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(Conrirll. ) FOR A QUIET HOUR. A WEEKLY CAUSERIE BY SILAS K. HOCKING. What the ultimate effect of the meeting of the World's Congress of Women in London will be it us too early to predict. The battalions of suffra- gists and reformers have met, have had their say, and dispersed, and so far London seems no worse—or for that matter no better-for their coming. Yet that impressions have been made there can be no doubt whatever, and impressions that will be abiding. It were folly to close our eyes to the fact that the cause of women has been steadily, if silently, advancing in this country during the last few years. Indeed, so silent has been the movement that we have not fully realised how widespread it is, and how far-reaching its influence. No one could attend the meetings of the congress, or even read the reports of the papers that were read and the speeches that were delivered, without realising that women had in large measure emerged from their domestic obscurity and were taking their place amongst the history-makers of the world. # Our forefathers told us that the proper sphere for woman was home, that she had no right to be anywhere else, that even there she should remain as much as possible in the background. And there are people to-day who hold tenaciously to the same view, and who think that the sex is being degraded by taking a part in the larger activities of life. But, whatever timid and con- servative people may think or feel on the question, there can be no denying the fact that women have resolved to break through these con- ditions, created for them by the sterner sex and sanctioned by long years of custom, and to come out into the open field to take their place in the larger life of the race, and to use their voice and their vote in advancing the cause of womankind in all parts of the world. That they are wrong in this who shall say ? They are but yielding to a natural instinct. For long enough they have dwelt in subjection, have taken meekly what *•«« been doled out to them by a stronger hand, .e submitted to laws that have been made by men, and frequently in the interests of men only. But they think that the time has come when they should help to make the laws to which they have to submit, that they should take a prominent position in relation to questions that affect particularly their own sex, that they should De permitted to earn their own living in spheres from which hitherto they have been excluded, that at least the world should be as open to them as to men, to live their own life, to fight their own battles, to record their vote, to take their part in the great political, philan- thropic, and religious enterprises of the world- to do anything and everything that a woman is capable of doing. It was somewhat of a damper to them to ftnd- at the very time they were discussing the ques- tion of the right of women to take their part in the government of the country—that the House of Lords was refusing women the privilege of becoming councillors and aldermen in the glorified vestries of London. This rebuff is especially cruel and humiliating since, in the past, they have held seats on the vestries, and, if what one reads be true, they have done very useful work. Hence, why they should be excluded from these new vestries, no one, unless he be a member of the House of Lords, seems able to understand. I quite agree with those who say that the proper thing for a woman who is a wife and the mother of a family is to stay at home. I have no sympathy with women who neglect their own husbands and rush up and down the country to reform husbands generally, or leave their own children in the lurch that they may embark on some Quixotic mission for the protec- tion of the children of other people. # # But all women are not wives and mothers, all women have not houses to look after, and, if such women desire to work for the public good, to enter into spheres where they may be of benefit to their fellows generally, then I think it is a very unwise, as well as a very ungenerous, act to try to keep them out. A thousand times better that our unmarried women should engage in some useful enterprise than that they should spoil their lives and eat out their hearts in an idle and use- less life at home. As guardians, as factory inspectors, as teachers, as clerks and journalists, women have proved that they can do their work just as well as men. In fact, there are many spheres (which in times past were closed to them) in which they have shewn great skill and ability, and have even out-distanced their male competitors. I know it may be said, and with truth, that it is not right that they should compete with their brothers on unfair terms. In i number of places they are elbowing the men into the streets, pushing them out of positions that they have held from time immemorial, not because they can do the work better, but because *hey will do it very much more cheaply. vo doubt, when the time comes that women are able to combine as men have done, they will refuse to play this part, which on the face of it seems unfair to the other sex. In Lancashire, for instance, among the cotton weavers there is no attempt made to induce the woman to work for a lower wage than the man. She competes with him on equal terms, and being more nimble of finger and deft in splicing threads, can often earn a larger wage at weaving than he can. In all trades where women compete with men they ought to do so fairly, and if a woman can do any kind of work as well as a man it is unfair both to her and the male worker that she should be compelled to receive a smaller wage. As far as the franchise is concerned there can be no doubt that the majority of women don't care two 8t raw aboit the matter; they take no interest in political questions, they do not take the trouble to study them. Very few women in taking a railway journey will buy a copy of the Times, or Standard, or Daily Nnns, or Telegraphy and read the Parliamentary reports and the lead- ing articles. If anyone will look at what women buy at the railway bookstalls be will be quickly convinced that the majority of them are not at all concerned about social, political, and muni- cipal questions. The magazines that have the biggest vogue to-day are those that give away month by month a paper pattern. The nimble penny is not spent in the Daily Telegraph, but in some small periodical that deals with domestic gossip and general matters relating to dress and fashion. It would be possible, no doubt, to get a crowd of women together interested in the franchise, and who take a deep interest in all political questions, sufficient to fill even the Albert Hall, but the fact would still remain that the great majority of the sex would not know what was happening, would not take the trouble even to read the report of the speeches, and would not care whether the House of Lords admitted women to sit on local boards and town councils or refused to admit them. The late Earl of Beaconsfield in an important stage in his career undertook to educate his party. Well, that is what th« advanced woman has to do to-day in relation to her sex. Those who desire to be admitted to the franchise and to exercise their Parliamentary vote are a very small number in comparison with the whole. Of course this work of education may not prove as difficult as appears on the surface. The next generation of women may awake as from a sleep and be all united on this question. Though, if I were given to prophesy, I should not be afraid to hazard the opinion that many, very many yearb will have to elapse before women generally will take any deep or passionate interest in the great political, social, national, and international movements and questions that agitate the public mind. was rather disappointed to find that the congress threw no fresh light at all on the vexed "domestic servant" question. That is a sphere at present in which women have their own way, and capable cooks and housemaids can demand almost any wage they like, and can dictate their own terms. Indeed, in many towns and in many Earts of London, domestic servants cannot be ad either for love or money. And yet, generally speaking, it does not appear an undesirable sphere for girls. :In most houses they are well treated; they have comfortable kitchens in which to live and comfortable bedrooms in which to sleep; they can receive their own friends, have two or three evenings a week at their own dis- posal, are not exposed to wind or weather, and certainly have a sufficient wage to dress them- selves at least respectably. Ypt somehow girls fight shy of domestic service, and even when they get a good post seem indisposed to keep it for any length of time. Now and then, it is true, you hear of some domestic who has been in the same position for seven, or ten, or even twenty vears, but as a rule, however good the position may be, they like a change every few years, and for no other reason in the world will fling up the most desirable situation and take their chance of another. The lady help so far seems to have been an utter failure. As one of the lady speakers said: In the first place she waa not a help, and in the second place she was not a lady"

"MOSTLY POOLS." Thomas Carlyle, speaking of England, said It was a country with a population of thirty millions—mostly fools." Of course, my dear reader, he excluded you and me, and your wife and my better half, and bairns too, for we are a hundred miles or more removed from such a humiliating description. Everybody who knows anything about Carlyle knows full well that he was a confirmed Dyspeptic, a martyr to Indigestion. It hurt his nerves too, so that even Mrs. Carlyle did not always receive from him that generous treatment to which a good wife is entitled. What a thousand pities it is that Carlyle did not take Page Woodcock's Wind Pills, the world-famed for Indigestion, Wind on the Stomach, Liver Complaints, Sick Headache. Costiveness, Nervous Debility, Palpitation of the Heart, Biliousness, &c. We are sure they would have cured his life-long malady. In our advertisements we give sober facts, and when Testimonials follow, nine out of ten have to be toned down; the cures are so remarkable, the ordinary reader would think that we are exaggerating, if not lying. We shall not lie, or even exaggerate; and in every case, if name is not permitted to be published, we will send it on receipt of a P. Card. To put the thing in a nut shell, people who are seriously and even dangerously ill are cured-sometimes after medical skill has failed. All sufferers from Indigestion, Liver Complaints, Wind on the Stomach, Sick Headache, Costiveness, Nervous Debility, Palpitation of the Heart, Biliousness &c., should avail themselves of this most excellent Medicine. Every hard-driven business man, every tired, weary house-wife, every working man or woman, often prevented by their working conditions from taking sufficient exercise, should take Page Woodcock's Wind Pills. Sold by all Medicine Vendors at Is. lid. and 2s. 9d.

ENGLISH CROWN SPELTER COMPANY, LIMITED. The 16th ordinary general meeting of the Eng- lish Crown Spelter Company (Limited) wae held on Tuesday, at 9, Queen-street-place, E.C., Mr. Edmund Pontifex (Chairman of the company) presiding. The Seoretary (Mr. E. C. Leaver) read the jl notice convening the meeting. The Chairman said: Gentlemen-In some re- spects our operations during the past year have I not been conducted quite so satisfactorily as during the previous one, inasmuch as we raised 854 tons of ore less from the mines and dressing works, with an increased cost of raising it of 8s. 6d. per ton, the costs being JE2 12s. 7d. in 1897 and 13 Is. Id. in 1898. So, too, with our smelting works. We made 81 tons less metal than in the preceding year-viz., 5437 tons in 1897 and 5356 tons in 1898, and the costs of smelting have al-o been somewhat higher. There is, however, a brighter side to the picture. The assays of our ores were 47'85 per cent, in 1897 and 49'98 per cent in 1898, an increase of 2" 13 per cent., and the dressing works have a very similar increase of 1'85 per cent., but the main feature has been the increased price of spelter, the market for which continues to be extremely well maintained. One item of the increased cost of mining, R755, is not to be grudged, inasmuch as it is for extra cost of advancements—that is to say, exploratory work I carried on for the purpose of finding out new de- posits or in extending old ones. Of the extra cost £ 836 is due to the increased amount we had to pay to the Italian income tax authorities on account of the extra profits made during the past year over the previotis one. It is satisfactory to know also that the increased cost of the smelting works was an exceptional one, and mainly due to the effect of the disastrous coal strike in South Wales, which increased our coal bill to the extent of 8s. per ton of metal made. The result of the whole i* eminently satisfactory, inasmuch as we have been able to obtain a gross profit for the year of X34,002, against L20,282 in the previous year. After writing off the same amount for depreciation as last year-namely, X3,8W, the available profits are £ 30,292. Out of this an in- terim dividend of 10 per cent. was paid in De- cember, 1898, which leavei an available balance of £ 21,942. out of which we recommend that you to-day declare a further dividend of 20 per oent., making a total distribution for the year of f30 per cent., and leaving X5142 to be dealt with. We have had some doubts previously as to whether we could legally place any of our profits to a reserve account. This doubt has now been re- solved in our favour we, therefore, recommen d you to allow us to place £ 5000 to the credit of a reserve fund, which leaves a balance of Z142 to be carried forward to the next account. Satisfac- tory as have been the results obtained during the past year, unless matters change very much in- deed, we shall have still more satisfactory results to lay before you at onr next general meeting, for we have raised from the mines during the first half of the present year 5881 tons of ore against 3579 tons for the same period of last year. The quantity shipped so far has fetched very high prices—namely, some £ 4 to £ 5 per ton of metal contents above ,the average price at which the ores were valued into the accounts last year. We hav$, therefore, every reason to expect a con- tinuance of our prosperity for some time to come. tinuance of our prosperity for some time to come. I now beg to move that the reports and accounts as presented be received and adopted. Mr. J. Kichardson Francis seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. The Chairman, in proposing that Mr. John C. Richardson be reappointed a member of the board, remarked that they could not possibly have a more efficient director or one who took a greater interest or had a larger stake in the com- pany. Mr. Franks seconded the motion, and it was agreed to. Mr. Richardson thanked the shareholders for his re-election. The company, he said, was going on uncommonly well. They had had a record year, and a great thing they had done during that period was to get some blende mines in North Wales, which would form a second string to their how. Their mines in Italy were looking ex- tremely well, and the last report to hand was the best they bad ever received. The new mines they had acquired in North Wales would be a great help to the company in obtaining their raw material in future. On the motion of Mr. Franks, seconded by Mr. Allison, Messrs. Spain Brothers and Co. were elected auditors. The Chairman then moved :—" That a dividend of 4s. per share, free of income-tax, be and is hereby declared, payable on Saturday, the 15th inst., to the shareholders on the books of the com- pany on July 13, and that the transfer-books be closed during the said July 13." He mentioned that this was a record dividend, and that they were pretty sure it would be increased next year. If they went on breaking the records for some time to come he did not think the shareholders would have any reason to complain. Mr. S. Loveridge seconded the motion, and it was carried. Mr. Franks proposed that a hearty vote of thanks be accorded to the Chairman and directors for their most able and successful conduct of the business of the company during the past year. This was seconded by Mr. Frost, and the Chairman having briefly acknowledged the com- pliment, the proceedings terminated.

77 -) The Physician's Cure for Goutt Rheumatio Gout and Gravel; the 11 ■ la safest and most gentle NE Medicine for Infants, Children, Delicate Fe- The Universal Remedy for Acidity of the Stomacn, maies, and the Sick- Headache, Heartburn, Indigrestion, Sour Eructations, negg pregnancy. Bilious Affections. i DINNEFORDS. V 0,- MAGNESIA Sold Throughout the World. N.B.-ASK FOR DINNEFORD'S MAGNESIA, WORTH A GUINEA A BOX. BEECHASS" PILLS FOR ALL BILIOUS & NERVOUS DISORDERS. SICK HEADACHE, CONSTIPATION, WEAK STOMACH, WIND, IMPAIRED DIGESTION, DISORDERED LIVER, AND FEMALE AILMENTS. Prepared only by the Proprietor, THOMAS BICECHAM, St. Helens, Lancashire, in boxes, Is. lid. (56 pills) and 2s. 9d. each, with full directions. Sold everywhere. capTT-0 c FOR HIGH QUALITY! FOR ACCURATE TIME!! FOR MARVELLOUS VALUE! ar H. Samuel's Watches are the VERY BEST Watches to be procured, and IS 11/ H. Samuel's REMARK AILY LOW PRICE3 are a CONSIDERABLE SAVING on ordinary shOp charstei. if Bp/i/if.1 If If LARGEST CHOICE of Watcbes in the Kingdom. GOLD & SILVER 2 milll'lL, taaMjj TP-WBT.T.BR.V. CLOCK^ILOW'E:lTCpRtOENEWEST jBT DK31GN. WORK at PRICE. JHHhIIII ILnf H' 8amuel s Watchea contain H. Samuel's Guarantee of CwRmNk B klijg/W protected by ^MAj'ESTY'S allowed with all purchases. If Clj laSaHM fflJ.il ROYAL Letters Patent, and only dissatisfied the full amount Titfr to be obtained in H. Samuel's returned or goods exchanged as /SQM)j Watches. desired. -.¡:¡¡ REAL GOLD BEWARE ENGLISH LEVER Vsr Uf ATPUPfi of Imitations, also CREDIT w„, 0 — Ira# JjL '•ia.i WAI Unco, systems, MONTHLY IN- Watches, 35/ ^5* H. SAMUEL'S 1 fl/ £ ? -fiW T.adips STALUEST.-i, &e.,by which r 09K •' MARVEL" lU/b ^^e8' the purchaser is made a HaU-marUed SiJtrOT rZI /||K as illustrated. A fine KUI.L 30/ 4-0/" DEBTOR instead of being With dust PLATE LEVER Watch; the actual owner of the r^rr>°0 Xjf jewelled movement; ex- For Gentle- goods. BUY DIKBOTfrom 2s. Extra Quality^ f§ §0/ gia^Q^L^ss ss* m material exactly resembling ALT^ WARRANTED. %jjjR dA real silver in appearance, uq viPLKTB OE3CRIPTIVJ5 illustrated Catalogue, with 3,000 H. Samuel's price, 10/6. enirravjne8 and HUNDREDS of Testimonials, presented gratis or H. SAMUEL'S Sterling P<»ted tJ and^pwa^s FARE PAID up 10 30 H. SAMUEL, 7, St. Mary'a-street, CARDIFF. TjF 2S/-7 And at MARKET-STREET, MANCHESTER.

THE ROYAL JUBILEE METAL EXCHANGE (INCORPORATED). There was a full attendance on 'Change on Tuesday afternoon, and business was brisk. There were present—Messrs. H. Clement (Beau- fort), J. R. Wright (Gowerton), C. Wright (Gowerton), C. G. Biggs. E. Breffit (Cardiff), G. L. Morris (Millbrook), W. H. Edwards (Morris- ton), J. Hughes (Morriston), D. Lewis (Gorseinon), F. F. Card (Briton Ferry), R. Hardy, E. R. and J. H. Thomas (Llanelly), J. S. Tregonning (Llan- en", J. Maybery (Llanelly), M. T. Jones, R. W. Evans (Llanelly), C. E. and H. M. Peel, G. H. Strick (Gurnoa Co.), R. W. Tolfree (Dowlais Co.), J. T. Davies (Blaenafon Co.), H. V. Witts (J. Watson and Co.), Joseph Harrop (Groveeend), J. H. Pound (Midland Railway), J. Paton (Ponty- po £ j), H. T. Randall (Swansea Harbour), W. DaTis (Ebbw Vale Co ), O. H. Thomas (Neatb), G.jW. Davey, F. K. Clegs? and F. S. Pavker (F. S. Sannders and Co.), T. Simm, W. Buckland (Morristos), E. P. Jone, D. Richards (Panty- ffynon), E. Ll. Daniel (Cwmfelin), T. Herschel Jones, E. Roberts (Lilleshall Co.), S. Stevens, H. Lowndes (F. Lazarus and Co., London), J. Bangham (Barrow Co.), W. Lean, C. Rosser (Cflfriw), H. Chalk (T. Ford and Co.), W. H. Onions (Newport), J. H. Strick, D. M. Glasbrook, J. Probert (Port Talbot Co.). W. Rees and E. D. Williams (Glanainan), F. Nevill (Llanelly), E. Ball, F. R. Phillips (Ynismudw), Roger Beck (Gowerton), T. Gwynne (Briton Ferry), D. Bevan (Morlais), J. Thomas (Llaugennech), L. E. Trickey (G.W.R.), W. Law (Harbour Super- intendent), Joseph Lewis, Bertie Morris, Lewis Jenkins (Briton Ferry), Rufus Lewis (Gorseinon), Edward Marin (Burgess and Co.), D. Evans (Llangennech), R. H. Sampson (Pontardulais), Capt. Jenkins, John Dyer, &c. The following is the official weekly report:— PIG IRON.—A further advance has taken place in the warrant quotations, and an increase in price has been declared in Scotch of about Is. 6d. per ton, in Cleveland of is. 9d. per ton, and in Hematite of Is. 8,d. per ton. The shipments shew an increase in the first two grades, while a falling off has taken place in Hematite, but t&king it as a whole there is a decrease in the stocks. FINISHED IRON AND STEEL.—As anticipated, a further advance in prices was declared at the I Birmingham Ironmasters' quarterly meeting, and Bessemer Tinplate Bars were fixed at the minimum figures of < £ 6 and Siemens at £ 6 2s. 6d.; sellers are however indifferent as to securing any p res orders, being clearly under the impression that higher values will prevail, besides they are as full of orders as they can possibly execute within the remainder of this year. This forward delivery is forced upon them to cover orders taken for Plates for the same period. The prices of Merchant Weldable Steel Bars were also further increased, and are quoted as given below. TINPLATES.—The shipments of Tinplates are below the receipt from the works, with a conse- quent result that the stocks are increased to a corresponding extent. In sympathy with the increase in the price of the raw materials, the prices are now quoted as below, which figures are however nominal. BLOCK TIN.—It will be observed that this metal has advanced X6 10s. per ton since our last report. COPPER has receded £ 1 5s. per ton on the week, but LEAD shews a slight increase, while SPELTER is unchanged. PIG IRON.—Glasgow warrants, 71s. 6d., 71s. 5d., 71s. 9d., cash buyers. MIDDLBSBRO'.—No. 3,71s. 6d., prompt; other numbers in proportion. HEMATITE.—Warrants, 77s., 77s. 2d., 77s. lid. for mixed numbers, f.o.b. Cumberland, acoording to brand. WELSH BARS, L8 Os Od to X8 5s Od. Angles, &c., at usual extras, f.o.t. at works. SHEET IRON.— £ 9 Os Od to £ 9 10s Od, f.o.t. at works. STEEL RAILS.—Heavy sections, C6 29 6d to L6 10s Od light do., JE7 2s 6d to £7 12s 6d, f.o.t.; sleepers, angles, channels, &c., according to section and specification. I STEEL SHEETS.— £ 9 Os Od to C9 10s Od, with the usual extras for the higher gauges. BESSEMER STEEL.—Tinplate bars, L6 Os Od to £6286d, SIEMEN'S TINPLATE BARS.—Best, X6 2s 6d. to E6 5Fj. All delivered in the district; nett cash. TINPLATEs.-Makers' quotations for Bessemer steel coke, 16s Od to 16s3d; Siemen's (coke finish) 16s 3d to 16s 6d ternes, per double box 28 by 20 C., 27s Od, 28s 6d, to 29a 6d and 31s; best charcoal, 17s 6d to 18s Od, according to finish of brand; wasters, 6d to Is per box less than primes. Odd sizes usual extras. All delivered I in Prince of Wales Dock, Swansea; cash, less 3 and 1 per cent. Big sheets for galvanising, 6x3 x 30 gauge, X12 Os. Od. per ton, f.o.t. Finished black plate, L12 10s Od to R13 0s Od per ton, f.o.t. Canadas, £ 9 17s 6d per ton, f.o.t. The Swansea Harbour Trustees have furnished the following official return of tinplates received from the works, shipped, and in stock :— Week ending Last week. Corresponding July 15,1899. week last year. Boxes. Boxes. Boxes. Received 55,025 63,611 31,840 Shipped 50,157 91,797 13,154 In stock 156,382 151,514 178,657 COPPER.-Chili bars, 176 2s 6d to £ 76 12s 6d. BLOCK TIN, £ 133 10a Od to £ 134 15s Od. SPELTER.— £ 26, per telegram received on 'Change. LEAD.—English, 914 12a 6d; Spanish, zCl4 10s. SILVER.-27id. ANTHRACITE COAL.-Beat big vein. selectecl for malting purposes, 13s 6d to 14s Od second quality, do., lis Od to lis 6d; ordinary large, 9s 6d to 10s 6d; small rubbly culm, 5s 3d to 5s 9d per ton. All delivered f.o.b. Swansea, cash 30 days, less 21 per cent. STEAM COALS.—Large, lis 6d to 13s Od; second quality, do., 10s Od to lis Od bunkers, according to quality. 8s 31 to 8s 6d; small, 7s 6d to 8s 6d per ton, delivered f.o.b. Swansea, cash 30 days, less 2 £ per cent. BITUMINOUS COALS.—Large (No. 3 Rhondda), 12s 6d to 13s large (No 2 Rhondda), lis Od to lis 61; thro' do., 9s 6d to 10s small do., 8s 3d to 8s 9d per ton, delivered f.o.b. Swansea, cash 30 days, less 2 per cent. COKE.-Best foundry, 25s to 27s 6d; furnace, 23s Od per ton, f.o.b. Swansea, cash 30 days, less 2 per cent. PATENT FUEL.—12s 6d tc 13s Od. IRON Oitics.-Tafna (per Naylor, Benson and Co.) 14a 6d to 14s 9d. Rnbio, 15s 6d to 15s 9d per ton, ex-ship; cash, 30 days. PITWOOD.—17s to 17s 6d per ton, into trucks nett, cash 30 days.

NO MORE MEDICINE. PURGING OR EX- PENSE FOR INVALIDS AND CHILDREN. PERFECT DIGESTION, NERVOUS ENERGY, SOUND SLEEP, AND HEALTH RESTORED by Du BARRY'S DELICIOUS REVALENTA ARABICA, which cures all disorders of the Stomach and Bowels, the Blood, the Nerves, Lungs, Liver, Bladder, Brain Voice, and Breath—such as Constipation, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Con- sumption, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Influenza, Grippe, Acidity, Heartburn, Phlegm, Flatulency, Feverish Breath, Nervous, Bilious, Pulmonary Glanoular.Kiduey and Liver Complaint?, Debility, Cough, Asthma; Scarlet, Gastric, Enteric, Bilious, and Yellow Fevers, Spasms, Nephritis, Impurities and Poverty of the Blood, Ague; Rheumatism, Gout; Nausea and Vomiting after Eating, during Pregnancy, and at Sea Eruptions, Sleeplessness, Noises in the Head and in the Ears, Atrophy, Wasting in Adults and children, 50 years' invariable success with old and young, even in the most hopeless cases. 100,000 annual cures, including those of H.I.M. the late Emperor Nicholas of Russia, Mr. H. M. Stanley, the African Explorer, the Marchioness of Bréhan, Lord Stuart de Decies, Ac. "West Bank, Bolton.—A dangerous illness having left my di- gestive organs too weak to assimilate ordinary food of any kind sufficient to keep me alive, I owe my preservation to Du Barry's Food and Tonic Biscuits, on which I subsisted for months, recovering a healthy action of the stomach, and strength and muscle. to the astonishment of my- self, my medical adviser, and friends.—EDWARD WOOD." "In Atonic Dyspepsia and Debility, after enteric fever, I have prescribed Du Barry's Food with marked success when everything else was rejected.—T. H. MORRIS, M.B. and C.M., Tylor's Town, near Pontypridd." After suffer- ing for a long time from a gastric complaint and dyspepsia, so severe that I could digest nothing, I decided to try Du Barry's Revalenta, which has completely cured me in three months.—ALFRED BEKSON, 27, Boulevard du Temple, Paris." Four times more nourishing than meat, and assimilating when all other food is rejected it save-, 50 times its cost in medicine. It rears also successfully the most delicate children. Sell?—in tins at 2s. 3s. 6d.; 21bs., 6s.; bibs., 14s.; 121 ba., 32s.; or about 2d. per meal. Also Du BAKRT'S TONIC REVALENTA BISCUITS remove Nervous Debility and sleeplessness in tins 3s. 6d. and 6s. All tins carriage free on receipt of P.O.O. Du BARRY & Co. (Limited), No. 77, Regent Street, London, W. and at all Stores, Ornoers and, Chemists everywhere. Sold in Swansea by V, Isaac Gale, 18, High-street. =

Viscountess Downe, who has replaced the Dowager Lady Southampton as the LaJy-in- Waiting on the Queen at Windsor Castle, is to accompany the Queen to Osborne on Friday, and to be on duty until the 25th, when she is to be succeeded by the Dowager-Ladv Amptbill. The Hon. Henry and Mrs. Littleton have left London for Scotland.

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VISCOUNT HORNCASTLE. Among the most important advertising firms in London is Horncastie's, Ltd, of the Central Advertisement Offices, 61, Cheapside, E.C., which was founded a little more than a quarter of a century ago by its present managing director, Mr. (now Viscount) Walter Radcliffe Horncastle, who was then but a youth. Its business has grown until four flr)ors of a large building are found hardly sufficient for its requirements. Horncastie's, Ltd., acts only as contractor, and limits itself almost exclusively to adverti-ementa of public companies and auctioneers; and in this section of the business it is in the very front rank. The importance of some of its transactions may be judged from the fact that the contract for advertising the lynotype prospectus amounted to £ 14,000. Viscount Horncastle is not only a very hard-working man, but is also a master of order and method, which of course increases the amount of work he can do. He is so progressive that he has discarded the shorthand writer. He speaks his correspondence into a phonograph, and the cylinders are carried up to another apartment, where they tell their own story to the typewriters. As a specimen of the rapidity of his work, he on one occasion received a prospectus for distribution at 7.30 p.m., and papers contain- ing it from places as remote as Leeds and Cardiff were on his clients' desk by eleven the next morning. He publishes an admirable manual, now in its tenth edition, which contains, besides some useful hints on advertising, an exhaustive summary of the laws affecting the formation of public companies, and a full account of those founded in the past year. Horncastie's also shows, free of charge, every prospectus issued during the last ten years. Outside of business, Viscount Horncastle is a very interesting personality. He resides at Hackney, where he has the good fortune to pos- sess a fine house surrounded by four acres of beautiful grounds at a distance of considerably less than three miles from his offices in Cheapside. Keenly attached to the open air and to outdoor sports, he spends many of his hours at home in his garden, which boasts a lawn unsurpassed for the perfection of its grass, or in his tennis-courts. He is proud of the fact that he was born very near his present residence, and that, though he has lived all his life in the neighbourhood, he is not without honour in his own country. Long ago he originated the idea of a municipality for Hackney, but in vain. The Government is now carrying out that idea, and Vicount Horncastie's popularity among his neighbours makes it pro- bable that he will be the first Mayor of Hackney. His view is that a Mayor should know DO politics in his office, should be ready to take the chair for Liberals and Conservatives alike, and to show himself in places of worship of all demoninations. Viscount Horncastle is accustomed to public affairs. A member of the Borderers' Company, and one or two others, he has been a Common Councilman of the City of London since 1895, has served on the City Land., Committee, and is now Chairman of the Committee both of the City of London School and also of the City Girls' School. He has also earned public honours. He holds the Knight-Commandership of the Order of Our Lady of Villa Viscosa from the King of Portugal, who raised him to the rank of Viscount in recog- nition of his Bervioes in connection with the Lisbon Exhibition in 1895. He has also received the Order of Takovo from King Alexander of Servia. n In private life, Viscount Horncastle, who claims descent from the family of Radcliffe, Earls of Derwentwater, finds all his pleasures at home. Over six feet in height, he is a distinguished athlete, and has won about a hundred and fifty prizes for tennis, running, football and rowing. The Viscountess, who is happily recovering from a severe illness, is also distinguished in the world of sport, as well as being an artist of merit. She holds several tennis championships, is a splendid horsewoman and whip, is hard to beat at billiards, and is 801,,0 an expert skater and oarawoman.

THE MOST NUTRITIOUS. THE MOST NUTRITIOUS. EPPS'S GRACEFUL—COMFORTING. COCOA I BREAKFAST AND SUPPER.

COMMERCIAL FAILURES. According to Stttbbt' Weekly Gazette, the number of failures in England and Wales gazetted during the week ending July 15, was 107. The number In correspond- ing week of last year was 156, showing a decrease of 49. The failures were distributed amongst the following trades, and for comparison we give the number in the corresponding week of 1898:-Builders, Building Ma- terials, 12-13 Chemists and Drysalters, 1-3; China, Glass, Earthenware, 1—2 Confectionery. Toys, Fancy Goods, 1-5; Corn, Coals, Minerals, 2-5; Drapery, Clothing Textures, 6—24; Farmers, *2—9 Furniture, Upholstery, 3—9; Horses, Vehicles, 5—1; Jewellery, Watches, 3-7; Leather, 6-7 Metals, 8-6 Paper, Printing, &c., 2-6; Provisions, 19-32 Wines, Spirits, Beer, Tobaccos-, 8—16; Miscellaneous, 26-11. Totals, 107-166. The aggregate totals for 28 weeks, 1898 and 1899 were-For 1899. 4,m; for 1898, 4,177. The number of bills of sale in England and Wales registered at the Queen's Bench for the week ending July 15 was 116. The number in the corresponding week of last year was 142. The totals for the portion of the year to July 15, are bills of sale registered fcr England and Wales, 3442, a decrease of 422 and bills of sale reregistered, 303, a decrease ot 4; the re- ceiving orders gazetted number 2313, a decrease of 22, and the registered deeds of arrangement 1,781. a decrease of 61. In Ireland the totals are judgments 1612, a decrease of 20; the bills of sale 156, a decrease of 26; and the bankruptcies gazetted number 133, an In- crease of 13; and the registered deeds of arrangement 227, an increase of 14. In Scotland the totals are re- corded protests gazetted 459, a decrease of 6, and the failures 648, a decrease of 16.

CAREFULLY CONSIDER. The variable temperature and the changeable weather of the last month or so, makes it incum- bent on all of us to exercise wise and prudent precautions to counteract the evil effects which the weather may have had upon our health and comfort. Already we frquently hear such com- plaints as "No appetite," "These frequent headaches," This languid feeling," and dozens of other expressions which all point to the urgent need of a good Tonic. Now there are several tonic mixtures offered to the public, but none which have been so uniformly successful as Gwilym Evans' Quinine Bitters, The Vegetable Tonic. This Preparation is acknowledged to be The Best Remedy of The Age for Nervousness, Weakness, Chest Affections, Palpitation of the Heart, Indigestion, Liver Complaint and Influenza. Gwilym Evans' Quinine Bitters is sold everywhere in bottles 2s. 9d. and 4. 6d. each, or will be sent carriage free for these prices direct from the Sole Proprietors Quinine Bitters Manufacturing Company, Limited, Llanelly, South Wales. Beware of Imitations. See the name of Gwilym Evans" on Label, Stamp, and Bottle.

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SWANSEA COUNTY COURT. IBEFORE HIS HONOUR JUDGE GWILYM WILLIAMS.] The July sitting of the* Swansea County Court opened at the Guildhall on Monday, before his Honour Judge Gwilym Williams. The first day was occupied with a number of Judgment Sum- monses. ALLEGED INFERIOR COAL. CLEEVES v. THOMAS.—This was a claim for R12 damages for breach of contract over the sale of certain bunker coal. The action was brought by Messrs. Cleeves and Co., coal merchants, Swansea, for whom Mr. Vanderpump (Messrs. Ingledew, Sons and Vanderpump) appeared against Mr. Oliver Thomas, colliery proprietor, Neath, for whom Mr. Villiers Meager (instructed by Mr. Mathew Morgan, Neath) appeared. The plaintiffs stated that on January 23rd last, some sixty tons of bunkering coals were shipped on board the s.s. Glendale, but in consequence of its inferior quality, the steamer was detained two tides in going round to London, and at the latter place had to buy 15 tons of North Country large to mix with the previous bunkers in order to make it burn. Capt. Wardroffer, of the Glendale, de- scribed the coal as utter rubbish, very small and full of dirt and stones, and Mr. E. A. Cleeves deposed that in paying 8s. 6d. f.o.b., the price was a fair one for second-class bankers.-For the defence it was stated that through and through Llynvi Valley was supplied, and that plaintiffs knew that the consignment in question was standing for some time at the sidings,and decided to take it.—His Honour told Mr. Meager that he never knev him with a case with less straw, and gave judgment for the plaintiff with costs. A WILL DISPUTE. JONES V. BEES.—This was an action arising out of the interpretation of a clause in a will involving the distribution of some £ 126, by rent and royalties, upon certain minerals under the Nantymelin Farm. The testator bequeathed the rents and royalties to his six children in equal shares, each share to be divided between the I surviving children in the event of there being no i-sue. The plaintiff was Ann Jones, of Cwm- cilly Farm, for whom Mr. W. A. Thomas argued that the intention of the testator was to divide not only the original share, but the accrued share amongst the surviving children. His Honour took this view and gave judgment accordingly without costs.—Mr. Villiers Meager (instructed by Messrs. R. and C. B. Jenkins) appeared for the third party to the action, Benjamin Bees, of Morriston.—Mr. E. W. Jones appeared for the Messrs. Hill, of Clydach, the lessees of the min- erals, who were allowed costs. MORRIS v. MORRIS.—John Morris, the plain- tiff, sued his father, William Morris, for S5 9s., for wages due. There was a counter claim for zCl5 19a. 4d. for damages for the alleged breaking open of the defendant's shop.—Mr. G. Hawkss (from the office of Messrs. Viner Leeder and Morris),was for the plaintiff, and Mr. W.S. Andrew (Messrs. Andrew and Thompson) for defendant. After a long hearing, his Honour found for the plaintiff for zEl in lieu of a week's notice, and struck out the counter claim. A FRIENDLY SOCIETY ACTION. BEVAN v. FRANCIS.—Mr. W. Treharne, on behalf of the senior trustee (Mr. John Bevan) of the Gomer Independent Lodge of Ivoritds, Mor- riston, applied to his Honour for an order of foreclosure of a certain mortgage, securing- JE30G > at 5 per cent. interest, in favour of the defentant, Henry Francis, of Morriston. There was no ap- pearanca of the defendant, who it was stated owed £ 33 17s. for interest, and 12s. inclusive of the property mortgaged foi- which he refused to. pay any rent. The order of foreclosure was made, the society being also given possession. WRONGFUL DISTRAINT. WALKER V. HOOSLEY.—Plaintiff, William Walker, employed on the Midland Railway, and living at No. 2, Jericho-place, St. Thomas, sued the assistant overseer of St. Thorns (Mr.Hoosley) for E10 damages for wrongful distraint. Mr.An- drew appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr.Treharne fur the defence admitted a technical liability, a mistake having been made, for which the sum of one guinea had been paid into court.—In attempt- ing to prove further damages, plaintiff said it was the rule with the Midland Railway Company to dismiss all employes who got into debt.-His Honour (surprised) Then it is a lucky thing for them ithey do. not peruse the County Court books.—Judgment was entered for the guinea, his Honour telling plaintiff that he was a bit thin-skinned to expect more damages particularly when there was a mistake made. The cout then adjourned till Wednesday. WEDNESDAY. THE BANKRUPTCY OF AN INLAND REVENUE OFFICER. RE DANIEL BRAY.—Mr. L. M. Richards (in structed by Messrs. Hartland, Isaac & Watkins), applied for the discharge in bankruptcy of Mr. Daniel Bray, Inland Revenue Superintendent, of Swansea. The Official Receiver's report stated that the gross liabilites amounted to £ 1,880, and the assets to i36. The debtor attributed his failure to his being guarantor for his son, who was in business. His conduct under examination was satisfactory, but the assets did not amount to the required sum of 10s. in the £ on the esti- mated amount of the liabilities.—Mr. Richards submitted that his Honour could grant the dis- charge immediately under special circumstances, and on behalf of the debtor he would ask his Honour to grant the discharge on debtor consent- ing to judgment for JE400, payable £100 a year during the remaining two years of debtor's term of service at the Inland Revenue Office, and the balance to be one-fifth of his superannuation allowance.—His Honour consented to give the discharge on tho-e conditions. AN INTERPLEADER ACTION. COOK V. HILL.—COOK CLAIMANT.—Claimant, Joseph Cook, a baker, of 3, Peuygraig Cottages, Mount Pleasant, claimed the value (£36) of cer- tain goods seized by James Tanner Hill, the judgment creditor, .in satisfaction of a debt of ZEBO owing by claimant's mother.—Mr. W. S. Andrew (Messrs. Andrew & Thompson) uppeared for the claimant, and Mr. Villiers Meager (in- structed by Mr. John R. Richard-) appeared for the judgment creditor.—Claimant, in evidence, stated that the goods seized belonged to him, and said his mother had goods of her own. At the date of the judgment she had a house full of fur- niture.—Cross-examined by Mr. Meager, witness said he supposed the furniture had mysteriously disappeared at the time of the judgment. When his mother removed from Brynhjfryd she came ) to stay with him for a few weeks, and afterwards she went to live in Hewton-street, where she said she had taken her furniture.—Further cross-ex- amined, witness admitted that his house was a little over, crowded with furniture, but it was his own furniture, and the house was not crowded more than was usual in a workman's dwelling. Amongst other witnesses, the defendant to the original action was called, and she said that none of her goods were removed to her son's house, and the goods distraine3 upon were his property. His Honour found in favour of the execution cre- ditor for a portion of the goods claimed. The Court then rose.

FULL WEIGHT WITHOUT THE PACKAGE.— Drinkers of good tea are advised to buy Horni- man's, and see that they get it. Sold in Swansea andl the District by Price, Grocer, Cwmbwrla; Evans' Stores, Morriston; Evans, Grocer, Plusmarl Harding, laandore; Jones, 78, High-street; Davies and Co., 49, Gorse-lane, 23, Ffynone-street, and College- street; Jones, ao, New Oxford-street; Davies, 30, High- street; hounett, HeathfleM-street; Chapman, Manse!- street; Clark, Oxford-street and Beack- street; Davies Bios., Oxford-street; J. T. Davies, Walter-road; Evans, Walter-road; J. Jories, Wassail-square and Ferestfacb; M. Jones, riigh-street; Matthews, St. Helen's-roasl; t'arlby, Mansei-street; Griffiths and Co., Grocfrs, St. I Thomaa; J. E. Thomas, Walter-road; National Stores, 60. High-street. jyjAZAWATTEE TEA AZAWATTEE TEA AZAWATTEE TEA AZAWATTEE TEA AZAWATTEE TEA AZAWATTEE TEA -ijuL AZAWATTEE TEA AZAWATTEE TEA IS, AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN, OF FULL WEIGHT. JJTULL WEIGHT. FULL WEIGHT. MAZAWATTJSB FULL WEIGHT. TKA IS, AND JFLULL WEIGHT. ALWAYS HAS BEEN, OF FULL WEIGHT. FULL WEIFLHT. FULL WEIGHT. FULL WEIGHT. THE MAZAWATTEE TEA COMPANY r LIMITED, hereby guarantee that theii Packets contain the Full Weight of Tea stated on the labels, without any deduc- tions whatever for the wrappers. The objectionable practice, disadvantageous to the buyer, adopted in certain other pro- prietary Teas, of including the wrapper or bag in the weight of the Tea, is not, and never has been, followed by the Mazawattee Tea Company, Limited. AZAWATTEE TEA AZAWATTEE TEA AZAWATTEE TEA AZAWATTEE TEA AZAWATTEE TEA jJJAZAWATTEE TEA JJJAZAWATTEE TEA AZAWATTEE TEA IS, AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN, OF FULL WEIGHT. FULL WEIGHT. FULL WEIGHT. KAZAWATTES FULL WEIGHT. TEA IS, AND "T7UJLL WEIGHT. ALWAYS HAS BEEN, OF JWLL WEIGHT. FULL WRIGHT. FULL WEIGHT. FULL WEIGHT.

THE PROPERTY MARKET. Mr. John Francis offered at the Ivy Bush Hotel, Carmarthen, on Saturday, the freehold farm known as Brynamlwg, in the parish of St. Peter, containing 23a. Ir. 9p., together with three fields. part of the adjoining farm of Penlanargoed. containing 24a. Or. 32p.. the estimated rental of the whole being 990. The property, which was offered in one lot, was purchased by Mr. Thomas Williams, Lan. Abergwili, for £ 2,700. Mr. W. Morgan Griffiths, Carmarthen, acted as solicitor for the vendor, Mrt. Tfaamu, Ibamliill 1tIr. IFranoia also sold the following freehold property during the afternoon Llether Farm, quarter of a mile from Llanpumpsaint railway station con- taining 41a. 3r. 16p., and rented at X25, to Mr. John Lewis, Derwengroes, Llanpumpsaint, for £ 785; Derrymysg Farm, Llanpumpsaint. 125a. 2r. 25p., rent £71, to the tenant, Mr. Thomas Hinds, for £1.850 and X80 for timber; Bedw- bach Farm, Llanpumpsaint, 100a. lr. Up., rent X76 21. 2d., to the Rev. D. Evans, Llangain, for £ 1,800; four fields, part of Bedw-bacb, 16a. 2r. 20p., to the Rev. J. Herbert, Llanllawddog, for £ 300; and Capel-baoh Farm, Abergwili, 22a. lr. 26p., rent JE44. to Mr. Morgans, Cunoliffe Bakery, Carmarthen, for £ 1,000, with R20 for the timber. Derwengroes Farm, Abergwili, 146a. 3r. 26p., rent £ 64, was bought in at £ 1,700, but this lot will probably be sold privately. Mr. W. Morgan. Griffiths acted as solicitor for the vendor, Mr. A. W. J. Stokes, St. Botolphs.

DURING THE HEAT AND DUST OF SUMMER Ladles should take care of their complexions and ate freely ROWLANDS' KALYDOR, the most soothing, cool- ing and healing preparation for the skin you can obtain. uowlnndgl Knlydor.-An emollient milk. Rowlands' Kalyder.-A healing milk. Rowland*' Kalydor.-For the face, hands and arms Rowlands' Knlydor.—For hot weather. Rowlands' Knlydor.—Cools tbe face and bands. Rewtnndo Untyder —Refreehea face and hands. Rowlands' Knlydor.—Bemoves freckles, tan and sun barn. Rowlands' Malyder. -Removes redness&roughness Rowlands' Knlydor.—Sootbes and heals irritation. Rowlands' Ka lyder.-Sootbes & heals insect stings. Rowlands' ILulydor. -Warranted harmless. Ladies find this the best preparation for producing soft, fair, delicate skiu. It obviates the baneful effects of sea bathing on tlie complexion, and arrays the face. neck and arms in matchless whiteness unobtainable by any other means. Bottles, 2s. 3d. and 49. 6d. Sold by Stores, Chemists, and A. Rowland and Sons, Eatton Garden, London. THE ORIGIN OF ICissma.-Il Kissing," writes Professor Lombroso, the great psycholo- gist, in The Poll Mall Magazine, sprang, it se?ms, from the entirely maternal act of feeding, commonly piactised hy birds, and very frequently, too, by savisges. We are told that the Fuegians do not use any kind of cup, but assuage their thirst by sucking up water from the spring through a reed. A child would die of thirst if the mother did not supply his needs by filling her own mouth with" ater and then introducing it into the mouth of her babe. From this act the first kisa was probably evolved—a kiss not amorous, therefore, but maternal. Children kiss only when they have been taught to do so, and not before they have attained the age of six months." BARTER'S LITTLE 1X-LS' BEAU rirUL TEETH u DOKO for all v.-li■> nse daily on the tootfe AseswTrriF br,,sh lew llr«Psot Brlce. S0Z0D0NT SSB Forty in a the pleasantest dentifrice In the l'"°C3&4 vial- world. Purely Vegetable. Cleanses the teeth and spacec „ ». between Ihem asnothineelst Sallow*Compicxioiijaa'd Soum} P^rly white Hoadaches promptly: aiKi teetii, rosy lips, and iragrant :ure thoLt; RO as to SI ay cntcd. breath ensured. Chemists, la. lid. Ask for SOZODONT- 2s. 6d

FUNERAL O? THE LATS MR. T. R. ROBINSON. —The funeral of the late Mr. Thomas Rosser Robinson, 11, Walters-terrace, Swansea, took place on Saturday, the funeral cortege leaving the house at 2 o'clock. The funeral was a private one. Amongst those who attended were First carriage, the Kav. Mr. Jones (Unitarian minister) and Mr. Joseph Gwyn (Sketty); first coach, Mr. T. R. Robinson (son), Mr. W. T. Farr (son-in-law). Mr. J. W. Dimmock (son-in-law), Masters W. and T. Farr (grandsons); second coach, Captain J. Rosser, Mr. T. Fenwick, Mr. J. G. Owen, Mr. Ernest Davies and Mr. J. E. Thomas; third coach, Messrs. R. L. Hughes and W. Heck (Loughor Colliery), and D. G. Hogg (Llanelly); fourth coach, office staff; fifth coach, Messrs. P. Kneath, Rouse, W. A. Davies any Qiuufcrell sixth coach, Messrs. W. F. Hulley, W. H. Protheroe, G. H. Crews and James Morris. The funeral arranorements were carried out by Mr. Joseph Gwyn, Post Office, Sketty.

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