Evening Express

I METEOROLOGICAL KOTES. I SOUTH WALES TIDE TABLE. ++ 4 • s i, a < a -• .J T1 A -r. O £ 5- O 5 2 > w J a < « 3 O T: -S 3 Timrs 9 51 8 53 9 47 9 1 9 4 day, Eveuin, 10 7 5 II 10 5 9 2.0 Q 25 Sept.2D (Heiync -3 1 22 9 .33 7 32 4 21 b Fr:d-,v (Morning 10 25 9 30 io~24 9~43 0^41 2' 1 Kvening 1C 46 9 51 10 45 10 3 10 4 J" CHeisrht 30 10 2S 2 31 4 31 0 20 0 Satur- /'Moru'ii? 11 8 10 14 11 3 :0 28 10 24 day Eveuin- l! 3i 10 4,' 11 36 10 57 10 03 Sep. 22 (.Height ZB 2 2 > 1 23 8 29 3 17 6 Suudov ("Morni'^ — li 1/ — 11 .34 u 27 y'.of 10 vemn^ 12 6 — 12 11 — — 1 (.Height 25 10 21 2 26 4 27 9 15 6 Mond„ (Morui'g 12 52 12 I li 55 12 18 12 16 04 3 Eveni'- I 47 1? 50 1 44 1 10 12 59 1 (.Heivriic 25 4 I 23 iO 25 10 27 6 16 0 Tnesdv f-Moi'iliV 2 42 f4J *2 34 2 > T~56 o lOveuns,' 3 33 2 25 3 19 2 50 2 33 P' Uleia-ht 27 4 25 8 27 1") 23 3 17 0 Wednes rMormV -4 17 37 41 3 29 3 22 day. iKvjiing 4 52 3 41 4 35 4 2 5 50 Sept. "So (.Height 30 6 23 5 31 0 30 4 19 3 iioath tlasui East Doc:, Sill J Alexandra, OOCK 5Dock Sil

BAROME 1'RLCAL INDICATIONS. Appended is a chart of the barometrical readings for the 48 hours ended Wednesdav midnight, as regis- tered at the IVesiorii Mail Office, Cardili. The iurtirumeut is 53ft. above sea level.

I WEATHER FORECAST. YESTERDAY'S FONWRUST. I YHSTBIIDAY'H WKATHRK. Easterly breezes, lhllt: South-easterly breezes, fog?:y inland at first li^ht fair. clear and bright later. The forecast of the weather the West of En"iR.Uo1. and South Wales for to-diiv ('I hursday) is as f diows — Varying emUrhj breezes, light; fair, TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL T. run: t)AT*- jrsTjMUT MeauT A" '• Friday 14- 65 51 5910 O'OO s.-iturdaj- 15 b7 53 60*0 O'OO Sundav 16 66 55 65'6 Q'CO Monday 17, 66 54 60'0 0 00 Tucidii.y 18 67 56 61'5 O'OO Wednesday 19 66 57 61'5 0 00 Thursday 20 67 50 53*5 0 00 TheTennieratnre. reitroseuts extreme reaiiiutr tii thermometer for 24 hours ended 9 a.tn., tak-'n in the shade at Cwrt-v-Vil, Tenarth. The Rainfall registered at Cwrt-y-Vil. P narth, f >: he 24 iiiiui-s eiid"<l 9 a.m.

LLANDAFF CATHEDRAL SERVICES. Thursday, Sept. 20.—Parry in J); anthem, "Com- fort, OLord" (Crotch). Friday, Sept. 21 (St. Matthew).—Holy Comm-ini'm at eig-ht a.m. Five p.m. Turle in D anthem, "Give ear. 0 ye heavens" (Amies). Saturday, Sept. 22.—Stabler in E flat; anthems, 'Be thou faithful" and "Ho that shall endure" Mendelssohn).

5IJ2: Poz;t- 95. Tr.tni'HOXE Natisua.I 502 Post- olliee, 95. I T:t.Xf;tiA:<ts "Mail, Cardilt."

NOTES. i BY "OBSERVER." CARDIFF, Thursday Morning. Riverside Conservative Club looked gay lust night, with the Unioit Jack fluttering without, and its air of genial festivity within. But it wasn't all btvr and :kittlë13-1,y any means. Mr. Maclean was there, and he mad", a speech. Now, oven Mr. Maclean's political enemies admit that what he writes is strong, forceful, healtny, vigorous; and, as with his articles so with his addresses. He is no lover of flapdoodle; catchy phrases of conveniently double meaning have no charm for an honest politician. Mr. Maclean's latest speech is like all its predecessors: Radical and Tory and Labour man alike can read it with profit. Take, for example, what our future member says about the influence of the Welsh language and the fuss there is being made about the monoglot Welshman. Is it not a fact that the ancient language (admirable and picturesque though it be) has been the means of seriously crippling the Cymro and retarding his pro- gress for generations, if not centuries? Sup- pose the Scotch had stuck with blind zeal to their Gaelic, where would they be to-day as a nation? Not one whit more advanced titan the peojile of the Principality. Of course, if the Cumry Fudge gentlemen intend converting all Englishmen to the speaking of Welsh, well and good; but if not, they may take it that they are simply sprags upon the wheel of progress, and an incubus on the people they profess, doubtless sincerely, to serve. Mr. Maclean hit off Sir Edward Reed's In-itldll very ha.i>[)ily. The member for Cardiff (he said) had held the position for so long a time that he did not consider it necessary to address the electors frequently on public affairs. I'ossibly, Sir Edward has yet otiter reasons for his rara visits to Car- diff. He doesn't like being heckled, and there are Radicals here who view the naval knight with the same complaisance that a bull gaxes at a red rag. "The further apart the better friends" is a saying which is strikingly true in the case of many of Sir Edward's followers. When they t-ee him, like "Hamlet'' with "Yurick's" skull, their gorge rises. Happily, Mr. Maclean is not in this position. He and the people of Cardiff have nothing to lu,1', but every tiling to gain. from mutual acquaintance and inter- course. A Cardiff lllall ljas beell giving an account of his jtoweis a" a widder of the divining rod. I am of opinion myself that if there is any space of reality about all this, the power, whatever it may be, lies in the man himself, and has nothing to do with the rod ;L; a red whatever. A parallel instance occurs in the case, of Mesmer, who made his piitients employ metallic connections,which he afterwards abandoned. Ey the way, a Car- marthenshire invest-isrator is busy with a, book on the divining rod, which (J understand) wdl be ready in :t few days, and which wiil, I hope, throw more light upon a most diffi- cult subject than we at present possess. The first profit-sharing function passed off very happily last evening. There was an ex- cellent attendance, and those who were present- had just a glimpse of the very extensive and complete arrangements which characterise the great premises of Messrs. Walkey, Thomas, and Co. The meeting took place in the dining-hall, where the employes take their meals, and the arrangements of which include a pianoforte, Che firm evidently believing in music as an aid to good digestion- Mr. Pad- field presided with that quiet dignity so charac- teristic of the man, and his speech was a model alike of shortness and lucidity. The ballot passed off without hitch, and receivers of bonuses and books alike seemed perfectly pleased and satisfied with the arrangements. The phning and singing added considerably to the enjoyment, and I must add—for it is only the barest justice to do so that Miss Glossop's solo wa", very much admired. The impossible does happen sometimes, for our Tudor-road establishment is about the last place in the world where one would expect to find a nightingale. A word must also be said for the cup of tea. provided, and the smiles which accompanied its distribution and con- tributed to the sweetening of the time- honoured beverage; Of course, for those of us who are on the staff there were familiar faces present, besides very many fresh ones, whilst the beaming countenances of the ser- geant and his good wife helped not a little to make everyone feel at home. The distribution has had an excellent start, and I have aa 0W4 tbat the future gatherings will Le characterised to an even greater degree by sociability and brightness. There were ructions in the office this morn- ing. The Pole lia.s been on very bad terms witlithecomps. since they put "wizened" where he wrote "wizard," and this morning he- was further incensed because they had turned some of his doggivl inside out, and inserted the head where the bil ought to 1)('. It w as, therefore, at a very unlucky moment that the fmlllv man seized th" bard by the button- hole with the object of perpetrating a joke. "See )¡pre," saiel ihe humourist, "the 'Mail' says Mr. Elxniezer Beavan is 'so frank,' and I say that may be. but he can never be ho Frank as his brother- See' Capital E?" "Yes. I do see." growled the man of verse, untwisting himself angrily from the clutches of the juUst, "alld you're alluther capital F, sir, for you're a E double O L. Here, I say, give the Roaih Park Lake a chance! Here arc three men narrowly es- caping drowning, but it appears they were utterly unable to manage a boat, and were so clumsy into the bargain that they upset the craft only by cliangingheats. Shaks. peare (or somebody else) observes in a classic gem that Three wise men of Gotham IVent to sea in a boui- If the I owl had been stronger The story would have been longer. The Poet is out just now, so I must e'en do the paraphrasing myself. Three foolish fellows went in a boat on Roath Park Lake, th.< intention, apparently, some exer- cise to take. I should like to prolong the narrative, but the boat overturned, and as they couldn't swim, Why, of course, thp inevitable resulted, viz., that all the trio tumbled in; I have a suspicion that somehow this doesn't sound quite as pat as the filA, but 1 cant help it really. However, it suits my purpose, and it must go. In other words, if people will try and drown tIt -m-eives in the Roath Parle Luke—well, then ill heaven's name don't blame the lake. I think this i.- a. reasonable proposition, and one that will ensure general respect. Councillor Beavan ib quite correct, so far as lie goes. Extreme cure should be taken ill letting out boats, but every man thinks himself capable of managing a boat. Why, lUiendda colliers who have never seen a boat in their lives go di.xwn to the Mumbles, hire one, and put cut in a sea that makes even practised sailors turn green i' the gills to look at. It is not a b:t- of use asking a man whether he understands boats, and there is no phreno- logical bump that the caretaker can feel to satisfy himself upon the point. So the end of it is that we all remain "as we were." I called attention yesterday to a grievance which Tommy Atkins feels abroad. But how do we treat Tommy at home? Here is the latest case;At the age 0f 72, in a small back street in Birmingham, amidst tiiemrround- ings of poverty, Jolm Seeley, an old Crimean veteran, died on Monday last. The case is typical of many others, and the circumstances as verified by Sereeant Parkinson tell their own tale. Seeley, when a young man, joined the llifle Brigade, and accompanied his regi- ment when ordered out to the Crimea, lie served through the campaign, and, in recogni- tion of his services, received the Crimean and Turkish medals. After serving for fourteen years he chimed his discharge, subsequently became attached to the Reserve forces, and at tne end of the. four years was pensioned off with an allowance of 3d. per day. Being a blacksmith by trade he applied him- self to his calling, and ten years ago came back to Birmingham, He faced his daily task wil- lirgly, and struggled bravely against his fast- approaching infirmities. Unhappily, he met with an accident twelve months ago, and since then he has practically beeI an invalid. His only son,'being himself in needy circumstances, was unable to render him any aid, and, but for the kindness of the neighbours, Seeley and his wife, who is also 70 year-; of age, must have end-uped the keeaet-t privation. As it was, their condition was often pitiable. A touching instance of the old man's devotion to his aged partner is given. Three weeks ago S-eeley counted that his wife ascended the stairs to attend to him 30 times in one day. He argued that that was too much to expect ffom her at her time of life, and he, therefore, arranged for someone to carry him downstairs, and there he remained until he died. Alius, that this should bE) but one case out of many. Poor, brave, faithful Tommy Atkins we praise ami fete him when he gains our battles abroad, but when he is old and feeble, he may die in the ditch. v

CUSTOMS IN MOROCCO. A Doctor Describes a Gruesome Sight Witnessed at Rabat. In noting a visic to the Sultan of Morocco's Palace, at Rabat, Dr. Kerr describes the fol- lowing gruesome sight:While waiting at the Governor's we saw one of those revolting sio-hts which makes one's blood curdle. A muleteer had just arrived from the Sultan's camp with the panniers of his muie full of huiran heads. As the victims had been de- capitated the week before, the odour was any- tItingbutpLeasant. The Moors, however, laughed and talked with as much glee as if they had returned from a boar hunt. Before we left a soldier arrived with a dozen poor Jews, who were commissioned to salt the heads of the faithful prior to their being nailed up on the city gates, i'lii. appears to be the only honour the poor Jew has in Morocco—that of embalming with salt the heads of these holy Moslems.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. Interesting Pars about Interesting People. Lady Booth, youngest daughter of the chief of the Salvation Army, is to be married shortly to a Suede. A Gold Coast Prince has sent a magnificent log of mahogany as a present to the Prince of Wales. It is explained that Miss Margaret Elenora Tupper, whose death was announced on Tues- day, was the youngest daughter, not the sister, cf tlie poet. Mr. Norman Gale has entrusted the musical setting of a. series of his "cricket songs" to Mr. Ellis .1. 'Wynne*. The dedications of the Hist, second, and third songs have been accepted by Messrs. If.. Bain bridge, E. S. Jackson, and W. G. Grace respectively. Madame Eanny Moody has formed a com- pany for the purpose of giving recitals in cos- tume of Gounod's opera- "Philemon et Baucis," at Glasgow and elsewhere. The first perfor- mance will, however, take place at the Crystal Palace next Saturday afternoon, when the opera, will be performed in English. Justice Hawkins, who is a very great lover of dogs, was some time back on circuit- in a western, town, accompanied, as usual, by his favourite terrier. A large crowd had assem- bled to witness his arrival. No sooner was the door of his carriage opened than cut jumped the dog, attached to a c-lnin, at the other end of which appeared the worthy judge. His dignity was, however, somewhat impaired by the remark of one of the on- lookers, who, mistaking the exact function of his canine companion, remarked, in a- very audible tone, "Good 'evins, Bill, the old uns blind

ACTRESS BURNED TO DEATH. An actress of the, Hanover Theatre, Berlin, named Eraulein Nina Brancin, was sitting the other evening in her room dressing her Itairwith curling tongs, and incautiously tried to fill the burning lamp from a bottle of methylated spirit, Unhappily, the little lamp fell on to her lap, and her dressing gown immediately caught fire. She was taken to the hospital, and succumbed to her wounds the next day.

A Lady's Cycle Record. On Wednesday morning Miss E. White, of the Dover-road Club, beat Miss Tissie Rey- nolds's London to Brighton and back record by nearly 42 minutes. Miss White started from Merstham and completed the journey in 7hrs. 56min. 16sec.

Profit-Sharing Scheme. OUR FIRST. DISTRIBUTION I LAST NIGHT, Express'' Readies Assembled in Force to Witness an Interesting Function. The spacious dining-hall of Messrs. Walkey, Thomas and Co.'s new premises in Tudor- road, Cardiff, was last evening- the scene of a very iutercRting function, none other than the first distribution of bonuses and books in cOnllcction with the profit-sharing scheme of the Evening Express." This novel scheme has been already described in our columns, Lut we limy repeat that it practically renders every sub- scriber who carcs to avail himself of the privilege lL "harer in the profits of the popular evening' paper., Coupons are issued with the Express entitling bearers to participation in the scheme. To facilitate the further arrange- ments and ensure the safe and perfect working of the scheme two trustees have been appointed, viz., Mr. George Padfield and Mr. J. H. Mills, who aye well known, personally 01' by name, to the great majority of the Cardiff public. The trustees select daily ten names from amongst the coupons sent in, and every Wednesday evening a drawing wiil take place, the fkst, as we have already stated, being held lust evening. Punctual to the time mentioned a large number of people, of all ages and both sexes, came together and took their seats in the brilliantly-lighted dinirg- hall. At one corner, on a dais, stoodtheiy.no, the strains of which enliven Messrs. Y^alkey, Thomas and Co.'s employes during the dinner hour whilst nigh at hand was a display of tea things that carried its own silent but pleasing tale to those assembled, enforced as it was by the smiling faces of the ladies who so gracefully and efficiently presided over this portion of the arrangements. Without loss of time one of the trustees (Mr. Padfield) rose to explain to those present the nature of the scheme in case there were S0111e who might not entirely understand it, The proprietors of the "Evüuing Express," desiring that the subscibers to that journal should share in its financial benefits, had deter- mined. with that object in view, to apportion £6 per weeK in 24 bonuses of 5s. each, together witJ, 36 presentation volumes from an extensive list in the hands of Messrs. Daniel Owen and Co., wbich made 60 apportionments per week Ül all of bonuses and books. Mr. Padfield's lucid and succinct explanation was received with cheers, which were renewed when Miss May Thomas advanced to the piano and played very prettily Silvery Waves," Miss Glossop following with a really admirable rendering of the solo, "Eternal Rest." Everything was now in order for the ballot, which was conducted by Mr. Padfield and Mr. Mills, assisted by Mr, T. O. Davies (publisher of the Express ") and Mr. S. H. Jones, and under the eye of Mr-E. H. Cra.fter (general manager). Whilst the ballot was progressing tea was handed round, Miss Crofter presiding, assisted by the lady corres- pondent of the Western Wail and Mrs. Farrell. Much interest was taken in the progress of the ballot, the fortunate certificate-holders belong' ing to Cardiff, Swansea, Mc-rthyr, and other parts of the South Wales district as far down as remote Kidwelly. Judging- by appearances the various participators were thoroughly pleased and satisfied, and whilst some waited to the end '1 the rest went out quietly, taking with them the magic paper that entitled thetu to a share in the "Express" profits, either in the shape of books or bonuses, the latter being paid on the spot, the former being available on application at St. Mary-street to Messr?. Daniel Owen and Co. The first dis- tribution passed off with marked and unquali- fied success, and augured well for its successors, which will be held weekly at the same time and place, viz., Wednesday evenings, at the premises of Messrs. Walkey. Thomas, a.nd Co., Tudor- road. Much talk there is these latter days ahout co- operation, Anil of the sharing of thepelf by folk of every station. Tile finn to whom the "Express" belongs are not at all COllten L2d With theory and lallish talk, and so they have invented A scheme to let the public share the profits of the Which is so simple that it shines as bright as any j taper. You in the Express" a coupon find; you send it to the office, Entitling you to draw some time a portion of the profits. Then day by day do two trustees put just ten names aside, Which in it Wt8k means six!}' llames received from i'ur and wide. A weekly distribution thell by ballot is the word, And sixty books or bonuses are in their turn conferred. You got a neat certificate—a shareholder you're now (Your only bond, to buy the Express "—'tis easy you'll allow). And every shareholder his book or bonus he receives In time his turn comes round again, a matfic circle weaves. If you'd more clearly undersbnd this broltd and welcome scheme, Just buy the" Express" and find 'tis much more than a dream THE OFFICE POET.

IN A CARRIAGE ACCIDENT. Prince Adolphus and His Fiancee Get a Fright. On Monday evening,while Prince Adolphus of Teck, and his fiancee, Lady Margaret Gros- venor, werp driving- to Chester General Station from Saighton, an untoward incident, and which mig-ht easily have been attended with serious eonaequenceA occurred. When the betrothed pair were approaching the city by way of Christleton-roiid, one of the axles of the vehicle suddenly snapped, jamming the wheels against the body of the carriage. Fur- ther progress in the vehicle was impossible, and the distinguished couple alighted, and completed their journey ill a cab hired from an adjacent stand.

NEW CURE FOR INSOMNIA. But it's Costly and Only Good for Great Travellers. A Chicago man is earning 5s. a night in a novel way. and at the same time is breaking the town ordinances which limit the 11se of water through the garden hose. He begins work when his employer goes to bed, and remains OIl duty until he is convinced in his own mind that the master of the house hasgone sound to sleep. The man is paid 5: a night to titand under his employer's window and play the stream from the hose on the window panes. His employer's friends say that he is such a greit traveller that he cannot sleep- unless IK- hears the swish of water under the port-hole of his cabin, so that he is obliged to get up a substitute when on land, and that the nearest approach to this soothing swish is a 1 t'iIdl'I' stream of water moving over the window panes. The fact is, the man lias dis- COY( red a cure for insomnia which is working well in his case. The idea was suggested to him one afternoon when he was stretched out on the sand at the edge of a lake. The mono- tonous breaking of the waves lulled him to slumber, and that afternoon he enjoyed his first good nap for a week. Soon after he hired a man to squirt water on his bedroom window, and he say. that the muffled sound kept up for all hour sends him to sleep every night-

ONLY FIVE ARE SANE. All the Resi of Wotton St. Mary's Popu- lation are Lunatics. A parish must be in a bad way when all but five, of its inhabitants are disqualified from the franchise as being lunatics. This is the ease at Wotton St. Mary, a suburb of Gloucester, where only fiye of the parishioners are in their right mind, the remainder of the •population being con tin.ed in the county lunatio asylum, which is situate there. This electoral quintet has to do duty for a popu- lation of 900. and will, therefore, be called upon to elect a. council of nice members, unless bome special provision be made by the Local Government Board. Wotton St. Mary promises to become the Old Sarum of parochial guver inn en t.

Trotting Records. A Central News telegram from New York says:At Gatesburg tIllinois) on Wednesday the trotter Alix covered a mile in 2min. o^sc-c.

Pars of the Principality. A COLUMN OF GOSSIP OF WALES. interestmg Notes and News of Interest and instruction to All who Dwell in Old Gwalia. Out of about 60 people who visited the Cardiff waterworks on Wednesday ouly four tasted the. water—unadulterated. A Rhosilanerchrugog Salvation Army man explained his ecstatic jumping oil the platform by saying that "the Spirit of God had got into his North Wales is the popular place for honeymoons this year. It is almost worth while running special excursion trains for happy young couples. The smallest tin-works in the world in Swansea Gaol.' An official report states thTi £ only ten "tins" were made there during the year ending March 31, 1893. It is a curious fact that Welsh Radical members of Parliament never attend agricul- tural shows. Their only interest in the agricul- turist is concerned with -votes. "Une word more," raid the Rev. Mr. Cae at the Riverside Conservative meeting, and he rattled away for about tell minutes at the rate, of 19?J, words a minute. "Fetch us a copper,"pleaded a beggai who called at the house of a Swan-ea police- man la-t week and saw his little, boy. And the boy went and fddled his father! Councillor Kumsdale on Wednesday coined more new words than a lexicographer would in t";reive months, 'straw geology" and "jawology" being amongst titeclioicest speci- mens. "Ancient works of reference" is what Councillor Ramsdale irreverently termed the Cardiff aldermauic bench on Wednesday. What will hp. say when it becomes his turn to be elevated ? The Haverfordwest- Weslevan Methodist Circuit wa, formed in 179-1-. The centenary will be celebrated shortly bv the holding of a conferelwe and other 111eetiu: in Haver- fordwest and elsewhere in the circuit. The-Cardiff Free Library Committee are Welsh Nationalists. The motto inscriljed on the new addition to the library is "Ni byduo doeth ni ddarileno." or, in English, "He is a dullard, "Who is no seholard. Barrr is .getting terribly martial. Still another company of the Church Lads' Brigade will be started in connection with St. Paul s Church next week, making four companies established in the district within the past tliree months. Someone said once that he found a certain town built of brick, and left it of marble. Something of the kind has occurred in Pem- brokesbire; where a church now stands where once was a cowshed. The church's name is Llanboidy. The Rev. H. A. Coe at the Conservative Riverside dinner gave an amusing instance of Radical enlightenment. One lady in the district told him "he wauld rather the Church had the money than that it should be "given away to these royalties." The Welsh word for devil takes a greater:, vanety of forms than a.ny word in the bin- gu'tge. There are diafol, diawl. diafl, diail, jawl, jail. and the derivations dietiig, diawl- edig, jawledig, the Glamorgan swear word, jawlamytto. and the Carmarthenshire jawl- anghotto, which some say are Red Indian. The "Titer of a weekly column in the "Cam- brian X em;" knows something. He says:—' "My advice to Wales is to fight as shy- of flu Liberation Society as the Liberation Society fought shy of the tithe agitators; and if Wales has any subscriptions let them be sent to pay the election expenses of men who do not turn tail when a movement becomes unpopular. A Glamorganshire man writes to Mr. Nye, the author of "How Dissent is Established and Endowed, as follows:—"There its no doubt that most of the ehapels in the country have, to some extent, been endowed, either in having a aito given, or given on very advantageous terms. It is most difficult to find out the chapel endowments, the trustees are so very reticent." "When I was ahoy," writes a "man in the forties," "1 of ten heard my mother speak of all uncle of hers who spent most of his money and time and all his brains in discovering per- petual motion. Does any reader of "Vale!! Day by Day' know of any instances of this kind? Do they know whether men are en- gaged in any such fruitless pursuits just now? If not. when is it likely the craze died out?" There is one Cardiff towa couneillor who has at twoE,lcces;;ive inspections of the Taff Yawr Reservoirs endeavoured to bring back a parcel of water-cress. Last year the weed was flavoured with pepper, and distributed indiscriminately in the railway carriage with distressing results. Th8 sa ne councillor pro. cured a fine lot on Wednesday, and had not reached Cefn before it had disappeared through the door of the carriage. Whatever else the Salvation Army may have done, i j has certainly introduced new spirit in^o journalism. Referring t( a meeting in North Wales, where "a re2-4 l idlicking, Hea.venly time wae spent, the "War Cry" says that "there was nothing special on; ju-st an ordinary do-al1-we-can-to-' thrash the devil sort of a day. Everybody went in for making it as hot a shop as possible, and nobody -uiew this better than the devil himsolf." From the London "Echo"Various reason* have been assigned for the early retirement of Michael from the 50 miles championship on Saturday. He is stated to have isrffered from saddle soreness, and also from lack of prr pa ration. Probably, however, he found the track too fast for him. Riding on grass at cinders is vastly different from riding upctt the "battens:" and with the very warm pace set from the start, the little Welshman wag decidedly not in it. Tie hung on for a eoupl» of miles by dint of sheer pluck, but adllld wisely when he saw lie could not stay with the leaders. Although the "Globe" has no blessing for Welsh p:riok(, Welsh; whisky appealt to onr contemporary in a different manner, A correspondent of the "Globe" Referring to the Marquess of Bute's Welsl vineyards, wine is not the only beveragi grown, in Wales. While touring this yeai in North Wales I was surprised to come across a distillery among the beautiful hilI. of Bala, situated at Frcragoch. I endeavoured to propitiate the excise officer, and my heart wits made glad by the stimulating effects of Welsh whisky, which could not be sur* i passed, in my opinion, by the best blends <4' either Irish or Scotch. "Ah! your Eenglish crowds are not as orderly as our French ones," said a. French gentleman to a friend whilst walking froia Langland Bay to Swansea the other day. "When I came first to thees country I went- very foolishly—to see your Lord Maire Show. The crowd. came all around me, and wedged my arms down 1io-I could not move. Thea someone knocked my hat up to there (point- ing to his chin). I oould do nossing: my nose was skinned,, my arms were fast. When some- one kindly removed my hait afterward I asked, 'Where is the show ?' but, ma foi, the show it passed! Sare, I was obscured for ten minutee. Ah! your crowds are abominable, sare!" Welsh utilisers had better get hold of the editor of the Green Gazette. He is rather inclined to think Welsh peasants talk according to the rules of the Welsh Language Society. See this: "As evidence of the amount of Eng- lish understood by the average Welsh peasant (writes a. correspondent) the following oonvep- satiian I had la.s-t night with a shepherd may be interesting to other tourists who, like my. i self, cannot speak the native tongue. 'How far to DolwyddelaJi ?' say I. 'Don't under- stand, sir,' says he. 'Is it a straight rod 'r' I say. 'Yes, it is a straight road, he says. "Vho are the landlords about here 'Lady Willoughby and Lord —— says he. 'Many small holdings ? People living on and work- ing' their own land?' I inquire. 'Don't under- stand,' again he answers. 'Good night, and thank you,' I reply." J