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IA THE new science. S read much of "the New Woman," the M g«j?v'Man," and so forth it is time a word was if Seio "the New Science." What the old if Mi<jt?Ce 0011 hi not do the new science accom- j ^isa Cf?" DiRe^8 wluch baffled the old medicine °Ul] ^]>f'ar before the new. An example is A from the "Leeds Saturday Journal." re -eiii-a' t a live of that enterprising paper | oaSp a perfectly authenticate cure in the I ArfV.0^ a railway clearing-house man, Mr. Benn, living at 42, Domestic-street, j. -6"k, Le<-ds. ♦ iiioof"' ^em> bad a stroke of paralysis in its V beg,; lRtracLable form—Locomotor Ataxy—had 8Tl iu and out-patient at the Leeds Infir- i (where iuquiri-is were made on the sub- but 'i ailt' W:1S ponounced not merely incurable, t f'ft;Hi'0r'me:l to a further develo]Hnent of living 1 t ^tteri Paralysed in the lower limbs and I to +} helpless, the palsy was creeping upwards f t° amis, so that he would soon be unable ni)ra,v,; band or foot. But Mr. Benn, the in- | been has been cured. The impossible has I Giireft a°hieved. Locomotor Ataxy has been f llin i reporter saw this hopeless cripple I bee JP and down stairs, as if nothing had ever i Old • 6 matter.' This impossibility of the k liRp, S0l^nee has been accomplished by the f ?f' Dr- Williams' Pink Pills for the remedy whose extraordinary Tli the papers with "modem miracles." tte e reporter did not take the case on trust, fert; itain.ed confirmation from numerous im- br0u witnesses, including Mr. W. Benn, ) Jl6v6 er °f the patient, who said that he had J inai„^ expected him to recover from the fearful WtYl which for two years had rendered him i)r Just before he commenced to take Wt, ^iams' Pink Pills the doctor told him Wt, ^iams' Pink Pills the doctor told him Para] V?r expect to walk again. The the' &ls Wa" spreading to the upper parts of 4 111-rn bodv The doctor could not prevent the hs.(i j cm becoming affected, and poor Benn of j .Sloomy forebodings of spending the rest IV i^fe in bed. 4 e>Jre "f Williams' Pink Pills are an unfailing tia\ t0r rheumatism, sciatica, neuralgia, par- ) d, Paralysis, locomotor ataxy, St. Vitus' Tllev > nervous headache, prostration. &c. s6j{,' a**e a, specific for troubles of the. female M *n men effect a radical cure in cases mental worry, overwork, or ex- W' jv, kind. They are sold by all chemists I stedu/ had direct from the Dr. Williams' Lqj, Company, 4-6, Holborn Viaduct, 9(1. Sj1. at 2s. 9d. a box, or six boxes for i3s. loosn, Williams' Pink Pills are never sold tryjj.' any dealer who offers substitutes is is. pjJi *o defraud; the wooden box must be in Ua^ j wrapper, bearing full name. Dr. Wil- Satlvc Pills for Pale People. Not a pur- I Lcll5& 11 I'll

I (TDrleans iriauagaJ to strain his i journey to England, and is at pre- | °ne° to hie room at Stowe House,

Y TANIAD YN NGHILFYNYDD. DEDRYD Y RHEITHLYS. Gan MORIEN." Yr oedd hi yn amser go ddifrifol ger y New Inn, Pontypridd, nos Wener wythnos i,r di- weddaf. Yr oedd y tystion wedi eu holi ar swyddogion—rhai y Llywodraeth a rhai y lofa-wedi mynegi yr hyn a feddyliant yn nglyn a'r trychineb ofnadwy, yn mha un yr oedd dau cant ao wythdeg ac wyth o feibion diwyd llafur wedi eu lladd ar darav/iad navn Sadwrn ychydig wythnosau cyn hyny! Yr oedd y trengholwyr wedi gwneud crynolaeb 6'r tystiolaethau, ac wedi egluro y gyfraith. Yr oedd Mr. Morgan Thomas, eadeirydd yr eadeii-ydcl y "G'arreg Siglo"—ei gelwir am mai yno y cynaliai efe a'i Ephraemiaid eu cyfarfodydd anghall wedi dangos ei wybodaeth a/i anwybodaeth-y mae pawb, fel ynta, a thipyn o'r ddau yn eu pen- glogau, ond fod rhai yn fwy ffol na'u gilydd; ao yr oedd pawb trwy y dref yn gwybod fod y rheithwyr wedi ymneillduoi farnu ar bwy yr oedd y bai—os oed bai hefyd-am y trychineb. Yr oedd pryder cyffredinol yn nghylch pa beth a. fyddai y ddedryd. A oedcl bai wedi bod yn rhyw Ie? A oedd rhyw swyddog wedi bod yn euog o esgeulusdod ? A oedd rhyw un o'r gweithwyr ag oedd wedi eu hyrddio mor. ddi- symwth i'r tragwyddolfyd mawr wedi agor ei lusern i gyneu ei bib? Neu a oedd rhyw un o'r dyeithriaid anmhrofiadol mewn gwaith tan- ddaearol wedi gwneyd, trwy ei anwybodaeth, ryw gainwri a 1 lusern? Y gofyniadau uchod a, glwid yn mhob man trwy yr holl dref. Ar bob Haw, cyfaddefai pawb mai gweithwyr tan- I ddaearol a ddylai gael y tal mwyaf o bawb am eu gwaith. Clywais bobl yn mawr ganmol Mr. Philip Jones, fel prif arolygjrdd y lofa, ao yn wir tystiodd Mr. Robson, prif arolygydd tan- ddaearol y Llywodraeth yn Neheudir Cymru, I fod y lofa. yn hynod oherwydd ei threfniadau a'i cliynlluniau oryno a deheuig. Yr oedd yn hawdd gweled wrth wedd hir Mr. Philip Jones fo(I ei ofid oherwydd yr hyn ag oedd wedi dygwydd bron a'i lethu allan o dir y byw! Mae yn ddealladwy i bawb mai o anfodd oalon pob sywyddog a phob perchenog y mae y galanasddra ofnadwy o'r fath yn dygwydd. Mae yswyddogion eu hunin yn yr un beryglon a'r glowyr, a hyrddwyd bagad o honynt i'r bedd yn Nghilfynydd. Yr unig fai-neu yr hyn a gyfrifid yn fai-a glywais i son am da.no yn nghlyn ar lofa hon oedd y gormod brys i gael glo allan, a dywedid nad oedd y lofa yn cael amser byth i oeri. Yr oedd dros naw cant o wyr yn myned i'r lofa bob dydd, a thua saith cant bob nos. A gosod y nifer a laddwyd at y rhif uchod, fel welir fod yn agos i ddwy fil o ddynion yn ngwaith Cilfynydd bob pedair awr a'r hugain! Hebiaw y nifer uchod, yr oedd yn y lofa tua chant a haner o geffylau. Yr oedd pob ystyriaeth yn gwneyd i'r lob i ymdd ingos o flaen y meddwl fel dmas tan- ddaearol! -:0:- Clywais y rhan fwyaf or tystion yn rhoddi eu tystiolaeth. Yr oedd y mynegiadau yn nghylch y golygfeydd a welwydar hyd heolvdd y gwaith yn union wedi y taniad yn ofnadwy iawn. Ugeiniau o latheni ar eu hyd o gwmp- iadau yn ymestyn ar hyd y llwybrau, a dynion ar draws eu gilydd ar hyd yr heolydd: rhai o honynt a'u cnawd yn hongian yn fratiau ixldi- wrth eu gwynebau a'u breichiau. Ambell i un wedi ei haner bobi yn y tan! Rhai a'u hym- ysgaroedd yn y golwg, a mwy nag un wedi ei dori yn ddarnau oddiwrth eu gilydd! Adroddai Mr. Robson wrthyf am gorph un o'r hauliers a'" ben wedi ei ehwythu oddiar ei gorph bump llath ar hugain: darn o gorph un arall yn y ddram a darn arall o dani! Yn wir, yr oedd yr olygfa a gefais ar rai o'r cyrph pan eu cariwyd i'r lloft wair yn muarth y lofa yn rhy ofnadwy i'w darlunio, ac yr wyf yn mynegu yr uchod yn awr er mwyn rhoddi dyrchfeddwl i bobl oeil- lenig, yn Neheubarth a Gogledd Cymru, am agwedd pethau fel na byddo eu dynion ienainc yn rhy barod i ddyfod i beryglon dirfawr glofeydd Morganwg. Mae dynion anmhrofiadol inewn mwy o berygl na neb; maent yn beryglus iddynt eu hunain ac i bawb eraill, oherwydd eu bod yn anwybodus yn, nghylch y nwy a'r lluserni i 0:- Yr oedd dwy farn yn nghylch pa fan y taniodd y nwy. Barn swydddogion y lofa oedd ei fod wedi tanio ar ochr orllewinol gwaelod y pwll. Seilient eu barn ar y ifaith niai o'r cyfeiriad hwnw yr oedd y dymestl wedi gyru o'i blaen ddrams, ceffylau, &c., tua gwaelod y pwll, a bod cwympiadau mawrion ar hyd yr heol yn y cj^feiriad hwnw, a bod rhai lluserni a iiiamiau noeth, a elwir "comets," yno ar eiliad y taniad Credent fod rhaiadrau o nwy wedi dyfod i lawr or ogofeydd ar ol y cwympiadau, ac wedi tanio yn y "comets." -:0:- Ond credai swyddogion y Llywodraeth, megis Mr. Robson, Mr. Hall, ao eraill, mai yn un o brif heolydd yr ochr ddeheuol i waelod y pwll yr oedd y trychineb wedi cychwyn, ac mai Mr. John Evans, arolygydd y gwaith yn y nos, oedd wedi ei thanio hi trwy saethu i lawr y oolofnau coed yno. Seilient eu tyb ar wahianol agweddau y man hwnw. Yr oedd John Evans a'i gyd-swyddogion yn ymguddio mewn cysgodle pan eu lladdwyd grun y taniad. A'r gred oedd eu bod yn ymguddio rhag yr ergydion a saethau o'r colofnau ar ol eu tanio ganddynt pan y taniodd y nwy ag oedd yn yr ogofeydd uwehben y colofnau. Yn wir, ymddangosai fod llawer o ddynion profiiadol or un farn a swyddogion y Llywodraeth, ac nad oedd fod drams, ceffylau &c., wedi eu chwythu or ochr orllewinol yn profi dim ond profi fod y taniad ofnadwy wedi iddo gychwyn yn taflu pob peth yn bendra- m-wnwgl i bob (yfeiriad. Lladdodd y taniad ddynion mwy na milldir oddiwrth y naill y llall. -:0:- Bu y rheithwyr dros bedair awr yn ystyried eu dedfryd. O'r diwedd r'hoddasant y ddefryd eu bod wedi methu dyfod i'r penderfyniad gyda golwg yn mlia. le na pha fodd y tanwyd y nwy. Yr unig benderfyniad y gallent ddyfod iddo oedd fod y 288 wedi eu lladd trwy daniad y nwy. Ond cynghorent berchenogion y gwaith i beidio bytlh mwy dori i lanvr, y colofnau coed drwy eu saethu a gosod pylor mewntyllau ynddynt.

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[ INTERESTING GATHERING AT SWANSEA. I PRESENTATION TO DR. GRIFFITHS. I SIR JOHN WILLIAMS, M.D., ATTENDS. At the Albert Minor-hall, Swansea, on Monday afternoon a large and representative gathering assembled for the purpose of pre- senting to Dr. T. D. Griffiths an illuminated address and a purse of B529 18s. 6d. as a token of the esteem in which they hold him, and an expression of their sympathy with him and his family in the unfounded charge brought against him during the hearing of the Gwynne-Vaughan divorce suit. Mr. Mor- gan B. Williams (high-sheriff of Glamorgan) presided, and he was supported by Dr. Grif- fiths, Lord Swansea, Sir John Williams, M.D., accoucheur to the Royal Family, Sir John Jonea Jenkins, and Miss Dillwyn. ADDRESS BY THE CHAIRMAN. The Chairman, in opening the proceedings, said they were assembled to congratulaite their friend Dr. Griffiths on the manly, straightforward, and triumphant manner in which he had silenced once and for ever the malicious, cruel, and unfounded charges brought against his professional reputation. Rarely, if ever, had the foul voice of slander been so crushingly stamped out, as in Dr. Grifiiths's case, who had so signally proved to the world he Was deserving of the high esteem and confidence he has always enjoyed amongst them. (Cheers.) Addressing Mrs. Griffiths, he said she had always had their heartfelt sympathy in her great trouble, and she had won their admiration for the fortitude and true womanly devotion she had sh.wn in standing by her husband in his hour of trial. (Cheers.) Letters regretting inability to attend were read from Sir John Llewelyn, who is away, and the mayor, who was detained at a council meeting. PRESENTATION BY LORD SWANSEA. Lord Swansea then proceeded to present to Dr. Griffiths a cheque, for J3529 18s. bd., subscribed by his patients and friends, and as follows a handsomely illuminated address, which was "Swansea, July 30, 1894. "To Thomas Drvslwyn Griffiths, M.D. (Lon- don), M.R.C.S., L.S.A. "We beg you to accept this address, accom- panied by a purse of gold, as a token 01 the high esteem in which you are held by large numbers of your fellow-countrymen and your professional colleagues, who desire at the same time to express the deep sympathy they feel for Mrs. Griffiths, your family, and yourself, in consequence of the prolonged anxiety you must have incurred from the unfounded and odious attack made upon your character tnd professional position. "We very heartily congratulate you on their comrvlete vindication, by the summing-up of the late eminent Lord Chief Justice of Eng- land, and by the verdict of an impartial jury, after an exhaustive investigation. "We trust your life may be long spared to the large circle of friends amongst whom you labour, and who eo greatly benefit br your conspicuous ability and skill. "Allow us to subscribe ourselves, on behalf of the 218 contributors to this slight testi- monial of our esteem, and, on our own behalf, your old friends and well-wishers:—W. Pike, Mayor of Swansea; Morgan B. Williams, high-«heriff; DyneVor; Swansea; John T. D. Llewelyn, William Jenner, John Williams, E. A. Dillwyn, John Coke Fowler, and 12. C. Romer Lancaster and W. F. Brooke, hon. secretaries." In making the presentation Lord Swansea. said they were met together to express the high esteem and unabated confidence which they felt in their friend and fellow-townsman, Dr. Griffiths. They also desired to tender to him, Mrs. Griffiths, and his family, their deep sympathy for the long anxiety they had suffered from the unfounded and odious attack made on his personal character and his pro- fessional position. (Cheers.) He concluded with a hope that Dr. Griffiths's valuable life might long be spared to labour amongst those whom he had benefited so much. (Cheers.) SPEECH BY SIR JOHN WILLIAMS. Sir John Williams, the accoucheur to the Royal Family, who was received with enthu- siasm? expressed the very great pleasure it was for him to be present to do honour to an old school-fellow, an old fellow student, and a very old friend, who is so able and distinguished amongst his fellow professional brethren. (Cheers.) Members of the medical profession were peculiarly open to attacks similar to that to which Dr. Griffiths had lately been subjected, and founded unjustly, for their very training in hospital amongst the suffering poor made them particularly liable to kind actions which were extremely liable to be misrepresented. He appeared as a member of the medical pro- fession to sympathise with Dr. Griffiths and his family in the great trial they had gone through —the weeks and months of anxiety and oppressing care — and to congratulate them on the triumphant way in which they had gone through the trial. (Cheers.) Members of the medical profession had to thank him especially for the stand he had made, for in fig-hting his own cause he had fought that of the profession at large, because if Dr. Griffiths had been beaten in this, case other charges would have been much more likely to be brought forward than they will now. (Cheers.) DR. GRIFEITHS'S REPLY. Dr. Griffiths, who spoke under a sense of deep emotion, said: Mr. High-sheriff, my lord, ladies and gentlemen, it is impossible for me to find words to express my feelings adequately in thankinw you for this handsome testimonial, for your kind expression of sym- pathy and congratulations, and for the com- plimentary allusions you have made to the position which I have attained in my pro- fession. (Cheers.) It is a matter of ji;«t pride to me and my wife that we have so many kind friends, who, when occasion occurred, spontaneously and simultaneous desired, and even insisted upon, showing their sympathy and kindly feeling to us by getting up a testimonial in our favour. (Hear, hear.) While gratefully acknowledging this presentation I feel that you have placed me under a heavy debt of gratitude by the great service you have rendered to me. In the first place, you have by this cheque shared, to a very great extent, the heavy expenses— out-of-pocket expenses—which I have incurred in defending my own character and in preserv- ing the good name of my family and the honour of my profession. Moreover, you have with your sympathy and friendship, which I value far more than gold, tenderly ministered' to my woiundied feelings. (Ap- plause.) You have gently and kindly ad- ministered soothing and healing balm to the painful wounds which were ruthlessly, cruelly, and wickedly inflicted by poisoned tongues (Cheers.) I shall always treasure and Talue this beautifully-illuminated and touching address, which you have written yourself, and I shall sacredly pre-serve it as a record of the sympathy which I received after passmp through one of the most trying ordeals that a medical man could possibly be subject to. I thank you, my lord, and your noble and honoured colleagues, who have so kindly taken so much interest in my behalf. (Applause. I thank my profession, and, in doing this, 1 wish especially to thank two of thm signatories of the address—two of my oldest and most valued friends in the profession, namely, Sir William Jenner, my old and revered master, to whom I owe. professionally, more than 1 can tell, and Sir John Williams, an old fellow student, whose ability and eminence have been so worthily recognised lately by her Majesty the Queen. (Cheers.) Ladies and gentlemen, I thank you all from the bottom of my heart, and I thank all those absent friends who have so kindly sympathised with me, my wife, and my family. (Loud cheers.) VOTES OF THANKS. On the motion of Sir John Jenkins, seconded by Archdeacon Griffiths, the committee were heartily thanked, and Miss Dillwyn, in re- sponse, said the object was to obtain some tan- gible expression of the feeling in the district in favour of Dr. Griffiths, and the best pleasure they could have was that they had accomplished their object. On the motion of Mr. Coke Fowler, seconded by Dr. Jabez Thomas, the chairman was cor- dially thanked, and the meeting terminated.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) Paris, July 28. The Omnipotent House Porter. The power the concierges, or house porters, possess to open private letters, peruse, and gossip about the contents with impunity, so absorbs the attention of Parisians that the political excitement-in the Chamber and press only—no more impresses them than to I learn all is traauil at—Timbuctoo. The concierge is bound to deliver a tenant his letters at least once a day but if a tenentl be at daggers drawn with the janitor his purgatory is assured. The porter can plead momentary forgetfulness; if audacious, he can reply he held over the letters till he had time to first open and read them. And there is no legal penalty against his infamy. In case he destroys your letter, or refuses to give it to you at all, then he can be pulled up. Only an employe of the post-office can be fined and imprisoned for tampering with letters. There is no necessity now for the legendary cabinet noir," where positive legerdemain was practised to open letters, take copy, close as if never operated upon, and remit to the addressed. Allies of the Police. Suppose the police to suspect any indi- vidual, they have only to call on the house porters-who have a white dread of the detectives-open the wanted letters without any ceremony, use contents as may be re- quired, and close up without any precau- tions. In the time of Louis XV. the courtiers and courtesans passed their even- ings merrily, opening the mail bags placed before them, and reading the letters. It had this advantage: that the Court party im- proved the occasion to slander and calum- niate each other to their hearts' content. Even the opportunity was improved to in that way dose his Majesty with many dis- agreeable truths. But the law was not the less severe. Anyone who violated the secresy of a letter could be hanged, and that was the fate of one citizen, Le Prince, in March, 1742. The postmen are bound to hand to every person directly all letters addressed to them. In a Paris mansion, where twenty or forty families reside, that where twenty or forty families reside, that would be practically impossible. The post- men at present only make direct delivery for registered matter. Penalising the Opening of Letters. The Chamber has had a Bill submitted to it, adding a clause to the Code, condemning to fine and imprisonment whoever tampered with, or divulged, a private letter and its contents. But as Parliament breaks up in a few days the Bill must lie over till October, when the Legislature will meet. Till then the porters are perfectly free to make them- selves up in the private biography of all their lodgers, and to chatterbox over the discovery of many cupboard skeletons. Per- sons are free to have their letters addressed to the poste restante, but only for a limited time. They can hire a box there, and have all their mail matter concentrated and de- livered to themselves or order, or they can adopt a kindred arrangement with a banker. Some tenants are already having letter- boxes for themselves fastened under the entrance to the courtyard, wherein the post- man will drop the letters. The owner can unlock and possess his correspondence at his ease. But the landlord exacts compensation for disfiguring his wall. The porter ought to demand damages, the innovation being a reflection on his honourability. The Anti-Anarchist Law. The great fact about the new law for the repression of Anarchy is that the angry debates are terminated. The public still re- mained impassive spectators over the Homeric fights, alleged to be in defence of liberty, and similar good things that no longer catch on." If the new law exter- minates Anarchy, so much the better. It can do no harm to honest, law-abiding people. The executive has no interest to strain the application of the measure. Un- restricted liberty has proxed a failure in France, and those interested in its propaga- tion have also failed by precept and example to prepare and fit the masses for its exercise. This is the reason why Anarchy developed like proud flesh, and why society is permeated with disgust and indifference. The French must ever be made to feel that they are governed; the springs of society must always be maintained tightened up. The new President, Casimir- Perier, is not to be envied; who would covet his exalted situation? Every mail brings him an avalanche of threatening letters ordering him to prepare his coffin; to remember the fate of M. Carnot; that he is marked for early Anar- chic attentions, &c. And still the President is expected to look happy, have a sunshiny countenance, and be as contented as Sancho Panza! Respecting Caserio's trial for kill- ing M. Carnot, the press, by the new law, will only be allowed to publish the indict- ment, the verdict, and the sentence. Now depriving all these scoundrels of the oppor- tunity to indulge in theatricals during their trial, to pervate and pose, will do more to check Anarchy than discovering a clandes- tine bomb factory in a back kitchen, or a depot of dynamite in a cabbage garden. M. Zola's New Novel. It is said that Zola's new documentary novel Lourdes," in the collected form, does not go quickly off the publisher's hands. It is too top-heavy with authorities that the general reader would like to study during the Greek calends. The interest in "Lourdes" is only confined to a special section of society which has ever existed since the dawn of Christianity, and that will only disappear with devoteeism. There is strong and picturesque word painting, but the scenes ¡ described are not of the kind to collar the crowd. A big Pool of Bethesda is not a popular attraction; it is repulsive for the refined. The thread of love that meanders through the story is too improbable to be accepted by the most voracious novel reader. The loves of a clergyman in holy orders and condemned to celibacy and a beauty dis- figured by disease as to become loathsome to any Romeo, and then miraculously restored =- to her pristine charms, but with a longer in touch with the world, are ucr. the contrasts that seize a reader. Where there is no passion there can be no interest* Abelard and Heloise—their lives will excite; sympathy, tears, and pity while time endures. So long as faith cures exist there is no reason why some should not be attested at "Lourdes" as else- where. Science may not be able to explain the fact-it has so many mysteries yet to unveil. M. Zola is going to Rome to pass the winter when he regains his health, and! intends writing a romance—that could never come up to actual occurrences-on the Eternal City. He is the only man capable of writing a t. Hand-book" on the Romes. But he should expunge every filament of love from the work. He intends to dedicate that volume, to his Holiness, who has led M. Zola to expect an audience-it is his voca- tion as shepherd to welcome a wandering sheep. Voltaire, in order to win th(i Academicians to elect him one of theiv body, dedicated his Mahomet," a tragedy illustrative of toleration, to the Pope Is Zola intending to adopt that strategy to isecure the votes of the immortals for tha (next old arm chair vacant ? The Boulanger Coup. The last hidden secret" is now out respecting the Boulanger melo drama. Comte Albert de Mun is a man of light and leading in the Royalist camp, and so is Baron 0 Mackan—these two politicians, and at present deputies-joined with the Comte de Paris, the Boulangist craze. They administered the three millions of francs that the Duchesse d' Uzes in an eccentrio moment gave to carry on the cause. There was a secret council of six, of which Paul de Cassagnac, in addition to Messrs. de Mun and Mackan, were members. De Cassagnac has now let the cat out of the bag. The Royalists were to vote to bring back Floquet to power, and the latter would undertake to name Boulanger War Minister in return. The general had promised to keep quiet for a little tuns till well seated in the saddle, and then seize M. Carnot, his Ministers, and the leading Re. publicans, and imprison them all in Mont Valerien, as similarly acted Prince Napoleon on the 2nd of December Coup d'Etab. Boulanger, carried away by the popular applause and the influence of his fair Rosa- mond, declined to have patience, struck out for himself, and so gave the Republicans time to recover from their fright to compel the general to fly, and the High Court of Justice to outlaw him. The Panama Revelations. If the courts could force all the individuals who dipped into the Panama money-box the canal might be completed by the restitution of the soap they received. One of the Cabinet Ministers, Barbe-since dead, and henoured at the time by a public funeral, his crime being then unpublished- received a bribe of 550,000f. Not a bad sum for a dry-land sailor. His estate has been ordered to disgorge that robbery. Tin deficit yet to cover is 1,500,000,OOOi'. A Visit to Jerusalem, M. Philippe Berger gives a very interest. ing account of his first visit to Jerusalem and his attendance at the reception of the Government House which took place, though it was the fete of the Balrani. He avows that he never encountered more polite and more tolerant persons than the Turks. M. Berger's visit to the -Holy Places at once placed him in presence of the religious ques- tion, the dispute between the Greek and Latin Churches was represented by a fight between a Greek and a French pilgrim. Arrived at the "White House," for the Governor's Palace is surrounded by fou-d immense white walls, anyone who pleaset may enter, only that being the day for receiving all the religious chiefs, the Governor had to reserve the reception-roam for the foreign visitors. Introduced, the Governor approached M. Berger, warmly, welcomed him, begged his taking a seat beside him, bon-bons and water were served, then coffee and cigarettes, and it was while thus seated on a sofa and smoking that the bishops in full canonicals defiled. The most gorgeous was the Greek patriarch next, the Armenian the Copte patriarch looked very p< e :■ beside his gor- geous butterfiied confreres; he had a simpla black surplice and mitre. You see we have all colours," observed the governor, -with. a quiet smile. The Consuls do not come tc these fetes in uniform; Court costume U only displayed on the occasion of the Sul. tan's fete. One English lady was very busj with a snap" photo machine at the entrance the aide-de-camp merely loeked on and smiled. The governor was particvi- larly attentive to the English and the Frene«( On retiring the Governor atfeoni* paniecl M. Berger to the entrance of the Palace, when the band struck up as h, descended the step the air Mdle. Angot within, too, hail of the Holy Places It was all the French sacred music the good natured and courteous Turks knew. A Sensational Execution. 3 A man named Noray murdered an old woman on February 7 last to rob her. All the booty she possessed was twelve SOliS! He has just been executed at Fau, and, ia accordance with their request.the victim's bus* band and son were accommodated with places close to the guillotine. Noray was a Thus he drew the attention of the execu- tioneer to the fact that it was not every day he had such a splendid head to strike off that nothing promoted appetite like going to ba guillotined. So Noray, after confession, sat down to a roast fowl, bread, and a, small bottle of wine next he had coffee and two liqueut glasses of brandy then tie lit a cigarette. The executioner reminded him it was tiRi9 to be moving, so he jumped up, submitted ta be corded, to have his back hair cut, a;ad shirt collar clipped away. Starting thaa for the scaffold, he asked had he time for another cigarette, so are was lit and placed between his teeth he merely remarked ta the aids how bizarre it was that they should cut off his head though he never did them any harm. Seeing- the husband and son h« rushed on the plank, intending to speak t« them, but before he could collect hig thoughts his remains were collected in thf osier-coffin. _.l..ItJi;I

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P j in t to coal-dust experiments. inrfiff Asquith remarked, with cynical diffrenoo, that he had no objection to her experiments, but the cost of them jry "e paid by those who ask for them. Q«» cavalier manner in which a Radical ^riHueutal official treats a matter of such Sad unPort'aTlce to the miners of the country, for a mo*ment> too, when the necessity j' the most exhaustive inquiry in this Qn^ction is being thrust home by the Do nV^- ilK!uil7- Government have > tan C^011 influh'ies of national impor- i ( oT kut they must be paid for by the miner 5 toe colliery company 5 LiwY^ in tlie lute of the South Wales jjj JH Federation shows no sign's of closing. ainrn^' t^le announcement we make this the resignation of the secretary-' that fk ^r' Hall, of Cardiff, shows Hall h divergeiice is accentuating. Mr. ,r^s the secretaryship since the is n ? len^ °f the federation, and there fi to V 0u'>t that the organisation owes much +iv- 18 oare and attention to detail. Despite t iepf ^doubted fact, Mr. Hall has been sub- ( jg to repeated attacks,, to which his reply i will v one of resignation. This [ bring matters batween Mr. Hall and. his PP°nents to an issue. "^ut-ra':t number of "Wales" is, on 1 dv, °^e> brighter than any of its pre- 'Jt a'Tl1^ ^ie illustrations, too, show S Cnn+^^L hnprovement. Among the prose I of hT !rt<>rs are ^r- Arthur Mee, F.R. A.S., 8 Earl "^estern Mail," who writes on "Some Observations with the Telescope in f j> es_; the Rev. E. Cynffig Davies, the « F. O. Jones (Llanidloes), the Rev. J. 3^,en Jones (Bala), the Hon. Claude Vivian, Kjfl' T. Artemus Jones, Mr. David tlil11 (Aberystwith), and, of course, i editor, Mr. 0. M. Edwards, 1 °Rgst the verse-writers are Mr. I ari ¥°:ris Lewis, of Swansea, who gives J HT .a<hftirable translation of a quaint song of f *Ws," "The Old Minister," which has improved by the transfer; Mr. Mee, Bo°H S*G°S t.o Llandal? >. and Harold AH~ton, who converts one of the is lan legends into rhyme. There of "A^S°, a- renderi ng 'in English V W'f '» 'S" &tirring song> "The Fisherman's tv more intelligent attempts than i r»!h ^r' Edwards's to present the lite- °/ Wales and the stories of Welsh J rJ m readable form to the public have er been made. It is greatly to be hoped patriotic endeavours on behalf of his CQ^ymen will find their reward in the and extensive support of his sub- scribers. Albany Paddon, of Wrexham, has Propounded a scheme which, if carried and' thinks will- ba "a remedy for strikes ) pryi a system of cohesion for employers and +j ph>yed." Mr. Paddon proposes that all Weimmers at Prese:'t employed in the North I ? t*. iS coa'^e'd be formed into a union on ■\ "nes of the North Wales Miners' Per- 'anent Relief Fund, with an executive com- *p0fie(^ °- the employers and one or two i .Prejsentatives from each pit. This union Mi* &r\A Id have power to admit future members flS: x, ™ give a guarantee to the masters that IK J*r prefers for coal would be adequately j of ^r' ^U(^on advocates the formation a fund in connection with the union to ( the double purpose of pensioning the a, ana inr'rm an<i assist emigration, so ma if diown the supply in the labour Hf^ket. He is sanguine that his scheme, .Properly carried out, would result in secur- 1 niaximum of skilled labour in the »1Iles the minimum risk of accident, would a long way towards solving the question employment for the men engaged, tn ivvou^ bring masters and men more in ^ch with each other. The proposer in tends his «*na-for the North Wales miners, but j5es 110 reasons why it should not be adopted coalfields. If put in operation, he it: would be the means of driving 0lfsands back to the land from town, or i or manufacturing districts. On the 4 th l' sc^elIle appears feasible, and we hke to see it given a fair trial. Air. is not a "practical collier," but that j ,,s reason why his proposals should be uespxsed. l In spite of the heavy fines and other | th 68 T>unis^raeilt adopted by the bench, j e Cardiff shebeener still plies his illicit t an!] a? if. no Dolipeman were on the watch tl) q a° hisgistrate prepared to convict. No less t | s'18be,0n-beepers were hauled before V ] g? "ench on Tuesday. In one case a fine of I iteJ .P(nUK's was imposed, or three months' I ^isonment. It was a very bad case, the I -w: having three previous convictions -0 ions I having three previous convictions i th Jns^ him. There was another case from A 4 a g same street—Mary Ann-street-—in which > Z of trwenit^ pounds was imposed. Thus I th after week shebeen cases help to fill I On" c^larSe-sheet, and, despite every effort 1 to ^le Part of the police and magistrates f I Q| stainp out the evil, it crops up afresh. I ftf? •C°Ur&e' it is an ever-recurring testimony j > list the undue closing of public-houses, I th so^e remedy lies in the undoing of 1 e WiiSchiaf introduced by that Act.