The Cardigan Observer and General Advertiser for the Counties of Cardigan Carmarthen and Pembroke

By LAURA JEAN LIBBEY, b A uthor of A Jfad Betrothal, "lone," "Parted fl fly Fate," FloribeTs Lover," etc., etc ———— IT CHAPTER V. ft THE DESERTED BRIDE. W WHEN they reached Baltimore they drove straight w to the hotel, and then, for the first time, it seemed r to Doris, her husband spoke kindly to her. He b1 said j« You look very tired. I should advise ypu to ° get some rest. I always find a cigar and the J morning air most refreshing after a journey. We w stay here a week," he went on, as he placed a « roll of bills in her hand. That will give you plenty of time to make your necessary pur- chases." ha Doris looked at him the picture of dismay, but she did not tell him she did not have the faintest an notion as to what was appropriate to buy. crl "Do you wish me to accompany you on this cu shopping expedition?" he asked. fo tell you the truth, it always bores me. I have ordered the ve coupe at two, to-morrow afternoon." "I can go alone," answered Doris, bravely. "And I will buy what I think will please you." He smi!ed, gratified at her ready complaisance. GX Half an hour later she stood alone in her pretty blue-and-gold boudoir attached to the suite of rooms that had been assigned them. Too rest ess to sleep, Doris passed the long hours which followed sitting at the window, gazing at the cla throng of pedestrians that passed to and fro across ne: the way. gr, The afternoon commenced to wane, the sun set, md darkness enfolded the city. Still Doris sat by shi the window, patiently watching for Frederick frc Thornton's return. How little she dreamed of the as suns that would rise and set ere she looked upon lis face again ^ai Soon after a servant announced six o'clock I v iinner. wo "I shall not go down until my husband comes," Gn laid Doris, timidly. He must be here shortly." < The long evening wore away; eleven o'clock pei iounded from an adjacent belfry and weary with ela ong watching, Doris' curly head drooped slowly, an( md, sitting in her chair by the window, she fell ato nto a troubled sleep. « The sun was shining into the room when Doris Die ipened her eyes the next morning. For an instant fro he gazed around her with a startled cry of ge( lismay. Where was she ? Then, like a flash, the not trange events of the last few hours recurred to the ter. The poor little bride gazed around her with a I cl hill feeling of loneliness. Where was her hand- nov ome young husband ? Why did he neglect her so he ruelly ? she wondered, vaguely. he 1 Another forenoon dragged its slow length by. sam till Frederick Thornton seemed to ignore her you resence completely. wai Doris was glad when the ccupo he had ordered << ime for her. She was not used to shopping, yet wer was marvellous to see the good taste she showed eatr, 1 the selection of a handsome, sfylish travelling bv°f ress and one or two other cosumes. lovt They were ordered to the hotel at once, and << hunting out the contents of her purse, Doris found qui4 le had a little over twenty dollars left. « Arriving at the hotel again, Doris proceeded at "It [lce to array herself in one of her prettiest cos- chil imes, that she might look more pleasing in the dau yes of her handsome young husband when he lould return. lOVE It was a beautiful vision of girlish loveliness the wit] )ng French mirror reflected-a slender, graceful ligh ttle creature, in bronze surah silk, from which teer tie white throat and delicate head rose like a the ower but ah it was such a very wistful face do le golden curls framed, and the pansy-blue eyes com ere heavy with unshed tears. cee Ah, will he never, never come ?" she cried out are vague terror, clutching her little hands over touc sr heart, and pacing restlessly up and down the give lOr. othe A dozen times she had stretched her hand out Iwards the bell-rope. She must send some one in Fre( arch of him. Perhaps that was what he was liting for. unti Poor, innocent little Doris She knew so little littl, life and the great, cruel world. If In answer to her summons and to her query, hour If he would be so kind as to find her husband, Fl r. Thornton, and tell him she wished to see him V entri e man gazed with undisguised pity into her time reet, young face. The gentleman who brought you here is not your apping here, ma'am," he said, constrainedly, me- He left that same morning, after depositing for". week's board, as that is our rule when there's no rogu ?gage." "Ig He left the hotel—the day—we—came ? Left this .-alone-here?" gasped Doris, in an agony of sure smay words are weak to describe. Surely Viv u are jesting. He would not, he could not be Ar cruel. We were only married two days ago." whito Are you strong enough to bear a great shock ?" heart led the man, almost hating himself for the words" J was about to speak. the 3nce before in his varied experience of hotel life << yDl had been obliged to speak the same words to a 6, ] r young wife, and, without a moan, without a looki r, she had thrown up her hands and fallen dead them his feet. and a Doris rose slowly to her feet, and stood before the I n with cheeks pale as a snowdrop and eyes terral dly dilated. > 'You—you have something to tell me!" she Gwer iped. "In the name of mercy, I implore you to it If lak quickly. A shock, you say ? I—I can bear y0U> Yi, A woman could break this more gently to lIer," over ,ttered the man, drawing his sleeve across his comp >s« other Oh, why don't you speak V implored Doris. a con s there anything the matter with my-my- « j .band?" settle I hope what you say is true-that that soft- dolin. (ken, fine gentleman married you, poor lass. "V t, be that as it may, the truth, if you must have comir is He has deserted you." fetes Ah, I knew it would be so!" she exclaimed, in party rm. on a Vith a wild, bitter, agonising cry, Doris fell aften )n the floor like one dead. "L )eserted A deserted bride Those were the with rds that broke a human heart. have Ve must hasten to explain, dear reader, the tellw mge stroke of fate which tore these two N' nder. Arrest your judgment of our handsome ing g o until you have heard his defence. dancii 'rue, he did not love this young bride whom he No, n [ been fairly forced by an unkind fate into wed- « rp g, and he left the hotel crying out silently to betwe iself that she had wrecked his life, and made awav thought of the future as bitter as death still, p/e, all that, it would never have occurred to him to « jj ert her. He was too honourable to even con- ghe as lplate such an action. indole >eeply engrossed in his own thoughts, he walked that idlv down the crowded thoroughfare, paying n heed to what was transpiring around him. dreami snly he heard a great shout, a great cry from and do ople about him. Tl had barely time to raise his head, and in an could s Lt he comprehended but he was too late to I mothei limself. A horse, dashing over the crossing, enterts Ioken fright at a painted balloon in the hand Falling ttle child. In a flash the driver was hurled your p lis seat; the maddened animal wheeled about and-' me wild plunge, and ere Frederick Thornton M< take one backward step a great iron hoof cannot lanted just above his temple. phrase :-e dead than alive he was taken to the nearest care fo ,11.1. He had sustained a terrible fracture of act UP4 cull, the cousulting doctor found. His life soon as by a single thread. If he lived, his reason Mrs. be partially restored-never wholly, unless 11 riolent shock which might cost him his life, affair ( might be many a long day before he would know l to a realisation of what was transpiring that, him. traps f V.&.V,LL V.I. V_I.JIV, V. "'9" o.v. -J accidents in which city life abounds, which never found its way into the daily papers. So young, so handsome and stalwart," said the hospital nurse, pityingly, as she bent over the pillow. "I will kiss him for the mother whose pride he must be, and whose heart will be broken to see him like this-and for the sweetheart, too, who may be watching in vain for his coming." By a letter found in his pocket it was ascer- tained he was the son of Banker Thornton, of New York City, and his father was accordingly communicated with without delay. We will pass briefly over the fortnight of terrible suspense and anxiety which followed. Night and day his father watched by his bedside, refusing to be comforted. And when at last it was concluded that the son could be removed with safety the banker bowed his head, uttering a fervent Thank] God Owing to Frederick's strong constitution his convalescence was more rapid than the doctors had anticipated; but with returning conscious- i [less it was discovered there was a strange blank 1 n his mind. He could not remember hov, he lappened to be in Baltimore, what had brought J iim there, or even the cause of the accident which > )efel him. a He remembered quite well receiving Vivian I Courtney's pink tinted note which had called him f hat sunny afternoon to Beech Grove. He remem- f )ered alighting from the train, and had a dim re- L ollection of inquiring the way to Madame Del- I tiars' seminary; but beyond this—Heaven help a iim !-he remembered nothing. h The events that had followed in rapid succession -his meeting with beautiful Doris Brandon—the ti all, and the fatal marriage which had resulted a 'om it-were entirely obliterated from his mind. h Alas for the strange complications of a fate ti lore cruel than death !-the, very existence of the tiryoung bride, who waited in vain for his coming, o] as swept entirely from his memory. p. There was great rejoicing at Thornton Villa hen tho banker and his son returned hom. Mrs. 111 hornton and the young ladies embraced Frederick bi f turns. His mother held him in her arms li; ngest. There is some one else waiting to welcome you, of Jar," she whispered, nodding toward the bay ai indow, heavily draped with silken curtains- w some one who would not have cared to live if in mhad died." sv "Is it Vivian, mother?" he asked, quickly, his mdsome face flushing with pleasure. di "Yes," she answered, with a smile; and in Other moment the impetuous young man had gi ossed the room and had flung back the heavy in, rtains. A slim, girlish figure bounded up from the vel- th t arm-chair, murmuring he "Frederick oh, Frederick "Vivian, my love my darling he answered, ca tending his arms joyfully. ki] CHAPTER VI. sti avt A FATAL BETROTHAL. WILL you not welcome me, Vivian" he ex- timed, eagerly. "One word from you will go 10' arer my heart than whole volumes of warmest setingany one else could speak." alt You know how glad I am to see you, Frederick," ist 3 replied, in a low voic*, disengaging herself I >m his clinging arms. My conscit nee smote me to I looked at you, and noted the paleness and shi jat change in you; for I realise that I am the yo: ise of your accident. But for the foolish note thi irote you to come on and go to the ball you alv uld never have taken that horrid trfp to Beech wb ove. I shall regret iu all my life." his Think no more about it, Vivian," he exclaimed, des Isistently detaining the little white hand in his lesi sp. "The pleasure of being with you again, I to hear you say you have missed me, amply gat nes for it all. the 'How strange it is that you should have com- mo tely lost all remembrance of what transpired trei m the moment you stepped off the train at gol Jch Grove," mused Vivian. I wonder if the fall e was delivered to you which I left with one of bar girls. fou I wish I could answer you, Vivian, but alas I yoi: mnot. It is of slight consequence, however, 7 that it is past, and I am with you once again," wel answered, lightly. "But, tell me, Vivian," went on in a lower tone, are you still of the le opinion that I must not ask your father for yet ? You are cruel to me, Vivian how can I t?" What are we to do, Frederick ?" she an- ed, raising her great, dark velvety eyes to his er face. Both papa and mamma declare I am :ar too young to give one thought to love or Jrs," You do not think so, Vivian?' he asked, of skly. pro No," she confessed, shyly, adding, laughingly: is rather a difficult position—that of an only j™1' d. If my father and mother had five or six ~,er ghters, they would not think so much of me." No wonder your parents look askance at your 8j"r srs, Vivian. No, they do not want to part h yon. They treat our love for each other tly, declaring you are only a child of seven- i, and that it is simply ridiculous asking ^ar hand of a school-girl in marriage. Still I the not despair, Vivian. I am sure all will Pasf e out right in the end. When they eacl despite all our trials and rebuffs, we occa true and steadfast to each other, they must be ihed—they must be pleased—and consent to you to me. Heaven intended us for each ;r, Vivian; have I not loved you all my life ?" Yes," she assented, eagerly, from childhood, lerick." ahe And 1 will love you, and only you, Vivian, JTar' 1 the day I die," he whispered, covering the f s white hand he held with passionate kisses. ^0In. I could not win you, life would never hold one "s happiness for me." corri irther conversation was interrupted by the {jr Mice of his sister, Trixy, and he had barely ,6' to add: I am determined to plead my cause again with J5 parents—this very day, Vivian. Hope for aoa -pray for me." gran Ah, here you are, Fred cried a merry voice, at ish and piquant, yet sweet as a silver bell. mg.- ;uessed that I should find you here, because that is Vivian's retreat. Wherever she is you are the ( to be. We have long since dubbed you Piecc y's shadow, id, long before the sentence was finished, two itc e arms were flung about his neck with such a in wI ¡y hug it almost took his breath away. and lrixy I" exclaimed Mrs. Thornton, entering brok, room just in time to overhear this remark, L must not tease your brother and Vivian HOUE 'hen he must not be holding Vivy's hand and 1 ng supremely ridiculous when I come upon whelJ suddenly she cried, with a rollicking laugh cate, i saucy toss of her head, as she sprang through ow French window out on the rose-bordered 8, 3e. of he fou must not mind her, Vivian, dear," said dence idolin Thornton, hastily crossing the room. she finds out that anything she says plagues r the little torment will keep it up." rian blushed. She did not look very unhappy the matter, nor did her handsome stalwart anion. They had been bantered about each At ever since they were children, and were, as aue8t sequence, quite used to it by this time. ^af( a want you both to come to the library and Robe a very important decision," continued Gwen- ridinj Ve intend to commemorate Frederick's home- ig by some festivity. Balls are old; lawn mof|j not much better. Shall we have an archery other a yachting party, a carnival, or charades jjjgh. platform built on the lawn, and dancing tr^u, vard ?" the 01 et us have nothing with dancing connected did n4 it," interposed Frederick, quickly. "I ferriD taken such a strong aversion to it. I cannot 0yCua hy." half fonsense!" laughed Gwendolin. "Any even- but oe athering loses half it charm if there's no waR ig. Why, it would be outrageously dull. n0ierj o There must be dancing, at all events." n< hen I will leave you to arrange the matter occasi en yourselves," declared Frederick, turning an(j w and sauntering out on the porch. tram sently his mother joined him. Ma«is »o you notice how pale Vivian has grown ? Dor?:c ked, keenly watching her son's handsome, was tl nt face. Worrying over your illness did in thii Frederick." he dis ear little Vivian," he murmured, gazing 41TT +.1 "hO f sails skimminor nn lxjt un lunuiu vuv 6 "T t> » -r >wn the river. "Ai Le dream of my life would be realised if I see you safely married to her, my boy," his The went on, gently. Forgive me, but I often appoin .1n strange doubts and fears over your future, gentler in love with every pretty face that crosses Mr. F. ath seems to be your rock ahead, Frederick, Mr. H. G. Hat )ther," he interrupted, reproachfully, "I ing the help being what you have often quaintly compil4 d it—a beauty worshipper but I could never whethe r anyone as I care for Vivian. I mean to in whi( an your advice at once-marry Vivian as compa: i I can gain her parents' consent." Mr. S. Thornton's face brightened. secreta was much afraid you had some other love- ing of 1 )n hand," she said, in a low voice. "You you. are heir to a million many people know The ind unscrupulous young women might set Jeffers( or you. You are romantic by nature, easily fire. 1 ".A- -J"" "U. strange presentiment over your future. It will be the happiest day of my life when I see Vivian your bride." "And that you shall see as soon as I can win her consent," he replied, gallantly, raising his hat. Long after his mother had left him, Frederick Thornton continued to pace slowly up and down the porch, thoughtfully blowing the rings of cigar smoke away from his handsome face. How strange it is Ever since my illness I have been haunted by some indefinable, vague sensation, as though there was something im- portant on my mind, which has escaped my memory, and which I Jam ever vainly trying to recall," he muttered. He always attributed it to some vanished fancy during his illness, and at length he ceased troubling himself about this vague fancy, which was no doubt the idle coinage of a delirious brain. Ah, heaven pity him How little he dreamed that it was the memory of his bride, from whom fate had parted him so strangely, that he was ever mainly endeavouring to recall. There was more than one difficulty in his wooing. k pretty, wilful, defiant little beauty like Vivian vas sure to have plenty of lovers. One of her Ldmirers, more bold than the rest, openly declared limself the bitter rival of any man who should sue or lovely Vivian's hand. Thus, for some time iast, Frederick Thornton and Gerald Marston had leen rivals-bitter foes; and when at length Vivian's engagement to Frederick Thornton was nnounced, it was a terrible blow at least to one eart. Gerald Marston sat with the newspaper clutched ] ightly in his hands, gazing with a death-white face I t the printed paragraph. Slowly and deliberately [j e read the closing lines through for the twentieth i me j The marriage will take place on the tenth r f September, at the residence of the bride's a arents." Then he tore the paper into a thousand frag- tents, and set his heel upon them, while the itterest laugh that was ever heard fell from his n ps. t "If I had been the son of a millionaire, instead o a poor devil of an artist, Old Colonel Courtney E id his haughty wife would have looked upon me b ith more favour. They have persuaded Vivian to this. There was a time when I could have rorn she loved me best." His face grew haggard and stern, and the light ed from his eyes. I have staked my life, my love, my hope, on a rl's heart, and I have lost," he cried, despair- gly. He flund his brush from him, and the paintings at had been the dearest dreams of his ambition dashed from him with a shaking hand. "Good-bye, life, love, and fame," he muttered, tching his breath hard. "If my darling is happy with Thornton, God Lows I will try to bear up like a man. I cannot iy here to witness my rival's triumph. I will go ray. I will put the whole width of the world tween us." The next day Vivian Courtney received the fol- ving letter: "DEAR LITTLE VIVIAN Dear to me still, hough I have lost you-and with you van- t all the bright dreams of a happy future- am going away. I leave the city to-day be gone long years, perhaps for ever. I loll never return until I can look calmly upon un a as another man's wife. If I can never do ho s, I will never return. Even though I do not, Ri yays remember this, Vivian-that one lives some- wi iere in the great, wide world who would lay down an life for you. I shall seek forgetfulness on sandy a t lerts, on burning plains, in dark forests, on track- 3 seas. You gave me a simple geranium at the garden ,e one moonlit night. No doubt it was a •ughtless act, and one which, even in that ,n ment, you forgot. But I-oh, Vivian !—I have ge, asured that simple leaf as a miser treasures his ?s. d. Countless kisses and burning tears have 1 £ en upon it, because once it rested in your dear Wa ids. When I die, that geranium leaf will be nd upon my heart. Good-bye, and God bless i, peerless Vivian. I leave for Baltimore on the noon train. Fare- 1, my beautiful, whom I have lost. Yours in life and in death. "GERALD." (To be continued).

JYCLISTS AND THE RULE OF re8l« annr THE ROAD. tdrea< ——— work the South-Western Polioe-oouri/, London, a on of considerable importance to cyclists j?ave djudicated upon. The police summoned Mr. 8el t Cooke, residing at Clapham-common, for suppc a bicycle on the wrong side of the road, so impede the free passage of the highway.— :tor Smith stated that at half-paet 10 on the ng of the 8th April the defendant and 40 cyclists were proceeding along the Balham road towards Tooting. The riders were dis- ed all over the road, the defendant being on The t side. He spoke to him, and he replied he in the t wish to get behind "a lot of crawlers," re- washi I no doubt to the other cyclists. About 400 numb, js passed along the road within a period of Being ,n hour. Persons desired to cross the road, of dro uld not. —Mr. Serjeant maintained that there Brook 10 case for him to answer. Chief Justice the dc dge had held that there was no law making throuj ar side of the road the proper side for all tance. )ns. His client overtook a number of cyclists, some ishing to pass them, he, in order to avoid the twice ines, cleared the riders on the off side.—The in ke4 brate said a person was at liberty to use any rescue a of the road providing that no obstruction Brook ereby occasioned. There was no obstruction Lion, particular instance, and the summons would recogt nissed. also p i authoi

LWAY ACCIDENT RETURNS. adequi The President of the Board of Trade has explor ted a Committee, consisting of the following on Sat nen, viz., Mr. T. Burt, M.P. (chairman), The J. S. Hopwood, C.M.G., Sir Henry Oakley. Nethe B. Simpson. Mr. Llewellyn Smith, and Mr, the coi rvey Simmonds, for the purpose of consider- Oppos i returns of railway accidents and casualties which ed by the Board of Trade, and reporting Tak v ?uy !mProverpent is possible in the shape ment ch the information is supplied by the railway m oies and tabulated by the Board of Trade. was fc G. Spencer has been appointed to act as Folkes ,ry to the Committee. A preliminary meet- Bernai the Committee has already been held. suicidE

Government buildings and" barracks at South on City, Missouri, have been destroyed by May 2 Che loss is reported to be great. parties

rNWJL^JOiijiiiiiS Ui4 lllll. lJ_i\ r The Baroness Burdett-Coutts, who has just com- pleted her 80th year, is one of the most prominent women of the time. She is a daughter of the late Sir Francis Burdett, and is a partner in the great banking firm of Coutts. For her many bene- factions she was created a peeress by the Queen in 'Zt 1871, this being one of the few instances of the I «7 cind which have oocurted during the present reign. f Che baroness, who is exceedingly popular, married c n 1881 Mr. W. A3hme^(j,garjiie^^ who was elected t d.P. for Westminster in 1885. The baroness's b esidence at Holly Loqge> Highgate, is a charming t Pot, i 0 t The determination of T. W. Ruscell, M-P-, b iot to stand again for South Tyrone will yet fur- i1 her diminish the, number of Russells in the House x f Commons. CoaJrary t0 the general belief, Mr. h qu qu til he was 18 years of age, when he entered the Pu -TI I c. *-V uoc ui ti weii-Kiiown DrIll at uonagnmore. Mr. 11; issell has a frail physique, but he bubbles over sai th restless energy. He is a strict teetotaller, pel d has put his principles into practice by keeping ma ;emperance hotel in Dablin. sai wa "——— ma Ju: The Right Hon. H. H. Asquith, whose speech Au introducing the Welsh Disestablishment Bill is at nerally conceded to have been cleverly framed, to just now in considerable prominence in view of v impending marriage. He was born in 1852, and He .s educated at the City of London School and to 1 evii ford. Called to the Bar in 1876. he became mkni. A /lifflfllAtv _f • 1AA/I • fcakf iui a « ot jpne m isao, lor wmcn 77 stituency he "as since continued to sit. Mr. ■? [uith rapidly Parliamentary and legal X181' uesses, and in 1890 he became a Q.C. In Mr. dstone's last Administration he was appointed e ne Secretary. care inqu tOOt Ir. Alfred J. Eyre wiu be missed from his the istomed post at the organ at the forthcoming in r< idel Festival at the Crystal Palace. Mr. Eyre, an(j hf8 "iTvears ?r8anis1fc at the, greafc g^ss Ban ice for 14 years, has only recently recovered pij7, a a serious illness caused by overwork, and he resolved to devote himself entirely to teaching Mrs he future. It is not surprising to learn that only Hi,, infri the s: directors have regretted the receipt of his a P't; st i joviuu ui uuau ijuey uave expressed tneir iciation of his services, for the publio have iy abundantly testified their liking for his Mr. Eyre's performances at the great als have always been superb, and none who In listened to the massive doable choruses will jngti listened to the massive double ohoruses will jngti t with what instrnment was made to j)u irb the chor^rioroes. beth L from forme

GALLANT RESCUE BY A Gardo SAILOR BOY. XP • 7 T" ly all* i boys serving on board the training ship Lion, the d< Hamoaze, at Dovoaport, were engaged in putini ng clothes in, the afternoon, when one of their Porch er, named Frank Ward, fell into the sea. and b unable to swim he was in imminent danger house wning when another boy named James Henry found who was on the lower deck, although under The d ictor's care suffering from bad feet, jumped staten ;h the port and swam to his comrade's assis- duct By this time the tide had carried Ward furthe distance up the stream, and he had sunk told t] before Brook reached him. Brook succeeded staten aping him afloat until a cutter put off and dict f d them both in a very exhausted oondition. Eloot was presented by Captain F. O. Pike, of the accord with a good conduct badge in immediate lition of his gallant conduct, and the capbain iromised to comnmmCate with the proper TER rities with a view to obtaining for him a more ate reward.

Ragnvold Jarl, with the Wellman Arctic ing expedition on board, arrived at Tromso pmg.d urday afternoon from Aalesund. a Sa elections to the Second Chamber of the ^ag*IS rlands have now been concluded throughout »)un^e untry, and have resulted in a victory for the ,OIj ition, who hold 56 seats, as compared with 44 .j?111 have been obtained by the supporters of Dr. an Poortvliet, the Premier. The Govern- began has resigned. W £ an named Nielson, a native of Denmark, who mnd shot on the road between Dover and .? itone beside the body of a valuable St. 15' we :d dog, was out of situation. A verdict of i during temporary insanity was returned. A S nomination of candidates in the election for diagno Hackney has been fixed for Wednesday, patien and the polling for Monday, May 7. Both ment, i are working hard in the division. ) \Howe.

A liUY .BUKITLARS MANUAL. At Blackburn, in the course of the evidence given against a lad of 16, named Thomas Edward Lund (who was committed for trial oa five charges of housebreaking and felony), it was stated that in searching the lad's room a document ueaded "Instructions to Burglars" was found between the joists of the floor. This paper read as follows Make a. hook for & tool in a window where there is such things hke as handkerchiefs. Jemmys are the implements for opening window sashes, prizing desks and doors open. You should all get pumps to make as least noise as possible. Don't go nervous us you are apt to fall soft. Go with a will, and try and make rope ladders. Get a lantern and pull one of the glasses out and put a piece j ~ji black tie inside, which will make it a dark lantern. Get a revolver and builets from a shop; say your father wants it for rabbit-shooting. For setting factories on fire get a glass jar or a I ?reserve-jar. Get & newspaper and shove it in the iar. Pour in some lamp oil on top of the paper. ( rhen set it on fire with a match, and throw it through the window. Try to get some skeleton ( teys, and then you can go into plenty of places, lave plenty of tools. The jemmy is the best of the J ot. Get a black crape to put over your eyes, so ,s to disguise you. Keep a six-chambered revolver I 'y you. Get some chlorodyne from the chemists, ,nd put it on your handkerchief and put it over D ome one's noses, which will send them uncon y cious. Then take all the expensive things e has. If you have a desire for revenge on B ny one, you can get some prussic acid, and when a ou are handing him or her drink put C; lie acid in or get some vitriol and throw it Si a someone's faces in the dark, which will burn E leir face. If you put poison on a knife when the rj nife is red-hot, the knife will be poisoned. For d' Lowing up a coal-pit get the paper dipped in lamp- il, light it, throw it down the pit, when there w iere will be a terrific explosion. Never strike J tatches if you go in houses at midnight; carry a It! it of banding lit, then put the match powder to Buy quicklime if you happen to kill anyone. w ub the quicklime over him so that it will burn im away quickly. Always go brave and bold hen you are burgling.-Yours truly, DARIN« W URGLAR." Some extraordinary tales of the lad's a aerations have come to light, including the rifling. a railway guard's van and the appropriation of p railway hut for storing his spoils. fo w

"LESSONS IN JOURNALISM." a! of THE CHARGE AGAINST A BARRISTER. nc re At the Bow-street Police-court, London, John T unes Dillon O'Flynn, described as a barrister and m urnalist, of Houlgate, West Dulwich, was al targed on remand with obtaining £ 200 from Miss bE atty Michell by false pretences.-The prosecu- so ix stated that on one occasion, when the prisoner se ant to a hospital, he said to her, Don't you th ke np with another fellow because I am ill." lii 'hen he came out he asked her if she loved him is ough to marry him, and she said "Yes."—Did Se kiss you on that occasion ?—Certainly (laughter). th e said he could not give her an engagement ring that time as he wanted to give her a good one, hi: t a bauble. He gave her several cheques, which th jre returned marked "refer to drawer." Subse- ty ently her solicitor asked the prisoner if he had pu i the money into the White Lead Company, as, de so, there should be a certificate. The prisoner ill id he had not put the money in, but held himself rei rsonally responsible. He pressed for an early m( krriage at a registy office, and on one occasion mf d, Sweetheart, I am going to the dogs for the foi ,nt of someone to look after me. Let us be fcSt .rried as soon as we can." He fixed the end of ce( ly for the marriage, and afterwards the 10th of Bil [gust. lie made arrangements for taking rooms lin the house in which she was lodging. He wrote of her in May as Mavourneen," and asked her, bel vith fond love," to take care of those dear eyes." or i r eyes were bad at the time. He always wrote eVE her as Mavourneen or my lass," and signed to i iiself, Yours affectionately, Jack." Other Sc< dence having been given the prisoner was re- otb nded- tha of J

BABY FARMING IN LONDON. gfi L prosecution under the Infant Life Protection p^r of 1872 was heard at the Westminster Police- hat rt, London, on Saturday, a woman named Sarah Gf nnell, of Pimlico, being summoned for keeping to c .-e than one infant for a longer period than 24 1 :rs for the purposes of nursing and maintenance wo, hout being registered.—Mr. J. W. Godfrey, who preJ secuted on behalf of the London County Council, tak, I that there were peculiar features in the case in wjt] nection with the conduct of lady sisterhoods, to c&t( ich it was his duty to call bhe attention of the stai irt. It seemed that part of the work of some jssu ihese mission homes was to place out illegiti- tiolJ e ohildrev. The defendant Shinnell, while D:UC ting after one child for 5s. a week from a St. will er's Home, was induced by a lady known as mea later Dorothy," connected with the St. Barnabas tim, sion House, in Bloomfield-plaoe, Pimlioo, to eonl a charge of another infant, in direct contraven- „en( of the statute. Sister Dorothy" was a aDD' tor at St. John the Baptist Home, in Ranelagh that ve, Pimlico, and it was from that place that diag second baby was despatched to the defendant's affol i. At each of the communities mentioned some sche liry had been made, and he (Mr. Godfrey) had not omplain that these people, who ought to assist oom authorities, had gone out of their way to break thot law. The defendant lived with her daughter hav< )oms in a cottage quite unsuited for two adults and two children, but the lady in charge of the St. brin labas' Mission House—one "Sister Agnes tber %beth "-who wrote to the County Council refle nuating Sister Dorothy's conduct, described be ti Shinnell's place as airy," and said that the spirit of the law had been nged." The County Council would have liked TH much to have Sister Dorothy present, she was reported ill. An application for the It idance of the matron of the Sb. John the Bap- trail Home—who, he was instructed, tried to induce has ) lefendant to take a third baby-was met with triali Ily from Miss Corriey-the honorary secretary, aslee the matron had no evidence to give. The chiel itor to the Coanoil had informed these ladies by a they ought to assist in carrying out the law.— come Magistrate Perhaps they don't know it as milit as he does.—Mr. Godfrey With all due defer- Fi I am afraid they do. The inspector under the east, is here, and he will tell you they know it well to oa gh.—The Magistrate: Under the circumstances meet )ught not to press for a heavy penalty against A lefendant.—Mr. Godfrey No, sir we don't, train has been more sinned against than sinning.- Hele Magistrate: Probably the "sister" who there sed her to break tho law will pay the penalty, varic defendant is, of course, liable to imprisonment, conti will only fine her 20s. and the costs or seven form ,-The defendant: Give me time. Of. course in W isters will have to pay it.—Mr. Godfrey It's marc y they did not see fit to come here. Wasl ====== Al gress n A TVf A rn?Q LinD Ol a \TT\nn j

1/AlU.nUUO I1 VII OUiiil UJili, HUVttl ment the Queen's Bench Division, London, Mr. se Mathew and a common jury heard the suit obfcal nsterville v. Lanford, brought by Mrs. ElIza- have Dunsterville, a married lady living apart tier husband, against Mr. Frederick Lanford, rly manager of a boarding-house in Porchester F1 ins, to recover damages for alleged slander. laintiff's case was that her husband had taken A d two of her children and reduced her quarter- r • twance from £ 400 to £ 200 in consequence of ™ V £ r if end ant having made statements to him im- if'0 that she (the plaintiff) while residing in "Oya' ester Gardens was constantly intoxicated, a8ree< ad behaved disgracefully with men in the The plaintiff said there was not the slightest ition for the imputations made against her. J ,0,1 efendant admitted that he had made certain lents to the plaintiff's husband as to her con- arr vhile residing in Porchester Gardens. He r pleaded that he honestly believed what he The ie plaintiff s husband was true, and made the Accou lents without malice.-The jury found a ver- at thii ar the plaintiff, assessing the damages at A ri and Mr. Justice Mathew entered judgment who ingly with costs. death at Ta

RIBLE DISASTER AT ALGIERS. Cp°rh ——— Lieut. 15 MEN DROWNED. and ha •s has reached Paris from Algiers of a ship- isaster which occurred in the harbour during xh A coal lighter was moored alongside the -hmm h steamer Sutherland, and the latter's M W •s having been filled, preparations were made vji'j ping the lighter to the shore, when the rope t her to the steamer broke. The lighter, ° t number of native coal porters on board, ma bo drift towards the enbrance of the harbour, waf Vl a swamped by the waves. Two or three of j a n managed to save themselves by swimming, J? ) remainder, numbering, it is believed, about T?6 re drowned. act of act of *—————————————— cage <

5. Petersburg doctor, for making a. wrong paw I sis and unskilfully operating upon a lady thigh. i, has been sentenced to a week's imprison- away, »nd to pay 1,000 roubles down, and a yearly groun' ice of 300 roubles to the patienb. skull.

IL., J. .J.l,. CURRENT OPINION. THE SCOTCH GRAND COMMITTEE. The Daily Chronicle observes The Government have got their Scottish Grand Committee, which, in the form in which the House of Commons has finally assented to it, is not much more than a composite committee of the type familiar to the House, containing a preponderating proportion of Scottish Members, but answering in the main to the general balance of the parties in the House. This is reasonable enough, and it is a pity chat the 1 Government did not from the first restrict their ( proposal within the modest dimensions it has ( finally assumed. As for the reference of Bills to 8 the new Committee, that again has followed the ( lines we suggested from the beginning. As things s stand in the House of Commons to-day, it was out r )f the question even to hint at referring Local option and Scottish Disestablishment to such a g Jody. Scottish Home Rule is one thing; a mere r levice for Parliamentary convenience is another. a The Daily News says :—We are never in favour f ¡f paying blackmail to obstruction. But Sir II ieorge Trevelyan's consent to let the 15 English P nembers of the Scotch Grand Committee be taken b rom the Conservative side of the House did much P jood, and no harm. It enabled the motion for the P Committee to be carried, and the Local Govern- tient Bill for Scotland to e intrcduced before the s itting was suspended. It will not destroy the ti jiberal majority on the Committee, and we are by w o means sure that it is, in point of fact, a concession I t all. For the Committee of Selection tVould, in any S4 ase, have had large powers, and might have con- b idered it their duty to redress the balance of C olitical opinion. For some reason or other, the CI 'ories have fought against this committee with all si 16 strenuous energy which they devoted to the ci elay of the Home Rule BilL Last Friday they sc 'asted the whole afternoon, and yesterday they re 'ere prepared, in the absence of compromise, to bi o the same. The compromise is, we believe, bl lusory, so far as their interests are affected. It tt as worth while therefore to give them what they dl Iked, and to get the question out of the way. pi lr. Balfour is probably too lazy to ask himself di hat will happen if he ever comes into office with m small majority. m The Daily Graphic writes After a debate last- cl Ig, with intervals, over five days, the House of is ommons has assented to the Government scheme cc ir the creation of a Grand Committee for dealing fo ith Scotch Bills. This scheme, as originally at inounced by Lord Rosebery, was to be a foretaste TI Home Rule for Scotland. It looks very different bE )w that the Government have been brought to in lalise the grotesque incongruity of their design, va he principle of nationality, which is only another in ime for the principle of separation, has been th most knocked out of it. To the 72 Scotch mem- fo ;rs are to be added 15 English or Irish members, in chosen as to increase the influence of the Con- In rvativea upon the Committee. At the same time, wi e operations of the new Committee are to be W nited to two specified Bills, and its existence Su to terminate with the present Session. If Scotch ca iparatists can discern any trace of Home Rule in as; is they must indeed be far-sighted. pu The Daily Telegraph remarks The whole cr< story of the proposal on which the House has ca us at last recorded its decision is of an eminently qu pical kind. The anxiety of the Government to lif ish this motion through on any terms, however Fr structive of its original object, affords another lia ustration of the fact that the Government have of illy no initiative of their own, and that their lar jvements, legislative and other, are simply 90 wi, my mechanical responses to the application of Ea ■ce from without. Whether they propose to dis- be ;ablish a Church or to revolutionise the pro. th< lure of Parliament, or to spring a new Reform pit [1 upon the country under pretence of remodel grt g the registration system, it is all one. In none of the three cases is there the slightest reason to Be lieve that Ministers have any freedom of action, wi1 are gratifying any personal inclinations whatso- an< ir. They no more desire on their own account clei awaken the just jealousies of Unionism by giving floi )tland an unfair preferential privilege over the ler two kingdoms in the matter of legislation 1 jn they desire to rouse the alarm and uneasiness see Liberal Churchmen by a measure which too much not ambles an attack by sap and mine on the one iablished Church. In the one instance as in the fiolj er, they are simply danciBg to the piping of that tw< ticular faction among their followers which par )pens, for the time being, to have got possession hea he pipe. How long is the ignoble performance free lonbinue ? lenj 'he Standard makes the following reference It wai lid be presumptuous for English critics to ex- the; as any opinion on a scheme which—if we are to now a Sir George Trevelyan seriously-is fraught j h Caledonian technicalities which theunsophisti- are id Southerner cannot be expected to under- mai id. We have little doubt that unless some ftbl< e is laised involving national considera- eitb is (in the larger and true sense of that obtl jh-abused word), the monopoly of the North or c not be infringed. The Bill is the great oert .sure which, at so much superfluous cost of disl B anl trouble, the Grand Committee has been in 8 strucied to deal with and there will be a in aral disposition—if the Second Reading be seas roved—to leave the non-contentious points to thic highly competent body. But it is an in- care lensable condition that opportunity shall be mor ded to the Scotch public of mastering the effe( me. Mr. Balfour's provisional criticism was all i altogether encouraging. It was not," he Dro| plained, "a non-controversial measure, al- igh it mighb easily have been." The Cabineb DotB 1 nob been lucky in their Scobch legislabion, ib is quibe possible that fuller knowledge will g on the Local Government BilL At any rate, e is to be a proper interval for examination and an<^ ction. The stage of Second Reading will not ( *ken till after Whitsuntide. smal ————i— by n

E AMERICAN LABOUR ARMY. andd SOOD ia reported from New York that the fugitive suifi I seized by the Coxeyites at Butte, Montana, crop been captured by Federal troops. The Indus- vent a, who numbered 650, were for the moat part Novi ip in the goods trucks, of which the train was mere ly composed, and were completely surprised betw force of 250 troops from Fort Keogh, who had are 1 I by a special train. They surrendered to the have oary without resistance. they ve hundred men have, started on the march whei vards from Portland, Oregon. They threaten left ptnre the first Union Pacific train that they agaii '• inp later dispatch says that the men who stole the groui at Butte, Montana, have been taken to is go na, and will be tried by the Federal Court the li I. Many of the Coxeyites are deserting in next IUS parts of the country, although others are they nuing the march, while fresh bands are being the ed. A woman's contingent has been formed piece Washington State, but it has not yet begun to pr h. Additional precautions are being taken at the æ £ iDgton- Whei Sunday's telegram says .-—Little further pro- 'f Tu, has been made by the Coxeyites in their loa„ uce on Washington, where, however, arrange- me^ s are being made to provide bhose who do e with shelter and food. Unsuccessful cover ipta have been made by some of the hands to ciiDn< a railway transport, and a band of seventy an £ ffl been arrested in Rhode Island as vagrants. leaf si tidy i

LTAL FIGHT WITH KNIVES. leafo ——— Poi lesperate fatal fight with knives took place in £ ulfc" pool early on Sunday morning. James far??e rnall, 20, and Hugh Coyne, 27, formerly in bhe i Navy, quarrelled in Raohael-abreeb. Ib was 18 i that they should fight the matter out with Pa pocket knives, and after a prolonged struggle rnall plunged his weapon into Coyne's neok, buai°' t severing the jugular vein. Coyne bled to 8fc<? in a few minutes. McParnall has been cultiv ed on a charge of wilful murder. purpo ———————————— In ph members of the Institute of Chartered noses8 ntants BOW number 1,991, as against 1,876 some' time last year. heavie sport has reached Lima that Dr. Del Sola, much was First Vice-President at the time of the obtain of President Berrnudez, has formed a Ministry „arrjS( cna in opposition to that constituted by fn tim al Borgono. ice Ferdinand has accepted the resignation of -Colonel Savoff, Bulgarian Minister of War is signed the appointment of Colonel Radjo F, Chief of the Staff, as his successor. No r Ministerial changes are contemplated. case of Count Talleyrand Perigord is still Can led in mystery. It is stated, however, that Wada: oestyn admitted that he forged three of the Kuka, ound in the Count's apartments. According defeat s Paris Matin the Count declared that the treach r was gradually being cleared up) and that he of the sry hopeful. howev lenagerie attendant at Paris was instructed Sheikl i a number of animals which had arrived at killed jrcy Terminus by train from the provinces. Bechei mbed on one of the trucks and was in the dispos passing some meat through the bars of a his pt containing a lion when the animal put its promif between the bars and seized him by the sustaii With great difficulty the man tore himself massas and in doing so fell from the truck to the oaths 3, breaking several ribs and fracturing his the me J the loc

FIELD AND GARDEN. WORK FOR THE WEEK.- Seeding cyclamen in pots remove from the stove to the warm green- house, ke?p them as near the glass as possible. Prick seedling primulas out ia boxes, or put them singly in small pote. Stake and tie pelargoniums. Ericas and cpacrises remove to cold greenhouse; keep the plants on a moist surface. Stake and tie out the growths Impatiens Sutlani if good plants are required. Seedling balsams put singly in small pots when they have three or f ur leaves. Continue to place callas past flowering at the foot of a wall outside. Pot cff rooted cuttings of fuch- sias, bouvardias, brugmansias, etc. Seedlings of Jyperus nataleasis prick out in boxes, or place jingly in small pets. In the cold greenbcuse the •oof, sides, &c., should at once be shaded in some way or other. Begonias will be start'ng well into ;rowth, shake all the old soil from the tubers, and •epot in good loam and leaf-mould in equal parts, ilso syringe the pots, &c., for a few days after jotting, until it is seen the roots are ramifying n the new soil, then give a good watering. Any jlants of rhododendrons going out of fbwer should )e repotted if necessary pot firmly, using only )eat with a little sand added. Seedling carnations )rick out in boxes as soon as large enough to handle. kny plants showing flower spikes should be duly taked and tied as support is required. Thin out he buds until only one is left upon each growth vater liberally with soot water as the buds show. n the vegetable garden now is a good time to sow eed of savoys. A good succession would be had y sowing Tom Thumb, Dwarf Ulm, Dwarf Green Juried and Drumhead; Sow either thinly broad- ast, covering the seed with sifted soil or else in hallow drills, five inches apart. Borecole, late aulifiowers, midseason and late broccoli also to be own now, and in much the same manner as Bcommended for savoys. In some districts small irds, notably chaffinches, are very troublesome, itese drawing up the seedlings wholesale, just as 18Y are peeping through the ground. Slightly amping the seed and rolling in red lead is a good reventive; netting over, and giving a frequent usting of soot and lime are also good preventive leasures. It is not yet too late to sow seed of taincrop and late carrots, salsify, scorzoaera, and aicory. Beet sown late in April or early in May the least liable either to run to seed or to become )arse. The turnip-rooted forms are the first fib Ir use, and also the best for shallow soils, but they btain the dimensions of mangel on strong ground. hese and the net-growing Dell's Crimson may 3 sown in drills a foot apart, a distance of fifteen ichea being allowed for the stronger growing irieties. The drills should be one and a-half ches deep, and the seed be sown thinly. All iese root crops succeed well on ground manured r the preceding crop only. If the tap roots come to contact with solid manure they fork badly. I allotments sow at once, if not already done, inter greens of all kinds, such as broccoli, Snow's 'inter White, Leamington, Cattel's Eclipse, ltton's Bouquet, and Ledsham's Latest; savoy ,bbage, Drumhead or Dwarf Ulm curled greens, paragus or Buda kale cabbage, Nonpareil; and irple sprouting broccoli. Also sow the main op of carrots or a later batch. Dust onions and rrots that are now well through the ground fre- lently and evenly with a mixture of soot and ne to repel the onion and carrot fly. Sow 'ench beans and scarlet runners, but they are less ible to injury from frost if sown about the middle May. Peas, Ne Plus Ultra, Champion of Eng- ad, and Walker's Perpetual Bearer if sown now 11 keep up a supply to the end of the season. irly potatoes appearing through the ground may protected from frost by drawing a little soil over em. Spray, with very fine spray, apple trees, am trees, and gooseberry bushes with Paris Ben at the rate of one ounce to 15 or 20 gallons water. This poisons any caterpillars upon them. sure to keep the Paris green thoroughly mixed th the water while using. Use the hoe freely d frequently among all crops, and keep the paths ar. Do not allow weeds to grow, still less co wer and seed. VIARECHAL NIEL RosE.-This beautiful rose me more popular and plentiful than ever. It is > a perpetual flowering rose. It usually gives s good crop annually, and if left unpruned after vering, will perchance produce a stray bloom or ) during the summer. We are thinking more ticularly of its culture under glass. When in .Ith it assumes a very vigorous habit of growth, juently making shoots from 10 feet to 20 feet in gth in one 'year. It is these lnng shoots we it as early as possible in the season, so that y may become well ripened by the autumn, to rer at every joint the following spring. OWN GARDEN.—Spring-flowering bulbous plants now in full beauty, and a splendid show they se in large masses. This is certainly an admir- i class of plants for culture in large towns, ler under glass or in the open, as, in order to tin average results at least, no particular skill are is required, and they bloom with unfailing ainty. Those who desire to have a first-class )lay should purchase fresh bulbs every year, as, pite of all precautions, the flowers deteriorate lize and quality annually but if, after one on's growth and bloom, they are planted kly in a sheltered bed of soil, and left to take of themselves, they will continue to flower e or less for years, and produce a very pretty :t. A great point in the successful culture of bulbs is to plant them early-Ootober is the )er month-and then with rich, sweet, and ly soil, and, at least in the case of plants in plenty of water after the latter become full of s, they can scarcely fail to do well. rEEDs.-These are springing up everywhere, that too in spite of the opportunities afforded bearing the ground last summer. When in a il state weeds may be got rid of expeditiously leans of a flat or Dutch hoe. This being freely among the rows of onions, carrots, parsnips, such like in dry weather, the sunshine will put the finishing touch to them. Stirring the ice soil also greatly benefits the advancing s as it lets in the warmth and air, and yet pre- a the rapid loss of moisture by evaporation. ices and careless workmen are content to ,ly chop up the weeds, whereas all the surface 'een the rows should be stirred whether weeds arge enough to be seen or not. If the weeds attained a large size before they are hoed up, ought to be raked off and taken to the place e garden refuse is rotted or burnt. When on the ground many of them would strike root i, especially in a showery time, and groundsel, irticular, seeds after being hoed up. Lumpy ad is not so easily kept clean as is that which t into a finely divided state. All the while amps or small clods are hard and dry, it is to impossible to break them down, but directly have been moistened through by rain or with bid of a watering-pot they will crumble to s readily enough. IPPING Ivy.—Now is the best time to give innual clipping to all ivy growing over walls. n cut early in the year the walls are robbed air covering, rendering them unsightly for so Cut early when new growth is just com- ing, then the young loaves quickly take the of the old ones, and make a close and neat ing for the rest of the year. Ivy that is sd but once in three or four years has not the lrance of that which is cut annually; the talks grow so much longer, rendering it less n appearance. It is wise to cut almost every ff; a better growth is the result. fATO PLANTING.—Generally speaking, the ration of potatoes is more a matter for small Irs, as not only have they more time to attend crop and the disposal in different ways, but iiis class who use them largely for stook-pigs rtioular, which are kept and fatted more sively than by farmers in a larger way of ass, who have their flocks, cattle, and other which demand their attention. But their ation has lately been much advised for many ses, and as a rotation crop they come in well. inting, if intended solely for the table, the orts only should be used, but if for other pur- inferior kinds will do just as well, and in cases better, as these often produce the jst crop. With regard to marketing potatoes, would depend on the locality as to the price table. In the neighbourhood of large towns, jns, and places thickly populated, there is at tea a good demand.

fAR IN CENTRAL AFRICA. NEW SULTAN OF BORNU. ivans which have arrived at Mazula from i confirm the reports of the capture of the capital of Bornu, by Rabab, the of the Sultan Sheikh Hashem, and the ery of Mohamed el Taker, the commander latter's forces. After the capture of Kuka, er, Rabah, was defeated by a nephew of l Hashem, and, as already reported, was in the battle. The new Sultan of Bornu, r ben Bubakar, son of the late ruler, shows a ition to act with clemency, and to govern lople well. He has, among oiher things, sed to give compensation for the losses led by the Tripolitans who escaped the )re at Kuka, on condition that they take af fidelity. Hopes are now entertained by srehants at Tripoli of a gradual revival of :altrade.