Evening Express

The Man in the Street. + I- After all is said and dune. when at) the I monumentt. in stone have been counted, the annals or beroMni searched, there is nothing quite so beutíful in this world as a loving :t(tion on heha-h of a feiiow- fnan. Maji's inhumanity to man is ,,)4) well kit.)wit, and in the keen sti-u--le extst<WK'e it is so very ettsy to excimrn ? ith C?m, Am I my brother's keeper?" .?cn the dumb creatures bave their j i gani" 'triends, and in cur practice) I tovc for L.r.imals it is not diIficült to retpT to cuses '11 xhich dogs und horMfs are I bebtt'r of m the matter <nd heaJtii thclP the unhappy mor¡'ho are W-riahing the crowded s!um3 for the i want of the lack of pure aj:\ and ;-mm the diseases their t nnfortun<ttecu'cumstanc'jsprod 't<:& (Juiy II dreamers can think of arguaging, aU woe. <tud, a? these :u'e the least practiced of a.ti men, it iK certain that they caa acc?m- plish little. ? anything. Those who do their duty attempt .1 !itt!u and aeco:up!iu f I ¡ wme.thin6, A fc'v do J1o:.ung bkxaxlse j t!pportllmtie:> arc.man. However, there ts now a gforious chance ior every son and daugiiter of Wales to take & share- in the light with consumption that has t)een begun to perpetuate the giorious jmernory of Ei-vard VH. '!hi.s campaign of a nation against the white man's ptague is, indeed, a ntting memoria! to a by his ——— Y t' -tm'day d('(,¡,jon at the Shrewsbury (or)ierencp to ;'dopt this form of memoria! I is highly c!'edital)le to Waifs. Itisno.w the duty of tiff ,r.;¡sh people to do their very important part :n providing the ,inel'.s of war. Looking at the good to he accomplished £300.000 scenes a smaH .sum, and :'s {; un.ouo bus a):eady been subscribed by a smat! hand of patriotic the totat should ea.si!y be (a.s.s<d. and even doubted. What is quarter of a mi)i:on in comparison with the saving of precious hfe? Wales ha nor. ;so far, done her dutv in respect to this mt'omd disease. Now is her opportunity. Wit! she rise to it:" Foi- my part, f ).avc no doubt.' :i"oue should wait to see what others Hive. but should n:ake their donations to the extent their pockets permit, and if by and bye the committee are harassed \\ith nearer a ;ni!)!on pounds then there ran be no doubt Mmt the committee wilt rise to the occasion. There can he no Ilf)h!er 111"i()n 'n tifethan this battle against ati-conquering disease. The has been made. Will you, my reader. pi<-k up tjip gauge and send tn y!L:r cheoue. or money order, or even a fe'.v stannM to he!p this great eifort for suii'e) h':mm'ity.and to make our We)sh me'no.-ia! tht: most notable, the mosL useful, and the Ulost &easih!e of all the schemes set on foot? You have been !o:'d tn your protests oi Ioya!ty and iove, and noM it iias come to the teat of the pocket. This .scheme should be made a I sp!endid exampte to the rest of the Umpire. My t]¡8t :Iahon shouid be oifere(i titc- frofdon: of C.rdiif is by aH sections of people, and not the iea.st heartity by members of the corporation. I u&derstand that II Aiderman Robert Hushes is in fu!! sympathy with the proposa!. Mr. Morgan Thomas tens me h& has had it in his mind the,c;e three years past, and others of thj ( 'ty Fathers agree that the offs- et the honour can only he a question of time. Mr. J. T. Kichard.s is emphatic in his opinion that Mabon shouid he invited to receive the honour while he is stii! in I harness It was conferred on &!ir Wil- iiam Lewis nve years ago as the repre- sentahve of the owners, and now. says Mr. Richards, we ought to have the men's representative. And who better than Mabon;" There can be no doubt that our ioca) peacemaker ha& contributed vc. s"bstMtiaHy to the prosperity of I O'ardtn. and his work for the entire coaf- ne)d has been rejected )n the beneht I t'eit by the metropoMs. There can be no I doubt that the veteran leader has ) deserved the honour, and the only I matter for surprise is that he ha-s not been ottered it tons ago. It seems to I' me that the thing is as good as done. The honour has K) be conferred nrst on Atderaiau F. J. Beavan, and then pre- parations tor the invitation to Mabon can be s-et on toot. r wjs very gtad to hnd the following telLcr awaiting me this morning from Mr. Sydney Jenkins. one of (.angetown's) ¡FhiHWble n-iumvu-atc on the Cardiif Oomfcii:— it was with great satisfaction that i observed in your notes m to- issue of the the references to Ma bon, and particularly the sugges- t;Ü/l you make with regard to conter- ''inK upon him the freedom of the City ¡ <'f(.i)-dtfi'. tn my humbie judgment, Mabon is a ercc1.er.tl.r quaHhed .'nd indisputabty d-'sciving of so h?gh a.n honouj'. His has been the .s.tgo couasei 'vhich, fortunately, not on!y for those he so abty and faithfuity ;fpresents, but tor the whok of South \Vale8, has prevaHed when, In times of Ind ustrie disputes, the wetkin has be<m made to riJlg with the beHicose banati- ties a.nd frothy pen;iflage of others who wou!d plunge the \\hoie coa)He)d inLo industrial strife, with t-esufts of so dire a nature that one dops not like to con- temphtte them. Peace hath her heroes no l<'ss renowned than war, and, suj'eiy. Mabon is one such and 1am sure that the citizens of Cardin. whose very exist- ence so !arge!y depends upon the absence of strife in the South Wa)es coa)he)d, witi be deHshted to pay the highest honour po&sib!e to one who has stood out so manfuHy, so courage<iusty. md with such admirable tenacity of for industrmt peae. f ca.n onty repeat, 'n the language of I Sir W. S. GHhert. "of that there be iw ptMtsibJe doubt, no possibie, probable shadow of doubt, no possible doubt wha.t- ervcr'' that Mabon is the one man who dexerves the honour of Cardie's freedom. Here is another !etter from a p;ent1e- fnan who :s kiMwn wett a-s anybody in South Wales, and whose oniy fauit is the modesty which )em}s him to keep his na.me in the background for the present j De&r Ma.n in the Street."—You have voiced the opinion of many pro- Hlin.nt public men in Ca.rdin by your ug;ge8tion that the freedom of the ? city ';b<mld conferred upon Wales's fn-st Labour M.P., Mabon. Wo have had our Labour Mayors and Lrn-d Mayor, and we have a Labour kmght, and have thus proved that we are not overborne by too con ven tiona ) ideas ;j therefore, we shoutd tionour the most prominent as weii the pioneer Labour Parlia.nlIt.ar repre!M;fttRtive in Wales. The miners of South .Waies j have. oonf<Tre<t upon him their highest of presi dent of t-he Wetsh M iners' Federation, and no part of "South Waiea has benetit«J mnre than C'ardiS from hi& c.tatious lead m timet) of indostriat crisis. nrm appeai to the rea()na.bJeneStS d thf coihers oniy a. week ago sa-ved the citv from the calamity that would beta)! it had we to face a strike. Honour to whom honour is due. Let us give "Ma.bnn the free- <iom of the City of Cardin Tnhesi- ta,ting)y.—t am. &c A CARMFF And so say aH of Followers be surprised I at the reinarkabte letter which appears etsewhere regarding Association footbalt in South Wales generally and the Ton Pentre g&me at Cardie last Saturday in particu!nr. No one wanu.; to jump on Tort, who have hitherto been. the Cocks of the South," but, at the sa,me time. no good sportsman wilt want to uphold foul pla.y, whether by the ijillmeø or a.ny other set of players. The very existence of the game depends upon the scientihc side being deveioped. and ft i.s the only w.iy for any of the ctubs in South Wates to obmin the promotion that wHt give them better company and the pubtic hner iootbalL

BETTER THAN PENStON An oIcJ-a-ge peasi<nMf. named George Palmer, cf B' ,YI;ou-aNeUUe, E&st Hajn, has notLSed HK< V-rbdons comm<tt<ee that he will T<ot in fiiutre rdquire th6 .5-s. per week. On the &Yatb (.Jf his !.T!Btcr, Palmer became o«titte<i to t life iuterevt in b<?r esta-te. and h? ?it! iu fu?'re u<: .f; rt'?fipt of ab't .€350 

I STOP PRESS Latest Tetegrams. 5.15 -OCTOBER XUBSERY RESULT lfr .Lu.'o<M;7e'a M&raa .0 waugh 3 C I Mr S -].j<l'a g bv QMc.a'a Birthda,y-AJ.bina. C po* a 19 lIr V.' Dixon's Mind MM Btap .AjmoM 8 5 Betting-2 to 1 S t1j 1 as" I and 100 In a agR 3.H Runners: Wooden Weudmif, Miea Pru.Qe, BiMB.t- ai-, and Bob Duncer. )'

AS THE CROW FLIES I Sullen dissatisfaction huns tike a thunder- cloud over the old farmer's weather-beaten face. Ye bowt that there's fairplay for every- body in this cattle bhow." lie crumbled to a committee-man; but are ye acting up to your motto when ye calmly give a prize to a farmer as liveb fourteen mitea away, when the rules distinctly sta.te tha.t every exhibitor must reaide within a r&dius of twelve miles?" But you are calculating the distance by rofK). and we don't reckon it in that way." patiently explained the committee-man. We reckon it as the crow flies." Well. it s your own show. and ye can pteMe yourselves how you ran it." rejoined the farmer, not yet resigned to his defeat; but if that crow of yours wants to make out that C—— is lesa than fourteen miles away from here, high time ye wrung ita bloomin' neck and put a bit more trust in ,the map.'

HOW HLIL Y RASH" tS CAUSED I Some interesting pa.rticuta.ra concerning the pkiu disease known as Uiy raah" are given by Dr. D. Walsh. senior physician. Skin Hospital. London, in an article in the "British Medicat Journal." Dr. Walsh statea that the flowers that give rise to the rash belong to the amaryllidacea. or narcissus tribe. They are described as lity- tike. herbaceous ptanta. growing from bntba, with long. sword-hke leaves. The tiiy rash." as it is popuiariy caUed in the Sciity Islands. is common enough among those who gather the flowers as wcH as amongat those who pack them.

AN UNANSWERABLE RETORT I in Mr. Rivers's new life of the author of j "Le €*hevftt'er de FauMa.a*' there is a story of a f<mmi'*t repartee which our suffragettes will natara,Hya.nd property ha.il with acela- mation: "Madame." said Na.poieon to a lady no les? celebrated for her beauty and her wit than for the vivacity of her opinioTM, "I do not like women to meddle in politics." "You are quite right, genera]." -ihe rep]ied. "but in a country where they cut off their he&ds. it is onty that they should I want tc know why."

I" Obscene Romances."  M!LL!ONA!RE AUTHOR'S UBELACTtOM I Sensational developments are promised in the libel action begun by the millionaire author. Karl May, against a Catholic clergy- man. Father Poellmann. Herr May. who is a leader of Dresden society and a familiar ngure in all Chur'-h and philanthropic matters, v.as some months ago denounced by another author, Herr Loebiu8, as a crimiual. Herr Loebius asserted that Herr May spent the earlier part of his life as a successful brigand chief whose depredations were so extensive that troops were sent against him. Herr May lost the libel action. as he was obliged to admit that lie had several times been in gaol for criminal offences. After the trial Father Poetimann accused Herr May of further offences. He declared that white Herr May was turning out i-eti-iotis litera- ture he was netting lar, sums by writing obscene romances. Thereupon Herr May began the pre&ent action. Herr Ma3'- is line of most authors. During the proceedings it trans- pired that a million copies of one of hisi romances had been sold. Herr Ma.y allege-, that the objectionable passages were inserted by his publisher without his knowledge. Handwriting experts are being examined to prove'the contrary,

PRAISE FROM COMPOSER Mr. T. E. Aytward. chorus-master of the Cardiff Festival. has received the following letter from 6ir Alexander Mackenzie, whose new work. The Sun-God's Return," was produced at the festival:— 15. Regent's Park-road. London. N. W.. Sept. 27th. 1910. Dear Mr. Aylwa: d.—I take the first avail- able moment to repeat on paper that which I have frequently had the pleasure of con- veying to you viva voce. Perhaps it is just as well that a few days have been allowed to pasb, because after the fatigues and anxieties of the past week—and the months before—you wilt now be better able to look back upon the excellent results and enjoy the thoughts that your choir ''which, in other words, is your work) has given so much satis- faction and earned so much praise for itself and you. I It gives me the greatest pleasure to offer you my most sincere and cordial thanks for the ungrudgingly-given interest and labour which you so successfully devoted to my cantata. No composer could expect or hopa for a more spirited or enthusiastic rendering of a work than that which it was my very good fortune to receive from your festival choir. You and I best know what it means to meet with unhesitating response in dim- c)!)t entries, and sustained power, with cxce!- lent intonation, in long passages requiring unHagging interest. All these I had. But it was the enthusiastic spirit of the singers and I faculty of entering into the action of the piece which appealed to me most of all- because we meet with that much more rarely rarely even at first And I can only say that it speaks strongly for the perception of your choral body when it car step. as it were, into th'e frame of the picture. 'after one full rehearsal which we had together, and take its place ao well among the figures of the story. I think that whatever success the cantata met with was largely due to the unity of purpose which prevailed, and it would give me great satis- faction to know that the members of the choir are aware of my gratitude for their help and the sympathetic attitude they assumed towards my work. There is no fear of my forgetting it. I wouid again express my warmer thanks for your untiring and genially-given endea- yours on behalf of the Sun-God.' and I hope that you share the satisfaction which I feel at the result of your most friendly collaboration, with—fours very faithfully. A. C. MACKENZIE.'

TOO SUM FOR H!M I A Norfolk squire was lamenting Hie in- crease of poaching ?' his keeper, who told him that a man named Richard- was the most notorious poacher in the neighbour- hood < Soon after the squire happened to meet Richards, who asserted that he could get !?ame whenever he .wanted it. keepers or no keepers. Squire: "Well. if you bring me a hare to- morrow from my own estate, I'M give you a guinea for it." What! and you A J.P. ?' Oh. that'll be all right." Wetl. then. done, sir." Next day the poacher ami was shown into the study. "WeU. have you ?ot him?" Richards opened the aack. out of which .)urcped a, fne ha.re. whi<-h ru'scrcd round the 1'oom seeki-ng to escape. Why haven't you kiHed it?" Because, air," aaJd the po&cher. with a grin, I haven't a licence!"

HE SAW A JOKE I The street singers voice rang harshly thrm.gh the air, If should plant a tiny seed of love in the garden of your heart, would it grow to be a raat big love some da; or would——" 'Ere. cried an excited young man, from a carpenter's tfhefi. 'ill give yer tuppence if you'll atani in this shef} and ainK till 1 come back. I'm the apprentice, and ) want a doughnut." The songste" assented, a,nd soon the a.ppren- tice anel paid over his twolience. 11 t s pose," said the vocalist, my voice :a about the same as yours, an' you thought the boas wouldn't know the difference, eh?" Your voice the same as mine?" ne If you want to knDw, the sMne M my sn.w's. and I wanted the guv'nor to think I was workin' hard on them pta,nk6.

LADY CAPTURES A YOUTH I Thc'ma.s Roy <23). a smartty-drettscd youn? firaper of Datston. was coirmitted for trinl from the Wood Gr-een PoUce-court yesterda-y on t!M; charge of sbea,)[ns: a fur necklace, va,)ued at JB7. the property of Miss Belta Stevena. Mtsf Stevens ia a lady who is said to have thrown a <)Har'tit.v of tapper into the man's face. and while he was (lancing abont ''an?<! a po)i''eraa,n who took him into I cuatody. Roy alle¡;p;p,d that she had received ptoperty he had stoten, but it now transpires from inqRinet) made by the no'ice that these statements are hctitMus. Roy pleaded not I guilty.

I- RAILWAY MYSTERY I Whet xn express tra.ir) rea he<l Lutterworth late on Turaday mcht the d<r of a &rat-cta8s carriage wa,? found to be open. and when a search of the )inc wa.,4 made Mrs. Eaton. of Derby, who had booked from Leicester to Lntterworth. wat fnnnrt lying unconecious on the perma,nent wa,y two miles from Aahby-<<e- Rhe A-ac, to IJeiceswr tnErmary. and after regaining consciousness stated that she w<M) una.b)e to say how she got on the line.

ABDUL HAMID I FRANKFORT. Saturday. A Sa,!oni<'a, flispatoli to the "Frankitirter zeit,tir,g" states thtt Abdut Haiaid is aaKer- I inp from arteria.) scterosis, or indura-tion of I the arteriM. and that this malady has I increased his neilralgic p.ttacks. His (au- dition gives rise to considera.bte anxiety.— Central Kews. I

PHEASANT ON AN ENGtNE I As an express tra-in from Ciyptiiicl,-e to itcndon parsed through Oakleish Park Mtfttiof on ThnN.ia-. it wa;; oty;ervecl by the officials that a <(cad pher..sa.llt was lyint? on the bu{fer of the engine. The bird bud e\i- lIelltlv been 4tprt"leo by the tr&in, artd bad n kept m position by Che pressure of the wiod.

=-==- ;R!8E<N PRtCEOFCOAL An increase of sixpence per ton will take tü-day in the price of all ki nds of house coal except Derby, which wi]! be advanced by a shitt'np. The pri<'es will now be ari fo)iowe:—Best coal. 26s.: best Silkatone, 26.-3.: Derby, 25s.; nutft. 238.; coke. 18s.

From All Quarters I In A proclamation t<) his Paris comrades, "King" Pataud announces that he is about I' to enter business as a wine mercba.nt. James Tyre)). a,t) irunate of the Norwich Workhouse, celebrate;) hia htittdredth birth- da.y on ThunM(').y. He enjoys good hcatth, and can walk without the aid of a stick. Babies' f.eding bottles will be provided on the new refreshment corridor train which will ran from 'Liverpool-street to Cbcton a,nd other Es&ex. const towns for the &i'st tl'ne to-day. I Prince Hen ry I'f retujned t<t Lon- don from I<yiae Pa.rk. Stockport, last night. The Fettham is to be re- modelied t'id tarned w)Kt a Bortltal Prison to accommodate 1.000 boys.

Famity of Eleven I 12s A WEEK FOR REMT AND POOD I, Rachel Algar (20). a laundress packer and sorter, was charged at Wext Ham yesterday with stealing linen from her employer's premises at Stratford. The police, it appeared, visited the girl's home at 49. Grange-roa.d. Ptaistow. and found twenty Dawntic.ket.s. When charged at the 'poH.ce-station she said: "1 have been driven to it. [ am getting only 88. a week. and 1 have to g-ive ait that to my mother. There are nine others beside me. ) The magistrate was asked to remand the accused for inquiries regarding the pawn- tickets. Aigar: The pawntickets belong to my mother. The stepfather was ca!Ifd. but did not answer. The :;irl was put back to see the court missionary. Mrs. Triggs. Subsequently she was again brought to the duck. The Cterk: How many arc there at home beside you:' Algar: Ten, t.ir. My youngest aister earns 4s. a v.'&ek. Anybody else earning money?—No. sir. Is your stepfather in work?-No, sir; he has done only about five weeks' work this yea.r. and we have to pay 6a. 6d. a week rent. The Chairman <Mr. H J. Cook) recom- mended the ?ir! to aUow Mrs. Trige's to find her a situation as domestic servant, so that the stepfather "ht be left to look after his own family," and bound her over under the Probation Act.

WIFE IN ASYLUM A. London photographer, named Charles Marshall. wat- summoned at Newport to-day for disobeying a maintenance order to pay 5s. per week towards his wife in Newport whereb-v- arrears amounting heiS lS. 6d. had accumulated. Mr. CriOiths. general relieving ofRcer. said Mrs. Marshall bail been in the asylum 22 years. For the first nine years defendant was not asked to pay anything, but after that an order was made for ppn-meiit of 58. per week. He had made dcfaa'.t on several occasions, and there had been the greatest diSiculty in getting any moftey. although he was occupy- ing premises of a :'rosa ratable value'of 127 per annttiE. Defendant appeared to think that he was harshly dealt with, but did not consider that. beside the 5a. per week he was asked to pay the ratepayers had to contri- bute 6s. per week. Defendant said he would have n-one to prison last December in default. but just happened to get the money in time. There wo a bill of .sale now on his furni- ture. The Bench made an order for pay- ment.

X-RAY CINEMATOGRAPH  The latest thing in moving pictures is that obtained through the agency of X-Rays. It was reported a htt!e while ago that a Dutch scientist had shown to a congress of German scientists a cinematographic representation of the beating cf a human heart. That it is possible to take such photographs with a con- siderabte measure of success is proved by the 61ms which ahve just come into the posses- sion. of Messrs. Pathe Frerea. They show in a dramatic way the examination of a patient'a stomach by a doctor who employs X-Rays for the purpose. The man's interior is plainly visibte upon the screen, and a cinematograph picture is thus easily obtain- able in the ordinary way. As a curiosity the film i? undoubtedly of great interest. It is, however, scarcely suitable for popular pre- sentation. and the suggestion that it is to be produced at the pictures in England is pro- babiy unfounded.

BENCH PERPLEXED A Cardiff woman, named Mabel Olsen (21). was charged at Bristol on Friday with being drunk and incapable. The police produced a list which showed that Olsen had been con- victed 58 times for various offences, and it was added that she had a sister in Cardiff whose behaviour was simitar. Defendant told the bench that her parents resided at CaerphiMy. She had been in a situation at Roath Park for several months. The Chairman said it was a miserable case, and they hardly knew what to do with her. She had been given so many chances. Defendant asserted that if piven another opportunity she would do better. She dreaded going to prison again, for she was tired of. it. The Beach sent her to g&o! for fourteen days. Olaen: That won't do me any good'

TWELVE MONTHS' STRIKE The employes of the Cumberland Railway and Coat Company, -Springhill. Nova Scotia. who have been on strike since August. 1909 are appealing to miners everywhere to remain away from the colliery. They allege that men are being engaged at other pits and then found employment at SprjnghiH. &evera,l matters are in dispute, and the men seek recognition of the United Mine Workers' Union of America, a wage scale agreement. payment by the ton instead of the car, and the adoption of a fair docking system..Mr. WiU'am Watkins. Springhill, Nova Scotia, is the secretary of the local Union.

X20,000 FOR PROFE880R8H!P At Cambridge University to-day Canon Ma.80n. Master of Pembroke, vacated the ofnce of Vice-Cha-nceUor. which he had held for two years, in an address to the Senate, Canon Mason stated Sir Harotd Harmsworth had offered .€20,000 to tound a Professorship of Emdidh and Literatiire, and that the Drapers' Company had offered to buitd a new pbysiotop'cat laboratory at a cost of .E22.000. with jEl.QOO additiona) for nttings. The new Vice-Cbance)lor is Mr. R. F. Scott. M&ater of St. Johu's CoHege.

TERRtTORtAL'S LAST PENNY I William Home; a, cottier at Cross Keya, and a scunner in the Riaca Battery of the Territorial ArtiHery. was at Newport to-day ordered to pay 23s. a-s a- defaulter from driUs. This wa.s the am<tunt that the Territorial Foroo Ansocia.tion had lost by bif! failure to attend the drtlls. Defendant said he had been unweU. and when he wa.a told that he would ha,ve to pay the money within four- teen Mays. or. in default of distress on his goods, be would have to go to prison for seven <JH.ys. replied. "Well. i spent, my last penny in coming here from Risca to-day."

D!AMONDMERCHANT'8SU!C!DE Mr. Jn,cob laaa,c9. who lived nt 91. Mreen- croft-gardens, Weat Ha.mpstead. London, IN.W.. committed suicide )ast night in a fashionnbie hotel in the Champs Etysees, Paris. Mr. Isa&cs. who wa,n regarded as a man ''f considerable wealth, was a, diamond merchant having business pieces both in Lon- d<m a.nd Paris. He had been in Paris for so-me weeks. and waö thouht to be in bad health. He was found in bed. and it was obvious that he hn<) shot himself with a revolver.

PROFE8S)ON OF THE PRESS A defendant, who was summoned at Ponty- poot to--(lay for spitting on the floor of th& court-room. wa.a endeavouring to excuse his conduct, and aaid: I was. standing by the Press gang." (Ijoud laughter.) The Clerk: Don't ca,H them a ;rin, They are members of a. very respectable profession. < Renewed laughter, t

CADET CORPS I A suggestion having been made that cadet corps be formed amongst the bOY8 of the Newport Intermediate School, it has been decided that, although the formation of s'tch corps was desirable, it was not advis- able to commence until Goverument nnan- cial aid wag adequate for their support and equipment.

STRIKE IN SPAIN I MADRID. !aturda.y. it is announced from Ferrol this morning I that the British workmen employed on the na.val construction work now proceeding in I the Fen-o) yardd have gone out on strike. Deta,s of the cause of the troubie are not yet known.

PHEASANT 8HOOT!NG I Pheasant ahootirx; openex! to-day in generally favourable weather, but the bad June this year has not befo without its e&ect or' the birda. To-day shooting in Norfolk is chieQy confined to the open. Hand-reared &i?ds are about up to the avera.ge, wild birds having suffered more from drizzling rain during the summer.

A serious oiit))reak of slanders h<)8 I occut't'e('("i several farma in Xorth Kent.. I at)f{ many va[ua.b!e horses have het:n I destroyed.

) West Wales Gentteman i I TO BE MADE SOUOTOR-CENERAL ? I TO BE MADE SOLlCITOR-CENERAL? I I Important changes are believed to he im- pending in the grea.t Law oHices of the Government. Inthetastcoupteofyearsj unusuatiy heavy and fatiguins' iabours have fat'en upon the Attorney-Uenerat, and it is uoderxtcod that Sir \Vi!!inm Robson may shorUy retire from an oftice which makes such enormous demands on his strength. An impeMina; vacancy amem; theLordnof Appea) in Ordinat-y, owing to the expected retirement of Lord Coltins. will probabty be filled by the appointment of Sir WiUi.im Robson. In that case the present Soticitor-General. Sir Rufus [saacs. wou)d. of course, become Attorney-t-ieMera). white the SoUcitur— Genera)shipwou)<! be o&'erc(t tn Mr. J. A. S'mon. K.C.. Ai.P. for the Watthamstow division. Son of a Pembrokeshire man, the Rev. I Edwjn Simon, for many years Congregational minister at Bath. Mr. J. A. Simo'i has had a distinguished career at Oxford, and became a Fettow of All Souls College in 1897. He was called to the Ba.f in 1399. and has had a career of unbroken success as an advocate. Acceptance of omce by Mr. Simon would il necessitate a bye-election in the Waltham- stow division.

W(LD MAN AT THE BARBER'S I Frederick Ford (25). attendant, pleaded i °'ui!ty at the London Sessions to malicious damage at the shop of Julius Tartarsky. hairdresaer, of Bethnal Green, and was con- victed of assaulting Detective Courtney. Tartarsky said prisoner-came into his shop as a customer. There were two men in the shavinsr-chairs and four others were waiting. Prisoner at once a.'jked for a shave and a shampoo, and witness told him he must wait his turn. He picked up two bottles of dry shampoo, smashed a large plate-glass with one. but failed in an attempt to break another. All the customers ran out of the shop: one was only half shaved, and another was being lathered. (Laughter.) Witnesa struggled with the prisoner and got him out into the street. There he ruahed at the plate-glass window and smashed it with his I nsts. and after that he broke the glass panel in the door. Sentence was postponed until next sessions.

I PtTFALLS IN A SOLDtER'S UFE I Lord Kitchener, in a preface to "In Khaki Oad." a volume of barrack-room reminis- cences by the Rev. Walter E. Bristow. pub- lished by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, says:—'There is no greater advantage to the young man joining the Army than to obtain the true comradeship of an experienced soldier, who will then help him to avoid the many pitfalls that sur- round a soldier's life; and it is the duty of ¡ old soldiers to do their best to help newly- joined men to become a credit to their regi- 1 ment and the Army. True comradeship really means helping others, and it is only by setting an example of cheerful, clean living, and smart conduct that a soldier can help friends and retain their lifelong com- radeship.

I A SONNET OF HARVEST HOME I See what a light of loveliness doth lie Over the autumn-tinted hill and plain! What tho' the giory of the golden grain, Has gone from hence to swell the garner high? What tho' no more the happy reaper's cry I Rouses an echo (town the rustling lane- I And but the wastes of poppies red remain Where waved the wealth of wheat and oats and rye? Is there no charm in the solemnity Of the reaped nelds and the fast-fatting leaves? No ringing joy which seems its voice to raise In the mute eloquence of gathered sheaves? Does not all nature plead with man to praise Our .Bread of Life-now and eternally? Mavor Allan.

THE HUSBAND SCORED I Mr. Flexby Imd become very dissa.tisned with his wife's catering, so. ringing her up on the telephone, he said I'd like to bling i friend home to dinoer this evening. Hsve something good." Why. certainly, my dear!" responded Mrs. Flexby. 'John," ahe sold. "you told me you were going to brint? home a friend to have a dinner with us. and I've done my best to prepare a really nice meal. Now, where ili be"" Mr. Flexby did not even blanch. My dear." he reaponded, I said I'd tike to briti,- a friend. I coutdn't find one to I bring. If dinner's iea,dy. let's make a start. I'm hungry!"

THE CRIPPLE AND THE CAD I What do you think of this incident? (a.aks Nta,(Igp-" of "Truth"). A woman of gentle birth had a stroke of paralysis some time ago. and tost her means of livetihood in con- sequence. She now sings in the streets, bav- inn a dea.r, sweet, very pleasing voice. The other day the owner of a wen-appointed house opened his front door and beckoned to her. When she came near. jerking bersetf along in the painful way of the pa,ratytio, he s&id "Go nway: You are giving us all the stomach-ache! H8..d a navvy behaved in this fashion there might be some excuse (though 1 don't think any naTvy would!), but for a man occupying the position of a gentleman t,) inM!M a poor afflicted wornan in this way is too abominable.

NEW ACT IN FORCE I The Act of Pa.rliMnent regulating the expor- tation of horses corner into operation to-day. its object is to prevent horses being sent a.broad -in "uh H to entail suffer- ing. and to achieve this it has been ma.de literal to send any horse out of Great Britain until it haa undergone a veterinary at the hands of an officer appointed by the Board of Agriculture and FiRheries. or nnless the owner has obtained spedal from the Boarù.

ELECTION OF AUDITORS I The election of Cardiff City auditors takoa p!ace to-day. The candidates a,i-e Messrs. J. S Ta.ylor and 0. Colcman. the two retiring auditors, and Mr. A. E. (.tibboft. accountant :.(,nd secretary of Friendly Society, who was for many years con'tected with the Cardiff Gas-light and Coke Company. PoUin? taJtes place at St. John's School in Queen-street. The voting wiH he on the o!ft register, and burgesses can on)y vc-te for one candidate.

SMALL HOLD<NGS SUCCESS I Rema-rkaMe progress in the extension of sm&ll holditigs a,nd ailotments is being made in Norfolk under the direction of the county council. During the pa,bt quarter thia authority obtajine(t. mainly by purchase, fifteen hundred acres to let to t!!aa!! holde!a, and it is new in the position of landlord to over 600 tenants, who a.re occupying more than six thousand acres.

D!SCREET .1 Landowner (to sportsman): Do you ttnow ¡ you are trespassing, fir? Stortsman: Well er—i'm Forry. er—but 1 didn't know, sir. < La-ndowner. Ca,n.'t you rea,d "private" up ) here. sir? &portema.n: Excuse me. sir; but I never rt:u anything that is private. I

WORLD'S LARGEST SPONGE I A Consular report on the annual Blue Book of the Bahama tslands contains a description of what :a termed "the world's biggest sponge." It is perfectly round and is six feet in circumference and two feet tn diameter in every direction. When taken from tho wnter it weighed between 801h. und 9Mb.

KNIGHTHOOD FOR JUDGES I The King ha,a been leased to confer the honour of knighthood upon Mr. Horace Avory, Mr. T. G. Horridge. a,nd Mr. Eldon Itankee on their appointment to be judges of the High Court.

In consequence of a letter from a fcwteen- year-cM boy asking the council to provide a. place for children to ptay. the Bushey Urba't Council has bcR'un negotia,f.ioj)s for the acquirement of !a,nd for three recreation grounds in various parts of the 11i"t.

Bog us Mi!onaire AMAZ:NC CAREER OF COLORAOO SMYTHE An astoundh)! story of fraud was to[d at St. Helens yesterday, when James Henry Smythe, who for the past eighteen months has po.-ed in tha.t town us the "Colorado mHHonaire." wiM charged v.!th ohtainit! goods to the \atue of L264 by false pretc;)ceH fro,m a )ccat draper. There were five other charges of oi)taiiiiti,- hums of mottey ranging from £5 to £100. Smythe plea.ded gnUty to all the charges. and the story of his carepj' was truty remark- abte. He was born in Durham, but i'(;move(t with his parents to Wigan. After being a, pJt pony boy. a raitway porter, an<t a signal- man, he married Margaret Smith, whose mother advanced £90 to enable him to open a stationery business at Seaforth. A mystori- OHM Hre occurred there, and he went to America, returning two years later, Tell-Tate Blotting ad A tell-tale blotting pa(( reveated the fact that he was corresponding with a young lady in America with a view to marriage. Goings to America a";ain. he ohtaiued a situation at the Massachusetts Metallurgical Institute. where he picked up a knowledge of mining Re travelled the States, and then learned the business of a painter and decorator.: Seven years ago he started a mining com- pany. the Queen Bee, which failed, and he afterwards formed the Ruth Manchester Con- sotidated Development Company. Making the acquaintance of an influential gentleman, he borrowed .610, which was re-paid. Confidence being thus fained. he borrowed from this gentleman J54,000. all of which he had lost. A flash certincate tor 15,000 shares in the Ruth Manchester Mine is his sole possession. Bigamy A Toronto gentleman was looking for Smythe to wring .E3.000 out. of him. and Smythe actually obtained from him £30 to go to the Continent to obtain .86,000 from a gentleman there. He went. but did not return. Next be turned up at St. Helens, representing that he was buying up shares to obtain the control of the Ruth Manchester Mine. He showed letters from America congratulating him upon the great success of his mission, and he appointed a local hotel keeper the secretary of the mine at a saiary of .81.000 a year. The hotel-keeper is still in the States waiting for Smythe. When arrested at New Brighton. Smythe was cohabiting with a young woman, named Davies, by whom he had a child. A woman whom he bigamously married in Boston is starving with her throe children. Smythe stayed at the best hotels in England and America, one of his bills being for JE68 at the Hotel Cecil. He admitted that he was the "company," and that the whole thing was bogus. -He was sentenced to two years' hard labour.

CANDID CONFESSION A young fellow named Henry MacDonald, alias Coate. of Blackfriars. was charged at Marylebone yesterday with attempting to rob an unknown lady of a handbag in Man- chester-square. About 11.30 a constable said he beard cries of "Stop. thief!" in the direction of Portman-square. and saw the prisoner running. He gave chase, and caught him. and then went in search of the lady who was said to have raised the cry, but was unable to find her. At the police- station the prisoner confessed that, as he was turning out of the Rig'h-street, Maryle- bone, into Mancbe>;ter-square, he saw two ladies a,t the corner of Spanish-place. He tried to get the bag which one of them was carrying, but the handle broke, the lady screamed, an dhe ran. Prisoner wa43 re- manded.

PINCHED THEM William Johnson (29) was charged at Ca,r- diK to-day with "burglariously breaking and entering the sergeants' room at the Cardiff Barracks, between the hours of 9.50 p.m. on September 30 and one a.m. on October 1. and stealing therefrom a pair of boots, of the value of JE1." Police-constable Chedzey said that at five past one this morning he was in Cathays Park. and saw prisoner carrying the boots under his arm. Witness stopped him, and wanted to know "Where did you get those hoots?" He replied. I pinched them from the barracks an hour and a half afo." Accused, on being catitione-i, said he over the waJl and then through the window into the omoers' quarters, and he took the boots he was hungry. On the application of Inspector Bingham a, remand was granted until Thursday.

COLUERY APPO!NTMENT Mr. Eustace Richards, who for the past two years has been acting-sales agent to Messrs. D. Davis and Sons (Limited), colliery proprie- tors, has been appointed sales agent from to- day (Saturday). Mr. Richards has been in the service of the Ferndale Collieries. as the firm of Messrs. D. Davis and Sons (Limited) is generally known throughout the coat trade, for something like Z5 years, having passed through the various departments, and has a thorough knowledge of the trade and the special business of the company. The importance of the position may be realised when it is stated that the output of the collieries is not far short of two million tons annually.

TIMING THE EGGS I Hymns serve even better than the lord's Prayer as a time-measure for egg-boiliiig, for they can be lengthened or shortened. according to oircumstancea. The bishop sta.ying with one of bis country ctergy was cheered about the breakfast hour by the strains of Rock of ages proceeding from some distant room, presumably the kitchen. On sitting down to breakfast he mentioned the pleasure he had experienced, a.nd con- gra,tutate(t his boat on the devotional spirit shown by his servants. Ah. t,hat must I have been cook." remarked one of the vicar's children. She always sings 'Rock of ages to boil the eggs; three verses for soft- boiled, nve for hard."

PLUCKY MAN ROBBED An exciting midnight scene on the Victoria, I Embankment waa described at a Westminster iuQueat last evening on the body of Minnie Maitland. a barmaid. out of empjoyment. It was stated that the deceased had heeu worried on account of a debt for furniture. She threw herself from the embankment into the Thames, and Jamea Edward- a cabdriver. dived in to save the woman, hut had to h« rescued by the noLice whilst in da,ngei,. Edwards then discovered that his waistcoat. containing his day's takings, had been stolen. The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide whilst of unsound mind" in the case of Mait- land, and highly commended Edwards and the constables. The jury handed Edwards money to make good his loss.

TOLD BY DEAN HOLE I On<t da.y at church. during morning prayer. a member of the congregation was distinctly tipsy: this man had been at a wedding the day before and ha,d not slept oCf his drink. After a while Dean Hole stopped reading for a few moments. and said. "Are you fit to remain in God's hou8< The man p-ot up as well as he cou!d. a.nd, with the help of James BIackney. left the church. After service Hols said: Jttmeq. what did you do with him?" The reply was: "I put him on a tomb- Mote: "Couldn't you put him under it?"

THEFT OF A CAB The theft of a hansom-cab, in order that I the indiarubber tyrea might be removed, was rotated at London Sessions yesterday, when two men. named Goss and Powet), were each to fifteen hard labour for having stolen a horse and cab, t<*ft un- a,ttc')ded in ltc,reiit-street, shortly a.fter mid- j IIjg-ht. A detective stated that he arrested prisoners with the cab at three a.m. in west-I minster Bridge-road. There was no doubt they had taken it. he s&id.'to remove the I rubber tyres. A munber of oonvi';tiona were proved a?ainHt boch prisoners.

I BATTLE8H)PDEMOUT)ON Thp Dutch iu-m which )'urchase(t the obao- ]t-tf' battleshn' Aoson (10,600 toy).,i) hate c''ea.tfd a record, oo vessel of her size und tonnas.'f h.jvin? been demolished in so short a period us tilirtecn months. TLeAnHon yietded a rich harvest of steel, copper, bra.Hs. timber, a,tKi other inatei-ial, and the 10 has beeu removed, together with the m-m'g p)ant and factory vessels. The last of the Dutchmen who have been engaged on the work left he Mersey yeaterday. ) ? t

Gra.ndpa Don't get soared, Willy; the tiger I is abont to be fed: that's what makes him j)impupandroarso.WiJIy(ea.iii!y):Oh.I ain't at'[-ai<! of him, gran,j pa; the! sa.me wa.y when his meais ain't realty, t

Danger of Canine Kiss LADtES WHO PAMPER StCKLY DOCS I There is no doubt that the modern woman cannot boast of as tine a head of hair (of ) her own. that is) as her sister of a few decadeb ag-o A Kensington hajrdres;ÎI1;; expett. u) con- versation with a press representative yester- day. that the peL ¡Io> ho popuiar with society tauies are in some dfgree L<j btame. Ladies <)o not recognise to what extent their pet dogs are responsible for their falling hair. lJamperec1, overfed terriers iu.tmost in\at'iu,biy suSer irom Soille form of j skin disease or other, and the foolishly-foud fady who speeds her time between IitrakIng her pet and patting her back hair into shape carries tne bacilli to her own tresses every time. It is not oniy then' hair that t-utters very ofte!). Doga are consta-t'tiy nOISing' for oid bones, artd the sentimental uÚ"tresse,,¡ who kiss their poodles run the risk <'f cuntract- ing a deadly 1'evc: One of my patron.s. who is a doctor's wife. assured me only yesterday that her husband had traced two or thieo serious maladies of the character 1 ha.\e meiitiorie(I to a canine kiss." Mr. Edward Sewell, a veterinary surgeon, whose business is almostly entire)y confined to the upper ten, said that he had known cases where the highest ladies in the land had contracted mange from their pet dogs. The parasites would only live on a human being for eight or nine days." he added. but in that time they are often able to do a tot of damage. This et-pecially applies to the tender skin of the scalp." Moist eczema and mange are two of the commonest diseases that toy dogs suner from, and two of the easiest for human beings to catch. Ladies often refuse to let their dogs out of their sight when they are on the sick list. They insist on treating them themselves, with the result that some- times they set very bad attacks from the little animals. Such skin troubles must have a very serious effect on_a..womar''s hair. but the difficulty coutd he quite easily obviated if the mistresses of the dogs would send them to hospital when the disease attacks them. or would at least wear gloves when they are treating them."

A DRY SEPTEMBER Only once in the past 40 years has the London experienced 60 dry a Sep- tember as during this year. The month which ended yesterday had only four rainy daya. yielding a total rainfall of only 0.55in. or 1.51in. short of the average, the only Sel)-: tember with a smaller total being Septem- ber. 1893. when only O.Slin. fell. The dryness. of the past month was more marked than appears from the total rainfall, for of the amount colle-'ted by the rain-gauge more than half (.36in.) fell on one day, leavii-ig less than a quarter of an inch for the remaining 29 days.

I PRtSONER'S ESCAPE White being conveyed yesterday to Stafford Prison after having been committed for trial by the Leith justices on a charge of stealing bicycles, a man named Fei-no made a bold dash for liberty. The constable locked his prisoner, who was handcuffed. in a room at Stoke Railway Station, but during the officer's absence Ferns burst the lock. Stil! handcuffed. he passed along the crowded platform unobserved and got clear away. Eight hours later he was re-captured at Warrington. He had then slipped one handcuff, and made a desperate fight for freedom, but was eventually overpowered.

A GOOD BARGAtN A navvy entered a tobacconist's shop the other day and asked for half an once of tobacco, sold at threepence-halfpenny per ounce. The shopman placed it on the counter with the remark. Twopence. please." The navvy asked for another bait- ounce. and on receiving it he said. Then this one will only be three-halfpence?" "Certainly." replied the shopman. We)!. this will do for me." said the navvy ab he placed his three-halfpence on the counter and walked out of the shop.

zC40 PEARLS FOR 8s. Considerable interest has been aroused by a statement made at the meeting of the American Fisheries Society by Proffssor Bashford. Dean of C<i)mi:b!.i Uni.c-sit.v, tha,t the Japanese have discovexe(i a, mcatis of inducing oyster to make perfect spherical pearls. "There is no danger of the secfet method becoming public property.' the professor said. as the dealers can get f40 for a pear), the artificial production of which costs only 8s., and they fear a (1 '9l) in prices if the invention \vere m?de known."

DOMESTIC & DtVORCE COURT I At) anxious mamma in the Midlands. whose daughter wanted a place as a domestic, wrote the other day to a London servants' registry omce thus:— wiah my girls to be with married folks as are likely to behave them- selves. as 1 wouldn't like my daughter to be called upon to give evidence in a Divorce Court, as so many servant girls do nowa- days." A situation has been found for the lass in the home of an amiable septuagella-, rian couple, who have never had a single conjugal wrangle. I

DRtVEN TO ASYLUM I A Perplexed Taxpayer." in a letter to the "Times." says:—Mr. Ijtoyd Georce is very e)oqt:ent Upon the subject of the extra- ordinary intelligence of the local othcers entruste<t with duties in connection with Form IV. I wonder if he wou)d he interested to know that I have withitt the fast week become of an authentic C&Se in my neighbourhood where one such iiiteiligeit omcer has so fa,r broken down under the strain of those duties as to necessitate his being sent to a !unatic a,pyhtm=

WATERED MtLK I For sellitit, watered mitk sentence of three months' imprisonment was parsed by the I Bri<'t<t magistrates yesterday upon Herbetk Smith, farmer, whoae wife said he had notd the bpsiness a.nd s'one to New ZeaJ;<r.d. t?av- 'nn her only 110. She denied thltt she wn.a ititn'peted in the businei-.p. and the summons against her was di'trrusaed. The Bench said there w" a long record of previous convic- tiOJ16 and heavy 'nnea against the male defen- dant. I

NO ENEMY LEFT TO LOVE I A missiormry Wat'!ding some time in I Te\a.s. where he met a fierce-lookin, ma.n of I thf eowho)'. type. a.nd begged him, instead of fightinr, th:tt he shoutd love hie enemiea. 1 "Anything but tha.t. passon; its impos* sibla." Tmpoasibte? How?" I an t pot a enenty to )ove. i shot the I last of 'em'"

FLEETWOOD FIRE I Thousands of pounds damage was done by a nri. which broke out at Wyre Dock. Fleet- woorl, a,t midnight last night. A large block of building were destroyed, compriaing a strain trawler. ofRces. and warehouses, in I which were stored large quantities of oil, paints, nett, ropes, and general ships' stores I

CHANNEL BOAT TRIPS I In another column will be found thedetaHs of r. and A. CampbeH's sailings for the on- coming week, these including from to-day (Saturday) runa to Clevedon and Bristol. a.t convenient times and exceptiona,i!y low fates. j

DISTINGUISHED PATIENTS I I The Countess of Dunraven passed a very good lIiht. but there is no improvement in her condition.to-day The condition of Lord Boi'thwick still con- tirmes to be serious. I

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS I John Jones, Shingrig-road, Neteon-.—The (I Boy&l Show opened at Ca.rdijT, on June 27, 1901. J

DRY CLEANING.—1. Minny-stjoet. Cathay a. The dea.th was announced yesterday of .Mr. \ViH;am Foreman, of Mford.i:) his hundred and-firstyea.r. He refined a.t! his fa,cu!cs I tutheettd.

I Payment of Members j -0- AMERICAN LEC!SLATORS' LUXURY i —— t 1t may he stated with con6dence that if I payment of members ever comes to pass, the goud sense of the flouse of Commons, aided by the (-conomic ieaven of the Scottish members, will ptbvent the abuse of the pri- vilege as it. is kf'own in the United Sta-tes. I Uncle Ma.m has a soft heart and a fu!I purse for his legislate rs. Ea.c.h member of ttn- r-ienu.te sets .E1,M)0 a yea.r for his ser- vices tie hcM tutu- emptoyen, ut \a.rious capacities, .ittacbed to him, oue oi whom. a. pase. receives JblSO a year. Iti addition. he has the use of ba.ths of all kinds, Russian or Tuj-kish; and iu sumptuously-appointed Maroons he can have his hair cut. his lip shaven, or his beard trimmed. He is. further, aiiowed jES5 a yeal' for newapapers and stationery, and an allowance for travel- ling which, before the days when railway pasbes were prohibited, went into his pocket The Government also pays the chemist's ))ill, for medicine and toilet articles, and in one year alone a single nrm in Wa,shins-ton received .E320 for such supplies. A singie hob week in June coat the country jE29. which was expended in lemons to allav the se-ua- I torta) thirst.

I OCTOBER 8UPER8T!T!ON 'there are a few superstitious members of the House of (Jontmcns. and thev may not -,iew with favour the fact that the poiiticai campaign is to re-open by Mr. BaJtour'n ¡,;pcl,eh on October 5. October is a month f taught with omen in the political m,orl(i. and many ¡Heat ng-ures at St. Stephen's have I found their careers ctosed before the month has come to an end. i'art.elt aiways believed that the month was vecullaJ'IY tatal to any- thing he had in haad. Re wai arrested as a Z)olitic-ii suspect m October. 1681; 6ve yeaM later he had a serious iHnes!- in the month of October, and he died on October 6. 1891. Once, \\herr a friend inouiied after hi" health, I t'arneH replied, quite serionsiy. that he ,a. fau'ly we!), but that he W'J snff('l'l1Jg irom October, his unlucky month. Ontheyery day that he dje<), Mr. W. H. Smith. "0!d Moratity." .tJ30 i's.9e(t away. The Mar) rf Derby (tied on October 25. 1869, Lord raimer- st.on on October 18, 186j, Colonel Saunderson I U:l October 21. 1906. and Sir Henry Drum- mond Woo!f on October 11. 1903. To ma.ke the grim story complete, one has only to add that the Houses of Par) lament were burned dlJVl11 on October 16. 1834.

FELL INTO BAD COMPANY J.a,nra George (25). weji-firedsed, was charged on a nart'af! at Cardiff to-day with assisthtg in the manage- ment of a disorderly house at 2. Sandon- street. on divers dates. Poiice-constble Victor ChappeU at midnight inva<)ed the premises. -ii(i irt the kitchen saw prisoner and a.aotiier "oma.n. In defence, she said she had onty been there a \\eek. and she further hazarded the view that a coufjte of months wou'd (!') her good. Inspector Bimrham reported 'u j previous and said prisoner, though respectably cOllneded. in early life ititi-) The Chairman (,\1: j<' J. Beava!U said he :'nd his colleague (Mr. Joseph Howard) were perplexed what to do in such a case, pitying as they did, a'tdatso btaming. the prisoner. Uiving her the t/wct months she asked Mr. Bea\an. in 11el' own the hope it, do her g'ood. Wliat Laura might hava thought, if she had any opinion ul,on. the she dÜl net state.

WOMAN'S LOVE OF GOLD People who made coht'sal fo;tntic.3 %N,er.,i often crushell titeii- i-esl)t)asi bit i iies, said !jMr. Frederick Tow:<send .Martin, brothe;' of 'I M.r. Br?dley Martin. the ?veH-kno?n Amerkan millionaire, in the cour6e uf a)L address on t'le danger of the love.'f gold. which he delivered .restCl'lhlY to a ga.thering of Highla,ndu-s at Gtenurouhart. Once when. at a briHiant function in London Mr. Marti'i said a woman, whose name was a hon.seao)d word in society, and who occupied a power- ful place in the political world and ranked among the wealthiest women of the nation, said to him. with quivering lips and blazing eyes: f am almost ashamed to conf<'3a that I dream right and day of gold. I want to have a room in my house filled with co)d. where, in the night-time. I could bury myself in N-ellow sovereigns and ber the iiit,Iing of the music of the thins I leva ¡ best.

THE K!NG'8 WELSH NURSE Tbf'c ipp<'r'r" to be Htt!e doubt (Hays tho LoMton i.-orrespondpnt of the "Liverpool Courier ") as to the bona-iides of the Pitts- burg- who to be the (f Kiiig Gporge. The Kim; h:M received a tetter from her setting forth her rentarkabfe his- tory. and gkiiig for some recog-nition of what she did for him as child. His Majesty. T understand, is not onty sa.tjsf'e't with her crettentta-ta. but is arranging for her ea.rLv return to her native Wales, whe'e sh'; icay end her days in pe:4ce. Mrs. Robert? is in her 73rd yea,)', and -be was a member of Kins Edya.rd's household for ten months. Zzt=-

WANTED A SHAKER A nfWHsc for the passenger gk-te(i by 3 !<'ctxre at the F.M. Reetanra'nt. Chandos- st ee* he said. is as infeetiollS inttnenxa ami the cnltu*'c )f!t needed in EII';land was ?m;n'hinet.<'ariYPpe('p)e'tSf)wtsh..min"?np. i ue COIn erted ilit-) slIch a to the great of ie,, aii(I fo(,t, lopruelit. -\s it the life does not 11ft the min(l, and ttie eleva,tor (toeg not elevate. \\e wa,nt, inste:xL a \n,ke)' and a shake)'.

CATCH-MY-PAL MOVEMENT j ¡ nt the CHtch-my-t'at Tempeiarn;e Alfvellie;it in Fii,Iand at Hoylalk-e hst niKht. The n.j' Mt. Patti,-oit, its iounder. mcved the tm'ii'pncf tr' a ?ifh ,jitch of e.ttn'si:sm. .\<'ar)y M" t''e-;p!'tsi?fx-<! the pteosrc. n?). <\ithctenuhe(t fists, cried. "We wilist'cHlis I' ttiiiig while w,)me- toHowed w it.l1 the mcantatton. If mcrL \\o') t. women wiU. Few were ao¡ to ;)ieaet'\e meatal. waf the wa\Cf)f emotion the meeting.

EXPLO&:ON MYSTERY I The polir.'e ye-terdny m;)dc a search ft' <ho ')ebri'- ?' t the resi<)t-ncf of Mr. Wi)!Ja,M at Wit'esdpt'. \vhich waf' severely hy a niy,-iteriou,,4 crc art() exptotiion on Iiittt(,a.v nixht. It tiafi bee!) suggested that the ot' the .iff air was the presence of a who had set the c" fire, and. killed i" the pxph'ston which foU<-wed. had beer) h'u-ied in the debris. However, despue a most dUigent tleal'ch. no trace of a. body was fouttd. aid the police regard it a3 t impossiMefor a,t'y !<ersoft to have deliberat<'ty causcù the :.I:{J\ion and thel1 get away.

LOYALTY OF CANADA 1 Bishop Ta.t«r mŸth. chaplain ,)f bj ) Majesty's forcea. i'ttei'viewed at Liverpoo) to- day on his Arnvat from Canada. Mild was no question 01 the loyal' of Cajt"(IiLIIS, but at the same time it seemed to him the British men a.nd British money must be poured into the country unless we wanted to see Cana.cia. influenced to too great an ? extetit by the United States.

CH!LD'S NECK D!8LOCATED I A remarka-tile fa.ta.Hty occurred yesterday ,f evening &t Skewen. near eath. Violet Da\ie:j. aged four. daughter of a, miner. was play ill;; with a rope attached to two trees, v.-hen Hue slipped, striking her chi<.L Yioleiitty against. the rope. Her ueck wtLS tHsioca.ted. and sha was kilied on the spot. {

CUTTING A BEAR'S CLAWS r An of&cer of the Roya-t Society for the Pro- vention of Cruelty to Animals was yedterday granted a aummons at Wood-g-reen agai.lIl> :l performer at the Atexa-ndra Palace, name't t Mn.nn. better ?now? a? Captain Hemy. t. t lion-tamer, for atle?ed cruelty to a bear. it I was stated that Man ft cut the animal's ctowa with a carpenter s chisel an.d hammer.

VAN STOLEN t During the three m.tnt;t' abseoce of the privet a bea,vHy-t&den Pickford's delnerJ"" van wa¡; stolen Irom a South wark-street. After -!ome of the ccnteHta had been abstracted tM va,Ti was %i-an-loned and Eoub- i,equcntty r&mntefi to the depot by the police.

Just th'nk." Fald Mns WaiMn to her vi-dto'' "the very stmrt day after my new ¡ !Jir.c1; (ire-is <<r1t }t0rue I caIled to Ç'O DUt of to.n t,, f'tttsrtd." "Wasn't nice"" 1I"a.s (ho aba<Mi*rtU:.tdAd rep!y.