The Pontypridd Chronicle and Workman's News

CONTEMPORARY CHAT. <. There is living in the borough of Dover, besides Mr. Thomas Longley, who, at 44 stone, is reputed to be the heaviest known man, a lad named Louis Gould Marbrook, who is of extraordinary propor- tions. He is not yet 16 years of age, and weighs nearly 16 stone. He was born at Eastry, near Sandwich, and now lives with his parents at tht Hope Inn, Dover. He is 5ft. 9in. in height; chest measurement, 42in. waist, 46in. and measures 17|in. round the calf. The lad is of a very nervous temperament, but enjoys good health. His parents and the rest of the family are of normal size. "A famous after-dinner speaker," says a writer ia Harper's Magazine, "had a curious experience one evening last spring. He had been invited to make one of a half-dozen speeches UDon a certain occa- sion,Dut circumstances over which he had no control prevented his arrival at the board until the evening was well-nigh at its close. He was called upon to wind up the evening's festivities five minutes after his arrival, and then he got upon his feet and made the finest effort of his life. Much to his surprise, his best stories fell flat, and he was much disappointed thereat. On his way home he unbosomed himself to the toast-master in this wtse: That was an awfully col.f crowd to-night. They didn't take my stories well at all. Weren't they good stories ? 4 Yes, they were,' replied the toast- master, but they had already been told by the previous speakers.' — When the Austrian Emperor lately went to South Hungary for the army manoeuvres at Boron Sebes a rumour was set on foot that an attempt on his Majesty's life had been planned, but had been frustrated by the praiseworthy vigilance of a labourer, on the railroad between Bokszeg and Tamard. It was reported that a number of screws had been removed from the rails over which the Inaperial train was to pass, aud that this was the consequence of a treasonable exhortation delivered by the Roumanian priest of Bokszeg to his congre- gation. The Hungarian Government (says the Tinus Vienna. correspondent) has instituted a judicial inquiry, which shews that the whole story was a mere fabrication. The labourer who invented it has just confessed before the police-court that he did so in the hope of obtaining a reward. As to the Roumanian priest of Bokszeg, it appears that so far from preaching treason, lie urged his flock to take part in the loyal demonstration which awaited the Emperor all along his route. The recent decree of the French Government for- bidding the acceptance of foreign bronze coins in public offices is having the effect of driving English and other pence and halfpence out of circulation. They are now refused on the Paris penny steam- boats, in the omnibuses, at railway stations, and in many business houses. As the English penny is the 240th of a pound, whereas there are about 251 French pence to the equivalent in French money of the English sovereign, the margin of lid. in the pound should, says the Paris correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, surely be sufficient to pay the cost of re-exporting to this country any considerable quantity that mi.,d t gct into circulation; but it is otherwise with 1 alian and other coins of small denomina! It i., iioted as a curious fact that white!)." uliicev, as Government institu- tions. ,J,i' take f reign money, a large pro- portion f tii hange one receives at them consists Of t II., • ri- ieces that are thus tabooed. It is thought that- the local postmasters buy up the dis- credited coins at a cheap rate, and thus get rid of them at a profit. M. Zola. talking to an interviewer anent his visit to England said.- "As to the appearance of London, which, as you know, I visited for the first time, the big city made an indelible impreasion on my niind. Its beauty is not in its monuments, but in its immensity; the colossal character of its quays and bridges, to which ours are as toys. The Thames, from London Bridge to Greenwich, I can only compare to an immense moving street of ships, large and small, something suggestive to the Parisian mind of an aquatic Rue de Rivoli. The docks are stupendous buildings, b,:t what impressed me most were the splendid arrangements for unloading vessels, which came close up to the quays, and disembarked their cargoes into the shops, as it were. One can understand the secret of London's greatness after having seen these things. The Thames is, in fact, the heart, or stomach if you like, of London, as the West End is the head of its wonderful organism. As to the buildings and monuments of the city and the West End I did not care much about them artistically. Westminster Abbey is fine, but other buildings, mostly copied from the Gothic, are merely interesting by reason of their size." A novel branch of work has been successfully added, of late, says the Times of India, to the diversified duties of our Indian post-office. The exueriment has been tried of selling quinine, in cheap small packets, at outlying post-offices, where dispensaries are not available, and the results have proved highly encouraging. During the last year some four hundred and seventy-five pounds of quinine, in pice-packets, were sold to the public in this way. Despite the apparent want of connection between quinine and postage-stamps, the scheme has eminent practical advantages, which are capable of considerable development. There would ba little difficulty in arranging for the Post Office to sell not only quinine but also a few other re- cognised everyday mediciues made up in suitable doses, with simple vernacular directions accom- anyiug them. Only those who have been through the interior of districts far removed from the reach of medical aid can fully appreciate the value of a convenience like this to the suffering masseo whose sole dependence is on the local kabirag or the miracle-working fakir. Even in the more favoured stations, where a native "Medical Hall "or I!yi peritl Pharmacy flourishes, the drugs are in- fenor, old, and costly, and the public would wel- come a cheap guaranteed supply. So far, the Post Office experiment has been worked chiefly in Beagal, but the idea is such a thoroughly sensible one that everybody would be glad to see it widely extended. It is announced by the Midland Railway Company that during the winter season the train from St. Pancras to the North which at present leaves at 1.30 p.m. will start at 2.10 p.m., and that the system of refreshments which has proved such a boon to travellers will be continued. By these trains travelling northward has become a veritable luxury, even for the humblest. The carriages are warm, and luncheons, teas, and dinners can be had from sixpence upwards. Perhaps the excellent ex- ample set by the Midland will this winter be followed by the lines southward. Too often un. fortunate travellers on local lines on the Surrey side of the Thames are first half frozen while waiting in a wooden shanty, full of all the winds which blow, and destitute of the faintest glimmer of a coal fire, and theu acquire the commencement of a strong pulmonary consun p ion through sitting in a carriage dimly lighted and as cold as an iceberg. Why in dimly lighted and as cold as an iceberg. Why in winter time should pot all carriages—third-class included-be made warm and comfortable for passengers ? And why at wayside stations should there be such difficulty in obtaining a variety of hot refreshments ? People cannot always drink hot whisky or rum, and a cup of good tea, coffee, or bouillon would be welcomed as a boon. It is to be hoped that this winter will see the inauguration of a great reform in this direction. m

OUR FOOTBALL COLUMN. BY VERITAS. j The football season has really commenced. For the past week or two teams Jhave been preparing for the fray, but on Saturday the real fun began, and the stern battle for supremancy commenced, not only in the Rhondda Valley, but throughout the whole of South Wales. Our local team has commenced well, and althovgh brought under by Neath a week ago they succeeded in giving Moun- tain Ash a thorough licking on Saturday. The homesters played a superior game throughout, and showed a distinct improvement upon their previous Saturday's play. Their rushes were excellent and their passing a treat. Gay has improved considerably since he last put in an appearance on the football field, and saved wonderfully although his kicking still needs a little polishing. The threequarter backs have been strengthened by the introduction of a new player who at present goes under the name of C. Davies. He is an excellent centre and a good sprinter. He and A. B. Evans were thA pick of the team, although Alun Morgan and J. Green played well and were remarkable sure in their passing. Harry Williams has imprcved wonder- fully in form and on Saturday his play alone was a treat to witness. Both he and Jimmy Lewis played a sterling game. In the front line another new comer put in an appearance namely, R. Edwards, and he promises to be a tower of strength to the team. iThe pick of the forwards were Ack Llewellyn,Tom Murray, Francis Miles, Wilkins and Edwards. Mountain Ash made a fair exhibition. They seemed to me to be lacking in their knowledge of the rules of the game and the halves especially played too much off-side. Netherway at back seemed to be altogether out of place. His kicking was poor, his tackling weak and judgment erratic and the only two in the third line worthy of mention were Hoskins and Bradford, but their great fault lay in looking back when they had the ball in their hands and thus lost for Mountain Ash a certain couple of tries. The forwards were altogether too rough and too hasty to give a good display. The game resulted in a win for Ponty- pridd by a goal, two tries and three minors to a minor. Wattstown played Trebanog on the ground of the former in miserable weather the ground being very wet. Much interest was manifested into the game, Wattstown team being in capital form. Trebanog being a young team stood at a disad- vantage and the result was: Wattstown, 2 goals, 3 tries to nil. The umpires were J. R. Jenkins and T. Hayes. Trebanog met the Porth Harlequins at Tre- banog on Mabon's Day in the presence of a large number of spectators. The weather was very un- favourable but a well-contested game was wit- nessed. The home team Here in good form and secured a goal in a short time. They were superior in their passing than their opponents although some scientific play was witnessed by the visitors. The brothers Jenkins played a good game. It was mostly confined to the forwards throughout. For the home team the brothers Raffs and David James displayed themselves admirably. Their rushes were excellent, whilst both their attacks and defence were much superior to what they lately have done. The backs of both tear: deserved great praise, and the game resulted in n. win for Trebanog by a goal and two minors to a minor. Treorky are to be congratulated on having had a fixture with Llanelly, but met with a somewhat warm reception, retiring defeated by three goals, two tries, and two minors to nil. Treorky is a plucky team, but I am afraid it is not so good as it was last year, and rumours are current that they will shortly lose the services of Ramsey one of their best men. At Llanelly they had decidedly the worst of it. Tom Morgan and Swete were decidedly the best players on Saturday's form. Penygraig used to aspire for the championship of the Rhondda, but, oh, what a surprise. The sturdy hill siders fell before Pontymoile who narrowly won the game by a goal to a try. On Monday, however, they managed to beat Maesteg, a young team, by a goal, four tries, and three minors to nil.—Llwynpia, too, came in for a drubbing at Swansea, where the Swansea seconds beat them by three goals, two tries, and four minors to nil, but on the following Monday when they met Treherbert on Llwynpia grounds they came off victorious by a goal, four tries, and three miners to nil. The smaller teams may be disposed of with a line or two. Ferndale beat Barry on the grounds of the latter by a try and two nil—A stubborn game took plaoe at Llwynpia, between the second team and a team from Clydach, and resulted in a draw in favour of the latter by three minors to two. The Mardy Reserves vanquished the Treorky Stars by a dropped goal and a try, to four minors, whilst the Mardy Juniors danced around the Treorky Juniors and beat them by a try to two minors.

The Accursed Drink. A SAD STORY OF A PONTYPRIDD WIFE. At the Pontypridd Police-court on Wednesday Christina Gimblette summoned her husband George Gimblette, for refusing to maintain her. Mr Spowart appeared for the complainant. It appears that the parties have been married since 1885, but the defendant having given way to drink was now out of employment.—Mrs Gimblette produced a copy of her marriage certificate and she had three children. Her husband used to be a timekeeper on the Taff Vale Railway, but dur- ing late years her husband treated her very cruelly when in drink, but when sober he was a very good husband. He had often used his fists towards her and the children, and on Christmas night he struck her down. He often stayed out all night and with the exception of one shilling she had not received any money for six weeks. He had been a solicitors clerk in the town and left her finally a fortnight ago. On Friday last her landlord turned her out because she could not pay her rent. She had to sell her furniture to get food for the children. Defendant waq still in town. He use to be earning as much as 30s a week. He was ordered to pay 15s per week to- wards his wife and children.

IMPUDENT THEFT AT PONTYPRIDD. At the Ystrad Police Court on Monday, Bvan Beddoe and Thomas Morgan were brought up by P.C. Perkins charged with stealing a boot and a cap belonging to oue Edwin Smith, at Bridge Street, Pontypridd, on Sunday last. Smith stayed at a lodginghouse in Bridge Street, and on Sunday the two defendants called there and had a cup of tea, and after they left Tmith, to his dis- gust found that one of his boots was missing, and an old one, without sole or heel had been left in its stead. A cap of his was also found missing. The value of the two articles was 4/ He yt once gave information to the police and identified the boot and cap produced in court P C. Perkins as his own. Tho two prisoners were smartly captured by P.S. Davies and P.C. Perkins on the Pontypridd platform as they were about to leave with the Sunday afternoon train and the articles were found in their possession. Beddoe said he had taken off his boots at the lodginghouse, and must have put on the the prosecutor's boot by mistake, as there was a similarity between them. The Bench, however, considered that there was no similarity between the cap stolen and the hat which the prisoner wore and fined each defendant 10s.

EXCITING SCENE IN A MENAGERIE. A lion escaped from a travelling menagerie shortly before 11 o'clock on Friday night, at Bir- mingham. The animal, with another, had been put through a performance by one of the keepers, who, on leaving the cage, omitted to secure the fastening of the door, which flew open, and one of the lions sprang out among the spectators. A boy was bitten by the animal, and several persons sustained more or less serious injuries in the general stampede which ensued. After some trouble the lion was captured and replaced in its cage.

PRIESTS AS SOLDIERS. French priests have this year, for the first time. been called out for a month's service as reservists. The diocesan papers all over the country notify the temporary absence of priests from their parishes on this account. The Times correspondent says that seminarists have for several years had to serve j their twelve months, but it was sv-pposed that priests would be excused from service with tne reserve, or would, at least, be subjected only to ambulance duties. This expectation has not been realised, and priests will apparently, like other citizens, have to undergo a month's drill.

AN EXTRAORDINARY PERSON. Ferdinand John Birch, who at one time was a well-known detective at Scotland-yard, but is now in a somewhat dilapidated condition, was before Mr. Bros, at North London Police-court, on Satur- day, charged with having a saw, a hammer, and several other tools in his possession, sup- posed to have been stolen. — P.S. 35 J fol- lowed the prisoner in Kingsland-road at 2 o'clock that morning, and the latter ran away, but was caught. He said he found the tools in Kingsland-road. In an excited manner the prisoner now told the magistrate that he could not be charged with felony, it was only a misdemeanour. This was all spite, through the wearing of the green.—Mr. Bros remanded the prisoner, and refused bail.-The prisoner left the dock shouting F. M. G., I am a Roman Catholic. This is all through the wearing of the green."

A BEAUTY OF THE SECOND EMPIRE. Mademoiselle Humbert, a woman who e life was shrouded in much mystery for many years, has died in a veritable garret in the Rue des Martyrs, Paris, at the advanced age of 87. In her district the old dame passed as a mendicant, owing to the shabbi- ness of her attire, and people, struck by her miser- able appearance, sometimes spontaneously offeied her alms in the streets. She never refused the money, but was in the habit, after receiving it. of telling her benefactor to keep away from the side of her dress in which she kept her purse. This ex- traordinary conduct was usually set down by good Samaritans to craziness. Surprise was great when it was discovered lately that Mdlle. Humbert had left a sum of several thousand pounds in bonds and bank notes sewn up in an old mattress and that. moreover, she had a valuable collection of paintings by old and modern masters in her garret. It has since come to light that the apparent mendicant and female imitator of Daniel Dancer was a great beauty in the days when Louis Philippe was King, and that the money and the pictures were the gifts of her admirers, one of whom was a prominent supporter of the Second Empire. The ex-demi-mondaine's property now passes to a relative, who is naturally overjoyed at the unexpected and welcome windfall.

SPAIN IS OVER-ANXIOUS. The Times Madrid correspondent says: The Eng- lish public will probably be interested to learn that Asiatic cholera is racing in London, Man- chester, Liverpool, and Newcastle-on-Tyne. This news will probably be received with surprise by persons living in those cities. It would, appear, nevertheless, to be a fact, judging by the action of the Spanish authorities and the Royal decrees published in the Madrid Official Gazette, emanating from the Madrid Home Office. A fortnight ago quarantine of from 10 to 15 days was imposed upon arrivals from the Port of London; on Th rsday the city of Manchester and the district for 100 miles round were declaied to be gravely suspected; and Friday's Gazette adds Newcastle on Tyne and 100 miles coast line therefrom to the list of cholera-stricken districts. ) These excessive precautionary measures against a purely imaginary epidemic have caused incal- culable loss to the trade of the country, and would appear to be all the more vexatious considering that there is a somewhat serious epidemic of cholera — Asiatic or otherwise — actuailv existing in Bilbao, the port at which most of the vessels from the prescribed English ports trading with Spain arrive. The Spanish sani- tary authorities, it is to be feared, are too ready to act upon information received from their con- sular representatives abroad-information sent off sometimes in the too zealous discharge of their duties without due and careful inquiry into the facts of reported casas of illness.

THE TROUBLES IN MASHONALAND. The latest official reports received in Cape Town from Maslionaland state that the Matabele are raid- ing around Lo Magundos, situated 60 miles to the west of Fort Salisbury. The natives report that the Matabele are collecting on the border in regiments. The special correspondent at Fort Salisbury of the Cape Times says that the public there are indignant at the present inactivity, and demand the prompt suppression with a strong hand of the wholesale murders and other atrocities constantly being perpetrated by the Matabele. The following is an extract of a letter which haa been received by a Dublin lady from her brother in Mashonaland. The letter is dated Fort Salisbury, August 14th, 1893: "I am sending you a paper by this post; you will see we are to have a fight with the Matabeles very soon. Everything is settled all we are waiting for are the horses; they will be here in three weeks, so we are likely to have a rough time of it for the next three months at the very least. The British South Africa Company are giving free farms and 20 gold claims to all the fellows that will light for them. There are about 750 men to fight against about 10,000 Matabeles. This row has put the country back about 12 months. Things were just taking a turn for the better when the Matabeles came round Victoria. We all hope here that after this fight the country will go ahead like wildfire. This fight has been looked i'or- ward to since we came up the country, but nobody thought it would come as soon as this. Victoria is clone on the border of Matabele- land, and when the disturbance arose all the people —(towns and farmers)—men, women and children —had to come into Fort Salisbury. The women are mostly Dutch; they had to sleep wherever they could-in the post-office and other offices. TLia men slept on the roof."

| THE MISSING HUNGARIAN STATESMAN The sensational stories from Hungary as lo the missing Hungarian Minister, Herr Julius Bodnar, being traced to Oscend, and that a lady was mixed up in the matter,are stated to be absolutely without foundation. The English authorities and German and Hungarian Consuls have made every effort to trace the statesman, and they have had the assist- ance of a special Hungarian detective provided by the famliy, who occupy a distinguished position in their country. -r 'a*1 r?; >r. to special distinction, and was sent by his (government on a mission to the Chicago Exhibition. There he be- came ill and determined on returning home, being advised by his medical attendants to get as much sea as possible. A reward of £ 30 was offered, and a likeness of Herr Bodnar is now in circulation in the Police Gazette. When the disappearance was first published many clues and suggestions were made to the police, and every one has been followed without result. A barber at Deal stated that he had shaved the missing gentleman, whilst another person stated that he had rid len with him in a London and Chatham train. Every drowned body washed ashore on the South Coast has also been critically examined, but the fact remains that since he was seen on the deck of the Lahn in Southamp- ton Watn-s, returning from New York, there has not been the slightest trace of him. There was a large I sum of money in his luggage, and that went on to I Bremen. What gave the police reason to hope that Herr Bodnar was still alive was the absence of his toilet necessaries, but though they have not come to hand the authorities have a theory which fully accounts for them. The special detective has left Southampton by the Lahn for Germany, and all the authorities engaged in the matter in this coun- try are of opinion that Herr Bodnar must have fallen overboard unnoticed. Herr Bodnar was not seen in company with anyone on the Lahn, and on account of the state of his health, was very re- served.

Y GOLOFN GYMREIG. LLINELLAU Ddarllenwyd yn nghyfarfod ymadawol y Parch John Lewis, Patagonia, yr hwn a gynhaliwyd yn Mhennel, Pontypridd, Medt 26, 1893, t Os ceii yn naeddiant daear hen j Ryw air a'i chywir ddelw, Yn argraffedig ar ei wedd Ymado ydyw hwnw; Grymuaol air yw, dery fron Garnaidd gwr a'i ddarnod, A llwyda'r wedd a deigrol li A'r llafar a madandod. Pan fyddo tyner rwyman aerch Yn gylch am Ion gwmpeiui, Mor erwin, oer, auwynol, erch, Mor resyn yw ei dori Ond dyna wneir, a daw o hyn Wylofus gri amdditad- Y weddw brodd-ffarweliol lef A lleddfol lais galarnad. Dan alla'n unig feddiant hawl I dori cysylltiadan, Dyledswydd lem a hawlia hyn, A chledd oer, finiog, angan; Dyledswydd eilw at y gwaith Ry'r nef yn gyfran ini, A byddar yw i'r lwfr lef Ddeisyfa m esgusodi- Cryf udgoin lais dyledswydd sydd I'w glywed weithiau eto Yn hawlio rhai o'r anwyl wyr A welir yma beno l'Ihe'r lief mewn geiriau hyabys iawn— Daeth gynt o Macedonia, A daw yn awr fel taran glir O galon Patagonia. Mae yno 'w gael newynog la Yn llesg gan wrea a lluaded, Yn eiecedd yn fyrddeidian blin Yn disgwyl am ymwared A'r Iesu mawr a'i lawnder hael 0 win a nefol fanna, Sy'n ymyl nef ddisgyblion mwyn I'w ranu rhwng y dyrfa. Bin anwyl frawd a glybn lef O'r Nef a Patagonia, 'Roedd nn yn deisyf, Pwy a a ? A'r llall, "0 1 Pwy ddaw vma ?" A'i enaid deimlodd rym y wys, 'Roedd ami sel Jehofa, Ei "Wele fi," foddlonodd Nef- Siriolodd Patagonia. Nis gallwn, frawd, d' anghofie di, Mae allwedd cof a chalon Yn mhell o'n cyrhaedd. fedrwn ni Ddim troi ei dvrus gloion Er i ti fyn'd safadwy fyth, Tra nef, fydd ein serchiadau, Nid oes un gallu yn y byd All dori clwm calocau. Biddnnwn i ti lwyddiant mawr, A'r nehel fraint o gasglu Ar faes cynhauaf enaid drud Doreithiog ffrwyth i'r Iesa A charem glywed torf o saint Rhyw ddydd ar diroedd Gwynfa, Mewn llawen hwyl yn diolch am Dy fyn'd i Batagonia. Anwylaf frawd os na chawn mwy Dy wel' yn myd y "ffarwel," Cyfeiria ffvdd at adeg dda A duniad bro yr angel; A'n rhan fo byth mewn arall fyd- Gpr bron y wen orseddfa— Lle nid oes car yn troi i ffwrdd Ar daith i Batagonia. Coleg Trefecca. JOHN ADAMS. ANERCHIAD ARALL. Dyma ben arfer y beirddion erioed, Yw cann i feibion athrylith Ac yn mhlith y cyfryw rwy'n creda'n ddioed Fod John yn deilwng o'r fendith; Llaforiodd yn galed o fereu hyd na.wn, Cyn cyrbaedd gwybodaeth ddigonol, A thrwy ei ymdrechion fe ddringodd yn iawn I fyny'n bragethwr nrddasol. Dymebwelodd bob rhwystran .'i daliau yn ol Er iddo gael enill y goron A methodd amhenaeth a'i hndo yo ffol I gyrhaedd ei nchel amcanion Yn Hong penderfyoiad yr hwylodd efd Nes glanio yn mhorthladd enwogion, A dyna fe heddy w'n was ffyddlon y ne', x gwaith a ddymuna'a ei galon. Yn llawen maen'n lliwio-ei fnchedd, Nid yw'n feichas iddo Ddwyn y groes am ei orso Wna fawredd drwy lafurio. 0 niwloedd byd mae'n hwylio. yn dciwys Gyda'i Dduw mae'n rhodio,- Yn ddiwyd mae'n gweddio, Yn ddinag lie bynnag y bo. 'E gafodd ein brawd diddan—swydtf addlas Dros ei Denw mawr weithian Ei einioes roes a'i hsnan, I wirio ei glod a'i air glan. Was teilwng cefaist alwad—o galon I wasanaetha'th geidwad, A Miriam fo'th gymeriad I'r Duw ner a i ordinhad. Diddanot boed dy ddoniau-aohel Er achnb eneidian,- I hyfawl byrth y nefawl ban, Hyn ydynt fy nymaniadan. Y gwron a waagara—yr hanes Am rinwedd Calfaria, Yn llaw nef dwyn lln a wna—o dlodion Dwfn'a anghenion i'r nef o'r wladfa. Yn gadarn yn ei Geidwad-fe weithia Hyd fythol orphwysiad Yna try i dy ei dad I deilwng gael ei daliad, Ond O! fy mrawd mawr yw fy mriw, Dy gladdu di a thithan'n fyw, 0 ateb 'nawr ofyniad ffol, Os cei di fyw, a ddoi di 'no! ? A ddai di 'nol i Gymrn lan ? Hen drigfa'r beirdd, hen wlad y gan, A chartref rowyn dy ffryndiau di, A ddoi di 'nol, o ateb fi ? A weli di o'th flaen yn awr Gyfeillion hoff yn fach a mawr, Dy ffryndiau di, a Chymru Ilonj 0 Dere 'nol, 0 cofia John. Celled fawr geir yma, Enill mawr i'r Wladfa, Cael Lewis gu i fod yu ben Dan achos y Jehofa. Fe ga'r Wladfa fawr a helaeth Fwy o son am iachawdwriaeth, Ac am lesu Grist wybodaeth Gyda'n Lewis ni. Boed i'n cyfaill gael ei noddi Gan yr hwn a'i cadwa n Nghmra Yr Arglwydd Dduw. A phan fydd yn croesi'r eigion Arglwydd Iesu, chwiliwr calon, Clyw'n awr ein gweddiau tirion, Cadw John yn fyw. Lewis rhaid ffarwelio, Dnw y Nef ø.'u cadwo. Fel cawn ni gwrdd oddeutu'r bwrdd, Dim 'madael mwy fydd yno; Ni gawn yno bawb yn unfryd I gydfoli Tywysog bywyd, A dyma fydd yn hyfryd— Dim 'madael mwy. T. W. JONES, Aberdare Junction, (Barddystwyth). Medi 26, 1893.

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IN ACTRESS'S ADMIRER IN TROUBLE. A young man named Newton, alias Gollard, be- "loirg to Heywood, near Manchester, who had ra- h -'l himself to a travelling theatrical company s ni admirer of one of the actresses, was on Fri- ay at Blackburn handed over to the Oldham police h*rged with having robbed the owner of furnished :f*rrments. It is alleged that prisoner purchased nrjuets and treated the members of the company eu'-rou^ly with money which he obtained in several owns by theft.

THE ARDLAMONT SHOOTING CASE. The Crown authorities in Scotland have collected a mass of evidence bearing upon the Ardlamont mystery with sufficient directness to justify a trial, and it was only early on Friday that the placing of Monson in the dock was decided upon definitely. There are various rumours &6 to the venue of the trial, but, as a matter of fact, it has aot yet been decided whether Edinburgh or Glasgow will be selected. It is, however, the opinion of the Argyll- t.ir;- police authorities that Glasgow would be the i. ore suitable for a trial, as almost all the witnesses (and they are very numerous) come from the west coast. Wherever the case is heard it is certain to create the most intense interest, and already parties it, privileged places are being pestered for tickets of admission to the court. Lord Kingsburgh, who will in all probability try the case, holds a supreme position as a criminal judge in Scotland. Scott's xact whereabouts are still unknown, but one thing tho police here are willing to admit, and that is that he is out of the country, their story being that he sailed from Southampton two or three days after the tragedy. Curiously < nough, the most sensational of the stories regarding Scott's identity, &c., come from London, and the latest of these, which has been placed in the hands of the authorities of Argyllshire, is that Scott is a person well known in Metropolitan n:usic-halls as an expert shot whose business is trick shooting with saloon fire-arms. This person it is alleged disappeared mysteriously during the first fortnight in August and was last seen in the company of Monson. There are certain details in the story which have induced the police to follow up the suggestion in it; but so far it has led to nothing and no great reliance is placed upon the report. Another rumour almost equally picturesque and improbable has, however, turned out to have something in it. It was stated a few days ago that a poacher who was in the wood at Ardlamont during the norning of the tragedy saw sufficient to make his evidence of importance. This, it is stated, has been found to be true, and the poacher, who can at least speak to some ol the movements of Mr. Hambrough and his two companions on the morn- ing of the 10th. will give evidence. =

THE DUTCH MYSTERT. MORE ABOUT DE JONG. There are several remarkable features connected with De Jong's visits to England. Not the least singular are his story of losing his purse, and the way in which he laid out JE5. So soon as the fellow had obtained Mr. Juett's consent to the marriage,by shewing him what he pretended were the title- deeds of the hotel he had purchased, preparations for the wedding were begun. A few days later De Jong took Miss Juett to Reading to arrange for the trousseau. Whilst Miss Juett was visiting her dress- roaker De Jong would, he said, go to tn hotel, '.S hen they met again, a little while afterwards, De Jong pretended to be ia a state of great excitement, and declared that he had lost his nurse with all his ready money, more than £1.2. He went into an hotel, he explained, and ordered some refreshment, and, when he was going to pay for it, he put his hand in his k t and found that his purse was gone, and 1,1 there was a large hole in the bottom of his i ket, through which it must have slipped. This jtory he told most graphically, shewing there and 11"11 the hole in his trousers pocket, and de- trfiling the horror he had felt, how red he had gone in the face, and how some stranger had, i n hearing of his loss, paid for two glasses of at, tor him Of course this story was believed, acd Mr. Juett the same evening sent the bellman r iind Maidenhead crying the purse, and 301,,0 acquainted the police. Superintend-nt Tav lor sent "J.e of his detectives down to get particulars, ;iiitl then comes a very singular and significant fact, though at the time it was thought nothing of. The ■ IH ective saw the hole, and learnt that the purse vvas a large one, quite 5in. by 2 £ in. and then h? oi served the lightness of De Jong's trousers. He returned to the superintendent and at once eel a red his opinion that there was some- clung "fishy" about the matter, and he did not: h liive the man had lost the purse There is now no doubt that the detective was right, and ir is only to he regretted that the far-sighted officer o uld not have found out more of the man's real character than h, did. The purse was never found, H id so Miss Juett lent her lever £5 to go on with. Uo to this time De Jong had been very si.f.hbily dressed. When Miss Juett met hint 'n Middlesbrough he possess d a mag- nificent wardrobe. In fact, the richness, and quality of his clothing were among the first ..dings 'hat attracted her attention. When ho re- tailed to her in Apiil he had cniy a sinalI satchel ill him, and no more appard than he stood up ir, a id even that was veiy much worn. She askpd him A here his clothes were, and "gain with much cir- "ulIlstalitiality he told one of his usual stories. They lurt all been stolen, he said, from thp ship on "hid, he had returned from Calcutta. However, wlien Miss JueLt had given him the P,5 he came at o ce into London and rigged himself up afresh. R member that according to his own story he had lust every penny of his own money.and so had only i!i;- £ 5. This is what h^* bought wi'.h it—anyway, these an-the things he took back to Maidenhead t-tat, niglit-two pairs of trousers, two waistcoats, a coat, a pair of patent leather boots, a number o shirts, Sill ks, collars and ties, a silk hat, and an umbrella, a gold watch and chain, apparently good 1 n->, aid a seend-hand portmanteau! And even ni ,s'- are not all. He also bought, that day, the w r\iin--ling. And all these things appeared to te «<> «iul expensive, txcept th" wedding-ring, t i, pit i?y of which caused remark on Mr. and .3ir", J unit's part. Fire broke out t'ar:y on Fri 'Y tn 'rnit't: f) "n unknown cause at the Gr e, Hiy stte t, Lewi ham, at the cycle works of \if J-Lril, s (Lim,, c, The llimes buist out in huihi "g: ..f t WH tlo ir- which was used a- wmk e p, sta<i S ard Z("- the stables belonging to Mi J. S ■ i les ai d Mt > S. Pnrc*. St<ver«l h rses were sta led )we, bl before they could be rescued :111 e r t urneo t, I death. The stables am: s'or s cre ill the jvsuJt, entirely burnt out, and ti.ree aojaceut piemise* were damaged. i

CHIPS OF NEWS. AT HOME. Communion plate value JE50 has been stolen from the Roman Catholic Church at Dover. The Lydd fishermen on Saturday captured a shark nearly nine feet in length. A large quantity of netting was destroyed. The Queen has granted to the daughters of the late Mr. Wagland, for many years her chief coach- man, the use of the cottage and grounds of Bushey House, as a residence during their lifetime. A discharged soldier, named Wilson, committed suicide by cutting his throat in a cell at Armley Prison, Leeds, on Saturday. He bad been com- mitted for trial for sending a threatening letter to a solicitor. A man named James Munday, aged 34-, has met with a shocking death near Lpig-hron Buzzard. He was getting out. ot the way of a Lalasr train when he stepped in front of a special express. He was knocked down and instantaneously killed. The yearly output of the coal mines of the king- dom is about 182.000,000 tans, which, at an aver- age price of 7s. 3d. par ton at the pit's mouth, m ans an annual gross revenue of £ 65.975,000 per annum; and a net revenue, assuming- 6s. per ton as average pit-mouth coat, of £11.375,000. On Saturday evening two New Lirompton cyclists, riding through Graveney Marshes, near Faversham, found another cyclist lying -lead beside his machine. Th-v gave information at Seasalter Coastguard Station, and ascertained that the dead man was a Metropolitan police-constable, James McLavey, who was on leave, and was staying with friends at Seasalter. He was probably returning from a visit to Faversham when his sudden end came. It is supposed he succumbed to heart disease. An alarming fire took place on Sunday on the American mail espreps, laden with 699 sacks, while running from Dublin to Queenstown to catch the Lucania, en route for New York. The oil and wax in the caldron for sealing the bags became ignited. The flames scorched part of the woodwork of the carriage, and the faces of the postal clerks were blackened by the stifling smoke which filled the carriage. The train was stopped at Mallow Station, where water was obtained, and the fire, extinguished before much injury had been done. A shocking discovery was made on Sunday morn- ing in Leigh Woods, near Clifton Suspension Bridge, a young Bristol woman named Strah Ley being found in a badly injured and terribly exhausted condition amongst the rocks immediately beneath a buttress of the bridge. She has suffered from ill-health lately, and left her home on Thursday under circumstances which greatly alarmed her friends. When found by the police she was able to say that she had been lying there since Friday, but could not explain how she got there. In a description of a supper-party last wrek at which h? met M. Zola, Mr. 8a.1a describes our late visitor as "a noticeable little man, with a high forehead, rather Thackerayian nose. abundant black hair, closely flecked black moustache and heard just trimmed with silver. A marvelious conversa- tionalist, bright, alert, copious, nervous, full of dialectic resource, a little dogmatic, adroit of fence, often eloquent, always fascinating, occasionally paradoxical, and apt to assume as being proven things of which he has but an imperfect knowledge, but full of keen perception and the capacity for assimilation." Extraordinary interest was sbewn on Sunday in the funeral of James Smith, of Basingstoke, a cen- tenarian. formerly of the 66th Regiment, and one of the guards over Napoleon at St. Helena. Hundreds of people lined the route of the procession, and in the cemetery the. people assembled in thousands. The band of the "K" Company, First Volunteer Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, plaving the "Dead March," preceded the hearse, the coffin being covered with the Union Jack. Then came Captain O'Meara and a detachment of thp Second Division Telegraph Engineers, the "K" Company of Volunteers, &.ad a large staff of Post Office employ6s. An extraord"n*ry scene was witnessed in the early hours of Saturday morning opposite the Manchester Corporation Gas works. Shortly after midnight a crowd of 300 women and chidren were assembled in the roadway with the intention of staying there throughout the night so as to secure immediate admission into the yard directly the gates were opened at 6 o'clock, in order to obtain a share of the coke which is sold each morning to the first comers. Many of the children, who were half-clad, were in a wretched condition, crying with cold and hunger. The price of coal in one of the most populous suburbs of Manchester was raised on Saturday to 2s. 6d. a cwt., and even at this rate every pound was sold. At an early hour on Saturday morning five men, who had been sentenced at the Kerrv Assizes in 1886 to seven years' imprisonment for moonliiihtine and whiteboyism, were released from Mountjoy Prison. The names of the prisoners are John Lane, Knocka- gore, Castleisland; Thomas Mahony, Loughfannor; Philip Connor, John Connor, Toogreaves, Brosna; and John Connor, Meenevougbone. Brosna. The first-named was convicted of moonlighting, and the others were convicted of whituboyi m. At the time of conviction the youngest was only 19 years old, and the eldest was then aged 25. They have been released under ordinary licence, almost three- fourths of their term having "oeen served, and they will be subject to police supervision for a year and nine months to come. At Lipson, Plymouth, on Saturday evening. Arthur Browse, aged 10 yea-- ebq only son of one of the leading tradesmen, went the bath-room and lit the gas which heats the water. He was accom- panied by a lad of his own age,named Brown, his in- timate friend. Browse undressed and got into the bath, in which there was 15in. of water. Owing to some defect in the pipe of the gas apparatus, the fumes escaped into the room, the door and windows of which were shut and fastened. The boy became overpowered by the fumes, and his companion, in trying, it is presumed, to assist him, also succumbed and fell into the bath. The servant, who was alone in the house with the boys, heard a noise, and called a neighbour, who entered the room by the window, and found both boys lift-less. M dical aid was quickly summoned, but failed to restore respiration. ABROAD. The representatives of the French and Siamese Governments have signed the draft convention for the treaty which has been so long under nego- tiation. The largest British landowner in America is the Marquis of Tweeddale, who owns 1,750,030 acres. Sir Edward Reed, in conjunction with a syndicate, owns 2,000,000 acres in the State of Florida. The newly-built hotel of the Golden Dragon. Kobuigwmter, situated in on" of the most beautiful parts of the Rhine, fell in the other day, burying in its ruins seven workmeB, four of whom were killed. Sentence of death has been pronounced at Barce- lona by the court-martial upon the Anarchist Pallas for having thrown a bomb among a group of officers. In accordance with the Military Code the COD- demned man will be shot. The story of a sensational suicide comes to us from Warsaw. Captain Tomaszevicz, who was charged with the cruel treatment of soldiers and forgery, on being sentenced to military degradation and exile in Siberia, committed suicide in full court by shooting himself dead with a pistol. Two caravans, one conveying clothes for the Moorish troops and the other consisting of a party oi merchants, have been attacked by Ait Youssi, who carried off all the animals and goods. A c urier frcmTangier with the Moorish post has been robbed of his letters, clothes, and money at Oodseya. Madame Sarah Bernhardt has returned to Paris from her trip to South America. She has brought with her three pumas,a number of monkeys, and an aviary of 2/10 birds. Madame Bernhardt mentioned to an interviewer that she was at Rio Jaueiro during the bombardment, and added, It was simply exquisite We spent three days and three nights in the roadstead—most exciting." In a breach of promise case in th" Cape Supreme Court, a man named Moc, a farmer, was the plaintiff. He said that, while he was away court- ing, his sheep sickened and died, and now the defendant. Miss Fourie, had thrown him over, other girls talked asout him, and he did not like to ask another. He sued for JB500. and got one shilling. No order as to costs was made. Alva, in Oklabama, has been the scene of 4. serious confliot between old and new settlers, which resulted in a double murder and the lynching of the assassin. A father and son named Allen attempted to instal a Bohemian immigrant in a claim which was illegally occupied by a young cowboy. The latter resisted the attempts to eject him, and in the course of the dispu'e the Aliens suddenly attacked him with hatchets, inflicting upon him several severe wounds. The cowboy succeeded in drawirghis revolver, and shot both the Aliens dead. Be was immediately afterwards hanged to a tree.