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NEW JJmE JgYSTBM FOR AMERICAN ORGANS fJIHOMPSON & (^HACKELL, jQ IMITED NEW HIBE SYSTEM. FOR HARMONIUMS THOMPSON A gHACKELL, IMITED QUEEN'S BUILDINGS, CARDIFF. Ake at SWANSEA, NEWPORT, MERTHYR, GLOUCESTER, PONTYPRIDD, AND PENARTH. Imemeat lid Beet Stock out of London to Select from All Instruments WMrBnted and exchanged if not approved. 7x.aJls-FroD1 108. Monthly, on NEW HIBJS STSTBM SB.—N*w Catalogue with Photographs and full detailed pa..r1;ÎICn}ø.rs sent POST FRKE on application. BUY FROM THE MAKER. TT) A R S L E Y S J. Celebrated Hand-made HATS. ONIrY TWO PRICES —ALL FUR, 2s. 9d BEAVER FELTED, 3s. 9d. 15. WYNDHAM ARCADE. MANUFACTURER, Horsforfcfa, Offers his Own Goods direct from the Loom,a.t Mill Prices, viz :— Series Fancies, Cashmeres, Beiges, Meltons, Mantle dotha Patterns sent free on application, Save all intermediate profit. Special Lot of Dress Meltons, all shades, at per yard. Address MANUFACTURER, HOS* Ï-,è. FOBTB, DAB. LEEDS. A 35usitne3g gftftressesu rjlREMENDOU S JJOWNFALL IN THE PRICE OF HAMS AND BACON AT LIPTON'S, HAMS! HAMS! rHE BEST VALUE EVER OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC! UREDIN MY OWN ESTABLISHMENTS THE FINEST IN THE WORLD NOW REDUCED TO PER 7D. LB. NO HIGHER PRICE. OTHER CHOICE QUALITIES, PER 6D. AND Q™. LB. BACON! BACON! Extra. Choicest Quality UNHEARD. OF VALUE IN gIDES JJOLLS AND CUTS AT EXTRAORDINARILY LOW JpRICES LIPTON, THE LARGEST TEA, COFFEE, and PRO- VISION DEALER in the WORLD. LOCAL BRANCHES CARDIFF High-street and St. Mary-street SWANSEA Arcade-buildings, High-street. LLANELLY 9, Stepney-street. BRISTOL 22, Wine-street. NEWPORT 4, Commercial-street. MERTHYR Market Square Buildings. Branches Everywhere. [e3306 S. ANDREWS AKD SON, FURNISHING UNDERTAKERS, Every Requisite for Funerals of all classes. OPEN CARS, HEAKSES, BROUGHAMS, SHELLIBIEBS, Belgian Horses, Ac. CHIEF Otucs30 & 31, WORKING-STREET, CARDIFF (Opposite the Monument). Branches:—The Mews, Castle-road, oath, and 'Bus Office, Glebe-street, Penarth. Telegraphic address:— "OMNIBUS," CARDIFF. A KTIFICIAL FtlEETH. K COMPLETE SET ONE GUINEA SINGLE TOOTH 2s. 6d. Five Warranty. Prize Medal. GOODMAN AND CO.. 10, DUKE-STREET, and 56, QUEEN-STREET, CARDIFF. ARTIFICIAL TEETH PAINLESSLY FITTED by Atmospheric Suction, at one-third their usual charges. No Extractions necessa-ry perfect and per- manent life-like appcarance; special SOFT PALATES for Tender Gums; perfect for Mastication md Speech. COUNTRY PATIENTS Supplied in One Visit, and Railway Fare allowed. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO REPAIRS, EXTRACTIONS, STOPPING, &c. TESTIMONIALS. Dr. ANDREW WILSON (late R. N.) says -.—" I ca.n recommend Mr. Goodman as a very skIlfal and aumane Dentist. His reasonable charges should attract to him all classes." Mr. E. VYSE, of Plaistour, says:—"I am very well nWsed with the attention I have received from you. I'he Artificial Teeth supplied have giveu me perfect satisfaction, as a previous Set I bad frOni another lentist were by no means comf01:table. I am indebted .Andrew Wilson, editor of Health, for recom no g to your establishment." Consultations Free. ijpeej ty in WHITE ENAMEL and GOLD FILL [NGS, AMERICAN DENTISTRY, and PLATKLESS PALATES. Before entering look for the Name— GOODMAN AGO., 10, DUKE-STREET, and 56, QUEEN-STREET, CARDIFF. Hours: 10 to 8. Attendance EAST BARRY every TUESDAY, at Mrs. Boyes, 25. York-place and PONTYPRIDP WEDNESDAYS, at Mrs. Pritchard, 25,Taff-atreet. WONDERFUL VALUE For a Few Weeks (hdy. BTTY AT ONCE BEFORE THEY ARE ALL GONE. pHIL TOHILLIPS, WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER 24 ST. MARY-STREET, CARDIFF Has received a large consignment of ELECTRO-PLATED CLOCKS, Also a new and ingenious ALARM CLOCK, Bither Clock <[>S. /I* D. Either Clock for <3 O for Usnally Sold by Jewellers at 5s. 6d. 5PECIMENS CAN BE SEEN IN THE WINDOW, 24, ST. MARY-STREET, £ JARDIFF R. J. HEATH AND SONS 0ARDIFF, pONTYPRIDD, AND ir ONDON, pIANOFORTE AND ORGAN J^JERCHANTS. (FROM SOUTH M-MLSS DAILY NEWS, 9-!a JANUARY, 1894.) "VERDICT Of NINB HCXDEKD."—Under this title liessrs. R. J. Heath and Sons, Queen-street, Cardiff, ,ianoforte makel's, organ 1Htilders, and mnsic ware- lOUse men, have coUeèted a.ll imposmg array of testi- nonials and Press opinions relating to the quality of he musical instruments suppiied by them. The firm s so well known in Cardiif, and, indeed, throughout iouth Wales and the West of England, that it is lardiy necessary here to dwell upon itA influence and ominanding position. This collection of testimonials erves, however, to do something more than certify o the excellence of the instrumeuts furnished by Hessrs. Heath and Sons. It sbows, jn a sense, how teady is the growth among the general public of a lesire for a knowledge of music, and how increasingly lumerous, even m the homes of the working classes re pianos, organs, and harmoniums. The sreat najority of the letters in this list relate to pianos .nà while many of them have reference to most ostly instruments c01\ta.iuiu¡¡: all the latest improve- Bents, supplied to the well-to-do, the greater nuni- >er relate to serviceable instruments purchased for he homes of the wage-earning portion of the ommunity. This growing love for so refining au art s music is It most favourable sign. For though ill he Principality music bas for generations been the I hief recreation of the people, It has for the most I art been choral music in connection with churches nd chapels that has occupied attention. Instru- Dental music is now, however, receiving its fair hare of attention, and all those in true sympathy rith the art must trust that the movement will go teadily onward. These testimonials havi; been re- eived from every quarter of the Principality, while lot a few come from other portions of the United I kingdom, and some from Sonth America, India, and 'ther distant countries. All speak most favonrably < Messrs. Heath's business methods as well as of beir instruments. R. J. HEATH AND Soxs INVITE INSPECTION. rt,?J.L ILLUSTRATED LISTS AND VERDICT POST FREE. 53407 PBICE 2s. 6d. (POSTAGE 3D.); CROWN 4ro. ILLUSTRATED. I A M E E S i OBSERVATIONAL Å STRONOMY I (A Book for Bsgiuuers). I A FEW COPIES MAY STILL BE HAD FROM I, DANIEL OWEN and CO. (LIMITED( (:lló9O litt!e;int!5!5 g):¡brtssts. CARDIFF EXHIBITION OF PERAMBULATORS AND MAIL CARTS, All the Newest Designs, for Season 1894. Temporary Premises at No. 5, ST. JOHN'S-SQUARE, During Re-building of No. 2, Working-street. A. W. SPENCER (Successor to Henry Thomas). Established over 25 years. A Large Stock of Bradbury's Prize Medal SEWING MACHINES Now on Vie-v. 28055 P R I iN G c LEANIN G CARPETS BEATEN by Gold Medal process. CURTAINS CLEANED Tinted from 9a. per Pair. WINDOWS CLE A NED. All appliances found. WASHING LAUNDRIED iu superior style. Shirts, Collui'n, & a speciality. RED CROSS VANS to All Farts Daily. Penarth Office :-19, WINDSOR-SCAD. CARDIFF STEAM LAUNDRY, CARPET AND WINDOW CLEANING COMPANY (LIMITED), MINNY STREET, CATHAYS, CARDIFF. Send p ost-card.
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SOUTH WALES TIDE TABLE. +- j E-" • FE 2 § f S O BIO s 2 •« 8 55 — H a m S J a ■4 fc M o u <e z 3 P z fc'atur- <• Morn'usc 7 c5 6 7 46 7 4 day 3 E vening 8 1i 7 10 84 — 72? April 7 (Height 36 11 32 11 57 5 2S 10 Sunda r CMorni'? 8 29 7~27 | 8 21 T.W Anril a\ Evening 8 45 1 43 j 8 37 — 7 55 April a (Heigh, 37 2 33 1 37 8 25 11 M.-J.. (Morni'g 9 3 8 1 8 55 8 13 Eveni'g- 9 20 8 18 9 12 — 8 29 (.Height 3n 3 32 < 36 9 25 0 Tuesdv C Morni'g 9 39 8 38 9 32 flTl A^rii in i Evenng 9 58 8 59 9 53 — 1 9 10 ApnI-10 (Height 31 7 | 31 0 .35 1 | 23 6 Wendes /-Morni'g 1C 18 9 21 10 9 34 dav < Evenng 10 39 9 44 10 38 j — 9 54 April 11 (Height 32 2 29 2J 32 8J 21 6 Thurs- (Morning 11 2 1C 8 :1 2 10 27 daj', N Evening 11 29 10 37 II 31 — 10 43 April 12 (Height 29 4 27 1 29 10 19 0 Frid iv (MoraillS — 11 13 — | I U 28 ArO-il Tvi Eyeniiig 12 2 11 54 12 7 | — — April lo ( Height 26 8 24 11 27 2 17 0 Roath Basin fEast Dock Sill ^Alexandra Dock §Dock Sill
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TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL D>g T »rKRVTrRK. KainkaLL Max. Mm. ^leaa. iaturday 131 64 41 52'3 0"00 Sunday 1 63 40 51'5 O'OO Sunday 1 63 40 51'5 0'00 Monday 2 64 40 52-0 O'OO Tuesday. 3 65 44 54'5 O'OO Wednesday 4 56 44 50 0 0 00 Thursday 5 66 "5 55'5 O'OO Wednesday 4 56 44 50 0 000 Thursday 5 66 a5 55'5 0-00 Friday. 6 66 40 530 0-00 The Temperature represents extreme readings of the thermometer for 24 hours elided 9 a.m., taken in the shade at Cwrt-y-Yil, Penarth. The Rainfall registered at Cwrt-y-Vil, Penaith, for the 24 hours ended 9 a.m.
-j LLANDAFF CATHEDRAL SERVICES.
LLANDAFF CATHEDRAL SERVICES. Friday, April 6.-Five p.m. Rogersin D anthem* "Hear my prayer" (Winter). Saturday, April 7.—Five p.m. Stainer in A anthem, We will rejoice (Croft). anthem, We will rejoice" (Croft).
NOTE 8.
NOTE 8. I By "OBSERVER." CARDIFF, FRIDAY MORNING. When I announced to my colleagues my in- tention of visiting the idsnionary ship. the in- telligence had a damping effect upon them all. The Acting Editor smiled a compassionate smile, as much as to say, "He's got 'em again." The reporters glowered at me with ineffable disgust, and one of them vouchsafed the as- surance that he had seen the bally thing for himself, and no powers, terrestrial or subter- ranean, would take him down there again. He ex- pected (lie explained) that there'd have been a drop of whisky on board, or, to say the least, that cake and wine would have been handed round; but, Ugh !—and he left in high dud- geon for across the road. But the most lior- riiied of all was the Poet, who exclaimed, ''What, go to see a missionary ship when them are on and he jerked a trembling finger in the direction of Ely Races. Now, to tell you the honest truth, reader, it was Mrs. Observer, and not 1, who was filled with an ardent desire to inspect that missionary ehip. It wae in vain I pleaded with her that a misnionarv ship was, after all, very much like any other ship; but, with the usual feminine curiosity, she "'wanted to see the wheels go round," so I bid farewell to my colleagues, gave the sig- nal to the better half and the olive branches, and left. Now, it so happened that I arrived at the missionary ship, yclept the John Williams (after a noble man who did what so very few orthodox people would now a-days, laid down his life for the faith that was in him to add another name to the hallowed bead-roil of J) artyrs), just as a. fine, healthy "seurshoIl from Merrthyrr look you woss come in." That was the end of the enjoyment, I surmised, and I was right. It is always to me a, sad and painful thing to be mixed up in an excur- sion, but when that excursion is from the hills, and when, further, it comprises a Sunday school or two, the thing becomes positively awful to contemplate. Well, we (Mrs. "0" & I, U know) fell into the melancholy pro- cession, and narrowly escaping death under the wheels of a Taff Vale Juggernaut we found ourselves in a seething throng opjiosite the John Williams. There was an outline of a. ship to be seen, swarmed over with "hooman beans to such an extent as to render the actual structure itself almost in- visible. In short, she was Mertliyr all over. Merthyr rode triumphantly on the bow, sprit, hung over the side, paced the decks clambered up the companions, or whatever they call 'em, climbed up the rigging, held on by the anchor, balanced on the mizzen- top, and tumbled into the smoke-stack. It was a sight for men and angels. The ship was literally packed, yet up the steep plpnk from shore poured crowds upon crowds, whilst the shore was lined with other thou- sands patiently awaiting their stem. Now, I had had some little experience of a ship on view before in the case of the Sunbeam. It was stuffy enough on board then, though there was no Sunday School in the business and no vestige of Merthyr. C, I was contemplating the prospect with something of uneasiness, when somebody tapped me on the shoulder, and who should I see on turning round but our late acting editor, now at the head of Merthyr journalism, with a mountain glow on his countenance and a twinkle in his eye which reminded one with vivid force of olden times Result—a long and pleasant chat, and a comparing of notes all round that more than made up for the humbug of boarding the missionary ship. Shall I des- cribe ths latter ? Not much especially with the eternal Gwynne-Vauglian business literally swamping the paper There w^, in fact, nothing on the ship that was not to be found on vessels in general, so far as I could see. There were the usual queer nooks and corners appa- rently arrayed with the express purpose of inducing the unwary 'longshore man to *uiafeie down auti brent his neck. There were steps of undescendable steepness, and cabins of overwhelming stuffiness-for were they not chockfull of Merthyr ? There was the cookhouse, and the engine-room, the smoke-stack, the wheel, and no doubt the main brace, the binnacle, the larboard watch, the minute gun, and all the other parts that one hears of at concerts where they sing songs cf a nautical character. I don't know much about ships myself, but have sufficient knowledge to be vastly amused at some of the Merthyrian com- ments. Thus: Hei, Shoni, where you going now ?" "0, I'm off to thp. pointed end, look you This kind of thing lent a piquancy to the Msrthyr excursion that was after all very charming at the same time if I am bound on sight-seeing again and see a Sunday School from the hills loom- ing in the distance, well I shall skip, and that without any preliminary hesitation to which all my colleagues, severally, well and truly, desire they and each of them to add a fervent Ditto. Scotsmen are from childhood taught to z;1 look upon the road south as one they will some day have to journey, and when they grow up they put the lesson to practice, and hear of it often after they've got into England, too! But 'tis seldom any Northerner returns to his native land to carry on his labours. One of the exceptions is just leaving our office, going away up north, to Aberdeen, to edit and manage an important daily paper there, whose history runs back almost to the time of the '45. Mr. James McKay has not lived very long in South Wales, but he has been among us long enough to make a host of friends, and to delight thousands outside his personal sphere by the strength, breadth, and beauty of his literary work. He will be missed, and will carry with him to the granite city the hearty good wishes of all who have come in contact with him in gal- lant little Wales. -us** The busy journalist lives necessarily more and more in the present. But Mr. McKay has found time to make a close and intelli- gent study of the past, and in Lancashire, where for years he lived and laboured, he gave to the world delightful and informing historic and topographical studies, the result of close and intelligent personal acquaintance with the district. A passionate lover of nature, and of all that is tinged with romance and antiquity, he loves nothing more than a long ramble into far-away nooks, where it is not too much to say that local residents themselves are scarcely ever seen. I will venture to say that our friend takes away with him a more vivid and more accurate impression of the environs of Car- diff than 999 persons out of every 1,000 of our population. A man with sympathies so broad, and knowledge so diverse, may be said to be at home anywhere; nevertheless, when Mr. McKay once more "sets foot upon his native heath" he will, I doubt not, feel that perfect harmony with his surroundings which every loyal heart experiences in the land of its nativity, for is it not most true that Man through all ages of revolving time, Unchanging man, in every varying clime, Deems his own land of every land the pride, Belov'd by Heaven o'er all the world beside; His home the spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest. This drop of blessed rain is welcome. We want more of it. The farmers, I hear, are raving but then the farmers are always raving. It is impossible to produce a meteerological condition that will content a farmer. At all events, Heaven has essayed the task and lamentably failed. Commercial circles have received two severe shocks during the past few days, first in the untimely death of Mr. Daff Davies and afterwards in the sad and un- timely end of Mr. Ensor-both well-known and esteemed in the community, both genial, open hearted men, greatly beloved by all with whom they came in contact. From some figures in one of the reviews it is interesting to note the wages of the iron- workers, &c., of Wales in the United States as compared with other nationalities:— Number of Average Income. Workers. Nationality. Dollars. Ill Welsh 614 62 Scotch 572 276 German 569 385 3-rish 551 238 English 534 1,294 American 520 24 French 463
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CAPTAIN MISSING. ] J
CAPTAIN MISSING. ] He had Received Bad News from Home Just Before. One of our representatives called at the office of Messrs. Christie and Co., Cardiff, the j owners of the Sapphire, and saw a member of of Messrs. Christie and Co., Cardiff, the j owners of the Sapphire, and saw a member of the firm with reference to the strange disap- j pearance of Captain Summers. The firm had received notification that Captain Summers waa 1 missing from the vessel, and the message stated 5 that there wa3 nothing to show how the captain had left the ship. He was seen in a half- dressed condition at two o'clock on Tuesday moruing by the watchman, and it :s thought 1 he then went to his cabin. At any rate, lull his ,'lothes were found lying on his bunk in a ] manner which would indicate that he had un- dressed ready for bed. Captain Summers has been with M.,«srs. Christie for about eleven < years. He bore an exemplary character as a. 1 careful navigator and a temperate man. All his accounts, &c., are correct and up to date, and the owners surmise that he must have j fallen overboard, jjerhaps whilst walking in his sleep. No one heard a cry or splash during the night, and, as the ship was lying out in the roads, it Ú; hardly probable that Captain Summers went ashore. The missing maa ;va, a, resident of SonthHa. He is unmarried. The day before his disappearance he received rather bad news from his home—news to the effect that his brothbr had been removed, to a lunatic a&y lum.
BARRY DOCK SCHEME.
BARRY DOCK SCHEME. The Engineering Staff and the Final Preliminaries. The engineering staff of the Barry Dock and Railways Company are about completing the final preliminaries for the commencement of the new dock works at Barry. The entrance to the new dock, it is understood, will not be at the 1 point originally decided upon, but near the No. 1 Jetty on the western-side, and ] the sub-tenancy of the land in this locality will be given up to the company in the I course of a few days. A meeting of the Barry directors will be held probably to-day ] (Friday) at Barry Dock, and the question of J inviting tenders for the first section of the new works will, it is stated, be determined.
Heavy Sentence. ;
Heavy Sentence. ] At the Old Bailey on Thursday Eustralius 1 Pandeli Ralli, 36, stockbroker, who was con- i victed at last sessions of forging and uttering a deed of indemnity for £3,500, was brought up j for sentence, and the Recorder, who said he i could not regard the case other than as a very serious one, sentenced the prisoner to eight < K«ntha' imprisonment with hard labour, 1
The Need of Pontypridd.
The Need of Pontypridd. DAI PONTYPRIDD Jawch. man, I have been growin' fast enough, and now I was want a corporation.
CHURCH SCHOOLS. !
CHURCH SCHOOLS. Unreasonable Demands of the Educa- tion Department. The following letter from the Rev. H. Addams-Williams, rector of Llangibbv, Mon., adduces facts which largely confirm the state- ments made by our correspondent who, in the Western Mail" of last Thursday, described the manner in which the Education Department just now harra-ss the managers of National Schools. The rev. gentleman writes:- 1 may premise by saying that there are two schools—one at Llangibby itself, and one at the outlying hamlet of Coedypaen, and that, these two schools serve to educate the children of the parishes of Llangibbv, Tredunnock, Llan- degveth, and Llanddewi, with a few from Llanbadock and Panteg. The total area is about 8,035 acres; the population is about 876, and the ratable value about £ 7,643. The schools are supported by the Government grants, voluntary subscriptions, and a volun- tary rate of Id. in the J3. They are managed by a committee of fourteen: eight from Llan- gibby. four from Tredunnock, and two (not yet: elected) from Llanddewi and Llandegveth, who have just joined the union. At present there are nine Churchmen and three Nonconformists; on the committee. The country is purely agri- cultural, and, therefore, the committee think it only right to be economical. Still, I think you will gather that we do not hesitate to spend when necessary. First, as to Llangibby School. In 1889 we were asked to put up a cloak-room, and did so before, the present building rules, dated the 1st of January, 1890, were issued. On the 10th of May, 1890, the inspector reported, "The re- moval of the children's hats and garments from the schoolroom into a new shed is a great im- provement: the healthiness of the low school- room would be further improved by a Boyle's or some other good ventilator on the roof. Now. there were three bedrooms over the school. and the committee proposed in July. L891, to remove the middle one and to put in it Boyle's ventilator, to which the department replied: "My lords will not raise any objec- tion to the present proposal if the managers desire to proceed with it; but it must be dis- tinctly understood that it may become neces- sary for the department to require further alte- rations." The proposed alterations were car- ried out as above. On the 23rdl of May, 1893. we were informed: "My lords have now received from her Majesty's inspector a special report" (not shown to us) "on the premises io accordance with Circular 521, and they learn that, in his opinion, it is necessary either that entirely new schools should be provided, or that the existing pre- mises should be brought into accordance with the requirement" of tho) present building rules. He points out that there is no playground, and that the premises are. in their general plan, inconvenient and unsuitable. In particular, the rooms are poorly lighted, warmed, and ventilateSI; they are not uniformly of suffic ent height; there is no ft rope r cloak-room and the office accommodation is insuffi- cient." But in the inspector's report, dated 25th of May, 1893, he says This is a nice country school" Mrs. Roberts, of Belmont, was there last week, and remarked what a nice comfortable, and convenient school it wats. The under lining is my own, not the in- spector's. I may also say that a high autho- rity has remarked:—"I cannot understand what her Majesty's inspector was about when he sent in this report. I find nothing to com- plain of, except the lighting." And this was it 5.30 p.m. in the autumn, when heavy rain clouds were coming up. We have never had short-sightedness or any other eye disease among any of the scholars since the school was built, uor lias any been heard of after they left the school. So there could not be much real fault to be found with the lighting. The committee offered to enlarge the fireplace, to re-place the -mall panes of the windows with large panes, md to add extra offices. But our suggestions were not accepted, and we have decided, under compulsion, to build a new school, which is quite unnecessary, and a useless burden in hard times. Next, as to' Coedypaen School. In the •eport of the 2nd of May, 1891, her Majesty's inspector rema.rkH A lobby for hats and garments is badly needed." The late chairman informed the committee that her Majesty's in- spector had suggested that they. should put up me like the one at Llangibby. They did so, md understood that lie approved of it, though 10 mention was made in the report cf 1892. In the report of 1893 her Majesty's inspector ■says:—"Maps and pictures to brighten the tvalls and some new desks are needed. The nails should be cleaned and the school properly rentilated. A suitable cloak-room should be provided, or the grant may be endangered." To that I answered that the present cloak-room liad been suggested by her Majesty's inspector in 1891, erected and approved in 1892, and that, therefore, no further cloak-room accommo- dation was necessary. On the 14th of August, 1893, the Department repliedThe present shed used for hats and cloaks can only be regarded as a temporary ex- pedient until proper permanent accommodation is provided. In the report on the premises made by her Majesty's inspector on the occasion :>! his inspection visit in April last, my Lords find several points which, by inadvertence, were overlooked when the report was under conside- ration. In particular, proper furniture, appa- ratus, and a new set of desks are wanted, and the offices require to be entirely re-built. The warming and ventilation also require immediate improvement." I replied on the 28th of November:—"As to the cloak room. the committee cannot undtr- itand why a structure suggested, recommended, md approved within the last three years should 50 soon be condemned. If they had been told two years ago that it would be only a temporary expedient they would not have wasted their money in putting it up, but would tiave provided a different one. As they were tsked to put up the present shed (as it is called), ind have done so, and as it suits the purpose ?xoellentlv, the committee ask for at least some falid reason why it should be condemned 50 soon. As to the furniture, the inspector's annual report makes no men- tion of the subject, except the desks. He required some new desks, and not a new set; some are now provided. As to apparatus, the inspector's report makes no mention of this sither. He alludes to ornaments—maps and pictures to brighten the walls-which have been obtained. Neither the inspector nor anyone else has complained to us of the warming. The inspector has condemned the ventilation as antiquated, a.nd not as unsatis- factory. He did not test it experimentally or Domplain of hea,t or stuffiness in the school- room, though the day was warm and the school unusually full of children. Though the offices are not mentioned in the inspector's report, steps have already been taken to increase and improve the accommodation." My lords replied on January 25, 1894:- 'They will not pret-s for further improvements in the warming or in the furniture, but they hope to receive within ten days an assurance that adequate measures will at once be taken to improve the ventilation and to prepare plans for office accommodation. They must repeat that the present cloakroom can only be regarded as temporary, and that accordinglv pla-ns for proper ac-oommodation in this respect should be forwarded for approval." I replied on January 31:—"The committee have asked for reasons why the present oloak- room is condemned, but none have been vouch- safed. They are quite in the dark as to what IDrt of structure, alteration, or improvement four lordships require. Moreover, seeing that they were asked to put up the present cloak- room in its present form in 1891, they would respectfully inquire whether any guarantee can se given that no fresh outlay will be demanded in 1896. They would also submit that, as the Education Department requested the committee to put up the present building in its present -hape only three years ago, the department should make a special grant of the cost of the )ld building, leas the usual depreciation of 5 per cent, per 44AUM-P." if the q$ngii.fctee under- take to erect a new one. They regret that the ventilation was not referred to some third party to test, and were astounded at being asked to put up at Coedypaen the same system as they have at Lla.ngibby, seeing the lat-ter was condemned by the inspector, accord- ing to your letter of May 23, 1893." An architect wa.s taken by me to the school, and he found the exhaust partially filled up with birds' nests, which have since been removed. However, under these unfavourable circumstances, it showed a draught of 130ft. per minute. which was quite sufficient, in his opinion. Most of the things demanded are absolutely and entirely unnecessary; to carry them out would be a grofs-s waste of public money. Neither our school committee nor the department have any right to squander other people's money in the way proposed. I think that there must be rather more "inadvertence" in the department than that admitted in their letter of August 14, 1893, and that the sooner Mr. Aoland retires from a position he is too incompetent justly to fill the better it will be for the country.
AN UNFORTUNATE BLUNDER.
AN UNFORTUNATE BLUNDER. [Quoting the Wrong Biography in the Birmingham Sensation." Our attention has been drawn by Mr. E. Talbot Palmer, solicitor, Gosport, on hehalf of the Rev. Maurice Jones, of Cospcrt, to the account we gave in our issue of the 2nd inst. of what was then said to be a stabbing case, but which has since been shown to have been an unfortunate mishap to the Rev. Maurice Jones, of Solihull. The report went on to state that this Mr. Jones was educated at Jesus College, Oxford, graduated B.A. in 1886,' and so on, until he got his Solihull appointment. This report and biographical sketch we took from the paper published in the locality where the case occurred; but now, it would appear this biography did not describe the career of the wounded olergyman of Solihull, but of the Rev. Maurice Jones, of Cos port. We understand that, from the publication of this wrong biography in the "Western Mail" and other papers, Mr. Jones, of Gosport, has suffered a great deal of annoyance. We must assure Mr. Jones that in quoting the account of that painful incident at Solihull we had no idea. that we were associating with the affair the name of one who had nothing to do with ii. It was only natural to conclude tha.t the local paper whioh first published the account of the occurrence, and which printed, with such apparent authority, a. brief sketch of what purported to be the career of the central figure in the occurrence, had obtained the information from a trustworthy source. Though we were led into the unfortunate blunder innocently enough, we assure Mr. Jones, of Gosport., of our sympathy in the unfor- tunate position in which we so unwittingly placed him, and apologise to him very sincerely for all t-he trouble aaid annoyance he has been caused thereby.
ELECTION NEWS.
ELECTION NEWS. Result of the Polling in the Mid-Lanark Division. Polling took place in Mid-Lanark on Thurs- day to fill the vacancy in the Parliamentary representation of that constituency, caused by the retirement of Mr. Philipps. The poll was declared just before midnight, as follows :— Mr. J. G. Caldwell (G.) 3,965 Colonel Stuart (C.) 3,635 Mr. Smellie (Labour) 1,221 Gladstonian majority 330 PREVIOUS ELECTIONS. 1885. I 1888. S. Mason (G) 2,875 J. W. Philipps (G). 3,847 W.R. Bousfield (C) 2,579 Bousfield (C> 2,917 J. C. Forest (L) 1,913 Hardie (Labour). 617 Majority 296 Majority 930 1886. 1892. S. Mason (G) 3,779 Philipps (G) 4,611 S. Harvey (L U) 2,909 Col. Stuart (C) 3,489 Majority 870 Majority 1,122
WIFE DESERTION.
WIFE DESERTION. Grave Charge Against an Insurance Agent at Porth. At Cymmer Police-court on Thursday (before Mr. Ignatius Williams, stipendiary, and Dr. Parry) Alfred Davies, an insurance agent, was proved guilty of cruelty to and desertion of his wife, Rachel Davies, by whom he had bad two children. The evidence revealed gross cruelty, and the Bench ordered Davies to pay 10s. a week towards the maintenance of Mrs. Davies, and granted a separation order.
MERTHYR BOROUGHS.
MERTHYR BOROUGHS. The Unionist Candidate at a Hirwain Smoker. I, On Wednesday evening a smoking concert was held at the Patriot Inn. Hirwain, under the auspices of the Conservative Association, when between 200 and 300 persons, chiefly colliers, attended to hear addresses by Mr. Herbert Lewis and Mr. Littlejohns, of Ferndale. Mr. Aubrey occupied the chair, and the meeting proved to be one of the most enthusiastic that had ever been held in the borough of Merthyr Tydfil.
Charge Against a Machine Agent.
Charge Against a Machine Agent. At the Shire-hall, Haverfordwest, on Thurs- day, before the mayor and other magistrates, James Edwardes, employed as agent by Messrs. Singer, sewing machine manufacturers, waa charged on remand with embezzling various sums of money, the property of his employers. The accused was committed for trial to the Pembrokeshire Midsummer Assizes. Mr. Colin Rees Davies appeared for the defence.
----The Complications at Llantarnam.
The Complications at Llantarnam. A inodis viwndi out of the difficulties at Llantarnam in the election of people's warden has been arrived at by an arrangement between the parties, whereby Councillor John Parry withdraws and Mr. Henry Cromwell is elected warden. The party led by Mr. G. H. Gwynne state that they nominated Mr. Parry as a protest against the irregularities in the past distribu- tion of charity at Llantarnam, but absolve Mr. Henry Cromwell from personal blame.
District News.
District News. CARDIFF. NEWEST Styles in Ladies' and Children's Millinery, Sun Bonnets, and Hats; also choice assort- ment of pelisses and cost "me, overalls in walking materials, ladies' blouses, skirts, ties, collars, cuffs, gloves, aprons and pinafores, underlinen, corsets, skirts, &c„ &e. Good variety and m derate prices. An inspection invited.—Mrs. Williams, 25. Royal Arcade, Cardiff. e3334 THE TABERNACLE, THE HAYKS.—Preaching Services will be held during the renovation of cbajiel in the Colonial Sail, commencing next Sandax, «3639s7
-----n-__-Holding the Balance.
n- Holding the Balance. 8' CARDIFF QUARTER SESSIONS RESUMED TO-DAY. Trials of Prisoners for Various Offences Before Recorder Francis Williams. The Easter Quarter Sessions for the county borough of Cardiff were resumed at the Town hall this morning (before Mr. B. Francis- Williams. Q.C., Recorder). Alleged Wounding on the High Seas. The case of Theodore Markman, 60, ship- wright, who was indicted for maliciously wounding Edward Cunningham on board the British steamer Kerios, on the high seas on February 14, was resumed. Mr. Rhys Williams prosecuted, and Mr, C. J. Jackson ap- peared for the defence.—It was contended that prisoner inflicted the wounds 011 the prosecutor in self-defence.—Counsel having addressed the jury, the Recorder summed up the evidence.— The jury, after an absence of over an hour, found prisoner guilty, but strongly recom- mended him to mercy OIl account of the provo- cation he had received.—He was sent to gael for four months with hard labour. A Sailor and His Money. Joseph Knight, 23, a coloured fireman, was charged with stealing JE3, the moneys of Frank Clegg, a t-ailor, at Cardiff, on the 20th of March last. Mr. Vaughan Williams appeared for the prosecution.—It appeared from the evidence that prosecutor went home with a woman to 54, Herbert-street. During the night £3 was taken from h;s trousers pocket, and the woman stated that she saw prisoner take the money. Next morning prisoner, on being asked about the matter, said all the money he had was lid.—A boy named Ware. who lived in the same house, alleged that he saw prisoner take a handker- chief containing a sovereign, two half sove- reign, and a pound in silver from a cistern at the back of the house. Prisoner went out, and when he returned to the house he was dressed in a new suit and new boots.—Prisoner denied having stolen the money, and suggested that the woman and the man with whem she co- habited plotted the robbery between them.— The jury found the prisoner not guilty, and he was discharged,—Mr. Vaughan Williams asked that expenses might be allowed.—The Recorder Well, a man goes to a vile house of this sort and gets robbed, and the jury finds he was not robbed, so I will allow the expenses. Pleaded Guilty. Hannah Welsh, 45, hawker, pleaded guilty t° stealing one basket of vegetables, the property of George Hutton, at Cardiff, on the 13th of February last.—Prisoner admitted having been five times previously convicted, and she was now sent to goal fer three months with hard [ labour. William Palmer, 31,. labourer, pleaded guilty to stealing a pair of boots, the property of Henry Charles Heard, at Cardiff, on the 24th of February, and having been twice previously convicted of similar offences he was sent to gaol for a month. Mr. W. Jones prosecuted. Claudius Cunningham, 28, fireman, admitted stealing two silver brooches, one pair of ear- rings, 4s. in money, and other articles, the pro- perty of Joseph Ulysse, at Cardiff, on December 14 last, and was sent to gaol fer two months with hard labour. The Knife at Cardiff. Henry Richard Smith, 34, boar ding-house keeper, who was found guilty on Thursday night of maliciously weunding Robert Doran a.t Cardiff, came up for sentence. Prisoner had been strongly recommended to mercy on account of provocation received, and the Recorder sent him to gaol for four months with hard labour. This concluded the business of the sessions.
POLITICS IN BIRMINGHAM.
POLITICS IN BIRMINGHAM. Liberal Association President Makes a Strange Offer. Mr. Osier, vice-president of the Birmingham Liberal Association, addressing a meeting of the executive committee of that association on Thursday, announced that it was commonly rumoured that Mr. George Dixon, the Liberal Unionist representative for the Edgbaston Division of Birmingham, wished to retire from Parliament. Mr. Frank Lowe, president of the Conservative party, was urging the Liberal Unionists to concede the next vacant seat to the Conservatives ,and if Mr. Dixon retired, in order to save Birmingham from a repetition of the very grave humiliation which was inflicted on the city when the representation of Central Bir- mingham was referred to the arbitration of Lord Ilartington and Lord Salisbury, both Tories and Liberal Unionists claiming to be in the majority, he (Mr. Osier) might promise on behalf of the Liberal Association that they would remain neutral in the contest so as to give the Tories and the Liberal Unionists the opportunity of testing which was the strongest party.
BARRISTER MISSING.
BARRISTER MISSING. Was to be Married in a Fortnight's Time. A story, which is at present enveloped in mystery, is likely presently to demand the at- tention of Scotland Yard. A young barrister and journalist, who has chambers in the Temple, left town on the Thursday I efore Easter, telling his laundress that he would not return until the following Wednesday or Thursday. From what can be gathered his destination was a small village in Norfolk, where he had previously spent some holidays. On the Wednesday on which he was supposed to return his laundress attended to prepare dinner for him, but he did not arrive. From then until now no trace of the missing man has been discovered. A tele- graphic message to the village where he was supposed to be stopping elicited the fact that he had only been there for two days, and his present whereabouts is unknown. In a fort- night's time he was to have married the daughter of a retired politician, and the greatest uneasiness prevails respecting his possible fate.
THIRTY YEARS IN PRISON.
THIRTY YEARS IN PRISON. This Woman was Sent to Penal Servi- tude for Baby Farming. At the present time there is incarcerated in Woking Female Convict Prison a weman who will shortly complete her thirtieth year of imprisonment. Her name is Charlotte Winsor, and she was convicted in the early part of 1865 for baby farming, for which she was sentenced to undergo penal servitude for life, but, unlike the great majority of life convicts, it has not been considered fit by successive Home Secre- taries, owing to the nature of the crime, to recommend her Majesty to exercise her preroga- tive of mercy. Winsor is an old woman, and confinement does not now seem to trouble her much.
MISSED FOR A MONTH.
MISSED FOR A MONTH. A Cardiff Man's Body Found Floating in the East Dock. On Friday morning Dock-constable William Edwards discovered the body of a man floating in the East Dock, which he recovered from the water and conveyed to the mortuary. Subse- quently the body was identified as that of Thomas Harris, late of 13, Maria-street, who, it will be remembered, myst.eriol1sly disappeared from his lodgings on the 12th of March last.
PENNYSYLVANIA RIOTS,
PENNYSYLVANIA RIOTS, Works now Heavily Guarded by Armed Men. A Central News telegram from Philadelphia on Friday morning says:—Last night passed quietly. In the coke region the rioters have apparenlv dispersed, and no demonstration of any consequence is reported this morning. It is believed that the backbone of the movement has been broken by the arrest nnd imprisonment of the leaders and the shooting down of lawless rioters. All the large workn in the district are now heavily guarded by armed men.
SUDDEN DEATH AT CARDIFF.
SUDDEN DEATH AT CARDIFF. A married woman, named Mary Ann Penny, of 31, Loftus-street, Canton, Cardiff, died sud- denly on Thursday night. Her husband went to bed between ten and eleven o'clock, leaving her sitting in a chair downstairs. lie heard a fall shortly afterwards, and on going down found his wife lying dead on the floor.
TO BRING VALKYRIE HOME.
TO BRING VALKYRIE HOME. Captain Cranfield and a crew of twenty men left Liverpool on Wednesday, in the White Star steamer Majestic, for New York, to bring home Lord Dunraven's yacht Valkyrie, which is now in dry dock in New York, and will not race in American waters this season.
The End Approaches.
The End Approaches. SUMMERGAMESSHOVES FOOT- BALL OFF THE LEDGE. A Bit About Boxing. The Coming Fight between O'Brien and St. John for the Welsh Championship. A sure sign of the end of the feot. ball season is the scarcity of new in football and athletics generally Personally I am in the position of Mahomet's coffin as it were, stranded between heaven and earth—lost, in fact, in the lonely desert of nothingness. Interest in football has gone. The old game struggled hard for a further show, but cricket and the other summer games are shoving it off the edge from behind. This is all right for football and all right for cricket, but it leaves me in what the poet would call a. darned hole, for absolutely there is nothing to talk about. The Gloucester F.C. are bringing down the following fifteen to meet Swansea on Saturday. The team is considerably stronger than the one which was beaten by Penarth last week, and the Gloucestrians live in the hope of defeating the all whites. Gloucester .-—Back, A. F. Hughea three-quarter backs, F. Miller, W. H. Taylor, G. Page, and T. Eagles; half backs, A. Stephens and T. Bagwell; forwards, A. Collins, C. Williams, A. Wellings, A. H. Chick, C. Rose, D. Phelps, W. Pitt, and J. Maye. The Kent Wanderers F.C., a Rugby team well known in the West Country, are visiting Stroud on Saturday, April 14, and the Stroud men fully expect on that occasion to secure a record gate. The Kent Wanderers Club is the most notable team that has visited Stroud. It is quite probable that in the Londoners' team more than one footballer from the Welsh Metropolis will be included. Mr. Hubert Boughton, of Gloucester, has been asked to referee. Should the Stroud men manage the trick successfully there will be high jinks in that part of the world. Sportsmen in the districts areund Gloucester are looking forward to the match of the season —Gloucestershire and South Wales v. Yorkshire —and it is quite probable that on April 26, the date fixed for the match, a record gate will be taken. Toothill's "boys" intend, I believe, attending at the variety entertainment after the ball is over" at the public bath, at which Gloucester's suspended captain—Jack Hanman —will box Morgan Crowther. Apropos of boxing the affair between O'Brien and St. John is about due now, but the purse required dees not seem to be forthcoming. Speaking of the two men, the Licensed Victuallers Mirror says :-Bob Habbijam, no mean judge in such matters, is never tired of reiterating his belief that in O'Brien we pos- sessed the best man that has been seen for years in the boxing and fighting worlds. There is, doubtless, much truth in the genial Robert's frequent assertions to this effect, as- is proved by the uniformly successful efforts of O'Brien whenever he stripped in public. The Welsh- man's defeats of Ted White, Alf Ball, and Alf Mitchell were of the most decided character, and plainly stamped him as a man who could hold his own in almost any company. If now thoroughly recovered from his recent illness, as we hear he is, O'Brien must be a most formid- able fellow, and should prove a drawing card in any company and we are at a loss to under- stand why he is neglected in certain quarters. St. John, too, a perfect Anak in build, is said to be much improved since he was under Hab- bijam's care in the metropolis. He has fought more than once since he left Cockaigne, having proved successful on each occasion, and with youth, activity, and prodigious strength to help him must be a much more formidable fellow than many suppose. Given the opportunity, he might demonstrate his right to be pronounced a champion, but somehow the opportunity is not forthcoming. Were St. John an American or a Colonial he would 'probably have purses pitched at him, but being only a native of the Principality he looks in vain for support from high quarters. What a perverse lot we are to be sure. The Cardiff Association team play Swansea j at St. Andrew's Park, North-road, to-morrow, kick-&:ff at 3.30. Referee, Mr. Williams, Tre- herbert. Cardiff team :—Goal, G. Wilding; ] backs, J. Barnes (captain) and Jestyn I Williams; half-backs, Joe Woodfield, F. Farth- ing, and J. Finn; forwards, J. Woodfield, E. Luther, E. A. Wittick, T- James and J. H. Roberts. The committee of the Amateur Athletic Aesociation desire to draw the attention of clubs to the following law:—"That the secre- tary of every race meeting shall send a marked copy of the programme of the meeting to the secretary at the A.A.A. division within which the meeting is held, and, in the event of a mixed meeting, also to the secretary of the local centre of the N.C.U. and requests that they wil comply with the same. WELSH ATHLETE.
COUGHED UP A BULLET.|
COUGHED UP A BULLET. It Had Lodged in His Lungs for Over Thirty Years. A. H. Sutherland, of Saugus, a day or two ago (says the Toronto Empire) coughed up a bullet from his lungs which has been lodged there since October 11, 1863, when he was shot in the neck by one of Mosby's guerillas in the battle at Culpepper Court House. For years he has suffered, but did not know the cause of frequent hemorrhages which troubled him.
J6200,000
J6200,000 Left by a Woman for a Mausoleum fcr Her Remains. A Dalziel's telegram from New York this morning says :—The death is announced of Mrs. Cornelius S. Foster, of New York, at the age of 52 years. The deceased in her will specifies that the whole of her property, which is worth a million dallars, shall be employed in erecting a mausoleum for her remains in Woodlawn Cemetery.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. Interesting Pars about Interesting People. It is estimated that there art? 1ll London fully three million people who never enter a place of worship. An innkeeper in Norway is not permitted to have female attendants in his tap room, with the exception of his wife. Mr. Barrie has now written about two-thirds of his new novel. So far it is almost entirely a study in child life. The granddaughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hildegarde Hawthorne, is about to publish her first book. It is to be called "The Fairest of the Fair." and is to contain a record of her experiences in Chicago last summer. One of Mr. G-ladstoneV, latest messages of goodwill from foreign lands is a delioious C:l8C of Florida oranges, which a Florida admirer has shipped to Hawarden. The critics are a good deal more favourably impressed with Mrs. Humphry Ward's new novel, "Maroella," than they wore with "David Grieve.
NOTICE FOR HOUSEHOLDERS.
NOTICE FOR HOUSEHOLDERS. It was decided at this morning's meet- ing of the waterworks committee of the Cardiff Corporation that notice be given by placard that all persons using hose- pipes without having previously given uotice to the committee of theit intention will be prose- ojitftd.
....Iy Of Wales and Welshmen
.I y Of Wales and Welshmen i A COLUMN OF INTERESTING GOSSIP. Paragraphs of Persons and Places and Interesting Facts Gathered in Old Gwalia. A man on our staff has a dog named John tunes. A man on the staff of the other paper I a dovr named Sanders. The Lord Bishop of Bangoc has been staying at Brecon for a couple of days. He was present at the meeting of governors of Chriat I College (his old school) on Tuesday. I Three men are willing to come down from. I' Whitchurch to swear they have heard the cuckoo this week. One of the men is a police- man, and he is willing to do the sweaciojC I befcre the chief-constable. Dust flew into the eyas of a passenger oa I the Barry Railway a day or two ago, when a young lady, all ambulance student, was appealed to to render "first aid." The young lady called for a. fire-shovel, and the train rocked with laughter. Mr. D. A. Thomas has forfeited the votes of all the grocers in Merthyr. He has givea notice of a Bill to abolish grocers' licences. With a majority of 9,000 he cam afford to be independent, perhaps, but the grocers say that a good lump of that 9,000 are friends of theirs. So familiar had the phrase "Gone to the races, sir," become to the porter at the Queen's Hotel at Cardiff this week that when an inquiry was yesterday made for Mr. Edward Ensor, he said "Gone to the races, sir." And all the time the unfortu- nate gentleman was hanging to a bedpost up- stairs. Those who have read the fascinating book on Dr. Paton's work in the South Sea. Islancu will be glad to know they may have a. oliancs of seeing and hearing the great missionary himself in Cardiff next Tuesday week. Dr. Paton ranks with Livingstone, Williams, and Moffatt in the features and success of his work. You can't go out this way, sir," said a policeman to a Cardiff gentleman who was leaving the Ely Race« through the wrong gaAe. '"God save the Queen!" said the gentleman; "why weren't you at the other gate to stop me coming in? You would have saved me a. bit then." And, pulling out his empty pockets, he turned back and went out the other way. An angry man entered a post-office this side of Mountain Ash and said to the postmaster, "Why didn't you send the telegram I sent to my wife 7" The postmaster looked up some paper and replied, "There was a. telegram, delivered to your wife on the date and from the place you say." Angry man: "Yes; but not the one I wrote. It was written by you. Don't you do that again. She thought I was dead!" Some of our district correspondents have too much humour. One of them yesterday sent in some petty sessions carets. In the first a num- ber of men were fined for doing something or other without a licence. Then somebody else "was summoned by the same constable, but the case was dismissed. The bench perhaps thought," suggests our correspondent, "that once was quite enough to accept the constable# testimony in the same sitting." III our reference to the death of Mr. Daniel W hitehouse, J.P., there was one misprint. II was stated that in his early days Mr. White- house went into the iron trade of South Staf- fordshire, where he worked at the lathes, whereas it should have been the "Leys Iron- works, Stourbridge." Mr. Whitehouse, al- though a self-made man, came of good family, received a good middle-class education, and was never a. working man in the sense the para- graph implied. Au enterprising down-line chemist shows in his window some specimens of the products of the seed he sella. Recently a neighbouring colliery struck a new vein of coal, and for mere curiosity the chemist placed two pieces in the window. Now, the chemist supplies the colliery with a. certain commodity, and the two pieces of coal are absurdly near a notice announcing, Grown by the ———— Colliery Company from seeds supplied by X. Y., chemist." There will be a heavy run on those seeds when this becomes known. Mr. D. J. Davies, of Hazelly, has painted a half-length portrait, life-size, of Mr. Lewis Morris. The poet is depicted standing in his own library at Pen- bryn, with his right liand leaning on a book and his left ha.nd on åis side. The artist has caught Mr. Morris's expression exactly, and those who know the poet will endorse the general opinion that the result is a speaking likeness. The portrait has been sent to the Academy. Mr. Davies is a. native of Llandilo, and has studied his art in Antwerp and Paris. Many old Parliamentary friends will hear with regret of the serious illness of Mr. Richard Davies, the Lord-lieutenant of Anglesey. Although now so closely connected by associa- tion with the landed and aristocratic classes, Mr. Davies Was at one time (says the "Morning Leader") actively representative of the commer- cial instincts of Wales. He was a busy ship- owner in his day, and still owns large interests in shipping. Mr. Davies first sat for Anglesey in 1868, and he held the seat against all corners until 1886, when he retired. The most memo- rable incident in connection with his various candidatures was the attempt to take his life in 1885. A new face in the lobby of the House of Com- mons list night was that of Mr. R. T. Reed, wao has undertaken the task of providing illus- trations for iPunch's" "Essence of Parity ment," in succession to Mr. Harry Funuat. Mr. Reed's methods (says the Star ") are some- what different to those of his predecessor, but he goes about his work in a business-Like way, and he evidently intends to spare no effOtt to justify his appointment. Mr. Furniss used to make his sketches on little cards cut so as to fit in the hollow of his hand, his favourite modus operandi being to engage a member in conversation while he was indicating by a. few pencilled lines some characteristic attitude of pose a few yards distant. Mr. Reed make* no concealment of his mission, and his note- book is perhaps better calculated to preserve his impressions than isolated scraps of card- board. Mr. Joseph Bennett has a pleasant memory of his visit to Cardiff last week. Writing to the "Daily Telegraph" he says: —"The true pros- perity of music in these islands being, to great extent, dependent upon the efficiency and increase of orchestral societies, I was glad to come acquainted on Wednesday last with tb8 oldest and most flourishing of the three or four such institutions seated at Cardiff. The Cardiff Orchestral Society, which contains the professional and amateur talent of the Welsli capital, proved itself a very efficient body of performers; its execution of Beethoven'* Second Symphony, the overture to "A Mid- summer Night's Dream," and other worki, though not free from defeots, reaching a high figure of merit. A notable feature was the ability of the 'wind.' At the annual dinner of the society on the following evening soloi upon the clarinet, cornet, bassoon, and trom- bone were remarkable for the skill displayed. In point of fact, this orchestra, well equipped aa to strings, is exceptionally strong in the depart- ment where most others are weak. How great the resultant advantage no musical reader need. to be told." A curious and interesting fact about the "Celtic fringes" is given by the Registrar- General in his statistics for 1393. It is this* that, in the Celtic portions of the United Kin|f» dom the proportion of the female births ia much higher than it is in the non-Celtic por- tions:—"The highest proportions are found in Cumberland, Cornwall, and North Wales, willIe South Wales is only a little way down in the list, and has a proportion considerably above the average for the whole country. The pro-i portion of female births is much higher hotJi; in Ireland and Scotland than in England." What the true explanation of these coincidences may be. the "Westminster Gazette" cannoif say, for the laws which govern sex have not as yet been revealed. Is it that the Celt be- longs essentially to the female, rather than tc» the mole, type? But, in any case. Lord Salis- bury will read the Registrar-General's report with consternation. For. ae the female is 4 hardier and longer-lived animal than the male, and as among the Celts the rate of female birth* is especially high, +he Celtic fringes ait. clearly destined to grow more aod more." But woman is Conservative. The consternation should Lrird Roseh9rv"g. n £ it Lord Salisbury's.