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THE WEEK'S PAPERS. "SAME TO SAME." I 1.—"What do you propose?"—Lansdowiie to Roberts. 2.—" What might perhaps.—Same to same. 3. I suggsst as an alternative. Same to same. 4. I have suggested to BuHer. <— Roberts to Lmsdowne. 5. It might perhaps be better.— Same to same. 6.—"I abandon proposal. — Lans- downe to Roberts. 7. If he would like.—Wolseley to Roberts. 0 8.—" I suggest you should ask him. -Same to same. The historic muddle of Spion Kop is com- pletely surpassed by the muddle cf-the Spiou Kop despatches. The phrases which we have culled frorr the despatches issued recently present a spectacle of feeble incompetence and gelatinous irresolution leaning on flabby unserupulousness and pusillanimous cunning which makes us thankful that we are not at war with a first-class Power.—" Star." MATINEE FINANCE. The finance of the theatre is just now much on the boards. Close upon the heels or the disappointing Lyceum report and the ar,nouncement that the Benson Company is to become a limited liability company enters the prospectus of the London Matinee Syn- dicate, Limited. It enters with no orchestral crash; it is a mild little prospectus inviting subscriptions of only £ 2,500, the invitation being addressed, in the first place, as it should be, to members of the theatrical pro- fession. But the object of the company is interesting. It is to furnish matinee per- formances of successful plays by prominent actors at our suburban theatres. There are, it appears, no fewer than twenty-six of these, of which at least twenty are described as eminently suitable for successful matinee revivals and productions.—" Westminster." PRINCE WILHELM. If the life of an English Prince is no easy one, assuredly the life of the eldest son of the German Emperor is not likely to be a career of idleness. Prince Wilhelm has now entered upon his nineteenth year, he has taken the oath of loyalty to the flag of the First Regiment of Guards, to which he is to be attached, and. has begun in earnest the serious work of a German soldier who is to be Emperor hereafter. In him, as to-day in his father, will be centred the hopes and thoughts of a great nation: on his shoulders will fall the burden of the destinies of a great people. and the peace and prosperity of the world at large will at last depend largely upon his actions and his desires. The educa- tion of a young man with so magnificent a heritage involves immense responsibilities upon his teachers. The Emperor himself be- gan that education, and it is his most serious task to see that, as this nation especially hopes and believes, it may result in the train- ing of a Prince in every wav worthv of the throne of his fathers.—"St. James's Gazette." MR. RHODES'S HURRIED DEPARTURE EXPLAINED. An interesting reason for Mr. Rhodes's sudden return to South Africa has been sug- gested by a personal friend of his in a speech delivered at the West Newinsrton Habitation of the Primrose League. He averred that Mr. Rhodes had hurried off in order to make arrangements with several Australian and New Zealand Volunteers to settle down in Ehodesia. They would be so valuable as settlers that many offers of help are being held out in order to facilitate the transport of their wives and families. There will be room in many parts of South Africa for these nnd other settlers from all parts of the Empire.—" Globe." A LOVER'S PROBLEM. Under what circumstances ought a rejected lover to insist upon the return of the engage- ment ring from a lady unwilling to yield it up? This is a very old problem, and one that hardly permits of one inclusive solving formula. A gentleman at the North London Police Court on Saturday wanted his ring back-it had cost a pound. Don't you think," said the magistrate, that you had £1 worth of pleasure during the time that you had walked out with the girl?" The lover hardly felt able to value his pleasure in this commercial spirit, and would only plead that the engagement ring was given conditionally on it being worn (in due course) with a wedding ring provided by himself. But after some discussion he consented not to trouble." He is going to try and find an- other girl—" a. better and a prettier one." Let us hope he will succeed, though that hardiv compensates him for the lost pound. Westminster." THE SUPREMACY OF THE NOVEL. That book was a financial failure," said a novelist of my friends, only 18,000 copies were sold." The book in question is still running," and the failure is only relative. Of course the book was a work of fiction. What philosopher, essayist, poet, or historian ever touches such a failure as a prompt sale of 18,000 copies? If such a man there be, I am not acquainted with his name and works. Therefore do authors of books that are not novels complain. The moan of the metphy- sician is heard in the land. Poetry is a drug," and only school histories are profit- able. The essayist is praised and left out in the cold, laudatur et alget. We heavy authors look back to the aga when very mild poems brought profit in the shape of patent places; when society revelled in vortices and atoms, in the works of Descartes, and Locke, and Condillac. Then there was money in history and philosophy, or. if not money, money's worth. Now there i3 only money in fiction; and, among young critics, "novels" and "literature" are synonymous terms.- Andrew Lang, in Westminster." IS IT POSSIBLE? There is no doubt that the Boer delegates' message to the British people published in the "Express" I.n Saturday wa.3 inspired verbally inspired in parts, by Mr. W. T. Stead, who was on board the Maasdam with Mr. Kruger's envoys. In last week's issue of his little paper. War against War in South Africa." Mr. Stead put into the mouths of the delegates what ho supposed they would say on their own behalf, and some of Mr. Stead's choicest phrases re-appear in Mr. Fischer's statement, such for instance us "the very intelligible spccches of Mr. Chamberlain rather than his very unintelli- gible despatches." Mr. Stead has obviously been coaching up the Boer delegates as to the best way—as he supposes—of approaching the British public. As a matter of fact, Mr. Stead was discovered by a "Daily Mail" re- porter in close consultation with Dr. Levds and Mr. Fischer. Mr. Stead (naturally) doing most of the talking, and the other two con- tenting themselves with monosyllabic com- ments upon a document which Mr. Stead was reading to them. That gentleman seems to have well earned his title to be called the friend of the enemies of hie country. — St. James's Gazette." THE CASE OF CROFTON. If Warren was not considered worthy of punishment for what happened at Spion Kop, the country cannot see why poor Colonel Crofton, who was censured in connection with the same affair, wa-3 bundled home uncere- moniously. If Crofton, again, was made to feel the effects of the War Office displeasure, why was Colonel Thorneycroft, who was equally blamed, allowed to go scot-free? Finally, and worst of all, if Gatacre, Warren, and Buller were deemed worthy of public censure, how comes it about that Methuen, the man responsible for the most appalling catastrophe of the war, has cscaped a single word of comment, and is still left in control of hundreds of soldiers within easy march of the scene of his terrible blunders. What is the meaning of this immunity—an immunity which now extends also to the Man in the Mask at Koorn Spruit ?—" Star." SWIMMING AND CYCLING. It might well have been taken as a self- evident fact that cycling, an exercise which strengthens the leg muscles if it does nothing more, must act beneficially in the case of swimmers. But from a discussion which has been going on in a cycling journal, it appears that this is not so, rather does it seem that iruch cycling is a danger to the swimmer. In moderation cycling does no harm, but we gather that the great cyclist is not likely to become a great swimmer, although there are exceptions even to this generalisation. The efiect of swimming on the cyclist is even less helpful. The cyclist, is appears, benefits by the matutinal cold bath, but he will not rida so freely and so well if he has indulged in an early morning swim.—"Globe."

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MIRACULOUS ESCAPE FROM DEATH. CURED OF CONSUMPTION BY DR. WILLIAMS' PINK PILLS. The circumstances of the following case were so extraordinary that a reporter of the South Wales Daily Star was sent to make enquiries on all the facts in relation there- to. At 28, Grove-street, Trecelyn, New- bridge, he was received by Mrs. Davies, and her daughter Mary Rebecca, who related to him the marvellous escape from death which the latter had. Miss Davies, a young lady, eighteen years of age, was busily sewing. She concurred in and assented to everything her mother said. "My daughter was at school when we first noticed she was not well," said Mrs. Davies; began to lose her appetite, get weak and pale. We had to keep her at home, for she got worse and worse, and had to take to her bed. Doctors said at first it was anaemia. They did everything they could for her, but she got so pale that you never saw anyone such a colour, and wasted to a shadow. We thought every breath would be her last. She could not retain any food, and was kept alive on brandy and milk. She was evidently dying of consumption. At last she could not stand or speak. All the neighbours were expecting to hear she was dead. One morn- ing we heard a fall in the room, and her little sister called out, Come quick, father! 'Becca's dead!' We ran in, and there she was on the floor just like dead. Her father picked her up-her eyes were fixed and there waj no sign of life: wo thought it was all over." She had burst a blood-vessel and lost about two quarts of blood," Mrs. Davies continued. She had two attacks like that, and the doctor did everything he possibly could for her, trying different kinds of medicine. But she got worse and looked like a very corpse. No one could be worse and live." She looks all right now," said the reporter. Plenty of colour and no signs of consumption about her." "Oh, yes! She is ae well as anyone now, and she can go anywhere and do anything. It is to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People she owes her life. It was like raising her out of the grave. Her father heard about them at his work, and we agreed to try a box. We put aside all other medicine, so as to give a fair trial to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. We followed the directions on the box exactly. After finishing the first box there was a decided improvement. Before she had emptied the second box she got out of bed for a little while. She took seven boxes in all, and now you can see for yourself she is as well as ever. She was able to get about in six or seven weeks after commencing Dr. Williams' Pills. That was two or three years ago. So you see that the cure is a permanent one." "t

ANOTHER CURE IN THE PRINCIPALITY. RHEUMATIC GOUT RENDERED TTTM" HELPLESS. A correspondent of the South Wales Argus" detailed a remarkable story, the principal character in which was a tinplate worker, who was, happily, rescued from an early grave by quite an accidental --ireun- Htancc. The person referred to is Mr. Henry Mason a single man, aged 38, who lives at 11. itanway-tcrrace. Abercarn. Mr. Mason readily consented to relate to the reporter the history of his adventures. The narrative is given in Mr. Mason's own words. U In 1877 I was living in this terrace," he said, "and was employed at the Abercarn Tin Works, where I still work. One day while I. was standing in the street, I was taken with a violent pain across my back- it was in the region of the kidneys. I went home, and was attended by a doctor, who ordored me to bed. He told me I was suffer- ing from rheumatic fever. I got a little better, and after a timo was sufficiently strong to resume work; but I have been troubled with the cruel disease more or lesfl ever since. Six weeks ago I was again taken ill suddenly while in tho works. That -watt on a Saturday, and on Sunday morning, neing' scarcely able to crawl downstairs two doctors were called in. They told me I was suffering from rheumatic gout. for which they treated me. Of course I could not go to work, and had to lay up. Mv feet. leør. and hands were so swollen that I thought they would burst. I suffered the most ex- cruciating pain. I had to be carried down- stairs. washed, snd dressed. I did not keep entirely to my bed, but sat. pillowed in a chair, for a few hours each day. I became so wealv" that I could not stand, and bad to be fed like a baby—in fact. I may tell you. I was quite as helpless. While lying in bed I was in great agony; even the bed-clothes seemed too heavy for me. I shuddered when anyone came into the room. Tho doctors continued to attend me and gave me medi- cine; but I did not derive the slightest relief from it, and seemed to be getting worse and worse. At length I almost gave up all hope of ever being well again. I waø sitting in my chair reading tha Weekly Argus,' when I came across an article on The way to be well.' It was about cases which had been cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. After the second day's treatment, I noticed that the swelling in my limbs had already much decreased, and the so acute. By the time had finished the box the swelling was gon0 down coinpletely, and I am glad to sav tho pain had entirely left me. I am now fLling better and stronger than ever." Mr. Mason added that he should always keep a box in 1ho house in case of emergency.

liovlw-iviwlvrw Do not make experiments with your health. Supported as they are by Authenticated and Unquestioned PROOF the daSBy cures effected at your own doors by entitle them to the confidence they have already gained m Every Town and Village of the Country. Jo Jtvoid tfje tiresome talk of Sub^tituter^ mind you ask for Dr. Williams' and insist upon having Sr. Williams'. MORE "HANDY MEN." I I did not see the Naval Brigade, but I observed the people who went to see them, and they were many. One lady against m3 felt in her pocket for her handkerchief, and then made much ado because she had lost her pur3e. It is a mistake to have a purse in a big crowd. There are more Handy Men in the world than are found in the Naval Brigade.—" Sun." THE CZAR SENSITIVE OF FEMININE INFLUENCE. I then asked my Russian acquaintance about the Czar, and was informed that he was more interested in matters appertaining to the Government of his country than to foreign affairs. Petitions, it appears, easily reach him, and when it is a question of some point of law which the Emperor does not understand, he telephones for one of his special councillors and gets him to explain tho matter at once. And the Empress," said 1. Ah, the Empress, you want to know what she is like. Well, that is easily told. She is an English woman. Has he influence with the Emperor? Yes, great influence now. He is a man very sensitive to feminine in- fluence, and his mother swayed him up to about a year ago. Then the Empress asser- ted herself, and it is a good thing she did. Paris Correspondent of Globe." AS A SAFE, PERMANENT, AND WAXRANTXD CURB for Pimples, Scrofula, Bcurvy, Bad Legs, Skin and Blood Diseases, Pimples and Sores of all kinds, we can with sontidence recommend Clarke's World-famed Blood Mixture. "It is certainly the finest Blood Purifier that science and medical skill have brought to light." rbousands of wonderful cures have been effected by it. Sold everywhere, at 2s. 9d. per bottle. Beware of xrorthlOM imitation. ALLURING. Not far away a man was selling oranges* He was not vociferous; ho was only insinuat- ing. Here y'are agyn/ he kept on repeat- ing—' the finest yallers ever growed. They melts lyke butter, they tystes like sugar and they runs dahn yer throwt lyke a wheel- barrer. —" Sun." PRO-BOERS. Whispers of mutiny and discontent amonff the Boer armies have reached us before now, and of course it is likely enough that, in the mixed and nondescript troops which are now retreating before Lord Roberts, there is a good deal of mistrust and disaffection. It is sad to think that these feelings have spread to the little army of England's enemies at home, headed by tlioso worthy gentlemen, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Cronwright Schreiner. and Dr. Clark, M.P. Here is Mr. Cronwright Schreiner at Battersea protesting against be- ing called a pro-Boer. So far as can be made out, Dr. Clark and Mr. Courtney do not mind being called pro-Boers at all; in fact. they rather like it. But Mr. Cbronwright Schrei- ncr does not. He wishes to be called a pro- Justice, whatever that is. It would seem, then, that the Boer cause and that of justice are not identical terms. Mr. Cronwright Schreiner only wants to stand for the honour of Great Britain; and. of course, in associat- ing himself with Dr. Clark he is getting on capitally. But is it possible that Mr. Cron- wright Schreiner is really dissatisfied with, that very mild term pro-Boer as applied to himself? He should be warned not to dis- card it too hurriedly. There are so many r her things he might be called instead. Why is an empty discourse like a solid one. Because it is all sound.

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HIGH WATER IN SWANSEA HARBOUR Compiled from Greenwood's Nautical Almanac Htaa IHKIOHTB NBA REST MIfr-DA.T. WAT»B_ Prince of JJ. D'kS. D'k Day of Month|g.r'nwich Wales Dock, l-tide 4-tid' Mean Basin. Basin Time. Morn. Even. Cm. Ciw. May. A.M.) P.M. I. I. » !• » '• Friday IX, 3 3t< 3 57 27 0 26 9 20 9 19 3 Saturday 12' 4 19 4 44 27 8 37 8 21 8 20 2 Sundav la, 5 6 5 23 28 7 28 9 22 9 21 3 Monday 14 5 49 6 7 2^ 7 29 10 23 10 22 4 Tuesday 15 6 28 6 47; 30 3 30 4 24 4 22 10 Wednesday 19, 7 4 7 23 30 S, 31 2 25 2 23 8 Thursday 17' 7 3" 7 5li' 30 81 30 9 24 9 23 3

Congratulations, old boy. They tell me you have a little stranger at your house.' Stranger If you had heard the way he went on when he arrived you would have sworn he'd been acquainted with us all his life.' Tommy had been boasting about his new brother. How old is he, Tom ?" asked the policeman. Two weeks," said Tom. He's very small, isn't he ?" Yes," said Tom, he's pretty small that is, all except his Toice." If you were to take the conceit out of some peJPle the remains would defy indenti- fication.

CHESS COLUMN- EDITED BY SELAH.J -7i st-.te array the foemen weud their way, To battle on Caissa's (ieltL" Ill fiommunications for this department should be addressed to the Chess Editor. CHESS RESORT. SWANSEA. COUNTY CHESS CLUB.—Tev.by Hotel, Walter-road entrance. Meets r>n Frid.ty, from 7.30 to 11 Visitors are welcomed. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM, EY Rev. J. JESFEUSEN Key move—R—K H 2 PROBLEM—ER C. A. L. BULL. BLACK—(10 pieces). WHITK-(6 pieces). White to play, and mate in 3 moves. Solutions are requested, and the Editor will be pleased to receive problems or interesting positions for insertion, and any other matter connected with our Royal game will be appreciated. Secretaries of clubs please note. Game played in the City of London Chess Club Tournament between Mr. Passmore and Mr. J. H. Blackburne: ENGLISH OPENING. WHITE BLACK (Blackbarne.) (Passmore.) 1 P-Q B 4 P-K 3 2 P-K Kt 3 P—Q 4 3 B-Kt 2 K-K B 3 4 PxP PxP 5 Kt—K B 3 B-K 3 6 P-Q 3 Castles 7 Kt-Q B 3 P-Q B 3 8 Castles P- K R 3 9 Q-B2 R-K 1 10 P-K 4 PxP 11 PxP Q-B 2 12 Kt-Q 2 Kt-R 3 13 Kt-B 4 B-K Kt 5 14 Kt x B Q x Kt 15B—B4 Q-K 3 16 P-B3 B-R 6 17 B x B QxB 18 Kt-K2 P-KKt4 Position alter rilacK B lath move. BLACK (12 pieces). WHIT.K-{12 pieces). 19 B-Q 6 QR-Q1 20 QR-Q1 R—K3 21 B-R 3 R x R 22 R x R R-K I 23 P-Q Kt 3 Kt-Q 2 24 B-Kt 2 Kti-Kt 5 25 Q-Q 2 Resigns. SWANSEA COUNTY CHEBS CLUB,—The Secre- tary would again remind the members that the club remains open throughout the month of May.

NEW COMPANY.—ENOCH AND CO. (LIMITED.) —This company has just been registered, with a capital of £ 6,000 in £1 shares, to acquire the business carried on at 48, Waterloo-street, Swansea, by Enoch L. Enoch, as "Enoch and Co. and to carry on the business of woollen and tailors' trimmings merchants, warehouse- men, clothiers, hatters, glovers dealers in leather and rubber goods, &c. The subscribers are :—E. J. Enoch, 2, Berkeley Villas, Swansea, woollen merchant Mrs. E. A. Enoch, 2, Berkeley Villas, Swansea C. King, 17, Mack worth-terrace, St. Thomas, Swansea, woollen merchant; Mrs. E. E. King. 17, Mackworth-terrace, St. Thomas, Swansea; S. J. Enoch, 8, Henrietta-street, Swansea, traveller; D. S. Owen, 15, York- street, Swansea, solicitor and W. J. Smith, 8. Penmaen-terrace, Swansea, clerk. The first directors are Enoch L. Enoch and Caleb King; qualification, 2200 registered office, 48, Water- loo-street, Swansea. LocAL PATENTs.-The following record to April 28th is supplied by Mr. N. Watts, chartered patent agent, 58, Wind-street, Swansea. Appli- cations for Datents :—Charles Rose, junr., Llantrissant •. olip for carrying inflators on cycles, Nr-. 7,232, April 19th. Joseph Brown, Stokes, and Oarl Corn, Cardiff balloon toy, No. 7,257, April 19th. Thomas Llewellyn James. Aberdare miners' coal box, No. 7,578. April 24th. Henry Morgan, Porth combined cupola and ste1.m boiler, No. 7,719, April 26U. Georsre PhiliD Houston, Milford Haven steam hoist. No. 7,794. April 27th. John Lenderyon and Tom Samuel Millward Wyatt, Rogerstone, Mon. electric arc lamp, No. 7,817, April 28th.-Inventions provisionally protected.-Arthur Owen Evans, Pontypridd wheeled milk can. George Brown, Hammond, and Thomas Kendrick, Neath manu- facture of tin, terne, and like plates.—Application to register a trade mark Ely Brewery Co., Cardiff, for ales and stout.

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I (f -it.) FOR A QUIET HOUR. A TV E E K L Y CAUSERIE Ti" SILAS K. II: I'J.V F.G. ¡ now eas • it 15 b; ?i' in jui'gmont upJn others, and how reviy rcosfc of us are t > ^pp »rtion praise or hhmw, In clubs, in rui way trains, and in street cars on" he ¡rs p opie piaising or blaming this man a vi that w.th ti;t- utmost freedom and candour. And vc% if only one wDuhl think about the matter seriously tcr a few minutes, one would realise how difficult it is to apportion either praise or blan:e v.ifh justice and with knowledge. vVi-en David snid: "Le^ me not fall into the hands of man, but Id me fail into the hands of (bd," he gave expression to a feeling which has no douit been common to most people. We are often harsh in our judgments simp'y because we do not know and do not understand. There are always so many things that never come to the surface, so many influences at work which are hidden from the eyes of the public. We can see just that which is on the top, but that which comes to the top is generally of the lightest character. The liiirgs which would enable us to form a true and correct judgment He out of sight, and are known only to the individual and to his Creator. Moreover, we are in the habit of praising and blaming people for things they cannot help, and for which they have no responsibility whatever. We praise people tor their beauty, for their in- telligence, for their inventive faculty, for their physical prowess, for their courage and power of endurance, and yet it may be they are in no sense of the word deserving of praise for the possession of these gifts; they did not create them. Why should people be praised, or honoured, or applauded, for their good looks ? Beauty is a gift of nature; they had nothing to do with the shaping of their face or tha moulding of their figure. We applaud others for their splendid physique, for their great physical strength; and yet these gifts are not something that they have won by their own effort—the reward of toil, or struggle, or enterprise—nature simply bestowed these gifts upon them without even their asking. We praise others, again, for their magnincentvoirte, for their power to charm us with srng; but their voice was the gift of nature, and they could not help the possession oi it; it came to them without effort of their own, without will or contriving. We applaud others for their eloquence, we extol them, give them places of honour and position, because nature has given them a certain gift. But the gift was not of their own contriving; it came to them just as the daylight comes to them, or any other. kindly gift of nature. V So all along the line we are constantly honour- ing and applauding people because they do what they could not very well help doing, because they simply follow their natural bent and do the things that come easily to them. Now, there would be no hardship in this, and no wrong, if we did not blame other people for not doing things which they have neither the strength nor the capacity to do. The beautiful woman is feted and honoured and applauded, the plain woman is passed by—treated with neglect and sometimes, perhaps, almost with contempt. The clever woman is paragraphed, and is written up, and receives all manner of attention, and the woman who is not clever is left to pine in the cold shade of the world's neglect, and her humble efforts are passed by without recognition, and the services of a lifetime receive no applause and no reward. The man who accomplishes something good without effort and with scarcely any labour, who does it because it is natural for him to do it, and because his genius lies in that direction, receives the kudos and the gold—is lauded.and magnified, and given a foremost seat. But the man who has not the genius, and yet who works hard and long, and does his very best, and throws his life and soul into some humble endeavour, and spends all he has of strength and intellect in the accomplishment of some- thing that may be useful to his generation, not only receives no praise, but is very frequently blamed for not accomplishing what the other man did without effort or toil. In so far, of course, as men improve the gifts they have, and by the cultivation of their talents rise to the foremost positions, they are deserving of praise. But the majority of people are not geniuses, ¡ue not even clever. The great crowd must go along the humdrum ways of life, doing the things necessary to be done, and doing them in many instances to the best of their ability. But these very useful necessary things do not bulk in the eyes of the world. Moreover, the doing of them requires no particular talent. They can be done by other people; and the hardship comes in when a man has striven his very beat, when he has put forth all the effort he could, when he has exhausted all the resources with which he has been entrusted, and still in the end his work is deemed unworthy of recognition, and perhaps receives a world of criticism and abuse. To such people as these the words of David come home to the heart with peculiar force: Let me not fall into the hands of man, but let me fall into the hands of God." V We only see the completed work, and looking at the work we see that it is poor and faulty, and marked by many imperfections and defects, and we blame the worker and heap upon his head our abuse. It may be that God will praise him, praise him for all he attempted to do, for the honesty of his efforts and for the patient zeal which he displayed from day to day, while the other man whom we applaud so much may be in the eyes of Heaven deserving of much less praise; for what he did he did easily; it cost him no sleepless nights, nor anxious days; the work came naturally to his fingers, his gifts lay in that direction, he followed the bent of his mind and did easily what others by years of toil could never accomplish at all. So it seems to me that there may be more virtue behind some men's failures than behind other men's triumphs. Be Who will judge aright at the last will not merely look at the triumph or at the failure, He will look at what lies behind. He will look at the motive, at the desire, at the purpose; He will look at the amount of toil that was put into the work; He will look at the patient effort that was manifested from day to day, and I think He will apportion praise or blame not so much according to what was done as according to what was attempted. *#* ] One man may do his very best, and produce only what we despise; another man may do his very worst, and yet the result is something which receives the world's applause. But He Who judges aright, with justice and with know- ledge, will surely praise the man who did his best, though the world scorned bim, and will blame the man who did his worst, though tha world applauded. We praise a man for painting a great picture, when, if we only knew him, knew the greatness of his gift, knew what he might do if he only put his best into his work, we should blame him because his picture was not better. We praise a man for writing a good book, yet, if we knew him better, we might be disposed to blame him because his book was not so good as it ought to be. The truth is, we are none of us in a position to judge others. We lightl^apportion our praise and our blame, I grant—it seems the easiest thing in the world to do; yet the greatest Teacher of all, Who under- stood this matter better than any of us can understand it. Who saw the impossibility of our forming correct judgments relative to the doings of other people, said: "Judge not, that ye be not judged." *«* Considering how poor the work is that the best of us accomplish, and how many and great are the mistakes that we all make, it is somewhat surprising that we are not more charitable in our judgments when the doings of others come up for discussion. As all my readers know, I am not. and never have been, an advocate of war, but I sympathise still less with the pitiless way in which some of those at the front have been pilloried, in the press and in public places, tor not doing differently, and, of course, not doing better, seme of the most difficult tasks that English generals have ever been set to accomplish. It is easy for us who stay at home and sit in our easy chairs—far away from the excitements and horrors of the battle-field-to criticise operations and men, and to say how much better this, and that, and the other thing might be done. Bat it seems to me that the less of such criticism and abuse the better, especially from civilians. Should we do I better in their places, or as well ? Among all the Christian virtues charity stands out pre-eminently. So high a place does the Apostle Paul give it that he says that without it all else fails—that faith and knowledge are of no account, unless bound by the bond of perfectness, which is charity. And I am not sure that there was ever greater need of this gospel being preached than to-day. We live in times when every man's doings are proclaimed from the house-tops, and every man is a critic by profession. We are apt to grow impatient and exacting, and would sometimes sweep away everything that is not in harmony with our own views. This is not the Christian temper. taCharity thinketh no evil."

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DRAUGHTS. EDITED BY "MANSINGHAM." "In friendly contention the old men Laughed at each lucky hit or unsuccessful manoeuvre Laughed when a man was crowned, or a breach was ma;ls iu the King-row."—LoajfcUom, Evangeline. TO CORK £ SPo.YI?B>TTS. All correspondence intended for this colnmn should be forwarded not later than Tuesday evenings, so as to insure insertion in the scftne week's issue. Secretaries of ctubsare cordially invited to send us reports of mutches and meetings, or any other matter of interest p\a>ers W. H. (Swansea).—Have heard nothing further ot the matter about which you were enquir- ilig. Will let you knoT as soon as we do. 1 J. T. (Swansea).-Sorry you were forgotten last | week. We shall endeavour to prevent a re- f petition of such an error. SOLUTION TO PKOBLEM 307. Bla^k Men on 9,11, 15, 16, 17 and 22 j White Men on 18, 20, 23, 27, 28 and 30 j White to move and win. I 18 14 15 18 6 2 15 18 10 15 9 18 9 6 23 27 11 15 18 22 23 14 19 23 2 7 17 21 15 18 I 16 19 27 24 18 23 15 19 Black wins 14 9 11 15 7 11 22 26 1 SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 308. I DiaoK Men on 5, 6, 7, 16, 17 and 21. King 32 White Men on 13, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27 and 30. DiaoK Men on 5, 6, 7, 16, 17 and 21. King 32 White Men on 13, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27 and 30. White to move and win. 30 25 23 18 24 20 20 2 2 27 27 22 21 30 32 14 30 23 17 26 26 30 W. wins PROBLEM 311.—By NONDESCRIPT." I BLACK. j WHITE. Black Men on 11 and 17. „ Kings on 20 and 27. White Kings on 3, 10, 25 and 29. White to move and win. PROBLEM 312.—By Mr. T. WALKER, BLACK. WHITE. Black Men on 1, 6, 9, 10, 12, 14 and 15. White Men on 17,19, 21, 22, 23, 28 and 30. White to move and win. GAME 154. BRISTOL." The under-noted game, in wnich a high order of skill is exhibited, was recently contested between two Northern amateurs. 11 16 29 25 4 8 19 12 6 10 21 14 6 31 22 18 10 14 26 22 10 26 24 19 10 26 Black 811 18 15 710 30 23 3 7 31 22 wins. 25 22 11 18 24 19 9 13 12 3 2 6 16 20 22 15 12 16 28 24 14 17 3 10 I THE LOSING GAME.—" FIRST OFF." This amusing variety from the usual game I is generally the cause of much merriment. The idea of the game is to lose, and he who loses wins. The object of each player is to give away all his men, and the player who first succeeds in doing so is winner. All the laws governing the ordinary game are applicable to this style of play, with the following addendum: — (1).—The player who gives away all his pieces wins the game. (2).-The player who, not having given away all his men, and all those that remain on the board being blocked and immovable, wins tho game if it be his turn to play. The policy in playing "First Off" is to exchange care- fully at the beginning of the game. Do not be in too great a hurry to hand all your pieces in, but exchange man for man judicious- ly until the pieces are reduced to about six or seven a side, then the real play comes in. The plan to adopt from this point is to allow your opponent to give you one or two men while he himself gets none in return. This gives you a chance to work your men into a good position, and the probability is that yonr antagonist, in his anxiety to get rid of his remainder, will give you the opportunity to hand yours in at once. It is well to re- member that the player who has two or three men or kings left to his adversary's one has the most chance of "coming off." Take for illustration:— Black king on 7. White kings on 18, 23. Black to plav. He plays, say, 7-2. then white plavs 18-15: black, 2-6; white, 15-10. 6-15. 23-18, 15-22. White wins. This is where the great fun comes in. Examples similar to this might be given ad. lib. An- other style of First off" consists of nlacing ail the twelve black men on squares 1 to 12. Place a white man on 28 or 29 or 32, and state -tho terms-black to play and win. Let us suppose the white man is on 28. Proceed:- 12 16 3 8 5 9 2 6 11 15 28 24 12 3 13 17 9 2 19 17 16 20 10 14 9 13 1 5 9 13 24 19 3 17 17 22 2 6 17 22 11 15 9 13 13 17 10 14 13 17 19 16 17 22 22 13 610 etc. 811 13 17 6 10 5 9 Black 16 12 22 13 13 9 10 19 wins. Wo shall not give the solutions of the trick, with tho white man on 29 or 32, but leave it as a pleasant task for the reader to work out. We may state, however, that the s-olver may start with the man on square H.—" The People's Draughts Book."

OUR LITERARY BUREAU. The next volume of Messrs. Macmillan and Co/s Highways and Byways Series," just published, deals not only with a British county, but with the province of Normandy. It is written by the Rev. Percy Dearmer, and illustrated by Mr. Pennell. Normandy, in spite of its popularity as the best cycling country within easy reach of London, is very imperfectly known by Englishmen. A few of its towns are constantly visited, but the rest of the province, full of interest as it is, sees only the commercial traveller. Mr. Dearmer's volume, while doing full justice to places like Caen and Rouen, will put tourists in the way of appreciating many towns and villages that have the merit of being comparatively unspoilt. Normandy is so rich in historic monuments that a good deal of the book is necessarily devoted to architectural description, in which Mr. Dsar- mer is a proved expert. But care has been taken to avoid the mere cataloguing of de- tails, and to draw the traveller's attention to those features which are of special beauty, so that he may not, by looking at too much, see nothing. Particular attention is given to matters upon which the ordinary tourist guide affords no guidance, such as Ftained glass, which is found at its best in Normaudv, and the meaning and military purpose of the various features of mediaeval castles. Messr8. Macmillan announce for publica- tion in May a new novel entitled "The In- creasing Purpose," by Mr. J. L. Allen, the author of The Choir Invisible." Like 1 the best of Mr. Allen's writings, this is a story of Kentucky life, but in no degree a re- petition of anything in his previous books, i Indeed, the scenes which form the back- ground of the story's movement have never before been pictured in American fiction. The period is that at the close of the civil war, about 1865. All of the characters, but in an especial degree the young man and woman, in whom the interest of the story centres, have felt the upheaval of standards, the social and intellectual changes brought about by the war, and are adjusting them- selres to the new conditions and relations ft iced on them b", the war. Each is tha child of a revolution; she has been forced by circumstances from a high social position to obscure hard work, which she would not have been free to follow before the war; his form of the new liberty is intellectual, where hers is social, but the two streams of revolution iun together and act on each other. Messrs. Macmillan and Co. have issued the 1,900 edition of the Statesman's Year Book" -an indispensable book of reference for all persons who have anything to do with public affairs. The volume is a valuable epitome, historical and statistical, of the condition of every kingdom on the face of the earth, chief attention being naturally devoted to the British Empire. We have never known the Year Book" to fail us, says the "St. James's Gazette," and have often been surprised at unexpected items of information it contains, j such as, for instance, the Hungarian spelling of tho names of the members of the Imperial House of Austria. Maps are now an excel- lent feature of this publication. They are always useful, and this year's are admirable. They are four in number, showing (1) the par- tition of north-east Africa, (2) the reorganisa- tion of British Nigeria and French West Africa, (3) the political partition of the Pacific, (4) the final boundary arrangement between Great Britain and Venezula. The naval tables will be found very instructive. The volume is edited by Dr. Scott Keltie (secretary of the Royal Geographical Society) ar,d Mr. 1. P. A. Renwick. _)