Evening Express

COMPLETED STORY. Romance of a Ne'er-do-Well. A lazy boyhood and a dissipated youth led I me at the age of 22 to the streets of Melbourne, a. beggar with no desire to work. I had also no desire to starve, so I determined to go up country to pick ,up a living, if possible. Long weeks of wandering and semi-starvation con- verted me on the subject, and I made up my mind to stay when at one farm I found that only straightforward labour was the condition of living under the same roof with Connie Morgan. She was tall, and fea rless-looking, and seemed to read my soul when she first glanced at me. She magnetised and draw me so far up to her ideal that my past life became shameful to my thoughts, and I worked like an honest man. Slowly, bit by bit, I told her my history, and in spite of it she took me and we became engaged. Old Morgan consented, for industry was capital in those parts, and I was as good as any man there. He set us up in a small "ran" of our own, a piece of generosity which de-. lighted Connie, but my heart misgave me about the place, for it was on the verge of Morgan's land and open to depredations from bush- rangers. Connie was as good on the farm as any man, and often took a turn at visiting the shepherds when they were stationed at a distance. As for bushrangers, we saw nothing of them. Some weeks after we settled sheep were missing, and a. strict watch was kept, but no one wa-s discovered, though once the shepherd got a shot at a dark object. Peacefully the first year of our married life drifted by, and then small troubles came. In the wet season I contracted a fever, the results of which would not leave me, and Connie did my share of overlooking as well as her own. The long illness affected my nerves, and I was sometimes in an agony of apprehension when she was away from home. One day Connie talked seriously to me about it. "You see. Jim, though I am such a matter- of-fact person. I know your moods thoroughly, so thoroughly that I feel them sometimes when away from you. I don't believe in spiritualism or things of that kind, but love as strong as ours brings a kind of second sight with it. I thtnk. If I am out a long time I seem to know when you are getting anxious about me, and my mind becomes divided between what I am doing and my fellow-feeling with you. You must have more faith in me and not worry go much." After that I really tried to conquer my anxiety, and fairly succeeded, until one day when Connie had gone? a comparatively short distance and yet delayed her return long after the usual hour. At first I put a strong control over myself, but at last both the servant and I I grew frantic.' When the man came in I sent him out again to meet her. My own ague and weakness were forgotten, and a horse was being saddled hat I. too, might join in the search, when suddenly I remembered what she had said about knowing my moods, and I put all my terror and strength into the cry that she would return. "Connie, Connie, come back!" I called in my heart; and then felt faint with dread at the possible result of neglecting her solemn warn- ing. She had asked me to have faith in her, and not to distract her mind with my fears. What evil might I not have done? At that moment a sound in the passage smote upon my ear and I saw my wife coming to the door of the room. With a cry of joy I rashed forward. "Connie, my darling, then yon are safe." But she put out her hand warningly and would not let me approach. Her eyes seemed not to see me, but to wear the desperate look of one who was fighting for her life; but this ^f&ded into a quick glance of alarm, followed by one of keen reproach. I cowered beneath the glance, while my heart stopped beating, and then the expression of her face changed to one of perfect pitying love. She held her hand to me entreatingly, her eyes blessed me, and in a low faint voice, which was rich and trembling with deep feel- ing. she murmured: "My dear. dear husband. I love you above all things; I love you with my everlasting love." Awed by her manner I stood still for one moment, then sprang forward to catch her in my arms. but she was not there. The servant and I looked at each other with distended eyes, as she slowly whispered: "Eh, but it was her ghost you saw." Then, wailing, she flung her apron over her head and crouched by the hearth. I mounted the animal which awaited me and rode all through the night. When morning dawned I was still on the fringe of the bush; and all that day on foot I forced my way hither and thither, following narrow paths when I could find them and mechani- cally going homeward toward the evening. On the very verge of the trees I came upon a spot where the grass, discoloured by blood, had been trampled down, and there I found a soft felt. Faint with deadly horror, with an agonising desire to shut my eyes for fear of what I might see. I looked slowly round. There, fallen among the shrubs and long grasses, was a dead, huddled-up thing-but it was not my wife. It was a. man with an evil. brutish face,, whom Connie had sent to his account. Then, with a hope strong within me. I hurried to my home. There I found the body of my wife, her face disfigured by terror, lying as the servants had brought her in. The thought that she might have been held prisoner through the night by such another ruffian as he who lay at the edge of the bush. that she had been somewhere near, though we could not find her, destroyed the last remnant of reason which was left in me. In my madness I made with ray weapon for the tfhsh. where I lived for weeks among the shadows the life of a wild animal. One evening, when autumn chilled and nipped the air, I saw flames gleaming behind the trees and cautiously stole toward them. My nerves shook with excitement, for here sat two of the dirty savages over a fire of wood. They were nearly naked, with long. matted hair hanging round their shoulders, and yet each speaking with an English tongue. They were talking of a madman who went about killing those he met in the bush; his wife had been slain by some one. they said. and they went in fear of meeting him. I laughed in glee at their words, for I did not intend that they should meet me. And then, with vi!e oaths and many a back- ward glance, the nearest man told in a cau- tious whisper how he had done it. He told how those on the "run" had been too free with their shot and he had sworn to be revenged; and how when he and a mate found Conn,e at twilight far away from all help they deter- mined to seize her. But my darling fought bravely for her life. With a sudden leap she shook herself free and shot one of them dead. So resolute and fierce was she that the other dived under the under- growth, hoping to overcome her by stealth. Not knowing on which side she stood, Connie made a rush for the open and stumbled straight into his arms. At that moment, when with her right hand free she could still have protected herself, she yielded merely to his grasp. She (lid not faint, for her bright eyes were staring straight over his head as though she saw a ghost, until even he 3hook with fear. However, she was his prisoner, and with swift strides he bore her triumphantly into the depths. And then?" asked his companion, with an oath a.nd a laugh that made me bite my lip through. And then," answered the other slowly. "and there she got the best of me. Her strength re- turned and she fought like a wild cat. In the struggle I tripped and fell in such a way that my hip was broken; you know how it was when you found me. But I did not feel the pain for a moment, and still holding her I beat her on the head with her own pistol just to keep her quiet. She fell upon me like a log of wood and I lost my senses. When I came round she was gone, She must have dragged herself away and died. I am glad I killed her," he added, with an oath which outdid all the former ones in its horrible brutality, and if only that madman of a husband of hers was here I would serve him the same. For one minute frenzy possessed me, then, raising the butt end of my gun with slow purpose, I felled his companion to the ground. The other started up with a howl of recogni- tion, but my weapon waa upon his ankle More he could move, and he lay helplessly at my mercy. Shrinking with fear he cowered down, and as I thought over h: lescription of Connie's death I Gouged to toi .ure the lite slowly out of him. "Murderer! You beat her to death," I whis- pered, and then blind rage took possession of me, and I struck him on the head again ana ag-ain with my heavy gun until he was an unrecognisable corpse. The first blow must have killed him, but my mad anger was not satisfied with that. Then, dimly conscious that my mission was accomplished. I turned toward that quarter in which our home lay. Two long years I passed in an asyiuin at Melbourne, and I was tben discharged, practically cured, and a beggar. I went to old Morgan first, and he, with a compassion that I did not deserve, sent me back to England. As I neared the old country the horror of remorse faded a little and another face—one surrounded v ith grey hair—shared my dreams with my dead wife. When I landed alone and despairing, my mother, with grief and love in her eyes, stood waiting for me. I-, was she who saved me from absolute wreckage. Over and over again she would get me to tell her my story until by her gentle arts she had turned my memory from the last dread scene to the vision of Connie's beautiful face as she held out forgiving hands, saying:- "I love you beyond all things; I love you with an everlasting love."

TOWS OF THE MOMEXT. SOME INTERESTING FACTS CON- CERNING SANTIAGO. Santiago-the object of universal interest at this moment-haa often been described as the safest ha,rbour in the world, so completely is it land-locked and proiected on all sides from storms. The entrance to it has been very ap- propriately compared to the neck of a bottle —a description which Admiral Cervera has painfully verified. The channel is absolutely so narrow as to render it impossible for more than one ship to enter at a time. The passage is extremely well protected by forts. The most famous of these strongholds is Morro Castle, which stands just at the entrance, but. accord- ing to a writer who visited the island in 1891, modern gunnery could destroy it in eight minutes. It is built upon the face of a rock, upon whose precipitous side the fortification is terraced. Two or three smaller forts are placed upon jutting headlands. In the mouth of the channel, according to this authority, it is possible for a ship in passing to exchange oral greetings with the sentries on either battle- ment. For a long time now Morro Castle has been used as a prison for political offenders. Its days of defensive importance ended with the period of buccaneers, against whose crude means of warfare it was an ample protection. In appearance it is Moorish-looking and pictu- resque to the last degree, with its crumbling, honey-combed battlements and queer little flanking turrets. The narrow winding channel which it guards leads into a broad sheltered bay. Behind this lies the old city of Santiago de Cuba, built upon a hiilside, and somewhat Oriental in its externals. The many-coloured, one-storeyed houses are Moorish in architecture, ranged in narrow streets, which cross each other at right angles. The oldest city in the new world, Santiago was the place whence Cortez sailed in 1519 to invade Mexico. It has some notable buildings, especially the cathe- dral. which was built in 1522. It is the second commercial port in the island. Three leagues inland, among the mountains, are situated the famous Cobre Copper Mines, said to be of superior richness, and whence, in the days of their active working, four million dollars' worth of ore has been exported in one year. This was the amount shipped in 1841, and so late as 1867 six thousand tons were exported in ten months. Not content with realising a very large income from the mines by way of taxes upon the product, the Spanish Government increased these Excise charges to such an extent as to absorb the entire profits of the works and kill the enterprise, so that the rich ores of Cobre now rest undisturbed in the earth. The head of the Church of Rome in Cuba is located here, it being an archbishop's sea, and the elaborate ceremonials which occa- sionally take place attract people from the most distant cities of the island. The Cathedral of Santiago is the largest in Cuba, but extremely simple in its interior arrangements, and so. indeed, are all the churches on the island. The multiplicity and gaudiness of the drink- ing saloons and bar-rooms are particularly noticeable in passing along the principal streets, and all generally do a thriving busi- ness. The Cubans drink lightly, but they drink often, and are especially addicted to gin, which is dealt out to them at an extraordinarily low price.

3IILLI0XS IX CHARITY. BRITONS SPEND AS MUCH AS BEL- GIUM'S ENTIRE REVENUE. Fourteen millions sterling is the amount voluntarily contributed in twelve months by the people of this country to various philan- thropic institutions in the British lsies-in round numbers, s. per head! When it is remembered that the entire re- venue of several countries which we can name does not materially exceed the sum which is here freely given in charity, and that all the machinery of State has to be kept in motion in those countries at a cost no higher than that of our hospitals and benevolent institu- tions alone, we surely have some excuse for lay- ing claim to the possession of at least one vir- tue. And this acknowledged contribution of four- teen millions from the nation at large decs not exhaust the list of doles, for it is palpable that considerable amounts are annually be- stowed through unrecognised channels, despite the efforts which are made to secure perfect organisation. Belgium's entire revenue is but fourteen and two-thirds millions sterling, but then, it will be said, Belgium is a small country. What, then, of Turkey, where the revenue is only six- teen millions? Imagination failg to picture the delight which Tewfik Pasha, the Turkish Chancellor of the Exchequer, would experience, could the Sultan's subjects be induced to contribute fourteen mil- lions sterling voluntarily for any purpose what- ever. But the Japanese Empire, and, stranger still, the Chinese Empire, can neither of them boast a larger revenue than fifteen millions sterl.n^ —scarcely above that of our charities-and yet the subjects of those monarchies perpetually complain of the burden of their taxation.

A BICYCLE TRAGEDY. "Look at that bicycle!" exclaimed the woman, as she identified it in the cloakroom, and sa.w that it had been knocked about until it looked like a job lot. "Yes'm, I've been looking at it," was the humble reply of the effi ial. "It's al! smashed to pieces!" "V es'm." "And it was done on this line!" 'Yes'm!" Well, what do you propose to do about it?" "I'll report it to the foreman, ma'am, and he'll report it to the stationmaster, and the stationm tster to the general manager, and the general manager to the beard of directors, and some day three or four ytars after this a law. yer will call on you and want to know why you didn't travel with year bicycle in a rug- strap. That's our icutine, ma'am. and v. e never alter it—not even when the guard for- gets to leave us a piece of the machine." --a

CLAY PIPES. The town of Brosely, in Shropshire, is still, as it was 300 year? ago, the headquarters of the clay pine industry in this country. The clay from which the pipes are mare com: £ still, as in tha "spacious times of great Eliza. beth," from Devon and Cornwall. Tn the early, days cf manufacturer, 20 gross was The 1 greatest number burnt in the kiln at one time, and of these at least 500 or 600 pipes were m- variably broken in the process. With im. proved skill and appliances, no fewer tlnm 6'J.OOO pipes can now be burnt m the "saggers" at one time, and of these not more than 1 per cent. are broken. In proof of the extreme durability of these famous nipei, there is more than one of Brosely manufacture in existence bearing the date 1600

When asking for Cocoa, insist on having CAD- EITltV S--3old only in Packets and Tins—as other Cocoas are often substituted for the sake oi extra drefit. *435—1

COMICALITIES—ORIGINAL AND OTHERWISE. Treddle's an awful fool, ain't he?" "He's in love, you know." What has that to do with his being a fool?" "Don't you know the definition of love? Two souls with but a single thought,' &c.?" "Well?" "That allows Treddle just half a thought, you see." Phrenologist: Oh, my lad, you have the bump of ambition very strongly developed— abnormally so—in fact, you ought to rise in life." Alf 'Opkins: So I was adoin,' gov'-nor, but I fell off the ladder on to my head, and I guess that bump don't count for much, eh?" Miss Jellus (to Miss Mature, who is handsome but not so young as she used to be): I beiievj you paint your cheeks?" Miss Maurice: ");c, I don't; Nature paints them." Miss Jellus: "Then I mu t say I wonder at Nature choosing such a worn-out piece of canvas to work on!" "You think your son would make us a satis- factory errand boy, do you?" inquired the merchant. "Whatever he does, sor, he does very quick," replied Mrs. Moriarty. "James,' replied the merchant, turning to the boy, "take Jhis note up to the referee at the football ground, and be back in fifteen minutes." "Niver moind. Jimmy!" said Mrs. Moriarty, as she turned to the door. "Come on h me! It's not' a bye they're wanting; it's an angel." In 1861 th erepeal of the paper duty was moving the political world. The Budget speech was preceded by a rumour that the basis of the scheme would be the repeal of the tea duty,, and that this would upset the Government. Just before Mr. Gladstone rose to make his statement there was handed to Lord Palmer- ston, on the Treasury bench, the following note from Lord Derby: "My dear Pam.—What is t obe the great proposal to-night? Is it to be a tea and turn out?" "My dear Derby," wrote the Premier, in reply, "it is not tea and turn out. It is to be paper and stationery." An old woman fond of using "aids to memory" was once delighted at receiving a loader named Banbury. "For," she said, "I have only to thi.ik of 'bandbox,' and I'.l remem- ber your name at once." One day scmeor.e not well acquainted with the young man --4 Jt d to inquire for him. but had to leive dis,p- pointed, as the old woman could think only of a Mr. Chest, or a Mr. Trunk to help the visitor. When the lodger returned he was told of the caller, and was asked his name "Chest, or Trunk?" "Neither' he thun fered. "My name's Banbury!" "Banbury?" echoed the old woman. "To be sare! Why, of course, to tell him who you were Iought to have thought of my empty bandbox!" "My friend," said the visitor to one of the convicts, with a patronising air, "never des- pair. Don't lose heart. No one knows what the future may have in store for you. I was once a poor, miserable thief like yourself. Now," he added, as he lighted another cigarette and thnew away the match, "I am a klepto- maniac." Magistrate (to prisoner): "What are you?" Prisoner: A deck labourer, yer washup." Constable: "Why, he's scarcely ever out of prison, your worship!" Prisoner: WeL, I'm always bein' sentenced ter 'ard labour in this 'ere dock, so if I ain't a dock labourer, wot am I? Yah!" Occasionally it is possible to satisfy the souvenir-seeker without doing any damage in particular. This was the case at the tomb of a great statesman. A lady has just picked up a pebble from the path in front of the venerated spot to carry home with her, when a work- man came up with a wheelbarrow full of stones \nd gravel, which he emptied on the spot. "Have you-have you ever done that befe re?" the lady asked in a slightly apprehensive tone. "Bless you, miss," was the reply, "we has to do this about every two weeks, so as the tourists can have something to carry away for momen- tums." Mrs. Gaybird (whose husband is ill from drink): Doctor, tell me the worst. Dr. Dosem: Well. madam, he will recover. Henry Ward Beecher was once approached by a young man who considered himself very clever. "Do you know, Mr. Beecher," said he, "I've been thinking that I would settle down. behave myself, and join your church. Now, 1 like your preaching, but when I go to your church and see such men as old S- and others, grasping skinflints and hypocrites to the core, sitting there in full membership, why. the th,ng is just a little too much for me. And really." he added, "I cannot join." "Well, you're right," said Mr. Beecher; "every church has such men, and I fancy Plymouth is rot free from them. And until you spoke I have always wondered why the good Lord permitted it. Now I understand." "Ah," gurgled the "oung fellow. "I am glad I have thrown light on the question. What strikes you as the reason, Mr. Beecher?" "Well," replied the great preacher, "it is per- mitted in order to keep just such fools as you out of the churches."

BIG GUNS AND THEIR COST. I Our finest gun is the weapon now supplied to the Xa\y from Woolwich, which is known as the 12in. wire-wound gun, and weighs 46 tons, There is no setter gun in existence, and it is taking the place of the much heavier gun—the 13.5in. gun of 67 tons. Each shell will cost the country from £ 60 to £ 70. The 67-ton gun has a muzzle velocity of 2.016ft. seconds, and throws a shell of about 1,2001b. weight, including the "burster," with a charge of 6301b. slow-burning cocoa powder. The expense of firing all these <?uns is very high ranging from the 17.72 gun of 110 tons, which is calculated to cost £ 1.000 for every round fired in action, to the smaller natures, which run to £ 10 a shot or so. This is a strong reason with all the Powers^ for avoiding war. More than ever it is a fighi of sovereigns. One experiment the Harfield Pro- jectile Company carried out the other day, in which only one "hot was fired, cost £ 1,000. The shell pierced sixteen inches of Harveyiscd s eel armour, nine inches of wood-hacking, and penetrated thirty feet into a sandbank behind. One such shell fired in anger would imreril the existence of the finest cruiser afloat.

POLITICAL PENSION LIST. The political pension list is a blank at present. A Parliamentary paper just issued shows this satisfactory state of matters. The last of the pensioners was the late Mr. Yil- liers, who. it appears, in his day drew no less a sum than £30,773 19s. 4d. from a grateful country. Three members of the present Government figure on the list, but being in office their pensions are at present in abey- ance. These are—Lord Cross, who has drawn £ 10,760 17s. 5d. in the way of pension; Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, who has had £ 3,436 14s. 2d.. and Lord George Hamilton, who has got £ 5.728 4s. when out of office for his eminent services as a statesman. It can hardly be said that the Political Offices Pension Act, which came into operation only in 1869, has been abused, for during the 30 years since then only eleven ex-Ministers have taken advantage of it, and these have been almost equally divided between the two parties. The late Mr. Childers (who received £ 11,473), Mr. Shaw- Lefevre (who received £ 4.329—but he has resigned his pension), the late Mr. Mundella ( £ 2,983), the late Lord Emlyn (JE9 373) were the Liberals; while the conservatives, in addition to those mentioned above, were the late Lord 1 Iddesleigh (£955), and Lord John Manners The latter resigned his pension when he became Duke of Rutland. Mr. Headlam, who was an ex-Judge-Advocate-General, onjoyed a pension for two or three years, and Mr. Villiers make up the total.

OUR DAILY CARTOON. Cardiff and the Gorsedd. DAME WALES: "Indeed now. my biggest gel wass make mors fuss over him nor any of my other daughters, although she wass not so Welshy, look you, an' I wass very glad to see it!"

-) t Worth of tobc Given Bicydes o £ jO^-U Away. The Proprietors of the Evening Express have determined upon another Great Gift of Bicycles. They will give, as an AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY Present, to the young lady employed at a Hotel or Licensed House Bar in each of the following districts of Wales who obtains the largest number of votes A STANDARD (18981 Price, Rudge-Whitworth List Bicycle j £20. Winner to select her own Machine at Com- pany's Depot, 108, St. Mary-street, Cardiff, or have one Built to Order if preferred. CARDIFF. fABEBAMAN 1 CENTRAL WARD ] .MOUNTAIN ASH 2 SuLlti WARD PK^KHIVYCEIBER Ull-rY.NTOD (.CAxHArS 10 i PONTYPRIDD ( A AMbDOWN iTRKFORFST 5-U-PLOTI CGltANGE (TRU1ERBERT —— ITKEORK Y iPENARTH \rtXKAK 6 1 COG AN LLW YNYPIA .MEKTHYR PENYGRAIG 7^DOWLAl> |PuRTH • (.Ai-ERDARE iKcALAW [jH'NFI IDINAS (GARW & OGMORE gJ VALLEYS (BARRY ) BRIDGEND 12-5 BARKY DOCK VajblraVjn Ccauuxton 13. ( Aiiv (ulier Town or District in Wales other 14. than the above-mentioned. It will be observed that certain wards and toTvna have been bracketed together for the purpose of this competition. The places thus bracketed will be dealt with as constituting only one constituency, and the bicycle will be awarded to the lady obtaining the greatest number of coupons m that district. In addition to a Bicycle to the lady heading the list in each of the above constituencies. Two Bicycles Will be Given as Consolation Prizes. The disposition of these Consolation Bicycles will be at the absolute discretion of the com- petitor standing next to the highest in each I constituency and of all competitors who have obtained over 2,000 coupons. They may be held in turn, priority being decided by ballot, or they may be s ild and the proceeds divided, or the absolute ownership cf them may be de- cided by lot. The decision will rest entirely with the competitors entitled to a voice in the matter, who will be asked to reply to certain questions that will be submitted to them. Any coupon bearing a lady's name (not already on the published list up to the day of sending) must be accompanied by the lady's written consent to be entered in the competi- tion. Conditions and Mode of Voting. There wiil appear in the "EVENING EXPRESS each day a Coupon, which must be filled up, cut out, and sent to the Evening Express Office, marked outside the envelope, Bicycle Competition." Every Coupon will bear the date of issue of the paper in which it appears, and no Coupon will be eligible for registration which is not delivered at this office within seven days of the date of issue. The valid Coupons will be registered, and a list of the ladies who stand highest on the poll inreach of the places or groups of towns enumerated will be published daily. > The last day on which Coupons will be » printed will be WEDNESDAY, JULY 27. and Coupons will be received up to Five p.m. on Thursday, July 28. As many Coupons as the friends of the various Candidates choose to send in will be received daily up to the close of the Competition. The Coupon will be found on the left-hand corner of our second pag;.

CRICKET COMPETITION. ENTRANCE FEE TWOPENCE. All the Money for the Best Coupon. To the reader of the "Evening Express" who predicts, or most nearly predicts, the result of the following cricket matches, to be played during next week, we will award all" tpe Entrance Fees of the Competition. With each Coupon must be enclosed twopence in stamps, and the amount thus obtained will be given to the competitor who sends in the best coupon. CONDITIONS. If the competitor predicts a draw, he must not erase either name. If the competitor predicts a win, he must strike out the name of the losing team. If for any cause a match be abandoned it will be considered a "draw.' Coupons must reach this office by first post on Monday morning, and the winner or winners will be announced in our issue on the following Monday. Competitors must write upon the envelopes crntaining their coupons, "Cricket Competi- tion." Competitors may send aa many coupons as they like, but each coupon must be accom- panied by twopence in stamps. Other conditions as in racing competition. CRICKET SKILL COUPON. (TO BE SENT IN BY MONDAY. JULY 11). DERBYSHIRE V. NOTTS. (Commencing July 11). WARWICKSHIRE V. GLO'STERSHIRE. (Commencing July 11). YORKSHIRE V. LANCASHIRE. (Commencing July 11). MIDDLE EX V. USSEX. (Commencing July 14). GLO'STERSHIRE V. SOMERSET. (Commencing July 14). LANCASHIRE V. ESSEX. (Commencing July 14). N am- Address N.B.—In consequence of complaints as to the difficulty of predicting the exact scores of various cricket matches, we have decided to simplify the competition, and in future com- petitors wiil only be required to predict the name of the winning team or a draw.

SIAMESE ENGLISH. An old Siamese teacher in trying to master English wrote a list of definitions, from which we select for the entertainment of our young readers the followingWig, hypocrite hair; flattery, a good kind of curse word; whisky, sin water; gold, a very good thing; blew, a wind verb; kick, a foot verb; bow, a salute verb; hop, a frog verb; liar, a bad adjective of boy; modesty, a good adjective of girl; vine, a string tree; cunning, a good word of p. sophy man; daughter, a girl son; bullet, a son of a glul; sponge, water foam; large, an adject, ,e of preacher; preach, a missionary verb; comfort, word of mother to crying child; adulterate, a bad adjective of lying man; admonition, word of Bible.

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i50_PRIZL ¡ Racing Predictions. To the reader who predicts the Wining Horse in each of the Races named in the subjoined Coupon the Proprietors of the "Evening Ex- press" will Award a Prize of JB50. If more than one competitor is correct, the money will be divided amongst those who have sent in correct coupons. If no competitor is correct, A CONSOLATION PRIZE OF £ 10 Will be awarded to the competitor whose pre- dictions are adjudged by the Editor to be nearest to the correct result, or, in the event of a tie, the money will be divided. CONDITIONS. Opposite the name of each Race in tlw Coupon write the name of the horse you select. Place the Coupon in an envelope, bearing the words, "Racing Competition," and addressed to the "Evening Express" Office, Cardiff, Send as many Coupons as you like, but every Ccupon must be accompanied by an Entrance Fee of TWOPENCE in Stamps. Sums of One Shilling and upwards may be in postal orders. Write your name and address clearly in the space provided for that purpose on each Cou- pon. Coupons must reach the "Evening Express" Office by the first post NEXT THURSDAY Morning, and the result will be announced the following Monday. The entries for the Races will be found beneath the Coupon. The decision of the Editor must be accepted as absolutely final. No member of the "Evening Express" or Western Mail" staff will be allowed to com- pete. c RACING COUPON. TO BE SENT IN BY THURSDAY JULY 7, 1898. Alington Plate, at '———— liACE. WINDING HORSK" Almgton Plate. at Stock bridge, on Thursday. Hurstborne Stakes, at Stockbridge, on Thursday. Trial Handicap, at Pontetract, on Thursday. Great West Riding Handicap, at Ponte- fract, on Thursday. Oak Tree Handicap ————_ at Lingfield, oi. Friday- Name Address .I The ALINGTON PLATE (Handicap) of 500 sovs. New mile. a. st lb a at lb Addendum 3 7 3 Funny Boat 5 7 11 Neish 3 7 11 Dynamo 5 8 5 Duamia 4 7 5 Spook 5 8 13 Hips and Haws. 4 9 0 The HURSTBOURNE STAKES of 50 sovs each. Five furlongs. st lb j 8t lb Hall Mark colt 9 0 I Aylstone 8 u Doddington 9 0 j Sinopi g Manners 9 0 j Lady Yardley f 8 11 Latheronwheel 9 0 Circus 8 g Aslingdon 9 0 Lady Ogle 8 6 St. Editha filly. 8 11 The TRIAL HANDICAP PLATE of 100 sovs. Five furlongs. a st lb a at lb Royal Flush L 9 3 Loch Awe 57 6 Bed Light 6 8 11 Truth 375 CaxOcnald 6 8 4 Or nt's II. horse 5 7 4 I Fencote 3 8 1 Wleatley 3 7 3, Chief Baron 5 8 1 Squire Jack 3 7 3 Difk a 7 13 Queen Cake 3 7 2 Q. of the Rivers 3 7 12 Gallienus 3 7 2 i.uance M.-uJey 3 7 li Keed Bird J 7 0 Agnes Galliard 5 7 9 Double I>arsy. 7 q Valhalla 3 7 8 The Lamb 3 7 0 Valhalla 3 7 8 The Lamb 3 7 0 S* Jessie j, 3 7 7 The Vow 3 7 0 The GREAT WEST RIDING HANDICAP PLATE of 300 sovs; winners extra. About one mile J half. a stlb a st lb Sheeroe • 9 0 Lomax 4 7 6 Form 6 8 l1 Beckhampton .675 Carnatum 4 8 11 Burannus 5 7 5 Don Alonzo a 8 5 Malachi 473 Sambre 5 8 4 Bird of March 3 7 3 Bambini 3 8 4 Queen's Park 3 7 2 Scrivener 5 7 13 Portacloy 3 7 2 Burnock Water 5 7 13 Oregon a 7 1 Beverini 3 1 11 Grace Darling II. 6 10 Dolls 4 7 11 Muskham 3 6 10 Sisyphus 4 7 9 Jeanie filly 6 6 10 S'cr't S'rv'ce 5 7 The OAK TREE HANDICAP of 150 sovs. Beven I furlongs. a. at lb a at lb Filassier 5 9 0 Simonwick 4 7 8 Duamia 4 8 6 Friarlike 5 7 8 Tender & True.. 5 8 5 Pegaso 3 7 7 Mack 4 8 4 Rissoto 3 7 7 Red Virgin 4 8 4 Snaresbrook 3 7 3 Hornpool 5 8 3 Cri de Guerre. 3 7 1 Blossevile 4 8 2 Poido 3 7 0 Georgiana 4 8 2 Bobbie Barns. 3 6 12 Necromantio 3 7 12 Bell Rope 3 6 10 Savory 3 7 10 Sum Total 3 6 7 Cohefield 4 7 8 1

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Here is a story from the" English Church Chimes" :-Mrs. Proudie, the excellent wife of the Bishop of Copeminster, down in the Mid- lands, does admirable work by going among the poor people and talking to them of her own experiences, and giving them wholesome advice. did so the other day at Mudbury, near Copeminster..Next day the rector's daughter a tMudbury said to one of the audience of the previous evening: "Well, Mrs. Toodle, what did you think of Mrs. Proudie's address?" "Oh, it was very good, very good, but, you see, she only went half way." "What- ever do you mean, Mrs. Toodle?" said the young lady. "Well, miss, she didn't tell us what she does when Mr. Proudie comes home drunk. We should like a little advice on that 'ere point."

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I FOR BOYS AND GIRLS ONLY. The "Evening Express" Boys and Girls' Cluo (established March 21, lfe98) is formeu for the purpose of promoting principles of kindness amongst young peopie, and f. r the mutual interest and instruction of its members. Boys and GirL3, wherever resident are eli- gible for membership, piovided their age does not exceed sixteen years Intending Members must fill up the sub- joined Coupon, and forward it to Unc.e Joe, "Evening Express," Cardiff. Th,'ir name, and addresses will be published, and each new Member is entitled to a beautifully designed Certificate. Cardiff Members must call for their Certificates at the "Express Offices, St. Mary-street. Other members must forward one penny stamp for postage. Uncle Joe is always pleased to hear from his Club Members on anv matter of interest. whether relating to school or recreation. and he invites questions and answers Only Club Members re eligible to compete for the Pri..e given to this column, with the exception of the Painting Competition. Children writing to Uncle Joe must always add to their names their officia; number as Members of the Club.

I desire to be enrolled a member of the "^Evening Express" Boys and Girls Club, and I hereby promise That I will always be obedient to my parents, and kind to the aged and infirm. That I will try and help less fortunate children. That I will be kind to nnimals. That I will try and do something every day to make things happy for those around me. Nam* Address

Well, children, don't you think we've all good reason to be proud of our Club? We only started March 21, and already-in little more then three months—we number nearly 1,800 members! At this rate, by the end of July, we shall be 2,000 strong. Though it is not six months since the start Uncle Joe seizes the fact of the completion of the half-year to pub- lish his ROLL OF HONOUR, That is, the names of those members who have received prizes, or otherwise dinstinguished themselves since the formation of the Club. Here they are:- 1. Charles Godfree, 13, Church-street, Cardiff. First member of the Club. 2. Pascoe Howells, 3, Southey-st., Cardiff. Winner of Prominent Men Puzzle Prize. 3. Florrie Simmonds, Wood-street, Cardiff. Winner of Helpers' Award. 4. William Catleugh, 23. Contellation-street, Cardiff. Winner of Welsh Towns Puzzle Prize. 5. R. O. Williams, 30, Wordsworthavenne, Cardiff. Winner of Puzzle Pictures Prize. 6. Ada Melsom, 20, Atlas-place, Cardiff. Winner of half first-prize for essay, "How I Spent Easter." 7. Clara Thomas, Llantrisant-street, Cardiff. Ditto. 8. Walter Jenkins. 60, Llandaff-road, Cardiff. Second prize ditto. 9. Ted James, Porthcawl. Third prize ditto. 10. F. H. Lewis, Penypeel-road, Cardiff. Draw- ing competition, first prize. 11. W. Gregory, 7, Treherbert-street, Cardiff. Second prize ditto. 12. Walter Jenkins, Llandaff-road. Sub. editor Essay Prize. 13. Charles Pelley, Colum-road, Cardiff. First prize for original tale. 14. Ada Melsom, Atlas-place, Cardiff. Second prize ditto. 15. S. Edwards, High-street, Haverfordwest. Third prize ditto. 16. Agnes Walker, 15. Egerton-street, Cardiff. Prize for Puzzle Pictures. 17. F. David. Windsor-road, Cardiff. One Thousandth member. 18. Harry White, Llanfair-road, Cardiff, Geography Puzzle Prize. 19. Lizzie Furtwangler, 99, Clare-road, Cardiff. Funny Faces Puzzle Prize. 20. Ted James, Porthcawl. Residence Essay First Prize. 21. W. Angove, Penarth. Ditto, Second Prize. 22. Charles Pelley, Colum-road, Cardiff. Ditto, Third Prize. 24. Charles Evans, Neyland. Ditto, Fourth Prize. 25. J. Lloyd, 74, Craddock-street, Cardiff. Helper's Prize. 26. A. Blain, 10, Marlborough-terrace, Cardiff. Portrait Competition First Prize. 27. Mostyn Williams, Blackweir House. Ditto, Second Prize. 28. W. Tanner, Wood-street, Cardiff. 1,500th Member. 29. Jack Tjhomas. Bazaar, Pentre. Hand- writing Competition. Boys' Prize. 30. Beatrice Day, Freehold, Llandaff. Ditto, Girls' Prize. 31. John Barry, 24, Buzzard-street, Cardiff. Helper's Prize. 32. John Williams, Morel-street, Barry Dock. Ditto. 33. Emma. Lake. 22, Scott-street, Cardiff. Ditto. 34. Gertie Evans, 43, Havelock-street, Cardiff. Ditto. 35. John Powell, 4, Davis-street, Cardiff. Ditto. 36. Annie Phillips, Llanisben, Ditto.

OUR COMPETITIONS. Uncle Joe has been asked by several members of the Club to give a prize for the best piece of poetry. He declined to do this some time ago, but as the request has been made so earnestly again he has nothing to do but give way. So, dear Boys and Girls, let loose your bardic powers, and put the Gorsedd in the shade! No piece must exceed 24 lines in length, and 2s. 6d. will be given to the best girl poet and the same amount to the best boy poet. On one thing Uncle Joe positively insists-that matter for competition MUST NOT BE COPIED OUT OF A BOOK. Make up your poetry or whatever else it is out of your own head. Because of this copying Uncle Joe is compelled to withhold the "Mariner's Compass" prize, much to his regret; but you all know what is done in examinations when children are caught copying, don't you?

LETTER BOX. 43, Havelock-street, Cardiff. Dear Uncle Joe,-I have much pleasure in sending you nineteen new members, so that will make 30 altogether I have sent in. I have no more to say at present. Trusting you are quite well.—I remain, your affectionate Niece, GERTIE EVANS. 173, Eldon-road, Riverside. Cardiff. Dear Uncle Joe,—I am Bending you in a few • new members, and I am glad to see our Club increasing so.-From your loving Nephew, WILLIE LOVERING (No. 22). 5, Wood-street, Cardiff. Dear Uncle Joe,—I desire to be enrolled a member of your B)ys' and Girls' Club. This is all I have to say at present.-Yours faithfully, BERTIE CONNOCK. Dear Uncle Joe,—I had my certificate on .Monday, and I like it very much. I will 'try ny best to keep up the rules.—From your loving Nephew, J. MILES (1,593). 25, Smeaton-street, June 27. Dear Uncle Joe,-I um sorry I have not written before, but, as I have not much time to spare, I could not. I am eleven years of Ige, and I a-m in Standard VI. We hau a rabbit, which was very affectionate, but, as it v..s growing nice an" big aiw just ready 1 r eating, we had it killed. We have got a lovely garuen full uf flowers, and also a large cuu- ervatory .vith a large grape vine in it. The grapes are very large,, and will soon be ripe, ve got a .arge canafy, which does not sin^: much. I attend to it nearly every day. My orothers are very fond of football, and are dways playing it. I am on the look-out for v competition for the girls. I was too late for he last one but I hope to see one soon. I aa=it now close my letter.—With love, from /our affectionate Niece, NELLY WALDEN. July 1. 1898. Dear Uncle Joe,-I join your Club on Tuesday, and I am so glad I have joined it. I was told my certificate would be ready on Monday, July 4. I have spare time now to write to you. It i stoo wet to go out. so I thought I would write to you. I think you rClub is increasing very quickly. I hope it will increase far better than very quickly. I hope you are enjoying good haalth. Dear Uncle, I have no more to say just at present, but I will write to you again by and bye.—From your true Nephaw, H. CHAMBERLAIN. 63, St. Mary-street, Cardiff. [You can call for your certificate whenever you like.] nv 2, Roberts-row, Cwmtillery. Dear Uncle Joe,- Iwish to become a member of your "Evening Express" Boys' and Girls' Club. I was very pleased to see it in the "Evening Express." I am sending a stamp for a certificate for me. I have got a little kitten. I have had it given to me by Eclwin Howells. I must close now, as I am in a hurry.-I remain your loving Niece, WINNIE HEARTON. [Uncle wants more Nephews and Nieces in your town!] 31. Bute-terrace, Cardiff, July 2, 1898. Dear Uncle Joe,—I now write to tell you that

PRINCE OF MONACO S DIS- COVERIES. In the current number of "Nature" the Prince of Monaco describes in a most inte- resting article the result of his deep sea ex- plorations. carried on in the Atlantic and elsewhere for a number of years, and the many strange discoveries he has made. In the course of his remarks, the Prince says: —Among the special circumstances created by the statical and dynamical conditions of the deep sea, organic life presents itself under aspects which appear strange to those who are accus- tomed to its appearance near the surface. I endeavoured to obtain from all the levels of the sea as many samples of the species belong- ing to them as it was possible, but I had to find other apparatus than the old trawl used for former scientific cruises, which can only get animals fixed on the bottom of the sea, or hiding in the mud, or possessing very slow means of progressing. Of course. I have used it a great deal. because no other instrument can collect for us a certain fauna; but when it occurred to me that there must be in the de01) waters some nimble animals able to escape such a net as a trawl, I first built a trap of a special shape and very large, in order to attract these supposed animals, when properly baited. The trap is lowered to the bottom with a steel cable, and hauled up again after having been left there a day or two attached to a buoy. The handling of this was very difficult in the beginning, and required several years' practice to be brought to positive rules, but it has given most brilliant results, animals quite unknown coming into my hands perfectly well preserved against shocks, frictions, and other causes of damage to which they would be liable in a trawl. One interesting fact they have shown in the enor- mous numbers in which some animals exist in certain places. As an example, I obtained one day in a trap that had been lying on the bottom at 700 fathoms depth for 24 hours 1,198 fish called "Simenchelys parasiticus," which was only known by one or two samples in a more or less imperfect state. I have suc- ceeded in sending these traps as low as 3.000 fathoms with complete success. On another occasion my trap brought up a new crab, one of the largest ever knnown, "Geryon affinis," and there were 64 specimens of it. Curiously enough, several of them. which had yet found the entrance of the trap when it was hauled up. made the whole voyage of many hundreds of fathoms clinging voluntarily to the outside of the trap. Lately I have obtained a certain number of large animals living in those intermediate depths, and belonging to the very interesting group of cephalopods, by examining the stomach of several cetaceans who feed upon them. Since this interesting fact, I added to the scientific gear of my vessel a complete whaling arrangement. This new method has given me the most remarkable animals of my whole collection; one especially. the "Lepidoteuthis Grimaldi," can be classified in no actually known species, genus, or even family of his order. It was vomited in 1895 during the dying struggles of a sperm whale, but had, unfortunately lost its head by the last adventures of its life. The fragment is about one yard in length, and the complete animal must have measured over 7ft.; adding the arms, we get a monster of colossal strength. Its most remarkable feature is a cuirass of large prominent scales which cover its visceral bag; these are quite unknown with animals of that order. The vomitings of the same sperm whale, who covered two acres of the sea with his blood, contained another immense cephalopod, a Cucioteuthis, with arms as strong as a man's, and carrying suckers armed with claws as powerful as those of a tiger; this animal is furnished with luminous organs. In 1897 another large cetacean that I was attack- ing with my whale boats vomited a large fragment of a cephalopod, which was peculiar in being of vivid substance not unlike glycerine; no net could retain it, and we only secured it by "dipping" it up with a large tub, as well as the mass of water in which it was floating. But it will be convenient to remind the reader that cetaceans divide themselves into two prin- cipal groups. One, to which belongs the right whale or other marine mammals classed by whalers, and who feed upon very small animals that they absorb simply by moving about with their mouths open. They have no teeth, but a sort of sieve made of what is called whalebone. Among many remarkable facts that I have observed during my studies of the ocean one has e3pecially called my attention because of its practical consequences; that is. the intensity of life appearing on the surface at certain hours. Almost in every region of the North Atlantic where I have carried on my investi- gations I have ascertained the existence of large tunny fishes which, morning and evening, chase smaller fishes whose shoals cover some- times the sea on such a large area that we sail or steam hours and hours across them. Then if we sight some wreckage—as a log or a barrel -we always find under it or near it fishes of a good size and of different species that never seem to abandon this guide that they have chosen, and that takes them across the Atlantic. They are very easily caught with a fish spear, and the tunny fish are hooked with a tow-line baited with a rough imitation of a. squid. Many sailors wrecked on the Atlantic, and abandoned for days and weeks on its apparently uninhabited wilderness, have died of hunger among a most abundant and attain- able food, and they could have been saved had they simply known it, and possessed the very simple gear lequired. Therefore, I think that all the principal boats of a ship ought to be permanently provided with a few lines and hooks and with a fish spear. There is no very obvious explanation of the fascination which any floating or drifting object seems to have for marine animals of various sorts. Even turtles, which are very stupid, and sperm whales or other cetaceans, which seem intelligent, are attracted by a buoy or by a ship, and any kind of apparatus brought up from the depth, even a cable end, is often accompanied by single fish or small companies, which get hopelessly bewildered when the object disappears out of the, water.

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"Peter's Paradise." "Peter's Paradise" is a beautiful coloured pic* ture-book, published at Is. 6d., but which the pro" prietors of the Evening Express are offering to Uncle Joe's Boys and Girls at the ridiculously small sum of 2d. per copy. "Peter's Paradise" is a description in picture and verse of the Crystal Palace, and Uncle Joe assures his Nephews and Nieces that they are never likely to pick up a prettier book at so small a price. If you are a Cardial member, and want 'Peter's Paradise," you must bring to the "Evening Express" o_„e twopence and your Club certificate. The certificate is to let the clerk at the counter know you are a bona-fide member of the Club. Don't be afraid. He will not keep the certificate. You will be able to take it home again, and with it this beauti- ful book. "Peter's Paradise." Distant members must send threepence extra for age of the book. Non-members must pay threepence if uiey want the book, and sixpence if they want it by post. No member of the Club can have "Peter's Paradise" for twopence without pro t. dueing his or her certificate. f

Our Bank Holiday Bikes LIST OF COMPETITORS TODAF. This is what the "Western Mail" says of oUt competition this morning, under the title "Easy Way of Winning a Bicycle." Our com petitors may read and learn: — One of the keenest newspaper competitions 01 which we have had local experience is that now running in the "Evening Express." Six-- teen twenty-pound bicycles are offered to the sixteen most popular young ladies employed at a hotel or licensed house bar in Eastern, Southern, and Mid Glamorgan, and the votes are rolling in with much enthusiasm. One of the curious features of the competition is the varying interest shown in different districts. In the five districts into which Cardiff is divided the rivalry is, naturally, of the keenest description, and in one case no fewer than 16,000 votes have already been cast, and the second competitor is by no means discourage ingly far behind. Penarth and Cogan district is curiously slow. There are only two serious competitors. The contest is slightly sharper in the Merthyr, Dowlais, and Aberdare district, but, after all, there are only three in the run- ning. The same may be said of Pontypridd and Treforest, and also of the district embrac- ing Aberavon, Mountain Ash, &c., which shows such a state of things that a new competitor would only require 2,000 coupons to take the lead. The most curious situation is in Barry and Cadoxton, where a competitor can afford to take things easily because she is the only one. In this case the bicycle is, of course, a gift unless someone starts off with 1,500 and takes chief place right away. Indeed, a very little spurt in the places named would send even quite a new competitor to the top. The novel competition has clearly aroused wida interest, for the many admirers of the young ladies are showing much determination in securing the bicycles for their particular favourites. Central Ward, Cardiff. (ONE BICYCLE.) Mon. Tues. Miss Ford, Glove and Shears Hotel 7,003 7,503 Miss Child, Duke of Wellington Hotel 5,849 6,675 Mi. s M. Evans, Park Hotel 1,319 1,319 Miss Selwood, Pembroke Castle Hotel 761 761 Miss A. Edwards, Grand Hotel 420. 420 Miss Stephens, Golden Cross Hotel 242 242 Miss E. Ham, Old Arcade Hotel 205 206 Miss Handy, Grand Hotel 175 184 South Ward, Cardiff. (ONE BICYCLE.) Mon. Tues. Miss John, West Dock Hotel 2,735 3,000 Miss R. Chase, KxchangeRestaurant. 1,)30 1,350 Miss C. Harris, Hope and Anchor 640 369 Miss Maud Gilniore, Packet Hotel 373. 3 £ } Canton and Riverside. (ONE BICYCLE.) Mon. Tneø Miss B. Walters, Corporation Hotel. 1,899 2,018 Miss Og-dell, Albion Hotel 1,341 1,557 Miss A. Gulliver, Crown Inn 1,050 1,140 MisaDa.ynmu.Corpora.tiouHotel. 992 1,051 Miss Thomas, LOHIstrealli Hotel 599 689 Miss M. Hedges, Wells Hotel 205. 205 Miss G.Davies,Robin Hood H'l, Cauton 147. 161 Roath, Park, and Catliays. (ONE BICYCLE.) Mon. Tues. Miss Clayton, Roath Castle Hotel. 4,517 4 517 Miss Paynter, Woodviile Hotel 2,^57 2.257 Miss Andrews, Alexlwdra Hotel 1,953 1,955 Adamsdown, Splott, and G-rang'eto'vriu (ONE BICYCLE.) Mon. Tues. Miss Donovan, Green Fields of Erin.16,320 .17,110 Miss B. G. Jones,Klajmuey Hotel j2,^33 .114,233 Miss Donovan, Green Fields of Erin.16,320 .17,110 Miss B. G. Jones,Klajmuey Hotel j2,^33 .114,233 Miss M. BenweH.,Forge Inn, Grange. 2,640 2,640 Miss Bullock, Lord Wimborne Hotel 1,330 1,330 Miss temitb, Eagle Hotel, Adamsdown 611. 611 Miss Hewings, Grange Hotel 101 101 Penarth and Cogan. (ONE BICYCLE.) Mon. Toes. Mon. Tues. MissA.Cla.rke.Windsor Hotel 6,167 6,716 MissM. Moigau,Albion Hotel 3,159 3,302 Merthyr, Dowlais, and Aberdare. (ONE BICYCLE.) Mon. Tues. Miss Thomas, Plym'th Arms, Merthyr 2,349 2,648 Miss Williams, Bird-in-Haud, Merthyr 2,140 2,140 Miss Mayberry.Cowb'geHtl., Aberd're 1,140 1,440 j Llynfi, Garw, and Ogmore. t (ONE BICYCLE.) Mon. Tues. Miss Morris, Blaengarw Hotel, Bl'garw 5,058 5,249 Miss Harding, Joiners' Arms. Bridgend 2,013 2,013 Miss Jones, Three Horse Shoes, M'teg 7b4 764 Miss Jones, Wyudliam Htl., Nantymoei 527. 527 :Pontypridd and Treforest. (ONE BICYCLE.) Mon. Tast Miss Thomas, Sportsman,Pontypridd. 2,087 2,32t Miss Stanbury, Half Moon,Pontypridd 1,826 2,218 Miss K. Jones, N ew Inn, Pontypridd.. 1,161 1,167 Aberavon, Mountain Ash, Etc. (ONE BICYCLE.) i Mon. Tnes. Miss Games, Junction Htl., Abercynon 1,682 1,68' Miss Davies, Junction H'l, A'cynon 60. 101 Treherbert, Treorky, etc. (ONE BICYCLE.) Mon. Tues. Miss Davies. Imperial Hotel,Porth 4,824 5,178 Miss Webb, Griltiii Htl.,Pentre Ystrad 2,277 2,277 Miss Davies, Cross Keys, Llwynypia. 2,239 2,645 Miss Jenkins, Pengelly Hotel, Treorky 565. 565 Miss A. Evans, Ynyscynon H'l, T'alaw 111 2la Barry and Cadoxton. (ONE BICYCLE.) Miss Paradice,Windsor Hotel 1,404 1,641 Any Other Town or District. I (two BiCYnT/rcsv I Mon. Tnea. Mi?s Kuowles, Porthcawl Hotel 1,408 1,530 Miss Thomas, Commercial Htl, F'dale 1,167 1,367 Miss E. A. Davies,Railway H'l, L'daff. 1,261 1,401 Miss Kendrick, Porthcawl Hotel 846 906 Miss Williunis, Greyhound, LLinelly 958 958 I Miss Mjorcraft, Penrh* s H'l,Ty'town 535 535 t Miss J. Livsey, GJyntaif H'l, T'rhiw 309 384 J Miss Williams, Bear Inn, Liantrisant. 268 268 j MissWillianis.DukeofWelin'ton.S'sea 109 109 ( Miss Burke,Fox and Hounds,Penllyue 65. 192 Miss Richards, Britannia H'l, 6q

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