Welsh Gazette and West Wales Advertiser

A FROSTY DAY. Grass afield wears silver thatch. Palings all are edged with rime. Frost-flowers pattern round the latch Cloud nor breeze dissolve the clime. Whe the waves are solid floor, And the clods are iron-bound, And the boughs are crystaIFd hoar, And the red leaf nailed aground. When the fieldfare's flight is slow, And a rosy vapour rim, Now the sun is small and low, Belts along the region dim. When the ice-crack flies and flaws, Shore to shore, with thunder shock, Deeper than the evening daws. Clearer than the village clock. When the rusty blackbird strips. Bunch by bunch, the coral thorn, And the pale day-crescent dips New to heaven, a slender horn. —Lord De Tabley. ♦

LUCK. Never trust to luck: it is an ignis fatuus," born in the moral swamp, and it invariably leads men, if they follow it, into the mire at last. Look at the lives of the successful men in business; ask them,, as they sit on the throne of their magnificent commercial suc- cess, and look back through twenty-five or thirty years of changes, of hard work, of con- stant and persistent labour-ask them if there was any luck in their lives. In nine cases out of ten they will tell you, "No, success oomes not by chance; it comes out of the brave hand and out of the brave heart that dares to be faithful in the common work of 4taily life; it comes out of that manly inde- pendence that dares" to do the drudgery of to-day, that after a while it may clime up the ladder of fame and fortune." -G. H. Hepworth. —————<$.————.

THE SPREAD OF MILITARISM AND ITS BURDENS. Never were the destructive forces of war- fare marshalled in such impressive array as we see them to-day-never before did the earth shake under the measured tread of so many men armed and prepared to be armed- Mver in history were weapons so lethal, mis- ailes so mighty, and explosives so terrific and powerful, or in hands so carefully drilled and instructed in their employment—never were the preparations for war on land and sea comparable, in scale and efficiency, to those of the present day. At no time has science been so potently enlisted as to-day, nor the treasure and credit of nations, and the pro- Suets of toil and labour, poured out in such lavish and unlimited supply to strengthen and assist the art of war and destruction, nor the search-light of investigation and exper- man contentions in the past. The in- forming power, irradiating the present and the immediate future with wisdom drawn from tRe carefully-weighed history of hu- manman contentions i nthe past. The in- fluence of sea power upon military operations eB land was never so convincingly demon- strated and the relations and the connections of all regions of the terra-aqueous globe so well defined and practically comprehended, and the practical annihilation of time and distance brought into such close relation of independence. Contemplating all these terrific forces, there is no thoughtful man who is not anx- iously questioning his heart, what does all this preparation portend? What is to be the result to the civilization and progress of the human race of the conflict of such forces, and the changes it may at any moment create ? But this disposition to exaggerate and ever-increasing militarism is necessarily accompanied by grievous pecuniary burdens, the weight of taxation is growing fearfully, and as men are withdrawn from productive and remunerative pursuits, the great engine of the State, the sovereign power of taxation, is put in motion everywhere and in every shape to gather revenues to support the vast expenditure*. —Senator Bayard (U.S.A.)

Some Noted Cardiganshire Men. 2 EDWARD LHUYD. BY "PHILIP SIDNEY." Honest Lhuyd," as his contempories fre- quently called ium, was the most famous of all Cardiganshire men, if not indeed of all Welshmen. That he was born in Cardigan- shire is certain, though the exact homested is still a matter of uncertainty, but the weight of opinion leans to Glaif Ftraid, in the parish of Llanfihangel-geneu'r-glyn. He was the nalural son of Edward Lnuyd, of Llanvorda, near Oswestry, his mother being Bridget, daughter of "a Mr. Pryse, of Gogerddan," probably Sir Richard Pryse, Bart., the high Sheriff for 1655. It is as Celtic scholar, naturalist, and anti- quary, that Lhuyd comes down the 244 years. which have sped their course, since he was born in 1660. In his comparatively short life,—for he died on the 30th June 1709-he accomplish much, so much, in fact, that it may be truly said he shortened his days by lengthening his nights. His life's events may be briefly summarised Entered Jesus Col- lege Oxford, 31st October, 1682; did not proceed to a degree: in 1684 appointed under keeper of the recently established Ashmolean Museum: in 1690, on the resignation of Dr. Plot, appointed head keeper: travelled much collecting natural history specimens for the Museum: in 1693, employed by Dr. Gibson to collect materials in Wales, for a new edition qf Camden's Britannia," which was published in 1695. Soon after issued his prospectus inviting subscriptions to enable him to undertake an extended antiquarian and scientific tour, for five years: in 1697 public subscription opened, when he issued an elaborate syllabus, in the form of Parochial Queries, ia order to a Geographical and Natural History, etc., for Wales by the undertaker Edward Lhuyd": set out for Wales, visited every county made extracts from MSS. copied inscriptions, and collected curiosities: travelled in Scot- land, Ireland, Cornwall, where learnt Cornish: he and his friends William Jones, and Robert Wynn were regarded with sus- picion almost everywhere; looked on as "con- jurors from Pembrokeshire": at Helston in Cornwall, arrested as thieves: crossed to Brittany and arrested as a spy, his papers being examined by divers priests and Jes- uits, to whom they were wholly unintelligible" Returned to Oxford ;admitted M.A. hon- oris causa, on 21st July, 1701, on condition that he made "six solemn lectures on nat- ural history, one every year during six years." in 1707 printed first part of his Archseologia Britannica," being an account of the langua- ges, histories, and customs of Great Britain: in 1708, elected a Fellow of the Royal Soc- iety attack of pleurisy supervened on asthma, from which he had suffered many years: died at the Museum, and in the early days of July 1709, was buried in St. Michael's Church, Oxford in the south aisle, appropriated to Jesus College, and known as the Welsh Aisle, No monument marks the spot. Hearne describes him as a person of singular modesty, good nature, and uncommon industry." When not touring and tramping abroad, he lived a retired life, at Eynsham, near Oxford, and was not in the least ambit- ious for preferment. In his pursuit of any inquiry, he was never satisfied with the in- formation he possessed, so long as better re- mained to be obtained. He wanted and he got his facts at first hand. In his antiquar- ian researches, he was rarely, if ever, content with such knowledge as books, alone could supply, but when it was practicable, resorted to ocular proof. I What about his valuable manuscripts and notes? William Owen [Pughe], in hi" s Cam- brian Biography," published in 1803, tells us that Lhuyd made a very large collection of Welsh manuscripts, which once formed the Seabright collection, but which is now in the possession of Thomas Johnes of Havod." A writer in the Gentleman's Magazine," 1807 (vol i. p420) says that the Edward Lhuyd MSS. were offered to the authorities of Jesus College, Oxford, but owing to a quarrel with "Dr. Wynne, then fellow, after- wards Principal of Jesus^College the offer was refused." Ul- timately they were purchased by Sir Tho- mas Saunders Seabright, Bart., of Beechwood in Herts and his gramdson dis- persed them by auction in the course of last month [April 1807]." It is difficult," says Dr. J. Gwenogvryn Evans, now to estimate the loss to Welsh history, caused by this petty act of spite or jealousy on the part of the sleek but forgotten 'Dr. Wynne. The curious in this matter will be amply repaid by reading the 'Introduction' to the Re- port on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language," vol ii, part i, from which I quote. The vol- ume is in the Welsh Library, U.C.W., and at St. David's College, Lampeter. As a specimen of Lhuyd's epistolary style let me here give further circulation to the letter recently reproduced by Mr. Richard Ellis, B.A., of Jesus College. Oxford, in his admirable Facsimiles of Letters of Oxford Welshmen." It is addressed For Mr. John Aubrey at ye Earl of Abingdon's at Laving- ton, near ye Devizes, Wilts. Leave this at ye post house, in the Devises Car. pd. and runs as follows:— Oxford Oct. 13 [16] 93. Worthy Sir, I am sorry I was from home when you came to Oxford; but your box was taken care of, by the young man I intrusted in my absence. I suppose you have been in- form'd of ye reason of my late journey into Wales; was because I have undertaken to adde what I can to that part of Mr. Camden's Britannia. Yr members of Caerffili were desired by Sr. John upon that account: which if you are pleas'd to communicate, I shall be carefull to doe you right and not rob you of any part of that honour and thanks yt is due to you from the curious and ingenious. But I am heart- ily troubl'd that ye illeterate are so much prejudiced; as not to accept of yr. labours, as well as our friend Dr. P. Historys, which I think are not so full of good matter as yr TempJa Druidu, etc. Sr. I have inform'd myself this journey of somethinge relate- ing to British Antiquities; but truly not very much by reason of my short stay. You ask'd me formerly ye meaning of Crig or Cric Howel; which question I could not yn. solve, but now I can affuse you, that by Crick Howel is meant nothing else but Howels Barrow. I have seen at least 12 ancient Tumuli this journey, in several places, which are all of them call'd Crigau. Whereof one particularly in Caermarddin- shire is call'd Crig y Dyrn. On ye top wheropf, of late years, by digging, a large stone chest (for so they call'd it) was dis- cover'd; which chest was covered with a rude stone of three or 4 tuns weight. My Conjecture is yt some prince was anciently buryed there, or his bones at least put into that stone coffin. My reason is because ye words Crig-y-Dyrn, signify verbatim Tumulus Principis. It's true tyrn" is not at present in use, but Tyrnas or Teirnas [a kingdom] is common with all people, and the enely word we have. "Gwyg er "y Wpg signifies a wood, and thence probably Wickham etc. and so there may be something in that notion of Dr. Gales (when we consider it narrowly) yt some places- yt have "Wick" in their names, have been heretofore consecrated to the Druids. I have not time to adde any more, than that I am, worthy Sr. Yr much obliged, and hearty fd. E. Lhuyd. I have had ye inclosed about a keek but could not send it sooner. Pray let me hear from you at yr leasure; and let me know whether you permit me to open your box for my own private use. What Mr. Gibson has of your s, I would also beg ve peruscel of, when he has done. Such a letter as this makes us hope that Mr. Ellis may fhoitly see his way to give us a volume of Lhuyd's correspondence. Th-a might be followed by othorc. e.g., Any let- ters from Lhuyd to his mother, which mav possibly be stored In the muniment room at Gogerddan. Should anv reader seeV ff) l' in*orrv»_ tiori anent. Or<tf<riroTrre% s." .-t him turn to the TMH^'VVy 1\ .t:,)!,1 fljvjmhy; therein he ,j11 rr-r<•? of HIt> of Lhuyd which sureW n' to tr-v and learn from 1'r¡ t 1, vr- "1. re- quiring infortnatioi, h,.t of imps-ting it to others, deeming thnt:— frhe worst, avar.n-v us thrtfc of sense." .I

CymriT Fu. cii 323. LEWIS OF CILGWYN. The recent article on Cilgwyn, has brought me a long and interesting letter from the Rev. W. Davies, Rector of Rawdon, province of Quebec, Canada, an old pupil of the late Rev. Evan Lewis, minister of Cilgwyn Chapel. I hope to use some of the notes in due course. PHILIP SIDNEY." 324. OLD INSCRIPTIONS. Mr. Francis Green, of Trewern, North Finchley writes to urge the importance of se- curing these old records which are steadily disappearing owing to the effect of the wea- ther, and other causes."He has copied many in Pembrokeshire, and some in Cardiganshire, and would be glad to see more in this column. Will readers note this request, and continue to send such along for preservation? G.E.E. 325. LAMPETER REGISTERS. (19). BURIALS, 1704. April 14. Lettis, wife Lodwick ffransis, Hen- feddau. May 7. ffrancis David, cottager. July 4. Dorothy, wife Danl. Evan, cottager. July 11. Gwen, Dd. Rees, Trefach, cottager. Oct. 8. Elinor, wife Walter Shambett. BURIALS 1705. Feb. 24. Margaret, dau. John Dd. of ye Cwrt. and Mary his wife. March 13. Henry, s. Evan and Goleu Griffith, cottager. March 28. Mawd Morgan, cottager. May 17. Lleiky. wife Roger Morgan. July 3. Morgan Rees, cottager. Aug. 16. Honor, wife Evan John. a poor pensioner. BAPTISMS, 1705. Jan. 1 John s. Evan and Elizabeth Jenkin, of ye town, cottager. Feb. 11. Charles, s. Rees and Mary Jenkyn, of ye town, cottager March 5. Henry, s. Evan and Goleu Griffith, of ye town, cottager. [See ut supra.] March 18. Elizabeth, dau. Dd. and Elinor Dd., Boidiau, cottager. March 21. Thos. s. Dd. and Rebeckah Evan, cottager. March 25. Mary, dau. Roger and Lleiky Mor- gan [See ut supra. The fraoe was motherless ere many weeks.] 326. DIARY OF THE REV. TIMOTHY DAVIES, CAERONEN. [It will be noticed as we proceed that these baptisms so carefully registered by Timothy Davies, in his Diary, contain names of many families and places in and around Lampe- ter, which will not be found in any paroch- ial registers. As we saw last week in the extracts from the Cilgwyn Church Book, Philip Pugh began his register so early as 1709, and here is one of his assistant min- isteri beginning his in 1747. Can any reader direct my attention to earlier non- parochial registers than these, in Cardi- ganshire ?] G.E.E. BAPTISMS. 1750. March 27. Theophilus John Edwards, Llan yr wyse, at Blaenforest. April 23. Eleanor Anthony Thomas, Llanlas. May 17. Thomas Walter, Pontfane, Kellan. May 19. Sarah Dd. Wm., Giliou, Kellan May 20. Mary Nathan Morgan, Ffynon fagr. May 26. Evan Dd. Evan, Ty n y Rhos, Kellan —dead. June 12. Gwenllian, David Rees, Taylor, Kellan. June 23. Mary David Morgan, Llancrwys, of Coedmore fach. Sept. 9. being a Lord's day, Danl. Thos, Dan- iel, Lampeter. Sept. 25. Timothy John Evan, Shoemaker, LIanvayr. Oct. [blank] Thos. David Thos. John, Lam- peter, carrier. Dec. 16. Mary John David John, Alt, Kellan.

THICKEST FOG OF THE WINTER. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. Fog settled over London ou Friday night, and became so dense on Saturday morning that the City assumed the appearance of night. The street lamps were kept alight, and the shop windows in the main thoroughfares had to be illuminated. In all business places artificial light was necessary, and pedestrians experienced much discomfort in getting about. Traffic was carried on with difficulty, and trains from the suburbs arrived in the City very late. Thick as the atmosphere was on all sides, it was nothing to the black pall that lay over the City. especially in the neighbourhood of Olackfriars and Lti(igate-bill. The fog caused a collision on the Windsor- section of the London and South-Western Railway outside Clapham Junction on Friday evening, fortunately without serious result to life or limb. The collid- ing trains were the 9.52 from Kingston to Waterloo and the 9.30 from Windsor, and the accident caused a block ot traffic, for some hours, but beyond this no serious incouvenience resulted. Both trains were travelling at a low speed at the time, and the collision was very slight, the van of the Windsor train, which was in front, receiving the worst of the shork. A collision occurred at Veckham Rye between the 12.15 midnight London and Brighton train from London Hridge to Victoria and the 11.50 from London Bridge to Streathani, while the latter was standing awaiting passeugers by the 11.53 from Victoria. The impact was not sufficiently great to derail any of the carnages, but several passengers complained of shock. In two instances, both the passengers being ladies, it was found necessary to call in medical aid. A dense fog overhung Southampton Water, and the incoming mails were delayed. Traffic at the entrance to the Thames and Medway was inter- rupted. The Flushing mail packet, with passengers and Dutch and German mails, had to creep her way to Port Victoria. The London and provincial mails to Sheerness were delayed, and all movements of warships were suspended.

LORD SALISBURY'S BTOGRAPHY. The London correspondent of the Birmingham Daily Post understands that arrangements are being made for the early publication of "The Life and Letters of the Late Marqms of Salisbury." Though not so consistent a diarist as his great contem- porary, Mr. Gladstone, the late Prime Minister kept almost up to the time of his death a fair record of his life's happenings. while his correspond- ence was filed and copied in a most systematic manner.

I- s- iIIYS. 11 LEAD KKVIKijio. BRILLIANT, BLACK, BEAUTIFUL*

EXPLORER STARVED TO DEATH. A courier has arrived at Chateau Bay, Quebec, with news of the death from starvation in the interior of Labrador of Leonidas Hubbard, junior, the leader of an exploring expedition organised by an American magazine with the view of securing interesting "copy" for its readers.

HIDDEN TREASURE. The Liverpool stipendiary has publicly announced that, in the event of any person being convicted of damaging property while seeirtrrg for hidden treasure, he would probably send him to prison without the option of a fine; and he pointed out that the police had full power to arrest any person damaging property. He also expressed the opinion that those responsible for inserting the advertise- ments of hidden treasure were to blame.

TO FIGHT CO OPERATORS. Details are given in the Co-i>perative Ntvx of the organised movement in opposition to the co- operative societies of Great Britain. The facts are stated by Mr. Rufus Fleming, United States Consul in Edinburgh, in a report to his Department of Commerce and Labour. The scheme is to bring together from 20,000 to 30,000 traders in all branches to form a syndicate or trust, buy up all these businesses with shares in the trust, acquire manufacturing plant and patent rights. It is pro- posed to divide the country into large districts, each district to have a separate organisation and officers. In 1900 the total membership of the various traders' defence associations in the kingdom was from 7,000 to 10,000.

DARING BULLION ROBBERY. A daring robbery of a bag containing £100 belonging to the London and County Bank was committed on Friday. The bank's bullion mail-van arrived at a branch in the neighbourhood of Oxford- street and with a considerable amount in gold and silver from the Bank of England. Following the usual custom, the driver retained his seat; the clerk travelling in the van handed out several bags to a messenger, whose duty it is to carry them into the establishment on a trolley; and a junior clerk, standing on the pavement, kept an eye upon the operations. While they were being carried on, another mail-van drew up behind the bullion van. Tlio junior clerk turned for a second to glance at it. The action, it is believed,was taken advantage of by someone to snatch a bag from the trolley, for upon checking the whole delivery of bags inside the bank one was missing.

A GIRL'S ADVENTURE IN LONDON. Miss Gertrude Williams, daughter of a retired Army officer, who disappeared some days ago, has been restored to her friends. Previous to last October her home was in Ireland. Then she and her mother came to London, and they took lodgings in a quiet street in Chelsea. On Monday afternoon last week Miss Williams left her home to go to Chancery-lane with reference to a situation for which she was making application. As she did not return, her mother became very alarmed, and the j police being informed, a search was instituted. A Press representative saw Miss Williams shortly after she returned to her home on Friday. She said she had had a very bad adventure; and was glad to get back again. Her mother related briefly what had happened. "My daughter," she said, "left me on Monday afternoon t. go to Chancery-lane, and in the Strand she stepped to look into a shop- window. A well-dressed woman came up and spoke to her. Of course, my daughter ought not to have spoken to a stranger, but she is young and simple. The woman took the girl home with her, and there she has been kep1 until this morning. I have no doubt she was only released because of the publicity given to the case."

CAUSE OF CANCER. The confirmation by the Cancer Research Com- mittee of the recent discoveries of Professor Farmer and others with regard to the growth of cancer is a matter of considerable scientific importance. The Daily Graphic in this connection says: "It is now established that this dread disease is not caused, like tuberculosis, by a germ or parasite, but has its origin in some abnormal development in the cell-the unit-mass of living matter. In other words, cancer" is as much a part of its victim as the mole on his cheek er the corn on his foot, and is, no more than those common excrescences, com- municable by contagion with other persons. The I new discoveries shew that it 'is caused, not by retarded development, but by the abnormal develop- ment of the mature cell. The next step must be to discover, if possible, the exciting cause of this cellular aberratiea. It seems hopeless to expect that, once the aberration has begun, there will ever be any cure less heroic than the removal or destruction of all the affected cells; but if the cause of their eccentricity can be ascertained it may be possible to prevent it, and thus to check, if not to extirpate, a disease which is one of the most terrible scourges of humanity."

CHIPS OF NEWS. Several Denaby (Yorkshire) coal miners have been fined Li and costs for taking matches into the mine. A total sum of E20,858 15s. has been divided by the London Hospital Saturday Fund Committee among 195 institutions. Sir Robert Forster, whose death has occurred in Dublin, was a native of County Monaghan, for which he was deputy lieutenant. Lord Barrymore was seriously shaken by a collision at Cork on Saturday evening between his carriage and an electric tramway-car. The teri-viiir-old son of Dr. Warren, J.P., of Bally- hooly, Ireland, accidentally shot a woman-servant in his father's employ. The French mail steamer Pas de Calais became disabled at Dover on Saturday, and the passengers and mails were transferred to an English steamer. Two Colt guns, which were presented to the Dorset Imperial Yeomanry when they went to South Africa, have been given to the -Dorset County Museum. British whent, sold last week at an average price of 27s. 3d. per quarer. being an increase of 2s. 3d. per quarter on th price obtained in the correspond- ing period of lasr year. A rich bed of ironstone has been "discovered under some land purclns.-d for a farm by the Desborough (iNorih.nnpfon-ihire) Co-operative"Society. It has been decided to work the iron on co-operative principles. Of 2,858 men who registered their names on the Leeds unemployed list up to the end of last month, there remain 291 "deserving" casts for whom no employment has b"en found. Eight hundred other nar.iLS hare been aGlL'd this mouth. Mr. James Gardiner, a Lincoln tradesman, is offer- ing reward of £ 10 tor information leading to the conviction of the auther of a rumour associating hiui witii William Gardiner, late of Peasenh.tli, who was twice tried for murder and acquitted. The Earl of Buckinghamshire has been re-elected President, of the Mid-Bucks Liberal and Radical Association for the ensuing year. 1r. II. W. V. Tomperley, who as an under- graduate took highest honours in the history tripos at Cambridge, has won the Prince Consort's prize and Seeley mecial. There has b. n a remarkable decrease of crime in the mining districts of South Staffordshire during the past. year. The total offences were fewer by 3,000, while there were 500 less charges of drunken- ness. Speaking at Galway Mr. Charles Devlin, M.P., said when in Canada be had spoken to influential | men with regard to the claims of Galway in con- | nection with the new Canadian mail service, and he believed that Galway would be selected. "Doing time" is the announcement displayed in Jacob Popp's shop window at Wycombe, for Sunday trading contrary to the antiquated Act of Charles II. The notice also shews that the offending tobacconist has now received his 109th summons. The King has sent word through his factor to James Torry, the father of the three little boys who were burnt to death at Crathie last week, that he will recompense him for all the pecuniary loss he has suffered. Torry works on the Balmoral estate. Asked why he objected to vaccination an applicant at North London Police-court for an exemption certificate simply replied "My conscience tells me." Mr. Fordliaiii s;ud that did not bring him within the Act, and refused the certificate. Sir Albert de Rutzen refused a request at Bow- street Police-court, London, that he would grant bail to an alien, already twice remanded on an extradition warrant. "I wish they had a little worse time if it would have the effect of stopping them coming here at all," he remarked. The little Norwegian town of Aalesund, the centre of the west coast fisheries, was burnt down on Saturday, an 1 practically the whole population, numbering "Bout 14,000, are without shelter or food. Throughout Saturday and part of Sunday a fog hung over London. and the darkness at times was so extreme that traffic of all kinds was carried on with the utmost difficulty. Two railway collisions, happily unattended with serious consequences, occurred. The Archbishop of Canterbury, speaking on Satur- day, said the position taken up by passive resisters was founded on principles which led to rebellion ar.d anarchy. Mr. George Lockhart, senior, was killed at Hoe- street Station, Walthamstow, on Sunday afternoon by one of his troupe of performing elephants, which broke loose. The secret marriage of Isabel Ruth Campbell to Janii s Noble Davidson, now a solicitor of Falkirk, has had its sequel in the granting of a decree of divorce in the Court of Session, Edinburgh. A Croydon gentleman named Cole has been brutally attacked and robbed at Nice. Miss Brown, of Market Ilarborough, has cele- brated her 105th birthday. She is still healthy and active. A reign of terror prevailed in Alloa for a time CIl Saturday owing to a large bear having escaped from a steamer lying in the docks. Mr. Hutchinson, general secretary of the Irish National Foresters, was on Saturday elected Lord .%i:or of Dublin by forty-one votes to thirty-seven. The V.C. had its origin during the Crimean War. Both the cross and its bar are made from bronzt which formerly formed part of Russian guns captured in the Crimea. Paderewski, in order to shew his disapproval of the Prussian Government's Polish policy, has for- bidden his new opera "Manru" to be produced in the German theatre of Posen. In the house which was occupied by an old man named Charles Haigh (who a fortnight ago was found dead at Lingards, Slaithwaite), over iC30 has Le. n found amongst some old rubbish. The King has conferred the Imperial Service Order for "faithful service" upon Mr. William Phillips, of Ware, who has retired from the Post Office Engineering Department after thirty-eight years' st rvice. i ic title of Chief Commoner of the Court of Common Council (City of London) is conferred by courtesy upon the chairman of the premier com- of the Corporation, the City Lands Com- mirtee. George Taylor, who was fined at Bolton for being dr ink whilst in charge of a pony and car, had £ 202 .n his pocket. He said lie had just come over from Australia, where he had been twenty-eight years. Messrs. John and Selby Neely, cotton experts, accompanied by three negro cotton farmers from the Southern States of America, have left Liverpool for Sierra Leone, in order to conduct experiments in cotton-growing. A verdict of accidental death was returned at Durham on the body of Melville David Dunelm Hood, son of the Rev. Alfred Hood, Wesleyan minister, who, whilst in the bath-room, upset a can of hot water and received scalds which caused his death -r i

I SMOKERS SHOUED GO TO J. & L. WARD The Aberystwyth Bazaar, FOR PIPES, TOBACCOS, ETC LARGEST STOCK IN THE PRINCIPALITY. NOIE THE ADDRESS- 6, Great Darkgate Street, ABERYSTWYTH. HUGH DAYIES'S COUGH MIXTURE hjO MORE Difficulty of Breathing. Ivfl MORE Sleepless Nights. NO At ORE Distressing Coughs. DAVIES'S COUGH MIXTURE for COUGHS DAVIES'S COUGH M.XTURE for COLDS DAVIES'S COUGH MIXTURE for ASTHMA DAWES'§ COUGH MIXTURE for LRCtNCHW)g DAVIES'S COUGH MIXTURE for HOARSENESS DAVIES'S COUGH MIXTOaE for INFLUENZA DAVIBS'S COUGH MIXTURE for COLDS DAVIES'S COUGH MIXTURE for COUGHS DAVIES'S COCTSH MEXTU«fi for SORE THROAT DAVIES'S GuUGH MDWURE-Most Soothing bA vms's COUGH MIXTURE warms the Chest DAVIES'S COUGH MIXTURE diss Gives the Phlegm DjwIES'S COUGH MIXTURE-for SINGERS PAVtESJS COTOH MIXTURE—for PUBLIC DAVIES'S M&OTHE SPEAKERS THE GREAT WBLBH REMEDY. "J31d. and 3¡9 Bottles. Sold Everywhere. I -feweetor than Honey. Chifdren like i i nmn davies, chemist, BftCEmLrf | — 1:' await? in Bkak-ng New LwA rops. Li gf i t'Ta ff'Free-S lools., "calrte FREE FARMS OF 16Q ACRES. For latest official Maos, Pamphlets auci tuK particulars, gratis, apply to Mr. vv. t. r. PRBSTON, COMMISSIONER OF EMi^RAT;OM9 11-12, CHARING CROSS, LCKCT K, S.W., or 1 Mr. H. M. MURRAY, WESTERN MAIL BUILDINGS, CARDIE-ir. I _u -+ I aa:f,¿ Public Notice. TREGARON. A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF DRAPERY GOODS SUITABLE FOR THE SUMMER SEASON NOW ON VIEW AT THE EMPORIUM, TREGARON. REES JONES invites particular attention to his SPECIAL DISPLAY OF FASHIONABLE COSTUMES, MANTLES, COATS BLOUSES, MILLINERY, SUNSHADES. GLOVES HOSIERY. LACE SILKS, MUSLINS, AND DRESS If A T E K I A L 8 IN LATEST DESIGNS AND DAINTIEST COLOURINGS, FOR PRESENT WEAR. D. NUN DAVIES' AUTUMN AND WINTER FASHIONS. Y AN IMMENSE STOCK OF Arrival of | JACKETS. New CAPES Season's RAIN COA TS. Goods- 1 AND FURS. L" O SELECT FROM COMMERGE HOUSE, LAMPETER. The Newest only! LIGHTS. LIGHTS. The Cheapest Place in Town for Incandescent Gas Fittings. The Cheapest Place in Town for Electric Light Fittings The Cheapest Place in Town for Table Lamps Oil Sole Agency for the Latest Improved Miller Lamp. Others can sell the Miller, but for every one they sellf get commission j on same, so save this in buying at— H. Jones, IRONMONGER, 36, Little Darkgate Street, ABERYSTWYTH. f. A CHOICE SELECTION OF —2 LADIES' AND GENTS' UMBRELLAS OF THE VERY BEST MAKE AT LOWEST CASH PRICES. Also Umbrell Frames Recovered like Nex by experienced workmen at popular prices. Daniel Thomas, 22-24, Little Darkgate-street, Aberystwyth. BACON! BACON!! BACON! FOR THE TYPICAL HOME CURED BACON AND HAMS GO TO JOHN WILLIAMS, THE BACON FACTORY, MILL STREET. ABERYSTWYTH PRICES MODERATE QLALITY GUARANTEED. Hotels. ABERYSTWYTH. Table D'Hote, 7.30. Boarding Terms from 3 Guineas per Week, or 12s 6d. per day THIS Hotel is replete with every modem appliance, and contains Coffee and Dining Rooms, Ladie JL Drawing Room, Recreation Room, Library, Billiard, and Smoking Rooms, and about one hundred Bedrooms. Having a frontage of 150 feet, all the Public and Private Sitting Rooms face the sea and are Lighted by Electricity. W. H. PALMER. Proprietor. BELLE V UE HOTEL ABERYSTWYTH. (Facing the Sea and close to the Pier.) The one of the most reasonable and comfortable Family aad Commercial Hotels in Wales TABLE D'Hote, 6-30. Bearding Terms from 2, Gmiaeas per week, or 9s. per day. meets a Tmaa JL Tariff on Application te the Manageress. W. H. PAIJI ER, Proprietor. TALBOT HOTEL, MARCKr strbbt> aberysjwytse Well known for its Home Comforts. FAMILY AND ftorffib dertbe ement of a well knowMatrajeress of IDa." years' ex»erisa^3 ia L > 11 The HOTEL possesses the BæT and LARGB6T BILLIARD ROOM IN TOWN. THRflE NEW TABLES by Messrs. Thos. Padmore and Sons, Birmingkam. The Billiard Room is well ventilated, Lighted with Electricity, and Fitted with all the Newest Appliances. E. JONES, Proprietress. TERMINUS HOTEL, ABERYSTWYTH THE Hotel is now under new management. It is situate close to the Station and is the most convanieD M Hotel in Town for Travellers and othrrs. It has recently been enlarged and is new replete with Aery modern convenience and is lighted throughout with the Electric Light. SALMON, iwrietob. G W A L I HOTEL, Ltd., LLANDRINDOD WELLS. THE origin of the Llandrinuod GWALIA is the weil-known "fnvALIA OF UPPER WOBORN PLAfTK LONPoN It was started 1889; by the season of t!-e following yea*, extensive additions had to ha made to a :aj icl incrfv*a;ng b»i«pness; these extensions hare culminated in tho NEW PEEMISES, wliidl was opuiu-u iiii-year (July 27th, 1898J The situa.ri<Hi of the "GW" is unrivalled- Kea'itiful ourloak, eovtmaadiajr the fineøt rifm postutir, c South-Wt4 aspect, close to Park and Miiu ral Spriug SuipburP, aud ObalybaaV? ik'AUug good a'i;lply of Radiators ou i -ale/mi and c jrridow. ELbCTKJU LiGHT. Pa&SENGE-t- LIFT. xILLIARD TABLE 1 E >WARD JENKINS, Maa. ÅlD .WALlA" J .-PKK KuuUiiN PlACK, LONDO.

PROTESTANTISM. I need not deny that Protestantism was a revolt against spiritual sovereignties; popes and much else. Nay, I will grant that Eng- lish Puritanism, revolt against earthly sov- ereignties, was the second act of it; that the enormous French Revolution itself was the third act, whereby all sovereignties, eqfcthly .and spiritual, were, as might seem, abolished, or made sure of abolition. Protestantism is the grand root from which our whole subse- quent European history branches out; for the spiritual will always body itself forth in ifle temporal history of men; the spiritual is the beginning of the temporal. And now, sure enough, the cry is everywhere for liberty and equality, independence, and so forth, instead of kings, ballot-boxes, and electoral suffrages. It seems made out that any hero- sovereign, or loyal obedience of men to a man, in things temporal or things spiritual has passed away for ever from the world. I should despair of the world altogether, if so. Without Sovereigns, true Sovereigns, tem- poral and spiritual, I see nothing possible but an anarchy; the hatefullest of things. But I find Protestantism, whatever anarchic democracy it may have produced, to be the beginning of new, genuine sovereignty and ovder. I find it to be a revolt against "false" Sovereigns; the painful but indispensable first preparative for true" Sovereigns get- ting place among us. —Thomas Carlyfe.

THE GLORtf OF KNOWLEDGE. It is iiat the mere cry of moralists and the -t-oltrish of rhetoricians, but it is noble to seek truth, and it is beautiful t find it. It is the aneient feeling of the human heart that knowledge is better than riches, and it is deeply and sacredly true. To mark the course of human passions as they have flowed ■on in the ages that are past; to see why na- tions have risen, and why they have fallen; to speak of heat atfd ligfit- a-nd the winds; to know what man has discovered in the heavens above and in the, earth beneath; to hear the chemist unfold the marvellous pro- perties that the Creator lias locked up in a speck; of earth; to be told that there are worlds so distant from our sun that the quick- ness of light travelling from the world's crea- tion has never yet' reached us; to wander in the creation of poetry, and grow warm again with that eloquence which swayed the dem- ocracies of the old world; to go up with great reaseners to the First Cause of all, and to perceive In the midst of all this desolation and decay; and cruel separation, that there is one thing unchangeable, indestructible, and everlasting. It is worth white in the days of our youth. to strive hard for this great discipline; to pase sleepless nights for it; to give up to it. laborious (?a., is; to spurn for it present pleasures; to, eudir-e for it uJSleting peve ty; to wade "tfor it thogh darkness anrr srwvow and, contempt, ns the ffreat spirits of the world have done in all "J::P:- a.nd in Ñl time*. —Sydney Smith.