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PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS, CARDIFF. -JHEATBB JJ^OY AL Lessee and Manageress .Mrs. EDWARD FLETCHER. TO-NIGHT, AT 7.30, THE J^OOTBALL 2 £ ING Time and Prices as Usual. Half-Price c.t Nine. Booking Officee at Messrs. Thompson and Shackcll's (Limited), Queen-street. Telephone No. 521. Monday Nsxt, Dec. 7th, Return Visit of the Great Drurx Lane Drama— HUMAN NATURE. MONDAY, DECEMBER 14th, THE D'OYLY CARTE REPERTOIRE COMPANY IN rjjHE QRAND JQUKE, THE QONDOLIERS, THE ]V1IKAD0- T X B^LLOT FOR OPERAS. In Order to Meet the Convenience of the Public on the Occasion of the Visit of Mr. Carte's Repertoire CoD.pany, the Management have Decided to Consult i their Matrons, and. therefore Propose to Inrtitute a Ballot as to which Nights woulcf be Most Suitable for the above Operas. Patron* there- £ & FavoS to At^d a °* *«mTWtoZL *™f iav°unte, are Requested to Intimate by Post- T?°ft Deoemt?er 4th ^ir W^hes hi the Vif.h+J' a I' i Operas will then be performed on the Nights Selected by, the Largest Number G R A N D HT H E A T R E iT*. anJ*° iTenuer X Theatre of Wales. THmiTm?gfL"-«Mr CLARENCE SOUNES. THRILLING A PTR ACTION. AND IMMENSE «, SUCCESS OF MM. Fred Jarman and Powerful Company, In the New English-Russian Drama, "JJNDER fJIHE ^jZAR. m: ,°°?lll*^ce 7.30. Box Office open a SUlT X 10 6- ^Phone 725. Prices 6d. Vth, Mr. W. Bourne's New Pla7 TwO JU F, N 48984 C ARDIFF ORCHESTRAL SOCIETY F A H A L L> GRAND CONCERT. PTSD.NLSI'AY, DECEMBER 9th, 1896. vocawts: Miss ADA CROSSLEY, „o1o Mr. BEN DAVIES. FULL ScIflE.STWAMr- £ G BARKER. > -TSffla?- Unserved Seatg 2s'^ A' SHARDS, menoe at 8.0. CarVia.^ io i tP* 9.p?,n /15, wm' scribers' Tiekpfi rni-„5, Ballot for Sub- Seats for the <!«>>•; on December 2nd. Three for fth of Z vJhT^ Conoerte> 21s" Two Ior *^cn of the Jhree Concerts, 15s. 48856 l' H E Jg] M F IRE "Tis not in mortals to command success, but we'U do mcre-deserve ■u-'lugiEg Director »,OSWALD STOLL. TO-NIGHT I ,T1^Fr°m IhTr3 La°e Theatre Pantomime, • AND PLORRIE AUSTIN, In their Romantic Burleu-jues. THE HOWARD BROTHERS, The Marvels of Clairvoyance. MISS NELLIE OLDENE. Vocalist and Light Comedienne. THE CLAYTON TWINS And THE MISSES WOOD AND WILLIS, In "Pepper and Salt." VOLTI AND RAY, Bar Comedians. CLARKE AND GLENNY, In "The Haunted House." MISS ADA LONSDALE, Serio-Comedienne. HAIG AND HAIG, Comic Tumblers. BOOKER AND NARBIS, American Comedy Artistes. Next Week- DAN LENO. flan for Advance Booking, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Satur- days, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. ?_ On view at the Empire daily. PHILHARMONIC-HALI> p AND STOLL'S PANOPTICON. OPEN ALL DAY. r™l. I THE I THE ELVIRAS. ««*- 1# I Phrenologists | LADY. «aze Waxworks. Jungle. Phonograph. Illusions. ?- OPEN ALL DAY JNJSWFUKX. H B "Fj M p 1 R E Mausginj Director OSWALD STOI.L. TO-NIGHT 1 THE K K BZIAHS, SADIE JEROME. THE HALUWELM G E It T RUDE MINIM, WILL DOWNES. EVAI,0 AND 00. THE BEALTIFUL ALMA. and „ „ THR SISTERS PRiSS'f ON. rj^EE ^^EEKLY AIL NEWS OF THE WEEK, JPRLOE, ONE pEN N Y nj0fi* comprehensive newspaper published in •.COnt*,DJn* AI'L THE LOCAL NEWS and General Political, and Commercial ? ? ENGLAND'S HISTORY, AS PICTURED BY FAMOUS PAINTERS. PART nI. PRICE. 6d. "WESTERN MAIL" (LIMITED), CARDIFF. ? MONEY. WALLACE & CO., 98, QUEEN-ST., CARDIFF, ACCOUNTANTS. £ 5 to £ 1,000 ADVANCED DAILY. PROMISSORY NOTES ACCEPTED AS SECURITY. TOWN OR COUNTRY. IMMEDIATE ATTENTION! N.B —Look for name on windows over shop. AND Friends Depart when you are short of Ready Money.—Then write or call cn Wallace and Go., 98, Queen-street, Cardiff. MONEY LENrr REASONABLY AND PRIVATELY, FROM X3 TO o6500, To all classes of recponsible persons, repayable by Easy Instalments. Terms and particulars free, on application, personally or by letter, to R. PHILLIPS, 7, PEMBROKE-TERRACE, CARDIFF. e5721 MR. L. REED, 56, Railway-street, Moors, Cardiff, Advances :rom £ 2 to £ 200. Borrowers receive courteous and prompt gttention. e5672 £ 250,00° to Leo'l.-Th^Tin Want of Cash in Sums of £ 10 to £ 500 arc Recommended to apply to the Piwincial Union Bank, 1. Queen-sqnare, Bristol; or to E- W. Webber, 3, Working-street. Cardiff. e5595 "LET THE HILLS RESOUND WITH SONG l" Sole Agency for Cardiff and South Wales THOMPSON AND SHACKELL (Limited), QUEEN'S MUSIC WAREHOUSE, CARDIFF. Also at Swansea Merthyr, Llaneily Newport, Ponty- pridd. Bristol. Barr^ Dock, Bridgend Ac. Ac LARGEST STOCK ^INGIwiL NSWEST Illustrated Catalogue Free on ItsgHication to THOMPSON AND SHACKELL (Limited), •JUEEN'S-BUILDINGS, CARDIFF, Or any of the Company's Numerous Branches. HE CELEBRATED "ESTEY" ORGANS, from 58. Monthlj, on New Hire System W5322 R. J. HEATH AND S ONsl INSTRUMENTS RETURNED FROM THE IJJXHlBl'l'ION. ARE NOW Oli'l"EIŒD A' GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. COME EARLY AND SEGURE A BARGAIN. Sole Agents for South Wales for the Piano Resonator Company (Limited). London. Resonators can be Fixed to any Pianoforte, producing a much improved tone. Price from C6 upwards. PIANOFORTES by BROADWOOD ~p IANOFORTES BROAD WOOD Collard, Kirkman, Brinsmead, Erard, rieyel, Schiedmayer, Blutlmer, Steinway, Bechstein, Neumeyer, &c., &c. /VEGANS by MASON and HAMLIN j Smith. Oirpenfcer, Sterling, Stety and Glark, Doherty, Kara, &c., &c. HARMONIUMS by ALEXANDER J< m &c., &c. THE FULL-SIZE GRAND PIANOFORTE USED AT MADAME PATTI'S CONCERT FOR HIRE FOR RECITALS, U LARGEST POSSIBLE DISCOUNTS FOR CASH. EXPERIENCED TUNÈRs VISIT ALL PARTS OF SOUTH WALES PERIODICALLY. REPAIRS OF ALL KINDS EXECUTED BY FIRST- CLASS AND EXPERIENCED LONDON WORKMEN. SPECIAL QUOTATIONS FOR PLACES OF WORSHIP, INSTITUTIONS, AND SCHOOLS. Before PurchaRing do not fail to send for. our Price ANH T^M. "TKCM2 ^9' AND COMPARE our Prices and Terms witb Other Housea. SHOWROOMS- 61. QUEEN-STREET, CARDI5F; 70, TAFF-STREET, PONTYPRIDD 31, WIISTDSOR-ROAD, PENARTH. MANUFACTORY: LONDON. AGENCIES AT ERAVON, GADOXTON-B ARRY, OAERPHILLY. BRIDGEND, MAESTEG, &c., &c. CANVASSERS WANTEDIFaix PARTS, ON GOOD COMMISSION. M o!SFAC5tJ5EE- Horrfora, OKm hi. MJ1 1-ri™ fr0™ ,h* Loo» at Series, Fancies, Cashmeres, Biegea, p.u.. ns. Mantle Clolhs, Sav» I?! fref. on application. Q«I • IT lntermediate profit. per yard °f DreSS Meltons' a11 shades at per yard. AddreseMANUFACTITE,}?R, HORS. yORTH. LEEDS THE GREAT BLOOD URIFIER THOMPSON'S BURDOCK PILLS i^diVinr h.^ °f fvery «ii8ea8e- no other aacl 2s 9H ^JhWerc;1^r'a<'h ln Bo™' Is. lid. Burdock piiMLf 'v a" Chemists, or from the Hvrdock P. 11 Manufactory, 44, Oi/ord-aireet. Swansea IF YOU WANT THE LARGEST AND BEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN THE PROVINCES, BUT THE W FEKLY MAIL WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE "NEWS OF THE WEEK." GENTLEMEN DON'T CHOOSE unLiI you see our Splendid Set of ViCUnlilJ. Worsted from the Suit, to measure, for 35s M the fame thing from any Tai^r'under^ our patterns, post free, and aee for d THE WOOLLEN CO., BRADFORD. e&74b PUBLIC NOTICES. EXTRAORDINARY VALUE JUA SPECIAL LINE in IRISH FRIEZE ULSTERS to MEASURE (WOOL LINED), 35s. Cannot be equalled in Cardiff under 50s. MINSKI, BESPOKE TAILOR, 13, QUEEN-STREET .ARCADE, CARDIFF. c9708z7 YICTORY LODGE. IOGT. BAZAAR at the OORY MEMORIAL-HALL will be OPENED on WEDNESDAY, at Three p.m., bv his Worship, the MAYOR on THURSDAY, at Four p.m., by; Councillor E. Thomas, J.P. Admission, 3d. and 6d. 49001 FURNITURE AT M A R V E L L0 U 8 P Rl 0 ES SAVE YOUR MONEY By Purohaeing your FURNITURE, BEDDING, CARPETS, and MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS of BEVAN AND COMPANY (LIMITED), REGISTERED AS THE CARDIFF FUiiNISHERS Whose immense Cash Purchases enable them to Sell all Goods fully 20 per cent. below the prices usually oharged by other firms. 1,500 IRON and BRASS BEDSTEADS always in stock, from 7s. lid. each. HUNDREDS of DINING, DRAWING, and BEDROOM SUITES, From 3* to 50 Guineas. Call and inspeot our immense selections before Purchasing elsewhere. Large Illustrated Catalogues Gratis. Delivery Free Throughout Wales and Border Counties' BEVAN & COMPANY. 21, DUKE-STREET, 97, ST. MARY STREET C A R BIFF. 7, WIND STREET, SWANSEA. OPPOSITE TOWN-HALL, NEWPORT. CLARENCE-STREET and MANBURY- R9AB, PONTYPO0L. E1876 HE THINK OF THIS —IF YOUR COMPETITOR IS "SING A TYPEWRITER, SO MUST YOU. WE ARE PREPARED TO PROVE THAT THE DENSMORE WILL SUIT YOUR PURPOSE BEST. LEARNT IN A FEW HOURS. YOUR OFFICE BOY CAN USB IT. DROP US A CARD AND WE WILL OOME AND SEE YOU. THE "D KN S M 0 R E SOLE AGENTS FOR SOUTH WALES AND WHO WILL FURNISH FULL PARTICULARS ON APPLICATION. "rEST ERN MAIL L D ST. MARY-STREET, CARDIFF, TID3 "DENSMORE" CAN RE SEEN WORKING DAILY IN THE WESTERN MAIL OFFICE. 43158 PREPAID ADVERTISEMENTS THE EVENING EXPRESS OKCJS. THREE S XX TIMES. TIM ES 20 Words 0 6 10 16 30 Words 9 16 3 40 Words. 10 2 0 3 0 50 Words 13 2 6 3 9 Notice to Advertisers. IMPORTANT.—Advertisements to be classified must reach this office by 10 30 a.m.; but they can be inserted up to 4.45 p.m. under heading of TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION. The boxes provided tor answers to advertisements Appearing in the Evening Express are not :nttc*nded for any other purpose whatever, and cannot be allowed to be used for the distribution of printed or written advertising circulars or announcements of any kind. "Appf at the Evening Express," means that the address of the advertiser can be obtained at the Evening Express" Office on personal application. If required to be sent by post, two stamps must be en. closed. The above cbargee apply only to consecutive in- sertions of the following class of advert.isements;- Situations Wanted or Offered, Apartments, Money Wanted, Partnerships, Lost and Found, Miscellaneous Wants Businesses. Houses, Shops, Offices to Let or Sell, Spcciflc Articles for Sale Privately. IfThe insertions be not cocL-ecutive, or if payment be not made previous to publication, the credit rates will be charged.. Name ana Address to be counted. Orders sent through the post to be accompanied by Postal Order or Halfpenny Stamps. Cheques, Postal and Post-office oirders should be crossed "nd intde payable to Mr. D. Watkin Thomas. Advertisements are recedvad alio at the following NKW°POUT • TREDEGAR STREET. SWANSEA CASTLE-STREET. MKKTHVR VICTORIA-STREET. PONTYPRIDD 4a, TAFF-STREET. HEAD OFFICES: CARDIFF: ST. MARY-STREET. PARTNERSHIP. Established Costumier Desiicss to Meei. with a good Milliner as Partner, good opportunity for small cair.tal —W 6, Western Mai). Cardiff. c9705z4 Ulf ■WHW'W <*»■ KMfc'M'WWW BICYCLES. pridd -TmmenEe Morris Bros.. Cycle Works, Pontypndd.—Immense Bargains to personal callers. We must shift the stock for new arrangements. dome and See. Repairs as usual. New Maps and Lists, 4d statnps. v el947 APARTMENTS. Lodgings for respectable Young Man.Apply 64, Salisbury-road, Cardiff. c97117 A comforbt-Ne Home tor One cr Two respectable Young Men; no children; home comforts; terms very moderate.—16. Brook-street, Riverside. ez7 MISCELLANEOUS SALES. Universal dream and Fortune-telling Book: best edition extant; big demand; post free, 2s.-Thliesyn Bees, 44. Portmanmoor-road. Cardiff. e9700z2 Poultry.—If you want your birds to l:8Ÿ you write for prices and samples of food to Noah Rees and Son, Hay, Corn, and Seed Merchants, Cardiff. e5229 "Mrewood fot' Saic. &. per cwt., delivered in any part of the borough.—Master, Workhouse, Cardiff. v e5653 XTOOO Business Cards, Memorandums, or Billheads, 3e.; 10,000 Useful Handbills, 2s. 6d.; samples free. —Fisher and Co., Machine Printers, Broadmead, Bristol. e4419 T?ft œe MISCELLANEOUS. Tobacconists Commencing see llld. Guide f-nd Cat&- logue (259 pajres), 3d.-TobReami.sts' Outfitting Co., 18o, E us ton-read, London. Manager, Hy. Myers. e5792 Aristotle's Works, Complete, Coloured Plates (jrenuine edition), 30 stamps; Paris by Night, or Gar T.ife in Paris," Illustrated, 30 stamps, poot free. -E. Bowker, 27, Renshaw-street. Liverpool. Patronise the old firm. Established 1832. e-5691 "is Your Watch Wrong? The Best and Cheapest Shop in Cardiff for the Repair of Watches of every description, English or Foreign, is 38, Castle Arcade, (third shop from Ctotle-street), by James Keir. for ten years with Mr Spiridion. Clocks and Music Boxes Cleaned and Repaired. e4209 SHOP ASSISTANTS. SHOP ASSISTANTS WANTED. Advertisers are Captioned that Postmasters are not allowed to Deliver Letters Addressed to Initials or Fictitious Names at any Post-office. Letters addrMsed to Initials or Fictitious Names must bear the Addrecs of the Advertiser or one of the offices of the Western Mail. Wanted immediately. Junior Young Man for Oent.'s Mercer*—Apply, with full particulars. A. Lewis, i.95, lligli-straet. Swansea. 2485*8 Provisions—A smart Provision Salesman Wanted also a smart Boy.-Apply Lipton, St. Iiarv-strftt, Cardiff 24877.4 -Wanted immediately, an experienced Assistant for the Fancy Stationery Trade; must be pood winao^v- dresser and energetic; good salary and permanency to competent- hand —Apply, with photo and refe- rences. Mullock and Sons, Stationers, Newport, Mon. 49009 Wanted immediately, Grocer's Aswstent; used to soliciting; Welsh; must liave exceptional references. -Apply, stating salarj-, to W 39, Western Mail. Car- diff. 2402z7 Grocerv.—Wanted, smart Apmentice for above Trade.—Apply R. Williams and Son, Georgetown, Merthyr 2363z2 To Butchers.—Wanted, at once. steady, respect- able Young Man to Manage Branch Shop.—Apply, personally, 254. Holton-road. Barry Dock. 2137z5 Wanted immediately, experienced Young Men for Drapery and Dresses.—Apply W. Edwards, Draper, Swansea. 23OOz4 Af prentices —Wanted at once. a toll, well-educated young Lady and a tall, well-educated Youth as Apprentices to the General Drapery.—Apply for full n&rticulars to Evans and Allen (Limited), Newport. 48006 Wanted, a respectable Youth as an Apprentice; indoors.—Apply, with full particulars, Eames and Son, Tailors, Hatters, and Hosiers, Abergavenny. 22277.3 Grocery, Provisions.—Wanted, smart Junior Assis- tllnt.-Apply, by letter only, Wyehe, 57, Llarufair- road, Canton, Cardiff. 215z2 Grocery and Provisions.—Wanted immediately, thoroughly good Junior; good references required; indoors.—W. G. Thomas, Treharris. 2259z3 MIX-LINERS AND DRESSMAKERS WANTED. Dressmaking.—Ledies' Costume*, Evening Dresses, Csjes, &c.. Made in the Latest Style. Fit guaran- teed—Address Lewis and Evans, 133, Cowbridge-road, j Cardiff. e5896 | 3TTSINESS ADDKESSES. WATERPROOFS BEPAIRED q* While You — Q V* Wait. 8, %Ay v* Queen St., F CARDIFF. ANBERSON, ANDBRSON ANDERSON, LtcL, ■or St. Paul'* Churohyard, "| Warehouses; I 87) Queen vI#torift StrMt, >LONDON. Works: I B«w Road, J UP-TO-DATE SPECIALITIES TRY OUR 42s OVERCOATS TO MEASURE. A MARVEL OF CHEAPNESS AND QUAL^Y. Silk Velvet Collar and Plaid Lining. BISHOP AND CO., TAILORS 50, QUEEN-STREET, CARDIFF. Opposite The Empire. J" CLERKS AND MANAGERS. CLERKS AND MANAGERS WANTED. Advertisers are Cautioned that PosMnMten) are Not Allowed to Deliver Letters Addressed to Initials or Fictitious Names at any Poet-office. Letters addressed to Initials or Fictitious Names must bear the address of the Advertiser or one of the Offices of the Western Mail. Young Lady Seeks Position as Clerk or Private Secretary;. shorthand writer.—W <5, Eveniug Ex- press, Cardiff. e9713z8 Wanted, respectable Lad ill Coal Exporter's Office at Cardiff.—Address W 53, Western Mail, Cardiiff. z4 Yoting Lady Wanted for Receiving Office; one with business experience preferred.—Apply, by letter only, stating age and particulars, to W. E. Vaughan and Co. (Limited). Llandaff-road, Cardiff. 2461z4 Wanted at once, Shorthand Writer, Yost Typist; quick at figures and experienced tinwerks office.— Apply, with references, stating ealarv, Vulcan, Western Mail, Swansea. 24317.7 Wanted, Shorthand Remington Typist; 100 words per minute.—Apply, giving references and salary expectcd, to J. C. Howell, Electrical Engineer, Llsielly. 2395z7 Warded at once, smart, Offioe Boy.—Apply, in own handwriting, stating wages required, to W 35, Western Mail, Cardiff 2338z3 Clerks (Male or Female).—To Those Possessing Krowledge of Shorthand, Type-writing Lessons (liven Free.—Apply W 33, Western Mail, Cardiff. 2386z7 Wonted, Coiliery Surveyor for Month or Two; must be thoroughly practical; gft-d draughtsman and computer.—State wages, &c., W 23, Western Mail, Cardiff. 48980 Wanted, respectable Youth as Office Boy; one leaving school preferred.—Apply, in own handwriting, to W 26, Wcat-em Mail, Cardiff. 2327zo Wanted, smart Man as Water Clei-k for Engineer- ing and Shiprepairing Works.—State experience and salary required W 27, Western Mail, Cardiff. z2 Ledger Clerk Wanted; knowledge of brewery accounts, double-entry, and balancing indispensable; character to bear strictest ilivestigation. -Apply, letter only, stating experience, age, salary, and references, Messrs. Webb, Aberbeeg. Mon. 48918 CLERKS_ANT> MANAGER. WANT PLACES. ~An experienced French and Spanieh Correspondent Seeke Situation; shorthand, typist; gcod references. —Address W 43, Western Mail. Cardiff. 2432z7 Young Man (24) Desires Re-engagement as Clerk; good experience in timber and building trades; good references.—W 41, Western Mail. Cardiff. 2429z7 Wanted, to Article a Well-educated Youth, aged 17. to a Cardiff Firm of Chartered Accountants.—State premium required and other conditions to W 32, Western Mail Office, Cardiff. 2384z7 Wanted, S'tuation as Timekeeper or Storekeeper; light work; aged 33; holds cfcptein's certificate.— Address 11, Fox-street, Broadway, Roath, Car- diff. 2237z3 Wanted, Situation rs Clerk, Timekeeper, or Posi- tion of Trust; shorthand; good references.—Address W 10, Western Mail, Canj:ff. £ 167-<2 Wimp .J, AGENTS, TRAVELLERS. TRAVELLERS. AGENTS. &c.. WANTED. Advertisem are Cautioned that Postmasters are Not Allowed tc Deliver Letters Addressed to Initials or Fictitious Nhmes at any Poet-office Letters addressed to Initials or Fictitious Names must bear the address of the Advertiser or one of the Offices of the Western Mail. Wanted, a Traveller, resident either in Cardiff, Swr-r-eea, or Newport, to Work Up a Connection in these places for well-known Packet Teas end Blends; firet-clase credentials required.—Apply, in first in- stance. with full particulars, to Nash, Fernwood, Mer- thyr. z8 Wanted, ?,n ex Schoolmaster, of business ability, to Introduce the best Dictionary extant- to Profes- sional Men.—Apply D 28, Western Mail, Swan- sea. 249Qz8 Wanted, Traveller for Provisions and Tinned Goods, from NeMh to Pembroke Dock; must have good connection r-nd character; to a good man good terms will be civen who can prove past sales.—Address W si. Western Mail, Cardiff. 2486z4 Paperhangine*, Arc.—Wanted, Agent on Commiwion to Represent Us in South Wales.—References and full particular W 44. Western Mail, Cardiff. ?440z4 Employment Offer-cd Everywhere; salary £ 8 monthly and c,Qmmi¡>siotJ.-A(kirem Register Coin nan v, Crouch-bill. London. 2447z8 Wanted, Resident On mission Agent at NewTwrt and Swansea to Sell Oils, Pfints, Vanishes, amongst Ship Store Merchants. Ac., by first-class London Manufacturing Firm.-Addrese W oS, Western Mail, Cardiff. 2403z7 Brewer's Traveller will be Required f r Small Brewery at beginning of year who has experience in Newport, Cardiff, Pont.vpool, and intermediate dis- trict.—Send copies of testimonials, ivith terms, to B., at Locke's Advertising Offices, Newport, Mon. 2305z4 Wanted, Resident Commission Agent at Swansea, also at Newport, to Sell Margarine r.mongst Ship's Store and Provision Merchants.—Apply W 22, Wes- tern Mail, Cardiff. 2287z4 Canvasser of Address and Experience Required to Push the Sale of a New Subscription Edison of the best Dictionary in the market; cvoeptio.ial terms to a proved man.—Life, Western Mail Office. Swan- sea- 2243z3 BM a Month Can be Made with £ 10.—For particu- lars write Oansig, 154. Leadenhall-street. London. z2 Agents Wanted, to Sell our celebrated Packet Teas, French Coffee in Tin;), and Cocoa; particulars free.— Oliver Oliver, and Co., 283. Southgate-rood. Lon- don 1401d Agents to Ceylon and Other Teas in Packets, from 18. per lb.; cash terms; pushing people meaning business will Olease sfnd envelope for price list to Select Ceylon Tea Agency, 39. Lime- stieet, London. L13641 -0. ?- TRAVELLERS, AGENTS, /be.. WANT EMPLOY- ME NT. Italian Coa! Trade.—Advertiser, native of Genoa. with long experience in North of Enjrland, is about to Establish himself in Genoa as Agent for Newcastle and Glasgow Coal Exporters, and Would Like to Combine the Representation of Welsh Firm; first class references.—Address letters to Box W 30. Wes- tern Mail, Cardiff. 2366z2

_4 I ?-- The Final Word -?- CONSERVATIVE AGENT: "Again, I ask you to knuckle down to me and the Ward Committees."—Burt the undaunted Artillery man replies by pulling the fuse.

NURSEMAIDS AND SERVANTS. -? Wanted, a good General; must cook well.—Apply, with references, Mrs North, 14, Caroline-street Car- diff. e9699z2 Wanted, a good Servant its Nurses' Dining-room Maid; must be able to do plain sewing; wages, £ 14—Apply in person, with references, any moriing before twelve, to the Matron, Cardiff Infirmary. 49016 Wanted, Plain Cook, gl8; Parlourmaid. £ 18; also Housemaid, £ 16; family two; friends or sisters; comfortable home.—61, Ar-ciey-road. Ctifton. 2479z8 Good Plain Oook Wanted; S25, kitehenmaid kept; small family; excellent situation. House-Parlour- maid £ 20; housemaid kept; very comfortable home. -23. Stokes Croft, Bristol. 2181z8 Wanted, superior General for Clifton: £ 1.6; family two; housemaid kept; no washing; simple <"ooking; good home.—61. Apsley-roal. Clifton. 2480z8 Wanted, clean, strong Country Girl as General; good heme; four in iamily.—Address St. Helen's, Brecknock-road, Knowle, Bristol. 2466z4 Wanted, thoroughly-experienced House-Parlour- maid; under-housemaid kept; Churchwomac pre- ferred.—Mrs. R. Gamoas-Williams, Tymawr, Brecon. 21152z4 Wanted, good General Servant; three in family; nurse kept.—Brvnteg, Terrace-road, Swansea. 247123 Wanted, a reliable and trustworthy Nurse for Four Little Children.—Apply Mrs. Lewis, Ynisyglenen, P-mterdawe, Swansea Valley. 246°z8, Rp.q\1'ired, » tidy. GeDentI Servant; bo Apply, after four o'clock, at 178, Newport-road. bar- diff. 2472z4 Wanted, -in snail, quiet family, experienced General Servant; wages £ 16.—W., care of Mrs. Cook, Church Cottages, Llauishen, Cardiff. 2439z8 General Servant Wanted immediately; experienced; early riser; no washing or cooking; wages £ 14; two ether servants kept; Ohufphwoman preferred.—Apply Mrs. Newell, College, Porttn-awl. 2427?7 Wanted at one, good General; must understand washing, ironing, plain liocking; another girl kept.— Address W 40. Western Mail, Cardiff. 2414z3 Experienced House-Parlourmaid Required imme- diately for Penartt) must have lived in gentlemen's families; wages £ 16.—Apply, with full particulars, W 36, Western Mail, Cardiff. 2381z7 Gcod Cook; small dairy; kitchenmaid kept, aged 30 to 40; wages B25 to £ 30.—Mrs. Vizard, Llanmi* bar-gel, Cowbridge, Glamorgan. 2394zl Cardiff Union.—Ely Schoots.—Wanted ttt once. an experienced Scullerymaid; wages jR12 a year, subject to Poor-law rules.—Apply to the Master. 48962 Wanted, an experienced Nurse to Take Charge of a Child from the Month.—Mrs. Aicard, 53, Plvmouth- road, Penarth. 2350z2 Wanted, a good General; able to do plain cook- ing.—Apply Mrs. Roberts, The Rock, St Fagan's. z2 Wanted, a Housemaid; aged about 20; good refe- rence^.—Apply, after six p.m.. Yrs. Box, 26. R'oli- mend-road. Cardiff. 2370z5 ?-?-?. Wanted at once, strong Woman as General Ser- vant.— Loudottn-square, Cardiff. 2371z2 Wanted, T^aundress, Able to Do Shirls and Table Linen nicely; wages £ 18.—Miss Thomas, Eiv Cot- tage, Brecon. 2318r2 Wanted, a good General Servant.—Applv Mrs. Davis, 154, Castle-road, Roath, Cardiff. 23307.2 Wanted, good Plain Co->k.— Apply, giving references and full particulars, Mrs. Hann, The Oaklande. Aber- aman, near Aherdare. 2274z4 Wanted, for Country, good Cook-General; able to K-ike —State age, wages, and references, Mrs. Jones Pwll Court., Llangunider. Crickbowel!. 2285z4 Wanted, good General Servant; aisu Nurse, for Two Babies; good personal characters essential.—Mrs. Harriss. 91. Walter-road, Swansea. 2258z3 ? Wanted, clean, active Housemajd; early riser.— Mrs- Isaac, Elm Grove, Dynas Powis. 2216x3 Wanted immediately, a good Cook-General. —Apply to Mrs. Masters, Fatuiwood, near Newport 2219z3 Wanted, good Housemaid; agsd 22; general kept, good references required.—Apply 44, Oakfie Id-street, Heath. Cardiff, between eleven and ore. 2212z3 Wanted, useful Girl as Housemaid; country eer- vai t; good needlewoman Church.—Mrs Justice, Cxstleton. Cardiff. 2198z2 Wanted, experienced Nurse for Three Young Chil- drcn; must be good needlewoman —Mrs. Redgrave, 5, Sketty-road, Swansea. 2181z2 Wanted, an experienced General Servant; two in family; no washing.—Mrs. Victor Brukew'ch, 183, Newiiort-road, CardTff. 2153z2 Wanted, a good Nurse-Housemaid; nurse kept; three in family. -Apply, bitween six and seven o'clock. 15, Park-place, Cardiff. 2163z2 Wanted, thoronghly-experienced House-Pariour- maid; good needlewoman; wages £ 18.—Apply Mrs Leigh, Glaslyn, Llaaishsn. 48744 Experienced House-Parlouimald Required in Small Family in Penarth; page kept; must thoroughly understand her duties not under 25 —Write, stating wages, reference, and experience, also state height, H. S.. Western Mail, Cardiff. 48335 Wanted, a thoroughly experienced Barmaid for Vaults.-Apply, with references, Royal Hotel. Cadox- ton. 2459z7 Wanted immediately, experienced Kitchenmaid; scullery maid kept.—Apply Mrs. D. E. Williams, Ivy Bush Royal Hotel, Carmarthen. 2422/3 -w:l1;fcl,- honest, respectable Woman as Kitchen- maid (clicf kept); must be well recommended. Also Girl. 16 to 18, to Astrist- Housemaid.—Apply Mrs. Beiitley, Central Hotel, Merthyr. 2430z3 Wanted, a good Plain Cook, also strong Girl as Chambennaid; apply, stating age, references, and ea!a.ry required.—Appiy County Hotel, Ebbw Vale. [z7 Wanted, good Oook; also a Waitress, used to res- taurant and hotel.—Apply Orane, County Hotel, Pontypridd. 2379x2 Davies's R-egi-strv W-, aitresses, Chr mbermaids. Cooks, Ivitchenmaids. Generals, Nurses, for Hotel, Private Families.—Emigration Agency. 45, Charles-street. Cardiff. Bed-, 2376z5 Wanted at once, Two good Generals; Welsh pre- ferred must understand washing, ironing, and plain cooking: one other servant kept; good references required.—Apply Windsor Hotel, Ynvsybwl. 2324z2 Wanted immediately. General Waitress; also House- Chambeimaid family and commercial hotel.—Apply, stating age, wages, and reference, Lewis, Wellington, Brecon 2278z4 Wanted, a good General Servant; good wagss given to a suitable person references required.—Apply to Beaufcrt- Arms Hotel, Raglan. 2272z4 Wanted, experienced Barmaid, must understand book-keeping; good reference.—Apply Pentre Hotel. 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C., 59, East^te street, Winchester, Hants. 2335z3 Disengaged—Strong, useful General, cook, wasti^ iron ( £ 12); General, cook. wash ( £ 10), Others (jE6 £ 14); strong Cook-General, wash, iron (long refe- rences) list free.—British Agency, Aberdaie Junc- tion. Stamped address. 2345z5 Situations Wanted as GelJerilSërvants for Several strong Country Girls; hundi eds of ladies suited; testimonials free.—Mrs. Coster, Registry, Glou- cester. 2279z4 Mr. Harford Wishes to Recommend a Man, aged 27, as Groom or Second Coachman rides and drives well, single or pair. Also Footman, Upper and Second Housemaid, and a Kifohenmaid. Only parted with because he is going abroad-Apply FaJcondale. 7 am- peter. 48920 Ijadies Requiring Servants and Servants Requiring I Situations apply Merriman's Agency, 207, CV,tie- road. Cardiff. Vacancies for good Generals. 2149z2 Wanted, by a respectable Young Lady, a Situation as Barmaid experienced; good reference.—Apply Beth. 17, P;-nberton-Btreet, Llaneily^ 2448z4" Wanted, by Young Person, Situation as BarmaidT thoroughly experienced; could superintend house- hold duties; good references.—J., 38, High-street, Rhywuey, Mon. 2473z8 PREMISES. To Let. Seven-roomed House, 32, Somerset-street. Key next door; Rent, 8s. weekly.—Apply Shibko, 76. Broadway. Cardiff. e9707z5 To Let. 4 and 6, Turner-road, containing se-"en rooms; hot and cold bath; ail papered; rent. 8s. clear-Apply, Thomas Edmunds, 53, Queen-street, Cardiff. e9708z5 To Let. "niree-s'.cried Warehouse. Trade-street* within three minutes' walk of Cardiff Station (G W.R.); size of each floor, 36ft. by 25ft. would euit for furniture store—Apply D. Davies, Builder. Trade- street. Cardiff. e9706z5 ■ MISCELLANEOUS SITUATIONS ""Wanted, a Till, strong Lodas Kenuel lk.y.—Apply, litating age, 'eference, wages required, also iicight, W 46 Western Mail. Cardiff. e9714/.4 Baker, &c.—Boyce's Operative and Wanted Employ- ment Bureau. Station-terrace, Card.II: thoroughly genuine workmen guaranteed; permanent ov jobbing immediately suited. e9712z8 ~Bakeif, &c.—Boyce's Operative and Masters' Eni- pk-vment Bureau, Station-veri a.-e. Cardiff thoroughly genuine workmen guaranteed; permanent or Jobbing immediately suited. cWleS Wanted, Two Unmarried Men as Stokers for Iau- csshire Boilens to Pncend to Sweden; none but first- class men need apply.—Address, hy letter with full particulars, St'ker, Ely Paper Works, Cardiff. 49017 FrTiiterB.—Wanted, for Couple cf Weeks __rMd Jobhing Hand.—Jcnes. Brecon. L47472 Wainted" sma.rt Youtii, with Knowledge of Fish and Poultry Tiade; state ^ge. &c„ by Setter— Address W 50. Western Mai), Cardiff. 2492z8 Wanted. Young Man as Haulier a.nd to Make Himself Useful.—Apply, to Tom Davis, ^>cer' Pontypridd. 2475z* Wanted, an Improv.a- to the B'«sa-ftnWw'igr: must be used to ship pine brass work.—Appi.V Thomas Dawson. Tvneside Works, Kcwport, Mon. 49L12 ~WantedTa gcod Boot Repairer; quick at bench; used to machine; piece or day work—Apply 156, Portmanmoor-road. East Moore, Cardiff. 24o4z4 Wanted, a go^Man"to' WorFfiilk Round in Car- diff wages £ 1 week house found; must produce gt-od references i-s to honesty ar:d t-ruscworthiiiess, commence Monday next—Apply Xiiounus, Auctioneer, 2, Duke street, Cardiff. ZQó3z4 T, Bakers.—Wanted, strong Led for Moulding r.nd t.) Assist Generally—Apply Minifie, Severa-road Can- tcn. 2434z4_ W.ntcd, as Gardener. Attend Horse. Cow, Milk; fair knowledge of faimwork make himself generally ii-efui. )for-pn, Onal Head. Aberdare. 2455z8 ~Wanted." steady Young Man 9A Gardener; one who understands glass; look after pony, and make himself generally useful—Apply, with references, Channel View, Aberihaw, near Cowbridge. 2433z7 Wanted, Under Gardener, not over 30; steady; good spadesman and attend nres married, no family; wajrJe 16f! gajden-cottage, coal, vegetables; wife needlewoman, or assigt in house or lftiindry when required.—Apply Ijawrence, Middleton Hall, artbn"v, Carmarthenshire. 48367 Wanted,the middle of December, a Lad accustomed bi Ili-.n-es and to Make Himself Generally Usrful.- Apply Dr. Griffiths, Milford Haven 2322z5 Wanted, Youth to WiLit at Table. Clean SUvex, Bwtt!, and Make Himself Generally Useful jJl. doors and out; state age, wages require<i.—Apply to Mr. H. Cuthbertson, Darren Court. Neath. 2325z2 Folders and Sewers Wanted at once.—Apply 1 udor Printing Works. Tudor-road. Ca d'!T. ^8983 Underground Mine Foreman Wanted for West Africa; must be experienced timberman. well ac- quainted with vein mining, of strictly steady rnd sc-l.fr habits, and able to handle natives The passage out and board and lodging provided ft n.lne.—State age, experience, and salary required to Foreman, care of J. V*. Vickers, 5, Nioholas-lane, London. E.G. 2443x2 1 E.G. 2443x2 Good Navvies Wanted for Cary Quarry; piecework. — \pply Foreman 011 Works, Mosshouse Wood Reser- voir Contract. Neath._ 24367.8 Wanted, Galvanised Corrugated Iron Shvd Erector to Do Erecting by Contract.—Adress W 42, Western Mail, Cardiff. 4M To Pork Butehere—Wanted at once. strong Youth. about 18. for Shon and Small Goods; references- Apply Morgan, Pork Butcher, Baneswell, New- port. 2410z3 Butcher Wanted; able kill and serve at counter; must be strictly sober and clean—Apply, stating particulars, Q, 28. Western Mail, Swansea. 2406z7_ ""Wanted imm»di»tely, competent Bricklayers—Apply to J. and F. Weaver, Builders, Manselton, Swan- sea. 2405z7 Waited, Journeyman Baker, immediate; must be a good salesman"; live indoors—State wages re- quired, G. Morgan. Grocer, Morrigton. 2336*2 a good salesman; live indoors—State wages re- quired, G. Morgan. Grocer, Morrigton. 2336*2 At Home—Employment, (genuine); either sex; whole or spare time; envelope and postal wrapper addressing; book of names and full instructions It 2d returnable with first work.—Moult and Co., 18, Safe Deposit, Manchester. MUD8 Wanted at once, smart Young Miui, Slaughterman and .Telp in Shop; must have good references.— Davics and Son, Butehers^AVfergavennv. 227074 Butchers—Thoroughly tfnstwortby Young Man; liva m.—Anply. with references and wages required, to W 17, Western Mail, Cardiff. 2205*3 I Wiwnted at once, a Young Man to Deliver Bread and to Assist in Shop.—Apply Jenkins, Treharris. z2 Iron Turner Wanted immediately; also an Im- prover.—Fielding and Platt, Gloucester. 46898 -?-? BUSINESS ADDrJSSES. IT 10. 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OUR SHORT STORY A KNIGHT IN ARMOUR. ?. ^r. Oaldftrwood and Squire Horsdale had friends in their youth. Then their Pai,hs had lain apart: the one seeking his for- Une in Amertica, where he had died penniless, saving fug only son Oscar to fight his way in w»rld ae best he oould; the other sucoeed- by the death of the heirs direct to the estate ? Horsdale, where he had been living for the two years. One of the squire's first acts °n himself raised from comparative Poverl to affluence had been to seek out the °W friend, and Oscar had thankfully ^oepted the post of steward on an estate ad- Horsdale. Poor squire, he had not ^SMaed for what was to follow! Madge, m°t^erlese elder daughter, was so pretty, ^wjnnjug^ he might be pardoned for thinking ajid ni8n Wo,uld be good enough for her, timrw~.0n^ s*rrugged hie Shoulders good- t<^d<h]redly When his Mrs. Vamey, ♦Sirow^111 Was 1,00 capricious, and had her fi «f awa'r ^ee excellent inatxshe# during •ase nf? 86ason- 'rhe fact wae it had been a *oo lo with Oeoar, a-nd, though yal to speai of hie love till he was in » >«ae liaiT .^M,0v^e a home worthy of Madge, din* nf MKTlVe^ a tolerably clear underetan- 9 of his feelings, and waa quite favo,f +v° Wait Dame Fortune Bbowld look aquire had bidden bin) IdtnJip011 the Ha« m Ms borne, so, finding he frwe for a day or two, •are -J over °ne evening, feeling • weloome from bw pitaible old friend, and found he 1,ad arrived in the nick of time to play the part of true knight to distressed ladies. The squire was away in quest of a hunter up to his weight -not an easy thing to findn-and had taken the head coaohman with him to assist at the pur- chase. The butler was down with rheumatism and could not stir from bed; the groom had begged leave to go home tc a dying father; the gardeners and stable helps had gone home for the nisyht. There was simply not a man avail- able about the place, and the unfortunate womenfolk had just discovered that a burglary had been planned to take place in the early part of that very night, it having come to the know- ledge of the thieves that the house was unpro- tected by the usual male contingent. The dis- covery had been made by the younger Miss Horsdale—Trix—wiho had luckily overheard the men talking in the shrubbery just before Oscar's arrival, and, herself unseen, waited till they had crept away. By that time she had ascertained that they intended to get in at a certain window in the hall, from whence they would proceed to the plate-room upstairs. Evidently, whoever had planned the robbery was well acquainted with the ways of the house, I a.nd the necessity to get the job over early, so as to be clear away from the neighbourhood 'I before daybreak. -Madge declared her suspi- cions that the oase of sudden illness to which the groom had been summoned was a polite I fiction, and that it wap he who wr-c at the bot- torn of u- Horsdale Hall lay too far back from the load for assistanoe to be easily summoned, even if any-one was likely to be passing so late in that lonely part of the country, so Oscar felt that with this household of women depending on him for assistance discretion would assuredly be the better part of valour, and he muat be cautious in planning the means of defence. "The thing will be to frighten them off before they can get upstairs," he said. "I never go about without a revolver, so if they attempt to fire they will find me ready for them." "Madge is a shot," broke in Trix. "Are you?" Oscar said, in surprise, turning to the elder girl. whose delicate, slender beauty made the assertion difficult to believe. "Well, I hope to-night, at any rate, your skill will not be out to the test. Luckily I know from what quarter to expect the enemy's attack, so can ohoose my position." "But you shall not watch alone," said Madge. "I really am a good shot, and though"—with a lit-ble shudder—"I would not kill anybody for the world, if I a.im low I could not injure them very much, could I ?" He laughed. "I think you might venture that with a clear conscience. Mrs. Varney, will you mind warn- ing the servants of what may happen, and tell them to keep out of the way upstairs? There is not a moment to lose, for it will never dn if those fellows get here ibefore we are ready for them." "I wish I could shoot." Trix swd, when, she had! helped Oscar to pnlb out the lam/pe, Madge having gosie in search of a revolver. "Never mind," he aaid, consolingly, M he followed her into the hall. "Your quick ears will be of t-ho greatest use, for you can warn us from the landing above the moment you hear the slightest sound. Now, where will be the best place to Mnd f" glancing round the i niw KiUit. "kioh looked weird and unfamiliar by the dim light of the lamp that he held aloft. > "How would it do to get inside one of those suits off armour?" came Mage's voice from the darkness above. Oscar looked up and saw her standing on the topmost stair, surveying the scene below. She had thrown a oloak over her white dress, and carried a dark lantern in her band- "A capital idea," he said, "but I shfcll tare to ask you two to help me equip myself for the fray." ';1 know how it goes," said Madge. "I dressed father up in it for some tableaux we had last Christmas." She put down the lantern, and with Trix's help buckled1 on piece after piece till he stctod fully equipped. Her fingers trembled 3« she put the sword in his hand. "Oh! if you should be hurt," she whispered (Trix had gone to take up her post of sentinel), "I should never forgive myself." "My darling, have no fear," ha whispered back, putting his steel-clad arm round her slight form. "I would gladly give my life for yours. Surely you know that. Give me the right to protect you always. I will work day and night to make a heme worthy of you, if ouly you will give IDA one little word of hope if-" "I hear footsteps," called Trix softly, un- suspicious of the interesting tete-a-tete tno was interrupting. Oscar stepped into position at the foot of the staircase. "Stand on that corner stair, Madge," he said. "No, higher still; that's better. Wait until the window is opened, then flash the lawtern round, and fire at the wall below. The noise may frighten them away. If not, leave me to manage the rest; don't attempt to come down. Ah! they have started," aa a grwting sound was heard close by. They waited in hreatMeee suapense. Swiftly, and almost noiselessly, the work went on, till at last the shutters yielded, and a dark form was seen outside. "Bang" went a shot into the wall. It evidently staggered the unwel- come visitors, but after a moment a voice, which Madge recognised aa that of the shifty- eyed groom, exclaimed: — "It's only a girl; we can soon do for her. Harkee, miss," he shouted, "there are three of us here, and we can all shoot as straight as you. Let us in quiet, end we won't do you any harm; but we mean to have the plate somehow. That's settled her," he muttered. with a brutal laugh, as Madge, in obedience to a whispered "Keep quiet" from. Oscar, mads no reply. A slip of a boy was pushed through the broken panes, hut he scrambled back on the broad window-seat wMi a terrified "There's a man standing there; help me up, quick." "You little fool! It's only one of them bloomin figog-urs I told you about. Look sharp, and let us in." As the lad turned to do his bidding, the "bloomin' figgur" stepped forward and brought tihe flat of his sword with a mighty thwacit on the shoulder of his youthful adversary. The boy tumbled to the ground with a yell of pain and fright, while Oscar fired a couple of shots in rapid succession towards the dark forma looming dimly in the pale moonligfhit. The groom, thinking he had only his young mis- tress to deal with, sprsag through the open casement, but recoiled with a stifled oath as a grip of iron fastened on his throat. Oscar would soon have settled him. but was seized in hi? turn by the second man, a big, brawny fel- low, who, flinging himself on the two wrest- ling figures, forced them to the ground, Oscar undermost. The weight of his armour handi- capped him terribly, and he was forced to loose his hold of the groom and fling him off before he could struggle to his fe-t and tackle the more formidable antagonist. Madge, watching the combat with intense anxiety, dared not fire for fear of hitting friend as well as foe, but she and Trix. after a whispered consultation, stole down, resolved to attack the enemy in the rfar. "Oscar told me not to stir from here," Madge said, as Trix, the practical, handed her their father's huntmg crop, "but I can't leave him to fight three men single-handed." As it happened, the tihird "man" (aged 11) lay stunned where he had fallen on the stone flooring, but Oscar had all his work cut out to keep the other two at bay. He was beginning to wonder how much longer he could hold his own, when, simultaneously with what the girls believed to be an awful blow, though -the fellow who was trying his level best to throw Oscar, hardly felt it, oame a thundering knock at the dcor. It effectually settled the burglars. Seiz- ing the unconscious boy, they scrambled out of the broken window just as the squire, who had unexpectedly returned, gained admittance. The first thing he saw. on crossing the thres- hold was one of his own suits of armour appa- rently come to life. "W1ho the deuce are you, sir?" he Mid, wincing at the vigorous shake from the steel- gloved hand. "Oscar Calderwood, my own true knight, papa," answered Madge demurely, putting her hand on her lover's arm. The squire glanced sharply at the pair. "What an old fool I was not to guess how it would be!" he muttered. "And she refused one of the leading men of the day last season.' The burglary affair, however, drove all thoughts of the lovers out of his head for tihe time being, and when he had leisure to reflect he coneoled himself with the recolleotion that even if his future gon*in-law lacked worldly possessions, he was rich in chivalrous courage. After aJl, Jt "Fearless minds elimb sooneet unio crowns-

A LANCASHIRE BREACH OF PROMISE. AUSTERITY OF THE YOUNG LADY. Miss Annie Boardman, the daughter of Blackburn hotel-keeper, obtained j6500 damages in a breach of promise action against Henry t Scaife, a Wigan mill manager at Manchester Assizes on Tuesday. The promise was admitted, but the defendant pleaded that the lady was oold and that was why he broke his plighted troth. She would not, he explained, even ro inside the house he had provided against the day they were married. _J .d

TRADE AND POLITICS. AN INTERESTING- STORY. The "Sunderland Echo" reports thn," a Sfcn- deriand gentleman who has been in the Mtd- lands for a few days brings back an interest- ing piece of information. In the course of conversation a manufacturer told :)jm that in resentment of the German Emperor's telegram to President Kruger he had transferred to a firm at Lyons certain large orders which he had for year's sent to Germany. Some time after he had made this change he vas surprised to find himself questioned upon the subject by an official from tihe Board of Trade. This gentleman «*tat<?l that rupture? erf commercial connections with Germany, because of tW | Emperor's action, had been so numerous that I they had actually affected diplomatic r?Ia- t'ons, there bemp a. suspicion in Germany that the British Government had somehow instigated the resentful action of our traders. 'Phe manufacturer under notice is still doing bis business with the Lyons firm, having found that he can do so advantageously. I

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.? A GOOD CROP OF WHEAT. So much has been said as to the poor harvest of 1896 on many quarters, that it i's pleasant to hear of some farmers who did well. A staok of wheat, the produce of ten acres, on Court Farm, Southminster Marshes, in the occupation of Mr. A. J. Page, was threshed, and yielded 82 quarters, or over ten quarters an acre. This is the best crop of wheat grown in the district for years.

"COCK-A-DOODLE-DOOING." The campaign for peace and quiet in the public thoroughfares is still waged with vary- ing fortunes. On Tuesday there was a victory for the good cause at Bow-street, rllLe master of a tug was fined for frightening the Thames from its propriety by needless performances on a steam whistle. He had used one of those fear- ful weapons for a" purpose technically known as "oook-a-doodle-dooing" or "ohirping," by by means of short, rapid blasts.

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RUINED THJtOUH THE VENE- ZUELAN QUESTION. —John' Lever answered to two summonses ail the City Summons-court on Tuesday for allowing dogs to be unmuzzled in a publto place. He had been seen with an unmuzzle dog under each arm, but said they were only two months old. He had some pups, and, out of charity, he was taking these two to give away in Leodenliall Market sooner than kiU them or turn them into the streets- He thought the order did not apply to such young dc gs. Was a miner, and had done nG work fo.' twelve months. Was not living on his means, out his wife and family. Came to London about buying some property, but had been impoateiished througtii the Venezuelan question.— Alderma.i Bell digmissedbotit ou-a- monses. -?-- -?-

SHOCKING ACCIDENT ON THE RAILWAY. A terrible accident occurred on the Great Western Railway aft Maidenhead at one o'clock on Tuesday morning. A porter named Ham- blin, who has been employed at the local station, waa proceeding from the passenger station to a goods station, when a down goods train knocked him down and killed him. The engine driver knew nothing of the fatality until he arrived at Leading, when he found the porter's cap on the front of the engine* The body was afterwards discovered.

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