The Pontypridd Chronicle and Workman's News

DEATH OF DR. FREDERICK THOMAS, TREORKY. The said intelligence reached Treorky on Thurs- day of the death, at the early age of 27 years, of Dr Frederick Thomas, medical attendant of the workmen at Abergorky, Ynysfeio. and Tylaooch collieries. Dr Thomas dittd at Madeira, whither be had proceeded some months ago for the purpose of recruiting his health. The news was received at Treorky, and indeed, throughout the neighbourhood,with universal regret. Deceased was the son of the lite Mr Edmund Thomas, Peuarth, formerly of Miindy Hall, Yatrad, and part-proprietor of tho Tynybadw and Gelli ool- heriea, which two or three years ago were sold to Messrs Cory Bros., of Cardiff. He established himself at Treorky about 18 months since, when he bought the medical practice of Dr R. J. Price, who now lives at Carmarthen. Dr Thomas then appeared robust and healthy, but two or three months later be eontracted a severe cold, and his ailment gradually, showed symptoms of a serious nature Having consulted eminent physicians upon his condition, he followed their advice, and-. visited Madeira, the climate of which brought him great relief. Subsequently be retnrned, having apparently recovered his health. Soon afterwards be mcrried a daughter of Mr Rees, of Maesteg, a sister to Dr Alfred Rees, Cardiff. Unfortunately, Dr Thomas's health again broke down, and the pulmonary affection from which he suffered neces- sitated a re-visit to the Madeiras. The general mildness of the island, however, proved of no avail, and he expired on Sunday week. It is stated that Dr Thomas baa been buried in the locality where he died. He was well known and highly esteemed in the Rhondda, and his untimely death is greatly deplored.

IToiistoN's Choicf.—•'Hob^on's choice means this or none." And the saying arose from a curioue practicu of a certain Tobias Hobsuu. lie was car- rier aitd inn-keeper at Cambridge, who erected tin Imndaoiiie conduit there, and settled "teveniaya" of pasture ground towards its maintenance. He kept a stable of forty good cattle, always ready anll fit for travelling; but wheu a man came for a horse he was led into the stable, wliere there waa great.: choice, but was obliged to take the horse whictt stood nearest to the stable-door; to that every customer was alike well servod, according to hiw chance, and every horse ridden with the seme iwl. tice. i Cost or Napolkok's Rxsidbmch a* 8r.] Hxleka. -—Among forgotten facts replete wit!a < public interest may be included the following, con- tained in the official statement made to the House of Lords by Lord Bathurat, at the time that. complaints were addressed to the English Parlia- stent relative to the treatment the captive Einiwror Napoleon I. was receiving at St. Helena. I, parte's steward," said lie in his speech, is in < receipt of one thousand pounds monthly for the • expenses of the ex-Emperor and bit household it, is the same sum as allowed to the governor of tll" island. Every fortnight eighty-four bottles of or- dinaiy wine are supplied for his majesty's table, with two hundred and sixty-six bottles of a) rung wine—namely, seven of Constautia. fourth-it of champagne, twenty-one of (irane, eighty-four of Teiieriffe, 81111 one hundred and torty of liordt aux. His household consists of nine persons, twaid* a children. Kvory fortnight fo^ty-lwo bottles of porter are allowed." Tho detention of Napoleon during tho six year* he passed al. Si, l^ehui* cost the country two millions sii'rMm!. n Printed by Davjes BrotheraJHflSE and 15, Mil* Street, Pontypridd, in the Conatjf of Glauergan, an Tridav, May 4th, lMM|; ftwow at I sr-I Station Street, Treherberi.

NEW MUSIC SHOP &PONTYPEIDD.. NEW HIRE SYSTEM FOIt PIANOFORTES FROM 10s MONTHLY. THOMPSON & SHACKELL, LIMITED, OF QUEEN'S BUILDINGS, CARDIFF, &0., &0., &0. NEW HIRE SYSTEM F O it AMERICAN ORGANS FROM 10s MONTHLY. THOMPSON & SHACKELL, LIMITED. i NEW HIRE SYSTEM FOR HARMONIUMS FROM 10s MONTHLY THOMPSON & SHACKELL, LIMITED. La T'jesT AND BEST STOCK OUT OF LONDON TO SELECT FROM. y. V r.,h,h>«e>nlk Photographs and fvlhj detailed particular s, sent, post free, on application- THOWPSON AND SHACKELL, LIMITED, b6, TAPF ST., ^OnSTT-Z-^EQ/IIDID g • :a* )f f åROAI NS for CASH just published Tuning orders promptly attended to. <; A • I > I isplay of SPRING FASHIONS HERNE Queen Street, Cardiff, «*- ARE NOW SHOWING AIL THE LEADING NOVELTIES IN Mantles, Jackets, Costumes, Millinery, Straw Hats and Bonnets, Laces, Ribbons, Gloves, Hosiery, Dress Materials, Washing Dress Fabrics, Black and Fancy Silks and Velvets, Sunshades and Umbrellas. ALSO THE VERY Best Value in Every description of Household Drapery A VISIT RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED. PATTERNS POST FREE. TERMS-CASH. 80 YEARS IN CARDIFF K. B. BOULTON, I ENGLISH A ND AMERICAN DENTAL SURGEON ACTON HOUSE, ROATH ROAD, Opposite University College, OARDIFF. Saving had great experience both in English and American systems of Dental practice, la enabled to give his patients the benefit of such experience in a manner which bat very few Dentists can offer; and being the Inventor of the Patent Composition, by which only a perfect impression of the month can be obtained, he is enabled to supply beautifully fitting Artificial Teeth of guaranteed workmanship, of ratoxaJ appearance, and which defy detection. No Sea-horse Ilory Teeth. No 3s. Teeth. No Rubbish of any kind. RELIABLE TEETH: Partial Sets from 59. to 30s. Each. Sets Upper or Lower II 60s. to 20 Guineas inventor of the Al Amalgam Stopping, as used by the best Dentists in Europe and Ametica. TEETS SAVED by fillings, which last from 10 to 40 years, at Moderate Fees. litrous Oxide Gas administered daily at Cardiff by the best 4 safest method. Repairs Executed promptly on our own, or upon work made by other Dentists, txlract firm the Chronicle" December 24th, -The work of lite Well-known Dentil Snrgeoh, Mr R. B. Briton, of Acton House Cardiff, is vry highly finished, and is the beife wiork we haVe ever seen." I -.a. HOME ATTENDANTS DAILY FROM 10 TO 5. wr&TtOJai. Anfk at "Mr Hakim* «,fce rv^. Xb,.tlt,h, :thn Second Wednesday in each monM, fr..Tii '1*> fh '3. -1: i ¡-j' 7 :«i ^«<I 31, DAJfVJU.K fctjAtr, ARK HILL, LONDON. I." .;0, f; f' -i- 1 S OUT HER N RUBBER CO. roo 811 Waterproofs! Waterproofs!! TO BE SOLD AT A GREAT SACRIFICE. During the months of March and April we purpose Clearing out the whole of our Surplus Stock at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES CONSISTING OF Gentlemen's Waterproof Tweed Coats from 13s 6d Ditto Ditto with capes 3. 148 6d Gentlemen's Waterproof Tweed and other Leggings from Is lid Ladies' Waterproof Mantles, best Make 4s IOd Waterproof Carriage Rugs of various qualities from 6s 9d Waterproof NursingAp-rons 31 Is Oilskin clothing in aU qualities and various prices. l Footballs of Best Quality 3s Id to 8s 6d I HOT WATER BOTTLES, CUSHIONS, AIR PILLOWS, BED SHEETING, &c. AT CLEARING PRICES. The above Goods, forming the surplus balance t.f; he present Season's Stock, are in splendid condition and of excellent value, and mu-ti he cleared out to make room for SUMMER GOODS. Wholesale buyers liberally dealt with. it THE SOUTHERN RUBBER CO., 801 High Street, Pontypridd. A SPLENDID SHOW OF Confectionery, Chocolate, Biscuits, AND FANCY GOODS, AT J. COOMB ES\ Market street, Pontypridd. TRY OUR CAKE, IT IS THE BEST km CHEAPEST. HOW TO MAKE MONEY! Ah There's the rub HOW ? NEARLY every sphere of labour is filled, but there are openings and here is one-Buy a. Bottle of HAGON'S FLUID HERBS, make sparkling delicioas Beer, Sell it at Collieries, Works, Railways, Foundries, Fetes, Fairs, Races, etc., WHEREVER THIRSTY MEN ARE TO BE FOUND MONEY MAY BE MADE easily and honestly, givingsatisfaction alike to Buyer aud Seller. HAGON'S BEER yields a handsome profit even when sold at the low price of a half-penny per bottle. One 6d. Bottle makes Fonr Gallons. One 18. Twelve do. HAGON'S FLUIU HERBS is a compound of Yarrow, Bardook, Comfrey, Sarsapariila, Hore- hound, Hops, etc., and is NON-INTOXICATING. Wtsterv. Mail, August 19th, 1888,—" We can honestly say that the drink (HAGON'S BEER) is thoroughly refreshing and cooling, and supplies a want in summer beverages. No boiliug is re- quired in its manufacture; the directions are simple and easily carried out, and when made the drink will amply repay the trouble." SOLE MAKER A.. mA-CS-ON-, MANUFACTURING CHEMIST, 39, BRIDGE STREET, CARDIFF, Sold by all Grocers everywhere. Insist on being | supplied with "HAaoN's" and note Trade Mark, No. 81*360, without which none are genuine. PEARS' QOAP PURE! FRAGRANT* O REFRESHING I tap i pat /"n aitj For TOILET ft NTJBSXKY. JjEAKo §GAP Exi/iB/rrox hosours, P-rwr»c<» x-N. T» F{/t*<n International Awe,lis fol E vRS QOAP absolute Purity and aUaicc vf Artificial C*loHrin<i. Artificial C*loHrin<i. pEARS' COAP Fair white hands t Bright clear complexion pEARS' OOAP Soft healthful skin. C PEARS' SÕAP PEARS' SOAP Is Specially for Sit Je1i- Pn i Dei ait) catfe Skill-bf ladles and children xjAJ.VO W UAJr and «tmts nenrntire to the wea- k_? their, Winter and summer. -Pro- pEAES'COAP gpSf"' "d Ptj »110) fN /"v a T1 ADELINA PATTI writes:— JVVKb VUAr .«i hxre found PEAfcS' SOAP JL KJ matehlcM for the Hands and PEAKS' gOAP T\VAPR' HAiP LANOTRY trrit^s:— MxiAXIvD WvAr "I hare much pleasure in st-iting M. KJ I have nxed PE\HH' SOAI t\ii T>Q> ft t» boom tunc, and prefer it tc T)EAES QOAP any other." XT K3 (signed) Lillif. Lan'Otky i DEARS' QOAP PEARS' SOAP-rati.t. i, JL 1/8, OW M. The 2'6 Tnhlet la P*n k Y*ni /-w a ■ pe^ftKiutcd vitt Otto of Kos'w. A EARS COAP ■■(allorTablet(■nsconted'1 isw)li kj atSd., but iaaaaton iiavinp Tcaix' rilely-iniurious imitations »r» I>AIi? QOAP oft»ti »iil>«titute>l for fxtm gaia. r„y*I pliARS'QOAF V .*>* 'P. )?. IL Th- Prit., cc of W^W I ESTABLISHED 39 YEARS GEORGE "GOODMAN, Pawnbroker, Clothier, Jeweller, and Furniture Dealer, 3 6 4, TRAM-ROAD, PONTYPRIDD, I In ooDee juftnoa of the low rate of wages existing at the T time in the neighbourhood, will offer his. Lar je snl varied Stock of New and Seoond-hund CLOTBIM, JEWELLERY, WATCHES xc., I'! At Priov t: thas; wili meet the requirements of all clasm T ntendin<{ purchasers of any of the above Goods ivjii be well repaid by a visit before pur- chasing elspwh-jrc. A good assortment of New and Second-hand HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE BEDDING, Ac. To be Sold for CrssL, or payable by WEEKLY INS! ALMBNTS. to :-n:t the Purchaser. Money advanced to any amount on Deposits of Deedn, DiaajondR, Plat«, Jewellery, or any other SOCHI it T 03. GEO. GOODMAN. 3 Jj' 4, Tram Road, Pontypriidd. GROCERY! GROCERY I GROCERY! FOR GOOD QUALITY IN Groceries and Provisions At very Tjjw Prices, go to the Town Supply Stores. Home Cured Bacon & Best Carmarthen Butter always in stock. Their Tea., A 1/4, 1/6, & 2ft is unequalled. TBE TOWN SUPPLY STORES, 7f, ToJI street, Pontypridd, T. W, JONES, Proprietor, mm DAYIES' .iI11 u Fruit Cotigh Balsam A pei'tniueat .;nre oi aU disorders of the Chest, Lur,a, Tbrosit, viz :—Coagh, Difficulty of Breathing, Hoopiup Cc c^fc. lioaryeu&Ba, Loeii of Voice, Influenza, Asttaa. ijvcmchitis, T'ltorcueM of Breath, Spitting of Blood. Us action ou children is direct, safe, and certain. _()- J. MTRDDIN DAYIES, A.P.S., Consulting liuti Dispensing CHEMIST (By ^.xAtmnatioB.) ( Late Qaa)'f'ed Dkpen^er of Medicine of the ApothMittritK Hall, London, 4, OXFORD 8TKEET SWANSEA. Tc be ofctameu o uioit caeoii^ts, in Bottlee, li ljd 2s Do, and 'p C ] oach. A:> not bavfncft in a^cV WiH innr.cdiatety c.btfnl if rcA^iested telle w. t,puLqw Agar. -Newberry Mid .Sens Thompson ^UUiu, 4 g^a4d 5'tethirrktert Bfwteiae •" '"Viatlors.' P '.tHpi ;^hoat*k< &>bos i:f>ifjM|i GEORGE'S COUGH BALSAM. For the Cure of Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Hoarseness, Wheezing, Influenza, Spitting of Blood, Consumption, Bronahitis, Whooping Cough, Ditfioulty of Breathing, and all Affeotions of the Chest and Lungs. Extraordinary Cure of a Cough of Six Years' staning, declared before a Commissioner to Administer Oaths in the Supreme Court of Judicature, England. I HENRY JAMES GAM MAGE, of 9 11G & 117, Widemarsh-street, in the City of Hereford, Contractor and Decorator, do solemnly and sinaerely de- clare as follows 1. About 8 years ago I had a severe attaok of rheumatic fever, from which, when I had recovered, I had a bad cough, and the medical man who atttended me, who is one of the Visiting Surgeons to the Hereford Infirmary, informed me that I never could be thoroughly cured from it. 2. From that time until about two years ago I have suffered more or less from the same cough, which at times was worse than at others. I especially was affected by it in the mcrninsxs when I got up, when sometimes I coughed until I was almost suffocated, and I thought I should be sti- fled. 3. During those years I consulted sev- eral medical men, from following whose advice I obtained no relief, and I have taken various patent medicines "vith the same result, and I had given up all hope of alleviating the cough. 4. About two years ago I was recom mended by a friend to buy a bottle of George's Cough Balsam, And although I had no faith in its proving efficacious, I gave way to my friend's im- portunities, and purchased a bottle. 5. From the First Bottle of George's Cough Balsam I took I felt greatly relieved, and I bought another bottle, which I took, and which effectually cured my cough, and since that time 1 have had no raturn of the oough. 6. If I find I have taken cold I tike a dose of the Balaam as a preventative, und I am now, aad htve been since I took George's Cough Balsam, As free from Cough as 1 ever was in my life. And I make a solemn declaration," eon- scientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of au Act made and passed in the fifth and sixth years of the reign of his late Majesty King William IV, intituled "Au Act to repeal an Act of the present Session of Pariia. ment, intituled An Act for the more effec- tual Abolition of Otths and Affirmation taken aad made in various departments of the State, and to substitute Declarations in lieu thereof, and for the more entire suppression of voluutary and extrajudicial Oaths and Affirmations, and to make other provisions for the abolition of unnecessary Oaths." Taken and declared at 16, Bedford-row, in the County of Middlesex, this 9th day of October, 1880, before me, C. LOCKE Molbs, a Commissioner to Administer Oaths in the Supreme Court of Judicature. HY. SMITH Gamkaoe. Mr B. A. George.-De-tr Sir,—Please send me three gross of Cousjh Balsam at once, as I shall b9 quite out in tfew days. The sale doring the present winter has been the greatest I have yet had, as many as thirty bottles having been purchased ac my shop in a day. rais has been oansed entirely by the recommendation of those who havq tested its effioacy. I am, dear sir, yours faithfully, Philip RALPH. v High Town, Hereford, January 17, 1886. CAUTION. The Public are particularly requested to observe that the words "GEORGE'S COUGH BALSAM" ar- stamped on each Bottle. None are Genuine without. The "COUGH BALSAM" will be found peculiarly serviceable for RELIEVING ALL PAINS, from whatever cause pris- ing, such as TOOTHACHE, EARACHE, PAIN IN THB CHEST OR BOWELS, DIAKBH(EA,&o.,&o. Sold in Bottles, at I/Li and 2/9 each, by most Chemists and Medicine Yehdors in the World. B. A. GEORGE, medical hall, PENTRE. PONTYPRIDD, Glamorganshire.

THINGS WORTH KNOWING Tub Wo!fT.KRf.—Tho so-called wonders of tlit ancient world were the Pyramids of Egypt, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Tomb of Mausolos, tlio Temple of Diana of Ephesns, the Colossus of Rhodes, the Statue of Zeu» by Pheidias, and the Pharos of Egypt, for which last if some- time give,, the Palace of Cyrus. Sthket SwKKPEKs—Up to the end of the last century, street. sweeping was not adopted in Paria After an excessive fall of raill. and a more thai ordinary accumulation of mud, small temporary woodeH bridges were established at the worst crome. ings. Theso bridges were on wheels, were light enough to bo pushed by a couple of men, and were removed as soon as there was no further need of them. Citarixo CRoat.—ChMinz Cross is so called from one of the crosses which Edward I. erected to the memory of his Queen Eleanor, who died 12!*], Charing being the name of the village iaa which it was built. Some contend that it derived its name front being the retting.place of the chert tegne ("dear queen"). It WAS a small villago in 13,j3, and the cross remained till the civil wars in the reign of Charles I., when it was destroyed as a monument of Popish superstition. A new cross was erected by the South-eastern Railway Company I in 1665. Tub Perfection OF Modern Typography.— It appears by a calculation made by the printers of Steevcns's edition of Shakespeare, that every octavo page of that work, text and notes, contains 2,tibU distinct pieces of uietal; which ia • sheet «oiottnt to 42,880—the misplacing of any one of which woald inevitably cause it blunderl With thit curious fact. before us, the accurate state of our printing in general is to be admired; and errata ought more freely to be pardoned than the fastidious minute- ness of the inscct eye of certain critics has allowed. Coal a W Public Nuisanok."—Coal, discovered In the year 1234, soon ma,le its way to London; but itt 12U6 and 1306 it was prohibited, on a petition from the nobility and gentry, who stigmatised its use M "public nuisance." This was not alto- get her • disinterested allegation, for it began then to interfere seriously with the consumption of wood for fnel, great quantities of which then grew around the metropolis, and afforded a oousid«rabie i&øm of profit in its sale. Coal seeing .however, to IIATO been generally used by brewers, dycrt, and other tradetnu»» itt 1358, and in litel the prohibition was •WWIWk ■