Evening Express

THE KERRY BOG SLIDE. HER MAJESTY AND THE ORPHAN In response to the appeal issued on behalf of the sufferers by the Kerry bog slide and for the bringing up of the little girl Kate Donnelly, the only surviving member of the family en- gulphed, her Majesty the Queen has forwarded | £ 5 to the Earl of Kenmare to be added to the fund. Subscriptions are being forwarded from various sources.

s A SEAMAN KILLS HIS WIFE. At Dundee on Friday Richard Leggatt, sea. man, aged 30, was arraigned for the murder of his wise, whom he shot dead on December 7. The couple had been married only three years, and from time of the marriage prisoner had harboured suspicions as to his wife's fidelity. These seem to have grown keenly, and after j returning from an Arctic voyage in September he treated his wife badly. After killing her the prisoner first attempted suicide by drown- ing, and then gave himseif up. The defence was delusional jealousy.—The prisoner was found guilty of manslaughter and een/tenced to fifteen years' penal servitude.

LOCAL ADMIRALTY ACTION'. The consolidated action brought by the owners of the Prairie Flower and the Roaina against the La. Pall ice, a French steamer, in which a claim was made for services rendered, came on for hearing in London on Friday. Sir Walter Phil. limore and Mr. Holmam (instructed by Messrs. Llewellyn and Moore, Newport) appeared for the claimants. The owners of the Prairie Flower were awarded JE550 a.nd £10 extra for two men who rendered aperiatt services in a small boat, and the owners of the Rosma were awarded £250,

RHONDDA DISTRICT COUNCIL. The fortnightly meeting of the Rhondda. Urban District Council was held on Friday a.t the council-chamber, Pentre, Alderman W. H. Mathias, J.P., presiding. No less a number than 40 applications were received for the past of medical officer of health, who was to devote the whole of his time to the duties, at a salary of JB450 per annum. The application*; were referred to a committee to consist of the whole council, and which committee will meet on Thursday next.—The Ystradyfodwg Fire Brigade submitted a list of appliances they re- quired .and it was resolved that they be at once purchased.—The council further resolved to contribute £20 per annum to t: e brigade towards hcrse hire.—On the motion of Mr. Rhys Grif- fiths, seconded by Mr. John Thomas, Tony- pandy, it was decided to ha/ve a hose and reel fixed a.t Clydaeh Vale.

SHOP ROBBERY AT BRYNMAWR. At a special court held at Brynmawr on Thursday four young men, named Phillip Painter, H. Walker. H. Painter, and W. Wat- kins, residents of 15, Litohmans-street, Kentish Town, upholsterers, were charged with steal- ing two money boxes—one containing twenty sixpences, four threepenny pieces, and the other Is. 6d. in silver, and a packet of cigarettes, value one penny, the property of Mr. W. Leitrhton. grocer, of 47, King-street, Brynmawr, between four and five o'clock on Wednesday evening. Prisoners were apprehended at the railway station as they were in the act of leaving :-h« town by train for Merthyr, having taken tickets for that place.—The case was adjourned. _.?- ..JIL.

CARDIFF MERCIFUL SOCIETY. On Sunday, the occasion of the seventy- first anniversary of the Cardiff .uerci- ful Society, instituted for visiting and relieving the sick poor. two sermons I will be preached at Wesley Chapel, Cardiff, by the Rev. T S. Knowlaon at eleven o'clock a.m. and by the Rev. A. F. Barley at 6.30 p.m. The collections will be in aid of the institution, I which during the past year distributed £48 16s. 9d., as the result of 468 visits.

¡ PARK-HALL SERVICES, CARDIFF. ) The address to-morrow (Simday) afternoon will be delivered by the Rev. J. Willitm^on, M.A. A soprano solo, "Hear ye, Israel," will be sung by Miss May John, R.A.M., and an anthem, "Morning Prayer," will be rendered be sung by Miss May John, R.A.M., and an anthem, "Morning Prayer," will be rendered by the Blue Ribbon Choir. The following I selections will be played on the great organ front 2.30 to three o'clock:—"Grand dicer in D" (Guilmant), "Serenata" (Mozskow=ki), "Festal March" (Calkin), "Cantilene Nuptials" (Dubois).

CARDIFF SATURDAY "POPSk" The Cardiff Ladies' Choir, under the con- ductorslap of Madame Louie Hooper-Rees, occupy the leading pocition at the Park-hall, I¡ Cardiff, popular concert to-night (Saturday). They are marked on the programme for several numbers, and a good opportunity will I be given of judging of this choir, which is rapidly becoming popular. The other items on the programme will be contnbuted by Miss Nellie Griffiths, Miss Rachel Thomas, Mr. G. W. Brierley. Miss Marie C. Adolphy (violin), and Mr. Harry Stone (elocutionist). I MERTHYR SCHOOL BOARD PUPIL

I TEACHERS. A sub-committee of the school management i committee of the Merthyr School Boar-1. re- ported on Friday that they had considered the results of the recent pupil teachers' exami- nations, especially with reference to the can- didates on probation. The sub-committee had also had before them the reports of their application and work in their several schools, and likewise at the pupil teachers' central classes. Of the 36 candidates presented 25 passed for engagements as pupil teachers, and eleven were marked as "failed." Out of 92 pupil teachers in their first, second, and third year, nineteen passed "well," 51 "fairly," and eleven "below fail." These results were con- sidered unsatiBfactory by the board, and it was ordered tha.t a. printed circular be sent to those who had not passed creditably point- ing out that the young people taken into the service of the board were only engaged upon the distinct understanding that they applied I themselves thoroughly to the work of pre- paring themselves for exa.mination. The circular was also directed to be forwarded to [ the parent*.

Social and Personal INTERESTING PARS ABOUT INTERESTING PEOPLE. A Celman of Gossip and Chatter wm an Infinitude of Mwn and Matters. I Mr. William Morris inherited £ 50,000. Ho had only increased this sum by B5 000. He was exceedingly charitable, especially to French refugees, and his losses on the Keimscott Press amounted to a considerable sum. The Pope is a great lover of flowero. Wh-;n he allows himself aome recreation he spends the time, if possible, in the Vatican gardens. With gentle touch he will raise the blossoms for inspection, remove dead petals or leaves, I almost caressing his favourite plants, before which he often stands in lemgthy contempla- tion. It is generally supposed that the Empresa of Ru?j_a has forbidden ladies of the Russian Ccurt to smoke; such, however, is not the case. As a. matter of fact, there is scarcely a Russian lady who does not smoke cigarettes. The Dowager Czarina herself is a persistent smoker, sometimes getting through as many as 30 cigarettes in ? day, but, of course, only in the privacy of her own apartments. There was some expectation that the memorial to the late Poet La.urea.te, to be erected on a coast line of the Isle of Wight which was a favourite walk of Tennyson's when in residence at Farringford, would be unveiBed during th3 pMt aiutumn. It has been found necessary to defer che ceremony till next summer, when it is hoped Princess Beatrice will be present. Mr. Philip James Bailey, the venerable author of "Festus," has lost his devoted wife. Mis. Hailey was acquainted with her husband from cluldbood, and her whole interest was in him and his work. Nothing pleased her so much as to have his great book recognised, and sue always willing to do anything that might help it forward. Lord Kelvin, when at college at Glasgow, was distinguished among other buys oy his superior quickness of movement, wnether at worn or piay. One of his masters said of him at that time I never saw any human being who moved more like a. well wound-up automaton. \et, despite his extraordinary activity, this boy was seldom punctual, Caswell s Saturday informs us. He used to row as though deter- mined to achieve distinction as an oarsman unly —indeed, no matter what was the occupation of the instant, he was certain to be found per- fcrming it with the utmost; energy and I enthusiasm. To illustrate the Queen's faithful jdherence, where possible, to "old iiaahioaed" ways, it> may be mentioned that in her own private rooms her Majesty will not use coal ior her ntes, but insists on burning only a special kind of wood blocks, the preparing of wkch in a certain locality on the bpper Thames is a regular business. In this habit the Queen scarcely bs animated by a dislike to coal as a novelty; her objection is to the smoke and dirt which a coal fire causes. In like manner fihe refugee to use gaø, which is, at all events, a discovery of more recent date. The Queen remains faithful to candles, oil being burned equally with gas. Mr. J. M. Barrie is probably the only author whets* writings have seriously assisted in making the fortune of a tobacconist. This was one of the results, however, of the publica- tion of that popular work, "My Lady Nicotine." Everybody in that book, it will be remembered, smoked a certain Arcadia Mixture, and spoke highly of it at every possible opportunity. Readers then began to ask Mr. Barrie where Aroadia Mixture was to be bought, and Mr. Barrie told his friends that they could buy it, under the name of Ciaven Mixture, at a certain shop in W ardour- street. Thera was forthwit h a run upon the mixture, and tho tobacconist's profits probably totalled up to a good deal more than the author 3 royalties. LoPd Armstrong is meet widely known by the gun to which he has given his name. But it JS not as a great expert in the science of war- mafcing that his life and career have their best and deepest interest. Writes Mr. Frederick Dolman: "I fancy that Lord Arms trans* il.m- solf considers that he has promoted peace by helping to shorten and sharpen the horrors of wfr- One of his replies to Li Hung when the distinguished Chinaman recently visitOO him at Craigside, was to this effect. Ba that as ct may, the view which regards Lord Armstrong as merely the inventor of moro efficient implements of carnage does an injustice t. one of the most remarkable men of our timc-a man whose name the people of Tynt. will proudly add to the roll of distinguished Novacas triaare — Stephenson, Goiiingwood, Bidon, Akenside, and Bewiok. Lord Arm- strong is a great scientist—in fact, the 'grand old man of science—and when the time conies for summing up his work it Will doubtless be found that the making of guns was not its mcst important feature, although the one which has mast 'engaged pulblic notice." Verdi, the great composer, w.is born on October 10, 1813. at Roncole, an unpretentious settlement with 300 inhabitants, some seventeen niilfw north-west of Parma, in Italy. He was christencd Fortunimw Joseph Franciscus, although the world at large knows him only by the naine of Giuseppe. Verdi's parents kept the village inn, or osteria, and Padre Carlo Verdi was illiterate; but he had a brava little wife, who saved the life of the world's future melodist 'ere he was many months old. In 1814 the village of Boncole was sacked by the invading Allies. The frightened woman took refuge in the church, hut til's soldiers forced the door, and elew women and children until th-? floor ran with blocd. One mother, with an infant at her bieaat, flew to the belfry ard hid there, so saving herself and child. Thia child was the infant Verdi. When L" Homr Chang was leaving London for Hawarden, a nnmber c.f talO gond-looki.ng girls were well to tfie fore sm^ the spectators -!t Euston Station. One of the Chinese mbassa- dor's str'fe a short, stoiiti>h man, while convers- ing from the carriage door with an Kngl-h friend, kept eyeing these well-grown ^pecimrais of the softer freX ? with extraordinary in ten t. ness. As the train was about to start, he could not restrain h''m.«elf any longer, and burst forth in resonant pidgeon English, "Yoh ten* foil thit tipt-^n gallee callyvng (girl carry- ing) fine flowa-hasket on her head me plenty wis^ee to "buy flowa' !"—and he po'nted eagerlv to a tall hendsom^ girl in a dec-idedly exaggerated hat, wh-Vh mieht easily be mis- taken by an uneTr:?ht?.ned Oriental a<5 a con- trivance for the exhibition and iilc of choice flor.ver«. The trsrin, however, had now besran to forwsrd, and tV captivatcd Celestial, looking woefully disappointed, vvis qirckly w'lirlod out of the station.

LOCAL NEWS ITEMS. On Thursday evening Mrs M. Lindsay, o: the Mansion, Y^trad Mvnaoh. gave her annual Christmas treat to the members of Holy Trinity Church Sundav Hohtool. 1K6-7.—WINTXR CLE VXtyf}.- HonsehoM Furnish- ings, Gen to' r.r;d I.Mies' Clothvig. or Dyed. CARPETS Effectually LACE CUR- TAINS Practically Cleaned, T,T>"F,N Laundered in a iiijieri&r manner. Sh'.rts. Collars, &c.. a speciality. AU Orders receive prompt ■Ut^nt 'vi. RED CROSS VANS '11 :!1l parts daily —55EN7) P<">STC'\RD to the Cardiff Stpsm Lal1ndry. Dye! nr. Carpet and Window CIFSring Company Miriny-srtreet. Cathays. A young man nam°d John Rees, of Pen gam, waa seriously injured at Messrs. Cartwright.'s 1 Pit at Gilfach, near Bargoed, on Friday morn- ing bv a fall. BUSINESS ENTERPTf 1ST —Amongst the most enterpris'ng r.nd fcuccess'ul firm of modern times is the fiim of Stewart .<i<! Slewart, Tailors, of 11, Crstl-? Arcade. Cardiff; Powstone-streot, Sheffield, a.J1d They "re now me,king a speciality (i Evening Dre?s Suits, made 1,:pon the latest style, with Silk Roll Tapel, oomnlete, 50. equal in every d?lail to tho* made elsewhere at 84a. Their price* are a rcTelation to the nuhlic of Cardiff. They have many 'mitators in this direction, hut their Business clearly pioves that they a.re unrivalled, their fit and style being beyord criti- cism. f5917 Barry was visited by a motor oar for the first time on Friday. bringing ship goods from Car- diff to one of the steamers in dock, and the r.O'V4 conveyance was the object of considerable | public interest.

A BOON TO MANKIND! Suflferjrg from frravel, Lumbittre. Pile*, 1"80: ia ths Back. Dropsy. Wind and Water Comp *.in*i, Diseases of Kidneys. Bladder. Stone. Sciatica, Rhen- and Gout, will find a positive Cure ia Holroyd'i Gravel Pills. Try a small Box, *nd if not <atisfied your money will be returned Price I 1.11. Hd.. of ail chemists, or post free for 12 staraiM, from Hslroyd's Medical Hall. Cleckheaton. Forks. Don't be óut df If you C4nnot jjet them, wr.ts the proprietor, aad a box will be «ent next post, "L1XSTSKn COMPOUND" vTrade Mark) for Coughs and colds, 9 £ d l34d. Sold by Chemists only.. e5901-1 -?. -'A.L.iL- tMM———————?!'?—?————————<t———M———M———«——M<t<*———?t???M?

For the Ladies FROM THE KITCHEN TO THE BALL-ROOM. Our Lady Correspondent's Collectiom of Interesting: Paragraphs for The Fair Sex. In the Sick Room When entering a tick room never stand in such a potion tha.t the patient will be obliged to turn his licaa or even his eyes in order to see you. Move at once to a spot where he may look right into your face. Some people will enter a sick room quietly and stand away out of night, so as not to attract attention, but anyone who's ill is apt to be very sensitive to an unseen presence, a.id will turn the head, or even try to raise up on the pillow, in order to find out who has cemo into the room. A New Companion. One evening lately a. lady might have been seen in Oxford-street London, Jeading, not a pug or a poodle, but a large Persian eat. The chain was attached to Ii narrow 6t.rip in the orthodox manner, and pussy bore her subjection as to the manner born. Carefully picking Iter .vay ONr any obstruction that lay in her pGoth. she kept cloeely by the side of her mistress. She took not the slightest notice of the passing traffic. About Laughter. That is the latest dicoove'y—;bat laughter if a disease. Eminent I1curolog::gt, have declared even moderate laughter a symptom of nervo;is hysteria. People have died from leughing. From Austria comes a. curious account- cf a. man suffering from a i trrous dsease that manifested itseU in paroxysms of If Lghter. The patient was 20 years of age, and had been subject for three years to fits cf laughter. The attacks set in with a tickling sensa- tion arising from the toes of the left foot, cnd tho patient would fall unless he could reach some place to lie down. When this feeling reached the level of his brCQ6t the patient lost consciousness for a fcw seconds. The mouth and eyes were closed spas- modically, the eyeballs turned upward; the pupils were dilated and unresponsive TO light At the height Ct the attack the patient at first smiled, and then laughed aloud withJut any other- sign of merri- ment. The entire attack occupied two minutes. Gloves. (iloves arc a most important item in a woman's attire No girl looks" well turned cut" who has not nice gloves; they need not necessarily be expen- sive ones. Gloves which are too tight never wear well, and thoøe who ue ohliged to practise economy should be most careful to buy gloves which are large enough. It is a great mistake to suppose that one's hand« will look I'm: 'Ie.r when squeezed into a pair of gioves a size too small. They only bulge out at the sides and take a. very ugly shape, and in many cases we pay for our folly by the gloves splitting before they are half worn out. Gloves will alwJ.V8 wear much lcnger if we take care how we put them on the first time. Do not leave the putting on of new gloves till you are just starting off in a hurry to church, or to pay run afternoon call, as you are cer- tain to spoil the shape, and very likely cause them to split. Never put on gloves when the hand is a.t all damp or warm. If the band is inclined to be moist, dust some powder into the glons, and put a. little on the palms of the hands. Family Likenesses. Family likenesses are clearly brought cut by ege Take your own circle for illustration. If you are old enough to remember the parents of any of your friends or relatives you will notice that ts they in turn grow old the family likenesses come out. There are, of course, some people who have the general features and appearances of their parents, 300 in many ea<?e« of bobh father and mother, though in most C66e8 of but one, &nd that quite likely cl the father, in their youth end through life. There are others, though, who have none of the marked family likeness until they reach an advanced age. by this I mean 50 years or so. In many cases persons have ehown in their faces none of the family likenesses until they reached very advanced ages, and it grows more and more marked as they leave the milestones of age behind them. A Siamese Dish, The favourite dish of the Siamese epicure is called Ira pick. It is made in this way They catch about a. bushel of fish and prawns, and pile them up in some spot where the sun shines. There they remain for about ten days, the heat drying out the oil, hut a.t the same time converting the fish into a liquid, Dmggoty mess, so lank in ooour that i5 is as muoh as the European can do to approach it During all the time the sun Is a.t work the mass is constantly stirred until it is of the consistency of molasses. This is strained of bones, and the kapick is ready for use. It is the greatest cf Siamese delicacies, and is found in both the palaces of the rich Mid lvovels o{ the poor. A Pin in the Heart* The old time idea that the slightest touch of a foreign subfi,e on the heart means certain death was shattered years ago. One of the most remarkable cases ever heard of, however, was tlnt described in a paper before the Association of American Phy- sicians some years ago by Dr. Pea body. It Wile of a cafe where a pin was found in a. human heart, after having been thero for an indefinite period. The point of the pin was distant about five millimetres from the external surface of the hea.rt. The pin Beemed cnJdoed, and was broken by the scissors in djAAoCction, without hecoming displaced. There r.8ø no cvidenca cf recent local inflammation, but that [art of the heart in the neighbourhood of the protruding head of the pin was greatly thkkrned and snow white and frnnly IIdherent to the edge of the head. The Etiquette of Note-wr'tinir. There is etiquebte about everything, even aboijfc the way s. woman ought to write her notes. Oift. sidering nJl thhlgS, it Í8 as well that WC1T4n should read, ma'k, and in warily dkrest the laws that o1.1ght to m'e her conduct when M.c "takes \?T' the pen Two things, above aU oihars, beLray the inelegant or unaccustomed letter writer. If she he guilty of neglecting the margin nt taoli e-id.? of the page, Qr. if she eo far forgeh her precepts as t" add a. P.S., she is forever dovmcd. Society i8 exact m details, ami lIociety declares such omission or corl- mlfwion to be the unpardonable e'n. The not, to be correct, muot- be written upon ptIoper (If roerullm size, preferably cream white, and must lIe clear Md distinct. The monogram is stamped cn tho paper, 01' the crest if cne have the riefht; but uporJ the of the tfnp of the envelope must be the address When the writpr hM bornn all these facts iYJ mind, and hIIil signed her unabbreviated name, she nay rest crntcnt. Sewing and Knitting. It fs n. curious Ilni pretlv revc-rsion to the cu1'1-"1m of our grandmothers that a«eails the women of to-day. Not only do we find knitting uf-urping a place long I occupied by lace and embroidery, but what g^eral'y fro en under the name of pl%:n reodlework is now I taking its place alor.r>i'te the fine aits. Machine sewing is no longer to be tbonpht of in connection with lipperie. Indeed, It is quite 'mprsF'hle for the silk gnrmon'ts 80 much afTe-ted hy the smarter women of to-day. After so long (I. Knee of plain needlework into disuetude. some extra stimulus was necessary to I bring v otnen >mck into the good old ways; end one of those cl°ver women who foresee the eigus ri ths times grasped the situation and started classes in sewing, thus Iranjr'rating the f».?h'on. Classes for t<robing sewing as a fine art to the little daughters (If the fashionable ret arc alto in vogue. ?-?'? '?

HOW TO TAaE OUT PATENTS Many uxeful and novel appliances are from 'I tim. to time devised which are not turned to practical account owing to want of knowledge on the put of inventors as to how to patent their inventions. We constantly receive letters asking our advice, and, with a view to affording information as to costs and modes of pracedur* in applying for provisional protection and patents and registered designs or traJ. mar.es. we have made arrangements accordingly. A/>v of our readers who desire such information should send stamped envelope, enclosed to the Patent Editor, "Western Mail," Cardiff, by whom it will be handed to a. thoroughlv trust- worthy and experienced patent agent, who wiU reply fully to our corrsspondenis or an inter-! view can be arranged on giving a few hours* notice.

DON'T I.UNCH or DINE Without Aeking for the New French Bread. Delicious Eating, and ea«ly digested.—Send postcard for van to call to T. Steven*, French Confectioner. 122, Queen street, Cardiff. eS661 If the blood is diseased the l> ,y is disv^sed."— Kenxirber tlmt the blood, whetinr pure or impure. circulates through the organs of Uie human body— Lunirs. Heart, Stomach, Kidneys. Brain. If it de mdcn with poisonous matter it spreads dVoase 00 itø course. In CMes of Scrofula. Seurvy, Bad Legs, Skin and Blood Psoases, fhiiples, and Sores of all kinds, the effects of Clarke's Blood Mature are marvellous. Thousands of wonderful "I res 11l\ve heen effected bv it Clarke's Flood Mixture 115 Boltl where, at" 2s. 901, per bottle. Beware of worthless imitations and substitutes. el359 LfNtJM CATUARTierM PILLS digestive corrective and agreeably aperient, Sid., 13id. Of all oh mists. eóSOl-7 I Thousands of children dit annually from that tenihle dieeass, OKOUP. All may be saved by I eiving them Mortimer's Croup Ki.-ture m time. May be obtained of all ehemists at la. ljd. per bottle. i

OVER THE NUTS AND WINE 411ps AND CRANKS FR9]( BOTH HEMI- SPHERES. A Selectiom ef Jeke* and Funny Anecdotes for the Mental Eecreation ef Old and Tounp. Brown's New Tear Annual—A baby. Why is the letter N like a oonfeotioner?— Because it makes ice nice. Why does a. man sneeze three times ?—Be- cause he cannot helcp it. What makes everybody sick but those who swallow it?—Flattery. Why is Queen Victoria like a hat?—Because they both have crowns. On what day in the year do women talk the least?—The shortest day. Why is an egg like a oolt?—Because it is not fit for use till it is broken. What is a. kiss?—A receipt given by a lady on paying your addresses. What word may be pronounced quicker by adding a syllable to it?—Quick. "And moind phwat Oi'm telling ye—wan half the world don't know how the other three- quarters live." "He just devours books." "He doesn't look as though they agreed with tim." Eatther an Unreasonable Place of Hospi- tality.—"The grand Duke Nicholas of Russia is visiting at Bis-grub." They are getting to speak Latin on the Turf. The British Lion on the racecourao this past season was clearly Leo. "The keg is empty, but the old man is fufil," is tho title of a very pathetic ballad that is being sung nightly with great success in New York. Lowlob I How often do you prune your vines ? Cityman (who has just moved to the suburbs): Never; we buy all our prunes at the grocer's. She: Where shall we live after we're mar- ried? He: I hadn't thought of that. I haven't found out yet how we are going to hve. "Miss Twilkins has gone to Italy to culti- vate her voice.M "Dear me! I didn't know she rouldafford it." "The neighbours subs- et LI ed the money." "The moonlight sleeps upon the bank," warbled a young Jady at the local concert.' Voice from the Back: Ho, so do I. And a durned cold place it be, too. Mr. J oilier: What do you think of a man who buried a wife and three children a.nd j attended the theatre the same niorht? Miss Softheart: Oh, the horrid brute! Mr. Jollier: Nc; this one was an undertaker. Maid: ShaH madame wear her lew gown no-nigbt? Madame: No, I guess not. This ia the night my husband comes in from town, is it not ? Maid: Yes. madame; w „h a g<*n+le- mitn friend. Madame: On second thoughts, Celeste, I think I will wear the now dr-vs. He (yearningly): But don't you think I could teach you to love me? Mies Grasper: Well, you might: but you would have to reverse the order of things, and pay me for learning. I'll take a nice diamond ring with the first lesson. "Does TOUT husband: ever talk in his sleep?" "He appears to, but I have my doubts about his being asleep. Most of his talk is about how dearly he loves me and how highly he regards mother." Hostess: Won't you sing something, Mr. Green ? Mr. Green: There are 6'0 many strangers here I H oe teas: Never mind them; they'll fee gone before you're half through. Hungry Swiggens: How could jer tell whether a man wuz livin' ter eat er eatin' ter live?" Philosophic Phil: By ther character uv his grub. Ef yer see him eatin' cold dry bread yer kin be mighty darn sure he's only eatin' ter live. She* Don't I look military in my new huzzar jacket ? He: To look military is but natural with you. "Yes?" "W.hy, of course. Yo-u've suoh troops of ad- mirers, you know." Two Irishmen went oot skating, and one took a bottle of whisky with him as a sort of "heart warmer When they decided to "hit the bottle," they foumd the cork was very tiejht, and' that it was impossible to cet it out without a corkscrew. "Can't yez get it out, Mike?" asked Pat. after Mike had had a few minutes hard work with the cork. "Yis, beigob," said Mike, "I'll get it owt. sure. if Oi have to push it in." "Steward," said a passenger on board a steamer one morning while at break- fact, handing across- the table a cup containing some dark, muddy-looking iiqurid, "what is that?" "I think it's tea, sir," replied the steward, after a hasty in- spection. "Oh, very well," rejoined the traveller; "then take it away, and if it's tea bring me ooffee, and if it's coffee bring me tea. Squire (to butcher): "Good morning, Brown. Glad to see you a^ovrt again" "Thank you, sir. I'm beginning to feel more like myself. My appetite's better, too." "That's r;ght." "Yes, sir. And what dye think was the first thing I fancied, sir?" "Well, really, Brown, I don't know." "A sausage, sir. And me as knows all about 'em. too." Smith: I understand that you are going to get rid of the waitresses in the refreshment department of the House of Commons. Why is that? One Who Knows: hy, to tell you the truth, it is expected that the next session will be a very angry one, and the members don't care about expressing their feelings before the innocent girls. Jones (who has a fancy for prize fowls): Did a man bring a game bird here for me to-day, Bridget? Cook: There was a cook left here, but I thought it was for dinner, so I cut off its head and trussed him. Jones: Great Scott, woman! That was my splendid black-red game cook that cost me five guineas. Jones, having sent a stupid servant to do an errand, was greatly annoyed on finding that he had done exactly the opposite of whalt he had been ordered: "Why, you haven't common-sense," be re- monstrated. "But, sir "3hut up! I should have remembered that- you were an idiot. When I'm tempted to send a fool on an errand again, I'll not ask you, I'll go myself." A young ostrich came to its mother Groaning with min, and its wings tightly crossed upon its stomach. '"What have you been eating?" the mother askod, with solicitude. "Nothing but a keg of nails," was the reply. "What?" exclaimed the mother; "a whole keg of nails a<t your age! Why, you will kill yourself that way. Go quickly, my child, and swallow a hammer." Among a host of other questions to be found as a rute on the forms to be filled up before a life instorance policy can be effected, occur— "Age of father, if living ?" "Age of mother, if living ?" A man in the country who filled up an application made his father's age 100 years and his mother's 92. The agent of the iniura-nce company was amazed at this, and fan- cied he had secured an excellent customer: but. feeling somewhat dubious, he remarked that the applicant came from a long-lived family. "Oh. you see, sir," replied he, "my parents died many years ago, but 'if living' they would be aged as there put down." "Er—er, exactly— I understand," said the agent. | LINSEED COMPOUND" (Trade Mark) for OOIM?W

^and Colds, 94d., 134d. Sold by ChemUta only. e5S3$>"$ r Can a man oating dates be said to consume time? What woven material is geographical ?—Baiae (bays). What key is the 'best for unlocking the tc tgue ?—W his-key. When is wine like a pig's tooth?—When it is in a hog's-head. When is a bill like a. gun?-—When it is pre- sented and discharged. Why ig a. corn warehouse like Russia ?—'Cos sacks are there (Cossacks). Why is a fowl a greedy bird when eating j com ?—Because he takes a peek every tirrt*. When are screws like "four by honours?"— I When you give them a. twist (at whist). Why is a sugar stick like a. horse?—Because j the more you lick it the faster it goes. Why should a. railroad be patriotio?—Bemuse it is bound to the land by the strongest tics. Why is was like a. soldier's life in war time?—Because it's past in tense (passed in tents). If your brother's daughter were turned into stone, of what formation would she be ?—Gneiss (niece). Why is one's father's nose like a well-trained child?—Because it is always under a. parent's eye Why is a man like a. telescope?—Because you ca.i d<-a,w him out, see through him, anl shut him up. Which is the longest day the world ever knew of ?—The day Adam was born, for there waa no Evet Mrs. Kilduff: Do you use condensed milk ? Mi's. Mulliiig: I think it must be condensed. There is never more than a. pint a,nd a. half in a quart. How beautiful is nature," She murmured, as they atood And watched the glowing cunset In sentimental mood. Yes, love," he softly answered* In tones that thrilled her through, While scanning her complexion But art is lovely, too." Friend: I should th:nk, Professor, that you w°uld bo too absent-minded to ride a wheel. The Professor: Oh, well, when I become absent-rnjnd-ed, I don't stay an the wheel. Thalt mustle&oe with man and maid Plays havoc, who can doubt it? For kissing, started by its aid, Continues now without it. Bobby: Pa., they call lawyers legal lights, don't they?" Pa: Yfas, Bobby. Bobby: Well, pa, why ain't Mr. Edison an electric light? "Do you know, she actually askM me if I ever posed for Dauber." "Well, what of tha.t?" "What of that? Why everyone knows that Dauber is an animal painter." He (testily): Was there any fool sweet on you before I married you? She: Yes, one. Re: I'm sorry you rejected him. She: Unfortunately, I didn't. "Juat think how unhappy the littlf savages muirt; be," said the Sunday School teacher, try- ing to point a. moral. "They have no Christ- mas. Can anyone tell me why?" "It's because they havn't any stockings to wear," olimed in liittle Johnny It was the night before Christinas, And all through the house Not a. creature waa sleeping, Not even a. mouse. In the annals of Christmastidd This was the worst— At two in the morning The water-pipes burst! Belle: This holly in my hair wants a little relief—it's too red. Aunty Well, why not put in a sprig or two of mistletoe, dear? Belle: Nonsuise, aunty' Why, I should have all the young men kissing me. Aunt: Indeed, no, my dear. They'd do rothing of thu kind. I've triad em "Well," said the artistic man, as ho v-a Iked out of the theatre between the acts, "I'm e^e- eo much obliged to that girl who sits in front of me. I dOJ1't know but I'll tell her." "You mean the one with the frightfully big hat "Yes." "I don't .see what you're obliged to her for." "For Lot r.aiskig her parasol." The wife of a physician who lives in London tells a story of a distant kinswoman who was her guest for a short time during the summer. The lady in question has lived all her life in a littfle country plaoe in the North of England, and when she went to London the was persuaded to make the journey by water. It was the first time she had ever so travelled. She reached her destination extremely f-attigued. The doctor's wife remarked it. "Yes, I'm tired to death," said her kinswoman. "T don't know as I oare t-o travel by water again. I read the notice in my cabin about how to put the life- preserver on, and I thought I understood it; but I didn't though. Some way, I couldn't go to sleep with the thmg on." The train had been detained here *nd there until it was two hours late in reaching Rich- mond Junction, and when it was discovered there that we must wait another thirtv minutes for the east-bound express, a young man who had been moving about uneasily and getting mor° and more nervous, appealed to the conductor with— "Have you any idea when v slhall reach Buffalo, sir?" "Not much; but I hope to make it bv ten o'clock this evening." "Great .Scott! Not nnltil ten ?'cIock'" gasped' the young man. "It may be half an hour earlier, but don't counit on iit. Anything to hurry you?" "I should remark 1 was to be married at seven o'clock!" "And it's after seven now! Well, I can't help it. You might telegraph that the train is delayed." "I'll have to—but what a mess! The guests wil'l be assembled, the girl in hysterics, and her father on his high horse! I wouldn't have had this happen for 1,000 dollars!" "No? Well, run in and telegraph." The young man entered the office an*7 -ent a despatch and just as we were pulling o<ut he received an answer. Several of us had overheard the talk and knew what he was expecting. He road the message twice over. and then laid it down on the floor and arranged hie overcoat for a pillow and apparently went to sleep. Pretty oon the conductor came along, and picked up the despatch and read it. It was signed "Annie," and it read: — "Waited ten minutes for you, and then married Fred Davis." "That's hard lines!" said the conductor, as he handed the despatch about, but the young man snored in his sleep, and smiled — he snored. Ambitious Actor: I have been studying the rota of Hamlet for three yeare. Do you know any way i can s?et my impression of the cha- racter before the public? Manager (looking him over) Yes; buy a theatre.

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From Near and Far A COLUMN OF CKJLT eN INTERESTING SUBJECTS. Items ef Newa smt Antedates OlsamaA far the "Xxyrita" from N., S., &&d W. „ is hardly too much to say, and the oftener it is said the batter, that in the present armed strength of our Indian frontier the residue of j« Russian invading force that could straggle through to Indian soil would be more fit objects for charity than for bullets. -:0000:- The annexation of Hawaii by the United States is being urged on the claim that, if such a steo is not taken, the civilised Japanese, who arc in a majority on the islands, will gain control of the Government. Hawaii must be a curious Republio if it is afraid that the peopLe should manage its affairs. ■ oooo: The Pope has caused some astonishment by his speech to the officers of the old corps, which acted as the bodyguard of his Holiness. He said that he had received offers of assistance from Canada, Ireland, Belgium, and Austria. He had replied that he thought the time would soon come. when he would be surrounded onoe again by his faithful eoldiers. — :oooo: Recent statistics prove that the danger of navigation has been lessened considerably sinoe the general introduction of steamers in place of sailing vessels. Of 50,095 sailors employed on .ailing vessels, 928 were drowned during last year, 01 1 in 60. During the same period only 647 men out of 162,169 employed on steam- ships lost their lives by drowning, which i3 but 1 in 241, or just about one-fourth of the fatali- ties on mailing vessels. -:0000:- An interesting innovation on the Riviera this season which is caiusinjg much interest is a motor car race. It is a sign of the times. The race will take place between Marseilles and Monte Carlo, and promises to be exciting. Already the committee, whose duty it is to arrange all the details, have left Nice in different steam conveyances for the starting-point, and eo com- plete and perfect will the instructions to the competitors be that we are really likely to solvo the muoh-disoussed question as to whioh patent is the most trustworthy. :oooo: The British tourist is attracted not by tea as tea, but by tea. with accessories. The late Mr. Arthur Cecil, the comedian, used to tell with great glee of the cannibal tea at Kew, thus:—"Tea, plain, 6d. rea, with shrimps. 9d." "Tea, wiitlh children, Is." Of all the publio varieties the tea obtained a-t a railway station is perhaps the worst. The liquor served at those carnivals which are known to school- bove as tea fights or bun struggles is a close competitor, but being free, or inexpensive, it has an advantago over the station tea, which ia costly. :oooo:. Cannibals who have been "interviewed" say they do not like to ea,t white people. The salt- meat diet of the white makes hw flesh bad for eating purposes. On the other band, a baked Chinaman, one of those who have been living on rice and vegetables, is the greatest of delicacies. The most delicate morsel is the flesh about the kidneys, and your experienced cannibal will always aim bis weapon at that part. After that the preference is for the thighs. The head ie never eaten. It is a curious fact that cannibals think the kidneys the goat of life. By eating them they believe they acquire a part of the victim's strength. • :oooo: A book on the subject of old age, published in England some time ago, furnishes some in- teresting information concerning centenarians. IOf the 52 mentioned, 36 were females. Eleven of these were single, five were married, and 36 widowed. Three only were in affluent circum- stances, 28 were comfortable, and 19 poor. Nine were fat, 18 in average condition, and 20 thin. Thirty-six had good appetites, 10 mode- rate, and 2 bad. Fifteen were total abstainers, 24 drank a little, 6 were moderates, and 1 drank whatever he could get. There were 7 hard smokers, 4 being women. The average time if going to bed was nine o'clock, and 7 were bed- ridden. Twenty-four had no teeth, and only 4 had artificial teeth. -:0000:- Many an interesting hour may be spent in the company of a good dictionary. It should tell you that kings wore in the earlier timea merely "fathers of families," while queen meant at first "wife" or "mother." An earl was an "elder" pope was the same as "papa" and Czar and Kaiser "both meant "Ctesar." Lord is the Anglo-Saxon "hluford," meaning "loof distributor." "Hussy" was once a re- spectable housewife: "knave" w?s simply a boy, and "catiff" meant a captive. From tho name of the labourer on the villa of an old-time Roman gentleman we get the name "villain. A "pagan" was originally a countryman, while "varlet" >is the same word as "valot Our students should study their dictionaries a little more closely than the majority do. -:0000: Tt is not .generally known that bees are swifter in flight than pigeons—that ii, for fhort distances. Some years a.go a pigeon fancier of Hamme, Wesrephalia, laid a wager that a dozen been, liberated three mile.; from their 'hive, would rea*$> home in less time than a dr zon pigeons. Th» competitors were given wing at Rybern, a village nearly a league from I Hamme, and the first bee reached the hive a fjiiartei or a minute in advance of die iiist pigeon. Three other liees reached the goal before the second pigeon. The bees were also slightly handicapped, having been rolled in flour before starting for the purpose of identifi- cation. :oooo: The question whether the person who fires a pistol nr gun at another during a dark night car he identified by means of the light pro- duced in the discharge has long interested medico-legal minds. On one occasion a woman positively swore that she saw the face of ¡., person who fired at another during the night wurreunckd by a kind of halo, and that she was theieby enabled to identify the -prisoner. This statement wtw confirmed bv the deposition of the wounded man. A case is quoted in which some police officers were shot at by a highwayman on a. dark night. One of the officers stated that he could dis- tinctlv see from the flash of the pistol that the robber roda a dark brown horse of remarkable shape about ths head and shoulders, and that he had since identified tht horse in a London stable. -:0000:- Thoro i» an old foundation 3 Oxford- c curioins hietory. established by llenrr j., for the oare and sustenance of twelve lepers, v-> "London." The twelve infirm "brethren" maintained by -the charity were to be chosen frem thb dewrvtng poor when tM leper* -veaaeti to 'be. They were to receive "ninepence Nve^li" and other allowances. When the hoi-.nrtal was founded ninepence represented much greater value than the s'ame sum to-dav; but Oriel College, whose Provost is master oi the iiospit-ail, has acled' ritrictly on the letter of its charter. It recognises four 'brethren instead of eigh?. One if ic th" workh'ju>e, another h:, either in the workhoust or 11 a common lodgin.?-.ious; £ vhilt tb.' other t--o depend on theharitv they reocive from th- C;ty Council and the public. Oriel p°.yp them 'ninepence a week' for maintenance. It ill owed tho hospital and chapel to fall into ruins. The chapel is used ag a barn, and the almhouees are in a dilapidated condition Th:.> land and the houses are rented, and Oriel pockets the rents for its own purposes—so says ou: wpntempor-ary.

FOR SAILORS' FRIENDS. FOREIGN AH RIVALS AND MOVEMENTS OF LOCAL STEAMERS Shil1ito left C¡\(iiff for 13nndiF!i Ut,h. Wood lie Id left Salonica for Hamburg 13th. hter Graham arrived Blyth 15th. Rochefort left Plymouth for Barry 15th. Jllne arrived Bordeaux 14th. Eppleton left Plymouth for Cardiff 16th. Vectis left Southampton 'or Cardiff 14th. Inver left Havre for Newport 14th. CVtimon arrived Amsterdam 14th. I-ady Haveloek arrived Swansea 15th. Fountains Abbey left St. Nazaire for Bilbao 14th. Me'rose Abbey arrived Penarth 14t,h. Tintern Abbey left Havre for Swansea 14th, I'aioniares arrived Bilbao 14th. Quickstep arrived Portsmouth 15th. Volage arrhed Baltimore 14th. left Bordeaux for Newport 13th. 1'rM.on arrived Wo Marina frCIU Genoa 14th. Skidby arrived Djibonti from Cardiff 1.1 tho ha rry passed Portland for Antwerp 15 th. I Gardepee arrived St. Nazaire 15'h. Stokesley left Rouen for Barry 14th. Pallion arrived Bordeaux 15th. Charing Cross alTlved Marseilles htb. Roath left Ardrocsan for Cardiff 14th. Rap'd arrived Rotterdam 14th. Thomas Turnbull left Harwich for Cardiff 14th. '_n

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BUSINESS ADDRESSES. PURVEYOR TO H.M. THE QUEEN. JOHN A. FISHER (FROM BATH), COOK .AND CONFECTIONER. HAVING PURCHASED THE CONFECTIONERY AND RESTAURANT BUSINESS KNOWN AS "THE BEAUFORT," 20, HIGH-STREET, CARDIFF, Begs to inform the Nobility, Gentry, and Inhabitants of the district that the busineas will be carried on under his personal supervision and competent management, and trusts that by supplying the Highest Quality Gcads at Strictly Moderate Prices to be favoured with their patronage and recommendations. CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR PRESENTS. JOHN A. FISHEE, THE BEAUFORT. 20 HIGH-STREET. CARDIFF, CONFECTIONER AND REFRESHMENT CONTRACTOR, Solicits an Inspection of his SPECIAIiIiY- SELECTED STOCK of ENGLISH and FOREIGN FANCY BASKETS, BOXES, COSAQUES, BON-BONS, FIGURES, and CHOCOLATES of all the but makere, LOOSE ..r in EXQUISITE BOXES. X M AS C A KES XMAS CAKES I ALMO-nJ) ICED AND DECORATED, 1 Sõ 4D. PER LB. ROYAL MINCE MEAT, Is- PER LB- PLUM PUDDINGS, IS. PER LB. ORDERS BY POST OR TELEGRAM RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION. BALL SUPPERS, WEDDING DEJEUNERS, or RECEPTIONS, BANQUETS, DINNERS, COMING-OF-AGE FESTIVITIES, Supplied in any part of the Kingdom. SPLENDID TESTIMONIALS. SINGLE DTSHES SUPPLIED, TURKEY A LA ROYALE, TURKEY GALANTINE, GAME PIE, BOAR'S HEAD, &c. JELLIES, CREAMS, ICES, ICED NESSELRODE PUDDINGS. "THE BEAUFORT" RESTAURANT 2 0, HIGH-STREET, CARDIFF. MISS MOORE, Manageress AND AT TUDOR HOUSE, GLOUCESTER. PHIL PHILLIPS' TOOTHACHE CURE (Rxe.] ACTS LIKE MAGIC! ONE SHILLING PER BOTTLE, POST FREE Is. 2d. A6ENTS; — NEWPORT: Mem*. T. OORDEY and 00., High- AHRRAV0N: Mr. THOMAS NICHOLAS, Centra street. Supply Stores, Water-street. SWANSEA: Messrs. TAYLOR and CO. (Limited), M0BR1ST0N Mr. L. BEVAN, Medical Hall. Wind-street. PONTYPRIDD: Mr. ISAAC PROTHEUO, Grocer, ko. WL'.STON-SU T'ER-MARE: Mr. NORMAN, 35, High- TENARTH STRANAGHAN and STEPHENS street. (Limited), Grocers. TREDEGAR: Mr. C. J. PRICE, Manchester House. EBBW VALE Mr. DAVID HUGHES, Grocer, Victoria- BRYNMAWR: Messrs. H. CONNOP And SON, streets Grocere. BRISTOL: Messrs. HENRY HODDER aad CO. BIAENA.VON: Messrs. D. DAVIES and CO., 100, (Limited). Chemists, Broad-etreet. Broad-street. BATH: THE BATH DRUG STORES, U, Abbej ILFRACOAIliS, Messrs. HUSSELL and SON, 27, High- Chirchyard. street. COWBRIDGE: Mr. J. G. HAROLD BIRD. MERTHYR: Messrs. Q. M. and R. GUNSON, 67 aad l'f l.THOAWL: T. LANGDON. Grocer, John-street. 63. Hieh-rtrcefc. LLANTWIT-MAJOR: Mr. WILLIAM CUMM1NGS. MONMOUTH: Mr. J. R. BARREXL, Grocer, Monnow- CHELTENHAM: Mr. J. JAMES, 5, Promenade. street. SHREWSBURY: Messrs. PHILLIPS and CO., 35, street. SHREWSBURY: Messrs. PHILLIPS and CO., 35, BRECON: Mr. W. LUDOR. Chemist. Pride-hill. HEREFORD: Messrs. CLARKSON aDd SON, 9, High- ROCHDALE: T. MONK JONES. 78, Yorkshire-øtreei. terrace. CARMARTHEN: Mr. C. E. DAVIES, Chemist, 10, I M IN" ROBERTS' STORES (Limited), Stafford Kinc street. Broadway. PORTII-Meeørs. Thomas and Brans, Hm People'! ABERDARE: TUDOR WILLIAMS, Medical Hall. Stores. PHIL PHILLIPS' RHEUMATIC CURE. [PATENTED. SOCKS, 10s. 6d. BELTS, 10s. 6d. WRISTLETS, 5s. (SKND MEASUREMENTS.) Thousands of Testimonials bare been received, and cam be seem ø applieatisa to ths Sato Manufacturer, MR. PHIL PHILLIPS. 24, ST MAKY-STREET, CARDIFF BEWAJtZ OF IMITATIONS! *0039

--?- PRICE OF WELSH COAJL EEMAEKABLE INTERVIEW ITST A FINANCIAL PAPERT In the "Financial News" of Friday there appeared an article on the price of South Wales ooal, in which an interview was reported be- tween a representative of the "Financial News" and a Mr. F. W. Lews, who acts for the firm of Messrs. Cory Bros. (Limited) on the London Coal Exchange. As a master of fact, there is no Mr. F. W. Lewis connected with the London house of Messrs. Oory Bros. and Co. (Limited,) and the natural inference to be drawn is that the "Financial News" has been hoaxed. The London representative of the firm is Mr. Moxey, jun., who has wired that the Mr. Lewis referred to is unknown to himself, and he has sent a disclaimer I to the "Financial News." Some of the infor- mation contained in the interview >s grossly inaccurate, and is likely to have a "bear" tendency on the market. For jistanee, it is stated that Messrs. Cory Brothers handle about 5,000,000 tons of ooal per annum, which means that the firm deale with one-third of i the total exports of Cardiff. This, of course, is an exaggeration, which everyone connected i with tha ooal trade will readily perceive. The mischievous part, of the article, however, is oontainea in the statement that the price of coal has remained at between 9e. 6d. and 108.1 for twelve months, and that ooly a rise of about 6d. per ton has taken place. As a matter of fact, prices at present rule from lis. to lls. 6d., and the supply of the best coaJs-outside exist- ing contracts-is limited. -m-

KAILWAYMEN'S AGITATTOX. CONCESSIONS BY THE MIDLAND BAIL WAY. The Central News has received the following omciaS. communication from the Midland Rail- way —Some fifteen months ago a general deputation from goods guards and shunters employed on the Midland Railway waited upon the directors with reference to their rates of pay and hours of labour. Although the direc- tors were unable at that time to grant the con- cessions asked for, except in some minor details, they have since had under their careful consideration the hours worked by tbose grades. At their meeting on Friday, they determined to reduce the hours of the shunters employed at the busiest statione from 60 to 48 per week during the winter months, from Octo- ber to March, and those of all goods guards from 66 to 60 per week all the year round. These reduced hours of labour, which will be brought into operation as quickly aa possible, will involve the "company in very large addi- tional expense, which when the petition was first presented the company did not feel justi- fied in incurring.

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MARQUESS OF BUTE AS PROVOST. The Clyde Pilotage Board at their annual meet- ing' (presided over by Lord Provost Richmond) welcomed the ex-officio members, and especially so the Marquess of Bute. When gentlemen in his exalted position become a provost of one of the Scottish burghs, said the Lord Provost, and took deep interest in the affairs of the public generally, it must be very gratifying, and it was especially so to the Clyde Pilotage Beard. He welcomed the Marquees of Bute in the name of the members, and he was sure they could depend on his help when needed.— Tli a Marquess of Bute returned thanks on behalf of himself and: the ex-officio members.

WELSH QUARRY DISPUTE. I Lord Penrhyn, through his manager, on Fri- day intimated that all classes of his former quarry workmen may apply for employment at certain Lowra on Monday and Tuesday next. I Such applications will be considered on then individual merits. His lordship has also issued a circular to the men reviewing the history of the strike and vindicating the justice of his own action. Special emphasis is laid on the fact that so long since as September measures had j been taken against sweating by means of sub- contracts, from which the dispute had arisen. Whilst approving of labour combination, Lord penrhyn refuses to recognise outside inter- ferenoe between employer and employed. I =====

PARUAMENTABY ITEMS. The Press Association learns that there is n< foundation for the statement that Mr. T. At Healy and his supporters intend to refrain froni attending the meeting of the Irish Parliamen- tary party at Westminster next Tuesday. With regard to the question whether they may after- wards be compelled to take separate action, that will depend upon the course adopted next week by the D:llonite majority of the party. It is underrtood that Mr. Blake, one of Mr. Dillon's supporters, and who A as a member of the recent Royal Commission, will move an amendment to the Address on t'he subject of Irish finan cial relations. It is improbable that Mr. Healy will put forward a rival amendment, but there is reason to believe that Mr. Redmond, who was also a member of the Royal Commission, will give notice of an amendment on the same sub- ject.

WELL THIS IS DREADFUL WEATHER FOR THE FAMILY WASHING DAY. Impassible to get the clothes dry. The oniy remedy is one of Spencer's 29s. 6d. Wringer and Mangle, to le obtained at Siienctr's Sewing Machine Depot, St. Jobn'e-souare, Cardiff. C:J908 The Little Cngliih Llrar Tonle —Keraiok'i Vep- table PUh dots, one small pill; 7 £ i, 1AI. Ijft, aad Ia. 9d. p«r b«x -0f all «t«r«s. "LINSEED COMPOUND," a lematcent anodyne ex- pectorant for Coughs and Oold., 9id., 13-1d, of Chemists only. e5901—4 Printed by the Proprietors, Western Mail (Limited), and published by them at their cfllces, St. Mary- street, Cardiff; at their offices. Castle Bailey- street, Swansea; at the shop of Mr. Wesley Wil- liams, Bridgend—all in the County of Glamorgan; ) at the "Western Mail" Offices. Newjwt; at the shop of Mr. J. P. Oaffrcy, Monnaowth, both in the Ounty of Monmouth; and at the shop of Mr. G. Ejmes, LlaneUy, in the County of Carmarthen. SATURDAY. JANUARY 16. 1897.