The Pembroke County Guardian and Cardigan Reporter

Johannesburg After the War. A South African correspondent who is connected with Pembrokeshire writes as follows :—" We arrived here (Johannesburg) three weeks ago (March 25) after a very pleasant and interesting journey from Capetown. The (lumber of blockhouses and the difference of construction was quite a source of in- terest. Mr Solomon had looked up a number of old novels for us which we threw out to the soldiers in these lonely spots. On the further side of Kroonstadt the conductor of the train came in and closed the Venetian shutters of the saloons; on our asking if a storm was at hand, he said No, but a commando is." However, all went well, and we saw no Boers. We exchanged the parched-up coast country for the Transvaal soaked with rain, and after hearing no thunder for two and a half years we came in for one of the good old Band storms. We shall not soon forgot our home-coming. It. seemed like a dream when we walked into the old house the floors were inches deep in sand and leaves, and everything was so silent. A few chairs had been taken away, and a sofa left out in the rain for a year or more was rotten, but most things are right, and the walls quite clean, strange to say. We have very iruch to be thankful for; few people have bad our luck; friends of ouri have not only found their houses emptied, but floors, doors, and even pianos cut up for fuel One gentleman on returning to his ho/me saw a horse quietly gazing out of his drawing-room window. A strange thing happened a week or two after our return some pigeons, old pets of our boys before the war, came flying back, and have settled down with us again. We went to early service the morning after our ar- rival, and had a pleasant welcome, after service, from Mr Darragh (Vicar) and many otherc. St. Mary's is flourishing, the debt at last paid off and funds in hand. What a credit to the military, and what a discredit to many of, the old inhabitants! It is so strange to ?ee in Church men now become so histori- eal: Lord Milner, Baden Powell, and many other noted men in khaki. Our two youngest bojs have joined the Band Rifles. How little I thought three years ago when looking on that grim old fort (built to over-awe the Outlander) that the day would come when my own boys would take their turn on guard there day and night! The town is very orderly. A list of residents has to be pinned up on every front door we have to be in by 10 p r, and after dark no man is allowed to escort more than tiro ladies The police all carry loaded rifles and bandoliers. Our only servant is a great Basuto, who is as much at home in a house as you would be ill a balloon lie does not know a tea-pot from a gridiron, and having taken to wear boots is always watching his feet, and the noise on the floor and the dirt he makes is no joke; his culinary training has not gone beyond grilling meat on the coals and some French beans, which were new to him, he boiled leaves and all. Still it is better than being without a servant, for we all have plenty of work to do. Our floors had to be dug with a spade before they could be cleaned. The central streets are busy, but side streets are grass-grown. No bars are open, so all is quiet and orderly." J. W. GEORGE.

CRICKET. HAVERFORDWEST v. GRAMMAR SCHOOL. The return match between these teams on Thurs- day in last week furnished a startling surprise. After their easy win in the first encounter the Town thought, they had a soft thing on, but very nearly came a cropper, a probable defeat being saved by rain. The Schnol batted first, and met with two disasters very quickly, losing two wickets through reckless running. Not long afterwards a third was out in the same way. Three for 13 was not a very satisfactory state of affairs from their point of view. Then Mr Tombs came in and mastered the bowling pretty effectually, and by the time the fourth wicket fell 24 were up. A. W. Johns joined the Headmaster and helped to make things lively for the fieldsmen. Several changes in the bowling were tried without avail, and the batsmen continued to defy every effort to dislodge tham until 40 runs were scored. Then Johns got caught at 42, having oompiied a useful 11, and materialiy assisted Mr Tombs to put on a weli- played 25. The last five wickets added only 15. Roberts was the only bowler to meet with much success. He took 4 for 10, after failing to do any- thing at the top and where he always goes on. Gamble took 1 for 9 Cole 1 for 8, and Ambrey 1 for 4, but Simpson and Young failed to take a wicket, conceding 8 and 11 runs respectively. After their previous experience the stand made by the School was extremely plucky, and showed conclusively that they are stronger than they had themselves thought. With a total of 57 against them, the Town did not look upon their task as a very difficult one, and still took matters very comfortably, reversing the usual order of sending the men in so as to give an innings to some wb o bad failed to get one on several oc- casions. A drizzling rain, which gradually increased, favoured the bowlers, however, and after 18 runb had been put on for the first wicket a procession com- menced which very quickly put the Town in a pre- dicament. Two more men were out with the total stationary. The fourth fell at 20, the fifth at 25, the sixth at 26, and the seventh at 27. All the best batsmen were then considered horn de combat, and the Town were 30 beLind with only three wickets in hand. Gamble and Rov. A. Jones, however, raised the flagging hopes of their side by scoring rather rapidly notwithstanding the rain, and the score was carried to 40 before the former was beaten by the deadly Roberts. This stand had "certainly improved their prospects. When another three runs had been added the rain came ou so heavily that it was decided to adjourn for tea, auu give tho wea'taer a chance to mend. This opportunity was not taken advantage of, but, instead, the sample oontiuued sn decided- ly unpleasant as to render a resignation out, of the question. The game was thus left, in a very inter- esting position, and the Grammar Sohool had the hardest of hard luck in being denied a chance of finishing it and probably recording a very creditable win. The match should do both sides good it ought to greatly encourage the school, as well as show the I Town that it id never safe to take any side too cheaply. By this it must not be inferred that the latter didn't try their best; they did, and found that their opponents were too good for them on the day's form. But the Town entered on the contest with the feeling that they had a ridiculously easy task, and that no doubt had the effect of disarming them to some extent. The utter collapse of their principal batsmen was inexcusable, and altogether the game provided the side with food for moralising till further orders. Roberts junior and A. W. Johns bowled ex- tremely well, and deserved all the credit for the favourable state in which the match was left. Scores: I GRAMMAR SCHOOL. I Mr Fraser run out 2 J F Johns run out 1 W Roberts b Gamble 4 Mr Tombs c Clements b Roberts 25 Christison run out 1 A W Johns c Cole b Roberts Mr Edwards b Ambrey 3 W G Parkinson b Roberts 4 J S M Tombs not out 0 B A Jones b Roberts 0 J F C Iiewis b Roberts 2 Extras 4 57 TOWN. A G M Phillips b Roberts 9 W Ambrey c Christison b Roberts 8 M Simpson b Johns 0 B Roche c and b Johns 1 W Roberts b Johns 2 H Young b Roberts 3 II Cole b ltoberts. 0 C Gamble b Roberts S Rev A Jones not out .7 J W Hammond not out l Extras 4 Total (for 8 wickets) 43

Over in Haverfordwest. There has been rauth interest, in the case of Mrs E. Edwards, of North Gate, Haverfordwest, who is one of our neighbours. Being so near by, it will have weight here-in fact some Solva, people may know Mrs Edwards personally. Severe, sharp pains, like a knife being thrust into me, made my life miserable for a long time," she says, and I knew the trouble was caused by my kidneys being deranged. When I wanted to rise I had to pull myself up by something, and then I had fearful attacks of giddi- ness and pains in my head—I used to feel as though I were going to fall. I also suffered a good deal from wind. I got so bad that at last I was unable to get about my work, and my back seemed to be getting weaker and weaker daily. The pains in the region of my loins were dull and heavy and made me very depressed. I tried a number of medicines, all of which claimed to (ure kidney troubles, and all of which failed to do me much good. It was at th's time that I beard of the good name that Doan's Backache Kidney Pills had earned in Haverfordwest, so I began using them in the hope that they might do me a little good. Not only a little good did they do me, but to-day I am glad to tell you I have quite lost the pains. I am entirely free from the old mal- ady, and feel in splendid health. Those who are suffering from kidney troubles, like I have been, -,ri 1 understand my delight at this cure, I should re- commend everyone who is suffering from kidnev irouble to send for a box at oaee, aDd give them a trial. (Signed) Elizabeth Edwards." DOAN'S Backache Kidney Pills are 2s Cd a box, or six boxes for 13s 9J. Sold by all chemists and drug stores, or posted free on receipt of amount, by the proprietors,—Foster-McCiellan Co., 8, Welis St. Oxford St., London, W.—Be sure you ask for the same medicine as Mrs Edwards was cured by.

A Pembrokeshire Man on Ladies' Dresses. ii s The Newport Daily Argus" of Monday last oontained the following in its editorial columns If some of the progressive people of Pembiokeshire the premier county of Wales," as it sons claim it to be—could have their way, we should have a revival of the Sumptuary Laws. The student will remember that long before the Christian era laws were passed to restrain excess in dress, furniture, and eating. The sumptuary laws of Zileucas, 450 B.C., "ordained that no sober woman should go attended by more than one maid in the street or wear gold or em- broidered apparel." (It would be interesting to know how many maids were allowed to a woman who was not sober. Did it depend upon the degree of in- ebriety ?) In these days there is not so much desire on the part of ladies to go attended by one maid or more—they prefer one of the other sex vfbile of embroidery and gold ornaments there is no lack. In the old days there was no hesitation to interfere with the liberty of the subject," and our friends of the r remier county would like to decree a similar inter- ference. But their plea is for health not for econ- omy. It was in connection with the West Wales branch of the National Society for the Prevention of Con- sumption that a speaker, Mr Herbert J. Allen, of Tenby (let the ladies know their friendly enemy !) alluded to the undue length of ladies' skirts (bold man !) and oberved that as an edict had been issued in China against foot-binding, he saw no reason why, in a highiy-oivilbed nation like ours, some law should not be passed to limit the length of ladies' trains- Ste how this wily Pembrokeshire man wings and barbs his arrow. Chiua, which stands for all that is unprogressive, is compared with the land of the brave and the free—this go-ahead, enlightened country of ours, and it is suggested that we are slower than the heathen Chinee "-or that women need the force of a law to compel them to follow common-sense and decency. As the trailing skirt 01 the modern woman's dress sweeps the pavement and t,he road, raising its little cloud of dust, gathering up the filth of the street, the average wtti teels that he would glad' y vote for a law to compel women to xeir out,-door cresses well clear of the ground. It is not flint) a matter of cleanliness, but of health. The germs of di-ease are carried in- doors on the skirts oi the devotees of fashion and there is no doubt that cases of tuberculosis are multi- plied in this way. The graceful train of a pretty dress is lovely and becoming, no doubt; but let trains be confiued to tue house. Persuasion and protest do not seem to have much effect. Is there any statesman courageous enough to introduce a law to limit the length of skirts for out-door wear ? All the men would vote for it—the ballot is secret.

For neglecting her four children, Mary Jones, 29, of Queen-street Place, Cardiff, was on Tuesday sent to goal for three months. It was stated that her husband had provided four homes for her, but she bild sold them up one after the other in order to get drink. A woman named Janet Mason, wife of John Mason, of Pioton Street, Merthyr, committed suicide on Tuesday evening by hanging herself. She had coaiplaiued for about twelve months of pains in the head. Her Majesty the Queen has been graciously pleased to accept a. copy of God Save the King," the uew Coronation Souvenir, issued by the Maza- wattee Tea Co., Ltd. The work forlos a histoi-y of the National Anthem, with elaborate designs, repro- | duced by photo-mechanical process in colours.

METEOROLOGICAL SUMMARY. St, David's, April, 1902. I (Lat. 51 531 N.,Long. 5° 16'W. Height of cistern of Barometer above Mean Sea Level, 221 feet. All observations taken at 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. local time daily.) STANDARD BAROMETER. Corrected and reduced to 32° F. at M .S.L. iiiches. Maximum reading April 7th 80'3d2 Minimum reading April 22nd 29-249 Range 1093 Mean pressure for month 29934 THCKMOMETEKS. degrees. Mean temperature of air (dry bulb read- ings) 45*2 Absolute maximum reading April 25th 58-6 Absolute minimum reading A prillOth 31'8 Mean maximum 51-9 45-9 Mean minimum 39"8 f 1 ;) Extreme range 26'8 A Mean daily range. 12'1 M'ean of warmest day, April 25th. 52'8 Mean of coldest day, April 10th 39-6 Mea,n Temperature (one-fourth of the sum of the means of Dry-bulb, maximum and minimum readings) 45'5 RADIATION TlIK 11M OME TE K S. Absolute maximum in the sun (black bulb in vacuo) April 30th 108'1 Mean maximum reading in the sun 96"2 Absolute minimum reading on the zr&ss, April 12 th 26-2 Mean minimum reading on the grass 85"0 Amount due to Solar radiation 44-3 Amount due to Terrestrial radiation 4-8 liours of bright sunshine 200-9 HYGROMETERS. Mean temperature of the dew point 41'5 Mean degree of humidity per cent. 87 3 grains. Weight of vapour in a cubic foot of air 3-03 Average weight of a cubic foot of air 545 8 inchail. The elastic force of vapour 0-266 CLOUD. Mean amount of cloud for month.. 4*8 RAIN GAUGB. Greatest fall in 24 hours, on April 21st 0-824 Number of days on which *005 inch or more rain fell 11 Total fall on the ground for month 1-781 Total rainfall since January lat, 1902 8-113 ANEMOMETER. Wind direction, number of observations of N. N.H. K. 8.B. S. S.W. W. N.W. CALM. 3 14 2 12 7 7 6 5 4 miles. llean velocity of wind per hour 22-25 GENERAL REMAKKS. The weather of the month has been changeable, but generally fair, bright, and dry. Temperature was slightly above the average with a good amount of bright sunshine and moderate rainfall fog occurred on the 1st and 21st, and hail fell on the 3rd. Winds were usually moderate, and mostly from between North-eastward and South-eastward, but reached gale force on the 3rd, 21st, 27th, and 28th. The country looks well, but vegetation has been checked by the want of heat and moisture. Swallows were first seen on the 13th the Cuckoo was first heard on the 14th the hawthorn was in bloom on the 20th the small white butterfly was first observed on the 22nd. W. PEREGRINE PROPERT, LL.D., F.R. Met. Soc.

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A case of small-pox is reported from Seven Sisters, nen Neath. The body of an unknown man, apparently a marine officer, has kem washed ashore at Aberavon. Mr W. Abraham, M.P, has consented to act a? one of the conductors of tho lloyal National Eisteddfod at Bansor. An elderly man named Samuel Thomas diei sud- denly at Neath while sitting by the bedside of his brother, who had been injured in a colliery accident. Dr. W. Lloyd, of Llandilo, expired suddenly in one of the streets at Swansea on Friday evening. At the inquest on Saturday it was shown that death was dup. to extensive ruptures of the heart. Lord James of Hereford has decided in favour of the coa.lowner.-i, so that there will be a 10 per cent. reduction in miners' wages as from the first making- up day in July.