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Business Addresess. DRINK GALORE IRISH WHISKY, SOLD AT THE PRINCIPAL BARS IN THE TOWN CERTIFICATE OF ANALYSIS. London, July 7th, 1890. I hereby certify that. I have subtnitted to a VRRY CAREFUL Chemical Analysis a sample of the "GALORE" Irish Whisky as supplied by Messis. CAREY and Co., Cardiff, and from the analytical data obtained I am in a position to testify with CONFIDENCE to its PURITY of composition and WHOLESOME character. As to its WELL-MATURED condition, the absence of FUSIL OIL and all NAUSEOUS constituents is sufficient guarantee, and I consider it to be a THOROUGHLY SOUND and RELIABLE SPIRIT, well suited for regular consumption. GRANVILLE H. SHARPE, F.C.S. Late Principal of the Liverpool College of Chemistry. SOLE PROPRIETORS:— CAREY AND CO., WHOLESALE WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, QUEEN-STREET, CARDIFF- Telephone, 553. Telegraphic Address, "Galore. 2308 [BUSINESS CARD.1 JJ A K E R AND 0 0. ESTATE, MORTGAGE, AND MERCHANTS' ASSOCIATION OFFICES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND ABROAD, l-ROTUNDA BUILDINGS, CARDIFF. jElOO to £ 100,000 from 4 per cent. LE2142
A Bet on the Boat Race, .
A Bet on the Boat Race, It may be true, as the seer says, that there is no new thing under the son, but that there. are ever new permutations and arrangements of known ingredients under the sooty pall which serves us Londoners for sky will not, 1 think, be denied. Unfortunately for the speculators in coffee palaces, it is no new thing to see a jovial body of inebriates declaring with wearisome itera- tion that "they won't go home till morn- ing," it being clear to every one but themselves that, without assistance, they couldn't if they would. Equally grievous is it that these irresponsible gentlemen are not infrequently—at the time when more re- spectable men are plunging into the unneces- sary tub—dressed in the regulation claw- hammer coat and white tie of evening. It is not wholly contrary to experience to find a four-in-hand drag drawn up opposite the Humane Society's House in Hyde-park, nor is it a fact that a howling mob and a posse of policemen never come into collision in the early hours of the morning. Not one of these things but finds itself from time to time re- peated with statistical certainty. But it is otherwise with their occurrence in a group. And surely it is not unreasonable to suppose that never before did the peaceful ducks which breed on the wocdv island by the boat-houses witness a acene even comparable to that which I am about to describe. But it will, perhaps, be better to go back somewhat in time before narrating the details of an extraordinary performance. Five years ago John Douglas, undergraduate of Trinity College, Cambridge, and Hargrave Spencer, of the same college, being at the time of full age, and in (more or less) complete possession of their faculties (I say u more or less" because there is some evidence that they were at the time, if not half-seas-over, at any rate embarked upon the waves of Dry Mono- pole) had entered into a certain wager to the tune of £500. The former had laid an even monkey that he, John Douglas, would see the finish of each ensuing inter-uuiversity boat-race for the term of the five years next following and the latter, Hargrave Spencer, had taken him; a main condition of the wager being that by no physical force should the taker thereof interfere or instigate interference with the liberty of action of the layer. It was one of those foolish bets which, with no sporting element in them, are worthy to jbake rank with the inane nigger-go-down and nigger- go-up gambling of the Yankee clubmen. Four years bad passed. Douglas bad hitherto fulfilled the necessary conditions, and now it wanted but a week to the boat race of eighteen-hundred-and-somethiug. But, in the preceding year, John Douglas, on whom habits of intemperance had vastly grown since his salad days at Cambridge, had fallen into a perilous state of ill-health. So bad, indeed, had the condition of nerves and digestion become that the doctors had insisted upon his taking a sailing trip round the world on board a ship where no facilities for indulgence would be to hand. And his friend Hargrave Spencer, although, of course, his satisfaction was chastened by the knowledge of Douglas's broken state of health, was congratulating himself on the pulling off of the wager, when, who should walk into his diggings, hearty and hale, but John Douglas himself, of whom he had heard but a week or two before as disporting himself somewhere about the Antipodes. Of course the Welpoftie was effu- sive, although, at the same time, it must be confessed Spencer felt, with the unreason- ableness bore of the wooing of fickle fortune, that somehow he was being rather hardly dealt with. Indeed, I am not at all sure that he did not persuade himself that he was virtuously indignant because a just retribu- tion had not rendered the loss of the wager one of the penalties attaching to John Douglas's intemperate habits. However, after the first bltish of the thing, he reoognised that virtuous regrets were useless, and that, if he was not to become liable for P,500 within a week, he must bestir himself in good earnest. Calling together, therefore, certain boon companions, he laid the matter before them, and, with the deliberations born of much cigarette-smoking and beer-drinking, concocted a scheme as novel as it was in accordance with the terms of the wager— which provided that by no physical duress should Douglas be prevented from fulfilling the conditions of the bet. This year the boat-race was to bo rowed as early as eight o'clock in the morning from exigency of tide, and 1t was this fact which suggested to their minds the scheme which was finally adopted. The night before the contest it was decided Hargrave Spencer should give a great supper party in honour of John Douglas's return. Festivities should commence at twelve o'clock, and should be carried on until seven in the morning, when a four-in-hand drag should be ready to convey I the party down to the race, after which the guests could turn to their downy couches and well-earned repose. Such, at least, was the programme mapped out in the invitation, which John Douglas accepted, and one o'clock on that morning fcund a jovial party, in a promising condition of hilarity, seated round Hargrave Spencer's hospitable board. Everyone was doing his best to induce the pest of the evening to yield to the seduction of the bottle. Af'.er supper card-tables were set out for those who wished to while away the hours with a mild gamble. Others chatted, smoked, drank, and sang, and altogether the party arrived at a state of considerable mental con- fusion. At five o'clock a further meal was «r served, at which more liquor than victuals was pat away, and, when seven o'clock struck most of the guests were in a condition of excessive disorder. Long before this John Douglas had laid himself wrong end on along a sofa, and .Hargrave Spencer saw, with some satisfac- tion, that he was as drunk as a lord; indeed, he begAn to hope that his friend had rendered himself so incapable of action that there would be no need of carrying out the elaborate pro- gramme which had been concocted. About half-past six, however, at which time those who were more sober than the rest were having a wash and brush-up in readiness for the morning-drive, Douglas Tolled heavily off the eooch and ?at up rubbing his eyes stupidly. I say y' fellows, bow 'bout th' boat-race ?" -he said. "1Vo shall be off in half an hour," answered some one. You'd better look slippy and have a wash. It's an awfully cold morning, and misty at that. I hope everybody's brought an ulster." By jove, good idea!" was the ohorus, and a rush was made to lay hands on Spencer's spare wraps. And when Douglas's turn came there was not a garment left to lend him. I'll tell you what, Douglas." said Spencer, "you'll have to take an inside seat on the way down, with a bottle of whisky. You'll keep warm that way, and you can get outside to see the race when we get down there. We're taking no lunch, so you'll have it all to your- self." And so it was arranged, and in due course the party started in the thick cold mist-the usual accompaniment of the race when rowed at so unreasonable an hour in the morning. Ere they drove off Spencer had again the satisfaction of seeing Douglas fast asleep in the interior, and the news was received with much hilarity and merriment by the body of young gentlemen outside. H I'll tell you what, Spencer," said Lord Archer Talboves at the last moment, wouldn't it be safer for one of us to go in- side to reassure him, if any doubt as to our destination should suggest itself? You know he might wake up at any moment." Good idea," said Spencer. P'raps I'd better go myself." Oh, no, let me," said Lord Archer, who was one of those unselfish fellows who always manage to get their own way; "I'm pretty cold out here, and prefer a warm drive." And down he jumped, and the expedition was off at last. Twice or thrice they drove round the park, Lord Archer from inside amusing the whole party vastly by hanging out of the window, from time to time, and remarking in a loud voice, evidently for the unsuspecting Douglas's benefit, on the imaginary suburban landmarks they were passing en route for Mortlake. At length, on a signal from him that the devoted victim was ripe for the final act, the drag was drawn up opposite the receivibg- house of the Royal Humane Society on the shore of the Serpentine. Four of the party went off in high glee to obtain a co Ie of pair-oar gigs, and the rest, grouped indent of the window of the drag, amused tnemse-Sces M., es by drawing upon their i maginations in loud tones for the benefit of their dupe inside. Some of them wanted to get Douglas out, and chaff him in the open, but Lord Archer inti- mated by signs that any such thing might be fatal to their plans. After considerable waiting, during which voices as if in high altercation were heard in the distance, the cry came along out of the mist, They're off!" and Hargrave Spencer and his companions began to shout at the tops of their voices, some Cambridge wins!" and others Oxford leads By this time an alien crowd, such as springs from anywhere in this hotbed of humanity we call London, had collected, and, sup- posing there was in reality a race to the fore, joined these rakish looking, Gibus-hatted young gentlemen in raising the halloo. And loud and long were the cheers and laughter as there emerged through the mist the two gigs rocking backwards and forwards beneath the uneven strokes of the only half-sober occu- pants. In shirt sleeves, evening waistcoats, white ties, and opera hats, they were indeed a sight for the gods. Time, stroke; Oxford wins;" Ten to one on Caymbridge College;" "Go it, you cripples;" By jabers, that bow's caught a crab," were a few- of the cries which greeted their appearance. Spencer and his companions were delighted with the success of their scheme. Indeed, so elated were they at the general sensation that it had caused, that it was with the more distress that they suddenly found themselves by a turn in the wheel of fortune the victims rather than the heroes of the occasion. Those who had gone in search of boats had, as appeared subsequently, reckoned without their proprietors. light o'clock had not yet struck and the hours sacred to bathing had not yet ticked themselves out. The aged custodian, fortified by the rule which had never yet been broken, had refused to sur- render up his craft until that hour. Head- strong youth had by force of arms overcome determined old age. An assault, at least con- structive, had been committed. The law bad been outraged. Its officers had been sum- moned and Spencer and his associates found themselves suddenly confronted by three policemen and a mounted patrol, and held answerable by them for their companion's outrage. The officer, springing off his horae, had thrown the reins to a bystander. Now then, you, what are you a-doing here ?" were the first words in the rough manner which the police know how to assume on accosion. Whs are you J'" said Hargrave, with in- solence assumed, for the sake of appearances, to hide a q aki ng heart. 1 hat's no business of yours, young sir, and it is business of mine to know who you are, and what you're a-doing here, aiding and abetting them fellers there (pointing to the occupants of the boats, who were resting on their oars and looking on) "in assaulting the boatkeeper and stealing of his boats. You'll just have to come along to the police- station." Look here, Bobby," said Spencer, who felt he must show fight before his fellows; look here, Bobby, none of your infernal impu- dence. If yoa don't speak civilly I'll take your number." W Now, if there is one thing in the world that puts a member of the long-suffering force's back up more than another it is being addressed familiarly by the short for Robert, and if there is one other thing which is likely to make him lose all self-control it is to have anyone threaten him to take his number as if be was a hansom cabman. And this patrol was no exception to his order, so without more ado he seized Spencer roughly by the collar, and called upon his subordinates to arrest the others. But this the Gibus-hatted young gentleman objected to, and in another minute there was a crashing of batons and a cracking of heads, such as is more often seen at a Donnybrook Fair than in respectable Cockaigne. The fight, too, had all the proper elements of a British battle, for the naval contingent, seeing the land forces in danger of being vanquished, quickly landed, and, with a wild hurroo, flew to their succour. But the contest was of short duration. The police called upon the bystanders to help them, and then the struggle could have but one termina- tion. And now, young gentlemen;" said the police-officer, who felt much more respect for his foes after their stubborn resistance, you've got to go to the police-station, and the question is, will you go quietly ? Oh, we'll come," said Spencer, we can all drive together, if you like, in the drag. There's a man inside, but he's got nothing to do with this affair." Oh, there's more of you, is there?" said the officer, stepping up to the door of the drag, but it was guiltless of an occupant. By Jove said Spencer, then Douglas wasn't too drunk when the police turned up to realise the situation and escape and Tal- boyes, too. I hope to gbodness they'll come and bail us out." The fog was by this time clearing off, and the drag soon loaded and wending its way towards the police-station, occupied, as it was, by a group of woe-begone and dissipated- looking young men, more than one of them with a bloody face, and two police-officers in uniform, the rear being brought up by a horse-patrol, naturally became the nucleus of a large and ribald crowd. However," said Hargrave, we shall get off with small fines, and I shall be able to afford every one's ex's. out of my jEoOO. I hope to goodness Douglas '11 have the decency to turn up and bail us out before the day's over." Arrived at the police-station, the now rather dejected party was ig-nominiously thrust into the cells, where they found time to chew the bitter cud of reflection until the night charges were called on before the magistrate. In due course they found themselves, hungry, sick, and heartily ashamed, in the dock, and charged with the serious offence of assaulting the police, besides conspiring together to steal the boats from the old boat- man on the Serpentine. Evidence was given to this effect, and the Magistrate, saying that
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THE ALLEGED BOYCOTTING OF…
THE ALLEGED BOYCOTTING OF WELSH LABOUR. Our Gallery correspondent telegraphs :—Mr. Speaker has privately informed Mr. Lloyd George, I believe, that it would not be in order for him to raise the question of the alleged Boycotting of Welshmen by the London and North Western Railway on the two private railway Bills before tlie House. He has, therefore, abandoned his intentions of opposition, but intends, if he has the opportunity, to raidt the question later on in some other way. From all accounts a good many Welsh employes were discharged, and in every instance re-placed by English. This, at any rate, is the charge.
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Truth, says A speech delivered by the Roman Catholic Kishop of Salford at a temperance meeting at Asliton-under-Lyne was so sensible and moderate that it deservse notice. The Bishop suggested that, whilst strong beers should be taxed, the sale of light Vieers not above a certain minimum strength should be encouraged hy being freed from duty. This is a doctrine that 1 have always preached. It is, indeed, a pity that more temperance reformers are not as reasonable and as practical ns the Bishop of Salford." A large measure of the success of the Golden Sunlight Ale may be attributed to the fact that it is hrewed on these lines, and will compare favourably with the ordinary high- coloured, strong, heady ales. It is brewed from malt pi-epared from the finest Herefordshire bar- ley, and most delicately Ijpvoured with hops, called "Wor'sters," but really grown in toe rich, fertile valleys of Herefordshire. Messrs. Watkins 1111(7 Son, of the Hereford Brewery, are the only brewers of this famous Ale, and it is sold by over 200 Agent* of the North, South, East, and West of the British Isles, South Wales Office 94-, St. Mary-strec t, Stores: Westgate-streot. Cardiff. 79759 Pies of Light and Leading ara the result of using RIZINE BAKING POW DEB. U552
A LOCAL CRIMEAN HERO.
A LOCAL CRIMEAN HERO. Captain Brown Retires on a Well- Earned Pension. Captain Simon Brown, Quartermaster of the Carmarthen Artillery Militia, has retired from the service on a pension. He enlisted into the Royal Artillery over 39 years ago, and was in the ranks close on nineteen years before he was given a commission as quartermaster in the Royal Artillery in 1871. Before being appointed quarter- master to the Carmarthen Artillery, Captain Brown was for a long period quartermaster of the district staff R.A. at Woolwich. This veteran officer took part in the Crimean War while in the ranks, participating in the Battles of Alma and Inkerman, and he also went through the whole of the siege of Sebastopol.
A MYSTERY CLEARED UP.
A MYSTERY CLEARED UP. The Welshman Who Gratuitously Dis- tributed Spurgeon's Wo ks. A few years back an announcement appeared in the newspapers that every minister and preacher who sent their addresses to Mrs. Spurgeon would receive a free copy of Mr. Spurgeon's Lectures to My Students." Over 1,000 copies were distributed all over Wales, and no one knew who the donor was. Many thought the books were paid for by the late David Davies, of Llandinam, or some other rich Welshman. The mystery is now solved. I The funds were provided by the late Richard Jones, New Shop, Dolgelly, who for several years was a deacon with the Calvinistic Methodists in that town. In addition to the gifts of books to ministers, he sent an annual subscription of j650 in aid ol^ Mr. Spurgeon's orphanage, and every Christmas he sent that institution a large bundle of flannels. One day Mrs. Spurgeon writes to him thus:—"I thank you every day of my life. I bless God for putting it into your heart. to do so much good, and especially am I thankful for being made your almoner it is a great joy to me to distribute these bo iks. Another day she writes again Your generosity is splendid. I can only say, God bless and reward you for it." After receiving a large box containing flannels, & for distribution among the families of ministers and clergymen, Mr. Spurgeon writes:—" Nobody knows who you are, bull coutd not bear to have them all thanking me for a generosity I did not possess, so I told theni the truth." One day Mr. C. H. Spurgeon writes to him thus Mrs. Spurgeon is 110 very happy in distributing the books. It quite makes her life sunny." Mi-. Jones was not a rich man, yet his charity at/home, and far from home, knew no bounds, and almost all his income was scattered thus, as he had no one to provide for after his death.
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the case appeared to be a serious one, said be should remand it to that day week, and that they must go back to prison unless substan- tial bail was forthcoming. The prisoners looked eagerly round the court for any fami- liar face, and, to their unutterable joy, saw Douglas and Lord Archer Tallboyes in the background. The former had just risen to his feet. Addressing the magistrate, he said," I, sir, shall be happy to go bail for all of these gen- tlemen." What is your name, sir," said the magis- trate, I- and what security can you give me ?" My name is John I ouglas, and I amga member of the Inter-University Club. Tfle defendant, Hargrave Spencer, too, is a mem- ber there. He is the owner of Sanfoin Hall, in Dorsetshire, and has this day become in- debted to me in the sum of JE500. I should have been here earlier to bail him out, but, immediately after leaving his rooms this morning, inside his coach, with my friend, Lord Archer Talboyes here, I ohanged my mind about accompanying these gentlemen to the Serpentine, and determined instead to go down to the boat race at Mortlake. I char- tered a passing hansom, and it was not until my return to town that I met Lord Archer, and learnt their predicament. If an officer can go with me to the club, he will learn that I can give substantial bail, eitherand, as he said this, he cast a sly look at the wretched prisoners—" in the form of a cheque from Mr. Spencer for JB500, or as you, sir, care to direct." The upshot of it all was, that a week later, Spencer and his friends were mulcted in heavy fines, and in addition had to pay not inconsiderable costs to their defending solici- tors. Douglas, too, in due course received a cheque for JE500. But Hargrave Spencer has never since been on speaking terms with Lord Archer Tal- boyes, and all his friends know well how to rouse a Berserker rage within him by en- larging upon the witty allujions to the imaginary suburban landmarks which his lordship made on that memorable drive down to the banks of the Serpentine.—Truth.