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GIOBGE'S INFANT POWDERS. ■ | E BryDhyfryd, Aberavon, Glam., Jan. 31, 18S7. ,.Ð&a.& SIR, Three years ag> one of my little toys, who 3iad been convulBed for about seven weeks, was itoiee given up by the doctor attending, when, as a wt resource, I telegraphed for a supply of yonr JPowders. The effect of giving him one was indeed •marvelious, 1J lets than twelve Loarg he was free from fits, and has never had one since. I needn't tell you I always keep a stuck in band, and should feel obliged by your sending rue- another packet —stamps enclosed. Yours faithfully, 1L W. LLOYD. Xr B A George, &c. CKEIOKS OF TEE PRESS. BABIES IN HEKEFORIJSHIRE.—The Registrar- ■tSeneral, in his re-cent ly issued "Quarterly returna," refers to the fact that the Dumber of deaths of in- iaDts has been far less in Herefordshire than in juay other county, being only 06, out of every 1,000 'births registeied, while in other counties it ran drom 154 tc 180 per thousand. his great local E JE!f:D» Will be paid to any person that will prove the above powders contain A Thousandth Part of a Grain of Opium in a Ton of them. The Proprietor guarantees thom perfectly harmlass to the youngest babe, and that they aw; more aotivii than anv in the market, 9 1 one fair avcl unprejudiced trial will convince the most sceptical. Head tbe remarkable and interesting testimonials around each packet, "Wor Fits, Convulsions, nflammation, Looseness of the Bowels, constant Vomitting, Bronchitis, SraUl Pox, Scarlatina, Measles, Fevers, and all the roubles while Teething, they will be found invaluable if given according to the special directions around Packet. PROPRIETOR AN INVENTOR— a j<il. gjbbos&<3ue2, Manufacturing1 and Dispensing* Chemist, PENTRE and TON, Hliondda Valley. I Hert-fordshire mothers giving their infant* "George's Infantb Ponders," or Europa Life 1 Preservers." of which one chemist alone in tlere- fordstiire (Mr P. Ralph) sells more than all otlEI j babies' preparations put together.- li erefci-v Journal. I MR B.GKORGE'SMEDTCAL Pr, EPA It a1 the advantages of wide publicity, articles in them- o selves worthless can have no enduring hold on tbe pcblic; but if they be of value, then it onlv requires to make them known in order to ere-te and maintain for them ttie a.d<,a,itages of poblk demand. This has heeo the C,lse pre-eminently with Mr George's Medical Preparations—notobl^ his Koropa's Infant Powders, which have touuc t.eir way throughout the United Kingdom, the Fuili4ti Colonies, and the United States, and are appreciated by all heads of families who .idministei tem to teif little ones. Mr George, having found a remedy for the many ailments incidental to infants, deserves the acknowledgement of the public for his enterprise ia making his preparation* knowo, and we are glad to hear that in addition to the gratification be must feel by the raany testi- a^ociala he receives of the efficacy of his Infante Powders and Congh Balsam, his commercial re wkrd is seoured.—Merthyr Telegraph, May 11,1887 NEW MUSIC SHOP PONTYPRIDD. t NEW HIRE SYSTEM FOii PIANOFORTES FROM 10B MONTHLY. THOMPSON & SHACKELL, LIMITED, F QUE EN.'S BUILDINGS, CARDIFF. L & & :«'«*,ta v NEW HIRE SYSTEM FOR AMERICAN ORGANS FROM 10s MONTHLY. 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TIUMS—CASH. | MEDICAL ADVISER. | —————— (Beaatifally Illustrated). pgjf tree with iiketeh&s and Details for Self Cure, (wider cover), 6 staAHfiS 'jf^riLLlAMS, MBDICAT.; PUBLISHER, P.M.Y., ^3^ MAHISCBJfli ST., ABERDEEN. THE PCKET MEDIC ADYISER. For the Bell-btatinont, of Nervous and tunc- tianal A ilmen £ *,ciacedb<j Overwork, tt ofr/i. Excesses, and otter entreating influences, and their Associated Evils. m.™ BY THF, NEW LOCAL TREATMENT. A. boon to aH delnlu aeU-u«.r« without ro- coorse to physic or the family doctor. Medical Beview. j A jjwtnsu writes thtis: Yo?tr Guide has cared mynelf and many part»iti*it«rs. SrjyFiiKEKS should procure thisjhandy Referee on various Ailments, and thaa avoid doctors' ees and oobbiectiouabi aedicine.Ga,- e tee. Vide—Medical Adviser. | hv >• ':> 1i.3 r THE PUaLIO HEALTH is of Ithe atmear, irup«rtanc«. Nothing oaa pre- t-erT8 it like UtroHK#' Bl.808 FILLS. Try a box of them and you wilt be of nviwced of their raarvellooi influence for all rilood, Skin, and Nerve dineaBes. b. 12-d, iis. 9d., aad <4h. 6..1. Of all medicine Vendw- CABBUUY BKO«. direct attention ti t.1I.e Dateh Cocoas and other Ongli.h imitations, ask. as pure te which about 4 per ceat. at Alkali ilad ether ilgeitte are added, to givo apparent atr«M«th to the liquor, bv maskirig it bt dark cttlonr. Ihia a, dditioia way bt detected by the scent wfcea ait is freshly evened. No Cocoa can b« Btr*iic»r ta.\» Oal bary's which is guaranteed AbSOLCJTELI Pt)"tW, mmumffmii 1 have a positive lww-dy for the above di; by its use ^isnnr.rui* ef eases ef the worst kiud and of loug staudiflf hare bftu cured. Indeed, so strong is my faith ia its efi-a tsat I iriU IIMd TWO BOTTLES FREE, togetbor witbe VALUABLE TUBATUBfi an this diseaao to any euffarflb cave AAdmmia full. Da. T. A. SLOCQS^U Stum TreeCI^ fttriflpton titivat, London. J < r i INFANTS' POWDERS, Marvellous are the effects of "GEORGE'S INFANTS' POWERS" Upon the Infant System. They are not only the very beat aad safest Medicine mothers can give their little ones dur;ng the anxious period of Teething, but they aot as a certain Specific for Fits, Inflammation, Bronchitis, Diar rhcea, Small-pox, Scarlatina, Measles, &c., Ac. Sold by most Cheatiats, in paskots, VH, or from the Proprietor, B. GEORGE PENTRE, PONTYPRIDD British School, Y strad Rhondda, Nov. 17th. 117", Dear Mr George, Pleasetaccept my most sincere thaaks fee tu Powders that you Bt-Dt me, for I really eeasider that they have saved the life of car little Maggio. who had ail the symptems of OonvaUiona, whiok began to abate in LEésS THAN AN HOUR AFTXR SHE TOOK THE FIRST DOSIG. I beg most heartily to commend thean to every mother aa the best ipedicine I have ever seen usad. Yours obediently, W. G. HOWBLJ. MFA]ff T PULTVVNUER& B^HM M BSUVOBMHraB.->Tfe« Ro^bstoar reo«nkly « fawt w^tW dtkOi of In- hsta IM WM fcfliii k Hereford* ihboliM ia wanty, being vnjf €5 o*t of thoasa»d birth* regiatoroA, ■whtlo l« olher eoaatiea it ran fro. M ts 190 per thousand. Thif gMallooBit Messing is largely 419 totiMmeMMl pro*n of Herefordshire v mmetKgfvfng t&»nr ntfants "Gsokoe'h iMlAjfts PoWDsev^of whieh oae che- mist alone is Emvfordshire (Mr P. BiApl)) m&i mere^tM all.other babies' preplfttioal put kogathor. The abore few of the May thousand ospreMwaa *wf the public as toiho WlruMl ei"oa ilr which frhoy are hold IW is who have tested tbeir andosbted power upon infants and young AUrn. f co ..c. I*PO«TANT.—The Proprietor wfshee those that give A GEORGE'S INFANTS' POWDEU a trial, to on"riit"d that the first, dose often preKtaeea votaiting, this must net- ahtran them; it is only a proof bhivt 6he nvwlietne ia predoeiiig hopeful offeots. ^Auwoit.—When von ask for GEORG!$ IK? ANTS' POWBIES < See that yia get them, as other rently cheap hot worthless SU64tituws mllY be offered by unprincipled pitt., t.ie3. Erory genuine packet has the proper label,, and the J n yeater's ftig- nature written on tho Government I *»' Staenp«» v NOTICB.t—The ttWo Vi (Cldiuijio • • GSOEaa'S IN!' AN'l'S' 'POWtns- 01: is oopyright, aad registered nuder the Trado Marks Act. Avoid all Soothing Syrups and so- oalled Pc.K-defe containing Opiam they kili more infants, that all tho diseaaofl pnt together. Seld by mori (Jlitml-ste and Medicins J" ( ev"ivhere, at 1/14 per ptwM. r THE LATEST MARVEL Ur B. A Gooiqatt,- Doat fcir,—i;*ood "oonlXh te ferww4 no auoUer grow of your 'Oorojfh "l tW (ft whieh J8 rmpKliy ineressim,ho this oiebrict tTirf<o»d( hnvtt rutrmr kagnm a»y that hrut iu> ebtUHBPd H ..UO ^r(V»a sen watrvFsaV «mrr.ni^i^i«in. am&, ciow,,t ki;r, ■.] p v F H, (IÆP RALPA Bifh Town, Hm,-tojp. ADVERTISE '■i A IN THE CHRONIC LB
ANOTHER THAMES MYSTERY. |
ANOTHER THAMES MYSTERY. | The officers of the Criminal lnveftijjul ion Depart- ment are busily engaged in llIakill inquiiies with respect to the discovery on the foreshore "f the River Thames, off Batterscil, of the bo ly or a male child, aged about six months. It, was found enveloped in a piece of old sacking, alll WJI*drewoJ in a white cotton chemise, white flannel petticoat, and a white wrapper. The chillI had been dead for about 24 hours, and from the marks on the body it is believed that death resulted from vio- lence. The body now lies at the parish mortuary awaiting a conger's inquiry.
SUDDEN DEATH ON A -TRAM CAR.
SUDDEN DEATH ON A TRAM CAR. (DENTIFICATIOS BY MEANS OF A CARKIKK l*I<;EON. As a tram-car was going dOWII Rcfishaw Street, Liverpool, a working-man who was riding outside was taken suddenly ill, and died in a few minutes.' He had with him. at the time a biwket eont^tiniug two pigeons. As there was nothing Ui sliow his identity histody was talfen to tlie Royal Infirmary, and the pigeons with the basket removed to the detective ottice, Dale Street. In the Coll i-se of a short time one of, the pigeons was tfllowod to fly away with a note tied round otie,cif its-legs re- questing the people to whom it went to communi- late with the Detective Department, as the petson who had been carrying the bird had been taken luddenly ill, and had subsequently did., The pigeon went straight home, and ih the course 01 llie day Williani Henry Eves called ab the detec- five office, and identified the body as that of his fether, John Eves, who resided at U house, 3 court, Southwell Streeb^Toxteth Park.
ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO JUMP FROM…
ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO JUMP FROM THE CLIFTON BRIDGE. Another attempt to dive from the Clifton Sus- pension Bridge has been made by Lawrence M Donovan, the American champion di/er. The Bristol police, however, frustrated his effort. Donovan had fixed a quarter to eight o'clock (high ide) for the attempt, and at that hovit about 700 persons had assembled, and a number of constables wero patroltiug the bridge. Dortovan took up hrs position in tho' centre of the bridge, but was fol- lowed about for three-quarters of an hour by the police, who provetited him from effecting hia pur- -ose. He then left, followed by a large crowd, ome of whoril hooted him. Two boasts were .&tioned in the river below to assist him..YAF- —— 1 rV. V 1
THE ALLEGED THEFT AT WOOLWICH…
THE ALLEGED THEFT AT WOOLWICH ARSENAL. Henry George, foreman moulder in the shell tmndry, W oolwich Arsenal, and Horace Russell, wiltractor's foreman, surrendered to their btQ, ab Woolwich Police Courb on a charge of stealing timber from the Arsenal. Mr. Angus Lewis prose- fated for the Treasury Mr. Geogh'egan was couu «el for George and Mr. Greencp for Russell. Mr. rfarsiiam, after hearing further evidetice,, said it trtis a suspicious case, but he did not think a,rtjf jury would convict. Tlie prisoner Cox, therefore, 110 discharged. The result was received with loud demonstrations of applaniso by a large number tf* I Araenal employes who were in court. Inspector Keevil asked if his lordship would make an ordot Soticerning tlie wood, but Mr. Marsham replied i* could hot do Cliat.,
■ AN ADVENTUROUS YOUNG THIEF.
■ AN ADVENTUROUS YOUNG THIEF. A lad of singularly adventurous turn of mind has just been arrested, by the county police at, Can- terbury. Ho is It) years of age, named Robert Brand, and has for somo time past been'employee* as ship's boy oiL board the barge Emily Jane. It seems thab he was somo time ago an. inmate of a reformatory school, and while out on leave joinoll the Emily Jane, which at the time of his escape was lying- olf the Columbine sandbank, ileiit- Whit- stable. Tho mate of the vessel states that, having nearly co:nplete«I tlie preparations for. dinner, he lay down and went to sleep. The captain, tho boy, and hiniiclf were the only persons on bnaid. The boy Wa engaged in finishing the cookilw when he wellt to sleep, but had disappeared when ho awoke. He (the mate) did not think much about the matter until he missed his purse, containing nearly ->r)s., from the cLalf over his bunk. lie afterwards saw another vessel come down with two bo:.ts in tow, and suspected that they had picked rp the runaway, which surmise proved to be cor- rect). Being arrested, the lad denied any know- ledge of the money, but a fellow-prisoner who was confined in the same cell gave upfis. which he said tilo Y-olit'!l had given him. While at the pnlico- statiofi Brand, lyade-a statement, to police-constable Mullard to the effect that he had been ill-treated on board the Emily Jane, and that the captain re- fused to supply him with money to buy some medi- cine. no gob into the boat; while the captain and mate were asleep, ctt-kt her adrift, aii(I woiib to t'ea with the intention of getting away. He after- wards tried to make for tlie laud, but was unable to do ,"0, and after being at sea for some time was picked up by a passing vessel and taken to Whit- stable. The prisoner is under femand charged with the theft.
THE " IIUGH~OLDHAM" LADS'…
THE IIUGH~OLDHAM" LADS' CLUB. Very great interest is being taken by the hoys ,of the Manchester Grammar School in the Working Lads' Club now being established un lor their auspices in Livesey Street, between Oldham and Rochdale Roads. Already a very considerable sum of money has been raised in the school, and the enthusiasm of the boys is daily increasing. A special feature in connection with this will be the library and reading-room, and hole the boys have worked with indomitable energy. They have already contributed, as a nucleus of the library, 150 volumes, and promises to supply weekly perio- dicals have been given by several boys and by tho Debating Society.. A most gratifying present has been received from Messrs. Macmillan, of London. They have sent to the library no less than 100 carefully selected and valuable volumes, comprising travels, novels, and biographies—in fact alt tho best of their publications. The Lads' Club, tha Grammar School, and the many friends of the I movement throughout Manchester and its stibiirb., will feel grateful to Messrs. Macmillan for thew judiciously selected and generous present. Furthe help is greatly desired either in money or books. 1
3 ' I I UNCOMPROMISING MAGISTRATE.…
3 I I UNCOMPROMISING MAGISTRATE. •Another abominable case of cruelty to a child hi just come to light. Patience Lee, living in Ljving.*ton Road, Clapham Junction, was brought up at Wandsworth on a warrant, in default of ap- jifcaring to a Summons, charged with burning her step-daughter, Annie Lee, aged 12 years, with a red-hot poker. lr, Waters, solicitor to the Society far the Prevention of Cruelty to Young Children, appeared to prosecute. The girl was called up to gjve evidence, but the magistrate was unable to elicit answers to his questions.—Dr. (jaue, of Mecklenburgh Square, suigeoti to the Society, gave an account of the examination of the child. He said her body was covered with bruises. He counted 20 cuts on the back, apparently caused by a stick. There was a burn on the left side of the neck four inches in length. The child IUIII also II. black eye, and wan in a very dirty and filthy state. Ttte ins|>ector also said that he questioned the girl, in the presence of the prisoner. She said that her mother gave her the black eye. He asked her how tfte wound in the neck was caused. She said ht> motlter did it with a poker. The prisoner denied ( burning titechitd. She said the child was at tlie fij-e when the poker Jell upon her. Mr. Montagu Williams said he would not waste words on tho prisoner, as he looked upon her as a fiend in the shape of a woman. He wouM not send her for trial, because there was a possibility of her getting off on account of her influence over the child, who appeared to be afraid of her. JiX He committed her te prison for the full term of six month* with hard Jabour. Replying to the magistrate, Mr. Waters said the child would remain for the present in the shelter belonging to the Society.
DEATH OF THE RECTOR OF WARRINGTON.
DEATH OF THE RECTOR OF WARRINGTON. The Rev. "William Qneketfc, M.A., rector of War- rington, died the other day, aged 8-1- The de- ceased gentleman was a native of Somersetshire. The ability and energy which, as curate, -he dis- played at St. George's-in-the-Eaft received a fitting acknowledgment from the pen of the late Charles Dickens. He was for thirty-four years rector of Warrington. The living, of which Lord Lilford is he patron, is worth £ 1,200.
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Sturgeon are being caught in Oregon rivers in 'uch great numbers that the local markets are overstocked. A country surgeon, who was bnr1, was on a visit ito a friend whose servant wore a wig. After ban- tering him a considerable time. the doctor said: to You see how bald I 11.01" and yet I don't wear a wig." True, sir," replied the, servant. "but an empty barn requires no thatch." On the outside of the door Kavanagh had written the of Dante, Think illat lro-dfly aliall never dawn ngttinf that it might a'\v:t\'S serve as a salutation and me- mento to him as ltd entered. ( Mr, l'rudhomme Instructs his Grandchild. Grandpa, the snn is brighter in summer than in winter, is it lIot? "Yes; and it's warmer and enjoys better health." Why does it enjoy better health? Because it gets up carliel." .I Your. daughter! Is it possible? Why, you look more like twin sisters." "No, I assure you she is my only daughter/' re- plied tlie pleased mother. An I the polite old gentleman spoiled it Jail by re- j marking; WII, sho certainly looks old enough to be your sister. It beenrne more and more clear to him that the life of man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreaiak but in active charity and willing .service. A man hid in a doorway, and jumped out and kissed his wife. Slile didn t whoop and yell as lie expected, but remarked, in a whisper "Don't he Ciiiite so fast, please; people about here know me." A labourer, while breaking stones on the road- Z, side, having a s ade over one eye as a guard, was thus accosted by a companion: I gty, 'I'lillil]]Y. lias t 'ce lost all eye? 41 Why," replied the other, "hast leef,)itii(i one? Sunday-school teacher, about to comment on St. Paul's directions for the conduct of men and women during divine service: "Now.do pm know why women do uot take off their bonnets in church ? >m/ll Bo;i "'Cos they ain't got ho looking- gl-,tiises to put 'eiik oil itgtiii by." "t say, John, where did you get that horrible- looking hat? pleai-e yer honour," said John, it's an 0)11 ono of yours that missfe gave me yesterday when you went to town." What do you propose te) take for your cold? It said a lady to a sneezing gentleman. "Oh, I'll sell it very cheap, I won't higgle about the priue itt all." I'm all heart," said a military officer to his com- r.i'ies. i,iiy you're not part pluck," said his,superior in conn^iiind. To make anything very terrible, obscurity seems in general to be necessary. When we know llio full extent of any danger, when we can accustom jjur eye to a great deal of it, the apprehension vanishes. The best time to frame an answer to the letter of a friend is the moment you receive it Then the warmth of frieiitlaitip itiid intelligence reCciVCtllllllst forcibly co-operate. A person was boasting that he had sprung from a liigit fitillily, Ie4, siti(i n bystaiiiler, I liave seen some of the tame family so high that their liet uculd not touch the ground flot in i,riit-ititig," said it yoiiiig '?a,] 'v to i litit, ni tlit- w (I"wl tti,e geitilig atil t ;e nowadays, we L:o,)r girls liiive W resoul to artili,e.'
FllOAl CITY COiiRESPOXDl-KK
FllOAl CITY COiiRESPOXDl-KK TTTE rumours of, a sudden boom of oppr¡.tJOTJ t the Local Government Bill are r:dici.!omdy- un- founded. The bill is obviously hicom; ie: e. Uut the. Liberal leaders find nothing, in its ructttre wiiich they are inclined to oppose o;i the <;iiest.io* uf principle. The dealing with seeixnl -vy and other authorities such as boards of guardians, the division of rates between owners and occupiers, or modifications of the plan as to compensation for licences—these and other points will be I But no leader will support the immedia;c «.tns- ■er of Bond on police to the elected autho- rity. Oil the Budget the main attack will. bo rpoa tiie arrangement a- to the !I duties. Tuere will be a party meeting of the Tories with regard to the Local Government and taxation Bills, but no general meeting of ..the Liberals or of the is yet of. Mini-ters talk of getting through the Committee on the bill by Whitsuntide, but that is more than appeal* likely. Thf. good work which is being done by the eminently philanthropic organisation known as Dr. Barnardo's Homes deserves even better recog- uitiou than it has vet received. Thousands of destitute and neglected -children-have been rescued, from a life of misery and shame through he instru- mentality of this excellent charity. In round numbers, three thousand boys and girls trained hr. the homes since their establishment have been settled in Canada alone. This number includes the party of over two hundred lads who ieft Euston the other day for the Dominion. Some of the.-ia will form the first party of settlers on the new industrial farm of eight thousand acres which tha trustees of the homes have acquired in Manitoba,. » but the majority will be placed in suitable situa- tions by -Or. KarnardoV. agents in Toronto art! elsewher^'? There is, donhtlelo-c. room enough in Canada for all the boys and girls that such raining institutions as Dr. Barnardo's Holies can ami therefore it is'desirable that liberal support, should be given to the Doctor and his coadjutors by tho-e who are aware of the evils arising from the cOlIges tion of population at home and are seriously work- ing to remedy them. IF Englishmen take their pleasures sadly they are at all events very devoted. It is of no user whatever to talk of the Local G overnment Bill or the Budget. Politicians are all in tourist "hater and overcoats careering in the gondolas of Londoa to this or that railway station and if they say any- thing it is to grumble at the we ither, which is noC all that could De desired for the first holiday tirao of the year. The weather might be worse. It is not cold, and the holiday-makers who have fillett the trains have been very numerous, and are not much dependent on weather. There has been tendency of late years to be much more niechanicat and eregarious as to holidays and whftc Whit- week is a more general holiday in the North, Et'% brings rest from labour to a larger number in tho South. Education, temperance, railways with tlie very comfortable and well-appointed tliird claaa carriages, have made the travellers at these time* ten to one of those who journeyed a goneratkHV back, when the third-class carriages of the southern railways were open and shallow: pens such as sheep- would not now be put into. If the weather iinprovem., the out-pouring horn London in the next few -doyai,* will be enormous. 1.1 IF it be true, as is reported, that "maay liveft. have been lost" owing to the escape of sewer-gas into certain houses in a road at Hammersmith, our- sanitary regulations must still be deplorably defec- tive. It is true that a committee of the vestry- have just come to the conclusion that it is higtk.- time to do something, and have resolved to call upon the owners of the houses in qnestioo "to put the drains in a proper conditioa but how detec- tive is the system by which the public health ia supposed to be guarded when no attention is gives to insanitary dwellings until they have caused thar • death of somebody It may be that th^ dangerous^* condition of these houses is largely due Ifc the way that the main sewer is put down, pvltjch, -it in- rumoured, has a fall of only two feet ih three Uhoa-: sand feet. If many such sewers as this' have been? • constructed with the sanction of the A] etropolft&W, Board of Works during the last twenty-five yeartj, it is* hardly surprising that there should tie period!- cal epidemics in London. It is quite certain thalr if every house, on becoming vacant, were carefully inspected and tested by sanitary experts before receiving a new tenant the death-rate in the metropolitan area would be materially reduced. -'t MR. IIOSETTA HOFFMAN may say, with the melan- choly Jaques, that "one ,man in h,is time :plaYIJ many-parts." At any rate he seems to have qolMJ. so. To be at one time a Polish Jew, then a Swi and presently a German, argues that the. well- dressed individual who thus distinguished himself. before he appeared in the dock of a London police- court the other dayhas considerable ability as a." linquist, ae well as impersonating imaginary peo- ple. At one time he is alleged to have posed ag a poor German professor in bad health, at another ha said that he was greatly in need of funcig tp get back to his friends at Warsaw. lie declared, on V. certain occasion, when he boldly visited the Rua: sian Embassy here that he Was the son of General Hoffman, but elsewhere he announced that his father was Professor Max Muller. By Hosett*. Hoffman's own account he has had two fathers burnt alive one through the disaster at the Vienna Theatre, and the other, by a strange coincidence^ through that at the Opera Comiipic in Paris. lfv would, perhaps, have been only reasonable to sup- pose that, after these bereavements; Hoffman was ■' left fatherless; but he does not apparently take that view of hi3 position, for he has claimed to have, as I have said, a third father in the distin- guished author of The Science of Language." The inconsistency of these statements have given rise, as may be supposed, to unpleasant misunder- standings which have been complicated to a pain- ful extent by his obtaining, as alleged, money from various persons in and about London by these representations. If the police are not mistaken Hoffman is the same man who in 1879 assert ed that he had a fourth father killed in the Franco German. War. The "magistrate's opinion evidently is that this man is an impudent impostor but Mr. Partridge 7 has sent him to be dealt with at the sessions. TJIKRK must be an excessive amount of laxity in the management of a workhouse when a free fight, can take place in the room assigned to oakum-pick- ing, and be continued ujjtil fatal injuries have been inflicted, without' interference on the part of theu- authorities. The inquiry conducted by theCoronet, for Lambeth into the circumstances which resulted in the death of Samuel Wager, who about a fort- night ago was an inmatp of the workhouse of the— uipon of that district, elicited evidence sufficient, to show that the discipline of that establishment is at a very questionable level. It was shown that, Wager and a number of paupers were performing. their allotted tasks in the oakum room, when an altercation about a piece of wood took pace between him and another worker named Roberts. In the course of the dispute Wager lost hid temper, and, approaching Roberts, struck him a. violent blow on the face. A fight ensued, during «wh:ieh the twa men closed, and in the struggle both fell. On re- gaining their feet they resumed the fight, againL. closed, and again fell. This time .Wager was un- able to rise, and it was observed that b.oud wae flowing from his mouth. Hewjs removed to the infirmary, where he died, after lingering exactly a' fortnight. A post-mortem examination revealed the fact that five of his ribs on one side and tVnir on the other were fractured. Pneumonia and pleurisy ensued, and, on the evidence given, the jury re- turned a verdict of death by misadventure. -Tna&»*. much as the fatal injuries inflicted were'the can quences of a quarrel, and were not in any degree premeditated, the ascription of misadventure' is. allowable, but the failure on the part of the work- house officials to exei c'ise proper supervision over the room in which the men were at work appears to us a culpable oversight. J'"
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Signor Crispi has received the viewsof th.0 French Government upon the latest Ita I iall proposals for the conclusion of the commercial treaty between France and Italy. The treaty between the United States and Clinjw has been printed. The clause prohibiting the porlatioll of Chinese into the United SUtt.es fur a-, period of twenty years refers to labourers only <