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TIDE TABLE. FOB THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBEB 14, 1890. I -2 I Is | o | <S Q • I O I M S as 3 -Q «■' • q-o «§ I £ £ ♦5 a ;Q tc X. « DAY*) OF THE WKRR. « «J £ cH P.«- g Cj w-*3 r* 3 "3 I- £ 5 2 E 3 « *3 O o 5 (Morning 4I0 3 59 F&0 jf44 5~~6 3ATURD7 J Evening 4 37 4 27 3 17 4 11 6 34 (Height. 23 10 27 11 26 3 28 5 19 4 t Morning 5 1 4 52 3 41 4 35 6 59 SUNDAY J Evening 5 22 5 14 4 4 4 53 6 21 I Height 26 5 30 3 23 2 30 9 22 2 1 Morning 5 42 5 31 4 25 5 19 6 41 MONDAT.-? Bvening 5 58 5 52 4 4b 5 39 6 59 (Height. 28 9 32 5 29 J 32 11 24 8 (Morning 6 18 6 10 5 5 5 59 7 17 TUESDAY.■< Evening 6 32 6 27 5 23 6 17 7 34 (Height 30 9 33 5 30 10 33 11 25 11 { Morning 6 5? 6 45 5 41 I 6 35 7 52 WEDSJ»T.-< Evening 77 73 6 0i 6 54 8 10 (Height 32 1 34 10 31 8 1 35 4 27 5 (Morning 7 30 7 22 6 19 7 13 8 29 rHURSDYK Evening 7 42 7 40 6 37 7 31 8 47 (Height 33 0 35 8 32 0 33 2 28 5 Height 330 35 8 32 0 3t3 2 28 5 ( Morning 8 7 7 58 I 6 55 I 7 49 I 9 5 FRIDAY. < Evening 8 18 8 17 I 7 14 I 8 8 9 24 Height 33 3 I 36 0 i 32 2 I 36 6 | 28 10

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1890, THE WEEK'S NEWS. (From Thursday, Oct. SOih, to Tuesday, Nov. Jfth, 1690, inclusive Lord Tredegar has, it is reported, declined to accept the invitation to become Mayor of Newport for next year. A mutiny hts occurred on board the Cardiff-laden sailing ship U:!mnore, and the ringleaders hare just been tried at Colombo. The Court of Appeal has decided that a shipowner could not be held responsible for the delay caused by a dock strike. Dean Perowne, oil Peterborough, and late oanouof Llandaff, has 4tcoepted the Bishopric or Worcester. According to a news agepoy, the Liuh fugitives' visit at New Yojk is falling very flat and receiving little notice from persons of note. On Monday night, at Glasgow, during the celebration of an Italian wedding by a party, one of the gnosis, during an altercation upon leaving the premises, ttabbed two other of the guests, one of whom died immediately. In consequence of the defeat of the Viotorian Government, the Hon. Dunoa Gillies has tendered the resignation of thn Cabinet to the Governor, who has summoned Mr. Munro, the leader of the Opposition. The reception held at Hoffmann House, New York, on Sunday evening in honour of the Irish members of Parliament was attended by 200 persona. Mr. Dillon and Mr. William O'Brien dwelt briefly on the situation, On Monday at a meeting of the general pur- poses committee of the Cardiff Corporation a letter was read from Lord Bute, the mayor- elect, asking the council to elect a deputy- mayor, and the senior alderman, Mr. Daniel Lewis, was appointed to the position. Mr. lamay, of the White Star Line, has felt compelled to decline the invitation con- veyed to him unanimously by the direotors of the London and North Western Railway to accept the chairmanship of the company in succession to Sir Richard Moon. From Mexico oomes an account of a terrible scene enaoted at a bull fight in that city. During the performance one of the principals was tossed by a bull, and the audience, to the number of about 10,000, became so enraged at the generally unsatisfactory nature of the performance that they partially wrecked the building.

TALES OF A TERRACE." NEW SERIES OF SHORT STORIES. We have much pleasure in announc- ing that we have entered into arrange- ments with Mr. IlEBEn K. DANIELS, the talented Author of that most original work, Me and Jim," and of other tales, to supply us with a series of Papers, under the general title of "TALES OF A TERRACE." Each paper will be complete in itself, I the only connecting link between them being that they all relate to the resi- dents in a oertain London suburban terrace. A master both of humour and pathos, as was sufficiently proved in Me and Jim," Mr. Daniels makes free use of both in his present literary labour. At one times he moves his readers to irresistible laughter; at another to equally irresistible sadness. There is truth to Nature, however, in every sketch, and one can see that the little narratives are, at all events, founded on fact. We have, as it were, a faithful photograph of a small section of urban society, with merely a few artistic touches to heighten the general effect. The dramatis persona are as varied as the incidents they encounter, and it may be claimed for every one of them that the characterisation is strong and clear. In not a few respects, more especially in style, method of treatment, and choice of subject, Mr. Daniels has a distinot resem- blance to Charles Dickens in his earlier days. The first Story of the series will appear in the WEEKLY MAIL V NEXT WEEK.

THE NIGHT SKIES OF NOVEMBER. lBy ARTHUR MEE, F.R.A.S.] The evenings this month are dark and long, and afford the observer an excellent oppor- tunity of viewing the various star-groups and oonstellations above the horizon. Taking our stand in the open air at eight o'olook on a clear evening in the middle of November, we find the Pole Star as usual, and below it, skirting the horizon, the GREAT BEAR. At this particular time the constellation is so placed as to give the animal a natural pose, apparently leaping eastward, the little pairs of stars which do duty for his paws being very prettily seen. CASSIOPEIA (the W. group) will be found in th« zenith, the bright star Vega lying some distance towards the west, and Captlla equally far in an easterly direction. u These two fine objects are the most brilliant stars at present above the horizon, and will be found without difficulty. Near the former is the cross of CYGNUS. High up in the south is the conspicuous square of PEGASUS, and below it, just skirting the southern horizon, tha lustrous Fomalhaut. Eastward the. Pleiades are rising, "glistening" (as the Laureate so gracefully and accurately writes) like a swarm of fireflies tangled in a silver braid." In even a small telescope this pretty group is seen to oonsist of scores of stars, which impart a hazy appearance to the Pleiade4 when viewed askance with the un- aided eye. North of the Pleiades are Castor and Pollux, the former in the telescope a fine double-star. Of the phnets Jupiter is tbe only one which makes anything like a fair show in the evening heavens. He is very conspicuous in the south, and en the 13th is close to Mars, the latter shining with a dull light, very different to his ruddy appearance in the summer. Venus, though atill an evening star, is badly placed for observation very close to Mercury on the 29th. Saturn is a morning star in LEO. Neptune is in TAURUS; but only to be seen in a good telesoope. The Moon is in the last quarter on the 4th, new on the 12tb, in the first quarter on the 19th, full on the 26th. It is satisfactory to note the successful launching of the British Astronomioal Association, to which, as the society of the amateur par excellence, I take the oppor- tunity of referring in this place. The president-eleot is Captain Noble, and there are already about 300 members. Readers who desire further information regarding the new society may have it gladly on dropping me a line.

Girl (to her betrothed): Why do you squeeze my waist with both arms ? Lever: Don't you know that the M'Kinley Bill doubles the duty on corsets ? Mr Mudde (undertaker): Wife, we are ruined. Mrs, Mndde: What! Have you lost all our money? Mr. Mudde: Worse than that. Dr. Bolus, the great doctor on the next block, to-day has retired from prac- tice. Visitor (to native of Arkansas): Are you familiar with the game laws of the State ? Native. Yes; what do yon want to shoot, auail or niggers? 1

[ALL RIGHTS RESERVFD EY THB ACTHOBS.] To Contributors. Acknowledged with thanksMr. EaNEar GUOSVENOR, Pentre-Rhondda (" Autumn," and A Picture of Peace "); Miss E. M. PENNINGTON, Cardiff (" Lous Ago "); Mr. J. BOWEN (" Gwr- gant,") Hirwain (" O Esgyn fy Enaid "); GWTN- FARDD DYFED," Haverfordwest (" The Village Politician "); MAY (B irdie gleanings).

CofU ch Angh.f am Glannrwd," Ficer St. Asaph. Fel cerdd rhyw aderyn bach, gwan, A'r Hwyni mewn angtiof 0 hono, Pan byddo y giiuaf a'i rhan Yn myn'd a'r beroriaeth wnai'n swyno; Wel, felly 'raeth Glanffrwd or byd, 'Kliwn ganodd o'i gariad mor felus, H Mor ddistaw, uaor esmwyth, 0 hyd, Mi wylaf am Awen mor nwyfus. I' Yn ofer ni roddodd ein Ner Nef ddoniau i'w blantos yn unman A Glanffrwd ali Awen bei-, ber A ddeffry rhyw enaid i gynghin 'Does un o'r ffyddloniaid a wna Fyth wrthod dwyf gariad y galon Er byddai i angau a'i bia Wneyd mudan o'i berchtn mwyn hylon. Mae'r meirw yn mhobman i'w cael Yn mhlith daearolion yn wastad; Er hyn gan feidrolion llwyd, gwaei, Chanfyddir mo honynt a'r llygad; O'r graslawn ysbrydion byw, byw, Pa rai wnanfc ein cyfnos mor lwysgu Rhai sydd i'n eneidiau fel llyw, Pa galon nad all ei gwir garu ? Ei gu, deg wefusau pur, glIlD, Pa rai a nef ganent yn wastad, Am obaith, a ffydd ddiwahan, Achefyd am dragfyth Ddwyfgariad; Ond liedayw yn ddistaw maent hwy, A'r llygaid oedd orlawn o fywyd, Sy'n nghauad, i ago? byth mwy Tu arall i'r lleni mewn gwynfyd. Ond eto'n mlilitb dynion 'rwyt ti, 'Rwyt befyd yn Dgliwmni ein Dofyd. Yn seinio mewn pur Ddwyfol si Per ddoniau fel nefol awenydd 0 bydded i ninau gael certh I rodio pur Iwybr y bywyd, A chaffael y Wynfa fyth, fertb, 0 gyrhaetid pob Jlygredd ac adfyd. — Hirwaun. JOHN BOWEN ("Gwrcant."). J -{ To!d by his Mate. [The following incident is really a fact, and occurred In the Indian Ocean, off, and nearly in sight of, Cape Guardafui and Socotra. The steamship was the lIene- laue. Ocean Steamship Company, Liverpool, Captain Leptge year (I think), 1882] :— Over the eunlit sea we went, The hot air seemed to shake The waves like oil, the breezes spent, No sound the calm to break. Socotra, like a purple hazo, Sat in the distance on the sea; The bright sun seemed a perfect blaze, The waters swooned beneath his rays,,i All round seemed mystery, Then when the day began to turn, A shout rose on the air— Man overboard I Full speed astern," Rang like a deep despair. Up rushed the captain from his room, And Silence fore and aft," said be, Lower away the starboard boat, The man's all right while he's afloat In such a quiet sea." The cox'n of the starboard boat Slept, 'twas his watch below Hearing the noise-no hat nor coat—- He sprang in his place to go. Over the waves the light boat dancct1 But oh how slowly moments fled, Upon our mate the sunset glanced, And then a cry our fears enhanced, Oh borror I. SXARIB AHEAD "Full speed ahead We'll get there fiiat 1" Our hopeful captain said, But we in terror feared the worst, Our mate was good as dead. Then came a race 'twixt Drob and men, The enginca trembled with such apes The swimmer threw his arms up, then, He vauislied from beyond our ken- Our mate was gone, iudee i! Eaten alive We reached the spot, Swarming with giant .sharks ] The life-buoy and his cap we got, < Covered with bloody marks. I Ah I how we missed him when the song Rang 'neatb the glorious Southern Cross, The chorus, somehow, went all wrong, The watch on deck, too, seemed too long, I Landswen can't guess our loss. Bright Singapora we reached at last And there a letter lay The captain's face was overcast, As he thought on that awful day. A mother's letter to her son, Praying to see him very soon. Little she thought his voyago was done That nCVtH more would he see the sun Or sail 'neath the southern moon. We never mentioned how he died, t Just told her he waa drowned; We said how hard we all had worked, But he was never found. She never spoke, she never stirred But, with her hands clasped on her head, Sat like a stone, yet never heard, The meaning of a single word- The mother's brain was dead. Pentre-Rhondda. ERNEST GHOSVENOR.

J3¡)ttrt>. A Voice from Afar. Weep not for me; Be blithe as wont, nor tinge with gloom The stream of love that circles home, Light hearts and free! Joy in the gifts heaven's bounty lends; Nor miss my face, dear friends. I still am near Watching the smiles I prized on earth, Your converse mild your blameless mirth; Now, too, I hear Of whispered sounds the tale complete, Low prayers tnd musings sweet. A sea before The throne is spread-its pure, still glasi Pic; ures all earth Rcenas as they para; We, on the shore Sharo in the bosom of our rest God's knowledge, and are blest. JOHN IbNRT NEWMAN (Cardinal). Not As I Will. Blindfolded and alone I stand, With unknown thresholds on each hand The darkness deepens as I grope, Afraid to fear, afraid to hope; Yet thia one thing I learn to know Each day more surely as I go, That doors are opened, ways aro mada Burdens are lifted or are laid By some great law and still, Unfathomed purpose to fulfil, "Not as I will." Bliudfolded and alone I wait; Loss seems too bitter, gain too late, Too heavy burdens in the load, And too tew helpeis on the road; And joy is weak Md grief is stronc, And years and days so long, so long! Yet this one thing I learn to know Each day more surely as I go, That I am glad the good and ill 1if changeless law are ordered still, Not as I will." Not ns I will!" the sound grows sweet Each time my lips the words repeat; "Not as I will," the darkness feels More safe than light when this thought steals Like whUpered voice to calm and bless All unrest and nil loneliness. "Not as I will," because the One Who loved us first and best has gone Before us on the road, and still For us must all His love fulfil- Not as we will." HELEN HUNT JACKSON.

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Is Man a Barometer ? It is stated that 86 per cent, of the signal service weather predictions are accurate. Thisisbutont., of many instances which stamp the present as all age of progress. Our fathers had no indication^ for foretelling weather except aching limbs, twingr ing joint. and painful corns. These, though eradflif were usually correct. The body is unquestionably an excellent barometer, and physicians often pre-, scribe a change of air, so that the sy3'em may FIND an agreeable atmospheric condition. Weather changes indicate themselves by palnfl called rheumatism. Why bad weather should such pains IS a mystery. Does the pasn lid dormant in the system, to be made active only whell the wind blows from some unfavourable quarter £ Rheumatism was at first thought to ba a troublO of the joints, but all outward applications left tbA cause unremoved. Now, however, it is universally acknowledge that" rheumatism is a fiery condi- tion of the blood caused by an acid state of the, system." This acidity of the blood, whicb PR< £ duces rheumatic pains, stiff joints, tendons, ANA muscles, is caused by kidney disease, which is ddI universal source of rheumatism. When the blood becomes surcharged with this acid, we have tbO acute form of rheumatism with its attendant inflammation, fever, and swelling of THE "JMBW When this acid, Instead of remaining in the blood, settles as a solid substance around the bone joidtf. of the body, enlarging and impeding their IMF action, the result is chronic rheumatism. RHEQ £ matism is called Lumbago when in tbe BACK} II Gout" when in the joints of the feet, and whell the Sciatic nerve is attacked, "Sciatica." But whatever form it takes, rheumatism is thfl result of acids in the blood, which the kidneys* through inaction, have failed to remove, and ih8 disease cannot be cured until the kidneys are PUT in a healthy condition. There is but one form OF treatment, and this is to regulate the kidneys BJ, Warner's SAFE Cure, and to put oat the 6TA in the blood" by Warner's 11 8.u-B" Rheumatic Cure. Tiicse world-renowned remedies!, taken BJJJ bottles in alternation, neutralise the uric already in the blood, and prevent further UCCUmialt, lation. Mr. E. Routley, 8, Landseer terra EFT Battersea, London, S.W., was speedily cured OFT acute rheumatism by their use, and Mr. Ferguson, 1, North-street, St. James-street, FAi- burgh, aftor suffering from severe attacks of sciatica, which the doctors and a course of miner** wuters failod to relieve, waa permanently CURED by these marvellous medicines, which øJI be had of all chemists throughout tbf world. L5901

An Advertiser's Wish, Not content with securing the backs of tha postage stamps for advertising purposes, the prising colonial vandal is now casting eyes on the pillar-boxes in the streets. A SI**9 Melbourne man has offered to erect new letttjg pillars all over that city, and fit them with alarms having electric communication with fire brigade stations, provided he is given privilege of advertising on them. The POSTMWTC^ General has promised to consult his colleagues 0 tbe subject.