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IDnttPTISUtESPUl Complications followed Indigestion, Rheumatism and Nervous Debility; Haggard with Pain. Feels Years Younger To-day. Digestion & Nerves Strengthened by Dr.WILL!AMS7INK PILLS Mrs. E. C. Gore, a well-known lady residing at 39, Clarendon-place, Dover, has suffered such prolonged agonies following acute indigestion that she is anxious to tell how Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People restored her debili- tated digestive organs, gave her new strength, and so enriched her blood that to-day she enjoys better health than ever before. "I began to feel run down and depressed," said Mrs. Gore. "People remarked that I was looking-ill, for my face grew worn. Life seemed to drag, and little journeys tired me exceedingly. The company of friends became distasteful be- cause I was so irritable that my nerves easily upset. "One afternoon while shopping a sudden vveakness seized me, and the ground seemed to sink beneath my feet. I went home to bed doctors were summoned and prescribed rest, but before long I had violent fits of shivering. My head seemed as though it would split, I vomited whatever nourishment I took until quite prostrated. My medicine and diet were changed, but the. terrible sickness continued. I was placed on boiled milk foods to no purpose. Mv tongue became thickly coated appetite I had none, of course, and soon I fell awav tu a shadow. Every breath felt like a knife striking my lungs, and heavy, dull pains hung over my heart. The doctors then called in a specialist, is when my husband was told that I was a victim of acute dyspepsia and nervous debility. "Stiffness settled in my joints, and my limbs were racked with shooting pains through my elbows and fingers and from my knees to my toes. Every muscle in my body felt as if con- stantly being severed with red hot knives. I became so tender that I could not bear to be moved. Doctors said they could not do more for me. The poisons in my system had set up Rheu- matism, and I lingered on exhausted by pain. Friends gave me up, and, indeed, I should have died had it not been for Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. "One night my husband said he would get a box of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for me, as he ,DIP L I, IAM "L'L"'k 5 I ILLS A ■qplb jyy had read about their many cures. To please him I promised to try these pills. I did so, and in time made an amazing tl- recovery. first, the sickness ceased, and I I began to take milk food with relish. I felt hungry. Then I ate light meals without any sign of indigestion. My husband w-as delighted. I took six boxes before I was able to got about on my feet. Then my back grew stronger, and I lost all pain in my joints. I had no difficulty in breathing, and my nerves fully recovered before I had finished the sixth box, while the rheumatic poisons were driven out of the blood. Now I feel years younger. I do my housework without fatigue, feel bright and happy, and Ig I never have headaches or backaches. Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills have restored me to perfect health." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People actually make Good, Red Blood that builds up the system anew and gives strength to the vital organs. They have also cured Anaemia, Eczema, Rheumatism, Sciatica, Neuralgia, St. Vitus' Dance, Rickets, Paralysis, Locomotor Ataxy, and Ladies' Ailments. Sold by all dealers (look for full name, seven words, on every package), or direct from the British Depot, 46, Holborn- viaduct, London, post free 2s. 9d. a box, or six boxes for 13s. Pd.

KAIteEliS D; ENGAGED. The betrothal is announced of Prince August Wilhelra, fourth son of the German Emperor, to Princess Alexandra Victoria, second daughter of Duke Friedrich of Schleswig-Hol- stein-Sonderburg-Gluocksburg. The engage- ment. took place at the Castle of Gluecksburg. Prince August Wilhelm, who was born at Potsdam in 1887, is a lieutenant in the First Regiment of Foot Guards. He has recently been studying at Bonn University. Princess Alexandra" Victoria is three months younger than the Prince, and was born at Gruenholz. The German Crown Prince was married in June, 1805, and his younger brother, Prince Eitel Fritz, last February. The Kaiser's re- maining children are Prince Adalbert, aged twenty-two, the Princes Oscar and Joachim, and Princess Victoria Louise.

r% Coughs, Colds, AND CHRONIC CHEST DISEASES. A SPEEDY HOME CURE. W. LASCELLES-SCOTT, F.S.Sc. (LOND.) ANALYST, LITTLE ILFORD, Lecturer on Chemistry and Hygiene, says in his Certificate of Analysis "I have pleasure in certifying that in my opinion VENO'S LIGHTNING COUGH CURE is an exceptionally pure, safe, and effective preparation." VENO'S LIGHTNING COUGH CURE immediately subdues a cold however severe, eases a cough instantly, and heals the mucus surface of the breathing passages. Its delightful balsamic properties are most gratifying, notmng could be better and safer for children's coughs, and to the sufferer from chronic chest diseases it is a complete revelation. ram 0 ASK FOR flews LIGHTNING HP COUGH CURE HragEHg TI19 purest and most efficient Remedy Hgrag procurable for HSifif Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, MB Asthma, Catarrh, Weak Lungs, & Children's Coughs. SHd., 1/1 and 2/0 per bottie. At all Chemists and Drttg Stores everywhere* Atter swallowing spirits of salts, Charles Estick, 28, an army reservist, of Parkside- sireet, Battersea, said, This is through drink and worry." At the inquest a jury found a verdict of Suicide during temporary insanity." Crossing New Kent-road, Sarah Cornerford, 77, of Mount-street, S.E., by some means leu in front of a znotor-'bus, and was fatally injured. Witnesses at the inquest agreed that the affair was a pure accident. Verdict accordingly. Mrs. £ "William Thaw, of Pittsburg, Pennsyl- vania, recently stated that she expected the defence of her son Harry, who is to be tried for the murder of Mr. Stanford White, at New York, will cost her cioo.oloo. A SIMPLE FACT ABOUT KEATING'S COUGH LOGENGES. Ask throughout the world, in any country that can be named, you will find them largely sold. There is absolutely no remedy that is so speedy in giving relief, so certain to cure, and yet the most delicate can take them. One Lozenge gives ease. Sold in 13}d. tins,

THE BLIZZARD. WORST STORM FOR THIRTY YEARS. ( From all parts of the country comes the same story about the great Christmas snowstorm— the heaviest fall for years, rods impassable, mail services delayed or suspended, and, strange to say, thunderstorms. One of the latter lasted nearly two 'hours 4n East Yorkshire."The light- ning was very vivid, and snow fell heavily all the time. There was thunder and lightning, too, at Yarmouth and at East Ruston, in Nor- folk, the lightning passed through a room where a family were at breakfast, smashing glass, crockery, and furniture, tearing down the corner of the house, and slightly injuring a girl. A man passing near the house was knocked down by what he described as a cloud of smoke and fie. In Pembrokeshire the storm was aecom- panied by thunder and vivid lightning. A signal-box near Good wick Station was struck by lightning. The flash also wrecked a tele- phone instrument and injured a signalman named Garnon. Two cows in a field were killed. Unfortunately the storm has exacted its toll of lives. William Turner, aged 72, was found frozen to death in a field by Chesterford Com- mon, Essex. He had lost his bearings, his body being found some 200 yards from the footpath. A working man named Clarke, employed at Cai- man's mustard works, Norwich, was found lying dead in the snow. At Bristol a man named Sweet, in charge of a band of road sweepers, slipped on the frozen snow and fell on the oaen of his head. He died a few minutes later. Joseph Porter, of Thornton Le Fylde, alter visiting Blackpool, commenced walking home, and his dead body was subsequently found in the snow. A man named Heywood, over 70 years of age, of Norland, near Halifax, was found lying dead on his doorstep, having been frozen to death in the blizzard of the night. An elderly rural postman named Prime, who left Newham Market for Stoneham, was missed, and a search resulted in his being discovered in a partly frozen ditch near Combs. He had been in the water for some time, having walked into the ditch in blinding snow. 0 1 Z, At Colchester, a septuagenarian hermit named Edward Death was found frozen to death in his hut on the banks of the Colne. He was a man of considerable property, but persisted in living in a small outhouse on his own land, a building of match-boarding, loose bricks, and corrugated iron. Although he had a fairly extensive ward- robe he would walk about in winter with merely a sack over his shoulders, and he was supplied with food by an old schoolfellow. Another septuagenarian hermit named James Sivyer, who had been in the habit of living in a hut on an allotment garden at Brighton, was found dead, heart failure having been brought about by the intense cold. At the inquest it was stated that he had always been looked upon as a very poor man, but on his clothing were found deeds relating to property and money transactions, and gold and silver were in the pockets. His Christmas dinner was provided for. him by an adjoining allotment holder. A carpenter named John Tinley, aged forty-three, was found lying lifeless in the street at Bottesford, near Grantham. He had evidently slipped on the pavement. William Magnor, aged thirty, a plasterer, was found frozen to death in the snow at the Thurles, Co. Tipperary, railway station. Alfred Allem, aged fifty-three, a Preston street-sweeper, returned home after working in the ow for several hours and com- plained of feeling cold. Five minutes later he was dead in an arm chair. A young woman named Martin left her parent's home at Sible Hedingham, in Essex, before daylight, without dressing, and after walking nearly half a mile through deep snow, met her death in the River Colne, from which her body has since been re- covered. James Horton. aererl sixtv. a labourer went to sleep while under the influence of drink at a farm at Aintree, and was frozen to death. Owen Loftus, fifty-seven, a farm labourer, of Garston, near Liverpool, lay down on the roadside while drunk, and died from exposure. Walter Knowleson, living in a lodging house, at Leeds, and a hawker named Keath, living in the east end of the city, both died suddenly from exposure to the cold. A third man died in the poor law office while seeking an order for admission to the workhouse. An unknown man was found frozen to death at Trowell Moor, on the borders of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Samuel Cooper, a farm hand, aged eighty, at Thurcaston, near Leicester, was found lying dead in a snowdrift. A man whose name could not be ascertained was found dead in the snow on the part of Hollesley Heath known as Peewit, in the neighbourhood of Woodbridge. He wa3 lying face downward, with his head resting on his folded arms. TRAINS SNOWED UP. I The snowstorm which raged in the North of England and throughout tne lowlands of Scot- land was the worst which has been experienced for thirty years. The wind blew with hurricane force, piling the snow in places into drifts from fifteen to twenty feet in depth. Only one train succeeded in getting through from Newcastle to Carlisle throughout Friday, while no trains at all succeeded in reaching Newcastle from the north. The one train which got through was thickly coated with snow, and the passengers were in a pitiful plight, their sufferings from the cold having been intense. North of Car- lisle the position was more serious still, and communication by the Weverley route between Carlisle and Edinburgh was entirely suspended. Up to nine o'clock at night none of the Midland trains which left London on Thursday night had reached Edinburgh, all being buried in the snow between Belses and Riccarton. The ex- press from St. Pancras left Carlisle as usual at 1.30 in the morning, but was completely snowbound, and its two rear carriages derailed at Newcastleton, a short distance across the border. Eventually the front portion was cut out of the snow, and pushed its way on. The efforts were in vain, however, and at Belses the pas- sengers from the south were stranded. The next express was unable to get further than a few miles beyond the border, and returned to Carlisle. Passengers from this and subsequent trains were transferred at Carlisle to Cale- donian trains, in which they continued their journey to Edinburgh. No trains from Edin- burgh reached Carlisle. Trains were lost or snowed up all over the centre and north-east of Scotland, and the rail- way officials could give no definite information regarding several of them. A London tourist train was embedded near Coupar Angus with snow reaching the engine funnel and up to the carriage windows. The main line to Perth and Glasgow was blocked by a snowplough running into an embedded goods train, and in the Cen- tral Highlands the storm has been the worst within the memory of living man, and the loss to flockmasters will be enormous. Drivers of mail-carts are lost--lio one knows where. Horses are known to be snowed up. On the exposed railway in the east of Fife two trains were snowed up. Passengers remained au night in one, and provisions were despatched to them by. road from St. Andrews. A relief train to the rescue got embedded also, but in the course of the forenoon roads were cut through and the passengers rescued and driven to St. Andrews. Included among the passengers were a marriage party. A passenger train which left the Kyle of Lochalsh was embedded in an im- mense wreath at Raven's Rock, an exposed cutting between Garne and Achterneed. The engine was fully covered by fifteen feet of snow. The main line from Inverness to Wick became blocked, and a train was snowed up at Fowlis, in Ross-shire. The line between York and Harrowgate be- came blocked with immense snowdrifts between Harrowgate and Starbeck. Two engmes were embedded in a drift several feet deep, and had to be dug out. A North Eastern snowplough r' came to grief on the Middleton branch, and soon afterwards two goods trains became embedded in a cuting near Bowes. A light engine des- patched from Kirkby Stephen to effect their re- lease, became buried in the snow, and other engines which sought to break through the ob- struction became stuck. One was liberated by a gang of snow-cutters, but the others remained fast. It was almost impossible to stand on the line, dense clouds of frozen snow- being blown along before the hurricane cl wind. JEn the morth of Ireland almost similar conditions pre- vailed. Passengers by the morning mail train from Londonderry to Belfast found themselves buried in a snow-drift between Limavady Junc- tion and Coleraine, and it wag several hours before the line had been cleared sufficiently- to allow the train to proceed on its journey. A Midlands goods train was snowed up at Bellas rena, and had to be dug out.

END OF A NOBLE LIFE. We regret to announce the death of the Baroness Burdett-Couttsy which took place on Sunday morning at half-past ten at her house in Stratton-street, Piccadilly. Her last illness was very brief. During Christma-s a slight cold developed into bronchitis, and on Friday it was announced by her doctors, Sir Thomas Barlow and Dr. Comerford, that the Baroness's condi- tion was very grave. Late on Friday night she made somewhat of a rally, but on Saturday was rather weaker. During 1,he' later part of the- day she grew worse, but was able to recognise the elder members of the household, giving her- hand to each in turn. She was conscious to thi very end, with Mr. Burdett-Coutts, who re- ma.ined at her bedside during, the last twelve hours of. her life. About five o'clock on Sunday morning it seemed apparent that the end had come, but she partially raUied again and again during the next five hours until she passed peacefully away at 10.80. Their-Majesties and several members of the Royal Family sent mes- sages of sympathy, and. many telegrams expres- sing condolence, including one from the Lord Mayor, were received during the day.. THE BARONESS BURDETT-COUTTS. By the Baroness's death the world loses one of its greatest and most famous philanthropists. She was born on April 21, 1814. the daughter of Sir Francis Burdett, and grand-daughter of Mr. Thomas Coutts, the banker. At the age of twenty-three she came into her grandfather's immense fortune of nearly E2,000,000, making her the richest heiress in Europe. When she came into her fortune she speedily answered the question, "What will she do with it?" in her own fashion. Charles Dickens's passionate descriptions of the miseries of the poorer classes in London had appealed to her, and, accom- panied by the great novelist, she penetrated into some of the most destitute quarters of the metropolis. The result of her inquiries was the expenditure of vast sums in the conversion of some if the foulest of London's plague-spots into model tenement houses. First and last, the Baroness must have expended something in the neighbourhood of half a million of money on this noble work alone. •_ The thirteen tons of English sovereigns she had inherited could scarcely have fallen into worthier hands. One of the many benefac- tions to the East-end of London was the erec- tion of the block of model dwellings known as Columbia-<square, and of the closery-contiguous Columbia Market. The dwellings are still ful- filling the charitable hope of their founder, but the market—one of the handsomest and best- planned buildings of its kind in the world- was rendered useless by the greed of the ring of capitalists who run the food supply of the East-end of London, and is now deserted. It was the greatest of all the schemes the Baroness devised, and the one important failure she ever encountered. The Baroness built and endowed the beautiful ohurcn of St. Stephen's, Westminster, with its parsonage and three attendant schools, at a cost of £ 100,000. Another sum of £ £$,000 was spent in endowing the three Colonial Bishoprics of Adelaide, Cape Town, and British Columbia. In 1871, Queen Victoria, who had always been a keen personal friend and admirer of Miss Burdett-Coutts, created her a Baroness in her own right, and thirteen months later she re- ceived the Freedom of the City of London, being the first woman to receive that honour. Her marriage to Mr. Ashmead Bartlett, who subsequently took the name of Burdett-Coutts, in 1881, came as a s-Lirprise-al most as a shock— to Eu-ropean society. She was close upon her sixty-seventh birthday, and it was believed had long abandoned any thought of matrimony. The Dean of Westminster on Monday offered to Mr. Burdett-Coutts, M.P., the privilege of interment in Westminster Abbey for the late Baroness Burdett-Coutts, and the offer was accepted. Hundreds of messages of sympathy have been received by Mr. Burdett-Coutts, among them being the following telegram from the Prince and Princess of Wales:—" Only just heard of the death of the dear Baroness. We send you our warmest sympathy in our great loss." The last woman buried in Westminster Abbey was Mrs. Gladstone, who died in 1900, and was buried by the side of her husband. The terms of Mr. Gladstone's will asked that ha should be buried by the side of his wife and when he died in 1898, and it was decided that he should be buried in the Abbey, a place was reserved for Mrs. Gladstone. It is also interesting to note that the funeral of the last person buried in the Abbey-Sir Henry Irving—was held from the Baroness Burdett-Coutts' house at No. 1, Stratton-street, where she died.

STABBED WITH A BAYONET. A sensational sequel to a public-house quarrel was told at the Portsmouth Police- court, when Bernard FitzPatrick, a gunner in the Royal Garrison Artillery, was remanded on a charge of stabbing Walter Pankhurst. The two men left the public-house with others after a quarrel, and FitzPatrick suddenly rushed up to the sentry at the barrack gates, snatched his bayonet from its scabbard, ana stabbed Pank. hurst twice in the chest.

in Westminster Cathedral a Requiem Mass on behalf of Mr. Edward C. Thompson, late London editor of the Catholic Times," was celebrated. The funeral took place at Wrexham. Mr. William King, an ex-Reservist, who dis- tinguished himself by his bravery in the South African war, has, it is stated in Llanelly, been left -211,000 by a rich American relative.' j Mr. and Mrs. Simon Shaw, of Kenninghall, Norfolk, who have just celebrated the sixty- sixth anniversary of their wedding, and are both eighty-six years of age, have fifty-four de- scendants.

RAILWAY DISASTER. WRECKED SCOTCH EXPRESS. 'Hie terrible effects of the blizzard, which dis- located railway traffic and practically brought it to a standstill in the North, eulmina.ted in a terrible collision near Arbroath, as few miles north of Dundee. Twenty persons were killed, and marry injured. Among the latter was Mr. A. W. Black, Liberal M.P. for Banffshire, who had bottSs legs broken.' Mr. Black afterwards succumbed to his injuries. The collision occurred at Elliot Junction, a small station, two miles south of Arbroath. The line from Arbroath to Dundee is worked jointly by the Caledonian and the North British Railway Companies over it the East Coast Scotch ex- presses- run on the London-Edinburgh-Aberdeen route, It seems clear that the 7.35 a;.m. north- ward bound, express from Edinburgh ha.d reached Arbroath, but could proceed no lurther. This train had left King's. Cross at 11.30 the previous night,, and it was due at Arbroath at 9.40 a.m. It did not reaeh that station until shortly before eleven,, and after waiting there for a time: it was resolved to return southward. Meantime, no attempt had been made to get through from Arbroath to Dundee, until the joint companies made up a train about half- past three in the afternoon. The train, it seems, Left Arbroath going s'buth just before the ex- press turned back. The local train proceeded the two miles south to Elliot and then was stopped awaiting the signal that the line was clear. A few minutes later the express, running at thirty milaa an hour, crashed into1 the rear oi the standing train. A scene of indescribable confusion ensued.. The guard's van and last carriage,, with the exception of one of the compartments, were smashed into matchwood. The engine of the express turned over on to its side,, and steam and fire escaped from the overturned engine, under which lay the driver "arid the fireman. The wreckage of the smashed carriage cohered) the dead and dying,. Some of the- dead had. been pitched on the platform. Doetors were hurriedly sent for- to sueeour- the injured, but owing to the isolated character of the country and the- difficulties of transporta- tion it was some' time' before any bu-t- heliv arrived. Seldom hva the work of extricating the injured from a railway wreck been; carried out under such painful circumstances. Several injured passengers, many of whose limbs were broken, were almost frozen before they could be helped. Gourlav, the driver- o £ the express, am eldtedJy-1 man, gave the followin.g d-escriptiian, of the dis- aster: We were not going particularly fast as we approached Elliot Junction. I saw nothing to indicate possible danger ahead, but before I had time to realise what had happened we dashed into a. local train which was standing; at the platform. I was thrown down on my engine, and on picking myself up I found I was badly hurt about the head and left wrist. My right ear was split in two, and I was taken to a doc- tor in Dundee and had it stitched before being- sent home to Edinburgh. Before leaving Elliot Junction I saw that my tender, with its "mass of coals, was lying on its side. The engine had kept the rails. My fireman, had somehow dis- appeared. I searched for him up and- down, but it was not until some time afterwards that I heard that he was lying beneath the tender. He was got out, but died iia the infirmary." The guard of the express, James Kinnear, said: "There were not many passengers in our train—only about a dozen. I was in the van nest the engine. At Elliot Junction my fellow- vansman and I were sorting our mail bags, when, without the slightest warning, there was a fearful crash. Everything, happened in an instant. The van was wrecked to splinters, and I was shot on to the side OD the track among the snow. I had only a few scratches on the head, but I received a gevere, shock. My mate, Hardie, got some fog-signals ænd placed them on the line for a mile back to protect the wreckage from further hurt." Following is a complete list of the killed ?— 0 Mr. A. W. Black, M.P. for Banffshire., James Jamieson, traveller, Glasgow. F. R. Whitfield, traveller, Balfour-place, Carnoustie. John Young Wood, storekeeper; Arbroath. Adam Hume Lesslie, railway guard, Abbey- hill. Edinburgh. William. McFarlane, Shawlands, Glasgow. J. Gow, railway employee,. Edinburgh. Thomas Wood, railway servant, whose brother resides in Aleadow-row., New Kent-road, London. Hugh W. Owen, traveller for Ogdens, Limi- ted, Glasgow. James Christie, grocer, St. Vrgeans-road, Ar- broath. Frank Norrie, Park-avenue, Dundee. Robert Coats, Dalmeny-street, Edinburgh. Alexander Coats, foreman bridge .builder,, father of above. James Cathro, High-street, Arbroath, Adam Hunter, traveller,, ITawick. Robert Irvine, stoker, Edinburgh. A. B. Ewart, Bi,nnatyne-awenue Glasgow. Alxeander Shand, M.A., journalist, Dundee. William Steele, traveller, Dundee.' Richard Grant, railway servant, Edinburgh. Charles Wood, storekeeper, Carnoustie. Mr. Alexander William Black, Liberal M.P. for Banffshire since 1900, was a, member of the firm of A. W. Black and Co., Writers to the Signet, Edinburgh. He was born at Kirkcaldy, in Fifeshire, in 1859, and his widow is f.6. daughter of Admiral T. Wilson, C.B. At the last election in Banffshire Mr. Black was re- turned by a majority of 2,200 over Mr. J. A. Grant. His majority in 1900 was only ?98. At previous elections the Liberal majorities were 869 in 1S92 771 in 1893, and 510 in 1895. The singular coincidence that there is another Mr. A. W. (Arthur William) Black, of Nottingham, Liberal M.P. for North Bedfordshire, led to some confusion when the first news of the disaster was circulated. e The collision had a sensational development on Monday. George Gourlay, the driver of the express train being arrested at Edinburgh, the charge against him is that he, being the driver of a train proceeding between Arbroath and Dundee, drove that train recklessly and culpably, whereby it came into collision with another train and a number of passengers were killed and injured." 1 J The Procurator-Fiscal of Forfarshire on Mon- day went to the scene of the accident, and it was his investigations that led to the driver'a arrest. He telegraphed to Edinburgh ordering the Crown authorities to take Gourlay into custody. Prior to his removal from the house Gourlay was examined by Sir Henry Little- john, the medical officer of health for Edin- burgh, to ascertain whether he was in a fit state of health to be taken into custody. Gourlay has been in the service of the North British Railway Company ever since he was a boy, and he is one of the oldest drivers on the line. He is a powerful and intelligent man, and the fact that he has been the driver of royal trains indicates the trust reposed m him. The following telegram was received by Pro- vost Alexander, of Arbroath, from Lord Knollys at Sandringham on Monday: I am commanded by the King and Queen to say how greatly they have been shocked and distressed by the recent terrible accident at Arbroath. Their Majesties would be glad if you would express to the relatives of those who have lost their lives on this sad occasion the sincere condolence of the King and Queen in their sorrow, and to the injured the deep sympathy of their Majesties in their suffer- ings. Their Majesties would also wish in- quiries to be made as to the condition of these, and to be informed how they are pro- gressing.

A barber in Cleveland-street, Euston-road, has hung out in front of his shop a large Union Jack, with the inscription, Found at last. An English barber. N.B.This specie is almost extinct." For the best essay of about 15,000 words on Moderii Theories 011 Sin," the authorities of the Westminster Presbyterian College are offer- ing a, prize of £ 25, to be awarded on January Robert Hill, tram-car eoi-icluctor, 10s. and costs, at Bristol for crowding 41 pas- sengers into the interior of a workman's car. the legitimate number for the inside of which, was only 24. Burglars visited Astwell Castle, near Ban- bury, and failing to secure many valuables or much money they helped themselves to turkey, ham, and wines, and took some cigars away with them.

7 A coroner's jury at Newbridge, Monmouth. shire, returned a verdict of "Wilful murder" against Richard Crowther, a pugilist, who is accused of killing a colliery timborman named John Thomas by stabbing him with a knife. An able-bodied inmate of the Rollesby, Nor- folk, Workhouse, who threw up permanent work, said he could not live on 10s. a week, as lie liked a pint of beer when he worked. He was offered the choice of being prosecuted or leaving the house. r 'I

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Mr. John Bullock, of Upper Cheyne-row, Chelsea, who retired 15 months' ago from the Post Office after 43 years' service, has just died. During his illness he was nursed by his mother, an old lady of SO, who in her younger days was in the service of Carlyle. A eailor charged at West Ham with gambling said he was playing pitch and toss for the first time. He started with a halfpenny, and after half an hour's play had won a halfpenny. ■ Then he was captured. He was let off with a' caution. At Scarborough several thousand peopla watched a football match on the sands between fishermen and firemen, the proceeds being de- voted to charities. The incoming tide caused some players to get drenched or fall full length ia the so a. The firemen won.

A STRANGE REQUEST. I An extraordinary application was made to the Eton Union Board of Guardians when they met at Slough Workhouse. A man with a wooden leg died in the institution, and his niece asked the guardians for her uncle's artificial limb. The request was recognised as being prompted by kindly thought, and was granted the girl taking the leg away with her.

The interment of the late Mr. M'Connell K.C., chairman of the County of London Ses- sions, took place at Castlereagh, near Belfast The funeral was largely attended by repre- sentative Belfast citizens. It was stated at the inquest at the Battersea Coroner's Court on John Hurley, twelve years old, who died suddenly, that his death was directly due to the after-effects of a. recent attack of influenza.

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