Evening Express

Passing Pleasantries. "You look bad. Jim. Have you been laid up ?'' "Well, rather. To-day's the first time I've been out of doors fqr three months." "What was the matter, old clhap." "Nothin'; but the judgre wouldn't believe it." "Excuse me, mum," said the fashionable lady's new Irish cook, but vrculd y-u mcind now if I had this address printed on me carrd?" "Why, not at all, Bridget," replied the fashionable mistress. "Of course, it is un- usual, but this is your home now, and if you have a ca-rd it is perfectly proper for you to put your address on it." "Thank ye, muim," said Erin's brawny damghter. "An' I noticed ye had printed on yer carrds, mum. 'At home on Thursdays.' Would it be proper for me, mum, to hav., printed on mcdne, 'Tuesdays ef,"?" PROOF. -1 The orator was warming up to his subject. "I strongly object," he shouted, bringing his fist down with a resounding thump on the table. "I strongly object to the custom cf christening ships with champagne." A man in the audience jumped to his feet. 'I don't," he said. "I think there's a temper- ance lesson in it." The temperance orator smiled the smile of the superior person. "How can that be?" ho queried. "Well, directly after her first taste of wine the ship takes to water, and sticks to it evejr I after." And the audience said the interrupter was right.

PRINCESS AND SCHOOLBOYS I The Princess of Wales received at Marl- borough Hours yesterday afternoon four boys of th,- -N-c-rth Surrey District Schools, Anerley. Her Royal Highness visited the schools last spring, and after her visit sent a "book of designs" for use in the carpenter's shop. The beys had made a small cabinet, carved in the Italian Renaissance sty'e, which the Princess accepted in remembrance of her visit to the schools. The boys were accompanied by the superintendent, Mr. J. F. Thrower, and were presented to her Royal Highness by the Rsv. Canon Curtis, chair- man of the board of management. At the close of the proceedings the Princess handed to the boys a large signed photograph of herself to be hunt; in the school.

MISS RUTH VINCENT'S VISITI Mr. Message's comic opera "Veronique" is the special ad/traction at the New Theatre next week by Mr. George Dance's principal company, including Mies Ruth Vincent, in her otdginaa paxt, "Helene de Selangee," which s'he played for ove,r 500 times at the Apollo Theatre, London. Miss Ruth Vincent is a taieated artiste, with a beautiful MISS RUTH VINCENT. I soprano voice, and hae been described as the English Tet-razzini." She has also more recently appeared in London in the leading- roles in "Amaste," "Tom Jones," "A Persian Princess," Ac. Mr. Andre Messager, with his melodic gifts, and his sound technique, has endowed "Veronique" with the qualities necessary to ensure a long run. The whole mounting is in Mr. Greorg-e. Dance's best style. Lena Maitlaind plays "Brmerence," Mr. Roland Bottomley "Florestan," and Mr. Charles M'Naughton is the "Gay Coquenard.

THIEF'S 300 MILE RIDE Walking from Plymouth to Tiverton (a distance of 70 miles). Stephen Beccett, of His Majesty's ship Vivid, jumped upon a bicycle belonging to Mr. Arthur Fisiber, the coroner, and rode to Wigan, Lancashire, a disitance of about three liundtod miles. On arriv- ing there 48 hours Laiter he was arrested by Police-consta-ble Hellier. At Tiverton yesterday he admitted the theft, and was sentenced to two month's imprison- ment. Beccett stated, with a smile, that ihe wore out. the seat of his trousers on his hurried rlde north.

CARDIFF CINEMA THEATRE Great success continues to attend the Cinema Theatre in Queen-street. Cardiff. Fre- quently the hall is crowded, and the audiences express their admiration of the beautiful pictures shown by means of the bioscope. These pictures come from all parts of the world, and are as instructive as they are interesting

NOT SEPARATED. I think you are separated from your husband?" a solicitor said in cross-examining a woman at Greenwich yesterday. No. sir, I am not," slt replied. "Then where is your husband?" Dead," The solicitor apologised.

WEEKLY AND WEAKLY A debtor wrote to the Greenwich Court yes- terday saying that he had not been able to meet his liabilities, as he had only so much weekly and a weakly wife." Judge Willis: I am glad he makes a difference in the spelling.

PALESTINE EXHIBITION AT CARDIFF We would remind our readers that the eagerly-antioip&ted Palestine Exhibition will be opened at the Park-hall, Cardiff, on Tues- day next, and will remain open until October 30. The exhibition promises to be of unique interest.

Professor Osier yesterday opened the new physiological and chemical laboratories of the wIldon HOSipital. Q&RPETS BEATEN.—l, Minny-street, CatDays. CLARKE'S BLOOB MIXTVBE Two r-raous medietas win plMnm tb4I blood from an impu. rities from whatever cause aris- ing. A safe remedy ror Eczema, Poison, Sorts of all kiads, Boils, Bad Scrofula, Blood Eruptions, Ulcers. Glandular SwsUiaea, alL Of all starec ta. Forty yeaw ounam sweeak of ismitatiON6

"Since Gone to Cardiff" I UNFAITHFUL HUSBAND DIVORCED In the Divorce-court yesterday (before Sir John Bigham, a case was heard in wbicb Mrs. Henrietta Kate Pullin, residing at Bris- tol, sued for a divorce from Mr. William John Pullin, a house furnisher, who had resided at Kingswood, Bristol, on the ground of desenion and misconduct. The suit was undefended. Mr. Weatherly was counsel for the peti- tioner. who said that the marriage took place on the 17th of April, 1900. They lived happily until 19G5, when her husband took to drink and neglected his business. They had one child. Ilea- husband was not able to support her and she got' assistance from her mother. In 1904 her mother was going to the seaside -and she went to take charge of her mothers house for the three weeks she was away. When she returned to her husband's bouse at Kingswood she found it closed, and on inquiry she discovered that her husband was living at Staple Hill. On going there she found her-cradle was there, and that it was occupied by a child of the woman who kept the house. Her husband was unable to find a home for her, and she returned to her mother. After that time she made inquiries for ter husband, but could not find him. He had not contributed to her support since 1904. Other evidence was given to show that the respondent 'had lived with another woman at a house in Bristol, and that ne had since gone to Cardiff. A decree nisi was granted.

PENARTH GOLDEN -WEDDING Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jenkins, 25, Ivy-street, Penarth, celebrated their golden wedding on Friday. Mr. Jenkins was born at Penhill in 1332, and Mrs. Jenkins at Bath a year later. They were married at Llandaff Cathedral in 1869. They have had nine children, six of [ ————————————————————————————.— ilE. AND MRS. JENKINS. whom are living. Both are in the best of health, and are well respected locally. Mr. Jenkins was an employe cf the Taff Vale Railway Company as engine-driver, a posi- tion he retired from eleven years ago after 46 years' service. He was driving when Pen- arth Dock was being built, and now enjoys a well-earned pension. Mr. Jenkins is a Con- servative, and has always been an active worker for the cause.

For Women Folk. HOMELY HINTS AND DAINTY DISHES A little bathbriok scraped on the hearth immediately after washing it will be effec- tual in removing any stains. When making jam or fruit tarts the paste under the jam should be lightly brushed with well-beaten white of an egg, and it will not taste heavy or sodden. Bunions may be checked in their early development by binding the joint with adhesive plaster and keeping it on as long as any uneasiness is felt. The bandage should be bound round the foot. An inflamed bunion should be poulticed, and large boots worn. Iodine (12 grains), lard, or spermaceti ointment (Joz.) makes a capital ointment for bunions It should be rubbed on two or I three times a day. Pickle for Immediate Use I Equal quantities of sliced onions, cucumber, and sour apple, salt and cayenne to taste. To half a pint of vinegar add one winegla-ss- ful each of sherry and soy. Place the onion, cucumber, and apple in a dish in alternate layers, add the salt and cayenne to tasts, and pour over the vinegar, &o. Let the pickle stand a few hours before serving. I Pineapple Pudding I Half of a tinned pineapple and half the juice, 2oz. butter, 2oz. flour, 3 pint milk, loz. sugar, yolks of two eggs, whites of three egsrs, and 2oz. castor sugar. Out the pine- apple into small pieces, removing the dark spots, and arrange lightly in a piedish. Melt the butter over the fire, add the flour to it by "degrees, and cook gently for ten minutes; then add the milk, also by degrees, and stir till it boils. Remove from the sove, then add the juice, sugar, and well-beaten yolks, already mixed together. Pour it over the pineapple and bake for a quarter of an houT. Meanwhile whip the whites of eggs to a stiff froth with the 2oz. sugar. Cover the baked pudding with this, and pile it up high in oentre; return to the oven for four minutes, when it will be a golden brown.

CYCLE WORKS IN FLAMES I A disastrous fire occurred during the night at Messrs. McDowell's cycle and motor works, Armagh, and secured such a good hold before it was discovered, that the premises were completely destroyed, together with the whole of tho stock, motors cycles, and appiiances, except, two valuable motor cars which were saved b~ a concrete ceiling over the garage. The flames for some time threatened the adjacent technical school, but the brigade averted the danger. The telegraph wires in the neighbourhood were down, causing much inconvenience.

TO CANCEL A TREATY. I Stormy scenes oocurred in the Bavarian Chamber yesterday in conseq-uence of Liberal and Socialist interpellations to declare the extradition treaty with Eussia null and void. The Liberal member. Dr. Guenther, declared that maters in Russia had reached such a pitch that she was incapable of holding a treaty with any just country. The speaker demanded the immediate termination of the contract. After some lively speeches a, resolution was passed by an overwheming majority in accord with the Socialist inter- pellation.

IDEAL MOTOR-SPEED SIGNS I The motor-speed warning notices oreoted throughout Berkshire by the county council are greatly appreciated by motorists, ?'ins as they do, on a board under the triangular sign the name of the town or village and the exact length of road over whiob it is necea- sary to drive slowly. The county surveyor has stated tha-t they are entirely successful in reducing the s-peed oi motor-cars in populous places.

THE TIME BY TELEPHONE The time oan be had by telephone in Ham- burg. Every minilt-e throughout the day a signal lasting five seconds is given by a tele- phonic instrument at the Hamburg Observa- tory, and anyone requiring the exact time has merely to call up the time department of the observatory, when he is switched on to it.

YOUNG MAN AND MASTER. VIM am Freddy, a young man of Mitohel- dean, was at Little-dean Sessions yesterday bound over on a charge of stealing Is. 1<L from his master, Thomas Winter, farmer. Flax ley Mill.

With a label in his pocket bearing the name "R. Caesidy, Barrister, Winnipeg," the body of a man has been washed up. at Whitburn, near Sunderland. Beds and Mattresses renovated.—L, Minny-st., Cathays. Tihe new 33-knot destroyer Crusader was handed over to the Admiralty yesterday by Messrs. White and Co., at Cowes.

I SECRETS OF SWANSEA'S SUCCESS. I § SECRETS OF SWANSEA'S SUCCESS. ? I!' SE: the Swansea *oott>all Team been I ? in Gre?t Brim.Q for the pa?t twenty years? V BEAD 'M,E ? "WESTERN MAIL" I FOOTBALL AN N UAL ? and you wU! find revealed the Mcreta of ibe «j) ? mttho?a pursued by the '?on derf?l "All ?' Whites." ft is a re?markabl? story. wMoh ?'?) (w no football enthusiast should miss. (S) The Fixture Lists of all the prominent Clube are contained in the Hand-book. I BUY IT1 co" ta" PRICE ONE PENNY. |

I Society Match Off I YOUNC COUPLE WHO WERE LOST The marriage arranged between Lady Margaret Sackville and Mr. Edmund Sellar will not take place. This announcement in yesterday's "Morning Post," appearing, as it does, within a fort- night of the day fixed for the wedding, will cause surprise, for both parties are well known, even outside the ranks of high society (says the Daily Sketch.") A strikingly beautiful woman, with a pale complexion, dark hair, and dreamy eze-s, Lady Margaret, the youngeist of the three daughters of the Dowager Countess de la Warr, was, like her mother, perhaps even better known for her intellectual gifts than her beauty. She has written several volumes of prose and poetry. She is president of the newly-formed Poetry Becital Society. I Mr. Edmund Sellar, who is the youngest son of the late Professor Sellar, is also afflicted witn a taste for writing, and recently published a novel which was favourably received by the critics. Such a similarity of tastes, it was thought when the engagement was announced, promised well for a happy union. It will be remembered that a few weeks ago Mr. Sellar and Lady Margaret had an exciting experience in the Mourne Mountains, losing their way in the darkness which overtook them as they were descending Slieve Donard. Anxiovs search parties set out, but the couple managed, to reacn tneir destination safely, though they were in a ver^ exhausted condi- tion, having wandered many miles out of their way. The news of the breaking of the engagement has came as a great surprise to a large circle of friends of both families, for Lady Margaret and her mother were already in Edinburgh preparing for the ceremony, which was to have taken place on the 28th inst.

ENOUGH TO KILL EIGHT I A Woolwich mystery was yesterday inves- tigated by Mr. Justice A. T. Lawrence and a, jury. In August, 1908, Mr. Thotmas Paterson, who has sailed all over the seven seas in the capacity of a bo'sun," sent out for a. bottle of White's hope ale" for supper. In bo^un fa.shion he put the neck of the bottle to his lipa. If he had swallowed the one mou thful which he took he would, according to his statements yesterday in the court, have been a dead man. As it was, he felt all on fire, dropped the bottle, and began to kick." Subsequent analysis showed that the remaining contents included 46 grains of zinc chloride, sufficient to kill eight bo'suns. He became very ill indeed, ?and now damns damages against Messrs. White. The latter's counsel, Mr. Eawlinson, K.C., declared that it was only by fraud that the poison could have got into the bottle. Soich a thing would have been impossible at the factory. The chloride of zinc must have been introduced by some- bod yaftar the bo'sun had had his drink. Under cross-examination the bosun's wife denied that she had told a neighbour that her husband had "faked the bottle." The hearing was adjourned.

"OBLIGING CANNIBALS" I Returning1 from. a long tour in the Kasai district of the Oongo, on behalf of the British Museum authorities, Mr. E. Torday and Mr. W. Hilton-Simpson have only just reached Europe. They state that they never had the least difficulty with the natives who formed their expedition, although eighteen of their 25 porters were cannibals. Of these Mr. Hilton-Simpson says that they are some of the best natives he has ever met-mild. obliging, honest, and industrious. As a jUju" or medicine," the explorers took out with them a small English clockwork elephant. In every village the exhibition of this elephant with its movable trunk and legs evoked the greatest interest and surprise not unmixed with fear. All the inhabitants of the village would come out when they heard that the white man was going to show them his medicine," but they were always careful never to go near the mysterious toy.

TAUGHT BY THE BIRDS I One of the most interesting feature of the "model engineer "exhibition at the Horticul- tural Hall, Westminster, which was opened yesterday, is the large number of aeroplane models shown, over 50 being included in the exhibition. In addition, there are all manner of other ingenious inventions, from steam and electric railways to electric clocks. Sir Hiram Maxim, who opened the exhibition, spoke of hi sown flying machine experiments. Scientists who had written on the subject discouraged any inventor in that line. but he had seen the birds flying. He had croesed the atlantio several times, and he had made a study of the birds, and was convinced that there was no doubt about it all that they did not exert any more force in flying, in pro- portion, than did a rabbit or a dog in running. After his numerous experiments he found that the -only thing now to do was to substitute petrol for steam.

AN ELOPEMENT TRAGEDY I An. elopement has had a tragic sequel at Luok, Bohemia (says a Berlin telegram). An Austrian lieutenant, married to the daughter of a profeesor at Tubingen University, re-joined has wife after the manoeuvres, taking with him a friend, an officer ldke hdrm- se&f. A few days afterwaa-ds the friend dis- appeared witih the wife. Nothing was known as to the direction the runaways had taken. Two days ago, however, the hats of an officer and a woman were found on the surface of a pond at Luck. The pond was dragged, and the bodies of the runaway lovers were dis- covered tied together b ythe officer's belt. Larrge sums of money were found in the pockets. It is supposed that the couple, after their flight, discovered obetaoLes. and resolved to die together.

CARDIFF PANOPTICON I Chief among a varied selection of bioscope pictures to be presented at Stoll's Panopticon, Cardiff, next week is a dramatic subject, entitled, The Tragic Idyll." The story is simple, that of plighted love, broken pro- mises, and the madness of a loving father; it is the aoenery and colouring that will create an impression. Football Fever" strikes a novel vein, while other pictures, which will cause amusement and excitement inolude "The Sack Raoe," "Bobby, the Boy Scout," 1776, or the Hessian Renegades." and An American Marriage." In addition to the pictures Mr. Sain Taylor will give entertaining turns, and songs will be contributed by Miss Maude Criddle (soprano), Miss Hetty Hocking supplying the musical accompaniments. Matinees are announced for Wednesday and Saturday.

WHYS FOR THE WISE I Why cannot a. man never take to golf play- ing without strengthening1 his language with expletives W,hy doea a. cabman consider he degratee himoelf by acting cdviMy ? Why do people with the smallest rooms invariably give the largest parties? Why at a. dinner party is it never thought permissible to call for cabbage except by its g>enteel synonym of "greens"? Why aannot musical critics speak of a. vodoe without puzzling everybody by oaHing it an "organ"? Why cannot a husband get home late from a dinner party without aaauring his wife he waa "the first to leave."

I PIT-DWELLINGS UNEARTHED I Fur-ther discoveries have been made near the site of the early Brtitdsto village of Pokes- down Hill, Bou rmemouth, where some two months ago several urras were unearthed, believed by experts to be 3,000 years old. .Fourteen circular pits, 8ft. in diameter and 3fit. deep, have been unearthed, filled with charcoal and burnt flints. The character and sixe of the pits suggest the pit dwellings of the Neolithic age.

I HIPPOS AT CHARING CROSS Mr. G. L. Gomme, clerk to the London County Council, told members of the London Local History Association last night at the Day Training College, Southampton-row, that human remains contemporary with the Irish elk, the hyena, and the hippopotamus were found while the site of Drummond's Bank at Charing Cross was being excavated.

I AN IRISHWOMAN'S AGE An old Irishwoman named Margaret Mnarphy was charged at Oler ken well yester- day with begging. Murphy: 011, sir, my husband keeps me. Mr. D*Eyncourt: How old is your husband? —Oh, just the same age as me, sir—only I'm a few years older. (Laughter.) And what's your age?-I'm fifty-two. You gave your age last night as sixty-two.— Well, air. I don't rightly remember.

I CHILDREN TAUGHT TO SWIM During the past season 10,051 London school- boys and schoolgirls has gained the certificate of the London Schools' Swimming Association for swimming fifty yards, and fourteen children have been enabled, by the associa- tion's life-saving tuition, to save life.

What Is It that improves the tons Of appetite, and stands alone Among tbfr. greatest sauces known2 ttoe'a-tiavo*, <Nm ]

I Discovery in a Letter I MISSIVE TO MARRIED MAN In the Divorce Court yesterday Mrs. Mary Josephine Peters, wife of a musical instru- ment dealer, of St. Helens, Lancashire, asked for a divorce on the ground of the crueLty and misconduct- of her husband, James Peters. There was no defence. The respondent, counsel said, treated his wife with violence. There assisted him in his business one Marga,ret Glover, who subse- quently was engag-ed a private house at Knotty Ash, near Liverpool. In August last MT-s. Peters was handed by the postman a letter addressed to her husband. This she opened, and found that the girl Glover had written to him in the following tm"md;- I am going to Liverpool by the next train. If you would like too see me cmce again cycle down this afternoon. I shall be at the Cen- tral Station a.t 2.30. If you t,h nk anything cf me, come, it will be your 1:-03t cba.noe on f earth. I will end every- thing. I ha., written mother to say I wili never come home again. The girl's employer found in her bedroom other letters addressed by Mr. Peters to her which., counsel ,-aid, were too revolting to read in court. Thi wife was given e. decree nisi, with costs, and the custody of the child.

I AMUSING METAPHORS Some cross-exjamination at the South- Western Court yesterday over a street bet/ting case gave rise to amusement. A con- stable stafted that he saw the accused rece,ive a -betting slip, which he handed to a boy. Mr. Hanpe (defending): How did you koolw it was a betting shp ?-I saw writing on it. Mr. Haiiiie: But it may have been a-11 invi- tation to a whist party. (Lau-gfbter.) Mr. de Grey: People do not walk about the streets ca Battereoo. with invitations to a wihiLet party. Mr. Hanne fto the constable): Why did you not g-at hold of the boy as weLl? MT. de Grey: You know the atory of a dog tlbat saw the shadow of a, bane in the water. He went for the ehadlow and lo&t the sub- stance. (Laughter.) Mr. Hanne: In this instance there was no substance and no shadow. (To the con- stable) You went up toO the prisoner like a flash of lightning—a sleuth hound? Mr. de Grey. A sleuth Iho-und takes slow and deliberate steps.

CARDIFF EMPIRE I The well-known male impersonator, Miss Hetty King, appears at Cardiff Empire next week. In her very youthful days Miss King was chiefly a mimic of the leading artistes, such as Gas Elen. Eugene Stratton, Vesta Victoria, Marie Lloyd, and others. Perhaps the most curious thing is that formerly she played the part of principal girl in panto- mime, but since she has adopted the line of male impersonator she has invariably played principal boy. She is a young lady of athletic inclinations, and is very fond of cycling, fishing, golfing, swimming, and run- ning and jumping, too; in fact, a typical modern English girl; and, as a typical Eng- lish girl should be, full of health and spirits. The Grotesques, whose "Village Concert" and other burlesques have been so successful at the London Hippodrome, are featured on the bill, and are sure to be greatly appre- ciated for their refinement, cleverness, and mirthmaking efforts. Other good turns include the Martine Brothers, the comedy trampoline acrobats who do 60 somersaults in 60 seconds; the famous jugglers, Francis and Alfred, in an act full of skill and humour; Tommy Clifford, the boy ventriloquist with a baritone voice; Billie Burford, comedienne; Bros. Redmond, the acrobatic comedians; Nellie Coleman, the female oomedian; Thorpe and Coe, in their comedy playlet, "My Burglar"; Fred Elton, in a scena at the piano, On Board an Ocean Liner and the pictures.

ELECTING A VICAR The parish of New Buckingham enjoys the privilege of electing its own vicar. In conse- quence of the resignation of the Rev. F. R. Cocks, M.A., a vestry meeting was called to appoint his successor. Applications were read from four clergymen, and two were nominated. On a vote being taken the Rev. Arthur H. Bolderston, of St. Peter's Clergy House, Vouxhall, London, secured a, majority, and was declared elected. All householders being ratepayers were entitled to vote The nomin,ation of the Rev. A. H. Bolderston to j the bishop for appointment, signed by the churchwardens, the chairman, and most of those present, completed the necessary formal- ities, no poll being demanded.

KILLED BY LIGHTNING I Ait tfhe ooumity court yesterday Julia Thompsett sought compensation, from Albert West for the dearth of her husband, who waa killed by Mghtoimg while cabbage plant- imig on a farm near Brighifcoot on J-uly 7. Tfyarmpsett was at work an an exposed part of the Dowme, and Judge Soully, 111> refusing the application, said it had not been shown that the main was subject to anv special risk, and to say that antbody who happened to be on. the Downs when a thunderstorm camie on was running' excepuonal risk seemed to be going beyond the bounds of oammon sense amd reason.

WALKED WITH BROKEN SKULLI At BLaemau FestAnaog yesterday can inquest was heild on the body of Griffith Griffiths (62), who was em/ployed at the Voty and Bowydd Blwte Quanry as greaser of wagons. When in the act of changing some coup- lings he reaeJived a aoarupound fracture otf the skull. He walked home from the quarry w,i ithout any a-istanoe, and, after washing and -dhanginig his cHothes, went to a, surgery. Dr. Richard Jones, assisted by two other dtootora, exitracted eigihit pieces o.f bone from the brain. Accidental death" waa the verdiot.

HAIRDRESSING BY ORDER I 1 A scene oocurred in the streetis of Willes- den on Thursday as the outcome of the "hair-cutting order" of the medical officer, Dr. Butler. The father of two schoolgirls, aged ten and seven, was served with an order to have their hair cut or properly dressed. 'No notice was t!aken of the order, and the school nurse called at the school to take the girls to the isolation hospital for treat- ment. On the way the girls commenced to kick and struggle. The younger escaped, and the elder clung to some railings for twenty minutes before she could be got away. A large crowd watched the struggle.

STAGGERING THE EXAMINERI An ecclesiastical gentlcmajn was examin- ing some school children, neair Liverpool, and talked more or less in the phraseology of the theological school. He asked one of the girls, test-ing her knowledge as to the work of the Creator, Who made your vile body?" The little maid was rather staggered for .the moment, but a.t length she shyly con. fessed, Please, giT, mother made the body, but we got. a. dressmaker to make the skirt." Then it was the examainer who was stag- getred.

A WRONG IMPRESSION I "If I plead guilty, -will the magistrate bind I me over? It is my first offence." This state- ment was attributed to John James Oorbett, a potman, charged a Bow-street yesterday with stealing a bag containing C22 in gold 1 from the Nag's Head public-house, Covent Garden. Mr. Curtis Bennett said some people seemed to think that the First Offenders' Act legalised theft. They believed that they could steal with impunity if, when found out, they could plead that it was their first offence. That was a great mis- l take. The prisoner was sentenced to three months' bard labour.

A GALLANT WORKMAN I Among the principal awards of the Royal Humane Society yesterday was a silver medal to Percy R. Lee, St. Albans, for his gallant rescue of a fellow-workman who was over- come by foul gas in a well 46ft. deep on August 5, a bronze medal being given to Arthur Payne, who attempted the rescue.

I SPEECH DAY SENSATION Canon Bernard Wilson, vicar of Porteea, was taken suddenly ill yesterday while speaking at Portsmouth Grammar School's annual speech-day gathering, and fell unconscious.

A WALKING PRIZE-PACKET Worth Jg25 is the Mysterious Mr. RAFFLES. I"

Officer's Eye Burnt Out HOW A WOMAN HAD HER REVENCE A notabl-e vitriol case came before a French Assize Court yesterday. The victim was Lieut. Moms, of the 36th Line Regiment, and the aggrspsor, Mme. Caroll, a divorced woman, ) with whom the officer was on intimate terms. Mme. Caroff, after her husband obtainad a separation from her, felt lonely, and was attracted by an advertisement in the matri- monial columns of a newspaper. The adver- tiser desired to meet a lady with a view to Moriss. marriage, and though Ifme. Caroff, not at that time divorced, was not free to marry, she nevertheless replied to the advertisement. Subsequently she met the advertiser, Lieut Morris. The couple lived together for some time; then the officer, deeming that the idyll had lasted long enough, desired to end it, and intimated his wish to his companion. But the woman was averse from a separation. She became obsessed with a feeling of revenge, and one morning, while the lieutenant was asleep, she poured vitriol on his face. One. of the man's eyes was burnt out and his face frightfully disfigured. Mme. Carotf pretended that she knew I nothing until she saw the officer drying his face with the bedclothes. "I must have, suffered fro/m a hallucination," she added, but the Court dissented from this view, and passed the minimum sentence of a year's imprisonment upon her. The lieutenant was avra.r(i,e,d L430 damages.

I MENTOR OF FASHION Writing in the "North American Review" on the Social Hefemony of England, Mr. Sidney Whit,ma,n -says that within the present generation England may be said to be usurped and finally taken over the part of Mentor of Fashion, played almost uninter- ruptedly by Fruuice for nearly two hundred and fifty years,' He points out that Englrish is being spoken more and miore university on the Comtinent. Innumerable English words, prticul-arly those baring on the rela- ton, of social life—soldi as garden-party rout,' I leay's man,' vnt?lemen- Eke,' fair play,' fair,' and unfair,' etc., hove beyom?e Continental idioms." Again the cultivation of sport on the Continent I is a.n effective promoter of that deference to social England which is so mtØÆkoo a feature clf our time, inasmuch as English methods are the ones invariably accepted and imi- tated. The slang o.f the English racecourse has become part and parcel of almost every E,UTO,r,CIL.-ri language, at least in the news- papers.

COVETED AMERICA CUP I  &ir Thomas Lipton, who is still determined to lift the America Cup, sails for New York to-day by the Cedric. He will consult mem- bers of the New York Yacht Club, and, if possible, induct them to agree to accept a. challenge under the Universal rule. a rule .which governs ever yyacht race in America, save that for the America Cup. Boats under this rule are of a seaworthy type, such as could stand the strain of crossing the At- lantic. "It is the ambition of my life to lift the America Cup," said Sir Thomas Lipton. "It has become my obsesesion. So much so, that if I fa-il to succeed during my lifetime there is a provision in my will setting aside sufficient money, so that my trustees may continue my efforts to bring the blue riband of the yachting world back to these shores."

BOXING. I I Freddy Welsh in Plymouth I Freddy Welsh, of Cardiff, made a great impression at Plymouth on Friday night, when he boxed a three-round exhibition with Young Lippo, the well-known feather-weight of the West of England. Welsh was given a great reception when he entered the ring. His style was somewhat different from that to which the Cosmopolitan Gymnasium audiences have been accustomed. It was of the cloee-in order. His tricks were very puzzling to the local lad. The picture of health and strength, Young Lippo stepped in to the attack, and side-stepped with the agility of a cat, whilst his lightning-like straight lefts and right counters were elec- trical in thei, effect. Of course, it was only exhibition work. No idea of the real skill of Welsh could be gathered from it. Lippo, too, never once used his terrible punch. All the same, Welsh's boxing appeared to be very effective. Welsh has a good opinion of Young Lippo, and thinks he should be trained in London.

PRIZE SHOOTING I The annual prize shooting competition in connection with the combined Territorial Forces of Carmarthen were concluded on the Da-niyrallt Range. Results:— TOWN AND CORPORATION PRIZE.-Ramges. 200 and 500 yards; seven shots. P ta. Corporal J. Greenwood 57 Sergeant T. Thomas 55 Sergeant-instructor J. Burns M Sergeant-instructor W. H. Williams 51 Private H. Berry 51 Sergeant W. Morris 61 Veteran E. J. Andrews 50 Sergeant J. M. Williams 50 RECRUITS' PRIZE.-Ranm 200yds; seven shots.—Pte. R. S. Jones, 20; Pte. B. Griffiths, 20; Pre- 1.. Thompson, 17; Pte. B. Halliday, 17. 17 COUNTY PRIZE (presented by the officers and gentlemen of the county).—Range, 200yds seven shotl-Voteran E. J. Andrews, 29; Pte. R TaWOO, 27; Pte. T. Negus, 27; Pte. H. Berry, 27; Veteran James Thomas, 26; Pte. W. JI. Williams, 25; Veteran D. Evans, 25; Pte. T. Lewis. Z5: Vetera.n S. Tuck, 24. Lewis, 25; PRIZE (presented by the ladies of the town and neigh-bourbo(>d) .-Range 200ydfl; snap shootiinig.-Se rfl. T. Thomas, 24: Sergt. W Morris, 24; Corpl. J. Evans, 24. TRADESMEN'S PRIZES.—Range, 200yds; seven ots; time exposure, 5sec.—Serg^-inst. J. Buffie, 21; Sergt. Toan. Thomas. 21.

FOOTBALL I The emergency committee of the Rugby Union have decided that the suspension of 1 the Coventry Football Club does not apply to anyone who joined the club after July 1,1909. Rhymney Valley Old Boys' Rugby League I A meeting was held at New Tredegar on Friday—It was decided to have two teams, one in each division, and the following officers were erectedHon. secretary, Mr Jack Daviee; and hon. treasurer, Mr. Bert Rooms. Mr. Hubert Redford's Eleven. 11; The Butter- fly Company, 2.

BIRMINGHAM CITY V. TREHARRIS, At ATHLETIC GROUND. TE EH ARRIS MONDAY, OCTOBER 18th. Kick-off, 4.15 P-m. Cheap return (ares from all stations. -),322 MOUNTAIN ASH ROVERS A.F.C. want Avay Matches (Guarantee) October 23rd, November 6th and 2Crtll.-Thomas Ashman, Secretary, 36, Rheola-street' Peorhiiwceiber. e65rl6

HEAD COVERED WITH- SORES. I Doctors Marvel at a Great Zam-Buk.;Cure I The. wonderful way Zam-Buk cured a child's ringworm brought unstinted praise from the hospital doctors who had the oase in hand. Mrs. Thompson, of 157F, Guinneee- buLLdings, Yauxhall, lxmdon, S.E., givee us these interesting facas:- When my little girl was two years old, a dark-looking sore, the size of a penny, came on the crown of her head. The doctor told me iit was ring-worm which Florrie had con- tracted from some other gwl. The ring- worm spread all over Florrie's head, despite the doctor's treatment, whriich I carefully followed. Other ointments I also tried, but they were all powerless to check the spread of the disease. I goft alarmed and took Florrie to St. Thomas's Hospital. I was told there that the ringworm would take months to cure, and only then by the use of the X-rays. For twelve months I took Florrie daily to the hospital, where she underwemt the X-ray treatment for twenty minutes each day. "This brought awtay the haar and left a. patch of scurf on every spot treated, unitil the child's head was completely bald. A thick coating of scurf settled on the girl's scalp. This sourf obstinately refused to come away, though the hospital doctors tried all mammer of treatments. As I was worrying about my little girl one day I remembered that my late husband, who was a carpenter, had often spoken enthusiasti- cally abourt Za,m-Buk, and bad always car- Tied a box about with him. I, therefore, got some Zam-Buk, amd smeared the balm all over Florrie's scalp. "The scurf began to loosen and come away so noticeably that the doctors expressed great surprise at this sudden improvement in what they regarded as a very obstinate case. I continued to use Zam-Buk, which completely removed the scurf and brought Florrie a clear and healthy scalp in a manner that astonished the hospital people. Florrie's hair grew again, and to-day she has a beauti- ful head of healthy, glossy hair, while her scalp is as sweet a.nd clean as a babe's." Just that same benefit Zam-Buk was to the Thompson family it may also be to yours. Nothing can resist the healing forces stored up in a handg box of Zam-Buk.

I Billiard Problems. I By JOHN ROBERTS. I PROBLEM No. 2. I Our second problem presents an interest- ing study in bil- liard tactics, and t'he correct solu- tion demands a useful knowledge of both the rules and possibilities of the game. The cute ball is in hand, and, as the diagram shows, the red ball is only just play- able, lying as it dees so near the baulk line. The object white ball is, however, in side the line and out of play. What is tjie correct stroke to play under these cir- cumstances and how should it hA played ? I Solution ot Problem No. 1. I I Strike the cue-ball above the centre with- I out siae and play full on the red ball. Aim exactly as if you were attempting an ordi- nary "six shot" into tihe middle pocket. Then the red will kiss the white, making the contact shown in i:algraJ11 and clear- in-g a path for the on-oc.ming cue-ball. Play the stroke with just enough strength to send the cue-ball into the pocket, and to keep the red ball yut of baulk. The jontimuo-ns line shows tJhe run of the cue- ball, the circles indicate where the red kisses the object I whiite, and the interjected Line. illustrates the movemen.t.s of the object, balls. I Our Prize Offer. I Last week we offered half-a-gninea for the I beet solutloin, of problem No. 1. The foil,low- ing flour aire adjudged the best, amd will receive 2s. 6d. eacih:- Gwym. Morgan, 15, John-street, PTicetown, Nantymoeil. Luther Hughes, 3, Church-street, Rhymney. T. J. Hurd, 1, Robert-street, Newport, Mon. T. Vauighiam, 19, River-terrace, Britalini-I Porth, Rhondda.

CROSS CANNONS. I By RMO LEVI (Copyright). I 3Magram 641 shows a position that. with variations which do not affect the stroke to be played, often occurs. The cannon off the white is quite a simple stroke, all that is necessary being plenty of strength with some screw, consequently this is the stroke that the ordinary player generally plays when he has this position. The after-position resulting from such a stroke is, however, always very uncertain, and will often be very bad indeed. A cannon off the cushion DIAGHAiM■ WL—A oamwm off the aide ouwalon 111 means of a half-tell stroke without side. Bed. ball *in. from the side cushion and 411a. from the top cushion. Object white lOin. frowa tllq Bide cushion and 40in. from the top cushion. Oua ball at or near the end of the D line. played without much pace is, however, very little if at all more difficult than a. strong cannon off the white. With the object balls to the measurements given under the diagram t.he oannorl off the red is a half- ball stroke without any side when the cue tbail is spotted at the far end of the D line. The advantage of the slow stroke lies in the control that tale player has over the object balls. Mr. Levi's articles appear every Saturday In the "Evening Express." No. 1 of this series appeared on October 3, 1908.

FOftEiCN MAILS I To be despatched from London, Sunday, Oct. 17-—. OUTWARD.-Morning- To Azores, by Portuguese packet. MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1909. Morninw- To Egypt, by Italian packet. To Teneriffe, via Spain. Evening- To Constantinople and Smyrna, parcel mails, via Liverpool, per is. Saragossa. To West Coast of Africa, pMeel malls, via. Liverpool, per s. Nigeria. INWARD.-DUO gundily- From United States, &c., via Queenstown. Due Monday- From West Inddes and Pacific, via Southampton. From United States, &c., via Plymouth.

LOCAL OVERNIGHT CHARTERING8. I OUTWARD—STEAMERS. Cardiff to:- Las Palma.B, 6s l;d, 250 Bellerby, Las Palmas, 6s lid, 250 delivery, Bros, and 4,000 tons, October 28 (Cory BrOiS. and Co., Limited) Las Palmas, 6s, 250 delivery; option Cape do Verdes, 6s 6d, 200 delivery, Teespool, 6,200 tons, November 1 (Hull, Blyth) Las Palmas, 6s, 250 delivery; option Cape de Verdes, 6s 6d, 200 delivery, Clearpool or Stagpool, 6,200 tons, November i (Wilson, Sons, and Co., Limited) Dakar, 6s, 2,500 tons, December (Worms azuh Co.) Leghorn, 6s 6d, 500 delivery 6Jd, Hawnby, 2,600 tons, October 19 (Morgan, vv akley) Swansea tor- Stockholm, 58 6d, 1,600 tons (J. German and Oo.) Palermo and Trapani, 7s 3d, Athali. e, 2,600 tons, October 25 (Cleeves and Co.) Rouen, 5s, Lillebonne, 1,460 tons (E. W. Cook and Co.) Xrzew. 8f 12ic ooal, 9f 121c fuel, Schaldis, 1,450 tons (L. Gueret, Limited) Oarthageoa, 6s 6d coal, 7s 3d fuel, 1,700 tone (Morgan, Wakley) La Jtoohelle, 4f 87, Bunsley, 2.800 tons (F. le Boalanger)

LOCAL TIDE TABLE I I 3 i a I | i 5 i I § | a H? w fi o S lTl, &- (M. 7 6 7 25 7 8 7 7 8 10 8 10 DAY ? N. 7 19 7 40 7 22 7 22 8 24 8 24 Oct, 1« I Ht. /7 1>/7 25/ 7 8/7 7/ ä 1')/8 10 Oct. 18 nt. 3 4 24 3 81 1 33 ¡¡:4 10 34 2 SUN. {M. 17 3417 t.'17 86\ 7 ;16\8 3818 88 DAY. ■< E. 7 49 8 9 17 5t, 13.3 0 1 3s 3 "IOI Ss3s 522 Oct. 17 <-Ht. 132 9 1"4 030 ? 3? 0 33 10 S3 2 MON- fM. I 8 r 1" 8 4 8 6 9 6 9 « VAY, E. 8 21 8 40 1 8 11 4188 2! 1 99 20rol 99 2,15 MON. HF,- t 18 618 J18 418 619 619 6 Oct. 18 nt. 32 0 23 b 29 1 :11 11 32 6 31 8 TTJES- (M. 8 8 8 5 7 8 35 8 S9 9 35 9 36 8 8 ?8 3- -? 1 90 08 1 29 10 DAY < E. 857915862867960951 I)AY, HB- t 1?,O 10122 5 27 10 0 7 ?O 8 29 10 WED- fM. 9 14 9 34 9 9 9 16 10 6 10 7 DAY. •< E. 11 9 541 99 28 19 9 "161110 1 2!?1'll?O 271 OcDtA. Y20 {R.Et. I29 1 10 ?l 21 1 26 6 29 0 28 8 27 9 THTJRS- rM. 9 50 10 16 9 49 9 58110 42 10 4& tHH UP-S "M B 110 2,1?10 42 10 13 10 24 11 5 11 7 i)A2Y1 {ift. 28 819 9 1-4 8127 4 1'1-)G 1 6 1215 1 76 • Dock Bill. t Boath Basin. Alexandra Cook.

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