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Passing Pleasantries. "Can I sell you a nice cheap trunk to-day?" asked the uibane dealer. "And what the dieiene^do Oi be aftber want- ia' a thrunk? "To pufyowr clothes in. of course!" And go naked? Be me SOI1] not a bit iv it!" » Bobby (impatiently!: I wish I was Jimmy Spragg. Mamma: But Jimmy hasn t any dear- little brothers and sisters. Bobby: That's just where lie's so lucky; ha's D'jt obliged to be a good exuinple. Elder Sister: Come. Amy. take your powder like a dear. You never hear me making a complaint about such a thin? as that. Little Amy (sorely); Neither would I if I could dab it on my face. It is swallowing it I object to. It is said that a commodore captain of one of the famotas- 'frasrsai'iantie lines, whilst polite to his pass'niter* When 'below, was very much the reverse if approached when on duty. As he happened to be on deck one day a. lady, accruting him with some trifling query as lo the duration of the favourable weather, was both surprised and indignant to get curtly answered: "Don't know. know. belter go and ask the cook." The lady. though taken somewhat abrrck, was q'tite equal to the occasion, and rejoined "Oh! I beg a thousand pardons. Excuse me. pray. I thought I was addressing the cook."

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I DON'T MISS "A Modern Miracle" fDerek Vane s story; in next Friday's "Evening Express." It describes one of the most astounding devices of the age.

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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED- TO-DAYT STORY. EVENING EXPRESS" NEW SERIES An Old Maid's Story. COMPLETt. I can remember as well as ever the scenes amid which my youth and childhood were passed; the great mill, with its huge sails, standing out dark and clear against the sky. or mcving slowly round and round, impelled by a favouring wind. while the rude machinery groaned and creaked within; the quaint, old gabled farm- house at the foot of the little mound on which the mill was placed; and. farther on, a few thatched cottages, the outskirts of the village whose one long, straggling street stretched downwards to the beach. It all seemed quiet and happy enough in the peace- ful summer-time; at least, so the gentlefolks always said, when they raDH, down from the town near-by for their yearly visit. I didn't think that it was so quiet and peaceful as it looked—indeed. I thought it rather wearisome and dull sometimes, I am afraid, for I wanted to see the world—that great world of pleasure and fashion of which I had heard, and of which, you may be sure. I had formed a very fantastic and incorrect estimate, my principal informant being a cousin of mine. who was lady's-maid in far- away London, and wbo came now and then with her mistress to a. village not far from ours, and near which lived some great folks, who were the lady's friends. And this same cousin of mine was a personage of great im- portance in our eyes—at least, in the eyes of us young people, who regarded her with ad- miration, not unmixed with awe. Her styiish dresses, her fashionable appearance and ways, all excicterl our surprise and envy. But very naturally, though I did not think so then, theae feelings were not shared by our seniors. Father and mother shook their heads when, as often happened, I gave utterance to a longing to see the world, and Lilla, as we called her, seconded me by openly expressing the opinion that it wasn't good for girls to be cooped up ail their lives in a litt.le village. Mother generally took but little notice; she was always calm and quiet; but father was quicker tempered, and would tap his stick impatiently on the thoro and say- ing, "Don't thou put foolish whims in young girls head, Lisa," would turn away to the mill abruptly, somewhat to the annoyance of my cousin, who disliked nothing so much as an open rebuke. But thoughtless as I was, I hope—nay, I think that I was not indifferent to the old home, for I know that it generally happened that aftEr Lisa had been trying to persuade me to take some situation, which. she said, she could easily procure for me in a good family, when I went home, one glance at the saddened facei of mother and father would make me 80 uncomfortable that I would feel that I mU3t not leave them, though I did so "ant to get away. So it always lnppened that Lisa, went back alone, telling me before she went that I was a "silly little chit" not to accompany iler, Where had shone the bright sunlight, the long, dark shadows swept over beach and hill, and the glittering wavelets that had fallen so musically upon the shore, were now great masses of foamy water, surging in upon the land, upwards and onwards, till they broke with a found of thunder against the long low line of rock that ran far out to sea. And more than dark days, or moamng wind, or stormy ocean. was to me the trouble that seemed thnateningour home. It had been a bad harvest, and there had been but little work to be done at the mill to what there was usually. Many rv day the great sails were: motionless, and the millstones idle. Many a day father locked graver and more downcast, mother more and more sad. But long or short, sad or joyful, time goes on. unhasting, unresting. The winter went by, and th" faint beams of spring sunlight began to gladden the land again, Almost as soon as the day? grew finer, we were surprised by another visit from Lisa. The lady with whom she lived had been in delicate health during the winter, and was to come to the seaside at once. But I paid very little heed to her visit, for I was daiiy expecting another visitor, beside whom I am afraid Lisa would ( be thought but litt.le of. I And this long-expected guest was one Frank I Redmond, a young sailor, whom we had known s all his life, who was just my age, and whom r I—why should I not say It?—had leamt to I regard with a true and honest affection, r There had been no particular love-making— t as the phrase goes-ùetween UII. but we under- stood each other too well for that to be 1 necessary. Franl. had been away on a long 1 voyage, and at last he was "coming home." e It so happened that, though she had heard t of Frank often enough, she had never seen f him, and she seemed rather curious about 1 him. The days slipped on, and just as spring c was blossoming into summer our wanderer came home. He surprised ns after all. Let- te-rs were not so frequently or so rapidly sent as they are now. and so he was with us almost unexpectedly at last, so far as the daya were concerned. The greeting between him and us all was 1 as hearty and affectionate as usual, and I ( felt proud, indeed, of my handsome, bronzed eailor-lad as I turned to present h;\3 to Lisa, i who had been standing by watching our meet- i ing with a half-amused expression on her ( features that made me for a while foel an i instinctive aversion, almost a dislike, towards her, and gave to my manner a stiffn-ess and formality very foreign, I think. to my natural bearing. But Lisa did not seem to notice it. She joined in the conversation, and aftsr a while seemed to take tbe lead. 11 Somehow, all the pleasure I had expected from Frank's return seemed to diminish, and 1 be almost lo=t. He was not le?s kind to I mother and father, not 'ess attentive to me. 1 but the conversation, after a while, seemed v mainly to be carried on by Lisa and himself, 1 In looks, iu ways, in an "ftiat would be likeiy to attract the notice erir a young and ♦«!- <1 pressionabie man, I could feel, and feel c keenly, that Lisa was my superior, and she 1 knew so mudl more than I did nhout foreign S places. I suppose it was through living with people in a good position. i1 "Where art. staying, lad?" said father. "At The Bell," he answered. The Bell being J! of course the village iira. "I left my traps there." 1 "Eh. I'll walk a bit with thee," said father. a and took up his hat and stick. j I lingered at the door as they went out. v and our parting was far more formal than it a should have been. But Lisa was standing t quietly hy, and with her eyes upon me, I could not yield to the affectiofl- that was 1 stirring in my heart. Only when they had r gone I crept up to my own little room, a h place in which Lisa could not enter, and j found relief in a passion of tears. All had I been so different from my expectations, and 1 as I recalled, when I grew calmer. Frank's 1 words and looks, a strange, cold fear stole i into my heart. Was Lisa really interested. I or was she only amusing herself, as I had 1 heard her so often boast that she had done before? I could not tell. I was not sum- 1 ciently experienced or dispassionate to con- sider the matter calmly, and after a while I ended my trouble for the time, as I had often done in childhood—by crying myself to sleep. I With the morning I rose calmer and re- freshed, and with a resolve to be adjust aa possible to both Lisa and Frank. Very likely I had been deceived in my own excitement I and disappointment, aud had perhaps done them both a wrong by my suspicions. So I reas0ned more hopefully than before. Bnt it s vas not long before I was undeceived. Day after day went by. and Frank seemed to be ] more than ever attracted and enthralled by my cousin, and she, on her part, lost no ( opportunity of completing her conquest. 1 Mother looked grave and a little troubled, J and once spoke to me about it. but I begged t of her so earnestly to say nothing, that she ( consented at last to take no notice openly, but there was nevertheless a little sharpness ) in her manner to Lisa henceforward. Father, was kiuder in his way towards me than was usual. Not that he was ever harsh or rough, r but he was much worried and troubled, and 1 so—as I have heard say men will—he had 8 spoken sometimes rather sharply. But he was < very different now. I often thought mother had said something to hirn. but I lieve.r knew certainly. So the time went on. and the day < drew nearer, on which Frank was again to f leave us. One morning. I had been for mother to a t neighbour at a little distance, and was slowiy 1 sauntering home, when, passing near a path- ] way that led upward to the top of the cliff. I ( turned to ascend, thinking to go that way instead of by the beach. I had gone up some 1 distance when I heard voices below and near I me. proceeding evidently from a cave in the t rocks, frequented .'■ometimes for the shelter and fine view it afforded. As the voices met my ear. I stopped spellbound. They were the f voices of Frank and Lisa. To this day I can- not recollect the words that were uttered. I only remember that he was pJeadiug pas- sionately, and that she was speaking in that 1 light, almost bantering tone that she usually adopted. After a while. I know not how long, he was silent. I suppose I ought not to have stood there, but I w,Tas scarcely conscious of doing so. I felt stunned, crushed. I had told myself often enough that it would be thus; that I, an awkward country-girl, would have no chance against my self-possessed, attractive cousin: but for all that the blow fell heavily. However much we may feel sure that a loved friend will be snatched away by death, the 1 "h0clt is no less terrible when it comae. So vras it witlimy hopes. Dying they had been, [ but not dead till now. Once more I heard 1 Frank's voice, but in so low a. tone that I could distinguish no word; then Lisa spoke in reply. Only one word I caught, but that word was "no." There was a sudden move- ment, and before I could realise anything, they were close at hand. To attempt to re- treat was too late. Our eyes met, and in that one glance each of the three read the other's heart. They started as they saw me, and I stepped back a pace to allow them to pass. Lisa walked on. taking no notice of life after the first glance, but apparetiy, at least, ralm and self-possessel as usual. Frank followed, hesitating a moment, as if about to speak. But I made not sign, tuning myself from him. and looking out to sea. in reality to hide the bitter tears that filled my eyes. When I turned again, he was gone, but Lisa's figure was still visible, as she walked with steady steps along the path that led towards our village. After a while I. too. went home- wards. but only to find that Lisa had gone for a time. "Her missus wanted her now," said father, "and bad sent for her. We shan't see her for a bit. lass, and main glad I be o' that." So I saw no more of Lisa for a long while, nor of Frank, for that day at least. But that night I told mother all. It now wanted only about a week before Frank's departure, and every day we expected him. But not until the day before he was to sail did he come, What he said to father and mother I did not know; I bad left the house almost as soon as he entered it. and wandered sadly along the path that led upwards to the mill. A step came along the path, a shadow fell across it, I looked UD, and Frank was heside me. He gave me no time to speak, no op- portunity to reflect. Passionately, earnestly, he pleaded for restoration to my affection. He concealed nothing; he made no attempt to throw blame on Lisa—he was too manly for that. But the wound was yet too painful to be lightly healed. That I yet loved him. my heart told me only too plainly. But my womanly nature, while ready to forgive, yet could not quite forget how I had been set aside. There was no anger, no bitterness in my mind against him. but I felt instinctively that for a little while at least, things could not quite be as tllPY had been. And, muster- ing courage, I told him GO in all kindness and affection. "You are right," he said, "and you are kinder towards me than I deserve. Grant me this one favour. Nelly. I shall be gone about a year. Next summer I shall be back. If I prove by time my constancy and my regret, let all the past be forgotten." I could not answer, bat I left my hand in his for a moment, and he understood me. The morning came, and we were up betimes. Frank had bade good-bye to mother and father, and turned to me. "In a. year's time. Nelly, please God, we meet again. Good-bye. d",ar!" For a moment I forgot all that had but just passed; for a moment I fiung myself into his arms, half blinded with my tears, then, as I uttered a half-articulate blessing and farewell, mother came to my side, and Frank was gone. But we parted in peace., thank Heaven for that—vre parted in peace! Sad. wailing autumn came and went, and dark, dreary winter, and hope came back with spring. Twice we had heard from Frank, and twice only; but all \1".13 well with him. and we were content. At last I had begun to count the days—a practice to which I was always prone, but which I had abstained from of late, for the space between departure and return had seemed so long that I grew sadder when I contemplated it. Time, that changes se) much, had calmed my feelings. anù soothed the sorrow and irritation that I had previously felt. Moreover. Lisa and her mistress were far away in another part of England, and we should be troubled by her no more. So, one bright evening, I strolled up to my favourite haunt by the old mill, looking out across the eea. My mind felt more at rest, my heart, more hopeful, than for many a day. The setting sun streamed full and clear across the path, and flooded all with ro?y li^ht. After resting a while, I rose to go. thinking I might be wanted at home. As I turned, I uttered a faint cry of astonishment and delight. Before me, in the full glow of sunlight, stood my sailor-lover as I had seen him last. "Frank!" I cried impulsively; but he neither moved nor spoke, only looked at me with a grave countenance, upon which rested a per feet peace. A strange thrill passed through me; I trie-. to speak, to move, but speech and motion failed me. and I remember no more. When I came to myself, I was in my little room at home. and mother by my side. After a while, as memory returned. I told her what I had seen. but she bade me be quiet, and not think of it for a time. I ~beyed her so far as keeping silence was concerned. But I knew that on earth I should see my sailor-lad no more, and I was right. Weeks afterwards we heard that he had fallen over- board in a sudden storm, and been drowned, almost in sight of land. One comfort, I had that we had parted in affection and peace. If I teil my story, people listen kindly, but with a half-smiie. "It's very natural. She had been thinking of him, and -so imagined she saw him." Well, jet them say so; but I thank Heaven that gave me grace to part from him in kindness, and granted him to keep his promise, and prove his faith, by coming back to me once more."

Through Glancing at the Paper. A CARDIFF MAN FINDS GOOD LUCK. Fortunes have sometimes been made through noticing a, casual paragraph in a newspaper. Other advantages of more or less importance are frequently derived utmi the aimless read- ing of a newspaper article. The history of Mr. Edmund Williams, of 334, Cowbridge-roact, Cardiff, is peculiarly interesting a,s an instance in point. Mr. Williams, who is a young man of only seventeen years of age, gave the details to a reporter of the Cardiff Times," who bad a conversation with him a few days ago. Up to August of last year he ivas engaged as an assistant in the pawnbrok- ing business. "I n.ppose." commenced Mr. Williams, "it was due to lack of outdoor exercise, my work being all indoors, aud, perhaps, the hours of business were longer than in many trades, which caused me to break down completely in health. Up to the time mentioned I enjoyed as good health as any other youth of my acquaintance, but, possibly, in addition to tire conditions I have already mentioned, the fuel that I was growing rapidly at the time had sore "thing to do with it. My parents noticed that I was becoming of 1 sickly colour, and did not look an robust is formerly; I tound myself that my appetite was lacking, and that I was becoming weaker, more languid, les3 energetic, and not so eager in getting about my work as I used to be. Ultimately I broke down entirely and stayed 1t home from business. This was in August of last year. It was thought that a little rest ..ould 1JUt me right, but, having once remained It home. I was not ahle to get about again for A very long time. The weakness developed so much that I was half doubled uP. my bad: being so weak "hat I could not hold myself ap straight. Beside? that, I suffered from severe pains in the back, which, even if I bad possessed the strength to do so. would have prevented me from holding myself up as I assd to do. In addition to that, I had rheumatism in the knees, accompanied by great swelling in the joiuts, and was so reduced altogether that I had to be carried llP and down stairs nighi. and morning. Another thing I suffered from was a swollen throat, which made it very difficult an I painful to swallow any solid food even if I had the appetite for it; and, worse than all these things, I had an attack of heart com- plaint, which made it impossible for me to walk any distance without having to gasp for breath. In fact, for months I don't think I walked the length of the street once, and was, perforce, compelled to remain in the house sitting or lying down. My friends were becom- ing extremely anxious about me. and many were firmly of the opinion that I was in con- Hunptioi1. However, towards the spring of this year I got a little better, and during the fine weacher made every effort to go out in the open air so as to. endeavour to recuperate. The slight improvement, unfortunately, did not last long, for in June of this year I became as bad as I had ever been, and was confined to the house again quite a month. It was at this time that I picked up an evening paper and read quite by accident an announcement of the benefit derived by a Cardiff man. who was suffering in a similar manner to myself, through taking Dr. Wil- liams' pink pills lor pale people. I showed the article to my parents, and they decided that I ought to give Dr. Williams' pink pills a trial. I did so. and after the very first box I felt a distinct improvement, and this, of course, encouraged me to continue taking them. I first of all found my appetite returning in a. wonderful manner, and I began to eat more than I had done during any portion of the previous twelvj months. Gradually I found my strength returning, the pain iu my back completely vanished, and I felt a pleasure in being able to hold myself up straight as I began io vlalk about again. The throat com- plaint disappea-cd entirely, and I am not now troubled at all in this direction. I have now taken five boxes of Dr. Wil- liams' pink pills altogether, and I am glad to say that the weakness 01 the heart no longer gives me any concern. The shortness of breath which I was troubled with has also disappeared, and, in fact. I have now com- menced work for the first time in fifteen months. I am now engaged in the milk trade, being employed by my brother-in-law, and I have to get up early in the morning to attend to the business, and these cold mornings one needs to be fairly strong in health to engage in such work. I am quite willing for you to publish this testimonial in the papers, for had I not rcad of a similar caje in the papers myself I do not know whar would have become of me, as I should not have known Dr. Williams' pink pills, which have worked such wonders in my case. There may be others like myself who will be glad to know them." L15533

Round the Churches _=..4 Their Work and Worship, PASTORS IN PEN AND PENCIL. 39.-ST. WOOLOS CHURCH, NEWPORT, And Its Vicar (Archdeacon Bruce) St. Woolos Church, Newport, has a Ion? and interesting- history. The story is far too long to pack into the columns of the I "Evening Express," though to the leisured antiquarian it is full of import. Like the British flag, the fabric of this 1 I ARCHDEACON BRUCE. beacon church set upon the hill has weathered for more than a thousand years the battle and the breeze. Originally, it was founded in the sixth century by St. Gwynllyw, a local saint, whose patronymic it bore, but, like the-struc- ture itself, the name has changed with the mutations of time. and. perhaps, the dust of old St. Gwynllyw has for a century or two resignedly laid low under the corruption of "3t. Woolos," into which his name has now passed. The greatest and most recent work upon the Church, was it« almost complete restoration in 1855 at a cost of about £ 3,COO, From the top of the square tower built by Jasper Tudor the shires north and south, east and we3t. seaward and landward, are to be seen OIl a clear day sketched out in a fine panorama. The mutilation of a saint's figure on the western side of iha tower is ascribed to the spoliation of Cromwell's soldiers. Its whole interior would form a very large church, but the cutting off of St. Mary's Chapel (which is without seats), by means of the beautifully decorated arch which has formed the subject of so many pictures, has left the present nave rather restricted in size. Inside the church are many interesting specimens of antiquity. Within the rails of the altar is the sepulchre of one of the Pem- broke family in stone, with an arch canopy, inside of which are the remains of a man in armour of the fifteenth century. On the rails of the altar there formerly hung a, brass plate to the memory of "John Morgan, Esq., who died in 1702." The inscription on the plate was: "He lived to dye,Woe yov so. I advise yov, That death may never frighten or f-urprise yov." Present Day Operations. But it is not so much with the by-gone work of the church or its ancient history as its present day position and the operations of its incumoent that this sketch is concerned. It i3 fitting that some memorial, humble and unpretentious though it be, of the work cf Archdeacon Bruce should appear upon the eve of the venerable vicar's de- parture from St. Woolos to the quietude of Eo^iet, where more freedom and less responsibility in parochial matters will leave him with all the greater time and strength to devote to the affairs of the archidiaconate of Monmouth. It is a. striking circumstance that during this year the incumbents of the lead- ing churches of Newport, Cardiff, and Swan- sea have resigned their parishes and sojight a change in their labours, viz., Archdeacon Bruce, Canon Thompson, and Canon Smith. The archdeacon has not enjoyed the best of health for some few years past, and in the spring' of this year, before he sailed for his holiday in America, the fine, robust, athletic figure, so full of meridian strength, which his friends have habitually associated with his comings and goings, lost for a time its former bearing, and showed the need of rest. and change. Happily, the recuperative forces were stimulated by the holiday out west, and an enormous change for the better took place, The Venerable William Conybeare Bruce. M.A.. is the eldest sou of the late Rev. William Bruce (younger brother of the late Lord Aber- dare). formerly rector of St. Nicholas, nsar Cardiff. Born in 1844, he was educated at Rugby, under Dr. Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, and at University College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in I 1866 and M.A. in 1872, taking deacon's orders in 1866 and priest's orders in 1867. He served as curate at Alverstolce, JIante, and at Holy Trinity, Brompton. London, but in 1872, on the resignation of his father, he became rector of St. Nicholas, and remained there till 1882, when he succeeded the aged Canon Hawkins in the vicariate of St. Woolos, Newport. The following year he was appointed domestic chaplain to the Bishop of Llandaff, and in 1834 examining chaplain to the Bishop of Bangor. On the retirement of Archdeacon Crawley he became Archdeacon of Monmouth (which comprises the whole of the county) and can-on residentiary of Llandaff Cathedral, his period of residence at Llandaff being the months of January, February, and March. During his residence he has been in the habit of driving-from Llandaff as soon as he conveniently can leave the afternoon service to take Sunday evening duty at St. Woolos. At the time of Mr. Bruce's accession to New- port matters in connection with St. Woolos had slackened down to a somewhat low ebb. Canon Hawkins was in his eighty-first year, and was, consequently, getting past, if he had not quite passed, the activities of life. As a result the life of the Church had also declined in activity. But. with the coming of the vigorous young man of 38 there was s.10n a change in the whole state of parochial affairs. From St. Woolos there were two district churches or chapels-of-ease—the iron church of St. John the Baptist, on Stow- hill, which had a community closely in touch with the Clewer movement at Oxford, and St. Luke's, in Bridge-street. Developments have since taken place-by which St. John the Baptist has been created into a separate ecclesiastical parish, with a handsome and thriving church and parsonage in the rapidly- rising district of Risca-road. St. Luke's is ripe for re-building on much enlarged lines as soon as the requisite funds can be got together. And the Vicar. What sort of a Churchman is the arch- deacon? Is he high, low, broad, or does any other adjective fit hie case? No adjective is needed, and Mr. Bruce would brush it aside if he had any control over it at all, as being a delusion and a snare. If anything beside or in addition to being "a Churchman" fits his case it is that he is a thorough Churchman. Per- haps that statement will not be allowed to pass muster without a grumble by some of those who—excellent people themselves, and tenacious of their own views—do not at all like the archdeacon's wayf-or some of them. When he invited representative Nonconform- ing ministers of Newport to join with the clergy of the Established Church in the national memorial services to Queen Victoria and to Mr. Gladstone there was a good deal of adverse comment in various quarters, but never for a moment did he flinch from the position which he deemed it proper to take up. I He is a Churchman indeed, and, if proof be wanted, let the constant round of the Church's services at St. Woolos be cited-celebrations of Holy Communion every Sunday and on saints' days at eight, third Sunday in the month at eleven, Morning Prayer at eight and evensong at 6.30 daily, with sermon on the eve of saints' days. This is the regular order of some of the services at St. Woolos. There are, of course, all the usual Sunday services, beside special services as occasion requires, and there is a whole gamut of parochial orgallisatiolls-district visitors, Church Lads' Brigade, Parochial Nurses, Mrs. Bruce's Working Party, Bible Classes, Mothers' ) Union, Dorcas Society, Ladies' Working Party, Girls' Friendly Society, the Parish Kitchen, Clothing Clubs, Band of Hope, Drum and Fife Band, Bell-ringers' Guild, and a crowd of etceteras, which require to be tenderly watched and guarded. I The archdeacon, is emphatically a strong :1 man. He is a great preacher, a great organiser, a great leader. Though he does not seek to dominate over the judgment of others, the strength of his own will, the clearness of his views, and the force and directness with which he advances them invariably lead a waverer to his side. One could easily imagine our subject in any other episcopal or scholastic position ruling, say, as bishop or as the bead of a great college, with firmness, with dignity, and with tact. His scholarly attainments qualify him for any such office, as well as the strength of his character. His sermona and addresses are models of eloquence and of fine declamation, whilst the series of weekly lectures which he has been in the habit of delivering in the Clifton-road Mission Room during the months of October, November, and December for some years past have been likened-not by attendant* at St. Woolos alone—to the Bampton lectures. This season the lectures are on "The Practical Teaching of the 23rd Pealm." The very strength of the archdeacon's I character, his thorough, outspoken manliness, I ousted to the view of some people, espe- cially before his nature was more thoroughly known, anything of what has been called "nid glove manners." There used to be an idea amongst those who imperfectly knew the man that a manner in which there was directness, sometimes a trace of frank abruptness, not to speak of a sus- picion of brusqueness, rather precluded the possession of the finer feelings of love which is looked for in the minister of holy things. That that is not the true view of abundantly affirmed by those who know him best. He is a man of genuine tenderness, who has delighted to do good by stealth. He holds absolutely no parley with anything that is mean or contemptible in Church or State, and is a delightful writer and speaker in either sphere. As a good citizen of Newport, he will be much missed when in December he leaves St. Woolos to take up his residence at Rogiet. He has never thrust himself forward in political matters, but he 1ms lent many a helping hand to useful social objects in the town, and in a variety of ways, and. always with fearless- ness, has helped to guide public affairs into pure channels. Only once has he. during his residence at Newport, thrown himself into the hnrly burly of platform politics. It was at the time when the position of the Church in Wales was made the subject of a political onslaught-when its disestablishment and dis- endowment was, if not quite the foremost line in the programme of one of the parties, at any rate, a very leading line. It is not too much to say of Archdeacon Bruce's defence of the Welsh Church at that time that never was there a more earnest, more valiant, or more convincing advocate of any cause. His speeches at times were simply torrential in eloquence and burning with fervour. He carried the out- works of the Church of Wales far beyond its territorial limits—into the Strath and West of England and the Midlands—and had the satis- faction of seeing the fruit of his labours in the overthrow of the attack-absolute and com- plete-at the general election of 1895. St. Woolos needs a strong man to follow Archdeacon Bruce. Unfortunately, in tem- poralities the living is a poor one, the income being not more than JB210. with a house, which the incumbent has to keep in repair. How much of ihe archdeacon's succees in the parish is due iq- the many-sided assistance of Mrs. Bruce probably none but the vicar himself knows. 9 Round the Churches." The following sketches have already appeared in the "Evening Express":— Mar. 5.-Scob Church, Cardiff. 12.—Tabernacle Baptist, Cardiff. 19.—Ebenezer Congregational, Cardiff. „ 26.—Llandaf fCathedral. April 2.-Salem Welsh Calvinistic Methodist, Cardiff. 9.-3t. David's R.C. Church, Cardiff. 16.—English Congregational, Barry Dock. 23.-Jewish Synagogue, Cardiff. 50.—Charles-street Wesley, Cardiff. May 7.—St. Catherine's. Canton, Cardiff. 14.—Society of Friends, Cardiff. „ 21.-Unitarian Free Christina Church, Cardiff. 28.—Bib'e Christian Methodists, Cardiff. June 4—Tredegarville Baptist Church, Cardiff. „ 11.—St. Paul's Congregational. Cardiff. 18.—Christ Church Mission, Riverside. 25.—Canton Wesleyan Church. July 2.—St. Andrew's and St. Teiio's. 9.-Clifton-strcct English Calvinistie Methodist Church. „ 16.—Longcross-street English Baptists, Cardiff. „ 23.—Pembroke-terrace Calvinistie Metho- dist, Cardiff. „ 30.-8t, Saviour's, Splotlands, Cardiff. Aug. 6.—United Methodist Free Church, Cardiff. „ 13.—Cliai lee-street English Congrega- tional Church, Cardiff. 20.-Grangetown r-iptist Church,. Cardiff. „ 27.—Severn-road Welsh Congregational, Cardiff. Sept. 3 -Swansea Parish Church. ?0.—The Forward Movement and the ReT. John Pugh, D.D. 17.-St. John's Pariah Church, Cardiff. 24.—Victoria-road Congregational, New- port. Oct. l.-Pontypridd Parish Church. 8.-Roath-road. Wesleyan Chapel, Car- diff. „ 15.—New Trinity Congregational, Cardiff. 22.-St. Mary the Virgin. Cardiff. Oct. 29.-St. Peter's Roman Catholic. Cardiff. Nov. 5.-Cymmer (Rhondda) Congregational. Nov. 12.—Holton-road (Barry Docks) Baptist. Nov. 19.—Penuel (C.M.), Pontypridd.

An Antwerp Mystery. An Antwerp telegram states that the body of a man, on which was found a telegram, addressed to "Thompson, Hotel Angleterre, Antwerp," was picked up in the Scheidt at noon on Monday. Mr. Thompson, who is an Englishman, went to Antwerp to look for a fellow couutryman. whom he wished to see on a very imxiortant matter. The address of the latter, however, cannot be found. It is sus- pected that there has been foul play, but no de-tails have transpired.—Eeuter.

AN AFFAIR IN WALE?.—Particulars of a rather striking cure, said to have been eff ected by Dr. Williams' pink pills for pale people, having reached the ears of a reporter of this paper, in the general interest he determined to thoroughly investigate the matter. The result is that lie found the cure to be quite as remarkable as reported, and the details of his investigation are given in another column oi this issue. Further inquiries revealed the fact that Dr. Williams' pink pills are gene- rally regarded thzoughout Wales as the stan- dard household medicine, and they are proved to have cured paralysis, locomotor ataxy, rheumatism, and sciatica; also al) diseases arising from impoverishment of the blood, scrofula rickets, chronic erysipelas, consump- tion of the bowels and lungs, anaemia, pale and sallow complexion, general muscular weakness, loss of appetite, palpitations, pains in the back, nervous headache and neuralgia, early decay, all forms of female weakness and hysteria. These pills are a tonic, not a purga- tive. They are genuine only with the full name. Dr. Williams' pink pills for pale people, and are sold by chemists, and by Dr. Williams' medicine company. 46, Holborn-viaduct, Lon- don, E.C., at 2s. 9d. a box, or six boxes for 13s. 9d. Pink pill3 sold loose or from glass jars ar" not Dr. Wjlliams' pink pills; accept them only in the pink closed wrapper as above described. ï.1553J

Athletic Notes. CARDIFF'S FIRST WESTERN TRIP. [By FORWARD."] Cardiff players need scarcely be told of the advisabirty of making the best prepara- tions for next Saturday's match at Llanelly. Paper form is as fickle as this weather, and the defeat of the tinplaters by Mountain Ash last Saturday means nothing but that they were caught in a mood of indifference, and that one or two of the usually most reliable players were off-coiour. It is probable that for the Cardiff match, which is regarded as one of the two most important of the season, the services of R. T. Gabe will be avail- able, and his presence, as we all know, materially strengthens any third line. Alcwyn Jones will also turn out, and will be partnered in the centre by W. Arnold, the brilliant little Neath three-quarter, provided there is no diffi- culty about hie transfer. Of course, Cardiff will have nothing to fear in the three-quarter play. Where they are most likely to have trouble is at half-back. Behind a pack that holds the least advantage over the opposing forwards Ben Davies and T. Samuel are a very dangerous couple, Samuei being the most nippy and clever player turned out by Llanelly since "Dai" Daviea, of Swinton, joined the Northern Union. The Llanelly forwards, too, are capable of making things very lively, and I am told by several who saw the match that they fairly beat the Swansea, eight both in heeling out and in the open. There are distinct signs of a thaw setting in this morning, there being more fog and dampness than frost about. To lose this gate would be disastrous to the Llanelly Club, whose financial position is not too sound. A fine day, on the other hand, will mean a "crowded house" at Stradey and the liquida- tion of the greater part of the debt of the club. It will be the first visit of Cardiff to West Wales this season, and, if one could only wipe that Bristol defeat off the slate, then it could be said that they were taking a record with them. Wyndham Jones has again been selected, and on Saturday, when he will have his third chance, there will be nothing to prevent him turning out with Carde. It seems hard luck on Neville Thon*ts to drop him after the useful and plucky game he played against Newport, but, as Wyndham Jones had signified his intention of playing, the committee had no excuse for continuing to play Thomas as a reserve. D. L. Bowen finds it too hard to play against his old love, and Northmore will come into the pack. Then the place of Percy Bush on the left wing will be filled by "Wax" Williams. Bush, I understand, has not been seriously injured, and hopes to be fit for the trial match at Tre- herbert next Saturday week. Thus the Cardiff team will be:—Back, Winfield; three-quarter backs, Gwyn Nichoils, W. Jones, C. Biggs, and "Wax" Williams; half-backs, Carde and Wynd- ham Jones; forwards, A. F. Harding, Bob Grey. Northmore, D. Thomas, Stranaghan, Brown, Spackman, and W. C. Rees. For Llanelly the following have been chosen, subject to the inclusion of Gabe:—Back. Bob Richards; three-quarter backs, Alcwyn Jones, Auckland, Morgan Williams, and Willie Arnold; half-backs, Ben Davies and Tom Samuel; forwards. Dan Walters, J. Watts, P.' Keenan, Bob Thomas, Ike Lewis, Stacey, Police-constable Davies, and W. J. Thomas. It is said that thiiteen out of the fifteen players in the Aberavon team are teetotalers. Who are the two black sheep? There are seven Oxford mpn in the South trial team, and on the form they are showing most of them will find places in the English team to meet Wales at Blackheath. "Alma Mater," in his 'Varsity chat this week, again has a good word to say for Strand Jones, whom he credits with having put in some grand work for Oxford against the Edinburgh Academicals. This writer eays in another paragraph that he thinks the old Lampeter man ought to get his Welsh international cap this season. He will get it if he proves himself the better full-back of the two at Treherbert. Under the heading of More Welsh Migra- tion," the following interesting paragraph is given by Old Ebor" this week:—" Yorkshire clubs still manage to secure the signatures and presence of Welsh footballers, who they hope will turn out "catches," though the men may not have set the Bristol Channel on fire by their doings in South Wales football. A fortnight ago F. Lewis came North to Halifax, his published credentials being that he was the reserve centre for the Cardiff Club. Hull have also just secured a couple of Treorky players, one of whom (Parry) has already made his mark with the Boulevard ciub, having had a big share in the team's victory over Oldham. Hull King-Eton Rovers, after landing a couple of small fry, have brought North C. Lewis, a three-quarter back from the Llwynypia Club, and Connell. a forward of the same team, who, I am told. has done duty with Glamorgan County. The Hull scouts, I have reason to believe, are hoping to bring down by-and-bye a little higher game. At the commencement of the season they tried in vain to pot "Pussy" Jones, the Cardiff centre, who, I see, has been passed over by the Welsh committee in the selection of their trains for the second inter- national trial match. Wyndham Jones, who. I understand, is a recent recruit in the Cardiff back division, is the latest- object of Hull men's attempted patronage, but so far nothing appears to have come of the enterprise. It would form an interesting chapter of football statistics, and also of football morals, if all the migrations to Yorkshire from Wales, and the subsequeut career of the migrated indi- viduals, could be tabulated and described. The number of men who have done good to them- selves and to Yorkshire football by expatriat- ing themselves is extremely small, and one wonders what has become of the majority." S. M. J. Wood?, who is just as familiar to » Cardiff audience as any other, is at present in Australia, whither he has been called by the serious illness of his mother. In the hope and belief that he will return to the Western shire, he was re-elected captain and secretary of the Son;eraet County Cricket Club at Taunton on Saturday.

THE LOOTING IN CHINA. Charges Against Missionaries. Paris, Monday.—111 the recent sitting of the Chamber the request for the production of General Voydon's report, addressed by him from China to M. De Lanessan, regarding tlfe part taken by certa'n persons in the work of pillage, was rejected. To-day, however, the "Petit Repubiique" published* extracts from the report. In it General Voyion declared that the French troops were much more under restraint than those of other nations. There were, however, instances of pillage by the French, but they were individual cases. The soldiers were led a way by the missionaries, on whose behalf they acted. One day the missionaries, with 40 wagons and 300 native Christians, went methodically through the palace of Prince Hi, and carried away a con- siderable amount in silver ingots. They gave cheques to each of the soldiers and sailors who had assisted them amounting to 2,000 francs. The report declares that to have left these cheques in the hands of the soldiers would have been to place a veritable premium on maurading and pillage. An attempt was made to recover them, but the sailors refused to give them up, and in the end they kept them. The report 6ls that a cheque for 5,000 francs was drawn i*the name of Mgr Favier, in payment of the cheques given by the mission as a gift to the soldiers who had aided the missionaries in their search for money.—Reuter.

A CANAL HIGHWAYMAN, At Walsall yesterday Henry Benton, 30. labourer, Navigation-street, was charged with stealing Zcwt. of coal. value 2s., belonging to Messrs. Johnson's Iron and Steel Company (Limited), West Bromwich, on the 10th ult. It was stated that boatmen in the employ of prosecutors were returning from Fishley Col- liery with a boat load of coal, and when at the Walsall Canal Locks they were stopped by prisoner and two or three other men, who 80

Evening Express" Specials. THIS WEEKS LIST. WEDNESDAY.—Ap Rhys's letter on Home Rule in Cardiff in the olden time. THURSDAY.—Football Club and Photo: Briton Ferry Soccer. FRIDAY.—Derek Vane's Adventures. Mr. J. Daniell's Football Special.

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Actor's Divorce. TWO "BRIXfON BURGLARS." A theatrical divorce suit occupied a portion of Mr. Justice Gorell Barnes's time yesterday. Mr. Spencer Trevor Andrews, who is best known under his stage name, which omits the "Andrews," asked for divorce, on the ground of his wife's adultery with a man named Davis, who is also an actor. The parties were married in January, 1897, the respondent being a widow lady at the time, being known as Mrs. Denton Cardfew. The marriage took place at Marylebone Registry Office, and they went to live at Northumber- land-mansions, Baker-street. In January, 1900, the respondent went on tour with "The Brixton Bffrglary" company,

DON'T MISS Mr. J. Daniell's Football Special in next Friday's Evening Ex- press." He criticises leading Welsh players in frank, though friendly, fashion.

Mr. Jenkyns, who has for a number of years POSTAL ENGINEERING APPOINTMENT been in charge of the Newport section of the? I postal telegraphs, has been appointed assis- tant superintendent- engineer for the South Wales district, and will now be located at Car- diff. Mr. Jenkyns has had considerable expe- rience in the postal telegraph service in the Manchester and Lincoln districts, being promoted to Newport. His appointment has given much satisfaction to the local engineer- ing staff, with Whom he is deservedly popular.

Argentina and Chili Washington, Tuesday.—It is announced at the Chilian Legation that the threatened rup- ture bstween Chili and Argentina over the boundary question has been averted, and that an understanding satisfactory to both parties has been reached.—Central News. I

A Missing Transatlantic Passenger. New York, Tuesday.—On the arrival of the liner Commonwealth at Boston yesterday it was reported that a saloon passenger, Mr. A. i Bolton, of Toronto, was missing. He had either committed suicide by jumping over- board or had bpen swept overboard.—Central News. News.

BOXING. Terry M'Cormack (South Wales) v. Harry Slough (Leicester). Mr. Joe Smith has deposited Z5 on behalf or M'Cormack to bind a match for him to box Harry Slough the best of fifteen rounds, at 7st. 61b. (give or take 21b), of two minutes a, round, for JE25 a-side and Tom Wickwar's purse, contest to take place at the Mafeking Gymnasium on Wednesday, December 11.

A Burden to Himself. DROPSY, BACKACHE, AND CRAMP MAKE LIFE A MISERY FOR MR, COOPER. HIS COMPLETE CURE. BY TAKING DODD'S » KIDNEY PILLS, WAS A SURPRISE TO ALL HIS FRIENDS. The account Mr. Chas. Cooper gives of his sufferings should be of service to all sufferers from dropsy, backache, and cramp, because the writer also states the certain means he fiftind of securing a complete Cure. Like nine out of ten diseases, these ailments are due to the kidneys, and the kidneys alone. These organs are LC weak that they do not do their duty; poison that the kidneys should take out is left to linger in the body, to pollute the blood and to set up all manner of painful ill- nesses. Mr. Cooper, who resides :It Ditton Marsh. Westbury, Wilts, says his illness commenced with cramp in his feet and legs. "My back ached very badly; my water was like blood. I got little or no rest at night, and felt as tired in the morning as when I went to bed at night. Then dropsy set in; my legs began to swell, and the water hung from them in bags." After being under the doctor for six weeks and not getting any better Mr. Cooper found the right remedy. He tried Dodd's Kidney Pills, and, after taking two boxes," he writes, the water potlred out of my body." He is now quite better, and his cure is due to Dodd's Kidney Pills alone. Mr. Cooper took the remedy that never fails to set the kidneys right—Dodd's Kidney Pills. Once the kidneys are right Dropsy, Backache, Cramp, Rheumatism, and other derangren^nts cannot exist. Hopeless sufferers fhonld see that the kidneys are well, and so get at the foundation of the disease. To keep the kidneys well there is nothing to equal Dodd'a Kidney Pills. Of all chemists, Dodd's Kidney Pilla are 2s. 9d. per box, six boxes 133 9d, or post free on receipt of price by the Dr id's Medicine Com pany, 23, Farringdon-avenue, London. E.C. Important to remember the name D-o-d-d-'s L17112 t ?

iron and Steel Wages. A Middlesborough telegram says there will be no alteration in the wages for December and January in the manufactured iron and steel trade of the North of England. Printed by the Proprietors. Western Mail. Offices, St. Mary-street, Cardiff; at their Offices, Castle Bailey-street, Swansea; at the Shop of Mr. Wesley Williams, Bridgend-all in the County of Glamorgan; at the "Western Mail" Office. Newport; at the Shop of Mr. J. P. Caffrey, Monmouth, both in the County of Monmouth; at the Shop of Mr. David John, Llanelly. in the Cotinty of Carmarthen; and at the Offices of the "Brecon County Times," The Bulwark and Lion-street, Brecon, In the County of Brecknock. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1901.

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given as Taylor. A quarrel evidently took place, for Smith suddenly rushed from the room along the corridor, and eithsr fell or | jumped through a lavatory window. He fell into the station, was. picked up unconscious, and removed to the: hospital. In the room Taylor was found with his head badly cut. The whole affair is wrapped in mystery. I

_0- terrorised them that they went away in search of a policeman. Prisoner was then seen to jump on the boat, from which he threw a quantity of coal, which the other men removed. Prisoner pleaded guilty, and the Mayor, in sentencing him to three months' imprison- ment, said he was a perfect canal "highway- man," and if the offence was repeated he might have to answer a much more serious charge.

which included Mr. 4. D. Davis, the co- respondent. The husband was on tour else- where. At the end of the tour the wife did not return to her husband, and he subse- quently found that she had been living at various places in Scotland with the co-respon- dent. Eventually she oJfas found to be living at 7. Darland-mansions, Fulham-road, with Davis. I The granting of the decree was postponed pending the arrival of all additional witness. Do defence was offered.