The Aberdare Leader

THE FLY NUISANCE. Sir,—I oftentimes thank God I have no axe to grind. I have no need to write to please the people. I would much rather offend them. I shall do them more good in the long run. Woe unto him that everybody speaks well of. I have seen some letters in the local press of late upon child life. I question how much they care about the child, only for fame. I would not take the trouble to write this letter only for the number of ill-ventilated houses that are not only in our neighbourhood but in many others, and that the knowledge people possess about flies is very small. Many think they are sent for good, to take away the bad air, and that it is wicked to kill them. You must not kill the fly, God will see you. If you tell them that they are bad, they won't believe you. I have been in many houses in the dead of win- ter and seen as many flies as in the sum- mer. Those I call ill-ventilated houses- where the doors and windows were closed. At times when someone is ill I have spoken to them. The answer I got was, "The doctor did not say about it." As good as to say, It's a lie, you know nothing at all about it." The fly is to be treated, not as harm- less and an amusement for the baby, but as a dangerous enemy of mankind. One man of science placed one fly in some typhoid germs, and then let him walk about on a disc or gelatine. The disc was examined under the microscope, and it was found that the fly had left a trail containing 30,000 typhoid bacteria. Flies begin to lay eggs in June, and one fly killed in May is a thousand killed in July, so quickly do they breed. The eggs are white and long, and hatch in six to nine hours. The total time required for the birth of a whole generation is only 11 days, if in a favourable place. In some 1 houses the conditions are most favour- able. Only sufficient filth they want. You can see the marks of their feet over the cheese, etc., after flying from the horse-dung in the street into the shop. Food should never be exposed in the summer time. Experiments have lately been made which show that the house fly has an enormous appetite and thirst that knows no limit. Tea time comes and he puts in an appearance with the rest of the family, eats their cake, and sometimes meets a hot death by falling into someone's tea, or perhaps he prefers falling into the milk. Mary says, "More milk, please, mother." aYes, dear." She gets the milk and the disease germs too. Flies hate darkness, and have been shown by experiment to lose all interest in food if there is no light. The principal insect agent in the spread of typhoid has been found to be the fly. I have mentioned that it takes eleven days to complete a generation of flies, and the number of eggs laid by each female averages 120. One fly raises sixty daughters in eleven I days. Each of these has sixty daughters in the same short space of time, these each have sixty, making 3,600 in eleven more days. In 30 days, it may be in 33 days, the number has grown to 216,000. It is estimated that a single fly carries about 5,000 bacteria, the germs that cause the plague that kills the babies. One fly left in a house in June will breed enough flies in a few weeks to drink a gallon of milk. We have said enough about the flies now for anybody to see that they are a common danger. But what shall we say of women's dirty hands? I have heard of women who have not washed their hands for three days. My hands are not dirty, i they don't look like it. But look at them with the microscope and you will find that there are 6,000 tubercular germs on them. No woman should be allowed to put food without immediately washing herself.—Yours, etc., W. A. DA VIES, H.R.I.P. Tudor House, Aberaman.

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Little Clarence: "Ba, I honestly don't believe it does me a bit of good when you thrash me." Mr. Callipers: "I begin to suspect as much. my son, but you have no idea how much good it someties does me to thrash you'" A dominie, after telling his scholars the story of Ananias and Sapphira, asked them: "Why is not everybody who tells a lie struck dead?" After a long silence I one little fellow exclaimed: "Because there wouldna be nobody left."

HINTS FOR THE HOME. FRUITS FOR RHEUMATISM. idea that acid fruits induce rheupiatism is i very popular error. It is based on a misunder- standing. The acids of fruits are different from mineral acids, which, taken into body, are not digestible, and remain as mineral acids. It is not so with the acids of fruits. These acids, when taken into the body, go through the same pro- cess of assimilation and change which starch and sugar do; they disappear as acids. Actually they have the effect of increasing the alkalinity of the blood, and of lessening the acidity of the renal secretion. Thus a person who has rheumatism, a condition in which there is too much uric acid, may be greatly benefited by the use of fruits and fruit acids. A few years ago, says a writer, we made some experiments which proved this most con- clusively. A person was recommended to live a week on sour fruit, or acid fruit-juices in large quantities, and it was found that the alkalinity of the blood increased right along. The acidity till the blood increased during the first few hours, or, rather, the alkalinity diminished; but after the first few hours the blood rapidly became more and more alkaline.

LOSS OF HAIR AND DYSPEPSIA. Dyspepsia is not only one of the most common diseases, but it is also one of the most common causes for the loss of hair. Nature is very care- ful to guard and protect and supply the vital organs with the proper amount of nutriment, but when she cannot command a sufficient quantity of blood supply for all the organs, she very naturally cuts off the supply of parts least vital, like the hair and nails, so that the most important organs, like the heart, lungs, &c., may be better nourished and perform their work more satisfactorily. A very common cause of indigestion is irregularity of meal hours. Be more careful about what you eat, and when you eat it, and you will have less dyspepsia and fewer bald heads.

TO RENOVATE FEATHERS. Empty the feathers from their case into a box of wood about the size of your washing boiler. Tack over this a wire screen, and invert over the cashing boiler previously filled with water and boiling on the stove. After steaming them for an hour or two, or until clean, turn the now wet feathers into a cheesecloth case, and hang on the line in the sun until thoroughly dry.

USES OF POWDERED CHARCOAL. No one is a greater believer in charcoal than the French medical practitioner, although it is doubtful whether the English doctor would sub- scribe to all the claims made for it as an anti- dote or curative agent. In most cases of dys- pepsia charcoal is beneficial, and the Family Doctor recommends it in cases of dysentery. Charcoal acts as a disinfectant and absorbent of noxious gases, and thoroughly cleanses the whole alimentary canal. Pulverised charcoal should be given a promi- nent place as a household remedy. It can be made by those who use wood as a fuel. Hard wood is the best. It can be pulverised with a rolling-pin, or it can be purchased, already pul- verised, at the chemist's. Charcoal is a cheap remedy, and it is an efficient remedy. It is a harmless remedy, and it is a remedy that we can thoroughly recommend in all stomach and intes- tinal disorders. In cases where it does no good, it certainly will do no harm. If we were present at a case of accidental poisoning, and had no other antidote convenient, we should certainly use pulverised charcoal. Therefore, it may be well to bear this in mind. Should anyone be poisoned in the household a doctor should be immediately sent for. But, while the doctor is coming, it would certainly do no harm to give the victim large doses of char- coal. The charcoal can be mixed with milk or water, and given freely.

CAMPHOR AND THE MOUTH. Two drops of camphor on a toothbrush will give the mouth a fresh, clear feeling, will make the gums rosy, and absolutely prevent affections of the tongue. The gums are barometers of one's condition. If they are clear, bright red, we are in good health, while if the blood is thin and wanting in the red corpuscles, the gums will be pale pink. If we are in a very bad way in- deed, and much in need of a course of diafysed iron, they will be almost white.

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Mountain Ash County Court. TUESDAY.—Before His Honour Judge J. Bryn Roberts. PENRHIWCEIBER CONSTITUTION- AL CLUB. Mr. W. Bryant, Pontypridd, men- tioned an action taken by James Watts, Penrhiwceiber, against William Magor, as chairman of the Penrhiwceiber Con- stitutional Club. Watts asked for an in- junction to prevent the Club expelling him. Mr. Bryant said that the case had been before the July Court, but was ad- journed. In that Court Magor was the only defendant. He now asked His Honour to allow Magor to remain as sole representative of the Club in this action, or to further adjourn the case to enable him (Mr. Bryant) to issue summonses on the members of the Club Committee, 12 in number. He submitted that the easier course would be to proceed against Magor alone. Mr. Lovat Fraser (instructed by Mr. W. W. Meredith), who appeared for the Club, strongly opposed the adjournment Mr. Bryant had rushed into litigation, first claiming £ 5. After June the claim was reduced to t2. Magor in the mean- time had paid 10s. into Court. with a denial of liability. Mr. Fraser sub- mitted that His Honour had no power to allow Mr. Bryant to join the other members of the committee with W. Magor. His Honour said it would be more con- venient to allow one member to be sued. He would grant an order appointing Magor as the defendant in the action, aud adjourn the case for a month. ADMINISTRATION REQUESTS. Thos. Døvies, 35, Park-street, owed .£-36 11s. He was 36 years of age, and was employed as ripper. His earnings lately were 27s. lQd., but when the pits were going regularly he earned over £ 2 a week. Applicant had a daughter, 14 years of age, who was at home. His Honour said that this girl ought to be sent out to service. He would strike out the application, and would give leave to applicant to apply again when the girl would be in service and when the pits were working regularly. John Hicks, 35, Copley-street, Mountain Ash, represented by Mr. W. R. Morgan, Aberdare, owed C27 10s. 9d. He was 33 years of age, and was a rider at a colliery. Applicant said he lived apart from his wife and children, to whom he contri- buted 9s. per week. His earnings were 33s. 3d. a week. He offered to pay in full at the rate of 10s. per month.. His Honour: I'll grant the order if you pay 15s. per month. Applicant: I can never do it. His Honour Then the application is struck out. Frederick Gregor made a similar ap- plication. Asked how much he owed, applicant said lie did not know. His Honour: Then go back until you have ascertained. Wm. G. Jones, 44, Rheola-street, Pen- rhiwceiber, owed £28 lls. 6d. He was represented by Mr. W. R. Morgan, soli- citor. Applicant worked as a mason, and was 33 years of age. He earned 38s. 6d. a week, and had four children. He offered 8s. 6d. per month. Applicant consented to pay 12s. per month, and the order was granted. David Williams, Penrhiwceiber, 28 years of age, a haulier, said he had three children, the eldest being 10. He earned -21 10s. lOd. per week. The order was granted. Llewelyn Tudor, 47, Park View-terrace, Abercwmboi, owed .£36 13s. 8d. Mr. W. R. Morgan appeared for applicant, who said he earned 24s. a week. The appli- cation was adjourned for two months. David Evans, a journeyman tailor, liv- ing in John-street, Abercwmboi, was 55 years of age, and owed £ 20 10s. 7d. He earned 20s. per week. He offered 7s. per month. The order was granted. Frank Angell, Mountain Ash, owed v-842. 18s. Jd, per week. He had sevm children. In reply, to Mr. G-wilym Jones, who opposed the application, applicant said he had 10 children. Three children be- longed to his wife by a former husband. and she was paid 7s. 6d. compensation in respect of those three. The Judge ordered applicant to pay 16s. per month COMPENSATION MONEY. Mrs. Heard, 21, Abercynon-road, Aber- cynon, represented by Mr. A. T. James, applied fOT a sum of money to enable her to remove to Sherborne, Dorsetshire. Mr. James said Mrs. Heard's husband was killed in the employ of Mr. Suther- land. The compensation money now in hand was .£113 10s. lid. Applicant was anxious to remove to Sherborne because that was her home, and she could obtain a house for 10s. a month, whereas she was now paying 25s. His Honour granted a sum sufficient to pay railway fares and also arrears of rent. In the case of Thos. Reynolds v. the Penrhiwceiber Colliery Co., Mr. A. T. James said that the parties had agreed to X60. Reynolds was killed in respond- ents' employ last June. He was un- married, and had an aged father and mother living in Worcestershire. His Honour confirmed the arrangement made.

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Gwahoddir cynyrchion barddonol a gohebiaeth i'r Adran hon. Bydd adroddiadau Cymraeg hefyd yn dder- byniol. Adolygir pob math o lyfran a ehyhoeddiadau. Sin harwyddair:- Tn lloniant ac yn lluniaeth Ein lien fo-yn llawn o faeth.

Eblon Golygyddol. ———— Y mae cyfieithu iarnau barddonol Ceiriog yn y ffasiwn yn awr. Y mae hyd y nod y Times Llundeinig wedi agor ei golofnau í'r eyfleithiadau. Ofnwn er hyny fod canenon Ceiriog, fel nofelau Daniel Owen, yn colli rhywbeth wrth newid en llafar. Rhaid i'r Cymro ganu yn mhob man. Anghofied ei ddeheulaw a'i dafod ganu ac fe a allan o fodolaeth. Pan gyll ei gerdd fe dyr ei galon. Mae papyrau America wedi darganfod tuedd anorch- fygol y Cymro at gan. Dywed un o hon- ynt fod cerdd y Cymro ar ddydd gwyl arbenig yn y Talaethau mor fyw, mor Baturiol, nes gwneyd i acenion y creig- iau a rhu y rhaiadr acenu a rhuo iaith Gomer. Wrth gwrs, hysbys i bawb ydyw fod yr adar, er dyddiau Owain Alaw, yn cann Cymraeg. H Os oes neb yn esmwyth arno caned Salmau" ydyw cynghor lago. Ond rhaid i'r Cymro ganu pa un bynag ai esmwyth a: anesmwyth fydd, mm hawddfyd ac adfyd, mewn llawenydd ac mewn galar. Nid ydym hyd yn hyn wedi cael gair Cymraeg am investiture. "Vel y mae yr estron bethau hyn sydd yn dod beun- ydd a bydd i'n mysg fel Cymry yn dodi "strain" enbyd ar yr lien iaith. Cyn- ygiwn wobr o ysnoden, ffugenw a chlod i'r sawl a fatha y gair Cymraeg goreu am "investiture/' Ni wobrwyir oni bydd teilyngdod. Ofnwn fod y miri yn nglyn a'r "in- vestiture (rhaid glynu wrth y gair Seisnig byd nes y daw y gair Cymraeg) v- edi bod yn achlysur i adgyfodi i raddau yr hen deimlad cynhenus rhwng De a Gogledd. Y mae tipyn o eiddigedd wedi bod er- ioed yn mvnweeau yr Hwntw ar Gog- leddwr y uaill at y llall. Yn ddiweddar 8fodd y teimlad eiddigeddus hwn ei ddwyshau pan oedd rhai swyddi breision ar osod yn y De. Syrfhiodd y rhai hyn j ran plant Gwynedd a Phowys, ac aeth cyrrau y Dehau ar dan. Unwaith yn rhagor wele y Gogledd wedi cipio tamaid bras o etiau y De megys. Bydd yr hyn a wneir i Dvwvsog Cymru—am yr hyn beth nid oes genym enw yn iaith Cymrn-yn cymeryd lie yn Arfon yn lie yn Morganwg. El caste! 1 Caerdydd i'r cysgod, a daw castell Caer- narfon i'r golwg. A. ydyw Canghellydd y Trysorlys yn gyfrifol am hyn? Cas gwr na char o'r wlad a'i maco, ac ni fyn Lloyd George ei gyfrif yn gas gan neb—ond y duciaid, wrth gwrs. A naturiol yw iddo ef osod Caernarfon goruwch ei lawenydd penaf. Pan yn ddiweddar y darfu i swyddgeiswyr o'r Gogledd gipio rhai o seigiau blasus y De. Lloyd George a gaf- odd y bai. Efallai er hyny fod rhvwrai yn llunio bai lie na bydd. Dywed Y Genedl Gymreig" na ddaeth yr un dyn enwog o Sir Faesyfed, a myn fod a ei phoblogrwydd raddau yn is mewn meddwl a dawn na'r gweddill o Gymru." Ai gwir hyn? Wrth gwrs yr achos o hyn oil ydyw fod gwyr Maesyfed wedi anghofio iaith hen frodorion y lie. Ond a chaniatau gwir- ionedd y gosodiad blaenaf, ai cywir yr ail? A yw coll iaith yn anghymwysder i fagu glew P Anhawdd ydyw cael gwared o'r lleidr lien o Gymru. Mae mor ddiwyd a beidd- gar yn yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol ag ydyw yn y cwrdd llenyddol bach. Dang- osodd ei wyneb haerllug yn ngwyl Colwyn Bay. Gresyn na fuasai yr Archdderwydd yn gallu cael gafael arno, rhoi y maen Hog o amgylch ei wddf a'i daflu i eigion Bau Colwyn. Cofiwn am Cadfan unwaith yn dargan- fod dim llai na phump o lenladron mewn cystadleuaeth beddargraph. Mae y llen-I leidr yn ddigon digywilydd i ysbeilio beddau y meirw er cael tlysau lladrad i addurno beddau meirw ereill. ——— Nid llawer o wobrwyon cenedlaethol a ddaethant i gyfeiriad AbSndar o Golwyn Bay. Daethpwyd a dwy wobr telyn i Canal Head House, gan Taliesin Merfyn a'l chwaer fechan Nancy. Mae talent telyn yn y teulu hwn yn ddios. Llwydd- iant i'r brawd a'i chwaer ieuanc i dynu mwy o swyn o'r tannau nag erioed. Yr oedd Trecynon yn ail yn yr ail- gjstadleuaeth gorawl, a chafodd cor Mr. Gwynne gryn glod gan y beirniad. Poed iddynt gael y lie blaenaf y tro nesaf. Gwelwn fod Mr. Llew R. Bowen, Aber- tawe, wedi enill ar yr unawd bass. Mae efe yn enwog fel cantor ac arweinydd cor. Mab ydyw i Mr. J. L. Bowen, a brawd i'r Mri. D. 0. Bowen ac Arthur Bowen, o Dreforris ac Aberdar, gwneuthurwyr en- v.-og Sarso.

Briwsion. O bregeth y Parch. W. T. Francis, Gwawr, Aberaman, yn Nghapel y Gadlys, Sul, Medi 18, 1910. Y syniad cyifredin ydyw mai dynion gweiniaid sydd yn wylo. Ond nid arwydd o wendid yw dagrau. Nid dyn gwan oedd Joseph, ond y mae ei hanes yn llawn dsgrau. Yr oedd Dafydd yn gwneuthur ei wely yn foddfa, ac yr oedd Jeremiah yn wylo ddydd a nos am bechod ei bobl. Nid dynion gweiniaid oeddynt hwy. Nid dyn gwan oedd Paul, ond y mae ol wylo dros ei holl epistolau. Mae eisieu ymprydio yn gystal a gweddio. Hunan-lywodraeth yw ym- pryd. Mae ei absenoldeb wedi difetha llawer i odfa ddau o'r gloch. Ehaid i'r arweinydd goreu gael help. Eh aid oedd i Moses wrth Aaron, a rhaid oedd j'r ddau wrth y dyn bychan distadl Hobab. Yr un modd rhaid i'r pregethwr v rth help y bobl. Os na wel y byd chwys, gwaed ac aberth chrecl e' ddim o honom ni. Clywir ambell un yn canu, Mi ro"T, cwbl Am ithas bur fy Nuw," h2 yn methu ymryddhau oddiwrth fas- nach ar nos Sadwrn. i allu dod i odfa bore Sul.. Pa le bynag y ceir Sanbalat mae Tob- iah yn ei ddilvn. Dim ond pbbl a chanddynt galon i weithio a allaut ddal gwatwareg. i

Letters to the Editor. Letters on any subject of public interest are invited. It should be understood that we do not necessarily agree with the views expressed therein. Corres- pondents will oblige by writing on one side of the paper, and must invariably enclose their names and addresses, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith.

STARVATION WAGES. Dear Sir,—Much fuss and bother has been made about the Cambrian Dispute, when in the Aberdare Valley men are subjected to treatment far worse, and the methods are more tyrannical than those in the Ehondda Valley. Are our leaders aware that there are experienced colliers working in the lower part of the valley for less than < £ 1 per week, and in the Taff and Cynon District? Does Mr. E Morrell know, when he boasts of the District being worth over £10,000, that the men in one pit do not earn Is. a day, and last pay a poor collier had to have an advance of 6s. to pay his butty ? This poor fellow has a wife and six children to maintain. How can this man keep his family in bread alone, and yet he is a true and faithful member of the Feder- ation. The usual cry is that if we come out the shopkeepers will close their shops to us. D-n the shopkeepers, says I. Are we to sell the principle of a living wage because the shopkeepers won't let us have food? Well, we might as well starve on the road as in work. What are the tip- pers earning at a certain pitF Do the district officials know? Do they care? It is time that some united action should be taken, or else the unrest and sedition already existing in the Federation will be greatly increased. A well known writer says that "The world is a rich man's paradise, a wise man's purgatory, and a poor man's hell," and I for one agree with him. Hoping that some of the Taff and Cynon District Officials will read this,—I am, sir, TRADE UNIONIST.

WASHING FLANNEL. Many persons buy flannel with cotton in it in order to avoid the shrinkage, which they fancy cannot be avoided. The secret of being able to wash flannels without their shrinking consists in observing two things—first, the soap used should contain no resin, as resin soap hardens the fibres of the wool, and consequently renders the good0, harsh as well as shrinking them; second, the water should be as hot as the hand can bear it. Do not rub them on the board, scald in blue water, and hang out immediately.

A SIMPLE LOTION. A simple and excellent lotion for bathing the back, hips, elbows, and heels, as a preventive of bed-sores, is made as follows: Fill a pint bottle two-thirds full of witch-hazel and one-third pure alcohol. Add a teaspoonful of powdered alum, and shake well to mix and dissolve the alum. Bathe frequently with this, and if the parts are very tender add one-half again as much alcohol as prescribed above.

DON'T. There are certain ha.bits of position that are positively injurious, as a little reflection will show you. One is the habit of folding the arms. Don't do it. Just as certainly as you do you pull the shoulders forward and flatten the chest, thereby interfering with free respiration, and, consequently, normal lung development. Don't cross the legs! This is an extremely popular position, but one to which more trouble is due than people imagine. The pressure on the knee in the popliteal spuce, by pressure on the nerves, seriously interferes with the circulation in the feet, to say nothing of serious reflex ner- vous disturbances that may arise from this perni- cious habit. These may seem small things in themselves, but the sum of trifles makes great totals.

NICE DISHES. PEAS WITH LETTUCE.—Lettuces blend them- selves well with peas. They are the same colour, and they have the art of effacing themselves so that the flavour of the peas alone is apparent. Put two whole lettuces, chopped up very small, into a saucepan with a spoonful or two 'of water. Shake the saucepan frequently, and when the lettuces have become soft add pepper, salt, and a tablespoonful of butter; dredge them well with two tablespoonfuls of flour, and stir until they boil, then throw in half a peck of peas, and cook until the peas are soft. GREEN PEA Soup is pleasant, and requires no meat to flavour or strengthen it. The colour of the soup is improved if pea shells are boiled in water first for half an hour. Strain off the shells, pressing them well down on a hair sieve so that a little fine green pulp comes off them, and boil two quarts of the thin green stock thus obtained with milk, an onion, some seasoning, a finely-chopped lettuce, and a bit of mint. Warm up half a peck of peas separately with two ounces of butter, throw them into the stock, and cook till tender. Then press them through a colander and put on the soup again with a little sugar, and a tablespoonful of arrowroot rubbed up in cold water. Meanwhile have another quarter of i peck of peas cooked sepa- rately the usual wry, and, bef:>;e serving, t! them whole intD the soup. This is a soup not only good for adults, but delightful, for the nur- sery dinner. Children love peas, and there is nothing better for them. TOMATO AND FORCEMEAT SALAD.—Make a forcemeat for filling the tomatoes with a little chopped haln and hard-boiled egg, adding sea- soning to taste. Cut the large tomatoes in two and scoop out a little of the pulp.Mix the pulp with the forcemeat, and then fill the tomatoes with the mixture, sprinkling the grated yolk of a hard- boiled egg over the top and a little chopped pars- ley. Serve on a bed of lettuce, using the white of the hard-boiled egg cut in rings as a garnish. BAKED TOMATOES AND EGGS. —Take the pulp and the juice from three large tomatoes, after cut- ting them in two, and cook to a smooth paste, with two tablespoonfuls of breadcrumbs and half an onion, in a little butter, seasoning with pepper, salt, and a teaspoonful of minced pars- ey. Fill the tomato shells with this, and bake them for twenty minutes. Make a paste with the yolks of hard-boiled eggs and melted butter, insert a spoonful of this in each tomato, put back in the oven ascain to brown, and serve hot.