South Wales Echo

HIS AUNT'S LEGACY. I Charles Eames stepped into the office of his friend Bowles, editor of the Glenville Covrant. Well, how are you, Eames 1" exclaimed the editor. I ought to feel happy, I suppose," said the young man, a little ruefully, for I've just received notice of a legacy." Indeed 1 congratulate you. Wait till you hear what it is." Well, what is it ?" My Aunt Martha has just died, leaving fifty thousand dollars." "To you ? I congratulate you heartily." No she leaves it to a public institution. She leaves me only her silver watch, which she carried forty years." How is that ?" She didn't approve of my becoming an artist. She wished me to become a mer- chant. If I had consulted her wishes I should, doubtless, have been her sole heir. This small legacy is meant more as an aggra- vation than anything else, I know." But you can make your own way." I can earn a scanty living at present. I hope to do better by-and-by. But you know my admiration for Mary Brooks. If I had been Aunt Martha's sole heir J could have gained Mr Brooks' consent to our mar- riage. Now it is hopeless." I am not so sure of that. This legacy may help you. If you will promise, for one calendar month, not to mention or convey the least idea of the nature of your aunt's bequest I will manage the rest." I don't at all know what you mean, Bowles, but I am in your hands, answered the young artist. "That is all I wish. Now, remember to express surprise at nothing but let matters take their course. Very well." In the next issue of the Conrant the artist was surprised to read the following para- graph :— We are gratified to record a piece of good luck which has just befallen our esteemed fellow-citizen, the promising young artist, Charles Eames. By the will of an aunt, recently deceased, he comes into a piece of property which has been in the family for many years. Miss Eames is reported to have left fifty thousand dollars." Really," thought the young man, any- body would naturally suppose from this paragraph that I had inherited Aunt Martha's entire possessions." He put on his hat any walked down the street. He met Ezekiel Brooks, president of the Glenville National Bank. Mr Brooks beamed with cordiality. My dear sir, permit me to congratulate you," he said. You have read the Conrant, I presume?" said Eames. Yes and I am delighted to hear of your good fortune. Can I speak to you on business a moment?" "Certainly, Mr Brooks. You'll excuse my advice, but I know you are not a business man, while I am. My young man, do you want to make some money V' Certainly I should be glad to do so," said the artist. James Parker has five hundred shares of the Wimbledon Railway. It stands at fifty-six, a figure much below its real value. But Parker is nervous and wants to sell out. I want you to buy his entire stock." Bur, Mr Brooks—" "I know what you would say. It may go down. But it won't. I have advices that a speedy rise is almost certain. Buy him out, and you'll make a handsome thing of it." But how shall I find the money ?" Of course, you haven't received your legacy yet. I know there are delays. No trouble about that. Give your note at ninety days, and I'll endorse it. You'll sell out before that time at a handsome ad- vance. I will place myself in your hands, Mr Brooks but you must manage the business. Certainly I shall only want your signature when the documents are made out. By the bye, come round and dine with us, or have you another engagement Another engagement If Charles Eames had fifty engagements he would have broken them all for the privilege of meeting Mary Brooks. This was the first time he had been invited to the banker's table. The fact is, until this morning Mr Brooks had scarcely vouchsafed him more than a cool nod on meeting. But circumstances had changed, or appeared to have done so, and his be- haviour altered with it. Such is the way of the world. It was a very pleasant dinner. The young artist remained afterward. I have an engagement, Mr Eames," said Mr Brooks, a meeting of the bank directors. But you must not go away. Mary will entertain you." The young man did not go away, and apparently he was satisfied with the enter- tainment he received. He blessed his aunt for her legacy, if it only procured him this ■! afternoon's interview with the young lady he admired. But it gained him more. Every few days he received a similar invitation. The artist could not fail to see that Ezekiel Brooks looked with evident complacency on the good understanding which existed between his daughter and himself. "What will h8 say when he finds out what sort of a legacy I have received from iny aunt V' the young man thought. Occasionally, too, he felt nervous about his hasty assent to the proposition to buy five hundred shares of railroad stock at fifty-six when he hadn't fifty dollars ahead. He reckoned up one day what his purchase would amount to, and his breath was nearly taken away when he found it amounted to twenty-eight thousand dollars Still, it had been in a manner forced upon him. He asked no questions, but every now and then the old gentleman said,— "All going well. Stock advancing rapid- ly." With that he was content. Tndeed, he was so carried away by the love of Mary Brooks that he gave little thought to any other subject. One day Mr Brooks came up to him, his flee beaming with joy. Wish you joy, Eames," he said, Wim- bledon has gone up like a rocket to par. Give me authority, and I'll sellout for you." The artist did so, hardly realizing what it meant until three days after, when he re- ceived a note to this effect :— DEAR EAMES,—Have sold your five hundred shares of Wimbledon at one hundred one. As you boueht at fifty-six this gives you a clear profit of forty-live dollars a. share, or twenty-two thousand tive hundred dollars. You had better take the tide and re-invest your surplus. Call at my office at once.—Yours very truly, "EZEKIEL BROOKS. Charles Eames read this letter several times before he realised its meaning. Could it be that without investing a cent he had made over twenty thousand dollars 1 It must be a dream, he thought. But when he called at the old gentleman's office he found it was really true. How about this money, Mr Eames, shall I invest it for you 'I" H Thank you, sir I wish you would. I should like a little in hand, however" Certainly. Will that answer ?" and the old gentleman wrote a cheque for five hun- dred dollars and placed it in the hand of the artist. It was more money than he had ever be- fore possessed at one time. This was con- vincing proof of the reality of his good for- tune. The next day he went to the city and ordered a handsome suit of clothes at a fashionable tailor's. The fact was, his old coat was getting very threadbare and his overcoat decidedly seedy. While he was about it he bought a new hat. and boots, as well as several other needed articles, and yet he returned with money enough in his pocket to make him feel rich. He changed his boarding house, engaging a handsome room in a much nicer place. 44 It seems to me you are dashing out, Eames, said his friend the editor. "You know I've had a legacy," said Eames, laughing. "I really begin to think you have, re- plied the editor. When Eames appeared on the street in his new suit it was taken as a confirmation of the news of his inheritance. His removal to a fashionable boarding-house v.-as addi- tional confirmation. It was wondertul now he rose in the estiraatiou of people who a before looked upon him as a shiftless artist. All at once the thought occurred to hmv— "Why shouldn't I propose to Maiy Brooks 1 With twenty thousand dollars 1 eouId certainly support her comfortably* There is a very pretty house with tasteful grounds for sale at five thousand dollars. This would make a charming home." One morning young Eames, with consider- able trepidation, broached the subject to Ezekiel Brooks. No one I should like better for a son-in- law, if Mary is willing," was the prompt answer. Mary was willing, and, as there seemed no good reason for waiting, the marriage was celebrated within a few weeks. Charles," said the father-in-law after the young couple had returned from their wedding journey, it is time for me to give you an account of your money affairs. I have been lucky in my investments, and I have thirty-one thousand dollars to your credit, or, deducting the amount paid for your house, twenty-six thousand dollars. By the way,have you received your aunt's bequest V Yes I received it yesterday," answered his son-in-law. Indeed Here it is," said the young man, and he produced a battered silver watch. And do you mean to say that is all she left you V asked his father-in-law, looking quite stupefied. Yes, sir. Ezekiel Brooks whistled in sheer amaze- ment, and his countenance fell. For a mo- ment he regretted his daughter's marriage, but then came the thought that his son-in- law, through a lucky mistake, was really the possessor of quite a comfortable property, which under his management might be increased, so he submitted with a good grace and is on the best of terms with his son-in- law, who is now in Italy with his wife, pur- suing a course of artistic study. Charles Eames carefully treasures the old watch, which he regards as the foundation of his prosperity.

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EXTRAORDINARY INCIDENT AT ■PONTYPRIDD. A Postal Official HorsewhiDosci. Great excitement was caused in Pontypridd Oil W-) Inesday by the rumour that the best known of th local postal officials had that morning suffered th • indignity of a public castigation at the b» Js of one of his ex-subordinates. It would Hp ear that the gentleman referred to was pass- in down Catherine-street shortly before one o'o )ck, when he was seen by the timekeeper of th subsidiary drainago scheme—himself an ex- po al official-who at once snatched a horsewhip a passing cart, and, in the presence of a large and wondering crowd, slashed his ex-chief without mercy. At the Pontypridd police-court later in the day, Mr W. C. Matthews applied, on behalf of Mr McMurray, postmaster, Pontypridd, for a summons against an ex-official, named Bromidge, who was recently employed in the teleg-raph department, for assaulting hnn at noon that day the l? I  f are, in the mam thoroughfare, near the police-station. It appeared from tho applicant's observations that, aoout noon yesterday (V/ednesday) while Mr McMurray was walking along the street, the ex official, who is now employed- with a contractor in the town, emerged from a wooden nhed on the roadside with a cart-horse whip the postmaster by the throat lashed him furiously for ,:f,verztl the parlies reeling across the road, The stinging laches drew blood from Mr McM'.u'ray hand. which became much swollen, jdavmg shaken himself off, the postmaster sought refuge in the police-station, situated a short distance from the. spot. A siunii'Ous was granted and made returnable on Wednesday next at Pontypridd.

LONDON SOCIETY OF THE CYMMRODORION. On Wednesdag night Professor Hartwell rr-,tL(i a paper before the Jlonouraole Society of Cvmmrodorion un Eastern Legends in a Welsh Dress." The ell--Lir was occupied by Air Alfred Nutt, author of btudies of the Legend uf the Holy Grail." Professor Jones traced the story of eastern legends and myths as found in Welsh literature and tradition, dwelling more particularly on the series f Modes found in the Peniarlh M.b. of ?t<? Doetiiion Rhvfain (the seven wise masters), which he is editing and translating for Mr Bernard Quaritch. INutt, who is, perhaps, the highest living auchorityon Aryan tales and their migrations, adaed very considerably to the elucidation of the suojecfc, and Mr Pepyat Evans, Mr J. Arthur rricc, Mr T. E. Morns, and Dr Daniell, of Edin- burgh, took part in the discussion.

MRS MONTAGU. j Londonderry correspondent of the Central e -vs, telegraphing at midnight on Wednesday, ,iay.i that Mrs Montague's health having shown symptoms of being affected by imprisonment in a f 061 owing to her condition, she has been p?ccd  ?spital of Loudonderry Puson and visited iVy -Drf r Vlodehovise, medical inspector of the Irish 1'ri.soil?3, It is undoMtood that this c ian?e i-, due more to precaution in view of her approaching confinement than to any actual ailment. ccu rill lit tilall tt) any actlial

,| ibiw* ■■mm BETTING IN THE STREET. tr;l»det .1liam police b-tve for a long time no-7,'T>RM ^lpprf"s street betting men by proceeding :Iga.J1lst them for ?bstruct-oa. The Stipendiary! 011 Wedlesday, inHning a bookmaker of this dass ????-?" penalty of £ 5 Md costs, remMked oJl,tne ftiltir of ?'? punishment to put down the e Ounced tf)at on the strength of a ?dMi??n?nentty gi,.? at the Thames police- court he should in future see whether he could not d,,l vith ?s of the defendants of this class by sendmg theru to ??°? for three months under he V agrant Act.

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Here and There. I Lord Dynevor has taken up his residence in I London for the season. We are glad to be enabled to state that the Rev Dr. Saunders continues to make satisfactory progress towards recovery. Sir Augustus Harris has re-engaged the eminent French baritone, Mr Victor Maurel, for the forth- coming season of the Italian opera. Prince George of Wales is reported to have greatly benefited in health by his stay in the South of Europe, and returns to London with his .strength thoroughly restored. It is rumoured that some of the principal Welsh landowners, under the leadership of Lord Penrhyn, have met in conference to consider the attacks made upon them in the Radical press. The Rev Llewellyn Ivan Evans, the appointed Hebrew professor at Bala College, left New York on Saturday last on board the Alaska, and is ex- pected to enter upon his new duties at Bala early next week. Mr Marion Crawford's arrival in Paris is always chronicled. Some months since he was awarded a prize of 1,000fr. by the French Academic" as an acknowledgment of the merit of his English novels, and especially of Zoroaster" and Marzios Crucifix." Mr M. R. Jones, barrister-at-law, who has been appointed coroner for South Monmouthshire, was formerly in the Civil Service. Whilst thus engaged, he qualified for the bar, and was called a few years ago. In politics he is a Liberal, and has been wont to throw himself heart and soul into any work on behalf of the good old cause. It will be learned with sincere pleasure that Mr Ellis Griffith, M.A., the Liberal candidate for West Toxteth, who has, in consequence of illness, been lately residing in the Lake district, has now recovered from his somewhat serious indis- position, and is likely to resume the campaign in the division for which he is candidate at an early date. Mr Gladstone, who is now staying at Dollis Hill, dined on Tuesday evening at the Atheneeum Club with a few literary friends. We under- stand, by the way, that Mr Gladstone's latest diversion, in the comparative leisure of Dollis Hill, has been to throw off an article on Dante, which will no doubt shortly appear in one of the magazines. In the recently-published list of candidates who obtained honours in Classical Moderations at Oxford, the name of Mr Thomas Young, scholar of Jesus College, and former student of Aberystwyth College, appears in the first class, and that of Mr G. K. Hibbert, exhibitioner of Jesus College, also a former student, in the second class. The many friends of the Rev Dr John Hughes, the eminent Calvinistic Methodist divine of Car- narvon, and lately of Liverpool, will regret to learn that the rev. gentleman this week mourns the loss of his wife, who died on Tuesday after a lingering illness. It is not many months since Dr Hughes buried his eldest daughter. The keenest sympathy is felt for him in his beieavement. Mr Tom Hohler, who has been for some weeks ill at Monte Carlo, has succumbed. Mr Hohler made his debut many years ago at her Majesty's Theatre, and achieved considerable success as a tenor, for his voice, though not very strong, was of an exceptionally fine timbre. He subsequently married the Dowager Duchess of Newcastle, and was a very popular and well-known figure about town. Mrs Lynn Linton, whose father was vicar o Crostliwaite, Keswick, came to London at the age of 23, and was one of the first women on the Press. She wrote leaders for several of the morning papers. Her first story was not a suc- cess financially. Her second attracted the atten- tion of Walter Savage Landor, who wrote a sonnet to her ending, "Pure heart and lofty soul, Eliza Lynn." Mr Charles Edward Flower, who died suddenly at Warwick on Tuesday, is the Stratford-upon Avon brewer whose entiii-isizlsm for Shakespeare and all his works led him to spend something like £ 30,000 in erecting the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre and beautifying the grounds. Mr Flower's liberality when any development of the Shakespearean traditions of Stratford-on-Avon was concerned knew no limits. The current number of Trysorfa y Plant- edited by the Rev Thomas Levi, Aberystwyth, contains an excellent portrait of Mrs Mary Davics, the Aberporth con ton arian. Mrs Davies, who is in her 105th year, is remarkably active, and is in full possession of all her faculties. She is a grandmother of Mr David Evans, builder, Pontnewynydd, and a great aunt of the Rev J. Evans, Abercarn, both well-known in Calvinistic Methodist circles. Mr Haldaae's bill em powering County Councils to acquire land for public purposes by compulsion and a-t a fair price, caused great anger among I tho Tories, and a four-line official whip was issued against it. Perhaps the clause which j gave most offence was one which empowered the authorities to have a valuation of land which they contemplate buying made immediately, but, if they choose to postpone the purchnsefor a term of years, when they willba entitled to buy at the original valuation. The Oxford University accounts for 1891 have just been published. The gross income amounted to £ 66,900, while the total expenditure was just £ 64-,400, and £ 2.500 has been transferred to capital account. Of the income, £ 30,000 came from internal sources (1)., fees and dues), £ 13,000 came from trust funds, £ 10,000 from estates, £ 7,000 from the colleges, and 5,000 from miscel- laneous external sources. As to the outlay, j522,500 went in stipends, out of which the pro- fessors received C-10,000. It is stated in the Indian Press that Mr J. D. Kees is likely to be appointed Resident in Travan- core. There is an interesting account of Travan- eore in the "Tours of Lord Connemara," pub- lished by Mr Rees. So beautiful, indeed, is the place, that an idea prevails that it was the Garden of Eden, and that this garden has been erroneously located between the Tigris and the Euphrates. Welshmen, however, tell me that thero is not the slightest doubt that it was in Wales, and that the language of Adam and Eve was Welsh.—Truth. Of the scholarships and exhibitions which have just been awarded ot the Welsh College (J esus College) at Oxford, five have come to South Wales. The University College, Cardiff, takes two scholarships, Mr R. W. Price, M.A. (London), in classics, and Mr W. Edwards, B.A. (London, in honours), in Modern History; Aber- ystwyth College takesa scholarship (Mr W. Rees)m Inathematics, and an exhibition of £ 30 (Mr J. J. pierce) in natural science; while Mr F. P. pennott, with an exhibition of L50 in mathe- matics, represents St. David's College, Lam- peter. Nono of these scholarships or exhibitions are open to all competitors, and are limited to Welsh candidates. A correspondent writes :-There is nothing unusual in the statement contained in your issue of Monday respecting the escape from and subse- quent return to its cage of a bird at Riverside, Cardiff. Some years ago a, goldfinch of mine escaped from its cage, but returned the next day. I then tried the experiment on three other gold- finches in my possession with the same result after an absence of intervals ranging from two to seven or eight hours they all returned to their cages, which I had hung against the wall outside the house. Frequently after that I let them out, and they always camo back although this instinct was, I believe, rather the result of hunger produced by their inability to find food out of doors after their confinement than to a love for their caged home. The new Tory tactics in Wales are beginning to boar bitter fruit (says the Liverpool Mercury). In Anglesea and Cardiganshire the Torv elector is placed in the difficult dilemma. of having to destroy the Empire and the Church, or the Church only. An unpleasant alternative at best, but not an unjust retribution for the "artful dodges whereby the Tory wire-puller has endeavoured to gain a party advantage at the expanse of political principle. Speaking at the Salisbury Diocesan Synod a short time ago, the Bishop of St. Asaph declared that the real interests of religjon in Wales are bound up with the welfare of the Church." What ad vice will his lordship tender to Churchmen in Ariglesea and Cardiganshire ? Shall they uphold the destroyei of Church and Empire or the Unionist tiisestablisher ? or they to run a Church Defence candidate ? What does the D-ari of St. Asaph counsel ia this doleful emergency ? There is some interesting Carlyle correspon- dence in this month's JYevj Rcvieio. In a letter dated in December, 1843, Mrs Carlyle tells of the tribulations which beset the writing of Cromwell —tribulations lvhich ended, for the time, quite tragically :-He came into this room the other morning when I was sitting peaceably darning his stockings, and laid a great bundle of papers on my fire, enough to have kindled the chimney if it had not been, providentially, swept quite lately the kindling of a chimney (as you in your Gernian ignorance may perhaps not be aware) sub.iectmg one here in London to the awful station of three fire-engmes be- sides a fin". 9 five pounds I fancied it the contents of waste-paper basket that he was ridding himself of by this summary process. But happening to look up at his face I saw in its grim concentrii,tcel ee"-comp)acency tho astounding concentrate it was all hjs labour since he returned from Scotland tna. had been there ient up tp the vent in smo, He had discovered over- night," hp sa;d, "that he must take up the damnable thing on quite a new tack

MURDER BY A MONK. VALENCE, Wednesday.—The trial of Mathias Hartell, a Trappist monk, for the murder of 1 Father Ildefonse, of the Aiquebelle Monastery, was concluded to-day before the Drome Court of Assizes. The accused, who entered the monas- tery in March, 1891, under the name of Brother Eugene, had previously undergone various terms of imprisonment for robbery in other countries, and he was fully identified yesterday by numerous witnesses, including several monks. To day's proceedings were therefore of a more or less formal character. According to Hartell's own confession, he murdered the deceased monk in his cell with a hammer.—Rcultr.

THE WOOLWICH SCARE. With reference to the finding of explosives at Woolwich, the Press Association learns that the black bag mentioned belonged to a foreigner, who was travelling with samples of gunpowder, who was attacked in Beresford-street about midnight on Saturday by three dusthole ruffians," who took the bag from him, but whether they found anything in it beside some canisters of powder is uncertain. The foreigner probably did not think it worth while to appal to the police, the value of the property being trifling. The men are known, and may be prosecuted should the foreigner come forward.

COLLIERY FATALITY AT I BLAENAVON. A shocking occurrence took place about four o'clock on Wednesday afternoon at Kay's Slope Colliery, whereby two employees met with a fearful death. One of the unfortunate men, Wm. Rogers, who resided at the New Bank, having finished his day's avocation, halted on his way home from the slope to have a few words conver- sation with another workman named Roberts, a resident of Llanelly. Suddenly a quantity of roof fell upon them, and they were instantane- ously killed. The task of extricating the bodies from the debris was accomplished with consider- able despatch, and they were removed to their respective home with every promptitude. Rogers leaves a family of eight children, and Roberts a family of three.

ALEXANDRA DOCKS AND RAILWAY COMPANY. The Deposited Bill Withdrawn. An official notice has been given by the Alexandra (."Newport and South WalesJDoclcs and Railway Company that it is not their intention to proceed any further in the present session of Parliament with their deposited Bill. Under this Bill Parliament was to have been asked to "absolutely extinguish" all rights possessed by Lord Tredegar, or his trustees, to the reversion in certain events of the land now in the possession of the company. The Bill also pro- posed to piovide for the surrender to the coniptisiy of the lease srranted by them for 28 years, from 1879, to the Newport (Alexandra) Dock Company, Limited, and upon such surrender the company were to have asked to be empowered to acquire the plant and all apparatus of the Limited Company. Power was also proposed to have been sought to raise additional capital to the extent of C250,000, and to borrow upon mortgage a further sum not exceeding £ 83,330.

VOLUNTEER INTELLIGENCE. 2nd V.S. South Wales Borderers. At the annual dinner of the Newport com- panies of the above '•••^ent, Colonel Justice, who presided, said tha*. W<> feared the date fixed for the assembling 01 tV .^evern Brigade, Friday, the 29th July, would not suit every member, but he hoped as many as possible would make an effort to get away. The Brigadier, with his usual energy, had" applied to Govern- ment to provide gunboats for the transport of the j regiment across the Channel to the Somersetshire side, where the brigade camp would be held. The past year had beaten record as far as the strength of the regiment was concerned, and they bad now no less than 907. During the winter Pendragon, their old goat, had died, but Lady Llanover, with her usual kindness, had presented them with another. All branches of the regiment, the ambulance corps, the cycling corps, and the sig- nalling classes, together with the band, were in excellent condition. With regard to a new range, he hoped to be able to secure one at Cr.er- leon.

ODDFELLOWS' BANQUET AT CARDIFF. At the Assembly room of Cardiif Town i Wednesday evening, was held the first annual banquet in connection with the Cardiff District Grand United Order of Oddfellows. In the unavoidable absence of the Mayor, Councillor S. A. Porain presidecj, sup- ported by Capt. R. H. Main (Deputy Grand Master). Alderman Carey, Councillors Miidon, Jenkins, Thoirus (Cochfarf), ?Vhi?', and Bro. H. Hugh?s, Drs Muliin, Greener, De Vero Hunt, Mr Mackenzie (Chief Constable), Capt. Lindsay (Chief Constable for Glamorganshire), Rev W. E. Winks, and Dr Comgan, Mr John Gunn, J.P., the officers of the district, and about three hundred members. Letters of apology having been read, the Royal and patriotic toasts were duly honoured, the Rev W. E. Winks and Capt. Lindsay responding for Tho Eorces, Spiritual and Temporal," which was proposed by Bro. Councillor Hughes. Mr John Gunn then proposed 41 the Houses of Parliament." He had been, he I said, an Oddfellow, and was now quite willing to become one again. (Hear, hear.) He disapproved of friendly societies relying npon Parliamentary support, as the nation was mdebfed for iLs great- ness to the individuality of its subjects. The men who belonged to such societies were the elements that constituted the strength .md the back. bone of the nation, (Applause.) SOlDe people, he was weB aware, contended that tho Legisla- ture must do something marve?oug to provide for the welfare of the people in the future, but he trusted that Parliament would never step into the shoes or assume I the position that was so admirably filled by the friendly societies. Let Parliament supplement their efforts, but never encroach upon their rights or the work upon which they were engaged. He hoped and believed that Parliament, instead of superseding these societies, would soon do much to strengthen their position and power in the country. (Applause.) Councillor Thomas, in speaking to this toast, suggested the advisability I of prov:dmg assistance for the aged p(??o: than by making them paupers.—Other toasts followed.

OVERLOADING CASE AT CARDIEF j A Ship's M aste p Fined £ 25. ?l- I I At Citrdii-t potlce court on Wednesday—oeiore Mr T. W. Lewis (stipendiary), and Dr H. J. Paine—Mr John Morrisey, master of the Water- ford brig Oha, was summoned at the instance of the Board of Trade, for overloading his vessel at Cardiff Docks to such an extent as to submerge the regulation d isc.—Mr Ivor Vachell (Ingledew and Vachell) conducted the prosecution, Mr Downing (Handcocli and Downing) appearing for the defence.— In presenting his case, Mr Vachell said that it differed in character from all previous overload- ing cases in this district, as the vessel in question was a small sailing vessel—an Irish brig of 240 tons registor. The Board of Trade officials, noticing that her disc was submerged, detained the vessel until the extra cargo, a matter of nine tons only, was taken out, the freeboard being so increased by an inch and three-quarters, and so reaching its proper ]ength. The magistrates would see that the case was essentially from the others which had come before them in degree, as the cntre of the disc was only submerged l^ inch in salti water. Sti'l the Board of Trade instructed him 'o carry out the prosecution, as defendant had previously been warned. Mr Downing had informed him that he had been in- structed to plead guilty to the charge, and, there- fore, he would not call witnesses to sustain his statpme,nts.-N-.Er Downing stated that that was so, but defendant said that it would be well if the surveyor was called.—Mr Alfred H. C. Young, surveyor to the Board of Trade, was then called, and fuBy bore out Mr Vache'l's remarks.—Mr Downing then urged in mitigation that the captain would reap no benefit from the overloading, and asked the Bench if they would not dismiss the summons with a caution that they would inflict only :t slight penalty.—Mr Vachell observed that the defendant, I)Plll "I master of so small a vessel, was not in receipt of a larg-c salary, like the other defendants who had been summoned for a similar oiierice. rJ he Board of Trade wished him to lay the circumstances before the court.—The Stipendiary fined de- fendant L25 and costs, with a month's imprison- ment in alternative.—A distress warrant was issued on the vesseh

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THE MERTHYR WATERWORKS LITIGATION. I Messrs Crawshay and the Board. At the ordinary meeting on Wednesday of the Merchyr Board of Health, Mr Alderman Thomas Williams, J.P., presiding, Mr Joseph Owen re- ferred to a matter of which he had given notice, viz., the expenditure m connection with the litigation between the Board and the Messrs Crawshay Brothers, Cytartbfa.- Alderman G. C. James said the writ' was issued as far back as 1889, and the pleadings had not been closed yet. The last move of the Messrs Crawshay was to re-amend their statement of claim, and that they had only done during the last few weeks. Upon that the Board re-amended their statement of defence. At present Messrs Crawshay claimed injunctions to restrain that Board from ta;, in, water from the Noyadd reservoir or from the Taff Vawr, and from impounding water, and from interfering with the Tali Vawr excepting as authorised by the Mertbyr Water Act, 1858, under which Act they were entitled to take water after providing the Pentwyn reservoir with a 14-inch pipe. Th'n there was the provisional order and the Local Board having acquired the site of the Noyadd Reser- voir, had spant something like L70,000 in carrying out their new water scheme, and if Messrs Craw- shay were successful in their litigation, the whole of that money would be practically thrown away and, further, they would have to face a loss of £1,500 or £ 2,000 m Eumping water from Penbryn filter beds to >owlais, and even then they would not be able to supply the whole of the district with water, for Treharris would then be cut off and they would then want an independent supply. Under the second head, Messrs Crawshay claimed an injunction against allowing the embankment of the Pentwyn Reservoir to remain in a defective and leaky condition, or to aHow the discharge of the reservoir to be measured from other sources. They (the Board) claimed that the Pentwyn Re- servoir was quite sound, and that it would last for all time. Messrs Crawshay were apparently dissatisfied with the agreement of 1864, and they wanted to raise the old questions again. By the third paragraph, they also asked for injunc- tions in regard to supplying any water to machinery anct motive power outside the ex- tended limits of the Mertbyr Water Act, 1875. Paragraph 4 referred to all injunction against using the Noyadd, which, in its par- ticulars, had been re-amended. They all knew the state of the Noyadd; they had had an action with Messrs Picthall, the contractors; and they knew that but for this writ they would have tackled this question but because this action I was sprung upon them they had done nothing, and the Noyadd remained as it was when the writ was issued. They (the Board) did not impound,, they only used the reservoir for placing in it one third or one-fourth of the water it would hold, and they employed a man there to see that this regulation was observed. The fifth paragraph was a claim for damages, and perhaps they would allow hnn to remain silent on that mutter; they would, no doubt, leave that to the Com- mittee. He adverted to the fact that water gauges had been put duwn, as authorised, and from which it appeared that whilst they (the Board) were using soma 1,600,000 gallons per day, the Cyfarchfa Works, as registered at the lower gauge, received 6,000,000 per day. The expenditure in connection with the litigation, since November 26th, 1889, was as follows :—London agents, counsel, &c., £ 554 Is lid local charges of his late and present arm, L277 17s; Mr Middleton, for three weeks' en- gineering work at the reservoirs, S573 7s: Messrs James Bell, gauges, &c., JS509 14s lid; sundries, say £ 50. The total was £ 2,070 10s. As far as the committee was concerned, he thought he had made an explanation of so much of their action as they thought in the interests of the Board and the public they were entitled to.—Mr Joseph Owen said ho was very pleased with the statement. It contained more than whr.t he had asked for.— In reply to Mr V. A. Wills, the Chairman stated how the membership of the committee was clm- stituted, aud that the place rendered vacant by the death of Mr D. Robert Lewis had not been filled there was no reason why it should not have ',)epn filled up. -Ilr E. I'. Biddle moved, and Mr T. H. Bailey seconded, the appointment upon the committee of Mr J. Plews.—Mr Councillor Thomas Jenkins supported the motion. —The moLion was carried unanimously.

THE MORFA EXPLOSION. Meeting of the Relief Committee. Tlte annual meeting of the committee of management was held at Aberavon, on Monday. Mr A. Pendarves Vivian presided. The minuses of the previous meeting having been read and adopted, the honorary treasurer (Mr J. Maddan) submitted his account (duly audited) for the year ended 20th April, 1892, which account has already appeared in the advertisement columns of this papai-. The account was adopted. It showed that the following payments to sufferers by the exDlosion had been made :— 66 widows £ 258 12 0 158 children 599 15 0 158 c ?iildreii 9 21 dependent relatives 57 4 0 Caretakers 7 16 0 Disablement relief 7 10 0 :b\mer:tl allowances. 6 0 0 Special grants 6 16 8 1 he Honorary Treasurer also produced an esti- mate of income and expenditure for the forth- coming year, as follows: — Income, £953 expenditure, £ 883 14s Sd.—On the motion of Mr J. Maddan, seconded by Mr T. Gray, it was resolved that the weekly allowance to widows be increased from Is 6(1 to 2s.—A cheque was drawn in favour of the Miners' Permanent Provident Society for £ 121 15s 5d, the balance available in accordance with the terms of the trust deed.

FIRE AT RHYMNEY BRIDGE. On Wednesday morning, shortly before four o clock, P. C. Morgan, in making his usual round through the Lawn. 1-thynney, observed a tire burning in the direction of Rhymn&y Bridge. Thinking that it might be the Beaufort Arms, he roused P.S. Stephens, and P.C. Lewis. Arriving at Rhymney Bridge about a quarter past four o'clock they discovered tho signal-box to be in flames, the roof falling in soon after toeir arrival. The building was entirely of wood, upon a brick basement, which served aa a stove for coals, &e. It seems that signalman Chas. Jones relieved his fellow signalman shortly before 4 a.m., and had not been in the box more than 10 minutes before he observed the box to be on fire.

THE YEAR 1892. Wo take the following from "The Hundred Yea,v Almanack," a European pu^bl" ication held in the highest repute for very many years all over the Continent on account of its almost mar- vellous gift of correctly predicting the coming' seasons, and what may be expected to accompany theni Venus will be the evening star for the year 1392. The year will be a more moist than dry one. A beautiful and late spring will be followed by a warm, sultry summer, which will produce lots of good grass and grain. Tho autumn will at first bo warvn and pleasant, but only lor a short time, and it will be most essential in wine-grow- ing countries that the vineyards be covered in time. A good wille crop may be expected in most districts. There will be an abundance of vermin, such as toads, locusts and mice. 44 Diseases of the kidneys, liver, and stomach, as well as pain in the side and internal ulcers, will be prevalent during the year 1892." As we have said, this almanack has proved itself to be very correct, and particularly so with regard to foretelling the approach of the diseases of the human body. Persons who are predisposed to disorders of the kidneys, liver, and stomach, general debility, and an impuro condition of the bl 0 od in fact, all persons are earnestly advised not to wait until these expected diseases have established themselves in the system, but to guard against them in time. Especially should t?is be done before 8prin has set in—a period of the year when the body is extremely susceptible to Seb^fhere i no remedy equal to .ner's f? '> .^ure for this purpose. It purines the li ,!ViS UP the sy?m, and a course of it will .eetu.;lly. r?o? all danger from prevalent ??'?- ??"?.?mereassertipu. It is a f?t that tbouds npon thousands can vouch for, A?? your fnends 44d peigh?ours about it.

YANKEE YARNS. I Them Ain't My Boots. I was coming down to Chicago from St Paul the other day when an accident occurred on the sleeper which created considerable merriment," gaid a passenger agent of the North-Western road. A farmer got on the train at Janesville and climbed into the sleeper. He was a rough- looking old gentleman and hi" boots were very muddy. I think the muddiest I ever saw. They were immense affairs and seemed to weigh several pounds each. He stumbled into the car in an embarrassed manner and seemed unused to such luxurious surroundings. He tumbled into his berth, and we soon heard him snoring furiously. My berth was next to his, and I heard him dress- ing the next morning. Suddenly I beard an exclamation of pleasure and surprise. < £ Them ain't mine,' he remarked to himself. Somebody has made a mistake an' left his boots here.' He rang the bell for the porter and said, You've made a mistake. Them ain't my boots. Yes, th' be, sab,' replied the porter. 41 know dem's yo's, ca'se I put 'em dah. Well, don't say n t  ill t 'eni dah. v 44 4 Well, don't say nothin' 'bout it. He e's a dollar, but if anybody claims 'em you'll hava to give it back to me.' How She Lived up ta the Motto. I "No, George, she said firmly, as she drew away from his outstretched arms, "l can never marry you. I cannot even become engaged to you." He pleaded with her, but to no purpose. He promised to reform. Man does that at such a time because he considers it the proper thing to do, even if he doesn't know exactly how or what he is going to reform. He proposed to do every- thing that she wished—to devote his entire life to making her happy, to work night and day to be worthy of her. But she shook her head. He begged her, if she cared the least little bit for him, to take him on probation. If he did not live up to his promises, the engagement could be broken. "It cannot be, George," she said sadly. "Would that it could But we have formed a society, George—ten or twelve of us-and we have "adopted a motto, and sworn to live up to it. 44 What is it he asked anxiously. 44 Lips that touch wine shall never touch mine.' He drew himself up proudly, and, striking his' breast with his fist, exclaimed 44 Mary, do I look like a man who drinks wine ?" But, George, sometimes your breath Do I look like a man who can afford to drink wine?" he continued. No, Mary, never! Keep your vow-far be it from me to ask you to break such a solemn oath. But come to my arms, and say 'Yes,' Mary. Whiskey has always been good enough for me." Owing to a trifling doubt in her mind as to whether she had lived up to the spirit of the motto, she may resign from society. A Stranger's Mistake. I I A few days ago a western merchant, who I I I  wanted to do some sight-seeing and buy his spring stock at the same time, entered a. dry- goods jobbing house on Broadway, and accosted tho first person he met with, 44 Are yuu the pro- prietor here Y" 44 Not exactly the proprietor," was the reply. At present I am acting as shipping clerk, but I am cutting my cards for a partnership next year by organising noon prayer-meetings in the base- ment. The stranger passed on to a very important personage, with a diamond pin, and asked, Are you the head of the house?" 11 Well, no I can't say as I am at present, but I have hopes of a partnership in January. I'm only one of the travellers now, but I am laying for a 200 dollar-pew 111 an up-town church, and that will mean a quarter interest here in less than six months." The next man had his feet up, his hat back, and a 20 cent, cigar in his mouth, and he looked so solid that the stranger said,— You must run this establishment ?" Me ? wf-11, I may run it very soon. At pre- sent I am the book-keeper, but I'm expecting to get into a church choir with the old man's dariin" and become an equal pnrtner here. The stronger was determined not to make another mistake. Ho walked around until he found a man with his coat off and busy with a case of goods, and he said to him,— The porters are kept pretty busy in bere, I see. Yes," was the brief reply. But I suppose you are planning to invest in a gospel hymn-book and sing the old man out of an eighth interest, aren't you?" 44 Well, no, not exactly," was the quiet reply. "I'm the old man himself." And all that the stranger said, after a long" minute spent in looking the merchant over, wa Weil, durn my buttons J" His Personal Fly. By-and-bye the bald-headed man. who had I b?en asserting that the world was created half a million years ago, and that no one could make him believe in the theology of transmigration, leaned back 111 his spat and settled himself down for a nap. Isaw him take out an artificial horsefly and place it on his nose before closing his eyes, but it was a cjuarcer of an hour bc-fore it attracted attention. Then a woman looked back and no- ticed it, and said to her husband :— "Samuel. do you see that? You'd better go and brush that fly off that poor man's nose. It's a wanaer he can sieep with it but I S'IXJSO he's tired out." 41 Yes, I guess I'll do that much for him," replied the man, and he rose up and went hack. The fly was very quiet, lie advanced his thumb and finger and carefully picked it off and dropped it on the floor. Wha-what is it asked tho bald-headed man, as he roused up. A fly on your nose, sir." A fly, eh Where is It Ah I see." He picked it up and replaced it on his nose, and said: Sir, I would thank you to mind vour own business This is my fly. I bought him for ten cents. Attend to your own fly and I will to mine." lie leaned back for another nap, and, after looking at him in a bewildered way for half a minute, the farmer returned to his wife. What is it, Samuel ?" she asked. 44 Xuthin'—nuthin', *cept if I had that fenow I down m our swamp I'd maul him 'til he couldn't breathe fur makings fool of me." j

MRS OSBORNE. Ths Lady io Reside in South Wales. Captain Osborne has taken Kilwendeage. one of the most charming seats in Pembrokeshire, and will reside there with his wife for some time.

MOVEMENTS OF LOCAL VESSELS. Brittany arvd At mlas from Almena 4th Jersey passed Gibraltar for Constantinop^le Cardiff Ca-tle passed Lizard for Dunkeripia o~i Scots Greys left Cienfuegos for Aquilas 3rd S W Kelly passed Gibmitar for London3ra Rougemont left Huelva for Rotterdam 5rd Reading left Palermo for Boston 2nd King's Cross arvd Boston 1st Boilciu arvd Genoa freni Barry 3rd Moliere arvd Valencia 2nd Activity left Brest for Barry 2nd Ely left Bordeaux for Cardiff 3rd Peter Graham ;irvd Rouen from Cardiff 3rd Chas Mitchell left. Havre for Cardiif 3rd Lady Havelocb left Newport for Portland 3rd Manchester left Dnnberque for Barry 3rd Spero a.i.vrl EenaTth from Rouen 3rd Laxl of Bosebery left Sablea for Bilbao 3rd

FACTS AND FANCIES. Why is cake more respectable than wine Because cake is only sometimes tipsy, but wine is always drunk. After the iuestion. Well, howdid her father come down V With his heavy shoes on." A REVISION.—Bellows Your wife is a" thing of beauty." Fellows (sadly) And a jawer forever. PERPETUAL MOTION.—Blign Don't you think Miss Chatterton has a lovely mouth ? Fligh It might be if she kept it still. What happened 400 years ago this year?" asked Freddie's teacher. Don't know," an- swered Freddie; I'm only seven years old." AT A "VIVA-VOCK."—Examiner What do you mean by an encycloptedia. Fair Candidate (un- hesitatingly) Oh, it means a story of the Cyclops. "Is there anything you want" asked a ship- steward of a sea-sick man. Yes," moaned he. What is it 7" The earth." "No man can do anything against his will. "Faith," said Pat, 41 my brother went to prison against his will." Old Snaprg Hain't you ashamed to be at the foot 0' yer class, Tommy? Tommy: I don't know why I should be, popper the foot 's the foundation, isn't it ? COLD COMFORT.— Mr Slimpurse: To-to tell the troth, I am a—a little afraid to-to ask your father for your hand.—Miss Chargit Oh. you needn't worry. lie says I am ruinously extrava- gant. I\ A COUNTRY STOBE.-Drumnier: How's busi- ne,s? Druggist: Running. Just madea,dol)ar. Drummer: How? Druggist: A. man wanted to get trusted for a bottle of medicine and I wouldn't let him have it HAD HAD EXPERIENCE.—Young man (help- lessly) Doctor, is there any cure for the liquor habit ?—Doctor (thoughtfully) Y-e-s, one.— Young man (eagerly) What is it ?—Doctor (con- fidentially) Marry a woman bigger than you are. AN ATTACK OF CONSCIENCE.—Coal Dealer \Ve'J! have to stop mixing slate and stones and old iron and things with our coal.—Yard Man Phwat's th' r ?—Coal Dealer The stuff won't burn, and one ton lasts a customer all winter. KNOCKING IT OCT.—Washington Irving relates that he was once riding with Tom Moore in Paris, when the hackney coach went suddenly into a rut, out of which it cams with such a jolt as to send their heads bumping against- the roof. 44 I h:t\ e it," cried Moore, clapping his hands with great eflee. Irving. 44 Why," said the poet, "that word which I've been hunting for six weeks to complete my last song. Thai; rascally driver has jolted it out of me." THE REWARD OF COl;RAGE.-Yonng Allncrve I would like to marry your daughter. Old Two- million You would ? is there anything else you'd like ? 44 Well, yes, now you ask, I would like to have you settle a million on us at once, and I would like to enter your firm as an equal partner, and I would like to have yon and your wife get a boardinghouseoutside somewhere, as your home is hardly large enough for so many, and I would like—" But the old man, after several short, sharp r,asps, h:1.d passed away, and the courageous youth got the daughter, the whole two million, the entire house, and everything there was. His QUALIFICATIONS.-—He was about seven years old, and when he jiresented himself in the oflice of Grabbem and Skiimem, lawyers, in answer to an advertisement which announced that the firm had need of the services of an office- boy, he didn't impress Mr Grabbem very favour- ably. You want the place of office-boy, do you' the I:i,-yr asked. Yes. sir." What experience have you had!" "'None, sir." "Can you write?" "OnJy a little, sir." "Can you read "Xotmuch." "W ell," said the attorney, somewhat amused, you can't write and you can't read. Is there anything else you can't do which you think might qualify you for a place in this office." "Yes, sir." "What is it?" "I can't whistle, either." You don't say sa! You are just the boy I've been looking for. I'll give you off your coat and go to work." Fifty years ago a bailiff who ventured to serve a writ 011 an Irish gentleman was pretty sure of a warm reception. Many unfortunates were forced to eat the document, others were beaten almost to a jelly, while to a few the entrance-gates of a demesne were the portal.. of the undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveller returns." Mr W., a "Sunday man"—one who could take his walks abroad only on Sunday, for fear of the too pressing attentions of bailiffs during the wee!was served by one ot tHQSe ingenious individuals at last in the following manner. One tine morning Mr W., standing at his study window, beheld two policemen dragging a drupken man up the avenue. Mr W. was a magistrate, and he supposed the" peelers wore bringing the man to him so that he should sign the warrant. Accordingly he desired the m n to bnng- the prisoner in to him, which was done. Did this fellow do any harm ?" bo asked the policemen. He broke a publican's window, sir," was the answer. 'Sand was offering to fight every man he met into the bargain." 44 Bad," Mr W. muttered, preparing to sign the war ran t—"it will go hard with him." "Ah, then, your honour," here broke 111 the in i wziiniii,, voice, I m a poor man ]ockm for a place, an' I've a fine character here from my auld master Read it, sir—twill show you I'm an honest boy." And, as the innocent J.-P. took the paper ottered, the bailiff, who, it is almost needless to state, was as sober as a judge, exclaimed in quite g different tone, iow you're served, sir And "—turning to tlip, "I demand pro- tection from you."

RAILWAY FATALITY AT PONTY. I POOL ROAD. An inquest was held on Wednesday, at the Town Hall, Pontypool, by Mr E. H. Davies, relative to the death of James Millard, a signal- fitter in the employ of the G. W.R. Co.,who, when proceeding to his work at Pontypool Road on Wednesday morning, was knocked down and killed by the Birmingham express. The jury acquitted the driver, Luke Coleman, Newport, of Mame, and returned a verdict of Accidental blame, Deceased, who was 43 years of age, leaves a widow and six children.