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A REMARK A ULE ESCAPE. psivine'i? M* ,l,,s very narrow iw' ib" ti!efC,lll;i1 •St.niou, Wrexham. Ilav- the iin?. i J'" iUI .E,,esil|ere train, lie crossed in trvi of going over the font bridge, and Wl-"„f'70,"1(>t lie °l»P°siIe platform he fell Ij"rr-ht" 11 S ^el n'<!e" the iul|l 'he pla.t form. A lIght: cngille Was faSit "riHoaching ami Guard ti ( ''iy rexham an<i Eliesmere line, seeing ( (Uigeioils jtosition (he gentleman was in, ran ou.ttd.s him, and shouted, "Don't, move." Fortu- lately the gentleman obeyed, and the engine passed several yards beyond where lie was before being pulled up. Lewis assisted t he gentleman to the platform, 111111 it was found that though naturally alarmed he was unhurt.

LADY HENRY SOAIERSET AND THE REGULATION QUESTION. Lidy Ileury Somerset, wilose qualified endorse- ment. of the health regulations in force with regard to the Indian army ten months ago created so much hostile feeling, has written another letter to Lord George Hamilton. In it, her ladyship says The absence of any serious cfrott of the Government, to bring about a higher standard in the army is a final proof to me that as lon^ as regulation of any kind can be resorted to as a remedy, it will always be regarded as the one and only panacea. My view was that it would be instituted as an odious but possibly effective auxiliary to moral efforts. I filld it will always he accepted as a convenient substitute, audi take the liberty of addressing this explicit withdrawal of all endorsement, in whatever form of the princi- ple of regulation."

fr LARGE RAILWAY ORDERS. \,¡.. i«m,fin'eS''°^eilf; !l'oscow says the Govern- bas assigned twenty millions of roubles for <tne purpose of locomotives for tbe Russian Stale xtailways during the current, year. A large num- ber will have to be ordered abroad, as the Russian tvoiks cannot turn out more than about one thou- sand per annum at tbe most. Manyiocomotivea tire to be seen running on both the State and pri- vate lines of Russia which are over 30 years old. In addition four hundred locomotives have been ordered for the Siberian Railway, and one hun- (ii-ed iiiot-e ivill be ordered this year, while one million and a half roubles will be spent upon roll- ing stock on the line. The inadequacy both in number and quality Of the Russian locomotives is one of the chief causes of (he annual disorganisation of railway COllllllullicatiollS durillg the pressure of the ex- port of grain, and (his disorganisation would be severely felt in case of mobilisation on a large scale.

DR. NANSEN AND THE POLAR REGIONS. Dr. Nallsell lias opellcll his English lecturing toill. ill lilc Victoria Hall, Hautey, under the auspices (if the local branch of the. Young Men's I Christian Association. Robert. Heath pie- sided over a large at tendance. The cx- plorersaid it seemed strange that, humanity should make such efforts to explore legions where, there was little to be found but ice and snow. Must of us, however, longed to get, a glimpse of every) bing that was unknown. Soman tried to travel over III slIrfaec of threat))). and know something of Other parts than where be i« living but the further north they went, the more difficult, would progress become, nn'il in (lie Arctic regions they would be Mopped by I lie worst, enemies of lot (,gi ice, know, and the dark winters of the l'olar re- gions. Dr. Nansen wen( on I o explain (lie origin of lais theory of t.be existence of a si ream by which, lie of nature might he used, instead of being fought against, in gelling to Polar regions. He then gave an ,'iccounl, illus- trated by limelight of his iate expedi* lion. V ==================

HALLUCINATIONS. Dr.W.Harris, in an alïicleoll "HrliÍJI," des- cribe* !sollie remarkable cases of hallucination associated with hemianopia, or complete blindness in one or other halt of the visual field. In one case of partial hemianopia the patient had visual hallucinations, lasting a few minutes, of folk and horses moving in a reddish atmosphere, the images lieing limited to tlie blind lield of vision. Another saw COllt illllallv ill Ids blind fie111 It man standing at the back of his head, holding two lighted can- dles. A man who developed right hemianopia was t ronulelllen days later with hallucinations of men, flies, and insects. A t first lie recognised I ljeii- iiii- reality, but after n. few days he became convinced they were The became more fre- quent, and he would then hunt for them in cup- boards and cornets. Another case of hemianopia with hallucination in the blind field, cited by Dr. II arris, is that, of a man who suddenly lost, powet of speech, using wrong words, and forgetting (he names of things. During a subsequent attack of temporary loss of speech the patient suddenly neticelltltal. wilile It a. nng his sight was confused, Ami that the print seemed to run together. After that he noticed be could not see so well to the right, and used to bump up against things on the right side. In discussing the seat of production of visual hallucinations of this kind, Dr. Harris reached the conclusion thaL they cannot be ela- borated in the half-vision centre in the ennens of the braiii, btil iii a higher visual celltre-possi. bly the angular gyrus.

THE LIGHTHOUSE TRAGEDY. At; Hightowii, near Liverpool an inquest ha9 been held concerning the deal lis of Robert Buckley, JVlaiy Ann Buckley, and Alice Clements, who Jost their lives in tlie lire at the Crosby Light- house. The police doctor for the district deposed that the lemaiiis Ave,e those of human beings, ana were pnneipully portions of spines. He ùe- Jfleved the bOlles were i.i10Sle of three t)ersoiii.- Thomas Bo toil, pointsman at Hightowii, stated that at 20 minutes past fo, OM <jie lll0r'IlijlR iM question lie the lighthouse on lire.—The "e nrigl1 de said that when his men reache.1 the sp<)t Uie ,ltil()Ilse was alight, from top «o ho ton. There was a series of small explosions, "ut< e VeF due to oil or rockets he could liot say. J.he brigade Coil «lo nothing but save the stores, the only water near being from the service pipe, police-con. stable Bond deposed to breaking into the cottage. In one room the bed had evidently been occupied, and the clothes <>f a man and woman wete in the apartment. The building was then on fire in every part. No oil was stored in the lighthouse, the stores being some distance away.—Captain, of i lie said there were no revolving lights in the light- house, which was inspected by t he Trinity House Commissioners last, August;, and repented' favour- ably upon. Buckley, the lighthouse-keeper, wa a steady man. After some further evidence, the jury returned a verdict, of Accidental death,"and recommended Illal, (he biles! improvements be introduced into ilic keeper have ao assist =====

'OVest London Police Court,'Benjamin ICelley JjV Foster have been sentenced respec- J t" three months' hard labour for attempted JJOcl.etYlcklllg at the J3arllHllI awl Hailey fShow at OIYlllpla. 1 lie Doi Itinjv Disti-ict Council have decided to inKoduce the el^trie-!ight into their dist.ict. J.|ieie .lie ^aiious ways in which ministers may become popu a< with various classes. The Rev. JUyron Been, ot i)GM am popnla.i with the ilii\^ls o this city because I am rapid at, u. funeral. 1 "l want. to freeze them to death." —"Utica Dally Press." The mail bag ll,e North failed to drop in the net the other day at Huntingdon, and got unaer the train. H W"8 c"t (o pieces, and The contents mutilated find scattered in all directions. The majority of the letters were reduced to fit, ments, any many are enlnciy lost. Sir Edward Augustus Bond, of Prince's .Square, Bayswater, from 1S7S to lSSb pi lnctpal librarian of the British Museum, who died on January 2, aged fighty-two years, left a personalty of the value of £ 14,949. Two countrymen were discussing why the Rev. Mr. Boyd, of St. Andrew's signed himself, A.K.fLB." Oue of tllem saill, oll, they meat .1 AKiud o' Haveriu' liody.

SAD POISONING CASE AT PRESTATFN. THE JURY AND THE CORONER. A SCENE. On Tuesday morning Mr R. Bromley, Coroner for Flintshire held an inquest at the Railway Hotel, Prestatyn, touching the death of Llewelyn Aneurin Dowell, aged 15 months the infant child of Mr James Dowell, butcher, Prestatyn. The followinglconstituted the jury Messrs Thomas Parry Williams, (foreman), Joseph Berry, John Edward Shone, Joseph Owen Hughes, David Thomas James, Thomas Hughes, Edward Jones, J. E. L. Jones, William John Williams, Richard Griffiths, Robt. Hughes Robert Richards, Edwin Parry. The first witness called was James Dowell, who identified the body which the jury had just viewed as that of his child Aneurim Dowell aged 15 months. The child was per- fectly healthy and was quite well on Friday the 4th of February. About 11.45 on that morning he was in the yard with another gentleman, and on coming to the house he met his wife in the back kitchen door with the de- ceased in arms. She said u Dont frighten the littieone has he seems very bad-He took thechild from her and it was crying. He noticed a mark on its mouth and smelt a peculiar smell, [but he did not remember asking what it was that the child had taken. He suspected that the child had taken poison and sent for a Doctor at once. Dr. Griffiths came in about five or ten minutes after the affair happened. Dr. Davies also arrived. The child was carefully attended to but it died on Sunday morning about 2-15. He had never purchased carbolic acid at any time for the house for any purpose and he had never known it to be in the house before. Letitia Dowell, the wife of the last witness, said that on Friday morning she purchased a penny worth of carbolic acid from Mr John Jones, Chemist, High Street. She had never purchased the acid before in her life- She purchased it for the purpose of disinfecting one of the rooms in which a cat had been. There was a sale to be at the house, and she did this for the purpose of the auctioneer and his clerk. She had altogether eleven children. When she went to Mr Jones, the chemist, she asked him what was the best thing to remove the smell of cats from a room quickly. He asked her for a bottle and she went to the house for one and took it to him. He told her the first time that carbolic acid was the best thing and he gave her a pennyworth of it in a small bottle, and labelled the bottle poison, telling her ou leaving the shop to take care of the children as it was rank poison, She replied "All right Mr Jones, I will be sure to keep it." This was about 11 30 She put a table-spoon full in a saucer and put the saucer on a box in the landing. She did not take the saucer to the room then because the men had already got there and she left it on the box and went downstairs to her work. There were five children (the little ones in the house) Deceased was not on the landing at the time she left the saucer there, but was with the other children in the bedroom occupied by her mother-in-law who was an invalid. The door was open but the landing was dark. She was very much flurried and troubled and that was no doubt how shecame to be so careless. When she was downstairs baking she heard a cry. She rush- I cl ed to the top of the stairs and through the railings she saw the deceased standing with his little lingers in the saucer. She rushed to him and took him away. She noticed marks on his mouth. She would not have known that any of the acid had been taken out of the saucer but for the fact of the marks she saw on the child- She took the child to Mr Jones the chemist. He came in a few seconds and put some olive oil on its mouth and told her to send for the Doctor. She did so and Dr. Griffiths and Dr Davies came and attended the child to the time of its death on Sunday morning. John Lloyd Jones, Chemist, Prestatyn de- posed to Mrs Dowell coming to her shop on Friday morning about 11 o'clock. She asked for a disinefectant saying that she wanted it for a room in which the old lady had been lying and that a cat had been in it and it was rather stufffy. She said she only wanted a small quantity, the Jeist he could make. He sug- gested carbolic acid for several reasons, one was that as the old lady had been lying in the room for about 12 months, and the other was that she had' asked for a very small quantity. Knowing what circumstances they were in at the time-i.e., their financial trouble it would hardly be right for him to suggest "Sanitas, which would cost a shilling a bottle. The Coroner remarked upon the witnesses' imprudence in supplying carbolic acid as a disinfectant knowing that there were children about the house. The Witness replied that he was within his legal rights in doing what he did. The Coroner said that no doubt he was within his legal rights, but still as a chemist and druggist, and as a man of commonsense he should be the last to suggest a deadly poison as a disinfectant under the circumstances when a safe disinfectant could be had for a few pence more. Witness continuingsaid he asked Mrs Dowell if she bad a bottle and she said she had not, but she would send one over. He cautioned Mrs Dowell with regard to the carbolic aeid and did so more particularly because he knew there was a house full of children. Mrs Dowell sent a child eight or nine years old with a bottle and he put a pennyworth of carbolic acid in it. He put a label on marked poison, and cautioned the child telling her to be very careful with it and to keep it away from the children. He told Mrs Dowell to mix a little water with the acid and ,to put it in a saucer under the bed. The Dowells had been customers of his for about 4 years. Dr W- H. Griffiths said he was called to the house of Mr and Mrs Dowell between 11.30 and 12 o'clock, and found the deceased in the house on the knees of Mr Pritchard of Railway Terrace. On examining the child he found its face very much inflamed. He was told it had taken carbolic acid and the symptoms were consistent with its having done so. He examined the throat and mouth to see if it had swallowed any and found that both its throat and mouth were white from corosion. He applied some oil to the mouth and throat and sent for Dr. Davies to come to his assistance, and to bring a stomach pump with some lime water from Mr Jones the chemist. He did all he could for the child and when Dr.Davies arrived,they used the stomach-pump to discharge the stomach of all thecarbolic acid. He then put the child to bed and attended it to the time of its death on bunday morning. Death was due to his having swallowed carbolic acid. The fact of the child putting his fingers in the saucer and rubbing them on his face aDd in his mouth would be sufficient to cause death. He was afraid from the commencement that it was a hopeless case He saw the bottle which contained about 3 ounces, it was fully labelled. The Coroner in summing up referred to the careless way in which Mrs Dowell had left the carbolic acid about the fplace. She had ad- mitted her neglect to take proper precautions and explained as a reason for it that she was in worry and trouble at the time. With regard to the chemist he (the Coroner) had already expressed his opinion him. Although no doubt he was within his legal rights in supp ying the poison still he (the Coroner) did not think that he should have served the carbolic acid under the circumstances. The Jury returned a verdict that deceased had met his death through an accident by tak- ing carbolic acid and expressed their sympathy with the parents. They also gave it as their opinion that the Coroner had been too bard on the chemist. They hoped that the legislature would make carbolic acid as scheduled poison. The Coroner asked the foreman if the verdict and opinion expressed by the jury was unanimous The Foreman replied that it was. The Coroner then said that he had already expressed his opinion concerning the chemist and he saw no reason to alter it. He certainly did not think that the chemist should have supplied the carbolic acid in a house where there were so many children and the rents were in such trouble. He thought that had the inquest been held in a large town where the jury did not know the chemist they would have taken a stronger view of the case.

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A RHYL AUCTIONEER AND HIS BAILIFFS. APPLICATION TO SUSPEND HIS CERTIFICATE. At the opening of the special County Court at Rhyl. on Saturday, before Judge Sir Horatio Lloyd, Mr F. J. Gamlin said he had a special matter to bring before His Honaur. It had no connection with the case set down for hearing that day, but as it had occurred eince the court held the previous day. no doubt his Honour would hear what he bad to say. An action was pending in that court by Mrs Grace Evans against Mr Eli Cranshaw, to recover the sum of for rent of certain premises called Emral Villa, Elwy Street, which had been let furnished to Mr Cranshaw. The case was originally set down for hearing at St. Asaph Court last month. but was not reached, nor did it come before his Honour the previous day. The defendant had entered a set-off, and it would come before the court in due course. The plaintiff, knowing that the case would not be reached on Friday, entered into a kind of compact with one of his Honour's certificated bailiffs, Mr Joseph Evans, auctioneer, of that town, who held a ceitificatd under the Law of Distress Amendment Act. A distress had been put into Mr Cranshaw's residence by Mr Joseph Evans, and notice had been given of an application against Mr Eli Cranshaw, claiming £24 13s. rent due in arrears. There was no schedule or inventory annexed to the notice, and it would be noticed that the goods distrained upon were the goods of the landlady herself, Mrs Grace Evans. Simultaneously with that, Mr Joseph Evane seized and levied distress upon the goods, at the request of the landlord of the premises, who was acting in conjunction with Mr J. A. Evans and Mrs Grace Evans, for rent alleged to be due to the superior landlord. Two bailiffs had been put in possession, and a farther claim was set up by Mr Joseph Evans, who was in the habit of purchasing furniture en for JE16 worth of furniture, which he alleged belonged to him. It was 31 9 alienee} that tb§ two men who stayed ia possession were supplied with 3s. worth of whiskey and 2s. worth of beer. Mr Cranshaw was away in London, and there were only Mrs Cranshaw, her two daughters, and her Bon at home. He considered it his duty to brinsfthe conduct of Mr Joseph Evans before the court, and had given him notice of the application. Miss N. C,anshaw said her father Wis tenant of Emral Villa, and an action was pending in the court against Mr Cranshaw in respect of rent. On Friday afternoon, at 4 10, Mr Joseph Evans, Mr Williams (the superior landlord), Mrs Gracs Evans, Mr J. A. Evans, two bailiffs, and others entered the house. Mrs Grace Evans was plaintiff in the action which had been entered in the court. Mr Joseph Evans served the notice of distress, and left two men, Chas. Hughes and Albert Owen, in possession. They told witness that they had a disttess also for the superior landlord, and they showed her a papsr to that effect. Mr Joseph Evans said there was £1.6 due to him for furniture. The two bailiffs were left in the house all night. Her father was away in London, and she expected that he would return that night. The other members of the family at home with her were her mother, sister, and a brother aged 15 years. Mr Joseph Evans aud the two men were drunk, and during the evening the former took into the house three separate shilling's worth of whiskey in addition to a quantity of beer. The family did not go to bed that night. The two mea went to bed for a little while, but afterwards went downstairs and sat up. Mr Gamlin said that Mr Pierce Lewis was solicitor for Mrs Grace Evans, and he represented Mr Cranshaw in the action pending before the court. When it was found that the case could not be dealt with on Friday, an endeavour was made to come to some arrangements, and Mr J. A. Evans aeked whether an undertaking would be given that Mr and Mrs Cranshaw would go out of possession, but that could not be given. His Honour asked if the rent in the warrant was the same as that claimed in the action pending. Mr Gamlin replied that a part of it was tho same. His Honour said the warrant was for £24, and the rent claimed in the action was j615. Mr Gamlin said he considered that it was his duty to bring the matter before his Honour especially as he belisved the bailiff was acting in collusion with the other parties. His Honour said he desired to see the paper from the superior landlord. Mr Gamlin fctated that the rest was received by a solicitor in town, and doled out to the superior landlord. Mr Pierce Lewis was the solicitor, and the superior landlord was Mr David Cadwaladr Williams. Mr J. Arthur Evans said he should like to ask Miss Cranshaw a few questions before she left the box. He was proceeding to put questions to the witness, when she repeatedly asked if she was bound to answer. On being advised to do so by Mr Gamlin, she said sbe was not present at Emral Villa at 4 10 on Friday, as she did not arrive at lihyl from Rhuddlan until after five o'clock. Her poor mother had been annoyed by the men, and she had been told all that passed.. His Honour said he could only form an opinion as to the conduct of the bailiff, and as Mr Joseph Evans was not present he would order his certificate to be suspended until the next court, as well as to direct the bailiffs to be withdrawn. Mr J. Arthur Evans said that so far as Mrs Evans was concerned she had no hand in the matter. His Honour I order the bailiffs to withdraw at once, and shall suspend Joseph Evans' certificate until I have heard his reasons for his illegal conduct. L iter in the day, Mr Madden said he had been instrusted by Mr Badcliffe to appear on behalf of Mr Joseph Evaoa, and to say that that person bad not received Mr Gamlin's letter informing him of the application to the coart until after the matter had been decided. It was not true to say that Mr Evans was drunk, and he hoped his Honour would hear what Mr Evans had to say. His Honour said he was only concerned at that time with the question whether Mr Joseph Evans had taken bottles of whiskey into the houae for the men. If he did so, he was not fit to be a bailiff. He did not attach much importance to what the witness had said about Mr Evans being druak, as he iutended to go into the whole question on February 25th. Mr Joseph Evans was then called, and said he received a warrant of distress at about four o'clock on the previous day, and he executed it himself in company with Charles Hughes, Albert Owens, and Mr D. C. Williams, the owner of the property. He I was perfectly sober himself, and got into the house quietly. The landlord had a bit of a struggle to get in. They were all perfectly sober, and it was not true that he had taken any drink in to the men. He did not see any drink there, and did not send out for any. It was not true that he fetched in three separate shilling's worth of whiskey or any beer. Mr J. Arthur Evans was there going through the house taking an inventory. but he did not send out for drink. At aboat 9 o'clock he gave the men some money with which to buy food. He had stayed in the house for about two hours after first getting possession, and after. wards returned. He was sure that he was sober the whole time, and could call a police constable to prove that fact. He left the house about 9 o'clock, after leaving money for food for the men. By His Honour I stayed there about 10 minutes. His Honour here read over the evidence given by Miss Cranshaw. Mr Joseph Evans added that Miss Cranshaw was not present when he first went to the house, but she arrived before he left. There was not a word of truth in the statement that young lady had made, and he could call half a dozen witnesses to prove that what he said was true. A police con- stable visited the house because he thought that there was a row going on. By Mr Gamlin I was authorised to distrain for Mrs Grace Eyans, all well as for the superior landlord. His Honour said he was only interested then in the conduct of the bailiffs in the house, and he wanted to know what was their condition between 4 and 11 o'clock at night. Cross-examined by Mr Gamlin I took two men witb me, because one would not stay by himself on account of the women laughter). They are well- known. There are a couple of grown-up girls, the mother and a lad. I know there is a girl aged 14. Mr Cranshaw is not in London, he was in Rhyl this morning at 4 o'clock, as the men saw him in the house. Gamlin Are you prepared to swear that Mr Eli Cranshaw was in Rhyl at 4 o'clock this morn- in^4~TI ,8wear the men told me so. At 4 o clock this marning ?—Yes. In the house, with two bags. In reply to other questions, Mr Evans said he stayed in the house the first time he went there from 4 o clock until 6. He went through the house with Mr J. Arthur Evans and Mrs Grace Evans, because there were goods belonging to Mr Cranshaw as well as to Mrs Grace Evans, and he wanted to know which was which. Mr Gamlin: Had you had any drink ?—Not a drop. When did you return ?—At 9 o'clock. You did not go there between 6 and 9 o'clock ?— No. When you returned were the men drunk ot sober ?—Sober, yes they had not a penny to get any- thing to drink. It is alleged that you took te the place three separate shilling's worth of whiskey, a shilling's worth each time you went ?--It is not true. Did you bring in any whiskayat all?—No sir, nor beer. She says that you came subsequently and brough t 2s. worth of be ?—Nothing of the kind. I have been sworn. Did you see the men drinking any beer ?—Not a drop. How long did you stay at 9 o'clock?—I only gaxe the men money to buy food. I gave them 2s. ed. For the two?—No, tor one. Do you know what they did with it?—I cannot say. I gave them 2s. 6d. for food and weat away. At 10 minutes past 9 ?—Yes. It is alleged that you went there again at 11 o'clock ?—It is not true. When was the next time you returned to the house ?—Twenty minutes past 8 o'clock this morning. Did these young ladies make any complaint to you of the conduct of these men during the night ? —No. The old lady was in the kitchen preparing breakfast, and she wanted me to have a cup of tea, but I declined, and said I was going away. She did not complain of the men being drunk ? —No sir. Is it a fact that you were drunk ?~No, I have never been drunk in my life. You know the bailiffs you left in ?—Yes they attend the County Court Offices as well as myself. You say that they are the County Court bailiffs. Do you mean that ?—Yes, they go into possession for the County Court. Mr Gamlin: I do not think that your statement will be corroborated by the County Court Clerk. Mr Evans: Mr Norria can say the same. Mr Norris (Clerk to the County Court Office): —Yes. Mr Gamlin: la whose employ is Mr Hughes now r-He is not employed by anyone now. He is at liberty. I know that, but he was in your employ ?—Yes. I think he was in Mr John Arthur Evans' serviç f-1 put him in &s a until thie morning. Hia Honour said that question could be gone into on the 25th inst. He would withdraw the suspension of Mr Joseph certificate uutH February 25th, when he would go into the whole question. By Mr Gamlin The bailiffs are withdrawn ? His Honour Yes. Mr Gamlin then applied for the documents to be impounded. His Honour said he had only ordered tbe bailiffs to b6 withdrawn. Mr Gamlin asked for the warrant to be lodged. Mr Madden replied that he would decline to lodge it unless the Court ordered it. His Honour said the only matter he bad to deal with was the interference with the action which was pending in the court. Mr Madden 6aid Mr Joseph Evans understood that the bailiffs were withdrawn altogether, but be desired to know what he could do with regard to the warrant he held to go into the house for the superior landlord. His Honour He can take his own course now. I object to anyone taking the law into their own hands in this fashion. I have nothing to do with the superior landlord. I have ordered the bailiffs to be withdrawn as to the action pending in this court.

ABERGELE NOTES. Excellent papers were read at last week's meeting of the Wesleyan Debating Society, by Mr W. R Jones, and Mr 1). Jones, Chapel Street., two of the junior members. -0- The coursing meeting on the marsh last week proved a popular affair, although the weather was tempestuous. Considerable dis- satisfaction was expressed when the final race resulted in a draw. —o— Abergele can now boast of a strong choral society, which is composed of the crack singers of the town. The leader is Mr Wm. Jones, coal agent, who is very actively en- gaged in bringing the choir to a creditable standard. A good treat may be expected at their concert which is fixed for an early date. —o— I cannot help calling attention to the way in which the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children bring pressure on the rates. A couple were convicted at the magistrates court last Saturday, for cruelty to their four children. The result was imprisonment of the parents at the expense of the County, and the sending of the children to the worithouse to be main- tained by struggling ratepayers. Both parents are able-bodied, but addicted to drink. The Society begins at the wrong end, why not agitate for the closing of the public houses 9 out of every 10 cases of neglect arise from the drinking habits of the parents. An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure. ——o— The Good Templar Lodge has commenced a new quarter with .the following officers:- Past C. templar, Mr H. Williams, Gwynfryn chief templar, Mr J. R. Ellis; vice-templar, Miss M. Hughes, Plasnewydd secretary, Mr D. Thomas, High Street; chaplain, Mr Isaac Hughes, Peel Street; treasurer. Miss Ellis, Berthtopic financial secietary, Miss Hughes, Plasnewydd; marshals, Mr J. E. Evans, and W. Roberts guard, Mr W. Roberts. -0- The Temperance Committee appointed at the recent Conference ior the Abergele dis- trict, assembled at the Wesleyan Schoolroom, on Saturday last. The Rev Francis Jones, presided over a good attendance. Arrange- ments were made for holding public meetings in the surrounding villages at an early date, with a view of starting temperance societies. THE RAMBLER.

NEWMARKET. SUCCESS OF A YOUNG WELSHMAN.—We are pleased to announce the success of Mr R. F. Williams, in the University Classics Ex- aminations, which were held last month. Mr Williams headed the list with" honours," and so carries the Armstrong scholarship with a grant of £50 per annum for three successive years, to be devoted towards the successful student's professional training. This is the second time that this young gentleman has taken honours in his examinations. On the previous occasion, as in the present, he ex- hibited remarkable brilliancy in securing the highest possible and obtainable marks with honours, and obtained then a scholarship for the further advancement of his technical training. He is the eldest son of the late Mr Charles Williams (late) schoolmaster of the above village. He received a thorough national training at the hands of his uncle the present schoolmaster (Mr Jones), after which he left to fill an appointment in a London Post Office, and while there, employed most of his spare time at King's College, where we may say he laid the foundation of his technical training, and where he dis- tinguished himself in several minor ex- aminations.—In presenting Mr Williams with a set of books (to the value of twelve guineas), Vice-chancellor Hall, at the college the other evening said that the Welshmen were awakening" up, and not only were they getting to be, but were the opponents of their neighbours in all examinations and that as a proof of this they had before them that evening, the top in the Intermediate at Liverpool a Welshman, and the top of the final at London, another Welshman- And not only were they the top, but the top by a long way.—We may add that Mr Williams scored 497 marks out of a maximum 500, whilst Mr Atkinson, the next to him in the honours section, gained 221, out of the same maximum.

ST. ASAPH COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTION, A meeting of the Conservative party was held in St. Asaph Constitutional Club last night to choose a Candidate for the County Council Election. Mr Griffiths, the sitting member tendered his resignation and Col. Howard was unanimously appointed in his stead. It isjunderstood that Mr Jones,L'poil House will stand in the Liberal interest but the final selection will be made to- night.

ST. ASAPH BOARD OF GUARDIANS. The fortnightly meeting of the St. Asaph Board of Guardians was held at the Board Room, St. Asaph on Friday. Mr Edwin Morgan, J.P., presided, and Mr John Williams occupied the vice- chair. There were also present: Sir Wm. Grenville Williams, Bart., Bodelwyddan; Messrs Jos. Lloyd, Cefn; Gwilym Parry, Jos. Roberts, J, Hughes, Denbigh; John Williams, Dyserth; Wm. Jones, Llannefydd; Thomas Ellis, Meliden; Robert Morris, W. COIHy Bell, Mrs Rawlins, Rhuddlan; Miss Bennett, St. ASliph; Thomas Lloyd, Trefnant Rev. J. Adams, Waen; and Mr Charles Grimsley (clerk). Mr Bircham, Local Government Board Inspector, was also present. NKW6PAPEBS FOB THE INMATES. The Boara. on the report of the Master, thanked the Rev. E. E. Ingham, Rbyl, and Mr Cowen, Abergele, for gifts of illustrated newspapers for the use of the inmates. THS DENBIGH VACCINATING OFFICES AND THE ALLEGED IBBEGULABITIES. At the last meeting of the Board a letter was read from the Local Government Board complaining of alleged irregularities by Dr. J. R. Hughes, the public vaccinator for Denbigh. A copy of the letter was duly forwarded to that gentleman who replied as follows:- "I have to reply to the letter of the Local Govern- ment Board dated 10th of January, in reference to the above subject. The matter stands thus.—During the last three years, i.e. since Dr. R. James Hughes became my partner, we have invariably jlintly vaccinated the children and I have carefully in spected most of the cases. Dr. R. James Hughes is a registered Medical Practitioner, and possesses a vaccination certificate. I can assure the Board that the vaccination has been efficiently performed. The irregularity referred to was purely a clerical error, viz., not noting the cases performed by myself and those done by Dr. R. James Hughes, for which error I express my regret, and promiss the Board that hereafter there shall be no repetition of the irregularity. With regard to the second part of letter of the 23rd Dec., 1885, I can assure your Board that from that date to 1891, I personally did the work according to the promise then made. I I find that Prs R- James Hughes-has not formally been appointed my vaccination deputy, though I was under the impression that the deputy ship of the medical officership covered it. May I therefore ask if you will sanction the appointment of Dr. R. James Hughes as my deputy." The Chairman proposed, and it was agreed to, that a copy of the letter be sent to the Local Govern- ment Board. The Vice-Chairman then moved that the Board appoint Dr. R. J. Hughes to the office of Deputy Public Vaccinator for the Denbigh District. Mr R. Morris seconded, and it was unanimously agreed to. APPOINTMENTS UNDEB. THE INFANT' LIFE PROTECTION ACT. Miss Bennett said the Visiting Committee had considered the question of appointing the Relieving Officers as Inspectors under the Infant Life Pro- tection Act, and had at first decided to recommend that the salary of £1 per annum be paid to each Inspector. The Relieving Officers, however, had declined to accept those terms, and the Committee DJW recommended that the salary be £2 per annum. The Relieving Officers were prepared to accept those terms. Mr P. Hughes asked what the Inspectors were supposed to do for the £2 per annum. Miss Bennett explained that they would be required to look after the infants who were under the care of people who made it a business to take in children for payment. Mr Joseph Lloyd did not think that there was any necessity to incur any expense of that kind this year, as the Board made it its business to look after the children. The Clerk explained that the Board were bound to look after the children by a recent Act of Parlia- ment. Mrs Rawlins added that the children to be taken care of by the Board under the Act were not necessarily paupers. The Vice Chairman proposed that the report of the Visiting Committee be adopted, but Mr Gwilym Parry raised a point of order. He contended that the agenda did not convey any idea that the Board would at that meeting appoint salaried officials, and therefore they could not proceed to the election. The Clerk replied that the matter had been fully discussed at the last Board meeting and adjourned. It was true that the agenda did not specifically state that a salaried official would be appointed. The Chairman did not think that there would be any objection to referring the matter back to the Committee, or adjourning its consideration until the next Board meeting. It was then agreed to adopt the report of the Committee, but to defer making the actual appoint- ment until the next Board meeting. CHILDREN FOR SERVICE. The Board considered several applications made for the hiring of boys and girls from the Workhouse, and Mr Bircham pointed out that it was necessary that the Board should enter into an agreement with the persons hiring children so that there should be a definite understanding between the Board and the employers as to the amount of wages to be paid and the terms of service. In the agreement it should state that the wages were to be increased after a certain time. Mr Joseph Lloyd replied that he had suggested at the last Board that such a course should be adopted. Mr Bircham added that several of the Unions had printed agreements which were signed on a child being taken away from the Workhouse. The Vice-Chairman asked what course the Board would take in the event of an employer declining to pay an increased salary during the second year of service. Mr Bircham said the Board should insist upon the children being returned if the employers did not care to comply with the regulations. They should be very particular that the children were not passed on from one person to another. The best form of agree- ment he had seen was that adopted by the Merthyr Board of Guardians, and he suggested that the Board should ask to have a copy of it. The Guardians should also see that the children were sent to a place of worship of the sect to which they belonged. The Vice-Chairman said he thought that the children should go to the same place of worship as their employer. On the proposition of Mr Joseph Lloyd, the Clerk was instructed to apply to the Merthyr Board for a copy of the agreement adopted in their Union. RHVL ELECTORAL DIVISIONS. The Clerk was directed to attend the County Council Inquiry to be held at Rhyl on Wednesday, February r6th, for the purpose of considering the question of dividing Rhyl into Wards. AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. A letter was read from Mrs John Roberts, thanking the Board for its vote of sympathy with herself and family on the death of her husband. CLAIM FOR USE OF A MORTUARY AT RHYL. A letter was read from Mr HopKins, Dudley Arms Hotel, Rhyl, asking the Board for settlement of his account (ios.) for the use of his coachhouse last summer as a mortuary for the body of a lad who was drowned while bathing at low water off the pier. 1 Mr Hopkins pointed out that he had been referred from one authority to the other, and had finally decided to approach that Board. He had taken the body in as an act of kindness, as no one else would receive it, there being no mortuary at the time in the town. On applying to the Istitution at Chester to which the boy had belonged, he was told that the town of Rhyl would have to bear the expense. The Clerk explained that he had received an account some time ago, and had sent it to the Relieving Officer for enquiries. Mr Davies, the Relieving Officer, said he had ascertained that no order had been given for the body to be placed in the coachhouse, and so he had declined to pass the acconnt. The Chairman said he did not think that the Board could be held liable. The Clerk was instructed to inform Mr Hopkius that the Board was not liable for the payment of the money. SUCCESS OF A BLIND STUDENT. A letter was read from a young man named A. Clayton, who had been sent by the Board to a Blind School for instruction in basketmaking. In his letter he informed the Board that he had won the first prize in an exhibition open to all England for the best specimen of a grocer's basket. He thanked the Board for all that they had done for him, and expressed a desire to leave the Institution and earn his own living. Several members of the Board expressed satisfact- ion at receiving the letter, and the Clerk was directed to ask the Principal of the Institution whether the young man had completed his course of instrtiction. THE DENBIGHSHIRE ELECTION. A letter was received from the Clerk to the Denbighshire County Council informing the Board that the date of the election of Guardians for the parishes in that County had been fixed to take place on April 2nd. MEDICAL OFFICERS AND THEIR SHEETS. Mr Gwilym Parry called the attention of th Board to the fact that in the sheets which were fortnightly placed before the Relief Committee it was stated that the Medical Officers should as far as possible attend to the duties of the office personally, but in cases where it was not practicable to do so their deputies were supposed to act in their stead. It was, however, clearly laid down that on such oc- casions the entries on the sheets were to be made with red ink. He was aware of several instances where the work had been done by a deputy, but he could not remember ever having seen any entries in red ink on the sheets. He considered that it was only fair to the Board that they should know to what extent the duties were carried out by the deputies and he moved that the attention ot the Medical Officiers be called to the regulations. The Rev. J. Adams seconded, and it was carried. MR. BIRCHAM AND PAUPERISM IN UNION. Mr Bircham then addressed the members, and in the course of his remarks said that the St. Asaph Union was one of the most highly pauperised in the whole of Wales. If they took the relief for one day in the year they would find that it worked out at nearly 4 per cent, of the population, but if they took the pauperism for six months it showed that nearly five per cent, of the population were in receipt of out-door relief. He thought that those facts were deserving of serious attention of the Board. As in other Unions, be found that there were manA un- deserving cases on the books, but the difficulty al- wavs was how to alter that state of things. If the Board gave more to the deserving cases and less to the undeserving, things would be much better. He found in many cases that the doles of out-relief were insufficient, but the Board could not burn the candle at both ends. He strongly advised the Board to offer the Workhouse to all undeserving cases, where people had made no effort to help themselves. and whose destitution had arisen from their own intemperance or improvidence. He had been looking through ths admirable little book whice was publish- ed by that Board, and he was bound to say that it was one of the best he had seen. In that book there were golden rules laid down for the guidance of the committee in administering out-relief, and he thought that if those rules were closely adhered to they would find their out-relief list very much reduced, that there would be a different state of things. Look- ing through that book, he found that there were about 4 pages taken up by the list of out- door poor. He would not say one word as to whether all those cases were legitimate, but he could not attend one Committee meeting without having had brought his notices cases which could not be said to come within those rules. The diffculty was how to deal with such cases. He noticed one thing which was to be said in favour of the Union he referred to the longcvi y of t'he paupers. Many of the paupers had attained a great age, and, all things being equal, that would be a good reason for the lengthy list which he saw. It would be quite different if the list contained a lot of young people who were lazy and would do nothing to help themselves. He desired to call the attention of the Board to the necessity of having an arrangement with all persons who took children from the Workhouse into their service. They should adopt some good and whole- some rules for that purpose. He thought that at- tention had been called during that meeting to a very necessary thing. The Local Government Board required, where possible, the Medical Officer to visit the sick poor personally, but where unable to do so the fact that the visit had been by deputy should be duly recorded in red ink on the list. The Board should insist upon that course being adopted. Another matter to which he desired to call attention was the fact that the Board did not adopt what was known as "the per. manent pauper ticket." It was provided by the regulations that permanent paupers should be furnished with a ticket, which was available for a long period, and possession of such a card enabled the pauper to have the services of the doctor without first applying to the Re- lieving Officer for an order. He hoped that the Board would give the Clerk permission to procure a supply. With regard to the Workhouse, there were two things which he thought the Guardians might carry out, especially as the numbers were increasing. He suggested that they should build away from the Workhouse a small cottage or block for the children, who would thus be taken away entirely from the Workhouse. They could build a house on the vacant land adjoining the Work- house, so that the children would still be under the care of the Master and Matron. They would be able to secure better classification for the paupers, and the children, especially the girls, would be much better off as they would be away from the influence of the adults. The present was a good opportunity to consider the question, as by moving the children they would be able to use the rooms they now oc- cupied for the older inmates. As to the vagrant oifficultv, he thought that they should as soon as pos- sible adopt the cell system in place of associated ward. It could be done at very little expense, and they should insist upon the professional vagrant doing his full day's work before being released. It was easy enough to distinguish between the professional vagrant and the genuine working man, who should be released as early as possible in order to find work. As to the expenses on pauperism, he had to say that the rate per head of population in the Union was 4s. 7 Jd., and the Der centage of paupers on population on the 21st of March last, was 3-7. That did not mean that the poor relief only cost them that amount, because the total paid under the heading of relief to the poor during the year was nearly £ io,oo<?. The actual cost of relief for the out door and in-door poox for the year was ^5,718. There w.as inaddition to that payment in respect of salaries, lunatics, &c. Then again there was ;£6,000 or ^"7,000 collected with the poor rate which was spent by the School Boards, District and Parish Councils. The Board was actually responsible for the spending of from £IO,OOO to £11,000 so that they should be as careful as possible. The Chairman, in moving a vote of thanks to Mr Bircham for bis remarks, and ne was sure that the Board appreciated all that that gentleman had said. It would be well, perhaps, to refer certain matters to the Visiting Committee, who would investigate them and report to the Board in due course. The fact that Ir-Bircham seldom visited that Union was sufficient in itself to show that there was not much the matter with the Board and its administration (hear, hear). The Vice Chairman seconded, and said he was pleased to find that Mr Bircham had not a hard dressing down for them. Mr Joseph Lloyd, in supporting, said the only thina that Mr Bircham had complained of was that they were too generous with the ratepayers' money- He hoped the committees would bear that fact in mind. It was plainly shown that the Union was one of the healthiest in the country, while the management of the Workhouse was as perfect as possible. It was clear that people thought a great deal of the children trained there, as they had three or four applicants for each boy or girl who was ready to go out to service. He was sure that the were always pleased to hear the lecture which Mr Bircham had to deliver.. On being put to the meeting, the vote of thanks wascarried, and the Board theu lose.

"WOODEN TVTCKAKIES.. One department of the town museum at Cassel, Germany, is made up of the most singular lot of fcooks that ever greeted the sharp admiring eye of the bibliomaniac—a library of 500 volumEs-each a perfect book made of a different kind of wood. The back of each volume is formed of the bark of its particular tree, the sides ot the wood in its mature state, the top of yotIng, immature wood, and the bottom of the same after having been dried and seasoned. When opened, these remarkable books arc found to be without leaves, the jns a box containing the flower, of the tree from which the box-bool., has been mAustralia has over 1,000 species of trees large enough to work tip into books and one Colonel Clamp, modelling from the Cassel oddities, exhibited a large collection of wooden books at the Colonial Exposition. Each book in the colonels collection was alphabetically arranged and labelled with both the common Md scientific name of the species of tree from which the dainty little wooden volumes were fashioned. The collection was formed with the sole idea of showing the wonderful possibilities of the Australian forestf3. Taking advantage of the idea illustrated in the wooden library at Cassel, and the com- mendable efforts of Colonel Clamp, Russia employed a cabinet-maker during the entire winter of of 1877-78 in making t library of the woods found in the extensive Russian forests. These were classified and arranged for the Russian exhibit at the Paris Expositions of both 1S78 and 1889. As in the Cassel Library, this Rnssian wood collection showed the wood m its *«eral growths, as well as fruit, leaves, and seeds, either natural or imitated in wax.

The only thing on which I can congrata* late myself," said the aa lie looked at his picture, which the committee had placed up against the ceiling, is that my rank in the highest department of art must be uudis1 puted."

We do not uecessarily endorse tbe opinions expressed by or Correspondent s.

A FORGOTTEN RESCRIPT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD AND VACCINA- TION. To the Editor of the RHYL RECORD and ALYEETISEB. SIR,—The interesting report in the Rhyl Record, of January 29th of a recent meeting of the S:. Asaph Board of Guardians, at which a letter from the Local Government Board was read by the Clerk, reminds one that a few years ago a circular was issued by the Local Government Board to Boards of Guardians, bearing the Royal Arms. oa the import- ance of re-vaccination, in which occurs remarkable passage which appears to have escaped the attention of the Royal Commission when preparing the final report. It is as follows:—Vaccinated children, even if they should take the disease (small poxi hardly ever die of it. They recover without tae blindness and scarring so common after small-p !x in un- vaccinated children." It is scarcely conceivable that an official document could be so far removed from the truth as the fotegoing, fornotonlv do vaccinated people take the diseise, but the Registrar Generals returns show that:—In the first 15 years after the passing of the Compulsory Vaccination Act, 1354»63 there aied of smad-pcx in England and Wales, 54,700; In the second 15 years, 1869-6-J. under a more stringent law, ensuring the vaccination of 95 per cent of all children born, the death rose to, 66,447 total for 30 years, 121,147. Of these there died under five years of ag3, 51,472; from five to ten years, 16,000 Total under ten years of age, 67,472. What I wish, however, particularly to call attention to is the allusion to blindness as an incid- ent of unvaccinated small-pox. Nothing is said of the cases of blindness caused by vaccination, which the household signatories to the vaccination made in 120 towns and villages i& Entdimi show are by no means uncommon, tome time atro Mr R. May delivered an instructive lecture at the Great Arthur Street Mission Bible Class, London, reported in the City Press (November 18h, IsS ) on the subject of "Blindness, Its various general and particular causes," The lecturer remarked that vaccination produced scrofula, which was o: e of the causes of blindness, and mentioned that two of his children had been sacrificed by the vaccinator. It is to be hoped that whea the chiefs of the Local Government Board publish another circular as a warning to parents they will have the candour, in the interests of helpless children, to deal with this important concomitant danger.—Yours taitufully, 42, Stibbington Street, JAS. R. WILLIAMSON. London, N.W. 5th February, 1S9S

THE OUTRAGE ON A RHUDDLAN YOUiiG LADY. QUESTIONS IX PARLIAMENT. In the House of Commons on Thursday night, Mr Pickersgill asked the Home Secretary if lie would state upon what grounds he had ordered the release of Mr Spriggs, who at the Flintshire Assizes last year was convicted of felony before Mr Justice Grant- ham and sentenced to nve years' penal servitude, and upon what conditions Mr Spriggs had been released. Mr Howell asked whether, although a defence of alibi had been set up at the trial, Spriggs admitted after the trial, to the Governor of Rutbin Gaol. that he. Spriggs, had been at or near the scene of the assault on the day when it was alleged to have been committed; and whether it was usual for the Treas- ury to conduct the defence of a prisoner whose parents and friends were well able to provide funds for that purpose. Sir M. White Ridley: In consequence of in- formation which reached me after the trial I caused an inquiiy to be made as to the evidence of mdenti- fication. This inquiry disclosed certain facts which were not before the Judge at the trial. The result of the inquiry was laid before the learned fudge, who concurred in the view that there was sufficient doubt to justify the release of .the prisoner on licence, the usual conditions as to reporting himself to the police being remitted. Inquiries are still being made as to whether any further action might be necessary. In answer to my hon. friend Mr Howell), I have to say that with regard to the ad. missions which the prisoner is said to have made. I came to the conclusion, after careful inq airv, that they were 0-t intended, and in fact that there was not any admission at all. The cost of the prisoner's defence was not paid by the Treasury, but in view of the cost of taking the witnesses to the place of assize advances were made to them.—(Cheers )

According i r>~a Parisian mnsical jonnifiT, a Iron" lIIalliall manufacturer has announced his intention of sen.ling to the Pans Exhibition of 1900 a pianoforte of such exceptional sonoriiy tllat: it- (oner- will be heard at a distance of six miles At. Niirthuicli, Thomas Murphy, a powerfully- built labourer, who lias beae convicted twelve times, ha* been charged with being drunk aud dis-s orderly IllJd assaulting Constable Waldiou. A line of 20, or fourteen days, was imposed. > llenry DeuIHud. a man of sixty-six, who has spent nearly thirty-five years in prison since lS6 lias been sentenced to three years' penal Mule and two police supervision at the Cierkenwell Sessions for having housebreaking implements in his possession. Tlie Duke of Westminster, K.G., has Itnùcribeæ the sum of £10 to the Church Society for the Pro- motion of Kindness to Animals, £40 to the Church of England Burial, Funeral, and Mourning Re- form Association, and £50 to the CiiUicll of Eeg- hind Sanitary Association. > StllIIC liule exeitemeut has been caused at Mold by efforts to capture a young maR who had es- caped from a neighbouring asylum. After vigorous search the runaway patient by an attendant on (he Wrexham llond, ill the vicinity. He was found to be drenched to the skin, and had evidently been in some water. m Mr. It llowe, Cleik of the Works at WindSflfc Castle. ha> died suddenly at the Castle. He tVOR 6S years of age, and sulleredfrom a weak hearty Mr. llowe had been 25 years at Windsor Castle* previous to which he was for mally years Clerk of the Works at Kew. t The conespondent of the Times" at PeId who has so annoyed the Foreign Office by 4iJs, enterprising journalism, is a young ^native Aus- tralian, Dr. George Ernest Morrison. His An Australian in China," attracted considerable attention when published iu Loudou about Clil'QQ years ago. £ A telegram ft0111 F1 0renoe annonne.es the díS' covery in the Church of San Salvadore of Qgnt- santi of a fresco in almost perfect preservation/ painted by Donienico Cn rradi-" II Ghirlaiidajo!>i —as an adornment for tlie tomb of the Vespucci family. Among the figures of (his fresco IS ft] porI 1 ail of (lie expJor1 Amengo Vespucci, (rpfil whom America takes its name. j John Goldstraw, of Saiford, has applied to Mi* J. Makinson, at the Saiford Police Court for adn, vice under.the following circumstances: staled that his daughter luith, ert 12 years, re- turned home from school, and after tea left e. house, and has not been seen since. The StipejK diary said (hat the press representatives would U doubt notice the application. At Edinburgh, a charge has been preferred against, Mr. and Mrs. Slattery, the ex-priest and ex-nun, who have been describing their religions, experiences in various parts of the country. Thtt charge is that of exposing for sale obscene or inde- cent literature, which, it is alleged, books old by them contained. The proceeding were adjourned until the loth inst. '0; Tim Hamburgh er, Nachrichten" has an a.rticT$ 011 "JJritUh Commercial Highways ill." at" which concludes as follows:—"It I" advisable not to nllcler-rale England's power of resistance a sea in a future war, 1,111. to consider that; Johtt Bull, in st rikillg up his Britannia Rules thQ Waves,' is an obstinate and diabolical adversary, who never feels more in his element than when 011. the waves/ The "New York Wo«;hl says Umt Michael,- the fatuous cyclist, has hied a suit 111 the Lakei County (Ind.) Court for a divorce from his wife, Fanny Michael, nee Lewi' bis complaint little Welshman says lie married Fanny Lewis in Cardiff, ales, Muu h lo, 1895, and tliat sliQ deserted him in the city of Aberaman, Wal65#( three months after the marriage. Michael say lie Int, been a resident of Hammond (Ind.) siUCO September 1, IsM. J The revenue officials in the United S;r. tes W'fe 3.^ present, considering how to put an et;d to a prac tice that has grown up under the present Tariff i Act. Several, merchants abroad have adopted a mode of indirect ly circumventing the import duties by consigning foreign goods to agents in '1 United States and inquiring them to be_pureha»e £ On the basis of delivery with duties paid. "it The Insiitut" of France has now taken postfes^ sion of Chantilly, the necessary legal si eps having! occupied only eight months, s the Due d Aumala died iu May last. Inventories have been taken] showing that, its contents include 557 picture^ 282 miniatures, 50 statues, 2.600 drawings? 3,000 engravings, 3,6S5 medals, ],453 mann-, scripts, 375 volumes printed 1111 vellum, 2,400 other books, and artistic furniture, jewellery, arms and chwo-