might be accomplished with a little effort.

The English language, made up as it is of words derived from the principal languages of the world, holds immense possibilities for the student. Those able to speak or write it easily, who have a ready command of a correct phraseology, possess a power quickly recognized and strongly felt. And it is a power which a sufficient amount of study can give to those willing to take the trouble to acquire it.

Every one may not be able to write freely and with the most agreeable effect to the reader, although, with the requisite amount of pains, more could be done in this direction than most people suppose. But it is at least possible for young people-and some older people-to "get a few new words into their vocabularies." A book of synonyms is an easily accessible help. It could teach a few adjectives besides those in every-day use, which are frequently worn threadbare. Indeed, some of these stock phrases have become meaningless. A family which established a fine for the use of any one of them, coupled with a reward for a clever application of a new word, might institute a reform which would spread, as do the ripples, until it covered a whole corner of society's mill-pond.-Harper's

Bazar.

good use of the opportunities given

you.

II. We live in a real and a solid and a truthful world. In such a world only truth, in the long run, can hope to prosper. Therefore avoid lies, mere show and sham, and hollow superficiality of all kinds, which is, at the best, a painted lie. Let, whatever you are and whatever you do, grow out of a firm root of truth and a strong soil of reality.

III. The nobility of life is work. We live in a working world. The lazy and idle man does not count in the plan of campaign. "My Father worketh hitherto, and I work." Let that text be enough.

IV. Never forget St. Paul's sentence, "Love is the fulfilling of the law.' This is the steam of the social

machine.

V. But the steam requires regulation. It is regulated by intelligence and moderation. Healthy action is always a balance of forces, and all extremes are dangerous, the excess of a good thing being often more dangerous in its social consequences than the excess of what is radically bad.

VI. Do one thing well. "Be a whole man," as Chancellor Thurlow said. "Do one thing at one time." Make clean work and leave no tags. Allow no delays when you are at a thing; do it and be done with it.

LIFE.

In the "young man" for January, Professor John Stuart Blackie gives these rules of conduct, which have guided him through life:

I. Never indulge the notion that you have any absolute right to choose the sphere or the circumstances in which you are to put forth your powers of social action, but let your daily wisdom of life be in making a

do not mean to use.

VIII. Never desire to appear clever and make a show of your talents before men. Be honest, loving, kindly, and sympathetic in all you say and do. Cleverness will flow from you naturally if you have it, and applause will come to you unsought from those who know what to applaud, but the applause of fools is to be shunned.

IX. Above all things, avoid faultfinding and a habit of eriticism. Let your rule in reference to your social sentiments be simply this: Pray for the bad, pity the weak, enjoy the good, and reverence both the great and the small, as playing each his part aptly in the divine sympathy of the universe.

MR. BEECHER'S PRAYER FOR PLYMOUTH CHURCH.

O Lord, let this church live. Let it be for evermore a church working for the poor, for the needy, for all mankind. May the time never come when it shall be held by shackles, when its eyes shall be darkened by policies, and when its heart shall be dry, or turned into narrow channels. We pray that from this place may go forth the word of universal truth to universal man. And when this church can no longer serve God in the interests of humanity, may it die, and may something better spring up in its place.

HOW THE PARROT SETTLED IT. Mr. Brown had a "bird-dog," a very handsome hunter, and I must tell you how he was spoiled for hunting it was so funny a circumstance that his master always laughed when he told the story, although he was much vexed to lose so good a game dog.

His housekeeper had a parrot given to her, and the first time the dog came into the room where the bird was he

stopped and "pointed." The parrot slowly crossed the room and came up in front of the dog and looked him square in the eye, and then, after a moment, said, "You're a rascal!"

The dog was so much astonished to hear the bird speak that he dropped his tail between his legs, wheeled about and ran away; and from that day to this he has never been known to"point" at a bird.-Our Little Men and Women.

GEMS OF THOUGHT.

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An ignorance of aims
Makes it impossible to be great at all.
E. B. Browning.

Wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss,
But cheerly seek how to redress their harms.
Shakspere.

Fame, like a broken mirror,
With twenty fragments of a truth,
Gives twenty shapes of erro1.
J. S. Llackie.

Have people an honest right to keep up appearances? Are you justified in starving your dinner table in order to keep a carriage?—Thackeray

The path of genius is not less obstructed with disappointment than that of ambition.-Voltaire.

Time is a blooming field. Nature is ever teeming with life, and all is seed and all is fruit.-Schiller.

Fame and admiration weigh not a feather in the scale against friendship and love, for the heart languishes all the same.-George Sand.

We sleep, but the loom of life never stops; and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up to-morrow.-Beecher.

What a comfort a dull but kindly A ground glass person is at times. shade over a gas lamp does not bring

than

more solace to our dazzled eyes such a one to our mind.-Holmes.

The reason why men and women are so mysterious to us, and prove disappointing, is that we read them from our own book, just as we are perplexed by reading ourselves from theirs. Meredith.

In mankind the will appears without its mask only in the affections and the passions. And that is the reason why passion, when it speaks, win credence, no matter what the passion may be; and rightly so.Schopenhauer.

"EICH DYN," OR "ICH DIEN." An extract from the speech delivered by Mr. W. J. Morgan, lithographer, Cleveland, Ohio, at the St. David's Banquet, at Pittsburgh, Pa., March 1, 1892.

I think this a fitting time and place to enter a protest I have always felt so keenly.

You know the reigning family of Great Britain are more German than English or Welsh. I use the word Welsh here advisedly as you will see. The crest of the Prince of Wales, you know,is three ostrich feathers, held by a clasp upon which is inscribed the word "Ich Dien. The present incumbent of that high dignity will tell you that "Ich Dien" is derived from the German, signifying "I serve." I have always regarded this translation of our glorious motto an insult to every Welshman, and Englishman as well. For the information of some of our guests of this evening, who may not be familiar with this tradition, I will relate the circumstances of the creation of the title, the office and the motto.

When Edward I, King of England, had partly conquered and partly subdued the Welsh Chieftains, the king being at Rhuddlan castle with his court. Edward made a covenant with the chieftains that in lieu of certain concessions to be made by them, he would place a prince to reign over them-one born in their land and speaking their own language. These old princes, barons chieftains, agreed to the king's terms, and were willing to await the king's time in producing the man.

and

In the following winter, his queen, Eleanor, was sent for from London to come to Carnarvon Castle, there to give birth to an expected prince. Some time after, the chieftains assembled and claimed the fulfillment of the king's promise-a man to reign over us, born in our land, speaking our own language, and who shall be heir to the English throne. Where

is he? The king took up his infant son, and, holding him up extending his arms with the child therein toward the chieftains, exclaiming at the same time "Eich Dyn." This is a true history of the first prince of Wales, and Albert Edward is the successor of Edward's son if he is anything, and "Ich Dien are two Welsh words meaning your man.

A COMPLIMENTARY DINNER GIVEN IN HONOR OF DANIEL L. JONES, ESQ., OF BROOKLYN, N. Y.

A well-served life mingled with acts of charity and benevolence always commands by this feeling, a large number of the many appreciation and acknowledgement. Urged friends of Daniel L. Jones, of Brooklyn, gathered together at the new, but well known Hotel of Thomas Roberts-The Friday evening, March 11th, 1892. Adelphi, 23rd Street and Tenth Ave., on

Mr. Jones is well known among the We sh people of the United States for the last sixty years, and is to-day regarded as one of the oldest philanthropists of our nation in this and has a vast and varied experience, having country. He came to this country in 1828, started at the first step of the ladder of fame as an ordinary carpenter and gradually ascending with a noble aim in view, until he has become a wealthy man. destitute and to advance the interest of To help the countrymen has since been the great object of his life. His acts of charity extend back many years. Among the first being the the dreaded cholera pest in 1832-33. He founding of a home for orphans caused by soon afterwards instituted the well-known

St. David's Society of New York and has lived to enjoy its sixtieth anniversary.

Owing to the large number assembled the commodious and well-fitted Hotel was crowded, every seat being occupied. Among those present were the following: Ex-Judge Noah Davies, Hon. Thomas L. James, Hon. Richard J. Dewis, John T. Davies, Henry Parry, Hugh Roberts (Efrog Mon), William James, G. T. Matthews, I. Newton Williams. Isaac Williams, Frank James, Thomas RobEvans, John T. Williams, Thomas Williams, erts, Henry C. Tierken, H. H. Williams, H.

W. H. Williams, Owen K. Roberts, John Thomas, B. F. Jones, Henry J. Roberts, 0. B. Williams, H. N. Morgan, Thomas H. Tuen), Prof. W. J. Stephens, R. J. Roberts Evans, W. J. Jones, Isaac C. Williams (Glan (Llew Peris), L. Headley Jones, Richard Hughes, Wm. Morgan and Thomas D. Bowen,

Letters of regret of inability to attend were read from Hon. Ellis H. Roberts, William Miles, Esq., Rev. D. Parker Morgan, Josiah D. Evans (Ap Daniel), and many others.

After doing justice to the elaborate menu, the chairman of the evening, Hugh Roberts, made a very effective speech, following the career of Mr. Jones from the very beginning to the present time. Mr. R. J. Roberts (Llew Peris) then gave a splendid rendition of the song 'Lake of Kilarney.' The chair

man next called upon the guest of the evening, the Patriotic Daniel L. Jones, to say a few words, which in part are as follows: "I do not know what to say on this occasion, but I can only thank you for your appreciation of the acts that I have done, and whatever I have done for the cause of Wales I did it with all my heart. Wales is dear to me; her hills and vales are very dear to me, and yet I look at our people in the United States that we are almost Wales ourselves." Speeches in his honor were made by Hon. Thos. L. James, Hon. Richard J. Lewis, and by ex-Judge Noah Davies.

John T. Davies followed with an address in his usual humorous style, and recalled many reminiscences of his youth which were laughable in the extreme. At this point General James proposed the health of the patriot William Miles, who, owing to sickness was unable to be present. William James made a few remarks, and in addition sang a song in his cheerful and pleasing manner. Addresses were also dellvered by Frank James, Thomas H. Evans of the Chicago Tribune, Henry N. Morgan, Thomas Roberts, Owen Knox Roberts, G. T. Matthews, H. Parry and I. Newton Williams.

ST. DAVID CELEBRATIONS.

NEW YORK ST. DAVID'S SOCIETY.

The St. David's Society of New York held their annual dinner on the evening of March 1st, at the Metropolitan Hotel, and was most enjoyable in all its features. The big room in which the tables were set was handsomely decorated on the walls with the Welsh colors and the United States flag. And that famous Welsh dragon with his insatiable mouth wide open was conspicuous back of the main table whence the speaking of the evening proceeded. At this table sat the president, Rev. D. Parker Morgan, Bishop Stevens of Iowa, William Lane Booker, the British Consul-general; Bishop William Day Reeve, of Mackenzie River, in the Hudson Bay country; Assistant United States Treasurer, Ellis H. Roberts Vice-President, C. C. Beaman, of the New England Society; William Lyaal, chairman of the Board of Man

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agers of the St. Andrew's Society; the Rev. John Evans, Colonel C S. Francis, of Troy, and Frederic J. DePester.

Among others were general and Mrs. Thomas L. James, Commodore Van Santvoord, Colonel J. R. Van Wormer, Mr. and Mrs. John T. Davies, ex-Judge and Mrs. Noah Davies, Walter S. Logan, Mr. and Mrs. M. V. Powell, Mr. and Mrs. William A Rees, Thomas C. Powell, Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Morgan, Mrs. M. I. Morgan, Miss Carrie G. Morgan, Miss Ida Morgan, J. G. Jenkins, Mrs. and Mrs. E. T. Jenkins, Frank Jenkins, Richard Williams, Mrs. James, Misses Heiser, Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Lewis, Mr and Mrs. F. G. Heath, Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Heath, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Mosher, Frank Thomas, Mrs. J. H. Delameter, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Sones, Robert C. Lewis, Richard Gough, Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Williams, Sylvanus Williams. Henry Blackwell, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Roberts, T. D. Bowen, Mr. M. O. Roberts, William Jeremiah, Mr. and Mrs. Samson, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Carter, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Helfer, Mrs. William Pratt, C. A. Heifer, Mrs. C. H. Hagemuller, Daniel L. Jones, George Morgan Lewis, Miss Hattie J. Hughes, Miss Ella F. Lewis Miss J. E. Hughes, W. C. Hughes, W. D. Lewis.

On rising to announce the toast, the president, Dr. Morgan, proposed the health of "The President of the United States." He referred to President Harrison in these words: "He is one who, holding a high place and exposed to frequent unkind criticism, stands to-day, at this period of his career, higher in public estimation and appreciation than at any other period of his Occupancy of the office. (Great applause.)

There were many letters of regret read from those who were unable to attend. Among these were Sir Julian Pauncefote, Governor Flower, Wayne MacVeah, Mayor Grant, Cornelius Vanderbilt, George B. Roberts, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company; J. Pierpont Morgan, Senator Jones, of Nevada; Horatio Gates Jones, of Philadelphia, and others.

The second toast was "Queen Victoria," in response to which the gathering sang in concert, "God save the Queen."

Mr. Depew, who was scheduled to appear and respond to the toost "The Day and All Who Honor it," was unfortunately detained in returning from a visit to Albany. Bishop Perry, of Iowa, spoke for "The Land of our Fathers."

Hon. Ellis H. Roberts delivered an eloquent address on "The Anglo-Saxon Hobby," which will appear in THE CAMBRIAN next month.

Ex-Justice Noah Davies responded to the

toast "The Land We Live in," and "Our Northern Neighbors" were represented by the genial Bishop William Day Reeve, of Mackenzie River, who has spent his life among the Indians of the north and the fur men of the Hudson Cay country.

The annual dinner of the St. David's Society in 1892 was a most enjoyable occasion, which all who attended it will remember. It proved that the presence of women on such occasions as these is no drawback to the pleasure, while in reality a contribution to the sources of refined enjoyment.

The following officers have been elected for the ensuing year: President, Ellis H. Roberts; Vice-president. Henry Blackwell and John G Jenkins; Treasurer, John Thomas; Rec. Secretary, Josiah D. Evans; Cor. Secretary, Wm. H. Williams; counsel, I. Newton Williams; Physician, Daniel L. Jones, Jr Chaplain, Rev. Dr. Parker Morgan, Appropriate religious services in the Welsh languages were also held at the Church of the Heavenly Rest, on February 23rd, under the auspices of the St. David s Society. The sermon being delivered by the Rector Rev. D. Parker Morgan, D.D.

THE CAMBRIAN SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON, D. C.

The Cambrian Society, representing the Welsh-American residents of Washington, under a new organization, gave their first annual banquet at the National Hotel last night. Covers were laid for seventy, and the evening was most pleasantly spent in songs, recitations, speech-making, and sumptuous feasting. The president of the society, Mr. Thomas Oliver, was not present on account of sickness, and Mr. W. T. Hughes, the vice-president, acted as master of ceremonies.

The programmewas opened with a solo from Prof. W. J. Stevens, of New York city. Mr. Leo Roberts gave a recitation that was roundly applauded and was followed by Mr. T. L. Thomas, of Baltimore, in a delightful solo. Rev. Dr. J. E. Rankin then made some interesting remarks on "The Welsh Pulpit," and was followed by Rev. G. James Jones in an address on "St. David." Prof. Stephens then sang "The Sword of Bunker Hill." The Rev. William Price delivered a short address, and Mr. Edwin C. Jones spoke entertainingly on "Eminent Welshmen." Col. C. P. Lincoln made a few very pleasant remarks, and the programme concluded with a song from Miss Lina Cohn. Among those present were:

Mr. James Hughes, Misses Hughes, Mr. and Mr. E. C. Jones, Rev. and Mrs. G. J. Jones, Mr. A. J. Lewis, Mr and Mrs. Hugh Lewis, Rev. Wm. Price, Col. and Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Jones, Dr. and Mrs. J. J. Jones, Louis Lewis, Charles W. Jones, Mrs.

Jones, Miss Jones, Wm. Humphreys, Wm. Bennet, Hon. W. F. Williams, and Mrs. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Roberts, John T. Williams, D. M. Davies, Miss Davies, Mr. and M. T. Hughes, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Lewis, Lieut. R. J. Williams, R. L. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. David Bowen, John L. Thomas, Alfred Davies, H. H. Williams, Capt. Wm. John, J. K. Rees, Tim Lewis and Dr. Grace Roberts.

THE WELSH SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA.

The 94th annual meeting of the Welsh Society of Philadelphia was held on St. David's Day at the Hotel Bellevue.

The Hon. Horatio Gates Jones presided, Mr. W. H. James acted as secretary, Mr. Henry Mutthews, of Minersville, was elected a member by the society.

The Treasurer reported a balance of $858.02,

A minute was adopted relative to the death of Thomas R. Davis, and a copy of it was directed to be sent to the family of the deceased.

The following officers were elected to serve the ensuing year: President, Horatio Gates Jones; Vice president, David T. Davies ; Treasurer, William Lloyd; Secretary, William H. James; Stewards, William James, Dr. St. John W. Mintzer, Thomas R. Davies, Wm. D. Eynon, David Jones, Dr. G. G. Davies, and Rev. F. Evans, D.D.; Counsellors, Geo.. Pierce, Warren G. Griffiths; Physicians, Horace Y. Evans, M. D., and James J. Levick, M. D.

After the business meeting the members of the society sat down to a well-spread ban. quet.

The Hon. Horatio Gates Jones presided, and among those present were the Rev. Frederick Evans, D.D., the Rev. Rees Cadugan Evans, of Camden; the Hon. W. N. Ashman, Gen. Robert B. Beath, John L. Lawson, M. Hampton Todd, Elias J. Davies, Dd. T. Davies, William Lloyd, W. H. Jones, James F. Jones. Thomas R. Davies. Dr. St. John W. Mintzer, W. A. Masson, Howard M. Jenkins, Charles T. Davies, Morgan Rees, Gordon Thomas, William James, E. Puntam Davies, William Williams, John J. Williams.

ST. DAVID'S DAY AT PITTSBURGH, PA. Next to the Eisteddfod the event of the year that is dear to the heart of every Welshman is the celebration of St. David's Day.

The St. David's Society of Pittsburgh enjoyed its eleventh annual banquet in honor of its patron Saint at the Seventh Avenue Hotel. Two hundred ladies and gentlemen were present. Col. Wilson outdid himself in the preparation of the feast, and surely St. David's Society was never more fortunate