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METEOROLOGICAL NOTES. SOUTH WALES TIDE TABLE. | a « 2 ? 5 o rt 1 o III > s s -< S a £ o o x z; a cu Thur3- /"Morning — 11 2 — 11 .;3 It 41 day -■ Evening 12 18 11 57 12 23 11 59 — Aug. 9 (.Height 25 9 25 0 27 3 | 27 4 16 6 Fridav CMorninS -2~47 — j" 12 51 — 12 9 Evening 32 12 22 1 23 12 33 J 12 40 10 (Height 24 11 23 3 25 5 — lib P Katur- (Morn'ng 12 3 i 6 2 0 1 IT 1 19 day -? Evening 2 18 1 46 2 10 .2 2 1 55 Aug. 11 (.Height 24 3 23 C 24 <i 26 1 15 6 «und.iv ('Morni'? 2 26 l~~3 20 2 47 2 40 "s Erening 4 15 3 o 4 0 3 28 2 15 ^ug. x<i (^Height 25 4 23 11 25 10 26 6 15 0 Motidav (1Iorni'= -4 53 3 42 4 42 3 57 V-i Eveui'g 5 25 4 16 5 10 4 3! 4 24 1J (.Height 0 25 5 21 5 28 0 17 0 (Morni'g 5 54 4 44 5 38 4 57 5 10 Evenng 6 13 5 13 6 4 5 21 5 18 CHeiiht, 28 0 26 10 28 6 29 4 18 0 Wedues f Morni'g 6 39 5 34 6 28 5 42 5 53 day, ■} Evjung 6 46 5 54 6 48 6 1 6 0 Aug. 15 (.Height 3C 0 28 0 30 6 30 5 19 10 Hoath Baain East Dock Sill J Alexandra DOCJi: SDoek Sill BAEOME L'RIO AL INDICATIONS. Appended is a chart of the barometrical readings for the 43 hours ended Wednesdav midnight, as regis- tered at the Western Mail Office, Cardiff. The instrument is 33ft. above sea level. is 33ft. above sea I WEATHER FORECAST. I YESTERBAT'S FORHCAST. YKSTKRDJLT'S WRATHHR. South-westerly <fc w'terlv Westerly winds, fair, winds, fresh; change- able some showers. The forecast of the weather tiirougiiout the West of I England and Sonth ,\Vrt.l6f¡ for to-dav (Thursday) if. as follows :—Westerly arid north-westerly winds, moderate; I fair generally, biit local sho?})ers. I TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL I d,te l^i-KKATr-KK. BAlsrxULi UATBl Max. Min. Mean. Friday 13 80 52 66"0 0'71 Saturday 14 81 56 63'5 0"00 Sunday j 5 80 54 67"0 O'll Monday IJ6 80 57 68'5 0'63 Tuesday 7 80 53 66'5 0'05 Wednesday 8 81 59 70'0 0'15 Thursday 9 81 53 67 0 0"17 Thursday | 9 81 5j 670 t 0-17 The Temperature represents extreme readings of the I thermometer for 24 hours ended 9 a.m" taken in the shade at Cwrt-y-Vil, Penarth. The Rainfall registered at Cwrt-y-Yil, Penarth, for the 24 hour;, ended 9 a.m.

OTTER HUNTING. PsHBROKESHias.—Saturday, August 11, Pontfelin- Farris—10 a.m. I

LLANDAFF CATHEDRAL SERVICES. Service will be read throughout the remainder of the week. aau!j!Mj«uiJi».ii«Latinaiii i niiMMimminiiwinjiaiiii

TRLEPHSNE National 502 Post- ofiice, 95. TKLEtiKAMS "jfail, Cardiff."

NOTES. BY "OBSERVER." CARDIFF, Thursday Morning, The Prince of Wales—God bless him!- may possibly visit us next year. Therefore skip for joy, ye ancient mountains, and break forth into singing, ye lovely dales. Somehow or other when onle talks of Wales one always follows up with a remark about dales or vales, or both. 'Tis a way the poets have, and we copy unconsciously from them. Gentle reader, have you ever thought how powerfully the poor Prince must by this time be sickened of his anthem ? Let him but show his Royal nose within a day's journey of the Principality when lo there floats out upon the breeze Among our ancient— but why do more than suggest the misery ? Who but does not pity the Prince ? I know I do from the bottom of my heart. The Prince may possibly visit us next year. But methinks I hear a voice through the 'phone from Birmingham, or Leeds, or London, orjsome such other place in benighted Saxondom, Didn't he visit you a month ago ? j What more do you want ?" 0 concatenated lump of amorphous Anglicosity, canst thou not differentiate between Carnarvon and Cardiff, and will not thy brain comprehend that it is easier far for us to journey from this Cardiff of ours to Llyn-dun—the place you call London-than to jet to the ancient capital of North Wales ? A case in point. Here is a correspondent of mine grumbling that goods despatched to him from Ruabon or some such place on Monday week were only delivered to him yesterday. In other words, they took over a. week to accomplish their pilgrimage. This gives a faint idea of the distance that sepa- rates North Wales from South. No, my poor Saxon friend, we are not satisned with the Prince's visit and we want to get him to Cardiff if we can. Just think of it for oue moment. Here is Cardiff, one of the brightest jewels in Her Majesty's dominions, in spite of the county council: one of the greatest ports in the wide world: the greatest coal port on earth or (for aught we know) in the whole universe -and the Prince of Wales has never visited the place, unless, indeed he has been here incognito, like the good Caliph Haroun Alraschid! Now, this is just the position of affairs. Next year we inaugurate our Exhibition (capital E, Mr. Printer, please), and we want Lord Bute to do the mayoral honours for us, and his Royal Highness to open the Exhibition, and—yes, and this is a big, big, and all-important 'and'—and Cardiff bows low before that gracious and illustrious lady, the Princess, and earnestly trusts she will be pleased to accompany our iuture King. The weather-cock gives another wheel, and lo, poor, dear Jabez is to be delivered up to us. But stay your hand, 0 British public, put back those rotten eggs into their place, and inter those defunct felines; for, perhaps, to- morrow's news may contradict to-day's, and es- tablish the status quo ante. Meanwhile, how- ever, we possess our souls in patience, hoping that even Jabez will return into our midst, where he is sure of a calorific reception. Is it altogether wise to teach very small chil- dren theology? Here is a poor little thing who has been taught to say "I believe in the Holy Catholic Church," innocently putting it "i believe in the Holy oalico shirt." Another transformed the hymn, "The gates of brags before him burst," into "He gave some brass before he burst." Another isamg beautifully "While shepherds washed their socks by night, all seated on the ground. Parents, when you teach your children, see thai: they clearly and unmistakably understand what you teach them. SIR.-I (to Hot know what pecuniary benefit is to accrue to the Cardiff Cornoration as an outcome of the researches of the boronjfh archivist; but of ono I am sure, and that is, that whether such benefit bo great or small or nil, the archivist's work ought not to be lost. It seems to me of the highest importance that, at the termination of his investigations, Mr. Hobson Matthews should edit, and th pn"pj")(y*0fi/\n atlnaild fmWiaii Mr — I mportant documents which he has copied, so that matter of so great literary and public interest to this aad future generations of our fellow-townsmen may remain permanently on record. This has been done by such important boroughs as Swansea and Nottingham. It would be a pity it Cardiff did not follow suit, now that such exceptional opportunity offers itself.—I am, &o., PALEOLITHIC MAN. Cardiff, Aug. 8. This is a. most excellent and timely sug- gestion. I most earnestly hope it will be practically taken up and acted upon, because if not done now the chance may be gone for ever. Mr. Mathews has everything under his eye, and the work could, therefore, be done with a minimum of trouble and difficulty. But some one says 'twill be "caviare to the general." Never mind, Cardiff should not be content till she has given the public an op- portunity to examine her title deeds as minutely as it pleases. It is one of our drawbacks as a town that we act and live as though we had no past. Ask the average Cardiffian of something that hap- pened a hundred, seventy, or even fifty years ago. He is dumb. A friend having occasion the other day to make inquiries relating to la.st century was astonished to find the whole thing was as a sealed book. He could get no satisfaction whatever. This is not as it should be. Perhaps the publication of these docu- ments would awaken local interest in a most desirable direction. Surely it is encouraging to us—"Ladas," r.ot- withstanding—to see that we have at t,he.National helm from time to time men, not only great in intellect, but reverent and devout in spirit. Mr. Gladstone has only just delighted the world with an article on the essentials of the Christian Faith, and yestarday, before the British Association, we have Lord Salisbury delivering this noble sentence:—"Overpoweringly strong preefs of intelligent and benevolent design lie around us, and if ever perplexities, whether metaphysical or scientific, turn us away from them for a time, they come back upon us with irresistible force, showing to us, through Nature, the influence or a free will, and teaching us that all living things depend on one everlasting Creator and Ruler." I note that some interesting postal changes are in progress. To begin with, people will now be able to send their own cards with half- penny stamps affixed, in lieu of postcards, if they wish. No doubt, there will be some stipulation as to the size of the cards: Bull, this is a. boon that will be very generally appre- ciated. Then, locally, we have several changes of subpost-offices which will be welcome. Finally, the night up-mail is to start two hours later, another very decided improvement in many wa-ys.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Interesting Paragraphs About Interest- ing People and Things. Mr. G. Newnes, M.P., has thrown open his private road at Lynton. The new road com- mands some of the tinest views iu the neighbour- hood. In Japan a man can live like a gentleman on a little over £100 a year. With this sum he can employ two servants, pay the rent of a hot se, and have plenty of food. Jones (in knickerbockers): Well, my little man, what are you thinking about ?—London Boy (who has never been out of Whitechapel before): I'm thinkin' it's time yer mother put yer into trousers !—"Punch." The Prince of Wales has just shown his re- gard for his son-in-law, the Duke of Fife, by placing a handsome turret-clock in the principal tower of Mar Lodge, the duke's residence on Dee-side. The Prince inscribes the clock as "a. memento cf many visits." The marriage of Prince Adolphus of Teck and Lady Margaret Grosvenor will probably occur in November in the private chapel at Eaton Hall. The Duke and Duchess of York will be among the guests of the Duke and Duchess of Westminster on this occasion. Prince Christian of Denmark (the eldest son of the Crown Prince) has gone to St. Peters- burg for the wedding of his cousin, the Grand Duchess Xenie, and it is believed that his betrothal to Princess Victoria. of Wales will shortly be announced. Prince Christian was the guest of the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marlborough House for about a month dur- ing the past season. 81

FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT. Application Against Lendon News- papers. In the Chancery Division this afternoon Mr. Justice North gave judgment in the motions to commit the printers and publishers of the Star, Morning, Palllrlall Gazette, and People for corn tempt, in having published paragraphs with reference to proceedings in chambers as to a ward of court named Martindale. There was a second motion to commit Mr. Hueffer, the hus- band of the ward, for disclosing what transpired, and also Mr. Perris, journalist, who communi- cated the matter complained of to the Star.— The Judge ordered the printer of the Star to pay the costs of the motion against him, and a similar order was made against Mr. Hueffer. The other motions were dismissed with costs, his lordship saying that in his opinion they were vexatious, and an abuse of the process of the court. ■ IMH— I— HI ■ 11 Ml 111 I I III III III I1! II HI IW II WW

DROWNED IN A BATH. Coroner Hears of a Little Cardiff Child's Sad End. An inquest was held at the Town-hall, Car- diff, this morning by the deputy-coroner (Mr. LL Grover) on the body of Charlotte Frances Brinley, who was drowned m a bath of water at her home, 17, Railway-street, on Tuesday after- noon.—The mother of the child stated that she left deceased in the back kitchen with her little sister, when she heard a scream, and, running into the room, found that the elder child, who was saveu years old, had just pulled Charlotte out of the water in a bath, in which some clothes had been left. The child was quite unconscious. A doctor was sent for, but he pronounced life extinct.—The jury returned a verdict of Acci- dentally drowned."

DROWNED AT THE DOCKS. htquest on the Body of a Saiter at Cardiff. This afternoon tho depnty-coroner (Mr. LI. Grover) held an inquest at the Town-hall, Car- diff, on the body of Max Heemaun Schelsies, a German sailor, aged sixteen, who on Tuesday fell from the deck of the barquentino Diana, and was drowned in the West Bute Dock.—The evidence given plainly showed that death was accidental, and a, verdict was returned to that effect.

CASUALITIES AT SEA. I LLOTD'S TKLKGKAMS.] The sttaner Kelso, from Hull for Stockholm, grounded iu the middle sand off Victoria Dock, Hull, on Wednesday night. The cargo is being discharged into lighters. The British steamers Omba and Aldgate collided at Port Said. Their upper works were damaged. Both proceeded. The steamer Aycliffe, of Middleaboreatrb, stranded off Redcar Bocks, but floated with assistance, and proceeded for Bilbao. The tourist steamer Miowera, which stranded off Sogneflord, floated on Wednesday, and anchored at Askevaal. She is expected in Bergen on Friday, and in the Tyne on the 20th.

H OIXOWAYOFPILLTAM E. In the Probate Court on Thursday a it'otir.n was postponed until October next in tho suit of Young \>.r»us Hollowa.y. I: is visderstood thut the a.atter has reference to the opening of the will of th j l. jte Thomas Holloway, of pill iauie

A PRiEST~D^WNED. The Rev. Patrick Motague, parish priest of Whitecross, County Armagh, was drowned on Wednesday evening at Warren Point, near Newry, while bathing. Deceased was a good swimmer, and jumped from a boat half a mile from the shore, but after swimming for a con- siderable distance he was observed to sink.

Cricket on Sunday. There is an agitation in North London in favour of throwing open the "parks and open spaces for cricket and other games on Sunday, the only day on which many of the working population can use thE; nwiuMiaauuw I Places of Interest Around Cardiff, 2.—THb GREY FRIARS," CASTLE GROUNDS.

CALLED HER "MY DEAR.' 1 Lady's Name so Extraordinary that Her Lover didn't Know It. In the War viok Coi-ity-court on Wednesday James Harrison, painter ,iil plumber, of Henley-in- Arden, appeared for his public exa- mination in bankruptcy.—The debtor's state- ment of affairs showed a deficiency of B543 17s. 7d the assets amounting to -2182. In his statement of affairs the debtor had entered J6150 as "paid in settle- ment of breach of promise claim," and he was cross-examined with regard to tiii; payment at great length by the Official Re- ceiver (Mr E. T. Perrin), ho in for and the Registrar (Mr. Brabazon CMnpbell) thit he regarded the entry as fi, titiaus. The debtor J said that he ,m"t an A.istiian lady at Leicester B.i.ces in 1392 prrmiscuously, and, thinking that she was a lady of means, he proposed to her the same. day, and was accepted. Her name was asi extraordinary one, which he cc.rld not remember, and he knew absolutely nothing of her antecedents. He subsequently r &t her by appointment at Birmingham, and wrote to her once or twice. The lady could not read English, so that a third person-- v hese name he did not know—interpreted the letters to her, and they were addressed to the care of 'ihe third perstn ft Ntw-itreet Post- office. He received one or two letters from the lady, but cojld not decipher the name, and burnt then at on33. He did not give her any engagement ring, and never knew where she stiyed in Birmingham. He always called her "My dear (Laugl t< r) He knew no ther name for her. Fii.allv ilie engagement was broken off, cnd he received a. note from the lady dernandingJ3153 for breach of promise, and threatening as an altirnative legal pro- ceedings. By appointment he met her near Knowle Station, and paid her £ 150. He took vith him two people vliom he had pledged to secrecy, but both were row dead. He knew nothing more about the lady.- -the Registrar eyprfssed himself dissatisfied with the debtor's statements, and adjourned the examination.

A BRAVE G.W. FIREMAN. Leaped from His Engine and Saved a Drowning Lad. A Great Western Railway engine-driver, named Collier, having observed a boy, of four years of age, fall into a deep canal on Wed- nesday afterncon at a much lower level than the railway, applied the brake to his train, and on its speed slackening, Henry Thomas, the fireman, leaped off the engine, scaled a high wall, and plunged into the water. Al- though the child had gone under, Thomas brought it from the bottom of the canal, and animation was restored. Thomas being sup- plied with dry clothes mounted his engine. Thomas and another man nearly lost their lives a few months ago in saving a man who had fallen into the Tennants Canal at Swan- sea.

FOR STEALING CROSSES A Young Girl Sent to Prison for 3 Months at Wrexham. At Wrexham a young girl named Jenny Williams, who has been in trouble in Liverpool and elsewhere, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for stealing marble crosses from the Wrexham 'Borough Cemetery. The crosses were found in the girl's possession at a house where she had obtained board and lodgings under false pretences, and had >not then been missed from the oemetery.

DETERMINED TO DIE. Woman Ties Her Legs and then Takes a Frantic Leap. On Wednesday1 afternoon a young woman, named Clegg, from Burnley, made deter- mined attempt to commit suicide at Black- pool. After taking her hat and jacket off, and placing her name and address in the for- mer, she tied her legs together with a piece of rope and jumped from the North Pier mto the sea. Three men in a boat at once went to her assistance, and resoacd. her in a precarious condition.

TIRED OF LIFE AT FIFTEEN. A Streatham Lad Suicides bv Hanging Himself. The district coroner received information on Wednesday of the death of John Parish, aged fifteen years, of 97, Eardley-road, Streathain. Deceased, who was employed by a chemist of High-road, Streatham, was sent into the cellar for some mineral water syphons, and was shortly afterwards discovered by an assistant hanging from a meat-hook behind the door. He was cut down, and Dr. Pocock was sent for, who, upon arriving, pronounced life extinct. Up ,to the present tune 110 reason can he aligned for the aot.

WARNING TO MOTHERS. A Babe Suffocated by a Veil at Mary- lebone. Maud Floyd, the eight-weeks-old child of a labourer living at Christ. Church-residences, Marylebone, was taken out on an omnibus by her mother. While on the vehicle the little one's face was covered with a veil. On alight- ing the mother, who was accompanied by her husband, went into a public-house. Witile in there a friend lifted the baby's veil to kiss it, when the parents were horrified to find the child dead. The little one had been evidently suffocated by the veil. =-

A DOCTOR'S WILL. w 'o A Glasgow doctor in his holograph will leaves the whole of his estate to his two sisters, and then inserts this extraordinary clause :—"To my wife, as a recompense for de- serting and leaving me in peace, I expect the said sister Elizabeth to make a gift of ten shillings sterling to buy a handkerchief to weep in after my decease."

BIRTH ON THE THAMES. On Wednesday night a lady passenger 011 one of the steam launches running between Oxfoid and Kingston-on-Thames gave birth to a daughter whilst the boat was proceeding down the Thames, near Hampton Court. 011 arriv- ing at Kingston the lady and her little one were safely transferred to an hotel.

A Lad Drowned. A lad named Tanner, of Yarmouth (I. W.), was drowned in the Medina on Wednesday evening, owinar to his Loat capsizing. --t.4>'801

I FOR RESTORING LIFE An Italian Doctor Recommends Holding I, the Tongue. A young Italian doctor has published a pam- phlet, recommending the operation of firmly holding the tongue of persons taken with syn- cope as a sure means of restoring life. The tongue can be held fast by means of wrapping a cloth round it, and must then be drawn back- wards and forwards with a rhythmical motion. The doctor describes a case in which he thus succeeded in restoring life. A young man, while bathing, was surprisd by a wave and drowned. After a quarter of an hour he was taken out of the water, and every effort made to revive him. The doctors for more than an hour used all their resources in vain. Tho young man seemed to be dead. Then the doctor arrived; who reports the facts and, ask- ing for a spoon, thrust it into the back of the mouth, seized the tongue, and worked it vio- lently. Shortly afte? the patient gave a deep breath, and a little later vomited water. The operation was continued; the breaths became gradually more frequent. Mcawwhile, cloths dipped in almost boiling water had been placed over the chest of the patient, and the extremities were rubbed vigorously. After half-an-hour thus employed, the heart began to beat, the face gained a little colour, and the patient brightened. But the patient still needed care- ful attention four hours more to completely re- cover from his long syncope. The doctor hopes that this simple mode of restoring life should be adopted at all places on the sea where life- saving apparatus is used; But even when no such arrangements are ready any one can try the tongue-pulling process, and procure hot' water for the application of heat.

TELEPHONE WIRES. Cardiff Corporation Agreement with the Company. At Thursday morning's meeting of the Cardiff Corpoiation Public WorksCommittee,Alderman Lewis presiding, the borough engineer (Mr. W. Harpur called attention to a draft agree- ment prrt| iared between the National Tele- phone Company (Limited) and the corporation regarding the laying of telephone wires in the town. There was no clause relating to the termination of the agreement, so that it would be perpetual. By it they would confer upon the company the same power as the gas com- pany had, and they would have the right to place wires wherever they thought proper. He suggested that the agreement as it stood was practieally an Act of Parliament for all time in perpetuity in giving them the right to put down wires in any street in the borough. He considered that the company should make separate application whenever they wished to lay telephone wires.—Mr. W. E. L. Gaine, from the head offioe, attended before the com- mittee and explained the matter. He stated that up to the present there were two ex- changes in Cardiff, and it was their intention to make one large central exchange instead. It being necessary to take down their existing plant, he submitted to the committee that) if they could come to terms it was their inten- tion to lay all their wires underground. This would involve a greai expense, and would, he felt sure, prove more suitable than under the existing method.—Mr. T. Morel drew atten- tion to the great complaints made in the town regarding the inefficiency of the telephone.— Mr. Gaine remarked that the telephone was a most irritating instrument to deal with.- Mr, Gerhold asked in the event of underground wires being laid if they would interfere with the electric light plant.- Mr. Harpur: No; if anything the company's plant will be affected by the electric lighting plant.-Regarding the annual rent, Mr. Gaine stated that they paid J375,000 to compete with the post-office, and it was their intention to lay out an enormous capital in Cardiff simply on the theory that the municipality would extend them their good faith, and would only ask of them a mere nominal acknowledgment.—Mr. Johnson said that there was a difference between a private company and the Government, the Post-office, and the telephone company. The question of public benefit should not enter into their consideration on that occasion.—Mr. Gaine stated that if it was decided to lay under- ground wires, the undertaking would cost them £ 20,000. Compared with other towns— through competition with the Post-office- the price charged in Cardiff to members vas extremely low.—The question of rent was further discussed for some considerable t me, a d it was eventually agreed to charge the con pany £ 1 per pipe per mile for the 1;r" ilege of laying pipes underground.—Jt was after wards .mentioned that three i,iii-s wo' 1"d he the probable range of the wires.—A arm "» m- mitttee was then appointed to confer the •town-clerk rela-tive to the preparation of a draft agreement.

AMUSEMENT HOUSES. Corporation Committee Make a Tour of Inspection. On Thursday morning at the eouncii- chamber, Town-hall, Cardiff, the theatres committee of the Cardiff Corporation met for the piirjxjse of making a tour of inspection of the different theatres, music-halls, and concert- halls in the to.vn. There were present. Alder- ntan Jacobs, Mr. W. McKenzie (head-con- stable'), and Mr. Greenbi'l (deputy-borough engineer. The places visited were the Theatre Royal, Grand Theatre, Empire Music-hall, Stoll's Panopticon, Park-hall, Colonial-hall, and D'Arc's Waxworks. We understand that the licences will be renewed on Monday next, at the meeting of the couueil, and also that there are no objections.

HIS MOTHER'S PRIDE. Somebody Cut Off Nearly Half his Curls. Among the applicants at the Thames Police-court 011, Wednesday was a lad who was wearing abnormally long hair in curls. The man who aewmpa,nied him said he had to complain of a man who had cut off How old is the boy ?—The Man Thirteen.— i,early one-half of the boy's curls.—Mr. Mead Mr. Mead How is it he wears his hair m that fashion ?—Applicant: Well, sir it is a hobby and a pride of his mother's for it to be like that.—Mr. Mead: But hardly the (wide of a boy of thirteen, I should tit-ink. Still it is a mischievous thing to do, and an assault has been committed. You can have a summons. MMRBMMMBnRnMBHMIfiaaBMnHM

REV. HUGH PRICE HUGHES Under medical advice, the Rev. Hugh Price Hughes has cancelled all this year's engage- ments and gone abroad. The nervous strain of the past two years threatens vt.ry serious consequences to his health. ■ ■tiwMiwtiKVWivwiwmiiiin-niMi

Principality Parlets. GOSSIP AND CHATTER OF WALES AND WELSHMEN. Paragraphs of Persons and Plaoes of tnterestand Instruction to Old and Young. "Plees to send me The weakly times an eko ?" wrote a West Wales man to his newsagent the other day. Since the Royal visit 4,655 persons have paid for admission to the Royal apartments at Penrhvn Castle. Jjrom the holiday standooint the present season is one of the worst known of recent years on the North Wales coast. "Morien," where art thou? This is what "Moonshine" actually has the audacity to put in the mouth of the archdruid this week: — "Wwyrstdwwyythymyreu yclydwwrsyclmyd." The "Western Mercury" hears that t.he pro- posal of the executive of the Co-operative Wholesale Society to make a grant of £500 to the Pontypridd relief fund has been ap- proved by the local branches. Candidates for the Dunmow flitch next year will include an old married oouple from the Barry district, who claim never to have indulged in ''household brawls or contentious strife." One is deaf and the other dumb. A huge smile rippled along Queen-street, Cardiff, at six o'olock on Tuesday evening. 'Twas caused by the sight. of the portly form of Alderman R. Cory careering homewards on a. thoroughbred, with an open gamp beating time to the rhythmic motion of hoofs. A judge of the High Court complained recently of lae number of Joneses who were called as witnesses in a will suit. But the Joneses have such a start that. nothing short of a drastic nomenclatural reform will remedy the present Jones glut in the surname market. "Home, sweet home, there's no place like home," sang a crowd of bedraggled trippers outside the Great Western Railway Station, Cardiff, on Tuesday night, while they waited in the teeming rain for their train. Listeners said the surroundings ga.ve an added pathos to the old, sweet song. At a recently friendiy supper in Cardinjeber n. gentleman who was responsible for tp toast of the chairman congratulated the/oompany on. the unique fa^t that they possessed a chairman who could stand but could not speak, and a vice-chairman who eould speak but could not stand! This must surely have been somteme from. the "'hills." A man was dining a\ a Car- diff hotel the other day. Nuts and., nut- crackers wesre handed round, when he calmly picked up the nuts with the crackers and con- veyed them to his ivories, where he reduced the husks to subjection It would be interesting to know how many really good braes bands Glamorganshire fan turn out. Mr. Shepherd, of the Court Theatre, Liverpool, calculates that in their number and qualify this county compares favourably with any other in the United King- dom—even Lancashire. An important part of a shoeblack's stock-in- trade is his saliva., and when business is brisk it occasionally runs out. That was why an enterprising young member of the boot poltak- ing fraternity the other day in St. Mary-street, Cardiff, called out to a chum in the same way of business, "Lelld us a spit, Jimmy." A marriage has been arranged, and will take place in the autumn, between Henry Alford Bugby, youngest son of the late John Bugby, of Brentford, and Ethel Margaret Hughes, of Richmond, second daughter of the late John Hughes, J.P., of Aberystwith, and niece ef Lady Mary Hughes, of Cad tell Borth. A Penygraig man is in a fix. "Pleaee let me know ('he says) where is the best place to purchase potatoes that they may be sold in this valley as cheaply as Cardiff merchants can sell them; or let me know from where the potatoes come into Cardiff by steamsr;/ also the address of two or three potato mer- chants abroad." Perhaps someone can oblige our troubled friend. Mr. and Misa Ensor, of The Hollies, Llanishen, who a.re upon a fishing excursion in the north of Sutherlandshire, are enjoying excellent sport. On the 4th instant they caught on Loch Hill 75 trout, weighing 19lb.: on the 5th Mr. Ensor took on Loch Shin thirteen trout, weighing 91b.; and on the 6th Mr. and Miss Ensor landed from Loch Hill 43 trout, weighing 12lb. That peculiarly Cymric institution revelling in the quaint, but by no means euphonious, appellation of "Arwest Farddonal," will be held in Carnarvonshire—on the "margin of Geirionydd's wa.ters" on the 16th instant, and, being under the presidency of such distin- guished bards as "Moriru," "Penfro," and j.uba.1 Lleifiad," the congress will be ren- dered unusually a-ttractive. The coming of age of Sir Cecil Miles, Bart., of Leigh Court, Bristol, was celebrated with much rejoicing on Tuesday. Amongst the company present were Mr. Mansel Lewis, Stradlev, Llanelly, a.nd Mrs. Lewis (sister of Sir Cecil), and Mr. and Mrs. Gaussen, for- merly of Llanelly. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis m present to the heir was an oak cabinet for time-tables with morocco cases, and Mr. and Mrs. Gaussen'R antique china. Geography essay at a public school Ítl Gla- morgan — "Write what you know of the Boers and their country." "The Boers be wild pigs, and are found ia South America* "Where is the Island of Cuba? "Can't say, sir, indeed." "Do you know where* the sugar comet from ?" "Yes, sir; we borrows it from Mr*. JonetL sir. But we gives it back on Saturday night. Wha-fc's the matter with Judge Gwilym Williams ? When his honour took his aett al Pontypridd County-court yesterday a number of persons interested in the Ferndale libel action were engaged in reading the report 1 in the Cardiff dailies. The judge bore it for some time, but eventually, casting his ey. over the assembly, he sharply told the many persons who were absorbed in the papers to. at once leave the court if they wanted to read. This had the desired effect, for ia another instant all the journals had myste- riously disappeared from his honour's view. The "Liverpool Mercury" is not in doubl as to who should be appointed expert on Welsk MSS. "Probably," it says, "Professor Rhys it already too much occupied to undertake fresh labours, and the duties are such as could profit- ably be entrusted to younger scholars. If Mr. Gwenogvryn Evans can be induced to abandon his patient toil of editing Welsh manuscripts in the tranquil atmosphere of Oxford, he ia clearly marked out at once by his long expe- rience and his proved capacity for the work ia question. If the financial conditions admit of a second investigation, it will surely be pos- sible to enlist the services of one of the Celtic lecturers at the Welsh University Colleges." Apart from the "Mercury," we have good reason for believing that "Owenogvryn" stands well in the running for the appointment. Of the few "discoveries" for which the EistaW> fad is immediately responsible (observes "Yoo and I") the most notable is Mr. Ben Davies, ft native of Pontardawe, in the Swansea Valley, who now stands in the foremost rank of our great vocalists. Sixteen years ago, when h» had just reached the age of twenty, he com- peted successfully with fourteen other tenOFt at one of these gatherings, and Mr. Brinley Richards, himself a prominent Welsh muni* cian, who heard him sing, was so struck by tin beauty of his voice that he carried him off t4 London and placed him under the care of Me Randegger at the Royal Academy. Here tin young singer studied for three years, taking aD the prizes, medals, and diplomas that came a his way. In 1882 he made his public dflxtt, and his career since that time has been an un. broken series of brilliant successes. Mr; Davie* is essentially a hard worker, turd evt-n now prac- tises diligently day by day.