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GREATER BRITAIN. ( Two of the Jubilee peers are (the Echo reminds us) prominently connected with the co-lonies. Tiw Earl Of Glasgow, -who is promoted from a subordinate Scottish peerage to one that entitles him to a r-eat in the House ot Lords in his own right, has just re- turned after several years' service in New Zealand as Governor. He was not altogether at home in that go-ahead colony, the pace being at times a little too rapid to suit his Conservative tastes. In particular he was annoyed at the innovation of making working- men members of the Upper House, and he came into sharp collision with the'Premier, Mr. Seddon, in this connection. But an open rupture was averted, largely, it is believed, through the moderating itlnuence and counsels of Mr. Chamberlain, to whom both Premier and Viceroy submitted their respective views in exhaustive minutes. SIR DONALD SMITH, on whom a peerage has been Conferred, is the High Commissioner for Canada at W, oitiiiinster. Born in Morayshire in 1821, he en- tered "the service of the Hudson Bay Company while still in his teens, and, as one of its most active and energetic officers, saw a great deal of the wild life of the western regions of America amongst the Indians and the trappers in the days long anterior to the ad- vent of the iron horse. He was one of the principal promoters of the Canadian Pacific Railway, which now runs from Hahfaxon the Atlantic to Vancouver on the Pacific, traversing' and opening up the im- mense territories in which Sir Donald as a young man traded with the solitary trappers and the scattered bands of Indians. For his services in this respect he secured the honour of knighthood. His enterprise and forethought have brought him im- mense wealth, which he has turned to good account i by Encouraging and endowing literature, art, and science. T." surprise of the Jubilee list was (as the Echo observes) the appearance of the name of the Hon. Wilfred Laurier, the present Liberal Premier of federated Canada, amongst the new Knights Grand Cross of St. Michael and St. George. He declined the honour at the beginning of the year, and it was thought then that he-intended- ta adhere to the tradi- tion established by all his predecessors in the Leader- ship of the Canadian Liberals. They had successively declined to be knighted, and their action in this respect has come to be regarded in the light of a political article of faith by a considerable section of i the Canadian Liberal party. Mr. Laurier's surrender of the tradition will probably arouse some local con- troversy, especially amongst the old guard of Cana- dian Liberals, but his lapse is pretty sure to be condoned in view of the exceptional circumstances and the strong probability that his acceptance was due to a personal request from the Queen, which could not possibly be denied on such an auspicious occasion. ANOTHER new Canadian knight is Sir Sandford Fleming. His name is familiar as the indefatigable promoter of a cable across the Pacific between Canada and Australia. He has been educating public opinion on this subject both in England and the colonies for more than twenty years; and if the project is now beginning to take concrete shape, the result is largely due to his untiring and energetic advocacy. A third new Canadian knight is Colonel Kirkpatrick, who is of Irish parentage, and has filled many responsible offices in the Dominion, including; the Speakership of the House of Commons. He is I now Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Ontario. He is entitled to place the letters Q.C. aad: LL.D. after his name. Twenty years ago he was in oomm and of the Canadian rifle team that competed st.Wimbledon. AUSTRALIA'S most eminent surgeon, Mir. T. N.. Fitzgerald, was in the list of knights. He has resided in Melbourne for many years, but his name and fame are as familiar in London medical circles as in' those of Greater Britain. His extensive establish- ment and private hospital on the summit of the western hill of Melbourne have long constituted one of the leading landmarks of the city. Admiralt Bowden-Smitb, who recently retired from the com- mand of the Australian fleet, is also knighted. So it the Hon. Horace Tozer, Colonial Secretary of Queensland, and now Acting Premier of the colony. He is a solicitor by profession, and as the Minis* terial head of the Police and Defence Department, it became his unpleasant duty six years ago to placed two thousand men in the field to suppress the riotings and burnings that accompanied the great strike of-sheep-shearers in Queensland. THE Ballarat Goldfield in Victoria is rejoicing inf the knighthood conferred on one of its oldest and' esteemed citizens, the Hon. Henry Cuthbert. Ere, tooi is a solicitor, having been admitted in Ireland as fat back as 1854. In the following year he emigrated and settled in Ballarat, which was then only a rough mining camp, not the well-ordered and picturesque city that we see to-day. He has sat in the Victorian Upper House for well-nigh a quarter of a century, and has held office in various Ministries. He is re4 puted to be a very wealthy man, as a consequence of a series of lucky mining speculations. THII importance of the frozen meat industry, which has developed into such an enormous trade betwen the Australian colonies and the old land has been appropriately recognised in the knighthood con- ferred upon Mr. Edward Montagu Nelson, who is the acknowledged head of the business in London. Hit extensive Thameside stores are a familar objects to river passengers and walkers along the Embankment. The magnitude that the importation of frozen meat from Australia and Now Zealand hafi lately assumed is 'shown by the fact that the company has two re- frigerating stores in London with a capacity for 250,000 carcases, in addition to branches at Man- chester, Birmingham, Liverpool, Sheffield, and various other provincial centres. And yet the in- dustry is only in its infancy TUB women in New Zealand are forging ahead. Miss Ethel Rebecca Benjamin, LL.B., having passed ber final examination about sii months ago, has been admitted by Mr. Justice Williams as a barrister and tolicifor of the Supreme Court there. The two branches of the legal profession are there amalga* mated. Miss Benjamin, according to the Jewish Chronicle, has the distinction of being the first lady admitted to practise in the colonial courts. She is a daughter of Mr. Henry Benjamin, of Dunedin, and is a young lady of about 25 years of age, and the eldest of a family of 11 or 12 children. ThVough her own ability and perseverance-for the family are not wealthy-she has attained the unique position she now holds. AUSTRALIA, which has led in many socialistic ex- periments made by the State, is now considering the question of, State physic. The president of sthe Queensland". Medical Association proposes that the country be divided, into medical districts, under doctoro.pki'd by the State t look after all the inhabi- tants, andj that the money for the purpose be faised by a poll-tax of Bp. 4d. a year. Thip would enable the State, to pay £ 300 for the lowest medical salaries. ANew South Wales labour league has declared that the practice of mcdicine should be a national service." THBEB miners at-Nuggetty Gully, Maryborough, Victoria, Australia, ^ad a good End the other day. They were working in a 40ft. shaft when they came across a nugget of gold weighing 115oz. It was covered with cement and dirt, and would have been thrown aside if its weight had not attracted atten- tion. NEW Sotf-ni WALES,.has spent 2,500,OOO for har- bours in 40 years, exclusive of the cost of the port of Sydney, and will spend £ 300,000 for the same pur- nose this year.
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Tna daily movements of the Mikado of Japan are very regular. He oe8 to his studio at nine a.m., and remains at his work there untfl four p.m. He reads and signs all Parliamentary laws and decrees. When a Cabinet Minister addresses his Majesty about-any, public matter he inquires about the ub- jedt, the purpose and condition); and decides it. He is firm and not changeable. When he decides a matter once he (canpot after that be moved.. He is fond "of reading books and newspapers, and is éspe- cisHy lond; of .German books. He likes to compose Jaeftoese poems, which he can do readily. NEAR Ezy in Normandy, a little town where combs are made, there ia a colony of cave-dwellers who have •lived for generations a life as uncivilised as the pre- historic caTe-dwellers though within hail of the rail- way and telegraph. Theyptck up'old clothes occa- sionally, but bate^no linen, no bedft *no dishes-in the modern- sense, no table even or chairs.. They live by begging or thieving, but possess a few goatq. Exposure:in. wjnter cuts ()M. the-feqble-,among them. They resist Attempts to school- their, children r and teach' them a better way of hfe. MM, Rozet; and Blanch et on, two French anthropologists, declare they hardly know if they have ever seen more de- graded savages than these Normans in the Soudan or Jndo-China.
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PARISH COUNCILS. j [Interesting X^ueslki'is- and Answers from the CountiU • Gazette.") Lighting Act. — What majority is necessary in order to adopt the Lighting Act ? Should there be a tfro-thirds' majority of the whole *of the parochial electors? The Local Government Board tay there should t e. A nswe r: This question raises a point of the utmost i6portaiu:e, because, if the opinion expressed by the Local Government Board be right, there can be very little doubt that in a largo number of cases where the lighting and Watching"" A6t, 1833, had been adopted at a Parish Meeting without a poll being taken, the adoption has been illegal. The Act of 1833, by Section 8, says that if a two-thirds majority of the ratepaj ers pre'sent at the meeting adopt the Act, then the provisions of the Act shall from henceforth take effect and come into operation in such parish"; and in this section no provision whatever is made that the persons present or voting at the bseeting shall be any pai- ticular proportion of the total number of ratepajers. Section 9 provides that a poll may be demanded Sections 10 and 11 say how the poll is to be taken and Section 12 deals with the counting of the v tes, and it is important to note that the first part of it at any rate deals only with votes delivered to the churchwardens aa aforesaid" (i.e., with votes given on the poll, and not with votes given at the meeting) then follow three provisos, all of which, in our opinion, relate only to a poll, and not to counting of votes at the meeting. The first proviso says that the whole number of percons voting (i.e., voting on a poll being taken) shall be a clear majority of the ratepayers of the parish." The second proviso says that the adop- tion must be decided "by such number of Votes as aforesaid" (i.e., by the two-thirds majority). In our opinion, it is beyond all question clear that, before the Act of 1894, it was not necessary than an abso- lute majority of the ratepayers should be present at the meeting, although, if a poll were taken, it wasnecessary that an absolute majority of the ratepayers should vote. Now comes the Act of 1894, which by Section 7 gives the Parish Meeting "the power of adopting" (amongst other Acts) the Lighting Act; and says that where, under, any of the Adoptive Acts, a par- ticular majority is required for the adoption of the Act, the like majority of the Parish Meeting, or, if a poll is taken, of the parochial electors, shall be required." Now, "the power of adopting" given to the Parish Meeting, means, we think, the same power, neither more nor less, which formerly belonged to some other authority,. The power of adopting was formerly vested in a meeting of ratepayers,' if no poll was demanded, and the "particular majority required at that meeting was a two-thirds majority of those present, without reference to the total number of ratepayers in the parish. In our opinion the same provisions apply now to the Parish Meeting if no poll is demanded as applied formerly to the meeting of ratepayers where no poll was de- manded. Consequently, in our opinion, it is not ne- cessary,. if no poll is demanded, that the parochial electors present at the Parish Meeting to adopt the Act of,,1833 should be an absolute majority of the whole number of electors. If the answer of the Local Government Board above referred to means that an absolute majority of the parochial electors must be present at-the meeting, then we think that answer is eo far wrong. It is, of course, necessary, either at a meeting or on a poll, that a two-thirds majority should vote for the adoption. If there are 600 electors, and a poll is taken, there must be at least 301 persons who vote one way or the other, and two- thirds of those who vote (whatever be the number) must be in favour of adoption. If there are 600 electors and no poll is taken, adoption must be carried by two-thirds of those present at the meeting, I whether they vote or not; and if 100 electors are present, and 67 vote in favour of adoption, that is enough. financial Statement.—Balancing of Accounts. submitted a statement of accounts made up to March 24 at the Parish Meeting, but as some small payments were made to me on the 28th, these were not included in the balance-sheet. Will these sums have to be include,d, in the financial statement to be submitted to the Auditor ? If this is. so, the balance that was stated to be in the hands of the Treasurer at our, Parish Meeting will not agree with the balance shown in his hands by the financial statement whioh -is to be audited. Shall I be correct if I leave out all sums received or paid after March 24? Answer: The accounts of the receipts and payments of Parish Councils, and of Parish Meetings for parishes not having Parish Councils, shall be made up yearly to March 31, Section 58 (1). It appears to us that your accounts must be made up and balanced,to that date, and the amounts you speak of must be included. It was quite gratuitous on your part to submit the statement you speak of to the Parish Meeting. The acconnts must be audited before the Parish Meeting can demand to have submitted to them, the: financial <Htement. Powers of UÐ.C. as to Plans and Specifications.— (1) Oar Medical OiBcer states that he must declare iome ash-pit closets to be a nuisance and dangerous to health, and he recommends that the owners be re- quired to alter said closets to, the "pail" system, which is in general use here. Have we power to compel such adoption of the new system (if -,so, under what Act and section?), or (as our Clerk advises), must we be-contented, provided the owners (tempo- rarily) abate the nuisance ? The bye-laws (framed by the old Local Board) are silent on the point; would an alteration of the bye-laws meet the case? (2) When new buildings and out-buildings are pro- posed to be ereoted, the plans have first to be passed by this Council. In- cases of alteration (e.g., privy to water-closet), have we the right to insist on plans and specifications being first submitted, and authorised ? Answer: (1) We do not think you pain put a stop to the use of the ash-pit system altogether, and compel the adoption of another, unless you can ihow, as a matter of fact, that the ash-pit system, if used in your district, must inevitably be a huisaiies, or dangerous or injurious to health. (2) We think not. Repair of Roads.—There are several cftrt roads leading to a large area of land. The farmer who holds,this land could never get the Highway Board to put these roads in repair. Their reason for not doing so Was because the road terminated into the fields, and did not continue into other roads. This time of the year the farmers can not get down the roads with a horse, and cart. Has the Parish or District Council any power to spend money, On:" putting the roads in good repair ? Answer: No, unless the roads are repairable by the inhabitants at large,-which they appear not to be. In other words if the highway authority are not bound, to repair,' they cannot of their own free will repair The Parish Council may undertake the repair of à. footpath under section 13 of the Act of 1894, but that is not what seems to he wanted. J Repair of Highwaystn. Urban District Council repair roads made, but not repaired, by any authority before the Highway Act of 1835, and not dedicated to the public use since ? I should like to explain that these roads lead to farmhouses only, which are owned by various persons, and not to any village or township, and are only very narrow, say about 13ft. Does the fact of any roads being used by the public before the Highway 'Act was passed. constitute parish highways repairable by the Council ? Answer: Theoretically at common law, apart from the, modern statutes, a highway became repairable by the inhabitants of the parish when il had been dedicated to the use of the public by the owner of the land. The use of the highway by the public did not create the liability to repair, but. if it was open, uninterrupted, and enjoyed as amattei of right, and not mere favour, then use by the public might be regarded as evidence, more or less conclu- sive, of dedication by the owner, and dedication would create the liability. The Highway Act, 1835, has now rendered something more than mere dedication to the public necessary to (u-eate the liability to repair. Assuming that the roads in question are repairable by the Highway Authority (which seems very doubt- ful) the best course is to obtain an order of justices under, s. 24. of the Highways and Locomotives (Amendment) Act, 1878, declaring the highway un- necessary for. public use, and not repairable at the public expense. This extinguish the liability of the Highway Authority to repair,if the liability -exists. ■ • >- ■
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i'OiUlY | 1 wish you would come every ovjethng to call on aunty." Sir. ifoftley Do you think'sbo would be glad to see me ?" Tommy: I don't know,.but she gives me a quarter every time she sees you coming if I'll go down and say she's out."
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A.V&IUCAX HUMOUR. i. r f. I NEVER (writes Josh Billings) hav had heny trubblfl in traceing all mi bad Ink direkly or indirelly to bad figureing, and f Ituess allmost all mi bretheren can do the same. It takes a very smart man to be a sukcessfnll phool. I luv money, but I thank Heaven that I luv what it will buy better. I hav allwuss been a builder ov air-kastles, but I never undertook to liv in them. I hav built them az little boys build blok houses, just for the fun or knoking them down. [1 bar written apparent philosophy enuff in the last 15 years to run the whole world with and yet I never have been able to run miself 48 hours without grate risk ov kollideing with suoithing. A literary reputashun once lest, iz lost forever it kan't be recovered, nor even be patched up. Man iz a kritter ov habits, and hiz glory iz, that he controls them-and his disgrace iz, that they control him. Don't put on airs, mi sweet friend; yu kant cheat EIllnyboddy with them, but the vulgar, and that don't pay. Homage to Wealth.—This is the rok upon whitch all the nations ov the earth thus far hav struk, and perished at last. But very few ever bekum remarkable for enny- thing after they have reached fifty, unless it iz for sumthing that they ought to be ashamed OY. THE sweetest songs are left unsung," So modern poets groan; But by this let no hearts be wrUDg-, They're talking of their own. L- HE: Do hurry, Molly; the train leaves in twenty minutes. She (absent-mindedly): "Don't be cross, Jack; it's such bad forte to be on time." MAY: Does it ever occur to you that Mr. Smithefs is acting a part?" Harriet: No; Smithers always seems to me to think himself the whole thing." THE TRAGEDIAN: "I understand Maggs has set to work to improve the condition of the stage." The Comedian Oh, I hadn't heard -before that he hacl given up acting." HE thought to raise a garden, but The neighbour's hungry chickens Assisted, and it came to pass He only raised the diekens. RIPARIAN RIGHTS: Do I get riparian rights with this wheel ?" asked the lady. Get what ?" asked the clerk, surprised into rude abruptness. "Ripatian rights, I Mud. Do you repair it ?" FKISBIE is the laziest man I ever knew." What makes you think so ?" He actually seems to be glad that he's getting bald-headed, so that he won't have to comb his hair any more." WATTS: I don't believe women have any sense of humour at all." Potts: "My wife has. There can't anything happen out of the common but she says (why, that's funny. HE: "Do you think it is unlucky to get married on Friday ?" She: No, nor any other day." He is still wondering why lie was fool enough not to have, said something else instead. MRS. TENSPOT "Isn't it odd that encores are always much more enjoyable than the 'regular numbers on the programme ?" Mr. Tenspot: Yes it is. I wonder why they don't sing the encores first ? BEFORB I began to ride a wheel I was all run down from head to heel." And now," said the man on foot with a frown, The rest of the folks are all run down." How still they are," remarked Mrs. Fogg, apropod of- the young couple in the next room. "Ses," replied Mr. F.; it reminds me of my feigliy days; It was always wonderfully quiet just previous to an engagement." HERE'S a good story of adventure," said the assistant editor. 41 All right," replied the editor-in- chief. It you can make it all happen to a man on a bicycle we'll fake it, of course." IT'S strange," said the young woman," how things go out of vogue. Trilby' has gone completely out of style." II Yes," said the young man in biqycle clothes, she's a '93 model at the latest." JINKS: The idea of asking me what I'd do if T were rich! The question is simply idiotic!" Filkins: Whyeo ?" Jinks: "Because anyone in his right lnow that.,T wool& & nathina. "MA," said a discouraged urchin,, "I ain't going to school any more, Why, dear ?" tenderly inquirel his mother. 'Cause 'tain't no use. I can never I learn to spell. The teacher keeps changing the words evervdav." 'JJID you tell tnat young man not to can nfere any more?'' asked Mabel's father severely. < N- no." "Why not?" "I didn't think it necessary. I. don't 8èe how be could call any more, now. He calls seven times a week." "How do you expect to raise all this money asked the Greek statesman. By taxation of course;" I replied the Turk. I wish I could have had a little more time to think it over. I don't know which would be worse: to face a tariff debate or go ahead with the war." II SPEAkiNG of Cuban uprisings and insurrections/' said Wallace, I shall never forget one that occurred I 20 years ago." Were you present P" asked Ferry. "Very much so. It happened about five minutes after I had lighted one of my father's big, blaok Havana cigars." MR. NfcwwBD (with suppressed emotion): The last time I went-to the club and came home late, J found you asleep, and in your sleep you murmured, Come to-morrow night as usual, my darling; my husband will be away. Now, madam, I have remained at home every night since, but have been unable to Identify my rival, and I demand an explanatidn." Pretty Wife (fondly): I wasn't asleep." FIRST SWBET GIRL II, Oh, you should dance Strauss' lew minute waltz it's perfectly lovely!" Secortd Sweet Girl: ;II' I hate those poky old minute figures." "Oh, it isn't like the old minute at all. It's too lovely for anything. You waltz awhile, and then the music changes and you go off in a corner and hug." COOKERY SCHOOL PROJECTOR I have called, Mfs. COOKÈItY ScnooL PROJECTOR I have called, Mts. Slimdiet, to ask you if you would not like tojoin onr cookery clais just forming." MFS. Slimdiet'(board- ing-house keeper): Oh, I don't care t6.'spend montey learnin' how to git up a lot o* Frenchified=dishei" Ab, but yon do not understand. Our leiiaons are devoted to the preparation of all sotts of nice and palatable dishes just from things left over, you know." "No use to me. We never have anythibg left over." Mh. DE SCIENCE (of New York): I notice that a writer in the Fortin says a poor man is better off in a crowded city tenement house than in a Western dugout exposed to the furies of cyclones." Mr. Quartersection (of Kansas) He dees, does he ? Well, you jest tell that smart indervidual, for me, that thar is three things a cyclone can't blow away- wells, cisterns, an' dugouts. Guess he don't know a dugout is a hole in the ground." AMBRicAJjr HEiREss "Gracious! My hair is com- ing down. Won't you please push that bunch back into its placeand hold it while I fasten it ?" Count De La Fayette Mont Morency Certainmong, Mess. Dair, eet ess fineesh. Next 1!" MAINB MAN (finishing a story): Yes, sir. I killed that bear with nothin' but this little jacknife, Guess you never hed a tussle with a bear, did ye!" New York Liar: IIOh, yes. I was out-fishing one day on Staten Island when-a big bear made a rush for; me and knocked the pole from my hand, leaving me without even that means of defence. Well, fir, I grabbed that bear,.threw him down, and held him there until he froze to death." Maine Man (gasping) I might 'a' done that many a time myself but the weather up our way dbn't change so quick as it does here." FOND MAMMA: "Why, What have you in your apron?" Little Daughter (breathlessly): "Ob, mamma! Such good luok! Dotty Dimple's cat had lix kittens and her mamma would not let her keep but one, so she gave me the other five." lb. HIGIIART: Yes I believe in the cultivation pf art among the masses. Artistic taste, no matter where found or in what walk of life, is of incalculable value to the possessor." Mr. Humdrum: "Well, I differ with you. My wife spent 80 dollars last year taking art lessons, and then, on my birthday, she gave me five boxes of cigars—selected by the pictures on the cover." 1. -1 -1 NEW CLERK: I notice some oP these barrels ot ftpples are marked X and somfe Z. Are they differ- ent kinds ?" Dealer: No: same kind, but differ- ently packed. Some oustomers want a barrel opened at the bottom and some at the top." Youxd MAUt)': What is thft best ttme to marry ?" Old Maid: Whenever the man is willing." I SUPPOSE your daughter is just like mine-rather rid3 a wheel than eat." Not exactlv hnf «v.a --uld rather ride a wheel than cook."
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"■ A STRANGE STORY. One Maung Tay, states the Mandalay Herald, is now giving a series of pwes and other tamashes at Shwekyayet pagoda, at the Amarapura shore. The reason for his spending his money thus will surprise those who are not acquainted with the superstitious beiiefs of the Burman. It is said that the daughter of this Maung Tay died a month or so ago in Ran- goon, and that, before she died, while in a state' of semi-trance, she told her father that, if he wanted to see her after her death, he was to go to the Bhwekyayet pagoda at Amarapura. The father ac- cordingly went to the pagodaund took with him one morning an offering of two bunches of plantains, which he placed on a rock. Then, it is said, an alligator 10 cubits lQng came up from the river, carrying in its mouth a bunch of keys. Maung Tay did not bolt, but, recognising his daughter in the saurian, told the alligator that he preferred to see his daughter in human shape and hear her voice. The alligator then went back into the river; and the spirit of his daughter entered into a woman who was standing close by and spoke to her father. The man heard his daughter's voice, which said that this daughter was sorry that her father insisted on bearing her voice, and then the spirit departed. This was taken to mean that the old man should have taken the bunch of keys which his daughter, in the form of an alligator, had offered him, and that he thereby lost the chance of getting much hidden treasure. So the father now is holding a pwd in ord-, o please the spirit of his daughter, who, it is believec, has become the guardian of the treasure which she had giyen her father a chance of getting.. Haw the possession of the keys would have given him the clue to where the treasure is it is not said; but it is b lieved that, within three years, Maung Tay will become possessed of the treasure if he behaves in a proper manner—that is, spend enough money on tamashes to appease his daughter's spirit. The pwe he is giving now is, then, a sort of a sprat to catch a mackerel, or rather to cateh the alligator with the bunch of keys.
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SPEAKING at Greenwich recently, the Astronomer- Royal referred to the doings of Big Ben, which is checked by Greenwich time. it seems that on more than one-third of the days of the year the great Westminster clockwas so eittet-that no sensible error could be detected on 42 percent. of the days observed it was one second out, on 18 per cent. two seconds, «md on one ner cent, three seconds. ALL sorts of feats of surgery which were deemed impossible only a generation ago are now per- formed without great danger to the patient; and physicians, are able.to explore with an electric light the innermost recesses of the body, looking for what- ever may be wrong. They do not hesitate even to in- m vade tbe sacred temple of the mind, prying amid the grey thougbt-substance for causes of mischief. c AccdRniM to a Parisian scientist the greatest egg7 eating countries in Europe are England and Ger- many. In 1895 England imported 1,250,000,000 eggs i, fcr which We paid about £ 4,000,000. The, eggs came principally from'"Franc*. During the* same year Germany imported 20,000,000 pounds of eggs, representing about £ 4,000,000. Most of these eggs came from Russia and Austria-Hungary,
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AT an evening party recently, the hostess haQ bustled out of the room to arrange some detail of supper, or something. During her absence a young man sang a sentimental ballad-to the intense agony of the company. The hostess returned just after he had finished. As he had to leave early he approached to make his farewell. Good-night!" said the hostess, with the usual excess of amiability. Good- night I'm so sorry you can't sing The young man Crimsoned, and fled. THill other day a dinner was given in Johannesburg by two of the Reformers to those who were associated in their humiliation of last year. The menu was headed by a photo of the judge who presided over the trial; the serviettes were enclosed in handcuffs and as a prelude to the usual dainties, themealie-meal porridge, cooked in water, as served out in prison, was served round, the band playing a solemn funeral march. After that the banquet proceeded in a most satisfactory style. This anniversary, according to the Cape Times, is intended to be kept yearly. DR. W. Z. RIPLEY, of Columbia University, U.S.A., has shown in his Lowell lectures on racial geography how stature is distributed in Europe. The Scots are the tallest people in Europe-a fact known to an- thropologists for a good many years. When coupled with another fact, that they are also one of the strongest, probably the strongest, of European peoples, it goes far to account for their success in life and their remarkable history, especially the unique, or almost unique, example they afford of an old nation that preserved its independence against all comers—Roman, Dane, or Norman. THE King and Queen of Belgium have been mar- ried 44 years, but the Queen is as fond of riding and driving as ever, and her figure is as slim and upright as it was on the day she exchanged her rank of Austrian archduchess for that of wife of a king's heir apparent. The Queen is exceedingly super- stitious. She always spends the month of-January in comparative solitude, not only because then occurred the deaths of many of those near and dear to her, but also because she considers that it is at that time of the year that any new misfortune is likely to occur. It is certainly a curious fact that both the King's own son, his nephew, and his son-in- law, the unfortunate Archduke Rudolph, each died during the first month of the year. The Queen of Belgium is one of the fortunate ladies on whom the Pope has bestowed the Golden Rose THE people of Paris are hippophagus to a remark- able degree, consuming on an average over 20,000 horses and donkeys annually. Last year, according to the returns, the Parisians ate 23,396 horses, 439 donkeys, and 86 mules. This horse, donkey, and mule flesh, dressed ready for the butcher's block, weighed 5S79 tons, and was sold at prices varying from three sous to one franc per pound, the latter being the price paid for the best horse steaks. ON a certain island in the Pacific the natives are in the habit of confining their female children in cages until they are of an age to marry. These cages are constructed of palm-branches, and the girls are im- prisoned in them when they are two or three years old. They are not allowed to leave their cage under any pretext whatever, and they are only taken out once a day for washing. The children 1J1 said to grow up strong and healthy in spite of their incar- ceration.
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¡ MARKET NEWS.. j ■ -MAitx-LAwz.- Business was not active, but the tonewas steady. The sales of home-grown wheat in the leading markets of England and Wales during the 43 weeks of the season have been 2,273,409qrs., against l,377,425qrs. last season, the average being 28s 9d against 25s Id per qr. barley, 3,194,432qrs., against 3,352,588qrs., at an average of 24s 2d against 23s Od per qr.; and oats, 523,841qrs., against 626,560qrs., the average being 16s- 6d, against 14s Od per qr. English wheat was in demand, and was 6d dearer on the week. For foreign wheat there was a fairy inquiry at 6d more money. The flour market was firm at an advance of 6d. For barley the market was steady at full, prices. Oats ware rather dearer, with a fair demand. Maize was firm on former terms. Beans and peas were quiet at previous currencies. LONDON METROPOLITAN CATTLE.—The supply of beasts was below the average, but included a fair pro- portion of grass-fed cattle from the Midland counties. Trade for both prime and second qualities was slow but steady, and prices were well maintained. Fat butchering cows were difficult to move, and were weak. The best Herefords made 5s Scotch, 4a lOd Norfolks, 4s 6d to 4s 8d; Lincolns, 4s 6d to 4s lOd and fat cows, 3s lOd to 4s per 81b. The sheep pens were not so well filled as usual. Trade was steadier and firmer," and for weatheis 2d per Sib. more money was paid. Young ewes were firm, but old dull and weak. The best 7f to 8-stone Downs made 5s lOd; 10-stone, 5s 6d 10-stone half- breds, 5s 4d to 5s 6d; 12-stone Lincolns, 5s 2d to 5s 4d; and 10-stone Down ewes, 4s to 4s 2d per 81b. Lambs were in great demand, 5-stone Downs, 6s lOd to 7s per 81b. Calves were nominal. English milch cows, E14 to E20 per head. Quotations as follow Coarse and inferior beasts, 2s 4d to 3s 4d second quality ditto, 3s 6d to 4s 4d; prime large oxen, 4s 6d to 4s lOd; ditto Scotch, &c., 4s lOd to 5s; coarse and inferior sheep, So 8d to 48 4d; second quality ditto, 4s 6d to 5s 2d; prime coarse-woolled ditto; 5s 4d to 5s 8d; prime Sonthdown ditto, 5s 8d to 5s Wd; lambs, 5s 4d to 7s Od large coarse calves, 3s 2d to 48 4d prime small ditto, 4s 6d to 5s Od per 81b. to sink the offal. SMITHFIELD METROPOLITAN MEAT.—The supply of fresh meat was very short, and prices exceptionally tligh. Beef carcases 3s IOdJo 4s hindquarters, 4s4d to 4s lOd roastings, 5s 4d to 6s; sheep, ewes, 3s 4d to 3s 8d; wether, 4s lOd to 5s; ditto Scotch,-5s 6d to 5s Sd; hind quarters ewe, 4s 8d to 5s; hind- quarters wether, 6s to 6s 2d; veal, 3s 4d to 4s; lamb, 6s to 6s 8d; and pork, large, 3s to 3s 4d; small, 3s 6d to 4s per 81b. GAME AND POULTRY.-Targe English Guinea fowls, 4s to4s6d; small Italian ditto, 3s to 3s 6d; spring chickens, Is 9d to 2s 4d; Aylesbury ducklings, 3s 9d to 4s fat ortolans, 2s to 2s 6d ptarmigans, Is to Is 3d; fit quails, 1* 6d to Is 10d; turkey poults, 4s6dfeo ;,W; goslings, 4s to 4s 9d; large Norfolk ducks 3s to 3s 6d; Irish ditto, 2s 6d to 2s 9d Rus- sian ditto, Is 9d to 2s 2d; live ditto, Is 6d to 2s 6d; large fat capons, 7s 6d to 8s 6d; medium ditto, 4s to 5s; large tame rabbits, Is 6d to Is 9d; Surrey pullets, 3s 9d to 4s; and Russian chickens, 2s to 2s 2d each. BILLINGSGATE Fisn.—Prices: Wholesale: Scotch salmon, Is 4d to Is 5d; grilse, lid to Is; soles, Is 2d to Is 4d; slips, Is 2d; Dorys, 6d per lb.; turbot, 7s to 9s briH; 6s to 7s r plaice, 5s; halibut, 5s; lemon soles, 7s per stone mackerel, 7s to 8s per 60; live cod, 8s to 9s; dead cod, 6s to 8s; hake, 12s; roker, 8s gurnet, 8s; skate, 10B whitings, 48 to Õ8 per box; fresh haddocks, 3s to 5s 6d per trunk ditto, 12s per turn live eels, 20s; dead eels, 12s to 168 per draft; conger eels, 25s per barrel; whitebait, Is per quart; lobsters, 15s to 40s crawfish, 30a per score 'French oysters, 6s per 100; shrimps, 12s; winkles, 8s whelks, 4s per bushel; bloaters, Is 6d to 2s 6d; kippers, Is 9d to 2s 6d per box; London- cured haddocks, 3s 6d to £ s per dozen. BoitouGn AND SPITALFIELDS POTATO.—A moderate supply of potatoes was on sale. The trade was steady at tJie following rates Old Magnum bonums, 30a to 35s; main crops, 70s- to 80s per ton., New: Essex kidneys, 9s 6d to 10s 6d; Jersey ditto, 8s 6d to 9s 6d Cherbourg ditto, 8s to 8s 6d; ditto rounds, 6s 6d to 7s; Malta ditto, 5s 6d to 6s and Lisbon ditto, 5s 6d to 6s per cwt. SEED TRADE.—The customary summer quietade now characterises the seed trade. Sowing require- ments are naturally almost nil, whilst no speculation has yet arisen, trifolium promising to be cheap and plentiful. Mustard and rapeseed slow, occasional small orders still drup in for tarwi Bird seeds neg- iected. Peas and haricots unchanged. Butter beans offer cheap. CAMBRIDGE CATma-A good number of fat beasts were shown, and trade ruled better. A few more store beasts to hand, and nearly all cleared. A good supply of fat sheep, trade being brisker at more money. Very few store sheep were shown. A small show of lambs, and good trade. A better trade all ronnd for fat pigs. Prices: Beef, 7s Od to 8s Od; mutton, 4s 4d to 5B 8d; lamb, 8d to 9d; pork, 4s6dto 6s. BEADING dATTLE.-This market was not largely attended. The supply of beef was of fairly good quality and sufficient for the demand, which was somewhat dragged. Best beasts made 4s 4d to 4s 8d, and secondary 4s to 49 6d per stone. The sheep on sale realised prices varying from 5s 6d to 5s lOd per stone for small, and 5s to 5s 2d for heavy kinds. Lambs and calves changed hands at late rates. CORK BUTTBR.-Primest., 75s per cwt.; prime, 73s; firsts, 74s; seconds, 73s. Mild cured: choicest, 80s; choice, 75s; superfine, 80s; fine, 75s; mild, 71s. Choicest boxes, 80s; choice ditto, 73s. Kegs, super- fine, 78s.
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.1, READINGS FOR THE YOUNG. I now NBr/e EYES WERE OPENBD. J Wouldn't it be fine, mother, if we could work miracles to-day ?" exclaimed Harold, looking up from his book of Bible stories. "What sort of miracles, my son?" asked Mrs. Stuart. Well, making blind people see, and such things, said Harold. We can," promptly responded his mother. The surprised look on Harold's face called for an explana- Ion. I do not mean," said she, smiling, that we really can remove blindness, so tLat blind persons can see in the same way that you see, although even that miracle is often wrought, through the wisdom that God has given to doctors." Harold still looked puzzled and doubtful, espe- cially because his mother seemed much in earnest. He pushed aside his book and awaited an explanation. It camti. You know Ned Parsons, the blind sun of the woman who keeps the little sweetshop around the corner ?" .Ifarol,d nodded assent to his mother's question. 11 How would you like to help give him sight ?" iTfae boy sat bolt upright at this. Ned's mother is too poor to send him away to a school for the blind," Mrs. Stuart continued, "and so he cannot read or write. More than that, he is afraid to trust himself outdoors alone, and be does not have many good times. Now a certain boy that I know could easily spend an hour a day with Ned, reading to him and teaching him to read for himself, so that the great world of books would be revealed to him. Wouldn't that be opening his eyes in one way ? And then, too, this same boy, whose name is Harold, could go walking with Ned, and take him driving, and introduce him to the boys That would be opening his eyes still more. Furthermore, Ned could be taught to write, if anybody with patience would help him, and I know that he would be very iglad to be shown how to play on the piuno. Harold's eyes were opening very wide while his mother was speaking. She went on "Blind people can be taught so many things nowa- days, my son, that their blindness does not seem half as bad as it otherwise would. Indeed, education is to [them just like the opening of their eyes. Without it they would have to sit in great darkness all their lives. Do you suppose that my boy wants to bring.4 tgreat light into the life of Ned Parsons ? And do :you think he will have patience enough to keep up the work if be commences it ?" Harold sat very still for a few moments. Then he burst out with, I'll do it, mother; I'll do it!" And I am glad to say that be kept his promise faithfully. In just such ways as that, children, we all can help the blind, the 1a)11e, the eick, the poQr, and hungry. Are you willing to be this sort of a miracle-worker ?— Cft,riôÜalt m?be I: I", — .$F.W4 £ E OF SMALL BEGINNINGS.. Some workmen were,lately building a W"ge brick ,tower, which was to be carried up very high. In lay- IP9 a corner, one brick, either by accident or careless- cifiss, was set a very little out of line. The work went on, without its being noticcdj but as each course of Ibricks was kapt in line with those already laid, the tower was not put up exactly straight, and the higher they built the more insecure it became. One day, when the tower had been carried up about 50 feet, .there was a tremendous crash. The building bad fallen, burying the men in the ruins. All the pre- j vjous work was lost, the materials wasted, and, worse still, valuable lives were eactifleed-and all from one I; bick lai,d..wrong at the start. The wqrkman at fault I; in this matter little thai (ht how much mischief he was making for the futu/e. Header, do you ever think what may come of one bad habit, one brick laid wrong, while you are now building a character for life ? Remember that in youth the foundation is laid. See that all is kept straight. AN INTELLIGENT DOG. Pne.winder a day two little boys went, to the moun- tains to fetch some grass. They took their nets in their hands, and, after walking seven miles, they reached a spot covered with snow. Jtnder this snow they knew'they should find freah h gijass. They scratched up th £ snoW, fitted their nets with grass, and turned their', steps towards home. But, as they were £ oing down the mountain, a vast heap of snow from the mountain top came rolling after them, and suddenly buried them beneath it. Their little dog, which Bad run on before, soon missed his young masters, and turning back scratched up the so 'diligently that at last one of the boys Crept out. But where was thQ other? His brother began to "dig up the snow, hoping t6 find him, but he did not go to the right place. The dog was wiser than the boy. He dug at the right place, and at last found the poor child. lying on his face unable to stir. When the boys came home they related the whole History. J)o you not think this little dog must ever after have been a favourite and a. pet 'i—Milfurdh Visit to theLdpps.i. ,t- ,t\ I' A CONVINCING ARGUMENT, A young man entered the bar of a village-tap-room and called for a drink. J No, said the landlord, you have had too much already. You have been raving mad onoey and-I can- not sell you any more." He stepped aside to make room for a couple of young men who had just entered, and the landlord waited upon them very politely. The other stood by sullenly, and when they had finished he walked up to the landlord and said: Six years ago, at that age, I stood where those young men are now. I was a man with fair prospects. Now, at the age of twenty-eight, I am a wreck, body and mind. You led me to drink. In this room I formed the habit that has been my ruin. Now, sell me a few more glasses and your work will be done. I will be done. 1 will be out of the way there is no hope for me. But they can be saved; they may be men again. Do not sell it to them. Sell it to me and let me die, and the world will be rid of me but, for Heaven's sake, don't sell any more to them." The landlord listened, pale and trembling. Setting down Lis decanter, he exclaimed: God helping me, that is the last drop I will ever eell to anyone !"—Eailway Signal Sheet Almanack. BERTIE S FIRST STEP TO FAME. In a cosy, comfortable room a boy of about 10 years old was sitting on a rug in front of the bright fire, listening to a tale which his mother was reading to him. The book in which they were so interested was about Sir Francis Drake and his brave exploits. Bertie was meditating upon his own childish am- bition to be a soldier, like his father and he thought he would like to become as brave and famous as the hero he was hearing about. When he mentioned his thoughts to his mother, she told him he must leam to be good and brave in little things first. The next day was Bertie's birthday, and when his father gave him half-a-crown to do as he liked with he was delighted, and departed to spend his money on .a box of soldiers. As he was hurrying along, he saw a ragged little boy crying on a doorstep. Bertie inquired of him the reason of his grief. The child said that he and his poor invalid mother bad had nothing to eat that do.y, and that she had pent him to try and get a few coppers, but he could not. Bertie was so touched by his distress that he took him to a shop and purchased a loaf of bread and some cakes, giving the poor child the change to take home to his mother. He then went home, where his father asked him what he had bought, and when told, he felt very proud of his son. That night Bertie bad pleasant dreams, and awoke in the morning to discover the identical box of soldiers he bad longed for by his aide.—Sunshine.