Flintshire Observer Mining Journal and General Advertiser for the Counties of Flint Denbigh

NEWS NOTrlS. THE very interesting collection of reliques of General Gordon which are now on public view at the museum of the United Service Institu- tion housed in the old Banqueting Hall at Whitehall will no doubt draw many thousands of visitors during this year of Victorian celebra- tion. The most conspicuous object in the varied collection is the case- containing the famous yellow riding jacket (with privilege of peacock's feather) given him under peculiar cir- cumstances by the Emperor of China. It is not werety that-bewas the only European who has enjoyed the distinction,but it was obtained in a manner highly characteristic of the man. Chinese Gordon's ways and achievements with the ever victorious army need, as the Daily Nezes remarks, no rehearsal in those days; across the hall there is the map made by him showing the plan of campaign; the three dozen or so of, sometimes faint, and sometimes bright, red spots, upon it mark the sites of the battles be fought, and these crimson discs were made by the blood drops drawn from his own finger. Gordon's brief note of the Yellow Jacket tradi- tion will be read by the visitor, who will not fail to notice his statement that the Chinese tried hard to prevent the bestowal of the honour which their own Mandarins cannot obtain. "But," he says, "I said either the Yellow Jacket or nothing; and at last they yielded," In another case is the Mandarin cos- tume, equivalent to the uniform rank of a General in the British Army; of these Gordon received four sets by Imperial Decree after the suppression of the Taping Rebellion. Banners, orders, and other honours are included in these Chinese relics. The war in the Crimea is recalled by the sights of a Russian gun pre- sented to her brother's old regiment by Miss Gordon, and to it is attached a story. During the siege of Sebastopol,Gordon, while employed in the trenches, formulated the belief that one particular gun in the Redan was always laid on him. The conviction gave him consider- able annoyance, and when all was over the first thing he did was to unscrew the sights for preservation, and here they are. A well-worn Baedeker" takes us to Palestine and Syria, and there is a map elucidating Gordon's singular theory of the site of the Garden of Eden. A handsome full dress Pacha's coat of blue, red, and much gold braid was given to Gordon by Khedive Ismail Pacha; this the hero wore in the Soudan, and presented it to his friend Sir Evelyn Wood, in 1882. Close by are the three medals cast in the arsenal at Khartoum under the Governor-General's direct supervision, the Medjidio being shown the workmen as a model in preparing the mould. IT is pointed out that on the occasion of each of her journeys to the Riviera during the past 10 years, the Queen's safety upon the French railway has been entrusted mainly to M. Chardon, the chief traffic manager of the Chemin de For de l'Ouest. He takes charge of the Royal train at Cherbourg, and remains at his post until Nice is reached. M. Chardon in appearance rather suggests the cavalry officer, than the railway official, and like most men who have risen from the ranks he is a severe dis- ciplinarian. Passing through a little station in Britanny some time ago by a night train, he, says a correspondent, blew up the porter ia charge for not calling out the name of the place distinctly. The man, not knowing by whom he was addressed, replied, You can't -expect to get tenors for twenty francs a week," and the retort—to M. Chardon's credit, be it said—was accepted in good part. THEBB has come to an end, as a City of London institution, the old'stoneyard in Paul- street, where the Commissioners of Sewers pre- pared the stone and granite setts used for the paving of the streets. In the future it is in- tended that all this work will be done by con- tract, and not under the direction of the Com- missioners. Consequently everything in the stoneyard has been sold by tender, and the yard is to be let or sold. Visiting the yard recently a correspondent found a strange con glomeration of materials marked in big letters 16 Lot" so and so. There were piles of broken stones,huge stacks of setts, prepared kerbstones, and a lot of other paraphernalia. One of the most interesting lots is the old City boundary stone which stood at Aldgate, and which, being in good preservation, is really an interesting City relic, and it is a pity that it was included among such a lot of lumber. The stoneyard, before its removal to Paul-street, adjoined the old -Fleet prison on land now occupied by the Memorial Hall, in Farringdon-street. The only interesting incident in its career was that during the Chartist riots the mob broke into the yard and used the stones they found there as missiles. HEBE are tidings of joy for those to whom the thinning of the thatch," which comes sooner or later to most men, is causing at pre- sent perturbation. We are told by a French scientist that the microbe of baldness has been dicoverecl by Dr. Sabouraud, chief of the laboratory at the Hospital St. Louis. It forms a unique variety, and consists of a very minute bacillus, whose sigmoid forms. may attain the length of the bacillus of tubercle. The locality of the bacillary colonies is in the skin in the sebaceous glands, where they produce the condition known as greasy seborrhea, which always precedes bald- ness.. The form of the bacillus varies according to ago and sight. As there are several thera- peutic substances fit to combat greasy seborrhea, the epoch may not be far distant when there will be no more bald heads. But ono would like to seethe Sabouraud conclusions put to the proof before fixing faith therein.

A BRAVE MAN'S DEATH. A fire took place on the morning of March 14 on Barrack-hill, Fermoy, the licensed premises of Laurence IYDonnell being totally consumed, and Mr. R. B. Lewis, the proprietor of a dramatic touring company, who was lodging in the house, being burned to death. It appears that Mr. Lewis, after saving the lives of two ladies through the second storey window, returned to get his money, amounting to some A:200, and perished in the attempt. ■■mm*. Ll ——

THB appointment õf ir Frederick W. R. Fryer, K.C.S.I., as Lieutenant-Governor of Burmah, was a foregone conclusion; indeed, it may be that his ad- mitted claims to a higher post than Chief Commis- sioner may have had something to do with the pro- motion of Burmah to a Lieutenant-Governorship, at the present juncture, when the strain of famine might. have seeined-to preclude expenditure upon adminis- trative changes. Sir Frederick Fryer has made his mark both in the Punjaub and in Burmab, and has for many years been recognised as one of the ablest men in the Indian Civil Service. When, last year, TOll^0nan^ ^OTernor8hiP °f 'he Punjaub went to Mr. W. Maekworth Young, it was at once under- stood that the retention of Sir F. Fryer in Burmah indicated the early elevation of that province to a Lieutenant-Governorship under him. This has now been effected. (■ .1

A GALLANT DRUMMER OF THE 4 WELSH. REGIMENT. IT'S GOpD BOR THE YOUNG. BRITISH SOLDIER. A soldier's life even in quiet times at home is by 80 means free from danger. Patrol and other duties which have to be rigorously attended to in all kinds J ef weather are in themselves very tetious enemies of Tommy Atkins, and it is often a matter for wonder that the percentage of troops in hospital is not greater than it is. Even among the most finely.built men there &ro bound to be some who are affected, to a greater or lesser degree, by this con- stant exposure, and who have a hard huk to. keep moving. Such difficulty was experienced by Drummer A. G. Smith, of the Welsh Regiment, quartered in Plymouth Citadel, whom a reporter od the Western Daily Mercery talked. with. He was at dinner,, and, had very few minutes to spare before the parade, but wjjiingfy sacrificed time to tell his interesting story. It was about three months ago," he told the reporter, "or perhaps a little bit more, that I first found there was some- thing wrong with me. I stuck to my duties, for we were short-handed o. bit, and. I knew that if I went into hospital it would mean that the other drummers would have to do my duty between them,, I couldn't exactly say what it was that caused me so much pain; I felt out of sorts, and generally weak. I didn't take too much notice of it at first, but it got worse every day, until I felt thoroughly miserable. I had A sense of pain ia my. back, felt languid and despondent, and didn't seem to care what 1 did, or what became of me. I had no stomach for my food, and ate very little." Then you didn't go into hospital ?" "No. I stood the duties the best I could. All of us bad enough to do, and I didn't feel like putting more on the others. While I was off guard one eight I was looking through the paper and read of a wonderful cure effected by Dr. Willliams' Pink Pills for Pale People. It struck me that the Pills might apply to my case, and I wrote and enquired about them from people who knew. I wqs advised to try a box, as they bad done a great deal of good to many people who had occasion to use them, so I got myself a box. By the time I had taken them all, I felt pretty well all right again. I continued to take them, and was I soon in perfect health. I haven't felt the same I symptoms since the first box. I can eat and enjoy my food, and get benefit from it." What do you think caused your illness ?" Well I suppose it was a general run down. Route marching has to be done in all weathers, and we had a etiffish lot of route march- ing just then. And then there was the guard duty, and .only being a few of da here, we had a heavy turn at it. I didn't look very bad, but I felt awful." Having re- marked that he looked well enough now, the reporter asked if any of his comrades had knoWn of the good he had derited from taking the Pills, and Drummer Smith said he had told them all, and they had certainly seen the change in him. "Dr. Williams' Pink Pills were the capso of* my recovery I am sure," he said, u and I should know what to do if ever I felt like it again. I told all my comrades of it, and advised them tp take these Pills if ever they felt anything of the ramq weakness." That such a cure as this should arouse interest, and lead to the report of the case by the newspapers, ia ¡ not surprising, but it is only one among thousands of cases in which wasting and debilitating diseasas, such as indigestion, antcmia, consumption, general weak- ness, and disorders arising from impoverished ttood, such as scrofola, rickets, cronic erysipelas, general muscular weakness, depression, palpitation, shortness of breath, pains in the back, nervous headache, and early decay, have been cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. These Pills are a reliable and valuable tonic, especially for the nerves and spine, and have thus cured many cases df paralysis, loco- motor ataxy, rheumatism, sciatica, and St. Vitus* dance they invigorate the blood and nerves when broken down by overwork, worry, diseases, excesses, and indiscretions of living. The Pills are not a pur- gative medicine, and contain nothing that could injure the most delicate. They are sold by chemists everywhere, but should only Le accepted in boxes bearing the full name, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, 08 the wrapper, at 2s. 9d. a box, or six boxes for 13s. 9d.; they may be had post free from the Dr. W'4Inawf..M,dtci, Company, Hoi born- viaduct, London, E.C., if there is any doubt. Pink Pills sold in bulk, or from glass jars by the dozen or hundred, are not the genuine pills and any dealer who offers substitutes in this form should beavaided.

A CURIOUS SARCOPHAGUS, A very curious sarcophagus is exhibited in the British Museum. It was originally made to hold the embalmed body of Nethhfcruheb 6t Nectanebo, a king of Egypt, who reigned during the XXXth Dynasty' It is made of one piece of granite and haa carved upon it thousands of hieroglyphic characters, giving the text and vignettes of the famous Egyptian litur- gical work known as the passage of the sitn through the hourt of the day and the night. This work, next to the far-famed Book of the Dead, was one of the principal religious works of Ancient Egypt. There is a story current to the effect that the body of Alexander the Great waa temporarily placed in this coffin before its final burial at Alexandria, hence this funeral chest is sometimes, but erroneously, called the coffin of Alexander the Great. ,Therè is abso- lutely no foundation for this assertion. A curious fact, however, about this sarcophagus is that, during the Nile expedition in 1601 under Napoleon I., this coffin was discovered empty, and, having bored hot- around the bottom about 2in. in diameter, a French General made use of it for a bath for his soldiers. The sarcophagus, which is now surrounded by an iron railing, still shows these holes, which have entirely spoilt important portions of the inscription. f. 7

IN JERUSALEM.1 The present popmation of Jerusalem is not far from 40,000, and more than half are Jews. They live in a separate quarter of their own, -as do the various divi- sions of Christians-viz., the Armenians, the Greeks, and the Protestants. All theeequarters are densely built, with narrow and irregular lanes for streets, but the prevailing prosperity does not seem to reach the abodes of the Hebrews. The indications are all of ex- treme poverty. A synagogue was pointed out bearing an inscription showing that it was the gift of a Paris Rothschild; but its, mean appearance- and- Him- attractive surroundings bore no, "gestion of critical refinement in the congregation. Tija articles, of food set out for sale in the petty little shops are often squalid and repulsive. Spoiled salt fishsooftcn lies on the stalls exposed by the vendors that we con- cluded it must form a regular element of diet in the Quarter. There is no visible Sign of industry by which the people might earn their living, and no one need be surprised to learn that in various parts of the world the well-to-do and charitable Jews are regularly called upon to, comribute to the support of their pauper brethren in Jeraoalem.

CRETE AND 3)HE BIBLE.- The island of Crete is by some scholars identified with Capht^rv anentioned in Deuteronomy and Jere- miah. Whether this identity can. be fully established or not, there is no doubt that Crete is .mentioned in the Apocrypha and by Josepbus. When the island rs under Roman dominion the Jews settled theW considerable numbers, and were an important part of the population. It is Very doubtful whether there [ are many Jews in Crete at the present moment. ■■ I • •; i! v.o ..1 ,_L- u

TA LLER WOMEN FOR POST 0 *FFICII,8- Short girls .-must relinquish all hopes of becoming post-office clerks. If, at the age of 15, they are not 6ft. high, they are to be debarred- by the authorities at five of the larger provincial offices-Liverpool, Newcastle, Cardiff, Glasgow, and Belfast. At lti, the girls must be at least 5ft. lin., and at 18, 5ft. D. The number of female clerks varies from 24 at Belfast to 238 at Glasgow, and the vacancies to be fillad next May are estimated at 10 per Cfo)>>t. of the staff. At the General Post Office in London there are now more than 2000 female clerks.

THE SPANISH MINISTER. The Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Dule of Tetuan, is an Irish chieftain in his own right, and the owner of a name famous in tbe history of Ireland. Perhaps this may account for his bitterly anti-Cuban policy, for he is supposed to have little sympathy with Home Rule. He claims to be lord of Donegal, and rejoices in the very Milesian patron} uiic of Charles O'DonnelL He was born in 1;34, and is, therefore, 63 years of age. In appearance he is the typical Castilian nobleman, of stately presence, fine face, and dignified manners. Age has somewhat robbed him of his once soldierly port, and his hair and moustache are almost white. But his eyes are as bright as they were 20 years ago in Vienna, when he laid the foundations of the present Queen of Spain's sovereignty. The duke is, very proud of his name and Irish descent. Speakmg at a recent distribution of prizes to mili- tary cadets, among whom were two O'Neills, an O'Connor, and a Maher, he said: We Irish in settling on the Span ish plains and offering our swords to Spain, merely returned to our ancestors' ancient home. The Milesians went from Spain to Ireland. We have merely come back to live among our cousins." The Irish-Spaniard is not beloved in the United States, as he was the most resolute opponent of America's intervention in Cuban affairs, and he was quite ready to draw the sword should America have proceeded to greater lengths in intermeddling than she did.

HUGE FEES. In an American legal periodical a discussion has recently been going on regarding the (for lawyers) perennially interesting subject of big fees, and mention is made of several instances of extremely fancy prices paid in the States for retaining B; t^o eminent counsel. The largest fee stated was one of 100,000doli3.- that is, roughly, £ 20,000—paid to a lucky Pitt.-burg practitioner. This amount, however, large though it was, is not the largest recorded in the annals of the legal profession, for, as Mr. Thorpe mentions in his Still Ljfe of the Middle Temple," an English barrister, Mr. Peterson, who practised in Calcutta, received the extraordinary fee of £ 24,000 for the defence of an Indian contractor. Mr. Thorpe places alongside this the tiny honorarium of jGd. earned by Sir John Holker, when Attoruey-General, for showing a countryman, who, of course, was ignorant of the personality of his cicerone, over the library of the House of Commons.

AN UNDERGROUND CHURCH. Not many people are aware that within a compara- tively short distance of London (say3 the Sunday Reader) there is a place of worship used by members of the Church Of hlngland' which is built under- ground. This remarkable sanctuary is situated at Brighton, and has a curious history attached to It. Twenty years ago it was decided to erect a chapel of ease for St. Paul's Church, West-street, Brighton, and the site selected7 was in one of the narrowest thoroughfares to be found"in the Queen of British watering places. There is plenty of'scope for Chris- tian work in Russell-street, land here the ecclesiastical authorities decided to set up their sanctuary. A plot I of land was taken adjoining a brewery, and Opposite to it were three small public-houses, tnuch frequented by the fishermen living in the alleys and wretched streets around. Everything was ready for building, when one of the adjacent establishments claimed their L- right of ancient lights," and prohibited the Church autho- rities from building their sanctuary in the ordinary way. The JRev. Arthur Wagner, the present vicar, however, was not a man to be daunted by a diflictilty df thiw kind.; With a'good end in viowit would take a vast deal of opposition to maks him gite up his object, and he determined to have a church in KusselP- street. He was not allowed to build-up, but ho could build down, and this the rev. gentleman decided to do. Work was put in hand to carry out the novel idea, and a largo excavation made. Here the Church Of the liesurrection was erected.

DANGERS OF ELECTRIC WIRES. A terrible accident, caused by the breaking of elec- trie wires on the tram lines during the recent storms, is reported from Rouen. The wire, in breaking, fell qn to a carriage that was passing, containing three peoplfc—M. Petit, the artist, and his two nephews. It struck the horse and killed it. As the horse fell (says the Paris correspondent of the Morning) a woman, who was passing, had the wire in some way twisted round her leg, with the result that she was seriously burnt. A poltcetnan, who ran to asaistrthe shrieking Woman, tried to disentangle her, but in touching the Wire he also was thrown tp the ground, as waa inother man who sought, to render assistance, finally, the current was stopped, and the injured people are all being attended to in the hospital.

A SUPERSTITIOUS DOCTOR. "Did you know that nine-tenths of the people are superstitious ?" said a doctor, Now, I bare a case in mind of an old physician. He was a bught fellow, and was not only recognised as a good doctor, but he was an intelligent man in every particular. However, be was so superstitious that if you came for him after dark you would either have tb promise ( to come back with him or go for some other physic:r.n. He was not afraid of being robbed, but be was afraid of ghosts. He said that he" had not always been troubled1 with this'silly fear, and dates it from a peculiar circumstance in bis life, which he told me as follows: 'I was riding "on a public highway one g n morning, thinking of my acquaintances in the neigh- bourhood, and among others was a patieat of mine who had moved away to another part of the country. Presently I raised my head, and was surprised to see that man riding towards me. I was so positive of it that I was forming a sentence to address him, when all of a sudden he disappeared. It must have been a phantom. It could not have bee& real. It might have been an optical delusion, but I have never got Oyer it. 1

"IT DROYB TUB MAN FRANTic" to hear his wife, J but if he had only given her a tin of KEATING Is LOZENGES, one single Lozenge would at once have t stopped her "gb,'IIDd,tb..reeul\woW&ho.ve been a I peaceful night's «leep—a tin of KEATING'3 LOZEJfQliS canJ be obtained at liny chemist's for 13|d. ) 8IR GEOKGE H. CHUBB, who is so vigorously pressing j forward the Wesleyan Methodist Commemoration of I the Queen's Reign by raising £10,000 for soldiers' and oaflot-W- homes, is suggesting to circuits than on June 20, which he thinks ought to be called Queen's Sunday," collections in aid of the special fund should be taken in every Methodist church. lif reply to inquiries the Primitive Methodist General Committee has given the ruling that, while Connexional rule require circuit representation to a ,dbtriet meeting to be in the proportion of two lay- men to one minister, this rule does not apply to repre- > 8entatioh on district-committees. j LIN8BED COMPOUND (Trade Mark) for Coughs and i Colds, 9§d., 13 £ d» Sold by Chemists only. I A BEMARKABLB change of opinion in favour of the Jratffioation of the arbitration treaty is understood to have occurred in the United States Senate and its Foreign Relations Cohimittee. I 3: J COAQULINB.—Cement for broken articles 6d» and Ia. postage 2d. Sold everywhere. HomemndAbroad. THE Lord Chancellor has appointed the Rev. Frederick A. J Hervey, Rector of- Sandringham, Norfolk* to the Canoury at Norwiob, vacant'by the j death of Canon Hea? iside. "LINBBHO COMPOUND (Trade Mark) for Coughs and Colds, 9td., 13 £ d. Sold by Chemists only.' MAJOR RBLF, of the Queen's Bays, was regarded by the Duke of Cambridge, late Commander-in-Chief, as one of the smartest davalry officers In the army, and his death will be much regretted. ".LINSHBO COMPOUND for Coughs» Cold, Asthma, and Jkonolaitis. Of Chemistjonly.. > >. Tim-eteampr Ruwenzoxi, the sister ship to the. Kenia, whioh".was,recently wrecked, oit the western shore off the Victoria iNyatwa,- ha». «afely rean Ugandfrom 'Mwansa, where she was put together. I 'f' s. f \1"11 1'1' J. t ? If! .etêSí1 ¡:I:

A FORCED MARRIAGE, A Paris policeman's wife fired a pistol shot at him ts, after dining at, a restaurant with one of his com- rades, he was walking in the direction of the Bonne- Nouvelle Station, to go on night duty. The man was able to escape the shot, and Martin, who was with him, succeeded in disarming Gindro's wife. When charged with the offence, the woman, who is only 18 years cf age, says she was forced into the marriage by her parents, and that she will make another at- tempt on her husband's life rather than live with him again, for she cannot put up with his brutality. 1, On hiaaide, Gtndre declares that the charge of cruelty is quite unfounded.

SECRET SOCIETIES. Under the heading of Secret Societies" HOltS- hold Words publishes an article in which the follow- ing appears Very dear to romancers has been the German society of the Vehm-Gerichte, which is said to have been established in the days of Charle- magne, and whose aim was to administer justice in an age when public justice was impossible to obtain. If it only partially achieved its ideal it did good work. Par mtjre mysterious in its motives was the Fraternity of Ilosie Cross, founded in 1597 by FaustuS Socinus. It became closely connected with Freemasonry, whose history would take whole volumes to elucidate. It has also been asserted that a so-called cult of Lucifer has been practised in connection with Masonry. This cult ia supposed to own two deities, the one being Lucifer, and the other the God of the Christian*. Jesuits, the well-known enemies of Masonry and all its doings, have delighted to charge it with Luciferism, and with immoral rites, black masses,' and black magic. A furious controversy has raged, and is still raging in France, on this question; many Masons denying that the Lucifer cult exists at all. If it does, it is simply the surviving spirit of sheer paganism, warring against all that would lead men to a life above that of brutes. With regard to Masonry itself, it may be said that there are many Masons' marks on the walls of Can- terbury Cathedral. A Mason who, a few years since, was asked why he made a certain mark on a piece of stone, replied that it was his father's mark and his grandfather's mark, and that his grandfather had it from 'The Lodge.' Numberless other secret associa- tions might be named, and the subject is fraught with deep interest. As has been shown, it takes us back to the dim days of the world's history and it is possible that there are existing still societies that are as mysterious and as, pagan as any of ancient times."

BIRDS AND FASHIONS. The annual report of the Society for the Protec- teotion of Birds contains one or two interesting state- ments to which attention may be directed. With regard to the use of birds and feathers, in personal adornment, it is stated that the grosser and more repulsive forms of this mode are undoubtedly less Often sfeen now than in recent years: It rirast now b servit-ly known that the wearing of stuffed birds on nattf is regarded with feelings of extreme disgust by a large and constantly-increasing portion of the public. And that knowledge has not been without effect. The trade in stuffed birds has declined enormously. Those who continue to offend by exhibiting such' barbarous ornameiits as gulls, terns, parrots or paroquetB, and various other stuffed birds, in their hats, can but excite surprise rather than admiration." In the lamentable passion for wearing "osprejs" qr aigrettes of white herons'feathers there is how- ever, little change. The fact that a few of the finest samples of these plumes have been sold in the London feather-market at the enormous price of £10 per oz. affords strong evidence that thq white egret is still being pursued to extermination. The excessive destruction in this country of two fayaurite spdeies—the lark and lapwing—i« also referred to in the report. The recently estab- lished British Supply Association, it is noted, de- climes to supply larks to their customers; and it is hoped that this excellent example will be widely followed. The lapwing," peewit, or green plover is now known to be decreasing throughout the country, and Sir Herbert Maxwell has' repeatedly pointed out that t^his bt&utiful and useful bird cannot stand the pre- sent excessive drani on its numbers. The "peewit," Sjii' Hefbeirt says, is the only wild bird or which omnivorous man eats both the eggs and the adults. This is not fair play, and It is, besides, a mOst Waste- ful and senseless proceeding."

•'LINSEED COMrovyv" (Trade Mnrk) £ iws Expec- toration without 'strain., Vd." 13 £ d, ..Of Chemistg. 'l^ORp J^ouTi|i;r:ooK brought home with-him from Iijdia.a superb'bawi of -silyer.made at-IL-Pire-4, and. bias just given, it to thft Town Couijcil of Winchester as a souvenir, of h^s yicerojalty in India. "LINSEED COM[OUNI> a demulcent anodjne ex- pectorant for Coti Dh-s nd. Colds. Of Chouiisls only. THE fastest daily run in this country fs-frym Perth to Forfar, on the Caledonian riiiFii,-i,, th'e-'dfstaAce- 32 miles- bei ng performed in 32 6iiiuteS, orlatlfbe rate of about GT iBtW hour. • 1 KLINX.—New white ,ine*ganic Cement for Pottery, Porcelain, &q;.GJ, and .Is.; postage 2d. Of Chemists. UNDER threat of. tli& French Ministers departure the Siamese liave surrendered iw#-AnftmiteSf to, the French antlidritiH.1' The to ioiiwtd settle^6very- ti in lat thing before the King s^ilsjfOr Europe. ■■■ LiNum CATIIARTTCUM Prix# digestive, tforrectf^e, and agreeably aperient. 9Jd., I3^d. Of all t'hondists. Tiin Bishop of London bas consented to become a vice-president, of the,,MisaiiDRolo Seamen, a .position whlcl\1las1>een418ld, byhia predecessors in tha>See of London for the Paiat 40 years amkiiioans are. oiucti gi ven tp talking of the position their women have taken iS'European'society. Tbo NtwYyfk for .instance, declares that a pro- vincial IflglishwomaPt was d'wng with a uuu.ber of titled guests at a country.-hon.-e, when she began to inveigh against^ American Women. "Pardon me." said one lady, butXam.sure.jon do not .know.that, we are all Amar.icaa8^#4^ exceot the Duchess (their hostess")..

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| A PKOFlTABlrE INDUSTRY I Indiarubber is likely to reach famine prices before long owing to the orer-growing demand which it in | meeting with. Everwhere the native collectors of the wild rubber are kilIing-th treès, and complete GXfaaus- tion of the wild supply is only a question of time. Fortlmately, rubber cultivation is one of the most profitable of pursuits, and great efforts are being made to extend the area bf plantations in anticipation of the inevitable time of scarcity. In Mexico, the home of the Castiiloa elastica, there is great activity and no wonder (observes the City First), for experts, in fubber-giowing maintain that a return of 3IJU per cent. may be expected noW, and a great deal uure in the near future.

IT is authoritatively anuounced that the Eccle- siastical Commissioners have decided to sell Addington-park, Croydon, the country, house of the Archbishop of Canterbury. It is proposed to pur- chase for the Aichbishop's usa a residence of modest dimensions at Canterburv, an,; to utilise the re- mainder of the proceeds for Church work.

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THE SEVENOAKS TBAGKDY. EVIDENCE AT THE INQT)MT. The inquiry respecting the death of Henry G. Purday, a bricklayer's labourer, who first attacked ilis wife with a razor, uf torwards aliot. her,, and then committed suicide by cutting his throat, was held before the local coroner at Sevenoaks on the night of March 13. The wife still lios at the Cottage Hoepital in a precarious condition, the- stir- geons having been unable M yet to extract tlw bullet. The body was identified by Purday's mother, who said her son worked at home with his wife, who was a laundress. The two lived happily together, but five years ago the wife left her husband, and, after a week's absence, a reconciliation Was effected, Her son seemed very queer in his mind, end complained of being unwell. In the evening her granddaughter called her, and she went to her ion's house, and found him dead, with his throat cut. She also saw the wife lying just inside the door, a'so injured. She knew of nothing. to trouble her son. William Ambrose said that he ifrent to the house, and found a razor between-the legs of the deceased. The wife, who was conscious, said, in answer to a question, that they had not had a mis-word that day. The place was lik a slaughter- house, and he believed the wife had had a .hard struggle. Afterwards he saw the pistol. Jle never saw the' deceased the -worse for drink: Copstabje Itumphrey said that "he found a razor and a revolver, the latter containing two exploded cartridges. He found- in the pockets of fhe deceased t\ro letters^, oho written by the .wife asking her husband to fake her back* and,, the second from the wife's sister, asking. hef,tf: she wjas more comfortable. As he was ooAvoymg tb wife to the hospital she said ehe did not know he had a revolver. Dr. Abbott said the deceased died from a. desperate razor wound, and th^t -t he wife was .suf- fering-front a wound '/n 8h.d a bullet wourd intSio bteaet. She had rallied Some- what nnd Paid her was jealous. A verdict of" Suicide while temporarily i"rilj £ nl" Was returned. f f. t 'I

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OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. Private letters from Paris indicate how much the French nation is pleased at the meeting between the Queen and President Faure at Noisy-le-Sec, during her Majesty's journey to Cimiez. M. Fauta has by this time had much experience in personally dealing with foreign potentates, and there has been even a sugges- tion that he may be called upon to welcome £ he German Emperor to Paris in 1900, on the occasion of the next International Exhibition; and the very great tact he Has displayed upon all occasions was made more than ever manifest at his interview with the Queen. To that august lady herself the meeting must have brought strange memories. When she was>a child, Louis XVIII. and Charles X., the last of the Boutbons, filled the French Throne; and her first host in that country was Louis Philippe. On the next occasion of her visit to France, "the Citizen King" had gone the way of the Bourbons, and Louis Napoleon reigned in his stead but the whirli- fig of time so willed it that her lajesty many a year later was received by Marshal MacMahon, as the second President of the third Republic, and now she has been welcomed by M. Faure, the sixth of such Presidents. It is easy to talk about celebrating the sixtieth year of the Queen's reign, but it is only when such a comparison is instituted as this that one truly realises how much such a celebration means. The official announcement of the route by which, on Diamond Jubilee Day, the Queen will return to Buckinghm Palace from St. Paul's, has given the greatest joy to tens of thousands of persons in the South of London. It is many a year since "tho Borough" had reason to plume itself in the fashion it will do next June, and it is the happiest of auguries that the last occasion was when Princess Alex- andra of Denmark made her triumphal entrance into London, three days before becoming Princess of Wales. That happy event took place now more than thirty-four years ago, and the general memory of that most striking popular demonstration seems to be defective. But it may be recalled that the original idea was for the young Princess to arrive at London- bridge Station, an arrangement that was changed almost at the last moment for Brick- layers' Arms Station, in order to give the in- habitants of South London a full opportunity for enjoying the scene. And well did the dense masses of toilers who inhabit that vast district respond to the call. The enthusiasm was so great as almost to overwhelm the young bride, but sho has lived to know that every Briton believc,3 it to have been even inadequate to her worth. Bricklayers' Arms is now no longer a pasemger station; it is given over entirely to merchandise; but the memory of that one day serves to render it historic. It is, of course, not surprising to hear that already there is a demand for windows on the Queen's route through the Borough," and that, immediately the official announcement was made, good prices were offered in the Borough-road. But, if the weather prove fine, those out of doors will have an admirable opportunity for seeing the pageant. The pro- cession is expected to be a mile long, and it will travel over six miles in the going from and returning to Buckingham Palace. Twenty-five thousand troops will be required to keep the route, and these will be assisted by the whole force of the City Police—a splendid body of men and by about eight thousand Metropolitan constables. These last will have to perform a double task, for, when they have done their duty on the north side of the Thames, they will have to be drafted to the south side. A London crowd, when it is out for purposes of sight-seeing, is, however, a most good-tempered assemblage, and the duties of the police, it may fairly be prophesied, will not be specially arduous. Little by little our canine friends are begin- ning to feel the value of the researches made by the Departmental Committee of the Board of Agriculture, which recently considered the muzzling order. The first fruits were un- doubtedly the withdrawal of that order in the administrative county of London as well as in Surrey, but, as it is recognised that the time may come when an outbreak of rabies will necessitate its re-imposition, the Board of Agriculture proposes that for the "future a wire cage muzzle shall be used in all districts in which the wearing of such an implement may be necessary. The Board has gone further than this for it has obtained the pattern of a muzzle which, in its opinion, is calculated to secure the object in the most humane manner possible, and thh specimen is now on view in London. Every lover of dogs will rejoice to know that an important Government Department has gone to the trouble thus indicated. Possibly, the animals themselves, if they could be questioned, would prefer to have no muzzle at all; but, if one is to bo used, it is well to have it as humane as inventors can devise. The placing upon temporary exhibition in the museum of the Royal United Service In- stitution, Whitehall, of a collection of relics of General Gordon, lent by the officers of the Royal Engineers, should serve to bring that admirable museum into greater public notice. Paradoxical as it may seem, it would be worth visiting if it were empty, for it is the splendid Banqueting Hall of the Palace of Whitehall, designed by Inigo Jones, and from one of its windows Charles I. stepped out upon the scaffold, and within its walls Cromwell delivered the crown. Used for many years as one of the Chapels Royal, it Was handed over not a great while since to the Royal United Service Insti- tution, which has placed therein a number of objects, an inspection of which must make every British heart to thrill. Large models of the battles of Waterloo and Trafalgar assist the observer the better to understand those Titantic struggles, and representations of our battle-ships from earlier times until now are strikingly instructive. The Gordon relics add to the interest of the collection, but even with- out them no visitor to London who passes through Whitehall ought to miss seeing the Royal United Service Institution. There is talk to be heard at the various great docks of the Thames as to further elaborate undertakings during the coming spring and summer in the way of bringing colonial food products to the English market. It is known that certain of our colonies are just now attempting to secure a far larger amount of trade with us in butter and cheese by improv- ing their dairy herds, adopting a system of winter feeding, confining the production of butter and cheese entirely to the factory system, adopting Pasteurisation, and establish- ing a number of dairy schools and experi- ment stations. When it is remembered that even at present Australasia possesses over 450 butter factories employing 2300 hands, while Canada has 300 factories employing 1100 hands, it will be seen that this colonial com- petition threatens to become increasingly for- midable. Nobody would much mind if it merely meant ousting the foreigner from our markets in favour of the colonial, but everyone knows that that is not quite likely to be the case. Last year the United Kingdom imported 264,124 tons of butter and cheese, valued at £ 20,244,000; and, if more is to come, it is a poor outlook forthe British dairy-farmer. Now that both the University crews have appeared in practice upon the Thames waters, those who wish to form an opinion upon the chances of the race of a fortnight hence have an excellent opportunity for so doing. It is to be noted that Cambridge came to the Thames with a strong popular sentiment in- its favour, not a little to be accounted for bv the fact that the light blues have not had the best ot the luck in recaTA years, and certainly not a twelve- month since when they were expected upon all hands to win, ..d, upon a blusterous day, were just beaten at the post. The wish to see them succeed may be as keen as ever, but, from a purely aquatic point of view, they can scarcely be said to have strengthened their position during the first days of practice; some of the crew, indeed, seeming thus early almost to have been overtrained. The Oxonians are a heavy crew, but the chances just now seem about equal; and even the most determined adherent of the dark blue would nqt be greatly sorry to see the light blue this .time secure a win. R.

ABOUT ICELANL 7 Those who desire to undertake new fields of ex- ploration should take up Iceland, which is among the most interesting as well as the most unknown of regions. It is a curious thing to come across, in the midst of this bleak region, large districts where boil- ing springs almost cover the ground. Boiling mud is thrown out from these springs, and the surface of the country is dotted with craters and the traces of volcanic eruptions. There are 20 volcanoes in Iceland, any one of them larger than Vesuvius. There are also sea volcanoes which have excited the wonder and admiration of travellers. Some years ago flames butat out of the sea and a most violent eruption took place. This lasted some months, and ceased only when a volcano in the interior became active. Lakes in loelandliave in their midst the most beautiful green islands that are kept warm by the volcanic action below. Iceland is also remarkable as a hunting-ground for game birds. They are so abundant that an ordinary hunter can bag within a few hours more than he is able to carry home. Occasionally one meets a reindeer, but the birds are the -obt attractive.