Papurau Newydd Cymru
Chwiliwch 15 miliwn o erthyglau papurau newydd Cymru
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Cured in One Lesson.
Cured in One Lesson. "Yes," said Mrs. Cameron, "I like him well aDougb, I suppose." Mrs. Cameron was jast nineteen, a bride or six months and a lovely haz«l-eyeci brunette. She had everything that heart could desire, and rio'ispquentiy wasn't exactly pleased with anything. Mrs. ^airseron liked pink, and Mr. Cameron had furnished her boudoir m rose-colour and silver. She was partial to flowers, and her husband had given a standing order to a florist to keep her wants supplied. She was fond of birds, and three or four gilded cages swung from the ceiling, each one thrilling with delicious melody, In fact, Mrs. Cameron had everything she wanted, and, as previously intimated, was far from satisfied. Like him well enough repeated Anna Clarke, who, having just graduated from echnol, thought that a young wife, who bad wedded the man she loved, ought to be ex- tremely happy. i( Oh, Mina! how coldly you speak •• Vv ell, I can't help it," said Mrs. Cameron, letting her head fall languidly back on the rose-satin puffings of the low easy chair on which she sat. "One gets tired of cake and champagne all the time. Sometimes 1 think I should be happier if Clarence didn't worship me quite so devotedly." Oh, Mma It's a bore, yon know," said the youug wife, confidently. It would be a relief if he would find fault occasionally. He'stoogood! Now, Sophia Markan is actually afraid of her husband- a. great, handsome six-footer of a fellow, with a lovely black silky beard like an Italian brigand. Oh, it must be charming to be a little afraid of one's husband 'i Now, Armina cried the astonished Miss Clarke,.i; what nonsense you are talking r' 1 dare say it may seem m<> to you, child," pid Mrs. Cameron, patronisingty. "Bat if you ever get married Of course I shall," said pretty Anna, who had not the slightest idea of being an old maid. ell, when you are about to get married doit b marry a man that is 'sugar and spica and all that's nice!' It's much too in- sipid You'd recommend, on the contrary,' snaps and snails and puppy dogs' tails,' eh? laughed Anna, also quoting the nursery' rhymes. Not exactly that, but one does get tired of perpetual honey and sunshine," said un- reasonable Armina, aa she reached out her band for her embroidery. "And now you promised to tell me all about Ruth Albright's trouseau." As it happened, MVB. Cameron's elegant parlours were separated from her boudoir by portieres. -'lr. (James on. reading his paper, sat on the other side of the draperies, and heard this conversation—an eavesdropper in spite of himself. His cheeks burned, he bit his lips, and the blood rushed in little tingling, needle-like particles through bis whole frame. Ho Mina was getting tired of him Well, after all, it was better to thoroughly compre- hend the whole state of the case. He was too amiable, was he? 31r. Cameron rose, threw aside the crumpled newspaper,and walked once or twice the lengtb of the rooms. I'll see that the fault is corrected," he said to himself with a grim smile. And he went off to business without the usual "good-bykisa" in which he uscally indulged. Mrs. Cameron went out shopping in the afternoon, and was detained a little, but ic did not worry her in the least. Clarence doesn't mind," said she, and so ■be spent an extra half-hour in deciding whether she should have tan or pearl grey for her ixew kid gloves, and whether she looked better in a hat trimmed with sweetbriar or simple field daisies. I'm a little late, I m afraid," she said, as the entered the dining-room, where Mr. C. was pacing up and down like the proverbial Mcaged lion" of romance. Late, madam I should say you were retorted her husband, in a tone which fairly made Mrs. Cameron start. "It's half-past six, if it's a second! But I suppose you think my time is of no value Clarence I've borne this long enough," went on the indignant husband. And I give you fair notice that I shall bear it no longer. Jane," to the girl," bring in the dinner at once, and to-morrow let it be served at six punctaally, whether your mistress is here or not! Yes, sir," said Jane, and she disappeared, grinning, into the kitchen. Mrs. Cameron sat down, crimson to the very roots of her hair. • Clarence," she said, with difficulty con- trolling her voic?, "is it necessary to thus insult me before the servants P Yes, madam, it is. If a wife doesn't com- prehend her duty it is high time she should be made to do so. l'Jl trouble you for a cup of coffee." .\f 1" Cameron was mortified, stunned- dazed. She WHS entirely unused to this style of domestic reproof. Almost before the. dessert —with which Mr- C. found plenty of fault, intimating that it would be better if his wife remained at home to attend to household Blatters a little more, instead of gadding abroad thu whole time—the door-bell sounded. £ it's dear mamma and Aunt Lizzie come to apend the evening," said Mina, jumping up. 'onfound 'em all roared Mr. Cameron, smiting the table with his fist, can't I have a quieti evening once in awhile ?" 1-1 told them you would take us all to the theatre to-night," hesitated Mina, the colour coming ana g^ing changefully on her fflce Indeed! May I ask, madam, who authorised you to make tbat statement," crisply queried her husband. "Am I a mere puppett in your hands, and am I supposed to have no will or desire of my own ?" Bat you will go, won't yoa, Clarence p" faltered poor Mina. "No, madam, I will not," said Mr. Came- ron, rising and looking around for his hat. "1 propose to spend the evening quietly at my club." And he bolted out of the room, nearly fall- ing over his mother-in-law in the passage, and muttering to himself: By Jove! if I'd stayed another minute those tears would have conquered me. Poor little Mina 1" It was past twelve before be returned. Never in all the experience of their married life had be been so late before. "Sitting up, eh?" said be. savagely, "Now, Mrs. Cameron, I mean to put an end, once for all, to this sort of thing," I was so anxious about you, Clarence," pleaded poor Mina. Anxious sneeringly repeated he. Do yon suppose John Markan allows his wife to ftit up for him ?" uh, Clarence, I wouldn't have you like John Markan for thewortd exclaimed Mica, bursting into tears. Wouldn't you P" said he. the faintest sus- picion of a smile glimmering under the ends of his moustache Now I thought it would be charming to be a lit tie afraid of one's hus- band, and you know Hugar and spioe and all that's nice grows insipid." Mrs. Cameron sprang to her feet. Clary Mina Din you hear what f said this morning ?" I did. Mrs. Cameron. and I thought I urould shape my conduct to suit your taste." "Don't do it. any snore. Clary," ahesaid, with a quivering lip, and her bright-jyes lifted wistfully to hIS face, don't like it; it isn't nice to be afraid of onc'j husband Jn?t as you please," said her husband, laughing. "I only wanted to adapt myself to your wishes, )tlna But i was such a g008t1!" said Mina. "Dear ()I.a",y. I have cried my eyes out to- night trying to make out what could possibly have changed you so. And you were onlv making believe all the time P* Only making believe," he acknowledged. And then they kissed and made friends, after the orthodox fashion, and their honey- moon b?gan over again for the second time. But Armina made no more complaints about Mr. Cameron being a too devoted husband.—New York Weekly.
Science Jottings.
Science Jottings. a Abatement is m&p, from an Amencm source aop:i'ent'y, that, seine generous citizen of the ha* ordered au immense refractor with au object-gloss 45in. ia dineveter. Photography it) pLying au important part in observing the heavens now, for four more small ,>unets nave b> en tlisovered by its aid, two by M. Coartoia, of Nice, on thp 22nd and <s5th uk., itud two by Dl". 1\lax Woif, of Heidelberg, both on the 25th ult. These discoveries, if all verified, mi, the number of small planets to 340. A continuous lift for persons nscending from one flat to another has beeu brought out in America. It takes the forua of an inclined plat- form, which continually moves on rollers, thus ascending and lilting anyone who steps on it to the next flit. The platiorm, being flexible and eudlass, returns to the bottom oulv to rise again, like the buckets of a dredger. Its motion is 5" slow that any person can step on and off without danger. The tercentenary of Galileo's assumption of the Cluir of Mathematics at Padua is to he celebrated at the University on December 7. Representaiivt s of the learned 80cidJes of Europe are being invited to attend the festival, which does honour to Padua, a that university invited Galileo after he had icen obliged to resign at Pisa. It wiil be oppor- tune if the discovery of the fiith satellite of Jupiter U corroboiated before the festival.—Eng- lish Mechanic. M. Marey, the well-known investigator of animal movements hy means of insteniaueous photography aud the zoettope, hits now succeeded in renci^riug tho beating of a living heart visible to the eye. AU the phases of the movement can nc fallowed and properly examined by this new method. The heart employed iu his experiments was that df a turtle. Jules Verne' Purchase of thePoie" is paral- lel: d by the of the active Volnaiio Povocatn-' petl, near Puebla (Mexico), to a syndicate of capitalists who intend to work the sulphur it con- ains, and transport it. by an electric railway to the valley where it will oe exploited. General Sanchez Ochoa, proprietor of the volcano, bar* "heady used the sulphur in ma.king gunpowder for the Mexican Army. Tile" Cenl ury plrtlll," orFourcroya, in the con- servatory of the Koyal Botanic Society, is now io flower. Ihis plant flowers only once in its life- time, not once in a hundred years as commonly believed. The specimen in question is between twenty and thirty years old, and began to flower on August 1 last. The spike of flowers grew s last that a square of glass had to be taken from the roof, and it is now over 30ft. in height, risiny Miree to four fset above the glass. The leaves of the plant vary from six to seven feet iu length. Twins are highly honoured amoul: some tribe? 'il North American Indians, but according to Mr. M. Eels, of Union City, Washington, they an dreaded as uùluchy by the Indians of Puge; Sound, notably the Twanas and Chaliams, among whom they occur very seldom. Some time ago wins appeared among the Challnns, and the} -vitia their parents were driven from the camp (Neah Bay) for fear the r.sh should be scareo away. Ou arriving at For! Discovery the Indians there threatened to kill one of the twins, and none AOuld come near his lodge. In oid times tlx oarents of twin: with their offspring, wer(i driver, nto thf woods, where they had to find a living b> themselves. According to an American paper, the Japaoesi lo not raise cttryaantheniutcsasornamonttlpiants, but cultivate them as edible ones. It is thefl >we>; (hat nrs employed by amateurs. These "are eater; as a salid after being steeped ill water and then boiled. In Japan the flowers <of the chrysanthe- mum constitute a truly popular dish, and during the months of November and December bunches J[ tuen:, wssued and carefully displayed, may In seen iu the stores of all the dealers in vegetables. Almost all the varieties are edible, slrieklv speak- ing, but those to which preference is usually givsn arc the ones with small deep yellow flower head. tisd which are not so pretty as the varieties culti- vated for ornament. At the Eden Muuee, New York, 1\1r, Powell, a well-known illusionist, has been exhibiting a weird spectacle suggested by the cave scone u Rider Haggard's She," A small table with foni legs is placed in all alcove, and four candles an; lighted under it to show that there is open space between the legs. A young My stands an the table, and a cylindrical f-or^eu or sack is lowered from the ceiling so is to cover her. The performer nresn p:stoi, and smoke and flames are scon tj issue from die sack. In a short time nothing is left of the igure but !t skull and a pile of charred boties on i he table. 'Ihe illusion is accomplished by the use of two plane mirrors which meet at an angle mdM the table. The lady escapes by sinking illt, this corner through a trap door in the top of th<- table, and after pi cint; the bones in potitton ignites the combustibles and retires. M. Gaston Tissandier has leceiitiy drawn atten- ion 1.1) what he calls" photograplnc I nree years ago M. Paul Hoy photographed his y ung sou in the open day, and on developing the pctllre found to ins surpt-is" a vague imng>: 01 himself in the background, as he stood in the -t of removing the cap from the lens to take the photograph. A° a matter of fact, his imasje had bsen formed on the atmospheric haze, IInd although invisible to his eyesight, it was strocf nough to affect the plate. Another instance occurred to M, Le Corbeiller, member ot the fhotographic Club, of Paris, who, in developing a view he had taken of the statue of David by Michael Angelo, at Florence, discovered that a ig¡Ultic shadow of the figme had been projected on the clouds behind, after the manner of thv Spectre of the Brocken. He was r.othing of this shadow while talcing the view, but it was strong enough to affect the gelftLiuo-bromidiJ plate. Occu- -ionaily spectral images of this kind on photo- graphs have been traced '0 "double po^os 1!¡;¡t, nuknown to the operator, have been caused by a small hole in the dark chamber ot the omora. By a new order of the Customs Hoard the officers are in future to bs provided with electric search lamps of a "pechl pattern when "rummag- iJlg" for contraband goeds on board lank and other vessels carrying petroleum or explosives. The rbject of this is to avoid the possibility of in explosion wliíle engaged in the work. The order also directs that r u by-m loured lights tor the examination of imported cases of photographic negatives in a dark chamber are to be supplied. By" photographic negatives" we may surmise that undeveloped plutea are meant. One would have thought that lie Customs authorities would nowadays have sufficient knowledge of photography to Ituow the difference between a negative and a 60usiiive plate. Be that as it may, it is to he hoped that someone with a better knowledge of the subject than the board appear to have will be deputed to see that the ruby glass is of the propel non-actinic character, and that, the dark chamber does not admit lijrhf,—British Journal of Photoyrapliu. Ba careful with your mayic lanterns" is a warning whi^h the Ph togrcpkic JVeics considers -CTSouable just row. The oxy-hjdrogen optical lantern is becoming more and more popular, both for private and public entertainments, and we even hear of Sunuay evening magic lantern ser- vices, at winch the preacher supplements his references to HibJical times and localities by pictorial representations. Unfortunately on 'hesa occasions little mishaps will occur. Tho gas is very apt to give out before the evening is ended, or the lime cylinder is not turned with due regularity. ÂILatlJtUoi. in this regard are prone to leave matters to charlet); but oven experienced operators Ret into trouble. The aentlfwiaa who does the tälking port of the per- formance if too often unable to hold the attention of an audience, but he might at least take the I rouble before the performance to compare his notes with the pictures which axo to be thrown upon the screen. Ludicrous mistakes have often htfen made through neglect of this necessary pre- liminary, as well as by the lack of some kind of soundless signal between lecturer aud operator, &o that the latter may know when tochangetheslidw.
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DAY BY DAY.
DAY BY DAY. a The Right Hon. Arnold Morley, E-q." is how the Cardiff Post-office people are announcing the Postmasu r-General." This is respect overdone. A speaker at an election meeting at Cardiff last night said it bad cost the strikers £17 in one week to send back to Scotland builders who had come down "under a misapprehension." A male defendant was called at Merthyr Police- court yesterday on a summons for not sending his child to school. He had, alas! received a sterner gammons, for it was reportod that the maa was dead. The Rev. Elvet Lewis, of Llanelly, is engaged in translating SchiHer's "William Tell" into Welsh. The Christian World says Mr. Lewis would do far moro good if he translated Tennyson's In Memc- riam." • Many reader:! will like to know that an Act of Parliament which came into operation this month empowers library authorities to lend books to persons residing outside the boundaries of the municipality. Shebeen frequenter!! Ind better swear by Chaucer. The father of English literature uses the word dealer" in away to mean" sollar," and that is the meaning that can save the shebeen fre- quenter from prosecutions. A Llandiff gentleman—Mr. Henry Praece— regards the accession of the Liberals as disastrous ',1> our foreign interests. He pertinently asks, .c What good would England be with two such blackguards as Russia and France Messrs. Kjmpson and Fowler, the Llandaff architects, write to say that the bones found in the Cardiff Castle grounds are being sent for examination to Mr. Froderirk Claude Kempson, demonstrator of anatomy, St. George's Hospital, London. The case of tho shebeen frequenter was well argued on both sides at the Cardiff Police-court yesterday, and a prominent teetotaler, who is also I town councillor, was loud in his praise (f the performance of the deputy town-clerk. The whole argumeut was a perfect treat to the people in court. Lord Wimborne is the owner of the "highest rented shooting in Scotland. Achnaahollach is ia Ross-shire, and has been leased at < berate of £4.500 a year to Mr. Daniel Cooper, who has sub- let the place to Mr. H. Bass, M.P. Mr. Bass has just left for the season after having killed between 6D and 70 bags. There should be another big audience to wel- come c, Saul of Tarsus when it is performed at Cardiff next week. Handbills publishing the ^commendation of uiioisiera are distributed all over the land. It is pleasant to find the reverends treating Dr. Pa.rry"1 oratorio more sensibly than hey treated his oppra. How do you spell Vardre i'" asked Il magistrate in a Cardiganshire polico-court. V, a, r, d, r, e," said a brother magistrate. Your worship," said the clerk, rising on his feet, there it no V in the Wrl-di language." Quite right. Mr. Clerk, but heaven preserve you now that we have given you away to the Welsh spelling reformers. Mr. Howard, the American Consul at Cardiff, left Liverpool for the United States yesterday to avail himself of a leave of absence covering twc months granted him by the Department of State. It is believed that the object of Mr. Howard's visit I is to assist the Republican party, he having been engaged for some months in collecting evi- dence in Wales in support of M'Kinleyism. Mr. Willclts, the vice-consul, wiil be in charge during Mr. Howard's abTence. A short while back some Welsh railwaymen were complaining about the niggardliness of their com- pany in regard to free travelling. It is interesting so find that French railway empioye-i and their wives are allowed to travel free; that their chil- dren up to the age of fifteen in attending school 'IUd up to eighteen if apprentices, enjoy a similar advantage; and that their relatives ::0 at half iaros. We should like to see this practice intro* duced into Walts; then wo would ask our cousin to become a railwayman. A new terror to the teetotalers has arisen, and li s name is not. shebeener nor shebeen frequenter Thf! comma bacillus—let Mr. Ebenezer Beavan take serious heed-hail a marked repugnance for beer, anil thrives very badly on it. Whether this objection is due to all instinctive abhorrence of alcohol (fays a medical pnpor) or to a praise- worthy attempt to advance the cause of tem- perance may be open to donbt; nevertheless Professor Weyle is dccidectly of the opinion that the bacillus fails to appreciate beer because of the acid re-action of the bnvorage. Now, then, Mr. Beavan, whnt are teet'otolers to do when cholera threatens ? Calvinistic Methodists at Ruthin made a great fuss because the young men and maidens oi the Val'i of Clwyd held a pic-nic on Voel Fumma for the purpose of raising funds for erecting a suitable monument above the grave of T. ab Gwilym. T ab Gwilym was all his life a poor man, but he was the chief ba! d of the ancient town, unless Llewelyn Twrog was his pear. The objection of the Methodir-ts had no reference to the man or the monument, but to the means of raising the 1 funds. No people—not even the Methodists, how- ever-will quarrel with the Maesteg folks for liav- ing a grand concert in aid of the Tondu Explosion Fund. The gross receipts were £143 18s. lid., which beats the record of Maesteg concerts- The poor woman who was defendant in the tesi case which is to decide whether shebeen fre- quenters can be prosecuted was an object of misery at the Cardiff Police-court. While law books and dictionaries were being searched through for definitions of the word dealing" the un- happy defendant thought the "gents" were taking a lot of pains to make it hot for her, and every now "nd again she would turn round to IIn adjacent policeman and dec-late that she wasn't drunk at all." The possibility (If her presence Itt a shebeen being an offence never occurred to her, and the only idea present to her was that t.11i\ "gents" were goinc to au infinite amount of trouble over a trifle. Bishop Basil Jonos, in his charge at Brecon yesterday, apoke of the It Dark side of a clergy- man's intense devotion to his work," vjz., the tendency to be too locitl in his feelings. Many years ago, said he, when I was an Examining Chaplain, I asked the candidates for the Priest- hood, among other ques: ions to be answered out of their own pastoral experience, whether they had met with any examples of infidelity or free-think- ing nmong the working men of their several parishes. One answered that there had been one such person in his parish (it was a colliarr district) but," he added, C J am thankful to say he has gone to ———— (naming the next, or, at all events, a neighbouring parish). There ore people even behind the mountains," adds the bishop, quoting an old German proverb. Apropos ot tbe discussion yesterday at the Church Conferenceaa to the augmentation of tbn income of small benefices, a Cardiff clergyman tells a gr.od story against himself. Walking round the docks, he started a friendly conversation wit.h a well-fed looking workman, who, in the comse of a discussion, expressed the usual sentiment that he believed all parsons and preacherno matter of whitt denomination, thought only of the I03ve"l\nd fishes. Then, after drawing himself back a. little, and looking the clergyman well up and down, hp added, Hut you look as if a good beefsteak would do YJtl good." "It wouldn't do mo any harm, certainlv," responded tile cleric, good naturedly. "Then take this and go and have one," said the man promptly, as lie ofFered half-a-crown to the parson, who took it and went straight away to the butcher. "Gwnewch bob peth Y" Gymraeg" would appear to he the motto par excellence of Welsh bodies nowadays. The Anglesea County Council are profoundly interested in a movement having for its object the very important question of calling upon the Board of Agriculture to change the law s0 as t0 cotnp .1 Welsh vendors of that "excellent substitute for butter,"known as "margarine," to label that'arf icle with the Welsh word "brasterion' or "loddion." The average Welshman would probably be stunned by either of these words, and the Carmarlhenshire County Conncil, for once putting aside its loyalty, came to the conclusion yesterday that margarine was the most intel- igible word after all. Doubtless Judge Gwilym Williams, Bturon Profumo Jones, and some other Cymru Feeditas, as Mr. Stephen P. Wills would say, will count the conclusion an insult to Wales, a nation."
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The Failure of Building Societies.
The Failure of Building Societies. THE LIBERATOR. Interview with the Official Receiver. IMPORTANT STATEMENT, [FROM OUR SPECIAL BEPRBSBKTATtVE.1 LONDON, WEDNKSBAT. This afternoon I placed before the Official Receiver of the Liberator Building Society the case for the South Wales shareholders as embodied in A Depositor's letter, which appeared in to- day's issue of the Wesiem Mail. I had his most careful and sympathetic attention. It is a moat intricate affair," he said, and really cannot say when it will be possible to place before the public an estimate of the societj's affairs. There are 35,000 shareholders in the society, and each nccount has to be made up and the interest added to each. Were I able to put a large staff of clerks on the accounts the work could be facilitated, but this is impossible, and I can only place-the books in a limited number of hands. We are really using the utmost expedi- tion, and shall males a statement at the earliest opportunity. In the meantime we are desirous of consulting the wishes of the depositors, and for this purpose have called a meeting of the principal shareholder a for Monday next at the hlolborn Restaurant, at 12.30. We found it impos- sible to communicate with every depositor, and therefore, extracted the names of the principal depositors from the books of the society. It is very imperative then to make a semi-omcitt ftatementt but the priucipal object of the meeting is to have recorded the wishes of '.he whole body." Will this take any definite shaper" Yes, Waare anxious that a committee should be appointed by the meeting. With the members of this committee we shall confer. Although, ot course, the committee will not be elected in accor- dance with the statutory requirements, still our object is to get iuto touch with the depositors pending the first meeting." "But will not this committee clash with the depositors' committee which has been already elected?" Not necessarily. It will be in tha power of the meeting to allow this committee to continue to act on their behalf. In some sense this committee has been aelf-eiected. What we want is a repre- sentative committee which can voice the opinions of the majority of the depositors." Do you confine the meeting to thoso depositors whom you have advised?" "No; we shall be glad for any shareholder to attend. The meeting is purely an in- formal one, and only called to put ourselves in touch with the shareholders. With this committee we shall discuss any scheme tltey may propose, so that we can formulate a scheme to place before the cl)urt." "Yon are unable to give me an approximate* dea of the date when your statement will be issued ?" '• It, would be very unwise. The affi-.irs of the society are most intricate. The assets consist for the main part of second and third mortgages, and we have to consult all part.ies who have prior rights. No; I reidly cannot S;«y, but it cannot be less than three months." "May I ask if you have entertained a scheme for the re-construction of the society ?" "This matter will, of course, be one of the first things W9 shall discuss with the appointed com- mittee, and we shall endeavour to fall in with their views. Until we have a proper estimate of the! society'^ assets it would be unwise to oifer an opinion. But, in any event, in order to re-construct the society, capital must be found, and it will be the representatives of the society who will have to I decide the matter."
THE PAYMENT OF JURORS.
THE PAYMENT OF JURORS. Bill Drafted by Mr. Allen Upward for Mr. J. H. Wilson, M.P. It will be remembered that eighteen mouths ago Mr. Allen Upward published a pamphlet in favour I of the admission of working men on juries, together with the payment of jurors, I and at two subsequent meetings of tho National Trades' Congress Mr. J. H. Wilson, M.I' introduced resolutions umbodying these reform", which received the unanimous approval of the congress. At Mr. Wilson's request Mr. Upward ha# now drafted a Bill on the subject which the member for Middlesborough will intro- duce in the House as soon as it assembles, and will b& pushed forward by Use labour members. We Itre now enabled to state what will be the snbstance of this measure. By Section 1. special juries in criminal cases are nbolielied. Section 2 provides ■hat every one po-sessing the Parliamentary franchise shall be qualified to act as a juror, reserving tlie exemptions which at present txist ia the case of cartain professions. A further provision requires jurors to be summoned in alphabetical order. Section 4 enacts that each juror shall receive 10*. a day for his services, together with expenses, as in the case of a witness for the Crown. The right of challenge is extended to all eases, instead of being confined as at present to trials for felony, and it is provided that appeals from conviclions by magistrates shall tie tried with a jury at quarter sessions.
THE VACANT LAUREATSHIP.
THE VACANT LAUREATSHIP. Truth says Her Majesty is strongly opposed to the abolition of the office of Poet Laureate, and Mr. Gladstone shares her sentiment on the subject, so that a successor to Lord Tennyson will cer- tainly bo appointed. The salary is £72 a year, which is paid quarterly by the Lord Cham- berlain.
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DISTRICT NEWS. Cardiff. THE Llandaff Diocesan Conference opened at hu Town-hall yesterday, and was characterise d by a strong condemnation from the president (th*- bishop} of any proposal for tbe disestablishment "nd dieendowment of the Church either in England or Wales. His Lordship, in the course of hi addiesc, referred particularly to this question, and said theobj->cls or some of the supporters and the leader of the Government were calculated to in jure seriously the cause of religion.— Weather, Pi 10 -.very. A CHOICE ASSORTMENT of Ladies' and Chihirens Millinery in all the New Styles. Also Pelisses. Costume and Coats in Great Variety and Moderate Prices. —An inspection invited at AIrs, Williams's. 25. Royal-arcade, Cardiff. 2598 Aci-OMN, 11:92. Whitaker and Jones, Costumiers, 19, Westbounie-crescent, Cardiff, are now showing Novolties in Maulles, Jackets, Dress Materials, Silks Furs, &c. 2130 L POST OFFICE NOTICE.
OCAL POST OFFICE NOTICE.
On and from Monday, the 26th instant, addi- tional mails will be received at Cardiff from Shrewsbury at 3.28 p.m, and 5.53 p.m. Letter", h.. received hy the 3.28 p.m. mail will be delivered in Cardiff at 4.0 p m., and also connect with dispatches to Penarth, Barry Dock, Pont- lottyn, Khymney. Cueiphilly, Maesycwmmer, New Treuegar, LIani«bcn, and Dandaff. for deliveiy the same evening. Letters, &c., received nt 5.53 P,II1. will be delivered throughout Cardiff at eight p.m. On and from the 3rd of October nn additional mail has bsen made up at Cardiff for Shrewsbury. Letters, &c., posted at the Bate Docks before 12.15 p.m., and at the He.d Post-office, St. Mary-street, hefoie 12.45 p.m. will be delivered in Shrewsbury Rt Rix n.in.
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We regret to announce the death of one of.the best-known personages in the Hbondda Valley in the person of Mr. Thomas Jenkins, contractor. The deceased lived at Tylorstown, and WIIS seized with illness on Tuesday week whilst walking to see his son at. Llwynyfda, the result being that congestion and hrouchitis supervened, from which death resulted on Monday last. Mr. Jonkins had been principally engaged as n sinker, and in that capacity is said to have sufk a larger number of collipry pits than any man in the kingdom. Be was 65 vears of age and a widower, but leaves seven children. Tho funeral, a public; one, takes place at Ptnderyn on Friday, leaving Llwynypm for Abordare by the 10.30 a.m. train. THE Hiytory of a Country has always depended largely upon one man's digestion," writes a man who kn&ws something. H tins be eo what, a happy and peaceful world this wouldlJe if all politicians in it were to eat paetrv made of HIZINE BAKING POWDHR. Eat Cycle Salman purest and best; tish of Uste and richness. Cycle Salmon 8562 Business Addresses. 4 LETTER FOR YOU. 29 AND 36, ST. MARY-STREET, "j 292. BDTE-STRKKf, I CARDIFF. AND 1, ST. JOHN'S-SQOARE, J Bear SIB,— i We beg to draw your attention to the Special Value we are offering in GENTLEMEN'S, YOUTHS', and BOYS' CLOTHING (Ready-made or made to Measure), which for excellenoe of material and variety of pattern, together with perfeot fit, we are sure cannot be surpassed. We have devoted our energies in the past to supplying good value for money, and finding that our endeavours have been appreciated by a discerning public we again wait with confidenoe an Inspection of our Stock. May we solicit the favour of your esteemed patronage. Yours obediently, MASTERS AND CO., l)aa. CLOTHIERS. IMPORTANT NOTICE y REDUCTION of the CRLEBRATKD THIRTY GUINEA PrANOFORTE daring the Months of October, November, and December, 1892, to TWENTY-EIGHT GUINEAS ONLY. BEVAN & COMPANY, LIMITED, Have much pleasure in announcing that they have concluded arrangements with the Manufacturers for the Supply of a very Large Number of these Magnificent Pianofortes dat ing the above period at a considerable Reduction, and this Contract enables them to make this substantial ditIerence in price-a prioe at which no Music-ware housemen depen- dent solely upon the saie of Musical Instruments can possibly sell at—in fact, Fifty Guineas is about the price generally paid in Music Warehouses for such Instruments. A HANDSOME MUSIC STOOL, VALUE ONE GUINEA, GiVEN TO CASH BUYERS FULL COMPASS. FULL TRICHORD. THREE PEDALS. HANDSOME WALNUT AND GOLD CASES IRON FRAME. bBASS PIN PLATE. SPLENDID TOUCH BRILLIANT TONE 28 1 28 GUINEAS! I G U I N E AS! EVERY PURCHASER DELIGHTED. I SOLD THROUGHOUT WALES, DELIVERY FREE. I TEN YEARS' WARRANTY. You are respectfully invited to call and see these Magnificent Instruments before purchasing elsewhere. No drawing or description can give you so good an idea of their beauty and quality at a personal inspection can give. They have been repeatedly valued at from Fifty to Sixty Guineas COMMON PIANOFORTES, £ 12 10s.; ORGANS, from 26 6s.; HARMONIUMS from k3 17s. 6d. BEVAN & COMPANY, THE CARDIFF FURNISHERS, ARE THE LARGEST, BEST, AND CHEAPEST FURNISHERS IN THE PRINCIPALITY. CARDIFF. NEWPORT, AND PONTYPOOL. 876
ALLEGED PERJURY AND CONSPIRACY…
ALLEGED PERJURY AND CON- SPIRACY AT ABERGAVENNY. At the Attergiiveony Police-court on Wednesday, John Parfitt (oftlavod, near.Pontypridd), butcher, was summoned for perjury alleged to have been conJmitted at the Abergavenny County-court on AuguaL 8 last; Ann Parfitt., wife of the defendant, John Paifitt, and Rvan Morgan,of Havod, hud been summoned for similnr offences; and the three defendants had further been summoned for con-piracy. Mr. Corner, instructed by Mr. H. LC. Ilodgene, appeared for the prosecution and Mr. George David, Cardiff, with Mr. LaUter Davis appeared for the defendants.— The first casts takeu Was that against John Parfitt for perjury, IUHI the hearing of thin ORB detained the court until after fivo o'clock.—The evidence was lengthy, and set not thnt Alfred VVillinm Board, a butcher, cattle dealer, "nd farmer at Abergavenny, old some lambs to the defendant Parfitt, on the 20th of Juno at Abergavenny, and received a cheque for £ 19 19s. n'Vt-n by Mrs. Par- fitt. That cheque wxs dishonoured, and he wont to see the defendants Parfitt. and received from them a cheque for -214 5s, by a Mr. Jenkins, another small cheque, and cash to make up the balance. The cheque of Mr. Jenkins' was poat dated, and Board finding it to bo wrongly endorsed, returned it to Parfitt, who sent it back to him in the same condition. IJe then "gaiu returned the cheque to Parnttand never had it back, or the money. He went to Hafod on the 21st of July to try to get his money, but was not successful; on thnt visit he saw Mrs. Parfitt only. On the next day he sent a telegram to them that if the money was not paid he should sue them. He commenced an action in the county-court, and upon the hearing of that act ion Mrs. Parfiit swore i hat she took the clllqlle back from Brard and ptirl him the amount of it in gold and sitverin Ihp. presence of her husband and of Evan Morgan, both of whom swore that the money had been paid in their presence. The j udgo of the county- conrt gave judgment far the defendant PlIriilt with costs.—An application for a new trial had been inailp to his Honour and re- fused.—Evidence was called with a view to show that Parfitt was in farecon at. the time the money was stated to be paid, ami stayed at the Angel Hotel, Brecon, and shored a bed there with a dealer from Herefordshire, who was called, and stated that Partitt came to the door of the Iwtel between half-past six and seven o'clock on the 21st of July.—A mas* of evidence was called to show that Board left Bristol for Hafod by the 1.5 p.m. train that, day, arid did not roach Parfitt's house until about lialf-pa--t six o'clock, and that Parfitt could not huve been there on his arrival, he being seen in Brecon at the time men- tioned .—Eventually, the Bench committed the defendant Parfiit for trial, trail bpint; admitted.— Ttte case against M s. Pfirlitt was then taken, and silo was also committed for trial.—-The court then adjourned untit to-day (Thurseny), when tfte case again#t Evau Morgan, and tho charge of con- spiracy ngainst the threodefendants, will betaken.
DESPERATE AFFRAY WITH POACHERS…
DESPERATE AFFRAY WITH POACHERS NEAR PONTYPRIDD. At Pontypridd Police-court on Wednesday two men, named Albert Davies and Wm. Brake, were brought up in custody charged with wounding a farmer's son, named Richard Bowell-, Llauwotino, on fnnday laft. It. appears thnt the VOUtI/l mlln and his father ware returning from church on Sunday morning and saw several in«n with grey- hounds in starch of game. The farmer and his son immediately gave chase to the six men, but were met with a volley of atoors, one of which struck the old man in the breast, and another hit his son on tiie temple, causing a fracture of the stull. Only the two prisoners had been arrested so far, and the superintendent applied for a remand for a week.—This was crantad, the prisoners being allowed out on bail, fctKiinselvee in £ *0 each and two others in £ 20 each.
A Frosty Football Season atI…
A Frosty Football Season at Swansea. At, Swansf-a County-court on Wednesday (before his Honour Judge Gwilym Williams), the caee of Williams v. the Swansea Cricket Club was taken. —Mr. J. Viner Leader was for the plaintiff, and Mr. Edwin Ditvies for defendants.—Tire plaintiff's cose waa that he agreed to snpply the defendants with fifteen tons of hay. at £ 3 10s. per ton, to cover the field during the frost, but thero was a batance now due to him of X5 Uk 4d. The defence was that in consequence Of defo,odaut not supplying tive whole of the kitty in titne, according to contract, the club had to complete ït, Thty, therefore, claiincd to pay only for ten tons and t., deduct for haulagp^-His Honour gave judgment tor plaintiff for £ J' and costs,
DEPRESSION IN THE TIN-PLATE…
DEPRESSION IN THE TIN-PLATE TRADE. The Old Lodge Works, Llanelly. An advertisement is appearing this w.,k for a manager for the Old Lodge Workv, Llanelly Seeing this, many have rushed to the conclusion that an early re-start was to be made. We are in a position bo state, hnwever, that such is not the ca»e. The proprwfcora at ttm present time com- plain that prices ruinouslr low, and antil they improve no resumption of operations can be ex- poefcea. Tiimy wished to appoint a manager fortb- with in order to be tble to stirt right away when things improve. This ia expected to be eariv in the new year. THE MKHNGRiFFlTIl WORKS. These works have now been idle for atout two months, and up to the present there is little hope that they will again be got going for some weeks. On Wednesday a deputation of the men watted upon Mr. Kiehard Thomas (the managing director) with the object of, if possible, ascertain- ing thn date upon which the several departments would be set sjoing. Mr. Thomas received the men very courteously, hut staked that he regretted he could not give them any definite reply before next Saturday week, on which day the directors of the company will meet 10 take into consideration the preseut state of nffdirs. In contaquance of the present stop- page. a large amount of distress prevails among the tin-plate workmen of the district, and etept are abiuit to be taken by a number of the leading inhabitants to form a relief fund to asaist thosa who are absolutely in want. Indeed, already, Mrs. Ingledew of Tyn-y-Park has, with her usual generosity, interested herself in the matter, and hits vetted several houses with the object of agisting those whom she finds in distress. -1"'11.1>.
HERMANN VEZIN AT THE GRAND…
HERMANN VEZIN AT THE GRAND THEATRE, CARDIFF. A splendid performance of "The Merchant of Venice was given at the Grand Theatre on Wed- nesday evening. Mr. Bermnnn Vezin as Shyltck was superb. Nothing oould be more striking than the self-possession with which he reiterated his determination to exact the full forfeiture of his bond, or tho cynical indifference with which be listened to the pleadings of Portia, His assump- tion of hopeless and forlorn misery when judgment was given against him was extremely fine, Rnd his I fioal extt had a pathos and dignity which aroused enthusiasm. As Portia Miss Laura Johnson caught tt»e exact spirit of the part. and played it in a clever mantier. She gave the famous mercy speech in tlw trial scene with superb feeling and emphasif. Mr. Loring Fernie was excellent as' BassMiio, as were also Mr. Fieber White as the Jhike, and Mr. F. Handle Ayrten as Antonio. Lorenzo was artistically played by Mr. Stevens. Mr. Lockhnrt WM a very amusing Lmuncelot Gobbo. Miss Cordelia Daubenar was verv happy in her rendering of She put of Neriaa. Miss Friend looked graceful as Jessica. The Remaining charac- ters were in able Itands. To-night (Thursday) "Othello" will be played, with Mr. Vezin as t he Moor, and Miss Johnson as Jietdemona.
INTERESTING SHIPPING CASE…
INTERESTING SHIPPING CASE AT SWANSEA. At Swiwise.t Olirt fin Wednesday (beferu his Honour Juttge Gwilym Williams) an action was brought by Messrs. Harries Bros, and Co., shipowers, of Swansea, against Mossrs. Sawyers, Mead, nnd Co., shipbrokers, Londofc, for the recovery of jElOl IN., demurrage and expenses in respsct to the steamship Musgrave. Mr. F. C. T. NHytor was for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Denman Bensou (instructed by Messrs. St ricks and Belling- 1mm) for defendants.—The plaintiffs' ra»e was that OR the 3rd of June they wrote to the defen- dants asking I hero if tiiey could fix the steamship Musgrave, and the reply was—M Merchants will give 5s. Grimsby to Bristol, cargo pig iron, f.o.b. wire reply." Thereupon the vessel was sent from PkOcheeter to Grimsby, and when sbe was at sea a wire was received from defendant, that the mer- chant at Grimsby refused to load. Pleintiffa replied that the steamer had sailed, and they sboald claim demurrage at the rate ofjeiOadtv. The Musgnvo had to remain in dock at Grimsby for five days before getting another freight — Evidence was called as to the enstem of fixing vessels by wire.—Mr. Benson then raised the point tha.t thiOl was an action for negligtmce and not au Admiralty action, and his Honour said thnt, having bz!.mrd the evidence, Ite considered lie had no juzhidictioii, as the Hction should have been brnught at. common law.—Judgment wis given for defendants without prejudice. "I give it up," said tlx; perspiring sufferer, as he at.tsiripted to eat a cake from which KIZINfi • AKTNG POWDlil; bad been omitted- 11321
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THE SWINDLE ON LOCAL AUCTIONEERS.
THE SWINDLE ON LOCAL AUCTIONEERS. Victims at Swansea. The auctioneer swindler has had a cat-d. at Swausea. He persuaded Messrs. Knoyle and Roberts that tbey had to sell up a farmer tn the Swansea Valley and got 25s. as a draw from the firm. The sale was advertised, and Mr. Roberts went to conduct it on Wednesday, when he found out the 6wiodle. There have been more apologies, Mterefore—th)« time down west.
A NEW, CRUSAOE BY FATHER IGNATIUS.
A NEW, CRUSAOE BY FATHER IGNATIUS. Opposition to the Bishop of St. Asaph. The JtMHeh&ter, Cutiftitan states that Ftatber Ignatius bto determined to preach iu all the more important towns of the diocese of St. Asaph aoaiost the tnattap. The offence of which Dr' Edwards }UM» been guilty, end which 11:18 80 greatly incensed Mr. Lyoo, is that he invited the Rev. C. Gore, of Lux Mandi fame, to deliver a conrso of pastoral lectures in 9t. JMaph Cathedral to the clergy of North Wales. The menk of Llanthony professm. to view with alarm tlie action of bisoop Edwards, while f"r Mr. Gore he has nothing but withering ecoru.
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THE ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMEM1 AT…
THE ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMEM1 AT POUTrpsroo. At Pontypridd Pofioe-court on WaAoaaftey Robert Griffith*, commercial tnfelltr, LI88-, trisant, surrendered to his bail on a 006ve of embezzling a sum of money belonging to Mt. T. Evans, Temple of Fashion..Ponytpridd.Ma. W. It. Davies appeared for the proeecntioa, and remarked that tbe warrant had been waned contrary to hie advice. There were DAW legal difBcttUni* in th* way of a proeecntioa, and they wished to With- draw the case.—Mr. W. C. Matthews, wboappeared for the defence. conseotad, and the case was with- drawn.
THE FAILURE OF MR. GEORGE…
THE FAILURE OF MR. GEORGE HOPKINS. The possibility of the business at Ms. Geo. Hopkins being taken over by a sytrdioata is rts» dered somewhat rsmote by the fact thnt sncb < transfer can only be effected with the consent of the whole body of creditors, It is a nsaUar of common knowledge in trading circles that until an investigation disclosed the true state of affairs Mr. Hopkins was negotiating for the leattng of the butanes* SA a limited liability company, bat upon discovering his insolvency It* natureliv abandoned Uto idea. That latter be further proceeded with it will hI". of course, upon an entirely new basis.
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