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HIRWAIN PUBLICAN'S FAILURE I A meeting of the creditors of Rees Morgan Prothero, licensed victualler and cab pro- prietor, Railway Inn, Hirwain, was held at Merthyr to-day. The statement of affairs showed: Gross liabilities, S,274 12s. 10d.; liabilities to rank for dividend, Cl43 4s. 6d.; net assets avaUable for distribution, JB23 13s. lid.; deficiency, L119 10s. 7d. The debtor attributed his failure to loss of c93 since April last by accidents to and deaths of five horses, bad trade in both his businesses, ill-health of his wife, and the strike of 1904 in the neighbourhood.

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"MAUDIE DARLING." Colonel's Alleged Familiarity with Landlady. HIS WIFE OBJECTS TO IT. An extraordinary case, in which an ex-Army officer, named John Warrington Carrington Giynn, of South Kensington, was charged with assaulting his wife, Catherine Mary Glynn, was heard at West Ham Police-court yesterday. Mrs. Glynn, it was stated, was fifty years of age, and was married to the defendant in 1901. For a long time he had treated her with diabolical cruelty, beating her several times, and even on one occasion going to the length of biting her through her eyelid. Latterly they had been living in a lodging- house kept by a Mrs. M'Neil. A doctor stated that he saw Mrs. Glynn on October 12 and found bruises about her body and a few scratches on her face. He had attended her before on other occasions, when 6he alleged her husband had assaulted her, and once She Bore Distinct Marks on her eyelid of a bite. Mrs. Glynn, a tall, handsome, grey-haired woman, stated that her husband was addicted to intemperance. She had serious reason to complain of his familiarity with Mrs. M'Neil. He used to call her Maudie darling," and kiss her. She implored him to leave the house, and he said he would never leave Mrs. M'Neil, eo she (the witness) left the house. When she called on October 12, Mrs. M'Neil tried to prevent her entering, and called out to her (the witness's) husband. Here's the beast, Jack; give it to her." Thereupon the def-enda,at struck her in the chest. He repeated the assault, and she fell to the ground. In answer to questions by Mr. Newton, the witness said she did take some poieon after she left the house, and she wrote to her hus- ba-nd to tell him so. Mr. Ellis (for the defence): It was A Nicely Calculated Dose You recovered? The Witness: Yes. TEe Witness, in cross-examination, ad- mitted that on the night of her first intro- duction to the defendant he stayed at her rooms. Mr. ELlis: Were you received by his family? —No. And you went to their house and made a. row "?-Oh, no. He stayed on my premises in a different room. I nursed him, and spent about £ 100 through his illness. He was a physical wreck?—Through drink. Is it true you pressed him to marry you ?— No. Did not you threaten to ooanmit suicide?— No. Have you not twice taken poison.?—After marriage. And it was through your Threats to Kill Yourself I that he was induced to marry you ?-oh, no. I The Magistrate: What wae your social posi- tion when you married?—I had a small allowance from a gentleman. Mr. ElHs: Haveult you been turned out of one shabby lodging and another through your jealous scenes and violent language?—No. Through his drunkenness. Haven't you tried to stab your husb=d?- No. Didn't you run after him in Bond-street, shouting, Stop, thief" ?-When he was going to pawn my first husband's watch. Didn't you cause him to leave the Army ?- Certainly not. He was drunk while chamging guard once. In answer to Mr. Newton, the witness denioo emphatically that she was an immoral woman when she met the defendant. The case was adjourned.

DUKE'S SIMPLE LIFE I The great Duke of Wellington seems to have been the eldest exponent of the simple life. His own room was plainness and simplicity it&elf. He always slept on a small camp-bed, and Lord Ellesmere, in his reminiscences, tells us that he was temperate and careless in his diet, stating that he believed his good health was due to the three years he spent under canvas in India, when he ate little but rioe, and drank scarcely any wine. He continued to eat rice to the day of his death. He ate it with meat and almost everything, and his intimate friends took care always to place a dish of rice on the table when he dined with them. He was the first inventor of the mixture of ale and soda-frater, but was quite innocent of any gastronomic fancies, scarcely knew one wine from another, and could not discern bad butter from good. His indifference in the matter of food was proverbial, a con- trast, says Lady Violet Greville in the "Graphic," to the present day. when diet forms one of the principal subjects of con- versation.

CRUSHED BY THE RATES. I A pathetic story of a family which was crushed by the excessive rates was told yes- terday at Lambeth County-court by Mrs. White, the wife of a working tailor, named' W. T. White, who is now in gaol for non- payment of his rates. Mrs. White said that her husband earned only 25s. a week, and had a family of ten children. On account of the size of their family they were unable to obtain cheap rooms, and were forced to take a small house, but they were utterly crushed by the rates. She applied to have a committal order on a judgment summons rescinded. Judge Emden said that it was a shocking thing to send a man who earned only 25s. a week and had ten children to gaol for his rates, and he hoped the local authorities conoerned would investigate the circum- stances, and at least see that nothing of the kind occurred again. He rescinded the committal order under the judgment summons.

H.M.S. MONTAGU J The Press Association is informed by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty that it has been decided not to carry out any gunnery practice at the wreck of his Majesty Ship Montagu.

LANGUAGE OF COMMERCE I French may be the language of diplomacy, but English is the commercial language of the world, with a numerical advantage which leaves all competitors far behind. Great Britain, her Colonies, and the United States of America produce together the fabulous total of 111,000,000 of English-speak- ing persons. Germany and Russia come next with 75,000,000 apiece, followed by France, Spain, Italy, and Portugual in the order named, with 51,000,000, 43,000,000, 33,000,000, and 13,000,000 each respectively. These and similar striking facts of 'world-wide interest are illustrated by means of maps and diagrams in Part 14 of the Atlas of the World's Com- merce (6d.), published by George Newnee (Limited).

DEATH OF LADY SELBY Lady Selby, the wife of Viscount Selby, late Speaker of the House of Commons, died this morning at six o'clook at Seaford, Sussex. It will be remembered that at the time of Mr. Gully's elevation to the peerage he took as his title the maiden, name of his wife, who was tihe eldest daughter of the late Mr. Thomas Selby, of Whitley, Essex.

THE LORD CHANCELLOR The Lord Chancellor passed a. good night, and is gci,nig,on very well, but there is no doubt that his lordship is seriously ilL He ca;n,mot walk yet, and is necessarily confined to his bedroem, and any hope that he can resume his official duties before Christmas is regarded as out of the question.

MERTHYR POULTRY SHOW The annual slhow of poultry, pigeons, and cage-birds at Mert-hyr was held to-day ait the Drill-hall. There was a large number of entries, and in every department there were some very fine exhibits.

ONE MOMENT, PLEASE! R. F., of Weybridgo, wrltea:—" AfUr I bad take. the second two I felt better than I had done for ore* tour years. The paia in my baak has entirely gone." Holdroyd's GrtTet PIU. ue a poaitWe Cure for Gmrd and Palna in the Bank, Dropsy, Diaaaeee ot the Kidneys, Gout, Sciatica, JA. Ud., an cbmw&& Post free, 12 (Umfi,—HOJ.JHttYD'S IQUttOAXi K- I'T., aeou.

I Out-of-Work Tragedy. I SWEETHEARTS TAKE POISON. I Youth Sentenced to Death. At Manchester Assizes yesterday a beardless youth named John Chapman wag charged with murdering his sweetheart, Martha Jane Watts, and with, att.empt.ed. suicide. In the early hours of the morning cf Sun- day, August 5, Chapman knocked at the door of Mre. Smith. Grove-street, Rusholme, pointed to his sweetheart sitting on a door- step a. few paces a way, and said, Help her; never heed me; we have both taken poison." Mrs. Smith procured an emetic arid tried to administer it to the girl, who, pointing to her lover, murmured, It's him as well as me." The poor girl's mouth. however, was so fearfully burnt that Mrs. Smith found it impossible for her to taie the emetic. Chapman, however, swallowed some, and to it he Probably Owed His Life. Later he made the following statement:— We had both been at the Junction Theatre, and on. coming out she went to a chemist's shop. We then went to the ] the .Police athletic ground and took both lota of poison together. We had made up our miJnds a week ago to do it. I did it because I was out of graft. To a nurse he added: Martha wat3 in great pain, and I carried her nearly half a llile. At the police-station he said: If she dies I cannot live, and if I die she won't. I wish we had taken enough to finish us. I was out of work and in trouble. That is why I did it. The evidence given by the girl's mother and other witnesses allowed that deceased and Chapman were always on the most affec- tionate terma. When picked up she aaid, '"Mke me home to mamma." The jury returned a verdict of "Wilful murder, but strongly recommended Cha.p- man to mercy. Sentence of death was then pronounced.

I BLEW HIS BRAINS OUT. ROMANCE OF THE MAINE RECALLED A romance of the voyage of the hospital ship Maine to South Africa daring- the Boer war has been re-called by the suicide at Buffalo yesterday of Dr. Rodman, who dar- ing an attack of scarlet fever blew his brains out. At the invitation of Lady Randolph Church- hill, Dr. Kodman joined the ship's medical staff. Amongst that famous company of dashing amat-eur nurses was Lady Randolph's secretary, Miss Eleanor Warrender, daughter of the late Sir George Warrender. Somehow the Boer bullets. Eontgen rays, and 'human love got mixed, and on the return of the surgeon and Miss Warrender to London their engagment was announced on March 4. 1902. That summer Dr. Rod- man was seized with illness and went to America (says the "Morning Leader"), where he fell in love with a hospital nurse named Ldith Wyrna-n. On July 15 he was carried into Jefferson Hotel, Richmond, on a stretcher. With a, physician standing by, frequently adminis- tering restoratives during the ceremony, he was married to the nurse. One month later the Herald" printed the following advertisement: The marriage arranged between Miss Eleanor Warrender and Dr. Harry Rod- man, of New York, will not take place. The New York newspapers at the time en- deavoured without success to discover why Dr. Rodman jilted his fiianc-ee. Exa-ctly five months after his wedding with the nurse Mrs. Rodman died at the Presby- terian Hospital. New York.

CHELSEA HOUSE ROMANCE There is a mysterious old house in Chelsea that has been shut up for 40 years. Tlitf owner was taking his bride home, and sho fell dead on the threshold. The wedding breakfast was ready in the dining-room, but the bridegroom would not have a thing disturbed. He shut up the house, and went to live in a house opposite. Not until his death, says Madge in Truth," will anyone see that ghostly dining-room and the wedding breakfast, which has possibly been eaten away by rats and mice. I thought this rather romamtrto," says Mrs. Humphry, as "Madge" is known to her readers, "and told it to Richard." And he said-" "Well, you know what "men «t-e. 'If they had the sense to lay the bottles on their sides, there ought to be some decent wine there.' Just like a man, isn't ;t? Romance! Does he care about it? Pooh! But the thought of that shut-up Chelsea room brought back the remembrance of Miss Havisham in. Great Expectations," who sat in the bridal breakfast-room in bridal dresa until the end came.

BOY AND GIRL MARRIAGE The Belgian professor whose theory of early marriage has somewhat started na holds that boys and girls, if they wed in their teens, will avoid much of the evils and pitfalls of life. I am afraid (saye the "Free Lance") that the professor will not find mamy to agree with him. Already in the lower classes these baby marriages are a dismal failure. One has only to read the police-court news every day to see what tlhey mean. To start with, ohildren of the age of nine- teen or twenty cannot know whether they are really in love with each other. The fairy prince may win his Cinderella as long as he is the fairy prince; but when the tinsel has worn away, and Cinderella becomes really the drudge agadn, and he is no longer of lover prince but a struggling worker for bread, what then? One cannot, conceive a worse prospect.

MAGISTRATE v. JUDGE. Mr. Mead. the Thames magistrate, was in a mood for candid spea-king yesterday, and did not hesitate to pit his opinion against that of the President of the Divorce Court. The case was one of a man summoned by his wife for desertion. She wanted a separa- tion, but a solicitor contended that, as the husband was perfectly willing to live with his wife, there was no necessity for his Wor- ship to make an order for separation. Mr. Mead said that, with all due respect to so high an authority as the President of the Divorce Court, he had hitherto failed to discover any case in which it would be of advantage to refrain from making the separation order when making an order for maintenance. Judicial separation granted, with mainten- ance order of 8s. a week.

HARMLESS DUEL CLUB Dr. Paul Devilliers. the president of a new duelling club in Paris, has invented an inoffensive revolver bullet which at the usual distance of twen-ty paces will hit an adver- sary without hurting him. His club has been formed to popularise the gentle art of duelling by enabling the members to fire on one another, with all the forms and ceremonies of the duel, and to hit each other without harm. The bullets look like the real thing in lead.

NOBLEMAN AND CHEQUES I Conmit Fritz von Rosen, captain in the Swedish Horse Guards, and a member of one j of the noblest families in Scandinavia, was yesterday arrested at Copenhagen on a charge of having defrauded the Swedish military aut/horities of over £ 8,000. Count von Rosen is also accused of endors- ing fraudulent cheques wit-h the names of members of the Royal Family. )

KILLED WITH A HAMMER 1 Yes, I did it. I hit him with a hammer." This confession iB alleged to have been made by Thomas Evered, 33, a blacksmith, of West Ham, when arrested for the murder of Thomas Howe at Stratford on Tuesday. Evered appeared before the West Ham magis- tratœ yesterday. On the way to the station he said to PoJioe- eergesuft Clark: I threw the hammer at him. He had been punching me in the face. Tha.t is all through interfering with other people's business." Accused was remanded. I

FATAL WRESTLING MATCH I George Westhall, a South Shields wrestler, was thrown twice in a. public wrestling match last night a.t Sunderland, in which his opponent was H. Purvis, also of South Shields. The second time he failed to rise, and when assistance reached him it was found tfoat he was dead.

SPAIM WfcLi. AND SPZIQD WELL." WbeD YGIa bur KNOLAJfirS GLORY HATCHES you gpLr. Ttma, Pstiaooe, and Mooar, and "speed" well beotmw fotx get the Acme of Vata*. EVW7!118toh Striko,6 )m??.MtdBurMperfeoUy. Mad* at .fe j msxj" MMOI, w. 4

WEST WALES ASSIZES. At the West Wales Winter Assizes, held at Carmarthen to-day, Thomas Page, 48, labourer, of the migratory class, was sen- tenced to three m-ffnths' hard labour for stealing 2s. 4d. worth of cheese, the property of Thomas Lewis, Llandilo. Alfred Nugent, 25, labourer, who is at present undergoing twelve months' imprison- ment for felony in Pembrokeshire, was sen- tenced to five months' imprisonment for s'teialing eleven keys from the rectory at Llan- dowror, the sentence to run concurrently.

"SHOPLIFTING" FOWLS. I At a special sitting of Brynmawr magis- trates to-day Maria Evans, single, 163, King- street, Brynmawr, was barged with steal- ing a silk wrap, valued at 6s., the property of Mr. Gerson Ballins, draper, Brynmawr, on the 14th inst. The prisoner, it appears, went to the shop to sell fowls, and after she had left the wrap was found to be missing. Some time after information had been given to the police the prisoner brought the wrap back, and said the fowls must have plucked at it, and asked to 'be forgiven. Prisoner said that it was an accident, and the prosecutor not being anxious to press the charge, prisoner was dismissed with a caution.

PREPARING FOR A LYNCHING I A dispatch from Asheville, North Carolina, states that a. negro desperado named Wil- Ham Harris yesterday shot dead two police- men and three negroes, and wounded a dozen other people with revolver shots. He wa? chased until he took refuge in a house ten miles from the city, where he is now sur- rounded. A posse in charge of Mr. J. A. Roebling, the millionaire iron and steel manufacturer of New Jersey, has left AEtbe- ville by special train for the spot. It is practically certain that the man will be lynched.

ZELIG ZINGAR DISCHARGED The young Polish Jew, Zelig Zingar, was at Bow-street to-day for extradition charged with bomb throwing in Russia. No further evidence was offered. and the accused was discharged. The Magistrate (Sir Albert de Rutzen) said the accused's position was due entirely to himself, but there was no further evidence against him, and what evidence there was rather went to prove the fact that he was not the man. The action of the police authorities had bean quite correct.

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I shall always feel it a pleasure to recommend your services to anyone need- ing dental treatment; your most moderate charges and carcsful attention after extrac- tion should appeal to all who require the ser- vices of a thorough, practical, and careful Dentist. You are at liberty to make what- ever use you like of this, as I feel I cannot praise your services too highly.—I remain, yours faithfully, THOS. LEER. Cardiff Pilot. Oakfield, Euthin-gardens, Cardiff, March 10. 1906. Dear Sir,—It affords me great pleasure to let you know how pleased I am with the Teeth you have made me. I am perfectly satisfied with them. Your new process of extraction of Teeth without gas is almost painless, and your charges are very reason- able., loan, with the greatest confidence, recommend anyone requiring the aid of an able Dentist to place themselves under your care, when they will (like myself) be more than satisfied.—I am, yours truly, (Rev.) J. JONES. G. Poole, Esq., Surgeon Dentist, Cardiff. FIRSTCLASS TEETH AT MODERATE CHARGES. Consultation and all Information Free. S MOKE BONUS MIXTURE, 4D. per oz. BONUS MIXTURE, 40. per oz BONUS MIXTURE, 4D. per oz. BONUS MIXTURE, 4D. per oz SMOKERS GET THE BEST VALUE ON THE MARKET. ONLY AT NELSON'S. Only Nelson can do it! e2824 SALES BY AUCTION ANGEL HOTEL YARDS, CARDIFF. IMPORTANT TO GENTRY, FARMERS, AND OTHi:aS. SALE OF VALUABLE HORSES, HARNESS, SADDLERY, &e., the Property of Eddie Thomas, Esq., late of Sunnybank, Oastleton. MESSRS. ARMSTRONG, FRANCIS, and 00. have been favoured with in- structions to SELL by AUCTION, as above (Without Reserve), on SATURDAY, Novem-1 ber 17th. 1906, at Three p.m., HORSES, HARNESS, &c.t Oomprising—Lay mare, 7 year old, 14.3, quiet, to ride and drive, g-jod moycr; bay mare, 5 year old, 14.2 (by "Oappoquin"), quiet to ride and drive; capital hack, suit lady (would make a good polo pony); brown gelding, 6: year old, 15.3, quiet to ride and drive, hunted wp to day of eale; bay pony (entire) (by "Copalder Squire"), 2 year old. been led and mouthed; 1 set brown double harness (equal to new), 2 straw collars, 4 black leather collars, 3 gents' saddles, 1 lady's saddle, com- plete set of winter horse clothing, night rugs, oilskin rugs, hoods, summer sheets, 1 travel- ling rug, 3 hunting crops, 10 sname, 6 Liver- pool, and 4 short bar bit, 3 pair stirrup irons, girths, knee-caps, pillar reins, traces, breast collars, bibs, tailpads, pole straps, rollers, halters, saddle pads, tugs, loin straps, bauda^es, saddle fittings, and other stable requisites too numerous to mention. On View Morning of Sale. a7862 Auctioneers' Offioee, 19, Duke-street, Cardiff. PUBLIC NOTICES THE CARDIFF TECHNICAL SCHOOL. -L —Boy Artificers in the Royal Navy.—The Education (Technical Instruction) Committee of Cardiff is p»repa.red to Nominate to the Lords ConMrnieaijOfnera of the Admira-lty One Boy from a Cardiff Council School (Elemen- tary, Intermediate, or Technical), who will be between the age of 15 and 16 on the tot of January, 1907, for entry ae a Boy Artificer for Training i,n His llajesty'a Reserves as all Engine-room Artificer. Further Information may be obtained, from the undersigned, to whom ail aj> p.iioa<tiora8 for such nomination, must be sent on or before Monday, November ,26th. 1906—J. AUSTIN JENKINS, B.A., Secre- ta.ry. Oniverai/ty College, QaondEj, November Zti, 1506. &3i42

VOICE OF THE POOR -0 To Mr F. J. Beavan, J. p. I BY LLOYD MEYRICK I Yesterday I walked down Conway-road, and saw on the pavement opposite the house of Mr. F. J. Beavan, J.P., an envelope. I stooped for the purpose of rendering a service to an old public ser- vant, for whose character and ability I have the greatest admiration, and with the intention of dropping the letter into his post-box. On closer examination of the envelope I found the words, "This is an open letter. Anyone is at liberty to publish it." The keen scent of the writer in search of copy was at once aroused, and I opened the envelope and give its I contents to my readers. I AN OPEN LETTER TO MR. F. J. BEAVAN, I J.P. Dear Sir,—I am a grey-haired old man of seventy. I am one of life's failures. Who my parents were is immaterial. I had a college education and good chances, but I have drifted downwards. I have hungered for days and have chewed the leather of my boots to dull the agony of starvation. I have been a bootblack in Melbourne, and earned a not unreasonable profit. I have dug in New Zealand for Kauri gum, that fossil product of long vanished trees. I have washed sheep and herded cattle and broken horses. My last address was Boiler No. 23, Sydney Wharf, and I have spent idle days among the outcast, and long nights amidst the sobs of the wastrels and the forlorn. I hare anticipated the Christian's Hell, and have known agony which makes a mockery of flames and the lurid tortures of the grid- iron. Now, I have drifted to Cardiff. Why, God knows. I have always drifted, and have been a flotsam on the stream of life. I wonder whether the public wanta to hear some voice from the under-world, some aching heart groan from the sad music of the world's outcast. Whether it does or does not the mood of expression is upon me. a-nd I will voice the sentiments of my peers. I have wandered the world over, and have lived unaer Monarchies, Republics, and Despotisms, but nowhere have I found the strident voice of the poor raised on high. Long centuries have attuned it to whisper- ing humbleness, joined to the bent back of humility. Some faint echo of my mother's teaching comes back to me, and I hear the I golden words, Blessed is he that con- i sidereth .the poor." What do I find? The Cardiff mind stirred to its depths, by no new evangel, by no gospel of sweet hope and greater sympathy, by no question of housing th3 aged and the unfortunate, but by talk of palatial mansions for the guardians! The Latter are too cold in winter and too warm in summer, and a squeal of anguish arises from tho comfortable homes of the middle classes. That the fatter object to pay unne- cessary ra,3 I can well understand. Maybe they see at last the humbug of the demand. The poor, it is said, are too great a burden on the rich, but the poor to whom I have always belonged know the hollowness of the cry. Eleven shillings in the £ are paid for administration, and only 9s. in the £ for tha needy, and the poor know the fact. The intelligence of the world has moved its pivot, and its bright light glowers gloomily among such as 1. We object to this new ?c?nlhZn",?g- ment of Bumble, and the clothing him in broadcloth and gold lace. I have been in every country in the world—one of dumb hundreds who have waited with the patience of cattle for the sop of grudging and casual labour, and have kicked my heels for the doles of charity in some of the finest edifices in Europe, and have tramped to Cardiff to find Bumble in the throes of self- exaltation. Can you, sir, wonder tha,t Socialisim grows, that its menacing rumbles .are heard disturbing the foundations of the most ancient States? From every common lodging-house in South Wales comes the mocking laugh of the human driftwood, and the common toast is To the guardians, who are too cold in winter and too hot in summer." The gnawing irony of the whole thing. If the public are rated and taxed for the poor, wfhy is it that the poor do not come into their heritage? I have spent one night at the Cardiff Workhouse, and know the present accommodation for the "guardians. What utter cant to say that the latter are not sufficiently housed, when one-third are only called to the recollection of the poor when some fat appointment is in the market. If you, sir, find there is money to spare, is there no demand by the deserving poor—no widow to whom some small additional pit- tance would be a Godsend, no underfed family to whom increase of food would mean the minimum of physical well-being? We are told that "when the poor have cried Caesar hath wept," and some of us harshly say that the tears of Caesar, the State, fill no hungry bellies. I started life, Heaven knows, with a wealth of idealism, and have known the cold rigours of the Russian fortress and the Bible-soaked charity of a Salvation Army Labour Colony; but I yet look for one corner of God's earth where the poor get the value Of the pound raised for their benefit. How we shall gather at the Cathays Park and feel honoured at the goodly pile! Can you, sir, blame us if a whisper goes among the throng, with the dulled eyes of hunger raised to your great edifice, "We asked for bread, and they gave us a stone"? But I want to undeceive the public. Their money is not wrung from them by the needs of their unfortunate brothers and sisters. Suppose, sir, we had real guardians of the poor—men and women who, without cost, administered the huge millions raised on our beha-lf. Would there then not be enough to give old-age pensions, .md gild the declining days of honest poverty on the dusty road to death? The human seaweed reads and thinks, and joins hands with the overburdened ratepayers for the laws of common-sense and fairplay. How I should like to act as doorkeeper to your new Ca,thays buildings. Suppose some fine after- noon, as is the habit of doorkeepers, I slum- bered at my post and in my dreams I was visited by the pale Galilean, who asked what was done for His poor. In suite of post or pelf, I would give vent to a spirit of savage irony: Poor! Well, permit me to show you the new board-room and the chairs for the guardians of the poor. You see the clerical staff housed like princes, and the relieving officers dispensing charity blended with a south aspect. The harsh winds of winter are tempered by the latest appliances, and the hot breezes of summer are cooled by a number of aged poor waving fans. The poor, agiain you say. Where are the poor always? In dirty alleys, in reeking slums; man and God forgotten. There you will find the poor. This is the modern apo- theosis of Bumble, and the spirit' of Dickens has died out in the land. In the same way as Christianity has run to seed in a main-made theology, so has the spirit of charity clothed itself in velvet and built for itself a lordly pleasure-house. "Do not the public support the poor?" you inquire. Second turning on the left in another build- ing you will find teak counters, supported by marble columns, upon which struggling tradesmen deposit their hard-wrung tribute. I was disturbed in my dream by a party of guardians, who wanted to know why the fires of the Turkish Bath had run down, as they wanted a massage before the labours of the weekly meeting. What became of the palo Galilean I do not know; perhaps He hungered for the days of the stern Roman. who threw with careless hand bread to the I poor, but, at any rate, did not mock them with the frozen music of architecture. Now. sir, to end, I hope you will pardon me. I am a rough man with rougih ways, and am sorry that I have so long come between the wind and your nobility. But. pray place the saddle on the right horse. Don't use the sacred name of the poor to disguise schemes for the mere aggrandise- ment of a governing body. The poor have no part or lot in your fantastic attempt further to make lean the public purse, from which only the pence ever reach the poor. If you be really guardians of the poor, make, I pra/y, some little sacrifice of comfort for the cause you profess to serve. I and my class sympathise with the ratepayers, because they are sweated for useless ends under the specious guise of helping their; more unfortunate fellows. If, ir. you wish" to reply to this letter, I regret I can give no more definite address than Aroh 50. The T^hamee-embanlrment. I leave Cardiff. I could not see without tears the erection of your new palace.—Tours most respectfully, ONE OF THE FALLEN. I make no comment. I leave this strange letter for the great consideration of cay readers.

The Definition of Idle. NOVEL SEQUEL TO A CONVICTION I A novel point came before the Lord Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Darling yesterday, when Mr. W. W. Grantham. moved on behalf of Mr. J. A. Kensit for a rule nisi calling upon, the magistrates of Bristol to show cause why a conviction of two men, named Chivers and Brunning, who had been sent to Prison for fourteen days in default of finding sureties to keep the peace for six monthe;, should not be brought up with a view to its being quashed. The learned counsel said theJ defendants, who were supporters of Mr. Ken- sit, were charged with having beha.ved in ai disorderly manner, and caused an obstmc-; tion in Pembroke-road, Clifton, and the magistrates oonvicted them of disturbing the peace. He submitted that the prosecution failed to prove the charge preferred against the defendants, namely, that they were Idle and Disorderly Persons Mr. Justice Darling: Do you suggest that if a man is a busy man, but still a dis-; orderly man, the magistrates have to say t-hat because he is a busy man he cannot be convicted of being disorderly? (Laughter.) Mr. Grantham: I should pay not, under the words of the Municipal Corporations Act. Mr. Justice Darling: What is the definition of "idle" ? Mr. Grantham: I have not a dictionary with me. (Laughter.) Mr. Justice Darling: I should say if a man is disturbing the public peace he is a disorderly person. Mr. Grantham: There must be evidence that these defendants were idle persons. Mr. Justice Darling: What would you describe as an "idle" person? Mr. Grantham: I should say an idle person is one who Never Does Any'Good for Himself or anybody else. That could not be said of these men. They were preaching at the time. (Lajwhter.) Mht Justice Darling: But supposing the magistrates thought that that was not doing any good to anybody? (Laughter.) Mr. Grantham: The men were in regular employment at the time. Therefore, they could not be called idle. Mr. Justice Darling: I do not agree altogether with that. Everyone is idle at times. I only wish I could be idle oftener. (Laughter.) Their lordships declined to grant a vule, and dismissed the application.

HUNDREDS OF LETTERS. I LASS WHO LOVED A SAILOR I When "Boy-boy" met Mahel Dora Bentley six years ago she was a schoolgirl of four- teen summers and he a few years older. To-day he ie Lieutenant Alfred George Hawkes, R.N.R., and as the Lady is still Ma.bel Bentley she brought an action for breach of promise against him in the London Sheriff's- court. Counsel told the court there were hundreds of letters to choose from. In March, 1901, the defendant wrote:- My own little Darling,—I have just finished dinner, and Boy-boy is going to write you a few lines to once again tell you that nothing on earth can or will happen to part UII. Yes, dearest, I do love you so much. The defendant's father (added counsel) is a wealthy manufacturer of Birmingham, employing hundreds of workmen, and he himself is engaged hi the mercantile marine at 14s. a day, besides drawing a parental allowance of £ 200 a year. The defendant used to walk home with the girl, and was received into her parents' home as her acknowlodged suitor. The engagement lasted for six years. At first the Bentleys would not hear of fixing a date for the marriage on account of their daughter's youth, but the lover was persistent, and in 1904, when he was abontt to start on a year's voyage on one of his Majesty's ships, it was agreed that the wedding should take pistce on his return in July, 1905. In the summer of 1905 he came back to England still very much the lover, but said nothing of marriage, and went off on another voyage. On his return this year the father J of the plaintiff pressed him to carry out his contract, but his only reply was a letter abusing the girl's mother for having pre- vented the marriage earlier, and referring them to a solicitor. The jury returned 3, verdict for the plain- tiff for £ 150, with costs

CARDIFF TRAMS COLLIDE. I PASSENGERS STARTLED AND SHAKEN I The people in one of the Cardiff Corpora- tion cars which was passing through !filI- I laTie about half-past seven on Wednesday evening were much sta-rtled and shaken. A Eoath workmen's oar was going towards the Hayes Bridge and a Cathays oar was travelling in the opposite direction. As the former was crossing' from one line to another the two collided, but as they were both moving at aslow pace none of the 13assengers were hurt. The Roath car was empty,! having just finished its day's journeys, -while the other oar contained three people only. The fronts of both cars were rather badly battered. The driver of the Cathays car stated that rain had been falling for a few minutes, and had made the tram lines greasy, 60 that when the brakes were applied the wheels skidded along the rails.

'YOU ARE TWO BLACKMAILERS' There was an extraordinary scene in Lam- beth County-court yesterday at the conclu- sion of a suit by Mr. Harry Jacobs, pro- prietor of Wonderland, Whitechapel, against Mr. Carl Hooper, a variety agent, and his wife, who is known on the music-hall stage as Victoria Monks, for money which he alleged he lent them. It was stated that Mr. Jacobs told Mrs. Hoo,per tha-t he had only to say a word to his East End gang and her husband would never be seen again." The judge decided in favour of Mr. and I Mrs. Hooper, and Mr. Jacobs and his brother protested loudly in court, and called out to Mr. and Mrs. Hooper, You are two black- mailers!" Several East End pugilists who were in court also made a hostile demon- stration. The judge called Mr. Jacobs back to the witness-box and threatened to commit him unless he apologised. He apologised, and Mrs. Hooper then said she was afraid to leave the court. The judge ordered the court to be cleared, and then Mr. and Mrs. Hooper were escorted to their carriage by the police.

"BAG OF BONES" ON FOUR LEGSI David Hodge, a coachman in the service of Pat Rafferty, the Irish comedian, was charged at the South-Western Police-court yesterday with ill-treating a horse by work- ing it in an unfit state. The horse was employed driving oomedialls. round the music- halls at night, and a police-constable, dis- covering it well-nigh exhausted, ordered it to be taken from the shafts of the brougham. A brother of Pat Rafferty stated that the horse was taken out of the stable in error, The Magistrate: I warn you not to work the animal again. (To the accused): You will go to prison for fourteen days. Mr. Leslie Smith, solicitor, applied for a reduction of the sentence. The Magistrate: Certainly not. The ainimal, is a bag of bones.

A BOOK TO KEEP. The fashion of copying out recipes in a book kept for the purpose has long since died out. Recipes, nowadays, are scattered broad- cast through the pages of newspapers and magazines. We housewives generally read, mark, and oritiois.e them; finally—quite by a.ocident -we lose them. Everybody knows that the greatest favourites among recipes have, for a long time past, been those dealing with Currant Cookery. These formulae are among the fa-voured few which we have read, marked, criticised—and finally out out and pasted in a reference book. Keep all these cuttings— they will still come in handy-but add to them a little book-" Currante A Few Recipes," with which your grocer will present you. This little volume ctaifflis tx> be am exposi- tion of common-sense Currant Oookew7. Get &- OOPE and appraise it yourseli, e £ 205

"Move On, Move On." POLICE AND GERMAN GIPSIES The encampment of the German gipsies lay last night seven miles away outside the old- world village of Colsterworth. To the disgust of "his Majesty" Rhyll Keany fifteen miles were covered during yes- terday. The atterdemalion horde wandered through one mile and a half of Northamp-1 tonsbhe, two miles of Stamford borough, a stretch of Lincolnshire, seven miles of Rut- land, and made a second excursion into the fen county. "King" RhyII protested at Wothorpe when the start was made that he would go ten miles only, if he went at all. He insisted that his cattle needed rest. He displayed a broken centre-pole, and declared that it would take a full day to repair it. The police spliced the pole with stout cords, and a couple of stalwart Lincolnshire cart- horses were hitched to the "royal" blue vaa and it was dragged into the lane. A dozen constables caught the gipsies" ,horcea, harnessed them to the rickety vans, and urged them along at an unaccustomed pace. Thousands of people witnessed the start. This was the opportunity of the persistent beggars. Mary Anka, the dark-eyed fortune- teller, with the other women amd girls, danced the cake-walk, eang popular melodies, and incessantly badgered the onlookers fof, "Cigarette, pfennig, and gelt." In Stamford the horde raided a fish- monger's and invaded a butcher's, where they so mauled some legs of mutton that the proprietor was glad to sell them for a few coppers. The gipsies also did well in a grocer's shop, where one changed a sove- reign. Just beyond Stamford the "King" sold two horses for C7 and C2 to a dealer, who told a press representative that their cattle were excellent, and that one chestnut mare was worth fully £ 20. Their police escort is costing more tfhan £ 60 a week, and since their arrival at Leith on April 2 the cost has amounted to more than £ 2,000.

STARTLED HORSE BOLTS I Llansamlet Farmer Killed. I Through his horse bolting and coming into violent contact with a telephone pole yesterday afternoon, Mr. David Davies (78), a farmer, of Tallywendda Farm, Llansamlet, lost his life. Mr. Davies was driving home from Neath, and when near Maesygwelan Farm, between Skewen and LI-ansaml-et. the tail-board of his cart fell off, and this started the horse, which bolted. Mr. Davies, who was riding on the front of the cart, was thrown off, and sustained a fractured skull. Deceased had had a lot of family trouble, three of his sons having met with tragic deaths.

DISCREDITABLE P I Nancy Vey, the young and well-dressed wife of a Cardiff boarding-house keeper, was charged at the police-court to-day with steal- ing a silver lever watch, value L2 10s., from the person of Henry Stanton, in Edwards- terrace, on November 14. The prosecutor was not in attendance. Mr. Harold Lloyd defended the prisoner. The police, in the circumstances, applied for a remand until Tuesday. Mr. Harold Lloyd raised no objection to the remand, but said if there was a remand he should certainly apply for bail. Prose- cutor had made a charge under discreditable o,reamstane,es-P, dharge which his client had instructed him (Mr. Harold Lloyd) to emphatically deny. At the same time, the prosecutor, having made the charge, had not the courage to be there, although he had been summoned to attend. Why, therefore, should the woman be kept in custody through no fault of hers? The Magistrates (Messrs. J. Andrews and F. H. Lambert) accepted bail for prisoner's I appearance on Tuesday, the vioman herself in £ 5 and one surety in a similar amount.

THROUGH THE HOLY LAND The Dowager Lady Bute and Lady Mar- garet Crichtoai Stuart, who have been at St. John's Lodge for several weeks, are making preparations for their journey to Palestine and the Holy Land, where Lord Bute owns extensive property. After visiting Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives, where her hus- band's heart lies buried, the Dowager Lady Bute will go through Syria to Damascus. Lord and Lady Bute, who have be-en stay- ing in London, are leaving on Monday for Mount Stuart, where they will remain over Christmas. Lady Bute, who is an ardent Celt, is promoting the formation of a Bute branch of "An Comunn Gaid Nealach" (the Gaelic Association). She and her supporters are to hold a preliminary meeting in Rothe- say on St. Andrew's Day, and have arranged to give a Gaelic concert in the same town on December 21.

CALLED TO SEE THE BUILDING I Some remarkable evidence was offered yes- terday at Bow-street, when Emanuel Michaels, aged nineteen, a clerk, was charged with a series of frauds and thefts. In one ease, it was alleged, he called at the Euston Music-hall and asked to see the manager. Being told the manager was out, he waited in his office, and 'represented he was a son of one of the directors, and searched through the managers papers and helped himself to his cigarettes. When tho manager returned: he repealted his story, and tho manager stated he knew the family of tho director in question, and did not recog- nise him. The prisoner then stated he had only recently ieturncd from Bombay, and said he wished to see the building. When he went away tho manager missed hie gold pince-nez, £12 in cash, and a cigarette-case. The prisoner's story was found to be untrue. The police said there were about fifteen eases against the prisoner, who was com- mitted for trial.

PLENTY OF SUMMONSES Joseph Martin, of 20, Mysydd-terrace, Landore, a steelworker, was charged at Swansea Police-court to-day with persistent cruelty to his wife, Sarah Anil. The prisoner ill-.is alleged to have kicked her and turned her out of the hourie. The defendant gave evidence, and told a long and pitia-ble story to the bench. He said that everything in the house had been pawned to get drink. He aleo rema.rked that he had had enough summonses to paper his house. The Bench said they were sorry for him, after 22 years' marriage, and said that they could not ma-ke a gep a ration order, but he would have to pay 7s. a week towards hus- wife's maintenance, and have the custody of the children.

"DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS YOURCOW' :1 A good story is told in the current '"Woman's Life," which shows how a soft answer is better than wrathful verbiage. It had been given out that Peggy, one of "The Dairymaids," at the Apollo Theatre, would try to milk a cow! And a goodly number of people assembled to watch the attempt, including several newspaper re- porters and photographers. There was some difficulty in obtaining a nice tractable cow for the purpose. But one was at length discovered, and everything got in position, with Miss Moore on the stool and Dan Roylat (the comic sailor of the piece) leaning up against the cow, waiting for the milkmaid to hand him a glasa of milk. The group was perfect. Then up strolled a haughty official, who eyed the scene with a terrible glance. "Look here, miss," he said. "You mustn't do that, you know." Carrie looked up at him with her great, innocent eyes. "Oh, I'm so sorry," she said, apologetically. "I didn't know it was your cow." And, amid a burst of laughter, that official glided away.

FULL, TRUE, AND ACCURATE A summons has been issued, and will be heard at West Ham Police-court on the 28th icst., against Mr. Charles Henry Patterson, borough treasurer of West Ham, who, it is alleged, refused the Local Government Board auditor's request to sign a declaration that tho accounts of the West Ham Education Committee were" fuII, true, and accurate."

BARMAID AN D. "BREACH II In the Kimg's B<moh to-day Bha.nOhe! Williams, formerly barmaid at the JouMrs' Arms, Camberwell, was a,-rded £ 140! damages against Veraou EdgM- Cross, whose father is the owner of several public-houses, for breach of promise of marriage.

CLARKE'S BLOOD MIXTURE Tola Ittmoua Medletne win jleanse the blood from ali Impa- rities from whatever maae srislng. 4 »(« remedy for EOE«&a, Lee8, Serotoia, Blood Polaoa, Sores el all kinds. BoiIa, Iron tions, Utcom Gbadulax awgi, Uasa, Ac. Of all atarm. Ae. Vartf year* on-am Bowen Ge [■iiitm

Cardiff Warehouse Fire I CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE. Considerable damage was done by a fire which broke out last night at a. warehouse in No-st-reet. Cardiff. The building, which belongs to Mr. George Jenkins, trading aa W. Thomas and Co., flour merchants, contained a cable, which was used for packing the flour, and this coining in contact with the match-boarding, caused the flames to spread to the roof. The fire brigade, under Superintendent Geen, were soon on the scene, but before their arrival the are had been practically extinguished by a hose from the Roath Police- station. The ground floor is used as a. stable, occupied by Mr. Dodington, grocer, Bute- street. There were five horsee in the stable when the alarm was raised, but they were brought out by Polioe-constable King (46 C), and sent to a place of safety.

S. WALES MINERAL RAILWAY The Briton Ferry Incline The old scheme to avoid the Briton Ferry incline on the South. Wales Mineral Eailway is being revived, and a great deal of interest is being taken in it in the Neath and Port Talbot districts. Thds incline has proved a serious drawback in the working of the railway, and has, no doubt, checked the development of the rail- way and the extensive mineral area. through which it passes. The general manager of the line, in reply to our Neath representative, stated tha.t while it was true that the scheme, whicji was talked of many years ago and has been under consideration on several occasions, had not yet taken definite shape, it was hoped that ultimately an arrangement for the construc- tion of an avoiding loop would be made.

SUNK IN COLLISION. Cardiff Steamer Lost Advices were received at Cardiff to-day that the steamship Montrose Abbey, owned by Messrs. Pyman, Watson, and Co., Cardiff, has been sunk through collision in the Bordeaux river. The circumstances of the ooillieion have not yet transpired, but it is understood that the orew are all safe. The Montroae Abbey was pitwood-laden.

INSURED HER SISTER I At Abercarn Police-court to-day the Royal IAver Friendly Society were summoned by Mrs. Eliza J. Rees, of Abercarn, who olaimed 112 16s. money alleged to be due under an insura,noo policy, which the complainant took out on the life of her sister. Mr. Matthews (from the office of Mr. T. S. Edwards, solicitor, Newport) appeared on behalf of the complainant and Mr. C. D. Lewis, Tredegar, defended. Mrs. Bees insured her sister, Mrs. Sand- grove, on August 21, 1905. On the 25th of August, 1905, the sister died from acute rapid consumption. Dr. Thomas, Newbridge, said that fourteen months ago he examined the deceased, and then found her to be in good health. The company resisted the claim on the ground of 'misrepresentation at the time tha,t the insurance form was made out. The Ben-ch, after hearing the case, adjourned it for a fortnight, and expressed the hope that it mig/ht be settled.

MILLION DOLLARS MISSING. The Chronicle of San Franciisco has set afoot an inquiry into allegations of mis- appropriation of moneys sent for the relief of suiierert) after the great earthquake of last spring. It is alleged that a million dollars is the shortage, but at present details a.re lack- ing, and not even the investigators can tell yet the full extent of the defalcations. One parcol, consigned by the Wells Fargo Express Company, and valued at 10,580 dollars, is missing, and it is alleged that the robbery took place by the help of forgery, the operating thieves taking advantage of the confusion in San Franoisoo at the time toO imp'srsonate the relievers. President Eoosevelt has ordered the strictest investigation to be carried out by the Post Office officials with regard to further sugges- tions that the mails were tampered with. The President declares that nobody who is guilty will be allowed to escape, but that for such a crime a fitting punishment will be found. Wild rumours are in circulation, but a.t this moment it is dangerous to give the names of those who, it is whimpered around, a.re involved in the scandals. Some of the names are of person high-standing in the political world.