. He would support the amendment, provided a rider were added to the effect that the Clerk te instructed to write, asJring the Flintshire County Council whether they intended to enforce the rate of 2d. in the £ for educational purposes. Personally, he did not see that the County Council had a leg to stand upon if they were not going to administer the Act (hear, hear), it was not a question of passive RESISTANCE, but of ordinary JC a. d. Chairman The County Council are will- ing to administer the Act in their own way, but thh appointed day has been postponed for a month. Mr Thompson: And they may keep oa adjourn- ing it until September next. The Hev. Dr. Parry said the County Council T THEMSELVES were in a quandary, and would be in a W great difficulty with the rate when they leceived it. The Chairman: There is no doubt they will consider the matter at the earliest opportunity. ):1r Howea Roberts, in intimating his acceptance of the rider to his motion, said his object in moving the amendment was that they might find out the County Council's position io the matter. I Mr J. D. Jones thought thav would be on the right side by postponing the question for a month. Mr Robert Morns But what are you going to do when the precept has been served on the Overseers? The Chairman, replying to this and other observations, said the Overseers should eommuni- cnte with the Board. It was a question dealing with the Guardiaus as a Boird only. He took it that the Overseers would send in tbe amount they collected, and each individual ratepayer could please himself In the matter. Mr Ellis a (Justice of the Peace, might say, I will pay the whole of the rate," lest his anme might be struck off the Commission. Others might object for the rea-on th it 2d in the £ for educational purposes, and was not likely to be used because the Act was not likely to come into force for some time. It might further be presumed that the Countv Council would not press them fo" that amount; they were only human like themselves and would take a common sense view of the matter. It was not reasonable to have to pay 2i more than was required, and he always was in flivour of public bodies avoiding having much more than they required in hand, because it created a tendeucy to find some way of spendmar it Mr Pierce: That, 1 think, is a good argument for dslayiugr this matter a month The Chairman There wiil be no meeting of the County Council for another mouth at least. Mr Pierce This is not the first delay they have brought about, and the matter may be delayed still further. Mr Ellis having remarked that Mr Frimston's motion, if carried, would most likely involve 'wo collections of the poor rate, a divirion was tiken, and resulted in the amendment to adjourn the question for a month being carried by 17 votes to 11. For the amendment—Messrs J. 3. Ellis, Jebn Evans, G. F. Gunner. J. D. JoTies, Morris Jon..s. W. Jones, Edwin Morgan, Robert Morris, Owen Owens, John Pierce, r. Hewes Robe-ts, W. IS Roberts, R. C. Thompson, tjPO Williams John Williams, Wm. Wil iams. nd W. H. Hnsjhes. For Mr Frimston's motion-Messr R Davies (Bettws); John Frimston, John Joroe" (W»e> ): Mrs Robert Jones. Rev. Dr. Parry, aui Messrs Gwilym Parry, J. T. Parrv, David Roberts, Jet l. Roberts, and Edward Williams. Mr Gunner, by voting ><g,iololt the notion h* bad seconded, provoked considerable tunusemeot. and a little indignation. Mr Ellis then proposed that th Board do n .>t call upon the Overseers to comply with thi precept made apon them until the question h > t been settled, otherwise, he siid the Overseers would be placed in a very invidious position. The Chairman I can't accept that, Mr Kl is Mr Ellis I maintain it is perfectly in order. The Chairman (calling on the next businet4..) The Medicil Officer's report—~ — Mr Ellis (still sauding) I insist up >n > u accepting my motion. I will have the attention ot the other members of the Board if not yourself I is very invidious for us, as Overseers, to be 3. He" upon to pay a body- The Chairman I can't listen to that. Mr Ellis: Personally, I shall not ve$pot>d 10 the call. -101-
Y Golofn Gymraeg.
Y Golofn Gymraeg. Yn Mysg y Gweithwvr. ('AMONGST THE WORKING MEN.') Y NADOLIG YR AMSER GYNT. Yn ngeiriau Gwallter Mechain, hawdd gellir dyweyd am y flwyddyn hon— 'Leni ni bu hardd-gu hin, Mai hafaidd na Mehefin, Ni ffynnodd ein Gorphenaf. Fob dyffryn a glyn yn glaf, Yn Awst gwlyb wair mewn ystod, Medi heb fedi i fod Pydra egina'n gwenith, Ceirch. a. haidd mewn cywair chwith Daiar ni bu'11 deori, Haner ffrwyth o'i hadwyth hi, Firwythau ac eginau gant, Anbawdd fyd, ni adidfedant.' Eleni y mae deddfau y tywydd wedi cyfnewid gtryn lawer i'r hyn ydoedd yn yr hen amser. Ki byddai y Nadolig yn iawn yn ngolwg yr hen bobl heb gnwd trwchus o eira. Yr hen ddywediaid yn eu plith ydoedd, 'Gauaf glas wna fynwent fras' ac yn ol ystadegau mar- wolaethau gwyddom fod hyny wedi ei brofi yn ffaith wirioneddol lawer o weithiau drosodd. Dywedodd yr hen Robin Ddu, meddai nhw, na byddai fawr o wahaniaeth rhwng gauaf na haf. Prin na chredwn nad yw proftwydoliaeth. yr hen Robin wedi dyfod i ben y blynyddoedd hyn. Hwyrach yn mhen ychydig flynyddau eto y bydd y plant yn edrych ar eira yn beth mor hynod ag oedd y Manna gynt. Dygwyddodd Christmas Evans a'r hen berer- in John Herring gyfarfod eu gilydd ar ben myriydd yn mis Awst. Dear me,' ebai Christ- mas Evans, 'pwy fuasai yn dychymygu am weled pennog byw ar ben mynydd.' atebai John Herring, a phwy a fuasai yn dychymygu gwel'd Nadolig yn mis Awst.' Wrth son am y Nadolig yr hen ffasiwn, efallai mai ychydig sydd yn fyw sydd yn cofio yr am- ser pan y gosodid troseddwyr yn Nghymru mewn cyffion. Cofus genyf wel'd un o'r hen greiriau hyn unwaith. Math o gadair gref o dderw oedd' yr hon a welsom, ag ynddi Ie i freichiau a thraed, fel nas gellid syflyd y naill na'r llall. Bydd'ai yr hen gyffion yn fynych yn cael eu gosod mewn lie anial, yn fwyaf cyffredin wrth borth y fynwent, o bosibl i'r dyben i bawb ofni gwneyd unrhyw drosedd i fod yn achos iddynt gael eu gosod mewn lie mor annghysurus i dreulio noswaith yno. Dy- wedodd hen wr pedwar ugain oed wrthyrw iddo gofio ar nos Nadolig i hen bechadur afreolus gael ei osod yn ycyffion yn ymyl porth myn- went lie nad oedd ond tawelwch y meirw yn teyrnasu o'i amgylch. Ei ddedfryd ydaecRi treulio ei noswaith yno hyd saith y boreu dy- lynol, a chan ei bod yn bwrw eira yn ddidor, aeth tua haner dwsin o'r llanciau i dahi ym- weliad a'r hwn oedd yn y cyffion. Er mwyn difyrwch aeth pawb ati i'w luchio ag eira. Nis gallai y thing' ond eu melldithio a'i enau, felly yr oedd yn rhaid iddo oddef y drin- iaeth hon. Wedi ei gladdu o dan domen gy- miaint a haner mynydd, aethant adref gan ei adael i fwynhau ei gwsg o dan wrthbanau yr eira. Ond pan gafodd yr hen droseddwr ei ollwng ymaith y boreu dylynol, diolchoddl yn galonog i'r hogiau am fod yn foddion i'w gadw yn gynes yn y cyffion y noswaith oer hono. Gwnewch ddrwg fel y del daioni. onide. Hawdd y gallasai yr hen gyfaill hwnw adrodd Yn yr eira ces fy nghladdu Gan y bechgyn h'aner pen, Ond bu'r cyffion noson hono I mi fel paradwys wen; Teimlo boreu dranoeth Nad oedd genyf unrhyw gwyn, Fod. yr oerfel wedi deifio Dim o'm corff, ond blaen fy nhrwyn. Nis gwn faint o'n bechgyn ieuainc y Nadolig hwn fydd yn gof.alu peidio aros allan yn rhy hwyr ar ol bod yn danfon eu cariadau adref. Un tro aeth Shon Feddal ar ol bod yn danfon ei anwylyd gartref i ddanfon hefyd haner potelatid 0< wisgi i lawr i gorn ei wddf i'w helpu i fod yn ddigon gwrol i fyned heibio pob bwgan ar ei ffordd gartref, ond cododd hwnw i'w ben a chynhyrfodd ei waed, a heriodd Dick Jones a Humphrey Llwyd a Ned. Puw i ymladd ag ef am iddynt geisio ei redeg gyda Miss Coegen,' ond yn y man daeth Shon Feddal yn mlaen gan herio at bont oedd yn croesi afon, ac yn nofio yn y dwfr oddi dani yr oedd haid o hwyaid, ac wrth glywed swn a dadwrdd Shongwaeddasant yil Utlfrydol, W hak, whak,' a chafodd yntau, druan o hono, flaw arswydlawn, am y tybiai mai llais Dick Jones, Hwmffre Llwyd, a Ned Puw a glywsai. Dim byd, lads bach,' atebai Shon yn ofnus ddigon,^ or.d mod yn inyivd adref yn right dystawA Good! night, fechgyn bach,' ych- wanegai, ac adref yr aeth, ni a obeithiwn, = ddysgu gwell moesan rhagllaw. Cymsred y y Nadolig presenol ofal i beid;o efel- ychu Shon FeddaL Hwyrach mai nid pawb o dalarllenwyr yr 'Advertiser' sydd yn hydd- ysg yn iaith yr hwntw, ond dyma ddynt 'specimen' mewn penill i hen deiliwr ofnus— Hen deiliwr a'i labwt Yn cerd'ded yn glic A gwrddws a wanhen, A rhoes iddi gic Fe godwsy wanhen Ar ei throed' ol, Dychrynws y teiliwr A rhedws yn ol. Gofaled yr holl deilwriiaid a phawb arall rhag i chwanen ar ei throed ol beidio bod yn iodd- ion i'w dychrynu i Ted gartref ar y Gwyli^u presenol. Soniasom eisoes am fwyta gwydd- au a chyfiath, ond dylem nodi gair am y plum pudding' yn y fan hon. Fe ddywedir fod gan hen fenyw ystrywgar r n«tr.° ,awydd cael ymadael a'i gwr, ond nid hoffai ei ladd mewn dull cyffred'in yr oes hon, rhag y dichon y cawsai ei grogi am ei throsedd Ond aeth 1 ymgynghori a'i diafol beth oedd ereu tddi v/neyd. < O, mi ddywedai i ti beth a wnei,' ebai cyhuddwr y brodyr,' dos gartrei a gwna iddo blum pudding, a byddi yn sicr 0'1 ladd mewn byr amser' a gwnaeth y wraig hyny a chafodd allan fed y cynllun wedi ateb i'r llythyren, a gwnaeth ei chwioiydd ar ei hoi yr un peth, a pharhant i wneyd hyny hyd heddyw, er mawr leshad i 'undertakers' ein gwlad. Dywed dysgedigion y byddai yn ofyn- ol bwyta swm helaeth o'r manna gynt cyn digoni awch y cylla. Felly g^velir mai ffordd Awdwr trugareddau ydoedd darparu lluniiaeth ysgafn a hawdd ei dreulio ar gyfer angen yr Israeliaid ar eu ffordd o'r Aifft i Canaan. Felly, er mwyn iechyd a hir hoedledd, gofaled pob gwr na chaffo ei wraig ei ladd trwy fwyta gormod o'r plum puddings' yma. Y peth agosaf i'r manna, credwn, ydyw pudding rice,' neu os methir a chael hwnw gwnawn frywes pig y tegell, chwedl yr hen bobl. UP. tro cofus genyf i weithiwr tlawd fwyta llon'd cawl o botes maip i'w ginio. Pan y daeth ei feistr heibio ac wrth ganfod mor iach ydoedd ei gylla, cyfarchodd ef fel hyn, 'John, buaswn yn rhoi mil o bunau pe gallaswn fwyta mor iachus a chwi.' 'Allright, syr,' atebai John, rhowch hwy i mi, ac ond i chwi a minau newid ein cinioam ychydig wythnosau sicrhaf chwi y byddwch yn berffaith iach, neu ynte lladratewcb rhywbeth fel y cewch eich hanfor. i garchar i fyw ar ddim ond bara a dwfr am ychydig amser, a gwarantaf chwi y byddwch yn ddyn hollol newydd.' Chwareu teg i John, yr oedd ei gynghor yn amserol a phriodol iawn, oblegyd un o'r dosparth 'y dyn glwth ac yfwr gwin' oedd ei feistr y pryd hyny, fel llawer un ysywaeth y dyddiau hyn. Llawer o flynydd- au yn ol yr oedd gwraig ddarbodus yn cynilo ymenyn, a dywedodd wrth y forwyn Mary y byddaii yn dda ei gael ar gyfer hirllwm, ond ruis deallodd y forwyn yr ystyr o hyny. Ond ychydig cyn y Nadolig, pan oedd y ielstres oddicartref, galwodd tramp wrth y arws a gol- wg newynog arno. Paji ddaeth y forwyn i agor, edrychodd yn diosturus arno, a gofynodd iddo beth oedd ei enw. 'Wei, Miss,' ebai y cardotyn, 'iy enw priodol ydyw Hirllwm.' 'Aie yn wir,' meddai Maiy, 'felly rhaid mad i chwi y mae fy meistres wedi darparu y gunog ymenyn,' ac ymaith a hi i'w chyrchu, ac ym- aith a'r tramp gyda hi yn llawen a diolchgar. Ond gellir casglu y syndod a'r siomedigaeth a feddianodd y wraig bono pan adroddodd y forwyn wrthi beth a wnaeth gyda'r gunog ym- forwyn wrthi beth a wnaeth gyda'r gunog ym- enyn. Chwareu teg i Marj-, gwnaeth yn gall- ach na llawer. Pe byddai mwy yn rhanu gyda Hirllwm byddai y byd yn llawer mwy dedWydd nag y mae. Wrth ystyried fod ein hysgrif yr olaf am y flwyddyn hon, yr ydym yn cael ein temtio i osod i lawr ychydig dasg i'd hadrodd allan an bob un sydd yn ymffrostio yn oes i'r byd' i'r iaith Gymraeg.' Hwyrach hefyd y bydid yn dipyn o gamp i'r rhan fwyaf o bwyllgorau ein heisteddfodau i adrodd y wers hon yn iaith y goned hwy—ond pa fodd bynag, dyma i bob Dic-Shon-Dafydd gyfleusdra i ddangos I medrusrwydd ei beirianau llafar. Ar ol ei hiro a saim yr wydd, dyma'r dasg— O'r wiw wy i weu e a—a'i weau O'i wyau e weua; E weua ei we aua', A'i weau yw ieuau ia.' Cyfrif y flwyddyn- Y mae wyth mil o oriau hirion 0 fewn blwyddyn drom y galon, A saith gant, a thrugain hefyd, A chwech awr a phedair munud'. Pwy bynag a allo adrodd ddau ddarn uchod allan yn gywir, mentraf ddywyed yn byddant yn well Cymry y flwyddyn newydd. Gan ddysgwyl am Galenig yr wythnos nesaf, Gwyliau llawen i bawb. (I'w barhau.) HENRY HUGHES. Gwaenysgor. -IoD- Y GAUAF DDAETH. Y gauaf garw ddaeth Yn gywir yn ei dto, A gwelw yw'r olygtfa gawn Ar berth, a bryn a bro. Y rhew a'r awel oer, A'r gwlaw a'r gwyntoedd blin— Y niwl a'r hug ar haul a lloer, Sy'n creu y ddeifiol hin. Trwy dref, ar a mor, Y' mhob rhyw fan mae s6n Am ddifrod a cholledion fyrdd, A llawer chwerw don. I Y claf, yr hen a'r tlawd, Yn cnfan clywdr hwy; Dan effaith tost yr hinddrwg hir, Hwy ofnamt farwol glwy'. Ah! degau lawer Suit O'r byd i'r bedd bob dydd, Dan ergyd ar ol ergyd drom— Pwy wyr y gialar sydd ? Ond os drwy'r gauaf du Yr hogir min y oledd, 0 bedwar tymhor un yw hwii, Ceir tri yn Hawn o hedd. A'r gauaf bura'r byd, I'w adnewyddu'n hardd; Y gwanwyn, haf, a'r hydref dront Ei dir yn dirion ardd. Uoheldir, dol, a glyn, A'r creaduriaid byw, Gan.t newydd raen a nerthol nwyf, Yn fael i'r ddynol ryw. Fel hyn pob tymhor red Ei hynt i'n cynnal ni; Os ninnau'n siriol wnawn ein swydd, I'n nhan daw braint a bri. I Dduw Rhiagluniaeth fawr, Rhown fawl ag uchel lef; Pob peth a wna berffaith dda,— Am ddrwg nas beier Ef. AB UTHB. Rhagfyr 10, 1903. Bog- THREE TIMES AND OUT. "One day while I was hustling along Lexington- avenue wid me hansom," said the New York cabby, as a smile lighted his face, "a pedestrian, as they calls 'em. starts to cross in front of me and is knocked down and rolled to the kerbstone. "4 Hello Are you kilt ? says I, and I holds up and looks down at him. Not at all, sir,' says he as he rises and bows to me as nice as you please. 'Then are you much hurted ? 'Only a bruise or two, thank you kindly.' "Wid that he limps off and I drives on. Half-an- hour later, over on Fifth-avenue, a galoot saunters out in front of me and is knocked dowu and run over by two wheels. And phwat's the matter wid you, me laddy- buck ? says I, as I comes to a stop. Kindly excuse me, sir,' he says as he stands on his feet and bows to me like a lord. "•But ain't you the chap as I runs over on Lexington-avenue half an "'The same, sir, and I'm begging your pardon for the trouble I'm making.' "Wid that he walks away wid the marks of the wheels shewing en his body, and I drives on. I goes down to the arch and across to Madison-avenue and up again, and it isn't over twenty minutes before me horse knocks somebody down at a. cross- ing, and I feels the kerridge go bump! bump! I stops and looks around, and a. man gets up from the wet pavement and bows to me, and says: Really, now, but I beg of you to overlook me carelessness.' 4 Whoop,' says I, but it's you Didn't I run over you on Lexington-avenue? Thanking you kindly, but you did.' And OR Fil'th-avenue ?' XL's true, begging V6lil' pardon.' tl 1 And now it's the third time? It is, sir,' says he, as hxitnble as you please, « but I'm a man as is willing to do the right thing. Here's a couple of dollars for your trouble, and if 1 puts you to any more it's five.' "And off he goes wid a limp in both legs and six muddy wheel marks shewing like rings around his body. And 1 did not see him again. There was a man for you, sir-there was a man as was a man and a gentleman, and I only wish that I could meet the likes of him a dozen times a day!" Caller: "Is Mrs. Kaflippe at home? Ellen (just over): "No, mum." CaBer: "Do you know where she has gone ?" Ellen: "Yis, mum. Upshtairs, be the back way."—Chicago Times-Herald. "Can't you afford to wear better clothes than those?" asked the sympathetic woman of the street beggar, as she eyed his tattered garments. "No, ma'am, I really can't," was the mendicant's reply; "these togs is what I beg in. OJ-Yonkers Statesman. « What are you doing in my house ? demanded the owner of the premises, suddenly appearing on the scene in his nightshirt and carrying a huge revolver. "I'm taking active steps to get out of it!" replied the burglar, vanishing through a window without taking the trouole to open it.— Chicago Tribune. In a list of new magistrates appointed for Norwich labour claims have been recognised by the appointment of 3llr. George Clevorley, one of the most intelligent working men in ths city. Harry Sleeman, a. clerk of works, employed by Messrs. Jay's, Regent-strict, has been charged at Marlborough-street Police-court, London, with defrauding his employers of £] 18 Os. 3!d. by means of falsifying accounts. He 'vas remanded.
HINTS FOR THE HOME.I
HINTS FOR THE HOME. I IF a little pipeclay be added to the water in which clothes are boiled a great economy in soap will be effected, and the clothes will be whitened without being in the least injured. GREASE spots on wall papers may be removed by covering them with a paste made of fuller's earth or pipeclay and water, allowing it to dry, and then brushing it off. More than one application may be necessary. BEFORE laying carpets after spring cleaning, see that the floors are well scrubbed with a disinfectant and quite dry. The floor should then be well sprinkled with an insect powder to keep away the moths. To clean japanned trays, gently rub the surface with a little olive soil,and then polish with a piece of clean. soft flannel. Never touch japanned trays with boiling water, for it will cause the varnish to crack and peel. MEND gloves with cotton, for it will shew less than silk, as it is not bright-looking, and, moreover, it soils rapidly, thus taking on the shade of the glove if it be a tan colour. The cotton used should be fine, and it is generally best to do the mending from the inside of the glove. To clean white shoes, rub them with dry pipe- clay, using a tooth-brush or nail-brush, and rubbing with the grain of the leather. Another method is to rub the shoes with benzine, and then to give them a coat of pipe-clay, which is allowed to remain for some hours, and then brushed off. APPLE WILTRR. Apple water Is a refreshing drink for an invalid. I., It can be made with either baked or raw apples, the former to be preferred when haste is wished, that is, if the apples are baked and in readiness. They should be sour, and when cooked should be im- mersed in boiling water to cover them. Let. stand until cool, strain and sweeten to taste. For that made from raw apples, three or four juicy sour apples of fine flavour should be pared and sliced. Pour over two cupfuls of boiling water and let stand three hours. Strain, sweeten, and add a small piece of ice. A pleasant flavour is added if the rind of a lemon is mixed with the slices of apple. CHEAP WATER SOFTENERS. Hard water is a great beauty destroyer, and is the cause of much discomfort. Soft water should always be insisted on for facial ablutions, and it can be obtained by using the old-fashioned remedy of oatmeal, or even bran. If the water in the district is hard, counteract its evil influence upon the skin by soaking muslin bags filled with oatmeal in the water of the toilet pitcher-which water, by the bye, should be in a boiling state when first poured into the toilet jug and on to the bran. To further ensure softness, use a small oatmeal-bag for washing the face. Orange and lemon peel are other cheap water softeners. Instead of throwing away the peel of the fruit toss it into the toilet pitcher, and it will perfume the water as well as soften it. An occasional face bath of rosewater or elder flower water is excellent, and is especially useful for greasy skins or those which shew a slight growth of down, and for which creams may be inadmissible. SKIPPING FOR GIRLS. The Hospital maintains that skipping is not alto- gether a good exercise for girls. By practising what may be described as ^"rising on the toes," so as to develop the calf and plantar muscles, much may be done to correct any tendency to flat foot: but by skipping the rebound is too great, and if carried on too long-much injury may result. Skipping should only be undertaken as part of a system of exercises. SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS. Self-consciousness is often a barrier to popularity in social life, and it is a malady from which some girls suffer. Not everyone can be graceful and easy, but one can be self confident without being self-asser- tive, serene and dignified without being dull. Morbid fears as to what others are thinking, and over- anxiety as to one's appearance, may be overcome. Little nervous mannerisms, a lack of repose, con- sciousness of one's clothes, are all.bad form and to be avoided. No one can make a good impression or talk agreeably, if half-absorbed in putting on gloves, clasping a bangle or a pin or arranging stray locks of hair. It is a mark of good breeding to be neatly dressed in every detail and never to appear conscious of one's clothes. Self-conscious manners in public are bad form and detract from a woman's charm. TAKE CARE OF TOUR ANKLES. Doctors say that unprotected ankles are responsible for many of the illnesses from which women suffer, a very large proportion of which have their origin in what is termed "just an ordinary cold." These ordinary colds would be much less ordinary if only women could he persuaded—both for themselves and for their children—of the extreme folly of wearing low shoes in cold or wet weather. There is but little risk of taking cold in the most inclement weather during walks if the feet and ankles be well protected. Either stout boots should be worn, coming well over the ankle, or else gaiters in addition to thick shoes. Thanks to her athletic training, the young girl of to-day is fairly sensible in her appreciation of thick boots for wet and cold weather, but there are stilllln immense number of vain or silly folk who sacrifice their own health and, worse still, that of their little ones rather than forego the dainty lace stockings and thin kid shoes which they are pleased to regard as the only possible footgear for the well-dressed. FRUITS FOR THE COMPLEXION. One of the lotions acknowledged to be among the most cooling for aldti use is cucumber juice. When- ever you have a cucumber in cut, pare off the rind and keep it on your washstand, rubbing the juicy inside of the rind over the face each time you wash. Half a lemon is most useful to keep on the washstand for facial use, and again for the hands. To whiten the neck and arms the lemon should be dipped in borax before it is used. Fresh milk and buttermilk are time-honoured remedies for freckles, and a skin tonic that is recommended by French- women is a decoction of milk in which shredded horseradish has been steeped for two or three hours. NICE DISHES. BuTramtiLK SCONES.—Buttermilk scones are made jmt like pancakes, only buttermilk is substituted for new milk, and an extra pinch of salt is added. They are lighter than the ordinary pancake. Sift half a pound of flour into a basin, add a pinch of salt and two e^srs, siir these smoothly with the flour, and add gradually a pint of buttermilk. Melt a little butter in a perfectly clean pan, and pour in the batter in tablespoonfuls: let it spread, and when cooked on the under side turn. Place these pancakes one on top of the other on a hot dish, and serve as soon as possible. Keep them covered till all are ready. These may be eaten with a little butter or with maple syrup. SPRING JULIENNE SOTO. —Cut info one-inch lengths, and then into shreds, carrot, turnip, celery, and onion in equal quantities; if all young vegetables, so much the better. Have enough to fill a large teacup when shredded. Throw these into three pints of boiling water, add salt, and cook fast till tender. Stir into this a tablespoonful of meat essence and, if you have it, some good gravy taken from under the dripping of a roast joint, hoi the soup boil up for a few minutes, add pepper and salt and a pinch of sugar, then pour into a hot tureen and serve. The addition of some pieces of ripe tomato, added before the final boil up, and some finely chopped parsley put in the last moment before serving, will be appreciated by most people. t CbkESis TOAST.—Break two eggs into a basin and beat them until they are quite frothy and add a tablespoonful of milk. Melt a tablespoonful of butter in a small saucepan, add the eggs and stir them over the fire until they thicken, but be careful that they do not curdle. Then draw the pan to the side of the stove and stir in by degrees two ounces of grated cheese and a little salt and pepper. Have ready some squares, or rounds, of hot buttered toast, and some brown crumbs which have V,n fried in a little butter; pour the cheese mixiure over the toast. Then scatter the crumbs over the top and put it into a very quick oven for a few minutes. POT-AT,rl EU. -Take about two and a half to three pounds of lean leg of beef, tie it neatly together with tape, and set it in an earthenware jar sufficiently large to take it easily. Cover with two quarts of water, and set the jar by the side of the fire. When the contents come to the boil, add a bouquet of sweet herbs, a few peppercorns, and a small piece of mace, tied together in a small piece of muslin. Slice and add to the beef the roots of two leeks, a turnip, two sticks of celery, and a couple of carrots. As the fat rises, carefully skim it off, and let all cook slowly for four hours. Strain off the liquor, serve the meat on a hot dish with a good garnish of vegetables and some slices of French roll fried quite crisp. The liquor will come in as soup the next day when the fat has become cold apd been removed..
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FACTS AND FANCIES.
FACTS AND FANCIES. ON an average, 1,700,000 of the world's popula- tion are constantly afloat. GERMANY owns 742,000 acres in Central America, with twenty million coffee-trees. ONE hundred and fifty-four out of every 10,000 convicts are constantly in hospital. THERE are in the United Kingdom over 122,750 places licensed to sell intoxicating liquor. AN ABSENT-MINDED PROFESSOR. The prize medal for absent-mindedness during lectures must be awarded to a German professor named Johannes Ames, who formerly lived in Vienna. One of his pupils had a list of his remarkable sayings, among them the following: "Julius Csesar, disguised as a slave, swam naked across the Tiber." Alexander the Great was born in the absence of his parents." "The Swiss are a mountainous nation." "In Scotland the climate does not begin till October." "Hogs were invented in Asia. Minor." "Thus arose a general war on page 94." "The third Tunic war would have been out much sooner had it commenced a little earlier." "Covered with count- less wounds, Csesar fell dead near the statue of Pompey; with one hand he drew his toga across his face, while with the other he called for help."
TH* FRIGATE BIRD.
TH* FRIGATE BIRD. The frigate bird far surpasses all others in its powers of flight, inasmuch as, except at the breed- ing season, it seldom visits the land, and is never seen to swim or rest on the waters. A celebrated naturalist, Mr. Lancaster, who spent several years in studying the habits of this and other birds, states that the frigate bird can live in the air for a week at a time, night and day, without once perching or, resting. He found these birds able, with ease, to go one hundred miles an hour. The albatross has followed the course of a ship for several days without being known to tako any rest. The swift is another bird which is almost continually on the wing, and never settles on the ground or on trees.
THE MUSIC OF HUMANITY.
THE MUSIC OF HUMANITY. The rudest and the most advanced nations abound in songs, wrote Harriett Martineau. They are heard under the plantain throughout Africa, as in the streets of Paris. The boatman on the Nile, and the children of Cairo on their way to school, cheer the time with chants, as do the Germans in their vineyards, and in the leisure hours of the university. The negro sings of what he sees and feels—the storm coming over the woods, the smile of bis wife, and the coolness of the drink she gives him. The Frenchman sings the woes of the State prisoner, and the shrewd self-cautioning of the citizens. The songs of the- Egyptian are amatory, and of the German varied as the accomplishments of the nation —but in their moral tone earnest and pure. The more this modo of expression is looked into, the more serviceable it will oe found to the traveller's purposes of observation.
. ANESTHETICS IN CHINA. ,
ANESTHETICS IN CHINA. A Chinese manuscript in the Paris Library proves that anaesthetics for surgical purposes were used in China 1,700 years ago. It states that when a surgeon conducted a serious operation he gave a decoction to the patient, who after a few moments became as insensible as if he were dead. Then, as the case required, the surgeon performed the operation— incision or amputation—and removed the cause of the malady; then he brought together and secured the tissues, and applied liniments. "After a certain number of days the patient recovered, without having experienced the slightest pain during the operation."
. SCHOOL MUSEUM RELICS.
SCHOOL MUSEUM RELICS. School museums are rich in relics of famous old boys. At Eton and Winchester are numbers of such mementoes of the great, says a writer in Chums; while the visitor to Charterhouse can feast his eyes on many similar treasures. Addison, Steele, and Blackstone are all represented by autographs; and numerous relics of John Leech, another Carthusian, are on view. Of these the most interesting are two drawings which hang side by side. One, in water colours, and the first he is known to have made—he was only six at the time—is of a coach drawn by four horses, more wonder- ful than schoolboys' horses usually are. This side of Charterhouse museum also includes a magnifi- cent collection of Thackerayana. Scores of drawings made by Thackeray while at school, and his Greek lexicon, full of pencillings and scribblings, aro fittingly comprised in it, as is the manuscript of a "Holyday Hon" which he wrote as a boy. The gem of the collection, however, is the original manuscript of "Tho Newcomes." that great novel which has made Charterhouse known the wide world over. Of late years the museum has received some important additions relating to old boys in the form of drawings by "B.-P. the hero of Mafeking.
. BRITISH EARTHQUAKES.
BRITISH EARTHQUAKES. Earthquakes are not so uncommon in the British Isles as might be supposed. Out of the 6,831 earth- quakes which had been recorded in the world from the earliest times up to 1850 the British Isles were responsible for no fewer than two hundred and fifty- five. The district of Comrie, in Perthshire, is the favourite resort of the earthquake, and in the winter of 1839 no fewer than one hundred and forty earth- quakes were experienced in this locality. Both in England and Scotland the autumn is the commonest time for earthquakes. There have been seventy- nine in autumn, seventy-four in winter, forty-four in spiing, and fifty-eight in summer.
. How ROYALTY GUARD THEIR…
How ROYALTY GUARD THEIR JEWELS. Royalties are much given to the accumulation of jewels of great price, and they take especial care that these baubles are not stolen. Many of the so-called "Crown jewels" which are shown to visitors to the Tower of London are" paste," the real jewels being secured in strong vaults in iron- bound boxes. The jewels of the Russian Imperial 'family form one of the most valuable collections in the world. This collection is guarded in a fortified castle watched over by a special detail of officers and soldiers. The Czar keeps a portion of his own private jewels in banks in London and Paris. The treasures of the Royal Family of Italy are hidden away in deep vaults beneath a fort situated in a little island in the Tiber. Protected by the old and muddy stream overhead, and the military on the island, the jewels are beyond the dreams of even the most daring and sanguine of burglars. The Prince of Bulgaria is possessed of precious stones to the value of £1,000,000, These he keeps locked in a little castle on the banks of the Danube. Some of the jewels belonging to the German Imperial family are kept in London banks, like those of the Czar.
.. LONDON'S STREAMS AND WELLS.
LONDON'S STREAMS AND WELLS. Few people realise that London once possessed a second*navigable river. The Fleet, or river of wells, as it was first called, which still exists in the debased form of an underground sewer, was at) one time a wide stream, Ludgate being in those early days a water-gate. Mediteval London also boasted of three other streams—the Old Bourne, from which Holborn sets its name, the Lang, or Long Bourne, and the Wal! Brook, which latter flowed under the east wall of the City. Nor was it badly off for wells and springs of fresh water. Of these the Clerk's well and the well in Clement's Inn were the most famous, whilst the pool in St. Giles's Churchyard added to its celebrity, if not its salubrity, by becoming the scene of the suicide of a forlorn Cripplegate maiden. A famous mediseval spring is represented by the modern Aldgate pump.
NEGRO SUPERSTITION.
NEGRO SUPERSTITION. Many of the negro superstitions in Kentucky are quite interesting. A writer in the Journal of Amsrican Folk-Lore says: An old philosopher told me with great gravity: "If you want peppers to grow, you must git mad. My old an me had a spat, and I went right out and planted my peppahs an' they come right up!" Still another saving is that peppers, to prosper, must be planted by a red-headed, or bv a high-tempered, # person. The netro also says that one never sees a jay bud 011 Friday, for the bird visits his Satanic majesty to "pack ldndling" on that, day. The three signs in which the negroes place, implioit trust are the well-known ones of the pround-hog's appearing above ground on February 2nd; that a hoe must not be carried through a house or a death will follow and that potatoes must be planted in the dark of the moon, as well as all vegetables that ripen in the ground (and that corn must be planted in of the mcon). A negro will not burn the wood of a tree that, has been struck by light- ning, for fear that his house will burn, or bo struck tov lightning. If a bird flies into a house, it brings bad lucY., If a craw fish or a turtle catches your toes, jf. wJJl cn till it thunders. When a child, 1 was told by a black nurse that if a bat alighted oft one;s Head it would stay till it thundered. This was so tenH) iy,g that even now I have an unneces- sary tear of bi ii g dlltcllCd by a bat. To make soap, 1r it with a sassyirfls dark of the moon.
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