Flintshire Observer Mining Journal and General Advertiser for the Counties of Flint Denbigh

-•V fi EWS N0iESv:- IT is a happy circumstance that the treaty of peace< bet lfteeR-Spain and the United States should have been finally signed. Now let the hatchet be-buriedi EachoorWmtant emerges from "the'norrtest' with honour unhurt and we trust that both sides may go on hence in the even tenour'M their various ways. The victors dt the"Weslliave behaved magnanimously; and the vanquished in Hispaniola have comported "themselves becomingly for a country of grand old traditions. It is to be hoped that Spain ms&y be spared ffom t^e jintern^l Rouble which threatens I; 9 As these lines are penned there would appear to be some reapon to suppose (that the, official Army party in France are caving in sonje- whai; over the affair, !kficl, that they have resolved, for prudential or other reasons, tcLlet'it'be thought that they will no longer stand in the way against a further trial for the prisoner of the Devil's Island. His return to Paris may mean much or little to Dreyfus, just according t<> whether his friends have gained the upper-hand for his cause or not, and Just in relation to the attitude, remorseful or Revenge- ful, of thei Army wirepullers. We fervently wish that the rights" of the whole long-can- vassecj and distinctly painful matter may now be got, at, and justice done all round.. Therein alone lies safety. • I Willi^vi the idealiser of, Scottish pOMt andbighlatia soeQery. jind tho delineator of many lovable women, is no more. He died, in his hey-day, for his last novel was his best. He was not, perhaps, a great writer, but he was,' in the second line of romancing fictionistsj quite one of the best." What is more, he was always clean -in thonght, steering :clefar of the; slightest approach to the prurient and the nasty.' William Black has many discriminating admirers, atnd the litetary world is the poorer for his call into the Everlasting Silence. ..SJ^B. JOHN GORST, nothing if not practical in his demotion to the cause of culture, is all for teaching the <$iildren of the agripulturist in the- essentials of every-day life and for equipping them with knowledge likely to aid them in. making headw-ay. For the crushing of foreign competition he wants more night schools, tech- nical schools, and schools of higher agricultural teaching established in the most suitable spots. he* desires & decree of compulsory atteij- dance,'thereat launching at the head of the' young: countryman. Perhaps the young' cohntryman may not at first "be able to jsee iij,; Sir John a intend indeed but Sir John means t ^eH. ;Ijot Wm"eSho, after his urgent call of the. countryman's progeny to school, the old wise counsel: "With all thy learning, get under- standing, and the result will be good indeed. ( ALL, the world is very wishful for peace; but' -there is universal prudentiality apparent also. in thej shape of getting- ready-to meet adverse' emergencies. The United States waves the' olive Branch while voting supplementary mil-' :iionar for army and navy; Russia's Czar sends, out a' rescript of amity to every nation, and, builds aN, o?-new -battleships. Gerftiany>s ever-; alert Kaiser gives forth in his Parliament dove- like notes and sees that he gets concurrently a substantial addition to his standing army. So onfall round'the compass for this Britain of ours i$,pp ,w|iit. better, (The I^illenium is not yqt. < r • # r;y r J; LORD AND LADY ABERDEEN, ever sympa- thetic observers of. all-thing6 good, havel, jtiit returned from the land of Our Lady of the Snows," as a- certain modern poet had the, temerity to call Canada, and obtained rebuke therefore. It is ple\4sing to ndtfe that*" they bring a good report of the solid Joyaltv of the Dominidif, and that tBêy have no. fear i^at former unfriendly relations with the United States will stand in the. way of a working unison among Anglo-Saxon speakers. We hope not. — — A SCARE arose from the unusual circumstance of the untimely appearance of a gentleman suffering affliction at the -portals of the Bank of England, in London late on Saturday night. The sentry of Guardsmen soon set matters right: and the "Old Lady" of Threadneedle- street treathds fnely -oneec again. The friends of the gentleman who made this unprecedented run on the Bank will doubtless endeavour to I take better care of him for the future, at any I rate yntil ,he, is,he,t$er ab^e to t»ake o| him- self. i J'iS ( J t THE Gordon Highlanders have been having a gay time in Scotland since their return with all the honours of. Dargai thick upon them. They are a gallant regiment and will hardly ibe spoiled by public petting. Colonel Mathias may 'well be proiid of his brave men, and he will hardly experience much trouble in obtain- ing the five hundred true Scottish recruits he wants. The kilted warrior is loved ever, whether belotf" or "beyont" the Tweed; and the Gordons always uphold the praise of "auld pcotiÙrbraw sodger laddies," no matter what 'odds he may have to face. 1 THE abnormally long pier at Southend has suffered bisection from a direlict yacht. With pier& as with persons, those who aspire far run risks. Still Southend, with its wide expanse of 'fronting shallows, could not well do without a lengthily projecting'pier. What's brbken must be merded. Slit WILLIAM ANDERSON, distinctly a power, in the world of great guns, is no more. He died Director-General of Ordnance, a post for which he was in every way well fitted. Sir William was the square man in the square hole at Woolwich Arsenal^ and he will be a hard tnan to replace.

.t 't. A MODERN METHUSELAH, ) The latest claftifont to the distinction bf being' the "oldest inhabitant "has appeared in the person of; a certain W. A. Nepomnyaty, who livbs in the Tillage of Solfanovka, on the railway between Libau and E'omriy. in the Baltic Provinces. 'This venerable, greybeard celebrated his 160th birthday on Novem- ber 16. His certificates of birth and baptism are itt the pQssession of the village pastor, and full credence is plafced in their geriflineness. Nepomnyaty jg evi- dently not in flouriabing'circurostances, for the eldefa y 'of the parish have resolved that he shall henobforCh'' 'jbe supported at the cost of the parish. pp

SCENE AT THE BANK OF ENGLAND. Ji AN INTRUDER EJECTED. Like other national institutions the Bank of Eng- land receives periodical visits from eccentric indi- viduals, alid such an occurrence was thoccasion, late on Saturday night, of a somewhat exc^ing, inci- dent ait the main .entrance to the London head- quarters in Threadneedle-street. The affair was the subject of ridiculous exaggeration in tha Sunday pqpers, for a minute's dtirin&,fyrhich a policeman took the intruder into custody, was magni- fied into an alarming t outrage, .jn » which the military guard on-duty at the banl? yyvro caHed out," and a charge made with fixed bayonets." As a matter, of fact^ there was no charge save that at a neighboring: police-station, a few. minutes later, and the services of the soldiers patrolling the yard,of the bufjdirig 'ycire ^^jt even re- If. re quisitioned. Of the .100 men of the Coldstream Guard# who were on duty on Sat-urday night hardly two were at all aware of what happened. The officer in charge of the force was Standing at tJ)é time on the steps of the bank on the othe* side of th.e squa^p, tutd ne became* an anitised spectator of a heated altercation between the gatekeeper and the eccentric visitor, and of the short and sharp (struggle which was necessary before a policeman swccteedecr in hand- cuffing the latter. About half-past ten, when the incident took place, three or four watchmen were walking up and down the somewhat broad corridor leading from the door which opens out into Threadneedle-street to the stone-paved square where the soldiers are on pattjol. In answer to a ring the door was opened, and the caller invited to step inside. He proved to be ja tall, somewhat stalwart rruwv wearing an Ijr^rriess pe, and a siouch,hat. A somewhat swarthy, complex win wid a-bashyT WacV'besffd COI bined with his dress to give the watchmen the idea that he was a foreigner. This impression, however, was quickly, rernoyed, for, wlien ho .was "asked his business, he spoke English with no trace of a foreign accent. He demanded to see someone in authority, whereupon Mr. Walters, the head gatekeeper, Came forward. The latter, who ha? in his time had to deal with all sorts-of ecceniricvisit-ots to. the Batik of England, perceived at once that the man required humouring. Producing a sovereign, the visitor said he Wanted the coin changed. The official pointed out the absurdity of the request at such gk-.]Ate holir,, but added that the coin would be changed all right if he brought it there on Monday morning. It was then," narrated Mr,; W.altewsj in recounting the inci- dent to a reporter, it was pnly then, that. J,s&w the man was really mad'. He had pullejl his hat well down oyer his eyebrwvs; but he raised it a little, and. then-1: saw how his eyes were j^eaTqiftg. He refused to leave when I asked hinvj and.,on^ qf- 'L)t,rnen at my suggestion opaned the door and blew his whistle. In less than a iniqu^;ar,polic<ffpaa ,yas fiad I ordered the man h?> petppypd." It was an attempt enforce this order-on the part of the constable,which caused tli^ excitement. All of a sudden the stranger became furious with rage, and when the officer Ux>k him'by.tbe arm he endeavoured tO jshalcB hi^ off, and started struggling desperately. In another second he had slipped to the ground, cans- ing the constable to stumble with him. One of Mr. Walters' watchmen came forward, and helped the con- stable to hold, the man down until another policeman Rad arrived. A second whistle soon brought the neces- sary Assistance, and in another minute he was on his way to. Cloak-lane Police-station, whore/a discovery of a somewhat alarming character was made. For some considerable time he declined tejive any- infor- mation concerning himself, and offered.no explana- tion of his extraordinary mission to the Ba>nk of England. When he was searched a number of foreign coins were found in his pockets, together with a fTi'e-chambered revolver..The weapon is reported. to. have been loaded in each chamber, but every effort., tO'ctfiifirm this report has proved futile, since the authorities atT)loalc-Iahe'consider the best method of atíthorlUeø &t{)loak-Iané con81der the best method of -C oa 0 allaying public (Jurio&ity fs" to maintain a mysterious rileflce. F When atjast the man began to talk be conversed so volubly and incoherently that the divisional in. The earlier suspicions of the man's insanity were confirmed, and he was ordered to be removed to the Citj Infirmary, at Bow, k was detained pending inqiriries. He 18,. stated^ tg-gtwn-hWfirtme a« Taylor, d his resi- dence at a.b»0iute refustil -of tà6 11 or] police authorities't^iye any inforniatiou qn the subject has rendered it impossible to verify the report. i, m}wm* ft given to. the statw^nt-tp^t the, mdrtfidual is ot na 1 foreign nationality. nks been identified," adds the Press Association itapSrter^"WT. WI. Taylor, a gentleman in comfortable circumstances, living in the neighbourhood of Norwood. He was visited .»t;the Bow Infii-ma^y ^rjy on^Supday morning J)y b>8 wifl> and somd1 friends^ and from their 'statement it would appear that he ^ii^missed'froiii hialidmelate in the afternoon. It is quite clear t^at h^S^state of mind has been such a's to baiise them anxiety for some time. The presence of various foreign coin's upou him is explained by the fact that he Jvad been an enthu- siastic collector for soiteitimo. How he becllmepo sessed of the rqyolyer, 'wbiph wa^ a p^rticplarly natty weapon, has yet to b'e discovered." j P

,i 1 'i.. J i 17 AN HEROIC SURGEON. Captain T. E. Thomas, of the steamer Ching Pixig writing undc;r date Macao, November l,"øays' I regret .to inform you of -th". Murphy'fr sad bi>t gallant and noble death, caused by an heroic and successful;attempt -in saving tie life of' a^Glnneee child, who fell out of its mother's arms into tu heavy.sea. --Dr. iMurphy, » mithout' hesitation, at once pltirs dd, in after: it, bufc owing tes thfe severe exertions he underwent, before we could pick him up (being -.a--heavyi sea), ho fell into a dead faipt. from, which, he never re- covered. This was between Canton and Hoifg Kong. During our voyage we bad -all learned to -low and respeet.him, He; wasalwaye coucteous and obliging, and the sailors worshipped him for his ready..sy.m-\ pathy and prompt aid when his professional skill was ealled for. He was deeply depressed at times, but I am sure he could hatB.wjshed for no bap pi en or more noble end. At his funeral there was not a dry eye, and I-personally erivy his lot:" Dr. Murphy was formerly in Zanzibar, and only loft in July for America, via Hong Kong, The whereabouts of his relations is not known.

M. ■ n »_ a mm .iii t -i — r-——' > A SPRAT BANQUET. A remarkable banquet took place on Saturday in Yarmouth, presided over by the Mayor. The only article in the menu '"were"sprats, served in various styles. The feast was intended tQ inaugurate. Win anhual YarmotlthJ spirit' banquet, which, it is nojjed may attain to the feme and popularity of the Col-' chepter oyster feast, and St-tha same time symbolisa. the industry on which the town depends. t

"i H "A Stmplb FACT ABOOT*5 KE^LtrifGr'S' COUGH LOZENGES. Ask throughout the world, in any.; .country that can be named, 'you will find, them. largely sold. There i's absolutely no remedy that.is so speedy ingiving-teliet, so certain to eure, itnd-,yet. Ithe'most delicate can take them. One Lozenge gives ^ase. Soldin 13|d.:tins, i Wit, itirUARt) GaTliS'o, tbe inveritdr of'thS faTnons, gun which bears his name, yaS a dabbler fn scie'nce( lit the age of"12. At- tfiat time his father was puzz- ling over a machine for sowing cotton-seeds; but, try as much as he tfDi1ld,"he c61ild not perfect it, and at last, in a fit of flespaitj hfe'called in young Bichard to his aid. The lad lis'Sfie'd Attentively to thb-(Ida;ls of the proposed invention, fully: grasped "the" difficul- ties* shvA-himseif.jjp in a room to think, and in, a little while suggested a way out of them. Tbis was pagerly adopted by *he elderOatling; wirtlHH'e fcsult that the machine was perfected and became a at fuccett. J I Foe many years ttje cjye;pg,J racle £ t^radtord ana the district whicli Cckntipental Rivals bad priously encroached npanKha»s been oeBring back by leaps and bounds, until now the profits of a score or so pf :the principal ^companies and firms which have,, just united their interests arg reported to he -enor-I mous.and each year the iotal increases. Germany and France will now have to take a back seat, especi- ally in view of this great amalgamation of the most important^firms in Bradford and the distiict. This epmbfnafcion should," and, '-doubtless; wA1: mCnte national supportf»s it is essentially an English enter- priser whtoh, hst*ing ;iafpitai;;nvi5 Vmbisbly sound the death-knell of -Ijiile, iloubaix, and those qpimtless- towns beyond the- Rhi-rte which have" fttteried on their tr.ida with EagJ^d. a "i <2*11. =• > ;u i •«?. i

AN INDIAN. GHOST STORY. Mr. F. H.. Skrinc tells the following story in the Galcutta National ■Magazine, of what happened when engaged in census operations in the "Jungi- {>ore" district of Bengal:—J' I Returned to my ittle camp one evening worn out with a heavy tals of work and feeling even more* homesick thatf usua^, ( While Sniping my brandy-pani—afternoon tea i then indulged in only by the fair sex, tfnd'Whislsy Was regarded as a smoky fluid appreciated only by patriotic ScotchnSen-I asked ray nafrve messenger whether there were any of my countrymen in these parts. I was enchanted to'learii the existence of an indigo factory five miles avii ty. IIere ws a relief to the barbarism and monotony of nay daily life! In a few minutes my pony was-saddled. and I was speeding northward through fields of ■scarlet ebrHiea- reHervwi- by -the, --vl& -gaid-o,f grain v ripe for tlw .sickle. Half an hour's canter-brought -"c me Within view: of an avenue of casivarihk*- large piniform trees which in Bengal invariably bespeak the profimityof a'European bungalow. Alas, the ruin which has fallen a* a once-gre.;t ttni flourishing industry too often prodtices a bitter disappointment. The giant pities silhlift their heads heavenwards, ( but the sweet English home which onco nestled in their shadow, is often a heap of formless ruin, the haunt of the cobra and jackal. In this instance, however,, so much disillusion awaited me, for I was greeted with the blessed vision of a white skirt in the verandah of the straggling, creeper-roverpd House; and soon received a warm welcome from the fair chatelaine. She was a French woman on the, eunny side of 30, trim, petite and charmingly dressed with k -wealth of hair whose beauty "was not obscured by the immense chignon then in vogue, and a pair of haunting hazel eyes. Soon afterwards her husband rode in from his daily task of super- intending the cultivation df the capricious weed which makes or mars a planter's fortunes in a sina-V season. • A- IIOSPITABLE RECEPTION. <' "-There was no mistaking his nationality—a portly, bearded Gascon, whose volubility and love of gesture would have qualified him to pose as a model for M. Tarfcarin de Tarascon. We were soon deep in a discussion of the latest phases of the war which was ,desolating his jcountry, Dinner, came as an aggreeable relief to the emotions evoked by a con- demnation of the imbecility of French generals and the ruthlessness of the Man of Blood and Iron. Our hostess had listened- to our eager debates with a well- "bred. semblance of interest, but she was evidently a prey to some grave preoccupati IL. Was it the woes of La J belle France, then writhing under the TeutQQs'§ee>J? Evidently not; for J. saw her lovely eyes fill with tears as she turned over the page>8 of A phdtoljrapliip album. Ten o'clock was struck on the factory gong, and I asked for my horse, but M. Gilbei.9 would not hear of my Returning, to my lonely tent through the dedalian viljage paths" and t 61 a rk,6. t, t my bedrooiri would be ready' before we had 'finished Our second bottle of claret. Such was Indian hospitality before the influx of globe- trotters" and the paralysis caused by inept legislation conspired to make it nearly impossible. Madame soon bade us good night-and an hour later I was inducted into 'my rooi-n ftd'ke'ft io woo a well earned sleep. My courtship was of short duration, in spite of a roekrcouch-for, feather beds are unbearable in the tropics, and spring matfressds iferd Still in the bosom of futurity. I was awakened in the dead of night; and, catsup, trembling with the terror which comes once or twice in iL-'Iif&titiie fro- in the approach of the Unknown., A child!s voice Came from with- out. In tones of agony it shrieked, ¡ M'annaä Ayah!' I sprang thi-oiigh *the' open French win- dow into the flower garden." All was still, except the thump of my heart as I- listened''intently. It must have been a jackal, I thought; but, hark again the wail rang out—' Mamma t Ayah This time there was no mistake as to the direction. The sounds came from the indigo vats/an appurtenance of every factory. They are deep masonry cisterns, in' whicli the green plant is immersed'iii order to extract the colouring matter. I rail down the avenue, climbed the party wall separating the row of vats, arid peered into the dark recesses of eaoh. All were eaipty, save one filled with clear watet to serve "as 4 restfl-Voir for the garden and it showed no; sign of human life. Filled with creeping fear, I turned and walked slowly towards the house overground on which the feathery j 'feU^ WWr "phwCographed by the moonlTght. by the moonlTght. THE DOUE)tErr.' 1' Bigli above ipournful sough there came again the childkh scr^l#^ J[ ran back to the vats. searched each in vain, Shall I alarm the hodse, ca. I asket^Biyself. ■{the; feeling that human interver- tion was useless restrained me, and I sought my bed, whereon I tossed till the morning surf pierced the Venetian blinds. It was very late, according to Anglo-Indian ideas, ere I joined my entertainers at breakfast. There was- something in my appearance I which showed that all had not gone well, for I was pressed witi questions, as* to whether I had slept soundly. I admitted that I had 'teat, and began to tell the strange episode of the night. Beforethe de- nouement was reached my hosteag sank; from her chair inia swooa. M. Gilbert, as he tan to her assistance, cast on me a glance of menace aad re- proach which I shall never forget. With the help of the servants he carried the poor -1 creature to an adjoining bedroom, leaving me in mute amazement at the effect of my plain, unvarnished tale. After 1 ten minutes or so-he returned, and striding up to rae. said, in,voWe trembling with fury. 1.1 Well, air, wbat,am I to understand by-this mystification t '.What or\ earth do ytiu mean?' Yes,- air, mystifi- cation; and permit me to observe, that it is in exe- crable taste.' So saying M. Gilbert brought hia pudgy fist down on the table with a thump that made the hot-water dishes sound Carillon./ Shiftr ing my position to, a point within reach of th carvingrknife> inviBW pf active hostilities, I replied, Now, M. Gilbert, perhaps you will explain the mean- ing of such language to a guest.' There was sloixie-, thing in my manner which impressed the -unhappy man. He grew calmer, and asked anxiously whet her, I had really heard the voice in the dead of the night and whether I did not know the misfortune which had wrecked his life and was breaking his wife's heart. I assured hini,.on in y word of honour, that I had heard his name for the first. time on the previous day. 'Sir,' he replied after a pause, cur little, boy was drowned a year ago in thost tats.

LINSEED COMPOUND, gives Expectoration without strain, did., 13j4. Sold by Chemists only., gnz (a woman's rights woman): Do you believe that woman should ha-ve'thie, ri glit of being the equal of man?" He r "Well, if she wants to let herself down so far, I don't see any reason why she should ooprevented.'l. "Cr, ■XlNSCEb CdMPOUNb i for doughs fCiQ Colds,'aUays irritation. Gives immediate relief. AN absent-minded professor, Instead, af putting a mustard-leaf on hi,s chest, stuck it on his bald. head. Then he went Out—-it was a! c(jSd wrtter's'dKy—'but returned for his umbrella, because, he said, he found the heat oBho lIun unbearable. THE way in which the possibilities of telephonic communication have been neglected m London is extraordinary, and now that even the Londoner is 'taking somewhat more'tind'y to this rapid means of message conveying, we are t ) Id that the police of the capital are setting up tliei.4 backs and ..(refusing to make use of what has come to be looked ,upon; as an 'absolute necessity for the speedy despatch, of busi- ness. Tile benefits of the telephone in tll(" police to perform their duties, we. should' have thought, were too apparent to,ji{ive needed (I.t;J<Y tie- monMratinff. 4, COAGULINE.—Transparent Cement, for broken, articles You will marry a tall, dark gentleman," said t hel fortuiie-teller, examining the lines in"the 1 fai'f hana. '"That doesn't help me at all," despairingly replied 'the lovely blonde who ha.d called to cons^ff;^ie?|i'aj|) six of them are tall, dai-k gentlemen." A LINSEJMI COMPOUND' for iliughs and Colds, Asthma, a[rld BFoxiehi, isOf Chemists -only. OLD LADY: qiite sare you've .put I all my luggage in.?- tho big port titan teau iand". Por.ter "All right, jptya. 01d;JJidv: And you're certain I've not left anything behind ?" Portfer: "No, mum. not even a copper I UAVE just taken my grandson^ I'resh frpjp,col- lege, into business with me." How are you getting pn with-hira Well, I seem to please Hun. SHN: '■ See my new bQnnet, def*r? Isn't it ftppr- fect love? And look how natural these flowers are?" R (glfjqwjly): .They are. ,1 can almost see the due upon them from here." „ ■, THERE'S an account of a girl whf clJmbecrto the .top of Snowdon and sang God Save the Queen ''She had some sense, liridri't she? It' £ too bad'that some other girls are not! as tlioughtful they want to sine." U f >, fK (; i )

DEAffif OF: SIR WILLIAM RSONi Sit^William Anderson, E.S.B., Director-General of Ordnance Factories, who had been iii,;ill-heRlth for about aiycar, died at his official residence, Woolwich Arsenal, at five o'clock on Stir-ddv morning. Sir William Anderson, who obtained-his Knighthood last year,.vras born at St- Pefersburg in Jannary;d835) and received his early education at the High Commercial School there, leaving at the age of 14, when he was head of the school and silver medallist. Though a British subject, he was given- tlie freedom of the city. His next move was, f) the Applied Sciences Department of King's Cotleoe, London, where during the complete course of three years he took a large number of prizes. In 1851 he left, with the de- gree of Associate, to become a pupil of the late Sir William Fairbairn, at Manchester. Unring the fhrSe years of this connection he was employed in looking after important outwork, and in- 1,955 he entered into partnership with Messrs. Courtney and Stephens, of Dublin, with whom he remained until 1864, being chiefly engaged in the construction of bridges, cranes, signals,land other fittings for railway^. He devoted, much attention to the theory of diagonally-braced girders, then but little understood. In 1883 Mr. anderson became President Of the Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland, and rni the following year removed to London to join the old-established firm of Easton and Amos, with the object of building new works on the Thames^at Eritb.The U»m-became Easton: and Anderson, and Mr. Anderson had the '1 direct management of the works from their erection. It was in August, 1889, that he was-appointed by Mr. Stanhope, then Under-Secretary of State for War, to be Director-General of the Royal Ordnance Fac- tories, which comprise the Laboratory, the Carriage Departments, and the Gun Factory at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, the Royal GunpowderFactory at Waltham Abbey, and the small-arms factories at Enfield and Birmingham.

DISTINGUISHED SOLDIERS AT v WINDSOR. The Queen held a private investiture of Knight- hood at Windsor Castle on Saturday. The recipients of the honour travelled from town by the 1.40 p.m. train, and were immediately conveyed to the castle in the Royal carriages. •- After lunch they proceeded to the White Drawing- room, and were personally invested with the Order of Knighthood by the Queen, in presence of Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holsfeirr, the Duke and Duchess of York, and Princess Louise (Marchioness of Lorrie).. The fist of recipients is as follows: Lieut.-General Sir George Steward White, formerly Commander-in-Chief in India, who was invested by the Queen with the Riband and Badge (Military Division) of a Knight Grand Cross. of the Order of the Bath. Her Majesty plaeed the Riband over his right shoulder obliquely on the left side, and affixed to his left breast the Starr oh-h-e Order.; t Major-General W. F. Gatacre, who commanded a brigade at Pmduruian, had confefrfed upon him the honour of Knighthood, and was invested with the Riband and Badge of the Military Division of the Second'Class of the Order of the Bath. Her Majesty taffixed the Star to his left bceasr: 5 Lieutv-Colonel Horatio David Davies, late- Lord Mayor of the City of London, received the honour of Knighthood,-and was invested- with the Insignia of a K.C.M;G. t The following Companions of the Order of the Bath had affixed to their respective left breasts the idecoration of the Military Division- of the Third -Class off the Order, viz.: Lieut,^Colonel Harold Paget, 7th Hussars. Colonel -Thomas Deane, Indian Staff "Corps, Director Army Remount Department, India. For :services in Egypt and Soudan, including the ;beittles of Atbara- and Khartoum 1 Surgeon-General William Taylor, Army Medical ,StAff.. Colonel VHJieriLHattèn, Grenadier G.Harda. Colonel T. E. Verner, Regimental District. '0 Colonel Rowland-Hill Martin, Oaa?!-p £ y *(late 21st Lancers), i Lieufc.-Golonel Cuthbgrt George Collihgwood, half- iPav. 1 jet i. 144; m '.3". MJ? «* V .Lieut.-Colonel Ttforey <}uayle Jone», Royal War- wickshire Regiment. Commander Colin Richard Keppel, Royal Navy. ^apes llaldane Stewart Lockbart, Esq. Colonial Secretary and Registrar-General* of the Colony of íHçmg Kong, received the decoration of a Companion of ,the Order of St. Michael and SL George. <r' i.ii ,r,r l, 1 (" r t

f,ibDOgiAifš 15EATH,1;Rbl;t; L I "PlfTKEN OP TIlE CREW .STILL MISSISG. ) Aeablegrtn-I received-by-thfe WNoei- FttrneM, Leyland Company, from their agent at BostoVif states (that oalyone boat was»swanrped>with irhertfroni tire steames- Londonian. Ten- nren from this boat were :afterwkrds seen in the wateh *Soma:of>fehe reaiaainder regained the-vessel. The- manger of'th% compa-ny i8tate»-th;it there jujcnowionly 15: of the..Londohiari s cre^ unacpouoted for, wd,bp had great hopes that -these had be.en rescued and would be heard of. Thet saved cattlemen, several' of* wfiorn belong to England and Ireland, are.: D. Caiman, G. Ball, H. •Welsh, T. Higgfas, dY'F.-iKeimey; 2fo'hn Sloaire, -%Ter-r'-ti --A.Mangell,i p, Wallace J. M^tin, ^ngmajtd, P. NVardi J. Ward: J. BiHby, Mike Jones, r. p¡montsque,; w. Bandlrtir, D. B. PotfsfA^Sini-tH; "H.1 Pnpian, and M.' Malone. n

■1 THE PECULIAR PEOPLE. The' Court for Crown Cases Reserved 011 Saturday duciddd points stated by Mr. Justice Wills in a case tried beror" him at the Central Criminal Court last month, in which a man named Thomas George Senidr, a' member of the. sect knows As The Peculiar People," was found guilty; of the manslaughter of his infant child :by neglecting to call in medical aid. The judge directed the jury om certain questions as to what amounted to the offence, of manslaughter in a case of this kind, but reserved a case as to- whether his; view of the law was right, and whether there was evidence on-which the jury could convict. The Court, consisting of six judges, affirmed the' ponvictioD.

••• I 11. i1 PEACE AND THE UNITED STATES SIGNED. The Treaty df-Peace between-Spain and the United States was signed at the-Ministry of Foretn ',Affairs in Paris at half-past eight on Saturday evening. Two copies in English and two in Spanish, all on parch- ment, were signed by the Commissioners in order of precedence,.the parchment pages being held together With -ribbons in; the Spanish colours in the one fase, and the AtnerioariA, colobro in the other, the ribbon attached to the seal being of the French tri- colour. The Treaty will be forwarded immediately to their respective' Governments, and will probably pe published in Madrid but our Paris correspondent pelieves it will not be published at'Washington until it has beep considered by the Senate. The final sitting of' the Conference closed with an ex- change :oJL compliments, according to diplomatic courtesy.

J PROFESSOR YIVIAJT B, Licsss is of opinion that .Acetylene will piay an iiupoltant-part in the railway lighting of the near future, air 20per cent, of it added to oil gas doubles the illuminating value and enables the gas cylinders to run for double the time at less' than double the cost. If improvements in the method of manufacture Jead t £ > the cheapening of the calcic carbide, an unbounded feature is opened to this inter- esting hydro carbon.. ,0 WHEN the New Year comes the habitual drunkard Will begin to have a rough, time of it. Under the new Act which then comes into force he w.ill be dealt with in a rather drastic, fashion. If he offends against the • law while drunk he may have threie.years in a State inebriate reformatory substituted for the sentence of the Court. The same process is prescribed for the unhappy person who, being found drimfe, is known to haye been convicted 'three-times for drunkenness during the year. State inebriate reformatories lIIlY, be established and maintained at the discretion of the &om<v'Offic'e:

[ ryMOtf IJTE for ftuSOUTH JiFfilfiAlf vj GOLD FIELDS. Sailings from Southampton every Saturday. Calls made Appljtotte UNIOS STE*M SHIP CO., Ltd., Canute Ed., Southampton, aadt SoI1T,hAlrican House,94to 98,BiBhops!ta.tSt. WIthin, LondoL OILIjlAliD AND BAOATEI-LIB O TABLES. A LARGE STOCK OF NEW AD "EOONDo BAND TABLES alway* on liand. W*ITK KOa^PBlCK tlST*. 7- G EOWA-RDS, 13(, Kiy(iaLAM) ROAD. LONDON, N.IL, THE NEW FRtWWH HtMtDV. T H E RAP 10 N > employed, iu the Continental Hospitals by Uicord. lUstan.-Jobert, Velpeau. and others, surpasses everything for impurity of the Mood, rp its, blotch". pains and Bwellmgs of the toints, fcidney, bladder, and urinary diseases, stricture, d'.n harges, piles, gravel, pains in the back, rheumatism, gout, exhaustion, sleeplessness,nervous andphyiicaldel'ility, Tli<-rapioQ ii pare^l in three different forma, Nos. 1,2, and 3. according i<> diseaMg) for wbich intended. Pnll particulars send »tauip^j adoresaM envelope for pamphlet to Mr. iB. Johhsos, 43, H« London, W.C. — K PORTABLE IRON BUILBIHG5 i\ OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. p* Churches, TomFmmry How- Ag\ A pitals, Bungalows, W8rIII- X shops, aC. &c., packed on or erected in any part of the KiBf 1 cB 0D EBBOL lorn. Also Greenhouse*, I—' rfsSP] • I m—rbtiseB, Poultry-houae%4c. Liats, Plans, and Estimates ftH> v yss. Old gent Road, London, SJL TOOTH-ACHE CITBKD USTSTAiEfTiiY BY BUNTER'S WEBV1HE ^07^MMfteMEDY I► BUT A VERY OLD AMD fH fl B tftf H P j WEILTRJEDMEDJCme ■ V ff MliW ft, • PEMNYROYW.&STEEV. f M PILLS ^^TORFEMALEiL^ ► structions.andrelieveall k T DiHtressinn Symptomt. ^f ^SwmvKHBC J | Bores, I/lland s/c, of all -rfi "VAUMFMnEn Chemists. Senton receipt ^«VttBCOWrltnu6f' of 15or34 stamps, by E.T. h ^TO-vsn.E & co-Manufacturers. l>ryden Street, UOTTIKGHAM. Bt-wartt/IrttiWiens,Injurious&■ mrtMhst [ua Mil —■——«—— VINOLIA FM THE SMI • ( PREMIER SOAP (for the Complexion), \0„i, w. a T*but~ fcREAM (Itching, Burning Face Spots), 1/1J» POWDER (Redtieas, Roglm lfm g====;=;=^==!=u==sr===^ g

I THE SIRDAR'S COLLXWF, SCHEME. The: London correspondent of the Birmiyighan I Daily Post is told that Lord Kitchener has already made approaches to certain gentlemen whom he desires to* appoint f6 the" staff of "thC'propOsCd Khar- prolp toum College. The anticipate& associating with it, n who have knowledge of Egypt 1 0 and the Soudan, but the more important officials will be retirtsifed from'Ettjffori# • id this matter Bis is being advised by one of the tiest^inoVn edhcaKid&ists in tb. Country.

THE SPEAKER'S RESIDENFGE. The 'Office of Works iit -doing some-extensive deco- rating at the Sppalwr's Houae. The well-known banqueting chamber has been thoroughly renovated. The panels, which take the portrxit& of successive Spea.-ke.r8, ha-ve-been altered* and new ones prepared fpr the portraits of future Speakers. It is understood thnt P'u,Jy next- yei-r itteiiibers will'find b fall-length portrait of Air. Gnllv in one of tbe panels. The kt-r i9 pourtfuyediib gcwitAad full-bottomed wig. i a. MMt <4»m* l»*wmrsr &t §|(<nrkho|ii»!>v» ni3

i a. MMt <4»m* l»*wmrsr &t §|(<nrkho|ii»!>v» ni3 fo hare begun to henr ar,d sp^aK »s tjie result of nias- ,e of the thronf. enrs. r.rd surrounding parts of the hend, cemb.vt-td bf 1\"O e medictS en at the expense of Sins; Oscarj, C ,L,

PASTER'S L1TTLB w, 'UVeft-PlL(L9L hirttj 1 0Br« TorpM- Iirtr. BVt, 1 ffrttofe Owupli^Irm, tad SMc to wo dbte& I' .j i 'I.' 'ETH fofa'U oh <»▼ on ().• Uttk taufb a. tow o( ;r sazoDowr tt».flminiit 4aatiMc«lK .ClcJtnaes'ttie keth and etwees between~th<ajj a* IobIn& elM Will. BcaindafiJicarty^Uit# teeth, rosy Ii ana fragraaft bretctik easuiied. AaJk, iM ftOZOIXMCB.

j VA ssAR COLLEGE. The, students of, Vassar' (tolloge-the leading: lidiea icollege in, the United- -States—have for some time past been making the experiment of governing themselves. But the fair -undergraduates do not seem to have §hown- any great aptitude for (heir task, and self-government has not been working as well a, it might have done. The .bell, which rings t ten o'clock at night has not caused the noise of the studente in the corridors to caww-, the girla have been cutting chapel for all the world like mei?e nen^and in other ways have been, remiss. The president of the Students' Association has, in fact, tfeen flt to declare that there is^great daji^pr that airthe end of the trial year tlie faculty, will demand the reradoption of tite ten o'clock rule, which would be a vi;ttial,pamisaion that they are- unable to govern themselves/

I ■ it 1 a curious fact tpat .in iio^qpjQ .jtur)n^aIspceov week exactly as many boy3 as girls ,were, born—1348 eacP, making 2686 in all. Such a tt tie is of rare occurrence. There was, however, p. similar equality in the siecoiid week of May, J^when 1167 of both ^oy§ and girla: rwfire,Jb<>rn. I^st ..week, there was the large excess of 12{)0. birtha oyer, deaths in fJLobdon.w ,n "r:.

¡ COCOA—The National Drink. "Jtt EVER in tho history of the world l.as C<jcoa been J.1 so much held in favour as a nation cl drink as-it is at the present day. Yet there are Coco-Lianl Cocom. MENSES. FKY have gained nq-ffwetthaa 'iliGOLC MEDALS and'DIPLOMAS, and thtir'lJure eoucen- trdted Cocoa is the result of an acrtim'tlat-id experience of 170 Years, a fact which places tliis well knoiraFirm at am alvajitage far above all krml^of lSibor-d^'g^rowtb^8' 6"e, Pur, CQBOtll1 "ÐOGOA (){wh¥!h.Dr. wn.on. l'H.8.E.. etc., eaY8, -It.1$.my ideal of radtctiou." JtfaT T.H HEE WOB.DS are necesanryjn order rigilt qbtaoa, Tit.. FRVS V PR B CofftfeW'R TED. —m——a»M1il III'i nil 1«lMh——WM— r j 11 ii'I,

¡ JL,*OR tile bildianct YallWay, ALZ. o. W: Johnson is I building ten more express engines of his 7ft. 9:n. ] single-wKfeel class, also more o £ tUa-7ffc- aoup!ed class, { with l^in. cylinders, and 1701b. steam pressure. | These are taking the placp oft-soma cf the, old "engines of the 800 Class -bililt whioh H¥.TC been put I into the cluplicate class, and Marlwd I.. :r\w.u has recently enacted a lavy. forbidding the sale of tobacco t youths tiricior 16--without signed orders from adults. Tourists who offer cigarettes to youths render themselves liable to;.prosecution, while I the police are empdwertd to confiscate the:pipes, cigars, and cigarettes of ywitbs who siioke in the public Streets, a- Jin# for the «SenC6 K-ke'w se imposed which may be anywhere between 2s. and

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