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A VERY WOMAN.
A VERY WOMAN. By PHCEBE ALLEN, Author of Old Iniquity," From Life," Wanted a Camei," &c. It was quite clear that something had gone wrong with my cODsin Hephzibah. I saw it at a glance as I entered her morning room, where I always found her day after day in the same straightbacked elbow chair, with he tortoise-shell cat at her feet and the low :law table beside her. on which lay book and gold-rimmed spectacles, to be taken up !n turn and when the knitting (with which the was always busy) should be laid aside. But this morning the knitting was neglected, lId her little black-mittened hands were folded over a letter which lay on her knees, whilst I could see by the heightened colour in her usually pale face, and the peculiar twitching of her mouth, that the contents of that letter had seriously affected my aged relative. Good morning, cousin I said. 44 Have you had any news of Maud to-day 1" Indeed I have," she answered, and really I begin to think that it is time I went out of the world. There I can't conceive what tha women of the present day sre coming That sounds as if Maud bad written something startling," I said. And so she has," was the indignant yetort. Upon my word. Rose, it seems as if She young women of the period will never know where to stop in their imita- tion of men and men's ways. There's Maud writes me word that her husband— more shame for him—has bought a revolver lor her, and is teaching her how to use it, Jo that in the event of a burglar alarm she might have the means of defence in her pockeb. Defence, indeed! She's much more likely to blow out her own brains or her husband's (if he has any, that's to say, which I take the liberty of doubting) than m hnd any other use for her revolver. ear. dear, when I think what my grand- mother would have said of such doings Hut Maud docs live in rather a lonely place." you know, I ventured to observe. A lonely place Fiddlesticks and blue jum!" ejaculated my cousin (I always wonder why she is so fond of invoking that -;ticky substance). Why, you should see the lonely places folk used to live In when 1 was young, miles away from town or village and cut off from ..11 easy communication with their fellow- 'jrcatares. L'm sure. wheu I remember where my great Aunt l'enelope lived and died, 't seems as if it were a different world altogether. That was a lonely spot, tf you like, hub shø never dreamt of handling .^svolvers. No," and my cousin drew up iter long neck and gave a little toss of her head, 44 uo. she. would have thought it beneath her dignity to come to blows with i burglar!" "Oh } I suppose so, said I; U she would have fainted away (no, 'swooned' was the right idiom, wasn't ifc 7) at the bare Nght of a housebreaker and would have oeeded burnt feathers and hartshorn to bring her round, whilst the burglar and all her valuables would have disappeared together. Well, the idea of a revolver may be ?. very shocking one to you, cousin Hephzibah, but I'm glad T didn't live in Shose days when women were content to apend all their lives over wool work and painting on cbickon's skins, and writing stilted epistles after the style of 'The Model Letter Writer. jj/m so that's your notion of all that women could cto in the last century," said tousin Hephzibah grimly. Well, wait a bit, and I will teU you a story of my aunt Penelope's courage, a story which you would ind it hard to cap in these days. 14 It happened towards the end of the last century. In those days people didn't put things into print and get accounts of them. selves and their doings sold tho price of a penny through the length and breadth of the land. And I suspect I am the only person living now who ever heard the story from the lips of an eye witness, for my aunt teldom spoke of it, and Nannie, her faithful maid. from whom I heard it in my early childhood, has long since been gathered to aer rest. 44 Aunt Penelope Decies never married, and at the time of which I speak she lived by herself in a pretty but extremely lonely cottage at the end of a long, narrow, wind- ing lane off from the high road between London and Hastings. Her household con- sisted of Nannie, her confidential waiting woman, who, like her mistress, was now npwards of 60 David, her reliable factotum, growing greyheaded also, but some dozen Sears youner than his fellow-servant and Jim, the odd boy, who divided his time between the garden and the stable, where he helped David to groom Aunt Penelope's beloved Snowflake, a splendid white horse, upon which she rode forth on Sundays and state occasions, pillion fashion, with the trusty David in front. A high oak paling ran round the whole of my aunt's modest estate, which with its garden and small paddock and bit of orchard ground covered something over three acres, and it was David's business to lock up the garden gate and take a good look round all the outside premises the last thing every night before withdrawing to his own sleep- ing apartment, which was over the stable. Aunt Penelope and Nannie took care to see that the inside of the house was duly leCured, visiting each lock and bolt carefully and adjusting inside bells on all the window shutters. Once and again they had been alanned-chiefly in the hopping season— by the sound of stealthy footsteps on the } gravel path, and twice the orchard had been robbed, and once a couple of fatting fowls had been stolen, but no one had ever attempted to break into the house actually, though why they did not (considering, as Aunt Penelope admitted herself, that they might all have been murdered in their beds and no one would have been a bit the wiser) was a fertile source of wonder to many. Ivy Cottage, as it was called, was absolutely lonely and remote from all other habita. tions—why, the nearest village was five miles off, so that the pilgrimage to church was indeed a Sabbath day's journey, and one not to be lightly taken in hand if the weather was threatening or the roads likely to be flooded. But if anyone suggested to Aunt Pene- lope the advisability of a change to a more frequented locality, seeing that. with the exception of Jim (who was as deaf as a post, by the way), they were all getting on in years, the old lady became so indignant that lJbe same person never made the same suggestion twice. Lonely, indeed and in want of protection, forsooth What better wotector could she have than her devoted Nannie and her good faithful David, and .Jock, the house dog, who barked so furiously at the slightest sound that David declared he was better far than the alarm-bell, which was suspended outside the house and fur- nished with two long pulls, one of which hung immediately over my aunt's bed and the other over Nannie's.' One night, in the late autumn, the little household had withdrawn to bed as usual. It was wild, blustering weather, the wind vising and falling in loud sobbing fits, driving heavy scuds of rain before it and rattling windows mercilessly. 4 It was Indeed a blessed thing to have a roof over one's head,' Aunt Penelope had said to herself as she lay down in her heavily curtained four-post bed, and with this very suitable reflection her eyes closed and she wandered into dreamland. She must have been asleep for two hours, when she was suddenly startled by an unusual sound outside her door as though some one were moving about in the passage. Could it be Nannie 1 She sat up in bed and listened. No those footsteps—if footsteps they were —were certainly not Nannie's, for in the stillness of the night she could hear that worthy old serving-maid snoring loudly in the room adjoining her own. 44 4 It must have been fancy,' she said at length, 4 if any stranger were about Jock would certainly have deafened them with his rking" Therewith she laid down again. A minute later, however, there came a°low grating sound as of some one trying to force back the lock of the door, and Aunt Penelope sat upright again. There was no mistako about ib this time, something was moving and at work somewhere. Yet still .10w to take alarm she was persuading herself that it was probably a mouse in the wainscot, when the door opened very gradually, admitting first a slender thread of fight as from a carefully-shaded latern, and then a tall, dark figure, treading warily in stocking feet. In a moment the old lady's hand was on the alarm bell-rope, but at the first tonch it fell from the wall cn to the bed beside her. The cord had evidently been cut through. I vVho are you, and what do you want ? Aunt Penelope then asked in a firm, loud voice. As she told Nannie later, she was so indignant at any man daring to enter her bedroom that her wrath at the intrusion quite swallowed up her fears as to its con. sequences. 4i Very slowly the figure turned round, and then a stouter heart than Aunt Penelope's might have quailed at the sight of the crape-covered face which met her view and which proved that that nightly visitant was on evil deeds intent. I have often thought since what a thrilling picture might be made of the little old lady sitting bold upright in that ancient four-post bed in her frilled nightcap and nightdress, sum- moning the closely-masked housebreaker to give an account of himself. 44 4 Who are you 1 she asked again, 4 and what have you come for ? Your keys,' said a low voice. At the sound of it Aunt Penelope's heart stood still. Give up your keys quietly, or ib will be the worse for you.' 44 For a moment the old lady hesitated finally, .however, she drew the keys from under her pillow and handed them silently to this mysterious person. II Then, as rigid and motionless as though she had been modelled in marble, Aunt Penelope still sat upright, watching how her jewel case was opened and emptied, how her private drawers were turned over and ransacked, and lastly how her cash was seized upon. That was probably the last act of this unpleasing drama, thought Aunt Penelope, for now surely the thief must know that he had cleared that room at any rate of all he could lay hands on. 44 And so he had. but before leaving he deposited his lantern and stolen goods, and coming up to the bed,caught Aunt Penelope by the wrists, holding t hem tightly, as if they were in a vice. 4 Swear,' he said, swear that you have never seen me before to your knowledge.' I swear that I have never known you till to-night,' my aunt answered promptly, and as promptly her hands were released and the deeply-veiled figure, picking up the lantern and booty, vanished from the room. 44 In the morning, when Nannie went to call her mistress, she would never have guessed from her calm, collected manner that anything unusual had occurred in the night. Everything was in its place the drawers were all locked up again there was nothing disarranged in the room. Punctually at eight o'clock Aunt Penelope went downstairs as usual, and read prayers to her small household. It was only after- wards that Nannie remembered how her voice quivered a little when she gave thanks for having been safely brought through the perils of the night. 44 But when prayers were over and all had risen from their knees, Aunt Penelope detained her servants for a minute. 44' Was anyone disturbed last night by any unusual sound I she asked. 44' No, madam, I heard nothing,' Nannie hastened to answer. David, wholly intent on rubbing some blemish from the silver buttons on his sleeve, looked down and muttered something quite Unintelligible. 44 Did you, David ? asked my aunt, bending her eye steadily on him. 4 Yes, madam n—no, madam,' he answered that is, I did fancy I heard a strange sort of sound some time in the night, but nothing worth mentioning.' Good,' said aunt Penelope, 4 though no one else seems to have been disturbed, I was at.d that in a way which I consider worth mentioning to Justice Baldwin, too' (he was the nearest magistrate), 4 so you may put the pillion saddle upon Snow- flake at once, David, and as soon as I have partaken of my breakfast we will start forth.' 4 As you please, madam,' said David, leaving the room to obey orders, whilst my aunt proceeded to eat her breakfast as usual, giving various directions to Nannie about the day's arrangements with the utmost composure in voice and manner. Precisely at nine o'clock David brought the horse to the door, where my aunt stood ready to start on her seventeen miles ride, for Justice Baldwin lived at that distance off. The weather is fearfully threatening, madam,' said faithful Nannie; 'and be sure, David, if the rain comes on to remember that the mistress's overcloak is folded up in yonder strap. But David mounted to his place in front of myjaunt and said never a word. Ah broke off cousin Hephzibah, 44 talk of lonely roads nowadays. You should have seen the seventeen miles that Aunt Penelope rode that morning, through long, winding lanes, so nairow and cramped at certain spots that wayfarers were bound to blow a horn to give notice of their approach, be- cause in some places it was quite impossible for two vehicles to pass each other—not that there was often any necessity for doing so. Folks frequently rode and walked for miles in that country without meeting a soul, and this was the case with Aunt Penelope on that cloudy November day of which I tell you. Save for one itinerant hawker with a basket of crockery on his head, and a hand- ful of children rifling the hedges for belated blackberries, not a living creature crossed her path from the time she left her own house till the moment she drew up at Justice Baldwin's door." The sight of Snowflake and her mistress alwas commanded immediate attention in the neighbourhood, and tn one minute the grey-headed butler had hastened out to learn Miss Decies' business. 4 Be good enough to ask your master to step here,' said Aunt Penelope, still seated on her pillion, whilst David, having 'dis- mounted, stood at the horse's head. Mr Justice Baldwin,' she continued, as that gentleman appeared in the doorway, bowing low, 41 have come to acquaint you, as magistrate of the law, that last night my house was broken into, my sleeping-room forcibly entered, and my cash box with other valuables carried off. 44 'Indeed, indeed, my dear madam,' cried Mr Baldwin, much perturbed.. Were' the offenders suffered to escape unchecked, or have you obtained some clue to them 1 Could you say with certainty how many there were V •4 4 There was but one,' said my aunt. speaking very firmly and distinctly, 4 and that one,' she continued, with outstretched hand, 4 stands there. David Upton, I here and now discharge you from my service, and——' 'I arreet yoo in the name of the law,' said Justice Baldwin, stepping forward. 4 John and Nicholas,' he added, turning to two of his men, 4 lead this fellow off to the justice-roonj, and lt Adam keep a strict eye on him. "Then whilst the unhappy David was led away, Mr Baldwin turned to my aunt. 4 My dear madam,' he said. 4 is it conceivable that you could have ridden all these lonely miles in sole company with that villain V 4 Some one had to bring him within reach of the arm of the law, sir,' she answered, 4 and for that purpose I judged myself the fittest person. Having accom- plished my task, I will now with your leave bid you good morning,' and already she had turned her horse's head homewards. 4 But, good heavens, my dear lady, you don't propose to travel back alone I' said Mr Baldwin. 44 4 But my aunt laughed a little scornful laugh. 4 Pray, sir,' she said, 4 do you imagine that the Providence who brought me here in safety in company with yon poor villain, will take less care of me now I am rid of him. I trow not.' 44 Therewith she rode slowly homewards, heavy at heart no doubt, and pondering sadly on the possible solution of David's defection. 4 Why ever he should have been tempted to do it,' old Nannie would often say, 4 I've never been able to guess from that day to this neither, as far as I know, has my mistress though after that November morning she never spoke of David again, 'twas as if she couldn't bring his name over her lipa for any sake.' "But from that day forward Aunt Peuelope never rode out on Snowflake again, her riding-pelisse hung unworn on her wardrobe peg, and the moths made sad havoc of her pillion saddle. And what became of David 1»' said I. Died in prison, as far as I know, for in those days women did not take the law into their own hands, either to blow out burglars' brains or to molest the administrators of justice with importunities to remit justly. earned sentences. When it was once suggested to Aunt Penelope that she should intercede for {fevid'p release, her auawer was brief and characteristic. I No, having escaped with my own life from his clutches, I see no reason for affording him the opportunity for endangering somebody else.' 44 Well, certainly she was a strong- minded woman," I said. 44 She was a woman of character, my dear, said cousin Hephzibah, of that character which shows itself to be free and above circumstances. Without for one moment over-stepping the bounds of what was womanly,she was a heroine out and out. Pray, how many women of to-day, with their noisy clamour for their rights and revolvers and what not, would have had the solid courage to act as she did first of all in the moment of aciual danger, and then, after such a night, to rise up calmly, go through the regular routine of prayers and breakfast, kixowing what was before her, and then, during a lonely ride of seventeen miles,. deliberately place herself at the mercy of the man who, but a few hours before, had been ready to take her life, if he deemed it need- ful to his purpose ? Only conceive, too, how perfectly mistress of herself she must have been to have aroused no suspicion in the man as to the real object of her expedition. Aye, scoff as you will at the women of the last century, here at any rate was one who could put many a man to shame with her cool courage and unaffected heroism and yet remain withal 4 a very woman. SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC. NEED OF A.N INFECTIOUS HOSPITAL AT PONTYPRIDD. Another case of smallpox is reported from Pontypridd, which it is supposed has been im- ported from the infected city of Gloucester. The patient is Mrs Thomas, the wife of Mr E. Thomas, a boiler inspector, residing at 84, Berw- road, and it is stated that she stayed in Gloucester one night last week whilst on her way home from London. Difficulties arose with regard to her removal to the temporary isolation hospital at the closed Forest Iron Works, at Treforest, where it is reported that no provision has been made for the reception of female patients. A male patient, a collier hailing from Cilfynydd, has been isolated there for the past eight or nine days, and the last case brings the number of cases which have occurred in the urban district during the past few months up to five, one of which, the patient being a tramp, proved fatal. The difficulties which have pre- sented themselves in this case will again bring into prominence the absolute need of erecting a permanent infectious diseases hospital in the district. ANOIHER CASE AT THE MUMBLES. another case of smallpox is reported from Swansea. It is supposed to have been contracted at the Swansea Docks. The patient has been removed to the Swansea Isolation Hospital. It is stuated that before the case ab the Mumbles Lighthouse was contracted a basket of flowers was received from Gloucester.
SOLDIERS FALL OVER A CLIFF.…
SOLDIERS FALL OVER A CLIFF. I Supposed End of a Fight. During Monday night Lance-corporal Clynton and Private Halliday, of the Gloucester Regiment stationed at Devon port, were found by sailors lying at the fooo of the cliffs overhanging Rich- mond-walk, clcse to Mount Wile, Devonporb. Both men were severely injured and had evidently fallen from the top of the cliff, a distance of about 50 feet. Corporal Clynton who had fractured his Iskull, died in the military hospital on Tueesday, and Hallidav is in a precarious condition. It is believed the men had an altercation and went to the ramparts to fight, falling over the cliffs during the tussle. The sailors who found them heard them fall.
ITALY AND ABYSSINIA. I
ITALY AND ABYSSINIA. I ROME, Monday.—According to a despatch from Massowah there is a great probability civil war will break out in the Agame district after the withdrawal of the Italian troops. The cause of the trouble will be the desire of both Ras Agos Tafari and Ras Sebath to obtain the Governorship of the country. In that case the Shoan Army will not take part in the fighting, since, contrary to previous advices, they are reported to be south of Lake Asbangi. It is now stated General Baldissera will destroy the fortifications o Adagahamas. The demolition of the fort off Adigrat is complete. — Central News.
- - - -PAST EVENTS IN OUR…
PAST EVENTS IN OUR ISLAND RECALLED. MAY 13TH. 1646-(Charles I. )-Dudley Castle, Suff«r £$hire, surrendered to the Parliament. 1671-(Charles II.)—Henry. Earl of St. Albans, was made Lord Chamberlain of the House- hold. 1729- (George Il.)-George Hay, Earl of Kinnoul, was appointed British Ambassador to Con- stantinople, in the place of Abraham Stanyan. 1738 -(George II.)—Henry Haines, for printing the Craftsman of July 2nd, 1737, was sen- tenced to pay a fine of JB200, to suffer two years imprisonment, and to find security for his good behaviour for seven years.
THE PRINCE AND CARDIFF.I
THE PRINCE AND CARDIFF. I At a meeting of the Decorations Sub. Committee of the Cardiff County Council, held ab the Town Hall on Tuesday evening, it was resolved that the chair- man (Alderman Carey) should see the Borough Engineer and ask him to prepare plans and specifications for the various street decorations on the occasion of the Prince of Wales's visit, and also submit the same to the committee for consideration.
THE LATE DR, SALMON, I
THE LATE DR, SALMON, I The funeral of the late Dr. Salmon will be private, and is to take place at Llanfrynach Churchyard on Thursday next.
MOVEMENTS OF LOCAL VESSELS…
MOVEMENTS OF LOCAL VESSELS I Robert Ingham arvd Flensburg 8th Albula passed Gibraltar for Liverpool 8th Bedford passed Gibraltar for London 8th Brenner left, Sulina for Gibraltar 8th Cereda left Genoa for Sulina Iltli Eden left Tees for Bilbao 9th Lackenby arvd Bristol from River Plate 10th 'Sowerby arvd Ormskoldsvik 9th Elpis arvd Las Palmas from Cardiff 10th Slingsby arvd Amsterdam from Kiume 11th Preston arvd Braila from Genoa 11th Carperby passed Constantinople for Gibraltar for orders 10th Crathf me passed Suez for Madras 10, h Hordeu left Tees for Grimsby 11th Watlington arvd Bilbao from Tees 11th Rhyl arvd Bilbao 11th Ross arvd Bilbao 11th Godmunding arvd Liverpool 11th Redruth arvd Palermo 11th Coedmon arvd Cronstadt from Tyne 9th Thordisa arvd Smyrna from Cardiff 9th Thomas Turnbull arvd Messina from Genoa 9th Eddie left Constantinople for Antwerp 10th Flowergate left Gibraltar for New York 11th Illtyd arvd Savona from Cardiff 11th Northgate left Buenos Ayres for Cape de Verds for orders 11th Yedmandale left Newport News for Port de Bouc 9th Ainsdale arvd Malta 10th Thomtondale left Malta for Constantinople 11th Kate B Jones arvd Marseilles from Cardiff 11th Werfa left Brest for Cardiff 11th Crosshill left Caen for Barry 12th Charles T Jones passed Constantinople for Botter. dam 11th Saltwick arvd Huelva 11th Jane arvd Odessa from Nicolaieff 12th Moonstone left Pensacola for Bordeaux Uth Cyfarthfa arvd Bilbao 11th Forest arvd Holmstrand 12th Portugalete left Bilbao for Cardiff 11th Fountains Abbey arvd Cronstadt Gardepee left Salonica for Constantinople 11th Pontypridd left Madeira for Pomaron 11th Goldcliffe arvd Sables llth Bertlioley passed Algiers for Gibraltar 9th G N Wilkinson left Plymouth for Cardiff 12th Phillis Angel arvd Genoa 11th Dewsland passed Constantinople for Havre 11th Red Jacket passed Constantinople for Nicolaieff 12th Blue Jacket left Marseilles for Poti 12th
LAST NIGHT'S " GAZETTE,"I
LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE," I Receiving Orders. I UeweUyn W. Niched, of lucUne Top, CwmbMgoed, I I'l L 'thy"1 coHiery enf?nem?o. Emma L yd Newtown, Montgomeryshire, coal merchant. Local Winding-up Notice. I The Steamship Berda COMPany, Limited the Docks, I Milford Haven, Partnership Dissolved. I J. P. M. George and David Davies, trading as George, Son, and Davies, at Cardigan, solicitors. J. P. George retires.
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i YANKEE YARNS.
i YANKEE YARNS. I An Alternative. Mr Dovey Can you let me have porue money, dear I want to spend a quieb afternoon out with Ethel. Mr Dovey Can'b do it, darling. Money u- awfully tight. Mrs Dovey (disappointedly): Then I suppose we bhall have to go for a day's shopping. Note Historical. A remarkable statement once came to tight in a Board-school young lady's essay on "The Cruise of the MayflowerThe Puritans found a lunatic asylum in the wilds of America. Subse- quent investigation of this astounding allegation showed that the essayist had once learned that the Puritans found an asylum in the wilds of America," and that she had added the adjective lunatic" to give greater clearness to her narrative. I Testing a Poet. One morning, some years ago, the eight year old son of Pr.ifessor Royce, of Harvard, was watering, the lawn in front of his father's house at Cam- bridge when the late James Russell Lowel happened to pass on his way to Professor Eliot Norton's, Directly he recognised who it was, the boy turned the hose upon the author of the Biglow Papers and drenched him from head to foot. Professor Royce afterwards tackled his son. I don't see how you could have done it, Theodore I" said he. What reason was there in doing such a thing ?" Theodore looked gravely at his father and said, There was every reason in the world. I was extremely desirous of knowing how a poet would behave in such circumstances." Mahoney Atias Ape. The circus proprietor was not averse to being interviewed. I have never had a lion get loose in the crowd," he explained, nor bad the snake- queen swallowed by the boa-constrictor, but I came very near bankruptcy once. It was in a small country town, where, for- tunately, there were no newspapers to spread the affair publicly. I had among the attractions of the show a man-eating ape, the largest ever in captivity. He was chained to the dead trunk of a tree and looked very ferocious. "Early in the day I speak of, a countryman handed him a piece of tobacco, which the ape chewed with great pleasure. The word was passed round that the ape would chew tobacco, and he became the centre of attraction. Finally one man gave him a piece that was filled with cayenne pepper. The ape bit it, then, smarting with indignation, snapped the fastening of his chain, and yelled— II Ll'b me at 'im, the murtherin' ijib. Oi'll hev the loife av him, or me name amt Mahoney Then he started through the crowd with a handspike, but the culprit escaped. The crowd wanted to wreck the show, but I called the police in. I docked the ape a week's salary, and it was the last time I had any trouble with him."
FACTS --AND FANCIES. I
FACTS AND FANCIES. I He: My darling, I really believe my rheu- matism has wholly disappeared.—She Oh, I am so sorry J Now we shall never know when the weather is going to change. Mrs Parvenue My husband is going to have a bust of himself carved in marble.-Mrs Shoddy Humph !—that's nothing. My husband has a bust every Saturday night. A young negro, meeting his former fellow. servant, asked him how he liked his place. Bery well." Den you bab nuffiu' to complain of ?" Nuffin': only massa and missis talks sich bad grammar." A widower had five grown daughters who would not let him take a second wife. lie gave up the wife, but bought a savage dog, and now won't allow a man to cross the door-step. If he can't marry, the girls shan't, he says. Mispress Have I not forbidden, you, Marie, to entertain men in the kitchen ?—Marie Oui, madame but zee voice za.t you hear ees not a voice of a man.—Mistress No ?—Marie Non, madame eet is a policeman. In an argument with an irascible and not very learned man Sydney Smith was victor, where. upon the defeated said, If I had a son who was an idiot I'd make a parson of him." Mr Smith calmly replied, Your father was of a different opinion. When Dean Swift was arguing one day with great coolness with a gentleman who had become exceedingly warm in the dispute, one of the company asked him how he could keep his temper so well. "The reason is," replied the Dean, "I have truth on my side." Mother Did you try to make yourself agree- able at Mrs Highstone's ?-Little Daughter Yes'm I told her all the funny things our callers said about her, and she seemed to be real in. terested. Too MUCH TRouBLrb.- Mrs -Degood: It seems strange to encounter a beggar in a strong, healthy man like you.—Dusty Rhodes I tried being blind, and 4ick, and one-legged, but it was more troubl& than it caime to. I understand," said the man who prides him. self on his cosmopohtan information, that King Oscar n. of Sweden is not enthusiastic over Nansen." Wibhoub doubt," rejoined the man who tries to be funny, there has for some time been a great deal of coolness between them." Soon after Mr Brandon Thomas went upon the stage, he was playing under the management of Messrs Hare and Kendal, and was one night tak- ing things easily, when some one rushed up to him and told him the stage was waiting for iiim. I didn't stand on the order of my going," says Mr Thomas, but went at once. I couldn't find a door, and, as it seemed no time for ceremony, I dashed through an opening ot some sort. It turned out to be a big fireplace. The audience roared at my Mephistophelean entrance. But do you suppose it was fun for me ? Quite the con. trary, I assure you In a paper in a Sunday sohool magazine the Rev. Charles Powell gives some amnsing illustra- tions of the mistakes made by scholars in tha uss and meaning of words. Mr Powell says I have heard a pupil-beacb,r teach his class to say, not Star of the East, the horizon adorning but Star of the East, the arise in the morning I have known a servant, a very good girl of seven- teen or eighteen ysars, who used to sing, not Before the hills of Zion yield Their many sacred sweats,' but Before the hills of Zion's yell How many seorets sweet. Nearly everybody knows now the story of a former well-known olergymau. He met one day an old parishioner, whose son had lately emigrated to Ausbratia. Well, Elizabeth,' said he, so your son's gone T Yes, sir,' she answered. 'It is what the Bible says- Train up a child, and away 'a do go PRECAUTIONS DURING A THUNDERSTORM, —A propos of the newspaper correspondents of the siliy silMon," Mr James Payn rc,ers &rliusingly to one who has been discoursing upon thunder- storms. The correspondent is so good as to tell us how to dispose ourselves wisely during these dangerous visitations. His advice for out of doors is chiefly negative. Trees and haystacks and the lee of a house are to be avoided one would have thought in the lost case a good plan would have been to go inside, but this alternative seems to have escaped the adviser. You must not stand on the bank of a river, nor even by a sheet of water, so that nothing is left for you but to remain in the open and get web through, but you must not stand erect even there, but go on all-fours —or, better still, lie down. Most people, one would imagine, would rather take the off- chanoe" of being struck by lightning than get rheumatism for certain but this is a matter of opinion. In the house you must nob place yourself under a gasalier, or near the gas pipes or the water pipes, or any mass of metal," such as sixpennyworth of coppers. Absolute immunity I .from harm may be secured by reclining in a .hammock suspended by silken cords in the middle of the room." This is not however an article to be found in every house. In default of it, you may sit in a chair with your feet on another- bub the leg of both chairs must repose on a feather bed or mabtress." The best plan of all is to go to the railway station and take the train somewhere, where protection will be afforded by the metals and the telegraph wires." All this, it strikes one, goes upon the supposition that a. thunderstorm lasts a very long time, and that the lightning will not hurt anybody while these:, prudent arrangements are in progress.
PECULIAR CASE AT SWANSEA,…
PECULIAR CASE AT SWANSEA, IDEOULIAR OAE Al SWANSEA.: Ab a meeting of the Swansea Water and Sewers Committee the Atlantic Patent Fuel Co, complained of a bill of £ 24 on the ground that air bubbles passed through the meter and regis- tered as w,aber. The committee, recognising the probability that if they admitted this suggestion they were likely to receive hundreds of similar complaints, refused to make any reduction, and, decided to take proceedings if the amount was: nob paid. I
MOUNTAIN ASH WSUNDINGCASE
MOUNTAIN ASH WSUNDINGCASE At the Aberdare Police Court, on Tuesday, E. J. Jones was again broughb up on remand charged with unlawfully wounding one David Morgan by striking him with a hatchet in the Cwmpennar Pit. The Bench again remanded^ prisoner for a week. I
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I __Welsh Gossip._I
I Welsh Gossip. _I The Rev. Elwyn Thomas, whose short serial story has only just concluded in tbe Londen Kelt, is commencing another series of Welsh Idylls in. the Independent. The Rev. W. Jnstin Evans, of Exeter, brother of the Rev. Dr. Herber Evans, of Bangor, has been called to the pastorate of the Congregational Church, High-road, Lewisham, in succession to the Rev. 1. Morley Wright. j General Hugh Rowlands, V.O., who has just retired from the command of the Northern forces upon the completion of his term of service in the Army, has taken up his residence at his seat atik Plastirion, Llanrug, near Carnarvon. The Prince of Wales has declined an invitation to lay the foundation stone of a new intermediate school at Machynlleth on the occasion of his visit. The Governors are now endeavouring to get the function performed by one of the Prince's daughters. Sir Lewis Morris is writing a special ode of welcome to the Prince of Wales on the occasion of his forthcoming installation as Chancellor of the Welsh University. The enterprising editor of Young Wales has secured the exclusive right of publication, and the ode will appear in the coming (June) number of that magazine. Y Ferch o Blwyf Penderyn is undoubtedly one of the mosb popular love songs of South Wales. It would be interesting to know some. thing of the composer of such a pathetic little idyl. Who was the Gwen that is so touchingly mentioned ? Has the story any features analogous to "Y Ferch o Gefn Ydfa," or "Y Perch Or Seer," for instance 1 Was the Breconshire Penderyn the scene of the occurrence ? There have been great festivities at Ruthin Castle on the coming of age of the eldest son of Colonel and Mrs Cornwallis West, who was unfortunately confined to the house by a bad sore throat. The Bishop of St. Asaph, in a bright speech, proposed the health of the heir, and Mrs Cornwallis West gave the health of her daughter, the Princess Henry of Pless. There were festivities among the neighbours and tenants. Among the candidates for Parish Council honours in the Amman Valley there appeared a tinplater, a farmer, a chemist, and an insurance agent. On the election day a handbill was issued requesting the voters to vote for the first as the tinplater's friend, for the second as the farmer's friend, for the third as the sick man's friend, and for the fourth as the dead man's friend. The dead man's friend, for lack of supporters, was not elected. An interesting gathering for Welshmen will take place this week in connection with the May meetings of the Congregational Union of England and Wales. viz., the congratulatory lunoheon given by Mr Alfred Davies, of Hampstead, to the Rev. J. Morlais Jones, of Lewisham, the chair- man of the Union. There will be a representa- tive gathering of Welshmen from all parts of England and Wales, and after the lunoheon Principal Herbfir Evaus has been asked to preside, when several speeches will be made. Mr Morlais Jones is a cousin of Principal Viriamu Jones and Mr Brynmor Jones, M. V. With reference to the announcement Miss Lily Richards, of Pontypridd, was invested with cap and gown as Licentiate of the Royal College of Musio, Mr T. Davies, the local examiner of that college, writes :— This institution does not issue such a diploma the only one granted by it being Associate of the Royal College of Musio '—abbreviated A.R C.M. There is evi- dently an interpolation of terms between this College and that of the London College of Music. As this is not the first time such interchange of names has occurred, in the interests of the Royal College of Music the error should be pointed out, The model colliery of the Cardiff Exhibition is tnueh cosaweated upon by the Rhondda miners, and the ingenuity displayed in its construction is particularly admired, Mr Gascoyne Dalziel, the designer, should understand, however, that the motives which led him to establish this colliery enterprise in Cardiff are not altogether understood by some of the Shonies. For instance, the following conversation between two colliers returning home early on a stop-trucks day Bill: What is the reason for this stop now, whatever ?—Tom Bachan, don't you know that the secretary of that there Slidin' Scale has opened a pit at the Exhibition just close to the docks ? They gets plenty of coal from him now An event of some interest to South Walians was the production last Friday by Mr August Manna' orchestra at the Crystal Pitiace of an overture, entitled Destiny, the composition of Mr Fredwick Charles Barker, R.C.M., the brilliant harpist, of Caerphilly. The young composer is the son of Mr Richard Barker, National Schools. Caerphilly, rvnd was born in 1871. When only 12 years of age he won two harp prizes at the N wonal Eisfeddfod held at! Cardiff in the yeer 1883, his performance being highly eulogised at that time by Mr John Thomas (Peocetdd Gwalia). During the same year he was engaged for 24 consecutive nights to play for Lord *nd Lady Glossop at Cardiff Castle. Subsequently the young harpist spent four years under the tuition of Sir George Grove and Pencerdd Gwalia at the Royal College of Music. During that period he was allowed to fulfil an engagement with the directors of the Melbourne Exhibition, where he played for 30 weeks receiving £10 weekly, and all expenses paid. For the last six years Mc Barker has been playing for five months every summer witii Riviere's band at Llandudno, who have repeatedly performed orchestral concertos of his composition. He has also been engaged for four months every winter during the same period by the Glasgow Choral Union. The overture of his now produced at the Crystal Palace was sent in for competition at the Llanelly Eisteddfod last year, but was not allowed to reach the hands of the chief adjudicator. The performance at the  Palace was highly successful, and the young composer has been much complimented upon the merits of his overture. Under the heading of A Welsh Scandal," the Daily Graphic makes editorial reference to our remarks in this column anent the" indiscriminate singing of hymns in all manner of places," and proceeds to observe that "It is of course impos- sible for anyone who is not thoroughly conversant with life in Wales to say how tar this statement is borne out by the facts of the case. It all depends on the spirit of the performance. Hymn singing on the top of a tramcar may not be in perfect accordance with the fitness of things, but so long as it is unattended with ribaldry, it is greatly to be preferred to the impromptu secular music publicly performed, in mo- ments of expansion, by 'Arry and 'Arriet.'s This is one way of looking at it, but we would venture to assert that the religious classes in Wales take a very different view of the matter. Our hymn-tunes must not be degraded to the level of music hall choruses; and if Welsh holiday makers must sing—and we know they must-they can indulge their passion for music in a variety of ways without, on the one hand, desoending to the practices of 'Arry and 'Arrieb and on the other, secularising the hallowed music of the sanctuary. We readily endorse the remark of our contemporary that it all depends upon the spirit of the performance," and without placing it upon any higher ground, we would ask the religious leaders of Wales whether the time has not arrived for vigorous action on their part to put down abuse of the practices of which we complain. Mr John Lloyd, of Dinas, Brecon (now of London), in a paper on the distinguishing features of the Wye and the Usk, has a very interesting paragraph on the voice of the waters, in which he says he well remembers the head water-bailiff, Jonathan Beswick (who was for some years superintendent of police at Maiadee. Newport), returning to Brecon to resume his duties on the Usk. Knowing how silently the Wye flows in all her middle length, he asked Beswick how he liked doing duty on that river, and he replied, I could not hear her voioe. This has inspired Silurian with the following, sy When from the banks of Usk I strayed To watch the silent Wve, I missed the merry songs I heard When Isca's voice was nigh. The babbling, sweat Breconian stream Had strains that charmed my ears, Rich notes that seemed to me divine As music of the spheres. The Wye, though fair and beautiful, Would never be my choice. So mute is she, where meads are broad, I cannot hear her voice. Give me the carols of the Usk, Her cheerful, thrilling sounds, As she rolls on so joyfully O'er her red sandstone grounds. v To me she whistles, murmurs, coos, And even laughs aloud, As on her breast the zephyrs play, Fresh from a summer cloud. In rich, broad meads of Hereford The Wye is not my choice, So sluggishly through tliom she spwdi, I oaunob heat her voigg.
RUUYACiD KIPLING AND HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW.
RUUYACiD KIPLING AND HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW. I Polioe Ceurt Proceedings, A Dalziel's telegram from New York states that on Tuesday morning the courtroom at Babblebrough, Windham County, Vermont, was crowded to overflowing by an audience anxious to hear details of the quarrel between Mr Rudyard Kipling and his brother-in-law, Mr Beatty Balesbier. Mr Kiphng was the first witness. He testified as followsWhile I was riding a bicycle on Wednesday last I met my brother-in-law, Mr Beatty Balestier. He was driving. Mr Balesbier called on me to stop. and told me I had made certain statements reflecting on bis character. He said I musb retract them. Those statements, he said, were to the effect that I had lent him money and had helped him financially. He seemed very excited. I tried to pacify him. and assured him of my kindly feeling towards him, that nothing could be further from my intention than to injure him. He refused to listen to me and became very abusive. He acted like an insane man, jumped out of bis wagon, and rushed across the road, shaking his fists m the air and making gestures as though about to draw a pistol. He told me be' would give me one week to publicly retract alt that I had said of him. In case I refused be said he would thrash the life out of me. I asked him if he meant to offer me personal violence. He replied Yes, if licking you is personal violence. This is the first time in my life that I was ever threatened, and I did not exactly know what one is called upon to do in such a case. The safer course I thought would be to have my brother-in-law arrested until he could cool down. Mr Kipling was then subjected to a searching cross-examination by Mr Baletier's lawyer, who succeeded in somewhat confusing him. He drew admissions from Mr Kipling that certain things the latter had said did reflect somewhat unpleasantly upon his brother-in-law. He also admitted that any money he had ever given to his brother-in-law was in the way of a purely business transaction. Mr Balestier then went upon the stand and admitted meeting Mr Kipling on the road. The alleged threats, he said, were merely of a general character. He said that he had gone through a great deal of trouble on account of financial reverses. He had been declared a bankrupt, but had taken an appeal from the decree to a higher court in order that it might be set aside, and he expected a decision in the case to be given next week. He had felt irritated at Mr Kipliug's remarks, but used no worse language to Mr Kipling than the lattnr had used to him. He believed the latter had sworn out a warrant for his arrest because he (Mr Balestier) was a larger and stronger man than himself, and was afraid af being threshed. He did not believe that Mr Killing stood in-any fear of his life. The outcome of the trial was that Mr Balestier was bound over in the sum of 100 dollars to keep the peace. The general sentiment of the community is inclined to favour Mr Kipling, who is believed to have lost upwards of 2,000 dollars in helping his brother-in-law in business. Mr Balestier was formerly manager of an engraving company in New York that made a speciality of supplying newopaper-i with illustrations. He is 34 years of age, and a man of herculean stature.
ROYAL VISIT-TO ABERYSTWYTH,…
ROYAL VISIT-TO ABERYSTWYTH, I Proposed Presentation to the Prince. A meeting of the Town Reception Committee was held in the Town Hall, Aberystwyth. on Monday evening, the Mayor presiding.—The Town Clerk (Mr A. J. Hughes) read a letter which the hon. sec. of the College Reception Committee had received from Dr. Isambard Owen with reference to the position the Town Council were to take at the reception of their Royal Highnesses and during the installation in the marquee.—The Committee decided to communi- cate with Dr. Isambard Owen with the view of having certain amendments made to the pro. posed programme. Iti was also. decided to ask the Prince to receive a bouquet from the Mayoress on his arrival at the railway station.
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We have DISCONTINUED our Agencies in the Rhondda Valleys and the Ogmore Valleys. so that ALL ORDERS to be supplied by us should be given or sent direct to Cardiff. A great saving is thus effected. All goods sent by our Vans or by Rail Free. Catalogues with illustrated designs, prices, and terms free on application. Note our Address and Order yourselve Direct :— AT LA-s JPORNISHING 0OMPANY (LIMITED), THE H AYES, CARDIFF. AND AT 18, KINGSGATE-STREET, HOLBORN LONDON, W.C. 1196 "TE ANTICIPATE mosb people prefer a really Smart-fitting Bespoke Garment at a trifle ever: the :co.st of a Ready.made one. This may be had at BISHOP AND CO'S., The Cardiff Tailors. 50, QUEEN-STREET, opposite the Empire. Experienced Workmen Only Employed. 221 SOUTH WALES FURNISHING CO.. 31, CASTLE STREET (OPPOSITE THE CASTLE, CARDIFF GOUTH WALES FURNISHING CO., QPPOSITE THE CASTLE, CARDIFF, UNDERTAKES TO SUPPLT HE BEST QUALITY IN FURNITURE TON HIRE SYSTEM OR FOR CASH YYITHOUT BILL OF SALE. ALL GOODS DELIVERED FREE IN PRIVATE VAN. L OWEST PRICES CHARGED JGJASY PAYMENT SYSTEM SOLELY ADOPTED BY US. FURNITURE OF EVERY DESCRIP. TION. UNAPPROACHABLE VALUE GIVEN. KEALLY HANDSOME SUITE FROM £ 4 10s. WEST DESIGNS in FLOORCLOTHS J. AND LINOLEUMS. INSPECTION INVITED. SIDEBOARDS IN MAHOGANY, OAK, AND WALNUT. HOUSES FURNISHED FROM TOP JLJL TO BOTTOM JPIDEPENDENT OF DISTANCE. NO EXTRA CHARGE FOR CREDIT. G'ARAND DRAWLNG-ROOM SUITES, /COVERED IN EVERY DESCRIPTION ) OF MAIXRIAL. /^LUDERS ^Y ^POST PROMPTLY AT. ?-? TENDED TO. MIND, DON'T FORGET OUR AD. DRESS. pARTIES ABOUT TO MARRY j ¡ A RE RECOMMENDED NOT TO GO ELSEWHERE, BUT TO CALL ON US. YOUR ATTENTION IS CALLED TO OUR TERMS. 23 tor Is 6d Weekly £ 6 2s 6d £ 10 „ 4s Cd „ I £16 for 5s Od Weekly I £ 20 „ 6s Od „ 37e OUR ADDRESS 31. CASTLE-STREET, OPPOSITE THE CASTLE. CARDIFF. HE TRUTH ABOUT STAMMERING? JL Anyone interested will receive the latest informa tion and important books on ,the cure, on lo?n.post free, without charge, from "Itliuriel," Messrs Deacon's, 154, Leadenhall-street, London, R.C. 413 R. J. HEATH & SONS. PIANOFORTES by BROADWOOD, Sohied- mayer, Collard, Erard, Kirkman, Kaps. Brmsmead, Steinway, Hopkinson, Boob. stein, Challen, Neumayer, &e., &c. ORGANS by :-DIASON and HAMLIN, Bell, Smith, Carpenter, Sterling, Story and Clark, Doherty, Karn, &c.. &o., and Harmoniums by Alexander, &c., &a, A FULL CONCERT GRAND, 7y, Octaves (by the genuine and celebrated firm, SCHIED- MAYER), for Hire, for Concerts, &C. LARGEST pOSSIBLE DISCOUNTS FOR CASH. EXPERIENCED TUNERS VISIT ALL PARTS OF SOUTH WALES PERIODICALLY. REPAIRS OF ALL KINDS EXECUTED BY FIRST-CLASS AND EXPERIENCED LONDON WORKMEN. SPECIAL QUOTATIONS FOR PLACES OF WORSHIP, INSTITUTIONS, AND SCHOOLS. Before Purchasing do not fail to send for our Price Lists and Verdict of 900. and Compare our Prices and Terms with other Houses. SHOWROOMS- 51, QUEEN-STREET, CARDIFF 70, TAFF-STREET, PONTYPRIDD AND 31, WINDSOR-ROAD, PENARTH. Agencies at ABERAVON, CADOXTON-BARRY, CAER- PHILLY, BRIDGEND, MAESTEG. Canvassers Wanbed in all Parts on Good 9431 Commission. 10§6 IMPORTANT to THOSE WHO SUFFER One Box of IJorron s I.X.L Pills are guaranteed Also g MrI anteed o cure all complications Also gravel and pains in the back. Post free for Is from G.. D. Horton, M P.S. (from the General Hospital), Aston, road, Birmingha.m Ageiits.-Cardiff-A. Hagon, Cliejnist.39 Bridge-street; andll, Bute-street. Mertby Wills, Chemist. Swanse.%—Lloyd, Chemist, Oxford street. Newport- Young, Chemist, High-street. N B Ha6iiever been vuovvu to fail. Letters answered frlSIt please nave paper QUDDEN K3 HAVE YOU GOT ANY DEATH "OFCOURSE YOU BA. TO LIKE EVERYBODY BL8" CORNS r What a strange thing it is that thesa little pests to comfort should be allowed to make cowards of us all as they shoot their fiery arrows in the corners of our boots, especially at this timeof the year I WHY NOT CLEAR THEM OUT ? Hard, soft, large, or small, they may be removed to a few days, root and branch, by MUNDAY'S V I R I D I N E," (Registered Trade Mark.) After being tormentors for years In fact VIS) DINE destroyed one that was 50 YEARS OLD I SO which had defied all other remedies N. PAIN NO CAUSTIC MUNDAY'S VIRIDINE I Has never failed to CLEVERLY 6118 c OGENTLY, cONCLUsrvBj6lt AND 0OMPLETELY 0URE CORNS I In Bottles 1& By Post, Is 2d. Prepared only by J. MUNDAY. CHEMIST. 11. JJIGH-STREET, QARDIFtf. Sold by all Chemists WHO made that smart-fitting Coat t-— W Bishop & Co., 50, Qaeen-streeh, opposite Empire MARSH &COMPANY. ADULTS FUNERALS IM Clam with Best Hearse and Coach, on the'" modern principle with a pair of their wedknowl Flemish-bred Horses to each. one-inch Elm Po)'<h(?t CofEn, best registered Furniture. with elaborate named plate ennned. fine satin-trimmed robe, an? attendance .£5 5 C Marsh & Co. 2nd Class ditto, ditto—4 4 0 Marsh A Co.'s 3rd, with improved carriage 3 a (I Marsh A Co.'s 4th. ditto, ditto- 2 10 0 CHILDREN'S FUNERALS. Includiq pair o< Flemish?red Horses, modem COMb with aD the latest improvements, PdMtMd CoBm. with fine flannel, and attendance— Under one year -ei T t Under two yeam- 1 I,* One-horse Carriage, including coffin covered in black, blue, or polished, lined with flan- nel, modern coach, and attendance. Under six months 4 li a underodoyear -r 018 a Under two years lot Ana so on in proportion. Handsome Car. Carved or Plain Plumed Etmm Mourning Coaches and Broughams, Ostrich Plumee, A# ADDRESS: 80, ST. MARY-STREET. CARDIFF. JESSE WILLIAMS'S COCA WINE. IMPERIAL 2/6 PINTS is a real genuine Coca Wine prepared from the fresh green leaves of the Erythroxylon Coca, a shmb cultivated on the slopes and Jlateau of the Andes in Bolivia and Peru. it is from these leaves that the- wonderful local Anaesthetic cocaine is prepared. The wine with which we extract the leaves has been specially selected and blended for us by Messrs Stevens and Sons, Ltd. JESSE WILLIAMS'S COCA WINE has been praised as a nervine and muscular tonic preventing waste of tissue, appeas- ing hunger and thirst, relieving futipue, aiding free respiration, and as being usetui in vanous diseases of the respiratory organs. It is recommended for indigestion, gas- tralgia, gastrodynia, nausea, sickness, dis-, =1 for food. It is eiven to relieve pain, nwama, vomiti g discomfort caused by excess in eating or unnk. It is the antidote for Brain Fag and Worry. For Fatigue of Mind and iiody. For the aleepiewnessand nervousness that comes of overwork, anxiety, and worry. There ia nothing so good as JESSE WILLIAMS'S COCA WINE Park Hall Building, Cardiff. 1254-901 1 — It 1? A D E'S pILLS. BADfi'S niULS. AU who su?er from GN^ 'J JL or Rheumatism shoatt I il APE'S OILLS. immediately have recouMt iu JL to "AD E'S PILLS. flun. | j'l? ADE'S LIJA dreds of TestimonWs haM l"Ti been received from at J'? ADE'S ILLS, sorts and conditions ot JjJ JL men testifying to the WaDo 1 ADE'S pILLS. derful power these Pak ? JL have in giving relief in the very worst cases. These Pills are purely vegetable and perfectly safe in their action. INSTANT RELIEF AND RAPIDLY CUBE THZ WORST FORM OF GOUT, RHEUMATISM, RHEUMATIC GOUT, PAINS IN THE HEAD, FACE, AND LDIBS. And have the largest recommendation ever given any Patent Medicine of its class. OUT 1?. Burton-crescent, Dewsbnt?* VT road, Leeds, May 2nd, ISM ti HEUMATISM "DearSir.—Itu with unbounded Jt? pleasure I send you a few linesi d OUT praise of your most excellent Pills It is six years since I first ba4 JJtJ V HEUMATISM Rheumatic Gout, and I had three J[t< months in bed with it. Of course OUT I had the doctor, and he sweated JT me down almost to a skelewt6 CRHEUMATISM The next spring I had another attack, and was persuaded by a OUT friend to try your Pills. I did sou jt and am quite sure they prevented RHEUMATISM my being laid up again. Ever since when I have had the least GOUT pain I have taken 2 or 3 Pilla, and have heen all right again R HEUMATISM directly. .\1 I WOULD NOT BE WITHOUT OUT THEM IF THEY COST ONE POUND A BOTTLE. HEUMATISM You are quite at liberty to make what use you like of this. and I OUT shall be pleased to answer alii ?JT poorsuSerer who cares towrbe RHEUMATISM me (enclosing stamped addrMH? Jjj_? Wishin you every success. Yours truly, OU = MO..X Mr George Eade." EADE'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS Are Sold by all Chemists, in Bottles, Is l%d and 2s 9dt or sent post free for Postal Order by the Proprietor GEORGE EADE, 72, GOSWKLL-ROAD, E C. Ask for and be sure you obtain EADE'S GOUT AM& RHEUMATIC PILLS.^ EADE'S "DILLS. E A D El Sp I 12L 67 110a JT 1267 llOe D0 N' jgUFFER TEL" EltNTCKS VEGETABLE ESTABLISHED FIFTY YEARS. 7%d. 131hd,'and 2a 9d per box of all Chemists, StorII 926e 1295 15898 L. B L E N K I N SOP p. FRENCH STAY AND CORSET MAKER 5, WHARTON -STREET. CARDIFF. ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. No connection with any other Firm. 231 CULES CELEBRATED' COUGH COUGH COUGH COUGH COUGH COUGH COUGH COUGH COUGH COUGH COUGH COUGH COUGH COUGH COUGH In Bottles, Is VMd and 2s 3d. It Cures Cougns, Colds. Shortness of Breath, Bronchitis, &c., in a marvellous manner. Can be obtained of M ?'* H U? G"H' E S Carlisle Drug Stores, Carlisle- street, Cardiff; or direct, post free, Is I%d and 2s 9d, from OLIVER DAVIES Chemist, Pontypridd.!?: LlNCTOa LINCTUS LINCTUS UNCTUS LINCTOS LINCTUS LINCTUS LIXCTUS LINC CUS LINCTUS LINCTUS LINCTOS LINCTUS LINCTUS I.TNCTCS Printed nd pnnlished by the Proprietor*, i> vVilx DUNCAN & SONS, at 105, St. and Westgate-strcet, in the town of Cardiff in LUll ceuaif of Glamorgan