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GARDIFF BOARD OF GUARDIANS The Salary of the Clerk. The weekly meeting of this board was held at the workhouse this morning, Dr. Paine presiding. THE HEALTH OF DR. EDWARDS. The CHAIRMAN informed the board that Dr Edward", of Taff's Well, the medical officer for the Pentyrch district, was recovering from the serious illness from wtucfi he had been suffering, but it was necessary for him to go from home to recuperate before again taking up his duties. In his absence the work would be done by Mr. White. -The board agreed to this course. POOR LAW CONFERENCE AT BRECON. The CHAIRMAN gave a detailed account of the proceedings at the Poor Law Conference held at Brecon during the week, and expressed the opinion that the result of the meeting would eventuate in great good. (Hear, hear.) Attention was drawn to the papers read by the Chairman and Dr. Sheen on the subjects of out- door medical relief and indoor medical relief, more particularly as regards nursing, respectively, and it was decided to have both papers printed and circulated amongst the members of the board. » THE SALARY OF THE CLERK. The Finance Committee reported that, having nvestigated the amount of clerical work done for the union, they recommended that the salnry paid to the clerk be increased from JE400 to J6500 per annum, that all the assistant clerks be engaged by the clerk and paid for by the board through him; and, further, that an exira clerk bo engaged at a commencing salary of j675 per uinum, rising by yearly increments of X7 10s to L2105. Mr. F. J. BEAVAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said it had been felt by everyone that the clerk (Mr. Harris) had been worked exceedingly hard, and no one doubted that a clerlr more de- voted to his duties, or who in every respect more efficiently carried them out, could not well be found. (Hear, hear.) Mr. T. H. PLAIN seconded, endorsing what had been said by Mr. Beavan, as did also the Rev. J. R. Buckley, Mr. Gerhuld, and other guardians. Mr. CHARLES KEFS (Penarth)said be would not op- pose the recommendation,so as not give the increase grudgingly, but he thought this was not the time for them to spend so much money. Mr. MILDON objected to such a recommendation being agreed to before the board had had an opportunity of comparing the present remunera- tion of the clerk with thst of the clerks of ftlier ur.ions. He would remain neuttal in the matter because he could not vote in the dark. Other members having supported the commit- tee's recommendation, the CHAIRMAN expressed the I opinion that the increase was thoroughly I deserved, and was about to put the resolution when Mr. Mildon intimated his desire toltoove a amendment.—The Chairman, however, ruled him out of order; and, though Mr. Mildon protested, declined to allow him to speak.—The resolution adopting the committee's recommendation, was I the:! put and carried, Mr. Mildon being the only dissentient.

I STEALING CABBAGES AT NEWPORT. At Newport County Petty Sessions this morning (before Messrs. E. Lewis and C. E. W. Marsh, and Major Waliis) William Ingram, labourer, Maindee, was charged with sl ealing growing cuobages at Bassalleg, I he property of Mr. Wort hy on Friday,—The prosecutor said that on the Thursday evening he saw that his cabbages were all right, but next morning, about four I o'clock, ha found that some were misnintr. He ¡ gave information to the police.—P..lice-constable r Cook said he went to a shop kept by Mrs. Allen, and there found Ule cabbages, which Mrs. Alien I said had beec sold her by a man, whose description she gave. The consiabJe cut some stump" from Broom's garden and them to the ctibbagts found at the shop. Twenty-seven cabbages had been cut, and twenty-seven were in the shop.—Ia answer to the charge prisoner said he did not3t<»a! the cabbages. He picked them up.—Prisoner was I fiued 40s. or one month.

Organ Grinders. Next month will witness the usual influx of orj/nn sjrimieis to tiie Metropolis. It is estimated that 300 "1 these men, mostly from Italy, come here every June and leave axoin iu October.

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TOWN TALK. (By" QUI VIVE.) 1 CARDIFF. SATURDAY. Agricultural Shows, -to I notice that there is every pros- pect of the Bath and West of England Society having a successful meeting at Swansea." "Yes; the authorities seem determined to give I the society every cncouiagement. and assistance. I But do yon think these agricultural shows do any great good to the community in whose interests tikey are presumably held jI" "Certainly I do. Take the show in question as an instance. During the time it is open thousands of farmers and others whose business is inseparably bound up with the welfare of agriculture will visit Swansea. Thev go to the show, see all the latest improvements in the way of machinery, inspect the best stock the most noted breeders in the country can produce, and it naturally follows that they gain new ideas, find out the best way of putting them into practice, and the result is often seen in the improvement of farmsteads throughout I the country. "No doubt mn are rlaht. I had not looked at the matter ia that way before; but there is reason in what you say." What is Charity P" ——————— What is charity ?" Well, in theory it is the embodiment of all that is good and pure and kind and benevolent." In theory ? Is it not so in practice ?' Not always. Too often amongst the orthodox it is the giving of a stone for bread, or a serpent for a fish. It is in unexpected placea—cynical as the statement may be—you meet with genuine charity." Just 80. Well, it cropped up at Cardiff Police- court yesterday over such an unlikely matter as the trial of a disorderly prostitute, who heaped co'ils of fire on the head of her accuser, by relating how she asked him for a few dry biscuits and he gave her a five-penny loaf! Candour compels me to add, however, that even here this divinest of the virtues received but imperfect illustration, for, alas! the defendant tried to make out a case of • harbouring' against her accusar," Lloyd's Bank Buildings. What are Lloyd's going to do with their bank buildings in Cardiff?" Use them for their business, I presume. Why do you ask ? They'll have too many when they take over the Bristol and West." "Oh, of course; I forgot that." "They surely will not have two branches in St. Mary-street and two at the Docks." "I should think not, but they will have to take over the buildings belonging to the Bristol and West of England." "Certainly. The Bristol and West have new premises in ht. Mar} 's-street, and Lloyd's are re- | building the Brecon Old Bank. Then at the Docks Lloyd's new branch in Mount Stuart-square is nearly completed, and the Bristol and West have recently spent a gooa round sum in making Cory's-ccrner suitable for their business. I should say Lloyd's would give up Cory's- corner and conduct their business in their new premises in Mount Stuart-square. The corner is not a desirable place for a bank; there are so many of the unemployed and street loafers always hanging round the doors." "Yes; they have been in the habit of standing there for years, and it is difficult to keep the pave- ment clear." What about the town branches r" "In that case I don't think it mutters much whether they take the Bristol and West of Eng- land premises or the Brecon Old Bank. Perhaps the latter could be better adapted for their increased requirements. There is plenty of time to make any alterations-that may be deemed qecessary, as the old building has not been demolished yet." # A Pleasant Change. — "Well, old man, haven't you a grumble or two this morning ?" Yea; got wet last night, and——" Of Which side?" Outside, of course. The rain came down in torrents just as I was going home, and I got soaking wet, with the result that I have a touch of rheumatism to-day." You shouldn't have been out so late as to have been caught in the rain." Busmesa, my boy, business." Good old business! I am afraid it Is held responsible for as many imaginary as real taxes upon many people's time. But going back to the weather, you ought to be deliehted with the change. Remember what an immense amount of good it must have done in the country. This morning every grass plot in the town looks as green and fresh as it was sunburnt and dry a few days ago. Yes, nice drop of rain, shouldn't have com- pliined if I had been under cover or had a mackintosh." Tfce New Reading Book.—What is Honour? —————— What is honour P" Well, it may be defined in theory as a fine sense of the meaning of 'doing to others as you would be done by. U Theory, again. What is it in practice?" "Ah, there, like charity, the exposition of honour' differs widely when transferred from the abstract to the concrete. What do you mean ?" "Well, I'll illustrate. There waa once a certain foreigu nobleman' who desired to attain an honourable position in this country— "Yes." To which, however, he could only attain by securing the votes and influence of a large number of British subjects. To influence those individuals this nobleman and his agents talked largely of the said baron's philanthropy and of what he bad done and was doing, for the working classes by means of an association with a bigb-sounding title." Well, that's all right, isn't it ?" Don't be too previous. Some of the indivi- duals thus appealed to—a lot of fellows who are always wanting to know the whys and the where- fores of everything—asked a lot of questions about the association." Well, that's all right. Of course, the Baron welcomed that; it would be just what he wanted." "In the innocency of your'heart, my friend, you jump to conclusions too quickly. Don't do it. It is bad for the digestion and everything else. The Baron did nothing of the sort. Instead he whined about the questions being a breach of honour, hitting below the belt.' &c., &c." Well, well, that's queer."

DAY BY DAY. f —————.————— A Cardiff Welshman is a Bible Christian minister in tbe Seilly Isles. The Rev. Dr. Probert, of Ystrad, is preparing a commentary on the Epbesians. Mr. O. M. Edwards says that Professor Ellis Edwards, M.A., of Bala College, "is far^and away the best teacher in Wales." Mr, S. T. Evans, M.P.. is an undergraduate of the University of London, having passed the intermediate examination in arts. A Cardiff county councillor, in moments of ecstacy just after the poll declared him to be elected, shouted, The Lard kill I dead—Ise in." Professor Witton Daviep, late of Haverfordwest Baptist College, now of Nottingham, is rapidly making a name for himself as an Oriental scholar. Ben Davies's pieces at the Welsh Ladies' Choir at Cardiff next Wednesday will be "Deeper and Deeper Still," Waft her Angels," and Love's Temple." An attempt is being made at Swansea to forime Civic Church." What has become of the Cardiff Church ? Has it been frightened away by the approach of the dissolution ? Thanks to the action of the worka committee, I there will in future be only one Frances-street" n Cardiff, instead of three, and, therefore, fewer puzzles for strangers to unravel. Dr. Evans, the new professor at the Bala Metho- diet Coll»ye, was a renowned eisteddfodwr in America. His views on "tbe inspiration of the Bible are generally considered to be advanced." A successor to the late principal of the North, Wales Congregational College has not yet beem fixed upon. The matter will come up at the general meeting of the subscribers on the 10th of June. Things are awry in East Carmarthenshire. The do ai you please tone of Mr. Abel Thomas's letter to the Llandilo Liberals has pleased the anti- temperance party, but the toetotalers are.going mad about it. CctDtain H. O. Piers, adjutant of the 'Car mart$»er^ Artillery Militia, has been promoted to the rank of Major in the Royal Regiment of Artillery, and will in consequence shortly b&ve to give up his militia adjutancy. A figuring crank sends to tell us that "22 players, with 44 hands, with 176 fingers and 44 thumbs, playing on 11 pianofortes, will be a sight worth seeing at the Cardiff Park-hall next Wed- nesday evening." j We will have enough beef in Cardiff for a day or two. Mr. George Hopkins has just had delivered the largest retail order ever received into Wales. It consisted of 1,000 quarters weighing 100 tons. Allotments are thriving out Whitchurch way, and if Monday night's meeting—which will be attended by Mr. John Gunn and Mr. Lascelles Carr —■is to be anything like the meetings of the past it will be worth attending. Preaching is the usual method of propagating the Faith, but St. Peter's Catholic Church rings it daily on its fine peal of bell, which is said to be the best in the diocese after those at Llandaff. Faith of our Fathers" is daily heard in the- district round St. Peter's. A deal of nonsense has been written about Dr., Berber Evans having been offered a deanery. Of course, this could rot be, as Dr. Evans is outside the pale of the Church, but the story, doubtless, originated in that little incident of 1863, when Herber wished to join the Church. A highly respectable Welsh preacher, whose English was not his strong point, was much pleased with the easy deportment of his guest's daughters, and remarked to a friend, "Yes, indeed, do you know I like the Miss Joneses very much. They are so loose in their manners." Cardiff's present mnyor can take a lesson or two from London's Lord Mayor elect, who, although a Roman Catholic, will attend the Church of England services during his year of office. Alder- man Rees, although a Nonconformist, is not so generous. Just imagine a Nonconformist mayor less liberal than a bigotted Romaniat 1 Another long-felt want has been met. Arch- deacon Thomas, of St. Asaph, has completed an index to the Archaolcgia Cambremis fiom 1846 down to 1884. It is an indent of the articles, and although it would have been more valuable if it covered the subjects, it is one which will be found of great service. Cambrian archaeologists are further than ever in obligation to Archdeacon Thomas, whose work has been laborious and long* Why don't you exercise proper discipline ?" asked General Lee of a mother at the Barry School Hoard meeting. Sir ?" replied the woman, with evident doubts as to the meaning of the word discipline. You don't exercise proper discipline," reiterated the General. The mother replied, 1 don't kuow what you mean." "You don't give him sufficient stick," said a practical member, and the woman understood with a snap. Writes a correspondentYour cartoon in the Wesiern Mail on Friday representing "Robert Bluut" hitting the" baron" below the belt has caused a deal of fun. The characters supporting the baron are capital likenesses of some of hie supporters who are to be found in the Pontllan- fraith division, especially the one with the small head and big, open mouth, and the one with top hat" and the insipid smile and vapid look. One of the Cardiff strikers is a John Ridd, who hails from South Molton. Those who have read Lorna Doone will be familiar with the name as that of the hero of the book. Exmoor-the locale of the story—is but a few miles from South Molton, where John Ridd, now of Cardiff, was, born. Will Mr. Ridd do as Professor Barbier has done, and go for" the author ? In this case however, Ridd has less to complain of than the mild professor of French. r The Barry engine driver who has made>himself famous by working l20 hours per week, and crumbling about the slackness of trade, was seen going to work on Wednesday evening. It is such a rare thing to see him going to or coming from work (says a paper, we won't quote because it steals our Day by Day "), that a deal of interest was manifested in the event. His food was con- veyed in a handcart, and he wished his family and friends good-bye before leaving. He is expected to return in the autumn. We give this paragraph in the interests of Pembroke DockIt appears from a Parliamentary return just issued that the Infectious Diseases Notification Act has been all but universally put *n action by the local sanitary bodies in England and Wales. Upwards of 1,000 authorities have now given to their districts the benefits of com- pulsory notification of infectious sickness, the total population represented, inclusive of London and of towns having local Acts, being no less than 24,012,399 out of the enumerated population of 29,001,018 persons in 1891. Alderman Ben Tillett is said to be a widely-read' man. Ruskin, Carlyle, and Newman are (accord- ing to a wiiter in the Independent) his favourites- r He has conquered Spencer's First Principles," land has recently been reading Gore's "Bampton ^Lecture on the Incarnation'' and Duff's "Old Testament Theology." We don't tie ourselves to these opinions, though we will admit that we have scarcely ever seen Ben without some book or other> —as a rule one of Carlyle'i—under his arm, whether he is on the platform or in the street. This sort of thing doesn't impress us. This is how the Gladstonian Pall Mall Gazette* writes of the Welshmen in the Commons, Mr. This sort of thing doesn't impress us. This is how the Gladstonian Pall Mall Gazette* writes of the Welshmen in the Commons, Mr. Gladstone was eagerly waiting to let the Govern- ment have it out on the Irish Local Government 1^11, but "precious hours were spent in prolonged discussions on Wie pollution of Welsh water, the hedging of Welsh fields, the fishing in Welsh rivers, and a thousand and one methods of defending the Welsh Fatherland from the incur- sions of the Birmingham alien. The fact that Mr. Chamberlain is in charge of the Birmingham Water Billbringsintoprominencetheawful fact that Welsh water is henceforth to now down Liberal UnionistØ" throats. This being so, the Welsh members did1 their utmost to remedy a bad business by securing hat the water, even if drunk by Brummagem, should be fished by Wales. Mr. Chamberlain, how ever, refused even this concession, and a grateful city will perceive that their champion can enforce their rights—whether to fish, fowl, or good red iberring.

AN EGG-BOILING MACHINE. It would appear—we live but to learn—that* hitherto mankind have boiled eggs on an entirely false principle. M. Mesdron, of Paris, is prepared to demonstrate this, and unlike the Knight of Moliere he is not only prepared to swear to the truth of his statement, but to back it up with his money. For M. Mesdron has patented his egg-boiling machine, which we are assured is, from the hygienic and gastronomic point of view, quite a revelation." In the face of asser- tions so positive it is beet not to be certain. Yet one might imagine that all that WIIS required to boil an egg was to keep it in boiling water long enough. But perhaps as the inventor of the patent method of killing a noxious insect by dropping a little powder on it remarked, when it was suggested that setting the foot on it was just as effectual and a great deal easier. Both ways are good, monsieur; both ways are good."

An Elopement I A bachelor aged 92 and a spinster aged 85 have just been united in the holy bonds at Covington, Kentucky; The giddy young things said they had 810pea.

An Old Mine. An ancient copper-mine, which was first worked 1,183 years ago, is about to be re-opened iu Musasbi, Japan.

The Earl of Clancarty in the Bankruptcy Court. The London Gazette, under the headings Notices to debtor in lieu of personal service of bankruptcy notices and petitions,and of applications to commit for contempt of court," contains the name of the Euri of Clancarty on a bankruptcy petition pre- sented by Samuel Lewis, bill-broker. The date of hearing is June 4. i

The Coming Nationa) Game-Base-Ball.

Club and Society Gossip. THE COUNTESS OF YARBOKOUQH. The Countess of Yarborough, who was the belle of the Foreign Office reception, is the sister of that Miss Violet Lane-Fox who suffered for some time from the cowardly prosecution of a man named Rowden, which obliged her on several occasions to invoke the protection of the law. Miss Violet Lane-Fox is now the Countess of Powis. Lady Yarborough takes the greatest interest in the movements for the amelioration of the condition ot women and children, and on Wednesday afternoon she opened the drawing- rooms in Arlington-street to a meeting which assembled to further the cause of prevention of cruelty to children. She and her sister are the coheiresses of the late Lord Conyers. Her hus- band, the E'lrl of Yarborough, is best known as a sportsman who bus hunted in every part of the world. THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE. This morning, at St. Michael's, Chester-square, the Earl of Westmorland plights his troth to Lady Sybil St. Clair Erskine. It win be remembered that two years ago an engagement was announced I between Lord Burghersb and the late Lord Rosslyn's pretty daughter, but the only power that Cupid cannot afford to laugh at cruelly intervened, and the affair was broken off. Since then the suitor hus succeeded to the family honours and estates, so that the only obstacle to the match being in some degree removed, all will now end happily. Lord Westmorland is in his 32nd year, and possesses many of the characteristics that made his father so popular on the turf and in society. Lady Sybil Erskine can claim a fair share of the beauty and smartness tor which her half- sister, Llidy Brooke, enjoys world-wide renown, and, like her, she is endowed with plenty of intel- ligence and kindness of heart. SARAH B&SNHAKDT'S SCHAPBOOK. Sarah Bernhardt hns a scrapbook in which she pastes up what concerns herself, occasionally adding expressions of hor own sentiments. In this she declares that she does not care for noto- riety, a statement which may be taken or left, according to taste. Sarah has jotted down her impressions of other actors. Miss Mary Anderson she considers very beautiful and graceful and a good actress, but not great. Mrs. Langtry is beau- tiful, beautiful! But Ellon Terry is the artiste I love. Oh, she is a great artiste, a grand artiste— so graceful, so bewitching; and Mr. Irving is an artiste too—more artiste, however, than actor." Madame Bernhardt thinks that an actor should retire at the age of fifty. Well, the time is getting on; but we should like to see Sarah again before she retiies. SIB E. 8KLWIN-1BBETSON. Here is a portrait from the Pall Mall Gazette of one of the new peers, Sir H. Selwin-Ibbetson, Only soc of the late Sir. John Thomas Ibbetson-Selwm, sixth baronet, by Isabella, daughter of the lare General John Leveson-Gower. of Bill Hill, Berk". Born 1826; married, first, 1850, the Hon. Sarah Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Lord Lyndhurst (she died 1865); secondly, 1867, Eden, widow of Sir Charles Ibbetson, Bart. Educated at St. John's College, Cam- bridge. Assumed the name of Ibbetson (which his father had formerly borne) in addition to that of Selwin in 1867. Was Under-Secretary for the Home Department from February, 1874, to April, 1378, and Financial Secre- .1 tarv to the Treasury from the last date to April. 1880. Was appointed second Church Estates Commissioner in 1886. A Conservative; would lighten some of the burdens of local taxation; will resist the dismemberment of our Empire and the severing of Ireland from Great Britain. Sat for South Essex from July, 1865, to December; 1868, for the West Division from that date to November, 1885, and since for the Epping Divi- sion. _——

THE LATEST PARIS TRAGEDY. I. Tragedies continue to occur with an alarming rapidity in this abnormally warm weather, and every day brings a new crime. The latest, sensa- tional event after the "affair of the Rue du Rocher" is that of the Rue de Berri, in the Cha.mps Elysees district. Albert Conor, a young « man of 26, employed at a money-changer's, had long been paying his addresses to Blanche Laval, a person who lived in rather sumptuous style in a flat in the locality mentioned. Conor, being deeply in love with the woman, viewed her movements with :suspicion, and was annoyed at her luxurious mode of living. She took certain criticisms of his with contempt, and hinted that if he was so jealous he bad better give her up and allow her to do as she pleased. These remarks rendered the lover desperate, and taking re- volver out of one of his pockets JBe fired at the woman, wounding her severely in the breast. Hearing the steps of the concierge and others who had been startled by the sbot and the cries for help which followed it Conor turned his weapon against his temples and blew out his brains. ^Blanche Laval, or, as she was professionally known, "Mdlle. Edeline," was conveyed to the Beaujon Hospital. Although in a very weak and precarious condition she was able to make a brief statement about the tragedy, which she recounted as described above. She said that she had known Conor for about five years, but she wanted him to give her up latelv, as he had lost his situation. She, however, permitted him to visit her from time to time. The dead body of the too-ardent admirer has been sent to the morgue.

THE WRECK ON LUNDY ISLAND. the Vessel Successfully Floated, The steamship Ackworth, which stranded on Lundy Island about six weeks ago, was success- fully floated this morning by the Mount Stuart Dock and Engineering Company (Limited). The work has been under the personal superin- tendence of Mr. Wailes, the manager of the company, who has been most successful in such hazardous undertakings. The Ackwortb was taken in tow by a. couple of tugs, and at J mid-day was reported to have passed Bull Point on a voyage to Cardiff, where she is expected to arrive by this afternoon's tide.

DISTRICT NEWS. Cardiff. THE Derby, Whitsun Holidays. General Travel ling.—Bishop's Improved Kit bag with shirt cise, supersedes every other make, is stronger, lighter, more roomy, and hand made. The cowhide is specially dressed, kept in repair gratis, another given when worn out none genuine unless, stamped "Bishop, saddler, Cardiff." A number of second-hand Gladstone bags a.nd portmanteaus for sale suitable for the foreign market.—Manufactory, 24, Duke-street, Cardiff. 2415

The Fatal Sequel to a Mock Trial. The Freeman s Journal saya the Government, have instructed Captain Stokem. divisional com- mander, to hold Art inquiry into t.<.e death of Mr. James Dawson, who was found dead on the road tfter a mock trial in a school in King's County.

j Footlight Flashes. The play's tbe thing.—Hamlet. Madame Albani has (says the Star) returned from the States very much thinner than when she set out—a change which she is said to fear might not be beneficial to her voice, which does not, however, seem anythe worse. Mr. Clement Scott,, the eminent dramatic critic, is of opinion that drama of the best and purest and music of the noblest and most elevating cha- racter might go hand in hand with religion and education in brightening the lives and aiding the welfare of the people. Mr. Gladstone, who competes with the veterans Walter Lacy and Henry Howe as the oldest play- goer in existence, has written a most interesting and complimentary letter to Mr. John Hare on the subject of a .0 Fool's Paradise and the acting cf Sir Peter Lund, the medical baronet. Mr. Irving appeared as a quick-change artist the other night. He cast aside his cardinal's robes, donned evening dress, and rushed off to the Hetel M6tropole in time to propose the health of the chairman (Mr. George Alexander) of the 47th anni- versary banquet in connection with the Royal General Theatrical Fund. Subscriptions were an- nounced amounting to £1,200, including blOO from the Queen. There will be an icflteresting performance of the Agamemnon of iEsehylus" in the original Greek at Bradfield College next month. It will be given in the open-air theatre, which the head-master has had carved out of a chalk pit close to the college grounds, and which is an absolute model of the ancient Greek theatres. The actors and chorus will be chosen exclusively from present pupils of Bradfield College, and the music has been composed by the precentor. Mrs. Bernard Beere made her first appearance as Fedora in Australia under disastrous circum- stances. The play bad been postponed on account of the indisposition of Mr. Herbert Standing, and, unfortunately, it was produced before that actor had recovered from a severe attack of nervous depression. It took the form of mental oblivion. Mrs. Beere in the last tragic scene could get no word or cue from hev Lorin Ipatiojf, and it became necessary to drop the curtain on an unfinished drama. But in a few night's Mrs. Bernard Beere'tt dauntless courage asserted itself, and all went well. Truly, this actress is unlucky, with this play, The first Lorin. Ipanoff at the Haymarket nearly brought the performance to grief. The stage is sometimes used for strange pur- poses, even in these days wben powers are sought to protect it from the evils of tobacco. At the Novelty, in Long Acce, the famous old play, Tom and Jerry" is employed for a pugilistic scene in Tom Cribb's Parlour, where the)" Corin- thians assemble in great force. Here Parson Charles E. Davies appears with the athletic cele- brities. Mr. Jem Hal], champion Australian pugilist, and Joe Choynski, the famous heavy- weight pugilist, of California, U.S.A. Manager I" Parson Charles E. Davies makes the following offer to any pugilist, viz., JElO to any boxer whom Jem Hall or Joe Clioynski cannot stop or "best" in four rounds by the Marquees of Queensberry's rules. This is the latest urlion of "Church and Stage." mm—m—mm

REFUSING TO OBEY ORDERS. A Seaman Gets a Month. At Cardiff Police-court this morning (before Major Sloper and Mr. Lewis Williams) John Buck,, 30, was charged with unlawfully refusing, with four other seamen who were dealt with yesterday, to obey the commands of the captain while lying in the river at Bordeaux on the 15th of May.- Captain Thomas Tate, of the steamship Acme, stated that on the 15th of May, at three o'clock in the morning, he had occasion to rouse the crew for the purpose of shifting the vessel into the Bor- deaux Docks. The prisoner and the four other seamen refused to obey his commands unless lie gave them a promise of overtime pay. This being refused they went below, and came to work at six o'clcck, by which time the captain and the- rest of the crew bad, with difficulty, shifted the vessel.- The Magistrates said that it was a very serious fioffence, and gave the prisoner four weeks hard I labour, further directing that the costs, which amounted to £ 1 19s., should be deducted out of defendant's wages." _n_"

A DONKEY SHOW. I A PiccadiUy and a part of Regent-street were on I Friday afternoon surprised by a procession of an unusual kind—a procession of -litt,le donkey shays." There were 24 of them in all, and the reason for their presence in such a locality was that they were competitors at a show which was pro- moted by the committee of the Animals' Institute. The donkeys were the property of costermongers and of small tradesmen but though the vehicles which they drew showed in some way the social position of their owner, ranging as tbey did from the humble bllrow to the neatly-made trap, there was no evidence of difference of rank m the donkeys themselves, for they all looked gentlemen from their ear-tips to their hoofs. In fact, if Piccadilly were at all scandalised by the unusual apparition of the Old Kent- road in its midst, at any rate the West-end might be consoled by the reflection that a neater, smarter set of donkeys could bard," have been found. They were clipped and curled' and decorated with rosettes, their hoofs blacked* f and their general appearance such that the lord- liest coster would have been proud to take them S 'Endon way." The Baroness Burdett-Coutls, i whose interest in tiJe condition of animals is c' the amplest nature, came to see the show in the afternoon.

MR. GLADSTONE'S VISIT TO MIDLOTHIAN. The Liberal committee in Midlothian propose recommending Mr. Gladstone to drive through every parish in the constituency and speak briefly in each village from his carriage. The committee believe that Mr. Gladstone will consent. The date of the ex-Premier's visit to "Midlothian will not be definitely fixed until the dissolution is announced.

THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEAR- ANCE OF A GIRL The young woman, Mabel Smith, diughter of a tradesman of Strood, near Rochester, whose mys- terious disappearance from home was the subject of comment by Sir John Bridge at the Bow-street Police-court, was on Friday afternoon found in London. She was identified by a gentleman from the description published in the newspapers, its she was standing near a theatre, and he at once telegraphed to her father and kept her in sight till some London friencis of the family arrived and took charge of bar.

Suicide of a Clergyman. The Rev. John Pickford, vicar of Tuddenbam St. Martin, near Ipswich, committed suicide on Fri- day afternoon. He went into the vicarage grounds' and, placitvg a gun in his mouth, blew his brains out. The cause of the act is, so far, unknown.

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Terrific Cyclone in Kansas. FOUR NEWSPAPER OFFICES WRECKED -THE CITY OF WELLING-TON IN DARKNESS. FEARFUL LOSS OF LIFE. NEW YORK, Saturday (Renter).—Tele- grams from Kansas City bripg harrowing accounts of a most destructive cyclone that visited Willington, Kansas, yesterday. The visitation was as sudden as it was appalling in its results both to, lives and property. The cyclone, which prevailed in a north- easterly direction, and gave no sign of its approach, struck the town at nine o'clock in the evening, when everybody was indoors. Within a few seconds the central parts of the city coming within its track were devastated from end to end, and even now it is impossible to estimate the loss of life. Wellington-avenue, the principal busi- ness street, is lined on both sides with ruins, whole blocks of buildings having been shaken and overthrown as violently as if the place had been rocked by an earthquake. iSumbers of vict ms were buried in the ruins, and of those who temporarily survived many were found struggling for their lives in a frantic effort to escape from the flames, which broke out in all directions in consequence of the sudden escape of gas. One woman, beyond the reach of rescuers, was burned to death. A large block, which contained six storeys and the Monitor Press printing offices, lies a heap o: bricks and mortar, and hundreds of dwellings are either totally destroyed or more or less damaged. The city shortly after the catastrophe was in darkness, and it was found necessary owing to the broken mains to cut off the supply of gas from the works, in order to save the place from utter destruction. Everybody who was in a posi- tion to render assistance rushed through the wrecked portions of the city with lanterns and organised committees of rescue and relief, and in a short time seves bodies were taken from the debris. M reports came in, however, from variou districts visited by the cyclone, every minut added fresh horrors to the situation. Th suspense was awful. Survivors in searoh oi missing relatives or friends were almost. die. tracted with anxiety, and these scenes of grief and despair were protracted long into the early hours of the morning. The Standard and Mail offices were found to have been wrecked, and the Opera House scarcely fared better, while dozens of the beat places of business will have to be rebuilt. Several ohurches and school buildings are in ruins. Mr. Phillips's mansion, which was filled with guests at the moment of the disaster, was blown down like a pack of cards, and the fatalities there, it is feared, must have been great. No fewer than four news- paper offices, it has now been ascertained, were wrecked from end to end. and the Wel- lington Foundry was also destroyed, but the storm vented its chief fury within the compass of four squares, in which every building was demolished. Fortu- nately, the residences in that particular quarter were not numerous, so that it is hoped that the loss of life may not eventually prove as appalling as might be expected. It is imposssible, however,to even approximately estimate the total number of deaths Wellington, which is the chief city in Sumner County, contains a population of 10,000. The grand army hall,now converted into a hospital, is surrounded with anxious orowds, and up to the latest advices the number of killed and injured who had been conveyed thither from the devastated districts was upwards of fifty.

ACCIDENT TO THE KOH-I-NOOR. Lloyd's age." I at Milford Baven telegraphed at 7.53 p.m. on Friday as follows The new paddle steamer Koh-i-noor, from Glasgow for London, struck Porthgain Rocks in thick weather at mid- night, smashing her bows completely in. She has 5ft. of water in the tore compartment. She arrived, here this evening, and is now beached off Mil- ford. She was assisted in by a small tug, the \i Ernest. The Koh-i-noor, built on the Clyde for the Victoria Steam Packet Association (Limited), i London, was on her voyage from Glasgow to com* menc'e running for the season.

THE BISHOP OF NORWICH. The judicial committee of the Privy Council Voided this morning in the case of Boyer w. the bishop of Norwich that the bishop was rightt, in, -fusing to institute the Rev. C. F.. P. Boyer to the (Aving of Brantham, Suffolk, on the s-i t und that, .although presented by Emmanuel Coi!«2e, Cam- bridge, Mr. Boyer had been nominated by Sir A. B. Dixie, Bart., who is a Roman Catholic, and, therefore, under the Act passed in Queen Anne's, reign, unable to nominate to a living in the Church of England.

SOLDIERS AND PUBLICANS. Mr Littler, Q.C., chairman of the Middlesex Ses- sions, addressing the grand jury this morning, referred to the circular of the Duke of Cambridga. regarding the refusal of publicans to serve soldier* in uniform, and said he should hold that if it were proved a publican refused to serve a soldier who was sober, the licensing justices would be well within their rights in refusing to renew that publican's licence.

A Ballet Girl's Love Troubles. Esther Brodie is a ballet girl, and lives in St- Oswald's-road, Fulhatr. She was in love and in great trouble because she was unsuccessful in getting a situation at Buffalo Bill's Show, where her young man played che cornet or some other soul-torturing instrument. She had followed him from Glasgow, and he kept her in fuuds for a. week, and then told her he did not wish to have anything mora to do with her. Esther thereupon, took fourpennyworth of laii-xannm. A doctor brought her round, and th. West Loudoa magis- trate yesterday ordered her to tha house of detenr tion that the chaplain might see her.

Count Tolstoi and Trades Unionism. Count Tolstoi has no confidence in Ecalirh Trades Unions. "I fear," he says, that in 11:0 course of time they will merely substitute for tbh, injustice of the minority that of the majoatyr,

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