Evening Express

DEDUCTION FOR DOMESTICS I Lieutenant Shackleton tells a good story I of a lecture he delivered a few years ago in Leith. "I hired the hall and advertised my lecture," he relates. "On the evening of the day I drove from my house in Edinburgh. and, instead of finding the place full, as I hoped, I saw one drunken man, two old women, and a couple of hoys assembled to hear me. I went. downstairs and asked the cabman whether he would not like to come to the lecture. He thanked me. but assured I me that he would rather not, as he was 'very comfortable where he was.' Eventually about twenty people turned up, and to them I delivered my lecture. When I went home I I related my experience to my wife, and we went into a calculation that I had spent something like seven pounds in hiring the hall and advertising the lecture, and that all I was likely to reoeive was twenty-five shillings. No,' said my wife, 'you won't get as much, for I sent the maid and the ff cook to hear you; so that is two shillings

"SUBURBAN SNOBBISHNESS" Annie Bird, of New Cross, was summoned at Greenwich yesterday for keeping a car- riage without a licence. It was urged tha.t the vehicle was used only as a trade cart, the defendant being a purchaser of left-off clothing. For the defence it was stated that Mrs. Bird was obliged to use a. vehicle of respectable appearance, as ladies would not do business with her if she drove up in a cart, which would give people the opportunity to say, 'Here comes the old-clothes woman." (Laughter.) People did not like others to know that, they were selling their old clothes. Mr. Hut-ton: I should not. mind people know- ing. Mr. Rudden: Other pecple are not endowed with the moral courage of yo-ur wor- ship. (Laughter.) Probably when we are levelled down a little more we shan't have this suburban snobbishness. (Laughter.) Mr. Hutto-n, having seen the vehicle, said a licence was necessary. There was no question of fraud, and the defendant would have to pay 10s. and 2s. costs.

LETTER ADDRESS IN VERSEI A letter bearing the address in verse has just found its way to the post-office av "Princes Ri sbo rough. The envelope, bearing the Croydon postmark and the date August 17, was thus addressed :— This letter please take to the land of white ducks, Til beec-hy and beautiful county of Bucks; And there, if your search on the map is most thorough, You'll find a small township callod Prineeg Kis- boroug 1 .At the post-office there will you then leave this letter, My friends there are (W)right, so thpy couldn't be better. The back of the letter bore the Tring post- mark and the date Augusrt. 18, and the mis- sive reached the Princes Risborough. post- master (Mr. Wright) the same day.

MY POOR HEAD ACHES." Michael Murphy, an old man, of Little- dean, was charged at the local sessions yes- terday with attempting to commit suicide. Emma Middlec-ott, with whom the man lodged, said that on the morning of the 17th inst. after breakfast she saw Murphy sitting in a chair. He was holding his whiskers with his right hand whilst he had a knife.in the other cutting his throat. When Police- constable Baker arrived at the house the man said, My poor head aches so bad and I've had no sleep all night." Prisoner was committed to the quarter sessions.

11 SPARE THE ROD" A convert from corporal punishment is to be found in Dr. II. J. Spenser, headmaster of Univensity College School. He was sceptical on his appointment six years ago as to his success in managing^ on the traditional lines of the school, .,e without corporal punish- nitnt; but, according to the "University Correspondent," he asserts that he will Dcve- revert to corporal punishment. He recognises that Solomon mig-ht be quoted against him, but he obt-erves that Solomon does not eeem to have been wholly successful in his own domestic arrangements.

CARDIFF FOREMAN KILLED John Hill, foreman erector, of 118, Swansea- street, wa-s killed at the Dowlais Works, Car- diff, to-day. He was standing on a pillar twenty-five feet high, handling wire rope, and fell, striking an iron bolt. He was ren- dered unconscious, aind died shortly after- wards. Dr. Corrigan was called, and found life extinot.

PILLAR FALLS 4 KILLED Vienna, Saturday.—A telegram from I pesth states that four visitors to the Open Palace were killed yesterday ithrongh wie fall of a staircase pillar. A large number 1 of the public was inspecting toie palace at I the time of the disaster. -t

I My Dear Kiddie." I YOUNC WOMAN'S SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS Before Mr. Lane, K.C., at West London, yesterday, Edward Lawrence, of Wolver- hampton, was summoned by Mary Eleanor Stacey, giving an address at Shepherd's- bush. It was stated that until recently the defendant was a brewer of very large means, and resided at Wolverhampton* In Septem- ber, 1907, he advertised for a housekeeper, and the situation was o^Stined by the com- taiiiant. It appeared the., at that time the defendant was no,t living with his wife, who had obtained a decree nisi against him, which had not been made absolute. A ser- vant was engaged, and the defendant and complainant lived practically as man and wife. It appeared that the defendant had given way to drink and knocked the com- plainant about considerably, with the result that she had to leave him on two or three occasions. Complainant, a young woman, stated that she parsed as Mrs. Lawrence while rihe lived at the hious- and he addressed her in lettera as "My (icar Kiddie," and finished, "Love, Ted." In cross-examination by Mr. Oswald Han- son, the complainant made certain admissions in regard to other men. How old are you ?-Twen,ty.four. Mr. Hanson produced a letter written by the complainant to a man n-ame-I Jack Cox on June 20, 1908. She wro-t-e- Dear Jack,—I have bean employed at tha above address, but am leaving. I am abso- lutely out of funds, and shall be glad if you will lend me £ 5. I am sure that after the relationship which has existed between us you cannot refuse it. Complainant said that the defendant made her writ-e nine or ten such letters, and knocked her oil her chair while she was writing them. Mr. Hanson: Tha.t is very good writing for a, person who has been knocked off a chair while writing it. The cross-examination was interrupted by the complainant feeling unwell, and the hear- ing was adiourned.

HAND THROUGH A WINDOW? William Bernsten (51), a fitter, was charged before Mr. W. T. Symonds and Mr. F. Lam- bert at Cardiff to-day, with breaking into a fitting shop of the Junction Dry Dock Com- pany and stealing a brass stop-valve cover and other articles, value El 10s. Mr. Arthur Vacliell, who prosecuted, said the prisoner was employed casually as a fitter. At three p.m. yesterday he was on the premises, and at five o'clock the place was apparently securely locked. At 10.45 p.m., however. Dock-constable Frederick Westcott -caught him putting his hand through the broken glass window. Constable Westcott was called, and lie stated that he found the stolen property under prisoner's coat. whilst the broken glass had been carefully picked up and put on the sill. Prisoner was stupefied with drink. Mr. Symonds (chairman) committed the man to the sessions on bail.

WATERED BEER. Among the many tasks of the Government Laboratory, the report of which was issued yesterday, is that of analysing beer, spirits, butter, and scores of other articles in daily use. The following are some of theresults:— Of 4,347 samplea of beer, mainly taken from London publicans, 352, or 8.1 per cent., were diluted with water. Samples from the pro- vinces showed tha.t the practice was not con- fined to London. So-called herb beers, sold as temperance drinks, often contain more than 2 per cent, of proof spirit, and are, therefore, intoxicating. Of 805 samples of horebound, sarcaparilla, nettle and ginger beer, and dandelion stout, 69 had over 3 per cent., 30 over 4, and eight over 6 per cent, of proof spirit. One nettle beer had 9.7 and one hop bitters 11 per cent. of spirit.

RARE STAMPS FOUND When part of tiie archive Office at Bale was being cleaned recently a sheet of fifteen rare postage stam p was discovered amongst a heap of dust-covered papers. The stamps which are known to collectors as the "doves cf Bale." are very valuable and extremely rare. This sheet of fifteen stamps— the largest nilm-ber known to exist in one set-has been roughly valued at £300, but, though a much larger price might be realised if the stamps were sold separately to collectors, it is improbable that they will come into the market.

PASSENGERJUMPSOVERBOARD When the linerr Saxon, from t.he Cope, reached Southampton to-day it was reported that a second-class" passenger from Natal, named Maxwell Williams, of Skelton, York- shire, was drowned shortly after leaving Cape Town. Williams was in hospital, being unwell, and during the night ran out and jumped overboard. The vessel stopped, and a boat was lowered, but no trace of him could be found.

TROUBLE IN MEXICO. New York, Saturday.—Advices from Mexico city state that. the troopo of President Dias have surrounded General Reyes, the Gover- nor of Nuevo Leon, in the mountains of that province. General Reyes declares that lie will resist all attempts to force him to resign. His supporters in his own province are very numerous, and there are fears of a rebellion at Monterey.

SCHOONER BEACHED. During a high wind in the Mersey to-day the three-masted schooner Gaelic, from Rio Grande to Ellesmere, collided with an un- known steamer. She was benched at Egre- niont, and remains high upon the shore. Two of the Gaelic crew are reported miss- ing. -0_-

SERIES OF FARM FIRES Much alarm has been caused to farmers in Huntingdon by a series of fires, the fifth occurring on .the premises of Mr. R. Gray at Alconbury The latest fire occurred last night, exten-sive damage being caused to the stock, yard, and premises. This particular fire is the third taking place in the same village.

NO SUNDAY FISHING. A request by Barking anglers to be allowed to fish on Sundays in the recreation ground lake, on which Sunday boating was recently sanctioned, has been refused by the district council on the ground that fishing is not a proper Sunday pastime.

EMPIRE CABLE SERVICE. New York, Saturday.—The newspapers publish telegrams from Ottawa according to which the Canadian Cabinet has defi- nitely declined to participate in the scheme for an Imperial cheaper cable service.

IpORTTALBOTTRADERABHORE I A Lloyd's telegram from St. Vincent (C.V.) states.—Refiort from Porto Praia says that the German ship Uhlenhorst, Port TaJbot to Chili, is ashore at Bonavista, and will prob- a.bly become a total wreck.

NEW ZEALAND'S PREMIER. Sir Joseph Ward, the New Zealand Premier, left Enston at 10.30 this morning en route for New Zealand via America.

NO NEWS OF THE WARATAH The London owners are still without news of the missing liner Waratah.

An "light, days' temperance mission has junt been ueld in the Strangeways Prison, the mis- sioners visiting from cell to cell and taking a number of pledges-

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EXCURSIONS. IP A>M> A. CAMPBELL -IMITED? -?p. SAILINGS FROM CAEDIFF ad PEXABTH. (Wjnd. weatner and circumstances perTuitticg.) ~rr'* CAJ&DIJ I ;&:oA V WJtisioA* Sat.. 2". — 6 0 e. 3 0, *8.0, *12.35, 5.20, *7. 5 1.30, 3.35, 11.0 a., 8.55,io.50 &.1, i2.0 aoon, ilOii., 2 5 —g.j, 3.35, 2m, 8.55, 10.30 am, 12.0 noon, 12.. njon, 2.0, 6.45, 7.30, -3.50 1.0. 6.15, 7.50, 3.30, 9.40 1\¡es., ¿o.0, 9J5, U.0 am, 3.55, 10.30 am, -12.0 noon, .), 1.0, 2.30, 7.30, 3.10 pm | 1.15, 6.15, 7.0, 9.0, 3.15 Weu., 25—3.0, 3.35, 10.30, LA5 I 8.55, 10.30, 11.25 aon, a.m, :2.C, 2,0, 2.;)5, -4.30, 3.0, I 1'40, 1.25, -10, *6.45, *6.j.5 pm ¡ 7.10, 9.0. 9.15 pm Thur?., 26—9.0, 3.30, 10.30, 3.45, i-i-Ol 11.30 am, 11.45 aza. .1.3Q, 1.45, 2.30, 12.40, i..20, 2.40, 5.0, 5.30, 6.3 pm 8.-15, 9.0, 9.15 pm Fri., 27—*6.30, 10.45, 11.30 am, .9.35 am, R25, -2.15, •1.30, 3.15, 5.25, 7.0 pm '1.10, 6.0, 6.15, 10.20 pm TSJOKXST and CHKiP WKEJi.-h.Mj TU.KITS ai* JsejeU. ,0 Principal St&tionz in WEST OF :iGj). AlioIUY TICKETS to Cli.5WDAl and WELU. ..LEAYE CAEDIfT. LEAVE CLEYEDON. S, 21—cl.25. b6.15 pm I 12.15, 4.3D, 3.30, 11.0 Pin Moa. 2;2.J pm I eõ.lä pin Tues., 2-i—&2.30 pm 00.1..) pm P, I;STOL 2.t.. 21—b6.L5. aCo.-I pm 8.30. 10.0 pm Lci-E CAjiHii'. LKAVJCI MLSSHSAD. Jfon., 23-3.30 am 7.45 pm Tues., 24—9.30 a_a, el.O pm e5.15, 7.50 pm LIS AYE CAKOii't'. | LEA-VECLOVELLT. Mon., 23-LiV am 1 5.0 pra T¡æ.,¡.,+-9.30 am 5.0 p-m LiiA v. UHDl.It.P. tt_l A ,IU'I1A.O""b ?at., 21—{1.15 pm I 53.43, 5.45 pm MOll., 23—T3.J<} am 16.13 pm Xuee., 24—t3-3u am 16.15 pm TAed., 25—fd.30 ala, ¡2.30 pm I FO pm Thuis., 26—ti.30 am 6.15 pm Fy; 27-t.iù am j 3.30 am, §9.0 pm C:* L'.1? Ee-jcn and Con wall. S.A.TUI!DA1". AUGUST 21. AFTERNOON nup ILFRACOMBE (Dixectj.—Cardiff 1.15 pm, Ufracombe 5.45. FaresSaloon 36. 6d., Fore Doc" 2s. 6d. AFTERNOON TRIP CLEVEDON (Via WESTON).- Card:ri 1.2.5 p;n, Clevedon 4.30. Fare, Zs. j:YErX:} HHP CLLVEDON and BRISTOL.—Car- diff 03.15 pm, return from Bristol 10.0, Cievedon 11.0. Fa.rœCle\<èJu;1 Is., Bri.5wl 2e. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25. LF)¡DY lSL.\XD (U.vuig- About Three Hours on Shore).—Cardiff 9.30 am, Lundy 5.20 pm. Fare (jiclud: ing landmg and embarking), 6s. NOTE.—Coupon Il{uie-n may obtain landing tickets on payment of is. at Purser's Office. AF1 fc.INOOX TRIP ILFKACOMBE.—Cardiff i2..)(¡ pm, Ufracombe §7.3 pin. Fai7es, 3,s. 6d. and 2& 6d. • Doe. no call at Ponarth. c siagle Trip. § Lo" not call oil Lyiimautii. a Via Weston, h Penartti «'J llÙlute5 earlier, b Peuartti 20 minutes earlier. a I'auarth 25 rn'n'Jtea earlier. C1 Lu;gage la trans- ferred to anè from the Stwiner at Cardiff 1-ree 0: Charge. from ail L'AJ?B' VALE and EHYMNEY EAILWAY STATIONS to WEATOX MRXEHHAD, AK<I 1LFIL A CO 11 BE. for Furtner I'articulara, Tickets, otc., apply to M. CU.Y, 70a, Bute-street; or T. COOK and SON, 2, Du¡¿e-street, Cardiff. Telegrams: "Primroee." Nat. TeL. Cardiff. 211. a4576 "Rahry R A I L W A Y. MAGNLPICENT (RED l UN^TELj UTEAMEBS. DAILY TIME-TABLE SERVICES, Via BARBY FISB (Wiad, W«»th«r, Aocidcnts, Hindrance#, or oth" CLRCUMSTAUNSEI Permitting). WES TO ft SEBVXCB. Tubs eavw r)ally (Not Sundays). Ports, Bridgend, SteaoMt CaTdUl Pontypridd, Calling Betaroa (Btver- 10 )11D8..A.L Vale trom eidet. Later. Stations. Weston. 712 am t.55 ara 8.30 3.11> 5.15 am 9.20 am II. ° am 11. 9 am 11.25 am 12. 5 pm 11.13 am 1.45 pm 1.45 pm 2.32 pm 1.37 pu •« 5.17 pm 4.15 pm 6.48 pru .¡.15 pm 7.451 pm 9.30 pm Fares:—Cardiff to Weeton: Single la. 6cI. Day Trip B., Ail EVeÐillg Tripa, 5.3 pm and after, la. return; P. and after. la. 6d. JtLNEFLEAD, LYS)(OÛTH. A\n jiLFRAcommir, SEfiVICE. Portli, JSrkigend, Steamer Cardiff Pontypridd, Calling Leayea (Elver- 10 jlina. All Vala Bfracomba sjaej. Latar. Stations. Daily at £ _ii am 9.Cam 8.am 5.30 pm Steamer calls Minehead Saturday, 21st; MorMay, 23rd; Tuesday, 24Ù; We<ines..b.y, 25th. Bcturns from Mine- head at f.cfl pm eaca day. Fares:—CardiJ to Mmehead-Day Trip, 2a. 6d. and 3s.; Ufracombe, 3s. and 4a. Sat'iroay, 21-st.-Afternoon Trip Ufracombe.—Train Cardiff River^'de 2.10 pm (intexmtidiate times seebills), Ilfraeonibff 7.30 pm. Fare, 2s. 6d. Monday, 23ro.-Lon Pay Minehead, rifracombe, and Clovelly.—Train Card:tf Riverside S.15 am (calls stations to Barry), Clovelly 4.10, Ilfiacombe 5.30, Minehoad 6.50 pm. Tuesday, 24th.—Day Trip to Bunrham.—Train Cardiff Riv?rs.de A2 am (calls statioiu to Barry), Burnham 7.40 pra. Fare, 2s. &d. Ciovelly.—Cardiff Riverside 9.37 am (intermediate times see bills), Clovelly 4.10 pm. Trip Mineibead and IUra- ccmhe.—Express Cardiff Riverside 2.10 pm (intermediate times see bills), Ufracombe 7.15, Minehead 8.45 pm. Fare: Minehead, 2s. Il/racowibe, 2s. 6d. § Calls off Lynmouth TO and fro. Lut stecuxMf Sot Porth and Bridgend Sections. Through bookings from ail Barry, Taff, Bhymaey Stxtloas. E. LAKE. General M?.na|f(tr. a4960 .I ALBATROSS Self-Raising Flour ONCE TSIBD-ALWAYS USED From all Grroeers. im TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION DB DIONS AGA.I-lf CORE. Hill-elimbing Competition. Buttrijlg6 Barry, Jane 3etb. 190A. Claoe 1.—First Prizes » 2.-nd and Th!rd Prlzeat 4.—First Prize. „ 5.—First and Second Prisaa, > 6.—Third Priae. Aad only rSACTIOX OF A 8ECOND from again holding the TROPHY CUP. De Dion Can for iiill-climblng aitd reliability always aeere. ATLIFFE AXD eojTS. CARDIFF AND SEWPOBT. SOLE AGENTS. Telegrams: Ayiiffe, Cartllff." Na.t. TaL: Cardiff ASZ, am W ANTED, by Lady with large to use in Pemhroke- shirs, Caxe of Elderly Peo-ple, Invalids, or Chiicrou; comiortable home and good nursing.—Write C 3, Evening Express, Cardiff. e2789w24 RIWO r,,e B?omts to Let, Unfuinisheti.—36, Lower •M. Cathedral-xoaa; ne;u' ci?y. e278ow24 C-Ü_iH'ORT -\a.w.IMi.gUlg¡>far young Ytan • h7iaml cold bath.—32, )¡evUle-ótræt, Riverside. ew24 -C'\U2\ii-'VliL\.BlÆ, Furnisned Sitt'in o,?, and Two C Bedrooms, or Double-bedded !I"" to Let; nw vacant.—Apply 24, Oxford-street, Barry. e2733w24 O .eed?gr?o F:tciher-.Pup for Sale, ;wd 1 iAig and Bitch; M"a good cOur,??rs. Or Exchange for Poultry.—Apply 20, LlacdaJI-road, Canton. evv24 BARGAINS. Mast Cl?ar.-Thre. ,Lab;e and White Coiliu- Siioh Pups; oer distemper; champion "breed; parents winners; will be sold cheap; room wanted.—Aadley Villa, Gabalfa-road, North Llandaff. e2787w24 LADY'S Free-wheel Bi,?yc a for Sale; Rudge^Whit- worth; cheap; excellent condition.—Apply C 7, Evening Express, CaTdifi. e2732 w24 I shan't write; you fe" enough in all faith, but at whose risk and experu;e? Can't give :u!dr85s iere; wia'i it do when I see you?; say when, where, &, c. e2795\v24 ERRAND Boy wanted; mast be of good appearance; reference from last situation required. Devon Drapery Co., Albany-rcad. e27S2w24 FURNISHED Rooms or Lodgings Vacant (piano, bath;, w¡:h widow; terms very moderate. 22, Angus-street, lioath Park. eZ791w24 rpD Let, convenient Bed-Sitting-room or TwoFur- -1- nish-ed Room&—Apply 5, Dudley-street, Docks, Car- diff. e2790w24 LOST, zt Larse Tabby Cat; answers to tihe name of Peter."—Bewajd on returning to 5, South Luton- place. e279ow24 JTtGtt Sale, 60, Cathedral-road; best side of road; 3 JL; sitting, 6 bed rooms: good garden; low ground rent; large portion purchase can remain at 4 per cent.—Apply Alfred Simey. e-Mew24 COMF OKT.»liLFi. Homely A pariments for 2 or 3 C Gentlemen; near G.W.R. and town centre; h.andl c. ba.tb.-33, ?j,¡¡,¡lta.ge1let-street, off Tudor-road, River- side. e2796w24 by respectable Girl, aged 16, Daily Work, VY to Assi.'t in Restaurant Kitchen.—Apply 16. Kin- ^arth-street. East Moors, Cardiff. e?812w24 T Rooms to Ltt; ouit young couple.—Apply 81, Weils-Hrcet, Canton. e279^w24 -R,.jo:il. Furnished, Bedroom and Sitting-room, "lil? .2 0,r w?4"ho,,t "ord; bath; piano; el«tric light; large garden; terms moderate.—IS, Cowbridge-road, jieai 8opillOl-:z.;u'(kns. e2794w24 ,:¡ AXTb:D, iiiperkw Woman, not under 30, as Hou VT keeper man kept for knives, boots, &c.; small house three miles from Newport; must have highest references.—G've full particulars F. F., Evening Ex- press, Newport. e28ilw27 A>'TF.D ;«TProvisicn Hand one who knows his business, and cap???i?le of taking charge if neces- sary-—Applv. glvmc: full particulars, to F. Higgine, 82, Xolton-street. Bridgend. e £ 810w24 96.-DIanatreet-Rc-a.th Park. —2 Unfurnished Booms to Let; h. and c. oath, &c. e2798w24 WAXTED. toroiiorb 1 experienced Oook-General; two -Apply Mrs. Evans, Redlands, Whit- church. Cardiff. e280^w27 HOP to~Let, Hi^rH^street, Cardigan (Opposite post,- o.Ucei; Lest position in town: extensive premises; Immediate poesessicn.—Apply Llewelyn, Dolwerdd, Cardigan. e2308w27 KFT in the 11.59 Taff Vale Train to TreIwrrt, Thursday, August 19, Gent' Mackintosh; finder rewajded.—W. Wi<»hey. John-street. Cardiff. ew27 GENKRATT wanted: must have er>ort reenœ small fc'mily,—Apply 9, Kymin-terrace, Penartii. p yKyniin-terTace, PF-iiartli.  -XTj;D-a"t-õîlCe,-(;apahïelIHom*;m<tjd; pood W references.—Mrs. Davey, Woodside, The Common, Petit ypridd. 280w:7

From All Quarters. Colliding with a cyclist in St. Paul's- j churchyard yesterday, a hoy fell under the wheels of an electro'bos and was instantly killed. An anonymous gift of £ 2,COO has been re- ceived by the London Missionary Society, which has a. heavy deficit to meet. A grocer at Ilaywards Heath has collected 110,000 postage stamps. The hobby has occu- pied his spare time for nine years. When Frederick James Ball was fined 10s. at the City Summons Court yesterday for cycling, into a policeman on point duty at the Bank he said, "It was either that or a brewer'? dray." Fifty high-class Suffolk shearling etves, with two ram lambs, have been shipped on the steamer Man iea, to the order of the Trans- va.al Oovea-nfment, for the improvement of the flocks in the Transvaal. A Wark, Northumberland, farmer was astonished to find, on reaching home, that a bull which he had sold at a neighbouring market for eighteen gniineas a few hours 3>r6vi(>uSwir Ui } £ m

STOP PRESS Latest Tetegrama. LEICE^TEZ^IilF.E 112 for ttvo—Wc-od not '0; Hiug n-oi 17; extras. A I'» TP. A 1.1A X 3 • 451 for ni;ie—Hopkins b b nn: 7; K.-ev..« o iUM extras 6. hot 16; .jp}1'f. l' 15; extra? 7. C?vFIO.V v. 3TTFF. Brisiui.oi-e-Caiditf; X V II Ekheii oriiou b 'foLR'^od 12; « F Cording b Too- KCOil 1; i1 G syrmndd b Toogood 0; G L Rat- g"> t 0; Xah c ar.il b Tootrood 28: F C Puddi- b Too^.xrd 9, Pr-.r<f.!y not 8; C V Eo-biii •oil b T.M'T'C' 0; T li b ToogooU 0: G licks -I)ellt c: c:ra< 6; total Si. Too- g- cd too:; nine >vicket5 for 33 Ci f* >u: A '.i i'jtual- i> Prtuly C; J Tuaai- oliffe b Pre-ur 15; F G Kobinsoa b PreedyO; b 2\a?u 1. W F Veri>on Symoiid.; b ?.?? 2; To? )u<i T'JI o; K F Vt i-uo'.i not 0; extra- 5: total .f?r 6—40. Rain stopped play. <6!= I T F, Sl'O'ETIXG. l.Z —tlactl-snun. Ii I J y, 1; Tathwell i.nstie. 2; sunoright, Kii'uiaUoi-k, S<;o:dt Fid die. Tariff Peformer, Xiatawu-h, ilreen Ware, sir Oracle, "and San- tia CO AI. TiiADF. DiFF::i].KCKS. iI.V.>Til?.S CONCEDE OVERTIME. The Welsh Coacitiaticn came to an iaereeaseat this afternoon uxon the overtime Ilnc,ti)n. trie owners a,jrrceinj to contiuue the •;M>j'tirre l.ayir nn- tor two months, anil -h it any disputes in regard to the matter :,e t 1, J. It 1 c h r h 2 overtime committee. LATE CRICKET. I-LANELLY Percy Pee.- not 7; Clo'.igh h ? 7: Cloigl-t b Creber C: Ike Evan? a 8; extras 4; total :1 W.eKe:) :9. < i LO U C F..STF R IIIK E 179 for eizht- Soberts bk Burr ws 42; H-ugsins no; 25; Dcu- nc-tt not 3; extras 19. YORKSHIRE 2 for one-Wilson rot 2; Shodgs b Smith 0; extras 0. i.. -Z¡.: f STEADIES BEACHED. The name of the steamer Vhich collided this morning ui the Mersey with the schooner Ga«lic was the Eostrevor, Vfhica was also Cached at E^rejieiit. tike sustained damage to her bows. The two men reported miss- in? frcm the schooner Gaelic sprang to the steamer Restrevcr at the time of the col- lision. HORTICULTURE AT CARDIFF. The third horticultural slic-w in connec- tion with the Roath Carlylian Club and In stitute Society was opeened to-day by Coun- tiiior John Chappel. Tko exhibits were quite the best of recent years, and the judjeg were Messrs. John Julian, F.R.H.S., and Hut' chinsoru Bettin?—10 to 1 agst Handspnn filly and T.thwell Lassie colt, and 7 tQ t agst Amacleus Cardiff Centrals v Koath Park Congrega- tional. Centrals C Gibbs no out 54; F Bul- lock b Egford lo; W Price c RaI>eTts b Thomas 10 j Phil Jonft not 14 j extra$ il; total (3 Witt) 102. I >

ACCIDENT TO A BATTLESHIP The battleship Hannibal, which arrived at Plymouth yesterday, had an exciting expe- rience in Babbacombe Bay, near Torquay, on Thursday. Whilst carrying out puniayeTe' tests she scraped a reef of rocks, sustaining serious damage. Several plates were torn, and wa.ter poured into her double bottom on the port bow and in the boiler-ropm. The oil flel storage tanks were also flooded. "Colli- sion quarters" was sounded, and on investiga- tion beinsc made the damage was considered sufficiently serious for orders to be given that the vessel should immediately proceed to the Hamoaze. The Hannibal had, it is con- sidered, a fortunate escape, and as far as is ascertainable it was the speed at which she was proceeding which saved her from still greater damag-e. When she scraped the reef ehe was going fuU steam ahead, and the tide bein.g high she was carried quickly over it.

I AIRSHIP FALLS INTO LAKE I The Italian semi-rigid steerable balloon No. 1 bis made a fresh trial trip yesterday morn- ing. Leaving her shed near Lake Bracciamo at 6.40, carrying six passengers, she rose to a height of 600ft. and started over the lake, turning back towards her starting point after half-an-hour's successful flight. She was still travelling over the water when, to the passengers' dismay, she suddenly stopped and began to drop at a gentle, but appreci- able rate, towards the surface of the water, no outside indication of any damage giving her pilot any clue to the cause of the break- down. Motor boats rushed to rescue the passengers. now within a few feet of the water, and it was only after the car had begun to sink and was half full of water that the rescuing parties succeeded in catch- ing hold of her ropes and pulling the balloon ashore.

I CARUSO, GIVE US A SONG." Signor Ca.rueo, who was the other night entertained to dinner by the Oorinlthian Club, Dublin, has been "doing the eights" of the city by motor-oar in company with Mr. Bene Bull, war correspondent. An a.m.twin,g incident occurred as the tenor was travelling from Kingstown to Dublin. Just as tthe train was about to depart a little urchin jumped on the footboard of the car- riage and asked, "Are you Mr. Caruso?'' "So," said the singer, with a smile, "Oaruso is under the seat." The lad stared awhile, and then exclaimed, "Oh, yes, you are Mr. Caruso; give us a song."

EX-PREMIER AS PLAYWRIGHT Peris, se.tur(lay.-SI. Clemefnceau, the late Prime Minister, has completed a four-act pl.a,y, based on one of his own books. The piece is to be produced in the coming season it a leading Paris theatre, and M. i Oamone^u himself will direct the relaearsaae.

W. P. CARYL, fsoi-c.- THE Qualified Eyesight Specialist for SIGHT-TESTING and SPECTACLES, 16, JJIGH STREET ARCADE, CARDIFF. And 15. UNIOX-STREET, SWANSEA. e534

The Han in + the StpMt.  The Man in + the Strog, Whatever respect the Selection Com- mittee's men may have shown for Aus- tralian bowling, it cannot be said that some of the counties have displayed much fear. Playing a natural game, our neigh- bours of Gloucestershire did not put on many airs in compiling 411 against Cotter and Co., and if the game had been played to a conclusion there is little doubt that the Westerners would have proclaimed themselves cocks-of-the-walk. In the same way the men of Kent quickly ran up their 319 before the- Cornstalks cap- tured the tenth wicket. From these per- formances we have had enough to see that two counties alone possess sufficient talent to give the Selection Committee a decent English Eleven, and one that would win the rubber against the Selectors' pets. When Kent, as the champion county, come to play the Rest of England it will be surprising if they cannot beat the Selection Committee's side *as easily as did the Australians at Lord's and Leeds. However, it is too late in the day to talk aboxat the Selection Committee. They have been judged and sentenced, and it is very improbable that we shall ever see its like again. Now the season is drawing to a close, it is enough to comment on the strength of our visitors. When they cannot win they have shown a convincing capacity for escaping defeat, and they seem as likely to escape the mesh of the Southerners as they did that of the Westerners. After all, the Aus- tralians are a great side, and when they brace themselves to it they are capable of coming well out of any situation in which they may be placed. It has been a famine year with both countries for tip-top players, but the Down Unders are building up a new team more quickly than the Old Country can manage. Where are England's Lohmanns, Peels, Briggses, Jacksons, Richardsons, Hay- wards, J. T. Hearnes, and Graces coming from? When again will England have a team like this: Abel, Shrewsbury, Grace, Jackson, Stoddart, W. Gunn, Lohmann, Lilley, Briggs, Peel, and Richardson? It is to be hoped the new men are well on the way. In the meantime all honour to the side which has proved much the best in the international struggles with handi- capped England! In a very interesting paper read by him the other day, Inspector Major, of Cardiff, gave a lucid statement of many points connected with weights and measures and kindred regulations of joint importance to traders and the public. Incidentally, he paid a high compliment to the shop- keepers of Cardiff, declaring that nowhere were the weighing and measuring appli- ances looked after with greater care than I in the Welsh Metropolis-a position im- possible of attainment but for the loyal co-operation of the tradesmen themselves. I Mr. Major dwelt on the importance of I shopkeepers getting their weights and scales frequently tested and examined. In regard to the sale of bread, he impressed upon the public the importance of having the loaves weighed in the presence of the customer. This, it seems, can be insisted on; but I fancy the law in this instance is more honoured in the breach than in the observance. As he points out, bakers in this country are immune from many regulations imposed upon them abroad, where the safeguards are sometimes of irritating stringency. Mr. Major advises people to ask specifi- cally for 21b. or 41b. loaves, as the case may be, and to see that they get them. Merely to ask for a large loaf or a small loaf, as it seems is the custom at Cardiff, is to introduce a looseness of diction which hampers the inspectors and may easily lead to imposition on the public. Brecon ratepayers are much perturbed at the prospect of having to pay a rate of 3d. in the £ for the provision of addi- tional accommodation at the elementary schools. For some years the schools have been overcrowded, and now the Board of Education, armed with their new orders, insist that the buildings must be enlarged. Failing that, the threat is held out that the grant will be withheld. It is proposed to spend £ 8,000, two- thirds of which is to be borne by the Brecon ratepayers, who, very naturally, feel that such a heavy burden will mate- rially affect the trade and prosperity of the town. They have taken a rather bold step in circulating a petition which is shortly to be presented to the local education authority asking that body to exclude from the schools all children under the age of five years. As the excess of children over the present accommodation is only 120, and, as the infants under five number, roughly, 160, it is hoped that the suggestion, if carried out, will obviate any additional building. The question is being warmly debated in the town. Some tradesmen and heavy ratepayers are, of course, in favour of the exclusion of the infants, while others strongly urge that the little ones should be allowed an early start in the race for the attainment of knowledge. It will be interesting to watch the attitude taken by the education authority, especially in view of the fact that the March elections » not very far distant. The main 4 is to keep an eye on the grant, iKid undue delay in arriving at a definite settlement may jeopardise it. Out of the miserable atmospheric con- ditions which favoured the Penybont Agricultural Show yesterday the execu- live came very well, and, if more people are encouraged to go in for poultry rear- ing in consequence, the function will be remembered as one of the most useful and successful of the 37 exhibitions that have been held. Sir Francis Edwards referred to the eight millions of poultry and eggs which came into this country every year, and, of course, to the fortunes that went out to the obliging foreigners. It is really asto- nishing that we have not more poultry farmers, especially in a small way. The new-laid egg that can be depended upon is becoming exceed- ingly rare, and wherever obtainable good prices are always forthcoming. Poultry breeding is one of the most reliable ways of adding to one's income, and a con- siderable return is waiting for those who are ready to take a little trouble in this direction.

"Eminentl Foolish." i MISS CORELll NOT A SUFFRAGETTE Miss Marie Corelli is exceedingly annoyed at the fact that some suffragette missionaries in Wales have been taking her name in vain. Her attention having been called to pub- lished reports of a suffragette meeting in North Wales, at which she was claimed as a convert to woman's suffrage. Miss Corelli writes from Stratioro-on-Avo:a:- I notice that Miss Farquharson, M.A., whom I have not the pleasure of knowing, committed herself to the erroneous state- ment that though I had written against women getting the vote, I was now a con- vert. This unqualified falsehood was met by the audience with groans- and a voioe crying out, 'Poor creature.' "I agree with the voice that I should indeed be a poor creature if I were a con- vert to the eminently foolish course which is unsexing so many women of to-day. Will you allow me to distinctly and emphatically repudiate Miss Farquharson's statement, and to express my regret that she should have ventured to use my name without the slightest authority for so doing? I am not in favour of woman's suffrage, and I never shall be."

16 Schoolgirls Drowned TERRIBLE SEQUEL TO PRANK OF BOYS A-n exceedingly sad ocaikrence is reported from Offenbach, on the &rver Main. A. girls' school, in charge of the headmistress, was j enjoying a riverside excursion, and a number ) of the pupils, who were between ten and thirteen years of age, had taken off tiheir shoos and stockings, and were playing on th,) shore of a shallow channel below a weir, when the water suddenly buret through in a torrent.# A number of the girls were carried away. Their screams brought- some labourers to the spot, and gallant heLp was at ofnoe given. Six little girls were drowned, and their bodies have not yet been found. A work- man, who succeeded in swimming within reach of two of the victims, was run over by a boat, and was also drowned. The most horrible thing is that it appears this terrible disaster was caused by a mis- chievous prank of some schoolboys, who, see- ing the girls at play, and not realising the danger, secretly moved the lever of the sluice-gates, thus turning the main stream of the- river into the channeL It was only With the greatest difficulty tiboat the school mistress was prevented from committing suicide.

I Divorced in Ignorance I FRENCH 'HUBBY'S' RUDE AWAKENING An extraordinary incident has befallen Francois I/anmre, a boiler-makea* of Paris. His wife, whom he was chiding for un- wiifely disobedience. suddenly retorted that j Ihe had no authority over her, since they had been divorced. It appears that during the man's absence from home on business some mon-ths ago, Mme. Lanrure, with an eye on eventual martial disagreement, took the precaution of obtaining a divorce. She declared that "her husband had disappeared and she had no knowledge of his whereabouts." When the legal documents came for her husband she posted them back marked "Gone away." Three (months passed and the decree of divorce was made absolute. Lamure rushed off to the mairie to verify his wife's statement. There the indubi- table proofs so enraged him that he went home and beat his former wife with such violence as to break her arm. Yesterday he was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, but in view of the extenuating circumstances was given the benefit of the First Offenders Act. i

NOTTS COUNTY CRICKET CLUB (RESERVES), 1909. TOP ROW: Mr. W. Marshall, C. James, J. Barnes, A. Iremonger, J. Riley, G. Dee, C. Clifton, and W. Whysall. BOTTOM ROW: J. Stapleton, Mr. H. C. Cutts, the Rev. H. Staunton (captain), Mr. R. H. T. Turner, and Mr. A. W. Carr. [Photo, Arthur Shields, Nottingham.

PRINCE IN THE AIR The latest recruit to the ranks of aviators is Mr. Arthur Prince, the popular venrt.rilo- quiat. Unlike many prominent artists, Mr. Prince does net appear to be a great believer in the "puff preliminary." Very quietly and unostentatiously he has, in conjunction with Mr. George Parkinson, of Newcastle, ordered a Bleriot monoplane. Still more quietly he several weeks ago—to be exact, one week before Bleriot accomplished his famous cross-Channel trip—made an actual flight in one of M. Bleriot's machines on that gentleman's trial ground, at Paris. On the first day of next month Mr. PirJhoe means to start flying in real earnest. "That is the date upon which delievery of our monoplane has bec-n promised," he said. "It will cost us £ 600, and we meain to make the most of it. We shall conimeuce our flights on the Town Moor just outside Newcastle." When Mr. Prince has made sufficient flights to please him, he means to build an aeroplane himself on the lines of the Bleriot machine, and after that there will possibly be an aeroplane sketch for the (halls, with little "Jim" MT. Prince's ventriloquial figure.

SEQUEL TO A WEDDING The remarkable charge against Edwia Hugh Kennangton of attempting to extort j moniey from Mrs. Leah Leventhall, of Leeds, j by promising to suppress a newspaper report of her daughter's wedding was again befcre the Leeds Court yesterday. It was alleged at the previous hearing that Kennington had obtained sums of JE;5 10s. and 13. 6d. from Mrs. Leventhall on July 10 on the pretence of suppressing a report headed "A Romantic Wedding." At yesterday's hearing Mr. R. T. Davies, the prosecuting solicitor, intimated t-hat he would not ask for a committal, as the prisoner's solicitor had informed him that restitution would be made. Th? Stipen- diary said he was prepared to dispose of the ease on those lines, and the summons was accordingly withdrawn. Kennington agreed to re-fumd the money to Mrs. Leventhall and pay all coets.

BATTLEFIELD MEMORIAL A curious ceremon- has just taken place at Mars-la-Tour, off French territory, the scene of the celebrated battle during the war in 1870. By special permission of the French Government a, monument wae unveiled on the battlefield to the memory of the officers and men of the 1st Regiment Prussian Dragoon Guards who fell during the battle. Twenty- one German officers, amongst whom was Prince Von Hohenzollern, were allowed to enter France to attend the unveiling cere- mony. They were received by a French captain and gendarme, who escorted them over the frontier and back again. This is the first time since 1871 that German otticers in uniform, other than military attaches follow- ing French manoeuvres, have entered French territory.

IS SMUGGLING CRIMINAL? The Court of Criminal Appeal decided yes- terday that it had no jurisdiction to enter- tain the appeal of Albert Hausmann. Alfred Moser, and Oscar Schmidt against their con- viction for being concerned in smuggling 3851b. of saccharin into the country. They were. fined £1.694, and in default of payment they were to go to prison until the money was pakl or the clemency of the Crown was exercised. All three went to prison. The Lord Chief Justice expressed a doubt whether the offence was a criminal one, and after hearing legal arguments on the point decided as above.

CHILDREN'S HARVEST FEAST Mr. Frederick Townsend Martin, of New York, uncle of the Countess of Craven, who is visiting the earl and countess at Coombe Abbey, near Coventry, entertained the whole of the children on Lord Craven's Warwick- shire estate at a harvest feast yesterday Inclement weather prevented outdoor revels, but the children greatly enjoyed themselves in the estate clubhouse, where Mr. Martin helped to dispense tea and eatables, wit- nessed the Punch and Judy show, and attsisted in distributing parcels of toys.

I WORKHOUSE WEEK-END Tramps who spend the week-end at Salis- bury Workhouse a.re deprived of their clothes on Sundays, and are compelled to remain all d-ay in the ceUs in a shirt provided by the authorities. T/ost Sunday a tramp, named Thomas, demanded hiis clothes, and because ho could not' get them assaulted the porter and smashed some windows. The Salisbury I magistrates sent him to prison for 21 day s.

TRUE GRATITUDE. Charles Austen, a tmall boy of Surbiton, was rescued from drowning in the Maiden River by a, thirteen-year-old boy named Charlie S.pooner, and when he was restored to consciousness presented, his rescuer with his entire worldly possessions—his swirara/ing shorts, a fisli-Ling-rod and some tackle, a quan- tity of sweets, and three-farthings in cash.

LOSSES THROUGH STRIKES The folly of strikes is well illustrated by the fa-ot that the value of the exports from Algeria for the first six months of this year is less by £ 1,260,000 than that of the same peTiod of last year. This loss is entirely due to the breakdown of means of communi- cation owing to the recent strike in the French merchant marine.

LOW BIRTH-KATE. The medical officer for the county of Mid- dlesex states in his annual report that during the past year the births of 27,778 children were registered in the county area. This number is only ten in excess of 1907, which year was responsible for the lowest birth-rate ever recorded in the ooumtr.

[SILVER RING FOR A QUEENI The municipality presented Queen Elena I with a plain silver ring yesterday. The gift, which has no value, is. nevertheless, very precious in the eyes of the Queen on I account of the tale it carries with it. Last I spring, when the students of Stockholm opened a subacri; lion, for- the victims of the I Messina di tster. a box was placed in the Market-place, and on the same evening it was found to contain a donation of £ 1,000 and the modest little ring, which, no doubt, repre- sents the widow's mite. Queen Elena expressed her gratitude to the municipal council, and declared that there is no present that could have given her more pleasure than this ring, which will always remind her of the devotion and compassion which exist ) throughout the world. 1

2d. FOR FINDING A FORTUNE I A rubbish-picker who found LZO,000 on the municipal rubbish heap at Belfort has been offered the magnificent reward of 2d. (says the Paris "Petit Journ,al"). While engaged at his customary occupation he was surprised to see two individuals diligently searching aniong the rubbish. Hearing that they had lost something of great value, he joined in the search, and eventually found a yellow envelope such as had been described. Opening it, he found it contained' bank-notes to the value of L20,CO. He reported his discovery to the strangers, who eagerly claimed the letter. The rubbish-picker refused their proffered gratuity of twopence.

ZEALOUS FOR WORK AT 78 At an inquest, held yesterday at Shore- ditch t'oronor's-court on Samual F/bblewhite, aged 78 years, t-he man's widow said that her hushand was employed as a porter, but became ill at the end of last week and had to be removed to t,he infirmary, where he died on Tuesday. The Coroner (Dr. W. Wynn Westeott): You say "a porter"; you don't mean at work, surely? The Witness: Oh, yes; he only gtaTe up because he .:m. 1 thai heat had 17iiocktd him out. The Coroner: A wonderful old man, then. Dr. Kempthorne said the cause of death was cardiac failure, due to the excessive beat, and the jury returned a verdict ctf "Death from naturol causes."

COSTLY DISPUTE ABOUT 4d. Yat ton Board of Guardians and the chief- constable of Somerset are disputing the sum of 4d., the keep of a vagrant who was given in charge by the. guardians for refusing to work. Voluminous correspondence has taken place, and considerably more than the amount in dispute has been spent in postage. The gua rdians claim the support of the Home Secretary and t,he Local Government Board 'I in t.heir contention that they are not liable, and the chief-constable says he is making a legal claim and one established by his pre- decessor The guardians, if necessary, wi'l have the question raised in ParJ.iament.

TAFT'S SON GETS A DUCKING The Taft family had something of a scare yesterday, because the President's young son Charles, who was out boating in Salem Bay with a school churn, got a ducking. The youngsters were rowing round in a small {>oat, when it capsized, and they had to hold on to the bottom of it until help arrived from Mr. Taft's yacht, The family were more scared than the boys. Charlie Taft, 1<1 fact, is rapidly becoming an institution in America. He is a healthy, unaffected lad in his early teens, and wherever the family go he is a great favourite.

I PARISIAN'S HAT TRICK I A leading Parisiam milliner has just invented a h.t which may be adapted for various occasions a.t will. It can be taken to pieces. When its removable brim is tucked away under the brow it becomes a close fit,ting toque suit,able for motoring, railway travelling, or for walks in rough weather. If its owner finds herself unexpectedly called upon to appear in evening dress she has simply to re-adjust her crown, a.nd she is ready for any funotiori demanding the greatest elegance.

I AGE TO BEGIN FARMING. "At twenty a youth is too old to begin to learn farming, and he will seldom be a satisfactory manager of farm labourers if he has not made a beginning at, sixteen or seventeen." The Secretary of t-he Board of Aaricuiture, who says this -in a report on agriculturist education, issued yesterday, advises would-be farmers, before going t.o a, college, to w'k for one, two, or three years on a. farm. He calculates that on ly 700 of 10,000 persons entering farming annually are specially educated for the purpose.

I :z LOOKED LIKE A BUTLER." There is an epilogue to add to the history: of King Alphoiiso,g whiskers. His Majesty when he arrived on Sunday from Madrid was wea-ring side whiskers and had had his hair cut very short. The King thought this gave him the appearance of an admiral of the British Navy, but Queen Victoria Eugenie remarked that he looked more like an j English butler, and urged him to shave the whiskers ofT. This his Majesty did, for when I he returned to Madrid on Monday nighit be was whiskerless once more and looked younger than ever. #

I LO-ST IN THE ALPS. There is little doubt that the three miss- ing Miltan Alpinists b,a,ve perished in a snow-1 storm on Monte Rosa. A party of Zermatt guides, who went out on Thursday, returned to Zermatt yesterday without finding any traces of the climbers. Two German Alpinists, who were climbing the Bisithal, have been missing for six days, and the guides have abandoned the search, after & long and wearying expedition.

BANKNOTES ON A BODY Some curious evidence was given yost-ert day at the inquest held at Clerkenwell con- cerning the death of Thomas Ford, aged 70, an engineer, of Ryder-crescent, who was found dead in bed.—Wii'Mam Oliver, the mortuary-keeper, said when preparing the body for a post-mortem examination he found under the right arm-pit a little pouch tied with a boat-lace thia-t went round the neck. On cutting this off and examining it he found a Brank of England note for JE50 and two Bank of England notes for £2.0 and some scraps of pa.p.er.-The Coroner explained that the property would be kept by him for a certain time, and if relatives did not come forward to lay claim to the same it would be handed over to the Crown. -Dr. Killari stated that death, had resulted from the rupture of a blood-vessel on the brain, and the jury returned a verdict to that effect.

EPOCH-MAKING HOLIDAYS. It is holiday-time for England now, and with .many it is the epoch-making time of their lives, for only too often holidays come fraught with all that means the fulness and abundanco of life—or the reverse. Many a man meets his life's partner in his seaside holiday; many a girl blesses—or curses-the day when she pa-eked aside her typewriter and left it to dust and silence for three weeks that are Maybe fraught 'with one knows not what of mystery, romance, a.nd pleasure, and pain. At all events, of this we may be certain—the annual holiday never quite leaves us as it found us, either physi- cally, mentally, or spiritually.—"Black and White."

MINISTERS' "HOLIDAYS." The Prime Minister left Downing-street yesterday afternoon by motor-car for Lympne Castle, Hythe, where Mrs. Asquith and their children have been staying for the past week, and where he will spend the week-end. Before leaving Mr. Asquith received Sir Joseph Ward, a.nd took leave of him, as Sir Joseph sails for New Zealand to-day. Mr. Lloyd George left London last night for Rheimis, where he will enjoy a few days relaxation, witnessing the aviation compe- tition. Mr. Wi'n!tDiTI Churchill is accompanying him, a.nd both are being guided by Sir Henry Norman, who is an expert on aeroplanes, as he is on motors. All three will return to London on Tuesday night.

I WEEK-END PROSPECTS I The weather outlook for the week-end is 'mpromising. the barometer having fallen steadily &M day yesterday and on int? the evening. No settled weather is to be expected, but at the same time the westerly type of weather such as we are experiencing usually g-ives us an occasional fine spell of from twelve to eighteen hours. It is this that led to the old saying concerning summer weather, "Wet Friday—wet Sunday," and a fine spell on Saturday will in all probability be followed by a return of changeable con- ditions the following twenty-four hours.

I BALLOON HUNTING. 'New York yachtsmen connected with the I Colonial Yacht Club are perfecting their I arrangements for a novel game of fox-and- hounds in September. Mr. Leo Stevens, the well-known aeronaut, with his big balloon, will be the fox and the yachts will act as hounds. If the balloon is carried away from sea or river the yachtsmen are to take to the | roads in automobiles or whatever vehicles J happen to be obtainable. A prize is to be í given for the capture of the balloon, and the yachtsmen are convinced that they can hold out as long as the aeronaut.

I GREAT BRITAIN'S LEAD A comparison, issued yesterday, of the imports of five countries in the first six months of 1909 shows that the United Kingdom's imports were EZ55,104,000, Ger- IT,ø,ny's £ 197,361,000, and the United States' £ 149,089,000. The first place is also held by the United Kingdom in exports, with a total of Y,176,934,000, the United States coming aec.ond I. with £ 161,428,000, a.nd Germany t.hird with £ 152,809,000. France and Belgium fill the fourth and fifth places in each case.

I ONLY ONE LEFT" I The tram was stopping at Bath, and the clergyman was on holiday. He beckoned to a paper boy. Here is sixpence," he said, I "get me a bath bun, buy one for yourself, and bring me back the twopence cha,nge." In due time the boy emerged from the refreeh- ment-room diligently munching a bun He handed the passenger fourpence. They had only one left, sir," said he.

I PIG SHEDS ITS SKIN. I A pig belonging to Mr. Gillham, of Wood- mancote, Sussex, recently shed the whole of its skin, weighing fifty-four pounds. A new skin has grown, and the pig now weighs fifty stone. A veterinary surgeon states that be has never before heard of such a case.

FIRES CAUSED BY MATCHES Five fires reported in London yesterday! were officially attributed to carelessly dropped lighted matches. The most serious was at the workrooms and stores of Messrs. J. S. Clare, cabinetmakers, Gibraltar Walk, Bethnal Green.

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I Suffragette Tactics. I ON ROOFS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Three Cabinet Ministers addressed public meetings last night, and in each case suffra- gette demonstrations were made. In two instances, at Liverpool and Glasgow, new ajid startling tactics were developed, the suffra- gettes secretly taking up positions on the roof of premises adjoining the public hall where the meeting was to be held. At Glasgow the intention was frustrated (as ■briefly reported in last night's Pink) by a. chance (fiscovery. But at Liverpool the first intimation of their procedure came in the form of a fusillade of stone through the windows of the hall. The visit of MT. Haldane to Liverpool on Friday night a,nd his speech in defence of the Budget occasioned an extraordinary scene of violence. Mr. Haldane had hardly commenced his speech when "the windows at the back of the building, on a level with the lower gallery, were bombarded and smashed, there being a succession of crashes, resem- bling (says our correspondent) the bursting of bombs. The occupants of the gallery became greatly alarmed, but nobody was injured. It transpired that a small party of suffragettes had gained access to the roof of an adjoining building, and had used brick- bats and other missiles. After some difficulty, and amid great excitement on the part of a large crowd outside, the women were removed by the police, and seven of them were taken into custody. Suffragettes caused riotous scenes at Glas- gow during the evening. The police, withdrawn batons, beat back a great crowd of sym- pathisers with the suffragettes. The latter made desperate attempts to enter the hall. One broke a window with a stone, and two, who were alleged to have struck a constable, were arrested. Struggling and calling for assistance, they were taken to the police- office. Two other women were subsequently arrested, but later in the evening all were admitted to bail. Owing to the dense crowd around the hall Lord Crewe had to use strategy to make his exit. Thc-re were suffragette scenes outside the building where Mr. Lewis Harcourt 8,poke at Derby, but precautions to maintain order inside succeeded. No Alternative but Revolt Mrs. Despard and Mrs. Co-bden Sanderson have issued a statement declaring that "for more than six weeks women of all ages and callings have waited in every sort of weather outside the House of Commons. Mr. Asquith has repeatedly denied their reasonable demand that he should receive a deputation. To some of us the situation thus created has become almost intolerable. We know the suffering undergone by these women, many of whom work all day, and on certain occa- sions have watched all night. We, therefore, decided to make an effort to bring this trial to an end. With this view, hoping to appeal to Mr. Aequith's humanity and sense of justice, we went to his official residence in Downing-street with our petition. During the whole of yesterday afternoon and even- ing we were allowed to stand there. On three previous occasions—July 9, 18, and 23-mem- bers of the league had already been arrested at Downing-street. We wished to test the legality of this action. What was legal yes- terday was apparently illegal then, and is illegal to-day. We wish the public would try to understand what this means. Women, politically unrepresented, ha-ve only one constitutional right, that of petition. This right is being denied by the head of the Liberal Government, who would rather send women- to prison than treat them with ordi- nary courtesy. What have women open to them but revolt?

DELIGHTS OF BALLOONING I There are not very many women in this country who indulge in ballooning, not nearly so many as there are in Prance, or, as I believe, there are in America. There is, I think. some idea in this country that ballooning is not only a very dangerous, but extremely expensive sport. It is,. as a matter of fact, neither one nor the other. It IS certainly not at all as expensive or dangerous as motoring or hunting, and to my mind is an incomparably finer and healthier sport and one pre-eminently suitable for women. Indeed, for anyone who knows how to "handle" a, balloon properly. there is practically no risk in it, and a dozen ascents or so with a really skilled and efficient aeronaut ought to be sufficient to show anyone how to manage their own balloon safely. Of course, the whole art of ballooning will not be learnt in so short a time; indeed, each ascent one makes one gains some fresh experience, learns some- thing new, and becomes more confident. Practised and efficient- in aerial navigation. The prospect of a journey across the Channel in a. balloon always inspires a cer- tain amount of timidity in the novice, yet, given a favourable wind, it is quite, as safe a method of crossing as in a steamer, and how infinitely more enjoyable, especially on a summer night.The Gentlewoman."

TIRED WORKMAN ARRESTED Ernest Walter (53), an engineer, was charged at Lambeth yesterday with behaving in a. disorderly manner and causing a crowd to assemble. Polieesccnstable M'Intosh stated that on Thursday night lie was on patrol duty at Peekham Rye when he saw the I Deoner sittir. g on a fence on the footway. He requested the prisoner to get down and go away, but he refused to d so. Mr. Hop- kir.s, May he not sit there?—The Üonl.'ltab.le (emphatically): He may not sit there. Addressing the magistrate/the defendant said the constable came up a.nd said: inoiv, then, Set out of that." He asked Why?" and the constable replied, Get off that fence." He inquired.- "Can't I sit here? I am waiting for a tram." A crowd gathered, and he gnu down and asked the constable whet,lie,r there was any harm in sitting on the fence. The officer then seized his right arm and took him to the police-station, where he was kept in a cell for an hour and a half. Mr. Hop- kins I a.m glad to be able to diaoharge you.

I INSANITARY SAND HEAPS Apropos of the sand heaps which are such a source of joy to the children in Ivondon's parks and open spaces during the holidays, "The Lancet" thoe week remarks: It would be a pity to kill such joy, for the lot of the poor city child k:, as a rale, a poor one, but we would suggest that same atten- tion be paid to a certain insanitary aspect of these inland sand games. It must be re- membered that the sand of the seashore is continnioufiy washed by an advancing and lec,eding sea, and so is made clean every tide. But that is not the case with the sand heap at home, whieh, after the play of a few weeks, becomes very du.,Ay, and this dust during the play is scattered in all direc- tions, and no doubt a s-ood deal of it is swallowed and some iphaled. It would be a great gain if the sand could always be kept damp and free from dust, but it would be better still if da.mping could be associated with the application of an inoffensive anti- septic.

DINNER IN TWO COUNTIES A novel banquet will be given to President Taft by the townspeople of El Paso. Texas, during his forthcoming torv through the United States. The guests, says the New York correspondent of the Paris "Petit Journal," will assemble at a table on the bridge over the Rio Grande. The table will occupy the whole length of the bridge, one end being in United States territory and the other in Mexican territory. The boundary line wil] be marked by vases m roses on the table. The presidents of the two States will be neigh- bours at the centre of the table, and will II be able to talk together, though each will be in his own country.

1 MR. WATSON'S MARRIAG The wedding of Mr. William Watson proves to have been the result of a romantically brief attachment. The poet's bride, who is 27 years of age, first met him this year. She wa.- married from the house of her uncle, Mr. Robert Mason, an Inland Revenue officer, at Bath, and the ceremony was performed by the Rector Of Bath. Mis. Watson's late father was employed at Somerset House, and she has two brothers also in the Civil Service. Mr. John Lane, the poet's publisher, acted as best man at the wedding, and a. very small tfa.mily party were present. Mr. and Mrs. Watson will probably take utp their residence at Bath.

MARRIAGE OF DORANDO. j I Paris, S?turd?y.—A telegram from Rome to the" Eclair" announces the marriage of Doi ando Pietri, the well-known Marathon runner. In an interview Pi?tri stated that bia )?at race in the United ;tates brought him in ?8,000. He now innded to abandon the sporting life.

I 26 ANARCHISTS ARRESTED Vienna, Saturday—The Budapesth police yesterday arrested 26 Anarchists who were about to hold a congress in a looal coffee- tavern.

Mr. James Edmund Vincent, of Lime Close, Drayton, Berks, barrister and journalist. Chancellor of the Diooeee of Bangor, who diod on July 18, aged 52, left estate valued at JE574 KToaa.

I Raid on a Residence I INSURANCE SECRETARY CHARGED Percy Baldwin Smith, aged 26, described as tiheassistant secretary of a well-known insurance company, residing at 112, Clifton- hill, St.. John's-wood, was prosecuted yesterday at t'he instance of the Marylebone Borough Council, on a charge of permitting the premises, 112, Clifton-hill, to be used for improper purposes. An. Italian manservant, Andre Cortellini, was also, before the court charged with assisting in the management of the house. Mr. F. Freke Palmer, solicitor, who prose- cuted for the council, said the house wa6 situated in a highly respectable residential district, and was rated at E55 a year. Mr. Smith entered into-occupation on July 16, and within three weeks complaints were received as to the way he was conducting the place. Inspector Ives spoke to raiding the house at 10.45 p.m., and stated that when told the cha,rge Mr. Smith replied, "It is all a, mistake. Of course, I don't know what the servant may have done. I know nothing about it." Cor- tellini remarked, I understand." Two police-sergeants gave evidence that in consequence of a, complaint from a per- son residing in Clifton-hill, they kept obser- vation on No. 112 from July 2J to 30, with the exception of the 28th, and during that period, between the hours of seven p.m. and two a.m., they Saw Twenty-two Couples Enter I and fifteen leave, the women, four in num- ber, being well known. Mr. George Eliott, for the defence, said the story told by the ofhoers would appear to be perfectly plain and simple, but he ventured to think that the evidence he should call would put an entirely different complexion on the case. Mr. Smith was the assistant secretary of the Law, Car, and General Insurance Corporation (Limited), his (Mr. Smitli'fc) father-in law, Mr. Fowler, being the secretary. He was only married in October last, and on July 1 laobt lie took the house in Clifton-hill on a seven, fourteen, or twenty-one years' lease, but except for a. few articles that were al- ready there, it was not furnished until July 22. Living with him there was his wife mother, and he proposed to call in his de- fence the whole of the persons who had visited him there. It was •extraordinary and almost impossible to believe, said counsel, tna, a gentleman of Mr. Smith's high character, who was in receipt of A Salary of Y,220 a Year q I and had investments which brought his income up to over tmo per annum, should, after working a,t the offices of the company ur.til eight, lime, or even ten o'clock at night, keep a house under the circumstances alleged by the police. Defendant denied emphatically the allega- tions made agam.-t him. He declared that it was impossible for the lights in the house to have been raised and lowered as the police alleged, as the place was lighted by elec- tricity, and the lights could cnly be full on or out. Several officials of the insurance corporation testified to Mr. Smith's high reputation, and eaid they could not believe that he had been guilty of the conduct alleged against him. A gentleman who had employed Cortellini for nine months prior to his going to Mr. Smith, aJeo testified to his respectability. The proceedings were eventually adjourned, the accused being admitted to ba.il.