The Pembroke County Guardian and Cardigan Reporter

Presentation to an Old Towns- man. R. Devereaux, for more than half a a clerk in the employ of Messrs. Eaton Ev^.n.; and Wil.iams, of this town, is, as we staged a fortnight ago, about to sever his con- nection wi i1 that firm, and to leave the town v.j'.r. which he has been so long connected, ano. spend the rest of his days in well earned retironient at Southsea. As a matter of course Mr. Deveraux's retirement has called forth public recognition. The staff at Messrs. Eaton iiivana and Williams have presented him wit a handsome Gladstone bag. On Friday evening a meeting of the parish 7ifi:erT» of SL. Thomas—a church with which, ILr. Devereaux has been connected for" many years-was neld in the Reading Room. Arch- ceacon Hi!V>evs, the rector, presided, and spoke oi ne splendid work Mr. Devereaux had r^etid- Yconnection with the Church and *Stin- cay school. They al hoped that in the days o come Mr. Devereaux would find time to back to Haverfordwest to see his oltf Mr. U. Davies George, as parishioners- war* DBH, raid was with mingjled feelings of pl-, sure. a.id regret that he viewed that event; pieasuie That Mr. Devereaux had found it po.ole tj retire, and regret that he was sever- inG_li connection with the church and was leaving she town. Mr. George paid a tribute to Mr. Devereaux's sterling services, and said Vjri.?S~ lt ''v-cani,e known that he was about to rei^re it was felt by the parishioners gener- tb.2.! they ought to show their appreciation ot aci-ViCS3 in some tangible form, and that ga<;iermg was the outcome. • W. G. Eafun Evans added a few appre- ci. c": words, as did M.r. Lucas. „ J:!7d presentation was made by Archdeacon ttii-0:'s, ac\d consisted of a purse of go.d and a ant air pen. +, -reaux feelingly replied, and referred r connection with the Sunday n or 15 of which he had acted :01iHteûde1t. He thanked the subscrib-, ero io tne very handsome present which had fiven ann, and expressed the hope that f?r'c\ .W;K wuuld continue to flourish, in V. -aurch, trie parish, and the town gener- 2,; 'L TO Chairman, ithoved 't\ :'t:' J. ,.es CTeorSe> aad seconded by Mr. -V-.oi»d'.e. ci.osed the proceedings. ,-o ■' £ 111 all'er.i:')0'-i -'i-1'- Devereaux wa3 the anotner present at St. Thomas' ii °L T,hla took the form of a U ehurcn service, and a copy *l'r *J'\ 'j'5,1! a,Ilc^ Modern," with music; u-;0 .U™b"u» trom the teachers, bearing hI." n'D:'s R. D. The church service had »hic-^it S ^e^S"10'1 and purpose <°r

SR JOHN PERROTS CHARITY. THE WAR MEMORIAL. quar,erb meeting of the Trustees of this thti-. > was neld in the Council Chamber Haverfordvi est, on Tuesday. Mr V pit Evans presided, and there were present- Mi? H. E. H. Philipps, Mr. R. T. P WUliains' te/. !• Green. Mr. T. L. James, Mr J Row' lands, Mr. James Thomas, Mr. J^eph Thomas.1 THE ACCOUNTS. j, T. p.:1i"" I)\>-en (the treasurer) submitted a piemen: of accounts. This showed that P AP-i-. lyJ5-1 tae balance m hand amounted .o 2;tl. Rents received £ 381 Os lid" ii^ers^, etc. £ 20 7s. 4d making the' totai recej.Dt.-i .as. las. o2d. lhere was due in a*" OS. 4d., one-half of which was due from .tlr. VV uttam James. ??r. R. T. P. Wil'.liams asked was it V/ho'e keeping this on the arrears? y ■. Joseph Thomas asked could they not put hirrt in court? Mr. Williams: Putting people into court is •ons thing, and getting the money is another. Tfca Chairman did not think it worth while spending more money in seeking to recover. -Mr.. Williams said it was not worth whne keeping on the books. Mr. James Thomas moved, and Mr. Joseph Thorns^ seconded that William James's account iJ struck off as a bad debt. Agreed. Laler in the meeting, after the accounts bad been audited, the Chairman said thev had a balance in hand of £314 10s. 8d. They had, however, passed a considerable amount in cheques that day: and by the time they paid for the railings for the war memorial they would be pretty bare. THE WAR MEMORIAL. 1:3 Chairman said with regard to the war toe'cria«. enclosure there seemed a chance OIm?eUlng the work done. v/"eT 'Mr. D. Edward Thomas): it finished11 VV3 are °n the way now to get r Jtii%^a'rSail Sa/'} the contractor's estimate was -.134. He had been paid £ 60, leaving £ 74 v..ien Lhe work was completed. When one stone, about which there had been bother? had oeen properly placed in position, he would y- KJ/npleted the work- and he tj.o.-ght they might now venture to make him fh £ Jhe8beSle £ 50.°n He moVed fa ''5 Mr' SUNDRIES. On the motion of Mr. Williams, seconded'bv Mr. Joseph Thomas, the architect was in- structed to obtain tenders for taking down the two cottages adjoining Mr. Llewellin'L in Perrot's Avenue. This was done because^ of complaints as to the dangerous state of the houses, slates, etc., falling to the danger oi people' passing. Mr. "Williams said he understood some re were necessary to the old -Quay wall, if it within the provisions of the Trust, and he thought it did, some instructions should be given to have what was necessary done. Mr. T. L. James: It is mentioned in the deeds, but it is called the New Quay there. The Chairman: Have we always repaired it ? Mr. Williams: I won't say that, but it has been done by this body. He added that he believed it came specifically within the purposes of the Trust; and that what needed doing was some pointing, and some of the coping stones needed making secure. It was decided that the architect should report upon the matter to the House Com- mittee. Mr. Williams also brought forward the need of a second footpath in Perrot's Road, from Mr. Dlewellin's works to the corner of City Road.. The architect was instructed to get esti- mates of the cost of the work.

COUNTY QUARTER SESSIONS. CJ PEMBROKE DOCK MAGISTRATES CRITICISED. A TRIBUTE TO THE NAVVIES. The general Quarter Sessions for the County of Pelllbruke were held on Tuesday at the Shire Hall, Haverfordwest, before his Hon- our Judge William Stevenson Owen chaIr- man), the other magistrates present being Mr. U. H S. Williams, Mr. James Thomas, Mr. C. Matthias, Mr. E. H. James, Mr. W. Evans, Mr. E. D. Jones (Fishguard), and Mr. Irederick Richardson. THE GRAND JURY. The Grand Jury were sworn in as follows :— Messrs W. P. Wilson (foreman), A. J. Adams, W L. Bowen, W. L. Bushell, Seymour Collins, J. S. Evans, W. Evans, H. P. Griffiths, W. Jones, W. S. Jenkins, S. L. Lewis, E. S. Mor- gan A. Ford, J. J. Morris, G. D. Ormond R. H. Palmer, A. J. Roberts, D. M. Simmons, J. H. Silcox. G. 0. Thomas, C. G. Thompson, and J. Watts. THE CHARGE. In charging the Grand Jury the Chairman said there were only three biLs of indictment to be brought before them that day, and he did not think these would give them much trouble. Two were charges of stealing artices of small importance, and the other, which would require a little more attention, was a charge of false pretences. He noticed that all these cases came from Pembroke Dock, and he should like to say this. They knew that there had been Jarge works going on in the North of Pembrokeshire, at Goodwick. A line of railway had been in construction for two or three years, and from his experience as chairman of that court, and from what he had heard from other people, there had been a singular absence of crime amongst the navvies emplovcd there. Navvies were vei-v often said to be very rough men, but during the time they had been there there had been singularly litle crime committed, and he thought it only fair that this shoulo be stated. After dealing with the larceny charges his Honour made some comments upon the charge of false pretences against a man named Herbert. He said it was a case in which he expressed his wonder tha the magistrates should have committed the man. This man went to the house of a man named Jones at Pembroke Dock where he saw a notice that lodgings were to be obtained. He saw this man and his wife, and they seemed to have come to an agreement tha he shouid lodge and be boarded with them for £1 a week. On the following Thursday lie called the man into his' room, and said that he had just sold a ship .for 6,OOO, and some railway shares for £3,000, after which he said he would go out to send off some tele- grams. and also to see a solicitor, and bor- rowed 5s. from him. The only allegation made before the magistrates was that the husband and wife lent him 5s., and that was the only thing they had to consider. -If a lodger did not pay, the proper place to sne, him was the County Court. It was a mono, strous thing that if a man did not pay for: his board and lodgings, he should be hauled up for false pretences. The only tiung to. he considered was whether he borrowed thi- 5s. on the representation that he, was., going to see a solicitor, and he very much doubted if there had been any false pretences at' all.. Thev must recollect that in a C¡1.6e ,of fake- pretences three things had to be proved, first, fhat. the man made a pretence, secondly that; he obtained anything on the pretence made,! and thirdly the pretence—and this must' be rr.»ved—wa? a fahe pretence, that it -wa,« tin- trie in substance and in fact. They: must not jump to the cone usion that because* a man told an improbable story it was falser pretence; the pretence must be" proved to. M' ialse. The only pretence alleged case was that the mail said he was.going 4:o. see a solicitor, and the wonaan le-nt ,hUll, Ss.> on that. Beyond that there, was not a tit,. • of evidence, and he did not find any qvidencg that the story told by the man was not trUe:, There was no evidence that he did not go .t,o see a solicitor. He might mention thtat the; reason he said he was going to see 'a solicitor' was that he had told them he would buy their house", and the "adjoi'Hfrig 'HTnT'for £80Õ, and that thjey should live with him rent free. That was not the pretence which Was alleged, and he did not think there was any point of law on which the jury ought to find a true bill. SOLDIER GETS SIX WEEKS. James Cook (22. a gunner of' the.JLG.A.. pleaded not guilty to a charge of*:fe-Uinionfitf stealing one coat and one caps- togethej ufc the value of 8s. 3(1.1 the pfoperty- of -E^yid. Wi liams. at Pembroke Dock .OJJ, .March Mr. Leufer Thomas appeared to* prosfecutieij The first witness was Mrs. Williams,; a who was extreme y deaf. She state,d" tliaf ishe lived in Gordon Street. Pembroke Dock. "Ór; the day in question about accuser came into her .house in uniform. He' "tofs* 1he stripes off his trousers, -and then toofi^ off his coat and cap. He put- an 'he* hll band's coat and hat, and walked" oat. -She said "WheJõe are you going?" and he re4 plied" To. the Barracks." She, identified tfcfc coat and hat produced as her husband'-s. His Honour: You value that coat* at 1: 6d: The magistrates took a li be rill.. view; of. tl.w: matter. t~ In reply to accused, she said, that she did not giYè fiirn the coat. The cap He took from her head. P.C. Treharne spoke to arresting aecuse'dlpri' the road to Carmarthen, twelve nVffeff- from Pembroke Dock. He was wearing the hat and coat produced, and some blue trousers with the stripes torn off. When arrested, ac- cused said that Mrs. Wiilianis had given him the articles. Accused had nothing to say in defence, and the jury found him guilty. This was, however, after some hesitation, which provoked his Honour to remark, No gentlemen not qualified for a lunatic asy- lum could have brought it in another way." In sentencing accused, his Honour reinafked that the evidence was very clear, and it was a pity the magistrates had not dealt with him summarily. He would be sentenced to six weeks' hard labour.. Mr. Thomas asked for an order for the restitution of the coat and hat. His Honour: You can have the coat and. hat. Do you want them for a museupi ? (Laughter.) THEFT OF BOOTS. Frederick Weller (22), labourer, pleaded guilty to a charge of feloniously stealing a pair (M* boots value 6s., the property of F-sedei-ick George Harwood at Pembroke Dock on March. 24th. He further admitted a prttvjuus con- vicrion for the theft of a bicycle at Pembroke on September 26th, 1905. He was sentenced to two caTencfar months' h:d abour. y> A TRUE BILL -FOUND. The jury returned a true bill against Charles Herbett (61), sailor, who was indicted -on a charge of obtaining food and lodging to the amount of £1, and five shillings in n'oney. by means of fa'se pretences, from Arthur Jones at Pembroke Dock on March 15th. The case was adjourned to the next Qtiarter Sessions, as accused was medically certified not to be in a fit condition to plead. A PROTEST FROM THE GRAND JURY. The Grand Jury enclosed with their last finding a note which his Honour read. Ad- dressing them, he remarked that he under- stood they protested against trumpery cases be- ing sent to Quarter Sessions. He quite agreed with them. They had mentioned two cases. In one case it was necessary, because, owing LO a previous conviction, the case was out of the magistrates' jurisdiction. But the other case was about a paltry coat and an old hat, which the magistrates apparently believed were worth 7s. 6d. and 9d. respectively. He wished the magistrates had to buy them at tnat price and then they would not agree to such a price. In all cases such as this the magistrates ought to put the lowest value on the goods, and also save the County the expense of these Prosecutions. He did not agree with the jury in their finding a true bill in the last case, and he did not th there was any possib.e case for it. However that was their finding, not his. THANKS. A letter was read from Mrs. J. B. Bowen, of Llywngwair, thanking the Justices for the sympathy expressed bv them at the last Quar- ter Sessions, in the loss they had sustaim through the death of her husband.

Haverfordwest Quarter Sessions. The Quarter Sessions for the town and county of Haverfordwest were held on Wednes- day at the Shire Hall. The magistrates present v-ere: Mr. T. Rule Owen (in the chair), Mr. Joseph Thomas, Mr. James Thomas, M. T. L. James, and Mr. L" Roberts. There were no prisoners, no comunications, nor any busines of any kind, and the Sessions were formally adjourned until May 3rd.

OCCASIONAL NOTES. (By an Independent Correspondent.) Juvenile Smoking. Among the threatened or promised items of legislation to be discussed by Parliament dur- ing the present session is a Bill to prohibit juvenile smoking. It is high time that some- thing in this direction should be done. But unless the new law-if I may anticipate events and use that tenn-is stringently enforced, the time spent upon its discussion will be so much time wasted. There exists a law for the Suppression of Swearing, but-there is no swearing in Pembrokeshire, perhaps! If State enactments are not supported by a healthy and vigorous public opinion, our poli- tics is "but a rehearsing of Utopia Limited. I am here strongly tempted to digress and de- liver a homily on the need that the feeling of our identity with the State should be quickened. A vague, unspoken idea that the State is a power not ourselves working for all manner of unrighteousness is very gen- eral. L'Etat est moi. This is what we have not yet generally realised in the fulness of its meaning. The State is the co-partner- ship of all citizens. This involves duties as well as rights. In one sense this is modern, and there has not been time for the duty of eivic co-operation to' take definite form in the public mind. It is not long since the State was essentially an Oligarchy, and now there is but a step between it and a more dangerous Bureaucracy. However, the dis- cussion of this question must be left to an- other day—and to another writer.

t t t Smoking by Time Table. To return to the ubiquitous juvenile and the universal cigarette and the equally uni- versal deterioration of eyesight. The Bill for prohibiting Juvenile Smoking is in charge of Dr. Macnamara—a former schoolmaster. In connection with this a London paper puts into circulation a short but very perfect fable which it calls a story. I presume the pur- pose is to illustrate the diametrically opposite position of the present-day schoolmaster to that of his seventeenth century prototype. The «tory is that "at Worcester in the seven- teenth century, the children took their pipes and tobacco to school, where at a stated time the master taught them how to hold their pipes and draw "m their tobacco." That is the storyr and the authority quoted to guar- antee its> Authenticity is definite and unex- ceptionable—a French traveller named Roche- fort. It happened in the seventeenth cen- tury—that is to say the smoke of Oliver Crom- well's guns had hardly cleared away when this state of things existed at Worcester. It was not t,hat the worthy pedagogue had been carried away by a mafficking wave. For it seems to have been a regular and recognised thing. At a stated time," suggests that it had The time table of the schools. Of course the, anaster would be an expert in the subject,, and the County or Urban Education Authority of that.day would have inserted an advertisement in the scholastic journals of the day Inviting applications from persons qualified ? in the art -"of holding the pipe and drawing in the tobacco"—and withal had takeii caM to provide the pedagogue with the wheveycithal for the purchase of. the same. But "I f,ear the picture is in more than one senseH'acirfhg in' verisimilitude. At any rate .tlitf* touch* of" modernity which makes akin all the centuries is absent.

{Tor other Haverfordwest news, see Page 5.] Charge of Stealing a Jacket. Prank Murphy, described as a labourer on the new railway, was brought be^,r*MghJe Rule Owen and other magistrates at the bh Hall on Monday, on a charge of stealing jacket "belonging to Win. Absolom, of Oatmoor T-efsrarn. The prosecutor said he lett tne jacket in an outhouse adjoining his hou|> and on Saturday morning he mi-ssed l1\ found a handkerchief on a hedge, and also picked up an envelope, both of which were in the jacket, He gave information to the police. Supt. James asked for a remand until Saturday, which was granted.

Licensing Committee, The Licensing Committee for the town and county of Haverfordwest sat at the Shire Hall on Mondav. There were present Mr. T. Rule Owen (in the chair), Mr. Joseph Thomas, Mr. L. Robert. Mr. T. L. James, Mr. W. Howell Walters, and Mr. James Thomas.—Mr. W. T. S. Tombs applied on behalf of Mr. J. L. Jenkins, chemist, Bridge Street, for the confirmation of a license to sell by retail wines and spirits. Mr. Tombs said as there was no opposition to the confirmation of the license, he did not think it necessary that he should offer any evidence, further than this, that since Mr. Jenkins ap- plied for this license he had received some- thing iike three dozen orders from various people. He thought that was proof that this particular license was required.—The applica- tion wa- granted.

HEYLAHH An PEMBROKE DOCK COMMUNICATION WHAT ABOUT 1HAT BRIDGE ? TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—I wish to congratulate you on the marked progress of your valued paper, and now that it has been so much enlarged, per- haps you will be able to afford a little space for discussing some matters of interest to our County. You no doubt remember we heard much some time ago respecting a proposed bridge across Milford Haven. The last we have heard of it was a statement by Mr. Cole nearly two years since that a new scheme was under consideration which would, when carried out, be a credit to the County. Some of us have patiently waited to hear more of this scheme. Now, as it is so long under consideration, and fearing that another floating affair might be projected, I beg through your columns to suggest a scheme which some of us have long hoped to see < adopted. I must beg of your readers to keep cool and not be alarmed if the order should at first sight appear a rather large one. Let them think it over well, scan the pros and cons carefully, and then offer their opinions. The scheme is simply this: Instead of a local affair between Pembroke Dock and Neyland, it should be more comprehensive not only a County, but also a national con- cern. An iron bridge should be constructed across at Pembroke Ferry from the promon- tory near the Hut Encampment to the con venient spot above the Trinity Wharf, and then a road should be formed along the hill at the back cf the Trinity Works to Barn- lake. Here again there is a natural solid base to construct another bridge across both the Pill and railway to the spot near Cam- brian Road, Neyland. Thus a complete connecting link would be formed which would truly be a credit to the County and to the nation at large. The centre span of the Pembroke Ferry bridge would, of course, be easily constructed to admit of all that is re- quired to pass up stream at this point, so there would be no need of a drawbridge, and therefore the cost of maintenance would be but trifling in comparison with the late proposed floating concern. The cost of construction would, of course, be great. But then it should be a national matter. If brought before the Wa-r Depart- ment in proper form they would doubtless favourably consider it and render substantial aid, as the convenience would be imjnense for the military arangements generally. Without troubling you with further details at present, I would just mention that as there is bad news again of further reductions in the Dockyard, now would be a, citing, time to comm jo e the Lridg- the men employment in a. manner which would prove lasting value and a credit to our Count}*. Thanking you in.^ticip^atio^^vdurs trujy, PRO PAIRIA, .Nc.itl Peml-c.-ke, f" April 2nd, 1906. v .(:

1.' .J.4i: t',r{:- < .to' Concert.—The children of the. Counqit Scjhool gave a Concert on the evening 1 of the 30th nit.. at the Victoria Hall. The Hall was packed, and the large audience wa& chaianed. from the beginning to the end of the entertainment at the excellence of the programme, Mr, John Harris, the Headmaster of the Mixed School, an-Miss Howell, the Headmistress of the Infant. Department, are to be congratulated on the result of the perfect traininggiven to these children who come under their- charge. ->The stage was prettily decorated for the evening and. a gallery had been built for the hundred or so of children who took part in the performance. Little Maud Phillips and valiant Reggie Mog- ford (who is already following in ^h$footsteps of his accomplished father) delivered the open- ing address. Then the following son and drills were'gone through: "Sc-eh&s that are Brightest," "Our Baby," "Ladies a.nd Gentle- men," "Nimble Needles," We are all Sing- ing," "Games" (by the babies), Grandmothers old," "Sleep, Baby, Sleep." "The Young Re- cruit," Chapeaux Bas, A Little Farm in Ohio, Maypole Dance," Lullaby." Star Ur;ll." A Topsy Turvy Song," "-Chosing a Dress," "Oil King Cole." Drill," "Dorothy Sly," "Click, Click." Jolly Little Geisha," "JoFy Tars." Liillabv.* and Jo ly Tars were Drills composed by' Mr. J. Harris, and old King Cole was arranged as an' action song by Mr. Harris. A very enjoyable evening was spent but the concert should'have been somewhat shorter. Urban Council Election.—The rèrólt of the Election held last. Monday was declared by the UetumingOfficer (Mr." C. R. Noris) a little after 9 p.m. The four old members were reflected. The votes were as' follows: Mr. J. L. H. Williams, 18ft, Mr..TatiieS' Eynoh, 367, Mr. A. J. Alfred Edwards 160. Not elected; Mr. J. H. Da^'es, 145, Mr. VV. E. "Jenkins, 67. poll. Of the elected two are ChurcHmen and two Nonconformists. ''■i •. '(( Rev. Lewis Jame; been ,p,sked to announce .that th^ ibi*etirig for maklllg. the presentation to the Rev. Lewis James will be held at the Grand' Jury Room, Haverfordwest, on May 1.5t, at 3.30 plih. Dr., bdffiithand other \vell:kiK>wit public men will be present and take in the proceedings. It is requested tli.at. the" collection .pards be returned and any- sulis.cr.iption* he sent to the Hon. Treasurer, Alderman G. P. ^sevvej. J.P., London ,and Provincial, Bauk, Narherth. ■ ,,V>

I' Police Court. Thursday.—At the County Sessions-. Roojn, befoie Mr. R. H., Buckhv (in tha chairi and Messis,. H. Lawjjencie, H. S. Allen, and J. A. Davies..•■ ■ RUNNING' AWAY EROil "HOME." Samuel Johnsori.a tranip, v. as. chained wirh e.,capmg from the WœkflOuse ,m .the morning of Wednesday tjie: 28thliilt. Defeho- ant admitted the offence, and was sentenced to ten days' hard labour. Witliam Lee. for a similar offenee, t-was sen- tended to hard .abour: for 12-daya. v* POACHING SALMON, Thomas Adams, "water bailiff, bf Ha'verfcJtd- west, summoned Benjamin. Harries, of' Gre- Corner, and Griffith William's 'of Tfolgan, T.law haden, for taking salmon in the close season, and also for using a gaff for that purpose, at the weir at Llawhaden, on the pastern CTecV dau, on the 8th January at 8.50 l. Mr. W. R. James, solicitor, Narbertli, ap- peared on behalf of the defendants, and pleaded guilty to using the gaff,, hut stated that no fish had been taken. Mr. Adams stated .that fish were taken by the defendants. He had seen them taken, him- self. The gaffs were produced in court. The land on which the offence was comniitted was the property of Mrs. Roch and Sir Charles Philipps. The prosecutor agreed to withdraw one case, and the Bench imposed a fine of £2 and costs, and made, an order that the gaffs be destroyed.. OVERSEERS AND THEIR RATES, Mr. Henry Lewis,, clerk to the Narberth Board of Guardians, summoned' the overseers Of the parish of Maencloehog for non-payment of ifciO balance due from them to the Board on account of the rates of their,.parish. Mr. W. R. James, appeared on behalf- of one of the overseers, and explained that the acting overseer, who did not appear, had ) £15 7s. 6d. that morning, jiromising to pay the balance in a day or two. He therefore asked- for an adjournment for a week- Mr. Lewis consenting, this was granted.

Destructive Fire. An a'arming and destructive fire occurred in Narberth between 1 and 2 o'clock in the early hours of Saturday morning, the 31st, ult., when the saddler's shop, with work. room above, belonging to Mr. David Lewis; adjoining his dwelling-house in Church Street, was completely gutted, nothing but the bare wails being left standing, while the two rooms of the dwelling-house next the shop were also bad y scorched by the bames. The cause ot the fire is at present unknown. The lust to discover it were Mr. and Mrs. Lewis them- selves, who heard a noise in the shop next door to them, and thought that burglars had broken in. On coming downstairs, however, they found the premises in a blaze, which had evidently started some time previously. They at once gave the alarm, and many energetic volunteers were soon on the scene, but by that time the shop was burning like a furn- ace, so that all hope of saving it and the room above was out of the question. Therefore the energies of the amateur firemen were directed towards protecting the dwelling-house and to getting Mr. and Mrs. Lewis' little children out of danger. A bucket line was formed, and the town hosepipe connected with the water main, Mr. J. L. H. Williams doing splendid work in making a breach in the slates to allow the hose, which ved to be too short, to play upon the flames within. Messrs. Bertie Christopher, Matthias, H. V. Thomas, Rees Narbett, and several others ailso worked manfully to save the house, some of these getting their hands badly burnt from contact with the scorching slates. Thanks to these willing and plucky efforts, and to the fact that the night was very calm, the fire was confined within the limits already stated, where in the course of an hour or so, it burnt itself out. Had the night been a stormy one, like some of those of the begin- | ning of the week, n is awful to imagine the .amag-' wireh might have resulted," at uu | i«ick of the premises destroyed, are the wo:-]-- shop and stores of Mr. H. V. Thomas, cabinet- maker, n which is naturally much infiam- e material, such as timber, oil and shav- ings, while on y 40 yards or so away in an- direction are the vaults, yards, and warehouses of Mr. J. L. H. Williams, w ne merchant, alco containing goods which if once ignited would be sure to cause a fear, conflagration. Al. the saddlery and other stock all the premises were destroyed and much of the household furniture in the two rooms of the dwelling house was also damaged, but we un- derstand that both these and the building were covercd by insurance. NEED OF A FIRE BRIGADE. We are pleased to notice in a contemporary last week an article advocating the formation of a Volunteer Fire Brigade in Narberth, v. which we heartily agree. Let a meeting be convened bv the chairman of the Urban trict Council, or some other responsible per- son, and steps taken for this purpose. It is obvious who should fill the post of captain, and there should be no difficulty in finding a sufficient number of young men willing to join the brigade. A proper hose and force pump could and should be provided by the Council, which expenditure would hardly be objected to by any reasonable ratepayer, as the prevention of fires is a matter which con- cerns every householder and property owner in the town.

t t. t f?ochefo$; and Rougepic>rit, However—we cannot be too sure of even that. It is not illogical to assume that the subject appears to have aroused the keenest enthujrfasiil among the youthful Worcestrians, for it is no even hinted at that any—the ntflsi ituUfferer.t pupil arrived at school un- provided with the materials necessary to ensure efficient instruction. And surely if thai had been the case, the veracious chronic- ler vrou'd not have omitted to mention such an important fact. But stay, Rochefort and Rbpgemont are more alike than Monmouth and- lcedoll; My suspicions have been awakened. Travellers are classed with such people as are advised to dispose of their wares to the marines. And was there not a king who, had reached the seventeenth cen- tury pitch, and who is said to have remarked in his hasie that all men were travellers. Is it not on record that the first President of the American Republic diligently eschewed travel- lers ? Is it not also a well-founded fact that the nation which he helped to create had de- veloped into a nation of^tr'avellers.

t t t Literature for Boys. Yet we consider that "Books of Travel" foim about the most healthy reading we can offer, pur boys. Before perusing a book of this class I, (now) invariably take down "Travels in England in 1782," by C. P. Moritz, and read a few passages therein. It has a wonderful- effect, and sets my mind in the proper attitude for reading to the best ad- vantage. My edition is that of 1886, edited Professor Morley—Henry, not John of that ilk. It is good for every man to learn to view his country as people of other coun- tries see it. Good for C.B. good for "J.C. good for "Ll.G. good for Redmond, and (if possible) for Beit and Co. The for- eigner comes with fresh eyes and many things strike him which fall on the blind spot of the too familiar eyes of the native. Who was Moritz? He was, according to Morley, a young Prussian clergyman, who came to Eng- land and saw much during the seven weeks that he spent in this country. And after- wards, as all travellers have ever done, he brought forth a narration of his experiences in a more or less abiding form. My favourite pages in the book are 165 and 166. Therein the author enumerates the seven wonders of Derbyshire, for he did not miss visiting that, county. He describes Castleton Cavern and five others, and then goes on: "And lastly Chtswort h, a palace or seat belonging to the Dukes of Devonshire, at the foot of a moun- tain, whose summit is covered with eternal snow, and therefore always gives one the idea of winter, at the same time that the most delightful spring blooms at its foot." There! I cannot pursue—not to say catch—my in- tended train of thought after that. Another day, perhaps. t t t Of course, there cannot' have been any col- lusion between the French traveller of the seventeenth, and the Prussian traveller of the eighteenth century, yet the similarity of their methods points to the inevitable conclusion that they belong to the same school of his- i torians. K. t + t P.S.—The "calmly enthusiastic" Henry Morley, in introducing Parson Moritz and his work, very innocently remarks: "The great charm of this work is its unconscious expres- sion of the writer's character."

» Important Discovery of Old Welsh Documents. A valuable collection of documents is re- ported to have been discovered stored away in a room at Llwynwormwood, near Llan- dovery, and to have remained there since the death of the owner, Mr. D. Williams, an at- torney with a large practice in South Wales. Some of the MSS. are said to date back to the fifteenth century, and relate to some of the principal families in South Wales. The bulk of them are title deeds, a.nd many are in Latin.

NATLRE NOTES BIRDS AS WORKERS. Birds can and do work far harder than human beings. A pair of house-martins, when nesting, will feied their young on an average once in twenty seconds—that ie, each bird, male and female, makes ninety journeys to and fro in a hour, or, perhaps, a thousand a day. It must be remembered that on each journey the bird has the added work of catching an inject. Even so tiny a bird as the wren has been counted to make 110 trips to and from its nest within 430 minutes and t,he prey it carried home con- sisted of iniseete much larger, 'heavier, and harder to find than were caught by the swal- lows. A TWISTED TREE. The picture which we give showe the effect of a somewhat unuBual form of hurricane, which broke over the West of England some months ago, upon an elm in Hartley Park, Plymouth. FFWISTED TREE REMARKABLE EFFECT OF A ) HURRICANE. The storm, suddenly becoming a whirlwind, not only stripped the tree of iKs budding foliage, but actually twisted the trunk and some of its longer branches. Doubtless the fact that the tree was already a trifle hollow accounts for it falling so easy a victim to the vagaries of the storm. FAVOURITE PLANTS OF INSECTS. There are two British plants which are pre- ferred to all others by the great army of plant- hunting insects. They are the sallow and ivy. In the spring sallow-bush has a swarm of small flies and beetles hanging to its catkins during the day. In the afternoon another set of in- sects generally turn up, consisting of larger beetles, and a few butter-flies. These hover around the bush till sundown, and when the dusk has thoroughly set in and. the first of the dew has risen, a vast host of night-flying motha come to prey on the remainder. Take a lantern round some sallow-bushes on any calm evening when the catkins are in bloom, and you will see thousands of moths, of every size, shape, and colour, clinging in bunches to the downy bloFsoms they jostle each other, like a crowd of urchins struggling for coppers, and occa- sionally one falls to the ground in the general crush. A collector will spread! a white sheet on the ground below and shake the branches over it. The stupified moths are easily boxed in chip- boxes, as they roll on the white surface, the common kinds being allowed to collect their senses and go their own way. In summer and autumn ivy is, jusit as heavily tenanted at night, and the sight of a thousand pairs of facetted eyes gleaming like points of flame as the light of the lantern strike them is not likely to be forgotten. THE THRUSH. Well distinguished as tihe "Song Thrush." this bird, as such a name denotes, is possemed of one of the most melodious voices to be found in the lisft of British song birds. Thoroughly familiar it is, and exceedingly popular as a cage-bird but beautiful as the thrush will sing in confinement, it is when, in early morn, or as evening twilight advances, the thrush has taken up a favourite position upon the withered 1-1 THE THRUSH. bough of a tree, that his song is heard to the greatest perfection. Clear, yet full of mellow- ness—now pealing out a phrase of wild bluff heartiness, and anon with long-drawn note tinged with exquisite pathos—the song of the thrush strikes a responsive chord in the heart of every hearer. Indeed, under the name of the mavis and throstle, the bird h,a,s, had a promi- nent position in the world of poesy from the earliest times. Its beautiful song commences early in January, and is heard throughout the whole year, with the exception of moulting time. The usual food of the thrush is such as to make it especially valuable to the gardener and, husbandman for although in summer it may feed, upon different kinds of fruit, yet its diet chiefly consists of insects, caterpillars., worms, and snails; amon» the latter especially may be included fTiose wait so greatly infest wall-fruit trees (notably ja.pricots and peaches). The shell of this snail, however, is comparatively hard; and, the thrush, therefore, to obtaizil ¡fhe dainty within, clashes the shell against a large stone in a mcst adroit manner, until the shell is crushed,. Hence, it may be freely admitted that the few fruiits purloined in sum- mer have been well earned. In winter the iSiruish feeds principally upon snails and berries. A SPIDER'S WEB. A web over a cannon's mouih or across the opening in a poor-box is no proof that either ha6 been long disused. The cannon may have been discharged yesterday, and yet a. perfect web be over its mouth this morning. The reader will not forget that in this short time the spider not only arranges the fine geometrical lines, but also spins all from its own body. Let the reader carefully examine one of the fine threads and then estimate its diameter. But this fine line Is composed of no less. than 4,000 threads, some of which are so fine that 4,000,000 twisted together would rot exceed the thickness of an ordinary hair from the head, though each of the 4,000,000 is itself composed of 4,000 threads.

The offer of a Brighton hairdresser to supply wigp, free of charge, to six male and six female inmates of the local workhouse has been ac- cepted by the board of guardians. In some English regiments the average size in boots is Ilt, a contractor told the Local Government Board auditor at West Ham. Capable of producing 300,000 cubic feet of gas per hour, the largest gas installation in the Far Easfc is to be set up in the shipyards at Hong-Kong by the Power Gas Corporation, Limited, of Stockton-on-Tees. Because it would obstruct the light from offices on the other side of the street, and not because of economy, Mr. Haldane explained in Parliament that one of the towers on the new Government offioes in Whitehall was not to be proceeded with. If you don't cure yourself of this cursed drink habit it will ruin you in the end."—Mr. Plowden at Marylebone Police-court to a man who confessed on Saturday that he had spent £3 he had stolen entirely on alcohol.

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