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COMPLETED STORY. The Nastalgia of Private Bowen. Captain Blake returned the formal military salutation of Sergeant Brown aa the latter entered the tent. "Private Bowen tri'ed to get out through the lines again last night, sir," said the ser- geant. "What time?" asked the captain, his finger resting between the leaves of the order book in his hand. "About twelve o'clock, sir; could hardly get him back into his tent; said he wanted to go home and see his people. Didn't want to make a. fuss, or I would have put him in the guard- house, answered Sergeant Brown. Brown. "You acted wisely," commended the captain. "Let me see, this is the-" "Third time he's tried it this week," prompted the sergeant. "Tell Private Brown to report to me at once," said the captain. "Yes, sir," responded the sergeant, saluting, and, turning, lifted the fly of the tent. As he did so he felt a strong hand on his left shoulder. He dropped the canvas discreetly and faced his superior again. "Say, Tom," said the latter, "make the boys keep silent about this matter, and-and-well, we all have folks we'd like to see." The captain averted his face, his hand slip- ping from the sergeant's shoulder. Brown grasped the fingers as they slid down his sleeve and gave them a comprehensive squeeze. The touch of a common emotion had swept aside distinction of rank and formality of regula- tion. For the moment they had ceased to be captain and sergeant in the machine of war, and were simply men. "It's all right, Charley," said the sergeant. "turn's the word. You're dead right. We all have folks we'd-" The canvas flap was lifted and dropped abruptly. The captain was alone. He seated himself at the trivial looking thing that serves for a table in camp, a stern look upon his face, though his lips were yet quiver- ing. "Ah! Bowen, that you?" he" said to the slightly-built, boyish-looking young fellow, who was gravely saluting. "Tried to run the lines last night, eh?" "30 Sergeant Brown says. I know nothing of it, spr." There was a frankness about Bowen's astound- ing declaration that made Captain Blake peer sharply into the face of the young man, but he discovered no trace of insolence in the wist. fut eyes of the lad. "Oh, come now," said Blake; "do you mean to tell me you don't know you tried to leave camp without permission?" "Know nothing of it, sir," answered Bowen, "except what the sergeant said when he pushed me into my tent. I woke up then." "Woke up then?" repeated the captain inter- rogatively. "Were you asleep?" "Muso have been, sir," replied Bowen respect- fully. "I turned in at 'taps' wearing nothing but my underclothes. Next thing I knew Ser- geant Brown was taking me into my tent. I was fully dressed and had my rifle." "Don't remember dressing yourself?" said the captain, an incredulous smile playing round his mouth. "Not the first thing, sir. I have been think- ing a. good deal about home lately, and sup- pose I was dreaming." Bowen's response rang with the fervour of truth. "Ever walk in your sleep?" asked the captain, convinced of the boy's veracity, but evidently puzzled by the situation. "Well," he con, tinned, as Bowen answered in the negative, "I hardly know what to do. Discipline must be maintained, and you were certainly trying to-" "Desert!" interrupted Bowen, his eyes flash. ing, breast heaving and hands hard clenched by his side. He looked as though he wanted to knock the officer down. The latter smiled. "No, Bowen, not that, my boy, not that. Go to your company and be careful. Throughout the day Captain Blake, though & busy man, kept Bowen in mind. In the afternoon ho sought the regimental surgeon and discussed somnambulism with the man of science. During the conversation the latter said: "The somnambulist is unconsciously con- scious, so to speak, resorting to cunning and artifice and even displaying profound acumen in accomplishing results. Will climb giddy neights, walk along precipices and expose them- telves to appalling dangers with an intrepidity .hey do not exhibit when awake. The senses n relation to the idea, or train of ideas, pre- lent to the mind appear to be preternaturally tcute. It is claimed that a sudden climax to .he dominant thought of the somnambulist would prove fatal; that, however, is apocry- phal." "Taps" had scarce sounded that night when Private Bowen, flinging his uniform into the corner of his tent, rolled himself in his blankets and was soon asleep. Within an hour he arose, noiselessly dressed himself, took his rifle, and stepped outside. He walked cau- tiously between the tenta till he approached the vicinity of the sentinel, pacing slowly back and forth. Here he paused, then retraced his steps, re-entered his tent, put on his overcoat, And, laying his rifle aside, again left the tent. Carefully, as before, he walked towards the gentry, crouching close to the ground when he drew near the line of patrol. A blustery wind swept in from the Pacific maeses of grey, opaque fog that scurried across the parade ground, through the "tented city" and were lost amid the shrubbery beyond. The C4peS of the sentries' overcoats flapped in the wind and were occasionally flung in the faces of the men who, with hats pulled well down over their eyes, tramped the posts" of their vigil. A rough night, yet ^ot particularly dark, except when the inter- mittent fog, tumbling in from the ocean, obscured the field of vision. As Bowen emerged from his tent the second time, Captain Blake, coming down the "company street." was about the space of two tents from him. "By Jove, it's Bowen," muttered the captain, instantly recognising the private; "he's ui/ to his tricks again; I'll watch him myself this time." Wanly he followed Bowen. now stealthily drawing: near the sentinel. A heavy bank of fog swept down on them, shutting out Bowen from the captain's sight. Instinctively the latter sprang forward. As the challenge of the sentry rang out, the cap- tain reached his side. A few words of ex- planation followed, which convinced the cap- ta.in that Bowen and not he was the object of the sentinel's command. His own prompt response had enabled Bowen to cross the line in safety. The captain ran swiftly forward determined on the capture of the fleeing man. The fog cloud passed as swiftly as it came, revealing Bowen stajnding motionless. Captain Blake was mystified. According to all precedent, a man having succeeded in "running the lines" would keep on running, but here was a man who, by a most ingenious ruse, had just eluded by the vigilance of the guard, and yet, within a few hundred yards of camp, was standing, as unconcerned as if transgression of military regulations was a very trifling matter indeed. Slowly Bowen walked in a direction that would bring him south of the camp. Fre- quently he paused as if to take his bearings. Bach time the captain drew as near as possible without risking discovery, believing Bowen to be awaiting a confederate. Finally the soldier struck into a road that ran duie south and pushed on with increased trpeed There was no sign of a confederate, Mid the captain was at a loss to explain the actions of the man he pursued. The camp was soon left far behind. The suburban lights become less frequent. At length the two men. travelling rapidly, passed into the open country. The pace was beginning to tell on the cap- tain. though Bowen showed no indication of slackening his speed. In fact. he increased it eo ma.ny times and so suddenly that Blake became suspicious that the private knew of his pursuit. Yet the captain failed to discover Bowen looking back or even glancing over his shoulder or in any way trying to hide from him or mislead him. Bowen edited his pa.th with marvellous judg- ment. Now in the middle of the road, than on the bank, again back in the road, always find- ing a wal-beaten and easily travelled track. Thus 'hey fared along. The captain, growing tired and impatient, determined to arrest the man toiling in front of him. He was quickly alongside of the privffte and about to put his hand upon his shoulder when Bowen slowly turned his face towards him. Involuntarily the captain shrank back. Bowen's eyes were wide open, unwinking, fixed, and apparently sightless, giving to the whole face a weird, uncanny expression. Great God," thought Blake, the man's asleep." He forbore, touching him. remember- ing the words of the physician: "A sudden climax to the dominant thought of the som- nambulist would prove fatal." We will not follow the officer and private through the long miles of that weary night march. Blake kept close to the side of the somnambulist, harassed by a thousand anxieties and awaiting with some apprehen- sitins the return of Bowen to his normal condi- tion. Speech came to them in time, Blake ques- tioning. Bowen's replies were short and con- cise, yet always relevant, the terse sentences betraying deep feeling. Whatever the physical condition of the man might be, it was manifest that the mental stimulus of his actions was profound and despotic. Reason was in utter abeyance. Desertion, the disgrace of desertion, the ignominious doom of the deserter were trivial;ties. His home and the overweening desire to return thither were paramount. Ail else was subservient. About two o'clock in the morning they neared a heap of refuse straw. Bowen paused and seemed considering its possibilities and suggestions. Then without word or comment ho at once proceeded to dispose himself for rest. In a few seconds his closed eyes and regular breathing proclaimed the natural rest- ful slumber of a jaded man. The captain sat by the quiet sleeper. With the early dawu he roused Bowen. The latter sprang to his feet. Where am I?" he exclaimed in bewilder- ment. "Twenty miles from camp and under arrest for desertion," answered the captain. The latter being in civilian clothes, Bowen did not recog- nise him in the uncertain light. "Its a lie; who says so?" cried Bowen. "I, Captain Blake, Company —, — Regiment U.S. Volunteers," responded the captain. Bowen was immediately the careful, well-drilled soldier saluting his superior officer. "How did I get here, sir?" he asked, respect- fully. "Walked!" was the captain's laconic reply. "Twenty miles! Walked!" murmured tiie perplexed man. Blake was grimly silent ob- serving the soldier closely. The latter ap- peared to be absorbed with the problem; then he suddenly lifted his head and said to Blake: "I don't know how I came here, sir, but I do know I am no deserter." Blake smiled. "No, Bowen." he said, "I don't think you are a deserter, but you are a somnambulist, and the greatest walker in the regiment." Briefly he told Bowen the incidents of his wanderings, laughing merrily when describing the latter's shrewdness in utilising the intervention of the fog to elude the vigilance of the guard. There was no laughter on the grave face of the private. He was depressed by the fact of his somnambulism, now brought home to him for the first time. Then the danger from the sentry, by whom he would certainly have been shot but for Captain Blake's prompt response to the challenge; the mere danger, however, paled into insignificance in comparison with the ignominy of such a death—"shot while running the lines." The sentence seemed to burn itself into his brain. It was the deadliest disgrace possible to a soldier. Nothing would have been found to plead for him. The fact of his som- nambulism was known to Captain Blake alone, and to him but within an hour or two. The cold sweat broke out upon his face, already haggard and worn by the fatigues of the night. "I must get back. captain," he said in a voice of complete dejection. Csrtainly," said Blake, whose genial nature was moved at the boy's distress. "We will go together till we reach the city, there we separate, you will go to the —— House, on street, and wait till I send you a pass that will enable YOU to return unquestioned to the camp by six o'clock this evening." How and when they reached the city is no part of this narrative. The captain's pro- gramme was carried out in every detail. By six o'clock that evening Private Bowen was among his comrades. giving and taking the "joshing" that is the "outward and visible sign" of the American perennial youth. The sleep that ig alike the portion of the just and unjust, fell upon the captain in his tent during the afternoon. His orderly forbade intrusion. His slumber was unbroken till "retreat" rang out on the evening; he then set to work on the business of his office, neces- sarily in arrears. About eleven o'clock a shot, clear and start- ling, broke the silence of the night. Blake joined the corporal of the guard running in the direction of the "post," whence the sound came. The sentinel, his rille still smoking, was looking outward to where the figure of a man could be discerned, lying face downward. "I got him. sir," said the sentry. "He ran when I challenged, and I let him have it; he was in uniform." Roaghly the corporal rolled the body over. "Great God, it's Bowen!" said the captain, as the face, pallid and unconscious, turned up- ward in the starlight. The limp form of the private was borne to the guard-house. The most critical examina- tion failed to discover the mark of bullet or wound of any description, except a slight abra- sion on one cheek, where Bowen had pitched heavily forward on the rough gravel as he fell. The words of the surgeon again recurred to Captain Blake, "A sudden climax tq the domi- nant thought of ihe somnambulist vtould result fatally." For Private Bowen was dead.

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I COMICALITIES—ORIGINAL AND OTHERWISE. In a duel on the stage the audience often gets the worst of it. Cheques are sometimes like prophets—with- out honour in their own country. In an American State some years ago, a Bill was before the Legislature to restore the death penalty for the crime of murder. Three of the ablest members of the House made long speeches in favour of the measure. When the third man had finished, a young man on the other side of the Chamber rose and said— "Mr. Speaker, I rise to a question of privi- lege." "The gentleman will state his question of privilege," said the Speaker. "Mr. Speaker, I wish to inquire of our friends of the other side of the House which they think is preferable-to be hanged or to be talked to death?" The question was greeted with applause. Then suddenly someone, with a very loud voice, said— "Oh, well, if you're going to talk, we prefer to be hanged." It is a difficult thing for some men to settle down, and harder still for them to settle up. Bill: "He's got a good square head on his shoulders." Jill: "Sort of a hollow square, isn't it." The most promising of all occupations is that of a bill collector—he gets more promises than i>ay. A colourad exhorter, in the course of a ser- mon on "Money: the Great Evil," is quoted by the "Atlanta Constitution" as saying:—"My brotherin', money cause mo' trouble in dis worl' dan anyt'ing I knows on. Fac' is, de devil is in de dollar! When I see a man wid a pocket full er money I say ter myself, 'Dar's a man what needs a guardeen,' an' I feels des like takin' him home en lockin' up dat money fer him. Ef any er vou in de hearin' er my voice is got money on yo' pusson, bring it right heah, en lay it on de altar, en go yo' ways, en lemma pray over it till a blessin' come ter it. Doan wait ter count it; des come forward en unload!" If you are getting together a library don't borrow books from people with a long memory -try short ones. Mother: "Johnny, why did you not tell me that you were naughty at school?" Johnny: "'Tisn't besi to tell women every- thing." "Why do you langh at jokes? It isn't possible you understand them, is it?" "No, but if I didn't laugh he'd try to explain them." She: "Did I understand you to say that your friend was thirsting for glory?" He: "Not exactly. What I said was that he had a glorious thirst." Miss Hiborn: "4t seems to run very well for I a day and half. and then it will not go at til." .Watchmaker: "Yes, it should be wound occa- sionally." "A girl who sings in the early morning must have a sweet disposition." "Not necessarily. She may have a grudge against her neighbour next door." "Teacher, I bought a pound of raisins yester- day, and counted 'em. Can you guess how many there are?" "Four hundred and fifty?" "Nome. There ain't any. I ett 'em." Old Lawyer (to young partner): Did you draw up old Moneybag's will? Young Partner: Yes, sir; and so tight that i all the relatives in the world cannot find a flaw in it. Old Lawyer (with some disgust): The next time there is a will to be darawn up I'll do it myeelf. Mr?. Golightly: "Ah! Mr. M'Joseph, beauty is the most precious of all gifts Heaven has vouchsafed to us women. I'd sooner possess beauty than anything else in the world." Mr. M'Joseph (under the impression that he is making himself agreeable): "I'm sure, my dear madam, that any regret you may possibly entertain on that score is amply compensated for by-er-the innate consciousness of your moral worth, you know—and—of your many and numerous superior mental accomplish- ments."

PROVERBS FOR CYCLISTS. As a pair of whees that run truly with a pleasant murmuring so is the talk of man and wife in a house which is well ruled. As the noise of a cheap clock which rattleth, so is dissension the house of a niggard and a sloven. The inches of our gear are three score and ten, and though there be some so strong that they ride four score, yet is their speed but labour and sorrow at the day's end when they fetch their wind short upon a hill. Blessed is the damsel whose cruse of oil faileth not, and who looketh to her own tyres; and behold, he that taketh her to wife shall prosper. Three things are plagues to a wheelman, yea. and a fourth is abominable: A boy which leadeth an unruly horse, and a swine which strayeth in the road, and a rash woman among traffic which regardeth not the right hand or the left; but the most grievous is a county council which scattereth heaps of stones in the highway and saith, It is well mended. My son, beware of inventors which promise marvellous things with their mouth, lest when thou puttest thy trust in their many inven- tions thou be overthrown in stony places. Take heed unto the riding in strange boroughs, and fall not into transgression of their bye-laws, lest thou be worsted in striving with them that swear valiantly before the judgment seat. Of two manner of people thou shalt have a care, and flee from the third, as a ghost of the heathen: A deaf man which walketh in the darkness, and children which run violently out of school at noontide, and a constable with girded loins who lurketh after sunsetting.- "Cornhill Magazine."

CHARACTER STORIES OF PRESIDENT M'KINLEY. Those who have known President M'Kinley longest say they have never known him to lose his temper or to scold even the Worst offending servant. He has a quiet method of disapproval far more effective. He will select different people around him to do certain things for him. As, for instance, when some engagement calls him from Washington, he will look around, and the man on whom his eye happens to fall is the man selected to arrange for the journey. To him the President will say: "I want to go to Philadelphia next Tuesday on the nine o'clock train; Mrs. M'Kinley will go with me. Will you see to things, please?" This means that the President looks for every detail necessary for the journey to that par- ticular man. Personally, he gives the matter no more thought. If, however, there is a hitch in the arrangements, due to carelessness on the part of the man detailed to attend to the matter, the President never gives expression to a word of censure nor makes any comment whatever. He is always careful, however, never again to entrust similar duties to that person. This is Mr. M'Kinley's invariable method of expressing his disapproval. One afternoon a J?wyer from New England called at the White House to pay his Tespects to the Presi- dent. The young man's father had known the President in earlier years, and had, in some way, been of service to him. As soon as he learned the family relationship of the caller the President invited him to stay at luncheon, and during the meal asked his guest what ha w^3 doing in Washington. "Attending to some business in the Patent Office. I'm a patent lawyer." (Doing well?" PntFai.r £ they are slow down at the patent Office. It tries one's patience to get his business through." .^e President was silent for a moment, and tnen he asked the young lawyer to take a drive with him that afternoon. J- don't seo how I can," said the lawyer, "for it is absolutely necessary for me, to be at the Patent Office a little after three o'clock. Business, you know." Well, I'll drive you down thefe." When the carriage came up they drove down to the Patent Office, and when they had reached the door of the great department building the President paused to chat a moment, and warmly shook the young man's hand before driving away. The remainder of the story can best be told by the young lawyer himself:- "You ought to have seen how easily things came for me that day. The officials couldn't do enough for me. They just broke their necks to serve me. Wherever I went every one seemed to know the President of the United States had driven me down there in his carriage. I really believe he did it on purpose." While Governor of Ohio Mr. M'Kinley walked to and from the State House daily. These trips were watched for by the newsboys of Columbus, to whom they meant a golden harvest. No matter what the paper o rits politics, the Governor made an invariable practice of pur- chasing a supply from each and every news- boy who cropped up in his path, or besieged him as he walked up and down the State House steps. One very stormy day the Governor emerged from the State House on his homeward trip, accompanied by a friend, who urged, in view of the storm and sleet, that the Governor should get nome quickly, and avoid the news- boys. "No," said the Governor, "this stormy day they need me to buy their papers more than at any other time. Another thing is, they will look for me, and I do not mean to disappoint them." This was his methdd of distributing help to the boys willing to work for their living, and who would not have liked the idea of receiving charity. The love of children is a passion with Presi- dent M'Kinley. On one occasion one of th-3 President's public receptions brought an unusual crowd of visitors. It was at the time when the President was overburdened with the duties of his office; when long hours of the day were spent listening to the clamour of office-seekers. and the nights in preparing his Message to Congress, and when he was obliged even to abandon his daily walk. The afternoon was sultry, and the East Room was close. The visitors were dusty and aggres- sive. In large numbers came importunate office-seekers, who would grasp the hand of the President with absolute violence trying to catch a minute in which to state their per- sonal claims and grievances. He was tired, and his face showed it. It was paler than usual, and the smile came with something of an effort. He looked wearily down the line, to which there seemed no end. Near the door was standing a woman holding a small child in her arms. She was crushed in the. crowd of rr«»n. and the child was heavy, but she moved slowly towards the President, quieting the little crea- ture with interesting ba-by-talk about shining chandeliers and gilt mirrors, and tall palms. She told after she went home how tired the President seemed, and how his look changed when he saw her child; how he grasped the mother's hand first, and then took both of the babv's hands in his. keeping the line waiting while he a.3kei its name and praised its beauty; and then, as he said good-bye, be took the ever-present ping carnation from the button-hole of his coat and put it in the small hands, and went on with the reception as though the incident had refreshed and stimu- lated him.

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c250 PRIZEN [ } --a. t Racing Predictions. To the reader who predicts the Wining Horse in each of the Races named in the subjoined a'r Coupon the Proprietors of the "Evening Ex- press" will Award a Prise of £50. 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 JB10 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 thi 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 yon like, but every Coupon 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 resell 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. RACING COUPON. TO BE SENT IN BY THURSDAY. AUGUST 4. RACE. WINNING HORSE. Seaford Welter Han- dicap, on Thurs- day. Brighton High-weight Handicap, on Thurs- day^ Mile Selling Mid- weight Handicap,on Friday The Lewes Handicap, on Saturday. The Hamsey Welter "——' Hand;cap,on Satur- day. Name Address. The SEAFORD WELTER HANDICAP of 150 govs. a at lb r a st lb Nouyeau Riche 5 11 7 Toussaint 4 9 111 Hetty H. 5 10 5 Kinetoscope 3 9 io Tophet 3 10 5 C'b'ne Chase. 3 9 10 Bios Seville 4 10 1 Tight Rope 6 9 9 Bucksfoot 4 10 1 Apthorp 3 9 9 Affectation 5 9 13 Barton 3 9 g Sam 5 9 13 Cananore 4 9 5' The Quack 5 9 13 Music Roll 3 9 3 Cyrard 3 9 13 The BRIGHTON HIGH-WEIGHT HANDICAP of 500 sovs. One mile. at lb st lb Maluma 6 10 9 Ind 3 8 9 CrestfaLen 4 10 9 Duamia 4 8 8 Spook 5 10 3 "Fregoli 3 8 6 81igo 4 10 Bend Sinister 3 8 3 Dynamo 5 10 1 Sonatina 3 8? His Rev'rence 5 10 0 Escurial 3 8 3 Rosemerryn 4 9 13 Bucksfoot 4 8 3 Brayhead 4 9 13 Sacripant 383 Form 6 9 3 Sam 5 8 1 Sheeroe 4 9 5 Mandorla 3 8 0 CaJveley 3 9 3 Grodno 3 7 13 Hermiston 3 9 3 C'b'ne Chase. 3 7 12 Roughside 5 8 13 Chon Kina 3 7 11 Lexicon 4 8 12 Marthus 3 7 10 King of Thebes 3 8 11 Sea Fog 3 7 8 Bonny W'kfi'd 3 8 10 Loreto 3 7 7 Lupin 3 8 9 The MILE SELLING MID-WEIGHT HANDI- CAP of 100 sov3. One mile. a gt lb a st lb Dolabra 6 10 0 Lantwit 5 8 13 Opoponax a 9 9 Yedo 4 8 13 Dromonby a 9 6 Rigmarole a 8 11 Glaring 493 Livomo 4 8 10 Tumworth 5' 9 2 No Fool 4 8 10 Golden Slipper a. 8 13 Reprobate 6 8 10 I (Remaining Entries continued in next column.) Poklad 4 8 9 | Gofcfin 3 7 11 Mellow 3 8 7 Dane's Laddie. 5 7 11 Music Roll 3 8 7 Pollin 3 7 11 Harbour 3 8 6 Resigned 3 7 11 Wag Eldridge. 4 8 5 Kmetoscope 3 7 10 Baslow 4 3 5 Fl'wer of Tev't c 3 7 10 John Jackson.. 5 8 3 Ringdove 3 7 9 Wealthy Bride. 3 8 3 Pero Cimon g.. 3 7 8 Miraculous 3 8 2 Epigram 3 7 8 Swan-hopper 4 8 1 Ashstead 3 7 8 Coast Guard 5 8 0 Castle May 6 7 7 Ben Ellam 3 7 13 Native 3 7 7 Bright Colours. 3 7 13 Jackdaw 3 7 7 Scantity 3 7 12 Beguin 3 7 7 Swill 3 7 12 j The LEWES HANDICAP of 1,000 sovs. One mile and a. half. a at Ib a st Ib Harvest Money 5 8 1 Amphidamas. a. 7 13 St. Bris 5 9 0 Nouveau Riche 5 7 U Maluma 6 9 0 Hawkwood 5 7 1 Up Guards 4 8 10 Neish 3 7 1 Le Samarltain 3 8 9 King of Thebes 3 7 1 Tenfel 5 8 8 Royal Warden 3 6 11 Icare 3 8 5 Prig 3 6 10 Liscarton 3 3 2 The HAMSEY WELTER HANDICAP of 150 sovs. a st lb a st lb Spook 613 0 Bella a 11 0 Mowbray a 12 8 8am 5 11 0 W orsthorne 4 12 7 Bouncing Lad 3 11 0 Form 6 12 7 Ben Arniine 4 10 13 Roughside 5 12 6 Ortolo 5 10 13 Angelina a 12 2 Kumasi 4 10 13 Jack Spinner. 6 11 10 Dalemors 3 10 9 El Batidor. 4 it 9 Ruby Gill 3 10 9 Grodno 3 11 8 Q'n of Kenites.. 3 10 5 Beverini 3 11 7 Ferishta a 10 4 Sonatina 311 6 Donigal. 3 10 2 Fossicker 6 11 6 Sutton 3 10 0 Palaver 4 11 3 Brush 3 10 0 Bucksfoot 4 11 2 Jackdaw 3 10 0 I

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Only Club Members are eligible to compete for the Prizes given in this column, with the exception of the Painting Competition. Children writing to Uncle Joe must always add to their names their official number as Members of the Club. I 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. Thai. I will try and help less fortunate children. That I will be kind to animals. That I will try and do something every day to make things happy fcr those aronnd lne. Fall Name Age Address Proposed by [Write very plainly in ink.] NEW MEMBERS. BOYS. 2151.-Ryrne, Tom (6). Sandon-place, Cardiff. 2152.-Barry, Peter (12), Havelock-street, Cardiff. 1253.-Burrows, Alfred (8), Havelock-st., Cardiff. 2154.—Burns, M. (10), Roland-street, Cardiff. 2155.—Crowley, J., Garth-street, Cardiff. 2156.-Crowle:r. M., Garth-street, Cardiff. 2157.—Cooper, W. J. (9), South Morgan-st., Cdff. 2158.-Corbet, Jim, Ivor-street. Cardiff. 2159.-Chesure, Garfield (12), Havelock-st., Crdff. Zl60.-Coopey, Sam (3), Sandon-place, Cardiff. 2161.-Connolly, John. Taff-street, Cardiff. 2162.-Colbert, Pat, Sandon-place, Cardiff. 2163.-Donovan, Pat (6), Roland-street, Cardiff. 2164.—Donovan, John, Ivor-street, Cardiff. 2165.—Donovan, Denis (8), Roland-street, Cardiff. 2166.-Donovan, Jim (4), Roland-street, Cardiff. 2167.-Donovan, K. (11), Roland-street, Cardiff. 2168.—Dohnogue, D., Tredegar-street, Cardiff. 2169.—Desmond, Jack, Rodney-street, Cardiff. 2170.-Elliman, Fred, Raven-street, Cardiff. 2171.—Evans, Edward, Adam-street, Cardiff. 2172.—Evans, Stephen, Adam-street, Cardiff. 2173.-Flavin, Jim (12), Ruperra-street, Cardiff. 2174.—Flavin, Mike (8), Ruperra-street, Cardiff. 2175.-Isaac, Reuben (13), Cottrell-road, Cardiff. 2176.Joneg, David J. (14), Tredegar-st., Cardiff. 2177.-Jarrett, Sidney (14), Corporation-rd., Cdff. 217S.—Kearns, Wm. (13), North Luton pi., Cardff. 2179.-Kennedy, B., Adam-street, Cardiff. 2180,-Ke11er, Jacob, Adam-street, Cardiff. 2181.—Leahy, Jerry (10), Sandon-place. Cardiff. 2182.—Morgan, W. J. L. (12), Thesiger-st., Cardiff. 2183.-Mnnday, L., Coldstream-terrace, Cardiff. 2184.-Mills, Wm. (12), Little Frederick-st., Crdff. 2185.-Manning, W. C. (5), Soott-street, Cardiff. 2186.-}Iilford, H. J. (11), Crichton-street, Cardiff. 2187.-Marshall, Harry (6), Havelock-st., Cardiff. 2188.-Marshall, Alfred (8), Havelock-st., Cardiff. 2189.-Martin, Freddy, David-street, Cardiff. 2190.-Nankivell, A. E. W. (14), Penarth-rd., Cdff. 2191.-0'Brien, Richard (6), Tredegar-st., Cardiff. 2192.—Osman, Fred (9), Sandon-street, Cardiff. 2193.-Rees, Thomas (11), Mandeville-st., Cardiff. 2194.-Smith, C. W., David-street, Cardiff. 2195.—Walters, A., Durham-street, Cardiff. 2196 —Williams, W. (13), Love-lane, Cardiff. 2197.-Williams, R. (11), Love-lane, Cardiff. Girls. 2,198.-Bryant, Nellie, Ivor-street, Cardiff. 2,199.-Bitters, Maria (8), Tredegar-street, Cardiff. 2,200.-Brien, Ellen (10), Tredegar-street, Cardiff. 2.201.—Bitters, Emily (6), Tredegar-street, Cardiff. 2,202.-Brien, Teresa (6), Tredegar-street, Cardiff 2,203.-001e8, Rose (15), Frederick-street, Cardiff. 2,204.-Collins, Kate (13), Frederick-street, Cardiff 2,205.-Cooksley, Emma, Adam-street, Cardiff. 2,206.-Davies, Stella, Tredegar-street, Cardiff. 2.207.—Davies, Bertha (14), Tredegar-street, Cdff. 2.208.-Donovan, Mary (10), Roland-street, Cardiff 2,209.-Evans, Charlotte, Adam-street, Cardiff. 2.210.—Evans, Maggie, Adam-street, Cardiff. 2.211.—Evans, Minnie (15), Tredegar-st., Cardiff. 2,212.-Elliman, Beatrice (14), Raven-st., Cardiff. 2,213.-Elliman, Florence, Raven-street, Cardiff. 2,214.-Hart, Bella, Ruperra-street, Cardiff. 2,215.-Hurley, Lorna, Adam-street, Cardiff. 2,216.-Hopkins, Beatie, Ivor-street, Cardiff. 2,217.-Hurley, Amelia, Adam-street, Cardiff. 2.218.-Hawkins, Lena (11), Tredegar-street, Cdff. 2.219.—Jones, Maggie (13), Tredegar-st., Cardiff. 2,220.-Jones, Gwen, Tredegar-street, Cardiff. 2, 221.T ones. Florence (3), Tredegar-st., Cardiff. 2.222.—Jenkins, Doris, Eisteddfod-Ltreet, Cardiff. 2.223.—Kellar, Amy, Adam-strcet, Cardiff. 2,224.-Morgan, Violet M. (8), Thesiger-st., Cdff. 2,225.-M'Carthy, Nellie (9), David-street, Cardiff. 2.226.—Marshall, Beatie (12), Havelock-st., Cardiff 2,227.-0'Brien, Mary (13), Tredegar-st., Cardiff. 2.228.—O'Brien (12), Tredegar-street, Cardiff. 2,229 —Payne, Nora, Ivor-street, Cardiff. 2.230.-Payne, Maggie, Ivor-street, Cardiff. 2,231.-Perkins, Sarah, Tredegar-street, Cardiff. 2,232.-Rcgan, Minnie, Ivor-street, Cardiff. 2,233—Regan, Maggie, Ivor-street, Cardiff. 2,234.—Regan, Nora, Ivor-street, Cardiff. 2,235 -Regan, Nellie, Ivor-street, Cardiff. 2.236.—Regan, Hannah, Ivor-street, Cardiff. 2.237.—Sullivan. Bridget, Rodney-street, Cardiff. 2,233.-Smith, Nellie, Ivor-street, Cardiff. 2239.-Thom;1s, Mary, Ivor-street, Cardiff. 2,240.rhomas, Maggie (8), David-street, Cardiff. 2 241.—Tearce, M., (11), Little Fredcrick-st., Cdff. 2.242.-Thomas, Maggie, Ivor-etreet, Cardiff. 2.243.—Tuckfield, Violet, Sandon-street, Cardiff. 2,244.-Turpin, Jenny (5), Tredegar-st., Cardiff. 2,24S.-Turpin, Dorothy (3), Tredegar-st., Cdff. 2,246.-Whirley, Edith (6), Havelock-street, Cdff.

UNCLE JOE'S BOLL OF HONOUR I Prize-winners. The following have received awards of money or books for merit in the various competi- tions:— 1 Pascoe Howells, 3, Southey-street, Cardiff. Prominent Men Puzzle. William Catleugh, 23, Constellation-street, Cardiff. Welsh Towns Puzzle. R. O. Williams, 30, Wordsworth-avenue, Car- diff. Puzzle Pictures. Ada. Melsom, 20. Atlas-place, Cardiff. Half first prize for essay, "How I Spent Easter." Clara Thomas, Llantrisant-street, Cardiff. Ditto. Walter Jenkins, 60, Llandaff-road, Cardiff. Second prize ditto. Ted James. Porthcawl. Third Prize ditto. F. H. Lewis, Penypeel-road, Cardiff. Drawing competition, first prize. W. Gregory. 7, Treherbert-street, Cardiff. Second prize ditto. Walter Jenkins. Llandaff-road. Sub-editoi Essay. Charles Pelley. Colum-road, Cardiff. First prize for original tale. Ada Melsom, Atlas-place, Cardiff. Second prize ditto. S. Edward, High-street, Haverfordwest. Third prize ditto. Agnes Walker, 15, Egerton-street, Cardiff. Puzzle Pictures. Harry White, Llanfair-road, Cardiff. Geo- graphy Puzzle. Lizzie Furtwangler, 99, Clare-road, Cardiff. Funny Faces Puzzle. Ted James, Porthcawl. Residence Essay First Prize. W. Angove, PenartA. Ditto, Second Prize. Charles Pelley, Oolum-road, Cardiff. Ditto, T— rd Prize. Charles Evans, Neyland. Ditto, Fourth Prize. A. Blain, 10, Maxlberough-terrace, Cardiff. Portrait Competition First Prize. Mostyn Williams, Blackweir House. Ditt4 Second Prize. Jack Thomas, Bazaar, Pentre. Handwriting Competition. Boys' Prize. Beatrice Day, Freehold, Llandaff. Ditto Girls' Prize. Harry White, Llanfair-road, Cardiff. Boys' Poetry Prize. Beatrice Day. Freehold. Llandaff. Girls' Poetry Prize. Dorothy Butson, 48, Baglan-street, Treherbert. Girls' Prize Favourite Books. H Sherman, 41, Eldon-road, Cardiff. One. half Boys' Prize Favourite Books. Charles Pelley, Colum-road, Cardiff. One-half Boys' Prize Favourite Books. Charles G. Evans, Bradford House, Neyland. Boys' Name Prize. Emma Lake, Scott-street, Cardiff. GlrW Names Prize. Valued Helpers. The following have received Uncle Joe'l'! thanks and awards of books for collecting new memr bers or giving other assistance:- Florrie Sirumonds, Wood-street, Cardiff. J. Lloyd, 74, Craddock-street, Cardiff. John Barry, 24, Buzzard-street, Cardiff. John Williams, Morel-street. Barry Dock. Emma. Lake, 22, Scott-street, Cardiff. Gertie Evans, 43, Havelock-street, Cardiff. John Powell, 4, Davis-street, Cardiff. Annie Phillips, The Stores, Llanishen. Josephine Smith, 40, Davis-street, Cardiff. William Lovering, 173, Eldon-road, Cardiff. Alice Morgan, 44, Adelaide-street, Cardiff. Annie Manfield, 37, Wood-street, Cardiff. Richard Brind, 20, Little Frederick-street. Cardiff. Wm. Coopey, 22, Sandon-place, Cardiff. John Bedford, Ruperra-street, Cardiff. Annie Barritt, Havelock-street, Cardiff. Harry Norman, Severn-road, Cardiff. C G. Brown, Gileston-road, Cardiff. Minny Murray, 9. Buzzard-street, Cardiff. Edwin Brown, 66, Craddock-street, Cardiff. Gracie Hurly. 40, Adam-street, Cardiff. Milestone Prize-winners. The following members represent Milestones on the way, and have received awards of books: Charles Godfree, 13, Church-street, Cardiff. First member of the Club. F. David, Windsor-road, Cardiff. Thousandth member. W. Tanner, Wood-street. Cardiff. One thou- sand five hundredth member. "PETER'S PABADISE." "Peter's Paradise" is a beautiful coloured pie-. ture-book, published at Is. 6d.. but which the ,proprietors of the "Evening Express" are offer. ing to Uncle Joe's Boys and Girls at the ridi- culously small sum of. 2d. per copy. "Peter's Paradise" is a. description in picture and versa of the Crystal Palace, and Uncle Joe assures his Nephews and Nieces that they are never likely to pick up a prettier book at 10 small » price. í If you are a Cardiff member, and want "Peter's Paradiee." you must bring to th<t "Evening Express" Office twopence and you: Club certificate. The certificate is to let iha 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 postage of the book. Non-members must pay threepence if ther 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- ducing his or her certificate.

STORIES OFj THE STAGE During the late Charles Fletcher's manage- ment of the Lyceum Theatre, London, the actor was frequently visited in his dressing- room oy the Prince of Wades, who toon lessons from him in the art of "making up." One day his Royal Highness suddenly presented himself before the Queen in the guise of a mendicant. His dress was tattered, his face begrimed and dirty, and his hair, or rather the wig he employed for the purpose, in appro- priate disorder. Her Majesty, not doubting that by some means a genuine beggar had got into the palace, flew in great alarm to a bell, but before the attendant could reach the room the Prince threw off his disguise. He was very proud of the fact that the Queen had not recognised him. When EiTen Terry and Sarah Bernhardt first met. it was after a play in which Terry had plentifullly bedewed her part with genuine tears. The Frenchwoman held her English sister by the shoulder3. examined the furrows made in paint and powder by the hot an-It water, and wondered at the sight. Sarah Bernhardt, who never weeps on the stage, I stood envious and amazed at the proof of so much feeling on the English woman's part, but Terry only laughed. I Not only does she sob heartily in the moving scenes of her ow nrole, but if she stands in the wings when a scene of any pathos is being acted her tears flow as readily as if the suffer- ing or sorrow were really felt by the actors. Lincoln J. Carter, who is now worth a great deal of money, was eleven years ago working for a salary of 12dols. a week. He made his money in so brief a time in the production of a melo-drama. His first success was "The Fast Mail," which he produced in Chicago in the Lincoln Theatre, his entire wealth at that time being less than 700dols. Mr. Carter comes from an old theatrical family. His fathen, W. J. Carter, was an actor manager, travelling around the country with a small company of players. He was also a strong spiritualist, and while in Los Angeles, somewhere in the fifties, was induced at a spiritual meeting to wander to Salt Lake City. He persuaded many of the players to join him on his perilous journey, and when they arrived there they gave a performance in the Salt Lake City Theatre. Carter became a Mormon and was soon afterwards made the manager of the theatre. When Carter, junior, was about eight years 1 old he was also baptised in the Mormon faith. Soon after this his father died, and he left Salt Lake City to seek his fortune. He had various experiences in the theatrical line, from property man to managing star in one night stands. He then conceived the idea of "The Fast Mail," and, being quite a mechanic, worked out the details of the sensational effect. He tried to induce Louis Morrison to invest in the production an equal amount with himself, but that gentleman did not think well of the undertaking. When he found that he was absolutely thrown on his own resources, he went to work with a will. He painted his own scenery, made his own properties, painted the bills which were to be posted on the dead walls, net having sufficient money to get them printed, and posted most of them himself. He also engaged the company and rehearsed the play.

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HOW LONG WILL THE WORLD LAST. > Taking the present population of the world at 1,500 millions, or thereabout, we have reason to suppose that each of us has only 200,000 tons to servo his wants. The average house- holder might consider this a pretty fair allow- ance; but what about the manufacturer and the shipowner? It would not keep an Atlantic greyhound long afloat. Lord Kelvin, basing his calculations on the existing rate of increase in the population and development of indus- tries requiring fuel, has arrived at the conclu- sion that it cannot last for more than five hundred years. That is not the worst of it. In burning up this fuel the oxygen of the atmosphere will be consumed, and carbonic acid formed, so that in four hundred years, a century before thejuel is done, the air will be unfitted to sustain life. Humboldt and others foresaw the exhaustion of the coalfields, but it remained for the penetrating genius of Lord Kelvin to point out the failure of oxygen. \Ve are standing face to face, then, with two sources of extermination. Animals cannot live without oxyge.i to breathe, and man—at all events, the civilised man-cannot live without fuel t-5 burn. The outlook may well give us pause in the race for wealth and power, in the preparation of armaments, and the struggle for empire. What is the good of it all if the world is coming to an end in four hundred years, perhaps earlier? Would it not be wiser to sink I our differences and try to make a good end? The beginning and the middle has not been all that it might have been.-From "Cassell's Magazine."

GIANTS CAUSEWAY. The Giant's Car away is one of the mrs' singular natural productions to be found i any part of the world. It consists of some tning like 40,000 vertical basaltic columns, stand- ing so close together that the exposed ends pre- sent the appearance of a well-paved causeway or mole. The columns are polygons, ranging from three to nine sides, though the majority have six sides. The keystone is said to be the only octagon. The Causeway is 235 yards long, 120 yards wide at the land end, and ten yards wide at the point where it dips into the sea, and it rises to a height of 40ft. Visited for the first time and ex- amined by themselves these masses of cry- stallised rock may not arouse the sublime feel- ings or satisfy the sense of curiosity created by reading descriptions written by others, but, studied and viewed in connection with all its surroundings, the Giant's Causeway never fails to impress the beholder and fully uphold all the eulogiums written about it. To view it aright you must not only stand on the lofty headland, but you must sail past it and into the caves. The land journey can be performed unaided, but there are so many interesting points which the visitor will have some diffi- J culty in identifying by himself, that it is better to employ a guide, especially if time is limited. The Causeway is situated in one of the series of beautiful bays which indent the north-east coast of County Antrim for a. distance of nearly I five miles; each of these bays possesses soma feature of interest peculiar to itself, thus con- tributing a pleasing variety to the general effect.

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CAFFIERIS LOVE AFFAIR. The first Philippe Caffieri-who, by the way, had been at pains to turn himself into a French- man when he came to Paris by calling himself "Caffier"-had a fifth son of the name of Jacnues, born in 1678. He, too, was artistic, and was "Sculpteur Fondeur-Ciscleur du Roy." He was the father of the celebrated Jacques and Philippe the third of that name, and grandson of the one who came originally from Romot As usual, we find that specialists have not been able to discover nearly as much about him as they and we should have liked. Very little is known of his early life, but one piece of legal evidence remains (quoted by M. Jules Guiffrey, "Les Caffieri"), which gives an inte- resting glimpse of the domestic life of those times. At the age of 24—while still a minor, that is to say, for that lasted till a young man was another year older-Philippe got into an entanglement with the daughter of a couple named Silvestre. Her good-for-nothing parents were anxious to secure the clever young sculp- tor as their son-in-law, but Jacques, his father, was equally determined that they should not. He went to the magistrates and complained that his son had for eight months never let a day pass without going to sea "the said girl Silvestre." while pretending all the time to be bnsy studying at the Academy. Finally, for the last two months the infatuated young man had left his home altogether and gone to live at the Silvestres'. Jacques Caffieri accused these people "of leading that young man astray and tearing him from the paternal authority." He set people to watch. One witness deposed how she noticed the two young people together at a, window of the house, while another, Madame Elizabeth Griffon, stated how she took the opportunity to congratulate Madame Silvestre upon the approaching marriage in her family when the latter came in to buy an ounce 'If snuff. A third witness bluntly deposed that :he had "a very low opinion of Mdlle. Silvestre." 'hilippe defeated his own object by divulging .1, matrimonial intentions to a female relative, whom he implored to secure for him his certi- ficate of baptism, and asked to supply him with linen, on credit, for his coming marriage. Her information determined his father to take strong measures. The young man was forcibly arrested and taken out of the Silvestre domicile by means of the "Archers." Here the story breaks off, and we know no more except the fact that he did, not marry "the said girl Sil- vestre," but someone else, in the year 1747.- Frederick S. Robinson, in "The Magazine of Art" for August.

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