The Cardiff Times

Age Bar to Marriage. THOUSANDS ILLEGALLY WED. New York, Saturday.—A remarkable and distinctly embarrassing situation for a number of young couples has been created by a deci- sion given yesterday in the Appellate Court, which will render about 3,OCO marriages illegal, providing this decision is not upset in the Higher Courts. The ruling is based upon the marriage of minors being invalid even with the consent of the parents.—Central News. Marriage law predicaments have occasion- ally occurred in this country. Last year the village of Stantonbury, Bucks, was thrown into a state of consternation by the discovery that the church of St. James's, consecrated in December, 1860, had never been licensed for the solemnisation of matrimony, and that in consequence over a thousand unions which had been solemnised in it were illegal. A Bill to legalise these marmages, and to relieve the ministers who had performed the ceremony from liability to any proceedings, was promptly passed through Parliament. Three years ago it was found that in the Chapel-at-Ease at Brownston, near Modbury, Devon, the marriages had been similarly illegal for the past 30 yeais. This matter was also speedily rectified by Parliament. A Much Married Lady. Ludwig Lewisohn, a German professor and writer, who was born in Berlin 30 years ago, on Saturday got a licence to marry in New Jersey, explaining that his wife, whose maiden name is Mary Arnold Crocker, had been mar- ried in 43 States. New Jersey would make the 44 th, and after they had gone through the ceremony in New York they would have achieved the unique distinction of having been wedded in every State in the Union.

Doctor and Wife. BREAKFAST-TABLE SUICIDE At the breakfast table in a Philadelphia hotel on Saturday, Dr. Charles Coleman Ben- son, aged 73, and his wife Isabella, aged 67, swallowed poison and expired directly after- wards. Dr. Benson, who is English by birth, has resided in the United States for forty years, and married a lady belonging to a well-known family in Baltimore. The deceased gentleman is believed to have been in practice at Baltimore and he is said to have been a candidate for the prize offered by the French Academy of Medicine for the discovery of a cure for tuberculosis. A note which was found after the suicide stated that neither the dpctor nor his wife desired to live any longer. They expressed a wish that their bodies should be cremated, that the ashes should be scattered to the winds, and that no religious service should be arranged by those attending the final cere- mony. In return for compliancewith these requests, those present at the committing of the ashes are to divide the proceeds of the property left by the deceased, including whatever may be realised by the sale of two recipes for patent medicines which have been lodged with the American Patent Office.

Edinburgh Sensation. DRAMATIC SHOOTING CASE. Death of the Assailant. Alexander Longair, who shpt Joan McNicol, a servant, at Edinburgh on Friday night, died on Saturday.1 The girl is likely to recover. Longair, it appearS, called at a house in Albany-street where the young woman was employed, and the girl went to the door. With startling suddenness Longair is alleged to have produced a revolver, and at once fired three shots, one bullet lodging in the girl's groin. When the police were informed a constable,! entering the house, found Longair on the stair. He struck a threatening attitude and pre- sented the revolver at the constable, daring him to approach. The officer endeavoured to pacify the man, who unexpectedly turned and ascended the stair< disappearing into the dining-room and drawing the blinds. A minute later four successive shots were heard, and the constable on bursting open the door found Longair lying on the floor. Two bullets had entered his body and one had lodged in his head. Longair, who was a married man, was be- lieved to be a cabman.

THE "LA MilO" CASE. Further curious evidence Was given at Bow- street on Saturday in the case in which Pansy Montagu, alias Eggena, and also well known as the music-hall artiste La Milo," is charged with conspiring with Ferdinand Eggena, alias Barr, and- Percy Holland Easton, of the Motor House, Euston-road, to obtain £8,000 worth of jewellery by fraudulent pretences from Mr Wood, of Brook-street, Hanover-square. Mr Freestone, assistant to Messrs Braving- ton, of Pentonville-road, said he had known Ferdinand Eggena by the name of Barr. Witness had handed £1,200 in notes to the female prisoner at the Hotel Russell over a jewellery transaction. She signed the docu- ment handed to her, and passed over the money to Eggena. Mr Britton, a Hounds- ditch jeweller, said Eggena was introduced to him by Easton as Mr Barr. He said he was buying motor cars, and required a temporary loan on a very fine diamond weighing about 40 carats. The stone was described as the pro- perty qJ a well-known lady." Witness took Eggena to Messrs Bravington. The loan asked on the jewel was £8,000, but only £4,000 was offered, and Messrs Bravington required satisfaction as to its ownership. Later Eggena produced a fine pearl necklace and went with him to Messrs Bravington's again. He wanted a loan of £12,000, but only £8.000 was offered, and this was not accepted. At this stage the case was again adjourned, prisoners being allowed bail as before.

'T AEROPLANE CRASH. Berlin, Saturday.—The New Siemens and Schuckert biplane came badly to grief yester- day on the Bornstedter Feld during an experi- mental flight when carrying three passengers. The motor suddenly failed at a height of 50ft., at the same moment as the aeroplane was struck by a violent side wind. The machine dropped to the ground, turning over and burying its occupants under it. Two. escaped with slight injuries, but the third, the engineer, Ran. on whom the heavy motor fell, sustained so serious a fracture of the thigh that it is feared that amputation will be necessary. The machine was first constructed by the Siemens firm, and was intended for experi- mental purposes. It has already made-several successful flights.—Reuter.

WILL OF COLONEL LEWIS. Mr David Rees Lewis, of Plas Penydarren, Merth Tydftl V.D., hon. colonel (V.B.) 5th Battalion Welsh Regiment, solicitor, registrar of the Merthyr County Court, and clerk to the Merthyr Borough Magistrates, who died on the 31st December last, aged 66 years, left estate of the gross value of £11,258 Is lid, with net personalty £9,345 16s 7d, and probate of his will, date 1st February, 1884, has been granted to his sisters, the Misses Jemima, Annie, Margaret, and Mary Lewis, all of the above address. The testator left to Louisa Mary Thomas the despatch box and contents in his bedroom, directing that she alone shall open it, and the residue of his estate-be left to his sisters.

VICTIM OF RUBBER BOOM. ( -— i Pathetic Story at Crewe. At Or ewe on Saturday a man was found in a- dazed condition on the railway and told the magistrates that he had lost £ 15,000 on the Stock Exchange, and had been brought to ruin by speculation in rubber shares. His name, he said, wac George Beverley, and at one time he owned a big grocery business in Carlisle, but be was now an undischarged bankrupt. The detective who found him said that Beverley told him he was tired of life, and did not care what happened as all his pleasures had gone, and he had nothing, to I look forward to. j

FALSE STEP IN THE DARK. Mr John Beckett, residing at Gas House, Blakeney, Forest of Dean, was found dead about 10 o'clock on Friday night at the foofcof some steps loading to Blackpool Brook. His head lay on the bottom step and his body in t he stream in a foot of water. There were some slight cuts on the face and a bad fracture onthe back of the head.

At the Public Hall, Gwauncaegurwen, on Saturday evening, the Welsh opera, Olwen Plasgwyn, or the Truth will Stand." was per- formed by the Curwen Operatic Society, assisted bv an orchestra led by Mr D. J. Evans. C.R.A.M. Mr J. R. Jones. Cwmgorse, was stage manager, and carried out all the arrangements.

Dymunir i'n Gohebwyr Cymrcig gyfeirio eu gohebiaethau, llvfrau i'w hadoJvgu, etc., fel y caulvn :—" iFANO.Cil Hedd, Berthwin- strcet, Cardiff."

AT Y BEIRDD. Golofn yr wythnos, hon i ganeuon scroll Crwnfab a Chywydd Gelyniacth Icuan Mynyw a rhwng serch a gelyniaeth, diau na. foddlonir darllenydd.—Buasai can- cuon Crwnfab yn well fel celf pe dywedent lai y mae serch mor llednais fel mai prin ar air ydyw amnaid ac awgrym yw ei hoff iaitb.— Am gywydd leuan Mynyw, dywennydd gennym ci gyhoeddi y mae yn gywrain a chocth.

BARDDONIAETH. TYR'D YN OL. Tyr'd yn ol, O gwrando'm cwyn. Mae fy mywyd yn ddi-swyn; Ac os na ddychweli di, Torri wna fy nghalon i; Tvrd lieb oedi I iv llonni fel-eiriau, cncth gu. C.*edaf deui, creua'n wir,— Er mwyn lleddlu'r hiraeth-gur Sydd yn syn drywanu Megys cledd yr eiliad hon; Gall fy nhelyn Ganu wed'yn Heb leddfnodau yn y lion. Tangnefcddus odd ein liynt Yn yr Hafau mwynion gynt: Crwydrem dros y meusydd gwyrdd, Gan fwynhau gwynfydau fyrdd Casglcm flodau, G wnaem orseddau Hyd wahoddgar fin y ffyrdd. Haf sydd etc with y drws, Dol a mynydd chwardd yn dlws; Chwarddaf finnau mewn boddhad Os caf dy gymdeitbas fad; Tyr'd i dreulio I Oriau do I Gyda'r Haf yn hedd y wJad. Llangenncch. Crwnfab. CERDD Y CARWR I'W FUN. Acres liwgar scrch fy mron, Troi fy ysbryd lleddf i'r lion Mae dy bresenoldeb hapus A'th weniadau teg, cariadus; Pan dan donnau gwac y byd 'Rwyf yn suddo ambcllbryd, Ni chaf neb i'm hysbrrdoli Fel yr ydwyt ti yn medrn, Lili ddrud. Dwysder gilia o fy ngwedd, Llawn yw 'nghalon gan fwyn hedd, A chaf ddrachtio gwin llawcnydd, Heb wel'd prinder arno beunydd, Trwy'r oedfaon bob yr un Dreuliaf gyda. thi, fy mun; Yr wyt rywfodd fel wyrtliiol Yn fy swyno yn wast ado!, Eneth gun. o fy anwyl, awvl fun. Gwyddost gwell yw dau nlig un Am dy garu'n bur bob amser. Rho i minnau'r fraint a'r pleser o roi modrwy ncwycid hardd Ar dy fys: nid OC3 gwahardd Ar fy scrch am gael ymuno. r D'wcd a ddeui i breswylio Llangennech. Crwnfab. Y BARDD I'W FUN. 'Rwv'n dy garu di yn bur. Ac nid rhyfedd hynny n wir; 'Does dy debyg, Fun fonheddig, Yn preswylio yn y sir; Hawdd aberthu popeth byw Er dy fwyn; gwirionedd yw; Mwy yw'th werth byd i gyd Gan fv nghalon i o hyd; A th anwylo Yn ddiflino Wnaf tra'n teithio'r garw fyd. 01 roae iaith yn methu'n lftn Rhoi darluniad clir mewn c&n Pa mor rymus Ac afieithus Yw fy nghariad deg ci gr&'n: Enniil grym mac serch o hyd A dyfnwreiddio mwy bob pryd Pa.n yn dy wyneb izwyn; Tithau sydd yn gwybod hytt: Trwy cin gyrfa. n wna bara'n Wyn fel eira ar y bryn. Ger v gwyrgam lwybr treed, Dan v talgryf dderw goed* 'Rwyfyncofio Y nos lionno Gwelais di'r tro rioed Gwcnai'r lloer o'i coraedd wen Yn garuaidd uwch ein pen; Ac a hud dy dyner swyn Greodd gwAn dy wyncb mwya Est a 'nghalon Heb amheuon, Minnau'n foddlon it' ei dwyn. Hoff yw cofio'r amser fa, Gwelsom nen heb gwmwl du, Gynt mor ddedwydd Gyda'n gilydd Wrth fwynhau oedfaon cu Erys cof i blannu gw6n Ar ein gruddiau pan yn hen; Pan fo Hydref yn ein gwawr,— Pan dan bwys cin hoedran mawr Dal i gofio Heb ddiffygio Wnawn nes suddo'n haul i lawr. Llangennech. v Crwnfab. GWEL'D* MORFUDD NI CHAF MWY. Diflannu wna«eth fy swynion, Fy ysbryd sydd yn brudd Hawdd darrfen iaith fy nghalon glaf Mewn da £ '-au ar fy ngrudd Daeth angea vniftd heibio At lili plwy Ac Oel" unigodd yw fy rban, Mae newydd fedd yn nghladdfa'r 11&n,- Gwel d Morfudd ni chaf mwy. Mi dreuliais fwyn oedfaon Gynt gyda Morfudd bur Hawdd oedd mwynhau ein nefoedd Ion Dan lesni serch di-gur Ond suddodd haul pob gobaith 'Rwyf heddyw o dan glwy Dyfnwreiddiodd yn fy nghalon friw; Clwyf hiraeth ansymudol yw,— Morfudd ni chaf mwy. Haf a'i ddyddiao mwynion I wlad; Daw popeth dan eu gwenau n frai Dan ei dywynion mad Ond ni ddaw Haf i nghalon: Mae ar fin torri'n ddwy RhJ" lwythog yw o bradd-der blin I ddrachtio dafn 0 1 felvs win,— Gwel'd Morfudd ni chaf mwy. Erch nos o hiraeth chwerw Yw'r Hafddydd mwya' Hon; Parhau mae'r dymestl arw, lem, I leddfu hwyl fy mron; 'Does dim a all liniara Brathiadau'r ingol glwy': Wrth wvlû, wylo fytb 'rwyf ft Wrth forio dan y cwmwl da; Gwel'd Morfudd ni chaf mwy. Llangenncch. Crwnfa.b. CYWYDD GELYNIAETH. barluniad oer elyniaeth Sydd an fwyn, a chwyn heb chwaeth. Gelyniacth'! gwagle anial Affwys yw, a drygffau sâl, Gelvniaeth a dreigla enaid Yn aberth llwyr ac ymborth llaid. Gwyiia. janian gelyniaeth! — Blaidd lledradaidd ar gul draeth. Ni thry o'i elyniaeth ddrwg; Ni chili o'i erch olwg. Anhygoel wyn gelyniaeth, Afrifed y niwed wnaeth I Gelyniaeth yw magi oinioes,— Nwyd ddi-ddeddf,—i n greddf yn groes. Gwvl Annwn yw gelyniaeth, I ddieifl iydd ddeifiol faeth; Gelyniaeth Y* gwawl annuw,— Rhaib h»ni dwyllyn erbyn DuW. GaJanas brad gelyniaeth Roes waith Rhi dan gynni'n gaeth: Gelyniaeth. engyl glanwiw Ddyd o fraint en dechreu'n friw: Mor gynnar, ow! 'r ddaear ddaeth I geulannau gelyniaeth,— Gelyniaeth i'r goleuni— Arch gyntaf ein Naf i ni. Buan ennyl Satan saeth Ragluniodd gwyd gelyniaeth: Hon sy'n dwyn sudd gwenwyn gau Gelyniaeth i galonnau. Rhwyg y Un ar gyfrgcdl aeth A leinw gêg gelyniaeth; Gelvniaeth a gly ania.f1; Garw hfcr a gwae yrr i'r gwan. Er mwynhau trwy'u ffroenau ffraeth Arogl anair gelyniaeth, a gaeth gelyniaeth e' laB Cewri swydd hacra' Sudd as: Gwewyr nwyf egyr yn waeth (O'i rwysg) lawn wrya gelyniaeth Ys gelyniaeth drosgl lanwodd Fyd &'i chwant, a ffyniant ffodd. I gloi hen derrn gelyniaeth Ein Hiawn o i bur ddawn a ddacth y m byrhaes y Mab Rhad Elyniaeth a'i dylanwad; Y brad oil i abred aetli,— Cael hyn dyrr drais gelyniaeth; Gelyniaeth waew-sigl, unig,— Gwedi 'i gwnc, mewn tranc y trig. Yn y glyn tau gelyniaeth; Ni rydd drond ar euraidd draeth; Gelyniaeth i gil Annwn a. chlwy' syrth; ni chlywi 'i swn. Ni hiau sedd (heb ofn, heb saeth) Ail cinioes hdb elyniaeth, Gelyniaeth ar deg lennydd Hyfwyn, bin, bi-o Haf ni bydd; Yr.o gwawr byd geir heb aeth; T'lii loniant darf elyniaeth John Young Evans (Ieuan Mynyw). Coleg Diwinyddol Aberystwyth.

LABOUR & POOR LAW. Root and Branch Reform Mr Keir Hardie, M.P., & Mr Sidney Webb at Swansea. GOVERNMENT AND MID-GLAMORGAN. At the Albert Hall, Swansea, on Saturday evening a mass meeting, under the auspices of the West Wales I.L.P. Federation, was held in support of the movement for the break-up of the poor-law," when Sir Sidney Webb, L.C.C., and Mr J. Keir Hardie, M.P., were the principal speakers, the chair being taken by County'Councillor Henry Davies (Cwmavon). At the outset Mr J. James (Cwmgorse) moved a resolution expressing approval of the minority report of the Poor Law Commission for the abolition of the workhouse and the poor law system in favour of a policy of preventing destitution, treating the sick, and providing for unemployment without the stigma of pauperism. AJderman David Williams formally seconded. Prevention of Destitution. Mr Sidney Webb, in support, explained that the present poor law system, which was forced by England on Wales against the wish of the Welsh, provided for nothing being done to help a man who was going down the hill he must wait till he was right down at the bottom and then. when on the werge of starva- tion, it would relieve his destitution. On that principle 20 millions a year was being ex- pended, and two millions of people were so genuinely destitute that tbey were enabled to get relief, but an equal number failed, although destitute of the necessaries of life. Referring to the report of the Commission, what they wanted was to prevent the occur- rence of destitution. (Chefcrs.) He dealt at length with the necessity for the State ful- filling its obligations in the care and education of the young, the grappling with sickness, and the prevention of unemployment declaring that it is possible to prevent unemployment in the way explained in the report. The Minority Report Bill will come on shortly in Parliament, and he announced that Mr Alfred Mond, M.P., had backed the Bill, and would be one to pro- pose its adoption. Obstacles to Reform. Mr Keir Hardie, M.P., who followed, said if they could only make poverty as dangerous to the comfortable, well-to-do as was infectious disease they would soon see the end of it., The time had gone when they conld regard poverty as a crime. Poverty was bad enough in itself. He went on to observe that in many parts the Act for the provision of meals for necessitous school children was so grudgingly applied as to be a positive scandal. If they could afford to add to the cost of their Atrnj- ard Navy surely they could afford to add to the cost of keeping the people from being decimated. He protested against, irresponsible people being allowed to poke their noses into poor people's affairs. The relief to be given the poor should be as free from taint as old age pensions, which after due inquiry by responsible officials could be obtained as a right. He hoped when they came to deal with this question no one was going to be frightened by the cry of Socialism," for nothing could be done in any direction which was not in one form or another the embodiment of Socialistic principles. Discussing the prospects of getting the reform at a comparatively early date, he said the proposal stood in considerable danger of being swamped by what was called the con- stitutional crisis. It was astonishing how conveniently a constitutional crisis came in when questions threatening the supremacy of certain classes were likely to be tackled. He reminded them that the very promising Chartist movement was killed and destroyed pj the great Free Trade movement half a cen- tury ago. Let the Labour party be on their guard that this movement of theirs was not submerged and lost sight of in the great crisis through which they were told the nation is now pasting. (Cheers.) He did not think there would be a dissolution before the middle of June, and the only reason for that was that nobody wanted one. If it suited the book of either the Liberals or the Unionists to have a dissolution earlier they would have it earlier, and perhaps they would not have it even in June but some arrangements might be come to whereby the present Government would be allowed to drag oht its tolerated existent-e for a still longer period. (Laughter.) The Attitude of Labour Party. What, he asked, was to be their attitude towards questions like this during that time ? Were they, as a Labour party, to be content simply to act as a prop to the Government which is one day bound to faJl, and which, unless they were careful, might bury them in its own rains. He did not thmk so. There was the right to work, the abolition of the poor law, the relegalisation of political action by Trade Unions, and the promised scheme of insurance against invalidity ADd. unemploy- ment. They conld not afford to forget that those thingswere theif special charge, and that no matter what the assumed or alleged manufactured crisis might be, it was their special business to keep these things aloft. (Cheers.) That was how he regarded the situation. Social reform at aU times was in danger, because a somewhat varied experience of Governments bade him declare that no Government, whether Liberal or Tory, was specially, anxious to come into conflict either with existing interests or with the privileged classes. They must not forget that in dealing with the poor law they would have the overwhelming majority of the poor law officials throughout the country and the majority of the officials of the Local Government Board to deal with, and certainly everyone who wanted sweated labour. They would also have to deal with many good but mistaken people, who really and honestly believed that it did injure people to keep them up before they got right down into the morass of destitution, while the Liberal and Tory papers and Liberal and Tory politicians would find there were other issues claiming their at- tention, and because of all these thinga it was doubly incumbent on the Labour party not to allow themselves to be mixed up to the con- fusion of their own people, but to make it clear that they were out for social reform. (Cheers.) They placed that first and foremost in their programme, and the more so because of the revelations made because of the horrors which stand revealed as an integral and inevitable part of our present industrial system they wanted to work harder than ever, not simply to alleviate the condition of the people, but to destroy the system under which that condition of things exists. He urged them not to lean or rely on either the liberals or the Tories in carrying on their work, and if they wanted an object lesson as to the need for Labour organisation solidly on its own inde- pendent basis let them turn their eyes towards Mid-Glamorgan. He would conclude with the fervent hope that the Liberals would not allow their courage to evaporate, but that they would go on with the contest in that constitu- ency, for he wanted to say for himself that he would a thousand times, rather than see the seats held in Parliament by the grace of people of either the Liberal or Tory party, prefer to be without a seat until the people were strong enough to win one in the might of their own strength. (Cheers.) Mr Webb then answered several questions on matters of detail, and the motion was carried un&nimoœly

POOR LAW OFFICERS. The meeting of the Poor Law Officers' Association (Incorporated) was held on Satur- day at the Royal Hotel, Bristol, under the presidency of Mr W. H. Hope, Sunderland, and was attended by Dr. J. D. Williams and Mr Arthur J. Harris, CaMifi; Mr L. Jenkins, Swansea and Mr W. Phillips, Pontypridd, as delegates from the Glamorgan and Monmouth Branch. Dr. J. D. Williams was re-elected a member of the Executive Committee as a repre- sentative of district medical officers, registrars, and vaccination officers. The Glamorgan and Monmouth Branch, for the fourth year in succession, won the gold medal for the largest contribution of all the branches in the Kingdom to the benevolent and orphan fund, towards which they had raised £100. So pleased were the association with the success of this branch that they unanimously decided that the bsanch should retain the medal in perpetuity, aoft the presi- dent's offer to replace it was accepted with acclamation At the conclusion of the meeting the dele- gates were shown the interesting board room of the Bristol Guardians, which was in use from ,1698 to 1901, when, in consequence of the amalgamation of Bristol Union, it was found too small.

STRIKE OF SOlF CADDIES. A strike of caddies brought amusement and inconvenience to the Ashburnham Club golfers on Saturday. The caddies are paid 9d per round, and they had previously expressed dissatisfaction and uttered threats of combin- ing to enforce their demand of Is per round. Before the leaders had congregated two small boys had gone out with players, and when the score or more of organised caddies saw them they held up their fists in a threatening atti- tude. The protection of the golfers saved the little blacklegs from persoal violence. The strikers were quite disappointed to find the players carry only what was absolutely necessary and for once doing without--caddies. The boys were very boisterous and formed a group and marched in f"ont of players cheering and singing songs. They returned to the pro's quarters, made a target of the shed, and wrought great destruction. When the golfers returned and the caddies found them- selves without any earnings they offered to clean the clubs, but their services were per- emptorily refused. The caddies had written in chalk all over the place, Strike, strike."

J. Whilst following his. employment as a haulage engine driver at Penybont Pit. Aber- tillery, on Saturday. Albert Jones (18) was caught in the winding r ope and instantly killed, his body being, very badly mutilated. Dr. McKenzie was called and pronounced life ex- tinct. The unfortnnate lad was removed to his parents' residence at York-street, Abertillery.

"Cradle of a New Race." A LADY TRAVELLER'S VIEWS. Canada is a country with a. meagre past, a solid present, and an illimitable future. She is the last unstaked empire under a white man's sun—where wilderness and man are meeting. The mirfcl reels and the imagina- tion staggers in thinking of the future of this rich land. God has intended this to be the cradle of a new race, a race born of the diverse entities now fusing in its crucible. In point of population Canada, begins the 20th century where the United States began the 19th. The race is ours to MlIl." Thus Miss Agnes Deans Cameron, a Canadian who has just completed what is, without doubt, the most remarkable journey ever accomplished by woman. Starting from Chicago last May Miss Cameron, accompanied by her niece, Miss JessicCameron Brown, travelled for six months, reaching Canada's farthest north and covering in that time over 10,000 miles. The two travellers are just now in Cardiff, and on Saturday Miss Cameron told her story to one of our representatives. She spoke with the enthusiasm of one who knows, and believes in, her native land. It has been said that, what- -Rudyard Kipling has done for India Agnes Deans Cameron is doing for Canada., and her book The New North," is already in large demand. Miss Cameron and her companion fraternised with Indians of many tribes, the Crees, Chipo- wyans, Dog-Ribs, Beavers, Yellow-Knives, Soucheux, and Slavis, eating with them, talk- ing round the camp fires, tramping with. them on the trail, sleeping in their tepees. They were six weeks on the Peace River, track- ing up that mighty stream in open boats, and sleeping under the sky-line. They made thorough traverse of Lake Atha- basca and of Great Slave Lake, being the first white women to set foot at two points on these great inland seas. Fond du Lac, the eastern ex- tremity of Lake Athnabasca, and Fort Rae, on the north shore of Great Salt Lake. Miss Cameron hunted and fished (her own rifle won her a fine pair of moose antlers) and learned the possibilities of the soil from the farmer who raises wheat under the Aurora Borealis. She came across a herd of 400 to 500 wood bison, probably the last unconfined herd of buffalo in the world. Their wandering northward from the north and limited prairies," says Miss Cameron, has not only saved them from extinction, but has developed in them resistance and robust vitality." My great desire," she said, is to call attention to the great unoccupied lands of Canada, to induce people from the crowded centres of the Old World.to use the fresh air of the New." Why ? Because Canada has 200,000,000 of arable acre3 south of the Sas- katchewan. North of this river, in the pleasant valleys of the Peace are 100,000,000 acres more. The beauty of this Western Canada is that it holds out opportunities to every plucky lad who has initiative, and who is willing to work nothing is stratified, the whole thing is formative. This land stands ready to produce bread for the nations; Nature has done part, now man must do his. The two greatest needs of Western Canada to-day are transportation and im- migration."

Flat Holm island. t IN ST. MARY'S PARISH, CARDIFF. The early history of both the Steep Holm and Flat Holm Islands seems involved in ob- scurity, and very little can be gleaned in con- nection with them. But as the spring of 1910 is fast approaching a little knowledge about the two islands may be of interest to the thou- sands of passengers of the White Funnel Line boats, who pass and repass these islands on the way to and from Weston-super-Mare. They have borne different names at different times. In the year 918 (says Freeman) they were denominated as Bradanreolice, i-e., Broad or Flat Holm, and Steapanreolice, or Steep Hohn. Holm means a river island. So this name was given them by the Anglo-Saxons. To-day the Fiat Holm is a part and parcel of the parish of St. Mary's, Cardiff, while the Steep Holm is wholly in the county of Somerset. Leyland says :—" St. Cadoc, Abbot of LLan- carvan and Gildas. the early British saint, went to the two islands about the middle of the sixth centnry. They were named then Ronedi and Echni. St. Cadoc, while at Flat Holm, sent two of his followers to fetch a book from the mainland, foretelling at the same time that they would never return, and so it turned out, for they were drowned mid-sea, between the islands of Echni, i.e.. Flat and Steep Holm. The Flat Holm is mentioned in the Anglo- Saxon Chronicle under the year 918 :—" The Danes, having been defeated at Watchet and Porlock, took refuge in I. of Bradanreolice, until they were forced to go to Sonth Wales for want of food. many having died of hunger." The Flat Holm. which is about the same size as the'Steep Holm, is about three miles to the north of it. There is a.n inn and a homestead to a dairy farm of 60 acres of good land. The inn is occasionally honoured by a visit from the Corporation of the city of Bristol, whose judicial rights (under a charter of Edward III.) extends as far down the Bristol Chan- nel as the islands, and they are compelled to perambulate their water boundary every seven years. The other buildings on the Flat Holm are— (1) The noble lighthouse, the light-keepers' (kitties, oil stores, and the new powerful fog siren, and gun cotton explosive magazine (all the property of the Hon. Corporation, Trinity House. London) and under the South Wales district superintendent, Mr W. L. Mayor, Neyland, South Wales. There is a good pebbly beach on the north side, and this is the only landing place avail- able. and about the only spot where bathing conld be indulgetLin with safety. It is here that the Trinity steamship Ready (Captain R. P. Ruskinge) pays many visits in order to bring stores, etc. Around the shores is a remarkable well of fresh water, which when the sea ebbs is full, but when it flows is empty. There are also two tombs on the island, about which there has been much controversy. It has been asserted that William de Tract, one of the murderers of Thomas a Becket, lies buried here. A moat remarkable thing about these two tombstones is that they are identical in shape and size with one that was exhumed some time ago on the site of the Black Friars at Cardiff Castle. The ancient British names for both Flat and the Steep Holms was Ynysoedd-yr-Echni," and it is recorded with a great amocmt of credence that they were the favourite resorts of St. Cadoc and St. Iltyd and St. Samson. We must not forget the crematorium, belong- ing to tho Corporation of the City of Cardiff, and also a small disused fortress, and small barracks.

CHARGES AGAINST SECRETARY. Mr J. Hopkin John Vindicated. At the 20th annual council of the Welsh Artisans' Association, at the Mackworth Hotel, Swansea, on Saturday, the principal subject discussed was the alleged slanderous statements made recently about Mr John Hopkin John, the general secretary of the Union, that be was not a Trade Unionist, and that he was an anti-Labour man." The President (Mr William John) moved a resolution which stated that the matter had been brought under the noticd of all the branches of the Association and thoroughly inquired into by the delegates. The Council had agreed-, to place on record the fact that Mr John was a financial member of the Welsh Artisans' Union that he was one of the founders of the South Wales, Monmouth- shire, and Gloucestershire Tinplate Workers' Union, and for ten years edited its influential official organs that he formed the Steel Mill and Hammermen's Union and the Welsh Artisans' Union; that he established in Wales the Gas Workers a.nd Gen.er&lLabo..rs. Union that he invited to Wales and aided Mr John Hodse, M.P., in founding the British Steel Smeltersr Union in the Principality and that he shared the honour of being one of the first two Labour town councillors elected in Wales. The Council was of opinion that that was a fitting occasion to specially mark its confidence in their general secretary. They therefore resolved that in recognition of ser- vices rendered by Mr John Hopkin John to tho Labour cause, and in proof of their apprecia- tion of his able, faithful, and honest services as general secretary of the Welsh Artisans' Union for more than 20 years, to make him a grant of £100, and ordered the resolution reo corded to be suitably ill urn inatod and presented to him. This vesolution was submitted, as stated, from the chair, and was unanimously agreed to by the Council. In the other business before the meeting a proposal to add a death provision as one of the benefits of the Union was considered, and eventually withdrawn. The election of officers resulted as follows —President., Mr William John, locomotive driver, Llansamlet (in succession to Mr Henry Morris vice-president, Mr Thomas James, galvaniser, Gianamman executive members, Messrs Thomas Hughes, engine driver, Neath Arthur Lloyd, smith, Briton Ferry Thomas Henry Rees, driver, Aberavon; Thomas Davies, engine driver, Pontardulais and Joseph Jones, driver, Skewen. ■; ii- 11.

EISTEDDFOD AT BLAENGARW. TheBlaengarw ninth annv.a.1 chair Eisteddfod was held on Saturday, under the auspices of Mount Zion English Baptist Church. Chief awards :—Champion pianoforte solo, Miss S. Griffin, Swansea violin solo. W. Rees, New- bridge recitation, M. J. Davies, Port Talbot; violin solo, II. M. Reynolds, Pontycymmer pianoforte duet, W. E. and C. Morgan, Nanty- moel Welsh r ecitation, divided between W. Morgan, Pontycymmer, and M. J. Davies, Pontycymmer children's choirs, Ogmore Vale (conductor. Mr Capel) recitation, S. A. Davies, Port. Talbot: pianoforte solo, L. Crooning, Swansea; champion solo, novices, J. Daves. Blaengarw tenor or baritone solo, E. Richards, Blaengarw chief choral, four choirs (two from lllaengarw, Bettws. and Caerau)—the prize was won by Blaengarw Music Lovers (conductor, Mr Watkin Wil- liams) tenor solo, Mr D. Thomas, Blaenscarw.

J Parish Doctor's Duties. DR. MILWARDS VIGOROUS REJOINDER At Saturday's meeting of Cardiff Guardians (Mr O. H. Jones in the chair), a letter was read from Dr. W. C. Mil ward as to his action in the cases of Herbert Ranson (age two months) and Mary Ann Evans (52), deceased. In the course of the letter Dr. Milward stated that he wished to emphasise points which established his entire blamelessness. The baby Ranson was taken to his surgery on Saturday, December 4th. and he treated it for some bronchial catarrh. He saw nothing more of the child until Monday, December 13th, when it was taken to him by the mother and foster- mother with a new order, although the origi- nal was still in force. The new order had just been obtained from the relieving offi- cer, and it was not marked urgent." Dr. Milward asked why the baby could not be brought to the surgery at the usual time. and he suggested that if it was inconvenient for the mother the ffter-mother should bring it as before. The suggestion was promptly and willingly accepted, but it was nt acted upon. He was not again communicated with until after the child was dead. The rider of the jury did not cast any direct reflection on any- one, but found fault with the machinery. The machinery was not at fault. There was never, from first to last, any suggestion. of urgency, and he did not refuse to see the child. If every case which pleaded inconvenience of the ordinary surgery tinier was to be treated as a caso of urgency the completion of any day's I work became at once an impossibility. To say it was very unfortunate that he did not examine the child on December 13th (when I the order was not marked" urgent") was about as pertinent as to say it was very un- fortunate that be (the doctor) had not the power of Joshua to prolong the day when it was too short for the accomplishment of the work thereof. The Local Government Board could aay nothing stronger than that it was very unfortunate. With regard to the second case, Dr. Milward pointed out that although an order, endorsed urgent and for house," was obtained by Mrs Tinsley, a lodging-house keeper, for attendance on her servant, Mary Ann Evans, at 10.35 a.m. on December 20th, the order was forwarded to his (the doctor's) house just before 1 o'clock. He attended to the case within 20 minutes of being informed of it, and he gave an order endorsed, Please admit as urgent without waiting for R.O.'s order," and also" Carriage necessary." He advised imme- diate removal, and there his connection with the case ceased absolutely. In the words of one of the greatest legal authorities in such matters, Dr. Milward's duty aided, in this case when you gave the order for removal." The woman »was not removed on the doctor's order, but an attempt was, he understood, made to get an- other person altogether into the Workhouse on it. He heard nothing more of the case until the evening of December 22nd, when a boy of 15 asked him to send a conveyance for the patient's removal. He had no power to supply a conveyance, and so refused, and in a very short time the boy returned with the message, Mrs Tinsley says, Thanks very much. The woman is dead? He refused a certificate, and it seemed to him that there had been gross negligence on the part of some- one in leaving a dying woman unattended and unremoved to the Workhouse. The jury found his (Dr. Milward's) conduct reprehensible. Why ? For not doing two things, for neither of which was there any sort of obligation upon him to do :—(1) For not notifying the coroner that he could not certify (2) for not going to see the case when the boy asked for a cab. A high legal authority had stated, there was no obligation on your part to communicate with either coroner or police, and the rider was un- called for in this respect. It is no part of your duty to secure a conveyance, and the sugges- tion on the part of the Local Government Board, if carried out, would require a definite alteration of your contract." Hear Both Sides." Dr. Milward, in his letter, asked the Guar- dians whether they thought it desirable for their officers to attempt the hopeless task of accepting responsibility for, and so covering, the gross carelessness and criminal negligence of people only too ready to accept no respon- sibility, even without such aid. You will do me the justice to remember," concluded the letter, that I never asked for anything less than the fullest possible investigation, which to the end has been denied me. That the other side has been heard to same purpose is only too painfully obvious, and I cannot think that you will refuse due weight to my version of the matter which, if it does no more, must at least show to be utterly unjustifiable the damaging insinuation publicly made that this might almost prove to be a matter for a criminal charge." Councillor William Jones said the Guardians should be thankful for having allowed Dr. Milward to make his statement. He (Mr Jones) thought it too bad they should have gone to people outside rather than to Dr. Milwajsd for the facts. The Chairman 8&id that as a Board they had not expressed any opinion on the matters. Mr J. J. Ames asked whether it was true that an attempt was made to get a person into the Workhouse other than the person for whom the ticket had been obtained. The Chairman There is no doubt about that. Mr Ames Why has there not been-a prose- cution ? The matter then dropped.

Licensees Warned. MUST PROVIDE REFRESHMENTS. At Bridgend adjourned Licensing Sessions on Saturday (before Alderman William Llewellyn and other magistrates) complaints were made that certain licensees in the district had refused to supply reasonable refreshments when asked to do so. Mr Burrell, a commercial traveller, said that on August 23rd he and Mr F.J. Green, another traveller, called at the Ffaldau Hotel, Ponty- cymmer, and asked if they could have a chop. They were told that they could not, ae the house was too busy." Mr David Llewellyn, who appeared for the licensee, asked witness if he had asked to see the licensee when hewas refused the chop. The reply was in the negative. Air Llewellyn said an ordinary was pro- vided at the Ffaldau HoteJoevery Tuesday and Thursday. The Chairman: This is a serious matter. We must hear the licensee and have an understanding from him thatrhowill provide reasonable refreshment whenever asked to do so. Mr David Jones, the licensee, said he had never refused to supply reasonable refresh- ments. and it was not he who refused Mr BurreU. He would give an undertaking to supply anyone in future. The Chairman Subject to t hat undertaking your licence will be renewed. You must-supply refreshments not only on particular days/but whenever asked to do so. School Inspector's Experience. Inspector Evans stated that a complaintJmd been received from Mr T. Powell, an inspector of primary schools under the Glamorgan County Council, that he had been refused refreshment at the White Lion Hotel, Maes- teg. Mr Powell stated that on the 14th of July, about 1.30 p.m., he called at the White Lion Hotel and asked for some food. He was told dinner was over, and he asked if he could have a cup of tee. and a piece of bread and butter. This was refused, and he left the house. Miss Davies, the licensee, said that Mr Powell was offered a plate of ham and eggs and green peas. The Chairman (Alderman Llewellyn) said that the licence would be renewed, but Miss Davies must be careful to see that anyone she had about her house would not refuse ordinary refreshments in this way. Mr Powell also laid a-compdaint against thelieenseeof the Victoria Hotel, Maesteg. He said that after being re- fused refreshments at the White Lion he went to the Victoria. There he saw a lady who said she could only supply him with a plate of fourpenny ha'penny beef." He said he would try that but would like a cup of tea with it. She refused to give him a cup of tea. John Harris, the licensee, said on this occa- sion he was away from home, and it was his wife who saw Mr Powell. Mrs Harris denied that she refused to mako Mr Powell a cup of tea. The Chairman said that the Bench accepted Mr Powell's evidence. The licence would be renewed, but it must be clearly understood that if complaints of this kind were brought before the Beoch again serious action would be taken.

ANTl-UVING-IN CRUSADE. The annual meeting of the South Wales District Council of the National Union of Shop Assistants was held a.t the Occidental Cafe, Cardiff, on Sunday. Delegates represent- ing the various branches in the South Waleq district attended, and reports were submitted upon the movement locally, indicating that the organisation was in a healthy state. The appointment of officers for the year resulted M follow;—Chairman, Mr G. A. Roeser, Neath; vice-chairman. Mr F. C. Howells, Cardiff secretary, Mr H. M. Gihbon.Newport; assistant secretary. Mr D. J. Williams, Fern- dale treasurer, Mr W. N. Lewis, Aberdare. A strong Executive Committee was appointed. The Anti-living-in Committee reported upon the stepB taken to carry out the policy adopted on the question of the living-in system in South Wales, and arrangements are being made for a definite step to be taken in the autumn. The pleasing information of an establishment at Newport having abolished this system was conveyed to the conference. and the following resolution was carried unani- mously :— That this meeting, representing 2,000 organised shop workers of South Wales. hears with great satisfaction that Messrs Reynolds and Co.. Newport, have abolished the liring-in System, and while congratulat- ing the firm upon their decision, since«cly hopes that other establishments in South Wales will early follow this splendid example in the interests of the health and general well-being of the assistants. l

TALKS ON HEALTH. By A FAMILY DOCTOR. Training the Heart. Men who are about to go in for a. course of training for athletics of any sort should remem- ber that the most important, part of the task is to train the heart. What is commonly known as the wind is really a combination of the heart and the lungs, and the ODe is as im- portant as the other. If the lungs are perfectly sound, and the heart is not strong enough to pump the blood through the lungs a feeling of fatigue is at Oilce experienced. Let anyone count his pulse at the bottom of a flight of stairs, and then run as hard as he can to the top and count his pulse again: it will be foand that the number of heats is very much increased. Old people, especially those who are fat, wiU tell you that their hearts beat like steam engines when they go uphill, showing that the heart is strained by doing twice as much work. A Hard-working Friend. A few weeks ago 1 endeavoured in pathetic language to enlist your sympathy tor you ? stomachs. Let me now appeal to you on behaH of our old and trusted friend—th:- heart. Firsts let me remind you that the heart, besides having to bear the worry of all your lova affairs (which is only my nonsense), has to keep working aU your life, never going to sleep day or night. That's a nasty one for some of yo^ who belong to a n eight hours'working dayrmios* Nay, more than that, the heart begins beating months before you are born, and goes on beat- ing after vou are dead. The hearts of cold- blooded animals continue to beat for hours "when quite separated from the body. Butwbat I started out to say was that in training for a race the heart must be trained as well as the muscles of the thighs and calves. The heart is nothing more nor less than a muscle, and its condition (must be noted as carefully as the condition of any other muscle. "Knocked Out" I once had to perform a post-mortem on a man who had been killed in a friendly boat-, with the gloves. His muscles were inaplendid condition there was not an ounce of super- fluous fat on him anywhere. There was no grave injury of any description, and the cause of death seemed rather obscure until I came to examine the heart. This organ was small, below the normal weight, and flabby in consistence, and it was clear that the man had been badly trained. A doctor could have told him from an examination of his pulse that his heart was weak, but he omitted this precaution, and the exertion of the fight anda sharp blow over the' heart had knocked him out for good. Smoker's Heart. The-worst insult can offer yotctbomk, is to smoke too many cigarettes. It wqs a viae law to prohibit the-smoking of cigarettes by boys. Many mensay that they get no paeaaaBe out of a cigarette if they do not inhale. It has a verywea-keningeSect onthe lungs to keep on filling them with smoke, and predisposes to bronchitis and pneumonia. The bad effects-of' indulging too freety are first ielt in the throat. The voice becomes alittle husky, and an irri- tating cough sets fe the throat is ratharred and sore and the collection of mncos at the back of the throat give rise to the cough. Same people's eyes are easily inflamed by dgMattec smoke. But worst of all is the poisoning of. the heart by the nicotine it seems snetea wanton thing to do. A man who would not hurt a fly will upset his heart with nicotine without any compunction. He wakes up in the night with a start; he cannot walk up ajSBgh&i of stairs without puffing like a. grampus aotft the slightest emotion or excitement tarns himt pale and sweating. This is another -case for punishment for illness. What is the prisoner charged with ?" Found in bedn-J suffering from smoker's heart." "Tranter shillings or fo Neactcaae." For the Complexion. Several correspondents ask me abont-spots on the face. Two matters must receive at- tention one is the face itself, and the other is the general health. As regards the general health, you must go early to bed, sleep with the window open, eat slowly and at regular times, avoid indigestible food such as sweets, pickles, pork, pastry, tinned food, curries, and strong tea.; and keep in the fresh air as much all possible. As regards the face, I warn you it means taking trouble, and if you do not want to persevere with the treatment do not begin. Take a jug full of boiling water and steam the face for about ten minutes. Then gently mas- sage the face for another ten minutes, trying to press oat the black-heads; no black-beads, no pimples. The massage should be of a pinch- ing nature, not so hard as to hurt, but hard enough to press out the contents of the little glands of the skin. Obstinate black-heads may be attacked with a watch key or with a special little instrument called a comedown ex- tractor." Then the face must be carefully wiped with a very soft sponge or with a piece of cotton-wool, using warm boracic lotion. If the face is very red with inflamed pimples, usa calamine lotion instead of boracic. This process repeated every night makes a wonderful im- provement in the complexion. Red EyeHds. Styes in the eye, or rather, on the eyelid are often the result of some irregularity in vision. A child who has red eyelids should always be taken to a doctor to have the vision tested. Choose your doctor, because not-every medical man knows how to test for glasses. A constant and continuous application of lotions will only give disappointment if the eyes are unequal in strength. It is especially important in the case of children, as the defect may grow worse if it is neglected. It is sad to come across a case which might have been cured in childhood, bat is now beyond recovery. Care of the Eyes. Never use a prescription for glasses whieh was ordered for somebody else, and do not wear the glasses which your granny left behind as a legacy. They will not suit you, and will do more harm than good. Never let anyone you care about read in a bad light. Children actu- ally read by the flickering light of the fire some- times because they are not allowed to light the gas. It ruins their eyes. The proper way to read is with the book propped up, the head -held erect with the spine straight, and the light falling over the left shoulder. The type should be clear and easily read small type-is very trying. Answers to Correspondents, I am happy to reply to queries about adver- tised drags and remedies if a stamped addrefised envelope is sent. A Sufferer.—Take a hip-bath as hot as can be borne before the pain comes on. Rest as much as possible in a recumbent position. Anxious Inquirer.—The hot and stinging taste may come from the tooth. More prob- ably your digestion is out of or Morrow.—The best treatment for-wosms is to inject some Infusion of Quassia. At night smear the parts with some a ntiseptic ointment. Imagination.— Should advise you to consult a doctor. Don't be afraid we make our living out of patiant.s and are always glad to see t^m. Bronie.—Airaid that nothing but a.saiatl operation wili remove that mole. Let it alons if it is out of sight. Iron and Steel.—Try lime juice or barley water and Hme juice, or freshly infused weak tea. (Allletters intended for "The Family Doctor" should be addressed, The Doctor," 8,14 Belle Saavage, London, E.C.)

Excursionists Upset TWOWOMEN BADLY HURTNtARNEATH On Sunday afternoon an accident happened near Neath to a party of exctxrsioniste with very serious consequences to two women, who were occupying a horse vehicle which was in charge of a driver named William Williams. Besides the driver, the occupants were Edward Lewis, his wife Mary, Doris May Lewis, daughter, a girl five years, and Mlas Edith Griffiths, 18, all of Syd-terrace, Clyne. Their intention was to go to Swansea. On the way they halted at the Green Dragon, in Cadoxton, where the two men got out. Whoa, ready to restart, and while Williams was justing the harness, the horse bolted off in tbt. direction of Aberdulais, and was not checked until reaching that village, tibout three-quart ters of a mile away. Here the animal came tt grief, and the occupants were thrown violently out of the conveyance. The child escaped injury. The two womenc who were bleeding about the head and earaj were picked up in an unconscious state. Dr, Prell, Aberdulais, and Dr. Lewis, Neath, found that Mrs Lewis and Miss Griffiths were suffer- ing from concussion of the brain, and the first? named is not expected to recover.

ENGLISH DUELLIST. Mining Student Sentenced. Freiberg (Saxony), Saturday.—An English man named Payne, whose address in Engl&nt is not divulged, an ex-student at a mining college here, has been sentenced in his absence by proxy by the Provincial Court to ffeuf months' confinement in a fortress and. toO £ 4i 10s fine on charges of duelling, violently re< sisting arrest, and insulting the police. The affair arose out of a midnight quarrel it a cafe between Mr Payne and another English student, and Lieut. Von Schwake, ol the Rifle Regiment, stationed here. Lieut. Von Schwake drew his sword, and was struci by Mr Payne, who WDS arretted. Lieut. VOJl Schwake sent him a challenge, and a pistot duel ensued, without injury to either party. Lieut. Von Schwake was subsequently corn; peHed to leave the Army. Mr Payne is said t< be staying at a sanatorium in South Germany —Reuter.

Mr M. Rober Jones, coroner, held an in- quest at GrifTithstown on Saturday totichinf the death of Susan Williams (52), wife of Wafr kin Williams (signalman), of Panteg. De- ceased went out to look for her daughter, an.1 on returning with her the little giri passed safely over a crossing in the neighbourhood of the works of Messrs Baldwins, Ltd., but de- ceased was caught between the huffers of t.w«» trucks, A verdict of Accidental death Wall .returned.