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TIDE TABLE. FOR TIn: YVEEN ENDING JuNjE 21, 1395. 'l O r« DATS OF THt -S g S,g g WL'i:x. S5 1 C a « "J s z s £ g (§ 8 w O i ( Morning — — — 12 46 11 12 Saturdy Evening 12 14 12 1 12 6 1 8 11 37 (.Height — 26 4 26 10 17 4 24 7 ('Morning 12 37 12 26 12 31 1 33 — Sunday..} Evening 1 8 12 55 12 53 2 2 12 4 I Height 22 10 25 11 26 5 16 10 24 3 (Morning Tl5 T25 125 2 32 12 31 Mondy Evening 2 10 1 58 1 55 3 5 1 1 (.Height 22 9 26 2 25 S 17 2 24 7 ('Morning 2 40 2 28 2 -2 3 35 1~23 Tuesdy -J Evening 3 11 2*59 2 49 4 6 1 53 (.Height 23 8 27 0 27 6 13 2 25 4 (Morning 3 42 3 32 3 18 4~39 2~24 "Wcdnes < E rening 4 13 42 37 59 2 53 ^Height 25 3 28 4 23 10 19 10 26 7 (-Morning 4 42 4~32 4 15 5 39 3~2i Thurs. J Eveuing 58 50 4 43 67 3 49 (.Height 27 0 2 ) 9 30 3 21 8 27 9 ("Morning 5 35 5 25 5 10 6 35 4 16 Friday < Evening 5 58 5 53 5 39 7 fi 4 45 (.Height 28 7 31 5 31 11 23 6 28 11

SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1895, THE WEEK. The Senior Wrangler this year is Mr. T. J. I. Bromwieh, of 8t. John's College. The Rev. Canon Silvan Evans has been ap- pointed Chancellor of Bangor. A meeting of the Cabinet was held on Tues- (by, when all the Ministers were present. The trial of Jabez Balfour ;n.d i he other Liberator defendants at the Central Criminal Court ha; been fix-cl for Ji ly 22. A cfrea.t fire broke out at Milwaukee early OIl Monday morning. 'The damage is estimated at seven and a half million dollars. At an adjourned bankruptcy-coiu't held at Swansea on Tuesday the public examinataOn of Mr. Thomas Cory. J.P., was deoiaJed closed. Mr. :nd Mrs. Gladstone left Ifawardcn on Tuesday mornu g. and embarked on the Tan- tailon Castle in the lhames during the after- noon. The Central News learns that Mr. Courtney: Warner, M.P., has decided to place himself in the hands of the North Somerset Liberal Asso- ciation as to the action which he Kbali take &n the second reading" of the Local Veto Bill. A member of the Westminster Vestry has given notice to move that the works of Oscar Wilde be withdrawn frcm the two public libraries in Westminster, and that the other local authorities in London be requested to take the same coursc in regard to the libraries under their control. The authorities of the State Department have issued orders for the "United States fast cruise? Raleig'h to proceed to Key West, and pri-veit* any further filibustering expeditions leaving tha 1 district. Thit; step has been taken owing" t, the departure of a we-il-equipped expedition 1M'- we-ok-. The death of Canon Morton, of St. Asaph, is announced. The Duke of Orleans arrived at Plymouth on Saturday morning from Gibraltar. The Rev. G. H. Roberts, the president- elect of the Welsh Baptist Union, died at Car- marthen on Friday. The steamer Darwen, of Glasgow, on Fri- day got ashore with 400 passengers, all of whom were landed by coastguards. A painful case of murder and ^suicide occurred at Leeds on Monday night, when a womaji named Walker poisoned her eight-year-old daught-er and then herself. A St. Petersburg dispatch on Saturday- recorded the death of a Russian, named Efimovin, in the Government of Samara, at the age of 150 years. Lord Balearres (C.) was on Friday elected M.P. for the Chorley Division of Lanca- shire without opposition, in the place of the late General Feilden (C.). A warrant was issued on Friday for the arrest of George Crowe, of Cardiff, who failed to surrender to his bail 011 the charge of fraud preferred against liim by Samuel Chitty. J Forty-two persons are now known to have perished in the floods at Kolersdorf (Hungary), and 31 are still missing. Great distress pre- vails among the inhabitants of the district whose houses have fallen in. A soldier in Mainz, who in barracks gave three cheers for the international social demo- cracy, has been tried by a military court for the offence. He was sentenced to four months' imprisonment in a fortress. At the Guild-hall, S wansea, on Friday the hearing of the charge of perjury preferred against Mr. T. Leyson, solicitor, was resumed. The magistrates did not consider there was sufficient evidence to commit the j defendant, and the case was dismissed. A sad incident marked the conclusion of the Llandrindod meeting of the Welsh National Council on Friday morning. As the delegates were leaving, a telegrajn arrived announcing the sudden death, in London, of the wife of Mr. Herbert Lewis, M.P., who had taken an active part in the deliberations. A verdict of "Wilful murder"' was on Saturday returned against Margaret Rees, of lyrbwich, North Pembrokeshire, who on I Thursday last, it is reported, suffocated her little daughter, Anne, aged two years and seven months. The unfortunate woman, who admits the crime, is believed to be insane. At the quarterly meeting of the Glamorgan- shire Standing Joint Committee, held at Car- diff ci Mondlay, it was resolvtd, on the motion of Alderman W. H. Morgan, "that a. sub-com- 1 mittee be appointed to inquire into the police administration in this county." Mr. O. IT Jones wa.s appointed chairman of the (x)miiiltve, in place of his Honour Judge Gwilrmh ilIiwls, resigned. The Cardiff Stipendiary on Friday gave judgment in the Neils v. Neils case. "-11 giv- ing his decision, Mr. Lewis said that on the evidence he came irresistibly to one inclusion -that Mrs. Neils, cince the order ,vas made, had committed adultery. The ,fder would, therefore have to be discharged Neils paying up to the present date. The Stpendiary added that the conduct of the ma* was most re- prehensible in conniving tVith the woman. A Pasha, holding a hig* position has com- municated the views offA-Hally held in regard to occurrences in Arr^nia^ He stated that funds for oreating a revolt in Turkish dominions have again and agaii; been traced to emissaries of a great Northern Power. The actual facts have been distorted to suit the views of Armenian revolutionists. The Pasha, further stated fhat should the Sultan yield under com- pulsion and accept tutelage over the remainder of his Empire Mohammedan fanaticism would be aroused to such a war as had not been wit- nessed since the Crusades. An official dispatch received at Yokohama from Formosa, states that the Japanese Im- perial Guard occupied the important, town of Tai-Peh-Fa on the 7th inst. A telegram from Ching Kong of Monday's date states that the ¥(K-iio'n t fate ae the settle- ment at Ohcngtu. The property of the mis- sions in each case was completely destroyed, the officials refuting them protection until the work of the mob was completed. Other mis- sion centres are threatened with a similar fate. The opening conference of the General Assembly of the Welsh Calvinistio Methodists was held in the Lower Exetc-v-hall, London, on Tuesday, when ther.:¡ was a large number of ministers and delegates prese it. The chair was occupied by the retiring moderator (the Rev. Owen Jones, B.A-, Oswestry), who, in hi; address, reviewed in an fj-liatstive manner the position of the denomination. The Rev. Griffith. Ellis, M.A., Bootle, was elected mode- rator for 1896, and it was decided to told the next Assembly :.t Liverpool. The Rev. W. James, of Alxidare, was then formally intro- duced and entered upon the duties of moderator with only a few business remarks- A dispatch from Panama to the "Times" says that General Eloy Alfatro has been proclaimed supreme chief by tHe Ecuadorean rebels. As showing the spread of the insurrec- tionary movement, the "Herald's" Panama correspondent points out that the rebels already possess eleven of the fifteen pro- vinces, in addition to all the principal sea- ports. It is thought, however, the interior of the state, whither the Federals have retreated, will still hold out, as the clergy are using every effort to assist the Govern- ment. A meeting of the Cardiff County Council was held on Monday, the mayor presiding. Alderman Lewis tendered his resignation of rc his membership of the finance committee. It was resolved that the matter of filling up tile vacancies on that committee should be deferred to a special meeting if the council. The re- port by the town-clerk in reference to the proposed donation of £ 10.000 to the Univer- sity Oollege was deferred until the special meeting. The salary of the recorder was in- creased from B200 to £ 300. In regard to Sir E. J. Reed. M.P., and the freedom, Alderman David Jones said he would himself pay for and become the owner of the casket-, and the matter was allowed to stand in abeyance. At the Carmarthenshire Assizes, which were concluded on Saturday, Mr. Justice Collins heard an action for slander brought against a married woman, named Mary Edwards, by a young, single woman named Mary Ann Jones. The alleged slander, it was complained, reflected on the continence and moral chastity of the plaintiff, and had injured her prospects in life. She, however, did not claim any specific sum as damages. On the record the defendant had pleaded that the words in question, if used by her, were privileged and true in substance and in fact. The case was terminated by the withdrawal on the part of the defendant of all imputations. The Marquess of Ripon has received a letter from the King of Swaziland, wherein complaint is made that Swaziland has not been fairly represented in the recent negotia- tions. The Swazis distinctly refuse to recog- nise the Boer administration of the country, and the refusal of the British Government to assure the King of its protection will, the letter declares, result in war and bloodshed. In his reply the Marquess of Ripon states that the relations of Great Britain towards Swaziland aad towards the South Africa Republic in connection with Swaziland are now regulated by the convention of 1894, and her Majesty's Government are bound by the conditions of that convention, and intend faithfully to adhere to it.

In. olden day. Kings and Emperors could I c-r.spcnse with the laws they themselve-i had r adie. Dr. Davies, of Maes teg, goes one cotter than this, for he thinks that he can | dispense with law altogether and substituie it- with a stick. Dr. Davies had a man-servant I ,r.h,o was not of the same way of thinking as his master. The man had considered that lie had lived long enough under the. doctor's roof, and, naturally, wanted to take his belongings away with him. He left, but the doctor wanted his clothes to remain. While the man was in the act of conveying his wardrobe off the premises the genial doctor for once fell from grace, and struck him on the arm with a walk- ing-st;ck. An action for assault was the result of this high-handed policy, the case being heard at Bridgend on Saturday, when the defendant was told that even doctors, county magistrates, and district couneinor.s must not use walking-sticks for law. The doctor left a couple of sovereigns with the clerk of the court for the lesion thus taught him. Sir Lewis Morris has a4, last given uft hi contemplated ode on Prince Llywelyn, a ta.s which he undertook at the instance of t' Memorial Committee. The ode 1' somewhat short, being only some hun f and twelve lines. It is, in the main, a lefl the stirring times of Llywelyn, the "rude'j*18 of force and trampled laws." Sir Le\ read his Wel,sli history to some puJse, a fact wliich is evidenced by the juai af 1,1|se he makes of his epithets, all of which e ;ii ful word-pictures. Some of f?e remarkably chaste and beautifu ar™ rhythmic flow of the whole poei>'s f10.^11.6 testimony of the happy ]nspit'a.ti<.a <;r it was written. One does notll".6' "Llywelyn ap Gruffvdd ein L1-(,V, Llyw- elyn," or, its its author wrot ,e^" fm Llvw 01-af," is a line borro1 m. a 'J. avail, the work, if one rernbelrs r,gh%- of "Llew Llwyfo," and Sir by mterpolat- intf "a-p Gruil'yddf' destr iie ?'? t)y r. alliteration. The ode i^^nea r>y Mesers. Jarvis and Foster, of "nS?r' T 0 the publishers of S;r evv^-ss ode of welcome to the Prince of W^„ at the Carnarvon Eisteddfod last vea, e 'ul^ or }ias, gone to North Wales fo*115 Prmtcr's P^bab.iy out of respect for V ancestors, who were micdicv men in .4glesey m the last century. The author, we .a.y say, accepts the Marquess of Bute's t-heor about the burial-place Of the Prince and s:Ss: "Still mid the cloistered o-lories' of CV1'1'1"' ^ear t'ie chants sung for the Kingly -ad, While Cambria mourned thy dear dishoyUle<^ head. It is o he regretted that the Cardiff Guard;ns at their meeting on Saturday reject-1 ^r- Buist's motion in favour of the (Jijjprfal of Roman Catholic children at the gjrSchools by a majority of fifty as against n; Atecn. Majorities sometimes go wrong, fA we doubt not that such was the case on aturday. Some of the guardians conceive ery indifferent views on religious instruc- tion. Mr. Cross, for instance, believes that the religion of children under fourteen years of age is a matter of no consequence. To him it may be so, but to Roman Catholics it is not. No children in Christendom are better grounded in the elements of their religion than thos9 of Roman Catholics. A child that has been trained by a Roman Catholic instructor before he is ten will with- stand every attempt at being ma-de a proselyte in after years. The Rev. W. Spurgeon voted against the resolution because he was afraid Protestant denominations might make a similar request, resulting in the depletion of Ely Schools. This was only fighting a shadow, for the "denominations" in Cardiff have not been sufficiently self-sacrificing and y t, enterprising to establish schools as the Roman Catholics have. That they have not is no reason why they should adopt a dog-in-the- manger policy in regard to those who have. It is gratifying to learn that the majority of Church people sided with Dr. Buist, another proof that those whose cries are loudest in favour of religious liberty have little experimental knowledge of it. When the next election comes round it is to be hoped that the voters of the Cardiff Union will know the reason why those fifty guar- dians advocated a policy worthy only of the anti-Catholic emancipation agitation of many years ago. The courteous letter from Colonel Goldsmid, of the Welsh Regiment, to the Mayor of Car- diff which was read at the meeting of the Cardiff Corporation yesterday announces that the 1st Battalion, in its progress from Pem- broke Dock, will visit the Welsh capital, where it will probably stay three or four days. All Welshmen, should feel proud of the regiment which bears the Welsh name, and the borough of Cardiff must be gratified with this opportunity given it of entertaining the batta- lion within its borders. The visit will, certainly, be a very pleasing event in Alder- man Carey's term of mayoralty. We feel little doubt that Mr. C. H. Glascodine will find in the different districts of the Gcwer Division full confirmation of the general desire of the central com- mittee that he should stand in the Unionist cause at the next election. Mr. Glascodine's candidature may now be looked upon as practically certain, and it is even more certain that a better fighting candi- date could never be got. Mr. Glascodine has lived nearly all his life on the borders of the division; he has, a large circle of enthusiastic admirers, not less for his eloquence and his professional talents than for his comprehensive grasp of political problems and his unswerving allegiance to the good faith and to the Church it is now called upon to defend, The Glamorganshire Finance Committee at their meeting yesterday had under discussion a question of much practical interest to jurors. The question, we may say, had been referred back by the county council, which had recom- mended that in exceptional cases in which a miner's evidence was especially important or valuable the usual allowance to jurors should be increased. Mr. Isaac Evans very properly argued that if such evidence was worth giving it was worth being paid for. This was the it was worth being paid for. This was the view also taken by the committee, the only question to decide being the maximum and minimum limit of allowance in such cases. This was ultimately placed at 5s. and 3s. 6d. respectively, which errs rather on the side of moderation. When colliers and others are summoned as jurors the chances are that on t.iose occasions: they lose their turn at the pit, and, consequently, forfeit the day's wages. The lav really regarding jurors demands re-ad- justment, so as to bring it up to present-day requirements. Other practical items in county finance were also dealt with at yesterday's meeting, among them that of payment of costs of borough prosecutions at assizes. The ques- tion wasi raised in the first instance by the auditor, who maintains that county boroughs should pay their own costs, inasmuch as they liave th-eir own courts of quarter sessions. The question is an important one, and it would seem that we have not heard the last of it. It may ba stated that the clerk to the county (Mr. Franktcn) favours the view heldl by the auditor.

DON'T SHOW THIS TO YOUR WIFE. Unless you want her to know that the Provi- dence Mills Spinning Company, of Bradford, Yorks, are now ready with their plain and fancy dress fabrics for spring. This Company has for yeirs enjoyed a splendid reputation for the high quality of knitting yarns they wake, and their dress goods are rapidly getting1 a similar reputa- tion. Or.e of their special lines is an all-wool foule, 41in. wide, in a variety of fashionable colours for coming season, at Is. 4d. per yard, or "^hey deliver a dress length of seven yards post free, anywhere in Great Britain or Ireland, for 9s. lOd. Full particulars and samples on approval of all their specialities may be obtained by addressing Providence Mills Spinning Company. Dept. A.G., Bradford, Yorks. Lel443

r THE RIll .ERS' LEAGUE. AND JF THE COMPETITION". TtL'LV-ut to be onen to all readers or 1. This ciehl." the "W'eeklyhs of riddles and solutions arc soli- 2. Contrifcaent by the contributor to the eliecB cited. A fjg original will be accepted. Plagiarism, that the Wni be publicly exposed. when dele of the paper only to be written on- 3. Oivi-de-pliune n\Ay te 1 .-ed, but in all cases 4. A winners' real names must be published. thl PaunI of 3s od. to be given each week for 5. Fit of correct solutions. Three prize Dooli8 the xlgo given each week to solvers. The sum ot t° be given to the solver who makes the b^t 5si in answering (he riddles each month. of 10R. to be given to the riddler who maKe» highest score in solving the riddles each quarter. e winner of a weekly prize is ineligible to win too arrent monthly competition, but can quality 'fhe quarterly prize, which, in its turn, cannot 'ga-ii.eit by the winner of a monthly competition two clear mcnths have elapsed from the date ot tno previous victory. Should any of the competitions e in a tie, the prize will be awaided by ballot. 6. All answers to the riddles punted in this column to be received within six dave of publication. Answern received after that time has expired cannot be Con" sidered amongst those competing for prizes. 7. The ltiddle Editor's decision to be confiUiereu final a ad irrevocable, and no appeal from his judJ" ment can be entertained. RIDDLE EDITOR, -WEEKLY MAIL," QABDlVRt MYSTIC BUDGET—No. 37. CHARADE.—No. 1. (Formed on a word, each syllable of which IS a word.) As from my second to my first A strain miwt^surcly flow; So in the fii^Wirom angry words Doth second oft a blow. My sec md's loved by one and all, My first by swimmer bold. My second may be robed in green, Or crystal, clear and cold. My whole should like a trusted friend, Be ever staunch and true: And always of good temper, Though often looking blue. It may be large or most minute, This subject of my rhyme, And lives for ever in a whirl Of swiftly passing time. J. BRAYSHAW, London. DROP LETTER PROVERB.—No. 2. S-t-t-i-f-o-a-c-a-h-e-. ANNIE BULL, Londort. HIDDEN SCOTCH TOWNS.—No. 3. 1. An excellent newspaper, "The .News or tne World." 2. The new tale, I think, is grand; have yo.U read it yet? 3. Arthur sold his rabbits yesterday. 4. An honest person tells the truth; a wicked one tells lies. 5. "Trumpeter," he added, after a pause, "call the muster-roll." 6. "Can you tell me, papa, is Leytonstona the name of a town?" 7. Do not use coal •, load it with coke. 8. The mountain is very steep. J. not venture to climb it. TOM WILSON, London. CHARADE.—No. 4. (Formed on a word, each syllable of which is a word.) My first names one who richly W Jdded, Though afterwards he was beheaded;; My second is what you all must use, And which, I pray. you won't abuse (Something which in days of old Caused some contention, when, with gold, 'Twas found with honest men); My whole is lowly, simple, and sweet, And what you oftentimes must meet When strolling through the glen. A DEVONSHIRE DUMPLING. ANAGRAMS ON NOTABILITIES, PAST AND PRESENT.—No. 5. 1. Ida Scot ran. 2. 0 Vera, quit Nice. 3. Stewart Colt. 4. He can go to Myrtle. 5. A nn Fry sold net. 6. Hi! Bob, bring in Dr. Perry. LOYALLINA, LonaOIJl DECAPITATION.—No. 6. Whole I am worthless and nothing; Behead me, then I am anything. A. B. C., Ilkley. CHARADE.—No. 7. (Formed on a word, each syllable of which 18 a word.) Uy first is found in every house, 'Tis of all tongues and nations: 'Tis old and modern, grave and gay, And fitted for all stations. My second has its duties, too, Although in humbler sphere; Gyrations strange it maketh, When footsteps hover near. Thoughtful and grave, my whole you'll find, Absorbed in realms unreal; But I could not without my first To you my whole reveal. A. M. ADAMS, Claydon HilL DIAMOND.—No. 8. 1. A consonant, 2. An animal. 3. Circular. 4. Out of town. 5. A passage. 6. Tedious. 7. In beauty. t NEILIE, Brussels. DIAMOND—No. 9. 1. In plum. 2. Refreshment. 3. Round. 4. A bird. 5. Belonging to the lio. TOM PIERCE COWLING. London. WORD SQUARE—No. 10. I 1. Unfit. v 3. To loathe. 4. Toils. 12. Stately. 5. Concise. t RAM NOY, Romforo« WORD SQUARE.—No. 11. 1. Besides. 2. A girl's name. 4. A river. 3. An American monkey. 4. A river. TODDIE, London. PRIZES FOR RIDpLERS.. The sum of 3s. 6d. will be given for the set of solutions to the above riddles reoeiV^ on or before June 21. A prize book will be given to the three senders of solution next in order of merit. 1 The sum of 5s. will be given for the he score in solving the riddles during the mOlltD of June. r The sum of 10s. will be given to the olver scoring the highest aggregate number of £ oi tions for the quarter ending June 29. PUZZLE POINTS. d Answers to 5tvstic Budget No. 34 were from the following riddlers"—A. B. C' Ilkley I E. W. Wilson, DaJlowgul (8); leneles, Bristol \,1' Mews Rose, Windsor (5). 1 With reference to the promised extra riddle, certainly think it besb to withhold it until the en[,g the unrulier. As the solver's list plainly shows, u present beautiful weather entices riddlers out doors, and I certainly think they are jngtJ.tie(h6 thi.n temporarily neglecting the league. With £ return of the cold and dark evenings we may expe*- a great manv more competitors than at present. • Frl. K.L.

MURDER AND SUICIDE A painful case of murder and suicide occurred in Leeds on Monday night. \VheJ1 Joseph Walker, of Dolly-lane, NcwtQff11^ went home lie found the door locked. ForciD? his way into the house, he. went and was horrified to see his eight-year-01 daughter dead in bed and properly laid ow- Pv the side of the corpse, on the point 0 death, lay the mother, and near at hand a tumbler, which smelt strongly of carbo11 acid. The woman died at the infirmary- » Further particulars of the child murder J suicide in Leeds show that the woman Sh6 been very strange in her behaviour. suffered from hallucinations, and seemed think that people were conspiring to get h into a lunatic asylum- The husband sta.t:o that when lie entered the house he found t'1 pieces of writing paper and a postcard#^ dressed to him by his wife. She exph^11. a. wha.t she had done, and made aiic^af1011" wll] ieh ho denies. miiMiwiMn irmntuM n i .im..Lui)cn—caw

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