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News Gleanings ESVKXJLKT OF INTEEESTINFL ITEMS. MHT»9U« MA Okttiu< frm Vmriaty tf Souress. A tender for £ 19,209 has been accepted for Hw re-building of the Royal Cambridge Music- hail. • # A lad named Cooper fell into a vat of hot beer a* the Phcanix Brewery, Heywood, and mm scalded to death. Daring the put week 77 ships have traversed lae Manchester Ship Canal, 42 inward and 35 oat ward. # On Saturday morning the greater portion of the Bishop Auckland Post-office was burned lawn. The damage done is considerable. • • • The Dnke of Westminster is said to have nur- lhiwiil East Dene, Bonchucoh, lately owned tad occupied by the late Mr. J. Snowdon aery, ex-M.P. ■» • • » A brass tablet is to be placed in Bovey Traoey Parish Church, Devonshire, to the tMMory of the late Bishop Knight Bruce, who WM view of the parish. • ♦ • • Jobn Wflliairwon (74), was sentenced to six ymmis* penal servitude at Portsmouth, on Satur- day. for defrauding a. woman of JB61, her life ■swings, under promise to marry. • • • Far travelling in a first-class carriage with a Ibird-class ticket on Christmas Eve, Mr. Itemia Isaacs, a resident of Forest Gate, was jroaecated by the Great Eastern Railway Com- tKtry, end at West Hatm was fined 20s. and costs. • • Bradtield Hall, a. capital estate between Bury St. Edmunds and Lavenham, has been pur- chaeed by the Rev. C. S. Johnston, of Plum- stead Hall, Norfolk. It was an formerly occu- pied' by Arthur Young, and the shooting is ex- cellent. • » • It has been decided that the Church Congress shall meet at Nottingham on the four days, I September 28—October 1, a week earlier tha.n waal. The guarantee fund has readied £ 4,600, md the several tub-committees have been ap- pointed. » » » » Mr. Horace B. Marshall, the publisher of the Methodist Timet* lias again given his pub- lishing profits to the Worn-out Ministers' Fund. rhe amount for ltRJb is £31C, making a. total of 63,170 given since the paper was Mist issued in 4885. ♦ » • At Crewe 00 Saturday Edward Hushes, of Llandudno, was oharged with hav ng been drunk in a railway carriage, ar.d doing damage. Prisoner arrived an Crewe from Liverpool on Friday afternoon, and fellow passengers, who were greatly frightened, complained that be- tween Edge Hill and Crewe he had smashed the windows and :nade three attempts to jump on the line while the train was travelling at » great speed. Prisoner, who was lepentant, ww fined 14s. w w A man named John Hawker, who had been many years employed at the Railway Cleanng- house, and was engaged temporarily at Christ- mas by the London «tnd North W es- ten! Railway Company, appropriated s parcel containing a rug and dther articles. The dead weight so beaviiv upon his mind that he coild neither sleep or eat, so he returned the parcel and confessed wtoat he had done. He was remanded Ai Harylebone. < At a time wh»n the air ;a full of talk about Australasian federation it is instructive to note that Queensland proposes to treat the news- papers of the other Colonies as "foreign journals," and charge «d. for every 2oz. before they are allowed to enter the colony. At pre- sent the large weekly journals can be tent from yay of tbe Australasian colonies to any other for y- By the new arrangement it will cost 5d. I t send a paper like the "Australasian" to Queensland. • • • On Saturday, at Nelson, Charles Connor and Harry Wilson, of Liverpool, were charged with loitering with intent to commit a felony, and having house-breaking implements in their pos- session. At two o'clock on Saturday morning Constable W IMikins saw the prisoners behaving suspiciously in Back Scotland-road, Nelson. He arrested them, and when searched they had in their possession a jemmy, lock-picker, file, razor-blade, and knife. The prisoners were re- manded. A disastrous boiler explosion occurred at Down's Boiler Worka, Dukinfield, on Friday eight, by which seven me i were scalded. They were removed to the infirmary. » ♦ » « For the nrst time in three years soles hare been found on the famous Dogger Bank, the ■oadt Sceptre hawing trawled up a sufficient somber to fill six trunks, which realised J360. • • • • Mr. Augustan Daly has accepted, for prcdutC- Aioo In London, America, and Canada, a. three. ad; comedy of modern life, written by Mr. Arthur Heathcote, author of "The Duchess of Bayswater and Cot" • The Baptist denomination has lost one of its most useful laymen in the death of Mr. J. B. Mead, of Brockley. He was a. member of moat ci its committees, and musical editor of "the Ccxmexiooal hymn-book. Owing to some condition of unsoundness which has become apparent in Vauxha ll bridge at the Publico end, it has been found necessary to dose the bridge to wheeled traffic, and divert the latter across Lambeth-bridge. # » » The Corporation of Sydney has decided to and its sarreyor to England to study the whole question of dealing with the city refuse, espe- cially as to the policy of burning it, and the best mechanical means of doing êO. • • The report that the Kedmsoofct Press will CMMu to fcsoe the works associated with the name of the late Mr. Williamc Morris is ait least premature. Northing whatever has been done in connection with the matter, and it;" believed that Mr. Morris made arrangements for the continuadtton erf tfie press. Its dig- penal wowld be an irreparable loss to the art ci printing. < < e Jane Mailing, a married woman, residing in Dale-street, Aoorington. was on Saturday sent to gaol for fourteen days for stealing £ 7 10s. from thebedroObl of John Forster, a neighbour. Prosecutor found the woman with some of the money in hser mouth. Three daughters of the accused were in court, and as she left 3he dock they wapt hytttencaUy, and oried out, "Mother, another, come back!" # A widow named Martha Tar lor, of South Hornsey, was summoned ait the North London Poiice-oourt for a contravention of the Infant Life Protection Act. It was explained that the babes were sent Lo her by the Salvation Army and that she was ignorant of the re- quirements of the law. Under tOO caroum- •Uujtces Mr. Pawl Taylor simply boumd hex- over to oome up for judgment if called upon. • » » • Paris is afflicted with *4 plague of rata, wiich have been driven from the river-side mad the sewers by the recent freshets. They iiave settled in the Halle* Centrales and the Palais Roy ale. but m some outlying district* they scour the streets in bodies. C • • • Ek-PodKes-constaWe Murray, of the S Division I •* aV- Pol/ who was convicted on November 24 of wilful and corrupt perjury, and sentenced to nine months' hard labour, has been released from Wormwood Serubbs Prison by order of the Home Secretary. # # An interesting relio has just found its way into the Auckland Museum. This is tha old Tower musket which was presented by George IV. to Hongi Hika, the Maori chief, who afterwards became k_.own as the "man- eater." on the occasion of his visit to England more tha.n 70 years ago. » The injection of morphine is a habit that is unfortunately on the increase anions,' the middle classes in this country. On statistics f'urnishfd by the pharmacists it is estimated that there are in Pans alone at least 50,000 victims of the marphine habit, among them 30,000 women.—"L'Eclalr." » » » # Two great favourites of London music-hall patrons, Messrs. R. G. Knowle9 and Chirgwin ("the White-eved Kaffir,") are now appearing with great success in Melbourne. The quaint mannerisms of both these artistiJhave greatiy pleased the Australians, and both hav\^ rapidly attained popularity. On Saturday at Manchester Police-court, Messrs. Sift and Stanley sant Thomas O'Neill, a porter, lodging in Angel Meadow, to prison for four months for assaulting Police-constablfe Mason and Mullen. On Friday the prisoner \v.\i ejected from a beer-house in Shudehill, and was subsequently taken into custody, He struck and kicked the officers, and owing to his violent conduct, no less than seven constables were engaged in conveying- him to the station. It was his thirty-ninth appearance, and he had been previously dealt with for assaults upon the police. ♦ » • The advocates of the legislation of merriape with a. deceased wief's sister have the London correspondent of the "Manchester Guardian" understands, sufficient confidence in the favou- rable disposition towards their measure of the present Howe of Commons to contemplate introducing in that House the Bill. as amended by the House of Lords in July last if they should obtain a satisfactory poeitic-n in the ballot. It will be remembered that the Bill, I for the first time in its rather lengthened history, passed through the House of Lords last session, majorities of between 30 and 40 being obtained in its favour upon the second and third reading; • Up to 1893 grapee were raised in China for the table only. Since then experiments have been I113.de in makinf wine. whicb, so far, have resulted very successfully and as Japan now supplies the Celestials wit.h beer. we may now expect the latter to reciprocate with claret. • • • • In order 'hat the famous codices and pr-limo- sets of the Vat tear. Library may not be \voru away by use. the Library Commissioners have decided to have them phototyped. The fac- similes of the Petrarch manuscripts have already been made; later t1 be executed Terence, and aftrwards the celebrated Codex Maximus. George rfiaugnessy, a young man, was charged a.t Bristol on Saturday with burglary at tSe house of Frederick Da vies, Kingsdowa-parade. Entrance was effected through a skylight on the attic roof, the chiei or thieves having appa- rently first gained a-.cess to an empty '.iou;:e in the row, and then walked along tha leads on the roof. fehaugnetssy was remanded. Divers were engaged on Saturday in the River Avon examining the Waterford steamer Dun- brody. Mr. Armitt. who was connected with raising the Ocotava in the Thames, has the work in hand. At low tide only the apars and rig- ging of the steamer are visible.
SATURDAY POPULAR CONCERTS…
SATURDAY POPULAR CON- CERTS AT CARDIFF. Saturday's popular concert at the Park-hall, Cardiff, added another to the list of successful entertainments brought off in connection with the pop movement this season. Heading the list of artistes was Madame John Thomas (Llaneily), whose popularity, like her voice, hever seems to wane. She was in good form on Saturday night, and received several encores for her singing. Her songs were "She wan- dered down the mountain éde," and Poor Wandering One," and she also sang the duet, "We wandered in dreams," with Mr. David Lloyd. The latter singer was also very suc- cessful in the two songs allotted to him. Mr. Arthur Angle played a couple of violin solos in his usual very good style. They were German's "Gipsy Dances" and De Beriot's "Air Rusee," popular items which met with a warm reception Four numbers were placed against the Cardiff Society of Gle-emen—Sulli- van's "The Long Day Closes was the most effective rendering. "The Banner Wave" was a trifle weak. Where was the full numerical strength of the society? Mr. T. W. Elliott appealed to the popular taste with his comic songs. That they "caught on" would appear from the fact that he was encored upon each occasion. A ventriloquial entertainment of considerable merit was given by Mr. Albert Trillo. Mr. A. T. Toon a's aocompanimeuts were a. feature of the ooncert which deserves high mention. Next Saturday Madame Hooper- Rees's Cardiff Ladies' Choir make their first appearance. From accounts, creditable things should be expected of them.
WINDFALL.
WINDFALL. A FORTHCAWL FAMILY IN LUCK. The members of a Portheawl family have just received intimation of the death of an uncle in Australia, who was possessed of £ 43,600. Being a bachelor, he died without issue. De- ceased left Wales ma.ny years ago. being then a working miner. The information has been forwarded by a brother.
KIDNAPPING A CHINAMAN*
KIDNAPPING A CHINAMAN* A CURIOUS SEQUEL. It will be remembered thai last October public attention was called to the kidnapping of Sun Yat Sen by certain persona allvjed to be agents of the Chinese Emhissy, whe>re he was forcibly detained for some day". It appears that liMv proceedings have now arisen in con- iitction\with the part played by one of the Em- bassy servants, who, at the re'j'iest of Sun \»t Sen, communicated with his friends, and so contributed to the agitation which led to his release, aftw representations from the Foreign Office. At the time Sun Yat Sen promised the servant, G<v>rgtt Cole, £500 in the event of any action he might take resulting in his liberation, and this promise was subsequently fulbiled to the extent ot JB20 paid on account. An action has now lx**n entered for the recovery of the balance, but Sun Yat S»>n, while acknowledging his indebtedness tc Cole, is unable to meet his claim owinif to lack of mean*. As faur as we know the "i aim is a novel one, and might lead to the raising of an interesting point of luw but we believe the case will be undefended, and judgment allowtd to go by default.
ABSENT PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATES.
ABSENT PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATES. The absence in Africa of Mr. Alfred E. Pease, the Radical candidate for the Cleveland Divi- The absence in Africa of Mr. Alfred E. Pease, the Radical candidate for the Cleveland Divi- 8il)11 of Yorkshire, imparts an air of Tlovdty to the contest. Two members of the present Parliament were, however, elected in the first I instance to their present constituencies when abroad. Thus, in March. 1386, )11'. Samuel Smith, who had sat for Liverpool from 1832 till 1385, was elected when in India member for Flintshire, on the vacancy caused by Lord R. Grosven >r being created Lord Stalbridjje, aaiJ Sir Francis Evam was, when travelling in America, elected for Southampton in May, 1888. at a bye-electiou, on the appointment of Admiral Commerell to a naval command. -?- ??. :?_?
FOR SAILORS' FRIENDS
FOR SAILORS' FRIENDS FOREIGN ARRIVAL AND MOVEMENTS OF liOCAL STEAMEUS. I Earl of Dumfries wived St. Nawiire 9th. Da>rent arrived Havre 8th. Fit it mead arrived Ode* from Genoa 8th. Charles T. Jones left Barry for T-eg-tioni 9*h. Ovjnmrodorion left St. Jf*zaire for Bilbao 8fch Merthvr left Bordeaux for OnlifT 9Ui. Caatatios left Antwerp for Ca-Uiff 9tti. Ely arrived Bordeaux Rtb. E1v arrived Bordeaux fit-b. ? Bci<rnon arrived Sables 9th. La. Burrouere left Bilbao for Newport 7th. I/wjjrueil Irlt: AJffiere for London 7th. Ronth arrived Anlroeean 8th. Hartburn left Genoa for Rio Marina. ?ti:. Pic km arrived Madras from Cardiff 3th. Skidhv pa«ed S'.iez for T>j« lioiiti 8th. Bailaar left Plymouth for Newoort StU. Ptctcm arrived Madras from Cardiff 3th. Skidhv palled Swx for Djihonti 8th. Bailaar left Plymouth for Newoort 8th.
IFrom Near and Far
From Near and Far I A COLUMN OF CHAT ON INT WRESTING SUBJECTS. Items Of News ana JLsacdetea &1. for tke "Xxprtsi" frem XT,, 8 X., .d. W. The time-honoured St. Lawrence-hall .n Montrej.1 is to be torn down and a fourteen- story mcdern hotel will be built on the site, oooooocooooo It hae been reckoned that if the whole ocean were dried Up. all the water passing away as vapour, the amount of salt remaining would be enough to cover 5,000,000 square miles with a layer one mile thick. oooooooooooo The bottom of the Pacific between Hawaii and California is said to be so level that a railroad could be laid for 500 miles without a grade anvwhere. This fact was discovered by the United States surveving vessels engaged in making soundings with the view of laying a cable. oooooooooooo Photograph v has lately determined the depths to which the sun's ravs can penetrate through water, and the re-nit is that at a depth of 553 feet the darkness was about equal to an exposure on a clear but moonlight night. The exposed elates at this depth gave no evidence of light action. oooooooooooo It is the custom in Bulgaria for newly- ma-rried women to remain silent for a month after marriagjs, unless when addressed by their husbands. When it is desirable for the customary restriction to be permanently removed, he presents a gift to her, and then he can chatter to her heart's content. 000000000000 A 1'arge and' handsome cat. belonging to Mr. W. R. Todd, of Beenham, near Reading, wa-3 token from that place on the 19th of August to Kidderm in-ter, a distance of about 130 or 140 miles. Tliree datys afterwards lie was misled, and nothing was Iteard of him till he arrived at Beenham on Thursday afternoon, December 24, looking rather thin, but otherwise seeming none the worse for his long journey. 00'0000000000 The smallest lof-k ever manufactured was that made by a London black- smith, Mark Scarliot, in the reign of Queen Eliza-beth. The lock contained eleven pieces, made of iron, steel, and bras3, and, together with a pipe-key, only weighed one £ rain. Scarliot also made a chain of gold o- 43 links, weighing half a grain. The chain, to which were fastened the lock and key, was put about the neck of a ilea, and was drawn by it with ease. oooooooooooo Curious M it may seem, the heaviest contri- butor to the expenses of the Presidential elec- tion was the United States Government itself. The amount of campaign literature sent through the mails free under the" frank" of Congreasmen ought to have ::mst the senders 10,000,000 dollars for postage stamps. To this must be added at least 5.000,000 dollars as the cost of sanding out matter from the various departments in response to campaign demands for informatiion. oooooooooooo It appears that., in consequerace of satisfac- tory results obtained from experiments con- ducted on a somewhat extensive scale, Brazilian planters have been convinced that tea can be profitably grown ip Brazil. The idea. was first iuggested by British capitalists, who had the subject under their consideration for some tune, ajtd had examined the country, with the view of finding out whether or not the prospect Was hopeful. They found that the conditions of labour and soil were exceedingly favourable, and that the three provinces of Rio de Janeiro, Mmas Gerase, and Sao Paula, possessed tea- producing qualities t-qual to those of Ceylon, oooooooooooo Tbere has just been placed on exhibition in the Department of Egyptian aind Assyrian I l?t ? Antiquities, British Museum, a set of three inscribed cones in terra cotta, containing the name of Amil Bubbar, about B.C. 2,200. These cones were mostly dedicated to Ningirsm, the Fire god. and were often let into the walls of private houses and temples, m order to protect them from evii apirits. Cones of this description are found in large quantities in the neighbourhood of Warka, the ancient Erech, where a temple dedicated to tlie Fire god stood in ancient times. oooooooooooo With reference to the harnessing of Niagara, to which we laive before referred, Professor Commodore Martin states that with both the Canadian and American plants fully developed, no less than 350,000 horse-power will be avail- able. But this ix only one-twentieth of the amount of what he estimates the Niagara Falls to represent theoretically. The present plant at the Falls, he adds, will gave the Government of the United States a 8mn of 10,000,000 dollars annually oooooooooooo Here are a few reasons why Friday is con- sidered unlucky —It was on Friday that Adam sinned; that he was chased from Paradise; that Christ was orucified; that. Cain. killed Abel; that Etienne was stoned; that the innocents were killed by Herod: thait. Peter was orucified and Paul decapitated that John the Baptist's head was out off; that the chil- dren of Israel were chased across the Red Sea; that heaven will clone and hell open: that marriage was first consummated; thait Lamech took two wives that all but one-seventh of the fruits of the earth a.nd of the light of the sun and rnocn were taken away that briars, spiny atid venomous plants issued from the ground; that the deluge covered the earth; that the confusion of tongues occurred that the Tower of Babel was begun, and that the plagues came to the King of Egypt. These reasons are all furnished by French investigators. 000000000000 The Persians are great- lovers of flowers. A noted traveller in speaking of the visitors to the famous Victoria GivHens of Bombay says: Presently a true Persian, in flowing robe of blue, and oil his head his gheepskin bat. Black. ploesy, curl'd, the fleece of Kara-Kul; Would saunter in and stand 8IIld meditate over every flower he saw, and always as if half in vision. And when at last the vision was ful- fil lea. and the ideal flower he wan seeking found, he would spread his mat and sit before it until the setting of the sun, and then pray before it and fold up his mat and go home, and the next nigh'. and nighi. a-ter night, until that particular flower faded away, be would return to >5 end bring friend- 'D ever increasing troops to ;t, and sis and sing and play the guitar or flute before it, ajid they v.'o;:Id altogether pray there, and after prayer still sit before it, sipping sherbert and talking the most hilarious •<:nd shocking scandal late into the moonlight, and so again and again every evening uni-il the flower died. OOOOO-KJOOOOO It k a common thing for people to r"off «.t the idea of the world's coming to an end. Science scarcely reoognise* the po-wibilitv of sweh an event, unless the ewrth should com* in contact with another heavenly body, or that it should cease to revolve or some other ^vch phe- nomena occur which would really mean the end of the world," so far as the people of this planet at-e concerned. But there is another way the catastrophe could happen, and a way that is seldom spoken of or considered. It is net alto- gether impossible that some day a grea>t vol- canic eruption or earthquake may rend the or est of the earth so that the waters of the sea could pour dow-i into the centre of the maw. Wh* £ would be the result? Would Dot this water rushing down into the great subterranean are be immediately turned into steam? Would it not be possible under the circumstanced t^s.i enough stea-m be generated to blow che entire globe to pieces? Here is a nice problem for acience to answer
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--? .?. OVER THE NUTS AND WINE ° ,.IPS AND CRJLNKS FHOX BOTH HEMI- SPHERES. A Selection of Tokes and Tun my Anaedetcs for the ICamtsl Sccrtation of Old Had Tounr* "You'll never become cultured. I am afraid." "Why not?" "Well, you presume to criticise people who are richer than you are." Miss De Style: Fancy! There is Mme. Paris, my milliner, in tho riding class. Mr. De Style: Where? Oh, yes. That must bo her on that high charger. "I wonder," said the tablecloth, late in the afternoon of Thanksgiving Day, "if you have any idea of the load of good things you have been standing up under. '"Well, I should groan," answered tho table. A short time ago an old lady went on board Nelson's flagship, the Victory. The different objects of interest were duly shown to her, and on reaching the spot where the great naval hero wad wounded {which is marked by a raised brass plate), the officer remarked to her: "Here Nelson fell," "And no wonder," exclaimed the lady. "I nearly fell there myself." "Do you call that a veal outlet, waiter?" said a London exquisite, one of the most delicate type even in that favoured region of exquisites, the West End. "Why, sir, such a veal cutlet as that is an insult to every self- rcspecting calf in the British Empire." The waiter hung his head in very shams for a moment, and then replied, in the language of humblest apology: "I really didn't intend to insult you, sir." When the north wind wildly whistles Through the trees, And the yellow leaves like thistle3 Fly the breeze, When the mercury is shrinking. And your spirits likewise sinking, 'Tisn't pleasamt to be thinking Thoughts like these. See the man and the porter. Is the porter brushing the dust out of the clothes of the ma.n ? The porter isn't doing a thing but brushing the dust out of the clothes of the man. Will the porter leave enough dust in the man's clothes to buy breakfast? Ah, yes. Th,3 porter is no hog. Miss Blue: And to think that Milton could not sell "Paradise Lost" during his lifetime! Mr. Hussell: H'm, yes I suppose it wasn't properly advertised. An Irishman, upbra.ided with cowardice, f.aid "He haa as bold a. heart as any man in the army, but his cowardly legs always ran away with it." Sunday School teacher: Who was- Noah ? Pupil: H-3 was a weatlwr prophet. When I he said it was goiog to rain, nobody believed him." Daughter: George says he fears he can't support me in the style I'm accustomed to. The Father: MajTy him, anyhow. I can't keep it up much longer myself." Breathless Hunter: I eay, lioy, did you see a rabbit run by here? Boy: Yes. sir. Hunter: How long ago? Boy I think it'll be three years next Christ- mas. Shopkeeper: Christmas boxes, indeed. Why, you don't deal here. Little girl: Oh, yes, sir, we do, please eir. Mother always gets fuel' postage-stamps off you, please, sir. Say, Hargreaves, you have am awful cold. Are you taking anything?" Certainly. Thank you. Where is the nearest bar 1" "Pat," said Tommy to the gardener, wlia/t is nothing?" There ain't any such thing as nothin' replied Pat, beca'se whin ye find nothin' and come co look at it there ain't nothin' there." Clara: Was he very much disturbed when be asked your father? Maude: I understand that he was put out.. -+-4-- Banker (to new cashier): Say, if ever you are c« zed with the desirf o run off with the c- ii 1FT TU-3 kaow—111 go with you. Freddy: What do Congressmen do, papa? Papa: IHie National Treasury, my sen. Kind old gentleman (to small boy c-rying on the step): What is the matter, little boy ? Smail Boy: P-a-pa is putting down a c-c-arpet. "And does that unpleasant task of your father's make you so sorry then ?" "N-n-o; p-pa-pa hit his thumb!" "Ah! Sympathy for your father's pain. Is that what makes you weep?" "No-no I I l-iaughed!" ) Interviewer: I suppose Miss De Roarer can reaoh almost any range of notM. ^Manager: Oh. ves; mostly fifties. 1 I Uncle Moses Million was a pl^tS; cldrdarfcy, whose reading and expounding of tlfi-fScriptures was unique and original. One morning he had gathered the family for prayers, and the chapter which he chose was that containing the parable of the Prodigal Son. Uncle Moses set forth the career of the prodigal with interpolations of his own intended to press home the lesson to his own sometimes wayward flock. "Now, listen, chillun," he said, "Here dia young man, af'er havin' spent all he owned and he didn't have nuffin' more to buy him a piece of co'n bread, he went and et up dom husks dat de pigs done kf. An* he didn't like 'um, an' he went an' sol' his coat, and den he went and sol' his vest, an' at las' he went an' sol' his shirt, and den when he came to himself he saw dere wasn't nuffin' more he could sell, and den he said: 'I will rise up and: go to my fadder.' Cynicus: I heard of a man to-day who buried a wife and child in the afternoon, aud went to tho theatre at night. Maude He was a brute. Cynieus No, undertaker. "Yes," remarked the proud father, vhofe tastes are musical, "he'o the fine-jt baby the neighbourhood has ever seen. I dor'i rely on any own prejudiced opinion in makirvr the statement. My wife says the same t/hing." "Are vou going to make a musician of him?" "Qh, it's altogether too early to decide thai. His hair hasn't begun to grow yet." "Some people say that it doesn't take intelligence to be n prize fighter, remarked th- sporting man. "That's the popular impression." Well, it's wrong. The last fifyht I loss no was won by the wrong person, simply beer;ise cur man wouldn't study. We jrave him six private rehearsals, but whon he got into the ring he lost his head and laid down and hollered before the other man had a c-hanc-6 io hit him." A sad looking man went into a chemist's. "Can you give me," he asked, "6om-thing that will drive from my mind the thought of sorrow and bitter recollection?" And the druggist nodded, and put him up a little dose of quipine and wormwoon. and rhubarb, and Epiom salts, and a da&L of cast or oil, and gave it to him; .r.d for nil months the man could not think of anything in the world excopt now schemes for gcttin^- the taste out of hie mouth. "What do you regard as the mor-t trustworthy weather report, Professor?" "Thunder." "This is groat country." "Yea, with a groat language. I heard one man say to another tkat the only way to :»iake him dry up Wall to soak him." "By gol," oaid the farmer, "fcr a man wvo was raised in town you have the q'j;Vkc»: eye in Jcetch/iai' squirrel movin' round tkrou^h the trees I ever see." "All in practice," raid the cily man. "i have been watching tha ballet whrouga tas foliage of high hats for years." He Have you ever had your ears pierced ? She: No; 'but I have often had them bored. This story of a«b»ent-mindednesa is told oi Archbishop TrencÏJ: -"D;.ning -at home ALii evening, he found fr.ult with the .^VCKT « the sour. Next evening he dined oix at a large dinner party. Forgetting for %L-a momenc that he wae not 'u his own housi, -lit a guest, he observed across the table io Mrs. Trench, 'This soup is. my dear, again a failure. 1 k!: f Aa intelligent Sepoy one day came into a telegraph office in India, and handed in a message to send to a station in central India. Having read the message, I told him, fays a. writer, there was some- thing wrong. "No, sahib; me knows Koglish," he said1. Again I attempted to explain to him that it was worded wrongly. "Me knows English," he declared, haughtily and indignantly; "If you no send, me report superintendent iMandalay." Thus threatened I forwarded massage—"Come quick; father dangerously dead." A Scottish cobbler was recently fined half- s,-TOwn, or twenty-four hours' imprisonment. I* he chose the latter, he would be taken to the gaol at P- The cobbler communed with fc'mscli. "Then I'll sro to P- he said; "I have business in the town, at any rsie. AA official conveyed him by train to F — but when the prisoner reachoc the gaol he said he would pay the fin0. The governor found tW'. he would h-Ave to take r. "And now," said the cobbler, "T vant my fare bom* The govemo: demurred, made '.nqwk-iec, rod discovered that there was no alternative; according to law the prisoner mus-i be sent at the publio expense to the fllare where he had been brought from. So the cohbter got the 2?. S £ d. which represented his 'ate, did h's br.ismecs, and went home oroumfphant, twopence halfpenny and a nail- 'Y'J" lido the better for his offence. Mm. F?Kcl)ons: Is your family an old ope, Mir. Millions?" Ohoiiy Millions Nav\ I'm the fir- t of ffi21 ljre: me law thaw's in tw-ade, ye know. Mr. Pcorman had OJl'iy fifteen minute-, 'n which to drma for an engagement at which he wanted to look particularly well, md hi couldn't And ho things. Where's my black and whito necktie, Madge?'" he asked of his wife. Oh, do excuse mo, Henry, but J pu* it on lo wear with my a.nd white and I forgot to put >t br.ok in your drawer. Y.'U get it right again. I can't find a clean collar high or low in this houso. Didn't my walfh come from the I laundry this week ?'' Why, ye3 but 1 forgot to send my things, and J've been wearing o* your ooillar- But it irni't possible I've ucad them all." We^.i, it ic just possible; and my new l:nk cuSf: c.nd cuff bottoms are gone, too." Ch, how situpid of rae not to put them I-acJr! L WOJV theni yesterday, but the cuffs tron't soiled in the Joafl' I'll get them righit away." Whojvr'a my row brown wai&tcoat?'' "Oh, iJcar! How could 1 bote oarclea- not tc put '4 back? T v'oro it thi.s morning with my new b'cycle Yes, and yesterday I coi-'dn't go 091. and play golf Ix^caii-io yo" were off on yoiv Wbp1! widn mj' golf troucers ind stockings- on vtidf-r your bicycle skir'. ^n"! you i'iways have o-~ my golf crp when I w)i>t it, a.nd the other dn.y you actually bi'd on shirt with that. op«>n front blouse of your*. 1 11 jaat bo hanged if I'll stand much more of this! "Now, Henry, I- "You just kcap ;,ti;l rr-d lot m& hav?. my say. This thing of on? v.-ardrobc for ,.v:-c of us is played out, and 1 "Henry, wil,1 yoy hst.c « mind tt^.i yoi> ^.re talking to a lady?" Hanged it I h-o* hs.V the- i'.me whether I am or not! You loo', ;o gfen+!cmanly in your Nov/ Woman toggery ¡-h¿.r, hard to tell which of us it- the man of this establish- ment. But I just want you to keep out of my pants, or I'll I'll not staj in tlf1 room 'o bs "csu?;^ by my ov.'n husband. Whw yor .re -r.r.f' to bee my pirdon for .tliis ex',nord.mr«^ ;i«1 •• 'to- gether unwarranted language and oondiKt j'ou will find me m mv own^room, ric!" And the husband of "he New W orr.n vo- sumed his mad search for the other thingaof I his ghe had woro. 5 1
Football Competition .
Football Competition LAST WEEK'S WINNERS. The competition tasit week both for first and second places was of an exceedingly keen de- scription. After fully weighing up the various coupon's we have decided to award the prizes as follows. It may be mentioned that we have again had to award the prizes upon two matches only-that is the international game at Newport and tho game won by the Llanelly "A." The first prize, a, Bound Volume of Stoddard's Portfolio of Photographs of Scenery and Cities, value 15a., we have awarded to Mr. THOMAS WATKINS, Care of Mr. D. W. Edwards, New Regent-street, Treorky, Whose forecast was — Probable win- Points Points W'ng ning team. far. a.giH. poiute. Wales 11 0 11 Llanelly 13 0 13 And the second prize, "Beautiful Britain," value 12s. 6d., to Mr. BEN JEREMIAH, 38, Bute-street, Treorky, Who pent the following forecast — Probablo win- Points Points W'ng iiing team. for. agst. points. Wales 8 0 8 Llanelly 14 0 14 Whilst the actual result was — Winning team. Points Pointa W'ng for. apt. points. Wales 11 0 11 Llanelly 14 0 14
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Thill week we continue our football competi- tion. The prizes given will be:- First Prize: Bound' Volume of Stoddard's Portfolio of Photographs of Scenery and Cities, value 15s. Second Prize: "Beautiful Britain," value 12s. 6d. On Saturday. January 16, the following matches twill be pla;yed CARDIFF V. MORRilSTON. NEWPORT V. WELLINGTON. SWANSEA. V. LLANEI/LY. PENARTH V. AJBERAYON. You must fiil up the Coupon underneath aa follows: — With the Names of the Teams whom you think will win. Forecasts must be made on the Coupon. As many forecasts may be sent in as desired- All forecasts must arrive at latest by Twelve Midnight every Friday, marked Football Competition" on the outride, and addressed the Evening Expra-s." Cardiff. Coupons will be dated, and will only be available for the wrfs competition of which they bear the date. The result will be declared in every Monday's is-sue of the Evening Express." Our decision :is final. In case of dispute a Scrutiny Fee of 2s. 6d. must be deposited, not later than Tuesday evening, which will be returned if the complaint be found to be well-based. "EVENING EXPRESS" FOOTBALL COUPON. COUPON FROM JAN. 11 TO JAN. 15. PROBABLE WINNING TEAM. VOWa ™Xr.f ™NC I ¡ 1. 2. 3 Name Address -?-?-?- -A. I WHAT IT TAKES TO "GOWN" A SOCIETY WOMAN. Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont is one of a group of society women of New York who, if we are to believe the "Journal" of that city, spends on clothes during the winter season at least £ 5.000. This does not include any of her personal ex- penses, such as the cost of flowers, tho pay of ladiea' maids, money given in charity, the cost of opera. and theatre boxes, and the charges for eultertaiininent and household maintenance. Our cantemjxirary reckons that the 25,000 would keep 28,204 persons in humble circum- stances for one week. It would keep 7,051 such persons for a month, and 542 persons a whole year.
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS. Jane Kirwcn, 53, a convict, was brought up at Cardiff Police-court on Saturday £"1' having failed to notify her change of residence to the police between December 7, 1896, and January 8, 1897. She was arrested by Detective D. Stephens, and was now sentenced to 21 days' imprisonment. The Rev. Father Byrne, late of St. David's, Cardiff, commenced on Sunday his pastoral duties at St. Helen's Roman Catholic Ohnnh, Barry Docks, in succession to the Rev. Father D'Hulst, removed to Risca, Mon. 18S6-7.—WINTER CJÆANIKG.-HoIlsehoJd Furnish- ings, Gents' tmd I-adies' Clothing, French-cleaned or Dyed, CARPKTS Effectually Beaten. LACE CUR- TAINS Practically Cleaned, LINEN Laundered in a stilwrior manner. Shirt*. Collars, &c., a speciality. All Orders receive prompt attention. RED CROSS VANS in all parte daily.—SKXD POSTCARD to tlie Cardiff Steam Laundry, Dyeing. Carpet and Window Cleaning Company (Limited), Miniiv-street, Cathays. A sad fatal accident occurred at BHaenavon on Friday, a lad of nineteen, named Frederick Stokes, being killed instantaneously by the falling of an engine. XMAS FRESKN'TS.—A Choice Assortment of Ladies' Taney and White Aptona. Mob Oa(», Children's Pina- foi-ea and Dreasee. Silk and Linen Handkerchiefs, Fur- lined OloTirs, Peep Cuff, la. Iljd. Fur Ties from b. 61<1. Umbrellas, ladies' and Children'. Milli- .n nery. CostmriM, C'oisfU, and Underclothing, Skirts and Blouse*; also Newest Pattern Veil, Nets, ico., ft#— An inspection folicited at Mm. WILLIAMS'S Millinery and Bitby Linen Warchoime, 25, Royal Arcade. At the weekly meeting of the Newport Board of Guardians on Saturday the Rev. T. G. James gave notice that a fortnight hence he would move that the resolutions passed in favour of a dissolution of the Union be rescinded. Specia.1 Announcement—" The Dorothy," High- strcet, respectfully ir.vite the inhabitants of Cardiff and Neighbourhood to a view, for (tie week only, commencing Saturday, Jan idiv 9th, of a verv attrac- tive Old English Scene, exhibited in their window*. e43720
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I Social and Personal
Social and Personal INTERESTING PARS ABOUT INTERESTING PEOPLE. — A Column of Gossip and Chatter O. aa Infinitude of Ken and Matters. Prince Carl Egon of Furstenberg left an enor- mous fortune. His landed estates are valued at over sixteen a.nd a-hailf millions sterling, and his personality amounts in cash and securi- ties to more than two million. Amongst the more prominent graduates of Soniervillo and Lady Margaret Hall are Miss Cornelia Sorabji, who mow practises at the Indian Bar; Lady Evans, who took a second in the Final School; and Mies Philipps, now an Extension Lecturer, who came out first in Modern Hisioiy. Lord Baloarres, M.P.. who was mentioned recently as one of the quietly promising young members of the Unionist Party, was for a while an active worker in the Oxford House Mission in the East End. His father, the Earl of Crawford, K.T., is widely known in the North as a man of culture and ability. Mr. Percy Wyndham, who has been interes- ting himself in the fate of Peterborough Cathe- dral, is a fine specimen of the good did country- gentleman class. He ;s revered in Wiltshire and several neighbouring counties, and used to be a familiar figure in .the Tedworth Hunt. Mr. Wyndham is a man of fine appearance and physique. The Duke of Rutland is now in his eigthy- ninth year, and it is interesting to record the fact that his father served under William Pitt in the second and short Ministry of that staies- from 1804 to 1806. The present duke lives a mcst simple life at his e-state near Ro-w.slev, called Stanton Woodhovse, and is very popular amongst his people. He figures in several of Disraeli's novels. Mr. Gladstone has written a poctcard about an article which will appear in the new number of the "Contemporary." The article is by Dr. Wright, and has reference to a series of Turkish massacres perpetrated in Syria about 30 years -ago. Dr. Wright deals with these as a historio parallel to the recent massacres in Armenia, and Mr. Gladstone, to whom he sent an advance proof, desorib&5 the paper Rrl "inte- resting and most timely." Then he adds, "I dm sending it to Canon MacColl, who is deep m these things." Considering the enormous number of hotels in Brighton it is really extraordinary how they all seem to find (a.t any ra.te during holiday seasons) customers. This Christmas Brighton, after rather a bad early winter season, has been almost brimfull of visitors. Lady Roberts, the wife of "Bobs," takes the greatest interest in the welfare of the soldiers. This she has shown in practical form by the nursing institutions she has established throughout India, with the hdip of the brave ladies who voluntarily go o-jt as nurses to the sick and wounded.. Mr. Black's reminiscences of Carlyle are very interesting. Mr. Black refers to Carlyle as "the greatest mau of letters of the nineteenth century." Without going that length it may be admitted that there are no figures more colofsal than the man whose N asmyth hammer mind beat out "The French Revolution" and "Frederick the Great." But how extraordi- nary were Carlyle's ignorance and prejudice in some matters We knew he never could stand John Kcat's poetry, and now Mr. Black tells us that he could not see that Disraeli was a great speaker! Mr. Jua-Mn M'Carthy describes the evolution and success of his "History of Our Own Times." He had while a leader-writer on the "Daily News," long in mind a history of the growtn and achievements of the Liberal party in Eng- land. The idea turned itself into a history of the reign of the Queen, and his publishers suggested the title. "I at once," he says, "ac- cepted the suggestion, and in due course the first ¡?,.nc1 volumes came. out. "The sue.'ess of the book waa quite amazing to me. I had hoped to be read by 9tm.dEOl1ta of his- tory, by journalists, and politicians and members of both Houfes of Parliament. The whole public, however, took up the book, the i-ale of which brought to me the largest sum of money I ever had, or am ever likely to have in my life." The discussion as to the form which the memorial to Robert Louis Stevenson should take at Edinburgh still rages. Mr. Edmund Gfwse, one of the dead romancer's dearest friends, expresses a very strong opinion that "the memorial, whatever its ultimate expansion, should not fail to start with the idea of a port- rait in sculpture." Mr. Sydney Colvin, however (Stevenson's literary executor), is against the idea of a statue on the ground that the poet was not a. man of statuesque proportions. He sug- gests a seated figure, or, better still, a kind of classical temple or Belvedere on Calton Hill with commemorative medallions. Stevenson himself would probably have preferred a. statue. In his early manhood, chancing to come across a grave marked by a rude, weather-worn stone among the Pentland Hills—the lawt resting-place of some warrior—he renovated the tombstone with his own hands, and in one of his very last letters he wrote, he expressed heartiest appro- bation and sent a subscription for commemorat- ing the poet Fergusson in similar monumental fashion. Lord Beacansfield was not a great observer of English art, and there are few sayings of hÎJ; in regard to current pictures to be preserved, apart, of course, from his rather vague utte- rances at Academy banouets—those occasions on which, as he told Midais, hie digestion was disarranged by t'he feeling that under his plate was hidden a speech. But when Lord Beacons- field tiaw Mr. Watty's portrait of Mr. Swin- burne, he said:—"But this is the Duke of Argyll, in a very naughty version." "Voeitors to the New Gallery have before them, at one glance, the Swinburne portrait and that of the Duke of Argyll, but, the hair-colour apart, there is as little resemblance betwfen the two men in the pictures as there is in actual life. Once during the famous battles in the Wilder- ness, when orders had been given for the Union troops to be in position at five a.m., General Grant, rising before eleven a.t night, remarked io the staff :—"We shall have a busy day to-mor- row, and I think we had better get all the sleep we can to-night. I am a confirmed believer in the restorative qualities of sleep, and always like to get a.t least seven hours of it, though I have often been oompelled to put up with much less." "n is said," remarked Waehburne, "that Napoleon often indulged in only four hours' sleep, and still preserved all the vigour of his mental faculties." "Well, J, for one. never believed those stories," the general replied. "If the truth were known, I have no doubt it would be found that he made up for bis short sleep at nig-ht by taking naps during the day." The chief then retired to his tent, and his example was followed by all the offieors who could be spared from duty.
JOHN RRIGHT'S STATUE.
JOHN RRIGHT'S STATUE. Tne "Speaker" of Saturday contains the fol- lowing note by its "Diarist" :-1 leaorn with great astonishment that, havting got rid of tills statue of the great orator, the Chief Commissioner of Works does not propose to allow any statine of Mr. Bright to be placed in the lobby. Mr. Bright's family offered to bea.r the whole cost of a replica of the fine Statue of the statesman wfhich stands at Birmingham, provided Mr. Gilbert's statue were abolished. But their offer has either been rejected cr put on one side, and the result is that the blundering of the committee which entrusted the prepa.rtion of the statue to Mr. Gilbert is apparently to prevent any memorial of Mr. Bright being placed in the building oÆ w1h,ioh he wap 80 Ions a foremost ornamel1lt. It is difficult to believe that Mr. Bright'# friends in the House of Com- mons will acquiesce silently in itrs very extra- ordinary decfeion on the part of the Chief Com- missioner of Works. ?-
YAUXHALL BRIDGE CLOSED.
YAUXHALL BRIDGE CLOSED. Owing to wxme oc/ndition of unsoundness wlhoVh has become apparent in Vauxhall Bridge at the Plimlico end, it has been found necessary to olo-se the bridge to wheeledtraffio and direct it across Lambeth Bridge.
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STOKMS AND FLOODS.
STOKMS AND FLOODS. HEAVY DAMAGE IN LONDON. In South London some hundreds of acres are now under water. As viewed from the South Western Company's lines of railway on Saturday, the country in many parts pre- sented the appearance of a huge lake, in some places only the branches of the trees showing above the surface. Near Earlsfield several cottages were seriously flooded, and a man aad his little boy had a narrow escape from being drowned. The damage to property is estimated at several thous nds of pounds. In the country on each side of the Thames Valley trees have been washed away, and many of the occupants of houses on the river bank have suffered severely. Down the river also much damage has been done, the cellars of houses being filled with water, and streets converted into miniature rivers. Far-reaching floods have occurred in North and EaAst Essex in consequence of the con- tinuous rains. The Rivers Cheimer, Colne, and Blackwater have overflowed and inun- dated large tracts of cultivated and pasture land, and it is feared much damage will result. Storm in the North, A Kirkby Stephen correspondent says that a very strong gale, accompanied by driving snow, prevailed over North Westmoreland on Saturday. Large masses of snow drifted on the hills, and the gale was so fierce as to render the higher mountain roads almost im- passable. Sheep are overlaid in the more exposed portions, and flockmasters are having an anxious time. Great Floods in Northampton. A heavy flood is reported from the Northamp- ton district. The River Nene has burst its banks in many places, and the valley through which it run*! ia almost wholly under water. Thousands of acres are flooded, and several approaches to the town are also under water.
ROLAL COLLEGE OF ORGANISTS.
ROLAL COLLEGE OF ORGANISTS. THE FIRST WELSH "FELLOW." Our Dowlais correspondent writes: —Until Saturday last; Wales did not produce a single musician who held the degree of Fellow of the Royal College of Organists—a degree which, in the opinion of such an authority as Dr. J. F. Bridge, is more important than that of Bachelor of Music, inasmuch as its acquirement involves the display of practical, as well as theoretical, knowledge of music in its most advanced stages. That morning, however, a communication reoeived here from the colk-ge authorities in London announced the success of Mr. Harry li/vaus, the youthful conductor of the Philharmonic Society, and proclaimed Dowlais to be the first town in Wales to achieve so signal a distinction. Mr. Evans, who is only 23 years of age, first came pro- minently before the public as the accompanist of the old Harmonio Society, conducted by Mr. Dan Da vies. When the choir was re-estab- lished, some few months after the removal of the last-named gentleman to Merthyr, Mr. Evans was unanimously elected conductor, and since then the incidents of hi's career are well known. About two years ago Mr. Evans gaiined the high honour of passing the examina- tion for Assootatcaiup of the Royal College of Organists. On that occasion Mr. Evans was, with one exception, the youngest successful candidate in the entire kingdom. It had been his intention to enter the examination for Fellowship last year, but a recurrence of the illness from which he awed to suffer so much forced him to abandon that resolve, and, noting how hard he worked with tha Philharmonic Society last year, many people surmised that he would not trouble the examiners for at least another couple of years. Mr. Evana, however, amid a multi- tude of other duties, found time for study, and on Monday last he presented himself for examination at the Royal College in London. The examiners numbered six, chief among whom were Sir Walter Parrabt and Dr. J. Frederick Bridge, and the questions covered practically the whole range of musical knowledge, prac- tical, theoretical, and historical. On the first day the candidates had to spend several hours at the organ, being required, among other things, to improvise a harmonised thfme from some two bars set by the examiners, to harmonise a ground bass in as many different ways as it occurred in the printed copy, and to play an entire fugue, with episodes, from a given melody. On Tuesaav, again, several hours were spent in answering written questions, embrac- ing choir training, acoustics, musical history, and a knowledge of the orchestra. At the close of the examination the candidates returned to t,heir homes without having received any inti- mation of their success or failure. It was not until Saturday morning that, ae already sta-ted, a communication from London was received at Beethoven House conveying the welcome intel- ligence that Mr. Evans had fully satisfied the examiners, and that he was entitled to add the letters F.R.C.O. after his name as a result of his success. Needle** to say, the information was received in Dowlais with the liveliest satis- faction on all ha/nde. = i —-
MORTALITY RETURN FOR CAJtDIFF.
MORTALITY RETURN FOR CAJtDIFF. The following return shows the number of deaths from zymotic diseases, Ac., within the borough of Cardiff for the week ending Satur- day last:— Small-poi 0 Measles 1 Scarlet fever 0 Diphtheria 2 Whooping cough 2 Typhoid fever 0 Diarrhoea and dysentery 1 Cholera 0 Other causes 49 The total number of deaths was 55, of whom 29 were males and 26 females. The ages of these are classified as follows s-1- Under one 7ear 19 Over one and under sixty 24 Sixty years and upwards 12 Thenumber of births during the week were— ales, 47 females, 62; total, 109.
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SUDDEN DEATHS AT ROSL AND…
SUDDEN DEATHS AT ROSL AND CARDIFF. EXTRAORDINARY COINCIDENCES. Both Events Occur in Public-houses. On Saturday evening, between eight and nine o'clock, James Collins, aged 33, late of 48, Ordell street, Cardiff, died suddenly in the bai of Messrs. Fulton and Dunlop's stores in Work- ing-street, Cardiff. It appears that v/bile seated on a bench, apparently in good health, Collins fell from where he waa sitting on to the floor, and when picked' up by some of the customers life was found to be extinct. Dr. De Vere Hunt, who had been sent for, examined the body after death, and it was afterwards taken to the mortuary by a police-cons-taible. DIED IN A CARDIFF MAN'S ARMS. A painfully sudden death took place at Ross on Saturday morning. It appears that Mr. George Clark, aged 22 years, son of Mr. Robert Clark, who carries on business as an innkeeper and butcher at the Green Dragon Inn, Brook- end-strest, was sitting in the bar in company v,t;li a young man named Richard Wafckins, of Cardiff, a friend of the deceased. Both of them were engaged in conversation, when Clark suddenly complained of a pafin in hit* stomach, and fell forward, and Mr. Watkins caught him in his arms The deceased never spoke. A. doctor was immediately sent for, and Dr. H. Mack, who hsid attended him before when he had a severe illness, was soon in attendance, but life was extinct. The deceased was engaged in his father's butcher's thop, and was atti ex- cellent judge of stock. Ho was quite well on Friday evening, and enjoyed & hearty supper in company with several friends, when he was quite cheerful. Mr. Clark was to have been married shortly to Mi?s Webb, daughter of Mr. S. Webb, of the Cross Way, Tretire, neai Rose.
LOCAL AMUSEMENTS.
LOCAL AMUSEMENTS. CINDERELLA" AT THE ROYAL, CARDIFF. The pantomime of "Cinderella" is still attracting large audiences to the Theatre Royal. Cardiff. The immortal nursery tale has always a unique charm, and is presented at the Royal with such accessories in the way of scenery and catchv music that "Cinderella," it is safe to say, will maintain her popularity, and probably increase it, at the Royal as the season advances. On Saturday afternoon the Ely &hool children, in charge of the superintendent, were entertained at the pantomime. Owing to the wretched state of the weather, the little ones were brought to the theatre and sent back in covered conveyances. Mr. Benjamin placed the little girls in the upper circle and the boys in the pit, and looked after their comfort. It is needless to say that the children were highly delighted with the treat. "SINBAD THE SAILOR" AT THE GRAND. CARDIFF. The pantomime of "Sinbad the Sailor" at the Grand Theatre, Cardiff, runs on with every possible sucoess. The bewitching scenery and the sumptuous costumes, the pleasing melody, and the lively fun all contribute to the "go" of the entertainment and its popularity with old as well as young. The artistes, it is agreed, are exceptionally clever, and play their parts with wonderful skill and grace. THE EMPIRES. CJCRDIFF. Mr. Oswald Stoll's popularity and success as a caterer are to be attributed 40 his never- failing enterprise and his determination to place before his patrons the best, and nothing but tha best. For this week he has en- gaged Mr. Sims Reeves, the always-«ielebrated and still famous vocalist whose name ha& attained th-e greatest prominence in the musi- cal history of the nation. Frequenters of the Empire will note that Mr. Sims Reeves will sing on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, while Mrs. Sims Reeves will make her debut to a Cardiff audience on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. In spite of this important engage- ment, there is no falling off in the up-to-date artistes billed to appear and in the variety of the entertainment for the coming »ix nighte. NEWPORT. Usksiders at the Newport Empire this week will have every night much to amuse, io mystify, and to marvel at. The Colibris, the nine Liliputian wonders of the world, with tleir ponies, carriages, and dwarf elephants, alone form an entertainment hard to beat in the way of novelty and sensation, and when it is mentioned that there is no falling off in the weekly quota of talent lrafoitues of the hall may indeed look out for a record week. SWANSEA. A full and excellent programme has been issued for the Swansea Empire this week. The piece de resistance will be the funny and frolic. some piece, "The Enchanted Palace; or, the Luck of a Millionaire," presented by the Keene and Reeves Combination, with twelve charming lady dancers and new and beautiful scenery, superbly illuminated. The versatile comedian, Austin Rudd, is highly amusing with his fun and eccentricity, and of the other artistes who will appear not one is below par in his or her apecial line. PHILHARMONIC-HALL. The annual Christmas Carnival at the Phil. harmonic-hall, Cardiff, is the great annual treat for Cardiff children. The programme is con- tinually changed, and thousands of juveniles are brought together daily by the great spectacular display, with its dazzling and brilliant attrac- tions. There are other infinite attractions and startling novelties.
WHY NOT THIRTEEN MONTHS?
WHY NOT THIRTEEN MONTHS? It has been suggested that on January 1 1900. a new division of the year into thirteen in ciitlis should be instituted. It is claimed that this is not so preposterous as most people would be likely to consider it at the first- thought. If such a division were made, tlia first twelve months would have just twenty- eight days, or four weekr eadh, and the new month twenty-nine, to make 365, and thirty in leap year. After a few days thsre would be no nfred to refer to calendars, as the same day of the week would havo the same date through the year. If January 1 were, say, Monday, evejiy Mondlay would be ldti, 8th, 15th, and 22nd!, every Tuesday 2nd, 9th, 16th, and 23rd, and so throughout the year. The changes of the moon would be on about the same dates through the year, and many calculations, like interest. dates of maturing notes, Easter Sunday, and many other important dates, would be simpH. fied. Printed by the Proprietor*, Western Mail (Limited), and published by them at their cilices, St Mary- street. Cardiff; at their offices, Cbstle Baileyj- street, Swansea; at the shop ot Mr. Wesley Wil- liams, Bridgeod-all ia the County of Glamorgan; at the "Western Mail" Offices, Newport; at the shop of Mr. J. P. Oaffrey, Monmouth, both in the Cr-unty of Monmouth; and at the shop of Mr. Q. Davies, Llanelly, in the Gouty of Gannarthen. MJONTHAY, JANUARY 11, 1897.