Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register

SMILERS. Whether crowding the care is right or not, a great many people stand up for it. Few men succeed in living within their income, but fewer still could live without it. 12 He's a friend What sort of a fellow is he? THI e s a f, ri. end, who would be willing to share your last dollar with you.22 Mrs Brown Who are these forty immortals we hear so much about ?-Brown Ihose French duel- listF. Caller: Where's your father ?- Urchin Ile's tqbingliti'. Caller The Barn ?- Urchin LNo- Tommy. Friend I suppose everything is settled in regard to the marriage of your daughter!" Stoakley "Well, ves, everything hut the bills." Aunt Mary Now, Jennie, let me see whether you know your lexson. Tell me who first discovered whale- bone ?—Jennie Jonah, I guess. CArl, it is not very good of yon to say bad things of your ftiend behind his back." Yes, but father, when I say them to his face he beats me." Mr Jones (taking his watch from under his pillow) Six o'clock, and no one has come to wake me yet. I fóhaU lose that train if they don't come soon." Simeml: M'Watty savs he is a good book-keeper. Is he ?" Snooper: "I think he is. I lent him a valuable volume two years ago, and he has it yet." Ai-e those Phoes too far gone to repair 91) 4- No, indeed. T think a new pair of uppers, with soles and beelf, will make 'em all right. The lacea are good." Where you at the opera last night ?" 11 Yep.11 What did you hear ?" A very interesting con. versation between two ladies and a dude in one of the boxes Ptt (to tmrrnf, who has just finished whistling Gild Save ttie Queen") Begorra, it's a good thing ye hev green fithers on yez if yez was a canary, I'd twyer nirk fer yo; ? h So Jack is married, eh ? Do yon think he will get along well with his wife ? "I am quite sure he will. They sang in the same choir for two years without quarrelling." That's a good text you suggest," remarked Dr. Prolix to one of his parishionerf. "Ill make a minute of it." Bet you'll make an hour of it," was the whispered reply. Bridtret. has Johnnie come home from school I yet*" "Yes, sir." "Have you seen him?" "No, ) sir." "Then how do you know he is home?" 'Cause the cat,'ii hi,.iiii' under the dresser, sir." Then you have made up your mind, young lady, never to get married ?" Yes, sir I'll die an old maid But if Rome young man were to pro- pose to you ?" Ah, that would be a different thing altogether." Clara Do you know, Maude, Mr Smither paid me a great compliment last night ? Maude No what did he say ? Clara He said I was among the prettiest girls at the party." Maude Yes; I noticed you were among them." •' You often hear of the eelf-made man ?" "Y e8." But never hear of the self-mads woman ? "That's No. Rather strange, ain't it? What's the reason, do I you think ?" "When a woman is self-made she doesn't want anybody to Know u. Mrs Parvenoo (patronizingly) "So you don't know Mrs Berrydim? Such a charming widow lady "I Miss Keene (pointedly): No. but I know her brother, a nice young bachelor man, and her father, a lovely old widower gentleman." "I suppose that intellectual-looking person there with the mahogany desk and silver inkstand is the editor?" No. He is the head of the advertising department. That small-headed beggar w.tn the blue pencil over there in the corner is the editor." Miss May Ture II Ohl Edith, dear, do you know that Fred actually proposed last evening ? Edith Just as I expected." Miss May Ture Why did you expect it Edith When I refused him last night, he said he would go and do something desperate. de Mr HigginFi: "And the founder of your family came over with the Conqueror? So did mine. They must have been friends."—Mies Davenport: Yes, of course it is possible that my ancestor may have known some people in the steerage, but it does not follow, you know." Tom has been awfully good to me. Since we have been engaged he has given me a watch, several rings, and lots of other beautiful things." II And have you reciprocated ? Oh, yes I gave him a box of cigars months ago. > He says he smoked one and k. pt all the rest ever since. An Irish Railway Train suddenly pulls up. Guard, putting his head out of hie van and shouting to the driver-" Hey, Paddy, what are you (stopping for ? Engine-driver (fortissimo) Yerra, man. don't you see the signal agin us ?" Guard Musha, how mighty particular you're gettin First Citizen There goes the Duke of Muddy Water. He's an absolutely worthless fellow." Second ditto; Worthless ? Oh, I don't know." First ditto Yea he is. He has been refused by three American heiresses." Second dil to "You don't say so ? Well, he must be worthless." City Cousin: "How's your father, James ? Country Cousin Father isn't very well." City Cousin: He must be getting along in years." Country Cousin: "Only eighty-nine last Bpnng." City Cousin "What seems to be the matter with him ?" Country Cousin "Can't just say I guess farming's beginning to tell on him." Mrs O'Rourke I wish yez wud give me an ordher for some medicine, your riverence, for little Jimmy, here. He's been ailing for two wakes. Father Reilly I think a little soap and water would do him as much good as anything. Mrs O'Rourke Would yez give it to him before or afther males, your riverence ?" Don't cry so bitterly, darling," said the policeman to the weeping fair one. "I can't help it." He had a tender heart under his blue coat, and he murmured, Even though I am removed to another beat, sweetest, fortune, I trust, will be kind to me; so wipe away your teare. I will meet another cook, and I will rernember to love her, if only for your sake." A New York farmer had a houseful of summer boarders, and one morning was busily engaged in killing chickens for dinner. Just as he was about to decapitate an old black hen, the house was discovered to be on fire, and a scene of confusion ensued, The farmer ruched hither and thither, holding the hen under his arm, and doing nothing whatever towards putting out the flames. At length his wife caught eight of hi'n as he was prancing about, and indig- nantly asked him why he was not fighting the fire. "Why Maria." he exclaimed. how can I do any. thing ? Ain't I holdin' the old black hen ?" An itinerant lecturer, holding forth in a remote Scotch village, happened to make use of the word phenomenon." Fancying, however, that the educa. tion of his hearers was not likely to have been such as to make them equal to "bard words," he proceeded to enlighten their understandings in the following igtyle But, maybe, ma freen's, ye dinna ken what a phenomenon may be. Weel, then, FOII tell yee. Ye've a'seen a coo (cow), nae doot. Weel, a coo's nae a p h enomenon. Ye've a seen an aipple tree. Weel, an aipple tree's nae a phenomenon, neither. But gin ye see the coo ganging up the aipple I tree, tail foremost, to pu' aipples, that icad be « pkenomewn. Sympathetic Visitor: You must be suffering awfully, Aunt MehitabeJ. I wish I could do some- thing for yoti.-Aurit Mehitabel Thank you, child, my Bon's folks has done everythin thet wuz to be done. Tom he druv over to Centreville yistiddy, and brnng two doctors, and they drawed up the longt prescription you ever see, an-Elviryhed it put up, an,i there it is on the chimbly-piece. Oh, we ve done all 't could be done.—Sympathetic Visitor But yon don't seem to have taken any of the doctoirs iuedinnf; aunty ?-Aunt Mehitabel (indignantly): Taken it? Law sakes. no I wouldn't put any of their stuff in my stummick-not fer a farm A tender-hearted woman, writing to one of the Chicago newspapers, says: The trouble with our servant girls is that we do not treat them kindly enough. We do not take enough pains in furnishing their rooms, nor in rendering their general surround- ings attractive. The girl should be encouraged to read-in fact, the evening paper should be given her just as soon as the family is done with it. Ihis is all very well theoretically, but practically the plan would not work very well. Servants should be treated kindly, hut they Fhould not be regarded as members of the family. It is well enough to give the girl the evening paper, or the morning paper for that matter, but it would not be polite for her to sit and read while the mistress of the house is washing diohes. During certain days of the week, especially when there is company, the girl should help the mistress do the cooking. She should at least boil the water and uffer bits of advice now and then. Of course her room should be comfortably furnuhed, but we should think that a velvet carpet and lace curtains, together with a rosewood bedstead, would meet all require- ments. Her education should be carefully looked after. The shelves of her library should be dusteu every morning, and the dog ears should be straightened out of her copy of Plutarch. Dogears more than anything else disfigure a servant girl's library. Her gold pen should be wiped every morn- ing, and in the evening, just before the clock strikes the ha?r of retiring," her ink should be carefully rubbed from the carpet. Well regulated girls permit the lady of the house to go out once a month, though this plan has not yet been reduced to a rule.

GENERAL NEWS. Twenty-six pirates have been beheaded at Hoikiw mince December 20th. M. Meissonier, the famous painter, died in Paris on Saturday morning from congestion of the lungs. At Lambeth on Friday, Alice Reeves was sent for trial charged with causing the death of two children. A panic was occasioned among the nans and pupils at the convent near Bordeaux by an out. break of fire, but fortunately no one was hurt. Mr V. Griffiths, of Fulham, was nned JE5 at Marylebone on Friday for driving tandem over the Serpentine when it was covered with ice recently. The Canadian House of Commons has been dis- solved, and the new elections fixed for March 5. 1 The Government bases its appeal to the country on its trade policy. Out of 450 delegates to the recent Trades Union Congress, over 400, in reply to circular, have ap- proved of the bill for marriage with a deceased's wife's sister. Eyraud, the murderer of Gouffe, whose trial was the sensation of Paris a few weeks ago, suffered the penalty of his crime on Tuesday morning on the guillotine. Joseph Wotherapoon was remanded at Tyne- mouth on Monday charged on his own confession with having been concerned in the murder of a woman at Seaham Harbour last August. An insurrection broke out in Oporto on Saturday among a part of the garrison of Oporto. During the fighting 24,000 shots were fired. Twenty persons were killed and fifty wounded. At Gateshead on Tuesday, Michael Melville, aged fifty, was charged on his own confession with having robbed and murdered a girl twenty-five years ago, at York. Prisoner was remanded. Mr Windom, the American Secretary of the Treasury, upcn resuming his seat after delivering a speech at a banquet at Washington, suddenly expiretl, the cause of death being heart disease. For having beaten a boy who became somewhat impudent on being told to go to school, the Rev. F. de Lacy White, rector of Mavesyn-Ridware, was, at Rugeley, on Tuesday, fined 20s and costs. A Preston jeweller has been committed for trial charged with having uttered forged hall-marked chains representing them to be gold, but which on examination were found to be of inferior metal. Traffic on the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway was much impeded on Saturday by a mad bull, that had somehow got on the line about seven o'clock. The bull was killed after being on the line three hours. The French Government, in dealing with the schemes for the promotion of colonisation, pro- poses to follow in its main outlines the policy adopted by the British Government with regard to chartered companies. On Sunday the Royal Society of British Artists, at the request of the National Sunday League, opened their winter exhibition of pictures, &c., from two to five p.m.; 2,500 persons passed through the gallery. David Ritchie, formerly a solicitor at Greenock, was arrested at Greenoek on Monday, charged with embezzling £ 1,200, belonging to an engineer lately residing at Singapore, which was placed with him to invest. Bartholomew Sullivan was executed at Tralee, on Monday, for the murder of a farmer in North Kerry. He left a statement protesting his innocence. Berry was the executioner, and death was instantaneous. The Windsor and Eton Angling Preservation Association is about to place one thousand of the famous Loch Leven trout, from Sir Gibson Mait- land's Howietown Fishery, in the Thames waters in the Windsor district. An inquiry was opened in Belfast on Tuesday respecting the claims of persons in that neighbour- hood to the estate of the late A. T. Stewart, of New York, who died intestate. The value of the estate is esti-mated.at E10,000,000. A band of Indians encamped on the shores of Lake Winnipeg werp recently attacked by a pack of 200 ravenous wolves. Eighteen men, women, and children were devoured by the animals, only two men escaping to tell the awful fate of their companions. In the Queen's Bench Division on Saturday Mr Alfred S. Lyndall, who described himself as a com- mission agent in connection with turf transactions, obtained a verdict against the Rev. J. P. F. Green- field for EIOO, an amount which had been lost on certain bets. A young and recently married couple named Jameson, residing at Shettleston, near Glasgow, quarrelled, and the wife deliberately threw herself from the window of the room on the fourth storey. She fell to the street below, receiving injuries from which she died in a short time. The Court of Appeal has reduced the damages to £6,500 in the case of the appeal of Mr Leslie Fraser Duncan against the verdist of the jury at the Lewes Assizes, awarding Miss Knowles EIO,000 for breach of promise of marriage. The Court re- fused an application for a new trial. An immense crowd assembled at the Hall of Science on Monday evening, to attend a service held as a memorial to the late Mr Bradlaugb. At the close of the proceedings a Hindoo rose and expressed the gratitude of the people of India for the services Mr Bradlaagh had rendered them. A woman named Barton was summoned before the Epping magistrates on Friday for neglecting eighteen children placed under her care in a man- ner likely to cause injury to their health. On hearing the evidence the Bench decided that the neglect was not wilful, and adjourned the case sine die. Two cases of attempted murder were investigated on Monday. At Worship-street John Finklestein was committed for trial on a charge of shooting his wife with intent to murder her and at Sheffield William Hall was remanded, accused of firing a revolver at a young woman who had declined his attentions, and who lay in a critical condition. Some alarm has been exeited at the inroads of the sea in the neighbourhood of Walton-on-Naze. There has been a settlement to the south of St. Osyth's breakwater, and near the Naze breakwater an imporant slip has brought down part of a cliff. About 200 yards further on many tons of earth have sunk bodily into the sea and have been swallowed up. A boy aged two and a half years died in Dundee Infirmary from terrible injuries by burning. He was amusing himself, in his mother's absence, when he was seized by a man named Patrick Fearey, and held on the fire until the lower part of his body was literally roasted. The man was seized, and has been committed to a lunatic asylum. A woman named M'Glinsky was found in the canal at Middlewich on Monday night. She having attended a wake on Saturday and not been seen after, the police dragged the canal, with the result that her shawl was found in the afternoon, and in tho evening the body. The deceased was drunk on Saturday, and a jug was clasped in her hand when found. Sir Arthur Sullivan's Ivanhoe was produced by Mr D'Oyly Carte at the Royal English Opera House on Saturday evening, under the most brilliant auspices. The music is for the most part thoroughly British in character, and extremely rich in the lyrical element. So delightful a representa- tion was given as to arouse unusual enthusiasm among the audience. A serious accident befel Colonel Maclean, Royal Dragoons, whilst hunting with the East Essex Foxhounds, on Saturday. His horse failed to clear a bank, and he was flung into a field beyond. Captain the Hon. Sclater-Booth rendered prompt assistance, and Colonel Maclean was conveyed to Kelvedon, and thence by rail to Colchester. He is suffering from concussion of the spine. A blind man who generally plays sacred music upon an accordeon is perambulating the streets of Windsor. His affliction attracted some time ago the attention of the Queen, who, while taking a drive, saw him in the street and compassionately gave him a gratuity. He now bears upon his breast a placard with the rather ambiguously worded inscription, "Blind from inflammation assisted by her Majesty the Queen." A sensation has been caused at Blackburn by the sudden disappearance of an operative. For some time past he had circulated a statement that he was coming into a fortune of three or four thousand, and on the strength of his great expectations, he borrowed from various people sums amounting to £ 150, With this neat sum and, it is stated, a fair partner he has disappeared, leaving behind him his wife and family. A sentinel who was on duty at the Imperial palace at Potsdam, on Tuesday, shot himself through the heart, the bullet coming out at his back, entering a window of the palace, and just missing a man-servant who was passing inside. The suicide was the son of rich parents. The cause of the rash deed is supposed to be the fact that within a few hours he would have to enter upon a thiid term of imprisonment for neglect of duty. A case of gross cruelty to children was proved to the satisfaction of the magistrate at Westminster on Saturday. The defendant was a Chelsea grocer and general dealer named Wyatt, who was said to possess such strong religious convictions that he whipped his boys for not saying their prayers, and frequently beat them mercilessly that they might become obedient and truthful. His three lads bore marks of severe ill-usage, while his little daughter was in such a shocking condition that her hair had to be cut off. Mr De Rutzen sentenced him to a month's hard labor, but notice of appeal was given. On Friday afternoon No. 30, Argyll-square, King's-cross, London, was opened by General Booth as a shelter for liberated convicts in connec- nectlon with his Darkest England scheme. During the proceedings Mr Fleming, a donor of £ 2,000 to the fund,fell down upon the platform and suddenly expired. In the evening General Booth addressed an enormous meeting in the St. James' Hall, and announced that the amount of subscriptions had reached £102,559 Is 2d. Before sitting down he signed the trust deed setting forth the conditions J under which the money will be applied,

I HOUSE OF LORDS.-FBIDAT. I I The House held a formal sitting. I HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAT. I Sir M. Hicks-Beach gave the terms of the refer- ence to the Commission on Redemption of Tithe Rent-charge and the names of the members. Ques- tioned as to the practice by which brewery com- panies employ persons to manage their licensed houses, the Home Secretary made a reply favor- able to the brewers but said he had asked Mr Justice Grantham to favor him with his observa- tions on a case which he dealt with, and that the result would be laid before the House. Mr Shaw- Lefevre proposed his resolution declaring that the Government should use its influence to settle by arbitration the remaining disputes between Irish tenants and their landlords which arose in the years 1885-87, proposing legislation to Parliament if necessary. After an animated debate, in which I Mr T. W. Russell, Sir T. Esmonde. Colonel Saun- derson. Mr T. Healy, Mr A. J. Balfour, and Sir George Trevelyan joined, the motion was rejected by 213 votes against 152, a majority of 61.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY. The Marquis of Salisbury, in reply to Earl Delawarr, held out no hope that Arabi Pasha would be permitted to return to Egypt from exile in Ceylon. The Custody of Children Bill was read a second time. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY. Further questions were asked with regard to the inquest on the late Duke of Bedford. The Chan- cellor of the Exchequer informed Sir W. Houlds- worth that he had no power, without legislation, to issue notes representing four or eight half-crowns. The Attorney-General brought in a Bill to remove certain disabilities, due to absence, in the way of the registration of Parliamentary and County Council voters. In Committee, the amendments to the remaining clauses of the Tithe Bill were dis- posed of. On the clause dealing with the extent of the Act and short titles, Mr Osborne Morgan proposed an amendment excluding the Principality of Wales from the operation of the Bill. The only effect of the measure would, he said, be, as far as Wales was concerned, not to put the Church of England on its legs, but to bring discredit upon the administration of justice by associating with it the maintenance of an unpopular and anti-national Church. Mr Lloyd George supported the amend- ment, adhering as he did to the opinion he expressed on the second reading that as regarded Wales he considered that the Bill would fail in its object, and that the Church of England clergy in the Principality would themselves be opposed to it when they came to understand its provisions.—Mr Raikes thought the amendment rather a bad joke, and that anyoue who had any real sense of honor would have hesitated before placing it on the paper. (Hear, hear.) It was well known that it was the disturbances in Wales that first called attention to the question and induced the Govern- ment to take it up. (Hear, hear.)—Sir H. Vivian was glad to have heard from the Postmaster- General the distinct avowal of that which had been known from the first-narrely. that the Bill was launched directly against Wales. (Hear, hear.)— Mr Abel Thomas contended that the measure would be of no advantage to the Welsh tenant farmer.—Mr Gedge opposed, and Mr W. Abraham, Rhondda, supported the amendment.—Mr S. Evans assured the Government that if the Principality considered it necessary to keep up the tithe agita- tion this Bill would not put an end to it. (Hear, hear, and a laugh.)—On a division the amendment was rejected.—In consequence of the attitude of Mr Gedge, the debate was adjourned.—Upon the Speaker taking the chair, Sir M. H. Beach said that he wished to express his great obligation to hon. members opposite for the desire they had shown to complete the Committee stage of the Bill that evening, and he regretted that that anxiety was not seconded by his hon. friend be- hind him (Mr Gedge.) (Loud Opposition cheers.) If it were the wish of the House he would put the Bill down for this day (Tuesday), and if the re- maining clauses were disposed of the report stage would be on the paper for Thursday. (Opposition cheers.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY. I The Presentation to Benefices Bill was read a I second time. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY. I By a majority of 34,the House rejected the proposal of Mr Majoribanks for the appointment of a Royal Commission to inquire into the merits of the new magazine rifle, and the circumstances attending its adoption. The subject of grants in aid of higher education in Scotland was afterwards discussed. On the motion of Sir M. Hicks-Beach, a Select Committee was appointed to inquire whether, and if so in what wav, the hours worked by railway servants should be restricted by legislation. The Tithe Bill passed through Committee.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. I A most important debate took place on the Re- ligious Disabilities Removal Bill, Mr Gladstone moved the second reading in a speech which Mr W. H. Smith afterwards described as the most able and eloquent he had ever heard the ex-Premier deliver. Mr Smith led the formal opposition to the Bill, and was supported by Mr Gedge, Colonel Sandys, Colonel Saunderson, and the Attorney-General, all of whom are Conservatives. On the other hand, Mr Arthur Elliot and Sir H. James, Dissentient Liberals, and Mr De Lisle, a Roman Catholic Con- servative, approved the Bill. Mr Asquith and Mr C. Bannerman, who had joined in backing the Bill, spoke in its defence. On a division, the Bill was rejected by 256 votes against 223, a majority of 33.

I HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY. I I The Bishop of Ely took the oath and his seat. I HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THUBSDAY. Mr Goachen answered Mr Pritchard Morgan's question regarding certain matters connected with gold mining in Wales a fruitless discussion took place, on a motion for adjournment, on the subject of Waltar Hargan's sentence and the Tithes Bill was considered as amended.

LABOR AND WAGES. I SUNDAY WORK.-The directors of the North- eastern Railway Company have granted an advance of 2s 6d per week to their assistants and outside stationmasters in consideration of Sunday duty. AN ADVANCE.—At a meeting of the sliding-scale committee of the South Wales coal trade on Satur- day, at Cardiff, it was agreed to advance wages 2h per cent. from the 1st prox., making a total of 55 per cent, on the standard of 1879. NORTH WALES QUARRYMEN'S UNION.—A meet* ing in support of this organisation was held at Bethesda on Saturday night. It was stated that there had been a large accession to its ranks, especially in the Llanberis and Festiniog districts.

BORDER NOTES. The Birkenhead and District Mineral Water Manufacturing Co., has paid a dividend of 16 per cent. on the year's operations. The Lancashire County Council is recommended by a committee to devote the whole of 239,000 at its disposal in aid of technical education. Mr Plimsoll arrived in Liverpool on Saturday afternoon on his return from New York. The Sailors' and Firemen's Union celebrated the event by a great gathering at the landing stage, where about 2,000 assembled with banners and flags flying, and a brass band. The man Thomas Cole, well known as a female impersonator" was on Monday sentenced to three months' imprisonment by the magistrates at Dale- street Police Court for frequenting ihe streets with intent to commit a felony. A. cattle drover was fined in a nominal nenalty at Crewe, on Monday, for travelling by an ordinary passenger train with a drover's vass which was avail- able only by the train by which the stock was con- veyed. He said the railway companies provided no accommodation except the brake van, which was not fit to travel in, and he contended that a coach should be provided for the use of drovers.

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CORRESPONDENCE. EARLY CLOSING AT RHOS. SIR,-I am very much surprised to see the shop assistants of Rhos are behind with this matter. I only hope I shall see a movement here as at Wrex- ham, Ruabon, Coedpoeth, Cefn, &c. A half-day holiday is obtained elsewhere, and why should not Rhos have it ? We consider the Rhos is worthy of it. I only hope the masters and customers will do their best to help them.—I am, &c., INHABITANT. THE CHURCH DEFENCE LECTURE. I SIB,-Referring to the animadversions made by the Rev. Arthur Lane at the recent meetings of the Church Defence Institution on my History of the Older Nonconformity uf Wrexham," it is to be re- gretted that whoever showed him that book, did not also t:ll him that I had previously written a History of the Parish Church of Wrexham," which was much larger than the other, and which, unfortunately, very few local Churchmen thought it worth their while to buy. If Mr Lane had taken the trouble to read care- fully either of the books named, he would, I am sure, have been convinced of the impartiality which characterised them. I wrote them as a historian, not as a partizan. Indeed, it appears as though the absence of partizanship was really the charge made against me, and this is a charge under which, as a working archaeologist, I sit very easily.-I am, &c., ALFRED NEOBABD PALMEB. I CAER ESTYN, HOPE. gIB The woes of mankind are truly manifold. We have heard a good deal at different times about Sarn Lane bridge, by Caergwrle station, but alas poor Caer Eatyn, no one dreams of giving you even a passing thought. We have a read familiarly called Dolly's Lane, and if this is a sample of Dolly's in. heritance-a very bad one has been bequeathed to the present generation. Why is this ? Well, we have a road indeed worthy of the backwoods of America, the traveller in Bunyan's Pilgrim Progress got into the slough of despond, but ours is indeed terrible to behold, hedges on either side of the road nearly twelve feet high, a mass of mud and water to wade through, briars and thorns threaten to form a lover's archway from either side of the roadway, which will prove exceedingly unpleasant, for scratched faces and torn clothes will be the result of a walk this way, should Capid be so cruel as to decoy them hither. For how long shall this state of things continue, for what purpose are highway rates collected ? Is there no modern Joshua to cause the trumpets to sound, and that right loudly in the cause of your?, &c., CAER ESTYN. A CHIEF CONSTABLE AND HIS CRITICS. SIB.—Reading the account of the meeting of the Denbighshire Police Committee, holden at Buthin on the 24th of January, I was surprised to see the appli- cation made by the Chief Constable for an increase of salary, his plea being the fact he had more work to do in the county in which he holds office than any other Chief Con. table in the kingdom. Does he include the time and attention he gives as secretary to the River Dee Fishery Board with the onerous work he has to do in the capacity of Chief Constable. If so I should strongly advise my brother ratepayers to object to pay any extra rate for this in- ciease of salary, considering that both these duties do not clash. I always thought the duties of C.C., if properly attended to, requited the whole attention of the person so employed. We, moat of us, have seen a case similar, some time ago, when the Chief Constable held the office of Secretary to the Fishery Board in a certain county in Wales, and was called upon to resign one or the other, which he did, or had to do. Where are the members of the County Council who promised to do their duty to the ratepayers. Those who gave them their support, wid no doubt have a similar request at the next election. We shall make it one of the first points at the next election, if not ptoperly acted upon in the mean time. I sincerely hope the members of the County Council will consider the matter over and agree with me. Is it a fair thing he should apply for a higher salary for the work belonging to the office he holds, when he so often attends Fishery Boards to con- demn, and try to take the bread out of the mouths of, the poor net fishermen on the Dee who are acting in their legal right. From the report he gave at the meeting of the River Dee Fishery Board at Chester, I consider he gives the greater part of his time super- vising the fish passes, weirs, and writing reports on the same, and leaving, I am afraid, the protection of personal property to his subordinates, or to look after itwelf. 1 see the County Council of Flintshire are moving as regards the regularity of the duties of the police force, and hope those interested in Denbigh will do the same. I do not see why a Chief Constable should be allowed to serve two committees, one of land and the other of water.-I am, &c., -u_ A QEEKEB OF AMENDMJSNiB. I

WELSH NOTES. I Mr Alfred Lysaght Davies, of Llanrwst. has been elected a member of the Royal Cambrian Academy of Art. The remains of Mrs Mary Thomas, of South Penrallt, Carnarvon, were on Saturday interred at the Llanbeblig parish churchyard. The deceased was in her 103rd year. The effort made by residents of and visitors to Llandudno, Vale of Conway, &c., during last autumn to get the Directors of the London and Northwestern Railway to provide additional facilities for tourists and week-end visitors all the year round is being revived, and a namerously signed memorial on the subject has been forwarded to the company. Lord Tredegar, Lord Aberdare, Lord Kensington, and Mr Arthur J. Williams, M.P., have each sub- scribed J100 to form the nucleus of a fund for the establishment of a department of medical science at the South Wales and Monmouthshire University College. A representative Welsh committee has been formed to meet in London, with the object of carrying out the project. Carnarvon School Board has been informed that the Education Department regret to find that no improvement had taken place during November, either in the number of children on the books or the average attendance at the public elementary schools, and intimating that unless some additional evidence was shortly laid before the department to show that the Board was really trying to make up for their shortcomings in enforcing attendance, they would be compelled to declare them a Board in default, as previously intimated. Great excitement hasbeen caused throughout Pem- brokeshire by the mysterious disappearance of Mr T. Thomas, of South Hook Farm, near Milford. Mr Thomas who is one of the largest and most re- spected farmers in the Principality, was last seen at South Hook Fort about ten o'clock on Friday evening. On leaving the fort he was accompanied for some distance by two gunners, and afterwards proceeded homewards alone. On Saturday his hat was picked up about half a mile from the fort, and the county police have since been actively en- gaged searching the neighbouring cliffs and seashore. Mr Thomas had about f50 in his possession at the time, and it I is feared he was waylaid by moon- lighters. On Saturday the annual meeting of Llandudno Pier Company was held. Dr. J. Nicol, who pre- sided, said the number of passengers landed and embarked during the past year amounted to 152 361, against 112,175 in 1889, 84.588 in 1888, and 77,615 in 1887. It had been deoided to repair, strengthen, and greatly enlarge the landing stage so that the balance of £1,761 would be utilised for this and other purposes. As they had vacant ground be. tween the pavilion and the entrance: to the pier, the subject of erecting a theatre would have the attention of the directors soon. Mr Thomas Williams seconded the adoption of the report, which was agreed to.

— Two color-aergeanta of the Scots Guards and a pioneer of the Coldstreams have each been given the Albert Medal for their gallantry in saving life at the recent fire at the Wellington Barracks. CANADIAN BUTTER TOR ENGLAND.—As an outcome of the fvl'Kinley tariff act, the Dominion Government has decided to establish a dairy school in each pro- vince. The butter produced at these schools will be shipped to thfo English and other markets. Nearly 3000 people were present at Mr Brad. laugh's funeral in Brookwood Cemetery ou Tuesday. A great number of wreaths were sent by the poli- tical friend?, branches of the Secular Society, and private persons. All the spectators uncovered as the coffin was borne to the grave and lowered, but not a word was spoken in the nature of a service.

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I INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION IN WALES. I CONFERENCE OF JOINT EDUCATION COMMITTEES. On Friday, the third conference of the Joint Educa- tion Committee of Wales and Monmouthshire was held at the Raven Hotel, Shrewsbury, when the attendance included Mr A. H. Dyke Acland, M.P chairman the Earl of Powis Principal Reiche', Bangor University College Mr J. Marshall Dugdale, Llanfyllin Mr John Jenkins, Llanidloes Mr A. C. Humphreys-Owen, Glansevern the Dean of Rt. Asaph Mr Owen Slaney Wvnne, Ruabon Mr J. Herbert Lewis and Mr P. P. Pennant, Flintshire Mr J. E. Powell, Denbighshire; Mr A. J, AVilliamR, M.P. Mr S. C. Evans- Williams, Rhayader the Rev. Aaron Davies, Glamorgan Mr Ivor James. Cardiff and Mr R. A. Jones (Liverpool) and Mr W. S. de Winton, lion, secretaries. The Hon. W. X. Bruce, Assistant Charity Commissioner, was also present.—Mr R. A'I Jones reported that the expenses of the two first con? t terences were t6o each, and said from the decisions taken by all the county committees he found that between eeventy-five and eighty schools bad been ordered to be constructed in Wales and Monmouth- shire.—On the motion of Mr Humphreys-Owen, seconded by Mr J. Herbert Lewip, it was decided "That a committee be appointed to inquire and repol t how far it is practicable to employ women as teachers of boys (a) in separate classes, or (b) mixed classes of boys and g irls. "—Mr Herbert Lewis explained the extent to which technical instruction is now given in Flintshire, and said the students numbered 7S4, ranging in age from twelve to sixty.—The Chairman said Flintshire was, so far as he knew, the first county which had made such practical use of the Technical Instruction Act.—Mr Ivor James mentioned that at Cardiff they had a very large technical school with 1,200 students.—Mr Humphreys-Owen pointed out that their primary duty was the provision of inter- mediate education.-Piincipal Reichel opened a dis- cussion on science laboratories and manual instruction, in which he strongly advocated the giving of manual instruction under the Sloyde system which prevailed in Sweden; and ultimately, on the motion of the Principal, seconded by Mr de Winton, it was resolved to make provision for manual instruction in all inter- mediate schools as a class subject, and Principal Reichel, Mr R. A. Jones, and Mr Freeman were appointed a committee to consider the subject and report to the conference.—The next subject of dis- cussion was the age at which pupila should be admitted to the schools, and it waa agreed that children should be admitted on passing the fifth standard or an equivalent examination.—Mr J. E. Powell proposed that the appointment of head teachers be made by the county governing body, act- ing in concert with certain specially-appointed repre- sentatives of the local committees.—Mr J. Jenkins seconded this.-Principal Reichel moved as an amend- ment that the county governing body shall appoint the head teacher after hearing a report cf a committee of selection appointed by them, upon which the local governing body shall be represented.—Mr Evans. Williams seconded the amendment, but on a division the motion was carried by the vote of the chairman.—The Earl of Powis proposed that the dismissal of a head master should be placed in the hands of the local committee, but an amendment pro- posed by Mr J. E. Powell that the dismissal be in the hands of the county governing body was carried by a considerable majority. It was decided that the County Councils of Wales and Monmouthshire should be asked to ray the treasurers of the conference the sum of £100, distributed on the basis on which the local taxation grant was ditrihuted.-Upon the functions of the county governing body it was agreed, on the motion of Mr Humphreys-Owen, that the body should have power to make arrangements between counties with reference to children living in border districts.—Upon the functions of the local governing body considerable discussion tiok place, upon the proposal of Mr Evans-Williams, that they should include the settlement of extra subjects and extra fees.—The Dean of St. Asaph strongly opposed this proposal, urging that the curriculum should be an in- clusive one, and that extra fees should net be re- cognised. Finally, the proposal was struck out.- With regard to the appointment of assistant masters and mistresses, Mr R. A. Jones proposed, and Principal Reichel seconded, the placing of the appointment and dismissal in the hands of the local committee acting in concert with the head teachers.—Mr Evans- Williams proposed, and the Earl of Powis seconded, the placing of the appointment and dismissal of assistant teachers in the hands of the head master, and the amendment, which was strongly supported by the Dean of St. Asaph, was carried by a considerable majority. Finally it was decided that the functions of the county governing body should consist of (a) the control of the rate and Government grant, (b) tuition fee, (c) appointment and dismissal of master, (d) number of assistants and payment, (e) arrangements of examination and inspection, (/) scholarships derived from public funds, and (g) arrangements for travelling teachers. The functions of the local governing body, it was decided, should consist of (a) provision of building, subject to approval of county governing body. (b) maintenance of tha .I L '1'- 't .I" 'Y same, vcj nonaays, wj ume laoie, tei curriculum, aiier consultation with county governing body, (f) arrange- ment for boarders, (g) supervision of entrance exam- ination, (h) scholarships for the benefit of the locality, and (i) the control, of the endowments attached to the locality after the passing of the scheme.—It was de. cided that the next meeting of the Conference should be held on the last Friday in May, when the principal subject of discussion will be the report of the com- mittee upon the drafting of the constitution of the Central Education Board.—On the motion of the Dean of St. Asaph, seconded by Mr P. P. Pennant, it was resolved—" That it is necessary that definite provision be made in each school for a variety of physical exercises, including a gymnasium. "-The Conference then rose.

CORWEN. THE NEW SCHOOL AT CYNWYD.-The debt on this building is now extinguished through the generosity of Mr O. Edwards, formerly of Cynwyd, who has sent the Committee a cheque for JE50. GLYNCEIRIOG. I A BENEFIT CONCERT.—On Thursday a concert was given ir, Glyn Baptist Chapel, when an interesting programme was performed. Mr F. E. Rooper presided, and friends from Glyn, Nantyr, Llangollen, and Cefn, took part in the proceedings. The proceeds were given to Mrs E. P. Evans, who has been in ill health for over twelve months. BOLYWELL. I BOARD OF GUABDIANS.—The fortnightly meeting of this Board was held on Friday. Present Mr J. Scott Bankes (chairman), Revs. T. Z. Davies and Watkin Williams, Messrs C. J. Crondace, J. L. Muspratt, J. Reney, 1. Hughes, J. K. Evans, T. Humphreys, J. Garner. S. Davies, S. Wilkinson, J. Robert;, T. Parry, J. Ellis, W. Edwards, R. Dstviep, E. Brayn. J. Williams, and W. Thomas. The Master reported the number in the House last Board day, 172; admitted since, 4 discharged, 10 and 2 died leaving 164. The number of vagrants relieved was 76, against 75 in the ccrresponding period of last year. Cheques for out-relief during the cominsr fortnight wpre granted as follows :-Holywell, 2125 Mold, 2155 Whitford, 290. MALPAS. I SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO A YOUNG LADY.-A serioui accident happened on Friday morning near Malpas to a young lady named Miss Hough, of the Soughen's Farm, Shocklach. While driving along the road about half-a-mile from Malpas the horse took fright at some whitewashed trestles placed on the side of the road. The animal ran away, throwing the young lady out of the trap, severely injuring her about the head and face. Dr. Parker was quickly in attendance, and she was afterwards conveyed home. SHREWSBURY. I RAILWAY ROBBERY.—A railway mystery, which has baffled the survEillance of the railway detectives and police for several months, was unfathomed at the Borough Police Court, on Saturday. Gold and silver watches and packages of jewellery have been lost or stolen in transit through Shrewsbury Station to different parts of the country. A youth named Thos. Albert Reese, aged fourteen, employed as letter carrier on the Shropshire Union Railway, has been frequently seen going to and fro from the guards' vans of passenger trains at Shrewsbury Station, and instead of taking letters has persistently taken pack- ages from the vans. In this way he was aided by his brother, Willoughbv Reese, aged seventeen, and both disposed of some of the stolen watches in tome cases for a few aiiillingp. The prisoners were charged with stealing a number of watches, the property of the London and North-western Railway Company, and also with cutting open a mail bag and taking therefrom a registered letter containing a silver watch and chain. A barman named George Spencer, and a young man named Henry Ware. were charged with receiving some of the watclipu, knowing them to have been stolen. The hearing of the case lasted six hours, and all the prisoners were eventually committed to take their trial at the next Shropshire Assizes. WHITCHURCH. .1 HORSE SALE.—On Friday, Mr H. H. Etches held his usual monthly Horse Sale, when there was over an average attendance of dealers. The catalogue comprised 70 animals, competition for which was exceedingly brisk and very few were returned unsold. A well-known London dealer purchased five useful animals. The next sale is advertised for February 27th. ST. ASAH. I THE GUARDIANS AND THE WATER COMPANY.-At the Police Court on Monday, before Major Birch and other magistrates, the Rhyl and District Wafer Com- pany were summoned by the St. Asaph Board of Guardians for penalties for neglecting or refusing to supply the Workhouse with water, according to their agreement. Mr Alun Lloyd represented the Guar- dians. and Mr R. M. Preston, Chester, appeared for the Water Company. Evidence was given that on certain days the Workhouse, containing about 150 inmates, was without any water at all. The date ot the offence was put as the 27th ult.. but that was oniy one day out of many on which the house was totally without water. The Company pleaded that they were not liable, as they had not contracted to furnish a continuous supply, also because the failure was from a cause beyond their control. The case excited very great interest in the district. The Bench, after a loiig deliberation, announced that, owing to the exceptionally severe weather lately existing, they wou!d dismiss the case.

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