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News Gleanings .
News Gleanings MVXKART OF INTERESTING ITEMS. ••Isfraykle a:8.4. Otkerwisa Obtained irwm a Variety ot Sources. The annual tobacco trade exhibition will be held at the Agricultural-hall from May 8 to 15. The Duchess of Teck has consented to open the enlarged hospital at Walthamstow on Feb- ruary 11. o » i Mr. De Rutzen took his seat for the first time as a permanent magistrate as .\larlborough- street Police-court on Monday. A resolution co'c^-enting to the promotion of the Leed", Corporation Water, Tramways, and Improvement Bill has been adopted by a meet- ing of pjopertv owners and ratepayers. The Queen, has seat ten brace of pheasants for the uee of patients in Guy's Hospital, and ten brace to the Hospkal for Sick Children, Great Ormond-street, Blocmsburv. At the Mansion Houre, London, Percy Allen (33) was committed for trial on the charge of forging and uttering a cheque for £ o upon Meeers. Williams, Deacon, and Co., bankers. T The Holland (Lincolnshire) County Council bave decided to put in force powers for the compulsory acquirement of land at Fcsdyke for allotments. The finance committee of the council reported a balance of £ 11,074- 4-s. lid. in hand. it » it Mr. J. Whitehead has returned from the FhiHpipiae Islands, >vhere he has been investi- gating the fauna of the highlands. Among the laoveiLcies hwughi home by the well-known aaturaiist is an enormous fruit-pigeon, obtained at an elevation of 6,000ft. • » it A 9tory of a. bullock of peculiar appetite comee from Biddenden, in Kent. A farmer in that parish had a. beast which lost flesh in unaccountable fashion. It was therefore killed, and among the cuntents of the stomach were found a quantity of ^hot and nails and a skewer. Lord Mostyn has provoked a conflict with a number of sheep owners by disputing their right to sheep-grazing on the Great Orme's Head. The graziers contend that they are simply enjoying what 113 been a. right from iSmfe immemorial. Already several sh^ep have been impounded. • it it The annual children's fancy dress ball. given at the London Mansion House, took place on Monday night. Among the guests invited by the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress were Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar. Arthur Bursley, of Creed-lane, and Reginald RIMeeJI, Horshajn-road, Sussex, were, at the Mansion House, London, fined 30s. each and 5" costs for travelling on the South-Eastern line without having taken their tickets. The Queen's Bench Division granted an in- juncticn, with costg, to restrain the Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company from taking from the River Thames more than 24.500.000 gallons of water during any day of 24 hours, A middle-aged man, named Charles Preston, Was remanded by the Liverpool stipendiary on Monday on a charge of attempting to steal a sovereign from a publican namad :\Ja.ry Ellen Egerton, by falsely representing himself a. detective. < » An attempt ia being made to induce the Board of Trade to compel Jie railway companies whose hnes pass through the Metropolis to increase the numlber workmen's cheap trains available for the industrial classes in the morn- ing and evening. • » » Convocation of London University discussed at length proposals for the reform of its library, with the result that the facilities for lending its books have been substantially iincreased. • » » Mr. A. E. Newmann intends to present numerous specimens of animals shot by him durin~ —^ recent expedition in East Central Africa to the national collection att South Kensi -on. » » » Mr. Richard James chief superintendent of the Liverpool Post Office, haa been promoted to the chief clerkship. Mr. James has been connected with the department over 30 years. < < George More, a butterman, of 57, Turnpike Lane, Hornsbv, was on Monday fined 20s. and costs for selling butter adulterated with 80 per *ent. of foreign fat. and for exposing margarine for sale unlabelled. • it » I Mr. Thomas Garton, w'ho is stated to have been the first person to britig the news to England of the discovery of gold in Australia, died from heart-failure, at 22;, Ced!ars-coad, Wandsworth, on Monday. • m As she was on her way to the Ambign Theatre, at Paris, on Sunday evening, Madame Felix Faure had a. narrow escape. A cab ran into her carriage, smashing one of the lamps, bat fortunately doing no other damage. it it < At Brough Sowerby, Westmoreland, a retired farmer, named John Binks, 72 years of age, quarrelled with his wife in bed, and on the couple coming downstairs the dispute was re- newed- Binks hurled a. missile at his wife's head, which struck her in the face, injuring her severely. In the heat of his passion Binks was seized with a stroke of paralysis, which rendered him unconscious. and from which he never recovered, but died in two days. it » » At the Mansion House Justice-room, Lon- don, Percy Allen wais charged with forgery. A few weeks since the prisoner lodged with Mr. Jackson, a commercial traveller, and owed him nearly £2 for board and lodging. In payment the prisoner tendered a cheque for £5, receiving the difference. The cheque was dishonoured M a forgery. The prisoner, who said he wrote part of the cheque and knew who wrote the other part, was committed for trial • • it The President of the Board of Agriculture will receive a joint deputation of the Churoh Society for the Promotion of Kindness to Ani- mals and the Church Sanitary Association, asking for further legislation respecting slaughter-houses, on February 25, the Duke of Westminster heading the deputation- The Duke of Sutherland has granted the use of Staf- ford House for the amvual meeting of the Church Society for the Promotion of Kindness to Animals', to be held on Thursday, April 29. The will of the late Mr. Frederick Hill, for- merly inspector of prisons and assistant secre- tary in t he Poet Office, last surviving brother of Sir Rowland Hill, the postal reformer, has been proved by his nephew, Mr. E. B. Levin Hill, and his great-nephew, Mr. E. Maurice Hill. To each of these gentlemen the testator bequeaths £30, the residue going to hi* three daughters. There is personalty to the amount of £11,330. • • • » The Treasury authorities have just received from the Chief-constable of Buckingham a. collection of 28 coins which were recently dis- covered a<t the village of Whitchurch, through the falling in of the ceiling of an old house. They are all silver coins, belonging entirely to the period covered by the reigns of Elizabeth, James I., and Charles I. The bulk of them are in a good state of preservation. The oldest daite decipherable is 1565. it < At the instance of the T/ondon County Council, Messrs. Bone and Oak, horse-elaugh- fcerers, of Plaistow. were charged at bcuthwark Police-court under the Public Health Act in respect of their occupation of premises in OH Kent-road and Tabard-street. The ix.agwtra.te, observing that the defendants thought they I could do things at whais they called a depot which they cculd not do at a. licensed yard, ordered another adjournment. • • • Some scaffolding in SauchiehalT-Taine, Glasgow, fell on Monday, and four labourers— John Mac: uulty, John L*:cherty, Alexander Macdonald, and Thomas Fitts—were seriously hurt. The injuries consisted of broken limbs and fractured skulls, and all four men had to be removed to the infirmary. » < Lieutenant Ash, of the Middlesex Regiment, was fined Be and costs at Brentford on Monday for not having his fox-terrier properly muzzled, It was stated that one day the dog hung on fur half an hour to the throat of a cat belonging to Mr. Alexander Ireland, while in another ca-e it grabbed the cat at the bar of a hotel, the cat being so badly hurt that it had to be destroyed. » The body of a coal merchant named Roberts, living in Bedford, has been found in the River Ouse. Roberts had been missing since ednesday laist. How he got int.) the water is al present not known. It is rumoured that on the previous day he made a. bet that he could swallow a box of pills, and that he won ihei bet. 7 here seems to be some ground for this story, a" on Wednesday he appeared to be verv unwell. Babouin and Balloue, the two chimpanzees given 1.10 the Jardin dM Plantes, at Paris, six months ago, by Dr. Maclaud, are in danger of death. The door of their house was carelessly* left open a few days ago. and the female caught a cold, which has developed into pneu- monia. The male, who tried to make her eat and petted, her affectionately, contracted the disease himself two days later. The savans of the museum, who have just cured a casso- wary of the croup and a hippopotamus of chilblains, licupe to save the chimpanzees. » < A handsome bra. eagle lec-terr has just teen presented to Whippingham Church by Colonel Lord Edward Pelham-Clinton, in memory of his Royal Highness Prince Henry of Battenherg. The inscription on the base is as follows, in red and blaok letters: —"To the Glory of God, and in memory of his Royal Highness Prince Henry of Battenberg. this lectern is offered as a gift to the Church of St. Mildred, Whipptcg-ham, by Colonel Lord Edward Pelmm-ClinJcon. Januarv 20, 1897." The lecterc was made by Messrs. Jones and V. iihs. of 43, Great Russell-street, Lc'ndon, and Birmingham. » » » All manner of small things go to make up the sum of human convenience in London, amongst them the practice of publicans "obliging with a stamp," on Sundays usually, but ofter- on week-days also. This illicit busi- ness has obtained such extensive dimensions that the .sub-postmasters have found their com- mission to be a steadily-dwindling quantity; consequently, some of them have made a pro- test, which has been upheld at St. Martin's-le- Grand, and publicans whose houses are in the neighbourhood of post-offices have received an intimation rhat during the hours the ofncey are open for the sale of stamps they are not to oLu.ge their customers in this way.
IMPORTANT MEDICAL CASE AT…
IMPORTANT MEDICAL CASE AT CARSAnVOS ASSIZES. ALLEGED IGNORANCE OtR NEGLECT. T C2J?,e, came UP foT hearing before Air. Justice Granthem at Carnarvon on Tuesday involving matters of great importance to n.euical gentlemen. It was a ca^e in which fWvi Dew, solicitor, Bangor, trued Dr. Grey Edwards, mayor of Bangor, for £75 eypmsea incurred by him in consequence of the alleged ignerance or n^Iect af the defendant whilst attending olaintiff a child. Mr. Hono- ratus Lloyd represented plaintiff, and Mr. fth \r Mr- E- Jow*-Grif- 0 The case was shortlv M n lA:,y\ W,1° stalted that the K i f j on October 4, 1895, and was treated bv defendant until his death. Shortly before this plaintiff learned from another doctor that ihe symptoms were similar to those of diph- theria, but defendant had not, it was alleged hTlL^LPreCa,UfcicT or caused the child to he i»olat«d and when asked what was the so^, th re? .that ;t wa» a caee of malignant sore throat. A younger child wa^ afterward* whhn T>m throat- combined with bronchitis, and another child, together with a servant, contracted diphtheria. Con- whoemf aJe"6d that 6^ child tlvZ H!? ,1S"?red,-JXrom diPhtheria, and tiorLrv did not use orecau- ™^ measures nor exercise due care and medical skill, and neglected1 l7lenJe 'nf defenoe vvas Sift r, £ l rfiarges, and, further, dan\ I^tU °nary m^ar,ura3 advised bv defen- T °amfd out b>' plaintiff.— Lordship, at the suggestion of counsel adjom-ned the ca«e at this Mage in order that i WD' th,e well-kuown authority on throat diseases, might attend on the morrow.
LOCAL WEDDINGS.
LOCAL WEDDINGS. DA VIES—GRIFFITHS. On Tuesday morning, at Glyntaff Church, 1 reforest the Rcv. T. Daries. M.A., vicar of iretech, Mon. was married to Miss Margaret xfaUkghlerrrof the lat.e )1r. Samuel Gninths, Machine House, TreforMt. The mar- riage ceremony was performed, before a laree congregation of wettl-wishers, by the Rev. S. H. Jones, vicar of Glyntaff. assisted by the Rev." Joint, Davies, B.A., vicar of Dolwyddelan, orpn •' Dro^her of the bridegroom), and he Rev. William Jones (Llanvabon), nephew or the oridegi-oom. The bride was given away bv her brother, Mr. W. T. Griffiths, cashier of tL« .Yational Colheries, Wattstown. Mr. J. R-ei ilroedyrhiw) acted as best man, and Miss A. Urjjbths sister of the bride, acted ae hridemaid The wedding party partook of a. breakfast at the brtde s mother a house, after which the newly- wedded couple drove to Cardiff, en route to Bath, for the wedding holiday. j THOMAS—THOMSON. | A quiet wedding was celebrated at St. Mary's Church of England. North Melbourne on Wed- nesday. Dumber 9, when Mr. J. D.' Thomas, of Aberdare, eldest son of Mr. Daniel Thomas, Oi ( anon-street, Aberdare, was married to Miss Rose Thomson, daughter of the late Mr. Andrew Thomson, of Brooklyn, Kyneton. The cere- mony was celebrated by the Rev. Canon Car- lisb, and the bride was given away by her uncle, Mr. G. M. Abbot. The bridemaids were Miss Agnes Thomson, sister of the bride, and Miss Grace Thomson, cousin of the bride. Mr. G. Harper acted as best man, and Mr. Geoffrey llUTTy M groomsman. Miss Carlisle played the Bridal March OTI the org^II before the ceremony, and the ''Wedding March" at its close, after which the wedding party, which also included Mrs. Thomson, mother of the bride, and Mrs. C. Perkin and Master Gordon Thorn- son (sister and brother), adjourned to the par- sonage. where the wedding breakfast was served. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas then left for Ballarat, for tneir honeymoon. The bride and bridegroom left V:c('r;a for England, per the Orizaba, which sailed on January 22, and they will take up their future abode in "the Old Country." IØ
DEATH OF MR. J. G. JAMES,…
DEATH OF MR. J. G. JAMES, BLACKWOOD. We regret to chronicle the death, after only a. few months' illness, of Mr. J. G. James, J.P., of Tynewydd, Blackw«ood. The sad event took place on Tuesday morning. The preylOUB day his gK-teir, Mrs. Jones, Myrtle-grove., was buried. The deceased was of a reserved nature, and consequentlv took but little interest in public matters. He was a justice of the peace flor the county of Monmouth, and chairman of I the magistrates for the Bedwellty Division, and a member of the standing joint committee tof the Monmouthshire County Council. At Tredegar Police-court on Tuesday, the oocupant.s of the bench being- Messrs. T. Golds- worthy (in the chair), E. Thomas, and T. P. Puifh, reference Was made by the chairman to the death of Mr. J. G. James. Mr. Golds. worthy spoke of the long and valuable services of the late chairman in the performance of his duties a« chairman of the bench, and said he had always evinced an active interest in the magisterial work of the county.—Mr. E. H. Davies (clerk to the magistrates) also expressed his sincere regret at the loss of a kind and smere friend of twenty yeara* standing.—Mr. R. H. Spencer, on behalf of the legal fraternity, and Mr. Superintendent F. Alien, on behaif of the police, also spoke with regret of the depar- ture of Mr. James, and expressed sympathy with the relatives. with the relatives.
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Another of a series of smoking concerts was held on Monday evening at the Con?erva- tivo Club and institute. Vere-etreet, Cadoxton- Barry, when Mr. A. W. Morgan presided over a rumerous gathering of members, and an enjoyable programme of vocal and instrumental music WM rendered and speeches delivered, comment# being freely made by Mr. W. Fowler and others upon the action < f the dis- trict council :wd local magistrates, the former oriehy with rctereaoe to the alleged arbitrary f peration of the bye-laws, and 'he la-tor for enforcing .he law with regard «o the closing of shops in the district i
For the Ladies
For the Ladies FSOM THE KITCHEN TO THE BALL-ROOM. Our Lady Correspondent's Collection of Interesting Paragraphs far The Fair Sex. Capes. They are very certainly the fashion, and are only being superseded by slow degrees by jackete; but they have their drawbacks. While they are generally becoming arid are easily sli,pped on. it is impossible to prevent the wind getting under them. Now that the vrsather Is keener, very full sable and mink capes., with a frill of the fur at the hem, and a. square, turned- down collar at the neck, find more patronage than any other kind. Happy and Contented Deaf Children. It is generally supposed that the deaf have a tendency to morosenest? and melancholy. This is least true of the orally educated adult, and among the children in the oral schools is not true at all. There is no happier or more contented lot of children than are to be found in these schools. The visitor who expects to enter a place of silent halls, quiet play-rooms, and noiseless yards i. much surprised to hear peals of childish laughter, and cries aind shouts as the children romp and frolic out of school hours- Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Muffs. White gloves will be shown for dressy occa- sions all through the winter. Indeed, many tailor-made girls affect spotless white gloves for all occasions, and tend gloves every week to i'i>f) cleaners just as they send linen to the laundry. Every evening before closing time the counters in a certain fashionable glover's in Sloano-street, known to the great world as an excellent cleans- ing establishment, are lu-aped with gloves, most of them white, ready to be subjected to the cleaner's art. For street wear the pique glove with black stitching and two great buttons id the proper thing. it The dainty lace handkerchief with which our grandmothers loved to toy is Enjoying a New Vogruo, and tiny squares, edged with Honi- ton, Limenck, and other home-made laces, are being sold. Though in Paris a black hand- kerchief is seen. London will have none of it. Narrow hem-etitching is now more modish than bread for plain lawn handkerchiefs. And for the muffs! V\ hat do you say to a pouc-h-.4ui.ped affair made of fine black Persian lamb, daintily lined with c.'el-blue satin and or- namented with bows and straps of velvet ribbon to match the lining, and finished with a tinv fur head on the flap? Then thero is a lovely muff in ermine and black velours, with straps and bows of coral velvet. Seal, with ermine, I Trimmed with Two Ermine Heads and thr^e tails, make the novel and hand- some cieation known a" the Marie Antoinette, lhe ermine rutHes on this charming muff are lired with Nile satin. Ostrich and pheasant feathers are combined with chinchilla, or with Persian lamb in forming other lovely models. Persian lamb is exceedingly papular, and Thibet is again coming to the fore, having been rele- gated for years to juvenile use. Sets of collarette, toque, and muffs of the same fur are uitrafaA-tionable, and are compara- tively inexpensive. The dainty toque to be worn with fur-trimmed costumes is adorned with fur and oftentimes lace, and can be easily con- structed at home. Some of the newest "chate- laine bags are also made of fur, seal a.nd Per- sian lamb claiming a first place. Useful Plate Chest. An elderly box, or even a common new one, measuring in length 36in., and in width 18in., with a height of from 16in. to 18in., may be adapted to the purpose of an excellent silver chest. a very necessary household god where some plate is kept in reserve. The interior may be divided into several compartments of diffe- rent sizes, and must be lined with baize or with white flannelette—a material in which silver keeps very well indeed. Cover the surface of the outside of the box with heaw builder's paper, gluing it on smoothly, avoiding creases or wrinkles, and paint it a rich mahogany brown. Two or three coats eacih thoroughly tried and afterwards varnished and rubbed down will make a good, durable surface. Stra,p iron corners and cross bands, embellished with big, rough-headed nails, add to the apparent strength of this chest and give it the character of an antique strong box. A good lock should be fitted to this chest. Sick Headache. This may be caused by the disturbance of the gastrio organ, and generally is. It is bad to bear, and is often chronic—that is, it comes and goes. The sufferer should be confined rnr a window-da rkened roam. ■I he head shcvnld be thrown well back, the top pillow under the neck. A handkerchief folded stnd dipped in cold water, and toilet vinegar applied to the brow, will help to relieve the suffering. A mustard leaf at the back of the neck often effects a cure in conjunction with the hot mustard foot bath which should douche the knees and calves as well as the feet. A saline aperient and perfect r<Mt uJl aldo help. But unless administered by a. medical man, beware of antipyrin. It ha.s caused many a death. Sufferers in a chronic way must be mwt eyeful with regard to diet. They should, moreover, guard against consti- pation, and wash out the stomach every morn- ing by drinking a large tumblerful of hot water flavoured with lemon juice. American Women and Perfumes. American women seldom do anything by halves. In England we look kindlv ,ou such perfumes as Rhine violet, lily of the valley, .Malma:son, and Gloire de Dijon; the 'latter being specially in favour. They are employed a? P°wcIer and l quid perfume. Across the Atlantic every article of dlothing is im- pregnated with the one particular scent indi- vidually adopted. A favourite compound of orris-root, heliotrope. lavender, and orange- blossom, blended with sandal-wood, is stowed away first in flanmtfl and then in silk, and introduced amongst clothes and lace. Some- times artistic artificial flowers contain the sachet powder. Undeiclotning, before being aired. hi sprinkled with perfume and the fire reuders the odour permanent. The hollow boot and shae trees even are filled with sachets. The latest notion is the sachet blanket, intro- duced between the sh»*ets, and scented valves perfume the bath. Thus the desired rtsuilt is obtained—namely, a fragrant sweetness that is in no sense strong1 or assertive. Head Dresses. Largo and important aigrettes of lace, ribbon, feathers, or flowers are all fashionable, placed at the side of the hair, a.nd flowers are both introduced on the same head- dress. Small wreaths of violets en- circling the coil of hair which the French wear on the top of the head. and the English above the nape of the neck, are a very pretty arrange- ment. We have worn more coronets of late years, principally brilliants, than, perhaps, at any other time of the world's history but when this would be too full dress the back of the hair is dotted over with small diamond brooches and pins. People with low brows look well with the hair turned off the roll, so Marie Antoinette wore it, while a classic face looks best with it drawn softly and smoothly from the face and twisted in a knot at the back. Those who have not such classically beautiful featurea should follow the French mode. parting the hair a little on one side: and the Botticelli coiffure, with the parting in the centre and the hair drawn over the ears, though somewhat trying and returning to favour only by degrees, is certainly becoming to the majority of English faces.
BRITISH ARMS FACTORY IN JAPAN.
BRITISH ARMS FACTORY IN JAPAN. The London correspondent of the "Biiming- ham Post'' is told that a strong syndicate, in which one of the largest arms companies in Holland is greatly interested, has obtained from the Japanese Government powers to erect in the neighbourhood of Tokio or Nagasaki a foundry for the turning out of ship plates heavy ordnance, and other material. Special terms have apparently been arranged by the contracting parties relative to the proportion of native labour to be employed in the works, and the amount of raw material, &c-, to be acquired from countries outside Japan.
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A FAIR BEAUTIFUL SKM—SuIphoIine Soap jives the natural tint and rvaeh-like bloom of a per- fect cotnpieiion; makes the skiu smooth, supple, healthy, cotufuitable Tablets everywhere. e-l Gwilym Evans' Quinine Bitteis, The Vegetable Twiic. Is sold in Beetles, 2». 9d. and 4s. 6d each Beware of imitatio>is See the name, Gvrilym KTtrs." on label, stamp, and bott'e. Refuft any preparation offered as a eubstituie for it. e*913—-4 1fnderful MetEcine -KerrAck's YegetaWe Pills; cure headaches, indigestion, nervous ^ebility, k., 7id., à. lid., and 2a. 9d. per box.—Sold every- where. "LINSEED COMPOUND," a demulcent aeodyne ex- pectorant for Coughs and Golds, 9JkL, 13^d., of Chemists only. e5901—4 Thousands of children die aanually from that terrible dieease, CROUP. All maT be wved by riving them Mortimer's Croup Mixture :J1 time. May be obtained of all chemists at Is. Ud. Mr bottle. 1
From Near and Far
From Near and Far A COLUMN OF CHAT ON INTHRESTItfG SUBJECTS. items of Ktws awa JL3LOctotes fltlaaaad for the "Express" from N., S., IL., and W. The Imperial Library in Paris has 26 books printed' on white silk. -:0000:- There are but two living giraffes in America I and one in England. 0000: People of the United States have the worst teeth of any nation. -:0000:- By washing clothes at the undertaker's the second wife of a. Bangor (Me.) man is paying off the bill for the burial of her predecessor. -:0000: If a strip of webbing two inches wide is sewm tightly on the underside of a rug close to tiia edge it will prevent the curling. :0000: A Boston physician carries a. storage battery in his gig to light the gig-lamps, and also an electric light on the horse's heads. :oooo: The greatest taxpayer is tobacco. In the last 27 years this product has paid a tribute of l,«vW,000,000 dollars to Uncle Sam alone. :oooo: One hundred dollars is now the penalty all offenders against against cleanliness and decency must pay for spitting in the street cars of Boston. -:0000:- Artificial arms and legs were used in Egypt as early ae 700 B. C.. They were made by the priests, who were the physicians at those times. -:0000:- The deepest gold mine in the world is at Eureka, Cal.. and is 2,290ft. deep. The deepest silver mine is at Carson City, and has a depth of 2,300ft. Henry Jenkins, a Yorkshire fisherman, died in 1670 at the age of 169 years. He was dissected' by the famoua Harvey, who found no appearance of decay in any organ. -:0000: Chicago has one building, known as the Green Tree Inn, which has reached the venerable age, for Chicago, of f>3 years. The local Historical Society has been advised to buy and preserve the interesting relio of antiquity. :0000: The car of the elephant, like his eye, is very small in proportion to the size of the animal; although the flap of skin which covers it is often of considerable tize. The hearing of the ele- phant, however, is singularly acute. 0000: The Glasgow Sabbath School Union has during t-he last ten years become a very power- ful body, and now counts in its membership over 10,000 Sunday School teachers. At its annual meeting th.e other day over 4,000 per- sons were present. :0000: The Jewish community at Manchester is like other communities of the eanie faith, full of good works It is announced that some of its members intend to establish a home for aged and needy members of the Jewish faith in Man- chester in the near future. 0000: The Church Missionary Society has in hand a considerable sum of money from a prior Indian. Famine Fund. It has wisely resolved to telegraph credits to its various missions JD India, so that where the need is urgent the mis- sionaries may be able to give relief. :0000: Orders have been received from St. Peters- burg that donations of breadstuffs for the sufferers by the famine in India are to be con- veyed carriage free from all parts of the Empire to Odessa. There will also be free transport from Odeesa. to India in the ships of the Volun- teer fleet. :0000: ■ According to no old custom, in the Dutch village of Katlyk the two church belis have been rung for centuries past, -vithcut inter- mission, day and night, from the 21st to the 25th of December every year. No reason is given for the custom, but so far all efforts to stop the maddening uoise have proved futile. 0000: When the Thames Valley Legitimist Club met the other day to celebrate the 150th anni- versary of the Royalist Martyrs," Townley, Jemmv Dawson, and others, who suffered on Kennington Common, a curious fact was men- tioned- The "martyrs" of 1745, said Mr. Jackson, had had their memories cons-ecrated by St. Mark's Church being erected over the place of their execution. ————:oooc-: ————— Some members of tIe animal kingdom thrive on lead. Mice are known to eat it, and some tl>ink they take it as a mediciuo. Milne Rdwardes, the famous zoologist, icported an in eot (one of fhe hynMnoptera) which penetrated lt-ad ballets during the Crimea:! ar. Quite recently M. Bouvier relited that an electric cable, covered with lead and deposited in marshy soil in Tonquin two years ago, had been pierced and ruined by termites. :0000: A few yearn ago the supply of petroleum for the markets of India, China, and Jaoan came entirely from America.. Then Bussian oil came into the field, and gradually divided the market with America, and now new localities are competing f.r a share with success, for Lang- j kat oil is almost as largely used in China as Russian, and the lately opened areas in Java, Sumatra, and Borneo are petting a eood footing:, j The Far East will probably be wholly supplied' by them ere long.. M. Cancani has collected a considerable nuip- ber of instances where animals have plainly given signs of disquietude or fear before shocks of earthquake. It is not necessary to suppose any .peculiar mode of foresight in these animals; they are, in all probability, influenced by the very slight tremours that precede the heavier shocks. In all oases, as M. Cancani remarks, this disquietude of the animals is observed only in cases where the centre of disturbance ifi at a considerable distance, and he supposes that the chort vibrations travel a very little quicker than the longer ones, a.nd that at a considerable than the longer ones. a-nd that at a considerable distance the difference becomes appreciable, so that the light tremours arrive sufficiently long befure the shock to affect animals before the latter occurs. -0000' One of the most remarkable trees in the worll1 ?tand& in a Prussian town. It is only a com- mon maple, but it shows a wonderful combina- tion of Nature and man's patience and ingenuity. The tree is only a few years over a century old, and during its entire life every limb and twig has been patiently trained by its owners. At present it looks like a living pagoda, the branches being so trimmed as to make it appear like a round tower with two stories. Each of these compartments is lighted by a series of eicrht windows, and the two "rooms" will each hold a dozen persons. The floors as well as the sides of these wonderful rooms are constructed of boughs which are ito skilfullv woven together that the whole has the appearance of being some gigantic imitative freak of Nature. ocloo "There is one thing I wonder at. and that is that tr,Ie voice is so little cultivated tor ordi- narv conversation," said a lady recently. "I am "aware that we have professors of clccution, but what we need is sweetness and gentleness, and refinement of intonation for everyday in- torcourj^ The power of a. really flexiblo voice in making home delightful is very gTeat, but I rarely ever heard a child advised about the uee of the organs of speech about the house. From fourteen to eisrhiteen are voice-making years. If the boy indulges then in harsh or sulky or mean tones, he will have such a voice all his life. A girl still more should bo care- all his life. A girl still more should bo care- fully advised to speak always in a. refined and cultivated but not artificial manner. Children who grumble and quarrel get a quarreling, pug- nacious tone. This is not only disagreeablo to others, but a keen kJflfl to themselves. I re-call with delig-ht a few charming voices, but. think- ing over my life acquaintances, I remember but few voices that were truly fine and oWf-ft and strong. Our schools make a. mistake in edu- cating for public speaking alone, and not also for private speaking."
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OVER THE NUTS AND WINE
OVER THE NUTS AND WINE 411PS AND CHINKS FROM EOT IT HEMI- SPHERES. A ..¡..ii.a of Tok*x sitd Fun my Axecdotes for tk* Maatal Recreatiox of Old and T*uac< The successful physician should be able to take life philosophically. for he is uncommonly endowed in the OIÍ. patients. They say he left all his property to chari- table institutions?" "Well, that was only fair." "Do you think so?" "Yes, the institutions have got to support his family." "Peabody has a queer way of guarding against burglars." "What is it?" "You know, people are supposed to sleep soundest about four in the morning, and burglars take advantage of that fact. Peabody has four alarm set at three, one at half-past three, one at four, and another at half-past four." "Louise, did I sing 'Home, Sweet Home,' with the necessary expression?" "Yes, indeed, Isabel; the way you gang it made everybody in the room feel like going home." "What sftut that dog away bowling so?" asked the 'possum. "Oh," said the poroupine, "he was nosing around for information, and I kindly supplied him with a few points." An old man enjoys telling his wife and ch l- dren of the girls he used to kits; but let his wife get in a, reminiscent mood and tell of the boys who kissed her, and peace flaps nei wings. First Domestic (who had been out four nights that week): I'm sorry, but I can't go to Lannigan's ball to-night. The missus won't let MID. Second Domestic: An' why won't she? First Domestic: I dunno. Mebby she's mad because she wasn't invited. The late Sir James Fitzjames Stephen was ascetic by temperamenft, hating long dinners, abhorring port wine, and appearing to his sons a sort of living "categorical imperative." "Did you ever know your father to do a thing because it was pleasant?" Lady Stephen once asked one of her children. "Yes, once-when he married you," was the young courtier's neat reply. I "I cannot sing the old, old aong," She niurmuied with a sigh. "Nor any other,ong," he growled. For heaven's sake, don't try." Discouraged Arfcwt: I don't think I paint as well as I did ten years ago? Critical Friend: Oil, yes, you do; but your taste is improving. "It ain't exactly the burglar alarms," said the retired housabreaker sadly, "t'hough they're bad enough. wnyp vhtmarfrmhcsnitche menvb But when I got into a feller's room, ez I did the other night, an' wake him an' he jes' shuts up in 'is foldin' bed an' shoots at me through a. knot hole, I don't see nothin' fur a man ter do but lay dowh an' turn respectable." A London assistant-schoolmistress writes to the Telegraph that she has now full convic- tion of the inutility of attempting to instil into the minds of nine-year-old girls a. knowledge of the most recondite branches of astronomy. She say- thait-, according to instructions, she explained to her clu,3 some time ago the iwes and purposes of the zodiac. The other .day she resumed tho astronomy lesson, and, in order to test the recollection of the pupils, she asked, What is the zodiac?" There aren't none now, ma'am," replied a little girl: "it's bust qp." "Whart's burst up?" said the teachcr, in great surprise. The gody'urk," answered the girl, where they make the sody- viter, and father's been thrown out of work." The followiing little gem was one of the ex- periences of Mr. Benson, the Shakspearian actor. Mr. Benson made a professional visit to Dublin some months ::go, and the rehearsals included the due training of a. body of stage aesiftants to represent the hurriedly retreating supporters of Richard Crookback," when that monarch succumbed to the onslaught of Richmond on the field of Boswoirth. On the night of the first performanre of the tragedy, the army that was to fly stubbornly refused to leave the field," or to acknowledge being va:-c;uished, bUr&, turning upon the forces of Richmond, gave them a. severe drubbing. Nothing could be found to tame them to a proper submission till one of the rank and file" said Look here, Mr. Benson, if ye want us to be beaten you must put D-- (tho leading bruiter' of the party) in the other (Richmond's) army!" She was visiting in, tr.e City at Christmas time and she was the prettiest girl in the room. When she stood up to sing the other girls re- garded her enviously. A pretty girl who can sing is doubly dangerous, qnd they considered that the visitor had already received more than her proper share of masculine attention. While she was arranging her music and whispering to the accompanist the two girls just behind the Diano were exchanging confidences. "I do think its a shame," said the first girl vexedly. "She's captured all the men already with her airs and graces, and if she sings well—and I just know she dooo-we won't have a bit of fun t,o-night." "Oh. yes, we will," answered the second girl, smiling happily. "We'll be 11 right." But the other was not to be so easily consoled. "I wonder who asked her to sing?" ehe fretted, "It must have been someone who knows all! about her little tricks, too, for all the girls m the club are talking about it." "I asked her, said the second girl calmly. "You'll know why in a minute. Just wait a bit." Two minutes later the first girl leaned over the other and touched her arm. "Why, she makes awful faces," she whispered, delightedly. "She's positively ugly when ehe opens her mouth that way." "I know it," reeponded the second girl, with a satisfied smile, "that's why I asked her to sing." "iou clever darling!" xdaimed the liret girl, and only the fact that there were others present kept them from hugging each other as they urged the visitor to sixur .1". She: Young Baggie, I believe, takes his fences well? He: Yaas, splendidly; but it's a, pity his hhwso doesn't take 'em "at the same time. She: I would not marry you if I were to live to be a hundred years old. He: Well, I should say you wouldn't, if I had anything to say in the matter. He: Did you enjoy Switzerland? She (quivering with enthusiasm): Oh, it was lovely! Papa said he never had such a cup of ooffee as we got at Zermatt. The oontents of a njoet eccentric will, left by M. Zalesky, a rich Polish landed proprietor, were recently published. The property left by the deceased was valued at a. hundred thousand roubles, and his disposition was enclosed in an envelope bearing the words, "To be opened after my death." On the envelope being opened, the executors found a second envelope, on which was written, "To be opened six weeks after my death." Have you teen Crabbe's Ts,les, Miss Jones?" asked a literary young man at a party. I was not aware that crabs had tails," said tha young lady, scornfully. I beg your pardon; I should have said read Cra.bbe's' Tales," replied tho young man, covered with confusion. And I was not ^ware that red crabs had tails either, young man!" Excuse me, Mrs. Bowser," said the cook, but would ye moind if I had this address engraved on me cyard?" "None at all, Bridget. This is your home, and if you have a card it is perfectly proper to put your address on it." Thank ye, ma'am. And Oi noticed yez have printed on your cyards, ma'am, 'At home Thursdays.' Would it be: proper for me to have printed on moine, Thursdays off- Mr& Jones invited several of her friends to coma to her house on a certain day, as she was going to celebrate her twenty-fifth birthday. At the dinner table Mrs. Jones said, "This da,v is also the anniversary of sorrow to me— my father's death." Indeed! How long has your father been dead?" asked one of the guests. Twenty-eight years," replied Mrs. Jcnes. I A man asked admission to a show for I half price as he had but one eye. Jack's Mamma: There were three slices of cake in the cupboard, Jack, and now there are only two. How does that happen? Jack: It was so dark in there, maanma, that I didn't see the others. Admirer: I cannot understand how a man can be ae fearless as you are in the time of danger. You are brave to recklessness, Hero: Humph. If you had to go home to the sort of woman I'm married to, you'd be willing to face death, too. Just elie and I. all, all alone beneath the stars so calm and bright; I told her that to me her cheeks were like twin lilies pure and white. But in the morning, as I brushed my powdered vest for half an hour, I realised the lilies must .1 have been some other kind of flour. "I am not always doing foolish things!" Moaned the grieved son; and hia reproach cut deep. "No," sacd the father, in the tone that stings; "That I admit, for lo! you sometimes sleep." First Cook (crying): Oh, I am so unhappy. Second ditto: Why. what's the matter? First: ditto: My policeman has left me. Second ditto: And you always gave him such nice suppers, too. Why did he go? First ditto (sobbing bitterly): Because—because master does not smoke. What part of the eye is like a rainbow? The iris. What part is like a schoolboy? The pupil. What part is like the globe? The ball. What part is like the top of a chest? The lid. Who,, part is like a piece of a whip? The lash. What part is like the summit of a hill? The brow. There is such a thing as overdoing this higher education off women idea. What's the use of stuffing a poor little woman's head full of French and Greek who is going to spend the rest of her life spanking some poor man's children and chasing red flannel up and down a washboard. "I should think the tourists coming to this place would destroy this lovely park of yours," said a visitor to a wealthy Florida gentleman. "Well, they used to pick up the oleanders and steal my oranges, Luc I put up that sign you see over there, and since that time they've respected my rights." The visitor walked over to the notice board and read as follows: — "Please do not irritate the rattlesnakes." Willie had swallowed a penny, and his mother was in a state of much ala.rm. "Helen," she callled to her sister in the next room, "send for a doctor; Willie has swallowed a penny!" The terrified and frightened boy looked up imploringly. "No," mamma," he interposedt "send for the minister." "The minister," asked his mother incredulously. "Did you gay the minister?" "Yes. Because papa says our minister can get money ou-t of anybody."
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"Express" Football Competition,I
"Express" Football Competition, This week we continue our football competi- tion. The prizes given will be:- First Prize: Bound Volume of Stoddard's Portfolio of Photographs of Scenery and Cities, value 15s. Second Prize: "Beautiful Britain," value 12s. 6d. On Saturday, January 23, the following matdhea will be played — CARDIFF V. BRISTOL. SWANSEA V. DEVONPORT ALBION. NEWPORT V. LIVERPOOL. LLANELLY V. PENARTH. You must fill up the Coupon underneath as follows With the Names of the Teams whom you think will win. Forecasts must be made on the Coupon. As many forecasts may be sent in as desired- All forecasts must arrive at latest by Twelve Midnight every Friday, marked Football Competition" on the outside, and addressed the Evening Express," Cardiff. Coupons will be dated, and will only be available for the week's competition of which they bear the date. The result will be declared in every Monday's issue of the "Evening Express." Our decision is final. In case of dispute a Scrutiny Fee of 2s. 6d. must be deposited, not later than Tuesday evening, which will be returned if the oomplaint be found to be well-based. "EVENING EXPRESS" FOOTBALL COUPON. COUPON FROM JAN. 18 TO JAN. 22. PROBABLE WINNING TEAM. POINTS POINTS WINNING rnucADiifi j.i.Aivi. F0R AGAINST. POINTS 1. I i2 I5 «■ Name Address
CARDIFF CONSERVATISM
CARDIFF CONSERVATISM CELJLRAL WORKING MEN'S CLUB A very pleasant dinner party was given a* the Conservative Working Men's Club on Tues- day evening, Councillor R- Hughes (chairman of the club) inviting a coirpany of friends and the "artistes" who usually take part at the an.'okiing concerts to partake of his hospitality, t ViunciUor Hughes, who presided, proposed the health of those gentlemen who had officiated as chairmen during the trucking concert season, and mentioned the names of Messrs. Yorath, Fisher, and Jukes, who responded.—Mr. Spiller (vice-chairman of the club) spoke in high pra.ise of Mr. Fred Bigglestone, the chairman of the entertainments committee, and requested the cha,irman to make Mr. Bigglestone a present of a travelling .bag as coming from the entertain- ments committee and a. few friends.-Mr. Hughes made the presentation amidst loud applause, and Mr. Biggiestone replied in a felicitous speech, in which lie spoke of the excellent assis- tance rendered by Mr. Richardson and Mr. GagP. othw members of the committee.—"The Artistes" was then proposed by the Chairman, and the toast was acknowledged by Messrs. C. Board, Frank Dingle, Walter Scott, Harry Rose, and Hugh Ross, who all expressed their pleasure in singing at the club. A hearty vote of thanks was passed to Councillor Hughes for the excellent entertainment lie had provided, and the entertainments committee were also toasted. SMOKING CONCERT AT SPLOTT. A very enjoyable smoking concert took pifca at the Splott Conservative Club, Cardiff, on Tuesday evening. Mr. Parsons presided over a large attendance. An entertaining programme of music was gone through, smd a well-iicted little sketch, entitled "April Fools," caused much amusement. Councillor C. A. J. Ward wii.s present during the evening, a.nd delivered an interesting address upon municipal affairs.
HOW TO TAaE OUT PATENTS
HOW TO TAaE OUT PATENTS Many useful a,nd novel appliances art frorn time to time devised which are not turned to practical account owing to want of knowledge on the part of inventors M to how to PAT ANT their inventions. We constantly receive letters askir" our advice, and, with a view to affording information as to costs and mode* of procedure in applying for provisional protection and patents and registered designs or trade mar««, we hara made arrangements accordingly. Aov of our readers who desire such mformatiot should send II stamped envelope, enclosed to the Patent Editor, "Western Mail," Carditf, by whom it will be handed to a tnoroughlv trust- worthy and experienced patent agent, who wiU reply fully to our correspondent* or an inter- view can be arranged on giving a few .OUR' notice.
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS. The mortal remains of the late Mrs. Jones, of Myrtle drove, Blackwood, were buried in the family vault at Court-v-bella Churchyard on Monday. The funeral was strictly private, the only persons present besides the family being Dr. Evans, the family doctor, and the Rev. W. G. Kirkham, M.A., who officiated. Oil TiH\tav, at a of the governors of the Pontvpridd Couuty School, Councillor james Roberts, J.P., in the chair,' Mies Gladys Lewis, of Harlington, was appointed third mistress. 18S6-7.—WINTER CLEANING.—Household furnish- iiigs, Gents' tiid Ladies' Clothing, Krerch-cleaned or Dyed. CARPETS Effectually Peafcen, LACE CUR. TAINS practically Cleaned, LINEN lAundered in a superior manner. Shiris. Collars, i:c.. a speciality. All Orders receive prompt attention. RED CROSS VANS in all parts daily,-SESD POSTCARD to the Cardiff Steam Laundry, Dyeing. Carpet and Window Cleaning Company (Limited- Minuy-street. Cathavs. The annual treat given by Miss A. E. Lewis, Cefn C!oin'~th. 3nd Mis. Davids, L!aiidrieii«ant Vicarage, was held at the Parish-room on the 15th lnist.
FOR SAILORS' FRIENDS.
FOR SAILORS' FRIENDS. FOREIGN ARRIVALS AND MOVEMENTS OF LOCAL STEAMERS. Earl of Rosebery left Sa.ntander for Cardiff 18th. Rosehill arrived Bilbao from St. Nazairc 19th Dunmaii left Plymouth for Penarth 18th. White Jacket left Karstrup for Cardiff 18th, Mocnstone leit Boston for Baltimore 18bh. IA Barroueiie arrived St. Nar-aire 19th. Rtiyninef arrived St. Nazaire 19th Faii tnead paMed Constantinople for London 16th. Radyr passed Barry for Newport 18th. Selby arrived Savona from the Tyre 16th. Netley Abbey arrived Newport 16th. Whitby Abbey arrived Bilbao 18th. Fountains Abbey arrived Bilbao 16th. Melrose Abbey arrived Havre 18th. Tintem Abbey arrived Swansea 56th. Eltoo arrived Rio Marina from Genoa 17th. Wei-toe left London for the Tyne. Lady Havelock left Caen for Newport 19th. Werfa arrived Blyth 19th. Stelvio arrived Leith 16th. Si Gothard passed Constantinople for Gibraltar for orders 15th. Monte Rosa arrived Gibraltar 15th. Ashby arrived Huelva from Leghorn 17th. Picton left Madras for Diamond Island for orders 17th. Elpis arrived Baltimore from Hull 17th. Welifielrt arrived Mercedes from Sutnderland 16th. Slingsby I-sed Suez for Madras 17th. Watlini'ion patwed Gibraltar for Bristol 17th. Hesleden left West Hartlepool for Elba 17th. Bedford arrived Newport 16th. Emefca left Huelva for Glasgow 14th. Sowerbv left Bilbao for the Tees 16th. Horden left Bilbao for Rotterdam 16th.
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Breach of Promise Case
Breach of Promise Case PLAINTIFF A SWANSEA LADY AN INTERESTING DEFENCE. The case of Rowse v. Bothamley came on for trial on Tuesday (before Mr. Justice Keiaiedy and a common jury) in the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court. Mr. Stanger, Q.C., Mr. W. H. Stevenson, and Mr. R. Noble appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Morton represented the defendant. Mr. Stanger, in opening the case, said the plaintiff, Miss Janet Rowse, was the daughter of a Swansea widow lady, her father having been a clothier and outfitter. She claimed damages from the defendant, James Bothamley, son of a. tailor at Grantham, Lincolnshire, for alleged breach of promise of marriage. Defendant denied the promise and breach, and further pleaded that after the alleged promise, and before any breach, in 1892, he became, and was still, afflicted with a dangerous bodily disease, by reason of which he was incapable of marriage without endangering his life. The parties first met in 1887, when the plaintiff was about twenty, She was employed at a Court milliner's in the West-end of London, and during the Christmas holidays she went to Grantham- to her aunt's to stay, and was there introduced to the defendant by her cousin. Defendant had been apprenticed to the tailoring trade, and at that time was apprenticed in a shop at Grantham as improver. At the end of the holidays plaintiff returned to London, and, shortly after, the defendant left Grantham and obtained a situation in London, at a. shop in Leadenhall-street. He called on the plaintiff where she lived with her aunt, as her mother lived at Swansea, and the aunt saw no objection to their acquaintance. So it oame about that the intimacy became more and more close. In 1890 the parties spent a few days together at Swansea, and subse- quently became engaged. In the autumn of 1892 defendant was camping out and per- forming the duties of a Volunteer. He appeared to havev got pleurisy or pneumonia there, and his mother nursed him at Grantham. It was thought advisable, how- ever, that he should spend a winter abroad, and he was ordered on a voyage to Australia and New Zealand. He said good-bye to the plaintiff, and they arranged that the engage- ment was to continue. Defendant was away from November, 1892, to September, 1893, and he thought it would become clear that this illness was one of a temporary character, and that defendant very soon rallied and regained his usual health. It was in connection with this illness that the plea of incapacity was raided. He wrote a number of letters on board to the plaintiff. In one he said there were no nice girls on board, and that even if he felt in- clined to stray there was nothing to stray away with. (Laughter.) In another pas- sage he said they were a feeble, plain lot, and the fairly decent ones had either wedding or engagement rings on. (Laughter.) In another letter he said he sang "The Man that Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo" on his first appearance at the ship's concerts, and was encored. (Laughter.) He also danced with the married ladies, and enjoyed himself very much, though now and then he got the "blue monkey." (Laughter.) Defendant returned in August, 1893. and went back to Grantham, where he assisted in his father's shop. After making many promises of marriage, he, how- ever, said he was too ill to marry, and had now gone to South Africa. Miss Janet Bird Rowse, the plaintiff, then now gone to South Africa. Miss Janet Bird Rowse, the plaintiff, then gave evidence in support of her case, as also did her mother. For the defence. Dr. Taylor, of Guv's Hos- pital. Mr. Elam Stewart, a specialist, and Mr. Shipman. the family doctor, were called, and expressed the opinion that in defendant's state of health marriage would have been pre- judicial to him. The case was then adjourned.
ESTATE OF THE LATE SIR GEORGE…
ESTATE OF THE LATE SIR GEORGE ELLIOT, AN ORDER REVERSED. On Tuesday, in the court for the hearing of Chancery appeals, Lords Justices Lindley, A. L. Smith, and Rigby had before them an appeal from an order made by Mr. Justice Kekewich on the 14th of May last year upon an originating summons which raised various questions concerning the estate of the late Sir George Elliot, who died on the 23rd of December, 1893. The appellant was Ernest A. Elliot Pyle, a grandson of the testator, and the point involved related to certain stocks belonging to Sir G. Elliot which in 1889 were transferred into the names of Mr. Pyle, Colonel Hozier, and Sir George, with a view of qualifying Mr. Pyle for membership of Lloyd's, when he was to be an underwriter. The question was whether the stocks in ques- tion or any interest in them formed part of the testator's estate. Mr. Hunter, the re- spondent to the appeal, was the legal per- sonal representa-tive of the testator. The evidence went to show that Sir George Elliot took great interest n his children and grand- son, and assisted substantially in their support by gifts of land, money, and securities, and that he deposited JB5,000 of stock with the underwriting committee of Lloyd's, which was aocepted as a proper security. Mr. Pyle was admitted an underwriter in March, 1890, and his grandfather afterwards wrote to him, authorising him to collect and use the divi- dends on the stocks, and intimating that if nothing to the contrary emanated from the writer of the letter the stock would remain the grandson's property.—Their Lordships allowed the appeal. They were of opinion that the £ 5,000 was a gift absolutely to Mr. Pyle.- The decision of the learned judge in the court below was, accordingly, reversed, and the appeal allowed, the costs to be paid out of the estate.
STRIKE AT BWLLFA COLLIERY…
STRIKE AT BWLLFA COLLIERY SETTLED. The strike at the Bwllfa Colliery, Rhondda Valley, which has been idle for two years, was finally settled on Tuesday evening, the men to be re-instated, and the dispute t., be sub- mitted to arbitration. About thret hundred men will resume work this (Wednesday) morning.
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Penrhyn Quarry Strike
Penrhyn Quarry Strike THE QUESTION IN THE COMMONS, ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE TO BE MOVED. The Press Association understands it haa been arranged that; Sir G. Osborne Morgan, as chairman of the Welsh Liberal members, shall take an early opportunity of publicity askinff the President of the Board of Trade to produce, as a Parliamentary paper, a eopy of the corre- spondence with Lord Penrhyn as to the Welsh elate quarry strike. It is probable that Mr. William Jones, member for the x)usxit;*ency in which the quarry is, will follow this up next Tuesday or Thursday morning by Imomg the adjournment of the House in order to 111-lk8 a. discussion on the subject. THE QUARRIES CLOSED. Lord Penrhyn's glate quarries were again on. Tuesday open to receive mem willing to work, but nosie presented themselves. The quarries may thus be reirarded as being closed for an indeiinite period, which represents a. loss in wages to the distriot of about £ 5,000 a. month. SUBSCRIPTIONS FROM LOCAL COLLIERIES. Within the past few days Messrs. B. R. Jones and R. Griffiths have, as a deputation, visited several of the local collieries raising funds for the assistance of the Penrlhyn quarrymen. They addressed a meeting at ierndale on Monday, and the colliers voted them £ 20. They have also received the following subscriptions: — Ynysy'bwl Colliery, £ 10; Standard Colliery, Ynyshir, £ 10; Albion Colliery, £ 10; and Dinati Colliery, £ 5—a total of £ 55.
CAKDIEF EXHIBITION.
CAKDIEF EXHIBITION. STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE. The final statement of receipts and expen- diture in connection with the Car- diff Exhibition shows that the total income from all sources amounted to £ c5,418 9". 9d. and the expenditure to £ 00,786 18s., leaving an adverse balance which will have to be met by a call of £ 1,368 8s. 3d. The details are interesting. A sum of f,312 lis. was received in donations, and the total amount paid for admission was £ 25,577 13s. 6d. Of this, £ 15,664 16s. was taken at the doors, £ 4.896 6s. id. in railway tickets, £ 3,604 2s. in sea-,011 tickets, B555 2s. 4d. in boat tickets, and burgesses' and school ticket3 realised J31,057 6s. 4d. A loss of jjL75 19s. was suffered 011 the horticultural show. £ 146 9s. 3d. in the Band of Hope Union, and £ 182 10s. 9d. in the tournament, whioh reduces the takings for admission to £ 25,072 14s. 6d. Space rents amounted to JSb.415 15s. 8d., of which £1,557 18s. 3d. was taken in "Old Cardilf." The working colliery produced JB296 93. 3d., and the modal gold in ule L270 lie. lOd. The re-jeipts at the eisteddfod amounted to 2s. 9d.. and at various concerts £ 337 6s. rd., besides which JE311 Os. 3d. was received in rents for the concert-hall. The working dairy yiekted £ 245 13s. 2d., and the plu /tographs on season tickets produced j6269 3s. 3d. On turning to the expenditure it is noticed that the cost of the buildings and laying out of the grounds amounted to £ 14,147 5s. 4d. The expenses of the machinery section were J61,187 0s. Id., and elejerio lighting cost jB5,075 10s. GaS and waie" cost B602 6s. 6d., and the bill for advertising and bill-posting amounted to £ 1,666 5.:5. 5d. A sum of £ 3.014 11s. 3d. waf p.), d lor band's, &c., and the eisteddfod cost JB500. Concerts were resjpons'i'ble for f,259 14t. lid., and the amount received for season tickets was paid to the photographer. Salaries and wages amounted to £ 4,308 8s. 4d., and in- surance came to £ 1,020 17s. 6d. The only other heavy item is a sum of £ 3,536 7s. 5d., which has to ho paid to the Water Show and Concessions Company as their share of the gate money.
CZAR'S HEALTH.
CZAR'S HEALTH. A Reuter's telegram from St. Petersburg on Tuesday says -With reference to the unfavour- able reports lately current regarding the health of the Czar, it is eemi-officially declared that his Majesty is in the beat of health. The contradiction of the reports as to the health of the Emperor of Russia has afforded great satisfaction in London, where deep concern had been felt at the prospect of a critical operation on the Czar's head. This concern was, perhaps, not wholly unselfish, for Londoners had been looking forward to a visit from the Czar and Czarina as part of the Diamond Jubilee festivities. One must not. however, be too confident about the visits of Royal personages this year. The definitely- announced visit of the Emperor and Empress of Germany is now "sif," and we are told to- day that their Majesties will be repre- sented by the Prince and Princess Frede-rick Leopold of Prussia. They are the richest members of the Hohenzollern family, and the Princess is both a sister of the German Em- press and a oousinly relation of the Queen.
LONDON WELSH CONSERVATIVE…
LONDON WELSH CONSERVATIVE CLUB. A general committee meeting of the London Welsh Conservative Club' was held on Monday I afternoon at Goldsmith-building. Temple, by permissn'on of Mr. B. Francis Williams, Q.C., when the chairman, the Earl of Powis, resided over a large attendance of members. Welsh residents in the Metropolis who are v.esirous of joining the organisation are requested to com- municate with the hon. secretary, Mr. Charles J. Daviee, North Gate House, Regent's Park.
Canadian Government Agent…
Canadian Government Agent for Wales. Mr. Thomas Roberts has been appointed Canadian Government Agent for Wales by the Minister of the Interior of Canada. Mr. Roberts, who was born in Wales, has been farming in Manitoba for the last twelve years, and is eminentiy qualified to supply informa- tion upon all matters connected with the Dominion. Mr. Roberts's present address is Ty Mawr Morfydd, Corwen, North Wales, to which place all correspondence should for the present be addressed. Printed by the Proprietors, Western ),(al: (Limited), and published by them at their cfllcee, St. Mary- ctreet, Cardiff; at their offices. Castle Bailey- street, Swanse*;{at the shop of Mr. Wesley Wil- liams, Bridgeon(i all in the County of Glamorgan; at the Western Mail Offices, Newport; at the shop of Mr. J. P. Ottfrey, Monmouth, both in the Ufiinty of Monmouth; and at the shop of Mr. Q, Ilavies, I.liuielly, in the County of Carmarthen. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1897.