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Lord V1folse/eY!9 Discharged Soldiers, AXD Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. PRIVATE ALFRED SHAW, How he was discharged from the Army incurable and made weJIi and strong by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. LORD '\VOLSELEY' laments on the scarcity of Army recrrits hav> wide- spread attention, wh; to be wondered at, having great national invests at M it has escaped comment is > akage annually recorded fr r men, as the official phr -lie ally uuiitj for further ser A reporter of the <11 Press recently paid a visit ''aradise- sfcreet, Lambeth-walk,.Lo:i..u_i. S.E., and sought out one of those interesting, not to say unfortunate, young men-Alfred Shaw by name—who, having chosen a military career, experienced the remorse of being compelled to abandon it from causes over which he had no control. Mr. Shaw stands five feet nine inches in his boots, and is in appaaratice a line specimen of the hardy, robus youug Britisher. You invalided from the Army exclaimed the interviewer, in astonish- I ment. By your appearance you seem j as fit to take a hand in the Soudan or any other campaign as any man who ever donned a red coat." So I am—now," replied young Shaw laconically. "But it's only during the past two months that I have become myself again." And then he told the story of how Her Majesty lost a young and promising ,soldier. He said On December 3,1895, at the age of eighteen, I enlisted in the Norfolk Regiment, passed the medical examination with flying colours, and was sent to the regimental depot at Norwich. I was settling down quite comfortably, when I was overtaken by illness, and on January 8, 1896-barely a monthafter join- ing-was sent into the regimental hospital. I had caught a chill a week before, after A route march with full kit. I felt a bit stiffislx, which r t grew worse and worse. In the hoppiiii i they said it was rheumatism and heart disease. I re- mained in hospital until April 3 without improvement. I went home until Mav 2. but was no better, Into the hospital 1 was sent again, and here I remained without mending until June 1. when I was sent before the Med:cil Board at Colchester, and my discharge was decided upon. z ALFRED SHAW. "Things began to look blacker still. I got worse instead of better after my discharge. My mother was worried a great deal over my health, but luckily in July she read something in the news- paper about Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, and the result was that she bought a. box. After taking that I felt ever so much better. In the course of the following month I took several more boxes, and, wonderful to say, I felt as strong and as robust as ever I did in my life." J Alfred Shaw's Certificate of Discharge. -4> THE CASE OF SERGEANT COLGAN. Discharged Medical Certificate as incurable. ''n Cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. THE military authorities are not too ready to grant a discharge to a soldier, as the case of Mr. R. P. Colgan, 41, Barbara -street, Barnsbury, N., ex- emplifies. His thrilling story cannot be better told than in his own words. One day," he said, as an elderly woman, who did Washing for the officers of my regiment, Was crossing a field with a bundle of plean linen, a tramp struck her from behind with an iron bar. I rushed out, and half jumped, half fell, over a wall about sixteen feet high, as I pursued the man, who, however, got into a wood and escaped. In the fall I injured my back, and to that I attribute my illness." Very serious was the illness entailed by the worthy Sergeant's impetuous ourage. Notwithstanding the best ^edical care at the Military Hospital, Warwick, where he was stationed, Col- rr? himself hopelessly paralysed. r?-ls limbs refused their office he reeled se a drunkard. Gradually slipping from bad to worse, EVIDENCE PROVES the undoubted cure by Dr. Williams' Pills for Pale People of the follow- ing among other diseases '&lysis, St. Vitus' Dance, °cotnotor Ataxy, Rickets, SPinal Disease, Loss of Vital Forces, Rheumatism, Pitation and indigestion, eart Disease, Neuralgia, wsumption and Sciatica, feline," Loss of Appetite, noral Debility, Ladies' Ailments, ,/jut Only Genuine Pills effect. i Genuine Cures. he found that he could scarcely get down- stairs, and was afterwards admitted into the Military Hospital again. On March 31st, 1883, he was discharged from the Service, on the recommendation of the Army doctors, as incurable. If ever there was a hopeless case this was one. The doctors told him frankly that he could not live a twelvemonth. Yet, the twelvemonth over, the reporter found Colgan not merely alive, but active and well he is, in fact, at work in London at the present day. The means of this remarkable escape remain to be told, and in reply to the reporter's in- quiries it was elicited in simple and con- vincing terms. In his misery and despair, Colgan, helpless and useless, was begin- ning to feel that it would be best for all concerned if he could die at once. Then one day his little son brought home a book in which were described some of the remarkable cures effected by the new medical discovery of Dr. Williams, an Edinburgh University graduate-the remedy popularly known asDr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. He was talked into trying the remedy, and from the first box the cure began. His appetite returned, control of his limbs of which the terrible disease locomotor ataxy had deprived him— returned also. The extremities, formerly cold and limp, were now tingling with new blood, and when the reporter saw Mr. Colgan he was walking every day to business-a man as surely snatched from death as though he had been caught upon the brink of the precipice. TO AVOID SUBSTITUTES NOTE that the only genuine pills are in a wrapper of pink paper, printed in red, and bearing the full name," Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People." In case of doubt, it is better to send direct to the Manufacturers, enclosing the price, 2s. 9d. for one box 13s. 9d. for six boxes. Address: Dr. Williams' Medicine Com- pany, 46, Holborn-viaduct, London. CD? WILLIAMS • a\ P'w £ f Begisiered Genuine Package

Y CEFN A'R CYMMYDOGAETHAU. "HOWEL HABL AR BWRS Y WLAD." Dyna un o hen ddiarhebion doeth y Cymru. Peth ami i'w glywed yn yr amser presennol ydyw fod rhywrai yn hael ar bwrs trethi ein gwlad-mewn cyflogau inawr i rhywrai. ac mewn costau y gellir eu hebgor yn hawdd. Dywedir, os ydyw yn wir, fod Bwrdd Ysgol y Llan yn cyrchn glo dros yr afon at wasanaeth un ysgol, ac yn talu cryn lawer yn ychwaneg am hwnw nag a fyddai raid iddynt am lo da yn nes at yr ysgoldy ar y bryn heulog. A FYDD STREIC Y GLOWYR ? Gobeithiwn na bydd, ond y mae yn bosibl iawn y bydd, o herwydd y mae y glowyr yn parotoi ar gyfer y gwaetbaf, er eu bod yn disgwyl y bydd i'r meistri ddyfod Fw cyfarfod pan yn gofyn 71 y cant o godiad yn eu eyflogau. ODd y mae perchenogion y glofeydd mor arw am droi pob ffrwd at eu melinau mawr eu hunain," ag ydyw y glowyr am eu troi at eu melinau bach teuluaidd hwythau. A llawer meistr a goruchwyliwr ya rhy ucbelfrydig o yspryd i wyro pen dim i foddloni y gweithiwr, er nad all y naill gario yn mlaen heb y llall. Peth doeth gan y glowyr ydyw y cynllun o ffurfio cymdeithasau neu bwyllgorau i ofalu mewn achos- ion o ddamweiniau a fydd rhagorfreintiau y Ddeddf lawn ar Ddamweiniau yn cael eu cario allan, a dewis rhyw un yn mhob gwaith i ofalu am anfon rhybuddion am bob damwain mewn amser priodol, ae i'r swyddog priodol. Y mae yn debyg fod y glowyr yn un o rengoedd blaenaf y dosbarth gweithiol yn y cyfnod chwyldroadol presennol, mewn ymddeffroad i'w sefyllfa. Bu eu sefyllfa yn dra chaethwasaidd. gwyddom yn dda. DIRWEST. Nos Sabboth. cynnaliodd Cymdeithas Ddirwestol Efengylaidd Vroneyssylltau-un o'i chyfres cyfar- fodydd ynlNghapel y Methodiatiaid Calfinaidd, o dan lywyddiaeth Mr. John Samuel Jones, pryd y cymmerwyd rhan mewn canu ac adrodd gan Mri. Joseph Rowlands. R. E. Jones, a Thomas Williams. Y Parch. Clement Evans oedd y siaradwr cyntaf, a thraddododd anerehiad rhagorol ar '• Ddirwest fel egwyddor," heb anwybyddu nad da bod yn ddirwestwyr oddiar ddybenion eraill, ond mai bod yn ddirwestwyr o egwyddor ydyw y rhesymolaf, ac o lawer y dirgelaf. Yna eafwyd ychydig eiriau gan y cadeirydd ar Ddirwest y presennol yn ngoleuni dirwest 40 neu 50 mlynedd yn ol; ac i ddiwedda cafwyd araeth rymus ac adeiladol iawn gall y Parch. J. Rhydderch (A.), Brymbo, ar "Ddirwest yn ngoleuni yr Iesu." yr hwn a ddangosai yn eglur a difrifol fod yn rhaid i'r egwyddor fawr a lywod- raethai ein hanwyl Wared wr, sef gogoneddu enw Duw, a 1 lesoli ein cyd-ddynion, fod yn brif-gym- hellydd I'n holl weithrediadau a'n proffes ddirwestol. Dechreuwyd a diweddwyd y cyfarfod trwy weddi gan y brodyr R. a C. T. Morris. Yr oedd y cynulliad yn brawf amlwg fod yn eglwysi y Vron gyfeillion lawer ynl teimlo dyddordeb dwfn yn yr achos teil wng hwn. TYMMOR TAWEL, OYXHYRFUS. Ymae y tymmor gauafol presennol yn un hynod am wyntoedd ystormus, a gwlawogydd trymion. Ac y mae yn dymor hynod o dawel o ran cynyrfiadau llenorol. Ychydig o gyfarfodydd cystadleuol, ac ychydig o gyngherddau sydd wedi bod, a phrin ydyw y darlithau hefyd, na chyfar- foclydd adloniadol a darlleuol, yn enwedig gan Gymry y Cefn. Aeth yr eisteddfod i lawr, ac aeth y cyfarfodydd adloniadol i lawr mewn canlyniad. Y tymor gauarol 1897-98, yr oedd y cyfarfodydd dadieuol mewn bri. ac yr oeddym. wedi meddwl eu bod yn ddull newydd rhagorol 1 ddadblygu talentau, i gryfbau meddyliau, ac i arfer doniau i ymadroddi yn gyhoeddus mown dull dylanwadol, ac mewn iaith goethedig. Ond ei- nad oes llawer o waith llenorol yn cael ei wneyd yn y cyhoedd, diameufod llawer o waith meddyliol dirgel yn cawl ei wneyd, a llawer o gasglu gwybodaeth fuddiol. UX O It FYDDIN 11 WRTHYPOL." Magwyd ami rai selog fel dirwestwyr yn y Garth, a ffyddlawn iawn yn y fyddin wrthyfol," acy mae eto amryw ar y maes, a Ilawer wedi myned oddiwrth eu gwaith at eu gwobr. Un o'r ffyddloniaid hyny oedd y llanc, 26 oed, Moses Ellis, mab Mrs. Mary Ellis, a'r diweddar Mr.D. Ellis, I Minffordd, Garth, yr hwn a fu farw nos Wener, ar J ol pythefnos o gystudd trwm. Yr oedd ef yn un o'r rhai blaenaf gyda chyfarfodydd y Gobeithlu, ac yn aelod crefyddol cyson gyda'r Methodistiaid I Calfinaidd. Gall ei fam yn ei galar gysuro ei hun I ei bod wedi colli mab. cla a gofalus o honi, ac y | mae llawer mwy o, gysur yn hyny nag sydd mewn byw yn nghwmpeini mab drwg, di-barch o'i rieni. Cymmerodd ei gladdedigaeth le prydnawn dydd Llun, yn Nghladdfa Brynhyfryd, Garth, ac yr oedd 1 yn un lluosog iawn, er mor ystormus y tywydd. I Gwasanaethwyd ar yr achlysur gan y Parch. W. j Foulkes, Llangollen. TEULUAIDD. Traddododd y Dr. T. 0. Jones araeth ddyddorol a doniol, nos Wener, mewn cyssylltiad a Chyni- deithas Ddiwylliadol M.C.Acrfair,ar" Feddyginiaeth Deuluaidd." Yr oedd yn llawn addysgiadau. Siaradwyd hefyd gan y Parchn. J. Thomas, J. Lewis, Mr. Jonathan Powell, ac eraill. Cafwyd cyfarfod rhagorol. Y mae y bobl yn y cym- mydogaethau yn teimlo yn ddwys am fod y Dr. T. 0. Jones yn ymadael i fyned i Ferthyr Tydfil. DYN-LADDIAD." Mewn trengholiad, ddydd Mawrth, pasiwyd cyhuddiad o ddyn-lladdiad yn erbyn Andrew Jones, Esclusham, gweithiwr ar linell Rhos a Phontcyss- ylltau, am iddo ymddwyn yn greulawn tuagat blentyn mabwysiedig, yr hwn a fu farw mewn canlyniad.

RHOS A'R CYFFINIAU. Dywedai Abraham Bellis, Rhos, yr hwn a ym- ddangosodd i gael ei holi yn Llys y Methdaliadau yn Wrecsam, ei fod ef wedi madael a'i wraig am y rheswm ei bod hi yn anfoddlawn byw yn agos at ei berthynasau ef; a'i fod wedi addaw iddi hi gael byw yn ei dy ef, a chael gwasanaeth ei ddodrefn, a gofaly plentyn ieuengaf ac addawodd iddi yu wythnosol. cyhyd yr iawa ymdd.vgai hi, a pheidio a clieisio ei draliodi ef. Talodcl v am am«er. Dangosid .fod ei ddiffy<ion yu dCloiH 12s. 10 Lac mii ei wraig ydyw t:t onig ofvf.vdd. Pa fo id y dap»nhau yu inlaen sydd ¡'YtS;IWII: IJ.aweniiawyd wrcii glyw«> 1 fu I r ,vdd Cynghor Dosbarth Gwrecsam w«di ysgri.euu ao y Postfeistr Cyffredinal i geisio ganddo sefydlu swyddfa trydain (telegraph office) yn Mhenycae. Cafodd Cor M^ibion y Rhos wahoddia-j i Plas Eyton, ger Caer. preswylfod Due Westminister, nos Fercher. ac yr oedd rhai unawdwyr o'r Cefu gyda hwy hefyd. Yr wythnos dliweddaf y bu Cor Meibion y Rhondda yn cana yn yr un palas. Dymunai yr boneddwr anrhydeddus am i'r corau a'r unawdwyr ganu Hen Alawon Cymru." Y mae cwmni gwaith dwfr Rhiwabon yn methu cyflenwi yn briodol yr angenrheidiau am ddwfr, ac yn fwy felly ar ol gwneyd carthffosydd newyddion yn Rhiwabon, fel y mae y cyfluesderau dwfr yn bresennol. Ac y maent wedi cynllunio gwneyd llyn arall newydd rhwng llyn Penycae a'r mynydd Nant y Crogfryn, a bwriada y cwmni wario saith mil o bunau neu ragor ar y gwelliantau hyny. Bydd yn ofynol cyn y gellir cyflawni y gwaith yn iawn iddynt gael y ffordd i'w meddiant, yr hon sydd yn arwain oddiwrth ffarmdy Mr. W. Thomas i'r mynydd, a gwneyd ffordd newydd, ychydig yn uwch yn y caeau, ar yr ochr ogleddol. Yr oedd Mr. Woodford, Rhiwabon yn bresennol, gerbron Cynghor Plwyfol Penycae, yn dymuno ar ran cwmni y gwaith dwfr am i'r Cynghor roddi caniatad iddynt gymmeryd yr hen ffordd at eu gwasanaeth, a gwneyd ffordd newydd well yn ei lie. Rhoddodd y Cynghor i'r cwmni eu dymun- iadan. Barnir y bydd gwneyd y ffordd newydd yn costio tua £ 500. Pregethodd y Parch. T. Ffrimston, yr hynaf- ieuthwr, yn Penycae, nos Lun, i gynulleidfa fawr. Bu yn pregethu hefyd yn nghapelydd y Bedwydd- wyr yn y Cefn Mawr. Traddododd y Parch. E. Isfryn Williams anerchiad i Gymdeithas Ddiwylliadol Undebol capeli Moriah a Bethel, Ponciau, a sylwai fod yn anhebgorol anghenrheidiol i lwyddiant a defnyddioldeb i fod yn ddiwyd a llafurus, ac annogai yr ieuenctid i hyny. Sylwai hefyd ei fod yn teimlo yn falch wrth weled cymmaint o undeb rhwng pobl ieuainc y ddwy eglwys. sef yr eglwysi ac y mae Mr. Williams newydd ddechreu cymmeryd eu gofal. Cafwyd dadl frwd a maith yn nghyfarfod Cym- deithasol Lenyddol M.C. Seisnig Hill-street, Rhos, ar "Pa un a'i gwib-olwyno neu gerdded ydyw yr ymarferiad goreu." Trodd y frwydyr o blaid cerdded drwy bymtheg pleidlais yn erbyn pump. YaNghapel Seion,Ponciau, traddododd yParch. A. J. Parry, D.D., ei ddariith ddyddorol ar "Athrylith y Cymry," mewn cyfarfod cyssylltiol ac Undeb Cymdeithasau Diwylliadol y Bedyddwyr Ponciau, Rhos a Phenycae. Yr wythnos ddiweddaf cynhaliodd ysgol Sul y Bedyddwyr Seisnig eu te parti blynyddol, ac yn yr h wyr cawsant bregeth ynN ghapelSalem, Bedyddwyr Cymreig Penycae, gan y Parch. E. Williams, Dref- newydd. Y mae Cynghor Plwyfol Penycae eto wedi derbyn llythyr arall oddiwrth gwmni y Great Western yn nacau cyd-synio a'u cais am gael gorsaf nwyddau wrth Wynn Hall. ar linell Pontcyssylltau a Rhos, ac anfoddlawn ydyw y cynghor a'r treth- dalwyr am hyn.

4 A NEW ILLUMINANT AT CHIRK. INTERESTING EXHIBITION. The Chirk Parish Council has for some time recently given attention to the proposed adoption of the Lighting Act within the Parish. In further- ance of this, a very interesting meeting was held in the Boys' National Schools, Chirk, on Friday evening, when Mr. Ernest Kitson, representing the Kitson Hydro-carbon Lighting and Heating Co., of Philadelphia, U.S.A., and London, gave a most interesting exhibition of this new light of the Kitson Company. There was a large and represen- tative attendance of the ratepayer" of Chirk, Black Park, Halton, Pentre and Chirk Green. It may be of general interest to other districts also to mention that the brilliancy of the light has not been equalled by the arc eleetric light. The illuminant is petroleum vaporized, and burns in the Welsbaoh mantles. The petroleum, which is kept some distance away from the lamp, is conveyed up to. the burners by a pressure of about 50 lbs. through any fine copper tubing. The power of the lamp is equal to 1000 candles, and the cost of light is estimated, at one quart of petroleum for 10 hours (2d. to 3d.). It is almost incredible, but one could see to road a newspaper from 80 to 100 yards away, notwithstanding the fact that the light, was some- what obscured by having to pass through the lead glazed windows of the school. It should be mentioned that opposition had been offered by the Halton section of the parish, but everyone present at the meeting of Friday expressed himself highly pleased with th;e exhibition. The advantages this system of light ng has over all others are that there is no initial cost of expensive plant, such as power house, generator's, holders, gas mains, or dangerous electric wires or dynamos. The company propose to light up the towns or districts, and maintain the lamps at a yearly rental only. The most noticeable points were the simplicity of the working, the safety and the intense lighting power, and above all, very low cost. All the audience present agreed with Mr. Kitson when he stated that the hydro carbon light was the grea test on earth," and a voM of thanks was accorded him for his services on the motion of the Rev. E. J. Evans, and seconded by Mr. J. Esirlington, J P. The attendance included Mr. J. W. Bis hop(Pentre) and several members of the Chirk Parish Council, etc.

<$» THE LOCAL MARKET. LLANGOLLEN, SATURDAY.-The quotations were- s. d. s. d. s. d s. d. White Wheat 5 0 to 5 6 Trout (lb.) 0 0 to 0 o 0 Red Wheat 4 9 to 5 0 Soles (Ib) 1 10 to 0 0 Malting Barley 3 3 to 5 0 Plaice (iittc., 1) 8 to 0 9 Oats (2251bs.) 11 0 to 14 0 God Fish(lb.). 0 6 to 0 0 Beans (240ibs.)15 0 to 16 0 New Potatoes 0 0 to 0 0 Beet (lb.) 0 6 to 0 8 Potatoes (tn're) 0 0 to 2 8 Veal (lb.) 0 6J to 0 81 Onions (lb.) 0 11 to 0 0 Mutton 0 7 to 0 8 Apples (lb.). 0 3 to 0 0 Lamb 0 0 to 0 0 Gooseberries.OCtoO (I Pork (lb.) 0 61 to 0 8 Winberries(qt.)0 0 to 0 0 Fowls (couple) 3 0 to 4 0 StrawberriesdoO 0 to 0 0 Geese (lb.) 0 0 to 0 0 Raspberries do. 0 0 to 0 0 Ducks (couple) 4 6 to 5 0 [Currants ditto.. 0 0 to 0 0 Turkeys (lb.). 0 0 to 0 0 jPlums(lb.) 0 0 to 0 0 Pheasantsfbrc.) 4 0 to 5 6 'Mushrooms (lb.) 0 0 to 0 0 Hares (each). 3 6 to 4 6 Butter (lb.) 1 2 to 1 II Rabbits (each) 0 10 to 1 0 Tub Butter 0 0 to 0 3 Salmon (lb.) 0 0 to 0 0 Eggs 12 to 14 for a Is OSWESTRY, WEDNESDAY—New White Wheat, 4s Id to 4s 2d; new red ditto, Is Od to 4s 2d old Oats, 13s. Od to 14s Od per 200 lbs; new ditto, 10s. 6d to Us. 6d; malting barley 18s. Od to 19s. 6d per 280 lbs; grinding ditto, 12s. 9d to 13s. Od; fowls, 4s ed to 4s 6d; ducks, 4s 6d to 5s Od per couple butter (fresh), Is. Od to is 2d per pound; eggs, 12 for a shilling. WREXHAM, Thubsdat.—White Wheat, (new), 4s Od to 4s. 6d barley, 4s Od to 4s 3d; oats, (old), 2s 8d to 3s 4d per measure; butter, is 2d to Is 3d per lb. eggs, 10 to 12 for a shilling; fowls, 2s. 6d to 4s. 6d; ducks, 4s Od to Os. to 4s. 6d per couple potatoes, (old) 3s 6d to 3s 9d per measure. LIVERPOOL CORN, Tuesday.—Wheat, fair trade at last Friday's full prices—Quotations, No 1, Califoraian wanting; new northern, 9s. Od to 9s.: 9d; Beans- Saidi, 28s 6d to 28s 9d. Peas, 5s 11 d to s. d. Oats quiet-new white, 2s 3d to 2s 5d; yellow, 2s. 2d to 2s. 4d Flour, Os. 6d. over Friday-bakers, 22s. Od to 23s. Od.

JOTTINGS & GLEjLNIXGS. THE WORLD'S WAYS. WHEN debt is dressed up in its best With linen fine and purple raiment, With jewels rare and haughty air- Why, creditors don't ask for payment. But when arrayed in garments frayed— L>eot ivalKsthe street in aspect humble— Without a friend the men who lend Must have their money quick or grumble. ANCIENT AND MODERN FORTUNES. While reading of the large sums possessed by modern millionaires, it is interestiog to recall the notable fortunes of ancient days. Croesus, whose name has become a byword for excessive wealth, could certainly not have bought up a Vanderbilt; his whole fortune did not much exceed £ 600.000! A far greater sum was left by the infamous and miserly Tiberius, who was worth £23,625,000 at his death, and it is said that his- ^successor, Cali- gula, squandered this immense wealth within a year. Seneca had a comfortable little portion of £ 3,500,000, which could have hardly been the case had his philosophy been pure and unalloyed. Appius, discovering that his treasury contained only £ 80,000, committed suicide from fear of poverty a siugle repast cost Lucullus £ 20,000 and at one of her banquetsCleopatra made Antony drink a pearl valued at £ 10,000. In extent of fortune some living millionaires may beat the ancients, but in the matter of extravagance the balance seems to be on the other side. GETTING EVEN. It is always gratifying to one's sense of justice i to sse the tables turned upon a would-be swindler. Mrs. J. G. Jebb tells the story of how a young Englishman, who was travelling in Mexico, got the better of a:cunning rogue. One Don Manuel represented to him the immense value of a certain silver mine with which circumstances compelled him to part. But his friend should see and judge for himself. The two men were accordingly lowered a ghort distance into the shaft, and the Englishman was so pleased with the appearance of the ore that he gave his cheque for half the purchase price. Later on he felt moved to explore his investment farther, and going alone to the mine, hired an Indian to lower the cage. He found that the mine was full of water. Putting into action a plan of reprisal, he sought Don Manuel and expressed his desire to visit the shaft again, to which the Mexican reluctantly yielded. The Indian was again hired to lower the cage, Don Manuel, at the other's instance, had given instructions. The Englishman then politely motioned his man to be seated. He did so, when the Indian, in obedience to a gesture ftom his secret patron, began turning the windlass, In vain Don Manuel entreated and threatened, till his voice arose faintly from below. Then the cage was drawn to within a few feet of the surface, and the Englishman demanded of its drenched occupant the surrender of his cheque. Evidently the young man meant business, and without a word Don Manuel yielded. "Now you can come out. I hope you have not taken a chill! said the Englishman courteously. A LION TAMER ATTACKED BY A LIONESS EXCITING SCENE. An exciting scene was witnessed at Leeds on Monday night. Among the chief attractions are a couple of vans containing wild beasts, In the one are two lions, and in the other a lioness. The exhibition was opened for the first time in Leeds on Monday, and as Bronco Bill, a lion tamer was to enter the dens and put the animals through the usual performances, there was a large gather- ingof spectators. The two lions are fine specimens and they have invariably played a perfectly harmless part. But the lioness, equally valuable as a specimen of the breed, has hitherto resisted all attempts to bring her into the "tamed" condition. On Monday night she afforded a spectacle (says the Leeds Mercury) which must have satisfied the most ardent lover of sensation present. The lion-taming performance was commenced about half-past eight. Following the usual programme, Bronco Bill first entered the cage containing the two lions. They growled at him and showed their teeth, but they'skipped about as he held a short stick over them and even when he twisted their tails they still'only looked angry. It was otherwise with the lioness. She met him at the cage door as if she would attack him at once, and as he endeavoured to enter she snarled in the most vicious way. He sought to drive her back, but she resisted, growling and trying to strike him with her paws. He persisted, however, and struck her again and again on the head with his stick, in the hope of moving her away from the door and alio whiinto enter. Atlength she rushed at him, sendiug the claws of one paw into the top of his head, while she lacerated him on the leg thigh with the claws of the other. Afraid that she might get through the open door, he pluckily fought her through the bare iron rods. For some moments it seemed doubtful what would be the issue. The infuriated beast actually got its head and half its body out of the"ca°-e Naturally the spectators were horrified at the sight, but they had little occasion to feel alarmed about their safety, for in front of the cage door there was a kind of porch formed of iron bars and the door of this was closed and latched. It was inside this smaller cage that the lion tamer was strugging with the ferocious brute she had him pinned, and he dare not open the porch door. At length the assistants managed to drive her back into the cage, and the tamer was rescued. When liberated he was bleedino- profusely from a wound on top of the head, and his thigh also bore the marks of the beast's claws. Bronco was taken te a surgery and his wounds were there dressed. By and by he re-appeared in the exhibition, evidently nor, much the worse. He seemed to regard the affair as all in the way of business, and at a later hour once more appeared and attempted to enter the den of the lioness. This time he was more successful. As before, she resisted his entry, and it was some time before she could be driven from the door though he again struck her repeatedly on the head and thrust his stick into her open mouth, whilst the assistants beat her with the iron rods. When she moved away he darted through the door and as she rushed wildly about the cage he discharged a couple of pistols. Then, seizing the first opportunity, he slipped out amidst the cheers of the crowd, the" perfornience lasting not more than half a minnte. It was undoubtedly a dangerous enterprise. Bronco Bill told the house that this was the animal which killed a tamer named Virgin, at Antwerp, two years ago, and made a furious attack upon another known as Alfonso, at Prescot, near Liverpool, in June last.

The death is announced Mrs Daniel Humphreys, who was very well known in Welsh Nonconformist circles both in the Principility and Manchester. She wsa a daughter of the Late Mr. John Frimson, of that city, and a granddaughter of the Rev. William Roberts, Amlwch.