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A Horrible Offence. SEVEN YEARS' PENAL SERVI- TUDE FOR FOUL OUTRAGE. At the Yorkshire AEsi as hurt week, Albert Charles Jeffreys (30), described in the calendar as a labourer, who haa been serving with the East Riding Yeomanry, was indicted for a rape on Rebecca Jane Watson, aged 31, a sin- gle woman, at Ulrome, near Bridling- ton, on August 2-3tli. Mr. 0. Paley Scott prosecuted, and Mr. Atkin de- fendtxl. The case for the prosecution, as out- lined by Mr. Paley Scott, was a very remarkable one. On the evening of August 24, Mi&- Watson went to stay" with Mrs. Tongs at the coastguard sta- tion between Ulrome and the sea. Mrs. Tongs' husband, a coastguardman. be- ing away on active service. About midnight they were aroused by the prisoner, who was in full uniform, and who asked for the telephone key and the woman who understood the tele- phone. He said there had been a fight in the North Sea, some German strag- glers had got through our line of ships that he was on the look-out, and that his instructions were to take the wo- man who had the telephone key with him to the cliff-tep, there to await a signal which he would receive, give hei a ntessage to the telephone, and then gallop off. Ultimately, it wras arrang- ed that the prosecutrix should go with him. On the way there they pas.soct; through a field where prisoner atfemp- ted the offence. She screamed, but her cries were drowned by the roar of the sea, and prisoner, who had his ri- tie. threatened to shoot her and throw her over the cliff. She struggled for thr«(*-fjimrters of an hour, and then, became exhausted and unconscious ben she rceovered she struggled back- to the coastguard station, and toM Mis. Tongs what had happened, and subsequently identified the prisoner by a scar on his lower jaw. The jury found the prisoner guilty In passing sentence of sev^.n yewrs. penal servitude. His Lordship said tie case was one of the worst he had ever heard of: it was most premeditated aJld brntal. It was made wors^. by the fact that prisoner iva-i wearing Hi> Majes- uniform, and he did not believe prisoner would have induced the young woman to go on the cliffs but that she trusted the uniform. It was a horrible <ilren( v.

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Another Tribute to Merthyr's Mayor. Lioflgyfarciiiad i Mr. John Davies, J.P., ar I el ddyrchaflad i Swydd y Maer, Hawddamor i John Da vies Fp (Ida-eth ei awr a'i hi; Ef(- vdd lied(IN-w'ii I)t-v. Ac eilun hoff y llu deilwng o'r arirbydedd, Hyt weithiwr ydyw ef; A gwn ei aincan fydd o hyd Gael enw mwy i'n tref. Mae gwerin Dowiai.s lieddyw Yu llawen yn ei swydd Ac yn dymuno iddo'n hael Am flwyddvn teg mewn llwydd )1ae ganddo galon gvnne.s I deimlo dros y gwan Pan wel ef an fe geisio'n syth Ei wella yn y man. Boed iddo flwyddvn gyfan () iechyd ar ei hyd Er dwyn a,'j swydd anrhydedd mwy A sylw yr holl fyd Gwn fod y glowyr dewrioti Yn t,c-iiiilolr clod a'r bri, Gan ddweyd yn ddistaw hach-y Mae Yw'n Miners' Agent ni. Penydarren DEWI.

Merthyr Pay Office to be Closed. Col. L. Dorling, Chief Paymaster, has i.v^ued the following notice: — "The offices of the above will be fi- nally closed on Nov. 28, 1014. After that date all complaints in regard to separation and otliet. allowances must be sent to the loc-al Seci-etat-les of the S. &- S.F.A. for tabulation on the ap- proved forms and transmission to the various paymasters concerned. Not illot-C than one case should be insert- ed on ti sheet, and it should be remem- bered that Regimental Paymasters deal with the families of Regular .For- ces and Special Reservists only. "Oases concerning the families of Territorial Soldiers should be seut di- rect to the Secretary of the Territorial force Association concerned. I "Ca"e' ('(IIl{'ernin tl families of the Hoya? Navy or ?oyat Xaval Reserve to the Accountant Genend, Admiralty. I Londoll S.W.. and in the ca?e of Ma- rines ami Marine Reservists .to tho ¡ \Ia ¡-in,: Division to \h(';1. the men be- )o'!?.

I Marwolaeth yr Archlofrudd. Roedd swn y brwydrau yn y j>oltder draw. Ac yntau'n cerdded UwyjJjrau llaith y glyn Xid oedd fi gle<ldyt gwaedlyd VIl ei law, C"" Na Hid y trwydr a.i* ei ruddiau gwyn. Saw! car tref wnaeth efe yn alar dwysr Sawi tad lofruddiodd ef dan gvsgfKl Sawl bachgen anwyl roddodd dan y gwys r Dinystrio bywyd oedd ei ddyfnaf reddf. Yn anwar gwyllt ysgubodd tua'r bedd, Anrheitliiodd fyrdd gartirefi'r anwar lul; Cariodd wareiddiad gyda mill y cledd. Os MAI (. WAHEIDUIAW YW DINVSIItlO MIL Gwelodd y gwaed yn lliwio gruddiau du Paganiaid tawel yn eu gwlad eu hun Gyrodd y dangnef gwledydd waedl.d In Ao nis arbedodd o'r brodorion un, Gw isgodd y byclau ar ei fvnwes goch. A rhoddodd wledydd cyfain clan en or oes: Euillodd de-it la u fyrd<l drwy'r fagnel f roch. Dinystrio oedd celfyddyd fawr ei oe-S. Co-ch oedd ei ddwylaw fel ei wisgoodd ef, Du oedd ei galon gan lofruddiog frad; Dilmnodd ddrycin rhyfel yn y nef. A chyneu I'ft'ern wnaeth mewn llawer gwlad. ODd daeth ei gyfafll Angau heibio'n brudd. Amneidiodd arno n bendant gyda i law; A cliofiodtl N-litlu r myrdd citrtrefi drud Chwylfriwiodd i'r anwariaid di-ddrwg draw. Death Ofn 1'r s?Ion ? dan emau ffawd, Da?th gwrid i'r wyn?b pan y cofio'i-I gwaed A dywallt-asai ganwaith ar ei rawd, A gwelodtl gyrff yn llengoedd dan ei ,cli,ae,d 1 <:> O'r Uffern ddyfnaf yn llywodaeth Duw, Ei laddedigion ddaeth yn dyrfa fawr; Disgynodd eu melldithion ar ei glyw. A "gwaeddai Dial Daear—"Daeth yr Awr" Eneidiau yr anwariaid ddaethai'n llu, Eneidiau hen amaethwyr Affrio friw; Eneidiau India yn finteioedd du Ddaethai i'r glyn i'w gwrdd yn ddu eu lliw. mgelsiodd gilio 'nol:—ad erchi mil 0 filwyr ereill tua' glyn o'i flllell: Ond heno moa- ddysylw oedd yr hil, O'r byclau disglaer ftc o'r geiriau plaen. Fe arferaaai yru'r llu i'r gad ? I farw tra'r roedd ef yn ddiogel iawn; Ond nid oes gwr yn unman yn y wlad A feiddiai yfed ei gwpanan lIawn! Rhaid mynd ei hunan! a chroesawu dieifl Luni;isai ef ei hun ar hyd ei oe-s: Ei gleddyf yn ei boenau dygn deifl At fvnwes greulon ei boenyddwvr Ond nid oes dim yn tyeio: y mae'r bwld Yu hawilo'i gyfaill goreu lieb naoad; Beth a roddaai am un alWr o hedd I farw'n da wel yn nistawrwydd gwlad Roedd megnyl yn taranau dro y wlad. A niegnyl Cffern yn adseinio'u rhu; ltliiitlirai!r anwariaid laddodd tua'r gad, Ac nid oedd fagnel rwystraiV dyrfa ddu. Rhaid tanio megnyl with ei gladdu ef, Distawa'r megnyl gri ellyllon leng; Distawa'r mcgtyJ farnol waedd y nef- A thwvllir v lxinhecklig fel y gwreng. Hen gyfaill brenin braw! cest tithau saeth, A gwenwyri Angau arni hi yn drwcli; Y lllae Tangnefetld daear betldyw'n gaeth, A Uhyfel yn galaru uwcli dy Pe bae yr olaf un a'r waedlyd hi 1 Yn cael ei hebrwng tua'r glyn di- hedd. Fe ruthrai dynion yno wrth y fil, I ddawn.sio mewn gorfoledd ar ▼ beild. T. E. NICHOLAS.

Dowlais Carpenter's Deatii. FALL OF THREE TON CASTING. Mr. R. J. Khya (Coroner) conducted an inquest at the Merthyr Hospital on Friday, concerning the circumstances surrounding the death of Chas. Cas- burn, 26. of Cross Morlais Street. Dowlais. Deceased was a forge carpenter at the Dowiai.s Works, and whilst at work Oil Monda a heavy casting fell upon him. The base of the skull was fractured, and a huge laceration in- flicted upon the forehead. He died in the Inlirmary on November 17. The weight of the casting was said to he three tons. A verdict of "Accidental death" was returned.

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North Glamorgan I Needlework Guild. I ANNUAL EXHIBITION AT I MERTHYR. The 26th annual show of the work of the Guild waa held at the Bush Hotel .Assembly Rooms, Merthyr, on Thurs- day, the 19th instant, and the display excelled all previous years in number, quality and usefulness of the articles exhibited. The number of articles con- tributed this year was 6.1-W, being an increase of 2,674. over last year. Mrs. Craswhay, of Cyfarthfa, the president. presided HIS usual, and had provided tea and coffee for all the associates, etc., who attended, besides distributing 128 garments and 2*2(5 blankets amongst the various vice-presidents. There were also present during the afternoon the following vice-presidents —Mrs. Aubrey, Mrs. Broome, Mrs. Pearson Cress well, Mrs. A. B. Cress- well, Mrs. Mabel Evans, Miss EYenB, Mrs. Green, Abercanaid "\1r" Hankey. l'entrebach; Mrs. Griffiths. Pencae- lllawr: Mrs. Marsh, Merthyr Vale; Hon. Mrs. ltuthven, Mrs. Webster, Mrs. Peter Williams, Troedyrhiw; Miss Williams, Llanfabon; Mrs. Llewellyn Williams, Dowlais, and Mrs. Wills. During the afternoon the room wa. crowded with visitors, associates and helpers, and all were highly pleased with the various articles exhibited, and it was felt that great praise was due to Mrs. Orawshay. the vice-presidents, and the associate.s for their labour of love in thus providing for the needs of the suffering, as we undeivtand that these good tilings are to be dis- tributed amongst the poor and needy, and the wives and dependents of our brave soldiers who are fighting our but- tles in France and Belgum. etc.. and that also a goodly number are to be distributed amongst the men them- selves. and it was felt that these kindly gifts will be greatly appreciated and valued by all. especially so now that the cold and nclenient seasotl of the year is setting in.

By F.R.H.S.

In the Kitchen Garden. THE FILBERT NUT. A good fruit fur a suburban garden Lile filbet-t. Proper'y pruned, this tree is most reliable. The common err- or in managing a filbert tree is to let it sucker freely. Then the strength ot the plint is spent in producing leaf rather than nuts. Having planted your tree some time before Christmas, ad- rauge to train in the form of a baski upon a short main stem. Plant the tree in a sunny position, let the standard stem be nearly 2ft. long, and have seven or eight permanent branches thereon with an open centre. Upon these branches laterals will grow, which should be reduced by one-half every spring. Along the remaining portions of the laterals the nuts will appear. The fruit is carried upon the previous year's wood so, after the crop has been gathered, the fruited la- terals can be cut right out. Soil culture for filberts consists in fairly deep and fairly rich ground. The tree*- should have a moderate manurial dressing each spring. There are seve- ral wellknown varieties. "Cosford" is eei tainly the best, if only one kind is to be grown. It is such a sure fruiter. and indeed is used as a polleniser for filberts of less fertile sorts. The second most reliable cropper is Lambert's Filbert" (the Kentish cob). Filberts may be kept for some months if treat- ed properly. Do not pick the -fruit till they are thoroughly ripe. Dry them indoors for a few days. When the husks are dead. pack the nuts int-o air-tight jars, with a little salt sprink- led among them. Stand the jars in a cool and dry cupboard. The Uses of Salt. The value of ordinary .salt is not re- cognised as it ought to be. It is cheaply purchased as agricultural. or garden salt. Sea-sand, for reason of its salt and grittiness, is useful to some gardeners. A moderate quantity of salt in the compost heap, while the pile is becoming potting monkl, or in the manure heap. cannot but sweeten the whole besides beinb very distaste- ful to pests. Salt is a purifier. It is also an insecticide. A popular way of destroying slugs is to pick them off the beds and dip them into salty water. This proves its worth. Salt is also a mild stimulant. It is extremely ser- viceable. too. for making dry beds damper. On the other hand. garden- ers find it to have a good effect in a heavy and close, insect-ridden border; hut thcn it must be mixed into grit. i sand or coal ash, that its moisture-in- J "V-lvasing property may he counter-act- ed. Fun her uses for salt are: A pinch on decapitated weeds will kill. Mild solutions are a liquid insecticide. Powerful ones clean gravelled paths. Among the Flowers. I PILLAR ROSESe. I The Planting. A brilliante show of oolour is assur- ed. when suitable climbing rose trees are trained over arches, pergolas, and pillar. The treatment advised under our title will apply to roses planted ag- ainst at-(-lie, or a pergola. A pillar for a rose is usually a tre trunk some 8 or 9ft high, with the stem clean to with- in a foot of the stop. Tlie head has its branches pruned to lengths of one foot. So sltaIl we have a huge stand- ard rose with blossom most of the wa\ up the trunk. In the planting of these natural stakes, remember that they have to 1war heavy burdens, and stand against the gales which prevail at certain seasons of the year. Dig a wide and dee]) hole for the climl>er. and inside this opening a further long and narrow one for the support. The support may be the better supported through pushing several bricks in-to the earth against it. and thus will rock- ing to the breeze be prevented. The life of the stake will be lengthened hy terring the portion to lie buried, and several inches a bove the surface. A Story. The present is the season for planting or in the spring. With regard to feed- ing. a great rosarian — the late Dean Hale—believed in plenty of natural manure for rases. The waste of this stuff on the roads often troubled him. He tells the following story:" I was once brought to sore shame and con- fusion by this wild, passionate affec- tion. Returning on a summer after- noon from a parochial walk. I inferred from the wheel-tracks on my carriage drive that callers had been and gone. I expected to find cards in the hall, and 1 saw that the horses, had kindly left theirs on tlie gravel. At that moment one of those grim spirits in the air. 11110 gri II to set. us mortals grieve, and dance at our despair.' ifendishly sug- gested to my mind an economical de- sire to utilise tine souvenir before me. I looked around aud listened: no sight. no sound of humanity. I fetched the largest fire shovel I could find, and carrying it Ixmntifully ladeii through ait ai-cltii-a towards a favour- ite Charles Lefebre. when I suddenly confront-ed three ladies. who had Sell"!) round the carriage. hearing that I should soon be at home, and were ad- miring my beautiful roses.' It may he said with the strictest regard to veracity, that they saw nothng that day which they admired, in the pri- mary meaning of the word. so much as myself and fire-shove] and I are equal- ly sure that no rose in my garden had a redder complexion than my own." I Varieties. Any -trong growing and thoroughly hardy climbing ro-e is suitable for training uj; tree trunks. A vigorous do- er is essential, for the.support must be quickly clad with leaf; and per- fectly robust varieties alone are desir- able. seing that a rose is more exposed to keen winds high in the air than with the protection of a wall. 'Yell- known roses that are especially favour- ites for pillars may be had in the "Glory of Dijon' and "Wm. Allen liichardson." These varieties. besides flowering freely during the summer, produce blooms late into the autumn, and those last roses of summer are the choicest of an, since then only do their colourings realise the 11,?teti tions. the iniici- leaves being of a some-! what coppery hue. Among the finest reds for pillars are the "Gruss an Tep- litz," which, poor thing, cannot help having a Teutonic name. It does not commence to flower until the middle of July, yet afterwards makes up in quantity for its slackness. Then there are the double-cropping crimson ram- bler—Flower of Fairfield" and the Longwortli Rambler," that is not re- ally a rambler, but a hybrid tea. The best pure white at the price is Fran Karl Druschki." If you can af- ford to treat this as an alien enemy. substitute the British Queen," which is an improved, and secented. "Drusch- ki." No more reliable and floriferous pink pillar roses can be had than "Lady Gay" and "Dorothy Perkins." The individual blossoms of the former arc more perfect in form than the lat- ter the colour of "Lady Gay" is cherry-pink, and of "Dorothy" shell- pink but the "Dorothy"—the older variety—has the advantage of doing better in unfavourable positions and in. indifferent soil. Other pillar roses are Aimee Vibert. Aiiieretii Pil- lar," Ards Pillar," "Aviator Bler- iot." Blush Rambler," "Bouquet D'Or." "Excclsa." "Hiawatha," Mine. Alfred Carriere," "Carmine Pillar." "Tea Rambler," and "White Dorothy." The last mentioned is not always an all-white, since some of the blossoms are often tinged with the pink of the "Dorothy Perksns," from which it is a sport. "American Pillar" is the largest flowered rose of its type. The handsome semi-double flowers in the clusters may come fully a couple of inches across.

I Can y Gwaed. (As sung in the Theatre of War). Yn Chvvareufa'r eyiandir cocli, Chwareuwyr y gwledydd sydd Yn canu a chwareu en cerddi lion Yn gyson nos a'r dydd; Magnelau yw'r Organ fawr, Arweinir y gan g-al y cledd I Cenii y cydgan gan weriu byd Wyneba ar blwm a bedd. G\<ll,d Ar ddwylaw, a gwisgoedd, a gwellt: Gwaed! Gwaed! A'r cledd yn fyw gan y mellt; G waed Gwaed Gwaed Ar glogwyn, a chlawdd, a glyn; A mawrion y byd yn crechwenu'n braf Uwch ben y trueni llyn. GWfH'd Gwned! Gwaed! Plentyn, genethig a thad Gwie(l! (,%i-aed? Ar ddwylaw a chalon gwlad; Gwaed! Gwaed! GvN- a c-d Mown pwlpud. a senedd. a gwasg; A gweithwyr y byd o dan fedydd y gwaed Ruthra i'w damniol dasg. Gwaed Gwaed Gwaed Mewn bwtliyn palas, a llys; Gwaed Gwaed Gwaed Yn gvmvsg a dagrau a chwys; Gwaed Gwaed CNN-aed Ar fynydd. a chors. a ffas: A firydiau'n ddaear yn gwaed I'r eigion ar hyd y nos. C \aed! Gwaed_! Gwaed! Foreu, brynhawn, a hwyr; G waed Gwaed Gwaed Rhaid gorffen y gwaith yn llwyr; Gwaed Gwaed Gwaed EJlmyn a Brython a Ffranc; Ac yshryd bradwriaeth ledled y byd Yn gyru gwerinwyr j'w tranc. Gwaed Gwaed Gwaed! Ergyd. a brathiad, a loos; A lielwyr y gwledydd yn canu'n her Am Gariad a Gwaed v Groes r Gwaed Gwaed Gwaed Tylodi, twymyn a phla A'r mawrion yn canu ar foreu'r Geni tm Hedd ae Ewyllys Da"! Gwaed! Gwaed! Gwaed! Magnel, awyrlong, a than; Gwaed Gwaed Gwaed Ac Angau yn galw ei gan; Gwaed! Gwaed! Gwaed! Darn an o esgyrn a chnawd; A Manion a Chrefydd yn moli'r gwr Sy'n gyru y plwm drwy ei frawd. Gwaed Gwaed Gwaed Cariadon a mamau ddaw I chwilio'u hanwyliaid yn llif y gwaed Lifa drwy'r meysydd draw • Gwaed! Gwaed! (,wa,-d Tadau, a meibion y cwm I galon cymrodyr ar archiad y teyrn, Yra y cledd a'r plwm, Gwaed Gwaed Gwaed Offeiriaid cyfandir sydd Yn cerdded i'r maes i fendithio'r gad Bob boreu ar doriad y dydd; Gwae(i I Gwaed Gwaed Pregetliwyr, gwleidyddwyr di-dduw, Sy'n cymell y tan i rwygo cnawd, Ac esgyrn, ac enaid y byw! Gwaed! Gwaed! GW3ed r A ninau'n ddifater o hyd Gwaed! Gwaed! Gwai! Lifa dros wyneb y hvd; Gwaed Gwaed Gwaed A brodyr fyrdd o dan draed Ceffylau a dynion ar fae.s y gad Nofia'n farw mewn gwaed' Gwaed! A Duw yn ei nef yn fud! A magnel a chleddyf ar fae.s y gad Yn darnio bywydau drlld Gwaed! Gwaetl! Gwaed! A'r ddaear yn goddef y cam Pwy ddirnad ofidiau plant bach y byd, A dyfnder pangfeyd<i y fain! Gwaed! Gwaed Gwaed! A miloedd heb fara'n ein gwlad; Gwaed Gwaed Gw:M"d! J Rhaid porthi holl dduwiau'r gad; Oymerer o fara'r plant, Ysbeilier y wffidw dlawd Bwyd y magnelau o oes i oes Yw gwaed, ac esgyrn :t chnawd. Gwaed Gwaed Gwaed Cenwcli y gan yn ddi-daw: Gwaed Ar wisgoedd. a chletldyf a llaw ('enwch y gan yn y noa, 'Jra. dnin ,:n ¡¡tarw dan draed Rhodder i fagnel a <'hUsJdyf le. fa?-,n(-i -,t (-Iil(,d(lvf le. Gwaetl! Gwae<l! Gwae<l.r Magnel yw'r organ gref; Milwr y byd gyda'i gleddyf coch,— Arw+'inydd y gan yw ef; Gwaed! Ö wal Gwaed! He tvfi y gwenith a'r ceirch A dynion yn marw yn filoedd oet, Yn frodyr a chwmni i feircli! I T. E. NICHOLAS.

'Phone 597. 'Phone 597. William Treseder, Ltd. THE NURSERIES, CARDIFF. WREATHS, CROSSES, CUT FLOWERS, &c. ROSES All the l-eadingr New Var- ietiet, In commerce. Trees and Ornamental Shrubs. Apples, Pears, Gooseberries. Currants, &c. Tela: TitKSKnuR, FU>I:I.ST. CARDIFF.