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I LONG HIDDEN TREASURE. A strange discovery of hidden treasure haa been made in Oxford-street, London. Messrs. Mappin and Webb;are pulling down their pre- mises at the corner of Winsley-street and are erecting a magnificent building which is to be faced with Greek marble, from the designs of Mr. Belcher, A.R.A. Some of the firm's work- men were tearing up the flooring of a large room an the top floor when, to their intense amazement, they found a large. number of brown paper parcels tightly packed together in the double Sooring. On opening the parcels they were found to contain solid silver and plated articles covered with tissue paper and cotton wool-packed, in fact, as if they were about to be sent away to customers. A further search revealed scores of articles —beautiful silver and plated kettles, coffee pots, trays, candlesticks, centre-pieces, flower vases, toast racks, and sets of fish knives and spoons, at least 150 parcels being unearthed. Plated articles were coloured with beautiful opalesque shades, but a rub with the finger removed the oxidisation, and every pieoe was found to be in perfect condition. In their morocco cases, spoons and fish-knives looked as if they had left the shop only recently. Some designs, which are very beautiful, have not been made by the firm for twenty years and more, and many pieces bear marks which present members of the company cannot recognise. It is impos- sible to estimate the value of the find, but it runs into many hundreds of pounds. Mr. Stan- ley Mappin, the manager, and the secretary were summoned, and after consultation they came to the conclusion that the articles must have been hidden about thirty years ago—it is suposed by a man who stole some goods from the si, r firm and is believed to have gone to America.

—————————— MR. ASQUITH IN GLASGOW. Mr. Asquith, who was installed as Lord Rector of Glasgow University on Saturday, arrived in the city on Friday night, and had an enthusi- astic reception. Following, customs, the students met him at the station with lighted torches and dressed in every conceivable costume. T-ho Chancellor of the Exchequer, who was accom- panied by Miss Asquith, was drawn by hand in an open carriage, and when half-way to the University the students' enthusiasm proved so weighty that the axle of the carriage broke, and the Chancellor and his daughter had to alight and remain in the street for half-an-hour until another carriage—a closed conreyaiice was forthcoming. Ultimately the University was reached an hour before time. Responding to cries for a speech Mr. Asquith made a humorous allusion to the number of students in feminine garb, whom he described as a large temporary representation of the fairer sex, with or without votes," an allusion to the suffragists which provoked great laughter. That, however, was not part of the programme, added the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and bade the students Good njght." The students of Glasgow University crowded St. Andrew's Hall on Friday, and gave a most enthusiastic reception to Mr. Asquith, who was installed as Lord Rector. An amusing feature was 4 musical programme submitted an hotir before the proceedings began by a company of students, who styled themselves "The Suffrin- gents' Choir." Mr. Asquith, in the course of his rectorial ad- dress, said a university must be judged by the degree in which it had succeeded in enlarging and humanising the mental outlook of its stu- dents and developing the love of knowledge for its own sake. Such an idea did not imply a divorce of knowledge from practice. Statesmen, financiers, and industrialists had never received two more magnificent presents than "The Wealth of Nations" and the steam engine, and both came from within the walls of Glasgow College. At night Mr. Asquith attended the students smoking concert.

VETERAN VISCOUNT'S NOTION. I Viscount Tredegar, the veteran peer, who took part in the charge of Balaclava, was in a merry mood at the annual dance which he gave to the servants at Tredegar-park. "1 have a. notion," he said, "by which most of us could be relieved of those two wearisome questions, the educa- tion and suffragette problems. I should like the suffragettes to marry the passive registers, and go away for a long honeymoon." Alluding to the Workmen's Compensation Act and the inclusion within its scope of domestic servants, Lord Tredegar remarked, "What 1 should like to know is whether, supposing, to. night, I will say after supper, some of you, in- spired by the strains of the band, danced, not wisely, but rather wildly, and in your gyrations cither throw your partner and break his leg, or he break your neck—whether I should be liable under those circumstances to keep the whole of his family."

I £ 2000 FOR THE LABOUR PARTY. Recently a friend offered Mr. Keir Hardie £ 1,000 for the Independent Labour Party, on condition that the party raised an equivalent sum. The "Labour Leader" announces that the party has now raised the requisite Y.1,000, and the original sum offered has been paid, so that the Special Effort Fund already stands at over £ 2,000. The leaders of the party hope that the fund will be further raised to £ 3,000. -———

HORSE ENTOMBED FOX 17 DAYS. A remarkable case of tenacity to life is re- ported from Swansea. Six men entombed in a flooded mine at Gorseinon, Glamorgan, were rescued on Boxing Day after a hairbreadth escape. Before seeking their own safety the men took the only horse they had underground with them to the highest portion of the work- ings, and placed close by about ten bushels of grain and chaff-all the food they could find. No one thought the horse would come out alive, but when the pit was pumped out the explorers were astonished to find the horse alive.

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I MASTER'S TRAGIC ENa. Tli,c- Rev. J. Blanch, M.A., the oldest assis- tant master at Sherborne School) Dorset, who had been missing from his home for two days, was found by a search party in a wood near Sherborne, with his throat cut,, having appar- ently been dead for forty-eight hours; Mr. Blanch had latterly been suffering from in. fluenza. He left his residence with the object, it is thought, of going for a walk, and: as he- did, not return at night Mrs. Blanch and her daughters became alarmed, and after inquiries the police were communicated with. Mr. Blanch, who was, appointed* to Sherborne' School in 1859, was a scholar and fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge.

HALF HANGED, HALF BROW If ED. A man named Thomas Holden jumped over the parapet of the King-street Bridge, Stock- port, into the Mersey, 40ft. below. On rising to the surface he struggled towards the stone embankment, which is surmounted by an iron railing. Instead of saving himself he clung to the iron with one hand while he drew from his pocket a piece of rope with one end made into a. noose. This he put over his head, and after fixing the other end of the rope to the railing, he released his grasp. He was. hanging with his legs in the water when he was rescued un- conscious, and was taken to the infirmary.

IRISH EVICTION SCENES. Lively scenes were witnessed at Bandon, Co. Cork, in connection with the efforts of a large local landowner to enforce against certain of his tenants eviction decrees for non-payment of rent. Early in the morning the sheriff's officers and a large force of police made a descent upon the district in the hope of. taking the tenants by surprise. News of their intentions had leaked out, however, and during the dark hours of the morning bonfires blazed on the hills, and later in the day the bells of all the Roman Catholic churches were tolled. The approach of the police, shortly before noon, was further notified bv the blowing of horns by men stationed at ate q various strategical points. The crowd formed a ring round the house of a tenant named O'Sullivan, while: men armed with stones, buckets of mud, and vats of boiling water manned the interior of, the house, and shouted defiance to all comers. So. violent and menacing was the- attitude of the people that the police found that they could do nothing to assist the sheriff's officers without using their arms, which would have been contrary to their instructions. During a kill in the: excitement, two Roman Catholic priests came forward, offering themselves as meditators,, and,, after a parley, their services were accepted by both parties to the dispute, wi.1 the result that, after prolonged negotiations, a compromise was effected.

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CELLULOID CATASTROPHE. I Twenty young men and women. none of them over twenty years old, were burned to death in a disastrous fire caused by an explosion in a celluloid factory at Giespolsheim, in Alsace. The entire building caught fire instantly, whan the celluloid exploded, and in less than it minute every exit was cut off by sheets, of flame. When the roar of the explosion was heard all the hands made a rush for the doors, but few ef them escaped before the flames and debris barred their way. In the room which suffered, most by the explosion sixteen young girls and five youths were., working. The one door was in flames, and only one girl was able to make her way through. Escape by the windows- was impossible. The cries of the workers could be heard some distance away, but it was impossible to bring, them help. They could be secllthrough the windows huddled together in a corner shrinking from the flames that were sweeping around them. The fire burned itself out, and wnen a search was made many of the victims were so com- pletely reduced to ashes that not a trace of them could be found. The girl who escaped was badly burned. The burned factory belonged to Messrs. Hubert, who are said to have a branch in London. Fifty girls- employed by the' North London Tinware Company in Crundall-street, Hoxton, had an exciting escape from a fire which did considerable damage to the building. When the alarm was. raised the girls rushed wildly down the stairs, but only three were able to escape through the front entrance before it became a mass of flames. Fortunately there was another exit at the back, and all the girls got out m safety. Some confusion was caused by tne three who escaped through the front entrance imagining that their companions were still in the burning building, and one of them was only prevented with great difficulty from re- entering the place to save her sister. =

I LORD JUSTICE UNSEATED" I During the hearing of an appeal m the Second Court of Appeal Lord Justice Farwell pushedI back his chair, when the two legs on the right side broke off short and his lordship slid with some force on to the ground, but happily did not sustain any in- iurv The ushers quickly removed the broken chair and his lordship, who appeared amused at the incident stood by his desk until another chair was brought in from one of the other courts.

"XEATINGjS LOZENGES CURE THE Worst Cough." Quick Relief— Sure Relief— Cheap Relief- "For this Relief-much thanks. "-Slbakespeare. Sold in tins only, 13jd. each, everywhere. Lord Kinnaird, president of the Football Association, who was prevented by an attack of influenza from speaking at a Y.M.C.A. meet- ing at Blackburn, wrote I have many inte- resting associations with the town. I have lively recollections of the Blackburn Rovers and the Blackburn Olympic Football Clubs. I carry their marks to this day.

I MK BIALIMNE'S ARMY SCHEME I Thb. Haitians, speaking in Glasgow, said the new Army plans have received the King's sanc- tion. The scheme- would be far-reaching. In- stead sf one Army corps with a number of small divisions, there would be six great divisions—three brigades, each with four brigades of cavalry. That would be, the organi- sation of the home Army. Artillery would be assigned So- these divisions", and surplus artillery batteries would be used. a's training sehools for regular batteries. The (country had been over- weighted with superstition. If there was a new idea which ought to be wrought up it was that She civilian pawer of the country could render great aid to iilte military power. We heard a. good deal about compulsory ser- vice and its nacessity. He did not believe in it. Some said that a real Army meant conscription and compulsion. He held that was enough in itself to set the democracy of the country, root and branch, against it. Passing to the subject- of the Volunteers, Mr. Haldane said he was not in a position to say anything without permission of his chief in the House of Commons. Never- theless, it must be apparent that it was no longer- possible to leave things as they were 1 Drastic changes- were required in tne Volun- teers. It was io longer possible to leave things- as they were. Wiifrt was good ago was- not good to-day. It would not be-possible for- nil the changes decided upon to come into opera- tion immediately. Until the mobilisation was arranged they could' make no great change. They "would get- to work gradually, but surely. A regrant of probate of the will of the lato Mr. Wagstaff has been issued. The net value of the personal .estate has been sworn at £ 111,860 6s. 64;, and the gross value of the whole of the estate entered at £ 174,722 2s. 9d. The probate is issued to the surviving execu- tors, Mr. C. J. Noble and "Josephine Jalland ,-wife of Alfred Gibson Jalland—(im the will called Dorothy Josephine Wagstaff), of Manor- park, Potton, Beds," and in the certificate of her first marriage on March 18, 1884, described as "Jeanie Josephine D'E^ncourte Burns, spin- ster, daughter of Stephen Burns, surgeon," and in the certificate of her second marriage on De- cember 21, 1893, described as "Dorothy Josephine Jalland, widow,, daughter of Stephen en Burns, deceased, veterinary surgeon." Among the bequests are-a life annuity of P.100 to his housekeeper, ElizaDetli Turpin £ 200 to his- head gardener, William Gates £ 200 to his coachman, Thomas Hills; zElOO to his clerk, John Frederick Frost; £ 100 to his gamekeeper, William Peel; zElOO to his under-gardener, Wil- liam Linford; and £ 50 each to Arthur Jeeves. Thomas Brittain, and Richard Turpin, husband of the said Elizabeth Turpin. All his- house- hold and personal effects at both residences, his- horses, carriages, and consumable stores-, etc., Mr. Wagstaff left to "my dear wife Dorothy Josephine Wagstaff" absolutely.. All other pro- perty he left upon trust for "my said wife Dorothy Josephine Wagstaff," during her widowhood. Speaking at LiverpooL on Monday,. Mr. Hah dane said the new army organisation scheme represented complete unanimity at the War- Office. Cavalry organisation had been brought up to date on a scientific plan. The auxiliary fox-ces should: be brought, into closer contact with the firat- line of the regulars. If Parlia- ment agreed5. they would, offer the Volunteers something the latter would like,, but these things took a long time to work out.. Mr. Hal- dane, continuing, said he was trying to keep the question of army out of. party bounds and: to get continuity of policy.. Addressing a gathering, of. Northern Volunteer I officers at Newcastle, Sir. Charles Dilke said- the danger to India had,, he admitted, de- creased of late, but he agreed with the experts that it was still necessary to maintain in peace a highly organised and efficient army for over- seas service and capable of great expansion from the outside. The territorial system in connection with' the Militiai might be modified where territorial feeling, was not strong. In regard to the Volunteers,, he thought tne War Office authorities were putting the cart before, the horse. b-v determining questions of local or- ganisation before settling the principles upon which it must depend. Any; army reorganisation ought to deal with the possibility of raids upon certain exceptional districts such as-, the Tyn-k nnd Forth, where, alone, they were-likely to be .ttteml)ted.

FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. I A fatal accident occurred at Alnmouth Station on Monday while a cattle train from Tweedmouth was being shunted into a siding. Several trucks were derailed and the van turned turtle. The guard, a man named Fleutie, was icilled. An accident also occurred to a passenger train which leaves King's-cross at ]0.32 a;m. foiv Hitcliin. All the coaches jnn.ped the metals on the south side of Benslow Bridge, a few hundred yards, south: of Hitchin. No casualties- are reported, thcu'-gh the main line was blocked; and the north expresses* were unable to get through for several hours. The- cause of the accident isunknovm

LADY ATTACKED IN A TRAIN. An English lady travelling in the- express, from Turin was attacked on Saturday night and; robbed. She was taken to Chambery Hospital, wlie-re. her- injuries- which were caused- by a, hammer, were attended to. The lady is a' Miss Susan Lowe, of Londbn. She- is tliiirty-nine years of age, and was on, her way to. Paris to visit a Madame Lechet. Miss LOwe eannot re- call the street in which Mdme.. Lechet lives, only remembering that 18' is the number- of her house. It aippears, that she was attacked while asleep before the train had reMIHt1 the- Mont Cenis tunnel, and when it was; still On Italian soil. She was discovered unconscious by a pas- seneer at JModana Station, but as there is rift hospitatthere.she was taken on to Chambery. Miss Lowe, who does not speak French," made the- following statement to Professor Raymond, of the Chambery Lycee, who was summoned to interrogate her in hospital: "I took train at Genoa on my way to Paris, via Turin. I was dozing, when a young man with a fair mous, taehe entered the compartment at Turin. He took a seat opposite me, and lay at full length on the cusluops as, if preparing to go to sleep. I followed suit, and from that moment cannot say what happened. Suddenly I was awakened. I felt a^ blow on the head. I can give no ac- count 01 the attack, for I lost consciousness. The man must have jumped out of the train as it was slowing up."

DEATH OF PRINCIPAL STORY. Principal Story, of Glasgow University, the most notable figure in, the Chureh of Scotland, died at Glasgow, on Sunday, in his seventy-second year. He exere-ised an influence in Scottish ecclesiastical and pubSe affairs rivalled only by that of Principal Rainy, who died about a month ago. He was at one time Moderator of the Gen- eral Assembly of the Church, and only recently re- signed the ofrioo of principal Clerk to the Assembly. He was a prolific writer- and for two years edited the "Scots Magazine."

MARRIED 72 YEARS. Mr. Robert William Crocker, who died at Taunton on Saturday, celebrated with his wife in August last the seventy-second anniversary of fcheir wedding. Their united ages totalled' 191 years. Mr. Cracker, who was formerly a farmer at YVayford, near Crewkerne, and wasi'7 years old, bad a distinct recollection of the rejoicings aftet Waterloo and other events of about 90 years ago.

It was suggested at the meeting of the Brom- ley (Kent) Borough Council that the committee appointed to visit fire brigade stations in other places in search of suggestions for the council's proposed new station should visit Chicago and New York. The mayor declared that the money allowed for the expenses of the inspection would not be sufficient for a trip to America..

OUR LONDON LETTER. (From Our London Correspondent.) I Plans are already being made for fifcg I Edward's annual spring visit to Biarritz, and his Majesty's courier has arrived there to make definite arrangements. The King will occupy the same suite of apartments as last spring in Sir Ernest Cassel's villa, and these are now being got ready for him. Several villas in the vicinity of the residence have been rented for the season by friends of his Majesty. After his stay at Biarritz King Edward is expected to go I z;1 "I on to Cauterets, the notable Pyrenean health resort. Consuelo, Duchess of Manchester, who is a great friend of the King, has great faith in the waters, which contain chiefly sulphur and silicate of socla. They are the most copious springs in the Pyrenees, yielding about 440,000 gallons daily, and the resort is beautifully situate in a valley enclosed by lofty mountains, and on the banks of the torrent of the same name. The King is to open Parliament with full State ceremonial on Tuesday, February 12, and on this occasion His Majesty will be accom- panied by Queen Alexandra, who was absent from the ceremony last year on account of the death of her father, King Christian of Den- mark. In the month of February, too, though the date has not yet been definitely fixed, His Majesty is to open the new Sessions House in the Old Bailey. The Court of Common Council has drawn up a programme for the ceremony, and when the King has approved this the date will be arranged. A marquee is to be erected in front of the main entrance where the King will be received, and after being presented with a massive gold key, costing 100 guineas. His Majesty will unlock the gates of the building and declare it open. There will be no luncheon, as is usual at the opening of public buildings in the City, neither will there be any special de- corations in the streets. Another ceremony which the King has agreed to perform is the opening of the South African Products Exhibition, to be held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Westminster, and this also will take place in February. Here again Queen Alexandra will accompany His Majesty, and opportunity is to be taken to present their Majesties with a walking stick and a fan. The latter is one oi the finest specimens of the fan- maker's art ever constructed, and it will con- tain something from each of the colonies, the ostrich feathers coming from Cape Colony, the gold for the mounting from the Transvaal, and the ivory for the stick from Rhodesia. The cost of the presents is to be defrayed by shilling subscriptions from South Africans in London, and a large amount has been collected. An interesting Royal visitor who will reach ur shores during the summer is King Chula- longkorn of Siam, who is expected to arrive in Xiirope at the beginning of May, and who will spend a few weeks at San Nemo, previously to starting on a tour through Europe. The King- is travelling in strict incognito, and he will first pay a visit to Paris, coming thence to London for about ten days. It is not yet known whether he will reside at the Siamese legation or at an hotel, but, as the visit is private, he will receive no official invitation to stay with King Edward. Several offers of houses have been made to His Majesty, but these have all so far been de- clined. From London King Chulalongkorn is expected to go to Berlin, then to Copenhagen, Stockholm, and St. Petersburg. The King is an enthusiastic motorist, and it is expected that he will make large purchases of cars while in France and England. The King's son, who is a second lieutenant in the English Army, has just joined at "Woolwich for an ordnance course of training. Another of the famous mansions of London, associated with the famous brothers Adam, is stated to be doomed, and there is little doubt that Harewood House, in Hanover-square, will, now that the Royal Agricultural Society has moved to other quarters, disappear. Originally designed for the Duke of Roxburghe, Hare- wood House was, until quite late in the sixties, the town residence of the earls of that name, one of wbom, known familiarly as Beau Las- cnes." amassed within its walls in the early part of last century a collection of china which was said to be second to none in tnis country. How greatly the entire neighbourhood has changed in the intervening period may be gathered from the fact that Wordsworth on one occasion-long, of course, before the con- struction of Regent-street—described the view from Harewood place, in which Harewood House stands, as one of the very finest in old London. Following the lead of the Brighton Company, great alterations are being made in the quarters )f the South-Eastern and Chatham. Railway at Victoria, where between £ 80,000 and £ 90,000 is being expended, but some eighteen months or two years will elapse before the work is com- pleted. The principal feature is the demolition of the wooden buildings which, erected in I860, were intended to be temporary only, but for various reasons remained in use until the close of last year. On their site is to be erected a handsome block of brick buildings, faced with Portland stone, m the Georgian style. In these buildings there will be provided all the usual accommodation of a big terminus, including a m uch-improved refreshment service. New postal arrangements have been made also, to the satis- faction of the authorities at St. Martin's-le- Grand. By the death of Mr. George J. W. Winzar, the Lord Mayor's Sword bearer, the City has lost one of its most picturesque ceremonial officers, who for years has been accustomed to attend in his official robes all important functions carry- ing his historic sword. It was Mr. Winzar's duty, as the first esquire of the Lord Mayor's household, to attend at the Mansion House at ten o'clock each morning, receive from his lord- ship his directions, and see that they were promptly executed by the proper officers. He p I kept a diary of all the Lord Mayor's engage- ments, and advised him on the costumes to be worn at the various functions which the Chief Magistrate attended. During the thirty-two years h6 acted as Sword-bearer, he seldom missed any important public gathering which the Lord Mayor attended, and no State appear- ance of the Chief Magistrate was complete with- out Mr. Winzar's imposing presence. He had acted as treasurer and cashier to no fewer than seventy-four Mansion House relief and other funds, had accompanied various Lord Mayors to foreign countries, and had assisted at many his- torical ceremonies. Miss Vesta Tilley, London's Idol," who is shortly to appear at the Palace Theatre, tells an amusing story of a somewhat u-npleasant incident which occurred to her a short while ago. 'Whilst appearing at a W est-end Variety House, she was persistently annoyed by the appearance of a young man sitting in the front; row of the stalls, who sent round a note with flowers each evening with the invariable inscription, H Will you please give me a moment." This went on for nearly two weeks, and at last Miss Tilley consented to receive the gentleman. The messenger ushered him into the green room and Miss Tilley broke out with the impetuous re- quest, Now what do you want The young man looked foolish and atlast blurted out, I'm awfully sorry to trouble you, awfully sorry, but would vou mmd giving me the address of your ttiilor," and Miss Tilley Red. s. i. I

Pasting for Breatli. Her Weak and Bloodless Body Scarcely Retained Life. All fUfr Nerves Unstrung. Rescued, when Hope had Died, by DR.WILLIAMSTINK FILLS Like so many other girls I was careless of the importance of warm clothing during the winter months, and in time this simple neglect found out my weakness." Tno speaker was Miss Ada Nevis, of 16, Havelock-street, Hull, who discovered that, following a bloodless and weak state of health, alarming results may de- velop from an ordinary chill. To-day she grate- y 0 fully acknowledges that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, by making an abundant supply of rich good blood, brought her back to health. To their sorrow thousands of girls and women learn too late how treacherous is our climate. Clad in attractive but flimsy dresses even in the bitterest weather, they run terrible risks. This was the case with Miss Nevis, who said, ) was so stricken down that mother had grave fears that I would never reach my present age of twenty-one. Through my neglect one severe cold de- veloped with serious complications. Very soon I got run down in health, and grew so languid and tired that any "lime ejcei uun struggle for breath. Every deep breath I took- caused piercing stabbing pains in my chest and back, wnile to go upstairs was so difficult a task that I had to drag one foot after the other. Time after time I would stop halfway, faint and panting for breath. Then neuralgia seized me until I was simply tortured with pain, witn eHrry tooth in my head aching. This was ac- companied by a violent, hacking cough that shook me to pieces. My blood was so scanty and poor that my face assumed a deathly pallor, with my eyes surronded by dark rings. Only a girl in years, I had lost all vitality, with no con- trol over my nerves My lip-s were livid, my tongue furred and discoloured, and my throat dry and sore. Food became to me so distasteful that every meal- time was a trial. So unstrung wore my nerves that I trembled and shook .at the least sound. At night sleep was impossible. My strength left me, and outdoor exercise so fatigued me that after walking a short distance I was quite done up. Conscious of my death-like appearance, if by chance I met companions I became nervous, irritable, and hysterical. Mother obtained medicine after medicine, and I took them all, with only one result—my digestion was upset and weakened. At the crucial moment one anxious friend begged mother to get Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People for me. This she did, and after taking these pills regularly for some little time I made some improvement. My eyes be- came brighter, my appetite began to mend, new blood rushed through my veins, and I could digest a little solid food. £ I increased the doses of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, when I obtained refreshing sleep. Then my strength began to be built up again. I took outdoor exercise, and could walk for hours. My whole body was in a healthy glow, my cheeks were like peaches, and my vitality completely restored. Since my cure by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills I have never had a pain, and have always enjoyed the best of health." By steadily supplying Good, Rich Blood, building up the system against the ravages of disease and restoring lost strength—that is how Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, for Pale People achieve so many wonderful cures. They actually make New, Rich Blood, and so cure Anaemia, General Weakness, Decline, Back- aches, Headaches, Indigestion, Eczema, Rheu- matism, Sciatica, Neuralgia, and Paralysis; also the ailments from which women alone suffer. Sold at shops (but avoid substitutes. and take care that the full name, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People is on every package), NK "I,LS A F.It' .1 A. L F- F-OPIA or direct from the British Depot, 45,; Holborn viaduct, London, post free for 2s. 9d. a box, or six for 13s. 9d.

MOTHER AND DAUGHTER WED. It is seldom that the weddings of a mothei and daughter take place on the sarde afterno. but this occurred when the widow and daughter of the late Mr. George E. Y. Gleadowe, C.M.G., who was Assistant Auditor and Comptroller- General to H.M.'s Treasury, were married re- spectively to Mr. Charles P. Fisher, of the In- dian Forest Service, and Mr. Robert Blundell Goodden, late Royal Fusiliers, son of Colonel Goodden, of Compton House, Dorset. MM. Gl-'i'dovvo's wedding took place early in the morning at the Church of the Annunciation, Bryanston-street, in the presence of a few rela- tions, the bride, who wore a costume of cream silk, with black picture hat, being given away by her step-son, Mr. R. M. Y. Gleadowe. Among those who witnessed the ceremony was Miss Gleadowe and her fiancee, whose wedding took place at half-past one p.m. at St. Mary Abbots,* Kensington. The bride, given away by her brother, Mr. R. M. Y. Gleadowe, wore a simple dress of solf white satin, with a beautiful gauze train mounted on satin and a sm-av of real orange flowers in her hair, and she carried a loose bunch of lilies, carnations, and orchids. Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Fisher and Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Goodden were afterwards at home to their friends at 10, Montagu-square, lent by Mr. Justice and Lady Warrington, and later on in the day Mr. and Mrs. Fisher left for Cliffe Hall, Wilts (also lent by Mr. Justice War- rington), while Mr. and Mrs. Goodden departed for Cornwall.

BOARHOUND FIGHTS BURGLAR, I A startling story of a fierce and sanguinary fight between a burglar and a boarhound comes from Birmingham, wh?re the police are investi- gating the circumstances with a view to the cap- ture of the burglar. The other night Mrs. Rogers, the wife of an auctioneer, living in Pop- lar°avenue, Birmingham, was seated alone in her house awaiting the return home of her hus- band when she was greatly alarmed by the sudden appearance of a rough-looking man, who had effected an entrance by forcing one of the windows. He demanded money in a most threatening manner, declaring that he would bash her' brains in" if his demand was not immediately complied with. Recovering from her fright, Mrs. Rogers called to a boardhound, which was lying under- neath the table. Without a moment s hesita- tion the animal sprang at the intruder, and seized him by the throat. The burglar, who was a man of considerable muscular strength, was obliged to defend himself against the deter- .Li mined onslaught of the boarhound, and Mrs. Rogers was the terrified witness of a fierce en- counter, which lasted for several minutes, and in which both man and dog were injured. In spite of his injuries, the boarhound stuck bravely to the intruder, but eventually the man succeeded in getting clear and made his escape.

—————————— At a meeting of a North Devon urban eouncij three newspaper representatives passed a note to the clerk, which ran, We are quite unable to make head or tail of what is being done." The note was intended to be private, but the clerk read it out, and henceforward tne busi- ness could be followed. A statue of Pope Leo XIII., 20ft. high, was 0 erected above the door of the sacristy of St. John Lateran, Rome, to the left of the choir. The sculptor, Tadolini, superintended the work. The monument, when completed, will have cost £ 2,400. The bellringers of St. Giles' Parish Church, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs, have resigned in a body because of a dispute with the rector, the Rev. J. W. Dunne. It is alleged that some of their privileges have been restricted. The bells of the parish church have not been rung I this year.

I FATAL FALL FROM A BALCONY. Mr. John David George Little, aged S8, son of Lieutenant-General Henry Alexander Little, C.B., J.P., of Fairleigh, Slough, has died as the result of a fall from a balcony. He had been ill with influenza, and was in a bedroom with his father, when he appears to have gone to the window, and, walking on to the balcony, fell into the garden below. He got up, how- ever, and began to run, but was stopped by a servant. Within half an hour of being taken into the house he succumbed to his injuries.

CALLED EVERYONE" OLD DEAR." I Two students in obstetrics were sent from. St. Thomas's Hospital to attend Mrs. Duncan, the wife of Edward Duncan, a porter, of Lollard- street, Lambeth, in her confinement. They re- ported afterwards that they found everyone in the house drunk, and because one of the women friends of Mrs. Duncan used an endearing term, 'old dear" or "old darling," they left. The child survived its birth for only a few hours, and at the inquest held by Mr. Troutbeck the juky censured the father for not getting fresh medical aid when the students left. Mrs. Duncan's mother, Mary Fidler, of Guin- ness-buildings, Vauxhall, admitted that she had been drinking with her daughter and Mrs. Wil- inot. Mrs. Jane Wilrnot, an elderly woman, ad- mitted that she used a phrase like "I beg pardon, old dear" to the students; but she said she called everybody "old dear" or "old darl- ing," and asked the jury, "Do you see anything in 'old dear' or 'old darling,' gentlemen?" After one of the students had given evidence a juror asked, "Is it right to give up a case like this because of such a remark? The woman might have died." The coroner thought the circumstances were unfortunate, and probably shortened the child's life.

OUR HEALTHY ARMY. I Another reduction in the death rate in the I British Army is shown bv the medical report for 1905, the rate. being "only 5.61 per 1,000, against 6.19 for the previous year, it is inte- resting to note that from 5,107 soldiers who had teeth extracted 6,037 teeth were taken out without anaesthetics and 2,067 with. There is a steady reduction in the diseases associated with the Army, and on the other hand a constant improvement in the quality of the recruits, as Mr. Haldane has already stated. Of each 1,000 of recruits finally approved 6!:J were well edu- I cated, 917 could read and write, 5 could read only, and 9 could neither road nor write.

At Bow-street Sir Albert de Rutzen presented a cheque for < £ 20 to Constable John Fraser, who had been recommended by the Commissioner of Police for reward for gallant conduct. On November 3 Fraser was run over while attempt- ing to stop two runaway horses in High-street, Peckham. The Board of Trade inquiry into the loss of the steamer Isle of Iolia, of Newcastle, which occurred near Whitby on December 7, has re- sulted in the master's certificate being sus- pended for three months, the second- for twelve months, and the chief officer being re- primanded. ° The general in command of the 33rd French Infantry at Arras has ordered a lai,ore mirror to be fixed in the barracks yard so that the sol- diers may make sure that they are spruce and smart before leaving the barracks gates.

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