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RHYFEL WRTH DDEWIS CADEIRYDD YN LLANDISSILIO EAST." Solo Cyduned pawb mewn can, Culion, tewion, mawr, a man, I Barish Couucil. Nid oes gwahaniaeth pwy a ddaw- Uned gyda'r cor heb fraw, Nes bo'r byd yn gwaeddu, Taw I Gwrandewch yn civil." Unison: Cydganwn oil fel un, Nid er cael digio dyn, Ond er rybuddio; Canu wnawn oil yn rhad Am Barish Council mid Ni cheir ei fatb mewn gwlad A Llandissilio. Cwrddasant yn gytun Er mwyn cael dewis dyn, A settlo'r question. giaradai un yn gall, A'r Heill yn methu diall Pryd oedd i roddi pall Ar onII," wrth rheswm." Siaradai'r llall yn nes i'r pwnc, Parablft'n rhwydd heb wneyd 'run llwnc— Y ffermwr main. I want the cadair all; I can't sit on a stole Nifi am bwyso'n ol," But all in vain. 'Rwy'n gwel'd y cwrdd yn dwym, A chredaf mod yn rhwym," Medd y gamekeeper. I ddweyd fy marn i chwi, A ebynyg ydwyf fi, I gael rbyw wr o fri, Ac an outsider A'r un gynygaf 'n^w, Mae arno awydd mavvi1 I lanw'r gadair. Masnachwr ydyw'r gwr, Sy'n gwerthu bran a fSwr, A'r stuff sy'n cadw stwr- y champaigne cider." Na, na," medd bachgen stout, No good have one Jrom out r] he Parish Council; 'Rym deall oil yr Act, Bob iot yn quite compact; 'Bwyn gwel'd, a dyna'r fact, Fydd yma gweryl." Tra'n methu rhanu'r caws, Daeth y *monkey ar eu traws, A d'wedai'n glever, I see you can't afford To seit e who is the lord. I'll tell you in a word, Myfi bia'r gadair." Owers: Os digwydd i rywun mwy Gael myn' d yn gounsel plwy', Argyhoedded ei hunan Fod monkeys yn mhob gwlad, Hyd yn nod yn Nghymru fad, Yn rhanu'r caws yn rhad, 'Nol bwyta'r eyfan. *The Outsider. SILLY BOY. I

CAN 0 GLOD I GYNGHOR PLWYFOL CILY- MAENLLWYD, NEU "GYNGHOR Y CAN- WYLLAU BRWYN." Mae Cilmaenllwyd yn rhagori ar bob plwyf trwy Gymra Lan Am gynghorwyr plwyfol 'leni fel y profa hyn o gan; Maent yn gynnil i'w ryfeddu, rhag- rhoi trethi ar y plwy', Rhinwedd gwerth ei heflychu" ydyw hon a feddant hwy. Peidied Silly Billy" tybied ein bod ni, er gwaetha'i snaps, Mor wirionffol a di-weled, a rhoi'r sack i neb o'r chaps; I ba ddiben gwario arian er caet tampan mawr a hardd, Canwyll frwynen rydd oleuni, digon da 'nol barn y bardd. Pan fo talent yn disgleirio, nid oes raid wrth oleu lamp, A phwy bynag fedd ar hono, dyna'r dyn enilla'r gamp Y mae talent ac athrylith gan bob un o'n cynghor ni, Ac wrth ddal y ganwyll frwynen, daethant oil i barch a bri. Gyda rhai'n fe geir canwyllau rhad heb achos codi treth, Ac fe'u daliant yn eu dwylaw, 'does mo'u bath yn hyn o both; Rhoddwn barch i'r Saith Ganwyllbren am gynnilo pwrs y plwy', Ac os collir hwy o'r cynghor, welir byth Motu bath nhw mwy. EDMYGWR CYNILDEB. I

V ARIETIES. I 1- A NEW VOLCANO.—A German officer, Count von Goetaen, has discovered an active volcano, the Kirunga, to the south of Lake Albert Edward. Stuhlmann and Emin heard of it, but did not pay it a visit. The crater is about a mile in diameter, and about 100 feet deep. The bottom appeared to be the surface of a lake of lav a, and a reddiab smoke issued from several vents. The height of the mountain is about 1,000 feet. WHO ARE THE JAPANESE?-By actual measurement of the Japanese, and by a study of their language, Dr v.rioh Winkler has shown that the Japanese are a ?ent race from the Chinese, and affiliated to the °fwn Ural-Altaic race., of which the Finns, Q„«l«de? Magyars, and TimKOoae are branches. It  beundeX ??'er, that the Japanese are a • ° ode, and Iheir language merely a branch of Ston.ue co?o,on to the Siberian races, just a?s ?Engh?ssh h Weleb, and Gaelic are branches of the original Aryan tonguo of Europe and apart of Asia. sr °:Laf 7»p».«pgby™" tji- ? different from tbe normal C-inese type. CosvETics-Theuae of cosmetics dates at least from   but ??inous crsmeuca are a triumph of the scientific nineleenth century. These ar. skin powders of r.ce.cba?z?c?whittee &c.? wtth a daeb of phosphorescent P?"aphides of calciam, zinc, bannm?, ,? ? atrontium. Sulphide of zinc prepared according to tbe Charles Henry process ?nc prepared ?? white light is the dark and a g,ves a Roe "????'? ° ? .rtieciaUyHghted. The greenish ti? is masked in t?-metichyae littrine and alkannaor carmine. The compo?io?n of one of these new Fcieotific cosmetics is given by a French journal aq Pounce, in fine powder, 100; phos- phorescent sulphide of zinc, 200; carbonate of lithine, 25; and carmine, 2 parts. Aluminium in fine powder applied to the skin gives it a silvery lustre and is used by the athletes known as the Hommes d Argent. NEW TEST FOR ADuLTERATION. -Raoul Pictet, who, with Cailletet, is a pioneer in researches at extremely low temperatores, bas made a discovery w ich is likely to have practical applications. The alteration of the boiling points of liqoids by a(i(il,erstion is a test of their parity, but Picet finds that the critical temper- ature," or point of liquefaction, is from ten to sixty times more sensitive as a test. His resul's were recently communicated to the Academia des Sciences, Paris. ASTRONOMICAL.—Another comet beside Eocke's will be visible in the coming su mer, namely, that dis- covered by Professor Barnard in 1884. Its period is about 5! years. It will be brighter this yelir fban formerly, and nearest the san on Jane 3rd. Its distance from the son then will be cearly equal to that of the planet Mars. The variable star Algol, of the constellation Perseus, pistes from the secJoo to the foorth magnitude in four hours, and then keeps a constant mugnitude for sixty hoars. It is supposed that a dark satellite hides it, and attempts have been made to determine the orbit of the satellite. Acced- ing to Mr Chandler, this hypothesis does not explain certain irregularities in the behaviour of the star, but M Tisserand now shows that the hypothesis will stand if the star is flattened at the poles, like the earth, and revolves in an elliptical orbit. HE KNEW HER WEIGHT.—The wife of B rich mina- facturer at Essen elt,ped with a young man, and the couple took the train for Pecsba, in Hungary. On discoveiing that the husband telegraphed to the police, Arrest woman in train from Gormany. Exact weight 83 kilogrammes" (aboat 13 stone lib), the railway autherities were a little puzzled at first, as they could not tell a woman's weight merely by looking at her. After consideration, they determined to make every woman in the train pass over the weighing machine. This was done, and the runaway wife was caught, being the only woman of the required weight. POISONING THE WRONG MAN.—A mysterious affair of coisoning is reported from the Sooth of Fiance. On Wednesday evening a paroel addressed to a retired officer was received at the post-office at Tarbes. It bad become undone through falling on the floor, and two of the employes, perceiving that the packet contained cakes, ate a few that were broken. Soon afterwards one of them retired to rest, but at the expiration of half an hour he felt so ill that he rose and called for assistance. Ere help, however, could be forthcoming, he died in great agony. His comrade is now unwell, bat it is hoped he will get over the attack. The prevailing impression at Tarbes is that strychnine had been mixed with the cakes which had been forwarded to the retired officer. An investigation has been opened into this strange case. MORE DARWINIAN CRANKS.—Dr D G Brinton, the well-known American anthropologist, says of the "Missing Link" ("Pithecanthropes Erectos"), whose remains were recently foocd in Java, that it was an animal nearer to the lowest forms of mankind than the higher forms of ape, and constantly talked on two legs. The femur bone is sioguiarly human in character, and the skull is highly dolichocephalio or narrow, the index being 70, as compared with 75 or 76 for the average Englishman, and the capacity is about two- thirds that of the average human skull. A writer in Nature, on the other hand, pronounces the remains those of a real human being. In particular, the absence of ridges on the skull show that it could not have belonged to a wild anthropoid" ape, and as for the smallness of the cavity for the brain, it wa probably that of a microcephalus or small-headed idiot The bones, it appears, were found at different times within a short distance of each other in the dry bed of a river near a place called Triuil, in strata supposed to belong to the geological Pleistocene age. Dr Laborde recently brought three microcepbafs, from the Cyclades before the Aoademie de Medicine, Paris. Microcephals are human beings whose brains and crania have stopped growing while the rest of their bodies continue to develop. The children in question were born of healthy parents, who have other children quite sound They are hopeless idiots, understanding nothing, and only otter inarticulate cries. They walk bent, the legs wide apart, often creep on all fours, and are in continual movement. Their eyes are bright and shifty, their brows ruoeding, and their faces prognathoas, like those of monkeys. Their forearms are unusually long, and they are gluttonous, without recognising their feeders, like monkeys. The crania of these onfor- tuoate children are pointed, like a sugar loaf. The average brain of reputedly inferior" races measures 1,150 cubic centimetres, but tbore of the children. measure only 300 to 600 cubic centimetres. The front lobes of their brains are above all deficient. Darwin and Vogt regarded microcephals as a partial repro- duction of a lost link between man and the apes; but Virchow, Aeby, and others have shown that there is nothing about them to justify any other hypothesis than "pathological degeneracy."

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. In the House of Commons on the 26th alt., Mr Aird asked whether the Local Government Board were taking steps to iuvestigate the cause cf, and to suggest remedies for, dealiog with the epidemic of influenza. Mr Shaw Lafevre said that the Government had con- ducted and concluded inquiries in 1891, 1892, and 1893, and did not contemplate making further inquiries. A memorandum was issued by the Board in January, 1892 io reference to measures of prevention, and the Board saw no reason to vary the recommendations then made. Sir E Grey, in answer to Mr Channiiap., said that the Government had received telegraphic summaries as to the Armenian Inquiry, and they went to sh >w that the British delegates were fully and satisfactorily dis- charging the duties entrusted to them. Mr Everett brought forward a resolution that the House regarded with increasing apprehension the con- stant fluctuations and the growing divergence in the relative value of gold and silver, and heartily concurred with the recent expreBions of opinion on the part of the Governments of France and Germany as to the serious evils resulting therefrom, and also urging on the Government the desirability of co-operating with other Powers in an International Conference for the purpose of considering what measures could be taken to remove or mitigate these evils. Mr Chaplin seconded the motion, and argued that it was the currency policy of this country which bad produced the heavy loss which India had suffered by the fall in exchange. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in a speech of an hour and a half's duration, expressed his ea isfaotion that the motion was not a bi-metallist one. If Mr Chaplin and he spent the rest of their natural lives in discussing bi-metallism in order to convince each other, he was satisfied they would never succeed. While Britain was willing enough to discuss the means of mitigating the evils arising from the fall in silver, he could not undertake to enter into any conference with the view of altering our national standard. He quoted speeches by Mr Goscben and Mr Balfour against tamperiog with the currency of the country. Inas- much as the motion did not commit the Government to the bi-metallic system, he would not oppose it. The discussion was carried on during the remainder of the evening, and the resolution was agreed to at midnight. On Asb Wednesday the Marquess of Carmarthen moved the second reading of the Pistols Bill, which provided, among other things, that a pistol could not be sold except by a licensed person, whose licence should ocst twenty shillings; that every pistol must have the maker's name upon it, and be num bered so as to be capable of identification that a pistol should not be bought er used by anyone onder eighteen yeais of age. Mr Hopwood moved its rejection, as it would only bring the law into contempt to pass a measure which would be disregarded and be practioally inoperative. Sir A Rollit seconded the amendment. Mr G W Russell said the Government were exceed- ingly well disposed towards the experiment which the noble Marquess was making, but they reserved to themselves the right to deal in detail with it. Mr Lloyd Morgan (L, Carmarthen, W.) was lar- prised to hear the announcement that, he Government received the Bill with a friendly eye, and he should like to know whether they were prepared to regard it as a question of oonndence (laughter). It was silly, childish, and baybish legislation. If the measure passed they might expect next a proposal to make it an offence to carry a penknife in one's waistcoat pocket (laughter). The Bill ought to be laughed out of the House of Commons (hear, hear). He should like to know whether the Government were prepared to regard it as alqueation of confidence. Lord Carmarthen moved that the Bill be referred to the Standing Committee on Law. The proposal was resisted by Mr Hopwood. The Home Secre'ary thought it would be better to send it to the Standing Committee on Trade. Mr Lloyd Morgan was talking the subject out when Lord Carmarthen moved the closure, which, after a division had been challenged, was agreed to. The House of Commons on Thursday, 28' b ult., was for two hours and a half engaged in debating the motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer that, until Euter, Government business should have priority on Tue-days, and that on Fridays there should be a morning sitting also for Government business. ibe Chancellor appealed to precedents in support of the motion, to the very small amount of time which the roles of the House gave to the Government, and to the vast amount of work which the Government had to get through. Sir 1\1 H Beach criticised the motion and the Chancellor s speech with great severity, and insisted on the House being informed what special business was to be submitted during the extra time which the Govern- ment demanded. The present motion would lead to demands much more stringent after Easter, and would be a precedent for future Goverments. Mr AtherleY-Jones admitted that a case had been made out for the motion but Mr J Redmond drew the inference from the Chancellor's speech that there was not tne slightest chance of the second reading of the Welsh Disestablishment Bill and the Irish Land Bill taking place before Easter, and as supporters of the Government calculated that the Welsh Bill would occupy two months in committee, which meant that the Ir sh Land Bill »ooH not be re >cbed befo'6 the dog davs, he askert if the Governooent would ei-e t*o days H week to tbe Welsh Bill and two to the Land Bill or, failinkt that, if b.y would send the Ltcd Bill to an Irish Grand Cimmittse. Mr Libouchere could not vote for the mo'ion. Arr.er some remarks from Mr S Evans aod Sir J Lubbock, tbe Home divided, and the motion was cvriel by 236 to 221 -majority, 15. I Welsh Disestablishment. The debate on t he motion tor ieive to introduce the Bill for the Disestablishment and Disendowment of the Church in Wales was not resumed till btilf-pslit seven o'clock, when Lord Wolmer, in a House then almost empty, reopenel1 the discussion. Ho described the proposal of the G,)vernment as a proposal to amputate one of the members of a Church which was doing good work. Voluntaryism without endowment" wa* incapable of enabling a Chnrco to perform )t< spirit unl work, and all the eodowents f the Courch bad be?n originally voluntary gifts to the Church. Sir F S P iwell, Mr L Hardy, and Mr V Gibbs all opposed the Bill Sir R Webster, also in a tbin House, proceeded ahJnt hali-past ten, to criticise the p',licv of the Government. He onmplained of the conspiracy of silence which prevailed on the Ministerial Benches. Tbe present attack on the Church in Wales WioS an attack on the Church of England. The Home Secre- tary had not dared to say a single word in introduc- ing this Bill, because be would have bad to prove that it was an alien Church, and that the property of the Church did not belong to it, and because be was hampered by the utterances of the Prime Minister. The alleged parallel of Irish Disestablifshment was no parallel at all. The Government would also have bad to defend the policy in face of the great work the Church had done in the past, in preserving and purifying the Welsh language and promoting education. No greater question than this could come before the House, and it was incumbent on the House to obtain from the Government a clear exposition of the policy, which had led Lhem to propose this Bill. He then criticised the scheme in the Bill, and protested against the destination of the glebes, the manner in which the curates were treated, and the handing over of the cathedrals to a body who might not consist of Church- men. He asserted th-st the Bill was the outcome of purely political agitation, and that he would be no party to a policy which would drain the springs of the Church. Mr Bryce replied with an optimistic view of the prosperity of the Church after the Bill became law. He defended the abandonment of the central fund on the ground that the local destination of the funds would save them from the attacks to which the Irish Church Fund bad been exposed, and because the localities ftom which they came should derive benefit from them. The motion for leave to introduce the Bill was then agreed to without a challenge, and the Bill was brought in by the Home Secretary, and read a first time two or three minutes before midnight. In reply to Sir M H Beach, Mr Asquith stated that the second reading would not be taken for at least a fortnight. In the House of Commons on Friday, various Bills were brought in by private members and read a first time. Among them was a Bill by Sir 0 Cameron, for the Disestablishment and Disendowmeat of the Church of Scotland. The Home Secretary then moved for leave to intro- duce a Bill to amend and extend the Law relating to factories and workshops. Among its chief provisions was a statutory definition of overcrowding, which would be applicable to every factory and workshop. The prohibition referred to the cleaning of mac ines, which was at present applicable to children, would be extended to young persons. Every owner of a factory would be required to keep a register of accidents; and power was given to the Rome Secretary to direct an inquiry to be made into them In reference to home work done for a factory or workshop, increased powers were also given to the Home Secretary. All overtime in case of young persons onder the age of eighteen would the be prohibited and, in the case of women, it would be further restricted. H me work for children employed in workshops and factories was prohibited, as it was in the case of women and young persons employed in a factory for full hours during the day. The Bill made no change in the minimum age at which children could be employed, which now stood at eleven. Steam laundries would be treated as factories, and other laundries would be treated as workshops under the Bill. Docks, wharves, quays, and building operations, where machinery was employed were also included, and in the case of tenement factories the owner was made responsible for compliance with the Act. The provisions of the Bill also extend to all bakebouses. In conclusion, he boped the Bill would be thrashed, in the Standing Committee, into a practical shape. In 'he discussion which followed, the Bill was very favourably received, most of the suggestions made being in favour of strengthening it.. Sir J Gorst urged that the minimum age for children should be raised from eleven to twelve, and said be would move an amendment to that effect, and Mr Mundella promised to support it. Sir H James thought they should proceed gradually and practically. Mr H Matthews differed, however, from Sir J Gorst as to the age limit. Mr J Burns urged that the age should be raised to fourteen, especially in dangeroos trades, and he suggested that a European Conference should be summoned with reference to the fixing of a maximum day's work in unhealthy occupa tions. The Bill was brought in and read a first time. In the House of Commons on Monday Mr Morley moved for leave to introduce his Irish Land Bill, and said the bill divides itself into three sections. First, the changes in the conditions under which a judicial holding is to be henceforth held second, the subjecti which were excluded from, but were now to be brought within, the privileges of fair-rent legislation; and, thirdly, the provisions with regard to evicted tenants. As to the change on the conditions under which a holding is to be held, he stated the Bill would establish a presumption that all the improvements on a holding since 1850, had been made by the tenant, unless the contrary was proved but if the court was satisfied that they were made before 1850, then it should ascertain by the best evidence it could get who made them. The Bill proposes that no contract by a tenant not to claim compensation for any improvement made by him on quitting his holding should authorise the allowance of any rent in respeot of such holding, so that the tenant would be restored to the enjoyment of the benefits of his own exertions. The Bill abolished the landlord's right of pre-emption under the Act of 1881 where the tenant sold his holding. As to the evicted tenants, he mentioned that the bill proposed the re- enactment, with some modifications, of the thirteenth section of the Act of 1891, wh eh last year he had opposed. They had been told by the House of Lords that the reinstatement must be voluntary, and by way of purchase. He did not profess to believe that this would sufrace, butthe landlords had the power of ful- filling their own prophecies, and he left the responsi- bility in their hands. Mr Carson criticised the bill, some of the proposals of which were, he said, an enormous advance on the Act of 1881. Mr Clancy. as a Parnellite, denounced the re-enactment of the 13th section ef the Act of 1891 as a sham and a mockery. Mr Brodrick said that some of the proposals would meet with strenuous opposition. The motion for leave to bring in the Bill was agreed to, and was read a first time. Mr Bryce moved for leave to bring in a Bill for the creation of Boards of Conciliation in trade disputes, but the motion was talked out by the Marquess of Car- marthen In the House of Commons, on Tuesday, Sir Walter Foster said, in answer to Mr Aird, that in view of the further experience obtained by the Board of Trade's medical department since the issue of the influenza memorandum of 1S92, he was of opinion that no use- ful purpose would be served by the re-issue of that document. The board was, however, preparing a new memorandum, which would be issued with the least possible delay. He did not think the circumstances of the case were such as to render necessary the excep- tional means suggested by the hon member, viz., the supplying of medicines and additional restoratives to the sufferers. The adjourned debate on the motion for leave to bring in a Bill for conciliation in trade dis- putes, was resumed by Sir John Gorst. Mr Mundella, Mr Chamberlain, and Mr Bryce having, amongst others, spoken, the Bill was read a first time. The House then went into Commitee of Supply. A supplementary estimate was issued on Tuesday showing that an additional nam of E200,000 will be required for the Navy beyond that already voted.

A PLEA FOR SOCIAL CHRISTIANITY. I [By DAVID D. JOSEPH.] I It will be evident from the first part of my paper that no ose of the forces of progress already mentioned is sufficiently powerful to singly, and of itself, perform the work of change pleaded for. As we have seen, each force has its particular work to do; each holds in view its own ideal; and each, undoubtedly, 18 becoming more powerful as it becomes better under- stood. Combine these forces, let them work al. together, and the effect is manifold. Combination be. comes needful, and in this, as in other phases of life, the old adage, Union is strecg h," is verified. Wood an stream, hill and meadow, upland and low- land, sea and sky merge, and a landscape feasts the eye. Stream a(ttr stream flows down thd hillsides to the plain, and, joining, forms the river. Likewiie, unite the ideals of science, education, philosophy, art, Socialism, and the ideal of Social Christianity is partly realised. Social Christianity will give all that science gives- will educate the people -will lead even the people up the lofty heights and down the profound depths of philosophy-will grant in its fullest sense the equality of all men, which is the cry of Socialism. It too much claimed for it ? I only fear that too little is claimed. Toe ideal of Social Christianity has not been realised, else the mass of the people would not now be strangers to the spirit of Christianity. When it is realised, when the truth in its nakedness is seen, as :it must be in the near future, I have no hesitation in saying that Social Christianity will be gladly, fully received as that one power which is to make our old, weary world new and fresh. Let it have fair play—let it have a chance! Strangle it Dot with creeds; crash it not with the weight of centuries of dead dogmas. So hampered, so fst'ered, it could not be living to-day bot that the deathless spirit ot truth breathes in it. And truth is life Who expects a lfower to grow deprived of air and moisture, and eun ? Wbo expects a rose to bloom in a quagmire? Lo, here, a lily is growing among thorns! Cut away, cast into the fire, the thorns that all may see this lily, aod all seeing must love it, so white, so pure, so fragrant, so simple it is. I say that, once the spirit of Christianity is realised, in it will be sought a remedy for every ill that troubles this, our world. And, more, the remedy will be found. I would that space permitted me to follow Social Christianity in its practical working amongst the people; to sbow it entering into the every-day life of the people, leavening the whole mass of humanity. Soon will dawn the day when this shall be. Tile seed has been, and is being, sown. Here and there on the wide red field of lite may be seen a blade rising above the ground. Each blade is the herald of a hot. Silently, surely, comes the change. Silent as falls the snow, or drops the dew, or buds the leaf. Sore as runs the 8un its course, or season comes on season, or lite proceeds from death. Then shall be no need to call Christianity Social," for it shall in truth have become the Christianity of "the people." Now, in Edwin Arnold's words of troth, The blind world stumbleth on its round of pain." Then, shall it be answered unto this in Browning's verse, 0, world as God has made it! All is beauty: And knowing this is love, and love is duty. What further may be sought for, or declared ?

SOCIALISM. I [BY KLARIONETTE,"| OF CLYNDERWBN.J I iNot only will the land and all the means of production be nationalized, but competition will be checked. Com petition, says Robeit Blatcbtord, "is a war of wits," it is the embodiment of a spirit that is anti-cbristian. Competition, says Oliver J Lodge, is the snarling of doga over the same bone." Under competition everyone is trying to enrich himself at the expense of each otber. Socialism is a kind of national co-operation, where everyone is bis brother's keeper. Under the present system a great amount of money is paid to commercial travellers, agents, etc., and all this is paid for by the consumer. Uoder Socialism all this would be saved, as there would be no rival establish- ment. At present, when you buy a cake of soap, or a box of pills that are everywhere advertised, yon have also to pay for the advertisement. Why should yoof But, it will said, competition is better than a monopoly. Not when the monopolisms the State. The defenders of competition maintain that it lowers the price of commodities, and that, therefore, it is good for the workers. Cheapness is not to the interest of the producers, for when food and clothing are cheap, wages are low. Commodities are cheap, because the people who produce them are II seated A ready-made shirt can be bought cheaply, but how much does its maker get ? Ten or eleven pence a dozen Matches are cheap, but how many hours has the poor matcb girl to work, and what are her wages ? It is to the interest of non. prod acere-of idlers-of those who render no useful service to the [community, that com- modities should be cheap. Under Socialism the price of a commodity would be determined by the time spent in its production the producer first, the consumer second. At present, it is the middleman first, the consumer second, and the producer last. Instead of the price of coal determining the wages of oolliers, the wages of colliers will determine the price of coal. There are two kinds of Socialism possible: partial Socialism, and complete Socialism, or as Nonquam prefers to call them, Elementary and Advanced. Under the f,.rmer, wages would be paid; under the latter, there would be no wages and no money in use. Goods would be produced for use and not for sale. Food, clothing, lodging, fuel, transit, etc., would be absolutely free, and the only difference between a Prime Minister and a collier would be the difference of occopation. (To be continued.) THE WELSH CHURCH QUESTION.—A meeting of the Central Church Committee, newly formed for Church defence, was held on Friday, at the Queen's Hall, London, onder the joint presidency of the Archbishops of Canterbury and York. The former maintained that the historic glory of Wales was the Church in Wales. He pointed out its antiquity, its high memoiies, and its activity, urging that the Church was Fitill the Church of the Welsh people. The Archbishop of York dwelt on the valuable defensive work that the Com- mittee would be able to accomplish. Resolutions protesting against any attempt to sever the four Welsh dioceses from the Church of England, and calling on churchmen to resist any such attack, were adopted. GIVEN AWAY.—Clever recipes for Dainty Dishes are given away with every Packet of Bird's Custard Powder. A 6d Packet contains sufficient for 'three pint j of choice, delicious Custard, without Eggs.

DRESS OF THE DAY. Absolutely simple dresses, however pretty and tasteful they may be, do not (say the Paris Mode) give much scope for originality. A plain bell-skirt, trimmed with tabs of the same material, caught by buttons, or at most decorated by a band of velvet or of pierced cloth, a tight-fitttng bodice slipping under or over the skirt, with or without a figaro jacket, and havi- g voluminous sleeves-this is all that one can hueoaau every-day gown of the most ordinary kind. 'he coiours may vary, but the skirt, bodice, and -<-e\es are all alike. Charming as these gowns may e and eminently suitable on many occasions, thev ;1' not specially interesting either to write, or. what more important, to read about. We see i/.tMis of the same kind every day, and they depend .r rlif inction solely on their perf ectior. of cut an MOUHVIKG COSTUME. This is a mourning costume of black ribbed cloth or serge. The zouave jacket sleeves and belt are of velvet. The whole is bound with black and white braid, the white stripes being very narrow. For gowns meant to be worn at weddings, fashion- able receptions, and similar entertainments, fancy lias full play. At present amongst the variations of he leading styles most favoured by the Mode is the arrangement of sleeves differing in colour or material, or both, from the dress they accom- pany. Some fashionable women have sleeve- less bodices made, and provide themselves with innumerable pairs of sleeves in silk, in velvet, in brocade, in colours contrasting or harmonising with the robe. These are mounted on plain, tight-fitting vests of lining, and may be slipped on with any sleeveless robe. Even on bridal gowns this fashion prevails. One. for example, in white satin, had full sleeves of white velvet, and on the skirt appeared two great knots of white velvet [ mingled with orange blossom. The bodiae, which was rather loose, was trimmed with pleats of miroir velvet from bust to slender waist. At top these joined a circular yoke outlined with pearl embroidery, and below was lost in the folded velvet reinsure, with its tiny bunch of orange blossom tucked in to the left side. The bride's fair hair, softly and loosely turned back from the face and brought low over the ears, formed a .graceful knot behind. On it was affixed a small coronet of orange blossom, from which fell the veil of tulle that floated to the end of the long satin court-train. The veil made no pre- tence at covering the fa e. but formed a white clowd behind. The plain, but exquisitely cut skirt had in- numerable gored breadths, each of which was out- lined b) a row of pearls and finished off by a knot of orange blossoms. The mother of he bri de. a tall, stately woman, on the occasion referred to above, wore a costume which might with advantage be copied by other matrons under similar circumstances. It con- sisted of a verv dull cornflower-blue velvet, with a trained skirt edged with a narrow bp,nd of sable. The bodice was enriched by a yoke of white s-if in covered with jet spangles in a trellis de=ign, and edged by a deep band of cut jet, from which escaped two long tasselled .fringes of jet, that fell to the feet of,the wearer. Under this came a sort of lace blouse, a deep flounce of old lace reaching from the yoke to below the waist. On her soft hair, prematurely while, was a bonnet of the same shade of cornflovrer-blne velvet as the dress, draped round acrowo ia ijold with a fj;;e ed<Hn«\ In front was pc;-c!ied a bird, with wines out— ? pread. COMFORTABLE JACKET SKIRT. A dark brown clotli jacket, w.th a feat her edging; open, revealing corsage of white serge. The t-k:rt is also of the serge. The sleeves are of black vei vet, em roiclered with pale brown silk. Exquisite little bonnets are worn for visiting, entirely Com posed of perfumed flowers, or trimmed with strange birds. The found; lI'ns are embroidered in gold or glitter with beads. On them bluish, opal- escent, or ruby-z;ol.mred spangles s- parkle end give the appearance of a little Oriental head-dress, strange and beautiful in effect. Rembrandt, Louis XIV., and Gainsborough hats, or modifications of these familiar shapes, are worn by girls for visiting, with audacious little bows fixed here and there; while children wear hats with immense bows and much befeathered, when they are not buried in the depths of big bonnets. The Eton vest, double breasted, warmly lined, adorned with handsome buttons, and worn over a warm skirt, is often seen and is very useful wear with a black silk or other dark skirt, and a cream or coloured front. It looks as well closed, made up, say, in ruby cloth-no one will have anything to say to black cloth just now—with cut steel buttons and a revet-s of caracul. For inside clothing the most fashionable material is ecru Chinese silk, very soft and washing beautifully, embroidered in various contrasting colours. To be quite up to date, nightdresses must close to one side and bear the owner s monogram elaborately worked on the left shoulder. Quilted silk petticoats daintily perfumed, preferably with the violette du Czar, which is the rage in Paris, are to be found in everv trousseau, and are as pretty as they are comfortable. If made at home they need nut be very expensive. People talk at times as if fashion lav outside the domain of good sense, but in nothing more than in dress is good sense shown. Fashion, it is true, lays before us the most fantastic and extravagant ideas, but compels us to adopt none of them. It savs, on ;lie contrary, that we are free to pick and choose, to liter and adapt, in accordance with our individual needs. We must be gu.ded, first of all, by our purse, hen by our appearance. However pretty anything may ba. if it does not suit the purchaser it isabsolutely thrown away. It surely is a pity to spend money, ind btiv articles that are handsome in themselves, with the sole result of looking a fright After the consideration of cost and suitability comes that of the wearer s position in life. What is all verv well for one woman is ridiculous for another; an(f it is well to recognise this. A stylish cape has a square yoke with collar in sailor fashion, very broad at the shoulders and across the back and running to points in front. A band of plush about four inches wide is the trimming of this garment. A new model of a waist has draped sections very wide under the arms and crossing up over the back, growing narrower at the shoulders. This trim- ming suggests an ordinary surplice waist put on wrong side up. Among new capes there are those that suggest sheds, so square and uncompromising are their edges as they project over the shoulders. Bands of galloon or ribbon edged on either side with lace about a finger wide, are the trimming seen on a house dress of striped silk.

DID old Graogoi T show you the least attention when you called upon his daughter?" Jingle: yogi he showed me the door at onoe,

HANES EMRYS GWYN. Mewn caban cywrain ar y bryn Y ganwyd baban cu, A galwyd ef yn Emrys Gwyn, 'Nol fel y clywais i. Prif wrtbddrych serch y fam a'r tad, A'u hoffder mawr fu ef; 'Doedd neb i'w gael o fewn y wlad Yn debyg iddo ef. Cynyddu wnaeth yn fachgen cryf, Ac union fel y saeth 'Roedd ganddo wyneb gwrol, hyf, A medr at bob gwitith. Tra yn yr Tsgol Sul fe'i cawn Yn llawn diwydrwydd pur Cynyddu wnai mewn dysg a dawn, 'Roedd ganddo feddwl clir. Ond syrthio wnaeth yn aberth llwyr I'r ddiod feddwol sraeth, A'r bachgen tirion, Emrys Gwyn, Yn feddwyn erchyll aeth. Ei gartref ar bob adeg oedd Y dafarn ddrwg ei drigfod Yr adyn ffol a gwael ei lun, Yn mysg y gwin a'r gwirod. Y wraig a'r plant mewn carpiog wisg, Heb d&n ac aelwyd gynes, Am fod y tad dan rwymau caeth Y feddwol erch ellylles. Y ddamniol ddiod feddwol sydd Yn difa hedd teuluol; Clywch gri tylodion trwy ein gwlad- I ffwrdd a'r ddiod feddwol. Y ddiod ey'n creu adfyd blin, A difa cariad brawdol; Gair Duw yn bendant sydd yn dweyd- I ffwrdd a'r ddiod feddwol. 4Cbwef. 9fad, 1895. lOAN GLAN TAF. I dhwef. 9fed, 1895. I

CYNGHOR PLWYF TRELECH. I Mae gwyr a wnant gyfiawnder Ar gynghor plwyf Trelech Yn driarddeg mewn nifer, Mae'n anhawdd cael eu trech. Mab ieuanc yw'r cadeirydd, Sef Richards, Gellywen, Mae'n Uwyddo fel masnachydd— Mae synwyr yn ei ben. Mae Thomas egwyddorol, Amaethwr Pantycoed, Yn gyfaill diymhongar, Mae'n cyrchu at y mod A'r cymhwynaswr Williams Sy'n trigo yn Fachddn, Mae ef yn mhob cymdeithas Yn haeddu parch a bri. Evans yr ysgolfeistr, Yr hwn sydd dda mewn dysg, A Jones o Ffynonfalog A weHr yn eu mysg. Ac yma gwelir hefyd Etifedd Cefencloch Yn erbyn anghyfiawnder Bydd ef a i lais yn groch. Mae David James, Blaendyfod, A'i egwyddorion pur, Yn sicr o gydweithio A sefyll fel y dur. Bydd Thomas o Treparke, A Thomas Castellmawr, A'r doniol Jacob Evans, Yn rhoi mesurau i lawr. Mae'r olaf un a enwais Yn enwog trwy y Ile Am feddwl am fesurau Gael patent, onide ? Gobeithu gwnaiff ddefnyddio Y gallu gwerthfawr hwn, I feddwl am fesurau Er lies i'r plwyf yn grwn. Y nesaf y gaf enwi Yw'r cawr o Mountain Hall; Mae hwn yn ail i Gladtitone I godi'r byd yn ol. A'r brawd o Bantyffynon Sy'n ymadroddwr coeth; Diau y bydd ei gynghor Bob amser yn un doeth. Yr olaf a gaf enwi Yw James o Ffynonwen Dweyd wna ei farn yn wrol, I Heb ofni gwg na sen. D.) sgw,yliwn gael gwelliantau, A hyny cyn bo hir, Sef gweled trais a gormes Yn darfod yn ein tir. Mae'r clerk yn un galluog Yn meddu llawer sw>dd, Nid amgen Owen Picton, Dymunwn iddo lwydd; Mae'n teithio trwy bob tywydd- Oerni, gwlaw, a gwres, A gwna ei waith yn onest Heb garu hunanles. Trelech. ANNA SALMON. Trelech.

Y LLWYNOG. Y llwynog, pen gynlluniwr,—nos leidr Yn sly a difws wr, Ar hrydiau o'i ffau a'i ffwr' I offrymu gwyddau'r ffermwr.

I J GYFRINFA DEWI SANT O'R GWIR IFORIAIC. I I gyfrinfa'r Sant gaf roddi-ryw air ? Er coffa am Dewi, Y cleifion gant ddaioni Trwy ymuno a'i "termau" hi. Ceir yma lu o feib Gwalia-ar ddelw Yr hen fardd Ifor da Clod i hwn rydd pob un cla' Gyfrana i'r gyfrinfa. I LOAN O GAER.

I PLWYF LLANISMAEL. I Llinellau Desgryfladol. Ueth sy'n gwneyd yr anesmwythder, Gwreiddyn chwerwedd sy'n y plwydd ? Pwy yw'r llaw li yn ei blaun ? | ? Y m,te yu ymledn'n rhwydd. Teimlir sawr ei ffrwyth gwenwynig Dyma gynyg, Ow, mae'n warth; Nid yw ddim ond trwsfc a drewdod, A magwrfa mwg a tharth. Dyma'r pla sydd yn ein blino, Dyma blaned plant y plwydd J A oes dial yn ein dilyn Neu genfigen fawr dylwydd ? Gall anelu ei magnelau Pan fydd yn ei nwydau drwg Tafl yn mhell ei than belenau t Trwy gymylau tarth a mwg. Ond dyma'i o'r diwedd yn rhyfel artrefol, Mae hunan-lywodraeth yn gyfnod difnfol. Wel cofiwn y frawddeg, "Mai trech gwlad nag Ar. lwydd Mae raid ymfoddloni ar lwyddiant neu aflwydd, A dywedyd y lleiaf, ymddygwyd fel Ilewod, Annheilwng o ddynion-b'le oedd eu cydwybod ? Pa'm rhythrur ar ddynes swyddoges o guardian.P Gwell fyddai ddyheryn o ddyn gael ei ddwrdan Gwell peidio ymrthro ar ddynion defnyddiol, Bhai sydd a'u holl egni dros achos cretyddol. Mae Duw yn anfoddlon drwgliwio plant Seion, » Mae rhai'n yn Ei olwg cewch stat yr angylion; Wel, dyma'r personau mewn swyddi o urddas i Yn meddu teilyngdod i droi mewn cymdeithas. Jthaid bod yn ofalus wrth ffurfio cymenad, j Nis gellir ei dori a gweithred ddifwriad 0, pwy sydd mor feiddgar a'i dwrdo'n ddigywilydct, Y rhai sydd yn cadw y byd gyda'i gilydd ? t A pheidwn ymboeni Miss Gwyn, Glanyfen, Uhae ofn y daw dial—mae Duw yn eu charu. HOFF 0 HEDDWCH.

I I YR AFON. Mor lan a grisialaidd wrth odreu y mynydd Bwrlyma ei dyfroedd o'r ddaear i'r lan Mae'n myned trwy'r dolydd, rhwng dyffryn a mynydd, Gan wneuthur daioni i'r cryf ac i'r gwan. Mae'n myned yn wrol yn gyflym a nerthol Heb bryder trwy ganol y rhwystrau i gyd Br cymaint yw'r rhwystrau, er garwed ei Ilwybrau, Yn mlaen mae yr afon yn myned o hyd. Fe rydd ei gwasanaeth i ddynion yn helaeth, I droi eu perianwaith yn rhydd ac yn rhad; Aiff heibio y felin gan droi yr hen olwyn— Mae'n gwneuthur daioni wrth fyned trwy'r wlad. Mae'n addysg i ninnau i wnentbur ein goreu Wrth symud ein camrau yn mlaen trwy y byd- I fyned trwy rhwystrau, gorchfygu'r temptiadau, A chadw'n golygon ar Iesu o hyd. .I Moat. T. Ar DYFED. New Moat.

I Y BEDD. Un diwrnod wrth fyfyrio Uwchben y dystaw fedd, A meddwl am y meirw Sydd yno'n wael eu gwedd, Roedd tristwch llawn fy nghalon, A deigryn ar fy ngrudd, Wrth feddwl am gyfeillion Sy'n isel yn y pridd. Pa le mae rhai o'r ieu'nctyd Fu yma'n lion eu gwedd ? Rhyw adsain draw sy'n ateb, Maent heddyw yn y bedd Eu llais sydd wedi tewi, Eu cyrff sydd yn y pridd, Nes delo'r udgorn arian Eu galw'r olaf ddydd. Pa le mae'r hen bregethwyr Fn'n ysgwyd Cymru Fu, Y rhai fu'n dweyd am lesu A marw Calfari ? 'Does o d eu henwau genym, Ni welir mwy eu ewedd; Y maent er's blwyddi lawer Yn gorwedd yn y bedd. A minan ryw ddiwrnod, Pan ddaw fy nhaith i ben, A roddiryn y bedd rod Yn isel iawn fy mhen. Er hyny. 'rwy'n gobeithio, Ac yn hydera caf Gyfodi'n wynfydedig Ar ddelw pur fy Naf. Daw adeg pan agorir Y beddau oil i gyd, A'r meirw oil gyfodant Ar ddelw Prynwr byd. Pryd hyn ceir gweled Iesu Ar orsedd farn y Nef, Yn galw'r byw a'r meirw Roi cyfrif iddo Ef. New Moat. T. AP DTFED. New Moat.

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