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BAROMETRICAL INDICATIONS. A-d,l i 1, 0' b>rometrio\1 reailn?* tor the 48 hours ended Monday midnight, as rois- tered at the ?mfcr? Al?it OSice. L-dilf. The instrument is 33ft. a bovo ?u? Icvol,

y HIGH WATER TO-DAY. SWfimWa Morning. Evening. It. fcwnnsfa 5.24 5.18 31' CarditF  6.27 6. 54 36: 9 Newport 1. 6.29 (¡,50", 36 4

WEATHER FORECAST. ISSCKD FROM METEOliOUHilCAL OFYICE-8,30 P.M. The forecast of tho weather tbrouAhont the West ?f l<niu,utl ruut Htltb  I\lel4 for to-day (Tuc:;¡d\) of Engiaud and South Wales for to-dav (Tuesdsiv) i? "follOW4 !Y? ir. t? N. ".i ? d,,f.1 I i,g moderate 01' lild fair. "°'< KSTKnpAl'S Forfca«t. |Ykstbr»at*r W.IT.11. N.W wiuds, strong and N.W. winds, strong; lair; 'urdl} sharp tthowcrs chameublo. ,O? t places. |

YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE. Tem])Haturo as lll,,I,d at Cwrt-y-Vil, Penarth, for the twelve hours ending nine o'clock last night: — Mn. Min. MelD, Monday 70 55 62\3

""EBK'S TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL. The following table g.vci the temperature and rainfall at Cwrt-y-Vil. Penarth, for 24 hours, as registered at nine a.m. and entered to the preceding day- T.. Tempkbaturk. -Rainfall. Date. RAI'ALL. m-. Min. Mean. lII0l1d'Y==,1117ï- St'jS -:(0 Tuesday 12 70 64 62'0 'I? W.dn??d.y 13 69 54 61:5 '(!3 Thursday 14 68 43 68'0 oo Friday 15 86 55 70'5 '25 t) 55 7 5 2, Saturday 16 fc9 52 10 5 co Sunday 17 70 5'5 62"6 *00

OTTER HUNTING. I Mr. H, H. CLAT'S-day, Seut. 20, NRl1ty'I Y ',t., i.8 S.t.?dk,, Sept. 23, Bigsvmr Station --7.QO n.m.

LLANDA.FF CATHEDRAL SERVICES. I Tuesday, September 19.™Hymn 229. Chants by the choir. Chants by the dlOir, Thursday, September 21 (St. Matthew).—Kight a. ni Hol-V Communion. Six p.m.: Hymn, 420. Chants by the choir. Friday, September 22.—Hymn, 353. Chants by the choir. Saturday. Sopteinber 23.-Hymn, 281. Chants by the ehoir,

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SUMMARY OF NEWS. There was eddence of renewed activity in the (iovermiienv departments in London on Monday. The r-pecial correspondent or the "Times" at Johannesburg is informed that there is some early Boer coup in contempla- tion. A serious encounter between the police and the pub'.ic occurred on Saturday afternoon at Johannesburg. No medical report on the yellow fever epidemic in w a,, issued on Sunday, but there are many cases, and one death is known to have occurred. A fight occurred on Sunday at Cartersvn:e, Illinois, between workmen who have struck against imported negro labour and some of the negroes themselves. Seven blacks were killed and two badly wounded. No fresh cases of plague were reported at Oporto on Monday. Large flour miils at St. Just (France) have been destroyed by fire. The damage is esti- mateJ at 3DO,OOOf„ but is covered by insurance. Monday was the ejhty.ninth anniversary of the independence of Chi' An Englishman, described as Mr, David Finiay, of London, was run over by a train on the railway at Aarburg. Both his legs were cut off, and he died an hour and a half after- wards. Major-general Cunningham died at his resi- dence, Garelochsidc, on Sunday night, at the age of 80. All tha sections of the British Association resumed on Monday morning at Dover with a crowded list of papers. Thomas Brechin, 24, was remanded at Edin- burgh on Monday charged with causing the d'3ath of his father. It is alleged that accused threw a lighted lamp at deceased, who suc- cumbed to his injuries. Through the oyerturning of a motor car while descending Edge Hill, Kineton, near Strat. ford-on-Avon, on Sunday night MN, Reina, M'Lr,o,¡ was killed and the driver seriously injured. At the Old Bailey on Monday Frederick Sidney Waddington, 40, solicitor, and George Edward Vincent Chessman, 36, solicitor, pleaded guilty to misappropriating C250 entrusted to them by a widowed lady with instructions to pay probate duties due in respect of her husband's will. Waddington was sentenced to six years' and Cheesman to four years' penal servitude. At the Central Criminal Court on Monday Henry Wallerstcin pleaded guilty to publishing a malicious and defamatory libel in tho "Daily Bourse" concerning Mr. Douglas Gordon M'Crac. Prisoner was stntenced to three months' imprisonment. Captain Peter Campbell, of the passenger steamer Britannia, was summoned at Ilfra- combe on Monday for overcrowding on August 24. When the Britannia arrived at Ilfracombe the police counted 1,020 passengers, the certifi- cate only allowing for 840. The Bench imposed a penalty of £20 and 3s..6d. for eac.'i excess passenger, besides costs and advocate's feft. The Band of Hope Conference was continued at Cardiff on Monday. The morning was devoted to sight-seeing. In the afteron a conference was held, and in the evenhag the mayor (Alderman Sir Thomas Morel) and Lady Morel gave a reception. In a,,?rdaDec? with notiœ, the irif m.Ider? employed in the foundries in SWanoea and th;) Swansea Valley went on strike on Monday.1 An advance of 3s. per week is demanded. Discount rates or. Monday were slightly harder, three months' bills being quoted 3 9-16 to 3j, but money rates were easier at 18 t 1 per cent, for call loans. The Stock. Markt were depressed.

The letter from Lady Bute 118 to tlM) state of the marquess's health read at/ a meeting of the Parliamentary ofmittee of the Cardiff Town. Council yesterday gave sincere satisfaction to the mejmbers present, and the public will read its con- tents to-day with an equal amouiit of pleasure. Lord Bute, we are told, is making slow, but steady, progress towards recovery, so that there is strong ground to hope that the people of Cardiff will have the pleasure of welcoming their lortl among them onca more.

Cardiff is not the only tc-fvn in which the Welsh language is encouraged and cul- tivated. From Bootle comes the news that there is such a demand for Welsh books at the free library there that the committee have been obliged to provide for it. In several instances giftl of Welsh books have been made to the institution. The authorities are about to take a leaf out of Cardiff's book, and publish a cata- logue of the Welsh books in the library. This is not to be wondered at, 'for one I person out of every four in Liverpool is said to be Welsh. 1.

I A thorougl Jy interesting paper in the "0-_1 b.,Mt: Economic Section of tho British Associa- tion was that read by Mr. H. L. Bowley on "Agricultural Wages in the United Kingdom for InO and 1895," In many 1)?rts of the country the wages of the rural labourer havo not kept pace with the gene- ral improvement which has taken place in workmen's earnings. Mr. Bowley calcu- lates that the annual earnings of a labourer in England and Wales in 18951 were f;37, compared with £ 13 in 1770. That is, a labourer earns nearly three times as much at present as he dièl a hun- drOll and twenty odd years ago. This is not the case in some English counties, where the averaga wage of a labourer is only lIs, a week. It would be ridiculous to think that oven as far back as 1770 a labourer in Wilts or Devon did not earn more than about as. Gd. a week without his food or any perquisites. a

At lust something like justice has been dono by the Cardiff lieensing magistrates to that well-known restaurant, Barry's 1 lott 1. Wo say at last because that of yesterday was the sixth application whieh the proprietress had made, and only those who have macle similar attempts can form an adequate idea of the expense and trouble involved in so many applica- tions. Itrs. Barry's ease was one of the reasonableness and justice of which no in- telligent man having any knowledge of the restaurant entertained tho slightest doubt, and the refusal to grant a licence for selling beer, thereby compelling tho proprietress to employ special messengers to fetch it from some neighbouring bar, was as inexplicable as it was unreasonable. However, common-sense and fairplay turned the scales yesterday, and the nume- rous parties who patronise Barry's Hotel will hail the change as a great con- venience.

St. Alban's, Holborn, is, probably, one of j he most "advanced" churches in Eng- land and Wales, so far as the character of its services is concerned. There every- thing is "up-to-date," the incumbent believing in the fullest and most liberal interpretation of the Ornaments Rubric. It goes without saying, therefore, that incenso and processional lights were in vogue at St. Alban's, and the public, but more especially the extreme Ritualists and the party of which Mr. John Kensit is the head and front, felt curious to learn what the incumbent of that church would do-- whether he would abandon the two points which eaine under the cognisance of the archbishops at Lambeth. It now transpires that the incumbent has done so, a notice to that effect having been placed in the seats in the church on Sunday. The incum- bent has acted with great wisdom, and the example thus set at St. Alban's will neces- sarily influence the decision of other clergymen in London and elsewhere who may be said to take their cue from Holborn.

There is even now considerable doubt in the minds of those who are in a fairly good position to judge whether a free pardon will be extended to Dreyfus. It is thought that such a step is incon- sistent with M. Loubet's well-known declaration with regard to the necessity of respecting judicial decisions. It is argued, also, that a pardon would not be likely to bring about the desired pacification, while it would, in all probability, be made a pre- text for fresh violence and a crusade against the Army and the court-martial. 811eh, at least, are the views expressed in tho "Republique Framaise," and the "Times" correspondent in Paris is of opinion that thev have been inspired by no less responsible a man than M. Meline. Of course, President Loubet must proceed with caution, and time cannot fail to im- prove the situation. It is evident that public feeling in France is growing in favour of Dreyfus, and the tone- of the French press, on the whole, is decidedly more sympathetic. One paper--the "Aurore"—has actually commenced to invite signatures to a petition demanding "justice to Dreyfui." The Roman Catholic Church in France and Italy-- whether wrongly or rightly it is impossible to say with confidence -has been charged with conniving at Dreyfus' condemnation, if not actually instigating the authorities to secure his destruction. However, in the columns of the "Times" yesterday Cardinal Vaughan assured the British public that he shares the indignation of.his countrymen generally at tho verdict, on the ground that it was not supported by the facts.

THE REFORM OF CHTN A. "In July (1900) John Bull will be busy reforming China, and there will be acti- vity in the naval dockyards." This is how that irrepressible prophet, "Old Moore," reads the stars, so far as Great Britain is concerned, next midsummer. But had our annual prophet waited until to-day, for the publication of a telegram sent by Reuter's correspondent at Peking, there is reason to believe that he would have spoken less confidently of John Bull, and mentioned something about that Great Britain of the East—Japan. Some time ago it was announced that a defensive alliance had been entered into between Chiua and Japan. As is usual in such cases, the news was contradicted a fei7 days after, and the matter apparently dis- appeared from the public mind. Now, however, it crops up again, and we have it on the authority of the agency just men- tioned that, though the alleged alliance is not an accomplished fact, negotiations have been entered into by the Governments of the respective countries with a view to the passing of such a treaty. According to Reuter's correspondent, whose commu- nication left Peking on August 8, the sub- ject formed the. most interesting topic of conversation in the Chinese capital. Apparently, the project originated with the Empress Dowager, who seems to have played her part with great discretion and secrecy. Her methods, in fact, are in- vested with an air of romance, so quietly idid she manage to despatch her envoys— 'two persons in a comparatively humble station—to bear her message to Tokio and bring back the views of the Japanese Emperor. Japan, it may be said, has for several years cast covetous glances on China, and, conscious of its strength and its new position as one of the recognised Great Powers of the earth, it is anxious to come in for a goodly slice of the country. The proposal of the Empress Dowager of China came in the nick of time, and was exactly to the liking of the Japanese Emperor. For a consideration, he was willing to carry out any reforms necessary or any schemes with a view to the deve- lopment of China which might be sug- gested. It is not exactly known what those reforms are or what offers have been made to Japan, but it is believed that China is willing to concede certain privi- leges and rights for mining and railway construction in the Fuh-Kien province, which Japan is said to have regarded as being ear-marked for itself for some time. It is unnecessary here to enter into the details of the proposed scheme. If it is destined ever to come off, it can only be accomplished in the face of the strongest opposition. In the first place, the obstacles presented by China itself are almost insurmountable, because the whole official system of the country would have to be reckoned with, as any reforms would spell ruin to the grabbing policy which the mandarins have pursued from time imme. morial. In the second place, the proposed alliance is not approved by some of the leading Chinese statesmen, including the greatest of them all-Li Hung Chang—who has not hesitated to foretell its failure, unless Japan is supported by one of the Great Powers of Europe. Indeed, Italy has already taken steps to thwart the pur- poses of the Empress Dowager, and for some time has been strengthening its fleet in Chinese waters. Tho Empress Dowa- ger will have to reckon with other Powers beside Italy-Great Britain, Russia, France, Germany, not to mention smaller States, will all oppose the new alliance if they find that their interests a ? ,?,n_ gered thereby. At the same time, it must be admitted that China by casting in its lot with Japan would immensely streng- then its position, and both countries combined would prove a most formidable enemy. China's resources are inexhaus- tible, and Japan has intelligence, bravery, skill, and pluck on its side.

LONDON LETTER. BOERS MAY NOT WAIT FOR AN ULTIMATUM. ORANGE FREE STATE AND THE FRANCHISE. FULL CITIZENSHIP GAINED IN TWO YEARS. 10, WHITEFRURS-STKEET, FLEET-STREET, LONDON, Monday Night. The Transvaal reply to the latest British dispatch makes an immediate meeting of the Cabinet necessary. With the exception of Lord Lansdowne and Mr. Goschen, every Minister is within a few hours' journey of town, and no difficulty will be experienced in convening a full attendance. In accordance with Ir. Chamberlain's message, the Cabinet will now have to consider the situation de novo—"If the State document"—the reply of the Government of the South African Republic—"should be negative and inconclusive, I am to- state that her Majesty's Government must reserve to themselves the right to re-consider the situation de novo, and to formulate their own proposals for a final settlement." That tho reply is inconclusive as well as negative cannot be denied. It is in- conclusive on the suzerainty. It is directly negative on the subject of the use of the English language and on the pro- position to place the British proposals before the Raad. THE NEXT STEP, Exactly what the Government will determine is, of course, a matter of con- jecture. In the best informed circles it is considered they have no option but to place their demands in the form of an ultima- tum, the disregard of which must lead to war. It is, however, considered more than probable that war will break out before the ultimatum is delivered. Knowing that war must come, it will be the endeavour of the Boers to seek an early advantage. This they can do by at once occupying Laing's Nek and blowing up the Charles- town Tunnel. They are in a position to do this now, but in a week's time our troops will be on the spot, and the ta.sk will be impossible. In considering this matter it must always be remembered that the Boers are a law unto themselves, that they do not wait for the word of command, or even for war to be declared. It was the independent action of a score of young Boers taken at a time when Joubert and his generals had decided to trek that led to the Majuba disaster, and South Africans here give it as their opinion that the Boers on the frontier will take indepen- dent action without waiting for instruc- tions. At any rate, there is that danger to be feared. If, as is reported, the Orange Free State has joined the Transvaal. we may expect the Boers from that territory to occupy Van Reenen's Pass, entrench a force at Normals Port, and cut all railway communication at Bethuli Bridge, whilst a raid on Kimberlev would be one of the first coups to be attemnted. This is takine a very alarmist view of the situation. It is, however, a view that is held in military circles here this evening. O RANGE FlIEE STATE, The action of the Orange Free State in rushing into the dispute just now can only be attributed to fanatical sympathy with their brother Boers. Under the Potchef- stroom Treaty the State can abstain from assisting the Transvaal against her enemies if, in its opinion, the cause is not a just one. It was this proviso which so offended President Kruger, and which caused him to return to his country in so dissatisfied a manner. There can. how- ever. be little doubt but that Mr. Fischer, who has been in constant communication with the two States for the past three years, has removed the obstacles which stand in the way of the Orange Free Rtate, and secured its support for the Transvaal. That the Boers in the Free State honestly sympathise with the atti- tude taken up by their fellow-countrymen in the Transvaal is scarcely credible. In the Free State a two years' residence qualifies for burghershin. and the laws are most just to all TTjtlanders. Presi- dent Steyn's action is far from being unani- mously approved of. Private telegrams which reached town to-niqjht stated that many of the Free State Boers are leaving the countrv as a nrotest. and that it is the younc Boers who are forcinc h e State into a nuarrel in which it hat s eviteartv'- thing to lose and nothing whatever to gain. Mlt. FRANCIS J. DOllMEll AND THE BOERS. An unusually interesting letter appears in this morning's "Times" from Mr. Fran- cis J. Dormer, who for the past thirtv years has been opposed to a policy of coercing the Transvaal Boers. He now sorrowfully confesses that the events of later days have shaken his faith in the soundness of his convictions, and he has come to the conclusion that it is the duty of her Majesty's Government, with the least possible delay and at the least pos- sible expense of blood and treasure, to get the future of South Africa into its own hands. Mr. Dormer is but one of many others who have been converted by Boer obstinacy and brutality to take up this attitude. Not the least important factor to this end has been the importation into the Grondwet of a provision that all coloured persons may be required to co- operate in maintaining the independence of the Republic, which, in other words, means that the Boers intend to make use of the savages in the Transvaal to fight against us if we take aggressive action. When we take into account that the British Government are now placing forces on the frontiers of Swaziland and Basuto- land to prevent the savages, who are only too anxious to have a smack at the Boers, from assisting us in any campaign we may take, this action of the Boprs is brought into fearful prominence. MILITARY CITIEFS IN-ADFQUATELY IMPRESSED. Mr. Dormer narrates a conversation which he had with a military officer cn the subject of Volunteers being secured to assist the army in the Transvaal. It seemed to him that the mihtary chiefs were inadequately impressed ¡hath out- standing features of the military situa- tion, viz., that the task with which thev will find themselves confronted will be a problem in guerilla warfare even more than it was twenty years ago, and that a man who can shoot straight would be of greater use than one who was well up in his drill. Said the military officer of dis- tinction in reply, "I suppose you mean that the campaign should be fought mainly by rough-ridmg and straight-shooting Volun- teers raised in England and the Colonies P" Mr. Dormer replied in the affirmative, to which came the rejoinder, "It cannot be. Seeing that it was the British Army that was made to eat the leek at Majuba, I do not think it will accord with the fitness of things if any force except the British A- should compel the BJers to a meal of the same unpieaomt vege;ble in turn? &QU we ? 9t -stf TbH M. no doubt, the sentiment which animates the entire British forces at the present time. FRENCH PLAGUE PRECAUTIONS. Owing to a possible danger of the plague being imported Into France from Oporto, the French Oovernment have ot late been taking precautionary measures. Tho disease, it appears, is spread more rapidly h,v tah and mice than by any other method, and rules nave been laid down by the Consulting Board of Health for their destruc- tion. Large shipping firms have been notified ot this fact, and at the present moment there appears to be a general massacre of the active rodent on board ship and in large warehouses. Your readers may be interested to read the in- structions which have been sent out. It is necessary, says the board, to prevent rats or mice from entering the lazarettos, and to carefully destroy them if any exist. For this purpose all apertures by which they can obtain access must be stopped or provided with metal screens. ?h,, moorings of vessels must also be pro- vided with brooms or funnels to stop the rodents from crossing. Gangways should be removed at night, and yüsscls be disin- fected before lading. On the voyage it is essential to use every possible means of, destroying the rats that may have come on board despite the above-mentioned precautions. On arrival the health officer should be informed of the presence of rats on board. If rats have been discovered, and if anv bodies are still available, a bac- teriological analysis should be at once made, in order to discover the bacillus of plague. In the event of its t cing Lnnd the vessel must be unloaded, t.1 cargo and passengers' ard crews' baggage be disin- fected, the vessel be subjected to sulphur fumigation throughout. and the carcases of rats carefully burned. In the contrary case the vessel mav receive "hhre oratique" after the ordinary disinfecting has been applied. Special measures are, it seems, heinq taken at present to destroy the iats in all the public buildings of the city of Paris, and especially in the sewers. THE AMEUK.AN* I A very sensational article appears in yesterday's "Figaro," in which the writer describes certain freaks of the American girl, commenting with pungent force upon what he describes as their originality. To strengthen his article he quotes from an article written bv M. De Norvins which appeared in the "Revue des Revues." He, with a wealth of detail, describes society (linners in New York at 5.50 francs a head, where the menus are written on ilver, where fashionable ladies disguise them- selves as negresses and serve up (?ham- pagne in golden salvers, and where models of repute in New ('rk ciies are served up 4n some monster pies. Says the "Figaro, It is not her 3p pearance in such guise at a banquet that causes surprise; it is the fact, also vouched for by M. Do Norvins, that young girls ot unimpeachable character crave to follow suit, and that it would not bo impossible for an analogous adventure to happcn next winter with one of New Yorks heiresses in the leading role. And the delightful thing about it is that it would surprise no one over there, so much are people the creatures of habit. The article is sure to cause a sensation in the States, and we may have some very interesting news- paper retorts in reply. AUTUMN PrniJCATlONS. The autumn publishing season, which has now commenced, will not, it is expected, be notable for any great work. The fiction will be comparatively small, more attention having been paid to history, biography, and books on art. For this there will be a general expression of thanks, as the output of fiction in the oast few years has been abnormal, and there has been far more rubbish published than good, wholesome work. Prominent in the biographical section will be Mr. Charles R. Gilmour's "Recollections of Abraham Lincoln," and Mr. Spencer Churchill's account of the recovery of the Soudan, work which has been edited by Colonel Rhodes, and which will contain more than thirty maps and sixty illustrations from drawings bv Lieutenant Angus M Neil. Mr. Charles eufeld's long-expected work, "A Prisoner of the Khalifa." will also bo published about the same time. and it will also contain a number of illustrations, maps. and portraits. In a few weeks' time we may also exoect Sir W emvss Iteid s "Memoirs and Correspondence of Lionel Plavfair," in which the author promises us many inside lights into that remarkable man's career. AND THEATRICAL NOVELTIES. There are three novelties to be produced this week in the theatrical world. First and foremost, of course, comes the produc- tion of "King John" at Her Majesty s Theatre. This will be followed bN, "The Moonlight Blossom," at the Prince of Wales's, and on Saturday night we shall have "An Interrupted Honeymoon, at the Avenue. It is the intention of Mr. Tree to give to each visitor at Her Majesty's at any one of the first twenty performances a choice little book contain- ing the literary and stage history of the play.

HEALTH OF LORD BUTE.! A SATISFACTORY STATEMENT. At the meeting of the Cardiff Parliamentary Committee on Monday the Town-c'.erk read the following letter from Lady Bute: — "Mount Stuart, Rothesay, Isle of Bute, "September 16, 1899. "Sir,-I am much obliged by your kind letter of the 12th of September. I beg you will have the goodness to convey to the Mayor of Cardiff and to the members of the town council my thanks for their very kind letter. Lord Bute, I am liappy to say. is going on well, and is improving slowly, but steadily. am. youn obediently, LADY BUTE," I -The mayor and other members of the com- mittee (in chorus): "Hear, hear; very grato- fying, indeed."

SECONDARY EDUCATION. THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND TO THE FORE. A meeting will be held at the Town-hall, Cardiff, on October 5, the object being the promotion of secondary education for the middle classes by means of the Church of Eng- land public schools, commonly known as the Woodard Schools. Lord Windsor will take the chair, and most influential support has been promised by the leading clergy and laity of the neighbourhood.

QUARANTINE IN RUSSIA. CARDIFF SAILOR DESCRIBES THE I OPERATIONS. One of the crew of a Cardiff vessel, writing home to his employers from Theodora?. describes the performance of fumigation. The ?w of the vessel were under the impression that no fumigation would be necessary at Theodosia, as they had come direct from Alexandria, where they had previously been in quarantine. They were, however, mis- ?. He writ<-?-"W. had to go through a very disgusting performance on the 8th of September. To begin with, all the crew had to go on shore to be examined by a doctor, After that we returned on board, and sent on shore all dirty clothes, Ac,, to be smoked and boiled. Then all the crew had to come out of the ship and go on shore again, where we had to go into a room, undress, and then pass into a bathroom and wash: from there into a third room, where we had to stay naked for ?y minutes, while our clothes were being smoked. The crew were divided into two lots and I was in the first, wnicn of the officers and myself. I demanded cloaks, which, after a little hesitation, were supplied. But the second batch, eighteen in number, were not .o.uppti.d. Lady passengers have to go through the same performance, only Sey don t.bathe at the same time as the men.

LATE M-ii. WILLIAM DOVEY. I The Rev. Canon Thompson, preaching at St. Tohn's Cardiff, on Sunday morning, made a reference to the death of Mr. William Dovey a leading parishioner. JIb was a life (said the canon) of singular and rare moral spirit. He had suffered much in later years, but had never contained. He did not spare him.elf Tn the work and wM the ri?ht-h?nd man of the vicar of the parish. He waa always doing .omethint. and with him it was a labour of love the desire of well doing. He did not con- sider ohlldren in his charge as so many articles, but al future men and women with souls, men and women whose characters he had to mould.

Diring this Changeable Weather you are very liable to catch a Coid, which may de«lop into "0"0,h, serious* Be wise 1D time, and at the flift intimation of a Cold or Cough take a dose I gri=:Oi:J<'e O8wk';8d1 Coughs and Colds. From aU chemists, Ij4 M<H t. M. per botti*

WALES DA Y-BYDAY I Even the Welsh Nonconformist minjjta now lost faith in Oom Paul. Members of the Guild of Welsh Gr require long notice of events to 00IIt. 4 reminder has just been sent out that th, will meet on the 1st of November. The hail-keeper at Swansea Town-lwi ha resigned Ili, familiar figure, and that 01 wife, will be much missed. is this Who case of disgust with the as,ize conrta? Another agitation has been started to Swansea Town Cuunnl meettngS in the ttts. ings, and Councillor David William, hu 11'111 notice for Wednesday's meeting that th" should be so he!d in future. A man who know, the dubs at Cantffl thoroughly says he doesn't know whetfe, iI is the Tory clubs or the Radical club, wbie are more emphatic that the Transvaal oitr tion has now become intolerable. Old Moore has Mued his prediction! for and we note with regret that, he doesn't « mise that Canton Bridge will lie lit bysw light next year again. Even if tbs has no idea of art. hasn't it a seme ot sh,a>1 It Is just as well that the great boycott it dying a natural d'jatli. The chief were the poor onion men from Brittany, -h were imperiously ordered away frora the dOort of pjople who ha,1 decided to have nutluj, more to do with France in any shape or bn, II looks as if tho dogs are to get their back. A Queen-street tradesman has a noti* in his window: "Wire Do- Muzzles a« Requj^ by the Board of Agriculture." WIrq the required muzzle is strapped on Board of Afti culture's nose Towzer's revenge will be COlli. pMe. A much larger number of lunatirs pais through the Cardiff Workhonw during the summer than winter, 100 Mr. F. J, told the finance committee on Monday, whtn 10m.. one noted the larjfe amount of wages which had to be paid for extra atndance for iunatica during July and August. Carmarthen confidently expects that its net concrete cycle track next year will prove to be the Golgotha of existing records. The oval is four laps to the mile, and combines the best racing principles of gradients and angularity of the very few track, of a similar character yet eonstruded in the I'nited Kingdom, A tall retired sergeant who had foufht at Tel-e!-Kebir entered the Grand Theatre, Swan, sea, a few nights ago. In the eOUllable who happened to be on duty outside he recognised a brother-in-arms at that engagement-in fact, the two men slept next each other in the tlm. paign. We need hardly say it was a "tr* menju meeting." Mr. J. E. Southall, of Newport, is about to start for South Africa, where he will remain for an indefinite period, extending probably from three to six months. Mr. Soothall'i health has not been very good of late, and he thinks that the air of Cape Colony, with a smeU of British and Boer powder in the Trans. vaal, may prove a useful tonic. What must an occasional peep at the world be like? A woman named Bridget Collini- an item in the human scrap heap in Cardit- was before the magistrates yesterday, and a police-inspector told the bench that, with the exception of one week, the woman had been in gaol for the past twelve months. On this occasion, however, she was discharged. TIr, Rhondda miners' delegates made a happy choice on Monday, for in Mr. Tom Evans, the newly-elected member of the South Wales miners' executive, they have an exceptionally lreen man, who came to the front by the force of his intelligence and moderation dnrinllha troubled days and week, of the great strike. He is a checkweigher at the Penygraig Colliery. A correspondent suggests that Miss Violet Vivian's dog got angry because he was probably stung by a bee. The suggestion, we suppow. U that Miss Vivian should have humoured the dog tili it calmed down. These suggestions, it will be seen, are always made by those who didn't have to tackle the dog at a moment's notice. In fact, they are generally sent by post. Visitors to Aberystwith are familiar with Tylwch Station, the scene of the recenllatal accident. The next statIOn or so is Pant". dwr, the hollow of the waters from which the Severn and the Wye radiate on their serenl courses, and where for years the "ltgill- master" was a hale-looking woman, who Or nalled trains with a Bag, Tylwch Is one of the best-cared-for stations on the route, and the ingenuity and taste«xercised in floral deco- ration and in making the most of the dream, scribed ground as noticeable u at the station at Talyilyn, where the stationmaster grows flowers and farms bees, and has monumental records to various blackbirds and robins which have been amongst the lost friends of his career. The Beaufort boy to whole performance 01 attending school without misaiog single attendance for nine years we called attention last week has not long been allowed to hold the record. The "School Board Chronicle" M Saturday last publishes an account of the opening of a new playground at Llangollen on the previous Saturday, when addresses were delivered by Mr. J. Herbert Roberts, M.P.. and Mr. L. J. Roberts, her Majesty's inspector. "One of the most interesting features of the meeting," says the "Chronicle," "was the pre- sentation of a silver watch to one of the pupil a-Abel Rorts-who, as far as is known, has made an unsurpassed, if not an unequalled, record of school attendance. He was heartily cheered on ascending the platform to receive the watch at the hands of Mr. L. J, B"?' The watch is inscribed, 'Presented to Abel Roberts for having attended the Llangollen Board Schoo'.s without a single omission for eleven years, July, 1899., Can any English boy equal this? It is clear that someone in Birmingha yesterday thought Mr. Chamberlain's de. parture for London an event which w live in history, for the fullest detail, of the incident were w'red to us last night. T,H" "The right hon. gentleman was unaccom' panied, and as he walked down the ateptlead- ing from the bridge to the crowded pUtforffl below he displayed his habitual coolnell and sense of repose. He was attired in o i,inorning ?.t?ne. and wore a siate? dust-coat over h.s frock-coat, in the buttonhole of which was the inevitable orend. H. bad his monmis fixed an his ight eye, and appeared to derive great satisfaction from a cigar which he was smoking. But. tionih he appeared so calm and collected, the close observer noticed an anxious look, which almost gave him an austere appearance. »vfr- -Qhatn* berlain entered the compartment reserv for him, and, tak?ng a type-written oCeiaM coking document from a k311 began to pent9eitintent)y. ?''? train moved off the crowd which had ass?mbM "? the carriage sent up a hearty cheer and ?Ild their hats and handkerchief ?Kh the Colonial Secretary acknowtfd?d)))'??? hat. We are much obliged to tb k observer for dragging out that ?.? o?? from beh nd habitual c.One.?repOM.? satbfaction derived from .mohng ?' aI Here is another reminiscence ? rtl Picton. Itcon?aprop?tcthed..? as to General Sir Thomas r.cton? mo? immediately before his departure for? loo. Tregib, the seat of Mr. J. »• Hughes, near Llandilo, is one of the ias visited by the gallant soldier after rec^ orders to proceed to the front. 'M ell'??'t is from a speech delivered at Llandilo j? Mr. D. Pugh, M.P.. of Manoravon, if, )vember, !319, on the occasion of the coming?f-zlp of Mr. J. W. Gwynne-Hughes. Mr. '?tb< said "he was old enough to M"?',thf dear old friend Colonel Hughes, of | ^b ,nd the friend of Picton, and he could te little anecdote auggested by the two?? which some of them might not 11111 When Bonaparte came out of Elba 'I'd was ordered off, he called on his  A Tregib, and there they sat down tl el??'M'o map of what they supposed would  course of future operations. old CIo.l Hughes pointed to BrMMHands? .??, the French come here we shall ha" ?? game of hacking.' So it happened, ><tr that very spot soon afterwards Pict life. The late Colonel Hughes menu by ¥1:puhe e the oadfao (6( present squim of Tregib. as well  uncle to Colonel OwYnn.-Hugh??, 0 0bo- cothi, and it I- interesting to note tht Grand Old Man of Carmarthen "fr.  BagnaH) well recollects Colonel Ho{6- riding at the head of the Carm??? Maiti? in the early yeM. of the cen