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PUBIilC AXITSEKENTS, CARDIFF. THEATRE ROY AL Lestsee and Manageress .Mn). EDWARD FLETCHER. TO-NIGHT, AT 7.30, THE J^OOTBALL yiNG Time and Prices as Usual. Half-Price at Nine. Booking Offices at Messrs. Thompson and Shackell's (Limited), Queen-street. Telephone No. 521. Monday Naxt, Dec. 7th, Retum Visit of the Great Drurx Lane Drama— HUMAN NATURE. MONDAY, DECEMBER 14th, THE D'OYLY CARTE REPERTOIRE COMPANY IN THE QltAND JJUKE, THE GONDOLIERS. npHE MIKAD0- BALLOT FOR OPERAS. in Order to Meet the Convenience of the Publio On the Occasion of the Visit of Mr. Carte's Repertoire Corupany, the Management have Decided to Consult the Wishes o £ their Patrons, and, therefore, Propose to Institute a Ballot as to which Nights would be Most Suitable for the a.bove Operas. Patrons, there- fore' ^ho Wish to Attend a Certain Night to Witness their Favourite, are Revested to.Inornate by Poet- card on or before December 4th their Wishes in Jre "^ter. The ^Operas will thcu.be-performed on the Nights Selected b^ the Largest Ni'juber 4 1 R A N D m H E A T R B The Premier JL Theatre of Wales. Manager ;Hr. CLARENCE SOUNES. THRILLING ATTRACTION. AND IMMENSE SUCCESS OF Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jarmun and Powerful Company, In the New English-Russian Drama, 1JNDER r IHE CZAR. IXfort open at 7; commence 7.30. Box Office open to £ f*ue 10 to 6" TclePhoiie 725- Prices Od. Pecember Tth. Mr. W. Bournc's New Plav, TWO MEN. 48984 c ARDIFF ORCHESTRAL SOCIETY -Z- PAR K B A I, L, CARDIFF GRAND CONCERT. WED N" ESI'AY, IJEOEiVlBER 9th, 1896 VnnjLliata' *ww« Miss ADA CROSSLEY. Mr. BEN DA VIES- FULL ORShrsttj *^r £ 0 BARKER. Conduct m ?r° PERFORMEBS. ~ONAUC,<JR J. E DEACON Accompanist MR. W. RICHARDS. mS^aTfo^l8' 28 and ls- Door, 0??n^?f com- mence at 8.0. Carriages, 10.15. The Ballot for Sub- SeataTor iho « place 0n December 2nd. Three SStetoE^h nfTh Three Concerto, 21s.; Two r fcAch of -Three Concerts. 15s. 48896 I1 H E JE m P I ja E Tie not in mortals to command success, but we'll do more—deserve it." MSWGTAFF Director OSWALD STOLL. TO-NIGHT r From Drury Lane Theatre Pantomime, GEO. SPRY AND FLOKREE AUSTIN, In their Romantic burieslufs. 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. BAlG AND Comic Tumblers. BOOKER AND NARBIS, American Comedy Artistes. Next Week- DAN LENO. »1an 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-HALL p AND STOLL'S PANOPTICON. OPEN ALL DAY. OPEN ALL DAY. J THE I THE gSF" ELVIRAS. <™g*- 1 „ I Phrenologists | LADY. „ LADY I Phrenologists ) LADY. Maze Waxworks. Jungle. Phonograph. Illusions. OPEN AT.Tj DAY. -NEWPUKr. THE EMPIRE. -'LL( Maltagin^ Director OSWALD STOLK TO-NIGHT! THE THREK REZIAHS, SADIE JEROME, THE HALLIWELLS. GERTRUDE MINIM, WILL DOWNES. EVAIX) AND CO. THE BEAUTIFUL ALMA. and THE SISrEBS PRESTON. ( THE WE^l MAIL= I NEWS OF THE week, p RICE, ONE pBNNT TTie most comprehensive newspaper published in w*les, containing ALL THE LOCAL NEWS and Information. °f Geaeral Political, and Commercial ENGLAND'S HISTORY, AS RIERRORED BY FAMOUS PAINTERS. J PART III. PRICE. 6d. u "WESTERN MAIL" (LIMITED), ti 0 CARDIFF. r L MONEY. WALLACE Is CO., 98, QUEEN-ST., CARDIFF, ACCOUNTANTS. B5 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 shorfTof Ready Money.—Then write or call cn Wallace and Co., 98, Queen-street, Cardiff. O N E Y E N T REASONABLY AND PRIVATELY, FROM 083 TO £500. I To all classes of responsible persons, re-payable 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, CardlffT Advances irora £ 2 to £ 200. Borrower* receive courteous and prompt cttentiba. e5672 £ 260.000 to Lend.—Those in Want of Cash in Sunw of £ 10 to £ 500 are Recommsmded to apply to tbe Proninoial Union Bank, 1. Queen-square, Bristol- or to E. W Webber. 3, Working-street. Cardiff. e5595 "LET THE HILLS RESOUND WITH SONG 1" Sole Agency for Cardiff and South Wales THOMPSON AND SHACKELL (Limited), QUEEN'S MUSIC WAREHOUSE, CARDIFF. Also at Swansea Mertbyr, Llanejiy Newport., Ponty. pndd. Bristo.. Barry Dock, Bridgend. 4c. to» LARGEST STOCK IN THE KINGOOM. NEWEST DESIGNS. Illustrated Catalogue Free on hjfkiication to THOMPSON AND SHACKELL (Limited), QUEEN'S-BUlIiDINGS, CARDIFF, Or any of the Company's Numerous Branches, HB CELEBRATED "ESTEY" ORGANS, from 5s. Monthly, on New Hire System,, e.6323 R. J. HEATH AND SONS INSTRUMENTS FROM THE EXHIBITION ARE NOW OFFFITED AT GREATLY „ REDUCED PRICES. GOME EARLY AND SECURE A BARGAIN1. 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 25 upwards. PIANOFORTES ltr BROADWOOD p Oollard, Kirkman, Brixumead, Erard, Fleyel, Schiedmayer, Bluthner, Stemway, cechfltein, Neumeyer, &c., &0. 0«GANSi by MASON and HAMLIN Bell, Smith, Carpenter, Sterling, Story and Clark, Doherty, Karn, to.. &c. HARMONIUMS by ALEXANDER .N m. Ac., &c. THE FULL-SIZE GRAND PIANOFORTE USED AT MADAME PATTI'S CONCERT FOR HIRE FOR RECITALS. 4a LARGEST POSSIBLE DISCOUNTS FOR CASH. EXPERIENCED TUNERS VISIT ALL PARTS OF SOUTH WALES PERIODICALLY. REPAIRS OF ALL KINDS EXECUTED BY FIBST- OLASS AND EXPERIENCED LONDON WORKMEN. SPECIAL QUOTATIONS FOR PLACES OF WORSHIP, INSTITUTIONS, AND SCHOOLS. Before Purchasing do not fail to send for our Price Liste and Verdict of 000, and Compare our Pricee and Terms with Other Houses. SHOWROOMS— *3" -STTJwST, OARDIFF; 70, TAFF-STREET, PONTYPRIDD AND 31, WINDSOR-ROAD, PENARTH. MANUFACTORY: LONDON. AGENCIES AT ABERAVON, OADOXtTON-BARRY, CAERPHILLY, BRIDGEND, MAESTEG, &c., &c. CANTASSERS WANTED IN ALL PARTS, ON GOOD COMMISSION. M tNUF ACTURER. H ordorth, Offers hi. Own Goods dIrect from the Loom at Uill hiCb. viz. Sergea, Fannies, Ushmerej, Biegeg, Pattern r8/ Ma"t!p Cloth,, intern sent free on application. save ,11 intermediate profit. Special of Dreso Meltons. all at f )er yard. Address ^MANUFACTURER. HORS- WORTH. LEEDS xlWKJ- L'HE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER THOMPSON'S BURDOCK PILT,S wdteinJ H °{ fVery diR<aw- ^here no other md IT J^^WCr^/Virh In Uoxes< 1«- lid. <"rdo^k Pill M«n„f 'v »!1 Chemiste, or from the 1 wraocfc Pin Manufactory. 44, Oxford-street, Swansea IF YOU WANT THE 7 ARGEST AND REST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN THE PROVINCES, BUT JTHE W EEKL Y MAIL Vlllr warm IS INCORPORATED THE "NEWS OF THE WEEK." SENTLEMTCN DON'T uit16 Bradford- We niake an AilVoo*! "vicuna tip eaiiie Ui1mWmm0r ancl vou can't buy 1 ur ^rf?eea"iVnH ,Under fffT Xl rr l.fd eee for yourself. THi, WOOLLEN CO., BRADFORD.. e&746 = ^———e— PUBLIC NOTICES. EXTRAORDINARY VALUE E SPECIAL LINE in IRISH FRIEZE ULSTERS to MEASURE (WOOL LINED), 35s. Cannot be equalled in Cardiff under 50s. MINSKI, BESPOKE TAILOR, 18, QUEEN-STREET ARCADE, CARDIIFF. c9709s7 YICTORY LODGE I-OG-T- BAZAAR at the OORY MiEMORIAL-HALL will be OPENED an 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 S PRICES SAVE YOUR MONEY By Purchasing your FURNITURE, BEDDING, CARPETS, and MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS of BEVAN AND COMPANY (LIMITED), REGISTERED AS THE CARDIFF FURNISHERS Whose immense Cash Purchases enable them to Sell all Goods fully 20 per cent. below the prices usually charged by other firms. 1,500 IRON and BRASS BEDSTEADS always in stock, from 7s. lid. each. HUNDREDS of DINING, DRAWING, and BEDROOM SUITES, From 31 to 50 GuineM. Call and inspect our immense selections before Purchasing elsewhere. Large Illustrated Catalogues Gratis. Delivery Free Throughout Wales and Border Counties, BEVAN & COMPANY. <. 21, DUKK-STREET, 97. ST. MARY-STREET CABBIFF. 7, WIND-STREET, SWANSEA. OPPOSITE TOWN-HALL, NEWPORT. CLARENCE-STREET and MANBURT. ROAD, E1S76 i ( i THINK OF T&IS.—IF YOUR COMPETITOR IS j "SING A TYPEWRITER, so MUST YOU. WE ARE PREPARED TO PROVE THAT THE DENSMORE I WIU. SUIT YOUR PURPOSE BEST. LEARNT IN A FEW HOURS. YOUR OFFICE BOY CAN USE IT. DROP US A CARD AND WE WILL COME AND SEE 1 YOU. a R £ H E J-J KN S M G R E 1 SOLE AGRNTS FOR SOUTH WALES AND WHO WILL FURNISH FULL PARTICULARS ON APPLICATION. j •^TESTERN jyjAIL D J ST. MALTY-STREET, CARDIFF, J L'HH "DENSMORE" CAN BE SKEN WORKING DAILY IN THE WESTERN MAIL OFFICE. t 43168 < PREPAID ADVERTISEMENTS THE EVBiriKQ EXPRESS » ONCE. THREE SIX TIMES: TIM ES ————— ————— ————— ao Words. 0 6 10 16 30 Words 9 16 3 40 Words 1 0 2 0 3 0 50 Words 1 3 2 6 3 9 Notice to Advertisers. IMPORTANT.—Advertisements to be classified must reach this office bv 10 30 a.m but they can be inserted up to 4.4J) p.m. under heading of TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION. The boxes provided tor answers to advertisement* appearing in the Evening Express" are not :ntwr«led for any other purpose whatevsr, and cannot be allowed to be used for the distribution of printed or written advertising circulars or announcements of any kind. "Applv at the Evtning 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- doaed. The above cliarges apply only to consecutive in- sertions of the following class of advertisements: — Situations Wanted or Offered, Apartments, Money Wanted, Partnerships, Lost and Found. Miscellaneous Want*. Businesses. Houses, Shops, Offices to Let or Sell, Specific Articles for Sale Privately. ~Yf~th<rTnsertions^be not <y»i!Lecutivc, or if payment be net made previous to publication, the credit rates will be charged. Name and Address to be eomited. Orders sent through thf post to flu accompanied by Postal Onler or Halfpenny Stamps! Cheques, Postal and Post-office orders should be crossed and DlCOO payable to Mr. D. Watkin Thomas. "Advertisements are received also at the following snb-offices NEWPORT TJIEDEGAR STREET. SWANSEA ..OASTLE-STREET. MTMITHYR VICTORIA-STREET. PONTYPRIDD 4a, TAFF-STREET. HEAD OFFICES CARDIFF: ST. MARY-STREET. PARTNERSHIP. Eatablishcd Costumier Debtee to Meet, with a good Milliner as Partne"; good opportunity ior small canital.—W 6, Western Mai). Cardiff. e970oz4 r d. 1,ln iW IJ' OMHUlftfWai—W»V t. BICYCLES. Morris Bros., Cycle Works, Pontypridd.—Immense Bargains to personal callers. We must shift the stock for new arrangements. Oome and See. Repairs as usual. New Maps and Lists, 4d stamps. r el947 APARTMENTS. Lodging* for resprobable Young Man—Apply 64, Salisl*ury-road, Cardiff. c97117 ~A~c<Mnfort»ble Home for One cr Two respectable Young Men; no children; home comforts; terms very moderate.—16. Brook-street, Riveraide. ez7 MrSCELLANEOTJS SALES. Universal dream and Fortune-telling Book; best edition extant; big demand; post free, 2s.—Taliesyn Rees, 44. Portmanmoor-road. Cardiff. e9700z2 Fouttry.—lf you want your bird* to pay you write tor prices and samples of Vood to Noah Rees and Son, Hav, Corn, and Seed Merchants, Cardiff. <65229 Firewood-fo7 Sa!e7 2s. per cwt,, delivered in any part of the borough.-Maeter, Workhouse, Cardiff. e5653 1,000 Business Cards, Memorandums, or Billheads, 5s. 10.000 Uge/ul Handbills, 2s. 6d.; samples free. -Fisher and Co., Machine Printers, Broarlmead, Bristol. e4419 MISCELIiANEOTJS. Tobacconists Commencing see llld. Guide t'ond Cata- trurue (2B9 rnure«V 3d.„-acbb»cco^ia^ OaWHUng Co., 'm. ""Thawaa, Hy. -stylw. e5792 Aristotle's Works, Complete, Coloured Plates (remiiine edition), 30 stamps; Paris by Night, or Gay I.ife in Paris," Illustrated, 30 stamps, post free. —E. Bcwker, 27, Renehaw-street. Liverpool. Patronise the old flvm. Established 1832. f5691 Is Your Watch Wrong? The Beet and Cheapest Shop in Cardiff for the Repair of Watches of evpry description, English or Foreign, is 38. Castle Arcade, (third shop from Qjstle-siroet), by Jllmes Keir. for ten years with Mr Spiridion. Clocks and Mttsio Boxes Cleaned and Repaired. e4209 SHOP ASSISTANTS. SHOP ASSISTANTS WANTED. Advertisers are Cautioned thai Postmasters are not allowed to Deliver Letters Addressed to Initials or Fictitious Names at any Post-office. Letters addressed to Initials or Fictitious Names mwt bear the Addreos sf the Advertiser or one of the offices of the Western Mail. Wanted immediately. Junior Young Man-for Htent.'s Mercery.-Apply, .with full particulars. W. Lewis. 195. Iligh-strset, Swansea. 2485/8 Provisions—A smaH Provision Salesman Wanted U?o a smart Bov.—Apply Lipton, St. Mary-street, Cardiff 2487z4^ "Wanted immediately, an "experienced Assistant for the Fancy Stationery Trade; must be good wmdow- Ireaser and energetic; good salary and permancnoy x> competent hand —Apply, with photo and refe- enoes, Mullock and Sons, Stationers, Nevin,ort, don. Wanted imnvdiately, Grocer's Assistant: used to wficifcing; Welsh: must have exceptional references. -Apply, stating salary, to W 39, Western Mail. Car- liff. 2402z7 Grooery. — Wan ted! smart Apprentice for above IVade.—Apply R. Williams and Son, Georgetown, tferthyr 2363z2 To Butchcrs.—Wanted, at once, steady, rcspect- ible Young Man to Manage Branch Shop.-Apply, personally, 254, ITolton-road. Barry Dock. 2137z5 Wanted immediately, experienced Toung Men for Drapery and Dresses.—Apply W. Edwards, Draper. i Swansea. 2300i4 A{ prentices.—Wanted at once, a tall, well-educated I foung Lady and a tall. well-educated Youth as Apprentices to th? General Drapery.—Apply for full ] isrtieulars to Evans and Allen (Limited), Newport. 48006 ] Wanted, a respectible Touth as an Apprentice; ( ndoow.—Apply, with full particulars, Eames and ( ion. Tailors, Hatters, and Hosiers, Aber<;avennv. 2227z3 "Grocety, Provisions.—Wanted, smart Junior Assis- ant. —Appiv. by letter only, Wyehe, 57, LlaDhir- oad. Canton, 01rdiff. 215t2 Grocery and Provisions.—Wanted immediately, horoughlv good Junior; good references required; ndoors.—W G Thomas, Treharris. 2259z3 MIILINERS AND DRESSMAKERS WANTED. 1 Dressmaking.—Ladies' Costumes. Evening Dresses, !ayes, fee.. Made in the Latest Style. Fit guaivui- j J eed — Address Lewis and Evans, 133, Cowbridgc-road, « Cardiff. e5896 | j BUSINESS ABBESSES. Waterproofs ,t: Be paired While You >,0^ ^U*,B CARDIFF. ANDERSON, ANCHRBOT 4 *MVSXS0V, 1U., „ ( 88, St. Paal'4 WartkouM.: J 37( «NM, >&«HS0V. Werks: (. Bow Rsxd, ) UP-TO-DATE SOCIALITIES! TRY OCR 42^"OVERCOAT8 TO MEW.^tS. A MARVEL OF CHEAl«t.SS AND QUALfT. Silk Velvet Collar *i*A Plaid Lining. BISHOP AND W., TAILORS 50, QUEEN-STRilM, CARDIFF. Opposite Tfce Enij^re ijjt.i aeagegg CLERKS AND jteATTAOERS. ———————————— sJu2'. CLERKS AND MANVJKRS WANTED. Advertisers are Cautioned t Postmasters are Not Allowed to Deliver Letters iddresfipd to Initials or Fictitious Names at any Poet-pftce. Letters addressed to Initials or Fictitious Na (muet bear the vMret-s of the Advertiser or one of ,tie Offices of the Western Mail. Young Lady Seeks POIit. ac Clerk or Private Secretary: shorthand wri. W 45, Evekiing Ex- I press, Cardiff. f cS713z8 Wanted, respectable Lad ill Coal Exporter's OfBee at Cardiff.—Address W 53, W^ten Mail, Cardiff. z4 Yonng Lady Wanted foFtii«ceivi!ig Office; one with business experience pretwid.—Apply, by letter only, stating age and partioifsrs, to W. E. Vaughan and Co. (Limited). Llandaff*? id. Cardiff. 2461n4 Wanted at cnce, Shortbajil Writer, Yost i'ypis't; quick at figures and expe.rijnced tinworks office.— Apply, with references, statin# salary, Vulcan, Wesiern Mail, Swansea. 2431*7 Wanted, Shorthand Remington Typist; 100 words jier minute.-Apply, giving itfrrences emd salary expected, to J. O. HoweJl Electrical Engineer, LUieUy._ i 2395z7 -> Warded at once, smart Office Boy.—Apply, in own handwriting, stating wages required, to W 36, Western Mail, Cardiff 2588t3 Clerks (Male or Femaie)-lb. Thofie Possessing Knowledge of Shorthand, Tjb>»-writing Lessons Oiven Free.—Apply W 33, Weatern lM. Cwdiff. 2386Z7 Wanted, Colliery Surveyor for Month or Two; must be thoroughly practical; gtod draughtsman and computer.—State wages, &c., W tB, Western Mail, Cardiff. 48980 Wanted, respectable Youth as Office Boy; one leaving school preferred.—Apply, in own handwriting, to W 26, Western Mail, Cardiff. 2527bp "Wfnited. tmaft MatTaa Wftter Ctertt for Engineer- ing and Shiprepairing Woi+«—State experience aud salary required W 27, Western Mail, Cardiff. tZ Ledger Clerk Wanted; knowledge of brewery accounts, double-entry, and balancing indispensable; character to bear strictest investigation. -Apply, letter only, stating experienoe, sire, salary, and references, Messrs. Webb. Aberbeeg, Mon. 48918 CLETtKS !I.:Nn MA^ARWRS WANT PLAOBR. An experienced French and Spanish Correspondent Seek* Situation shorthand, typist; gcod references. —AddreM W 43, Western Mail. Cardiff. 2432z7 Young Man (24) Desires Re-angagmkent as Clerk; good experience in timber and building trades; good references.—W 41, Western Mail, Gwd'ff. 24S9z7 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 Wented, Situation as Timekeeper or Storekeeper; light work; aged 33; hold* cwptein's cert,ficate.— Address 11, Fox-ttreet, Broadway, Roath, Car- diff. 2237z3 Wanted. Situation as Clerk. Timekeeper, or Posi- tion of Trust; ohorthajid: good references.—Address W 10. Western Mall, Cardiff. 2167s3 ??*&*»*■. ■' JW'MSwwfe. •• AGBHTS, TBAVELLBE3. TRAVELLERS. AGENTS. &c.. WANTED. Advertiser* are Cautioned that Postmasters are Noii er" Allowed tc Deliver Letters Addressed to Initials or Fictitious Nbmes at any Post-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, SvTu-sea, or Newport, to Work Up a Connection in these places for well-known Packet Teas rnd Blends; lirbt-elass credentials required.—Apply, in first in. stance. with full particulars, to Nash, Fernwood, Mer- thyr. z8 Wanted, rJl ex Schoolmasetr, of busine&s ability, to Introduce the best Dtctionarv extant to Profes- sional Men.-Apply D 28, Western Mail, Swan- M!<2490x8 Wanted, Traveller for Provisions and Tinned Goods, from Ne«dh to Pembroke Dock; must have good connection rnd character; to a good man good terms will be given who can prove past sales.—Address W f 1. Western Mail, Cardiff. 24867.4 Paperhanginsw, »Vc —'Wanted, Agent onon to Represent Uo in South Wales —References and full particulars W 44, Western Mail, Cardiff. 2440x4 Einpfoymen^ Offered Everywhere; sa-lorv £ 8 month'v and commission.—Addreoo Reewter Company, Japan-crescent, Grouch-ljill. London. 2447z8 Wanted. Resident Cfn mission Agent at Newport and Swansea to Sell Oils, Points, Vamislies, amongst Ship Store Merchants, fcc., bv first-class I/ondon Mmvifacturing Firm.—Address W 08, Wcrtem MaU ga"liff- 2403z7 Brewer's Traveller will be Required for Small Brewery at be/riming of year who has experience in Newport, Chrdiff, Pontypool, and intermed-ate dis- trict. -Send copies of testimonials, with terms to B., at Locke's Advertising Offices, Newport, Me-n.. 2306z4 Wanted, Resident Commission Agent at Swansea, tlso at Newport, to Sell Margarine rjn^ngst Ship's Store and Provision Merchants.—Apply W 22, Wes- tern Mail, Cardiff. 2287z4 Canvasser of Address and Experience Tlequired ljO Push the Sale of a New Subscription Edilion of the best Dictionary in the market; exceptional terms to i proved man.-Life, Western Mail Office. Swan- !E. 2243,.3 BSO a Month Can be Made with £Íe.-For particu- lars write Oansig. 154. Leadenhall-street, London. z2 Agents Wanted', to Scil our celebrated~Parket Tea«T french Coffee in Tina, and Cocoa; particulars free.— Sliver Oliver, and Co., 283, Southgate-rood. Lon- ton 1401d Agents Wanted to Retail Ceylon and Other-Teas in Packets, from Is. per lb cash terms; pushing people meaning business will pleasa send envelope for price list to Select Ceylon Tea Agency, 39. T,ime. street. London. L13641 TRAVELLERS, AGENTS, &c.. WANT EMPLOY- MENT: Italian Coal Tra<le.—Advertiser, native of Genoa. vith long- exrverience in Nortli of Knfrisnd. is about o Establish himseff in Genoa as Agent for Newcastle ind Glasgow Coal Exporters, and Would Like tc Combine the Representation of Welnh Firm; flret- ;)Ms references.—Address letters to Box W 30. Wes- tern Mail, Cardiff. 2366z2

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lSTITHSEMAIDS AND SEBVAKTS. Wanted, & good General; must cook well.—Apply, with references, Mrs Nortli, 14, Caroline-street. Oar- ditf. e9M9z2_ Wanted, a good Servant at Nurses' Dining-room Maid; must be able to do plain sewing; wages, £ 14.—Apply in person, with references, any morning before twelve, to the Matron, Cardiff Infirmary. 49016 Wanted, Plain Cook, £ 18; Parlourmaid. £ 18; also Housemaid, £16; family two; trienda or sisters; comfortable home.—61, Apaley-road. Clifton. 2479t8 Good Plain Oook Wanted; £ 25; kitchentnaid kept; small family; excellent situation. House-Parlour- maid £ 20; housemaid kept; very comfortable home, -20. Stoke. Croft, Bristol. 2481z8 Wanted, supeiror General for OI if ton; Si6; fMnity two; housemaid kept; no washing; simple r-ooking; good home.—61, ApMey-road. Clifton. 2480»8 Wanted, clean, strong Country Girl as General; good heme; four in <<Ku!y.—A<MrMe St. Helen's, BrM-kTock road. Knowle, Bristol. 2466z4 Wanted, thoroughly-experienced House-Parlour- mAid; under-housemaid kept; Churoliwoman pre- ferred.—Mis. R. Garnoos-WUliajiifl, Tymawr, Brecon. 24S2g4 Wanted, gcod General Servant; three in family; nurse kepi —Brynteg, Terrace-road, Swansea. 2471*8 1 Wanted, a reliable and trustworthy Nurse for Four Little Children.—Apply Mrs. Lewis, Ynisygleuen, P">rit*Tdffwe, Swansea vallw. 24(Tz8 lleqirirttl,' a tidy no tainuy.— Apply, after four o'clock, at 178, Newport-road, Car- diff! 2472z4 Wanted, in small, quiest family, experienced General Servant; wagas £ 16.—W., care of Mrs. Cook, Church Cottages. Llanishen, Cardiff. 2439z3 General Servant Wanted immediately; experienced; early riser: no washing or cooking; wages £ 14; two ether servants kept; Churchwoman preferred.—Apply Mrs. Newell, College, Portbcawl. 2427r7__ Wanted at once, pood General; must understand washing, ironing, plain cooking; another girl kept.— Address W 40. Western Mail, Cardiff. 2414*3 Experienced House-Parlourmaid Required imme- diate lv for Penarth must have lived in gentlemen's ft,milies; wages £ 16.—Applv, with full particulars, W 36, Western Mail, Cardiff. 2381z7 Gcod Cook; small dairy; kitchenmaid kept; aged 30 to 40; wages JB25 to$30.—Mrs. Vizard, llinmi- baj gel, Cowbridge, Glamorgan. 2394zl Cardiff Union.—Ely Schools.—Wanted at once, an experienced Scullerymaid; wages P12 a year, subject to Poor-law rules.—Apply to the Master. 48962 Wanted, an experienced Nurse to TaVe Charge of a Child from the Month.—Mrs. Aicard, 53, Plymonth- road, Penarth. 2350*2 Wanted, a good Geaeral; able to do plain cook- ing.-Apply Mrs. Roberta The Rock, St Fapan>^z2 Waited, a Housemaid; aged about 20; go-id refe- rencea—Appty. after six p.m., MM. Box, 26. Rich- mond-rood, Cardiff; 2370z5 Wanted :tt once, strodg Woman M General Ser- vant.-=40, Loudoun-square. Osrdiff. 2371z2 Wanted. Laundress, Able to Do Shirts and Table Linen nicely; wages £ 18.—Miss Thomas, Ely Cot- tage, Br-eon. _2JH8z2 Wanted, a good general Servant.-Apply Mrs. Davis, 154, Castie-road, Roath. Cardiff. 2330z2 Wanted, good Plain 0><k.— Apply, giving references and full particulars, Mrs. Hann, The Oakland*. Aber- aman, near Aherdare. 2274z4 Wanted, for Country, good Cook-General; able to bake.—State age, wages, aDd references, Mrs. Jones PwIl Court, Llangunider. Crickhowell. ■ 2285*4 Wanted, good General Servant; also Nurse, for Two Babies, good personal characters essential.—Mrs. Harriss, 91. Walter-road. Swansea. 2?58z3 Wanted, clean, active Housemaid; early riler.- Mrs. Isaac. Elm Grove, Dynas Powis. 2216*3 Wanted immediately, a good Cook-Gcuaml. -Appty to Mrs. Masters. Fs-tuiwood, near Newport 2219*3 "Wanted, goad Hoiwe.uaid; aged^22; general kept: good references required.—Apply 44. Oakfleld-street, Roath, Cardiff, between eleven and one. 2212*3 Wanted, useful Girl as Housemaid; country ser- vai t; good needlewoman; Church.—Mrs. Justice, Castleton. Cardiff. 2198*2 Wanted, experienced Nurse for Three Young Chil- dren must be good needlewoman.—Mrs. Redgrave, 5, Sketty-road, Swansea. 2181*2 Wanted, an experienced General Servant; two in family; no washing.—Mrs. Victor Brukewteli. 183, Newport-road, Cardiff. 2153*2 "^Wanted, a good Nurse-Housemaid; nurse kept; throe in familv.—Apply, between six and Feven o'clock. 15, Park-place, Cardiff *:163z2 ~Wanted, thoroughly-experienced House-Parlour- maid; good needlewoman; wages £ 18.—Apply Are Leigh, Glaslyn, Llanishsn. 48744 I Experienced House-Parlourmaid Required in Small Family in Penarth; page kept; must thoroughly understand her duties; not under 25—Write, rtating 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. 2469*7 Wanted immediately, experienced Kitchenmaid; scullerjmaid kept.— \pply Mrs. D. E. Williams, Ivy Bush ilo\-al Hotel, Carmarthen. 242&t3 Wanted, honest, respectable Woman as Kitchen- maid (chef kept); must be well recommended. Aiao Girl. 16 to 18, to Assist Housemaid.—A pp!y Mrs. Beutley, Central Hotel, Mcrthyr. 243023 Wanted, a good Plain Cook. also strong Girl as Chambermaid; apply, stating age, references, and salary required.—Apply County Hotel, Ebbw Vale. [z7 Wanted, good Oook; also a Waitress, used to res- tauraot and hotel-Apply Orame, County Hotel, Pontypridd. 2379*2 Davies's Registry!—Wanted, Barmaids. Waitresses, Chambermaids. Cooks, Kitchenmaids. Generals, Ni'isfs, for Hotel, Private Families —Emigration Agency, 45. Charles-street. Cardiff. Bed- 2376z5 Wanted at once, Two good Generals; Welsh pre- fened; must understand washing, ironing, and plain cooking: one other servant kept; good references required.—Apply Windsor Hotel. Ynwybwt. 2324z2 Wanted immediately, General Waitress also House- Chambermaid family and commercial hotel.-Apply, stating age, wages, and reference, Lewis, Wellington, Brecon 2278*4 a >;iflxl v»cntRu "Se+feVnt; wages to a suitable person references required.—Apply to Beaufrrt Arms Hotel, Raglan. 2272^4 Wanted, experienced Barmaid; must understand book-keeping; good reference.—Apply Pentre Hotel, Pentre, Rhcmdda Valley. 2192r2 Wanted, a good General, Servant, who understands washing and ironing; good reference.—Apply Pentre Hotel, Pentro, Rhondda Valley. 2193*2 FEMALB SERVANTS WANT PLAGES Experienced House-Parlourmaid Seeks Situation; 4, years' excellent character; gentleman's family; tall good waitress and needlewoman.—Bertha, 61, Apfllc-y-road, Clifton. 2478^8 Oook Seeks Situation 12 years' excellent character; understands soups, entrees, pastry, ,tc.; economical manager trustworthy; reliable.—Oook, 61, Apsley- rond, Cliiton. 2477z8 Good Oook-General Seeks Situation; three exoellent character; cooks well; can wash and iron; country aervMit; £ 11.—Emily, 20, Stokes Croft, Bristol. 24132z8 Wanted. Situation as Barmaid: thoroughly expe- rienced t'ged to quick counter trade; good refe- rence.—Address L, Post-offlcc, Llanover, near Aber- gavenny. 2397*7 Wanted, Nurse Child (healthy baby girl preferred), any age, or Would Adopt, by respectable Young Married Couple.—Address C. 0., 59, Eaetg&te street, Winchester, Hants. 2385x3 Disengaged—Strong, useful General, cook,wash, iron ( £ 12); General, cook, wswh ( £ 1'>); Others ( £ 6 £ 14); strong Cook-General, wash, iron (long refe- rences) list free.—British Agency, Aberdtre Junc- tion. Stamped address. 2345z5 Situations Wanted aa General Servants for Several strong Country Girls; hundreds of ladies suited; testimonials free.-Mnl. Coster, Registry, Glou- ceeter. 2279z4 Mr. Harford Wishes to Recommend a Man, agad 27. as Groom or Second Coachman rides and drives well. single or pair. Aiso Footman, Upper and Second Housemaid, and a Kitchenmaid. Only parted with because he is going abroad.—Apply Falcondale. I/am- 4 peter. 48920 Ladies Requiring Servants and Servants Requiring 1 Situaticwis apply Merriman's Agency, 207. Oastle- road. Cardiff. Vacancies for good Generals. 2149z2 Wanted, by a respectable Young Lady, a Situation as Barmaid experienced; good reference.—Apply Beth17, Pcmberton-street, Llanellv. 2448*4 Wanted, by Young Person, Situation as Barmaid; thoroughly experienced; could superintend house- hold duties: good references.—J.. 38, High-street, Rhynmey, Mon. 2473,11 PREMISES. To Let. Seven-roomed House, 32, Somerset-street. Key next door. Rent, 86. weekly.-Apply Shibko, 76, Broadway. Cardiff. e9707z5 To Let. 4 and 6, Turner-road, containing seven rooma; hot and cold bath; all papered: rent. 8g. c!esr —Apply, Thomas Edmunds, 53, Queen-street, Cardiff. e9708z5_ To Let, l^ii-ee-storied Warehouse. Trade-street; within three minutes' walk of Cardiff Station I (G W.R.): size of each floor, 36ft. by 25ft. wouid euit for furniture store.-Apply D. Davies, Builder. Trade- street, Cardiff. e9706i5 MISCELLANEOUS SITU ATION8 Wanted, a Tall, strong Lad as Kennel Jtoy-Appty. stating itec, reference, wages required, "0<kc.l5l W 46 We«tcm Mail, Cardiff. Baker, &c.—Bovce's Operative and Want^ Fmp'oy- meiit Bureau, Station-terraoe, t-ardiff; thorovighly genuine workmen guaranteed; permanent or lobbing unmediately suited. Bakers, &c.—Boyce's Operative airf Mas^' JEm- plovmenfcBureau, Stfttton-forrace, Cardiff, tharouphly genuine workmen guaranteed; permanent or jobbing immediately suited. £ z? Wanted, Two Unmarried Men as Stokers for Lan- cashire Boilers to Pr xseed to Sweden none but first- class men need applv.—Address, by letter\ with full particulars, St/kcr, fely Paper Work^, Cardiff. 49017 Printer*.—Wanted, for Couple of Weeks, gwxl Jobbing Hand.—Jones, Brecon.. Wanted, smart Youth, with Knowledge of Fish and Poultry Tiade; stotc bJ' Address W 50. Western Mail. Cardiff. "WaaMd. Young Man as Haulicr and to Make Himself Useful.—Apply to Tom 3>avis, Gtwer, Pontypridd. — Wanted, an Improver to the B'a*w fin^hi^g; m^ be used to shipping brass work^-Apply Thomas Dawson, Tyneside Works, Newport, Mon "gcia a gcod Boot Repairer; quick at bench; tised to machine; piece or daV work-—Apply life, Portmanmoor-road. East Moors, Cardiff. 2464z4 ""Wanted, a good Man to Work Milk Round in Car- diff Vi4s&Jh a WW* houss fouid; mast fcod references to honesty and tmstworthiness, Commence Monday next.-Apply Thoinas, AueMMeer. 2. Duke-street. Oardi ff. 2463z4 Tn B&kert.—WMted. strong lAd for Moulding end to Assist Generally.—Apply Minile, Severn-toad. Can- ttn. 2434z4 ~Wanted, as Gardener. Attend Horse. Cow. Milk; fair knowledge of farmwork make himself generally useful. Morgan ,_Oanal Head. Aberdare. 2455*S_ ~Wanted, steady Young Man ae Gardener; one who understands glass; look after pony, and make himself generallv useful.—Apply, with references, Channel View, Aberthaw, near Cowbridge. 2433*' Wanted, Under Gardener, not over 30; steady; good spadesman and attend fires; married, no familv, wagee 16s.; garden-cottage, coal, vegetables; wife needlewoman, or assist in house or laundry when required.—Apply Lawrence, Middleton Hall, ^laa- arthney, Carmarthenshire. 48»7 W?nted, the middle of DpeeTnbFr, a lAd accustomed to Hr.rses and to Make Himself Generally Useful.— Apply Dr. Griiffths, Milford Haven 2322*5 WsJited, Youth to Wait at Table, Clean SUver, Boots, &t., and Make Himself Generally Useful in- doors and out; state age, wage* required App^v to Mr. H. Cuthberteon, Darren Court, Neath. ZSazi Folders and Sewers Wanted at once.-Apply Tudor Printing Works. Tudor-road, Cardiff. 48983 Underground Mine Foreman Wanted for West Africa must be experienced timberman, well ac- quainted with vein mining, of strictly steady end sober habits, and able to handle natives The passage out and board and lodging provided ft n.ire— Stft^ age, experience, and salary- required to Foreman, care of J. W. Vickers, 5, Nioholae-lane, London, E. C. 2443*2 Good Navvies Wanted for Cfery Quarry; piecework. —Applv Foreman 011 Works, Mosshouse Wood Reser- voir Cbntract, Neath. 2436*8 "Wanted, Galvanised Corrugated Iron Shed Erector to Do Erecting by Contract. —Adress W 42, Western Mail. Cardiff. 4!Ø)6 To Pork Butohens. —Wanted at once, strong Youth, ibout 18. for Shop and Small Goods; references.— Apply Morgan, Pork Butcher, BaoesweU. New- port. 2*10z3.. Bntcher Wanted; able kill and serve at counter; must be strictly sober and clean.—Apply, stating particulars, Q 28. Western Mail, Swansea. 2406z7 "WMted immødiately. competent Bricklayers.—Apply to J. and F. Weaver, Builders, Manselton, Swan- sea. 2406*7 Wanted, Journeyman Baker, immediate; must be a good salesman; live indoors.—State wages re- quired, G. Morgan. Grocer, Morriston. 2336*2 "AtHome. —BmotoynxHitQpenume); either sex; whole or spare time; envelope and postal wrapper addressing; book of names and full instructions Is. 2d., returnable with first work.—Moult and Co., LS, Sale Deposit, Manchester. J,13698 W'nted at once, smart Young Man Slaughterman vnd "lelp in Shop; must, have good references.— Davies and Son, Butchers. Abergavenny. 22707.4 ""Butchers—Thoroughly trustworthy Young Man; live m.—Apply, with references and wageo required, to W 17, Western Mail. Cardiff. 2805t3 Wanted at once, a Young Man to Deliver Bread md to Assist in Shop.—Apply Jenkins, Treharris. z2 I Iron Turner Wanted immediately; also an Im- prover.—Fielding and Platt, Gloucester. 46898 BUSINESS ADDF^SSES. ■ 111 ■ i 19, DUKE-STREET, o ?A N CARDIFF". gEECHAM'S PILLS. B EECRAMS PILLS, BECHAM'S PILLS. 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OUR SHORT STORY A KNIGHT IN AJRT0TIR. i 1 \fr. CaSderwood and Squire Horsdale had p ^eer* fas. friends in their youth. Then their a Pa,ths had lain apart: tihe one seeking his for- e Ameruca, where he had died penniless, ving his only son Osoar fco fight his way in the world as beet he could; the other succeed- ilg by the death of the heirs direct to the estate c Of Horsdale, where he had been living for the a last two years. One of the squire's first acts 1: 011 finding himself raised from comparative 8 Poverty to affluence had been to seek out the Bon of his old friend, and Oscar had thankfully a the post of steward on an esta-te ad- Horadale. Poor squire, he had not » "^ffained for what was to follow! Madge, motherless elder daughter, was so pretty, w'nning, he might be pardoned for thinking f«w men would be good enough for her, only shrugged hi» shoulders good- f^oiouredly when his titter, Mrs. Varney, hixa the girl wen too capricious, and had away throe exoellent matobes during "eason. The fact was it bad been a s tnft u, ^°V6 at with Osoar, and, Jhough /°y*i io speak of his love till he wtus in a j*tion ^psvxvide a home worthy < Madge* t»d arrived at a tolerably clear undewfcas- j?of the state of his feelings, and wa* q'J*te Uiiag to -wait till Daano Fortune showJd «vour them. The had bidden him Hall as his home, so, finding L unerpectedly free {or a day or two, oyer one evening, feeling of a welcome from his bos- t nitable old friend, and found he had Hived in the Dick of time to play the part of 1 rue knight to distressed ladies. The squire ras away in cuc<t of a. hunter up to his weight j -not an ew.y thing to find-nand had taken the lead coaohman with him to assist at the pur- ■base. The butler was down with iheumatism t ,nd could not stir from bed; the groom had r pegged leav* go home tc a dying father; the ] rardene-rs stable helps had gone home for t he night. Them was simply not a. man avail- ( .Me about -l>p place, and the unfortunate t romenfolk Vd just discovered that a. burglary lad been planned to take place in the early part ►f that very might, it having come to the know- ] edge of the thieves that the house was unpro- 4 eoted by the usual male oontingent. The dis- i iOvery had been made by the younger Miss E EloKtdxSe—Trix—who had luctkily overheard c he men talking in the sbn:bhery just before i )soar's arrival, and, herself unfeem, waited till 1 hey had orept away. By that time she had j that they intended to get in at a "in window in the hall, from whence they i route proceed to the plate-room upstairs. Evidently, whoever had planned the robbery ras wnlI acquainted with the ways of the house, md the necessity to get the job over early, no I e to be olra-r awar from the neighbourhood lefore daybreak. Madge dedarod her nuspi- lions that the oase of sudden illness to vrlioh he groom had been summoned was a polite ] icrtion, and that it was he irho WAS at the bot- I om of the affair. < Horadale Hall lay too far back from the toad t or assistance to be easily summoned, even if Miyone was likely to be passing so late in that onely part of the country, so Oscar felt that Ii vitth this household of women depending on him ] :or 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 -hey can get upstairs," he said. "I never go ibout without a revolver, so iif they attempt to ire they will find me ready for ..heoi "-Nf.Lge is a capital shot," broke in Trix. "Are you?" Oscar said, in surprise, turning o the elder girl, whose delicate, slender beauty nade difficult to believe. "Well, rr" to-nigjit. at any rate, your skill will not, )e uvi to the test. Luckily I know from what to expect the enemy's attack, so can ,hOQla<> z\y petition." 'But yc-'i not watch alone." said Madcp. T reallv aTn ood shot, and though"—with a I little ohinlder- would not kill anybody for :he »w)i if T aim low I could not injure them rery muM. <Y,uld I?" He laughed. "I thirjk vnu might venture thai with a clear onsoienoe. Mrs. Varney, will you mind warn. ng the servants of wha.t may happen, and, tell them to keep out of the watr upstairs? There is not a moment to lose, for it will never ci" if those follows get here bef-ore we are ready for ( shem." "I wish I could shoot," Trix said', when. she I had, helped Osear to put out the lamps* Madge having gone in search of a. revolver. "Never mind," he said, consolingly, as he j followed her into the hall. "Your quick ears will be of the greatest use, for you can Warn us from the landing above the moment you bear the slightest sound. Now, where will be shs best place to 8tand 1" glancing round the )1d hall, wbioh looked weird and tmfomiliar by to" the dim light of the lamp that he heM aloft. a "How would it do to get inside one of those a suits df armour?" oame Mage's voice from v the darkness above. Oscar looked up and saw It her standing on the topmost stair, surveying c bhe scene below. She had thrown a. cloak over v her white dress, and carried a dark lantern in t her hand. "A capital idfca," he said, "but I shall have I to ask you two to help me equip myself for the 1: fray." 2 "I know how it goes," said Madge. "I a dressed father up in it for some tableaux we s had last Christmas." 1 She put down the lantern, and with Trix's 1 help buckled' on piece after piece till he stcod I fully equipped. Her fingers trembled 3t ebe put the sword in his hand. 1 "Oh! if you should be hurt," she whispered 1 (Trix had gone to take up her post of sentinel), I "1 should never forgive myself." "My darling, have no fear," he whispered I back, putting his steel-clad arm round her s Ilighb 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 1 and night t-o make a heme worthy of you, if i ouly you will give me one little word of hope 1 if-" "I hear footsteps," called Trix softly, un- i suspicious of the interesting tete-a-tete one wa ] interrupting. Oscar stepped into position a. ( the foot of. the staircase. < "Stand on that corner &tair, Madge, t, he said. < "No, higher still: that's better. Wait until f the window is opened, then flash the lantern 1 round, and fire at the wall below. The noise I may frighten them away. If not, leave me to ] manage the rest; don't attempt to come down. ] Ah! they have started," as a. grating sound i was heard close by. j < They, waited in breathless suspense. Swiftly. 1 nd almost noiselessly, the work went on, till ] it last the shutters yielded, and a dark form f ras seen ou'tside. "Jiang" went a shot into c h9 wall. It evidently staggered the unwel- f ome visitors, but after a. moment a voice, a ehich Madge recognised as that of the shifty- t •yed groom, exclaimed: — "It's only a girl; we can soon do for her. s larkee, miss," he shouted, "there are three of f is here, and we can all shoot as straight as f iwj. Let us m quiet, end we won't do you my harm; but we mean to have the plate I iomehew. That's settled her," he muttered, f vith a brutal la-ugh, as Madge, in obedience to 1 i whispered "Keep quiet" from. Oscar, ipada no t •eply- c A slip of a boy was pushed through the t broken panes, but .he scrambled back on the jroad window-serft witb a terrified "There's a I nan standing there; help me up, quick." c "You little fool! It's only one of them i jloomin figgurs I told you about. Look sharp, c md let us in." t As the lad turned to do his bidding, the 'bloomin' figgur" stepped forward and brought the flat of his sword with a mighty thwack on I she shoulder of his youthful adversary. The 30y tumbled to the ground with a yell of pain w wid fright, while Oscar fired a couple of shots i .n sapid succession towwds the dark forma looming dimly in the pale moonlight. The I froom. thinking he had only his young mis- resg to deal with, sprang through the open xiserHent, but recoiled "tth a stifled oath as a. grip of iron fastened on his throat. Oscar i would soon have settled him. but was seized in < [lis turn by the second man, a. big, brawny fel- r low, who, flinging himself on the two wrest- 1 liny; figures, forced them to the ground, Oscar < andermost. The weight of his aivnour handi- ( japped him terribly, aaid he was forced to loose I lis hold of the groom and aiiOK him off before lie could struggle to his feet and tackle the more orniidstble antagonist. Madge, watching the lombat with intense anxiety, dared not fire for ear of hitting friend as well as foe, but she md Trix, after a whispered consultation, stole Iown, resolved to attack the enemy in the rear. "Oscar told me not to stir from here," Madge ] aid, as TVx, the practical, handed her their j a.ther's hunting crop, "but I can't leave him to ight three men single-handed." I As it happened, the tihird "man" (aged 11) < ay stunned where he had fallen on the stone looring, but Oscar had all his work cut out to < ceep the other two at bay. He was beginning o wonder how much longer he could hold his )wn, when, simultaneously with wthat the girle >elieved to be an awful blow, though the fellow vho was trying his level best to throw Oscar, lardly felt it, oame a thundering knock at the < Icor. It effectually settled the burglars. Seiz- ] ng the unconscious boy, they scrambled out ( >f the broken window just a* the squire, who T iad unexpectedly returned, gained admittance. t rhe first thing he saw on crossing the thres- lold was one of his own suits of armour appa- a oently oome to life. t "Who the deuce are you, sir?" he said, | vincing at the vigorous shake from the steel- < jloved hand. "Oscar Calderwood, my own true knight, | »pa," answered Madge demurely, putting her i land on her lover's ann. i The squire glanced sharply at the pair. "What an old fool I was not to guese how ( t would be!" he muttered. "And she refused me of the leading men of the day last season." rhe burglary affair, however, drove all thoughts 4 )f the lovers out of his head for tihe time I seing, a.nd when he had leisure to reflect he J xwifolod himself with the recollection that ;veu if his future son-in-law lacked worldly 1 possessions, he was rich in chivalrous courage. I Atfter all, 1 "Fearless minds climb soonest unto orowtM- i

A. LANCASHIRE BREACH OF PROMISE. AUSTERITY OF THE YOUNG < LADY. < Miss Annie Boardman, the daughter of a < Blackburn hotel-keeper, obtained JB500 damages ] n a breaoh of promise action against ITenry ( ■ioaife, a Wigaa mill manager, at Manchester ^tssizes on Tuesday. The promise was admitted, mt the defendant pleaded that the lady was i ?old and that was why he broke his plighted j ;roth. She would not, he explained, even no nside the house he had provided against the iay they were married.

TRADE AND POLITICS. AN INTERSTSTINO STORY. I The "Sunderland Echo" reports tha* a. Sum. i leriand gentleman who lias been in the Mid- f a.r.ds for a few daye brings back an interest- ng piece of information. In the course of ( jonvers-atioin a manufacturer told liim that in f esentmpnt of the German Emperor's telegram I o President Kruger he had transferred to a irm at Lyons certain larpre orders which he j iad for years sent to Germany. Some time ufteir he had made this change he was surprised 1 o find hiniMflf questioned upon the subject )y an official from tthe Board of Trade. This gentleman .-tat" that ruptures of commercial Jonnectioi.a with Germany, because of the Empercr's aotion, had been so numerous that • .hey had actually affected diploma i JO r°la- J iions, there being a suspicion in Germany ahait the British Government had somehow nstigated ;he resentful action of our traders, rhe manufacturer under notice is still doing j ik business with the Lyons firm, having found t 'hat he can do so advantageously. t 1

I.IVJ5R COMPLAINTS.—Dr. King's Dandelion and 5u:iiine Hver Pills, without Mercury, are a potent •einedy; removes all Liver and Stomach Complaints, Biliousness, Headaches, Sickness, Shoulder Pa^ne, Uearthurn. Indigestion, Constipation. e—3 Colds and Coughs are prevalent at this season of < the y<;aj. Fortify your constitution cgainst their ittacks by a t-imely use of G%vilym Evans' Quinine Bitten—Iu Bottles, 2s. 9d. and 4is. 6d. each. Avoi<S initationa. 5 <

A. GOOD CROP OF WHEAT. ] So much has been said as to the poor harvest )f 1896 in many quarters, that it is pleasant iO hear of some farmers who did well. A stook t )f wheat, the produce of ten acres, on Court 11 Farm, Southminster Marshes, in the occupation I >f Mr. A. J. Page, was threshed, and yielded è 52 quarters, or over ten quarters an acre. This t ,8 the best crop of wheat grown in the district ( ;or years. I =—

^COCK-A-DOODIiE-DOOING.^ J 11 The campaign for peace and quiet in the lubJio thoroughfares is still waged with vary- I ng fortunes. On Tuesday there was a victo-v 1 ■or the good cause at Bow-street. 'lbe master q )f a tug was fined for frightening the Thames r lrom its propriety by needless performances 011 L steam whittle. He had used one of those fear- ful weapons for a purpose technically kn 'wn as "cock-a-doodle-dooing" or "ehirping," b) ay means of short, rapid blasts. CI

EI'PS'S COCOA —GRATEFUL and COMFORTING.- 1 By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws w fi joveni the operations of digestion and nutrition, g [iy a careful application of the nne properties of ) ■elected COCOA, Mr. Epps has provided for our break- t 1 iLrt and eupper a delicatcly-flavourcd beverage which e nay save us many heavy doctors" bills. It lIS by the \J judicious use of such articles of diet that a consti- v :ution iray be gradually built up until strong enough r, ;o resist every t«n.lencv to diseaae. We may escape naay a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified vith pure blood and a properly nourished frame."— Civil Service Gazette. —Made simply with boiling later or milk.eid oniv in packets and pound tins, >7 Grocers, labelled— JAMES EPPS and CO. Limited), Homoeopathic Chemists, London."—Also t, nakers of Epps's Ooooaine or Cocoa-Nib Extract: t thin bererfge of full flavour, now with many t>ereficially taking the place of tea. Its active « principle being a gentle nerve stimulant, supplies «< lbs needed energy without unduly exciting the a wstem. m.w.—e541P

RUINED THROTJH THE VENE- ZUELAN QUESTION- 1 John liOTer nn.wsred to two summonse* aÍ he City Sumtronfi-couri on Tuesday for dlowing dogs to be unmuzzled in a. publio >lace. He had been seen with an unmuzzled log under each arm, but said they were only wo months old. He had some pups, and, out )f charity, he was taking these two to give way in Market sooner than kill hem or turn them into the streets. He hought the order did not apply to such 'onr,g clcgs. WM a miner, and had done no vork fo: twelve months. Was not living on litj means, out his wife and family dam to jondon about buying some property, but had :Jo.e-n iiKy^*v»?ish<ed througth the Venezuelan luestion.—Aldei-ma i Bell dismissed both su-ii- aenses.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT ON THE RAILWAY. A terribie acoidesnt occurred on the Great Western Raihvay at Maidenhead at one o'clock .n Tuesday morning. A porter named Ham- )Itr, who has been employed at the local tation, was proceeding from the passenger Uuicsn to a goods station, when a down goods rain knocked him down and killed him. Th* ift'.w driver knew nothing of the fatal My irtil 11'1 arrived at Biding, when he foOM he ptrtcr'f csp on the front of the eatúa Kie budy was aften?ir*rtls diseovered.

PEPfKAS QCn^VK AND lltON TONTO, cmlifae- ig, vivifying, "n^ining, dispels depression, cures ldigestiOD, neursl^a and all aches or pains. Pepper's lie cnlv real to<u.' Shilling bottles e—5 Gwilym Evens' J'-vnine Bitter* give tone, streo/ftheo system implore the appetite, revive the spirit*, teady tiir nerves. They are purely vegetable, and re suitable to all ages —Sold m Bottle*. 2s. 9d. and s. 6d. ea-3* Avoid imitationto. e4919—3 -jj