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FEMININE FASHIONS. ROYALTY AND HOME IN- DUSTRIES. The Royal visit to Bradford has done some- thing to increase the popularity of dress and other materials woven in that prosperous city of looms. Alpaca is always a favourite fabric, and most deservedly so. For utility and durability it is only equalled by serge and some of the Scotch and Irish tweeds, and it possesses this additional advantage over the materials just named, in that alpaca can be worn in the hottest weather without creating the discomfort caused by thicker and, consequently, heavier textiles. I sup- pose most persons have heard the story of the origin of alpaca, and how a certain perspicacious manufacturer built up a colossal fortune by using, instead of destroy- ing, some long-neglected and despised bales, stuff of unprepossessing appearance which was not wool. This substance he decided to weave into something, and thue alpaoa was evolved. Alpaca is never out of season nor out of fashion, and since the dyers impart to it lovely modern tints, instead of producing it only in the original colours—grey, Wack, and brown—the smartest woman may con- sider herself handsomely dressed in alpaca. And now that ruches are so much used as a trimming alpaca, scores again, for ruchee of alpaca look almost as well as those made of taffeta. Since there is a present fancy for glossy or faced materials, with a texture that is not so clinging as voile, say, r., well- made alpaca. gown ought not to be thought greatly inferior to a dress of taffeta.. A model I admired was of pale green alpaca. A deep gauged flounce reached to the knees, and was headed by a broad band of Paris- tinted lace, threaded with green baby-ribbon. The bodice was very full, and worn with one of the deep corsage belts now eo very popular. Piece guipure lace corresponding to the inser- tion on the skirt was used for the deep yoke, and the upper part of the sleeves also. This yoke was. deeper than deep, for it reached much below the bust line, so that. only a few inchee of the alpaca appeared between waists band and yoke. The lace was mounted on pale green; thin silk and three ribbon ruchee trimmed it, the upper ruche touching the shoulder points and very slightly dipping in front. The two remaining ruches were equi- distant, the lower one covering the edge where the lace joined the alpaca. The two lower ruches, carried round the upper arm, were in line with those on the bodice. A very full, deep puff of alpaca was gathered into the lace sleeve (this slightly bell-shape), and was again gathered into a. lace cuff, lined silk, which readied about three-parts of the distance between elbow and wrist. If the figure be slender, a velvet waist-belt is desirable; if otherwise, glace silk is the better material. This scheme may be carried out in pink or in mauve, but green of the right shade is an ideal colour for the summer. and lace looks its best on green. The ruches I have mentioned as trimming the bodicc were of green ribbon, run on a fine cord going through the centre. Small bows made of foui loops of ribbon are set on the ruches down the centre of the bodice, one on each ruche. SLEEVES Are still very important, but they axe gradually becoming neater in style, aiyj at the wrist less voluminous. Indeed," a favourite shape is made with a. tight under- sleeve reaching to a little below the elbow. The upper portion of the sleeve ia formed by a large full puff tucked vertically for a few inches at the top. The material is drawn in just under the elbow, and the released material appears a/3 a graduated frill below that joint. The edge of the frill—which is, of course, of the dress material—is trimmed with lace insertion. Nearly all sleeves are made with under-sleaves shaped to the arm, let the upper part be fashioned how it may. THE COARSER LINENS Worn very much last season are quite as popular now as they were then, but gowns of this. material are trimmed differently. Coloured embroideries are applied to them, and even silk. A most fascinating pale pink linen frock was knife-pleated from the waist. The cuffs and revers on the bodice were of white linen, trimmed with pleatings or frills of black taffeta. These could be removed when the dress required cleaning. It is a novel idea, this of using black silk to trim linen frocks, but it is undeniably an admirable "set off," and the addition, slight as it is, works a wonderful transformation iu the appearance of the dress. A SARTORIAL FREAK —for such, indeed, it is—is the fancy for making morning blouses of the checked blue and red linens used for glass cloths. I may have spoken of this before, but certainly have not mentioned a very simple and effec- 1 ive trimming for these linen shirts. It is made of very fine canvas, worked in cross- stitch embroidery. These croes-stitch insertions are laid on box-pleats, or are placed between the pleats, and trim collar and wristbands also. The canvas is cut the desired width, and a border is worked round. Tiny dots or stars fill in the middle space. The border and dots are worked in red, blue, pink, or pale green in grain cotton, or mixed colours can be employed. ENGLISH POPLIN. I have just received some patterns of this material. In appearance it is hardly to be distinguished from real Irish poplin; we find the same corded texture and a. like glossy surface. It is made in several colours, but the pink shade described "Coroline" is excep- tionally pretty. The poplin made in Ireland wears "for ever and the day after," so to speak. Of the durability of the newer poplin I know nothing. There is this difference, however: Irish poplin costs from five to fifteen shillings a yard, its English rival something less than two shillings a yard. PINK CORAL. Amongst other revivals coral necklaces appear. The pink variety looks well with most colours, but dark red coral ornaments can only ùe worn with advantage with certain shades of red, though I admit I saw a dull black evening toilette (worn by a woman with black eyes, hair, and a brilliant com- plexion) admirably set off by ornaments of red coral. Black velvet wristlets—also revivals—were fastened with long metal snaps studded with red coral beads. AN ANCIENT ADAGE. Superstitious folk very much object to the presence of the "May blossom" in their houses, for, according to the saying I quote— "Who bringeth hawthorne into ye hall, To him ill-luck will aye befall." i France the hawthorne is generally known as "1'epine noble," from the belief that it furnished the Saviour's crown of thorns. An authority, in the person of Sir John Mande- ville-deriving his information I know not whence-tells us that when our Lord was in the garden the Jews made him a crown of the branches of the aube pine or white thorn, which grew in the same garden. FRIED PARSLEY Is a delicious garnish for cutlets, kromeskies, and a variety of fried dishes too long to name. It is not often, however, that this palatable accompaniment is served with such dishes, although its preparation entails very little trouble. The parsley should be fresh cut (double parsley), and must be perfectly dry before it is fried. It may be spread on a dish Lefore the fire for a short time. Have a deep saucepan half filled with boiling fat, put the parsley into a wire basket, and plunge it into the fat for a second or two until crisped, then toss on to kitchen-paper to drain. Garnish your cutlets with it when free from fat. A wire frying basket costs a few pence only; yet it is not always found amongst utensils in the best-furnished kitchens. BRAIN CAKES. With the advance of hot weather our taste for steaming joints sensibly diminishes, and the appdite-alway8 caprieions in summer- craves dainty, tasty dishes which do not suggest a heavy meal, but only light refresh- ment—something that sustains nature with- out repelling the fastidious sensation of hunger comipon when the sun is approaching its meridian. Brain cakes serve the purpose. Soak in salt and water, and pick over the brains. Boil them for a quarter of an hour, then throw into cold water to blanch; after- wards pound them to a. paste with a little minced sage (a very small quantity of powdered mace, if liked), cayenne, salt, and white pepper to taste. Mix to a paste with two well-beaten eggs and only as much flour as is necessary. Make into balls of small size, and flatten them out. Dip them in egg and breadcrumbs. Fry them in boiling fat; drain, and serve with fried parsley. Of course, these cakes do not make what is known as a "substantial" meal, but it is a nourishing meal, and if followed by a cheese course and a good salad, or by cheese pre- pared in some dainty way, the eater is sustained, and not oppressed. If one can ensure absolute freshness, calf's liver, calf's brains, ox and sheep tongues, and kidneys also, can be severally dressed to suit a jaded appetite, and cause none of the recoil I have already alluded to.

A DOMESTIC SURPRISE. Mre. Heweon, a wardrobe dealer, of Small Heath, received a visit from her husband, from whom she has been separated for some years. The man brandished a. clasp knife, a.nd threatened to murder her. She made her escape by the back door, and Hewson tnrred his attention to William Nield, the lodger, who attempted to prevent the husband follow- ing his wife. He knocked him down. aid after kicking him about the legs, made, it is said, several thrusts at him with the knife, one striking him in the ribe and causing blood to flow. Hewson dashed oat of the bouse, but was by ajgclioeman and arregted. l,

FOB FEMALE FOLK. USEFUL HINTS FOR THE HOME. TO CORRESPONDENTS. "Ignoramus. "-For ginger-bread put in about a cupful of dark treacle, half a. cup of sour milk or cream, a little salt, and a good teaspoonful of ground ginger; add a tea- spoonful of soda dissolved in a little water and one ounce of liquefied butter. Beat in one pound of sifted flour, and bake in well- buttered tins. TO CLEAN KID BOOTS. Rub them over with orange juice, let it dry; then brush quickly with a polishing brush. TABLES MARKED BY HOT DISHES Should be rubbed with brown paper satu- rated with methylated spirit; afterwards rub with linseed oil, and finally polish with beeswax and turpentine. I RUSTY FLAT-IRONS Can be cleaned and mada as smooth as glass by rubbing them with a lump of beeswax tied in a piece of rag. When the irons are hot, rub them first with the wax rag, and then scour with a paper or cloth sprinkled with salt. Once a smoothing iron is allowed to get red- hot it will never recover that over-heating, but remain rough to the end of time, BEETROOT SALAD. Parboil a beet, remove the skin carefully, cut the root into thin slices, and stew gently with some spring onions in a little gravy thickened with flour and cream; add a dessertspoonful of vinegar, pepper, salt, and a little sugar. Sprftad the salad on a dish neatly. Serve cold with cheese or meat. Take care not to break the slices of beetroot. TO KILL WEEDS. "Ill weeds grow apace," so runs the old proverb, and weeds on garden paths it is very difficult to exterminate, or even to subdue. I believe that a preparation made of one pound of sulphur and the same quantity of lime dissolved in two gallons of water will destroy such intrusive growths. Pour the liquid over them, but be careful not to get too near the edges of lawns or of flower-beds. WORMS IN FURNITURE. Once the insect establishes itself, its devas- tations are rapid, and the wood becomes perforated, and finally crumbles away, if the enemy be not destroyed. This may be done by dipping a knitting needle in paraffin, and then inserting it in the largest holes daily for a fortnight. When no more powder is seen coming from the holes, fill them up with putty, give a coat of stain, and afterwards varnish the affected part. FLAVOURED VINEGARS. It should be remembered that very soon it will be time to prepare those flavoured vinegars which the French cook rightly con- siders essential for the proper flavouring of her dishes. Tarragon, chervil, mint, and other so-called pot herbs should severally be steeped in vinegar, and the flavour they impart to it is stronger if the leaves are infused juet before the herbs bttrst into flower. CHEESE TARTLETS. Line some patty pans with good puff paste, and half fill them with a mixture made of a quarter of a pound of rich cheese cut in small pieces and pounded in a mortar, with a pinch of salt, half a teaspoonful of pepper, half a teaspoonful raw mustard, and a piece of butter the size of an egg. Pound all smoothly, and add by degrees the well-beaten yolks of three eggs and a tablespoonful of sherry wine. Mix the ingredients thoroughly, and just before the tartlets are to be baked add the white of an egg beaten to a froth. Ba.ke in a quick oven. ALL-NIGHT FIRE. To keep a fire all night about 41b. or 51b. of coal are placed evenly on the top of an ordinary fire; over this about 71b. of very small coal, or rather coal diust, are spread. Over the whole 41b. of fine coal ash is evenly strewed, and "patted" flat with the bedroom fire shovel. This fire burns the whole night without any attention, and in the morning the resulting cake of mingled ash and coal dust is broken up, producing a, bright blaze. The fire is kept in during the day by the addition of a little fresh coal and a small' quantity of ash strewed from time to time on the surface. CHICKEN CUTLETS. Half a pound of cooked chicken, Jib. of cooked ham, mince it, add two large table- spoonful of thick Bechamel sauce, 2oz. of butter, salt, pepper, a little chopped parsley, and onion Mix altogther, leave till cold. Then form into small cutiets, flour them, then egg and breadcrumb them, and fry them in the usual way. Dish up on potato border, with heads of asparagus in the centre, and good white sauce around. Plase small cutlet frill in each cutlet. Potato border: Boil the potatoes, and pass throrgh a wire sieve. Season with a little salt, add a. little butter, and one yoke of egg. Make it up into the border, using a. little flour when rolling, place on baking tin, glaze the border with an egg beaten up, and bake a nice golden colour. THE PLAIN VERSUS THE HANDSOME MAN. Matrimonially considered, the plain man is much more desirable than the handsome man. The wife of the modern Adonis is never quite happy. From boyhood's hour he has lived upon the approbation of others. Her own worship of him may for a while suffice to satisfy him; but later on he will assuredly need that of the outside world. And the out- side world is only too pleased to grant him all the admiration he requires. Dinner parties, club meetings, balls, pic-nics, demand his presence constantly, but make no point of his wife being there at all, a fact she quickly discerns, and proportionately resents. Should sha absent herself from such gaieties she imagines her husband making himself too agreeable to this pretty woman or that, and should she become a hanger-on of his popu- larity she is all the while seething with hatred for her equivocal position. HOW ENGLISHWOMEN WALK. A ladies' paper, referring to the accusation of the French that English women do not walk well, admits the soft impeachment, and declares that very few English women do walk well. That some wriggle, some stride, some scuffle, and very few keep their bodies I erect and walk with a springing step. Put- ting aside the Scotch and Irish peasant girl, and, indeed, the peasantry of Europe gener- ally, we should imagine (says "Free Lance") that the English woman of to-day is far and away the best walker going, and if she does not consider imitation of the French cocotte necessary to social salvation, so much the better for everybody. In these days the prettiness of exercise may be occasionally for- gotten, but so far as grace can be combined with utility, and so far as an easy gait can b" made compatible with the vagaries of fashion, we think English women as pedes- trians can hold their own, and more, with the women of other countries. "THE NERVOUS BITE." French physicians who have made a study of the habit of biting one's finger-nails or gnawing pencils and penholders say that these are really nervous disorders, heredi-I tary in some cases and often contagions by example. They have even figured out what maladies come from the different forms of the biting habit. Onchyophagy—that's the stage name of nail-biting—causes intestinal disorders. Penholder gnawers seem especially liable to appendicitis. Dr. Peres states that the inves- tigation shows that Z5 per cent. of French school children are nail-biters. Gnawing hair is mostly confined to the lower animals, but many tumours in human beings have consisted entirely of hair and wood, a hairy ball weighing about a pound having been taken from the stomach of a young girl of eleven. Thread-eating, to which little attention has been given, has been noticed in a girl of eighteen to the extent of eating a third of a woollen fichu in four or five days.

LADY DIAMOND SMUGGLER. On the arrival of the Hamburg-American liner Pretoria at Hoboken a lady passenger, on being searched by a female inspector at the Customs House, was found to have con- cealed in a false bosom several handfuls of diamonds, valued at a very large sum of money. It is stated that the number of dia- monds constitutes a record for the New York Customs House. The name of the lady, who is described as being handsomely dressed, is not divulged, and it is understood that no proceedings were taken against her. There is much mystery about the affair, and it is rumoured that the culprit is a prominent society leader. She spent money freely during the voyage, and the amount of her luggage exceeded that of any other passenger.

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ANSWERS FOR ALL. COMMON ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST. Wo cannot publish any letter unless the wrltsr send* his real name and address, not nscewarfly Pub" llcation, but as a {ruamues of gootl faith. The Editor cannot undertake to return roiaoted oom- munlcations, In^j Ties to be answered la the next week'* iwue must reach the "Wwk'y Hail" office not later than YOV. first post on '.t'u86<by morning.

MEDICAL. HEALTHY HOMES. Although a clean body and a healthy occu- pation, with freedom from all vices and intemperance, will do much to give a long and happy life, yet these desirable things may fail to secure health if the home in which we spend half our life is not kept in a healthy state. Many houses are so badly built, so imper- fectly drained, and built on such an unsuit- able foundation that they ought never to be occupied, and nothing a tenant could do would make them fit to live in and rear a family in. It is a wise thing to inquire fully into the history of a- house before taking it; inquire how often the tenants have been changed, and what illnessee and deaths have occurred in it for half a dozen years. Some houses are never properly disinfected, after a. death from some infectious disease, and there are several diseases not on the list of infec- tious diseases which may yet leave an un- wholesome taint in some of the rooms. Cancer is found to haunt certain houses, and tuber- culosis may leave contagion behind it. For a house to be healthy it should be dry in its lowest floor and watertight above; no damp should be found on any of the walls, and the windows should all open properly. and be kept open as much as possible, except on the days of the worst weather. The drainage Ls, however, the moat impor- tant element to be considered. The water- closets should be carefully examined to. find a. good Bush of water, an absence of all leakage, absence of all smell, and a clear ventilation to the outer air. The sink for slops should be properly trapped, and water should run away freely. Rain-water pipes from the roof should open freely in the air over trapped gullies, and, above all, the drains themselves must not leak under your floors, nor, indeed, any- where on your premises, for if there are faulty joints or broken pipes there must be a constant escape of sewer gases. There is no more insidious or fatal fault in a dwelling than the gradual, constant escape of sewer gas, which causes many sorts of illness, such as headaches, loss of appetite, and sore throats. By sewer gases also typhoid fever, diphtheria, and scarlatina are frequently con- veyed. The mere occasional throwing down drains of disinfectants will not save life nor prevent infection. Whenever there is any suspicion of danger insist on having the drains tested by a sanitary inspector. Red Nose and Face.—"E. C."—'We do not know how to cure you. The best remedy is zino ointment, applied every night. Weak Knee.—W. Frank Never play football again, nor even run at all -carelessly for several years, and wear an elastic knee-cap. Hair Dye.—"Embarrassed."—The original colour will return gradually. You cannot use any other chemical with any advantage. Baldness.—"Patch, L. L."—This is alopecia, a bare patch from nerve disease. Ycu can only go on rubbing in stimulant liniments, such as that of Dilute Capsicum. Tender Feet.—"H. R."—Bathe the feet every night in warm water, adding a little salt and a very little soda; dry them thoroughly, and then rub m a little pure lanolin. "L. E.' W." (Barnes).—A constant jerking of the limbs points to chorea, or St. Vitus' dance. You must have regular medical attendance until cured. Muscular Rheumatism.—"j. S., Plook. Salicin m five-grain doses may do good, and rub into the painful parte some compound camphor liniment. Fatness.-A. Parker.-Avoid all eugar, fat, and starchy food, and eat more meat, green vegetables, and fruit, and take pills of fucus veeiculosus. Wind and Gravel.—T. Riley.—A patient may have wind in the stomach, and also may have gravel m the kidneys and bladder, bat they are separate ailments. "We do not feel able to prescribe. Loss of Hair.—"Andrews."—It ie difficult to say in your case what is the matter. As you say the scalp itches, wo expect there ie some parasite there. Show it to a doctor, and do not rely on quack remedies. Stomach Pain. — "Woollie." — Indigestion vi w seicre Pain in. the stom&ch and leit side, felt after meals, points to the pre- sence of some ulceration of the stomach, which is a serious matter; so consult a doctor at once. .A- -D- '—You call the case one of bron- chitis, but, as she hae frequent colds and much cough, with wheezing in the chest, debilify, and is losing flesh rapidly, we should fear that the lungs are affected. A physician should examine her chest without delay. Excessive Perspiration.—Mies U." and "E. C. D. You will find this a difficult matter to get rid of, but you can try bathing the arm- pits every night with hot water and carbolic soap, then, after careful drying, rub in a little finely-powdered boracic acid, or else try boracic ointment. Poverty of Blood.—"Niagara."—All prepara- tions of iron, such as Bland's Pills, or citrate of iron and ammonia, are the best remedies to improve the state of the blood. To check sweaty hands rub in a. little dry powdered boracic acid twice a day, or bathe them in alum water. Perspiration—"Halifax."—In this case we think you might wash thoroughly with car- bouc soap, and also take a powder twice a day every other day for a couple of weeks containing ten grains of boric add and twenty grains of precipitated sulphur; it can be. taken in milk. or cream, or jam. Biliousness.—"C. A."—You do not give ng the symptoms from which you suffer, and which you call biliousness, 80 we are not likely to choose a remedy which will cure you: but you would do well to take a mixture of thubarb, soda, ginger, and sulphate of magnesia twice a day. Any chemist can make up a suitable mixture for you on appli- cation. Wakefulness.—"Non-sleeper."—It is a great misfortune to need to begin taking sedative medicines and sleeping draughts, because it is so easy to form a bad habit and eo difficult to break off. Try every possible change of life first. For instance, change your supper diet, and also the time of the last meal; try beer taken the last thing at night, or stout, or spirits: if all fail, try the effect of fifteen grains of bromide of potassium in a wineglass of water on an empty stomach a quarter of an hour before the time for sleep. Tetter.—"Perplexed Mother."—This used to be called scald-head, when it got to be so bad as you describe. You will need skilled atten- tion for months to get the child's head well. We do not think you can cure it by domestic remedies. It is proper to soak the crusts in carbolic oil, then to remove them by scraping, after applying a hot linseed poultice; when you have the sore skin bare, it Must be treated with a weak mercurial or a sulphur ointment. It will be the wisest plan to go to a hospital skin physician. NOTE.—If a question refers to personal illness or accident, the sex, age, and condi- tion must all be stated. Questions relating to matters of public interest will be answered as fully as possible, but the Editor does not undertake to print in this column answers to questions which are entirely of a. private character. Great care should be taken in framing medical questions, otherwise the answers may be unsuitable, and henoe no responsibility is accepted by the Editor, who thus renders gratuitous advice.

LEGAL. Mother's Will.—" W. T. C."—You are entitled to require the executor to make up the deficiency of yonr annuity out of capital. I Lodger's Debt. — Gwalia." — Your only remedy will be to apply to the magistrates to order the return of the goods. Claim against Tailors.—"Constant Reader." —We would suggest that, you tell the people that unless they alter the garment to your satisfaction within a week you will sue in the county-court for the return of the sum paid. Factory Act—" Bottler."—We cannot advise without knowing more of your business. T-hcr.9 is one decision that a btisitiess such as yours i3 not. and another tha.t it is, a factory. The answer depends upon what is done exactly. There has been legislation since the first case to which we refer, and probahlv you cbme within the Act. °-

I GENERAL. "W. G."—It was held in 1892. "Constant Reader."—A cheap edition can be supplied you through Western Mail Limited for 2s. 9d. One of the Passengers.—Letters on the subject must be written over the names and addresses by the writers.

WHAT IS BRANDY? At North London Police-court on Monday Mr. Fordham delivered a considered judgment in the case of the Islington Borough Council v. Hillyer, deciding an important question as to what is brandy. The summons was taken out under the Food and Drugs Act. Defen- dant's wife supplied the council's inspector with a bottle labelled "Fine old pale brandy," for which he paid 5s. It was submitted for analysis, and proved to contain 60 per cent. of spirit not derived from the grape. The Magistrate decided that the liquid sold was not brandy, and he imposed a fine of £5 and JE50 costs.

PASSENGERS IN PERIL. The coastguards at Hope Cove tele- phoned to Salcombe, South Devon, that the Lady Hudson Kinahan, of the British and Irish Steam Packet Company, which left Plymouth earlier in the evening, had gone ashore near Bolt Tail. Lifeboats put off, and others were ordered to stand ready. There was a dense fog. Twenty-six passengers and seventeen French seamen were landed in the ship's boats. There was not the slightest panic. The ship got off unassisted at mid- ttigMiu and proceeded ;o Plymouth^

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SCENE IN A BEDROOM. A NEWPORT GROCER'S VIOLENT CONDUCT. The marital differences between Arthur Benjamin Turner, a Newport grocer, and his wife, have been looming large in the Newport magistrates' court for several years. On Monday Turner was again summoned. This time it was in respect of a scene which occurred in the bedroom where his wife was lying recently confined, at her mother's resi- dence in Bilston-street. Turner, who now lives at Abersychan, was summoned for an assault on John Bale, a young man, of Robert- street. Bale stated that he was a friend of the family in Bilston-street, where Mrs. Smith (who is an invalid), the mother of Mrs. Tur- ner, and another daughter live. Mrs. Smith strongly objected to Turner visiting the house, as he and his wife were separated by the magistrates, and he was a source of annoy- ance. Last Thursday evening he came to the door at 7.30, and, though he was told that he would not be admitted, he at once went up- stairs to the bedroom where his wife was lying after a recent confinement. Brie, on the authority of Mrs. Smith, ordered him out, but the defendant would not go. Detective-ser- geant Cox, who lives a few doors away, was then sent for, and he also tried to induce Turner to leave, but he still refused, and after Bale had caught hold of him Turner struck the complainant twice in the mouth. Detective-sergeant Cox said Turner refueed to leave the house. When Mr. Bale and him- self caught hold of him, with the idea of ejecting him, he (Turner) seized the foot of the bed upon which his wife was lying, and pulled it around the bedroom. Thinking that such a scene, if continued, would be very in- jurious to the wife, the detective sent for another police officer, but before he arrived Turner left. Defendant said he went to the house at his wife's request, conveyed in a letter. He con- tended that he and his wife were not now separated. The old trouble had been con- doned, and they were now, he asserted, on the most affectionate terms. He admitted striking the complainant, but it was only after he had been pushed about. And what right had Bale in his wife's bedroom? In the result the bench held that there was no justification for the defendant striking complainant. Ke was fined 21s.

POACHING AT MACHEN. RABBITS NETTED FOR A COURSING MATCH. Three Bieca colliers, named Henry John Powell, John Griffiths, and John Carpenter, appeared before the Newport County justices on Saturday charged with obtaining game and using nets on land at Machen on the 21st of May. The defendants pleaded guilty. Mr. T. B. R. Wilson, who prosecuted on be- half of the police, said, in the circumstances, he proposed to leave the matter entirely in the hands of the magistrates without making any comment, as the defendants, he was glad to say, made no attempt to resist the police and the gamekeepers when discovered. Polioe-constable Morgan deposed that at four a.m. on the 21st inst. he was on the road leading from Church Road to Pontymister, when he heard a shot fired. Subsequently he saw the three defendants, who were carrying four bags; two rabbit nets, each 100 yards ed c -s long, and two hea vy-nobbed sticks. They had thirteen live rabbits in the hags. When accosted they admitted that they had caught the rabbits, and said they wanted them for the Caerphilly coursing match on the 23rd. There were previous convictions against Powell, and he was now fined £2; Griffiths and Carpenter being fined £ 1 and costs each. —Mr. H. Lloyd, Cardiff, defended. Joseph Wallace, another collier, was sum- moned for a like offence at Machen on the same date. In this case Mr. Wilson prose- cuted on behalf of Colonel the Hon. F. C. Morgan, M.P., the owner of the land, and evidence was given by Alfred Beacon, gamekeeper, to the effect that when defendant saw him he dropped his gun and ran aw.ay.—The offence was admitted, and Mr. Harold Lloyd, for the defendant, said defendant wanted his gun back.-The Cleik: Oh, he must have that, of course.—Fined £1 and costs.

"SPOTTED BY THE POLICE." James Harris, a greengrocer, of 96, Durham- road, was before the Newport magistrates on Friday for the twenty-eighth time charged with furiously driving a horse and trap in High-street and on Newport Bridge. The evidence of Police-constables Colborne and Probert was that the horee was going at a, tremendous rate—twelve miles an hour at least. "What!" exclaimed the defendant, in astonishment. "The horse would not go ten miles an hour if he was pushed." Ten miles an hour is too fast for this town." rejoined the Clerk. But it is only an old .cart-horse, and I've got him outside now if you would like to see him." The Bench declined the invitation, and asked what defendant had further to say. Harris replied that he had been summoned because he had been spotted by the police, and not because he had committed any offence. The Presiding Magistrate (Mr. C. H. Bailey) said defendant would be fined 40s., or a month's imprisonment. There you are," observed the defendant. "It is a scandalous shame." Now, now; you will be re-called if you don't mind," replied Mr. Bailey.

DRUNK IN CHARGE OF A CHILD. Emily Rogers, described as a charwoman, was brought before Major-general Lee and Mr. D. T. Alexander at Barry Police-oourt on Monday, charged with being drunk whilst in charge of a child under the age of seven years.—Prisoner, who belonged to Cardiff, visited Barry on Saturday, and spent the day in a public-house drinking. When seen by Police-constable David Lewis in the evening the woman was staggering drunk in Holton- road. She had a child under seven years of age in her charge. Deputy-chief-constable Giddmgs mformed the bench that the mother of the child had reported to the Cardiff police that the child was missing. „ The woman was fined 5e., or five days' im- prisonment.

PRESENTATIONS AT NEATH. On Sunday a successful Church parade took place at Neath, an appropriate address being delivered at St. Catherine's Church by the rector (the Rev. A. F. Evans). There was a capital muster of artillery, the Neath, Briton Ferry, and Skewen Batteries turning out in strong force. Several members of I Com- pany of the 2nd V.B. Welsh Regiment were also present. Lieutenant-colonel Gardner, who was in command, subsequently presented long-service medals to Sergeant D. M. Jenkins and Gunners W. Brooks and Griff Jenkins; and Major Green presented the South African bars to Sergeant Michael Lewis and Privates Jfcnuett and Wasgetaff.

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