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CUTTK-IGS FROM BOOKS. A HAEBESED SCEFTIC.—0»e day a man eama bo the house of the Hodja ami Hiked him for tbo Joan of his donkey. The Hodja leplieti Umt, tite donkey wsw not in the house. Bnt it so hap- j>ened that the donkey commenL-ed to bray within. The man then loUl the Hodja :— Oh, Hodja Efietnli, you say ili&l t!te donkey is 001. in the lmu"e, whilst he brays in it." The Hodja answered :— What, all exferiw>r:]inruy Uimii you iiiuAfc lye I You believe tlie donkey and j" Dot believe me with iuy grey bttard." SUKKIDIN i»so ui^ &,N TOM.—Sheridan hnd a great distaste to anything like meUqrliy^ieal diaoiifwions, whereas Tom bud taken a liking fur 1i¡8U1, Tom OIKS day trie to discus vvrbh hif father tlvedooU inc of necessity. Pray, my ^>od futiier," ,ai,j he, did you ever do any- thing in a <ta.te of jierfect indii/ereitco—witlvont muLive, I mean, of tulne kind or other?" SUeridau, who saw what was coming, and by no means relished such eubjoets, even from Tom, or a>iyot»e else, »aid, Yen, certainly Iu. deed ? Yes, ittdoed \V hat, total in. ditleretwje—total, entire, thorough indifference?" Yes, total indillereitce—toUtl, entire, thorough ijidiffer-eiice 1 My dear father, teit me nhab it i* that you can do witli-mitkil !—total, entire, thorough indiii'erence ? Why listen to you, Turn!' a&id Shctidan. Tide robuii, as Tons related, so disconcerted him, that he had never forgotten ib, nor lWld he eviy again troubled his father with any of his metaphysics. THE TRUR IMA(Hl'ATIoN.-bome people IiIpeak of tho imagination as if they undei Mtand it 1,0 ba merely the power of making preposterously iinjxissibie and marvellous inventions. Thi-l is fancy, not imagination. Imagination creates new forms of Ll-ut); and beauty; it invents new luodes of art, new lines of symmetry, new phrases of mbio(ly, new shades of colour. Ib put* heroism forth on a higher plane; it sets life under a broader sky and in a fresher air. Go to the bnoks of any great creat-ive mind, and you will discover in them every evidence of this over straining, over-l-eaching liberality, and of tliil- quality of avoiding the more distortions of fancy on one hand oil-! th-o dull d«'.ails of the commonplace on the other haud. For instance, Newton did 1101, catalogue every atom of tho universe in order to demonstrate the law of gravitation. Hemttw one example, and then hirt imagination lealJód to thl) end of its tether. "The world-* attract one another," he exclaimed and that, was tho vision of truth. He did not dally on any intermediate ground of common- place; the highest reach of possibility was the goal of iiis desire. This led him, even iu mathematics, to I)am.. to the limit in inventing calculus. So what. a reach baoUwatd ttti-I for. ward had the imagination of Darwin. "But Darwin was prosy," you will say; "lie was not imaginative. There is whore you make you fatal mistake. Simply because Darwin used few adjectives, and was all the time in deadly earnest, you take it for granted th«t his mind is as the diiffc of the Pharaohs. But look again, and you will see how lie leaps to the limit oj every suggestion of nature. Only the conscien tious stti-lerit know how slender and hrokex is the chuiu of facts upon which evolution is ewung; and yet how can we escape Darwin's theory": When we pas-a ont into the open air, bearin g our imagination with its. we see viion that waver and shimmer just beyond the reach of expression. But. next year a poet will rise who will set these in immort.al verse. Every day thought goes a step larther and sight goes a line deeper. DISAPPOINTMENT AND SUCCESS.—When poor Edmund Kean was acting in barns to country bumpkins, barely (hiding bread for his wife and child, he was just as great a genius as when he was crow ling Drury-lane. When Brougham presided in the House of Lord?, he was not a bit, better or ?:eater than when he hung about I in the Parliament House at Edinburgh, a I-iet- less and suspected junior barrister. When all London crowded to lOOt) the hippopotamus, lie was just the animal he was a couple of years later, when no one took the trouble of looking at him. And when George Stephenson died, amid the applause and gratitude ol all the in- telligent men in Britain, ho was the same man, maintaining the same principle, as when men of science and law regarded as a mischievous lunatic the .individual who declared that some day the railroad would be the king's highway, uliti mail coaches would be drawn by steam. How GUN-BAKUEI.S AUK MADK.—Among the most interesting processes of the Entield Small Arms Factory, says a writer in the Daily Aeivs, is the drilling of gun- barrels. They are cast, in solid bar- of meta!, and have to be bored through from end to eivd. This is performed by swiftly revolving the solid bar and thrusting into both ends an extremely hard drill. This steel drill is a round bar flattened a little on its under side. Tliid fattening permits a little braas Capillary tube to be thrust underneath the drill as the boring proceeds, and through this capil- lary tube is (toured a stream of water under high pressure. As the drill [teels o f minute shreds of metal from the centre of tho solid bar strong eL (If water M ashes the shreds out and keefis tlie drill cool and unclogged. The drill- ing is carried on at both until the two drills meet in the ;iddlo and the solid bar has been converted into a tube. There are further processes for eliminating any imper- fections in the boring and for polishing the inferior, and then eon.es the straightening—a very delicate, and, one would think, a very diiiicult proceta. As watciiod at Enfield, how- ever, it looks like simplicity itself. There are rows of men standing on one of the floors lighted by windows looking out to the north. Each of these men hold", a gun-barrel to the light and peeps along it. He can fell by the gleam of tt o polished interior whether it is straight or 11<i\ If ho detects any curve in it he lays it down on the bench before him and gives it a smart tap, and then peers again, and so keeps on peeping and tapping till tlie barrel is quite true. Every barrel has to be tested after the straightening has been performed. There are two methods of doing this. By one method the barrel is placed on an apparatus which per- mits of its being revolved on its centre while the eye of t.he examiner glances through it. It the reflections on its jtolished interior are per- fectly steady the barrel is perfectly true; if they flicker about it* shows the contrary, and the barrel has to be returned for correction. Another process is one that cannot be made very easily intelligible without illustrations but it is ex- tremely simple iuid ingenious, and shows in a mechauical way, by means of a winter on a graduated scale under a magnifying-glaas, exactly the degree of divergence fioin a straight line presented l>y tlve interior of any gun-bai tel. Anyone interested in mechanics might very well spend n week in prying into only the mora striking and ingenious contrivances to bo found here, such, tor instance, as t he riiiiug of a gun, or the method of determining the velocity of a bullet. Tlai" would of course strike the un- scientific nliud aH an exceedingly puzzling prob- lem. Nothing can bo simpler than the process vyhen actually seen. Here in this little cut)- board like romti hangs a bar of metal, tho sur- face of which has been smoked over by a candle or a lamp. lb is suspended from a migite.. Out on 1,1.0 range there they are going to test the speed of a builot by measuring how IOJlg it takes to go from the gun totlrataiget. Things are so arranged that when the bullet, leaves tbe muzzle it cuts through the wiro nnd breaks an electric circuit. The illm,unt, this circuit ia broken the mwlal bar suspended by one end from a magnet drops perpendicularly. Of course ittukesameasurabletimetodrop ita own length, and meanwhile the bullet is S[KM» ling on. Ib reaches the target, aud breaks another circuit, and by so doing drojts another bar, which thrusts out a little metal point, and makes a scratch on the smoky surface of the firel, one. The position of this scratch will of course de- pend upon the length of the interval between the dropping of the two bars—in other words, it (1epcmiti upon the time taken by tlve buileb in its flight. It is only necessary to take the scratched bar and lay it, on a graduated scale, and the velocity of the bullet. may be read oiL
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The Britannia, with the Prince of Wales on boaxd. ran aground near the mouth of the Var on Mondav. just after she had started in a race with the Ailsa. She waa got off and taken into Nice QarbooK.
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I DR. BARNARDO. I ♦ —— Swansea Meetings in aid at the Hames. The first of two public meeting in aid of Dr. Barnardo's Homes was held in the Albert Had, Sv. ansfrt, this (Motiaay) afternoon, when, in ad- dition to a musical entertainment given by a number of boys, a lecture was given by the Rev. W. J. Mayers, the deputation secretary. Mr. F. S. Bi.bkop occupied the chair, and he was sup- ported on tbe platform by the Revs. — Williams (Argyie), W. Ivor Jones (St. Paul's), E. Jun- kins (Walter-road), and Mr. Walter J. Wat kins. Alter a devotional opening, the lads played in a very clever manner, the March of the Israel- ites" on the xylophones and dulcimer, an effort so good, that it brought forth a loud burst of ap- plause from the audience. The Chairman gave a short introductory address, in which be said they had only to hear and read a little of what Dr. Barnardo had done in the country to come there, not only anxious to hear more, but ear- nestly desiring to commend him and his work to God for even more blessing in the future than had attended it in the past. More selections were played upon the bells and bagpipes by the young performers, and then Mr. Mayer gave a lecture or address upon the work done by Dr. Barnardo, and his agents in London. He commenced by saying tha. Swansea afforded th,elllmany earnest sympathisers. Last year, the thirtieth of the work, had been in many respects a record one. They had taken in more children than eve", 2,600 bsing received into the homes, while he was giaJ tu say that be believed they had received 11,C,re sympathy from the general nublic than at 'I' an7 other period in the history of the institution. ?bM. he tKou2,h-t should be a record year also. The Queen had expressed a desire that the t)Oth year of her reign should be signalised by an effort to alleviate the distress of her poorer subjects. That could not be better done than by their doing more for the children, (Hear, near.) The homes were very needy, and that was not to be wondered at when it was re- membered thyt they ha d5,000 children to teed, clothe end educate. The rev. gentle- man. then related a number of anecdotes re- lating to th.2 rescue work, and exhibited pho- tographic enlargements of a. number of the little ones taken from miserable homes and unhealthy surroundings, instancing, by illustration in ome cases, the improvement that had been effected in their appearances and characters. The I meeting shortly afterwards concluded. [ Evernnq Meeting I The evening meeting in aid of Dr. Earnardo's Homes was very largely attended. The Mayor (Councillor Watkins), waa to have presided, but other business prevented bis attendance. Aftr the meeting bad been devotionally opened by the Rev. J. H. Allen, the boys gave spendid selectionr- on the hand-bells, introducing three well-known hymns, and, later in the evening-, won much aprilause for their rendering of Welsh airs. Next a galop, "Post Horn," was beautifully played on the xylophones and dulcimer, and afterwards a lecture, illustrated by lime-light views, descriptive of the rise and progress of Dr. Barnardo's work amongst the children, was given by the Rev. W. J. Mayers, the deputation secretary of the Homes. He made an earnest appeal for financial aid, and it is to be hoped that the collection taken up was one worthy of Swansea. The boys also played selections on tLe Highland bag-pipes, fairy-bells, auto-harps and the cornet, and took part in a musical drill. The meeting closed with the singing of the Doxolo and the pronounce- ment of the Benediction. 8y
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If so, under the skir. you have poison that defies all the remedies you have tried, which, if not extracted, you never can reoover, but go on suffering till death releases you. Perhaps your knees are swollen, the join's being ulcerated; the same with the ankles, round which the akin may be discoloured, or there may be wounds; the j diseare, if allowed to continue, will deprive you of the power to vrsilk. You m-iy have attended various Hospitals and had metres' adviee, and been told your case is hopeless, or advised to submit to amputation; but do not, for I can cure you. I don't say perhapp, but I will. Because others have failed isno reason for not now being cured. Send at once a Postal Order for 2s. 6d. to S. ALBERT, 78, Farrmgdon btreet, London, and you will receive a I box of GRASSHOPPER OINTMENT AND PILLS 'I which is a certain remedy for the cure of Bad Legs, Housemaid's Knee, Ulcerated Joints, Carbuncles. Poisoned Hands, and Bunions. (Registered Copy- right.) The body of a gamekeeper named Wilson, who has been missing since Saturday, was found at Spilsbv on Monday. A portion of his head had been shot away. The strike at Messrs. Cantreff and Cochrane's Belfast and Dublin establishments having been amicably settled, about two hundred employes re- 1 tamed to work on Monday. BJ-" PURCHASERS OF CYCLES DON'T BE MISLED AND PERSUADED TO PAY £10 10b. FOR CYCLES ALLEGED TO BE AS "GOOD AS THE BEST"r. BUT WHICH, IN REALITY, ARE ONLY FOURTH RATE MACHINES, THE RESULT OF PIECING TOGETHER THE VARIOUS PARTS OF SMALL MIDLAND MAKERS. REMEMBER THAT THE I CAMBRIA CYCLES, LTDH Late JOHN S. BEOWN, "WTL SELL YOU A CELEBRATED for £10, RENowNED NEW HUDSOX lOs. AS ILLUSTIÂTIO. "> 'k-O.c k.£'= NEW HUDSON CYCLE, £11 10s. OR THE WORLD'S LEADING mTBa'mnajnJ £ S^ H UMBER for £14 14* J PRICE LISTS AND FULL TAETICCLAES OS APPLIOATIOIf TO I CAMBRIA CYCLES. LIMITED, JOHN S. BKOWN, | CYCLE DEPOT AND RIDING SCHOOL, Oxford-street, Swansea, & Market-street, Llanelly, | h      :??  H?S?- .?d??:?S???? These Remedies have stood the test of upwards of FIFTY YEARS' EXPERIENCE, And are pronounced the Best Wiedicines for Family usa. Manufactured AND SOLD "Y Al-L MEDIOINS VENDOR8 THROUOHOUT THE WORLD. 76 V -r'dres^ dilly, between the hours of II udVor tsflW-ter. V??' ? ?g??aaaBs????y '——————————————???  ? The best remedy for Acidity of the Stomach, Heartburn, Headache, Gout and Indigestion; and the safest Aperient for delicate Constitutions, Ladies, Children, and Infants. SOLD THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. ILES, THE "STAR" SHOP, FOR YOUR GROCERIES, FLOUR, BUTTER, CHEESE. BACON, HAMS, BRITISH WINES. &c. THE "STAR" SHOP, 4, HIGH ST., SWANSEA J. H. N 0 T T PLUMBER, GAS FITTER, &C., ST. HELEN'S ROAD, & QUAY PARADE, SWANSEA. INCANDESCENT GAS BUHNERS AND FTTTINGS AT REDUCED PRICES. Telephone 142. TRY T. OWEN & CO.'S NOTED 42/- SUITS and 10/6 TROUSERS (To Measure). GUARANTEED ALL VOOL. SPLENDID VALUE. SUITS made to measure from 36s. Cd. to fOs. OYEECOATS from 30B.,to 60s. to measnre. Please note Address— T. OWEN & CO., corner oi Union-bt., 72, Oxford-st., SWANSEA Telephone 140. TelegraphicAddress— Locomotive. C. ROWLAND, CONTRACTOR to the SWANSEA HARBOUR TRUSTEES Midland Railway, the Rhondda ad Swansea Bay Railway, and I The Mumbles Railway & Pier Co.? and Principal Firms in the Por STEVEDORE, &c., 17. SOMERSET PLACE. SWANSEA. CARRIAGE WORKS, FISHER STREET, SWANSIA JOHN JONES & 00 CARRIAGE BUILDERS, All Orders for New Ctxtral I<p ;7f, 1 p, Trbrjrir>fr be., pro»pt?y attended to. I'ster.t Jscin ffalraia libber TyTta, U4l all lie 8ped»iiti«« eomieeted with Cania Building supplied The IMI'OETEIIS OOMPAN V Ltd., SWANSEA- WHOLESALE AND RETAIL FRUIT, FISH, & POTATO MERCHANTS. Steamers arriving weakly from French and Irish Ports with Cargoes of POTATOES, ONIONS, and HAY of excellent quality. Large Stock of Finest Selected English and American APPLES, ORANGES, LEMONS, SWEETS and NUTS. SPANISH, IRENCH, A.1\D DUTCH ONIONS. Apply to the Manager, IMPORTERS COMPA-NT, STRAND. the GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER. THOMPSON'S burdock: pills. 44. OXFORD STREET. SWANSEA. 4? OXFORD STREET, SWANSEA. Overcome the worst forms of diseases and tlie fonlert state of uie Blood. Sfconiach, I^T«r md 'Kidntve tbcy go to the core of ovrry ài; wh> no o,l"'T medi,,lu P()t' lh. The Giv-at B)ood Pnrifter cures the followmg complaints :—Giddiness in e h.( dml.n 0.1 Ilt., Wf es, iEdit-nstions or wJxd in the stomach or bovda, losp of mClrJ:, palpitatiMt 01 the hcan, Hwr 'md bidot? chAtAK'tioa Mt hma, rbenmatic; iTtmba?o, piles, ?avpl. pams in the budt, <??r? y, bad Ie? ?-cunds. or -white gwc??'M i M!roird&. eczema, gntheru??'s. tumour!" lli1Upl and  on the tone aini body" 8'cl'i' f<?et and tcc? eiysipeiiia, Jlumdiœ, drovsy. a)d fevtxrs 01 all kinds. Iheæ Filia duu' t. ilf' blood fr»an all impvre matter- rom whatever can Be arising. In boxes at Js. and as. Pù. each. Sold by all Chemists#, or ii«m the' Burdock Pill Manufactory. 44, Oxford-Ktreet, Swansea, ior 15 or 34 stamps. At-theSSjariag tuid during the weather, the Blood should be tborouphly elea«se<l and purified to ensure & good st.Üe of health, which fleeted at small oom by using those itever-iaiiingr MUs. Sure this robe of mine doth change my disposition." —Shakespeare <4 Nothing more useful than a Black Silk Costume."—Many Ladies. J. B. PRnrCJHLARD, THE PEOPLES CASH DRAPER 72A & 72B, OXFORD STREETi SWANSEA, Has received a range of the best wearing and most approved makes of L BLACK DRESS SILKS, "S? JUms JONES & Go? WHOLESALE TEA DEALEE5 AND PROVISION MERCHANTS, GOAT STREET SWANSEA ORDERS PROMPTLY EXECUTED WHITE STAR I,IN8 YV ROYll 1{.A.[L STEAMERS NOTICE.—The Steamer* of this Line follsw tb8 specific Outward and Homeward trneka adrnm < Ry leadin • T^iverpMl and New York fttj-firin Nr P Q, mpanies. LIVERPOOL TO XKW VIA. EVBRT WEBVRHDAY •TEUTOKIC 'Wedne-daj Apifl 1 Wcinesdav, ApL 14 •ilAJSSTIO L' Wedn.>s<iMy, ApLti Wednesday ApL 28 te^yCotton not earned on Fasnencrer St~r.fiera. Steei-ageT>as9ageat low rates. including outfit free 01 eharge, to New York, Boston, Philadelphia or Battt- more. secoiHl Cabin will ba carried on the marked thus Superior aecemnt«datj»B at moderate farM twr Balcon and Second Cabin; also ti.r^rutrh booking to Uhil\a..1 apan. New 5jeala»<i. aRd..1. u.t.raliø. For further parties ilarp spply tAl Hem. Austift ajid Siloocks, 6, bo ai; r>set-place, trvan»e«; T. Jt W. Mason and V. ^wuum Hhy» &hert8, ? riftor: W Rdr. 2. T>owi5inff-ft.. L)Mtetiy; Mr. J. B Thomu. S?venStster? MM-Ne&th. 1&11AY, LMlilK. & Co. n. Water-etrw^ IiverpooL I i LL AND T. BULLINj HRATil FTK LT1 MEWS, I SWANSEA. ) I LI" and T. B. besr tot that they t I h?ive added to r heir Bnsitvess, j KEW l?U.K?n2.? cTS?AGEa.  i I I  BUY  MAY BE HAD OF DRAPERS AND DEALERS ALL THROUGH THE COLTNTRYf ESTAUUBHED XS31. WM. PHILLIPS, UNDERTAKER, COMPLETE FUNERAL I FURNISHER, I S3, WELUNGTON-ST., I BaKiMtce— &4, ? ? CH-TCt? VEM?ACf. 8 | Telephone 123. 1 CORKS. nlJNG SHIVES, SPIRIT FLASK? BEER BOTrLES, &c. STONE JARS of Everv Description, 13Ki WTXE. and J. AR COTIKB, LABIXS, FIPI CIGARS of k Quantities. BEER and WIN GLASSES. J. A. BAIIEY CORK CUTTER & 111 PORT EE BOSTLE & CIGAR MERCHANT, ALEXANDRA ROAD, Swansea G.& F.WEBSTER UNDERTAKERS, ETC., 16, CALVERT STREET SWANSEA. PJUOE LIST ON APPLICATION. PUGSLEY & SON, 24, WATERLOO-ST, TOR ALL KINDS OF GLASS & PAPERIIANGINGS BUXLDITL3 SUPPLIED at TRADE pffng Telephone m. — — «fc. 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, "Bor .MEN AND WOMEN.
"Bor .MEN AND WOMEN. The Prte of Wales is to reach London on April ttJi fro the Continent, and he will at once immune Committee of Consultation as to the Tangerrts for the Queen's Jubilee to meet a.t arlborgh House. His Koyal Highness will then ithori/a further statement to be made oBi. iilly s to t details that have been arranged with the tieea'sanction, his flighn^ having taken autifte with her Majesty at (Jimiez on several npoitat points. ThrDuke of Sparta, who has gone to hhe front in ecu«Aion with the Cretan dimcult-y, is well known •a London, and is a smart-looking young officer. He iras .taying some months ago at Marlborough House witllris uncle, the Prince of Wales, and was present It swell,attended meeting at St. James's Palace, whtte, at the invitation of the Prince, he made a theft speech on the subject of the conrection of with educational matters. He spoke in good giglish, and with a confident, engaging manner. .e Kinj of Denmark has been in excellent health String the winter, and Queen Louise is much stonger than she was a year ago. King Christian ",11 celebrate his 79th birthday on Thursday, when there is to be a great family dinner at the palace, folowed by,a Court and diplomatic reception. There are now only two of the leaders of the Ysung Ireland party of 1848 in tho land of the living. Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, who was thrice placed in the dock and escaped conviction for his connection with the rebellion, is now an octo- genarian Jiving a. Nice, pu-tW-; the finishing touches on his autobiography, and editing tile" New Irish Library." Dr. Kevin Izcd O'Doherty was amongst the convicted, and received a sentence of 10 years' transports ion to Van Di^men's Land. After sitting both in the British Bouse of Commons and the Queensland Parliament, he is now a Government medical officer in the service of the colony juat named. Mme. Calve has purchased an old castle in the heart of the Cevennes. It is called Ch&teau Cabrierea, after Its original owner, and is perched on a rock 700ft abovp the valley of Tarn. On the estate are three great mountains, which the prima donna hn. quaintly named "Carmen," "Cavalleiia," and "Navarraise," thesp three opera. having been the ftfeSiWsLOt providing her with fUluis for the purchase of the e»;H.Utau. Si" John f/.ibbock, at the Associated Chambers of Dbirinerce meeting a few day., ago, told a pathetic e oi what night have happened to two little loimioe which a "ienil had sen: through the post to t meiiibei of hif f&iuily The authorities stopped •he parcel, and wrote taying it was against the egulatioru; to send anything through the post which Wight "cause iiijun, to tho mail bags or to the Post Office officials." Sh John at once wrote reproving nfficiilh for their lack of knowledge of natural si story, and pointing out that at that particular part )f the year he dormouse was dormant, and, there- fore, unable to do any harm to either the mail bags '"? the staff of the Post Office. The dormice w';e prowpll) on by a trusty messenger. Dr.rlng my sojourn on the Riviera this winter, writes Mr. Harding Cox in the Field, it was my privilege to be brought into Intimate acquaintance with the Russian Prince Andrew 3chi ri nsky Sell i hxna- to £ f—a member of the Czar's household and presi- dent of the Royal Sporting Society. Though still quite a young man, Prince 8chirinsky has attained ? rank as a sports mar in his own country which is unique; a dead shot, his record as a bear and elk huntul ig marvellous, and his knowledge as a cyno- pUlist, gathered by close, systematic, and umc- mitting research, has placed him in possession erf tnsiierials for an exhaustive treatise, on a subject of net importance to those who eare to make a deej Mvi thorough studj of the canine racet remote from the limited paths eft thn personal experience. The following Ie the judgment, passed by the Tetiip' on Lord Salisbury: "His mind ia one of the masculine, his understanding one of the broadest, his reason one of the clearest and most lumiroub, of his country and hie age. While passion has at times touched his lips with the living coal, fced vhiie hiij eloquence is nothing less than locirimire, he has too lofty a spirit and he is too fight irvuded to be the victim or the exploiter of RiOoC miserable party prejudices, those sectarian sai'nesses,-which disturb the rigfe* His friend- tb: Mr. Gladstone, his great 1 mitical foe, 'Q<'t upon one ul the traits of his ureenwoc L w- v: inhabitant .hlse of Vrmton, has passea aw £ j Pt the of 86. By Sections 31 and 33 of the iieform Ac* of 1832, those who had resided in t he town for fix mouth before the Act received the r oyal ass ant, and were 23 years of age, continued to bo o* ors of the borough-^thoiign pc!s.*e.ssing no ( ^thfir qtvah. a- tlon. In the register of 1852, 6,2J perraws th-ia Qualified, but in 1851-8 the number had fallen t, t42. and dwindled very rapidly d mn, the last flecade. The ddest church-goer in Scotland is Mrs. Millar, lady of 102 years, who resides in the Mile End Jistrict of Glasgow. She whs born in Kenmore, a Perthshire village, In 1795, when Burns wan still Writing songs in Dumfries, when George III. was King, and when Pitt, Fox. and Burke were stars in Farliaiaeot. During her leng life she has never hid tt eerioa* illness, and it is her proud boast that, within bar lecolleetion, she has never missed a Bunday at church. She has bean a life long abstainer, biit.for the lest 40 vearj she has been a devotee jf "My Lady Mootine," clay pipes and "black twist being %er favoniites. She looks fit, In the opinion of a ocSresyomdent, foi a decade yet. Ixmdoii Nanc..mlórrnity is i' ,c L now suffering severely from the absence of many leading men Dr. Gilford and Dr. Guinness Rogers are seeking fpst, and will be way some time; Dr. Pentecost "9F left Maryleboae; Mr. Archibald Brown has ;ned hi? position at Bow; Dr. Laweon Foster baf ft Harecourt Oiiapei at Canonbury, and other reúI; Hons are pending. The loss of Dr. Leach at Padd. on Is much felt. Anyway, Lr>nd<>v. Non- will soon see a fresh influx of mvn who will 1A:"e a great position to fill. Th Veso, Pavid Howell, whose appointment to the of St Davids is announced, has been more Jfear 40 yeafit in priests orders, and is an eloquent jpea,cher in both English and Welsh. He was vicar tf St,. John's. Oaadiff, 1864 75, and viearof Wrexham tym) 1m w 1891.. in whieh year he accepted the of Gre«f«rd, 1tbich he will now vacate. He ftS appørot a c&nofc of St. Asaph in 188S. and lour later WAS nominated Archdeacon of Wrexliam. He is the FATHER of Mr, TUQCH Howell, %?.P„andbas firequsaitly been referred to as a Kjbahle recipient of further prmoot.it'lu in tlie rob be has oermi so lœts:; aad z«al«ubly. 1'be Amflileaxi season in Looelon has'l^egTan, and •bjob g "be earliest visitors is ex Oeveraar Levi Morton, the veteran New York politician. Mr. Moitoa 1? a very tall, sparsely-boilt old man, nearly 90 yates old, but still wonderfully active. When fouagt bf JTHI a Id-nd of New York "Whiteley's," but It c&mr tQ a disaatrous end in consequence of the 1J&I: Then he took to banking, and in a f^5ain«iated a great fortune. At one time it fiboogbt not iinlikeiy that he woidd be rxHvinateti n democratic candidate for the Preskleucy of the tlclted Stetea, m ii AMeher ABIOI^CWI visitor íf. Mr. TUMtørâ "HardinV fltevis, the novelist. Mr. Davis started life as H Mgporter 111 Philadelphia, and then went on to New York, Be af terwards became attached to the great EhHsMng bwse of Harpers, and some of the stories S?wotetoftbem, ootaMy "CraHe?w." brougMihim feme Mid fortune. Dr. Davis recently returned to ftcfe flwt tore, and served as war correspondent for the New York Journal in Coba. He is now resting here. 1fr. ATl/n Upward, wlio has gone to Athens to tJte 5. is a eleror versatile young flkxrollflt to the e&rty thirties, lie is the son of Mr. Cesrje Ojpwari, a banker and J.P. at Monmouth, ø .,&6 born at Pembroke. He matriculated at 8k8 Uirivwrsfty, and gained the gold medal for otaAery, and the Brooke Scholarship at the King's 1m\. DtdWin, He afterwards entered the Middle 9em|i3e, where he obtaill two first-class schnlav- tftifs and the Inas of Court studentship. Subse- quently he Joined the Sooth Wales circui t \I\d fco Cardiff, and gained a considerable reputation ag flbuasel for tba ddeuce in crimiaal ce;. Tlie Vy jUiteiatveo wedai.^hip CJiuit, which arrived on <Seaday ereainp, reports ft collision in the Mersey with en unknown 3Horwe<^j;iu steamer. Both vessels were damaged, tike Latter seriously, la the Gcmrtof Admiralty on Monday after- jficon Mr. Buraes And the Trinity masters fwardad to the Hp Wenning-ton Hall" of ■ivei'pool, £ 8,000, for salvagfa sevvice#rendered cif i-po Hem, at the end of DecciNbar, to the THiter Laiigten Graags, 4^000 toas, of London., oh, with Iter our go, waa mood at £16J.,60J. towed 1,605 mixea, delaying the salvor utys. bod) of Mr. Peter Stonham, manager to Brighton firm of publishers, been dis- qnemd, ia the mz Ad; Hove. j
I WELSH UNIVERSITY.
WELSH UNIVERSITY. Ths Claims of Swansea and Cardiff fer the 1 Ofes. I The London "Daily News" says:—Wales has its university. but there is still a burning question left. Where are the oflices of the Regis- trar to be? If they are to be in the South shall it he at Swansea or at Cardiff? Cardiff will Dro- baltiy carry it, because it s hows the greater energy, It is covering the country with leaflets and circulars to prove that there is no other piace. Parts of tuis distribution consists of an imiKvnng memorial to the Court of the Univer- sity. Swansea, it is hoped, may be ruled out by the consideration that, while she may claim the distinction by virtue of her geographical posi- tion, Cardiff claims it by virtue of her 1-ai ill facilities and her pre-eminence both in popula- ticn and in commerce. The catologue of reason* in favour of Cardiff is bewildering. The Cor- poration are roady and willing to contribute £ 6,000 to the University, if the offices are estab- lished in Cardiff. Cardiff, in fact, has hurled its pursa into the scale, and we are significantly told that no competitor can do likewise. Cardiff is not exactly a grcve of Academe, but the Univer- sity is modern in its foundation and aims, and it is, at present, in no nsed of the repose of a. quiet country tc-vr j
THE USE AND ABUSE OF I ALCOHOL.
THE USE AND ABUSE OF I ALCOHOL. Interesting Lecture by Dr. Jcseph Davies. I Dr. Joseph Davies, medical officer of health, for No. 2 district of the Swansea Union, de- livered a most interesting lecture on The use and abuse of alcohol," at the Alexandra-road fchoolroom on Monday evening. The Vicar of Holy Trinity (Rev. A. A. Mathews) occupied th-i chair, and in opening the proceedings, be mentioned that most people were ready to admit that whilst there might be a use for alcohol, there wo.3 much abuse of it, and so they would like to know where to draw the tine- He did not know anybody better qualified to tell them than a medical man. (Hear, hear, and applause.) Dr. Joseph Davies, was very cordially received upon rising to deliver his lecture. He began by quoting an extrcet from the ''British Medical Journal," showing the alarming increase in the annual expenditure upon alcohol in this country, and then he observed that the history of alcohol began with the history of the world, adding that he was tempted to think thatan instinctive craving for alcohol was implanted in human nature, and had a part in the downfall of our first parents. The warnings of Socrates and others showed that this craving had been con- tinuous and universal, down through the ajres, and yet it -TO "B;¡¿U,Q.¡" w :SD.itlu.t .]'at.be!' Mathew's crusade against the sale of strong drink in Ireland, and the prohibitory measures taken with the same object in Norway and Russia, had opened the door to a still greater evil, the use of ether. As fax as our country was concerned the temperance question was a national question, because the sin of intemperance was a national sin. (Hear, hear.) Alcohol in its various forms was the chief constitutent of in- toxicating drinks, and was induced by the action of a microscopic fungus in the character of yeast. It had been described as the pulr faction of a substance containing no nitrogen, and there- fore ferment or yeast was a substance in a state of pxravfactton. The effects of alcohol on the human body, externally and internally, were next minutely gone into by the lecturer, who pointed out liiat there was scarcely any medi- cinal agent that the doctor had to deal with that was so varied in its effects, especially according to whether the dose was large or small. The smallest quantity taken internally produced a very immediate functional activity of the stomach, htart, nnd liver, and it was important to remember that whije smail doses supplied the hody with warmth and a certain amount of vital force-the heat, however, was deceptive because it was produced by the irritation of the vessels of the stomach— a more generous and continuous use of alcohol had a degenerative action upon the system, lowering the temperature and producing the very depressing effect upon the nerves that usually induced the: feelings of lassitude and drowsiness which succeeded the exhilarating influences of the first dose or two. He did not know any more sure way of undermining the strongest constitution than by the excessive indulgence of alcohol, and, whilst lie impressed upon his hearere that small doses were invaluable in some diseases, he wished it to be distinctly under- stood that alcohol wws not a food. (Hear, hear.) In fo-ct, there was ample proof fortb- coming that more mental and physical work could be accomplished by the healthy without its aid, though in old age a small allowance might be given with advantage, in order to aid diges- tion.1 Having mentioned that for the past ten years the ratepayers of Swansea had Uo-t been called upon to pay for a single dose of alcohol in his district. Dr. Davies defined alcohol as the geniur, of degeneration, and, in conclusion, made an appeal for total abating on the grounds of personal health and example to otbers. Tbe usual votes of thanks terminated a vexleible lecture.
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MERCHANDISE MARKSI ACT.
MERCHANDISE MARKS I ACT. The Select Committee of the House of Commons appointed to enquire into the working of the Morchandise Marks Act met on Mcnday, when the chief witness under examination was Mr. H. W. Primrose, C.B., chairman of the Board of Customs. He expressed the opinion that the general effect of the Act had been to render impossible the importation into this country of things bearing the name or trade- mark of lEngiisa manufacturers. As regarded things marked in a 1(ws detinite way, it had had the effect o reorree-ting misleading characters as to places of origin.
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John Lindstrom, keeper of a sailorle boarding bouse ai Liverpool, died on Monday from wounds alleged to have been inflicted by Andrew John- ston, a sailor. On Friday the men quarrelled over some trifling matter, when Johnston drew a knife and plunged it into Lindstrum's boay, causing a frightful wound. Johnston is in cus- tody, (?,ucl will now be charged with wilful mur- der Heuley-oiir-Thames having decided to celebrate the Queen's long reign by erecting u. new town hall. Mr. F. D. Smith, M.P., has promised £ 6,000 towards the cost, and Colonel Makins and Mr. Frank Crisp, who also reside in the neighbourhood, have promised C500 each. The Swias Federal Council has made a pro- posal for the purcha" by the State of the princi- pal Swiss railway lines. Mr. S. S. Blake, a brewer, ( 4icd at Gosport on Saturday, from effects of injuries sustained while following the Hambledon hounds early in the week. At Portsmouth on Monday Thomas Saunders, an ordinary seaman of H. M. S. Prince George, was Court Marsh ailed for striking L'eutenant Bruce when at quarters on the 17th inst. The officer had called attention to the prisoner being improperly dressed, when Saunders knocked him down. The prisoner was sentenced to two xacutba hard labour and dismissed the ser vice.
MORGAN CROWTHER j DEFEATED.
MORGAN CROWTHER j DEFEATED. Exciting Contest at the National Sporting I Club. The glove contest for £ 100 a-skie between I NJ.. Crowther, tl?e veIl-kno-?Ti Welsh pugi- list, and. Dave Wallace, of London, took juiace at the National Spoi-ting Club on Monday even- ing, and resulted in a win for the Londoner in 20 rounds. « Long before the time .h=ed for the start the gymnasium begam to ftlfl tj-pidly, the spectators including a, large numl>b." of country sportsmen, Cardiff sending up a surong contingent. Imme- diately Crowther and W allaoe made tlieir appear- ance the Londoner was installed a hot favourite, as at one period 2 to 1 was freely laid on him. The Welshman, after the first oouple of rounds, was completely out-fought at every point, but he never once flinched, and it was not before the full number of rounds had been contested that Wallace was able to secure a verdict. Mr. J. B. Angle officiated as referee, and Mr. T. Smith VAS timekeeper. Wallace was the first to enter the ring, having for his attendants Arthur Guttride, Fred. John- son, and his trainer, Mangle Hyams. The Welshman quickly followed, being enquired by Dick Burge, Sam Blacklock. and Funny Cook. After the gloves had been adjusted, and the M.C. had made his customary speech the men stood I up for Round 1.—They appeared evenly matched both in size and reach. Crowther at onoe became the aggressor, and twice reached the head with the kit without a return. Following round the ring, the Welshman worked his man into a comer, and banged his right home on the head with considerable force. Although the Londoner continued to make the most of the ring, his opponent repeatedly broke through bis guard, aid the round ended in favour of Crowther. Round 2.-Crowther again started well by getting home on the head with the right, but in endeavouring to repeat the doss was driven back with a straight left-hand punch. This did Lot appear to disturb the Welshman in the least, who got home several left-handers en the bead, but just beiore the close Wallace reached the body with both hands with terrific force. Round 6.A.fter some sparring, Crowther opened the exchanges, which led up to a clinch. Morgan, on breaking away, jabbed his left on the mouth. Some half-«unn exchanges ensued, and Wallace got in several effective blows. Round 4.—Walinoe tried to be first with the left, and a clinch foLowed. Crowther held open his hands, apparently to appeal to the referee. Wallace, seizing the opportunity, drove his right home on the head, and Crowther appeare d pleased when the round finished. Round 5.—The Londoner took the centre with promptitude, whilst his rival looked somewhat the worse for wear. Wallace, on getting within measurable distance, lashed out his right. Each in turn resorted to hugging tactics, and was caiufcionedi Gocardingly. However, Wallace's blows were decidedly the puxverfd, and he was certainly the stronger at the close. Round 6.-Durihg the interval Morgan greatly revived, bnt Wallace's frequent visitations with the left took a lot out of the Welshman, who continually held his opponent to avoid punish- ment. During the last ten seconds of the round Wallace drove his right heavily home on the mouth, and Crowther was very uncertain on his feet at the close. Round 7.—Although he was weaker, Crowther attempted to force the exchanges, but Wallace att,empted to force t boxirg very cooHy, easily warded off his blows, and Crowther was receiver-general. I Round 8.-Feel quietly responded to the order of the timekeeper, and Crowther at once endeavoured to bring his right into play, but Wallace was very ehifty on his feet, and towards the and of the round the Londoner got home with great force on the body. Round 9.—Fast fighting opened this round, the Welshman improving considerably, and in sew,m rallies that ensued fairly holding his own, and he was exceedingly busy at the call of time. Rounds 10 to 15.—During these rounds the Welshman was simply a chopping-block for his opponent, but Wallace had not sufficient strength to bring the bout to a okee. Rounds 16 to 20.—Although Crowther was in queer street, Wallace would not throw a chance away, but he was content with increasing his advantage. In the last round Crowther made a bold bid for victory, but was .unable to co p e with Wallace, who, at the close, was' returned tct- winner.