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LADIES! Select the material for your new dress from Noble's patterns, and ensure unequalled style, wear and value HOT WEATHER DRESS FABRICS "<WMt Weaves in D (inty Pastel Shades, including 1 ToyN Siik and Wool Fancies, New Armures, Wool Taffetas, ic., from lOjd. to 3'9 per yard. W4SH FABRICS, Printed Delaines, from lOjd. Printed Cambrics, from d. ■ Reversible Zephyrs—vast variety, from 5|d. f*ZHTED COTTON NOVELTIES, from «Jd. Lovely SILKS, from 8id. Sterns of any orall on approval—LARGE BOX FREEl IiIlRGES We challenge the world for Serge Value. B 160 qualities, all weil{llts. 1/3 to 8/9 per yard. New Booklet of Summer Fashions sent post free. .Ink. 298 BROOK ST. MILLS o n NobleLtd. MANCiU:s'rER GRASSHOPPER OINTMENT AND PILLS. THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY. No Bought or Manufactured Testimonials. CUreg Bad Arm*. Hands, Ab»ces»e«, PoUoned Swollen Gland*, Bad Breaata. Si-. Joints, Bunions. HAVE ( J- ?FIU |JBAD A JM LEG toUri\°Un^st^at discharge or otherwise,perhaps sur- pre e" with inflammation and swollen, that when you irj)D s >'9ur finder on the inflamed part it leaves the def sjon I f so, under the skin you have poison that j)" "es a'l the remedies you have tried, from which, il in„ e*tracted, you never can recover, but go on suffer 8vf iV ^cat^ releases you. Perhaps your knees are inn l'ie i°'nts beifig ulcerated, the same with the th es, round which the skin may be discoloured, or » ;re may be wounds; the disease, if allowed to con j^Ue will deprive you of the power to walk. You may attendedvarious hospitals ar.dhadmedicalad vice been told your case is hopeless, or advised tosubmit v imputation; but do not, for 1 can cure you. I don't say te aPs' but 1 will. Because other; have failed it is 110 I should. Send at once a Postal Order for 2/8 f^LBERT. FAR RING DON STREET, LONDON, box of GRASSHOPPER OINTMENT and PILLS Jch is a certain remedy for the cure of Bad Legs. (Copyright.) &ONEY FOR LADIES JM'UME SKIRTS FREE. fyodL a Few Weeks, to clear remainder of *» we will send, carriage paid, one of ^well-known ^e^on Cloth Tailor-made Skirts (Latest Model) for 4/9; usual 8/11. every or^'r we send six coupons for *etu\r*ut*i°n among your friends, and on the J*1 <>f same to us, together with orders, to send you, carriage padd, a i Sh-ff S'kirt, absolutely Free of Charge. Black, Navy, Brown, Blue, and ordering please state colour, size of and length. MAIL OKDEE MANUFACTURING CO., CASTLE (tREEN, BRISTOL. fc<w:M°ney returned and caj-riage paid if JjTr aj"e rot to entire satisfaction. St.„ ?y °rdors and cheques should be crossed Banking Co." wl588 Sc Important to All /^fiEEES FROM INDIGESTION, DYSPEP- 5^1''mV0,SiS CF APPETITE, HEAUTBURN, ^iLrky^CE, WIND, DULL HEADACHE, P4Ti>^SNl>SS, SLUGGISH LIVER, CONSTI- PILES, FEELING OF TIREDNESS OR WEAKNESS. Ac. THORNE'S ^IGESTIYE PILLS bl, Safest and Most Effectual Remedy for t'heee Distressing Complaints. ARE NOT A QUACK MEDICINE prepared from the prescription of an Eminent Physician. .1 Price 7 i d. or 1/- per Box. V# Obtainable of ara. D. Anthony & Co., Royal Arcade, St. jlary-street and Queen-street, w Duck & Son, St. Joim's-square. ^ole!»i Hicks Co., Duke-street & High-street. <116 Agents: Messrs. Duck & Son, St. ^Inahl Joim's-square. +h any Chemist or pent Post Free by 116 Proprietor and Sole Manufacturer, • H. Thorne, M.P.S., Chemist, Michaeldean, Gloucester. T»I0r, Howse's Poultry Specialities, Roup Pills, ^°r dissolving in drinking water), PiJls «>"Weakness, Tonic Pills. 1/1 per box post free. wl561 ^OADWOOD, •^ECHiSTEIN, ^LUTHTSTEE, ^oiiirdma YER, EEARD, WALDEMAR, NEUMETSTER, ^^ODIST PIANOLA PIANOS AND B ROMANS. Sole Qnd Exclusive Agents for C-ardiff Yy and District: — MHTH AND gONS, 76, QUEEN STREET, b> CARDIFF. FROM IS GUINEAS CASH, kL 011 10s. (3d. MONTHLY. ^YPT!' °1199- ALEO AT~ PORT TAIIBOT, A PENARTH. w4724 CRUSADE AGAINST Att:p POVERTY. i who are interested i the VSii^UaTAi?11 Question should read "THE Aw1?? a Monthly Journal, cou- v. iw?J'Vant Articles written ly well- y Will OT1 ihis all-absorbing topic. *5 n^v~ eent under cover, together VM ,Daffed prioe list of appliances, •2d- in stamps.—E. LAMBERT ^"rB^cal Instrument and Appliance v j, aad 62. Cfaeeai'a-road. Dateton, KM3» J

FASHIONS FOR WOMEN. ♦ LATEST NOVELTIES IN THE WORLD OF DRESS. The Modorn Babylon is very full juet now; it always is in the month of Jume, but this year the vast throng gathered together in Dond'on appears uiiusnially great.. No doubt, the White City has a magnetic attraction for millions of people, and the Pan-Angli<Xlin 0:>ngre?B is of paramount importance to a eo'UTi'i.k-ss h-oi=t solicitous for the extension and welfare of the Church militant here on earth and the dissemination of the Gospel throughout all lands and among all peoples. THE MID-SEA SON. During the inoesis-ant whirl of tihe mid- seas-cn everyone gets over-worked. What we term the leisured classes in the pursuit of pleasua-e work as hard in their way as any- one, but with widely differing remits. At this time of the year every day in London sevn; to consist of forty-eig-ht hours, and ca.ch hour of that day to coiratain one hun- dred and twenty minutes, all of them tre- mendously occupied, time in this respect being measured by the amount of work, business or pleasure, crammed into the nights ae well a.s the days du'ring this feverish rnid-summtT mid-seasr>a. The shopkeepers arc dreadfully ru shed—in .-hort, everyone is rushed now, and the pace is certainly killing: In the heart of tih-e country there a.re—though, somehow, !/>donors can hardly realise it—coo!, green par.tu.rrs with ruminating cattle in them, leafy woods, running streams, silent pools— all the repose and restfulness so utterly alien, to the traffic, raa-r, and turmoil of the streets, the ineeve-iant tramp of many feet on the pavrrr.ents, the strain and the street of those who throng them night and day, rhy and nigut, an endless, interminable train. "W", see the Jong procession Still'1,parsing to and fro. The young heart hot and restless, And the old subdued and slow; We tihink how many thousands Cf eare-enooinbered men, Each bearring h.is burden of so'rro'w, Have pass-eid that bridge since—when?" Longfellow's pathetic verses havo been -.lightly travestied to suit the occasion, for we are thinking cf other bridges, and of London Bridge in particular, where the traffic ceases net night nor day, and where the curious observer may very soon verify the assertion that never at any hour the whole day through can you cross that bridge without seeing the traditicnal white horse on it. JUNE FASHIONS. The draprirs are beginning already to pre- j>ara for their "after-season" sates, which means that they are pushin.g forward the .0::1.:03 of thpir summer good's as much as pos- sible. There is great subtlety of invention Mapiayed in the. dressing of their shop win- dows. What an indefinable art there is in .vinciow-dreusing! A well-known essayist once wrote 'a readable article on "The Art of Put- ting Things." Hardly lees important in the :.Ti.tepest«3 of trade is the art of placing things, nn art to excel in which demands almost as much training and skill as does the aequdre- ■nent of some of the so-called learned pro- ."csione. The painter's accurate eye for pose and oolour is esi-emtia.1 to the successful vindoiw-dresser, like the superior artist who t-ands back from the easel, and palette in h'md, critically surveys his suibjeot and Ms treatment of it. The •wrnd'oAv-dresfie.r par ■exT'cllemee stands outside the shop either sur- veying his own airrangements of the articles therein displayed or criticising and directing the operations of subordinates working under him. And when lie, the minor-artist, is satis- fied what a centre of attraction to the feminine world that window becomes! Nor is it alone in windows devoted to the sale of aitioles of dress that this skill in posing is apparent. Jurt one example of it: It was a large, square cushion in a decorating uphol- sterer's plate-gliaes window-in fact, in the centre of it—-and but for the manner in which it was set out-, might have been unnoticed, or been in corresponding sense what the I primrose was to Peter Bell in Wordsworth's delightful poem, A primrose on a river's brim A yellow primroee was to him, And it wa.s nothing more." Bait the cushion arranged as it was looked more important than a mere back or head rest; it was distinctly a decorative article, in addition—one cornier erect and the down flJI- ing an either side punched in just above the carriers riffht and left. This trifling altera- tion of sha-pe seems hardly worth recording, but tshe difference effected by it wouJid be appreciated by anyone with on eye for deco- rative posing; in shart, that cnshiOlll was a wordless commentary on the valuable art of displaying things to the best advantage. Some of us have noiticod how by a few magic touches the appearance of a room may be improved. The. maid has arranged the furni- ture in the formal way common to her c'a5F. Then, without actually displacing it. the mistress changes in a few minutes the entire aspect of things. She draws one cihadr forward, sots another back, alters the posi- tion of occasional tables and chairs, gives a touch to the sofa and chair cushions, to orna- ments, and to 'the window drapery—only a touch—yet, the magic of these seeming in- significant operations is patent to all but the most obtuse. To your text. Mr. Dean! To your text!" was the cry of impatient Eliza- beth Tudor to a too discursive chaplain. So we to our text in response to a mandate silent, but equally imperative. FASHIONS FOB JUNE. Foremost amongst these are the waistcoats made of chintz. Hitherto waistcoats have envied at the waist, and, as a rule, were meiefparable from the coat, but the newest vest is suite a separate affair, and the very newest is carried well below the waist-line after the manner of waistcoats worn wthen Geprge III. was king, and, in like fashion, flap pockets are a feature of the modern du plicate. Sometimes we see a smaller pocket near the top of the vest, which shows only a little of the lace shirt worn, beneath. cretonne used is of a flowery descrip- The cretonne used is of a flowery descrip- tion in a mingling of vivid ccjk»uirs. Other waistcoats are made of chintz in Oriental or Paisley coloairs and patterns, -wom with self- coloured coats and skirte; these flowered vests are very smart-looking. "Smart" is a word said to be quite tabooed, but our language does not provide its equivalent, so the interdicted monosyllable moist be used occasionally. Chintz vests are rather expen- sive, for they require the most ca-reful cut- ting; one or two worn "turn ajid turn about" give a stylish aptpetarance to any coat, far superior to that produced by the variation of the shirts and blouses wherewith we are accustomed to diversify the appearance of OUT coat and skirt costumes. THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT. The latest development of the neck-ruffle is a very wide neck-band of tucked muslin, the lower edge terminating in. a point beneath the chin. Narrow double frililg of kilted lace finish both edges, and a twrist of soft ribbon tied at the back is passed through the centre of the ruff at diaerotion ■ There is a.n endiees array of narrow fiat ties for the neck; they atre laid under the turn-over collar or carried round the collar-band, and, being secured by a brooch, the ends of the tie fall to the waist. Ties of this description are much worn in Paris; so are the small bows and ends of twisted crepe de chine. Then, ribbon is threaded in collars and rufiles and tied at the back. This fashion prevailed vary many years back, when it -was oarrjftd to excess, the ends of Tibbon two inchUTwide falling to the hem of the skirt, which was both inconvenient and absurd. A natty little bow where the collar fastens, whether under the chin or at the back of the neck, is a neat finish. In the latter position it certainly suits all and sundry. Rdbbons are much used for the hair, being made up in various decorative ways for this purpose. FOTTLAED. Fouilard, as already mentioned, is a great, favourite with many fashionable women. On Derby Day the Princess of Wales wore a dross of satin foulard, and on "Oak's" day Mrs. George Keppie, who is one of the best dressed Society dames, were a, sea-green satin foulard toilette and a large hat trimmed with feathers to match, relieved with touches of salmon pink. Another tasteful but simple dreSs was made of ivory muslin, checked with fine lines in black and red. Very popu- lar at this time is a pale, soft shade of grey, touched up with orchid mauve. COOLING DRINKS. Among drinks of this sort is that known as "Cambridge"; it is both agreeable a.nd refreshing, and is made by mixing together equal quantities of ale and soda water, but many persons prefer ginger-beer in place of. the mineral water. t CANADIAN Is another refreshing beverage. Half fill a sodoa.-wat,er glass with pounded ice, and add to it half a email lemon tlhinly sliced, a dessertspoonful of soigar, and two glasses of sherry. Mix well, and drink through aeitra.w. LEMON SQUASH. Take the juice of eight lemons; allow a tablespoonful of sifted sugar to each lemon. Put into a clean pan, with a pint of water, and simmer gently until the sugar is dis- solved. Beat uip th3 white and shell of one egg, add these to the syrup. Stir until the mixture boils; let it do so for a minute or two, then pour through a jelly-bag. When ocxld add a quarter of an ounce of citric acid, bottle, and cork tishtJy. When required for use prut five drops of Angostura bitters in a soda glass, them add a wineglassful of the lemon mixture, fill up with siodo-water, place a thin slice of lemon on the top, and serve with two straws. BLACK CURRANT LIQUEUR. Into a large stone jar with a small mouth brea.k some sugar candy in small pieces, and to every pound of candy willow OIlle quart of Crmt (picked from the stalks and free from the flowers at the end of tahe currant^; add. two or three cloves and a pint and a half of gin. Shake the jar often for a month or so. The liquor may then, be poured off amd bottled. It shotild be quite clear, and is fit to drink. The currants should be gathered after two successive dry days and be thoroughly, but not over, ripe. PERFECT COFFEE. Someone pronounced the metencholy ver- dict that it is quite to get a cup of good coffee on this rade the Channel. In France, and more especially in Boerland, the excc-llonce of the coffee is proverbial, and the dwefilccrs in those countries seem alto- gtther ir'different to the return stigma, that you canwt get a. cup of gocd tea out of E.ng- land, and China. Here, however, house- keepers resent the assertion that they cannot make drinkable coffee., but there is more than a grain of truth i'n the accusation junt recorded. The secret of unsuccessful coffee- brewing lies in the fact that we are indiffe- rent to the rules laid down for making good coffee. The coffee is not newly roasted nor freshly ground, the proportions of coffee and water are not properly balanced, and strength, combined with clarity, is a matter of indifference—a few 'grounds or many, what matter! At a certain restaurant here in Lon- don coffee of the most. irreproachable kind i" made. It is true the berries are roasted hourly and afterwards ground for pre&e.nt Ui&e, but the apparatus for the actual brew- ing could wot be more simple nor moire inex- pensive. The following recipe carcfully earricd cuit will at once remove the aspersion that we cannot make coffee fit to drink: — The newly-ground coffee is to be p>uit in a vre'l-warmrd patent eathenwinre jug. amrl water just brought to the boil poured over. A wooden spoon i" thel:1 used t:) stir t:he, borei\ A Mow a f ew minuses to pars, and then f't, very thr:ror.gh!y a second time. Let the coffee stand a little longer, then remove the froth with a spoon, and pour the coffee into a hot jug. One ounce and a quarter of coffee must- he allowed to each pint of water. The price of the jugs in brown ware ranges from tempefnee for a pint size; the same jars in "mycover" cost a trifle in excess. Measures and spoons are a penny each, and coffee mil's may he boutght from three shillings up to six shillings oooh. The best coffee is sold nt two shillings the pound, and there are three lower prices for atiher brands, all good. A great deal of made coffee is wasted because it is not dirinkable, whereas if duly appor- tioned to t'he naimber of partakers, amd ::toR drinkable as coffee ought to be, there would i'c 'no waste at all. It will be seen that it is false economy to stint the quantity of ground y)ff.¡, and aftorwards brew it 8,') that a weak solution, fortified with grounds, is offered in the cup that does net cheer. Neither possesses the merit a-erihed to excellent coffee—that of aiding digestion and checking or subduing the influence of a too free indulgence in wine. GRILLED CHOPS. FraneatoICi's eauoe for these is made of three ahajlots chopped fine, to be put in a small stewpan, with two ta>blespoonfuls of good vinegar and a pinch of cayenne pepper. Boil the?e for a few minutes; then add half a pint of strong brown, gravy and a table- sipoonful of tomato satuoc. Boil again, and finally etir in a P' £ t of butter and a little anchovy sauce.

TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION IN CARDIFF. NEW AGREEMENT WITH COLLEGE COUNCIL. At a special meeting of the Cardiff Educa- tion Committee (Alderman Lewis Morgan presiding) on Monday, .agreement was cbme to with regard to the provisions of the pro- posed three years' agreement between the county council and the college council in respect of technical instruction. It was decided, amongst other provisions, (1) That the college council be asked to provide suitable rooms and laboratories in its buildings in Newport-road, Dumfries- place, and, if necessary, other buildings at present under its control for such teaching and examination purposes as may be required by the education committee, and that these rooms shall only be used by students of fourteen years of age and up- wards, provided that exceptions respecting the age limit may be made with regard to the art school. (2) That arrangements be made whereby the education committee will continue to use for technical sohool purposes the new build- ings in Dumfries-place. <3) That the administrative work and man- agement of the school, with the exception of any matters &Bare in the agreement speci- fically delegated to the college council, be reserved to the education committee. (4) That the college council slhall be empowered in aJl cases where classes are established by the technical committee requiring the use of college laboratories, and in other subjects agreed upon, to appoint the teachers; that the salaries of such teachers, when fixed by the local education authority, be paid through the college council; and that the foregoing be subject to the proviso that all communications regarding the teaching and conduct of these classes shall be made through the principal of the college as representing the council of the college, and not direct to the teachers. (5) To pay to the council of the college 5 per cent, on the total amount collected by them for the work involved in the collection of the fees at the college main buildings. The new arrangement will involve the annual payment of £1.437 to the college council in respect of administration expenses, as against £1,923 under the old agreement. It was also agreed to pay the college -6125 annually for three years for conducting classes in cookery and laundrywork at the Training School of Cookery and the Domestic Arts, and to spend not exceeding JE100 a year on free studentships, with or without main- tenance, at the day classes of that school. Owing to the alteration of the conditions in the art school under the new schtfme, it was decided to pay Mr. Bush £450 as head- master, and Mrs. Bush £100, as against £68l paid to both under the old conditions. The recommendation of the technical schools committee to dispense with the services of Mr. Farr, the assistant art master, was referred back.

MERTHYR POLICE FORCE. HOME SECRETARY AND QUESTION OF ARBITRATION. At a meeting of the Merthyr Borough Council on Monday the watch committee submitted a copy of a letter addressed by the Hotme Secretary to the clerk to the Glamorganshire Standing Joint Oammittee with regard to the Merthyr police. Mr. Gladstone regretted it had not yet been found possible to settle the terms of arbitra- tion necessary in consequence of the separa? tion of the borough from the county for police purposes. It appeared to Mr. Gladstone fair and reasonable that the arbitration should include all questions as to what financial adjustments are necessary as between the county and the county borough in respect of (1) the police superannuation fund and (2) the existing police-stations in consequence of this separation and the termination of the consolidation agreement. In dealing with this question it would appear that the police-stations situated outside the borough could not be left out of account. However, Mr. Gladstone felt it impossible to withhold much longer his oososent to the termination of the consolidation agreement whiioh he promised to give so long ago as January 9 last. Before, however, giving his consent, he would be glad to know if the county would allow the police-stations situated within the limits of the borough to be used, if the watch committee desired them. for the purposes of the new force before finia.1 agreement OIl the matters in dispute is reached. He felt that the present condition of things with regard to the policing of the borough might at any time lead to serious difficulty, and should be put an end to as soon as possible. The committee also reported the receipt of a letter from Mr. T. Mansel Franklen stating that the standing joint committee was still awaiting a reply to his letter of May 2, inquiring the council's intention by their proposal of an "open arbitration," and that they had instructed the town-clerk to refer Mr. Franklen to the council's letter of April 25 last, and to say that the Home Secretary bad already expressed his views on the question of arbitration, with whioh the committee concurred. The report was adopted.

=========?====== HENDRE CHAIR EISTEDDFOD The annual chair eisteddfod was held at Hendre, near Pantyffynon, on Saturday. Results: — Soprano solo: Miss Blodwen Hopkins, Llan. gonnech. Contralto solo: Miss Kate Phillips, Gower- ton. Solo for boys under fifteen: Master J. g. Davies, Pantyffynon. Solo for girls under fifteen: Miss Gwenllian Domain, Ammanford. Pianoforte solo: Willie Morgan, Ynystawe. Essay: David Elias Evans, Park-street, Brynammam. Recitation for children under fifteen: J. H. JonES, Fforestfach, Swansea. Solo for children under ten years: Oassie Irene Reee, Penybank, Ammanford. Tenor solo: J. Brazil, Llaneliy. Poem: G. Jones (Madog Fyohan), Brecon. Baritone solo: Evan Richards, Pontardu- lais. Open recitation: Divided between Miss May Lewis, Ynystmeudw, Pocitardawe, and Miss M. J. Francis, Godragraig, Ystalyfera. PenilJion singing: 1st, J. Harries, Gorslas; 2nd, Edgar Thomas, Pontardulais. Duet: W. Brazil and J. Brazil, Llaneliy. Chief choral: Three choirs competed, viz., Treboefch, Pontardulais, and Duffryn United. The winnere were Treboeth (Leader, W. Jen-

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LEGAL. Barbed Wire.—" H. B."—At a reasonable distance, so as not to disturb" the right- of-way. We have no particulars of the kind of "way." The Barbed Wire Act only applies if the wire adjoins a highway so as to amount to a public nuisance. Dog-shooting.—"Cardi."—It is quite illegal to shoot a straying dog. The only Ca.5e when it can be justified is when it is done to protect animals in which the owner has a valuable property, or, perhaps, game which the dog is on the point of killing, and even for this proposition the law is doubtful according to the "Laws of England." We should sue the ganxekeoper, unless it can be proved that the master ordered him to do so, as the master cannot be presumed to have authorised his servant to commit an illegal act. The master may "maintain" and defend his servant, but will soon get tired of it and stop it if repeatedly sued. "LAW FOR THE MILLION." Third Edition. Revised and Enlarged. The Law np to date. The greatest Law Book for the iecple ever pnbl'-chcd. It fontarns c T,<rca, and comprises all the information required for ordinary purposes. No home should be wit: out it. Price 16. net, or h"ud in cloth 1s. 6d. net; postage 3d. extra. To be cotamed from all booksellers and newsagents, or from the Stationery Stores, Western ^ail- iuildings, Cardiff.

MEDICAL. Query.—" Silas" (Varteg. Mon.).—See. advice to "Anxious IG. B., Gibraltar),' and try Neural (Graham's, Strand, London), Glycero- phosphates Co. and Ovo-Lecithin. Palpitation—U. S. A., W. B." (Halifax).— Try tabloids of iron. arsenic, and digital in, per retail chemist. Wear a belladonna pdais- te-r. Avoid £ iudd;e:n or over-exertion; rest on back when able. Take ginigiamiait or Bata- Xaphthol tabloids to avoid wind, amd keep bowels active by ea lines; 20-30 grains pot., bromide at bedtime, and hop pillow. Publications.—" M. S." (Newport).—Try Ghevaf'se's Advice to a Mother," or Allison s "Advice to Ladies" (Spanish-place, Loindon), or "The Determination of Sex," by Leopold Schenk, from Broadway, Ludgate-hill ^Werner 00.). Consult surgeon accoucheur, or let wife try the New Hospital for Women, Euston-road, London. Troubled.—"W. T., Grass Widower" (Camper- down, Johannesburg).—-Take blue pill and rhubarb, or co. ca^cara tabloids for foul tougue, &c. Suck formamirnt tablets, or try Bpta-Naphthol Co. tabloids. Try syr. fcirri, iod,idi amd syr. e'arsce, of each Zoz., tine, belladonna and tine. nux. yom., of each 2 drachms; dose, two teaspoonfuHs two or three times daily in wineglassful of water. Uro- tropine also useful. Still Troubled.—" C. H. J." (Abergavenny).— Try iSajodin tabloids. XTse glycerine of tan- nin and olive oil, Zoz. of each, as injection, using two teaepoonluls night a.nd morning, or try injection of zinc and alum sulphate, of each 6 grains, carbolic acid 6 drops, tine, opiii and tine, catechu, off each 1 drachm, to 6oz. of rosewater; use joz. night and morning. ftwbloi de of tine, bella donnae or of ei-gotin and strychnine, or oi three valerianates., are all of service. Temporary Mental Aberration.—" W. O. E. H."—Is ther'?history of epilepsy or insanity in fam il y ? Does he need, circumcision ? Has he worms? You could apply to Charity Organisation Society lor letter to Hospital for Diseases of Nervo-us System, Portland- terrace, Regent s Park, or National Hospital, Queen's-s<iu)a.re, or West End Hospital for Diseases of Nervous System, Welbeck-street. You could appy to the OcoumssituKirs in Lunacy, Whitehall-place. Portable Building, or Chalet for Outdoor Treatment of -bung Trouble.—" Ijunger" 11?laina<Boultom and Paul (Limited), Nor- wieh, a.re makers ot revolving wind shelters., and every Inna of cottage and isolation hos- letter, „ enclosing stamped envelope■ far reply> to Dr. Hurd- Wood, M.D., tne vv hitaneiad Sanatorium, Til- kird, Surrey, and he will, doubtless, afford you information as to makers and price of those used lill that cstablishmftint. Quer^ re Aqua it;E Hernia.—"Biryn- yr-Aur (l) "Aqua vitse" means water oi M^ usqineiijgjugh. The national spirit of aJ^h v)., has receievd this gene- ral name. iinglteh (brandy), Holland (Sohredacn). Scotland (w(hisky)j OT Wales (metiheglin)- W You must take careful and write to Arnold and Sons, rwT to Down Bros., St. Thounas s-streetBorough, London, for right Sifel and a,kprS Siems^en, ( xford-vsitffvvr London, Kaleni- 'jnetnko s are all of seir\ic,s 'in sexual neuras- thenia. Scott s Eumtlsiiom Miol ptosmon, amd Sanatogesn a.re frame foods, and Phosferiue cr Eaoophos tablets, six daily, would be good line. A mixture of tine, ferri. mur. 3 drachms, tine. nux. vom. and tine, camtiho- rides, of each 1 drachm, syr. Joz., to 6cxz. water; dose, one tablespoonful twice or thrice daily, might assist you- Pain.—"Oairadoc, T. H."—Tour weight, 14st., aind constipation more estpecially, by pres- sure cm nerves may be causes of sciatica. A hot mustard hip bath aind rub with A.B.C. (aconite, belladonna, and chloroform lini- ment), or a hypodermic of morphine, or a suppository per rectum of morpihine and belladonna, might prevent recurrence. Try Quinine or sodium salicylate, XaxaorAapirMi tabloids, and Mist. Alba (white saline) or Carlsbad salts a.s aperients. Lithium citrate and sulphate effervescent tabloids mig'ht suffice, or eolchium co. if gouty. Rheumatism. — Intercostal" (Bristol).—If an'ti-rheumatic remedies like quinine or soclium ealicylatCj Xoaxa, Aspirin., G*uaaacum and sulphur, Ac., do not help you, the duag- nosis may be wrong, and it may, bo intercos- tal neuralgia, or liver, heart, spleen, stomach, or kidney troub.'e. Improve your stamina by some of the many nervines we recommend, lake Neural, Fellows' Syrup, Guy's Tonic, Phos'ferine, Scott's Emulsion, Dacopihos, Sequard 1 ludd, and frame foods like Virol, Miol, Plaam.on, Sanatogen, Vibrotna, or Win- earnis. Be carefully re-examined, and try butyl chloral hydrate a.nd Geaileennine tab- loids aspadcn killer, and Bromidia (Battle amd Co.'s), if necessary, at bedtime. Eye Trouble.—" J. R." (Chirton, Deviaes).— He may be neurotic or epileptic, or his eyes may really be affected. Yon. could try the Central London Hospital, Gray's Inn-road, or Hospital for Diseases of Nervous System. Portland-terrace, Regent's Park, National Hospital,.Queen's-square, cr West End Hospi- tal for Diseases of Nervous System, Welbeck- street. He may h ave worms, or require cir- cumcision. Give him Scott's Emulsion and syr. ferri. iodidi, one tablespoonful of Emul- sion and ()!I11e teaspoon! ul of syrup after each meal. At eighteen he should be amenable to suitable treatment; 15-20gTS. of potass, bro- mide at bedtime might cure twitching men- tioned. Pain in Side.—"Jesse E." (Claim., South "Wales).—As you badplernrisy you will be siutb- jeot to pleurodynia possibly from adhesion of pleura, or bag covering lungs, to chest wall. Painting with iodine, and taking potass, iodide 5 grains twice daily, wearing flannel atlld avoiding damp or night air, with Scott's Emulsion or Fellows' Syrup to in- crease your stamina amd power of resisting catarrh OT chest trouble, will help you muoh. lake soda, coffee, ginger, or formamint tab- lets to disperse flatulence, amd co. rhubarb or 00. oolocyntih pills as aperient. Poultices of equal parts of flour and mustard if pain continues. Tabloids of morphine and ipeca- cuanha or squill and ipecac, if cough is irri- table. Terebene, Prior's Balsam, or Chloro- dyne, 5 drops on lump sugar at bedtime. MEDICIXE FOR THE MILLIOX, by a Family Physician. A Medical Handbook, containing all information required for ordinary purposes. 228 pages price Is. net, or bound in cloth Is. 6d. net; postage 3d. extra. To be obtained from all booksellers and news, agents, or from the Stationery Stores, Western Mall- buildings, Cardiff.

I GENERAL. "Traveller."—There is no regular line, hut cargo boats often run from Cardiff. Fix- tures appear frequently in our freight list. H. H.—The output of South Wales in 1906 was 47,000,000 tons and of the Northumber- land and Durham coalfield 52,000,000 tons. Saundersfoot."—■" Western Daily Press," Times and Mirror," Bristol Daily Mer- cury," Bristol Echo, Bristol Evening News," "Bristol Evening Times." The address Bristol is sufficient.

PONTARDULAIS TRAGEDY, YOUNG GIRL'S STRANGE CONDUCT AND DEATH. An inquest was held at Pontardulais on Friday afternoon in a. case which excited considerable interest in the district owing to the mystery surrounding it. It was on the body of Lizzie Parcell, a domestic ser- vant, aged seventeen, who disappeared on Tuesday morning, and whose body was found in the Loughor River on Thursday. The witnesses seemed to know no reason for suicide. Mrs. Cordelia Jones, her mis- tress, said deceased when she went out on Whit-Monday morning was in her usual good spirits. She did not return till about a quar- ter to twelve p.m., when she appeared excited and was accompanied by a policeman. Wit- ness added that deceased appeared to look dejected and ashamed, and appeared to have something on her mind. A young man named Granville Mathias, of Hendy, said he made an arrangement to meet deceased on Whit-Monday, but she did not meet him. Late the same evening he met her, and she walked along with him towards her home, but she would not go home. She gave him a necklace, which she asked him to give to her cousin Lizzie, and on leaving him appeared to go in the direc- tion of the river. He was suspicious of her conduct, and sent another young man to inform the polioe. She had told him she would not go home, and no one should make her. She said, I am determined to do it. I am going of my own free will." The jury returned a verdict of Suicide whilst temporarily insane," the Coroner remarking that it. ytae a, veiy e«4 cm

CLIFTON (William, otherwise Friday"), left England 1868, native of Fladbury, Wor- ce-sterehdra. Inquirers, sister Eosehana ond niece. Address, Mrs. G. TarpLee, No. 3, Bk. 92, Dudley-road, Birmingham. EGERTON (James), last heard of Duenos Ayras. Inquirer, Miss L. Egeirton, 14, Con- Ila uglit-"tre,A, Birkenhead, Cheshire. HOPES.—Mr. H. Hopes, 15, Lion-Street, Baston-road, Bristol, seeks? brother, E. or Andy Hope, la -t hoard of bootmaker, Ken- sington, W., 1897, was a prominent Radi- cal. IIA.MP,SOX (William), left Wellington Dock, Liverpool, for Sydney, N.S.W., 1877. In- quirer, sifter, Elizabeth (widow of Bwbert Williams). Address, c.o. G. Fletcher, 2, | Bernard-street, Mount Vernon-street, Liverpool. JA71VIS (William), ltaet heard of West Kil- burn, London, 1906. Inquirer, daughter, Mr. Bovey (formerly Llewellyn), 1, Itran.a-terraco, Well-street, Paignton, Devon. MEREDITH i(;'("V'Tg'C).p]:l,Jt.e<re,r and tiler, went j from U.S.A. ti South Africa, May, 1&92, may have joined uncle in Australia. In- j quirer, sister Annie, now Mrs. Cleaver, SZa. Brecon-street, Canton, Cardiff, Wales. Mother, Lucy Mcrredith, dead. POWELL (Robert), last heard of Palligar, British Columbia. Inquirer, cousin, Nora Guilmartin. now Mr-. Manley, 8, Chapel- street, Spitalfields, London. Uncle and 'i aunt, Mr. and MT". Gun toa rtin, late Queen-street, Quaker-street, Brick-lame, Spitalfields, both dead. PEGLER (Charles amd Alfred), last heard of London., 1883. Inquirer, neipfhew, F. W. Pegler, Stanley-road., Warmley, TueaT Bris- tol. Brother Pred has just died at Ohel- ten ham, Gloucestershire. PIKE (Joseph). son of Samuel PiJre, Torquay and Sidmomtih, Left Walets for Winnipeg, Can/ada, 1881. Inquirer, sister, Mrs. Bairt- lett, 3, Kelvin-grove, Grown Hill R.S.O., South Devon. RAMSEY—BROWN.—Mr. Ramsey, setnior, draper, trading as James Brown and Co. or Charley Brown and Sens, drapers', i'n or about London, and related to Ha'lllie- well'S', kindly communicate. Inquirer, grandchild, L. P. Ramsey, G.P.O., Mel- bourne, Australia. WATiSON—SAUNDERS.—Mrs. Watson, nee Saunders, and family, left Cuxton., Kent., for CiswC'Stry, Salop, 1903, huisband engi- neer on Cambrian Railway. Inquirer, eist-ir Sarah. Address, Mrs. Albert Joy, 5, Wood.vda.ie, Paddock Wocd, Kent. ———————— I

NEWPORT BOOKMAKER'S SUDDEN J CHANGE OF LUCK. A Derby Day betting prosecution took place at Newport on Friday. Johu Osmond, bookmaker, of Eton-road, was charged with loitering in High-street and Market-street for the purpose of receiving bete on June 3. Mr. Morgan, from the town-clerk's office, who prosecuted, said street betting was very prevalent in the town. When the defendant was arrested the amount found in his posses- sion was £4.3 2s. 2d., so that the infliction of a small fine would not be felt in the slightest degree. The Juertices'-ciark (Mir- T. Soiinrmens): The bookmakers were very fortunate that day, weren't they? Mr. Lyndon Cooper (who defended): J don't know, Mr. Summers. Mr. Summers: Except, of course, in this case, and he was run tn. I Detective-sergeant Cox, who gave evidence of the arrest, said when Detective Caldicot and himself accosted him and said, "Well, Osmond, we have been watching you taking bets, and you must come to the police- station," defendant replied, "Is there any need to take me there? Oan't you report it?" When he was told "No," Otauxnd said, It's a bit of bad luck for me to-day." Mr. Lyndon Cooper asked the detective what right he had to retain a sum of jB22 fiom the defendant when Osmond was released on bail. Detectivo-sergeant Cox: Those were our instructions. Mr. Cooler Some one will get into trouble about it. Detective-sergeant Cox: I thought it came under the Act to take possession of every- thing relating to betting. In fact, he wanted us to retain the money. The Bench considered the case proved, and as this was his first appearance under the 12 new Act defendant was fined £ 5 and two 1 guineas costs. i

t 2 BARRY BOY BURGLARS. i Edward Owen, 6, Jenner-street, and Wil- liam Warne, 7, Main-street, Cadoxton youths, were charged at Barry on Monday with bur- glariously breaking and entering-the house -1 of Mr. Edward Jenkins, 50, Vere-street, Oadox- ton, on Wednesday night last and stealing a eix-chambered revolver and a quantity of cartridges and detonators. Owen, against whom there were previous ( convictions, was sentenced to 21 days' im- prisonment. Warne was dealt with under the First Offenders Act and bound over.

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POLICEMEN IN AMBUSH. SEQUEL TO DERBY DAY BETTING AT BARGOED. William John Williams, of Bargoed, was summoned at Hengoed on Friday for fre- quenting a place for the purpose of betting. Police-constable Williams said that he and Police-constable Thomas were concealed in some bushes on a baruk, and in ton minutes they saw eleven men hand slips to the defen- dant, whilst others were round waiting their turn. On the defendant he found 22 betting slips, relating to 59 horses, which were, running that any. and only one of these i horses won. It was Derby Day. Defendant pleaded guilty, and said he would never come to court again. The Bench fined him £ 5 and. costs, or a month. month.