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! n-he Naval Programme. .
n-he Naval Programme. IMPORTANT PRONOUNCEMENT BY SIR EDWARD REED, M.P. ltearly a Dozen First Class Men-of-War Totally Unfit for Battle. In responding for the Naval and Military Forces" at the Chamber of Commerce banquet at Cardiff on Wednesday night, Sir E. J. REED, M.P., said it was his -food fortune to know that, even in the trying aad novel and distracting days of the anodem Navy, the Naval Service had not been Jonnd wanting either to their Queen or to j-fhemselves. (Applause.) In representing this great maritime town in Parliament, he had never thought himself so entirely an inappro- priate representative as some other persona considered him. He had been accustomed all the time to think of Cardiff aa connected oy in- visible, but very efficacious, lines with every ether port in the world, and he had always felt that the man who represented this town in Parliament witnout a careful reg-ard to its • naval greatness would be an insufficient, if not an unworthy representative. (Applause.) Same people talked as though we lived in a period when national dangers had all passe ,.wa, and when they had nothing t to but sit under their own vines and fig trees, "none daring to make us afraid while the world lasted. (A laugh.) He could not forget, however, that it was only a century ago since the French created a great revolution, and it was less than a century that one of the greatest conquerors in the world cast his eyen 1 upon this little country with no indifferent, regard, and who, after acquiring Prussia, and Austria, and many other states, would have deemed it the proudest leaf in his crown of Imperial laurel to hare mastered this island, and brought it under the doaainion of his Imperial wHI. Why, in former days, were they able to capture the superior ships of France ? Because those battles allowed one element, by sea and land, which they had always turned to account, namely, the element of time. In the old days of the warships, not only could they not sink them in five minutes, but they could hardly sink them at all. They could drive the enemy ashore, set him on fire, dismember and dismantle him, and destroy his crews, but rarely, indeed, did they succeed in sinking him, because his ships were built of very floating material, not only in the immersed, but also in the unimmersed parte, and many a time, on the sea as on the land, the English people had been de- feated for a time, but they made the best use ef that time, and succeeded in bringing honour to their country. If in the past he had Apekexi with seriousness and anxiety about the Aa-ral service, they would permit him to say th..t he had an excessive responsibility resting- upon himself. It fell to his lot between the years 1863 and 1870 to advise the Admiralty as to whether it should or should not abolish the ancient Navy and the ships, which were nothing more nor less than the improvements extending through many centuries. He advised the Board of Admiralty not to put their trust in weoden ships, but to build of iron, because they might be made as safe, and would be many times more valuable, thau the wooden struc- tures of the past. But he declared, upon his honour, that if he bad foreseen some of the insanities to which successive boards had lent themselves, he would have given them the opposite advice. (Applause.) Not Ionsr ago, only just before the late Admiral Sir George Tryon was made admiral of the Fleet, he sat next to him at dinner in London, and said he did not believe in these new-fangled ships built of iron to protect them between the wind and the water, and if he had to hoist his flag to meet an enemy he would rather hoist it on the old Hercules or Sultan. He (Sir Edward) mentiosed this because he had been told they expected him to say something about the necessity (or alleged necessity) of an increase in „ the Navy. (Applause.) There was one suffi- cient reason for a large and urgent increase in the Navy, and that was the public recognition, at last. of the unfitness for battle of nearly a dozen iirst-cjasa line of battleships. That was the statement he would like to justify. He supposed everyone present was aware that if they made any kind of ordinary iron or steel vessel of light material and pitched it into the water it would float, but if they made holes in it be- neath the water it would sink. But what pros- pect was there of their ships not having holes made in them ? Well, he was concerned in the construction at this moment of a foreign eraser. (Hear, hear.) It was a vessel without any armour at all, and without pre- tensions, but to be a very fast vessel, to do what mischief she could effect under comfortable conditions. (Laughter.) jBnt that vessel carried two 8in. guns, ten 6in. ifuick firing guns, twelve 3-pounder guns, ten l-pounder runs, two guus of something under jin- in the barrel, and two Gatling guns, and be had no hesitation in saying there that night that ,"ery one of those guns could penetrate the uu- irmoured ends of ten of their line of battleships, which, being penetrated, must sink. (Hear, hear.) Let him give them corroboration. The Admiralty had taken this question in hand, and, in reporting on the Victoria, case, had taken upon themselves the responsibility of f trying to persuade them and this country that f these ships were sufficiently safe. Let me give them reasons for doubting their statements. ('' Hear, hear," and laughter.) In the first place let him mention Dr. Elgar, who was there daring the time of the visit of the naval archi- tects. (Applause.) He was a fellow student and a fellow colleague of his (Sir Edward's) for ? years under Mr. White, the present naval eon- v" structor, and they now stood equally on a scien- tific basis with each other. (Applause.) More than that Dr. Elgar was some years ago appointed director of her Majesty's Dockyards by the Conservative Government, in recognition of his ¡ distinguished skill and ability. (Hear, hear.),: Dr. Elgar bad reviewed the Victoria report. Writing in Nature on December 14, 1893, he said — The foregoing considerations may suffice to show that we see no sufficient grounds for believing the Admiralty to be right in the assertion that the absence of an armour belt at the bow had no influence upon the final result of the collision in the ease of the Victoria, still leas that an armour belt could not be made more effective than it now is." (Applause.) He further said, rikiag of the ships he had condemned, and Admiralty—as he would show them—had condemned, Their names now figure in the co, list of first-class battleships and make our Navy appear stronger in this class of ships than it really is. If they were clashed according to their real fighting value, the necessity for adding to the number of battle- ships would appear stronger than it now does to those who cannot judge the relative merits of thips." This was a distinct statement of one of the most distinguished naval architects alive-thu,t those ships were not to be reckoned with the line of battle, and could not fight their battles at sea. (Applause.) He would next quote a Gladstoniaa admiral-if he was permitted to so call him—Admiral Lord Alcester, who was the naval secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty, and who after- wards bombarded the fortifications of Alexandra, and was raised to the peerage, and who was a man who, he knew, would be most hesitating in his condemnation of this kind. (Applause.) What did he say recently? Writing to the Daily Graphic on November 22,1893, he said :— I would hardly care to stake my reputation with some of our weak-bowed, unarmoured-end battleships in commission to-day in any fleet I took into action. You may, perha.ps, think this a strong thing to say, but it is my deliberate opinion, Why, it is simply preposterous to suppose that the enemy is going to make a target of your protected centre just to suit your convenience." If they defended one-third of the ship with armour and left the two-thirds un- defended, the enemy, who knew all about their battleships, would not waste time in attacking the armoured portions, but would concentrate their efforts upon the undefended parts. (Applause.) He had another thing to say, and it was this Since he drew attention to this question of the Victoria, and pointed out that ten other ships were as certain as she was to suffer in the same way, several of these ships had been re-called from public service. (Applause.) The Inflexible, the Duke of York, the Colossus—certainly three or four of them had been brought home, and they—that was to say the great commercial ports of this country — were to have them placed at the entrance to their rivers for their defence because, he presumed, they were not fit to defend them elsewhere. (Applause.) He had another fact. The Admiralty in the Victoria case, when they made a defence of the ship—what did they say ? They said that the Victoria only had a minute's notice to close the watertight doors, whereas they ought to have had four minutes' notice, and then the ship would just have floated after the injury — in smooth water that was. But no man ever had.' four minutes' notice of collision. (Laughter./ No man could expect or demand four minutes' I notice of a collision. (Renewed laughter.) If a man could know four minutes before the time he was going into collision, he would not go into collision—unless he was mad. (Continued laughter.) What had happened? He said to 8:1' E. Shuttleworth in the House of Commons, when these reports on the Victory appeared, "You have put the question in a new position. You and Lord Spencer and your colleagues at the Admiralty have now guaranteed to this country those ships that I condemned, and you will be the men who will send those seamen to their doom if they go to it after this warning you have had." (Ap- plause.) And, now, what did they read in the newspapers? The sister ship to the Victoria was the Sans Pareil-a ship stationed in the Mediterranean. She was a flagship. After the loss of the Victoria she was taken into the port of Spezzia to carry the flag of the admiral, although every French officer derided the situation. In the GLobe of January 5, 1894, under the heading of Naval Notes," occurred the following :— I have just received the following from the Saus Pareil, which appears to me sufficiently valuable to quote: 'We are still at Malta, and by the work they have got to do I think we shall stop here till next May. They are putting live new watertight bulk- heads into us, but I shall look out all the same for myself if we get a bump, for my opinion is we should do a Victoria.' Here was the Admiralty itself taking a flagship to the Mediterranean, away from her work, and putting' her away in dock for weeks and months for the purpose of adding more bulkheads and putting her in something like a fit condition to perform what was required of her. (Hear, hear.) Some of their battleships, to which he had re- ferred, were, like the Chinese painted forts, parading the Mediterranean and high seas, while for years past every naval station knew, as be had known, that they were totally unfit for battle, and could only go into it with the certain loss of millions of money and thousands of their men. (Applause.) With thií) corroÐo- ration he thought that, as the representa- tive of a great commercial seaport, in which the importance of the naval strength of the country must be keenly felt, he thought he should have been justified in doing all he could to bring to an end the present state of things. (Applause.) Prac- tically, they might consider the thing as good as done. (Hear, hear.) They might depend upon it very few more of those condemned I vessels would be sent out under the pretext of fighting their battles, and those that were out would be re-called as soon as they conve- niently could be re-called. (Applause). He was, in this connection, thankful to tell them that the agitation which, he almost single- handed, bad kept up for many years past had I had this effect, at any rate, of putting an abso- lute end for several years past to the adoption of those unarmoured line of battleships of the country. (Applause.) He had had reflections and imputations cast upon him in Cardiff as being a man who merely disapproved of the ships because he had not designed them, and because somebody else did. The lowest motives—motives that would be dis- graceful in a rat—had been freely attributed to him, even in that town, but he disclaimed them all—(hear, hear)—and the other day, when public anxiety was being felt about the Navy, he wrote a, letter to the Times for the purpose of allaying that anxiety, and shewing that he was just as ready to praise a good Admiralty ship as he was in condemning a bad one. (Applause.) The unarmoured ship must become the subject of the gun, or ram, or torpedo with greatest quickness, and he challenged the rig-ht of any man, be he naval architect, naval officer, or politician, to send a single ironclad ship into battle with English lives on board to which ship he had denied that protection of armour- plating, which was the only way of keeping them proof against the multiplicity of small shot and shell that would be directed against every ship that ventured into action. (Hear, bear.) He was extremely indebted to them for allowing him to attend there that night. It was always a plea- sure for him to attend non-political meetings of that kind. (Hear, hear.) During his fourteen years of political contact with the town he had never met a single Conservative who had said an unkind word to his face, and he had met thousands who had shown him the greatest possible kindness. (Applause.)
BIRCH ROD FOR INDECENCY.
BIRCH ROD FOR INDECENCY. An Example Made by the Birmingham Recorder. Henry Jones (40), labourer, was brought up for sentence at the Birmingham Quarter Sessions on Tuesday for having behaved indecently to two women, having before been convicted as a rogue and vagabond. The Recorder said he was glad that he could order prisoner what he considered the most efficacious punishment for an offence of this kind. In the first case he would sentence him to one month's imprison- ment, during which time he would receive twelve strokes with a birch rod. In the second case he would receive a further month's im- prisonment, during the last week of which he would receive twelve more strokes.
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At a meeting of the Newport Cymmrodorion 8üciBty on Tuesday evening Councillor Thomas ("Cochfarf"), of Cardiff, delivered an address upon "The Present Welsh Awakening It it a. Permanent One?" The Hev. H. Morris pre- sided, and a discussion upon the subject fol- lowed.
Coursing.
Coursing.
LIVING WHIST PAGEANT.
LIVING WHIST PAGEANT. Performers Invited to Appear at Liverpool. The living whist pageant which formed an attractive entertainment at the Park-hall, Car- diff, at the opening of the year, and which was in aidof a fund being raisedtowardsthe erection of a clergy house in connection with St. German's Church, proved so successful that the deficiency required was not only realised, but a sufficient surplus will be left to furnish the building when completed. So popular has the entertainment become that pressing invitations have beeh sent to the secretary who carried through the arrangements at Cardiff for those who took part in it to appear at Liverpool and other places in aid of local charities and Church insti- tutions, all expenses and private entertainment to be provided for them, and a special pressing invitation was also sent to the young lady who so gracefully gave illustrations of the "skirt dance" at intervals during the performance at the Park-hall, and to whom a valuable gold brooch was presented at the close of the last performance at Ca.rdin'. All those who took part in the living whist pageant will appear in a few days at Pontypridd in aid of A local charity, but all invitations from a distance have been declined, ia consequence of the number of children who take part ia the living wbist pageant and the grave responsibility a. ttached to conveying yonng children to and from places so far from their homes.
THE ARCH-SWINDLER.
THE ARCH-SWINDLER. Jabez Spencer Balfour Lives in Luxury. The Exchange Telegraph Company states that a gentleman who arrived in London on Wednesday from Argentina recognised some weeks ago Jabez Spencer Balfour while riding in the public Galera. The arch-swindler was then living in semi-Snltanic luxury in a fine hacienda at Fiores. According to report he is engaged in various enterprises, and is credited with having considerably added to his ill-gotten wealth during his stay in Argentina. The above information relates, it will be seen, to a time "some weeks ago." Since then the Extradition Treaty with the Argentine Republic has been concluded, and there is reason to believe that Mr. Balfour is no longer in the "fine hacienda." It is reported, indeed, that he has got clean away, and has taken ship for another port. Every effort is, we believe, now being made to effect his arrest, but for obvious reasons we withhold any further information at present.
LOCAL LAW CASES.
LOCAL LAW CASES. REES F. DAVIES. Iu the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice on Wednesday afternoon (before Mr. Justice Day and Mr. Justice Lawrence, sitting as a divisional court) the case of Bees v. Davies came on for hearing. Mr. Ashton Cross appeared for the defendant, the present appellant," while Mr. De Hart represented the plaintiff, the present respondent. This was an appeal from a decision of the county-court judge of Llanelly, who had refused to admit in evidence the certified copy of a will, on the ground that evidence had not been given that the probate was lost.—Their Lordships held that a certi- fied copy of the will was admissible, and directed a new trial of the counter-claim, giving the appellant the costs of the appeal. THE COLLISION OF A NEWPORT STEAMER. THE OWNERS OF THE ALASSIO V. THE OWNERS OF THE INFATIGABLE. — On Wednesday Mr. Justice Gorell Barnes, sitting with nautical assessors in the Admiralty Division of the High Court, resumed the hear- ing of the evidence in this claim and counter- claim for damages arising out of a collision which took place on the 18th of November last in the River Mersey, during a violent gale, between the steamer Alassio, of Newport, Mon- mouthshire, and the Norwegian barque Infati- gable, of the port of Arendal. Both ships were laden. The case was again adjourned.
Soldier Sent to Penal Servitude.
Soldier Sent to Penal Servitude. At Dorchester Assizex on Wednesday, Mr. Justice Vaughan Williams sentenced an Artilleryman, named Smith, to seven years' penal servitude for assaulting a girl, named Chick, at Weymouth.
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The death occurred on Wednesday at Cow- bridge of Mr. T. Spencer, Duke of Wellington Inn. The deceased had for several years been suffering from dropsy, and about three weeks ago he was seized with an attack of influenza, to which he succumbed. Mr. Spencer was well known and respected throughout the Vale and other parts of Glamorgan. The Cardiff Cycling Club held one ox a series of social meetings at the Hotel Metropola, Car- diff, on Wednesday evening. There was a large attendance.
IMPORTANT INSURANCE CASE.
IMPORTANT INSURANCE CASE. Claim for JE2,100 by a Hull Accoun- tant. In the Queen's Bench on Wednesday the case of Needler v. the Standard Accident Company was concluded so far as the jury were concerned. A Hull accountant insured with four companies to secure £ 4.000 in case of death, or £ 2,100 in the event of permanent partial disablement. Meeting with a gun accident involving the loss of the left hand, the plaintiff claimed £ 2,100. The defence was that the application for policies and the subsequent claim contained a misrepre- sentation, and that the plaintiff wilfully mutilated himself to obtain money, thus voiding policies. On questions left to them the jury found the statements in the proposals were not untrue, and that the policies were not obtained by false representa- tions. The claims contained statements false, but not intentionally so, and the injuries were not self-inflicted. On these findings Mr. Waddy argued that judgment should be given for the defendants.—Judgment was deferred pending further legal arguments on this point. The case had been five days before the Lord Chief Justice and a special jury. After an arrangement that the effect ot the finding of the jury should be argued on the 29th instant, a consultation took place, at the suggestion of the Lord Chief Justice, with a view to a settlement, and, we are informed, resulted in the defendant companies agreeing to pay plaintiff el,050 and costs of both actions, the case having been pre- viously tried at Leeds.
AN IMPORTANT LETTER.
AN IMPORTANT LETTER. Dear Sir:—"As a, number of statements have been, made with reference to my recent escape, I take this opportunity of placing before your readers this, the first authentic statement: —Three years ago last February, following convalescence from Bronchitis, I was suddenly seized with an illness which I could not aocount for. Although only 26 years of age, I found myself strioken down with what my doctor called Kidney disease. Day a-fter day, week after week, and month after month I lay, gradually growing weaker and sinking lower. J. suffered pains in the loins, shortness of breath and bronchial trouble, flatulency, food caused distress, I was sleepless and irri- table, and my urine was filled with albumen and scalded in passing. I oodtinued under doctor's care, but kept growing worse, and finally the doctor told my wife recovery waa impossible. My father said, I have read of cures even in such hopeless cases by Warner's Safe Cure.' He immediately procured a bottle and commenced giving it to me. After the fifth dose I felt some relief. In two days the doctor said, He iog better.' In one month I was up, and in a few months well and at my work again. I will verify these facts by letter or through inquiry, for I know Warner's Safe Cure saved me from the gra.ve.-Robert James Palmer, Highfield House, 13, Clarendon-street, Lake-road, Portsmouth, Hants. Lc212
UNEMPLOYED IN LIVERPOOL
UNEMPLOYED IN LIVERPOOL On Wednesday afternoon several hundred un- employod in Liverpool held a meeting prepara- tory to marching to the Town-hall and demand- ing work from the corporation. Violent speeches were made and cheers given for social revolu- tion and abolition of capitalists. Reference was made to the juvenile ball given by the Lord Mayor last week as "an entertainment to the bull pups of the aristocracy," and if the un- employed stood such things the blood of their children would be on their own heads. The Lord Mayor refused the interview.
Narrow Escape of a Ball Party.
Narrow Escape of a Ball Party. On Wednesday evening, shortly after seven o'clock, a. ball party, numbering about twenty um persons, left Cardiff in one of Mr. Chick's covered breaks for Cefn Mably. On arrival in Queen-street, opposite the Park Hotel, one of the back wheels collapsed, throwing one of the number, who was sitting outside, on the road, while the inside passengers got a shaking. As the accident happened just over the metals, the tram traffic was impeded for some time along the route. No serious personal damage was, however done, and another break was quickly on the spot, and the party proceeded on their journey.
A Convicted Prisoner Released.
A Convicted Prisoner Released. The Home Secretary, on the petition of the Northampton Trades' Council, has ordered the immediate release of James Thompson, a tramp, sentenced on the 2nd inst. by the Towcester bench of magistrates to a month's hard labour for stealing a cake valued at 31d.
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The annual meeting-of the Barry District Grocers and Provision Dealers' Association was held on Tuesday evening at the Clarence Tem- perance Hotel, Barry Dock, Mr. B. Lewis (president) in the chair.
About Jerry Building. .
About Jerry Building. CARDIFF BUILDER PROMISES TO SHOW IT UP. Mr. W. H. Allen Gives Instances of De- fective Plumbing and Tells How it Can be Remedied. [BY OUR. SPECIAL CORRICSPONDIMNT. I Before resuming the interview with Mr. W. H. Allen, which broke off short in yester- day's article, it may be well to emphasise a distinction which has been implied, though not laboured, in previous articles. Your readers mfust distinguish between the jerry-builder and the speculative builder. There are scampers found in every line, and, while a good nuuiy jerry-builders are speculative builders and many a. speculative builder has "made his pile" by jerry-work, it by no means follows that all or even a large proportion of speculative builders are also scampers. Very often a good deal of slap-dash work is done by men themselves, either to save themselves trouble or because they are inexperienced. For example, a great deal of drain-laying is done by navvies, who know as little about that sort of work as most people. It is to the education and advancement of working men themselves that the community must look for the effectual stamping out of jerry-work- Defective Rain-water Pipe. the education of the men, first, to a thorough acquaintance of the teohnique of their various trades, and then the development of the moral sense of the men, so that it shall be accounted a disgrace to be the instruments of carrying out the tricks of the scamper. As to the story which you b'a.rd of a builder removing a set of drain fittings from one house to another, and substituting dummies," said Mr. Allen, "you can take my word for this, that there is a terrace of twelve houses in Newport-road, Cardiff, the builder of which carried out that trick with the syphon which should be inserted in the drain to prevent sewer gases getting into the house. A syphon was properly fixed in the firsit drain, inspected, and paf^ed, and when the inspector had gone it was removed, a straight length of pipe put in, and the self- same syphon did duty in that way for all the twelve houses. This I know, for I have put in new syphons. The builder who did that trick has left Cardiff." What is the cure for these things?" It is in the hands of the public. Before buying or renting a house they should get it examined by some competent person, and act on his report. When repairs to drains are carried out I consider the authorities should ha.ve power to supervise such work. Another point is the employment of competent men Untrapped Yard Drain. to carry out repairs. Most people insist upon an estimate being given before giving the order for repairs, and, as everybody knows, after an estimate has been given it is the interest of the contractor, however serious the defects may be, to see that the work does not cost more. Something must suffer. There is another point in this matter of in- spection. Mr. Hafpur, the borough engineer, has a number of inspectors, who are sent out to see the drains put in. -If anything wrong is reported, notice is sent out by another department, and the latter send a man to see the work done properly. The man who discovers the defects does not follow them out to the finish, and that is a great weakness. 1 think that contractors or builders should be compelled to wait till the public works inspector has examined the work and certified that it is all right. Then the corporation have another very strange rule. In. houses with an upstairs w.c. they insist upon a. syphon being placed in the drain, but in houses with no •"— W Bad Bell Trap in ScuUery. suoh w.o. they do not require a. syphon. As a. matter of fact, every house should have a disconnecting syphon." Speaking generally, your opinion respect- ing the present state of things is re-assuring?" I asked. So far as plumbers' work is concerned," said Mr. Allen, "it is very much superior now to what it was seven or eight years ago. The registration of plumbers has made a great difference in the town. I know plumbers to- day who if told to do work in a wrong way would refuse to do it. They realise that their reputation is at stake, and they know that their registration certificate would be forfeited if they were found out doing bad work. Operative plumbers are registered, and those that are carry cards certifying to tha.t fact. Householders may call for the produc- tion of those cards, and if a man holding one of those cards is found guilty of doing any work whioh is a disgrace to the trade he is liable to be struck off the rolls." How do you interpret the phase grace to the trade'? You know that in many trades it simply means working under a. cer- tain price?" Oh, we don't limit it that way," replied Mr. Allen. Bad workmanship would be counted a disgrace amongst us. It seems to me that it is to the working men we must look for reform. I am an old Trades Unionist, and it has often occurred to me that, if by combination the various trades have been able to improve the position of their members in I Untrapped Overflow Pipe. wages and working hours, so by combination they could stamp out jerry-work by refusing to do bad work or use bad materials. Such a policy as that would bring us back the old famous days when English workmanship held such repute for solidity and durability." The illustrations which accompany this article are from drawings furnished by Mr. W. H. Allen of defects commonly found in connection with the drainage of Cardiff houses. The first shows a defective arrangement for conducting rain water, which is particularly common in working men's houses at Cardiff. It shows a section of 3in. pipe inserted in one of 3jin., with the joint unmade, and the foul air delivered in front of the house, near a window. The next block illustrates a yard dram, the mouth of which is only covered by a perfora.ted stone, and without any trap. The third is that of a typically bad bell trap, which is particularly common, even in highly rented houses. The whole apparatus is a pretence, the depth of the bell at the centre being barely half an inch, and the distance between the bell rim and the surface of the water being just a quarter of an inch, through which all the noxious gases of the drain could escape with impunity. Cardiff residents are, unfortunately, in a great many cases subjected to all the dangers arising from untrapped overflow pipes, which are illustrated in the fourth block. While, as shown in the pic- ture, the bath waste pipe is trapped, the overflow pipe is carefully connected to the waste pipe between the trap and the house drain, and thus the latter is ventilated into the bathroom. Of oourse, when the bath is used the bathroom is unusually warm, and thus every facility is provided for drawing up abundance of foul air. Other illustrations of plumbing defeats I must hold over. A CHALLENGE. The following interesting letter, addressed to the editor of the "Western Mail," has been handed over to me: — RE "JERRY BUILDERS." TO THE EDITOR OF THE WESTERN MAIL." Sir,—I am not. very rich, but I am pre- pared to put down £5 if your "Special Cor- respondent" will produce the wonderful fungus 2ft. high and 3ft. long, and will have much pleasure in presenting the same to the new free library. I am also ready to enter the field against your correspon- dent, and produce the very sources of all this so-called "jerry-building," providing you will grant me equal space as my opponent has.- I am, &c., THOMAS EVANS. 23, Dumfries-place, Cardiff, Jan. 16. With regard to the offer of £ 5, I should like to do the free library a good turn, but, unless Mr. Evans is prepared to take docu- mentary evidence in proof of the assertion respecting the fungus, the £5 remains safely ill his pocket. The particular fungus referred to has long since withered—my correspondent took no steps to preserve it; fact is, he had rather too much fungus about him at that time to wish to bottle any-even in catsup. Mr. Evans is far more practical in the second part of his letter, and I can scarcely realise the good fortune which has befallen me, that a gentleman who claims to be acquainted with the ins and outs of jerry building should boldly come forward and offer to show up the whole thing. I am sure your readers will anticipate Mr. Evans's revelations with the keenest interest, and I am sure Mr. Evans will have just as much space as is necessary, so long as he keeps to the point. "■■"ggg!;
I University College Chamber…
University College Chamber Concert. The third chamber concert in connection with the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire was given in the Lesser Park- hall, Cardiff, on Wednesday evening. There was a large and enthusiastic audience. Miss Rina Allerton was the vocalist, and gave (a) Solvejg's Song," (b) "June Song" in the first part, and (a) Allerseelen (b) "Meine Liebe ist griin in the second part, with praise- worthy effect. Mr. Leonard Borwick's piano solo, entitled Carnival," was much admired, while the remaining items of the programme, contributed by Mr. Josef Ludwig (violin) and Mr. W. E. Whitehouae (violoncello), were ren- dered with power and spirit. Mr. J. E. Deacon ably acted as accompanist.
Shocking Accident at Barry…
Shocking Accident at Barry Dock. On Wednesday afternoon, as Mr. J. James, butcher, Holtoa-road, Barry Dock, was descend- ing the cellar of his house, the trilp door accidentally fell, and a spike thereon entered his head, penetrating the skull. It is feared the brain has been injured. Mr. James lies in a precarious condition.
District News.
District News. CARDIFF CHOICE Assortment of Ladies' and Children's Aprons, Pianofores, Costumes, and Dresses. Col- larettes, Gloves, Ti6s, Silk Handkerchiefs,kc. Suitable for Christmas Presents. Also Newest Styles in Ladies' and Childrens' Millinery, Under Linen, aud Corsets, good variety and moderate prices at Mrs. Williams, 25, Royal Arcade. e3160 SKATES! SKATES! SKATES !—Best Steel from Is. per pair. Thousands to select from.—PERKINS BROS.,and Co., Cardiff. E3192
Progress of Cardiff.
Progress of Cardiff. MR. LLEWELLYN WOOD ON DOCK ACCOMMODATION. Says it is Time to Take Immediate Action as Trade is Being Driven Away To Other Ports. At the Chamber of Commerce banquet at the Royal Hotel. Oardiff, on Wednesday night, Mr. Llewellyn Wood, the president, in rising to respond for the toast of the chamber, was re- ceived with applause. At the outset, he said the chamber had its deficiencies, and, as they were aware, sometimes only made a splash when they attempted to swim. Sometimes they talked without doing much, but they had sin- cerely tried to do some useful work, and some- times had succeeded. He had sedulously tried to do all he could through the local and Parliamentary representatives. He differed from Sir Edward Reed politically, but he would be sorry if his political opinions prevented him from acknowledging the work Sir Edward had done for the benefit of the town. (Applause.) He had voted against him, and, no doubt, would do so again, but he was bound to acknowledge the efforts of Sir Edward Reed to promote the interests of the chamber and the commercial prosperity of the town. (Applause.) That might be bad politics, but it was true. The speaker went on to contend that the Custom House where it was now situated was in a wrong position, and should be removed as soon as possible. There was nothing more monstrous than tha.t the Custom House should be kept up in the town, in spite of the fact that the bulk of the business was done at the Docks, unless they could imagine the Cardiff Infirmary being removed to the top of the Brecon Beacons because the largest subscriber lived there. (Laughter.) The Custom House was going to be removed to the Docks. (Applause.) That was a great piece of news to some of them, and it would be a great boon, for which they would be immensely thankful. (Applause.) For the bringing about of this change they were indebted to the cham- ber of commerce and the corporation. He ought also to acknowledge the services rendered by Sir E. J. Reed. In fact, he did not know whether they would have been so successful ii Sir E. J. Reed had not interested himself in the matter. He believed there were half a dozen offices who were responaible for the circumlocution that had occurred, and this fact reminded him of the lines of Butler's Hudibras," The slowest insects have most legs." (Loud laughter.) Dealing with the harbour trust and dock accommoda- tion questions, Mr. Wood said that they were thinking and talking about the harbour trust because they wanted more dock accommodation, and for that reason only—let there be no mistake about it. They had not, as in the case of Manchester and as—to a limited extent—in the case of Newcastle-oa-Tyne or Glasgow, to create a waterway between their port and the sea. They had not to complain of defective management of their docks. (Applause.) Their docks were excellently managed, and if they were as well managed under a harbour trust as they were now that harbour trust would be a phenomenal body. (Laughter.) Readmitted that the want of more docks was a good reason for the promulgation of a harbour trust scheme, but it was cer- tain that considerable time would fee occupied in negotiations. In the mean- time, trade was already being forced away for want of dock accommodation. What he wanted to urge upon them was this-that, while not abandoning their pursuit of this har- bour trust, they should not lose sight of less ambitious, but more readily carried out, ideas. (Hear, hear.) The reason why they had not a large import trade was because they had not sufficient docks for it. But they not only wanted further docks, but a separate dock or docks. (Applause.) Referring to the construction of docks at Barry, he paid a tribute to the enterprise of the men interested in that undertaking, and was of opinion that the trade of Cardiff had benefitted by the healthy rivalry of Barry Dock. (Hear, hear.) Referring to the Bute Docks Company's Bill for the construction of a new export dock, he said that, although he was a Barryite, he had the moat profound appreciation for the Marquess of Bute, and for the great talents and ability of that remarkable man who represented his lord- ship in Cardiff. (Cheers.) He (the chairman) had nothing to fear and nothing to hope from either of them, and he could not therefore be charged with any- thing in the shape of sycophancy. He saw by the.Bill that there was a proposal that Parliament should give the corporation powers to make an investment in the new dock. If it were possible to get such a dock as designed con- structed as speedily as possible in order to supply the terrible want of accom- modation at Cardiff at this juncture he hoped the corporation would think once, twice, and even thrice before it refused to adopt such a proposal. (Cheers.) He quite under- stood that complications might arise, but it was Cardiff's business to see that a new dock was constructed, even at some small sacrifice. (Hear, hear.) The president then thanked the Cardiff Corporation for the very efficient way in which they had carried out the powers entrusted to them as a port sanitary authority, but sometimes, when he saw reports in the papers magnified and embellished, he felt slightly nervous. He was afraid some ever- zealous consul would send those papers to his Government, and that Cardiff would be declared an infected port. He implored Alderman Jacobs, the chairman of the health committee, to treat pressmen with as much dissimulation as his aldermanic conscience would allow-(laughter) -and could be brought within the scope of the Tenth Commandment. (Renewed laughter.) After referring to the question of postal facili- ties, Severn defences, and other matters in which the chamber of commerce had been assisted by the corporation, the president stated that a great portion of the time of Parliament was now absorbed in the consideration of what were called great ques- tions, and the consequence was that the Legisla- ture was increasingly losing its hold upon the public departments, with the result that the shortcomings due to the stolidity of the public officials were not sufficiently checked. He trusted that the corporation would use its great influence in protesting against that state of things. (Cheers.) The president concluded with an eloquent peroration, in which he pointed out what the future of Cardiff might be if its trade were fostered by the authorities.
Strike of Bargemen at Cardiff.
Strike of Bargemen at Cardiff. The strike of the fifteen canal bargemen employed by the Glamorgan Canal Company continued on Wednesday, but owing to the arrangements 'e made by Mr. Llewellyn, the manager, the boat service was not impeded. The men ceased work on Monday, owing to the non-concession of certain demands made by them with regard to alterations in prices.
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The Suspicious Boarder.
The Suspicious Boarder. "Jessie," said Anton Mosby, the forester, to his daughter, "why do you persist in your friendship for our boarder, Hayes, when you know I don't like him ? I ve warned you often enough. When a. man is ashamed to tell liis business it doesn't take much discernment to see that something is wrong. He has been in our house now about five weeks, and during the whole time has not hinted a word as to the meaning of his trips into the woods. Yesterday I saw him prowling about the old quarry, but when I asked him wha.t he was after he said he was looking for game. A likely place, indeed, to tind anything to swot r" "Father," said the daughter, "Mr. Hayes has always treated me like a gentleman, and as there is no company here I don't 888 what harm can come from talking with him." "I know that it is lonesome here, Jessie,, with no one but me for company, and when we can afford it we shaH go where you can have better advantages, but that fellow Hayes is not the right kind, and I don't want fou to have anything at all to do with him. ve left word with Dick to have his horse ready when he gete back, for he has got to leave this place to-day. Of course, I've got Do proof that he is a bad one, but it is easy enough to see. Look at his brace of Eistols. I tell you a title is, good enough ere against anything but the sheriff's posse. But I must go; remember what I say and don't look for me back before night," and Mas by turned away. Anton Mosby's occupation was to protect a large section of pine timber owned by an Eastern company from encroachments by rival firms, and necessitated long tramps along the boundaries of the great forest estate. His home was ioca-ted in a small clearing not large enough to escape the shadows of the trees for more than half of the day. The nearest village waa a lumber- ing town about fifteen miles distant. From this village ran a narrow, scraggy road out into the forest, past Mosby's house, and then at the distance of a mile or so divided, j one branch tarring sou tit and leading some- where in the direction of civilisation, the others running several miles northward and ending in an old quarry which was dug in the sjtde jp&if led^a. t t i After Mosby's departure Jessie went on j with her work indoors with a heavy heart. Her father's suspicion that the man Hayes, j who had been sojourning with them, was i only a refugee from justice pained her. He had always been very obliging about {he [ house, had books in his saddle-bags, and some- j times read aloud to her, which was a matter j of real entertainment, and while she did not j care for him she felt extremely sorry for the treatment he received at her father's hands. She had to confess, however, on ¡ thinking it over, that it was a qaeer place I for a man to come whose only occupation wa.s pleasure. The hunting was poor, the woods damp a.nd gloomy and the ledge in the distance inhabited mostly by snakes. I Her father had an idea. tha.t some day an officer of the law would ride into their little clearing and demand a prisoner; that a scene would follow, and the prisoner, esca.ping, would seek safety in the- slimy caves which penetrated the sides of the limestone ledge. He even dreamed about it, and awoke one night imbued with the idea that the house was surrounded by mounted horsemen. Day by day his suspicions in- creased, until finally, from fear of Jessie's falling in love with a villain, he decided to drive him away. drive him away. Hayes was an ordinary-looking man of about 5ft. lOin., hair brown, eyes blue, and rather quick and nervous in his speech. It was a suspicion of embarrassment in the latter respect when '(uestioned as to his business that first led Mosbj to observe his actions, and his preterence for the old quarry road, which was rough and swampy and led through a tangled growth of underbrush, seemed evident enough that he belonged bo tho,se who prefer darkness rather than light. These suspicions made Mosby, naturally a hospitable man, cold and satirical and many rut arrow of sarcasm was plumed for his victim's breast, but Hayes usually seemed j perfectly oblivious of their meaning, a fact which only further determined Mosbv in the belief tha.t he was a bad one. The season had been exceedingly dry for nearly a month not a drop of rain had fa lieu. The sand lay in drifts in the middle of the road and blew away from the roots of the trees. During the previous weeks a great fire had been raging to the northward, several towns being razed to the ground and a wide stretch of timber ruined. The ledge of rocks referred to. rim in a crescent and acted as a barrier to the flames, so that the country over which Mosby presided was left unharmed, but the smoke spread its mantle of gloom over many miles of contiguous territory. This great northern section, however, where the fires had been so destructive, was in- habited by wolves, which now, goaded by fire and hunger, sought safety to the south- Z, ward. Mosby saw them frequently, and their baying could be heard at night while prowling through the woods in search of food, but they were a cowardly lot that ran at the sight of a man, and no one experienced any uneasiness. When Mosby went on the tramp he in- variably took his rifle with him, hoping to obtain enough pelts during the season lor a robe. "Wolves," he used to say to Hayes, "are about all the game you will find about these quarters, but if you want to kill any you'd better throw away your six-shooters and get a rifle, for all the things are good L<r is to kill men, and I reckon the people around lkere are a peaceable lot. Of course, it might be a good thing if one wanted to escape a constable, but we are presuming that you want to kill animals." But his arguments as to the relative mepits and uses of the two weapons had little effect on Hayes, who still continued to carry the pistols and make excursions not into the woods where Mosby ventured, "there might be a stray deer if one happened to see it," but towards the quarry and the hills. Whether Mosby wanted to keep watch of his strange boarder's actions that day or whether his businasM led in mat direction we cannot say, but he spent the afternoon exploring the timber abutting the highlands. His observations were quite minute and the sun was beginning to redden the clouds in the west when he started for home, and by the time he reached the road it had become q!iit« dark. He had about eight miles to cover, but the way wa, so rough that he made slow progress. Here and there a nioonbfiani glistened on a sandy opening, but for the greater part of the time the foliage of the trees entirely obstructed the light, so he slumped wearily along, musing upon the evants of the previous weeks and won- dering where Hares had gone to spend the night. > A warm braze swayed the tops of thej huge pines this and the sticks which crackled under his feet were all that broke the silence of the night-all, until from the distance came suddenly to his ears the hoarse baying of a wolf. From time to time it was repeated, until from another direction arose an answering howl, prolonged and mournful. Mosby plodded along, giving little heed except wishing that he could get a sight on one of the "varmints" in a bright spot of moonlight. l'he howling of the wolves gradually became more frequent, and began to found nearer and nearer. Mosby came to a halt and examined the condition of his gun, and then, although feeling that the rifle insured his safety, began to hasten his steps. By the time he had covered another half mile he knew that there was danger benmd, for the weird sounds had in- creased into a din and an uproar. They were evidently on his trail and rapidly ap- proaching, dozens of them perhaps, coura- geous at last, from strength of number. He realised that there would be scant time for re- loading a gun after once firing, and looked about for a tree which he could climb and pick them off one at a time, but where there were trees the darkness was so deep that the project had to be abandoned as impracticable, and he could not endure the thought of remaining a prisoner all night in the uncomfortable branches of a pine tree on account of a few wolves. This decision was scarcely reached when he would gladly have changod it, for a moment later the wolves reached the road behind him at long leaps, filling the air with their mournful screams. Mosby, still cool and confident, raised his rifle to his shoulder. A gray form flashed in the light a little distance away and he fired. The howling of the pack suddenly ceased as one of their number rolled in the sand, and Mosby, after re-loading, started on a trot to a small opening. Before he reached it they were in pursuit again, ib seemed as if in greater fury than ever, notwithstanding they ha.d first feasted on the flesh- of a comrade. fq Mosby fired again, but missed his aim. For a moment they hesitated, their eyes shining in the darkness, and then gnashing their fangs, rushed forward into the light. Moisby's heavy rifle whirled around his head and descended on the skull of the foremost wolf, but the beasts, crazed with hunger, had lost all fear, and Mosby saw that he had na,et liis fate. A wave of sorrow for poor Jessie, left all alone in such a country, welled up in his heart, and then, gritting his teeth in anger, he grasped his gun stock tighter and struck again. This blow was his last, for the next instant he was borne to the ground. Bang, bang, bang, suddenly rang through the forest. A wolf with his fangs buried in Mosby's arm released his hold; another tearing furiously at his breast fell dead. The air resounded with quick reports and Mosby, weak and almost dying, saw the suspicious boarder rush into the fray, a repeater in each hand. When he next opened his eyes he was at home and Jessie by his side. "Where is Hayes?" he murmured. "Here father," she answered, and Hayes stepped forward from the shadow where he had been sitting. The old man would have given him his hand, but his arms were limp and lifeless. "You saved my life," he murmured grate- fully, "and I reckon your kind of weapons are the best, after all, among wolves. You must stay with us the whole season, and Jessie and I will do our best to entertain you." Hayes smiled. "It's was a lucky thing that you sent me away, Mr. Mosby, for otherwise I would not have been on the quarry road and saved you. I finished my work here yesterday, and so when Dick told me that I must go I started for the quarry to get some things. Jessie has told me what you feared I was and I do not blame you. It did look suspicious, and I often felt ashamed that I had to keep so quiet,, but my time has been spent negotiating pur- chases of land. I am the junior partner in a firm which expects to establish a mine in this vicinity, and came here enjoined to absolute secrecy. The business is now where this is no longer necessary, for we have contracted for all the land we want except one corner, probably the richest in ore, how- ever, of all." Hayes then opened his papers and showed a plan of the grounds. "Why," cried Mosby, that corner belongs to me and is the most worthless piece of ground on the footstool. I've always been ashamed to claim ownership." "Do you wish to sell it, Mr. Mosby?" asked Haves. form, filled in some figures, and held it in front of the old man. "For and in consideration of 20,000do!s gasped Mosby. "What does it mean?" "It means," replied Hayes, "that I con- sider it a reasonable bargain for our firm at that price." The old man recovered entirely during the course of a few months. Mr. Hayes the wln following year was frequently a boarder wit-h Jessie and her father, but one August day there was a wedding and Jessie went to board with him.—"Chicago News."
LORD REDESDALE AND JEAMES.
LORD REDESDALE AND JEAMES. The genial and eccentric Lord Redesdale early one morning made his way to the mansion of the Ea.rl of Lucan. lie had started for the races, and was dres.swJ in sporting garb, his oap put on awry, and a cigar between his lips. He rang at the front door, and the earl's best nvan-aii exquisite of the first water —answered the summons. Is the earl at home?" No, sir The hearl is not at 'ome." He mistook the caller for a sportive servant, very likely seeking employment. "Do you know if he lias gone to Windsor, my man?" No—I don't know hif'e's gone to Windsor. But I'll tell you what 1 do know. You'd a-doin' of yerself a wast deal o' credit hif you'd honly just run round to the sign o' the Bell an' Crown,' and fetch me a pot of 'alf-an'alf." "llall right; where's your money?" Wy, bless you, I don't find money for them I has to answer the bell for! 'Aven't you got a sixpenny-bit of yer own?" 1 guese I can find one." And away his lordship went, really enjoying the thing, and shortly returned with a tankard of foaming 'alf-an'alf. The valet drank it with a keen relish, emptied the pot, and then offered to return it with, "There, my good fellow—I'm much But the visitor put t.he pot baok, and cut the speech short with-" Heturn the tankard yourself, my man; ami., when your master returns, be kind enough to tell him that Lord liodes- dale called." ELs lordship left the dazed and confounded valet supporting himself against the door-post, the pewter-pot fallen to the floor, his face the picture of horror and despair, looking for all the world like one who had seen an apparition.
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Mrs. B.: "My dear Mrs. Croesus, may I not put your nama down for tickets for Prof. Pundit's course of lectures on Buddhists?" Mrs. C. "Oh, by all me&as You know how passionately food 1 am of flo wers." RMIIIKIMMIIIinMnMMHnHMnHMnMMMMMMMHHMMHNBM
ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES.
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STORIES OF ARCHBISHOP WHATELY
STORIES OF ARCHBISHOP WHATELY A correspondent of the Westminster Gazette" writes:—" When the Irish Primate's father (another John Gregg, and liishop of Cork) was dining with Archbishop Whately, the witty host hospitably called out, John Cork (Dr. Gregg's episoopal signature), 'don't stop the bottle!' I never think of Whately without remembering" the story of his ligs. He had received a present of foreign fruit the morning tha.t he had appointed for seeing a. deputaion of his rural clergy. They came to talk to him about the depth of surplice- bems, or the iniquity of having round windows --or wa* it square?—iu churches; and l i.. whole tiling was a. bore to the logician. Rural cleric after cleric took up the theme, and did not adorn it. They were all very much in earnest, and saved their Archbiwliop the trouble of talking. As the last member of the deputation was impressing his views upon his spiritual-cluef, Whately 1 Ujj", the bell, and told his butler to bring that foreign fruit.' With the last words of the discourse, he seized the waiting-salver and began his round of his visitors, saying, as he pautjed graciously before each in turn, A fig for you, sir? A fig for you.' And the deputation was outside the palace doors before the faot that the Archbishop had said no word to one of them except 'A fig for you, sir I' was grasped."
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