The Pembrokeshire Herald and General Advertiser

Made of awl-work.—Hand aewn shoes. Plane Men.—Joiners. What kinds of ships are most like scissors ?— Cutters. The best Thing in the Bed of the Ocean.—me eheet-ancbor. The popular idea of an anarchist is that of a man who is liable to take anything valuable that comes in his way, except a bath. A school-teacher lately put the question, • What is the highest form of animal life The giraffe responded a bright member of the class. Lawyer, to witness Did you say that an incompetent |man conld keep an hotel just as well as anybody ?' Witness No I said an inn-experienced man could.' A Natural Conclusion.—' What is this I hear, Lily ? Your governess has been complaininJr of your conduct.' Then you had better send her away, mamma, for having brought me up so kftcQw* •I will send the cook to see your private theatricals, Mrs Brown, as you are kind enough to say the (servants can come.' Do, my dear madam I shall be'delighted to see the cook make her entree j, Instances of 'neglecting the antecedent are amusing. In an old geography we are told that Albany is a 4 town with three hundred and twelve hundrad inhabitants, all with tneir gable-ends toward the street.' A minister made a rather long call upon a lady of his acquaintance. Her little daughter, who was present, grew weary of his conversa- tion, and whispered, in an audible key, '^Don t he bring his Amen' with him, mamma ? Elderlv maiden, to chemist's assistant: Well, I do declare if I haven't forgot what I came for I' Assistant, full of business 1 Hair-dye, fouge, lotion to remove freckles, wrinkle-eradi- cator, bottle I Bloom of Youth'?' Elderly maiden hails a passing tram-car. Philosophic.-The negro is often a real phi- losopher. An aged coloured man bad just paid the last dollar he owed on a mule when the ani- mal suddenly died, leaving its owner bankrupt. On being sympathised with, he said, calmly, Well, his time come ter go, sah an' I ladder him dan me.' A good legal story is ascribed to the new Railway Commissioner. A solicitor had once stated to him in consultation the points of a somewhat speculative claim. Do you think, Mr Wills,' he said, the action will lie ? 'Well, I think so,' was the caustic reply 'but are your Witnesses prepared to lie too ?' A Baltimore gentleman sends the following notice, which he says he copied from a store in West Virginia a short time ago Owr Turrems is Kash. Pursons withe good reffurunses can pay thirty days in advans or wen thay by thee ItufF-at thee opshun of the won hou bies. No more darn Swindlin rorond yer we losst anuff.' One evening attending a complimentary din- ner in Glasgow, the chairman after several toasts had been given, said he was about to pro- pose the toast of the evening, and asked all pre- sent to charge their glasses. Then, looking to- wards one of the waiters, he said, Hae ye ony bilin' water doon there Hoot, ay—plenty but it's caul' was the answer. Translations into English are requested of the following passage in a Venetian picture-gallery catalogue—' In the cealing, the following pic- tures by TIntorpt; In the middle, the sin our fathers on every side, three kinds in the oven of Babylony. In the middle, the sacrifice of Abraham on every side, Daniel in the trench of thelicn. Eliseus disparsing brods. The wood carvings are by anonymous. On the right hand we see, the resurrection of Lazara. Multiplica- tions of brods and fishs. In the middle, Moise who spring the water on every side, the ardent wood, the luminous column in the desert.' A hunter more boastfnl than successful once Joined a bear-hunting expedition. During the unt, as this man was resting by the side of a rook and talking with another hunter, he re- marked, If there's anything I dote on it's bear. A slice of bear-steak nicely done is jwst perfect!' 'Well,' said his companion, looking up, 'I'm hanged if there isn't a bearnowl, The man who 'doted on bear' lookedup, saw an immense grizzly standing on the top of the rock, gave a yell and a leap into the woods, and disappeared. His companion soon overtook him, and said to the fugitive as he eame up, Why. I thought you liked bear ?' Well, I do,' said the runaway but that one ain't done enough Years ago,' writes Mr James Payn, I knew a gentleman who settled in the South, and be- came so popular in his neighbourhood that even the county families' condescended to visit him. They could never discover how he had made his money, but were satisfied by his solemn assu- rance that it was not in trade. Nothing could exceed the ordinary gravity of his demeanour, which indeed caused him to be placed on the Commission of the Peace but now and. then. without any apparant provocation, he would burst into such a laugh as no one ever heard be- fore, except in one place. Where they could have heard it puzzled the county families for five-and-twenty^ years; but at last he was be- trayed unconsciously by his own grandchild, who. after & visit to a travelling circus, inno- centlv exclaimed, Why, grandpa laughs like the clown Several Generations.—A gentleman travelling in the Highlands came one morning upon a house standing by itself at the foot of a moun- tain and thatched in a most peculiar manner. Wishing to know with what the house was Covered, he knocked at the door. An oldish man appeared. Could you tell me with what kind of stuff your house is thatched ?' asked the traveller. 'I dinna ken but I'll bring oot my feyther-I think he'll ken,' was the reply. So out he brought his father, an old man. The Juestion was put to him. I I canna tell; but '11 gang in for my feyther—he'll maybe ken.' He went in and brought out an old man leaning on a staff. The question was repeated. Weel, I cudna exactly say but I'm sure my feyther wull ken. I'll bring him out to ye.' He also was asked the same question. I'm no very lUre,' be replied but I think I ance heard my great-gran'feyther say it was thackit wi' ferns.' p|A propos of Nantucket, one hears some rather odd sayings and of some quaint happen- ings there. You see, we are somewhat out of the way,' said one of the islanders, so tramps seldom trouble us and it is only when our summer visitors come that we think of locking our doors at night. Last fall a man was tried for petty larceny, and sentenced by the judge to three months in gaol. A few days after the trial the judge, accompanied by the sheriff, was on his way to the Boston boat, when they passed I a man sawing wood. The sawyer stopped his work, touched his hat, and said Good morning judge.' The judsre looked at him a moment, passed on a short distance, then turned to glance backward, with the question, Why, sheriff, isn't that the man I sentenced to three months I in caol ? Well. ven-9 renliod tb» olio riff Vinni- f tatingly-I yea, that's the man but, you-you see, judge, we—we haven't any one in gaol now, and we thought it a useless expense to hire somebody to look after the gaol for three months just for this one man so I gave him the gaol key, and told him that if he'd sleep there at night it would be all right.' How a Race was won.-Of Mr Murphy, one of the counsel for the Times' in the Parnell Commission, an amusing story is told. Mr Murphy, who is a stout man, was once in the company of some younger men of the law, among them a slim barrister. The talk was of the barrister's fleetness of foot, and, to the gene- i jnrpn8e' Murphy maintained that he could race any man present if he got a yard «tart and was allowwf to select the racecourse. fbWbE? JSr Was no joke, Sreat^\i.L1Dg-T- "^pted the challenge. Thumiliation however, for Mr Murphy chose as the scene of the race k certain narrow passage in the Law Courts where his competitor could not get past him

EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE. At Woolwich, on Saturday, a bombadier in the Royal Horse Artillery, named William Moffet, surrendered to his bail, before Mr Marsham, on a charge of taking from the pro' tection of her parents his niece, Emily Jane Sholton, a girl under the age of 18 years.— l According to the evidence previously given, the girl reached the age of 18 on the 16th of September but five months previously (on the 12th of April) she left her situation at Shooters- hill, and went away with the prisoner, and re- sided with him as his wife until August. It was alleged that he knew her to be but 17 years of age, and that on her birthday, in September, he made her a present and complimented her on being sweet seventeen.' The girl asserted that it was owing to his temptations and threats that she went to live with him, but she admitted writing a letter, which was produced in Court, and contained the following passages :—' I wish, dear uncle, I could live with you alto- gether, I should then be so happy. I cannot rest for thinking of you. Yon are in my eyes every minute of the day, and I dream about you every night. I shall never love anyone else like I do you, and I will never break my promise. I love Jyou too much for that, dear uncle. I know mother does net wish me to have too L 4- V..I T _:11 • mm muuu LV onjr IN JSJu, uui x win, m spue 01 ner and father. She don't know all, and won't either. I shall not rest until I see you, for it seems so long since we met. I hope, dear uncle, there are better days in store for us, so cheer up. I shall never give you up nor forget you as long as I live. God bless you. From your loving EMILY. The Girl stated that while she was living with the defendant at a house in Henry-street, near Woolwich Dockyard, he for- bade her going to Plumstead, lest she should meet her parents, who resided there, andjalso that after a time he neglected her and treated her unkindly. In August he sent her away, saying that he could not afford to support her, and she went to the house of her married uncle, Richard Moffet, who, like the defendant, was her mother's brother. She did not go home to her parents, but afterwards got another situation. On behalf of the detendant Mr Bryceson con- tended that the girl had voluntarily left her situation and gone to the defendant, and that, as she was not under the protection of her parents, the charge of taking her from their protection could not be sustained.—Mr Marsham observed upon this point that it had not been decided in the higher Courts, but in a similar case it had been treated as a matter of fact and submitted to the Jury. He should commit the Defendant for trial, and request the Public Prosecutor to take up the case. Bail was ac- cepted.

DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF ST. ASAPH. With profound regret we announce that the Right Rev. Joshua Hughes, Lord Bishop of St. Asaph, died at Crieff on Monday afternoon, after a lingering illness. His lordship arrived at the DrummondJArms Hotel, Crieff, in August last year, in the course of a projected tour through Scotland. He intended to spend only a few days in the town, but the day after his arrival he was seized with paralysis, from the effects of which he never recovered. He re- mained quite helpless and m an unconscious condition almost continuously since the seizure, and was unable even to sign the deed of resig- nation of his diocese. Throughout his illness he was nursed by Mrs Hughes. The whole of the family were present at the closing scene, which took place at twenty minutes to three o'clock in the afternoon. The news of Bishop Hughes's death will be received with deepest concern wherever Welshmen are to be found. The late Bishop of St. Asaph, the Right Rev. Joshna Hughes, D.D., was born at Newport, Pembrokeshire, in 1807, and was, therefore, 82 years of age at the time of his death. He com- menced his scholastic career at Cardigan and afterwards went to Ystradmeurig School, in which so many of the Welsh clergy have re- ceived their primary education. Subsequently he went to St, David's College, Lampeter, where he had the privilege of studying under Dr. Ollivant, the late Bishop of Llandaff. At his final examination he took the degree of B.D., that of D.D. being conferred upon him by the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1870. During the whole of his life he took a very great interest in Lampeter College, and with his brother Welsh bishops, was present when the foundation stone of the new wing was laid, about three years ago. Having taken Orders, he commenced his career in the Church as curate to the late Arch- deacon Hughes, of Aberystwith, and was soon afterwards appointedj to the incumbency of St. David's, Carmarthen. Here his earnest and powerful ministration made him extremely popular; but in 1837 he was promoted to the living of Abergwili, where the Bishop of St. David's resides. Here he devoted himself with great energy to his work, and was successful, not only in re-building the parish church, but also in restoring the Chapel of Llanfihangel- woch-Gwili. The zeal which he displayed was fully recognised by the bishop (Dr Thirlwall), who presented him to the Vicarage of Llandin- fjat, near Llandovery. Here new fields of abour were opened out to him. The parish church required restoration, and the Rev Joshua Hughes set about the work with an amount of energy which was somewhat rare in those days. As at Abergwili, his efforts were eventually suc- cessful, and urged him to further work in the same direction. It was through his instrumen- tality that the Church of Llanfair-y-Begon was restored, and he subsequently built two school chapels in the same district. During those years of labour his abilities were fully recognised in the diocese. He became rural dean, surrogate, and Proctor in Convocation. In March, 1870, the See of St. Asaph became vacant, through the resignation of Dr. Short, and the question of appointing a Welshman as his successor was discussed. It was pointed out that for about 150 years the Welsh sees had been held by Englishmen, who could not enter into the na- tional spirit of the Welsh people, and it was argued that if the bees were to be brought back to the hive one of the first steps to be taken was the appointment of Welsh bishops. Being the first Welsh bishop appointed to a Welsh see for such a great length of time, the news of the appointment was received with great favour throughout the Principality by Churchmen and those desiring the good of their, to that time, neglected country. And throughout the remainder of his long life Wales had the best of his services. The intimate association hie high office compelled him to have with aspirants for Holy Orders soon brought to hi3 mind in the strongest possible manner the necessity of ex- tending the means of higher and intermediate education, and at the Church Congress in Swansea, held in 1879, no voice was clearer or more em- phatic that Wales should have a Welsh univer- sity than his. To the working of the Church system in his native country he devoted the closest attention. His recognition of the value of the Welsh language to the Church was most decided, and the conviction that it must be used in reviving her work was borne in upon him in an emphatic degree. To adopt words once used by the deceased prelate, to deprive a Welshman of his own language in his parish churoh be- cause the upper classes spoke English was lik6 depriving the poor man of his own ewe lamb for the benefit of a richer neighbour, and at Swan- sea, in the presence of all the chief dignitaries of the Church, both lay and cleric, he stoutly maintained that to discontiue Welsh services in parishes in which the Welsh language was spoken was in direct violation of the law. Thus Bishop Hughes was one of the earliest pioneers of Church revival in Wales. How accurate he was in his estimate of what was wanting to in- fuse that new life which is now vigorous and strong subsequent events have proved. He was said, also, to be a powerful and effective preacher both in English and Welsh. Dr Hughes was a man of fi ne personal presence, endowed with strong common sense, and of an agreeable and locial disposition in short, a fair specimen of a genuine Welshman. He also possessed a characteristic common to his countrymen, namely, a will of his own. He raised the theo- logical standard of his clergy, and candidates ] or ordination had to undergo a strict and learohing examination befoie they were ac- septed. It is said that he would not ordain anv i but graduates. Dr. Hughes llad two brothers in Holy Orders. The Rev. J. R. Hughes. rector of Llantrisant, and Professor M'Kenna Hughes, of Cambridge, are his sons. These, with several daughters and Mrs Hughes, sur- vive the late bishop. AGED BISHOPS AND AGED RABBIS.—Much has been written of late concerning the more aged Bishops of the Church. It is suggested that some of the venerable prelates who still exercise the functions of their dioceses would do well to retire in favour of younger men. This course was taken long since by our venerable Chief Rabbi, who, while retaining the title of his office, has its active duties discharged for him by his very capable and respected son, the Rev. Dr. Hermann Adler. Dr. N. M. Adler celebrated his eighty-fifth birthday last week at Brighton, where his old age is passed in the prosecution of his favourite studies and in the practice of those acts of piety and devotion which have become his second nature.—"Jewish Chronicle."

DRUNKENNESS CURED. A wealthy American Lady whose only son was for years a slave to intemperance, after seeking in vain for a cure, and trying all known remedies, at last found a simple means that cured and saved him from a drunkard's grave. Any one suffering or de airing to help others in this worthy cause by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to Mr James Hol- land, 25, Hart Street, High Holborn, London, will receive this information free of charge. Mention this paper.

SNAILS AS AN ARTICLE OF DIET. The following letter appeared in the Stan- dard of the 14th inst:- SIR,—When out for a walk the other day, I met with a man rummaging about on a bank amongst a lot of old iron and stones, collecting snails, about two gallons of which he had in a basket by his side. I expressed surprise at such an extraordinary proceeding, and asked him what he was going to do with them. They eat them up at S-n," was his reply and he assured me that after being well soaked in salt and water, and then cooked and pulled out with a pin, after the manner of whelks, and served up with a little pepper and vinegar, they made a capital repast, though ho himself preferred them roasted on the bar of the grate and served I up as oerore. upon suggesting mat in the. Summer time they would crawl away, and he must have a difficulty in keeping them in a basket, he informed me that it is only when in a dormant state that they are fit for human con- sumption. When such a cheap article of food is to be ob- tained in such abundance as they are in these parts, surely no one need starve. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, T. G. North Wilts, January 11.

CARCASE WEIGHT AND LIVE WEIGHT. It was not until Friday week that the results of the slaughter test, as applied to a number of the cattle and sheep exhibited at the recent Smith' field Show, were completed and tabulated in the Live Stock Journal.' Of course only a com* paratively small number of the animals could be followed to the block, but the average percent* ages of carcaae weight to live weight are so re* markable as to be well worth giving for the several classes into which the animals in ques' tion'were divided. Seventeen steers under two years of age averaged 65.57 per cent. 20 from two to three years, 67.25 twelve oxen from three to four, 65.20 two four years or over, 66.9 ten heifers under four years, 67.95 three cows over four years, 63.85 and the whole 64 animals 66.12. The highest per-centage of car' case weight was 74.59, recorded for a crossbred steer 908 days old, exhibited by Mr William Curry, of Hurworth, Darlington, and five other beasts gave over 70 per cent, of carcase to live weight. The average for twelve lambs was 69.36 per cent., and for the same number of wethers it was 65.58 per cent.

CHAMPION PILL SWALLOWERS. Half a century ago a man named Croot, who had administered pills in large quantities to a Satient, was tried for having caused his death. root called a number of witnesses in his defence of whose testimony the following is a speci- men :— John Morgan, a stonemason, said he knew White's Pills. He was ill about three years ago when he first began taking them. He com- menced with three, and increased them up to fifteen a night. He continued taking them for ten months. He had taken thiity at night and thirty in the morning for as long as four days together. After that he reduced the number to twenty at night and twenty in the morning. In twenty days be has taken one thousand pills, ot fifty a day. He found great benefit from them. The complaint from which the witness suffered was general debility. Another witness, a publican, deposed that he sometimes took ninety or a hundred pills a day, and a woman swore to taking one hundred and twelve in a day. Another witness swore that he had swallowed twenty thousand pills in two years. A doctor who analysed the pills de- clared that they consisted of cream of tartar, aloes, and gamboge. In spite of all witnesses for the defence, the jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the pri' soner was fined JE200.

THE ANCIENT ADVERTISER. A great deal has been written about the par which advertising plays ir the development o modern English trade, and certainly, with the sole exception of our American cousins, the art and practice of advertising has attained a com1 pleteness amongst us which is not to be matched elsewhere. But those who suppose that adver' tising is a modern invention, or a child of the printing press, or a foster child of the newspaper are under a delusion. To advertise is an inhe' rent necessity of Human society. As soon as primitive man recognised that he must be social in order to be human or humane, as soon at he began in any degree to be civilized, he began to advertise. Relics of the advertising instinct and customs of the most ancient culti. vated nations are not wanting even in London itself. The British Museum is in possession of a whole collection of ancient Greek advertisements, which was dug up in the island of Kuidos in the year 1758. They are in the form of leaden plates, upon which are inscribed the names of honest persons who had lound articles or of rogues who had stolen them. Such a plate of conrse could be used again and again, the old advertisement being erased, the plate smoothed, and a new advertisement being indented npon it. These, however, are by no means the oldest advertisements in the world' That wonderfully, cultivated people, the old Egyptians, seemed to have been regular adver' tisers. Papyrus leaves have been excavated amongst the ruins of Thebes more than three thousand years old. They are inscribed with descriptions of ruuaway slaves, and the offering of a reward to any one who can catch them and return the wretched men to their proprietors. Possibly it was a custom in Egypt, as it certainly was in Greece and Rome, to fasten advertisements upon the walls of public buildings, or the pedestals of statues, in the most frequented spots. The ancient Greeks employed a public crier, who went out into the streets with a bell, some. times accompanied with a musician. The Greek crier seems to have been a man of wit and jokes, who first gathered a crowd and entertained them, and then passed from pleasure to business. Ancient advertisements may still be deciphered upon the walls of Pompeii, which will remind the tourist of those which he sees daily in Lon- don and Paris. THROAT IRRITATION AND Couct.—Soreness and dryness, tickling and irritation, inducing cough and affecting the voice. For these symptoms use Epps's Glycerine Jujubes. In contact with the glands at the moment they are excited by the act of sucking, the Glycerine in these agreeable confections becomes ac- tively healing. Sold only in boxes 7^d., tins IF. lid., labelled ''JAMES' Epps & Co., Homoeopathic Chemists, London." Dr George Moore, in his work on "Nose and Throat Disease?," says "The Glyce- rine Jujubes prepared by James Epps and Co., are of undoubted service as a curative or palliative agent," while Dr Gordon Holmes, Senior Physician to the Municipal Throat and Ear Infirmary, writes After an extended trial, I have found your Glycerine Ju- jubes of considerable benefit in almost all forms of throat disease." A WINTER ASCENT OF THE ALPS.-The dan- gerous feat of climbing the loftiest psaks of the Alps in midwinter appears to be becoming a regular mania just now. Several cases of recent successful ascents are reported from Munich. On December 29 and 30 two South Germans ascended the Zug Spitze, a peak in the Bavarian ] Alps more than 8,000 feet high. They returned j straight to the Eib Lake on the 31st. The weather on the mountains was good, and the j Dutlook clear and fine, the descent, especially the ] latter half of it, was, however, very difficult, owing to the snow. On the same days some Americans ascended a peak about 6,000 ft. high, ] noAr "R.h+oa.at1..n in ftaveria TViair alan nVi- J .10, "u,Q6(- .w.u.a.u..A.l.VJ u"'ov tained splendid views from the mountain top. A FATAL BULL FIGIIT.- A terrible scene was witnessed a few days ago at a bull fight at Cordova. The bull, a lithe, powerful animal of the Estremadura breed, on being turned into the arena, charged the torero Martinez, one of the most distinguished men of his profession, and wounded him severely in the neck. His com- panion went immediately to his assistance, but he, too, was attacked and wounded in the left breast. The animal next rushed at a mounted picador, whose horse he killed. Its rider, violently dismounted, was picked up uncon- scious, with a fractured skull. An indescribable panic ensued, and for a time the bull was left victorious in the ring. To restore codfidence among the audience, the espada Guerrita, who happened to be present, entered the circus, and amid general applause managed to give the death-blow to the infuriated animal. Martinez died the same evening of his wound, and the Spanish newspapers are now extolling his exploit.

INFANT MARRIAGES IN INDIA. An important judgment has just been given in the High Court of Bombay on the question of infant marriage among the Parsees. In this instance, the husband was plaintiff, and he prayed to be delivered from a yoke of matri- mony laid upon him when he was seven years of age, and his wife but two years older. He is now twenty-seven, and, though he has all along chafed under the yoke, he has only just made the attempt to cast it off by the process of law. The marriage was never consummated, and never repudiated. It was, in all essentials but one, a marriage of pure form, but in that one, as it gave both the parties a legal status which the husband, at least, did not wish them to pos- sess, it became for him an intolerable grievance. Mr Justice Scott, before whom the case was tried, has felt obliged to uphold the validity of the marriage. The ple&dings were touching be- yond description. There is nothing more fate- ful in Greek tragedy than the situation of this boy and girl forced into union which, while it is entirely to the girl's taste as she reaches woman- hood, becomes altogether hateful to the man. Poor Peshotun Hormusjee Dustoor—that is the bridegroom's name—never could abide the ( thought that Meherbai WRIII in flP Ilia raol -V- 1 The marriage was arranged, as they say in May* fair, by an old uncle Hormusjee, who had adopted the little boy and given him his name and by his second wife Awabai, who was an aunt of little Meherbai. The infant Hormusjee's father was living, and he came to the wedding, and gave his consent to it by receiving a prfj- sent. The children lived in the house together, played together, walked schoolwards together. Hormusjee was always very amiable to Meher' bai but he never could be more. Meherbai had no such repugnance to him. Hormusjee is a young man of education h'? has passed through the College of Science at Poona he has obtained engineering employment under the Bombay Municipality. Meherbai was very willing to have such a husband. She had nothing to say against infant marriages. Hormusjee senior and aunt Awabai were quite of her way of thinking. They resorted to inno' cent stratagems to bring the young people to gether, and, when these failed, the old gentle' man made a touching appeal to his adopted son, Do not lose your youth in vain do not calif. your wife's youth also to be lost in vain.' For answer, the unhappy bridegroom could only lash out against the sinful laws which do not declare such marriages null.' When the adopted father died, Hormusjee went to live witb his natural father Nusserwanjee. Meherbai was sent to Nusserwanjee's house. Hormusjee straightway walked out of the house, and reo fused to return as long as she remained there. Then, on her despairing threat that she would obtain an order on him for maintenance, he filed his suit—with what result we have seen. Neither is to blame, and each suffers a torture beyond the power of imagination to conceive. A more perfect tragedy in essentials is hardly to be found. The judgment seems a very narrow one. The unhappy man protested against the marriage in every action of his life, though he did not at once file his protest in law. It is enough to have the might of England pledged in support of these abominable ^unions where both the parties assent to them. Where either objects so consistently as this poor man has done, there is surely the strongest :of all fcases for relief.

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MELANCHOLY RESULT OF A "JACK THE RIPPER" JOKE.—A Banbridge correspondent states that some time ago a young girl named Martha M'Murrin, of Mullabrack, when in bed was much terrified at seeing standing at the bedside a person dressed as a man, brandishing a weapon, and crying out "I am Jack the Rip- per." The girl never mentally recovered from the shock, and tho police have just found it necessary to take the poor creature into custody. After being medically examined she was pro- nounced a dangerous lunatic, and removed to Downpatrick Asylum. The perpetrator of the joke proved to be a female friend of the un- fortunate girl. THE WELSH BIBLE.— Earl Spencer, in a letter to Lord Aberdaro, states that Lord Charles Bruce has made an interesting discovery in his library. Among numerous Bibles he found a beautiful specimen of the Welsh Bible of 1677. It bears an inscription to the effeot that it was presented to Sir Robert Clayton, Lord Mayor, 1677, in token ol the exertions which he made in getting the Bible printed, whereby many hundreds of people in Wales were taught to read and received instruction. The inscription is signed by J. Tillotson, then canon of St. Paul's, afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury, and by about half a dozen others. It is believed that one other specimen of the Welsh Bible bearing the same date is in the library of the Duke of Bedford. These. Bibles are relics of a great educational movement which occurred in Wales after the devastation of the Civil Wars, this particular edition havintr cost no less than £2,OOÓ. 6 CHINESE MARRIAGE CuSTOMB.-Sexual selec- tion, which has doubtless greatly influenced the development and advancement of certain races has been inoperative in China during many cen- turies, because, under the prevailing usages, the contracting parties have before espousal, no op. portunity to judge of the strength, beauty, or intelligence of their consorts. Romantic love has no part in marriage or its issue. This may be one of the causes of China's arrested civilisa- tion, and of the astonishing fact that her astute people have invented nothing and discovered nothing during hundreds of years. Although polygamy is legal, it is practically so expensive and inconvenient as to be uncommon among the I masses. Under the law no man may have more than one wife, though he may add to his house- hold any number of helpmeets. The wife, brought home with unique ceremony, may under no circumstances be superseded in her well- defined sphere the penalty of an attempt to put an inferior in her place being a hundred blows. In all oases the marriage engagement is made by the senior m-mbers of the families concerned, and is usually made without the knowledge of the futur#husband or wife. Marriage being es- sential to the continuance of the line of wor- shippers before the lares and penatf- a man who will not marry is reckoned guilty of filial impiety. Spinsters are unknown and bachelors are few. The universal and intense desire for posterity in the male line of descent leads to much self-sacrifice on the part of parents, in order to secure wives for sons, and causes them to make provident arrangements for their mar- riage at an early age. Betrothals of expected infants, conditional upon their being of different sexes are not rare. Among the poor it is not uncommon for a newly-born daughter to be given away, that a girl of another clan may be taken by the mother, reared at her breast and bestowed upon her son in after years. In many families there is at least one little daughter-in- law that is being brought up in the house of her Future husband. Parents of moderate means endeavour to provide wives for their sons by the time they are twenty years old, while but few keep a daughter after she is sixteen. Those who have a marriageable son, and the means of meeting the expense of taking a daughter-in aw, place their case in the hands of an old jBLunio meuu ur or a matrimonial agent called a go-between, who finds amoog her acquaint- ances that which is required by her client. The ) parents of the two young people do not meet for conference, and are not usually known to 1 each other even by nalRe. The negotiation is 1 conducted by the go-between, Jwho is the sole medium of communication between the two families. When all details have been settled a sum of money is called from the parents of the groom to those of the bride, and the betrothal is completed. This pact can under no circum- cumstances be legally broken by either party." Even the discovery of fraud on the part of the agent does not vitiate the contract. When the bride knows that she is to be married, she must evince by word and manner the deepest melan- choly, and she gains commendation and repute if her lamentations are poetical. How much of a girl's distress is real and how much of it is piously feigned can be guessed only by those who understand how deeply Chinese character is affected by Chinese customs.—' Popular Science Monthly.' '■ r igiM jnij»'Pm i i. i_ ..i SPECIAL OFFER OF Forest Trees! Forest Trees!! Forest Trees :0: IMMENSE QUANTITIES OF Larch, Scotch Spruce, Fir, Alder, §c.,from 2 to 3ft. —————: o: FRUIT TREES ,—Standard, Pyramid, and Dwarf Trained. 1 THORN QUICKS.-Privets) and Beech for Fencing. COVERT PLANTS.-Laurels, Rhododendron, &c., &c. Grape Vines, Roses, Ornamental Shrubs, of all sizes, and in large variety Priced descriptive Catalogue Free. Special Quotations given for large quantities. Truck Loads delivered Carriage Free. Z3 PHILIP HY. SHA'W, Hillside Nurseries, Tenby. COAL AND CTTTJM STORES. North Street, St. Martin's, Haverfordwest. :0: w-. IE STO-B S E Begs to announce that he has made arrangements to carry on the COAL AND CULM BUSINESS Hitherto carried on by Mrs Harries, of the Old Quay. In respectfully soliciting a share of public patronage, W. E. M. would state that it s his intention to keep always in Stock COAL AND CULM of the BEST QUALITY, and hat all orders entrusted to him will be promptly executed. 3 Kensington Terrace, Haverfordwest, June 2, 1888. SPRING GARDENS COAL & CULM YARD I ISAAC ROBERTS Has great pleasure in informing his numerous Customers and the Public generally that he has now in stock a large quantity of the best TONDU HOUSE COAL, ALSO A QUANTITY OF Steam Coal suitable for Threshing Purposes. ■ :o: A LARGE QUANTITY OF THE BEST SAUNDERSFOOT CULM ALWAYS IN STOCK. -:0:- ALL ORDERS SHALL RECEIVE DUE & PROMPT ATTENTION October 22, 1888.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY TIME TABLE. NOVEMBER, AND UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. UP—WKKK DAYS. SUNDATS. .„ a,n)" a,Tn- a,Tn- P-m. p.m. p.m. a.m. ».m. p.m. New Milford dep. 2 45 6 45 8 40 10 35 1 5 5 0 7 » 3 55 10 0 5 0 Milford 6 20, 8 35 10 20 12 25 4 55 8 2f> John«ton 2 56 6 58 8 52 10 48 1 17 5 IS 7 17 4 8 10 13 5 13 Haverfordwest 7 9 • 2 10 59 1 28 5 24 7 27 4 17 10 24 5 24 Clarbeston Road 7 22 11 11 1 40 7 39 10 37 Clynderwen 7 35 11 23 1 52 B 46 7 51 1.! 10 50 5 46 Whitland 7 46 9 3011 33 2 2 5 55 8 I 11 15 55 St. Clears 8 2 9 50 11 54 2 20 8 18 11 16 Sarnau 8 12 12 3 2 29 8 27 11 53 Carmarthen June arr. 3 48j 8 23 10 7 12 14 2 40 6 28 8 38 5 5 11 34) 6 25 DOWN-WXBK DAY*. SUNDAYS. a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. a.m. p.m. Carmarthen June dep 12 31 5 16 9 2111 21 2 41 5 30 6 44 5 15 9 15 Sarnau 9 3111 31 2 61 (J 54 925 41 5 St. Clears 5 30 9 3911 40 3 0 7 3 5 30 9 34 Whitland. 5 48 9 6311 55 3 16 5 69 7 19 5 48 9 46 Clynderwen. 6 69 10 4|l2 6 3 27 7 80 5 59 9 57 Clarbeston Road 10 1512 18 8 39 7 42 10 9 Haverfordwest 1 18 fl 24 10 20 12 30 8 61 fl 29 7 64 6 24 10 20 Johnston 1 30 6 89 10 3812 42 4 3 6 41 8 6 6 3910 32 Milford arr. 7 1511 8 1 36 6 36 7 35 »New Milford „arr- 1 45 6 SO 10 50|l2 66 4 161 6 55 8 10« «"50;10"45

I PEMBROKE AND TENBY TIME TABLE. UP TRAINS—WAUK DAYS. SUSDAT. a.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. Pambroke-Dock dep. 8 10 10 16 12 3C 2 30 4 30 6 15 Pembroke 8 18 10 2312 38 2 40 4 38 6 23 Lamphey 8 22 10 27 § 2 45 4 42 6 27 Manorbier 8 29 10 34 12 4<5 2 56 4 50 fl 38 Penally 8 37 10 42 12 52 3 6 6 0 6 47 Tmhw f arr. 8 40 10 45 12 55 3 10 5 4 6 50 7 I dep. 8 50 10 50 1 5 5 7 7 0 Saundersfcot 8 59 11 0 1 15 6 16 7 18 Kilgetty and Begelly 9 2 11 3 1 18 .$7 21 Narberth 9 2011 20 1 40 5 35 7 38 jWhitland 9 30 11 35 1 55 545 7 50 DOWN TRAINS-WEKK VAYlI. SUNDAY. a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. Whitland dep. 6 010 012 10 3 20 6 10 7 20 Narberth 6 1410 1212 25 3 35 6 20 7 40 Kilgetty and Begelly 6 3010 2712 40 3 50 6 35 § Saundersfoot 6 3410 3012 46 3 55 6 40 8 0 T.nL_ arr. 6 4510 4012 55 4 10 6 50 8 10 y \deP- 6 5010 45 1 10 4 30 6 53 8 25 Penally.. 6 5310 48 1 13 4 34 6 56 § Manorbier 7 210 57 1 22 4 50 7 5 8 40 Lamphey 7 1011 5 1 30 4 68 7 12 Pembroke 7 1511 10 1 37 5 3 7 17 8 55 Pembioke-Dock arr. 7 25 11 2Q| 1 45 5 10 7 25 9 5 § Stop when required for through passengers on speaking to the Guard.

Autumn and Winter Fashions, 1888. -:0: MRS. SKONE REES Begs to announce that she has returned from London, and that her Show- rooms are now open with a large and varied assortment of IMIILLI UST El JEl> "27, (Both trimmed and untrimmed), Fur Capes, Fur and Feather Boas, Muffs, Woollen and other Gloves, 1 Umbrellas, &c. :o: Agent for W. § A. Gilbey's Wines fy Spirits. :0: 12 & 13 Market Street, Haverfordwest. THE ONLY BOOKBINDERS IN TOWN -:0:- All Work done on the Premises. :0: JAMES ROGERS & SON, BOOKBINDERS, Bridge Street, Haverfordwest, Beg to inform their Friends and the Public generally, that their Business is now carried on at the above Address, and to solicit a continuance of the patronage accorded to James Rogers ior the past 25 years. BOOKS BOUND IN ALL STYLES OF BINDING AND AT REASONABLE RATES. PORTFOLIOS AND SCRAP BOOKS MADE TO ORDER. Stone and Marble Works, MARINER'S SQUARE, HEVERFORDWEST. .0' [ESTABLISHED OVER 50 YEARS.} '0' W. R. MORGAN, Surviving Partner in the Firm of T- ZMIOZR/GkAJiT 6z SOUST, BEGS to thank the Nobility, Gentry, and tradespeople of the Town and County for the ver l*6™1 lonS received by his late father and himself, and also to state that the BUSINESS will still be carried on by him under the style of T. MORGAN & SON, when he lopes tohave a continuance of their past favours. Monuments, Tombs, Headstones, Crosses, Mural Tablets, 1able Tops, Chimney Pieces, &c. In Granite, Marble, Forest, Portland, and other Stones. FOREST OF DEAN HEADSTONES FROM El 10s. ESTIMATES GIVEN FOR ALL KINDS OF CHURCH WORK. MONUMENTS and HEADSTONES Repaired and Cleaned in Town or Country. AGENTS FOR THE BEST ABERDEEN GRANITE. A very large number of the Newest and most Elegant Designs, which will be forwarded with Prices on Application. A Large Size WHITE MARBLE CHIMNEY PIECE, suitable for a Drawing Room to be Sold a Bargain. NOIB XHJS ADDRESS :— T. MORGAN & SON, MARINER'S SQUARE, lIA VERFOBDWEST, -MRS. BAILLIEU, REGISTRY OFFICE FOR SER^Aij 10, GROVE PLACE, ST. THOMAS Gi HAVERFORDWEST. DEW STREET, HAVERFORDWFST- CUTLERY & GRINDING ESTABLISH" MRS. MEEK, j, BEGS to thank the public for the support • to her late husband, and to announce j? business will be carried on as heretofore iJ) 'Ø branches. All work entrusted to her will tjoo fully executed and she hopes by strict at'eD j (fif* all orders she may be favoured with, combiD M moderate charges, to merit a continuance 0 patronage. 0 def- Umbrellas Re-covered and Made toOr^/ }'\JJ THE GREAT REME})1 BLAIR'S SCIATICA, LUMBAL GOUT NEURALGIA- The acute pain ig relieved, and cured in A AND bv this celebrated MedjC^.Jp These Pills, which R H E U M A T I C etraiat of diet during I and are certain to Pre.tfJp''T T)TT t ri disease attacking any v'1(llr X xJLiXj>5« Sold by all Chemists a* and 2s. 9d. per bo 6# "CroscaaV Gold <\rt.r-.iuK Oistr. K^rr.. MnnsfieM. No HAHiHN-HAliD FiBE AHD UFfc ft1: 2fi, New Bridge Street, London, Tht Oldest Insurance Office—Instituted />/ininitun lion us lieturns•' pei- cent. per annito 2 Accumulated Funds, £ 2,280^ Applications for Agencies are EOPER'S PLASTERS, a safe and fur Cnu'hs. A't'imn, and Bronchitis. Of »H" S* Pafnt MdUHni- Pe-ilpr*. ™A»ents in Villages <fc Towns who can reign c*n get a Soverplffp buck in gnrxl businens.A <^rn Sovereign a weeM: tem.no lonor ri.«k.) D. DOBSOS.30. Jewryr CHILBLAINS Kcn,od qui, CURED sent post free KOLA Welcome Present to ffrtft, CHOCOLATE. BOYS' ETON SUn 25/- Write for Patterns and Self-Mt^* ment form to OUR BOYS' CLOTHING Holborn Viaduct, Lowjy Llr" EEE33B WORLD-FAMED THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER STORER fir FOR CLEANSING and CLEARING the from ALL IMPURITIKS it cannot be I recommended.. Jtr Forf Scrofula, Scurvy, Eczema, Skin flfi Diseases, and Sores of all kinds, it is a and permanent Cnre. It Cures Old Sores. dures Old Sores on the Neck. Cures Sore Legs. Cures Blackhead, or Pimplss on th« Cures Scwrvy. Cures Ulcers. Cures Blood and Skin Diseases. Cures Grandular Swellings. et< Clears the Blood from all Impure l From whatever cause arising, u fi As this Mixture is pleasant to the *■ £ warranted free from anything injurious to delicate constitution of either sex, the I solicit sufferers to give it a trial to test I feel duty bound to inform yon ef the effects of Clarke's Blood Mixture on me. I f. suffering over two years of severe nature. w f, conaulted the best medical aid I could Poe cure till my means were run out, and with I was compelled to come into the workhound 0 where I now am. I began to think thev get better, till I read of "Clarke'. Blood and I determined that when I could raise I would try it so I commenced to deprive little necessaries till at length I raised eleve^/Min I commenced to use the Blood Mixtures oO May 6th. I then had five wounds on the one very large one on the ankle bone, one about the size of a half-crown, and three ott A$rA almost at> large. The right leg was somewb^ /[J but there were three sores which I though break into one. All are perfectly healed »P y "'i one small place on the left ankle about tb« "j K shilling. There are fifteen patients in the 1 am in, and they were snrprized to see mj I had taken the mixture a week, and there r-Jfj of them now using it. I am Tery „orrJ. ,f jJ that, I cannot purchase another bottle, »n%!• kindly send me a small quantity I should K ijf* get it, and I shall never forget it as long ^5*urs faithfully, i( xr o tTT i EDWARD STATHRHS-I ho. 8 Ward, Anal by Road Workhouse Hosp'^ June 13, 18S8" I I write to let yon know how I am gett'^Jl received the bottle of Mixture you sent ine, wounds are completely healed up. I will hern in a few days and get to work, which premised me. I am going to reside at Mrs Bullmcr, 26, Grimbsy Lane, Market P"*?/ if you wish to use this case for the benefit poor sufferers do so. The results of your really wonderful.-I remain your thankful June 26, 1888. EDWARD GF* ,|J Sold in bottles 2s. 9d. and lis. each-* W* CHEMISTS and PATENT MEDlCl^f if DORS throughout the world, or sent for stamps by THE LINCOLN AND Mtyw COUNTIES D§UG COMPANY, Lincoln. a MARK, "BLOOD MIXTURE." MARK, "BLOOD MIXTURE." Ask for CLARKE'S BLOOD MIXTU^ not be persuaded to take an imitation. At' THK UNEMPLOTKD IN EAST LONDON, when much thought is being given to thi« 0 t ft practical suggestion mV berf Lvic" l < more than £ 300,000 worth of foreisn ms^l/' purchased by inconsiderate consumers in tbi« so true is it that evil is wrought by want °l as well as want of heart.' If all consnn>erVd! purchase Bryant and May's matches, that f be enabled to pay £ 1,000 a week more in *<5*5 large numbers of the unemployed in would thus be provided with work, instead Of 8 the ranks with pauperism. T9. 0 FLORILINE !—FOR THE TEETH AND 13110 00 few drops of the liquid "Floriline gpri*1^ C wet tooth-brush produces a pleasant llgther, thoroughly cleanses the teeth from all impurities, hardens the gums, prevents t»f1 decay, gives to the teeth a peculiar pearly-f^y and a delightful fragrance to the breath. all unpleasant odour arising from decaye(* ,< t>V tobacco smoke. "The Fragrant Florilinejg ji\j composed in part of Honey and sweet heTj:^Zr hcious to the taste, and the greateifc toile* P' of the age Price 2s. 0d., of all fumers. Wholesale depot 33„ Fairing^00 øJ London. If fe4 VALUABLE DISCOVERT FOR THE Hi^'f'1V hair is turning grey or white, or falling off, Mexican Haar Renewer," for it ^°J m every case Grey or White hair to its ori^f £ without leaving the disagreeable sme}1. Restorers, It makes the hair charming^. 0u as well as promoting the growth of the FA spots, where the glands are not dccaje<r" 3s. 6d.—For an Oil to make theHair soft, 01."g' luxuriant, ask for "CARTER'S COLOG S'irorfl Price Is. of all dealer Wholesale depot, so, øJ don Road, London io Y.of AnvICB TO MOTHERS I Are you brok«D f ci# „( rest by a sick child suffering with the teeth ? Go at once to a chemist and J?*t .j x&$ MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING It ¥^ FRY the poor sufferer immediate. It is perf*c filI 4,^1' less and pleasant to taste, it produces "j/ sleep, by relieving the child from pain, cherub awakes as bright as a button, jn, V the child, it softens the gums, allays all P** t wind, regulates the bowels, and is the tx^ remedy for dysentery and diarrhoea, whe IVi" ef ety from teething or other causes M**1 £ ls e Soothing Syrup is sold by Medicine de. J- where at Is. lidper bottle. THHOAT ABFECTIONS AND fering from irritation of the throat *D(1 will be agreeably surprised at the aim08, | relitf afforded by the use of "Bro^ ep° Troches." These famous 'lozenge8" trj*at by moat respectable chemists in this c<i t* per box. People troubled with a l,aC a "slight cold," or bronchial affection* ^>0 them too soon, as jimilar troubles, if a A3 gress, result in serious Pulmonary flI> .fl fit0, e»c affections. See that the words Troches" are on the Government Sta^R^s, jjJ" box.—Prepared by JOHN I. BKO\TN U.S. European depot 33, FarringdoP Printed by the Proprietor TH0MAs residing at St. Thomas Green, irVijglie^ County of HaTCrfordwest, and Pu^ g at the Offices,. Bridge Street, and County, on FUID&Y, January