Evening Express

OUR DIARY. TO-DAY. 1896.—May 14. Thursday. Ascension Day. Sun rises, 4.11; sets. 7.41. Mercury jwrt. about this time well visible after sunset in the north-west heavens. High Water:—Cardiff, 7.57-8.14. .Swanse1*, 6.55—7.12. Newport. 7.49—8.6. Weather forecast: Weather ten-iing to break up t lowly: rain and thunder in places. Cardiff Events: — Police-court, 11.0. Public' Works' Committee. 11.0. Prince of Wales's Committee, 7,30. TEN YEARS AGO. I 1886.—May 14. Friday. Serious floods in Wales and the Midlands. The Electra foundered in Penarth Roads after collision with the Restormei. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO. I 1871.—May 14, Sunday. The Marquess of Bute spoke at the Eighth Annual Festival of the Newspaper Press Fund :13th).

Mr. Jacob Wise, who had been a mace- bearer to the Cardiff Corporation for about three years, died at his residence, Llantrisant- Jtreet, on Wednesday. Deceased was one of the Army Reserve, having serve»l in India for over twenty years, and had taken part in several of the engagements Ïin connection with the Irdian Mutiny. Deceased had been ailing for some time. What May be Seen and Heaixl at Cardiff SjSjMiion or One Shilling INCLUSIVE.— See Tarei TOA 3.

??- The New Town Hall for Cardiff. The above is a plan of the first floor, which we give as a complement to the two plans shown, with the particulars of Messrs. J. P. Jones, Richards, and Budgen's scheme for utilising the present site for the new municipal buildings.

——^——mm^mm— BAND OF HOPE UNION. SUCCESSFUL FESTIVAL AT TTCE CARDIFF EXHIBITION. The Cardiff and District Band of Hope Union is to be congratulated on the big success of its May festival, held in Cardiff on Wednes- day night.. Despite the hot weather, ihe spacious concert-hall of the Cardiff Exhibition (known as the Rosebery-hall) was crowded to excess, many people absolutely being unable to gain admission a little while after the per Gwalia and the slag?. fonnance had begun. The sight that greeted one on entering the hall was most imposing, On the platform stood the mayor and mayoress (Lord and Lady Windsor), his lordship wearing his magnificent robe and chain of office, and ranged behind them were row upon row of children, eight hundred of them, all in white, looking hot and happy, while the hall, whi-:h was gaily decorated with banners and flags 111- scribed with temperance maxims, was filled with a -vast crowd of spectators, floor and galleries, right, left, and rear. It was exceedingly close, but the children sang their opening chorus beautifully. A moment later the youngsters were mounting the platform in single file, and, seme walking, some trotting, and some, in their excitement, even running towards Ijady V- indsor, gave into her ladyship's hands their Ixmquets of flowers. These were to be handed Beau Brummel and the scfc<x»linarm. on by her ladyship to the union hospital. j Next came -he presentation of purses, contain- ing moneys collected by the little ones in aid of the Band of Hope Union funds. We learn that the total sum collected in this way amounted to about JB120. The business then commenced in earnest, but space would run short and description fail were we to endea- your to tell all about it. It was called a cantata, but a musical medley might have been a move appropriate term. The nrrt part, which, be it remem- bered, was interspersed with solos, choruses, &c., depicted a school, and tho plot was the famous, "There was an old woman who lived ]n a shoe. The shoe was an enormous affair; seme six feet long, and the youngsters played small Hamlet in and round about it. The audience, including the Mayor and Mayoress. Jack snd a "witching" mliler. I were most enthus'-aetic in their appreciation, and their applause was none the less hearty when the second act, "The School Board Meeting" came on. ",Jack, the Giant Killer" was the chairman, the Lewis Williams of the occasion, End the business was the election of a new teacher in the room of "The old woman who ?_ lived in a shoe," who had been asked to refign on account of her incompetency as a disciplinarian. The dregitce of some of the children were most grotesque, and their acting was certainly admiraole. The whole affair passed off splen- didly, and the greatest praise is reflected upon the teachers. Great trouble and big expendi- ture must necessarily have been incurred by its promoters, who are to be congratulated upon the success of the meeting. Our Lady (Vrespondent writes :—The heat in the Rnsebery-hall on Wednesday night was intense, and the absence of proper venti- la.tion was -painfully felt. I arrived about half an hour after the performance began, and the custodian at the door remarked with a grin', You won't 6top there i li long,' nor did we; one whiff of that atmosphere was enough, 60 we made our way round to the platform, and sat at the feet of fclie little white-robed girls of the choir. Lady Windsor was accompanied by her three children and their governesses. Her ladyship wore a pink silk skirt, a bodice oif figured chine silk, trimmed with cream lace and a little toque of lilies of the valley and deep red flowers. Her little daughter wore a white -frock, and the iboys looked bonnie in white cambric sailor jackets and blue silk knickers. Lord Windsor wore his robes. It was sad tjo see the lovely flowers which Lady Windsor had received dying rapidly in that bad atmosphere. By the time they reached the union they would be perfectly dead.

EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS. GREAT LOSS OF LIFE IN GUAYAQUIL. Later advices with respeafe to the recent earthquakes at Guayaquil state that great damage has been done at Quito and cities in the interior. Great loss of life is reported. -?_

SACRILEGE AT PENGE. OFFERTORY BOXES IN THREE CHURCHES CLEARED. It was discovered early on Thursday morn- ing that three churches at Penge had been entered by thieves, and all the offertory boxes cleared of their contents.

HENRY POCKETT. HIS SENTENCE AGAIN POST- PONED. The tpentience on Henry Poclketit, money- lender. who was found guilty in London on Wednesday (before Mr. Justice Hawkins) of obtaining money by false pretences, has been further postponed till Monday. -?_

N.U.T. NEXT YEAR'S CONFERENCE AjT SWANSEA. The Swansea and District Teachers' Associa- tion have just issued the following circular: — The annual conference of the National Union of Teachers will next year be held at Swansea, during Easter week. Our Union has a membership of 33,000 teachers, and exists principally for the following purposes, viz:- (1) To advance the educational interests of the country; (2) To provide aid for tcachers who prematurely break down, and to help maintain their orphans. Its annual conferences are a prominent feature of the educational world, and its opinion is not only respected but sought after by those in authority. As we believe this conference will be beneficial to our town, both educationally and financially, by bring- ing here for that week about 1,500 represen- tatives from all parts of the country, our association ha-s instructed me to c^ia.lly invite you to join our conference committee. The conference was held this year at Brighton, and the local committee is greatly indebted to the leading people of the district for valuable help in preparing for it. Trust- ing you will be a.ble to give us your esteemed support, and hoping to hear from you at your .p earliest convenience.

ROYALTY'S VISIT. THE DECORAiTrON OF THE TOWN The arrangements to give his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales a loyal and hearty welcome on his forthcoming visit, to Cardiff are going on apace. The various committees appointed tj take in hand the necessary preparations arc meeting regularly, and each individual member is throwing himself heart and soul into the work. (1. Wednesday evening Alderman David Jones presided over a meeting of the finance committee, when it was reported rhat of the £ 1,200 needed to carry out preparations for the decoiation of the town in a. manner worthy of the occasion nearly 2700 had been already subscribed, showing an :71cre.a"e of £68 since the last meeting. Mr. H. J. Hallett pointed out that a great many pron inent townsmen, 'spe- cially at the Dodke, had delayed subscribing until it had been decided that th" piesentation of .he freedom of the borough to his Royal Highness should be' of a public character. Now that that point had been settled, he (Mr. Hallett) had little doubt that the additional JE500 required would be easily obtained. This opinion was endorsed by others present, and it was agreed to send out circulars tc likely subscribers officially inform- ing tlieni that, the presentation would take place in the Rosebery-'h&l'l, at the Exhibition, and also that reserved tickets for admission to the hall would be given to subscribers.—Mr. Wi'.loughby Hawkins, secretary of the chamber of commerce, was elected upon the committee, and he and Messrs. H. J. Hallett, J. B. Ferrier. and Captain Corfield were appointed as a sub-committee to canvass for subscriptions at the Docks. -?_

What May he Seen and Heard at Cardiff Exhibition ho, One Sliilliug INCLUSIVE.—See Pa^e 2, Col. 3.

FELL BEFORE A ROLLER. HORRIBLE DEATH OF A LAD ON A CRICKET FIELD. During the process of rolling the ground for a .practice match at the Philadelphia Cricket- ground on Wednesday evening, a lad named Waterman, aged fourteen^fell under the roller, which is two torus in weight. He was shock- ingly injured, and died five minutes after ex- traction. -??.?--

CARDIFF STREETS. THE PAVEMENT OF QUEEN- STREET. In reply to Alderman Rees at the public works' committee of the Cardiff Corporation on Thursday morning, the borough engineer said that the broken patches in the pavement on :>.e north side of Queen-street were going to be properly filled up on Monday next. The work of repairing t.he pavement, had been delayed some time by their having run out of dressed stone. --?-

CARDIFF EXHIBITION. APPLICATION BY THE TRAMWAY COMPANY. At the meeting of the public works com- mittee of the Cardiff Corporation, held on Thursday morning, under the presidency of Mr. Joseph Ramsdale, an application was made by Mr. Barber Glenn, engineer to the Cardiff Traiftwavs Company, that during the Exhibition facilities should be granted for tiie laying of a short branch line to allow cars to be shunted on one s'de at the north end of St. Andrew's Church, instead of run- ning- down underneath the Taff Vale Railway bridge. Mr. Glenn's idea. was to construct a loop line connecting the up and dnwll lines, so that there might be a constant service to and from the Exhibition.—T!ie application was granted. The Ninth Queen's Royal Lancers. As the famous band of thaJt still more famous regiment, the 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers, is daily and nightly delighting the patrons of the Ca.rdiff Exhibition, a brief record of the fighting propensities of Genera,l Sir Hope Grants "pets" may not he out of place. Strange to say, the leginient has not fired a shot in Europe for over 80 years. The 9th (Queen's Royal) I-anoers bear as a crest "the Royal Cypher within the Garter. On their standards are the names .el^nl\ui;!a' P&nnda-r," Solbraon." Pun- jaiU), ( liillianwa.Iah" (one of the bloodiest batdes ever fought in India), "Goodferah," io™1,l,L,u?know'" "Charasiah," "Cabul, f'8'n .^andahar, 1880," and "Afghanistan, 1878-80. The uniform of this distinguished regiment is blue, with scarlet facings, and the Ear.cer a helmet with black and white plume. J.ho 9th Lancers enjoy the proud pre-eminence of being the first oalvalry corps raised after the peace of Ryswtck, 1697. In 1715, when George 1. trembled for his Throne, and more so for himself, £ 100,000 was offered for the 'Pretender," dead or alive. Seventeen regi- ments were at once raised to realise this desi- rable object, the senior of which is the gallant body of men now under notice. Their first pitched battle was at Preston, where the hoopers fought oil foot as infantry men From thence to 1797 they H er, quiet, but in this year ;hty bu*y in Ireland, where they had been quartered for eighty years. the troublous times in Ireland the behaved as they always have done, and earned the repeated thanks of the Government, In 1806 they proceeded to South America, serving, as in their first engagement, on foot. In the following year, they lost several men by shipwreck off the coast of Cornwall. In 1C05, the regiment wa.s ordered to Holland, bound for the siege of Flushing, leaving as victims to the pernicious climate. 152 men out of the six troops detailed for this inglorious service. In 1811, they were brigaded with the loth Light Dragoou-s m the Peninsular, under brave Sir William Erskine. Outside Arroxo they routed a considerable body of French Cavalry. Again, at Sabugal, they joined in the pursuit of Regnier's force8. In fact, throughout these stirring times, they gave ample evidence of the fighting qualities that were to stand them and the old country in such good stead. In the fierce Indian war- fare of years after, to the double victories iof Panniar and Maharajiahpore the gallant "9th" contributed a great, deal, the ferocity and bravery of their foe, winning well-merited praise from their victors. The "9th'' were again in the thick of it at Sobraon, where the Sikhs numbered 37,000 brave men, 'of whom 14,000 were left, as they say. on the field. That unequalled cavalry general, Sir Hope Grant, led them on the bloody field of C'hil- lianwallah, where for hours it was a toAs-up who won, and the writer of this brief account has it froxh a gallant old veteran, wh,o was bugler to Sir Hurph Rose that day, "had it not been for the repeated charges of the '9th,' well, God help us." The brave Sikhs, or, rather, what was left of them, and who had or, rather, what was left of them, and who had just previocsly advanced,"numerous as the waves of the yea," and against which dense mass the "9th" charged with irresistible fury, in sur- rendering, said, "Well, God has given you the victory," shedding at the time bitter tears of j mortification, and kissing the weapons they gave up, and which had wrought such havoc on our in en. In a quiet corner, near the ar- mourer's sbop, in tihe cavalry barracks at Brighton, stands, or stood a quarter of a century ago, when the writer was stationed there with his regiment, a stone erected to the memory of its dog, who had faithfully served, in his humble way, the "9th" throughout the fierce battles of the Punjaub, and who ended his days peacefully in beautiful Brighton. The dog, whose name the writer now forgets, for- merly marched with the regiment to church, wearing his well-earned medal and three clasps. It is said vhat a recentlv-created laoce-corporr.l was not prouder of his newly-acquired1 stripe than was this poor humble dog of his medal. P'^ace be to his ashes. He well deserved the grit^tude. of ihe officers and men of the gallant ,r ?th."

WelshCycling Champion* TO GO FOR THE ONE HOUR'S PACED RECORD- A Suggestion to Hold an Annual Championship Meeting for South Wales and Monmouthshire. Michael goes for Hie one hour's paced record at Wood Green next Saturday. Given fin. weather and favourable conditions, it is almost» certainty that he will tra.vel at an average of a mile inside two minutes all the way* Thirty miles an hour wants a lot of doing, but little Jimmy Michael is just the man to Co, it. It is somewhat surprising that the Devon aDd Cornwall N.C.U. Centre have deoided upo^ holding the mile and five miles championship* at St. Austell (Cornwall) and Tiverton (Devo'i) I respectively. Both the towns are oomparatively small, and hold minor race meetings compared with those of Exeter or Plymouth. The next meeting of delegates will take place at St. Austell on June 3. Abel's three centuries in succession for Surrey may not be a. record, and, as far as I know, W. G. Grace scored three consecutive hundreds fof Gloucestershire in August, 1876. Still, there is no instance of a cricketer, to the best of my knowledge, opening the season with three scored of over a hundred in first-class matches. One of the most popular players at the present time, Abei's brilliant commencement will give satis- faction to a very large section of the British public. Abel's score in the Essex martch, it may be added, is the best so far this summer, 21 more than Peel made against Warwickshire last week. The Barry District Athletic Football Club have concluded1 the imost successful season they have ever experienced- The records of both teams are:—Senior team, 24 matches played, 18 won, 4 drawn, 2 lost. Junior team—♦ played, 10 won, 3 drawn, 1 lost. To wind up the season a grand smoker will take placfl at the Victoria Hotel, Barry Docks, on Mon- day evening next, a.t 7.30, fthe proceeds to be j handed over to W. Hood, who met with » j painful accident to the leg while playing in J the junior final cup tie. The challenge cup and medals of the South Wales and Mon- mouthshire Union will be presented to the. senior team the same evtming. Several pro-' minent vocalists have kindly offered their I services. j, Tlie Cardiff Swimming Club ha.ve been very quiet since their formation. I presume they are arrangting polo fixtures and inter-club swim- ming contests, but so far I have not heajd what has been done in the matter. Down Swansea way I see they are very busy, and; a gala is to be held ait- the Swansea Baths on the 28th inst., when polo matches will be played foeitiween. Swansea, and Newport and Swa-nsea Second and a scratch team composed of members of the Mumbles Rowing Club. j By the way, an exhibition race will takeplaoe shortly between C. Morris and W. Doherty. The former is training hard for the event. Doherty is a rattling good man, and has lor.g been waiting for an opportunity to prove his title to the championship of Wales. I hope a South Wales championship will be held this year. It lies entirely in the hands of the local clubs. A meeting, for example, ought to be called, and representatives attend from Cardiff, Swansea, Newport, Penarth, Lla- nelly, and other swimming clubs. A capital evening's fentertainment jeould be arranged', ir.cludirg a couple of championship events, a couple of handicaps, and a polo match, East v. West. Either Newport or Penarth Baths would be available, and big crowd ( viould sure to be in attendance. The 'Quins' programme has been issued for Whitsuntide. On the first day there are six events, namely, 120 yards flax, one mile walk- ing handicap, and 120 yards boys' flat, Thore are two bicycle events-880 yards a.nd a five mile. On the Tuesday there are four open and one club events, 120 yards flat, mile fiats 440 yards bicycle, and one mile bicycle. The club event is 300 yards flat. The annual general meetirg of the Porth :.nd Ynishir Quoit Club was held at the Car- penters' Anns Hotel on Tuesday evening last. The following persons were selected to carry out the respective positions connected with the club for the ensuing season:—Chairman, Mr. Philip Brewer; captain, Mr. John Morgan; vice-captain, Mr. Sa.m Thomas; treasurer, Mr. Tom Jc.nes: and secretary, Mr. Tom Parry. Th3 club, which possesses the finest ground in: the valley, 6itua.ted nud-way between Porth and Ynishir, has already a. membership of 50. A good list of fixtures have been arranged, and, with the general interest taken in the welfare of the club, a successful season is pre- dieted. ?. The L la nelly Wheelers' Club Sports were held at the County Grounds, Llanelly, on Tuesday afternoon. The results were: -100 Yards' Sacfc Race: George .:i'i "kifi'id. Half- mile Bioycle Handicap for Novices R. E. Wit- kins. 120 Yards' Flat Handicap: R. ú. Richards. Two-mile Bicyde Handicap: J. Douglas Da vies. Boy's Race (220 yards nat): Ivor Lloyd. Quarter-mile Bicycle. Race (flying start): J. Douglas Davies. One Mile ±Jie.y;-le Race: This was between Mr. D. J. Davies, a local journalist, and Mr. Fred Jay. The journa- list won Bra.ndnomely. Helf-mile Walking, Match: J. ThomM.

BARRY RAILWAY. LATEIR TRAINS ON THE MAIN) LINE. It is understood that the Barry Railway Company have, in olbedrenoe to a. popular das;re, decided to run a. later train up and down their main line between Barry and Porth, commencing on the 1st of June. The last train at present reaches Barry from Porth at seven p.m.

LOCAL AMUSEMENTS. THE GRAND THEATRE. A change in the "bill of fare" at the Grand is announced for to-night "The Cattle King" is a highlyisensational play, of the nature of "The Bandit King," in that it treats of the life of the "Wild West." Mr. Wallicfc's highlytfrrained equine members of his company will be more in evidence in "The Cattle King," and will help most materially; to the success of the piece.

MR. WILLIAM 0,BRIEy. A CHALLENGE TO MR. VESEf KNOX. Mr. William O'Brien writes to the "Free- man's Joumail":—"Wherever Mr. Vesev Kno" chooses to submit himself to a free public meetmg of the Nationalists of Belfast I will be glad to discuss his conduct with him. But so long as he cannot find a Belfast Nationalist with a local habitation, and a name to whom to address his letter, and is obliged t() appeal tV an English news agency as his only, moans pf communicating to his fellow coun- trymen, his libels on his own party, he must forgive me if I do not find his impertinence of any interest to anybody except him*elf." -?'

CORRESPONDENCE. Death of a Cardiff Woman. To the Editor of the Evening Express." Sir,—Referring to the inquest held by Mr. Rcce concerning the deatdi of Margaret Daniel, who W38 in my employment, will you allow me to give an emphatic denial to the assertion that' her hours of employment were from 8.30 a.m.' to 11.0 p.im. Tre shop is open during these I hours, but M;i*» Daniel was entirely her own. mistress..SJie had two assistants under her, ■ and had full power to arrange time of atten- j lance with then; and to suit her own con-?*" lience. The remarks of both the coroner and; jury are quite unjustifiable, a.nd altogether uti- warranted by the facte of the case. No one poxsibly regret the deoeaSe of Miss Daniel mo?i> ilian I do myself, but her attendance at my riad nornon# to do with her dxja.th. Had T liad'l aiy notice of the inquest I would willingly hav» iticfided.-I asih, &c., ALT. E. NAISH.

TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL. DaTX J.'JJ:MPB&.U'UtU:. Max. Min. Mean BAINPALL Fridav 8 60 40 50*9 0*00 Saturday 9 63 40 515 O'OO Sunday 10 62 45 53'5 O'OO Monday 11 65 45 55'0 O'OO Tuesday 12 64 48 55*0 0*00 Wednesday 13 65-" 43 54 9 000 Tlursdav 14 55 50 K2'5 0'30 ilie i enioeratureroureseiitB en t-eiuc reading of the thermometer for 24 hours ended 9 a.a. taken in the shade at Cwrt-y-Vil, Penarth. The Rainfall registered at Cwrt-jVil, Penarth, for he ?4 hour" ended 9 a.m.

Telephone. National, 502; Post-office, 95. Telegrams, "Express," Cardiff.

Feathers and Fluff [BY AUTOLYCUS."] Sir William Harcourt cannot get his tongue to trip merrily to the Welsh words in his oo]>sti'tueaicy. Last night lie wrestled hard with Bedwellty, scored a partial success with L'lanelly, whiloh he termed LanetMy, and fixed his Aberystrufch constituents up at Aber- ystwfiiih. There is much of the new Yankeeism hanging about Tredegar. My readers can judge of this for themselves when I tell them that in the Temperance-hall possessed by this metropolis of the Western Valleys. hangs the following threatening intimation, in gigantic characters — Police Notice. Smokers will be prosecuted. By order of the County Council." Cardiff's police force is entirely outclassed by that of Tredegar. Last night, before the arrival of the leader of the Opposition, a man hunt was organised, the individual pursued being accused of stealing a loaf of bread. Before you could say knife six policemen were on the spot. They looked as though they had been waiting years for a ea* and, forming up into procession, they marched their dejected pri- soner off with as much ceremony as if they had arrested a murderer. The Liberals of Monmouthshire have not the slightest sense of the ridiculous. When tea months ago Sir William came. with down- cast head £ rom his defeat at Derby, the Radicals, raided a contemptuous laugh by singing "Lead, kindly light, amid the encir- cling gloom." There was need to sing about the gloom. The unhorsed knight did lead, and the result was that the Liberal majority of the safest constituency in the country was lowered. Tho lead of this light was not alto- I gether a success. Now he comes once more to his safe constituency to get a little solace and comfort after the tremendous thrashing he has received on the Education Bill. What do the Radicals sing now? "See, the con- quering hero comes." A more delightful satire could not have been conceived. A Frederick-street shopkeeper asks for com- pensation from the Cardiff Corporation owing to electric light works carried out in front of his shop. He took 5s. only for ten days instead of his usual reoeipt of lOe. per day. He aeked the works committee for a solatium this morning, but they shelved him on to the electric lighting committee. The irony of the the thing lies in the fact that the corporation have now is^u^dl a eummons. against the aggrieved shopkeeper for payment of rates. The town deprives him of the means of pay- ing his dues, and then puts the law on him because he is behind with them. It is easy to laugh over the man's misfortune, 88 did some of the members of the works committee this morning, but it is a scandalous shame that shopkeepers should lhave to suffer in this manner. This instance is by no means an exceptional one. Lord Windsor has a kindly nature. I trust I shall not wound his delicate susceptibilities by telling the following little anecdote. He was coming from the Town-hall yesterday when a blind old man, led by two girls, approached. Can I speak to you," asked tthe afflicted individual of Car- diff's mayor. "Certainly," replied his lord- ship. Then the aged sufferer and the master of St. Fagan's had a friendly ohat, in which, presumably, the troubles and difficulties of the fonner had full ventilation. The conver- sation lasted for a few minutes, and when Loid Windsor stepped into his carriage he wore a pleasant smile and felt in his heart that happy satisfaction which can only be purchased by kindly generosity. As for the blind man, it was some time before his fingers could assure him that the unaccustomed edging and weight of the coin left in his hand were those of a. real golden half-sovereign. Burgesses, get ready to make your applica- tions. Two thousand tickets for free seats ut the Exhibition-hull to witness the presentation of the freedom of the borough to the Prince of Wales are to be allocated the ratepayers of the town. Watch the advertisements closely, and when fhe time for sending in applications is announced put in an early request. Of course, selection will have to be made by ballot, but the cham-e of a place will be a very fair one, and hundreds of outsiders would be glad to have it. I fear that many will not appreciate the opportunity, and that the successful Mr. Mac- Jupiter, of Tiger Bay, will be only too ready to dispose of his ticket, to the un- successful, but rich Mr. Fitzwyggraffan, of Cathedral-road. Whether the recipients of passes. «ell, barter, or pawn their tickets- can hardly affect the executive council. I over- heard a little plan the other day for buying up burgesses' tickets to re-sell at a profit. It is wonderful what clever schemes are suggested and practised for gaining possession of the coin of the realm. The Girdiff Swimming Club commences practice at the new bathe to-morrow night. I bear that there is a strong roll of memhers, and that towards the end of the season, when the new club has jot into full swing, a fairly good polo team will be got together. There I is a good deal of red tapeism about these baths j as yet, and the delay in starting polo practice has been caused through the club being obliged to write to the corporation for per- mission, and everybody knows that if the cor- poration has to consider a little matter like that it takes an unconscionable time over it. I hope that permission will be given for the ball to lie used in the bath during the dinner 1-cur by club members, as many men can run in for a few minutes just to have a quiet prac- tice in throwing, which need not interfere with any bather who does not caie to join in the fu'i. This concession is allowed at Newport, ami it is found that the occasional bather en- joys the practice with the ball as much as the club frequenter. In fact, ball-throwing is a great aid to the acquirement of proficiency in swimming. What are the uses and aims of the average shilling eyeglass, affected by the effervescent dandy and the cane sucking swell? In point of fact, it has no use its aim is to kill. Rigged up in a high collar, iookmg like a white- washed wall round a lunatic asylum," and with the glass disc fixed in his dexter optic, the young man of the period feels that he is tha object of the admiration of all his femi- nine acquaintances. What a pity it is thpy don't tpll him the truth to his face, instead of laughing at him behind his hack. Here is a true incident concerning this specimen of civili- sation. "What delightful music that band piays," said a young lady to a masher of the n,rn;t deadly calibre in St. Mary-street yester- day, alluding to the Hungarian Band, about fifteen yards away. "Band, aw—yes—indeed —ah—wnah is it ?" was the affected reply, and he pulled out an eyeglass, held it about a foot from his face, then suddenly glued his eye to it, put his-back to the band. which was playing away for all it was worth, and commenced to hunt. If this fool's r^other would only hide his clothes and buy him a rattle to amuse him h doors, it would save her family name from beioig ridiculed, and would ehui off one of the arguments for the presence of the new woman in our midst. The "Office Pessimist" has shrunk up like a guinea suit from a "ready-made" taiior. Yesterday morning everyone was beseeching him to withdraw hicj drought prophecy and fcretell speedy rain. But he was obdurate, and insisted that the dry weather should con- tinue. Then, unexpectedly, came that mag- nificent storm, and blasted the drought-maker's reputation for ever. I witnej^sed the storm from one of the carriages of the Rhymney ex- piess on my wlav up the hills .to hear Har- court. It was \a grand sight—the lightning clouds, not Sir William—and the train and the storm raced each other up the valley for some miles, though the Ltorm king's course was gomewhat diagonal. Now we would emerge from the darkness and strike the full blaze of the afternoon sun: then, whilst we waited at an important station, Llanbradach, Hengoed, or Brithdir—for the Rhymney train does make occasional halts—the heavy curtain would come sweeping over again, the lightning would launch lts vivid diu-ts at us, and the roar of the firmamental furv wculd reverberate from hill to hill. Then we would proceed in company, the clashing and clanging of the infuriated elements mak- ing a igrand accompaniment to the snorting of our iron ateed and the rumble of the carrfagee. The experience was unique; it was inspiring; it was impressive.

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