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Gardening Notes.
Gardening Notes. If any reader who is in a difficulty with refer- ence to his garden will write directly to the address given beneath, his questions will all be answered free of charge, in full detail, and DY return of post.—Editor. WARM FRAMES. The artificial bottom-heat of hot-beds, which are, of course, principally used for starting plants very early in the season, is usually sup- plied by fermenting manure or manure and leaves, but flues and pipes are sometimes em- ployed. rLhe manure should be uniform in character, that from highly-fed horses at livery stables being desirable, as well as obtainable in quantity at almost any time. About half of the whole bulk should be bedding-litter or straw. To ferment the manure, it must be piled in long, shallow heaps, and kept only moderately moist by sprinklings of hot water. The piles should be "turned occasionally to break up lumps and promote permentation by distri- buting the hot manure from fermenting parts through the mass until the whole is steaming Tmiformly. Next make it up into a square heap, and allow it to settle down without beating or pressing. Place the frames in position, and cover with from 6 inches to 12 inches of rich, light soil. In the course of a few days a. steady heat, suitable for sowings, will be attained. The manure must be so managed as to extend for some distance beyond the edges of the frame, lest the temperature fall too low. Per- haps, it is better, on the whole, to place the manure in a pit from IS to J6 inches deep anl a foot wider than the width of the frame before placing the frame over it. An inch or two of any coarse material or a permanent wall of stone or brick will prevent the manure coming into actual contact with the cold earth. Sur- face with a thin layer of leaf-mould, and then with some 5 or 6 inches of light garden loam. When the pit method is practised the manure must be placed in layers about 6 inches deep, each being well trodden down. A depth of about 2ft. of manure will generally last for two months, but the duration is generally de- pendent upon the severity of the weather. Per- manent hot-bed pits must have drainage under- neath, and be cleaned out yearly in autumn, after the partially worn-out beds have been used for summer crops of sensitive plants. Excessive watering may injuriously lower the temperature of the hot-bed. Both drenching and sprinkling are to be avoided, but a good wetting with quite tepid water may be given as often as really needed. Watering is best done in the morning on a rising temperature, so that the sun may warm the soil before night- fall. It is generally a mistake, especially in the case of early crops and during dull weather, to water at evening, when the temperature is naturally falling; and it is specially risky and undesirable to permit the plants to start the night with wet foliage. Ventilation, which is particularly important when the sun comes out, suddenly, is generally effected by sliding down the sash or raising one end of it to rest upon a block. On warm, sunny days the sash may be removed altogether. To ensure stocky, hardy, plants, the distance between the bed and glass should not be too great; every jjlant requires abundant space for growth; water must be sparingly supplied during cold, dull weather; and excepting during frost, plenty of ventilation ib needed to dry the atmosphere and prevent excess of heat. Protective coverings, such as matting, old carpets, straw mats, etc., must be provided for hot-bed frames on every cold night, and even through the day when the weather is very severe. Every frame should be protected from prevailing cold winds by means of a hedge, wall, or other screen. Tomatoes Under Glass. 0 L.' I I The best results are obtained trom an admix- ture of four parts good garden loam with one or two of thoroughly rotted manure. Except- ing. perhaps, for summer crops, bottom-heat is essential to rapid growth. Tomatoes thrive in night temperatures of from 60 to 65 degrees, and 75 degress by day, and a rise from ten to fifteen degrees more on bright, sunny days is not harmful. Direct sunlight is so necessary tliao shaded plants fail to set fruits during the winter. The atmosphere is kept moist hv damping down the walls and walks, especially on bright days, excepting while the lfowers are expanded and the fruits setting. When watering is neces- sary. it must lie thoroughly done, though over- watering and too much atmospheric moisture often induce moisture in dull weather. Plants are better grown from seeds sown in pans or pots. tke seedlings being moved two or three tlmesoefore transplanted from four inch or five inch pots to beds or boxes, though there is no objection to taking cuttings of the top four or six inches of well-matured shoots of productive and still vigorous plants only. So far as possible, the surface of the soil in which tomatoes are grown should be from 5 to 6 ft. from the roof. Plants maybe cultivated in 7 or 8 inches of soil on benches, in well- drained boxes 18in. in length and width by 12in, deep. or even in large pots, though these are very liable to drying out. The tomatoes art, set from 20 to 24in. apart if single-stem train- ing be practised, and from two or three feet if two or more branches be retained. Boxes of the size specified will take four plants each, provided spaces of 12in. be left between the boxes, which rest on a staging—temporary or permanent—over the return hea,ting pipes. Drainage is ensured by boring holes in the bot- toms of the boxes, and covering them with a layer of clinkers or potsherds; and the boxes are then two-thirds filled with soil the remain- ing space being filled up with rich compost when the plants are actually in bearing. On the whole, it is preferable to train only one main stein of each plant up a string to the glass, but widely spaced plants may in spring and summer have two or three strong shoots trained out fanwise on strings, to which to- mato stems are loosely attached with raffia ties some fobt or so apart. All side-growths and ovel-V shoot breaking from the end of a cluster of fruit must be pinched off as soon as noticed; and leading stems are stopped when t-hev reach their space limits near the gifts*. or sometimes when fruit is setting freely. I Some Less Familiar Greens. Apart from such well-known crops as cabbage, spinach, etc.. there are less well known greens which are well worth growing, the best of them being the following — Chard or Leaf Beets.—These give edible foli- age from early summer until autumn; and sometimes the foliage is blanched by being tied together. Seeds are sown in the spring, very much as ordinary beet seeds are, and the plants are thinned out till they stand from. 6 to 12in. asunder. The commonest and one of the best forms is the spinach baet. Orache is usually classed with the spinaches, and is grown for its succulent and large root- leaves. It does not endure hot weather well, and so is sown in spring for use before mid- summer, as which time the plants throw up long flower-stems and become useless. Vlustard of the curled-leaved types is some- times grown to large size for use as a pot-herb, and is excellent for the purpose. Seeds are generally sown in early spring, the tender bunches of foliage being ready for use in May or June. By about midsummer the plants usually run to seed. The Chinese Mustard is more like a dense- headed lettuce than it is like an ordinary plant of the cabbage family, but it is one of the best and best flavoured of all pot-herbs. Seed should be sown in very early spring, or else late in summer, the former plan being prefer- able. Dandelions have been much improved by the French people and some of the improved kinds are fine for both salad s and use as pot-herbs. Deep, rich soil is necessary if the best and most succulent foliage is to be made; and in such land as the dense rosette of foliage will cover a space of from 12 to 30 inches across. Care must be taken not to permit the plants to pro- duce and disseminate seeds, lest the plant be- come a troublesome weed in the garden. Purslane is very little grown, but makes a goot pot-herb, producing thick and succulent stems and large leaves, which mature quickly, and are not injured by hot weather. Corn Salad. This useful salading plant is grown much as lettuce is, and the seed can be got in as soon as the ground is fit for it in spring, ass it is quite hardy. The produce matures in about six or eight weeks, yielding a bunch of leaves like a small-leaved spinach. Thin out the plants early to six inches asunder; and keep clear of weeds. The crop is gathered like spinach; the leaves make a very wholesome and pleasing addition to spring salads, or they can be dressed and served with olive oil. E. KEMP TOOGOOD, F.L.S.. F.R.Met.S.. pro Toogood and Sons, The King's Seedsmen, Southampton.
Death of Mr. Gomer Jones.I
Death of Mr. Gomer Jones. I H.M. INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS FOR MER- THYR. We regret to announce the death, which oc- curred at his residence, "Gartref," Thomastown on .Friday, of Mr. Gomer Jones, Ono of H.M. Inspectors of Schools for the Merthyr area. Born at Trecynon (Aberdare) in 1854, Mr. Jones was in turn scholar and pupil teacher it the Aberdare British School, and in 1873 he became a student at the Borough Road College, London, and passed all his examinations in the first division. In 1877 he matriculated (with honours) at the London University, and at each of the subsequent examinations for B.A. he was placed im the ..first division. For seven years he was headmaster at the Neath British Schools, and was afterwards headmaster of the Swansea llighûr Grad School. The latter appointment he relinquished for the post of inspector of schools for the Merthyr district, which com- prises some of the most populous portions of Glamorgan, Mommeuthshire and Breconshire. This position he held for the past 32 years. The late Mr. Gomer Jones married a daughter of the lalte Mr. William John Jones, assistant overseer for Mejrthyr Tydfil, and she and her two sons—Mr. Wm. Jones, Twynyrodyn, and Mr. Reginald Jones, Manchester—survive. The late Mr. Jones was one of the senior deacons at the Zoar Congregational Church, Merthyr.
Mid=Rhondda Miners Oppose…
Mid=Rhondda Miners Oppose Compulsion. MASS MEETING AT LLWYNYPfA. I The colliery workers of Mid-Rhondda, at a mass meeting at the Llwynypia Baths, on Sun- day afternoon, considered what attitude to adopt with reference to the Compulsory Mili- tary Service Bill. There was a large attend- ance, presided over by Mr. Noah Rees. It was decided by a majority that the Press be excluded. Mr William John, miners' agent, and Mr. Tom Smith, executive member, ad- dressed the meeting. The following resolution, proposed by Mr. Mark Harcombe, seconded by Mr. W. H. Mainwaring, and supported by Mr. John Hugjies, was passed with three dissenti- ents — That this meeting of Mid-Rhondda miners representing 12,000 workmen, expresses its gratification that the Executiv-e Council of the South Wales Miners' Federation are unanimous in their opposition to the Bill now before Parliament for Compulsory Mili- tary Service, and very strongly protests ag- ainst the action of the Government in bring- ing forward such a measure which gravely imperils all political and industrial liberty. The meeting further resolves that the lodges represented instruct their delegates to vote against the measure at the Conference on Wednesday -next, and to ask the South Wales Conference to instruct its delegates to the M.F.G.B. Conference to oppose it; also that the voluntary system which has given to the country the number of men required for mili- tary service be allowed to continue. An amendment that We have faith in the Government, and support the Bill if the Government think it necessary to bring in a compulsory measure, was lost, only three voting for it. ——-INMRW—Tlilllll lU-IMIimm—MIHMW 11 WMI— ■■■IM HUM
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-Navvy Pat's Views.
Navvy Pat's Views. I arrived at the Turberville rather later than usual, and found the taproom full, and Pat in his coiner wiping his brow with his hand- kerchief and grumbling fiercely. "People has no consideration for me at all, at all; they all know that I'm puttin' the. world right as far as speakin' can do it, an' insted ov kapin' quiet for a bit till I get things straightened out a bit, they keep muddlin' things worse than ever. Just luk at the state of Europe an' as much of Asia an' Africa as is mixed up in this war, an' tell me what ye can mek of it. I'm not goin' to try; I'll let 'em go on till something happens that we can tek howld of an' then I'll jump on the parties responsible, an' give them the rough side of me tongue. But, to come nearer home. What's the matter wid the Guvvernmentf? They had a ma- jority ov over 240 for lave to interduce the Conscription Bill, yet Asquith is affeared to move till he hears what the Welsh miners has to say about it. Does he care for the Welsh minors, or any other miners? Not a bit. If he cud keep the Navy goin' widout the miners he'd give us another Featherstone if we made any tj-ubble; an' if the financiers that rule him tuk it into their heads that we needed shooting, we'd be shot quick enough. An' look at the Trades Unions an' the Labour Party, split into fackshuns-at the very time when a. united an' unbreakable front is needed. Of all who claim to be our leaders, not one has put out a practical policy. They are waitin' to find out from us what we are ready to back 'em up in; that's a fit they take now an' agin when they've got things in a muddle, an' whin the muddle is over they begin to drive us agin till the next muddle comes. Just luk at Winstone. Mr. W. H. Main- waring, in the 'Pioneer,' shows how Winstone wants to levy us 6d. a week for 20 weeks., an' pioposes to approach the coa lowners to get '•m to subscribe an equal amount to provide ambulance an,* other aids to the wounded, an' save the Guvvernment £ 140,000. Get a copy ov last week's 'Pioneer' an' read. Mainwaring's article, an' when ye've read it. give him three cheers; he's one of the young blood, an' more power to his elbow while his wrist twists his pen in the direction he's going now. It is whispered that Winstone, when he heard of Cl-lii-lic- Stant-on being presented to President Poincare in Paris, bought a penn'orth of 'rouI;?ih on rats,' an' prepared to leave this disappointing wurld for the Astral plaines, where his soarin' spirit cud find room for ex- pansion, but his comrades succeeded in inducin' him to postpone his departure by danglin' be- iore his gaze the various distinctions he cud win by perseverance, beginnin' wid M.P. and end- ing with Premiership. or Star and Garter. Speaking of J.P. miners' leaders, why not get rid ov the lot? The title is a taint which wud warrant their discharge as unfit for fur- ther sarvice, and their discharge would giv us a chance to ahuv in some more of the young blood. Captain D. Watte Morgan, J.P., attend- ed a Rhondda District meeting. The meeting was anti-Conscripshun, but Mr. Morgan is not reported to have said a word against it. He only gave a warning for no miner to enlist wid- out his manager's consent; a tip from the Guvvernment fur the good ov the Navy. Com- mon sense is the rarest gift pf God, and shud not be called common the Yanks call it horse sense; that's better, and till our men get enuff of it to start weedin' out the undesirables from among their leaders, they will be always in a muddle." By this time some of the audience were get- ting restive under this long speech from our self-styled silent member, and the young dele- gate I mentioned last week broke in, with the remark, I'm not satisfied with the figures you shut me up with last week, Pat; I don't see how you get at them, and to me they look preposterous. That's beeaus ye're a bit behind in your arithmetic, sonny; eny smart sixth standard boy or boy in his first year at the intermediate school cud wurk them out fur you, and the greatest mathematician among the coal owners can't dispute them. Study fractions, vulgar an decimal, an' percentages; ye needn't go fur- ther and a. month will do if ye stick it. YJre one of the young blood, but ye need to drop a few foolish notions an' pick up "horse sense an' ngures. -We've lost Lord St. Aldwyn, who was a man of figgers, and if we'd had a man who cud handle figgers before him an' the owners we shud have had some of the higher figgers f gave ye last week, because lie gave his deci- sions without fear or favour; but he knew ha wud have to fix the equivalent for the 10 per cent, minimum on the new standard, which represents 65 per cent, on the old one, and he guessed Guvvernment an' coalowners an' miners' leaders wud force him to go against hit conscience, so he resigned. T'his equivalent will ha.ve to be fixed soon, an' here's some more figgers fur ye. per cent, advance on wages fur 1/- rise on coal is the lowest rate of advance we can be entitled to, and to .give us that rate 13/2 2-5ths per ton fob Cardiff would be the required equivalent. 10 per cent. per 1/- rise we have already had. and the equivalent to yield that rate wud be 14/6 oer ton. One of these, or something near them, cud have beea secured from Lord St. Aldwyn by a capable arithmetician. The equivalent for the 8i per cent rate of the old sliding scale wud be 15/51-7th, and for the 1910 agreement rate 7\ per cent. per 1/- wud be 16/8. Fur the present rate 55 per cent per 1/ which our leaders won for us by asking for and getting over 30 per cent. less than the 1910 rate would have en- titled us to, the equivalent would be 19/6, and the last audit showed sale price to be 21/ so it only wants a drop of 1 j 5$to bring us down to 2H per cent., including war bonus. Here the Insurance man intervened. "Your figures are rifliculous, Pat. I don't know what you are driving at, but you are misleading your listeners, and if they swallow what you tell them they will get into trouble." This raised. a hull- abaloo, during which Pat, by the waiter's assist- ance, procured a large slate with pencil at- tached, which he held towards the Insurance man. Here ye are, me boy. take the slate an show me where I'm wrong; I won't be offended, for if ye show me any error in my figgers, ve'll make me a wiser man than I am, all I'll soon put the boys right, if I should travel the country with the blackboard again to show em where I was wrong; come on now, get to work. Oh, no, I don't know enough of mining affairs to go into these figures. I would require a month or more to investigate before I could tack Ie your calculations." "Then where did ye pick up the cheek to tell me I was misieadin the boys? Ye'r a big Insurance man, inspector or manager or some- thin, an ye have a lot ov young collectin agents under ye, an ye're goin to be transferred to this district to work it up, an that's how we've seen ye here for the last few weeks. Well, I never could see the uso of an insurance man, but per- haps ye can enlighten me. I look on workin people's insurance as a legalised swindle, ye know; somethin we'd fee better without." Oh, no, it is far from that. We provide poor people with the means of providing a de- cent funeral for their dead. while they are prac- tically living from hand to mouth and unable 1m save. Ye do, do ye? An how much do ye charge for doin it? 9d. out of every shilling, eh?" "Good gracious, no. Only last week I paid two daÍms-£12 8s. Od. and zCIO-alad neither of them had paid quite 30/ Picked cases, my boy. but takin them all through, do ye pay out in claims 3d. out of evervshilling ve take in premiums?" Y^ es, three times that. Our working ex- penses are light, and we pay prompt, and never dispute a legal claim." M-m-iii. Look at this paper (taking it out of his pocket); this is a balance sheet of your society, I think. Now. just look at the work- ing expenses, a fraction under 43 per cent. of the premium income; an now look at the ac- cumulated funds, £ 5,200,000. Now, ye had no more to start on than £ 400,000, an ye've not been many years goin, so where did them funds come from if ye paid 3d. benefit out of every 1/- ye got, an 43i per cent. expenses? So the average policy holder pays ye 9d. for takin a shillin an giving back 3d. That'll do for this week. I'll give ye a belly full next week; be sure ye come."
.Nixon's Navigation Appeal.I
Nixon's Navigation Appeal. PONTYPRIDD ASSESSMENT UPHELD. H An adjourned sitting of the Court of Quarter Sessions for the County of Glamorgan was held on Monday at Cardiff to hear the appeal of Nixon's Navigation Colliery Company (Limited) against a rate made by the Pontypridd Union Assessment- Committee in October, 1914, in which the Deep Duffrvn, Navigation and Owm C'ynon Collieries, in the parishes of Llanwonno, were assessed at £ 95,908 gross and C27,402 ratable, and in which coa.1 worked in that par- ish and brought to bank in the parish of Merthyr was assessed at C3,183 5s. gross and L909 5,. ratable. The hearing had previously extended over two days in November. The justices on the bench were Mr. 0. H. Jones (chairman) and Major-Genera.1 H. H. Lee. Mr. Waiter Ryde, K.C., and Mr. A. T. James (instructed by Messrs Linton and Son) appeared for the appellants, and Mr. Olavell Salter, K.C., M.P., Mr A. Parsons, K.C., and Mr. D. Villi ears Meager (instructed by Messrs. Spickett and Sons) for the respondents. The appellants' case was that the assessment were excessively high, while the respondents contended that they were fair and equitable. Further evidence was now given on behalf of the respondents by Mr. E. S. Richards and Dr. Galloway, mining engineers, Cardiff; Mr. J. Fox Tallis, mining engineer, Newport, and Mr. K Eve. of the firm of Eve and Son, rating surveyors, London, contesting certain of the figures for which credit had been taken in the accounts put in by the appellants. The Bench retired to consider their decision, and upon returning into court the Chairman said they had come to the conclusion that there was no reason for disturbing the assessments. The appeal would, therefore, be dismissed with costs, and the assessments confirmed.
Tonyrefail Notes.I
Tonyrefail Notes. I Tonyrefail is a coming important place, al- though at present it lays low concerning any- thing great. The progress made may be judged by some recent public actions. A few may be mentioned: A refusal by the Parish Meeting to establish a library the ousting of the most prominent local Labour member from the Coun- cil; the elevation of two local men to the ma- gisterial bench, and the dismissal of aged work- men employed by the (Council. These are surely days of progress. Tonyt'efa.il these few later years has almost been completely transformed. There is a feel- ing rife that progress has been so rapid. that it lias almost ,if not quite, broguht the Council to bankruptcy. It's time that Labour should wa.kv up, and see who they place in such responsible public service. At the last Council election a local councillor in his election address faitkfully promised the lowering of house rents if lie was returned. Householders are beginning to question his sincerity. It seems that rent is going up in- stead of coining down. These are days for re- deeming 'pledg.es. As fa.r as electric light goes, Tonyrefail is most modern, especially the price for it. It is a pity that the electric light company does net see its way to reduce it within the reach of the majority of workmen. A local big-wig finds it very difficult to con- sider the welfare of the State before his in- dividual interest. There is every reason to believe that he does his best to keep back his son from becoming a soldier of the King. It is interesting to learn that at a recent meeting for the purpose of forming a local Volunteer Defence Corps, a prominent local oheckweigher delivered a very enthusiastic speech in favour of militarism. Later when the nation's earnest appeal for all men of military age—especially unstarred men, to attest — he failed to see his way clear. Patriotism ex- presses Itself in many peculiar ways. It is pleasing to learn that the Coed Ely workmen, after a, period of two years' inert contentment, have considered it expedient to inspect the mine. It may be interesting to know that there is some good, even if too late, in accidents. The Coed Ely ookemen and bye-product wor- kers are now fairly well organised. Fred Dixey, their local organiser, has succeeded in gaining considerable concessions for them. We look forward to a better understanding between them and the Coed Ely Lodge of the Miners' Federation. Labour expresses itself strongest in its support of the local branch of the Penvgraig Co-operative Society. It has made such prog- ress that it is almost impossible to cope with the business. The committee will do well if they will prove their efficiency by adapting themselves to the rapid development of the business. Mr. Tom John, M.A., J.P., delivered a very interesting address to the local educational students at the Boys' School last Saturday. His subject was Education," which is sorely needed locally. Mr. D. Enoch, J.P.. presided, also pros en ting pri8 aii4 certificates to students.
0, The Sonfof Man and the…
0, The Sonfof Man and the ..L I War. I REV. W. REES' WORD OF ENCOURAGE- MENT TO DERI PREACHER. The young preacher at Deri, referred to in the Pioneer last Saturday, is worthy of encouragement and admiration. Like the soli- tary preacher and poet of Llangybi, he ap- prehends and proclaims the Eternal Gospel of the Son of Man, which is diametrically opposite to militarism. Sermons worthy of the Son of Man are rare in these latter and perilous times, when the Spirit speaketh expressly that the preachers have departed from the faith of the Son of Man, giving heed to seducing spirits anct doctrines of devils, the chief being legalised murder. Of such the Son of Man says, Ye are of your father the Devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him." I have since the beginning of the war many sermons by the popular preachers of England and Wales, which are incarnations of the warlike, murderous and anti-Clmhristion spirit and ideas, falsifying the word of the Son of Man, and change His Divine and human love into a "H vmn of Hate. Under their teaching the Churches have contorted themselves out of all human shape, wriggling like adders im the dust. Even the elect angels would lie in danger of being debauched in such a devil's college. Children lose their heavenly iin-nocenec- in their pestiferous spheres, the poisonous gases of their prayers and preachings bring torpor on all those faculties which distinguish men from beasts. The rhetorical fireworks of these preachers are horrid and abominable beyond description, when we consider that they crucify afresh the Divine Humanity of the Son of Man and decree the death of others by the millions when they themselves are safe in their cosy studies. There cannot be a more appalling spectacle than this terrible disregard for human life by the preachers of all denominations joining in the work of throwing young men's lives away in a spendthrift's fashion. these arch-gamblers- in immortal souls, to please the doomed and damned capitalist, stir in every honest mind; the sense of immeasurable melancholy, pity, ana indignation. The present raging Arma- geddon is the fruit and final form of the Judas, pulpit. It is the inevitable consequence of betraying and selling the Son of Man to the- infernal Sanhedrists with all their insanity' sa- vagery and spoliations, wasting millions of money, blotting out whole towns and cities destroy commerce, murdering and maimino- my- riads. and garbing the world in mourning. This, is the abomination of desolation," spoken of by Daniel, the prophet, standing in the holy place. Yes, in the "holy place"—the pulpit made desolate through disobeying the Son of Man—through falsifying His Word, and t hi-ough, the exaltation of Mammon and Militarism. I will adduce one instance, amongst hund- reds, from the Sermons of a popular preacher, which shows how the magnificent visions of the- word are misinterpreted and wilfully misap- plied. Treating the woman clothed with the- Sitti and the Great Red Dragon in the- Apocalypse, the preacher says that the woman clothed with the sun denotes the Allies, and that the Great Red Dragon denotes the Ger- mans. Such an abuse of the symbols, and of the Grand Science of Correspondence by means. of which the mysteries of the Symbols are to. be disclosed, is nothing short- of "sorcery and. magic, the arts of Janves and Jara-baNse! .Whilst the woman clothed with the Sun signifies the i^enuine Church of Heaven on earth opposed' to murderous wars as heaven is opposed to- hell. A church composed of men from every nation, possessing the tenderness of a mother towards each other, atnd towards all men, tea- ching all that they are intended to be breth- ren, that they have in them the angelic nature to be clothed with Sun of Divine Love in the radiance*of equality and common welfare. Thus- the woman •lothed with the sun denotes not the Allies recruited to kill the. Germans, but rathecr a State on Earth which corresponds with the Dominion of Socialism as depicted by the masters, such as Keir Hardie and Edward Bel- lamy in their immortal books. "From Serfdom to Socialism," "Looking Backward," and "Equality." The Great Red Dragon, opposed to the wom- an, ready to devour her and her seed, repre- sents the harlot church united to Mars and Mammon; the seven heads of the dragon de- notes the insane leaders of the sects and parties- of Christendom the tail of the clra-gon e.rect-ed into heaven signifies their preachings and prayer meetings with their solemn feasts and sacraments and sanctimonious culture to gi,'e. their gospel plausibility, and attract success, The dragon casting out of his mouth water as. a flood. denotes that it is a system which sends forth torrents of lies and false persuasions to deceive the people. The dragon is an ancient emblem of spiritual and political tyranny, soaring up, professing ic be sacred and elevated, Such was Egypt under the rule of Pharoah. "Hence we read: I am against thee, Pharoah. King of Egypt the dragon in the gea. The degenerate church is described by the prophets as the habitation of dragons and satyrs and doleful creatures Un der the universal sway of the dragon churches, the countries of EiiroN have sunk far, far beneath the heathen nations. t^ie Son of Man cometh. shall He fr ind A faith on the earth?" We who believe in His coming are thankful for the "Pioneer," the preacher oi Righteousness and Peace, preparing the way before Him. I enjoy the paper more ad more, The la?t number was most excellent ?, ?e leaderette on the Deri Sensation" "The Devil's Soliloquy"; "Conscription vèrsu. .?avcrv the power and precision of th? shots At Kandom"; "Navvy Pat's Views" of-what fools these mortals be; and "The Patriotic L ot-Pourri" of "Abracadabra," etc. These iI- luminating writings surely set forth the reali- ties of the religion, the politics, and the econo- mics of the Son of Man in the midst of the seven gold candlesticks. The "Pioneer" is a shining light in the circumambient gloom of the nations which are dolefully draped in mourning of the deepest black. Beloved Comrades of the Pioneer"! I pre- sume that most of you are young. Permit me who am a very old man, and about to die, to salute yon. Continue to be strong- and very courageous. The Son of Man is on vour side. The dragons cannot stand before vou. You keep the abandoned and solitary red battle flag- of Socialism to float, when the 'bulk of the people have turned their back on it, and some of the leaders have betrayed it and sold it for barren titles, the trumpery toys of mental babes. You have been faithful. The great future is yours. The coming of the Son of Man by means of men like you will enlighten and unite the workers in mighty hosts, and they will fol- low you to make the dragon pulpits, the "dragon capitalists and exploiters of all countries to tremble and clear away as before the besom of Divine destruction Llechryd. W. REES.