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AN AMERICAN BEAUTY.
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BY HARRIET PRESCOTT SPOFFORD.
Copyright, 18W, by the
; f. STN'OPSIS.
Newport harbor is alive with beautiful
pleasure craft, gathered there to witness
or take part in the annual races. Honoria
Hensler has come on board the Neckan,
the yacht of her rich Vanderwater cousins.
She la rich in beauty and an feminine
charms, but not in worldly goods, and is
en pa ed to marry Chauncey Parkes, a poor
but brilliant college professor. Among
other guests are C'narley U-lsborne, a com
in on place young man, a distinguished for
eign prince, and Mrs. Dennett Dennett, a
octal leader. While at dinner that night
a stranger yacht anchors very close to
the Jleckain. it proves to be the "Pen
cil aron," in whioh Sir Brooke Beltanley,
a rich mine uAiivr and heir-presumptive
to a dukedom, and his friend, Lord Uads
den, are going around the world. . The
races have brought them to Newport. Mrs.
Jennrtt is delighted at this news, for
Sir Jti-ooke's acquaintance Is an acquisi
tion of her London social career. Mean
while, from the Pendragon, Sir Brooke has
noticed the beai:til'ul Honorla on the brll
linntly llfchled deck of the Neckan. She
is simply clad in white silk and has a long.
Btemaicd American lteauty rose pinned to
rier waist. Lord Gadsden explains who
he is and calls her "the best equipped
flirt In these or uny other waters." He had
int her while In America the year before.
Ho tells of her beauty and of her cold,
heartless lmture. Sir Hrooke is Immense
ly interested and resolves to meet her.
He also recognizes Mrs. Dennett.
The. next morning the two men go on
iiourd the Neckan to pay their compli
ments to Mrs. Dennett nnd meet Honorla.
It is the llr.it day of the races. Jack IVu
perltlge, the husband of one of the Van
derwater girls, 1s to follow In his own boat
nnd Honorla Is to go ulong as mascot. Sir
Brooke s invited to accompany them. Ills
devotion, to Honorla is marked, and be
saves her from a situation that might
have resulted in her being washed over
board. She is pleased with his attention,
and only once when her daring has been
met with presumption from him does she
think, of her lover and resent It. The in-
MarnullAn fintii iiim "fftn i-.nu" atinn nnSana
away, and when they part he begs for the
rose she has worn. "Not this one," she
replies.
Shortly after this, at the De Ruysen9
ball. Sir Urooko la made furious at
Honorla's conduct with the prince, whose
attention she exclusively accepts. This is
so marked that Jlrs. 1'epperldge reproves
her, but to no avail. Kir Brooke has been
Invited to sail to Uar Harbor In the Neck,
an.ibut will not go on acocunt of the prince.
lute in the evening he manages to dance
with Honoria, and after a talk promises to
go with them, and comes away with a
withered American Ueauty In his band
When returning to the Pendragon he discovers-
that the prince has been left on
shore by the Neckan party, nnd Is there
fore compelled to offer him the hospitality
of his own boat. On board Lord Gadsden,
noticing Sir Hrooke's dejected condition,
Houmlly berates him for allowing a penni
less aristocrat like the prince to stand in
his way; oil of which the subject of the
conversation accidentally overhears.
PAltT IV. ' ' '
"Billy, Billy!" exclaimed Sir Brooke.
"Under our own roof! I mean, on our
own di-ck."
"How came lie to be on our own deck?
By way of a confounded Infamy! A
Idaeklesr after some heiress and her
money."
"You ore quite mistaken, my lord,
began the object of wrath, with cool
ness. "Don't you my-lord mef I have
nothing- to hear from such cattle."
"That is not the usual characteristic
of British justice, Lord Gadsden," said
the pretender, tossing Ills cigar over the
rail. "If it strikes tt hears."
"Quite so," said Sir Brooke. "I don't
ee what you can have to say for your
self. But if you wish to speak, why, we
.Hill hear."
"I don't know that we will," said Lord
Gadsden.
"Come, come, Billy! He may be on
the trail of some mystery, who knows?
BerhatpB one of Oorchavlne's people, or
perhaps he hails from what answers
for Scotland Yard over here."
"You mean Plnkerton's men? Noth
ing: of the sort, Sir Brooke. And there
is no mystery about It, either."
"Just a common, vulgar Imposter,"
said Billy.
"The plain truth, gentleman, Is that
1 live toy my pen. I am a writer by pro
fession, a story-writer, a literary hock,
you may call It. I dure say you may
have read some of my work "
"Not I," said Billy.
"Not much In our line, I fancy," said
Blr Brooke.
"Well, that's as It may lie. I have
writteni up the detective story, nnd the
bowl and dagger story, and the
New Kngland dialect story, and the
New York slums, and the southwestern
rant-he, and the rest of them, and 1
TOU HAD BEST LEAVE FOB. YOUR
ESTATES TOMORROW',
found that in the curiosity to. know
about the lives of the Four Hundred, so
called, snobbish, but real. It could be
made a. matter of great moment to me
to be able to do the yachting season,
Newport, Bar Harbor and life among
the multl-milllonaries. And I made my
plans accordingly. .1 had happened to
live In Italy In my youth, and knew the
language and localities. I chose a title
I thought extlnnt, hired a valet that
Sicilian scamp over there I believe he
is a count himself, or something: of that
sort and registered at a big- hotel, and
the fish leaped at the bait, and- here I
am."
"Well, I'll be dashed!" said Billy.
"That I had no other or more ulti
mate Intention. I beg-you to believe me,"
"I don't know why we should believe
you." said Billy. "In false colors, under
a false name, obtaining; hospitality un
der false pretenses."
"Not altogether. The people who en
tertained me wanted a, prince to dis
play to their acquaintances. I furnish
4 on. . I have given them the Mtlifav
Bacheller Syndicate
tion of making: the desired display. I
think that account may be called
square."
"Splitting- hairs!"' said Billy.
"I have regretted the imposition
when among- men "
"And how about It when among
women?" asked Sir Brooke.
"Nothing whatever to regret there."
"Noting," said Sir Brooke, sternly,
"to regret In relation to Miss Hensler
last night?" for the dawn was already
creeping broadly over the sea. "By
heaven! when you only owe it to my
clemency that your theft has not al
ready been denounced to her!"
"Then is a hard word, Sir Brooke;
What have 1 stolen? I borrowed for a
short period what It Is Impossible to
steal, a title of which it seems you
thought too poorly to use It; and I have
SHE J.OOSENED THE ROSE HER
LIPS HAD TOUCHED.
conducted myself while using It In a
manner to do It no discredit, and I re
turn it with no more injury than my
brief wear"
"You have stolen confidence, trust "
"On the contrary, I have rather fos
tered those qualities. And as for Miss
Hensler "
"Ah!"
"I have already taken her into my
confidence. I think she was more amus
ed by the jest than concerned by the
fraud."
"By Jove!" said both the young men
together.
"And playing him on you for all he
was worth," added Hilly.
"I suppose," continued the cl-devant
prince, "It was a fraud. But perhaps,
I may say that It was undertaken in the
interest of truth. And in the face of it,
I can hardly ask you to believe that I
am in the main indifferent honest.'"
"Very Indifferent," enid Lord tlads
dcn. Sir Brooke was silent a moment, fil
liping; the ashes of his cigar with great
care:
"I don't know," said he then, "whet
er I owe you an apology or you owe me
one. But it seems to me altogether too
much push for a small canoe. Since you
have such a hankering after the things
you threw away a couple of hundred
years ago, you people, you might have
the title and welcome. If it were trans
ferable. I dare say it was worn by
many a rascal and robber before. But
as It Is, I fancy you had best make
your compliments to the Neckan people,
and leave for your estates tomorrow.
Good night."
"Sun's coming up," said Billy, as they
walked away.
"And now," said Sir Brooke, gloom
ily, "sheil think I've sent him tiff to get
him out of the way."-
"I say," said Billy. "Let him keep
along where he was. If we're going up
the coast on the Neckan, he won't want
more punishment than our good fellow
ship, the poor devil! He wants high
life let's give It to him!" cried Billy,
with a chuckle. "Take him along aft
erward on the cruise of the Pendrugon.
He'll be what's this they say over
here, what Oisborne yonder culls It
more fun than a goat!"
"No," sold Sir Brooke, "than a box
of monkeys. But for my part I like
honest company."
The trial races were over, nnd the
Neckan was at last moving up the blue
Atlantic, that rippled In sunshine,
placid as a pond. The little tan on
Honorla's cheek only seemed to make
her beauty burn the clearer; and In her
white jacket she still wore her rose. As
Mrs. Dennett Dennett saw her pacing
the deck with Sir Brooke she had
great hopes of her.
But as Lady Christopher saw her
that good woman thanked heaven that
her own dear June and Maria were of
an entirely different creation from this
girl who queened it over every man and
woman she met. excepting only Lady
Christopher. Still, Lady Christopher
was on the whole In a kindly mood,
for she might have lived at home a
hundivd years and not have known Sir
Brooke and Lord Gadsden, and now it
would go hard if she did not turn this
new acquaintance to the advantage of
her dear girls. . "So very different from
our Knglish girls," she could not, how
ever, help sighing to Mrs. Dennett Den
nett, as she removed her goggles.
"Yes. more's the pity," said her com
panion. "If they were like her, the
dukes and earls and things would be
marrying nt home and not taking our
money out of the country."
. "Dear Mrs. Dennett Dennett, you say
such extraordinary things! You really
do not approve the way Miss Hensler "
"I ' do, perfectly," puffed Mrs. Dennett-
Dennett, unswathing herself of
one of her several veils.
"Such remarkable standards." sighed
Lady. Christopher. "Does she. always
wear an American Beauty ruse because
she Is an American beauty?"
"I shouldn't wonder," said Mrs. Den
nett Dennett.
"And when at sea?
."Oh, there Is plenty of cold storage I
know of," said Charley Gisbourne, who
was reposing not far away.
"Quite so. She has every appearance
of it- No, Indeed." murmured Lady
Christopher directly, in response to her
own thoughts, "If my dear girls never
marry. they will never throw themselves
at a man In that style."
"My dear Lady -Christopher, don't
you see that It is the man who is throw
ing himself at her?" said Mrs. Dennett
Dennett. . .
"Not at all. I only see a very accom
plished flirt."
"Sir Brooke a flirt? Oh. no!"
"I have never before associated where
a man was spoken of as a flirt"
"Dear Lady Christopher, you have so
much to learn."
"I have had," said Lady Christopher,
gathering her cloak about her as she
rose and steadying her rather uncertain
sea-legs, "since I left home a great
variety of lessons In undcrbreedlng."
"The doctor of divinity has the worst
of it," said Charley Gisbourne, relating
the affair afterward,, "but the dear D.
D. meant well."
Lady Christopher met Sir Brooke
presently on her way, as she sprang to
assist her swaying progress, Honorla
saying she must post her journal, and
leaving him. He held in his fingers the
rose she had happened to drop from her
jacket.
"You find the American Beauty very
agreeable, Sir Brooke," she said, amia
bly. "Fine," he said. "Very full blown."
"A little too much so," she replied,
opening her eyes.
"I shall try to transplant It," he said.
"Is that wise?"
"Oh, I have arranged It." .
"Is it possible do I understand
you"
"But there are many others I like
better."
"Then why In the world do you
"Why must I limit myself to oneZ- If
there were only one rose, I should say
the lovely white English rose with its
pure heart was the one. But I don't
know why I may not have that and
this too."
Lady Crlstopher looked straight be
fore her, as if she were turning to stone.
Sir Brooke was Sir Brooke, and the pos
sible heir to a dukedom besides, and
muh must be condoned. But for the
moment Lady Christopher felt she was
In very strange company, and walked
on alone.
The Neckan made no husto, loitering
up the coast. She put Into port once,
and Honoria went ashore with Sir
Brooke to show him, a certain scheme
of frescoes where, on the Interior walls
of a public building the pristine sim
plicity of art on the first floor led to
the graphic Interpretation of Tomance
on the next.and, still, mounting, to the
utmost complexity of decoration on a
tllght higher.
'i must show you," she said, "that we
do have some things over here as fine as
the best you have at home."
, "You showed me that long ago," he
said.
If she did not announe her neighbor
hood to Chauncey Parkes It was because
she wns not sure, she said to herself,
that It was worth while for so short a
time. And then one night they watched
the great light house lay Its revolving
beams upon the water as they lay at
anchor off the shoals while the Van
der waters went to see some friends
there. And when they reached Bar Har
bor there was a week's festivity there,
and every hour of tt all that Sir Brooke
passed with Honorla she was certainly
lovlier than Bhe had been before. He
was still young, and In spite of his own
Ideas of his prowess in affairs of the
heart, he was more familiar with big
game In Africa than with women in
drawing-rooms. And if, her beauty
dazzling, her rather proud and arch
spirit making her sweetness the more
honeyed, she did not quite carry cap
live the simplicity of his nature, it was
perhaps because a certain sincerity
there, underlying faults and follies fail
ed to strike an answering note In hers,
Possibly there was a certain fascination
in the alternate attraction and repul
slon thut he experienced; and he never
felt It more than one morning when he
left her leaning forward over a balus
trade, a trellis above her waiving Its
white York roses in the sunny wind
everywhere against blue sky above her
and around her, and her own red roses
clasped on her breast, while her hair
escaped from the white lace scarf
blown off from her head like the scarf
of Iris, her color rose and dimpled and
deepened, her wide open eyes reflected
the gleams of the sa, and her smile the
Intensity of the sunshine.
"I shall never see a rose," he said.
"without thinking of you. Although I
often wonder why it Is this particular
rose you so aftect."
"Because it Is particularly delicious,"
she said.
'No more so except because you
wear It," he was holding her hand at the
moment, "than others that I know."
She bent and held her lips a moment
at the topmost blossom of the bunch
she wore.
"If you were abroad." he went an
"you might challenge the world with it.
your type, and symbol and namesake.
But here It seems to me today that
white rose overhead Is far more like
you."
"Do you really think that flower like
me? Look at It, It Is so open. Why,
you can see Its heart!"
"No one can see your heart!" he ex
claimed. And he could not tell If that
wide gaze of her lucid eyes were a limpid
look of Innocence or a liquid depth of
guile.
With her disengaged hand she loos
ened the rose her lips had touched, und
held it towards him. "I never gave you
one before. Show ine one more perfect,"
she said.
"I would have promised without fall.
when I come back where roses are. But
your lips have rested on It, and you give
it to me how can there be a rose more
perfect!" he exclaimed. And then the
Neckan people were upon them, and he
was gone with them.
"It's well enough for a fellow with
money to burn like you." Billy said to
him. "But an impecunious British no
bleman, as the D. D. calls me, is well out
of that."
"Such an extraordinary relief," said
Lady Christopher, as they steamed
away and left Honoria and Mrs. Den
nett behind.
To be Concluded. ,
Truth's Fables I'p to Date.
During a snow storm a couple of oxen In
a comfortublo barn engaged in a conver
sation. "What a kind man our master Is," said
the brown one. "He feeds lis welt and
lets us live In luxurious Idleness. Js he
not a cuckoo?"
"Nit," said the roan. "He is a cold
blooded monster. You observe that I eat
sparingly of the food he places before us.
His Idea is to fatten us and then sell us
for gain. We will then be turned Into
steaks, roasts and other delicacies for the
tables of the rich. You are playing into
his hands, while I am a wise boy and will
fool him a trip."
"You may be right." replied the brown
bovine, "but It does not spoil my appetite.
I shall not overlook any bets for fear
some one will get a tenderloin out of my
flank. I can die but once, but I can eat
several times. Better have another mor.
sel of hay."
The two oxen carried out the plans they
had discussed. Sure enough the fat brown
one was sold to a butcher, by whom he
was killed in a humane manner. The
roan one. he who had boasted of his wis
dom, grew thinner and thinner. The
farmer put him to a plow and made him
work all summer, until the poor beast
wished that he was dead. The next fall
he was sold wthout being given another
chance to become fat and he then spent
several years hermetically sealed up in
tin cans.
Moral They are fools to be oxen any
way. Truth.
PWLPUD CYMREIG
E1N TEIDIAU
The Noncooforaiiati HoM Sunday Sep
vkes ia Opea Air.
MOREIEN ON OPEN-AIR PREACHING
Onr Ancestors Did Strike tip the Old
Ecel, bnt to New Tames, at Those
Great CymanfaoeddIa the Face
of the Fountain of Light.
The only Morten writes that a novel
experiment Is Just now being made at
Pontypridd In the way of holding
divine service. A short time ago
"Egtwysbach." at the head of what is
called the "forward movement," threw
out the suggestion that, during- the sum
mer months at least, the denominations
in the town of Pontypridd should, on
Sunday evenings, adjourn from the
chapels and hold united services near
the Rocking Stone, or Maen Llog, on
Pontypridd common, and, therefore. In
the face of the sun, the Eye of Light,
and Idiomatic Welsh expression cloth
ed in English meaning, the Fountain
of Light. He himself acted upon the
suggestion, and rendered .an object
lesson by holding divine service in, or
near, the old sanctuary of Druid Ism, to
a large congregation. It Is well known
that the palmy days of Cambrian Non
conformity, during the last century and
the beginning of this one, was when
the gray-coated ministers, elected to
minister because of their gifts of elo
quence, held forth about divine things
from rustic wagons in the greenwood's
glade at the foot of mountains. Their
sermons, "from Nature's presence, ten
fold grandeur caught." The Welsh
people will point out the spots in the
open air where, as their fathers and
mothers had informed them, the great
"Cymanvas had been held, and where
the vast throngs had been stirred up In
their hearts to awaken the echoes of
the mountain by their shouts of joy.
Says Thomas Williams. Bethesda-y-Vron,
in his elegy to the Rev. David
Jones Llangan.
"ITn o'r manau (bythfl gofla), ! i '
Gweliias i e gynta' gyd, i ;,! !
Yn cyhoeddl Gair y Cymmod ' i
I golledlg anwlr fyd !'!.
Iseu'n marw. Iseu'n elrlol, .'if j
Diwedd byd a boreu'r farn, I 1
Oedd el araeth o fiaen canoedd, ' 1
Wrth hen gapel Tal-y-Garn,"
"Dyddlau hyfryd oedd y rhelny.
Pan oedd Rowlands, uchel ddyKg,
Peter ffyddlon, William Williams,
Llwyd a Morys yn ein mysg;
Jones fel angel o Langana
Yn udganu'r udgorn mawr,
Nes b'al'r dorf mewn twym serchladau
Yn dyrchafu uwch y llawr."
The echoes of Ihose joyous cries ling'
er still among the sylvan glades of
Wales. Our ancestors did. undoubted
ly, strike up the old reels, but to new
tunes, at those great Cymanvas. Small
blame to them If It was the most fanv
lllar way to them to express the joy
which- was bounding In their true
hearts. They had been long familiar
with dancing on the green to the music
of the harp, crooth and tabor. It is
stated that the celebrated Rowland
Hill came from London to Wales with
a view to persuade the dear brethern
and sisters, in Wales to abstain from
leaping and reeling In the open air re
ligious meetings, but at the very first
meeting' of the kind he attended he
joined In the "merry making of Zlon."
Visitors to the Highlands of Scotland
constantly see the natives In the clach-
ans, or the old stone circles, of their
ancestors. In the open air, partaking of
the holy communion at the hands of
the elders of the kirk.
At Pontypridd the suggestion of
"Eglysbach" has been acted upon by
the Tabernacle church, of which the
Rev. David Jones, (Baptist) Is the pop
ular pastor. During the last few Sun
days the doors of the Tabernacle, situ
ate near the great one-arched bridge
after which the town Is named, were
closed, and the entire congregation
have gone to the service on the open
common, formerly called "Brydwen
Ardd, or Garden of Britannia, where,
last Sunday evening, Mr. Jones preah
ed with great power to between two and
three thousand people. The drulds re
garded the open air the True Taber
nacle, and In the epistle to the Hebrews
the temple at Jerusalem is said to be
but a pattern of the real or true taber
nacle, or, In the Hebrew, Maes Gwyn.
It is certain, and most interesting, that
the great events of the earliest days of
Christianity took place in the open
air, and " beyond the gate."
THE COMING BARITONE.
It will be remembered that after
practically sweeping the boards so far
as baritone singing competitions went
at all the great eisteddfodau. Mr,
Ivor. Foster, a young man from Peny
gralg, last year secured live-fold glory
at the National Eisteddfod of Llanelly.
His friends in the Rhondda then organ
ized a series of concerts for the purpose
of raising money sufficient to pay for
the musical education of the young
singer In one of the great metropolitan
musical academies. It was estimated
that two years' maintenance and tui
tion in London would cost about 200,
and considerably more than half this
sum was raised by concerts in Tony
pandy. Mr. Foster's friends were
about to appeal to the public of Porth,
where Mr. Foster was almost as popu
lar, when an unexpected benefactor
turned up In the person of Mr. Llew
elyn Williams, the gold king of Cool
gardie, Westrala. Mr. Williams hav
ing heard Mr. Foster sing at a gathering
of Welshmen at London, proved his de
light by contributing 20 to the fund,
and relieved the anxiety of the young
singer by declaring that he would con
tribute 1 a week to Mr. Foster's main
tenance while he remained at college.
On the strength of this promise the ar
rangements for the concert at Porth
were abandoned. Acting on Miss Mag
gie Davis' advice, Mr. Foster went to
the Royal College of Music. He pre
viously Informed his friends that he had
heard nothing farther of Mr. Williams'
promised support, and a gentleman ac
cordingly wrote him, pointing out
that the case was a necessitous one,
and asking him to state where Mr. Fos
ter might call for the 1 a week. The
following is the reply, dated from 23,
Bennerly road, Wandsworth, Common,
8. W., April 4. 1896:
"Dear 8lr:-Wlth regard to yours of
the 24th ultimo, re Mr. Ivor Foster, Mr.
Williams Is away, and I expect will not
be back until after the holidays. On
his return I will show him your letter.
Yours faithfully, H. L. Burslll, Secre
tary." Aptll went and May was almost
passing when he was written to again,
which called for the following reply:'
"Dear glr:-Mr. Lewellyn Williams
does not live here. He never hat
lived here. I don't knew where he does
live or where he is, but I believe he has
returned to Australia."
Then his friends communicated with
other friends In London, all of whom
declared they knew nothing of Mr. Wil
liams, but believed he had gone to
Coolgardle. But they learned that the
Gold King had stayed at No. 1, Queen
Victoria street, E. C, which is the
address of another gold king, Mr.
Pritchard Morgan, M. P. for Merthyr.
They accordingly wrote to Mr. Morgan
a letter of Inquiry at the beginning of
last week, and they have not yet re
ceived an answer. It Is obvious, how
ever, that unless something is done
within the present year Mr. Foster will
have to return from London before com
pleting his studies, and thus Wales will
lose a singer and a musician whose
talents give promise to outshine those
of any of his countrymen who have gone
before him."
Meanwhile, it Is a pleasure to tell of
another brilliant achievement by Mr.
Foster, and'one which is of even great
er importance than any of his elstedd-
fodto victories. Recently, the contests
promoted by the International Music
Trades Exhibition were held In the
Agricultural hall, Islington. In the
baritone solo competition there were
four prizes of the respective value of a
handsome pianoforte, a gold medal and
certificate, a silver medal and a bronze
medal. There were 29 competitors
drawn from all parts of the country, and
the adjudicators were Signor L. Denza,
the well-known song-writer, and Sig
nor Garcia, the professor of singing at
the Royal College of Music. Mr. Fos
ter sang the recltative,"0 Santa Madag-
lla" and caventina, "Dlo Pas sente
Dlo d'Amor," from Gounod's "Faust."
At the close of the competition the ad
judicators Bald they could not decide
between four of the competitors, who
were, accordingly, ordered to sing
again. Mr. Foster was one of the for
tunate four, and this time he sang
Handel's "Why Do the Nations." The
adjudicators then said there was
scarcely anything to choose between
Mr. Foster and another competitor
named Carles Tree. They had. how
ever, decided to give the first prize, al
though by no means representing the
difference between them, to Mr. Tree,
and the second to Mr. Foster. The
third prize went to Mr. David Jones,
son of Mr. Philip Jones, manager of the
Clfyndd colliery. A sporting writr of
one of the sporting papers says
Messrs. Tree and Foster sang a neck
and neck race home, and although the
former just succeeded In winning, he
had nothing In hand. He won 'all out."
There were several top notes between
second and third."
NOTES.
Welsh collerles will have to do more with
the next great naval war than they think,
A consular report on the trade of Nagasa
ki, Japan, for the year 1S8S, says: "The
Import of Cardiff coal for naval use Has
increased to a considerable extent, a tew
years ago the British navy was the only
one to use Cardiff coal in any quantity,
but now It is largely used by the Ameri
can. French. Japanese and Russian navies.
Considerable shipments arrived from
Singapore, Hong Kong and Shanghai, us
well as from Cardiff direct; M,77 ions, val
ued at 77,354. In 1894."
The name of Mr. Beckerton A. Edwards,
son of the late vicar of Llanwonno, and
nephew of the Bishop of St." Asaph, ap
pears in the Oxford class lists of the Final
Honor School of Theology puDiisnea re,
centlv. Mr. Edwards belongs to a remark.
able clerical family, as, In addition to the
Bishop of St. Asaph, he has other uncles
In the church, namely the vicar of Rhu
rabon nnd the rector of Llandow, Cow
bridge, whilst the late Dean Edwards, of
Bangor, was an uncle.
Archdeacon Griffiths is credited with
the remark that the key to the history of
Wales lies in Its rich mine of place-names.
What an instructive light is thrown upon
the past by some of the local names of
mountains, rivers, farms, fields, etc. A
discussion is now going on In a Welsh
contemporary respecting the meaning of
name of "Ieuan Brydydd Hlr's" Home in
Cardiganshire Cynhawdref. One author
ity alleges that it means 'Vt helps' Homel
and should be written "Cynawdref," point
ing out that there Is in Cymrheidiol, near
Professor Rhys' old home, a farm caned
"Pwllcynawon," that is "Whelps' Hole."
and that a farm adjacent to leuan Bry
dydd Hir's old home is called "Ffosy.
blelddiald," meaning the "Wolf's Re
fuge." One of the most Interesting churches
In Glamorganshire Is that of Llantwit Ma
jor, so called to distinguish it from Llan
twit Minor or Fadre. Jt was built In ten
early English style of architecture with
a western tower, to which had been, ap
plied in the Decorator period, with later
additions, a western church or galilee,
making the tower central.' In the eastern
body is a good stone reredos and a curi
ous trefoil-headed niche, having a border
carved as a tree of Jesse, in the church
and churchyard are a number of in
scribed and ornamented stones.
A correspondent suggest that the in
habitants of "gallant little Wales," who
are anxious to furnish the Princess Maud
on her approaching marriage with a wed
ding ring fashioned of native gold, might
in case their desire so to do were thwart,
ed tender as a nuptial offering, a brooch
In the shape of a thorn made in Welsh
gold, set, to suit their fancy and funds,
with precious stones. The most primitive
of brooches was an ordinary thorn. This
the Ancient Britons used to secure their
cloaks of skin. The ancient Germans also
utilized this fastening, and the Welsh of
today still fall back on this natural mode
of securing their dress doubtless, when
stern mother necessity compels them.
The Rev. D. llathlas, whose death at a
good old age occurred recently, was ex
ceedingly happy in his reminiscences of
men and things and he had a dry wit r t
his own In narrative. He used to tell of a
celebrated discussion on Rhymney Com
mon between the Baptists and Independ
ents, A great crowd had come to listen,
and as the miners came from work they
joined, and pipes were brought into requi
sition, as they sat 'like Indian braves on
the outskirts. The ministers tolerated the
smoking, but when "fetchlngs" (beer) be
gan to indulged In there was a stern re
pression (Muthias used to say) "by the
Independents."
Lord Llsburne has made considerable
alterations and Improvements in Cross
wood, his Cardiganshire house, and the
first house party since the completion was
there for the royal installation at Aberys
twlth, The guests Included Lord and
Lady TJangattock, Lord Xenyon, Sir John
and Lady Llewelyn, Colonel and Airs.
Cornwallls West, and Mr. lnglts Jones.
CAPTI RED A SHARK.
And Found in Its Cnpnrious Maw a
Paper Addressed to Himself.
From the London Answers.
"One afternoon, when we were In
the Indian ocean," said the captain, "I
noticed a shark swimming round the
ship, and I didn't like It a bit. You
know the superstition to the effect that
a following shark presages the death of
one of the ship's company. He sailed
round us all the next day and the next
after that, and I determined to catch
him and quell my uneasiness. We
baited a hook, and after a short time
captured and killed him. Then we cut
him up. Do you know what we found
In that shark's Inside? No? Well, a
newspaper, unopened, and It will sur
prise you, as It did me, when I tell
you that It was addressed to me."
A shout of great laughter went up
from the captain's audience, who
winked at each other unblushlngly. He,
however, took all the linntorinr In mnml
part, and when the jeers were ended he
ii-
"Now, gentlemen, I'll tell you how It
happened. I found that mv hiiHr,n
had been skylarking the .day before In
the cabin. They found among the maw
of reading that had been brought
aboard some unopened newspapers ad
dressed to me. They bad been throw
ing these newspapers at each other,
and one of them iwent oat nt h nnrt-
hole. The shark saw It, of course, and
goDDlea It down; and that was how It
happened. Now, gentlemen, judge for
yourselves the truth of my story."
A FEW OLD-TIMERS.
The following jokes are taken from a
publication of 1830. and show that the
jokes of today are Blmply rehashes of
the humorous paragraphs of slxty-Blx
years ago.l
WIL YOU TAKE A SHEEP?
A valuable friend, and an able farmer,
about the time that the temperance re
form was beginning to exert a health
ful Influence In the country, said to his
newly-hired man :"Jonathan, 1 did not
mention to you when I hired you that
I think of doing my work this year
without rum. How much more must I
give you to do without?"
"O," said Jonathan, "I don't care
much about It; you may give me what
you please."
"Well," said the farmer, "I will give
you a sheea in the fall, If you will do
without."
"Agreed," said Jonathan.
The oldest son then said, "Father, will
you give me a sheep It I do without
rum?"
"Yes, Marshall, you shall have a sheep
if you do-without."
The youngest son, a stripling, then
said: "Father, will you give ine a sheep
ir you do without rum."
Presently Chandler speaks again:
"Father, hadn't you better take a sheep,
too?"
This was a poser; he hardly thought
that he could give up the "good crea
ture" yet; but the appeal was from a
source not to be disregarded. The re
suit was, the demon was henceforth
banished from the premises, to the great
joy and final happiness of all concerned,
THE BUTT END.
A farmer once hired a Vermonter to
assist in drawing logs. When a log was
to lift, the Yankee always contrived to
receive the smallest end, for which the
farmer chastised him, and told him al
ways to take the butt end. Dinner came,
and with It a sugar-loaf Indian pud
ding. Jonathan sliced off a generous
portion of the largest part, and giving
the farmer a wink, exclaimed, "Always
take the butt end. '
An auctioneer was spoken to about
the presence of sundry Ill-favored w'
men In his sales-room. He replied that
of all his visitors they were most for
bidding.
CURE OF LOVE.
Take off cable about 15 feet of the
top of the tree about a sufficient quan
tity to make one end fast of resolution
barely enough to make running noose
about your neck with the other of a
leap about five feet down; and If found
insufficient to effect a cure, double the
dose every- two hours, and then take
a Hygeian pill,
COVERING THE WHOLE GROUND.
"Gentlemen," said an eminent coun
sel, "there are three points upon which
we rely for the defense. In the first
place, the kettle was cracked when we
borrowed it; in the second Place, it was
whole when we returned It; and in the
tnira place we never had It."
CLASSICAL.
"CaesarJ go catch my big horse
there."
"Yes, sari What you call he name,
sar?"
"Olympus; don't you know what the
poet says about 'high Olympus?' "
"I don't know about Hio but he lira
pus nuf dat's for sartin."
GUESSING AT HARD WORDS.
A missionary In 1822 stepped ashore
from a flat-boat on the Mississippi, with
some tracts to speak to an old woman
who was knitting under a low tree by a
snanty. it was the height of the cholera
panic.
"My good woman," said the evangel
ist, as he offered her a tract, "have you
got the gospel here?"
"No, sir. we ha'n't," replied the old
crone, "but they've got It awfully down
to New Orleans!"
SOMETHING OF AN IMPOSSIBILITY
"Have you noticed," said a man to
Dumas, "that it is Impossible to make
an imbecile acknowledge that he is an
Idiot?"
"Of course." replied Dumas; "the mo
ment he admitted he was an Idiot he
would be no longer one."
JUST AS ORDERED.
From the Indianapolis Journal.
"That last load of coal Vou sent,"
said Mr. Slopay. with a most Impres
sive manner, "was more than half
slate."
"Perhaps you may remember," retort
ed the coal man, with much spirit,
"that you said, after you ordered it
'just slate this, will you?"
THOUGHTS OF GREAT THINKERS.
Terror Itself, when once grown trans
cendental, becomes a kind of courage;
as frost sufficiently Intense, according
to the poet Milton, will burn. Caiiyle.
O. guard thy roving thoughts with
jealous care, for speech Is but the dial
plate of thoughts; and every fool reads
plainly In thy words what is the hour
of thy thought. Tennyson.
All travel has its advantages. If the
passenger visits betU countries, he
may learn to Improve his own; and if
fortune carries him to worse, he may
learn to enjoy his own. Johnson.
It is the same with understanding as
with eyes; to a certain size and make,
just so much light is necessary and no
more. Whatsoever is beyond brings
darkness and confusion. Shaftesbury.
Flowing water Is at once a picture
and a music, which causes to flow at the
same time from my brain, like a limpid
and murmuring rivulet, sweet thoughts.
charming reveries, and nieluncholy re
membrances. Alphonse Karr.
A man's time, when well husbanded,
Is like a cultivated field, of which a few
acres produces more of what Is useful
to life than extensive provinces, even
of the richest soil, when overrun with
weeds and brambles. Hume.
Absolute ugliness Is admitted as rarely
as perfect beauty: but degrees of it.
more or less distinct, are associated
with whatever has the nature of death
and sin, just as beauty is associated
with what has the nature of virtue and
life. Ruskin.
The world Is always ready to receive
talent with open arms. Very often It
does not knoW what to do with genius.
Talent Is a docile creature. It bows Its
head meekly while the world slips the
collar over it. It backs into the shafts
like a lamb. Holmes.
I consider It a mark of great prudence
in a man to abstain from threats or any
contemptuous expressions, for neither
of these weaken the enemy, but threats
make him more cautious, and the other
excites his hatred, and a desire to re
venge himself. Machlavelll.
Like an Inundation of the Indus Is
the course of time. We look for the
homes of our childhood; they are gone.
The loves and animosities of youth,
where are they? Swept away like the
camps that had been pitched In the
sandy bed of the river. Longfellow.
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Varchastrs will always Mad a complete
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from Montrose; capacity eighty-five,
three minutes' walk from railroad station.
House situated 100 feet from the lake,
wide veranda extends the entire length
of the house, which is 100 feet.
Row Boats, Fishing Tackle, Etc.
Free to (iuests.
Altitude about 2,000 feet, equalling In this
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Dancing pavilion, swings, croquet
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Rates $7 to S10 Per Week. $1.30 Per Day. -
Excursion tickets sold at all stations oa
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