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I;Shots for GoaF.
I; Shots for GoaF. Another terrible day on Saturday. A fine mofning and a field in good con- dition. An afternoon and a field con- verted into a pond. So much for the Ynys. Fyfe, the Ton skipper, turned out on Saturday against Weymouth on the right wing. He, like all his confreres, had all ae could do to keep his feet. Johnny Williams has again returned to his old form. He simply revelled in the mud on Saturday, and scored a few goals. During the second half, Percival ex- changed positions with Russell. The home goalie proved his usefulness in his new position splendidly. I Next Saturday, Barry will be the oppo- nents in a cup-tie. Let's hope for fine weather!! Treherbert N.U. were able to turn out against Ebbw Vale on Saturday, and con- sidering the strength of their team, thev /'set up a very creditable fight, although ;l defeated by 11 points to nil. >; 1 The N.U. team will visit the North on Saturday, to play a match against Hudders,field. Treherbert Athletics are now going strongly. The team has improved wonder- fully since the commencement of the season, and they now hold a very credit- able position on the League table. Four players from Treherbert Athletics have been selected by the Committee of the Rhondda Old Boys' League to repre- sent the Rhondda against Pontypridd District in the inter-League trial match to be played on February 7th, namely:- W. Watts (inside half), R. Pitman "(left centre), Jim Lewis (left wing), and R. Morgan (forward). It is most probable that the trial will be played on the Treherbert Football Grounds.
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Football.
Football. iI!õiíIiiiII RUGBY. EBBW VALE llpts., TREHERBERT 0. Treherbert N.U. are still alive and kicking, or at least they were so on Satur- day last, when they played a Welsh League match at Ebbw Vale. The con- ditions under which this match was played ware wretched, rain falling in torrents throughout the game. Ebbw \'ale started and the forwards carried play to the Treherbert line by a smart dribble. Felton (full-back) brought relief for Treherbert by sending play back down the field by a good long punt. From this noint of vantage the Treherbert for- wards became dangerous, until Bowen sa reel for Ebbw Vale by stopping a fine forward rush. Then some good passing was started among the home backs by Thomas. The Treherbert line was reached, and Llewellyn almost crossed with a try.| Passing was again indulged in by the* 'Valian three-quarters. Hl,ins worked out a grand opening, after which he gave a splendid pass to D. DavieSj and the latter scored a well-deserved try behind the posts. Chick Jenkins added the goal. The home team further improved after this, and a second try was scored by Llew- ellyn. Jenkins failed with the kick. Immediately after the restart, the homesters went down to the Treherbert line. Ebbw Vale attacked hotly, but were kept out for a long time. The defence of Treherbert was splendid. From a melee in front of goal, Williams picked up cleverly and dashed over behind the posts with another try for Ebbw Vale. D. Davies failed to convert from an easy position, Treherbert were forced to defend once more, and the homesters were only prevented from scoring by the ball being kicked out of bounds. Ebbw Vale were the better team ic every department of the game, but undei such conditions serious football was out of the question. Nevertheless, the spec tators were well satisfied with the dis- play, which was remarkably good. Bevan was the pick of the Rhondda forwards. Francis and Felton outshone the re- mainder of the Treherbert backs. For Ebbw Vale Jenkins, Williams, Llewellyn Foley and Higgins were the best. | TREHERBERT ATHLFJTCS 3pts., | TYLORSTOWN 0. The above teams were to play a League match at Tylorstown on Saturday. Tre- herbert, however, arrived with only ten players, and Tylorstown generously agreed to play a friendly." The remainder ol the Treherbert team arrived in good time, but the visitors stuck to the agreement and a friendly game was played. TREHERBERT EX-SCHOOLBOYS 3pts, TONYREFAIL 3. The Ex-Schoolboys visited Tonyrefaii and played a League match in very un- favourable weather on Saturday. The visitors were minus three of their regular three-quarters, viz., W. Williams, T. James and E. Morgan. | Play was early in favour of the home;, hters, and in about fifteen minutes afteri the start they scored a try from a forward,, rush, W. H. Colwill, the visiting cus- todian. being pushed off the ball. The kick at goal failed. The visitors rallied and invaded their opponents' territory, but the defence prevailed. The Tonyr.. efail half-backs were playing a far better game than the Ex-Schoolboys' halves. A free kick against the home team resulted in W. H. Colwill scoring a fine goal for Treherbert, thus saving the game. In the second half, the visitors were the better team. They attacked by for- ward rushes, but no score was registered. Passing was conspicuous by its absence.
ASSOCIATION.
ASSOCIATION. TON 8gls., WEYMOUTH 1. This Western League fixture was played on the Invs on Saturday. During the whole of the game heavy rain swept across the field. The ground was a perfect quag- mire. As the above score indicates, Ton had matters pretty well their own' way, and kept up a constant attack through- out the game. The Ton men seemed quite at home. To individualise would be invidious, as under such conditions all played well. Perhaps the pick of the Ton men was Johnny Williams, who was very much in evidence through. Percival during the second half got tired of being between the posts, and took the place of Russell at full-back. CWMPARC & TREORCHY UNITED 3gls., BRISTOL ROVERS RES. 0. The United's enterprise in securing a visit from the crack Western League organisation was but poorly rewarded, for the" clerk of the weather" proved a churlish knave and was in his most blustering mood. Rain descended ir torrents, and only a handful of spectators braved the elements. The game proved a highly interesting one in spite of the conditions, with the homesters always showing a pronounced superiority. In the opening stages the defence of both sides was severely tested but the home forwards came in prominence with ex- cellent footwork and combination, and Hayman beat Demmerv with a fast ,,grounder early on. The Park halves were more than a match for the Rovers' forwards, of whoiM Corbelt mad# several dangerous bursts, but was well held by Parton. Jack Evans contributed a bril- liant goal early in the second half, beat- ing one after another of Bristol's defence with superb footwork and putting in a shot with unerring aim. Later, another beautiful goal was obtained by Bob Peake, who judged a centre from Thoman in splendid fashion and turned it into the net. The small crowd were highly delighted with the play of the home eleven, and one is now hopeful of a sifc- cess to-day (ThursdàyÎ in the third round of the South Wales Cup competition over the hitherto invincible Treharris team. RHONDDA SENIOR P.T.'S 2gls., JUNIOR P.T.'S 2. TV retched weather prevailed when this interesting match was played on the Rhondda P.T. Centre Ground on Satur- day last. The Juniors were strengthened by the inclusion of Hanney, a senior P.T. The Seniors pressed after the start and were only kept out by the fine back play of A. Evans and Bonnel. A. Evans soon became prominent for the Juniors. He secured the leather and dribbled cleverly up the field, and scored a goal with a good shot. The Seniors, surprised by this reverse, set up a bombardment of their opponents' goal, and eventually the ? equalising goal was scored by W. Howells. In the second half, the Juniors were hemmed in their own territory for a long time. The Senior forwards, however, dis- played a weakness in shooting, many goals being carelessly lost. They were twice awarded penalties for handing by Hanney, but both kicks failed to reach the mark. J. Williams scored the leading goal for the Seniors, but soon afterwards Hanney I equalised, and the game ended with honours divided. I FERNDALE ROVERS v. ABERCYNON. This League match was to have been played on the Darran Grounds last Satur- day, but owing to the unfavourable weather conditions was postponed to a future date. This is about the sixth time jthis season the Rovers have been thus ^disappointed.
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Cymru" for 1910.]
Cymru" for 1910. There is hardly a Welsh magazine which has retained its hold as strongly on the Welsh people as Cymru." To-day, there is no district where it is not welcomed. ft reckons amongst its contributors some of the best Welsh writers of the day, irrespective of creed or party. It has now been before the public for some nine- teen years, and the present volume bids fair to equal any of its predecessors. There will be articles on all kinds of sub- jects affecting Wales in her literary, j social and religious progress. The present number opens with a double number, pregnant with valuable articles. The editor himself commences a series of articles on the literature of Wales. Hitherto, no history of the literature of our country satisfies him. In all the histories he is acquainted with there are ,c ranting two things. It is necessary, says lie, that it should be kept inseparable rom the history of the nation. Unless his is done, it degenerates into a mass of dry bones—a heap of metrical rules. The other reason is, the unity of its development is lost sight of. There has been a uniform growth in the literature ¡f our land. and that uniformity, uncon- sciously developed, has been its strength. If anyone wishes to enjoy the excellent things provided in the double number of the Cymru," let him procure a copy forthwith. It is replete with more than a sore of articles bv the best writers. The following is a brief summary of the contents:—" Rhyddiaith Cymru," by Penar Griffiths "Harmony Newydd," by Rev. R. Roberts; Richard Wilson-Tiie Father of English Landscape Painting Oedfa Gyda John Elias Llythyrau Erfyl "Yr Hen Goach Fawr," by Job "Addysg ar y Gamaz," by Eluned; •! Rhianedd Rhamant," bv Machreth Y Coran Owen Glyndwr Co fir- Huw Morns Yn Nyffryn Nedd," and poetry by Alafon, Islwyn, Bryfdir, and Eifion Wyn. "Y Geninen." An attempt to point out all the good things of the Geninen would be futile. Most of the articles are timely and well purposed. It contains, inter alia, a char- acter sketch of one of the modern makers of Wales, the Rev. Dr. Lewis Edwards, a treatise on the Anglican Church, and articles on the Welsh of the New Testa- ment. the worthies of. Pontardulais, and the administration of the Licensing Acts in Wales. There are also two contributions which should not be forgotten, namely, Mag- dalen—Written in the Dialect of the Rhondda," by the Rev. J. J. Williams, Pentre; and an ode, Gwlad y Bryniau," by Brynfab, a native of the Rhondda. tfVales in the days of the Tudo s. The premier position is occupied by Sir S. T. Evans, the Solicitor-General, who writes on Wales in the Days of the Tudors." It reviews the position and social condition of Wales prior to the coming of the Tudors, and also enumerates the oppressive laws which were passed against Welshmen between the years 1400 and 1485. The following examples will show the true nature of these tyrannical measures:—(a) The Welshman could not buy land in England, nor within the borough towns, nor within the English towns in Wales, (b) No Welshman could hold office within any corporation, neither could he enjoy the rights of a citizen or a burgess in city, borough or market town. (c) An Englishman could not be punished in Wales except through the judgment of an English justice, (d) No Welshman could be Justice, Chamberlain. Chancellor, Treasurer, Sheriff, Overseer, Constable of a Castle, Coroner, in any part of Wales, nor in the council of ai.iy- English lord, except the bishops of Wales. (e) Nor could any Englishman, who mar- ried a Welsh lady, hold office either in Wales or the Marches. And in 1446 it was enacted that they approve and sup- port all kinds of acts hitherto made by any Parliament to oppress the Welsh." The victory on Bosworth Field (1485), through the aid of the Welsh baron, Syr Hhvs an Thomas, changed a great deal uf this. The Tudors did much to improve Wales, though, as the learned solicitor points out. they could have effected greater changes of a beneficial character. The Tudors gave us the Act of Union of 1536- established the Council of the Marches at Ludlow. and in the reign of Elizabeth made provision for the trans- lation of the Bible. Three centuries have passed by since the last of the Tudor rulers. Their government was a sympathetic one, and beneficent to the nation from whence they sprung. Since the Union, the Welsh nation has escaped the quarrels and dis- putes which destnied her in her former days; and to-day it shows such energy and individuality in her national life vhieh should enable her, through noble ideals and worthy efforts, to reach a high Position in the future history and civil- 'tion of the world." -r:7- By Wry of Detail The ether monthlies worthy of note are 'cymru'r Plant," "Y Cerddor," "Yr Ymwelydd Misol "—all three from the office of Messre. Hughes and Sons, and i Llusern." Cymru'r Plant has an interesting I tide on "Eisteddfod y Plant," -resided over by the seven-year-old lad, the son of liliams, Brynsiencyn. It has also a ohoto of a group of Mardy boys and girls i\ ho have worked for the missionary move-, aient. This little penny magazine shouldl :e read by every Welsh child. L The present number of Y Cerddor "j is the first of the twenty-second volume.! The chief article is devoted to a char-I acter sketch of Mr. T. Hopkin Evans^ The Right Hon. D. Lloyd George formsl the chief article of Yr YmwelyddJ Mi'Sol." It is from the pen of a famous|j Welsh nationalist. It traces the political progress of the Chancellor, and the wonjj derful manner he has fired the country. The writer closes with the hope that t e, day may come when Mr. Lloyd GeorgaJ through the great influence he wields will turn his attention to the question of disarmament, and that he may return from a Peace Conference at the Hague, not wIth" Peace with Honour," but Peace and Honour."
THE POSTAGE - STAMP.
THE POSTAGE STAMP. Consider the postage-stamp. It says nothing regarding the difficulty of the task assigned it, but by dint of close application it usually gets there. Also, it delivers the goodp. Again, if 0"" isn't enough to carry the thing through, two o, more, by working harmoniously together. s- us thing to a finish. S, niatc-si- it the (mail) matter be weighty, it puts a good face (of Washington) on it and goes directly to the point. It gets licked and stamped upon, and men besmirch its fair features and ofttimes give it more to carry than the (poetai) union allows; but in spite of all this it sticks un- flinchingly to the matter in hand, by virtue of the fact that it knows that it has good backing. lis stick-to-it-ivity is worthy of emulation by -YOU I -<8
WORDS OF WISDOM.
WORDS OF WISDOM. With time and patience the mulberry leaf comes satin Remember when the judgment's weak the pre- judice is strong. No office is a mean one save that which has a mean man in it. Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom. A man's character is like a fence—it cannot be strengthened by whitewash. There is nothing in life which has not ita lesson for us, or its gifL-RUSKIN. To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labour. He submits to be seen through a microscope who suffers himself to be caught in a passion.— LAVATER. It is batter to he worn out with work in a thronged community than to perish of inaction in a stagnant solitude. Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices. Temperance, courage, love, are made up of the same jewels.—EMERSON. Little apologies would end many difficulties. There is a way out of every quarrel if all parties will look for it.—HOLMES. A sure mark of an essentially mean man is ingratitude. It sets him below the nobler ani- mals, all of which are grateful. Idleness is an inlet to disorder, and makes way for licentiousness. People that have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company. Be not hasty to cast off every aspersion that is cast on you. Let them alone for a little while, and then, like mud on your clothes, they will rub off of themselves. Consult with him that is wise ai- i of sound judgment, and seek to be instructed by one better than thyself, rather than to follow thine own invontions.-A KEMPIS. I have ever found that to strive with my superior is furious; with my equal, doubtful; with my inferior, sordid and base; with any, full of unquietness.—BISHOP HALL. Whoever sincerely endeavours to do all the good he can will probably do much more than he imagines, or will ever know till the day when the secrets of all hearts shall be made manifest. Consider, man; weigh well thy frame; The king, the beggar, are the same. Dust formed us all. Each breathes his day, Then sinks into his native clay. -GAY. Never loee an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful. Welcome it in every fair face, every fair sky, every fair flower, and drink it simply and earnestly with all your eyes; it is a charmed draught. The first thing in trying to better your con- dition is to know what you want, and what you can. in money, talent, or experience, pay for. Nothing and nobody can serve you till you de- cide these questions. Every individual should bear in mintthat he is sent into the world to act a part in it, and though one may have a more splendid, and another a more obscure, part assigned to him, yet the actor of each is equally responsible.— HANNAH MOORE. Our deeds determine us, as much as we deter- mine our deeds; and until we know what has been or will be the peculiar combination of out- ward with inward facts which constitutes a man's critical actions, it will be better not to think ourselves wise about his character.— GEORGE ELIOT. It is because so few have definite goals before them that so many fail; it is because so many aim at impossibilities that so few succeed; it is, because there is too much wishing Jor success, with so little unremitted striving after it, that so many end with wishing; it is because there is too much eagerness for speedy triumph that so many end in defeat. Opportunities never come a second time; nor do they bide our leisure. The years come but once to us and swiftly pass away, bearing the ineffaceable records we have put upon them. If we make them beautiful years, we must do it moment by moment as they glide before us. When the last hours come it will be too late to revise a line we have written. THE LITTLE FOXES. Beware of losing or wasting inches of time- they are the little foxes that run away with many days. So much can be done in them, and with them—often the very things for which we sigh hopelessly. Fill them, every one. Keep something handy-something that fits the inter- val. Remember a famous law book was written because a Lord Chancellor chose not to be idle throughout the fifteen minutes his wife made him wait each day for dinner. Recall, too, all the men, noble and eminent, who have climbed to the heights by saving inches of time. All of 118 cannot hope to become likewise eminent-but we can reasonably and easily make ourselves happy with things wrought in the fragmentary moments which we might unthriftily leave va- cant. One may get an education in inches of time. Lessons stick all the better for having to be learnt in snatches. And reading, even for pure pleasure, is ever so much better done thus-as it were in sips—than in day-long gorgings. There is mental indigestion quite as harmful as physi- cal.-Delineator. THE GRAVE. It buries every error—covers every defect—ex- tinguishes every resentment. From its peaceful bosom spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections. Who can look down upon the grave of an enemy and not feel a compunctious throb that he should have warred with the poor handful of dust that lies mouldering before him? -IRVING. EXAMPLE BETTEE THAW PRECEPT. The habits of reverence, gentleness, courtesy, honesty, courage, and patience, like their oppo- sites, are absorbed by the child from those with whom he is most closely associated. It is in these attributes that an ounce of example out- weighs a ton of precept. It is a charming custom to lose no opportunity either in reading fiction or in the circumstances attendant on everyday living to express an enthusiastic appre- ciation of the good, the noble, beautiful, and true, but valuable above all discussion of these virtues is To be as nearly as we can what we wish our children to be." WHEN OFFENDED. To think about something else is the best and only sure cure for offended feelings. To think about the offence—its unkindness, its in- justice, its meanness of spirit, and all its other ugly aspects-only adds to its sting and deepens our own suffering or anger. This hurts us, and helps no one. Eggs are not the only things that are given added life and power by being brooded over. If we want to enlarge and multiply every- thing unpleasant in that which has offended us, brooding over it will do it. If we want to have done with it a.nd get it out of our life as quickly as possible, to turn deliberately away from it and concentrate our thought and energy upon so'nething else is our sure road to success. When anyone has offended me, I try to raise niy soul so high that the offence cannot reach it" Descartes is credited with saying. But we cannot lift ourselves by mere will power. We can lo.-ie ourselves by devotion to something elee —and thus we can lose the offence. ——— STUFFED EGGS.—Cut six hard-boiled eggs in two lengthwise or across; if the latter, cut a slice from each end so they will stand up. Mash the yolks fine, and add t;o them a little more than half their bulk in finely-pounded cooked meat:, preferably ham. Season with salt, one-fourth of a saltspoonful of cayenne, half a san- epoonful of mace, one level saltspoonful of mustard, and one level teaspoonful of chopped parsley. Moisten to a paste consistency with cream or raw egg, and fill into the cooked whites, rounding over the tops. Rub with melted butter, place on a baking-dish, pour around either a good meat gravy or white sauce, and bake until brown. Or mash the yolks as above, season with salt, pepper, melted butter, and parsley; fill into the whites, rub over with raw white, and press two halves together, mak- ing a. whole egg. Cover with beaten egg, roll in crumbs, and fry in deep fat. Cover the bot- tom of a hot dish with half an inch of tomato sauce, squeeze the left-over eggs over it (there will only be enough to be decorative), and lay in the eggs. Garnish the edge of the dish with parsley sprigs.
HINTS FOR THE HOME.
HINTS FOR THE HOME. VALUE OF HAIR-BRUSHING. It is important to know how to keep the hair clean. One of the most important functions is brushing. This should be done carefully night and morning, but particularly at night time, says the Nursing Times. If properly carried out it stimulates the scalp, promotes a good blood supply, and improves the growth of the hair in that way, while at the same time it distributes along the hair the fatty secretions in the sebace- ous glands at the roots. In order that this may occur, it is important to use brushes with bristles long enough to reach the scalp through the thickness of the hair, and strong enough not to be turned aside by it. The most useful kind of brush is that made of whalebone bristle, which should be about two inches long and set rather far apart. An imitation whalebone brush which answers the same purpose lasts a very long time. It is important to use soft water, or to soften it artificially, when washing the hair, and the soap selected should be as free from alkali as possible. A very good test of soap is its taste. No good soap tastes nasty. In any case, whatever soap is used, the natural oil of the hair will be removed by it, and, therefore, should be replaced—as soon as the hair is dry-by some form of brilliantine. Pure almond oil with a little rectified spirit, and perhaps a little eau-de-Cologne, makes an excellent brilliantine-very effective and quite harmless. WHAT CHILDREN SHOULD NOT DRINK. There are two things that children should not drink, and these are tea and coffee-both most oxcelleyit and soothing things for adults. It is very easy to understand how it is that the little ones get into the habit of taking both these liquids. Their mothers and their fathers drink them, and they cannot understand — and, we may also add, their parents don't understand or properly realise why they should not have some also. So at first they have a little sip of weak tea. chiefly milk and sugar, but this is the beginning of the evil; they take to it by de- grees, until it becomes a regular and established custom for the child to have his cup of tea or coffee at breakfast just ae grown-up people. Milk, water, and many fruit juices are in- finitely preferable and more wholesome for the little ones; they are more acceptable to their palates, and less deleterious to their nervous systems. Tea and coffee excite the children's nervous system unduly and injure the digestive organs. HOW WOMEN MAY KEEP WELL. An authority upon all matters connected with physical training says that a woman who wishes to keep well and in good condition should sleep nine hours of the twenty-four, take cold-water baths, exercise for five minutes each day with light dumbbells, drink a cup of hot liquid before breakfast, spend half an hour every day in out- door exercise, make the best of bad bargains, and, above all, always keep her temper. FOR THE COMFORT OF THE COOK. Make your kitchen one of the best rooms in your house. On the floor lay an oilcloth of a small, neat pattern, which can be washed with warm water and milk, wiping after with a wool- len cloth. Select good rush-bottom chairs, an ironing- table, which, when lifted, serves as a bench, six flat-irons with steel bottoms, a smooth cotton skirt and bosom board, large and small milk- pans, and the usual number of pots and pans that the cook finds necessary. Keep your dresser furnished with many sizes of china and stoneware dishes that will not only make it attractive, but can be used for daily kitchen use. A large table of ample dimensions should fill the centre of the room, the drawers filled with utensils necessary for the culinary art. i Let your windows be dressed with screet cur- tains, thin and open, that will not exclude the light and the cheery atmosphere without. Have your kitchen clean, inviting, and home- like as your other rooms, for in so doing your servants will find for themselves a resting-place that they will be loth to leave. FUSSY MOTHERS. Children are often worried because their mothers are too attentive and continually re- prove the small ones without reason. A child should be let alone, and be allowed to play or amuse itself in its own way, without the con- stant direction of a nervous mother. A boy, for example, enjoys more afew sim pIe toys and some- something his own ingenuity has worked out, than the most elaborate plaything which has been bought. In the same way the little girl will lavish her affections on a mis-shapen doll. probably made at home, while the most artistic production of the toy shop will lie in state, to be taken up on rare occasions. SOME HOME-MADE PICKLES. PICKLED ONIONS.—Peel some small onions, put them into cold water with a little salt, and let them stand all night. Boil as much vinegar as will cover them, adding to it peppercorns, I mustard-seed, a little horseradish, and a tea- spoonful of brown sugar to each pint of cold vinegar; allow it to get cold. Put the onions in a jar, pour the mixture over. Cover down tight. These will be fit for use in three months. Shal- lots are done the same way. RED CABBAGE.—Cut the cabbages the usual way in thin slices or shreds, sprinkle over with salt and let them stand all night covered over. Boil vinegar with peppercorns, mustard-seed, and a few allspice, let it stand till quite cold, pour it over the cabbage, and put up in air-tight jars. This will be ready for use in a month.— From the Girl's Own Paper and Woman't Magazine.
NICE DISHES.
NICE DISHES. JAM PANCAKES.-W-eigh out half a pound of flour, place in a bowl, make a well in the centre, and work in the yolks of three eggs, one at a time. Add a pinch of salt and a tablespoonful of brandy. Dissolve four ounces of butter, add it to not quite a pint of boiled milk. When the milk is lukewarm stir it gradually into the batter, and beat with a wooden spoon until it is of the consistency of cream. Then set on one fiide for two hours. At the end of that time beat tho batter once more, and stir in lightly the whites of the three eggs beaten to a froth. Have ready a clean frying-pan, pour into it sufficient melted butter to grease the bottom, and then pour in a spoonful of batter. When set toss, and as each pancake is ready spread it with a little raspberry jam, sprinkle with crushed macaroons, and roll up. Continue until all the batter has been used. Serve, sprinkling a little castor sugar over the top, as hot ae possible. LAMBS' BRAINS AND TONGUE A LA CREME.- Take a couple of lambs' tongues and stew them in nicely-flavoured stock. A quarter of an hour before they are cooked add the brains from a couple of lambs' heads, the brains being tied in a muslin bag. At the end of the quarter of an hour remove the tongue and brains, chop up the latter with a little parsley, and season with pepper and salt. Return them to the saucepan, and add a piece of butter the size of a walnut, previously Tolled in flour. Stir well until the sauce is smooth. Skin the tongues, and chop them finely. Add them to the brains w;h four tablespoonfuls of thick cream. Work all together, and serve with a border of spinach. SHOULDER OF VEAL.—Wash the veal after re- moving the bones, and stuff with a mixture of stale bread-crumbs, minced onion, a little bacon fat finely chopped, the grated rind of a lemon, a teaspoonful of chopped thyme, and seasoning to taste. Mix well together with a lightly. beaten egg. After stuffing the joint, lay on top a few slices a fat bacon. Cook in a quick oven for ten minutes, and afterwards allow the meat to bake slowly till ready. Baste with the broth made from the bones. PEARS IN JELLY.—Six stewing pears, 2oz. sugar, 2oz. butter, one pint water, half an ounce gelatine soaked in water; stew the pears until they are soft, turn out into a basin, and add the gelatine when hot; place pears when compara- tively cold round buttered mould, pour in syrup, tarn out when set; serve cold. CHEESE STRAWI.-Two ounces of butter, 80s. of flour, 2oz. of breadorumbs, 2oz. of cheese grated, half a small saltspoon of mixed salt and pepper; mix all together to a paste, and roll it out to a quarter of an inch in thickness; cut it into narrow strips, lay them on a sheet of pa and bake far a few minutes. Arrange them ip a pyramid 08. na|»lria, sflers hot
IVJabon Fynwn Ni."
IVJabon Fynwn Ni." Hwre i Mabon, yr hen wronxad—rwyma Rymus gydweithrediad Areithia les—nertha wlad, Y n ei chyfiawn ddyrchafiad. Hwn wylia ein cynaliaetb,—arafa Ryfyg teyrn gormesiaeth, lawn noda, ein trafnidiaeth, Gloewi'r nen i'r glowyr wiiaeth. Mabon yw'r gwron gorau—y gwron Gara "Wlad y Bryniau"; Gwron pur, a garia'n pau- I wawl diroedd, uchelderau. Gwron a fyn ein gwared—o'r Tariff A'r Tories gwar-galed Nid hoffwr trais—ond Free Trade I'n hawliau fyn hwn wylied. Ein gwylied a'n diogelu—rhag i Bai Ddrygu bwyd ein teulu, Na roi torth o far a du Nac amrwd 'horse flesh i Gymru. Rhoer gwleddoedd i'r Arglwyddi—dwyn 'Indian corn i'w porthi; [cawi; Nid yw gwenith yn digoni, Rhowch horse flesh yn fresh a free. Llanwer eu bwrdd a lluniaeth-a mwyn- Germanaidd yn doraeth Eiiiijt Ifyn ryglydda eu harglwyddiaeth, Nid mawl y llu—nid mel a lIaeth." Asquith a fyn eu hysgwyd—a'u 'Reform; Yra ffwrdd i'r gronghvyd, Eu Tiriff trwy'r Budget' dorwyd Eu hysu i'r llawr wna Sior LlwycL Budget Lloyd George—a oresgyn Y Rascals a'u veto,' Cyn aiff hwn, yn gnvn, i'r gro, Y Deyrnas fyn eu darnio. Dafydd Lloyd George dyfa-yn frenin Ar freiniau gwlad Gwalia, Yn wr doeth, gwladgar, a da, Ar ynysoedd, aeyrnasa. Hwn a Mabon wna'u mobio '—a Syr S. Yn rhoi'r siars ar veto,' A gwerin gwlad yn gwirio Na wlia eu trais ddim o'r tro. Dydd Gwener, ni a heriwn—y A'u Tariff a ddrylliwn; 0 Walia Wen dychwelwn Ryw lu doeth, a'r aelod hwn. DAFYDD SHON RHYS.
Property Market
Property Market Mr. William Morgan held an important sale of property at the Dunraven Hotel, lonypandy, on Tuesday evening last. The premises consisting of three shops in Trsalaw Road, Trealaw (opposite the Judge's Hall), were after a spirited bid- ding sold to Mr. Evan Thomas at the price of £ 1,875. Mr. Richard Hill-Male was the vendor's solicitor.
Maesteg.
Maesteg. On Wednesday (laet week), a competi- tive concert was held in Zoar Chapel in connection with the Mutual Improvement Society. The chair was taken (in the absence of Mr. W. Griffiths) by Mr. Evan Williams, Maesteg House. The adjudi- cators were: -Music, Mr. Wm. Dodd (St. Michael's Road); literature, Mr. Z. Jen- kins prize bags, Mre. E. Williams (Maes- te- House) and Mrs. W. Griffiths (Coeg- nant House). The awards were as fol- low:-Solo for boys under 16, Ivor James; solo for girls under 16, Miss Sarah Ellen Petty- pencil sketch and essay, Master D. R. Thomas; soprano solo, divided between Misses Lily Owen and S. A. Thomas; alto solo, Mrs. W. Morgan; tenor solo, divided between Messrs. Samuel Jones and Llewellyn Jones; bass solo, Mr. T. M.Isaac; duet, Messrs. T. Morris Isaac and friend; quar- tet. Mr. B. Roderick's party; recitation, Master Idwal Isaac; chorus, Mr. D. Roderick's party; prize bags, 1st Miss Rees, 2nd Miss Agnes Hitchings.
RANDOM READINGS.
RANDOM READINGS. H ALLEYS COMET. Astronomers all the world over are eagerly awaiting the advent of flailey's Comet, which 'will be a object in the sky during the spring and summer of 1910. The history of this comet forms one of the most romantic chapters in the records of astronomy, and is inseparably connooted with the name of Edmund Halloy, who occupies a foremost place among the groat English astronomers of the past. The great comet of 1662, says the University Recorder, aged Halley's attention for several years. He collected the records of var'ous con- spicuous comets which had previously been observed, and was struck by certain resem- blances in appearance and rate of motion be. tween the 1682 comet and a comet seen in 1607. Another record, by Appian, of a fine comet in I06I Jed Ilailey in 1705 to the conclusion that these were three successive appearances of one and the same comet, and that this body is a member of the solar system, moving (like a planet) along an elliptical path round the sun once in about seventy-six years, but in an oppo- eite direction to that of the planets and with a large orbit of MUCH GREATER ECCENTRICITY. He predicted that the comet would next appear in 1757 or 1758. It actually appeared on f Day, 1758, and was closest to the sun on March 12th, 1759. Halley's comet appeared last in 1835, and was carefully observed by Sir John Herschell. As it approached the sun, its long-spreading tail, M. well as its head (coma), diminished in size and the comet was lees bril- liant than in 1759. It i6 now well established that comets lose part of their substance at every approach to the sun, owing to their throwing out long tails*, and in the caee of short-period eomets the time of perihelion (i.e., of nearest ap- proaoh to the sun) is retarded by several hours at each sucoessive return. The tails appear to oonsist of minute particles repelled from the imn-perhaps by the LIGHT AND HEAT WAVES. Of all comets which have been observed more than once, Halley's has the largest orbit and the longest period of revolution-many comett have been seen onoe only, and in some cases the cal. culation of the orbit gives a period of hundreds of thousands of yeers! Halleys comet has Wn recorded twenty-five times, the earliest reliable woord being for B.C. 11. Its appearance in 1066 is piously registered in the Norman Chronicles M evidence of William's divine right to invade England, and it is depicted in the Bayeux tapestry. According to Professor Wilson, the conditions attending its next vioit will be similar to thorn obtaining in 1066, so that an unusually fine dia- play is expected. At its furthest the comet is over 3,000,000,000 miles from the sun, but it will approach to within 50,000,000 miles; at present it is outside the orbit of Jupiter. There is no doubt that, with the improved methods of apeofcro-photography now at the disposal of astronomers, a rich harvest of observations will be reaped in 1910, which will clear up many diøo puted points conoerning the constitution a" origin of comets. Tneoo raids were so perfistent and assumed such magnitude that it really became a case of Indian or sheep, and the scattered settlers with their rangers began a warfare of extermination in which hirelings were engaged and the chun- kies fhot on sight. Occasionally a large number with their women and children were rounded up and shipped to Dawson Island, where tuber- culosis-infected quarters soon aoeomplished their work. It being a case primarily of bullete against arrows in an open country, the result was Ob- vious. In treachery the white man outdid the Indian. He invariably took him at a diaadfAfc- tage and played him false with his truce, Ova resorting to poisoning one of the Onas' main food supplies, the blubber of stranded whale." H i