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News Gleanings ILSVII1UBT OF INTERESTING ITESS. *#l«rr»»kic as" Otherwise Obtaim*d ticam a Variety .t S«ure«a. A trial was made on Thursday at the Catrord track, of an electric tandem cycle, to be used for pacing purposes. » • » Praba/te has been granted of the will of Lady Greenall, widow of Sir Gilbert Greerrall. of Warrington, the personal estate being valued £11,567. • t « » 11M, Spilsby and District Liberal Association j has been dissolved "in consequence of the un- satisfactory condition of the Liberal cause in the division." « • • Ether-drinking has been revived in the Cooks- town district, county Tyrone. and a. woman has been fined £ 5 for keeping her shop open for the sale of this drug. » • • The number of lives lost during 1895 from the Grimsby fishing vessels was 42, the lowest tn record. No Grimsby vessel went dowu vith its crew during the year. • • • The judgeship from which Mr. ,JI, Chitly passes to the Lord Justiceship of Apical will rot be actually vacant tntil after his final sitting in chambers on Monday. # At Bolton County Police-court-, Walter Inglis, Darcy Lever, a well-known greyhound trainer for coursing, was fined JElO and costs for aiscaulting Police-constable Browning. The assault was committed without provocation. • The Rev. John Watson, M.A.. D.D. ("Ian ZMaolaren"), of Liverpool, has, .t is stated, been approached with a view to his succeeding the Rev. Dr. Pentecost in the pastorate of iMarylebone Presbyterian Church, London. it Over a hundred convictions for dr-mkenne^s eince 1884 have been proved against a young widow named Sullivan, who came before Sir John Bridge at Bow-street Police-court, on the old charge. The weman consented to enter I home. I Shortly after four o'clock on Friday morn- insr, great- excitement was caused by an out- break of fire at the Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall, London. The flames were discovered in good time, and restricted to a vault under the pave- ment. I # • # A whale over 70ft. long lias been washed up on the beach at Bournemouth, and its disposal is at present, engaging the attention of the local coastguard. It had evidently come to a sad end in collision with some ocean liner, for its back is Droken. < < A young woman wail stepping from an omnJbns in Westminster Bridge-road. London,en Thursday, when she slipped and fell. A horse and van passed over her, and when picked up she was found to be dead. The body was taken to the Lambeth Mortuary. < A cashier named Burnett, in the employ of a Westminster firm of solicitors, Messrs. Burchell and Co., was sentenced to eleven months' hard labour at the County of London Sessions, for stealing sums of money from his employers. By a system of falsifying accounts, the accused had In tbepast eight years appropriated over £ 2,000. » "Sudden and unforeseen circumstances" is the Kason given for the sudden and "indefinite postponement" of the new play entitled "The Mummy," which was to have been brought out at the Opera. Ccmique, London, on Thursday afternoon. The authors of the piece, which la of American origin, are Messrs. Maurice E. Bandiuann and Malcolm Wallace. < Mr. R. G. Ta-tton, M.A., formerly Fellow end Tutor of Bailiol College. Oxford, has boon appointed to the wardenship of the "Settle- ment" which Mr. Passmore Edwards is build- ing for Mrs. Humphrey Ward in St. Pancras. It is hoped that the building, which is now rapidly rising in Tavistock-place, will be ready for occupation in October. < t Adolph Scholem was, at Clerkenwell Police- court, charged with forging and uttering a. bill of exchange for B55, with intent to defraud Mr Yi. Hanff. The proeecui>or said ho had be^n defrauded of over £1.300 by the prisoner. h<? latter said to Mr. Hanff at the polioe-stati 3% "1 am very sorry. I will do all I can to re- pay you." The accused was remanded. • • t A sad accident occurred at Kemsing, near Maidstone, on Thursday afternoon. Whilst engaged rabbit-shooting a boy named Percy remark, aged ten years, was shot by his father, it is alleged, and terribly injured. He received the charge in the face. with the result that one eye was completely destroyed, and the other wae severely injured. He was at once removed to Maidstone Hospital. < < <t It is stated that under the will of the late MTO. William Overend1, of West Retford Houne, legacy of J65,000 is left to the Sheffield In- firmary, a legacy of a like amount to the Royal Hospital, a legacy of £2.000 to the Jeseop j Hospital, and one of £ 1,000 to the Children's Hospital. There are also entailer bequests to charities in the Sheffield and Retford districts. • • » • A citizen of Glasgow, who does not wish his namo disclosed, has, through Mr. J. Baird Smith, writer, enven £5.000 for distribution among certain city charities. < The Victoria Jubilee Hospital Fund Belfast now totals £ 47.000. Tho Lad-? 'Mayoress has convened a meeting of women 10 aid in the collection of the necessary £100,000. < < w At the South j. ^lland (Lincolnshire) Quarter Sessions at Spalding, or Thursday, there were no prisoners for trial, and the chairman of the bench was presented with a pair of white kid gloves. Mr. Edward Tinda-l Atkinson, Q.C.. took fiis seat for the first time on Thursday, as Recorder of the city of Leeds, in succession to V J. E. Barker. Q.C., who hae retired on account of ill-health. < < At the County of London Sessione a cashier named Burnett was sentenced to eleven months' hard labour for embezzling the money of his employers, a firm of solicitors in We< mmeter, to the extent of £ 2,000. e w < w A forester named M. Mclntyre. in the employ of Sir James Colquhoun, of Luss, Dumbarton, was kicked to death by a. horse while taking shelter from a storm, at Greenfield Farm, near Garelooh Head. on Thursday. < w e e While several men employed in the Central London Railway, at Wood Lane, Shepherd's Bush, were pulling down some houses, one of the walls collapsed, injuring five men. Tiro were taken to West London Hospital. < e Mr. Andrew Barlow, a gentleman well known in Southampton, has contributed tho sum of J61,000 to the funds of the Hampshire Female Orphan Asylum, having also, on several tnrmar aocaaieas, contributed a Lke amount to VOT1VUO UUOUJiCaUiro Lu.;¡:l.c"U"1VUJ5 VUC UCl^U' bourhood. • • • • A ticket of-leave man. with fourteen months of hi* last sentence still hanging over him, wa-s at the County of London Sessions sent to hard labour for thirteen months more on pleading guilty to the theft of a> diamond pin from the person of a gentleman late at night iii the Gray's Inn-road. • • « Mr. C. S. Willard has just made arrange- inents to stare a. further American tour next autumn, so that there is no probability of his being seen en the London sb.ge again for more than a twelvemonth. Luring h.s absence he will produce new pieces by Mr. Hoary Arthur Jones and Mr. J. M. Bume. • • A meeting of nurses was held at Sc. Martin's Tc-wc-hall, London, on Thursday, to protest against the proposal to admit to the mem- bership of the Royal British Nurses' Associa- tion asylum attendants who had not been trained in general hospitals, and who wore not properly eligible for election.
DEATH OF A WELSHMAN IN ITALY.
DEATH OF A WELSHMAN IN ITALY. On Friday news reached Lla.ntwit Major of the death of Mr. John Beavan, late of Cow- bridge, winch sad event took place at Nerve, Italy, on Thuivdiay morning. The deceased was about 93 years of age, and lived in Cowbridge until about twenty years ago, when he left for the benefit of his health and went to Exmouth, and soon afterwards spent every winter in Italy. Of late years he lived entirely there. He was well known in the Vale of Glamorgan. The deceased always subscribed towards tempe- rance and education. He gave scholarships to boys from Llantwit Major at Cowbridge Grammar School. In politics the deceased was a Liberal. He carried on his profession as solicitor for many years.
A NEATH LIBEL ACTION
A NEATH LIBEL ACTION On Friday Councillor Edmund Law, financier and beok-debt collector, London- road. Neath, was served with a writ claiming £ 1,000 as damages in respect of an alleged libel. The plaintiff is Councillor W. B. Trick, proprietor of the Mackworth Hotel, who aiso carries on business as an auctioneer and valuer. Messrs. R. P. Morgan and David. Neath, are the solicitors for the plaintiff, and Mr. S. T. Evans, M.P., is one of the counsel retained. The case will be heard at the Glamorganshire Assizes, to be held at Cardiff in February next. The plaintiff alleges that the defendant wrote letters to Messrs. Buehan and Co., brewers, Rhynmey; Messrs. A.sop and Sons, furni- ture manufacturers, Bristol; and the Redruth Brewery Company, under an assumed name, and these letters, the plaintiff alleges, were of such a character as to do him injury in his business. u_
SHIPPING DISASTERS
SHIPPING DISASTERS TRAFFIC BLOCKED IN THE AVON. On Thursday evening the steamer Dunbrody, owned by the Waterford Steam Navigation Company, and trading between Bristol and Waterford, ran ashore in the River Avon near Pill, and, swinging across the stream, com- pletely blocked all traffic. The Dunbrody grounded in the Avon, near Sea. Mills, in a fog, on Christmas Eve, and remained. Salvage operations were undertaken by the East Coast Salvage Association, and, her bottom having been repaired, she was floated on Thursday evening, and was being towed down the river to Avonmouth by four tugs when &he went ashore again, stem foremost. Hawsers were got out, bow and stern, but at midnight the bow ropes pa.rted, and the forepart of the steamer was carried round by the ebbing tide until the stem buried itself in the mud upon the opposite ashore. Such an obstacle proved an insuperable bar to navigation, and prepara- tions were pushed forward in the hope of floating her on Friday nights tide. FATAL COLLISION AT DEVONPORT. A fatal collision occurred in the Hamocze at Devonport, early on Friday morning. The steam tug Confiance, tender to -lie torpedo school ship Defiance, was proceeding up the river in charge of Gunner Beams, when she collided with the barge Beatrice, knocking the master, William Symons, overboard.^ He Was drowned. Charles Sanders and George Worton, forming the crew of the bargt. suc- ceeded in getting on board the Coutiance. SHIPWRECKS ON THE SPANISH COAST. The Central News Agency at Madrid on Friday saya —Very severe storms are prevail- ing along the coast of Spain. Several vessels have been shipwrecked, and many. penON have been drowned. SCURVY-STRICKEN CREW. The British barque Northbrook arrived at Honolulu with the crew sick and scurvy on board. There were seventeen deaths. MINOR CASUALTIES. The British steamer Caradoc, reported on Thursday aground, floated with the assistance of two tuak. The steamer Rutherglen, of Glasgow, from Norfolk, arrived at Bristol, and reports having stranded on Flatness Rocks, at the r-n<trance to the River Avon. on January 5, remaining three hours and a half. Ship and engines ou.tained damage. The steamer Trevethick was slightly damaged by collision with a barge in the Thames. The steamer John Hay. from Goole, collided with the steamer Lord Kelvin, for Barry, anchored off Grave-end. The former was slightly damaged on the stem. The latter pro- ceeded apparently uninjured.
CAPE RAILWAYS
CAPE RAILWAYS A Renter's tedegram from Cape Town on Fri- day sa.y&: —Sir James Sivewright, Comm-is- 1 sioner of Cape Railways, made a speech yester day at Ashton Rodewal, on the occasion of the turning of the first sod of the Swale nd am ex ten- aion of the Cape Central Railway. Sir Jajnes j referred to the aative unrest and the great cause for anxiety, ard trusted that the Colony would succeed in maintaining a successful stand against the rinderpest. Referring to his own department, the Commissioner said that the year had Veen a record one, and the Cape rail- ways should clear a net profit of 81 per cent. It was alleged that they could not pay well in future, beca<uae the Orange Free State Govern- ment had taken over the Free State lines. His reply to that was that the railway was being oompleted to Buluwayo, opening up the interior of Africa, the channels to which must ever r~ through Cape Colony. The Cape Governmenlt had entered into a provisional agreement with I. ti- Rhodes, which was ouiv awaiting the sanction of Parliament, giving Cape Colony the right to buittd railways in Rhodesia for a period of three vears certain, with the option of seven years, on terms which would guarantee the Colony a large income. No competing line was to be allowed between the Colony and the interior of Africa, which would belong to them for all time, and compensate them for what they mi-ght lose of the Transvaal trade. -SSg?
GREEK BISHOP STONED.
GREEK BISHOP STONED. It is reported from Uskub that, with the help of the Vali, the Greek Bishop Ambroeino, whose nomination to the see has not yet been ratified, was enabled to celebrate Macs on Wednesday (the Greek Christmas Day) in the Church of Our Saviour. The Servian popu- lation attempted to prevent this, and came into conflict with the police, with the result that several persons were wounded. In order to quiet the people the bishop was conducted out of the church by the military, hut he was, nevertheless, stoned by the mob on emerging from the sacred The greatest excite- ment prevailed in the town.
GIPSIES IN TROUBLE AT LLANHARRAN.
GIPSIES IN TROUBLE AT LLANHARRAN. The gipsies who reccnitly arrived a.t Cardiff with their bears, monkeys, and the 'jke, from abroad, made their appearance at Llanharmn oil Thtneday, where they camped. They called at Llanbarran House, and were liberally treated by the popular squire, Mr. Blandy Jenkins, J-P. Not satisfied with this, they, it is alleged, afterwards visited the ^quire's rickyard, and helped themselves Ho t consider- able quantity of hay. Two of them were arrested near Lla.ntrisant. Thev were taken to Cowbridge Police-station, and >.v:ll probably Ixi bi uyslit befoie the bench on Tuesday » uexfc.
For the Ladies
For the Ladies FROM THE KITCHEN TO THE BALL-ROOM. Our Lady Correspondent's Collection of Interesting Paragraphs for Th* Fair Sex. Resorting to Specs. As a result of the examination of 4,000 eyes, Dr. Miles, of Bridgeport, Conn., found that 65 per cent, required glasses. The women and girls far exceed the men and boys. The period during which the peopl1; have the most trouble with their eyea is be- tween twenty and thirty. To Preserve Mushrooms. When a can oi mushrooms is opened one often not wish to use all its contents. It is well to kl;QW that they may be kept jierfectly well for several days if put at once in cold water to cover them. This water should be changed for & fresh supply, every day, and that is all the attention they will require. Date Pie. Stone a half-pound of dates (dark ones are best), stew- in a little water till well melted, then sift all that can be passed through the strainer by hard rubbing; beat two eggs (if small ones), add a quart of milk and nutmeg or cassia, bake in deep plates as you would squash or custard; DO sugar is needed, as the dates so sweet. This will make two good- sized pies that can't be told from pumpkin Ly. an expert. Bolero for the House. One of the latest Parisian confections is a bolero of black hifton that can be slipped on over any bodice to lend an air of festivity to a toilet. At the back the chiffon is put Oil iull with six rows of shirring that draws it down tight to the lining. The shirring at the front is pushed together to make six puffs. Two full bouillons of black chiffon are placed at the arm- hole and fall marly to the elbow. Black velvet rib!)cn and brascj buttons trim the bolero. When worn with an old white canvas cloth gown that liad a black velvet belt the effect was decidedly new and charming. These are the little things that house dresses elegant to look upon, yet cost almost nothing. How to Clean Furs. Ermine and sealskin are best cleaned with soft flannel. Hub the fur delicately against the grain, and when it has been thoroughly lifted and reveised, so to speak, dip the tlaimel into common flour and [UO lightly any spots that look dark or dirty. Shake the fur well, and rub with clean, dry flannel until the flour is all removed. Sable, chinchilla, and squirrel and monkey ekin may be very nicely cleaned with hot bran. Get a small quantity of bran meal and heat it in the oven until it is quite warm. Rub stiffiv into the fur and leave for a few minutes before shaking to free it from the bran. Mink may be cleaned and freshened with warm eornmeal, and, like the other short-haired furs, may be done without removing the lining. But the long-haired furs are best ripped apart and freed from stuffing and lining. How to Eat Cereals Even W:1I"11 served with fruits the cereals, to be altogether healthful, must be eaten properly. Having been made soft by cooking, and on this account not requiring maetieation, the first process of digestion or insaiivation is forgotten. But it must be remem- bered tint grains are largely composed of starch, and that, unleas starch be mixed with saliva, ir will remain undigested in the stomach, because the gastric juice only digests nitrogenous elements. Therefore, it is desirable to eat the grains in connection with s"me hard food whole wheat watiios, nicely toasted to make them crisp and tender, and unfermented sweiback are excellent for this purpose. The Bassinette. The bassinette ill a subject of deep thought to the young mother, as nhe naturally wants it to !>e as pretty as possible. Of course, the daintiest cf all are the white-enamelled swing note, with white laco [ draperies, but these are expensive. An ordinary wicker cradle can be made to look very nice if covered with white dimity, having a pattern of tiny pink rose buds all over it. and which is made for the purpose. This will form the frill Mound the outside and the covering of the hood; hut the inside should be lined with white sateen, and the little curtains which drape the front of the hood should be of fine white spotted net, tied back with pink ribbons. A staud for the bassinette will be found a< great convenience, especially at night, ItS it will bring the cradle to a level with the mother's or nurse's bed, besides keeping it out of all floor draughtc. Any carpenter can make it cut of plain wood, M it only consists of four stout; legs and a framework at the top. into which the cradle fits..There should also be a small square table to stand at the foot, on which to put the little lamp which keeps the food hot, the night-light, and any- thing else which may be required. Both the table and the cradle stand should be enamelled ivory white.
PONTYPRIDD DISTRICT OF ODDFELLOWS.
PONTYPRIDD DISTRICT OF ODDFELLOWS. MEETING AT YNYSHIB. The half-yearly meeting of the Pontypridd pn District of Oddfellows (Manchester Unity) was held at the Ynyshir Hotel, Ynyshir. this week. A sum of close upon £ 200 was received in cash from the sixteen lodges in the district. About 275 was paid out in funeral donations. Many important matters which were brought forward for discussion were referred to the next district meeting, amongst th-em being a scheme for the adoption of a district funeral fund upon a fair and equitable basis. It was also announced at the mestincr that a prospective visit is expected from the Grand Master of the Order early in the year to unfurl a presentation banner to the Hope Lodge, Pontypridd. P.P.G.M. John Hopkin Davies was elected to represent the 13 district at the next A.M.C., which will be held at Douglas, isle of Man. D.G.M. Amos Ash was eleeted Grand Master of the district, and Bro. Thomas Jones (Lord Adare Lodge) was elected Deputy Grand Master of the dis- trict. Bro. Thomas Harris (Rhys ap Tewdwr Lodge) was elected junior district auditor. ——————■—i ?-?-
CANADIAN TARIFF! BILL.
CANADIAN TARIFF! BILL. RECIPROCITY WITH THE UNITED STATES. A Reuter's telegram from Ottawa on Friday say" -The investigation of the tariff question bv the Cabinet is now practically concluded. The evidence of the leading manufacturers, im- porters. and farmers generally favours a re- adjustment on Protectionist lines. It is believed in any caae that thpre will be no radical changes, certainly none in the direction af Free Trads. Before the Tariff Bill is proposed there will be a confernce ri Washington with a, view to obtaining reciprocity from the United States for certain articles of export and import. The arrangement then concluded will be embodied in the Tarin Bill to be submitted to Parliament at the end of March.
GROWTH OF GERMAN TRADE
GROWTH OF GERMAN TRADE A Reuter's telegram from Berlin on Friday says:—In submitting the Budget to the Diet to-dav Dr. Miguel, Minister of Finance, said he was glad to state that the balance between revenue and expenditure hid been attained without recourse to a loan. Last year's Budget had shown a surplus of sixty million marks, and the current year phou-ld at least have w, favourable a conclusion. There was at the present time a marked growth in trade and manufacture, but prudence Wail an essential when there was any question of making a per- manent increase in the public expenditure.
FOR SAILORS' FRIENDS.
FOR SAILORS' FRIENDS. FOREIGN ARRIVALS AND MOVEMENTS OF LOCAL STEAMERS SwiftAure arrived Portsmouth 8th. NYrth Briton left Dartmouth from Jficolaief for OhrijtLmia. 8th. Westgate left Full for Cardiff. Tearby passed Suez for Madras 7th. Skidhy passed Port Said for Djibonti 7tlj. Jane arrived 7th. Marrdalay arrived Methil oth. Ancient Briton left for Blyth. Charles T. Joyes arrived Parry 7tii. Gloucwter City jaased Coistantinople for Antwerp Sch. Volajre hft Sa-ntijgo for Baltimore 7th. T-ongueil left. Algiers for I/omion 7th. Portug»lete arrived (ilaspov/ 7tb. Carlo let Bilbao for Antwerp 8Lh. ■Reoine lc't Sr. Najiairc for Pill.no 7th. Gl^dlnit Mrriv'pd Bilbao from Middle,-b >rous?h 7th. Eureka left Lisbon for Hueha 5th. Malt'oy left Liverprol for BTrv 7ili. Levan arrived Philadelphia from St. :\{'ch!\el'1 6th. Rhyl detained in the Tyne through bad weather 8th. Tiuabon left Ardro?«tn for Cardiff 7th. Kiug's Croee leift Isvarcs for Newport 7th. _?
WELSH RENT ABATEMENTS.
WELSH RENT ABATEMENTS. At the audit for the receipt of the half-year's rent due Michaelmas of the Landshipping Kstate in Pembrokeshire, an abatement of 12 per cenfct was allowed.
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The Rev. E. H. Fellowes, M.A.. Mus. Bae. Oxon, curate of St. Anne's, Wandsworth, has been selected out of a number of candidate* for the pMt of Precentor of Bristol Cathedral. The, appointment is coupled with a minoi canonry. TjTNUM CATHARTfCUM PILT^ digestive, corrective and agreeably aperient, 9id., 13id. Of oil chemists. e5301-7
From Near and Far
From Near and Far A COLUMN OF CHAT ON INTERESTING SUBJECTS. Ittms ef NOWN aai AKecd«t«s Gloaxed for tke "Express" from N., 8., a ad W. ? Btfvling, billiards, acd card-playing are unlawful in Michigan, according to some dead letter statutes. The only States in which capital punishment is forbidden by law are Michigan, Wisconsin, and Rhode Island. — At the French Crystal Palace was shown a lock that admitted 3,674,385 nombinaticnts. Fichet war; four months in unlocking it. The products of the California, mines from 1853 to 1858 are put down at 443,091,000 dol- lars those of Australia &inoe their discovery at 296,813,000 dollars. There are 5,609 distilleries in the United States. North Carolina. leads with 1,924, and Virginia is next with 1,352. Pennsylvania has 139. Mora than 500 Anglican ministers are reckoned to have been converted to tho Catholic Church tinee Cardinal Newman took the itep. If it is not convenient to fill flannel bags for the sick room with fand, bran will answer the purpose very well, and will retain the lioat for a long tune. The world is crowded only in spots. There are still 20,000.000 square miles of the earth's surface that have not been explored. It is estimated that between January 1 of the year 1137 and January 1, 1886, over 7,000,000 persons perished in earthquakes. The world's population is said to average 109 women to every 100 men, while eight-ninths of the sudden deaths are of males. There are at least 200 horf-e-butcher shops in Paris. The first one dates from July 1. 1866, since when the consumption has grown con- tinuously. The airt of making paper from fibrous matter reduced to a pulp in water appears to have been iirst discovered by the Chinese about 1,800 years ago. liquid fuel is to be used in some of our cruisers. Probably, in future. Britannia will rule the waves entirely with oil. Petalunia boasts of a woman orator whose name is Button. Someone does the preesing, and1 phe does the rest. The Japanese diplomats say that they would not be so rude as to seize the Philippine*. The fox got the cheese by being extra polite. Barrie is reported to have given it as hit opinion that Kipling's "Man Who Would Oe King" is the best snort story in the English tongue. Dr. Saboitraud, the Frenoh scientist, firmly believes, that baldness is contagious, and that barbers' instruments are the most common carriers of the contagion. A singular ease is that in which a charge of theft of three plantain leaves, valued at 2 pies, has been pending against a villager in a Tar- jor. village for no less than six years. Scarlet c-celni, the colour most conspicuous in bright sunshine, and scarlet flowers are com- monest in dry and gunny climates, where their colour gives them an advantage in their struggle with other flowers for the attentions of butter- fiiea 3.00: other pollen bearert. The frequent dismal failures of French vessels-of-war are chiefly due to changes of naTal administrations, each Dew one having its particular hobby to ride. The blame for over- weight, unseawortay ships is therefore not to be laid to the constructors, but rather upon the superiors. One of the oldest, if not the oldest, English firms, is that of Richardson, leather manu- facturers, of Newcastle-on-Tyne. The pre- decessors of this firm were leather sellers to tihe monastery of St. Hilda, which was dis- established at the time of the Reformation, and this can be proved from contemporary record. Analysis of food is enlisting the services of Rontgen rays for the discovery of adulteration. In pictures so obtained of powdered materials thinly scattered on a sheet of glass the presence of anv of the mineral adulterants commonly used is plainly visible on account of the rays not being able to penetrate them. A new ozone and oxygen generator has just beau introduced by the Paris Academy of Science. It consists of a glaas tube containing Bf ven narrow tubes, each of which ha-s a spiral of aluminium wire, inside and outside, which arc connected with the two poles of an itnduo- tion coil. These generators, in operating with air, produce is muah 2.1 170 milQignur.mes of oxtme and 235 of oxygen. In Spain constitutional indolence, fertile soil, and a magnificent climate combine to make life one long dawdle. In Turkey the natural thrift and industry of the real Turkish population are paralysed into idleness and apathy by the hopelessness of winning any-. thing worth having which will not be at once stolen by official corruption. A United States historian says that "tho first coins struck by the United States mint were some half d'iroeis, in 1792; the first dimes were struck in France from old silver family plates furnished by Washington, tihe coins being known as 'Martha Washington dimes.' i from an adaptation of the liberty head to that of Martha. Washington." Did you over see the death-watch The l' n aii Wrmtit'.)u,- think it never sounds but just before th." death of some friend or relaitive. Is is really a small beetle which frequents decayed rotten wood, and is of lonely and re- tiring habits. It iff one Off the smallest of the vigipennia: is dark brown in colour with irregular bright brown spots, the helmet turned up and the upper lip hard and shining. It produces the ticking round by pecking ,at the wood with a small hard proboscis when in tho act of securing food. The farm full of baromeiera, all innrn certain that the best almanac* ever concocted. Before tb", ram r-otnes the dog Ss lazy and wants to sleep, the oat w.T-heg itt face, and the horses are restless and easily frightened. At tihe same time the geese are very noisy, the poultry seek their roosts, ants are all ip It hvrry and skurry laying in «r.pr>lk'«, ?piders crowd together on the will, toncle; and snails and sluars are on the garden paths: the birds cry "we^t, wpet," the frog.J croak, ard the peafowl becomes very excitable and talkative. Vears ago. when =pec'mrns of those beautiful creatures. "birch of Paradise." were first gent to Europe, the strannrest tales were in vogue concerning them. They were thought to be legless and footlogr. It was commcmly paid to pass its time floating in tho air. only lakir.fr an occasional rest by suspending it is elf from the branches of a tree by the feathers of its tail. Thf eggs wc-re laid in the IWlow formed by the plumage of the male, and the mother ait upon them while re-tins' on the ba?k of Iior husband, "both birds floating luxuriously in th? breeze and f^edin? on the =oft dews of heaven. The idea of tho birds b^ing legless rir'Nse frnm the fact thait ib> native'! always cut ofT +h" l<*gs before ■nre^rving the skin, and nil ST><mems that reached Europe were minus the limbs ment-'rir^d. ?-- ?
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
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OVER THE NUTS AND WINE OVIPS AND CRANKS FROM BOTR HEII. SPHERES. A. Switetiom *f J'tkss and Funny JLnsedotes for the Iteatal Recreation of Old Bad Tounff. —— What occupation for men do ladies most d'elike ?—A coward (cow-herd). W^at fruit does a newly married couple resemble ?—A green pair (pear). Why are teeth like verbs ?—They are regular, irregular, and defective. Don't ask your ohild what he wants unless you intend giving it to him. Why was Adam the happiest of all husbands? —Because he had no mother-in-law. Why j", a very ugly female a wonderful womaai ?—She is an extraordinary one. Why is a widow like a gardener?—Because she tries to get rid of her weeds. Why does tying a slow horse to a post improve his ipace?—It makes him fast. Wife: Dear, you promised me a new bonnet on the first of the year. Husband: You're too late. I've just sworn off everything, and have begun tihe New Year with a olean record. "There," a, youiig fellow who lives on the fat of the land, and yet doesn't do a stroke of work." How does he do it?" Well, you ecft, his mother is the fat woman in the penny show." "Do you think, sir, you have the patience and forbearance to be kind to my daughter?" "Patience amd forbearance! My dear sir, I'm stamp olerk at the post-office." Having a round—Eating a plum pudding. A sound company—The waits. Bad to beat—An addled tgg. An ill wind-A blac'k draught. "The mixture a-j before"—The good old Christmas pudding. "The Heart Bowed Down "—Waiting in vain for a kiss beneath the mistletoe bough. Christmas fare—"Two shilbn's! 'Ang it all, guv'nor—no I It's 'arf a orown, bein' Christmas time!" Grace: I wonder why Algy waits so long before proposing? Millie: I know. The mean thing! He ia waiting so that he can give me my engagement ring as a New Year's present. Visitor: "Some of your anowbors I suppose?* Butter Merchant: "Blees you, I ain't got no anceatoiB. My anoeeton; is all dead." "I would give my (heart's blood for Cuba," shrieked the patriot. "Good," exclaimed a bystander, "I'm getting up a troop now. Will you join us?' "Well—er—er—my family," replied the patriot—"I've got a, family to support, and—" "Well take oetrs of your family," said the other. "and pay you well besides. Whalfc do you lay 1" "Sell my patriotism for money?" cried the patriot, indignantly. "Never, sir—never." And he vanished in the crowd. Mrs. Chippering: So the-3e are your children, are they ? J Mrs. Marrow: Yes, and everybody says they are just the image of me. Mrs. Chippering: Why, so they are, poor little things. W hen a woman commences perusing a book, To the end she invariably turns; At the opening chapters she costs not a look, No beauty in them she discerns. This rather ridiculous habit one strilses As being a trifle abfcurd; But the reason is simple; 'tis because woman likes In all things to have the last word. Mankind," says an observing philosopher, is divided into two great classes—these who want to get into the papers and these who are only anxious to fye kept oPt." A poor preacher was caught in a shower on his way to church. He said, I shall oer- taiinly take cold if I go into tho pulpit wet." "Oh, no, you won't," was the reply, "yeu are always dry enough there." Mrs. Grump (in bed, and very loquacious): When there is muah wind at night it always keeps me awake, John. Mr. Grump (civrwlingly): So it does me. Why don't you stop talking? What is the difference between stabbing a man and killing a hog?—One is assaulting with intent to kill and the other killing with intent to salt. Whv did Blondin, at the Crystal Palace, stand to his audience in the sense of one who is outstripping his fellows?—Because he wad stepping over their heads. A blind beggar had a brother who went to sea and was drowned. Now, the man who was drowned had no brother. What relation was the man drowned to the blind beggar?— The blind beggar was the drowned man's sister. Sa11,' Gay: We g;rls of the Byron coterie discussed "Qhilde Harold" last night. Dolly Swift: What conclusion did you reach? Sally Gay: Why, after a two hour*' debate we ui'.p.iiimou.dy decided that a chaperon is not a necessary adjunct to a bicycle. Ii Squire Meouers: The Littlevilles are very old-fa-hionwi, aren't they? I Mrs. Mwldera: Old-fashioned? Why, they actually play croquet! Wandering Willie: Religion is all right, but it don't go fur 'nu £ f. Weary Wraggles How do yer make dat out? Wandering Willie: It on'y commands man not ter work on der seventh day. Mrs. Olcfbeau: I lite you for your sister's sake. Miss Young-Fresh: I don't know any one for whose sake I could like you. Biker Did Wheeler break the mile record? Sprocket: I think so. They juet brought him in am a stretcher. '"I believe the professor is beginning to lose' confidence in his theories." "What makes you think so?" "He seeems unwilling to lieten to arguments against them." Mrs. Dawley: John, it is really frightful the way you swear. Before we were married you said you never gave way (to profanity at all. Mr. Dowley: And I told the truth. I never was married before. Rescuer: Hurry! Quick! Throw her a life preserver. DroWmiwg Girl: Haven't—you—a—white1— one ? That—dirty—drab—doesn't—match—my —bflue—suit. "Have you any means of getting me a news- paper?" said the Cuban general. "I think so, sir." "Well, I wish you would do to. It may sesm a little morbid, but I must confess that I have some curiosity to read the details about my funeral." "May I write you a poem on the beautiful snow?" asked the poet, timidly. "Yes," thundered the editor, "goo out, squat down in the snow and write. In the mean- time, I'll sit hero and pray that as fast &s you write the sun will thaw it out." "And you have found Paris charming?" said a Paris doctor to two American ladies. "Ju<?t great," replied the mother. "We've been here a fortnight, and we've seen every- thing and everybody." 1 hen the daughter chimcd in: "Yes, as m'1,' said, yesterday, if we stopped here much longer, we should become regular parisites." "Well," said the kite to a small boy, "I guess I will have to admit that you have me on a string. And that," continued the kite, "is what makes me soar." "What do you mean by staying until this unearthly hour?" demanded her stern parent. "That's just it," replied the young man; "it's heavenly." City Kditor: Have you found out whether the Park Commissioners intend to open the Aquarium on Sundays? Reporter: Yes. They have intended all along to do so, and will open it the first Sunday in Jaiwiary. City Editor: Then go at once to your, counsel and have him sue out a mandamus; compelling them to do so, and write an article headed: "Another Fight (for the Peqple Won." A woman who is an ardent lover of statuary anfi a critic in her own opinion halted before a sin of Palermo whose collection was on the sidewalk. "And this one is '——" she asked, pointing to a nude plaster. "The Greeek Slave," answered the Italian. "But where are her shackles?" asked the critic. The pedler said nothing, but pointed to the beads on the neck of the figure. "They're off." The racecourse was crowded, and but a few short minutes ago the horsee had iliundered down the home stretch with a finish so cloee as to cause the judges to wrangle among them- selves. Of course,there were other horses that finished at their leisure. Tha crowd was eilent-all exoeipt. Jilkins. After elbowing his way to the judges' ctand and back again, Jilkins continued to howl frantically, "They're off!" He had the whole thing to himself, and the crowd looked pityingly at him. The race was over. but still he bellowed forth. "He's queer," said the First Citizen. "Loot all his money and out of his head," murmured the Second Citizen. "I saw him put his all on Stringhalt, and the horse wasn't in it for a. minute," ventured the Third Citizen. And still Jilkins shrieked forth, "They're off!" "What in thunder are you yelling 'They're off' for?" queried the Fourth Citizen. "The race M over.' "I know it," answered Jilkins, "but I'm yeil- iing because they're off." "What's off?" Jilkins threw up his hat and then kicked it across the grass before replying: "The bets, my friend: the bete are off. Judges can't agree, and I had a big stake on Stringhalt, and he wasn't even a good sixth. "And tearing up some sod and throwing it over himself, he again remarked, in his excess of joy, "They're off!" I'm what is called a manlc-ss man, I live on foodless food: I'm living in an ageless age. And have a moodAens mood. I fill my lungs with airless air. I talk with a talkless tolk At night I sleep a sleepless sieep. Or walk a walklese walk. I ride upon a bikeless bike. And make a timeless time; But up to date I cannot seem To make a rhymeless rhyme. He made ducks and drakes of his money." "Yes, And those promissory notes of his?" Decoys Smith You told me your friend sf.fng like a bird. I think he has a horribly hoarse voice. How can you say it is like a bird's? Jones: Well, the bird I meant was a crow.
Social and Personal
Social and Personal INTERESTING PARS ABOUT INTERESTING PEOPLE. A Column of Gossip and Chatttr om. aa Infinitude of Hen aad Matterj. Miss May Doolin, who is winning so much rsuccess in London hall—a he had a notable triumph recently at the Washington, Batteivea -i3 a Dublin lady. She is very particular in the choice of her songs, which she specially designs herself, and has written to suit her various moods and powers. 0000000-00000 Miss Emmie Merrick, who, in "Oharlry's Aunt," plays the part of "Charley's" sweet- heart, is another "enthusiastic cyclist." She was "converted" to the pastime a year ago, she says, in the course of an interview in "The j-dy Cyclist.' SJi« i.s very diplomatic in tie matter of punctures, which sho doesn't mend herself, observing that &he generally takes care to have a companion with her "who understands all about that kind of thing.') oooooooooooo Mark Twain is between 50 a.nd 60, thin, medium height, with prominent features. His face is Jewish, and generally wears a wrinkled and grave expression. His email, sparkling eyes are almost, entirely hidden in great bushy eyebrows. A lawyer was once talking to him with his harlds in iiiis pockets. "Isn't it a strange sight," cried Twain, "to gee a lawyer put hie h.ands into his pockets—his OW11?' I Oci another occasion he was making a speech at a dinner in New York. "I myself havi fought a. little," he said, "for a fortnight. I was on the stronger side, and I retired-to make the iides equal!" 00000ilooooon The wife of a. very high military official, says a sporting contemporary, in inclined to embon- point, and is ruddy of complexion. Her husband1 lately changed quarters, his distin- guished wife accompanying him. No sooner had they arrived at their new abode than the lady went down to look' at the kitchen, where tfhe found a private of the Sappers plastering in a new stove. '"J-'wat stave wiil never give any heat," she remarked decisively. 'ihe Sapper gave a. back squint at her out of hiis eye. "Won't it?" he said. "It'll give enough hea.t to melt 'arf the fat off of you, I cockeyl" oooooooooooo It is said that General Skobeleff, on the eve of the battle of, Plevna, offered to a Polish Jew the choice between. 100 roubles and the Cross of St. George for having wived lu-s life. Said the young eoldier: "The Cross of St. Geerge-what is it worth, the Cross of St. George?" Replied Skobeleff: My igood fellow, it is mot for the worth of the thing, but for the honour, that I offer it to you. The Cross itself as worth no more that five roubles." The Polish Jew soldier clinched matters by answering; "Well, then, 111 bavo the Crost of St. George and 95 roubles." ooooooooeooo A school teacher was fond of giving senti- ments from as copies in writing exercises. One day he gave his class this adap- tation of a phrase in Hamlet" :—" The appe- tite grows by what it feeds on." One of his pupils, a poor boy with a lcanand hungry look, having written this sentence down twenty times in his best and most patient hand, could not refrain from saying to &e teacher, when ho came round to look at the copy books, "I've written it down, sir, but I don't think it's true." "Don't you? Why not?" "Be- cause, mr, my appetite's always growing by what it dossn't feed on!" oooooooooooo Mr. I. Zangwi'll at a recent dinner of the v Maccabees told the follow mg itory :—"Ihe fat girl of C-, gentlemen, is not a myth. nor a show person, but a solid private reality that I have seen. Her fatness weighed upon h*r, so she went to & physician to be rid of some of it. He drew up a careful dietary; she wn3 to eat dry toaist, plain bailed beef, &c., Mid to return in a month to report reduction. At the end of the month she could hardly get .—dwHugh the doctor'sj doorway. He wui aghast. 'Did you eat what I told you?' he af-ked. Religiously.' His brow wrinkled itself. Suddenly he had a flash of inspiration. 'Anything else?' he asked. 'My ordiuy.ry ritais.' oooooooooooo A good story of Lord Woiseley is told by Mr. Nourse, who 'was with her Majesty's forces through the Soudan campaign. Nourse went into the post-office at-^Korti to look for some letters. The post-mastfer, who was a native and not much used to handwriting, after a super- ficial glance at a big pile of papers and letters, said there was nothing for him. Nourse asked to see the pile of 'letters, and, while he was look- ing them over, a man with nothing to designate his rank ea.mo into the office. He took in the situation at a glance, and said, "Let'ci olean this thing out" whereupon they jumped over the counter and bundled post-master out neck and heels. Th en they begaji the examination of the otiice. and found it congested with mail for the Army. They searched every nook and cranny, and -threw the letters for one regiment into one corner, those for another into another, with all the newspapers in the centre of the lioor. Then the newspapers in the centre of the lioor. Then they went through each pile and separated it into companies, and, before night every letter was in camp and distributed, and the next day the papers were out. Nourse at the time did not know who his companion in the good deed was. He asked 'him his name, and his answer ivais, ''They call me 'Charlie.' Some time afterwards Ncurse was going to liee the comman- dant, and, sitting near his tent, saw his com- panion at the poot-oifiee. "Hallo, Charlie!" he said, "I'm looking for the commandant. Where'll I find him?" "Well." said Charlie, "you won't have to look far; I'm the commandant. Come inside and have a bit to oat and drink It was Lord Woheley. OWJOOUOOUUUO Mr Stephen Crane, who has, as the news- papers have told us, been making close studies otf iite in the "slum" districts of New York, comes forth with the following scene, which has more of truth than animation, of men trying to "see the town" and not knowing exactly how to do it. "Five men flung open the wicket, doors of a brilliant cafe on Broadway, and, entering, took seats at a table. They were in evening dress, and each man held his chin as if it did not belong to him. 'WeU, fellows, what'll you drink?' said one. He found out. and after the ceremony there was a period of silence. Ultimately another man cried, 'Let's have another drink.' Following this outburst and its attendant ceremony there was jmotner period of silence. "At la.st a man murmured, 'Weil, let's have another drink.' Two members of the party dis- cussed the state of the leather market. There was an exciting moment when a little newsboy slid into the place, crying a late extra, and was ejected by the waiter. The five men gave the incident their complete attention. Let's have a drink," said one, afterwards. "At an early hour of the morning c-uo man yawned and sa.id. 'I'm going home, I've got to catch an early train, and I "The four others awoke. 'Uh, hold on, Tom. Hold on. Have another drink before you go. Don't go without a, last drink.' "He had it. Then there was a silence. Then he yawned again and said, 'Let's have another drink.' "They settled comfortably once more around the table. From time to time somebody gaid, 'Let's have a, drink.'
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])ISAPPOINTED IN LOVE. STJICIDEt OF A YOUNG WOMAN AAT ABERGAVENNY. An inquest was held at the Police-court, Abergavenny, on Friday, before Mr. J. B. Waliord, coroner, as to the cause of the death of Edith Mary Parry, aged twenty-one, who mysteriously disappeared on Sunday, the 6th of December last, nothing more being heard of her until Wednesday, the 6th of January, when her dead body was found in the- canal at Llanfoiat.—Dr. W. D. Steel deposed that he had made a post-mortem examination, and had no doubt w-Uatever that drou'iimjf was the cause of death. The appearance and general condition of the body was consistent with its having been in the water three or four weeks it was very much decomposed.—Mr. W. David. grocer, 7, Cross-street, said the deceased had been in his employ for about a. year. He did not see much of her, as a rule, but isanv her last on Saturday, the 5th of December. She was generally of a cheerful disposition. Shu lldct given notice to leave, as she wished to join a sister in London. There was no un- pleasantness.—Edgar Thomas Watkins, carter, in the employ of Mr. W. Davis, said he had been walking out with the deceased, but had informed her that he was engaged to another young woman. She had asked him to marry her, and had cried when he told her he could not do so. On Sunday, the 6th of December, he was at work in Mr. Davis's stable at 4.30, when the deceased called him out and made a statement, at the same time asking him to marry her. He again told her that he could not do so, but that if what she told him was true he was willing to pay. She said his refusal would be the death of her, and that she should not return to her situation that night. SI13 did not cry, but was much agitated, 'and left him hurriedly.— Mrs. M. A. z, Parry, mother of the deceased, said her daughter would have been twenty- two years old on the 17th of December. She knew her daughter was walking out with Watkins, and that she thought he was going to marry her. Deceased had told witness that she feared she was in a certain condi- tion, but witness. after some conversation, -assured her that this was a mistake. Witness knew that her daughter was going to meet Watkins on the afternoon of the 6th of December last. She had been talking very cheerfully about her approaching marriage, and told witness that she had given Miss Davies notice, but was going to stay over Christmas to oblige her. She said she was going to live at Newport when married, and that Watkins was going to Gilwem to break off with the other young woman.—A verdict of "Suicide whilst temporarily insane" was returned.
INEW PARK FOR ABERDARE. I-
NEW PARK FOR ABERDARE. HANDSOME GIFT BY LORD BUTE. At a meeting of the Aberdare Urban District Council on Friday Colonel Thomas Phillips, the clerk, read the fdllowing letter from SiT W. T. Lewis. Bart.: — 22a, Queen Anne's Gate, Westminster, December 10, 1896. Craig-rhiw-Mynach. My dear Sir,—With reference to the various discussions we have bad during the last two years relating to your desire to acquire a lease of this portion of the Boult.e property for the pur- pose of a recreation ground for the inhabitants of the town of Aberdaire—as to which, as I have from time to time stated, serious difficulties have existed owing to the provisions of the late Lord Bute's will-it now affords me great pleasure io state that the Marquess of Bute, after carefully considering how swh additional recreation ground can be provided, has arranged with the trustees of the will of the late M*arquese of Bute to purchase from them the surface of th-is por- tion of the Bute property (about 27A acres in t xtent) for t.he sum of J3847 10s., which his lord- ship has authorised me to instruct his solicitor to prepare a conveyance of to the inhabitants of Aberdare as a "free gift" for "recreation pur- poses," on condition that the local authority shall lay out, equip, and maintain t.he ground in the most advantageous manner for recreative purposes for the enjoyment of the inhabitants of Aberdare, subject to the reservation of neces- sary mining rights, and, of course, a provision for ihe property reverting to Lord Bute or his successors in the event of its being used other- wise than for the intended purposes of public recreation.—I remain, vours very trulv, W. THOMAS LEWIS. It was decided to convey the thanks of the council to Lord Bute for his generosity, and to Sir W. T. tiewis foa^being the happy mediator, and to intimate to the latter that the matter would be formally brought forward for accep- tance at the next meeting.
RETIREMENT OF THE PONTYPRIDD…
RETIREMENT OF THE PONTYPRIDD POSTMASTER. A complimentary dinner given to Mr. I'dwin Castle, the retiring Pontypridd post- master, was held at the New Inn Hotel, Pontypridd, on Thursday night. The gathering was presided over by Mr. George Knill, of Tonypandy, and there was a repre- sentative attendance.—The Chairman, in pro posing the health of the guest of the evening, said Mr. Castle was retiring through ill- health, after forty years' service, to the regret of the inhabitants of the district, by whom he was held in the highest respect and esteem.— Mr. Lewis Williams, the head postman, then presented Mr. Castle with a magnificent gold watch, suitably inscribed, on behalf of the local staff.—Mr. Castle's reply was most in- teresting, and the speaker was enthusiastically received.
RAFFLING AT ROSS.
RAFFLING AT ROSS. At Roes Police-court on Friday George Rudge, labourer, of Walford-on-Wye. was sum- moned for allowing a raffle to take place at his house on the 18th of December, and a number of other laibourers were charged with aiding and lllbetting.-Th.e defend-ante pleaded igno- rance, and said they did not know they were doing wrong.—The Chairu:a.n (the Rev. E. B. Hawk^haw) said the Act prohibiting these lot- teries was passed against the evils that resulted from them. As the defendants, however, appeared to have acted in ignorance, the caMs would he dismissed upon their paying 2s. 6d. each eoste, and he (the Chairman) hoped it would be a warning to them.
PARK-HALL SERVICES, CARDIFF.
PARK-HALL SERVICES, CARDIFF. The address to-morrow (Sunday) afternoon at the Paxk-hall services will be given by ihe Rev Seth Joshua, of Newport, whom his numerous Cardiff friends will be pleased to have an oppor- tunity of hearing again. The music com- prises organ recital at 2.30, "Fugue iiii D minor" (Bach),Triumphal Maxell (Lemmens). and 'Song Without Words," No. 19 (Mendelssohn). At 2.45 p.m. Mr. C. Yen-on Pierson lias kindly promised to lender a flute solo, "'Variations on Rousseau's Dream." A tenor .-olo. "The Pil- grim." will he sung by Mr. R. W. Evan<?, and tli3 choir will render an anthem. The chair will be taken at three o'clock by Mr. E. R. Moxey, J.P.
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CARDIFF SATURDAY "POPS; The array of artistes engaged for the "Pop at the Park-hall, Cardiff, to-night (Saturday) ia an excellent one, the list including. as it does, such well-known vocalists as Madame John Thomas (Llanelly), Mr. David Lloyd (Llan. gennech), and the Cardiff Society of Gleemen. Mr. Arthur Angle will give violin solos, Mr. T. W. Elliott a character sketch and comic songs, and Mr. Albert Trillo, a ventriloquial entertainment. The conductor will be Mr. T. E. Aylward. and the accompanist Mr. A. T. To one.
CURE OF "DRUNKENNESS AND CRIME.
CURE OF "DRUNKENNESS AND CRIME. A LONDON MAGISTRATE'S DICTUM Mr. Curtis Bennett, in giving his decision .at Marylebona Police-court on Thursday in a case in which a prisoner was charged with assaulting a barman, and a police- constable, remarked that there was a very useful section of a certain Act of Parliament which had, unhappily for the country, fallen into disuse. If in every case where a man was found drunk on licensed premises or was seen to leave the premises drunk, the publican was proceeded against, that, in his opinion, would do more for the cause of temperance than any other legislation that could be brought about. The section referred to had not, however, been taken advantage of; The onus of proving that a man did not get drunk in a particular public-house rested very properly upon the publican. If prose. cut ions were brought day by day-as, in his experience as a magistrate of twelve years' standing, they could be—against publicans, he was absolutely certain that the manage- ment of public-houses would be as different as it was possible to conceive. He was assured that such a course of action would result in a decrease of drunkenness and crime which would absolutely startle those who were not so thoroughly acquainted with crime and drunkenness as they who presided over these courts unfortunately were.
GAZETTE NEWS.
GAZETTE NEWS. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Thomas Wellsteed and Henry Weilsteed, trading M Wellsteed Brothers, at Newport. Moil., butchers; Henry Wellsteed retires. John R. Francis and John 0. Richardson, trading as Richardson and Co., at Swansea. BANKRUPTCY ACTS. 1883 AND 1890-RECEIVIKG ORDERS. Herbert Jelly, Brecon-road, Hirwain, Glamorgan. shire, builder. Morgan G. Bond, Mackworth-street, Bridgend, baker. John W. Stott. of Pitnce of Wales-road, Swansea, pharmaceutical chemist. Alfred Mabe, of Templeton, in Narberth, Soutti Pembrokeshire, farmer, butcher, and dealer.
GERMANY'S OFFICIALLY INSPIRED…
GERMANY'S OFFICIALLY INSPIRED PRESS. PROPOSED ABOLITION OF THE SYSTEM. The "Manchester Guardian's" London corre- spondent hears that the German authorities are resolved to put -an end to the relations which have hitherto existed between various Govern- ment departments and the German press. The whole system of a Government-inspired press seerna likely to be abolished, and it is signifi- cant thai very close inquiries have recently been made in London as to the precise relations sub- sisting between the leading daily papers and the Government offices. The German autho- rities have, it is said, found it very difficult to believe that there does not exist in England an "inspired" press similar to that in Germany and other Continental countries.
THE QUEEN'S HOLIDAY.
THE QUEEN'S HOLIDAY. Friday night's "Court Circullar" states: — With reference to the statements that have recently appeared in the press fwd tlhat have been made in private communications regarding the risk of the supposed premature occupation by the Queen of the new hotel at CAmiez, wo are requested to state that expert opinion nega- tives such fears, and that every precaution has been, and will be, taken that her Majesty should not incur any risk of the nature apprehended.
AFFAIRS OF A WELSH COMPANY.
AFFAIRS OF A WELSH COM- PANY. The statement of affairs has just been issued in the winding up of the Perfect Pavement Company (Limited), from which it appears that the gross liabi'lities amount to JB2,028 12s. 2d., assets Bl,815 17s. 8d., leaving a deficiency of £ 212. As regards the contributories there is a total deficiency of £3,312 14s. 6d. The com- pany was registered in June, 1895, with a capital of J65,000, divided into 50 shares of ilOO each. ]t was practically a private company, no prospectus being issued, and no shares having been offered to the public. It was formed by the proprietors of a patent machine for making artificial flatrs out of cement and granite chip- pings at Penmaenmawr. The cause of failure is stated to be want of capital.
FOOTBALL IN THE STREETS.
FOOTBALL IN THE STREETS. The Dorking Urban District Council had dccided to take steps to preserve the old custom of playing football in the public streets on Shrove Tuesday. The Surrey County Council has been petitioned by numerous tradesmen to suppress the practice.
THREATENED AMERICAN MONOPOLY…
THREATENED AMERICAN MONO- POLY IN CHINA. I am informed, says the New York corre- spondent of the "Yorkshire Post," that a syndi- ca-to of American capitalists, of whom Senator Calvin S. Brice, of Ohio, is the moving spirit, are st-cking1 to carry throughy a scheme for seeeunntf a monopoly of railroad, telephone, and telegraph construction in China. The ar- rangements have already progressed a certain stage, but the plan is now being vigorously opposed by Russian official influence.
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Labrador, swept by Arctic winds, and wathec by the Arctic current, is not unjustly regardec on this side the ooean as an object. lesson ir sterility and forbidding desolation. Yet when boiTies ripen in a northern climate, the higher the latitude the better they are, and the black- berries and raepberries of Labrador are deli- cious. Red currants, mar.-h berries, and curlew berries are equally excellent, and there is Vlie gorgeous hake-apple, a sort of glorified raspberry, golden yellow when ripe. fl
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