The Cardiff Times

Y GOEDWIG. Cryd cainc yr aderyn,—oriel G&erog dawnsfa'r gwlithyn, Yw'r goedwig; a. gwir gudyn Urddlwys glog werddtas y glyn. Abercr&f. Glan Arthen.

TISIAN. ESro ana,dl ain ffroenau,—a, chynnwtf Gwawch anwyd y genau; Erglywch gHr Och oergloch g!a.u Bw disian bryd bod eisiau. G!a.n Ai'then.

SALM. C&Q enaid yn netwisg cneinto!—ddawn Yw'r ddoeth SaJm gyiriniot; Edefyn aur yn y dwfn 6), A thrås brodwaith yr yshrydoL Glan Arthen.

Y BARUG.' Barug—gwynder y borau—arianna Yn freiniol y g!annaa: A'i nos wisg mae'n hynawa wau Mown henainti arnom ninnau. Clan Arthen.

Y FFUG SANTEIDDIOL. Anonest annuw bunano!—yw'r dyn A'r sur da.wch santeiddiol; Dam o Iwch yn deyrn o lol Ag oer heriad gweryro!. G!a.n Atthon.

HUDOLIAETH NATUR. Caraf rodio hyd y dolydd Rhwng y blodau mwynion, m&d, P&n gerdd Ebriti mewn sa-ndalau Sidan esmwyth trwy y wlad. Caraf wra.ndo. Haf-foreuau, adar m&n Hawdd i'r cerddi byw a swynol Fynd & bryd y bardd yn l&n' Cat'a.f gerdded tan y Masur Gyda'r brieiH gylch fy nhroed Ha.wdd gobeithio," medd y galon, "Cwrdd &'r HIi ugain oed." Caraf gerdded phwng y Moda.u, C&raf wrando ar y g&n: Dyma nefoodd ar y dda.ea.r— C&n yf aden' mwynion, m&o. Dewi Ca.ron.

PEDWAR TYMHOR Y FLWYDDYN. Gwas hael, ar nelJe8 hwylinig,—yn anadt Einioes l&n, ftodeuotf, Harddwp gwlad a gwyrddwawr glog, Yw y Crwanwyn eginog. Yntau'r Haf sy'n fraf ei fri,—yTi gwyro Dan froron da.!oni, Bpenitt Hon—byw rinia.a*<) m* A ganddp i'n gwe!ni. Euraid lonnwr ydlannau-ar e} ol Ddaw yn rbwydd ei gramrau; Ond creulon. i r fron fo frau, Yw'r Hydref oer °i odrau. A'r Gaeaf—tymor y gwywo,—di-wen Ydyw Anian ynddo; &'i ingon b)wng yn Mingo, Ceir o hyd mat yw o. Treforfab.

CYNGOR MAM. Buddugol yn Eisteddfod Tabcrnaci, Treforis, Na.do!ig,1903. PIentyn bychan ydwyf n. Ac am adrodd wrthych chwi Gyngor mam: Gatwodd arna.f wrtli fy enw, A dywedodd mewn Ua!a cro"w A di-nam. Cofia fod yn Itn dy nn. Hoed dy iaith yn Itawn o rin. Ymhob man, boed hwyr neu forcu, Bydd yn bur, a gwna dy oreu." Ar y Uwyfan dyma, 8. Fel y gwet eich IIygaid chwi, Ger eich b?on; fy nghajon fa.ch yn curo: Ofna sroUi tra, yn ceisio Llawryf Don; Ni wn eto sut y try— Ai i'm herbyn neu o'm tu: Beth fydd ba.rn y beirnia.d heddyw, Wn i ddim—fy ngoreu ydyw. Gwnaf fy ngoruu, cr mwyn mam Ac os a.drodd wyf ar gam, Methiant yw— Methiant wrth ymdrechn codt I <mrhydedd, drwy gyn&wni Cyngor byw. Doed a ddelo, datiaf n At ei chyngor graso] hi; Os na ddeil fy ngwaith y goleu, Ceisia.f etc—gwna.f fy ngoreu. Peidiwch chwerthin—chwareu teg: Nid wyf eto'n dair-ar.ddeg, A bach.bach' Mynnaf goncro'r anawsderau, Os cat neyth i loewi'm doniau, Ac oes iaeh: Cyngor ma.m geiff fod fy Dyw Ar for einioes tra b'wyf byw; Yn eich clyw, dan haut fy mo) eu, Bho'f fy ngair i wneud fy ngoreu. Treforis. Morgan J. Phillips.

EBRILL. Ebri!! ddaeth i wenu'n siriol Etc a.r ein byd; Oywyd sain y g&n byigeiniol Fu yn ddistaw cy'd; Dod yn hoew mae gan ddawnsio Ar yr awel rydd; Mynn v blodau ei goneidio Gyda gwawr y dydd. Rhydd &i fwyn gawodydd maethlon Fywyd a mwynha.d Nid yw'r dotyâd mwy yn Hwydion: Gweddnewid'wyd gwiad; L!ajna/n ebrwydd rhwhg y bryniau Mewn newydd-deb hyw, Gan wa-sgaru hwyr a horau RAd fendithion Duw. Daeth & chronic o fenditbion Newvdd hyd ain ffyrdd Egyr dd6r i ddangos ceinion Na-tur yn ei gwyrdd Lbua y c&g yn Hys y goedwig, Gtywir oddldraw, Dd'wed mewn acen fendigedig Fod yr Ha.f gertlaw. Penygroes. S. Gwyneufryn Davies.

Y GWANWYN. Gwa-nwyn yn dyfod i Gymru eleni, A choron o noda-u i'r dyHryn a'r rhos A chvfyd alawon o gano! y Hwyni I sfrio! roesawu y wawrddydd wen. dies Y goedwig freuddwydM fu'n hir twyd ei di]tad, A wiagir o'r newydd i gyd, yn ei gwyrdd Newydd-deb sy'n dawnsio ar wyneb y cread, Tra'r siriol friaHu'n prydferthu ein Syrdd. Mae'r Gwanwyn yn dyfod mor fyw ei bry- surdeb Dynered ei awel diderfyn ei swyn Ar gopa. y mynydd, wrth wei'd ei dlysineb, Ymbrancio yn nwyfus wna'r defaid a'r wyn Taagnefedd heddychol y Gwanwyn liniara. HoU 'stormydd y Gaeaf, a'n blinodd gyhyd Ei fwyn oruchwyliaeth wna'r dda.ea.r yn Wynfa, A phwy na ddymunai gael Gwanwyn o hyd ? Mae'r Gwanwyn yn dyfod mewn sendy] o sidan Mae swn ei orhoian yn llanw y cen Pob btod'yn a dei!en yn awr sy'n d'od allan I sylla yn wyneb yr huan uwchben Y gog gyda'i dpunor], yng y wennol, Yng ngherbyd y Gwanwyn sy n hedeg yn o!; Mil henSych fo iddynt' C&nt groesaw cprddorol I drefnu'u palasdy mewn dyKryn a dol. Mae'r Gwanwyn yn dyfod Ctywch alaw yr hauwr Tra'n ccrdded y cwysau wrth danu yr had I ofsl Rhagluniaeth bydd cto'n fedelwr Yn casglu y cvfoeth adawyd i'r w!ad BoedcnRsaw i'r Gwanwyn a'i deymasddi- ha)og. A chancr ci glodydd drwy Og!cdd a Do Bcndithia cin bryniau a. bendith gyfocthog Efc ydyw proSwyd Ifydd!onaf y Ne'. Penygroea. 8. Gwyncufryn Daviea.

NAVY 8U!LD!NG. Our Biggest Battteship. H.M.S. COLOSSUS LAUNCHED. Britain's niQth Dreadnought battleship was launched on Saturday, and was named th Colossus by the'Countess of Colebrookc. This vessel, which thua carries a, name famous in British naval history is being built by the Scott's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited, of Greenock. who have a larger connection with the Ad- miralty than any existing shipbuilding firm, and have manufactured the machinery for five or six battleships now in the fleet, while the cruiser Argyll represents their recent ship work. This, however, is the first battleship they have built, so that the launch marks the format addition of one more firm to the list of British builders of Dreadnoughts. It is only nine months since the keel of t)ic Colossus was laid. She is the largest battleship yet launched in this country. Her length is 545 feet, as com- pared with 490 feet of the first Dreadnought. and with 425 fpet of the largest battleship of pre-Dreadnougbt period. This addition to length is a consequence cf the detenmination of the Admiralty to ensure the maximum utility from all of the 12-inch guns fitted on board to fire 8501b. projectiles at unprecedented velocity. All of these guns carried in the Colossus will fire on either broadside, so that whether the enemy's line of ships be to port or starboard every gun wiU be available to do destruction. No gun will be idle, a condition never hpfore realised in a ten big gun ship. The draught has not been increased, so that the ship may enter waters which are only moderately deep. The displacement weight is estimated at 22,500 tons. This is the highest so fa;' reached in this country. The progress in 20 ytars is shown by the fact that the Royal Sovereigns were of 14,150 tons, the Fonnidables of 15,000 tons. the King Edwards 16,350 tons, and the Lord Nelsons 16,500. The step to the Dreadnought of 17.900 tons can be regarded as other than conforming to the law of progression. In the Bellerophons there was. an advance to 18,600 tons, in the next class—the St. Vincents—to 19,250 tons. in Neptune to 19.900 tons, and now in the Colossus we have reached 22,500 tons. Nor can it be accepted that we have attained anything like the maxi- mum. In addition to the 10 12-inch guns, which are mounted in pairs in barbettes, with revolving armoured hoods protecting the ordnance machinery, there are a large number of 35-pound er guns disposed throughout the ship for effectively repelling torpedo-boat attack. The guns and vital parts of the ship are protected by armour ranging from 11 inches in thickness downwards. Water tube boilers and Parsons' turbine machinery to drive four shafts, each with one propeller, are being manufactured also by the Scott's Company to give the ship a speed of 21 knots, corresponding to that of the Dreadnoughts, notwithstanding the greater tonnage. The St. Vincent, engined by the Scott's Company, made 21.9 knots, and a similar success may be looked for in the Colossus. When this vessel is floated, there will be nine Dreadnoughts in the water, ex- cluding four Dreadnought cruisers, and there have been ordered, and are still to launch, nve battleships and four cruisers, two of the latter being for New Zealand and Australia. Two years hence, when ail these armoured ships are completed, we shall have 14 Dreadnought battleships, excluding the Lord Nelson and Agamemnon, and eight Dreadnought cruisers. The launch of the ship Colossus has a special significance, apart from the fact that she is the first to be floated of the eight large armoured ships provided for in the programme of the past financial year. Her launch may be said formally to place one more nrm on the list of battleship builders because, although Scotts have done most important work for the Navy, including the building of the armoured cruiser Argyll, they have not until now had the privilege of demonstrating their capability of constructing a, ship of the line, and this is the first time that Greenock has supplied a. modern warship to the Navy. The fach that the Colossus has been launched nine months from the laying of the keel. and that she is the largest battleship yet Seated for the British service, carry convin- cing proof of this capability. We have, there- fore, now nine firms who have built battle- ships for the British N't.vy, and at the present moment each of these firms, with one excep- tion, has in hand a capital ship either for the Imperial Navy or for Colonial fleets. None of them, however, can be said to have their resources in any way taxed, and it would be easy for at least ten more ships to be laid down with certainty of rapid construction. The nucleus of the Australian Common- wealth Naval Fleet is now < building on the Clyde, and on Saturday the second of the three units, the torpedo boat destroyer Yarra, was launched at Dumbarton from the yard of Messrs William Denny Brothers. The Yarra resembles the Paramatta, the Urst unit christened some time &go by Mrs Asquith, the wife of the Prime Minister. The Yarra will have a speed of 26 knots, with a large load of oil fuel, and a cruising radius of action of 2,500 nautical miles. There was a large representative company at the launching, including Sir George Reid, the Commonwealth Commissioner in London, and Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Newton Moore, Premier of Western Australia. The naming ceremony was gracefully performed by Mrs Moore, the wine used on the vessel's bows being a brand of Australian champagne. Sir George Reid, at a luncheon, responding to the toast, The Yarra—her Owners," said never before did foreign and Imperial states- men express a more intense love of peace, but, strange to say, the stronger were the profes- sions of their statesmen the more extravagant became the pace of naval preparation. With- out doubt, we were on the brink of great events which would throw the whole world into some dreadful catastrophe of war, or great events which would cause this terrinc strain upon the resources of the peoples of the world to hasten a general understanding which would put an end to these ominous features of modern civilisation. U.S.A. NAVY'BtLL PASSED. Two 27,000 Ton Battteships. New York, Saturday.—The Naval Appro- priation BilL which carries a total of nearly 26 millions stoning, was passed yesterday by the House of Representatives. Under its provisions 1,280,000 dollars are appropriated the 6rst year towards the construction of two Dreadnought. battleships of 27,000 tons each, and the build- ing programme further embraces a repair ship, two neet colliers, and four submarines. Five submarines were originally projected, but one was struck out by the Committee on Naval Anairs.—Central News. COAUNG RECORD. Berlin, Saturday.—The German battleship Schleswig Holstein cla-ims to have established a record in rapid coaling. The crew on a recent occasion shipped 700 tons in one hour and 25 minutes, of which 566 tons were shipped in the Qrst hour.—Reuter..

CITY MEN ANDeAM!NG. At the Old Bailey on Saturday John William Andrews, agent, Oscar Harold Schatz, clerk, and John Arthur James Luggan, clerk, were indicted for using a London omce for betting. The prosecution stated that shifting the venue from England to Holland was a serious attempt to get itiside the Act of Parliament. The jury found the defendants guilty. Mr Gill asked for leave to appeal. The Common-Serjeant agreed. He fined Andrews £50, and bound the others to come up for judgment if called upon. According to the case for the prose- cution, Andrews was an advertising con- tractor, his business being largely con- nected with betting. Schatz was the brother-in- law of a person called H. Culleme Bown, who carried on a betting business at Flushing, and he was sent over by Bown to Andrews' ofRce to manage Bown's business there. Luggan was a clerk employed by Bown at Andrews' omce. Mr Bown's business was carried on under the name of the Totalisator Company at Flushing the scheme was adver- tised extensively, and it was said to be an application of the principle the pari-mutuel. The prosecution contended that no bet was entertained by Mr Bown unless the money was first forthcoming, and that his object was to bet with people in the United Kingdom. Although the business was in name carried on in Holland, as to a great and substantial part of it it was carried on in London. Money sent to Holland by the backers was acknowledged upon a fordi of receipt which bore the Flushing address, but in large num- bers at a tune these receipts, it was alleged, were sent over to the omce of Andrews to be posted by him or the clerks here in England.

VICAR AND NEW BISHOP: -r Presiding at the Easter Vestry held at St. Aidan's Church, Boston, the incumbent (the Rev. F. H. Duggins, M.A.) made sympathetic reference to the late Bishop of Lincoln, and said that a successor had been appointed in Canon Hicks. He (Mr Duggins) lived near Manchester before he came to Boston, and Canon Hicks at that time was known as a fanatic," who had Very strong and not alto- gether generous views on certain matters. Let them hope, lot them pray. that in this larger and more importantsphere of work those views would widen and broaden, and become more tolerant.

The funeral of Miss Frances Shearman, aged 85 years, daughter of tLe late Captain Francis Shoarman,' 26th Regiment (Cameronians), took place on Friday at Locksbrook Cemetery. BatI). The mourners were :—Mr Charles VachelI.K.C. (nephew), Mr BevcrleyVachell (nephew), Mrs Wallace (niece). Mrs Sam. Wal- lace (niece), Mrs VachpH, Dr. T. Wallace, Dr. S. Waliace. and Dr. John Wallace (great nephews). Mr Tom Wai'ace (great nephew), :uid Mrs Edward Vachell. There were numerous beautiful flora) tributes from her nephews, nieces, and friends, amongst whom were the Misses Mainwaring, Miss Holly. General and Mra Blah', Colonel and Mt's Doveton, Mrs Williams (Penarth), Miss Evc:'ctt, Colonel and Mrs Wall, Mrs Neville, Miss ;o;J.i Sc'uth'.ombe.

CRASH OFF NEEDLES. L. & S.W. Packets Peri!. NORWEGtAN SHIP BADLY DAMAGED. The London and South-Western Railway Company's steamer Laura and the Norwegian ship Sophie collided early on Saturday morn- ing oS the Needles, Isle of Wight. The former escaped with no serious damage but the latter for some time appeared to be in danger of founderin?. First intimation of the disaster wa? received through Lloyd's Agency, the following wireless message being received at St. Catherine's Point from Captain Collins, of the Royal Mail line steamer Asturias :— London and South Western Railway Co.'s steamer Laura collided at 2.15 a.m. with the Norwegian ship Sophie, of Lavinia. bound from Caleta Buena for Hamburg, loaded with nitrate. The Sophie was struck bn the star- board quarter, and made twelve feet of water up'to 9 a.m. Have sent Marconigrams to Southampton to send two tugs." The Laura, which is on the company's bourg service, was outward bound from South- ampton, a.nd the Sophie, a three-masted ship of 2.500 tons, was on her way to Hamburg with a nitrate cargo from South America. The Laura stood by for some time and took off mem- bers of the Sophie's crew, afterwards proceed- ing to Southampton with a collision mat over her bows. Several tugs went out from Cowes, but the Laura declined assistance. The liner Asturias arrived on the scene shortly after the collision. The Sophie was then ha)f full of water, but after sending a boat to the ship and discovering that there was no immediate dan- ger to life, the Asturias proceeded to South- ampton. Several tugs were sent to the aid of the damaged ahip, which was towed to a spot off Dunnose Point, Sandown, where some tem- porary repaira were done, and on Saturday night the Sophie was safely towed to South- ampton, where she was berthed. The Laura brought to port 14 members of the Sophie's crew. The captain and the first onicor with half a dozen of the crew remained behind on the damaged vesse] with tugs stand- ing by. The Norwegians we>e met on arrival by representatives of the Norwegian Consul and taken to the Sailors' Home. As the L&ura came alongside it was seen that there were two gaping boles in her bow on both port and starboard sides, but fortun- ately they were well above the water-line. There were only a few passengers on the Laura at the time of the collision. It is stated that the collision took place shortly after midnight. The weather was fairly clear at the time and the passengers had retired to their bunks. The steamer struck the Norwegian vessel a sliding Mow almost amid- ships on the starboard side, and water imme- diately rushei through the hole thus created. As a matter of precaution the captain of the Laura kept the bow of his vessel nrmlywelged in the other vessel to avoid the possibility of her sinking, but as this danger did not appear immediate the Laura was eventually with- drawn, and she endeavoured to take the crippled ship in tow. In this design, however, she was not successful. Then the tugs Alberta and Hector arrived on the scene, and their efforts, by a strangp coincidence, were supple- mented by a Danish vessel, also named the Laura, which remained in attendance. Then the South-Western steamer returned to port. Had the captain of the Sophie been in his berth at the time of thn impact t)e would assuredly have been killed, aa the steamer's bow smashed right through his berth. No one was injured, though a member of the Sophie's crew was suffering from dysentery and has been removed to hospital. The Laura is now lying in dry dock with her bows badJy rent and her rudder somewhat dis- placed.

Ghost that Bites. T CREEPY STORY FROM JOHANNESBURG. Cape Town, Saturday.—The Argus prints a Johannesburg message according to which manifestations alleged to be of a ghostly character are causing considerable excitement at Turnontein. Various members of a local family declare that they have repeatedly seen a ghost about the bouse, which, in addition to playing all manner of pranks, has actually bitten one of the occupants. The family doctor is said to have been present when the biting incident occurred. The victim was a young girl, who suddenly began to scream, declaring that it was pinch- ing her arm." Thedoctor on making an exami- nation found marks extending from the elbow to the wrJSt WhICh looked like nail wounri- The Argus suggests that it is a case for Me' Stead.—Centfal News.

COLUERY MANAGERS. A meeting of the National Association of Colliery Managers. South Wales and Mon- mouthshire branch, was held at the King's Head Hotel, Newport, on Saturday night, the president (Mr Taliesin Richards, Mardy) being in the chair.-The President addressed the meet- ing on the benefits accruing fnom membership. There was always something to be learned, and it was beneacial to have one another's assis- tance. Mr E. T. Williams, of Forth, also eulogised the work of the association, which, he said, was formed to put them on a better footing and to give them more influence. At present they were dealing with the alteration m the electrical rules, and Mr D. Jacobs had been asked to give evidence before the Electrical Commission appointed to inquire into the electrical rules in collieries. The latter gentleman, sub-agent for p. Davis, colliery owners, Ferndale, said that at the last meeting at Swansea he gave pretty fully, as far as they had gone. bis views on the subject of electrical rules. Since then there had been no of.ber meeting of '¡he witnesses who were appointed from the district, but he had had an intimation from Mr Nelson bhat be would be called upon on the 27th inst. to give evidence before tlie Commission, and he be- lieved that the opinions of colliery managers would bear more weight with that Commission than those of any other body. The secretary (Mr John Kane) reported that Sir William Thomas Lewis had been asked to become their president for the ensuing year, but they had received a very kind letter from Sir William regretting that he would not able to nnd time to devote to it. Eventually it was decided to ask Mr W. Hood, CardiS, who is on the Continent, to become the pre- sident. During the evening Mr H. King read an interesting paper on The Whitmore Over- wtnding Gear.

SHOEMAKER'S SUDDEN DEATH. A sudden death occurred at the Great Western Railway, Station, Cardin, on Satur- day afternoon. A man was seen to fal) oS a seat on the platform, and was discovered to be dead. The body was removed to the Cardiff mortuary, where it was late on Saturday night identified by Charles James Harris, of Dry- brook, Gloucestershire, as being that of his brother-in-law, Orlando Tranter Sparrow (58), a shoemaker, residing at Drybrook. The de- ceased had been suffering from heart disease for the past two years, and had not worked for the last 12 months. During that time he had been under the care of Dr. Campbell, of Dry- brook. He was advised on Friday to remain in bed. but he got up on Saturday and came to Cardiff by the train arriving at 5.27. He never left the platform and died as stated.

3,000 ANT!-CtGARETT!STS. At the Y.M.C.A., CardiS, on Saturday even- ing the annual meeting of secretaries of the Car- diff Anti-Cigarette League was held. The object of the League is to persuade boys to abstain from tobacco until they are 21 years of age. The report presented by the Secretary (Mr F. Beverley) showed that there had been an in- crease in the number of branches formed, the total bbeing 45, with a membership of over 3,000. The secretaries of districts and also the secretaries of some of the branches gave re- ports on the year's work. These showed that the chaJrman, Mr C. H. Wade, with the secre- taries, had addressed a large number of Sunday schools and also held inaugural meetings for the formation of new branches. Discussion took place regarding the enforcement of the anti-smoking clauses in the Children's Charter, but it was decided that at present no definite action be taken.

HOW TO KEEf WELL. Councillor Peter Wright, Newport, spoke under the auspices of the I.L.P. in the Ruskin Institute, Cardiff, on Sunday. He showed the decline of physical health by quoting the large percentage of rejected recruits for the Army, the discovery that 80 per cent. of school chil- dren have defective teeth and the heavy in- fantile mortality, especially in industrial dis- tricts. He was in the Socialist movement be- cause he believNl it would remove the causes which led to such disastrous results. He recom- mended people to )ook after their bodies—their only real asset—and advised them to live plainly. His remedy for recovery from the effects of fatigue is to rest for 36 hours in his gymnasium, eating nothing and drinking only a pint of water. In 1890 he carried off five prizes in Calcutta after training for nve weeks on such simple faro as bread and butter and bananas. _——.—.—

CALLED FOR ST)MULANT AND EXPtRED The Cardiff Coroner on Saturday be!d an in- quest on the body of John Hamer (48), black- smith's striker, living at 71, Cyfarthfa-street. Evidence showed that deceased, a soher and respectable man. had an attack of pneumonia a year ago, and had since been in poor health. complaining of pains around the heart. On Fri- day be left home at 5.50 a.m. to go to work. and while returning home itt the evening at f-.25 be was taken ill. He went into the Ruren'a Inn and called for brandy, saying, "1 am dying." He coHapscd, and expired as the brandy was being gh'fn him. Dr. Blight was ca)tcd. and pronoutn'cd !)f'. extinct. "l w« l

French Premier Mobbed. ANARCH!ST W)TH REVOLVER. M. Aristade Briand. the French Premier. began his election campaign, which will last til! Juno next, by a visit to his constituency. and at Chamond, in the department of the Loire, yesterday was made the object of a hostile demonstration. Asinisterfeaturewas the presence in the crowd of a man of Spanish extraction, said to be an Anarchist, who tried to force his way into the hall where the Premier was being entertained to a banquet, and who on arrest was found to be armed with a revolver. St. Chamond, Sunday.—M. Briand, the Premier, to-day presided at a political banquet here at which a thousand of his constituents were present. The occasion was marked by serious disturbances. To begin with, a Spaniard was arrested while attempting to enter the banqueting chamber, and was found to be in possession of a loaded revolver. Late:* on, while M. Briand was addressing the company a tumultuous demonstration was made outside the hall by revolutionaries and supporters of the Premier's opponent. The din was plainly audible within and some of the windows were broken. Meanwhile M. Briand amid the cheers of the guests sat down and lighted a cigarette, which he calmly smoked while waiting for the up- roar to subside. The police were hooted and spat upon by the demonstrators, whom they nnally drove back from the immediate vicinity of the ball. As M. Briand was leaving the building there were further disturbances. Some 200 anarchists threw stones at the Premier aud his com- panions. The demonstrators had taken up a commanding position on an embankment, and threw showers of stones as the car passed. M. Briand preserved admirable calmness through- out. Further slight disturbances caused by anarchists took place after M. Briand's de- parture. There were numerous arrests and two or three of the prisoners were found to be carry- ing revolvers. Several policemen were slightly injured. At 6.30 quiet had been restored.— Reuter. Revefver Shots Fired. When the Premier left the hall a crowd of Socialists made a violent demonstration against him, and serious rioting broke out in the course of which many revolver shots were fired. Sticks and stones were freely used, and a number of people were injured. To protect M. Briand from harm a large body of his sup- porters surrounded his motor car and kept the Socialists at bay whilst the Minister departed. The police arrested a. commercial traveller named Carlo Vmgan, a Spaniard, who tried to force his way into the banquet hall, whilst M. Briand was speaking. He was found to be in possession of a revolver.—Central News.

Heroic We)shman. UFE SAVED !N RAND M!NE. CASE FOR THE KtNG'S MEDAL Details of an act of stirring heroism on the part of a young Welsh miner in South Africa are fum'shed in a graphic despatch from the Capetown correspondent of the Central News. The central ngure in the story is William Thomas Oxenham, born in the Principality, but now living with his people at Germiston, and engaged as a skipman at the Simmer and Jack Gold Mine, the scene of his exploit. A white man named Louis Pala, wanting water, descended into a winze sixty feet deep, and itself situated at the very bottom of the very bottom of the mine, three thousand feet underground. There was a choking accumula- tion of gas in the winz, and Paia, realising this when too late, screamed for assistance. He succeeded in attracting the attention of two natives, who bravely enough want into \be winze to see what was the matter, only to be themselves immediately overcome, but the mishap fortunately became known to two other natives, who, running for help, met young Oxenham. All three made repeated descents into the foul air, where they could see Pala ajid his two would-be rescuers lying unconscious, and though they were repeatedly overcome, they succeeded in bringing the white man and one of the natives back to safety. The third man was killed, and death indeed might well have been the fate of all con- cerned. As it was young Oxenham had to be removed to the hospital, but he soon recovered and was able later to give his own account of the affair. We got to the top of the winze," said Oxenham, where I shouted, but got no answer. I went down the winze to the bottom, a distance of about 60 feet. There was a hose- pipe half way, but the rest of the distance I had to scramble. At the bottom I found a white man and two KaSirs, all unconscious, one of the Kamrs with his bead submerged in about a foot of water, but I had only time to puil this man's head out of the water and prop him up against the side before I had to climb up again, because of th&gas. which was over- coming me. I couldn't nnd a spanner to tam on the air through the hose-pipe, but I found another section of pipe and fastened it to the piece in position so that it reached to the bottom, and with the aid of one of the boys I tied it round the white man's middle. Then we hauled him to the top. but one of my helpers went under with the gas and roiled some some ten feet down the winze. When we got him back to the fresh air be soon came and I went to the bottom again to fetch out the natives, but the gas got over me and I had to come out quickly without accom- plishing anything. I went up the skip to the surface, and after telephoning to the mine captain returned and went down the winze again. I fastened the hose round one of the natives, and we got him part of the way out. when I collapsed. The boy at the air pipe disconnected it and played the air on my face, but the gas had a good hold on me, and we had "nly just got the Eamr a bit further when I had to stop again. "Still, we got him up at last, and when I felt fresher I went down again. Unfortun- ately, the remaining native had fallen back with his head under the water once more, aud he was qute dead. I returned to the drive and f!ave lots of air to tho others, after which I got them along to the foot of the vertical shaft, and there we ,met the mine captain and shift boss com'ng to our assistance." It is recalled locally that a man who displayed heroism under very similar circumstances at the Witwatersrand Gold Mine last year was decorated with the King's medal by Lord Selborne. It is generally expected that Oxenham will be similarly honoured.

LADY CASTER ROBBED. A highway robbery of a daring character, since it took place in a street with many people about, was reported by the Birming- ham police on Saturday. Miss Parr, employed as cashier by Messrs Brown and Barlow, Holt-street, was in the habit — a circum- stance evidently well known——of going on Friday afternoons to the Ashton-road branch of Lloyds Bank, in Birmingham, to draw money with which to pay the workmen's wages. She went this week as usual, and drew jE50. The money was handed to her in gold, and she placed it in a satchel she carried. The bank is situated at the junction of Miller- street with Aston-road, and Miss Parr crossed the road with the intention of waiting for a tramcar to take her back to the works. Suddenly a man approached her from be- hind. She describes him as of respectable appearance and about 22 years years of age. He snatched violently at the satchel, the chain snapped, and the thief made off with the satchel and contents up Hubert--street. Miss Parr shouted for someone to give chase, but nobody responded. She holds the view t hat the man had several confederates in the neighbourhood, for she bad noticed three other men standing at the come:' of the street when she came out of the hank. Though her cry was audible, they made no attempt to stop the thief. They made on after him, it is true, but a cyclist who was induced to follow them stated that they all scaled a wall leading to the tow- ing path of the Erni, and made good their escape.

GERMAN WAtTER'S SUtCiDE. Some pathetic letters were read at Stepney Coroner's Court on Saturday at an inquest on Ernest Lier, a German waiter, who shot him- self in a nrst-class compartment at White- chapel Baths. He was said to have been out of work for several months. To his landlady he wrote :— With great sorrow I am writing you my last good-bye. I cannot bear this life any longer. My power gives way my nerves are so weak that they cannot bear my body any longer. I cannot get well—that is the reason I am making an end of it. I would have wished to live as long as possible, but cannot do so. You have been good to me— many thanks to you. I hope the bullet wiU not miss. E. Lier. To a friend he wrote :— I feel I cannot bear this misery any longer, and I am going to make an end of my life. My nerves absolutely refuse to do their duty, and the worries break my heart. I am sorry I cannot stand my life any longer, but my friends know well what I had to bear. In my last hour I must express my thanks to you, and this is all I can leave to you.—E. Lier. The jury returned a verdict of Suicide while temporarily insane."

CANCER !N F!8HES. Washington. Saturday.—President Taft has sent a special message to Congress asking for appropriation of 50,000 doUars for a laboratory in which to conduct investigations as to the cause of cancer in fishes. With the message Mr Ta.ft transmits a memorandum by Mr N. E. Gaylord. director of th" New York State Cancer Laboratory. Mr Taft says in his mes- saee :—" We have every reason to believe that close investigation of the subject of cancer in fishes, which 'are frequently swept away by c'pidcn':<;s of that disease, may give us light T<<i's d,¡,,rHul huma'i scc'irgc."—Reuter.

Lonely Life and Death. TRAGEDY OF A LONDON SHOP. An extraordinary man—a man of many parts but a very dimcult man to understand," was the remark of an Islington tradesman on the late Mr Joseph Dobson, whose dead body was found in an upper storey of a house in the main street of Islington <on Friday afternoon. The statement was made in connection with inquiries by our London representative into I the mysterious death of Mr Dobson. who had been missing from a shoD at 87, Upper-street, for over two months. The shop and house in question are situated nearly opposite the his- toric Islington Green, and at one time had been occupied by a prosperous local trades- man. The premises, however, recently became vacant, and about nine weeks ago a quaintiy- garbed man took possession of them through a local firm of house agents. He stated that he was about to start the business of a second- band bookseller. References were satisfactory, and the result was that Dobson took posses- sion during January of this year. The house was occupied entirely by Mr Dobson, the ground and first floors beinJ stocked with books, pictures, and articles of all -sorts and descriptions, even including pianos. The neighbours were amazed when tl e >* found out that the new tenant was going 10 live in the house alone, but on the shop open- ing they found that the proprietor was a. man who would brook no interference and allow no inquiries as to his past. He was not, however, lacking in geniality, and soon made friends with the tradesmen in his immediate vicinity. Dcbson's next door neighbour, a hatter, in an interview, said deceased was an uncouth man in the way of dress. He was shabby, but was a man of exceptional attainments. He lived a solitary life in the house, occupying as a bedroom one of the top rooms. There was no housekeeper and no attendant ever came there. But he was well-spoken, and evidently had a great knowledge of books and pictures. e' He was single, and one thing that troubled him was the death of his mother, some eighteen months or two years ago. lie said to me once that he cared little what became of him-whether he made money or lost it—but he used to buy all sorts of things." A few doors away from the shop occupied by the deceased lives a Welshman, Mr Daviea, who carries on business as a hosier. On reading the report of the occurrence in the South Wales Daily N'ewa he said. It is rather a curious story. Some twenty years ago Mr Dobson and I were engaged together in a shop in this line in Swansea. I did not knotv of his being in London till he took the shop a few steps away." Removal of the Body. Further inquiries revealed the fact that Dobson never mentioned the names of any relatives in South Wales, though his family is believed to have come from Swansea.. The police are in possession of a bundle of papers, but at present nothing is known as to whether they contain information as to his property or to the actual place of his origin. There was a scene at the removal of the body. The discovery had been made by the agent of the property, but when the under- taker's men arrived they found it was impossible to get the deceased man out because of the careful way in which the place had been barred and bolted. After an outiet was made the body was cautiously and quietly borne out. A large crowd had assembled; but the police held them well away. Thomas Williams, Wind-street, Aberdare, writes The late Mr Dobson was a native of Yorkshire. I have beard him say so fre- quently. He said also that he was a total abstainer and a non-smoker."

A Garrison Hoaxed. FALSE ALARM OF F!RE ON APRtL 1. An extraordinary story of how a whole battalion of soldiers ajid the convicts in Parkhurst Prison were fooled on April 1 was related on Saturday, when Frederick King, a bugler in the Isle of Wight Rifles, was charged at the police court with a beach of the county bye-laws by sounding a false fire alarm out- side Parkhurst Barracks just before midnight, with the result that the 2nd Battalion of the Suffolk Regiment turned out on the barrack with their wives and children, only to find that they had baen hoaxed. The officers and convicts at Parkhurst Prison, close by, were also aroused and alarmed by the regimental buglers taking up the alarm and making the neighbourhood ring with the warning blasts. A drummer in the SnSolk Regiment said he heard a bugle sounded in the direction of the guardroom near the highway, and he awoke Corporal Webb, who, hearing two other bugle calls, turned out the regimental buglers to sound a full alarm. The battalion quickly paraded at full strength. Police-constable Skeats was near the bar- racks when the alarm was sounded, and taxed King, who at Scst denied that he blew a fire ilarm, but afterwards said, If I blew the fire alarm I must have been drunk. All I blew was the Robin Hood m-,rch as I was pass- ing the barracks. The first four bars of that march are exactly the same as the fir, alarm." Defendant now denied that he sounded any calls at all, but said be blew the Robin Hood and John Shaw march, which con- tained calls. The clerk said the summons must fail as the bye-law provided that defendant must have been requested to desist blowing before he could be summoned. ? The Chairman (Admiral Sir Algernon de Horsey) said the Bench regretted they could not convict owing to the wording of the bye- law. for such a very foolish and mischievous trick, which was more than a joke. A real alarm might be disregarded in future with the result that lives might be lost.

CARDIFF LADY LITIGANT. Prepared to Discuss the Law. Mrs Boddington, grey-haired, well-spoken confident, eloquent, with a penchant for points of law, at the Cardin County Court on Saturday sued Ernest Workman, Thurston- street, Canton, for JE3. The issue, said the plaintiff at the outset, addressing the Judge and Court, was some- what involved owing to a complicated point of law, and really she did not think she was suQiciently well-qualified to deal with it. Courteously pressed by Judge Hill Kelly to state the particulars of the present claim, the lady said defendant let her apartment, but declined to allow her to use them. She tried to reason with him, and when he made a. remark about the rent not beginning until Monday she saw he was driving at a point of law. Defendant said You don't sleep here to-night. You clear out." Witness replied, Ib is not customary to be turned out late at night." His Honour What is your claim for ?—As a matter of law I don't know the real point I should take. What's it for ?-For the expense in conse- quence of having been turned out. Breach of agreement ?—Yes I also take it it was an act of trespass to enter my room. I am prepared to discuss five points of law. Of course, when you are taking rooms you don't, in a conversation, study every point of law. Defendant admitted the truth of the lady's statement, and the plaintift was asked by the Judge whether she was going to call evidence. Plaintiff (with gentle emphasis): If Mr Workman admits it is true, I don't know that I have any need to call evidence. His Honour, in giving judgment for the plaintiff for 20s, said defendant had acted m a high-handed manner, and should have given plaiutiS proper notice to quit.

COAXtNG A WORK-SHY. Tottenham's lazy man-said indeed to be the laziest man on earth-is on the mend. Archibald Depau, the man in. question, ia now in the hands of the Salvation Army. He is a new man. At cock-CBow he is up amusing him&elf scrubbing floors, and washing paint, and his new friends have every hope that he will prove a permanent cure." Before going to the Salvation Army Archibald had an important business engagement. His wife had summoned him at Tottenham for maintenance for herself and her four children. It was an eSort, but in court he pleaded guilty. A separation order was granted to the wife, who was given the custody of the children. but no alimony or costs were allowed, and defendant was handed over to the custody of the Salvation Army, with a view to reforma- tion of his character. By simple methods Depau has been in- duced to succumb to the temptabion to work. First of all," said an officer of the Army, we had a good talk with him, then we persuaded him to pray with us, and then we gave him a good meal. Afterwards we sug- gested that he should clean some windows, and he made no objection whatever. Later he scrubbed noors. and then had another good meal. He went to bed at 9, and got up at 6 next morning. Again he scrubbed without pro- testing, and we have every hope of making a fresh man of him."

GENERAL LLOYD AT RISCA. General Lloyd, commander f the Western Division, visited the Risca and Panteg Bat- teries of the 4th Welsh Brigade R.F.A. (Territorials) on Saturday, being accompanied by Brigade-Major East. At Panteg a mounted inspection took place, and the battery, to the number of about 70. proceeded to a neld at Lower New Inn, under tho command of Col. D. E. Williams. V.D., Lieuts. Phillips. Brewer, and Pilliner being also present. At the close of the inspection General Lloyd expressed himself as being exceedingly pleased, and made ClùogiÂic referenres hc-th to the work of the commanding omcer and the non-commissioned ofhcers. On the return of the batterv to their headquarters, the men were thanked by Co L Williams for the way in which they had turned out that afternoon, and he appealed to them to make the most of their time before camp. It is understood that Genera! IJovd W!)l hold a full inspection of the Risca and Newport batteries at an early date.

TALKS ON HEALTH. I By A FAMtLY DOCTOR. Something About Warts. A correspondent aks me to say something about warts. I can cure the warts that grow in numbers on the bauds of young people, but the single warts that occur on the faces of elderly people cannot be removed without an operation. There is an amusing side to the cure of warts': they are curious growths which have the habit of coming and going withojat rhyme or reason, and that is why they have so often been charmed away. Some old lady pronounces some magic charm over the hands of t li,, 'ixious sufferer, and to and behold in a days they are gone. Of course they would have gone anyway, but the old lady has won for ever the reputation of wart-charmer. Common-Sense and Magic. The best treatment I know is to drink lime water: let us therefore combine comn-ion- sense and the beaLing property of faith and belief in magic. Get from the chemist a bottle of time water it is often used to dilute the milk of little babies. Every evening, at seven o'clock, take a wine-glass of this iimc water only it must be exactly at seven o'clock or the charm will not work and you must turn to the east as you drink and if you can get the seventh son of a scvt nth sen to hand you the wine-glass your rapid cure is practically cer- tain. If vou do not like the taste of the water. add a little peppermint water or vanilla Savouring. Pi ease let me know at the end of a fortnight if the cure is a success. I have been very well satisfied with the good results I have obtained, from this treatment. Advice to a Doctor. I have often been impressed by the valuable advice that a patient can sometimes give me about his own case. Experience is the best teacher of all. That is the explanation of the value of an o)d family practitioner who has known you since 7oii were horn and is familiar with the peculiarities of your body. The specialist is sometimes ata disadvantage insee- ing the patient only once. and he may suggest some remedy that has been already proved to be worthless. Treatment is not always cut and dried I can turn up in a book everything I want to know in a moment. Each case has to be studied by itself. There may be two or three altern- atives in treatment, and the doctor is given the greatest assistance if his patient can tetl' him that he has already tried two cut of these plans. The third may be the successful one, but, if the doctor had not been told of the former attempts which proved to be on the wrong tack, he would not have decided on the proper course to take. Working Together. Doctor and patient should work together aztd I think patients would get better value out of the doctor they are consultingjf they-would stt down quietly the day before they go to the doc- tor and make a few brief notes &bout their own case. Give the doctor the benefit of your own experience. For instance, it is very difficult fo? a medical man to look at a patient and sav, Brighton would suit you and Bournemouth would not." If the patient will only say that he has been to such and such a place and it did him a world of good, then the doctor wiN know what to do. The Three Staged In the treatment of an injury to a jomt theM are two stages. The Srst is the stage of com- plete rest, and the second is the stage of exer- cise, movement and massage. For the first few days absolute rest to the injured joint is essen- tial the sprained ankle must be kept off the ground the sprained wrist must be kept in a sUng. But after about a week the second stage moat be gradually begun. Grentle movements are performed for the pat'ent by the nurse or by the doctor. This is rather painful, but the wise man submits. Day bv day the joint is moved a little more until the full range of movement ia obtained. If you neglect to begin stage two at the end of a week you run the risk of getting a stiff joint, and that is a very awkward situ- ation. Sometimes you have to be put under an anaesthetic and have the joint forcibly wrenched. Stage one of rest, and stage two of gradually increasing movements will save you many a week of disablement. When you are quite well, then comes stage three, when you walk rmmd to the doctor and thank him pret- tily for his kind attention, and leavesomething on the desk which enables the poor wretch to pay his butcher at last. This state you some- times forget. The doctor is the first to be called and the last to be-never mind, let us get on to the next paragraph. ;í. Superfluous Ha!rs.. '.— I am asked about bhe removal of superfluous hairs on the face. X-rays are useless they do indeed remove the hair. but it certainly comes back, and what is more, the ravs some- times leave a burn or a scar on the face. Elec- trolysis is used a good deal. It means that every single hair is attacked in turn by the electric needle. This, of course, takes a long tune. It is not very painfu! the pricks are unpleasant and that is all. It is rather an ex- pensive form of treatments A plan I have often found emcacious is to apply hydrogen peroxide to the hairs it bleaches them and makes them much less conspicuous, especially in dark wo- men. The peroxide is sold as a colourless liquid like water it can be applied night and mom- ing with a small sponge or a piece of lint. It is quite harmless. It does not keep very well, so a small quantity snould be bought at a time and the cork should alwavs be well driven home. The same treatment may be applied to the arms if they are too hairy. Answers to Correspondents. Gruenberg.—Sorry cannot comply with your reouest. Money returned. Harris.—Watch the column for treatment of rheumatism. Doubtful.—Ask the doctor who is giving the thvroid extract. Canada.—Sounds like a ganguon, but cannot advise without seeiner. Cymro.—Seems like nervous depression. Should recommend a holiday if it can be con- veniently arranged. Worried One.—I fully agree with your doc- tor's excellent advice. Ulcers.—Leave your false teeth out for three days and use a simple alum mouthwash. See that your plate nts accurately. If it does net call and see the dentist again. Pip.—Consult a doctor. (All letters intended for "The Family Doctof." should be addressed, The Doctor," 8, t<t BeHe Sauvage, London, E.C.)

--1- Raitway Traffic Record* RETURNS FOR THE QUARTER. The railway traBic returns published tMa week complete the first quarter of 1910, and the figures constitute a record for the first three months in any year. Hitherto 1907 has beam the record traffic year, the aggregate trafBe returns of the 50 principal railways of the Un;t Kiugdomduri' g the Rrst thtrteen wooko reaching a total of R25,260,425. For the corres- ponding period of 1910 the same 50 rai)wovs show an aggregate of dE25,465.034, or £204.609 more than three years ago. This record is, of, course, assisted by the fact that this yet} Easter is included in the first qtt&rter, wh3e in 1907,1908, and 1909 it came in the second quarter. Apart from this consideration, how- ever, the 1910 frames show a clear lead ovef the three prevTooa years. The nrst quarter's traB&cs of the 50 principal railways for the !aat; four years are given below 1907 .635.260,425 1908. zE24,533,378 1909. 924,631,127 1910.625,465.034 The Hailway Times publishes the omcMH returns of the 54 principal railways in the United Kingdom for the week ending April 3rd. These returns show total receipts amounting to ja,085.682. being JE43.740 more than for the corresponding week lastyear. white the mneage was 21.466, or 48 more than for thecorrea- ponding week. The receipts ware at the rate of JE97 3s 3d per mile of line open. an increase of jEl 16s 6d a mile as compared with last year. Thirty-six of the returns distinguish between the receipts from passenger and goods traffic, and these show an increase of .E200.395. or jE9 9s 3d per mile. in the passenger receipts. and a decrease of -E148.386. or JE7 4s per mile, in the receipts from goods tragic. The aggregate increaBe on the 36 railways for the thirteen weeks in the passenger receipts has been JE726.752. white the aesrregato increase in the goods receipts was JE95,451. The aggregate rccfipts of the 54 railways for the thirteen weeks (January 2nd to April 3rd) amounted t< E25,547,454, an increase of .E834.831 on ttM corrpspQjiding period of !astyear.

ACTRESS D!SAPPEARS. A good dea! of mystery, which has bafned both her friends and thR nohce. surrounds th< disapptarance of Miss Dollv McCalla. who,witt her sister Madge, is well-known on the music' hall stage. Her fat her. writing to The Era," gives aM the details that are known oft bis p<'rpiex!)tg afYair. Last week, he says, his two daughters appeared at the Empire. Dudley. On Saturday night, at 6.30. Dolt? left her vountrsrsist'e'' Madge at the staga door of the music hall. say- ing that shn would return in a. fpvr momcuts, and that she was going to call upm a lady friend who nvcd some three or sc from the hall. Since that moment she has neither heL, sc,tt nor heard of. though inquiries have been n)ad< of all her friends and II McCaHa adds that they rartnotdiscovfrevcR the slightest reason for his daughter's dis appearance.

Two ejectment orders made by the at Kewport on atllrdav :l.ainst John Crooks and J. Shepherd. Neither ot the defendants appeared, but the formA wrote that lie bad searched aH through Crc'iM! Keys and had f:u!ed to find a bousf. !n. Shophord's case it was stntcd that nnnvai!irtg 'ha 1 been made to get possession of the house for the last 18 months.

T ?'?S??'?i ?V?'?BS?????niESE FOR BOYS AND G)RLS. Betmda's Happy Hour." By E. MAUBE TAYLOR. Once upon. a. time away in a. tiny cot.ta.ge by the side of a, very big forest, there lived a. dear !itt!egh'! called Be!inda. Her father was and her mother was dead, and she had ;1, quiet life, because she was alone a. very Rrent deal her father used to spend a.11 day in the woods felling trees, and even took dinner tea with him. Little Belinda used to keep the tiny cottage clean and bright, but there was little work to be done, and when it was Cnished she used to drives, nock of geese along a road by the side of the forest, until they came an OpPD common with :t pond in the middle of it. There she would sit until it was time tor to bring them home again at night, and to &et her father's supper ready. Now one day just as the sun was beginning to set in a glory of gold and yellow, little Bel- hida was walking behind the geese and singing eoftly to herself as she watched them waddle atowly in front of her. Suddenly she saw a poor hare dragging itself along by the side of the hedge, one leg hanging limply, and she saw that it was partly covered with blood. She ran quickty to it, and stooping down taw that it was broken. The poor animal booked sadiv at her, and then at the wounded teg, but Iitt)c Belinda, did not hesitate. She glanced anxiously at the naughty geese who were already scattered in the hedge, and then carried it gently to a tiny stream. and, bathing ?, bound it up firmly with her handkerchief. Then she wrapped the hare in her apron, and went as quickly as possible aft<r the geese. AJas there was one short, and try as she uld she could not Snd it. This brought the tears to her eyes, for she feared that her father would be angry, but she saw that the poor ani- !nal in her a' ms was watching her anxiously, so she patted him gently and began to sing, so that he should not be troubled. Now, when she reached home she put him in box of hay in the little shed behind the house, with a saucer of milk in case he were hungry then she bustled off to prepare her father's supper. Now, though she little knew it, the hare with the broken leg was, iu reality a fairy, 'Vho had come to see if the little goose girl was as kind as she looked, for if she really were a &ood child the fairies had decided to do some- thing to make her life more interesting. There- tore, the hare waited as he was until it was Nearly dark, and he knew that she was in bed then he changed himself back into a fairy, dressed in red. and with the kindest little face You can imagine, and suddenly appeared on the toot of Belinda's tiny white bed. Now, she was half asleep, and not very sure Whether she was dreaming or not,so she did not .how any very great surprise to see him there. :Sutwhen he began to tell her all that had been Arranged for her she grew very surprised indeed, and quite sure that she was wide awake. The tairy said that every niht when she came to bed she was to wish for whatever she liked, and then for a whole hour she could have it. Oh! nr.w lovely it sounded! She began at once to wish for a b:g dc.IL dressed in piuk silk, and she had hardly thought it when to her very great amazement she saw that the fairy had banished and there on her bed lay the most beautiful doll imaginable. Oh, what a happy hour, and bow quickly it Parsed; but it did come to an end, and Belinda telt her eyes closing, closing, and holding her <!ear doll fa-'t in her arms she fell asleep. The next day passed more quickly and happily than any she had ever known; and when night came she tripped up to bed with her eyes spark- ling with excitement. This time she wanted a doll's house filled with beautiful toys, and no **ooner had she formed the wish than she saw M before her, but so lovely that she almost felt afraid to touch it. It had eight rooms, and each wasutted up with all that dolls—or, indeed. 'human beings—could ever need. She knelt !down before it and began to play, and it took her nearly a whole hour to look at all the pretfy things it contained. The days and nights no w passed very happily indeed for little Belinda. As she sat on the common watching the geese she vould spend Ul'S thinking of all the lovely things she ould play with at night, and she was never Once disappointed, but aJways found that what the fairy had said had come true. Alter she had been living like this for some time a new excitement came into her life. Another wood-cutter built a little cottage quite nE>ar to her father's, and as he ha.d a litHe boy of Belinda's own age, she found to her delight tha,t she had a companion for the very first time. Now she had never known another child be- fore, and she did not realise that this little boy, 'hose name was Eric, was not quite as kind or Patient as he should have been but played .th him wi) h the greatest pleasure, and never Winded when he was cross or rough. At nrst *he did not tell him about her happy hour," ?s she called it,but after a time she did so, and Brie longed so terribly to have the same that ahe promised to wish that night for the fairy to come back so that she could ask him if he C?n.ld not arrange it. When night came she did as she had said to her friend, and begged that a happy hour should be grafted to the httle boy. The fairy came and promised that he would ?e what could be done, but said that it was ?ly granted to children who were good and ?nd. He disappeared, and dear little Belinda went tc sleep without any toys that night, but ry happy because she had asked for Eric to be made as fortunate as herself. The next day while she was away with her Stcese the little boy went out in the forest to ouok for bird's eggs. He bad found quite a !1Urnoor, when he saw another in a low bush by ?a side of the road. Going to it he saw that *twaf) full of little ones, but that amongst th?n was a naughty strong cuckoo chick who "as squeezing the other little birds terribly, *nd began as Eric watched, to push them alto- gether out of the nest. The poor birds looked terribly frightened and chirruped despairingly, but the cuckoo was so Jlch stronger that it soon had one out and it **u to the ground, where it lay quite still look- ? as if it were dead, and the others soon Snowed. .Brie began to laugh as he watched with great estwhatwas happening, when hesuddenly 8&\v that Belinda was running towards him. Aa as she found what had taken place her eyes filled with tears, and she picked up the Poor little chicks in order to take them home -'d care for them when suddenly they '9&nished and she saw that the fairy was sitting ? the side of the nest with a. very solemn face Eric looked terribly ashamed and ltightened, but Belinda only waited quietly to lee what he would say. Children," he began, I'm sorry to tell you *hat Eric has quite failed t? prove himself Worthy of having any happiness sent to him horn the fairies. The birds which you have just ?en were not real, but elves disguised, and if he had only helped them aa a kind boy would yye done, I should have been able to grant 4hn the Mime pleasure that Belinda has, but "ow, it is quite posaib]e," ?At this Eric began to cry, and naked his **t?e friend to beg the fadry to try him once re. At first he refused, but at last be agreed "V give him another chance, and said that he "'c)uJd watch him for four weeks.and if he were *?d and good in ail that he did, he would per- haps be able at the end of that time to give hhn what he wished. Then little Eric began Ms very hardest to try be better, and be was so very successful that -oelinda wondered how she could ever have **?ught him nice before, and his mother said he had never been so useful to her all his life. '?e month soon passed, and one day the chil- ?BEn were in the forest playing, when Belinda "id she was afraid she would have to go home ?* ahe was very thirsty, but Eric declared that would run home acd fetch a bottle of milk, mAtrmc her sit under a tree scampered --y. When he retomed he found that she was taking again to the ialry, and this time he did ?of feel aahamed but walked up boldly, and lave the little girl the milk. Belinda, however, ?as too happy to drink until she had told hi m *hc news wh?ch she had just heard, and that ?aa that he <oo was at last to have a happy hour!" After that they both enjoyed their happy hour and spent their days playing and work- *hg a. way as merry as children could be.

YOUTHS BAD RECORD. 1. Davies. a young ccJIier.was charged at New- qf¡ on Saturday with stealing a lady's watch *?d chain, valued at 30s. Mrs Rachel Lewis, of '?isbury-street, Cross Keys, said that last -?no prisoner lodged at her house, and un the "*?h of the month he got up early one morning -ygo to work. She had not seen him up to the '?Oc he was in the dock last week. It appeared haf prisoner pledged the wa?ch and sold the ha.in for twopence to buy cigarettes. Prisoner -as further charged with obtaining by false Pretences a bicycle, valued at ?2, at Cross Keys *? Jane of last year, and further with stealing ? bicycle at AbertiIIery. It appeared that pri- soner borrowed one bicycle and hired the other, ?tcr s&lHng both. Prisoner, who came from ?.?ma. pleaded guilty to the charges. He was ? yea.rs of age, but a bad record was proved -??-'nst him. The Bench sentenced him to six 'Months imprisonment with hard labour.

An !nqucst was held at Nelson by Mr Rhvson ?aturda.y touching the death of John Jenkins. "eccaaed waa at first unknown, but the ad- -caa of his mother and of his sweetheart at y?uu'n w<M found In his watch. A verdict of <?aMh from angina. pectoriB WM returned,

Dyrminir i'n Gohcbwyr Cymreig gyfeirio eu Ilohebiaethau. ])yfrau i'w hadoiygu, etc.. fe! y canlyn:—" LFA-xo.Cil Hedd, Berthwin- strcet, Cardiff."

AT Y BE!RDD. HpfHr englynion a chanig Dewi Caron y maont yn dda, a chelfydd. Eagiymon cryf a chywrain eu cyngha:wdd yw'r ciddo Glan Arthen. Prydferth hcfyd yw amryw o'r Sagyrrau, o'u bamu alian o'u cysyilt- iada?,; ondni chafodd ba.rn ybardd gystal chw?j?u teg &'i feistrolaeth o reotau cerdd dafod, neu ni soniesid am GUDY?< urdd- Iwys GLOG," TRAS brodwaitb," gwau ARNOm," a DARN 0 Iwch yn DEYRN &g H'ERIAD QWERYROL." Nid oes gudyn ond o wallt, ua "thr&s" ond ihynafiaid; AM— md AR—rywun y gweir anodd dychmygu DARN o Iwch yn uEYRN ac yn sicr y mae islaw urddas TEYRX i herio n WERYROL." Wrth reswm, mae awen dda a byw y tu ol i'r cyfuniadau cydseiniol hya bob un, ond awen &'i gorsedd yn eiddo'r gynghaaedd. Mac gra.en da, iel arfer, ar waith Trpforfab. Yr wythnos bon weic ddam adrodd t'hagorol i blentvn <" Cyngor mam ") gan fab Treforiab, set M.'J.Phiilips. Heblaw bod yn amserol,maedwy gån Gwyn- eufryu yn gredyd iddo.

CUSAN. Fnam o dan yw cus*.n cu,—iaith clfcn Ncrtholfawl' yea.rn: Dn wilgodd wên ystg, ddu, Ar bryder fcreu'r bradu. Dewi Caron.