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MARKETS. m J CORN. Cardiff, Saturday (from the Cardiff Grain Company, Limited's, report).—At our market to-day trade was very quiet. Wheat, both English and foreign, rather favoured buyers. Grinding barley was 3d cheaper. Theft wae no change in oats. Maize was 3d to 6d dearer. Beans were steady at late rates. Newport, Wednesday.—There was no change in wheat to-day. Maize was 6d to 9d dearer on the week. Barley and oats were un- changed, but ftrm. Beans rather dearer. Flour was quoted at 22s 6d for fines. CATTLE. Monmouth, Monday.—Beef in short supply, but sufficient to meet a quiet demand. Veal Bold better. Sheep were numerous, and prime methers sold well. Ewes and store sheep neglected. Small store pigs changed hands quickly, as did weanera and three months old pigs. Stora cattle scarce, with but little demand, except for good milch cows, which made up to ±.14 10s. Cows and calves reached L17 15s. QuotationsPrime beef made from 6d to 64d; cows and other coarse qualities from 5d; veal, 8d; wether mutton, up to 8d; ewe ditto, 6id to 7d; lamb, 7jd to 8d per lb- pork made from 10s 6d to lis per score, accord- ing to size; bacon, 9a to 3s 6d per score. Auc- tion prices:-The following prices were realised under the hammers ox Messrs. Nelines, Poole. and Atkløa CMonmouth. and Newaham) and Meurs. Dampie-r and Wyjmore (Boss and Monmouth)ileitera, L13 to £ 16 Ion; bullocks, 114 to £115 5s; calves, 15s to 75s; wethers, 36s to 46s; ewes. 29a to 42a; lambs, 188 6d to 33s 6d; porkers, 35s to 658 6d. A drenching: downpour of rain prevailed in the morning till eleven o'clock, when the weather cleared, and sun- shuie prevailed during the rest of the day. Koath (Cardiff), Tnesday.—There waa a capital suppiy of cattle on offer at this market to-day, th3 demand for tviiicl was much better than has been tiio case of late. The downward tendency of quotations piobably had a lot to do with this, together with a better demand in the retail plaoe6 of business. Extra prime cattle realised from £ 6» to 5cJs per cwt, and eeccnd quality from 54a to 563. Fat cows met a moderate sale at from 52s to 56s for the ehoicest, and other qualities 47s to 5 per cwt. Sheep were penned in moderate numbers, the demand b*ing brisk at about 7 fed per lb for choice wethefre, and 7d to 7Jd for second quality. There were a very useful lot of ewes on offer, which were quoted at abous 6d per lb, a few extra choice and small making a farthing: more, perhaps. Lambs were a good supply, and those on offer were of very nice quality. In this department also tsraue was much better, a clearance seeming highly probable. The quotations wers up to 7d for the choicest, and aeconda 7d to 7id per lb. Irish yearlings were a good supply, a.nd were pureliaseable at from 7d to 7id per lb. Only a very few calves were on the market, these selling well at from 8d to 3 per lb.. Pigs wer. barely enough for the requirements of the pork trade, and an advance of 3d per score was quoted. Extra choice small porkers made from Us 3d to Its 6d per score, heavy weights lfis 9d to Its per score, and mixed weigtjtn 10s lOd bo 118 per score. Bacon pigs. of which tbere were but few on offer, were purchased early at from IO3 3d to 10s 9d per score, according to weight and quality. Sows were scare#the best making up to 8s 3d per score, and other qualities from 7s f>d to 8s. The attendance of buyers was somewhat larger than usual, and, as before stated, trade ruled brisk; consequently, a e'earanee wag all but effected at the close. Business in the carcase market also revived somewhat from the last report. There was an exceedingly choice lot of meat of all kinds on offer, and prices had a downward tendency all round. Sides of prime ox or heifer beef made from 5d to 5gd per lb. and second quality from 5d to Sid. Best hindquarters of beef sold freely at about Od top price, and 61d to 6d for second quality. Choice forequarters of beef made up to 4d for the best, and other qualities from 4d to 4d per lb. Mutton was rather a short supply. Still, enough for the trade was on offer at about 6fed meT lb bv the, carcase. Ewe mutton was offered at from d" to 6d per lb. Lamb was a good supply, and met a good sale at from 7d to 7H per lb by the carcase. There was no veal on offer. The attendance was qttite up to the average, and daring the early morning a larse amount of meat changed hands, and at the close but little remained unsold. Chepstow, Tuesday.—There was a large supply of stor* sheep and lambe at to-da.v's market, stock ewes fetching up to 553 each. Wether mutton was very scarce, and made fully Ed per lb. lamb being the same price, whilst ewes went at from 6d t-. 7d per lb. There was a fair supply of cattle, best beef making 6W, per lb, with 5id to 6d per lb for second quality. Veal, of which there was a sh jrt supply, sold at fpom 7d to nd per lb. Porkers averaged for nice; weights about its per score. and baconera 10s jfe-' score. Newport, Wednesday.—There was a large supply and a brisk trade. QuotationsBest beef. 6;d per lb seconds, 6d to 6Jd; cows, 5,d to 6d; beet wether mutton, 7Jd; ewe. 6d to 6id; lamb, 7Jd to ad; veal, 6,d to 7d; porker pigs, 11s to lis 6d per score. PROVISIONS. Bristol, Wednesday (from Mr. F. Barnard's Circttlar).-Racoon: Although prices have reached rather a high level now, markets have ehown exceptional strength this past week, and advances have taken place all round, seeming to point to a continuance of high prices. Cheese: The influx of buyers last week quickly drove prices forward, and markets are firm at ls> to 2s. advance. Butter without material change, sellers h*vimr the advantage, if anything. Lard: The past week has been exceptional, and the advances at times sensa- tional, and 56s. is now freely referred to as probable. BUTTER. Carmarthen, Saturday.—There was a fair mppiv of butter in the market to-day, which realised from Hid to Ilid per lb; basket butter td oid to is lid, according to quality. iterk. Wednesday.—Firsts. 89s per cwt.; N*»n«B. 83s; thirds, 75s; superfine, 92s; fine', oft. Choicest boxes, 961; choice, 84s. In mar- ket: 260 firkins. CHEESE. Newport. Wednesday.—There was & good supply and a briek deuiand. Caerphilly makes were qtioted at 48s to 58s p«r cwt. fancy dairies 69s to 61s. Derbys 58e to 60s, Cheddars 56s to 63s, and truckles S&i to 60s. FISH. Cardiff, Wednesday.—There was a fair supply and a good demand. Quotations:—Scotch nalynon- 2; turbot, Is to Is 4d; soles, Is 6d to Is 9d; small ditto, 8d to la; lemon soles, 6d; mullet, Is; halibut, 6d; brills, 7d; eels, 8d; whitebait. Is; and shrimps, 3d to 6d per lb.; cod. 28 6d to 3a 9d; hake, 2s 6d; best plaice, 4a 6d to 6s 9d; whitches, 2s 9d; gurnet, ls; skate, Is 9d; haddock, 2s 4d; congeis 2s 6d; finnons, la to 4s 9d; and bream. Is per stone; mackerel, 4s 6d per score; bloaters. Is 9d to 2s 3d; kippers, Is 6d to 2s 3d; and red her- rings, la 9d to 21 6d per box of 50; oysters, 3s 6d to 4s; and herrings, 58 per 100. Grimsby, Wednesday.—About twelve vessels brought in fair catches, for which there was a. keen demand. QuotationsSoles, Is 9d to Is lOd; turbot, la 4d; brills. Is per lb.; plaiee, 6s 6d to 7s 6d; lemons, lis; dead whitings, 3s; whitches, 75 6d per stone; dead ling, 3s 6d; live cod, 6s; dead ditto, 4s; dead skate, 4s 6d each; hake, 60s to 100s; dead coalfish, 30s, roker, 60a per score; kit haddocks, 20s to 24s; fibbed, 30s to 36s; live dabs, 208 to 23s; dead ditto, 14a to too;- dead codling*. 161.

TRADE REPORTS. CARDIFF. EXCHANGE, Saturday. Throughout the past week the market for large steam coal has displayed a fair amount of activity, and, the production of the col- lieries having been practically sold over the month, prices for anything approaching prompt shipment have ruled firm. For future delivery the demand appears to have slackened somewhat, albeit sterna are filling up for shipment in October and November satisfac- torily. With respect to contracts for delivery over next year. nothing of importance has been accomplished. For this class of business there is no lack of inquiry, but the views of coalowners and consumers with respect to prices are wide apart, and, consequently, negotiations in most instances have not advanced beyond the initial stage. Small steam coals in the early part of the week were moving off satisfactorily, but later on stocks began to accumulate, and to-day the market tone was distinctly easier. The lull in the Monmouthshire semi-bituminous branch of the coal trade continues, and sellers have reduced their quotations for immediate ship- ment about 5a per ton. There has been a steady demand for house coal, but not the slightest pressure has been experienced, and, as a matter of fact, there is room for con- siderable, improvement. No. 2 Rhondda has been selling fairly well, principally for bunker- ing purposes, and the prices of No. 3 Rhondda are firmly upheld. Patent fuel shipments have been unusually heavy, and manufac- turers are booked well ahead. The improve- ment in the steel trade has given a strong fillip to the coke market. Stems for bo.th foundry and furnace qualities are well filled, and prices have, as a natural sequence. a strong upward tendency. Owing to the large stocks held by importers, combined with a slow demand, the pitwocd trade has ruled weak for some days past, and good French fir has been offered freely at 17s 6d per ton. ex ship. There is practically no chamge to record in the iron and steel industry. All the works in the South Wales'district ace fully employed, and the prices of Bessemer and Siemens tin-plate bars, merchant bar, rails, sleepers, and small goods are firmly upheld. The depression in coal freights is more acute than ever, and while the supply of tonnage con- tinues largely in exceps of shippers' requipe- ments there is very little prospect of recovery. The ti-enoa rata has ranged for large boats between 58 4 £ d and 5s 9d. but for handy srteamers from 3d to 6d per ton more has been pa.id. Marseilles has touched the lowest figure this year, namely, 6f, and shipowners have accepted 5s 6d for Port Said. Eastern freights remain steady on the basis of 14s 6d for Colombo, buo for South America. and the Islands rates are weaker. The following: were the closing prices:—Best steam coal is to 18;4 3d, seconds 17a to 1711 6d. drys 15s 6d to 15s 9d; bsst smalls 83 to 8s 6d, seconds 7s to 7s 6d, and inferior sorts from 6s 6d to 7s; best Monmouthshire semi-bituminous large 14s 6d to 15s, seconds 13s 6d to 14s; best households 16s to 17s; No. 3 Rhondda. large 16s to 16s 3d, brush 13s to 13e 6d. and small 10s 3d to 109 6d; No. 2 Ehondda large 13s to 13s 6d. through and through 10s 6d to Ua, and small 7s 6d to 8s; patent fuel 15s to 16s 6d, according to brand; foundry cokel9s to 20s, and furnace coke 16s 6d to 17s 6d per ton; pitwood 17s 6d per ton, ex ship; iron ore-Rubio 14s 3d to 14s 6d, Tafna 15a to 15s 6d, and Almeria. 149 9d per ton, c.i.f. Cardiff or Newport. NEWPORT. Daring the past week a rather alack market has been experienced in the steam and semi- bituminous coal trade, and prices for large and small have been reduced. The house coal trade is opening out, and with the advent of colder weather a lately-increased business may be anticipated. Patent fuel and coke values remain steady, while pitwood quota- tions are easier. The outward freight market has been uniformly dull, with low rates ruling in all directions. The following are closing quotations: -Best Monmouthshire large 14s 9d to 15s, seconds 138 6d to 14s, and other sorts 13s; smalls 7s to 7s 6d, and seconds 6s 6d to 6s 9d; house coal 16s to 17s, and seconds 14s to 15s 6d; patent fuel 15a to 16s. according to braad; coke 15s to 20s, according to quality; pitwood 17a 6d to 18s ex ship; iron ore-Rubio 14e to 14s 6d, and Tafna 15s to 15a 3d. BRITON FEITRY. Last Thursday a successful start WM made at the Wern Tin-plate Works. The patent brick and pavement works at Giant's Grave were in full operation, and some large cargoes were shipped from these works during the week. The output of hematite iron at the Briton Ferry Works was nominal, and the make of steel-bar at the Albion and also the Briton Ferry Steel- worrks was equally satisfactory. SWANSEA. An increaae is shown in the returns of the trade of the port in the past week compared with the corresponding period of last year. A caTgo of gr-,iin-3,000 tons-has come to hand from Husaia, and 2,000 tons of copper ore from Australia, a.nd 2,000 tons of tin-plates shipped for „ the former country. The imports indnde-Franüe, 270 tons pitwood, 140 tona potatoes, alnd 213 tons straw; Norway, 228 tons pitwood; Russia, 292 loads staves, 666 loada deals, &c., and 3,030 tona barley; Hamburg, 375 tons general; Holland and Belgium, 115 tona general; Spain, 1,550 tons iron ore; Mel. bourne, 2,020 tons copper ore; New York, general. Chief shipments of coal-.rranco 19.572 tons, Germany 8,735 tons, Italy 2.250 tons, United States 2,034 tons, Cape of Good Hope 3.450 tons, Chili 800 tons, and home ports 5,749 tons; patent fuel—France 530 tons. Spain 2,570 tons, Italy 2.000 tons, Algeria 1,850 tons, and Chili 1,600 tons. Imports, 16,022 tons.; exports, 52,998 tons; and total trade 69,020 tons, com- pared with 71,067 tons the previous week and 65,678 tons last year. Shipments of coal, 39,005 tons; patent fuel, 8,550 tons; and tin- plates and general goods, 5,443 tons, the latter- for France 35 tons, Batoum 2.150 tons, Germany 670 tons, Holland and Belgium 300 tons, Italy 300 tons, New York 500 tons, Cape of Good Hope 265 tons, and home ports 1,223 tone. Shipments of tin-plates 53,057 boxes, and receipts from works 68,719 boxes. Stocks in the dock ware- houses and vans 94,027 boxes, compared with 78,365 boxes last week and 122,577 boxes at the corresponding date last year. To load in the current week—Maryland for Philadelphia, Brooklyn City for New York, Pavia and Ormsby Broad for Mediter- ranean ports, Laura for Lisbon, Niobe for Nantes and Bordeaux, City of Lisbon, Niobe for Nantea and Bordeaux. City of Lisbon for Hamburg, Fernside for St. Petersburg, Bivouac and Juno for Amsterdam and Rotter- dam, and Aline for Antwerp. Vessels in dock: Steam, 27; sail, 82-total, 109. Imports: Steel scrap 1.210 tons, pig iron 1,423, iron ore 1,550, tin-plates 64, copper ore 2,178, blende ore 184, sulphur ore 165, building material 1,086, pitch 462, chemicals 525, pitwood 498, deaJs 666, staves 292, grain 3,502, flour 330. potatoes 14o' straw 213, and sundries 1,534. Eaports: Crfil 39,005 tons, patent fuel 8,550 tons, a.nd tin-plates and general gooda 5,443 tons. SWANSEA VALLEW The activity displayed in the steel and tin- plate centres during the past moath or so con- tinues to be sustained. Every furnace avail- able for smelting was in operation at the Upper Forest, Dyffryn, LandoTe, Cwmfelin, and Pontardawe. The output of ingots at the Dyffryn is so good that the bar mill, although working overtime, is unable to keep pace with the quantity turned out by the furnaces there. An additional tin mill re-started during the past week at the Foxhole Works. The intermediate and finishing dejartments are also in readiness to resume operations. Orders are plentiful, a work generally continues very flourishing. Work is so brisk at the Mannesmann that overtime has to be resorted to in some of the departments. Owing to a leak- age in the boiler at the Swansea Chemical Com- pany's factory some few veeks ago the pro- duction of snlphuric acid has been rather erratic lately, but now a new boiler is being put in to re-place the damaged one. An excel. lent output of vitriol is observable at Messrs. Vivian and Co. a chambers. Pentrepoeth Oxalio Works, Morriston, which recently resumed to operate in full, is again, unfortu- nately, reducing the number of hands. The engineering sheds tfnd wagon repairing yards continue busy. The Velinfran Colliery began coal-cutting last week, but, so far, all the miners engaged are on day work and not oa the tonna-ge rate. The collieries at Birchgrove give very faint indications of improvement. The remaining pits and levels in the neigh- bourhood are, however, fairly busy. Stocks on the sidings have somewhat increased during the last few days. Minor industries throughout the locality are as well employed as in any previous week of the past quarter. SWANSEA HARBOUR TIN-PLATE TRAFFIC. Week Corresponding ending Previous week Sept. 20. week, last year. Boxes. Boxes. Boxes. Received from works 68.719 65,645 45.325 Shipped 53,057 54,858 53,716 Stocks in dock ware houses and vane 94,027 78,365 122,577

YNYSHIR CONSTITUTIONAL CLUB. The diretcra of the Badecn-Po11 Constitu- tional Club Company (Limited), Ynyshtr. have accepted the tender of Mr. David Richards, contractor, Ynyshir, for the ereetion of new premises, the price being nearly £ 3,000. The buildings, which are BOW in course 01 erection, are gitaated on Colonel Turbervill's estate at the lower end of Ynyshir. and the ground has been bought freebold at a cost of nearly L650. AU modern appliances will be introduced it to th-e new premises, and the directors will spare no pains in making the club as com- fcrtable and luxurious as possible. For the benefit chiefly of inter-affiliated members, it is intended to have a table d'hote daily. The new buildings, which are being erected on a large scale, are expected to be completed by 1 Kay oezU

THE KING ALFRED MILLENARY. APPRECIATION BY LORD ROSEBERY. The Earl of Rosebery on Friday unveiled a eolossal statue of King Alfred, which has been erected in the Broadway of Winchester. The event inas the occasion of a patriotic mani- festation, marked by every circumstance and ceremony that could impress the popular ,n mind. After prayer and a few words from the Mayor of Winchester, the Earl of Rosebery delivered an address. He said: We are to consecrate a great me.mory and to raise before our countrymen the standard of a great example, for a thousand years ago there died in this city one who by common consent represents the highest type of Kingship and of Englishman. It is meet and fitting that we should celebrate sach an occasion. Around King Alfred there has grown up a. ha-lo of tradition such as would dim a lesser man, though his personality stands out pure and distinct amid the legends. Yet, for our pur- pose, even the tradition is, perhaps, sufficient. The noble statue which I am about to unveil can only b.e .an effigy of the imagination, and so the Alfred we reverence may well be an idealised figure, for our real knowlfeflge of him is soanty and vague. We have. however, draped round his form, not without reason, all the highest attributes of manhood and Kingship. The Arthur of our poets, the paladin King without fear, without stain, aad without reproach, is to us the true representation of Alfred. In him, indeed, we venerate Dot so much a, striking actor in our history as the idsal Englishman, the perfect Sovereign, the pioneer of England's greatness. (Hear, hear.) With his name we associate our metropolis. our fleet, our literature, our laws, our foreign relations, and our first efforts at education. He has stamped his character on the cold annals of humanity. How is that done? We cannot tell. We know only that two homely tales of his life, the story of his mother's book and that of the neatherd's hut, have become part of our folklore. His life. too-for at one time he is hunted with the deer, as desolate as a defeated pretender, and at another he is the predomi- nant prince in his country, and one of the rare Sovereigns recognised in the darkness of Enrope-his life has those romantic elements which fascinate successive generations. But, when all is said and done, we cannot wholly explain it. The magnetism of history is an unexplored secret of nature. From another poiat of view we behold in his career the highest and best type of the qualities which we cherish in our national character. Note first his absorbed devotion to duty. "This will I laY." he writes, "that I have sought to live worthily while I' lived, an after my life to leave to the men who come after me a remem- brance in good works"; and he gave himself, we are told, wholly, unreservedly to his royal responsibilities and the charge of his people. Then he was the first Englishman of whom it is recorded that he never knew that he was beaten. (Cheers.) Sometimes the Danes crushed him, sometimes he crushed the Danes, but he won in the end. (Cheers.) Nor was it only with these that he had to contend. In the best twenty years of his life he struggled against agonising disease and the paralysing apprehension of its recurrence. That he should have done so much is wonderful; that he should have done so much under this dis- ability is anfazrng. (Hear, hear.) Then he had the supreme quality of truth-frankness. eandour. an open hearfe His word was his bond. That it a quality which was then rare among Princes, and is never too common— (hear, heart—but it is one which Englishmen love. (Cheers.) He was known as the Truth- teller. It is a, noble title, more distinguished than the raped and prostituted epithet of great. (Hear, hear.) In history he stands as Alfred the Truthteller. Then he was a man, a complete man. What strikes one in him. indeed, is his completeness—complete is, I think, his distinctive epithet. Though pro- foundly pious, he was no anchorite; though a King, not a pompous and mysterious phan- tom; though a. passionate seeker after know- ledge, not a pedant or a prig. He lived as a man among men. for he was "all things to all men." In the best sense of the word, rejoic- ing in the society of his scholars, his priests, liis huntsmen. his craftsmen, his farmers, interested in all worthy interests, mixing freely with his subjects, and playing among them, but wit^i a lffrtle scroll of high thoughts always in his bosom, a man among men. dealing all day with the common affairs of life, but with the high ideal burning at his heart. (Cheers.) Is it not thus that great things are done? Is it not in the practical character. fired half-unconsciously with imagination, that the best of the Briton is seen? (Hear, hear.) And is there a higher specimen of this potent amalgamation than Alfred? (Hèar, hear.) Then, he was a King a true King-the guide, the leader, the father of his people. He did for them all that in their barbarous condition they required, and in so working a limited work for them he wrought an immortal work for us. (Cheers.) He was the captain of all their enterprise, their industrial foreman, their schoolmaster, their bishop, their general, their admiral, their Legislature on a small scale. Ho was to his English kingdom what Peter was to Russfa, and in working for his people, raising them, strengthening them, enlarging their hoot- eons, he builded better than he knew. His rude councillors were tfrê ancestors of our Parliament, his flotilla of galleys was the foundation of our fleet. He first won an Eng- lish victory at sea. He formed his casual levies into a powerful nwlitia, if not an army; he breathed the earliest inspiration of educa- tion into LFnglaxd-an inspiration, vital then, which would be scarcely less precious now. (Cheers.) And he. with an eye for commerce and defence, gave us London, not as the first or second founder, but as founder of the London which we know. (Hear. hear.) It is,.indeed, less for what he did, great as were his achievements in relation to his oppor- tunities, than for what he engendered that we now honour his name. He was cheered, we are told, in the distress of desertion and defeat by visions of the saints, who bade him be of good cheer, and little, indeed, could the huated King in his rushy concealment, amid the booming of the bitterns, have realised the awful destinies which awaited him and his people. (Hear, hear.) But suppose that in some such dream a seer had led him up injo the moun- tain and shown him the England which was to be. the England of which he had laid the foundations; had not concealed from him a first dark hour in which his kingdom and race should be overwhelmed by a Norman invasion, of which the iron should enter the English soul, not to slay, but to strengthen-to intro- duce, indeed, the last element wanted to com- pose an Imperial race; and then, passing over the ages, had solaced him by showing him the new England as we see it, and led him to the banks of the Thames and had shown him the little Saxon fort developed into a world-capital and a world-mart, inhabited by millions, often crowded and distressed, but familiar with comforts unknown to a Saxon Prince. Suppose that. guiding him through the endless maze of teeming dwellings, the seer had brought him. to a paLace where the descendants of his Witan conduct a system of government which, remote, indeed, from perfection, is the parent of most Consti- tutions in the civilised world. (Hear, hear.) Not far removed again the Saxon King might have beheld another palace consecrated to that jurisprudence which he himself, with a solemn invocation to the Almighty, had raised from the dead, and then passing down and beyond the Imperial river he might have been brought within sight of the British fleet, the offspring of his own poor boats, charged with the wardship of a fifth ef the world, with the traditions of victory and supremacy. and not unequaJ to the trust. (Cheers.) Suppose, moreover, that there could have been spread before him the opulent and brilliant vista of English literature, that promised land for which he was to prepare, but scarcely to enter. Suppose that he could have se-en in an unending procession the various. nations which own the free fatherhood of the British Crown, and not merely these, but those descen- dants of his sparse subjects, who aggregated, no doubt, from many other races, a yet central source of the American people- (cheers)—that people which, always divided from us by the Atlantic, and often by dif- ferences of policy and aspiration, cannot, if they will, be wholly separated, and in supreme- moments of strees and sorrow irresistibly join hands with us across the centuries and the saas. (Loud oheers.) Suppose, in a word, that he could have beheld, as in an unfolded tapestry the varying, but superb, fortunes of that indomitable race by whose cradle he had watched, would be not have seen in himself one of those predestined beings, greater than the great, who seem unconsciously to fashion the destinies and mark the milestones of the world? (Hear, hear.) And a a he, looking, for- ward, would have marvelled, so we, looking backward, marvel none the less, but proudly and gracefully consecrate this moment to the memory of Alfred the Good, Alfred the Truth- teller, Alfred the father of his country and ours. (Cheers.)

WELSH MINERS' WAGES. Manon H addressed a Bristol audience on Monday evening. He said that before a new mode of regulating Welsh miners' wages could be fixed some on both sides of the table" feared there would be a quarrel. He did not, however, see any reason for a. dig-agreement in the South Wales coalfield with regard to the new mode that was coming into force. If the price of coal kept high enough so that wages would not be below 40 per tent. when the time of change came, then the road to the change would be easy. The Welsh miners and their leaders were fully agTeed upon one point—that, whatever happened, they must and would have a mini- mum living wa-ce.

The managers of the Bibby Line. Tiiverpool, declare there is no foundation for the state- ment that they are about to transfer their line to new owners. EBusiness a&tiressrs* Hi 55 tote Lot Grown by Cuticura. tygjS MISS B., of L., sends us gjgjwk through our British Depot, Messrs. F. NEWBERT X GMGMR i strand of eoft glossy hair Hlggxw | jjgSjyj cut from her own head and ■Qgj&B «|SS measuring fifty five inches in length whioh previousto I ^§SsS the use of CUTICURA, was !^HR1 dry, thin, and lifeless, and came out in handfuls, to such an extent that she fear- ed she would soon losa it. fSaaP' She attributes her magnifi. cent head of hair to fr- quent ehll.mp008 with CCTI- CURA SOAP, fonowed by tight dreMicge of CnTicrRA 89ntly the lp. NIFOR THE BLOOAISTHCtirEU A WORLD-FAMEO THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER AND IvESTOBEI? FOR CLEANSING AND CLEANING BLOOD from all IMPURITIES it cannot be too highly recommended. For Scrofula, Scurvy, Eczema, Skin and Bloorl Diseases, Pimples, and Sores of all kinds, it isanever foiling and permanent cure. ItCures Old ores. Cures Sores on the Neck. Cures Sore Legs. Cures Blackheads or Pimples on the Face Cures Scurvy. Cures Ulcers. Cures lilood and Skin Diseases. Cures Glauduiar Swellings. Cures the Blood from all impure matter From whatever caue arising. As this mixture is pleasant to the taste, and war- ranted free from anything mjurious to theinostdeli- cate constitution of either sfci, from infancy to old age, the Pi\ jirietors solicit sulterers to giro ta tr: to test its vaults. I send you this testimonial, for I hav, derived -a great benefit by taliing Clarke's Bloo. Mixture, Ifter two years of grreat suffering witi a very:" leg. I have been in a Birmingham, hospital months, and six month3 out-patieu; at another hospital at Birmingham. I WIli turned ont inetirable, as I would not consent tt have my leg taken off. I was told to try Clarke Blood Mixture hv a friend of mine, so I sent foi & large bottle, and by the time I had taken 1. I was able to go about en my crutches. I had an-other bottle, and by the time I had finishec it mv leg wrig quite well, and I am able to go U my work. T am a Dirmint-ha-sn man, but air working nt present in Halifax, and I am willint to answer any questions that anyone may wiafc to ask. for I earnsot speak too highly of-it. ] ceeomm^ncl it to all. You may make u^> of thh if you like. "IS. TAYLOR "2. BVn*nn-=;o(nare, Fleet-strept. Halifax. "YorVs October 23rd. 1897." Sold in Bottles. 28. 9d. and lis. each, by al Cheiiijstq and Fa^nt Medicino Vendors through- out the World, or sent for 33 or 132 Stamps b) the LINCOLN AND MIDLAND COUNTIK3 DRUG COM P A XV. LINCOLN. Ask for CT-ARKJE'S nV)OD MIXTURE, and d > t as persuaded to take an imitation. LC2683 KEATiWS I POWDER I f TIHS, 3d., 6d, and 1 a. | I THE HEW BELLOWS, n- B0 R WICK'S ww The A T7- Best BAKING that t Money POWDER. ,*ew Rich Blood i| j» || cr ntain from pure M tfc, Jjk (JffPk ironorHarmo- natural Iron or fel (& globin Haemoglobin. WSiif extracted frow natural Iron or fel (& globin Haemoglobin. WSiif extracted frow o {reSh blood. Dr. Campbell's Rod Blood Forming CAPSULOIOS. After the great heat vou must take Capsuloids. You are pale, anasnilc, tired, lack appetite and energy \our blood needs Iron. It must have Iron, not tilt strong acid common Iron, but the pure mild natural Haimoglobin which instantly makes new bload. Capsuloids alone supply this Iron The bsst docton w!lat the Uncet said (11/8/1900). CAPSULOIDS are sold at 2/9, 6 boxes for 15/ tw Capsuloid Co., 31, Suow Hill, London. Agents—Messrs. D. Anthony & Co., 39, St. Mary- st., and i io, Queen-st., Cardiff. Send for Pamphlet. FIT" CURED From the first dose of Ozerlne fits e*wwe. It has cured PERMANENTLY the very w rst of Kpllepsy when e'erjr ofrh«r hart Trice 4s. fid. and lis.. PTfct Free. Thoi*san<1* of Testinr<>nial3. Snvi for a Free Sample Bottle,and tettii. Write to—< Department 7.1 I* W. NICHOLL, ^harmacQutjiftal Chamlst. 25, High treet. Belfast*

MINERS' FEDERATION. Next week's conference of the Minors' Fede- ration at Birmingham, over which Mr. B. Plckard, M.P., will preside, promises to be one of the most important ever held in connection with the federation. Since the last annual conference there has been a. very large increase of membership in a-ll the districts, and particularly in South Wales; and nearly 403,000 members will be represented at the conference, which will embrace the who'e of the coalfields of the United Kingdom, with the exception of Durham and Northumberland. The men in these counties stand alo),-iii-st, on account of the Mines Eight Hours Bill, to which thsy have always shown determined opposition; and, secondly, because of the fixed minimum wage. Amongst other matters, the conference will consider the best means to secure the passing into law of the Eight Hours Bill, whieh has been before Parliament for twelve or .thirteen years. There are also resolution* dealing with unskilled labour in mines and old age pensions. A very important question which was rele- gated from last year's conference will come up to be dealt with. It was last year decided that the whole of the members should be balloted as to whether a Parliamentary fund should be established to which each member of the fede- ration should contribute Is. per annum for the purpose of running Parliamentary candi- dates in suitable constituencies under the auspices of the federation. So far as can be ascertained, there ia a consensus of opinion in favour of such a step being taken, but some of the districts favour a modification in the amount of the levy.

TELEPHONES FOR COAL MINES. It is stated that the coal mining companies of Pennsylvania propose putting telephones in the mines. Such an improvement would be a .great boon to the mine workers (says the "Electrical World and Engineer"), and its general introduction is regarded as a proxi- mate possibility. Having some means of com- munication with those who are entombed in the depths of the mine would greatly assist in the work of their rescue. It has often hap- pened in the history of mine accidents that the efforts of rescuers were put forward in a direction entirely different from that in which the men were imprisoned, and thus valuable time and energy were wasted. With a system of mine telephoning in operation this would be averted. The plan suggested by those who are friendly to the proposed improvement is to locate telephones at regular intervals along the workings, so that they may he protected as well as possible from accident and be of easy access to the miners in case of danger.

In conversation with a reporter on Tuesday Mr. J. Aeron Thomas, M.P., said he did not think it probable that the Swansea Harbour Trustees would attempt to raislmoney for the new dock for at least another twelve months. Consols did not yield by 20 per oent. what they did three years ago, and, consequently, borrowed money waa much dearer now than,! it had been..

J5rttb, jiflarnageg, Ðtatf)s.. BIRTHS. DA VIES.—On the 15th inst., at "Dar-el-Zitoun," "e MUBtapba Superictu*, Algiers, the wife of Ivor JJaviea, of a daughter. DIAMOND.—On Wednesday, 25th September, the wife of Mr. W. Ii. Diamond, of 20, Prinita-street, of a daughter. EiiKU—On the 18th mat., at 270, Newport- roaA, Cardiff, the wife of Mr. T. A. Eeed. of a daughter. TALLIS.On the 17th inst., at "The Rhyd," Tredegar, the wife of Alfied Tallis, of a son. WIL-LIAMS,-On Sunday, the 22nd September, at Maes-yr-haf, Wick, Bridgend, the wife of., Wiine VVxllia/ns, of a soil. MARRIAGES. BATES-WILLO-"N the 16th inat., at St. James' Church, Edgbaston, Birmingham, oy tie Kev. W. b. i-iens, George iiatea, second son of Mr. C. W. Bates, Lardiif, to Nellie, second daughter of the late George and Sarah Willows, of Hta.lIingBoro', Lin- coiunni/u, and adopted daugnver of Mrs. T.rr,?-ws,°S', ^ate iioyal OaK Hotel, flipon. LLVl AKDb—BETHEL.—On the 18th inst., at the Church of S.S. Phittp and James, Penmaen, Blackwood, by the L. W. Williams, B.A., Alexander Jamf-s Edwarda, of the Globe Hotel, Abertillery, to Eliza. Jane (CiBSy), eldest daughter of John Bethel, Glandwr, Blackwood. GOLI)I-NG-NASH.-On September 2.3rid, at St. Andrew's, by the Rev. A. v. Parry, George Goidmg, Cathayg, to Edith Mary, second daughter of Owen S. Na11h, Plaaturton- a.venue, Cardiff. HOWELL—COUTH.—On the 21st inst., at St. Mary's Church, Cardiff, by the Bev. E. B. Rand, Samuel W. Howell, son of the late George Howell, C.E.. to Nellie Couth, daughter of William Couth, Cardiff Pilot. —At S. Edmund's Church, Cnckhowell, on the 23rd inst., by the- Rev. H. Plantogeitet Somerset. M.A., Reator, William George James, eldest eon of R. G. James, Esq., C.G., Tyn-y-cae, Glangrwyney, Cnckhowell, to Emma Susetta Evans, third uaught r of D. R Evans, Esq., High-street, Cnckhowell. ION—BGNSER.—At Cromford Church, Derbyshire, on 18th September, by the Eev. L. B. Radford (cousin of the bride), Itectorof Forncett, St. Peter Norfolk, assisted by the liev, F. Erodhur. t, Yisar of Heath. Arthur Burton Livingston son of James Livingston, of Swansej, to Winifred Helen Bonser, daughter of G. G. Bonser. of Brighton. PRATT.—At St. Mary's Parish Church, Pembroke, on 17th September, by Revd.^ C. Hay ward Phillips, M.A., Vicar S. Mary s, George Borthwick Marsh, second son of G. Marsh, Bank House, Newport, Mon., to Louisa Anne Pratt, eldest daughter of II. T. Pratt, Pembroke. SEDDEN-WILLIAATS.-On the 19th inst., at St. John's Church, Cardiff, by the Rev. A. Henderson, B.A., Harold Sedden, of Barry, to Edith Wiiliame, of 98, 'Cathedral-road, Car- diff. STEEDS-BRAITHW AITE.-On September 21st, at Christ Church, Weston-Supcr-Mare.^by the Reverend T. H. S. Polehampton, William Henry Steeds only son of the late William Steeds, of Cardiff, and of Mrs. Steeds, of Richmond-terrace, Cardiff, to Annie Adelaide, widow of the late Fox Braithwaite, of Bridg- water, and daughter of the late Clifford Hymons, of Rridgwater. THOMAS—EDWARDS.—On September 18th (by Licence), at the Crmgreg(1.tional Church, Sea- combe, Liverpool, by th-e Rev. W Eaton Thomas (cousin of the bridegroom), Raymond ttU 8°? -'h°mae The Bazaar. Pentre, Rhcndda Valley, to RebeCoa E.. daughter of rr.iv?,, Edwards, Gelli-road, Ton Pentre. THOMAS—GOODDES.—Oi September 18th. at Llanelly Church, by Special Licence, the Rev. G. Pobert,3, Rector officiating, Arthur J. Tncmas, Athrofa., Gilwern, to Lilv Moyce, elcest daughter of Mr. E. J. Gocdden, Gvil- wern. W.ILLTAMS-BIRISCOE -on the 25th inst., at the Parjsh Church of St. Ma-y, Abergavenny, by the Rev. F. W. G. Whitfield. Viear, Augustus Clifford. younger son of the' late John Williams, Briery Hill, Ebbw Vale, to Jennie, daughter of John Briscoe, of the same town. No cards. DEATHS. BELL.-On the 17th insc., at Canonbie, Park- rca-d. Barry, Arthur Ernest, aged 29 years, son of Janr^s Bell, C.E. COOIvE.—iSpptember 13. at Castle Mynach Farm, Pentyrch, Elizabeth, wife of John Coo-Jte. aged 63. JONES.—On thi 19Ú inst.. at 25, Wellington- Btreet, Merthyr, J. S. Jones, aged 57. MARCH.-On the 19th inst., at Stocks House, Sompting, near Worthing, (liarleis John March, late of the Board of Trade Bank- ruptcy Department, aged 73. MARKS.-On Thursday. 19th September, at his residence. Plus Myrddin. Llandudno, T. T. Marks, C.E., aged 56 v-trs. MORRIS—OH the 21st inst., at 6. Manvers- street, Bath, niter a few hours' illness, the Rev. A. G. Morris, Rector of Rogiet with Llanvihangel and Rton. aged 69, last sur- viving son of the late T. Morris, Esq., C.E., of Newport, Mon. POWELL.-On September 5th. at Rangoon, Burma. of fever. Penry J. Powell, Engineer, late of 2, Thesiger-street, Cardiff, and for- merly of Aberdare. in his 42nd year. Deeply lamented. PRICE.-On September 22nd. at Craig Rhvrrmev Farm. Tirphil, Dinah, beloved wife of David Ilri- aged 65 years. RICHARDS.—On the 18th inst., at Bryn Cynon Villa. Ponrhiwceiber-road. Catherine, aged 69 years, widow late John Richards, formerly of Glyn Gwyn. STA NDEN'On Wednesday. September 25th, 1901. after a long and painful illness, at 64, Plantagenet-strcet, Cardiff, Frederick Henry, aged 58, the da jrly-beloved husband of Amanda Standen. Funeral, gentleman only, Saturday, September 28th, at Two n.m. STONE.—On the 20th inst., at 33, Warwick- street, Cardiff. Samuel, beloved aon of Edwin and Mary Stone, aged 19 years. TTIOMAS.—Cn the 15f.h instant-, at Brjrnfrwd, Neath. Mciry Jane Thomas, widow of the late Nicholas Howell Thorn an, and daughter of the late Peter David, of Coychurch and Neath, in her 53rd year No flowers, bv request. WTf T,t s TvT^.—On the 118th just., at. Gelli ilaf, Graigwen-road. Pontypridd. Maggis, the beloved daughter of Mrs. Williams and the I late Thomss Williams, a-ged, 21. -_n

fit iftrmortam* ROBINSON.—In Lovinsr Memory of my dear husband, John Easton Robinson, late of Gwern If or Fnrni, Mountain Ash, who died October 7th, 1900, ageu 65. Peace, perfect peace. 1 In Loving Memory of James Harrison, of Harrisonvule, Aberdare. who entered into his eternal rE't September 25, 1899. aged 54 years, c Interred at Aberdare Cemetery September 28tli. ] "Sot slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving; the Lord." "Where the wicked cease- from troubling. And the weary are at rest."

filiations Earant XyANTED immediately, a good General; able to do plain cooking; three in family.—Apply Miss Jenkins, 216, Newport-road Cardiff. C2306 iairth THRESHOLD Farm Wanted, in Wales or Mon- — mouth ah ire.—Box 240, Western Mail, Car- diff. c23g5^ iWonnn FIELDINGS LIMITED OLD-ESTABLISHED FINANCIERS, AiiL PKEPAIUSD TO ADVANCE SUMS FROM £ 20 TO £ 3,000, AT SHORT NOTICE. On Approved Note of Hand, Personal or Othar" Securities. Charges Arranged Before Transactions are Completed. Mortgages on Property Effected at Current Rates of Interest. Property Purchased. Trade Bills Discouated. Annuities and Fixed Incomes Arranged. Deposits Received at 5 per cent. per aiinum. Apply direct, as we have no agents— n. A YES-BUILDINGS, THE HAVES c2247 CARDIFF. MONEY.—The Provincial Union Bank Con- It-I- ti-nues to Lend Large Sums Daily from £ 10 to 1,50,3 on Note of Hand alone, or on any other approved security, at a few hours notice, to all classes m any part of England and Wales, re-payable by easy instalments. With and without sureties. No good application is ever refused. All comm-unicationa strictly private. 'This business having been established a great many years, and conducted in an honourable and straightforward manner, (has grown to be one of the best, known and largest in the Kingdom, the uniform courtesy and prompt attention of our officials having gained the confidence and Fecommendafjon of our numerous customers. If desired, one of ou.r officials wi-y attend at applicant's residencê with ca^h, and car-ry out the advance Without Delay.—Call or write to the Manager. Western Branch, Mr. Stanley Dowding, 1. Queen-equare Bristol, or to Messrs. Wilkinson and Co., 3 8t John's-square. Cardiff. c2292 TF YOU REQUIRE A LOANV you may obtain, free of charge, the exact amount of interest you will have to pax- for an immedi-ate advance of C5 and upwards from THE SWANSEA FINANCE COMPANY, 149, Penartivroad. Cardiff. Note of Hand. Absolute Privacy. Immediate attention in town or country. All Loans arranged to guit Borrowers' convenience. 2524d J. H. RIMER, District Manager. nnHE CHARING CROBS BANK. -B- Established 1870. 119 & 12Q, Bishoppgate-st. Within, E.G., and ) T 28. Bedford-street, Cbaring Cross, W.C., f London, Assets £ 512,475 0 0 Liabilities zB209,475 0 0 Capital and Reserve f,303,000 0 0 LOANS of £ 30 to £ 2.000 granted at a few honrs' notice, in town or country, male or fema>e, on mortgage of furniture, farm and trade stock, plant, crops, &c., without remoTal, and to assist persona into trosipess. Also on deeds, policies, and reversions. Dis- tance no object Easy payments. Special facilities to rll requiring banking accounts. rk- Deposits of R10 and upwards received as under:- 5 p.c. per an., subject to 3 months' notice of withdrawal 6 p.c per an., subject to 6 months' notice of withdrawal 7 p.o per an., gubjeet to 12 months' notice of withdrawal Special terms for longer periods. Interest paid quar- terly Write or call for prop pectus. The Terminal Deposit Bonds pay nearly 9 per cent., and are a safe investment. [L18694 A- WILLIAMS, EL J. TALL^ Joint Managers. > ■■ = 50a. The "DEFIANCE GUN." 50s. Unequalled from dealerB under 80b. 10-Bore, central fire, double-barrel ■& breech-loader, left choke, top or double grip action, with lever under guards, twist barrels, horn heel plate, walnut stock, double bolt, rebounding locks, patent fore end, Ac.: sound and well made; warranted'to shoot and handle well; price 50s.; worth 80s.: aatisfac- tion guaranteed or caah returned; carriage paid; do not buy guns at a shop; deal direct with the actual manufacturers and save retail profits; beautifully ilfustrated catalogue, fall of interesting and usefal information, oon- cerning breech and muzzle-loaders, testi- monials, &c., post free.—C. and B. Davis, Far- killing Gun M»fttff»ctarers, 31, Kept«a-ro»d. Bymrasb*in« 02222 business gflftressegi The Physic* n' Elleuma 0 for Gout Coilt and Gir,,vel; the lw safest and most gontle ILT-edicine for In t#p The Universal Kemedy; for Acidity of" the Stomach, ^i^e^m?6the Sick" Heftdwhe, Heartburn, Indigrestion, Sour Eructations, m -Prpunancy' Bilious Affections. ness 01 MAG"N'ESIA Sold Throughout the'worli N.B.-ASK FOR DINNEFORD'S MAGNESIA. L putihc gmusfcinents* rjpfifEATTvE JJOYMi, CARDIFF. Lessee and Manager .ROBERT REDFORD. TO-NIGHT, SAN TOT. NEXT WEEK: — A MESSAGE FROM MARS. Box Office Open 10 to 5. Nat. Tel., 352. blpplnq fiotirts, AS E R D EEN L I N E -TO AUSTRALIA. Via, Plymouth, Teneriff e. and Cape Town. in 42 Days. Damascus, Captain R. McKilliam, 3,609 tons, October 8. -Nineveh, Captain N. Allan, 3,808 tons, October 29. The Steamers of this favourite Line Sail from London as above, taking Saloon and Third-class Passengers to Teneriffe, Oape Tbwn. and all Australian and New Zealand Ports. Fares:—To Australia, C16 3s. 6d. to £ 55; to ea Tow-n, X9 9s to £ 30. nr Particulars apply to Geo. Thompson and Co., 7, Billiter-fquare, London. L2224 TPLDER, DEMPSTER, AND CO. (BEAVER LINE). ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS. LIVERPOOL TO QUEBEC AND MONTREAL. LIVERPOOL TO QUEBEC AND MONTREAL. S.S. LAKE ONTARIO Ooe. 1st. S.S. LAKE CHAMPLAIN .Oct. 8th. be followed at Regular Intervals by other SI E A ME Its of the LINE. Superior Accommodation at LOWEST RATES for FIRST. SECOND, and THIRD CLASS PASSENGERS. Apply to Elder, Dempster, and Co.. African House. Water-street. Liverpool: Canada House. Bristol; Davies and Co.. 48. Charles-street, Car- diff; or 4, St. Mary-axe, London, E.C. c2116 ]VEVV ZEA f]A^r™TASMAia4 X1 AUSTRALIA, CALLING AT CAPE TOWN. SIT A W. RAVILL. and ALBION COMPANY (Limited) despatch their magnificent ROY AL- MAIL STEAMERS from London (Royal Albert Dock) Every Four Weeks. Passengers con. veyed to Teneriffe and Cape Town. Oct. 24.—WAIWERA, 6,237 tons. Nov. 21.-AOTEA, 6,364 tons. Leaving Plymouth two days later. Cheap rates single and return. Reduced Rates to Capl Town, from Nine Guineas, Third Class. all found. Apply to Isinay, Imrie. and Co., Liverpool and 17, Cockspur-street, S.W.; or to Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company (Limited) 34, Leadenhall-atreet, E.C., or 51 Pall Mall, S W. L2223 DOMINION LINE ROYAL MATT, 1) STE AIMERS. TO CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES. PASSENGER SAILINGS FROM LIVERPOOL: Oct. 3.—S.S. DOMINION, for Portland, Me. (direct) Oct. 10.-S.S. COMMONWEALTH, for Boston. Oct. 10.—S.S. CAMBROMAN, for Portland, Me. (direct). I Through tickets issued to all inland points. Ccn.pany's handbook of information and book of views forwarded on application. All passengers embark at the Prince's Land- ing Stage. For Further Particulars apply to RICHARDS, MILLS and CO., 24, James-street. Liverpool. L2291 insurance Companies* H (EN I- X FIRE 0 F FIC IM 19, Lombard-street. London. E.G. Estab- lished 17-82. Xioweet Current Rates. Liberal and Prompt Settlements. 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ENSURE PROPER ASSIMILATION OF FOOD. STRENGTHEN THE STOMACH. B EECHAM'S pILLS MAKE YOU LOOK WELL. FEEL WELL. and KEEP WELL. REMOVE PIMPLES and BLOTCHES on the SKIN. LAY the FOUNDATION of GOOD HEALTH. LAY the- FOCNDA TIO of GOOD HEALTH. | SUITABLE for OLD and YOUNG. JJ E E C H A M S P, I L L S PURIFY the BLOOD and REMOVE SCURVY. ARE MILD. but EFFECTIVE, in their ACTION. REMOVE t,-i- RESULT of OVER- INDULGENCE. CURE RESTLESSNESS and INSOMMA. JJEECHAM'S P ILL S Are SPECIALLY SUITABLE for the DISEASES and- AILMENTS COMMON to FEMALES. IMPROVE THE COMPLEXION, REGULATE THE SYSTEM. BEECHAM'S PILLS have stood the test of over 50 years without the publication of testimonials, as they RECOMMEND THEMSELVES. In Boxes, price la. lid. (56 pills) and 2s. 9d. (168 pills). L18389 S3 We are making a Speci- ality of our CROWN DRESSES, sent Carriage Paid for 5s. in Smart %MMBBSpWgr Finished Venetian Suit- XSHBSHB' ings and Corded Pop 1ms, «H6fg*5i^ All Wool Suiting Serges, Cashmeres, ALpacaa, Vi- Gunas, Coatings, and Fancy Black Fabrics. nOtv\|rV Autumn Novelties in the Ll II bv VKiil# New Art Shades in i_. —' 'FYiezes, Covert Habits, m Cheviot tea, and Shetland Suitings. For Evening ■I. Jrsf Wear Jap Silks and Nuns Veilings in the New Tints. Flannelettes, extra n.,r, wide width, in Self and CARRIAGE PAID. Fancy Colourings, and hiinriiAiiflr nninra Blouse Materials in Great WAREHOUSE PRICES Variety, from 4|d. per yard.—Patterns Post Free from The Dress Warehouse (Dept. Z). Darlington. L2308 a WATCH & CHAIN FOR ONE DAY'S WORK. 0 Boys and Giris can get a NICKEL- & FIiATED WATCH, aI«o a CHAIN and /BCvJfk CHARM, forselliugH dozen i>ackaires of BU Fj BLUrNE at i'ivspence cach. Send your lb /JX full addreaa including name of County, by return mail, and we will forward t«bo Bluine post paid, and a large premi urn list. No moi: ey required. BLUINEPo. (Department Fli, M1, Olpay road, W. st NORWOOD, London, B.B. N" E W P O B T MON. (Established 1870.) THE DE BEES BILL-POSTING AND ADVERTISING COMPANY (LTD.), PROPRIETORS of 300 of the LARGEST POST. ING STATIONS in Newport. Pontypool, Riaca, and Eastern and Western Vallays. Terms on application to 21, Bridge-street. J. DE BEES. Managing Director. TYPEWRITING TAUGHT AT THE -JL4 WESTERN MAIL OVOWIL CAMJWP. 01111" R. J. HEATH AND S S PIANOFORTES AND ORGAlfS BY ALL MAKERS. IRON FRAME PIANOFORTES- Cash. 3,0 g. «• £ s. d. 0 15 0 OI Walnut Case. Full Compass- llO | paael "front, 3ft. lOin. high- J f Henry Model, trichord, >1* 18 18 0< action, machine covere | hammers, 3ft. lOin. high- ( Parisian Model, trichord' ) check action, plated bolts. jj 23 12 6-{ sconces, marqueterie, } gilded panel trusses, I high.. 1 j „ i Association Model, 4ft. l,n: i# 29 18 6high. with all the most t I modern improvements. ir New Association Modei' I i 33 0 0) Prize Medal Piano, 4ft. 2iQ- >■ j high, burr walnut, rosevroou- v.or black and gold. 3 „ j Drawing room Upright 35 10 0} Grand, 'ft. Sin } Also ANGELUS PIANO PLAYERS AND SYW^ SELF-PLAtlNG ORGANS. „ 5s. TO 63. IN THE £ DISCOUNT FOB CARRIAGE PAID. ORGANS FROM 5 GUINEAS. -ad- Grand and Upright Pianofortes by Sief^' wood, Collard, Kirkman. Erard, &"• Scbiedmayer, Bechstein, Steinway, <* «pl £ t1' Now is the opportunity for acquiring a pfjce' did instrument at the Lowest Possible, jjtfl either for Cash or on the approved System, from 10s. Monthly. t" Call and Secure a Bargain. Sbowroo*SgT" 76. QUEEN-STREET, CARDIFF: 70. TAi'ij), PONTYPRIDD; and at 51. PENARTH. MANUFACTORY—LONDON. Canvassers Wanted in all Partflj^iA Nat. Telephone: Cardiff, 01199; PontyP») 21at. Telephone: Cardiff. 01199; po pORTRAIT ENLARGEMENTS$ IN INDIA INK AND CR^ pORTRAIT ENLARGEMENTS TN SEPIA. PORTRAIT ENLARGEMENTS IN WATER-COLOUR. PORTRAIT ENLARGEMENTS IN Offii. The price of an India Ink and 10, Enlargement, whiclris known as INDAO," ia 6a. 6d. \t A Sepia (Warm Brown-tinted) Portr^ 10s. 6d.. ■0 of A Beautifully-painted Water-ooloar trait is 12s. 6d. An Oil-painted Portrait, in Maseive Fr8 is 21s. PORTRAIT ENLARGEMENTS ir EXPLAINED: kPf* "The Indao," the Sepia, and the Vfr; colour Portraits are three-quartef nte» size (head and shoulders only), watt fot on card, 24in. by 19in., ready framing. D-f The Oil Paintings are on canvas, 10in,, stretched in the ordinary ujfif in elegant and massive frames, xB3 a picture about 19in. by 17in. T\ IRECTIONS—■ Send your photograph, or the photo^ of a friend or relative, tJJe It does not matter how old or faded photograpli. Write your name and address on the r of it. State whether you require "The I Sepia. Water-colour, or Oil Paint'^ft; It you a,re ordering a Coloured P°^ 0 plea«e state complexion and col°°^ hair, eyes, and dress. 000, Enclose postal order for the correct Address Western. Mail Limited. Card15' JjTRAMES FOR PORTRAITS— An Illustrated Price Tflst of FrarnftS able for "The Tndno," Sepia. JV Water-colonr Portraits will be sent ar,plicati,on. d The Frame for the Oil Painting is "licitibell ih the charge of One Guinea, but ordering one of these superb P°fL>fll/ please say whether the frame °vol*" be white and bronze, green and 8 or chocolate and gold, or all gold All Pictures are Delivered Carriage tfor but One Shilling Extra Must be Sen rof Packing Case when Ordering Framed traits. "Y^TESTERN MAIL LIMrrtJ" ART PUBLISHERS, ST. MARY-STREET, CARDIFF- HIGH-CLASS TYPEWRITE It j1 JJALF- (pKICSB. THE J] M P I R B," £ 13 128.: WRITING ALWAYS IN SjGffZ SOLE AGENTS: WESTERN MAIL ST. MARY-STREET, CARDIFF^ BETTER than 011 LAMBeaDREP^^ The Farmer's Greatest Friend. Has saved$9 of thousands of Lambs. It is used all i*; country. No Farmer should be After its use the Flock is safe from the r**i f of Red Water and other diseases so fa4. Lambs.. Has been used extensively for twenty 3 with immense success. See Testimonials- Tins, price 6d., for 20 Sheep. Prepared only by W. THOMAS, MANUFACTURING CHEMIST, .-11 c2238. BUILTH WELLS, BRECONS] — I rjTEETH! J^ENTISTRY! fJAE# Restore Mastication, Digestion. and :aeø MR. KEALL, SURGEON DENTIST nBe& (42 Years' Experience; 32 Years in 8W* 199. HIGH-STREET, SWANSEA de), (Just Below the (4-W R. Station. Same 81 poll Begs to intimate that he can produce fectlv fitting Set <3f Teeth in one The very best workmanship guaranteed. tjo» less Dentistry by Gas; also by AnDei; Cocaine, and Ether Spray. of Partial Set from 5s. per Tooth. Uppet Lower Sets from Two Guineas- TESTIMONIALS. nt.f. In a letter addressed to Mr. Keall nt t £ T. Slade King. M.D., M.R.C.S., Member Royal College of Physicians. Lon9°f0& •remarks:—"I have every confidence skill as a Dentist, and I have had many t'unitiea#of witnessing your successful v p ^Testimonial from the late Sir John Lethbridge. Bart.Sir John bridge can confidently recommend as a Dentist. Sir John and Lady I^ j;0asij most heartily wish Mr. Keall every, earthly success." THE MOST NUTRITIOUS. waa ran Oak M &% I GRATEFUL-COMFORTI(O- COCO* BREAKFAST—SUPPEB^ VTpHE GREAT BLOOD P J- —THOMPSON'S BURDOCK the foulest blood and relieve every joodfa#' Stomach, Liver, and Kidneys. Pare t,y Xfi health. Thousands have been c"5)0id n wonderful Pills whose diseases for tK reached by any other -nS matics, lumbago, piles, gravel, *hjte bW back, scurvy, bad leg3.weunds or 9tfell04ev £ i. blotches on the face and body. an'L > or legs, erysipelas, jaundice, drop" and. 'PfP. of all kinds In boxes at la- "from r each. Sold by all chemists, or et f dock Pill Manufactory. Oxford- Printed aad Published by Western Mail Limited, at r Mary-street, Cardiff, to GlaaorsML '1 k