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SALES OF WORK. AT SICHMOUD-BOAD CONGREGA- TIONAL CHAPEL). A sale of work was opened by Mr. Alfred Thomas, M.P.. at the P.ilchnioi\d-road Congre- gational Cha.pel on Vv ednesday after- noon. The bazaar was held with the object of iaiding money for a I r.ew chapel to be built facing Richmond-read. | Already £ 400 has been subscribed for this J object, and it is hoped to raise this sum to J £ 500 by the special effort inaugurated on Wed- ■ nesdtiy. The work of building, however, will j not be commenced until £ 1,000 has been raised. I The stalls were presided over by—1, Mrs. j Barron, Mrs. D. E. Jones, Miss Davie?, and j Mrs. Lang; 2, Mrs. Perry, Mrs. S. Jones, and J the M Isses Jones; 3, Mrs. Watts-Thomas and j Miss Rees; 4- (children's stall), Mrs. and Miss 1 Palmer Morgan, and Miss James: 5, Mrs. J Windsor and Mrs. James; others by Mrs. j Price, iLrs. D. Da-vies, Airs. T. P. Rees. and I Miss Meas. Dr. D. E. Jones presided at the opening ceremony.—Mr. Alfred Thomas, M.P., in opening, trusted that the Church would soon have another minister as a.ble as the one they haci had in the past. — In the evening, at a public gathering the late pastor, the Rev. John Austrln Jenkins. B.A.. registrar of the University College, vas presented with a marble timepiece, bear- ing tiie inscription:—"Presented to John Austin Je.r.kin; B.A., as a memento of his ministry at Richmond-road Congregational Church, Cardiff, 1887-1895." In addition, the late pastor was presented with a couple of I mantel ornaments.—Mr. Noah Rees made the presentation, and spoke in warm terms of the rork of the recipioait.—Mr. Jenkins replied in :1 felicitous speech. CLIFTON-STREET CHAPEL. A bazaar was held at Clifton-street Chapel, Roath. thn object being to aid the chapel funds. The stall-holders were as follow: -,A.rt, Miss Dtv/ and the Misses Gwen and Mabel Jones; fancy goods. Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. G. Thomas, Mrs. Davits, Mrs. Hill, and Miss Evans; 'flowers and fruit, Miss James and Miss M. Da vies; dairy, Mrs. R. J. R&es and Miss R. Williams• bran tub, Miss Haskell; museum and art gallery, Mr. T. G. Dew and Mr. R. Iv. Morgan; galvanic battery, the Misses Matthews; and phrenology, Mr. R. E. James. Mrs. Hc-nrv Jones opened the sale, and, this formality having been performed, business com- menced briskly. 11k R. Williams, the see- retary, deserves praise for tho way in which the carried out the arrangements. The pastor (the Rev. R. J. Rees) hopes to raise J370 or £ C0 by the bazaar, which is to be open again to-day (Thursday).

PAPAL IITFAIiiilBILITT. Under the auspices of St. Teilo's Catholic Historical Society, a lecture, forming one of u, series upon controverted subjects, was de- livered on Wednesday night in the Queen- st'-eet fiall, Cardiff, by Monsignor Croke Rob.nson, M.A., London, one of Rome's recruits from the Church of England, and one of the first controversialists of the day in the Roman communion. The Rev. Father Hayde presided over a crowded audience. The lec- turer contended that the Roman Catholic Church alone possessed the distinctive marks which an average Englishman m cea-rch of a religion would -cek for. and he said infallibility "did not mean inspiration or impeccability," but, oniy the power invented in the Pope. as suc- cessor cf St. Peter, and when sitting ex cat-mdra, to define what should or should not bj bclieveu upon faith and morals only, and tli rhe intuition or binding the Universal Church. Questions were invited, but only one was received on paper. In reply, the lecturer sexci-tied that Slxtus V. made an addition to )?;1" Vulgaii, which had nothing to do with faith a".c1 morals, and did not tcuch the cju. s- tion of infallibility. The meeting closed with the usual votes of thanks. ¥???--

SUCCESS OF A WELSH GiptL. Miss Martha Emma Anthony, the daughter of Mrs. Sarah Anthony, Seymour-street. Aber- dare, has won the Neale Scholarship of £ 20, open to the highest Welsh girls in the pass list ¡ in either of the colleges under the British and Foreign Societies. Miss Anthony was a teacher under the Aberdare Beard. She is now in the Darlington Training College. ? THE NEW READING-ROOM.

CARDIFF FREE LIBRARY. A PORTION OF THE NEW WING OPENED- SOME INTERESTING IMPROVE- MENTS. In accordance with a recent decision of the! Cardiff Free Library Committee, the spacious i news and magazine room of the new portion of the library building was informally opened to 1 the public on Monday evening. This step was taken in order to allow of the alterations in the old news-room being proceeded with at once, and the formal opening oif the n-w wing will! not take place until the whole building is complete. Although the intimation of the opening of the new reading-room was only made in tbe_ newspaper reports of the meet- ing of the library committee, the event seems to have aroused most intense public interest, and the chid librarian (Mr. J. Baillnger) esti-j mates that on Monday and Tuesday no less; than 5,000 persons visited the new n mi. There' t cannot be a doubt that when the library build- ing is complete it will be one of the most commodious and compact in the provinces, while in the matter of a number of details planned for the greater comfort and convenience of the visitors it will occupy a; unique position. In addition to the news and magasme-room, the ladies' reading-room has also been opened, and luis been well patronised. The new readiing-room contains about 450 super- iicial yards of iicor space, and provides com- fortably for 280 persons reading at one tune. The reading-stands are arranged around the walls of the room. and the tables, at which readers will be seated, occupy the centre floor space. By this means the reading-room atten- dant has full control of the readers. All periodicals regularly supplied are provided with I a fixed location, the newspapers on the reading- stands, and other periodicals, by attaching the reading-cases to a string, fastened underneath I the table. By allowing a yard of cord to each periodical, a. reader is enabled to lift it from the tabic, and read it in almost any position. An enamell'd plate, giv.ng the title of each news- paper and periodical, .is placed above or in paper and periodical, .is placed above or in front ot its location, and at the tables a flair is allotted to each periodical. The "lewspapera i 'and periodicals are arranged in alphabetU ai order, and a periodical rack and a spate tabic preside ior a, few periodicals to cannot be allotted. Tables are also provided for writing. The time-tables are placed on a stand-up desk on one side of the room near the entrance, and the local directories will be placed on the same desk and screwed down. By these me:'ns the librarian has avoided the untidiness and con- fusion which is such a drawljaok to reading- rooms readers can see at a glance what periodicals are in use, and no person is able to appropriate more than one at a time. The ladies' loom provides for 43 readers, and is arranged on exactly the same lines as the newsroom. The furnitji.re is of polished birt h, and the floor is covered with cork carper, while all the chairs are shod with indiarubber cads, which prevent them from making a noise when moved. The rooms are comfort- ably warmed by hot water pipes, low pressure, system, and at night they are Jit by electricity, the fittings being after designs by the archi- tect, Mr. Seward, F.R.I.B.A. The lamtps hang from wrought iron standards rising from the floor, and this is tfie first, instance, we h'Jieve, in vdiich the wiring has been done from below instead of above. I -?-?-

DISMISSED FEOM HIS POST. THE CHARGE AGATNST A CWM- BRAN SCHOOLMASTER. It will <be remembered that at the Mon- mouth Assizes on Friday last (before Mr. j Justice Cave) Mr. Richard Evans, who for a period of about twenty years has held the appointment of headmaster of the Upper Cwm bran Board School, was indicted for forgery, and pleaded guilty. In the neighbourhood of Cwmbran public sympathy runs greatly in favour of the accused, who was respected by all classes, and this sympathy found expression on Tuesday evening in a, public meeting being called at the board schools, Xpper Cwmbran, to see what action could be taken with a view of inducing tihe Llaitiirechfa. Upper School Board to re-instate him in his old position. There was a large attendance. At a eom- mittee meeting on the previous evening Mr. C. Lang, a representative working man, was appointed chairman of the public meeting, and Mr W. J. James, of the board schools, Lower Cwmbran, as hon. secretary.—The Chairman having explained the object of the meeting, Mr. Theodora Hale moved a resolution expressing regret at the course that tihe board felt. com- pelled to take in dismissing Mr. Richard Evams irorn lus pci-Jt as the headmaster of the Upper Cwmbran Board School, consequent upon the adv.ee of their clerk, and, fJeling that the! deraancs of justice had been fully met, strongly u.Lad them to re-i,tst»tc hem in his former position.—Tins was seconded bv the Rev. T Rocker, and supported in starring seeches bv the Rev-J. D. Rees, Councillor T. Scott, Air. U. H. Daniel, and Mr. W. J. Jani-s. The resolution was carried unanimously ^nid -p. ,(rU"UVee' consisting of the Rev. i. Cocker, Mr. C. Lang, and Mr \V J. Jamp# was appointed to present the resolution to the n«xt meeting of the school board, and the meeting then terminated.

TEA IY TIX-PIATE CHESTS. ACTION BY THE SWANSEA gro- CERS' ASSOCIATION. n,oTfb0 S,Vttn £ ea proevrs' Association at a meeting on Tuesday evening had the ques- y a"Pf l[lf in tin-plate chests brought who them by Mr James Jones, president thX ?fprfS3d, hlS ^satisfaction-a.t the fact ie tin-plate chests as vet received in DH Tde °f Sv'"ar,Sea"lnade .• — J. li. JottQ gave the resists of inquiries which lie had made into the mat^r, u- appeared that the rmv-hiv- coaced sheets used up to the present were supplied from Belgium and coatecf ia ?n^w' f wti cIear that for of a litt.e enterpnse they were making a present to foi eigners of a trade which should be peculiarly their own. The chest company ). Pre!f"Qg to do their own coating, and t.ns uught be the beginning of further j-arious competition with Wa'les.—It w^s sh°n'f 1 thft a of the association sh^md be formed to go into the matter. -?-

Atlantic Transport from Swansea. There is at present ir the Prince of Wales SwansJca., th0 twin screw steamer Lord Erne, the largest vessel which has ever visited the port The Lord Erne is the latest addition to the Atlantic Transport Line (Messrs. Williams. Torrey, and Feiicl), tracing between London, Swansea, and America. Her length is 445fc. and her tor.n-age 3.647 net and 5,6i0 gross. T^ie Runic, another large new vessel engaged by the line, js due at Swansea next week.° l1li ■■■ „■ II }

ALARMING OUTBREAK OF TT- PHOID AT PONTARDAWE. j One of the most disastrous epidtmics of 1 typhoid faver which havi ever been experienced in the Swan.s.-a "Valley is at present raging at 1 i onta-da.we, a large and populous centre there, and popular indignation. is being greatly ex- cited by the, fact that, though the epidemic has be.en, on the increase for several weeks past, nothing, as far as can be aseeitamtd, has been cl by the authorities to isolate cases or destroy the source of infection. Medical men cognisant of the facts are astounded at the extraordinary callousness displayed, and can haraly credit that they are- living in days Oi sanitary authorities and officers, much less of accuiate^ knowledge of the causes of typhoid. From what can be gathered, the disease was iinporoed to Pontardawe some disease was iinporoed to Pontardawe some months ago by a tramp who oome from a dis- tance, and developed a serious illness, from which he died there, the cause of death being emphatically typhoid. The workhouse, it appears, is close to the schools, and evidently has thus been the mean, of communicating the 11 disease wholesale amongst the population. It is stated—we have no ligures as yet by us, but intend, if possible, to obtain them—that there are. scores of ca.ses of typhoid raging in the district, and that a number of deaths have I already occurred. The fever, owing to absence of precautions, is spreading alarmingly, and the residents are aghast at the inactivity of the authorities. The county medical officer (Dr. I Williams) visited the district some time ago, and. it is presumed, has reported, whilst the local medical .)fficer (Dr. Griffith Griffiths) has also reported to his board. Yet the water supply continues the same, and there is roisola- tion of any kind. Four nurses from the Swansea Nursing Institute are doing their best to cope with sickness in the district, but it is clear that they are in jecpardy of their own lives every hour, for there is nothing to pre- vent them kking- the. malady. Meeting Dr. T. D. Griffiths, of Swansea, in Pontardawe (where he had been in oonsulta- tirm with Dr. Grice as to a ease there), a repre- sentative of ours found the worthy Swansea medico and sanitarian in great (indignation as to what he had observed. "I am told," said he "that one doctor alone has had to attend as many as 40 canes of typhoid here in a day. and finds children in the same beds as typhoid patients. A good many deaths have occurred, and the fever is spreading alarm- ingly. Mr. Gilbertson, of Glanrhyd, wishes to do, and has done, all he can to stay the enidemie. but he can find no one to assist h;m in the work. and he is disgusted with the apathy shown. "Would you conceive it possible." said the doctor earnestly, "that in these days typhoid should be allowed to spread? We know th" causes of it perfectly well. Once the source of typhoid is discovered, it is a disgrace that it should be allowed to infect any fresh place, for it can be stopped at once. It can be stamped out like a fire, and should: be treated exactly in the same way. There it? no drainage at Pontardawe,' as we understand it, but there I are the cesspools. They should be at once disinfected, a proper and new water supply put on—they could get it in 24 hours from tho top of the hill—a temporary hospital should be put .up or houses secured for hos- pital acconini'.xiation, there should be isola- tion and ventilation, and the disease would soon be stamped out. Here. I am told, none of these things have been done. I must say 'I could never have believed it possible. But-, apparently, it is possible, and if the facts now published awaken the authorities to a sense of their duties, the residents will have cause to thank Dr. T. D. Griffiths for his emphatic warning. ? -z--

An old woman named Mrs. Ann H:tl1 died recently at a dilapidated house in Quarry-street, Swansea, and shortly after her death it was unexpectedly discovered that she had hoarded away in ;m old boiler gold to the amount of £ 350, which now goes to her son and daughter. --?-?-?-

PROFESSORI HUXLEY. TRIBUTE TO HIS MEMORY BY MR. A. J. BALFOUR. At a meeting of the Huxley Memorial Com- mittee on Wednesday afternoon at the Museum of Practical Geology, London. the Duke of Devonshire presiding, Lord Kelvin, in moving a resolution that a memorial should be established to Professor Huxley, said he had left to the world, by a long life of scientific work, a monument more enduring than bronze I. or marble.—Mr. J. Balfour said Huxley had earned the reputation of being a master of lucid and vigorous exposition. The great scientific fact of the latter half of the nine- teenth century was the establishment of the doctrine of evolution upon a scientific basis. In the critical period of scientific history which followed the publication of the '"Origin of Species Huxley did more than any man to stimulate public interest and bring into line youngiT scientific thinkers. If it was the fact, I and he thought it was, that educated men looked at the material world, from an evolu- tionary standpoint, they owed that, not merely to the original investigators, but to those, like Hvxley, who did much 'to support it.—The resolution was carried.—It) was decided that I the memorial should take the form of a statue, to be placed in the Museum of Natural History! and a medal in connection with the Royal College of Science^ any surplus !*o he devoted to the furtherance of biological science, in a manner hereafter to lie determined.—It was stated that the movement had been warmly taken up abroad, and that subscriptions had been received and promised to the amount of £ 557. including a cheque for JE50 from Lord Salisbury.

PROPOSED NEW CHARTER. At a meeting of the executive council of the Cardiff Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday it was decided, after a full discussion, that. inasmuch as the chamber comprises among its members coalowners, coal charterers, ship- owners, and others, whose interests are so con- flicting in the matter, it was thought advisable not to send representatives to the conference convened by the documentary committee of the Central Chamber of Shipping to discuss the proposed new charter. A further suggestion was made that the documentary committee should put them- selves into communication w th the parties inte- rested. either individually or through the various assÐciations. ?-

New Dock and Railway at Barry.™ An inspection this week of the various new works in course of constructien for the Barry Bock and Railways Company in the Barry dis- frict points to the fact that material progress is beir; £ made by the respective contractors. The embankment across Barry Harbour, in order to run an extension of the railway system to the island, will shortly be completed, as well as the breakwater which the Barry Company are con- structing at the instance of the Board of Trade. The railway tunnel on the island is also making satisfactory progress, and the outer heading, which will enable the trains to reach the channel pier near the dock entrance, will shortly be commenced. With regard to the deep lock I entrance, which is being carried out by Sir John Jackson, a staff of men has this week been put on the work of removing the masonry, with the view of forming an entrance from the deep lock into the main dock. Messrs. Price and Wills have also undertaken the cutting for the entrance passage between the main dock and the new East Dock, the excavations of the bed of which will soon be accomplished, and active preparations are being made to commence the masonry work.

The annual concert of Mr. Swindell's pupils came off at tihe Parish-hall, Llanelly, on Tues- day iu.:<ht, and proved more popular than j ever. -?-

Notes from London. ALL THE GOSSIP OF TOWN AND CLUBS. Lord Salisbury and the Wesleyans-Legal Etiquette — Mr. Morley Wanted by Both Parties. The chill which prevented Lord Salisbury attending the funeral of Rusteni Pasha need excite no alarm. It was as a measure of pre- caution that the Premier staytd away from the funeral, and to-day I hear that he is as fit as a tiddle. He had been cn a visit to his daughter, who is married to Earl Sel- borne, and the change of air induced a chill, which, however, yielded to suitable treat- ment. He was certainly well enough to receive a deputation of Nonconformists this a.fternoon, who were opposed to further grants being given to voluntary schools. The deputation was introduced by Sir Henry Fowler, who, however, distinctly repudiated any political object. The Premier, who has a delightful way of speaking his mind, rubbed it in to the deputation that the most bene- ticial thing for the whole community would be to give up the campaign against the Church schools—in fact, it may be said the deputation came away with a flea in its ear. It was characteristic of Lord Salis- bury that lie received the deputation this afternoon unsupported by anyone. On nidi occasions, especially when the deputation is of so important a character, it is usual for the Minister receiving it to be attended by secretaries, officials, and. perhaps, some of his colleagues. To-day the Premier came forth alone and boldly confronted the whole congregation of assailants of the Church. LEGAL ETIQUETTE. The probability of the eat in the Montrose Burghs being unopposed increases. Nothing definite will be known for some time, how- ever, as Mr. Shiress Will. knowing that the writ cannot be issued until the meeting of Parliament, has deferred making his resigna- tion. For it is beyond doubt that a barrister practising at the Parliamentary Bar, as Mr. Will intends to, cannot be a member of Parliament. It is a. stronger case than the breach of etiquette alleged against Mr. Thomas Shaw and Mr. LTre, two Scotch members, who broke the tradition of the Bar by appearing in the election petition for Elgin and Nairn recently tried. It is a settled principle in the etiquette of the English Bar that a member of Parliament shall not appear as counsel in election petitions. Whether the same etiquette applies in the Scotch Bar I do not know, hut no one has been able to re-call any case in which a, Scotch M.P. has broken this wholesome rule up to this present. It has been said that the same principle applies to the House of Lords, and that Lord Coleridge, who is a practising barrister, cannot appear as counsel ii cases before the law lords. Probably, Lord Coleridge has not thought of appearing, but, at the same time, there is nothing to prevent him from practising before the House :of Peers. The feeling of the Bar on such matters is a very strong influence. It has, I am told, compelled Mr. Asquith to drop briefs which, as ex-Home Secretary, he ou<?ht not to have taken. But this will not affect Mr. Asnrith's career, for briefs are pouring in upon him rapidly. MR. MORLEY WANTED BY BOTH PARTIES. Mr. John Morley's election for Montrose, curiously enough, seems to be desired by both parties. It is said that the Unionists desire his moderating influence in connection with the Irish land question, while some are anxious to see what will become of the rivalry between him and Mr. Tim Healy. Radicals are anxious to get him back because of the paucity of leading men. It is not true, as elsewhere has been stated, that Lord Rosebery dislikes Mr. Morley because the latter intrigued against his lordship's accession to the Pre- miership. As a matter of fact, Mr. Morley was one of the Radical leaders who, bv declaring that they would not have Sir William Harcourt over them, rendered it possible for Lord Rosebery to be Premier. The other two were Sir Henry Campbell- Bannerman and Mr. Asquith. It is true that Mr. Morley was disappointed with Lord Rosebery's performance as Premier, and may have said so. But he has done nothing to incur Lord Rosebery's displeasure. THE CAREER OF JABEZ. It seems as if the curtain were going to ring down on the Jabez Balfour case. When Jabez was found guilty to-day the judge i'Dft.i mated that sentence would be passed to-morrow morning, and the Attor- m' ney-General announced that he would then make a statement. I understand that the statement win be to the effect that the Go- vernment abandon the further charges, deem- ing that two convictions are sufficient in the interests of justice. THE WEEKLY DESPATCH." While in the enjoyment of the comparative ease of an ex-M.P., Sir George Newnes has turned his mind towards the extension of his newspaper business, and has bought the "Weekly Despatch. This is one of the fleet of papers once owned by .^lie Dilke family. It used to be the property of Mr. Ash-ton Dilke, Sir Charles Dilke's brother, but was disposed of by Mr. Dilke. It is said to have been on the market for some time, but, although several nibbles had been made. Sir George Newnes alone has had the courage to pay the price demanded. For the present, at any rate, no alteration is likely to be made in the paper. TURF WINNINGS. Mr. Leopold de Rothschild heads the list of winning owners on the flat for 1895 with a total of £ 20,749. Mr. Harry M'Calmont, M.P., comes next with 515,011. but this is a long way behind his totals for 1693 and 1394, when, by the aid of Isinglass, his winnings in stakes far exceeded that of any other individual racehorse owner. All good sportsmen will rejoice to see Sir Biundell Ma,ple third with £ 12,677. a total mainly built up by the successes cf The Owl and Ivirkconnel in the rich Newmarket Stakes and Two Thousand Guineas respectively. Both The Owl and Kirkconnel were pur- chases, and cheap ones, too. The Owl being considered at the time of his sale in the light of a cast-off from the Duke of Port- land's stud. Without the assistance of these two "cracks Sir Blundeil's total these two "cracks Sir Blundeil's total would have been poor indeed. LOTI Rosebery comes a respectable fourth (thanks ?- to Sir Visto) with 211,357, whilst Mr., J. H. Houldsworth pressed the ex-Premier closely by the aid of Laveno's winnings— 11,33'7. Sir Frederick Johnstone is sixths with £ 10,744, but Sir Frederick races in partnership with Lord Alington, and, as this amount is the total sum won by horses nominated by Sir Frederick, the total amount won by these two sporting partners must be nearer -220,000 than the sum credited to the sporting baronet. The Duke of West- minster is seventh with £ 10.175, and the Prince of Wales tenth with £ 8.281—the largest amount his Royal Highness has ever won in one year. For this the two brothers, Florizel II. and Persimmon, are mainly accountable* If the two-year-olds bear out their early promise, the supremacy for turf honours next year will lie between the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Westminster, Mr. Leopold de Rothschild, and Mr. Harry M'Calmont. FINDINGS AND KEEPINGS. An interesting theatrical case will shortly be heard in the courts. It concerns the management of a West End theatre and one of their staff. Some two years ago one of the attendants, it appears, found in the theatre a diamond bracelet. He at once handed it over to the management in case of application. No inquiries, howtver, having been made for the valuable article, the at- tendant has now demanded that ifc shall be handed over to him. This re- quest the management has refused, and, in order to decide the ownership of the bracelet, an action has been commenced. For the management it will, of course, be urged that the attendant, as a servant of the theatre, was acting in a fiduciary capacity, and that be has no legal claim to the -article; whilst the atten- dant will, it is said, produce: evidence as to the custom of London theatres which will support his contention. The case is an extremely interesting one, and will attract much attention. PATTI IN TOWN. There was the usual scene of enthusiasm and excitement at the Albert-hall last night when Madame Patti appeared. Her acquirers thronged to the magnificent hall in thousands to do honour to her first and only appearance this season, and, as ever, she treated them, to all her blandishments and sang the most familiar songs of her repertoire. One Patti conceit is so much like every other that it is almost impossible to say anything new about the latest. Time seems to have not the slightest effect either on her mobile features or on her magnificent voice; time likewise does not appear to decrease thd popularity of those old-fashioned songs which she lias sung for so many years. No doubt, this is the reason she harkens not to the com- plaint that she does not keep in touch with the modern school. "Home. Sweet Heme," and "Comin' Thiough the Rye have far more potent attractions for the concert- loving public than the most pypulair air from Wagner's masterpieces. MB. LUCAS WILLIAMS. On Tuesday night Mr. Lucas Williams had a bumper benefit at the Holfcorn Town- hall. The large room was fula, to overflowing, and the artistes included Mr. Ben Da-vie.?, Mrs. Mary Davies. Mr. J. Thomas (harpist to the Queen), Mr. Maldwyn Humphreys, Miss Gertrude Hughes ("Clwyd- fardd's"' grand-daughter), Mr. Fred Griffiths, Miss Marion Evans, Miss Olive Grey, aDd Mr. Lucas Wiiluiims. The genial "Ben," whose ready good nature is proverbial among mem- bers of the profession, was in fine form, but 'he was unable to stay after singing two sonsrs, as he had to '-ing late in the evening to the Prince of Wales at the Portland- rooms. -?-

WELSH MILITARY NEWS. THE COMMAND OF PEMBROKE GARRISON. Lieutenant-colonel Western, Royal Artil- lery, who has just handed over command of the 13th Company Western Division Garrison Artillery, H't Devonporr. on promotion to his pr-tsenfc rank, has become commandant of the companies of Garrison Artillery at Pembroke Dock, and will this continue his connection witn the Western Division Garrison Artillery, with which division lie has served for many years. The command of th garrison com- panies at Pembroke Dock has changed hands very frequently of late, and Lieutenant-colonel Roger North has served at that centre only a few months. He is now posted to the Southern Division on taking over command of the Royal Artillery at Rangoon, in place of Lieutenant-colonel Rn-i'-ell, who retired soon after he was posted to this command, and who never entered upon the duties of his appoint- ment

F OR-ESTBlT AT~ CARDIFF. HIGH COURT TO BE INVITED FOR 1896. A committee meeting of Cardiff Foresters, under the presidency of Bro. W. 11. Ballsdon, P.D.(.' R., took plaoe at the Glove and Shears Hotel, Cardiff, on Wednesday evening for the purpose of discussing the preliminary arrange- mcnts with reference to the proposed invitation to the High. Court of the Order to hold their annual conference at Cardiff in 1888 or a sub- sequent v-par. A hope was expressed that the public men of the district would render assis- tance in bringing the movement to a successful issue. ?- _???,:?

SHOT HIS SWEETHEART. The Central News correspondent at Rother- haui says:—On Wednesday a young miner named Jan KM Littlewocd shot his sweetheart, Edith Mitchell. The girl is seriously injured. She nas fired at whilst Jeaviag a grocer's shop. The motive for the attack is stated to be jealousy. The marriage of the couple had been arranged and the banns asked twice in church, but a cpiarrel on Tuc-v.lay night is understood to have caused the ill-feeling. Littlfcwood is in custody. ?.?.????;?

AN ABSCONDING BANKRUPT. The public examination in bankruptcy of Walter Hams, sack colLcior. Mert'nyr, had been fixed to take place before Mr. Registrar Lewis at Morthyr Ccuri on Wednesday, but the- debtor, who had not fiLd any statement oc affa,ii8, failed to put in an appearance.— Mr. W. L. Daniel (the official receiver) stated that there was reason to belli, ve that Harris had left tha country, and an application for a warrant was granted. .?-?-

Michael Burns, blacksmith, Ferndale, was cliargcd at Pontypridd on Wednesdays with com- mitting robbery with violence, and stealing frcm the person of Mary Miller, an unfortu- l ate woman, the sum of 4-s. 6d. The prisoner was committed to the assizes, bail being allowed, in himself E20 and two sureties of JB10 eak;l.. --?- :¡ I" è"l, ,) t1' no A Misplaced inheritance

!ÿil?¡.J.(i.ce In je. i anLv¡ Sbe waa a little dressmaker, whom every- I õedy respected, cut who, in spite of the fact that her !.tZ'v consisted of only one, and that one herself, had remained for ever at the foot. She had ambiticiiS and idc:)1, sifter whi .'h she **»3 perpetually driving in the treadmill methods of a stiuggle for daily existence. She had possibly eorae dreams of love, but there was always a dismal awakening when she had come to lock upon her circumscribed area of life as the only camping-ground Lte was willing the should havov So she made herself comfort- able witii the material at hand, and tried to think her-elf nappy wh- n her four wails were the boundaries oi her waldo .r Contentment came, if not happiness, and then i the disturbing element of love entered into her domain and took possession. At least, die. WHO was not familiar with the dear visage ot 10.0; mistook the intruder for the winged god and. bade him welcome. To drop metaphor, she was continually meeting a man upon the sfceps of the boarding-ho-use, which wa-, her Eialto. He was a iontiv, single man, of gen- tirn/aaly appearance, but to the eye of the initiated he bore the unmistakable signs of dis- sipation- Miss Lonsdale, the little dressmaker, was not initiated. She believed him tc be fctsifering from ill-health, tho result of despon- dency. and, woman like, firs: pitied, then loved, him. His name was Maurice Dunbar, and he told her that his family had disowned him be- e».use he Wll.ó poor. This seemed perfectly natural to Miss Lon.- j diie, for ahe herself looked on poverty it- a ease or crime, and shunned contact with j the more fortunate of her i'el!ow-bein?s. The y were mamed, and she scon iound that J with a conjugal complement she wns a complete j fauure. She had used Ikt burial fund as a marriage dowry, and • oile it lasted they lived on the fat of the laud. She found her husband had extravagant tastes and she gratified him. He had no money, so she provide*- him with a!l she had. and, when, it was gone, went ba. k to dressmaking, a profession to which matri- mony is some-times fatal. She wait absent-minded, and nearly rut. off t customer's ear with her niting shears. She no longer chatted and beguiled rhe time of har fashionable people with quaint reminders of oilier elastomers. They grew tired ot her, and took their custom elsewhere. it cucie out in tile, t.s.ud w*v. ILcvo's wir.gs i -?- '?- trailed in the dita. and wore despoiled. When she could no longer maintain nim, her husband abused her. "I made you a lady when I married you." bo said; "my family is 'ar above yours," and he would pose dramatically, like an injured lord "I have no family," she would answer in a teanohoked voice, '"except, you. Ee good to me, Maurice, and I will do anything for you. You need not lift a keg-r; only be good to me.' The disposition of a man to whom such an appeal is i ecessary is already brutaliswl bevotid redemption. He went from bad to wor.-e, gambled, drank, and tailed by beating his wife and turning her out of doors. That is not pleasant to think about; think, then. what it must have been ic endure. Mrs. Dunbar went to the house of one whom she had befriended to ask shelter for the a ght. Pi was declined, on the ground that there was no vacant room. She would have taken her friend in and sat up aJl night that sha might re4 woll. There was one other family but ou the -teps of her house her heart failsd her, and she turned away and w nt bock to her own room., where she could not make :my impression on the man in a drunken sleeo within. Then she walked the -treet until day- light, when she fell seurele.ss, and was «>a.T-ried off in an ambulance to ou-c of the hospitals, where .she remained unknown and unclaimed. She was ill a long time. After that there was a t dious season of convaJescence. Slw was in the city ward, but everybody was gcod to her, and -took an interest m the lonely won an. She sent, a note to her husband by a messenger, who brought back word that the house was empty. She never intended to go back to him. but wanted the few i?0E?essi0Tis she owred to make her comfortable. One day she was reading a. newspaper, when she saw her liuslxmd's name, among the killed in a marine di.sa.-ter. '1 here could ].v no mis- taking it, for it was peculiar, and the d«scnT> tion justified her fears—or shall I say hopes? For she had suffered so much that she r-ould ..h:'d no tears for him nor canonise him as some widows do their departed tyrants. She was scrry for his wonted life, his desperate death, but would hwe felt iierself insincere and hypocritical to mourn for his taking off. She w nt out into the world the next day and began life over a^ain, queen of two hands. Richoird Lester, lawyer and politician, and a rising man, although no longer young, sat ah >ue iu his private office one afceruoon, when the door opened to admit, his confidential OU clerk, who said: — A lauy t-) ,-er you, sir," and at the game -.i-.ne bo laid a ciieap-looking curd uoon the lawyer'* desk. It read :—"Mrs. Maurice Dun- bar, fashionable dressmaker, Rose-terrace." Claude: exclaimed Mr. Lester, "this is the party for whom we advertised." "Same party, sir," responded the clerk, with cominen dable bre vi rv. "IV oil, tiiis is remarkable. But, by the way, I Claude, jt was a man, not a woman, we wanted. "What does she look like?'' "Widow, sir." "Show her m." The next moment, a slight figure, dressed in new, cheap black, wa- ushered into the room. The lawye* rose to meet lie:. lie acked, brusquel; — "Are you the widow of Maurice Dunbar. "Yes, sir." Her voice had a. p:-cuiiar resonance, acquired through much pain—the clear, low sweetness of her bospitabie tones attuned to tha ear o: suffering. There was nothing suppliant in them, no alms-taking qualitv, iyur. the woma.ii- kness that touched) the rough heart of the, lawyer into a sympathetic vibration. He looked at her with interest, a.nd excused himself for asking her to throw aside her long crepe veil. He found. himself staring at a paie, delicate face, around which masses or red-brown hair were heavily crimied. Her eyes looked into his with the truthfulness of a child. "Pardcn me," he stammered; then resuming his coldest exterior, demanded her oredentiai-. She showed all aptitude for business ;n the promptness with which she produced her iden- tification, account of her husband's death, and other Jata of importance. No poim was left uncovered. She had come prepared to la immediate eiaim to a fortune left, to Maurice. Dunbsr by his uncle, Maurice Dunbar, who had 1 lived for the past- twenty years in an inland town of British North America. He was not on good terms with a-ny member of his faanily, excepting Maurice, who had He was not on good terms with a-ny member of his faanily, excepting Maurice, who had visited him some yesars jirevious. and -n whose favour the will had been made at the time. "Had you ever 1 ueard jour late husband speak of this uncle?'' the lawyer a»?ked, among other questions. "I have hauxl him speak of a relative from whom he had expectations, answered the widow, guardedly, "and he once said tbtt he would be ircnchted by his death, and that ho imd the same name. "The name is a common one, but I shall probably liave other applicants who wil1 ;:eø the advertisement, and must not make any mistake. The conditions of the bequest are unusual. Have you any children?" "No—'thank G'cd." ans-weicd the widow, G'cd." ans-weicd the widow, qirickly. She felt that she had reason to be thankful in eetupui- that perpetration of moral Oiblii;ufty. "In the case of there being children the monev would belong rightfully to them. The will makes tills provision, but adds, further, that if there are no children the widow shall bo the next lieir. In the event of death or rc-iuarria're. the whole sum reverts to charity, one partioular institution being named as beneficiary." "X shall not marry again," aswerted the I widow. "Don't- be too certain of that- rescinded the I lawyer, "you are still young, and at" attrac- tive, he was going to say. but. finally concludtd, "at your age it is not an impossibility. I will sere yon again to-morrow. Good-bye, madam and he escorted her to the door, which he clostd after her. Withm a month the money had been paid to her, and the widow of Maurice Dunbar, who decorous at the lawyeioffice, moved into a handsome new hoile, tjid began climbing to her new ideals unon the fateful fragments of her dead past. She hardly recognised herself in her new role of a- successful woman who had had put on heir first black in order to appear money enough and to spare. Her home wacs a picture af comfort. She looked up a poor woman who had once asaisKd her in dressmaking enterprises, and gave her an elaborate order for modified mourning. She made glad the waste places of many a life with her compas- sionate help. and m making others happy found her own greatest happiness. One man came to .her for help and comfort who needed the sunshine of life and cuuld find it only in her presence. This was Richard Lester, the successful lawyer. He had met his fate when he first mw Myra Dunbar, and heard the tones of her womanly voice, and now he was pleading with' her to marry him, to cast her fortune into the lap of charity a.nd to receive tenfold fcom him. She was afraid to tempt fate again and put him off, but he com- pelled her to acknowledge that this love was no imposture, but the genuine brand. She was louely and so was he, and they were so congenial and looked at everything with the same eyes. What she did not know he could easily forgive. And he would teach her- sweet employment! -And at last she consented to a very quiet wetlcling, and a long journey to foreign lands, where undor a new heaven their wedding life would begin, then—— "————, some one to see you, ma'am," an- nounced the rosy-faced housemaid of the widow one morning a. few weeks before the we tiding day. I "Some one on business, Julia?" asked Jlrs. Dunbar, looking up from the morning paper, '"Y-o-s'm. I expect he wants help. He looks kind of shabby." "He is not a gentleman?" "I should say not, ma'am, and he is'nt a "I should say not, meam, and he is'nt a -?_ tramp, exactly-kind of betwixt and between." "I will see him," said Mrs. Dunbar, and she laid aside her paper and left the bright fire burning in the grate a litt'le reluctantly. She had laid aside her mourning now that she- was engaged to another man, and wore a pretty breakfast gown that was .suitable to her pettte stature'and most, becoming. When she entered flw little reception- room whpre the caller waited, she awv a. thin emaciated man. shabbily dressed and bearing many marks .,f p/i\a- tion—and she saw something else, a likeness in his profile that set her heart to beating with an awful fear. When he rose and confronted her she fell back, and with whitening lips gasped out the name: "Maurice Dunbar!" "Yes, Maurice Dunbar returned from the dead," was the cruel, sneering answer. Then she fainted, and mercifully knew no more. Again, Richard Teeter, a, bowed and mise- rable man, was seated in his office alone in the glcom a1 id depression of approaching night and ot his own unhappy thoughts. Before him was the one letter he had recieveil from her since the cruel necessity of paiting had come upon them. It contained the ring with which they had plighted their troth. He had written a mad, hasty reply, in which he had urged her to fly with him, and offered the devotion of a life time, and she hail come to him and rebuked him with a broken heart. "Do not. make it harder for me," she said in that brief, final interview7. "You can do one thing to help me, if it is not wrong. This money -really belongs to-to-my husband, but I think God ha.s made me his almoner. As long a« he believes the money to be mine I can control him and compel him to live like a gentleman, and, pe-rhaps, help him morally. If he has it he will go to instant ruin. Will vou help me to keep the secret? He shall have every comfort, but he must take all at my j hands. Can you do this legally?" | No, he could not, but for love of her he concluded to keep silence and let her belie-,e it was right. So he pays the annuity regularly, S and asks God to forgive him if ho does evil j that good may come. A strange sequel to this was a call on one occasion from Maurice Dunbar himself, who, well-tlressed and cared for, presented the appearance of a gentleman, a moral phase of development which was the effect of his wife's faithful labours—at first from a sense of duty, but later from a revival of the old love. "I have come," he said, as he followed his card into the presence of the lawyer, "to con. sult you on a matter of importance upon which I require loyal advice." "He has heard of 01 bequest," thought Lester, with a sudden feat, but aloud he said calmly: "Please state the circumstances, as briefly as possible. And he listened to another (phase in the complicated life of the woman he loved. I "A -wish to inquire, proceeded Maurice Dunbar, "whether a man who marries under an assumed naone is legally married or 'lot,?" I Richard Lester made no outward demonstra- tion of K. great joy that for one moment tilled his heart, to (be followed by thrill of despair. "Ye3," he said, after a moment's thought; "ye; by law of this State o -man who mar- ries under a.ny name is legally married. I assume, then, continued the lawyer, "that you arc interested in such a case? "1 am personally interested. The name by which I am known, Maurice. IDua'lar, is not my own name. I have been troubled with se>me doubts. My wife is a lovely Christian woman, and1 I feared 1. had done her a wrong in marrying her under a name that was as- sumed as a matter of convenience. There is no disgrace attae.lied to it, but when, I renounced my family I left off the old name. I shall keep the one I have until 1 die." I He paid a liberal fee, and left the stunned and dazed man of law with another complexity to combat. Richard Lester never by any chance sees Mrs. Dunbar, whose man of business he re- mains; nor does he know that to her he is only a memory associated with a certain legal transaction, which she believes she is justified in keeping secret-; for she realises that her hudband is weak, and his present- goodness en- forced, but she has saved him from himself, forced, but she has saved him from himself, and is satisfied with her reward. it only remains now for the real Maurice •Dunbar to appear and claim his inheritance, which Richard Lester will pay him, doilar for dollar. But that is a contingency which may never occur. I

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