The Pembroke County Guardian and Cardigan Reporter

AN OLD PEMBROKESHIRE FAMILY. Beatrice, the sister of John. had, as stated in the last paper, married Richard de Barri, and brought him Begelly as her dowry. John de Carew died in 1324, and his son Nicholas dying a few months after- wards-was succeeded by his brother Thomas, o whom the only fact recorded is that when in 1332 he was indicted for tak- ing away from Manorbier the goods of David de Barri during the great la-v-suit, he refused to appear on the ground that the writ against him w.s not sealed with the proper seal. Unhappily, we are not told whether this defence was admitted, ap- parently it was. There were lawyers in Pembroke in 1332. It is not quite clear whether Sir John de Carew. the next lord, wa3 the son of Thomas or his nephew, probably the latter. He was lord deputy o-f Ireland in the reign of Edward III., and had large possessions in Devon which had devolved upon him through the marriages of his ancestors with the heiresses of the Peverels and the Mohuns. He held at Carew in 1348 five kniights' fee worth 100 marks, and among his advowsons, that of St. Bride's taxed at 16 marks. He also held a canonry in the Collegiate Church, of Llandewi Brefi, with the prebend of Dihewid, of the value of 10 marks. Good Bishop Beck had founded this church in 1287 as a place of spiritual joy, with ad- vowsons of Cardigan churches, which Edward I. had coruscated and given to him, but the prebends soon got into lay hands, and were treated as sinecures. Sir John died in 1362, leaving a widow Eliza- beth (apparently his second wife), who had the manor of Lawrenny as part of her dower. His son Leonard survived his father seven years, and died in Gascony in the suit of the Earl of Pembroke, leaving a son Thomas, then aged two years This Thomas lived for what was in those days a ripe old age, and died in 1431. Like his father he was a warrior; in 1416 he was serving in France, and in the next year was ordered by the Privy Council to prose- cute the war at sea. He married Eliza- beth, daughter of Sir John Bonville, a West country family, who held lands in Pembrokeshire and gave their name to Bon- ville's Court. In 1404 the sum of t200 was ordered by the Council to be paid to him for the wages of men at arms to guard the castles of Carmarthen and Emlyn, and his account for the custody of Narberth Castle is extant, showing that he paid £90 Is. lOd. as wages to ten men at arms, and fifty archerJ from the 1st November 1402, to the 24th April, 1404. Nicholas, the son of Thomas, married Joan, daughter and heiress of Sir Hugh Courtenay, of Haccombe, Co. Devon. He died in 1447, leaving four sons, Thomas; Nicholas of Haccombe, the ancestor of the Carew baronets; Alexander of An- thony, from whom came Richard Carew, the antiquary and the family of Po'e- Carew; and William, the ancestor of the present owner of Carew. Notwithstand- ing their vast possessions and their judi- cious marriages the Carews soon after this time fell through improvidence upon evil days, Edmund, the grandson of the last mentioned Thomas. mortgaged Car w Castle to Sir Rhys ap Thomas, who held there the famous Tournament )f St. xe)rge in 1,507 On the attainder i;1- 1531 of Rhys ap Griffith, the grandson and heir of Sir Rhys, who had foreclosed the mort- gage, it was forfeited to the Crown., Ed- mund Carew went to the wars, and was killed in France. He left two sons :— William, the father of Sir Peter Carew (frequently called Carrow in the State papers) who tried to retrieve the fallen fortunes of the house by recovering the ancient possessions of the Carews in Ire- land, which had passed from them for two centuries, and died there in 1575; and George, the father of George, Lord Carew, and Earl of Totaess, who succeeded to his cousin's unlawful heritage. He was a friend and contemporary of George Owen, and was himself a considerable antiquary, as his collection which is now at Lambeth Palace most amply testifies. Carew Castle was granted by Queen Mary to Sir John Perrot, and it is "to him tld to Sir Rhys ap Thomas that we owe much of the beau- tiful buildings whose ruins are so well known to us. After Perrot's attainder, Carew was granted to different persons on different tenures until in the reign of James I. the old family came back. Thomas Carew, the great-grandson of William, the son of Nicholas, had married Elizabeth, the daughter and heiress of Hugh Bic- combe of Crowcombe, in Somerset, and their son, Sir John, was able to buy up cerain outstanding interests and to obtain a grant in fee from the Crown. Sir John Carew died in 1637, and is buried in Carew Church, where his monument may be see, He was Sheriff of Pembrokeshire in 1623. His son George was Sheriff in 1640, and was the last Carew who lived there, for in 1643 the castle, which was held for the king in the Civil Wars, and was even then a place of great strength, was surrendered upon quarter and dismantled. John, the son of George, died without issue, and Carew went to the descendants of his (George's) elder brother, Thomas Carew, of Crowcombe, in whom it remained until Mary Carew in 1794, married George Henry Warrington, who took the name of Carew. His grandson, Colonel Carew, who died in 1874,left a son, who died with- out issue, and a daughter, Ethel Mary Carew, the present owner and the lineal descendant of Gerald Fitz Walter; she mar- ried the Hon. R. C. Trollope. Of the extent of the Carew possessions in the county we can form some idea from the list of the places in which they held lands, given in the inquisitions held on the deaths of Sir John Carew in 1362, and of Sir Nicholas Carew in 1447. In each case it is stated that the barony of Carew was held by the service of five knight's fees of the Earl of Pembroke, and that twelve fees were held of the barony by military service. The places mentioned in the first inquisition are Carru (Carew), Knygh- teston (Knighston), Begelly, Louelleston (Loveston), Jeffryston, Wydoloc (Wed- lock), Coetkellas Coedcanlas), Marthel- twey (Marteltwy), Milton and Oketon (Up- ton), Churchton and Lantegonet (Llandig- wynnet), Pistanernaw (Poyston), Sageston, Williamsfon Harvill (East Williamston), Goldsmith's Angle, and Gonnfreston). In the latter inquisition we find possessions at Pembroke, Tenby, Walwvn's Castle, Grove by Pembroke, Williamston Eluard (East Williamston), and Angle, where Wil- liam de Carew, a younger brother of the last mentioned Sir John, had held lands of the Shiburnes, which afterwards revert- ed to the main branch; we also learn that Sir Nicholas paid twenty-eight shillings yearly for the ward of the tower in the north-east part of the town of Pembroke, called Carew's Tower, and that John Hol- land, Earl of Huntingdon (afterwards Duke of Exeter), lord of Manorbier, held three fees of him in Loveston, Begelly and Carew. H.O. »

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HAVERFORDWEST TOViN COUNCIL. IMPENDING CHANGES. THE EE-ORGANISATION SCHEME. An ordinary meeting of the members of the Haverfordwest Town Council was held in the Council Chamber on Thursday even- ing last week, when there were present: The Mayor (Councillor J. Reynolds) in the chair, Alderman T. L. James, Coun- cillors J. H. Bishop, W. J. Jones, H. J. E. Price, T. H. 'lhomas, G. M. Phillips, Isaiah Reynolds, Philip \Vhite, and \V. G. Rowlands. THE WATER SUPPLY. The Water Committee recommended that the water supply to the Workhouse be laid on according to an amended esti- mate of Mr. Gibbon at jt80, but that they consider the proposed charge of 6d. per 1,000 to be too little; and that the tend- ers for work at Crowhill pumping station were considered as follows :—Mr. J. Millar, £ 30; Mr. W. Reynish, t23. and Mr. Geo. Twigg, zt35. The committee further re- commended the acceptance of Mr. Rey- nish's tender at £23. Mr. 1. Reynolds said he should like to ask whether the Water Committee made any proposal as to the increase in the charge for water from the present price of 6d. per thousand gallons ? Aid. T. L. James replied that the com- mittee had not made any such proposal, but personally he should like to suggest that the price of the water be Is. 3d. per 1,000 gallons. On further consideration he would move that as a resolution. Mr. G. M. Phillips seconded. The Town Clerk pointed out that the question of the price of the water had been discussed at a special committee meet- ing of the whole Council held on December 6th. The report gave the price as 6d. per 1,000, and -it would be in order to move the suggested amendment at a later stage in the meeting, when they had the report under consideration. THE TOWN'S SANITATION. Mr. Bishop proposed the acceptance of the report of the Sanitary Committee. The committee recommended payment of ac- counts amounting to C121 Os. 9d. The tenders for the engine shed at Skerryford were considered as follows :—Mr. Millar, £ 18; Mr. W. Reynish, £15; and the com- mittee recommended the acceptance of Mr. Reynish's tender at CI5. The committee recommended that the crossing near the Salutation Square be renewed. The Sur- veyor was instructed to get the roadway in Perrot's New Road rolled. The Sur- veyor produced an estimate'for the erec- tion of an Isolation Hospital of brick and slate at C445, and with corrugated iron roof, C345. The committee recommended that the Surveyor prepare the necessary plans for brick and slate, and that tenders be advertised for. The Surveyor's report on the condition of Kiln Road was received, and the committee agreed to defer the mat- ter until the next financial year. The committee received the report of the Medi- cal Officer of Health and the Inspector of Nuisances as to the sanitary condition of Cemetery Row, City Road, and the com- mittee recommended that a drain be pro- vided at the back of the premises, and the own Clerk was instructed to inform the owners of the property thereof, with a request for them to make arrangements to connect the premises with the proposed drain. The Town Clerk read a letter from Mr. John Harries, North Crescent, dated December 17, requesting the Council to extend the main drain at North Gate to enable him to connect the drains of his new house, lie finding the pipes. The committee instructed the Surveyor to get the necessary work done." Mr. G. M. Phillips seconded the adop- tion of the report, which was carried with- out discussion. LIGHTING THE BOROUGH. Mr. P. White presented the report of the Gas Committee, which was as follows :— "ihe committee recommended accounts for payment amounting to C281 12s. Old. that the application from the Working- men's Institute for a supply of gas free of charge to a new lamp in front of the institute be granted. The committee in- structed the Gas Manager to make in- quiries into the complaints made of the gas supply from Machpelah to the Belle- vue Hotel. The Town Clerk reported receipt of consent from the Local Govern- ment Board to the borrowing of £ 360, re- payable in 28 years." Mr. I. Reynolds asked whether the new lamp to be placed in front of the Insti- tute would replace the old light? The Mayor: That is so. The Clerk explained that he had been in verbal communication with officials of the Haverfordwest Oddfellows, who would lend the Council the £ 360 required, at the rate of {;:3 lis, Cd. per cent. The matter had arisen too late to be placed on the agenda for that evening, but it could be dealt with at the next meeting, and the seal of the Council affixed to the agree- ment. The regular market price was 4 per cent. The suggested arrangement would keep the money in the town. rue report was agreed to. BOHULGH COMMITTEE'S ADnJS- TRATION. Mr. T. H. Thomas submitted the report of the Borough Committee, in which pay- ment of amounts amounting to £69 5s. Od. was recommended The committee recommended that certain necessary re- pairs at the Corn Market be done, and that tenders for the work be asked for; that three stalls be erected at the Slaugh- ter House, and that tenders for the work be asked for. The committee considered a report from the Surveyor as to certain encroachments made by the occupier of the Cricket Stand on Corporation property, near the Race Course, and recommended that the occupier be called upon to pay an annual rent of £ 2, or remove the whole of the buildings and enclosures. The com- miittee recommend that the Eisteddfod Committee should have the use of the Council Chamber for the holding of their committee meetings on payment of -£1. to- wards expenses. The committee recom- mended that Mrs. Young's application to transfer her tenancy of a portion of the Corn Market to Mr. W. M. Thomas be granted. Mr. G. M. Phillips moved an amend- ment that the rent to the occupier of the buildings and enclosure referred to be re- duced to fl per annum. Mr. H. J. E. Price seconded. £ 2 per annum appeared to him to be too high a rental. Mr. 1. Reynolds asked Mr. Price if it were his own property would he consider t 1 per annum an adequate rental? Mr. Price Certainly I should. The Surveyor explained that it was cor- ner land, and only about one-eighth of an acre was occupied. The report, as amended, was adopted. THE MARKET HALL. The Clerk said there were two questions arising out of the reports, the one was the market plans, and the other was the supply of water. The market plans might he considered first. The Mayor explained that they h:'d de- cided to invite Mr Preece James, the archi- tect, over, and to pay his expenses. They could not get on without him, and it was scarcely likely that that gentleman would pay his own expenses. There were many I matters in which they were in the dark, es- pecially in reference to the cutting down f of expenses. The estimated cost had been more than they had anticipated. I It was finally arranged that the con- vening of a special meeting of the Coun- cil in committee, to wliich Mr. Preece James should be invited, should be left to the Mayor. TYPHOID AT THE WORKHOUSE. The Town Clerk read a letter received by him from Mr. J. E. Rogers, clerk to the Guardians, informing him of an outbreak of typhoid fever at the Workhouse, and requesting a temporary supply of Crow- hill water by means of a stand pipe from the Infirmary Corner, and enquiring as to the terms for laying on a water supply from the same source and place. He stated that the Surveyor had been instruct- ed to give a temporary supply to the Y\ orkhouse by means of a stand pipe in St. Thomas' Green, and also to prepare an estimate of the cost of a permanent water supply to the Workhouse. It had been found that the cost of laying the main would be ztSO. Although the mat- ter had been considered by the commit- tee he (the Clerk) had not written to Mr. J. E. H. Rogers, as clerk to the Guar- dians, on the subject. The Guardians would probably be willing to pay the six- pence per thousand gallons, but possibly not the higher price. The Mayor said he had been speaking to Archdeacon Hilbers on the subject, and had told him that the Council would be willing to supply the Workhouse with water, but that the price remained to be fixed. Ald. James moved that the charge to the Workhouse be Is. 3d. per thousand gallons. They could not afford to supply the water at a lower price. Mr. P. White seconded. Mr. I. Reynolds: That is much above the average scheduled prices for water supply. Ald. James replied that it might be above the average charge for water sup- plied by means of gravitation, but not for pumping. Sixpence per thousand gallons would work at about 50s. per hundred thousand, which would not pay. Allow- ing for incidental expenses they would re- coup their expenditure at Is. 3d. per thou- sand, but would not make any profit. Ald. James' resolution was carried with- out a dissentient. COUNCIL'S SPECIAL PROCEED- INGS. The Clerk read the reports of the Spe- cial Committee of the whole Council as follows :-A special meeting of the whole Council was held on Tuesday, the 12th day of November, for the further considera- tion of the correspondence from the Local Government Board, re the appointment of Inspector of Nuisances, etc. The Town Clerk read replies to queries sent by him to the Urban District Councils of Milford Haven, Pembroke, and Tenby, as to the arrangements made by them for the carrying out of the duties of Surveyor and Inspector of Nuisances. The Town Clerk advised the committee that the Coun- cil had no power to pension any of their servants. It was proposed by Mr. H. J. P. Thomas, seconded by Mr. T.' H. Thomas, and carried, that the offices of Surveyor and Inspector of Nuisances be combined; proposed by Mr. J. H. Bishop, seconded by Mr. 1. Reynolds, and carried. That any fresh arrangements made should take place from the 31st March next, and proposed by Mr. 1. Reynolds, seconded by Mr. H. J. Price, and carried: "That an Inspector of Nuisances and Surveyor be advertised for, to commence his duties as from March 31st, 1907, at a salary not exceeding £ 120 per annum, £ 80 to be al- lotted as Inspector of Nuisances, and £ 40 as Surveyor, to be divided as follows C20 to the Sanitary Account, ,£J 0 to the Water Account, and f'10 to the Borough Account. It was also proposed by Mr. 1-1. J. P. Thomas, seconded by Mr. H. J. E. Price, and carried: That a Gas Manager be ap- pointed at a salary of £100 per annum, and that he should have his house, coal, and lights free. Mr. H. J. P. Thomas proposed, and it was seconded by Mr. H. J. E. Price, and carried: That Mr. Gibbon be appointed consulting surveyor on the un- derstanding that his services may be called upon at any time by the Council, at a salary of £ 70, the same to w divided equally between the four accounts. Mr. E. Reid proposed, and Mr. George Davies seconded, and it was decided that all the officials of the Corporation, with the ex- ception of the Town Clerk, Borough Ac- countant, and Collector be given notice to terminate their services under the Coun- cil. It was agreed that the Council ad- vertise for a caretaker for the Slaughter House, wages 15s. per week, and that the further consideration of the matter, now before the meeting, be adjourned to Friday next, the 16th inst., at 7.30 p.m., the adjourned meeting to be supplied with a full list of the Council's officials and work- men, together with the payments to each. SALARIES AND WAGES. An adjourned Special Committee meeting of the whole Council was held on Friday, the 16th ult. The Town Clerk read his notes of the meeting held on the 12th November, and also replies from the Town Clerk of Carmarthen, to the questions sub- nu^ed to him, and the Accountant pro- duced a statement showing the salaries and wages paid. It was resolved that the Council rescind the resolution passed at the last meeting, to advertise for a was Manager. That the Council retain Mr. Joseph Gibbon as gas manager at tlOO per year, and that he be paid JE20 a year as consulting surveyor and engineer, and that he superintend all the plant be- longing to the water undertaking, the road roller, portable engine, and stone breaker; and that the person appointed as caretaker of the Slaughter House should receive 20s. per week, and to do the whitewashing and painting required there. The committee instructed the Borough Accountant to have sixteen copies of the statement made, and to hand one copy to each member of the Council. QUESTION OR REDUCING EXPENSE A special meeting of the whole Council was held on Wednesday, the 5th of De- cember, for the further consideration of the maret tenders. The Town Clerk read Mr. J. Preece James letter, declining to attend at his own expense. In conse- quence of a small attendance of members Air. J. H. Bishop proposed, and Mr. T. f f. Thomas seconded, that the business of the meeting be adjourned to the next monthly meeting. An amendment was pro- posed by Mr. H. J. P. Thomas, seconded by Mr. T. Reynolds, and carried: That the matter be now discussed. The matter was fully discussed, and several suggestions were made with the object of reducing the amount, 10 be expended by dropping out of the plans certain of the works pro- posed to be done, but in the absence of j Mr. J. Preece James, the architect, the meeting was unable to deal with the mat- ter, and on the proposiiion of the Mayor, seconded by Air. 1. Reynolds: It was re- solved that Air. J. P. James be asked to meet the committee, and to be prepared with suggestions for alterations, to bring the price down to his original estimate, the Council undertaking to pay the ex- penses. On the proposition of Air. T. H. Thomas, seconded by Mr. P. White, and carried: That an application on behalf of Captain Barrett for the use of the steam roller be granted, the cost to be £1 10s. per day inclusive.

FINAL ARRANGEMENTS. At a special meeting held on Thursday, the 6th day of December, the Borough Surveyor produced a nestimate of the cost of laying on a water supply to the Work- house from the water main near the east end of the Infirmary, at £ 103 3s. 6d., the matter was considered, and on the proposi- tion of Mr. H. J. E. Price, seconded by Mr. P. White: It was resolved that the Council lay the mains and askthaGuardians 10 pay the cost, and that a rental of 6d. per 1,000 gallons be charged, the supply to be by meter. The list of salaries paid by the Corporation to their officials and workmen was then gone through, and the following recommendations were agreed to: —That from the 1st April, 1907, the Col- lector be paid the sum of 5d. in the £ on all monies collected by him. That the foreman's services be retained until the appointment of a surveyor. That the half- holiday for all officials and workmen of the Corporation be taken on Thursdays, from the 1st of January next. That the mason be not retained as a regular employee of the Corporation. That Mr. George Morse be re-engaged as caretaker of the market, under the supervision of the Borough Com- mittee. That the engine driver's and fitter's services be dispensed with, and that an engine driver and fitter be advertised for at 27s. per week. That the quarrying of stone be done by contract. That the age of the new surveyor and inspector of nuisances be limited from 25 to 35 years. That canvassing for any of the appoint- ments advertised be a disqualification. Ald. James' resolution, fixing the price of water at Is. 3d. per thousand gallons to the private consumer was then carried. THE COLLECTOR'S COMMISSION. Mr. Bishop moved as an amendment to the report of the Special Committee that the Collector's commission be reduced from 5d. in the £ to .1cl. in the t. Under the old arrangement by which the collector had received 6d. in the t, his commission had amounted to tl40 per annum. The reduction he proposed would bring the amount of the commission down to t112. The work of collecting the rates was much easier nowadays than in past years. Mr. 1. Reynolds said Air. Bishop was splitting straws. He had been present at the committee meeting, when the rate of the Collector's commission was reduced from 6d. to 5d. Under the' new arrange- ment it was expected that Mr. Alfred James would receive about £125 per an- num, and when he was engaged it was pro- mised him that the salary would average £ 120. Then there was another question, they were hoping to reduce the rates, when the amount of the collector's commission would be reduced, and Air. James had to take his chances of that. They all knew what a trouble they had had with the col- lection of the rates, and in Mr. James they had a first-class collector. Mr. Bishop said that if it had not been for his resolution that the commission be 4d. in the £ the reduction would not have to be made to 5d. in the C. He persisted in his amendment. He had known the collector from a boy, and no one could give him a higher character than lie himself, but the collection of rates in such a satisfactory manner was largely due to the committee, who had issued sum- monses and brought defaulting ratepayers up to the mark. There was no seconder to Air. Bishop's amendment, which, therefore, dropped to the ground. Air. H. J. E. Price moved the adoption of the reports of the Special Committee en bloc. Those questions had been dis- cussed and re-discussed, and although he did not agree with all the decisions arrived at, lie had been defeated, and was willing to accede to the wlishes of the majority. Air. I. Reynolds seconded, and the re- ports were adopted. THE LATE CARETAKER, tie Clerk said he had received a letter from Air. John Harries stating that his mother, Martha Harries, was dead. Air. T. H. Thomas moved that the posi- tion be advertised, with wages at 4s. per week, coal and gas. After a discussion, in which councillors said they had personally received numer- ous applications, the resolution was car- ried. A letter was read from Mr. J. Marsh Reid, offering to rent some premises near the Quay, now in the occupation of Mr. SelncK, on behalf of the United Alkaline Company, of Liverpool, provided the Coun- cil would guarantee that the place would not be flooded during the high tides. The rent proposed was C5 5s. per annum. It was resolved that the Council accept Mr. Reid's offer, but that no guarantee be given as to the tides.

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BOOKS AND MAGAZINES. FROM PIT-BOY TO STAR.—Mr. Harry Lauder has written about himself at home and on tour. He thus describes his first appearance on a London stage, where he got a chance as "extra turn" I was at Gatti's long before ten o'clock, eagerly yet nervously waiting my number—my extra turn. Beyond the fact that I sang "Tobermory," "Calligan," and "Ihe Lass o' Killiecrankie," and that I had the greatest diffi- culty in getting off the stage, so many were the recalls I got, I remember very little about my first performance in London. The stage seemed to be going round and round, while for all I knew the house might have been empty, but I threw my whole heart into my work, and on getting to the dressing-room I nearly collapsed through sheer nervousness and fatigue. Mr. Tinsley came to me in a few minutes with the I remark: "Lauder, my lad, you\'e done it L and I took a somewhat different meaning from the phrase than had been intended earlier in the day. He engaged me for the rest of the week straight away, and from that date to this I have never been long out of London. In a few days the managers of the big West-end halls were after me with contract forms and ex- tended engagements were entered into between them and myself.

FIRST CARDINAL GOLFER.—A pen portrait of Cardinal Merry del Val, the Pope's Secretary of State, is given in "Munsey's Magazine." The cardinal, says Mr. E. A. Powell, is an in- defatigable worker, a frugal liver, a man of strong likes and dislikes, with a hot Latin temper that is often in evidence, but always under control. Tall and slim of figure, grace- ful of motion, showing the highest type of the Andalusian in every feature, his face when in repose is little more than a mask, so utterly de- void is it of all feeling and expression. But when a smile gives life to his sphinx-like coun- tenance, then, indeed, all the marvellous fasci- nation which this remarkable man can exercise becomes apparent. When a youth he was very fond of pranks, and was nicknamed by his schoolfellows "Merry Devil." He is the first Cardinal to indulge'in golf, a game which he plays twice weekly over a private course in the grounds of the Villa Doria-Pamphili.

THE END OF A GREAT LIFE.—Lord Stan- more gives a pathetic picture of the death of Lord Herbert of Lea in the memoir which he has published. He writesIt was a great joy to the dying man to be permitted once more to see the home he loved so dearly, and to look again upon the faces of his children. On the day of his arrival, August 1, he was well enough to go out in a bath-chair, and gaze for the last time on the green lawns, the stately cedars, and the Palladian bridge reposing in all the glory of an English summer afternoon. After coming in again, he lay for some time on a sofa by the window enjoying the calm beauty of the evening and its sunset lights. Some- what later he took leave of his children and sisters, and received the Holy Communion. Then, with perfect calm and resignation, he waited for the end. No expression of im- patience escaped him throughout his illness, nor to the very end did he lose his cheery play- fulness of manner, or his thoughtfulness for others. Throughout the night, alone with the devoted wife who had watched and tended him with unremitting solicitude, he repeatedly ex- pressed his thankfulness to God for many mercies, and his trtict in the promises of the Saviour. At half-past eleven on the following morning he expired, surrounded by his family and near relations. Almost i.is last words were, Well, this is the end- I have had a life of great happiness a short one, perhaps but an active one. I have not done all I wiehed; bmt I have tried to do my best.

A WORK FOR THE WORLD.—A book of 4,600 pages (Kelly's Post Office London Directory) is probably the best evidence possible of the enormous commercial activity of the metropolis. It is not less eloquent of the colossal task which Messrs. Kelly's Directories, Ltd., undertake from year to Near, and the great accuracy dis- played is certainly a marvel of organisation. Nothing in the directory line is omitted, nothing is over-stated, but with almost malig- nant monotony the scroll is writ. Streets, mer- chants, trades, law and Parliamentary, even Court particulars, are given in oriefest fashion-the information simply, no more and no less. A wealthy merchant prince, with his country seat and a motor-car--the best present-day evidence of affluence—may find his name bang up against the name of some cat's meat dealer. An aristo- crat may jostle a coster, and so on and so forth. But nobody complains, and every up-to-date business man, not only in London, but through- out the whole country, even the whole world, is repeatedly thankful in the course of a year to the publishers of this valuable commercial compilation. The Directory has now reached its 108th year of issue, but it bears no evidence of senile decay. Rather it seems to renew its youth like the eagle leastways, it has the at- tributes of the snowball which gathers substance as it rolls, and it has also the qualities of the iron that has been hammered into finest steel..

IMPORTED MISTLETOE.—The mistletoe harvest is one that we leave all to chance—and France. You can never be sure, says the "Penny Maga- zine," that the mistletoe sprig under which you kiss or are kissed is British unless you have picked it yourself, for the English farmer does not regard what grows of it here as worth the trouble of gathering for market.

HER LAST HALFPENNY.—Miss Olive Chris- tian Malvery, in her book, The Soul Market," describes how she and her protector Mr. C." lighted on the Embankment upon a woman in forlorn circumstances. We gathered from stray remarks that she had come from txie country with a tiny capital to seek work in London. She never found it. The money was spent, and'flier clothes wore out, and she found herself one of the many for whom the world had no place. She noticed that I was crying, and thinking it was my own misfortune that troubled me, she pressed a halfpenny into my hand. You can't buy anything for a half- penny till morning." she said. The coffee is a penny a cup at night, but at five o'clock you can get a cup for a ha'penny; It IS drca-dlul to be hungry till you're used to it." I walked swiftly away, and she said to Mr. C. Don't be hard on her, she's such a little thing." Can you imagine the heavenly charity of the poor creature; she had eaten nothing that livelong day, but she gave me her last halfpenny.

THE WAY TO MOW.—This is the way to mow, as described by Mr. Hilaire Belloc in "Hills and the Sea". You must regard the scythe as a pendulum that swings, not as a knife that cuts. A good mower puts no more strength into his stroke than into his lifting. Again, stand up to your work. The bad mower, eager and full of pain, leans forward'and tries to force the scythe through the grass. The good mower, serene and able, stands as nearly straight as the shape of the scythe will let him, and follows up every stroke closely, mov- ing his left foot forward. Then. also let every stroke get well away. Mowing is a thing of ample gestures, like drawing a cartoon.

A SONG FOR SIDI.ERS.-Lord Alfred Douglaa has some very amusing verses in the book which he has written, "The Placid Pug." Here arc the two last verses of the "Song for Sidlerr," Peace, peace, the crab adopts a sidelong walk, For reasons still impossible to see. And if his pride permitted him to talk To anyone who did not do as he, His instinct would be, probably, to balk The hopes of vulgar curiosity. And while the schoolmen argue and discuss, j And fill the air with" wha.ts, and "whens," and "whys," And demonstrate as: "Thus, and thus, and thus," The crab will pulverise their theories, And put an end to all this foolish fuse By walking sideways into Paradise.

DINNEU-TIMK IN .SERYIA.—Table manners amount to very little among these people, says R. L. Jefferson, in "The Wide World Maga- zine. There is a perfect babel of conversation, the band shrieks and groans and wails, and I amid the din the waiters hurry hither and thither. Some aggressive-looking Servian, with a waistbelt full of pistols and knives, will swagger ceremoniously up and down the room. Officers of the local garrison form a group at another table, their smart uniforms a strange contrast to the medley of the others. Anon they become uproariously intoxicated, and sing national songs to the music of the orchestra, while mine host, seated on a raised chair at the end of the room, beams affably upon his guests.

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