The Cardiff Times

ASQUITH. Gwiwdeg brif-weinidog ydyw—Asquith; Gryrnusgall seneddlyw; Rhwng ami blaid eu rhaid aur yw; A'u rheolwr direlyw. Dewi Aur.

GORFFENNAF. Fyth i ni drwy arfaeth Naf,—a hwyliog Wfen heulwon danbeitiaf, Hoff fynnu wna Gorffennaf Roi er hedd lawnderau'r Baf. Brwd leda brid oludoedd—daionue Hyd wyneb pin tiroedd; Ei yni cu a'i swyn c'oedd Felusant ber fawl oeso^dd. Cwmtâf. Aeronydd.

MEDDAFR MYNYDD. Mfcddai'r mynydd, Tyr'd. awenydd: Dring fy Hethrau serth; Tram- gofalon Yw fawelon; Dring tr magu n«rtlj, Ar fy nghorryn C&n dy delyn: Rho i'th awen ffnvyn; Cei gyfrinach Uwch ei llinach Os ei dan fy swyn." Abertawe. Talnant.

DYHEAD. Cysgod derwen, Hafaidd heulwen, Gwyrddlas frigyn, C&n aderyii; Glaswellt iraidd, IBlodau peraidd, Hymian gwenyn, Arogl rhedyttj Cerdd afonig, Brefiad oenig.. Pell-lef bugail, Mwg ei adail, Cwvdd a'r wybyr N Draw, mynydd-dtrj Uwch y cwbwl Net ddigwmwl. Cysgod derwen Pell o grechwen Ac o geintach Ffo) ddynionach. Talnant.

MYFYRDOD 0 FLAEN Y DRYCH. Dyma gysgod 0 fy nhrigfan— Trigfan wael o gig a gwaed 'Rot i r deiliad cudd fyn'd allan, Syrthio wna. yn llwyT 1'1' llaid. Beth? 'Oes ynwyf fwy nft. welaf ?— Dim ond darn o bridd y beddt Os wyt enaid, hyn erfyniaf:— Gad im' unwaith weld dy wedd. Na, fy enaid, rho drugaredd Am im' ameu'th wyneb Ctidd Gwaith dy" Fydded uwoh gwastadfedd Roddodd fod i dref Caerdynd. Clyw, O grewr rlrychfeddyHau- Llywydd holl fvwyrlau'r llawr—■ Awdwr deddfau a gau dduwiail, Rho wirionedd imi 'nawr. "Ust!" medd enaid, Duw yw'rnloddwl, Heb un Duwdod ond pi hun; 'Nawr ei babell gwyd i'r cwmwl; Ynddo gweli wyneb dyn.'1 Felly, enaid, corff 0 rirsial Ddylet gael, ned farmur gwvn: Nid rhyw dwlc o lygredd meddal Gleddir gennym yn y glyn. Na. rhyw fflachiad o oleuni Wisgai'r meddwi lawer gweli, Fel y gaUai heb ddim i'w boeni Fyn'd a do'd drwy'r bydoedd pell. Caerdydd. Cloivon.

CARDIFF AND KING. LOYAL ADDRESS PRESENTED. A Brilliant Scene. On Fridayat the Palace of St. James, the Lord Mayor of Cardiff (Alderman J. Chappell) and the Town Clerk (Mr J. L. Wheatley) pre- sented to King George a loyal and dutiful address from the citizens of Cardiff. The King, who was in the full uniform of a Field Marshal, was accompanied by Mr Winston Churchill, the Home Secretary. The Lord Mayor, who wore evening dress and his robes of office, and the Town Clerk, also in his robes, were introduced to his Majesty. Our London representative telegraphs :— Magnificent, impressive, and dignified was the scene when the Lord Mayor and the Town Clerk presented the address. Both were introduced by Sir Alfred Thomas, M.P., who was in the uniform of a county deputy-lieutenant. Most of the deputations had not the honour of being presented personally, but that honour was granted to the representatives of the capital city of Wales. Sir Alfred Thomas, hav- ing knelt before the Throne, and kissed his Majesty's hand, the Lord Mayor and Mr Wheatley, who were introduced by name, fol- lowed and did similarly. Text of the Address. City of Cardiff. To the King's Most Excellent Majestj,—We, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loval subjects, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of the City of Cardiff, offer to Your Majesty our loyal homage on Your Majesty's succession to the Throne. As the Metropolis of Wales, we arc deeply gratified to recall the interest that Your Majesty has at all times shown in matters relating to the Principality We especially esteem Your Majesty's close connection with the University of Wales (Prifysgol Cymru) of which Your Majesty is the Chancellor. We recollect with gratification Your Majesty's visit to Cardiff as the Prince of Wales, in the year 1905, when Your Majesty was graciously pleased to lay the foundation stone of the new buildings for the Univer- sity College of South Wales and Monmouthshire. We shall ever remember that Your Majesty is, as WMyonr late revered father, King Edward VII., an Honorary Freeman of this City. We recognise with deep thankfulness the devotion which Your Majesty has always shown as Prince of Wales to the cause of the promotion of the welfare of the people of this country, and especially the interest which Your Majesty has always shown in the British Dominions beyond the seas. We desire to associate with these expressions of loyalty and affection Your Most Gracious Consort Queen Mary. We earnestly pray that Your Majesty's reign may be prolonged, and that it may be a pros- perous and a'happy one. We feel sure that Your Majesty will ever possess to the fullest extent the devotion of all your subjects, and in particular those of the Principality of Wales. Given under the common seal of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Cardiff, this eighth day of July, 1910. THE LORD MAYOR. THE TOWN CLERK. Display of Heraldic Colours. The address was in album form in Welsh and English. The first page contained the Welsh address, surmounted by the Arms of Glamor- gan, each corner containing the Arms of Carmarthen, Montgomery, Carnarvon, and Pembroke in true heraldic colours, and at the side the Arms of the city of Cardiff stood out in bold relief from the richly ornamental border. At the foot of the address was a view in colours of the new Alexandra Dock and the Arms of Wales. The second page contained the English address surmounted with the Crown, Sceptre, and Orb, supported on a crimson cushion, and on either side intro- duced in the ornamental scrolls the Tudor Rose,/ also views in colours of the old Town Hall once situated in High-street; also the old Town Hall in St. Mary-street, and a fine view of the new City Hall, and at the side in bold relief the Royal Arms in heraldic colours and the Arms of England, Plume and Feathers, etc., in richly ornamental borders. The top of the third page contained a view of the new Univer- sity College, and at the foot thereof a view of the new National Museum of Wales, in colours. Also the arms of Radnorshire, Flint- shire, Denbigh, and Cardigan, and at the side the Shield. Helmet, and Crest of the City of Cardiff decoratively treated, with the Red Lion rampant. The top of the fourth page contained the Royal Standard entwined with the Union Jack and medallion of St. George and the Dragon also views of Tloath Park Lake, Llandan Cathedral, and Cardiff Castle, and ait the foot a large view in colours of King Edward-avenue also the arms of Brecknock, Merioneth, and Anglesey, the whole being richly ornamented and bound in royal purple morocco, and tooled in gold with the arms of the City of Cardiff on cover. His Majesty's Reply. His Majesty. having received the address, handed it to Mr Churchill, and then handed to Sir Alfred Thomas his address in reply, which was on paper deeply edged with black. It is intended that it shall be framed a.nd hung in the City Hall at Cardiff. His Majesty's re- sponse to the Cardiff address was as follows :— I thank you on behalf of the Queen and myself for your loyal and dutiful address of condolence. Your expressions of sympathy have moved me greatly, and it is a deep con- solation to me to know that the objects which wero aimed at by my beloved father and the means he adopted for their attain- ment are so fully appreciated by all classes of his subjects. The honour, the happiness, the prosperity of our country were never absent from his thoughts. He always tried to do his duty, and it was ever his care to cherish noble ideals and en- courage those who were ready to lahoup truly and earnestly for the improvement of the moral or material conditions of the people. You may be sure that I shall endeavour, with God's help, to follow his example ac the constitutional Sovereign of a peace- loving Realm and Empire. The Court lasted a little over half an hour, and at its conclusion the King drove back with his suite to Marlborough House.

Sensational Suicide. ABERDARE MAN AND MARRIED WOMAN At the Westminster Coroner's Court on Friday Mr Troutbeck held an inquiry on the body of Thomas Ainsworth (22), formerly of Aberdare, but recently residing at Ealing-road, Brentford. George Ainsworth, a brother of the deceased, said the latter formerly lived at Aberdare. South Wales, but went to London in search of work. His friends did not know be was in any trouble until about a week ago, and thought he had gone back to Wales. They had received a letter from him, in which he said— As you know, I was in trouble and could not find work. It has preyed on my mind. Me and Mabel have been together since I have been from home. I know she done wrong. I have done the same as any other chap would "have done. We have made both our minds up to end all our troubles. I know it is wicked, but I have to thank my mates for it, Don't worry about me. I am not worth it. I hope by the time you get this letter you will know the worst. On July 5th the deceased wrote :— Mabel has made up her mind to go home, and I will go back and see if I can get any work. I kno VI' I ought to he killed for writing that letter to you, but I could not help it. I am sorry to have cause 1 you trouble. On July 3rd deceased sent a postcard from Worthing, where he and Miabel had been stay ing, saying he was all right, and they expected him home. Mrs Mabel Rushley, giving an address in Prideham-road. Thornton Heath, having been cautioned hy the coroner, said she was a mar- ried woman and had known the deceased about 18 months. She last saw him alive at Clapham Junction at about 11.50 on Wednesday. They had come up together from Worthing," I begged him to go back to his mother and said I would go back to him. and be lllaid he would. The Coroner You have heard this letter read about an agreement. Witness I begged him to think better of it and not fo do it. The Coroner If there was an agreement be- tween you to commit suicide together your position would he a serious one. Witness: I said Write and toll your mother you will come home," and at Clapham Junc- tion he said he would do so. The Coroner I suppose he was much at. tached to you ?—Yes. Did you say you would no longer stay with him T—I told him to go home and get work. Was be very distressed ?—I don" think so. Was he in any personal peril from your hus- band ?—I don't think be knew him. Threw Himsslf in Front of a Train. Evidence was then given that between 12 snd 1 on the afternoon of Wednesday last the deceased was seen to throw himself in front of a train which was entering Victoria Station on the Underground Railway, and was killed on the spot. Dr. Thomas Neville gave evidence as to the extent of the injuries, and said death must have been instantaneous. The Coroner said it was evident that the deceased had got into a difficult position with a married woman. They went together to Worthing, and seemed to have come to the conclusion that they ought to end their lives. They appeared to have altered their minds, and aeceased wrote to his mother to tell her so. So far as the young woman was concerned she waa quite free from legal responsibility. The jury returned a verdict of Suicide whilst of unsound mind." .!<

GAS DETECTOR INVENTED. Mr Frederick J. Turquand, who is Well- known in Colliery circles as the organising engineer of important instillations of electric miners' lamps, has invented a gas detector, the use ofwhich, it is claimed, will be of enormous benefit to coalowners and miners alike. The detector is small enough to be carried in the waistcoat pocket, and by its use the presence of an infinitesimal percentage of dangerous gas can be instantly discovered and timely steps taken to avert disaster. The little instrument is said to be equally efficacious in the detection of dangerous gas in mines, ships' holds, wells. &c., and, as its use is independent of oil or spirit lamps, accidental ignition or ex plosion is impossible. A wide field for the detector is expected to be foupd also in factories schools, and other public buildings, and fn private houses.

TH| CHANCELLOR'S BROTHER. Forthotmlng Wedding. The wedding of Mr W. George (brother of the Chancellor of the Exchequer) and Miss Anita Williams, only daughter of the late Cap- tain Williams and Mrs Williams, Cefn-y-dre, Fishguard, takes place at Hermon Welsh Baptist Church, Fisbguard, on Saturday, July 23rd, a date fixed especially for the attend- ance of Mr D. Lloyd George, who will act as best man. The officiating minister will be the pastor of Criccieth Baptist Chapel, probably assisted by local ministers. Both families, it is interesting to mention, are closely acquainted with Fishguard and dis- trict, and are related. At Jordanston Parish Church, within three miles of Fishguard, lately restored, the mother of Mr William George and the Chancellor is buried. Mr W. L. Williams, who last year retired from the Pembroke County Council in order to study for the law, is one of the brothers of the hride-elert.. Another brother is the chief superintending engineer of the Upper Nile, Egypt, irrigation system I and another brother nolds an im- portaat position under Government at Hong Kong. Mr A. B. WiUiams, solicitor of Fish- guard and Haverfordwest, Is a younger brother of the bride. <J!J.

ALLEGED BETTING AT A BAKERY. At Cardiff Police Court on Saturday there WAS a charge against William John Bearlc (^5) that, being the occupier of the Fanny-street bakery, he used the sa^efor betting purposes. Richard Henry Chard (K) and Herbert Henry Mar- shall (39), were charged that being thoem- poyees ol Searle, they acted on his behalf to use the bakery I for betting purposes. ThomM Neale (40). Albert, Windsor Jliswis (1?), and Francis Wm. Pugsley (36) had also chorees against them of resorting to the bakery for the purpose of betting. Mr H. G. Elisor pro- secuted. and Mr Harold Lloyd: defended. Mr Lloyd said he proposed to let the case go lor trial. It was impossible to go into the matter that day as it was a complicated case. He therefore asked for an adjournment. The case was adjourned until next Thurs- day. Searle was admitted to bail in f,20 and a surety of £20, Chard and Marshall in £5 each and sureties of £5 each, while the other men were bailed on their own recognisances of £5 each.

DEAN FOREST MINERS CALL TO NON-FEDERATIONISTS Wages in the Lower Seams. SPEECH BY SIR CHARLES DILKE. The annual demonstration of the Forest of Dean miners was held at the Speech House on Saturday. Mr William Smith, of Broadweil, Coleford, the newly-elected president of the Association, presided, supported by Sir Charles W. Dilke, 31.P., Mr R. Smillie (vice-president of the Miners Federation of Great Britain), Mr G. H. Rawlinson (the local agent), and mem- bers of the executive. Mr Thomas Wright moved, Mr Fred Isles seconded, and Mr Smillie supported, the following resolution :— That this meeting of miners of the Forest of Dean deeply regrets that the increase of members is not as large as it should be. If our local leaders are to make any improve- ment in our new wage agreement and also to fix a fair and equitable basis for the working of the lower seams, so that men can make a living wage our membership must be in- creased, and thereby the hands of our leaders strengthened. Since our last annual meet- ing we have become members of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, and are there- fore part of one of the largest Labour organisations in the world and yet as a dis- trict we are weak because we have 2,000 men out of the Union. The resolution was carried wit h enthusiasm. Sir Charles Dilke Sir Charles Dilke said after all they had heard at the General Election it seemed a little odd to find the Unionist party only nominally continuing to offer opposition to the Budget. It was, indeed, the same old Budget in a second edition unrevised, as most sane people had ex- pected, but for one or two matters of compara- tive detail. In one of these he and they were interested, namely, the relief of local rates. In the pressure of indirect taxation, as workmen, the miners and the rclral labourers had the same interest as Ireland but the attacks by leaflets at the election on all indirect taxation was not revived by the Opposition in tba House of Commons, and was left to Mr Snow- don and himself. The Labour Party, after some natural hesitation, had decided to sup- port the redemption of promises, and the assignment of half the land duties to the local authorities and the r lief of rates by taking on to the public funds the cost of the meretori- ous aged pauper," as he was styled in Parlia- mentary slang. It was, he thought, a wise decision, both because promises should be kept when they had been put forward in Ministerial addresses to the electorate, and also on its merits, because the Labour Party and the Radicals and many besides,desired to trust the localities with all the increasing services of Christian civilisation, and knew that these services must be starved and the Acts of Parliament remain a dead letter unless they provided additional local funds. Sir Charles went on to say that he had stated all* through the election that he should have trouble in bringing about a com- plete fulfilment of what he took to bo a promise in support of those views of theirs, and he had already been engaged in combat upon this question with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to whose Budget he had given firm support based largely upon these con- siderations. Deep Seams Development. As regarded their own industry (the coal trade) Sir Charles said in Dean Forest they were not at present greatly concerned in the legisla- tion which was taking place upon safety in mines, but the development of their deep scams might poesibiy create in the Dean Forest coal- field the same dangers and the same need for meeting them, as in Glamorganshire or in the recent Whitehaven case. They had given him their support when he had charge, for the Miners Federation, and the Coal Mines Regula- tion Bill. Whatever the law might be, they agreed with all other miners in being in favour of closer inspection with a view to causing the complete enforcement of the law.

SIEGE If A BAPTIST CHAPEL Rome, Thursday.—A certain number of Italians, after having lived in America, re- turned home converted to the Baptist branch of Protestantism. Some of them had also beoome American citizens. Numbering about 200 altogether, they almost all belong to small villages of the province of Avellino. The Bishop of Avellino and the Catholic clergy have opposed this Protestant incursion by every means in their power. The Baptist pastor of Bisaccia retaliated some time ago by a pam- phlet containing all kinds of accusations against the Catholic clergy. This caused a riot, which forced the Baptist pastor to leave the village. Mr J. P. Stuart, of the Baptist Board of Foreign Missions, of Richmond, Virginia, to which the Italian Baptists are affiliated, was in Italy at the time, and he went to the spot to instal a new pastor. His arrival, however, coincided with the last earthquake, so the population of the village attributed the evil to the presence of the Protestants, and troops were required to protect them and escort them out of the neighbourhood. Mr Stuart applied to the Premier, Signor Luzzatti, for protection, but when he returned to Bisaccia he and his fellow-ministers were met by several thousand infuriated people, howling Down with the Protestants and threatening their lives. Notwithstanding the presence of the head of the police, with a strong contingent of con- stables, carabineers, and soldiers, when they left the carriage to enter the church stones were thrown which wounded several, Mr Stuart being struck on the chest, arm, and leg. They took refuge in the Baptist Hall, which was stoned from 4 till 10 p.m. They had to spend the night there, protected by troops with fixed bayonets, and it was only when next day rein- forcements of about 400 soldiers were hurried to the spot that they could leave. Mr Stuart has applied for protection to the American Ambassador, who has brought the situation to the notice of the Italian Govern- ment.—Reuter.

EMPLOYMENT OF SCHOOLBOYS. Mr T. H. Phillips, secretary of the Bridgend Horfee Show, was summoned at Bridgend on Saturday for employing schoolboys who had not obtained a Certificate of school proficiency or of previous due attendance at a certified efficient school. Mr Forsdike, Cardiff, prose- cuted on behalf of the Glamorgan Education Committee, and Mr H. J. Randall (of Messrs Randall and Co., Bridgend) defended. Defen- dant was alleged to have employed nine boys to sell programmes, and a summons had been issued against him in respect of each boy, but it was agreed that the case of a boy named Mansel fivans should be taken to govern the Whole. Mr Forsdike Said that Mr Phillips had been warned by the attendance officer not to employ these boys selling programmes at the horse show as the school at Bridgend would be open the day of tho show, and the oommittee regarded his action as contempt of this warning, and asked the magistrates to impose the full penalty. The employment of boys seriously reduced the attendance at the schools and caused a heavy loss in grants to the county. Mr Phillips was fined £2 in respect of the boy Mansel Evans, and the other sum- monses were withdrawn on payment of costs.

GUNBOATS BEATEN OFF. New York, Sunday.—Serious fighting is re- ported from Pearl Lagoon, Nicaragua, the Madriz party's gunboats Venus and San Jacinto having been repulsed by a Combined force of Estrada revolutionaries and American planters with a loss of 20 of their crews killed. It is conjectured that the participation of American subjects will further complicate the position.—Central News. New York, Sunday.—A telegram from Blue- fields to the New York Sun states;- Some concealed coast guns, manned by sup porters of insurgent General Estrada, surprised and disabled the Government gunboat San Jacinlo, which was bombarding Pearl Lagoon on July 8th. A score of the crew were killed and some 40 or 50 wounded. The San Jacinto drifted out to sea, but was picked up and towed back to Bluefields by the steamer Venus, which was supporting her. The de- fenders of Pearl Lagoon suffered no casualty, although the gunboat's shrapnel did a groat deal of hArm to the town buildinea.—Reuter.

TALKS ON HEALTH. By A FAMILY DOCTOR. Sanitation and the Bible. I hope you all read your Bible as a source of comfort, and consolation and happiness, 3 'jTiP e !ns^ruc^ion and sound literature, and the fount ain-head of all true wisdom. One book is much neglected, the Book of Leviticus, and yet from the point of view of the teacher of hygiene- it is far from the dull book it is usually set down to be. It Is not known exactly when it was written, but we may salely put it down as many thousands of years ago. Throughout its pages we find frequent exhortations to personal cleanliness, regulations about the isolation of the sick, the necessity of burning infected rags, of excluding from the general throng anyone with a septic wound, and over all these strict rules and regulations is set the Divine seal. Th#y are not the opinions of some obscure Jew, but the very word of God. Unheeded Laws. I speak of my experience in the schools when I say that the standard of cleanliness and.generai nutrition of the Jewish child is far above that of the Gentile of an equal social grade. The sooner the Gentiles realise this and strive to live up to a higher standard of cleanliness, the better will it be for those who feel it their duty to convert everyone to the Christian religion. The people are alwavs crying to the doctors, What can vou do for us to rid us of cancer, of tuberculosis, and a hundred other ills ? Onlv tell us, and we will hearken unto you and cleanse the world of these dreadful scourges." I confess that I am very sceptical. In the Book of Leviticus are set out rules which have been published broadcast for hundreds and hundreds of years, and yet the people of England have scarcely begun to emerge from the state of barbaric neglect of personal cleanliness. It is a strange experience to come home and read the Book of Leviticus after spending the whole afternoon scolding mothers whose children are unclean. Two thousand years B.C. the word of God was given forth that personal cleanliness is a sacred act of worship and in this year of disgrace, 1910, I am hoarse with my efforts to persuade mothers that it is undesirable for their children to have insects in their hair. Well, one must not get disheartened there are faint signs that a little progress is being made. A High Temperature. A very little practice will enable & person of ordinary intelligence to understand a clinical thermometer. Any nurse who has been Properly trained will explain how to take>A temperature. The normal temperature of the body is between 98 and 99 degrees. If it Is raised to 100 degrees something is wrong, but not very much, probably a rest in bed will pat you right. A temperature of 101 degrees is more serious, and the doctor most be fetched, because you cannot afford to take the risk. A man who thinks he is very ill is soon com- forted if you assure him his temperature is normal. A high temperature in a child is not so alarming as the same temperature in adults. Shivering is often a sign of high temperature a shivering fit without any apparent cause should always make you send for the doctor and, if possible, send the message at breakfst time so that the doctor can come on his round. Do not call him oat of bed at three o'clock in the morning when the patient has been ill for davs. Thank you, excuse me for mentioning it. The Most Valuable Drug. Take some salt and some sugar and dissolve it In some water in a jar. It completely dis- appears, the water has completely dissolved it. If you leave the water to evaporate, or if warm the water so as to drive it off in the shape of steam, you will find the sugar you dissolved begin to crystallise out. Add some more water and the crystals dissolve again. Now the salts that stones in the kidney are made of are like the sugar in this respect, that they are dissolved by plenty of water and crystallise out when the proportion of salta to water is high much salt and little water means stone formation few salts and plenty of water means clear kidneys. Hence the value of drinking plenty of water. I hold in my hand a large stone taken from the kidney. It is large now it was once microscopic, and grew week by week. A good flush of water might have prevented the formation of that stone. Good old water, dear old water, much despised, but still the best preventive of stone in the kidney, stone in the gall bladder, constipation, and many other ills water inside and out; the most valuable drug in the whole puarmacopoaia. A Cure for Insomnia. For the average healthy individual sea- bathing is benencial in the case of invalids the question must be discussed after a careful examination of the patient. One of thecauseaof the benefit derived from sea-bathing is that the water is in active motion tne waves come and hit you in the eye or punch yoiMn the back, and the striking of the salt (vaves on the skin is a useful stimulus. For this reason many doctors recommend that when a hath is taken at home the garden syringe should be taken into requisition; the forcible squirting with the syringe- may do more good than simply plunging in or lying down in the bath. It has been suggested and tried with considerable success as a cure for insomnia to douche the spine with cold water from a powerful syringe directed by the nurse or attendant. Anyway, if fOU don't sleep after having your spine squirted you ought to. It was very successful in one obstinate case I had. Ten Thousand to the Inch. When a doctor is in doubt as to whether his patient has consumption of the lungs or not, he may get help by having the sputum of the patient examined under a powerful microscope to see if the tubercle bacilli can be found. They are very minute it would take about ten thousand placed end to end to make an inch. A thin layer of the material to be tested is spread on glass and stained with a blue stain then the glass slide is washed gently and a red stain is applied. It is very kind of the tubercle bacilli to reject the blue stain and only takp up the red, because when one looks down the microscope the little beggars stand out clearly as red rods against a blue background. Early cases are difficult to diagnose, aD4 the microscopic test is then very useful. Look on the Bright Side. Many people have a bad habit of always suspecting consumption even if the paiiwnt is only a little thin or pale. I am always having to correct this idea, especially m regard to children. Consumption is common, but only about one-fiftieth as common aa you all seem to imagine. Never let a child hear you say that you think he is week; children have sharp ears and remember everything. It is very wrong to let a child grow up with the fixed idea that he is vreak always pretend that he is strong. When yon go to the doctor leave the child outside while you describe the case, and then caN the child into the room aftwwarda, And n<?ve* despair about a child's health marveOtioft cures are brought about by time and case. Answers to Correspondents. Crawley.—See an ear specialist; ytm. ntatf need an operation Worried.—Cannot advise operation with- out seeing you. 2. I do not know. Kay Jay. Too long to aawu1; rtmd column. Nicolle.—Will deal with yomar catjg In th8 column. J. T.—Try sulphur ointment. Croft.—Use no drugs only exercise • eat in moderation. Hernia.—Call the attention of the opaMl ing surgeon to the other side. G. R.—I gave prescription last week. Nautical.—Stay in the water forashottat time. Tom (Bluntisham).—The medicine yon earn taking is useless you should see a doctor. E. T. Han.—He may grow out of it, but cannot advise by correspondence. Constant Reader.—If you have really thrown up half a pint of blood you most b( thoroughly examined at home or at a ho» pital at once. [All letters intended for the Family Doctor" should be addressed, Thf Doctor," 8, La Belle Sauvage, London E.C.I

FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. The Pri "cess and the Pauper. By CARL MEYALL ^nce Upon a time two baby girls arrived thft °ity at the same hour. One went to be the child of the King a and so became a. Princess, whom th ho? Regina. The other went to the Wor Q ^here her mother died and left her, s ^yibecanie nobody's child, and a Pauper, the Authorities, with fine unfitness, La Reine. which means, the Queen, and Wj 'hey did because cannon boomed and Pealed in honour of the Palace baby. h, the Duchesses, Countesses, and Ladies ';he cannon they ordered their best car- and highest steppers and drove to the where the smartest turnout was jjJ**P^ed by twenty-four cream-coloured ponies a g^]^. coapi! uj which sat a dignified t °ld lady, who carried a wand tipped with »ond star. the King that the Fairy Godmother to touch the Princess with her magic so that she may have the eye to see, the JQ hear, the tongue to speak, and the mind fcJJ^derstand," 8aid she to the fiftieth page in TV*8" lis message was handed on through the forty-nine pages until it reached the who laughed carelessly, and said Tell ft is Lady to bestow her touch1 where Heeded. The Princess is Our daughter inherited Our eye Our ear Our and Our mind, so is Right Royally J*y the time the message reached the *h page it had become this. ^^Uut your stick old Girl and lay it on some- ^else. The Princess is Our daughter so have an eye to admire her own pretty the mirror an ear to hear flattery a IZ§!Qe to scold and a mind Here the j^^GoinmaTideT of the pages caught him by yTbos shall it be," said the Godmother, who drove to the Workhouse, where at the twenty-four ponies, the porter flung Sa. the gates which were kept for the Gu»- C8; The matron ran to the front door, and led the way to the baby, expect- things, but when the Godmother, after lljj her wand lightly on the brow, eyes, ears w 'Qouth of the sleeping baby, departed with- in a Word or gift, she was just going into a \rtRj~e'tiper, when La Reine opened a pair of blue eyes, and smiled so sweetly, that a ^7^}°ve came into the good woman's heart V bls little, lonely, pauper La Reine. young King and Queen thought of but pleasure, so year after year they 011 having a good time until that day the new Lord Keeper of the State Papers ^j^fed an old dusty safe to be turned out, Lo • amongst its contents was a document TVwS*1 was written, i.0 BE read BY THE KING TO-DAY. long it had been there .nobody knew, To-Day is now, it was taken to the whose knees knocked together as he e the seal and read tb COpy of the Bond Between the Kmg and j>.e Magician. This bond certifieth that the j ^8, in gratitude for the birth of his t vj^^Shter (whom he hopes to bring up, wisely) J,, &iises to make a complete inspection of Royal City before she is eighteen. If this ^Properly done the Magician will cancel this 4vP^> but if one Highway Bye-way, or Blind is missed, the King will forfeit his and go into exile in the terrible Black V^tains. rb an nneasy feeling that Regma had not up wisely, the King rushed into •< green's parlour. u «ow old is Regina, my dear ?" tjj-i Rifely my love you cannot have forgotten month she will be eighteen, fc^the King rushed ofE to order his staff and motor-cars. While he had been dancing, and feasting, nearly eighteen years had aWay, now there was only one short •K.h for Highway Bye-way and Blind Alley, bushed madly down the wide handsome ,^av2?J^here millionaires lived. Here ladies by .r^lace handkerchiefs at them as they flew ^en lifted glossy top hats. But when foj n c^Bcte to-,the poor quarter the had to walk, Car could enter the narrow, dark, and streets. Gaunt, hungry women looked with sad eyes. Men forced to be idle at them with fierce eyes, and used such language that the King filled his ears °otton-wool. and taking the arm of his a^Jdant walked with closed eyes. But he fc^Qot shut his nose to the foul smells, lingered in his nostrils even after he had Co!?.11 a bath oi Attar of Rose, which is so that Lord Money Chest had'to make a and this made the people's food still o er. the eve of Regina's birthday, the King y c Magician. °u have gone through the City," said he, the bond but remember, the King t>oLshuts his ears and eyes to the needs of the ,^U find that no bath of Attar of Rose out the death that lurks in foul 1 night the King died of fever caught in Mind Alley. The Queen caught the ao and died also. ltegina was Queen, and though she was t>60n)Incjst beautiful Princess in the world. ? s^ook their heads, for she was the vain- Si j^er first act was to order a new wardrobe lwu8hout, a hundred of everything of the duality. Her second to have all the walls ^alace covered with looking-glass. Her to surround erself with young men who On f;f^ nothing but flattery. » day she sent for old Lord Money Chest. <«t rder my Coronation robes to be entirely •rj^ftionds," said she. ?PK' Your Majesty, the treasury is empty." ''Tkn tax ,;h° poor," said Regina. Hid v, Y are starving, and will bear no more," ^inT ^dly. ^Id ^at Regina flew into such a rage and !• La,'r? 60 bitterly that he fled in fear. vVf.j f^eine, who was now a fair maiden, had Mshpjf1 the Workhouse where the Guardians jf°od • her to stay because her eyes saw the 111 those who sought refuge in the House, rs hoard their best thoughts, her mind yW^tobd what, mistakes had brought them Mo, j.her sweet tongue told them what to V .that they took new heart, went out to tbly to fight their way upward, and came Workhouse no more. Someday, the e Sai' th« y would go away together and «S0 -.here the roses bloomed and birds sang, 'he Reine waited and was quite happy until when t'.iey brought in a handsome rri''Jn who was smitten with sudden 41.1l'Se cas and loss of memory. As La Reine hirn she rtrew to love him, then sadness ^t'lor s^e could see that he was a rich > had been on his way to woo the I.. «' x? Queen Regina. °ur v°iee is s iveet as chiming bells. La °ur v°iee is s iveet as chiming bells. La W said he one day," be my bride, for I °annot be for you are a prince and I ^er she answered. *til] 11 all his memory came back to him, but ■Nty j ° Hi'sed her to be his bride, and in great ^eine .vent away to think of it, when *"y the Fairy Godmother stood before •< i vlsten," said she, tell me what you see fh a,r-" I^.Reine's eyes grew wide with fear, for ?KdUhe roar a starving people, and ^1, k a,t they were marc hing to the palace to ^Ot ria''n and destroy, and in turn would be ¥ oWn themselves. [<>\t J?iV can save both Queen and people if fkl to Regina the light of your eyes, of your ear, your sweetness of v '« will I do," said La R«ine. en take my wand, lead the Prince to Win him touch her with my magic star, have your eyes, your ear, your your mind to understand and her Av.1 love her." fe* Will ^G' faltered La Reine. ^gih H receive his sight, will look upon \Vijfa 8 face and love her evermore." La Reine stood before the Queen, her ^crv^8 as white as marble. Then placing the "0 shand in her's she said. f, Queen Regina, I give you the light of ^eaife?' niy ag," and before the Queen could ^she fled. h Canu- to pass that the Prince was 0Pl^v ° ^eg'na> who sought and found her v thS and reigned lone and happily. J&i y °.viie1 days when La Reine lived where 0°ined and birds sang, she wrote out jWl p \Va. in her heart. Now when people tn: g¡.:d hf)J' books, they say the pauper was j^er Queen for she is still La Reine in

PERIL OF RACE SUICIDE. n' on Sunday at Hythe, Father k^re rpferred to the fall in the birth-rate, j^Ure^Pscially among the well-to-do and Ilt¡nll(} ■?Jesses. He said the decreases from y~ to 24 and 25 per 1,000 in < ne gener- ic thft aa simply apoalling. In the slums ty and East End life was \v whilo in the sciuares of °st Enfi life was declining. Ji his< fi,'e Preparing materials in I'ngland for VLish j>y of Tlie Decline and Fall of the f0°*e pp^P're." Racial suicide was a disease a evalent among idlers than workers it Pler.°fQnSeiiial atmosphere wltere pleasure created self-centred materialism. fd]Q ^°d a raee ready to exchange idleness 688 of bread for discipline and love of

Y GOLOFN GYMREIG. Dymunir i'n Gohebwyr Cvmreig gyfeirio pu gohebiaethau, llyfrau i'w ha-dolvgu, etc.. fel y canlyn:—" IFANO, Cil Hedd, Berth win- fctreet, Cardiff."

AT Y BEIRDD. Pechod parod yr englynwr ieuanc-amledd ansoddeiriau—sy'n ppri nad yw englynion amserol Aeronydd gystal åg y gallent fod gyda'u symudiad nwyfus. Mae llawnder a chvfoeth arferol englynion Gweledydd yn amlwg yn ei "Garedigrwydd", er y buasai'n berffeithiach fel englyn pe cad. wasai'r bardd garedigrwydd yn bersonoliad o'r dechreu i'r diwedd, yn lie ei doddi'n "enaint" yn y cyrch, a'i bersonoli drachefn yn yr esgyll. Pe buasai englynion Dewi Aur i gyd gystal &'u hesgyll prydferth, Imasent yn rhagorol. Fel y maent, dengys paladr a chyrch y ddau englyn ar y mwyaf o 01 ymdrech. Y mac rhywbeth i'w ddweyd hefyd yn erbyn englynion Treforfab, er llyfned ydynt: gallesid cael llawer gwell gair na "diwylliad" blaen yr asgell gyntaf i fynegi'r syniad. Diolch i Dalnant unwaith eto apa weld gwAn ei awen wrth vsboncio mor hoew drwy'r tri darn a gyhoeddir yr wythnos hon. Wele Gleivon, fardd mater, rhwng difrif a chwareu yn holi ac yn ateb amheuon ei ddeall ei hun. Cellweirus iawn-talentog o gellweirus —yw "Camsyniad Anian," a newydd a gwreiddiol hefyd, yn feddwl a mynegiant. Dengys W.H.D. fod ganddo dalent dda at ddesgrifio yn ei orchan degsill a'i doddaid prydferth ar Y Dymestl." Anhapus, cr hynny, yw'r ffurf wneud, truanog," yn lle'r un naturiol," truain," yn yr wythfed llinell; a dim ond Dyfedwr geni a tedr odli ysgwyd & weryd yn y chweched. Ond ceir enghreifftiau o led-odlau cyffelyb yn amryw orn prijpirdd.

I DARBODAETH. Rhagfeddwl Haf storiog foddau—y byd Yw'r ddarbodaeth orau; Os mown pryd ein hyd wnawn hau, Cawn gyfoeth cyn gaeafau. Dewi Aur.

YR EILLIWR. Gwr teilwng, geir at aJwad-i weini Ar wyneb cwsmeriad; A da ellyn, diwylliad Ry' yn glir i werin gwlad. Ei bawl syth i'r bobolsydd-yn arwydd Hen, wiria'i swydd gelfydd; Diwyd wr yw'r eilliwr rhydd— Lion bennaeth ellyn beunydd. Treforis. Treforfab.

Y DYMESTL. Yn brudd cwynfanaf i lid Naf Neifion A rua'n wgus ar ddwyfron eigion; Gwysia acw heno ei geayg gwynion" I fwrw eu haddoet heriol lafoerion; Yna gweryrant. a'u gwarau hirion Sy'n dawnsiol ysgwyd hyd weryd oerion; Och Rwyr a gleddir yn y mvr mawrion; Ar y ne' gwaedda truanog weddwon, Dyro, 0 Dad, Dy law dirion—ar led, A'r morwr arbed gwared y gwirion." Dowlais. W.H.D.

TRIBANNAU TRI PHETH. Tri pheth a lonna'm ca10n- Cymdeithas fy nghyfeillion. Cyfrinach fwyn fy nheulu Iftl, A Hyfr dfel gan Frvthon. Tri pheth sydd aigas imi- Cymdeithas Die Shon Daft, Ergydio dyn pan fo ar lawr, A sawr y peth sy'n meddwi. Tri pheth gynhyrfa f'awen I odli canie lawen- Fy ngwlad, a thine ei thelyn hên, A gwAn fy nghariad curben. Tri pheth sydd yn dynodi I'r byd athrylith Oymru— Ei rhywiog cerdd, ei haddysg lawn, A'i dawn hi at brydyddu. Tri pheth mwy anymunol Nis cwrddir bvth ar heol- Yw coegyn balch a gwraig anw^r', A motor cilr direol. 1 Talnant.

CAMSYNIAD ANIAN. Yn oj. yn ol, ymhell Af ft, At Anian wyllt, pan ddaeth o fyd yr haul i'n byd bach ni I ddechrcu ar ei gwaith. Bu wrthi'n ddyfal ddydd a noa Mewn iechyd ao mtwn poan, Yn creu y drain ac ytla'r l'hô8. Y sarff, ac yiia'r Ðên- Yn creu gogonlant pert y pa.un, A'r mwiicl gwael el l«n: Ar ol dibenu gyda'r rhat'n. Dechreuodd wneuthur dyn. Cyn iddi orflfen gwalth mor hyf, Yn rhydd 0'1 dwylaw aeth Cvn caei na limit na rhawn na phluf; A dechreu bloeddio wnaeth. 0 ewrando, Anian," meddai ef j 'Rwy'n teiralo'n noeth ac oer; Rho imi edytt engyl nef- Rho iml'r »«r a'r Hoor." Mewn tymer ddrwg, ar ei draed 61, Fe safodd fyny'n syth; O arswyd mawr!" medd Anian ffd], Ni chreaf ragor byth." Paham y creaist, ferch y fall, I angeu du gael gwledd t Nid oes dan heulwen hyllach gwaU Na chreu y byw i'r bedd. Clciron.

FOR CHILD'S SAKE. Street Trading Ban. NEW CHARTER PROPOSED. The Departmental Committee on Street Trading by Children has reported strongly in favour of a course which would lead to the dis- appearance of the juvenile trader from t e streets. The majority of the Committee re- commend the prohibition of street trading by all boys under 17. and all girls under 18. It is proposed that, an exception should be made in the case of the delivery of newspapers and other goods by tradesmen to regular cus- tomers. Four out of the eleven members suggest that town authorities should have power to prevent boys' street trading, chiefly newspapers, to the age of 18, where other suitable employment is available, or where the trading is not carried on for any beneficial purpose. In making the minimum age for girls up to 18, the minority would make a reservation pending further inquiry with regard to coster- mongers' daughters, on the ground that they run smaller risks, being under some sort of guardianship. Dangers of the Street. The effects of street trading on the character of those engaged in it are, according to the report, only too frequently disastrous. Some of the moral dangers are thus set out :— The youthful street trader is exposed to many of the worst of moral risk3. He associates with and acquires the habits of the frequenters of the kerbstone and the gutter. If a match seller, he ia likely to become a beggar if a newspaper seller, a gambler. The evidence before us was extraordinarily strong as to the extent to which betting pre- vails among the boy vendors of evening papers. There was an almost equally strong body of testimony to the effect that, at any rate in crowded centres of population, street trading tends to produce a dislike or dis- ability for more regular employment. The child finds that for a few years money is easily earned without discipline or special skill, and the occupation is one which sharpens the wits without developing the intelligence. There can be no doubt that large numbers of those who were once street traders drift into vagrancy and crime. Chief constables testified that street trading is the most fruitful apprenticeship to evil courses. On the subject of street trading by girls, the report states that to all the above evils is the further danger that such a life often makes for immorality. On the physical side. there are obvious dan- gers to health when children, and especially yoimg girls, often inadequately clothed, are ex- posed for long periods to inclement weather. On the other hand, it is admitted that certain homes do benefit from the money earned by the children in the streets, and it seems some- times to be a valuable addition to family in- comes in times of temporary distress or per- manent poverty." The cases of widows and others dependent on child labour, it is urged, should be met no longer by the sacrifice of the future to the present, but rather by more scientific and pos- sibly more generous methods of public assist- ance." The majority report is signed by Mr J. A. Simon, K.C., M.P., Mrs Herbert Gladstone, Mr E. K. Chambers (Assistant Secretary, Board of Education), Mr J. W. Gulland, M.P., Mr T. F. Richards, M.P., Mr A. J. Sherwell, M.P., and Mr J. H. Whitehouse, of Toynbee Hall. The minority report is signed by Messrs W. C. Bridesman, M.P., Malcolm Delevinge (Home OCRce). Waiter Guinness, M.P., and Hugh Law, M.P. In general remarks the Committee state that in London nearly 14,000 boys and 1,000 girls were known to be tnadintt in July last year. In England and Wales, exclusive of London, over 19.000 boys and about 3,000 girls had been licensed. In addition large numbers traded without official authority. Scotch returns were incomplete.

Chancellor Censured. LAW SOCIETY'S RESENTMENT. Solicitors crowded the old hall of the Law Society on Friday owing to notice of motion having been given of a vote of censure on Mr Lloyd George, himself a solicitor, for the attack he had made upon that body in Parliament. The Chancellor's utterance, made on June 15th last on the third reading of the Consolidated Funds Bill, was as follow :— I have never seen a Bill for the reform of the law, whether brought in by a Liberal Government or a Conservative Government, that the Law Society did not oppose if it was to have the effect of reducing the charges in the profession to which I have the honour to belong. So great was the interest in the proceedings that over 100 solicitors had to remain standing at the back or sides of the room. Mr Ellett, a white-hateed attorney, of Ciren- cester, amid cheers, moved the vote of censure, which was in the following terms :— That this meeting protests against the attack made upon the society by the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer in his speech in the House of Commons upon the third reading of the Consolidated Fund (2) Bill on the 15th June, 1910, and declares that the allegation made by him in that speech, to the effect that the society's opposition to proposals in Parliament has been uniformly based on a selfish desire to maintain professional charges in disregard of the public interest, is un- founded In fact, and is an unjust aspersion upon the honour of the profession of which he is a member. ')1" Mr Ellett cited the attitude of the Law Society in regard to various reforms, particu- larly the Public Trustee Bill, as disproof of the charge that they were actuated by sordid motives. Cheers greeted the speech. The chairman Mid he had aent a copy of the resolution to Mr Lloyd George, but had received no reply. A suggestion by a member that the motion should be postponed to give the Chancellor time to reply was greeted with shouts of No." Several solicitors rose, and excitedly attempted to address the meeting. Colonel Ford said they were there thirsting for the blood of the Chancellor. (Cheers and laughter.) The resolution was carried with eight dis- sentients.

JUDGMENT DAY AFTERNOON. Extraordinary Lease. An extraordinary lease granted by a Welsh landowner has just been extinguished by his son, who has granted the lessees a freehold title. In 1860 Mr James Bowen, of Troedyrawr, a J.P. and D.L. for Cardiganshire and Pem- brokeshire, granted the trustees of a Con- gregational Chapel at Beulah, near Cardigan, a lease of an acre and a half of ground for 99 years for a chapel and graveyard. Jn 1872 the pastor and trustees waited upon Mr Bowen with a request that he would extend the lease so that they might not be disturbed in their last resting place at least before the resurrection morn." Mr Bowen was somewhat of a wag, and fear- ing that some of the occupants of the grave- yard might be dilatory even on the last day, he asked if the deputation were sure that the resurrection morn would satisfy them, or if the afternoon of the resurrection day would not be bel ter. Acting upon their suggestion the lease was made to run to the afternoon of the last day. Mr Bowen recently refused an application to Set! the freehold, but he generously made the trustees a free gift of the fee simple of the site free of all cost, to them.

RENEWED TROUBLE IN LIVERPOOL On Sunday afternoon another raligious dis- turbance occurred in Liverpool on the occasion of the Orangemen's annual church parade. A portion of the procession was attacked and stones were thrown. Constables and mounted police separated the opposing parties and eight men were arrested.

OFFICER COMMITTED. Frederick Joseph Pilcher, a consulting en- gineer in practice at Liverpool, and a colonel of Territoriala, was at Bow-street Police Court on Saturday committed for trial at the Old Bailey on the charge of forging and uttering a will purposing to be that of his cousin, the late Miss Mary Lilian Kerford, of Bray, near Maidenhead, who died in March of last year. Mr Charles A. Mitchell, an analytical chemist and the author of a book on the chemistry of ink, said he had made, extensive experiments for the purpose of distinguishing between inks of different dates. He had examined the will microscopically and applied chemical tests to certain parts of it, and, as the result, he was of opinion that the body of the will, the signature of the testatrix, and the signatures and addresses of the witnesses were in the same ink. He als) came to the conclusion that it was written in the last five or six years. (The will is dated 1898). Frederick Taylor, who was a servant in Miss Kerford s house, said that on the day of her death the defendant asked where she kept her keys, and Dorothy Jones (Miss Kerford's maid) gave him them. On the following day the witness saw him opening the drawers of her desk, including the one in which :Mis, Kerford kept her will. Tho witness afterwards saw the defendant writing on sheets of fools- cap at Miss Kerford's desk, and had found torn sheets in the waste-paper basket. On the desk witness had aeen books entitled Notes on Law," and How to Make a Will." The defendant pleaded not guilty, and re- served his defence. Mr Marsham refused to allow bail.

RUN OVER BY TRAIN. Early on Sunday morning, on the Neath and Brecon Railway between Onllwyn find Col- bren Junction, Thomas Davies, a signalman, came across the dead body of a man lying be- tween the metals. The head was battered in and the left hand horribly mangled. The body has been indentified as that of David Isaac Jones, a labourer, age about 30, residing with his widowed mother at Pleasant View, Seven Sisters. He was his mother's sole support. Deceased attended a miners' lodge meeting at Prince's Arms, Colbren, on Saturday even- ing. It is believed that missing the last train home for Onllwyn he proceeded down the line and was run over by a mineral train.

Safety of the Miner.. CRUMLIN RESCUE STATION OPENED. The inauguration of the miners' rescue training station at Crumlin on Saturday marks the second of the seven stages in the scheme for the better protection of the lives of the men empioyed in the South Wales coal- field. Mr T. If. Deakin (the chairman) and the committee of the Monmouthshire Collieries Rescue Association had invited a number of gentlemen connected with the mining in- dustiy to the opening ceremony, and among those who attended were Mr W. N. Atkinson, superintendent inspector of mines Mr Joseph Martin, late chief inspector of mines Mr W. Brace, M.P. Mr J. Boyd Harvey, agent of North's Navigation Collieries Mr J. P. Gib- bon, of North's Navigation Collieries Mr Isaac Butler, high sheriff of Monmouthshire Mr W. P..Tames, chairman of the Monmouth- shire County Council Mr Ithel Trebarne Rees, president of the South Wales Institute of Engineers Mr W. Gascoyne Dalziel, secretary of the Coalowners' Association Mr Ilaber- shon. president of the Midland Institute of Eugineers Mr W. W. Green, Hill's Plymouth Merthyr Colliery Mr W. J. Heppell, Mr A. O'Connor, Air W. W. Stewart, Powell's Tillery Colliery Mr Thomas Braithwaite, Mr B. Nicholas, Tirpentwys Colliery Mr W. H. Whitehouse, Cwmbran Mr J. Fox Tallis, Mr W. H. Routledge, Mr W. Yyce (miners' agent), Mr James Winstone and Mr George Barker (miners' agents 1. The Station Described. The new rescue station is situate close to the railway at Crumlin, and in a central position in the Monmouthshire Valle s, so that should assistance be required at any of the collieries, a trained squad with suitable appara- tus can b e quickly sent to aid the rescuers at any disaster that may occqr within the area. It has been erected at a cost of £3,000, and the main hail for drilling the men is surrounded by an airtight gallery for experimental purposes, made to represent a gallery in a mine, 129 feet by nine. A heading and stalls, with an over- head road, take up two sides, the remaining side being reserved as a nursery. The headings and stalls are 93 feet long and six feet wide and about three feet high, rails being laid the whole length of the gallery. The entrance to the overhead road is made by means of rough fixed ladders, and < he whole gallery is made to resemble a colliery which has been visited by an explosion. The building is complete with offices, stores, dressing-rooms, baths, &c., and the whole is in charge of Sergeant Win- born, who was the leader of the rescue party at the Hamstead disaster, and who received a gold medal from the Lord Mayor of Birming- ham for conspicuous bravery on that occasion. Sergeant Winborn is one of the pioneers of rescue work, and for 10 years has experimented with all kinds of apparatus. He is an Army man, wearing the Indian medal (1905) with clasps for Tirah and the Punjaub frontier (1897-8). Mr Deakin's Speech. Mr T. H. Deakin in the course of his opening remarks said that about two years ago the Coalowners' Association appointed a com- mittee to inquire into the question of erecting rescue stations. They visited several places in England. The committee included two or three Monmouthshire men, and they got during their visit some very useful information from Mr W. E. Garforth, of Altofts, the pioneer in this matter; Mr Habershon, of Tankersley, and others. The result of their visit was that a station had since been erected in Glamorgan, and the Monmouthshire owners decided upon taking -action in that county. The collieries associated in the work of the station had an annual output of about ten and a third million tons, and the cost of the establishment and upkeep of the station would be borne by the colliery owners pro rata to their output. Associated with an establishment of this kind there was great practical usefulness, and not a little sentiment. It was right that all practic- able should be done to prevent accidents, but as long as mineral was mined accidents would occur, and it was thus the duty of all concerned to do what was possible to alleviate suffering, and effect the rescue of imprisoned men. (Annlause.) Mineowners and the mining population gener ally had not much to thank Governments form the way of rendering them any financial help. Though the Governments professed great in- terest in mining questions, they would find no money for making experiments with coal dust for instance, and colliery owners had to put down JE10,000 to fit up an experimental gallery, from which very valuable information had been brought to light which would be of service in the future in the prevention of or the minimising of the effect of colliery explosions. More credit for this was due to Mr Garforth. of Normanton. than to all the Governments of this and the last generation. (Loud applause.) Again the colliery companies on their own initiative, and at their own cost, had erected rescue stations. The Monmouthshire committee was indebted to the Llanover Estate Trustees, who through the good offices of Mr Iostyn Williams had given them a lease of the necessary land at a reduced rate. (Hear, hear.) They were also indebted to the colliery proprietors of Mon- mouthshire who so readily responded to the appeal for funds for the establishment of th^ station. A Warning. But while it was right that such stations should be erected and such means provided for the rescue of imperilled men, and the saving of suffering, he would warn the community against expecting too much from them. (Hear, hear.) There never had been lacking brave men ready to brave any danger and face any difficulty in the attempt to save life, so in the future there would be brave men ready to don the helmets and enter otherwise un- breathable atmospheres, but a responsibility would lie upon the chiefs at this and similar stations, and at the collieries, to see that none but trained men should do the work, or it was more probable the death roll would be added to rather than lessened. On the other hand, with trained men using the apparatus, if they could get to the seat of danger quickly, they should hope that in many cases not a few lives would be saved, and the area of danger and difficultypreventedfrom widening. (Hear,hear.) Mr Robert Jordan, mining engineer, Newport, one of the oldest mining engineers in the county, had served on the committee, and had rendered most useful service as their secre- tary. (Loud applause.) Mr W. Brace, M.P., said" this was the com- mencement of an effort which would bring about a substantial reduction in the wastage of human lives. They must not expect too much from the establishment of these stations, and the apparatus might in the hands of care- less or ignorant men be the sources of grave danger rather than of protection. Those engaged in the mining industry would be under a deep debt of gratitude and obligation to those who gave their money and their time to this excellent work, for the mining industry, however careful they might be, must always be classed as a dangerous trade. Mr W. N. Atkinson. the superintending in- spector of mines, said that in some quarters there was an exaggerated estimate of what could be done with rescue apparatus. They had not yet by any means arrived at a state of perfection. So far. they had not effected a great saving of lives. Still, there were in- stances, as in the Cherry disaster in America, where 12 or 13 men were recovered by their use, after having been entombed for several days. He had no doubt that in cases of fireg they would prove very useful, and they should not forget that fires had caused as great a loss of life as explosions. Mr J. S. Martin spoke of the admir- able way in which Continental stations were equipped and maintained. He would impress upon the committee the importance of keeping everything in the station in thorough working order. A..perfect condition of apparatus was absolutely necessary, and it should be always ready for work, and even the valves at all time kept perfect and clean. Then there should be a careful selection of men for training. No man without a medical certificate should be allowed to practise, and the temperament of the men selected should be considered, for there was always a danger from highly strung men and from those who rushed into danger withoul considering the perils. (Hear, hear.) Mr Ithel Treharne Rees, the president of the South Wales Institution of Engineers, spoke of the interest taken by engineers in such work as this and praised tiie scheme. It might be perhaps impossible for some mining districts to erect such stations,and thus it seemed that their maintenance should be provided out of the Imperial Exchequer. Something should be done at once for those places which could not afford these rescue stations, and in those cases he held that they should be built and controlled by the Government. (Hear, hear.) The coal owners of Monmouthshire were to be congratulated for what they had done for the alleviation of suffer- ing. (Hear, hear.) The company then adjourned to luncheon, and short speeches were again delivered by Mr Deakin, Mr Habershon and Mr W. J. Heppell. Subsequently a squad of men under the superintendence of Sergeant Winbom gave a demonstration of rescue work with the Draeger apparatus, entering an airtight gallery full of poisonous fumes with the helmets on. It was assumed that a fire had taken place in one of the stalls, and the squad entering over falls quickly put up doors and damped off the portion of the mine endangered, fixing brattices in the most suitable places in the main intake. Later on two men re-entered the colliery for the purpose of demonstrating the method of recharging the apparatus with oxygen.

LLANDRINDOD COMMON. The Llandrindod Wells Urban District Council was occupied on Friday night in dis- cussing whether preaching should be permitted on the Common. An application to hold aa open-air service on a Sunday had been re- ceived from the Rev. W. E. Sellers. Wesleyan minister, and the Pleasure Grounds Committee recommended with regret that the request should not be granted. The chairman of the Council (Mr W. A. Sims) and Mr J. Coombs, both Wesleyans, strongly advocated that permission should be granted, but Mr W. L. Harper (chairman of the committee) pointed out that the Common had been purchased as a quiet place of resort for visitors, and once a precedent for preaching'was established many services might be held.and that visitors woula be annoyed and inconvenienced. The com- mittee were supported by Messrs J. O. Bufton, Jeffrey Jones, T. Evans, Tom Norton, and R. P. Culley, and the report was adopted by ten votes to two. In making arrangements foi concerts by Hereford and South Wales bands, it was agreed that there should be no Sundaji performances in public grounds under the coih trol of the Council.

BUTTED POLICEMAN. At. Cardiff Police Court on Saturday Patrick Galway was fined 10s and costs for being dis- orderly and assaulting P.C. Parsons in Bute- street, Cardiff. The evidence was that he butted and tripped the constable. Daniel Evans (40) was fined 10s and costs for beiny disorderly and assaulting P.C. W. Fox in Bute-place, Cardiff, he also struck the officer, Elizabeth Bowen (27), who struck P.C. Golt- edge a violent blow in the face on betag arrested for being disorderly in But*-street* Cardiff, was sentenced to on* month.