The Cardiff Times

A, RHONDDA TRAGEDY. REMARKABLE REVELATIONS. ltlraa bleak evening that a few miners and f gathered round a cosy fire, aa {Hielv W6r.e wont t0 do, to recount amongst Jkfctearftu*'le'r m0Bt thrilling experiences and escapes deep down in the bowels of Mr Eastment, was a miner of heavy powerful physique. There °* a(*miration in the others as they -bJlQ quietly pulling out an old clay and 8laL.Qt° t^le ^atnes t^xat danced merrily in He had not plied pick and shovel for Wajg ta-^8 w't^°ut getting into a tight corner %• No that ugly scar on his upper ^Wa t i^ e mar^a dangerously near either fe^don' a ta'6 their own. 4 want t° brag," began he after re- .5^ day pipe, about what I've been 'ough I daresay if I tell you the whole just little surprised. Well, you Wen j s'ick up there, that stick reminds me of Was nearest death in all my experience. %(j j j Perilous affair and I almost wonder, in- am alive now for you to hear the 0111 my own lips. Let me go back six 01 S. had been working in the face for and it was a very ticklish part, Aa r m°re than mere dampness and foul Htjj crouched or laid down to do my .work, °thf.a Dn^er ma and over the top of me. I knocked over by it; but I persevered kVs months. I had noticed before how "Oderrainiang my constitution, but now I wn entirely. I lost my usual vigour and 8tiength, so that eventually not only ^Gtjl« nDable to do my work satis- down in the pit, but could 0"' .< hJ^tiw8 al°nS on my feet in the open fc^om,8,8 a3e^ to* ^at brisk elastic step of t* wKer days was gone, apparently for ever. I ^t,^y and exhausted with the least thing. I aPpetite. I had no stomach. Down in the times I would take up my box, ex- Mr Eastment, holding UD an oval tin, Ver7 miner is familiar with," and take off this; and I should just simply' JjUoo^ain and not have a bite all day. It was !• 'or Jt WOD^ bave made me sick. w? W home at night i t was just the same. Jjltj bere, tried me with grapes and other fruit, bat my stomach at times even against me. Si]e ? Wattstown Colliery, where I am now, is a m bere, and I remember it always took to two hours and a half to go, and even St4^retarn- ^own tbe bill to the station is yards. I did that in half-an-bour, with f spells by the roadside. Now, you h?''Wand.' 'n the first instance, why I had to st*ck- As the neighbours saw me stoop- j NO crawling along they pitied me. My > was pitiable. At home I have started j a.cross fck0 fl°or and fallen down in a J lilt 8 "eaP in the middle, and they have had Hi1116 UP Put me into bed themselves. J y face was the colour of driven snow my V,T0Ple 3a'd, bad no longer any lustre, the bto,jjPart in the middle turning grey until the h]C°n^ not t°l^ f^om the outer portion, "tttii Was t0 blame. I UBed to lose a lot, i^col 31,11 ,eft me 'a my veins wa3 exactly j w Ur of water. If I cot my arm, it came out J *»i{,ater; and the wound, instead of healing: Nw»*S *n people withDlenty of rich, red blood, | Y festered and ended in a great sore. In the I it were always getting scratches and cuts, It car,,e in particularly nasty for me to have I aQd arms all disfigured in this manner. W^was, I gay, owing to the weak and impuire I Wlk body. Before very long I began to j fed with a haskiness in my throat, and felt as if about to choke. I had a Na #!k'n £ Pa'n in my chest, and sense of heavi- Wftp ,ut the heart. All night through I was Jjjj? ^ide awake with agony, and a nasty back- which sometimes brought up blood. *l»|j jt0ctor said it was asthma and bronchitis; Cn not l°nK before I realised how serious ^U-tion was. As the result, too, of the VkQea8 in the pit I developed bleeding piles, 5'bk Caused me more agony at times than pos- t^le other ailments put together. I lost blood that my wife feared I was going to 8o^t° death. I could not sleep for weeks, ft, « I was in too much pain to lie flat at 4 ] to be taken downstairs and remajn "Waning posture on the couch. I was once J^^ted upon, bnt that only made me worse. ^'lrrient went on from almost the very fir3t. off I was a martyr to the piles for seven ^7, My condition grew more and more acute, ihflD two years afio my legs became swollen H^aaied, until the stockings I have on now 'hfyj > 'et°hed to twice their size. Now and %jj~ bad a pain across my back—a tomCb of aWsm, I suppose—but with all my other 'i A1.0*8 took little notice of that as a role. *H(j first I was off and on work a good deal, had my sick benefit from the club. Soon the beginning of my long illness I was weeks at a single stretch, and re- half pay for it. For those six months I to ot a 8tr°l £ e 5 then I worked for a month, ill again for eight weeks. So 1 went on ciqjj became such a drag on the funds of the i^tn 1 waa re^nce^ to quarter pay. I asked g^^uager one day to find me a light job and ^*3a' '° be did so willingly. But I ( to follow it properly, not able to do The manager took pity on me and on. Many days I would have to eit could do nothing. Every now and was off work, until the truth forced itself V^™that I was fit for nothing.

Hardy Ferns. ferns will make good growth in tlia V»w/°use or conservatory, in frames, or, indeed, sheltered from winds and too much lttt- sunshine or frosts. To grow them to per- as they are sometimes seen at exhibitions "f j and July, they must have the advantage ather humid atmosphere as soon as they Shy .lato growth. Artificial heat is not neces- Perhaps the plants do better without it. %t°ftly object to be attained in using artificial to push them on more rapidly for the pur- Betting the fronds developed earlier. They be syringed every afternoon, and the tL_^here they are growingought to be shut np ^6^yrsame time. Under these conditions it ia indeed to notice the rapid de- ent ot the froncls • slowly and silently ^bemseHes, and in a few weeks from the J When the unrolling process begins they are full grown it takes much longer, of Perfe<"]y t0 develop all their parts. **ftyJp*ot be said that ferns, either hardy or are difficult to grow, and yet they require jtw?1 attention. The compost for the strong- ^etna 'a pood decayed turfy loam and Wop^fibrous peat, mixed together in about equal >e«J^ ona- It is a good clan to pot them once SttV when they are at rest. The drainage 08 perfect. Lifting Day Lilies. day lilies may be well grown in any well-dug and manured soil, and in almost ition Lilium auratum may be planted flow to the end of March from dry bulbs. ^"1 should be very sandy loam, or loam ^ffat with a little manure. The position best to it is one among low-growing shrubs or the object being to protect the upper or tJ tK IO°ts from the sun's heat. By first plant- ^lieai tbo ground may be carneted with saxifragas, tufted pansies, or the like. f j. Border Carnations, are places where the carnation does quite Viu^.the open ground all the winter. Bays a m the Market Gardener." When this is tn^86 n° time should be lost in planting oat layers from the plants that were so in the early autumn months. The Bb°uld be put in beds 6ft. wide and 12in. B P'aut to plant. Where the conditions are favourable the plants should be potted into • and stood in cases on an asb bottom. S t?"81 not b° coddled in any way, but should it'8 1'Khts put over in bad weather, taking plenty of air is admitted continually, during very sharp spells. Spray the plant3 Potassium sulphide, Joz. to the gallon, "ifies during the winter. Sowing Lawn Grass-Seed. Ni f-an-oance of good lawn seed per square 1 en°ugh, if very evenly sown, as the seed tn > but, to be safe, it may be as well to use 8ix square yards. Sow the seed now the you have the ground ready. Have the » Wti dag, levelled, then well trodden all over jle it down firmly. Then with a coarse iron 5%w°Vel and fine the surface, and, when quite t l«t'k°W lhe seed evenly, just burying it lightly level and fine the surface, and, when quite "thy, BOW the seed evenly, just burying it lightly irt ra^0, lhen r°llinK 't. Growth should bs aboat ten days. Birds must be kept from h Beed, or dusting in the fine soil. Ap^jWmg now made fails, then sow again -Pl:¡]. Protecting Endive. districts early frosts have been ex- and these must put growers on the Protecting the endive. A moderate frost ?uidd-v disfigure fully-grown endive by tips of the leaves, and when this W ^!Bca,y afterwards rapidly sets in. For th ^^lieat Bupply it is not necessary to take canKte from the open ffround, that is, if i where they are growing, 2 Placing spare lights over them, or by a tin **8 a^mework as a support for mats or oiled «Uh u6 Plants which are to be taken up r be planted in frames, or on the floors H*l!A«,.pta,cl,h0,tiae8' or ahe«t9 where a l>gbt wvo be ftdttutses. Two years ago I was so bad I thought I should never pull through. My wife, here, cried. She had done all she conld for me, and had al- most worn herself out with trying. I began to try all sorts of remedies advertised in the papers. I said, I will try everything, for I don't care what becomes of me.' I gave them all a fair trial, but it was no good. When we had spent pounds and ponnds-I can hardly say what amount —I was still as bad as ever, and won- dered whether it was worth trying any longer. My despair was beyond any idea. Then five or six months ago we read about the good Dr. Slater's blood-making tablets were doing, especi- ally in South Wales. I thought about it, and after reading a book which was left here one lay, I said to my wife, 4 Why not try these tablets, I must have summat, as the stuff I am taking now is no good for me at all.' All right,' says she, you may have 'em I'll get anything for you.' With that we got a supply from Mr Williams, the chemist at Tylorstown. And now I thank God I tried them. At first I was inclined to give them up, be- cause I thought where so many other medicines had failed, they were not likely to bring about a cure either. I felt, in fact, I had been told, that my case was incurable. However, I was led to keep on, and follow all the directions enclosed in the box. The white stomach pills I took at first as ordered, and they had the excellent effect of correcting my bowels. I did not allow any time to elapse between finishing one box of tablets and beginning another, and just took them with every intention to prove if they would cure a case so bad as mine. Day by day and week by week, I felt as if my old strength were returning, I was better able to take my food, which, moreover, did me good. The pains about my chest and back were reduced, and the piles and the swelling in my legs became less and less troublesome. I was by no means well for a good while, but eventually I was able to get about with the aid of a stick. I realised how surely, if slowly, I was improving it just made me hope more than I had dared to hope before. Well, there was not a trace of colour in me before I took the tablets. They say these things make new rich, red blood. That is what they have done for mse. The veins of my arm are healthy enough for anyone to see. The tablets have purified and enriched my blood and there is an abundance of it. It was plain that the tablets were doing their duty when the cuts on my arm began to heal up gradually. There is not a sore left now. and I find whenever I cut myself the wound never festers as it used to. My skin and flesh have been put into a thoroughly healthy state. I persevered with the use of the tablets, and was better and better still after every fresh box. It was wonderful how I pulled round. After two months I could do without that stick, not only at home,but outside in the street. Eventually I went back to my work. and never forgot to take some of the tablets with me down in the pit for after dinner. And that reminds me, I ate my food well, as I continue to do this day. I enjoyed my own tinful, and after that felt equal to tackling somebody else's, too. I eat more now in one day than I did be- fore in a whole week. I walk to the pit briskly enough for any man turned forty. The distance, which, as I have said, took me two and half hours before, now only occupies a comfortable twenty-five minutes. With a return of my old vigour and vitality, I was relieved of the piles completely and I have also got rid of the bronchitis and asthma. The pains about the chest have vanished, and I DO longer notice the touch of rheumatism in my back. This last change is due, I think, to the purification of my blood. I-To-daylam, and I feel, as. well s ever I conld wish to be. All my old ailments are com- pletely cured, so that I can do my-work regularly and well. I have not missed a single day at the pit with illness for the last two months I am at the same hard work I was at at first, but I can face the damp and the foul air without the slightest fear. I might be ten years younger. My neighbours say they thought they would never see me alive this winter, and they say it is wonderful. I know that Dr. Slater's tablets alone cured me of the ailments I have described. The recovery of my splendid health, which I never anticipated even possibfe, is due entirely to that medicine, and I have always said the same to them. I am certain that but for the tablets 1 should have been dead." The peimanency of this wonderful cure is manifested by the letter received from Mr East- ment a year o-fter his cure. This reads as follows: 11 It is now a year since I went to Pontypridd Police Court and made a Sworn Declaration regarding my wonderful cure by Dr. Slater's blood-making tablets. I now wish to state that I am stiirin the'same excellent health I was in after the course of this medicine and that I still continue with perfect regularity at my work. I feel as able and as active as J did ton'yeaxs ago. Seeing how near death my old illness brought me, I think my case is wonderful, and that it affords the strongest possible proof that cure3 wrought by Dr. Slater's blood-making tablets I are the most complete and the most lasting. My luckiest day was when I bought my first box in Tylorstown. for I am certain that but for that medicine I should not have been here to-day.— Signed Wm. Eastment, 29, Upper Bailey-street, Wattstown, near Poeth." No stronger evidence of the marvellous power and efficacy of Dr. Slater's blood-making tablets can be adduced. They not only cure; they keen you cured, maintaining the blood, the great source of vitality and life, in a rich and pure con- dition. Dr. Slater's tablets stand alone as a great remedy for debility in all its forms. By virtue of their power of producing rich red hlood they cure anssmia, bloodless and sallow complexions, paralysis, St. Vitus' danoe, locomotor ataxia, spinal, complaints, wasting, consumption while in its early stages, heart-weakness, palnitation: female ailments, rheumatism, gout, lumbago, sciatica, neuralgia, and influenzal after effects. Price, 2s 9d per box large size (five times the quantity) Us; of all chemists', or direct from the Slater Laboratories, Greek-street, Leeds. ^AMPLE BOX FREE, All readers of the Cardiff Times," bycutting out this Coupon and forwarding it, together with Id stamp to cover postage, may have a sample box of Slater's blood-making tablets, the same medicine which cured Mr Eastment, free.—Apply to-the Slater Laboratories, Greek-etreet, Leeds. y— — I Making a Hot-Bed. Half long stable litter and freshly, gathered leaves are the best materials for a hot-bed. Throw into a heap, mixing both well together. If dry, well soak with water, as the mixing pro- ceeds. After it has lain for three or four days, turn it over and allow it to lie for three more days, and then put it into your frame. Tread the whole firmly, as in this way the heat will be retained much longer than when put together loosely. A great deal depends on the weather as to how long the heat will be retained, Very little water will be required until the seeds have germinated, as the moisture from the bed will maintain this. Of course, you will water when you sow the seeds. In the case of very small seeds, it is well to water before sowing such, as the watering is liable to wash them out. Cover slightly with sandy soil all small seeds. If it is wished to grow cucumbers and melons there is no need to make the bed op until March. Storing Onions. Many onions are spoilt annually through being badlv stored, and, although thorough ripening is of the greatest importance, this will not en- sure their keeping well if not well stored. Too close, warm, and also damp positions must be avoided. What is wanted is a position where the air can freely circulate, and where dwnp and frost can be kept off. In many gardens there are well-constructed Onion stores, these having open lattice stages, on which to spread the bulbs thinly. Where time can be spared the best should be roped, as in this manner they keep well and last longer without sprouting, on accountof the freer circulation of the air that this method affords. Piling them in heaps-must be avoided. Late-sown Carrots. Cnorrots oftener fail in old gardens than when grown in tboopen fiald. Gardeners should not despair of obtaining a fair crop if the early-sown1 ones fail, as Carrots are very accommodating. They grow freely at the fall of the year. and though the roots may not be large, they are Hiveeter and far more valuable for cooking. I fiad it a great advantage to sow the Early Nantes in the early autumn or late summer, and again for standing tho winter, says a writer in Gar. dening Illustrated." This last sowing, if made earlyin September, or even earlier in cold districts, and merelv protected in very severe weather with litter or Bracken, will come in useful. If this practice is followed out, those who have a large demand for early spring Carrots, which must have frame protection to get them early. would find a late sowing of great advantage in eking out the earlier supply, and the quality, if protected in the beda from severe frosts, will be little inferior to that of frame Carrots. It is not necessary that only the above variety should be sown, as there are others of the Short Horn section equally good for the purpose.

HINTS TO AMATEURS. Before plants are taken indoors the pots-should be washed, and, if necessary,the foliage sponged. The sponge and soap and water will settle all insects if used when required. Even Cinerarias may be kept clean if the sponge is used when the insects are few in num- ber. Be careful with the water-pot. Plants in a state of rest do not require much water. Heliotropes and Dahlias are bright yet. and there are still plenty of flowers in the hardy plant garden, especally among the Starworts, Japanese Anemones, and Rudbeckias. The Perennial Sunflower Miss Mellish makes a very telling background group, and clumps of hardy Fuchsias are very effective. The frequent showers seem to have suited them. The beds of Begonias have been brighter than usual this season. Their effectiveness will prob- ably give an impetus to the demand for them next season. When the frost has blackened the flowers the tubers should be lifted, dried, and packed away in sand. The plants from the Conservatory, when the growth is ripened, will be kept in pots laid on their sides under the stage. Cannaa may be kept in the- same way when they are lifted. If it were not for the untidy appearaneeof heaps of litter about the garden Cannas might remain in the ground all winter. An effort should be made now to remove weeds from lawns. When ^y w^g ar^pjj^ent ft IRM-giga -99 ,)I "J

United Kingdom Alliance. JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS. Sir W. Lawson and the Government. The United Kingdom Alliance celebrated its jubilee in Manchester on Tuesday. The proceed- ings consisted of the annual council meeting, held under the presidency of Sir Wilfrid Lawson, M.P., in the Central Hall, Oldham-street.a great temperance bazaar, at St. James' Hall, and a, crowded public meeting at the Free Trade Hall. Sir Wilfrid Lawson, in moving the adoption of theannual report at the council meeting, reviewed the past and present position of the cause, and dealt with the prospects and duty of the members of the Alliance in the future. He said they bad forced people in high plaees to recognise the evil of the drink traffic, and for them to recognise it was a tremendous step in advance. The position was this: here was an evil admitted and tremendous, and here was their remedy—pro- hibition of the liquor traffic. To promte the latter the Alliance was formed, and to promote that it existed. They believed from all they had learned that when prohibition had fair play in any district the evil was enormously diminished, he would not say cured. Old Parliamentary hands did not talk about panaceas; he WAS content with the substantial remedy, and that he believed prohibtion was. (Applause.) The Alliance demanded that the people of this country should have the power of saying they would not have licences forced upon them. He could not, for the life of him, conceive that the English people were not as fit to have this power as the Americans, the Australians, and the New Zealanders, or the Soutb Africans. In the early part of this year, like a bolt from the blue, the Prime Minister addressed a number of liquor- sellers, and he told them that the forces of the Government in this country should be thrown in the scale in favour of the publican, and against the public. (Cries of Shame.") He added a little bit of protection in the shape of magis- trates. (Laughter.) Magistrates, no doubt, were a fine body of men-he was one—(laughter)—and they were beginning to do their best. They had Wakened Up, like the Duke of Devonshire-(Iaa--hter)-&,nd were beginning, largely through the influence of Mr Arthur Chamberlain, to see what a noble duty was in their power—a duty and power of protecting their fellow countrymen from the liquor traffic. The liquor traffic did not care for c meetings like that, but when they 3aw a magis- trate who had the Dower of saying, I votothat licence they knew they were in danger. (Laughter.) He thought it was the most ourious thing he had ever seen-a Tory Government bringing in a measure for disestablishing magistrates. (Laughter and cheers.) It was a self-denying office of the Prime Minister. Three-quarters of the magistrates were Tories, and yet they could not be trusted. Mr Balfour's speech, he was convinced, did more good to the temperance party than any speech almost ever delivered. People began to recognise that they were governed by the brewer, and that the Government was only the tool of the brewer. Then, too, the dear old Liberal party, which also had been sleeping—(a laugh)—rubbed its eyes, woke up, and said, This is too bad," and he was emboldened to say that they were going to have another House of Commons before long. (Cheers.) The present House of Commons would do any. thing. He did not know anything they would not do. They were not going on for ever. The drink party had been driven back into their entrench- ments and, please God, they would keep them there. He knew very little about military science, but he knew when there was a fixed battle that the army that remained on the field was supposed to be the victor. The drink party came out of their entrenchments and gave battle. They lost the first encounter, but the temperance party stood its ground, and that day he had some satisfaction in standing before that audience and telling them that they had succeeded in checkmating the most powerful combination that perhaps could be got together. The probability was that this Government would carryon for a few months more, to the infinite amusement of all onlookers but it seemed pretty certain that What Would Be Done in the new Session was to take away the discre tion of the magistrates and endow public-houses in this country. (Hear, hear.) That was the game that was what was looming in the future. Some people said they did not care what Mr Balfour said. but it was a curious way of talking of a Prime Minister. (Laughter.) Certainly Mr Balfour had said it, and Mr Chamberlain bad written it, and therefore they had Balfour and Chamberlain, which, in the language of their friends the Church of England Temperance Society, constituted a dual basis." (Laughter and applause.) The man inside and the man outside were agreed-the head of the firm nomi- nally and the commercial traveller. (Laughter.) Sir Wilfrid Lawson went on to speak of temper- ance prospects at the next election. If the Hquor traffic could win hands down in 1895, if they could win hands down in 1900, why could they not win again in 1904 ? They could Win and would win unless the temperance reformers decided they should not. They had the power, and with them the responsibility remained. Of course they had nothing to do with party mlitics. They would vote for the other party if it would give them what they wanted. When the election came on he asked them to put the temperance question first in their political pro- gramme, and if they were prohibitionists vote ab true and earnest supporters of prohibition. The Liberal party must tell them what they were going to do. (Applause.) Would they give them the veto or would they not ? If they did they would have the grandest army of unselfish workers who ever entered an election. If they did not, Goi help them. (Laughter and hear, hear.) Concluding, Sir Wilfrid said with his last words he would ask them to use their inftu- ence in their own distrieteso that when the great fight came they might return a Parliament which, whatever it might do or leave undone, would at least entrust the people of this country with the power of casting off their heavy burden and exterminating their greatest curse. Dr. A. J. Nicholls (Dublin) seconded the adop- tion of the report, which was agreed to. un tne motion of lVa- H. Roberts, M.P., seconded by Baillie Selkirk (Glasgow), a resolu- tion was carried in favour of local veto. On the motion of Mr Leif Jones, seconded by Father Hays (Market Basin), a resolution was passed protesting against the suggested intro- duction of a measure to deprive magistrates of full discretion over the re-issue of licences. Mr T. W. Russell, M.P., in supporting the resolution, said the Prime Minister might not have settled convictions on some questions, but he had settled convictions on the drink question. Knowing the truth, Mr Balfour had sinned against light and knowledge. He needs mast when the devil drivss," said Mr Russell with much emphasis. When a man got into bad com- pany, when he went down the fatal slope with bad companions, no one could tell where he would end. The bazaar for the purpose of raising funds to strengthen the Alliance in its national work was opened by Lady Lawson, The Evening Meeting. Sir Wilfrid Lawson, presiding at the evening meeting, said even now many people did not know much about the Alliance or what it was doing. They were not an association for reform- ing drunkards, nor a rescue society. They were a preventive society, and they were determined that sooner or later they would prevent in this country the manufacture of drunkards. Mr T. W. Russell, M.P., in moving a resolu- tion, demanding that power should be given to the people to suppress the issue of licences in their own localities, said it was not Free Trade that was responsible for present day evils, it was the drink trade. (Cheers.) Mr H. Roberts, M.P., seconded the resolution, which was cprried unanimously. On the motion i °* A" Henderson, M.P., a resolution was carried protesting against interference with the: discretionary powers-of licensing magistrates.

SEAWEED AS A MEDIOINB. Its Marvellous Effect upon the STOMACH, LIVER, KIDNEYS, AND BLOOD. Seaweed possesses a natural strengthening, heal- ing, Mid purifying power infinitely greater than ordinary medicines. This is now regarded as con- clusive by eminent authorities, who recommend it daily since Veno's Seaweed Tonic was orst intro- duced. A pure, palatable extract of Seaweed is one of the principal ingredients of Veno's Seaweed Tonic. This remedy excels in the cure of Indigestion. Wind, Headache, Nervous Complaints, Kidney Troubles, Weak and Painful Back. Torpid Liver, Female Troubles, Poorness of Blood, and Habitual Consti- pation." Its most brilliant effect is produced in Stomach, Liver, and Kidney Complaints. The re- markable cures Veno's Seaweed Tonic effects even in the worst cases is positive proof of its great thera- peutic value. 7856 Ask for VENO'S SEAWEED TONIC. Is lid and s gel per bottle, at Chemists and Drug Stores. 785 1 L

PENARTH ASSAULT CASE DISMISSED. At the Glamorganshire Quarter Sessions, on Tuesday, at Swansea, Benjamin Sadler (27), hobbter, was charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harmon Frances Mary Owen on the 5th September, at Penartb. Mr Arthur Lewis prosecuted, and Mr St. John Williams defended. IW 4 v;

TUBERCULOSIS IN CATTLE. FARMERS AND BUTCHERS IN CONFERENCE. Important Gathering at Uantwit Major. With a view to overcoming the difficulty between farmers and butchers on the warranty question,a friendly conference of those interested was held at LI an twit Major on Monday after- noon. Advantage was taken of a large gathering of stock sellers and buyers at the monthly sale at Mr J. R. Thomas's auction mart, and the promoters of the conference had every reason to congratulate themselves on the representative character of the attendance. The Chairman (Mr Rees Thomas, Boverton Place) paid the question of guarantee was a. serious one. It certainly was not fair, on tha one hand, that any butcher should pay for a bullock and then have the carcase seized by a Government official without any base of com- I pensation. The butchers wanted some expedient to tide over the time until the State took up the: matter. At LIant wit Major they were (he-con- tended) differently situated from other parts, seeing that not a single bullock fed in the locality out of the hundreds sold each year had been found to contain tubercle. (Hear, hear.) There had already been a controversy between, the farmers and butchers on the question of Hlnck money," and that had been met for a.; I time by Mr Howell Williams, the auctioneer.' 1 paying it out of his own pocket. He reminded I them that from statistics compiled this Is per bead "luck money meant jEZOO a year. Thatr ¡ was a tig sum. As to the warranty question, he, I considered it would be well if the auctioneers I formed a sort of insurance amongst themselves., and by foregoing luck money they would be able to recoup the butcher any loss sustained I through the carcase of any beast being con"" damned on account of tuberculosis. (Cheers.) Mr G. Came, secretary of the Cardiff Butcherei Association, explained that the allied associas tions had appointed a deputation to meet any body of farmers or any one else wishing to treat with them. The butchers demanded that cattle; and sheep should be guaranteed to them by tho vendor to be free from tuberculosis. They re-, quired that this should be done on and after November 2nd. Speaking unofficially, Mr Came said 99 per cent. at least of the butchers were prepared to come to some amicable arrangement. Until the butchers had some counter proposals; from the farmers the matter was, he said, at a- deadlock, and the sooner the better: joint action, were taken. He suggested the adjournment of, the meeting. He said the butchers had been un-f able to get the State to recognise their loss and. pay them compensation as in a case of swine fever. Mr Long and the late MrHanbury were; agreed that as tuberculosis was not a disease the loss must be a trade loss. A suggestion had been made that the farmer and. the butcher should bear the loss e-qna]]Y,but -that, I which he favoured most was placing the losa- upon the local rates. In Cardiff last year 39 head of cattle were confiscated, representing, roughly £ 1,000 in value. This would be half a| farthing in the £ on the local races and as the^ carcases were destroyed in the public interesti, the public should bear the loss. At Llatitwit,! he presumed, the loss would fall upon the Dis~i trict Council. Other ideas had been ventilated; in the Press, but he wished to disclaim any in- f tention on the part of the butchers to resort. to" j the ".boycott," as had been stated. <, j In reply to Mr O. Thomas (Red Farm). Mr i Came said no action had been taken at Here-, ford in the direction of getting a guarantee, the; area selected to test the question was- Criamor- ganshire and Monmouthshire. Mr Rees, Castle Farm, Llanishen, moved a., resolution that they select seven farmers from the meeting to confer with the butchers at Car- diff, Personally he considered the suggestion of forming an insurance company a. very good one, into the funds of which the one shilling per head for cattle and the same sum for each pen of sheep might be paid, and all losses made good. Mr John. Deere seconded the resolution for the sake of discussion. Mr T. Watts (Llanmihangel) and Mr John Morgan (St. Mary Church), while expressing themselves in sympathy with the resolution, considered that the initiative should be taken by the Farmers' Club Mr D. Spencer, Mr Illtyd Williams, Mr Thomas (Sutton), and Mr Evan Thomas (Splott); favoured adjourning the meeting. 'j Mr R. W. Hall (Bany) said the first question j farmers should ask themselves was how the percentage of beasts suftering from tuberculosis compared with the total number slaughtered. It was probably riot one in 200, and Is per head compared with the total number slaughtered. It was probably not one in 200, and Is per head would be far too much. In the discussion which followed, Mr R. Thomas (Tile House), Mr J. Dyer (Barry), and Mr J. Thomas (Boverton Coujt) took part, and on being put to the meeting, the amendment to on being put to the meeting, the amendment to adjourn the meeting was carried.

ST. MARY'S SCHOOlS, CARDIFF. I BAZAAR AT THE TOWN HALL There was a large attendance at a bazaar which opened at the Town Hall. Cardiff, on Tues- day, in aid of the funds of St. Mary's Voluntary Church Schools. The Rev. G. Arthur Jones, the late vicar, presided at the opening ceremony, supported by Lord Tredegar, the Rev. Gilbert Heaton, MessraE. Dobbin, JEL J. Thateher, Geo. David. Councillor 11. Hnghes, Dr. Horder, Coun- cillorkidd, Rev- H. A. Coe, Rev. A. Henderson, Mr C. S. Grant, Messrs Gowan Clark, H. W. Cooke, and others. The Rev. G. A. Jones briefly welcomed Lord Tredegar, who said that it was a great pleasure to him to be present to open that bazaar because one of the most necessary duties that clergymen and laymen had at the present time was to do all that lay in their power to look after 1 their schools, to find some way or other of supplying that want of pence which was so great a difficulty of the present age. But he hoped they would be able to do that, and so help to do something to stem the tide which was just now rather setting against their Voluntary and National schools. (Hear, hear.) It was rather a difficult and dangerous subject to trench upon at a gathering of that description, par. ticularlv in the Town Hall. (Lauehfceri. I think," added his Lordship, that it is all very well to open your mind at the Park Hall or Drill Hall, but you must be very careful what you say in a Town Hall. (Laughter.) In fact, I was not certain that it was not some horrible plot of the Mayor—(laughter)—to inveigle us all into the Town Hall and capture us—(loud laughter)—a short system of capturing all passive resistors at one fell swoop." (Renewed laughter.) Hia Lordship went on to say he had always had great sympathy with a clergyman who had served so many years in one parish, and who for reasons such asaga had felt himself obliged to sever him- self from that parish. (Hear, hear.) It was difficult for the layman to picture the sentiment of a clergyman in that position, especially as in the present case, when he bad been looked upon as the father of the parish for so long. (Cheers.) He would say nothing further on that point, as the Bishop of Llandaff had recently summed up the character of the retiring vicar in words with which he was ure they would all agree. (Cheers.) In reference to the new vicar and the difficulties he would have to face, his Lordship said that when Dr. Pigou was about to succeed the late Dean Vauehan as vicar of Doncaster Mra Vaughan remarked to the new vicar, You will be very lucky if at the end of the month you don't want to commit suicide." (Laughter.) He hoped that the Rev. G. Heaton would not feel that desire. (Laughter and cheers.) There were parishes and churches and parishes and cere- monials, but he preferred to treat all alike, as all were serving in the cause of religion, and that was what he thought more about than any- thing else. Some of them would remember the lines- They seek so far to get from Rome, They run right out of Chrysostom. —(Laughter.) He believed that that really expressed a great deal of the feeling of the present day, (Cheers.) On the motion of the Rev. Gilbert Heaton, seconded by Councillor Robert Hughes, a hearty vote of thanks was accorded Lokd Tredegar for his attendance. In responding. Lord Tredegar said he had a sort of confession to make to the ladies—he always found when even he went to a bazaar that the proportion of ladies to gentlemen was very large. (Laughter.) The question was whether he would have been so fond of opening bazaars if there had been a strong feeling of influence at home to take the work out of his hands or to turn him in another direction. (Laughter.) Being absolutely inde. pendent, he was able to do exactly 1\8 he liked, and that was a great charm he could tell them. (Laughter.) The other day a lady had written to him asking him to support a home of rest for ladies. He thought that any little item of furniture that would be useful for suoh a place might be obtainable at that bazaar. (Laughter.) There were several things he had always wanted to find at a bazaar and had never yet succeeded in finding. One thing was the thin end of the wedge. (Laughter.) No doubt he should find it to-day—(laughter)—but as a matter of fact any- thing that was suitable for a home of rest for ladies, perhaps the stall-holders would have ready when he came round. (Laughter and applause.) The stalls were all charmingly decorated. The atallholders included Mrs George David, Mrs and MiBs Kidd, Mrs Crawshay Bailey, Mrs and the Mioses DobDin, Miss Dicker, Miss Bart- lett, Mrs Couth, Mrs Edwards, Mrs Tonge, Mrs Maddoxjtfrs and Miss Price,Mr E. Edwards, Mrs Robert Hughes, Mrs W. R. Davies, and Mrs A. H. Mules. The stalls were nearly all ranged round the edges of the room, while the flower and fruit stall, which was in the centre, was most tastefully arranged, and was in charge of Mrs H. W. Cooke. Concerts and a multiplicity of side shows added gieatly to the interest and enjoyment of visitors, of whom there were large numbers both in the afternoon and evening.

MERTHYR INCORPORATION. Cefn Desires to be Irtoluded. Mr S. Sidney Simons, Merthyr, leading pro- rooter of incorporation of Merthyr, lately re- ceived from the-officeof the Pnvy Council intima- tion that before his Majesty the King could be advised by the Privy Council it was desirable to get petitions from householders inCefn expressing their views. Petitions for and against the in- clusion of Cefn in the Merthyr Corporation area were sent round last week. The signatures were counted on Monday, the result being -264 for and 36 against the inclusion of Cefn. Every house was visited, but in some-cases householders I yftTft-fthnenti gome did not sign the petitions, their views. Petitions for and against the in- clusion of Cefn in the Merthyr Corporation area were sent round last week. The signatures were counted on Monday, the result being —264 for and 36 against the inclusion of Cefn. Every house was visited, but in some-cases householders yftTft-fthnenti gome did not sign the petitions,

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• ~:r- ^Jl ;'1;? NO WARRANTY. Decision of the Cowbridge Farmers' Club The Cowbridge and County Farmers' Club held a special meeting at the Bear Hotel, Cow- bridge, on Tuesday to discuss the question of guarantee demanded by butchers against tuber- culosis and other diseases in cattle. Mr Illtyd B. Nicholl presided, and over 80 farmers were pre- sent. 32he Chairman hopad an amicable settle- ment would be arrived at. No representatives of the Cardiff butchers being present, a member asked if they had been invited. The secretary explained that, although only members of the club had been individually invited, an advertise- ment had appeared, inviting all interested. Ald. Edward John said the butchers were not quite honest in this matter, because it would be impos- sible when beasts had been slaughtered for farmers to know their own. There were very few diseased cattle bred in the Vale of Glamorgan, and he believed the agitation would die a natural death. The best thing the farmers could do was to pass a resolution that if the butchers persisted in their unreasonable demand they would form a combination to defeat them. (Hear, hear). Mr H. O. Irvine advised a refusal of any guar- antee. Mr John Morgan, Llantrithyd, said there was a lot of foreign meat sold in the district, and he was afraid that if the butchers were not met fairly the farmers would lose their custom. He suggested that asociety of farmers, butchers, and auctioneers be formed, each contributing a small sum to a compensation fund. Mr Edmund Lewis, St. Mary Hill Court, said it was unfair for butchers who bought in dis- tricts where tuberculosis was common to want the Val. of Glamorgan farmers, who bred healthy stock, to compensate them. (Applause.) ME Rees Thomas. Rnmrtmi go.iA ha haj a._h_- tics to prove that no beast fed in the Vale of Glamorgan had ever been condemned by the inspectors at Cardiff -(applause)-although 48 from other districts were destroyed there during the last 12 months. The inspectors, whose duty it was to condemn bad meat, were officials of the Cardiff Corporation, and he thought that body should take some action in the matter. An amicable arrangement would be much better than any rash action on the part of the farmers, and he moved that seven gentlemen representative of the farmers of the county be appointed to meet a similar number of butchers and disouss the matter. He did not believe farmers would ever unite, his experience being that a farmer who agreed to do so one day would sell his friends the next. (Laughter and dissent.) Mr R. L. Bassett seconded, and said he would let the 14 tight it out. Mr D. Jenkins, Flemingstone Court, said the auestion affected the whole of Glamorgan and Monmouth, and he believed the butchers were making the Vale the cockpit of the fight, because tbay thought the farmers of that district, know. ing they had healthy stock, would easily yield. He moved as an amendment that no gaaiautee be given, and no further action taken by the club. Mr Edmund Lewis seconded. After further discussion the amendment was put to the meeting and carried by 33 votes to 14, a large number abstaining from voting.

TRAFALGAR DAY. Wednesday, October 21st, was the most famous, if not actually the most famous, anni- versary in the history of Great Britain. It is second not even to Waterloo in importance, as, had it not been for Lord Nelson's brilliant vic- tory at Trafalgar, very likely the final fight of the long Napoleonic wars would not have been so glorious and successful as it was ten years later. Nelson's great victory in 1805 saved England from Napoleon's projected invasion and confined the war to Europe and, though it cost him his own life, it brought him undying fame. Hie famous signal from his flagship, the old Victory, England expects every man to do his duty, has grown into the language of the country, and is one of its proudest and most brilliant traditions. On tho morning of Octobu « jrl I The Monument as Decorated on Wednesday, 21st, 1805. Lord Nelson met the combined fleets I of France and Spain under Admiral Villenenve and routed them utterly, though mortally wounded for a, large Dart of the timeduang which he was conducting operations. Each year since London has celebrated the great anniversary by decorating the statue of the famous admiralin Trafalgar-square, which, by its very name, bears testimony to his victory. Though close upon a; centnry ago, memory is still green in the grate- ful hearts of his fellow-countrymen, and on Trafalgar Day his statue is a splendid sight. The day was this year further to.be celebrated at the Earl's Court Exhibition, which was the centre of a. combined attack of tbe nav&l and military forces of the country, together with all foremen and policemen.

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"MAY MARRYING DECEMBER." Amusing Case at Blaenavon. An application was made at Blaenavon Police Court on Tuesday in which Cornelius Mapstone (65), collier, Blaenavon, sought to vary a main- tenance order of 7s 6d a week made against him in favour of his wife and children in 1901. Mr Harry Parry, solicitor, who aDpeared for appli- cant. said he wanted the order reduced because Mapstone was out of work, and Mrs Mapstone, besides having lodgers, had private means. She was a widow of 35 when she married appli- cant—a case of May maxrying December, pre- ferring to be an old man's daxling than a young man's slave. (Laughter.) She had been allowed Is a week towards the children. Mrs Mapstone (interposing) How would you like to keepchfldren onashillmg a week ? (Laughter.) -Mr Patty I don't beep them at all; my father does. (Laughter.) Upon being called, applicant said be had been thrown out of work through the stoppage at Garn Pit. It was true that he had a house worth about LW.Clerk Will you sell it for E50 ? (Laughter.)—Appli- cant (hestitating); Well, no I gave aOO for it, but it is out of repair. (Laughter.)-Clerk Have you got any money in the bank ?-No.- Mrs Mapstone You had some in the co-opera- tive stores. Where is that ? (Laughter.) (To the magistrates) He is worth £ 200 and a honse, gentlemen. (Laughter.) — Applicant: How much have you got belonging to me ?—Nothing. ,Oerk If both of you want to talk so much you had better go and live together again. .(Laughter.)-In the end the Bench decided to reduce the order to 6a. and advised defendant to come there again, if she desired, when fcer bus- band got work.

COAL FOR EGYPT. Contract for 100,000 Tons. It was reported on the Cardiff Coal Exchange on Tuesday that the contract for the supply of 100,000 tons of Cardiff steam and Monmouthshire coals for the Egyptian Railways over 1904 had been placed with Messrs W. Milburn & Co., Merchants' ExchNnge, Cardiff, and Messrs Lindsay, Gracie and Co., Mountatuart-sqaare, Cardiff., The report as affecting Messrs Lindsay, Gracie and Co. is confirmed, but the precise quantities placed with each of the firms and the prices have not so far been disclosed. The contract was also divided between two firms last year. The Canadian Pacific Railway are also in the market forrthe supply- of 50,000 tons of best Car- diff or Monmouthshire large steam coal over 1904. The tenders were sent in on Tuesday.

BLAENAVON LICENSEE FINED. At Blaenavon on Tuesday Thomas Walker (39), landlord of the Griffin Hotel, Blaenavon, was summoned for permitting drankenna" on his premises on the night of tbe 16th September. Mr Horace Lrne, Newport, prosecuted for the police, and Mr W. Everett, Pontypool, defended. PJ3. Beech and P.C. War bur ton, who visited the hotel on the night in question, deposed to having seen John Thomas (59 clerk, Blaenavon, in the bar parlour, leaning on the table, drunk. On the mantelpiece in front of him there was a glass containing a small quantity of liquor. The landlord admitted having served hxm with a glass of whiskey with a dash of beer in it. DefendantAn evidence denied that Thomas was drunk, and Charles Jordan, boot and shm manu- facturer, said he did not consider Thomas drunk when he went up to the police. The Bench fined defendant 40s and John Thomas .,I§q tgt feeing mK_

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