The Cardiff Times

Cardiff. On Monday morning the second annual fat stock I Show promoted by the Cardiff and Ditfict Butchers nd Cattle Driers' Association was opened I In the Roath Cattle .Market—a commodious ana Convenieutlv arranged loc.,tle.- The Mayoi of Cardiff (Alderman J.cob-) an! Dr J.>«M (the Chairman of the property and markets commit.-ee) attended in their official capacity, and were Welcomed by Mr VV.tr (on behalf of the assocm- tio»), 'n the absence, through indisposition, Mr Cornwall, the president. His Worship, addressing the people who had ass»m- congratulated the association upon the excellence of the show, and referred with s<i„isfac- tion to the fact that the entries th.s year mm- about HO. as compared with 118 last year. He was convinced that the butchers and dealers of the district were Jfalous of th<* reputation of the tnwn in relatIOn to tt meat supply, and he exprAspd the opinion that such exhibitions as this were calculated in high degree to enhance the prosperity of the town. He incidentally mentioned that •bout. £ 10,800 had been expanded tipon the Roath market, and although that, might pyear a large Bum, one half of it had been spent in providing accommodation and making various improvements suggested by the Butchers ana Dialers'Association.—Dr. Jone* intil]. a few remarks, and, upon the motion of Mr Warii, a hearty vote of th^ulcs was accorded the Mayor tor his patronage.— After an adjournment for refreshments, the mayor was coii'lncted -o the various stalls, and expressed hun-eif veiy much pleased with the exhibits.The formal opening somewhat delayed the judging. ihe Weather was cold and raw, and the attendance or I the general public was not so numerous as the f general excellenceof the exhibits deserved. Moie over, a dr ezling rain which prevailed tlirougliout the afternoon no doubt de erred many who were desirous of being present, and thereby showing their appreciation of the efforts of the association to bring togethrr a really excellent collection of animals. Competent, judges who visited the show pronounce it one of great merit in all depart- mpn, Ilnd gome of the exhibits were indeed exceptionally guod. The Hereford fat ox chum- TIRIC CHAMPION OX.-PROPItRTy OP MR E. 1. POOLE, CARDIFF. S-on* whlch in 1886 took the butchers' prizs at Viewport, and this year gained first priz^ at Newport, Birmingham, and Srnithfield, was on Monday awarded the first priz-^ in its class and the champion prize. The animal Which attracted a good deal of atten- tion on the part of visitors was the property of Mr Stratlon, the noted breeder, but it has now fallen into the hands of Mr Poole of Bnte.street, Cardiff, and will in due course be killed for the Christmas market. Of f it heifers there was a magnificent show, and the judges bad considerable difficulty in deciding the ques- ii "f.aciLtuaI superiorty. The shorthorns in- cluded the two an.mals that took the first prizes at Bridgend and Cowbridge. At the Cardiff Show they were placed in different classes, and both took first prizes. Amongst the most success- ul exhibitors may be mentioned Lord Tredegar, ijprd Bute, Mr flees Thomas, Boverton Place, ^owbnrige, and Mr William Thomas, The H-jyes, Sully.

PRIZE LIST. i „ CAiTLE r ^*SS 1.—Hereford oxen—1 and 3, A J Francis, Lc'igh'on, Mon gomeryshire 2, Joseph Frost, ^fj'hrmse Farm, Ltandenny. Usk. j ^_CLAS5 2.—Hereford stei-rs—1, XV S Powell, Kglwyi- lilcltlydd. Port Talbot; Z and 3, Joseph Frost. Newhouse &rm, Llandenny, Usk. [ FIRST PRIZE WINNER IN (,L'Sa III.- AGED 1 TEAS j 1 9 MONTHS. CLASS 3.—Hereford steer or heifer, not exceeding two ye,,tr- old—1, William Thomas, The Hayes Farm, Sully, heifer; 2, William Ttuiaas, The Hayes Farm, CLASS 4.—Hereford heifers—William Thomas, The Flays Farm, Hnllv, CLASs 5 —shorthorn oxen-J C Thomas, Boverton Court, Cowbridge. Ciass 6.—shorthorn steers, exceeding 2 year1! and not exceeding 3 yvars old—1. Lord Tredegar, Tredegar- park, Newport; 2and3, Kees Thomas, Bover'-on-piace, near Cowbridge h c, G. C. Williams, Llanrumney-hall C1.ASS 7.-h..rthorn steer or heifer, not exceeding 2 years old—1. Kees Thomas, Boverton-placo, near Cow. bridge 2, C Duckham, Salisbury Farm, Magor, bhort. horn steer. CLASS 8.—Shorthorn heifer—Lord Tredegar, Tredegar *ark. Newport. CLASS g,-Ox or steer, any breed or age not eltaible for foregoing classes-I, The Mat quiet of Bute, Home Farm Cardiff; 2, Lord Tredegir, Tredegar Park, New- pert •' 3 Bees Thomas, Boyerton-place, near Cowbridge. CLASS' 10 —Fat cows or h-ifers, any breed—1, Lord Tredegar, Tredegar Park, Newport; 2, J C Thomas, Boverton Court, cowbridge; 3, Lleweliyn Yorath, Talybont, Breconshire. t t t ClASS 11.—Best fat cx, the property of a local butcher—1, E J Poole, Bute-street, Cardiff; 2, 1 Parsons, Cathays, Cardiff, Parsons, Cathays, Cardiff, WLNOTNG KBtna IN CLASS XII.—OWNED BY A. DOUGHTY, CARDIFF. CL*SS12,—Fat heifer, the property of a local butcher -1. A Doughty Bute Docks,Cardiff 2. K J Po»le. Bute-street, Cardiff; 3 and j b vvlliie Broadway, Cardiff. Cl^SS 13.Ilert<on of Fat Beasts (exclusive of a»y shown in the foregoing classes, not less than 4 m »mnib«r.)-l, Kees Ihomas, Boverton Place, near W>whrlitge. 'J* ^Fat bull-1. Henry Workman, Coedker- now, near Newport; 2, the Marquis llf B' t 1Ioin8 ^rm.Cardift highly-commended, Epumell cauton, Cardiff CLASS I6.-Calres-1, Divid White, "Woodville-road Can;iff; 2, William U lliaii-.s, hplott JFarm clr.liff '1 commended, W M Gerrish, St. Mellonn. im' Cardltf HXTRA PRIZKS.—(Given by the Mayor and Cornnra tion ot Cardiff).—Kor the best beast in tha show— E J Poole, Bute-street; reserve, W Thomas, JSuijy For the best beast, exclusive of champion, bred and f!ti fcy a tenant farmer, within 12 miles of Cardiff- W Thomas, Sully, (iiven by Messrs Stephenson and Alexander For the best col ection of cattle taken out of any of the classes, the property of one exhibitor— E J Poole; c, Lord Tredegar. Given by Mr H Cousins: For I lie betlt beast in the show owned and shown by p, 1 member of the association, whether such beast hall have Won a prize in any class in the show or not—K J PlM.B- Given by Mr J. Kennuiss For the best ox or heifer ia the "how, exclusive of the corporation prize winners I Urdirodeg r. Given by Messrs Noah Kees and Son: For the best beast fed on Waterloo round feed- bag cake purchased from them—XV. J homa.s, Sully. I SHEEP. CLASS 17.—Cotswold lambs, pen of 3 fat wether lam s—land 2, William Thomas, The Hayes Farm, Sully. CLASS 18.—Down sheep, any breed, pen of 3 fat Sully. CLASS IS. -]Down sheep, any breed, pen of 3 fat we hers—1, William Brown, Montgomeryshire; R I Stratton, The Duttryn, Newport, Mon. CLASS 19 —Down lambs, any breed, pen of fftt I Wether lambs—1, Sir Joseph Spearman, Hart, I.laii- sannor Court, Cowbridge: 2, E Stiatton, The Duffryn, Newport, Mon. Ci ASS 30.—Crossbrt-ds. pen of 3 fat wether sheep— 1, Newport, Mon. Ci ASS 30.—Crossbrt-ds. pen of 3 fat wether sheep— 1, Llewellyn Thomas, Lisworney, Cowbridge; 2, William Williams. Splott Farm, Cardiff. CLASS 21.-Cro.,sbr(3,i limbs, pen of 3 fat wether lambs—i, U ijtratton, The Duffryn, Newport. Mon. CLASS 22.—Fat ewes (»nv breed), pen of three fat ewes-1. Sir Joseph spearman, Birt., l laimannor Court, Ciwbridge; 2, H stratum. The JJuffryn, New- port, Mon.; c, Llewellyn Thomas, Lisworney, Cow- biidge. CLASS 23 —Radnor wether-i, pen of four fat wetbers- 1, 2, and 3, William Wi li ,ms, Spl -tt Farm. Cardiif. CLASS 24.- Wel,¡ mountain wethers, pen of five fat wethers—1 and 2, William Williams, ^ploto Farm, Cardiff; 3, the Marquis of 1-ute. CLASS 25.—Fat aethers, the property of a local btttcli r. pen of 3 -at wethos- i K J Pn Ic, Bute street. Cardiff 2. « Kyte, ( iu- line-streei-, Cardiff. I CLASS 06 — Fat amos. th I property of a i"C ;i butcher, pen ot o (at. lamhs— 1, b Kyte, tjHr>.iine-stree Cardiff 3, B Kyie, Oun»lii]«-strt?et, C'U*d«ff# KXTRA PftiiE.— Givon by MrKatser, St Mary-street, lor the heat pen of iamb.-) iii thd sho»v—airJ ii Spear- man) PIGS. CLASS 27.—Fat pigs—1, ihe Marqnia of -Blite, Home 2 (i W B..rf,.rd, Uoath Mill, Oud:ff. CLASS 28. —l-'at pi". nnder one year 0111-1, W X Kaper, Heath Farm, blanisiion 2, Edward Davies. Waenfawr, St. Mellons. CLASS i&-Far po-ker*. pen fat porkers—1, W T Uaper, Heath Fai in, i.la»ii-~hen Llewallyn Thomas, Lisworney, Cowbridge. CLASS 30.—Fat piat, the property of a local butcher— 1, Job White, Broadway, Cinitf; 2, George Came, Ol'fto'i-street, Car dlf c, Walter Prosser, Clifton-street, Card ff. I CLASS SL-ifat porkers, the property of a local butcher-I, E J Pnolo, B,ite.-creet, Cardiff 2, Walter Prosser, Clifton Street, Cardiff. In the eVHiiitiR the annual dinner was held at, the j{lIlal Hotel, Cardiff, Air D. Cornwell, the' president of the Butchers' and Cattle Dealers' Association, occupied the chair, and Air R. D. Pleydeil officiated as vi e-ohairuian.

Pembroke Fat Oattle Club. The annual show of fat stock was held in the Market house, Pembroke, on Monday. There Was a falling-off in the number of animals shewn, but tho quality was good. The judges were—Mr 'f'. B. Brown, Swansea, and Mr JJodson, Manch 's- r, for cattle and sheep; and Mr John Davies andMrT.&M,,riranforrooW. The following it a list of their awards:— lues or beifeT, any age-I, W Dawblus 2, Charles _I' Mathias, Castlera <rtin. Fat steer Qder four years old —1, Charles Mithias 2, the Earl of Cawdor. Fat heifer under four years old—1. the Earl of Cawdor 2, J W Morison Fat cow—1, the Earl of Cawdor 2, Eynon Bo wen. B^st fat Castlem min entered for cm- petition, tlie p operty of and bred by a tenant farmer, and under W Morison 2, O Strat on. Be-t animal in the first four classes, the o-.vner being a tenant farmer and a membe of the ciub— J W Morison. Steer or heifer, under three vears tne owner bdng a member of the club—1 and 2. William Dawkins. t 'astl-in .rdn st-er, under three years old- 1, VV Dawkins 2, DS -ratton. Steer or heifer not ex- c-e iiiisr two ve ir-.—the I', trl of Cawdor. Pen of three fai 1 unbs of the short wool breed—1. Willam Morris; 2. li G Robe* ts. Swe.ies (for the best 12 ro..ts)--l, WiMiani Morris 2, 'Vjlliam Phillips. Lon« mangolds (best U r',ots)-l, Th onas Moms: 2, C.donel S u.nn Globe or inter,nediate mangolds (for the best hi roots; —1, Thomas Morris 2, Col-mel Saurin.

Monmouth Fat Stock Market. This animal market was held on Monday, when the supply of fat stock was quite equal to the demand, the general quality being excellent. The chief exhibitors of cat tle were Messrs J >hn Allan Rolls, Hendre; John D lVi, Red Farm, Cwmcarvon (who had about the best beasts in the yard); and James Breakwel!, Per thyre Mills, Rockfield. Among the sheep breeders were Messrs J. A. Rolls, P. R. Jackson, Biackbrook; Ge og -Gr.ttin Griffin, Newton Court; and M rStrickiand, tlieLindors, who were, as usual, well to the fore. Prices, however, except for first-class quali y, shewed no advance on the previous market. There was but a s-mill show of store stock, the quotations for which were about the same as a fortnight ago, while the pig trade was small nnd dull. The firm of Messrs Nelines, Dampier, and Pooie (who gave the chief of the prizes) were the only auctioneers present, and to their hammers were entrusted about 170 head of fat cattle and about 450 head of sheep, lambs, aud porks.

Carmarthenshire Agricultural Show, The Christmas show ot the Carmarthenshire Agricultural Society was hel 1 on Tuesday. The show of dogs was good, while cattle, sheep, and pigs ivera fairly numerous, but the five poultry showed a slight falling off in quantity in some classes. Cattle seemed as to quality about on a par with previous shows.

SUICIDE OF A CARMARTHEN FAUMER. On Monday afternoon Mr R. M. Thomas, deputy-coroner for Carrnarthenshiie, investigated a case, of verv determined euieide at Trelech. The rash act was committed on Thursday week, the self-mvrderer being John Bowen, of Panly- crugle Farm, Trelech. Bowen, who was 67 years of age, seems to have for some tune suffering from low spirits owing to money troubles. He gave no evidence of suicidal tenden- cies, however, though the event showed that he harboured such thoughts. There was in the house at Pautyciugle n old pistol, bought six years ago for use in frightening crows. 1 he weapon was of a common pattern, with a flat wooden handle. It was broken in the lock, so that It would not remain at full cock. The deceased, to have overcome this defect, must have inserted his thumb in the lock, so as to bold up the hammer while he pulled the trigger. Bowen committed tne rash act in his hayguard early in the morning, and the condition of the body showed that he had placed the pistol inside his mouth before he firellt. The inquest was heid at Pantycrugle. The first witness called was Hann¡Ó Bowen. widow of the deceased. She said her husband was 67 years of age. She last saw him alive about seven o'clock on the &th inst. He went out before breakfast to find the cattle. He then seemed better than he had been lately. He had been in great trouble and in bad health. He had been in trouble about money matters. No one was press- ing him for money, but he was in debt to the extent of about £100. He said nothing about committing suicide. At eight o'clock witness went to fetch her husband to breakfast, and found him in the hayguard, lying en his face, quite dead. Ha had had a pistol in the house for years. Wit- ness used it occasionally to frighten away the crows, but it was broken latterly, st that witness could not use it. She did not know that there was powder in the house, but her husband was at, Carmarthen on the Saturday before he died.— P.C. David Danielssaid hearrived at Pantycrugle about ten o'clock, and found the deceased lying in the hayguard in a pool of blood. Pieces of the flesh of bis face had been blown about. At his right-hand side was the pistol (produced), about half a yard from the body. There was an ex- ploded cap on the nipple of the pistol. Deceased's head was blown to pieces. In his left waistcoat pocket were some shot and a piece of cord.— Mr W. C. Griffiths, surgeon, said he examined the mouth of the deceased, and found that the shot had been fired upwards into the base of the brain. The skull cap was fractured, probably by the force of the explosion. Witness believed that the shot must have been fired when the point of the pistol was inside the mouth. Witness could feel shot in the brain, but did not extract any. Death was evidently caused by the explosion of the pistol, and must have been instantaneous.—The jury found that deceased committed suicide whilst temporarily insane.

CURIOUS DIFFICULTY AT CRICKHOWELL. Issue of a Mandamus. There was a large attendance of guardians at the meeting of the Crickhowell Board of Guardians, on ouday. Sir Joseph Bailey, Bart., M.P., presided. The principal business was the consideration of a mandamus, dated 29th November, which had been served on the board from the High Court of Justice, and which called upon the guardians to complete the election of supriutendent registrar for Crickhowell, by de- claring Mr Thomas Jones Parry, of Biynmawr, duly elected. After receiving the mandamus, the clerk wrote to the Registrar-General, enolosing copy of the same, and asking his instructions, the present holder of the office (Mr Thomas Lewis) laving stated that the Registrar-General had advised him to take no notice of any proceedings that might be taken.- In his reply, the Registrar-General stated that the guardians had no power to comply with the order made, as there was no vacancy íu the office of superintendent registrar. The appointment was ma.leunderthe Act quoted in the manebmus (6 and 7 VVm. IV, c. 86,8ec. 7), but was made by the Registrar-General himself, the guardians having faded to appoint within 14 days from the 8t.h October, the date when the office had become vacant. The acceptance of the nomination of the guardians—which nomination Was allowed to take place twice 111 consequence of a. dispute as to the first nonunatlOn-was entirely a matter of grace on the part of the Registrar General, as the power of appointment belonged to and was exercised by him alone. A superintendent registrar simply held hie office during the Registrar General's pleasure, and was liable to be removed by him.—He (the Registrar-General) thought the guardians should lose no time in laying these facts before tho High Court of Justice. Mr BASIL JATNE asked at whose instructions the clerk had communicated with the Registrar- General, seeing that the question had not been discussed at the meeting of the guardians siuce the receipt of the mandamus. The CLEMS said be bad acted on his own responsibility. Mr JATNK Then you have exceeded your dufy. The clerk he added, had no right to assist the Registrar G 'neral to confirm an appointment. The CHAIKMAN I do not un erstand tb ob. jection. The clerk simply states the facts Mr HICKS: The ol erk had no right to assume any authority 111 the absence of the board On bemg put to the meeting, Bix guardians voted for and nine against the amenument. The amendment was then put as a substantive motion, and carried by nine votes to six.

EXTRAORDINARY THEFTS AT NEWPORT. At the Newport borough police-court, on Mon- day-before the Mayor (Mr Thomas Pugsiey) and three other magistrates—William Kirle (50), described as a labourer, was charged on remand with stealing a coat, vest, two shirts, aud a pair of boots, the property of John Bevister, pile driver, Arlington street, Marshes-road. The prisoner and his wife, a. month since, went to lodge in a furnished room at prosecutor's. The couple were very poor, and had literally nothing. I he wlf died, and but for Mrs Bevister would not have had, medical attendance. She was buried at the expense of the parish, and prisoner borrowed the clothing from prosecutor and Win. Williams to foilow her to the grave. Frora Williams he obtained the loan of his Sunday coat an(j vest, which were to be returned to Bevister Prisoner pretended to hand over the clothing the night gtter tho funeral, but next Iorn ug. in the house at breakfast after Bavister had left for work, he levanted with the whole of the borrowed articles, and was apprehended by the Bridgwater police wearing one of the stolen shirts. Prisoner was charged with forging and uttering, with intent to defraud, au order or request for £2. Prisoner went to Mr Charles Tovey, undertaker, with the parish funewa) order, and wanted some additions, which he would pay for. Mr Tovy told him he could not assent to this without an order from i.is enoployrfr. Prisoner next day fjave prosecutor's man order to the following Kff'C': —'• Newport, Mon., Nov30. I will advance %32 to William Ivrle 011 Saturday to pay expenses and he can IJIIY u back as it suits him. From Mr J. Williams, Civmbran Brick and Tile Works, L mittd." Prisoner twice told prosecutor that Mr Williams was his employer, and had tlltl funeral accelerated by a d->y, saying that Mr Williams would be thereby con venienced, was committfd for trial at the assizes,

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COLUMN FOR BOYS AND GIRLS By Maggie Symington. Between the dark and the daylight, When the night is beginning to Comes a pa115 in the day's occupation That is known as the Children's Hour. Lonqftllou). One begins to feel very Christmassy just now, and I have been thinking of all your busy little fingers at work on gifts for all the grown folk and young foik of the household. Girls will creep away into corners with bags of silks, and wools, and odds and ends,and what pretty and useful things their skilful hands will turn out- dainty pin-cushions, housewives' mats and bags, and endless acceptable trifles. And boys, they will surely not be behind. They will be carpen- tering, tinkering, cutting at fretwork, perhaps, and turning out as many useful trifle as their sisters, I hipe. There are no gifts su delightful as those which cost the givers both thought and labour, remember that; and your gift is valuable in proportion as your kindly feeling prompts you to exercise these. Here is something for you to think about whilst your fingers are busy What is Christmas? "n!. time to begin buying for Criss-mnfls," said Queen Anne. I write the word as she pro- nounced it, though she was Queen Anne. It's time to save up for Criss-muss," said Ladybird. "I haven't got money enough t3 begirt to bllY, It grows harder every year to make it o rounf1 "Crlss.muss is a uuisance," said Auntie, boldly. It ought to be abolished. It ought never to have been kept." Why, Auntie The Lord's birth-day;" cried Ladybird, in capital letters. "That isn't what I said," retorted Autie. Criss-muss isn't the Lord's birthday. It's what we've made it. The Lord has a right to His own birthday, and we've taken it away from Him. We've divided it up into a lot of little, mean, selfish birthdays among ourselves. Pretending to keep it for each other, to be sure; but just changing round. We all have our own birthdays; the Lord ought to have His, kept for Himst-lf. That's what I say. Tuat's Christ-Mass. We've made Criss-muss of it!" This was a terribly long speech for Auntie. Queen Anne and Ladybird were hushed up for a moment. Then Ladybird asked— What is Christmas or Christ Mass?i' "A Christ-offering," said Auntie, briefly, leav- ing them to think it out. Now, I want you all to think about it, too. If Christmas means anything at ail, it surely means not trying to get all the fun and all the good things and all the pleasure you can for yourselves. Here is a. pretty Story of a Dog, a Scotch dog, who, if he has not died within the last year, is living iu Edinburgh at this presant time:— Although Edinburgh is situated on the Firth of Forth, there some miles between the city and the sea and in summer a bathers' train is run sufficiently early to enable gentlemen to reach their offices in good time. Mr Thomas Nelson, the publisher of many children's books, was in the habit of availing himself of this early train, ac- companied by a large dog, who enjoyed the bath as much as his master did. One one occasion Mr Nelson went away from home for three weeks, and on his return, very much to his surprise, he received a bill from the railway company for three weeks' first-class dog fares. On inquiry, he was told that during his abeeuce bis dog had gone daily as hitherto by train, had a. sea-bath, and returned to town exactly as he had been used to do in bis master's company. He did not see the fun of missing his bath, even if his master were away, How many times a day we use words without stopping to thiuk what they mean, or to wonder how they began to mean anything at all in the first instance. Yet I have told you more than once that the meaning of words grows. Every day, when you have your dinner, moat likely you drink out of a tumbler. Did it ever occur to you to ask Why Tumblers are so Called ? Here is a pretty little story to account for the name, if you can find a better reason for it, why you are welcome to believe it. At Oxford there is a college known as All Souls'. It is considered a great honour to be eleoted a fellow of this college. One of the most distinguished of these Fellows is Prof. Max Milder, the great philologist. I know I have such clever little people to do with that I am not going even to offer an explanation of that difficult looking word. One day he gave a luncheon in the Common Room of this college to the Prince Alice of JHesse. There were only about a dozen other guests besides the Princess Alice and her husband, and as you may imagine, there was much ciever taik going on dur.ng the meal. But what excited the curiosity of all the strangers present was a set of the most curious little round bowls of ancient silver, about the size of a large orange. The were brought round ac- cording to the custom of the place, filled to the brim with the famous ale brewed in the college. The guests were told that these were "tumbler," and were speedily shown how they came by their name—a titting ieslmn for the guests of a philolo- gist When one of these little bowls was empty, it was placed upou the table, mouth downwards. Instantly, so perfect was its balance, it flew back into its proper position, as if a.-king to be filleti again. No matter how it was treated-trundled along the floor—balanced carefully on its side- dropped suideuly on the soft, thick carpet-up it rolled again, and settled Itsdt with a few gnutle Fltmkillg and swaying into its phce, exactly Jiko one of those indu-ruober tumbling dolls your baby brothers and sisters delight ill. This, then, was the origin of our word "tumbler," at first made of silver, then, when glass became common, the rouud glasses that stood upon a flit base superseded the exquisitely-balanced silver bowls, and stole their n"me, so that you have to go to All S .uls', and a few other old places, to see the real thing. Some Expressions grow in the same way that words do. I dare eRY y have heard that very common one, "Hobson's Choicebut do yon know that In it is preserved the memory of a good and useful man ? Thomas Hobson was born in 1544, and was for 60 years a sarrier between Cambridge aud London, convey- ing to and fro letters, packages, aud also passen- gers. He had a livery-stable, too, ih C wnbridge, and let horses to the students of the University. He madu it a rule that all the horses should have, according to their ability, a proper divison of work and rest. They were taken out in regular order, as they stood, beginning with the one nearest the door. No choice was allowed, and if any man refused to take the animal assigned him, he might go without any. He must take that or none. And so the phrase, Hobson's Choice," arose, which really and truly is uo choice fit all. When the plague broke out 111 the year 1630, and the colleges were closed, Hobson was foroiuuen to go to Loudon for fear of spreading the infection. He died very early in the next year, from anxiety and fretting at bis enforced idleness, it is sup- posed. He was one of the wealthiest citizens of Cambridge, and did much for the benefit of the city. Do you know bow to grow A Fairy Oak P This is a very pretty experiment for you to try. You must take an acurn, and tie a string round it, so that the blunt end, where the enp wac, is uppermost. Suspend it in a bottle, or hyacinth glass, containing a small quantity of water. Wrap the bottle in fl tllIWJ, and put in a warm, dark place. In a month, or less, the acorn will swell, burst its coat, and throw out a tiny white shoot. This is the root, and when half an inch long the water may be allowed to rise higher, hut IlInllt not touch it uutil the neck of the ro >t begins to turn upward. As soon as the stem cwminences toRimot, the bnby oak will requre small doses of light every Lia, and the root can now extend iuto the water. In a week or so it will be ready to be moved n a window, where you can watch the development. At first the tiuy trunk that is to be will look like a whitish thread covered with scales. Thau the scales will expand and the end become green, little leaves will appear, and so on until you have in miniature one of the gleat forest kings. My yonng editor of the" Scientific Reporter" has kindly answered my question— How to Make a Multigraph, and sends me the following particulars, together with the November number of his MSS paper:— FIrst, I went to an oil shop and bought two ounces of Russian glue at a penny an ounce, and half a pouud of glycerine for tivepence, also a bottle of Juds,on's aniline violet dye, price four- pence-halfpeuny. Then I went home and broke the glue up into small pieces, put it into a sauce- pan, covered rt with water, and placed it on the > tire for the glue to melt. When the glue waa thoroughly melted, I added the glycerine, and stirred thf!m for five minutes; when I took the mixture off the fire and poured it into a tin. In a short time it had set, and then I proceeded to use it. I fook a clean pen, took the cork and metal cap off the bottle, and dipped the pen into the dye, or ink as wewill call it. Then I wrote what I wished to graph on -t piece of paper and allowed it to dry, which it does very qnickly. While it was drying, I prepared a number of pieces of paper the same size as the first one, Then I pressed the written paper, written side down, on to the multigraph with a round ruler, taking care to press it evenly all over. Then, without delay, I picked it up by one corner and pulled it off. Then taking one of the pieces of paper I had prepared. I presed it on that part of the multigraph where the first paper had been, which now presented the appearance of the writ- ing backwards. The result was an exact copy of the original writing, and so on with the other papers. I wash the graph as soon as I have finished, with plenty of water and a sponge; and when the graph breaks, it has to be takeu out and melted up again in the saucepan." Sotne of the graphing in the November number iF particularly clear and good- and does great credit to the worker: I would particularly com- mend the drawings of the fossils of the neigh- bourhood. Here is A Letter from Dr. Barnardo t'1 the little girls who worked so industriously for the babies of Babies' Castle.- My dear young friends,—I am very pleased to find that you take such an interest in the welfare of Homeless Children as to help them. I trust you will continue to pray and to work for these Little Ones, whom, in Christ's nam". we seek to rescue and to train.- I it in, my dear young frends, yours very sincerely, T. J. BARNARDO." Acrostic Competition. A kind correspondent, who, althonjh not one of my nephews or nieces, does the acrostics for h'« own amusement, takes exception to lights 2 and 4 in Acrostic Nn. 7; and. asdiffnrence of opinion is always interesting, I will tell yon jnst what he says, and then, perhaps, Mr Mitchell will be good enough to give u- his reasons for choosing them. I think they are entirely beyond children of 16 and under. Moreover, I had considerable tronble to verify them aftor knowing the lights. To begin with, Cno is very obscure. I bidieve it is cnly once mentioned in the Book of Ezra, and twice in Nehemiah, who, moreover, was not a prophet, but describes himself, first ns the king's cup bearer, and afterwards as Tirshatfla, or Governor. 2 Dinant. It is tine Philip 01 Burgundy, or more strictly speaking, his son the Count de Charolois, plundered and destroyed the town of Dinant., but if Charles Mitchell will ref-r to the Chronicles of Monstrelet, vol. ii., chap. 139, he will find the in- habitants described as fear ng not God, nor the J Church, nor any prince on earth"—" It seamed as if divine vengeance was resolved to punish, the pride and insolence of this town by totally destroy- ing it. Thu was destroyed the town of Dinant." Thus, I say that both lights are his- torically incorrect." He also sends me two nice Acrosticq on your behalf, the first of which I give you below, as Prize Double Acrostic. No. 10. When nature's iron band we feel, We fly along with iron heel. 1. If of yourself you want a carte, Then try the photograph c art. 2. Two blacks, two white but oft we see Hundreds of blacks in company. 3. From hence when Russia ships its corn, It must pass through the golden Horn. 4. To unemployed we give our pity, But why should these disturb the city? 5. A king sat on the rocky brow That looks o'er sea-born Salainig, And ships in thousands lay below." Now, schoolboy, prithee tell me this. IGNORAMUS. Answer to last week's acrostic Walter-Besant: W e-B (spider's), A.p-E, L-ie S, T-e-A, E-o N, T-a-R (rat). PRTZE AWARD. Winnie and Florence Clifton are the prize- winners this week, having guessed No. 8 Acrostic quite correctly. They are only seven and nine years of age. W. A. West.l^y is correct, too, but as he is thirteen years old, I give it to the younger ones. Light No. 8 has floored so many who have guessed spies, steal, &c., whereas the word counterfeit" was an easy clue, if they had only, thought about it. Wrong in one lightHarry J. Hartley, Eva Whitworth, K'teP., Harry Andrew, 13. Griffiths, Elsie Bilingn, Qaeenie, Bitto, Ethel Russell, Tom Macdonald, Margaret A. Watson, King Pippin, Winifred M. Williams, Constance Butterfield, Annie Moss. Lily Warren is wrong in two lights. I am glad to hear that she tliinkrit "such nice amusement these winter evenings fiuding out the puzzles." AUNT MAGGIE, Address all communications to— AUNT MAGGIE (Symington), Hunstanton, St. Edmunds.

CHINESE GIRLS SOLD INTO SLAVERY, The Chinese investigation now going on in the United States District Court, before Judge Hoff. man, has developed (says the New York Herald) into a sensation. Three points have Deen clearly established :-lit. That numbers of Chinese women have been and are weekly admitted on bogus certificates. 2nd. That a ring of slave dealers exists in the British territory of Hong K,,tig which buys and kidnaps girls and youtig women to be sent to this port, where they are landed by means of the fraudulent certificates, taken charge of by secret agents of the ring, and sold into in- famy at prices rangiug from 1,500 to 1,800 dollars each. 3(d, That while the male adult labouring Chinese population has decreased some thirty thousand since 1882, under the working of the Restriction Act tite number of Chinese women has quadrupled in the same period. Mr Bee, one of the investigat- ing committee, declares his belief that about 80 per cent. of the women are brought here for unlawful objects. They are bought outright for this purpose. It is a mere question of purchase and sale. Ordinarily speaking, neither Chinese fathers nor mothers sell their daughters into slavery such as this. Nevertheless, these women are bought, bnt it is when they are mere infants, and then the buyers, ever on the watch for opportunities, choose a time for making their proposition when they are almost certain to succeed. Several years ago there was a famine in China, when many parents were compelled to sell some at least of their children to preserve the remainder and themselves also from starvation. A time such as this is the slave dealer's opportunity. Brought up as they are, their identity is completely lost, and when they arrive at maturity they are, of course, without family connections or ties of relationship. The states that many of the girls went to San Francisco under promise of securing rich husbands. The price pad for thirteen "chattels." according to a recent it quiry, ranged from $350 to $MO pach. women are resold, i, is said, for $1 300 to $1.800 each. Very few of them ever go uack. Toe Chinese Government, the Consul added, has nothing whatever to do with the traffic. The women are all shipped from Hong K""W, which is English territory. The authori- ties mere claim, I believe, to be doing all they can to put down the business, but tllHY don't seem to succeed very well. There's a regular Kyndicate of fallows in Hong Kong, with agents at the other end of the line.

ANCIENT lilS rORY AND MODERN USAGE, The Oswestry Advertiser gives the following copy of a iciu.u kaole document found at the Record Office. It is interesting to compare the statement made in it with the present state of the Welsh magistracy so far as the people of the country are represented on the benoh. The document is described As Articles proving that it shall be hurtful to the coiniiionwealtli of t e three shires in North Wales, that is to say, Angiesea, Carnarvon, anu Merioneth, to have justices ot the peace there." The following are the reasons 1. At the conquest of the *aid shires by Edw. I., laws were made at ltliuddlaud, one of wliicn Is that Welshmen should be kept in bonds and subjection, and not put in authority. 2 The fact that most of the Commons are bound to appear H t one session in the year, and not depart with- out license, causes them to be i f good order. 3. Since the Conquest the Chamberlain has always been used to direct warrants of the peace to bit re- tur e<i before the justice (judge) at h s next coming. If gentlemen there had authority to direct warrants ami xupwxedeas it would put all out of good rule. 4. No luuitfereno per-ons oan be ft»nnd to be justices. as hey are always at variance There are none learned in the cumm n law. or of sufficient substance in land to be eustoe rotuloram. 5. Gentlemen, b^mtr justices of the peace, having quarrels would do much extortion. b. [r. Ila, al WILYS been" very diffuse0 for the cham- berlain and tlittju-tlces to k-ep the peace between gentlemen a;iii their p rtakers. If they were justices ,.f tlio I)eace, the chsimbt%rwn and justices would not lie Rhle to urder them, 7. It the justices of the peace determined indictments of felony few". onltl be found guilty, for most of the genti: men are bearers of thievjs and misruled p rsons. 8. The King's ConimiHsio ,ers in the marches mid the justii-es nf the county should be exam ued whether it would be for the wealth of the shires that there should be justices of the peace. 9. If the country be out of good order, the fault can be laid to the chambeHain and jii-<iices, but if there are justices of the peace, "the officers may excuse thi-mselves evory by other." Dated 4th Feby., 1636.

Shocking Fate ot an omccr. On the arrival ot the 4.15 train lroiu Horsham at Guildford on Monday afternoon, the dead body of a gentleman shot through the heart was found in a first-class carriage. On the seat opposite the corpse there lay a four-chambered revolver, one chamber of which had recently been discharged. The body was identified as that of Captain George Richard Wykeham Archer. It is not yet known positively whether the deoeased officer committed suicide or was the victim of a rouidermis outrage, but. the evidence points towards tha former sup- position. RIGHTS AND WRONGS.—There is no property to which a man has more need than his own health (U it often the poor man'» note capital); anythiue, therefore, in operation to impair health is an injury demanding a remedy. N<i useful purpose is served in coating or facing the tea we drink with mineral powder, Prusiictn blue, plumbago, and other adulterants; it is done by the Chinese to increase th ir profits, and titus pats off the worthless, wintry growth, when so coloured, as best tea. For SO years the public dom n(I fur Horni. man's Pure Tea bag increased, proving that this rich, strong, and ualicious beverage is mucli tiesired. Horniman's Tea is sold in 1,000 towns by 4,000 See list of agents in this papvc,

FASHION JOTTINGS. Red fltnnel or wadded cashmere dressing gowns, with brown fur, put on like a clergyman's xtoie red cloth petticoats, lined throughout with chamois leather red silk, and also black and red or black and yellowMlk petticoats, with one pinked fl >unce round the ed,, and several np the back red jersey-, warm enough for winter wear, with floeoy linings and gold lace trimming at the cuff., round tho throat, and down the front, ate among the many additions to the toilette. These comfortable, warm jurseys, in scarlet, ruby, navy blue, brown, and black, are extremely popular, and tako the place of a dress bodice. There are two sizes or more, and they fit any figure well. The more costiy ones are the best cut and finished. The addition of velvet collar and cuffs is an improve- ment. Red silk bodices and short trains to black lace dresses is a fashion of this winter, the bodice being trimmed with black lace and a little jet, and the train put in in large plaits, and th u tucked up." The back of a tulle or lace skirt is often composed of silk, in its full width, ar- ranged as a large sash. Owing to the damp, cold weather, and prevalence of bronchial and rheu- matic delicacy, a great many people are wearing woollen underclothing, especially that known as Dr Jaeger's. Everything wearable, even to gloves, can be had iu it, and as it is elastic, it can be worn quite close to the skin. Smart muffs match the bonnets, and some of the prettiest are of velvet, with bullion and fancy embroidery placed up one side. A bonnet that has the aides COlllptJlleJ of a broad hand of em- broidery, like a Scandinavian woman's cip, with a velvet crown, in folds, drawn upwards towards lhe front, has the muff of drawn velvet gathered upwards, with a corresponding band of rich em- broidery up the left side, surmounted with a clusler of velvet ribbon loops. Watered velvet of a delicate grey or green hue, with a. golden pheasant's plumage np one side, and a cluster of shot velvet loops at the top, is the most chic thing in muffs. Red velvet, with a uaud of black jet passementerie, and an aigrette of black feathers daintily placed near the top, is another fashionable style, worn with a red velvet bonnet, with jet trimming and aigrette. Brown plush, with bronzj emoroidery and a sable tail olack Astrakau lined with red, and a bow of red velvet coming apparently out of a slit cut near une side jf the muff; and coloured velvet muff., corresponding with the costume, partially covered with a square of plDkeJ ciom, either matching or in fawn colour, and sometimes spotted with another colour, are. among tue pLJpulapones of the day. Squares of pinked or pounced cloth, like small handkerchiefs, III almost every colour, can now oe bought for arranging on muffs, hats, and oonnetc. Pretty arrangements of bla«c*k lace over rad or yellow, with two smart bows on one shoulder, 0110 (Ill the other, and another lower down, are ueing sold for smartening up dark evening dresses. Tney can be had for low or square cut bodices. Cambric aprons, long and full, in white, with Swiss eUloroidt>ry, aud also iu pale pllik. glíY and blue, without embroidery, are woiu in the mornings. Bands of coloured ribbon, iu great variety, with and without narrow lac for neik and sleeve trimming, iimtead of tuckers, are nuong the lit, Ie nuvcU.es, being made up and sold in sets. Checked and striped pocket handkerchiefs, in coloured muslins, es- pecially red, blue, and pink, are fashionable, aud so are white oIle1 powdered all over with small wafers. Cashirere bonnets, with pinked edges, and caps sewn inside, are being worn by babies and liule girls, aud also by grown-up women. The latter are for theatre wear, and nave no caps, out fuil gathered fronts they are very becoming. Some 01 the ciotii hats are high in the crown and some- what, wiJe in the brim (which is always of fur or velvet), and the cloth is so put 011 that it re»embles a paper bag drawn tight.y over a foundation with the lower pari upper- most, and the surplus length turned over and buuciied up with loops of veivet, or a bird's head or wing. Felt hats, with the sides much turned up, are the most general at present, but, black veivet ones edged wiLli jt, wide in the flit bflUl, projecting iu ir'nt., and tur ued up at. the Uack and ide, "UI t other iiioea. For duiuer-table decoration, round rush baskets painted deep red, with white Japanese cliry- sauthemums and red winter berries, are iiovei.and so are ^>«ie til eul greeo, With terra-cotta coloured ones, 'llie found would be suitable for Christmas table decorations. A fashionable buttonhole for uoth men and women is composed of tinted ivy leaves and red berries. Bouquets of red fl iwers are fashionable for the meu servants ou Carriages at wiuter weddings.

THE PRINOE OF WALES WITH A PilIZE FlGlllhR. The Prince of Wales, it seems, derived A good deal of amusement from his interview with John L. Sullivan. The hero cf thu ring was introduced to the Heir Apparent after having boxed three rouuds with for the bendh of the li« y d visitor. Take a seat, sir," said John 111 his de«p bass voice, and with a patronising air, at the same time piacing hM bulky f oin on a seat close to that occupied by his Roy.-o ilighne-s. You are from Boston, 1 believe, Mr Sulii van," said the Prince. WAS the r.-ply, I Kuess I'm a Boston UIIY," "All, I was at Boston when I visited he States," remaiked the Royal visitor. WIl," said John, with tt patritic pride, "if ever you visit Boston again just you ask for J. L. Sullivan, and give you such a show round as you uover had in your life before." The patronage which the Prince of ales his extended to Suliivan. the list, has created a feeiillgot regret iu many quarters. Sul- iivan has come over to London LO engage in a pugilistic nucouuter with anyone who wiil tight hun, and it is well kuown that he cannot cariy out the intention on English soii without, breaking the law. For the Heir Apparent to extend his support to a man who is avowedly designiug to violate the law is regarded as a ser < us mistake. The devotees of the prizj-ring belong as a rule to the most worthless class of the community. The highest ambition of a boxer is to own a pubiic- h"u;op, and it is scarcely regarded as becotniuu of the Prinoe to lend his countenance to a form of sport which is in the main brutalising and de. grading.

A BALLE r DANCER'S PARTY, Alice Phillip" (30), a ballet-dancer, was charged at Bow-street, London, with assaulting Mrs Hogg, wile of the proprietor of the public- house, adjoining the court. Twelve ballet-girls had, it seems, been invited by a gentleman to supper a.t the house in question, and eleven at- tended. Mis Hogg, in her evidenc*, said that a quantity of wine wasoidered. While hulking in the room she saw her husband with his arm round .defendant's waist, and her heid resting on his shoulder. Mrs Hogg said to defendant, I have st»en qui;e sufficient of my husbund'a conduct with you," and went upstairs. defendant followed, and on the lauding struck Mrs H. gg twice on the eye. Hence the summons, D f-ndant denied the charge. Mrs Hogg, she said, first struck her. Mr Vaughan thought Mrs Hogg; had had Rinat provocation, and had ooiiduc'ed herself very well under the circumstances. Defendant mual pay a tiue of 40-s, or be imprisoned fur 21 days,

A COMBINA flON OF CUUELTY AND VICE, There is a upoint arising out of the Ofe of Tievanion v. Trevaniou to which it may he worth while to call attention. M ugh Arundel! Trevaniou, the aim of Lady Frances Trevanmn, was proved in Court to have given his wife black eyes, to have neaily strangled her, to have dragged her violently out of severely hurting her wrists, and to have covered her with bruises on head, the arm*, the side of the body, and the hgs. In addition to all this he committed adultery with a Miss S wage. His wife was the daughter of Sir Daniel Cooper, the late Speaker of New South Wales. Hm wife got a decree uisi, but what we waut to know is whether conduct such as this is to be followed by no further punishment ? Is Mr Trevanion, who is a barrister, to be allowed to remain a member of his clubs and to be reoeived into society? If he is, what combination of nrnelty and vice justifies the social boyoott?—PaU Mall (Jade.

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CHHISTMAS CARDS. Messrs Hilde^helmT & Fanlkner, Jewin-street, London, have this year published voina of the finest Christmas cards ever produced. The photographic opal souvenirs deserve commenda- tion. They are designs on opal ware, and they will make capital drawing-room ornaments. The Hollow Tree," Barnham Beeches, strikes us as being very picturesque, whilst a little girl carrying wild flowers forms a good subject. The autograph c cards made up in box«s of six may be had in almost every variety, A Christmas wish, with a neat sketch in one corner and a place for the sender's signature, are charac- teristics which should cause this style of card to be very popular. Then the chromo oards, the folding cards, and the religious cards are suffl ciently comprehensive to meet the tastes of all sorts and conditions of men and women. "Behold I bring tidings of great j y is the biblical quotation under a representation of the descent of the angel to the Eastern shepherds anC a design of a sifter of mercy, by Mary Kley, is sweet and impressive. The folding cards are quaintly illustrated, and also express a C'iristmas wish in verse. The chromo cards are remarkable for their p urrtrayal of pastoral, coast and Christmas scenes. S'lme crescent-shaped cards are as novel in style as they are small compass. Amongst the more expensive kind of Christmas gifts published by Messrs Hildesheimer is a beautiful edition of Gold- smith's "Deserted Village,* with illnstrationu by Charles Gregory, R.W.S., Frederick Hines, and Ernest Wilson "Cape Town Oicky is a book »f similar si* nnd it will be coveted by many a youngster. There is an assortment of booklet- or small srift-hooks the honours of which are pretty equally shared between the artist and the veise writer. A novelty is offered in four sepia drawings of scenes in Trof-lgar-qoare on Bloody Sunday. The cards are cabinet size and are artistically produced. Toe arrival of the Guards is depicted, also the infantry charge Liberals m sending these cards to brother Liberal* will not only express Christmas greetings, but a fervent wish that the Government which employs soldiers and police against innocent, unarmed citizens may soon come to an end. A parcel of pretty Christmas eards comes from the establishment of Mr W. Hagelberg, Londou Wall, Londnn. The cirds are tastefully designed and beautifully executed. Southern landscapes, winter scenes in the far north, uicturP8 of attrac- tive children, and animal sketches make ap a varied and entertaining gallery, while the actual shape of the cards is effective, the arrangement b^ing such that the outer port-on of the card can be fastened together, the centre meanwhile rising up, so that the card forms a striking little mantel or table ornament. Mr Hag-dberg has patented the card and named it the *• Diadem." Welshmen will be glad to learu that Messrs j Roberts Bros High-street Arcade, Cardiff, have published an assortment of Christmas card' the letterpress of which is entirely in the anc.Bn* letterpress of which is entirely in the anc,out language of the Cymry. ■■■ ■■ m ——j

TO BE CONSIDERED. Ethel: When I grew np, I'm going to marry » General with red stripes on his legs. Edith: Oil, dear, I wouldn't ever marry. I General Why, ho'JI c, away to the war, and I j get a eannrn-ball shot through him, av%d then youM be a widow with seven children, first thing, I you know.

A THRICE MARniED BIGAMIST. i The magistrates at L igh, Lancashire, have ju«t onminitted for trial at the Liverpool Assizes, a woman nam^d Alice Cfaik-ion, of Atherton, charged with having committed bigamy at Ather- tou by contracting marriage with a man named James Dickinson, an operative spinner, her first hnaband, Job Hnlae, of Wins- ford, being alive. F'"m f,he evidence adduced it appeared that C'*rkt»on w« married in Mr y, 1857, to Hulse, at Runcorn Parish Church. About two years ago she married for the gec)n(i time, at Bolton, a man tiam-1 OlIn k"")n, who had since die, I. William Rose Bury, a waterman, of Manchester, stated be was present at the first marriage of Clarkson, but after that ho saw Hulse on very iew occasions as they passed in their boats on tho canal, and previous to b..În called as a witness in the cis* he had not seen him or defendant for 28 years. The pn.secut >r Ja*. Dickinson s ud he became acquainted with Clarkson about 12 months since, and during itieir courtship, which exfended over that period, she represented herself as a widow. Sti-i said the had been rnarrierl twi before, but hoth hu-bands were dead. He mar ried her at, Atherton Parish Church in Feoruary last. It was staled by a woman "HOled Caroline Murray, residing in Bolton, where defendant formerly lived, that she had a conversation with C'arkson about two years ago, in the course (,f which she said that Hulse was living at Runcorn.

THE ARMY CAPTAIN'S ELOPE- MEN r. In the Divoree Court, on Wednesday, before Sir James Haunen, the case of v. Robinson was concluded. Tlie action, which was heard last Friday, but held over for further evidence until yesterday, was brought by the wife of a captain of the 5th R gimeut (Northumberland) against her husband for a divorce,* on the grounds of the respondent's adnltpry and desertion. Captain Robinson was, in 1884, quartered at Mnssoorie, a hill station in India. His wife was with h,m. lu that year the respondent, after a ball, eloped with a young lady, the daughter of another offic-r. Mrs Robinson was afterwards sent home by her husband's brother officers. She met h-r husband shortly after this, in January, 1383, on the Thames Embankment. The sister "f the peti- tioner was called yesterdsy and gave evidenoe of being preseut at this interview. The respondent said he was going abroad, and did not wish to have anything more to do with his wife. The learned judge pronounced a decree nisi with costs.

SHOT-FIRING BY ELECTRICITY AT YNYSIIIR. Our mining correspondent writes ■—On Satur- day morning a very utere-tii.g and novel experi- ment in connection with shot-firing by el- otricity w-ts witnessed in the Standard Colli*'y, Ynyshir, by a number of practical men. Mr Thomaa, the manager, who has during the past few week- tnade a number of succes-ful shot-firing experi- ments by means ot electricitv, tried on Saturday whether an electric current passing from a battery through a human being wouid fire a shot. A hole having been drilled in the roof, at a con- siderable distance from the bottom of the shaft, and charged with dynamite, into which a fuse, attached to a lenill liy wire, was inserted, a work- man took hold of the disconnected wires, and, grasping both ends, extended his arm-, and signalled to the per-on at the batt.oy to apply the current. No sooner was the signal g ven than a loud explosion ensued. The occurrence caused a great deal of astonishment amongst the specta- I tors, as it was anticipated that the experiment I would be uusoooessiul.

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MURDEROUS AFFRAY WITH A BURGLAR. At the Mansion House p >lioe-e«urt, London, on Saturday, Wiiliam Styriog, a y »uth, of 17, Was charged with burglariously breaking into the pre. mises of Mr Tholl. Knott, a butoher, of 53, Higit- street, Aldgate, and wounding him and his wife, Ei 3-<beth with a hammer, during the morning of Ttieoday, the 6 h inst.—Mr and Mrs Knott were unable to appear owing to the injuries they had received. Mrs Knott is an inmate of the, London Hospital, and her life, it was said, is despaired of. The prisoner was for- meriy in their employ but on the morning in question lie was in the service of a tradesman next door,—Charles Knott, the son of the injured people, stated that he was awoke by hearing loud cries from the bedroom in which his parents slept. He se z-,i a poker, and rushed on to the landing. Then he heard allni. one allitiiz d,,wt)xtairs. He found that his mother and his father were bleeding from injuries they had received on their heads. A buii's eye lantern was on a chest of drawers. At the bottom of the stairs he found a pair of boots (produced). The lamp belonged to a boy lIantfíd Jprnmie Tyler, who lived next door to them.—Police-constable Webber, G 35, who had been called in, said that he tound Mr and Mrs Knott each bleeding from a large wound in the temple. In the bed room was the hammer (produced.) It had blood upon it. -Goores Curtis, bootmaker, of South Block, Petticoa'-squnr^, recognised the pair of boots (produced) as belonging to the prisoner. He mende-i them for the accused about two months ag,t.-O,.Iver evidence having been "en, and it being expected that Mr Knott will be able to appear next week, the accused was remanded.

-> THE ROBBERIES FROM GYfEILllON POST-OFFICE. At Pontypridd polioe-court on Wedn,wlay.- before Mr Ignatius Williams (stipendiary magis- trate), Mr T. P. Jenkins, and Dr Jonoo-NUry Bassett was charged on remand with stealing a ¡wx, containing 2135. frorn the Gyfeillion Post- office. Mr Rhys atf-,j,fe The details have already been given. Prisoner was committed to the quarier sessions for trial. -Pri-niier was after- wants charged with steading L20 from Mr Davies, Irater, Porth. Mr Rhys t.gam defended. It seemed from the evidence that money was mis-ed from priyseentor's shop last October, an i that pri- soner lefta proel in a neighbour'shouaeabopt that time,Stating afterwards that it contained mon-y. The sixter -f the accused, however, was called, and she said that on that date she gave prisoner £ 17, a part of a sum of money she had received lor attending a man in his last illness. The bench dismissed this charge. With respect to the money taken from the Gyfeillion Post-office, and which was discovered in a barrel containing pig-' wash, at a neighbouring house, the prosecntoi now a-kwi that this amount should be returned to her. The bench agreed. In the second as-e Mr Rhys .ked that prisoner's box should be returned to her. This was also agreed te.

RECKLESS PONTYPRIDD COLLIERS, At the Pontypridd police-court, on Wednesday, Thomas Russell, collier, Coedcae, was fined 10s or infraction of the Mines Act. Defendant had a pipe in his porket 300 "r 400 yards bt-ynrtd the lamp-station. When spoken tit (a the subjeot he said that he did not kll". how the pipe came into his possession.—Joseph Wiuton was fined 12s for having a number of matches loo-e in his pocket at the same oolliery. Defendant was a fireman.- Tiie Stipendian pointed out tbo; danger of the oonduet of whieh defendant had been guilty, and said that but for his youth lie would have been subjected to the full penalty under tbe aofc,

A Dishonest Bask CasibLier.-At the Central Criminal Court on Tuesday, John James Sharp seven years in the employ of the London and Westminster Bauk as eashier, was sentenced to five years' penal servitude for embezziiug considerable sums from the bnk. TOBACCONISTS' T&ADK.—FOR advice how to open remunerative^? from any amount, however small, aesd for Illustrated Catalogue (post free, t«aer Friedlaednr, 6, Houadsditch, Uitow. Oldest, best, tied chesnrif hwue in U» world. fefcWJ bed M joeta, iS&SI

Agricultural Notes. The weather during the closing days of last week was of a p easant description, there being bright, cheery sunshine, with Continue i m ldneMt. A glealn of financial sunshine was also stied on the farmers' lot, J or the price of cattle rose a little in consequence of the expected scarcity of stock, although prime beef was selling on S-uur isy at 7J in olle of our chief markets. 0 1 Suuday n ght sharp frost set in, followed on Monday by a coid, muggy temperature. Tuesday was a day of rain but notwithstanding the discomfort If such an arrangement the farmer ia hopeful. The longer the mild weather lasts the more the hope of tiding over the winter without grea.t difficulty, and, the winter past, the future will be considerably brighter. Trade is looking up, and it is believed that tite importation of foreign cattle at the late ruinously low prioes is nearly worked out. Therefore the far mar is not a. a man entirely without hope. The Ohristmas fat stoek shows havr been very SUCCPMS- ful. Some Sue prize animals were shown at Oardiff on Monday. In an article on dairy farming, Mr .fIe B rhani inculcates the lesson that it w li pay to produce eveiythmg of the best quality, but that it will not pay to produce inferior ar icies. He deelares that the prices now paid for mi k are tite samts as they were previous to the cattle pl»gue, twenty years ago, and that there is 0<1 great depr-ciatiou in the price of this imixwtant factor of farm produce. a.in,tt¡e ,,«,.icQ:tur1 returns for 1866 quote tli price of butter as P,5 2- 4 1 per cwt. '*uu I those of 1885 as £ 5 5; 5i per cwt., showing an advance of three per cent. On the other hand beef has shown a fall in vaine during the same period of 11 per cent., mutton a si ght decrease, and South town wool a fall of 47 per cent., whiiet wheat h-ts (leclivted 35 per oent. in value. Henoe, of many leading articles of farm produce, most have KhllWQ a decline in value, but milk aud bntter have risen in pr: M. Coeese also has diminished in value. Milk is a costly artiele to produce, but present prices of oil-cak*, linseed, barley meal, an i oats are all in the dairy farmer's favour, as is also the immunity now oe"j 'yed from foot-and-mouth disease. The difference betweeu the price rt good butter and that of an inferior quality is great, and the tluee faults specially to be guarded against in butter making are, in his opinion, over-ripening of the cream, nver-ohum ng, and over.working, for these are three things that will not p.y. Bu ter makers he recommends to use the DeLtval centrifugal creMID separators, since careful exp-ri. ments carried out in Germauy and Sweden thow that with the in,-eiiatite-I separator 23 per cent, more batter cun be obtained than with Lhe ordinary setting sys em. As the great bulk of the butter ma le in this country is the produce of iijilk set in the ordinary way. the inference is that about 20 per cent, of the butter that m'ght be produced goes to the b,1Q' tub. Amongst other points insisted upon by Mr Bariiam are the reduction of railway freights, the keeping of a daily register of the quantity of milk yielded by each cow, the use of thermometers] and better elementary agricultural education. One of the difficulties in the way of the butter maker iu large towns is the util zation of skim milk, which trust be consume 1 at once and on the spot by stock, or it becomes wasted. Only a very small quantity, proportionately, can ever 0e used as human food. In large cities, where the centri- fugal separators are used, there is a vast quantity of tikim milk which is now wasted, as the keeping of pigs or Rattle is almost impossible, while the watery nature and great bulk of the miik from which the cream has beeu taken makes tha o>*t ot carriage to a farm homestead quite prohibit! ve. Under these circumstanoes, some experiments which have recently been made by Professor Henry, of th, Wisconsin Experimental Station, are of value in this country. He has got rid of the excessi ve amount of water iu skun milk by adding rennet to coagulate it, and then draining off the whey. At very little cost he thus reduued the weight of the tikiiii milk about 50 percent., and, although there must be some we in the whey, the daaip curd that remained contains the bulk of the food in the skim muk, and that, toe, In a very portable form. He then tested this curd as a food for young calves. Ttiree calves were taken, and these were firlSt fed for thirty days on the curd taken from 14 be. of sweet J?8 three times a day, with bran, oats, aud hay. During this period they consumed the curd from 1,308 bs, of skim in ik, 66 bs. of grain, and a smaii quantity of h; y. Oa t.111 they gained 112ibs., or an average of lib. 3g 'j Racii per day. They consumed the curd of 11 92 z, of molk to make lib of weight. Tiley were then put on rwoet sk m innk (uncurded) for 30 day! during which time they coasuumed 1430tow., beid. 9610., of graIn and 761tm. of hay. Ttny gained 121iu. or an average of lib. 4 'Z. per day each, and consumed a little over 12i bs. of milk. The matter was further tested WILli two calves, and this showed that the more concen- tratea character of the omd and the absence of the water gave the best results. it required Hbs. of skim milk to make lib. of gain, wllile the ourd from ll'Dlbs, secured the same result. Thus it would appear th it the d ffi -ulty of utilising skim milk 111 cities may be well met. By coagulating it and running off the whey the resu'r.ant curd is a valuable food which can be sent to ü.y ditB&mc at a cheap cost.

WELSH FAITIY TALES, At the Royal Institution of {Uufch Wales, Swansea, on Monday evening, Mr IJL S d»ey Hartland delivered a most interes iug lecture <u U Welllh Faiiy Taies." In the absence of known nurseiy tales ot Welsh origin, he dealt with Welsh traditional tales or sagas, and described their re- lation with those of other nations. This lie did in a most able and interesting manner, and in con- cluding said other uations had great masses of such stones as he had quoted, and most valuable they were for scientific purposes. Why should Wales be behind ? He appealed to all to help in bringing to light those which must abound in different parts of the principality, pointing out that a little tact and a little patience would most likwly accom- plikit this aini. When they conversed wth the old people who would mNlt likely know the.e tales, leading questions must be avoided, and they must be copied exactly as they were related. Tiietituci t,(, .Llietri wai, p&ssing away, The schoolmaster was abroad, and these old tradi- tioual tales were rapidly becoming forgotten, while many who rtm^mtiered them did not like it to be thought that they had believed in super- stition. The committee of the National Eisteddfod had begun to wake up to the import- QIIC of the subject, and it was to be hoped that the offering" of pnses for the collection of these stories would be continued. By doing this the eisteddfod would justify its existence in the eyas of scholars.—Tiie lecturer was, at the close, accorded a hearty Vote of thanks. Tbett by Keyset Khymney.—At the Trodoepr ponce-court on y, William joilem (15) and George lugs (12) were found guilty of stMalmg four pocket handkerchief* and a I-K-x of sweet* at Riiymuey on the S.h and 6uh inst, and were fined 501 ou each oharge.

————- THE WEEK'S MARKETS. CO UK CABBTTF, 6atnrday._Euili-b end foreign wheat qidet Side, bu" prioes remain ti ift. Kiour in go >d oeinaBU at Kst woi-k'g prices, iiarlsy quiet. Idiize firm at I advanoe of b l per quarter. Heans and 1a.1I maintain late ratei. Oats ttnu, and advancing. Other articles Unaltered CAHMAKTHKN, Siaturdav.—(William Pueh's Report. The aunpiy o: all kinds of grain was small, and sold at the following prices wheat f om 9s to 35s: barley, 28s to 30 white oats, 1715 to l&s; bdtok ditto, lb, to 18K. GLOUCVSTEX, Saturday.—Knglish wheat waa in good stip h, and in some cast-s the turn of p: ice was asainst the buyer. Foreign wheat was a alow 811.1, bat American an,1 California!! descriptions were ra.,b..r dearer, -rinding barley 6d dearer. M4,se htlll 9d per qr advance. Oalll firm. NEWPORT, Weil neaUv.-Th-re wac a fair atteadanee at W,iay'm marke;, ano the demand fo feedini gritia oontinHttd bri-k at full prioes. The wheat trade was soinewhat quieter. CATTLt NEWPORT, Wetnftday.-I her* waq a larp attood. ance at this the Ohri»iinas whoieiale m'trkft, ami the cattle and sheep <lepartine>>ts «ere, lis uMiai, fully supplied, and trad; on the whole rule brisk. JJ-st beef sold at pr ces ranging from M to 7d. while mutton real sed from 7.! to 7 ù, OLh"r sorts were ouoteo at the orciiiary market rates. Fat piltji cowa ,i,de l a ready sa e at 91 per score. During ihe earh ptt t of the morning ihe chief interest centred in the sales of stoek conducted by Ir Tholll" Parry and Mr A. Newiand. The first-named ge tl-,riian brought alider the ii-cn,imer about 30 head of cattle, bO sheep, and IS pigs, ttiiiy of the animals heing prizs-takers at the butchers show on Tu sday. I lie sale Was of a "titifactorv its, tLr-, th. total sum realised being just over £1.0 A 1 be prize steer, owned by Mr trrd Jones, fetched the hinti price of £ iQ, whilst six heife s, the property of Mr Maihew Hale, re'head on an a»er.>gs £ J0 a-pieoe. The cattle disposrd of by Nir Newiand numbered about 30. the principal owners being Mr R cbard Stratton, Mr Hayward, Mr S. Baker, and Mr Kusser. The prioes realised averaged from 1;20 t" £30. PROVISIONS. MOKMOCTH, K"ur"y.- i tie market TN-RTA» was a small one, and prices were a, followItreesed poultry—geese, 6s to 8s each, about 9.1 per lb j gil-lets, Is to is 2.1 p r set; ducks, fc 6d te 7s fcd per couple, about 9 I per lb Mill II fowls, 3s H te 4. od per co-ap e I'rgø ditto, 5s to 6s 6<1 p r couple, about 8d per lb Hen eggs, 8 for It. Turkeys eaaree at Is per lb. Live poultry-fowl,,3, 6d to s do, 4s to 5s per couple. Fn it—hothouse granes. Is 6d law Ib; foreign ditto, 3(1 Lo 4.1 per lb li et)iieiin apples, Is p r gallon eoofc ng ditto, 51 to 7d loer gallon. Vexotabift-ki-uss,la sprootti-, ilkl per ga lon turnips and potatoes, 4.1 per .,lulI eel 1 y, 2d toatl per stiek caul Cower heads. Id upwa -is. Butcher^ meat (prime joint* only quttteti)-Beof. 7d to Od mutton, 7d to 6d .1, 7d to 8.t imrk, 6tt to 7d per ib. YiKb-torbot, Is per lb seta 18 41 pr lb lemon ditto, 8d per lb uod, 4d to 6-1 per lb whiting, 4d per lb olaiee 4t per lb; shrimps. 6d per quart: fresh herrings, 20 for is sprats, Id 11 ld per lb; oysters, 80 for Is bloaters, 1J for Is red herrings 16 for is; (re h haddoeka, 4d per lb. Gam -1 pheasants. b- 6d to bs per broe; 11" 4s to SK each t rabbits, lud to Is each. BCTTC*. CARMARTHEN, SpAur-Iy. (William Pugfa's Report.)— There was good supply of casi; butter tit our market to-day. which sold at, for linest quality, fr .jr. 1.. 1„.| to Is 2d per i b. Inferior sorts so d at from Is Olsi to Is Id per lb. Jfresh market pouud butter sold at Is 2d to 1» 4<L CHEESE. CARMARTHEN, Saturday.—(Williait Pugh's Report.)— A small supply of oheese, whn-L sold xt late quotations from 2bs to 2ds per cwt, according to quality. HIDE. SKIN, AND FAI. BRISTOL AND WESTERN COUNTIES, Saturday -Price: paid as follows Hides Spanish,—d to -(I 931bs and upwards, 3|d to —0 831 bs to 921 bs, 3i I to —d 73 lbs to 82 lbs, 2jd to —d 631 bs to 721bs, 2A 1 to —d • 841 « to 621 bs. 2Ad to —d 531 bs and umler, 3§ t to —d- Cows. 631 he and above, ¿Î'¡ to —d; light, Z -(L Bulls, 2td; heavy cuts, 2id; light and irregular, all to 2id jHlf skins 171bo and upwards, 3ld 121bs to laibs 41,1. 9lbs to Illbs, 41,t; uud«r dibs, Z-kd; cut and in egular. 3d chance, — cl per lb. Horse hides, <jj to lb»6d; 1st kips, 3 £ d 2nd kips, 2d per lb, Kat: umtto 1, 2*d; beef l|d rough, li I; best beet, —d. V\ 00I8—D, 2s 3d G, 3s 4d H, 4s fed A, 5a 9d: X. ?a 6tl Forward prices to Thursday :~«VooU— S) & Ad. & 3d B, 411 64 i A. 5111011 ¡x. 64. ht. fkd.- 118, ji