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-- PAROCHIAL MATTERS AT PONTYPRIDD.
PAROCHIAL MATTERS AT PONTYPRIDD. Parochial affairs in Pontypridd are assuming a very interesting aspect just now, and the pro- ceedings which took place at Thursday's meeting of the District Council will tend to still further public interest. The efforts of the overseers to obtain possession of the Vestry Hall have attracted much attention, and Uie decision of the Stipendiary, which will po?sib!y be given next next Wednesday, is being anxiously awaited in several quarters. Some time ago the District Council applied to the Local Government Board for the power to appoint the collector of poor raSes for the parish, which powur has hitherto been vested iu the guardians of the Union. At Thursday's meeting, however, they received a letter from the Local Government Board, the contents of which showed that certain parochial matters are at present in a rather muddled state. It stated that there was only one collector of poor i.ites legally in office ID the parish-viz., Mr W. who was entitled to act for tliatpart of the parish which was formerly in the parish of Llanwonno. The recent appointment of a collector for the parish by the guardians was, therefore, invalid, as there was no order in force under which the guardians could appoint a collector for the parish. The guardians have since applied to the Local Government Board to issue an order for the appointment of collector for the parish except so much thereof as lately formed part of the old parish of Llanwonno, The Council decided to reply to the Board renewing their application for the power to appoint a collector, which should certainly be in the hands of the town authority and not with guardians hailing from all parts of the union. This is a case of home rule pure aud simple, and the members of the Council sincerely trust that the Board will respond favourably to its application. They have also applied to the Central Board for the powers of the vestry already vested in Parish Councils, a proposal which was opposed by a majority of parishioners at a vestry held last February. Correspondence read at the Council meeting on Thursday from the Local Government Board showed that the meeting was chamcterised by the by the overseers as a p,teked one," and further, that the decisiou of the vestry was not consonant I with the feelings of a very large majority of the ratepayers. This is undoubtedly correct; and the Council decided to renew its application in this matter also. A strong case is likely to be made in its support by the members, who consider that the powers of the vestry should be in the hands of the public authority, and not in tho.ae of overseers who, unlike the Council, as the chairman forcibly put it. are not responsible to the ratepayers for their actions.
DEPRESSION IN THE RHONDDA.
DEPRESSION IN THE RHONDDA. Thousands of Men Idle. I Our Rhondda correspoudent writes:- Thousands of miners have been idle all this week in the Rhondda Fach, in consequenoe of the serious depression in the coal trade. The Ferndale and the Tylorstown Collieries, where about 9,000 men are employed, have been at a standstill with the exception of three of the pits, which have only worked one day each. The work in these large collieries has been very slack for some weeks past, but the slackness this week has been almost unprecedented. Thousands of the residents at Tylorstown and Ferndale, which have a population of about 25,000, must have already suffered seriously from the effects of. the great depression. The other collieries in the Rhondda Fach Valley are going fairly well, but the pits are overcrowded and the wages are low. In the Rhondda Fawr Valley the depression is I felt very much in several districts.
I A Naval Disaster.I
I A Naval Disaster. I Officer and Seven Men Drewned. The following official communication was made on Thursday The Admiralty have received with deep regret the following telegrams from the Commander-in-Chief on the Pacific Station, reporting an accident to one of the boats of H.M.S. Satellite :Victor-in, British Columbia, October 1st.—Deeply regret having received from Satellite, dated Unalaska, September 6th, report of death by drowning through swamping of a boat of following officers and seven men, all of Satellite :—Lieut. Gerald A. Heyman Henry James Ricketts, Frederick Williams, both petty officers, first class Hemy G. White, lead- ing seaman; andfollowingable seamen :-William Gatrell, Frank E. Blake, George A. Salter, and William A. Cruuuwell.' 'Victoria, Oct. lit.- Following particulars Satellite accident, Un- alaaka. Galley left ship evening September 6th in charge of Lieuii. Heyman, who volunteered to bring off two men from Spithead Point. Unable to return ship in dingy owing strength squall. Returning ship's galley unable make head- way violent squalls. Made water gradually put before wind. Before reaching beach boat swamped. One survivor. One body (Blake) recovered up to 12th. Satellite expected daily. Full Inquiry wiil be be!d.; VICTOBIA (B.C.), Wednesday. Lieutenant Heyman and six man of the British cruiser Satellite have been drowned in Alaskan waters while proceeding to the rescue of two of the ship's crew who were clinging to the bottom of a small boat in which they were returning to the ship, and which had capsized.—Renter.
I THE FATALITY TO A MARKER…
I THE FATALITY TO A MARKER AT HAVERFORDWEST, Yesterday the remains of the unfortunate marker, Mr John Thompson, were interred in St. Mary's Churchyard midst many manifesta- tions of deep sorrow. By the express wish of deceased's futher the funeral was unattended by military ceremony, although officers and members of the carps were present in a private capacity. The funeral was timed for 11 o'clock, by which hour a considerable number of people had assembled in the neighbourhood of the Infirmary. Amongst those present were the father and brother of deceased. Captain Gold?ohmidt, Col. Esmond White. Lieut. W, G. E tton-Evans (representing his father), Dr, Williams (surgeon to the corps), Quartermaster T. L. James, Sergeant-Major Cuolc, his Worship the Mayor (twlr T. Jtir,-+,), Mr Jamer, Griffiths (Hill-streec), Mr David Roberts, and Mr Rees. The ooffin was carried from the Infirmary to the Cemetery, and at various parts aioug the rotite the solemn procession was witnessed by large numbers of people. A short but impressive service was conducted at the graveside by the Rev. Mr Harrison,
PUGILISTTHRASHES A BAILIFF'S…
PUGILISTTHRASHES A BAILIFF'S ASSISTANT. Oil Thursday at Hereford Police Court two serious assaults on Fred Wllh, aSliIlsbant to 11r John Edwards, certified bailiff of the city, were investigated. The evidence was to the effect that Wm. Probert, of Berri tigton-street, was in arrears with his rpnt, and a distress warrant was accordingly levied. Willis was put iti possession, and Probert threatened to'smash his brains in with a big stick, and ultimately knocked him against the stairs, injuring his ribs severely. Charles Hickman, a professional boxer, well-known to Cardiff, who lodged with Probert, renewed the assault. Willis was rendered insensible, and had to get medioal advice. His face bore evident signs of ill-usage. The prisoner Hickman said, "I do not mind doing five years for a man like you I like prison." The assaults were denied 1 si each oase. Probert was fined Sl and costs or 21 days, and Charles Hickman £ 3 and costs or a month.
I SUICIDE OF A SOLDIER.i
I SUICIDE OF A SOLDIER. Lancft-Sergeant Wardle, of the King's Own Royal Lancashire Regiment, committed suicide at Tregantle Fort, near Devonport, on Thursday by talcing over five ounces of carbolic acid. Evidence was given that deceased had been depressed for some time in consequence of money owing to bun out of the sergeants' mess, of which he was caterer. The surgeon stated that there was a case on record in which half an ounce of carbolio acid had killed a man. A verdict of Suicide while temporarily insane" was returned.
i SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT THE…
SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT THE ALBION COLLIERY. On Thursday morning, a sad accident, which resulted in death, befel Hubett Reuny, a colliery boy, 16 years of age, and who lived at 66. Middle- i street, TraMwn, Pontypridd, at the Albion Colliery, Cilfynydd. He was working with a collier named John Caddy, in Doble's Level, and was crushed beneath a heavy fall of coal, his bead and neck being shockingly bruised.
LANCASTER ELECTION PETITION.
LANCASTER ELECTION PETITION. Speaking on Wednesday evening at a Primrose gathering at Glasson, Lancaster, Colonel Foster, M.P. tor the division, said that his total cost in fighting the recent petition was £ 5,000, He received £ 2,000 from his opponents as taxed costs, and was for £ 3,000. The promoters spent f,7,000, the legal expanses being £ 5,000.
IBIRTH OF TRIPLETS.
I BIRTH OF TRIPLETS. Mrs Steel, of 107, Opie-street, Liverpool, was, on, Wednesday, delivered of triplets—two boys and a girls. All are living and doing well. The usual application for the Queen's bounty will be made.
I- WAGES QUESTION IN DEAN…
I- WAGES QUESTION IN DEAN FOREST. The colliers and miners of this district have for some time past been regulated as to their wages rate by an agreement between both parties, under which a minimum rate of wage=? was fixed. That agreement came to an end on the 30th ult., aud a meeting of the Conciliation Board, comprising representatives of the masters and of the men, was held at the Speech House on Wednesday afternoon. It had been ascertained that the men were prepared to consent to the old agreement being again accepted for one year, but the em. ployers had decided that they could not ngree to this, though they would do so were the time limited to six months. This the men in turn objected to. Eventually the masters pointed out that their difficulty lav in this way, that if they signed for a year, and a reduction took effect in the wages of the federated collieries, they could not stand the competition. Theyjwould sign for a year, provided a provision were made in the agreement enabling them to withdraw from the agreement should the reduction in the Midlands eventuate. This proposition the men accepted. A formal meeting to sign the new agreement was held at the Speech House Hotel on Wednesday afternoon, when there were present representing the employers— Messrs Arnold Thomas, chairman (Foxes Br id pro Colliery), Wro. Crawsiiay (Lightmoor), G. H. Deakin (Parkend and New Fancy), Frank Brain (Trafalgar), Joseph Hale (Lydney and Crump Meadow), and Winterbotham (Flour Mill Colliery). Mr Grey, Pillowell Level, wrote agree- ing with the decision arrived at. The men's representatives present were Messrs G. H. Row. linson (agent), Geoige Barnard (pr^nd'-iiit), E. Fowler (viCd-presidnuo), M. Perkins, F. Ashm"ad, G. Nelmes, M. Jones, and R. Jones. Th" signatures having been appended some other I' business was transacted, after which the meeting terminated. _———
NEWHAVEN BANK ROBBERY, I
NEWHAVEN BANK ROBBERY, I Mr Kennard, manager of the Newhaven branch of Barclay's Bank. was again before the magis- trates on Thursday charged with fraud and embezzlement. Two specific acts of theft of sums of £ 100 and 2500 and several cases of false entry were gone into. It was stated that prisoner' had first used the money of his wife, then of his father, and last of bis employers, afterwards concoctiug the story of burgiary and inflicting superficial wounds upon himself to support it. Medical evidence as to the self-inflicted nature of the injuries having been given, prisoner was committed for trial.
AMUSING LICENSING INCIDENT.…
AMUSING LICENSING INCIDENT. J The licensing justices engaged in hearing applications at a Birmingham suburban police court on Wednesday found themselves the victims of their own judgment. They refused the applica- tion of a restaurant-keeper who carried on busi- ness close to the court. They then adjourned for luncheon and sent to the restauranteur an order for sandwiches aud wine. Not haviug a licence, the commission could not be executed, and the justices had to fast-
VICTORIAN MEMOfML AT WORCESTER
VICTORIAN MEMOfML AT WORCESTER The Victoria Institute, Worcester, which is the city's memorial of the reign (,f Queen Victoria, was opened on Thursday by Lady Mary Lysou, the mayoress, the event being marked by a military and civic display. The buildings comprise a Free Library, Museum, picture galiery, and art and science schools, the total cost being nearly £ 45,000. Earl Beauchamp, the mayor, said he had been oominanded by the Duke of York to say that his Royal Highness bad beard with interest of the completion of this institution, of which he had laid the foundation stone two years ago, and that he wished it every prosperity His Lordship having explained the large work the institute would do in technical education, the institution was declared open, and its fine collec- tion of pictures was afterwards inspected.
!SIR JOHN GORST AND THE EDUCATIONI…
SIR JOHN GORST AND THE EDUCATION PROBLEM, Sir John Gorsc, in the October number of the North American Review, treating of the prospects of education, declares that an attempt to place an arbitrary limit on the cost of education is as absurd as to place a limit on the costa of war- ships. Landowners exhibit a dislike of intel- lectual development characteristic of the territorial aristocracy. Better education would do more to relieve farming depression than bi- metallism or protection. He complains that reform in educational matters is recklessly thwarted for the sake of party victory, and says there is little hope of breaking the deadlock until education, like foreign policy and national defence, is removed from the arena of party politics,
GRIZZLY BILL. I - i
GRIZZLY BILL. I "Thrilling?" said the major. "Well, I should say so. It was the most exciting thing that ever occurred to me. Why, I can't even think of it now without shud- dering a little. I was considerably younger in those days than I am now. At the time I was telegraph operator and dispatcher for the Mountain Valley Railway Company in a Western mining country. It was a wild and lawless country, and I was not much in love with my place, but being poor I was obliged to accept the conditions with the best pos- sible grace. "Goldton. where I was located, was really nothing more than a railroad station. Jt was not on the main line of the Mountain Valley Railroad, but 011 a spur which ran to the ingot mines. Travel was not very extensive in fact but one train a day passed my lonely station. On the 15th day of every month I received by express for the superintendent of the Ingot Mining Company the money with which the miners were paid off. The amount averaged between 15,000 and 18 000 dollars. On the 14th of June in that year the superintendent of the mines came to me and said— Perkins, the pay money will be here to-morrow, as usual, but 1 want you to exercise more than ordinary vigilance in guarding it, as I understand Grizzly Bill is Operating in the mountains again.' Grizzly Bill was a name to inspire terror. The individual who bore that un- musical sobriquet was an outlaw of great daring and resolution. He stopped at nothing. It was therefore quite natural for me to feel some little trepidation. I assured the superintendent, however, that I would do all in my power to guard the money, lnd I think," continued the major with some self-satisfaction, that I kept my word in this respect." During the night which followed a riolenb rainstorm swept through the mountains. Shortly before 10 o'clock the next morning I received word over the wire that the train from Pikeville could not get co Goldton owing to a washout below Summit Rock. It was thought that the track could be made passable by afternoon, and that the train would reach my station before 6 o'clock. I communicated these facts to the mine superintendent by means of an assistant who was always at the station during the day. "At 5 o'clock that evening I received message saying that it would be impos- sible for the train to get through before 9 or 10 o'clock the next morning. I sent word to this effect to the mine super- intendent, who, in turn, communicated it to the men. Feeling rather tired I turned in early that night. Sleep, however, was out of the question. The baggage, freight, express, and tele- graph offices were all under one roof. One corner of the big warehouse (it was hardly anything else) was partitioned off so as to make a private enclosure. This boxlike compartment I used for sleeping, eating, and the transaction of the company's tele- graphic and railroad business. The sender and receiver were affixed to a table conve- niently near my bed, and if necessary it was possible to transmit or receive a mes- sage without even arising. Of course, I never found it necessary to do this I simply mention it to illustrate the arrangement of the office. Along toward midnight the telegraph instrument began to click. I heard my call, opened the key and asked what was wanted. The operator at Pikeville wired back that the train, which had been delayed on account of the washout, had started for Goldton and would reach there between 3 Mid 4 o'clock in the morning. At precisely 2.45 o'clock the train steamed into Goldton. The 'express messenger alighted and handed me a huge and many-sealed package. (t contained 17,500 dollars. Oh that isn't all," said the messenger, with a laugh. 4 I have a box in the car that's as heavy as lead. We've been won- dering all the way up the mountain what it contained.' The box was lifted from the car and placed on end in the freight department of h station. It was fully seven feet long and four wide—horribly suggestive of the rough box in which a coffin is enclosed. I thought of this after the train had resumed its jour- ney. I put the pay money in the safe, turned the combination lock and retired. I fell into a doze, from which I was aroused with a start by what seemed to be the ticking of the sounder. It said as clear as if someone had spoken Beware Danger threatens.' 1 sat up in bed. The moon was shining brightly through the window. I gazed intently at the sounder. It made not the slightest motion, yet the message came again, this time even more startlingly distinct than before. What could it possibly mean ? I thought that I was dreaming at first, but when the mysterious message was repeated for the third time I came to a different conclusion. I don't believe in spiritualism, yet I am at a loss now to ascribe that inexplicable communication to any other cause. 41 At any rate, upon hearing the third message my mind instantly reverted to the huge box in the freight corner. The par- titioning of my little apartment did not extend as high as the roof, but merely to a distance of about five feet above the level of my bed, and by standing on the bed I could peer over the top and see all parts of the interior of the station. I rose stealthily to an erect position and looked over the edge of the partition. The first thing I saw was the box standing on end. near a window in the extreme end of the station, and as I looked I saw its top slowly rise and a man's head protrude itself. It was a thick brutalized face, with grizzled whiskers. Instantly it flashed across my mind that it belonged to Grizzly Bill. The sight sent my heart into my throat with a bound, for I realised only too well that the outlaw would stop at nothing to get the money which he knew was in my posses- sion. To him murder was child's play. But after the first emotion of fear I felt perfectly calm. In truth, I felt a3 though fate had thrown this desperado in my way so that I could conquer him. I don't know why I felt thus. Probably I experienced the same emotions that a soldier does who goes into battle with fear and trembling, yet who, when actually in the midst of danger, feels as cool and collected as though he were out of reach of all possibility of harm. "I got out of bed, picked up the coal shovel and scuttle, and made as much noice as possible. As the night had been an unusually cool one a fire was burning, and as I passed the stove I grabbed my revolver and thrust it into my righc coat pocket. Into my left pocket I thrust some nails and a hammer. Then, whistling as loudly as possible to mislead the desperado in the box, I left the little office and walked across the floor of the freight part of the station. When immediately in front of the box I sprang at it with a fury of a man fighting for his life and overturned it. It fell to the floor, top up, with a resounding crash. Instantly I was astride the box driving nails into the lid as hard and fast as a man in terror for his life could do. And all that while I was yelling at the imprisoned outlaw at the top of my voice, telling him that if he so much as breathed I would instantly kill him. "But my threats did not appear to frighten him much. From the interior of the box came a volley of muffled oaths that would have astonished a Digger Indian. I never heard such horrible profanity. I fired my pistol twice in the air to let him know that I meant business. After awhile he became quiet. I carefully examined the box, and found that there was no danger of suffocating, for at the upper end were a number of tiny perforations which freely admitted air. I sat astride that box until my assist- ant arrived at 7 o'clock. It was a long and trying vigil, but the magnitude of my vic- tory buoyed me up. My assistant was almost too amazed to speak when I told him of my capture. He quickly went to the mines and told the superintendent to hasten at once with a sufficient guard of meu to the station and take Grizzly Bill into custody. ft didnt take long to do this, and when Bill was hauled by no gentle hands from the box he was the angriest outlaw ever captured. He fought like a tiger, but it was of no use. The men who had him captive knew how dangerous he was. He was securely bound, and later in the day taken to Pike- ville, where was subsequently sentenced to a long term of imprisonment in an Eastern penitentiary. That little adventure," concluded the major, 44 proved to be the turning point in my career. I was promoted to an impor- tant place in the city, where I prospered, as you see. I am to-day quite content with myself and the world in general. Thus you see Grizzly Bill s undoing was my making." —St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
-=I Cardiff Exhibition.I
-= I Cardiff Exhibition. I TO-MORROW'S COMPETITIONS. I Extraordinary Public Interest. I Few competitions of auy kind have excited such general interest, not only 111 the ranks of the mining population of South Wales, but in other circle?, as those which will take place to-morrow at the Card I ff Exhibition under the auspices of the Mining Section. Smart and effective timber- ing is a highly important feature of colliery operations, and anything conducing to that end is obviously worthy of every encouragement. It is an appropriate circumstance that the timbering, splicing, and rock-boring competitions at Cardiff to-morrow should have been initiated by a valued sectional committee of the Exhibi- tion, which has so happily illustrated the chief industry of South Wales and were the Cardiff Exhibition of 1896 noteworthy for nothing else it will always be associated with an event that has evoked almost unparalleled enthusiasm and the keenest friendly rivalry amongst the working miners of Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire. Before the competitions are started to-morrow, the whole of the contes- tants, armed with shovels, hatchets, and bars, will be liacade(I round the sports arena at the Exhibition. This over, the first competition— timii,-riiig -will be entered upon. No fewer than 156 pairs, or 312 men, will set about their task at a given sigual at 2.30 p.m., in full view of the spectators. It will be an inspiriting sight. Each pair of workmen will be furnished with three pit props, nr, rather, two props and a cross-piece, so that 468 pieces of timber will be simultaneously handled. A heading will be made round the track, another down the centre, and there will be three crogs-ijeadiiigs. Everything must be done to scaU- measurement, and the contest terminates in 30 minutes, when the judges —Messrs T. Griffiths. M.E., Porth D. Iiauiiali, M.E., Ferndale Daniel Evans, mauager of Liwynypia Collieries and George Brooks, manager of Risca VoJlieried-will proceed to make their awards. The first prize consists of a gold medal, presented by Mr Ithel T-reharne Rees, the chairman of the mining ."ection of the Exhibition, and the winners will be entitled to designate themselves cha.mplon lumbermen of Wales. There are other valuable prizes, which, however, need not be particularised in this notice. For some time past the numerous entrants have been practising, in their several localities, for Saturday's great event and there is little doubt that excursion and other trains will bring an immense number of people into Cardiff on this occasion. Visitors are strongly advised to make for the Exhibition at as early au hour as possible in order to secure favourable positions on the grandstand for viewing the interesting operations. Succeeding the timbering competitions there will be a rock- boring contest, in which about 30 squads—three men, to a sqnad-will engage in hand-drilling into blocks of Pennant stone; a rope-splicing competition, for which 50 squads—four men to a squad—have entered, and in which a total length of 800 yards of wireropo used for underground haulage will be utilised; and an ambulance contest, in which 16 squads—four men to a squad -will compete. The whole of the arrangements for this admirable and attractive series of contests are in the hands of a sub-committee of the Exhibition Mining Section, of which Mr W. Gascoyne Daiziel is the hon. secretary. The time taken up by the events will be quite three hours.
THE TINPLAfE TRADE.I
THE TINPLAfE TRADE. I Struggle for the 1874 Standard. I Our Llanelly correspondent writes :—Whatever may be the issue of the present struggle of the men for the restoration of the 1874 list it cannot be questioned that the agitation is concentrating attention upon what is a generally admitted need for the revision of the wage standard. Both master.4 and men—at any rate a large proportion of them-are more and more disposed to accept a readjustment of the scale as the only condition that will safeguard the industry from the periodical disturbances arising from demands for concessions and counter-demands for their with. drawal. All interested in the trade, and a great many who are not, but who are affected by its condition, feel that the time has come when these disturbances should cease, and 1 find evidence every day in favour of a joint conference between masters and men for the purpose of re- adjusting the wage standard on a permanent) basis. On Thursday Mr David Roberts again offered for sale at auction, at the Royal Hotel, Swansea, the above works. There was a fair attendance, but no bid was made, and the property was withdrawn. Ib is said there is a probability of the tinplate works being privately sold. We are in a position to state that Mr S. H. By ass has acquired a lease of the Glan Wallia Tinplate Works, Port Talbot. and a restart will be made almost immediately. The Glan Walliu Works have been idle for the past nine months, and the distress amongst the workmen has been almost acute. It is stated that a difficulty in the way of obtaining steel bar" in sufficient quantity has been overcome by Mr Byass, who has made » further display of his possession of the spirit of enterprise, by starting engineering works in close proximity to his Mansel Tinplate Works. The workmen who will be taken on at the Glan Wallia Works have agreed to a reduction of 15 per cent. from the list.
NELSON'S OLD SHIP AT CARDIFF.
NELSON'S OLD SHIP AT CARDIFF. The Foudroyant reached Penarth Roads on the eveniug tide on.Thursday, in tow of two tugs. She passed Lundy at 8 a.m. and Ilfracombe at 11; and the reason of her slow progress up channel was that the tugs had to bring her against a strong ebb for the greater part of the distance. She is full-rigged, and has a crew of 39 hands, all told, and was the subject of general observation, ( and no small share of admiration, as she came to anchor. It is expected that she will dock on the morning tide, passing through Roath Basin to her berth at the lower end of the East Dock. It will be remembered that this grand old wooden wall of England had a narrow escape from being I broken up, the British Government having sold her for this purpose to a German firm. From this ignominious fate Nelsou's flagship was saved by I an enterprising English syndicate.
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YANKEE YARNS. _
YANKEE YARNS. How It Happened. f Josh Medder.-s I understand that Amos Whet. r, ,ok glJt hurt, somehow, while leavin' Miss Dorinda Oldgal's house the other night. Do you I know how it happened ? Jay Green Yes you know he's been keepin' company with her for goin' on three years, an* I guess at last she made up her mind to bring him to Limerick before she died of old age. Anyhow, on that particular night, after ha'd been settin' an' hutnmin' an' hawin' for about two hours, she j suddenly said 44 This is leap year, and And he leaped right through the window without sukin' to be excused or sooppin' to open the window, and blamed near broke his rl- an' his [ back an' a rib an' three or four leg's on the saw- horse, which happened to be settin1 under the window. Finesse. I Through the hot, dusty roaas.of Kansas a would-be homesteader was- pursuing iti" way to the Cherokee strip, in search of one of Uncle Sam'" free homes. He had his family and goods in a shaky prairie schooner, which was drawn by two feeble horses near dissolution. Wliar you bound ?" asked a farmer at whose hous" he stopped for water. Fer a hundred an' sixty acres o' Gover'menb land in th' strip," responded the traveller bom- bastically. A t&w months later the same man stopped again at the Kansas farixiet 's for water, this time travelling nortii. Whatcher done with yer hundred an' sixty acres ?" asked the farmer with a note of suspicion. 44 See them mules tliar ?" queried the home- steader, pointing to a line pair of animals which was harnessed to the 14 schooner." I traded eighty acres o' my claim fer 'em." Whatcher (to with th' other eighty ?" pressed the f;rm..r. 41 Don't give it away till I git further off. Th' feller was a tenderfoot 'an I run th' other eighty I acres in on 'im without his knowin' it." Looking for Himself. I It was during a convention in Louisville, and people from all over the State, politically inter- ested and otherwise were taking advantage of the excursion rates. As I returned fcto my through sleeper from New York at one of the wayside stations, when I had snatched a hasty but soul- satisfying supper of fried chicken and corn bread, I was confronted bv a long, lank, swaying speci- men of the central Keutuckian, who preserved his uncertain stand on the lower step of the car by a more or less fit-in grip on the two ¡ hand-rails. His long coat-tails flapped about his thin leg. his collar was very high and much too big for hlnJ, and his silk hat of the fashion of 10 years ago was tilted in a mildy-rakish fashion over one eye. I made a polite but unmistakable movement toward the car He did no trove. 44 I beer pardon," I said cautiously. "ScuaaMe," said hl, rashly waving one hand. 44 Beg pardon, I wish to go 111," I said, more vigorously. He did not move, but he smiled a sweet, confidential smile, and said- 44 Mister, have you seen a tall gentleman anywhere, who is tolerably intoxicated V The Engineer's Astonishment, I •There is a smart little town out in North Dakota, and its inhabitants imagine they are a great deal smarter. They have an excellent opinion of their city, as they term it, and blow and bluster more over its welfare and growth than a Kansas cyclone. The main line of a railroad runs through it, and once a week a train stops there. Tins indifference on the part of the riil. road people is a sourse of great bitterness to the inhabitants, especially as the engineer makes it a point tolgo through the place at full speed. Finally they resolved to put a stop to it, so one day they built a barricade on the tracks and forced the first train to come to a halt. Then they arrested the engineer,and tookjhimbefore the judge of the place. He was charged with running through a city regardless of speed and to the danger of the populace. 44 What have you to say in answer to this charge, sir ?" sternly asked the judge. The engineer smiled and looked around. He stepped to the door and looked at the few straggling houses and allowed an expression of astonishment to settle on his face. Then he walked slowly up in front of the judge and said Upon my honour, judge, this is the first time I ever knew there was such a place as a town on this part of the line." The citizens after that slowly removed the barricade and let the engineer proceed on his way.
============I EXTRAORDINARY…
============ I EXTRAORDINARY CASE. I Wife Desertion in the Rhondda. I At the Porth Police Court on Thursday—before Mr Ignatius Williams and Dr. P:.rry-J olin Arthur, residing at Middle-terrace, Tylorstown, was summoned for deserting his wife and chiU. Mr Latham, Pontypiidd, appeared foi the com- plainant. The evideuce showed that the parties were married seven years ago, and had bad six children, five of whom had died, the surviving one being a little girl five years of age. They had lived happily together up to December last, when the husband's uncle, who was a farmer living in the valley known generally as 14 Shams Bach o'r FfaJdau." died at the farm, leaving to the defend- ant £ 250 and two substantial cottages valued at about L350. Upon receiving the news of the little windfall he quitted his home and at ouoe visited his deceased uncle's farmhouse. Shortly atter he returned home, and his wife noticing that his affection towards towards her had considerably cooled down she asked him if anything troubled him. He told her in reply to shut up her mouth and threatened to beat her. On another occasion he struck her in the face, inflicting a nasty cut on her cheek. He afterwards deserted her and Went back to the farmhouse, where be !ived until tho whole of the property of the deceased uncle had been sold, contributing towards tho maintenance of his wife and child 10s a week. He gave up his work 111 the mine immediately after he had the news of the "fortune," and led a rather dissipated life. He was ordered to pay 10s per week towards the support of the complainant and her child and a separation order was granted.
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LA TE MR J- OOnBETT. I Proposed Memorial Reredos. I Conditionally upon the requisite "faculty" being obtained, a beautiful reredos is to be erected in the parish church of Cogan by the Marquis of Bute in memory of his kinsman and estate agent. Mr J. Stuart Corbett, J.P., of Cogan Pill, Liandough. The deceased gentle. man took a very deep interest in the old church, where he was church wardeu for a long period and it was in a large measure due to his munificence and that of his family that the fabric was restored in late years, Lord Bute's graceful action is therefore characterised by peculiar appropriateness. A short time since a model in wood of the memorial reredos was erected in the church, and appreciatively inspected by Lord Bute. The reredos will be wrought in gilded bronze, and will display the scene of the Transfiguration. The central figure will, of course, be that of the Saviour in a nimbus of glory.
MOVEMENTS OF LOCAL VESSELS…
MOVEMENTS OF LOCAL VESSELS I Edeu arvd Nordenhamn from Newport 30th iSowerby and Decido from St Xnzaire 29th Gledholt aryd Krimfors from Swinemunde 29th Moorby left Antwerp 30tli Aislaby left Java for Port Said for orders 29th Level) left Leith for Wilmington 29th Wave left Philadelphia, for Stockton 29th Crimdon arvd St Naz tire from Borga 30th Hardwick left Hamburg for Kotka cO th Koxby passed Suez for Port Said for orders 30th Ainsdale left Algiers for Antwerp 28th Wydale arvd St Vincent 25tli Kate B Jones and Va.rna 30th Peter Graham arvd Penarth from Cherbourg 1st Werfa left Devonport for Cardiff 30th Raglan arnl Gibraltar lsr Ross left Swansea for Bilbao 1st Wilfrid left Copenhagen for Koja 29th. Illtyd Wfc Sulina for Gibraltar for orders 1st Cyril left Constantinople for Antwerp 30th Benefactor passed Lizard for Cardiff 1st Cros-shiU arvd Devonport 1st Collivaud left Bilbao for Stockton 30th Rliymuey left St Nazaire for Bilbao 1st Gardapee left Constantinople for Danube 1 Merthyr left St Nazaire for Bilbao 1st Portuga.lete left Bilbao for Cardiff 29th Lyndhurat arvd ltotterdam 30th Wenvoe arvd Alexandria 1st Starcross arvd Malta from Cardiff 30th G E Wood arvIl London 30th Dewsland arvd M-ssina 30th Clieveden arvd Bilbao 30th Rosahill arvd Hull from Cronstadt 30th
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FACTS AND FANCIES. First Clerk: She's a married lady, -Second' C!erk How do you know ? She ordered two hammocks," Sometimes," says U ucle Eben, er man puts on er iong face an' says he's discouraged when he's simply too lazy ter try again." She Everybody says you married me only for my mOlley.-He: But I didn't, dear. I know you look it, dear, but I didn't." HAr Father H,,t.- my daughter given you any encouragement, sir ?—Suitor Well, she said you were always a very generous pareut. Mrs Quiverful (sternly): What was going on in the parlour last night ?~Ethe! (biushing) Oaly my engagement ring, mamma. Mame I hope you didn't let that Mr Huggins put his arm about you ?-Mabel: Why? Is there anything the matter with his arm ? Mrs Elmore I wonder how many stops that new organ of De Sn.yth's has got?—E'more: Only three, I should judge. One for each meal. I see they are applying bstl bearings to a great many things now." "Yes they have a ball bearing sign where I keep my watch," THK DIFFERENCE. -She: I have an aunt with whom I sptiici much of my time.—He Now, that's strange My time goes to my uncle. IN THE PARK,—MISS Bloomerite What kind of a tree is that ?—Her Companion (facetiously) Why. that is dog-wood. Can't you, tell it by its bark? Stern Parent You say he is a genius. Geniuses seldom amount to much.—Daughter But, pa, he promises that he will not work at it after we are married. Hoax Poor Bjones has to run all the errands and cook his uwn iiieals.-Joix What's the trouble ?—Hoax He was foolish enough to buy his wife a bicycle. ONE VIEW.—" DJ'u'c you find children trouble- some, Mrs Tughy ?" NÙ-Jur dear babes are all right, but the neighbours' youngsters worry me nearly to death." THK DAUGHTER OF A WIDOW.—" I don't want to marry him, but I fuel as if I ought to for mother's sake." Why ?" She will have so much better chance herself." 1M Mr Popleigh What would you say if I were to tell you tliac I had been dying by inches for you for years ?—Mrs Wanterwed I should think it —it was very sudden. SJIASHKD.—" Chawiey, how in the world did you happen to bweawk youah engagement with Miss Wichey ?" Aw, yes, I wemembah. We bwoke it when we dwopped it, doucber know." Why did Mrs Hawkins discharge her French maid?"—" Incivility."—"What? She struck me ,iv, ty* 11 11 as the acme of civility. Me, too but I e believe she couldn't understand Mrs Hawkins's French." A grocr in Stratford fouud a diamond ring in a barrel of sugar. Whatever else may be said to the detriment of this ER.t End suburb, it must be admitted that its standard of adulteration is surprisingly high. A FOEEGONE CONCLUSIO.N.-SbrAwber Miss Slill),g"ll wore the largest hat she conld at the play with me the other night, and yet I always thought sha was so considerate.—Siugerly She -knew she would sit in the last row. His JOURNALISTIC EypiziiiicNcic Tijen you have had t-xperieuce in the newspaper business, eh he asked of the rich old codger. Oil, yes. I have spent a good deal of money with the news- paper?." E.in getting articles printed about you ?" Ye., and in keeping them out." Of ail queer children-" began the man with the V-shaped uoso. Then the man with the bicycle accident on his cheek interrupted hitr. Of all queer children," he -aid, the one that asks questions is the querist." Then the multi- tude knew that a celebra.ed,,htimouritst was m their midst- Papa, is Mrs Bigelow very poor?" "No, Cedric, Mrs Bigelow is well otf don't you know what a nice house sh« has ? But she sleep* iu the hencoop, papa." "Why, Cedric!" "She said she did." What do you mean ? "Don't you remember when she was here to dinner the night before last she excused herself and said she must go home early because she went to bed with the chickens ?"
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Men of the Day. w a MpCouriliey, M.P. The Hon. Leonard Henry GVmrtuey, M.P., P.C., eldest son of the late Mr John Sampson-Courtney, banker, of Penzance, Corn- wall, by Sarah, daughter of Mr John Mortimer, flf St. S!y Scilly, was born at Penzance, July 6th, 1832. He was educated at the Regent House Academy in that town, under Mr Richard Baines, and afterwards privately under Mr L. R. Willan, M.D. Mr Courtney was for some tune in the bank of Messrs Bolitho, Sons, and Co.. bnt went to St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1851, and graduated B. A. as Second Wrangler in 1855, being britfketed First Smith's Prizeman. In the following year he was elected a Fellow of his College. For some time be was enpraged in private tuition at the University. In 1858 he was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn. He was appointed in 1872 to the Chair of Political Economy at University College, London. In 1874 he contested Li."kaard, but polled only 329 votes against 334 recorded fur Mr Horsman but at the election which wa3 held after that gentleman's death Courtney tfained that seat, December 22'1<1, 1876, {x>llings 383 votes against 281 votes given to his opponent, Lieutenant-Colonel Stirling. He held the seat as long as Liskeard remained a Parliamentary borough, aud when it was merged in the division of South-E istCornwall won the enlarged con- stituency at the General Election of 1885, and was Hfrain returned in 1886, 1892, and 1895. Ho was appointed (Jiid,-r-S,,r,ret.i,ry,)f State for the Home Depart- ment in December, 1880. In August, 1881, he was appointed Under-Secre- tary of State for the Or>!onie=, in succession to Mr Grant Duff, who had been nominated Governor of Madras and in May, 1882, he succeeded th" late Lord Frederick Cavendish as Financial Secretary to the Treasury, but resigned his appointment on finding that. the last R-form Bill did not include the priuciple of proportional representation, which he and the lnte Mr Fawcett had Jong advocated. In 1885 and again in 1886, having been returned as a Unionist Liberal, he was appointed Chairman of Committees in the House of Commons. He was thus thought to be in training for the Speakership, and on the retirement of Mr Peel he would have been nominated by the Liberal party had he consented to serve. He would not be nominated, however, and he is now the chief candid friend" of the Unionist Admin -^ration. Mr Courtney married, March 15th. 1883, Catherine, eldest unmarried daughter ot Mr Richard Potter, a lady well known for her exertions 111 providing decent homes for the poor. He was made a Privy Councillor in 1889. Mr Courtney, it may be added, is president of the section of the British Association devoted to economics, science, and statistics.
PAST EVENTS IN OUR ISLAND…
PAST EVENTS IN OUR ISLAND RECALLED. OCTOBER 2ND. 1716—(George I.)— Captain John Bruce, John Winkley, Thomas Shuttleworth, George Hodgson, and Wm. Charnley, five of the prisoners taken in arms for the Pretender ab Prestou, were executed, three at Lan- caster and two at Preston. 1721—(George I.)-A Proclamation was issued requiring ail persons coming from any port or place on the coast of France north of the Bay of Biscay, to bring with them bills or certificates of health. 1730-(George II.)—The Marlborough Indiaman was burnt on the Thames by the saltpetre on board taking fire. 1780-(George III.)—Major John Andre, an English officer, arrested by the Americans on September 23rd while tiegotiating be- tween the American General Arnold and the British General Sir Henry Clinton, was executed by sentence of court-martial as a spy. 1808-(George III.)-Major Campbell was hanged at Armagh for having killed Captain Boyd in a duel.
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FATALITY NEAR LLANELLY. On Wednesday evening a number of boys were playing about the public thoroughfares in Cwm- felin, near Llanelly. Upon seeing a policeman the boys ran off at great speed. A little lad, hearing the noise, ran out of doors to discover its cause, and knocked up against one of the runaways. The ohild-he was only seven years old-fell to the ground, and was subsequently carried indoors, where it was found he had ruptured a blood vessel, and he died at midnight. The lad i* Griffith John Thomas, son of Mr Wm. Thomas, collier.
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I Coal Alliance.
I Coal Alliance. OPINION ON THE SCHEME. I Where the Objections Centre. I Continuing the effort to elicit opinion upon the workmen's scheme for alliance in the coal trade, and thus fortifying the authors of that scheme for dealing with such objections when they are formally made, we publish :o-day the opinion of an employer, member of the Sliding Scale Com- mittee, whose view was summed up in an expression that he regarded the proposal as, at bottom, an attempt to establish the minimum wage, the employment of only skilled labour, and to prevent tho double shift. His first critioism was that the scheme was "too vague," and, dealing with the second clause, which states that profitand wages shall be so regulated as to ensure only fair and reasonable pricea for coal, he continued :— 11 It all turns on what is considered 'reason- able.' Take four collieries selling exactly the same kind of coal, but in which the cost of pro- duction varies, say 2s, between the one which is worked cheapest and the others—what is a reason- able price for that coal ? What would give the colliery where the cost of production is highest Is per ton profit would give the lowest one 3s, while what would mean Is per ton profit to the lowest would mean that the other colliery would be working at a loss. I wish you to understand that these are not fancy instances made to order, but very real ones. In fact, I know of collieries working identically the same kind of coal where the difference in cost of production is more than 2s per ton." What is your objection to the minimum wag 3 ?" I fail to see where the Alliance comes in here. If it is fair for the workmen to have a minimum wage, is it not fair for the employers to have a minimum profit ?" That is the very thing they purpose to secure by this Alliance." "No; our right to a minimum profit is not recognised, In fact, they have always refused to reooguise a standard wage governed by the profits. They have been offered over and over again to form a scale based on the profits, and we would be very pleased, now, to give them such a scale, and to 7LVe them a very fair proportion of the profit, if they accepted it." THE MIDDLEMEN AND THEIR DOING#. "The clause referring to the middlemen is, I fear, utterly impracticable. We have these middlemen established everywhere, "not only in Cardiff and the other South Wales seaports, but abroad in Gibraltar, Bascelona, Aden, Port Said, and everywhere else where our coal is btored and consumed. There is another point to be con- sidered. There are large firms in Cardiff who are the owners of collieries in South Wales, but they are much more ooal sellers, aud it is to their advantage to buy coal cheaply, for they buy and sell far more than they produce. I believe it would be a good thing. if it were possible, to get rid of the middlemen but there is in the proposed scheme no remedy suggested. They say they must obtain a quotation first that would be an excellent thing, but when I tell you tat for every ton of coal sold direct to consumers abroad by the ooiliary proprietor the middlemen sell 100 tons, you will see how difficult it is to get rid of the middlemen. Why all the depots abroad are in the hands of middlemen, and our coal is sold by the colhery propriators to firms in Cardiff who are our agents of the companies who own the depots, and the companies of ours sell it to the owners of the vessels. So you will perceive that the middlemen have such a hold in the trade that I think that at the present moment it would beutterlyimpossible to do without them. Let megtve you an illustration of what goes on continually. A foreign railway asks tor tender for coal from South Wales, naming, say three or four collieries, from which this coal is to be brought. The owners of those collieries meet and decide to quote a price which will give a fair margin of profit, say 10s per ton f.o.b. at Cardiff. A middleman at Cardiff touches at 9a 6d. The owners refuse to sell him their coal at that figure. He will first of all try to get his customers to take another firm's coal which might be quite equa1, and which he can sell at a profit, Failing that he gets someone else to buy from oue of the collieries for him. and even where, as I know, the owners have inserted in every contract made with middlemen in Cardiff that the coal is not to be sent to the railway in question, he will get buyers abroad to buy for him. In some way or othor he is sure to get over it. Until I thoroughly investigated this matter I must say I that I thought it would be a good thing to get rid of the middlemen, and, indeed, I think so now but I have come to the conclusion it cannot be done." ITHS NON-FEDERATED OWNERS SKILLED WOIIKMKN. Referring to C.ause 6, the gentleman inter- viewed added I want to know why should the Federated owners go to the, expense of maintaining an Alliance ot the kind proposed and give the non-associated owners ail the benefits without their taking auy trouble or subscribing iu any way whatever to the cost of such Alliance. This clause also contains what I call special pleading—'only shilled workmen to bo employéd." What would be the present position of the South Wales coal trade if this was adopted 20 years ago ? Only one-third of the present output would have been reached, and while that in some sense might be, perhaps, well for both the employed and the employers, what would have become of the other two-thirds of the population of these valleys ? What would the colliery workmen say if they were debarred from entering auy other trade or profession if the position of a clerk, a railwayman, a shopkeeper, or any other one was closed against thein 1" But is it not a face that in the case of skilled labom in every trade no one is allowed to start without an apprenticeship ? In these days of deep coal mines, and with the close supervision and examination by the manager, overman, fireman, etc., there is really but little or no skill in cutting coal. It requires a great deal more skill to be a railway signalman, a platelayer, or an ordinary excavator in these days than to become a collier." In his view, the c!au?e providing for calling out workmen and their ii-a, titenitiiee is fair; but upon the proposal of Clause 9 -that which scates that computation of the avenge I COST OF PBODUOTION sti,,tll he inade-lie siict You will at once notice that while a minimum price is arranged for the workmen, there is nothing said cf a minimum profit for the employ- ers. In tact, it provides for a loss to the employers, for it provides that the average cost of production plus the minimum wage should be the basis of the selling price of the coal. Tike what I have already said in reference to Clause 3. The cost m ouu colliery may be 7s in another 8-j in another 9*. Now the average would be 81, aud this would mean a loss of Is per tou to the I owers of the third colliery. How, then, is that colliery to be kept; going ? This would be fair enough if the wages went with the profits at the different collieries. but under the present arrangement the wage3 go with the prioes realised at each colliery." To let wages follow profits would mean that sometimes colliers would have to work for nothing, would it not, and that, of course, is out of tlip question." Why, coalowners have to work for nothing often, and if the men expect bis: wages when eont goeslip they should be prepared to meet the employers when coal go down." Do you think it possible to devise any scheme to prevent underselling ?" Candidly, I do not. The trade is of such a huge character, and the competItion both in this country and abroad is so keen, that I think it would be utterly impossible for South Wales coal-producers to form an alliance of any kind that would enable them to artificially inereasa prices. There is but one thing that rules the price of coal like that of every other commodity, that is, the law of [ SUPPLY AND DEMAND. Were we to see the consumption but 1 per cent. above the supply the sellers of coal would, as we have seen it of 10 before, have it ali their own way; but while the consumption is 1 per cent. below the supply then the buyers of coal have, and will have, ib their own way. Look around, you in regard to every commodity it rloes not matter what is the same Jaw applies. Much its I should like to see the selliug price of coal advanced so that both owners and workmen would receive better remuneration for their labours and risks. I fear that no artificial means by an Alliance of this kind or otherwise NI1 be possibly devised to do good to either side. However, w« as employers will in all probability discuss the matter fairly and fully, and I am sure that the representatives of the workmen will find that the representatives of the employers are quite as keenly alive to the matter as they possibly can be; and, of course, it stands to reason it should be so. The very fact of a doubt being cast upon the desire of the employers to get uitu b-Ii possible prices for their commodity flauly contradicts the unfair, untrue, and cruel representations that have from time to time been made as to the oppressive and tyrannic cal conduct of the owners." I AN OWNER'S VIEWS. The South, Walts Daily News to-day, referring to the foregoing, observes The interview which we publish to-day seta forth an employer's view of the scheme which the miners' leaders have submitted and with very much of what is therein stated, the matter. of fact, there can be of course no disagreement. But with regard to inferences drawn from the facts, even those who have no practical acquaint. ance with the trade may form an opposite con. elusion. For example, it is at the outset put fOfward-appanmtly as an argument that a fixed price is impracticable—that the cost of produotion varies in different collieries; and that what would give profit in one case would entail loss in another. That is so. But the fact does not do away with the suggeation for a fixed price. Under the existing system the market price at which every colliery sells ^ives profit in one case and entails loss in another. So that the proposed new system would occasion no new difficulty. There is in the facts stated no demonstration that the scheme is on that account unworkable. Then again, the question i& put If it is fair for the workmen to have a minimum wage, is it not fair for the employers to have a minimum profit 1" and the question is put 1 as though the scheme would hinder the making of a minimum profit, whereas on the contrary it is specially intended to ensure the profit. The I clauses relating to the middlemen are said to be utterly impracticable, but middlemen in other trades have been stopped from destroying profits and reducing the wages of the producers, and coalowners in South Wales are at least as good men ot business as are the employers in other industries they are not bound hand and foot to the middlemen, or lying helpless in their hands. Without touching on other points, we may note the reference to wages following profits. and the colliers working for nothing when profits have been extinguished. This is a grim joke and a joke not to the point. It is born of the old notion that a man's labour differs in some peculiar way from other things which an employer purchases. It may so differ but whatever its nature, a purchase is none tho less effected, and when the errployer can sustain a contention that, beoause: hi3 colliery i-: not profitable, he need not pay for machinery, wagons, timber, haulage, etc., he may reasonably talk of not paying for labour. But not till then and that time will never come. When the workman is a partner, he will take partnership risks so long as he is a seller of labour, his labour will have to be paid for by its purchaser. i.
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I A WELSH TRAIN MISSING, I I Consternation at Llanrwst. On Thursday mgrit there was a great consterna- tion at Llanrwst owing to the non-arrival of the 8 40 p.m. train from the junction, due at Llanrwst at 9 o'clock. Ten o'clock struck, and still no train, whereupon Mr Williams, the station- master, wired to the junction notifying them that the train had left Tal-y-Cafn Station and not reached Llanrwst, and for a light engine to be at once despatched. This information caused a considerable flutter amongst the officials, who sent a light engine as soon as practicable, and the missing train was found about midway between Tal-yCafn and Llanrwst, with the engine in a "failed" condition. Tho light engine propelled the train, which contained several doctors, who had been to Holyhead to attend the British medical meeting, to Ffesbiniog. reaching there about midnight. A great crowd had assembled at Llanrwst, who hailed the safe arrival with delight at 10.55 p.m.
I A LADY KILLED ON THE RAILWAY,…
I A LADY KILLED ON THE RAILWAY, Mrs Royle, of Bala, was on Thursday evening travelling by the 7.5 train from evening travelling by the 7.5 train from Chester to Bala, and after alighting on the platform at Ruabon Junction to change trains she fell from the platform 011 the railway as the passenger tram was moving out. The train was hastily pul!ed up, but the carriages passed over her two legs. Dr. Wm. Jones, I RuaboD, was in attendance upon the lady, but she succumbed to her injuries shortly afterwards.
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l STAG AT BAY. I Charged a Duke. I GMUNDKST, Thursday. -In tell igence has been received here to-day of a hunting acoident to Duke Albfei t of Wurtemberg, who is shooting 111 the Austrian Alps. As the Duke was out deerstalking yesterday near Hinterstoder, he ahot; at a stag. which thereupon charged the Duke and his huntsman, who were all knocked down. The Duke sustained contusions on the left forearm and was injured in the middle finger of his right band. The huntsman was also hurt, but not seriou-.ily.-Beuter.
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EVSBT phase of Nervous and General Debility ap idly yields to Br. Bridgwater's treatment. 13«
ASSAULT ON THE HIGH SEAS.…
ASSAULT ON THE HIGH SEAS. I At the Swansea Police Court on Thursday Wm. Nellson, a Danish seaman on board the s.s. East- gatn now lying at Swausea, summoned Wm. McDowell, the cook, for assaulting him while at sea. Mr Christian was for complainant and Mr Hawks for defendant. The allegation was that when in the North Sea complainant had occasion to go into the galley for some coffee when defendant struck him several time. The defence was that complainant had used offonaive language and commenced the assault. A fine of 10s waa imposed.
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THE DOG, THE MAN, AND TH2…
THE DOG, THE MAN, AND TH2 1 MEAT. I A friend of mine and I were walking fcogetfr. the other day -t dog dashed past u> after som* thing he saw on the pavement. It was a bi, piece of meat. He pounced on it and swallowed it in two seconds. My companion looked at th< •dog with eDvious admiration. My huttiblC friend," he said, I'll give you £ 5,000 for yoo* appetite and your digestion. You are not afraid to eat 1 tni," But the dog knew what happines* is made of. He declined the offer and trotted away. It is astonishing bow many differant people this repression, I am "or I was afraid W to eat. As the writer pens these lines five leMert lie ou the table before him, every one of tfiefli containing it. Yet the persons who wrote tbt letters are not known to one another. Thad was, therefore, no agreement among them. Wb, should there be, even if they were acquainted ? No, there is nothing in it to wonder at. They went through the same experience, and express it in the most natural way, that's all. But what does it mean ? Are people suspicions of poisoned food 1 No, no that is not so. The 1 food is not poisoned before it is eaten, but after* wards. Au example will show what really oócurtr and why so many are afraid to eat. We quote from one of the letters: "One nighti early in 1892," says the writer, I was seized witll dreadful pains in the pit of the stomach, and a choking sensation in the throat. I feared I WT* going to die. My wife called in a neighbour. They applied hot flannels and turpentine, but I got no relief. Then a doctor came and g%ve in* medicine. He said he never saw anyone's tongo* in such a condition. It was of a yellow colooiW and covered with a slimy phlegm, so thick I could. have scraped it with a knife. I had a foul, bit- taste in the mouth, and my eyes were so dull t could scarcely see. I had a heavy pain in tht. side, and felt so dejected and miserable I didn't know what to do with myself. What little food I took gave me so much pain I was afraid to The doctor put me on starvation diet, and in* jected morphine to ease the pain. Getting no real benefit from the first doctor I saw another, who said I had enlargement of the liver. He gave me medicines, but I got 00 better, In August I went to Exmouth to set what my native air would do for me, but came back worse than ever. I had lost over three stone in weight, and being too weak to move about, I used to lie on the couch most of the time. I never expected to get well, and didn't cara much what became of me. One day in October my wife paid.. It appears the doctors can do nothing for you, so I am going to doctor you myself.' She went to the Southern Drug Stiores, in Camberwell-road, and got a bottle of Mother Seigbl's Curative Syrup. After taking this medicine for a few days the pain in my stomach left me, my appetite improved, and I gained some strength. Soon afterwards I was back at my work. The people in the office, seeing how well I looked, asked what had cured me, and 1 i-jiawered Mother Seigei's Syrup. I shall he glad to reply to any inquiries about my case. (Signed) Charles Harris, 74. Bpresford-street, Camberwellt London, Decembar 1st, 1892." Mr Harris' statement goes straight to the poini. Why was he afraid to eat ? Because his food gave him pain without giving him strength. This, was dead wrong. It was exactly the reverse of what it should have been. When a man is the proper form be gets vigour and power from hia meals, and eats them with enjoymeut and reliab., If he doesn't there is something the master with him. What is it ? Now let your thoughts expand a bit, so as to take in a broad priuciple. Oue man's meat another man's poison, they say. That's so, but it' only half the truth. Any man's meat is any makws pcison, under certain conditions. If grain never got any further tnan the mill hopper we should never have bread, and if bread (or other food) never got further than the stomach we should never have strength. See? Well, when the stomach is torpid, inflamed, and ON STRIKE," what happens ? Why, your food hes in it and rots. The fermentations produces poisons which get into the blood and kicks up the worst sort of mischief all over the body. This is indigestion. and dyspepsib, though the doctors call each and every trick of it by a separate name. Yet tbet, don't cure it, which is the main thing after all. Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup does as MI Harris says, and as thousands of others say.
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