Flintshire Observer Mining Journal and General Advertiser for the Counties of Flint Denbigh

OABRWYS. TBAVBU TO J'ArAx. -A very interesting and instructive lecture was delivered on the above subject, on Thursday night, at the Welsh C.M. Chapel, by Mr Herbert Lewis, M.P., for the Flint Boroughs. The ohair was occupied by the Rev. D. Thomas (W). FOBTBOOMKQ GBAND Coxonn.-Nuoh interest is centred in the grand conoert to be held on Monday night, the 16th inst. The committee have secured the services of Miss Jenny Parry, the popular Liverpool harpist. The ohair will be taken at 7p.m by Mr J. Herbert Lewis, M.P. Oxxamt WOMM.-Some time ago, we referred to the above works as being restarted by a new firm. We are pleased to notify that the works are in full swing, and owing to the daily increase of orders the manager (Mr Edwards) has been compelled to work the mill on the doable shift system. The proprietors have, in order to cope with the heavy demands, purchased a very powerful new engine, in addition to the erection of four new kilns.

NOISES ANP SPECKS AND BUTTONS. "No one," says a well-known radioal writer, has yet been able to explain how the mere chemical action of food in the blood-stream, on the nerves, can result in those great functions of the brain which are aolleotively called mind." I should fanoy not. If the mind is a group of brain functions it stands to reason that it oannot oreate an adequate pioture of itself. The man who sneezed his own head off and was amaied to see it lying in the fireplace in front of him was a fair illustration of how the human mind would look while engaged in taking its own photograph. No me running into a out dI too, for you will only be obliged to turn round and come out again. In some other state of being possibly we may learn what we are in our very selves but in this world it will never be, for the reason I have given. At least not until after every schoolboy can lift himself by the straps of his boots. We may then have the brain putting itself into its own pocket. One thing, however, we may be sure of-that the only origin of all nerve-foroe is the food in the blood. Just as fiddle-strings get out of tune when the thumb-sorews on the neok of the instrument are loose, so the nerves become jangled and cranky when they don't get enough to eat—when they are not fed sufficiently. The nerves, of course, may be exhausted from overwork or by a disorder in some portion of the body transmitting so many impressions to any one nerve-oentre as to throw it oat of gear; but commonly, as I have said, nervous weakness means stomach weakness. Now here we have our esteemed correspondent, Mrs Minihane, telling us that several years ago she was greatly perplexed (and doubtless alarmed) with noises in her head and with black spooks floating across her eyes. Very few of as but have had some experienoe with these noises and specks. They are particularly annoying beoause we know they are not real. There are no noises and there are no specks. The man who was visited by the ghost of his grandfather, and by looking directly through him could see the buttons on the back of his ooat, was subject to a very similar kind of nervous illumination as produced the noises and the speoks in our friend's oase. Both the buttons on the ooat, and the speoks which seemed to float and dance in the air before the eyes, are from the factory of those famous makers of high-grade delusions and humbugs-Mossre. Indigestion, Dyspepsia and Co. Now let Mrs Minihane tell her own story, which sbe does in very few words. "In August, of 1891," she says, "I began to suffer with noises in the head, with blaok speoks floating across my eyes. I got into a low, nervous and weakly state. I had no relish for food, and after taking my meals I had pain and distress at the ohest. I went to a doctor and took his medioines, but got no better. The pain and the noise in the head got worse, and I feared that I should go deaf. My mother persuaded me to take Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup, a medicine that had done her so muoh good. I began taking it, and soon all the nervousness left me and I felt strong and well. I have only had one attaok since, and a few deses of Mother Seigel's Syrup soon put me right. I now keep it in the house as a family medicine. You can make any use you like of this statement. (Signed) (Mrs.) A. Minihane, 3, Merthyr Road, Oastlenaa, Barnes, near London, July 17th, 1897." The fact that this lady's nervousness was caused by dyspepsia is proved by the additional fact that when Mother Seigel's Syrup had set her digestion to rights (whioh is the objeot and purpose of this medicine) the nervousness all passed away. Inas- much as what we aggregately call the nerves- including the brain, which is the centre of the nervous system—make such a lot of trouble for such a host of worthy people, a practical remark or two abont them is quite what is wanted. For example, we all know the distressing vertigo, the attacks of syncope or short losses of oonsoiousness, from which thin-blooded girls or deUcate women, especially when shut up in close rooms, so often suffer. They are the effects of a want of blood-i.s., nerve food, in the brain. In other words, the brain feels and acts as your whole body would if you had gone a day or two without eating. Only, with this difference: that whereas a healthy system is immediately and wholly nourished by any food that may be taken, even in smail quantities; the dyspeptic, on the other hand, may, and often does, eat heartily without getting muoh more good from his food than if he had not eaten at all. Neither is this the entire story. He is in a sense worse off than if he had not eaten at all. Instead of being for him his dinner is againtC him. This it is that makes nervons breakdowns and blow-nps. To cure them take Mother Seigel's Syrup.

» ROW'B BUSINESS ?—A contemporary perpetrates the following: To the question, How's business r* the tailor answers, sew, sew; the acrobat, jumping; the yaohtaman, booming; the distiller, still; the baker, rising; the writing master, flourishing; the magistrate, fine; the hotel-keeper, flat; the plumber, piping; the gardener, springing up; the furniture remover, on he move the clergyman whose church is in debt, fair; the ahoemaker, awl right, with an gatherer, picking up; the hod carrier and the lift bov, now up and now down the undertaker, nin into the ground; the doctor, re- covering; the cobbler, on the mend the astronomer, looking up; the lobster catcher, gone to pot; the cooper, (w)hooping; the aeronaut, going up; the direr, going down.

We ask the Public to insist on haying Cadbuby's Cocoa, because adulterated cocoas are sometimes pushed for the sake of extra profit. CADBUST'S Cocoa is a perfect food," and is not prepared with alkali or any mixture. It is i absolutely pars," thenfow best.

THE CHARGES AGAINST THE SCHOOL BOARD CLERK. At a special sessions at the Court House, Holywell, on Friday last, before Messrs J. Lloyd Prioe (in the ohair), Wm. Jones, Wm. Thomas and Isaac Hughes, Edward Morris Evans, late olerk to the Holywell Sohool Board, was brought up, on remand, in oustody, to answer to the charges of larceny preferred against him by the Holywell Sohool Board. Mr Fred. Llewellyn-Jones (Messrs Bromley and Jones, solicitors, Holywell) said he appeared for the HolyweU Sohool Board. As intimated upon the last oooasion, the prosecution proposed to go into three or four charges against the prisoner. The first-tbat of stealing tio, the monies of his em- ployers, on the 13th of April last—the details of which had been before the Court on the last oooasion. It appeared that at a meeting of the Board, held on the 12th April, a cheque was signed in the Clerk's favour for A4 3s. 4d., salary due to him, and the oheque had been altered to £14 3s. 4d. by writing "teen" after the word four and the plaoing of a figure "1 before the 94. It was perfeotly clear that the writing was that of the prisoner also that the endorsement on the back of the oheque and the memo—"bonus, 910 Os. Od. salary, 94 3a. 4d. total, J613 3s. 4d."—was in the prisoner's hand- writing. With regard to this case they had heard the evidence of the Chairman of the Board, and he proposed also to put Mr E. B. Marsden (the treasurer of the Sohool Board) in the box to prove that the money had been received by the prisoner. Mr Wm, Jones Was there any promise of any bonus made to the prisoner at any time by the Sohool Board? Mr Llewellyn-Jones said the Clerk had been voted bonuses on previous oooasions, but he pointed out that that was a question irrelevant to the present issue. The second charge was in a sense far more serious than the previous one—the laroeny of £6 4s. 9d. on Jane 25th, 1897. It appeared that at a meeting of the Board on June 23rd, 1896, a small bill was presented for payment. It was one in which the Board were indebted to a Thomas Wyatt, of Manchester, for 4s. 9d. A cheque for that amount was duly granted and signed, but was never presented for payment. He presumed that the oheque was left in the book with the counterfoil. However, in June of this year, the oheque was presented for payment, having been altered by the prkener; the 111896" was altered to "1897," "Wyatt" into » Wyattson," and "five" placed in the blank space for pounds, thus making the cheque .out for £ 5 4s. 9d," and, further, the cheque was endorsed with the name Wyattson." The cheque was presented for payment on the 26th June, and duly credited. The third charge was that the prisoner, on the 16th day of July, had stolen "7, the monies of the Board. At a meeting held on the 13th July the prisoner produoed a cheque for 18s. 83.. for the payment of miscellaneous accounts, made payable to him as "E.M.E." in parenthesis. The oheque was signed by the Chairman (Mr E. Bryan) and Messrs Jos. Jones and H. V. Lloyd. The same system was oarried out in this case, and the oheque, when presented at the Bank, was altered to read A7 18s. 8d. These were the three charges, all ranging within six months, upon which he proposed to adduoe evidenoe. On the prisoner's behalf, he would say, that it was with the utmost reluctance that the members of the Board brought forward these serious oharges. For a period of about twenty-five years he had aoted as clerk to the School Board, and, save in the present oases, they had always found him disobarge his duties faithfully and to their entire satisfaotion, and they had had implioited faith in his straightforward- ness. There was not one of the members of the Board who did not feel reluotanoe at taking pro. ceedings against their Clerk, but they felt that their duty in the interests of the publio would be neglected if they did not do so, and the interest of justice demanded them to bring the matters forward. Mr E. Bryan (Chairman of the Holywell Sohool Board) substantiated the evidence given by him at the previous hearing, and swore to the oheques and books (produoed) being the property of the Board. A book, being the list of bills and oheques presented for payment and drawn upon the treasurer, was submitted; and witness said, in answer to the Benoh, that the objeot of the book was that the treasurer may see that the items upon the list sub- mitted to him corresponded with the oheques. There was a slip and counterfoil, one corresponding with the other, and the treasurer was supposed to have the slip when it was detached. In the list for April Uth, 1897, the following entry appears E. M. Evans, olerk: 14 3s. 4d." There was no other oheque drawn for the prisoner that day. Mr F. Llewellyn-Jones: Was there any bonus mentioned ? Witness: No, there was not. He had been granted bonus previously, and they had been paid. Proceeding to the seoond charge, Mr Bryan gave evidence that the minutes of the meeting held on June 23rd, 1896, were in the handwriting of the prisoner, and contained a list of oheques granted at that Board meeting. Amongst them was a cheque for 4s. 8d., payable to Thomas Wyatt, for cheque, books. The oheque (produoed) was signed by himself, Mr Robt, Foulkes, and the late Mr Gratton Thomas, and countersigned by the prisoner. The oheque had been altered from 1896 to 1897, by altering the 6 into 7, and 'Wyatt' into 'Wyattson,' and by putting A5 in front of the original amount. At this point Mr T. W. Hughes (Messrs Hughes and Rogboo, solicitors, Flint) entered the oourt, and said he had just been instructed by the friends of the prisoner to appear on his behalf. He asked that he might be allowed to interview the prisoner for a few minutes.—The Benoh granted the request, and the prisoner and Mr Hughes retired from the court. Upon their return, Mr Hughes said he appeared for the prisoner, and asked would the magistrates be prepared to deal with the case summarily. He knew it was a matter for his friend to objeot, but still, under the oircumatanees of the case, the Bench eonld eleot to deal summarily if it was their wish. The Benoh considered it was a very serious oase to deal with summarily, as a public body was pioseouting, and it was a very serious matter for the publio. Mr F. Llewellyn-Jones said, on behalf of the Board, they would leave the matter entirely in the hands of the Benoh. Ultimately it was deoided to prooeed with the first oharge only, and to deal summarily with the prisoner, provided he pleaded guilty. Mr E. B. Marsdea (manager of the National Provincial Bank, HolywellJ said he was the treasurer of the Holywell Sohool Board. He took the handwriting upon the oheque to be that of the Clerk to the Sohool Board, with the exoeptiou of the members' names. The memorandum on the baok. was also in his handwriting. The cheque was paid on the 13th of April, 1897, the day after it was drawn. It WM paid over tho counta*, bat ho oould not say who received the money. It was some one of Mr EviLnie authorised agents. By the Benoh: Did the prisoner present to you a list describing the oheques issued by the Board ? Witness: No; we received no list. If we had, we would have referred to the number of the cheque, and if the amounts did not tally we would not pay them. By the Benoh: Did the Sohool Board tell you in any way that the oheques be not paid without a listf Witness: No. Mr F. Llewellyn. Jones: That is my oase, your worships. The prisoner, in answer to the charge, said: "With the deepest sorrow, your worships, I beg to .It 0 plead guilty." Mr T. W. Hughes said he appeared for the prisoner, who eleoted to be dealt with summarily. It would be useless for him to minimise the guilt of the prisoner. He would say, however, that the prisoner had ocoupied numerous important posts in their town, and on the whole he bad filled them with ability; and he thought his character was perfeot until reoently — within the last year when, unfortunately, the prisoner had given way to habits of intemperanoe. Also, he reoeived no other inoome but his salary as Clerk of the School Board. That was his only means, and lately he had incurred great expense and loss through litigation. lIe would ask their worships to take these facts into consideration and also his previous good oharaoter. The School Board oould not say anything against him but what had been heard there that day,. HO would ask, for the prisoner's take and for that of his family, that they dtal leniently with him. The oase against the prisoner, there was no denying, was serious, but he could do nothing more than ask their worshlpj to deal as leniently as they oonld with his unhappy client. After a retirement of about fifteen minutes, the magistrate* returned, and the Chairman said: The Benoh have folly considered your oftit, and find that it is one of the most serious that has ever ocoupied the attention of this oourt. We oonsider that you have be3n very wisely advised by your advooate to plead gnilty. Personally, I feel extremely sorry to see you in the unfortunate posi- tion in which you are placed, for I have known you from boyhood. I remember you in the Sunday Sohool, and I have afterwards known you in public life. But however muoh one might sympathise, the Beach has a duty to perform to the publio and we would not be justified in your oase in passing upon you anything less than the maximum penalty, whioh is that you go to prison for six months with hard labour. The prisoner seemed to feel his position acutely, and his general appearance showed the poignancy of his feelings. It was also evident that the members of the Sohool Board, who were all present, were grieved at the regrettable position held by their erstwhile clerk. The Court was orowded during the hearing of the case. The accused, upon being sentenced, made no response, and walked quietly from the dock.

BAGILLT. THB WAKKS," PEEAOHINO MEETINGS.—On Sun- day and Monday last the annual preaching meetings in oonneotion with the Bethania Wesleyan Chapel were held. The speoial preachers were the Revs. T. Jones Humphreys, Mold, and Thomas Roberts, Bootle. Large congregations attended the several services. LicoTu a.-On Wednesday evening at the English Congregational Ohuroh, a leoture on The Heart," with diagrams illustrative of that organ, was delivered by Mr W. M. James, Board Sohools. Mrs Lewis, Bryntirion, presided, and music was provided during the evening by Miss Marsden, and the juvenile Choir, oonduoted by Mr J. Morgan. 1 DB BACHLLT DEBATING AND SOCIAL CLUB held their first meeting of the season at the Foresters' Hall, on Tuesday evening last. The subject of debate was: Would a reduotion of the number of public-houses be an advantage to a neighbourhood." Mr Robert Foulkes (chairman to the Parish Oounoil) and Mr Thomas Prioe (Boot) were in favour of lessening the number, and Mr William Owen (Penygob) and My Thomas Lloyd (Albert House) took the negative. The debate was most lively from beginning to end, when the affirmative was carried by a show of hands of 18 to 7. LIBERAL MEBTING.-On Saturday last a meeting of Liberals was held at the Foresters' Hall. Mr Thomas Jones, P.O., Downhill, presided, and there were present, the Borough Member (Mr J. Herbert Lewis) and Mrs Lewis, Mr W. Jones, M.P. for the Arvon Division of Carnarvonshire, Ravs. T. Jones Humphrys, Mold Thomas Roberts, Bootle; Henry Hughes, Bagillt, &o. Mr W. Milnes moved and Mr Humfrey seoonded a vote of oonfidenoe in Mr Herbert Lewis, which was oarried.-Mr Herbert Lewis in replying, criticised the foreign policy of the Government espeoially on the Indian frontier and in African affairs. With reference to the Compensation Act, he said, that he rejoiced at the introduction of that measure (hear, hear). It was limited in its scope, but it was undeniably a step in the right direotion. With regard to the dootrine of con- trasting out, it had been absolutely given up by the Government in the House of Commons and the Liberal policy had thus been .justified out of the mouths of its own opponents. What was the general character of the legislation passed by the present Government? The Government oommenced by giving rewards to wealthy and powerful olasses —the classes who had helped them into power. But the results of bye-elections gave the opinion that the country was changing, and it alarmed the Government to such an extent that they deemed it necessary to take some steps to ooncilia-te a powerful section of the oommunity, and aooordingly passed the agricultural rating act and the eduoation bill. The former was praotioally enormous gifts to the land- lords the latter was grants in aid of privately- managed sohouls-that was the reward of the clergy. After that olass legislation they became more alarmed, and took up the Liberal measure-the employers' liability bill. In that measure it was the old story of reform. The Liberal party adopted the prlnoiple, worked at it, but when the Liberal party was in power their efforts were wrecked by the House of Lords. The Second Chamber at such times did the work of the Tory parky and prevented such measures becoming law. The Lords were oareful not to offend the English people at times of orlsis, but they had no hesitation about offending the Welsh people at any time, as their recent action with regard to Welsh education sohemes had shown. That was the way in which they were treated by the House of Lords. And how did the Government treat them in the Hooso of Commons? Looking baok on the methods by which the Education Bill was forced through the House of Commons, he could not reoolleot any instanoe in which so little regard was paid to the reasonably-expressed views of opponents and oritios on both sides of the house. When the Government had dealt with the privately- managed schools they turned their attention to the popularly-managed sohools, but with what result ? The ratepayers of such a plaoe as Bagillt under the Holywell School Board would not receive a penny, and in fact the oounty of Flint would only receive some A140. Wales was distinctly a Nonconformist oountry, yet they ware oompelled by law to send their ohildren to the schools of a Ohuroh repugnant to them. The only way to secure justice for Wales was to follow the advice Lord Rosobery gave them —press for devolution from the Imperial Parliament in matters oonneoted with Wales alone. Until Wales could settle its own affairs, justice and fairness would not be obtained.—Mr William Jones, M.P., addressed the meeting.

THE FATALITY WITH A TRACTION ENGINE. DIFFERENCE OF OPINION BETWEEN CORONER AND JURY. The inquiry into the cause of death of Wm. Sweeney, who died on the 24th ult., from the results of an accident with a traotion engine belonging to Messrs John Lloyd and Son, Victoria Inn, Walwen, sustained on the 21st ult.—adjourned from Tuesday week, was held at the Foresters' Hall, on Friday morning for the purpose of the Coroner summing up the evidence adduced, and of the jury returning a verdict. The Coroner (Mr R. Bromley), in the first place oalled one of the jury, Mr Edw. Roberts, Walwen, who had absented himself from the adjourned inquiry and asked for an explanation for his absence from the adjourned inquiry.- Mr Roberts said he was very bad. He had a touch of the I blafit'-& severe cold.—The Coroner: Why didn't you send some communi- cation explaining your absence ?—Mr Roberts I didn't think it was necessary as there were plenty of jurymen present.—The Coroner: How is it you are here to-day then ?—Mr Roberts: I am better,—The Coroner: You absent your- self from the adjourned inquiry; you don't send any apology at the time or even afterwards. I had fully determined to inflict a penalty of 40s, for the neglect. During the time I have been Coroner I am pleased to say that I have been treated by the Jurymen with oourtesy and kind- ness on all occasions. As you have given a reason for your absenoe I shall not in the present instanoe oarry out my original intention At the same time I trust it will be a warning for the future. Polioe-oonstable G. Elay was oalled and said he informed Thos. Lloyd on the Monday morning that Sweeney was dead. He made inquiries of Lloyd, who told him that only himself (Lloyd) and Davies were engaged on the engine. William Sweeney, and the boy was not engaged, Lloyd said he did not know the lad. He was unable to trace the lad through Lloyd and Davies. Some days afterwards he found the boy to be Edward Thomas. The Coroner, in summing up, said it was a strange co-inoidence that two such extra- ordinary fatal acoidents should have occurred in such a short period. He referred to the trap accident and now they had another serious question with regard to the traotion engine. He referred to the former enquiry in order to point out that had the driver in that instanoe have been the owner and not as it happened the man who met his death the responsibility would have been different. There was no blame in that case against the owner. In the present instance the;object was to ascertain whether any crime was committed. He recognised it was a painful duty for the jury to enquire into a case where persons whose liberty was involved, were at the same time neighbours. But the jury had taken a solemn oath to make enquiry and true verdict give, without fear or favour, affeotion or illwill, and he would ask them to put aside any feelings of sympathy and to return a verdict, whatever it may be, in accord- ance with the evidence' The Coroner then prooeeded to define the distinction between murder and manslaughter, and in regard to the latter he quoted parallel cases in order to guide the jury. Referring to the evidence, the Coroner said the evidence of Alyn Davies was very unsatisfactory, indeed, the disposition on his part was to shield his master and he did it very badly. He tried to prove to the jury that he and Thos. Lloyd did not know that the deceased was riding on the drawing-bar, but he oontradioted himself in too many instances for that to be accepted. Then when he saw that such a plan broke down he tried another, and that was to make out that the deceased had been told not to ride on -the maohine, and that it was through his own fault that the accident happened to him. Whatever contributory negligence there was on the part of the deceased it had nothing to do with any criminality on the part of the driver of the traction engine. What- ever bearing contributory negligence might have in a civil action it had none in the present, and should be dismissed from the minds of the jury. Contributory negligence on the part of the deceased was no defenoe. The main question was, did Thos. Lloyd materially con- tribute to the death of Sweeney ? Davies by trying to prove one thing proved himself a liar in others. Davies denied all knowledge of the lad Edw. Thomas, but the lad readily enough said that Davies knew him and called him I Ned.' Davies' evidence was disgraceful. Edw Thomas' evidence went to show that Thos. Lloyd knew deceased was riding on the maohine When they got to Flint Lloyd got off the machine and asked the boy Thomas to hold the steering wheel. Thomas was utterly incom- petent, and he told the jury thac he was unex- perienced. At the adjourned inquiry it was said the deceased was not in the employ of the owners of the traotion engine, and the evidence showed that only two men were engaged. The Locomotive Act said there should be three: a flagman, driver and stoker. An acoident happened; it was a serious matter to them; an action for damages might arise, and they denied that the deceased was in their servioe. By getting out of one hole they put themselves in another and showed they were guilty of a direct infringement of the Looomotives Act, by not having three men in oharge. If anything had been the matter with the engine he should have stopped it; but no, he got the boy to stand on the foot plate and hold the steering, wheel while he got off the engine. He did so, and the engine went wrong. There was no competent peraon on he engine to look after it. A Juryman: Thomas Lloyd told me he could not stop the engine. The Coroner Thos. Lloyd has had an appor- tunity to give his evidence, but he did not accept it. You must not heed that, you must take it that he has not given his evidence. It is not in evidence and you must disabuse your minds of what you hear outside. Proceeding, the Coroner referred to the other witnesses and said while he was not going to labour the question as to whether the driver was in drink or not, he could not help adverting to the way several of the witnesses tried to modify their first impressions as to the sobriety of Lloyd on the oooasion. They would not say he was drunk, yet they could not say he was perfectly sober, but they took it he had had drink. How- ever, that may have been, he was capable of attending to his work from the fact of the way he took the engine up a difficult road to Mr Erasmus' farm. The two men Lloyd and Davies showed heartless conduct in their neglect of the deceased whom they left on the roadside. It was half-past four when they left the deceased and though it only took them quarter of an hour to put the engine up when they got to their destination the other side of Flint, at six o'clock they were found by Inspector Jones in a publio-house. With all their hurry to see how the man was getting on, they readily accepted the first offer to' take a drink,' and it was some- what startling the way the evidence of the condition of the two men was described Heavily in drink' Inspector Jones called it, and though Mr Erasmus tried to shield it, he admitted that the condition of the men struck him that there was something wrong, and until he was told of the acoident he thought it was drink, but after- wards he put it down to I shook.' So great was the shook that they never told Mr Erasmus of the acoident until they had put the engine up and were leaving. Inspector Jones, not pro- fessing to be a medical man, saw the condition of the deceased and said to Lloyd You may hope he will live, otherwise I should be sorry for your position." The question was, did Lloyd do an unlawful act ? He left the engine while in motion; no evidence was adduced to show that Lloyd gave deceased warning that he was about to back the engine. It was not to be assumed that the deceased knew Lloyd was going to back the engine, and from the evidence it was clear that Lloyd must have known that the deceased was in an unsafe place behind the engine. He asked the jury to consider their verdict, and to do so in accordance with their oath. He did not think they would have any difficulty in arriving at what the verdict ought to be in this case. The Court was then cleared, and after about 20 minutes deliberation, the jury arrived at their verdict, the Foreman said: The majority of the jury-I may say it is nearly unanimously-find. that the deceased met his death accidently. The Coroner: What number of a majority ? The Foreman: One, against. The Coronet: Then it is thirteen for aooi- dental death" and one for manslaughter." The Foreman Yes, sir. The Coroner I certainly agree with the one fol. manslaughter. The evidence never showed a olearer case of manslaughter than in this instanoe. The inquisition forms having been duly signed, the Coroner said The inquiry is closed, you are discharged.

GRONANT. THB Post OFFicim.-A money order office will be opened on the let Deoember, in eonnsotlon with Gromunt Poet Office.

NSURALGIC PAINS. Hknopk-Cafan Road, PK\Y-GKAIG, Dec. 26th, rSgo. I)F. Ni, SIR,—I feel very thankful that such a precious remedy as your Quinine Bitters has been discovered. Three years ago my little boy, who is now almost nme years of age, suffered greatly with his teeth, and often cried and screamed suddenly by night and day from the acute pam he suffered in the nerves. We tried various prescriptions, but all in vain, and even the doctor could give him no lasting relief. At last, one of our neighbours told us that the cause of his suffer- ing so acutely was Weakness, and advised us to try Gwilym Evans' Bitters to strengthen him. We did so, and before he had com- pleted the second bottle a great change for the better was evident, and by continuing its use he rapidly improved, and soon got rid of the excruciating pain which caused him such great suffering. I heartily recommend parents "to try it in cases of ailments of their childrea, especially In cases of Weakness. Yours sinm*, WM. D. UWII.

BRYNFORD. Peeaching AT SARON. The annual preaching meetings in connection with Saron O.M, Chapel, were hold on Sunday and Monday last. The Rev Thos. Williams (Gwalchmai), and the Rey Robert Jones, Rhosllanerchrugog, were the special preachers

DEDICATION OF A MEMORIAL WINDOW. On Sunday afternoon, at Brynford Parish Church, a stained glafis window, erected in the north side of the paired edifice, direotly facing the entrance door, in commemoration of the 60th year of the reign of Her Majeity Quean Victoria, and in memory of the late Rev David Jones, first Rsotor of St. Michael's Ohuroh, was solemnly dedicated. The service was in English, and there was a large eongregation. The officiating clergy were the Rev Canon Griffith" Jone3, Vioar of Mostyn, and the Rev. Wm. Jones, Rector of Brynford. A shortened evening servioe was first held, after which the Clergy and Ohuroh- wardens proceeded towards the window, which was then unveiled, and Mr Dl. Smith, on behalf of the snbsoriberj, formally presented the window to the Rector and Churohwardens; the Reotor, on his and their behalf, undertaking that he would endeavour to Guard It with all care and fidelity." He asked Oanoa Griffith-Jones to dedicate the window to the inoreased glory of God and the adornment of His sanctuary." The dedioatory prayers were read by Canon Griffith Jones. The service opened with the hymn Jerusalem the golden,' and the anthem was Thou ehalt keep him in perfect peace,' and after the dedication, the hymn 'Lo! round the throne, a glorious band.' Canon Griffith Jones preaohed an eloquent and appropriate eermon from thewords- And for the house ha made windows of narrow lights.There waa neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house while it was in building (I Kinga vi., 4 and 7 v.) In thtl oourso of his remarks he made touching reference to the life ef the late Rector, during the 43 years of hit ministry in the parish. The servioe concluded with the hymn Through the night of doubt and sorrow.' Mr R. Jones (The Sohools), presided at the organ. The Church was filled at the evening servioe, when the Reotor (Rev W. Jones), preaohed in Welsh. The window whioh consists of two narrow lights depicts the Nune Dimittis, and in a soroll at the foot of the figores are the words—' Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peaoe.' A brass plate cn tho stone frame of the window is inaoribed—'<To the glory of God, and in memory of the Rev David Jones, first Reotor, who for 48 years ministered in this Church. This window is placed by his parishioners and his other friends in the Diamond Jubilee year of Her Majesty Qaeea Vietoria, 1897." Tha oolours used in the lights are very pretty and effective and the design has given every satisfaotion. The window was made and inserted by Messrs Jones and Willis, Ecclesiastical Furnishers, Birmingham. Mrs Hughes-Jones begs to thaakall the sub- soribers to the memorial window plaoed in Brynford Ohuroh, in memory of her husband, the late Reotor, Rev David Jones.

COMMON DISEASES. 3.—THE KIDNEYS. Next in order of importance to the liver the kid- neys play a most important part in the internal eoonomyof thoexcretory organs. Their funotions are solely purifying or excretory, by getting rid of effete produots containedjn the blood. Should they from any cause become inefficient the urio acid which should be excreted is retained in the circulatory system and gives rise to urinio poisoning—ending fatally. There is no doubt that errors in eating and drinking give rise to all kidney troubles. When the X or Rontgen rays have been turned on to these wonderful organs, the high liver will be able to see what his excesses have led up to. He will see either the small shrunk kidney caused by excessive indul. genoe in spirituous liquors, or the large fatty kid- ney, degolleratiog as the result of over-eating and highly-flavoured flesh food, without having taken the neoessary exercise to counteract fatty formations. k These few remarks are mainly due to the faot which has been demonstrated beyond the shadow of a doubt, that Kola, and Hopalin, from Hops, both ingredients in Dr Tibbles' Vi-Cocoa, exeroisa a most beneficial effect on the structional tissues of the kidney, and so on its exoretory functions. Dr Tibbies* Vi-Cocoa is not in any sense a medi- cine. It is simply a nourishing beverage, and in that respect it plays a most important part in the prevention of functional disorders. In these im- portant organs and others, Kola has a wonderful faculty of giving power to the involuntary muscles of the body. By involantory we understand those musolos not controlled by the will. Those muscles which carry on the work of life withoat our consent, and unless looked at carefully, in many instances, without our knowledge; suoh as the beating of the heart when asleep, the breathing of the lungs, the action of the kidneys, and the digestive process. Kola acts on these in a nourishing and strengthening senso, oooserves the strength of these involuntary mueoles, prevents undue waste, and by its beneficial action gives health and vigour to men and women. As people become more intelligent, they see that they should try and prevent disease. It seems strange, when one comes to oonsider it, that the efforts of medical science are direoted to curing, when prevent- j ing would seem to be a more rational proceeding, I The unique vitalising and restorative powers of Dr Tibbies' Vi-Coooa are being recognised to an extent hitherto unknown in the history of any pro- paration. Merit, and merit alone, is what is claimed for Dr. Tibbies' Vi-Cocoa, and the proprietors are pro pared to send to any reader who names the Flintjhire Observer," (a postcard will do) a dainty sample tin of Dr. Tibbies' Vi-Coooa free and post-paid. Dr. Tibbies' Vi-Ooooa is made up in 6d. packets, and 9d. and Is. 6d. tins. It can be obtained from all chemists, grocers, and stores, or from Dr. Tibbies Vi-Cocoa, Limited, 60, 61 & 62, Banhill Row, London, E.O.

Football. OONNAH'S QUAY v. HOLYWBLL. —The Reserve teams of these olubj met in a friendly match, at the Quay, which resulted in a draw of three goals eaoh. Flint F.C.-TGam for Saturday next:-Goal, B Jones; backs, T Lloyd, E Roberts; halves, G Bentham, Jno Price, Jas Price forwards, TEJones, T Bennett, W Bills, B J Davies, B. Parry. MOLD v. Gaergwslb WANDMOM.-The meeting between the above teams, in the Wirral and Distriot leagufe, at Mold, on Saturday last, excited con- siderable interest, the Wanderers being of ooarse much fancied on account of their decisive victory over Muld in the Welsh cup. The visitors were first to attaok, but without result, and Jaok Jones waa soon conspiouous at the other end. Oaergwrle again pressed, and though a free-kiok relieved the home defenoe temporarily, the invaders were not easily shaken off, three abortive corners falling to their lot. At last the Mold quintet broke away, and the Mold custodian had shots from Welsh and Whitley to negociate. Getting rid of their visitors, the Wanderers' backs transferred the play to the other end, where a penalty-kick was awarded, but without result. The home team were now exhibiting im- proved form, and after twenty minutes' play J. R. Jones converted a neat pass by Jaok Jones into the first goal of the game amid enthusiastic oheers. In the second half (daring which the homesters had nearly all the play). Whitley soored a second goal for Mold, and the game ended—Mold, 2 goala; Oaergwrle, nil. j

HOLYWELL V. BRYMBO. FIRST BOUND SOAMBs' CHABITT CUP. Some excitement wa3 caused at Holywell last t Saturday, when these olubs met in the first round of the Denbighshire and Flintshire Charity Oup. Brymbo were balf-an-hour late, but when they did appear they were strongly represented. I' Holywell also had their full strength. Mr Ootton, Rhoatyllen, was the referee. Holy well kicked-off and scored in the firfit few minutes, an advantage which was well followed up and another goal added. Throughout the game Holywell held the advantage and eventually won by two goals to one. Early in the game there was a tendenoy to roughness, which did a great deal to spoil an otherwiso interesting game.

Erps' Cocoaine.—'Cocoa-Nib Extract. (Tea-like).-The choicest roasted nibs (broken up beans) 01 the natural Cocoa, on being subjected to powerful hydraulic pressure, give forth their excess of oil, leaving for use a finely tlavoured powder— "Cocoaine," a product which, when prepared with boiling water, has the consistence oftea, of which it is now bene- ficially taking the place with many. Its active principle being a gentle nerve stimulant, supplies the needed energy without unduly exciting the system. Sold only in tins, by Grocers, labelled "JfuneaEpps and Co, I Ltd., Homoeopathic Chemists, London. I Printed and Published by the Proprietors Dat AND 00., at their General Printing Office, High" I street, Holywell. t i