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CAERPHILLY DISTRICT COUNCIL. REVOLTING STATE OF AFFAIRS AT LLANBRADACH. SANITARY ARRANGEMENT "SIMPLY DISGRACEFUL." OUTSPOKEN COMMENTS BY THE MEDI- CAL OFFICER OF HEALTH. The Caerphilly District Council held their fort- nightly meeting aF 'the Council Offices, Caer- philly, on Tuesday, when the Vice-chairman, Mr W. Thomas, occupied the chair. The attend- ance included Councillors Henry Anthony, Eli Jenkins, Lewis Williams, J. P. Charles, D. E. Jones, and T. Gregory, together with the officers of the Council. AMUSEMENTS AT LLANBRADACH. An application was received for the renewal of the licence of the private theatre at Llanbrad- ach, and on the motion of Mr J. P. Charles,who stated that no complaints had been made with regard to the fheatre, the licence was renewed. MUNICIPAL OFFICES. Mr H. Snell, agent to the Penarth and Grangetown Buildiffg Estate, wrote saying he would forward particulars early next week with reference to the purchase of Bryntirion House, Caerphilly, by the Council for the purpose of converting it into Council offices. FAIR TERMS. Messrs Topham, Jones, and Railton, who are constructing the new Cardiff railway, wrote with reference to the agreement required by the Council for the construction of a temporary rail- way across the Council's road at Taffs Well, and stated that they bad not yet completed arrangements with the landowners, and thought it would, perhaps, be better to defer an agree- ment until they had done so. The Council's provisions appeared fair to them. THE SEWERAGE SCHEME. The Llandaff and Dinas Powis Rural District Council acknowledged the receipt of the Coun- cil's letter undertaking to restore the roads in the Llandaff district, which would be interfered with by the Caerphilly Council's new sewerage scheme, and so far as they (the Llandaff Coun- cil) were concerned, they had no objection to the w&rk being proceeded with at once. Messrs Jones and Beddoe, solicitors, Ponty- pridd, wrote on behalf of Mrs Llewelyn, Caer- philly, through whose land the sewers would also pass, stating that Mrs Llewelyn had no objec- tion to the work being proceeded with, but she would hold the- Council responsible for any damage sustained. Messrs Clarke and Dovey, auctioneers, Cardiff, stated that Messrs White and Phillips, solicitors, Merthyr, had forwarded them the Council's let- ter with regard to the railroad from the Fur- nace Bloom brickworks to the Rhymney siding, which the Council had ordered to be removed. Messrs Clarke and Dovey had been endeavour- ing to settle matters so that a sale by auction migu. take place of the whole of the brickworks. They would like the Council to,extend the time of notice within which to repair the railroad, The letter was allowed to lie on the table. AN APPOINTMENT. A number of applications were_received for the post of roadman, and Mr Thomas Roberts, Groeswen, was appointed on the motion of Mr T. Gregory, seconded by Mr Eli Jenkins. TENDERS. The Surevor (Mr A. O. Harpur) presented his usual fortnightly report, in which he stated that the period of lighting for the ensuing year would commence on the 1st September. He had invited tenders for the supply of petroleum, and for labour in lighting and extinguishing the oil lamps at Llanbradach and Senghcnydd, wbich he now submitted to the Council. For Senghen- ydd, the tender Of William Evans, of 30s per week was accepted, and for Llanbradach. Wil- liam John's tender of 6s per night for 21 lamps was approved of. The committee, consisting of the Chairman, .and Councillor D. E. Jones, accompanied by tho Surveyor, had met at Nelson on the 5th inst. with reference to the proposed cleansing of the ditch through Pencarth meadow, a.nd High street, Nelson. The committee recommended that the whole length of the ditch be cleaned out ,and the tender of John Green at three- pence per yard was accepted. A LLANBRADACH NUISANCE. In accordance with, the instructions the Sur- veyor had received the lower portion of the water course and ditch at Wingfield Crescent, Llanbradach, had been cleaned out.He thought however, it would soon again be filled up, and, aa he had previously stated, the only permanent and effectual remedy would be to pipe in the water course and ditch throughout. It was decided to serve notice to abate the nuisance. The Council agreed to extend the water mam to JBartlett street, Caerphilly- DIPHTHERIA EPIDEMIC. The Medical Officer, Dr T. W. Thomas, in his monthly report, stated:- From the 18th July to the 13th August I have received 10 notifications of infectious diseases, viz., five scarlet fever, two diphtheria, two ty- phoid, and one continued typhoid. The cases of scarlet fever occurred at Canal side, Nant- garw, and Station terrace, Senghenydd, and there was undoubted evidence that the disease was contracted from pre-existing cases. The cases of diphtheria occurred at Senghenydd and Wingfield Crescent, Llanbradach, at, the lurnaer place in a house where typhoid fever preniij, and at Llanbradach in a house adjoininic the one where diphtheria previously broke ouc, Tb drains, on inspection, were found to be defec- tive, and this may account for the outbreax.Ttej should be at once attended to. The cases of typhoid fever occurred at Senghenydd and Tuff s Well. The former case was at a house whers fever already existed, and originated from con- tagion. At Taff's Well I found the lad had Won in the habit cf frequently bathing in tlvi < a)>al; and this very probably gave rise to the disease. The drains are very primitive, as well as the closet, and the owners should be reques^d to put these matters right at once, especitlly as they can connect now with the main sewar. This matter was referred to the Sanitary Inspector. "The case of fever," continued the doctor,"wlich in all probability will turn out to be typhoid, occurred at Charles street, Llanbradach. Here I found the condition of things SIMPLY DISGRACEFUL. The closets, which are of the bucket type, were overflowing, and it was stated by several that they had not been emptied for the past twelve months. To make matters more difficult, en- trance from the back lane has been walled up by the Wingfield Building Clufc .and thus tte exit has been cut off on this side. Tbis they have done, it appears, because the Abercarne Building Club are encroaching on the boundary of the Wingfield Club. A way should at once be made to clean out these closets, a'S I fear you may have'â regular epidemic in this quarter. also notices should be served on the wnfrs to turn these closets into proper water closets, and to supply into a properly constructed server. The slop water drains might be connected wioh the same, and so avoid the nuisance that s new caused by their emptying at the pine end of tie Wingfield Crescent. If these very much reeded and absolutely imperative improvements are cot caxried out, I must ask you to go in for a closiig order for the 18 houses on the left hand lJc f Charles street, Llanbradach." (This matter wns referred to the Clerk to consider the best means of obtaining an immediate closing order). "The result of the analysis of the water pup. plied b- the Universal Coal Company (the report continued) I now beg to submit, and at the same time to state that the samples were taken from two different houses. The quantitative examim- tion shews at the water contains nearly 500 organisms to each cubic centimetre. This, while shewing that the water does not reach the best possible standard, yet it does not disclose any dangerous condition. It would benefit greatly by filtration. Perhaps it will be possible to get the company to filter the water before it enters the mains." It was decided to send a copy of the analysis to the Universal Company for their reply. "The returns from the Registrar (Dr Thomas added) shew iliat- 17 deaths and to births were registered during the month, giving a death and birth-rate of 16.7 and 45.2 per 1J300 per annum respectively."

TEMPERANCE TOPICS. [BY A CORRESPONDENT.] DISQUALIFICATION OF JUSTICES. In view of the approaching Brewster Sessions it will be of interest to know that certain persons are by statute disqualified from acting as licensing justices, either at the general annual licensing meeting or at special sessions TliUS no justice of the peace who either in the licensing district or districts adjoining that in which lie usually acts, is a partner or share- holder in any company which is, a common brewer, distiller, maker of malt for sale, or retailer of malt, or of any intoxicating liquor, is qualified to sit and adjudicate in such cases, or to vote on the appointment (if justices' com- mittees. Nor is any justice competent to act in respect of any premises in the profits of which he is interested, or in respect of pre- mises of which he is wholly or in part owner, lessee, or occupier, or manager or agent for the owner or occupier. A justice so disqualified and knowingly acting, renders himself liable to a penalty of Lloo. HARVEST DRINKS. The late Dr E. A. Parkes, of the Army Medical School, Netley, used to say, When you have any work to do, do not take either beer, cider or spirits. By far the best drink is thin oatmeal and water with a little sugar." The doctor's recipe was a quarter of a pound of oatmeal to two or three quarts of water, it should be well boiled, and then an ounce or ounce and a half of brown sugar added. Drink this cold. Before you drink it, shake up the oatmeal well through the liquid. You will find it not only quenches thirst but will give you more strength and endurance than any other drink. If you cannot boil it, you can take a little oatmeal mixed with cold water and sugar, but always boil it if you can. If at any time you have to make a very long day, as in harvest, and cannot stop for meals, increase the oatmeal to half-a-pound or even three-quarters of a pound, and the water to three quarts, if you are likely to be very thirsty. The doctor quaintly adds, "If you can get to like plain water you are a lucky man." THE MOST DANGEROUS TRADE. The attention of Parliament has recently been directed to certain dangerous occupations in which deaths have taken place from lead poisoning and from" phossy-jaw," and an attempt is b ing made to induce the manu- facturers to use nun-poisonous materials in the r production of tl.i-ir goods, But it is not j." ueraliy knowu thut the most dangerous trade in )• nglaiui is that <4 the manufacture and sale of intoxicating drinks. Dr John Tatham in a letter to the Registrar-General shows that the mortality of persons directly engaged in the supply of spirituous liquors still continues to tie enormous. In the industrial districts pub- licans die from all causes more than twice as fast as do occupied males generally. Their excess of mortality from all causes amounts to 31 per cent., and from alcoholism to 46 per cent. Now what the temperance people want is not to close the public-house but to secure the elimination of the poisonous articles sold therein. ABSTIMEKCE AND LONG LIFE. The insurance companies in this country are supplying powerful arguments to the tem- perance movement, and their testimony is con- firmed by the records of similar institutions in the United States. Dr W. R. Gilette, Medical Director of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, affirms that "there can be no question but that total abstainers have a much better chance of longevity than those who drink even in moderation." Mr Emery M'Clintock, the actuary of the same company, has thus summarised the experience of the years 1875-89 Upon those who on entering stated that they abstained from alcoholic beverages the maximum expected loss was 5,455,669 dollars, and the actual loss was 4,251,050 dollars. Upon those who stated other- wise the expected loss was 9,829,462 dollars, and the actual loss was 9,469,407 dollars The abstainers, therefore, show a death loss of 78 per cent. of the maximum, and the non- abstainers 96 percent." DRINK IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The committee of the United States House of Representatives on the Alcoholic Liquor Traffic nas just furnished a worthy example to the British Legislature. The committee has pre- sented a unanimous report in favour of a Bill to prohibit" the sale of intoxicating liquors on reservations and in buildings controlled by the United States." The report says: "To the average mind it seems inconsistent that the Congress of the United States should enact laws prohibiting the sale of intoxicants within .3. certain specific distance of a school-house or church in the district of Columbia," when at the same time "it is not necessary to go outside we four walls of the building wherein these laws are enacted, in order to purchase any and ail kmds of intoxicating liquors." As in this country, it has been argued that the sale within precincts of Parliament is illegal. The law, however, is ambiguous, and the committee appeals to Congress not to hesitate to pass a law which should say to our country in no uncertain terms, intoxicants are not necessary incentives to needed and wholesome legislation." CHILDREN AND DRINK. The large and influential deputation repre- sentative of the religious, philanthropic and temperance work in Manchester which waited uijon the magistrates of that city last week on the question of supplying drink to children thirteen years of age. ought to find iicitators throughout the country. The magis- trates cannot tail to be impressed with the prolest, thoroughly disinterested as it is, that conies from such representatives of social morality, against a custom so inimical to the hisil- i.iJ'.ercts of the young,

To Young Wonjen (By LADY COOK, nee TENNESSEE). The life of a young unmarried woman is a period of promise, of hope, and anxiety. If she has no definite occupation, she is altogether uncertain of her future, and may be driven by unforeseen circumstances in any direction. Her character and person may be all that could be desired, and Hope may flutter round her heart and fan her day dreams, nevertheless she cannot escape the anxiety that besets uncertainty. But one thing she may do, and her duty to herself demands it of her: she can prepare herself for certain given eventualities; she can study, with the interest tha- a keen chess player feels in his game, the probabilities of the moves on life's chequered board, and so avoid a checkmate. If from the carelessness of her parents, or from any other cause, her education has been neglected or~^not worked on the most useful lines, she must study to make good the defici- ency. Every person arrived at vears of reflec- tion can do this, and many of those most dis- tinguished for intellectual abilities have taught themselves. It only requires Lrood sense and moral resolution. Books and other means are cheap and accessible to all, and two or three hours a day of steady work would effect valuable results, and bring pleasure as well as profit. If one-third of the time devoted to useless and pernicious novels were spent in serious reading, the sex would lose the charge of flippancy and vacuity that it now made against it. Serious reading, too, offers a charming variety: poetry, history, biography, travel, philosophy, and all the sciences. There are golden mines in English literature which have been rarely explored, and many of our best works lie buried in dust on their shelves. The race of the maudlin Yellow- backs" meanwhile, goes on merrily. It is not from such pabulum as these afford that the minds of sensible Englishwomen can be nour- ished. They foster false emotion and spread the seeds of many falsehoods, but rarely quicken higher sentiment or lofty thought. Intellectual taste was developed for a better purpose than to become the slave of the trashy three-volume novel. The girl emerging into womanhood may be satisfied with her moderate personal attractions, or may be "dowered with the fatal gift of beauty," but something more is required before she is fit to kecome a wife and a mother, or even a useful member of society. Physical loveliness is fascinating while it lasts, but its reign is brief, and no amount of artificial substitution can sup- ply its place. Intelligence and amiability, how- ever, never grow old, and a pretty woman with- out these, even in the glory of her youth, is only a plaything for an hour. She whose soul is il- luminated and beautified can afford to dispense with cosmetic powders, and paints, and other deceits. Engaging in mind aud natural in body, she leaves lures to harlots, and .wins esteem by her candour and virtues. Her charms never decay, and in the evening of life she is as dear to her husband as on the morning of their wed- ding day. It is the strongest reproach to young women that they rate the ormentation of their bodies so much higher than that of their minds; that they spend nearly all the time and money they possess in personal decoration, and give so little towards self-cultivation. Yet we know that they do this because the majority of men prefer it so, and therefore tue reproach lies still heavier on these. They ask for dolls and they get them; for empty-headed women who pall upon them before the honeymoon is over, and the matrimonial market is consequently flooded with such. We live in a world of beauty-beauty above and around os. Wonders beset us at every step, but every marvel is a solvable problem. A flower is a delight"a leaf a miracle of power. And we cannot yet penetrate the mystery pf life itself, we may understand its organism, and gradually unfold the processes of nature. By doing this we understand her, we appre- ciate, love, and reverence her. We see that she is very good. We recognise that we are a part of her, bound up by numberless affinities with all she has evolved. So that, not in the Scrip- tural only, but in the true biological sense, we can say to the worm, "Thou art my brother," and can realise the duty and the pleasure of sympathy with every living thing. Above all, we can trace the progress of the human organ- ism from its germi to its complete development, and learn what may affect it for good or for evil. Is anyone foolish enough or mad enough to think that this is an improper study for a pure- minded woman? If so, he is in the depth of ignorance and in the bonds of superstitious pre- judice. For this is not only her right, but her duty. Is she, the future mother, to know no- thing of motherhood?She, the producer, to be excluded from sexual knowledge! Let this rub- bish be taught to monks and nuns, if they will, but not to the would-be mothers of an imperial race. The chief danger to young women at the outset of their lives is flattery-especially male flat- tery. Foolish mothers, in their fondness, cocker them from infancy, teach them before they can lisp to love showy clothes and ornaments, com- pliment them to their faces, and give them the first taste for what may at length become their ruin. Thus we see little girls mincing in gait and affecting the airs of adult vanity. As they sow they reap. The girl in her teens gets a lover, who "writes a sonnet to his mistrew eye- brow." As she"grows older .her appetitie for flattery becomes grosser, and, at length, insa- tiable. To say nothing of others, the practised seducer—and we have a large number of that profession in our mdist-plies her skilfully, ar- tistically, and fools her to the top of her bent. All this has only one ending. All know it; all foresee it. Yet, ffte the poet's brook, the stream of flattery "runs on for ever." It is most important, therefore, that girls and young women should be verv careful in the selection of friends and acquaintances. The proverb says: "All are not friends that speak us fair." One may rid oneself at once of a worthless book, but not so of a worthless friend. Such an one has a limpet-like capacity for stick- ing. Casual acquaintanceship is so risky that it would be better to be altogether avoided,and only those of known reputation should be admit- ted to a young woman's intimacy. Association with worthy acquaintances may ripen into friendship, but the process should be a slow and careful ol:-e,T10 matter to which sex they may belong. Friendship is too momentous to he made hastily or thoughtlessly. For the whole course of a life may be seriously affected by it. "Friendship," said a classical writer, "is stronger than kindred." If so, how necessary it must be to exercise the wisest discretion in entering upon it. If friendship requires careful choice, love, which is of more importance, comes unbidden, and probably only comes once. We may esteem from reflection, may liktv from association, but we can neither love nor'refuse to love at will. Love, too, can neither be bought nor sold, bar- tered nor bargained for. As the proverb says,: "Love is the loadstone of love." And this is one of the most powerful reasoD3 why a girl should guard against chance acquaintance, lest she bestow on someone unworthy of it. Amor- ousness and fits of fancy arising from propinquity are common enough and sufficiently mischievous but love is rare, is constant, stronger than death, and deeper than the grave. Wretched are they who bestow without receiving: happy are they who find it. The girl who contemplates mar- riage should be well assured that she possesses a real one, and that it is mutual. Nothing else, can make wedded life happy, or even endurable to highly-strung natures. And that it may not be marred in after-life by any flaw of constitu- tion, or by incompatibility of temper, she should refuse to engage herself to the worthiest man it any evil taint is strong in his family or in hers, and should practise the habit of cheerfulness from childhood. It is better not to mate at all than to produce children cursed wiuh hereditary disease; better never to marry than to lead a catrand-dog life. And that all contingencies may be provided for, it would be well for every girl to prepare herself, in case of necessity, to earn her own liveihood in way most suitable to her. Then, should she never have the good fortune to make a match from mutual affection, she will be under no compulsion to make the mercenary one which leads to misery. Better- a thousand times better-a. angle life, with liberty and independence, than to prostitute body and soul for life under the sacred name of marriage.

Port Technical Classes. The results of the above examination are as follows: Inorganic Chemistry (Theoretical): Elemen- tary, John n. Jones, David J. Davies, first; William Jones, second. Building Construction: Advanced, Levi John, first; Frederick R. C. Cook, William Jenkins, William D. Walters second. Elementary, Evan Jones, John C. Pritchard, second. Mining: Advanced, Daniel Morgan, Thomas Llewelyn, Eli Oatridge, Lewis Lloyd, Charles Russell, Richard Thomas, Evan Bevan, Daniel J. Davies, Thomas B. vVnliams, second. Ele- mentary, Evan Scott, David E. Thomas, Leslie H. Thomas, Edward Griffiths, John Kane,Frank Reynolds, Irwin P. Adams, Evan Morgan, first; Thomas Whittington, Benjamin Phillips,Gwilym John, John Thomas, Bychan M. Powell, second. Music, Solfa: Elementary, J. N. rrice, Mor- fydd Rogers, Evan J. Griffiths, Willie Griffiths, Daniel Phillips, first; Evan Evans, Elizabeth M. Davies, Elizabeth A. Edwards, Thomas J. Hughes, second. Staff, Jenny M. Jenkins, Sophia Davies, David G. Davies, first; W. E. Jenkins, Ernest S. Jones, Gwladys Lloyd, se- cond. Welsh: Advanced, David J. Davies, first; elementary, John J. Jones, T. James Evans, Waldo Lewis, Sarah J. Harris, Claudia James, David J. Morris, Edith Morgan, first; Mary J. Morgan, second. Mathematics: Elementary, David J. Davies, Harry Goldsworthy, second. Shorthand: 1st advanced, H. Goldsworthy, 2nd advanced, T. J. Hopkins: elementary, first, J. W. Williams, S. J. Thomas; elementary, second, J. W. Price.

THE CAERPHILLY DISTRICT COUNCIL AND THE COAL CRISIS. Sir,—To my surprise and disgust I have re- cently been informed that some gentlemen accuse me of being the author of some letters that appeared in the columns of your paper under the above heading and over the nom-de- plume "Economist." Allow me to deny and re- pudiate this accusation, and I beg to call upon you, Mr Editor, to confirm my statement.—I am, etc., Llanbradach. JAMES LLOYD, M.D. (Dr Lloyd is not the author of any of the letters on this subject.—Ed. "G.F.P."J.

Pride and Prejudice." A CARDIFF MAN'S CONVERSION. A remarkable statement appeared m the Press some time ago with reference to the people of Austria, which might also be applicable to those of this country. Professor Hertzky has calcu- lated that all the physical wants and necessities of the whole popuation of the Austrian Empire could be produced by all the workers of that being employed an hour and a half only -ay" ^*e picture is a pleasant one, al- iJTfi Dr^n/ reach of realisation theorists make w* W finds himself in anything but im earthly pwadue when he has to work the allotted six days and probably a good portion 2 the seventh. It is not therefore surprising to find that many a young man has fallen by the wayside unable to maintain the unequal battle with the hard facts of life and once having find that many a young man has fallen by the wayside unable to maintain the unequal battle with the hard facts of life, and once having fallen behind the ranks finds it difficult to a ~aia get into step with the marching millions in the industrial army. That there are instances of this kind is proved by the history of a young man in one of the most flourishing and busy ports of the United Kingdom, whose account of his experience is given below. With the object of eliciting the particulars of 6uch an interesting exception.at first hand a representative ,of the "Cardiff Times" called upon Mr George Hubert Thomas, who resides at 56, Burnaby-street, which is situated in one of the most thickly populated chstricus of Car- diff. Mr Thomas was nothing loath to enter into details. "The fact is," said he, "I ata different from many insomuch that I cannot give the technical name of my illness, although I can tell you how I felt." "Will you let me know what* your symtoms were?" "Certainly, and as a man who knows some- thing of the medical profession I could best explain in a few words by saying that I suffered from general debility and completeness of nerve power, which rendered my existence miserable." "What is your occupation, and were you able to follow it?" "I am now employed in one of the largest firms in Cardiff, and strance to say I was suffici- ently strong to follow my occupation the whole time, but I was in such a state of nervous weak- ness and despondency that I felt completely in- different to my surroundings, and life seemed hardly worth the living." "Did you not seek medical advice?" "Yes; I consulted a"well-known medical man and I took his medicine, but it didn't have the slightest effect, and I was in quite as bad a state at the end as at the beginning." "What was your next step?" "A friend of mine suggested that I should try Dr Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People." "And you did so?" "Well, not at once, for it was my parents' intention to make me a chemist, and with that object I served some years in an apothecary's shop, and had imbibed the prejudice of the pro- fession to any kind of patent medicine. How- ever. my friend spoke so highly of the virtue of Dr Williams' Pink Pills that I tried them, and fortunately for me with very beneficial results, two boxes effecting a cure." "Was your ilneks of long duration? Did it last a few weeks or months?" "I should rather say years; and now I am happy to say I am as vigorous as a young turkey cock once more." Before leaving, Mr Thomas, who is a young man 26 years of age, and who looked stron, and robust and in the pink of condition, said that he hoped that the publication of the facts of his own experience would be of benefit to others. and would induce them to ignore any preiudioe they may have, as lie did himself, and take ad- vantage of the medicine through whose instru- mentality ho had derived so much benefit.

WATER FAMINE. ALARMING STATE OF AFFAIRS AT CAERPHILLY. NO SUNDAY DINNER! HOUSEHOLDERS INDIGNANT. The inhabitants of Cardiff road, Caerphilly, the leading thoroughfare from Castle hill to near the railway station, with the adjacent streets, were from 8 o'clock on Sunday without a drop of water available for drinking and oEher domes- tic purposes. The disappointment of having to go without the usual Sunday dinner, the only day in the week that the families are able to dine together in many cases, has aroused a feel- ing of indignation in the place. During the pre- sent warm weather the inhabitants are undergo- ing great privation for want of water, the supply of which is cut off every evening at 8 until 8 next morning, and at intervals in the davtime. -0- DISCUSSION BY THE DISTRICT COUNCIL. COMPLAINTS FROM NELSON. WATER WASTING AT LLANBRADACH. Councillor W. Thomas presided at Tuesday's meeting of the Caerphilly District Council, when the present drought was the means of again bringing into prominence the much discussed question of the water supply of the district. The Chairman thought the Council should ask the Rhymney Gas and Water Company to extend their water mains from Pwllypant to Caerphilly. They were already suffering from lack of water, and from personal experience he could say that the supply varied from half to one and a half hours per day, and in some parts alon- the Cardiff road the water was used up in a very short time. Mr J. P..Charles: Do you think we have sufficient water there for Caerphilly? If you take it away we shall be without water again. You have managed here without that water for three or four years, and it is a pity for you to now have it. Alderman H. Anthony thought that bv the time they had this water down from Pwllypant they would have a sufficient supply at Caer- philly. Mr Eli Jenkins: Quite so. The Chairman: It was a part of their (mean- ing the Company )stipulation to do this work. The Surveyor explained that the extension of the mains from Pwllypant to Caerphilly would take about six months. Mr D. E. Jones pointed out that the supply of water at Nelson was also small. The Surveyor: But Nelson is not so bad a? Caerphilly. Alderman Henry Anthony said he had spoken to one of the directors, who had asked for a little time to do this work. He had been told that there was an overflow of water at Llanbrad- ach. If they had this water it would consider- ably relieve Caerphilly. Mr .J P. Charles: If you do that I am afraid we shall not have any ourselves. The Chairman: I was told there was a three inch pipe of water going to waste. Mr D. E. Jones: There is a lot of water going to waste, I know. The further consideration of this matter was deferred.

SALE OF CAERPHILLY PROPERTY. FURTHER PURCHASES BY LORD BUTE. On Tuesday afternoon, at the Clive Arms Hotel, Caerphilly, Mr D. T. Alexander, of Messrs Stephenson and Alexander, auctioneers, Cardiff, conducted an important sale of freehold and leasehold property, being the estate of Mr David Lewis, solicitor, late of Cardiff and Caer- philly. The attendance of capitalists and others was very large, and the biddings were animated and some very good sales were effected. The following were the results:—Lot 1, leasehold piece of land, known as Tonyfelin Meadow, Caerphilly, containing 3 acres 1 rood, held under an indenture of lease from Mr Henry Anthony for a term of 99 years from 1st Novem- ber, 1891 ,at a yearly rental of £ 60; not sold. Lot 2, freehold piece of ground abutting on Castle street, Caerphilly, which has a frontage of 45 feet, and a depth of 89 feet, with a width at the rear of 42 feet. Sold to Mr W. H. Bed- doe, solicitor, Caerphilly, for £ 650. Lot 3, lease- hold shop, warehouse, messuage, and premises, and garden, situate in Castle street, Caerphiliy, and in the occupation of Mr W. Davies, hen- monger (late Cross Bros.). Bought by the tenant for £ 600. Lot 4, leasehold shop and pre- mises, known as Bridge House, rituate and beinv No. 48, Castle street, let at an an-iual rental of £40, and the leasehold shop and premises, being NIo. 60, Castle street, Caerphilly, adjoining Bridge House, let at tGT annual rental of £ 70. Knocked down to Mrs Jennet Williams, occupier of the former shop, at £ 1,044. Lot 5, leasehold shop and dwelling house, known as Underbill House, now unoccupied, also an adjoining ware- house, yielding £8, together wi,h the shop, mak- ing 238 per annum. Purchaser, Mr George Lewis, Bedwas, £ 200. Lot 6, freehold dwelling- house, shops, stable, and premises, suuate on Castle hill, Caerphilly. Tiesil premises wtre sold subject to a lease for 99 vears from 1803, producing a rental of E3 3s per annum and sub- ject to the tenancies in lot 7. Sold for £ 900 to Lord Bute. Lot 7, the interest cf Mr David Lewis, as yearly tenant of premises kncwn as Castle House, and in the porti •» < f the premises occupied in lot 6, which are now let to Mr W. Spickett as yearly tenant at a rental of 232 per annum. Mr Spickett bought the interest for E12. Lot 8, freehold woollen factory, known as Upper Factory, at present unlet, together with the house and premises known as the Tower Refreshment Rgoms, rented at L20 per annum. Purchased by Lord Bute for £ 1,300. Lot 9, free- hold tenement, Nos. 29 and 30, Cardiff road, Caerphilly, now used as two shops, rented at 5s per week respectively, with offices above, let to Messrs Jones and Beddoe, solicitors, at a rental of £ 20 per annum. Sold to Mr Beddoe at £500. Lot 10, leasehold cottages. Nos. 31, 32, and 33, in Cardiff road, and No. 1, St. Fagans street, were sold to Mr W. Jones, Caerphilly, for JE400. Lot 11, a leasehold shop and dwelling-house known as Islwyn House, Castle street, Caer- phily, was offered for sale, but' was withdrawn, as the bidding did not reach the amount of mort- gage on the premises. Lot 12, comprisinp, four leasehold dwelling-houses, Nos. 19, 20, 23, and 24, Bartlett street Caerphilly, yielding a gross rental of j659 12s per annum, was sold to Mr G. Lewis, grocer, Bedwas, for £ 540, subject to conformity of mortgagee. Lot 13, leasehold dwelling-house known as Bayweliss, situate in Cardiff road. Caerphilly, was bought by the occupier. Mr Morris P. William*, builders' mer- chant. for £540. Lot 14, leasehold tenement, on the Pontgwindy road, Caerphilly. formerly used as a co-operative stores and now used as a lodginghouse. Knocked down to Mr Marcus Harding. Caerphilly, for JE560. Lot 15. lease- hold piece of land, with an iron chapel thereon. in Windsor street. Caerphilly occupied by the Salvation Army, at a rental of £10 per annum. Mr Beddoe, bought for R,32. Lot 16. three freehold dwelling-houses in Castle street. Caer- philly, adjoining the Bedwas road and the road leading to Piccadilly, and known as the "Old Armour v." was purchased by Mr T. Rossitter, Caerphilly, for JE380. Lot 17. leasehold villa residence. Station place. Caernhilly. yielding an annual rental of C26, was sold to Mr Good- fellow. Caerphilly, for C260. Lot 18. T)nl;v of assurance on the life of Mr John Rowlands post- master. Abert-ridwr. Caerphilly, in the Scottish Union aud National Insurance Company, dated j the 31st. day of May. 1895 bought lw Mr G. Lewis, fcr £ 4-2. Lot 19, two leasehold houses, Nos. 1 pnd 2. Croft terrace, C.-icrphilly. yielding j a rental of Pl Is per calendar month, went r0- s"~H:iylv at £ 170 "Ind £ 120 to Mr B. Williams, '•rhcr.td:ca? Inn, Cacvplury.

WILLb AND BEQUESTS. TDM will, with two codicils, of Mr. Samuel I Walker, of Petersham House, Petersham, Surrey, who died on April 4th, has been proved, the value of the estate being £ 440,686. The will of General Charles Crutchley, of Sunninghill Park, Berks, who died on March iOth, has been proved, the gross value of the estate being Z190,135, and the net personal [4,559. 'the will, with three codicils, of Mr. John Paget, of The Boltons, South Kensington, who died on May 28th, has been proved, the value of the estate being £ 81, 781. Mr. Paget desired that his funeral should be simple, ana any sum that his executors could save out of the £100 allotted to pay the cost he gave to University College Hospital. The will of Mrs. Mary Anne Perrins Perrins, of Hyde Park-place, widow, who died on May 8th, has been proved, the value of the estate ■eing £ 59,649. The testatrix bequeaths £ 500 "itch to the Cancer Hospital (Fulham), St. Mary's Hospital (Paddirigton), the Middlesex Hospital, the London Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital (Gray's Inn-road), King's College Hospital, University Colh'ge Hospital, the Brompton Con- sumption Ih'SpiUl, ami the Seamen's Hospital (ireenwicli): £2,,0 each to Charing Cross Hixpital, the fund attached to the Brompton Consumption Hospital for the benefit of patients on leaving, the Ventnor Consumption Hospital, '(' Fever Hospital (Liverpool-road), the Pad- ii."gtou-green Children's Hospital, the East London Hospital for Children, the North Eastern Hospital for Children, the Royal Normal oliege for the Blind, and the National Life- boat Institution; £ 150 each to the Great Northern Hospital, Westminster Hospital, Hie National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic, the Metropolitan Convalescent Insti- tution, the fci'afoid Convale cent Institution, ttip Royal Hospital for Incurables, the British mie for Incurables, the National Refuge for Homeless and Destitute Children, and the Sailors' !¡"me (Wells-street, London Docks); E100 each o the West London Hospital, Poplar Hospital, fund attached to the Ventnor Consumption Hospital for the benefit of patients on leaving, the North London Consumption Hospital, the i:,tyol Hospital for Diseases of the Chest, the Soho Hospital for Women, the Chelsea Hospital for Women, the New Hospital for Women (Marylebone road), the Royal Sea Bathing Infiiinary (Margate), Queen Charlotte's Lying-in Hospital (M ary) ebone road), the General Lying- in. Hospital (York-road, Lambeth), St. Peter's Hospital for Stone, the Earlswood Idiot Asylum, ("he Reformatory and Refuge Union, and the House of Charity (Greek-street, Soho); and jS50 each to St. John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin and the St. Marylebone Home for Incurables (Marylebone-road). The will of Captain Arthur Charles Pretyman, J.P., of Haughley Park, Stowmarket, Suffolk, who died on June 21st, has been proved, the value of the estate being £ 3^,712. The will of Mr. Henry Robert Poole, D.L., J.P., of Rhinweddfa, Beaumaris, Anglesey, who died on May 20th, has been proved, the value of the estate being £ 19,689. The will of the Rev. Sir Valentine Knightley, J.P., of Preston Capes, Daventry, Northampton, who died on April 28th, has been proved, the value of the estate being £ 16,533.—Illustrated London News.

EARL GREY AND THE ESTATE DUTY. In the Court of Appeal, Lords Justices A. L. Smith, Rigby, and Vaughan Williams heard an appeal by Earl Grey against a decision of the Divisional Court in favour of the Crown. An information was laid by the Attorney-General, claiming estate duty in respect of certain property bestowed in 1885 by a deed of the third Earl Grey on the appellant, his nephew, then Mr. Albert H. G. Grey, now the fourth Earl Grey. The deed purporting to transfer to the appellant the property for which estate duty was now claimed was dated October 19th. 1885, and related to family and other estates in North- umberland then in the possession of the third Earl. The deed contained various covenants and provisions, among them being that the mansion house at Howick, Lesbury, Northumber- land, together with the gardens, as then occupied by the third Earl, should be held upon trust to permit him to occupy and enjoy the same during his life, and that the appellant should pay the annuities charged on the property, the mortgage debt of £ 200,000, and other charges on the estate, together with an annual rent-charge of £ 4, C00 to the third Ltd, and keep up the mansion house at Howick, and provide him with farm and garden produce, and pay, at the death of the Earl, his funeral and testamentary ex- penses. The provisions of this deed were by a subsequent deed of September, 1894, modified, and in consideration of £ 5,000 the third Earl sold the rent-charge of L4,000, and released the covenant to retain unsold and to farm the lands near Howick, to the intent that the lands charged with the payment of the annuity might be released, and also did away with his power of revocation. The third Earl Grey died on October 9th, 1894. The average net annual income of the property comprised in the deed of 1885 was very considerably in excess of £ 4,000. The Crown claimed estate duty on the principal value of the whole of the proDerty comprised in the deed, as being property passing on the death of the third Earl, within Sections 1 and 2 (i) (c) of the Finance Act, 1894. The appellant paid duty in respect of the mansion house and its effects, but contended that he was not liable to pay duty on the rest of the property, which he submitted had been a gift inter vivos except quoad the 44,000 a year sold for the £5,000 under the deed of 1894. Mr. Cozens-Hardy, Q.C., and Mr. Bremner appeared for the appellant; and the Attorney- General, the Solicitor-General, and Mr. Vaughan Hawkins for the Crown. Lord Justice A. L. Smith, giving his reserved judgment at great length, said in his opinion the appeal failed. Lords Justices Rigby and Vaughan Williams having read exhaustive judg- ments agreeing with the result arrived at by Lord Justice A. L. Smith, the appeal was dis- missed with costs.

FALL OF A METEOROLITE. A very large meteorolite, weighing 361b., and apparently rich in magnetic iron, fell into the garden of a house at Kiel about three o'clock j the other morning. The inhabitants of the house (says a correspondent of the Standard) were suddenly awakened by a loud rattling noise, and saw a brilliant body, about as large as a middle- sized skittle-ball. They looked for it in the garden, where they found a hole more than 2ft. deep and about a foot in diameter, at the bottom of which lay a black meteorolite.

THE LANCASHIRE COAL TRADE. A correspondent, who has made a tour of the collieries in the Manchester and Bolton dis- tricts, says evidences are not wanting that the coal owners are anticipating trouble in connec- tion with the present agitation for a bigger advance than 2! per cent., which they have offered the men. Hundreds of tons have been stocked as reserves at several collieries during the last few days, and are being added to daily. The men's leaders, however, appear anxious to avoid another repetition of the 1893 struggle.

REPRIEVE OF A MURDERESS. An intimation was received in Birmingham, on Thursday, from the Home Secretary to the effect that the sentence of death passed upon Augusta Villa Robson for the murder of her illegitimate child had been respited, with a view to its commutation to penal servitude. Great public interest has been aroused in the case, and one petition having been successful, another is now to be presented praying for a reduction of the sentence.

FOR STRIKING HIS COMMANDER. On board the training ship Impregnable a severe sentence has been passed on a lad named Geary, who struck Commander Stewart a few days ago when he came before the commander to be punished for breaking hi< leave. The lad was paraded on the quarter-deck, and in the presence of the other boys was ordered to receive twenty cuts with the birch, to undergo ninety days' hard labour at Bodmin Prison, and after- wards to be dismissed the Service.

ANARCHIST OUTRAGE IN BRUSSELS. j The other morning, while a police officer, named Mommaerts, of Saint Josse, a suburb of Brussels, w' "in the act of arresting an Anarchist, named Willems, the latter fired at him with a revolver. The Anarchist escaped by the Chaussée de Louvain, and while running through the streets fired several more shots at those trying to 6top him, wounding two passers-by. The man was finally captured and taken to the }Ktlice- station. A police officer was sent at once to Willems' lodgings, where he found two other Anarchists, who immediately fired at him. The officer replied v, itti his revolver, and hit one of the Anarchists in the neck. The wounded man's condition is hopeless. The ether Anarchist was also secured. One of the policemen was slightly wounded in the thumn. "vVilleir.s is a militant Anarchist,who has had previoao encounters with the police.

CHIPS OF NEWS. The Pope is now recovered from his rood innM8. The Earl of Caithness lives on a fruit farm in Dakota, U.S. Mr. Balfour is for the present to remain within an hour's reach of the Foreign Office. The Muzzling of Dogs Order in the Korth Riding of Yorkshire will be revoked after the 16th inst. Mr. Almerie Fitzroy has been appointed Clerk of the Council, in place of Sir Charles Lennox Peel. The Queen has intimated her intention of personally presenting the Scots Guards with colours of State. The Berlin Town Council has resolved to can the official commemoration of the victory of Sedan after the year 1900. The paupers of the Holbeach Union, who aek as bearers at pauper funerals, have struck. The reason was a shilling instead of sixpence fat refreshments after their work. The Countess of Cadogan, on hearing that there was a lottery in connection with a ftte at Kingston, refused either to open the proceedings or even to be present. The Dover magistrates have sentenced < ganger, named Macdonald, to a month's barcJ labour for biting through an officer's tunic, 8DCI deeply into his breast. The skeleton of the whale which was stranded at Boscombe Beach about eighteen months agot is the latest addition to the attractions of Bournemouth. The skull alone weighs 25cwt. Mr. Herbert Gladstone, on behalf of the family, has purchased the bust of the late Mr. Gladstone, which was executed by Mr. Albeit Toft, to whom sittings were given in 1889. The guides of Antwerp Cathedral point out gj grotesque in the wood carving of the choir which reiembles almost exactly the head of Mr. Glad* etc ne, as depicted by Harry Furniss. The Home Secretary has certified that the dusting of colours of adhesive surfaces or the purpose of making transfers for use in the ueeora- tun of earthenware is injurious to health. At the firemen's camp, to be held in lilrnheia Park from August 20th to 24th, there will be alout three hundred and ninety-seven com- petitors. There will be eight hundred firemen, from all parts of the world, under canvas. The Earl of Minto, who has returned to Scot- land, has now arranged to leave England witb his wife for Canada in the first week in November to take up the post of Governor-General. Under the provisions of the Local Government ct, 1894, in the two and a half years ending June 30th, 1897, parish and district councils had 1 rovided 32,683 allotments, having a total was cf 14,872 acres. A noteworthy and novel testimony to the hot weather was witnessed at Kingston the othet day, when a titled lady was driven in a brougham by liveried servants wearing straw hats in place of the usual cockaded silk top hats. Of the 83,274 officers, seamen, and marines in the navy last year, 45 lost their lives by drown- ing and 61 by other accidents. Sickness was responsible for only 316 deaths, so that, taking the returns for the year, the navy lost 422 men. At the trial of Elizabeth Stapleton for attempt- ing to commit suicide a jury, at Newingtoo sessions, first brought in a verdict of not guilty but afterwards altered it to "guilty," but insane at the time of the crime. Stapleton, who had thrice previously attempted her life, will be sent to Broadmoor. A waterspout burst on Saturday over a settle- ment in a narrow valley near Rogersville (Ten- nessee) and seventeen persons were drowned. Lord Elgin will leave Simla in the second week of November on a visit to Burmah, Mr. Curzon relieving him of the Viceroyalty at the end of December. Colonel Picquart will be set at liberty in a few days, the investigating magistrate naving failed to find sufficient evidence to subbt satiate the charges brought against him. The forces of the Nawab of Dir and the KhaD of Nawagai dispersed on the 11th inst., and further fighting is now regarded as very unlikely. The first official report regarding the cholera epidemic at Madras has just been issued. From July 9th to August 5th one hundred and seven- teen persons succumbed, and there were fifty- five fatal cases between the 8th and 12th inst. A heartless theft by a ganger named Mac- Donald, in the employ of the Dover Harbour contractors, is reported. It is stated that he drew the money due to a gang of men who had been working under him during the week, and decamped. A shark of about five feet in length has been landed at Scarborough, having been caught in the herring nets by one of the Lowestoft herring boats. Scarborough is crowded with pleasure-seekers. Joseph Coffer, twenty, stableman, of Hurst- street, Herne Hill, in attempting to stop a runa- way horse and van was knocked down and run over. Death was instantaneous. James Charles Keep, guard, has been knocked down near Gloucester Station and killed. A parcel containing the body of a newly-born child was found in the false roof of a house in Leeds. A general increase of wages came into opera- tion in the shipyards of the N.E. coast on Saturday. A waggonette containing six persons was caught between two tramcars in Leeds and smashed, three of the occupants being seriously hurt. Francis Ancott,'butcher, Cheltenham, has been fined iEl5 and costs for depositing diseased meat at a local fishmonger's. At Coventry, John Walter Booth, fitter. has been sentenced to six months for stealing a quantity of files. Mary Duffy has been sentenced to three months at Liverpool for placing her child on the rail- way lines, endangering its life.She was drunk, William Violy, deck hand on a Lowestoft fishing boat, fell overboard at Scarborough, and was gallantly rescued by a coastguardsman. Kate Towers, married, has committed suicide at Stockton by throwing herself into the Tees. Verdict, cuiciae whilst temporarily insane. A porter named Remmington slipped between the platform and engine at Oulton Broad Station, amputating his leg. At Warwick, James Morgan, cycle worker, went to gaol for two months in default of paying five guineas for damaging a plate-glass window At Northwich, John Philpott, sailmaker, wa remanded, charged with obtaining money fron I Dudley Welch by representing himself as belong ng to the National Telephone Company. Albert Winter, twenty-five, has been committe for three months at South Shields for steal in./ by means of a trick, 2s. 6d. from a provisi, merchant, be representing himself as a ship steward. t A death from yellow fever is reported frer) Franklin, Louisiana. Further detachments of troops have left Bon ( bay to assilt in suppressing dacoity in Nasik j A report has reached Gibraltar from Fez thf j. the Sultan of Morocco is dead. < At San Francisco the thermometer has registert 128deg. in the shade, and at Sacramento 110 t The Criterion Hotel at Gormanatown, Tas- ] mania, has been burnt, six lives being lost. Two hundred and fifty-six houses, including several factories and public buildings, have destroyed by fire at Kasan in Russia. It is reported from Paris that M. Ludor.■ Halvey, the eminent Academician, is lyi-v seriously ill. The death is reported from New York of Rf, -Admir.il Kirkland, commander of the Island Navy Yard. It has been ascertained that there were r.: Fng-lisii passengers in the train which colli<W;: "ith a gocds train at Ponte Decimo, Italy. The Vril launch, built for the Imperial Russi a Ministry of Marine, and which successfu i- passed her trial on July 13th, has now bcei. shipped to Russia. The President of Guatemala telegraphs tl ,t. the revolution of Morales is utterly crushr., nd that there is complete peace in Guatema Elections near." The House of Lords police on Saturday wf for a trip to Dover, the necessary funds for t r. oUllng having been handed to Inspector Kendri hy Lord J ames of Hereford, on behalf of A fn :-ll body oi peers. Ibo Duchess of Westminster, who was ilceo- ai.ieu by the Duke, on Saturday afterrr ironed a handsome village hall at Halk, > -ntshire. His Grace has contributed £ 200 1 e fund, the total cost of the hall being neai Kathleen Davey, the claimant, as asserts, on behalf of the Crown, to the Pa^e estate, has received a letter from the Prince f Wales acknowledging receipt of a comninni ticn from her, and informing her that he hat o i Lower to interfere. The report of the directors of the Rhondda ) Swansea Eay Railway Company, which c submitted at the half-yearly meeting held Swansea on Saturday, shewed no dividen* lie Ordinary shareholders, and as subjected J severe criticism. It was, however, evcutu,. •.dotted.