'WHIG

was the name which, from the time of Charles 1. to the 18th century inclusive, was applied to the party which advocated democracy. 1 he word is of Scottish origin, and was first applied to the Covenanters of the south-west of Scotland. the wife-beating or child-beating type, and it is the only thing which this worst type of bully really dreads. In these effeminate days outcries against it are often heard, and much nonsense is talked about the dignity of the human body; but that is all the more reason for sturdy patriots and rational thinkers supporting vigorously a plentiful supply of the ‘ Cat * for all crimes of violence. The worst part of the United Kingdom for such crimes is the country round Swansea, ' Cardiff, Merthyr-Tydvil, Aberdare, and Newport. WHISTLER,