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AMATEUR SURGERY. Sequel to an Insignificant Acoident. FATAL TERMINATION. Mr. R. J. Rhys, coroner, held an inquest at the Merthyr General Hospital on Friday after- noon upon the body of William John Lewis, a repairer, of Waunbant, Swaneea-road, who died at that institution on the previous Tues- day. William Richards said that on the Saturday before Christmas—the 22nd of December—he was with the deceased. Witness was carrying a 4i-gallon cask of beer on his shoulder, and as he was about to transfer it to Lewis, so that he might have a spell, the caek fell on the deceased's left foot. The Coroner: Were you sober at the time? Witness: No; we were not sober, and we were not drunk. John Lewis, the father, said the deceased was 28 years old. He did not see his son on the Saturday night that the toe was injured, but he saw him on the Sunday. He looked at the toe on that day, and saw that it had a very nasty look. On the Monday morning the deceased went to see Mr. Price, the bone- setter, now of Pontrnorlais, and formerly of Penydarren. Mr. Price came and gave him ointment and oil, which he used. Dr. James, assistant to Dr. Webster, saw him about a week after he received the injury and again last Friday, and on the Saturday he was removed to the hospital. The deceased worked in the Owmdu Drift a.t Cyfarthfa, and paid to the works' doctor. Witness wanted him to employ the works doctor, but he had faith himself in the man Price. Dr. Webster said the case first came under his own notice on Saturday mrning, when the deceased was admitted into the hospital. The big toe of the left foot had been smashed, and between the two joints there was a gaping wound. The last joint was gangrenous, and the end of the bone and the flesh attached were nothing but a black mass. The wound was in a. horribly filthy condition. The leg and thigh were very much swollen, the venous and the lymphatic system being impli- cated. There were glands forming in the groin, and there was an abscess forming which needed opening two inches above the ankle joint in the couree of the vein. The gangrenous portion of the toe he at once cut off. It ought to have been re- moved days and days before. The left shoulder was very much swollen, dll-e to the very large increase of water in that joint. The whole condition of the parts was due to blood poisoning. On the Monday the deceased developed pleurisy and also bronchitis. This sent his temperature up so much that he died on Tuesday night, simply from blood poisoning —nothing more or less. The Coroner: You say that this gangrenous toe should have hJl removed a considerable time before yon saw him, last Saturday? Witness: Yes. William .Price, having been cautioned that he need not answer any question which might tend to criminate himself, was next called, and he gave his evidence in Welsh. Inspector Canton acting as interpreter. He said he first saw the deceased at his house on the 24th of December. The Coroner: What did you think was the matter with Witness: His big toe was crushed. Were the bones broken?—I think so. The toe was bruised at the side. There was so much blood coming from it that I didn't take so much notice as to see whether the bones were broken or not. Did you do anything for it besides wash it? —I put bandages on to stop the bleeding and put some ointment on it. When did you next see him?—On the 4th of this month. Who saw him in the meantime?—My son-in- law, Davies. Is he in the bone-setting line?—Yes. Well, now, how did the man's toe look on the 4th of this month?—There was inflamma- tion in it, and I put oil and flour on it to take the inflammation out. Did you see him after the 4th?—No, sir; I didn't see him at all afterwards. You needn't answer this question unless you like. Did you think it was right to go and "botch" with this case in this way?—I didn't "botch" with him. Thomas Davies, who was similarly oautioned, said he first saw Lewis at his house on the 24th of December. He saw him also on the 25th, 26th, 27th, and 28th. In. reply to Dr. Webster, who had the coroner's leave to put the questions, witness said he had been "at this job" for five years and seven months, po-eviously to which he worked under- ground with the engines. He had never seen a foot dissected, but he knew that it contained 49 bones and arteries and veins. Dr. Webster, re-called, repeated that the gangrene was not set up by the application*, but was due to the physical injury. Dr. James, Dr. Webster's assistant, said he saw the deceased on the 29th of December. The toe was fractured and discoloured, but there was some sensation in it on the inner side. He thought it eo serious that he advised the parents to send the deceased either to Dr. Webster or to the hospital. He was of opinion at that time that the toe should be ampu- tated, a.nd he cautioned the father and mother that it might mortify, and the consequence would be that if it were not t&k#n off there would be blood-poieoning. When did you find out that the bone-setter had been attending him?—They told me he had been attending a. week previous to my going there. Lewis, re-called, said that the deceased objected to have the toe cut off, saying he would go on a. bit longer to see if there was a chance of its getting better. The Coroner, in summing up, said that if the deceased had been a child1 it would have been a case of manslaughter, but ae he was a full-grown man, with a will of his own, it made a very great difference. The treatment of Price and Davies,, in his opinion, was nothing but "botching." Neither of these men was competent to take charge of such a. case. The jury, after a short consultation in private, returned a. verdict in accordance with Dr. Webster's evidence. ■ III! 1

CALL TO ARMS. Conditions of Service. The order issued by the War Office regarding the reinforcement of the Imperial Yeomanry and Volunteers for active service in South Africa Wae received by Colonel J. Owen Quirk, 41st Regimental District, this morning. Briefly, it as follows:—The drafts will be recruited from Yeomanry, Imperial Yeoman who have already been discharge but have not been released on parade, Volunteers, a.nd civilians. Every Imperial Yeoman must enlist far one yea.r, or, if the war last longer, for the war. He must be not lees than twenty, of more than 35 years of age. Married men ma.y be accepted. Officers will receive pay and allowances at cavalry rates, and Yeomen will for the preeent only be enliated in the rank of privates. The rates of pay will be on the following' scale:—Regimental sergeant-major, 9s.; quar- termaster-sergeant, 8s. 6<1.; company-sergeant major and company quartermaster-sergeant, 811.; sergeant, 78.; corporal and paid lance- corporal, 6s.; private, 5s. There is some doubt as to whether Gloucester or Tenby is the recruiting centre for the Glamorgan Yeo- manry. Colonel Quirk informed our reporter that he had rcoeived several applications, and that he had advised the applicants to apply to the commanding officer at Tenby. Tho colonel has not as yet received any instruc- tions from the War Office to call up the remaining company of Volunteers who enlisted twelve months ago fo.* service at the front. Upon inquiries at the headquarters of the 3rd Valunteer Battalion Welsh Regiment at Cardiff, Oaptaih. Boger, the district adjutant, stated that the returns from the various detachments show that four officers and 129 men had volunteered for active service in response to Colonel Cresswell's appeaJ. This number includes one officer and 29 men of the waiting company, land about three-fourths of the new applicant* are either under twenty years of age or have served Jess than two service, and are, therefore, possibly ineligible. ABEB-DAJRE, Three offers of service—not one suitable.

COLLISION IN THE MERSEY. Lloyd's Liverpool correspondent telegraphs: —The steamers Cymric, from New York, and Oa.rib Prince, from the Syrian ooa-st, sollided in the Mersey this morning. The former had the port quarter damaged, plates stove m. rail carried away, a.nd deck damaged. The latter had the bowsprit carried away and plates stove in. I

SUPPOSED DEATH OF TROOPER CLARKE. War Office Has No News. With regard to the supposed death of Mt. A. Yorwerth Clarke, of Cardiff, a member/of tlfc Glamorgan Yeomanry, in South Africa, Mr. R. Forrest, J.P., of St. Fagan's. has re- ceived a telegram from the War Office, of which the following is a copy: — No report of any casualty regarding 9894 A. Yorwerth Clarke, 4th Company Imperial Yeomamy, has been received in this Office."

HEATED CONTROVERSY AT BARRY. A few weeks ago the Rev. Dr. Morgan, the well-known "Thalamus," paid a visit to the Barry district., and in a lecture on "Spiritua- delivered at 1h-e Welsh Baptist Chapel, Cadoxtou, maintained in unmeasured and trenchant terms that modern spiritualism was an imposture and a fraud. At Barry there is a strong society of spiritua- lists, and the president and several members of this society, with a number of friends from Cardiff, attended the lecture, and at its close a challenge was handed to "Thalamus" to meet an exponent "of the new religion in public debate. The challenge was not accepted, but last evening a reply lecture was delivered at the Regent-hall, Barry Dock, by Mr. E. S. H. Mayo, A.S.P.R. (London), of Cardiff, a convert, who by the bye, occupied the same platform just four years ago as a dogmatic opponent of spiritualism. Professor Mayo criticised at length the remarks of Dr. Morgan at Cadox- ton. It was not fair, Ifr. Mayo contended, on the part of Dr. Mor- gan to demand the exponents of spiritualism to come forward and give demonstrations of mediumistic phenomena. Phenomena did not explicitly apply to spiritualism, which was absolutely amenable to favourable conditions. The great Master of the East, Jesus of Naza- reth, found it impossible, owing to the un- belief of the people, to perform the great thjngeexpeoted of Him, and "Thalamus" could not reasonably expect the disciples of spiri- tualism to be above their Master. Dr. Morgan admitted that there were tens of thousands of honest spiritua- lista, and that there may be honest mediums. There was an admission which knocked the bottom completely out of the purport of Dr. Morgan's lecture, tb&t spiritualism was a sham and a fraud, and he (Mr. Mayo) might as reasonbly suggest in reply that there were tens of thousands of honest and orthodox Christians, and that there might be honest doctors of divinity. (Laughter and cheers.) The Bible from cover to cover was a great record of spirit control, and those who denied this had not attained beyond the soothing teat and baby-pap of the new religion. Mr. J. Kelly asked the lecturer whether he believed that the Saviour could not work miracles except there was faith on the part of the subject. If so. how did the Saviour raise the dead to life? Mr. Mayo replied that faith was shown by the disembodied spirit, and this was a con- dition of the reunion. Mr. J. Spargo, S.D.F., was of opinion that Mr. Mayo had dealt with the subject from a higher plane of reason and argument than the level adopted by Dr. Morgan. Criticising Mr. Mayo's remarks from several points of view, however, Mr. Spargp deplored the fact that spiritualists persisted in the light of modern science, in conduoting their seances and sittins in darkened rooms, and this, he said, was the great objection that people had to spiritualism. To his mind, it was absurd to think that trance mediums could book in advance dates and subjects of their trance addresses. If they believed that spiritualism was real and not a sham, then why did they not select, say, twelve men of good reproach—and even in Barry, "where the council chamber was a bear garden, they surely could find a dozen men beyond reproach —(laughter)—to see whether the demonstra- tions were genuine? Until this was done he muet say it was rubbish, and unreasonable to expect anyone to believe the tenets of such a religion. Mr. Mayo replied that most sittings were now conducted in the light, and he should like to see dark-room seances abolished alto- gather. (Cheers.) Every eeance that he had ever attended had been opened with prayer and praise, but "Thalamus's" lecture was opened with neither. Four years ago he (the speaker) was on the verge of the abyss of materialism, but he was rescued by the light of spiritualism. His opposition to modem spiritualism, however, was the opposition of scepticism, not of open and uncompromising antagonism like that of Dr. Morgan.

hat £10,000 Debt. The "Western Mail" Infirmary Fund now only falls 208 shillings short of 60,000. Yester- day 522 shillings were added, making the total to date 59,792 shillings. WAS LECTURE AT CARDIFF. Lord Tredegar occupied the chair at the Park-hall, Cardiff, last night, when Mr. W. F. Maud, a, "Graphic" special war artist, lec- tured on "Four Months in Beleaguered Lady- smith," in order to assist in clearing the local infirmary debt. Illustrating hia lecture with a, large number of-lantern slides. Mr. Maud showed and des- cribed every phase of the siege of Lady smith— the sufferings of the troops, the devotion of men and officers to one another, the nature of the country over which they had to fight—all these phases and many others were set out in a manner that enabled the audience to gain dear idea. of warfare. At the olose Mr. Maud paid a touching tribute to the behaviour of the troops in the field. Dr. Lynn Thomas followed with a series of slides that dealt with the work done by the Welsh Hospital in another part of the cam- paign. SUNBEAM LEAGUE. The Park Ward Sunbeam League met at Car- diff Infirmary yesterday, together with the president (Dr. Charles Vaohell) and the Tice- president (Mrs. Waldron). Dr. Vachell stated that the sum raised during the put year was .£101 13s. lid., or almost enough to provide for the maintenance of two cots. Dr. Vachell afterwards read the annual report- BIIiLIAED MATCH AT CARDIFF, An exhibition game of billiards of 1.000 up was given by Arthur Llewelyn, the Welsh champion, and Allen Chamberlain in aid of tie Infirmary Fund at the Claude Hotel, Roath Park, last evening. Llewellyn was in brilliant form, and made breaks of 105, 76, and several 40'e, ultimately winning the game by 225. The sum of £4 17s. Od., which includes a guinea given by Mrs. Sheppard, the land- lady, was collected towards the infirmary fund. DON1 ATI ON FBOWC THE CABDIFF FOOTBALL CLUB. The Mayor of Cardiff (r. T. Andrews) has raceioed a letter from Mr. Frank Hill, treasurer of the Cardiff Football Club, enclos- ing a cheque for 105 stuneM voted by the com- mittee towards the infirmary fund. Mr. Hill adds that the committee attach the condition that three cf their number, who are already life governors, be made vice-presidents, under Rafie 13 of the new rules. On hearing that the infirmary committee assents to this he Will forward the names of the three selected. The mayor has written to Mr. Hill thanking the Cardiff Football Club for their handsome donation, and stating that the condition shall be submitted to the infirmary committee. a j

MOBBED. Sequel to a Servant's Suicide: There has been an unpleasant sequel to the inquest held a few days ago on a servant girl named) Francis Reade, aged fourteen, who committed Suicide on the Great Eastern Railway line near Bush Hili-park. The girl had left a note addressed to her sister, in which she stated that her mistress had said things about her, and had told her that if it was not for paying her a month's money she should go out of the door. The jury added a rider to the effect that the conduct of the mistress had unhinged deceased's mind. Some of the inhabitants of Bath-hih-park have since stormed the house where the girl was employed. Bricks add stones have been hurled at the house, with the result that some of the windows are smashed in.

YPAWN IT." At the Preston yesterday Clara Walton, a Burnley weaver, was awarded £100 damages in an action for breach of pro- mise again-st Grantham Walkden, accountant's clerk, of Burnley. The parties had kept company for seven years. A month or two ago defendant told plaintiff he had decided to jilt her before marriage, rather than after, and when she asked him what must she do with the ring, he replied, "Pawn it!"

By the Way. Friday morning's blaze at the Western Joinery Works, Cardiff, was a. terrific conflag- ration. Not since the great "Western Mail" fire of June, 1893, have the people of Cardiff been unwillingly privileged to witness so fierce a blaze. General Porflrio Diaz, President of Mexico, to celebrate his sixth re-election to offi has bad constructed a veritable "palace on wheels," wherein to travel over his district. The first wagon contains the dining-room and kitchen, the second a drawing-room Bar- rounded with a veranda, and at the rear of the train are three private apartments for the president and his wife. These are fitted with mahogany and ivory silk. The furni- ture is in Louis XV. style, and the ceilings are painted a la Watteau. In his presidential address at the 68th annual meeting of the Entomological Society, this week, Mr. George H. Verrall, mentioned several amusing instances of what an experienced entomologist might do in the way of turning his knowledge to practical account. Commen- tators on the work of the late Robert Louis Stevenson were unable, but anxious, to dis- cover whether the notes made by him in a cer- tain book were written before or after he had taken up his residence in Samoa. A fly which had been squeezed between the pages settled the question, for Mr. Verrall at once pro- nounced the remains as those of an insect pecu- liar to the Polynesian islands. Attention has been once more called to the habit of the Lords of the Admiralty in adopt- ing foreign names for British ships, as if there were a lack of suitable names within reach at home. The last addition to the Fleet—the Mutine-will doubtless be Mutton to Jack, as the Hecate is He-cat; the Pique, Pike; the Immortalite, Immortalight; and so on. If the vocabulary of suitable terms be supposed to be exhausted at home, why not turn to the other parts of the Empire for a fresh supply? We have as yet no her Majesty's ship Kan- garoo, Wallaby, Bandicoot, nor Moa; no Moose, Beaver, nor Caribo; no Alligator, Crocodile, Elephant, Rhinoceros, nor Spring- bok; no Cheetah, Cobra, or Tiger. An important religious anniversary falls in June, for two hundred years ago William 1II. granted the first charter to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. This concerns America also, because at that time it was alleged that, though the society had for its object the conversion of the Indians, it was diverted by politicians to promote the Church of England in all the American colonies. The year 1761 is also the date of the hanging of William Kidd and the institution of Yale College. The United States have not a great deal to commemorate in the way of cente- naries, the birth of Admiral Farragut and of Brighaan Young being the most memorable events of 1801. In the old days there was much competition between the coaches and the railway. The late Mr. Ramsay, M.P., of Barnton, ran a coach from Cramond into Edinburgh when the railway between these places was first con- structed, and at the end of the journey regaled each passenger with bread and cheese and beer. When the line between Edinburgh and Glasgow was opened, the late Mr. John Croall, who had one of the largest posting businesses in the kingdom, put relays of stage coaches on the route, and for a time actually beat the train. But probably the record in the way of cheap travelling is held by two rival Glasgow steamboat companies, who, some 30 years ago, carried their passengers across to Belfast for sixpence. The service of china which is being made in this country for the Queen of Holland is not a dessert, but a full dinner service. The designing has been undertaken, at the request of the young Queen, by Sir L. Alina-Tadema, and the artist has entrusted its manufacture to the famous Royal Worcester Work*. The pattern is to be entirely au Old English one, without any exotic ornamentation. The gene- ral scheme is to be white china, bordered with an orange-coloured band. In the centre of the plates will be the Royal Arms. In panels round the edges will be arranged the arms of the eleven States of the Netherlands. These arms and their panels will be executed in colours and painted by hand. The ware will cost £400. The Northamptonshire County Council have before them the question of the condition of the Queen Eleanor Crosses in the county, which are to be found, one at Geddington, near Ket- tering, and the other just on the outskirts of Northampton. Only three of the beautiful croHses which once marked the series of halt- ing-places during the royal funeral march of about 159 miles, when the body of Queen Eleanor, wife of Edward I., was borne in solemn state from the scene of her death, at Harby. in the county of Nottingham, to West- minster Abbey, yet remain. These three are the crosses of Northampton and Geddington, in Northamptonshire, and Waltham, in Hert- fordshire. These crosses, which originally marked tho nightly ba1t of the Rbyal prooee sion, were probably twelve in number. Th4 march, began on December 4, 1290, the last pause before entry into the great Abbey being at the spot still named Charing-cross. The following story of Bishop Creighton has bee. sent to a. London paper by the Rev. F. W. Hastings: "I had just arranged with the late Bishop Creighton for the publication of his small volume, 'Lessons from the Cross,' and was going across the hall of Fulham Palace towards the door, when I was led to make a remark on the charm of living in eRch a place. I said, 'We Nonconformists have no palace prises for our ministers.' 'Ah! but your are happier than I am. I was contented at Peterborough, if I had only been allowed to stay there; tuud my relations with the clergy wore all peaceful; but here it seems as if peace and myself had parted for ever.' 'There are thorns, then, beneath a Bishop's mitre?' 'Cer- tainly,' he said with a sad smile, aa we parted at the door. I talked away thinking over the strangeness of such a confession from a Bishop to a Nonconformist like myself." An Australian Bushman was on one occa- sion instructed by the Imperial officer com- manding the force to which he was attached to ascertain if the enemy were anywhere in the vicinity of the British camp. For this purpose, accordingly, in company with another Colonial, he proceeded to reconnoitre a suspected range of hills a few miles away. While thus engaged, they observed a spring- bok rush, in evident alarm, towards them from the summit of a neighbouring ridge. To the Colonial, trailed in veldt-craft, this was sufficient evidence that the cause of the animal's flight was human. They accordingly returned to headquarters, and reported that a party of Boers were concealed behind one of the kopjes to their front. The camp comman- dant, however, declined to accept this view, ingenuously observing that he only believed in* Boers when he saw them. The march was accordingly continued, with the not unnatural result that another "regrettable incident" was promptly added to the long list of such that Lord Roberts has been compelled to chronicle. An Italian philosopher, Signor Ferriani, haa amused himself by constructing a scale of degrees for the measurement of professional envy. In this envy measurer the highest point is 10. Architects are happily placed lowest on the scale. They register only 1; advocates and priests an'1 military men are ranged at 2, and in the ascending scale be gives us professors of science and literature, 4; journalists. 6; authors, 8; physicians, 9; actors and actresses, 10. The small amount of envy among architects is held to be due to their precise, severe, and rigid studies. The same thing applies to advocates. Among the clergy envy is found mostly in the preachers. In the military career, envy is quiescent in time of peace, but oan become acute in time of war. Envy makes men of science and literature lead solitary lives, diffident of each other. Among physicians envy is still more, prevalent, and they do not spare their col- leagues, often terming them charlatans. In the theatrical world envy, according to Signor Ferriani, reaches ita acute form, vanity play- ing a great part in its production. If Signoz Ferriani lived in Cardiff, he would put archi- tects very high up on the list: while journa> LlWta would not be found there at aiUL

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Moreover, it does what no simple oough remedy will do—it promotes appe- tite. aids digestion, increase# weight, builds up the health and strength generally. It contains no opiate or other narcotic, and ia perfectly safe even for the youngest infants. We are constantly receiving reports from all parts of the kingdom attesting its remarkable power to relieve and cure troublesome coughs. It ia prescribed by the medical profession, and used in the leading hospitals. BALSAM OF HONEY contains PURE WELSH HONEY and an essenoe of the purest and most efficacious Herbs, on the Hills of Wales, being gathered in the proper season, when their virtues are in full perfection. 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I HIGH WATER TO-DAY. li I Morning. Evening. Height Swansea. 5. 2 .„ 5.?,7 28. 7 Cardiff 6.12 6.31 30.10 Newport. 6.15 6.34 JO. 6 1 WEATHER FORECAST. rSOVID titOM MITZOROLOSICAL OFFICK—8.30 *.W. The foreeast of the weather throulchouttlie West of England asd Seuth Waleifer te-dav (Saturday) is as follows :—S, and S,E. winds rainy; unsettled I older. Yksteebat's FORNCABT. S. breezes, light to moderate fine cold at first inland. YKSTHRIUT'S ffTtkTKIB. S.S.W. winds; overcast; ( unsettled. WEEK'S TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL. The following table gives the temperature and rainfall at Cwrt-y-Vil, Penarth, for 24 hours, as read at 9.0 a.m., and entered to the preceding day:- iinriiuTijiiis Datx, -— ftUnrrAix Max. Win. Mean Tuesday 3 30 24 £ 7'0 »oo Wednesday 9 43 28' 35*5 *00 Thursday 10 47 36 41*5 *23 Fridav 11 52 ) 35 43*5 -00 Saturday 12 43 32 37-5 -00 Sunday „ 13 43 36 39*0 '00 Monday 14 45 I 34 3»S -00 HUNTING APPOLVFMZNT& I HARRIEM. CRICKHOWELL. Saturday, Jan. 19, Cwmbaunwr 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22. Sorgam 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 26. Henbant .11 a.m. FOXHOUNDS. CARMARTHENSHIRE. Tuesday, Jan. 22. Gellywen .11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 25, White Mill .11 a.m. GLAMORGANSHIRE. Monday. Jan. 21, Dun raven Lodge .11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23, Llanharan House 11 a.m. Frida.y, Jan. 25, St. Nicholas .11 a.m. LORD TR-VDEGARIS. Monday, Jan. 21, Ooedygoras .11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, Foxhill .11 a.m. LLANGEINOR. Tuesday, Jan. 22, Giblet .10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 25, Glynogwr .10 a.m. LLANGIBBY. Tuesday, Jan. 22, Lodge Wood -i.10.30 ajn. Friday, Jan. 25, Blue Bell, Wentwood.10.30 a.m. MR CURRE'S. Monday, Jan. 21. Portakewett Station-Il a.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, Model Farm .11 a.m. MR SEYMOUR ALLEN'S. Tuesday. Jan. 22, Norchard Gate 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 25, Tenby .11 a.m. PEMBROKESHIRE. Monday. Jan. 21. Camrose J.JL1 a.m. Thursday. Jan. 24, Letterstone i.Jll a.m. TIVYSIDE. Monday, Jan. 21. Troedyraur Gate .10.45 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, Black Cock .10.45 a.m. YSTRAD. Tuesday, Jan. 22, Tongwynlais 10.30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 25. Llwydcoed, Aberdare (by invitation) 10.30 a.m.

Bírtbø, iHnmagtsiy "1 DEATH. GREENHILL-On the 17th iDSt., at 1. Church- r08d, Penarth, Agnes Maria, the beloved wife of Frederick Ridge Greenhill, Borough Treasurer. Cardiff, aged 7.1.

Comments and Criticisms. BY "COOHFARF." The friends of Principal Viriamu Jones regret to h1.ar of his temporary relapse in health, but I can assure those who feel any concern regarding him that the fact of his being under the care of Dr. Isambard Owen is an earnest of his having every care that human skill can command bestowed upon him, and if Principal Jones is permitted to notioe public matters at all then it creates a. longing in my mind > to be within earshot of these two loyal sons of the Principality when their conversation is engaged on sub- jects relating to Wales. Both these Cambrians are born conversationalists—Principal Jones vigorous, incisive, and versatile, whilst Dr. Isambard Owen is his contrast in every respect excepting his versatility. He is a quiet-man- nered, deliberate talker, and his sentences are as rhythmical as if they were blftnk verse. Both are good listeners also, and I repeat my keen desire to have an hour in their company in Dr. Owen's quiet Mayfair retreat. I declare that Mr. By the Way has given every member of the Cardiff Corporation a thorough frignt this morning by referring to the perenEiai subject of the "weiring of the Tuff, and the absent-minded ones even consulted their Almanacs to assure them- selves we were not on the eve of the November election; but, a "Mr. By the Way," do you not know that the borough engineer has reported upon it, and indicated an expense in carrying it through that has caused even the councillors for the Riverside Wards to leave all reference to it out of their -erection addresses? Then there is the Egie- payera' Association—well, let us hope that "By the personality is not known to it, otherwise there would be a. serious gap in the ranks of niy colleagues of the Express." But, presuming the probability of the boule- vard system becoming acclimatised in our I country, and the reserved character of dux in- habitants relaxing to such an extent as to secure fair patronage for it, our climatic variableness will of a certainty make the boon so limited as to risk a failure after a vtry ehort trial. But the greatest bar to its success would be the exclusive temperament of British people. I have seen Britons endeavouring to enjoy themselves on French boulevards, and some- times they almost persuade themselves that they are enjoying themselves midst their vivacious Gallic neighbours, but a few moments' consideration will enable a careful observer to discriminate the Briton, however well disguised he may be, not. by his pro- truding teeth and tightly fitting short coat, scs depicted in the French comic papers, but by his retired attitude and matt-entivenesa to his immediate surroundings. The only introduction a Frenchman requires when out for the evening on the boulevards is to find that you are prepared to talk, but he instinctively avoids the Briton— for he is quickly known to him—because his whole demeanour reads, "Please do not. talk to me." Will this peculiarity of our people ever wear away? If not, then boulevard customs will not flourish on British soil. The Free Library movement has received a new impulse in many parts of Wales, but the attitude of ita non-progressive opponents does not place them in a very desirable position. It. is seldom a puiblic question is debated. in our country without copious quotations from Scripture, and at Portmadoo the agitation has readbed the Scripture quoting-stage—an evidence that the disputation is an acute one. The best I have seen refers to our Saviour's condemnation of those who increase the burden of the people," and a long tirade of opposition to the movement in a local paper calls those who favour it "reckless agitators." It will be interesting to know the quotation in reply, and there must be a great demand for concordances in South Carnarvonshire just now. "Cymru," Mr. O. M. Edwards, Welsh monthly, for January contains photographs of eminent literary Welshwomen, but there is none more interesting than the young Carnar- von lady, Miss Winnie Parry, whose stories of Welsh peasant life are charming. In the same number her story of "Merch y Plas" is brimful of pathos and humour. Welsh readers who are seeking a successor to the sketches of Hiraethog should not fail to read Winnie Parry's folk stories. Oiviliaaition is advancing in Persia, for a. wheat ooroer has been formed there. Bread is the chief food of the Persians, and, therefore, the act of withholding wheat from the popu- lace is to that degree stronger evidence of pro- gress. (The Americans also are purveying saurkrout, and sending it to the German troops in China. Soon we shall hear of their sending leeik broth to the Welsh regiments, and Scotch haggis to the Scotch regiments, and, perhaps, Irish stew to the Irish regi- ments in South Africa. We know the deesi- cated articles, and we hear of fruit bricks— what next? When public bodies are considered to be going on a wrong course, is it proper for .experienced public men to withdraw from such bodies? This is the decision of Aldier- man Meggitt," of Barry, but I venture to dis- sent from his view of public duty. He explains that he is not over-sensitive to criticism, and no one is fitted for public life who objects to criticisms, but the path of duty, surely, lies in the direction of a vigorous resistance to whatever may be considered wrong-doing. Mr. Meggitt is am industrious and enlightened public servant, amd 'be should remain at the post of duty until present difficulties are over- come at least. There was a gay assembly at the Cafe Royal, Regent-street, London* on the occasion of the comgratulatory dinner to Mr. Bowen Rowlands, Q.C., to signalise his appointment as a county- oeurt judge. With the Recorder of Cardiff as chadrman, a-nti Mr. Bowen Rowlands as guest, the flow of wit must have reached a high tide, but all bounds must have been exceeded when "Ebenezer Lobb"—"Maenhir"—Allen Upward— <cfooo»9 whichever name you please, dear rea.ders)-recited a full-grown awdl, and1, to quote the published report of the meeting, ("Maenhir" the bard) "did full justice to the virtues a<nd talents, not only of the ahairmaa and the gueet of the evening, but the whole circle of distinguished man who compose tne South Wales Bar." Verily, then, he has copied the vices as weu as the virtues of his colleagues of the Goraedd. There is a class of poets in Wales known as "Bairdd y Can o Gloo" (the bards of the song of praise), and they are to be met wherever "gaffer" or popular doctor or leading deacon is I to be praieed at the rate of 5s. per 100 lines— "Beirdd coron y oamt" they have been dubbed by some. But an awdl must be according to the 24 alliterative metres, and I would dearly like to hear a "oroes-o-gysswilt" in the Saxou tongue. But there is no limit to our dear "Ebenezer's" doings, for did' he not speak con- temptuously of our Cardiff alderman and sees « marshal's baton in classic Greece?

DRAMATIC SEQUEL TO A SUICIDE. Body Buried Under the Wrong Name. As briefly stated in our Pink Edition last evening, A case of mistaken identity which has led to dramatic developments has been brought I to the notice of the Cardiff police. In the early palt, of December a gentleman, who gave the name of Lewis, and stated that he was a traveller in the woollen trade, residing at Exeter took lodginga for a short period at 13, Plantagenet-street. Cardiff. He is described by Mrs. Stewart, who, with her husband, oocupied the house, as being of refined habits and gentlemanly appearance. On the morning of Saturday, the 8th of last month, MIø. Stewart knocked at his bedroom door, and failing to get an answer became alarmed. Police-con- stable Griffiths was called in, and, after break- ing open the door, found the lodger lying on the bed undressed. A brief examiation was sufficient to prove that life wae extinct. On the dressing table-was a glass which contained the remains of a bluish powder, which had been diluted with water At the inquest which followed, Mr. Munda-y, chemist had no hesitation in declaring that the glass had contained strychnine, and Dr. Neish, who made a post-mortem examination of the body, had no doubt that death arose from strychnine poisoning. Directly the case was reported to the police steps were taken to ascertain who the deceased was. Acting upon the information given by Mrs. Stewart, they communicated with Exeter, a found that there was a MrG. Lewis living there who had separated from her husband, a traveller, and a son of a Mrs. Alden. residing at Bristol. This clue was fol- lowed up, with the result that Mrs. Alden and a daughter came down to Cardiff and saw the body. The former at. first had her doubts about the deceased being her son, Edwin Charles Lewis, a commercial traveller, but the daughter was confident upon the pcint, and they gave evidence of identifica- tion. wmcn the coroner (Mr. E. B. Reeoa) naturally accepted as satisfactory. A verdict to the effect that deceased committed suicide while temporarily Insane was returned, and the body was buried as that of Edwin 1 Charles Lewis on the 13th of* December. From Death to Life. The dramatic development of the story has I to come. ■ Mrs. Aiden was very much distressed at the death of he:' son, and, of course, went into mourning. What was her surprise, there- I fore, to see him walk into her house at Bristol, a couple of days ago, alive and well! As may be imagined, the meeting under the circumstances relaocd was a very affecting one. Mrs. Alden had not seen her son for twelve months, and explains the mistake which she made at Cardiff by stating that the deceased bore a. striking resemblance to him. She was not quite satisfied at firstf, but was influenced to some extent by the doctor, who told her how poison often distorted the face. Possible Means of Identification. The identity of the man who committed suicide at Plantagsnet-street is a. mystery. The police are doing their utmost to unravel it, and they may be assisted by a notebook which Mrs. Alden possesses. It was found in a. pocket of the clothes belonging to her sup- posed Ion and handed over to her. Interview with Mrs. Stewart. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart. with whom the un. known deceased lodged in Plantagenet-street, have since the tragic affair removed from the house and now live at 4, Charles-place, Saltmead. When interviewed by a Press repre- sentative on Friday. Mrs. Stewart said she and her hnsband were by no means satisfied with the "identiifcation," and were prepared to hear that a mistake "had taken place. "He gave you the name of Lewis?" "Yes; be tokl me his name was Lewis, and thftt ho was a traveller for a woollen arm at Exeter." Mrs. Stewart then went on to say that Mr. Lewis disliked his baseness, and that he was most refined and gentlemanly in appea- rance. "Nothing in the shape of letters or (Cards," she continued, "was found upon him to lead to identification. But there was JB12 10s. in money, two gold chains, a diamond ring, and a signet ring initialled D." Deceased was 5ft. 3in. in height, well set, with fair complexion, heavy moustache, and was slightly bald. Mrs. Alden's Explanation, Mrs. Alden, Bristol, was also interviewed. she said she had not seen her lion for four months, and that he had no fixed address. He lived apart from his wife. She went to Cardiff to see the body of a man, whom she identified aa her son. She had been previously asksd if she had a. son wnose description tallied with that of Lewis. When her sister, too, saw the body she was positive in her identification, and this confirmed Mrs. Alden's views. Since the inquest Mrs. Alden had been unwell, and she was naturally very much upset by the appearance of her son in such uncaainy oircumstancta. After the inquest a memoradum-book was handed to Mrs. Alden, and this bore the namo, "F. Pass, London, East," but it might have been merely a note. The diary is of the London and Lancashire Life Assurance Company, datltl 1897, but the year had been altered in ink to 1900, And the dates all through had been made to corre- spond with the year. The entries are carried on to the 8th of November, and are written with a. fine pencil. Some of the entries, which are enigmatic probably to all except the deceased and some of his friends, might cast light upon the oaõre. Over and over again occurs the word "rushed," and "the case," and "aha-dy," and "med."

A BRIXTON MYSTERY. An enigmatical gentleman calling himself Herbert Thome, late of the Dragoon Guards, lodged at 29, Aylcsford-road. He said he had a. brother who was a solicitor at Chislehurst, and that his parents lived at Southend. One day he burned all letters, photographs, etc., that might afford a clue to his identity. He was heard walking about his room rnG5 of that night, and in the morning was found to have poisoned himself. At the inquest yesterday the landlady said she had failed to tnace any of the alleged relatives. Deceased was short of money, and she believed that Thome was not his real name. The customary verdict was returned.

NEW HONOUR FOR CANON THOMPSON. We are informed that the Rev. Canon Thomp- son, D.D., vioar of St. John the Baprt-iats's, Car- diff, was on Friday unanimously elected to the Preacher-ship of the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, London, in succession to the Rev. Joseph Hirst Lupton, D.D. Gray's Inn is one of the three remaining Inns of Court, the other two being the Temple and Lincoln's Inn. Canon Ainser (who succeeded Dean Vaughan) is, of course, Master of the Temple; the Rev. Hastings Rashdall. D.C L., is Preacher of Lin- coln's Inn; and Canon Thompson, as stated, has been elected to the dignity at Gray's Inn.

UNIVERSITY OF WALES. The Lord President of the Council has appointed Lord Tredegar and Dr. Ioambard Owen to be life members of the Court of the University of Wales, in succession to the Mar- quess of Bute and the Rev. Prinoipal Edwards both of whom died during 1900.

ACCIDENT AT BRITON FERRY FOUNDRY. The moulders at Messrs. Taylor and Sons' foundry, Briton Ferry, last evening were in the act of casting a heavy standard when the worm of the large ladle suddenly gave way. capsizing the molten iron. Ur. Fred. Taylor, one of the firm, who hap- poced to be near at the time, was badly burnt All the others escaped.

PARISH WITHOUT INHABITANTS. The census-takers of the parish of Wyler, in the Loetscheto Valley, in Switzerland, have bad (says the "Independance Beige") an easy task. The village was destroyed by a. conflagration in Jftne, and the fifteen heads of families rcsiding there transported their lareB et penates elsewhere. All the same, the machi- nery of government has not been allowed to rust; the councillors have met each week in a neighbouring village, and have discussed, the subject of the re-building of the village.

Cheapest and Best House Furnisher is Sam I Tavlor. Cowbridge-rd. No Hire System. No town expenses. Sells only for cosh, bius only for cash.

DEATH OF THE VICTIM. Mrs. Elisabeth Charles, the widow of the late Mr. Henry Charles, fishmonger, greengrocer, and wholesale confectioner, died this morn- ing at the Farmers' Arms, Maesteg, where she occupied apartments. It will be remembered that Mrs. Charles wae the victim of a most brutal assault on Satur- day last, and her death is a most serious matter for David Lewis, of Forbes-place. Lewis is being brought before the magistrates at Bridgend to-day, having been remanded last Monday. The late Mr. Henry Charles was in a large way of business, and owned considerable pro- perty. He was well-known in the Rhondda Valley, the Llynvi, Garw, and Ogmore Valleys, in all of which places he carried on an exten- sive trade. Mrs. Charles was an excellent business woman, but lately her business was compara- tively small to what it has been. The police, it is believed, have taken the depositions erf the deceased. Mrs. Charles was a lcind-hearted person, and wa03 especially good to the poor during the late strike. The affair has cast quite a gldom over Maesteg. POLICE-COURT PBOCEEDENGS. David Morgan Lewis was brought up before the magistrates again to-day, and was re- manded pending an inquest.

CARDIFF. THIS DAY.—(Before Messrs. T. H. STEPHENS and Mr. SYMONDS.) PROTECTION FROM DE WET. To protect himself from the wet, John Morgan James, 22, provided himself with a mackintosh. He took it from the shop of John Griffiths and others, The Hayes, Cardiff, on the previous day, and walked away without paying for it. The firm do not do business on those terms, and prisoner wa followed and was caught by the manager. The mackintosh was valued at 25s. 6<1., and prisoner put it behind the door in the passage. The Magistrates committed him to the quar- ter sessions for trial, and liberated him on bail, himself in £5, and one surety in a like amount. DIDN'T KNOW HIS AGE. George Pritchard, about twenty, who did not know his age, to the extent of a couple of years or thereabouts, was charged with steal- ing "a quantity of timber, value le. the pro- perty of Messrs. J. Bland and Co.. from their Wha.rf-sti-eet yard.—The Bench took a lenient view of the case, amI imposed a penalty of lGs., or seven days.—The wife paid the fine.

NEWPORT COUNTY. THIS DAY.—(Before Mr. E. LEWIS, Mr. T. GOLDSWORTHY, Yr. E. R. THOMAS, and Mr. M. MORDEY.) TEETOTALER'S LAPSE. Josn Cox, a haulier, of Magor, was charged with being drunk and disorderly at Magor. He said he had been a teetotaler for 26 years, and a. little drink upset him. The Bench fined him 5s. Charles Roberts and William Joues, labourers, were charged with being disorderly by lighting in a public place, viz., Churchyard, on Tuesday, January 15. Neither of them appeared. Police-constable Fripp said he found the men fighting in the churchyard with a large crowd of people round them, whom he had a gocd deal of trouble to disperse. There had been several complaints of this kind of thing. One of the defendants had recently come home from the front. The Bench ordered the men to pay 5B. 6d. each—the costs they had incurs >d. SANITARY CONVENIENCES WANTED. William John, farmer, of Tydu, was sum- moned for committing himself on the public highway at Rogerstone.—In the course of his address to the bench, John said there was no urinal in the whole of Rogerstone.—He was ordered to pay the costs.

FRENCH AND ENGLISH. Interesting Marriage Question. Paris. Saturday.—A case of great interest, in view of the question of marriage between Frenchmen and Englishwomen, was before the Seine Civil Tribunal yesterday. Georges Roussel, a well-known Paris den- tist, who is also by training an American den- tist, in 1899 engaged as a. lady secretary, Mm. Rime Harrison, a widow with three children. Soane time subsequently the dentist and lady became intimate, and. urged by the lady, Roussel hurriedly visited London, where ha met her and went through the form of mar- riage at St. Matthew's Chwrch, West Kensing- ton. Roussel returned at once to Paris, and on his arrival there the same night, had not been twenty-four hours away. The ma/rriage was kept secret from the parents of Poussel, but later on a Mr. Strauss, said to" be a. brother-in-law of the lady, informed them of the matter. The parents at once questioned the legality of the marriage, and took steps to have it declared to be null and void. The lady, who is said to be the daughter of a British admiral, and the widow of an Eng- lish schoolmaster, replied by bringing an action for recovery of 25,000f. alimony. Dr. Noyes, the British chaplain in Paris, be- came interested in her case, and oommuni- cated the faots of it to the London news- papers. counsel made oertain allegations against the lady, and also as to her eldest daughter sending offensive postcards to M. Rornssel and his parents, but, as counsel did not appaar for the other side, the matter was adjourned for a fortnight in order to allow the other side to appear. It is now reported that Maitre Labori, of Dreyfus case fame, will appear for the English woman.—Dalziel. P iB- -————'

WOMEN AND A TELEGRAM. Notice a woman fcays a contemporary) when she receives a telegram. How it does scare her: She trembles like a, dish of jelly, and imagines all sorts of things. Her husband haa fallen down the hatchway at the war house. Her Johnny has gone out sailing and is drowned. Her sister Maria has been scalded to death. Nothing short of a fatal acoident quite fills the bill of her imagination. When she fully summons oourage to tear open the envelope, she finds a. message from her husband warning her that he will bring a, customer home to dinner, and she immediately calls the children together and instructs them not to ask twioeor meat, as there's juet enough to go round and give the visitor some more. r

MORE ATTEMPTS AT TRAIN- WRECKING. Another attempt, the second within four days, was made la-st night to wreck a passen- ger traan on the Great Western Railway between Frome and Witham Friary by placing a sleeper across the metals. Fortunately, the obstruction was removed by the guard of the engine without any damage being done.

Touching Little Story. The following touching little etory oomes fiom Chalons-sur-Saone, France. A shepherd boy, aged fourteen, lost his way in a snowstorm a few days ago, and was found lying unconscious in a ditch. His only companion was his dog, which was lj illg on the boy's body in an endeavour to keep him warm. Both the boy's feet, were frozen, and will have to be amputated.

Publican's Novel Defence. At Blackburn yesterday Michael O'Malley, landlord of the Boys of Harmony Public-house, was charged with permitting drunkenness. It was urged in defence that O'Malley was also secretary of the Labourers' Union, and that as such he was put in an invidious position when drunken members of the union came to pay their subscriptions. He bad, therefore, arranged to give up the public-house at once. —Defendant was fined 40s. and coate.