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Bodrhyddan Rent Audit. PLEASANT EVENING AT RHUiDDLAN. The annual rent audit dinner at Bodrhyddan Hall, an event which is looked forward to with keen. anticipation -by the fortunate tenants of the estate and numerous local residents, was enjoyed- y a large coirnpanyl on Friday evening. ,The entertainment was of a sumptuous charac- iter, .srtrictly in 'keeping! with the traditions which previous hospitalities have created. The chair was occupied) by Lieut. Rafe Rowley- IConwy, R.N., who was supported by his brother, Lieut. Geoffrey Rowley-Conwy, and Mr W iConwyBell, the well-known, agent of the estate. The guests included, besides the lead- ing tenants, Mr J H Ellis, J.P., Mr F J Gamlin )(sclcitor tb the estate), Drs Hutton and Simp- son, Mr Bulcock, and Mr A A Goodall (Rhyl Town Surveyor). After the usual loyal toasts, proposed by the Chairman, had been honoured, a programme of imu/sical items, interspersed with brief speeches, rwas opened by Mr F J Gamlin, who proposed the toast of the 'Bishop and clergy and minis- ters of all denominations. With regard to the Bishop of the diocese, he said that although all present did not see eye to eye with him on all .subjects, he was sure they were unanimous in esteeming him for his well-known abilities as a leader of men i(IHear, hear). They were all very sorry that the 'Vicar of Rhudcfian was un- able to be present, and also Mr Owen (Hear, hear). tHe was also sorry that they had; no ministers of other denominations present. ffhey had a few deacons, he believed, and he was sure they would all be delighted to have had their estimable pastors also present. They c"uld, esteem those gentlemen not only in their chapels where they preached and prayed, but also in social life, where they might all meet together andl learn to know each other better .and get rid of those excresnees which accum- umulated in the course Of things. Why, he asked' amid laughter, could not the ministers come among them and enjoy their entertain- ment and a gtlass of whiskey or whatever they tchose ? It was a testimony to the manner in rwb-ich the estate was managed that they had iall shades of opinion and all denomination pre- sent. So long as a itenant was a good, honest ifellow, and did his work well, he was not troubled at all about what views he held (Appùause). iMr MoLelland, responding, said they had nO idoubt but that all ministers and clergymen had Qn-ecommon object-to teach the doctrines of ithie Gospel, and if they had more of the Gospel teachings put into practice they would be more justice in men's dealing one with another (Ap- plause). Mr J H Ellis, submitting the "Army, Navy, and Auxiliary Forces," said it was a fine and creditable thing that two sons of their hostess should have taken the arduous work connected with the two. orm-s of the national amies from a sense of their duty. Üne -of them, Lieut. GeofErey Rowley-Conwy, was engaged in South Africs and the other slori was practically at sea jil his davs. Proceeding, he expressed the V O A h^pe that the Government would not economise by reducing either the Navy or Army, because any such economy must of necessity be false (Hear, hear). Our naval strength, which was supreme in the world, must ibe maintained so, and he was svuve that the present Government had only in view the effecting of economy with efficiency. No one, 'he added, could blame diem for their determination to economise, having regard to the state of affairs in the •country. He could, however, congratulate the farmers on the excellent prices they had been able of late to olbtain for their stock and pro- duce. The Chairman, responding for the Navy, said he could agree that ■tohat Mr IE-His had 'said with regard' to the Navy was fairly correct, and that it was as good, and probably better, than anything they were likely to meet (Hear, hear). Deading with the frequently urged complaint that a lot of money was" wasted:" by being expended on the services, he questioned the grounds for any such assertion. Any economy, he urged, in respect Of the .building of battle- ships, must of necessity be false in character, seeing that the. whole of the money so spent, both on materials and labour, was spent strictlv within the country. As a result Of the Govern- ment reducing the building, a number of men would be thrown out of employment, and then a large sum of money had to be expended on more or less useless relief works for the un- employed. As an instance he remarked that he had seen a statement in a paper that thous. ands of unemfplOyed were put to work digging Out a pool (Laughter). Where was the economy? In this district the question was not acute, but in large industrial centres it was very serious I indeedi. iLieut. Geoffrey Rowley iConwy, replying for the army, commented upon the fact that the army was not growing at all, suggesting that the various .schemes of re-organisation did not seem to be doing much good. tMir Llewelyn Lloyd proposed the toast of their (Landlady" Mrs Rowley Conwy. They, as tenants, had much to .be thankful for in having such a landlady (applause). On behalf of the farmers he desired to express- appreciation of the generous interest that was always taken in their welfare, which expressed itself in that an invitation to them alfl to attend the Royal Agricultural Show (renewed applause). It showed what an interest the family took in agriculture, and they ought all to be proud that I they were connected with agriculture (hear, hear). Many people looked contemptuously upon agriculture, but he did not share those views. All classes, from the King downwards, were dependant upon that despised business. The tenant farmer who had paid his way through the trying time they had Lately experienced could look anyone in the face (applause). He desired on behalf of the tenants to ask the chairman to convey their thanks to his mother for the very kind way ip which they had been at all times treated (applause). The Chairman, responding, said that gathering used to be particularly enjoyable to his father, who looked upon it as the pleasure of the year, and he was sure that it was his mother's wish, as it used to be to his father, to do everything that could possibly be done for everyone on the estate. Submitting the toast of the tenants the Chair- man said he was sorry he could not give them a speech on agriculture, because he knew noth- ing whatever aJbbut it. But he was very pleased that so many had been kind enough to attend that dinner, which, showed that there was good feeling and good fellowship. He coupled, with the toast the names of Messrs (Francis Jones, A Davies, Roberts (Criccin), and Lewis (Bryn- gerkin). Mr Lewis, responding, said a good landlord made a contented tenantry, and the tenants of Bodrhydldan, Cwm, and Brynyerkin were con- tented (hear, hear). Mr William Blimston submitted the health of the agent Mr W'Conwy Bell), urging the im- portance of the unity that existed bet weeR him and the tenants. Such unity, he -said, was essential to the well-being of a community, and they should have more of it (hear, hear). Mr Bell, responding, said he could not quite agree with Mr Ellis that they had had a record year. They had had a better year than for some time, but there w.as still great room for improvement. He agreed with Mr Blimston as -to the great need for unity among them. With regard to the stock he was very pleased to notice that there had been an improvement in the neighbourhood, and for that he thought they I had to thank the nint and Denbigh Hunt Corn. 11 I iffittSe for bringing those ifine hunt bulls into the district once a year. As a result of that the yearlings of the present day were worth at ] leaist 50s a head more than ibe.fore. As a hunt- I ing man he wished to ask them therefore, and he would beg and pray and plead, that they would, put as little wine as they could on their farms, and to let him know .before they put an inch up. Only a iriOnth ago the huntsman in Salop had lost his life because a farmer had put up a few yards of barbed wire. Proceeding he said agriculture was one of the noblest pro- fessions. He was very pleased that they had had a very good audit, for which he wished to thank them. Alluding to the foundry, which was'mentioned by one of the speakers, he said it was taken over to prevent it being closed, which would) have compelled a number of men to leave the district. 'He desired to tell them all that they could get any implement they wanted at prices as low and prohably lower than if they paid their fares to go out of the district for them (applause). The Chairman submitted .the toasts of the guests, to which Mr F J Gamlin humorously responded. Messrs J H Ellis and -Bulcock, and Drs Hutton and Simpson responded. (During the evening songs were agree-ibly rendered by Or Simpson and Messrs Bulcock, Edward Evans, Old/field', and gones, i(Tir Hwt%). PARADOXES. One man stretches out his hand and plucks the apple of the Hesperidei-rosv, fragrant, juicv? the sweet, while his brother fuids the same Like Dead Sea fruit that tempts the eye, but turns to ashes on the lips." When some people see one man succeeding better in the world than another they cannot understand it. Whvr" they secretly ask their own hearts—"why should everything that Jacob touches turn into gold, while everything that passes into Esau's hands becomes dry, sapless, and shrivelled 2"

Death of the Rt. Hon. Samuel Smith I Profound regret is expressed On every hand at the death of the Right Hon. Samuel Smith, the benevolent cotton ibro-k-er who represented the /Flintshire cdunty in Parliament for many years, andi retired at the last election. It is leas than two months ago that all classes were congratulating the late .member on .being made a Privy (Councilor—the highest honour at the King's disposal—in recognition of his splendid and devoted public service. The right hon. gentleman sailed for India, soon after the announcement of his elevation, in company with Mr Wm Jones, M.P., ostensibly to attend the Indian Congress, though doubtless promp- ted also by a desire to escape the rigours of an English winter. His, death is .attributed to heart failure. Samuel Smith was born at Borgue, Kirk- cudbright, in 1836. ;He was the elde-st son of James Smith, a farmer in that district. His grandfather was a Presbyterian minister, and it was intended that he should follow the same calling. To this end, after finishing his course at iBorgue Academy, he went to Edinburgh Uni- versity. However, lie abandoned the idea of entering the ministry and was sent to Liverpool p to serve an apprenticeship to Logan and Co., cotton brokers, of that town,. He proved him- self remarkably efficient, and beca-me a capable judge of cotton texture, a good financier, and generally a shrewd1 man of business. At the Outbreak of the Confederate rebellion he had so far won. the confidence of the trade that the Manchester Cham/ber of Commerce requested him to visit India -to inquire into the possibil- ity of growing cotton there on a large scale. His report was favOurale and resulted in prompt -mear,ure-s being taken to develop the Indian cotton trade, whereby the stress of the cotton famine in Lancashire ,arising out of the war was in some measure .relieved. Shortly after- ward's Mr Smith, commenced business on his own account as a cotton broker in Liverpool, in conjunction with his brother, Mr James Smith, and Mir,E lE .Edwards, the style of the firm being Smith, (Edwards, and Co. About the same time he also became a partner in the firm of tFinlay and Co., of Glasgow, who were establishing a Liverpool ibranch of their cotton business. iHis undertakings were speedily successful, and as he was a man. of frugal ha- bits he amasised considerable wealth. Keen in business and careful in spending, Mr Smith was nevertheless a man of large .benevolence and gave liberally and often lavishly to objects of public and private charity which appealed to his sympathies. All his life he was deeply interested in .religious and missionary work. When a young man he was an active helper in the .ragged schools in Liverpool, and later such movements as (Mrs IBirt's fromes^ }h§. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to. Childreil, aild the crusade against vivicection commanded his energetic support. He showed especial interest in social reform) and on questions of temper- ance and education was regarded as an auth- ority. !He entered the Liverpool Town Council in 1878, and four years later, at a by-election in December, 1832, he won the Parliamentary ssat ,for the Liberals, achieving a signal victory over Mr i(afterwards Sir) Arthur iBower Forwood, the leader of the Conservative party. Liver- pool in those dlays. was a three-cornered consti- tuency, and until that time the utmost hope of the Liberals had been to secure the minority seat. Not the least remarkable feature of that election was the hearty support that M.r Smith, a Presbyterian, obtained from the Roman Cath- olics. Before the general election of 1885 the three-cornered constituency had been split up into nine Parliamentary divisions., returning one member each, and Mr 'Smith, who stood for the Abercromby division, sustained defeat. How- ever, he was not long without a .seat, for in March, 1886, during his absence in India, he was elected for Fliritshire-a constituency which he continued to represent* until immediately before the last general election. He was a Liberal, advanced on some points, and on others rather (behind the majority of his party. On the (Home Rulle question he was a supporter of Mir Gladstone. He wrote a few books and numerous pamphlets and magazine articles. His chief book was "The Credibility of the Christian Religion," a thúughtful: if not an especially profound study. In pamphlets he discuased among other things bimetallism, Socialism, and women's suffrage. Of this last movement he had a positive dread, believing that the extension Of political power to women was fraught with far-reaching evil, social and moral'. this literary style was clear and vigor. ous. As a rule he could give weighty if not always convincing reasons for his opinions, and especially on economic subjects, his writings were so well informed and weighty that they commanded respectful attention. He married in 1864 Melville, daughter Of the Rev Irk Christison, of iBiggar, Lanark. His wife died in 1093, and his only son, Gordon Smith, died a few years later. Mr Smith's last appearance in Liverpool was at a banquet given to him by the Junior Reform. Club of that city on N ovembbr il2th in honour of his being designated a Privy Councillor by the King. THE LAST OF MH,E PURITANS." Mr Samuel Smith i(writes a Parliamentary correspondent) of late years had been com- pelled) to relinquish much of his social and I political work, and there is some danger, there- fore, that at the present moment his great .services in the House of Commons may be for- I gotten. This would be a grave pity, for few men have held a more remarkable position in the popular Chamber than Mr Samuel Smith. He was a success of moral courage pure and simple. lExternaMy, perhaps, he possessed few of the qualifications that .go to make a good 0 Parliamentarian. this long beard, his ex- pression of demure austerity, his thin, high- pitched Scottish accent, his absence of humour or geniality—all contributed to the picture of just such an elder of the Scottish Kirk as crops up from ib6hindi the wall in the last eoene of The Little Minister." But persistence and earnestness told. IMr Samuel Smith cared nothing for the frown of the world or the laugh- ter Of the young Tory bloods when they returned from dinner to jeer and flout at the last of the ,Puritans. Perhaps lbehin-d that exterior of I innocence was a background of knowledge of the world and contempt for the average vulgar maiv that must have armed him against their sneers. But thtre was something more than that. There was a touch of the quiet strength, of the strong detachment which steeled Chris- tian and Faithful to defy the scoffs of Vanity Fair. And certainly the results were extra- ordinary. Mr Samuel Smith would raise sub- jects from which every other member of the House would turn away. The cry of faddist had no terrors for him. The opium traffic, the condition of India, the purity of the stage, the vice of the streets, the spread of obscene lietra- ture—these are all things from which the aver- age member turns away with a not altogether inexplicable distaste. "I have enough to do in looking after politics, without becoming a Censor Morum"—that is probably the general feeling. Besides, the man who raises these subjects must be prepared to stand alone. The good desert him quite as much as the bad. Why talk of such things ?" they cry you only taint the air." But Mr Samuel Smith had the dogged. ,Scottish faculty for distinguish- ing innocence from ingenuousness, and he knew as well as any other man that the ignorance of the good is a standing menace to the weak. He fearlessly, therefore, forced the House of I CÚIbmbns to face the facts, and by force of sheer persistence and industry he often won opinion over to his side. We must take the man as he was. In privata he was one of the kindest and most genial uf men, a charming host, and a pleasant talker. Those who only knew him in his public appear nace suspected few of ;thes,e qualities. He seemed to many of them, no doubt, rigid, austere, impossibly -pio,us, necessarily hypo- critical. Those who knew of his penetrating and genuine Christianity, of his far-reaching benevolence in his own county, realised how false this idea was. But they quite understood how it arose, and they often wished that he could have mixed his goodness with some of the robust geniality of Mr Caine or the rippling humour of isir 'Wilfrid Laws'on. Nature does not always provide us with these combinations. Mr Samuel Smith's public force ran in one groove, and worked along one line, with steady and quiet persistence. Who can say that laughter might not have weakened bim-that it might not have destroyed his force ? He was not always the moralist, even in public affairs. He was a golad strong Liberal, and learnt to distrust the Imperialism which has surely sapped the (Strength of domestic progress. H = took a keen interest in all political questions, and brought to bear on commercial and mone- tary problems the shrewd training of an ex- cellent man of business. On these subjects the experts of the House always lave him the.r ears, though he never rose to that Tare ability Of holding the whole Hotise which is vouchsafed to so few Parliamentarians. Mr Samuel Smith was always a specialist, but the specialists listened to him). He will be missed in the House of Commons. There are few Puritans nowadays. ilf he is not the last, he is almost the last. I.

Rhyl. ANOTHER WHIST DRIVE. The Advertising Association is arranging for another Whist Drive in aid of the organisation, which will take place at the Town Hall, on January 19th. The drive will be followed by a dance. Townspeople in helping the association are helping only themselves, and it is anticipated that there will be a keen demand for tickets. RHYL LANDOWNER AND A VILLAGE SCHOOL. A controversy extending now over twelve months has existed between the Merioneth Education Committee and Mrs Foulkes, of Rhyl, the owner of Hengwrt estate, over the question of a site for a Council school at the village of Llanelltyd. During the Welsh revolt the Nonconformist child- ren were withdrawn from the Llanelltyd National School, and have since been daily driven to the Dolgelley Council School. In the meantime the Board of Education has declined to recognise the Llanelltyd National School as a grant-earning school. Mrs Foulkes. who is a Churchwoman, when asked for a site for a Council school, refused the application, and the Dolgelley District Education Committee has urged the county authority to acquire a site by compulsion. On Thursday the County Committee decided to make a formal request to Mrs Foulkes for land for a site.

:0 Prestatyn. VETERANS AT THE BOARD. A movement to provide a dinner and entertainment to all the poor over the age of 60 in the town was initiated at a meeting held in the Town Hall on Monday. Mr Cunnah was in the chair. A committee was formed to make the necessary arrange- ments and the hope was generally expressed that the treat might be accomplished during January. COMPETITIVE MEETING. At the C.M. Chapel, Meliden, on New Year's Eve, a competitive meeting was held. The Rev R P Hughes presided in the absence through indisposition of Mr John Williams, J.P., Rosslyn. A number of children connected with the Sunday School took part, and Miss Maggie Ellis and Mr Joseph Davies were the vocalists. Mr Richard Jones, at the close, proposed a vote of thanks to those who had helped.

r 3 TWTCO FOB HOUSEWIVES. The life of a housewife is generally monofo* nous. Every day there is the same weary round of household duties. And so women at home often get low-spirited, fretful, dejected, and sometimes even cross. And they lose their good looks, and become old before their time. The awoman who wishes to keep well and strong, and who desires to retain her beauty till the end of the chapter, will seek some way of banishing the dreary monotony from her daily home life, Bays a writer in Health. One wise and happy woman I know contrives to have her household work done early, so that the evening may be free for some relaxation or pleasure. She ar- ranges some little speciality of home entertain- ment, so that every evening in the week is a cheery climax to the well-spent day. The look- ing forward to the cheery evening is an incentive to the housewife to "buck up," and get the work over, instead of dawdling over it till bed- time. If housewives were to try this plan, the monotony would soon have no effect upon their nerves. Their life would seem sweeter and better and they would no longer look upon themselves as household drudges. A little nonsense now and then," is a good motto for a busy housewife. TO KEEP FISH FRESH. Clean the fish and sprinkle the inside with brown sugar. Keep the fish in a horizontal position, so that the sugar may soak into it as much as possible. Half an ounce of sugar will be found quite sufficient for 31b. of fish. If fish is treated by this method before salting and smok;lkg. the flavour is much improved.

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