The Cardiff Times

The above is the Lion of St. Mark, Venice. Oppc- Wte the Doge's Chamber in the Palace was a head of this Lion, with month open, into which persons Secretly threw whatever was to meet the eye of the Dope. We place it at the head f this column ta indicate that public letters are received by us, and Mea letters requiring answers on legal and general topics. Ty.M.R.P.—The cremation of Dr. Price took place on January 31,1893. landlord and Tenant (Newportian).-The landlord has done nothing to deprive himself of his right to the rent, but as ib has not been demanded by him upon the demised premises he would probably get no costs of the action if he takes legal proceedings to recover it without fir,¡t making application for it at the place for which it is due. light to Water (Arthur). —We do not think that the general public have acquired a right to cross the general public have acquired n. right to cross the field to draw water from the stream. It would probably be held that the tenants of the three cot- tages only have an easement of this description, and we gather from the facts you give us that the occupiers of tho houses more recently built have t not acquired auch a right by prescription, and could r very likely he restrained by the present owner from crossing the land. Deposit (Constant Reader)—Sne in the County Court for the return of the £ 50, as you were induced to enter into the contract by the vendors' misrepre- sentatiou. Insurance (Tom).—The creditor still has his claim, notwithstanding that he may have insured the life of the debtor for greater Security. Breach of Covenant (J.T.E.).—We cannot advise you upon the present liability of X unless you inform us as to what he has done. If the bakehouse has been erected it is a question of fact whether this is a breach of the covenant in the lease not to carry on any business. Under these circumstances wo cer- twvlniy think he is liable unless the brakahouge was .erected for his own private use. footway Obstruction (M.B.J.S.).—The police officer i Was within hi* right in ordering those vehicl ea into the mad a3 the Act applies to carriages of any j description. Agriculture (Ms.gor).—The Compensation Act does not yet apply to agricultural labourers, but it will on the l,t day of July next. Although your em- ployer may have paid insurance premiums protect- ing him against claims under the said Act, your accident clearly does not entitle you to compensa- tion under an Act which is not yet in operation as regards yourself. Your employer may, however, prevail upon the insurance company to pay you some slight compensation, inasmuch as he insured w yon bv mistake.. I Wife's Name (H. J.J.}.—Your wife may trade in her own nltma and you can be her manager, as you suggest, if the arrangement is bona. fide one. Lut any pretence or olourable arrangement" merely to protect you would form the subject of investiga- tion in case of legal proceedings or bankruptcy. I Anxious (G.J.)-Yes. a warrant holds good for three months. You should immediately consult a, solicitor in your neighbourhood. landlord (Patience).—Your landlord was wrong when he stated that notice to leave must be given before 12 o'clock in the day. This is a comon error, and J yonr notice was perfectly valid. Maintenance (G.G.).—Yon are not obliged to contri- | bute towards the maintenance of your father if you are able to prove you have no more than sufficient to provide vourself and family with the necessaries Pf life. Mortgage Security (W.H.).—A second mortgage is of course not so good as a first one, and you would not get the tiile deeds. Compensation (Jack).—Yon should make a claim in the usual way, and as you are now earning as much wages as you did before the accident the weekly sum awarded you would be merely nominal, perhaps apenny a week, but this award would enable you at any time hereafter to apply for an increase, in the event of the accident developing more serious con- sequences. .f'1 .d.

OBLIGATIONS OF RAILWAY I COMPANIES. A case of some importance to farmers and others was heard on Monday at the Cardiff County Court before his Honour Judge Owen. The plaintiff, Charles Tamplin, Cwm Novydd. ^aerphillv, claimed from the Brecon and «Ierthyr Tydfil Junction Railway Company damages to the extent of £ 17 10s in re- ject of several ewe sheep killed or injured °n the defendant company's railway. The ewes, ^hich were in lamb, strayed on the line, nine of them on the 28th of January last, and one on February 5, and it was alleged that they so strayed by reason of the company's defective fence. Mr Anton Bertram (instructed by •Messrs Wade and Sons, of Newport) was for tho plaintiff, and Mr Parsons conducted the defence. Plaintiff, in evidence, said that on the morning of the 23th January he found seven of his sheep 'ying dead on the railway and two injured. The foreman platelayer (Matthew Courtis) informed him that the sheep had strayed on the line through a defective fence, which was through a defectivo fence, which was Bhown him. Courtis, called for the defence, said that the fence was in good order on the afternoon before the accident. Next morning, when he discovered the sheep, one rail in the fence bad been to all appearances wilfully broken in two, and another bodily removed, thus leav- a gap through which the sheep strayed. Mr ^arsons urged there was no negligence proved on the part of the company. The breaking of the fence was due to the wrongful act of a third party. IJh Honour said that the obligation of raIlway companies to fence against adjoining owners was absolute, and it was not necessary to Prove negligence Judgment was given in favour of plaintiff for JE14 5s 4d.

SNOW IN NORTH WALES. .After a continuous hurricane of wind early on Monday morning the weather became intensely severe in East Denbighshire. At noon a heavy ^owstorm broke over tho Llangollen district. -*°th. pedestrian and vehicular traffic was &eriou:4y impeded, and at several of the large jkanuiacturies employed in clay and other '■Otlnf-tries outdoor employment was carried on H^der most adverse circumstances. The weather unprecedented, specially in the Llangollen ""•strict, tho Berwyn mountains being covered Several niches with snow. trn Snow fell to the depth of an inch at Bethesda. Snowdonian range is heavily capped, and country wears a most wintry aspect.

Sir Reginald "Wingate, the Sirdar,who recently a long holiday in Scotland after his pro- tracted campaign against the late Khalifa, has «aro.ly recovered his norma! robustness of health, he will return homo again presently from ^airo with Lady Wingate for another rest.

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PENTRE EX-BANK CLERK IN TROUBLE. Serious Charge. A middle-aged man, named William James Griffiths Thomas, said to have formerly been a bank clerk in Wales, was charged at Leeds Police Court on Tuesday with having stolen a portmanteau and a handbag, the property of Joseph Allum, a waiter, living in a lodging-house in Cross York-street, in which the accused was deputy-manager. On the 24th of March prosecutor missed from his pocket a ticket for the luggage which he had left at the London and North-Western Railway Station. It was alleged that prisoner had by means of the ticket got the bags out of the left luggage office, and sent them, by a boy, to the left luggage office at the Great Northern Station. The accused, who is to come up again next Tuesday for the questioning of the prosecutors, was liberated on bail. While in his Majesty's prison at Armley, Leeds, prisoner made the following written explanation, which was read publicly in court on Tuesday. It has been appended to the depositions, the previous words, I reserve my defence," being struck out I have known Mr Allum since the first day I came to Leeds. He was out of work then, and has been 30, with the exception of the few days at Altringham, ever since. During the whole of this time I have assisted him, found him both bed and food, and, when I could afford it, also a little pocket money. The last time I did so was two days previous to my arrest, when I gave him half a crown. On the 17th March he obtained a situation at Altringham. On the 22nd he was tdischarged through drink. That night he arrived back in Leeds, very drank indeed, and re- quested me to put him up till he found something to do. The words he used were these Will you use me right, old man, until something turns up ? I had to come away because of tho gout in my leg.' I assured him I would do so, but ex- pressed my sorrow to see him in the state he was. I honestly believe he had spent the last penny he had in drink, because he could not pay me even the 4d for his bed, which I had to pay for liim. After I had with difficulty got him to bed, I noticed the ticket mentioned lying on tho floor downstairs. Thinking it would, perhaps, I did move the bags in the way stated in evidence, but without any intention whatever 'of stealing them. I sent for the small bag to throw away a bottle of whisky and other liquor which Mr Allum had told me it contained, and with which he said he intended having a spree' when he fetched the bag on the morrow. On Saturday, the 30th of March, he informed me that he had been promised work for Easter week. I would then have restored the whole of his property, but on sending to the station to have the bag con- veyed to the ''house where we were both staying I was arrested. I swear I had no more intention of keeping his things than of becoming the Emperor of South Africa, and would respectfully point out that there is nothing whatever missing from his property that I kept Mr Allum in bed, food, and money from the day he came back from Altringham until the night of my arrest and also that Mr Allum himself is not pressing the charge of stealing against me. This statement is the truth, so help me God. (Signed) William Thomas. April 3rd, 1901. I wag in receipt of 24s per week, with my bed found. He only values his property at a sovereign to 25s."

BOILERMAKERS' RISKS. Case at Cardiff Oounty Court. Judge Owen heard an important caso under the Employers' Liability Act at Cardiff County Court on Tuesday. The plaintiff was Mary Edwards, widow of Thomas Edwards, who had been working' as a boilermaker with the Bute Shipbuilding. Engineering, and Dry Dock Company, Ltd., who were the defendants. Plaintiff claimed £ 350 damages for the death of her husband, upon whom she had been wholly dependent, and who was killed by falling from the hatchcombing of the ss. Llanover on January 9th. Mr Gregory (instructed by Messrs Mey- rick, Davies, ana Forsdike) appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Bailha.che (instructed by Messrs Vaughan and Roche) for the defendant company. It was stated by counsel for the plaintiff that in order to get to the place where he hid been in- structed to work it was necessarv for Edwards to climb the hatchcombing from the deck and de- scend upon the inner side, and while so descending he fell into the hold, sustaining a fracture of the skull. It wits alleged that the cause of the flcci- dent was a defect in the plant, no proper ladder having been affixed to the inner side of the hatch- combing, and that no proper portable ladder had been affixed whereby deceased might in safety descend to his work in the hold. For the defence it was contended that the ladder provided was a fit and proper one for the purposes intended. It was further urged that the deceased had no busi- ness to use the ladder in the way described by the various witnesses called, and that if the work had been done in the proper way no accident would have happened. His Honour decided against the claim with costs, on the ground that deceased might have done the work—which he did in a dangerous way—in one way, and probably two ways, that would not have resulted m the man's death. Deceased, however, took the hazardous way and used this so-called ladder for a purpose for which it was never intended, and with a full knowledge cf the circumstances and risks. An application was thereupon made to his Hononr by Mr Gregory that da.mage3 should be assessed under the Workmen's Compensation Act, but this was eventually adjourned sine die pend- ing an appeal in the High Court.

TERRIRLE VOYAGE OF A SWANSEA SHIP. The Ctmarder Lueania, from New York, which arrived at Queenstown on Friday, brought par- ticulars of the arrival at New York of the Bristol City liner Exeter City, from Bristol and .Swan- sea, after a protracted, stormy, and eventful pas- sage lasting 17 days. For four days the liner was enveloped in a blinding snowstorm. At midnight on the seventh day out from Swansea the crew j experienced a remarkable phenomenon, which struck them with terror. It was blowing a hurri- cane, when suddenly the masts and rigging were illuminated with light, known to mariners as St. Elmo's fire. The lights were globular and about four inches in diameter. Scores of them were in the rigging, and they appeared at intervals of a minute for a considerable period. Their brilliance illuminated the ship and sea for a long distance. Many members of the crew were panic-stricken with fear, and would not remain on deck. The terror was added to by the howling of the wind in a frightful volume, and just before the lights disappeared there was a terrific explosion over- head, felling to the deck the men on watch. A n able seaman named J. Klondike disappeared during the night, and it is assumed that he jumped overboard with fright.

CENSUS RETURNS. Mr D. P. Davies, chairman, at the meeting on Saturday of the Merthyr Guardians, inquired when they would be likely to have the local census returns. Mj F. T. James, superintendent of the district, replied the returns would probably be ready by the 27th inst. It was further remarked by Mr F. T. James that although some returns had already been announced, they applied to small districts. The enumerators in some of the Merthyr districts had had a good deal of trouble, havin» been obliged to call at come houses three or four times. or four times.

r WHOLESALE DEALER CONVIOTED. £100 FINE. Thomas Evans, wholesale beer dealer, of 45, Adam-street, was summoned at Cardiff Police Court on Tuesday (before Mr T. W. Lewis, sti- pendiary magistrate) for aiding and abetting in connection with a case of alleged shebeening on Sunday, March 24th last, in which Ann Webb was charged with selling beer without a licence in a house in Nelson-street, Bute Town. The case for the police was conducted by Mr Board (deputy town clerk) and Mr Lewis Morgan defended. Constable Evan Davies and Sergeant Ben Davies proved the case for the prosecution. Their evidence was to the effect that after executing a shebeen warrant at Webb's house, where they seized a gallon jar and 15 bottles full of beer, and found evidence of considerable illicit traf- ficking. they saw defendant Evans drive up ta the house, and there deliver a 4^ gallon cask or beer. Immediately a large number of men and women entered the house. The women carried jugs openly. In reply to the Stipendiary, Constable Davies said, I should say Evans was in such a posi- tion that he could plainly see the women with the empty jugs." In cross-examination, the constable said that the way the Sunday Closing Act was broken was by carrying the drink to the people, instead of them risking to fetch it. Women were afraid to run the risk of capture. The officers further stated that at 6.30 the same evening they saw defendant Evans's eon drive up in a cab and deliver to Webb one nine- gallon and two 4 £ -gallon casks of beer. Corroboratory evidence was given by Mr Andrew Quantick, a shopkeeper in Nelson-street, as to what happened on the arrival of Evans and his son. The question as to the identity of the son was raised by Mr Morgan, but the policemen spoke positively, and the Stipendiary told Mr Board it was unnecessary for him to call further witnesses. Chief-inspector Darston proved a. conviction against Evans for a similar offence, and spoke of another conviction. In announcing his decision to impose upon Evans the maximum penalty of £100 and costs, with three months' imprisonment in default, the Stipendiary said it must be apparent to everyone who had heard the case that everything that zeal for his interests and skill could have done had been done for defendant by his advocate, who had adopted the honourable course he would have expected, having regard to the overwhelming evi- dence in support of the charge, in declining to proceed further, and in proposing not to put de- fendant and the two little boys into the dock. Having regard to the previous convictions and the case now before him, it was his duty to inflict exemplary punishment. Not only had he him- self carried on an illicit trade, apparently on an extensive scale, but he had encouraged many ignorant people to assist him, he himself being one of the most active and ardent instigators and fosterers of this particular trade. Webb he fined L5 and costs, or one month.

MONMOUTH BOROUGHS. LIBERAL CAMPAIGN OPENED. Enthusiastic Reception of Mr Spicer. The campaign in support of Mr Albert Spicer, the Liberal candidate for the representation of the Monmouth Boroughs in Parliament, opened at Newport on Tuesday. The campaign, which will extend over some 16 or 18 days, pomises to be one of the keenest in the history of the boroughs. Mr Albert Spicer, accompanied by Mrs Spicer, journeyed from London to Newport in the afternoon, and arrived at 6.39. In the evening meetings were held simultaneously at the Temperance Hall and at the Hill-street Hall. Mr T. Goldsworthy proposed That this meet- ing of the electors of the Monmouth District Boroughs, having heard the address of Mr Albert Spicer, who in the opinion of this meeting worthily and efficiently represented the boroughs in Parliament for eight years until the last Eensral Election, desires to record its conviction that he is a fit and proper person to further re- present the electors in tlie House of Commons, and hereby pledges itself to use every legitimate effort to secure his triumphant return at the ensuing election." Mr Thomas Cox (pilot) seconded the resolution. The vote of confidence was adopted amidst cheers, and a vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings.

LATE DR. IVOR LEWIS. Interment at Llantrisant. The remains of the late Dr. Ivor Ajax Lewis, J.P., medical officer of the Cymmer and the National Collieries, who died with tragic sudden- ness at the County Club, Cardiff, on Monday night last, after he had been playing golf at Portbcawl, were interred at Llantrisant Parish Church on Saturday afternoon. The deceased gentleman was highly popular in Porfch and Cymmer and throughout the Rhondda Valley3, and a large ana representative gathering attended the funeral to pay a last tribute of respect to his memory. The magisterial Bench, of which the deceased gentleman had been a use- ful member for several years, the various profes- sions, public bodies, and the general public were strongly represented, and operations ceased at an early hour in the local collieries to enable the workmen to attend. The coffin was of oak, with massive brass fittings, and bore the following in- scription Ivor Ajax Lewis, born 21st May. 1848'; died April 8th, 1901." It is a melancholy coincidence that Mr Ivor Lewis, the deceased gentleman's third son, who left for South Africa as a trooper in the Glamorgan Yeomanry with Major Wyndham-Quin, M.P., has been invalided home and is now on his return.

SUNDAY DRINKERS AT NEATH. At Neath Borough Police Court on Monday (before Alderman P. Charles, Mr J. Fear Davies, and Councillor Hopkin Jones) John Llewellyn, of Peniel-green, Llansamlet, and David Price, of Old-road, Birchgrove, were separately charged with falsely representing themselves to be bona fide travellers, and thus obtaining beer at the Railway Inn on Sunday, the 7th inst. Both pleaded guilty. Chief Constable Lewis gave evi- dence to the effect that he saw the defendants at the Vale of Neath Arms having drink, and later he saw them at the Railway Inn, where they had said they were travellers, and they had signed a book making such a declaration. They had given fictitious names and addresses. The chief constable asked the Bench to impose a snbstan- tial fine. The interpretation of the Sunday Closing Act in some quarters was peculiar. There were hundreds of persons who came into Neath on Sundays for drink. He submitted that tha true interpretation was that a person was not entitled to be supplied with drink whose destina- tion was a public-house. The public-house at which he called for drink must be not les3 than three mile3 from his starting point, and on the way to his destination. The defendants were each fined 20s and costs. Jonah Hoyd, of 17, New-road, Skewen, did not appear to answer a similar charge, and a war- rant was ordered to be issued. ç

THE COST OF WAR. From the day when Achilles fasted three days and nights over the body of Patroclus, slain in the ten years' siege before tho stout walls of Troy, have we learned of war's sorrows. The Duke of Wellington wept like a child when he surveyed the bloody, hard-won field of Waterloo. Methnen, it is said, broke down at the ghastly sight; of Magersfontein, and retnrned to his tent that the men might not witness his grief. Who dead is must be buried," says Homer, and, we might add, who ill is mnst die." So thought Private John Smith, living now at 19, South Uxbridge-street, Burton-on-Trent. The Aurania steamed out to the Cape on December 27th, 1899, with this soldier aboard her (that was before she steamed back with the gallant C.I.V.'s), and in telling me of his trials, on August 29th, 1900, Private Smith says that that part of his duty was pleasant enough. Shortly after Earl Roberts' famous march into Kronstadt we were stationed between that town and Jacobadal to guard the line of commu- nication. Towards the end of April I was laid low with that. fell disease enteric fever. There were hundreds of men down with it. It has laid low more men than all the shot and shell that was ever fired by Boer Artillery. For several weeks I was in the fever hospital. My stomach was converted into a manufactory of torturing pains, and T grew as weak and helpless as a new-born babe. I was for days unconscious, but gradually recovered sufficiently to be invalided home." Yet the suffering of Private Smith was not over. "I went on board the Hospital Ship Nineveh in June." he says, and shortly after- wards sailed for home. During my short, stay in South Africa I lost over 201bs. in weight. Nothing that I took relieved the constant vomiting, or in- creased my strength." After," ho says, "I had been home a, few days, my brother, who is an engine driver on the Midland Railway—not of an armom-ed train —advised me to try Mother Seigel's Syrup. I got a bottle. I found it was domg me good. The vomiting ceased. and I was able to enjoy all kinds of food. My appetite now is enormous." Altogether I have taken four bottles of Mother Seigel's Sryup, and gladly give you per- mission to use and publish my statement. This Syrup is a fine tonic and a great medicine for the stomach. I can especially recommend it to soldiers returning from South Africa, in feeble health." Wellington knew the bitter cost of war in 1815. Methuen in 1899 and 1900. And the hero of this narrative in 1800, too. His was a personal cost. Green vomit," Charles Reade writes, laid her sickly hand on him." A broken man,-Until the kindly offices of Seigel's Curative Syrup put him on the stepping- stone of first wealth," which is health.

The overseers for the Merthyr parish held a, meeting on Tuesday, and we understand they resolved to issue a double rate of 3s 8d in the S, for the purpose of giving credit to every rate- payer in respect of the 9th April, 1900 rate, which was quasbed in January this year by the Court of Quarter Sessions. The April rate was Is lOd in the zC so ratepayers who paid up that amount i will only require to pay upon the new rate a I similar amount, viz., Is lOd m the £

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SCIENCE AND HEALTH By Dr. ANDREW WILSON, F.R.G.S. Summer and Health. 1 We are within measurable distance of the hot weather, and it may be therefore well, that, taking time by the forelock, we should consider some of the precautions which should be taken l against risk of disease during the summer season. With the advent of the heat there comes a re- I' newal of activity in the sphere of germ life. Heat is favourable to microbic growth every- where, and so in summer we may expect our full share of the results which accrue from the multiplication of our microscopic foes and friends alike. Some of these results should be clearly kept in view by readers who are interested, as we all should be, in the prevention of disease. Thus foods are more liable to spoil in summer than in winter, because of the microbe invasion which then takes place. Not merely do we get putrefactive processes increased in power, but we incur also a greater liability to have certain subtle changes induced in our foods which end in the development of poisonous substances called ptomaines." It is these ptomaines which are responsible for cases of food-poisoning. They are deadly things, and may exist in foods which are apparently sound enough. What happens in I such cases is that the foods have been exposed to the action of uncleanly surroundings. If they are kept in close, ill-ventilated places, or I near drains and sinks, they are specially liable to develop injurious properties in hot weather. The lesson taught us here is that of absolute cleanliness in the matter of our food-surrotmd- ings. Cleanliness is the beginningand end of all health-practices, and it is never better illustrated than when we seek to preserve our food from con- tamination. Foed Poisoning. The history of the cases of food-poisoning which are most frequent in hot weather, as a The history of the cases of food-poisoning which are most frequent in hot weather, as a rule, shows us that the food, perfectly good when cooked (or in the case of tinned meats, perfectly safe when the tin is opened), is put away in some place where it is subjected to the action of microbes. Nothing is worse in this connection than that food should be placed near drains whence sewage gases gain access to it. The spoiling of the food occurs, and then when tho remainder of it is consumed the ptomaines which have been developed in it cause serious illness, or may cause death. One of the saddest cases of this kind was traced to the placing of food, intended to be consumed at a. wedding breakfast, in a cellar to keep it fresh and cool. The drains running through the cellar were far from perfect, and the contamination of the viands resulted in the death of ono person and the illness of many others. The first warning, then, in connection with the summer season is that which teaches us to regard the surroundings of our foods. Now it happens that among our foods milk is not only one of the most important, but one which is very readily spoiled. The very composition of milk makes it a perfect breeding ground for germs, many harmless to us, but others of disease-producing kind. The places where milk is kept in houses are often very insanitary, and the advice may here be repeated that milk should never be allowed to stand near drains or sinks. It is certain to absorb whatever gases are emitted therefrom, and it will develop qualities that render it highly injurious to infants espscially. Therefore it is that in summer the milk supply of the household demands the I special care of the mistress of the house. The Dangers of Infants. The story of milk in hot weather, however, is by no means ended here. That story includes the recital of a very serious danger which is liable to bsset children under one year old. If you look at the line which represents the death- rate of infants of the age named you will find it high in the earlier part of the year, because the cold affects ihe deatn-rate from chest diseases in a marked fashion. In March, April, May, and June the line is low, but at the end of July and in August it flies up in a very sharp curve, which does not begin to fall till well on in August and till September is nigh at hand. What is the cause of this sudden rushing up of the death-rate of little children in the hot weather '? The reply is "infantile diarrhoea," which carries infants off by the thousand each year in all our big centres of population. It is seen practically in hand-fed infants only, and this fact points cleaa-ly to the milk as the source of the disease. It gets con- taminated by some germ or germs which flourish in the hot weather, and which find their best surroundings for growth in the close stuffy dwellings of cities. "Back to back" houses have an unenviable reputation as places in which infants succumb from this trouble; and no wonder, for in the absence of insufficient ven- tilation and pure air contamination of the milk is inevitable. One sanitary authority lately gave it as his opinion that tho chief sourco of milk contamination was road sweepings, and this is a very likely thing. But the end of the story hers a-jain is that if children be fed in hot weather on milk which is pure tli?y will not run the risk of death. To ensure parity we can boil the milk or sterilize it in an apparatus which every ironmonger keeps in stock. Hints About Treatment. In a case of food poisoning where the patient I gets sick and vomits, and where he is seized with severe internal pains, empty the stomach at once and send for the doctor. Give an emetic of salt and mustard or if you can procure twenty grains of sulphate of zinc, mix it with a little water and make the patient swallow it. Then put him to bed and koep him warm. Apply hot oottles to the feet if necessary, and give him plenty of stimulants. This last is to fortify the heart's action and to prevent collapse. When immediate danger is over give him a dose of castor oil. With regard to infants and their particular trouble in hot weather, mothers should mix lime water with the milk, and look well to the cleanliness of the feeding bottles. These last should be scalded in hot water after using, and no food to be allowed to remain in them. They should soak in clear cold water when not in use, and some carbonate of soda should be added to the water. Also see to the cleanliness of the tube. A dirty tube will con- taminate everything, even if the bottle be clean. The best bottles are those that have no tubes at all. If the child is seized with diarrhoea of per- sistent kind send for medical advice at once. If far from aid stop all the milk and give veal tea with barley water, or barley water and white of egg—3ay barley water 10 ounces, white of egg half an ounce, and white sugar a tcaspoonful for a meal. A little chalk mixture, a tea:;poonfiil, given every three hours, will also probably aid I the cure, but it cannot be too strongly impressed on mothers that this infantile diarrhoea is a very serious ailment, and one that demands the skill of the doctor for its cure. What the mother can do is to prevent the onset of the disease by exercising care in seeing that the milk on which her child is fed is kept untainted and pure. Electrical Music. The case of a gas-flame emitting a musical note is familiar, of course, to everyone, but it will be news to many readers that the arc lamps which light our streets are capable of being made to behave in a similar fashion. Mr Duddell, at a meeting of electrical experts, gave an account of certain experiments he had made with a view of showing th&t the electric arcs could be mani- pulated in such a way as to evoke musical tones. Farther investigations would appear to show that by aid of a suitable apparatus the electrical lights might be played upon as an organist per- forms on his instrument. The subject is more of a scientific curiosity at present than anything I else, but it is never safe to predict what may or may not be the ultimate development of Mr Duddell's idea. It would indeed be curious if the phrase "electrical organ" came to be applied to an instrument which in truth much mora nearly corresponded with that description than does one in which the keys alone are manipulated by electrical force. Parents and Chililren's Heaith. When certain of our Socialist friends get their own way all children will be brought up by the State, which will also be charged with doing a good many things then that reasonable persons to-day regard as strictly parental duties. A week or two ago I urged the high importance of parents looking after their children's ears, so that cases of ear discharge might be treated at an early stage, and the hearing of many children be thus saved from destruction. It is much the same thing with the eyes and teeth of children. The lack of apparent interest in their offspring on the part of parents results in the decay of teeth and in the development of eye affections such as must inevitably handicap the children in the race of life. The argument has been used that the School Board (i.e., the teachers), should see to all these things. My argument is that it is the worst of practices, socially and morally, to shift off the shoulders of parents duties for which they are directly responsible. There are some people who would not object to the School Board feeding and clothing their children, as well as educating them, and f say this spirit is one to be sternly repressed. It is growing among the masses, hence my mention of it here. But if it be contended that there are parents too ignorant to attend to their children's welfare—MI argument the value of which I very much doubt— then the practice of the Halifax School Board may be cited as offering perhaps a via media Dr. Hunt, the medical officer, tells us that he visits the schools and examines all children re- ported to him u "mouth breathers" and as being deaf." Then printed notices are sent to the parents of the children advising them to have their offspring treated for the ailments from which they are suffering. In the case of ear discharges there is not such strict attention given because Dr. Hunt argues that on the poor who do not regard such ailments seriously advice would be largely thrown away. But why not keep pegging to the parents in the matter of ear discharges that lead to deafness and worse ? If parents were regularly told that such ail- ments are dangerous they would surely take as much heed of the medical certificates in this case as of that relating to deafness. Somebody must begin to dissipate the apathy and ignorance and why not the medical officers of School Boards ? They are the proper men to effect this desirable reform and to teach ignorant parents their duties to their offspring.

INQUIRY AT CHEPSTOW. On Monday Mr P. Evans, coroner for the manor of Chepstow, held an inquest concerning the death of Charles Richards (27), of Steep- street, Chepstow, who died on Friday from in- juries alleged to have been sustained by being knocked down by a man named Isaac Ellaway against the kerbstone on the night of Saturday, April 6th. H seemed from the evidence given that at about 6 o'clock on the evening named the two men were in the White Lion Inn, Chep- stow. when they quarrelled about work. The landlady ordered them out, and in the street they had a couple of fcussels. Eilaway was got into the house of Mrs Jones, his mother-in-law, opposite the police station, and Richards went sauntering up Moor-street. Ellaway got out of his mother-in-law's house by the back way, and rushed up Thomas-street just as Richards was passing at the top. Then, according to the evi- dence, Ellaway, apparently unnoticed by Richards, ran up and struck Richards on the side of the head, and Richards fell against the lamp at the bottom of Steep-street, around which there is a stone base. It was found that Richards was on his back insensible, and bleeding pro- fusely from a severe wound on the right side of the forehead. He was taken home, and lin- gered in an unconscious state until Friday morn- ing, when he died. Dr. Lawrence, who made a post-mortem, gave it as his opinion that death was due to coma, produced from compression of the brain by congestion of the vessels, and hemorrhage from lacerated vessels beneath the membrane and in the brain itself, a state of things which might have been produced from a fall against some hard substance, but not by a blow from a fist alone. The jury, after a lengthy hearing, returned a verdict cf Manslaughter" against Isaac Ell away. Prisoner Committed At Chepstow Petty Sessions on Tuesday Isaac Ellaway, who bad been remanded to TTsk Gaol for unlawfully wounding Charles Richards at Chepstow on the 6th inst., was formally charged with feloniously killing and slaying the said Charles Richards, who died on the 12th inst. The evidence given at Monday's inquest was re- peated. Asked by the clerk if he had anything to say, Ellaway replied I went up Thomas-street; me and my wife was going up Thomas-street with tha intention of going homo. I met Charles Richards at the top, and I struck him with my list, and he fell. His head came against the kerb- stone at the bottom of the lampstand in Steep- street. Thomas Atkins, called by prisoner, stated that Richards taunted EUaway in the White Lion public-house, and flung his hat at him, and they got up to fight, when the landlady ordered them out, and they went with the intention of having it out in the Castle Dell. Looking out of the window afterwards he saw them fighting in the street. Prisoner was committed for trial at the Assizes, bail being allowed, prisoner in £100 and two sureties of £50.

BRUTAL AFFRAY AT WHIT. CHURCH. At Llandaff Police Court on Monday (before Mr Henry Lewis, Colonel Woods, and Mr Edgar David) William Smith, a nawv, of Whitchurch, was summoned for assaulting Emma Clarke on the 50th ult. Prosecutrix explained that on the date in question she sent her little girl to defendant's house to get sixpence, being the balance remaining on a half-crown bedstea she had sold to defendant's wife. The girl did not get the money, and shortly after defendant came to her garden, knocked her down, and kicked her. He behaved like a mad- man. Witness said she could not supply many de- tails of the assault, because defendant had completely mesmerised her. (Laughter.) Defendant's wife ultimately came on the scene and took him away. Later in the evening, how- ever, defendant came to prosecutrix's house and used some very impolite language, and finally bumped her head against the wall. My husband was in the washhouse all the time, your majesties,' added the wife. Evidence was given by Wm. Clarke, the hus- band, who said his wife came to fetch him from a. public-house, and informed him of her ill-treat- ment. Witness said he saw defendant on the second occasion kick the door of his house open and strike his missus." Defendant's acconnt of the affair was that he took the sixpence owing on the half-acrown bed- stead to the house of the Smiths, where he was greeted on the doorstep with a stunning blow. The Bench imposed a fine of £1 and costs. 'Smith also had a summons out against Clarke for assaulting him on the same date. P.C. Lane spoke to visiting Smith's house, and to finding him lying on a sofa bleeding from three wounds on the right side of his head. Witness went to Clarke's house and asked to see a poker. Clarke and his wife denied they had such an article, but the constable, after a diligent search, found it under a quantity of female apparel under a bed. In answer to the charge Clarke said he did not hit Smith. He got him by the neck, he said, and bashed him to the ground, because he had burst his door open and assaulted his wife. He did not use any weapon. The constable said there was a pool of blood about three feet from the front door. Dr. Llewelyn Morris, Whitchurch, said two of the wounds had been caused by an edged instrument snch as the poker produced. Eviaence was also given by Smith. He said he was quite senseless after the blows, and had to be carried home. He could not be sure that Clarke struck him, but it was someone from inside his house. The Bench dismissed the case.

IV" ENTIRE HORSE SHOW AT CARMARTHEN. The original Carmarthenshire Agricultural Society held its annual entire horse show at Carmarthen on Monday. The attend- ance was larger than on any former occasion, the hon. secretaries, Messrs T. W. Francis and Harry Coysh, being respon- sible for the highly satisfactory arrangements. There were 18 competitive animals, three thoroughbreds being sent in for exhibition only. Mr Richmond, St. Alban's, the judge, made the following awards :— Shires-I, Duncona III., Carmarthenshire Stud Company 2, Buccaneer III., Carmarthen- shire Stud Company 3, Brilliant VII., Messrs James Brothers, Penymynydd, Dunvant, Gower. Hackneys—1, Lord Bang, Mr David Evans, Llwyncadfor Stud Farm 2, County Gentleman, Carmarthenshire Stud Co. r., Gomerian, Mr David Davies, Maes, Llanllwm. Cobs-I. Trustful, Mr Thomas James, Myrtle Hill, Llechryd, Cardigan 2, Hexham, Mr David Evans, Llwyncadfor 3, King Flyer, Mr John Jones, Greenhill, Lampeter.

SIR EDWARD REED, M.P. We regret to learn that the visit to the South of France of the member for Cardiff has not been very successful in overcoming the special trouble of the head and throat which was the cause of his going there last month. His general health has much improved, and he has returned home by way of Marseilles and Paris, arriving in London on Sunday evening. His voice will not admit of tuny considerable exertion, and for this reason he has had to decline an invitation to assist Mr Spicer in the election for the Monmouth Boroughs, in which otherwise he would gladly have taken a part. During a brief stay in Paris Sir Edward had to obtain medical advice with a view to the relief of that nervous distress of the head from which he has suffered much during the last five or six weeks.

CHARGE OF MURDER AGAINST A BOY. Charles Childs, of Edingthorpe, aged twelve, was committed for trial at North Walsham on ¡ Monday on the charge of murdering Lilian I Alexander, aged nine, at Edingthorpe. When arrested prisoner said he shot to frighten the crows, and the girl, runnilg across the road just at that moment, received tae charge. On the way to the station he said the girl mobbed him, so he shot her.

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CHILDREN'S HOUR, AND ORDER Of THE ROUND TABLE. i." s .¡; BY LADY GREENS LEE Y £ S. "Humbugs" .,Ä' It is not a nice word, and ifc hasr not a'nice meaning. Some years ago there was an amuse- ment which was very popular for winter evenings called" Confessions." People wroto down on slips of paper what were their favourite names and flowers and colours, books and heroes, and perhaps their favourite dishes (I remember that Queen Alexandra put Yorkshire pudding in answer to that), and also the virtues they most admired and the vices they most disliked. Then the dif- ference confessions were read aloud, and the com- pany guessed which was who's." Sometimes the confessions were written instead in an album, so that a collection of them might be treasured by the album's owner. Well, no one ever wrote down humbug among the things they ad- mired, but three people out of every four would write either that Sincerity was their favour- ite virtue, or that Hypocrisy or Humbug was the quality they most detested. And we as a nation always declare that we cannot tolerate shams and humbug. If p., man or woman is opposed to us out-and-out we think them very wrong-headed and obstina.te, of course butjstill we acknowledge thlut they have a right to their opinions, and that we may respect them. But if they pretend to agree with us, and then we find them speaking and acting on the other side when it is more popular a.nd pays better to do so, we regard them with dislike and contempt. So, too, if men or women, boys or girls do a. wrong thing they may repent and confess, and try to atone for the wrong. But if they begin to excuse themselves and make out that black is really not black, and that they are telling a lie or doing a mean or cruel thing in order to serve some good purpose, we can have very little hope for them. They are shutting their eyes to right and truth, because we know that no good end whatever can be reached by evil paths, and that if snch people continue to blindfold themselves they can only grow into wretched hypocrites like the Scribes and Pharisees of old'. The First Humbug. The first individual on record who was a hypo- crite lived, I am afraid, very, very early in the j history of the world. But the first humbug was j not a person at all. j In the 16th and 17th centuries there was a great deal of base money coined in the British Isles, chiefly by Kings and Treasuries who were hard up, and consequently issued coins which were not worth the value stamped upon them. We read occasionally of "coiners" to-day, who try to make and pass bad money and in Eastern lands men are even known to spend long and laborious days in extracting the precious metal from the inside of a coin and filling it in with clay, when they might earn twice as much as they thus gain if they devoted as much time and pains to honest work The Dublin Mint in particular had a bad name in the time of James II., who used to issue coins from it made of pewter and brass, and anything he could get hold of so that 20 shillings were really only worth about 2d. This bad money was called by the Irish in their language, Uimbog," which is pronounced, Oombug," and gradually the word passed from meaning merely the worthless coin to mean anything which pretended to be what it was not. Don't try to pass your uimbog with me," the business! man would say. Ana then, as the word grew more general in use, -1 Oh, don't believe that story it's all humbug," I Don't try to humbug me," What a harnbugsthe man is { Making Money. Some of us, and nearly all our fathers and uncles and big brothers have to do a little money- making, else where would the bread and cheese and the little frocks and coats come from ? But there is now only one place in England where money is made literally. That is the Royal Mint, in London. Every morning the chief officials at the Mint have to decide what sort of money to make that day. Perhaps if you or I were asked we should say, Oh, gold sovereigns, of course they are the most valuable, and so we had better have the most of them." But we might find it convenient if nothing but sovereigns were to be had when we wanted to pay for a pint of milk, a penny orange, or a halfpenny tram ride. Some- times the Bank of England may have sent to say that they are getting short of half-sovereigns at another time big silver pieces may be in request and about Christmas time there is always a great call for small change. But supposing the sovereigns are to b9 made, The material consists of ingots of gold, weighing 400 ounces. each, which come from the strong rooms at the Bank. This has to be cooked in crucibles inside great furnaces, when it is mixed with a definite and very exact proportion of copper alloy, and poured into moulds to cool. Samples of the mixture are sent to the assayer to be ex- amined. and he has to report whether the pro- portions of the metals are precisely what they ought to be if they are not the whole potful must be melted down again. If it is all right the alloyed gold, now in the shape of bars, is taken to the rolling mill, and rolled into long strips that look like the brass bands sometimes used for muslin window blinds. Then it is dragged into still thinner and even strips, and these are placed in the cutting machine, which punches out the little round discs which will presently be coins. After the rim has been marked comes the annealing," by which the metal is subjected to an intense heat in a furnace. Next the discs are stamped with the portrait of the reigning monarch, and after devices on the back and front, so that at this stage they really begin to look like coins of the realm. Finally they are weighed and tested to see that they are not cracked and are the right colour. If judgment is against any, back they go to be remelted. Passed as up to the standard, they are counted out into bags and sent to the Bank of England, and the superintendent of the Mint has to always return in coins exactly the same weight of metal that was given out to him in the form of ingots and alloy. Through the Letter-box. First of all a newspaper and a long letter from our Hon. Member in King William's Town, South Africa, Mrs Epa.n, who h&s written a brave pro- test in the "East London Daily Despatch" against the cruel treatment of horses in the streets of that town. More power to her elbow! You will alf be grieved to hear how trying was the position of our kind friend when she wrote on March 15. "The Boers," she says, "are quite near here, near Grahamstown and Fort Beaufort, and a small town or village called Alice. They have cut all the telegraph wires, so th&t at present we can hear nothing. They are looting and clearing off everything from the favms all round. They are in a bad way, and are dividing up into small bands and prowling about from place to place. I should not be in the least surprised if they should turn up here and carry off the horses, cattle, -and anything they can lay their hands on. I try to do what I can in alleviating even a tithe of the sufferings and hardships of our soldiers. I send them papers and books and little comforts of various kinds—fruit crystals for making cool- ing drinks, jelly powders, and bottles of Eau de Cologne and other things. I only wish I could do more. I would like to go to the front and help the sick and wounded. East London is our nearest seaport, and is forty miles from here. At present it is full of typhoid fever, that terrible and cruel disease. On the side of the hill opposite the beach is quite a tent village, and these tents are the Homes of many unfortunate refugees from -Johan- nesburg and other places, who nearly eighteen months ago had to fly from their homes on account of the ww breaking out. And there still seems no chance of it ending yet. c. After the long and temblo drought there have been floods of rain all over the country, sometimes a thunderstorm. Two or three weeks ago during a storm not very far from here the 9"0 lightning struck a tent, the temporary home of some of the people employed on the new railway j line. A young girl was killed on the spot, and [ her little brother, a boy about five or six. waa burned all round the body. He was brought to the hospital and I saw him soon after. The little fellow seemed to be none the worse, and is now getting quite well. Wishing all the members of the R.T. every. thing that is good and kind." The Baby's Shoes. You remember hearing about the socks and vest knitted for the Basket by a lame invalid friend at Dl. Muriel Atkinson's suggestion? This is what Lady Dorcas writes to me concern- ing them "Dear Lady Greensleeves, — I have to-day taken the little baby's shoes you sent me to such a dear little baby boy, named Freddie Leete. He has a very poor home; his mother is very ill with consumption, and the little boy is himself very thin and delicate. His tiny arms are like sticks. I think the kind little maiden who made the knitted garments so nicely would be pleased that her gift should go to thi3 family, The mother is so thin that I quite think the nice woolly vest will be big enough for her. The baby was just going to "have his bath when I saw him this morning, so was not so clean as he might have j been; but he looked up so brightly at me with his big eyes. The mother is attending the IIos- | pital in Fitzroy-square, and as soon as the wea- I ther is suitable is to go to a Home at Hampstead

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to try the open air treatment for her complaint. I But I fear she is too bad to be cured entirely." I Poor wee Freddie; and poor mother t Competition Notes. Next week I hope to set you a fine exercise in our Spelling Competition. The Dorcas Apron and Pinafore Competition lis open to all readers of the "Honr," as there will he an open class if any of our older members will help us to make up a nice little show of neat aprons for little maids from poor but respectable families going out with anxious hearts to their first place." Dear Lady Greensleeves,—I received the lovely p•> ('Cromwell and His Times') yester- day, and was very much surprised that the essay I sent in was worthy of a prize. Oliver Cromwell, I is a great favourite of mine; and I shall take the more interest in the book that within ten minutes' walk from here, on Highgate Hill, stands Crom- well House, which is said to have been built by Cromwell for his daughter Bnt whether this is precisely aecarr.te or not I do not know. It is now used not as a private residence but as a children's hospital. 130m sorry I have not got ten new members yet, but as I have never been to school I have not many acquaintances; but I will do my best for the Order.—Your affectionate Thimblemaid, May C. Andrews." "Dear Lady Greensleeves,—Father sent on the paper to me. I was surprised to see I had gained the first prize for girls under 14 years c £ age. Mrs Holderness, our schoolmistress, was very pleased. I received the book, Leaders of Men,' this morning, and I shall treasure it thank yon very much.—Your loving Damsel, Mary Metcalf Smith." { I find we shall have to wait till next week for j the conclusion of May Andrews's prise essay. I The Order has now upwards of 28.000 members. Watchwords: Conscientiousness, Kindness, Cour- tesy. Motto: We must do the thing we ought before the thing we may. Vows and Promises: Knights and Esquires must pledge themselves to try and be brave, un- selfish, true, and honest, courteous and obliging; defenders of all weak children and dumb animals and helpers of all those who need; to refrain from baa language; and to say a few kind words, or do a kind action every day of their lives. Damsels and Tljimblemaids will try to '?e true, helpful, modest, and gentle; to be good and to do good, never to listen to a wrong thingorrepeat one; to be kind to dumb animals, and to say a few kind words, or to do a kind action every day of their lives. The Big Book of the Order is always open for the reception of now members. All readers under twenty are earnestly asked to join. A penny postage stamp should be enclosed in a letter of application for transmission of the beautiful blue and gold certificate. If three stamps are en- closed the Song of the Round Table (fall music size, with tonic sol-fa in addition to ordinary notation) will be sent with the certificate. Esquires and Thimble maids acquire the rank of Knights and Damsels by sending in the names and ages of ten new members, who promise to obey the rules and try to keep the promises. Threepence halfpenny should be sent in stamps for the Ribbon and postage of certificates. Older People are invited to join as Hon. Mem- bers. Rules, etc., free on receipt of addressed halfpenny wrapper. LADY GREENSLEEVES, 1. Raynes Park-terrace, Wimbledon,

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THE BUTE DOWRY. In the Mayor's parlour at Cardiff on Monday t&f presentation was made of the Bute dowry. Thi? year the Mayor awarded the gift to Miss MJWJ Lynch, who for 91 years ha.s been in the service of Mr F..T. Byrnc. of Richmond-road. Monday Miss Lynch was mariied to Mr J. Collins, and it accordance with the custom attended with heC husband, her bridesmaid, and the best man ai the Mayor s pari oar to receive the 'owry. After performing the usual formalities prescribed by the late Marouis of Bute, the Mayor, in addition to handing over the money, which this yeas amounted 10 £ 30 14s, presented to Mrs Collins « portrait of the noble donor and a Bible. Hi* Worship, in a few suitable remarks, said that Mai Collins had set a noble example to othef domestic servants. Alderman Carey havina spokeu, the recipient acknowledged the gifts, and the health of tbo bride and biidegror.m wtj then drunk.

A MATE'S CURIOUS DEATH. An inquest was held at Falmouth on Mcadftj concerning the death at sen of James P.owerf^ chief mate of the barque Earl Cadogan. De ceased ordered an apprentice on the poop, ant told him to go without tea. The apprentice refused, and there was a scuffle. Deceased fell and died a. few minutes afterwards. The i,ppi-fAs Lice on a previous voyage had to be kept undet supervision owing to his mental condition. The jury returned a verdict of Accidental death," j and blamed the owners for sending the apprett tice to sea.

I RFDWFLI-TY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, I' The annual meeting of the society was hold at the Carpenters' Arms, Blackwood. Lord gar was, for the seventh time, re-appointed pr* sident. The result of last year's show, hei at Rhymney, realised a net profit of £ 156 3s. The sident. The result of last year's show, hei < at Rhymney, realised a net profit of JEI56 3s. The Executive Committee was re-elected. and ütho. I officials were rc-a,poointed. It was dccidc-d ha* the next meeting should be held at Blackwood.

í It is against all the laws of probabilities for three men called Roberts to be pre-emineni if their profession at the same time—Lord Robert* in war, Arthur Roberts as comedian, and Joht Roberts as billiard player.