The Herald of Wales. — 1889-03-02 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

WEDDING PILESENTS.—SpeoiaI assortment tat T. W. GA.YDON'S, Silversmith, High-street.  A printer's boy in Vienna has been soutane ed to six months' hard labour for publicly reps sting stories about the late Crown Prince. I At a conference of employers and workmen in the South Staffordshire and East Worcester— shire spike and nail trade, the employers decided to concede an advance in wages ranging from 10 to 15 per cent. The men had demanded an advance of 25 per cent. On Tuesday at the fortnightly meeting of the Irish National League, the chairman,Mr T. D. Sullivan, M.P., said that the fatal blow was given to the long hatched and carefully matured murderous emspiracy against the Irish nation. The foul conspiracy was unmasked, and the whole schen a was blown to the winds. He hoped justice would overtake the persons engaged in this, and that Mr Walton of the Times and Mr Smith would be on the treadmill, where they should be. The death took place, on Tuesday, of Terence McArdle, the Liverpool centenarian, who would have been 103 years of age on the 15th of liftrch next. He was born at Middleton, near Armagh, in 1782, and has been over eighty years in Liverpool. He worked as a salt heaver at the docks till his hundred and first year, was twice nsarried, and was the father of 29 children. Only one daughter now surv:ves, and she is over 80. Deceased was a heavy smoker, and was fond of his glass of beer and whiskey.  A shocking death is reported from Inkbarrow, near Worcester. William Cull, f.a labourer, was working a steam chaff-cutter, when his right hand slipped into the machine, and he could not withdraw it. Bit by bit the fingers and arm were chopped away, till there was nothing but a stump close to the shoulder. The man died in the Worcester infirmary during the night. •At Birmingham, on Wednesday morning' Alfred Rodway, curator of Aston Park and Museum, was remanded on a charge of embezzlement. Prisoner succeeded his father in the post, and wis greatly esteemed for his archeological research. He is said to have systematically falsified his accounts for a long time, his defalcations amounting to some hundred pounds.  There is a perennial nobleness, and even sacredness in work. Were a man ever so oenighted, or forgetful of his high calling, there' is alwa., s hope in him who actually and earnestly works; in idleness alone is there perpetual despair. Consider how, 'even in the meanest sort of labour, the whole soul of a man is composed into real harmony. He bends himself with free valour against his task; and doubt, desire, sorrow, remorse, indignation, despair itself shrink murmuring far off into their caves. The glow of labour in him is a purifying fire, wherein all idleness is burned up; and of our smoke itself, there is made a bright and blessed flame. Destiny has no other way of cultivating us. A formless chaos, once set revolving, glows round, ranges itself into strata, and is no longer a chaos, but a compact world. What would become of the earth, did it cease to revolve ? So long as it revolves, all inequalities disperse themselves, all irregular-idea incessantly become regular. Of an idle unrevolving man, destiny can make nothing more than a mere enamelled vessel of dishonour, let her spend on him what colouring she may. Let the idle think of this. On Saturday, Feb. 16, the young women employed in the finishing department at Panteg works eat down to a tea, subscribed ' for by the officials and workmen. After tea, Mr. T. Wassal, tinhouse foreman, superintended the proceedings, and during the evening songs were sung by Messrs J. and F. Williams, Wayman and Pugh. Dancing was also indulged in. Refreshments were ovided at intervals, and altogether a very pleasant evening was spent, thanks to the care of their foreman and the kindness of Mr. C. Rowlands, who did all in his power to snake them comfortable. The room was very tastefully decorated and the provisions excellent. We hope this will be one of many gatherings of the same kind.