The Herald of Wales. — 1890-10-04 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

AND MONMOUTHSHIRE RECORDER.  'believed to contain the last of the annient ' Romans—and will sheer the heroes of Nevins In their effort to maintain independence against the designs of Russia.  A band of German Socialists who had to take refuge in England, while Prime Bismarck was lin power, have just returned to the Pathernd, lowing to the humane sympathies of the Emperor William. He knows England, and no doubt owes much of his liberalism to his English mother's leanings. Is it not disgraceful that men should be driven out of their oountry, end kept out of it for 12 yearb, merely because they preferred the Socialist system to the Bismarclean tyranny? Happily, the rung German Emperor has entered upon an mien igent line of liberal legislation.  Some temarkable notes were sounded st tho meetings of the Iron and Steel Congress, in New York. Mr. Adam S. Hewitt, in a printed address, made the declaration that "The time is approaching when capital and labour will be joint owners of their productions," That is a remarkable declaration on the part of a capitalist; but, it looks like the truth in "the sweet bye-and-bye."  ! What will be said of thii tale of advertising executioners Some twenty or thirty years ago, the art of advertising was yet in its infancy; people had not become alive the fact which is so palpable nowadays, that in making out their profits, the expensive necessity of making themselves known, must be included, or they will find themselves in the hindmost of back streets! Since advertising has been accepted as a paramount neceeeity in this age of competition, Americana have exercised the ingenuity,to the wonderment of the conservative and slowergoing Englistunan. A characteriaticof American enterprise appears to be that it stops at nothing, and fastens itself to ideas that would iiinpugrinz! eonyleys.stnim,d Itmt inetterwurat of.tateite. latest monstrosity in !advertising, as exhibited over a ease which is arousing an Immense amount of interest—the can of the young Englishman Benwell, robbed and murdered is Canada. The story, and the trial of Birehall, which has excited all Canada, has pull a truly American idea into the heads of some twenty men and one woman. The appointment of executioner is left in the hands of the sheriff there, and this gentleman has received a large number of pruning offers of assistance ; the twenty men and one woman aforesaid have actually volanteered to hang the prisoner. They reckon that the hanging will be such en extensive advertisecanent for them that not only will it be worth their while to bottle their feelings of repugnance at the task—if they have any—but some of them are willing to pay a pretty high price in addition for the privilege.  "Reeords" are the rage now 4i-days. There are rends for pretty well everything—foi racing, cricket, all kinds and forms of competition. The "record" mania has invaded the profersionc to some extent; has intruded itself 1 . into science, has puahed its cold nose, in fact, linto places where it was out of place, where it had no earthly right. There is a record now fired for old age professors which will take the Swansea Centenarian, Jane Jones, and any other all 1 their time to brat if they should be ambitious that way. The Sultan has granted a pension to Arab-Osman, of Cavallovit, who is 160 years 1 old. Official documents testify to his age, and the fact that forces the truth of the record. ' breaker's reputed age home to the sceptical mind ia that the Sultan is certainly not in t. 6 habit of allowing himself to be banibooz`ed out of money by his subjects.