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

Slia Was Wasting Away. Her Nerves Seriously Affected by a Shock, this Birmingham lady became distressingly Weak and Anaemic. She relates how a new lease of life was gained through the Good Red Blood supplied by Dr" Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Peopled, Anxiety or griof is a tax on the strength and nervous systems of the strongest, but in the case of those suffering from low vitality the effects are disastrous. When Mrs. E. Chapman, of 2, Noel- avenue, Sparkbrook, Birmingham, lost her child, the shock to her weak, bloodless system was so f eyere that her life was in danger. But through Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People she re- j gained strength and a new lease of life because of the good blood they supply. "1i.J' I'} directions, and before long I fc-It a tingling sensation come over me. My head was ,ltHf and I took my food with relish., Small wof, my husband and I made up our minds great change to continue with the pills,, t' le Week by week I improved. The left me the colour returned to my"' gained flesh until I could honestly s? completely cured. That is quite atirlTlnitrnU^ ,-rt ollowing the death of my baby boy," said Mrs. Chapman, I began to feel the effects by ter- rible weakness. I grew pale, ner- vous, and fearfully mnemie; in fact, my blood seemed as though it had turned to water. I lost weight rapidly. After taking any kind of food I would be attacked by the most excruciating pains in the stomach, back. and under- neath the shoulders. I became so weak and ill that often I went quite lifeless and rigid, unable to and 1 have had i;o old symptoms; « f 1 Dr. Williams #■ r-*« ft By stea.dK' « upis m guise** • Rich Bloo; don#—Mr tem against diseases an. strengths—thai Iiams/Pink pm achieve so inan), They actually m Blood, and so cure caused Qrigiu»'ly IVy, bad iSloudj, stroll as Anaemia. General Wonk- make a sign for assistance or utter a word. "For many months I suffered in i y Her terrible weakness wis cured by Dr. Willial,14, Pink Pills. ness, Decliton. Bticfc'ac'hes, I'eaii- achos, Indigo-lion, Eczema, KIhhi- ma.tiHm f Sí.;Ρtticn. Neuralgia.' and Paralysis also the ailments from this way, receiving treatment from several medical men, who gave me various medicines, without seeming able to get at the root of the evil. Also I tried many advertised remedies, but they proved useless for my complaint. My husband had been reading of cures by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and as he had heard splendid accounts of their merits, he bought a box of the pills for me. I began to take them according to which women alone suffer. Sold at shops (but take care that the fuU name, Dr. Williums' Pink Pills for Pale People, is on every package), or direct from the British Depot, 46, Holborn-via- duct, London, post free for 2s. 9d. a box, or six boxes for 13s. 9d. An iriteresting illustrated pamphlet will be sent post free on application, describing many cures by Or. Williams' Pink Pills. I

STEALING A RAILWAY. An amazing s.tory wa-a related before thf Vice- regal Commission on Irish Railways bv Mr. Tcwnshend Trench. It was in connection with tL railway line between Birr and Portumna. twelve miles long, formerly worked bv the Great Southern and Western pany for a period of years, the lease expiring in 1878. The-.company declined to renew the lease on the ground that they were losing £ 2,000 a year on it, and the line became derelict. After a time people began to steal 'portions of uie line. Pilfering on a large scale7 went "on daily. until rails, sleepers, wire, an<lall had vanished, ami nothing remained but the bed of the railway. The chairman (Sir Charles Sentter) said it wiw most extraordinary that the local share- holders should; see their line disappearing day by day and take no action. Mr. T. M. Healy, M.P. (who appeared for the raihvuy companies) Oh, yes, they did. They took a bridge. Mr. Trench said he was glad to say that had been prevented. The bridge wae still there. The police had prevented it from being takeli. A fter the looting of the railway a man came one day with cranes and appliances, and was pro- ceeding to remove the iron girder^ when the police interfered. The books disappeared, and nobody knew what had become of them.

BRAND'S INVALID DliLICACIES. There are some of the great. firms of England whose fame for the articles they make is so pre- eminent that their names are synonyms for their particular productions. It is so with Brand and Co., Mayfair Works, Vauxhall, whose name the world over is synonymous for delicacies for in- valids. These dainties, whether they be Soups or preparations of Meat or Chicken, naturally require to be prepared from the choicest meat or poultry, and the most scrupulous care taken in their manufacture. It is for these essentials that the firm has obtained its many medals and its absolutely unique reputation.

WOOLWICH ARSENAL DISCHARGES The proposal of the Woolwich Arsenal autho- rities that the factory shall be entirely" closed ou Saturdays, and only fiv-edays worked, is meeting with the majority of the workmen's approval. The suggestion is said to have come frem the Government as a result of the. march to the House of Commons. If the proposal is carried into effect it is believed that more than half the discharges will be withdrawn. mechanics will lose about 56. a week, and the average loss a head will be about 3s. 6d. The sum of, roughly, £2,300 will be saved weekly, and this-will be devoted to keeping men on who are at present under notice. The decision of the War Office on the ques- tion of the Woolwich Arsenal discharges was re- ceived at Woolwich on Saturday. A minimum of 10,000 employees is to be established. This necessitates the discharge of over 3,000 men, as at the middle of April it was officially stated that 13/285 men were at work. Owing to the em- ployees having agreed to go on short time, and ti work five days a week, the sending off of large hatches of workmen is obviated. The dis- charges are to take place in batches of 180 weekly, namely, sixty, from each of the three de- partments—the Royal carriage department, gun factory, and laboratory. About twenty weeks will be occupied in this shrinkge. The only portions of the Arsenal which will be on full time will be the torpedo factory and the build- ink works department. The above discharges are based on this year's estimates, and any addi- tional orders which may be placed with the Arsenal will decrease the number who have to go. At a mass meeting at Woolwich Mr. Will Crookes said the War Secretary had informed him that instead of one thousand discharges on Tuesday next only sixty would take place. The discharges of men under notice were not to exceed sixty in any week, and if men volun- tarily lost one day weekly endeavours would be made to keep them fully employed on five days.

The Liverpool Education Committee rejected a resolution that provision should be made for a flagstaff in the specifications for new schools. An amendment that there be added an instruc- tion to support brass bands and Christy min- strel troupes was described as "tomfoolery," and ruled out of order. In opening a new miniature range in con- nection with the West Surrey Rifle Club at Ottershaw, Lord Roberts declared, amid la&ghter, that he knew what it was to be in a corner with men who could shoot and with men who could not, and the difference in the feeling engendered was remarkable. A number of skilled mechanics discharged from Woolwich Arsenal passed through Dover for the German Arsenal at Ems, where they have been guaranteed employment at high cl wages. In the Duke of Connaught's Ambulance Shield Competition at Aldershot the protest lodged against the 3rd Worcester Regiment has oeen Competition at Aldershot the protest lodged against the 3rd Worcester Regiment has oeen withdrawn, and the shield has been presented to the winners. I WEATHER FORECAST FOR THE KITCHEN.—Stormy and Squalls, unless Cook is kept in a good frame of mind by a liberal supply of Keating's Powder, which keeps pantry and larder free from Beetles, Ants, and Cock- roaches. Sold by Chemists, Grocers and Oil- men, in tins only, 3d., 6d., and Is. Bellowil (filled), 9d.

CITY TEMPLE JOKE. The City Temple on Holborn-viaduct has been the scene of one of the most cWe^ly- executed practical jokes on record. Over the portico of the Temple is a coping into which are let nine panels, and. it was discovered that on seven of these—one for each, the word ICHABOD printed in bold white, letters. The edge of the coping was chipped where a ladder had evidently moved along as the sign-writer chalked up each letter. The curious thing about the incident is that the work was done in daylight, and in the presence of scores of passerli by. Aboiit six o'clock in the morning two young men of gen- ieel apearance arrived at the City Temple, pushing a truck on which were two loug ladders. They set one of the ladders against the portico, i and whilst one of them mounted to the coping the other remained below to hold the ladder. Taking out of his pocket a piece of chalk, the man traced on the second panel the, letter "U." That done he came down, and the ladder was shifted a foot further on to panel ZSjo. 2. The letters were about eighteen inches high, five inches broad, heavily outlined, artistically shaded in, and of fancy design, and it is stated that the work must have taken half an hour to complete. vsi v For two hours the sign remained for ali to read, and a group of people gathered outside the buildings At last someone warned the care- taker, who promptly had the lettering.,washed out. But so effectually bad the .writing been done, that it took two men one hour and a half 'to remove it. and even after the washing; the letters could be traced, while the,seven panels, newly cleansed, looked strangely out of keeping with their grimy neighbours.

MORE HONOUR FOR FRY'S COCOA. A writer in "The Tabled eays "A Grimsby magistrate having decided that milk chocolate ia a food and not a sweetmeat, I beg emphatically to differ from him. Milk chocolate, such ail 'Fry's Five Boys' variety, is not only a food of a very high order of sustaining power, but it is a delicious sweetmeat as well. In the same paper I read that Messrs. J. S. Fry and Sons, Ltd., makers to H.1L the King, have been ap- pointed by Special Royal Warrant manufac- turers of Chocolate and Cocoa to their Majesties the King and Queen of Spain, which is a richly- deserved Jhonour. Spain has always been cele- brated för its choice chocolate, and such an honour I consider exceptional to the great house which was first in the matter of date of establish- ment, and is to-day first for quality of botn cocoa and chocolate." The firm has been awarded over 300 gold medals and diplomas at the leading International Exhibitions of the world.

DEVOTED SERVANT'S DEATH. A an inquest on Charlotte Millard,, aged 48, a general servant, lately in service at 45, Park- lane, Clissold-park, London, N, it was stated that on Sunday week she visited a niece. Next morning she called again and told her niece tha.t while carrying a candle upstairs the previous night the flame was blown against some chiffon on her blouse and set her afire. Her niece dis- covered that she was badly burned, and made her go to the Metropolitan Hospital, where she died. Mr. Robert Caldwell, of 45, Park-lanè; stated that neither he nor his wife had any idea that the deceased woman had been burnt. She got up and served the breakfast in the usual way, and then asked to be allowed to go to the hos- pital, as she said she had a cold. A Juror: It is difficult to understand how she bore her pain without complaining. Witness I consider it was heroism on her part, and devotion to my wife, who is in deli- cate health. She is worthy of all honour for her consideration of others. Other evidence showed that the brave woman's neck, chest, and arms were burnt, and that death was due to blcod-poisoning following the; burns. A verdict of accidental death was returned.

The engagement ring belongs to the man who gave it, because it was given, as I take it, conditionally, and now that the contract is at an end the token should go back. The other ring was a present, and you may retain it." This was the advice given to a young lady by a London magistrate, but she did not seem to be quite satisfied.

1^300 /g-fr KM13 J? I yL. "AREAL F0{:1)" I STRONGEST & BEST. I THERE'S HEALTH IN EVERY CUP.

-r When the master of the Oulton Workhouse reported a profit on the guardians' pigs of £ 43 for the year, a suggestion was made that more should be kept. An agricultural member, how- ever, said that money could be earned with a few pigs, but would be lost with many. At Carnarvonshire Joint Police Committee members were astonished by the production of a Penrhyn quarryman's pay bill for January, showing his total month's earnings as 8s. CHI., deductions for club and powder Is. 8d., leaving his net earnings for the month at 6s. lOd.

,(: STRANGE & WONDERFUL ) BOTTLE'S J ONG JOURNEY. -,w finder please send me a p.p.c. **rote a Jjiverpool man on a visitilig card, which h £ placed in a bottle and cast into the | sea at New Brighton. lie received a picture postcard from a lady of Chelsea, Mass., who [picked tlje bpttle up on the beach near Bos- tQnl U.S:A,. \,w. ——— H ,.1'. TOAD WORSHIP < 1 Extraordinary a» it may seeni, the' toad I fas actually an object of worship in South xmerica. When the Spaniard'; first v&lilt to Venezuela they found the natives held the ioad in great veneration, and adored it as 'lord of'the waters." If, by an unlucky ac- £ ident, one was killed, they believed some "iire calamity would occur, though they were above whipping their gods with little Witches when there was a scarcity of provi- 'Ons 'or waiit of rain. FPFAK RATNSTOPilT.S. A shower of rain, resembling blue-black nk, fell at Dcvoii. This mak-esari- in' .hiher striking addition to the many freak [lainstorms on record. The burden of these storms has been remarkably varied. The re- i corded examples, dating from 1666, include little fishes, frogs, lizards, pilchards, hazel ^tjuis, pollen, hjay, snails, black rairij, caterpillars, and pond mussels. t "I THE PilEHISTOl'IC HORS-B. The prehistoric horse did not inhabit America, Australia, or the islands of the Pacific. He was an inhabitant of the Eastern Continent, and is known to have existed in Western Europe and the British Isles. Fossil rem.ains of this liorso have been discovered in the caves of England, mingled with the hones of the elephant, rhinoceros, ox, and I tiger. That was a time when the vegetation ot Northern Europe was of a tropical cha- racter. DRANK OIL FROM STREET LAMPS. Fat is a good "body warmer." Fat is a firm of fuel for the maintenance of heat. It it not sayagery that causes the Esquimeaux tI" eat blubber, it is the exigencies of climate. Jfany years ago, before gas was used for street lighting, the lamps in Leith were often rut out because the Russian sailors visiting tne port used to swarm up the lamp-posts and drink the oil that fed the lamps! They knew its value for keeping them warm. A CURIOUS CHURCH. A church has been built in America exclu- sively of vitrified clay, even the window- frames being made of the same material. The decorative features are in terra-cotta. The altar, communion rail, pulpit, and front of organ loft are all terra-cotta. The entire ceiling is of brick and tile vaulting, the key- stones being of terra-cotta and the ribs of the arches and the groins' of moulded brick. There is not an inch of timber or a nail in the entire structure. TREES UPSIDE DOWN. One of the most curious gardens is that owned by Sir Charles Isham, near North- ampton. r Fifty-eight years ago Sir Charles conceived the idea of laying out the most novel garden in the country, and he has cer- tainly done it. One of the curiosities to be seen in it are trees which grow downwards instead of .upwards. -To accomplish this the tree has. to be taken in hand when quite 0 young, and the branches bent. SERVICE IN A COALMINE. iit Coventry, the Bishop of Wör- cester tolcj pf a recent experience he had in conducting' a service in a coal-mine. When he got down the mine, he said, he did not feel exaotly coTpfqrtaj3lft, for ,he had ,to crawl along a passage 3It. 6in. high very nearly'on his; ,h^nd.s,, ajyJ kpeeg, At the .end of it there was a man lying half-naked pecking away at i the coal.. Presently other miners came j along, and a very delightful service they had there, with candles stuck ii^ a bit of mud to -give-si title illumination. I; THE "WHITE HORSE, OF KILBURN." The North Riding of Yorkshire abounds with numerous objects^ of interest, among them being the "White Horse of Kilburn." Cut out of the limestone on the side of Hambleton Hill, about twenty miles north from York, the "White Horse" can be easily discerned at a distance of twenty-five miles. His dimensions are as follows: Length, 18Qft.; height, 80ft.; area covered, nearly tone acre,. To give; his coat one dressing six tons of lime were necessary, and a still, further idea of the gigantic proportions of this noble steed may be gathered from the fact that six persons can stand together comfortably on his eye. KETTLE-BRIDGES. I, "Perhaps the most remarkable bridges in the world," says "CassellV Saturday Jour- nal," "are the kettle-bridges, of which Cos- sack soldiers are expert builders. The mate- rials of which they are constructed are,, the soldiers' lances and cooking kettles. Seven of eight lances are passed under the handles of a number of kettles and fastened by means of ropes to form a raft. A sufficient number of these rafts, each of which will bear a weight of half a ton, are fastened together, and in the space of an hour a bridge is formed on which an i army may cross with confidence and safety." ] "WOOING" IN BRlTfA'frY. In Brittany wooing and wedding has changed little from mediaeval times. The young folks meet ajt, church, fairs, but the in- fluence of Cupid on' their lives is much less potent than that of the professional match- maker. He is often the, village tailof,, who goes forth upon his sentimental" mission with his hat decked with sprigs of a bloom sym- bolising love and marriage. He is expected- to find out for the young man what is a cer- tain girl's temperament and disposition, and also what dowry she may be expected to bring. If his mission proves satisfactory, a meeting is then arranged between the parties concerned and their parents at the village cafe. Here all the terms are discusse with great deliberation before arriving at a final decision. THE PHANTOM DRUMMER. 'One of the weirdest; of the-many legends connected with the history of our famous and historic houses is the story of the Drummer Boy of the Airlies. The original drummer boy was cruelly put to death generations ago by an Earl of Airlie, and, acording to local belief, he returns tó, earth and beats his 0 drum whenever a death ia about to take place in the family; Examples of the drum- mtnghavingbllheard withiitt the last half century are, welt authenticate4. VANISHED RIVER'S TRACK. Explorations made last summer brought to light many interesting facts about what is known to geologists as the "Nipissing-Mat- tawa Biver." This is believed to have been the ancient outlet for the Great Lakes Huron, Michigan and Superior before their Waters began to flow through Lake Erie. The old river bed was traced, in the Canadian province of Ontario, from Lake Nipissing, near the northern end Of Georgian Bay, to the valley of the Ottawa River. At one place the site of an ancient cataract was dis- covered, and reason was found for believing that the size of the vanished river was very similar to that of the St. Clair and Detroit rivers, through which the great lakes now have outlet. > "■ ■■■■■■ ■' -1 J

THE COLONIAL CONFERENCE. ,): At the meeting of the Colonial Conference on Thursday last week at the Colonial, Ofrice, Lord Elgin presided, and the Home. Secre- tary and the President of the Board of Trade were also present.. The Conference discussed the question of emigration in connexion with the report of the inter-departmental committee and the resolution of the Common- wealth of Australia, which declares it to be desirable to encourage British emigrants to proceed to British Colonies rather than to foreign countries, and that the Imperial Government be requested to co-operate with any Colonies desiring 'immigrants in assist- ing suitable persons to emigrate. Mr. Deakin adversely criticized the Emi- grants' Information Office, particularly in respect of their attitude as regards recruit- ing labour in this country for work on" sugar estates in Queensland. Sir J. Ward said that what was wanted in New Zealand was carefully selected emigration, preferably of persons possessed of some, capital. Any scheme on the lines of the inter-departmental committee's report would need most careful consideration before acceptance by his Government. After General Botha, Dr. Jameson, and Mr. Moor had pointed out that at present the encouragement of immigration was not practicable in'South Africa, Mr. Burns ex- plained that his Majesty's Government were considering the reorganization of the Emi- grants' Information Office. But he held that under present conditions that office did work chat was valuable both to this country and the Colonies, and that in the particular case referred to their action was right. After further explaining the policy of the Imperial Government on emigration, he reiterated their readiness to welcome any practical sug- gestion which f the Colonies might bring- for- ward. After further discussion the Common- wealth resolution was unanimously approved. Resolutions from the Governments of New Zealand and Cape Colony on the subject of naturalization were considered, and after a statement by the Home Secretary on the sub- ject discussion was postponed. The Lord Chancellor was among the mem- bers of the Cabinet who attended the Con- ference on Friday afternoon, when the sug- gestion to establish an Imperial Court of Ap- peal, brought forward by Mr. Deakin (Aus- tralia), waS discussed. Mr. Deakin said the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council; which now settled cases that proved too knotty for colonial courts, was not altogether acceptable in Australia. The Conference finally adopted a series of resolutions on the basis of suggestions put forward by the Cape Government urging the desirability of codifying the practices of the members of the Judicial iCommittee of the Privy Council. -¡ NATIONAL LIBERAL CLUB BANQUT, T. The Cohtfritfl Pre'iniM'S were entertained at a banquet at the National Liberal Club on Friday last. The tables were* laid in the smoke-room and the dining-room; Earl Carrington pre- siding in the former, supported by the Pre- miers, and the Earl,of, Crewe in the latter. After, the repast the guests fi-ocked into the Great, Halli where the speeches were delivered. Sir Henry Campbell-Ban-nerman proposed the toast of the guested after the loyail-toasts had been honoured, and after playfully pointing to the party character of-the club,' asserted' that the occasion was beyond party. The members were lovers of free institutions, and therefore they welcomed the representatives-,of a great Empire founded, not upon force :or arbitrary rule, but upon freedom and-justice and represen- tative institutions. Then he pointed to the amic- able feeling which prevailed at the conference. They have not come here,to enforce anythingi upon us that we do not like, he said, and we have not the "slightest idea I of enforcing any thing upon them." In this spirit Sir Henry declared his belief that great good must,, result i from the Conference. Sir Wilfrid Laurier told of his pride in., tho galaxy iof living nartiona bound together by common ties; then, in grave tones, he spoke of the differences in economic conditions. Eng- land lived under conditions of armed peace almost as intolerable as war; Canada was -about to celebrate 100 years of peace. War was the chief item of England's expenditure the chief item in Canada's was public works. Sir Joseph Ward also spoke ver,) eloquently, I but Sir Robert Bond was much more serious, and spoke for some tinie on the grievances of his own country, Britain's r oldest Colony of Newfoundland. 1 General Botha, who was heartily cheered, gave reminiscences of the days when he cap- tured a convoy with some newspapers, and saw fromothem what a,' Strong nuitierlie had been: He had always man-aged to effect an escape before;, but that night; hJe\sawhb chance of getting away. He told of his hopes for the future of South Africa, and of his deepest desire that the blood of the bravo who found their graves there should be the cement to bind them all together for the welfare and the great- ness of the Empire. I was a soldier, and I did my duty as a soldier;" he said. "I am ready to do that same duty to-dav on' behalf »f the British Empire. >

JILTED GIRL'S REVENGE. telegram from Oil City, Pennsylvania, gives details of a tragedy that occurred there. Miss Belle Stroupe, one of the city's prettiest girls, i;had been courted by a young man of the place named Thaddeus Ross, but Miss Stroupe recently becoming ill, his attentions fell off, and finally he totally neglected her, and his. engagement to another lady was an- nounced. Leaving her sick bed, Miss Stroupe went to the telephone, and called up her ex- lover, asking him to meet her, as she had something to say to him. He agreed, and came to her house. She met him just outside her father's garden, and immediately shot him, the bullet passing through his heart and killing him instantly. She then turned the revolver upon herself and sent a bullet through her brain, falling dead at his feet. RosS was to have been mar- ried next day to his new sweetheart. In the bosom of the dead girl was found the photo- graph of her recreant lover.

According to the "Temperance Record, the medical manifesto recently published in the "Lancet "'in praise of alcohol, has been re- printed in leaflet form and placed in public- bcuses for customers to read there or take home with them- Mr. Harold Harison, clerk to the Honourable Artillery Company, has been appointed keeper of the new Central Criminal Court. Mr. Gladstone informed Mr. Cave, M.P., that 851 certificates of natijralisation were granted in 1906, the fees received amounting to £ 3470. Mr. Tree has accepted an invitation of the Play^oeijs' Club to a dinner to be held in his honour at the Hotel Cecil on Sunday. Mav 12.

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ENGINE UfUViDK TO BLAME. In his report, issued to the Board of Trade on 'the collision at Tliingley*junction, ion the Great Western Railway, between a, passenger train from Westbury to Pa<ldington! and a goods train from Swindon to Plymouth, Lieutenant- Colonel Yorke says that the driver of the pas- senger train must bear the responsibility. The passenger train failed to stop at home signal at Thirigley-junction, which was at dahger. Driver Powell, states the report, evidently thought that preference would be given to his:' train over the goods train, in crossing the jttiie- tion. Therefore, he did hot attempt to si op until it was too late. Five passengers and .the drivers and firemen of both trains :were injured, while three other servants of the company were bruised., ■ ti; r

1( '-COUNTESS'S SON SENTENCED: Granville Cooke, stated to be the igon of a ountess and the great-grandson of a French nobleman guillotined during the French Revo- lution, was on Monday sentenced to a year and nine months' imprisonment by the Biriiiingham Recorder I -)r stealing some astrachan and several tresses of ladies' hair. The prisoner; whose father is said to have, been a fashionable London physician, had been educated., as a civil engineer, but had fallen through flritili:, and liatlqindc), rgone three,, yei,r- 1 penal servitude. His counsel explained that he had obtained the astrachan to look smart in the eye of his sweetheart, for whom the haiF* was meant as a present.

(: BULLDOG ATTACKS CHILDREN. A bulldog at Hastings attacked"ttvd'children, Mary and Alice Willis. Mary pluckily caught up her sister, and rushed into her aunt's house, but the dog followed, and bit Alice's legs in thirty place.. Driven out of the house, the dog attacked a lad named Pope, biting his leg twice. Pope's leg was cauterised at the hospital. Alice Willis, r who was ..seriously injured, was also taken to the hospital, and was detained. J h.- owner has claimed the dog, and declares it is not rrnd.

Burtoti-on-Trent magistrates; were confronted with a problem in the shape of a wandering man, of swarthy complexion aud foreign ap pearance, and of unknown tongue, who was found by a constable during the' earlv hours leaning against a shop window, dressed in a chemise and overcoat, 'with boots and socks, but no trousers. A German witness at Shoreditch County- court, whose lunch is a.movable feast, was asked at what time he had his tea. He re- plied Well, sometimes at one time and sometimes at another; and sometim&s tea is lunch, and sometimes lunch is tea. And some- times I eat the same for tea as. for lunch, an-d then I don't know what to call it." A map who complained to Mr. Plowden that his son :had been bitten by a dog, stated that the animal lived with another dog and twelve people in The Local Government Board has refused to' sanction the appointment by the Poor Law' Guardians of a female relieving officer for Ken- singtoll. 11 In an address on Submarine Telegraphy at the Royal United Service Institution, White- hall, iMr. Charles Bright said that fcr the deep- sea portion of a line the wires were now usually composed of steel, with a breaking strain of over, 100 tons a square inch, and about thirty- five miles was an average output of cable made, at a factory in a working day. An official return shows that 1,169 persons, were killed arid 7,204 injured on the railways of the United Kingdom last year. The figures show an increase of 70 killed and 745 injured as compared With 1905. J hearing a number of summonses against motor-car drivers at Marylebone, Mr. Plowden ,rein arked tilat: the streets Of London are be- corning so dangerous ■ that really the only aafa place to^watt ilolkadars is the railroad." .,¡ J

HOW A NEWSPAPER STARTED. The death is announced of Mr. Henry Ig- glesden, foundert of the," Kcntisl)., Express," Ashford, at the age of eighty-three, after a long illness. Mr. Igglesdan established" the paper in 1855 and met with difficulties which would have overwhelmed most men. With him, however, a difficulty was a thing to be overcome, and he ended by firmly establish- ing the "Express" as the county paper of Kent. Mr. Igglesden worked by day and night to make t-S5 paper a success. Advertisements, however, were few and far between, and for several j weeks the income from this source amounted to only eighteenpence. Only one lad assisted him in the production of the "Express" at the outset. These two actu- ally set the type, and printed the paper on a hand press, such as Caxton used. The cir- culation of the, first number was 150 copies; and all :of them were sold.