Evening Express

■ The Has io the Street t I t This year in Cardiff has been remark- l able for conferences. Every year, it r seems, more people find out something 1 in favour of the place from which the coal oomes from, and they swoop down upon the Welsh Metropolis in their hun- dreds and thousands. It is gratifying to know that whoever comes the visitor generally carries away with him the same kind of impression, viz., that of a pros- perous city somewhat given over to little extravagances in Portland stone, lovely parks, beautiful women, a business-like people, and a genuine mixture of all sorts and conditions of men in authority over them. There have been some lively times at one or two of these conferences, too, and the fame of Cardiff has been spread all over the globe. But up to the present the coal city has not witnessed one of those lively, inspiring, exhilarat- ing little scenes which occasionally illuminate the proceedings of the Bohe- mian Diot. For it must be said that the occasion has yet to arise on which a Cardiff chair- man ha-s failed to hold his meeting in hand. However, they do things differently at Prague, and at yester- day's sitting the representatives enjoyed themselves in their own special way. The German delegates did not want to hear the Bohemian deputies talk. At home most people go to sleep or slip out of the back-door for a smoke under sÍmilatl" circumstances. Not so with the Teutons, who calmly, deliberately, and successfully set. themselves to the making of more noise than their right honour- able friends of differing opinion. They osed the lids of their desks as big drums, played a score of inharmonious tunes I with their feet on the floor, and alto- gether succeeded in kicking up the dust and right royally raising the ceiling. This was succeeded by the direction of a hurricane of books and papers, chiefly round the head of the president, who was glad enough to close the meeting in disorder and escape while he had a wthole skin over his bones. Xo, this sort of thing is not done at Cardiff. It is reserved for the entertainments of football referees in remote parts of the country. A good story concerning the autihor of Sherlock Holmes is in circulation. It remtes to a rather humorous mistake made by a Mother Superior of one of the big Irish convents, who had confused the name of Sir Arthur with that of Canon Doyle, the well-known Roman Catholic ecclesiastic, of whom she was an admirer. She saw the name "Conan Doyle" on a copy of "Micah Clarke," and the good mother bought" the book, thinking it would do excellently to read aloud for the edification of the convent students. Even in the opening chapters the edify- ing parts were not so apparent as she had expected, and there was no mistake that there was a very worldly tooie about the story of love-making and fighting. While the novices were thrilled by the deveflc-pment of the story, the older nuns were startled and became suspicious. The Mother Superior met them with the explanation, "The dear Canon is prepar- ing us for a miracle cf grace--the frivo- lous flirt and the fierce, heretical warrior will be converted as the taJe unfolds." At last someone perceived the mistake that had been made and pointed out that the word "Conan" was not a. mere mis- print for "Canon. However, the Mother Superior was thoroughly inte- rested in the story, and, though some- what crestfallen, she philosophically observed, "The book must be a good one, for I bought it from a pious bookseller." And she added, "Now we have paid for it it would be wastefu-I were we not to read it to the end." And to the end it was read- Acting as a spectator at sheepdog trials is not a bad tonic for a conceited man. To witness the wonderful accom- plishments of our four-footed friends for the first time is an "eye-opener," and the man who climbs into the grandstand thinking he knows pretty' well every- thing soon learns that some of these shaggy creatures in front of him have forgotten many things—good, bad, and indifferent—that he never has known and never can hope to know. Of ooume, the dog that is so clever in fetching the sheep from the hillside and guiding them through the proper gate and in and out of obstacles has had some training. Some credit must be given to the creature's schoolmaster. Now, every British school boy or girl- has received some years of training at the command of the State and at the cost of the rates. How many of them, after all the years of trouble spent on them and the thousands of money poured over them, turn out half as useful or clever as a well-trained dieepdog? So it must be oonceded that the sheepdog trials held at Ely and else- where are, at least, interesting, and to farmers and breeders useful in the best sense of the word. Burt a souroe of wonder to the novice at these triads is as to the part the sheep play in them. Some dogs seem to get 'hold of very good animals to guide and drive, and they bring them home and pen them in. very quick time. Oifuer unluoky dogs are given sheep that will do anything but that wih/ioh is wanted of them. Yesterday "Juno Won, rr a favourite for every prize and the pro- spective wmner of cups, as in the past, apparently had the most vUe luck. ?he I seemed the embodiment of brains, and did most marvellous performances. But her last trio of sheep seemed to have wills of their own. They declined "Juno's" softest w-iiles of persuasion, and at the last evinced a strong desire to disembowel and annihilate her, with the result that the beautiful young lady of the white coat was unable to convince the judges that she was the best dog in the add. At the same time, a modest dog from the bills, without the slightest evidence of "side" or show, caane down and secured all the honours. Such is life, with, dogs, as with men.

INSTITUTE FOR ABERCARN. A meeting of townspeople of AJbercarn was held to considier the proposal put forward of bmkliiibs a. new public fcostofate at a coet of about £ 4,000. The meeting decided to support the sohesne.

Baal TnXAOI COUXTBY BBSAJD, sweet and nutty, wade from country flcur—St»v«na vLimUed), D0W3 Cato.

I Love and Madness I DIFFERWG VIEWS OF DOCTORS The Parie EctaAr has for some time past been ooiKoltiryg prominent men in the medical profession on the grave problem whether love can lead to miadnem? Dr. Briand. says eanphatioaiJly Love never leads to mwdness." Dr. BoreUon says a dis- tinction must be made: there are two kinds of madness, incurable and transitory; and it is to the latter form tha.t love may lead. The concensus of opinion appears to be contrary to Dr. Baiand's theory. Most of the great hold that love, which m itself is transitory madness, can quite well lead to chiraMe madness, sometimes curable, dften incurable. Dr. Voisin, of the famous Salpe- triere Hospital, supports this view. It is a very delicate Question," he says. Love has many aspects. There is ideal love; there is animal love; but, however you take it, read love, violent Ice, is a passion— tihaA is to say, a malady; and if intense ■passion is th-warted, and a person be predia- posed by birth amd temperament to feel ,acutely the deceptions and disillusions inseparable from disappointed love, there aire many chances that he will go mad. The evil influence of depression consequent upon conwiLercial, financial, political, artistic worries, and the like may quite well drive a man mad; why, then, should not disap- poinrted love, wohioh destroys your dreazn and ruins your life, also send you mad?"

POISONED BY CARBON GAS I Mr. Archibald Daniel, deputy-coroner, i resumed an inquiry at Williamstown,, Rhondda, on Thursday afternoon at Naaa- reth Chapel, touching the death of William j Evan Phillips, who was found dead near his working-place at the Navel Oolliery, Peny- graig, under circumstances already reported. Mr. A. T. James represented the relatives of the deceased (inatructed by the Soufth Wales Miners' Federation, for which bddy Mr. Tom Evans, Penygraig, watched the proceedings); Mr. William Griffiths attended for the col- liery company, and MT. F. N. Gray, his Majesty's inspector of mines, was (present for the Home Office. Mr. D. Prosser Thomas, manager of the mine, repeated the evidence he gave last week, and, in reply to Mr. Gray, aaid that the oil eng-ine--the fumes from which had, it was surmised, resulted in the deeth of Phillips—was only worked between shifts. He added that 3,750 feet of cubic air was passing through the spot where the pump was located per minute. There was nothing when the accident occurred to interfere with the airway. The pump which the unfortunate man had been working was used, prior to the week when PhilLiips worked it, in the Penirihiwfer district, and Phillips, whilst working it for the week. had not complained of headacihe, giddiness, or low of the use of his legs. There was nothing to indicate that an explosion had taken place. By Mr. Gray: He had never known it to be the ease, but the engine might run away, choke its exhaust, and pour into the road the fumes which would have to pass the deceased. Mr. Gray: On the other hand, if anything happened to the ventilation, what would be the natural consequence ?—They would rise and account for the man getting a doee of gas. Mr. H. Ellison Walker, Sowth Walies agent for Messrs. Crowley Bros. (Limited), was allowed to put a series of questions to the witness, the replies to which showed the engine had been working satisfactorily, and it was not alleged that there was any defeot for wuuch the makers were responsible two and a half years after the supply of the engine. The medical and analytical evidence having been confirmed, the Coroner pointed out that, in the natural oourse, the poisonous gases would have returned through the return airway, but some must have remained where Phillips was located at the time of hie death. The jury returned a verdict tbat Phillips was poisoned whilst at work by carbon monoxide gas-

COLONIAL DEFENCE I An Admiralty dispatch to the Australian Common weal t h in reply to the proposals put forward by Mr. Deakin rega-rding Australian naval defence has been laid on the table of the House of Representatives at Melbourne. It is dated August 28. It states that the Lords of the Admiralty consider that security from oversea attack on the Empire of Aus- tralia is important. The part is beat pro- cured by a diistribution of the Imperial Navy as the strategic necessities of the moment dictate. At the same time, they recognise that under certain comtingencies the establish- ment of a local flotilla will be of great assistance, and they also recognise the im- portance politically of fostering a feeling of security among the inhabitants of the coastal towns. Therefore, in the absence of any direct contribution t. the expenses of the Imperial Navy. the Admiralty will be ready to oo-operate in the formation of a flotilla, subject to a satisfactory understand- ing regarding its general administration. By the proposed scheme Australia will pro- vide six torpedo-boat destroyers, nine sub- marines, aDd two depot shiips, at a ooet of £ 1,277,500. It will pay the expenses of 79 officers and 1,125 men. provided by the Impe- rial Government, as many of them as possible being Australians. The annual expense of maintenance will be £ 186,000. Administrative oontrol of the flotilla will rest with the Oom. monwealth Government, but the vessels will be at the Imperial service in the event of war.

DOCTOR'S SOCIALIST VIEWS I The position of public offl-cdals in regard to SocaaMs is raised in the singular case of Dr. Nelson, resident surgeon at the Hall Dis- pensary. who has received notice to termi- nate his engagement. Dr. Nelson has taken an active part in the Socialist propaganda, and the report is being circulated thait has severance with the dispen- sary is due to his public advocacy cf Socialism. In an inIteIrview Dr. Nelson said he believed this was 80. "I learned some tame ago," he added, "that objection had been taaea by members of the dispensary board to the expression of my political views, and I was clearly given to understand that unless I abandoned them the board, would certainly take action with a view to effecting my resignation. My reply was that it was out- aide their jurisdiction." The doctor was advised by his friends to give up Socaaiistic work, but deolined.

I GAOL FOR BABY FARMER The case of -by cremation at Edmonton which occurred some years ago was mentioned yesterday at Tottenham, when! Jessde Byent, of Wood Green, was etiarged with fcefby-farming, oT, as the ohecge was officially described, "unlawfully retilining for hire or reward two infants under the age of five years, and maintaining mtoh infants apoft from their parents for a longer period tihan forty-eight hours." The prosecuting solicitor sa.id Mrs. Byers was sentenced to twelve months' imprison- nient -It the Old Bailley for an infringe- ment of the Cremation Act, when some babies were cremated by her. In sentencing prisoner to six months' hard labour, the magistrate said it wae a bad case.

BOYS ALTER SIGNALS Aft Southampton yesterday four lads, the eldest of whom was twelve yea ire, were ordered to be touched for climbing up a eigmal-poet on the Soutih-Western Rail-way at Bitterne and lowering the signal-amm. The line at the spot in question Is a single one. and it was stated that if the up and down trains, which were late, had been punctual, a collision would probably have occurred. At the police-station) the boys, as an excuse, said they were Ddaying at trains."

I USK FARMERS' CLUB The sixty-sixth annual meeting and the ninth annual show of the Usk Pinnere' Club were held in the Cattle Market, Usk. on Thursday. There were 330 entries, this num- ber being well abov the average, and the exhibits were of excellent quality.

The mutabated body of an unknown man was found OIl the railway line between Phuneitead a-nd Abbey Wtood yestardaly. SPARE WELL AND SPEND WELL." WbeD you buy ENGLAND'S GLORY MATCHES you If spare" lime, Patience, and Money, and "spend" well because you ?et the acme of value. Every mawh Strikes, Lbtt ae B-?n6 perfectly. = :hEn\ ti?y Match w.ca; -Gh-*«. ?Mt-?

"Rosh Hashana Begins" THE JEWISH NEW YEAR To-light begins Rcob Hashana," the Jewish New Year, inaugurating the year 5669, and there is much gladness and bustle aonoing the Jewish people ail over th world. The stirring nature and significance of the caJl of the festival is evidenced by the many temporary places of worship which, in order to cope with an unusual increase in the number of worshippers, have blossomed forth in the most out-of-the-way corner-a of the metropolis. In East London, in particular, many halls have been rented for the hold- ing of divine service to accommodate tho&e for whom there is no room in the syna- gogues. Many well-known Continental rabbis have undertaken the trip to London for the fee- tival. Ail the synagogues wi-H be draped in white, both to-morrow and Sunday, this emblem of purity signifying the advent of the Day of Judgment, upon which all Israelites are sup- posed to pass in review before their Creator- the day upon whioh their fate during the coming is said to be sealed. The Jewish New Year has a social as well as its religious side. There is a custom of dipping the apple in the honey and of ohant- ing the bleesing expressing the hope that the year will be as sweet as the fruit and the honey combined. Another peculiar usage still observed in some tammes is that of casting crumbs into a runnin-g stream. When these float away it, is thought that the misdeeds of the past year have likewise poassed out of their lives. The New Year signalises the grand re-union of the Jewish race

BOMB AS WEDDING GIFT. The police at Aberdeen are investigating a mysterious affair which occurred there last week. A young woman who was about to be married received in the form of a wedding present what proved to be a perfectly- equipped infernal machine. Owing to some flaw in the meohanism the machine did not go off, and the police declare that by this a caliaonifty was obviated. The police maintain reticence respecting the infernal maohine. Although the parcel was posted from Birmingham, the police have tracked the sender to Glasgow, and it is understood that two men have been placed under arrest there. The parcel con- tained a fully-loaded revolver, with its muzzle embeded in gelatine. The package was so contrived thait had other than an expert opened it the revolver must have fired the gelatine, wthioh was of sufflaient quantity to wreck a house. As the two men in custody at Glasgow are married men, the theory of a rejected lover may be dropped.

JUROfr8 CONSCIENCE MONEY Ait the conclusion of inquests at the Isling- ton Coroner's Court yesterday. the deputy- coroner said that he had received from the superintendent of police a.p anonymous letter in which the writer enclosed 28., repre- senting money received for acting as a jury- man. The amount he returned as conscience money, because he now thought he was not entitled to a. juror's fee. In answer to a juror, the Coroner said that tihe money would be returned to the county council-

PRAYED TO EGYPTIAN GODS At Brighton on Thursday Abraham George Sarkiss. described as an Egyptian olair. voyant, was flmed E15 for practising clair- voyanoe with intent to deceive. Two witnesses stated that the defendant prayed to Egyptian gods. fingered with a bowl of sand, which he said came from the Nile, and offered for sale Egyptian love charms. The defence was that defendant believed in what he did as part of his religion.

LANDLORD AND WIFE DEAD A sensational discovery was made at Southampton on Thursday afternoon. As the Chiswiok Arms was not opened at the usual time on Thursday, the police forced an entrance, and then found the landlord, George Augustus Collins, and his wife dead together on tha premieee. Mtb. Collins was a-r invalid. The oause of death is believed to be oxalio acid poisoning. The man left a letter stating he could stand it no longer.

A WOMAN POISONED. A woman named Martha Rosser, aged 31, wile of Isaac Henry Newtown Rosser, residing at 25, North-road, Newbridge, was discovered by her husband about twelve mid- night very ill in bed. Dr. Evan Thomas was immediately called, but, despite the efforts of the doctor and his assistant, Dr. Gregg, she died about seven o'clock on Th-ursday morning from poison, believed to have been taken in (mistake.

INJURED WHILE CYCLING. Another motor accident occurred at Seven- oaks on Thursday night, when Dr. Gray, in practice at South Kensington, while cycling along Tonbridge-road, was knocked off the machine and over a fence by a motor belong- ing to the Loudon General Cab Company. The doctor was picked up unconscious and conveyed to the nearest surgery, where he remains in a critical condition.

RESCUED FROM THE DOCK. Ode of Meesrs. Spillers and Bakers' i employee, named Fred. Broom, was on Thursday engaged at a grain shute a/t the Cardiff stores, when he fell into the dock. Luckily, a small boat was near, and the occupant extended a hook to Broom, whoee leg was broken, and he was thus rescued.

FATAL FALL FROM LADDER. An old Swansea tradesman, of Aberdyherthi- street, Mr. H. Richards, aged 68, was engaged on Thursday in repairing one of his own houses, No. 29, Marlborough-road, Swansea, when he fell from a ladder to the ground, fracturing his skull. He died almost imme- diately.

LATEST IN DIVORCES At Sdoux Falte, South Dakota, a woman was granted a divorce from her husband on the ground that he was unbearably religious." The case is remarkable, sinoe the divorce laws in South. Dakota are pompatmtively stringent.—Central News.

Bepreserrtstives ot the Dwtcih Government are to visit Cromer next week to inspect | Entfimih, methode-cf tefe-saviag on tbe-ooasW

POPULAR DOCTOR JYR, PARRY. From the painting presented to him last night. The repont of the presentation will be fotund oii Page 4. [Photo, J. Bowen Jones, Pontycymmer.

THE CASKET PRESENTED BY SWANSEA TO SIR SAMUEL EVANS

YESTERDAY'S PRETTY WEDDING AT RUMNEY. MR. T. R. THOMPSON". MISS DOROTHEA HANDCOCK. [Photo, Donald Praser, Cardiff.

LADY BARRISTER'S SUCCESS] It was a field day at the Palais de Justice yesterday afternoon, when Mile. Helene Miro- polsky. the lady barrister, appeared as counsel for a woman who was being tried for attempted suicide. Last March Helene Jean lighted a charcoal stove in her room. stuffed up all the aper- tures, and, taking her baihy in her arms, lay down on the bed to await death. At seven o'clock in the evening the door was broken open, but the baby was already dead, and the mother lay for some time between life and death. Mile. Miropoteky, who is both pretty and able, made an eloquent appeal, while the prisoner sobbed, and the jury were so touched that they at once returned a verdict of "Acquittal."

THE CRIME CLUB j The existence of the little known and exclusive Crime Club is recalled by Mr. Clement Shorter in the current number of the Sphere." The late Professor CShanton Collins was one of the members. The members are ail men who ta.'ke a. keen interest in criminology, and at tOO occa- monail meamw of taie alub the must noto- rious crimes of the moment are discussed, and tOO members attempt to provide solu- tions. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is one of the members, who include Mr. Max Pemberton a.nd Mr. George R. Sims.

1301000 FOR A NURSE I Trained nurses not uncominonly meet with recognition of & very substantial character from grateful patients, or the graAeiul friends of patients, wham they have nursed. But the good fortune that has just befallen a member of the Registered Nurses' Society, which has its headquarters in Oxford-street London, surpasses niost records of this kind. According to the British Journal of Nursing," thiis lady has been left LW,000 umder the will of a young mam whom she had nursed devotedly through a painful ill- ness of seven years. A member of tOO same society some time a?o (adds the British Jo?rna? of N.=Iglr) received a legacy of UODO and CSW a year for life from a patient to whom she bad giiven loxkg attmidamk*.

I ALLEGATIONS OF SLAVERY The Portuguese newspapers state that as the result of rumours that slavery is carried on in the Sao Thome cocoa plantations this product has been boycotted by the British ma.rket and in consequence cocoa to the value of over one million pounds sterling is on the Portuguese market. This has caused a seriou8 crisis in trade To assist the needy planters the Govern- ment has officially invited Mr. Cadbury, of the well-known British chocolate-making firm, to visit Sao Thome and ascertain for himself that there is no truth in the slavery reports. Mr. Cadbury has consented to make this journey, and will leave Punchal on Sep- I tember 30 for Portuguese East Africa.

GERMAN SOCIALIST" SPLIT" The difference between the Socialists of North and Soutih Germany are the differences between Berhn and Munich. The former is formal and prooiee; the latter is good-natured and easy. Bertin wears a helmet and sword; Munich a Tyroler hat and a pipe. Prussia ltvee by rule; Bevaria by beer. These are the "differences" between German goewistis.- "The Clarion."

The minimum height for saippers amd engine-drivers enlisting into the Royal Engineers has been reduced to 5ft. 6in. ADVICE TO MOTHERS."—Are you broken in your reet by a sick child suBerlng with the pain by cutting t? Go at once to a Chemist and get a bottle of )im Wtns??w's Soothing Syrup. It will relieve the poor sufferer Immediately, it ia pleasant to taste, U produces natural, quiet deep by reHerin? the ohUd I P. and the little cherub &wakes as bright a# from pain, Of aU Chemist&. Is. l?d- per bottle. ?* Delfcious YILLAGE CUNTRY BBEAD. Wt ftem Ch8b ailÀ

[ TELEPHONE RATES. Mr Charles, Lancaster Interviewed. t A representative of the Evening Express hag interviewed Mr. Charles Lancaster on the telephone question, Mr. Lancaster's sug- gestion of a subscription of a L5 rental and a farthing per call rate having att racted wide- spread attention. It will be remembered that at the Cardiff conference of the Oham- bers of Commerce last week a report was presented by a committee appointed six months ago, and the conclusion it arrived at points to 10,000 calls per annum on one wire for £10, as the demand to bio, made upon th* Telephone Company and the Post Office. The Postmaster-General says that 4,500 calls is the limit for ejie wire. and the National Tele- phone Company endorses this view. The com- mittee say they are not yet satisfied that 10,000 calls overload one wire, and the Post- mas ter-Geneml is willing to discuss a reasonable limit." The difference between 10,000 and 4,500 is wide, and a cam-promise appears difficult, if not impossible. I suppose you admit," Mr. Lancaster was asked, that the present measured service tariff Is too l¡ieh P" It certainly is. As I have shown, farthing local calls would pay to the extent of half a million a year net profit, but only if every- one were put upon that rate. At present so many lines are overloaded that the smaller users are paying for the big." "After so many years of flat-rate, why should the administration want to make any change; the old idea of unlimited service seemed to be con venien1. and saved a lot of ta,ou,bl&P Why measure the service at all?" No doubt, the old system was convenient, I particularly so for the large user. It would also be convenient if there was a fixed rate for elootrioity supply, without bothering about meters. It would also be convenient, and particularly so to those large users who a-re so irate, if the Postmastecr-Gemepal fixed an annual rental for telegrams, and let the subscribers send as maj3 y messagee as they liked for the money. Obviously, such an absurdity is unthinkable. No Post- master-General would dare to fix a rate high enough to recoup him for the lose on his dealings with the large user at the expense of the small. But this is precisely what happened with the telephones. A tele- phone message can only be sent at a definite oost to the administration, and in this respeot is precisely on the same footing as a telegram." "Then you think the measured rate has come to etay?" There can be no doubt about that. I am confident that, ae soon as the public realise the need of a obange of system, and begin to understand the master, it will be seen that a system which proportions the cost to the quantity of service obtained is the right One. It has been, adopted in other countries, and the Postmavter-Oeneral has sanctioned ite adoption here." But the company has made its under. taking pay in spite of all this?" "True, as regards th9 past; but it seems clear that as the system extends the use of the telephone increases, and the unlimited service calls keep getting cheaper and lees remunerative. That this must, be checked has been first realised in the United States, and this country. Germany, and Austria have not been long after in coming to the same conclusion. So soon as it is realised that each call has a specific money value, and that each line has a specific carrying oapacity, it becoroes possible to arrange matters so that there may be facilities pro- vided precisely in proportion to the traffic, and that is the principle underlying the measured rate But why should there be a limit on any line?" "Beoause it must be recognised that any wire can only efficiently carry a definite number of calls. The measure of the effi- ciency 01 any linp if it* oapacity to take messages during the busiest hours of the I day. If business calls were evenly distri- buted over all business hourE-whioh they are not—the limit of calls per wire could naturally be set at a higher figure. Until you have arrived at the knowledge of what is the carrying capacity of a wire you have no meaons of ascertaining at what point it becomes necessary for a subscriber to pro- vide himself with more facilities. The Post- master-General has publicly stated that in arriving at the baisis he has estimated the incoming calls as equal in number to the outgoing calls, and has fixed the limit of the latter at 4.500 per annum—that is, 9,000 in all for one wire. This he bases upon his experience. Whether his further experience will enlarge this view remains to be seen. It is the ornx of the whole situation."

I Miss Mary Thompson, a. Hull nurse, was i thrown under a steam roller yesterday owimg to her oyole skidding. Her foot was vc, iwlied.

I Starving and Homeless I I ISLANDERS HOUSES DESTROYED Nassmxr (Nerar Providence), Thurafty.-lionir Island, Rfumcay, and Watlingis Is-land were devastated by a hurricane on the 13th and 14t.h met. The wind blew at the rate of 100 nidleo per hour. Ninety per oent. of the houses on the islands were destroyed. There has been some loss of life. Other islands to the eaet sustained sHgfct damage. The people a.re destitute, and the Govern- ment has despatched a number of relief vessels. The Governor will Bail to-morrow on the Board of Trade steamer Carnarvon with further relief for the starving and homeless people.

DRUMMERS' PET CAT I On a oharge of having maliciously killed <1 pet oat belonging to the drummers of the 2nd Scots Guards, Colonel W. G. Ley, com- manding the let North Staffordshire Regi- ment, was summoned before the Aldershot Bench on Thursday. Counsel for the Royal Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Animals stated that the defendant was on August 4 riding a horse through the Guards' barracks, when his dog saw the cat, which had a litter of kittens in a basket outside the barrack- room, and started barking at her. The cat rushed at the dog, who ran away. The colonel shouted to the drummers that if they did not take the cat away he would kill it. One of the drummers endeavoured to catch the cat, which ran up a tree. The colonel, dismounting, strode up and struck at the oat twice with his riding whip, and killed it. Counsel for 'the defence said the colonel feared for the safety of his dog, which was a very valuable one, and, thinking the cat was going to spring on the dog again from the tree, he struck at it, but not with the intention of killing or injuring it. The Benoh said the colonel should not have acted as he did. They dismissed the I case on his paying JB1 12s. costs.

Miss DENISE ORME'S HAT Miss Denise Orme, who left the stage last year after her marriage with Captadn the Honourable John Yarde-Buller, eldest son of Lord Churston, is going to make her re- appearance in Mr. G. P. Huntley's new play "The Hon'able Phil," a the Hicks Theatre on Saturday week. A press representative saw Miss Onme yes- terday at the Hicks Theatre, where she is rehearsing all day long. "The reason why I ca,me back to the stage is because I like it so much," she said, "It has such a wonderful fascination for me, and I felt I could not quite give it uP. "I hope to continue now in a profession of which I am so fond, and my great ambi- tion is to write a musical coanedy myself and play in it. I have already composed a few numbers. "As for my frocks, they axe going to be very elaborate. The most beautiful is a pale pink DdrootoLre. "With it I intend to wOOil" the biggest hat in London-e-n enormous black creation trimmed with very large pale pink carna- tions." Mrs. Yarde-Buller has a little daughter aged five months, who has been given the pretty old English name of Barbara Joan. I

EXTRAVAGANCE IN ORESS ine extravagance in woznans drees is always a recognised topdo of conversation in Paris, and one of the leadimg diee«neJtere told a press repFeseintajtive yesterday that the sums spoIlt by smart Pardsiennes on their harts and dresses beoome greater every year. A thousand pounds, she said, would at one time have been considered an outrageous price for a single costume. To-day it is by 1 no means exceptional. Fifty pounds for a pair of corsets, £40 or £5() for a hat. JS15 for a lace veil, RZ for a haradkercihief, and R2 for a pair of stockings are quite ordinary prices, end might be termed modest compared with the £ 10,000 paid by Mrs. Maokay for a baJl drees, the lace on which alone cost £500, The dearest hat ever made in Paris was to the order of the Sultan of Johore, by a milliner in the Rue Royale. It was trimmed with s-ealskin and rare lace, and coet £ 180. In violent contrast to all this wealth of luxury, however, are the wages paid to the Paris work girls who make the dainty creations seen in the shop windows of the Rue de la. Paix. On am average these work out at something less than lid. an hour.

LAW OF CROWDED TRAINS I An important decision regarding the rights of railway passengers was given at Maryle- bone yesterday, where Mr. Paul Tlay-lor dis- missed a summons for assault brought by one passenger against another who pushed him out of a train at Bishops-road. The defence was th-at the complainant per- sisted in entering the carriage when it was full. Mr. Paul Taylor said thai, df the conductors of a train did not exercise their right of pre- venting anyone entering the cars when they were full the passengers were entitled to act for themselves; otherwise the lives of hun- dreds of people would be endangered.

£5 BECOMES Y,600 1010 I The opening of the King Edward VII. Secondary School at Lytham, Lancashire, to-day marks the kuteet phase in the develop- ment of the Lytham Charities, which have a romantic history. Two centuries ago 95 was bequeathed for the education of the poor children of Lyithaan. The f-un grew to nearly "0, which the trustees invested in land which now forms the centre of Blackpool. The Corporation of Blackpool has paid nearly £ 100,000 for the freehold rjghts of small sections of the Charities estate, and it is confidently asserted that the Charities ultimately will be worth £ 500,000.

INCITING TO. MURDER." Tihe Pairis "Matin" to-day says that a. special commissary of police at Biarritz has arrested a Spaniard named Fernando Carna- trava at that place on a charge of carrying on an Anarchist propaaganda and inciting to murder. It is alleged that he attempted to enrol, a woimam in the band, which had ,Pdamn-ed the assassination of King Alplio-loo on Saturday The prisoner has been con- veyed to Bay011 ne, where an inquiry has been opened into the matter. Further arrests a.re anticipated.

"WYRLEY GANG'S WARNING Bearing the sign ire Darby, capttain of the Wyrley gang," Mr. E. Ball, organist. of Walsall, has received a letter warning him not to visit Wyrley in connection with a ipro- posed organ recital. I am telling you the truth," said the writer of the letter, that we are going now to start work properly, so beware, beware, beware. We are going to play up ih-, so don't come, and be wise. On tlie back of the envelope was a rough drawing of an animal pierced by an arrow. The letter has been handed to the ipolice.

The Bishop of Bristol, on his return from his holidays, has received a cheque for CI,SM from Sia- Edward Payson Wills, for the Bristol Church Fund. A«k our Vanman ? VILLAGE COUNTRY BREAD, nude with fresb BtMk.—St?eM (Umited). C&tda

I Animals' Emotions PECULIAR WAYS OF EXPRESSIQS The question of the ways in which aifimaW express their emotions is one of interest in view of a. case at the Guildhall Police- court, in which a blow on the hose was said to have brought tears to A horse's eyes. Mr. Frank Finn, F.Z.S., the eminent naturalist, said yesterday: "I have heard of elephants in India who, when badly tre11.ted or hurt, have burst into tears. The mammoth tear-drops were carefully avoided by those wJ<) did not wa.nt an unexpected douche. "In a book I have written on the subject of emotions, I tell of a turkey who, when aggravated, blushed as no maiden could blush nowadays. His face, which was generally livid blue, turned to a raging scarlet." 4 In Darwin's "Expression of the EmDti ons" he deals with the method in which domestio poeots show sorrow or gladness. A dog who is angry walokg with stiff gait and upright tail. His ears are pressed back, and the hair round his neck and head bristles. Pain is shown by a snarl. A tail that wag-s furiously denotes pleasure, but if eubmissiteness is felt the animal carries his tail between Ma legs. A oat behaves differently. If angered he crouches as if to spring on an opponent and shows his teeth. Pleasure is denoted by a perpendicular tail and arched back. Unlike a, dog, a snake wags his tail wftleu annoyed. To show his superiority over other thrngs that crawl he inflates himself. A frog or toad asserta its importance in the same way.

SUICIDE'S STRANGE LETTER An inquest was held yesterday by the East London coroner on the body of Edward Jeremiah Shepperd, 25, of no fixed abode. On W ednesday he entered a public-house, called for rum and coffee, which he drank, and after doing some writing, fell on the floor. He died after removal to the police- fttation, as the result of having taken poison. which Tie -must have dissolved in the rum and coffee. The note which he had written in a pocket-book s.aid: Dear Will,-This is from your broJten. hearted brother Teddy. I have been a silly fool, I must confess I now feel I am called away to dada, whom I bless. I feel so down, that's why I take my life. No. body cares for me. The verdict was Suicide while of uu. sound mind."

REALISTIC PICTURES A tradesman at Trelon has comtottted suicide before a cinematograph machine. Having fooussed the machine and set it running, he proceeded to kill himself. The films are perfect, each movement of the un- 1 happy man being faithfully depicted. He is shown looking for a chair, seating himself on it and loading his revolver. remaining a while in thought before his mirror, and then suddenly starting up a.od blowing out his brains. These last pictures are of an indescribable realism, and re-produce the awful scene in all its tragic details. iFartumaitely, the police were able to 0001- flsoate the rolls, the exhibition of which might have led to dire consequences in the case of morbid or nervous eipectators. j

HOPELESS SIX-YEAR-OLD I A boy of six, rather small for hia years, was led into Highgate Police-court yester- day by his despairing mother. She had a terrible story to tell of the six-year-old's dislike of school and Arm refusal to go there, of Ms protests against ertonds, and (when he was condescending enough to oblige) of his disinclination to reappear with the change. The magistrate was solemn. -would I you," he asked, "like a big policeman to give you a good birching?" The six-year-old's eyes brightened, "Yes, he answered enthusiastically, "I should."

MIGRANT BIRDS I September and October are the months I during which the greatest exodus of our summer bird-visitors is in progress. To the birds this business of going away in < autumn is a time of far greater anxiety than their coming in the spring. Difficulties of weather are much the same at either season. but wlhoat makes the autumn migra- tion a much more serious matter for the birds is the fact that a very large propor- tion of them are young ones, and so without any useful experience in making the perilous journey across the wa.- "Evening News."

WEDDING STOPPED BY DEATH ) Much sympathy has been expressed at lewiaham for Miss Nora'h White, whose marriage on Monday next to Mr. Joshua Ryecroft, wool merchant, of Bradford, haa been stopped by the death of her lover. On Sunday Mr. Ryecroft 'was returning from Boroughbridgeon-the-Ouse in a petrol motor launch owned by Mr. Samuel Margevison, who was to have been best man at the wedding, when he fell over- board. 1)

POLICE & IGHTHAM LETTERS I Superintendent Taylor, of the Sevenoaks police, visited Scotland Yard yesterday, and with Chief Detective-Inspector Scott speTht some time in going carefully through the letters, anonymous and otherwise, roocivedby the police since the murder oi Mrs. Lua.rd at Ightham. Little importance was attached to these letters at the time, but the police think it '[" worth while to oonsider them again on the t chance of finding some clue to the murder. t

BULL IN A BARBER'S SHOP I While being led by a boy through a Nottingham street on Wednesday night, it was reported yesterday a bullock got out of hand, and, dashing through a plate-glass window, entered a barber's shop. Making for a chair in which a customer was being sh?Ted, the animal nmig both man and chair into a corner of the room, with the { result that the man sustained serious t injuries. A Jathr-boy was also badly tossed. !j

ANOTHER WRIGHT RECORD J Mr. Wilbur Wright made an official -flicht I of 54min. 3 2-5seo. yesterday, covering 24f miles, thus beating by one milhmetre-or i of a mile—his record for the Miohelin Oup. The actual distance covered was more than this, being nearly 34 miles. The performance was marred by the un- ruly, behaviour of the crowd which spread out on the course, helping WilbUir Wright to d-eecend for fear of an accident.

TOO OLD AT 39. I After serving his country in the Army for eighteen years-two campaigns—a work- leas man puts his hard case before the "Times." Applying for work in his native city of Manchester, as a tramcar-driver or as a railwayman, he was told that he was "too old" at thirty-nine. "If I am too old at thirty-nine," he writes, "then God help me at fifty-nine."

BATH-CHAIR MAN KILLED. An aged bathchair-man, named John Rains. ford. was killed on Llandudno Promenade on Thursday by being run over by a motor-car. j Rainsford had left his bathchair, in which a lady was seated, and was crossing the promenade roadway, when the car struck him.

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LLANDOVERY YEOMANRY CAMP A public meeting was held a.t the Town- hall, Llandovery, on Thursday afternoon to decide what steps should be taken for pro- viding accommodation for the military oa.mp. During the discussion it was gathered that the Yeomanry would be about 2,000 strong, and that the land required for camping pur- poses would be about 45 acres. The aggre- gate amount required by the owners for such land was L150, and it was stated that a sum of £ 100 would have to be collected in the town over and above the allowance granted by the War Office authorities. A subscription list was opened in the room, headed by the deputy-mayor with ten guineas. A total of R.50 was at once promised, and a sub-com- mittee appointed to canvass the town for fur- ther subscriptions.

UNLUCKY SMUGGLERS When the steamer from Iiugnne arrived1 at Porto Ceresio yesterday the Customs officials notioed two large trunks painted, green and bearing the monogram of the Duke of Aosta. A man in iivery was questioned as to the contents of the boxes. a.ud replied that they contained the linen of his royal master. His manner w as, hofever, suspicious, and tihe boxes were opened, when 256 pounds of tobacco and 22.000 cigars carefully packed were discovered and confiscated. The man in !ivery managed to escape during the prooeediriars in a motor-car, whirih was awaiting his arrival with the contraband goods.