ter a matter not of circumstances, but purely of nature. To turn nature belongs to the Power which originally fixed nature.-W. Arthur.

TRIADS.

Three things to admire-intellectual power, dignity, gracefulness. Three things to love-courage, gentleness, affection.

Three things to hate-cruelty, arrogance, ingratitude.

Three things to despise-meanness, affectation, envy.

Three things to reverence-religion, justice, self-denial.

Three things to delight in-beauty, frankness, freedom.

Three things to wish for-faith, peace, purity of heart.

Three things to esteem-wisdom, prudence, firmness.

Three things to like-cordiality, good humor, mirthfulness.

Three things to suspect-flattery, hypocrisy, sudden affection.

Three things to avoid-idleness, loquacity, flippant jesting.

Three things to cultivate-good books, good friends, good humor. Three things to contend for-honor, country, friends.

Three things to govern-temper, impulse, the tongue.

Three things to be prepared forchange, decay, death.

GENIUS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

Corneille did not speak correctly the language of which he was such a master. Descartes was silent in mix

ed company. Themistocles, when asked to play on a lute, said, "I cannot fiddle, but I can make a little village a great city." Addison was unable to converse in company. Virgil was heavy colloquially. La Fontaine was coarse and stupid when

surrounded by men. The Countess of Pembroke said of Chaucer, that his silence was more agreeable to her than his conversation. Socrates, celebrated for his written orations, was so timid that he never ventured to

speak in public. Dryden said that he was unfit for company. Hence, it has been remarked, "Mediocrity can talk; it is for genius to observe."

LOFTY IDEALS.

Our safety is in having lofty ideals, and in constant labor to secure their realization. Let the getting of money be a man's ideal, and he will of necessity grow towards the dust; let a man hunger and thirst after the kingdom of God, and he will grow into strength and enjoy an unspeakable peace.-Dr. Parker.

WORTH OF AN "IDEA."

A man will charge you a penny for so much tape; but if that man were to give you an idea, and say, "Now, I want a penny for that," you would smile at him, and say the thing was absurd and and preposterous.

Tape!

Now, tape can be felt and looked atthat is worth something. But an ade, a hint, a scheme, a fancy, a scintillation of genius, a suggestion-to give anything for that seems utterly absurd and preposterous. Yet its price may be far above rubies! I am afraid some people think so, and therefore don't attempt anything in the form of compensation.-Dr. Joseph Parker.

A PREACHER'S CRITICS.

Norman M'Leod was once preaching in a district in Ayrshire, where the reading of a sermon is regarded as the greatest fault of which the minister can be guilty. When the congregation dispersed, an old woman, overflowing with enthusiasm,

many to finish her musical education in Leipzic. She studied last year in the Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati, O. If her life will be spared we expect that she will make her mark in the musical world.

TEN YEARS' LABOR OF REV. E. I. JONES.-The Plymouth Congregational Church of Newark, O., was formally dedicated on Sunday, Oct. 7th, and the good work accomplished during its ten years of existence was made known. The following facts will be of interest, The first service was held Oct. 6, 1878. From that time to the present services have been regularly held. The pastor, Rev. E. I. Jones, has preached about one thousand times, and led nearly as many prayer meetings.

The church was organized May 21, 1879, nearly eight months after the first services with 68 members, 31 by letter and 37 on profession of faith. 482 names have been entered on the role of the church, 94 by letter and 388 on profession. There have been removed by letter, death, discipline, &c., 133, leaving 349 on the roll.

The church property, which is now free from debt, has cost about $8,000, but is worth more. The church and congregation and Sabbath school have raised for all purposes about $23,0 0. The pastor has baptized 134 adults and 199 children, has attended 607 funerals and married 466 couples. He has had no stated salary but received the first year from collections, donations, funeral and wedding fees, &c., $993 and has received in all for the ten years $11,880.

PROFESSOR W. APMADOC has hired the young men's hall in the arcade, Utica, for musical work this fall and winter, and has given it a new and appropriate name, Music hall.

MISS RACHEL REESE, who has been studying vocal music under Mr. Apmadoc since last spring, has returned to her home in Centralia, Pa.

HON. MORGAN B. WILLIAMS, WilkesBarre, Pa, has declined the nomination for a second term as senator for Luzerne Co., Pa.

THE Rev. T. S. Edwards (Cynonfardd), Kingston, Pa., has been nominated by the Republicans of Luzerne Co., as a candidate for the State Senate. Mr. Edwards is well known among the Welsh people through the country for his scholarship, his intellectual ability, his integrity, and for many personal qualities of mind and heart heart which eminently qualify him for the position. We hope all of our fellow-countrymen will join together to ensure his election.

Another distinguished Welshman, Mr. D. C. Jeremy, of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., is a candidate for the Assembly from Luzerne Co., Pa., on the Prohibition ticket.

MR. HUGH HUGHES, Turin, Lewis C., N. Y., has been re-nominated as candidate for the Assembly on the Republican ticket.

MR. PETER A. GRIFFITHS, Oskosh, has been nominated by the Union Labor Party as candidate for Congress from the Sixth District, Wisconsin. Mr. Griffiths was born in Wales in 1820. Has been in Oskosh since 1850, and he carries on a successful business as Druggist.

MR. LOT DAVIES has commenced his second term as Treasurer of Jackson Co. O., and is highly esteemed for his many excellent qualities.

ONE of the most prominent Welsh Americans connected with Railroads in this country is Mr. W. E. Powell (Gwilym Eryri), Milwaukee, Wis., who has charge of the Emigration Department connected with the C. M. & St. Paul Ry., and who has done much in every way to advance the wellfare of his countrymen in the West.

MR. SAMUEL JOB is chief superintendent of the Pullman Car Co., Rolling Mills at Pullman, near Chicago.

MR. WATKIN Y. WILLIAMS, Braddock, Pa., has resigned his position as night superintendent of the steel works at Homestead, Pa., and has accepted a position as superintendent of new steel works at Pottsville.

MR. GEORGE M. DAVIES, Lansford, Pa., has been nominated for Associate Judge for Carbon C., Pa.

DR. G. W. PREESE, lately of Cincinnati, O., has removed to Cambria, Wis.

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tion. Their meetings are well attended. They are partly of a social and partly of a literary character. In the last meeting an able and interesting paper was read by Mr. James M. Hughes on "The Welsh in America, their past, present and future. Some of the most prominent Welsh Americans in the city are leading spirits in the society.

Wm. H. Jones, Esq., a prominent lawyer and a native of Wales, is the President, Mr. Symons is Secretary, and they are supported by many others, such as Messrs. C. H. Williams, Superintendent of Big Four Railway Shop, James M. Hughes, Ebenezer Bowen, Henry Price, New

son, O.

gers and others.

Remsen, N. Y., Oct. 10th, in connecA MEETING was held at Penycaerau, tion with the monument commemora

ONE of the most eloquent speeches delivered in Utica during the present campaign was one by Rev. W. W. Hicks, of Fort Mason, Florida, who is a republican and a native of Wales, born at Machen, near Caerphili, S. W., about 1840. When 8 years old he came with his parents to America, and settled in Huntington Co., Pa. At 18 years of age he entered the ministry of the M. E. Church. Was afterwards for a few years a missionary in India. His health breaking down, he spent some time in Wales on his return home. He has for the last 16 years made his home on his plantation in Florida. He is a vice-President of the National Temperance Publication Society of New York. He spoke Welsh when a boy.

THE Cambro-American Society of Cincinnati is in a flourishing condi

jamin Davies, Rev. David Stephens, David E. Davies, and Robert Meredith, in the establishment of the Welsh Calvinistic Denomination in America. The monument has been prepared by Hughes & Evans, of Utica, and reflects great credit on their workmanship. We expect in a future number to give a fuller account of the life services of these pioneer ministers of the gospel among the Welsh in America.

NOTES FROM WALES.

THE Memorial Chapel to Williams, of Pantycelyn, has been opened at Llandovery. This memorial to the sweet singer of Wales was begun two years ago. It has cost £3,000, of which more than two-thirds has been raised through the untiring energy of Rev. T. Thomas.

DR. BEVAN has introduced into his church at Melbourne the Litany with musical responses.

MR. G. W. TAYLOR, one of the deacons of Dr. Bevan's Church at Melbourne, who has been accepted as Liberal candidate for West Denbigh, has given £500 to found a Welsh lecturship at Bangor University College.

THE Rev. Dr. Dickens Lewis has received a telegram from Mr. G. W. Taylor of Melbourne, the Liberal candidate for West Denbighshire, announceing his intention of giving a prize of £100 for the best essay on "Bishop Morgan's Life and Times."

A PROPOSAL has been mooted by the International Peace and Arbitration Society for the raising of a memorial to the late Mr. Henry Richard at Tregaron, Cardiganshire, where he was born.

CONSIDERABLE improvement in the slate trade of North Wales is report ed.

SIX of the Welsh Members of Par liament are members of the Welsh Presbyterian Church, namely, John Roberts (Flint), T. P. Lewis (Anglesea), J. Bryn Roberts (Eifionydd), W. Abraham (Rhondda), T. E. Ellis (Merioneth), and D. Randall (Gower).

THE staff at Bangor College, of which Rev. T. Lewis, B. A., is Principal, has been strengthened by Rev. E. Herber Evans, D. D., having consented to fill the chair of Homiletics. Rev. M. O. Evans has been appointed lecturer in English Language, Literature, and History; and Rev. J. Kingsland in Mathematics.

THE BARDIC CHAIR.

The adjudication in the bardic chair competition was given at Thursday's meeting of the Eisteddfod. The winJones, curate of Llanyblodwel, near ner of the chair is the Rev. Tudno Oswestry, who also won the chair at Pwllheli Eisteddfod, twelve years ago.

THE NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD.

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Mr. Gladstone attended the National Eisteddfod of Wales, at Wrexham, and delivered an address on the ple, the religion, the language, and the literature of the Principality. The right honorable gentleman was accorded a most enthusiastic reception, the Eisteddfod Pavilion, which holds over 7,000 persons, being crowded. In the great choral competition the first prize was won by the Carnarvon Choral Union, and the second by the Birkenhead Cambrian Choral Soci ety.

LITERARY NOTES.

A COMMITTEE has been appointed by the C. M. Gymanfa lately held at Remsen, N. Y., to confer with the family of the late Rev. W. Roberts, D. D. Utica, about the preliminary arrangements necessary for publishing his biography and a selection of his sermons in the form of a memorial volume.

THE Biography and Sermons of Dr. Rees, Swansea by Kev. John Thomas, D. D., have been published in one volume.

MR. IVOR JAMES of Cardiff is engaged on a work which I am informed, is destined to show that Welshmen not only held their own, but acted a very distinguished part in connection with English learning and litera

ture in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries