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- THE SCRAKTON TRlBtmE- SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 3,'. 1890. CLOUDLAND IN THE QUEEN'S DOMINION The Great Divide as It Is Seen in British Columbia. ' SCENES OP GRANDEUR UNSPEAKABLE Crossing the Summit of the llange of Ureat Mountains Which Parts the Waters of the North American Con tinentVVhut the Traveler Sees Just Before Entering ltocky Mountain Park. Special Correspondence of The Tribune. Banff Hot Springs, In the Rocky Mountains, Auk. 31. "Tomorrow will be the culmination of the beautiful and grand In the mountain scenery found on the Canadian Paelllv, as you cross the Great Divide and enter Kocky Mountain Park at Banff, fifty miles distant," says our famous Encllsh traveler, who had been not only a If r eat educator and guide, but an In spiring companion thus far on our Canadian Journey. From Field to the Summit Is nine miles, through the Canon of the Kicking Horse River, one of the wildest and grandest In all this mighty range. The scenery is not only sublime hut terrible. In the nine miles the road rises l.OfiO feet arid In some places the grade Is 225 feet to the mile. Here three locomotives are required. On the broad front of Mount Stephen, some 2,.'00 feet above, vertically, we trace the zig-zag lines of a tramway coming down from the Monarch Silver mine, somewhere among the clouds. This mine Is owned by Knglish capital ists and after being successfully worked for seven years, was lately closed on account of the depreciation of silver as an article of merchandise. The ore mined here yielded $45 per ton. As we proceed to the summit, the dark angular peak of Mount Field Is Been on the left rising 8.5j,"i feet, while, the spires of Cathedral Mountain occa sionally appear over the tree-tops, 10,285 feet high. Here for a mile Is a series of water falls and Immense trees on the right, while to the left, northward, Is a great mountain valiey, with great white glacier-bound peaks, and between them are mirror-like sheets of water, which retlect each peak and precipice with startling clearness, even down to the river valley below. TAVO CHANT MOUNTAINS. We pass from Kicking Horse Canon between the two giant mountains, Stephen and Field. The former is named in honor of one of the projectors of the Canadian Pacific and Its first president, while the latter bears the name of his friend and one of the most illustrious of American citizens. Cyrus W, Field, the projector of the Atlantic, cable, that has probably done more tthan any other one agency to unite the Old and New Worlds, Kngland and America, In both business and social intercourse., As we passed between these two Al pine heights, standing facing each other, worthily named In honor of these illustrious men. as perpetual memorials of their great work In promoting the interests of mankind, the words of the famous traveler and living illustrious brother. JSev. Dr. II. M. Field, of the Evangelist, who . traveled over this great railway in 1S3, came aptly to mind. He says: "As I sat in the twilight looking up to that snow clad peak (Mt. Field) on which the sunset lingered, comfort came to my sad heart. In the thought that though my brother had passed out of my sight. In that new empire which Is rising on the Pacific coast, one of the most commanding summits in nil Its great ranges would preserve to future generations that be loved name." The mind of the traveler at this point is taken up with wonder at the enormi ty of the great work, the colossal en terprise, perseverance, and pluck of the company which brought these rocky passes and towering mountains Into subjection to its will. THE GREAT DIVIDE. We cross the deep gorge of the Wa ' ta and soon reached Wnpta Lake CJ Hector, at an elevation of B.190 feet, a & In two miles Stephen station, the sc ,1 mit of the Rocky mountains the "bvk bone of the Continent," or the "Giat Divide." Jt is the summit only In an engineering sense, for while the road Is hero a mile above either the Atlantic or Pacific, the mountains still rear their white heads over another mile above and stretch away to the north, west and to the southward, like a great back bone, as indeed they are, the back bone of the continent. We can hardly real ize that these are the same "Rockies" we crossed In Colorado In 1892, and through, whosp portals we entered the far-famed Yellowstone Park at Living stone In ISM, and whose spurs we crossed at Bozeman and again at Hel ena in the United States. Yet, now, on this glorious summit, on Canadian soil, they appear to us again In Inde scribable grandeur. This elevation forms the watershed for the rivers that on the western side How by the Colum bia Into the Pacific Ocean and on fie other by the Saskatchewan into Hud son's Bay. Stepping upon the track in front of the great rustic sign-post, or arch, upon which appear the words (0,296 feet) 'The Great Divide,' we behold the great glacier which supplies the sparkling ice stream which here separates Into two parts and with swift currents, within a few hundred feet of each oth er. Hows each way to its destination. Imagine the situation. One can almost stand with one foot In British Columbia and the other in the Northwest terri tory, and see the waters start on their course of wandering to either ocean. THREE INTERESTING LAKES. .The summit of the pass Is an almost level space about four miles long, with three . lakes, the largest of which Is the source of the Kicking Horse river, along which the railway has just as cended. - It is here a rapid and Impet uous stream which starts with a width of fifty feet, flowing down into the Co lumbia. The second one Is "Link Lake," which seemingly has no Inlet or outlet, but whose waters, fed by the great glaciers, are carried to the Atlantic or Pacific. The third Is called "Summit Lake," the source of Summit Creek, whose waters flow eastward down the eastern slope of the Rockies, which we are to follow. At the summit we pass from the Province of British Columbia Into Al berta, anotherProvlnce of the Domin ion, 2,387 miles from Montreal. Thus far we have traveled 619 miles since we left the Western sea and crossed three ranges of mountains, comprising the longest, continuous, unbroken line of the grandest scenery found on the American Continent.- Nearly all this chaos of mountains and canons Is as wild as It was when first the eyes of the white man were startled by their over powering grandeur In 1883, and among; these marvels are the favorite haunts of every "man-fearlngorman-skeering" brute known to the whole country. Think of It! the stately elk: the fierce black, cinnamon and grizzly bear; the sneaky panther; the big-horned sheep; the snowy goat, and also the cariboo, the deer, the wolf, the lynx, etc., all are found here In great numbers for our sport; providing we are gamey enough to follow our guide, tracker, or helper Into their various haunts. Naturally, the construction of the railway haa driven the game a short distance from the track, but the "Stony Indians" are the tribe that can guide us quickly and with certainty td their hiding places. DOWN THE MOUNTAIN. 'A1 Moullarttr of the ascent of the Rsstiss Mm the Plctflo slope is, that In forty-seven miles the road over comes an elevation of 2,800 feet, while the descent to the Atlantic Slope, from the highest elevation above sea level to the plains -eastward. Is almost im perceptible, being continued over hun dreds of miles at an average grade of not more than fifteen feet to the mile. Leaving the summit, the next station reached Is Laggan, at the foot of Le froy Mountain, the station for the "Lakes In the Clouds." We descend In seven miles 366 feet, to an altitude of 4,930 feet. We leave behind now the serrated rocky peaks which seem like turrets ascending to the sky and fol low the Bow Valley a gap In the Bow range. Within these seven miles are three remarkable lakes, and no more delightful spot is imaginable than these lovely stretches of water In "Cloud land." First, is Lake Agnes. 6,730 feet, then Mirror, the latter reached by a bridle path on the mountain side. 6,400 feet, and perched amidst the most ro mnntic environments. About three miles from the station Is Lake Louise, 6,800 feet, truly a lake In the clouds, and on its margin is another Chalet hotel, where parties can secure lunch eon or remain over night In the wilder ness. No tourist should fall to visit these lakes, which are of singular beauty. I.ako Louise with Its tremen dous peaks and precipices, Its glaciers and snow fields, its stretch of mirror water, depth of color, amid the slender tapering spruces, and meadows of wild llowers, calls forth all the adjectives Its visitors can command. It Is one of the favorite resorts of Invalid visitors to the famous "Banff Hot Springs," of which I will speak later on. NO MORE GLACIERS. We now bid adieu to glaciers, the last being on the shoulder of Mt. Hector, a broad crescent-shaped river of Ice, 1,300 feet above the railway and a dozen miles away, partially concealed behind the lofty yellow cliffs that hem It In, and almost Inaccessible by reason of the ravines, rocky precipices and forests which Intervene. From Laggan to Bnnff is thirty-four miles and we descended 4110 feet. As we proceed the scenery on all sides Is most grand. The Rockies here exceed our expectations. The scenic effects are such as no mortal man can con ceive of until he has witnessed them. It takes' more than two looks to meas ure the mountains left behind, or the valley that confronts us below, for both mountains and valley play fantas tic tricks with the eye as the train moves along, first bounding behind ridges then around curves and mndly racing into the depths below. Ahead through the trees to the left, we get enchanting glimpses of the lofty Bow Range; on the right appears the bare, rugged, shapely serrated sub-range, called the "Sawback," the central and loftiest mountain in which is Pilot Mountain, which looms up 9.1H0 feet high, like a leaning pyramid; also, the Imposing cone of Copper mountain, X.f.00 feet high, while to the left Is the gap of Vermillion Pass through which are seen distant lofty snow peaks along the Continental watershed, from whose glaciers and snow fields the Vermillion river flows. Westward of the entrance Into the pass stretches the long, rugged, and wall-like front of Mt. Temple, while directly in front is the loftiest and grandest of this whole punornuia, Mount Lefroy, ll.fifiO feet, a prodigious, isolated, helmet-shaped mountain, which stands supreme over the whole range. PEAKS IN ABUNDANCE. This mountain comes prominently Into view at Cascade Station. Castle Mountain station is at the liase of the great peak whose name It takes. Here was once a mining camp called Silver City, but now there are more dwellings than inhabitants. To suy that the scenery with all these peaks promin ent. Is exceedingly grand, docs not ex press It or do justice to the truth. Cnstle mountain here looms up on the left, S.SfiO feet, n sheer precipice of 6,000 feet with turrets, bastions, nnd battlements complete as If thrown up by engineers at the proper angle of forty-live degrees to the main line of fortification. As we skirt the Vermil lion Lakes, we get a fine view of Mount Massive and the snow peaks far to the west, enclosing Simpson's Pass and al so the snow ledges forming the eastern crest of Pilot Mountain; liesld'S "Hole In the wall" mountain upon the left, 7,fp00 feet. Let the reader if he can imagine such a combination of moun tainous scenery as that by which we are encircled, rising in mighty grandeur from eight to eleven thousand feet, their white peaks regions of eternal snow towering up above the misty clouds, while the marvelous clearness of the atmosphere of this section brings out their sculpture minutely. Six miles from the noted Banff Hot Springs, we enter the western confines of the "Rocky Mountain," or "Canadian National Park," where a half dozen ranges of tlieso snow-tipped mountains center, each differing from the. oth ers In form and color, and the con verging valleys separating them afford matchless views In any direction we may look. Right here In the heart of this grand and Impressive scenery the Dominion government has made a res ervation of a tract twenty-six miles long and ten miles wide, which in cludes a remarkable group of Hot Sul phur Springs, as a Natlonnl Park, analagous to our own Yellowstone Park. An account of this great health resort and "Canadian Wonderland" will appear next week. J. E. Richmond. TARGETS FOR HEAVY GI XS. The Immensely Heavy, Tongh Plates Are Subjected to Crucial Pounding. Targets at the new range. Shoebury ness, are not so much marks as speci mens of armor plates and other protec tions, says a writer In Chambers' Jour nal. Some of these are built up with a strength which, to the uninitiated, appears to be proof against any at tack. Here, for instance, we find a steel plate of eiKhteen Inches In thick ness, and behind this six Inches of Iron, the whole backed up by huge balks of timber. But, notwithstand ing Its depth, the enormous moss has been dented and cracked and in places pierced. When we look at the plates whlc are not quite so thick we see that the shells have formed what are pretty and regular patterns, for "mall triangles of metal have been splintered off and turned back, so that the aper ture is decorated with a circle of leaves, and resembles a rose with the center cut out. Where the shell has entered the plate before it bursts the pattern remains very perfect, but when it explodes as It touches the surface some of the encircling leaves are en tirely cut off. One target Is pointed out to us.whlch represents the Iron casing of the vul nerable portions of a torpedo bont, con sisting of engine-room, boilers and coal bunkers. Tliese compartments have been riddled again and again. Even a service ride bullet can pene trate one Bide, and a shell of the small est size will go through both, for tor pedo boats are not very heavily built. He Didn't Mind Which. "How much for a protograf?" he queried as he entered the room at the head of the stairs. "My dear, sir, you have made a mis take," replied the occupant of the of fice. "This Is a dental office, while the photographer Is. next door." "Oh, you pull teeth?" "Yes, sir." "How much?" "Fifty cents apiece." Well, go ahead and yank out one or two. Its about the same to me." De troit Free Press. Uncle Allen's View of It. "What I blame Spain for," said Uncle Allen Sparks, "is that It got Its back up on account f e speeches In the senate and ons of those Prince ton co" uents. The senate ' an lire-. iilbl gang of cranks, and New jersey isn't la the United atates." Chlcato Tribune. PETER WILLIAMS, BIBLE ANNOTATOR Expelled from the State Church on Ac count of His Methodism. CAST INTO SIR WATCYN'S KENNEL Mr. nnd Mrs. Gladstone Take Ten nr a Welsh Village Inn and Shake Hands wirh the Country Maidens Notes of Interest. Recently, at Fendlne, Carmarthen shire, great services were held at the church erected to the memory of the Rev. Peter Williams, the famous Welsh Bible nnnotator nnd preacher. When the geographical history of Welsh non conformity comes to be written It will be found that Carmarthenshire occu pies a conspicuous and important place In the earlier chapters. To get a few steps further back than the rise of Calvinistio Methodism, It was Carmar thenshire that gave birth to Vleaf Prlchard. the greatest religious factor In Wales In the seventeenth century. There lived nnd labored Stephen Hughes, the vicar's "pallbearer," and compiler and editor of "Canwyll y Cyniry." The same county witnessed the patriotic labors of Griffith Jones, of I.landdowror, the Initiator of the movement for populnr education In Wales, und the man who made the Sunday school movement possible. From the neighborhood of Llundovery came Williams, of I'untycelyn; from Cayo, David Jones, the translator of Watts' hymns; John Evans, of Llwyn fforten; Thomas Charles, of Bala, the organizer and consolida"tor of the Corph, and Rhys Hugh. Charles's ear ly Instructor In Methodism. An equal ly prominent name In those Btlrrlng times the middle of the last century was Peter Williams, also n native of Carmarthen shire, born in the parish of Llan sadwrn, In 1722, educated for the church at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar school, Carmarthen, ordained deacon by the Bishop of St. David's, served as curate at Eglwys Cwmmln, his first and only licensed charge; then be came a free lance, now undertaking duties at Swansea, then at Llangranog, and again at Llandyssllio, In Cardigan shire, until he finally was cast adrift and forced to join the band of young Methodist enthusiasts who were then turning the Welsh world upside down nnd setting established ecclesiastical authority at nought. Griffith Jones, "the Apostle of Wales," Howell Harris, the Brecknockshire visionary, and Dnniel Rowlands, the Prophet of Llan geitho, had done the work of pioneers before Pctor Williams entered the field, but Wel'5 Methodism was still young and opiiositton as strong as ever. His parents died his mother when he was nine years old, and his father three years later and he was adopted by a maternal uncle, who had little sym pathy with the visions and dreams which then filled the air, but seemed to have exerted n strong Inlluence over Peter Williams' fervid imagination and turned his thoughts to the minis try. When at school at Carmarthen came a crisis In his history. George Whitfield was announced to preach In the town, ami. in Bplte of the school master's warning, young Peter went to hear the great preacher, and felt the potency ot his eloquence. "Conversions" were not respectable In those days; Peter's relatives were horrified and the hapless youth, whose religious fervor, mistaken for Intellec tual weakness, was reckoned a dis grace to the school and a slur on the family, was taken home and again yoked to his uncle's plough. Back, however, he went and applied himself to his studies with commendable dili gence. At 21 he left Queen Elizabeth's school and opened a school on his own account on Conwil Elfed, the old neigh borhood of the Howells, relative of James Howells, ambassador under James I., and author of "Eplstolae Hoelianae." At 22 he enters, with fear and trembling, the Episcopal Palace, a candidate for deacon's orders, which the bishop conferred after having sat isfied himself that Peter had been com pletely cured of his mania. The epis copal license pointed to Eglwys Cumin, as outlandish a spot as the civilized universe could show, where a congre gation, except of seagulls and lap wings, was an Impossibility. Here Peter Williams commenced his mis sion, receiving In return such pittance us did not suffice for his horse, and compelled to eke out a "living wage" by keeping school. Thus was he cooped up, shackled, and manacled by ecclesiastical restrictions, while his eagle soul yearned, like John Wesley's, tor a whole world for a parish. Is It to be wondered nt that It burst Its narrow bounds and sought neighboring fields? The end was not far. The rec tor's wife discovered traces of Method Ism In his sermons, his ministry was tainted, the bishop Intervened. Will lams' license was cancelled, and thus his official connection with the church he loved so well, and could serve so eminently, ceased at a single stroke. The rector and the rector's wife, the rural dean and the arch-deacon, and even the Hon. Richard Trevor himself, who then filled the throne of St. Da vid's, have long passed from memory, but Peter Williams, the inhibited cur ate, remains a living memory In Pen dine church, and will remain while the Cowyn seeks the sea and Rugwen Point looks upon the waters. Peter Williams' stay In the church was not of long duration, and he was induced to cast his lot among the re vivalists, and It is as a preacher with the Methodists we see him henceforth. In that capacity he endured much obloquy and persecution. At Kidwelly, within a short distance of his home at Gellilednais, In the parish of Llandy fellog, on his attempting to hold a ser vice in the open air one Sunday after noon, he was set upon by a number of roughs and savagely beaten. When he mounted his horse they led the animal to the neighboring marsh and com pelled him to leap across the ditches which abound In that spot, promising themselves splendid fun to see the preacher wallow In the mire. But be ing a good horseman Williams escaped accident. He was afterwards dragged into the public house, where the mob tried to make him drunk. This at tempt also proved fruitless, for he poured the beer into his riding boots. At length he was rescued from his tor mentors by his own servnnts, whom his wife sent In quest of him. While at Wrexham he was arrested by order of a local magistrate (one of the Wynns, of Wynnstay). and brought Into the great mans presence. The proceedings of that famous meeting are not report ed, but the Interview ended in Peter Williams being cast Into the lion's den to wit, the dog kennel where he spent the night. In the morning he gained his freedom, and was followed by the constables who had arrested him the previous day to the house of one Moses Williams. The constables' object, probably, was robbery, and Moses Williams, on seeing them com ing, took from Peter Williams his watch, and all the rascals could find on the preacher's person was three shillings and six pence and a snuff box. Peter, though a saint, was fond of a pinch of snuff, and nt his earnest entreaty the box was returned, an act of kindness which they would not hove done had they known that at the bot tom lny half a guinea. At Trefrlw, near Llanrwst, he suffered martyrdom at the hands of "two gentlemen," who dragged him Into a tavern, made a butt to the gibes and ridicule of the mob, and subjected to the most dis graceful Indignation. At Owydderln, In Denbighshire, he nearly became the victim of "gunpowder plot," by which It was Intended to blow him, into "smithereens." In fine, the opposition, absurd and often cruel, which he met was a matter of frequent occurrence, and helps us to realize the state of re ligious and civil liberties In those days. But It is not as a preacher Peter Will lams will be longest remembered, but as the editor and annotator of the Welsh Bible and the author of a valu able Welsh concordance, works both of which were the labors of many years. He produced his first edition of the Bible in 1770. It was a quarto edition of 8,600. This was disposed of In a few years' time, and was followed by another edition of 6.400. The work con tained marginal references and ex planatory observations on the text, the first attempt of its kind that was ever made In Welsh. "Peter Williams' Bible" Is still a book that is fiworn by Welshmen, several editions of It having appeared In recent times. Some years ago few entered the married state without a copy of Peter Williams' Bible to place on the parlor table or on the top of the chest of draweif?, though (innumerable copies have found their way to the pawnshop from time to time. Unhappily, the ap pearance of "Peter Williams' Bible" was the means of embittering his old age and a source of contention between him and his brethren, who accused him of entertaining heretical views In some of his comments. He was branded as a Sabellian, one thnt entertains errone ous views on the Trinity nnd the wor ship of Christ, nnd the doors of the Methodist persuasion wns closed to him in . future. Other denominations also looked upon him with a suspicious eye, and thus1 this truly great and good man was "boycotted" by those who strained nt a gnat and swallowed a camel. Peter Williams lived In nn age when an Ig noble effort was made by the church and the state to crush Welsh nation ality and the Welsh language. With such a demoralising policy Williams had no sympathy, and It was partly with a view to oppose it he published his works in the vernacular. He also took a prondnent part In establishing the "Greal," a Welsh monthly, which wns edited by his son, the Rev. Eliezer Williams, of -Lampeter, assisted by "Dafydd Ddu Eryrl" and "Ieuan Bryd ydd Hlr." MR. GLADSTONE AND WELSH INN. The inhabitants of Caergwrlo, In North Wales, enjoyed a novel sensa tion recently. Mr. nnd Mrs. Gladstone drove out from Hnwarden to this pic turesque village, which nestles at the foot of a mountainous range which stretches between Hawarden and Wrexham. Some six or seven ladles and gentlemen accompanied the car riage on their bicycles, among them being Mrs. Drew, Miss Helen Gladstone and Mr. Herbert Gladstone, M. P. for Leeds. On their arrival at Caergwrle Mr. Gladstone was persuaded to alight and take tea at the Castle Inn, which Is a humble hostelry of the most un pretending order. The excitement of the white-headed comfortable landlady at being suddenly called upon to pro vide tea for so distinguished a purty In her brick-floored back parlor may be easily Imagined. But the time occu pied In her preparations was beguiled by the right honorable gentleman in examining with much Interest two or three pieces of china which at once at tracted his attention. During the pro gress of the meal news of what was going on flew like wildfire through the village, and in an Incredibly short space of time between two and three hutxli-il villagers were gathered In the road outside the Inn. When Mr. Glad stone camo out he wns greeted with vociferous cheers, eager hands were thrust out to be shaken, blessings were Invoked by fervent Welsh villagers on the venerable statesman's head, and the carriage was driven off the scene nnild a sensation which, though grati fying as a spontaneous testimony of affectionate respect, was almost pain ful In Its Intensity. The few persons who succeeded in gaining a handshake will probubly be permanent heroes among their neighbors. One vilfage dame. Indeed, with a face blanched by suppressed excitement, was observed to push her way to the front to ask and to obtain the coveted hnnd-grafp. Altogether the scene was likely to be for a long time to come the chief vil lage tradition, and, Indeed, It Is often thut the back parlor of a village ale house enjoys the honor of entertaining at tea so celebrated a statesman as the ex-premier. NOTE8. The Vale of Neath Brewery, near Neath, now owned by Councillor K. Evans ltevun, was otinlnully erectml by a stock com pany at u coat of f:iuv,uuo. Should Mrs. John Thomns, of Llanelly, decide to accept the offer of a South Af cl ean vocal tour the decision is yet to come she will leave for the South In May next. . There are this year seventy-nine candi dates for the various scholarships con nected with the University college of South Wales end Monmonthxhlne, which will bo offered for competition In the near future. In William Balesbury's dictionary, "Im- Jirynted at Ixindon In Foster Lune by me, lohn Waley, (I."p47) occur the following quaint definition of onion: A plant which wives use to Induce tears at the death of their husbands." Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone Intend leaving Hu warden Custle about the first of Octo ber for l'enmocnmawr. This quiet, pleas ant spot Is a favorite one wltth the ex Premier, and he has more than once ac knowledged the debt he owes, in the mat ter of health, to the bracing Influences of Welsh air. Gwalla, the Welsh conservative weekly, of Bangor, has evidently no sympathy with the attempt of "t'athollrus Cum breusls" to defame the Welsh people, in the opinion of Gwalla, this scurrilois scribe Is a "parson," and, further, that in besmirching others he is merely de scribing his own character.' People who say thnt Welsh seaside boarding houses and shopkeepers are not sufficiently up to date evidently know nothing about the subject. At Ilnrmnutli recently some visitors bought some pretty shells to take home. They were labelled as usual "a present from Barmouth," but what the dismay of the purchasers to find later on on close Inspection the words ln Bide the shell "Made In Germany.' Aberystwlth Is about to lose the Rev. Llewelyn Edwards, M. A., who for many years has conducted the Ardvn Urnmmnr school In that favorite resort. Mr Ed wards, who is a brother to the well-known principal of Ilfiln. hns, it Is definitely an nounced, accepted the call to the i 'top hum Junction Cahinlstle Methodht church, and hns disposed of the Ardwyn school buildings to the Cardiganshire In termediate school authorities. Major Pryce-.Tones, the Conservative member for the Montgomery HuroiiKhs, is talking of having an annlysls taken of all the well-known mineral waters sold at Llnndrinriod, Llanwrtyd, Bullth, and otlir Welsh resorts, with the view of having their properties compared with those of celebrated watering pluces. such as Carls bad, or the continent. He believes that with management and advertising th-se Welsh resorts may be developed on u very big and fashionable scale. Miss Ethel Mud-lark, the populnr In structures of English at the Training Col lege for Teachers. London, hus Just ob tained nt Paris (where she passed with distinction through the course of lecture for foreigners given by the French All cancel the diploma of professor of the French langiiuge. This shows her to be fully quality to teach the French lnmnine- In Wales. The young tody Is the daugh ter of Mr. James -Mad. lock, of Newport. Mr. O. IT. Hnvard. who Inst week headed the list of thirty-two candidates for the ministry In the examination of the South Wales Cnlvlnlstlc Methodists, Is the eldest son of Mr. William llnvanl. Llnndoverv House. Treherbnrt. As a student he Is es tablishing a creditable record. From Ll-in. dovery school he won an I8n scholar ship, tennble for four years at Jesus col lege, Oxford. He will tnke his llnnl It. A. examination In June next. Wvr William Havard, y crydd, o Lsnymddyfrl. Mr. Tom Jones, son of Mr. Jones, of the Bird In Hand hotel, Neath, whose schol astic career In London save abundant promise of success, has, since he left the native shores of his native Innd. achieved distinction at King Viilllamstown, In South Africa, Where, at Dale college, he was an Instructor In manual exercises and In music. Mr. Jones has recently it- moved further Inland, nnd It has been found thut an adequate successor to him at Dale college cannot be obtained. Writes R.L.: "I am glad that Dr. James Williams, of Brecon, has. In his address to Madame Pattl, called atten tion to the barbarism, of 'Penwyllf us applied to the railway stntlon near Cralg-y-nus. Crig-y-nos slgnltles the "Rock of Night,' and Penwyll, us It Is and has nl ways been called by the natives, means Pen top, nnd Gwyll, shades the hill above the-shuiled valley where C'ralg-y-nos stands. The railway authorities are re sponsible for the barbarism of Penwyll the natives will have none of It." A gratifying Indication of the vitality of the Welsh lunguage is furnished by the remarkably flourishing state of Welsh periodical literature. Keren t years have witnessed an unparalleled revival In this direction. And there is apparently no ebb In the tide. Mr. u. M. Howards' new ven ture, "Hedilyw." Is nhout to ho launched, while Mr. P. M. Evans, of Holywell, ono of tho lending Welsh publishers, promises for the first of the year, the first number of "Y Teulu," a weekly unsectariun maga zine. Llansadwrn, a small country town near the city of Llandovery, has given to the world not a few successful men. and most of them are Evanses! It was In that pic turesque parish thnt Mr. Hen Evans, the Swansea draper, first suw light, nnd also Mr. David Evans, J. I., of Llanelly, now Llangennech Park. Another Llansadwrn man Is Mr. D. Evans (John James & Co.), head of the large new tlrm of drapers in Queen-street, Cardiff; and whose brother, Mr. W, Lemuel Evans, M. A., of New York, Is author of a well-known work entitle "Memory as a Power of Knowl edge.'1 John Evans, of Pamly, wnB an enter prising tradesman of a somewhat original ami Ingenious turn of mind. In setting up a new sign over the door of bis shop he had the following engraved upon It: John Evans, o Runt-y-cnn, Yn gwerthur bhiwd n dufeild dda, Ac hefyd wlnnen a clilg moeh; Jack yn ddu, a Shnni'n goch. Shanl was probably his wife, and was blessed with a crop of red hair. It Is a good mnny years since the con version of Lord Bute to Unman Catholic Ism, and the portrait of 1dm in "I.othair" were the talk of London. Saturday of last week was his forty-ninth birthday. Vast ns Was his landed property when he succeeded to it In IMS, when still a baby, he has added to It very largely during the last few years. Be married a daugh ter of Lord and Lady llowndr, of Glassop, who entertains largely at St. Johns Lodge. Regent's Park. Be Is tbe patron of nlno livings In the Church of Knglnnd, though as a Romanist, he can make no presentation; but his charities anil his gifts to bis own church are on a, scale of high munificence. In Merionethshire the term used to de note the act of washing and preparing a dead body fur the coflln is "diwedilu" (end ing). The equivalent term In Montgom eryshire is i-hol allan' (laying outl; In Glamorganshire and Carmarthenshire, "tiol e helblo" (putting him by); In Den bighshire, "dywarthu"; and In Carnarvon shire, "tlolehl'r corph" (washing). Years ngo the 'Uwylnos" (a prayer meeting In tlie house of mourning on the night before burial) wns lu vogue throughout the greater part of Wales, but It Is gradually ilvhi" out. and Is now only held In parts of the Principality. A proposal which emanated from Klvet Lewis Is now being very favorably dis cussed in Congregational circles, namely, that a Welsh Congregational quarterly magazine should lie established. In a re cent address, Elvet outlined a year's pro gramme for such a. quarterly, giving a lUt of subjects and allocating the subjects to certain writers whom he named, winding up with tho statement that were those writers to write on those subjects the four numbers would contain excellent mutter. The "Cell" supports the proposal, and Instnnces the quarterlies published tinder the auspices of other denominations. Many people, however, will desire to know why the Celt should das the Truethortydd us a Methodist. This quarterly claims) to be undenonilnatlunul, and bus always beeu so regarded. A Welsh weekly, published In Liverpool, referred in the following terms to the Cardiff exhibition In a recent Issue: "In spite of the low condition of trade and general poverty, nil the people In the Vale of Glamorgan go to Curd iff to get a glimpse nt the exhibition. Tho trains ev ery Saturday are full. There Is no scarci ty of money to get pleasure, and if there Is a. scarcity of It to pay the grocer ami the draper, and the congregations in some churches on Sunday morning present a rather thin and meagre appearance; in fact, tho faithful ones are wanting, but they are too tired to hear the good word. Saturday's trip explains everything!" The Welsh word gwerln Is often used In Welsh for the English words democracy, community, masses, and people. In a let ter addressed by him to Owen Jones In June, ISWI. lolo Morganwg explains the meaning of the word, ami refers to the Importance of proverbs ns a means of elucidating the language of a count ry. "I think," he writes, "the old proverbs of very important use In elucldntlnvr the lan guage, and will also very frequently help as to the true sense and etymology of a word. For Instance, gwerln Is by Ir. Da vies nnd others said to be the plural of gwr, but this cannot possibly be on any principle of etymology any rule of gram marany unulogy of the lunguage: ' Nld gwlad ond gwerln, nid gwerln ond brodurdde;' and 'Nld hawdd gwerinaw' ilirlaid. Whence 1 conclude that gwerln signified people thnt are civilised or formed Into regular communities, having regular gov ernment and fixed habitations; from gwar, civil or tnmed, so that gwerln appears lo me to signify civilised people In opposition to gwyddelod (Sylvatlcos), woodmen, wild men," After this, the term 'Gwerln Cym ru," so often met with In our periodicals, ought to be thoroughly understood 'by every Welshman. DRAMATIC GOSSIP. ' Mrs. Abbey is to star. Mansfield is rehearsing "Hamlet." Actor Vroom will make McKlnley speeches. The "Irish Greenhorn" 13 Dan McCar thy's new piny. Belasco is at work on two totally dif ferent kinds of plays. "The .Merry Tramps" Is the title of the Lilliputians' new play. Annie Ward Tiffany hns Joined the "Strange Adventures of Miss Brown." Henry E. Dixey closed his starring tour In "His Absent Boy" at Boston last night. Julia Marlowe Tabor has made a hit In the drnmutizatiou of George Eliot's "Romola." A choico of a successor to the lute Frunk Mayo In "Pudd'nlitad Wilson" hus at length settled down upon Theodore Hamilton. Any circus manager In Ttnly who does not carry out his advertised programme, or misleads the public by means of posters, is lined $SU0. The cast of Rice's revival of "Kvango llne" Includes Theresa Vaughn, Charles Hlgelow and Mile, Yvonno La Guerre, the Parisian harpist. Henry Trving's revival of "Cymbeline" calls up the fact that since Shakespeare's tlme'there have been twenty-four produc tions of thnt piny. Robert Mantel Is the first actor to turn the klnetoscope's moving pictures) to ad vertising account. He shows scenes from "The Corslcan Brothers" outside the thea tres. Charles H. Hnyt's next farce will lllus. trute the misadventures of a non-resident debtor under .Massachusetts law. and Hirry Conor Is to have the principal role. When Nut Goodwin returns from Austra lia nbout the hist of October he will pro duce In San Francisco a new play by Madeline Lticette Riley, entitled "An American Cousin." It is siiid to afford admirable opportunity for thut form of humorous expression in which he is quite inimitable. Charles H. Hoyt Is telling thl story of one of the young women In ' The Black Sheep." This young lady, who is still shrouded In anonymity, wns an artist's model before she went on the staKe. Once she culled on a prominent painter and of fered him her services. "Hut, mv dear." explained the urtlst gravely, "I only paint fruit pictures, nnd ." "Then." Inter rupted the applicant, "paint me. I'm a peach." 'in Ony New York" furnishes an oppo site Illustration of the Ingenuity photvn by writers of huiicsoue nnil extravaganza in the llim of stage nomenclature. 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