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TLMPERATURK AND RAINFALL. j X'KMPBBATPRit. i Max. iMiu. Mean 'RAINFALL Saturday 125 60 40 50 0 0'12 Sunday |26 60 40 E0"0 0"00 Monday j27 60 45 50.5 0 00 Tuesday 123 60 45 50'5 C"03 Wednesday !29 69 43 52'5 000 Thtiraday |30 60 38 49"0 0*00 Friday 131 37 14 25"5 0"00 Friday 131 I 37 I 14 I 25"5 0-00 thermometer for 24 hours ended 9 taken in the shade at Cwrt-y-Vil, Penarth. The Rainfall registered at Cwrt-jTil, Penartk, for the 24 hours ended 9 a.m.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS. Notices of Births, Marriages, and Deaths are charged 1* each if not exceeding iO words, and Id. for each additional word. In all rases the Notice mat be authenticated by the signature and address ef ;he sender. MAURI AGE. MORGAN—JENKINS.—On April ?9th, at Vhynor Parish Church, by the Rev. J. E. Jenkins, Reeter. T. J. Morgan, Bariy, to Clara L. Jenkins, late Tydvil House, Merthyr, fourth daughter of the late Rev. Isaac Jenkins.

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Feathers and Fluff [BY AUTOLYCUS."] Father Ignatius is reported to have said that the Dean of Ripon was a blank Atheist. I have referred the phrase to Bill Banter, but he says the only man who can fill that "blank" is M'Guffin. Among the portraits which will attract atten- tion in the art section of the exhibition is one of Cardiff's Mayoress, Lady Windsor. It is by Burne-Jones, and is in that artist's well- known style. The peculiarity of the picture lies in the fact that her ladyship is looking in a downward direction, and the eyes art hidden beneath the drooping eyelids. The water mystery at the Ely Schools has not yet been unravelled by the guardian?. Lt seems impossible that the chlidren should re- qi.ire 31 i gallons of water per head per week. but the fact remains that this was the quantity used a week or two ago. No leakage can be discovered, and the only possible explanation is tl at two or three of the teetotal guardians paid a visit to the school a day or so before the gauge was taken. It seems, to be of little use to keep pegging away about the hawker nuisance on the Ha.yes. When business is in full swing the row is un- bearable, and it only requires a roundabout wit'h a steam organ to make reading and "tHly at the reference library simply un beartble. For one day in the year w. are promised immunity until after sax o'clock. It is the day upon which the Prince of Wales visits Cardiff. What actuals reason is there why this lins'nff^rable inuisance ihouid be tolerated on any other day? A pathetic sight at the Cardiff Exhibition is that of the president of the Welsh Astro- nomical Society trying to find room to put in all his scientific exhibits, and appealing to bystanders to witness that the exeantive have only allowed him one side of a ga'i'ery. One has only to glance across to the eastern gallery and observe the plaintiff look upon the face of the Rev. W. E. Winks, who is slogging away in his shirt sleeves among musty tomes and ancient charters, fen know that he is bitterly bemoaning his fate in being excluded from the science section- There iseen^ to be quite a ru-h on th:" department, i though it has been rumoured that the real attraction about the gallery is a group of I delicate paintings by Falero, which adorn ] one end of the gallery. j If ever a Jew be seen again in the defen- dant's box of our police-courts or county-courts Cardigans will think of the words of the Chief Rabbi: "No one can be called a good Jew v?ho is not upright, truthful, straightforward, kind, and gentle in all his dealings"; and also of those of Colonel Goldsmid, who, speaking of the equality of races in Great Britain, said that "The Jew who dishonoured his name in this country deserved to be punished twenty times more than a Christian, because he brought dis- honour on a name that should be spotless." It is surprising how few Israelites make their way into our prisons, and if they visit the county-courts it is generally in the role of plain- tiff. Whilst on the point, I might mention that there is a man in this office who is reported to have once outdone a Jew, and he is greatly revered accordingly. Goldsmiths and jewellers have been doing well out of Cardiff during the last week. Thtre has been a tremendous run on silver trowels and golden keys, and the way in which clubs, bazaars, baths, and exhibitions are being opened-to say nothing of synagogue and chape, foundation-stone laving—lead one to suppose that Cardiff is on the point of opening and running the whole universe. Alderman Carey hact a hot time of it last year, but it is nothing to what Lord Windsor is going through, whilst Mr. J. M. Maclean has probably been more in demand during the nine months he has represented is than has ever been any preceding member for the Cardiff Boroughs in a like period. If these club-opening cere- monies come in much thicker, Mr. Maclean v. ill soon want a deputy. The baths have been opened, and the first swim has been swum. As everyone knows who is interested in the natatorial art, there is no town more backward in it than Cardiff, but the nucleus of what premises to be a strong club has been formed, and in a short time it may safely be expected that swimming galas will be arranged. Let every excuse be made for the corporation, the fact is still apparent that the baths are ridiculously small, and those who have the true interests of swimming at heart will have to work under tremendous difficulties. Not one of the baths is big enough for any proper aquatic display; regu- lation races will have to be swum in a very piecemeal fashion, and the accommodation for onlookers is of a very poor description. How- ever, Cardiff "ewimTnists" will have to make the best of them, and when the next baths are built it is to be hoped that the representations of those who know something of swimming and its requirements will be attended to. A Roath correspondent, who apparently objects to my little joke about the adver- tisement asking for a servant girl to sleep out, writes to point out a serious error in our morning contemporary, which stated that a certain artist had been "hung" for the seventh thoe. Dear, dear; how sad—I mean the ignoiance on the part of the writer, who does not know that it is an expression often used by artists and others, and who also is evi- dently unaware of the fact that if it nad been the man who had undergone a gallows performance the word used would have been "hanged." Perhaps my friend would wonder greatly at the following advertisements taken from the "Express" —"Two naps for Satur- day real dead snips; send Is. quick for wire." For myself one nap a day is sum- cient, and I am not given to snips; the scissors and paste man will give me all I want; whilst before I buy wire on spec I want to know precisely how much and what quality I shall get for the shilling. It would be interesting to know whether leap year advantages -have been. claimed ar.d taken advantage of by the ladies. I have only heard of one or two offers of marriage, and have seen one or two invitations to leap year dances. Despite the fact fhait I have joined the ranks of perpetual bachelorhood, I have even received one of these latter myself. But, on the whole, I don't think tiite girlv pre making the moat of their present advantages. A long communication which reaches me on the subject, showing the many possibilities before the ladies at the present time, induces me to touch upon it. It is pointed out to me that men' look after athletics more than after the ladies; hey regard married life as monotonous and that women are content to go on waiting and watching, the independence of the day making it possible for them to do so. But, all the same, leap year, says my correspon- dent, is a time when the bashful young man may be successfully wooed and made happy. I know naught of these matters myself, but if that be the case, I should say: Look alive, ladies, for the timi is far spent, and you won't get another chance like the present for eight years.

"yiSITORS TO THE EXHIBITION E LLIOTT'S JJOTEL AND JJESTAUR A.NT, 62, ST. MARY-STREET, CARDIFF. The Oldest-established Dining Rooms in the Town, with a reputation of close upon 50 Years. UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT. ONE OF THE SIGHTS OF CARDIFF. The NEW DINING-HALL (with accommoda- tion for 300 Guests) will be OPENED T HIS DAY, piRIDAY, (MAY 1). I REFRESHMENTS OF EVERY DESCRIP- J 'HON AT POPULAR PRICES. I I DINNERS A SPECIALITY. I ROAST JOINTS, TWO VEGETABLES, 9d. I ROAST JOINTS, TWO VEGETABLES, SWEETS, and COFFEE, la. CHOPS AND STEAKS FROM THE GRILL. AT THE FRONT BAR PEST MILD ALES Per Pint 2d. BEST BITTER ALES. Per Pint 3d. FRED L. SHORT. LICENSEE. OUR DIARY. TO-DAY. 1896.—May 1, Friday. Sun rises. 4.34: set, 7.20. High water :-Cardiff, 8.46-9,8. Swansea, 7.45—3.6. Newport, 8.39-9.0. Weather forecast:—Northerly winds, light; fuir; very cold at first. Cardiff events Police-court, 11.0. Waterworks Committee, 11.0. Mueeum Committee, 6.0. TEN YEARS AGO. 1886.—May 1, Saturday. Meeting of Savings' Bank depositors at Car- diff. ? Mr. Dillwvn elected pre8ident of West Gla- morgan Liberal*. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO. 1671.—May 1. Monday. Conference at Sheffield on Air. Bruce's Licensi-us: Bill.

Bill Banter's Budget A ROATH IDYL" PRESENTED AT THE LOVING GHOST. The Marvellous and Romantic History Entitled "Montmorenci de Vicker- staff, or The Fairy Dustman." It are with considerable 'umility I presents this hambitious narrative from the lips ov hour continental collegew, known at the Loving Ghost as "Dutchy." By way ov preface I may mention as its deal in's hare with the psychical haspect ov our esteemed department regulatin' the movements ov that rare and interestm' bird, the dust-cart. Its haccuracy are undoubted, bein' attested by 'cuseholders 'avin' hitherto no belief in the supernatural. Their hevidence in liaffirmation 'ave bin obtained at considerable egspence, 'avin' bin careful covisiderm' the marvellous nature ov the :i story. For some time past hour Loving Ghost friend 'av8 bin peculiar in 'is behaviour. 'Is heft 'ave (decreased a :undred\veiglit per month. 'Is form 'ave lost its Dutchiiess it are wiilowy and like unto the femail sylph. 'Is eyes loons far away at times 'e starts and halmost drops '.is pint as 'avin' hin suddenly pinched bv hagency ov the vast Hunseen. 'Is 'Ancox never seems to 'ave a good effect. Which 'is medical man 'ave told 'im are doo to globular sequestration ov the os periostum, coupled. w,i,th subsidiary thinliexion ov the diaphragm. Umbug' Identical symptoms, so I ham hinformed, is particular hevident in Roath. I 'ave met many a 'OU6" older with t-ic'ii, but 'ave refrained from axin' 'im the reason. 'E 'ad become no fm.il). 'E were so spiritualisacl. Honly last night it were that Dutchy opened 'is overflowin' heart. "llill," e ar:,1\ what was your egsperience ov the supernatural?" "Not near enough to satisfy me, as the revived corpse remarked, lonkin' hout ov the hearse at 'is funeral fdllowin' I repiiea. "Ach Himmel! I wishes mine were so," sighs my Kiruf William friend. And then 'e hups and out. wiith it, M'Guffin and the bar listenin' that intent the fust flies ov summer 'eld polo matches in their drops ov 'Aucox without a, word to (tell 'em they was tiespassin. "It was a 'appy day in early June last year," says Dutchy, "as I falls in with Mrs. Skin- over, thr ough, my last landlady's 'usband wearin' my best euit continool' to go hout in evenings. It's a. long walk to Inverness-place, but 'ouses dere is safe. each bein' protected by a moat after ze old style. 'Hi only takes in lodgers,' says Mrs. Skinover, 'because being a ione widder I fee's like needin' ze protection ov brave men in my loneliness.' "It is a. beautiful place is Roath round dem parts. It is a picture so sweet to gaze upon it cannot be forgot. Sittin' alone in my front winder I 'ave watched) the moonlight play upon the waters; I 'ave dreamt ov child- hood's days down by the Zuyder Zee, nofn' the 'appy 'ouseholders carryiu' 'is little ones acicss the ford. I 'ave thought W evenly i., must be in Venice, admirm' the ripplin' vavelets curl over the mud-banks ov the road. "You means Penarth, blank me!" egs- claims M'Guffin, who 'ad bin listenin' incredu- lous, "Penarth!" says Dutchy. with hall the con- tempt ov a Bevan for brandy hin 'is woice. "Penarth hare not to be compared," says 'e; "Penarth 'as honly its little streak ov beach, but 'ere in Roath hevery pavement is a beach and hevery hopen space a bay, and hevery load a river ov finer mud than you finds hon the most salubrious seashore." 'Ow well defined and full ov sweet sugges- tion, as the Canon says markin' the himpress ov the fair girl who'd stepped upon the horange peel." I says, encouragin'. "I 'ope it are," continues Dutchy, "there's many a evening I 'ave watched that 'appy pic- ture. It was on such a night; I 'ad bin lyin' drtamin', till I falls into slumber after :earin' Mk. Skinover throw the cat downstairs as she caught reposin' on 'er pillow. It arc 'er usual signal ov retirin' (to iest. 'Ow long I slept I fails to tell. The moon 'ad sunk be- hind the corporation waterworks. There come a frantic rappin' at my door as made me say, 'Ccme in.' 'Circumstances forbids, Mr Hollendorf,' pgFclauna my landlady's voice outside. Surprised I am that you should knock me up to tell me dat. It am no noos to me,' I answers, grieved to the art at bein' so fnviou- lously disturbed. 'Egecuse me, Mr. Hol'lendorf, do not be 'ard,' cries the poor 'oman, spea-kin hoarse and rapid, Protect a lone wid<i-?r in 'er dis- habilly.' Can't hundertake that kind ov thing,* I says, I've nothin' 'ere to soot your style ov rirapin' Don't you 'ear sounds?' she cries. t"' Six :to(rtoiscshell tduors and a mezzo- soprano as you ought to lay pizen on the tales for,' I returns. It did not need much listenin' to 'ear 'em. "'Oh, 'urry, if you hare a man! There's burglars round the ouse.' 'owls the femail in tones ov 'orror. "I rises this time, listenin intent, but earn)* honly some rattlin ov pans below. Nothin' but the Gorgonzola in the kitchmg cupboard, Mrs. Skinover,' I answers, reassuring. Hat that moment, as if to c-cnifadict my Vvords, a 'oarse woice rings through the 'ouee, Woa there! What the blank ctkh blank!' "I 'ears a fall hout>id'e my door, Unfortunit Mrs. Skinover 'ad fainted in 'er dishabilly. "I rushes to the winder-sees 'Astily sheathing myself where needed I leaps across the lady's prostrate form and down the stair* The room,- were hempty! "A woice. that penetratin' it seemed at my elbow, pierces the silence ov the night again. Woa there, blank you to blank! D'you think hi'm blank well walkin' hafter you for my 'ealth?' "Seized with a hunkov. n terror, for the woice woice wae weird' and strange, the cusses was fiendish, I throws the front door hopen. "There, sittin' on our hoverturned bucket ov ashes, was, the figure ov a man, einolcin' a black clay pipe. From afar, borne wieidly hon the silent hair, there came the eiank ov chains, the rattle ov pans I 'ad attriouted to the hinnoeent Gorgonzola. A ghostly woice cries from the shadows, 'Jim, I'm blanked if we don't lose this dash blanked 'oive and cart. Others 'ad 'eard the sounds; winuows was thrown hup; egscited woice- ov iva-; shriek in' 'Murder! What's'appenin'?' 'Who are you?' I egsclaiins to the wision, 'oldin' the poker ready to hit it if it advanced. "'Blank me to blank!' it says. 'I'll 'it you sich a flop hon the jaw in a moment as you'll know the dustman when you sees 'im next.' "That were my introduction to Montmorenei de Vickerstaff. The inncident were the talk ov the neighbourhood next mornm'. 'Never will 1 put hour ash-bucket h outside again, to be 'orrified that awful,' says Mrs. Skinover. 'What did you put it hout before fer?' I naturally asks. 'Because my neighbours done it. It are a custom as we must hooserve just 1'ke the Efbrew^ does the she says. 'None ov t s hever egspected this thing. For siy months, since these 'ere marine streets was built, we've pui; 'em hout at night and taken eni in to empty them in the mornin'. We doas it 'opni' not to 'ave hour rest disturbed by no unearthly langwidge. As long as we we puts our ash- barrels out we're safe—we can sleep quiet. But there's come a noo tenant in the neighbourhood as wants ',is barrel 'hemptied by the eopration, and he 'as tax compiainin', I egspect.' "What depths mean men will sink to for the hannoyance ov their neighbours "That were the beginnin' ov the trouble," continues Dutchy. fetebin' up a sigh. as nearly made a vacuum ov the bar. "We makes it so hunpleasant for ze suspected tenant that 'e clears hout ov the locality, but in re ventre 'p. lib leagued 'imself with the powers of dark- ness. We puts our hashes out in the 'ope that they will be, as heretofore, the signal 'for Mo it- morenoi de Vickerstaff to pass hus by. We takes 'em in regular in the morning and tips 'em wherever we can till some ov hour backs is full ov haromaiic remains. But that revenge- ful tenant, 'e will let things go hon until we 'ave almost forgot the dustman. Then sud- denly 'e will complain to the department, and next' night that fairy dustman will hapaBar w'th ten rattlin' carts and owlin', cusein fPrt vers. We lies in bed in chilly perspiration, trying to shut out them sounds. Next mor- nin' hall our barrels and buckets will 'ave bin kicked along the streets by Montmorenci, some ov em landed near the park, the bothers mixed up away as far as Nooport-road. There comes a. mad rush of 'ouseolders to find their barrels in time for the ensooin night, well knowin' i'r.- less they put them hout them dustmen will come again. Seldom can all our frantic 'urrying find them in less than a. week, And. meantime, we are 'aunted by Montmorenci and 'is legions. Battalions ov 'owlin' dustmen, scores ov rattlin' carts makes hour nights 'orrible. We prays for buckets, but they 'ave not yet bin found. Fran- tic, we puts hour ashes out at last in bread- pans, washhaxid-basins, coal scuttles; some even 'as to utilise the silver-plated urns and va::es given 'em as weddin' presents. "Thus we stays the plague ov dustmen. Soon a.3 'e sees a, hash-barrel Montmorenci comes no n'ore. We lives in peace a few months longer. Then that offended tenant will suddenly com- plain. Down comes the troop. Nights ov terror: days ov bewilderin' rushes hall over Cardiff, madly 'opin' to find hour hash-barrels. At last we're quiet, but our nights '3..ve become sleepless. Hevery moment that tenant may complain. Hevery night we waits in hawful expectation for Montmorenci. We dreams ov 'im. Hour children will rush in from play, sliriekin', 'Oh, ma, 'ere's Montmorenci,' and it are vain to quiet them by tellin' 'em 'e never appears by day. It's my belief 'e walks round sometimes by day. findin' a fiendish enjoyment iu the deadly results ov is hefforts in the night. What can we clo 7" "Some hero will 'ave to sacrifice 'is neck by n-.urderin' that complain in' tenant," says M'Guffin, wery hearnest. "If you could honly 'ave your hashes emptied regular ,and in quiet, this Roath 'oiror would vanish," I suggests. "Ah, that may never be," says Dutchy, way sorrowful. ??_ -?-

LAMP EXPLOSION. A GERMAN PRIVY COUNCILLOR SUFFOCATED. A Munich telegram says:—Privy Councillor Friedrich Heinrich Geffken, editor of "The Diary of the Emperor Frederick," and aga.inst whom proceedings were pending on a charge of high treason, was suffocated, on Thursday, in his rooms through a fire, caused by the ex- plosion of a petroleum lamp.

COLLIERY WARNING. AN ANTICYCLONE AFFECTING THE COUNTRY. The attention of miners is again directed to the change which has been taking place in the atmospheric conditions over the British coal- fields. During Wednesday night an anti- cyclone of considerable size and intensity began to affect the whole country, the barometer ris- ing, more or lees decidedly, everywhere. This has brought the wind round into the north- ward, and the air has conseqeuntly become dry and crisp. As pressure still continues to in- crease, all hands employed underground are reminded of the danger from gas and insuffi- cietntly-moistened dust under these circum- stances.

TOUCHING LETTERS. THE SUICIDE OF AN OFFICERS' WIFE. An inquest was held at Colchester on Wed- nesday on the body of Mrs. Edith Vaughan Dunlop, wife of Major Dunlop, R.A., who was found shot in her bedroom on Tuesday. The deceased had locked herself in her bedroom at lunch time, and was discovered later in a dying condition with a bullet-wound in her forehead. Letters were found addressed to her husband, children, and sisters. That to her husband read:—"Husband of mine! God keep you and reward; you. I am mad. Marry someone nice, and forget me." That to the children stated that the least she could do would1 be to put herself out of their lives, and not bring them to shanue. The evidence showed that Major and Mrs. Dunlop lived on affectionate terms. A verdict of "Suicide while temporarily insane" was returned. -?-

EXTRAORDINARY WAGER. DURAND TO HANG FROM THE CEILING FOR THIRTEEN DAYS. A Dalziei's telegram from Paris, says:—A man named Durand, of Marseilles, who re- cently gained! considerable notoriety by posing as a statue motionless for 29 days, on Thursday commenced a far more sensational experience in Paris. He has madte a wager to hang from the ceiling suspended by the neck for thirteen days without a pause, and abstain during that time from eating and drinking. He is suspended by a rope in the manner employed at executions, except that the cord is not allowed: to tighten. After hanging a few hours, Durnn'd became livid in the face and his limbs wene rigid, giving the spectator a realistic impression of the effect of death by hanging.

SUDDEN DEATH AT CARDIFF FOUND DEAD IN BED IN A LODGING-HOUSE. On Friday morning, at five a.m., a> man known as John Jones, was found' dead in bed at a lodging house, No. 20, Harvey-street, Canton. The deceased came to the home at five o'clock on Thursday afternoon, when he complained! of illness, and stated that he in- tended to apply for admittance to the union workhouse- Mrs Caiman, the occupier of the home, however,, 3Illowed him to stop there that night. From subsequent inquries it is believed that the proper name of the deceased was Thonftas Jones, a labourer, late residing at Caerlsdtn, where his wife and family now live. Ha is about 40 years of age, round- featured, ft'ith dark hair and moustache. He was attired in a velvet brown jacket, light cord vest and. trousers, and had on his feet a. heavy pair of nailed bcoi*. -?-

CARDIFF EXHIBITION. AlRmANGEMENTS FOR TO-MOR- ROW'S OPENING CEREMONY. As has been already stated, o?'? of the inte- resting items in the opening proceedings of +h(' Cardiff Exhibition on Saturday will be the luncheon given 'by the Right Worshipful the Mayor of Cardiff (Lord Windsor) in the Assembly-rooms of the Town-hall, to which a large number of the leading men of the town and district have been invited. We are asked to state that the mayor will rœ0ive his guests in the town-clerk's office at 12.45 p.m., and the luncheon will commence at one o'clock prompt. After luncheon the guests will proceed in carriages to the exhibi- tion. The carriages will, in the first instance, assemble a.t the back of the Town-hall, West- igate-street and each carriage wi] have a number assigned to it. Subsequently the carriages will take their places according to number in front of the Town-hall, St. Mary-street. The invited guests are requested to note that the head- cdtsluble will call out the number of each carriage and the names of the gentlemen to whom seats have been allocated. It is respect- fully urged that each guest will pay particular attention to the directions, so that the pro- cession may move forward! without delay. If any of the gentlemen who take part in the procession desire thait the carriages should wait until after the opening ceremony instruc- tions should be given to the coachmen to stand in Park-place. The mayors and town-clerks of rrany cities and boroughs in Wales and the West of England will be present and will wear their insignia of office. Upon arriving at the exhibition, toP pro- cession will be formed, headed by the Mayor of Cardiff, the mayors a,nd town-clerks of other towns, the members of the Cardiff Cor- poration, and other invited guests.

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JAMESON'S RIDE ? Compromising Cypher Telegrams. COMPANY PROMOTION. Key Found in the Doctor's Luggage Helped to Decipher the Coded Words. Reuter's correspondent ab Pretoria tele- graphs:—A series of telegrams. which were put in as evidence on Monday last at the trial of the members of the Reform Committee, have now been published and have caused a sensa- tion. Some of them were in code, bus were deciphered by means of a key which was found in the bagga,ge of Dr. Jameson and his officers after the engagement at Doomkop. In some passages the code words could not be found, and euch words are accordingly left in the text untranslated: The following is a transcript verbatim et literatim of the telegrams in question :— Charter, Cape Town, December 7, to Colonel Rhodes, Giovano, Johannesburg. C. J. Rhodes eavs :—Send documents here that British South Africa Company's attorneys may satisfy themselves, after which you can draw for amount at the same time last share- holders. Coloe. Rhodes, Johannesburg, December 11, to Bobby White. Makefing. Inform Dr. Jameson do not send any more heroes before January. No more room for them. I am sending Captain H. M. Heyman to Grahamstown for next fourteen days. Stevens, Cape Town, December 15, to Colonel Rhodes, Johannesburg. Dr. Jameson wires most strongly to urge no postponement of shareholders' meeting, and let J. H. Hammond inform weak partners any delay most injurious. Dr. Wolff will explain fully reasons at directors' meeting. Bfit, Cape Town, December 19, to Lionel Phillips, Johannesburg. Hammond wires that company flotation must await my arrival. Cannot come at present owing to health. Wire where is the hitch. Santroy very (impatient. Cannot naturzug. Our Schallhora supports urge immediate flo- tation. Hamnion dl, Johannesburg", December 18, to C. J. Rhodes, Grootschuur1- Cannot arrange respective interests without Eeit. Flotation must be delayed until his arrival. How soon can he come? Dr. Wolff, Johannesburg, December 18, to Bobby White, Pitsani. Would suggest that you at once instruct Major Raleigh Grey forward as soon as pos- sible 200,000 his surplus ammunition to Ga.rd- ner F. Williams. There is not likely to be postponed. Harris, Cape Town, December 19, to Jameson, Pitts aiii Mr. Rhodes says: "Send me registered at once a. copy of that letter from Charles (Leo- nard)." Colonel Rhodes, Johannesburg, December 21, to Charter, Cape Town. Please inform C. J. Rhodes that it is stated that chairman will not leave unless special letter inviting him. Definite assurance 'has been given by all of us that on day of flotation you and he will leave. There must be no depar- ture from this, as many subscribers have agreed to take shares on this assurance. If letter necessary it can still be sent, but it Was agreed document left with J. A. Stevens wa.s sufficient, and that you are responsible for chairman's departure. It is very important to put this right. Reply to Lionel Phillips. Harris, Cape Town, December 21, to Colonel Rhodes, Johannesbu.'g. Beit, has telegraphed to Lionel Phillips last night to urge start flotation- new company. You must see that wire. Re.ply when you can float in your opinion, ao that I may advise Dr. Jame- son. Harris, Cape Town, Dec. 21, to Jameson, A. Beit has telegraphed Lionel Phillips urging instant flotation new company. I have telegraphed also to Golonel F. A. Rhodes same effect. Paul Kruger, President Z. A. R., is returning immediaitely to Pretoria. I will telegraph you again to-day. Harris, Cape Town, Dec. 23, to Colonel Rhodes, Johannesburg. A. Beit has telegraphed in Lionel Phillips assuring him that chairman starts immediately flotation takes place. No invite necessary. Harris, Cape Town. Dec. 23, to Jameson, Pitsani. Company will be floated next Saturday twelve o'clock at night. They are very anxious you must not start before nine o'clock and secure telegraph office silence. We sus- pect Transvaal is getting aware slightly. Harris, Cape Town, December 24, to Jameson. Pitsani; You must not move before Saturday night. We are freely confident this will take place Saturday night. Since Dr. Wolff left feeling our subscribers greatly improved. Cactus, i.e., Harris. Cape Town, December 26, to Colonel Rhodes, Johannesburg. Five diamonds were sent you yesterday from De Bsers Consolidated Mines. Cactu3, Caps Town, December 26, to Colonel Rhodes. Johannesburg. Dr. Jameson says he cannot give extension of refusal for flotation beyond December as Trans- vaal Boers opposition shareholders information hold meeting an Limpopo at Pitsani MacMuke told J. E. Colonel Rhodes, Johannesburg, December 2.6, to Charter, Cape Town. It is absolutely necessary to postpone flo- tation. Chas. Leonard left last night for Cape Town. Harris, Cape Tow.i, December 26. to Jameson, Pitsani. Following from Colonel F. A. Rhodes, dated December 26. Message begins: "It is abso- lutely necessary to >ostpone flotation. Oh as.. Leonard left last nighfc for Cape Town." Mes- sage ends, "Ohas. Leopard will, therefore, arrive at Cape Town Of Saturday morning. You must not move until you hear from us again. Too awful; very sorry." S. W. Jameson, Johannesburg, December 26, to Jameson, Pitsani It is absolutely necessary to postpone flota- tion through unforeseen circumstances altogether unexpected, and until we have C. J. Rhodes s absolute pledge that authority of Imperial Government will not be insisted on. Charles Leonard left on Thursday night to interview C. J. Rhodes. We will endeavour to meet your wishes as regards December, but you must not move until you have received instructions, 00 (please confirm. Hays, Johannesburg, Decetfiher 27, to Jame- son, Pitsani. Wire just received- Experts' report de- cidedly adverse. I absolutely condemn further developments a,t present. Harris, Cape Town, December 27, to Jameson, Pitsani. Re Secheland concession shareholders meet- ing postponed until January 6. Meanwhile circular ha3 been publicly issued, and opinion of all interested will then be taken and their action decided upon. Charles Leonard arrives here to-morrow morning. You must wait oatiently and I will domy vefY utmost, hut am beginning to see our shareholders in Matabele- land concession were very different to those in Seeheleland matter. Harris, Cape Town, December 27, to Jam a son, Pitsani. Mr. Rhodes says no, not be blamed at our having 600 men at Pitsa-ni- We have the right to have them, you know. We are sorting the B.S.A. police for eventual distribution, and if they are so foolish as to think you are threaten- ing Transvaal we cannot help that. B.A, Company's police at Mafeking will cost half what they do in Mntabeleland, and horses do not die. At the same time, as you know, we must keep tip a certain B.S.A. Company police force as our agreement with Imperial Government. Harris, Cape Town, Dec. 28, to Jameson, Pitsanii. You are quite right with regard to cause of delay of flotation, but Charles Leonard and Hamilton of "Star" inform us that move- ments not popular in Johannesburg. When you have seen Captain Mauric" Heany, let 'is know by wire what he says- We cannot have fla&cio. Hammond. Johannesburg. Dec- 28, to Hamil- ton, care Stevens, Chartered Company, Cape Town. How about the of your printing press, &c.? We are ready to start printing; will make any fair arrangement you *ish. Starr, i.e. Jamehw. Pitsani Del?. 28, to Wolff. Meet me as arranged before You lea.ve nine Tuesday night, which will enable us to decide which is best destination. Make Advocate W. A. Leonard: spf»k. Malie citing to-night without fail: great faith in P. H. Ham- mond, A. JJ. Lawley, and miners with Lee- Metford RCffea. Harris, Cape Town, December 28, to Jameson, Pitsani. Lionel Phillips telegraphs A. Beit the fol- low^: -~Mea«ige begins: ,"lt is absolutely _?.- necessary to delay flotation- If foreign subscri- bers insist on floating without delay anticipate complete failure." Message ends. Jameson, pitsani, December 29, to S. A. Jame- son, Johannesburg. Dr. Wolff will understand the distant cut- tinz. British Beohuanaland Police have al- ready gon. forward; guarantee already given therefore, let W. H. Hammond telegraph in- stantly all right." M'Williams. Joiianne?burg, December 30, to J. R M'Andrew, Port Elizabeth. Get P.A.G. ready. [These letters are understood to refer to the Prince Albert Guard].

PECKHAM FATAL FIGHT. LABOURER ALLEGED TO HAVE BIET HIS DEATH IN A STREET ROW. During a fight in Commercial-road, Peck- ham, between two men, named Thomas Sulli- van, a labourer, and William Alford, a ship's fireman, the former received a blow on the left cheek which filled him to the ground. He was picjed up in an unconscious condition, and conveyed to St. Thomas's Hospital, in which institution he has died.

SUCCI FOUND OUT. HE FASTED ON SOUP, EGGS, BEEF- STEAK, AND HO :OLATE. Sign*" Succi, who will be remembered as the great jesting man, has suffered severe injury to his reputation in Vienna. It )a,s accidentally been found out, and stands now perfectly confirmed, that, on. the twentt-fifth day of his fact, wtbieh was to be of 30 4ays, he partook of bouiUQTh soup, ohoco- Irte, <wo eggs. and a raw beefsteak without infompng the committee which was supposed to watch him night and day. He informed1 one doctor, who did not object, and vho observed silence till the, secret came out c* Wednesday evening after the fast. Sus- picion is now fastened! upon the first 25 days as well, and the numlber of Succi's admirers has greatly diminished:

KILLEDHIS SON. | ATSTD AFTER ARBfcST THREW HIM- SELF OUT OF WINDOW. A. few days ago the bedy of a young man, named Eugene Vasseur, a waiter, was found strangled in the wood! ,at Vincennes. In- quiries resulted in the arrest on Tuesday of itbe victim's father ahd a cousin named Boucher, The latter told an extraordinary story. He said ft1 at he applied to Vasseur, sen., for a loan of 3,000f., and the old man. promised him the money if be would assist him in get- ting rid of his son, who was "a great scoundrel." Boucher enticed the victim Ito the wood, where Vasseur bounded out of the thicket and fell upon hi8 a^n, like a. ftiger. To. gether they forced a rope- over their victim's head, and pulled tight until he became black in the feice. Vasgieur acknowledge" '^t this story was true, remarking, "Wliat^ ela% could I do? He was a young scoundrel-' On Wednesday afterrLOcIn Vasseur succeeded in (taking his guards by surprise, and threw himself out of the prison window, receiving injuries from which he died ihortly afterwards. ?-

ONE OF TJlE GIRLS. DISPUTED THE OUT OF A SHILLING BOOK. Herbert Spencer in Olue of his books dwells on the respect the public have for the printed word, and the air of conviction with which the average man says, "I SQ. it 111 Print." A certain Madame Elise has nfcver read Herbert Spencer, but she has read law, and she refuses to quit her lodging^ jn Carburton- street, London. The occupy of the premises brought the lady to J udge iacon at Blooms- bury County-court. "I do not want to leave/ said Madame Elise, "and it's too bad to make me. The premises are in very bad repair, and the other lodgers are very noisy." The Judge Two excellent Reasons for going as quickly as possible. Madame: I do not oonsid^ I have had a proper notice to quit. The Judge But I tell you tliat it is a proper notice. Madame: But your honour is quite wrong. I read differently in a shilling W book. (Loud laughter.) And when the judge insist^, ma da me told him he was an unjust judge; and when the judge told her that she might N sent to Hollo- way for contempt, and that she lllust leave the premises without delay, madame, casting a withering look upon her landlord, said, "Oh, you wicked man I" and threatened to clear out on Monday. (Laughter.) ?

THE DENTIST'S IODGERS. HE DID NOT THREATEN TO EXTRACT ALL TiffEI* TEETH. An amusing case, in which the lively exu- berance of young men lodgers Vas held up to the publio view, was heard at Westminster County-court on Thursday. A dentist of Bell. girove-road, named' Lechmere, sued one Baker and another Mercer for £ 46, as rent due. The plaintiff let to the defendants, one an organist and the other an articled clerk. They went in in Bebruaty, and late at night they commenced to pang the floor ovor his head when in bed with a, heavy stick. They brought home fnertdo, arlrj howled and shrieked. Mr. Sims Williams (for the defendants): Do you know that one morning Mr. Mercer had to get his own breakfast ?_No. I know he went to my larder, which be ha4 no right to do. (Laughter.) On the 18th of March did you Q*der the pots and (.pans to be taken into the sitting-room?— No. I said they were to be taiten upstairs and put where they liked them- (Laughter.) Did you say you would trow them out of the house and extract all 1:lIei1' teeth ? (Laug-hte;r.)-:N 0, certainly not- His Honour Was that to be gratuitous? (Laughter.) Did Mrs. Lech mere call them "blooming cads" over the staircase?—o. Mr8, Dechimere nevoer used such all exOressiort- Mrs. Lechmere corroborated her h^fj-yand. Asked if there was any great n^jge, she answered: There were four men ho>un!r over the stairs, and there may have twenty from the noise. MT. Williams Are you the ce^ebr^ Mrs. Lechmere that Mr. Labouchere is writing about in "Truth '? Witness: I do not see what that h^ to do with it. "Buggins" and "1'4:uggins.'t Allen Baker, the defendo.atr Eaid Wt on March 19 the pots, pans, china, potat%, and meat were put in their sitting-room. (Laughter.) ? Mr. Williams: Anything else?—^e', our beer barrel. (Great laughter.) He went on to say that later in tbt; day plaintiff said that education was lost on them, and instead of having been at Oxford they should have gone to a board school. Mrs. Lechmere joined- him, and called them "bloom. ing cads." Plaintiff eaid he would the! skin off their backs, extract their teeth, and put them back again. (Laughter.) The witness gave an absolute denial tl any noise, and said when he had some fr%ds, and Mr. Lechmtre one night asked thek to stop, they did so. Mr. NTIntvre: Did vou call the plaintiff a "God-forsaken skunk"? do not think so.. la your nickname "Buggins" ? (LaUSPlW.) -Yes. The other defendant said he was the orgailist and choirmaster of St. Michael's, Ch^ter square. He corroborated the other defend^, and said k. was ordered out of the ho1158 by the plaintiff. Cross examined' Hte was jknofcvn as "Muggins." (Laughter.) His Honour, in giving his judgment, id the greater part of the claim failed, be^Use the rent was not due at the time the PItioh was brought. Plaintiff was entitled to £ 1 a.s dilapidations-. Judgment would be for the defendants on all the items but that °be- Plaintiff would have costs on the 21, and the defendant.* costs on the larger claim. In making this order his Honour said there would be no costs for the defendants, as they had looked) upon coming there as, a lark.

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Millers Wife. THEY SAY SHE DEARLTT LOVED THE CURATE, Who Said She Was Too Beau~< ful to Work, and Other Sweet Things. A new sphere is opened up to the minor clergy when they take to defending divorce suits in person. The Rev. Alfred Winifrith, the "pale young curate" who is oo-isspondentl in the Devonshire miller's suit for divorce from his wife on the ground of her adultery, got on admirably while he cross-examined for himself. He is a good-looking young fellow, in spite of his spectacles, and woaj-6 the regulation clerical garb with the collar buttoned behind. His father, in elderly gentleman of the same type, but with a shaven upper lip, instead of a pointed black moustache, sat near his son, and made a conscientious not* of the evidence in painful and laborious shorthand. Between. them sat another young Winifrith in tweeds* who made notes with a quill pen. All threes moved with an automatic simultaneity. But when the hearing was resumed on Thursday morning Mr. Rentoul, Q.C., announced that 12 had been instructed, with his learned friend, Mr. WTiimpIe, to appear for the co-respondent. The fact was, he waa 1 Without Means, and unable to be legally represented, but A gentleman who was in court on Tuesday had taken an interest in the case and offered td assist him, with the result that counsel wera now instructed1. M'r. Justioe Gorell Barnes acceded to an application that all witnesses should be; ordered out of court, and remarked, hI an* glad to have the assistance of counsel, but 14 am bound to ea.y that Mr. Winifrith wag con- ducting his case remarkably well." Mr. H^rn, the petitioner, was recalled fo< further examination, and in reply to Mr., Rentoul, Q-C., said he did not suspect Mr. Winifrith, because he had implicit confidence tin him, till his brother-in-law told him whatf WasbeiiIlg said. Have you any reMono, even now, to say Mr< Winifrith took your wife away?—I don't sajj he took her away. I believe, from my wit-* neste-s' evidence, that he induced her to gn away. } In re-examination, the flowery Arcadian saicj- that but for what his brother-in-law told him it never would have occurred to him to seek his lost wife through the curate. He posi- tively denied a suggestion made by the defence that his wife had told him she intended1 to leave him. Mr. Priestley, who represents the petitioner^ Read a. Letter which was addressed by Mrs..Hern to the oo->? respondent:— "To come straight to the point," site wrote, "I am about to leave Will, and am going away by myself to earn my own living. I can't help feeling very sorry indeed for Will, but I believe this is the greatest kindness to him and I hope he will come to look at it in that light. I hope what I am going to do will bring no trouble upon you. it ought not to do so, and I should have not fear of it if it were not for the unfounded and annoying tales there have been. If people only knew how often you have tried to smooth things between Will and me they would nob have so much to say." Mrs. Mary Mearsis the chief witness against the co-respondent. She was his landlady,, and had opportunities of knowing. She is also a voluble and shrewd old Devonshire woman, with a kee-n delight in all she has seen, and a canny reluctance to being led into stating her deductions therefrom. She deposed tnav. Mrs. Hern frequently visited the curate. Her;; husband was not very often with her. She had, seen the curate kiss her many a time. She had seen him ta.ke off her boots and put on her slip-' pers? Why? Because she had come to tea. And brought her slippers with her? Yes. If the witness is to be believed the pale you.ig curate was a most indiscreet young man. Sha swore that he said' to her that he loved Mrs, Hern, that she was the only woman he .ia<S loved, and that she was Too Beautiful to Have to Work. 3.It. Winifrith went cn to tell' her that Mrs. Hern did not like her husband, that it was an awful thing for a woman to sleep with a man she hated, and that she ought never to have been Mr. Hern's wife. On one occasion thi? funny old lady was bringing a note from Mrs. Hern to the co- respondent. It was not properly fastened, and- "naturally she opened it. It began, "My own darling, I will be up this afternoon, from two to three. As Will is not well he will be lying down, and we will then embrace each other." Cross-examined by Dr. Rentoul, the witness said she had seen Mrs. hem and the pondent sitting on the rug, but she positively declined to say in so many words that she sus-, pected them of ad'ulterv. why didn't you tell her mother, or her hus- band, or somebody in order that this might be stopped ? askedi his lordship.—Mr. Winifrith was my master, a.nd I did not like to say any- thing. A fit of hysterics interrupted Mrs. Mears's artless tale, and Mr. Priestley called Mr.; Herman Bromfield, who, if possible, gave mor3 extraordinary evidence than the last: witness. He is the father of Mrs. Hern, thoi churchwarden, of the co-respondent's c-huroh, chairman of the local school board, andi( miller at Dalwood, a. tail, heavy, slow,; bearded Arcadian, straight out of one of- Thomas Hardy's novels. He deposed tba'fr on one occasion he looked into his own. house, through the window, and saw hia daughter and the curate Clasped in Each Others Arms kissing one another. He was very much sur- prised, but, with- the rustic instinct, insteadi of acting promptly, he went and told his wife what he had seen. His Lordship: Why didn't you interfere straight off ? It was your own daughter, wasn't it?—Yes, my lord, but I thought Ii would spe'ik to my wife first.. His Lordship: Most extraordinary! That a. man should take no steps when he sees such things going on bdfcween, his own daughter, and a clergyman of the parish. It will be ai question for the jury to consider whether it is true. The >vi:tnejs did not do himself justice. It Was not till bis ite-ex^rnination tihait he ex- plained (that his wifiet promised to see it d'idn t happen again, -1 that the curate called next day and apologised. Noi wishing to make a scandal in. the parish and shame his 'v„-hter, he said no "■'ve about it at the time. Later r he heard fresh Stories abortt) the co-respondent, and taxed him with: whM, he had seen in t*"> gloaming. The curato in unelerical language replied that it waS a 1; The miller, sinking thte church- vai'den 1- the outraged faJther, took his citrf?ynv<m by the collar and put him out of th^ room. The next 'tr.&~« talked *-ori broad Devon- shir'. that counsel could not understand him. "It i? plain," said his lordship to Mr. Priestley, "that you have not studied Mr Hardy. You are not sufficiently familiar with the Wessex dialect. Evidence of »risoonduet was given by ft young milier named Burgess, who met the pair in a lane at eleven o'clock at night in the month of Mav. Did y-(o his church after that?—Oo, yiss. it hadn11 T H,hing to doo with mee. Mrs. Stapleforth, wife of a Dal wood cattle1 dealer, with u~rv~. she does not IIVp. (another point of resemblance with Mr. Hardy's folks), and' sister of fanner in whose house the curate lodged, "—osed that she had seen a. note from Mrs. Hern as follows—we give the wit- ness's words, not the original spelling:— "Deeyur Ahlfred,—'Will you please poost this [p.tttir fur m.e, and eef you haave not already hahd tea coom and h^-nve some with us, thur a a deeyur. Yours, ROSE." This SHOCKED MRS. STAPLEFORTH. Mrs. Bennet, wife of the schoolmaster, de- posed in English that the co-respondent said bo her, nn her own kitchen, that it was unwise, of Hem to quarrel with him, because without his help the quarrel with his wife would never: be settled. Mrs. Bennet replied. "I don't think Mr. Hern would have Mrs. Hern back."1' The co-respondent denied generally that there had ever been the slightest impropriety between MM. Hern and himself. He knew that she proposed to leave her husband, but understod that it was with her mother's approval, and was not himself any partv to her disappearance. After she disappeared, indeed, he continued to visit the mill, and was cordially rfoelved), till one day in November, when her father bluntly asked him, WThere's Rose?" He replied that he did not know, whereupon he became some- what violent, After Mrs. Hern left home the witness received two letters from hev, and showed both of them to her husband', who said he would "go back to the mill, and try by hard work to take the edtre off the wnriy." Asked if the respor-dent had ever kissed him, the co-respondent replied wit1- A.n Explosive Never." He bad only sat on the hearthrug with heori when her husband was there; a.nd he had never made any of those statement? aMut her which Mrs. Mears attributed to him. The witness) added. "I thick it not unlikely that she ilAAi