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i ^ADDEFIAD TICHBORNE. Gan 'Korien." feis?°^yno<ld," medd yr hawlydd, "hen ysgol- ftooe °oer Ti-ch borne i mi pa betli a wnelai 'V\ep yatau pan elent allan i rodiana? i ]a e"Wn i, 'yr oeddwn i yn arfer myned *Wod baddonau a baddo yno, ond am ^'estr! 0. 7r oeddych yn arfer myned i'r chwareu billiards.' Gwyddtvn °aftVs ^!a"lV'ydd) fod hyny yn wirionedd, hyjL .^r wdd Bogle y Negro wecli mynegu hyny 1 rn'- Gwyddvn y byddai dadguddio bor/ aw"r yn digio yr Arglwyddes Tich- ei Chatillon, yr ysgolfeistr', ac yn HoIjij01 gas iddo. Yr oedd hi, yn nghyda J>an J5? a y cytieithydd, vn bresenol hyn mewn atebiad iddo. ei fQ(i Chatillon, 'Na, na.' Ond fe liaerais id(i0 w^^°nfc(ld, ac vn y diwedd gorfod I. 9 y yn wii'- ond mai a 1 edrj-ch ar eraill yn cli-wareu billiards Ai- ac na byddai yn chwareu ei hunan. pun Chatillon gyda mi tu-ag awr o a-mser, V^'fedi ,5mada^"(>dd mevvn nwvdau drwg. 8*e.stdl *f ,f7ned allan arosa^som yn y glwVr]/ y dVdd hwnw. A mso;3d: yr Ar- Wedi §yda- ni hyd ddeg o r gloch o r nos. glfrVj i ^latiHon yma-dael. dywedodd yr Ar- yn <:s *0(1 yr ysgolfek-t-v wedi arfer bod ei b0f] •an^l'iW''d ei drin. A dywedodd lief yd fod^lo °.r ^arn mai y rheswm ei fod yn an- ei f0(| 1 gyfaddef mai Roger oeddwn oedd hyny ys§wy' i^di dalu iddo am wneud "rth gwrs (medd yr hawlydd) nid !ln rhyfeddod i mi fod Chatillon vn <*<]<] VrHN >X,(l mai Roger oeddwn i. Nid figol^y. a ddywedai hwnt nac yma yn fy 'i-en cany> cawn y petli a fynwn gan vr bs. Treulia.som y gweddill o'r ^giiylcj, arfer, gan slarad a'n gHydd yn ^aen^i Sv,;d»ano] wyr a gwragedd a ad- vene] ^w'r Roger, yr hvn a fedrvm ei ae er envjdd yr hanesion ag oedd Bogle I wedi eu hadrodd wrthvf. "Ar :0: !lyny c^isioad yr Arglwyddes gan Wd n trwy Iw mai Roger oeddw n. ^edi invII}':vvn dull pendei-fynol. Nid oedd'wn d y dirn erioed yn fy mywyd o'r wnl 11 1 ',c yr oedd v gwr onest yn ei ystoJ Dygwyddodd amgvlchlad hynod ^iriojy.) i J, Pra-wf yn Llunden. Gofvnodd yr ^ddi v ^Widge i mi. 'Pa. ysgol y buooh ,lfi ^frainc?' Atebais na fum i mewn Hdge .V11 Ffraine. 'Beth, syr,' ebe Cole- add0 '1 V100*1 mewn un ysgol' yn Ffraine ?' ''Tngy 'i e"Wn eilwaith. 'A nnewch chwi dYwed Iyny?, 'Gtwnaf.' Yr oeddwn wedi roddj ani ^°oer- Daetli Esgob Orleans ^>gep ftl.. dystioketh, gan ddywedyd fod frainc eli JJod gydag ef yn yr ysgol yn nV yn groesholiad cyfaddefodd P'tn oor'a11^' yn un'r? am chwe diwrnod a vr Ser ond prin cliwech oed y bu y fiaril'S0l bono yn Paris. Ar hyn gofynodd r -oovil i Coleridge a ydoedd wedi p fod 7}S^ ^Uvn a phurnP eraill gydag ef i ,ris «oger wedi bod yn yr ysgol yn dwyf ,'n f^d'd rliwng pump a chwech oed. eoe Ctderidge. 'Wei,' ebe y barnwr, hawj' e'°^ ^>°d yn ceisio piofi haw] v by rid L ddy wedyd mai Roger vdyw. vn 1 rJ'wun °fvii i mi a oeddwn wedi y W;iLysgol lH,>no am chwe diwrnod pan t"K "nc^ pump a cliwech oed .yfiy.1 y 'nlaMvn wedi anghoiio am (medd yr havlydd) yr ym- dda'01)i inavvr i mi yn ngolwg ''Ar °: vvyfj(,(M dydd yn Paris aet-h yr 6,11 llunjay'^ a mewn otrbyd i gacl tynu disuyj. wdri VP hin vn oer ac eira VVedi i ni cftiychwelyd i'r gwestdy >^v JJano-1 a n yn nghylch teuhi o'r ^nes, t °1es*; Yr oedd nnig chwaer Syr flT, ^ar>Srlev f-r', Wedii Priodl Gvvyddei o'r v yn v V i enw o^dd Katlierine. Yr fiSa vr dair ° ferchtd- a piHil un ri v bob nr,enH Katherine, ond yn cael en .j^envv^d yn Kate—Kate Xangles, Kate u- a j 'u'niey. Arosodd yr d^rbvn^i .m* -^ed t€- Yr oeddwn 0)?8er, a '^nd box o ddillad y gwir Syr fy yw dywedyd. yr oeddynt 5Tiyfte(i f>ddigertli y rhai ag'yr oeddwn Vr y d«ryf yn rhy drwclius i'w gwisgo. Ar ? ^ddvvn dydd o fy ymweliad a Paris barod i ddychwelyd yn ol i 6; 1 yr arglwyddes a mi yn ei J*y (lywori U]Di r or.saf. Y diwrnod cyn Uolmfx° 1 wrthyf ei bod wedi trefnu £ 20-g a'm la £ do gymen-d ty i mi a'm v 1 mi cv- aba« yn Croydon. Rboddodd P °'d ,T' myned i'r tren, a thalodd liefvd if1'8' Tn nj" nglyn a'n harosiad yn vn p a y di-aul o fy arosiad yn yitiadL ,x L<x%e- a Welesley Villa. „aX o'r orsaf cusanodd if lawer ^Fa/fv3We&dd y bua.sai yn dyfod i en d hi eru gynted byth ag y medrai. Yr tillf,^ fef yn ^ed'i digio mor fawr wrth. enw, a ,,a ynganodd vn awr hvd yn nod ?^U gyft? 1 {?w am vchydig wvth- iTJy & H?'me, yn Croydon Yr oedd all Bob Kr>°r trwv vr ardd i'r brif s ? °'r tv e« s-yK7ais fod" dyn yn myned 40 Vn d i°r bono am tua naw o'r uldr,awii dych-welyd yn ei ol tu» 4.30 v •flft'1! ^"hne« .J^^vyddais ddy wedyd tm tro lin ^d v yn credu fy mod jti vp^^Ws v,i 5n, yna.' 'Hen eiriolwr o'r enw darl]^/W' e'5e Holmes. Cofiais fy mod V T; It enw "iU" wt-ithredoedd vfgrif- Wiiw (^'bor-a'd- mai iin o'r lLf ^^ydd-fa \f W6;h, ysgrifrnu ewyllys Roger Vr^1, fyned ■J? InurLd Slaughter, cjti i Ifei' ^Urrows vn Dranoeth, pan welais Zjy myTd allan trw^ Yr a^d' S ?aiS,?f\gan ddy^dvd. "Good ^h°dd J% df)" t recollect me now?' ^a- nid wyf yn cofio eich i ^,ya 1851 ydveh yn cofio i Jj.^1 Onid Tr i i ysgrifenu fy ewyllys Mr^c. ^^hbornl 1 yn Cofio fy i/S.vr Vn' lighter?' -rr arfer °yTchu 1 swyddfa V. vn 0-(-i r anwyl ebe fe, 'vr wyf vr i^yf Vn rn ii da y hyn a ddywedweh. i a'^ sydd yn achosi lr I" i'r ,.u.iyierr-1, ebwn yn ol, 'yr -wyf wodi }jet. Atehadd ft11 ise1'a dyQa yw achos y '«v'iUl1 anneHn i?UrroW!?' wel> 7 n,!ie ,d. °nd wy -d yn dvgwydd m-e,vn teu 1u- L a? ol ? 'adl na ohewcii eich etifedd- »] 'y.' ebwn 'IC ydi- ° ^ser.' 'Gobeithio kv °'» ac yna ymadawsom. Ar V0i Rorrftr ,ln yn anil siarad yu nghylch I Vv'^Heg(>] o j^T hyny oasglwn wybodaeth

—— SUnda°N AT PONTYPRIDD. jn .? afWnoan some boys were seen neat- ^ej^bbourhood of the old Berw *{ |V IShorHir ^-ypridd. and they were sent j, ^old b-iri '*J r their departure the timber MiA ^yrulk Waf; seen to be smouldering, to ls iTl ""lanes, who lives ciose by, and *0 to pv+^e 'the ITorest, immediately set Sok^eiltfor+l T^Usll Wie fire, and, failing to do 0 -^ontypridd Fire Brigade, whinli •he ,0Vi«-K+ir working a short while it dnv, i f the fire had he n suMued, and ;+ l€ft' but in half a.n LiAtr after their ^eHng. SG«n that the bridge was again

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THE JilDDI/EES' LEAGUE. PASTIMES FOR PLEASURE AND PROFIT. RULES OF Tills COMPETITION. 1. This department to be open to all readers 01 the "Weekly Mail." 2. Contributions of riddles and solutions are soli- cited. A ^tatemsnt by the contributor to vlie elieet that the work is original will be accepted. A'la.jjiaiiisni, when detected, will be publicly exposed. 3. One side of the paper only to be writ ten on. 4. A nom-de-pkime may te vsed, but in all eases the prize-winners' real names must be published. 5. Thfl sum of 38. bd. to be given each week for the best pet of correct solutions. Three prize books to be also given each week to solvers The sum of 5s. to be given to the solver who makes the best record in answering the riddles each month. Tlie sum of 10s. to be given to the riddler who niakeg the highest soore in solving the riddles each quarter. The winner of a weekly prize is ineligible to will the current monthly competition, but can qualify for the quarterly prive, which, in its turn, cannot be gained by the winner of a monthly competition unless two clear mcnths have elapsed from the dale of the previous victory. Should any of the competitions end in a tie, the prize will be awaiued by ballot. 6. All answers to the riddles printed in this column to be received within six days of publication. Answers received after that time has expired cannot be con- sideied amongst those competing for prizes. 7. The Riddle Editor's decision to be considered final wid irrevocable, and no appeal from his judg- ment can be entertained. 8. All letters to be addressed — ltlDDljE EDITOR, •WEEKLY MAIL," CARDIFF. MYSTIC BUDGET.—No. 38. CHARADE, No. 1. (Formed en a word, each syllable of which is a word.) My fir.-i I is a colour thati, bright, P'raps the brightest of all that we see; My second's the seat of sweet passion, And all other passions that be. My whole is a songster so prim, Tho' his note ie .subdued and low, Pray you listen to hear his soft note, When next to the country you. go. E. ETTAR, Haddington. CHARADE, No. 2. (Formed on a word. each syllable of which is a word.) He's not so black a& painted, His Majesty below; » At least, so people say, Who must be "in the know." But I'll second all I'm worth That even, if 'tis so, My first at certain feeasons, Black as ebony will show. My whole you'll find a risky 9-0 That's very much in force Amount excited gamblers Who collect on every course; If luck should ifo against them, Others' pain should be their loss* Why' they vanish from the throng', With sad feelings of remorse. A. M. ADAMS, Claydon Hill. LETTER CHARADE, No. 3. My first is in lemon, but not in peach I My next is in willow, but not in beooh; My third is in Evelyn, but not in Maud, My fourth ia in Reginald, not in Claud; My fifth is in butterfly, not in bee, Sixth is in elephant, also in flea; My seventh's in Ballantyne, not in Verne, Eighth's in Heligoland, not in Pit-cairn; Ninth's in Sebastopol, not in Berlin, Tenth is in Ottawa, not in I ekm My whole was a poet, well known i* hir* n&iwc ? 'Tis wreathed with a garland of purest fame. LOY ALLINA, London. NUMERICAL PUZZLE, No. 4. My whole, composed of eleven letters, is a cabalistic word, formerly used as a charm against diseases. My 9, 11, 3, 7 is a poet; my 1, 7, 6, is a girl's name; my 2, 10, 4, 7 is a 8ma,ll nail; my 5- 6, 7 is a .sneak and my 2, 11, 10 is a rod. ROSY, London. CHARADE, No. 5. (Formed on a word, each syllable of which is a word.) Within a calm, sequester'd first, Two trim-built trawlers lay When first of hound at Luna's orb Foretold the end of day. Unspoko the skipper of the "Jane," "Secoind. thou thief accurst. Thy roguish crew hath stolen my third While laying in my first." Then quickly seizing on my whole, He swore, rhnd: come the worst, His third tlioy should return, or he Would sink them in mv first. J. BRAYSHAW, London. LOGOG-RIPH, No. 6. (A word which may be subjected to a number of processes, but wh,:01\ leave* a perfect word after each operation.) BAtad a dwelling, and you will An English river see; Atra.in beheaded, I will prove Of service, you'll agree; Curtail me now, just for a change, I mean both vou and me. HOLLY BERRIES, Whitland. DIAMOND, No. 7. 1. A letter. 2. A Hebrew measure. 3. A gam. 4. Linen. 5. A gem. 6. A liquid. 7. A letter. E. L. PIGG-OTT, Wantage, WORD SQUARE, No. 8. 1. A metal. 2. Tart of a tool. 3. A disease. 4. An act. ALFRED MILLER, London. PRIZES FOR RIDDLERS. The sum of 3s. 6d. will be given for the best get of solutions to the atiove riddles received on or before June 28. A prize book will also be given to the three senders of solutions next in order of merit. The sum of 5s. will be given for the beat soore in solving the riddles during the month of June. The sum of 10s. will be given to the solver scoring the highest aggregate number of solu- tions for the quarter ending June 29. ANSWERS TO MYSTIC BUDGET, No. 36. No. 1. Wiiit-eim-tide. No. 2. Dog, wpe, cat, lion, stag, panther, gazelle, otter, zebra. No. 3. Man-age. No. 4. Fail-fare. No. 5. Jasmine. No. 6. Mormyrus. No. 7. Wheat-ear. Answers to Mystic Budget No. 36 were leceived from the, following riddleraE. Wilson, T>allowgill (7); Max, Bristol (7); Mare, London (6); Cork, East Ham (T); Novice, Ea/rlswood (6); Hosy, London (6); C-ath- eart, London (6); Stonehenge, London (&); Geo. J. BcW, South (Josforth (7); Charley's Aunt, Vimhco (7); Scniab, Derlw (6); H. S. Cook, .x>we^tof^ (1 Bremble, Newport (6): J. F. Perrett, Bnstol 7 Yeidem, London .'6); H. Chapp.n, >ottingh«m (7), Heron, De Crespi^nv l'ark (6); Eliza Adams, f'lurn- stead (6>; A. M. Adams, Claydon Hi!l (7); Bcata Gvnter, Colctwator (6); Primrose, Tomn«lm (1), Peel B»th (6): Nellie TUontpson, Bracknell (5), I. Sanders. Gundon (5); Loyullina, Lftiidon (6); Tom Pierce Cowling, London (6); PwJnte. Che.tenl.am (7) Ala Sv anscoiribc (7) Barclay Tcdd, J-Almhuri-'U 7 Emma, London (7); John Rattee. London ,6) J Bravehaw. T^ondon (6); Bam >o_v, Romford (7; Pericles, Bristol (7); Miss Gertie Bidgood I-ondon (5) Linseed, Newport (6): Tita, London (b). Mos.s Rose, Windsor (7); Nellie. Brussels (6); Crystal Palace Upper Norwood (6); Spark, London >oi; K .T Mills, London (6); Mozart, Ivondon (5); A. J I)uncan, Lonaon (5); Newton, Bristol (7): B. C. Favershim (5)", Magnolia, Ca^fclcbelhngham (6), Haeel, London (7); Edith L. Piggott, Wantage (p); Osher Baker, i/.ndon (6); Anxiotis, Greenwich ;b), Morrlauds, CastlelTellingham (6); Sirrom, London (b); Eugei.e, Caftlebellinghami (6): G. -M. Dulcken. l.-on- <)on (5): Mark Poole, London (6); Mignon, L«»r-l°n (6): Brusher. London (7); Dirnrny, London (b); lyke. Ct-rdiff (7); Ann Teak, Nottingham (7); O. B»o, London (6). The cash prize of 3s. 6d. was won, on a ♦n'-Ot, oy Mr. NEWTON HINDER ("Newton"), 47a, Glouoester- road, Harfieid, Bristol. The book prizes were won, on a ballot, by "MOSS ROSE." Windsor; Mr. W. J. BEHKETT (" Pericles"), Crown, Rigll- strfft, Market, Bristol and "CHAHTJOY'S AUNT," I.ondon. On receipt of the real names end addresses Of moss Jirw" and "Chartevfs Aunt" I Viill send to Mich a handsome prize volume.

The Duke of Edinburgh, when a midsk^punan uf-ed to cut the Queens signature out of his letters and put i* up to auction.

DIABOLICAL OTJTKAGE AT MEKTHYIi. ATTEMPT TO WRECK A TRAIN. A diai>olioftl outrage which beare the imprtss of a deliberate attempt to wreck a railway train, occ-urrtd at Merthjr on Saturday night. The Brecon arid Mea-thyr passenger train due out from Merthvr to Brecon at 7.15 accomplished the journey to Cefn ill safety, but when the London and North WksUj-u goods train from Abergavenny to Merthyr travelled between these two stations a few minutes later it was discovered that some miscreants had meanwhile executed a plan calculated to produce a terrible disaster- Over the line which is jointly owned by the Brecon and Merthyr and the London and North Western Companies there is a girder bridge carrying a private ra.;«way belonging to Messrs. Crawshay Brothers, and when the goods train reached this bridge, which is situated between the Llwyncelin and Rhydy- cllr signal boxes, the engine WQI8 struck by something hanging over the centre of the 6ft., and the guard's van in the rear had the roof partially lifted off. The train wa. stopped, in order that the nature of the mishap might be investigated, when it was found that there were depending through holes in thoê flange of the bridge three round, iron rods, about 6ft. in length and lin, in diameter, the bars having nuts at the end which kept them from passing through the holes altogether. The rods were not all close to one another, otherwise they would have offered greater resistance. and more serious consequences might have ensued. One of them—that with w'hich the. engine collided— was placed in the middle oif the permanent way. as already indicated, while the others were placed a little distance off on either side. For- tunatelv, the engine, the driver of which was John Emery, the guard being John Richards, was provided with a covering, otherwise both Emery and the stoker would veiy likely have been severely hurt- It is painful to speculate what might have been the results if a passenger train goins- at a rapid speed had met with the obstruction, for certain it is that, had there been no loss of life, there would, nevertheless. have been a, ripk of considerable damage to the rolling stock. The rods were at once removed from their menacing position, and they are now in the custody of Mr. Lucas, the station- master at Cefn. by whom tHe matter was re- ported to the police. No trace has yet been gained of the dastards who plotted the mischief, but dikgent efforts aire bei-ng made to get hold of them. and iATr. Evans, the gene-al manager of the Cyfarthfa Works, has offered to furnish the police with every assistance to enable them to bring- the culprits to justice, so that they might answer for their malfeasance.

THE SOUTH WALES UNI- VERSITY COLLEGE THE DONATION OF £1.000 FROM CARDIFF CORPORATION. At the special meeting of the Cardiff County Council, held on Monday at the Town-hall, Cardiff, the Mayor (Alderman P. W. Carey) presiding, the following resolution was unani- mously passed, on the motion of Mr. T. H. Riches, seconded by Mr. Beynon Harris:- ''That under the powers contained in the Cardiff Corporation Act, 1884, Section 32 (1) the corporation do contribute towards the funds of the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, the sum of £ 9,750, and that the borough treasurer be accordingly autho- rised to pay that amount to the said University college-tbe aforesaid contribution and pay- ment, nevertheless, only to be made en the university college giving an undergiving to re-pay, on demand, to the corporation, the sum of E3,200 if any legal proceedings are taken against the corporation or any members of the council with respect- to certain payments made, by the corporation to the university college in the yeara 1834, 1885, 1887, 1888, 1889,, 1890. 1891, and 1892, amounting to £ 3,2i00, or with respect to the above contri- bution of £ 9,750: and also to pay, on demand, to the corporation, all costs and expenses to which they may be put in consequence of such legal proeeedin gs."

THE ARISTOCRAT AND CONOERT- HALL SINGER. A special telegram to the '"New York World"' from Winnipeg states that Dudley Marjoribanks, son of Lord Tweedniouth. who was sent by his mam-ma to Northern British Columbia on a. polar-bear hunt in the hope of weaning him from the London concert-hali singer, "Bardie" Sutherland, has been ha^t.ily sumnumed home by his father. He was brought hero on the advice of Lord Aberdeen, Governor-General of Canada, and Governor Hdhultz, of Manitoba. Lord Aberdeen sent his aide-de-camp, Monroe Ferguson, to take care of the young man wihi:e he was in the wilds of British Columbia. They were just leaving the railway terminus to begin their hunt, for bears when a telegram came from Lord Tweedmouth calling his son home. It was considered that the al)8f'nce of such a distinguisned defendant in a, breach of pro- mise suit might lndT-so* a. British jury to give a verdict in favour of "Birdie" Sutherland. The hunting party cancelled orders for snides, and reached Winnipeg the other day on their horn ft ward journey. To a newspaper man, who tried to talk with him. Dudly Mnrjoribaiiki; was curt and disinclined to talk. He seemed thoroughly disgusted at being re-called. He pretended that, in addition to his father want- ing him to come home to defend the suit, he was anx-ious to jo;n his regiment..An to the merits of the suit that had been started, he refused to express any opinion. From the way in which he spoke, he appeared to have the impnes'sion that it would have been quietly settJed.

GLAMORGAN SUMMER ASSIZES. The Glamorgan Summer Assizes open at eleven o'clock on Monday next at the Guild- hall. Swansea, before Justices Lawranoe and Collins, who are expected to arrive in Swan- sea on Saturday next from Chester, where they are holding the assize this week. Justice Collins will hear the criminal business. There are 57 prisoners for trial in 37 cases, none of which are for murder. A case in which much interest will centre is the charge of manslaughter against two county constables in connection with the, death of the man who, it will be remembered, died in Swansea Gaol of injuries alleged to have been received at the hands of the two constables who will take their trial. Grea-t interest in SI\ ansea is felt in the trial of Mr. Charles Norton. The oivil business, of which there are 27 actions, will be heard by Justice Lawrance. Of these cases fourteen are before juries, six being special jury cases. Of the civil actions a breach of promise case from the Swansea Va-Hev is likely to be productive of a good deal of local interest.

RECTORSHIP OF LLANDRINDOD WELLS. The Lord Bishop of St. David's has offered the R-ectorv of Lla-ndrindod Wells to the RÆ'V. R. W. F. Davies. senior curate of St. Mary's, Tenby, and it has been accepted liy that gentle- man. The parish is an important one. and the gross value of the liviny £ 400. net £300. Mr. Davies was ordained in 1882 by the Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol to the curacv of Dymoolc, under the Rev. and Hon. A. Ban- bury Tracv. and subsequently went with him to a largo parish in Bedminster, Bristol, where he worked for seven and a. half years. Theuo-e he went to the parish of St. John and St. Mary, Brecon, where he stayed two years, and then accepted the senior curacy of St.. Mary's, Tenby, in January, 1892. The reverend gentle- man ha-3 had a wide and varied experience in parish work, and the inhabitants of IJandrin- dod are to be congratulated upon the appoint- aare to b ment of such an able and experienced clergyman to minister to them. Mr. Davies is a native of Carmarthenshire, and his mother's family are well known in Carmarthen.

POISONOUS BAKING POWDER.CATTT!ON TO Grocers AND THE Public. It- is a fact that quan- tities of Bating Powder containing over 20 per cent of alum (which means that 150 to 160 grains are oaten in a 41b. loaf) arc now beingr sold looso by weight in large packets and tempting fan -y boxes of various kinds Such rubbish, according to eminent medical testimony, is highly injurious to health, and should be carefully avoided. Insist on baring Borwiek's, wAi. is perfectly pure and free from alum.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) PARIS, Juke 19. The Proposed Exhibition. The opposition against the proposed plan of the 1900 exhibition increases. The site is con- sidered to be so vast as to re-call Chicago's World's Fair, "where visitors had to walk a great deal to see—nothing." A smaller site, more exclusiveness in the admission of unfrivo- lous exhibits ought to be acted upon. Parisians are also agreed that the necessary clia-nges to be made :n the Champs Elysees would destroy the btauty of the latter, claimed to be unrivalled. To cut down the trees contemplated—and inevi- table-would 1M sacrilege. The erection of a gigantic bridge 77 yards wide, in steel, and crossing the Seine in a single span, of the ass hack model, would be rather an eyesore than a thing of beauty it would also re-call the bridge of Areola, that has to be fixed up every third year. By reducing the area of the site the expense of the exhibition would be less. When the Bill is submitted to Parliament the plans will be severely criticised, and improvement- adopted. Then the Municipal Council, before it will vote its part of the expense—twenty million francs—will have to be counted with. Parisians are not satisfied with the work of the architects. Tho construction, cf the exhibition v ill cost 100 million francs. The Munici- pality and the State will each guanuitee a one-fifth. The remaining sixty million francs will have to be raised by the issue of shares at 20f. Unlike pre- vious financial baits, they will not be redeem- able; they will re-caill some up-to-date plans for running newspapers, where purchasers of a share would receive back their investment in kind. Stead is an authority on such combina- tions. Each holder of share will have the right, to twenty free admissions to the exhibi- tion—or a free entry once a week; if the share be taken by a citizen a, reduction to the amrsements would also be secured. A rural shareholder cannot benefit in the latter privi- lege, but the railway and boat companies will concede a, diminution of at least 33 per cent, in fares thrice, twice, and once, as the holder resides 125, 250, or 375 miles and above from Paris respectively. There will be a monster lottery, but no wins will be in money. Numerous prizes will be made in circular tour tickets, hotel coupons included; there will be fifteen circular tickets for a free voyage round the world, several automobile vehicles, and hundreds of bicycles. The Rumoured Ruaso-French Alliance. Opinion, though the fact was already dis- counted, has been taken aback by the official announcement of the alliance between. Russia and France. Coming just at the eve of the Kiel fetes, that ought to solace those patriots wlhose hearts were throbbing with sorrow because France sent warships to acknowledge with several other nations an in- ♦ie relational! courtesy. Even linked with Russia. France c-auOet eman- cipate herself from the duties or obliga> tions of Triteness to do- so she would cloud her reputation for gallantry, and be as fretful as a soured schoolboy. The first question asked when the dual alliance was formally announced was, What will England do?'' '"o 0 remain isolated is impossible: she has already "hedged" by n earing Italy; that many consider is her Sr.st step into the triple alliance. The world will be all the better by the Powers taking up a position clear and defined. It is the absence of that which has produced all the sickly uneasiness existing since some years past. Perhaps Germany will be more diplo- matically affected by the official announcement of the Callo-Musco alliance than England, though both, it may be taken for granted, have lor.p iufo examined the- eventuality. Some Iwulevard statesmen are very maladroit in iuhilatinff ">n rljc, presumed isolation ot Eng- land. B..t rhe 'stvious French do not share that viov. Two conclusions are drawn Eng- land will not- in the Armenian alliance become a eatspaw, bat will draw nearer to Austria, that viov. Two conclusions are drawn Eng- land will not- in the Armenian alliance become a eatspaw, bat will draw nearer to Austria, whose new Foreign Minister has just. declared that the triple alliance will be more firmly upheld Mian eYCr and, se<on«'ly, that the occu- pation Etfvplt by the British may now be regarde us permanent till expelled. v joming Academicians- The re.i-i)tioii at the Academy of a new Immortal is a. kind of necrc-baptismal ceremony. The inc'iruj.ig Academician is expected to scatter flower.- on the defunct whose fa-uteuil lw suc- ceeds t». and the iniinortiail told off t.t t, the new-born throws bad soi. e of the flowers, re-calling a faattledor and shuttiiei cock arrangement. Li the re(«ption of M. Paul Bourget, the "heart naroinist," by Vieomte de Vogue, tIt. "soul d. the shuttle cock was Maxiime du Camp. v. h« had nothing in common with his intellecti1' grave-diggers. When Ernest Rcnan succeeded Henri Martin, the popular historian of France, he devoted only twelve line- to the eulogium of his faute-uil prede- c-t .s-rr. arid those wrapped up in sunny mockery. Du ranp lias a, galley slave in every walk of l,:U-iuiv ..ot excepting poetry. He was always opening the sepulchres of history, so did not improperly name himself an old grave-digger. But he led a turmoiled exis- tence: he was a good political hater. He cf.mim iiCMl life by endeavouring to quit it. Di-api/iinted in love, he resolved to commit s;.icidc. Werther called on the-Saint Simonian the P-re Enfentin. "So you wish to die; what an idea Write me down on paper all your anxieties, Liid call c-n me in two litolitbs." Du Comp returned in two months. i the Bere to him. "Well, I have a. hook and am resolved not to kill myself. j said the Pere gaaJy; "you have vomited tttie poison. Work is the oure for life's ills- A French Garibaldian Red Shirt. Maxime du Camp was one of the few Frenchmen who joined Garibaldi's Red Sfnrte. Deputy LookToy, the present Chairman o. the Budget Commission, is the | oj'V French survivor of the daring "Thou- sand" Nut Du Camp -loitered in Ej?vpt to pick up cunos of the she.phefrd kings. A let+er-wfight on his writing-table was com- posed of the skeleton foot of a mummy. Des- barolles, the famous ohiromaneisit, one day took up the foot and its dark toe-naikyold by 4,000 ve;Vrs-perhaps a member of the *orty Sux-le* that looked <1 own from the Pyramids on "Vi.poleon.who tolerated no dual controls, aaid his army. "The owner of that foot died from an accident to his head," observes Desbamjles "J know it, but the doctors? do not." Du Camp had also the right band, mummitied, of La- cenaiw, the murderer, under a glass case. Superstitions people called to be allowed to ttouch it, to ward off danger from them. lie intended, and nearly succeeded in obtaining, the body of the terrible assassin, Troppmami, to petrify it. He wished to exhibit Propp- mann's onrang-outa-ng arms, and the bungling of the guillotine which cut the wreton, not- ouite. at the neck, but in two, at the client. Troppmann, in a final physical wriggle, squeezed himself out- of the half-moon of the machine and inflicted a fearful bite on Hem- rie}yS—itlie executioner-hand. "You dirty frog" observed the latter, "but your struggle was'hard all the same." Du Camp had a splendid head, and sot to have, it copied by Ziegier, the painter, for a John the Baptist. "I know myself very well," said Du Camp, "but when 80 maoy adventures are related about me that never occurred, and so many lwgeoids that never existed, how can I accept the bio- graphies of those whom I do not know ?" When he was writing the "History of the Private Charities of Paris" he called on the Cardinal Archbishop for a rreneraJ authorisation to visit the convents, saying, "I'm a very wicked man, your Eminence." Handing him the favour, the Archbishop, with a paternal sanile, said, "My son, the less you beliwe the more we will beilieve in you." Du Camp wrote terrible ipwnifblets upon tiie Couinruiuate but tbsu be fought ugaiogt tihimi, and they inflicted on him a. few ugly gunshot wounds. Improving Away the Horse. It is a difficult time and a dark outlook for the horse: the noble animal bids fair to be improved out of existence by railroads, bicyoles, and automobiles. A moe between these horse- less carriages—the latter extremely ugly and comfortless, re-calling a ship fitted out for exploring the North Pole-lias just- taken place, between 40 entries over the high roads tc Bordeaux and back to Paris, some 723 miles. The vehicles were propelled by electricity, com- pressed air. gas, petroleum, and steam. Petro- leum won easily; its car accomplished the run to Bordeaux in 221 hours, at a rate of 16k n-iles per hour. These self-propelling vehicles do not frighten horses now in the streets;, they emit a dry, husky, snappish cough, and which the horses seem to view as the conse- quence of ill-health of some member of their race. By 1900 there is likely to be no horse traction in the Metropolis. Can they re-place seven horses drawing a block of building-stone ten tons in weight ? For the Laaies. Ladies visiting Paris are, naturally, inte- rested in the fashions. Let them not omit to pay a visit to the Cluay Museum, where a glass case has recently been placed filled witJh bonnets from various parts of tlhe Con- tinent and a. few centuries old. The most curious general remark the collection suggests i" the resemblance in the main lines between the bonnets then and now; they are large as a Rembrandt, small as a capote; heavily trimmed with lace, embroidered hands, fur, and silver and gold trinkets and spangles. There are some eccentric shapes, and the materials and colours are strange. A Rush, for the Law. Educationists look with dismay on the con* tinuabion of the rising tdô of young men entering the school of law to become notaries or barristers or attorneys. As .soon as a trades- man is able to save the feef-vei-y modest, Ijesides—to support his son's college expenses,, he sends him to Paris to study for a liberal pro- fession—the bar is now the ideal preferred, because a lad with a good gift of the gab can; make his way. Words, not ideas, seem to win the masses in France. At the recent Inter- national Miners' Congress I was particularly, struck with the little influence French speakers exercised and the impatience their discourses created. They indulged in words, phrases, and locutions; but if, by chance, facts and figures were handled, the speaker immediately gained a sympathetic hearing from both the English and the German delegates. Freiich lawyers claim Jeaus as the first barrister when he pleaded for humanity. That was different from Napoleon 1. he deteekd lawyers, and had only one w;sh when they attacked his Government—to cut their tongues out.

PRINCE OF WALES AT TRINITY HOUSE. The Princ3 of Wales attended a, lunoheon sriven at the Mansion House last week in honoai of the Duke of York and the Elder Brethren of ;5? rmity House. In the evening his Royal Diphness diued with the Bench-irs of Crvav's Inn. It is fully two hundred vear's since tho Monarch or the Heir-Apxiar&nt lined ait 'the Inn, and the members were disposed to make the most of it. Long before the hour fixed for dinner—eight- o'clock-the students had gathered in force, heralded by certain enthu- siastic Orientals, who had esohewed the swallow-tail, and appeared in their national dress. The Larl of Strafford was the first guest to arrive, and after him followed in quick suc- cession Sir Richard Webstar, Cardinal Vaughan, the Lord Chancellor, and the Lord' Chief Justice, all of whom were welcomed with applause from the students. Immedia.tely on the Royal guest's arrival the "loving cup" went round. The Prince rose only to drink to "the pious, glorious, and immortal memory of good Queen Bess." The toast is drunk in the old Saxon fashion—two guests standing together. It was when the cup passed to Cardinal Vautfhan tha.t the interest culminated. Imme- diately facing him as he rose was the portrait (by Zucchero) of the Virgin Queen, that bul- wark of the Protestants, the daughter of Anne Bolcyn. Around him was an audience keenly alive to'the little drama—"What- will he do with it?"—enacted in their midst. It is due to the Cardinal to say that he passed the ordeal triumphantly. The words were clear, distinct, and without emendation.

ROOM FOR OFFICIALS OF PARLIAMENT. The distribution of rooms in the Palace of Weetminater is, it appears from Mr. Cremer'tj speech in the House, as follows: — Speaker fjQ Se-rjeant-at- Arms 35 Deputy Serjeant-at-Arms 32 Black Rod 25 Hoiise of Lords Librarian 24 The Speaker has 22 bedrooms, the Bachelor Librarian ten bedrooms, and Black Rod twelve bedrooms. Altogether 315 rooms of "mag- mficjent proportions" are placed at the dis- posal of the officials of the two Houses, while Ministers are "driven into the basement," and conference roams am "miserable and con- temptiblp." The Chairman of C<MMtt«w hot no twin m aU,