The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-26
tied "Perlan Moliant'' CThe Pearls o

tied "Perlan Moliant" (The Pearls of
Praise).
The lord chancellor Qord Halsbury) pre-
dorion society. which was held last Thurs
day evening dec. I'D at London.
st. John Llewellyn. Bart. NJ. p. has
accepted the presidency of the next st.
Davids Day dinner at the Holborn res
taurant in place of the late Lord kensing-
ton.
Mr.. Thomas Gee has just completed the
index which he has prepared for the new
edition of the "GwyddOniadur Cymretg.
A list of the principal contributors to the
work is included.
An open scholarship of ESQ a year at st.
Johns, oxford, has been won In open com
petition by Mr.. Harold Roberts, j. F..
Canonbury. a well-known member OF the
London Welsh community.
MIR. Ernest Rees' anthology Of the best
stories In literature Is practically ready.
1t is entitled. 1.-The Garden of Romance"
has pictures by Mr.. Laurence Hous man
and Messrs. Kegan and Paul are the pub
fishers.
Mr.. G. Young, cornetist. from Kettering.
has been selected as bandmaster to the
Blaina- Lancaster town band. in place OF
Mr.. Tom Morgan, now OF Llanelly, during
whose tenure of office the Blaina inStru-
mentalists won the South Wales and Mon
mouthshire challenge cup.
According to the Swansea Post. in a
portable theater up the Tawe valley the
staple attraction is soul-stirring drama,
five acts. seven murders. and the front
Through Perils to Honor" There is a
detective In 1t who would paralyse the
local force We're he only free. There are
seats are Id.
The current number of Anecdote an
nounces that three of the editors prizes
for the best anagram on the word "anec-
cessful competitors were Mrs. b. A. Rich
ards. Woodlands, Meath; Mr.. 7. Gray. 13i
Wyndham terrace. Newport, and Mrs. f.
Hodges, Commercial street. Cardiff.
Mr.. W. Jenkins. Of Ynyshir. secretary
Of the library and institute, has recently
received from Mr.. whiting, of Weston
institute in the , form Of Mt iif,y Volumes Of
the "Chandos Classics" The gift Is In
addition to a sum of fl00. which Mr.. Whit
ling previously subscribed to the insti-
tute.
There is sense and humor to be found
sometimes In SO unexpected a quarter as
an inspector of nuisances report. At the
last meeting of the Aberayron Rural Dis
trct Council (says the Carmarthen jour-
nab, Mr. Grin Evans reported that lat
MydrOilyn he found pig occupying a
parlor," and with the callousness OF the
Royal Irish CQnstabularly "he evicted him
there and them
Carmarvon, We are assured, means 10
fight hard for the Welsh university Of
fees. Provision for the acquisition OF a
site for these offices forms one of the
clauses Of bill about to be promoted by
the borough In parliament, and 1t Is un-
derstood that should this bill pass pro-
posal will be made to spend some thou
sands of pounds to make a portion or the
ancient castle habitable for the purpose
Of the university offices. There Is good
reason for believing that the suggestion
will be favorably entertained by the
Castle authorities.
Recently the goods and chattels OF the
renowned anti-tither and Welsh patron,
Mr. John Parry, LlamrmOn, We're sold for
1.-THE due to the rector OF the parish. Mr..
Parry was one of the first to refuse paying
that tithe, and he has probably delivered
more addresses and written more articles
on this question than any living Welsh
| man. He knows everything about the
1.-THE. and at a recent county court he was
more than a match for the rector, and was
able to argue a point with the judge him.
self.
The death of the venerable principal OF
the BrecOn Memorial college, the Rev. DIT
month, has produced a keen and wide
spread regret in Wales. for. owing to his
retiring disposition he never occupied
that prominent place in the public life OF
Wales which he might otherwise have IT.
tained. he was justly regarded as a ,,ow-
erful force In Welsh education and as
principal of the only South Wales, college
nj the demon n n ion his Influence baen