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A WONDERFUL MEDICINE. jgEECHAM'S "jpILLS JD I^EEOHAM'S jpILLS jgEECHAM'S JpILLS "OR ALL BIEoaS A CCD NERVOUS DTSOHDaas, 8UCU AS SICK HEADACHB, WEAK STOMACH IMPAIRED DIGE&T ION, CONSTIPATION, LIVER COMPLATNT, AND FEMALE AILMENTS LARGEST SALE IN THE WORLD. In Boxes gid., 13 £ <L, and 2s. 9d. ea.ch L15816 NEWS OF THE WEEf. PRICE ONE PENNY.
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NEWS IN BRIEF. Patrick Morley was remanded at Batley. Yorkshire, on Monday, charged with murder ing his wife on Sunday by shooting her. Accused and his wife were living apart, and he told the pO¡ce he killed her for love. Major Still, a retired Army officer, died suddenly on Monday while playing at the Ta-vistock Golf Links. The deceased was tc t-ween the eight and ruine holes, when he suddenly fell to the ground and expired. At Ruskey, near Longford, on Friday night. a man named Patrick M'Guire and his wife \vt;re quarrelling in a public-house when the dispute came to blows. Eventually M'Guire kicked his wife in the abdomen from the effects kicked his wife in the abdomen from the effects of which she shortly afterwards died. M'Guire was arrested and charged with the capital offence. A Central News telegram from New York says —A dispatch from Guayaquil to the "New York Herald" states that Generals Bowen and Trioino have been convicted of treason in conspiring to have been sentenced to be dismissed the Army. and it is quite possible that they will be shot. It having come to the knowledge of tl. e Turkish Embassy in London that Mr. Glad- stone's speech at Chester on the Armenian out- rages is being printed in London in the "crna.. cuiar, for circulation in Armenia, the Porte on Thursday issued orders to the Turkish Postal I authorities ro suppress it. I „ The Vienna correspondent of the London "Daily News" telegraphs: -The "Neue Freie I Presse" says: A trustworthy St. Petersburg telegram, which has come via Brody, on the Galieian frontier, says it is rumoured in that city that Russia, with China's approval, will occupy Port Arthur. The first meeting was held in London Ba.nk- ri'ptcy-court on Monday of the creditors of a Mr. G-. F. Lees, who in 1880 received £ 126,000 tinder a great uncle's will, and who latterly I liad been maintained by relatives. Debtor attributed his position to extravagance. The meeting was adjourned. A Central News telegram from Bordeaux says: Shortly before midnight on Thursday a serious fire broke out in the exhibition, in the pavilion devoted to machinery for the production of the electric light. The supply of water was deficient, and for a short period apprehensions were entertained lest the entire exhibition should be involved. A Central News telegram from Bombay says:—A Portuguese Indian Regiment in Goa was recently detailed for service in East Africa. On Thursday, apparently on receiv- ing the news of their destination, the regiment mutjinied and marched out of Goa warmed, having previously shot the sentries. It is ex- pected that the men will break up into smaller bands and resort to dacoity for a livelihood. A Foreign Office notice in Friday :s "Gazette" states that tflie- Chilian Government has renounced the e-ommeixsial treaty concluded between Great Britain and Chili on the 4th of October, 1854. Tihs notice of renunciation Waving b-en accepted, the provisions of the treaty, eXC(-1pt those relating to peace and friendiihip, will oease and determine on the 3nI of September, 18G6. Mr Mason's "Southport Perfection," a t-able collie, which at the Birmingham Dog Show last year obtained first honours in the open class and carried away the mayor's cup for the best collie in the show, has just- changed hands for the handsome sum of £ 1.000. The pur- chaser, Mr. A. H. Megson, of Manchester, in -ic addition to the large amount in money gave Mr. Mason "Heatherfield Tip" and "Putney Don," two dogs well-known to fanciers. A prisoner named Albert Harman, 30 years of age, who was undergoing nine month!) hard labour in Gloucester County Prison for steaL; ing gun metal, made good his escape on Satur- day morning by means of a ladder which had been left in one of the yards where some work was in progress. Harman was afterwards seen in Gloucester trying to exchange his prison garb for civilian dress. At eleven oclock on Saturday he was still at large. Police Justice Cornell, sitting at the Jefferson Market Police-court, New York, has decided that it is illegal for any private person to have a guest to dinner on Sundays with wiLo on the table. Any. such person, he further held, was liable to be arrested and punished under a section of the Excise Law, forbidding the giving away or selling of liquor on that day. The police now propose to organise a system of spies to detect wilful violators of the Act. The "Freeman's Journal" istates that ex- I traord'ina.ry evidence was given at on inquest in Belfast on Thursday. A man, named Hutchinson, had an attack of haemorrhage, and. believing himself dying, sent for a priest. The owner of the house, an Orangeman, named Andrews, entered the room a.s the clergyman was administering the last Sacrament, and assaulted him, declaring he would have no Papist there. The dying man's wife sent for the. police, who prevented further violence. The priest had to be protected by the police from the mob'^ violence, and the body was hurriedly removed on a shell. A doctor saad the sceme had a tendency to hasten death. The jury strongly censured the man Andrews and his wife
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The Best Pilll of Their lür¡d.Fargher's Fennyroyal, Steel, and Bitter Apple Fills, 3<Jd per box, post free. — Fargher, Chemist, Splott roud, Cardiff, 1777c TOOTH-ACHE CURED INSTANTLY BY N 0 B A8TPS" Prevents Decay, S&VM lUfiTEK 8 E3traCti0CPrefSe" Nirtte Neundgir Hasulaches andallNerv? M E? flllli 18 E Paiac removed by BUNTKR'3 EH W S% IS I BB F_ HKHVINE. AU Chemists, Is, lid. Sl&all ¥ 8S1H Owing to extensive decay in two double teeth, I suffered for days excruciating1 pain. I was recom- mended to try Bunter's Nervine. I did so. To my joy, the pain quickly and entirely ceased. I have since repeatedly derived the greatest possible relief in severe neuralgic headache from four to five of Bunter's Nervine, taken upon a lump of white sugar."—Rev. Aubrey C. Price, B.Å. (late Fellow of Nrw College, Oxford). Bunter's Nervine' is the best specific we havp yet met with for the cure of Toothache."—The FanAr. Doctor. [LolCtfZ BUNTER'S NERVINE. ALL CHKMISTS, 1/1; Doctor. [LolCtfZ BUNTER'S NERVINE. ALL CHKMISTS, I/I! THE GREAT REMEDY, ^"5,8 A 2^^ PILLS FOIt GOUT, RHEUMATISM, SCIATICA, LUMBAGO. The excruciating pain is quickly relieved, awl or "•! in a few days, by these ee'pbrited Pills. SURE, SAFE, AXI) EFFECTUAL. Sold by all Chem'-ts, at Is. l^d., and 2s. SJ. per hnx. Lcl329 JY^USIC FOR SUMMER EVENING- CAMPIELCS Seld Medal PatsrA yiLOOEONS p"With Or £ «n and Celestial* Ton?, and Charming Bc-H Accompaniments. liiiiSPiiP NO HOMf SKni;1-D BE WITHOUT ONE P The solemn Psalm. the soul-stirring 8 Hymn, the cheerful Song, and the B Merry Dance, can all be plaj'ed on isHfliST these charming Instruments. Ao knowltdge of Untie required. LIYGTLII&OI# ENORMOUS DEMAND. jKBagjawHr «S3r Selling in Thousands, "■WY 100,0«0 TESTIMONIALS. Special Offer to the Readers of Cardiff Weekly Mail." Campbell's Gein" Melodeon Price only 6/6 Campbell's Miniature" Molodeon „ 10/6 Campbell's Paragon" Melodeon 14/- Campbell's Favourite" Melodeon 16/6 Cut out this and send P.O.O. for the amount. Either sent carriage paid in Great Britain and Ireland. Money Returned if not approved. All lovers of music should at once send for our New Illustrated Privileged Price List: for Musical Season 1895, hOW rtady. 150,000 of these valuable Ijists se!]' out y<>r,i-;y, Rend Penny Stamp to CAMPBELL avl CO Musical Instrument Makers, 116, Trow-'IE, GLASGOW. Established 50 years. N.B.—Beware of worthless imitations. A PERFECT PANACEA. SPBKDILY CTJRIS § TB BITES JLND STINGS BRKS, INSECTS, 1IUR.S. SCALDS, CLEAR Ab CRYSTAL. WOUNDS, CUTS, 11 RUISI_S, BORKS, HEALING SPRAINS, HAY AS FEVER, &c., tc. BALM. Price, 1M, 2/a and 4/6. From all jlBl CLEAN & STAINLESS. leading Ohemists and and direct from t h 6 v CRYSTAL p At BLLM CO" 's DEPOT. 21. Great St. Helen's, London, B.O. AN INVALUABLE VADK HE!CUM TO NURSES. POLISHING-A PLEASURE l not STEPHENSON'S try™. FUR™M ingfers. Sola Proprietors; STEPHEN3CH &R3S.* Bradford, For Home, Colonial, and other Markets.-—CAB HARNESS, complete set, £ 3 6s. 6d.; GIG HARNESS, full sice £ 3 js.;Cob size, £ 3 16s., Pony size, £ 2 »os.; DONKEY HARNESS, 2l 10s. HEAW CART HARNESS, £ 2 13s, 6d Demi-liogskihRiniNu SADDLES, complete, 5s. AH sent on approval. Illustrated price lists pott free, onapplication to JASDINE, NottinglwuB. RUPTURE CURED 64 W>ss & 26
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Lolln I-% TW W, BLOON IS THE, EIFE:" -A inn WORL47FAIWED, ZlfE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER AND o RESTORER. J J CLEANSING AND CLEARING D froni 411 IMPURITIES it cannot be L jjjr^ Scurvy, Eczema, Skin and Blood a»(f ail<i Sores of all kinds, it is a never- Jtil P^Biaaaat, cure. p arcs Old Sores. p^res Sores on tie Neck. ^URES Sore LEGS. A R?"ES S&CKHEADS or Pimples oil the Face. i? SEE fv*<5f> and Skin Diseases. ? f £ Glandular Swellings. I T.v'"es Blood from all impure matter i tvjQiis "whatever cause arising'. f »>b *s pleasant to the taste, and war- K anything- injurious to the most deli- '&B* potion of either sex, from infancy to old tors solicit sufferers to give it a trial ~*8 TALU-e. "2, St Jo, s-place. Lissoii-grove, London, N AV.. t._ iVb- 1, 1290. £ FT*? .V*2JIURAD by your Clarke's Blood Mix- OUSAT to testify to it3 value. I ^IJT?. LC» for about 18 months. I tried RENT re ME < lie 8, taking' to my bed, V-° SIVA.*?!" WARBE, until & friend recommended X Khjar^e's ILITORE a trial. I didso, but must CINCH faith that I should receive jjjVr 5 "r> a^sr ta kins a couple of bottles, IJ'FIS AJ^ IMPROVING, AND sifter TAKING seven ONE pot of ihs salve, was pleased to iy crired, aDd better on my feet i ,A FC? many yestrs. I send you this tmsolicited; "AND solely for the goo A J, I BEG TO REMAIN, Geniletccn, yours faith- WILLIAM CANK." s'"s- 5<L said lis. each by all Chemists ^sdicine Vendors throughout the World, iH^AVn ,01" 132 S?am OS br the LINCOLN AND 1^- T^S0CNTIES"DSIjG COMPANY, LIN- fQf o, VE MAKX, BLOOD MIXTURE." BLOOD MIXTURE ILIlddo not to take an imita-ttom. Lc6 (X01TT AKD J^HBUMATIC piLliS (hi^ TaE f'iEST TWO PILLS TOOK THE PiISA"WiY. i|> ILilLLS- 2, College Park Villas, Ken- sal Green, London, W„ tVlT, P^S. May, 1891. Dftdx Sir,—I feel i my duty Hv IjIIiLS. to tell you I had Rheumatic fo? *V Gout twice, and I had to stop jtw^ecl/ y^ee weeks. I cannot describe the pain V it ag read your advertisement, and looked others. A brother signalman said, JTPOrJ did SO- i„ A«feA TWO PILLS TOOK THE PAIN Vfe*^ AWAY r1 n?Litep^rs' a" 1 Tras ahle resume my work. SUr ^"T, frig-htened to take them. I have re- comirsended. them to all whom •Tt, n T 1 have heard complaining' of Q- £ IS!51. >;heTimatism, Gout, Lumbago, NEURALGIA, tx. I HOJJE no one E\R,>, wiil doubt my statement.— Yours si-ee^-ely. ^TISH. JAS. PETTELGALL. Eade- Q.OUT AND j^HEUKATIC JpiLLS 7? ^fePfe^e<3 only by George Etide, Lb i'-v at] ^Sn-ej-roaj, London, B.C., and 4^S's in BoUlf^, Is. lid. aJid 2s. 9d. C-10 AliD ID. HEUMATIC piLLS BEsT MEDICINE FOR BILE. '5Vrfvl MEDICME FOB WIND. IST KEDICDTE FOK INDIGESTION TV b ANTIBILIOTJS T> IL JjS QlU> VI 8 f }i°t tKp y r&:j-"ove the irritsition ard feverish \X6 7- T STos>h, correct the morbid condition Wj* gitf' /eiiere the system of all impurities, ivai2tiGrin the blood injuriously affect the *2T'Ji"ETs, aisij, by removinfr the causes the vital energies of B ANTIBILIOUS J>ILLS jS Cienuste, in Boxes. Is. IJd. and 2s..M. ~s 72. OD W'iipt of reruitTance by GiiOBGE i] ^D J>, LOSDOK, E.C. 8 ANTIBILIOTJS "piLLS A JL Lcl212-2 I Q^1 & INSTRUCTIVE 1 reproduced in the highest 1 jjj Is^c manner, containing lessons I eW fa~vV^nS au(i painting — with i;vie.cts of"colour combinations — 1 SW11 fully describes in its various I cniges method of printing S all °"red pictures, will be sent to i clresapPhc8.nts enclosing (with ad- I s) a halfpenny stamp to the |a Art Department," V^UMB FOOD WORKS, j PECKHAM, LONDON, S.E. this 0 A t> ITER'S £ IURB tITTLE ALL TV E it LIVER. L L S J L L S. SICK H EADACHE ^QRPID "T" IYER 1 v Kl,y CURED BY THESE LITTLE PILLS. §e,=^f also relieve Distress from Dyspepsia, Indi- ra?n''fl:,> and Too Hearty Eating. A perfect 'i' i'.Tr Dizziness, Niiusea, Drowsiness, Bad in the l-Iouth, Coated Tongue, Pain in the "e* They LegrJate the Bowels. Purely Veget- able. PILL. SM-AiL DOSE. SMALL PRICE. SUGAR COATED. T I- P,, s 0URE t 1 T L E j^LL Xl^BR T IVEE \tT L L S TLLS. ls- lin. OF AT.T. CHEMISTS. 649c W CLARKE'S B 41 fj? "WMraaaiad to core all discharges £ ro*j\ ^S808. ia either sex, aetiTiired or oonsfa- 3tf«wSl paina in the hack. Guaraatefld V^Sists^?1^- Sold in boxes, 4s. 6d. each, hy tK. ^teat mWiicine vendors throughout- Centers rt,86?* to any address for 60 stamps hg Pa«y) ^J^ncoln and Midland Counties Iteiy
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THE WELSH PRESS. [BY GWYLIEDYDD." J The Roman Catholic Designs Upon Wales. It is a matter of considerable surprise to those who are familiar with the literature of the vernacular press of Wales to witness the alarm of its conductors at the attitude of the Roman See towards the Principality. One would naturally infer, from its boastful tone anr. the contempt it expresses for the Church of England, that any and every action of the Church of Rome would be treated with sub- lime indifference. But it is quite the other way about. There prevails a conscious sense of urqJleparedness, and of the weakening of "die hold of Nonconformity upon the rising youth of the country, and the presence of a resolute and well-disciplined enemy inspires them with fear. The action of Welsh Non- conformists during the last quarter of a century has prepared the way for the present state of things. Religion ha.s been formally divorced from education, and even the read- ing of the Bible is prohibited in the ele- mentary schools. The brutal tithe riots and the violent language of the vernacular press largely contributed in bringing about the prevailing demoralisation. The official reports of the religious bodies teem witli complaints of the indifference of the rising generation to the religion and ritual of their forefathers. Cardinal Vaughan hafs observed this state of things, and advised the present as the best time for the attack. It is a re- ma.rka.b-e fact that his eminence makes the Welsh language and Cvmru Fvdd his instru- ments He knows the' strength of the Church of England so well that he does not even mention it. "Wales is in a most serious crisis, religiously," says the "Bauer" "the attack is to be made through the Welsh a r language. Shall we be able to stand the test?" "Popery is increasing in Wales,' observes the "GenedE." "and the Papist,, think that the We'sh people are set-ting tired of Nonconformity." "The Welsh are an excitable people, and easily influenced." says the "Celt," "and we believe that the pre- sent movement is a truly serious one." The "G-oleuad" is of opinion that "Popery is making progress in Wales and the fact that the enemy in in our nii(l,,t calls upon us to be alive to the danger." The "Tyst" trias to ridicule the matter, because the Vicar Apostolic is represented to be an expert in athletic sports but the ruse will not take. The Proposed Re-union of Christendom. Nearly all the papers refer to the attempts made to bring the various Churches of Christendom into more cordial relations with each other. The letters of the l'ope and the Archbishop of Canterbury are treated in a -ni summary and supercilious manner, as if they were beneath notice. "The Pope and arclibishop cannot agree," say.- the "Goleuad," "but both ignore Nonconformity." The "Barer" says of the very able letter of the archbishop, that "it is a milk and water pro- duction'"—a habit common to that paper when dealing with formidable opponents. But the weight of the Welsh press is brought to bear upon the Rev. Hugh Price Hughes, the popular Wesleyan minister, who was one of the party who formed the Grinderwald Con- ference in Switzerland. Mr. Price proposed, as a means of reconciling the differences between the national and board schools in the matter of religious education, that the national schools should surrender their school's to the school boards, and that the Apostles' Creed should be taught in all of them. The 'IDt suggestion is resented in strong and indignant terms. That a distinct Christian creed should be taught in a public elemertary school must not be tolerated by Welsh Noncon- formists, for their friends, the Secularists, I -o a would bs offended by having any dogma taught to the young. "What right," asks the "Tyst," "has the Rev. Hugh Price Hughes to speak in the name of the Non- conformist bodies? We question whether he represents his own denomination." The "Seren" says that "to teach the Apostles' Creed in the day schools is out of the ques- tion." The "Tarian" "is sorry that certain speakers at Grinderwald proposed to sacrifice principle in order to secure union." The "Herald" says that "Mr. Hughes has succeeded in drawing attention to himself. He proposed, either seriousiy or in jest, a concordat with regard to education in Britain, but the insane suggestion will not be acted upon. The proposal would come with better grace from the Vicar Apostolic who was 'eor.secra^ed" at Birkenhead on Saturday than from a. Wesleyan minister." "The Presbyterian Church of Wales." The "Tarian" lectures the English news- pa.pt-is of Cardiff for not giving greater prominence to the meetings of what it describes as the "Presbyterian Church of Wale's." "These papers." it say, "Boycott everything religious. If there is a divorce case," the details are given in full, but if im- portant religious gatherings, they are either igrored or compressed into small spaces. 7iut, notwithstanding the contempt of the English press, the meetings were a great success. Or looking over the pages of this critic, I riud that nearly one-half of his paper is taken up with patent medicine advertisements, and the pious man may, very properly, be asked, "Why beholdest thou the mote that is in thv brother's eve. but considerest not the beam that is in*thine own eye?" And toe writer may also be a'sked why a 'Ye.sh Methodist" Conference should be called the "Presbyterian Church of Wales?' ^r. 1S a frautNupon the public, for there is no such body in existence. ThEY "Celt" and the Glamorganshire .xmeme. For telling a good lie commend me to the religious Welsh pr:ss. The "Celt' vahs foul of the "Western Mail" for contradicting the false statements of the vernacular papers about education m Wales and the Glamorgan- shire intermediate scheme, and repeats the calumnies this week. They are the follow- ing —"That Churchmen have always oppose" the education of the pe-ople-tbat ii then public opinion became strong in its favour they stipulated' that it should be administered by the Church—t'nat Sir J. T. D. Llewelyn opposed the Glamorgan scheme in Par- liament after agreeing to a co/rproanise in Committee." History proves that Church- men have been the pioneers and friencs of education, whilst Welsh Nonconformists Rysfcromitioal'ly opposed it until they found Ohurch schools covering the country. As to Sir Joihn Llewelyn, lie is the best judge of what he diid—and he denied emphatically at a county council meeting on Thursday that he ever consented to a compromise in the matter of the Glamorgan scheme. Dissenting Ignorance Eighty Years Ago. "Cymro" re-prints the following account given bv the late "Hiraethog' of the Ciass ign.HWioe that pre-, ailed in Wales eigh y years ago. We hear much of the en- lightened condition of our forefathers under Puritan rule. It is well that the other side should be told sometimes. A daughter of a well-to-do farmer, who was fairly weII educated, wore gloves in chapel and came, an umbrella in wet weather. This practice exercised! the faithful greatly, and an oi<i "blaenor" was prevailed upon to bring ttie matter bafore the "seiat." Says Hirae- t]io'r" :—"Wearing gloves and carrying umbrellas were heinous and atrocious sins in those days. The 'blaenor' argued that there was no Bible authority for the practice, and that was pride of the worst kind. The father of 't/he accused, who was also a 'blaenor,' asked the -censor—'Suppose one of my ewes threw a dead lamb, and I went over the fence to a neighbours field and took away a living lamb and placed it by the dam o* the dead lamb.' The disclplinariaji was struck dumb, for it was generally believed that M
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had been guilty of such a trick, and the 'seiat' collapsed." Sorrows of Nonconformist Students. It is not generally known. perhaps, that Nonconformist students are obliged to spend their holidays in collecting money for their own support at the colleges. The "Seren" gives the following experience of one of them —"At the end of the first week I had visited five Churches and preached In four. Mv visit was not announced on the Wednesday, and no arrangement was made for my lodg- ing. There is no minister at the place. It was pouring rain, and I had no idea where to go. I consulted a policeman, who in- formed me that one of the officers of the. chapel lived in the shop opposite. The wife answered the bell, and saw by my miserable appearance that I was not a customer. I t-o'd my tale, and her answer was that her husband (the secretary of the Church) was from home, and tha-t she was in a hurry to finish her tea! I offered to pay for a night's lodging. but slit could not help me. I went out into the rain broken-hearted. Shortly afterwards I met a Churchman, who took me to his house. He gave me half a crowsn towards the college and the names of several new subscribers, and also directed me to the place where Baptist preachers usually lodged." Degeneracy of the Nonconformist Pulpit. The "Goleuad" a.nd "TySit"-OTgans of the two largest deitominations in Wales-devote their leading articles this week to the falling off in the character and efficiency of preaching among them. The younger and better- educated of their ministers spend so much of their time in reading critical and sceptical works that they lose the simplicity of the Gospel. And their constant intermeddling with politics has deprived them of the spirit of religion. Hence their lack of influence on the lives and character of their hearers. The "Gto'kiuaid" describes modern pie,aoliing as "floweiy," and adds:—"We do not despise poetry and beauty, but have a strong opinion that the truth of the Gospel should not be put aside to make rreDm for flowers." The "Tyst" ma-kss the following remarks.:—"Is there as much doctrinal preaching -now as there ought to be ? We do not mean that the ministration should take the form of lectures, for dtoctrine can be preached without'it. St. Paul said—T determined not to know any- thing among you but Jesus Christ and Him crucified." In English Lads a.s Farm Labourers. It is not generally known that Welsh farmers are in the habit of taking boys from English reformatories to work on their farms in order to save the expense of employ- ing native labourers. A writer in the* "Baner" refers to the practice as follows: — "We have a lad from one of the schools in England to which bad boys are sent to be broken in. I question whether we as farmers are right in having such boys to work on our farms. It is true that we pay them less wages than if we employed Welsh servants. I am afraid that these foreign lads are teach- ing bad habits to our native boys. I keep a sharp look after our lad, but matters are o-etting worse in the village since they have "rune 'among us. I am sure they will not help us in the matter of religion and morals, although thev save a little of our money. We shall be sorry by-and-bve for bringing them among us, and the children of labourers don't have fair plav on account of them." ¡