The Cardiff Times

j——— ?ALM? St?tt t?M?t T?BN??MMWtJtmH?) FOR BOYS AND G!RLS. lhe Prtncess and the Beggar Ma!d. By E. MAUDTAYLOR. ,2 There was once a king who lived in a beauti- M land far across the-sea,. He had a good wife Mtd one daughter, but at the tune of which I Wftte neither the king nor the queen were happy, and the cause of the t) onble was their little daughter. Now, though she was only ten years of age, and in many ways a good, easily managed little girl, she had one very great fault, and that Was that sne was very, very hard-hearted, !adeed. she was known to many of the poor <e Princess Hardheart. One can easily imagine what a grief this was to her parents, who ruled their subjects with kindness and consideration, and when one day the poor king heard of the name which had been given ? his only child, he was terribly- broubled, and made up hismind that something tnust be done to alter the state of affairs. Now this happened at a time when people who needed help were in the habit of appealing to the good fairies, and the king determined to beg tor their aid. He therefore sought his little girl's fairy god- tnother, and asked her what had better be done. She arranged that little Juanita, for that was her name. was to be changed for a time into the Poorest child in the realm, and the poorest child m the realm was to take the place of the king's daughter. A wonderful change, indeed, but very possible for suoh a godmother No one was to be told of this but the children themselves, and it was to be so arranged that each child should take e other's part quite naturalty, though at the same time they should remember that one was really a princess, and the other a poor man's child. They were to fall asleep at night as usual, Md in the morning the change would have taken place. Now you may be sure that the Princess in ?Mr Bt}kcn bed sobbed herself to sleep, and I «n a.56ure you that the little maiden on her hard mattress of straw closed her eyes with a wery bright smite on her little face Now all that happened to the poor man's thiM need not be told. Enough to say that .he was as happy as the day was long and that everyone at court wondered what had hap- pened to make her so kind all at once But with the poor little Princess matters did 1Iot Sow so smoothly. She waked in the morining to nnd heraelf in t small attic, lying by the side of another ittlegirJ. She heard someone call Mara Mara, get up rou lazy thing, and come downstairs,"and r &e found herself saying AI) right, mother, *et me dress little Belle she isn't so well to- day." Then she arose, and, astonished at her- self, gently dressed a little cripple, and went downstairs to the wretched room beneath. There was but a crust for breakfast, and the 'Bck child begged her to share it, calling her "dearSister." and trying to persuade her that the was better to-day." AH this made luanita so dreadfully miserable that she could hardly keep the tears back, and yet she found herself quietly doing all that the ml, whose place she had taken, would have none After breakfast she had to go out and pick Cowers and then sell them in the streets. While ?he was doing this she saw the royal carriage Jiash by and the other child was sitting in it. Then her heart was nllcd to bursting, and she *ated that little figure with aJl her might. She went back to the two rooms and attended To the little invalid. For she could not control her own actions, although within her were passions surging. Tenderness and love for the little sister aDd hatred and anger against the ptesent princess and her owm position. The day was long and tedkHB, she was jthongry and tired, yet she stuck to her work. MM with patience the grumMes of the cruel 'aether, and the sighs of the poor sick child. When night came aod she lay once more on the hard bed, Juanita realised all that was happening. The life that she was now living wae indeed new to her, she had never stopped to time a coald have, and to bear hardships with patience and gmmMing was the strangest of dJI to her. She know that she had been bad Mid heart- tess before, and ahe knew that UMe Mara in Her rags was a thoQsa-nd tunes better than she, and yet her heart was full of hatred and anger, Mad passionate teats coursed down her cheeks. Xet in spite of ttbis she rose at the slightest tound from the other child and tenderly tmoothing her pillow gave her water to drink. The pext day passed in much the same way. -\be one after atso until two whole weeks had passed, and stui the little heart was torn be- eween the love which had entered it from Ma.ra and the hardness which had always been there. But the little cripple was worse, in spite of .II' Juanita's care she was slow!y sinking and the cruel mother said that she would aoon die unless she could be properly attended by a otoctor. When she heard this Juanita's beart WM nearty broken and the'children fell asleep that night locked in one arms. But even still Princess Hardhearb lived In the morning poor Belle was so ill that she could not leave her bed, and her sister was de- termined on a great work. Love for the littie one, and an impulse which she could not resist made her make up her mind to waylay the Present pri ncess and ask her for money to ietch a doctor. She would know that she was not an ordi- nary begger, and yet &he trembled at the thought «f her plan failing and the sick one dying and expected only a cold rebuS, for how often had she turned her own little back (when she was Princess) scornfully on beggar children. tn spite of all this, she kissed the litHe one *& bed, and started towards the castle. She reached the gates—those great, gilded gates which had so often nownopenather approach—and looked eagerly through. As she pressed her little pale face against the baM.she saw the daintily dressed Princess approaching with her ladiee. A footman dashed forward to clear the way, Mtd cried angrily to her Get away, got away, we cannot have beggars here." The tears rushed to her eyes, for she saw the picture of the little sister in the attic, and she 'topped out of the way of the gates when the voice of the Princess waa heard. y Oh. poor, poor little girl, what does she want?" and she ha)d out her purse towards Juanita. Now as she did this the child knew that this beggar girl was realty the king's daughter and she knew also that as soon as she stopped being hardhearted she wou)d be Princess again and she herself the beggar Mara once more. As she realised this she stopped for one moment and many thoughts coursed through her mind, but her little heant was pure and tfuc and she did not hesitate speaking quickly Mid softly lest she should be heard and taken away, she said ;—" I know who you arc, do not be hard hearted any longer, oh I beg you to be good. for I cannot bear you to look so miserable, you shall be Priucess again, for it does not make me unhappy to be poor. Poor title Juani do let me tell the King that now Vou are quite kind and gentle. At these words the passion, anger, and hard- nees in little beart broke at last loose Mid ned for ever, she hurried her face in her hands and ran sobbing from the PaJace. To be treated thus by one from whom she expected nothinc but disdain was more than she could bear. and dispelled all the hardness ? ?a?ghty Uttle heart. 'Y ? ? ? asleep that night Jnanita knew thattt would be the !ast that she would s?end m the miscrs.bie hovel, and her now kind httle heart was Slled with joy as she thought how ? ?o?Id take the sisters to the palace, and '"ske thbm happy and well. Then another wonderful change took place, you cac guess what it was, can't you child- !'en! One Two Three -The Princess Juanita waked once more in her silken bed, but sha p?Ped up quickly and ran to the king. A uttic later she drove out in the royal carriage Wtth her father, a,nd as she returned with the tvo Itttle beggars by her side. the King smiled as he heard someone say f think we must call her littl Princess Kind Heart' now."

SNAIL TRUST. A snaU trust has been formed in the Canton M Soleure, Switzerland, and if the negotia- Mone succeed the trust will cover the three Prtncipa.I snail-raising cantons of Soleure, Vaud and Neuchatel. Soleure alone exttorted snaihs to the value of JE2.000 to Paris in 1909. &nd could not supply the demands of the ?Tench provinces. The French seem to prefer Swiss snails to home-grown ones. The who!e- "Me price in this country is 60 centimes fabout -o.) a dozen, and the trust wishes to raise the P"ce and quality of snails next season, as well ?- to extend the farm?." in order to suppty *? ever-increasing demands both in France Switzerland.

A. E. Remmett Weaver, as medical '1niI-: to the Abertulery Education Com- j???e, has compiled an admirable series ?pf and??*°? for teachers regarding infectious dten contagious diseases amongst school chil- civin The pamphlet includes a useful table child? -directions as to the exclusion both of B?a<?? actually ill and of those living in a ?iJ?t ???* disease exists. This is one of the °??? in which the school doctor can __? the benefits of knowledge upon those ..ong whomthe does his work.

Dymunir i'n Gohebwyr Cymreig gyfeirio eu gohebift.pthit.u, Hyfrau i'w hadoiygu, etc.. iel y ca.n!yu:—" IpANO.Cii Hedd.Berthwin- Btreet, CardiS."

AT Y BE!RDD. Mae gan G. C. gwcll crap ar gyng- hanedd n&c ar gyStrawen mae'r otaf yn rhy wael i'w gwcUa, oud gan Cr. C. ei hun aj ol chwart?r vn Elements of Welsh Grammar" Mr'S. J.Eva.ns,M.A.—Uyfrdeu- naw ceiniog. Sylwed G.C. hefyd. fet englynnwr naw ceiniog. Sylwed G.C. hefyd. fet englynnwr gobeithiol. y rhaid i ail )inell englyn gynnwys chwesill, a, diweddu ar gorfan disgynedig, neu yn IltosiU. Pumsill yw ail tineU ei englyn cyntaf ef,— ADai ein Hwyd Sior," a dyrchafedig—unsill—yw corfan ei diwedd. GeUh' dweyd a ddywedwyd wrth G.C. wrth Ddewi Caron hefyd, er nad yw efe ddyfned ym mhwil cystrawen waUus & G.C. Ni euir cyhoeddiei englyn i "Dy'r Arglwyddi" <um fed crych a Uyfn yn ei gyrch sylwer— "—a duw TRaia YdywTY'RArglwyddi." Blin yw methu cyhoeddi ei g&n etholiado! hefyd mae gyn waeled ei chystrawen. Wele ddeubill arall gan Gelynydd Mason i'r ''Gaeaf;" ynyrhai'nfe ddygymyddynwe!! &'r tymor, a cha.n ei brydferthion yn gysta.1 aji erwindeb. Dwy gerdd dda,yn adsain gam lefau beirdd & phroSwydi Cymru'r oeaoedd, yw rhai D. George a D. L.'PhiHips.

BARbDONIAET. DAROSTYNGrIAD BINBYCH A MAESYFED. Uwyr doat wedi coUi'r dydd—yw Dmbych, Heb danbaid Arweinydd; A thynged Maesyfed sydd I Waiia yo gywilydd' Abercr&f. Gwatedydd.

Y GAEAF. Yn debyg i'w Cbrewr, rhydd daear ei ha.rdd- wch A'i chyfoeth at ancen anifa.H a dyn; Cyn iddi roi ymaitb eu bywyd yn hoUol Daw Gae&f a t tuoedd i'w suo i hun; Gan serch lane'r cymylau yn gotchi ej grudd- iau. A'r btodau wrth farw gusanant ei gwedd; Mae rhew gylch ei gwe!y, ac e'ra'n drwch drosti, Rhag digwydd ditn niwcd i'w bywyd n*'i hedd. Mae natur yn wy!o a'i dap:rau yn rhewi. Mae newyn ac oerni ar fynydd a. gtyn, Mae'r gwyntoedd yn udo, a'r tonnau'n Byr- nigo, leuenctyd yn iHthro hyd ploriau y !!yn; Mawr ddifrod wna'r Gaea.f ar fywyd ac eiddo, Ond ma.c ei fcndithion yn fwy iawer iawn— Ccir nerth dan y 'stormydd creuionaf 'wrth gotio Daw Gw&nwyn ar sodlau pob Gaeaf a gawn. Y Barri. Celynydd Maeon. ?

Y GWIR ANRHYDEDMIS D. LLOYD GEORGE, A.S. Wladgarwr dewr, mae'th enw'n pera-fogli Yng nghofres prif enwogion Gwaha wen; Mae'th grebwyH claer ma.i huan yn gwasgara Y gwyll a.'r niwt sydd yn dargudtho'r nen. Hen ywbryd tr&is y canoloesoedd duot). Fu'n hwyiio 'i gamrau'n eon i bob d6r, Sydd heddyw'n prvsur Soi am fro'r cysgodion 0 Haen y dewr G.MigheHydd, D. Llwyd Si6r. Seneddwr Sraeth! y mae'th anianA.wd loew Yn Hifo'n neufpr i bob cwr o'n gwtad Amheuthyn gw'led y go!euni hwnnw A rhydd id gwyn yn canlyn ol ei dr&'d— Y rhyddid fu am oesoedd yn huatau Tonaeth erch a rhagtarn gut y Sads— Y rhyddid fu yn wylo am iawnderau I Gymru f&d, a neb yn gwrando'i lais. Pa Gymro pur na fedr dalu teymged 0 barch i'r gwr sy'n ymladd &r ei ran. Pa dda.!l o hit Geridwen na a!! weted Fod Cymru diawd yn graddol godi'r lan? Gwronaidd fri ei mcib sy'n nos eu bpddau Dramwya megys chwa rhwng deHiog goed, Sibryda'n fetus wrMi yr hen fynyddau. "Uwyd Si6r yw'r goreu fa¡rodd Gwalia 'rioed!" Dadieua'n hyf dros addysg bur i'r wcrin. Yr hwn lefeinia'u hysbryd & mwynhad; Nid Bgiwysyddot addysg ar sail gethin, Ond addysg gyfocthoga ln ein gwlad. Mae i.Mth y bryniau'n anwy! gan ei gaton: Fe'i nodda'n addaa rh&g dioddef cam, Et ha<;en syw. a swyn ei pher a!awon. Dry ei wtadgarol natur oil yn mMn. Mae'i anitn yn Hawn t&n droa gydr&ddoldeb Crefyddol i bob enwad yn y tir; Nid rhagfarn ydyw sylwedd ei ddynotdeb, Ond dyndod wedi 'i drwytho yn y Gwir. Dros Ddadgysylltiad gwron— Ca-nqlfur y gwahaniaeth syrth i la,wr; Ac yna. feddw heddwch fel ,yr a,féÐ, A tlwyddiant byth ar goron Prydain Fawr. Gyaynhd aeth yr enwog Lwyd o Wynedd Yn dywysogol yn Senedd-dy'r wiad Mae'r hit Donaidd, er eu holt atg&8èdd. Yn gorfod gwrando ar pi eiriau mAd Etdduna Cymru Sydd i'r cawr goludog 0 ymwybyddiaeth fyw ac ysbryd rhydd, Rwyddineb etc i ddringo'n Brif Weinirlog, Ac amser maitb yn arwr Cymru Fydd. LIandudoch. D. L. Phitipps.

MAE'N BRYD I GYMRU DDEFFROL Mae'n bryd i Gymru ddeffro O'i ddyddiau hir, I godi'i hit ar raddfa Hwydd Wrth fyw rhinweddau'r Gwir; Yn chwaon ysgeifn wagedd Mae'n gryg gan grechn ffo], A meddwi mewn pieserau m<M Sy'n cario'r wlad yn o!. Mae'n bryd iGymruddeSro I gadw'n fyw ei bmith: Mae ewyn oer eatrono] d<)n Yn Ua.nw dros ei thraeth; Mae b.,1chder merched Cymru Yn estroneiddio 'i ph!mnt. Ac adsain rhyw ddieithrwch sydd Yn myn'd dros fryn a phant. Mac'n bryd i Gymru ddeffro I buro'i hargraff-wasll Ddei) gampau'r dwrn a.'r t-raed i fyn'd Drwy boeddi 'u hanfad dasg; Ni waeth gan hon, ond e!wa. < Droi gwla.d y Bcibta.n sarn. ) Ar gefn ei gw&g lenydniaeth front ? Da.w rhin a moes yn g&rn. Mae'n bryd i Gymru ddeffro âsr utgom wrth ei mant, A ysgwyd waetod dyffryn-dir Ei swrth eagcutus hlant; Mown asbri ma-e'r athrawon Am bopeth newydd spoo. Nea dwyn dirywiot gymyi Di'oseicororau!!on. '1 Mae'n bryd i Gymru ddeffro— I ddeffro'n Sordd ei Duw: Nid da yw dim heb rinwedd hanM I buro'i mynwcs friw; Aed am ei phethau newydd, OndcoSedddayrhen: Mae'r newvdd nad yw'n gwc!t& dim Yn deino 'i bywioi w&n. Mae'n bryd i Gymru ddeffro Wrth gono Myw mewn rhin a ph&rch I'r Duw a'i nodda hi; HoU aiam rneHtennog eiriau Sosiataeth gibddll, a.u, Ni chwyd ein gwlad un cajn yn uwch 0 ddifrod nos a gwae. Mae'n bryd i Gvmru ddenro ) Obalfau'rPab a'Hu: Mown Mynnoedd gwaed a st<mcia<t t&n Cae'ntadau'n rhyddid ni; Eu magnel poeth. difrodo!, Anelant at ein gwtad: deffro i ddyfat wylio *i mnr Rhag eu handwyol trad. Mae'n bryd i Gymru ddegro O'i pheu. feuddwydio\ !&m I got a.n<Tyddia.eth ddrwg ei s&wr, Fynn gablu 'i Duw di-nam: Mae'n fyw gan awydd crwydro Wrtb !ygad ffol. Heb feddu nodwydd cwrnpawd Dew I'w hiawn gyfeirio'n o!. t Mae'n brvd ipymm ddeffro Yn nordd ei Noddwr hi. AU ei chyfeirio'n !rwybra.u 'i Uwydd A ch"u hoH ddora.u'i bri: glust at weddi Cymm Droa drothwy'r net i lawr, Fe n unig Gymru f&ch I ddod yu Gymru fawr. Penrhiwfcr. Ðawd George.

MARWOLAETH Y DAIL. MTTYRDRABTH. (Parhed o'r rhifyn diweddaf.) Beth tybed yw'r genhadaeth dreiddiol Wrth' wei'd y'daH yn !!usgo tu&'r berth ? Ai mvn'd yn ddilywodraeth yw ca roan ? Neu fyn'd am nodded maent i f6n y cla.wdd! Neu fyn'd i chwHio'n beddau yma, thrMr, # Yn ysbeuiedig a digartref?tnwy ? Ai marw yno dan ?'?'?°?, Heb obaith mwy am fywyd ynddynt bwy Na dim i ? iTyoyrchu dede-n wcrdd I harddu'r poedwig: yn yGwamwyn dda-w. Na BwaaKar Srwythau r dros gread Duw 0 na o'r marwol ddait daw newydd rai, J harddu'r byd. a Mae'r da.it wrth fa,rwynSrwyth!om rttr O'r hwn mae boncyn cryf yn sugno nerth I ai! a ffrwythtont r coed— Gwneud byd o'r newydd yn y G-wainwyn hardd, A'i droi yn foliamt ar delyna. r Sai' Pob Hygredd wenr yma mhitth v byw Mae'r ddaear yn ei dderbyn gyda gw6n, A'i roi yn faeth i'c gwreiddtau i gasghi nerth Yn fywvd Gwanwyn; ac ait fyw o hyd Yn dtysni a phrydferwch mwyaf Daw Ar fynwes,creadigaeth. 0 mor fawr Yw dirge! bethau Duw o hyd., Does neb A fedr oh-hMn e; ddirgeuon Ef. 'Riff dim ar goH drwy'r greadigaeth fawr. Daw nertboedd bywyd eto'n gryf a. h&rdd, Er marw'r dail boh Hydref fu erioed. Daw dai! bob Gwanwyn i brydferthu'r coed. Mae'rcenedtaethau'n myn d.ondDuw sy'r un: Daw Gwanwyn adgyfodiad i bob dyn. 1 Penyparc, Ceredigion. D. Baeeett. I

Fight With Burgtar. THREATS WtTH REVOLVER. STORY OF EXOTtNG STRUGGLE. One of the most exciting bursary stories recently told was related in the South-Western Police Court on Saturday, when Waiter Jack- son (36), said to have been concerned in a numnet' of burgtaries in South London, was charged with breaking and entering a house in Atbara-road, Teddington. on January 4th, and with attempting to murder the occupier. Mr John Hunter Campbell. an artist and designer. Mr Campbell. who ia 58 years of age, toid how he met the burglar at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. His wife h Ml gone out to do some shopping. Shortly after she left be was in the kitchen, when he heard the front door shammed. On going into the hail he was surprised to see a man standing by the dining-room door. Seeing at once that he was there for no good purpose. Mr Campbell said he realised that he must be diplomatic, so he said to the stranger. Good evening. You are the gentleman who has come about the rooms. You have seen my wijfe." The man replied, Yes, I have just seen your wiie, and she gave me the key." Mr Campbell rejoined, Oh, yes. Pray be seated," and pushed the man gently into the dining-room and into a chair. Saying to his visitor, If you wait a minute I will knock for my daughter, who liveo next door, and who will come in and show you the rooms." Mr Campbell went into the hall and knocked upon the dividing vaJl. When he went back into Hie dining-room be found the stranger standing un, with his right hand in the breast pocket of his overcoat. This, the householder thought, looked rather danger- ous. But he again gently pushed the man into the chair, and asked him to wait a moment. Re rapidly settled it in his mind that the best thing to do was to get out of the <room and lock the man in, so he edged away, and had got as far as the door when the man sprang up, and grasping him by the collar of his coat, struck him on the back of the head with an iron jemmy which he pulled from under his coat. Thf blow inflicted a large wound, but fortunately, said Mr Campbell, the force of it was lessened by a wig he was wea.ring. To this wig he believed he owed his life. The blow knocked him down, bleeding profusely, and the man knelt upon him brandishing the jemmy over his head, shouting, Shut up. Shut IIp.\Or I'M give you another." Witness said," Oh, don't hit me again. Don't hit me," and Ms assailant answered, "Au right. You'U let me go, and I won't do it." Mr Campbell said he would let him depart, and his assailant got up and went towards the door. Before he had gone further, however. witness, who had followed, seized him, and catted for help, and there was a struggle in the hall, in the midst of which a pedestal and earthenware nower-pot were upset and broken. The Advocate Did you do anything at tbatmoment? Witness: Rather. I clutched hold of a broken piece of the nower-pot and went for him with-it. When the man saw this, he s&td, If you hit me, FU shoot you." The artist replied You won't," and at the same moment dashed the broken piece of the nower-pot in his face, cutting his face in several places and causing the blood to now. All thts time thQ man had the jecomy in his right hand, but when he was struck he pro- duced a revolver with his left, and pointing it at the lower part of witness's body, pulled the trigger three times. Mr Campbell heard the click of the weapon, but for some reason it would not go oS. Just then his daughter, in answer to his knock, came in, and when the man saw her he pointed the revolver at her, and sa.id, If you don't clear out I'll finish you." She went out again by the back door. 'Mr Campbell, freeing himself from hia assailant, also made good his escape by the back door, and, running to the front of the house—now nearly exhausted from loss of blood—he saw the man come out bv the front door. stilt holding the revolver in his hand, and go oS down the road at a jog trot. Mr CampbeM returned to the house, and found that his assailant had left behind him a scarlet tte, a dark munler, and a brown bowler hat, but had taken away witness's TrHby hat. The revolver, loaded in three chambers, was subsequently found in an adjoining garden. Witness added that bis doctor told him that if it had not been for his wig the blow from the jemmy might have proved fatal. On January 15th he attended at the South-Western Police Court, where the prisoner was detained on another charge, and there identified him as the man who threatened to murder him on the 4th. Mrs Campbell, wtness's wife, and Mrs Wharran, his daughter, having given evidence, Jackson was remanded.

THE HOTEL RAJDER. Visitor's Long Career of Fraud. John McCrlasha.n Young, a well-dressed youth, wap charged at Westminster on Satur- da,y. pleading: euuty to jewellery and other robberies from Metropolitan hotels. inc1.udiDg the theft of money from a ch<o'itaMe ooniyi- bution box at the Empress Hotel, Wateeioo Bridge-road. The wMe of the proprietor of the BmpreM Hotel deposed that prisoner went UMfp on the 8th inst.. stating that his lugaage follow. He aaked for light refreshment in the smoking-room, and was served th aJone. He then left, as he said, to send a telegm<n. After his departure witness found that a. charity contribution box for & cripple girls' society had been broken open and the con- tents. about a sovereign in coppers, taken. It was stated that last September prisoner left Whitneld-road, Glasgow, stealing .E12 and a lot of silver belonging to his father. He then proceeded to Manchester, and after a stay of a few days came on to London. At Pede's Hotel, he dJKl not pay for his food, and stole a cigarette-holder, which he pawned: On the 31st December a Gladstone bag from Buston Station, and with this he pro- ceeded to Morley's Hotel. He left there with- out paying his bill. On the 3rd or 4th of Januaryhestole a kit-bag and contents at Paddington Station, and with this he went to Faulkner's ? Hotel, Villiers-street. where he broke open a portmanteau in another visitor's bedroom and stole a cheque-book and bankers' passbook. On the 8th of January he trans- ferred to Haxell's Hotel, where he stole a pair of opera, classes and money from a bedroom. The same day. visiting Birch's Hotel, in the Strand, he stole a Gladstone bag Etnd contents from a bedroom. Visiting the Wilton Hotel Victoria Station, on the following day. he suc: seeded in stealing from various Ibedrooms valu- able wearing .apparel, a. gentleman's gold watch—pledged in the Strand for jE7 lOs—and !t, quantity of jewellery belonging to & lady visitor. ? Mr Horace Smith committed the prisoner for trial on various charges.

BABY tN LUGGAGE VAN. -=-- Left in a Wickerwork Basket on the RMk. Theite was received at the St. Pancraa Workhnuse on Saturday night a bahy had been found in a wickerwork basket in a Midland Railway van at St. Pancrae Station. The trajn in which the basket was left waa not a. special." but the 1.45 from Derby, call- ing at Leicester, Market Harboroudl. Ketter- mg.Wellingborough. Bedford and Lotcm before reaching St. Pancras. The practice is for the vans which taJce the newspapers into the provinces early in the morning to be utilised as luggage vans on the return journey, but no guard tBavels in them. When this particular train arrived at the ter- minus, the luggage was cleared out of the van, and afterwards Porter Turner found the wick- orwork basket on the rack. As the package was not claimed, it was re- moved to the lost property ofBce. Up to this moment no suspicion as to the contents of the basket had been aroused, but no sooner had it been placed on the noor than the oniciaJs in the omce weresurpnsed to hear the cries of a bahy from within\The lid was hastilyremoved, and there was a" little baby boy reclining on blankets, and wrapped in a shawl, as if in a cradle, with a pillow for his head. The police were at once sent for, while a por- ter rushed on for a heavy railway rug, in-which the "little stranger "was carefuHy wrapped to protecthim from the nold. PoMce-Cansta.bIe 823Y took charge of the baby, and it in a Midland Railway private omnibtts to the workhouse, where it is now being cared for. The chiM was dressed in long clothes of good quality. The medicaJ omcer at the wotkbouse haa reported that the baby is aboat &ve weehs oM, and in a wasted condition. There were no marks on the clothing nkely to lead to the discovery of the paints, and the only clue the police have ie the inacnptton, Adams, passenger to London," wntten on an unomcial label which was attached to the haaket. The fact that the basket bad no rajiway l&bel upon it points to it having been placed on the rack by someone other tham an ofBcial.

THE MONTGOMERY TRAGEDY. The inquest into the tragic circumstances of ijie dea.th of Mr John Maurice Uoyd. Chancery hamster, Tre FaJtdwyn, Montgomery, and Lincohl' Inn. who was found shotshortty after recording his vote in Montgomery Boroughs' election, in which he had been a pfotniment CcaMerva-ttve worker, took pla<:e on Saturday. Mrs Welch, who said the deceased was her brother, said he had just recovered from a severe attack of influenza.. which had, however, left him soSering from absolute ner- vous and mental prostration. Mrs Mitchell, OMtCastle Farm, said that on Friday after- noon, when upstairs, she heard someone wa& into her kitchen, andnextsawa man go oat up the ro&d with a gun. She went downstairs and missed her husband's gun. A moment later she heard a report and saw the man lying on the road. Mr Mttchell said there were no cartridges in his gun. Mr Hoyd once borrowed his gun to shoot a rahbit on his land, but on that occa- sion asked 'for the gun. Cross-'examined The ground was uneven and slippery where deceased was found. The discharged barrel went oC very easity. P.C. Davies said the gun was lying length- ways under deceased, the top part of whose head was completely blown a.way. The juryetorned an open ?edtct. l.

RA)LWAY DtSASTER. Train Ptunges in River. 46 PEOfLE REPORTED KILLED. Sault Sainte Marie (Michigan), Saturday.— According to reports received here,,48 persons have been killed in the wreck of a Canadian Pacific train near Espanota, Canada, and 92 injured. Toronto, Saturday.—News has just reached hereof & disaster to the Montreal-Minneapolis express, with fearful effects. ? The brief messages so far to hand state that four of the passenger cars left the track where it skirts the Spanish River, west of Sudbory, andptunged into the water. Forty-eight passengers are stated to have been killed and 92 injured. The four cars are entirely submerged, and a. dtver is now at work recovering the bodies of their occupants. The line on which the disaster happened is the Soo branch of the Cana- dian Paeinc Railway.—Central News. Toronto, Saturday.—Meagre reports received at midnight state that part of a Canadian Pacific Railway train rolled over an embank- ment near Webbwood. 37 miles west of Sud- hury, Ontario, yesterday afternoon. One car was totally and another partially submerged m Spanish River. Estimates of the dead vary from ten to forty, but only seven deaths are positively known as yet. The list of injured is a long one. Aocord- mg to one report, a car caught nre and a num- ber of people were burned. Special trains with doctors, nurses and drivers are rushing to the ? scene from Sault Sainte Marie and elsewhere.— Reuter.. Ottawa, Saturday.—Further details of the wreck on the Canadian Paeinc Railway, near Sudbury, connrm the nrst reports as to the magnitude of the disaster. The coaches which were derailed include half of th& second class cars which struck Spanish River bridge, the Colonist car, and the 6rst class dining car. Eight occupants of the latter escaped, but every passenger in the other was killed or drowned. Probably four or nve cars plunged into the which was covered with twelve inches of tee, so that even if it had been possible for the passengers to break out of Hie cars they would stiil be caught under the ice.. Divers are at work in the river, which is 35ft. deep, recovering the bodies.—Beuter. The train (says a Lloyd's telegrajn) lett Sad- Durywtth 200 passengers, androaheddownon the bridge spanning the Spanish River at. 40 mues an hour. There were seven caM.in- clud,ing a mail and baggage section, a touaist car—which is practically a third-claaa deeper— a second-claes car, a nrst-class dining saloon. *ndaPuIlm&ncar. As the bridge was being crossed the aeeond- otass car suddenly jumned the track, pfaMMt- ably because of a, broken rail. and smasbtng into the side tails of the bridae was cut in two. Half of this car, the toonatcttr, class dining saloon swung clear of the bridge and fell wtth a crash upon the ice, which imme- dtately broke andlet,ihewreckage thr<M)gh into the rrver beneath, -c .M?y were thus drowned, after a frantic nghtfor life. Some escaped from the windows, only to nnd that the car had slid under the ice and they were in an Arctic prison, with death advancing on them as steadily as the water ftlled th@. submerged compartments. Theceuingofthe dining car was partially under water, but from that section several feacues were cSected by an attendant whose name wtll ring through Canada to-moErow as the hero of the nght with death. At the tune of the accident the seats were ahnostaU occupied with diners, and when they were thrown into the river there was con- siderable panic tiU the attendant, Reynolds. dommaied thorn all, and exhorted them to cling to the hat racks andchaodelierstulhe saw what could be done to enect an escape. Re then dived oat of the window of the car, and caJled tor the paaseneeis to arrange them- selves so that the car listed in the water. Thus arded, he managed to gain the roof, and to draw several passengers through a ventilator tosafpty. The car showing signs of sRding farther under the ice, he was begged to get ashore but he stayed where he was, and broke a hole in the roof through which he drew others before the lurching car made fur- ther rescues impossible. Meanwhile, the other half of the severed car. that had not been submerged, caught 6rc, and all the injured in it weze burned to death with no hope of succour. The survivors from other cars went ahnost crazy at the helplessness of their situation, for all they had at hand was snow, and their eSortstoputoutthe names with that were not successful. Only the baggage section and the nMul car remained safe on the track, but even they were derailed. The Pullman car was thrown-to the foot of the embankment, bot escaped the river. It was hours before relief messages could be sent to Sault Sto. Marie, Sudbury, and else- where. and homsmore before adequate relief suppbes. accompanied by doctoca. nurses, dtvers, and break-down arrived. Mean- whue many of the survivors were inahad sta.te of exhaustion, for their wet doihes were frozen ettS on their bodies. The reports that have come thresh indicate that they are hardly capa-ble of gtving a coherent accfHmt of their experiences, owing to the steam and horror of their sufteringB. Divers at enow wetting at frtB speed to rao- der aid to any who may sttH be alive in the parttaRy suboM-med eaa). Only the ventila- tota a<<e visible above the water, and the K-aeae work is most dimcult. Btneezeney pompahave been erected and water ia being sucked from the ventilators, hoUittle or no hope is entertamed for the occupants of thoee compartments. All that is dennitely known u in. jured is that some are too gr&vety hurt to be moved and are being dealt with on the relief train. Twenty-two were lodged thia afternoon in Sudbury Hospital, ten othet-s have been accommodated at local hotels, and othen aMU have found shelter and attention in Saolt Ste. Mane. North Bay, and elsewhere. Many of the dead are awaiting identiScatton. among them a priest who waa killed in the nrat shock. Forty-Six Victims. Toronto, Sunday.—A Sudbury telegram states that U bodies have been recoveeed from the wrecked Canadian Pacinc express. It has been acertainedthore are stiU 35 bodies in the cars which are submerged in the frozen river._ Central News.

WELSH AT WINNtPÉG. An interesting event took place amongst the Welsh fraternity in the City of Winnipeg on New Year's Day. when in response to invita- tions issued by Mr and Mrs R. Jones, about sixty guests assembled at 637, Beverley-street, for a convivial evening. Both North and So<tth Wales were represented amongst those present. Mr E. T. Mends presided, and in the course of a speech said Mr and Mrs Jones, who were beloved and esteemed by all present, were bv that gathering reuniting the people of Wales in Winnipeg, and invigorating the spa-it of enthusiasm, love, and devotion for their country, from which they were sepatated by nearly 4,000 miles. Mr and Mrs Jones werp at all times friends to the friendless as well as Bnanciers to those who needed support. Not a single .person from Wales who obtained an introduction to them ever forget the warmth of greeting and assistance always extended by the Jones s of Beverley House. In the najne of the host and hostess he ex- pressed a hope that each one present would be able to pass a pleasant time that evening. The following programme was then gone through :—Pianoforte solo, Mr J. Davies recitation, Mr W. Roberts song. Miss Morgan; quartette, Beverley Glee Society recitation. Mr &. Long addresses, Mr Sam Hughes and Mr Grin Jones song, Mr W. Jenkins song. Mr GfiS Jones song, Mr T. Jenkins song, chairman. At the point Mr J. Bartlett, past president of Trades and Labour Council and vice-presid- ent of St. David's Society, took the chair for the remainder of the evening. Mr BarUett expressed similar sentiments with regard to Mr and Mrs. Jones to those uttered by his predecessor in the chair, and went on to say that Wales had sent forth into the world some of her best sons. As Chief Justice of Mani- toba he said thev had\on& of the nmest tvpe of the Welsh stock in Chief Justice HoweU. In the United States it was the same, whilst in England they could point to Uoyd George. (Cheers.) He urged all to do what they cooM to uphold the Bag of Wales in whatever quaf- ter their future might be cast. Mr B. Jones expressed pleasure at seeing s& mamv Welsh folk present that evening, and said it aaorded him gMat pleasure at all Bames if he were able to gt?e a hetping hamd to anv of h)6 oldctmmtryoMn. HewomdataUtim?endoar voMr to hand down to his chadten tMB'emMem of love a.nd duty towards his nai;iv.e land. An appropno.te list of toasts was bonoanad during the evening, and the prografame concladed with "The Maple Leat. "n wlad fv Nhadau," and Grod save the King." Mr Richard Jones is brother-in-law to Mr Thomas Ua.vies, late oveanaji of Bedlinog pita. He is with one of the targeet contractors in th& "city of Winnipeg and the north-weat.

Brecon Assizes. MR JUSTICE COLERtDGE'8 TRiBUTE. The business of the Breconshire Winter Assizes was opened at the Shire Hall. Brecon, on Saturday, before Mr Justice Coleridge, who, before proceeding to the court, attended Divine worship at :;t. Mary's Church. The sheriff's chaplain (the Rev. M. Powell Williams, rector of Uansantnraid. Brecon- shire) oSlciated. His Lordship was escorted to the court by the high sheriff (Mr Benjamin Graced Price, of Dulas Fach, Nea-tb, Glam.. and GlynUech, Brecoashire). the sherin's chaplain, the under sheriff, Mr D. T. Je<Treys, and a. contangent of the Breconshire Constabu- lary as javelin men under the command of Superintendent T. Ftyc. His Lordship, addressing the grand jury (of which Lord Glanusk was foreman), said there were mamypuggestiomsbeing madcatthepresent time in regard to the grouping of counties, especially in Wales, for the purpose of assizes— criminal as welt as civil. He did not know in what light they, as representing the county of Brecon, would changea, and he did not think it was his duty to express any opinion of his own upon jt. But one thing he thought he might say, and it was that if any such change or changes took place, it would be for the satisfactory and encouraging reason that it was owing to the diminution generally in the country at large—and signaJly in Wales—of serious crime. Cftmmat Charge. Edward Wells (29). coUier, pleaded not guilty to am indictment charging him with a criminal oSence against Janet Williams, age 15, at Ystradgynlais on December 28th last. Mr Ivor Bowen (instructed by Mr Lionel R. Lloyd, solicitor, Swansea.), was for the prosecu- tion. The jury found prisoner guuty of an attempt. The Judge said he understood priso- ner nad been four years in an industrial school for stealing a skirt. In sentencing prisoner to nine calendar months' imprisonment with hard labour the Judge said that if it had not been for the prompt assistance which two of the wit- nesses—Alfred Clarke and Mrs Elizabeth Jones —were able to render to the girl, he had not the slightest doubt prisoner would have violated her. Young women must be protected against outrages by men like prisoner; and the country must be made safe for them to travel abroad, otherwise it would not be a civilised country. Prisoner It is a shame, your Worship. watch that man (pointing to one of the wit- nesses in'court) when I come out. CM) Action. An action was heard with a special jurv in which the plaintiff was Mrs Rebecca Thomas, Taigarth, widow of the late Mr William Thomas,*woodtnaji, employedon the Tregunter estate. TaJgarth, and the defendants the Cam- brian Railways Company. Ptaintift's husband on July 30th, 1908, at a. level crossing near TaJgnrth Railway Station, Breconshire. was tcnocked down by a passenger train of the Midland RaHway Company (who ha.ve running powers over this portion of the Cambrian Railways) and sustained fatal injuries, and in respect of alleged negligence of the defendant company or their servants. P!aintiC claimed JE300 damages. Mr B. Francis Williams. K.C.. and Mr Trevor Lewis (instructed by Messrs Kenshde, soucitors. Aberdare) were for the plaintiff, and Mr J. Sankey. K.C.. and the Hon. H. C. Bailey (instructed by Mr K. Min- shatl. solicitor, Oswestry) were for the defend- ant company. Mr B. F. WiBiajns said deceased, William Thomas, who was deaf and 67 years of age, met his death whilst returning home from work. The verdict of the coroner's jury was accidental death, with no blame attached to the driver and nreman of the train, but in a rider to the verdict .they recommended that a footbridge be erected at this dangerous cross- ing. The level crossing, said Mr Williams. was particularly dangerous. It was on the Brecon side of the station, and there was a. great deaJ of shunting going on there, and the crossing had been made more dangerous by the negligence of the defendant company in failing to do that which one would naturally have thought they would have done under the circumstances of the case. They had it estab- lished that this was a dangerous crossing that there was no one there to warn foot passengers of approaching trains and that the hedge abutting on the line had been allo (ved to grow to a height of 8 feet and greatly needed crop- ping. For the defendant company, Mr Sankey con- tended that there had been no negligence on the part of his clients and that the case of plaintiff had utterly failed. The Judge ruled that there was no case to go to the jury, and plaintiff was non-suited. This was all the business of the Assize. High ShertfTs Luncheon. Dunng an adjournment of the Court the High Sheriff (Mr Benjamin Garsed Price, Nea.th.)at-the Castle Hotel. Brecon, entertained to luncheon the grand jury, members of the Bar, and others. The High SheriR pBesided, and the vice-chair waa filled by the Under SheriC (Mr D. T. Jeffreys, solicitor, Brecon). The High SheriC was supported by Lord CHamuak, Colonel Jones WuIuMns, CuiPark; Captain D. Hughes Morgan, Mr Ivor Bowen. the Rev. M. P. Williams (tector of Uan- samt?raid.SberuPs chaplain): Mr J. P. W. Gwynno HoKord. BucMaad Mr J. Conway Uoyd, Dmaa Captain Frank Captain J. J. Watkins, CnckhoweU Colonel R. D. GamonoWuHazm, Mr Jones Powell. solicitor. Brecon MaJor A. Stoat* Williams (Chief Con. e of Brecooshire), and others. The health of the High Sheriff. submitted by Lord Gtanusk, was received with cheers and musical honours. To the toast of the Bar, proposed by MrJ. Conway Uoyd. Mr IvorHowen responded. Captain D. Hugbes Morgan gave the he&Mh of Üe-UDder'Sheriff, and the toaat waa drunk <-ith enthusiasm. TBfongh the generosity of the High Sherig the members of the Breconahire Constabulary engapd as javelin escort at the Assize, the oinoers of H-M. Prison, Brecon, the High others dined at the Market Tavem Hotel on Friday evening.. Superin- tendent T.Plye presided, and the vice-chair was Mod by'Chief Warder Williams, of H.M. Prison, Brecon.

Etcction Riot6. CHANCELLOR'S CONST!TUENCY Regrettable incidents occurred at Carnarvon on Saturday. Following upon an anticipated bwt easily repulsed attack on the residence of Mr Lleyd Carter, a leading Conservative, out- side Carnarvon early on Saturday morning, came much more serious outbreaks in the town itself. The actual rioters on Saturday were chieny irresponsible youths from the surrounding quarry districts, who invaded the town. and were carried away by their enthusiasm for the Chancellor and inttatooby the postponement of the vote counting until Monday. Learning that roughs at Bangor had wecked the Liberal Club in the Cathedral city, the Carnarvon crowd retaliated byilrst demolishing the barricades built to protect the Conservative Committee rooms, at Car- narvon, and then smashing the windows. .Elated by this success they proceeded to the Carnarvon Conservative Club. where they broke the windows and battered in the main door. The occupants of the club rushed down in time to barricade the en trance and prevent the crowd's determined rush. The police now arriving dispersed the crowd. The Mayor (Alderman J. T. Roberts) ad- dressed the crowd on the great square in front of the Caatle, appealing to them in the Chan- cellor's name not to bring disgrace on the cause. Why don't you count the votes to- night ? shouted the crowd. The Mayor explained that it was impossible. Someone called him a Tory, whereupon the Mayor said, You know I am as good a Libera as any man among you, but my ofBcitt! posi- tion prevents my taking sides at this election. My father was one the victims of the '68 persecutions, and fought for Liberalism to the day of his death. I appeal to you to go home quietly." The town clerk, who was formerly Mr Hoyd George's election agent, followed wiQi a sttong personal appeal, pointing out that the cost of aJl damage dome to properifr would fall upon the ratepayers, and begging them, in the Chan- cellor's name, not to discredit his cause. These appeals, however, had little effect. The crowd later came intocoHision withtbe police. Late at night they made another rand npon Bryn Seiont, Mr Carter's country residence. Here the police had barricaded the great en- trance gate, a couple of Qfftcets remaining on gnaifd. The crowd, however, securinglong poles, levered the gates off tbcir.hmgea and Foahed into the gttttmds, wiKcNy destroying in the only to be met by a de. temNned charge by pooce lying in 801DIbœh.. who drew their truncheons and beat back tba crowd, several being injured. The crowd, being reinforced by another con- tBogBnt several hundred strong, cenewad tb&- aaaault, but were met by Wdah speatdng policemen, who assured them that had fett home oajly in the afternoon. The crowd then dispersed.

SPREAD OF QOrTRE. The gottfe dittmtae ie reading,a.laftn.agly in Switze'-taaod, etMciaNy imthecamtoes of Grisons, Valais, and Fcibonrg. Acootdmg to odcial statistics between 2,.300 and 2,500 re- cruits are yearly rejected by tbenMBtfMy authorities on aecouniroft.bc dMease, and the Swiss Army has la. whole division in the last ten yeMS. Pcoteaaor Kochac, of Berne, who is the greatest anthority in E<a'ope on goitre, and who was recently awarded the Nobel Prize focntedtEime, puts pre- valence of the <BBoa«e totbecha-lkandnme contained in the watets drunk in Switzer- land. It ? moatty the poorer classes'that suffer from the disease, Mul very few ioreignera contract it. So far an operation seems to be the only remedy.

There are in WaJes very few among the great unpaid" who make such excellent magistrates as Mr T. H. Stephens, Cardiff. Mr Stephens is, of course, a lawyer by profession but he has given up practice for some yea.rs: Although bis name suggests that he is a Welsh- man, he is a stranger withm the gates, being' a native of Maidstone.

A MONMOUTH TRAGEDY. Ptaced Revotver to His Mouth. Mr F. A. Tolputt. manager of the London and Provincial Bank at Monmouth, was found shot dead on Saturday morning. Shortly before U o'clock information was received at the police station that something had happened at the bank in Priory-street. and on proceeding there P.O. Biston found the manager lying dead in the lavatory with a revolver clenched in his hand. Mr Tolputt has been in Monmouth for a number of ye&rs as the manager of this bank. He was married and lived in the rooms above the bank omces. Inquiries this morning elicit the information that the deceased between 9 and 10 a.m. left his house and walked about the Monmouth streets in his usual manner and charted to several townspeople upon the election. He visited a local hotel. Between 10 and 11 o'clock Mr Tolputt returned to the bank, went straight to the lavatory and locked the door. One of the cerks heard a shot, and the lavatory door was forced. The manager was found lying back with a terrible wound in the face. and in his hand was a small six-chambered Colt revolver. It was evident that he had placed the revolver in his mouth. Dr. Lloyd Smith, who was the nrst medical man to arrive, pronounced life extinct. The tavatory is situated on the ground noor, and the shot was heard by several people out- side the bank. Mr Tolputt came to Monmouth seveal years ago from Walsall, and succeeded Mr Sealy as manager. In connection with the supposed suicide of Mr F. A.tToIcutt. a startling discovery was made on Sunday at the Redbrook Tinplate Works. Fhe manager, Mr E. Beard, missed a small six-chambered revolverwhichwas usually kept in his cash bag. He states that the revolver was always placed in the bag when he visited the branch at Monmouth for the purpose of getingthe foitnight 's pay. His last visit to the bajik was on Saurday, January 15th, and the revolver, although not missed by the manager ofthese works unti yesterday, must have been in the possession ofMrTolcutt since the day mentioned. The revolver has been identified by an ontcieJ of the works as being he one missing from the cash bag re- ferrpdto.

THE !NQUE8T. References to Election Exctterneftt STORY OF A CHEQUE. References were made to election excitement and a certain cheque when the inquest was held on Monday on the body of Mr F. A. Tolputt. The coroner was Mr B. H. Deakin. and a local magistrate (Mr Kennington Hall) was foreman of the jury. Mr Thomas Edward Lomas. of Edgbaston. Birmingham, a stepson of the deceased, was the first witness. He said the late Mr Tolputt was 51 years of age. Deceased had had bad 'health, and judging from letters he had received from home and what he had noticed when in Monmouth on his holidays. the deceased had been in a depressed state for some time. Dr. A. K. Armstrong said he was in partner- ship with Dr. Lloyd Smith, who was Mr Tol- putt's medical adviser. On Saturday morning shortly after 10 o'clock witness was sent for to the bank in Priory-street. Deceased was in the lavatory, in a sitting position. There was a large pool of blood on the floor. and the right hand was hanging straight down towards the noor. the thumb being within the trigger- guard of a revolver. Blood was flowing from the mouth and nose. There was a wound in the roof of the' mouth. Deceased was quite dead. The bullet or bullets had not come out of any part of the skull, amcrconsequentty there was no external wound. The bullet had been embedded in the skull. The door of the lavatory was not locked when witness was present, but the glass portion of the door was broken. From the nature of the wound and the position in which he found the body he should say that the wound was self-innicted. Mr John Davies, the bank cashier. was handed a cheque, with instructions from the coroner to notice the amount but to only answer the questions put to him. The Coroner: Does that cheque bear Mr Tolputt's signature ? Witness Yes. It is dated the 19th of this month. The Coroner And it bears the stamp of Lloyds Bank. Cardiff," on the face of it Witness Yew. In reply to ftirther questions he said the cheque was endorsed on the back with the signature of the person representing the payee. The Coroner Supposing that in the ordinary course of business this cheque had been posted to CardiC on the 19th and paid into Uoyds Bank at Cardiff on the 20th, what would happen next ? Witness It would be sent to London for collection. It wootd be passed through the clearinghouse on the 21st. ? The Coroner: Would it be received from London byyour branch on the morning of the Mndt -'? .?' Witness Yes. However. I did not see it with the other London cheques. I have not seen it until now. It has not been debited to Mr Tolputt's account. The Coroner Don't mention &e amount. Now, was Mr Tolputt's account suffteientty in credit to have met that cheque. Witness No. He further st-ated that an inspector from the head office had examined the cash at the office and found everything correct. The books were also all correct. Mr R. P. Prichard, a clerk at the bank: also spoke to the discovery of the dead body. He identified the revolver as one Mr Tolputt had told him had been left bv the manager of the Redbrook Tinplate Works. This was Mr E. Beard .who fortnightly drew a considerable sum from the bank to pay wages. Mr E. Beard identified the revolver pro- duced. He said it must have been taken from his cash-bag. P.S. Barnie spoke to finding the cheque re- ferred to and other letters on the body. The Coroner said he had called attention to the\cheque because it was received back on the morning of the tragedy. Owing to his health, Mr Tolputt could not realise, evidently, that although there was not enough credit to his account to meet the cheqoe the matter could have been arranged. He had been asked to explain that the family would meet the cheque. He laid emphasis on the fact that the bank account was all right. Tha Foreman said they returned a verdict that the deceased shot himself whilst tempor- arily insane, adding that the deceased's mind must have become unhinged by the election excitement and the cheque. Mr Totputt had mentioned that he <M)uld not sleep because of the election. Mr Lomas, th&step-son. said Chat the eheqoer was peaNy a smaN matter. If the family htd been approached it could have been met in ten minutes. This was all due to depression.

HORSE SET CRUEL TASK. COLLAR WOUND AND TWO-TON LOAD. At UandaS Police Court on Monday Albert Winter, coal seller, of Belle Vue Crescent, Uandaff North, was charged with cruelly ill- treating a horse, and Roger Skeats, of Whit- church. was charged with aiding and abettmg him. P.O. Bryco said on Thursday. January 13th, from information he received he went to Station-road, LlandaS North, and on the hiil near the railway station he saw the two de- fendants. Winter was in charge of a horae and lorry loaded with coal, and had hold of the animal's head. and was beating it with a whip. Witness asked him whv he was beating the horse, and he said he had not done so. He then asked Winter if he thought the horse was going to pull such a load up the hill, and he replied that !t had done so before. Witness had ascertained the weight of the coal, which was two tons, and Uie lorry weighed over 15cwt. The horse was taken out of the vehicle into a neld, where wit- ness foand it had a raw wound under the coger and over 30 marks on the body, where it had been beaten. Winter then said, We had been having a drink together, and Skeats said my hoese could not pull lOcwt. up the hill. I told him it could, and that it had pulled two tons up. Skeats said," I bet yon two tone of against your hofse if he can do it the coal is yoots, and if h&don't the horse is mine." Defendants expressed regret, and were each fined 40s and costs, the magistrates deacnbmg the bet as a most foolish one.

I aE750 DAMAGES Agatnet British Medical Assoctatlon. In the King's Bench Division on Monday Dr. Gerald Thomas Ra-wnatey sued t&c British Medical Association (as publisher of the British Medical Journal ") and Mr Dawson Williams (as editor of the journal), to recover damages for libel. Dr. Rawnsley disputed his wife's will, in which she left Dr. Dunn, who was in practice at Battersea. practically the whole of her money except £1.000 left to her daughter. Plaintin!, in the interests especially of his daughter, disputed the will, alleging un- due influence on the part of Dr. Dohn. The action waa settled, but Dr. Rawnsley ref<ased to withdraw the charge of undue innuence. The libel was then published, alleging that by the settlement terms Dr. Dunn was virtuaMv acquitted of the odious charge brought against him, and in the opinion of the writer Dr. Dunn was perfectty entitled to the legacy in ques- tion. This, plain lift said, imputed to him cruel and dishonourable conduct. Defendants first pleaded fair coimment, but aubsequenttv amended the defence and admitted the words did impute and were intended to impute odious conduct to plaintiff. Counsel for the defence addressed the jury iu mitigation of damages The jury found for the piMnitiS, damages £150, for which judgment was enured with costs.

Notwithstanding the changes that have been made mine representation of Wales, Mabon will agam return to Westminster as' the most weighty representative among them all. His has been the largest individual majority, ex. cepting Merthyr, where the conditions of vot- Tng were so complex.

TALKS ON HEALTH. By A FAMILY DOCTOR. SwaNowing Pins and Needtes. It is a, dangerous habit to hold pins of n<*edJes in the mouth, aa they mfy be swal- !owed by accident. The greatest danger M that the pin may stick in the throat, or. by sudden in-drawat of the breath, be sucked into the wind-pipe. This. however, is a rare acct- dent. It-, is much commoner for the pin to be swallowed right down into the stomach. In these circumstances do not be over-anxiooa. It is not pleasant to swallow a pin, but in the great majority of cases, no hajTn foliows. The wrong thing to do is to give an emetic, as very likely the pin will not come up at all. and, if it does, it may stick in the gullet or even be sucked into the windpipe in the gasping spasms of the violent vomiting. There is only one thing to do, and that is to eat a large plate of porridge or a quantity of bread, the idea bemg to get the pin embedded in the pul- taceous mass so that it may progress down the intestines safely. The pin should be watched for, so that aJI anxiety may be nnally removed when it has completed its jllçmey through the body. If it is retained it ma.y do no harm, and certainly no operation can be done to remove it. The X-rays are useful in searching the throat and neck, especially in thin people or in chil- dren but it is worse than hunting for a needle in a hay-stack to search for a. needle that hM been swaNowed by & grown-np person by the X-rays. And Other things. Fish-bones sometimes stick in the throat. In a. good light you may be able to see the bon at the back of the throat and pick it out; but if the bone is out of sight then onlv a doctor can get at it by using special mirrors and for- ceps. Of course, a bone should be taken out at once—if if is left in, even for an hour or two it may &et up a swelling, which gives rise to obstruction in breathing. False teeth should always be removed at night, not only for clean* liness aake, but for fear that they may be acci- dentally swallowed—the smaller the plate the greater the danger. A Reminiscence. NetHerash is a complaint which manifests itself in the skin, but has its real origin in the intestines. Some poison is taken into the sya- tem, and it makes its way out into the skin, giving rise to blisters or weals all over the body. As the name implies, the busters resem- ble the marks produce by a sting from a nettle. They may appear on the hands or face nrst, but generally come out all over tbe body. Fish which is not quite fresh is by far th< commonest cause of nettle-rash. I had it my- self once when I was travelling in the So<<th of Spain, and I am afraid that I gave the hotat proprietor a bad quarter of an hour for ooe't temper is not unproved when' every inch of one's skin ia tortured as though a Moaad thrashing with a bunch of stinging-netttes httd bean administered. Monday is the day ott which you should be careful how yoo eamA, for it has probably been kept in the shop all through Sunday. Of course, the danger is wctM in summer than in winter. SheH-nsh, eapeciaOy mussels, are not infrequently foand guilty of producing nettle-rash and also of ptotMtne poisoning. I never eat sbeB-nsh of any description. Don't do Anything Bash. Nettle-rash attacks individuals in ctaaoaa inexplicable ways. Some people always baJV a rash after drinking champagne othazt after salmon, and so on through a long Hat 01. mdividua< peculiarities. It is easy, bo.Ew«, to avoid the particular drink or artier <tf diet that is followed by these undesirable resnitt. For an ordinary case of nettle-rash, the treatment is made obvious by the cause—a poison \S in the intestines, so it must be got rid of as soon as possible. Take a dose of saöe or castor oil, and be content with invalid diet for twenty-four hours. The rash will deaf up on its own accord when the poison has been eliminated. The most soothing application M lead lotion applied cold. It is right that you should interview the tradesman from whom you bought the tainted nsh, but it i< only fair to wait until the itching haa dis- appeared or you may be betrayed mto lan- guage you will ultimately regret. The Eyes and the Head. D. E. LI. writes to say he suffers from con* gestive headache, that he has a lot of reading and writing to do, and that it means ruin irt he cannot be cured. He also says he know&- many friends in the same box. After reading his letter carefully through. I think he munt be suBering from the usual effect of a sedentary life he does not get enough fresh air and exercise, and now worry is added to his trou- bles. But what I notice particularly about rh<< letter is that he makes no mention of the con- dition of his eyes. If he were my patient the nrst thing I should do would be to examine the eyes. It sounds to me as though he cou)d be completely cured by wearing suitable glasses. provided, of course that he takes care of his health in other ways. The trouble is that the ordinary doctor is not capable of spectacles the work must be dom by .) specialist, and that is wtn these peopto ¡¡;Uf(cf. mg from eye-strain go and buy a pair of da;;e at random from a shopkeeper, who does not understand eyes. or worse still, he buys a nair oS a barrow in the street, or at a fair. The eyes are worth too much <<)'e played about with. As my correspondent says, it is ruin if he cannot be cured. Therefore it is worth spending a little time and t'l keep ruin away. My advice to to take a jot o{' trouble about getting the best opinion in <hf country about the eyes. Make an arran; ment to take a morning oS and trave) tn t.hf nearest large town, having previousty mndo an appointment with the specialist.and get Lho right glasses. Even two or three pounds )<< nothing when the happiness of oneself a.nd family are at stake. Therefore Mr D. E. LL, my advice is fresh air, good food, exercise out of doors, and a scrupulously careful examin- ation of the eyes by a prominent specialist. I note you take phosphates. They are a well- recognispd drug, and may do you good. Hut the recommendations above will do you more. good. And do not forget that every mouth. ful of bread and meat that you take contains <, dose of phosphates in it. Write me again. Answers to Con'espondeots. I thank "Lily" for her nice letter. Sht seems such a sensible girl that tbefe is littk fault I can nnd with her daily life. The goitre she has is possibly the her occasionally feeling weary and n There is no real reason for alarm the symp- toms will probably disappear in time. A go" is sometimes accompanied by a trembling of the hands, a rapid pulse, and a slight m'omim- ence or bulging of the eyes. Th& ocot- dition is called exophthalmic goitre, and tbo<M suiter from it are generally highly stnmg atttd irritable tber shomd be under the care at. doctor, and t*me and perse'veranoe, cocpted with the doctor's ca.ce, work a cure in no rapid cure must be premised. Constant Reader.—Rub the feet with top- pentine liniment. Zebra.—Chieny mental symptom*; occupy your mind with wmoteMme thonghfs< get a hobby and fo!<get yoor aUnMnts. (AH letters intended for **The Family should be addressed, The DQct.œ 8. Belle Salvage, London, JB.C.)

CONVtCT WHO COSTS .£2,000. A convict in the penal eetaMitbment Lenzbourg has served 43 ye«.rs' impneoo< ment, having received a lite aeotenoe for aMB*- der in 1866, when he WI88 25 yeazs of age. Bh has already cost the Govemment neatly and as he is a strong and heaMhy man of 68, htt j will probably live many yeazs in pei<*on. I<N Vieux," as he is caBed, !S coaeatted both by warders and convicts when ometttion)! of regu- lations and rights crop up. He ie proad of tht fact that he is the convict who hae served tbt. longest term in Switzerland and neobaMy itt Europe. <

TRtPLE MtMDER !N A FLAT. New York, Fftda. New York in a comfortable apaztmeat thcee toM women and a man, wMi their heads battered, were found dead. They were gagged and bound, and there was mot one strong dia&418 add the po&e.4;o identity the << the crime. 8alva.tone8MJpcme,themT!Bderedman. a prosperous barber, ooccpingasman Aat ia the Itaiian qaatter.wnh hiswtfe, Felicia MMit. a bride of eight months. The other womaa, Concetta Martmc. was a middle-aged tnead, of the wife. She was staying with theScalponea and acting as nurse to FeHcia, who <<cas in different health. The mystery is all the more puzzling in view of the fact that no notse was heard by tht neighbours, who were separated only by <. thin partition, and that atao. apparently. < bulldog purposely chained in the haH the murderer to escape without ?A?i? sound. It is thought by the detectives that t!M murders were committed by someone inti- mate with the family, and consequently friendly with the animal. As to the motive, the poHee can give nooe, accept, perhaps jeatoosy. It appears that a very beautiM young woman was rejected by SeaJpone, and it is thcMght the disappointed girl hired ehM for revenge. It is not thought that rob* bery aloce inspired the murderer of murdererl, as a considerable som of money and som<t jewellery were found on the bodies of th< women, although a diamond ring and a gold watch are missing from the murdered man. It is certain that the murderer had plenty of Hme to carry out his purpose, because every* thing in the room had bean handled, and the, contents of the bureaMx searched. To matM death doubly sure the yoong bride's throat wat cut. The murderer had washed his bl<Jbd-stained hands in the baaah and did not take the trouble to throw the watet away. Am<Migst civilised cities New York holds thf record for undetected criminals, and there it every evidence that this triple tragedy, whidr haa greatly excited the 300.000 Italians im th< city, will go unsolved and 'mpunished.

This is how one of our corespondents on burdens himself after the Denbigh Boroogh election :—" Gwaegwchinon Crwrecsajm ganr waith gwcll gan Cymru golli gwaed, na gwneo< Gore greulon gynrychioli gythryblus Gwron-George."