The Welsh Coast Pioneer and Review for North Cambria

ABERGELE WO)-IAN'S FATAL FALL. CORONER ON LOW-STANDARD LIVING. PAINFUL DISCLOSURES AT THE INQUEST. (From Our Reporter). A distressing fatality, the news of which caused a painful sensation in the district, occurred, in Rhuddian-road, Abergele, yes- terday week. B-et-ween four and fiv-c p.m., Albert Edward Jones, the tliii't'oen-yeajr-old sou of Robert Jones, bricklayer, and Susannah Jane Jones, of 4, Rhuddlan-road, (discovered the body of his mother .at the foot of tihe stairs. He im- mediately informed the neighbours, who sent for Dr. Hug-h O. Hughes, but life was found to be extinct, itlie bas>? of deceased's skull having been fractured. The victim was forty-two years of age, and the (mother of three ohildren, of whom the youngest is Albert Edward. THE INQUEST. The Coroner for West Denbighshire (Mr Robert Davies) held an inquiry into the cir- cumstanoes at the Wos^.eyan School room, on Thursday evening. Thie investigation Lasted ov,er two hours, and tlhoe Coroner described the story of the fatality as a. very dark one. Mr E. Williams, J.P., Morannedd, imms eilocfced foreman of the jury. The Coroner submitted ,in the report pre- pared by the police to the effect that on the previous day, at 4.30 p.m., Albert Edward Jones. 13 Years, soil of Robert arid Susannah Jones, went home from school, -and found his mother unconscious at the ^bottom of the stairs. lie called Mrs Pownall, .a neighbour, and Dr. Hughes was sent for, and he pro- nounced life to ,boe extinct. No marks of violence were found on the body. The re- port further stated that deceased's husband was in bed at the tirre of the. accident, and that he had been drinking during the day. THE EVIDENCE. Robert Jones, bricklayer, living ,at 4, Rhuddlan-road, identified the body as that of his wife, Susannah Jane Jones, whose age was 42 years. He was at Abergele all day Wednesday, but ,not at work, and as far as he knew, his wife was at home all day. He left the house at ü.45 in the morning, and went to the Gwindy Hotel, where he apent an hour. During the morning he also called at the Pemybont. Hotel. On returning home at noon, he saw his wife, who was addictcd to drink. She was then under the influence of drink, but not excessively ao. He left the house again at, 1.30, leaving deceased in the house. He could not remember wliere he 'went, but about three he visited the Hesketh Hotel, and took drink. His wife .came in after him, and her condition then was worse than when he osaw her at noon. By the Coroner: She was unable to walk sJteadily, and in such a .condition she was liable to fall. Proceeding, witness said deceased left the hotel, a.nd in a few minutes he followed. On ■ar-rivinir at "Wie house he noticed his wife in the kitchen, but he proceeded straightway upstairs to the bedroom to lie down. He could not say whether there was anyone else in the house at the time. His wife and him- self were on excellent terms, and HAD NO QUARRELS AT ALL -certainly -none during Wednesday. On lying down he went to sleep. He could not say whether his wife came up after him. His next recollection was of hearing someone shouting at the foot of the stairs that his wife was dead—he thought it was Mrs Pown- all 's voioe. He got up, and from the stair- top saw the body near the front door. By the (Coroner He heard no voice of a fall. The deoeased had fallen downstairs on a. previous occasion, and was very badly hurt. Drink wa-s the cause of that fall. Albert Edward Jones, son of the last wit- ness, said on going homo from school, at half-pa,e-t four, he found his mother on the floor at the bottom of the stairs in a pool of blood, her head towards the front door. He ran to Mrs Powiiall, who lived close by. When he .passed through the kitchen Wil- liam Wynne was just 'taking a chair. Wit- ness did not. speak to him, but went (straight past him to the baok. Wynne was for isome time a lodger of t'heirs, but had now (left, though he often visited their house. By the Coroner: I was very frightened when I saw mother on the floor, but cannot say whetlher or not she wasdead. William Wynne, a farm labourer, living in Baryta Coch Cottages, (said he was at 4, Rhuddlan-road, on Wednesday morning, and went out with Robert Jones a little before seven o'clock, leaving deceased in the house. They went to the (fwindy, and had a glass of beer. After that he went to Bryn Coch. During the aftei'noon he saw the deceased at tho He&keth Hotel. He afterwards went to 4, Rhuddlan-road, where he slept for a wflrile in a chair. He had had two or three glasses, but was (aober. Deceased 'was in the house then, and ho believed her husband was, too- upstairs in bed. He heard someone talking in the bedroom above t!he kitchen be- fore he. went to sleep, but the speaking was NOT IN TERMS OF ANGER. He saw thJe boy coming in, but heard no 'noise of anyone falling downstairs. Mrs Pownall drew his attention t>o the body of the deceased near the f-ont door. He then got up and walked away. Mary Pownall, wife of Charles Pownall, of Field Cottage, said .that aftsr Albert Ed- ward Jones cal'ed, she hurried to the de- ceased 's house, and found her lying on her side in a pool of blood, which flowed from her eat-saild (nostrils. Deceased did not utter a souind. Witness called Alice Davies, a neighbour, who went for Dr. Hughes. She saw William Wynne in the kitchen, and told him ho 'was the cause of "Wednesday s mis- chief." The Coroner: What did you mean by tell- ing him that? Witness replied that she meant that Wynne had started the day's drinking. I She told him so, and eetat him out of the house. ;Ro- bort Jonce. would not have drrmk heavily had Wynne not accompanied hIlIÍ Withfesg spoke to the deceased about nine o'clock in the morning, and sho thoen appeared sober, but had had a little dirak. By the Coroner: If tihere had been a quar- rel between deceased and hex husband, wit- ness would have heard it from her back door. There had been many a quarr-ei at No. 4, but none on Wednesday. She had never seen Robert Jones exercising violence towards his wife, but had on one or two ooca-sions wit- nessed scuffles betwoen them—nothing harm- ful. Theresa Kesterson, another neighbour, de- posed 'that at 4 p.m., or. Wednesday, &he had seen deceased coming from the Hesketh. She was in drink, and staggering somewhat. Five minutes later her husband followed, and he was also in drink. If there had been a quarrel witness would certainly have heard it. Soon after four o'clock, she heard f, sound, as if someone had fallen downstairs, and then came ONE PITIFUL SCREAM. Ten or fifteen minutes later, tlie boy went in'to -the house, closing the door behind him; witness then saw Mrs Pownall coming out by the front door. She had heard quarrelling at No..4, but mover anything very serious. Charlotte Rudge, employed as barmaid at the Hesketh Arms Hatoi, said she knew Susannah Jane Jones, who occasionally came- to the Hesketh, and at times drank to ex- cess. On Wedneeday, deceased called about noon, and took a pint of beer home. During the afternoon 'she again called in, this time to eee if her husband was there. He was in, and he had had some drink; but d:d not seem to be undid- the influence of drink. She told him he was wanted, and he then left. Wit- ness would not say that deceased was drunk when &he called in the second time. The Coroner But we have had evidence that she was. Witness replied that rite had several times søe.n deceased very drunk, and that led tier to think that she was no't oCarly so bad on Wednesday afternoon. Dr. Hugh Owen Hughes, of Uwcli-y-don, said he found deceased lying at the foot of the stairs, life being extinct. Ihe base of the skull was fractured, and he attributed death to that cause. He examined the body, but f-ound no other wounds or marks of vio- lence. By the Coroner: A fall of the full weight of the body on the head ironi but a fe'w steps could easily cause such a fracture. He be- lieved the woman VTas going upstairs, and fell backwa-rds from about the third step. Had iJie fallen from the top, her body would have borne bruises of bumping from sl-cp to step; and tihe injuri.e.s would have been of a much more serious nature. There had been profuse bleeding, and death was instan- taneous. CORONER'S HEM ARKS. In summing up, tihe Coroner said that in oixlor to .satisfy the public, it wfcs always their bounden duty to hold a du and proper and exhaustive inquiry into the circumstances attending such cases. In this instance, a sudden suspicion had arisen, but the evidence had allayed it. Th-e story -of the fatality was a. most regrettable one, depicting a sad ex- ample of a low-standard lite. Tlie deceased had become a victim of drink, ,and of de- praved habits, and he felt extremely sorry to see it in Aberge'e-r^a town where there were such stalwart temperance reformers. They looked to the friends of purity in the neigh- bourhood to do their It to eliminate this sad feature from the life of the town; with that, however, they could do nothing ,tihat evening. Having regard to the evidence, ho recommended that a verdict of "Accidental death" bo aiciturned. They had haard there had been quarrelling, but no evidence had been submitted pointing to any great violence on the part of the husband. In conclusion, tho Coroner characterised the conduct of the husband and wffe and Wynne as dimply shocking. Not only were the deceased and the wo men in drink, but the men did not know really what had happened. After brief deliberation, the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death."

NEW RESERVOIR FOR FLINTSHIRE. • OPENING CEREMONY. On Monday at Cileen, near Mold, the opening of a new reservoir took place on the slopes of "Moel Famaiau" Mountain, which divides Flint- shire from the Vale of Clwyd. Tho reservoir has been rendered necessary by the growing de- mands of the district served by the Hawardcn and District Waterworks Company, which in- cludes Buckley, Hawardcn, Shotton, Sandycroft, and a number of villages lying between the Moel Fammau Reservoirs and the Dee Estuary. The coroniony was performed by Mr James G. Frost, the chairman of directors, in tho presence of a large company, including Mr J. W. Summers, M.P., Mr R. G. Roberts (chairman), Mr H. G. Roberts (clerk), and various members of the Hawarden Rural District Council; Mr Joel Wil- liamson (chairman) and members of the Buckhv Urban Council: Mr R. Lloyd Davies (chairmanj and members of the Holywell District Council; Mr John Jones (chairman of the Saltncy Parish Council); and others.

Mrs. M. J. Evans, 58, St. Mark's Road, Easton. Bristol, who says I have had such awful pains in my back and loins thnt many a time --= I have had to crawl up and down stairs ot) my hands aii(I kneef. I couldn't help crying out with the pain, it was so cruel. Afterwards I became dropsical my legs were full of water. The swelling spread to my .0. body, and I became a dreadful size. "The kidney secretions were scalding, and sometimes I passed scarcely any. "The doctor sid I had dropsy and kidney trouble. I had come to him only just in time, he said but his medicine did not do me any good, and I began to get very low and miserable, for I thought I should never be well again. Soon after I started with Doan's Backachu Kidney Pills, however, I began to pass more water, and gradually the dropsy went awny. "It was wonderful how Doan's Pills eased tho backache, too; I used to bo always holding my back, but now! can get about splendidly." When the kidneys are weak or diseased kid- ney poisons are left in the blood, and too..e poisotis make you feel tired, drowsy, and low; they bring on urinary disorders, gravel, dropy, and rheumatism; they mikti your head bad and your back weak, and you grow despondent and irritable. If, ^therefore, you are ill, give your kidneys help in Donn's,. Backache Kidney Pills, tho special kidney and bladder medicine. 2s 9d a box, 6 boxes 13s 9d; of all chemists and stores, or post free from roster-Mc-.Clolfari Co., 8, WeOs-strect, Oxford-street, London, W. Be sure you get the ssume pills as Mrs Evana had.

LLANFAIRFECHAN URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. THE CONDITION OF THE CEMETERY. THE MINSTRELS. The monthly meeting was held on Tuesday evening. The Chairman (Mr J. Harri on) pre- sided, and tile other member* present were: _.6 I (,;I., G. N Mossrs T. G. Morgan, W. G. Roberts (C-ainar uanc), Robert Tbomaa, T. J. Ow«n, J. D. Wil- liams, W..Tramins, Harry Jorss, with the Clerk (Mr W. H. El!is), the Suiveyor (Mr Ilughü,), and the Collector (Mr J. R. Morgan). ENLARGEMENT OF THE MODEL YACHT POND. A better was read J.tvHl the Board of Trado staging uiai, the Department woiud be uuaoie to proceed further witil tho consideration of the u<ppiicafcion of the Liaiuairfcch&n Council for tauir oocwenb to Lilt proposed eu.Löw:guweat of the Model Yacht Pond at Lhinfairfechaii until they ioarit that the Council had obtained the tfancuiori of LilO Local Government Board to the nU;51n:; of the neoo"a,ry loan for the purgoees of the con- templated work. With respect to the applica- tion of the Council ior a of tlie rights and interests of tlie Crown in certain fureishore a.d- jacent to the urban district, the Board had care- I uÜy considered the matter, and they would be prepared to a/jc*_do to the application. The Surveyor was aaked to prepare the ne- eeasary plans with tha \iew to an application being made to the Locasl Government Board to purenaiSv* the iand. THE STATE OF THE CEMETERY. A letter was read from a coirespondent SIgü- ing herself "Reverentia," and datød Trewyu Isdit, iilioeneigr, with regard to tn. el-ate of the ocmetory. She sa.id it wao long since she hud to a churuhyard where the surroundings of land and sea were so beatuizul, but tlie oj-utrast vi sad negleus a.ud genc-ruiiy forelorn asp,t sent a chill to one's heart. "lJo ihoee who own graves atfUanfairfechan or tho town's authorities care nothing foir tho spot where iie the holy dead laid there in 'sure and! oertain hope?' There uas, indeed, iit to show any trace of faith aad hope, nay, the pi-aee o-poke ioudiy ûf. aegieeb and ferg.: trainees, and yet the place might so easily be a very garden of beauty and rest, and a. qUIt reminder of 'Be J'o- also ready.' Need I say I met no other person in thib poor, sad place." Mir Jor,£; remarked tuat the letter was next door to a sermon. Mr T. G. Morgan agreed upon the neeessiby of calling attention to the srat-o of the oemcterv. Mr W. G. Roberts,: And in the iru^iniliae trie committee mjglit visit the Parish Churchyard to i&arn how to keep a Churchyard clean and tidy. Mr T. G. Morgan: Its a inflection on the officiaL of the Council. Tlte matter was referred to the Highways Committee. PENYCLIF AGAIN. According to a communication received from the K io the County Council, two piots (2 aerei 1 rood) requited lor the profcoctaon of the xoad at Penyclip can bo obtained for iAS. It was decided to inquire what plots were being offered, the c0mmit1.ee having full power to negotiate. RE VALUATION OF THE PARISH. Tho Clcik to the Bangor and Beaumaris Guardians wrote stating that. tho Asfie&»nK.nt Committee of tho Union received from the Lon- don and North-Western Railway Company a notice dated January, 1909, fur the parish of Llaafairfechan, in conformity with which she poor rate of May 19thi 1909, had boon melD' The con;miti-eo in due course ItrIJoeak-d, but no deci-ion was arrived at for a considerable time they having- appointed an fl VAtzcr ft, the railways throughout the Union. Fresit ? ike was sent .t-o toe company, dated June 30tri. 1909, against, the valuation list, and iu conformity with which another poor cjwso had been rn¡¡(i<, on j May 18th, 1909. Ultimately, on Oe-tober. 1909. I the Assessment Comniitie-e approved a funpie- meiiial vainarint list sufbraitted bv their %*aluei. which showed in rospcot of the paxish of Llan- fahfotttKi.n a. ti-d'tieticn of £203 in tho ratoa-bie vaLUe. It was decided to ask for further pait;«)krs. THE BEACH ENTERTAINMENTS. The Finance Committee recommended that Mr Edward Scott bo granted prmi.:s.ojon v. pC": form with his minstrel troupe next senior, on Uie BalD6 lcrut, as before. Mr Joras the recommendatioxi. J L. declared !io had heard one member of the troupe criticise the Lavan Choir lor being so long, and visitors had ctunpiui>:cd to him about it. \lr G. 1 voberus: ou co-iiii>-<iiu onl:" ol ot. of tho trou|>e ? Mr Jorss: Yes. Moreover, thr-y said they would be "black or white," but they were in ordinary dress. Mr T. G. Morgan toid he never heard a single word of complaint against the troupe, who had done remarkably well. Mr JDr.;o.<J stated there WJ. only one singer in tho trouipe. Mr T. G. Morgan: I think Mr Jorss is biased against people ail through the ne- gotiations. People have told mo it was a very good troupe. Mr J. D. Williams thought tho choir and tr-oL:,p.e got- on veiy vvell together. Mr Jorss: I think we should Via'- one member of the troupe. The i-o minendation was wiih t1-> addilion, that a stage was ereoi-ed ye-ar. and that a. ebarg.v to be agreed• upon i),, made. OWNERSHIP OF LAND. The complaint tiiack; by Mr J. R. Williams rr sign placed UTon hind near Tanybonc, alk-g.xl bv Mr Williams to bedofig to hiiii, deferred for a month. for further investigation.

RUTHIN POLICE COURT. A LIGHT LIST. This Court wfif held on Mord-ty. ttCiOTe Colonel Saxon Urcg-son KllLs (presiding: Dr. J. Mtdvfvn Hughes, and Mx Gomer Ko- be rts. PITCH AND TOSS P.C. Ark install summoced three young men named Wiiliaui Roberts, Arthur Palm-eii, and 'Hwmad Parry, ail of Rut £ mi, für pitch- ing and lio-ssing coin on (Sunday, Septerfmber 4t.h. Tha Officer said he got within twelve va-rds; of th-e defendants, who, njion freeing him, '•'mad-c a. bolt." He saw them distinctly jii'tohii'g and tossin-^1. Mir \V. O..lon«» appeared for Palmer, and that no o-ffenoe had been wsmniit- UtJ. Pitching and tQE'siii'g- for money w.as certainly an offence; but no money passed be- tween the parties as Ih.o result, (of tlie play. The :?k-1!<.1i decided to hear furthetr evi- dence, ard Mr Jones put. Palmer in the box. He denied having passed any money. They were pitching at a button simply for fun, and thought there wrus nothing wrong in it. The oth-cir defendants protesited their inno- cen'ce also. The Bench dismissed the charge for want of sufficient evidence, but gave defendants a V"a* ADO ABOUT NOTHING." Jannes Jones, farmer, Bryncocih, CLawdd- nowydd, was summoned by Thomas Lloyd li'-oberts, of Bi'onha-ul, Clawddnewydd, fVu: as«.mltim>f hirti 011 Sr-pf-ember 16th. Mr S. Wiitk-iii,4, DeuljigJ), apjiexred for tho eo.nplainant, and ilx W. O. Jones, Rutliin, <kioodM. The Coonplainant's story v,-as Uiat on t.he day in qr,.f«tion the defendant offered him £ 6 for alut the oSctr iyaa neifused. "tr in the ickiy, tho defendant invited him into a private yard iu Clwyd-street, Ruthin. Words ensued) and defe-nda-nt struck him in the face -with this fist, causing him fu fail to the ground. David Davies and John Roberts, Ciawdd- newydd, proved having seen defendant strik- ing the c-ómvlaitlaut. For the defence, Mr Jones cant-ended that tlil& was a oasc in which the ooinplainant got the woi-,zt fair stand-up fight, whdl he himself Ixrought about. Having been worsted he sought redsess in the Court. Tihe Defendant said it was undoubtedly a ease of pibving who was the best man. Tlie compl-aiiiant <ha.!lenged, but on ,gettii;g the worst of it, he began to shout for it ivi The iBeiich dismissed the charge, and or- dered each party to pay thek own costs, amounting to 195 each.

General Baden-Powell arrived in Liverpool on Monday from New York on completion of a lengthy tour in Canada and the United State*, in fonnection with the Boy Scout movement, of wh ;oh he gave a favourable account. The War Office announce a scjiemo for the crofttion of a body of expert, airmen, both officers and other ranks, from which units capable of acting with troops operating in the field can be drawn.

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ST. ASAPH BIBLE SOCIETY MliE ili\ G. THE BISHOP ON CHEAP, POISONOUS LITEftATURE. 'dii-e- annual meeting of 1 nc St. Asaph Auxiliary of the British and uoreign Bible Scciety wa& 0n IVionday evening at the Church iioit,e, St. Aesqih. The chair was ooctq>iod' by the iikhop. and there were aho on the platform: Ar.l:iK<K\Hi Flotciier, Vicar Lester Joins, ltevs. Jr Jonee, ivev. \V. M. Jon-es, the llcv. H. J'Jn0-¡;. (the deputation), and Alderman Boat. JÜHw. A'Uv prayer ajxl the of a hysnn, the n¡,i.up diid iio W-U. ,tl,.Úti ifiat the first note hO "had to strike that evening was a now of ¡;.¡od. 110<9. They bad ioei tho c; vices of tiioir moit aotivo >:«or«tary ¡¡"u,{ m.poct6J friend, Mr P-c who rwid bean secrccary cf tho aa*ili»ry for upwards of 40 yoara. Uuttiag the a or 22 years tis (the Biihop) had been proc-id-ent of the Soclot-y Mr Peter Roberts had aiways been pre- seibl a,t the ala-ual ukh?( >g, a-nd had token t li-e gre-ai.t iutel-et in tiie work oi tlie J. Nor would they soon forget the businesslike oajMncity,' unfailing courtesy, and tiic- culr anni wiik-li' Mr Ilouerts brought to bear on tho work. Ho was suio it Y;k;uA be a pkxi&iire- to old friend to l¡('.ar how great-Jy they miaeed lw;t), iihey j&inocK'Ovy hmped r.liait this life w.eq.lld bt. ',1 U,¡'t'd by tiic bleasiiig of God for mwij yoars Uy enjoy the res. and retirement wiiioii ime lmd L-o abandaiicly deserved. Proceeding, his low&»hip re"oll".d: io blio lantentod iieadi of Mr P. P. Pennant, a report of \bich aj^ars ("1" litre, Sp-saking of th.e objects of tjlo, mastiug, tiio Di.s!{;1¡ .a.i.d th«?y ali x-ooo^in«.-d tiio cImui^^s uhkfc skidy of bad uixLargono and tho dev^Scijiment. wbioli had takoi. x>-aoe, welt a* tiae cikar^<> in point of view with which they approacltod the study of the sacred Word. Knor- mam pro^rr-^i liad been made during tho la<it 50 veal's in scierjoe and «ientdie th(xl8 which had been so fruitful ill human thought, and those nvtihods had been brought to be;sr on ù¡,a dy of the Ilible. It W<5 a. most curious timig tliai sixty years ago there was no Engiish ssbolar who hacl translated tho sac-rcd Book of Persia and India. Put to-day thojo l#c»iw had b&coin^ the. common property of all «shc,.W» by trail ■aiicai -ind ocannicntarir^. It would be idle to eay tint those studies had not thrown eomo valuable light on the study of, the Bible itself. His lordship than d-ivelt' ,-I the work of trans- I laiirg t-he sacred book of China, wliich had1 been undertaken by English missionaries, aad .said thej supplied the key to unlock the mysteries of ca-,irwc thought to who were to follow in the great work of the niia.iionarg 4-,u THE STTDY OF THE BIBLE IN WALKS. Hvix) in Wales, added his lord^iup, he 1104x3d t.h at t-budy of the Bible w-ai not dociining. its would bo gad ro think that Jk; yoiiDg p e L1->&U uh0 now lignt of «ioutiiio rcsisarch 1:1 o.-acidation vi tuie sawed Book. Wlien one iu<achod a certain g(} they ware iiican-ed ¡,} thmk tha,t liKf past was better than the proven*. He thcugiit Uk- o.d r<eoj)»e vi his youn-ger days woi-e more diligent ^ud-ents of tho Bi than wo-'t thv>& of to-day. He hoped -bat tiiAt was a I]- ak,,Ci idea. IIo wart-i c >i jbum all to use tbeir indueiKje wii-h the youtii oi 1Jl.è present day in a st-u-uy of the DiDk, a-> bang the Moz-L in- lerestiiig arid tae uios-u frai«ui soudjr t oou-id occupy rrie mind at man. iU.:0.\vLii CHEAP LITERATURE OF TO-DAY. On.a couid not heip thinking tisat the young people wero being diverted from the sovereign sturdy by the ai.wactive literature of t-c-day which ocuidi be ckjscribed as being not, valuable. 'the tendorxiy oi young paoplo we6 to road too cheap- e-it. and worst pOasi'bie literature. It w«uid r,¡,¡,rÙ1er startle son.-e> iieojile to know how many W.03 were who read tho a'osoiuteiy poisonous pc-rvtiy novel. litat was a subject which, ho .as au^o, desorved attention not oniy of his rebgioua brstiiren present trutt evening, but oaii-cd for the skuxious attention of parents and evccy ew- l±-oyer oi young peopio. miasciwef whioh sucti PVWIlOUS literature did oouid not be 0v,r- sta-6ed. Boys and girls beoamo so absorbed in ¡;h-d :,00;8 of worthies) k t,Ü<Mt, tiiey uegi-scuid work and their duties. Tlxsy put in:o their minds xteas which coud bellr nothing but <il Ho buiwd uiat 01 a* practical lesolu- W11 of tlie Bibioe Society woujI ba to bring home to the minds of young people tlie duty and privi- lege of studying the Word of God. and study- ing- it by tho light of modern ^cienoo and tuat which modern tscnolarihip brought to bear on that study (app'a.use). THE BALANCE-SHEET. Mr Roberts tlior. presani/d the bn.'&noe-slux:t for the jeir, which -iow-Ni that JS36 19s Sd had bc.sn reo'jivod, and £ 1 Is 7 to be carried for- ward. Of the total -uin L34 had b- wi sent to the parent rociety.' ;t;0 3s was .^>rit on printing and focal exinni c3, leaving IS", 4bd in isiand. The accounts had been audited by Mb'1 Robert Jone-5 and H. A. Cle-avor. 1-tio sum sent to the parent society was' £ 2 mOiv t.ha,n. that of tl:e previous year, and £ 4 mow than that of two yoars ago. Tholrt was adopted Q6 tb,, -propomtlon o.f the Roy. Lester Joneo, seconded by the Rev. W. M. Jones. In the absence of the Rcr. C<ivtries Edwards (who was in Aberystwyth attending the funeral of hia broth or), the Rev. R. Ernest Jone; attend- --a as a deputation from the aTen.t society, and moved a resoUiticwv pledging the- meeting to sup- port its object and wo-rk. The ^ooakcr referred to the r"it forward movement, which had takea pteoe, a J suot-ed t.bca.r la.t year 6.020.000 oopiei 01 the LirbJc. or portions of the Bible, had bcoi1 distributed in 424 lOn^uej or uiuiects, wnich vva* 700,000 co* les more nhan the ouig year ai.-d in six 'note dialects or tongmcs. Hù jUJt:o<:J witih ,th«» Bialiop in tho oondociD^tion oi ch&a.p and trasJiy fflteraturo vvh ch was so freely read today. Ot l«er speakers a!«) addressed the meeting, and :t collection in aid of tine Society was matta at 1.5I: olosc.

SUDDEN WEATHER CHANGES. Protect Your Chest by Taking Peps There is more peril in the changeable weather of autumn than in winter, when the cold has really set in. It is when we have not fully made up our minds to don heavier clothing and whea the chilly night air catches us unawares that the seeds of pneumonia and bronchitis are sown in our chests. Serious lung troubles, and even con- sumption itself, often start from a simple cold or an unheeded cough. A cold beginning in the head or nose threads its way along the sensitive membrane that lines the air-passages all the way from the mouth to the lungs. Now the advantages of the treatment of such conditions by the wonderful Pops breathe-able tablets, sold at all chomisis in one-and-three- hidfpenny and two-and-nino boxes, are manifold but marvellously simple. We cannot imagine a more agrceiblo or more efficient remedy, for as soon as the Peps tablet, divested of its pre- serving silver wn.pp.-r, is placed on the tongue, the palate first and tit" throat ai.d lungs imme- diately ii.t"r, become sensible of its delightful fiction. The pure rich essences of the pine forest arc liberated, and, as they are slowly inhaled, bathe aid tho irritated membrane of every portion of the air-passages, mouth, nos- trils, wind-pipe, larynx, tho bronchi, and eke the lungs themselves. And all this without the dan- ga which is inseparable from the old stomach- dosing treatment by opiates or chloral, and rough niiiierol poisons of most liquid cough medicines. W ell in Peps we have the pine air treatment for colds and coughs. These pine essences and balsamsc aromas lind their way by inhalation along, the ultimate ramifications of the lung- tubes to the irritated mucons membrane of the åir-oel1s themselves. You cannot possibly get ;a.t these lung-tubes and membranos by any other route. There is no p$Q&ge of.vny kind whatever betwixt stomach and lungs, else swallowed medicines and druy might possibly have some little offoct.