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^PUBLISHED BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT.J MARVELS AD MYSTERIES. BY RICHARD MARSH, Author of "The Beetle: A Mystery," "The Crime and the Criminal," "The Datchet Diamonds," &c., &c. [COPYRIGHT.] POURQIOIPAS. CHAPTER II. When Mr. Fletcher awoke—there was no mis- take about it this time-it was broad day. He lay for some moments revelling m the first joy of wak- ing. When he thought of the events of the night. he laughed aloud: they were eo utterly absurd. Remembering the scraps of paper, he eat up in bed to look. for them. In rising his glance fej upon pillow. There, on the snowy linen, within half an inch of where cheek had just been retting, branded, ae it seemed, in blood, was the impress of a horse's hoof. Mr. Fletcher managed, during the early portion of that day. to avoid his hoete»* He went out into the viliage. There appeared to be only one shop i.i the place. At t.he door of that establishment stood a man. He was a big. burly fellow in blouse and •abots. He looked a companionable soul. Mr. Fletcher found him what he looked-a gossip. Mr. Fletcher began bv alluding to the natural beauties of the neighbourhood. He then remarked that he was staying at "La Boule d'Or," the landlord of which, he understood, had lately died. "It waoo time he did." Such a scamp, was he?" As honest a man as ever lived." Mr. Fletcher pricked up his ears at this. Rather wild, wasn't he" There never was a quieter soul." "But wasn't he extravagant?" "Extravagant! For example, he had never a 80U to spend." That, I i*!ipt>ose, was after he had spent all be h:>.1 to spend?" Monsieur B< no hard—the name wae painted on the dittle window over his door—cast at Mr. Fletdher a contemplative glance. He placed his hands on the upper portion of capacious stomach. "I see." "What do you eee?" „ "You have been listening to Madams Pettier. Madame Peltier certainly gave me to understand that he was not all a husband should have n." "Marie:" Monsieur Bonchard called into the øhnp. A feminine reproduction of himself came to- wards the froot. What sort of a husband wad Peltier, up at the Hotel de la Boule d'Or?' "A moded husband. A true model." r As for his wif" The lady interposed. It not for us to say anything." I was his friend; it jg for me to say the trutfo. She murdered him!" "Murdered him!" Mr. Fletcher felt that the authorities were too conflicting. Not with a pistol and a, knife, but with her cruelty. She led him the life of a She did not kt him have enough to eat; she would not let him have a. sou to call his own she would not let him have hia liberty; she used to lock him up in a room for days; she beat him." "Beat him!" "Never shall I forget one night he came to me. He was crying—ah like my little baby. Bonchard,' hf said. 4 it is finished. She ha.s beaten me!' With her shoe," explained the lady, "as though he were a little child." He was a very little man dhe wae a big woman be nothing in her hands. She used to say she would "how him as a dwarf. All, what he suffered. He had a spirit w'hich was too large for his body. After that beating—Monsieur, he was black and blue, w;r,1I my own eyes I saw the brui.se* —within a week he was no more—he was dead. That is why I say she murdered 'him. One tale is good," reflected Mr. Fletcher, until anoiker is told. The fault does not annear to have been all upon one side. If she beat him with her sh*e— degradation not to be surpassed—I don't wonder that he preferred the bosom of Pour. qU0ipa, Corroboration of Monsieur Bonchard's story was obtained from another quarter—from the Breton maid who waited upon him at his midday meal. What sort of man was the late Monsieur Peltier?" An Rn gel." Mr. Fletcher felt that this was strong. The maid did not look as though he was an enthui3stic daI71s(> On the other hand stin less did Monsieur Peltier-in his portrait—look as though he were an angel. "What was there angelic about him?" He was so good that was his fault—he was too good. He was a little man—such a little man—one could have nursed him like a baby." Mr. Fletcher was conscious that there might be dr wba< ks in being nursed like a baby. "I -I'^ipo^e, then, that he and his wife lived hap- pilv together?" "Happily! Ah, for example" The damsel was standing by hi- chair. Stooping, she whispered in his ear: "Madame has a tongue!" Standing up. she looked about her, possibly to see if the coast was dear: "And Madame has an arm! You "ee that?" She pointed to a red mark upon her cheek. "She has just done it. She may be big, but I will let her know that next time she slaps me it shall not be for nothing." It was possible that the damsel's evidence was prejudiced. When one has just been slapped, one does not, necessarily, have a high opinion of the slapper. Still, straws how which way the wind is blowing. It was evident that public opinion was not unanimous In reprobating Monsieur Peltier. Mr. Fh-tcher did not see his hostess until after supper. He was quitting the salle a^ manger when he hoard the &our;d of sobbing. The sound pro- ceeded from a little room at the foot of the stairs. The door of the room was open. In it was Madame Pettier. Mon-ieur, I entreat you, enter." Mr. Fletcher entered. It is all over. It is done. It j" finished." Mr. FIndler inquired what was finished. "I am runied. It is of no consequence to any one—r hat I know very well—but it is all the world to me." Mr. Fietclipr asked—being driven upon the patin of cross-examination—in what way she was ruined. "I have just given orders that all mv horses— Pourouoipa.- alone is worth five and twenty thou- sand francs-and all the money I have in the world are to be sent to a man in Morlaix, of whom I have not even heard the n:1me. "You are not scnou*: "Do I look as though I were not serious, mon- sieur? What would you have. Ask Sam Tucker. He is going to take both the money And the horses." If you really have given such an order, I would earnestly advice you to countermand it. You don't mean to say, now you have had an opportunity for quiet thought, that you are not yourself persuaded that vou have been the victim of a trick?' What do vou call a trick? that a. trick last night? Do not tell me I do not know my own hus- band, if you please. All this morning I say to my. self, 'I will go into the stable. No, no, no. This afternoon I find upon my table a piece ° 'Come:' Who put it there? It is in my husband, writing, i went to the-stable, although 1 s-ai to mvseli I would not go. I have heard there from Pourquoipas—ah, what I have heard! Never was spoken to in such a way before. And by a h°' 'e ■ Ciel! It is a wonder I am not dead! It is enoug^ that I promised to send the hor>es and the money, by Sam Tucker, to a man at Morlaix, whose name even I do not know." I would strongly advise you to put off the ful- filment of your promise—at any rate, until tie morning. It is impossible! I am not a woman without courage, but I do not dare." She did dare. Mr. Fletcher persuaded her. Tho sacrifice was postponed. "Now," the gentleman told himself, "unless I am greatly mistaken, to-night I shall have another visitor, as the consequence of meddling with the affairs of others!" His forebodings were realised—he had a visitor! He put off retiring to the latest possible moment. When he did "eek the privacy of his own apartment, he still postponed the act of going to bed. "I think I remember seeing somewhere a little play called Diamond Cut Diamond.' If I am to receive a visit, I think I 11 receive him sitting up. I snail be able to offer" rum more courtesy than I should if I were in bed. He put out the candle, taking care to have it within easy reach. He put a box of matches in his pockct-CIlv regret ting that there was no lantern handv. Taking off his boots, he sat down in a chair and waited. He waited hours..Sothing broke the silence of the night. No church clock told of the flight of time. "One might almost think that someone had bcld my friend that I had a six-shooter in mv pocket, the better to do him honour. If something doesn t happen soon I shall either have to walk about, or else tro to sleep in my chair—and if it comes to that, TV1 better go to hor) M The night stole on. Still nothing to break the monotony of waiting in the dark. More than once Mr. Fletcher had caught his chin in the act of falling forward on to his chest—his yawns became prodigious! It begins to occur to me that, at my time of life, nothing a.nd no one is worth sitting up for all night. I'm off to bed." lie was about to go to bed, and, for that purpose, had already risen from his seat, when—he heard a 8Oun.d What's thaW" It might have been the creaking of a board. It might have been the movement of a mouse. It mitht have been any of the trifling noises of which we are conscious in the silence of the night. Of one thmg ontv he certain-—he had heard a. He listened, his sense of hearing almost unnaturally alert. A sound again "Perhaps, after all, it's nothing hut a mouse." If it was a mouse, it was a curious one. The sound became plainer. It seemed to Mr. Fletcher that it coming nearer. "It's someone moving. I hope to goodness it isn't thftt old idiot, Madame." But it did not seem as if it proceeded from the stairs. Su *ely, if she came at ail, she would come that way. It strikes me that it is someone in the ather room. For all I know, there may be someone sleep- ing there. Halloa! What's that?" It was a ra.y of light—the merest pencil! It gleamed, like a streak of molten metal, across th3 floor. I'm a Dutchman, it's shining through the wall:" It was there could be no doubt of it. It came through a crevice in the wainscot. I have it! I spot it all! Now for the next card in the game—it'll be a call for trumps. I rather fancy, too, that I shall be able to trump this little trick." The pencil of light grew wider. "They're slipping a panel in the wainscot—just behind the head of my bed! This thing gets beau- tifully plain!" With a cat-like step, Mr. Fletcher moved towards the bed. The pencil cf light was ceasing to be a pencil-it began to illuminate the room. "Steady, my friend, that panel distinctly creake l. Yeu must oil it next time. b >forp you play this game. In delicate operations of this kind, trifles light as air are apt to spoil the full effect." The room was in that state of semi-radiance which had puzzled Mr. Fletcher on the previous night. Now, my friend, is it now? It is! He's coming! Trumped. Good evening, dear friend, good even- ing With one hand he had someone by the collar of his coat, with the other he pointed a revolver into someone's face. Good evening, dear friend, good evening." There endued an interval for reflection. The cap- tive seemed momentarily paralysed the captor was taking stock. The prisoner was a little man—a very little man, scarcely reaching above Mr. Fletcher's waÏ¡¡;t. "After all!" The words proceeded from the little man in some- tiling between a moan and a gasp. "As you say, my friend, 'after all'—after all we meet, again. Perhaps you will permit me to strike & lJgnt my Your light we will examine later en. The little man offered no resistance when his captor drew him towards the table. He stood in silence while the candle was being lit, nor did he flinch when Mr. Fletcher held it in fro-nt of his face, the better to see what manner of man he was. "From the look of you, I should say you were the late Peltier's Corsican brother." You have a. revolver. Shoot me. It is better so." It may be better so-a little later in the evening. At the present, it seems to me that it would be a pity. Let me place you oil the table." Lifting him in hie anas, Fletcher seated him on the edge of the table, the little man remaining as docile as a child. When, however, he had gained that post of vantage, What it is to have been born a little man!" he groaned. I "The situation is not without its compensations Women, mistaking your age, may bestow on you their caresses as generously as though you were a little boy. Now, may I ask-I trust you will not deem the question an impertinence—who you are, and what's your little game?" "Do you not know me?" Uniess you are the ghost of the late lamented Peltier, I am afraid I don't." I am Peltier himself." "Peltier! Ernest! Whew!" Mr. Fletcher whistled. "But I thought that you were dead." In the morning I shall be dead." The little man spoke with an air of tragic glocm. But so far as I understand the right of the matter, you are—or you ought to be-stone dead nuw. You are buried." My coffin is buried." The little man was still. Looking at him. rnorking | his air of extreme depression, Mr. Fletcher began, faintly, to realise the situation. "You do not understand?" Not yet—exactly." "Altbtough you do not understand—you have ruined me. It seems to me that that is well. Is it beea«ise you love my wife?" lour wife! Well, not precisely." "What is it, then? You think, no doubt, you have done a brave and clever tiling—you, a stranger, who came into this country for the first tune yesterday. You are mistaken. You see, I am a small man. My wife, she is as big as a huuee. Ever since the day I married her she made my life no life at all. I could do nothing against her, she did with me as she pleased. Once I ran aw:uy. I did not go far, I had only three francs in my pocket. Those I had to steal. Sometimes, two, three times a day she would look to see if there was any money in my pockets. She found me, she broughit me back, she lucked me up for three whole week", m this very room. Sbe took away my clothes. She left me but my drawers, my slippers, alld my shirt. That was very funny, was it not For you; but not for me. Oli. mon Dieu! After all. I am a man." In the uncertain light Mr. Fletcher taw that the tears were rolling down the speaker's cheeks. "I was ashamed to complain to people of the treatment I received, though I do not doubt it was plain enough to all the world. I thought once or twice of killing her; but it seemed to me it would be better that I should kill myself rather than her. This reflection put into my head the beginning of a scheme. At la.8t things came to a crisis. hE- she beat me. She beat me a8 though I WfTe a child—me, a man of honour—with a slipper upon her knee It is incredible, but it is none the less the truth, shoe berut me until I cried with pain! That was enough. I arranged my scheme. I pretended to be ill. I knew that she was very superstitious. I told her that, when I was dead, my soul would pass into the body of a horse." Pourquoipas ?" Into the budy of Pourquoipas. Xo sooner had I said it than I seemed to die." How did you manatge that?" I swallowed a draught which made it teem—to her—that I was dead." "But how about the doctor? Aren't such tilings at;< certificates of death known in this part of the world?" "Sam Tucker saw to that." I though: our friend the jockey lifud a finger in the pie." "He has been a good friend to me, Sam Tucker. She lust no time in putting me into a coffin. Dead, she feared me more than living. Sam Tucker fastened down the lid." Having first, I suppose, taken care to see that you were out of it." That is ..0. When the coffin had been buried we got her down to the stable. I spoke to her, as ene thought, out of the mouth of Pourquoipas." And, pray, how was that edifying performance arra uged You spoke to me, you. must remember, out of the mouth of Pourquoipas." It was very simple. There is a cellar under- neath the stable. A small grating opens into the box of Pourquoipas. I spoke through the grating. y"u were easily deceived." It ou think ,0, do you? It seems to me, my friend, that you're a. past master in deception." I V idea was to frighten my wiie into sending the horses—which, arfter all, are my own property— and a plum of money to a.n address in Morlaix. Then I should be able to start the world afresh, freed from the chains of slavery. There can be no doubt she would have sent them. 1: ou cme upon the ne. Bv meddling in the affairs of otllers you have ruined all. It seems that I must starve and after all "Hist' What's that? Mr. Fletcher caught Monsieur' Peltier bv the prm. There s someone coming up the stains, and I H bet a dollar^ s your wife. Hide behind the curtains of die becl. There came a tapping at the door. "Open," monsieur, open!" When the door vn* opened, Madame Peltier stood without, in the Miry costume of the night before. Monsieur, I cannot s-eep, it i8 no Ail the night I think that I hear voices A figure advanced into the centre of the room, the figure of a. very litr.1e man. Agnes! Tit lady fainted. Sixteen solid stone fell with a thltd upon the ground. 1r. Fletcher brought her round in course of time. "It was Lnest!" I'pnn my word," gaid Mr. Fletcher, "I believe "iTi* enough. Better to be ruined, than to die. I will se::d the money Mid the horses in the morn in sr." » f And she sent i enVThe End -j NEXT WEEK:— A SILENT WITNESS.
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THE ROYAL JUBILEE METAL EXCHANGE…
THE ROYAL JUBILEE METAL EXCHANGE (INCORPORATED). There was a full attendance on 'Change on Tuesday afternoon. There were present Messrs. H. Clement (Beaufort), T. W. Jones, C. Wright (Gowerton), T. Herschel Jones, Bertie Morris, W. H. Francis, Wm. Davis (Ebbw Vale Co.), T. Davies (Cambria), Rees Harries (Teilo), W. R. Quick, R. W. Tolfree (Dowlais Iron Co.), E. Breffit (Cardiff), W. Bright (Fairwood), F. Neville (Llanelly), E. Ll. Daniel (Cwmfelin), F. W. Mortimer (Midland Railway), J. Corfield (Dillwyn and Co.), W. Lean, J. Bangham (Bar- row Steel Co.), Thos. Freeman (Clayton Works), W. Buckland (Morriston), Geo. Sims (G.W.R.), W. H. Edwards (Morriston), H. Chalk (T. Ford and Co.), J. Paton (Pontypool), R. W. Evans (Llanelly), H. V. Witts (J. Watson and Co.), E. Roberts, R. Peregrine (Llanelly), J. Harrop (Grovesend), H. P. Mainwaring (Llanelly), J. R. Watson, T. Simm, S. Stevens, J. H. Thomas (Llanelly), Joseph Lewis (Anderson and Cox), F. F. Card (Briton Ferry), C. G. Biggs, D. Lewis (Gorseinon), L. E. Trickey (G.W.R.), Thos. Lowndes, G. H. White (Pontardulais), G. H. Adams (Wolverhampton), D. Rassell (Clydach), F. K. Clegg (F. S. Saunders and Co.), J. H. Strick (Caraonnel Co.), Burch (Bradley and Burch, London), Oliver (Morriston), D. O'Sul- livan, Geo. Smith (Ciyne) D. Rees (Morriston), N. Hardy, J. Dyer (Corn Merchant), D. Williams (Llanelly). D. Richards (Pantyffynon), C. R. George, D. Bevan (Moriais), Geo. Rowe (Worces- ter and Forest Works), T. Gwynne (Briton Ferry), J. T. Davies (Blaenafon Co.), T. J. Williams (Maesygwernen), Copley (Neath Galvanized Co.), R. H. Sampson (Pontardulais), Gwilym Evans (Llanelly), Harold jerkins, Capt. Jenkins, Lewis Jenkins (Briton Ferry), &c. The tone of the market to-day appeared to be strong in all its branches. The business in pig iron seems to be somewhat excited, caused by the speculative element which has been imported into it and a very anomalous result has been brought aoout that while hematite and Scotch have re- mained unaltered Middlesbroagh iron has run up by the operation of bulls and bears, and on tne week has advanced Is. 7Jd. per ton, being 9s. 5d. per ton advance since the 1st July last. Thus the price of Middlesbrough has gone higher than Scotch—a thing unprecedented, and which is a very unsatisfactory state of things. The shipments of Scotch and hematite pig iron show an increase with decreased stocks, lp finished iron and steel there has not been much fluctuation in prices beyond possibly that which has been created by the advance in Middlesbrough for the foundry and malleable iron trades. The whole of the works of the district are fully employed, but there is a lack of transactions for forward deliv- ery. Tinplate shipments have fallen short of the receipts from the works, and there is a consequent increase in the stocks. The business reported to be done is only that for prompt delivery, and neither buyers nor sellers can agree to conclude any contracts, as the latter do not see their way clear to be able to cover themselves with raw materials. The price of block tin shows a falling off on the week of about R2 per ton, which would indicate that the speculative operations that have taken place in this article have reached the summit, and the price will now run down to its normal condition. IBON.—fctusgow warrants, 49s Bid and 49s 4d. casb buyeri. )(IDDLUIIBQ'-lIo. 3, 5016d. prompt; other numbers In proportion. HEMATITE.—Warrasta, 668 61d, for mixed numbers, f.o.b. Cumberland, according to brand. WKLSH JSÂaø. 6 78 6d. Angles, Ac., at usual extras. f.o.t. at work*. ° SHKET IBOJC.— £ 6 15s to 6 178 6d, f.o.t. at works. STEM. ILAILB-Heavy sections, 4 158 to £ 4 17s 6d light do., Jt5 101 Od to á 1611 od, f.o.t.; sleepers, auglBflf channels. &c., according to section and specifica- tion- STJSKLI SHEETS.— £ 6 15s Od to £ 6 17s 6d, with the usual extras for the higher gauges. BKSSKMBB STJSKL.—Xtnplate bars, 4128 6d. BLEMENal TlN-PLATK BABB.—Best, 128 6d. All delivered in the district; nett cash. TIN-FLATM.—Makers' quotations for Bessemer steel coke. 10s 3d to 19s 6d diemaus, (coke finish), 108 6d to 101 9d terues, per double box, 28 by O C 18s 6d. 1911 Od to 21s 6d best charcoal, 111 3d to 9d finished black Plate, 28 to £g 108. Oanadas, ?7 ^7 lOs per ton, according to finish of brand f sr aJa "SMS* frhA vnrkfi. fthinned,and in stock ween. vurrcaiM/uiiititt Nov l £ l«98. Wee*i £ xerr' Boxes. JSJ* <u 921 Received 53,000 •• •• 58*407 Shipped •• 3-2,245 •• •• 3d,812 •• OM'QSC InXk 191.421 170.666 •• 8«,03C Coppla.-Chili bars, £ && i." aa 11 — BLOCK TIK, £ 81 Is 3d to £ 8110s Od. SPBLTma.— £ 2410s, per tele«r»iu received on cnange. ^AD.—Bullish, £ 13 12s 6d dpanisli, ,„r ANS&ACITK COAX.—Best T>ig vein, selected tor malting purposes, 14s Od to as 6d second quality, do.. 12s 6d to 13s Od; ordinary large, according to quality and selection, lis Od to lis tjd; small rubbly culm, per ton, according to position of stem. All delivered f.o.b. Uwausea. cash 30 days, less a* per cent. STJTA* COAU Large, lis Od to Us 3d second quality do., 10s ud to 10s 6<i.; bunkers, according to STEOI COAU Large, lis Od to Us 3d second quality do., los u(I to 10s 6d.; bunkers, according to quality, 1. 9d to Sa 3d; small, 48 6d to 5s 9d per ton, delivered f.o.b. Swansea,cash 30 days, less 2t per cent. BITCMIMOUSCOAIS—Large(No.3Bhondda), Us 6d to 12s 6d larice eNo. 2 Rhondda), 9a 6J to 106 Od per ton, delivered f.o.b. Swansea, cash 30 days, less 2t per cent. E.-]Best foundry, 19, to 21s Od furnace, 15s Od to 16s 6d per ton, f.o^o. Swaasea, cash 30 days, less 21 per cent. PATENT n8 g<j LROKOBKS.—Tafna( per Baylor, Benson an«l Oo.)14s0d Rubio 14s 6<i per ton ex-ship cash, ,iav».
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LONDON'S WATER SUPPLY. THE WELSH SCHEME. SOME ENGINEERING DETAILS. In an interesting article on the proposal to supply the Metropolis with Welsh water, the Standard explains that the sources of supply of which the London County Council proposes in its Bill to claim pre-emption, if not actual use, are situated at altitudes above 600ft., extending to 2,800ft., above the sea level at the head waters of the Usk, Wye, and Towy, in the counties of Cardigan, Brecon, Radnor, and Montgomery. Owing to the general altitude of these districts on the deep slopes of the surrounding" hills, arable cultivation is almost impossible, the lower portions being chiefly composed of moun- [ tain pastures running up into bare, uncultured < wastes, with but a sparse population in any [ part. I A HEAVY BAINFALL. On these high lands the rainfall, as compared with that of the Thames Valley, is very heavy, On these high lands the rainfall, as compared with that of the Thames Valley, is very heavy, varying from 45in. up to 75in. or more per annum; consequently, from a total area of 312,400 acres, or 488 square miles, 415,000,000 gallons a day can be obtained, after making full allowance for dry years and evaporation, and giving due compensation in water to the streams | and rivers from which the supply is derived, as compared with 300,000,000 gallon* a day without I compensation from the 3,542 square miles in the Thames Valley above Molesey. PUMPING UNNECESSARY. The altitude and contour of the valleys also are such as to permit of the water being stored in economical reservoirs, and flowing by gravita- tion into serviee reservoirs situated at a height of about 300 feet above the sea in the neigh. bourhood of London, so that pumping the source, or for the general supply the Metropolis is unnecessary. At first five sources were proposed, namely: (1) the Valley of the Usk, (2) the Yrfon, a tributary of the river Wye, combined with the upper sources of the River Towy (3) the Edw. another tributary of the Wye, (4) the River Ithon, which ultimately flows into the Wye, and (5) the upper portions of the Wye itself. The Usk was speedily dropped ont of consideration for the present, and so were the Edw and the Ithon, leaving the Yrfon and the Upper Wye as the sources to be now utilised. The other sources could be taken in later if necessary. A DAM 166 FEET HIGH. The height of the dams would be, except in the case of the Yrfon, which would be lob feet, in no way remarkable, Sir Alexander paving himself constructed an earthern reservoir em- ( bankment 125 feet high, but masonry dams i would probably be used in these cases- -there | are instances in France of dams of grater height than that proposed for the Yrfon, a-nd one I in Wales, that of the Vyrnwy, which is of I masonry, and the work of Mr. Deacon, who, with Sir Benjamin Baker, has approved of the Council's proposals. THE ROUTE. With the object of meeting the views of the both sides of the river, Sir Alexander ProPoaed two routes for the aqueduct but these have been modified to one which, leaving Hay in he Wye I Vallev, would pass in a south-easterly dIrection, crossing the Wye south of Ross, ttinuelling through the watershed between the Wye and I the Severn a little north of Mitcheldean, 47ad ( under May-hill, would cross the Severn by a syphon pipe 13 £ miles in length, a little north of Gloucester, and by tunnelling the Ootswold Hills would arrive at a point on the Colne about two miles east of the village of Chedworth, a place Bouth-eaat of Northleach. Tbispowton the Colne near Chedworth would be th.e spot from which a southern line would be carried for the supply of the south side of the M^Eopolis. That for the north would pass north ot Witney and Woodstock, and, crossing the Loerwell, would pass south of Buckingham eastwards of Aylesbury and westwards of St. Albans to the reservoir at Elstree. THE ESTIMATED Cost. The aqueducts would have a discharging power of 200,000,000 gallons a day ejl.oh, would be formed partly of masonry and coPcrete and partly of iron or steel pipes at the val 7 cross- ings, and would be entirely covered ov^r free from pollution along their whole enRth. The estimated cost for carrying ou^.n Jf "Wt portions of the scheme is £ 16,546,0W, but to carry out the proposal in its entirety £ <j>°>°00,000 or X93,494 per 1,000,000 gallons obtained per day.
THE NEW LEMONADE.
THE NEW LEMONADE. 2 GALLONS FOR 4!D. Many people suffer from extreme thirst during the summer. Messrs. Foster Clark and Co. with their EIFFEL TOWER LEMONADE have suDplied a want that has so loul been felt. Eiffel TOWER LEMONADE is made from the finest lemons, and the great advantage is that it is nartlv manufactured in Italy, in the midst of the lemon orchards. The lemons taken SSreet from the trees to the factory to coM. mence their transformation into the ^iFFEL TOWEK LEMONADE. You can get thirty-two tumblers (or two gallons) for four-pence half- penny. Of all Grocers, or a sample will be sent free tor six stamps. G. FOSTER CLARK & Co., No. 607, Eiffel Tower Factory, Maidstone.
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NEW COMPANIES. GURNOS AND DARREN BRICK COMPANY (LIMITED).-This company has just been regis- tered with a capital of £ 5,000 in £ 1 shares, to carry on the business of brick, tile, and drain pipe manufacturers, clay-pit proprietors, general contractors, timber, coal, coke, and ironstone merchants, &c. The first sub-cribers are-Isaac T. Glasbrook, 2, Gloucester-place, Swansea, colliery proprietor; D. M. Glasbrook, Gloucester- place, Swansea, colliery proprietor; John F. Harvey, Goat-street, Swansea, chartered account- ant; J. H. Rosser, 35 and 36, Wind-street, Swansea, director; C. H. Perkins, 11, Somerset- place, Swansea, coal exporter; William Hill, Clydach, Swansea, colliery proprietor and T. R. Wnite, Tstalyfera, near Swansea, civil engineer. The regulations of Table "A" in most cases apply. THE SOUTH WALES STEEL AND TIN-PLATE COMPANY (LIMITED) has just been registered, with a capital of £ 45,000 in zelo shares, of which .urnu R3,000 are JB5 per cent. cumulative, to acquire and take over the South Wales Steel and Tin- plate Works at Llanelly and the Cwmbwrla Steel and Tin-plate Works at Swansea, formerly the property of E. Morewood and Co. (Limited), and to carry on the business of steel-makers and converters, tin and terne-plate manufacturers, gabranised sheet manufacturers, ironmasters, smelters, founders, engineers, &c. s scribers are-Francis T. Thomas, Heathcliffe, Heathfield, Swansea, tin-plate manufacturer Francis W Bond. Parkfield, HamptonWick, steel manufacturer; HenryC. Bond Cefn B^, Pem- brey, tin-plate manufacturer; Thomas W. Jame., 24, Goat-street, Swansea, solicitor; Ernest T. James, Ivor House, Coatbam, Bedcar, engineer Benjamin D. Thomas, st" a Swansea, solicitor; and Theophilus H. Davies, 8 Stanley-terrace, Swansea, accountant. The number of directors is not to be less than three nor more than five. The subscribers are to appoint the first; qualification, zCl,000 remunera- tion as the company may decide. PHCENIX TIN-PLATE COMPANY (LIMITED) has just been registered, with a capital of S5,000 in Rlo shares, to carry on the business of iron, steel, and tin-plate manufacturers, ironfounders, steel'converters, galvanisers, coal-masters, timber merchants, &c. The first subscribers are- Edmund A. Cleeves, Gloucester-chambers, Swan- sea, colliery agent; George Beresford, 48, New- road, Llanelly, accountant; William Davies, Ystalyfera, near Swansea, grocer John Morgan, Gelly-nudd, Pontardawe, near Swansea, licensed victualler David Lloyd, Ystalyfera, near Swan- sea, boot manufacturer; David W. Davies, Ystalyfera, near Swansea, colliery proprietor; and J. Aeron Thomas, Swansea, solicitor. The regulations of Ta le 11 A in most cases apply.
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PENLLERGAER.
PENLLERGAER. On Saturday last a concert was given by a party from Morriston, at the Penllergaer Sunday Schoolroom, in aid of the local Cricket Club. The chair was taken by Sir John T. Dillwyn- Llewelyn, Bart., M.P. Miss Llewelyn and Miss Gladys Llewelyn were also present. Unfortu- nately, the attendance was somewhat small, partly owing to the uncertain weather, and partly to the fact that concerts were held on the same evening at other places in the near neighbourhood. The Chairman in his opening remarks, apologised for the absence of Lady Llewelyn, who, having suffered much from bronchitis during the last winter, was afraid to venture out. He explained that the members of the local cricket club were by no means well off, and there were many expenses connected with the club, ?uch as paying for brakes when they played matches away, &c., and the concert was designed to assist them in this. He spoke of the Eisteddfod as having been the means of unearthing many bright geniuses, who would, otherwise, never have been heard of. This last remark was very applicable to their concert that evening, as many of the artistes had won high eisteddfodic honours. He warmly thanked them for their kindness in coming over to Penllergaer to give their valuable assist- ance to raise funds to render the Cricket Club efficient and workable. Sir John took his leave at an early hour, and Mr. J. G. Kirby presided after his departure in his usual satisfactory manner. The programme was as folows:- Pianoforte solo, Mr. T. D. Jones song, Spring is coming," Miss Celia Davies; song, "Honour in Arms," Mr. Evan Evans; selection on the Mandoline and Guitar, The Misses Anderson; song, "The Light of the World," Mr. Edward Davies; song, "Lead, Kindly Light" (Pugha Evans), Miss Rose Samuel; humorous song, "Try, Try, Try," Mr. Campbell Thomas; Selection on Handbells, "Home, Sweet Home," with variations Bong, Ode to St. Cecilia's Day," Mr. Evan Evans; duett, Mioses Davies and Samuel; Mandoline and Guitar, The Misses Anderson; song, "Watch with me love, to- night," Mr. Edward Davies song," The pilgrim of Love," Miss Rose Samuel; humorous song, '"Can't Stop," Mr. Campbell Thomas; finale, God Save the Queen," It is impossible to say anything in praise of individuals when all acquitted themselves so well. It was, indeed, a musical treat such as Penllergaer people seldom enjoy. The grand bass voice of Mr. Evan Evans was almost too much for the size of the room, and the compass of his voice was marvellous. Miss Celia Davies and Miss Rose Samuel sang excellently and Mr. Edward Davies was much admired. The Misses Anderaon s performances on the mandoline and guitar were very sweet, while Mr. Campbell Thomas^ supplied plenty of humour. Before singing the National Anthem" the vote of thanks to the artistes begun by Sir John, was formerly proposed by the Rev. T. P. Lewis, seconded by Mr. J. Kirby, and accorded enthusiastically- ought not to for get Mr, T. D. Jones, who acted as accompanist, and went through his work in his usual efficient manner.
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LOCAL WINDING-UP NOTICES.—The London Gazette states that at an extraordinary general meeting of the members of the South Wales and Monmouthsbire Wool-stapling Company (Ltd.) recently held at Pontmorlais, Merthyr Jydftl, it was resolved and duly confirmed that the company be wound up voluntarily. Mr. D. Macdonald, 9. Newcastle-street, MerthyrTydfil, has been appointed liquidator for the purposes of such winding uu. LOCAL COMMISSIONS.—The London Gazette of Tuesday night contains the following: Line Battalions South Wales Borderers: The under- mentioned second-lieutenants to be lieutenants R. G. Palmer, vice Safford, promoted dated 17th August last. L. H. Tudor, vice Williams, seconded; dated the 10th September last. G. A. Riddell, vice Forbes, seconded; dated the 10th September last. Welsh Regiment: Lieutenant Frank A. Jones is seconded for service on. the West Coast of Africa; dated the 29th of October last. Second-lieutenant L. W. Herbert to be lieutenant, vice Howe. seconded; dated the 15th of October last.- Volunteer Artillery: 1st Glamorgan: The retirements of Lieutenant- Colonel and Honorary Colonel J. W. Young and of Major and Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel W. Jones, which appeared in the London Gazette of the 18th October, are postdated to the 2nd inst. 2nd Glamorgan: The Rev. Canon C. J. Thompson to be acting chaplain; dated the 16th inst.—Volunteer Rifles: 3rd Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers: John Ernest Greaves is appointed to the honorary colonelcy of the battalion; dated the 16th inst. 1st Brecknock- shire Battalion South Wales Borderers Daniel Meredith to be second-lieutenant; dated the 16th inst. 3rd Battalion Welsh Regiment: Thomas Ernest Malyon to be second-lieutenant; dated the 16th inst.
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CONTEMPORARY CHAT. A story of Lord Russell of Killowen, as told by himself the other day, shews how risky s thing it may be. after all, for a prisoner to speak in his own defence. One such, who seemed to b« really making out his innocence, the Lord Chief Justice, who had missed a mumbled word, inter- rupted with the question: What did you say ? what was your last sentence ? "Three months, my lord," said the crestfallen prisoner-pleader. It is hardly necessary to add that the Lord Chief Justice forgot the admission, or remembered it only in the prisoner's favour, when that particu- lar sentence had to be passed. The vital question of the moment, writes "Marmaduke" in the Graphic, is decidedly that which has arisen in connection with the "dis- closures made by Mr. Hooley in the Bankruptcy Court. The question seriously affects all West End men-and these are in the majority—who attempt to add to their diminished income by dabbling in financial business. Of course a director of a company cannot legitimately receive secret service money from the promoter, for the former is trustee for the shareholders. But any man, whether he be a peer or a commoner, has the right to be paid for his services. The serious aspect of the matter, however, is that many meTi will now refuse to mix themselves up with financial business, not because there is anything that is wrong in their being paid for the services which they may render, hut because they are afraid of evi, tongues. Their envious neighbours are sure to talk of them as being engaged in nefarious transactions, and the world will be prone to beheve such stories. This is bad for business. The largest moose head on record is in the possession of Mr. W. F. Sheard, of Tacoma, Washington. It is the head of an Alaskan moose, and the antlers measure from tip to tip 6ft. 6in. The widest moose antlers in this country were in the possession of H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh. They measured 59iin. across, or Jin. under 5ft. The Alaskan specimen, 6in. higher than a 6ft. man, is also immensely wide and massive in the "palm" of the horus. Aspall House, the Suffolk home of the Sirdar's ancestors, from which he takes his second title, lies about seven miles south of Eye. It would be difficult to find a more representative East Anglian house, for. says Country Life, it .1 belonged to two Suffolk families for periods of two hundred and fifty years and two hundred years respectively, and apart from its picturesque appearance and its having been the birthplace of one of the parents of Lord Kitchener of Khartoum it is a place of very considerable interest to those who like to see the practical survival of all that was good and sound in country life from a date of more than two cen- turios ago. Nothing has heen abolished, or wasted, or neglected which the ancient owners thought worth establishing and preserving, from the ancient moats and fish-ponds and manor pigeon-house of the fifteenth century to the ponderous cider press of granite which the econd of tho Clievallier owners of Aspall caused to be quarried on the coast of Normandy, shipped in a "hoy" to Ipswvch, and dragged in sections over some sixteen miles of road to Aspall before the days of macadam, because he intended to enjoy in Suffolk the beverage he was used to iu. Jersey, where he had formerly resided. Women pilots. it is said, are employed by the Danish and Scandinavian, Governments; Many Scandinavian captains say they prefer them to men. because they have more patience. Norway and Sweden also employ women in the mercantile marine: they do the same work as the men before the mast,, and take their turn at night look-out duty. The latest novelties for cotillions in the country have been paper hats, the invention of two young ladies well known as the best and cleverest skaters at Prince's Club, who have recently set up a bonnet shop. These hats are not the usual flimsy monstrosities wo have been accustomed to, look for in crackers at Christmas time, but beautifully made and perfect models of Paris hats and toques. Naturally, therefore, they are most popular, and welcomed enthusiastically by the girls, whose favourite parti ers bestow them on them in the course of the dance. Any novelty in cotillion figures ili a boon, and this, the latest, is as usoful as it ia pretty, for fro.-j these paper models a real hat to wear can easily be con- structed. The proprietors of the great restaurants in Paris and of the great dressmaking establish- ments, the hotel-keepers and the lodging-house- keepers, are complaining bitterly, for the war scare has kept their best customers, the English, away. On the Riviera the opinion is generally expressed that this year there will be scarcely any season to speak of, and it is predicted that Cairo will aucceed Cannes as the popular winter resort. There is no doubt that Cairo has obtained a very considerable advertisement, and it is equally unquestionable that many English men and women who have hitherto spent the winter on the Riviera will this year visit Egypt. The extension of the Imperial penny post to India makes that the fourth great dependency of the British Empire to which the penny post, which comes into operation on December 25th next, will apply. The other three are Canada Newfoundland, and the greater portion of the West Indies. It is a common mistake, a corres- pondent writes, to assume that the penny post is generally an immense financial success. The contrary is actually the fact. With the exception of the urban districts, not even in this country does the penny post pay. To carry a letter into remote country places involves a distinct loss to the Post Office. To carry a letter abroad involves in many cases, even at the increased rate of postage, a more serious loss still. The Indian mail includes about 100,0001b. of letters and postcards per annum. This means a despatch from British shores of about half a million letters and post-cards in each year and an equxl amount of return mail. The only revenue the General Post Office gets from these is the postage on letters consigned to it in Great Britain and Ireland. The only other colony which is at the present time consider- ing the extension of the principle of penny postage to Great Britain is the Cape Government. There are difficulties in the way, but it is confi- dently expected that these will be removed before December 25th next. The Westminster Gazette regrets to learn from a private source that the officers and men of the battalion of the llifle Brigade which took part in the Omdurman aHair, who have recently been transferred from Egypt to Crete, are suffering severely from sickness. Not only "the Rifles," ff Tv. battalions which were sent to Crete alter the arduous campaign on the banks of the ■Nile the Lancashire and f .'Jmmberland Regiments—have many down sick A Hindu conjuror has, according to the Indian Daily Telegraph, been distinguishing herself. According to the bazaar gossip, a certain Bengali, being hard up, applied to her for money, and she at once agreed to give him ten rupees if he could produce one- This he did, and received from ten out of the handful of dust she hastily picked up from the road. He placed the eleven rupees carefully in his purse, but on reaching home he found the entire eleven missing A corresponding accident occurred to a simp* bearer, on whom she bestowed five fll addition to one rupee he possessed. He wrapped the six carefully in his loin cloth, but ou reach- ing home they were non est, which he considered so dishonest that he informed the police that he had been swindled The woman was there- fore arrested and 40ed before a magistrate (name not stated). v-no questioned her. She denied any swindling or will to swindle, and said they might lock her up if they liked, but that they could not keep her free spirit caged. The magistrate suggested that. any way, the experiment might be tried and she was, accord- ingly, locked up in a cell at the far end of a well-guarded corridor of ce,. (locality not stated). The court went on w:tn its usual busi- ness, and the conjuror was forgotten for a moment. Then occurred a curious thing—a sort of repeti- tion, in Oriental fashion, of the little jackdaw business in "The Jackdaw of Rheims." A quail came hopping 1|lt0 the court-room, that spcir.ed ,lot in the least afraid of the big naughty men present, out which was running about picking t'P grains here and there. Suddenly n • P'eac^ers« '"r,» became conscious quail had di:-appeared, and that a fine '1^n3an stood where the quail had been a ,n1 before. The court, noticing the stranger, n 'ie m'&bt be, and received a startling answer. "I am the woman," said the man, whom you locked up just now." "How can that be," inquired the magistrate, "when you are a man?" "Nevertheless, I am the woman.* was the strange reply," and you may lock me up too, if you like." Upon this a rush was made for the woman's cell, and although it was secured as tightly as bars, door, and lock could close it, it was tenantless! After that, the woman, or the man, or whatever the combination called itself, was allowed to go in peace. This tale, con- cludes the Indian Daily Telegraph, shews what extraordinary stories pass current in the bazaar.
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