Welsh Gazette and West Wales Advertiser

THE HUSBAXDMAN. Earth, of man the bounteous mother, Feeds him still with corn and wine; He who best would aid a brother, Shares with him these gifts Divine. Many a. power within her bosom Noiseless, hidden,t works beneath; Hence are seed, and leaf, and blossom, Golden ear and clustered wreath. these to swell with strength and beauty, Is the royal task of man; Man's a King, his throne is Duty, Since his work on earth began. Bud and harvest, bloom and vintage. These, like man, are fruits of earth; Stamped in clay, a heavenly mintage, All from dust receive their birth. Wind and frost, and hour, and season, Land and water, sun and shade, Work with these, as bids thy reason, For they work thy toil to aid. Sow thy seed and reap in gladness! Man himself is all a seed; Hope and hardship, joy and sadness. Slow the plant to ripeness lead. -John Sterling. N.

I 7 t THE ROAR OF THE OCEAN. ( < Was it the sound of the distant surf that Was in mine ears, or the low murmur of the treezd as it crept through the neighbouring wood ? Oh. that hoarse roar of ocean, never silent since time first began—where has it Hot been uttered ? There is stillness amid the calm ot the arid and rainless desert, where no spring ri and no streamlet flows, and the long oara ans plies its weary march amid the j blinding glare of the sand and the red un- shaded rays of the fierce sun. But once Again and yet again has the roar of the ocean been there. It is His sands—sands that the wind heap up; and it is the skele- ton remai --is of his vassals—shells and fish and the stony coral—that the rocks under- neath enclose. There is silence on the late mountain peak, with its glittering mantle of snow, when the panting lungis labour to inhale the thin bleak air-where no insect murmurs and no insert flies, and where the eye wanders over multitudinous hill tops "that lie far beneath, and vast dark forests that sweep on to the distant horizon, and along long hollow valleys where the great rivers begin. And yet once and again has the roar of the ocean been there. The effigies of his more ancient denizens we find sculptured on the crags when they jut fl: beneath the ice into the mist-wreath, and his later breaches, stage beyond stage, ter- race the descending slopes. Where has the great destroyer not been? The devourer of continents—the blue-foaming dragon, whose vocation it is to eat up the land? His ice- floes have alike furrowed the flat steppes of Siberia and the rocky flanks of Schehalion; and his nummulitis and fish lie embedded in the great stones of the Pyramids, hewn in the times uf .the old Pharaohs, and in rocky "fclds of Lebanon still untouched by the tool. So long as "ocean exists, there must be disintegration, dilapidation, change; and should the time ever arrive when the eleva- tory agencies, motionless and chill, shall sleep within their profound depths, to awak- en no more, and should the sea still continue to impel its currents and to roll its waves, -every continent and island would at length disappear; and again, as of old, when "the tains of the great deep were broken up," A shoreless ocean tumble round the globe. —Hugh Miller.

■ i< ■ AN AUTUMN FESTIVAL. Once more the liberal year laughs out O'er richer stores than gems or gold; <0nce more with harvest song or shout Is Nature's bloodless triumph told. O favourSi every year made new! 0 gifts with rain and sunshine sent The bounty overruns our due, The fulness shames our discontent. We shut our eyes, the flowers bloom on; We murmur, but the corii--cars fill; We choose the shadow, but the sun That casts it shines behind us still. 'God gives us with our rugged soil The power to make it Eden-fair, And richer fruits to crown our toil Than summer-wedded islands bear. Who murmurs at his lot to-day? Who scorns his native fruit and bloom ? Or sighs for dainties far away, Beside the bounteous board of home 2 Thank Heaven, instead, that Freedom's arm Can change a rocky soil to gold, That brave and generous lives can warm A clime with northern ices cold. And let these altars, wreathed with flowers And piled with fruits, awake again Thanksgivings for the golden hours, The early and the latter rain I —Whittier.

_¡- i!n nor, a «*vw, PrpwnHs Hair falling «ff. „ Rent^ri"* ft to its »nfcural colour. \fKXI0AN Prevr«iis Daarlruff, and ;s liR | 'Kin h«8t 8»new«r know v. u-kitt WWW Should be on wrenr KH-HiiiWafl. Of all ChsmUta an* H* sdrwwr Price 3e. 6d per botth I

HENLLAN. The Proposed New Hall.—Colonel Lewes, Llysnewydd, had promised to undertake to build a village hall at his own expense. It is understood the work will be proceeded with at once. It is needless to state the Colonel's offer is greatly appreciated in the district.

BORTH. Preaching Meetings.—The annual preacb- ing meetings of the Borth and Bow_ Street Welsh Independent Chapels were held this week, when the special ppreachers were Dr. Da vies, Newcastle Emlyn; Rev. W. J. Rees, Horeb, Llandyssul; Rev. Jacob Jones, Mer- tliyr; and the Rev. Job Miles, Aberystwyth. The services commenced at Bow Street on Monday evening and were continued all day Tuesday, and at Borth on Tuesday evening and continued throughout Wednesday. There were large congregations at most of the services.

CWMYSTWYTH. Maintenance.—At the Police Station, Aberystwyth, on Friday last, Abraham Thomas Joseph, of 28, Wellington-street, Camden Town, London, was brought up in custody charged by his wife, Margaret Jane Joseph, Fron, Cwmystwyth, with refusing to pay P,10 18s. 6d., arrears and costs due for the maintenance of herself and children. Mr. W. P. Owen appeared for the prose- cutrix, and Mr. Burdett (from the office of Messrs. Smith and Davies) for the defend- ant.—P.C. Thomas Enoch stated he received the accused into custody from the Metro- politan Police at Vine-street- Station on the 19th inst, and brought him to Aberystwyth. —This was all the evidence taken, and ac- cused was then remanded until the next Llanilar Petty Sessions to be held on Friday, bail being allowed in one surety of £ 25.

DEVIL'S BRIDGE. ANNUAL SALE OF SHEEP. The first annual sale of sheep at Devil's Bridge by Mr. J. E. James, was held in the field behind the Hotel on Wednesday week last. The weather was delightfully fino, and there was a large gathering of buyers and spectators. The sale throughout was brisk, and some L,400 sheep changed hands, many leaving the neighbourhood for Llanidloes and Llangurig way. Some features of the sale were that it was a collective one, and that all were invited to send entries,. while there was no credit as usual, the terms be- ing strictly cash. It was for some time thought that this latter condition wculd considerably affect the prices; but, despite this, buyers both from the neighbourhood and from further afield soon made tleir appearance, and it was evident there would be keen competition. The attendance num- h!. £ rl>m, 150 to 200, prices realised being ý(,Qd ewes and wethers making 25s. a he.1d, while lambs fetched 5s. to 16s. They were from the flocks of Messrs. T. J. Waddinghant, of Hafod, L. P. Pugh (Abermaide), and T. P. Lightfoot (Devil's Bridge), having been brought from the surrounding hills. All the arrangements were well carried out, and though a new idea, it seemed to be favour- ably received by the farmers, and the pro- spects of a considerably enlarged sale next year are very bright.

LLANBADARN TREFEGLWYS. On Saturday afternoon, Dr. Abel Evans, Lampeter, the district coroner, held an in- quest at Bwlchymynydd, in the parish of Llanbadarn Irefeglwys, touching the death of Thoanas Morgans, a farmer, aged about 49 yeans, who resided at that place.—Eld. Itees Evans, Trefaes-issa, said he knew the deceased for many years.^lVitness thought he was a healthy man. A did not know of anything vexing him beyond tl-at he was in poor circumstances. Deceased was in trouble about paying his late servant. On Wednesday, 18th instant, deceased received a letter from a solicitor with regard to the, servant not having been paid. De- ceased committed suicide that niJht. He was not so despondent on the evening he comm-itijed suicide tihan he J-iad bden jfor dajj^si.—Uvari Davies, who resides at the College said that on Thursday morning, 19th instant, about 8 a.m. he could not Eee any smolie from the chimney of Bwlchy- inynydd, he went there and found that the cows had not been milked. He went to the house and found the key in the lock Only a candlestick and a candle prevented the door from-' opening. As soon as wit- ness opened the door he saw deceased hang- ing from a beam. Witness cut him down, and laid him on the floor, and then went to look for some person to help. Deceased wa quite stiff and cold, and witress be- lieved he had been; dead for some hours. Witness he had heard that deceased was very low hearted and caieless of his arimals and that what made him look at the chimney. When witness found that the cows had not been milked it struck him that deceased was ill in bed.—The jury re- turned a verdict that deceased had com- mitted suicide whilst of unsound mi id.

SCIENCE NOTES AND NEWS. PURIFICATION OF WATER BY OZONE. In the Centralblat for Bacteriology, D. Rivas gives some notes on the purification of water by ozone. Under favourable condi- tions, he has found that the number of bac- teria are reduced by its action, and that the dangerous Bacillus coli communis" is eliminated. It was also found to oxidise ammonia-forming nitrates. When, however, the water was rich in organic matter, the germ-killing and chemical actions of the ozone were only partial. The writer con- siders that purification by ozone is a favour- able method for the treatment of a town supply. Details of the methods of obtaining and applying the ozone are given. CHEMICAL ENGINE FOR MINE FIRES. For fighting me in its anthracite coal mines a new form of chemical fire engine is used by the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad. This engine is built on a truck which can run upon tracks throughout the mine. When an alarm of fire is sounded the engine is attached to an electric mine locomotive, and rushed to the scene of trouble at high speed. Water played upon a coal fire is almost instantly converted into steam, which further disintegrates, forming a gas so suffocating that it drives away the men fighting the fire. Blue flames which shoot out when water strikes the hot coal often set ablaze pockets of gas in the ceiling. When a chemical engine plays upon burning coal the heavy gases evolved cling to the floor and smother the blaze by excluding the air. Men are not annoyed by the fumes, and can stay close enough to do effective work. THE SPLASH OF A DROP. Professor A. M. Worthington, F.R.S., of the Royal Naval Engineering College, Devon- port, read a paper at the British Associa- tion on "An Unrecorded and Remarkable Feature in the Splash of a Drop." A drop I of water falling intq water, be said, ex- I cavated a perfectly spherical hollow in the water. The hollow reached its greatest depth approximately at the same time that the water thrown up attained its maximum height; but the volume af the pit was enor- mously greater than that of the water thrown up, being 360 times as great with a height of fall of 197 centimetres, and 44 times as great with a fall of 40 centifnbtres. The original liquid of the drop lined the hollow cavity in the form of a thin layer. Surface tension appeared to play but a small part in this phenomenon. SEAWEED'S CHANGE OF HABIT. In the Journal of the Royal Microscopi- cal Socidy, Mr. A. D. Hardy gives an in- teresting account of a'remarkable change of habit in a species of alga. The species in question normally inhabits stone-paved gut- ters with a rapid flow of water, or fast-flow- ing streams. It grows on submerged twigs of willows, and stems and leaves of water plants, but is more frequently found on stones or dead twigs. It was found by Mr. Hardy on the backs of gold-fish living in a pond. And while on the backs of fish it was growing luxuriantly, it was also found poor in quality on the stems and leaves of plants. "I think," writes Mr. Hardy, "that some in- terest, therefore, attaches to the adaptation of this stream-loving myxonema, which, find- ing the almost stagnant water of the pond unsuitable, had, by means of its zoogonidia, obtained a footing, either by accident or de- sign, on moving objects, thus obtaining the desired water-friction to which the specias had been accustomed." The interesting fact is added that from one small tuft of this species growing on a fish nine other species of algse were obtained. I MIRRORS MADE OF COPPER. I The silvered mirror is commonly used be- cause of the faithfulness* of its reflection; but many experiments have been made with a view to finding other metals which were susceptible of depositions on a glass surface. Other metals can be deposited, but. not evenly and coherently, and hitherto one of the failures has been copper, although from its close relationship to silver good results from it would appear probable. Faraday found a method, but not a very successful or cheap one, and thre copper mirror has hither- to been an expensive curiosity. Mr. F. D. Chattaway announced at Leicester, however, that in the course of an investigation of the aromatic hydrozenes he found that when copper oxide is acted on by these substances the copper can be deposited on glass in a thin coherent film. The mirrors obtained by such a method are, he adds, very beautiful, for they shew the lustrous red colour of bur- nished copper, and are as perfect in reflect- ing surface and as uniform in texture as the similar mirrors obtained by the deposition of silver. I A DOUBLE PERSONALITY. One of the most remarkable cases of double personality on record is described by Professor Pierre Janet in his work on "The Major Symptoms of Hysteria." The patient, whom he calls Marceline, first came to him about twenty years ago. For several months she had not taken any food, and was on the verge of starvation. After trying other methods of treatment she was hypnotised, and a secondary state was induced, which, although apparently artificial, differed alto- gether from the state in which she had been on her entrance to the hospital. She imme- diately began to eat, and soon regained her strength. When she seemed on the road to recovery it was thought NECESSARY TO AWAKEN HER from the hypnotic state, which was con- sidered artificial. Immediately the patient fell back into her preceding state. She was again unable to eat, and in order to save her life^it was necessary to reinduce the hypnotic The same experience was repeated over and over again, and, as Professor Janet ex- plains, "things continued in this way for fifteen years. Marceline would come to me in ORDER TO BE PTTT TO SLEEP, enter into her alert state, and then go away very happy, with complete activity, sensi- bility, and memory. She would remain thus for a few weeks; then, either slowlv or sud- denly, in consequence of some emotion, fall back into her numbness, return to the state we had considered primitive and natural, with the same visceral disturbances. The for- getfulness now extended over whole years, and disturbed her existence completely. She would hasten to come to me to get herself transformed again. Things continued thus for years together, till the death of the poor girl, who succumbed to pulmonary tuberculosis."

♦ OUR GLORIOUS WORLD. Wonderful, in universal adaptation to man's need. desire, and discipline, God's rlaiIy preparation of the earth for him with beautiful means of life! First, a carpet to make it soft for him; then a coloured fantasy of embroideiy thereon; then tall spreading of foliage to shade him from sun- heat, and shade also the fallen rain, that it may not dry quickly back into the clouds, but stay to nourish the springs among the mass; stout wood to bear this leafage,- easily to be cut, yet tough and light, to make houses for him, or instruments (lance- shaft, or plough-handle, according to his temper); useless if it had been harder; useless, if less fibrous; useless, if Jess -elastic. Winter comes, and the shade of leafage ) falls away to Jet the sun warm the earth; .tbe strong boughs remain, breaking the strength of winter winds. The seeds which are to prolong the race, innumerable ac- cording to the need, are made beautiful and palatable, varied into infinitude of appeal to the fancy of man, or provision for.,his service; cold juice, or flowing spice, or balm, of incense, softening oil, preserving resin, medicine of styptic, febrifuge, or lulling charm; and all these presented in forms of endless change. Fragility or force, softness and strength, in all degrees &nd aspects; unerring uprightness, as of temple pillars, or unguided wanderings of feeble tendrils on the ground; mighty re- sistance's of rigid arm and limb to the .storms of ages, or wavings to and fro with faintest pulse of summer streamlet; roots cleaving the strength of rock, or binding the transience of the sand; crests basking in sunshine of the desert, or 'hiding by -dripping spring an-å liglitless cave; foliage far-tossing in entangled fields beneath every wave of jeein-clothing with variegated, everlasting films the peaks of the trackless mountains, or ministering, at cottage doors, -to every gentlest passion, and simplest joy of humanity. -Rush-in.

YSBYTTY YSTWYTH. Local Will.—Mr. John Cwen, of Mount Pleasant, Ysbytty Ystwyth, Cardiganshire, mining agent, who died on the 26th June last, left estate valued at LI,468 12s. 9d. gross with net personalty amounting to £ 534 13s. 7d. Probate of his will, dated 4th May, 1904, has been granted to his widow, Mr. Mary Ann Owen, and Mr. Tho- mas dwen, of Bromley-by-Bow, London. He left to his wife certain blocks of houses particularly specified, with remainder to his sons, Richard and Tommy, and the ultimate residue of his estate to hia daughter Edith.

LLANGRANOG. Opening of the Mission Church.—On Tues- day week the Bishop of St. David's attend- ed at the re-opening services of the St. David's Mission Church, Llangranog, which t'as been lately enlarged and improved. His Lordship, who presided on the occasion, said he was glad to hear his brother clergy- men say that he had had generous support from Nonconformists as well as Church people He regretted that the Christian Church was at present so divided, but in a few years 'time it would be a struggle be- tween those who accepted Christ as the head of the Church and those who believed in a material religion. The mission church was built by the present rector, the Rev. D. Griffiths, in 1894, and now a very neat and pretty chancel and vestry has been added at considerable cost. The collections during the day amounted to over 210, but there is still wanting a sum of JE40 to clear off the debt. Among the gifts to the church are a cross and vases by the Rev. W. Elarle, headmaster of Bilstan College, Rugby. These ornaments originally came from Bil- ston College Chapel. The font was given by Mrs. Metcalfe, The Priory, Gloucester. Tea was provided by the rector. The mis- sion church is three miles from the Parish Church.

PONTRHYDYGROES. Marvvolaeth a Chladdedigaeth. Gorch- wyl anhawdd He anymunol ydyw trochi yr ysgrifbin i gofnodi hanes marwolaeth a chladdedigaeth y brawd anwyl, Mr. Thos. Rees, Brynhyfryd, Pontrhydygroes, yr hyn a gymerodd lo yn dra disymwth nos Lun, yr, 16eg eyfisol, ac efe yn 57 mlwydd oed. Bu yr ymadawedig yn nychu "tan fachau tyn diechyd," am flynyddoedd, ond yn ngwyneb yr oil daliodd i weithio yn egniol hyd ryw wyth mis yn ol. Er ein bod yn cael ar- wyddion sier yn feunygdiol fed ei babell briddlyd yn cyflym ddadfeilio er ys tro, ta- i-ain-yd yr holl ardal a syndod nid bychan pan ledaenwyd y newydd o fwth i fwth am •ii farwolaeth ddisymwth, oblegid nid oedd neb yn cario y syniad fod cryman angau yn mvned i dori i lawr mor fuan. Claddwyd yr hyn oedd farwol o hono yn mynwent Ysbyt- ty Ystwyth, dydd Sadwrn diweddaf. Gwas- anaethwyd ar yr achlysur wrth y ty gan Mr — Roberts (W.), Pontrhydygroes; yn yr eghvys ac ar lan y bedd gan y Parch. S A Jotne^v B..A. (Oxon.X curad parchus Ys- bytty Ystwyth, ac is-athraw yn hen goleg uchelfri Ystrad Meurig. Daeth tyrfa lu- osog iawn ynghyd i daJu y gymwynas olaf i'r ymadawedig, yr hyn sydd yn brawf dilys ei fod yn wrthrych serch ac edmygedd yr ar- dal yn gyffredinol. Y oedd yr ymadawedig yn meddu a gymeriad dilychwin.; yr oedd yn gymydog pur, cywir a diweniaeth. Yr oedd TII weithiwr diwyd a difefl, ac ni chaf- odd diogi y fraint o wisgo ei arfau gwaith a rhwd erioed. Coleddai syniadau uchel am hawb ni fedrai feddwl yn isel hyd yn oed am ei elyn penaf. Yr oedd yn briod ffydd- lon ac anwyl, ac yn dad tyner a gofalus. Gadawodd weddw a dau o blant i alaru ar ei ol; ac y mae cydymdeimlad mawr a hwy yn en profedigneth. Heddwch i lwch yr hen frnwd anwyl hyd nes "Bydd dorau beddau v byd Ar un gair yn agoryd." Mwyn fo dy hun fy ngyfaill hoff,- Teilyngu hun o hedd: A phlanwn ninan flodau g-lwys Ar anwyl lwch dy fedd. —Gohebydd.

FASHIONABLE FOOD FADS. THIN THE BLOOD AND WEAKEN THE BODY. STRENGTHEN YOUR DIGESTION AND LIVE WELL BY TAKING DR. WILLIAMS' HNK PILLS. The vexed question of "What shall we üa.t?" has led to many suggested reforms, but eminent medical-opinion has recel tly decided that any violent alteration of diet is undesirable and often almost dangerous. Therefore the suggestions to sudderly abandon ordinary food, and live on vegetar- ian menus, or a semi-starvation regime, should be accepted reluctantly. There is much virtue in the old-fashioned roast beef meal,, so familiar in this country. On the other hand, an example of what a sudden alteration of diet or trifling with a healthy appetite may lead to is illustrated in the story of Miss F. A. Jenkins. who resides at 142, Coldharbour Lane, Camberwell, S.E. "At home I had always been accustomed to a diet that included fresh meat," said Miss Jenkins, "but at the age of eighteen I left home and stayed with a family who lived strictly on vegetarian lines. The sudden alteration of diet DID NOT AGREE WITH ME, and in a short time I became so ill that the best of food disagreed with me and caused indigestion. I lost all appetite; I fell rapidly away and became quite white; my lips look- ed a greenish yellow and my eyes were tinged like those of a chronic bilious sufferer. Everything seemed beyond my strength. "If I went up a few stairs, or stooped to pick anything off the floor, I felt quite dizzy and my heart palpitated distressingly. I became breathless after the shortest walk, :ny knees felt weak, and my limbs trembled. I seemed filled with nervous fearsi that I could not control. "Of course, I took medicine, but never felt better for it, My WEAKNESS INCREASED ALARMINGLY, and in my efforts to cure this terrible state of anemia I spent much money in so-called blood tonics, but without relief. "My sleep was always broken, and I never felt rested when I arose in the morning. Then a lady recommended me to put aside all other medicine and take Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. I willingly took her good advice and purchased a few boxes of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills; after taking the contents of four boxes I began to feel more cheerful, and persevered. As I did so MY APPETITE IMPROVED WONDERFULLY. I regained my lost weight; a splendid colour mounted my face; my skin grew clear and bright and I felt full of life, with no longer any pain, backache or langour. Finally every trace of anaemia left me, and to-day I feel that no girl enjoys more thorough health." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are good for men and women. They make New, Red Blood that builds up the brain, muscles, and nerves. They have cured Anaemia, General Weak- ness .Influenza's After-effects, Indigestion, Eczema, Rheumatism, Sciatica, St. Vitus' Dance, Nervous Disorders, Paralysis, and Ladies' Ailments. Sold by all dealers (but insist on having the genuine pills, for sub- stitutes never cure). If in doubt send to British Depot, 46, Holborn-viaduct, Lon- don, 2s. 9d. for one box, or 13s. 9d. for six, post free.

CARDIGAN A Lad's Maintenance.—On Thursday, be- fore the Mayor (Mr. E. Bowen) and Messrs. W. Woodward and T. E. Davies, sitting as Borough Justices, an application was made by Deputy Chief Constable Williams for an order against Fred Wright, gardener, Net- pool, Cardigan, to contribute towards the maintenance of his step-son, Dd. Morris, who was at the Quaker's Yard Industrial School. It was stated that defendant had promised to contribute Is. per week, but he failed to keep his promise.—An order of Is. a week was made. TOWN COUNCIL. A meeting of the Cardigan Town Council was held at the Guildhall on Monday, the Mayor (Councillor Evan Bowen) presiding, the other members present being Alderman D. Ivor Evans, Councillors J. Evans, J. Davies. T. M. Daniel, R. W. Picton Evans, D. Ladd Davies, and S. Young, with the J own Clerk (Mr. D .Morgan Jones) and the Surveyor (Mr. T. Bowen). Territorial Forces Act. A communication was received from the Lordi Lieutenant of the County, Colonel Davies-Evans, Highmead, Llanybyther, asking the Council to appoint one of their 9 number on the Association for the county, of which he is the head, under the provisions of the Territorial Forces Act, 1907. It will be the duty of the Association to work the county with, and conform to the plan of, the Army Council, for the organisation of the territorial forces within the county, and to ascertain the military resources and capabilities of the county, and to render advice and assistance to the Army Council and to such officers as the Army Council might direct. The Association shall have exercise and discharge of such powers and duties connected with the administration of His Majesty's forces as may be assigned to it. Mr. D. Ladd Davies thought it was usual, when appointments were made under an Act. that a copy of the Act should be sub- mitted in order that the requirements might bo seen. Such was not the case here. Mr. T. M. Daniel: This is a new thing, is it not? Alderman D Ivor Evans: Perhaps Capt. Picton Evans can enlighten us. Capt. Picton Evans supposed that i 1 ey wanted to build an army. The Mayor said it was to draft a scheme under the Territorial Forces Act. He had considered it with the Town Cljxk and st^me others, and it was suggested that he (the Mayor) should be nominated. He thought that was done out of fun more than anything else. Capt. Picton Evans was outside as he Had been nominated by Colonel Davies-Evans. He thought the best selection would be Mr. John Evans. Mr. T. M. Daniel seconded. Mr. John Evans disclaimed any knowledge of the affair. If he had been a retired Volunteer it. would be different, he said, but as it was he knew nothing abaut it. There was no amendment, and the motion was put and carried. Water Meters. In bringing forward the next item on the agenda, "Water meters and charges for water for other than domestic purposes," the Mayor observed that there was only about half of the number of Councillors present. Mr. John Evans said that if they took action that day some of the other members would probably turn round and say they were not present when such and such a thing was done. He thought they should wait till they had a fuller meeting before they considered the matter. Mr. R. W. Picton Evans said it had been on the minutes, and perhaps that was why the Councillors were absent. The Mayor: Perhaps that is it. Mr. John Evans proposed that the matter be. deferred, and it was carried. Another Guide Book. A firm of printers wrote respecting a sug- gestion on their part that they should com- v>^e and publish a "Guide to Cardigan and District." All they required was the aus- pices of the Town Council or the Town Im- I' u

-n.- SOUTHALLS' TOWELS STILL FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS, The Original and Best, KM now sold in PaeketB containing half-dozen. Size 1 at Sixpence. Also in Packets one doteD, as fctllows:-size r, is.; Size 2, is. 6d. Size 3 and 4 (differing in shape), as. by all Ladies' Outfitters, Chemists, &c.. throughout the world. Local Agents: Aberystwyth. Mrs.Hollier, Oomioerce House, Bridge-street. Messrs. Morgan, 9, Terrace-road. Mrs. D. Morgan, 16 -and 18, Pier-street. Miss Jukes, Fancy Repository, Terrace-road. S. N. Cooke. 12, ,Pier-street. Robert Ellis. 53, Terrace-road. Mrs Mackenzie, 75, Worth-parade P. E. Wynne, 7. Pier-street Partmadoe. T. Jenkins, Chemist. Jehu Evans, 7 and 9, High-street. M B Moms, 3, High-street. I

Tory Party's Plight. JESSE'S PATHETIC LAMENT. 1 IN THE WILDERNESS WITHOUT A MOSES. Mr. Jesse Collings, M.P., speaking in Bondesley on Monday night, said he thought it very likely there would be a General Election next year. The Government would come back with a less majority, which would be to their advantage. Since the retire- ment of Mr. Chamberlain things had not been going on well. He hoped and believed, however, that Mr. Chamberlain would come back again to give them the benefit of his counsel and advice, for they needed it. To his mind the Unionist party was like men going through the wilderness without a Moses. The young members were chaffing under the inaction to which they were con- demned. They had a leadership that crea- ted no enthusiasm., but rather damped it. They had a leadership halting between two opinions, recognising in an academic and half-hearted way the item in Mr. Chamber- lain's platform of tariff reform, but the efforts they were putting forth to further that policy compared with what those efforts ought to be were poor and puny. The younger members were dissatisfied and did not hesitate to express their dissatisfaction. What he felt was felt probably by the majori- ty of the House of Commons.

KER-NAK: ITS ORIGIN AND VALUABLE USES. MINERALS3>RUGS NOW LEFT FAR BEHIND. GREAT CURE FOR FAMILY AILMENTS. In the dim past, when the Persians ruled Asia and owned the treasures of Africa, signal successes were obtained from the use ot certain fruits as medicine. It is first to the Persians, and then to the studious Egyptian, the cultured Greek, and the Koinan of the Caesars that. we owe a thous- and and one of the fruits common enough in this country to-day. From the nations that prospered over 2,000 years ago, later nations learnt the art of converting fruits into natural medicine, and it was brought to England by monks from Italy, who guard- ed the secrets of extracting the medicines in the same way as the Chartreuse monks tor ages guarded the secret of making their famous wine. Twentieth century science has probed further into the question of the CURATIVE QUALITY OF CERTAIN FRUITS. and their value is greater from a medicinal standpoint than on the score of nourishment alone. The laxative value of prunes and figs, the use of the apple in counteracting -eidity in the blood, and an orange before breakfast for cleansing the stomach-these are only a few out of a hundred examples that could be given, showing the existence of a wonderful power in fiuit for ti eating ailments associated with the stomach, liver, kidneys, and bowels. I Whatever secrets are locked up in iho ages of the past, it is certain that these fruit extracts, after being separated from the fibre of the fruit, had then to be refined and concentrated by a costly process. As the basis of the new Ker-Nak treat- ment, which has just been perfected and introduced at tremendous expense, we have I a natural and potent medicine. Ker-Nak, in its concentrated pill form, contains cer- tain essences and oils, the valuable constitu- ents of fresh, ripe fruit, in association with valuable vegetable extracts. Ker-Nak is a compact medicine "posses- ing the laxative and- curative equivalent of many fruits rolled into one." Ker-Nak is now the mast natural and up- to-date remedy for constipation, indiges- tion, bilious attacks, headache, nausea, flatulence or wind, anaemia, and most female ailments, pale, sallow, and sickly complex- ions, palpitation, shortness of breath, heart- burn, loss of appetite, liver chill, pains in the back, and other prevalent liver, stomach, and bowel troubles. Ker-Nak is "most natural," because it alleviates and checks disease—not by arti- ficial and drastic purging, as do many old- f ishioned pills, but BY PURELY NATURAL MEASURES. Ker-Nak cures without the aid of cheap and nauseous mineral drugs. These irritating, weakening minerals, which only injure the delicate linings of the stomach and paralyse the muscles of the bowel, are entirely absent from Ker-Nak. Ker-Nak is unique both from the stand- point of its origin, and as regards its thor- oughly effective action. Each dose brings unmistukeable improvement in the bodily health. Few cases, indeed, can resist the potent influence-the multiplied fruit value —stored up in the small compass of a Ker- N- ak Pill. Ker-Nak is essentially a family medicine— a safe and constant remedy that any mother may confidently resort to. Constipation, the ailment from which so much of woman's sickness springs, is com- pletely eradicated by Ker-Nak. However old and obstinate the bowel trouble may be, proper course of Ker-Nak will achieve success where mineral purgatives have been of no real use. Cures by the Ker-Nak treatment are more lasting, and more natural, than can come from ordinary medicine. For not only are the organs of nutrition thoroughly corrected, toned up, and strengthened by the use of Ker-nak, but disease is neutralised and a nlease of vitality, the power to resist illness, is imparted to the sickly man, woman, or child. Ever keep handy a dainty aluminium- plated case of Ker-Nak. Sold by all chem- ists at 1/U or 2/9, or from the Ker-Nak Natural Remedy, Ltd., Turnmill Street, London. E.C., post free for the same prices.

SOUTH CARDIGANSHIRE METHODISTS. The CaJvinistic Methodists of South Car- diganshire held their monthly meetkio- at Llechryd on Thursday, under the presidency of the Rev. R. R. Davies, Capel Drindod. The secretaries of the district meetings were urged to convene a special meeting to con- sider the liabilities of the churches with re- gard to the New Compensation Act. The appeal of the church at Bryn Seion, Aber- porth, for additional financial aid was re- ferred back to the district meeting for further consideration. Mr. J. W. Stephens, J.P., Llechryd, owing to advanced age, re- signed the treasureship of the Foieign Mis- sion Fund, and Mr. James Stephens, soli- citor. was elected as his successor. It was decided to hold the next monthlv meeting ac Capel Neuadd on October 22nd and 23rd. The following officiated at the public meet- mgs:—Revs. W. Adams, B.A., Lampeter; J. Evans, Abermeurig; R. R. Davies, Capel Drindod; D. A. Jones, Llangeitho; Dr. Moelwyn Hughes, M.A.. Cardigan; and John Williams, Brynseincyn.

MR. LEWES PRYSES BEAGLES. Last Wednesday, Mr. Lewes Pryse brought his hounds from the Cambrian Hotel. Borth, where they had been staying overnight, to Tymawr, Ynyslas, where the meet was held at 6.30 a.m. The morning was beautifully fine, but the scent was of an indifferent character. A hare was soon set going over the slope of the hill at Tymawr, passing down to near the cop of the bog: here it doubled and recrossed the hill and passed through the turnip field on to Tyhwnt Farm, and thence on to the marsh nearby. From here it wound back again on to Ty- mawr, and then it took a right-handed turn on to Penpompren Farm, find then it work- ed its way back again into the bog near Tyhwnt. Here the hares were changed, and somewhat similar circles were agr.in described. Several "Bares were seen alto- gether, and the last one coursed got on to the bog lying between Tymawr and Gwyn- fryn, where it squatted for a time, and get- ting exhausted, it was rolled over by the hounds in a ditch running between Tyro twr and the bog. On the whole, there was seme good sport, and winding up satisfactorilv with a k111. Here the hares have been well preserved, and there is a pmsnect of some irood^ hunting in this district. Amjonest those oresent were:—Mr. Lewes Pryse, Mr. S. Checkland Williams. Mr. Murphy. Col. Feilden, Mr. Frank Feilden, Misses Stuart n-nd -narty, Dr. Williams. Mr. T. Jones, Mr H. Jones, and Mr. J. Jones.

I I There is no Do that it is the live man who gets there." The man who never flags anli P is ever on the qui vive. He is perennially alert and eager—and looks it. 1 Why is he cherry, so confident? is he immune from the everyday ills that J J upset others so much ? Not at all. Only, he is prompt in regard to 3 himself as he is in his business. He puts his finger on a weakness at C once, never letting a headache, or any other ache, due to temporarily J arrested stomach action have a chance. There is no other way. Attack little ailments without delay. A timely use of < BECGHAMS • j will never let them grow. Aches vanish and you keep brisk and up-to-date. £ That is a business asset. This is somethirg to tell someone else. Everybody more or less suffers from stomach troubles in these strenuous days, and no f one can afford to ill. Indeed, the need for a safe and speedy medicine, j i to relieve promptly and surely the minor ills that depress the brightest V men, is universal. Here is an impressive fact to remember, c the annual sale of Beecham's Pills is over six million boxes V and is increasing every year! That is eloquent testimony that while the C < need is great and wide-spread Beecham's Pills I Meet the Public Need I C Sold everywhere in boxes, price 1/1 ± (56 pills) an 2/9 (168 pills). DAVID PHILLIPS, CARRIAGE ABERYSTWYTH. OPR/ETO* NORTH PARADE YARD, ] QUEEN'S YARD, L POST/NG STABLES. Largest Posing Establishment in the County. Allkinds of Carriages MODERATE CHARGES. pt. D.P. begs to call the attention of the public that he has taken in addition the Queen's Yard and Stabi Accommodation for Motors. Cabs and Busses meet all trains. HEAD OFFICE: —TERRACE ROAD. TE LEP]A ONE: -PHILLIPfl, Privaw Address- 31. MARINE TERRACE, ABERYSTWYTH. ^E0RGE^ I 1 I L G R AV E L PILLS MARVELLOUS REMEDY. For upwards of Forty Years:these Pills have tield THE FIRST PLACE IN THE WORLD aa Remedy for PILES and GITAVEL, and all the common Disorders of the Bowels, Stomach, Liver, and Kidneys. Rfitonf? Piles'T ?rave,1» and Loins, Constipation, Suppression an' ™T?' lrrit^tl1°ri of thfe Bladder> Sluggishness of the Liver and Kidney* DeDr^on'nfs -"lencn pitAtl°n' Nervousness> Sleeplessness, Dimness of Deprmsion of Spirits, all Pains arising from Indigestion, &c. THEIR FAME IS AS WIDE AS CIVILIZATION. There is no civilized nation under the sun that has not experienced their HEALING VIRTU THE:THREE FORMS OF THIS REMEDY No. i♦—GEORGE'S PILE AND GRAVEL PILLS (White labels No. 2.-GBORGE'S GRAVEL PILLS (Blue label). No. 3.-GEORGE"S PILLS FOR THE PILES (Red label). SOLD^EVERYWHERE in Boxes. Is lid and 2s 9d each. By Post Is 2d and 2s lOd. Proprietor J. E. GEORGE, M.R.P.S., Hirwain, Aberdare SMOKERS SHOULD TO J. & L. WARD The Aberystwyth Bazaar, FQR PIPES, TOBACCOS. ETC LARGEST STOCR IN THE PRINCIPALITY. NOTE THE ADDRESS— 6, Great Darkgate Street, ABERYSTWYTH ALADDIN'S M AG I C TEA NADDirrs MAGIC" ILI TH E BEST IN THE MARKET William Williams and Company, 5,BUTTON STREET, LIVERPOOL. v_ 4 QARDIGANSHIBE CAlUUAGE ORKt J. G. WILLIAMS, PRACTICAL JAHRIAGE BlTILDEi CHALYBEATE-STREET. ABERYSTWYTH Priate Address: 28, CHALYBEATE ST. SUMMER FASHIONS C. 31; WILLIAMS, Drapery and Millinery Establishment, r PIER STREET, ABERYSTWYTH. IN ALL New Goods^rikw NOTED HOUSE FOR STYLISH HATS AND BONNETS HUGH IDAYIESOIS COUGH MIXTURE NO MORB Difficulty of Brcutbimg. NO MOttB Sleepless Hirkts. NO MOHB Distressing Coughs. DAVIES'S OOUGH MIXTURE for rooeu DAVIES'S OOUGH MIXTURE for GOLDS DAVIES'S COTTGH MIXTURE for ASTHMA DAVIES'S 00.) 3H MIXTURE for BRONCHITIS DAVIES'S GCIGH MIXTURE for HOARSEXBS& PATTERS OOUGH MIXTURE for KFLUXXZA DAVxfiS'S OOUGH MIXTURE tor GOLDS DAVIES'S OOU0H MIXTURE tor OOUOH8 DAVIES'S COUGH MIXTURE tor SORE TOROAT DAVIES'S OOUGH MIXTURE—Most Soothing, DAVIES'S OOUGH MIXTURE warmi the Cheat DAVIES'S OOUGH MIXTURE dissolvos MM Fhtaga DAVIES'S OOUGH MIX'rURE—for SINGERS DAVIES'S OOUGH MIXTURE—tor PUBLIC DAVIES'S OOUGH MIXTURE SPEAKiSftS THB GREAT WELSH RBMBDY. 13id. and 219 Bottles. Said Everyahfrt. ———————————.——————_——,< 1- Sweeter than Honey. Children like it. c- HUGH DAVIES, Chemist, MACHYNLLETH. MR. JAMES REES dO. ALEXANDRA ROAD, I ABERYSTWYTH (Same Street as Railway Station). VISITS: TllEGARON the first and last Tuesday in eacfc Month at Mrs Dewi Williams, Stanley House ABERAYRON on the 1st and 3rd ?Wednesday** in edfch month at Miss Lampshire, 25, NorttMraC (opposite Talbot). LAMPETER the second and fourth Fridays in eaclk Month at Mrs Evans, Paris House, Harford Square. MACHYNLLETH the Second and Fourth WeOnt • days in each Month at Mrs. R. Jones, (Tanners) Pentrerhedin Street (opposite Lion Hotel). TEETH extracted Painless]} by the Lafttty Process. Teeth Filled. Sets remodelled and repaired Fit and workmanship guaranteed. Moderate charges. YR UNIG GYMRU ow LADIES We want aa opportunity to convince you that BLANCHARD'S APIOL if STEEL PILLS Supersede Pennyroyal, Pil Cochia & Bitter Apple. We will send you sample free on receipt of two stamps for postAfll LESLIE MARTYN, LTD., CHEMISTS, j 34, DALSTON LANE, LONDON.'

provement Committee, and sufficient ad- vertisements to fill twelve pages of the guide. When the guide was completed they uould give the Council 1,000 tree copies. Referring to a circular from the firm the Clerk said that as far as they were con- eerned, they had actually taken it for granted that the auspices of the Town Coun- cil and the Town Improvement Committee would be forthcoming. The Mayor said there was no responsibility at all upon the Council; the firm took it upon themselves to collect the advertise- ments. A resolution was passed that the firm should be given a iree hand. Badminton. The Town Clerk read a letter he had re- ceived irom Mr. F. Livingstone Dickson 11 aking application for the use of the Guild- hall for a Badminton Club. The time of occupation it was stated would be from about 3 p.m. to 6.30, and the number of days one or two according to the charge. Saturday would be the day or one of the days, and the period would probably be from October till February. They would re- quire to mark the floor as a tennis court and make some temporary arrangements for lighting if found desirable. Mr. i>. Ladd Davies propose^, that the matter be deferred until it could be con- sidered by a fuller Council. sidered by a fuller Council. Mr. J. Evans asked what were the usual charges, and the Town Clerk replied that for dancing classes the charge was 2s. 6d. in addition to the cost of the gas consumed. The Mayor: That would be about 5s. in all. Mr. S. Young seconded the proposition. A question being raised as to whether there was any likelihood of damage being done to the hall, Mr. Picton Evans said the game was a harmless kind of recreation, and jt would not hurt the floor or walls. It was played in tennis shoes and with a shuttle.ock. Mr. J. Evans proposed an amendment that the use of the room be granted upon the terms stated. It meant bringing people to the town, and therefore, money would be spent in the town. Alderman D. Ivor Evans seconded. Mr. D. Ladd Davies said they had no power, the matter was not on the agenda. Mr. J. Evans replied that they had had applications constantly before them for the Liee of the Guildhall and they were granted without first of all appearing on the agenda. The amendment was carried.