The Rhyl Advertiser

ALLEGED SLANDER ON A LATE CHAIRMAN OF THE RHYL WINTER GARDENS COMPANY. MR MIDDLEHURST CHARGED WITH BEING A "PROPERTY JOBBER" AND A "COMPANY WRECKER." At the Manchester Assizes, on Wednesday, be- fore Mr Justice Day, an action was brought by Mr J. E. Middlehurst, accountant, Salford, and lately a dim-tor of the Rhyl Winter Garden Company,and now its official liquidator, in which he sought to recover £ 2000 damages for an alleged slander, from Mr Alderman Bailey, an engineer also residing at Salford. Mr Nash and Mr Wharton tor the plaintiff, and Mr Gully, Q.C., with Mr Lowe, defended Mr Bailey. In opening the case for the plaintiff Mr Nash said the parties in the case were gentlemen of opposite political views—the plaintiff representing from a Conservative point of view the interests of the country, and the defendant being a representative of Liberal politics, and having, he had no doubt, an equally zealous and sincere regard for the interests of the country from his point of view. Unfortun- ately Mr Bailey had not satisfied himself by keeping politics apart from questions of personal animosity against Mr Middlehurst. He was sure that if Mr Bailey, the rabid and intemperate politician. could appeal from himself to Mr Bailey, the quiet and well- disposed citizen, he would be the very first to con- demn as wholly unjustifiable the unfortu: ate expression into which he had fallen on the particular occasion in question. The first witness called was Mr Alderman Nuttall who said he knew both parties, and remem- bered what took place on the election for Islington Ward. He was present at the meeting of rate- payers. It was a noisy meeting, but he heard some of the allusions made by the defendant to the plaintiff. He did not hear any adjective used be- fore the words property jobber." Witness was •h iirman of the meeting. Mr Gully: Mr Middlehurst was the first iker, and witness had to call him to order two or \e times. (Laughter.) He was comparing him- -i If to Mr Jamieson, the opposition candidate. The Judge He was his opponent. He was there for the purpose.—(Laughter Mr W. H. Wood, printer, I IS, Chapel-street", I he was also at the meeting. Ke heard the de- f< refer to the plaintiff as "a wrecker of liability co mpanies" and as an unscrupulous property jobber. He also referred to him as* one who having instituted a movement against the Racecourse Committee, had not scrubled to publish r:ice-cards until stopped by the Race-course Com- mittee. The Town Clerk was virtually the chair- man of the meeting, which was very noisy. Mr Bailey seemed reckless in his statements. Mr Nash He seemed to care for nobody ? Witness H seemed quite reckless. In answer to Mr Gully, thejwitness said Mr Mid- (Uehurst was stopped by the chairman simply on of the length of his speech, and not on account ,,t the matter of it. He compared himself to Mr Jamieson, the other candidate. Mr Gully It was a very unflattering picture of Mr Jamieson I suppose. You are a particular ad- mirer of Mr Middlehurst, are you not ? Witness No I am not. I admire him just as [ admire you and all clever men.—(Laughter.) In further cross-examination the witness said he had known Mr Middlehurst almost from a boy. He (witness) sat about three or four forms from the end of the room furthest from the platform. The meeting wa. very noisy, the disturbance being caused by a certain section grouped together about one spot. Mr Gully And when certain expressions were used there were loud shouts and groans, I sup- pose ? Witness Yes, until Mr Bailey was speaking and then all was quiet, because the people who were making the noise wer Mr Bailey's friends. Mr Gully You were on the other side-you were a Middlehurstice v Witness I had not a vote to give him, or I should have given him one. Mr Gully: Will you swear that the words "un- scrupulous property jobber were used at all ? Witness The words are wringing in my ears yet. air. (Laughter.) In fact I turned round to a friend on my left and said surely Mr Bailey is tight." (Renewed laughter.) Mr Gully: And that was your impression, was n Witness Yes, it was. Mr T. Matthews, reporter, Mr R. Mottram, Mr Knapton, stationer, and Mr Joseph Young, boot- maker, were also called to speak to the language of Mr Bailey's speech, upon which the action was founded. The plaintiff, Mr J. E. Middlehurst, examined by Mr Nash, said he had been an accountant openly about two years. The Judge What do you mean by openly ?" Plaintiff; Having my name attached to the ba, iness. The Judge Do you mean that you had previously been an accountant secretly 'i Plaintiff I had carried on the business, but not with my named attached. The Judge: You did not carry it on under an alias ? Plaintiff: No, my Lord. By Mr Nash I have been for many years in business as a surveyor, also as a jeweller and dealer in fancy goods. I was present at the meeting in question. The Town Clerk opened the proceedings by reading the placard calling the meeting. I then addressed the meeting, speaking for an hour and twenty minutes. Mr Nash: Without any signs of impatience ? (Laughter.) Plaintiff: My opponents showed evident signs of impatience. Mr Nash: Ah, they winced. (Great laughter.) Did Mr Bailey then get up ? Plaintiff He did. Mr Nash What did he say about you ? Plaintiff: In moving a vote of want of confidence he made a very violent speech, and amongst other things he enunciated the race cards. (Laughter.) I may say I was the first that drew attention to the inequality that some people were permitted to carry on gambling while other people were not, and I wrote to London, communicated with the Home Secretary, and a prosecution was instituted. Mr Nash Never mind that. Plaintiff Pardon me, sir. Mr Nash What did Mr Bailey say about you ? Plaintiff: He said that although initiating a pro- secution against the Racecourse Company I was printing race cards until stopped by the Racecourse ;mapany. He further said that I was an unscru- pulous property jobber, emphasising the words. He was stopped by the chairman two or three times for going beyond the objects for which the meeting was called. He followed on to different things en- tirely. Mr Nash Has this done you serious injury in your business P Plaintiff: It has, sir. He further said, He is a limited liability company wrecker." It is my function to wind up companies, and I am at present the official liquidator of the Court of Chancery. It has had the direct effect of damaging me most seriously. (Laughter.) I am the local manager for an insurance company, and have a large number of agents under me for South-east Lancashire, and that business haa considerably fallen off. I believe j I shall lose the appointment, which is worth t;;Oo a year. Mr Nash Is there any foundation for any of those statements about you. Plaintiff Not in the least. Mr Nash Did these statements lose you your election ? Plaintiff: Unquestionably. I had a requisition sitrned between 600 and 700 people, and only 400 voted for me. (Laughter) Cmss-examined by Mr Gully, Q.C., witness said he had been before the public as a town councillor six years, and in other respects he had been very active in Manchester and Salford for 20 years. Mr Gully You say that Mr Bailey's speech des- troyed your character at one blow. Plaintiff No, sir, remarks of this kind when they are spread, as these havQ been spread, are com- mented upon in varions places, and the natural in- uendo goes. Mr Gully The natural inuendo goes At. a blow I understand that your business and your political reputation has fallen from these words. Plaintiff I cannot say at a blow. My election unquestionably went, and my business has gone down from that time. Mr Gully You never called yourself an account- ant until 1882. Plaintiff Yes, sii, in 1880. Mr Gully And then you called yourself an ac- countant. ? Plaintiff: According to the Ballot Act you are hound to give a proper and accurate definition.— (Great langhter.) Mr Gully: Very prudent of you to make the correction, I dare say. Yon have been in the wars a good deal, have you not; This is not the first time you have been in Court in cases of libels or slander. f Plaintiff As to being in the wars, I joined the amateur force some 23 years ago, and had the pleasure of going to Belgium. Mr Gully You have written a life of yourself, or had one written for you have you not ? Plaintiff: I am not responsible for other people's actions. Mr Gully You had it published for you in the City Lantern. Plaintiff: No, sir. Plaintiff, in replying to further questions, said he was a shareholder of the City Lantern in February 187°, and he remembered a life of Councillor Middlehurst appearing in that paper. It was written by a gentleman in Broughton. He saw a proof of the article before it appeared in the Lan- tern. He thought the article was rather flattering but the writer said from the infonnation he had he thought he had not gone far enough.—(Laughter.) Mr Gully I want to see what the public really know about you. In this article Mr J. E. Middle- hurst gets the credit of being an ambitious man," and then it says, "An ambitious man he may be. but what then You are sure you did uot put that in Plaintiff: If you refer to me, I did not put a single line in. Mr Gully Reading from the article. Is his am- bition, made serviceable for useful purposes r Does it lie in the direction of the common weal 1' As the Apostle says; • Finally, bretherit—(great lau eh ter) —whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are of good report, if there he any virture, if there be any praise, think of these things,"—(Laughter). That is Mr J. E. Middlehurst. "If so ho is a good citizen. He has his detractors and slanderers not a few. Most men who! take part in public matters have enemies. Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow. thou shall not escape calumny.' That article was circulated in Manchester in Februar ] R71, under your auspices, and the public were mad" acquainted with your true character? Plaintiff: Six years ago there were many parties who tried to damage me. One party made a* public apology, and gave to the Salford Dispensary at my instigation, ten guineas. The plaintiff was next questioned with regard to an information preferred against him by Messrs, Lewiat the Manchester assizes for a slanderous article in the ('it!! LrltitulI. for which he was order- ed by Lord Justice Brain well to pay a fine of a Cloo He stated that he was prepared by witnesses to justify the article, but his counsel (Mr Russell) took another course. Mr Gully Did cot the Judge say to you Here is this miserable, scurrilous production published for manv months, and there has not been a sign of contrition on the part of those who are responsible. It is intolerable ?" Plaintiff Yes.but we were prepared to justify it. The Judere You must hear in mind that a man who hns been in the habit, of libelling others is naturally sensitive when anything is said of him- self. The plaintiff explained that after the finfo was inflicted a meeting of his sympathisers was held. which resnlted in €100 being subsci-ibed and pre- sented to him. He also stated, in reply to further questions, that he had brought an action for libel against the proprietors of the Jarkdair. The jury, however found that it was not a libel. He wanted to get at Mr Bailey and the other writer of the article. He had not been in a great, many other libels or in scrapes in his character as a business man. Mr Gully Were you concerned with the Rhyl Land Company ?—Yes. Were you and two other gentlemen the purchasers of that concern ?-No. Do you mean to say that you were not sued by that company with two other gentlemen—Roberts and Edwards—to recover the amount of the differ- ence between the price which the company had bought it from you three, and what you had bought it at —No. those are not the facts. Did not you, Mr Roberts, and Mr Edwards, put into your pockets, £ G!)0 apiece ?—I never put a half- penny in my pocket. Did judgement go against Edwards and Roberts for X650 each and against you for £ 500, you giving up your counter claim ?-No judgment at all went against me. The record was withdrawn on payment of £ 500. Do you mean to say that you gave up that £ 650 on a charge made that you, as chairman, had fraud- ulently received it, although you did not know it —That is so, because not a farthing passed into my pocket. At the conclusion of the plaintiff's evidence, Mr Gully submitted that no case had been proved. He said the action was for words spoken4 and it was not alleged that the words were spoken of the plaintiff in the way of his buiness. The words themselves were clearly not actionable per w, and there was no special damage alleged or proved. The Judge said it was not denied that the plain- tiff was an estate broker, and in regard to this there was the alleged libel that he was an unscrupulous jobber. Mr Gully Still, it must be shown that the words were spoken of the plaintiff in relation to his busi- ness. The Judge said he thought there was a course which might be taken instead of prolonging the trial for the amusement of the public. He did not know what benefit it was likely to ba to anybody else. Mr Gully said Mr Nash, in the language he had used in his opening, had rendered it very difficult for any such course as that suggested by his Lord- ship to be adopted. Mr Nash You have not assisted it in your cross-examination. The Judge said he was not a politician, and did not appreciate these things properly. He should have thought that these two gentlomen, having abused each other all these hours by the Islington Ward clock, might now agree to do the other thing. After consultation between counsel, Mr Gully said he feared they would have to proceed. He denied the use of the words "unscrupulous land jobber" and would put the defendant into the box. W. H. Bailey, the defendant, was then called. He said he was an engineer in Salford, and had been a member of the Corporation of that borough for about six years. He was now an alderman his father had been a member for many years pre- viously. He was present atthe meeting in October 1882, for the purpose of opposing the election of Mr Middlehurst, and as a ratepayer of Islington Ward. He made a speech after Mr Middlehurst and others had spoken. The meeting was a very noisy and ex- cited one It was called by Mr Middlehurst's friends. Witness met with a good deal of interrup- tion, and at times spoke with some warmth. He was very descriptive.—(Laughter.) He used some phrase about race cards. He said that race cards had been printed in connection with the printing establishment of Mr Middlehurst until he was stop- ped by the racecourse committee. That was a mat. ter which was spoken about publicly, and the allusion he made to it seemed to be understood by the meeting. Mr Gully Did you also use the phrase limited liability company wrecker?" Witness Yes I did, and it might reasonably be inferred that I meant Mr Middlehurst, but I did not call him a limited company wrecker. I was comparing one candidate with the other. Did you use the phrase unscrupulous property jobber ?" Witness No, I did not. The Judge No part of it. Witness: None whatever. I alluded to property but I really forget the exact phraseology. I am certain I never used the words imputed, and to make myself pure, as soon as the action was commenced I immediately saw the Town Clerk and also the re- porter of the opposition paper and I asked the latter to give me an exact copy of his notes to see whether I did use the words, because I had not the slightest recollection ofit. The Judge You said something about property, what you do not remember ? Witness I do not remember. Mr. Gully; You arc confident you did not use that expression ? Witness I am confident I did not. I took the steps to ascertain that 1 have referred to immediately the action was instituted, which was about two months afterwards. Mr. Gully My friend has in his opening, stated thatlyou had sworn what was false, and he went so far us to say what you knew was false. You made an affidavit in this matter in answer to interroga- tories. Witness: I did. Cross -examined by Mr Nash What had you got to do at a political meeting with introducing the question of Mr Middlehurst's being a wrecker of public companies at all ? Witness It was not a political meeting it was a municipal meeting. Mr Nash Then you think you may slander a man in municipal matters ? Witness No. but I consider as a ratepayer in the ward I am doing my duty in pointing out the difference between one man and another. Mr Nash But what do you mean by saying he was a limited liability company wrecker ? Witness: I must have meant his improper con- duct in connection with the Rhyl Skating Rink. Mr Nash I thought so. You mean to say lie be- haved dishonestly in that matter r Witness Not exactly. Certainly carelessly, as chairman of the limited company. Mr Nash Carelessly. Where did you get all the information in these interrogatories from ? Witness: My lawyer will tell you that. Mr Nash But you gave him information about it, I presume ? Witness :—-No, it is common to Manchester. Mr Nash Did you say nothing whatever about his being a property jobber., Witness f do not recollect that I did In further evidence witness said he was not, very excited. He was certain he did not call the plain- tiff a propetry jobber, and did not use the term. He did allude to the fact in comparing him with the other candidate, Mr Jamieson, that he was chairman of the Property Owners' Defence Associa- tion. He did now suggest that that was the expla- nation of the mistake which the plaintiff had made in asserting that he had called him an '• unscrupul- ous property jobber." He suggested nothing. he merely stated a fact. He said he was chairman of the Property Owners' Association, and in a jocular way he called it the half-brick-thick and brick on-edge association.(Laughter.) lie said they wanted the maximum amount of rent for the mini- mum amount of property, and that the interests of the Association were diametrically opposed to the interests of the tenants who had to live in the houses The Judge: Did you say anything at all about property jobbing ? Witness I did not say anything else about pro- perty jobbing. It is utterly untrue. Mr Nasli: How did you come to introduce the word property Witness: iThis Association fights against the Couneil in connection with improvements, and I can prove it. Mr Nash Tell me as near as you cau the exact words you say you used Witness I said he was chairman of the Propertv Owners' Association, and that I was requested to become a member of the Association. I did not sympathise with its objects, and I declined tc be- come a member chiefly because the plaintiff was the chairman of it. Mr Nash: You used the word "inch brick." Do you mean to say that is the sort of property they were dealing in ? Witness I do. We have been fighting them for years. Mr Nash Did you mean to say they were the 'owners of wretched property ? Witness: Yes, of many of the properties I daresav that may be true. As far as Mr Middlehurst was concerned witness did not know that he owned a single brick in Salford. Mr F. J. White, reporter for the Cli i-tn iele, said he attended the meeting. He had no recollec- tion of the defendant having used the words" un- scrupulous property jobber." He had no note of the expression. He thought he should have taken down the words if he had heard them. There was a great deal of noise at the time. The paper he represented was a Conservative paper. Mr J. B. Foden, Mr J. Morris, Mr W. Dodds. Mr Jamieson (who defeated Mr Middlehurst at the election in question), and Mr. W. H. Clagg, who were all present at the meeting, said they did not hear Mr Bailey use the words "an unscrupulous property jobber." This was the case for the defendant Mr Gully said he should have thought that his learned friend would not have thought v it right to charge a repectable citizen like the defendant with having committed wilful and'corrupt perjury, and then have sat down wtthout offering a practicle of evidence in support of such a charge, or of giving Mr Bailey an opportunity of,, meeting it when he was in the box. Mr Middlehurst was a convicted libeller, and, according to observations of the strongest kind made by the learned Judge who tried the case, convicted of a gross libel and of that Mr Bailey might go free. Mr. Nash, in replying on behalf of the plaintiff, said it was cowardly and unmanly to rake up the prosecution of the plaintiff in the case of Messrs. Lewis, It was a matter which ought to be buried in oblivion, and for the luxury of bringing it up again, with no other object than to wound Mr. Middlehurst, the defendant ought to be made to suffer when the jury took into consideration the amount of damages to which the plaintiff was entitled. The Judge, in summing up, said the jury must first satisfy themselves that the alleged libel was uttered by the defendant. It was his duty to tell them that the words were not actionable unless they were said of the plaintiff in respect of his trade or business. It wis admitted that he was called a limited liability company wrecker, but the defen- dantldenied that he spoke:of him as an unscrupulous property jobber, and upon that question there was a great conflict of testimony. Supposing the words were used, were they an imputation upon the plain- tiff as aecouatant or an estate broker ? If no ex- planation had been given one would have had a difficulty in understanding what they referred to but his business, but when it was shown that he had been concerned in a transaction with a company which went into liquidation, of which company he was trustee and liquidator, some light was thrown upon the matter, the defendant stating that in speaking ot him as a wrecker of limited liability companies he had the Rhyl Company in his mind. If the jury thought that the words were used not with reference to the Rhyl Company, but with re- ference to the plaintiff's practice of wrecking public companies for the sake of becoming liquidator of them, they would then in point of law be justified in finding a verdict in his favour. On the other hand, if they thought that they merely referred to the particular transaction in question, which did not connect him with his business, the action could not be maintained, as the words were not actionable unless used in relation to the plaintiff's business as an accountant or estate broker. The jury, a.fter a few minutes' deliberation, re- turned a verdict for the defendant.

MUCH TRUTH IN A SMALL COMPASS. We are a free people, a great people, an enter. prising people; but it must be admitted, also, that we are a dyspeptic people. Our stomachs are by no means as sound as our political constitution and many of us, if addressed in the language of Mac- beth— Let good digestion wait on appetite, And health on both I- would anxiously inquire by what means the wish could be realized. That question, thanks to Thomas Holloway, can be triumphantly answered. The unequalled'stomachic, known throughout the world as Holloway's Pills, is literally a specific for the complaint. Imperfect digestion results from a dilute condition of the gastric juice-the fluid which dissolves the food in the stomach, and fits it for application to the purposes of life in the form of blood. If the organ which secretes this solvent is in a state of morbid initation, the fluid will be deficient in quality and quantity, and its appointed office in the internal economy of the system will be inefficiently performed. The stomach being dis- ordered, the whole vital machinery to which it furnishes sustenance and strength will be weakened and the animal spirits, sympathising with the bodily debility, will become greatly depressed. This is Dyspepsia and its victims, when it has assumed the chronic form, are the most miserable of man- kind. It is generally accompanied by loss of appetite, attenuation, oppression after eating, irregularity of the bowels, low nervous fever, great debility, palpitation of the heart, broken sleep, pain in the right side and between the shoulders, and profound melancholy. All these symptoms, and every other variety in the manifestations of this distressing malady, are rapidly removed by a course of Holloway's Pills. Putting the testimony of others out of the question, we have full warrant from personal observation for this broad and posi- tive statement. It is not to be marvelled at, then, that Holloway has acquired such universal fame. In these remarks upon a man who is distinguished by the speed, simplicity and certainty of his cures, we wish to discharge a duty which we owed, or thought we owed, to the public. It is for them to act upon our suggestion aet hey think fit.- Waskinq. ton InteUigetuer.

MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTB. "CONCILIATION" IN FBANCK.—Conciliation Is one of the great advantages of the French proce- dure over the English, especially in matters of debt. When it comes to the full process of law, summons, hearing, judgment, execution, the costs under the French process are at least as heavy and oppressive as under our own county court system. But conciliation! The word itself is a pleasant one, and the thing in practice, if not more enlivening than the parchment greetings of our Sovereign Lady the Queen, is, at all events, simple and inexpensive. A citation comes by post, inviting you to meet such a one, on such a day, before the juge de paix, to arrange the difference that divides you." The juge sits in his private room without any apparatus of gown or beretta, the grefiler at his side taking minutes. There you meet your adversary face to face, and if the difference that divides you is of a pecuniary nature— say a debt that the debtor is unable to pay all at once, the juge probably suggests a liquidation by instal- ments, and if the creditor consents, the arrangement becomes binding on the parties. Whatever the result, the costs of this proceeding are only ninepenoe; the cheapest mouthful of law within one's experience, surely, and equally satisfying as the most expensive dishes on the legal menu. After the conciliation, if the affair is not arranged, comes the formal summons by the huissier, and then expenses begin to mount up. —All the Year Round, REDUCING OVEB-PBINTED PHOTOGBAPHIC PRINTS.—A simple and certain method of reducing over-printed proofs has been one of the wants long felt by all photographers. It is well known that in every photographic establishment even the most careful printers cannot always be sure of getting the exact depth of tone required, and proofs occasionally get over-printed. Of course prevention is better than cure; but, when a remedy is necessary, the method I am about to describe answers admirably. I tried a great many experiments before I succeeded to my satisfaction. 1 found that cyanide of potassium totally destroyed the print, even when used moderately strong. By using a weaker solution it was well under control, and the exact depth could be readily obtained; but during the washing to remove the cyanide the action of the latter continued, and spoiled every proof. I then tried several methods to arrest the action of the cyanide, but without suc- cess. It then occurred to me to use the cyanide in such a weak state that but little should be held in the paper, only sufficient to reduce the print to the required depth; for this purpose I made a bath of only four drops of saturated solution of cyanide to a pint of water. The prints immersed at first showed no signs of getting lighter, but after about an hour the most perfect results had been obtained with prints considerably over-printed. With lighter pictures a less time is required. Proofs treated in this way lose nothing of their tone during the after-washing, which should be thoroughly done, and, when dry, retain all the brilliancy of an ordinary print.—Journal of the Photographic Society. GAs.-Weican burn gas in two totally oppo- site ways, one object being to produce perfect com- bustion, and the utter consumption of the carbon therein contained, thereby obtaining the greatest possible amount of heat; the other being the burning of hydrogen and oxygen in just such proportions as will produce the greatest incandescence in the par- ticles of carbon, and consequently the greatest light. Let us illustrate this by a simple experiment. Light an ordinary burner, turn it up to the best light it will give, and examine it closely. At the lower portion of the flame an intense blue colour appears for some distance up, where the heat of the com- bustion has been sufficient to liberate the innumerable solid particles of carbon, and to make them white hot. Now turn up the burner to its highest extent, and, if the pressure is sufficient, the gas will rush out with violence, combining with the air imperfectly, the carbon not being exposed to the beating action suffi- ciently long to become incandescent. It will thus be seen that the quantity of gas consumed is no criterion to the amount of light produced.—Cassell's Houtehold Guide. THE TIME HAD COME.—Three or four years ago when there was a grip on the potato market there lived near a village in one of the States a farmer named Peters. He raised good crops, paid his debts, and was down on rings of all sorts. The price of potatoes kept geing up and up, and the old farmer was uneasy. He came into the village every evening to see how the market stood, and although he never said much it was evident that he would burst his hoops pretty soon if things continued on that way. At length the climax came. One evening the old man and his son had a warm corner in a grocery when a citizen entered with a newspaper in hand, and said: This New York daily says that the price of potatoes is cer- tain to advance again before the week is out." "What!" exclaimed Peters, "another advance in 'taters ?" Yes, the Lord only knows what is to become of the poor if this potato ring isn't bursted." The farmer arose, buttoned his old white overcoat clear to his chin, brought his fist down hard on the cheese box and sternly said The time has come! I've stood it—and stood it as long as I can, and now rm going to act! George, we'll go home and get ready to throw fifty-six bushels of Peachblows on the market to-morrow, and burst that wicked ring all to thunder." AMUSEMENTS.—BBO. GABDNEB'S LIME KILN CLUB.—" Several letters have come to me doorin' de pas' week axin me to define my posishun on dis queshun of amusements," said the old man as the lamps were turned up. Ebery once in awhile dar am a yell fur reform, an' sartin men an' women weep an' wail ober de ginereral wickedness of de world. De church pitches into de theater, de prayer meetin' whacks away at dancin', an' de Sunday-school teacher tells de leetle boys dat de circus am nex' doah to per- dishun. It has bin my opinyun fur de las' fifty y'ars dat dis was a wicked world. It was created for a wicked world. De Lawd wanted it dat way, an' he made it to please Hisself. De Scriptur's state dat wickedness shall abound in ebery co'ner ob de land; dat men shall murder an' rob an' women go astray dat chill'en shall deny der parents an' brudder turn agin brudder. All sich fings am predicted an* to be 'spected an' looked fur, an' nobody has any grounds to howl an' weep. If dis war a good world we should have no need of preachers, deacons, an' Sunday-school teachers. Preachers will tell you dat man am im- perfect, an' dat de Lawd made him to go astray, an' yet dey will turn aroun' an' wonder dat he am not goodness biled down." Deed, de only better world dan dis am Heaben itself. You have got to hunt fur wickedness to find it. You have got to pre- judge de case if you can make wickedness out of de jokes of a circus clown or de plot of de ordinary drama. If I had to praise God by findin' fault wid de world he made an' de people he put yere, I'm afraid it would be faint praise. De preacher who can't go to de theater widout feelin' wicked had better stay away. If he wasn't on de hunt to fin' wickedness he wouldn't see it any mo' dan de rest of us. Me an' de ole woman kin go out an' dance de Virginy Reel fur fo' hours an' come home wid cl'ar con- sciences fur family prayers. We kin sot down to keerds an' not forgit to be honest an' charitable an' forgivin'. We kin go to a circus an' come home an' fank God dat our lives have bin spar'd anoder day, an' dat we am still left to comfort de sick an' forgive de errin'. If gwine to sich places makes a preacher feel dat Satan has got a mortgage on him, den he'd better stay home. No man airnest in de good cause wants to fight agin human natur'. Man am a social bein'. He likes to be pleased an' amoosed. Make a tombstone of him an' he'll soon hate hisself. When I see a man who claims to be too good to watch a circus purceshun pass 'long the street I neber work for him wid- out de cash in advance. When I fin' a man who am down on amossements I doan work fur him atall. A y'ar ago, when me an' de ole woman was joggin' ober to de circus we met a man who said we war gwine straight to Texas. He said he would sooner see his son in his coffin dan in a circus, an' he scart de ole lady most to death. I kent track of dat tomb- stone, an' in less dan six months he left town widout payin' his gas bill, water tax, butcher or grocer, an' he am no exception in his class. Look out for solum- faced men. Bewar* ef tIe men who weep ober de wickedness of a world made so by de Lawd fur reasons of his own. Have no truck with men who nebber laff. A man widout faults am a man widout reason. A man widout wickedness am a man widout argyment."— Detroit Free Press. DEFILEMENT.—To touch a grave was defile- ment according to the Jewish law, and in order to prevent any of the pious travellers hastening to Jeru- salem to eat the Passover, doing this without knowing it, and then in consequence arriving in the city unclean, and unlit to partake ot the feast, all the graves near the roads that led to Jerusalem had fences put round them, and, as if this was not enough, the headstones were whitewashed, and made so white and glaring that they could not possibly be mistaken for any other thing than what they were—the headstones of graves.—The Child's Life of Christ. ANOTHER PICTURE BY "MONSIEUR." This is the account of an English boxing-match which a French newspaper gave a short time back: A spectator sits grimly, watch in hand, to give the signal for each round; another, generally a neigh- bouring tavern-keeper, holds the stakes. The two brutes (what other name can we give them ?) stand up to each other; the man with the watch cries Times I and then the fun begins. It is not bad sport to blacken, and even to blind your adversary's eyes, and to break his teeth; but the cream of the thing is to knock his eye out of its socket and to break with one blow the whole frame of his chest. The com- batants can see no more; but, after a few seconds of rest, the man with the watch cries Times and the two men are again put up. "Bravo, Tom!" At him, Bill!" cry the bystanders; but very often the fighters are so far gone that they have to be drenched with gin, so that they may go on till they drop. Then the one who cannot respond at all to the cry of Times is declared beaten. If he is killed, the man who kills him gets off with a week's imprisonment." THBoAT L^EI^AILOIR.—Soreness and dryness, tick- ling and irritation,- inducing' cough and affecting the voice. For these symptolife u'se EppB8 Glycerine Jujubes. In contact with the glands at the moment they are excited by the act of suemng, the- Glycer- ine in these agreeable confections becomes IfCtlvely healing. Sold only in boxes, 7 £ -d., tins Is. ld, labelled "JAMBS Epps & Co., Homoeopathic Chemists, London." A letter received: "Gentlemen,—It may, perhaps, interest you to know that, after an extended trial, I have found your Glycerine Jujubes of considerable benefit (with or without medical treatment) in almost all forms of throat disease. They soften aad clear the voice.—Yours faithfully, GORDON Ho lass, M.D., Senior Physician to the Municipal Throat and Ear Infit mary.' Holloway's Pills.-All cmr Faculties-Almost all disorders of the human body are distinctly to be traced to some impurity of the blood. The puri- fiction of that fluid is the first step towards health. Holloway's Pills recommend themselves to the attention of all such sufferers. They search out and remove all imparities from the vital fluid. In indigestion, confirmed dyspepsia, and chronic constipation the most beneficial effects have been and always must be, obtained from the wholesome power exerted by these purifying Pills over the digestion. Persons whose lives have been restored to ease, strength, and perfect health by Holloway's SULPHOLINE LOTION.An external means of CURING SKIN DISEASES. There is scarcely any eruption but will yield to Sulpholine in a few days, and commence to fade away, even if it seems past cure. Ordinary pimples, redness, blot- ches, scurf, roughness, vanish as if by magic; whilst old, enduring skin disorders, that have plagued the sufferers for years, however deeply rooted they may be, "Sulpholine" will sucessfully attack them. It destroys the animalcule which cause these unsightly, irritable, gainful affections, and always produces a clear, healthy, natural condition of the skin. Sul- pholine Lotion is sold by most Chemists. Bottles, 2s 9d. LIVER MEDICINE TARAXACUM AND PODOPHYLL- This fluid co mbination, extracted from medicina roots, is becoming very popular, and is now used instead of blue pill and calomel for the cure of dyspepsia, biliousness, and all symptoms of conges- tion of the liver, which are generally pain beneath the shoulders, headache, drowsiness no appetite, furred tongue, disagreeable taste in the morning, giddiness, disturbance of the stomach and feeling of ieneral depression. It sets the sluggish liver in ipot- on, very slightly acts upon the bowels, giving a sense health and comfort within 24 hours. It is the safest medicine. Taraxacum and Podophyllin is a fluid made nly by J. PEPPEB, Bedford Laboratory, Lonemist whose name is on every label It is important to notice this. Bottles 2s. 9d. Sold by all Ch,dons GREAT BODILY STRENGTH. PEPPER'S QUININE AND (RON TONIC strengthens the nerves and muscular system, improves digestion, animates the spirits, mcruits the health, rouses and develops the nervous peergies, enriches the blood, promotes appetite, dis. GBIS langour and depression, fortifies the digestive irgans. It is a specific remedy for neuralgia, inde- gestion, fevers, chest affections, and in wasting diseases, scrofulous tendencies etc. The whole frame is greatly invigorated by Pepper's Tonic, the mental faculties brightened, the constitution greatly strengthened, and a return to robust health certain. Bottles, 32 doses, 4s. 6d. Sold by Chemists every- where. The name of J. PEPPER is on the label Insist on having" Pepper's Tonic INEXPENSIVE HAIR RESTORER. LOCKYER'S SUL- PHUR HAIR RESTORER will darken grey hair, in a few days bringing back the colour. The effect is supe- rior to that produced by a direct dye and does not injure the skin. Lockyer's is equal to the moat ex- pensive. It is the best for restoring grey hair to its former colour. Produces a perfectly natural shade. Valuable for destroying scurf and encouraging growth of new hair. Sulphur being highly prized fo its stimulant, cleansing, healthful action on the hair glands, Lockyer's Restorer is strongly recom- mended. Large Bottles, Is. 6d. Sold by all Chemists, Hairdressers, and Perfumers everywhere. DEAFNESS, NOISES IN THE EARS, &C.—DELLAB'S ESSENCE FOE DEAFNESS should always be tried, as in numbers of cases, seeifiingly incurable, it has done wonders. Sight, Deafness, Obstructions in the Ears and the Incessant Humming Sounds so frequent with affected 'hearing are removed after two or three nights' application. DELLAR'S ESSENCE can be 'spoken of as sure to give some relief in any case of deafness without causing the slightest injury to the delicate organisms of the ear, and, however surpris- ing, persons for years Deaf have heard sounds after a fair trial of Dellar's Essence. Price Is Hd. CURED IN A FEW DAYS, CORNS, BUNIONS AND EN- LARGED TOE JOINTS.—DELLAR'S CORN AND BUNION PLASTERS are the only real remedy. They differ from all Plasters, Shield orcom ositions ever invented. By instantly softening the callous surrounding the pain goes at once, the corn soon following. Bunions and enlarged toe joints require more time for perfect cure but the action is certain and relief instantan- eous. Any boots may be worn with comfort three hours after applying Dellar's Plasters. On no account be persuaded to buy any other. Boxes Is. l!d. each are sold by most Chemists. Post free 14 Stamps Bedford Laboratory, Bayley-street, London, W.C A DELIGHTFUL FAVOROFT'SC RACU RL,ARECANAT TOOTH PASTE.—By ueing this delicious Aromatic Dentifrice, the enamel of the teeth becomes white sound and polished like ivory. It is exceedingly fragrant, and specially useful for removing incrus- tations of tartar on neglected teeth. Sold by all Chemists. Pots, Is and 2s 6d each. (Get Cracroit's). LIVER AND STOMACH PILLS. DR. !rING'S DANDE- LION AND QUININE LIVER PILLS.-These famous Pills do not contain even a trace of Mercury, or any of the many dangerous ingredients frequently found in advertised Pills. This fact contiuues to keep Dr. King's renowned discovery in front of all Pills what- soever, as the safest, best, speediest, most certain and effectual remedy for disorders of the Liver and Stomach, whether in the form of Biliousness, Consti pation, Indigestian, Flatulence, Acidity, Headaches Shoulder Pains, Feverish Restlessness of the whole system, Disinclination for Food, or Dyspeptic sym- toms generally. The Dandelion Extract contained in Dr. King's Pills, by its well-known action on the Liver (the most important gland in the whole frame), causes the bodily secrations to flow in a regular manner, and conjointly with the Tonic ingredients, greatly invigorates, so maintaining the great portals of the. system in the fit condition to secure good health. Any Chemist sells them, boxes Is. 1 id. and 2s. 6d each.

AMERICAN HUMOUR. 1 AS this is the season of flies, any suggestion that will tend to reduce their census must be welcome. A towel is useful in urging them to move on, but a table- spread is much better. With a table-spread every vase on a mantel can be hit at one sweep, and in falling to the floor it is eminently probable that one or more of them will drop on a fly and kill him. DR. GUNTHER says there are 7000 species of fish now known to men of science. When a man sits on the river bank half a day, watching a cork idly float- ing on the stream, and comes home with a sunburned nose and not a single specimen of these 7000 species, he is inclined to think that Dr. Gunther has made a mistake of several thousand. THF.Y sat by the tower of Pisa And he did what he could to plieas, He looked in her eyes, He heaved many seyes, Then struck out his arms for to squiesa, THERE is much to see in a stroll out into the country at this season. There are the waving fields of grain, the sturdy reapers at work, the wild blossoms nodding their pretty heads by the wayside, and the bril- liantly-coloured butterflies darting here and there. These are all objects of interest. But I think that which holds the attention the most is the fact that in going out all the teams are coming in, and in coming in all the teams are going out, and you are obliged to hoof it the entire distance. SHE sent him back his pretty ring, In which was set a solitaire, And bade the bearer of the same Tell him to cautiously beware Of coming hence within her reach, As she found out he did disclose To certain members of her set" That she'd a pimple on her nose!" A STRIKING subject-the hammer. PENNSYLVANIA has a Youngwomanstown," and California its Susanville and Marysville." SEVERAL days ago a white man was arraigned before a coloured justice in America on charges of killing a man and stealing a mule. Wall," said the justice, de facks in (iis case shall be weighed wid keerfulness, an' ef I hangs yer taint no fault ob mine." "Judge, you have no jurisdiction to examine me." Dat sorter works longs ter de raigular justice, but yer see I'se been put on as a special. A special hez de right ter make a mouf at de S'preme Court ef he chuses ter." Do the best for me you can, Judge." Dat's what I'se gwine to do. I'se got two kinds of law in dis court, de Arkansaw an' de Texas law. I generally gins a man de right to choose I fur hisse'f. Now what law does yer want, de Texas or de Arkansaw ?" "I believe I'll take the Arkansas." Wall, in dat case I'll dismiss yer fur stealin' de mule." "Thank you, Judge." An' hang yer fur killin' de man." "I believe, Judge, that I'll take the Texas." Wall, in dat case I'll dismiss yer fur killin' de man." "You have a good heart, Judge." An hang yer fur stealin' de mule. I'll jis take de 'casion heah ter remark, dat de only difference 'tween de two laws is de way yer state de case." MISUNDERSTANDINGS.— SCENE: New York drawing-room, 1'20 a.m. I clasped her hand, and I held it fast, While I gazed in her dreamy eyes, And a far-off look o'er her features passed, Like the twilight of vesper skies. While, like one too happy or shy to speak, With a throb I could understand, she turned from my raptures her glowing cheek, And veiled it with faltering hand And the gentle tremor which thrilled her frame, And leaped from her pulse to mine, To my thirsting soul with its message came, Like the magic of cordial wine. At last she pitied the hopeless smart Of the passion she long had scorned, And just as I felt she had opened her heart, She opened her mouth, and--vawned DURING a trial which recently took place in the Court of Common Pleas at Providence, Rhode Island, the plaintiff was being examined rather sharply by the defendant's attorney. The case was one of damages claimed on account of serious bodily injuries received bv plaintiff on a railroad, due, the plaintiff claims, to the negligence of the defendant's railway company's servants. Mr. L-- the railroad company's lawyer, is noted for his nervous manner in examining witnesses, and en- deavouring to disconcert and break them down. This witness, however, was determined not to be" sat down upon" by his opponent's counsel. After becoming thoroughly incensed by the attacks of the lawyer, he re- monstrated. He said Mr. L-, I am an invalid. I will not allow you to question me in this manner. It is a positive injury to my nervous system, which is at best in a shattered condition. I shall have to refuse to answer your questions unless you put them in a different manner. I am troubled (on account of the injury received on the railroad) with sclerosis of the spinal cord, and at this minute I can see yo If double,when Lord knows, itisenough to upset a man to see yon once." THE loss of memory experienced by Ralph Waldo Emerson during his last years has frequently been spoken of. As he was going out one day his daughter saw him searching for something he could not name. She mentioned two or three articles, to which he returned a negative. At length lie turned to her with a twinkle in his eye and said It is the thing that people take away." She at once brought him his umbrella and all was right. "BROTHER SMITH, what does this mean ? What does what mean ? Bringing a nigger to this church." I took him into my own pew." "Your own ? Is that any reason why you should insult the whole congregation ? But he is intelligent and well educated." "Who cares for that ? He is a nigger." But he is a friend of mine." What of that ? Must you, therefore, insult the whole congregation ? But he is a Christian, and belongs to the same denomination." What do I care for that ? Let him go and worship with his fellow-niggers." "But he is worth S5,000,000," said the merchant. "Worth what?" S5,000,500." Worth ,000,000 Brother Smith, introduce me." "THAT is an uncommon fine pig, Deacon," said a village clergyman to one of his parishioners, whose gate he was passing. Ah, yes," said the deacon, who was in a moralising vein-" ah, yes; if we were only all of us as fit to die as him." A MAN who found it difficult to keep his foot- ing, on walking home from a convivial party, explained that he'd just had his shoes mended, and the soles were slippery. Yes," said a friend, "you had 'em fixed by a sherry cobbler." A LADY living in the rural districts didn't like it, when on asking her husband-just returned from the city-what was the sweetest thing he saw in bonnets in Broadway, he replied The ladies' faces, my dear." THE girl who sets her heart on anything should be very careful that some young fellow doesn't come along and steal it. A FRENCH physician says that raw oysters and chicken soup will nourish any girl through at least six disappointments in love. OSCAR WILDE had a narrow escape the other day. A hungry goat attacked him, thinking he was a circus poster. A CALIFOBNIAN was visiting at Boston once, and some fine cherries, rather early ones, were placed upon the table. The Bostonian plumed himself upon this and said. These are fine cherries." Well," assented the Californian, they are pretty tidy cherries, I must sav." The other said, You haven't cherries like these in Cali- fornia but for a time he could elicit no answer. Presently he returned to the charge. "You haven't cherries like these in California. Now what would you pay for such cherries as these?" "Well," said the Californian, if you must know that, it just depends. In California, if you take a whole cherry, you get them cheaper." WHY is the railroad so patriotic) ? Give it up ?-Because it is bound to the country with the strongest ties. WHKTHUT vou spell it bell or belle, the thing is not a natu'l^ oduction it is merely composition. WOMAN—the crown of creation."—Ancient Writer. "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown." MANY years ago, when new sects in New Eng- land began to break the good old congregational barriers, and make incursions into the sheepfolds of the regular clergy, a reverend divine, a man of good sense and good humour, encountered an irregular practitioner at the house of one of his flock. They had a pretty hot discussion on their points of difference; and at length the interloper wound up by saying: Well, doctor, you'll at least allow that it was commanded to preach the gospel to every critter." True," rejoined the doctor, true enough. But then I never heard it was commanded to every 'critter' to preach the gospel." AT Rochester, Michigan, they have a good way of advertising the fools who stand on the church steps after meeting to stare at the ladies. The follow ing card is constantly kept standing in the vplumns of the Era, of that place: The Donkey Club, of this village, would respectfully inform the young ladies especially and the public generally that they have made arrangements for an extensive demonstration on the steps in front of the Methodist Episcopal Church- the members locating themselves on either side of the main entrance-on Sunday evening next. Positions taken immediately after the close of the religious exercises within." THE Salt Lake" TrilnJlM is responsible for the following friendly notice: Green corn is again at Zion. As the eagle is the emblem of the Great Re- public, so should green corn be the emblem of Utah. It rid the territory of a tyrant, gave freedom to his slaves, and should be emblazoned on every banner. We tell the twelve apostles, the hydra heads of the latter-day fraud, that green corn IS here, and ear- nestly impress upon their minds that as they were followers of Brig, they should also follow his noble example and eat green corn. Partake of it freely, eat of it early and late—get up in the night and eat green corn. MONRY can make a man notorious, but cannot make him respectable; but one-half the people do not know the difference. ■ • 1

one of rhe trustees of the new chapel), with wl1ieh she laid the fifth stone. The Rev. S. Davies next presented a trowel to Mr John Griffiths, Albert-Villa, Rhyl, who oiaced the sixth stone amidst loud applause. The following amounts were placed upon 0 stones .Mrs Twiston Davies, flO os E. Effq., jE.5 Capt. Wynne Jones, R3 3s nS lane EJIis. zC5 Mr J. Griffiths, Albert i Ufa. £ 5 Mr W. Williams, Summerfield, £ 5; AIR. J. Hn-hes, £2 2s Mr E. Jones, station- master. t-2 10s; Mr Thomas Williams, Brad. House, tl ",s Mr R. Davies, Chester, £1 Mrs Jones, Morley Villa, 10s Mrs Mary Flushes. Rhyl, 2g 6d collections, £ '3 12s 4ld total, f44 15s 10,d. 2 At o o'clock, a large company sat down to an excellent tea, served out in the schoolroom adjoining the English Wesleyan Chapel (kindly lent for the occasion). The tables were presi- ded over by the following ladies :—Mrs Hunt, Laburnum House, assisted by Miss Parry Taylor, Sunnyside, assisted by Miss Hughes, Machbter; Mrs Williams, Bradford Reuse, assisted by Miss J. Hughes Mrs Wil- liams, Royal Oak assisted by Miss Williams Mrs Dowell, Colomenfryn, assisted by Mrs Williams and Miss Dawson; Mrs Hughes, Sea view.assisted by Miss Williams,Tynewydd. The management of the tea was entrusted to Mrs Hunt and Miss Taylor, who deserve great pruise for the way in which they fulfilled their task. The proceedings of the day were brought to a close by a miscellaneous meeting held in the evening in the English Chapel, which was crowded almost to an uncomfortable degreeV The chair was occupied by Mr Davies, Chester and addresses were delivered by Mr Jones, Rhyl, and Mr R. Jones, Prestatyn. Glees,' songs, Ac., were beautifully rendered by the t Gronant Glee Society, Eos Englefield and others. At the close votes of thanks were passed to the ladies for their kind assistance.