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FOR FEMALE FOLK. USEFUL HINTS FOR THE HOME. TO CORRESPONDENTS. "A Mere Man."—The following remedy v.ili remove traces of tobacco from I the breath:—Chlorate of lime, seven drachms; vanilla sugar, three drachms; gum arabic, five drachms. Mix to a stiff paste with warm water, rpll out, and cut into lozenges. Or a charcoal tablet may be tried. RHUBARB MOULD. Take some red rhubarb, cut it in pieces, sufficient to fill a quart pot. Put the rhubarb into a saucepan with a lid, and let it boil to a pulp. Malt ioz. gelatine in hot water, and when dissolved put it with lib. of powdered white sugar to the rhubarb, and let it boil for fifteen minutes; add a few drops of essence of lemon. Pour the rhubarb into a mould. Next day dip the mould in hot water for a second, turn the shape on to a glass dish. Pour round a custard made of the yolk o. two eggs, a tumbler of milk, and suirar to taste. Simmer till thick, and add a few drops of essence of vanilla to flavour. SPRING TROUBLES. This glorious season, full of new lire and promise as it is, ha.s its drawback?, just as most things, however good and desirable, have. The good comes with its attendant disadvantage, and renewed life everywhere very frequently brings a, raid of emmets. They are a graat nuisance when they infest cur cupboards or store-rooms, for they swarm into our jam-pots and sugar basins, and make close inspection of other comestibles less to their liking. Once a colony of ants establish themselves, they appear as an invading host, and seem to be altogether ubiquitous. To rid oneself of these pests is difficult. The first matter is to find where they come from, aaiI then to block up the entrance with glazier's putty, cement, or any- thing else likely to fill up holes and crevices effectually. Ants have a strong distaste for powerful odours, such as carbolic, but that will affect the taste of food stored on the cupboard shelves. Cayenne pepper is another agent to which the industrious insect has strong antipathy, but our own optics and olfactories have an equal objection to cayenne pepper sown broadcast. Oil of cloves is useful as an ant exterminator, but that, too, will taint food as carbolic does. We have a choice of evils in this matter, but we must endure one or the other for the sake of good to follow. It is the young ants, new to existenoe and bent on exploration, which are now so troublesome. To discover where they enter is the chief point, and careful search is usually successful. Then stop up every crevice with putty or cement. THE CARE OF THE HAIR. It is during spring and autumn that v.6 U!t!st give special attention to the hair if we wish to ensure its company for the rest ff our natural lives; and who does not desire that friendly intimacy between the cranium and its natural covering? A tonic especially suitable for those with moist, damp hair and for others who, from neuralgia or headache, are losing their hair or its colour is prepared as of quinine, ioz.; bay rum, 16oz.; oil of rosemary, ioz.; tincture of cantharides, 4oz.; with enough spirits of wine to make the mixture smooth. Moisten the scalp with the tonic, using a fine, small sponge; then gently brush the roots of the hair. While this mixture does not actually colour the hair, yet by its stimulating pro- perties it often induces the return of the natural colour, and prevents the hair falling out. If the scalp is sensitive, and is irritated by the wash, reduce the tincture of cantha- rides one-half. THE COMPLEXION. TJ10 celebrated Dr. Erasmus Wilson recom- mended the following lotion for whitening the complexionFresh lemon juice, one wine- glassful; rain water, one pint; attar of roses, a few drops. Mix and keep in well-corked bottle. Apply several times daily, allowing the lotion to remain on face for a few minutes before drying. GLACE FRUITS. To make a small quantity of glace fruits, put into a saucepan two cupfuls granulated sugar and half a cupful cold water. Let it stand for one hour, then place on a hot part of the range, where it will boil without burn- ing, and it will be as well to place an asbestos pad under the pan. Do not stir the syrup. Let it boil till a teaspoonful dropped into a glass of water falls to the bottom in little lumps. The time required is generally twenty minutes. When the syrup is in per- feet condition add one teaspoonful of lemon juice, and remove the pan to the 6ide of the range. Whole the syrup is boiling prepare the fruit. Shell a few Brazil nuts and wal- nuts, blanch some almonds, take the stems from some grapes, and separate the fingers of a tangerine orange. Dip one piece at a time on the end of the fork into the hot syrup, and place on buttered pans to cool. Then set each pan as it is filled in a very cold place. Be careful no £ to allow syrup to look thjck or sugary, as it is then unfit for Then set each pan as it is filled in a very cold place. Be careful noJ, to allow the syrup to look thick or sugary, as it is then unfit for use. Glace fruits are delicious for afternoon tea. FUMIGATION. After thorough disinfection of con vales. I cent and attendants, allow no piece of fur- niture, Ac., to be removed from the room, but strew the articles around so that the fttracs of the burning disinfectant may best penetrate them; in the centre of the room, place a pail containing a sulphur candle, which can be bought for sixpence. Light it. Leave the room quickly close the door and seal it as you did the windows. I The room should not be opened until about eight hoars after burning has ceased; and when entering it for the first time after- wards hold a wet cloth over the nose and mouth, and open the nearest window as quickly as possible. When used in such quantities th;jt the sulphur fumes would be dangerous to life, it must be arranged to open a window from the outside of the house. The room must be thoroughly aired for several days. Diphtheria germs linger for a long time after in the throat of the convalescent, and as they may also remain in the throat of even the healthy nurse, it is obvious that kissing should not be indulged in by the occupants of the sick room for perhaps months. Tha patient should be prohibited from using any undue exertion for many weeks after, as it is claimed heart-paralysis is even more liable later on than in the initial illness. No complaint of sore throat should be neg- lected, particularly in the case of children, for early treatment may do much towards modifying what might prove a serious disease. One of the most healthful of deodorisers is burning sugar. Sprinkle the sugar on a shovel of live coals and leave in the sick room a few minutes.

A MARRIAGE STORY. Describing himself as a drover from Queensland, a countryman entered the Registration of Letters Department in the General Poet Omce at Sydney, accompanied by a tail woman, who was also obviously from the country. The couple advanced to the counter. "We want to get married," said the man. "We can't marry you here," was the reply. I "You can't, can't you? Why not? Isn't this the registry office?" And the man pointed to a sign overhead. "Yes," said the clerk; "but we don't marry people here." "Ah!" retorted the bushman, who was growing exasperated; "I suppose you don't want to marry U6." "I can't," the official protested. "We register letters, but we do not marry people." The discussion continued, the visitor be- coming more and more angry. At length it struck the clerk that one way of getting rid I of the importunity was to perform the cere- I mony. So, picking up a book, be turned to the man, told the couple to join hands, and pretended to marry them. The couple left the office quite satisfied, and I entirely under the impression that they were duly married. t.

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MEDICAL. t DIPSOMANIA. This is a form of drunkenness in which the drunkard drinks to excess in bouts, or paroxysms, and then goes for some time with- out drinking at all. During the attack the dipsomaniac drinks because he has a craving to do so. which he has no strength to resist (and, perhaps, in some cases, no desire either); and in the intervals he does not drink because he suffers from remorse, and has been made thoroughly ill besides, and, perhaps, because the cravipg is absent, and he has lost for the time all desire for alcohol. When the end of the period of abstinence is over tho craving comes back again, and if he has any moral courage left he will fight against the desire until either he or the demon is conquered. But indulgence in alcohol weakens his moral nature, and, by- aud-bye, he cannot resist drinking, even though he may wish to do so with all his degenerate soul. This is one of the laws of the disease of drunkenness—the fact that the craving is periodical. It is easy for ignorant people to fancy that if a dipsomaniac can stop for six weeks he could stop during the seventh also, if he liked. It is not the case. Just as in ague or malaria the attacks come on more or less regularly, and leave the patient fairly well between-times. so in dipso- mania, when the craving comes, he falls into -the slavery-he becomes again a victim to the poisonous drug habit, and is no more free than the sufferer from ague is. Now, from what has been said it will be seen that to cure drunkenness two things are neces- sary—one, to stop the supply of alcoholic poison, which weakens the moral and physical resistance against itself; and the other, to break up the rhythmic regularity of the attacks, to interfere with their periodicity. This is what honest systems of core aim at doing. In the intervals the drunkard is fed up and rested and encouraged, so that the ravages of the poison may be met by as strong a body as possible; and then. when the attack comes on, he is put under restraint so that he cannot possibly obtain the poison which will ruin him, body and soul; and he is fed up and doctored so as to provide antidotes to the poison, which demands further gratification at any price. No really confirmed alcoholic drunkard can expect cure so long as he lives in ordinary surroundings-, but there are now plenty of homes for inebriates, and many cures are made there. There is hope for the drunkard yet, for even our governing bodies are at last taking steps to help him. "Cymro,Try a bottle or two of gentian and soda mixture, which any chemist will make for you. Rheumatic Shoulder.—"Jane W."—Rub all tLe painful parts with compound camphor liniment every night at bed-time, and take a compound rhubarb pill twice a week. Kidney Trouble.—"M. A. a five- grain pill of iodo-caffeine twice or thrice daily. A very little gin at bed-time will do you good if you keep strictly within moderate limits. Cough and Phlegm.—"Long-lane."—You pro- bably have a little chronic bronchitis; go on with the cod-liver oil, and dress warmly; but get as much open air as you possibly cau. .Stoutness.—"In Trouble."—Get the chemist to make you up some pills of fucus vesicu- losus, four grains in each, and take one thrice daily. Also "A. E. T "K. W. and "A. M." Perspiration.—"Sweater."—It is difficult to say why your face perspires so much, seeing that you are in splendid health and of regular habits. You might try a pill of one- sixtieth of a grain of picrotoxin twice daily for a week or two. Lead Poisoning.—W. M."—This can only be avoided by the strictest cleanliness. Change of occupation is the best remedy, after an attack. For the constipation and colic take sulphate of magnesia or castor-oil; for the later symptoms take iodide of potassium. PatchleS of Baldness.—"C. M."—It is pro- bable that these are due to some skin para- site. such as ringworm. Try frequent appli- cations of dilute ammoniated mercury oint- ment to the patches and < the skin around them. Pimples.—"Seno."—In addition to the use of sulphur or carbolic ointment, it will be advisable to take frequent doses of aperient medicines, such as Epsom salts or compound senna mixture, and also take once or twice a day some vegetable tonic like infusion of gentian or quassia. Chicken-pox.—"S. R."—Yes, it does now and then leave pock marks—little pits in the skin where there has been a pustule. It is said that a. good way to avoid this disfigurement is to apply to each pimple after it has passed its worst stage some flexile collodion, and let it dry on. Giddiness and Dizziness.—"W. L. 8."—Per- haps these are due to drinking habits, of which you say nothing. In any case. review your mode of life, and try and find out what is wrong. It is very likely something quite simple. Try a strong tonic for a few weeks, such as Easton's Syrup, which a chemist will supply you with. Numbness of Legs.—"James."—This may be un early Scgn of mischief caused by over- indulgence in alcohol, or, if the patient be a painter. of lead-poisoning; but without know- ing more. exactly where the numbness is, and what other symptoms there may be, wo can- not guess accurately the nature of the disease, and. therefore, regret inability to prescribe. This patient might try abstinence from alcohol.

LEGAL. T. B."—County Magistrate's Qualification. —It is not sufficient for the wife to hold the required qualification. The husband must have it in his own right. L. G. P."—The court when pronouncing judgment unseating one candidate for bribery has a discretion either to award the seat to the other candidate or to declare the election null and void, thus rendering a new poll necessary. W. R."—Motor-car.—The county council for your, district has, no doubt, passed bye-laws dealing with the question of plying for hire. and if you apply to them you will be able ti obtain all the information which you require. "Crusader."—Parish Vestry.—The persons entitled to attend and vote at a xestry are the ratepayers of the parish, whether resident or non-resident therein. It follows, therefore, that a man in receipt of parochial relief cannot vote at a vestry, as it is highly impro- bable that such a person is a ratepayer, "Amicus."—Costs of Mortgage.—If you wish to borrow a further £160 of the mortgagee of whom you have already borrowed £325. you will have to give a further charge on the pro- perty. The full costs to which the mortgagees solicitor would he entitled is £7. plus 5s., the amount of stamp duty. Slander.—"J. H. G."—It is not essential that a person giving evidence of a statement should be a shorthand writer, provided he could satisfy the tribunal before which the case is tried that he has correctly described the statement. We cannot answer the other part of your question unless the facts are put in a more definite manner. If you will do this we will endeavour to help you. We can- not undertake to answer queries in any parti- cular issue.

GENERAL. "Churchman."—'Two other correspondents have dealt with the matter. Parish Council.—"B. P."—The council can deal with the salary of the officer in question. "Reader."—The address you require is 1, Stratton-street, London, W. "Bank of England."—No. The Bank of Eng- land is a company, it transacts the nation s business. "Jumbo."—Cemotery Fencing.—There is no rule of law, so far as we are aware, as to the manner in which a cemetery is to be fenced. Any ordinary fence will suffice. "Rector."—Re Churchwardens.—(1) and (2) Yes; churchwardens must be ratepayers and householders in the parish. (3) The parishioners may, speaking generally, elect any householders being also ratepayers that they choose, but if the parish returned persons utterly unqualified for the office the bishop of the diocese would be entitled to annul the election.

SCHOOLBOY CANNIBALS. Writing on mission work in New Guinea, Miss E. M. Hart, of Canterbury, gives some gruesome details of t'he life of the uncivilised tribes who live 011 the north-east coast of that far-distant country. The natives. Miss Hart reports, are still in a savage and very de- graded condition. Scenes of bloodshed and massacre are frequent, children are not easily induced to attend school, but the name 'missionary' is a safe passport. Their canni- balism lacks ritual significance. It attacks women and children, and is confessed to be simply due to a taste for human flesh as pre- forable to pork; can any lower type be found ? In 1901 every boy but one in the Mamba school had tasted human flesh, their mothers providing them with choice morsels to take with them (new boys always have to be searched for this reason), and a, gentle girl, now helping to trans- late Scripture, had oocc shared in cannibal feasts. The Bishop narrowly escaped being eaten, in 1902. on the coast, after shipwreck; and the Government report of three years ago notifies a considerable number of victims, both native and English. There are very few mis- sion stations in the upper half of the diocese; and the one on the Mampa, near the mines, with its sorely-needed hospital, ij closed for want of funds. Photographs of the raw savages of to-day with inexpressible misery, fienraality, cruelty, and fear stamped on their fttH8 may suffice to show wiiat remain* to be done.

THE COAL-TAX. "MABON" SPEAKS ON ITS IMPOSITION. At the monthly meeting of the Rhondda No. 1 District of the Miners' Federation, held in the Imperial Hotel Assembly-rooms, Portia, on Monday, Mr. W. Abraham ("Mabon"), M.P., made his first appearance since his recent illness, and was received with cordial enthusiasm. In presenting a report of the work done during the month by the executive of the South Wales Miners' Federation, Mr. Abraham said many things had happened since the delegates and himself had met. (Laughter and applause.) He thanked them very heartily for their sympathy and for the leave of absence given him, and said that a new lease of life had been given him, which he hoped to spend in the service of the miners. (Applause.) Having spoken of his sojourn in Switzerland and expressed a hope that this country would never adopt the Continental Sabbath, "Mabon" said there had been no change in the wages, and the Lord Chief Justice had not yet, it appeared, found an independent chairman for the Conciliation Board. He hoped his lordship would succeed before long, cr else it might affect them slightly. Speak- ing of the coal-tax, Mabon" said it had caused an immense loss of trade generally through the country and great reductions in wages. It had cost Northumberland and Durham nearly 60 per cent. in wages, and had cost the western part of Wales half the work necessary to give the usual continuance of work, whilst about half the number of workmen there were without any work at all. All this was due directly and dis- tinctly to the tax, which had enabled the Ger.. mans to send coal into markets where- they (ha<l never sent it before. But not only had the Chancellor of the Exchequer refused to withdraw the coal-tax, which had cost the workmen so much loss of work and wages, but he had put upon them an additional burden in the shape of an extra 2d. per lb. on tea. Passing on, the speaker said that the climax of a. great question with which Trades Unionists had to grapple was reached last Friday in connection with the new Trade Disputes Bill, which endeavoured to place Trades Unionists in the position which they thought they had occupied since 1875, and of which they had been robbed, not by Parliament. but by judge-made laws. They had lost their immunity from persecution; their funds were not safe, and now employers could deduct from their wages fines which had been imposed upon them. ("Shame.") Those matters showed the trend of thought and possibility of things taking place because the Government had lost sympathy with the workmen of the country. Ho had no other explanation to give of it.

ACTION AGAINST SHIPOWNERS. In the City of London Court on Monday Joseph Brown, a coloured seaman. West India Dock-road, sued Weddel, Turner, and Co., shipowners, St. Helen's-place and Car- diff', for £ 50 damages for breach of contract Brown said that at the instance of Ahon, a Chinaman, who kept an East End boarding- house, he entered into an agreement to join the defendants' steamer Coulsdon at Barry Dock, and to proceed to Hong-kong for JE13 10s. for the run. An advance note for £4 10s. was given him, but when he and four- teen others went to Cardiff the captain of the ship refused to take him or sign the articles, because they were West Indiamen. instead of Chinamen. The Firemen and Seamen's Union was now bringing a test action on behalf of those of%he crew who were refused. Chinamen were preferred because they were cheaper. Mr. Stephens, for the defendants, said that Ahon had no authority to make the agree- ment relied on, which was void under the Merchant Shipping Act, as was the advance note. There was ho foundation for saying that Chinamen were cheaper than others. The West Indiamen were inefficient. One of them had just been lion-taming at Sanger's Circus. (Laughter.) Jsdge Rentoul, K.C., found for the plain- tifHFor JBlO 10s., and gave ccets on the higher scale because of the public importance of the case.

TOWN-CLERK SUMMONS HIMSELF. The unique position of a prosecutor appear- ing in support of a summons issued against himself was witnessed at the Wallingford Borough Bench, when the town-clerk (Mr. Frank Hedges) applied, on behalf of the town council, for several magis- fsriaJ orders, under the Housing of the Working Classes Acts, prohibiting certain cottages, which are in a dilapidated condi- tion, from being used for human habitation. Mr. Hedges, as mortgagee in possession, is the owner of one of the lots of property, and in the capacity of tomvoierk had to request the bench to make an order against him. t

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FEMININE FASHIONS. FASHIONS OF THE PAST AND PRESENT. An old writer, speaking of the fashion of women's dress in his time, says:—"I do not know if such flouncing and shredding is becoming even in the rich, if we consider < n moderate calculation that the nakedness of the indigent might be clothed with the trim- i mings of the vain." That same old writer; contemplating the fashions of the present day would find no occasion to alter this expression of opinion, for such flouncing and shredding as lie describes are a conspicuous characteristic of dress to-day. Over-trimming is a sartorial vice to which dressmakers are ) much addicted. Simplicity has no place in their affections. They recklessly add frill to frill, flounce to flounce, and then in a most prodigal manner finish the sartorial edifice with superabundant tags and tassels, just as the Oriental adds a multiplicity of minarets to adorn the temples of his gods. SPOTS. Nothing but enote! They pattern a irajority of the newest materials. Small spots aro unaggressive, buo spots the size ot cough lozenge,3 are distinctly so, m're espe- cially (a" is usual) when they differ in colour from the foundation material. It is in yhstti- coats that this taete of discs, large and small, runs riot. Skirts of muslin and silk and! cambric ara covered spots, large or small—j large by preference. The misfortune is that Yi hen buying a petticoat of one colour spotted with a different colour the purchaser .occa- sionally forgets the relation the underskirt must bear to the dress it accompanies. A case in point came lately under my notice. Beneath a gown of azure blue appeared a grass-green petticoat thickly sprinkled with mauve lozenge-shaped spots of extreme size. The green and mauve might pass. Green and blue are a combination we are quite accustomed to, though it would have eet our grandmothers' teeth on œp; but blue, grc-en, and manre in combination made a mixture that bad an unpleasant effect on the eye, just as nauseous medicines leave a dis- agreeable taste on the palate. Hydrangea blossoms mingle many opposing colours in harmonious fashion; but, then, they shade one into the other with no distinct division of the respective tints. Scattered spots in a colour dissociated from that on which they are cast are very aggressive. And the moral of all this is—do not buy silk petticoata so patterned, even though they are distinctly fashionable. It is too pronounced a fashion to last. I feel thoroughly convinced on that rcint. DRESS AT "THE NEW GALLERY." It is at the "Private Views" of the more important picture exhibitions that we. see what new ideas have been prospected or otherwise sanctioned by Fashion. At the "Private View" at the New Gallery on April 15 I saw some "fearfully and wonderfully made" gowns, and the millinery in many cases was of most exaggerated descrip- tion—hats spreading far and wide, resembling Japanese umbrella tents, the veils draping them being by no means insignificant items of these huge structures as to size, the droop- ing effect at the back being, as a rule, open to criticism. A long, swan-like neck, like that of a certain duchess of Transatlantic birth, ig needed if the veil drapery hanging over the shoulders can be considered at all grace- ful. When women with short throats and high shoulders wear hats trimmed with dangling veils the result is positively painful in some eyes, and ridiculous in others. "Would some god the giftie gie them to see! themselves as ithers see them." I am not quito certain of the identity of Edna May off the stage, but I believe it was this popular actress who was dressed in a golden-brown lace dress much gathered. With it was worn a dull orange waist belt, also a huge brown hat, trimmed yellow roses in a deeper shade, and a figured veil. But every kind of dress was to be seen. As a contrast to that just described was a gown of red velvet. A broad band of Irish crochet trimmed the edge oi the skirt, and a deep cape of the same make of lace covered the shoulders. Another dress which was noticeable as distinct from many others was of black, soft material, made with a transparent yoke of white lace. The sleeves of black chiffon were entirely unlined, and, the material being extremely thin, the arm from shoulder point to wrist looked almost bare, so distinctly did the flesh tint "show through the gossamer covering, if covering it may be called. TAFFETA Is a favourite with many women. It is more durable than mouseelino do soie. The colours are lovely, and the patterns charmingly designed. A cornflower blue in the palest shade was sprinkled with forget-me-n its in the mingled blues and greens seen in the natural flower. Again, a trousseau frock I saw was of taffeta, with a pale primrose ground and small pink rose buds, with short green stems by way of pattern. All soft silks are made up unlined. The skirts are gauged; bodices are similarly gauged. Sashes of soft silk are a natural accompaniment, but it is, or should be, evident that gowns of this character are better suited to slender figures and to women in no sense advanced in years than they are to opposite types. DELAINES Are by no means to be despised. The new makes are delightfully coloured and patterned. For summer wear delaiue is t'he most practical textile we can buy. I have seen a delaine spotted with vvhi'e that made a most charming frock, or a white ground delaine with an unaggressive design in tho new rcse-red will make a very dressy gown for special occasions. A fichu of o!d lace, a large black picture hat, and a red sunshade will handsomely furnish appro- priate details. SUNSHADES Show no exaggeration. Many are quite simple. Brocade in mingled colours is common, but without any addition, and few sunshadee are lined. Gilt wires are seen in many shades. Fashion, however, has directed, or, rather, concentrated, her efforts on the handles of sunshades. They are quaintly designed, and many are gorgeously coloured. An over-decorated sunshade can never be anything but an encumbrance to its possessor, so are we grateful for the restraint I call attention to PICTURES AT THE NEW GALLERY. I must not close without some mention of the picture exhibits. Those of the veteran a.rtist, Mr. Watts, are conspicuously first (and best). "Progress" is a wonderful production. A marvellous portrait is Sir J. Linton's "Rev. A. H. Stanton, M.A. and there is a taking likeness of the wife of that distinguished novelist, Anthony Hope (Hawkins), eon of the famous judge- Very lovely the lady is, her hair a beautiful gold colour, her dress in a paler shade of gold, and behind the sitter's chair is dra.wn a white satin curtain streaked with gold, the whole a very charming present- ment. Miss Marie Tempest, the deservedly popular artiste, is most unflatteringly depicted. I have been told the late Queen Victoria. was absolutely indifferent to the most disfiguring representations of her gracious self, but I think her late Majesty was unique in that respect. Stay, I remem- ber. Another ruler of this country—the Lord Protector Cromwell—who was disfigured by excresoences on the face, insisted that there should ba no complimentary obliteration of them; he would be "painted, warts and all." But it was a man who spoke, not a woman; so, perhaps, Queen Victorra. was the one and only exception referred to.

WELSH LEGAL YARN. How a county-court action was partly heard in a railway carriage was the theme of a statement made by Mr. Elli3 Griffith, M.P., to a Lobby correspondent. There was no need to move the court," said Mr. Griffith, "for the engine was doing that." The case commenced in Mold County-court (before his Honour Sir Horatio Lloyd), and involved the new point whether a person working for a. small colliery firm, who is also one of the partners, can be regarded as a workman within the meaning of the Work- men's Compensation Act. The plaintiff was a widow, Mra. Ellis, and she claimed £257 from Joseph Ellis and Company for the loss of her husband. Towards five o'clock it became obvious that the oase could not be finished in time for judge and counsel (Mr. S. Moss, M.P., appear- ing for the plaintiff aud Mr. Griffith for the defence) to catch the 5.23 to Chester, and with one accord they decided to continue the case in the train. A first-class carriage was secured, and although it was not reserved, the tribunal was not disturbed by any gossipy traveller dropping in to take part in the conversation. The distance to Chester was cut into two equal parts, Hope Junction being the agreed place where Mr. Griffith should cease his address to the judge, and where Mr. Moss 1 should commence. I I spofee for seven mile?," explained Mr. Griffith," and Mr. Moss took the other seven, and although the judge's notes were ex- tremely 'joggly' through the motion of the improvised court, the experiment was a suc- cess. His Honour reserved judgment, and if you (hear any allegation that Mr. Moss trioo to ) follow his honour into the cab at Chester to continue the argument you have my autho- rity for contradicting it."

QUARRYOWNER i;BLACK-I,ISTED." At Sedgley. Staffordshire, a quarryowner, named Charles Harper, appealed to the magis- trates to be placed on the "black-list." They gratified his wishes, but displeased him very much by sending him to gaol for fourteen nays, without the option of a fine, for getting drank and creating a diatarbtnee sifta- etFt. ins the pledge.