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PERSONAL PARS. I PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC EYE. In the course of an interesting article on The Coming Revolution in RUB8ia," pub- lished in the Fortnightly," Mr. Carl Joubert gives us some interesting facts con- cerning tho Revolutionary Committee of twelve men, at whose word, he says, Russian revolutionists will rise as one man. It was this committee which decided on the "removal" of iL de Pielive, and M. Joubert add3 that "on the day of the assassination the Czar found on the table of his private room a letter addressed to him by the Executive Com- mittee, which he handed to the Minister of Justice for investigation." "How," asked M. Joubert, "was the letter delivered? Whose hand placed it on the Czar's table?" But these interesting- questions, needless to say, he does not answer. Of the Czar himself he says: He is represented as amiable and well-intentioned in one quarter; as weak and fickle in another; as obstinate and hysterical in a third. There is a certain amount of truth in each a.nd all of these descriptions. A good deal depends upon his humour and the time of day. In the morning he will arise, full of good intentions and amiability. An inter- view with his chief adviser, the Procurator (M. PobiedonostsefT), will entirely alter his outlook, and his good intentions will he consigned to the usual destination. An audience given to another minister will bring out a fresh trait in his versatile nature. And so on throughout the day." Perhaps M. Joubert's most sensational statement is that "there are soldiers in Manchuria at this moment who are pledged to make no Japanese widows. It is aston- ishing how badly the Russian Naval gunner lays his gun." He tells of letters he has seen telling how Russians have voluntarily surrendered rather than light for the Czar, and how one company retreated in the moment of victory, the commanding officer, unable to stop the Stampede, blowing out his brains. There seems no doubt, however, that such incidents are rare, to say the least, and they hardly go as far towards explaining Rassia'a ill-success as M. Joubert seems to think. The Right Hon. Sir Richard Henn Oollins, who is president of the committee which is to investigate the Adolf Beck case, began prac- tice in 1667, and had a big practice in Man- chester and Liverpool before London even knew his name. In Admiralty cases, and also in matters of municipal law, h was con- stantly retained. He became a judge in 1891, a Lord of Appeal in 1897, and three years ago succeeded Lord Esher as Master of the Rolls. He was one of the British members of the Venezuela Arbitration Tribunal in 1397. He is one of the ablest, clearest, and fairest lawyers in England. More than this, Sir Richard is also a fine humorist, whose verses have aroused many a laugh in legal circles. But in court he is sedate enough As he told the Hardwicke Society, be thinks that "when a judge does intend to perpetrate a joke it would be as well to have a pre-arranged signal to attract the attention of the court." In Paris, where he is well known—for he was one of the arbitrators in the Venezuela boundary dispute—he is as popular as he is at home. He knows and appreciates a good play, can criticise a sermon, and play golf. He u&od to cycle energetically, but. though he still rides a bicycle, is no longer an active exponent. He is also a keen angler. His face is not a striking one. The eyes look straight at you. but the mouth is full, and the chin lacks the squareness which one expects in a man of determination. He still wears the side-whiskers of the old school. Mr. H. B. Irving's reply to an interviewer who asked him why he did not write a play is very characteristic of the man. He had tried, he said, and he did not think he could do it. Yet he is not without literary gifts, a.nd his Life of Judge Jeffreys" and French Crimina.ls of the Nineteenth Cen- tum show that he might have made a name as a writer had he not won a greater success upon the boards. Perhaps, indeed, if he had not been an actor he would rather have turned to the law, for his books show a great love for the study of crimin- ology, and he is qualified to practise as a barrister, having been "called" in the year 1894. It has been said, indeed, that he would have embraced a legal career had he not been afraid that his name would preju- dice him in the eyes of the jury. One of H. B's first appearances on the stage was at Oxford, when he and a sou of Lord Goschen took the parts of the monarclis of France and England respec- tively. In the course of the performance the two kings got hopelessly entangled in each other's armour, and to walk about for all the world like the Siamese twins. Later on, when the drawbridge over which the citizens were to pass to deliver up the keys was lowered, it was found to be too short to span the moat, and there was nothing for it but solemnly to push for- ward the massive walls of the town until the ga.p was safely covered. The under- graduate audience naturally derived much entertainment from the performance, but, as in lr. Tree's latest production. Shak- speare divided the honours. Jimmy Lowther was an English Biggar He was essentially 3,n Obstructive of tem- perament, instead of intelligence. In spite of his long Parliamentary experience Mr. ¡ Lowther was never able to speak with any fluency. He was not a man of ideas. He had a, few simple convictions to Which he stuck with inflexible constancy. All he could ever do was to repeat in the crudest, and simplest, and tersest fashions this ancient creed; he never enlivened it with a joke; he never made it thrill with a word of emotion, with a single flash of eloquence. Anybody coming into the House and hearing Jimmy Low- ther making one of his famous Obstruc- tive speeches would be struck with wonder as to how any assembly could tolerate such an exhibition. Xot only were ideas com- pletely lacking in the speech, not only did words flow slowly, they were positively trickled out (says M.A.P."). I The Marcmess of Bristol, who has just left Tckworth Park to go yachting with Lord Welby (of Lorrlon County Council fame), is seventy years of age, and is one of the most dignified and picturesque figures in tho Upper House. He is a great landowner, but the greater part of his possessions are not situated in the part of England from which he takes his title. In Suffolk he owns some 40,000 acres, however, and he is a. noted breeder of sheep. His heir is Commander F. W. Fane Harvey, R.N., his nephew, who is already a rich man, having married a lady who inherited the comfortable sum of a round million from her father. The first of tho Ferveys to be raised to the peerage was John Hervey, an M.P. for Bury St.,Edmunds, at the end of t.he seventeenth century. He wag created Baron Hervey a,nd Earl of Bristol, and a ("uriotM thing in connection with the title is that it passed from him to his grandsons, three of whom enjoyed it in succession. The second of these was a.n admiral who had a. rather unfortunate matri- monial experience. Thirty years before he succeeded to the title this gallant officer had contracted a. secret marriage, and his wife, apparently thinking he would hold his neaec, bignmonsly married the Duke of Kingston. The truth came out, however, and after a trial before the House of Lords the second marriage was set aside. Tckworth. which the marquess has just left, is a fino place, the mansion standing in a, park of 1.500 acres. It has been let several times, as the marquees is not well off for his nosifion. The marchioness is a daughter of General Anson and srand-dauglitcr of the first Lord Aneon. Although she and the marrmes have no heir, they haTe two daughters living, one of whom is married to Lord Hvlton. Ixrrd Francis ITervey, who -0 sit for Bury St. Edmunds in the Conserva- tive interest, is a. brother of the present peer, while one of his sisters is the widow of tho fourth Earl of Cla-ncarty and the mother-in-law of that countess who was once Miss Belle Bilton. The Earl of Hopetouv. who lately had the misfortune to break his collar-hone whilst playing polo in a team which included his own father, as well as his friends, the Earl of Rooksavage and the Hon. George Goschen, is the eldest son of the Marquess of Linlith- gow, and has the experience altogether un- usual of possessing the same name and title home for manv years bv his father, that father being still lining. Lord'T.inlithgow, 80 well known for his love of sport and those more Imperial services which he rendered to his Sovereign nod country as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Australian Com- monwealth. succeeded his father as seventh earl in 1873, and for close on thirty years bore the inherited title until he was elevated to the marquisate of Linlithgow. When granted this higher dignitv, his son, who previously had been 1..000 Hope. was known by the courtesy of Earl of Hopetoun. It is difficult to remember another instance exactly similar, for the reason that where a peer is granted a step in rank he usually chooses to keep the name of his previous title, in which case, of course, it cannot pass to his son until in due course of nature the son succeeds to the family honours. Thus when the Earl of Zetland, a.nd previous to that, the Earl of Abergavenny were made marquesses, they adhered to their old names instead of choosing, as they might, and as it was quite within their right to do, some other name to be bracketed with their lidded honours.

NATIONAL FREE CHURCH COUNCIL SUPPORTS. A very largely attended meeting of the general committee of the National Free Church Council was held on Monday at the Memorial-hall, London, the following being among tho&e present-The Rev. F. B. Meyer, B.A., president (in the chair); the Rev. Dr. Monro Gibson (hon. secretary), the Rev. Thoe. Law (general secretary), the Rev. J. G. Green- hough, M.A., Professor A. T. Peake, M.A, the Rev. J. Hirst Hollowell, tho Rev. Dr. Brook, Mr. Robert Bird, the Rev. Dr. Aked, the Rev. J. K. Maconachee, the Rev. James Pickett, the Rev. Silas K. Hocking, Mrs. Caine, Mr. Moses Atkinson, the Rev. Dr. John Massie, the Rev. Dr. Townsend, Alderman Evan Suicer, J.P., Mr. P. W. Bunting, M.A., Mr. J. Qoinp- ton Rickett, M.P, Mr J. Hepworth, J.P, the Rev. Dr. John Clifford, Mr. J. Bamford Slack, M.P., the Rev. J. Scott Lidgett, M.A., Mr. William Jones, M.P., and the Rev. J. H. Shake- speare, M.A. The following official report was issued:- Mr. D. Lloyd-George, M.P., Mr. William Jones, M.P., and the Rev. H. Elvet Lewis attended as a deputation from the county councils of Wales. Mr. Lloyd-George, M.P., explained the position of the Welsh councils in rela- tion to the Education (Default) Act, and claimed the support of the Free Churches of England in their action. .The following resolution, moved by the Rev. J. Scott Lidgett, M.A., and seconded by tho Rev. Dr. Massie, was carried with unanimity and enthusiasm: — The Executive of the National Council of the Evangelical Free Churches of England and Wales indignantly protests against the provisions of the Education (Local Authority Default) Act and against the methods by which it was passed into law. In its judgment the Act, by setting aside, in the case of an education authority charged with being in default the estab- lished remedy by means of a public inquiry and of legal proceedings which was embodied in the Education Act of 1902, makes responsible and efficient local government impossible and destroys the safeguards of justice in national administration. The result of enforcing the Act, if not the intention of its framers, will be to sacrifice educational efficiency and the health of the children to the convenience of denomina- tional interests, by paralysing the efforts of local education authorities to bring the buildings up to the required standard, and thus to deter them discharging the duties imposed upon them by law. The way in which his Majesty's Government prevented due discussion of the measure, first of ail by wilful delay, and then by ruthless appli- cation of the closure, is a most serious menace to liberty, and deprives the Act of all moral authority. Having regard to the fact that though the stand is being made, not by Free Church councils, but by county councils, repre- senting all the people, the principles at stake are those not less of religious than of civil liberty. The committee assures Mr. Lloyd-George, M.P., and those who are act- ing with him, that it will earnestly support the general policy which they have announced for meeting the situation created by the Act. It further pledges itself that, should such a. conflict become inevitable, its utmost moral and financial aid shall be given to secure the hWh08t .educational efficiency that may be possible for the children of Wales during tho contest which their parents will have to wage for the rights and liberties of the nation. While firmly maintaining this position, the council would rejoice if, even at the eleventh hour, those who are responsible for the Act would recede from their unconstitutional policy so that the voice of reason and justice may prevail. The official report continues:- The following representative Free Church- men of England will be present at Cardiff at the great national meeting on October 6, and will speak at the demonstration, which is to be held in the largest hall in Cardiff —The Revs. F. B. Meyer, B.A. (the president of the National Free Church Council), Dr. Clifford, Thomas Law (the secretary of the National Council), Dr. Robertson Nicoll, and J. Scott Lidgett, M.A. Sir Alfred Thomas will pre- side, and the speaking will be left entirely to the English representatives, the Welsh leaders addressing the conferences to be held during the day. This meeting is expected to be one of the most important in the annals of the history of Wales.

THE CARDIFF CONFERENCE NEXT WEEK. Mr. Reginald M'Kenna, M.P., Mr. Lloyd- George, M.P., Alderman T. J. Hughes, and Mr. E. R. Davies met in London on Tuesday afternoon to carry out their duties as the drafting committee of the representatives of Welsh county councils in connection with the agitation against the recent Education Acts. The work done was to draft the reso- lutions that are to be submitted to the meet- ings to be held in Cardiff next week, and to arrange some of the details in connection with those meetings. TRYING TO GET MERIONETH INTO LINE. A conference has been arranged at Bar- mouth on Saturday between Mr. Lloyd- George, M.P., and Mr. Herbert Lewis, M.P., representing the conference, and the mem- bel's of the Merionethshire Education Com- mittee, who have refused to come into line with other Welsh counties. It is generally believed that a satisfactory arrangement will be made. and that at the Cardiff con- ference Mr Lloyd-George will announce that Wales is solid for his plan of campaign. CAMPAIGN MEETING AT ABERCARN Golonel Ivor Herbert, the Liberal candi- date for South Monmouthshire, presided at a public meeting held at Garn Congrega- tional Chapel. Abercarn, in connection with what ie known as the Welsh progressive policy in the education crisis.—Colonel Her- bert said that in Wales they had been impressing upon themselves the duty which lay before them in connection with the question of education. At Cardiff shortly preparations would be made for the great battle that was going to be fought. The speakers that evening would tell them. perhaps, what that battle was to be, and that it would be fought thoroughly, and fought to a finish they might all rest assured. (Applause.) The voices of the children were crying out to them to see that they did their duty, and to see that they (the children) had their birthrights. (Hear, hear.) He hoped that before they left that meeting that night they would say that they would never rest in Wales until they obtained a system of national education free from all sectarian tests. (Applau6e.)-Â.lderman E. Thomas, J.P., Car- diff; Mr. W. H. Hughes (secretary of the Welsh National Council). Pontypool; aid Alderman P. Wilson Raffan, Newbridge, delivered addresses advocating the Welsh national policy in regard to the education question and in support of the proposed Campaign Fund.—A resolution approving of the proposed policy and the raising of the Campaign Fund was carried.

POLICE EVIDENCE. Following certain recent evemta, a keener scrutiny of police evidence seams to be a. growing and satisfactory tendency at many 04' the London courts. In a case at Worship-street, where Charlies Sawyer was charged with assaulting another man, and with resisting constables of the London County Goonoil in the execution of their duty, a park constable gave evidence titat there was a large orowd looking on, but they did not tell him that tiie other man was the aggressor. No one, in fact, said a word to him. Nonsense," exclaimed Mr. Oluer, magis- trate, a large crowd doeis not stand round and not take 6ides. I believe Sawyer, and the caee is dismissed." There is a charge of resisting the con- stable," the clerk mentioned. I won'thoorr it," replied Mr. Cluer. "If the coostiaMe begins with a denial of an obvious fact, it would be no good." At Soutihwark, Frank Kortifrail was accused of drunkenness and of assaulting a police- sergeant. Questioned by the magistrate, Mr. Baggaliay, as to the circumstances of the aat. the sergeant sa.id that Kerahail was being held down, on the ground by two con- stables a«t the time, being- "mad drunk," and that he copied "Take that you "And your shin came across his foot," commented the stipendiary. It ia perfectly ridiculous to charge him wltii.1 assault under the circumstances." A fine of 10K. was imposed for the drunkenness, the other charge being dismissed. The cotstermoiLger Rogoer8-a,ga.in whom two charges of obstructing traffio were recently dismissed, with a. magisterial recom- mendation that the conduct of the policemen concerned in the case should be investigated -W.8.f! again 8u.n:11IWn.ed at the City SwzunoDJj Court recently. On the previous occasion Rogers alleged that he was the subject of police persecution for a. former alleged assault on a policeman. A constaMe now began to give evidence from written no<t/es, but Rwg-esra objected. Interrogated by the clerk, the policeman admitted that he did not make the notes at the time of the ooc.urroenoo, nor even shortly after. I made them this morning." Then you mtm not read them," hoO was tofd. If you could remember this morning you can remember now." A eeoond constable—who, at Rogers's | request, had been out of court during the giving of the evidence by the first officer— having corroborated, the ooarterrponger wae fined J*. tod 2*. coat*, tfaongh be denied. the noe. I

ARSON MYSTERY. { SENSATIONAL ARREST OF A I FARM LABOURER. A sensational development is reported in connection with the mystery surrounding the recent fires at Forest Lodge, near Brecon, the residence of Mr. W. S. Miller, J.P. Since the second fire occurred the police have suspected that the offender was a labourer on the farm, named James White. Late on Sunday night this man is alleged to have been caught red-handed by Polioc- constable Dew in the act of setting fire to some hay stores in the only remaining barn on the farm. The news that an 1 arrest had 0 been made went like wildfire through Brecon and dis- trict on Monday, with the result that for some hours the precincts of the Shire-hall were thronged with a large crowd of people waiting to catch a glimpse of the accused. At 12.45 the prisoner, a man of medium height, with fair complexion, and apparently about 27 years of age, collarless, but, at the same time, very respectably attired, was placed in the dock on a charge of arson. The magistrates upon the bench were Mr. Rhys Williams, Mr. C. W. Best. and Mr. David Powell. The first witness was Samuel Gibson, who stated that he was a shepherd in the employ of Mr. W. S. Miller, of Forest Lodge. Last night he was with Police-constable Dew at about ten o'clock. They hid behind some corn ricks, and after waiting there for about half an hour they heard footsteps going in the direction of the back kitchen door of the house. Dew followed in the direction of the sound and told witness to remain watching. In a little while witness saw lights struck in a building close to the house. He imme- diately ran and informed Police-constable Dew of what he had seen, and together they entered the building, and, striking a match, they found prisoner in a crouching position in the middle of the building, close to the door. Police-constable Dew asked, "Who is there?" and prisoner replied by asking, "Is that you, Sam?" They examined the building, and found where prisoner was standing marks of some hay having been burned. There were several tons of hay in the building. They took prisoner into the house, and there he said that he had been to the Storey Arms, and en his return had got into the house through the wash-house. This was untrue, because the wash-house door was bolted. In reply to the Clerk, witness said that prisoner had no business at that time of night in the outbuildings. Police-constable J. Dew, stationed at Ystradgynlais, said that in consequence of an outbreak of fire he was sent to Forest Lodge in plain clothes. On Saturday night about 10.30 he and the last wit- ness were concealed between two ricks in the yard. He heard footsteps coming from the building which had previously been burnt and going on towards the back door in the direction of another building. He told the last witness to stay behind the rick, and he I would go and see who it was and where he had gone. Witness went straight up the yard in the direction of the footsteps, and could see plainly to the back door. but could ] sso nobody. In a few seconds Gibson came running from the rick, and shouted out that there was a light in the building. They both went to where Gibson had seen the light, < which was in a stone building, over which was a loft containing hay. The floor of the loft was of boards, and was about seven feet from the ground. When they got inside Gibson struck a match. They found the prisoner, half concealed by a wheel- barrow, but he rose when the match w. struck. Prisoner was taken to the house and searched, and afterwards conveyed to Brecon. On the way he said, "I have been to the Storey Arms. I came back and went by the cottages and through the back kitchen." ) Witness said he could not have done so, because the door of the back kitchen was bolted. Prisoner then said that Mrs. Miller had asked him to go round the building when he came home late. He further said that he told Miss Jessie Miller that some poor innocent man would be caught some time for this, and it is me." He alsj said that some of the men at the farm were against him in consequence of his refusing to carry a basket of "bait" for tea one evening. When formally charged at the police-station with attempting to set fire to the building, prisoner made no reply. In company With Police-sergeant Powell, witness examined the premises that morning, and at the place where he found the prisoner they discovered that there was hay coming through the floor of the loft, where the boards were broken. There was a hole about the size of a man's hand burnt in the hay. Wit- ness added that at the time of his arrest prisoner was drunk. Tho Bench remanded 'prisoner in custody until Tuesday next. PREVIOUS FIRES. The first of the series of fires at Forest Lodge took place on July 30, when a huge barn, containing 140 tons of hay and some valuable implements, was burnt, the total damage being over £ 1,000. No suspicion of foul play was aroused. It was thought that the fire might have been accidentally caused by one of the farm hands or by a tramp who had clandestinely taken a night's lodging in the building. The second fire was on Monday, the 2ttth of August, and on this occasion thirty yards of building, twenty loade of hay, and two ricks of hay were completely destroyed. It was then discovered that the fire had broken out in three places, and everything pointed to arson. The police made careful inquiries, and a reward of £20 was offered for the arrest of the perpetrator of the outrage, but not the slightest clue could be obtained. From that tlmj)' the premises were csirefully guarded every night by the police and some farm hands, but the precautions taken were not sufficient to prevent a third fire on Mon- day night, September 5. Police-sergeant Powell, Devynock, was on duty at Forest Lodge, and he patrolled the building between ten and eleven o'clock. Then he went to the house to report himself. His back had not been turned for five minutes before Miss Miller noticed smoke issuing from the stable, and in a short time the place was ablaze, and stables, cowsheds, and twelve loads of hay were destroyed. It was the man now in custody who gave the alarm when the second fire took place. His statement was that he noticed the blaae when he was returning to Forest Lodge from a public-house at Glanrhyd. White is said to be a native of St. Albans. He is spoken of as an inoffensive man, and his fellow-workmen at the Forest Lodge do not suspect him of committing the offence. FOREST LODGE, BON,

lfIÀRRIAGE-OR LEASE. STARTLING PROPOSAL BY MR. GEORGE MEREDITH. Mr. George Meredith, the novelist, con- tributes to a dlEcuSRion 1il a London con- tempora.ry on the Handicap of Marriage." I Marriage is so difficult, its modern con- ditions are so difficult (he says) that when you find two educated people ready and willing for it, nothing should be put in their way. The fault at the bottom of the business is that most women Its so uneducated, so unready. Men too often want a slave, and often think that they have got one, not because the woman has not often got more sense than her husband, but because she is inarticulate, not educated enough to give expression to her real ideas and feelings. I remember a man who asked a girl to marry him. The girl, who liked him in a way, but disliked certain portions of his character, said No.' He asked her again I and again, and she said No,' but could give no reasons and express none of her I real feelings. Therefore, when she had said No' a certain number of times, and could think of nothing new to say, ehe married him. Fear of the world kept them together afterwards, but if yon could look into the heart of the girl like that later !-If you could lift the veil from a thousand such households and see into the hearts of the women there!- It is a question to my mind whether a I young girl married, say, at eighteen, utterly ignorant of life, knowing little, liB such a girl would, of the man she is marrying, or of any other man, or of the world at all, should be condemned to live with him for the rest of her life. She falls out of sympathy with him, say, has no common taste with him, nothing to share with him, no real com- munication with him except a physical one. The life is nearly intolerable. Yet many married women go on with it from habit, or because the world terrorises them. Certainly, however, one day these present conditions of marriage will be changed. Marriage will be allowed for a certain period, say ten years, or—well, I do not want to specify any particular time. The State will see that sufficient money is put by during that time to provide for and educate chil- dren; perhaps the State will take charge of this fund." Proceeding, Mr. Meredith says there will be an uproar before such a change can be made! "It will be a great shock, but look back and see what shocks there have been, and what changes hnve, nevertheless, taken place in. i this marriage business in the past! "The difficulty is to make English people j face such a problem. They want to live: under discipline more than any nation in the world. They won't look ahead—especially the governing people. And you must have philosophy; though it is more than you can; hope, to get English people to admit the bare name of philosophy into their discussion of euch a question. Again and again, notably dn their criticism of America, you see how the English people will persist in regarding any new trait as a sign of disease. Yet it is a sign of health."

ACETYLENE EXPLOSION. TERRIFIC EFFECTS: MAN'S HEAD SHATTERED. j Albert Pattenden, 30, while attempting to j repair an acetylene gaa generator in a large stora at the rear of his employer's grocery Dremieee at Langton, Tunbridge Wells, on Monday, had his head shattered by an explo- Fion of the apparatus. Pattenden m believed to have ignited a match to find an obstruc- 1 tion in the generator. The roof of the pre-) mises was blown many yards away, and the j building caught fire, but the outbreak was soon extinguished.

RESTXURINT FLIRTATION; PARIS WIFE'S DISCOVERY: EXCITING SCENE. There has been an exciting scene at a Parisian restaurant, the cause being the dis- covery by a young wife of her husband tete- a-tete with a fascinating dressmaker. For some time past she had suspected the flirta- tion, but, in epite of all her watchfulness, she had been unable to detect the couple. So a few days ago she told her husband that her aunt had invited her to spend a week in the country, at some distance from the city, adding that, as she was not feeling particularly well, she thought the change would do her good. The man acquiesced with an alacrity which tended to confirm his wife's suspicions, and he had scarcely sent her off at the railway station when he was at a post-office despatching a telegram to the object of his admiration. In this mes- sage he announced the joyful tidings that hioH spouse had left Paris for some little time, and then he asked the girl to meet him out- side his residence on Sunday, adding that they would start with a luncheon together, and then see what they would do afterwards. The wife, who had alighted at the next I station, and hurried back to the capital, was, however, prowling about. She had, to begin with, slipped into her concierge's room, and, after ascertaining that her husband had returned home alone, had betaken herself to a hotel, where she had passed the night. At an early hour in the morning, however, she posted herself discreetly in the neighbour- hood of her habitation, and, after having waited patiently for several hours, she espied the pretty dressmaker in a tasteful cogtume wending her way to it. A few minutes after she beheld her rival emerging under her husband's escort. The pair walked along arm-in-arm, to all appear- ance highly pleased with each other and with themselves. The wife, although boiling over with indignation and wrath, followed at a prudent distance, and presently she saw I them enter a restaurant. Still she waited until she felt sure that they must have seatad themselves at table, and then in she dashed and confronted the guilty couple. The erring husband and his bewitching companion turned as white as the cloth in front of them at the sight of the woman whom they had believed to be miles away- While, however, the girl, with ready presence of mind, beat a strategic retreat, the man remained glued to his chair at the mercy of his wife, who, seizing a decanter, smashed it on his head. He fell on the floor bleeding profusely. A moment after his wrathful spouse was ex- plaining to the policeman who had been called in that she had not had any inten- tion of killing him outright, but had simply wished to create a lively incident which would be a prelude to their divorce. She is being kept at the disposal of the authorities. As for her husband, he was conveyed to the nearest hospital, where the wound was dressed. He is now all alone in the erstwhile bright and happy home, bitterly lamenting his weakness for handsome dressmakers ani- mated with a relish for flirtation with mar. ried men.

"COMIN' THRO' THE RYE." Will someone kindly cable over to the New York "Globe" the correct explanation of the word "rye" in the old song "Comin* thro' the Rye"? All the Scotsmen in America seem (says a writer in a contemporary) to have descended on the editor of that excellent I paper with different and equally positive renderings; and, what is worse, some of them are doing it in the broadest Scotch. "Sandy" and "Auld Reekie" and "Your Brither Scot" and "Ayrshire Lad" are all at it hammer and tongs. Some say that "Rye" is a river at or near Dairy, Ayrshire, and that custom exacted a toll of kisses from any lass tha-t was met crossing it on the stepping-stones. This ha^ made "Sandy" and "Your Brither Scot" simply furious. "Wha ever heard," asks tho latter, "o' Robbie Burns fulin' wi' a lapsie crosain' a river? Na, na; Rab liked best tae meander wi' the lassies thro' a guid field o' rye just as it was aboot ready for hairst."

"I WILL HAVE VI-COCOA." Your grooer and every other grocer, ton, can tell you of men and women who week after week regularly use Dr. Tibbies' Vi- Cocoa, and who, to use a common term, gwear by it" as a nourishing and stimu- lating Food Beverage Are you a regular drinker of Vi-Cocoa? If not. why not? Dr. Tibbies' Vi-Ooeoa, by taking the place of stimulants of :in ardent nature, has made harpy many a home which otherwise to-day would have been wretched, and the ultimate effects of which it ia impossible to foresee. Pot breakfast, dinner, stsoper-ipdeed at any hoar of the twenty-foup-Dr. Tif»blW Vt- Cocoa will be found light and refreshing; it leads the way among all beverages, and .Ill

LAUGH & GROW FAT HUMOROUS PARS FROM EVERYWHERE. A doctor' fond of curios, especially those belonging to tho animal kingdom, one day saw an old negro driving a superannuated mule attached to a broken-down wagon. He noticed that the beast had one hoof of peculiar formation, and, being interested, re- marked to the driver: "My man, when that mule dies I'll give you 15s. for that hoof." The old negro opened wide his eyes, and asked the physician's address. The doctor gave it, and continued to his home. In a little over an hour the negro appeared at his surgery door, and said, in pleasurable anti- cipation: "Bo36, dat mule am dead!" WANTED NEW ONES. Old Lady (from the country): I'd like to get a pair o' shoes, young man. Polite Salesman: Yes, ma'am. Something pretty nice, ma'am? Old Lady: I want 'em strong. Polite Salesman: Well, here's a strong shoe. It has been worn a good deal this winter. Old Lady: Man alive! I don't want no shoe that's been worn this winter or any other winter. I want a bran' new AN EXCEPTION. There once lived in a certain town a lawyer whose name was Strange. He was con- sidered the only honest lawyer in the town, and was always spokan of a6 the honest lawyer." After his death the question arose as to what should be placed uyon his tomb- stone. One of his friends suggested that all that was necessary to have on his tomb- stone were the words. Here lies the body of an honest lawyer." Friends objected, claiming that strangers would not know to whom it Peferred. The one who offered the suggestion said. "011, yes, they will. When they read it they will say, That's Strange.' THE SEVENTH DAY. One day a vicar dropped into the village schools and questioned some of the children. "How many days are there in a week?" "Seven, sir!" was the reply. "Quite right. And what are their names?" "Monday, Tues- day, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Satur- day," was the reply. "But you've missed one out. On which day does your mother go to church?" asked the clergyman. "Every time father buys her a new bonnet!" was the un- expected reply. "NO MUCH PROFIT." The Laird (to old farmer, who is about to enter the matrimonial state for the third time): You're a lucky man, Andrew. I hear you are going to be married again. Andrew: Aye. I'm thinking aboot it. The Laird And the lady has a bit of money, hadn't she? Andrew (slowly): Aye, she has a pickle. The Laird: And so had your first and second. You've been fortunate, eh? Andrew: Wee-1, a wee bit, bit no' that much. Ye see, wi' the expense o' getting them out o' the hoosc, there's not much profit left in it. NO SUMMONS. An amusing story is told at the expense of a magistrate. One day the man of law had occasion to go to a town some 24 miles from his court, and when, having transacted his business, he went to the railway station, he was amazed to find that there was no train for some hours. As he was due to take his seat on the bench within an hour and a half, he sought the nearest cycle agent and inquired how long a motor-car would take to cover the 24 miles. Two and a half hours," was the reply, at which the magis- trate expressed astonishment, stating he thought it might be done in an hour. No doubt it could," replied the agent but last time I saw you you fined me forty shillings and cOst for furious driving." However, the journey was done, and no summons has yet been issued. A STRANGE REQUEST. She cycled np to the butcher's shop, and came in with a smiling face. "I waftt you to cut me off 251b. of beef, please," she said. The butcher was incredulous. "Twenty-five pounds?" "Yee, please." When he had finished he asked her whether she would take it or have it sent home." "Oh, I don't want to buy it," she explained. "You fee, my daughter tells me I have lost 251b. of flesh through cycling, and I wanted to eee what it looked like in a lump. Thank you so much." WHY HE FLED. The ethereal being with the unshorn locks was shown into the editorial sanctum. "I have written a poem on the dog," he said. "Whose dog?" demanded the editor, fiercely. "It is not on-any particular dog," faltered the poet. "Do you .mean to say you took advantage of the dog because it was not particular, and wrote your poem on it?" "I am afraid you do not understand me. I wrote the poem regarding the dog-" "But why were you regarding the dog at all? What had it done that you should regard it ? If you will allow me to explain, I had been inspirad by the dog's fidelity-" "If the dog was faithful, why should you seek to hurt its feelings by writing a poem on it, at any rate? Did you have the poor bruta shaved, and tattoo the verses éJn its back, or did you brand them on ? Perhaps you-" But the poet had fled.

TRAMWAY DEVELOPMENT. I NATIONAL SYSTEM OF INTER- COMMUNICATION. The annual conference of the Municipal Tramways Association of Great Britain was opened on Tuesday at Liverpool, about a. hundred members being present. The asso- ciation embraces 56 corporations. Mr. Bellamy (general manager of the Liverpool Tramways), in his presidential address, advo- cated an arrangement between the Govern- I ment and the various councils by which the r< ads might be widened, and a system of goods traffic established for the benefit of manufacturers and country areas un- touched by railways. Municipalisation of British tramways was making steady progress, about 215 additional miles of tramways having been applied for during I the past session, at an estimated cost of over £5,000,000, He urged that the ever-increasing network of municipal tram- ways with connecting links might quickly provide the whole country with a system cheaper in operation than was contemplated under the Light Railways Act. By making the most effective use of the public highways it might be possible, in addition to other benefits, to produce in our country the forty millions' worth of food-stuffs now imported I annually.

THOSE NERVOUS WOMEN. Half the letters daily laid upon the writer s table are from nervous women. Poor souls! What shall be done with them, or for them? Used as I am ,to the taJee of invalids of every sort, it is the complaints of nervous women that most strongly appeal to me. They suffer throughout their whole being. To them no day is bright, and June ia dreary as Novem- ber. • It is not the fault of these women that they are as they are. They would have things different if they could. Bad health is the sole cause of their trouble, and from bad health they perceive no way of escape. But there is a way of escape; and- Mrs. Mary Hemes, of Five Ways, Bourneheath, lear Bromsgrove, onoo an almost helplees invalid, was fortunate enough to find it. Writing on July 21st, 1G58, Mm. Hemes says: "It was in the" early part of 1890 that my illness began. I felt tired and weak, and had no energy or spirit for anything. My appe- tite was poor. and the little I ate oppressed my chest terribly. My heart, too, acted very strangely, and seemed to iluttsr as I moved about the house. "After a, while," continues Mrs. Hemee, "my legs and feet became so swollen that I could hardly walk. For weeks together I got but little sleep, and was too worn out to do my usual housework. Most of my time was spent lying on the couch. "As time went on I grew worse. I was deadly paJe. and so extremely nervous that any uncommon event or sudden noise greatly -excited m«e. -excited m«e. "In this way I paseed three wretched years, being attended by a doctor most of the time. being attended by a doctor most of the time. He took great pains with my case, doing his best to relieve me; but, though I took his medicines and faithfully followed hifi direc- I tions, I made no real progress towards recovery. "It was in July, 1893, that I received a. pamphlet, wherein I read how other women who had been troubled exactly like me had been cured by Mother Seigel's Syrup. I believed the statements in the book, and resolved to try the effect of tHat medicine in my own oaae. A few days after I began to take it my condition improved. I could eat without subsequent distress, and what I ate strengthened me. Continuing to take the Syrup, I fought my way back to health step by step. Gradually my nerves oeaeed to trouble me, and I could work by day and Bleep by night as. well as ever before in my life. Thank to Mother Sei gel's Curative Syrup, my health is now perfect." Many things have happened during the last eleven years, but in all that time no illness b. OOJJIe to Mrs. Hemes. Writing again on March 22nd, 1904, Mrs. Hemes aays: "I am not in the leaet nervous now. In every respect my health is excelleat-r-coald not, in fact, be better." To be nervous is to be afraid of oaa's own «hadow. It is intolerable nrieery; but it can -fee evagpd jftg M?At Segues evaded ifc. w2& ■

MINOR IArrTERst POLICE-COURT AND 0Tflt:8 PICKINGS. PERMITTING DRUNKENNESS AT DO At Merthyr on Monday James summoned for being drunk in the vV I II. ton Inn, Dowlais, and William Harri the landlord, was summoned for a„4 drunkenness. The landlord was fined costs, and Powell 10s. and costs. RHONDDA MAINTENANCE- At Ystrad Police-court on Monday :M01f Petters, haulier, who was arrested at ^j1 Tydfil, was sentenced to two 1110 -j/, imprisonment for having failed to with a maintenance order made aga*nSjajjt'l to support his wife. This was defend second offence. THEFTS AT NEATH. fiftd At Nea.th on Monday Tom Allen, of "o for abode, was sent to prison for a mont f(1J stealing an overcoat which on Saturday hung on a peg outside the shop of Mr- ton, in Green-street, Nsath.—At the court Reas Davies, Water-street, Neath, cIte" fined 5s. and costs for stealing a hat able He tried to sell it to Police-coo Edwards, and was promptly arrested. MAN FOUND UNDER THE BED- Iienry John, of no fixed abode, jg, brought before Alderman Richard d1' J.P., at a.n occasional court at of and charged with being on the wful the New Inn, Clydach Vale, for an un$4 purpose. He was found under the pt* landlady when she retired to rest vioue night. Prisoner was remanded. DAMAGE TO PIERHEAD AT BAREf. As the steamer Moorfleld, 2,725 tons. manded by Oa-ptain Fleming, was en Barry Docks on Saturday evening fronl,,y of burg, she collided heavily with the Jet ¡r the Lady Windsor Deep Dock, tearing IOdoiP' siderable amount of woodwork and extensive damage. A gang of men work on Sunday rectifying the mi8chief. GAMING AT BARRY. Mr. C. A. Heywood and Mr. T. i"dr £ «! Monday fined four young men, named « ^ji- Davies, John Gordon, George Deaae, liam Evans, all of Barry Dock, 2s. 6d- for gaming with cards on the highwaY,4 You did not see any money pass ? one of the defendants of the oonstable.. True," replied the latter, but I the clinking of money." This was conclusive. CARDIFF DISORDERLY HOUSE. Elizabeth Probert (59) and Elizabeth thews (38) were charged on a warrant a diff on Monday with assisting management of a disorderly house in g$p■ street on divers dates in August tn I tember. Defenda«itfi pleaded gunty. Jfr aideration of the fact that this wae the^r appearance, they were fined £ 5 each costs, or one month. THEFT OF CLOVER. Michael Keahone, an elderly employe °\utr of the biscuit factories at Cardiff, waS-p moned before the magistrates at Ne**jg.> on Saturday for stealing clover valued a the property of Mr. Evan Progser, Buraney on Sunday week. He adJ11 plucking a few handfuls and putting t jil in his handkerchief to take home to rahbits, but did not think it could aP* 0, to 3s. worth.—He was ordered to pay *"■ costs.. BARRY MOTHER TO BIRCH HER 1'°: John Dooley, a newsboy, was brought I the Barry bench oh Monday charge^yjl causing annoyance to the public by ft" o' the names of neWBpaper which he 80 the highway on Sunday, the 18th inst. you promise that he geta four with a big stick?" asked the tJ1* magistrate. Yes, sir, five." replied mother, amid laughter from the court- jjj lad was, thereupon, handed pver to mother. QUICK DISPATCH AT NEWPORT- L The steamship Kathleen commenced f mg a cargo of United National coal a-t jf. Hoist, Alexandra Dock, Newport, at 6-W in the evening and completed it by day. In that time 2,042 tons taken on board, which, after deducting. times and time taken in moving troW JJ to hatch, gives a net loading time of tr tjf hours—a fine performance for a. berth. NO POLICE-COURT FOR MAESTH# The Bridgend magistrates on saturd sidered at length the request of the Urban Council for the establishment police-court at Maesteg. No r j'" was issued, but we understand that tn tioea instructed their cterk to write w øcl Maart-e* Council etattng that they see their way clear wt present tøhMd ting at Maesteg, but. Maesteg Council should petition appointment of a stipendiary for the district, and should seek the co-operate the neighbouring councils. COURT PROBLEM AT CARDIFF- George White, an old man of brought up at Cardiff on Monday on remand from the 23rd inst. fJOø' stealing two fowls, the property of 8- person unknown; also receiving the well knowing them to have been s How could White steal two fowls "unknown person". and at the rf* receive them from somebody else wDO t not charged if he (White) personallY 1JfJf! I the fowls? The enigma is at an en" anyhow, for White, in the absence ? evidence against him, was let off (1flÙ1 fowls) rejoicing. CHILDREN ON THE STAGE. A Mr. C. A. Heywood and Mr. T. sitting as justices at Barry day, heard an application from a of a theatrical company who are P Tiie Master Criminal at the Theatre j? Cadoxton, this week, that a little # years of age, be allowed to appear 0 r stage every evening this week. In the bench, applicant said that the would be on the stage at intervals frQlJl till 10.30. -.¡j The child, a pretty little thing, aPP^tlr before the bench, who agreed to application. COWBRIDGE RAILWAY The Mayor of Cowbridge has letter from Colonel Homfray stating yr owing to his representations to the Ta** tij Railway Company as to the comP^^jr inequality of the rates for the c°nTaiut^j of agricultural produce between Major and Cowbridge, the whole rna^ been under consideration, and mor-e ,ro\cri able terms would be offered. He Homfray) was most anxious to serve to )'' bridge in any way that might conduc^^y^ prosperity, and hoped that the improved train service and the loweri the rates would have the desired effect. TERRORS OF VACCINATION- i Frank Ostler, collier, Seng-henydd, Ii- a.t Caerphilly on Tuesday for a cert to exempt his child from vaocination-"T^e cmnt said he knew of one case person had lost his arm through tion.—Mr. W. W. Wa.re (a magistra^^nSJ that he had been va-ccinated seven ° times.—The Clerk said that applicant have to satisfy the magistrates as to ) he believed conscientiously that vacc would be injurious to the child. Tn then gave his testimony, and would ha-ve the certificate whatever might be.—The certificate was grants* j NEWPORT CHARITY TRIP- # As a result of the annual channel jj ganised by Messrs. P. and A. CamP^Kj, favour of Newport charities, Jtfr. the Newport manager, ha3 handed K. Stone, secretary of the Ne aXSD, I' County Hospital, a cheque for £ 38 Mr. L. Ht Hornby, secretary of the Institute for the Sick and Poor, a Cllpeø. a similar amount. The tickets sold P 773. Messrs. De Rees, G. Bell, R- and Co., and others carried out th« gfK.ft printing, posting, and advertising 0tFj tously, and Messrs. Campbell pa.1d 1í 11° working expenses. Mr. R. Roberts, t,l1IJ manager, is to be congratulated on suit of his efforts. ABERGAVENNY COTTAGE HOSPl^ Councillor James Straker, mayo' gavenny, invited the members of t Sflcieii) tion and all public bodies, Friendly «Jbc-, to attend Divine Service at Ho Church, upon which occasion was devoted to the funds of Jl- hospital. Hie worship's accepted by a large number of Tne High-CODstable of Aberdare Higher attended and wore his ch»i the mayor and corporation aiS j of their robes of office. The silver 0 i London 4Wid North Western 9, ij, attended, and led tfhe 300 to and from the church a.n4 f-1 The amount of the offertory was A RHONDDA DERBY. 1 ff At Ystrad Police-court on 'MoIl r' break-drivers, Thomas Jenkins, Thomas Davies, Pentre, were eb. 111fa.Ý'' furiously driving on the According to Police-constable fyr' two defendants were gallop^ along the streets, one trying to 0 rf other- „ heeo a pe The Bench: It seems to have be on a. small scale- (Laughter.; ved Police-inspector Williams iJ" previous convictions against further stated that he j* Jenkins's l^ope being pot < The Bench: A man like tp j have a licence. ten#0* ] A fine of £ 2 waa imposed on | j £ 1 on Davies, ;Jl

BETRAYED BY A GIRL. The members of a gang of desperate criminals were seated in a bar in the Rue -.an Couleurs, when two detectives, disguised as workmen, entered and called one', of the gang known as "Don Quixote," to come out- side for a moment. Immediately he got out of the door the handcuffs were slipped on. his wrists, while, he shouted to his friends: "They have got. me this time. Blanche is to blame for this." Next day Blanche, the lover of Don Quixote," met a former friend and invited him to her lodgings. They had hardly entered the room when the man exclaimed: — I have an account to settle with you. It was you ^ho denounced Don Quixote.' I have been charged to avenge him, and now I am here to kill you." Seizing her by the head he stabbed her three times with a long dagger, and then fled. JHanohe was removed, with terrible iD- juries. to the hospital, and herrpsaattant was •tresteil, I t a