The Rhos Herald

SELECTION TRAGEDY. —<?-— 'CROWD FALLS INTO AN AREA. Tragedy attended a meeting of Irish electors -•Which"" was to have been held in Whitechapel en Friday night. The crush was so great out- gids the Cable-street Town Hall that the rail- ings fuve way, and many in the crowd fell into •jhe area. One who has not yet been identified was several others were injured. The was abandoned. The names of the injured are: Thomas ,.sulH'&t!.lL Richard Collins, C. Samuels, M. ■jSinmumds, Jack Winn. William Reid, John ..Jjaeks-ois, and W. Woolf Dyuiien. Fully two hours before the time of meeting fihe strc-r-t tecamo crowdcd with people anxious "to obtain admission, m,jL it v.-as estimated that ii.Cf/O people had a«se;;ibkd. Part nf the pregramroe WRS the escorting of ■ ft# speakers by a band from Whipping Station -.fo tl-f- hall. When the piooesjion reuchcd the -ir'eiiiiiY of the Tonïl Hal! jl¡;.y found the space Jn 8ind for a coE.-dderable distance on or it already ciowded. The organisers tilt, mceiiiig, a< ciug the condition of affairs, gal" to tcdiriit sQm-e of tli > crowd, and there ga 'iijj'y rush towards tho entrance1. The greatest pressure by !h« crowd was on -the ri^lit-hand eide of the main and sud- ^4-fsly the }i')>V' rJiil iron rai'ivt s were seen to £ hre way, and that portion oi the crowd which 'j¡;d t:dll forced against tlicm was flung with ill* railirgo into the area ten f{'<'t. or so below. Th=j er.? of horror scorned to have some Effect ill inducing pressing behind to re- ¡1F the pressure on those, ill fr«»ut, and steps taken by tin? oiffcials in the ^nt^rlor of the building to rescue these who i)¡:liQ fallen in the area. As soon as possible 1i1:¡1f a dozen or ni(rt.: were dragged ■^through into the basemei't. Mere it was seen .111, 4-itivi ttttc man, aged hbout fifty, was already AtZtl, The others sustained only sliglit in- jjuri^s. When the tragedy became known both 1.H)èr1 and Conservative reeetines were ^topped, and canvassers for both sides with- draws. The unfortunate ml:a who was killed was ofto-.rw-at-dt; identified as Andrew Ramsay. His -widow lives at Tail's lane, Dundee. He was j§p&?n4 on the ss. London.

BARONET SENT TO PRISON. '(Big Edward Robert Murray, Bart., D.S.O., ,ITM sentenoed to six months' imprisonment in rgw sftond division at the Surrey quarter Sei- jlittM for obtaining credit to the amount of jt IK from. Messrs. Spiers and Pond, South- Hotel, Surbiton, without informing t-hat- he was an undischarged bankrupt. Mr, &rrington Ward, who prosecuted, said 4here. ff& no suggestion of fraud. In January, 1909, Lady Murray and her .ehlld and nurse came to reside at the hotel. •The accused followed in February, and re- poiue.4 until August, when the bill was Asic 20. Hine* bis adjudication on May 6, 1909, he JJaad incurred a debt amounting to £ 165 6s. 3d. •Without mentioning his bankruptcy. Pressed fot payment, he had stated that a Mr. Lefroy .,PH him a considerable sum, and the bill JTfrttid be paid when he received it. After the senior messenger the London fJHttknsptey-court had produced the file of the <Court showing that the defendant had been ieated bankrupt on Mav 6, with liabilities [mm 0%. 3d. arid assets £ 14, Mr. Piper, ;jfta«$i £ er of the hotel, gave evidence. Oticiudant said that it wae in the bona-fide dbelief thfct he would receive the money and be to pay the bill that he incurred the lia- bility. He mentioned his financial difficulties Jte Spiers and Pond's representative.

BETTING IN-THE NAVY. As it sequel to a raid en the premises of 4t bookmaker named Frank Harris in cJjettUtem two Courts-martial were held on jlKMtrd the Acheron at Chatham on Monday. Donald Gordon Taylor, acting leading .tour of the Csesar, was charged with acting ,J» Agmt for Frank Harris, of Kennington fark-gardens, London, in receiving stakes on jfjtis behalf. It was stated that the premises of Barris were raided by the police, and "Omoug other things they found forty-three .fcefcting coupons and a letter sent by the de- fendant from 32 Mess, H.M.S. Csesar, refer- fine to a postal order. Th#> defendant pleaded guilty, and as he feof* a very good character he was ordered to tot deprived of two good conduct badges and to be disrated to first-class stoker. A second Court tried Edward Swan, first- .,olmm stoker'of the Hawke, on a similar charge and he was ordered to be confined in a tell Oil board ship for fourteen days, the first last two days to be on low diet, and to 'eritit his pa j.

BODY AMONGST FIRE RUINS. TV men excavating among the ruine of )(fttn. Arding and Hobbs's premises at liClapham Junction, London, made a grue- discovery on Monday. I At a spot under the shop where the fire „jOTiginated, the men came across another fcody. The remains consist only of a. skull And trunk, the legs and arnw having appa- :tJy been uurnt away. Attached to the was a piece of white shirting with blue ''?<<? on it, A collar-stud was also found. Dr, F«lix Charles Keinpster, the police ,,4ftWolj, who has viewed the remains, has £ iei b#eft able to certify th« sex, the bones "tttillf eovered with dirt. H7 i* ton eidered probable that the remains -,me tb"e.,of George Neighbour, the carver, trlMfi* gallantry aroused much admiration. unfortunate man was last seen shortly After the, fire broke out in a room above the T^iM«rmrnf assisting two young ladies out of window. Whilst he was ao engaged th. floor §»re way, and he fell through.

BUDGET BULL'S-EYES. I (FROM THE BUDGET LEAGUE.) This is the last time that we shall appeal to the public on behalf of the Budget before the General Election. By the time these words are in print the Election will al- ready have begun, and before they are read by a large number of our readers some of the results will already be known to the world. Let us, therefore, sum up what are the issues on which the electors of the United Kingdom will have to vote during the next few days. Overshadowing them all there is one supreme issue. It is this. Who shall rule? Peers or people? Six hundred Lords or 6,000,000 voters? There have been many efforts during the z, last few weeks to divert attention from this great issue. There has been an extra- ordinary attempt on the part of the Tory Leaders to pretend that it was the Liberals who were attacking the Lords, and not the Lords attacking the Constitution. "Oh!" they have been crying, "the Literals want a single Chamber. How terrible!" But the people are not quite so foolish as they think. The people can read their, newspapers, and they know that this attack has come, not from the Liberals, but from the Lords. If the Lords had passed the present Budget in spite of their many offences during the last few years, the Liberal Government would still have left' them alone. It is the action of the Lords in throwing out the Budget—an action without precedent or parallel in the modern history of England—that has pro- duced this crisis. Never forget that. Now that that action has been per- petrated, of course, the complexion of all politics in England is changed. It must be the object of all Constitutional men—not merely of Liberals or Radicals, but also of all true Conservatives—to stop the House of Lords from ever doing it again. The ob- ject, therefore, of Liberalism from this time forward must be not to reduce our I Constitution to a ningle Chamber, but to bring the Second Chamber, which will con- tinue to share in the Government of the country, to its proper bearings as a part of the machine. The policy must be—" Never Again! But there has been a second attempt to obscure the issue. "Oh," they have been I shouting, the issue of this Election is not I the House of Lords, but Tariff Reform! I The House of Lords are not defending their own privileges, they are simply giving a chance to Tariff Reform! And even Lord Lansdowne, in a very remarkable speech, has admitted that the House of Lords have thrown out the Budget not because it is revolutionary, as Lord Roeebery will have it, or because it is Socialistic or anything s.) very terrible as all that, but simply be- cause it would have stood in the "way of Tariff Reform. It is interesting how these speakers answer one another's arguments in the course of their own speeches. But we cannot allow the issue to be side- tracked in that manner. Tariff Reform is, of course, a great question which played, a leading part in 1906, and may have to be decided once again in another General Election before it becomes, in the famous I words of Lord Beaconsfield, not only dead, but damned." But it is not the chief issue of the present Election. i.. Tariff Reform by the House of Commons ic one thing, and Tariff Reform by the House of Lords is another thing. If the English people want Tariff Reform they will do it of their own free will, and, will not be coerced into it by the House of Lords. Tariff Reform by a Manufacturer* Party in the House of Commons will be bad enough, because it wilt mean Trusts and high prices; but Tariff Reform by the House of Lords will be even worse, because it will mean Trusts, high prices, and high rents all at once. So, even if we look at this matter from the point of view of Tariff Reform, we come back again to the House of Lords. The whole complexion of Tariff Reform will depend on whether it has its origin in the House of Commons or the House of Lords. These attempts being exhausted, the Tories have made other efforts during the last few weeks which remind one of those pathetic attempts which an escaped con- vict sometimes makes to elude recapture by frequent changes of clothes. Or when a bankrupt man wants to set up in life again he often changes his name. In the same manner the Tories have been trying to change the issue on the eve ,of the General Election. » One of these attempts was the German scare. It was started by an extreme So- cialist in the Daily Mail, and taken up by Mr. Balfour at Hanley. The idea of this campaign was that, Lords or no Lords, Commons or no Commons, the great thing to remember was that the country was in danger, and that the Germans were going to land on our shores. The pepple who got up this rather criminal scare forgot one thing. They for- got that you cannot dress up. the same bogey twice in the same year. The German scare passed over the country in the spring, when young men's fancies turned to Ger- man airships and old women's fancies to German soldiers, but it passed away with the return of common sense. Eight Dread- noughts were put on the stocks, and as eight Dreadnoughts were all that even the Tories asked for the country turned to other matters. No, my Lords, that sort of alibi will not help you! You must try another! » It was the Liberals in the spring who drew the attention of the country to the need of more ships, and the country told them to go ahead and build the ships. The Liberals L't, the ships and then they asked for the money. It was the Lords who refused the money, and therefore stood in the way of the ships. Therefore, the more the Lords draw attention to the question of the Navy the more certainly they draw at- tention to their own sins. It is they, and no one else, who have refused the money to build the proper ships for the Navy. Then when everything else has been ex- hausted the Lords have begun to whine. They fall into the mood of the prisoner in the dock, who says: "Oh, please your wor- ship, if you will let me off this time I will reform myself—I will never do it again. I will certainly be a reformed man." And then they begin to talk about the reform of the House of Lords, and tell us that the Unionists have set their hearts on the re- form of the House of Lords. But we are in- clined to think that the country will reply to this, as in the tones of the j ust j udge Itéertainly you shall be reformed, and the first. step towards reforming you is to give you a. proper punishment." No, my Lords, it will not do. The coun- try has judged you and found you want- ing. Tlrey are willing to pay their share, and they have not asked you to trouhie about them. < » They want you to pay ynur share, and they are going to make you do so. NAGGING UNPARDONABLE. The average husband is in his element when he is declar- ing to an audience of friends that he is afraid of his wife. He enjoys the idea. The clever woman knows better, though, than to boast about her position as dictator in the family. She agrees with her husband, petil him—and does as llae pleases. He is familiar with the whole process, understands it perfectly. acknowledges, the fact that he is managed just right, and so everybody is happy. There is a tremendous difference between the woman who thinks for herself, and expresses her own opinions, and the woman who nags. Nagging it unpardonable. CAM OF VUTIBUL. nLIS.-Nothing looks worse than the neglected, uncared-for ap- pearance of the tiles- at the entrance of a house. Some tiles are more easily kept nice than others. New tiles should be scrubbed with hot water and soft soap-pleutv of the latter—then well rinsed, and rubbed nearly dry. Then a little soft soap should be smeared on the surface with a dry flannel; not enough to make it slippery, but just to give a finish, and a third dry cloth rubs it well in. Old tiles which have been neglected must be cleaned with methylated spirit two or three times a week; then, when the grime and discolouration are removed, hot water and soft soap will do their part. WORTH Knowing.—Fruit acids are excel- lent to relieve a rheumatic condition of the system. If your feet ache after dancing, soak them before you get into bed in hot bay salt and water, dry them, and rub .briskly with a rough towel. Sleep as many hours as you find necessary to recuperate your strength and, as nearly as possible, take half of these hours before and half after midnight. The teeth should be brushed at the morning toilet, and always at night just before retir- ing, because then the process of decay is more constant than at any other time, on to- count of decomposing food which may be lodged in the interstices.

USEFUL RECIPES. Cotfb* TILLY.-This is a most delicious sweet, and quite inexpensive. Take one tea- cupful of strong coffee, dissolve in a little gelatine. Put on the fire one pint of milk and six ounces of loaf sugar. When nearlj on the boil, pour in the coffee and gelatine. Let all boil together for ten minutes, then pour in a wetted mould, and leave in a cool place until set. Wmlsh DirgH.-Fry some fresh herrings in the ordinary way and at the same time have some Spanish onions peeled and cut in round slices; put into a frying pan with flour, salt and pepper sprinkled over them, then add enough hot water to cover them, put a tin or plate on the top, and let them boil slowly for about twenty minutes. To serve, pile the fish in the centre of the dish. and onions round, with the liquor they were boiled in. I Forcucbat B.LLLS.-Take 2oz. of fresh breadcrumbs, a heaped tablespoonful of chopped herbs (thyme, parsley, basil, and marjoram), if liked, 1ioJl. of finely minced beef suet, pepper and salt. Mix well together with two whole eggs. Form into balls, and boil or fry a pale golden colour. Stxwid St Max.—Take a piece of steak, beat it well, then fry it a nice brown. Have in a saucepan some good stock, put the steak in the stock. Slice four large onions into the p*R, and fry them a nice brown. Then put them with the steak. Take from the sauce- pan a little of the stock, put into the frying- pan, and dredge a little flour, pepper and salt to taste. After it has boiled up return to saucepan with some carrots slioed very I fine, ana stew gently for two hours. 'TWAS EVER THUS. A lady wanted a fat turkey, and the aatm- man showed her a beautiful bird with an un- broken breast-bone. The lady thought the bird looked bony, and asked to see another. Taking the bird away, the shopman broke the breast-bone and brought the bird back. "Ah, that's a much better one," said the ladv. "I suppose it's more expensive." The salesman said it was, and the lady paid.

J What do Americans do with their meat?— They eat what they can and can what they can't. Why are soldiers, who go on foreign service, and then return, apparently the happiest of men?—They go away alid come home in tran- sports. What is it which, if you even name it, you br«*tk' it?—Silence. Who is th £ oldest lunatic oh record?—Time out of mind. Why is ah empty purse like two true loVers?—Because in it you'll find no change. Why is a thump like a hat?—Because it is felt. Why is a gardener dissipated?—Because he is continually raking, and hoes (owes) a great deal.

FUN AND FANCY. tNI say, old man, what's good for my coin- plaint?" asked a sufferer from insomnia. "I liaven't closed my eyes for five nights!" "Go in for boxing," replied his friend. "The first time I tried it my eyes were closed for week! "Suppose," hissed the villain, "seppoee our plot should leak out?" "That's all right," said his accomplice, consolingly. "It •an't./ Don't you remember telling me five minutes ago that it had thickened? Jinks: "I am always embarrassed when I want to say the word v-a-s-e. I den't know whether to say vase, vaze, vabz, or vawse." £ inks: "You might take a hint from our ser- vant-girl. She simply speaks of all ornaments as 'them there. Husband (shaving): "Bother the razarl" ife: "What's the matter nowf You'N dreadfully ills-tempered." Husband: "The razor is so abominably dull!" Wife: "Dullf Why, I ripped up an old skirt with it jester- day, and it cut beautifully." Scene, a chemist's shop.—Mother: "I want a bottle of castor oil, please." Chemist; "Yes, madam, it will be a shilling." Mother: "'Can't you make it a little cheaper?" Yea •ee, 1 have to give my little boy threepence to take it." First Tramp: "After all, it pays to be polite, pardner." Second Tramp: "Not always. The other day 1 was actin' deaf and dumb when a man gave me a threepennybit, I says, Thank you, sir,' and he had me arrested." "I can't understand why my seeond bus- band is so fastidious," confessed a Glasgow lady to her boeom friend. "He scarcely eats anything. My first husband, who died, used to eat everything I cooked for him." "Have you told your present husband thatf "Ye. Perhaps that's the reason." Boarder (on leaving): "Madame, you are one of the most honest persons I have ever met." Landlady: "I'm glad to hear yon say that, sir." Boarder: "Yes, your honesty is conspicuous on the very front of your estab- lishment. Your sign says, 'Boarders takes in!' "I heard that Ranter broke down in the middle of his speech the other night," "id the man who was kept at home by illness. I "Not exactly," replied the man who vras there. The meeting broke up right in the middle of his speech "Yes," said the fair maid, "my parents want me to marry Mr. Oldgold, but I'm not going to do it. I shall marry whoever I please." "Then name the day, rejoined the young man, "for you certainly please me." "Excuse me," said the absent-minded pro- feasor, "but haven't we met before? Yonr face is strangely familiar." "Yes," answered the young lady, "our hostess introduced us just before dinner." "Ah, Yell." rejoined the professor. "I was positive I had own you somewhere; I never forget a face." I Mother: "There! You have a black eye, and your nose is bruised, and your coat is torn to bits. How many times have I told you not to play with that bad Jenkins boy?" Bobby: "Goodness! Do I look as if we'd freen playinig? I A gentleman had an Irishman in his talo Eloy who was noted for having dirty boots. >ne day the gentleman asked him why he hadn't cleaned them. Well, sorr," said Pat, "Oi quite forgot. Yer see, sorr, wan's mimory is situated in wan's head, an' it's ft powerful long way to remember from yer head to yer feet." II I was going to aak you for a new bonnet, dear," said the loving wife, but I won't, because I see you can't afford it." U How did you find out that, dear? asked her hua- band. "Well," the lady replied, "I look look into your cheque-book this morning, and I saw you had only one cheque left." J Could anything exceed the politeness of the Irish cabby? An old lady called for a cab, and said to the driver: "Help me to get in, my good man, for I'm a very old liufy, you see. H Begorrah, ma'am;f was his reply, "no matter what age ye are, ye den't look it." i A melodrama of the most stirring kind was being given in a theatre in a small provincial 'I town. In one of the critical scenes the hero suddenly became aware of the fact that he < had come upon the stage minus his poniard. I Without a moment's hesitation he made dash at the traitor, exclaiming: "Die, villain. I meant to strike thee with my dagger, but I left the weapon in my dressing- room, and will, therefore, strangle thee III the presence of this indulgent audience." — i An old millionaire refused point-blank to lend fifty pounds to a bosom friend. "Well, I did not expect that of you," said the would- be borrower, rising and preparing to leave indignantly. "I will never forgive you for this refusal." Of course you won't, my dear fellow," replied the old screw, with the utmost calmness; "but if I'd lent you the fifty pounds you wouldn't have paid me, and we should he quarreled about that, so it's all well to get the row over at once. Good | morning." Bank Clerk: "You will have to be identi- fied, ma'am." Lady Customer: "My friend here will identify me." Bank Clerk: "But I don't know her." Lady "Customer: "Oh, well, I'll introduce you." "Times are bad," desponded a garraloae commercial traveller to his train companion. "Bad—very bad." Not been making many sales? inquired; the other. "Not made a 1! sale for two wfiefe, bust it exclaimed the I first. His companion stared vacantly. "Two weeks? Why I consider myself fortu- nate if I make a sale once in two yean I This time the despondent one stared. Wog, I'm blowed! he exclaimed. 11 What's ywtf line? Lighthouses." A good many stories are told about tile mistakes of nervous brides and bridegrooms. Here is an example of how a prospective bridegroom scored with the clergyman of his parish. When the banns are put in it is cos- tomary to ask, "Do you sleep in thie parish?" One applicant replied: Cer- tainly, sir; I've slept through scores of yen* eermons!"

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