Weekly Mail

A new vicarage is being built at Aberfillerr, and the plans for a new church to accommodate 750 have been approved. Lord and Lady Bute attended the wedding of the Hon. Rawdon-Ha-stiugs and Miss Maud Hamilton on Thursday. The Pembrokeshire Sons of the Clergy Society was founded in 1785. It is still i flourishing, and relieves a number of deserving isases. It is stated that a. large number of Cardiff Jtrting ladies have changed their name conse- quent upon the recent remarks of Mr. Justice Vaughan Williams on the social condition of Mary Ann-street. They were eight scouts of the force defending -Fort Soovesten, and one of them was a Dutch- t man. An umpire passing by asked theiu what they were doing, when the poor Dutchman whined out in reply, "Yee ar dee slmouts hoff de rogimendt!" In Carnarvon last week —Burglar 'Hand over your money, and be mighty quick about it." Hotel guest: "You have made a. mis- take: I am only a. visitor here for the eis- teddfod. The waiters' apartments are on the top floor." A Tenby draper advertised for an assistant, and the applicant who got the post simply aent his name arid address and the following statement of facts and wants: — "Eighteen years of age, eighteen months' experience, eighteen pounds per year indoors, eighteen shillings per week out." Lord Bute has let his North Bute shootings, which are among the best in the West of Scotland, to Mr. Liimwit. The extent is 11,000 aores, and a. heavy hag of grouse, par- tridges, and black game is usually obtained, witJi a fair number of pheasants, and there aro plenty of roe deer in the woods. According to the census of 1891 there were 2,687 foreigners resident at Cardiff, as com- pared with 1,773 at the previous census. Tke Germans numbered 317, as compared with 185; the Russians red with 83; and the Poles 77, as compared with 37. The Scandi- navians numbered 815, an increase of 524 over -the previous figures. • Professor ILmry Jones, wh< se appointmeit 4;) the ohair vacated at Glasgow by the present master of Ballioi was ann-n-need a few Ll.J's 'ago. received the rudim<int-i of his classic It education from the new vicar of Abfrpergwni, the Rev. J. LI. Titoma-s, who during his vacations, gratuitously assisted the hard-work- ing and gifted village gohoclir.aster to qualify for college. Professor Jones's capacity for work was the admiration of his contemporaries at Glasgow. The "Globe" congratulates the Piinc-i of -Wales and his family on the new titles "Left the Welsh have conferred on them; ü their sweet sounding language, but we wish (adds our contemporary) the blunt Saxon telegraph had been more carefully coached in the correct spelling. The Prince of W ales is variously desoribed as lorwith, lorwetth, Jorwerth, or Iorwerth Dywysog; the Princess as Hoffder Prydau, Prydan, or Prydain; and the Prin- cess Victoria as Bwddrig, Buddug, or Buddug Boadioea. However, Clwvdfardd is satisfied that there is peace, and has sheathed his sword, or we might tremble for the fate of the reporters. They might have been called by some appalling names. A hive of bees at Porthcawl have moved to new and more extensive premises, where busi- ness will be carried ou with the promptness and integrity characteristic of the firm. Miss Jones's bees at The Poplars swarmed, and they were traced to the back premises of Mr. Samp- son, the grocer, where they were found to have taken up quarters in a vinegar barrel, an entry to whioh they obtained through the hole of the tap. A boot and shoe maker who has paid muoh attention to bees as sent for, and he resorted to the wiles of the charmer, but the bees would not respond. At last the shoemaker shouldered the cask and had it placed near the former hive. Thus comes the sweet from the sour, and instinct baffles reason. Carmarthen is slow and tediously getting its back up. A correspondent of the "Welsh- man" wants to know why Carmarthen is not now considered a fit and proper place at which to h')ld the Grand National Eisteddfod. He goes on -"The last time it was held in this town was in 1867, and it has been four time3 in Carnarvon since tfien. A great deal is said at such times about the 'famous eistedd- fod at Carmarthen' in the reign of Henry VI. (1451), and our ancient borough had also the honour of reviving those national contests in the year 1819, and another meeting was held lie re in 1823, but now the birthplace of the ancient seer SelJillS to be entirely 'out of it.' Even our correspondence is sometimes tuldressed to Carnarvon in mistake." It is all very well for budding preachers to glare at the prattling babe whose oratorical efforts attract the attention of the congregation, but we fearlessly mainta.in that a baby is in- dispensable to the success of a. religious service —sometimes. This is the experience of a timid young preacher who recently informed a con- gregation, not 50 miles from Cardiff, "The oeremony of baptism will now be ad- ministered. The baptismal hymn was devoutly sung, and the officiating minister descended from the pulpit. Like the wise men of old, he went in search of the young child, but was not. so successful. Neither mother nor babe fcad put in an appearance. The preacher climbed into the pulpit a sadder and a. wiser man, and Hie hymn books hid a 1nge assortment of smiles from the amused congregation. A telegraph clerk grappling with an englyn !-n is one of the saddest sights under heaven. The tnglyn always gets pushed through, but the lrs.iTigliiig is touching to behold. When Wateyii \VVI1 comes home we can show hun a couple of his own englyiuon which we defy him to recognise. What of this as a sample of telegraphic Welsh: — "Pedwch I fi fynd yn in'an ? But better than all is this story from our Radical contemporary :—"One of the bards who was initiated will in future be known as 'Geraint,' and as Hwfa Mon was inventing him with the blue ribbon of the order the divine Awen descended upon him, and lie shouted out, 'Geraint sydd fardd rha- gorol.' Quick as lightning and without, a moment's hesitation orderly came old Clwyd- fardd's retort, 'Quci le hebdrim lol. The retort is as unanswerable act it is hopelessly vuintelligible. Gallant little Wales has clone for the Prince of Wales and his family 'says the "St. James's Gazette") something .that England, Scotland,- and Ireland will not beat just yet. It has made them bards. Lord Rosebery can only "go one better" by making somebody a Poet Laureate, It is not often that the eisteddfod has aur-h a field-day as yesterday at Carnar- von. Tha Prince of Wales was given the title of "Iorwerth Dywysog," and it is to be hoped that he will remember how to pronounce it. The Princess of Wales is to be called "Hoffcler Prvdain," or 'Brit:Üu'sDelig-ht'-a most appropriate name. Princess Victoria becomes "Buddug," or Boadicea: and Princess Maud is re-christened "Mallt," which to us seems no improvement at all. The worst of these titles is, that nobody will understand them, abroad but no patriotic Welshman would think that a defect. A Kidwelly blacksmith owns several goats. The ot!v<5 day a she goat and he;; two kids were chased A,y a dog dowa, the railway em- bankment. so that one of the kids fell in the- gutter and was quit-j unable to get out again or rise. The mother .tried hard to get her young one out, but failed. She now L trotted off as, fasti as she could, followed by her other kid, to the smithy, and. stainding by the side of the anvil, quite regardless of the kparlts, she bleated jnont pitecusly. Mr. Hughes at onf'e laid down his tools, and went to .see what wa.s the matrcr The goat, preceded him out, and he followed, solnetinles, stopping to look about, but 'eyeJ*y' time he stopped the goat hurried back to him, and, looking up to his face,again bleated. In this way she led him risht over the railway railings and down the embankment to where her offspring was lying. Mr. Hughes at oa?«'- lifted- the kid ont of its prison, to the great delight of the mother, vht), calyrel abwit, for joy. i <. A witness at Swansea, told the magistrates that he found the knife (produced) saturated i with blood. It must have been of German make.. Lord Llangattock will be installed as Pro- vincial Grand. Master of the eastern Division of South Wales at Cardiff in i-erstember. It is probable that Lord and Lady1 Windsor and family will spend a week or two at their new summer residence on Barry Island next month. The Islands of CaMy and St. Margaret, oii Tenby, are tithe free, so the Disendownwnt Bill, if it ever become .law, will not affect them. According to the Carnarvon Herald," the I Rev. Ben Davies, who won the Crown prize at Carnarvon, was born in 1864, and avoids party politics. The "Westminster Budget" tells us unblusli- ingly that Penrhyn Castle, where the- Prihce of Wales visited last week, is in Carmarthen- shire. Very few landlords own a whole -parish: yet, with the exceptions of one farm and the glebeland, Mr. M re home owns the whole of Angle, which contains over 2,276. A fine sturgeon has been brought, into Mil- I ,V>r<j.»v«n bv the steam trawier Mermaid. It was one of the finest ever landed; there, and weighed about lOst. There will be great doings at Canford Manor shortly to celebrate the coming of age of the Hon. Ivor Churchill, the heir to the Winrborne estates. Dowlais, too, will make some iuss. The programmes for the Patti concert were of very artistio design, and had upon them pic- tures of the hospital and of Craig-y-Nos. Mr. Llewelyn Howell is to be credited with this addition to the attractions of the concert. County-court judges have passed a new rule enabling them, without loss of dignity, to wear i-traw hats during the hot weather. Anyhow, they are working under that rule in Walesf. The largest parish in the county of Pem- broke is Nevern, which has an area. of a little over 14,522 aoies. The smallest is that of St. Mary s, Haverfordwest, with an arca, of not quite 52 acres. [ "Mr. Belcher and gentlemen, in face of the contradictory evidence, we dismiss the case." was the way a, Penarth magistrate announced the result of a, case on Monday. Mr, Belcher feit like a rank outsider. Lord Penrhyn, in commemoration of the Royal visit to Wales, is allowing his tenantry an abatement of 20 per cent, on the rentals of the current half-year. His lordship has purchased the Ty Isaf and Fedw Estates, situate in the Lfedr Valley, North Wales. Mr. Richard Barker, of Caerphilly, is. a proud man. A pupil of his has entered for the hiM-p competition at nine national eistedd- fodau,and on all the occasions secured the first prize. Miss Edith Davies was the-harp heroine at Carnarvon. The exact whereabouts of the Llech Llafar, the white marble epeaking-stone'over-the Alan, the white marble epeaking-stone'over-the Alan, in the city of St. David's, is shrouded in mvs- tery. It is worth finding. An elderly clergy- man from North Wales otfered a Tyddewi man twenty pounds if he could discover it. The olergy, with churchwardens and lay electors, of the Llandaff Upper Deanery, South- eastern Division, embracing Cardiff and a few out lying parishes, will meet at the Town- hall on Saturday to elect sixteen lav and fif- teen clerical delegates for the diocasaa con- ference. The Cathedral of St. Asaph stands on the site of a monastery. built in the sixth century. The original church was constructed of wood or wattle-work, like other early British churches; and at Melverley. in the Diocese of St. Asaph, there is an old church which illus- trates this method of building. There is an old story current in Swansea about a Jew tradesman who rushed across the street towards a crowd which had assembled I there. "Mine gott, vat ish de mathr 1" said he breathlessly. "It is a child killed i" said a by- stander. "Oh," said the disappointed Hebrew, "A shile kilt, ish riat all? 1 thought it was a row Mr. Durward Lely, who was to have .ap- peared at the Patti concert at Swansea, had not arrived back from America in time to sing. Strangely enough, lie was down to sing "The Distant Shore." It was because he was still upon it, we suppose, that he was unable to proffer that pointed invitation to the immortal e, Maud which he was down to do in his other song. A man who sets up to know a. great deal about 1 the weather sends to say that- the state of things on the hills is only comparable with that of 23 years ago, when it was a-s cold in the early part of July as in March. At Nantybwch, a station on the London and North-Western Railway which serves Tredegar, the cold the other night was as bitter as it was in February. The parish register at Llanmaes Church, in the Vale of Glamorgan, contains an entry of the death of an oxl Bosworth hero, whose age is given as 180 years. The veteran lived at Llantwit Major, and gained his livelihood by angling. The same register records i he burial of another centenarian; and hard by lives the venerable Freemason, Dr. Salmon, of Cow- bridge, who is 104 years of age. Herkomer will be the chief art adjudicator at Llm&tty Eisteddfod itext year. This is due to the keen interest Mr. Mansei Lewis, of Siradey Castle, is taking in the event. Mr. Lewis is an artist to his finger tips, and his influence on the list of a.rt competitions is apparent, both in the selection and in the prizes offered. A fact of additional interest is that Mr. Lewis is credited with the honour Of having "discovered" Herkomer. They have, at Leeds a mayor who is a Dis- senter. He is a. MAN. At a meeting of the White Cross Society the other day his worship said "that he stood before the 1 audience a political Dissenter, but, whatever his opinion of the Church politi- cally, he said it without any reserve that the devotion of the olergy in their respective parishes and the many works of charity and of good -carried on by the Church of England were such that he would not lay a hand on it to injure it in the discharge of that good work." A well-known mercha.nt at Cardiff Docks had returned home after an absence of some days. While pottering round he thought that a new bath (lately pub m for his own private and sole use) showed signs of having been reoemiy used. Having given strict injunctions about this, he way considerably annoyed, and called up one of the housemaids to interrogate her. Finding that she wa sthe culprit, lie remon- strated warmly with her on her presumption in using the bath without his permission, and wound up with these words:—"It isn't that I object to your having a bath, but what I do object to is your doing behind my back what you would not do before my face." (Sudden exit of girl, covered with blushes and ex- ploding with laughter.) During the last few days Councillor Evan Lewie has been going about the streets of Dowlais with a huge money-box, making a house-to-house collection for the relief; of the relative of the ill-fated Cilfynydd men. He asks a penny of everybody. The other even- ing a kindly old Irishwoman dropped a penny for herself and another for each of her children into the box, 'saying, "Ah! Mr. Loose, it's liianuy more pinnies I'd be throwing into that box oanly for wan thing. I haven't^ no more wid me. Ye see, me an' Mary Flannagan had a dhrap taken the other night, and th'ould blackguards in the police-coort made me pay five shiliin 3 an' costs because me an' Mary liad a bit av a blarney. Shure. Mr. Loose, if x cud oanly git that money back I'd change it all to pinnies and dhrap 'em into that box for the poor widdies an' orphans; I would, Gad knows." It is said that Lord Penrhyn has one custom which every visitor- cf distinction at Penrhyn Castle is bound to observe. Lit de lias been said, about the "antient" drinking-horn Hiriais, from which the Prince uf Wales drunk on his •arriyal. It. is said to be the only genuine horn of its kind. Writes one who has seen it:—"It is a large bugle, or horn of an ox. ornamented with enchased silver, sua-nended by a silver chain, with the initials of the great Piers Gryffydd engraved, at the end. And not only did the Prince of Wales drink from it, but, as being a grand occurrence, this visit of the future King. the servants drank and finished thf, draught! at one tip, and blew it as a proof t-hat there were no heel-taps. Lovers of coincidence will be interested to know that when the Queen visited North Wales she also stayed a.t Penrhyn Castle and drank from the identical "oornydd y fo y brenin," which is, being interpreted, "the horn for the King alone," ouif of which the Prince took the tribuwy draught on Tuesday night. J'

A WELSH-AMERICAN f VETERAN.. LITTERATEUR AND SOLDIER. ■ Mr. Daniel Owen, of Ash Hall—who is at I present on a visit to Aberystwith—has had an .interesting chat with Mr. Joshua Davies, a native of Cardigan, who 45 years ago left his native heath to try his luck in the laud of the Stars and Stripes. Tlie meeting of the two old Welshmen came about in. this way. Mr. O.wen was walking down Great Dark-gate-street, when he was .-accosted. by an aged, patriarchal-looking gentleman I' with flowing hair. The Squire of Ash Hall did not hear Mr. Davies bid him '"Good after- noon," but, upon being told that the old gentle- man seemed anxious to sneak to him he at once said, "I am sorry I aid not reply, but I- -1 did not hear him," and he at once rushed after Mr. Dayies and caught him by the shoulder. "I understand," said Mr, Owen, "that you spoke to me?" "So I did," replied Mr. Davies. "Well, I don't say I know you," was the reply. "No, I guess not," said Mr. Davies. "I must say I don't, know who you are,, but J. want to speak to you. When, you passrd down the street I said, 'There is an old gentle- man, and I daresay he can help me.' Now, I am a native of Cardigan town, but at present my abode is at Kansas City, U.S.A. I have I been in America 45 years, and, although I .-in now 75 years old, I have come over to the land of my birth to see some of mv old friends. I have just come from Carnarvon to Aberyst- with to make inquiries about an old schoolmate of mine, named John Evans." "I suppose you have been attending the National Eisteddfod ?" queried Mr. Owen. "Yes, my friend, I have," was the reply. Continuing, he sa.id that he had been deputed by the editor of the "Journal." published in Kansas City, to write for them a column article on the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to the national institution of the Welsh at Carnarvon, for the information and delectation of the Welsh residents .'ivhr-,within the area over which the "Journal" circulates, and for which he was to be paid £ 10. "The article has gone, and I hope to receive the cheque shortly. I find the same old spirit animating the Welsh—'Cymru, gwlad y gam' They love the 0\1 eisteddfod. Indeed, so many of my. fellow countrymen and countrywomen had nocked to the once Metropolis of Wales that it was almost impossible to get a bed to sleep upon. Indeed, so severe was -the crush of onlookers that a friend of mine had the glass o-f. his watch broken in his pocket." 'I' "You stiU are an admirer of Welsh tastes and talent*?" said..Mr..Owen, "Tha.t I am," was the reply, "and when 1 go back to America—for, I may say. I would not live in Wales again—I will be able to give a verbal description of what I saw and heard." "Who was your father?" said Mr. > Owen. "You hsve received a good education." "My father was a, collector of taxes, but I had to shift for myself. Through my own exertions, I am now able to speak French, German, Welsh, and English." "How did you acquire French and Ger- ma.1I ?" "Well. I m'tde up my mind to get thoroughly conversant with those languages, and, in order to gain proficiency, I resided in both countries for a number of years, and thankful I am now that I did so, for I have for a. number of years past gained my liveli- hood in the United States by teaching those languages; and I also act as interpreter in my city." "I am Dleased with youi success," said Mr. Owen. ''Come with me. and 1 will get you the information you require." The two gentlemen then went to the office I of Mr. Wat-kins, one of the oldest inhabitants of Aberystwith, to see if that gentleman could throw any light upon the whereabouts of Mr. Evans. Mr! Watkins, however, could not give, the old- Welshman any definite informa- tion respecting Mr. Evans, but promised to go and make inquiries. Before, however, tha three Welshmen separated an interesting con- versation took place respecting the war be- tween the North and South in America which commenced in the year 1861. Mr. Owen said that lie well remembered the first shot being fired, when a mail named Anderson was killed at Fort Sumter. "You are quite cor- tect," said Mr. Davies. Mr. Davies is a great admirer of General Grant. "He won." said the Welsh-Yankee, "every battle in which he was engaged but one, the battle lie lost being that of Shiloh, and it was lost through a. want of preparation. Although the Army representing the North had been on the field of battle for a consider- able time. yet no fortifications were made in order to meet the onslaught of the Confede- rates. Indeed, I do not think a shovelful of earth had been 'chucked up,' said lie. "Ah said the old veteran, continuing, "when I refer to that battle I am bound to shed tears. I believe the rebels were as well acquainted with our movements as tha members of our own regiment, for there is no doubt that seveial of their spies entered our camp, and there got all the information they required. It wan at this battle that I was wounded. A bullet went through my arm, and the doctors wished to have the arm amputated, but 1 would riot allow them, and I am thankful to say my arm got well after some time." "After you recovered in health, Mr. Da-vies," said Mr. Owen, "did you fight again?" "No, I did not," said he. "Well," replied Mr. Owen, "you are a wise nlan, Shortly after, Mr. Davies and Mr. Watkins went in search of Mr. Evans, and they found he was dead. The old veteran then returned to his lodgings disconsolate, and the next morn- ing made for Llangeitho and Cardigan in search of other friends..

THE TEMPLEREY PATENT TRANSPORTER. "COLLIERS "FITTED UP AT CARDIFF. Captain Vivian Millet, late master of the steamship Braoadaile, has during the last few days been at Cardiff superintending the fitting up for the naval manoeuvres of a number of "colliers" in the East Bute. Dock, Cardiff, with the Templerey Patent Transporter, sup- plied by the firm of Joseph Templerey and Co., 72, JJishopsgate-atreet Within, London. The advantages in ordinary cargo work to be gained by the transporter are that with a bOft, transporter a load can be landed or lifted I 27ft. clear of the ship's side, thereby insuring perfect safety to the. goods de-alt with, whereas by the ordinary method of the ship's derrick bags frequently burst and goods are damaged. By means of the transporter cargo can be handled from or into two lighters lyicg side by side without, having to shift the lighters." It also operates similarly in loading into a double line of trucks, while two ships can lie at a. distance of 25ft. apart from each other and discharge or lower cargo from one to the other. The transporter can be worked at any angle from the ship's keel, so that a ship can work coal fore and aft from her No. 2 hatch into her own bunke.. A wood cargo oar. also be built up on the quay by means of the trans- porter with little or na handling. It- can also be 'used for war>iiouse work. The longest transporter yet made 1;1 90ft. long, which would discharge or load from' a warehouse from or into a ship or lighter '-lyiner a distance of at least 21 vards away so thate the cargo would be taken d-reetly between the ship and thej warehouse. Tin- useful appliance is krgelv used m the >n r ver warehouses, a,nd jt. has been adorned 1:1 the Navy. guul>o:»t-f by its aid being able to load turjHHlo-boafe* wluie going at a: y sjxvuh La-t year two trans-' porters were fitted upon two "colliers." and the exiling was effected at the rate erf 80 tons. per hour, or 40 tons per transporter per hour.

A -7- At a quarter to four o'clock on Friday after- noon a five-year-old boy, named Jdhn Evans, son of Robert Evans, weIner, fell into the Hirer. Towy, Carmarthen. The fact was at once men- tioned to John Bees, a one-armed man, who, witheut divesting himself of his clothing, dashed into the water and saved the lad. Hees is the holder of a couple of medals from the Humane Society. STI^KDMAN'S Soothing Powders for children cutting: their teeth have now been in use over fifty years. They relieve feverish heat, prevent fits, con- cutting: their teeth have now been in use over fifty years. They relieve feverish heat, prevent fits, con- vulsions, &c., and preserve a healthy state of the constitution durinsf the period of teething. Manufactured only at Walworth, Surroy every- wbnas. Please obaocre the EK in ftts»dn> a» Lcll27

SARGASSO'S SEAWEED SEA. A VENTURESOME AMERICAN EXPLORER LOSES HIS REASON. The Sargasso Sea is that portion of the mid- Atlantic east of the coast of Florida., about the centre of the triangle between the Azores, the Canaries, and Cape Vei-de Islands. It covers an area of fifteen degrees of north latitude and ten degrees of west longitude—a, space seven times the are.,t of Franco and larger than the whole basin of the Mis8issippi. Few ships ever pass near this unknown sea. Along its borders the great currents of the Atlantic meet and turn and swirl, forming great seaweed meadows as far as the eye can reach. Columbus himself skirted along the margin of this great floating continent of xlebrts and seaweed, and he it was who named it the Sargasso Sea. The centre of trie iSaigasso Sea has-been supposed to be a dead region of almost perpetual calm, without) currents.. The pre- doininating vegetatidri is he natans. The I? only man who is reported to have attempted a vi-ut to the heart of the Sargavy> feet Is a Danish naturalist, who died T.wenty years a-jTo jn payerfcy. In J\vno.. x&/0t so -the tale goes, he was on a wrecking schoop.er from "Madeira Inagua, and on the voyage the vessel skirted the bank" The sight so fascinated him that he began devising apparatus for overcoming the obstruction of seaweed, earnestly believing' that an exploration would settle the question of the island, of St. Borondon if not that of the lost Atlantics. In 1871. while botanising on one of the West India islands, lie met an eccentric Englishman named Lisle, owner of a steam yacht, Mr. Lisle became interested in the subject, and after making preparations the yacht started for the unknown sea. Professor Auckarswards' apparatus, on which he relied the most, was a drum or hogshead with hoops inside, 10ft. in diameter at the centre and 8ft. long. The. frame of the drum was of seasoned live oak, the hoops of hickory were bent with mathematical accuracy, and the plank- ins of cedar "was laid on and lapped clinker fashion, and fastened with copper. In the centre was an iron axle, the length of the drum, playing freely in a. wall-oiled axle at eacn end. to the centre of this axle was attached a stirrup, to which the water-breaker and provi- sions could be hung. On the inner surface of the drum oleats were nailed a foot apart. The operator put his machine into the water, and, holding on to the stir- rup, climbed up the cleats like a tread-»ill horse, the machine rolling forward with every step, propelled through the water by the overlapping of the edges of the drum's skin. It was the obversa of an under- shot mill-wheel. Its draft was only five inches in the water, and it could be worked on land or water. The drum could be balanced, trimmed, and steered with ease, and pro- pelled at the rate of forty miles a day. Lisle and Auckarsward on February 1 steamed into the sea on the yacht. On the 7th the weeds stopped further progress. The lead sunk only twenty fathoms, and tho mast of a. sunken ship was in plain sight: so steam was blown off, the fires banked, and the sea balloon or drum was gotten out of the hold ready for a. trip. Lisle and the professor made a visit to the sunken vessel, a barqentine, the Santa, Marie. de Toledo, of Cartagena, 1817." The next day, February, 8, Auckars- wa.rd started for the seaweed ba.nks, Lisle agree- irig to wait with the yacht twenty da.ys, and signal rockets every night. He was provided with a compass, a quadrant, and provisions. The report that he made' of his journey was as follows :— "Eleven o'clock a.m.-Ship no longer in sight. Noon.—Sun very hot. Stopped to dine and rest. Legs very tired. Distance travelled fourteen miles and three-quarters. Many turtles in sight, floundering about on the grass grass so thick matted that little water is seen. Put my feet in it and tried to walk, but will not bear my weight. Sea birds (larna rudibundus, porc-ellaria, and some grallatores of unknown species) digging the seaweeds up with their bills in search of crustacea. How came these waders here ? Six o'clock p.m.—DMta-noe twenty-three miles. Tired out! Rest here. Very little wave motion of the grass, but tide motion quite per- ceptible. Shall havo to close my windows to- night. While at supper just now an enormous conger, as thick as my leg, looked in upon mo as if he mUrht do battle. "Feb. 9, 5 a.m.— Bested well. But for the birds these sea meadows would be awfully deso- late. Excepting some small pools on the sur- face of the weeds the water has entirely disap- peared. Nothing but an illimitable level green everywhere. "Three p.m.—Hare just stopped to examine the bow of a vessel that protrudes above the weeds. She is sunk stern down, and the bow I protrudes almost perpendicularly. I will not be believed when I say that a. brass cannon, ha.ng- ing to her bleached deck, the carriage long sirwe j rotted away, has th& Spanish crown mark and the date 1625. Was this a galleon returning with treasure from Caracas or Darien, and cap- tured by this treacherous Sargasso ? Five t>.m.—The bottom of the Tiber is thought to oonta-in relics of priceless value and many ages, but this Sargasso Sea, if it could be searched, would yield more curious and valuable things still- Imprisoned here muat be vessels of all the centuries from the time when the Phoenicians galleys sailed outside the Pillars of Hercules to the date of the missing brig from Boston to the Cape or to the Barer Plate. I do not like the looks of the heavens. A storm is brewing. 7,30 p,m,-Distance run, 27 miles. I am tired out and ill-prepared for the tornado that is coming. I wish I had brought a grapnel or even a beat-hoek. My harpoon is useless. Heaven help me "10th, 1.30 a.m.—The storm about to break. I never saw such lightning, the thunder is awful, and the wind-I know bow it will blow I light my candle to write this. Should any- thing happen to me and this log- be feund-not likely—let it be known that I do not regret the end. The above was the last entry in Auckars- ward's log for many day3. In his narra said that the hurricane came, and, as he I the drum rolled before it with appalling rap He had a light in his lantern. He sprang the stirrup, lashed himself there, and the axle, while the drum spun before tne, with sickening velocity. He was forced to pill out his light. He closed his eyes, an, -0g finally no consciousness of anything hut el » r. with desperate tenacity to his supports-, ing the wind shriek and the thunder roar. A sudden lull in the storm aroused f after how long he could not say. He frtr[ <" a shutter and sprang out. The weeds utider his feet, but the storm was r^(frat! again.; He put his shoulder against the- seeking to slew it around so as to be eB nr,c, j the gale. He lifted it, it came slowly avL0ts the storm struck him like a flail, the rain him—he had only time, as fife himself lifted off his feet, fo,„. himself flat on his face, dig his ,eeV and toes in the matted dead fucus,.and so from being blown away like a feather. A day broke. Tha rain had ceased. The only survived in a. chill nprth-east gale-, saw, low down, a clamp of trees, four o ll miles off. He walked towards them- e0|, 8 were mangroves, short, wiw • C palm beginning to grow among them—an ft*. i forming in mid-ocean,. It. gsew lighter. a mile off Auckarswards flaw altO jj, & and larger grove of mangroves. l; approached it, and his heart beat when he saw dashed at tav l. of the tree the wreck of his drum. embarked and made his way out of W ^f. again, undergoing a series of narrow escapes no less exciting than is another weird chapter in this *st ing narrative of adventure. k-ac- i him a maniac and all but dead- karawards recovered his reason, and ,? May, 1872, returned to the United stateSsar; arrange for a series of explorations of tse solii gasso Sea. He belieTed that there was a island in the heart of the Sargasso banks, that in the masses of external fuc»3 cushioned the wrecks of ages still keepu1? y treasures of gold and silver and jewels. ^ai American dispatches to hand state (i! Julian Hawthorne has left for (Jamaica) with the avowed intention of# I it his headquarters, and from there tapJ cursions to the old haunts of Spanis# | it his headquarters, and from there tapJ cursions to the old haunts of Spanis# | pirates and to the Sargasso Sea treasure- of derelicts and the only terra incognita the foot of man to explore. J.

THE ILILITARY SCAN]) CHARGES AGAINST MILITIA OFFICERS. ———— 9&&T In connection with the extraordinarl reported to have occurred at the Birr Barracks, near Tullamore, in Ireland, 3r:; nesday night, in which nine officers of (Militia) Battalion of the Leinster quartered in Birr Garrison, forcibly e„-(jent the apartments of Surgeon-major Fox, medical oflicer to the Forces, and. P^° ggt' to the rooms in which the female t0^L0 o- j were sleeping, attempted to assault » jji- tliem, a telegram on Friday night states ^r. formations have been sworn f^ht i" vants. Ihe girls stated that on the "w s question their room was broken im° of masked party of eight or nine men, jrJ- whom endeavoured to assault them. jujnp screariied, and one of them attempted to J,arlU out of a window 20ft. high. "When th« was raised they say the men retreated, P jJoC they have identified four of them. It 13 g that the corporal of the guard with soB1 arrived as the masked men were leavn1?.^ premises, and captured some of them. je»-' iV< upstairs it was found that the three d°orS ,e8i; y ing to the room in which the girls ing had been forced. All tlic, d ri were the night before, but they had been iyatter the panels of one of them being sma& fragments. Crown summonses, it is j^t-i' iT have been issued against the persons (4, fied.

NEW PBINTING PRlilSS• „ j Messrs. B. Hoe and Co., one of the jn of printing press and machine manufactur g{ the country, have just introduced a new printing machine which prints from three ,v width reels, and also gives supplements p- same way as their larger presses. ifl' k prietors of the Times, who have inraria y vented and made their own maehinery> introduced the new Hoe machine into tte office, and this is a splendid testimonial^ utility and ingenuity of the press. It <V out saying that the new Hoe has a j future before it.

A CAPTAIN AND COLONEL CUSTODY AT SHEFFIELD- $or, At Sheffield Police-court on Saturday Kj of charges were being investigated Die Captain Walsh and Colonel Williams wife. The prisoners, it appears, after on a system of hotel and cheque swi0<f C Ware, came on to Sheffield, where they j\ a local solicitor to cash a bad cheque ran up heavy bills at two hotels, B from tradesmen without paying for the then decamped. Tho prisoners have he* i raitted for trial on two charges, and oW p being prooeeded with against them. K !•' y

FATALITYTOBRISTOLTRAMKO^i, j Mr. Justice Lawrence, in the 9 f Division of the High Court of Justice «ri#' \J day, gave judgment in the action by the jgsf Trams and Carriage Company (Limited) Messrs. Webster and Co., in which tn tiffs sued to recover damages upon the S. that the defendants had sold them a 11 Indian peas and warranted them to be for horses, and that the food had produc0<^ and death in a large number of the fei t lordship gave judgment for1 the plaltt* V such a sum a,a might be agreed upon °r be found. j'

Cadbubt's Cocoa is certified to he lutely Pure and to rank among the most prepared Cocoas.—The Analyst. 5unlight Soap Comphtitio^| • 1T2 OOO Prise* o{ Bicyck5' Watcher, f and Books, value^^ jSii I$QQj^ JmP'' The First of these. Monthly Competitions will be on January 31st, 1894, to be followed by others each month during 1894. Conmetitors to save as many "SUNLIGHT" Soap Wrappers as they can collect. Cut off the top portion of each wrapper—that portion containing the heading SUN- LIGHT SOAP.' These (called the Coupons "t are t<* bs sent, enclosed wim a »faeet the Competitor has written his or her mil name and address, and the number' til'coupons J paid, io Messrs. Levir Brothers, Limited, Pert Sunlight, near Birkenhead, marked on the (too left-hand corner) with the NUMBER of the DiSTAICT Comtsetitor Uvea in. — —— 'J .««i. ■■■■"■, II I. II. Ko.oi ForM)i3 Ciiaipetiiinnt)is Uuit'Ki I t Vilne of Diz-1 Kinxdofin w,H be (iifidsd into ] Th9 Prizes will b»/awarded BTery toonJj durlag 1884, given Uiet. 8 Ci3tricU»» imd»r: | ™ ° ^trioto, as underic oach itotriat^ i IRELAND. Every month, in each of tjig 8 tl:s» £ s*; 4; errVTi 4Mn trlcts, the 5 Competitors who send the, J a &w.>iUAiNU. largest number of Coupons from the dis- WtV 3 MIDDLESEX, KENT, and trict in which they reside, will each ■" SURREY. receive, at winner'is option, a Lady's or .T7^r^T~T^ Gent's Premier Safety Cycle, with 0(fi° 4 V- ? Dunlop Pneumatic Tyres, vaJue £ 30* too o 0 l cu.iij and YORK- The next ?.o Competitors will each t it receive, at, winner's option, a Lady's or vp'k 5 CUMBERLAND, WEST- Gent's "Waltham" Stem-Winding Sliver goW > J a MO RE LAND, LANCA- Lever Watch, value £ 4 4s. 84 « SHIRS, and ISLE OF The next 200 Competitors Will each ,$0° | MAN. receive a Book, published at 5s. 50 o • „ 6 WALES, CHESHIRE, 1'he next 300 Competitors w21l each so4° | STAFFORDSHIRE, receive a Book, published at 3s. 6d 5a io SHROPSHIRE, WOR- The next! 400. Competitors will each i$0° |fsj CESTSRSHiRE, MON- receive a Bao^c, published at as. 6d. go o 0 j '*°d The neit soo Competitors will each ■- 4$0<> —. psHcFpRDSIi iRE. recetve a Book, published at as. 50 o 0 7 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, The nent i,ooo Compctltors Will each ,$0° J* DERSYSHIRE, LIN- receive a Book, published at is. 50 o 9■ COLNSHIRE; LE3CES- —— Jf TERSHIRE, WAR- ♦ RULES. J.— Sno" I- The Compstitiona will Close tho last dfey of ench F t. i?" mAnth. Couponi recaired too late for on« eorn- FOLK, SUFFOLK, petition will be put into the n«xt. 1 CAMBRIDGESHIRE, H. Competitor* who obtain wrappera froia QDUld 1 H 11N Tt NfinnM SHI !?F JoSpin deaUr's stock will be dliminllned. Eluptoyeei w ftnTHiMOTnN otatMsri. Lerer Brdtherj, Umitsd and their fimUiot, ■ omrnnn are debarred Irom CQBipetmj SHIRE, BEDFORD- III. A printed li»f, of Winner* of Bioycles and SHIRE, and OXFORD- WtttTie*, ana ofWirtoiiigi N ambers of Cofcponi for Books «Hjpg. in,Competitor's Dietrict will be forwarded, 51 dajt after ■ —• ftaeh competition closes, to those competitorssend 'jEWBp jHjj&fk 8 pSSF.X H F I?T PO B n. Hall-penny Stamp for Postage, but m all orsm wh?re SHIRE, BUCKING STdone, atarap ouclosed should bo written on I"' H A MS HI R B,; BERK- iv. Mesersi. Lever Brotherj, Umited, will-award the SHI RE, S U S3 E X, prizes fairly to the .bast of their ability and Judgment, & BgEStffflV. i HAMPSHIRE, WILT- but it i. vinfcr»tood thai all who oompate agree tb aceept £ £ &$g\ SHIRE GLOUCES • award of Messrs.; Lever Brothers, Limited, as final. flCQSl TERSHIRS. SOMER- TS The Bicycles are tha celebrated Helical (Spiral) 1 L 5ETSHIRE, DORSET- Tube "Premier" Cycles (Hi«lie»t award, World's Fair, 'I TJu ■» SHIRE, DEVONSHIRE, Chicago, im). manufactured by the" Framier" Cycle rADNWAT I lei p OF Company, Ltd., oJ OoveTjtfT a&d 14 Holitoni Viaduct, ,H j, SP.SmX: IfOWwn,Htted nfith Dwildp 1891 Pneumatic Tyres; Sals' (f- WIGHT, and CnAnNsL bufy:s InTincible'l Lamp; Lamyloch's 106 Saddle; ft- ISLANDS. MmMWi tumt i I»ol ValW Pata»7«> • 1'1'