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HOTEL PROPRIETOR AND THE CHILD. CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES IN A CASE AT NEATH. At Neath County Polioe-oourt on Friday Rees Davies, of the Jersey Marine Hotel, Orumlyn Burrows, was summoned under the Child Messenger Act. Mr. Edward Powell pleaded guilty to a technical offence. The police evidence was to the effect that Margaret Cribb sent a child named Norah Ann Davies. under fourteen, to the public*- house for threepenny worth of whisky for her mother, who was taken suddenly ill. The child was seen returning with the whisky, which was in a corked aod sealed bottle. Mr. PoweU aaid the case ought never vo have been brought. The only offence was that less than a reputed pint had been sold. Mrs. Ann Cork, in charge of the public- house for Mx. Davies. the licensee, of Neath, admitted supplying the child in the manner described. The on-mma,agaitiat Margaret Cribb was dismissed, amd Jiees DawLee wae ordered Mo <

MISSING RELATIVES. 4 This column is open for genuine cases of Missing Relatives only, but not for runaway husbands and wives. Persona inquiring must write very distinctly, and express themselves clearly in giving particulars, and must state relationship. The full name and address of inquirers must be given for publication in each Instance. Foreign and Colonial papers are requested to copy. I BONNING (Charles J. T.), left England March, 1890, in H.M.S. Warspite, was turned over at Sandy Point to the Royal Arthur, last hea.rd from at Seattle, Wash., U.S.A., 1904. Inquirer, father, Charles Conning, 22, Eendle-street, Plymouth, Devon. DIXON (John), born Wisbech, Cainbridge- chire, last hea-rd of London, supposed gone to Australia.. Inquirer, -Mifs A. Dixon, 54, B-urgcss-sitreot, Grimsby, Lines. EDWARDS (Edward), aged 44. left Grces- llwyd, near Welshpool, Mon., December 21, 1891, supposed now in California, U.S.A. Inquirer, sister Margaret, now Mrs. M. E. Bonner, Green-lane, Teifeten- hall, Staffs. GREENWOOD (George Henry), left home 1907, last heard of Cardiff waiting for a ship, Inquirer, brother Stanley, of 3, Avon- street, Morton, Manchester. HALL (Charlotte Rcsrna), last heard of c.o. Mrs. We&tcott, Maine-street, Winnipeg, Canada. Inquirer, mother, Mrs. Ro?e Hall, 5. Clrattcrton-place, Chatterton- square, Bristol. HARRIS fBertie, otherwise William), foot- man with Mr. Stuyvesant. East Fifteenth- street, New York City, U.S.A., January, 1903. Inquirer, parents a.nd brother, John Richard Harris, Sutton, near Newport, Salop, England. HOOK WILLIAMS.—Mir. Thomas Williams, Greenfield House, Llwymhendy, Llanelly, South Wales, seeks sister Rachel, of Llanelly, who married Walter Hook, building contractor, of London; they went to Sydney, N.S.W., 1887, where hus. band had a church on contract. JONES (Frank), aged 20, last beard of sailing from. Penarth to Buenos Ayres, Scuth America, October, 1905. Inquirer, cousin, Jack Jones, 205, Alsagers Bank, near Nefwcast.Ie-<u>nder-Lyme, Staffs. me, OWBS (William Hugh), left Liverpool 1890 in fitcamsiiip City of Lincoln, last heard of Riossport. Canada, 1891. Inquirer, brother, Robert M. Owen, 31. Great Crosshair street, Liverpool. Father dead. WATKIXS (John and Mary), late of Pant-y- Gelly, near Abergavenny, Mon., motli-er married again in name of Williams, but died in Conway, 1898. Inquirer, brother, Thomas J. Watkins, Road Cottage, Wal- tervstone, near ^.hergavenny, Mon.

EVENING WELSH CLASSES, j STRIKING SUCCESS ATTAINED BY THE MOVEMENT. The Cardiff evening technical classes in Welsh, which are working under the auspices of the Cardiff Sunday School Union, and had such a strikingly successful career last winter, reopened this week for their second lesion Classes were held at the following Welsh piaceg of worship:—Taber- nacle, Ebenezer, Minny-street, Salem (Roath). Harriett-street, Pembroke-terrace, Salem (Canton), Bethlehem (Splott), Ainon (Walker- road), Crwys-road, and Bethania (Docks). Those who are under the impression that these classes are intended merely for those who require an elementary knowledge of Welsh labour under a misapprehension. Such classes form a very important feature of the movement. but there are others of a more advanced character which aim at giving an insight into Welsh literature. These are for the most part, we are informed, under trained teachers who have taken high university honours in their subject, and the classes should thus be of exceptional interest and value to that large class of Welshmen who would wish to become more familiar with the gems of Welsh literature and be able to write correct idiomatic Welsh. The success of the Cardiff classes, and especially the encouraging report thereon of Mr. Owen Edwards, the chief inspector of the Welsh Department of the Board of Educa- tion, has given a eti-ultle to the movement I throughout the Principality. The efforts of Swansea are likely to eclipse, all others, but I classes on the same model are being organised for the coming winter in the Rhymney and Rhondda Valleys, in many parte of Glamorgan and South Wales, and even in the Jnorth.

BULB-GROWING IN WALES PLANTING CEREMONY BY MRS. LLOYD GEORGE. Mrs. Lloyd George, wife of tfie Chancellor of the Exchequer, in glorioua weather attended at Portmadoc on Saturday to plant the first bulbs in connection with the experiment in bulb-growing made by the Portmadoc Improvements Association. There was a large attendance, and Mrs. Lloyd George was given an ovation when she appeared. Mr. J. R. Prichard, J.P., of Bryngauallt, the moving spirit of the experiment, said Portmadoc was on all fours with Holland in that both were on reclaimed land, the soil of. such land being the best for growing bulbs. Mrs. Lloyd George in the oourse of an interesting speech related a atory of how Mr. Lloyd George and she went in for grow- ing asters. Mr. Lloyd George said he was sure the asters he had planted would turn out the better. She felt the other way, and so matters proved, the asters she planted growing splendidly She hoped that the experience which befell her with the asters would befall her again with the bulbs sho had planted in Portmadoc. (Oheers.) Mrs. Lloyd George planted altogether six types of bulbs, the ceremony being performed amid much applause.

KING'S DIAMOND. 4 THE ESTIMATED VALUE FAR SURPASSED. The cutting and polishing of one of the larger sections of the Cullinan diamond, which was cent to Amsterdam from iondo, for th3 process, has just been completed. As has already been stated, the great stone was first divided into two main and several smaller pieces. The two larger pieces before cutting and polishing weighed respectively 1.700 and a little over 1.000 carats, the remain- ing pieces weighing together 300 carats. It is the smaller of the two main segments the cutting and polishing of whioh have been finished, and the result is a circular brilliant1 of 330 carats. It is bluish white in colour, and of peerless beauty and purity. Tho remarkable thickness of the stone allowed for the cutting of hundreds of facets between the table and the apex, iving an unparalleled refraction and polarisation. Even this stone, the smaller of the two main pieces, is the largest cut and polished dia mond in existence. The larger section, which is not as thick through as the smaller, is being cut in pendant shape, and will bo cam- pleted in about two months' time, when it is expected to weigh about 600 carats. Both stones are absolutely flawless, and their vaiues will far surpass the original estimates. Among the smaller fragments is a. brilliant of 100 carats, which alone is valued at £ 25,000. Photographs are being taken of the stones in all stages of cutting, and will he bound up in an album for presentation to Kins- Edward with the finished jewels.-Reuter.

BARRY ANTI-VACCINATORS. CHILD BROUGHT INTO COURT FOR INSPECTION. David Howell Davies, 201. Court-road, Cadox- tou. who did not appear, was charged at -Ba.Try on Friday with neglecting to have hi8 child. Howell Duncan Davies, vaccinated. Mr T. Cram (vaccination officer to the Cardiff Ux-ion) said the child was born on the 15tli of November, 1905, and, notwith- standing- repented notices, vaceinatiou had not takon place, although no certificate of exemption had been received from a medical man. The Bench made an order that the child be vaccinated within 21 days. Edwin James Horsey, also of (burt-road, was summoned for a simiLar offence, the child in this instance being more than three years old. Defendant s?.id three medical gentlemen had attended the child, who was brought into court for tho magistrates to see. Mr. Horsey sa,id he had already lost one child as the result, he believed, of vaocination. An order to have the child vaccinated within 21 days was made in this case also. Mr. Cram applied for costs, and this was granted.

PONTYPRIDD WAREHOUSE GUTTED, By a fire' which broke out in the early hours of Friday a warehouse belonging to the Albion Stores, Coadpenmaen-road, Ponty- pridd. the property of Mr. Griffith Davies, grocer, was completely gutted, and damage, estimated a.t betweep. XZW and JE400 was done. The outbreak wss discovered by Mr. G. Wride, who noticed fire and smoke issuing from the premises. An alarm was at once given, and the police, under Police-sergeant Kavanagh, and the fire brigade, under Cap- ta-in Brooks, turned out very smartly, and but for the promptitude shown adjoining premises and dwelli-ng-houses would also have been involved. As it was, considerable damage was done to the house next door owing to the joists getting ablaze. The origin of the fire is unknown, and the loss, fortunately, is covered by insurance.

TOBACCO UNDER CUSHION. SMUGGLING SMARTLY DETECTED AT CARDIFF. Juan Arroubato (26) was charged at Cardiff on Friday with smuggling a quantity of tobacco by concealing it on the steamship Allia, lying in the East Dock, on September 10. Prisoner is the ship's steward. Joseph Fielding, Customs officer, spoke to visiting the steamship Allia amd finding 1111b. of foreign manufactured tobacco cleverly con- cealed under the seat of a cushion. Defendant was ordered to forfeit value (£3) and to pay the coets. or be committed for one month.

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fVERE CASE OF WEEP1ECZE1 Right Hand was Worst-Cracks Like [juts Developed—Could Not Put "and in Water—Tried All Kinds of T reatments without Avail. I SPEEDILY CURED BY ONE SET OF CUTICURA tgii have the pleasure of writing to JWrvT a won<2eri'ul cure the Cuticura Vas 6dies maciQ in a very short time. I jjy troubled with a weeping eczema. Cr;T ,ngtit hand was the worst. I had b]wKs 35 as cuts in it and watery kin,i r's under the skin. I tried all 2s °f things until I was tired. I f a doctor and all he could say use one kind of thing and then Vaf -r anr^ keep my hands out of ter. Then I wrote to my mother Sha01 knew had had eczema fearfully, bep Wrote anfi t°ld me that she had Cur completely cured by using the tn iRUra Remedies, so she advised me g try them. I got a full set. The rst night my hands were quite differ- bT^: I kept using Cuticura for a while now I can put them in water as en as I like and it makes no differ- th "^here before I was afraid to put near it. I am thankful I am Vtk and to anyone else I know of Bon SUch a painful trouble I 6hall very Ciir te^ what to get. I am sure that; j/wcura is a wonderful treatment. John Hughes, The Poplars, Frankly, fleshire, Eng., Nov. 14, 1907." ^Send to nearest depot for free Cuti- ^aBook on Treatment of Skin Diseases. „ FOR BABYRASHES ^emas and Irritations, Cuticura Is Worth Its Weight in Gold. '1'he suffering which Cuticura Oint- assisted by Cuticura Soap, has among the young, and the an^ort it has afforded worn-out worried parents, has led to its ^option in countless homes as priceless v* the skin and scalp. Infantile and tak humours, scalled-head, eczemas, joshes, itchings, chafings and every of itching, scaly, pimply skin and Jj^P humours, with lossof hair, arespeed- y»Permanently and economically cured. is £ °mPlete External and Internal Treatment for (3 Humour of Infants, Children, and Adults tlata of Cuticura Soap to Cleanse the Skin, Cutlr eniJ Ointment to Heal the Skin, and Cuticura Re- Co»»ent or Cuticura Resolvent Pills (Chocolate 0,red-) to Purify the mood. A Single Set often 27 ~{U. Sold throughout tlie world. Depots: London, AnJCharterhouse Sq.; Paris, 5, Hue de la Paix; KJ^alla. R. Towns <fe Co., Sydney: U.S.A., Potter "8 & Ctxem. Corp., Sole Propa., Boston. ■ill ■ I F A Proud 1 Reputation. jCingov I Self Raising Flour attained its good name by the purity 8 of its ingredients and the rigorous ^re used in its manufacture. I it will always be the best. No Flour like Kingov. uPerfine 2id.perlb.; Fine 2d. per lb. Tell your grocer ■k which you want. B^V Kingov Trading Co., HHL Cardiff. ml ■!——B ) "-==- T H EK E AS 0 A U EMI & SONS "QTy THE BEST FMM TO The* I'OTTR PIANOFORTE from, i the Exclusive Agencies include t6St recognised Standard Makers BFprj. of the World. BLrSg^ElN, BROAD WOOD, 'JHker' ERARD, ORCHESTRELLE CO., ■ilEAD, COLLAR,D, STEliN- JITAY, &c., &c., ALiW AYS IN STOCK. P-ricœ from 15 GUINEAS CASH, or 106. 6d. MONTHLY. 0 TUNING AND REPAIRS -^IPP, POXTYPE.IDD, PEXABTH and PORT TALBOT. 9it. Tel.: Cardiff, 01199; Pontypridd, 21. w4724 9it. Tel.: Cardiff, 01199; Pontypridd, 21. w4724 PURITAN SOA never spoiled a gar- Ja| t merit yet. It CAN'T. jfl| Bfc 2d., 3id. and 6d. box. d&Ba BE Christr. Thomas & Bros. j||jj| ER-TSTOL. Ltd. VE YOU TRIED THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY GRASSHOPPER OINTIERT ? fr- J BAD E M LEG Sh -—^ .'0 tÇ¡Ut¡(\ ounds that discharge or otherwise, perhaps ''vith inilauimatioii and swollen, that when K« ^i-r your oil the imiamed part it leaves S, n \Ses3l0n ? lf s°. under the skin you have i'Oh.Ko *Ick, if not extracted, you never can recover, «x>ep s"fieriu^ till death releases you. Perhapi 'Scr.Mth are swollen, the joints being ulcerated, tlie ankles, round which the skin may bo u? or there may be wounds; the disease, if Sih Mw c°nttnue, will deprive you of the power to h ton may hiive attended various hospitals, and y°l,r case is hopsless, or advised to submit sJ: siv iou. hut do not, for I can cure you. l fUft? w Perhaps, but I will. ll'f -i J-T °nce a r- Order, or Stamps, for 2s. 3d. to 111, ho* Albert House, Farringdon-street, London, (Sa'. V''htv,°f, GRASSHOPPER OINTMENT and rJihj8 }fJ: !s a certain cr.re for a Bad Leg, House- mwJK Poisoned Hands, Abscesses, Swollen .l^^ted Joints, Carbuncles, Bunions, &a Stores. Is lid. and 2s. 9d. per box. TTTFLQUE OFFER "QENUINE FREE GIFT. It 1t 4,) abort tirae only we are Prepared to ca paid, one of our well- ^i^or-made Co, „um« Skirts (h&rd- y-M. ^Clotb; New /Season's Model), for worth dou'ble. ^Hicm aiso receive six coupons fox das- W^ins. C'tiong friends, and upon their t>o to us with orders vre under- of you a eimilar skirt Absolutely ^th^' Ifa84' sizes; Black, Brown, Blue, ^tVv 0011 • Mail Order M anuf acturlTig Oastle Green, Bristol. Money eooda not satisfactory- Bankers, W1588 V W,PORT, MOK Hi? ESTABLISHED 1870.) ^Vt&JLEES BILL-POSTING AND S&45 £ lSlNG COMPANY (LTD.), & ™of 300 o £ the Larpest POSTING teru Vail.HWs. ) "d. WNewport.. POlJtwpool. Bi8m. ..8e_Z1a.'

FASHIONS FOR WOMEN. 4 LATEST NOVELTIES IN THE WORLD OF DRESS. The tailors are now ready with their novelties, and have contrived to blend smart- ness with utility in a large majority of the ooat and skirt costumes clevieed for wear during the autuimn and winter. A good specimen of this oliass of work is made of dark blue cloth, the skirt braided in a. bold, scro-lly design with worsted braid in two widths. The ooat is nearly tight-fitting aaid rather long. This, too, is braided, and bu-ttons across the chest, but is slightly open at the neck. The cuffs and turnover collar are faced with s'ilk narrowly striped black and white, with an inch wide margin of cloth showing beyond the edge of the eilk, which is slashed in places, thereby reveal- ing the foundation of cloth wherever the slashes occur, a, method that gives a cer- tain distinction to what is by no means an uncommon facing to cloth and other coats. Buttons are a great feature of tailor mades. Large brass buttons are popular; so, too, buttons covered with cloth like the coat. The cutaway Birectoire coat is a much more elaborate creation, and is rather more orna- mental than useful. Not that its durability is impugned, but it is too dressy to be worn during the earlier hours of the day, and would be out of place if the, wsaxcr were doing her marketing foT the day in the pro- vi-ion shops. Another smart little coatee that differs somewhat from the Directoire coat suggests a bolero, with rather short coat tails at the back. Braid and buttons are the embellishments used, and a very sma,rtly-cut vest of brocade is worn with it. Some women have revived the fashion of wearing a "fob" with coats of this descrip- ti<yn. Dealers in fancy jewellery aire dis- playing imitations of the old fob ribbon attached to a big seal massively mcrtiwbed in gold. In some of the "bric-a-brac" shope real old-fashioned fobs are to be bought, and leaders of fashion are hunting for them. It is not unlikely that many old families possess treasures of this kind stored in jewel caskets with other sootvemirs and relice of "The past long varnished." CAMEO BROOCHES. Cameos that have not seen the light for a score or more of years are being brought out, not to pin collars as of old, but to loop up on the corsage the long bead and jewelled chains now so popularly worn. During the slack season small devices of the sort crop up to vary the appearance of dress or costume. They fulfil their purpose, and speedily disappear as the fancy for them dies out. and those who first instituted the "little" fashion are the very first to discard it. Women like something bright, piquant, and fairly conspicuous. It h the feminine wish to attract that lies at the rcpot of this perpetual change of fashion. It is the great factor of dynamics in dress. That the other sex like to see their womenkiud admired is so palpable that it is quite unnecessary to comment further on the fact, and evm great philosophers have been known to take a peculiar interest in feminine matters of the toilette. Mrs. Thrale said of gruff old Saraaueil Johnson that "no accidental posi- tion of a ribbon ever escaped him." LOVE OF CHANGE. Love of change is characteristic of our sex; thus the restlessness of Fashion is fully accounted for. Change is acceptable to most women, and a significant proof of this has just occurred. There is an attempt to popu- larise once more the collarless frock. Were this to succeed it would be ruinous, not only to the manufacturers of neck frillings, but to E-holykeepers who have invested largely in stocks of frilling and its correlatives, which are many and various; but reaotion always set rapidly in after great exaggeration. "Extremes meet" is a terse sayinig con- stantly verified, and neck-bands with frills reaching beyond the lobes of the ears are exaggerations of a fashion that, when mode- rate, is not only dainty, but also singularly becoming to a very large majority—the young, the middle aged, and to those of maturer age very decidedly. Even in early zirlhood comparatively few women have pretty round throats, and it is not in the interest of the sex tha.t any member of it should unnecessarily expose personal defects of any kind to the passing criticisms of others. It was repellent to see during the! fashion for collarlees frocks so many ugly nooks that ougtat to have been decently covered by collars or ties. The motive for leaving them thus uncovered was hard to determine. There aire, unfortunately for themselves, women who have a certain obliquity of vision or misappireafemeiosi rela- tive to what is pleasing to the eye and what produces a. dtfetrnotly oippoeite effect. A thoroughly lri-rwi-hearted woman is always grieved for and half ashamed of any sister woman who voluntarily or ignorantly exposes herself to the derisive comments of either sex. A recent remark made was that not ton women in a thousand can afford to disregard entirely their freeks and appear- ance generally. Oontrary to former opinion, as expressed by more than one of our poets, Beauty adkmneid is now a-docmed the most." But for a widespread belief that it is so. a vast army of clothiers, tailors, and dress- makers would go to swell the pitifully full ranks of the unemployed. EVENING DRESS. It is rather early to write of fashions for evemdmig dress, but seeing that already many beautiful toilettes are displayed in the shops, it may Eofely be assumed that cus- tomers for them are expected. For deani- toilettes fine spotted nets, both black and white, are being made up on silk founda- tions, either coHcured or corresponding to the colour of the over-dress. There is a girlish look aibouit spotted net. and it is very economical wear, for, if crushed, a warm iron will freshen the net and maike it as pre- sentable as when new. Fine silk muslin robes, printed with floral designs in colour, are likely to be worn, and the flowers repre- sented are sown with small silver spamgles. The foundation or under-dress may be white to match the muslin, or it may repeat the colour of the flowers. "Wistaria (porple) and purple clematis are favourite desi.gns. The silk muslin on which they are printed is as fUcmy and fine as gossamer i,ts¡e.1f. A broad hem finishes the edge of the robe. BLOUSES. Year after year, summer and winter alike, the trade in Mouses flourishes. Designers ae well as sellers have made fortunes out of it. There is now and again an assertion that the blouse is dead, reminding one of a once popular dqiologue: I somewhere heard or somewhere read that you, Jack Robinson, were dead. I've not been, dead at all," said Jack Robinson. Jrast so much may be said of our blouses. Those for the autumn are no less attractive because made of warm mat eniails. The shape for morning wear. is extremely neat; the pleats are narrow and single. a.nd drawn well down at the waist, no unsightly bulging anywhere. French dela,ine. printed in charming colourrs a.nd patterns, is very popular for blouses, but delaine striped in two colours, one being white, has, when made up, the neatest effect. White wincey, voile, and nun's veiling blouses are usually trimmed with strips of material printed in Paisley colours; strong vivid tones interwoven have the best effect on white materials. KNITTED JERSEYS, Described as golf jerseys, are worn indoors by chilly persons, and look as if eipecdally designed for the purpose. They are both comfortable and smart, and, with the addi- tion of linen collars and cuffs, no fault can be found with this adaptation of the golf iereey. QUILL FEATHERS. Quills that seem only a little short of a yard in length are a favourite trimming for. the elongated or boat-shape toques that have lately been on view. The ends of the quills (two) are thrust through a fold or knot in the front of the toque, and stretch backward in a kecp-your-distance fashion" that is almost grotesque. There is this to recom- mend quill feathers: Unlike ospreys, Para- dise plumes, and parrots' and seagulls' heads and wings, no innocent lives have been sacri- ficed to provide the decoration. The new boat-shape toque should be popular. It is cJo. f-ntti'ng and made of folded materials of a duraible kind disposed to face bad weather without injury. It is more than likely that the ends of the long quills will get broken in wear, but their renewal would not cost very much. Some feathers are dyed1 in mingled colours sugge-ti-ve of the kaleido- scope, and wings, like Janus, have two faces, one side red, the other green, and so on. But the colour of the natural quail can tardily be improved upon, and it looks par- ticularly well with toques of dark gtneem, blue- or purple material, whether it be velvet or beaver or Pelt. SAVOURY DISHES. Amongst these may be reckoned devilled duck. This is a palatable method of reheat- ing roast duck, and less likely to disagree than are some other rechauffes of the bird; -Diri-d-a the joints and pierce the flesh here and there with a skewer; then rub in a mixture of mustard, pepper, salt, and chut- ney. Broil the pieces over a clear fire, or put them on a weill-greased meat tin into the oven. Make a gravy of eqnial quantities of stock, red wiroe, ketchup, abd a little lemon pickle or minced rind; add a email portion of sugar also. Heat the whole, and pour round the d'lrok when it goes to table. The Welsh people sometimes boil a dIook, but they salt it •well .beifore oooikmg, and serve it smothered with onion sauce. English easbeIrs of dusk would, certainly say a duck boiled is a duck spoiled. LEG OF MUTTOS AND OYSTERS. Make a dozen deep cuts .in a leg of mutton, amd press into them a forcemeat made as follows:-Bad two dloxcm oystexe in tiberir own ilitruor far two imindtee, ibewrd. and iBtoceritfcem- Jflaeily-iwiutli a, ^hajjef^ spoonful of chopped and scaJded parsley, amd the yolks of two hard-boiled eggs. Tie the mutton in a cloth, put it into boiling --A-; when it boils once more dirarw the pan to the side of the fire, and simmer gently umtil the meat is cooked. Serve with oyster sauce. SAVOURY TOAST. Wash, and bone some anchovies, pound or minoe them well, add some butter amd a little cayenne. Work the whole to a smooth paste, and spread it on hot toast, buttered on both sides. The bread should be out half an inch thick, spread with the anchovy pasite, amd stamped into rounds. SCOTCH CAKES. Beat three-quarters of a pound of butter to a, cream; add a pound of powdered and sifted sugar, a pound of dried flour, a tablespoonful of powdered cinnamon, >> and a quarter of a pint of milk. Roll out the dough to a thickness of a third of an inch, shape it into cakes, and bake them in a we-lil-heated oven. Time to bake, about half an hour. SPONGE dAKE PUDDING. Pouir boiling milk over six stale sponge cakcs. When soaked OOait up the mixture, add a few muscatel raisins, half a wine- glassful of sherry, or a spoonful of brandy. Pour the mixture into a mould, and bake or boil, according to taste.

LEGAL. Bill of Sale.—" X. Y. Z."—Instruct a, solioi- tor to prepare a transfer of the bill of ea.le. Demurrage.—" R. T."—The demand seems reasonable, but you ought to have special advice. Fair. F. M. no fair can be lawfully set up without licence from the Crown, we suggest communication with the departments referred to in your letter. Master and Servant.—" J. W.The proper course is to work out the agreement and then at the end claim your wages, "comis. and damages for breach c-f the agreement on his part. Receipts.—" Ibex."—(1) This ought not to Receipts.—" Ibex."—(1) This ought not to be done, but we imagine it is not uncommon. (2) Not obligatory, if the stamp is cancel lea at the time, e.g.. with a cross. (3) Two halt- penny stamps can be used. Steamer.—" Anxious."—Generally, you would be entitled to perforin the contract for them penny stamps can be used. Steamer.—" Anxious."—Generally, you would be entitled to perforin the contract for them in some other reasonable way. Of course, the exact conditions on the ticket, or their regulations, are not before us. Lease.—" Inquirer."—(1) It would notbecom- peitent to the parties to declare that the lease was null and void. (2) The alterations of terms should be evidenced by writing, as sug- gested. Trade Restriction.—" Anxious."—A contract in restraint of trade is binding if reasonable. We consider that the contract could be enforced against you by damages and an in- junction. The want of stamp does not touch validity; merely occasions certain penalties. Divorce. L.A;s regards suing in forma junction. The want of stamp does not touch validity; merely occasions certain penalties. Divorce.—" L."—As regards suing in forma pauperis generally, consult Law for the Mil- lion," p. 105. We believe a person who gets leave to sue in this way will 6till be at certain expense in procuring evidence, Ac., and, at any rate, till the order is made as a ca.se has to be put before counsel and his certificate obtained. Even people in London do not care to work for nothing. Landlord and Tenant.—" Pembroke."—(1) The non-stamping does not invalidate, but merely gives rise to certain penalties. (2) There is no direct authority on this point, but it is advisable to give a half-year's notice, although less might be held reason- able, and to give it for the end of a half-year. It is curious that when the parties fixed up rather an unusual kind of tenancy they did not make some express provision on this point. LAW FOB THE MILLION." Third Edition. Revised and Enlarged. The Law up to date, the greatest Law Book for the people ever published. In contains 320 Pages. and oomprises all the informa- tion required for ordinary purposes. No home should be without it. Price is. net, or bound in cloth Is. 6d. net; postage 3d. extra. To be obtained from all book- sellers and newsagents, or from The Stationery Stores, Western Mail Buildings, Cardiff.

MEDICAL. Bye Tirouible.—"T. F. M." (Glann.).—Try pale bizoor smoke-tinted specs. Take. iodiide 5 grains twice daily, or cod oil emml- sLool, and one teaspoontful of syr. ferri. iodidi two or three times daily. Use a lotion of lausdanurm 1 d.rachm to 6oz. of water nigobt and morning as sedative. Va,rie,c,c-el e. Asparagus." — pced article in your Medicine for the Million re this trouble, and be comforted. Try tablets of Helmitol 'Helmitoloids, from the Bayer Co., Limited. St. Dunstanc-hill, I,=.don, F,.C.) for your diiscsliai-gfe, and when that oeaaes take Daocxphos taWets, six daily, as tonic and re- cuperative. Scott's Emulsion and fianato- gem. or Panopepton, with generorBs diet, should SOtOOl make you feel well. Neurasthenia.—" E. R." (Oathays).—We will make you happy yet. Bynin-Amana (Allen and Hanbury, Limited), a fine tonic, and take Scott's Emulsion if thin; Bland pill and arsenic tabloids or tabloids of iron, arsenic, and digitalin, as you have palpitation (B„ w., and Oo. supply all tabloids). Didymin or strychnine, manganese, and iron, ot Dacophos tablets, six daily, should' give you confidence, and sustain you until good food and tonic, with frame food like Sana tog-en, make you feel you could fly. Do not smoke or exceed re alcohol. Eczema, Cause of.—" Printer" antd "Rheu- matism."—Stokers and bakers, or anyone exposed to attenuate heat and cold of oven, fire, or fumes of strong acids like nitric, hydrochloric, sulphuric, are liable to eczema. Gout and rheumatism predispose to eczema and dyspepsia, and a fine new combidation, viz., Gurlrjiisol, is now made and sold in form of d-ises by the Graham Drug Co., Strand; they are anti-rheumatic and of real service in dyspepsia; and skin troubles associated with both gout and rheumatd;sm (price 4s 6d.). Avoid malt, and keep primas vias active, viz.. skin, and kidineys. Dose of G'urhusol is two discs thrice daily. Nasal "I'rouble. Hairdreseex" (Cardiff).- If you have no polypus or diseased bone. it may be due to constantly inhaling particles of hiair and dust in your diail-y work. Try GJyco-Thymoline and Sanitas solution as Spray, or use Naso-Pharyngeal soloid solu- tion, menthol, or Ferrier's snuff, vide "Medi- cine for the Million," Is. 3d. or Is. 9d (30 Bou,verie-e,L-eet, n-wt-etreet. London) Try quinine oo. anti-catarrh tabloids (B., W., and Co.). Do not inthale and bring down sanoke down nostrils. Take cod-oil emulsion and syr. ferri. iodidi, one tablespoonful and one teaspoonful of each. teaspoonful of each. Chest Trouble. Rugbes.pncmm<)niL% is a cause of phthisis, and wife should cer- tainly continue Scott's Emulsion and plenty of milk, Kepler Malt Ext.. Wyeth, Brand, or Valentine's meat juice, or Invalid Bovril (a concentrated form of Bovril, specially pre- p,ared for the sick-room, devoid of seasoning and free from added salt, 2oz. Is. 3d., 8oz 3s. 6d.). Fellows' Syrup of hypophosphites is a fine tonic, and Ocgnet's capsules of abso- lute eucalyptol, creosote, and iodoform (from Roberts and Co., New Bomd-stireet, London.)* might be of servioc. Tacsahiiftr's Pertussin (Thomas Christy and Co, Old Swan-lane), or Sirop Famel (from Hay- market, S.W.), are fine oongih lincti. The crackling in throat may be duo to laryngeal complaioation. Sincere sympathy and best wishes for improvement. Report PTogrLi-S. Try liniment of camphorated oil 2oz., with turpentine and hartshorn, ioz. of e-acl,, twice daily, viz., night and morning. MEDICINE FOR THE MILLION, by a Family Physician. A Msdical Handbook, containing all Information required for ordinary purposes. 228 pazes price Is. net, or bound in cloth is. 6d. net; postage 3d. extra—To be obtained from all booksellers and news- ageiits, or from The Stationery Stores, Western Mail Buildings, Cardiff.

GENERAL. "Ti-,c,wliy.The crew consists of 827 per- sons. National Physique—"Lewis."—No informa- tion is available. (Pontypool).—The second prize in tne Pontypridd £ 100 sprint has always been £8. Ca.ptain.The answer is in the affirma- tive. out clubs usually use their own discre- tion. > Army Commissions.—" Majority."—A persor cannot at the pre-sent, da.y purchase a oom- ini-ion in the Army. The system was finally abolished in 1871. Iiyestment."—We do not advise as to indi- viduals or investments. Why not deal j a local broker? Your banker would, doubtless, recommend someone.