The Cardiff Times

TY'R ARGLWYDDI. Nawdd-dy i'r lluoedd darllawyr,—asgell Cysgod i'r esgobwyr, Ffawd-fan i'r tirfeddianwyr, Feda'n lies i'w fodau'n lIwyr. Twr ewyn; arf Toriaeth-a laddai Lwyddiant gwaith Rhyddfrydiaeth; Plant ffawd eu tad (?), m&d eu maeth; Wel loddest Dy'r Arglwyddiaeth. Penrhiwfer. D. George.

TY'R ARGLWYDDI. Gwelaf ysbryd Ty'r Aiglwyddi Ger fy mron yn brudd a syn; Lansdowne, Balfour wylant heddy' Yng nghilfachau oer y glyn Taimlo drostynt mae fy nghalon: Colli ma nt eu ffyddlon dad Fu drwy'r oesau'n llywodraethu Ac yn sarnu gwerin gwlad. Ty'r Cyffredin! rhy gyffredin Ydyw hwn i'w fawredd ef; Ty'r Cyffredin! anghvffredin Iddo heddyw y w ei lef; Marw wna yn dorcalonnus: Ingoedd dyrr ei galon wael; Angen gwerin weithia'n rymus; Tynn ei haradr dan ei sail. Nerthoedd D. Lloyd George sy'n torri Bedd i Dy'r Arglwyddi 'nawr; Os yw ef yn chwys dyferu, Gwena'i lygad fel y wawr; Yn y fynwent gwelaf Asquith Fel offeiriad yn ei wyn; Winston Churchill, er mewn angladd, Dan ei emrynt chwerthin fynn. Gwerin nerthol cyn hir ddawnsia. Ar fedd Ty'r Arglwyddi i gyd; Hyawdl lais Lloyd George adseinia'r Geiriau yma drwy'r holl fyd:— Er i lid gelynioii frathu I fy nghalon finiog gledd, Mynnais—mynnais, er f y ngwa.edu, Dy'r Argtwy^dtlawrrKw fedd!" i jj*. Ystradgynlais, Gwilym Cynlais.

GYMRY, YMARFOGWN! Gymry ymarfogwn, fel ein tadau gynt; Lledwn ein llumannau i gusanau'r gwynt; Gormes yr Arglwyddi fu'n ein Ilethu'n hir; Torrwn ben y Tori; gyrrwn ef o'r tir. Gymry !—meibion arwyr y canrifoedd fu Arnom wedi gwawrio mae ein cyfie ni; Gennym rhwng ein dwylawmae y gelyn 'nawr; Pwy na fydd yn arwr yn y frwydyr fawr ? Gymry !-disgynyddion gwyr o enwog dris, Llamwn i'r vmladdfa heddyw gyda blfls Cadarn fel em creigiau henwn ruthr y gid, Mynnwn fuddugoliaeth i ryddhau em gwlad, Abertawe, Tach. 24,1910. Talnant.

Y PARCH. H. HUGHES, LLANSAWEL. Uchel n6d ei Hn rodiad-yw noddi Gwir nwyddau cymeriad; Glew wr yw, ac ymffrost gwlad, A'i gwyliwr ar bob galwad. Yn 11 ys 16n mae'n wr Ilesiol,-a'i fywyd Hel) fciau-gwr duwiol 0 ddawn a ffydd, i ddwyn ffol Yn addurn i'r rhinweddol. Cais amlwg ei lafur cyson—yw codi Gwyr cedyrn yn Seion A lywia'r oes i law r Ion A'i ddoniau byth i ddynion. Nef idd ei enaid nwyfus-yw helpu Dros Alpau y gwallus; A llysg ä'i aidd y llesg us Bair ochain i'r brawychus., Moesau lanheir o'u maswedd-gan arfaeth Gain, orfwyn, ei rinwedd A lief ein bron am ddigonedd O'i foethau lu a'i fythol hedd. O! y diniwed wyn newydd -ceisia Eu cysur hwy beunydd, A rhoi yn ffaeth i'r rhaifi ffydd A'u dalio uwch dialydd. Wr uniawn o wir haniad.-a'n tywys Hyd dawel fro cariad, Di-far ydyw diferiad Diliau mfel i'w deulu m&d. I wella'r oes hyd allo,-Dad anwyl, Dod einioes hir iddo; A phan o'r glyn esgyn o, Yn Salem gwna ei seilio. Abertawe. P. Perkins (Gwalch Llyfnwy).

CYMRU DAN Y CWMWL. O! Gymru wen—"hen wlad y menyg gwyn- ion," Ai ti sy'n griddfan o dan gymyl duonT Pa beth sy'n bod! A ydyw llais dialedd Yn tystio n wir fod gormes ar dy orsedd ? Pa. beth yw'r milwyr hyn sydd ar dy fryniau. A'r ceidwaid hedd (?) sy'n gannoedd ar dy lwy- brau ? Pa both a wnaethost, Gymru an yl, dywed? A ydyw'r gclyn wedi selio'th dynged ? Sain cAn a moliant fu dy brif acenion, A pheraidd ydyw rbwng dy fryniau moelion; Ond heddyw clywaf seiniau Ileddf gwrthryfel Yn taenu braw dros dannau lIym yr awel. Pa beth sy'n bod ? A ydyw llu yr estron Yn treisio'th dir i dywallt gwaed dy galon ? Na, na, fy ngwlad, mae'r gelyn rhwng dy fryniau Yn Uethu'th blant, gan waedu eu calonnau. Pwy yw'r troseddwyr! Pwy sy'n gorfod gwaeddi, A ydyw trais yn clwylo meibion Cymru? Ah! y glowyr dewr—meib y creithiau gleision, Sy'n codi cri dan ffrewyll greulon Mammon. Mae hwn o hyd &'i drachwant mawryngwaedu Calonnau fyrdd o fewn ei garchar pygddu. I lawr yng- nghrombil daear-gwlad y dan- chwa- Y gwelir yn ei liw y treisiwr yma. Son am yr Aifft yn enwog mewn caledwaith, Pa faint o lowyr Cymru fedd dystiolaeth Fod hwn yn fyw o hyd cr goreu Moses: Ac yn ei Jaw mae rhwymau tynion gormes. Diangen ydyw darllen hanes Legree Tra byddom dan chwipiadau meistriaid Cymru. Ni ellir cael gwell darlun o gaethweision N& bywyd cul, di-barcb, y glowyr duon. Fy ngwlad, fv ngwlad, pa bryd y daw goleuni I dreiddio drwy ddyfnderoedd dy drueni, Nes ymlid ymaitb wyll y du ortbrymder. A chwalu niwl caddugol anghyfiawnder? Mae'n bryd i leibion llafur gael uniondeb I eistedd ar orseddfainc ddi-greulondeb. Nid rhyfedd fod dy blant yn dechreu achwyn 0 dan driniaethau blin gormesol elyn; Fel bys yr awel foreu'n deffro'r blodau. 1 ysgwyd ymaith bwys eu gwlitbog berlau, Y chwery chwaon amgylchiadau bywyd Ar dannau telyn teimlad dyn: fe gyfyd Pan deimlo gyfiawn bwys ei drais a'i orthrwm; Pan welo'n oleu ddyfnder erch ei godwm, Mae'n ymwroli er mewn rhwym hualau, A daw'n fuddugol allan o'r gefynnau; Ac nid yv'th nwydau, Gymru fach, yr eithr. iad, Na'th eafciii is ymhyrraeth eu dylanwad; Na, dengys heddyw broflon eadat-iihaol, Wrth ysgwyd ymnitli rwymau'th ian ormesol Osodwyd ar dy ysgwydd tra yn liuno, Nad ydwyt dan dy faich lieb deimlad eto. 0 gAd i Reswm loci ar flaen y fyddin: Mae wedi'th gadw n fyw mewn llawer drycin Hwn yw dy arw, gwrando ar ei gyngor Na Ad "th dywys esti-on ddim :'n rhagor. Doed coieu'r nef yn llewyrch ar dv gamrau, [I A rhodia'n deilwng o h< n wlad y Beiblau; A lioed egwyddor Brenin Mawr y nen I wisgo Cymru ddu yn Gymru wen. L Cwmafan. Morgan Davies.

Butty System. IMPORTANT CASE FOR MINERS. In the Divisional Court on Saturday (before Justices Ridley and Horridge) the appeal came on for hearing in the matter of Diggle v. The Tredegar Iron and Coal Company, the ques- tion being one of importance to miners. The point at issue was whether a collier, working under a butty, could claim money due from that individual, or, in default of payment by him, he had a claim on the company by whom the butty was employed. Judge Hill Kelly. at Tredegar County Court, ruled that the contract was between the appellant Diggle and the butty Lott, and that the respondent company were not liable. Mr Sankey, K.C., and Mr Hugh Jones (in- structed by'Mr J. Thomas, Bargoed) appeared for the appellant, and Mr Tindal Atkinson, K.C., and Mr S. R. Ilandolpb (instructed by Messrs C. and W. Kensbole, Aberdare) for the respondent company. Mr Sankey, opening for the appellant, said the appeal was by Joseph Diggle, who was a working collier in the employment ofthedefen- dapts. His action against them was for a small amount of wages due-Sl 2s 6d—but there was a great principle involved When the case was before the County Court judge, his Honour held for the defendants. His Honour's reason was that there was no contract between the appellant and the respondents. Several cases and authorities were cited, and then came the proper construction to be put upon a certain agreement. It was said by the defendants that under a system of working mines in South Wales they did not make a contract with the plaintiff, but with a man named Thomas Lott, who was a workman under the company. Lott was working in a stall in the mine, and he em- ployed six or seven men under him. The plaintiff was one of these men, and their Lord- ships would probably ask why Lott did not pay the appellant. The answer was that he collected the money and disappeared shortly afterwards. The question was whether in the events that happened and the signing of a certain agreement the plaintiff was in the employment of, and had a contract of service with, the defendants, or whether he was in the service of, and had a contract with, Lott. If the appellant had a contract of service with the defendants, then be was entitled to succeed, but if their Lord- ships held, as did the County Court judge, that his contract was with Lott, then there would be an end to the plaintiff's claim. Mr Justice Ridley: I suppose Lott was a sub-contractor with the defendants ? Mr Justice Horridge That is the whole question. Mr Sankey Your Lordship has put your finger on the point at once. I say Lott was an agent of the company and the work was under the butty system. First I suggest there was a direct contract in writing between the plaintiff and the defendants and, secondly, I say that Lott was the agent of the company to pay Diggle his wages under that direct contract. Continuing, the learned counsel said, when Diggle was engaged he was taken by Lott to the manager of the c""iery and did what was known as signing the book. That, he con- tended, was a direct contract with the com- pany. There were several other cases, and this was taken as a test one. Mr Justice Horridge You want the evidence of Mr Thomas Lott. Mr Sankey: I do. He added that by the contract with the company if Diggle wished to leave he had to give a month's notice to the manager of the colliery. That, he contended, created a. direct contract between the company and Diggle. Mr Justice Horridge Is there anything in the nature of a contract in the book when he signs on t Mr Sankey replied in the negative. Lott was paid by the coal gotten, and he paid the men 3s 9d each per day. Diggle, however, signed the agreement at the office. Mr Atkinson said the rate of pay was fixed by Lott, and not by the company. Mr Justice Ridley: Whatever you call it, whose is the employment T Mr Sankey submitted the company must be the employers. Mr Justice Ridley, in delivering judgment, said Mr Sankey had not satisfied the Court that the judgment of Judge Hill Kelly was erroneous. The case was one of importance, but the facts were clear. His Honour in the court below had held that the contract of service w%s between Diggle and Lott, and not between Diggle and the defendant company. With that finding be agreed, and the appeal would be dismissed with costs. Mr Justice Horridge concurred.

Disestablishment. ANGLICAN PROFESSOR'S ADVOCACY. Brondeify Schoolroom, Lampeter, the home of the branch of the League of Young Liberals, was crowded on Friday night, and scores of people failed to get admittance, the principal speaker being Professor Tyrrell f'S ;Ífl's,. (JolIege. Mr Thy Jones presided. Professor Tyrrell Green, who took as his subject, Why am I a Liberal ?" said the Liberal party was a party of fixed principles, and the Conserva- tive party was a party of oppor- tunism. Referring to the Church question, upon which he said he felt most strongly of all, Professor Tyrrell Green stated that he was not in the least afraid of Disestablishment, nor was he at all afraid of some measure of Disendow- ment. (Hear, hear.) Not only was he not afraid, but he was in favour of it. (Applause.) There was an increasing number of Churchmen who were in favour of it. He was definitely in favour of Disestablishment because the present state of things robbed both clergy and laity of their rightful voice in the management of Church affairs. The question of patronage was enough to make any Church- man a strong Radical. The power of the laity in this democratic age was being taken from them day by day. When Church people had to find the money they would see that they would have their say in the selection of a minister.

CHURCH DEFENCE SERMON. Caerphilly Rector's Appeal. At the service last evening at St. Martin's Church, Caerphilly, the reetor.fche Rev. Connop L. Price, explained to a crowded congregation what he said would be the exact position if the Church in Wales were disestablished and disendowed. By these proposals the four Welsh dioceses would lose E244,680, and the endowments left to the several Welsh dioceses would be £ 20,210. In Llandaff diocese the endowments that would be taken away equalled E68,362, and the amount left to that diocese would be 44,342. From the 13 Parishes in Cardiff the Bill would take away 92,425 a year, and leave oniv Z616 a year. Seven parishes in Cardiff Would lose every single penny, and also E600 a year curates' grants from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. To the parish of Caerphilly. after Disestablishment and Disendowmcnt the endowments left would be only L6 a year. The amount allowed by the Ecclesiastical Commissioner* for two curates would also be taken away. The rector appealed to Church people at this critical hour to defend and protect the rights of the property of their ancient Church.

RAILWAY AT £30 AN INCH. The Parliamentary Power Bill of the Metro- politan Railway contains references to many improvements which the underground com- panies intend making upon their systems. One of the latest proposals is to split up with a station the largest run of tunnelling, and that is between Farringdon-street and King's Cross, and that is about a mile and a quarter in length. When the railway was constructed 60 years ago there were no great thoroughfares overhead, but Rosebery-avenue, named after the first chairman of the London County Council, opened up the north of the Metro- polis, and through there being no access to the underground railway much revenue had been lost. When the railway was constructed just below this spot vast sums were spent on under- pinning. Statisticians worked out the cost at about E30 an inch.

CAMP ATTACKED BY, LIONS. A correspondent at Belingwe, writing to the Buluwayo Chronicle," states that during October, whilst Mr A. A. Campbell and the Rev. Onslow-Carleton, of Insiza, were visiting the Belingwe Reserve No. 2, in connection with the settlement of natives a troop of lions attacked their camp at 10 p.m. and succeeded in killing one of the oxen which was about 100 yards away. They were driven off by means of a lantern and rifle shots, and the carcase of the ox was then poisoned. The next morning five full-grown lions were found dead within 30 yards of it. An hour later the Rev. Onslow-Carleton shot a fine male lion within half a mile of the camp. This had evidently partaken of the poisoned meat and recovered. The following night the finest of the batch was poisoned, making ftven in all—four males and three feaiales.—Central News.

TREDEGAR MEDICAL AID FUNB. The annual meeting of the Tredegar Work- men's Medical Aid Fund was held on Satur- day evening, Mr Walter Onions presiding over a crowded attendance at the Town Hall. The balance-sheet was adopted, showing receipts amounting to £ 5,763 9s 7d, and the expendi- ture to P,5,758 19s 98. The deposit fund totalled E2,986 5s 2d. A notice of motion that the members have the right to choose their medi- cal practitioner, who shall receive the contri- butions of the members attended, aroused an animated discussion, but it was eventually ruled out of order, as being calculated to alter the whole constitution of the society. It was reported that 47 applications had been received for the vacant post of medical practitioner. The number was being reduced, and the final selection would rest with the workmen. Grants were made as follow :—Porthcawl Rest, £ 10 10s Cardiff Infirmary, £ 5 Bath Mineral Waters Hospital, £ 10 10s Newport Infirmary, 925; Hereford Eye and Ear Hospital, £ 10 Newport and District Nursing Association, EZ5; and Bristol Royal Infirmary, £20.

LI BERALS RESOLUTE. Premier's Declaration: A GRAVE & SERIOUS TASK." After the declaration of the poll at East Fife in Saturday Mr Asquith entertained his committee, and in the course of a speech said that he would go forward to the grave and serious task now set before the Liberal party reinforced by the knowledge that lie had behind him the loyalty and confidence of his constituents. (Cheers.) East Fife was a perfectly sate and impregnable stonghold of Liberalism, and the zeal and de- votion of his friends had made it so. (Cheers.)

AMPLE AND ADEQUATE MAJORITY. Mr Churchill en the Position. At the Dartford Rink on Saturday evening in audience numbering about 4,000 was ad- iressed by Mr Winston Churchill in support if Mr James Rowlands, Liberal candidate for the Dartford Division of Ktnt. Mr Churchill said: This has been rather a ood day. (Cheers.) It is quite clear from the slection returns as they have come in at the wd of the first all-important week of polling bhat the Tory party is beaten. (Cheers.) It is quite clear that the nation is going to give our Prime Minister, Mr Asauith—who has led us into this battle, and has fought not only general's fight but a soldier's fight from the start to the finish—an ample and an adequate majority for all the great purposes of political strife and conflict which are now open before bhe British nation. (Cheers.) Our Tory friends who were a little while ago clamouring for an opportunity of turning out this 0 Government, have got their election and now they want mother. (Laughter.) All, gentlemen, a joke's a joke. (Laughter.) It was a great concession bo Tory opinion that there was another second election at all after the verdict of January, 1910, but, in order to make sure there was no mistake at aJI about the national will, in order to take a decisive and distinct vote upon one precise, particular question, we have run bhe risk and taken the trouble of appealing to the country on the Parliament Bill which abolishes the Veto of the House of Lords— (cheers)—and by a vast majority in seats and in votes in Great Britain and in Ireland— (cheers)—the Government is returned to power with full authority to carry the measure to the steps of the Throne. (Loud cheers.) Tory Party Beaten and Dishonoured. The Conservative party has been beaten at this election, but it has not only been beaten, it has been dishonoured. (Cheers.) When a party goes out to battle for causes and prin- ciples to which it has pledged its adherents, and when that party, in the face of the enemy, shamefully deserts its position, shamefully deserts its colours, casts away its armour ami equipment, and flies off. begging for mercy and trying to get support-, from those they have been attacking, and trying to get political assistance from thosfl principles they disagree with, then the party is not iiie-r-ly beaten, but it is discredited, and that is t.hc position of t be Conservative party to-night. (Cheers.) The Tory party have abandoned Tariff Reform, and Mr Balfour's statement at the Albert Hall could only mean that that immense policy which they have urged is to be shunted. Only one fact has made the Tory party try to get rid of Tariff Reform as,an issue at this election, and that was they thought they could win votes by putting it on one side, and I am in- clined to think they have won votes. I am inclined to think that Lancashire and parts of Cheshire have responded to the promise of Mr Balfour that it should not be an issue. Tariff Reformers Duped. Who is to be defrauded ? Is it the Tariff Reformers of Birmingham or the Unionist Free Traders of the Altrincham Division of Cheshire ? (A Voice Both.") In my opinion it is the Tariff Reformers who have been beaten. Mr Balfour has never believed in Tariff Reform. (Hear, hear.) -He b as never had his heart in it. He has been very glad indeed to have had an opportunity of pushing away from the Tory party what he regarded as a maas of contemptible fallacies unworthy of the intelligence of enlightened men. He has been glad to push away all this cant which he has done his best to stifle for the past seven years, and he has now found an opportunity of pushing it back into the rubbish heap from which it should never have emerged. (Cheers.) They have waited for seven year-a. and all they have got is the boot. Churchill amidst loud laughter raising his foot as he used the word.) They have got five or six seats in Lancashire and Cheshire by this choking of Tariff Reform,and are they going to make fools of the Free Traders who have come to them at this crisis as well' as of the Tariff Reformers who have stuck to them for the last seven years ? Mr Churchill went on to say that the aban- donment of Tariff Reform on the one hand and the production from their waistcoat pocket of the Referendum, as if it were a kind of vegetable, as the two surprises of the elec- tion had degraded the leaders of the Tory party from the position of statesmen to the level of the merest political cheapjacks. (Laughter and cheers.)

"Britain Will Blaze." PEERS "WILL NOT RETREAT." AMAZING TORY BLUFF. Mr Garvin writes in the Observer :-In any case, the Peers are not broken by Mr Red- mond yet. They are still free from the base domination, though the House of Commons is not. The Peers must deal fully with the Veto Bill in a series of debates, which, in the finally critical character of the circumstances, are certain to be among the most memorable in the history of the House of Lords. And nothing can prevent the Peers from making amend- ments whether Ministers are prepared to con- sider them or not-whether Mr Redmond thun- ders that he will accept no amendments or whether he begins to be sensible of the coming impotence to which public opinion in Great Britain will reduce him. The Peers have declared their position. They cannot retreat without sacrificing their own honour and public respect and ruining the Unionist party. They will not retreat. The> never will accept the Veto policy as it stands. Their amendments will provide for the direct appeal to the whole people by Referendum in matters of sufficient gravity. There must be permanent guarantees that real majority rule and nothing else shall prevail in the government of this country. If that fundamental principle of de- mocracy is accepted all will be well, and there will be a happy issue from the tumults and dangers of this controversy. If not. the Cabinet -tb en a Mud Ministry indeed—will either have to resign or will have come to the fatal point. Acting under Mr Redmond's orders, with half the nation more solidly than ever against them, they will have to open the attack upon the in- terests of th ^Throne in order to seize the Royal prerogative itself for Mr Itedmond's purposes. In other words, the Ministry will demand guarentees" from the Crown in order to pack the Peerage with a grotesque coronetted mob of Radical nominees, created for no other purpose but that of preventing the direct appeal to the people. Then, and then only, the full power of the Referendum policy will come into ph", find all Rritiin will blaze.

MOTOR 'BUS RUNS WILD. Two persons were killed in a motor 'bus accident in Regent-street, London, yesterday. Shortly after noon a 'bus on the Brixton to Camden Town service was proceeding up Regent-street from the direction of Piccadilly Circus when, from some cause not at present definitely known, it got out of hand and, dashed with great force into the window of Mr Benson's jewellery premises. The front of the shop was wrecked, and part of an adjoining tailor's estalishment was; badly damaged. Three persons who were walking past the shops at the time were knocked down. Police and other persons ran quickly to the spot, and the injured people were removed to the Charing Cross Hospital. One of them, however, Miss Marjorie Biss, aged about 20, employed at the Carlton Hotel, who had been badlv crushed beneath the heavy omnibus, was found to be dead on arrival, and a second person, Mr Alfred Goodrich, of 25, Molyneux- street, Edgware-road, survived only about two hours. His fiancee, Miss Maggie Douglas, of 59, North-street, Edgware-road, was found to have sustained head and leg injuries, and her condition is serious.

FORM IV. APPEAL. A considered judgment was given on Satur- day by the Court of Appeal, consisting of the Master of the Rolls, Lords Justices Moulton and Farwell, on the case which raises the ques- tion of the vadility of the famous Form IV." Their Lordships had previously given their decision allowing the appeal of the defendant in the action Dyson v. Attorney-General from the decision of Mr Justice Lush in Chambers affirming the decision of the Master, which struck out the plaintiff's statement of claim and dismissed the action with costs. They now stated the grounds of their decision. All the Judges concurred in the judgment delivered by the Master of the Rolls, and the appeal was accordingly allowed.

NAVAL BRUTALITY. Berlin, Saturday.—At a Naval Court Martial held at Kiel yesterday two engineer petty officers of torpedo boat D7 were sentenced to seven years' penal servitude each for brutal ill-treatmfnt of a stoker recruit, causing the latter's death. Petty Officer Wroschke sent a. recruit named Brandt to clean the boiler furnace, which was still glowing, and thrashed him with ropes, and because the recruit wanted to come out subsequently, Wrosclike locked Brandt in the furnace till the latter fainted, when he was brought out and thrashed and abused for two hours while lying in i. fainting condition. The following day the recruit died. —Reuter.

Militant Orangemen. BOMB THROWN IN BELFAST. A Man Injured. In the street rioting which occurred in Belfast on Friday night in connection with the election in West Belfast division, a man named Watson, age 26, was seriously injured by an explosive missile. Thousands marched in the direction of Great Victoria-street, but beyond some window-smashing nothing very serious occurred until IndependentOrangeHall was reached. The Unionists, alleging that their defeat was due to the action of the Independent Orangemen, a fierce attack was made on the hall, and the police were unable to stop the stone-throwing. Windows were smashed, amid much shout- ing and booing, and when the disturbance was at its height, some explosive missile was thrown at the hall, and burst near the door. Watson, who was near by, had his ankle fractured and a toe blown away by the ex- plosion. The police then made a charge, and the crowd quickly dispersed. Watson was removed to hospital, where he is progressing. It is stated that subsequently to this occur- rence the crowd smashed a large number of windows in North-street, and revoher shots were fired. People in the streets were in an excited state until an early hour on Saturday morning.

MR DILLON'S ESCAPE. After the serious disturbance in connection with the Mid-Tipperary contest on Friday night, as Mr Dillon and his friends were about to leave for Dublin they were attacked so vio- lently that they had to escape from the station and lost their train. They took refuge in the Workhouse, where they remained for over two hours. Then, after the Dwyerite procession had passed, they were conveyed to the Presby- tery. Mr Dillon attempted to catch the night mail at 1 o'clock, but bearing shouts near the station he returned. He got away by the 10 o'clock train on Saturday morning, closely guarded by 50 police, a cordon drawing round him at the ticket office and again at the railway carriage. Asked if he was much hurt, Mr Dillon replied, I only got a couple of blows. I am all right now. It is not my first experience of a row."

ULSTER "ARSENAL" A startling telegram was sent out on Satur- day from Belfast stating that in view of the passing of a Home Rule Bill arms are being stacked in large quantities in Ulster Orange i halls. i In reply to inquiries, a Lloyd's corre- spondent wired :—" Although it is a well- known fact that a public tender for arms and ammunition has been invited by the Orange and Unionist organisations of Ulster, it is also equally well known that these arms have not been supplied, and, in reality, are not wanted just at present. It is the height of absurdity to suggest that arms and ammunition are being stored in Orange halls in any part of either Belfast or Ulster."

UGLY INCIDENT AT LOUTH. Mrs Timothy Davies Struck with a Stone. I Disgraceful scenes followed the declaration on Friday of the Liberal victory at Louth, which is the Conservative candidate's home. After the sheriff had announced the result, Mrs Timothy Davies, wife of the newly-elected m ember, was struck near the eye by a sharp flint stone, causing a painful wound. Two doctors attended her promptly, and she was conveyed to a residence near by. The winner had to be escorted by the police and his sup- porters from the Town Hall to the Liberal Club. The mob assembled indulged in stone- throwing and hooting without the least provo- cation. Mrs Davies fortunately was not seri- ously injured.

Labour Party Attitude. THE ISSUE WITH THE LORDS. Mr Keir Hardie at Pontypridd. Mr J. Keir Hardie, M.P., addressed a meet- ing at the Town Hall, Pontypridd, on Sunday, under the auspices of the I.L.P. Mr J. Wit- stone, Pontypool, presided. Mr Kfeir Hardie said the General Election was drawing to a close, and the country would have spent a million and a half of money in dotting the i's and crossing the ts which were put on the political slate in January last. It looked as though, with the exception of the Labour party, every other party in the House were going to be exactly as they were prior to the dissolu- tion. In the last Parliament the Liberals and the Unionists were exactly baJanced-with!14 members each, and therefore if there were onlv these two parties in existence the Govern- ment wouldNjiave been at a deadlock unless there had been a coalition. In the new Parlia- ment they would again have these two parties practically in even strength. The Irish party would demand, as a condition of their support, Home Rule, and so far as the House of Lords was concerned, if the Government made up their mind to have a straight fight on this issue, they could rely upon the Irish members standing solidly behind them. The Labour party had lost thiife seats and gained four, although he noted that his colleague in the representation of Merthyr Boroughs was re- ported as having said that up till Friday all the losses had been Labour men. At that time the very opposite was the case, as the Labour party actually had a gain. Labour and the House of Lords. If the Liberals were prepared to go straight in their handling of the Lords the Labour party would give them a backing and see the thing through to a finish. If the Labour party had their own way, not only would the veto of the Lords be curtailed, but the whole institu- tion of a Second Chamber swept away. (Cheers.) Whilst the Irish party had Home Rule as their goal, they of the Labour party had a goal equally well defined, and it was only in so far 88 the Liberal policy tended to carry them nearer to it that their support could be relied upon. Suppose the question of the House of Lords was settled to-morrow, how would that affect their position as working men? Would it feed the budgry children in the Rhondda and Aberdare Valleys, or pay them a decent wage for working in abnormal places, or do anything whatever to improve their lot as working men ? The Right to Work Bill had been before the House of Commons for three Sessions, but it was rejected every time, not by the House of Lords, but by the Liberal and Tory masters in the House of Commons. If it was good to abolish the veto of the House of Lords, it was equally good to abolish the veto which prevented tens of thousands of decent, honest men and women from earning a livelihood. It was the House of Commons that stood in the way of the Osborne judgment being reversed, and which prevented men from receiving a healthy sub- sistence in exchange for honest labour. Socialism and Labour The constitutional issue with which the Labour party were most concerned was how to make a happy home for wife and child, and that was not to be got by voting either Liberal or Conservative. The action of the Liberals in some of the recent elections showed that they would rather have a Tariff Reform defender of the House of Lords than a Labour man. (Cries of "No.") One of the reasons why Labour candidates were being opposed was because they were Labour men,and every one of such returned deposed either a rich man or his nominee. The main reason, however, was that behind the presence of the Labour party in the House of Commons there was sometl ing beginning to loom out which the ignorant rich feared-and that something was Socialism. Under Socialism the land, minerals, collieries, and railways of Wales would be placed under Government control. There would then be no rent to pay to idle landlords, no dividends to pay to idle shareholders, and no Liberal capitalists to play the part of chairmen of great combines. (Applause.) He appealed to them to send Labour men to the House of Commons. (A Voice No Social- ists !") "Yes," replied Mr Hardie, "all true-Labour men are Socialists, and the terms Labour and Socialism are now identical." Every Labour man sent to the House of Com- mons who was a Socialist by conviction was a driving power, compelling the Government to move forward, and bringing the hour of the emancipation of the workers one day nearer. (Applause.)

DEATH MARRED THE ARRIVAL Melbourne, Saturday.—The Australian de- stroyers Yarra and Parramatta arrived this afternoon at the naval depot at Williams- town, where Lord Dudley, Governor-General and a large crowd htd assembled. The new vessels received an enthusiastic welcome. While nearing the heads Engineer-Lieutenant Robertson fell overboard from the yards, and was unconscious when picked up. He died in spite of all efforts to restore respiration.— Reuter.

Compensation Claims. MARINE ENGINEER'S INJURIES. Judge Hill Kelly at the Cardiff County Court on Saturday gave judgment in the case of John Cooper v. the owners of the ss. Col- with Force (Liverpool), which was referred to the medical referee at the last court. Mr St. John Francis Williams (instrii eted by Mr Sydney Jenkins) was for the plaintiff, and Mr Albert Parsons (instructed by Messrs Moxon and Lean) for the defendants. Cooper was chief engineer on the Colwith Force, and when he came up on deck from the engine room in the Bristol Channel, the ship lurched and threw him violently on his knee, injuring it. The medical referee found that the injury was per- manent, and his Honour awarded him 17s 6d a week compensation. A Seaman's Claim. Details of an accident which occurred on the ill-starred s.s. Swanhilda, which was re- cently lost with all hands, were related. A seaman, named Harold Henrickson claimed compensation from the owners. Mr St. John Williams, under the instructions of Messrs Harold lJoyd and Cross, said plaintiff was on a voyage from Antwerp to Cardiff, and whilst descending a ladder on March 3rd he slipped, ruptured himself, and injured his back and right hip. After leaving plaintiff at Cardiff, the ship proceeded on a voyage, and before she got very far she Vi as losst with all hands. Therefore, the facts with regard to the accident were only spoken of by the appli- cant himself. Henrickson had a malformation in one of his legs before the accident, but this did not prevent him from following his em- ployment. Since the.,a-c,-ident he had not been able to do any work. Mr A. Parsons (instructed by Messrs Maclean and Handcock), called witnesses for the defendant to show that plaintiff had said that the hip troubfe was caused 49 years ago and had not been affected by the accident, and to prove that he was able to follow his occupation at the present time. The case was referred to the medical referee. Doubtful Injuries. On the 26th of July last a cart, belonging to Joseph Henley, of Tail's Well,was being loaded in New street, Cardiff, when a horse and cart, the property of J. T. Coates, fruit merchant, of Cardiff, collided with it, causing considerable damage. Henley brought an action against Coates for damages done to the cart and injuries which be alleged he had sustained by being thrown out on to pavement. Defendant's horse, he asserted, had been left unattended at the G.W.R. Sta- tion and had bolted. The defence was that tb e damage to the cart had been repaired, and a denial that Henley was injured in the collision, the asser- tion being that be was in a shop at the time. P.C. Phipps having stated that plaintiff told him after the accident that he was not hurt, judgment was given for the defendants. Tenant's NoveljClaim. A broken sash cord which resulted in tbewindow falling and inflicting injuries assessed at E25 was the subject of an action. Mrs Rachael Bonnar mho sued Mr E. C. Cooper, of Dinas Powis, for this amount^sserting that when she became tenant of Mr Cooper's house in Albany-road he undertook to put the house in thorough repair, but had broken the contract in that he had not had the particular sach cord replaced. Further, she stated her income being supple- mented by taking boarders, she was unable, on account of her injured band, to take as manvas previously. The defence put forward by Mr Cooper was that he had made it clear that having once put the house m repair, he could not be further responsible. Stating that there did not appear to have been any breach of agreement, Judge Hill Kelly gave judgment for the defendant.

SHILLING FOR THEMSELVES. At Saturday's meeting of theCardiff Guardians Alderman F. J. Beavan asked if there was any instruction from the Local Government Board regarding old age pensions and inmates of the workhouse. He had read, he said, that in one case. the inmates had applied for the pension, had received it, and handed 4s to the Guar- dians, retaining Is for pocket money. The Clerk (Mr Harries) replied that this was thought to be the intention of the Local Government Board, but there was no instruc- tion on the matter. It was made clear that persons over the age of 70 at present receiving relief from the Board are not obliged to apply for an old age pen- bion-it is a matter in which they could do as they liked.

CARMARTHEN OLO) AGE PENSIONERS. On Saturday at the Carmarthen Board of Guardians the Chairman (the Rev. A. Fuller- Mills) asked if pagpfts were bound to apply for old age pensions. The Clerk (Mr John Saer* said they could not compel them to do so. The Local Government Board had suggested that as the first instalment was payable on Friday, the 6th proximo, the relief should be paid until the 4th. It was stated by a relieving officer that two paupers over 80 years of age de- clined to apply for old age pensions. The Clerk said the pensioners would still be entitled to medical maintenance at the hands of the Board in addition to their pensions.

MERTHYR. The fortnightly meeting of the Merthyr Guardians was held on Saturday, Mr Augustus Davies presiding. Mr J. Prowle gave notice that at the next meeting he would move that a-committee be appointed to consider, with the architect, the best use to which the Aber- dare Training School could be applied, and that they have power to get plans to submit to the Board for final consideration. The Rector of Dowlais moved that negotia- tions be opened with Messrs David Williams and Co. with a view of acquiring the freehold of the portion of the field adjoining the Work- house Infirmary for occupation by the Board, and the motion was agreed to. The Local Government Board wrote-appro-v- ing of the plans for the erection of cottage homes at Llwydcoed, and it was decided to advertise for tenders. With regard to the proposal of the guardians to purchase Ponts- callog House, Dowlais, for the accommodation of imbeciles, the Local Government Board wrote stating that the building was not adapted for the purpose, but suggested that it might be adapted for the needs of the children chargeable to the Union. The matter Was relegated to a committee. Mr Fenwiek drew attention to the deficit of £1,600 on the treasurer's book, and it was decided to write the overseers in arrears.

LORD DUNRAVEN & HOME RULE Lord Dunrav en has addressed a long letter to the Cork Free Press in reply to the speeches and representations of Mr Redmond on the subject of Home Rule. Dealing first with the veto question, his Lordship asks, If the majority was not adequate in the last Parliament, is the same or a smaller majority adequate in the next Parliament ?" The Par- liament Bill, he continues, will probably be so amended in the House of Lords as to embody the reform resolutions already passed by that House, and the whole constitutional aspect of the case will thus be changed. The Lords will have renounced the power to interfere with Money Bills and also its hereditary character. But, assuming the Parliament Bill to be passed, and a Home Rule Bill brought in. Lord Dunraven asks Is it likely that the English people will suffer the Union to be amended or repealed by Parliament without having a straight issue placed before them. Cannot the Irish people see that the methods of the official party are disastrously wrong, that all the dodges and manoeuvres, the chicanery and humbug, the facing both ways, or rather facing half a dozen ways at once, only result in making a laughing stock of Ireland, and in ruining her political chances ? Cannot they understand that in the simple, honest faith of the AU-for-Ireland League common effort, common patriotism, common- sense, peace and conciliation lies the only chance for land purchase, for equitable taxa- tion, and for Home Rule, and that all these blessings can only be obtained by straight- forward methods, and by the consent of both the great political parties over here ?"

DE BEERS' PROFITS. I Kimberley, Saturday.—At the annual meet- ing of De Beers' Consolidated Mines, Ltd., it was stated that the profit and loss account showed that the amount of profit for the year ending June 30th was £ 2,690,726. The balance- sheet showed a large amount of liquid assets, practically amounting to 2 i millions of money, and part of this would be utilised to pay off the First Mortgage Debentures, now standing at £ 1,216,000. This would take place in January, and would relieve the company of an annual charge of E280,000. The company's policy of supplying the market with only such quantities as it could absorb was still being pursued, and they were not without hope that some understanding would be arrived at by various producers to limit the output of lower- class goods, which would be to the advantage of all concerned .-Renter.

SALVATION ARMY Staff Band at Ebbw Vale. The first visit of the Salvation Army Staff Band to Ebbw Vale on Saturday was the means of attracting a large gathering at the Workmen's Hall, where the premier band of the Army gave a successful concert. The chair was to have been occupied by Alr T. Richards, M.P.. who was, however, unable to altend, and the proceedings were conducted by Adjutant French. The 1 .v.id, which is known as the International Staff Band, is a combination of musicians, vocalists, and evan- gelists. The building was too small to enable 1 he band to be heard to the best advantage. Both collectively and individually, however, they gave a very successful concert. On Sun- day services were held in the Workmen's Hall. In the afternoon a musical service was held, while in the evening a great musical Salva- tion mee tilg was held.

TALKS ON HEALTH, By A FAMILY DOCTOR. Breathing Habits Many of you have children who have under- gone the operation on the back of the throat for the removal of the tonsils and adenoids. t want to impress on you the importance of th after-treatment. Before the operation thu child acquired the had habit of breathing through the mouth, and after the operation, even though the obstruction in the respiratory passages is removed, the child will continue to breathe through the mouth unless properly taught. Every morning the window should be opened wide. and the child should stand in front of -it, keep its mouth tightly shut, and take several deep breaths through the nose. It will require much patience and perseverance, but stick to it for as long as six months, or a year if necessary, and i the end you will be rewarded. The Mastication Cure. One of the cures for indigestion is known as the mastication cure. Of course, you must start with good teeth. Then every mouthful you take must be chewed and chewed until it is like pulp most of you swallow lumps. Worda will not express the gratitude of your stomach if you carry out this plan conscientiously. Try it for a fortnight. You have to manufacture bones and muscle, brains and blood, out of eggs and bacon and bread and butter. The first, and therefore the most important, process is the mastication of the food in the mouth if the first process is badly done the whole digestive apparatus is thrown out of gear. If you want to have healthy children, teach them to bite their food, and give them hard biscuits to use their teeth on. A Useful Ointment. The condition of piles is frequently associated with itching of the gkin. The best ointment to apply is zinc ointment with a little menthol added. About 15 grains of menthol should be mixed with one ounce of zinc eintment. A surgeon should examine the state of affairs, as the itching may be due to the presence of a fistula, and, if that be the case, nothing-vnm be of any avail but an operation. Sore Throat-Or Wer'se. Always seek advice when anyone in the house has a sore throat. You cannot be uues what is really the matter it may be only a simple sore throat, or it may be diphtheria or scarlet fever, and the disease will spread tmless proper precautions are taken. I have foand children in the schools actually peeling from scarlet fever the mother thought thee had only had sore throats. Shell-Fish Dangers. I like to write every six months on Ox inadvisability of eating shell-fish. There 88e so many other things to eat; and the poisoning from shell-fish, which is by no means an infre. quent occurrence, is always a serious matter. I have bad a good many lessons, and I like be give you the benefit of my experience. MasseIs. cockles, and whelks had much better be kett to waste their sweetness on the desert air. Crab and lobsters are not particularly whole' some, and the complaints from your dagestrve organs at having to attack the leathery muscles of these denizens of the deep 8Z\EI apt to disturb your pleasant dreams and SVP84 repose. Leave shell-fish alone. Caused, Net Cured, By Drugs. Those of you who do me the honour to read this column may have noticed that I try to discourage indiscriminate drug-taking, and am for ever harping on the medicinal effects of fresh air, sunshine, gooa food, sound teeth, and sleep and exercise. I have jnst been reading an article on constipation in one of the finest text-books of medicine in the English language, written by the Professor of Medicine at Oxford University. Under the heading of the causes of constipation is given the following That most injurious of all habits, drug-taking." The italics are the Professor's, not mine. Oh I know, Aunt Maria will not believe a word of it; she was brought up on brimstone and treacle, and she knows, without being told by anyone, that no child can possibly be healthy without plenty of pills, powders and potions. Well, you must make up your minds whether to believe the Head of the Faculty of Medicine in one of our greatest Universities or the ignorant vapourings of stuffy old women. It is uphill work trying to teach you people I think I shall give it up in despair aud take to breeding rabbits, You think you a.re curing constipation by your drugs why, you poor, misguided creatures, theio is not » rehable text-book on medicine that does not give drug- taking, that most injurt^Ais of all habits. as a cause of constipation. Fourpenny Doctors. These remarks may apply to some of you. You attend a doctor, to whom you pay a fee of sixpence, or perhaps fourpence. He sees dozens of patients every night, and cannot afford to give much individual attention to each. You pay him a few pence, and you must see that it is ridiculous for a professional man, who has spent five years of time and over a thousand pounds on his education, to treat you in return for a few coppers such as I might fling to a boy for cleaning my boots. If your sole aim and object is to have a bottle of staff, it does not matter where you go but if you are really ill and getting worse, I advise you to save up your small fees until you have got a few shillings, and then you have a right to ask a doctor to give a little more time and care to you. It will pay you in the end. Our Children. I was born an optimist; I am a qrreat believer in the millemlnium the forces of sickness and wickedness cannot hold out much longer. They are being beaten all along the line, but I daresay they will bang on for my life-time. We really are getting on splendidly in my schools. If you believe me, all the children have had their teeth attended to, and swollen faces, toothache, gum-boils, and neuralgia are all unknown. Then the paler children are given sometimes as much as two pints of good. fresh, warm milk every day, and they simply blossom forth. And our boot-fund was a great success, the deserving poor have boots pro- vided, the good-for-nothing cadgers have been sternly repressed. And as for cleanliness, I defy you to come into the school any day of the week and see if the boys and girls are not as dean as your own children. Ah it was wise of the Founder of Christianity to emphasise so often the blessedness of lovingaod caring for little children. The care of children is the most joyous, the most inspiring occupa- tion imaginable. And in all our worit, the mothers, God bless them, have hefped us Bbe bricks. Answers to Correspondents. J. K.-Cofiee will not hurt you, but modon*- fcion in all things. Hew-ietta.-The specialist who ecir you knows more about your case than I de. Anxious.—Continue to read the cotonm for hints on rearing children. Daddy.—Complimentary letters are tied inak bundle with pink silk ribbon and shown to the Editor once a month. Thank you. Read column for advice on the subject. Borrows.-If yoor son has fits, a mrofal examination is necessary. Anxious.—Such a common paeackmym M confusing. I do not recommend hair dyes. (All letters intended for The Family Doctor-* should be addressed, The Doctor," &, La Belle Sauvage, London, E.C.)

I Slate Club Sensation, PAINFUL SCENES. Pathetic scenes were witnessed on Saturday night in Driffield-road, Bethnal Green, when it was discovered that the Help One Another Loan Society was not going to open its doom as usual on Saturday. The society is held, in the schoolroom of the Driffield-road Prin2iWm Methodist Chapel, which was let at a rental of E6 per annum. The society had 1,200 members, who bad shares ranging from 25s to JE30 each in the con- cern, the total sum amounting to over &5,(XX). Saturday was the last time for payment, the members being entitled to draw out their shares with a bonus on Saturday next. In the ordinary course of events the doon would have been opened at 5.30 p-m-, but when a crowd numbering several hundreds had assembled outside the minister of the chapel appeared on the scene, and explained to the waiting men and women that so far as he knew the doors would not be opened, as he understood the secretary of the slate club was absent. He himself could give no informa- tion, as the society had nothing to do with the chapel, and he had only been in the district a few months. When this announcement was made pathetic scenes were witnessed. The crowd comprised all classes—from men and women who had saved their 6d & week towards a, Christmas dinner and other comforts, to small tradesmen who used the club as a bank for their savings. One man, with tears in hi eyes, showed a book which contained deposits amounting to dEZO to his credit. This sum re- presented a year's hard savings, and the poor fellow was in despair at the prospect of being without a penny in the world.

CARDIFF COALTRIMMER'S DEATH. Cardiff Coroner (Mr W. L. Yorath) onSatur, day held an inquest on Edward Paul (58)- coal trimmer, 42, Dorset-street, Cardiff. John Jones, a fellow-coaltrimmer, said deceased fell on the deck, his side strikine the crutch of a shovel. Asked if he was hurt, decaesed replied, Not much it shook me a bit." He continued at his work for a month, but be did not seem the same man from that day. Dr. Cantillon said he examined Paul on November 12th, and found a growth in the upper portion of the. abdomen. He advised an operation, and that was Arried out at the Infirmary. He saw him after he left the institution, when he was in a very weak state. The post-mortem examina- tion showed death was due to exhaustion following malignant disease of the abdomnal organs. He could not say that the immediate cause of death was the accident. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence, adding that death was accelerated by the accident.

FOft BOYS AND GIRLS. False Clues. By JOHN KIRFIELD. It was after one o'clock in the morning. The gas was turned low in the bedroom, but the coys were not asleep. Philip and George, aged thirteen and fourteen respectively, were sitting up in bed in wide-eyed alarm, and Tommy, aged nine, who had a cot all to him- self in another corner of the room, was doing likewise. They had just been wakened by noises on the lawn, which apparently proceeded from Spotty the terrier, who had evidently tackled as intruder. For two minutes the battle caged fiercely, and then the dog's growls became fainter, and at last died away altogether. I « It's a burglar," whispered Philip, after a long silence, during which Tommy left his cot and crept quietly into bed beside^ his brothers. And I am afraid poor Spotty's got the worst of it. He is a game little thing, but he has no chance against a burglar." The boys and the two female servants were the only people in the house. Their father was sway on business, and their mother had gone that day to stay with grandmamma, who was v,ery ill, and she would not return until the zoon.ilkit Under these circumstances Philip felt that the safety of the house and its occupants devolved upon himself.' He was the eldest and therefore the head of the family. The thought thrilled him in spite of hia alarm. I" I hear something moving on the landing ootside," whispered George. Listen. The boys strained their ears, and, sure enough, they heard stealthy footsteps approaching. Tommy immediately dived beneath the bed- clothes, but Philip slipped out of bed and took a poker from the fire-place. Then he stationed himself in the middle of the room, with his back to his brothers and his face to the door. He was very pale, and his hair had a tendency to stand up on end, but otherwise he showed no signs of flinching. Then the bedroom door was pushed open noiselessly, and the white clad figures of the cook and the housemaid stole into the room. Hush, Master Philip," said the cook, in a low and tremulous whisper. There s a burglar- in the house. If you make a noise we'll all be mur,lered in our beds." We heard him going about from room to room," added the housemaid, as she carefully tocked the bedroom door and turned up the gas. The whole place is being ransacked," Do you think he's killed poor Spotty asked Philip, but the servants returned no answer to his question. Apparently they were not anxious for 1he poor dog's welfare. George's suggestion that they should all go out on the landing and make a noise with the object of scaring off the thief also met with disapproval. In fact, the cook seemed to have taken command of the situation, much to Philip's disappointment. She insisted on the boys going back to bed, and she and the housemaid sat up shivering until the break of day. But with the coming of the dawn the cook's fears seemed to evaporate, and she consented to a reconnaissance in force. The following was the order of their going. First went the cook and the housemaid, arrped with nothing but their weakness then came Philip and George, armed with the poker and tongs and little Tommy brought up the rear. One room after another was cautiously explored, but they discovered nothing until they reached their mother's dressing room, where they found the window wide open. The contents of the room were apparently untouched, however, and after a careful search they were about to leave when the housemaid announced a discovery. There was a lady's gold watch on the dressing table yesterday," she said. almost sure I saw it just after the mistress went away, but it's not there now. That supplies a motive for the crime," remarked Philip, who had lately been reading a detective story. As further search revealed nothing new, fchey turned their attention to the front door. Hero «th«r fclases, -tfeey wcrtdd Iwive. loaked to find Spotty waiting on the step for his breakfast; but on the present occasion they hardly knew what to expect. When the door was opened he was there as usual, however, wagging his tail furiously, and apparently as lively as ever. Vet there was a deep gash in his black nose from which the red blood had been oozing, and his white coat was stained in many places with large patches of the same colour. Philip and the housemaid knelt down to investigate his wounds. Poor fellow," said Philip, have they been half killing you 1" The servant sprang to her feet after a very cursory examination. Get out, you dirty little beast," she cried. Don't you see it's red paint, Master Philip; can't you smell it ? Look what a mess he is making on the floor." This turned out to be the truth. Spotty s wounds, with the exception of the damage to his nose, were mostly red paint. The servants were now convinced that the burglar had made himself scarce, and, thank- ing their lucky stars that things were no worse, they sat down to a much needed cup of tea but Philip and his brothers were resolved to continue their investigations. In the middle of the lawn they found the cause of Spotty's messiness in the shape of an overturned paint pot. Then they remem- bered that the painters were busy at their house. Probably one of them had left the pot there overnight. The centre of the lawn had evidently been the scene of a desperate struggle, for the paint was splashed in all directions. Moreover, there was a well-defined red track leading from the paint track to a high wall which bordered one side of the lawn, and examination showed that this wall was also well daubed with red paint. o This just about completes the evidence, said Philip, after making all these discoveries. My theory is that Spotty attacked the burglar just as he was leaving the house. The man ran away and tripped over the paint-pot in the midle of the lawn. Then Spotty seized him and they had a desperate fight, after which the thief broke away and escaped over the wall, leaving those paint marks behind him. He must have been a tall man or he would never have been able to climb it." Nothing else was touched in the house," continued Philip, and that shows that he came for the watch alone. Therefore he must have known it was there. Now, do either of you know of anyone beside the housemaid who would have been likely to have seen the watch on the table ?' One of the painters had a ladder, up against mother's window," replied George. Exactly," said Philip, "And that painter uras a tall man." There was a long and significant pause. Well, what are you going to do about it?" asked George at last. The painters will resume work at eight o'clock," replied Philip. It is now half- past seven. You run and fetch a policeman and we'll have the mm arrested." This seemed rather a high-handed proceed- ing, but George, accustomed to obey his brother's order's, went off without demur. In ten minutes he was back again accom- panied by his mother. She had fortunately met him before he had time to carry out his orders, and having heard the story of the burglar she was sceptical. She was convinced of the painter's innocence because she had the watch in her possession. In fact, she was wearing it. She took it out and told the boys it was getting on for school time. 1. The housemaid has evidently made a mis- take," she said. Doubtless she saw the watch lying on the dressing table, but it must have been immediately before I left home and not afterwards." But if he did not steal the watch he may have taken something else," protested Philip «• or how do you account for the open window ?" Perhaps the maid left it open when she retired for the night," replied his mother. It would not be the first time, either.' Then what about the other clues-the noises on the lawn, the wound on Spotty's nose, and the paint marks," persisted Philip, pointing to the wall as he spoke. His mother looked in that direction, and as she did so a big yellow cat sprang to the top of the wall from the other side. At least it would have been a yellow cat. if it had not been adorned with red paint like spotty. It sat down in a sunny place beside the paint marks and commenced its morning toilet. Spotty saw his enemy at the same moment, and with a series of short, angry barks, he ran across the lawn, past the overturned paint-pot, and sprang half-way up the wall in pursuit. The yellow cat snarled and disappeared. That accounts for Everything," said Philip's mother, smiling at her eldest son. All your clues originate in a fight between Spotty and a yellow cat." Philip looked very crestfallen. "Never mind," she continued, as they turned towards the house, I think your theory was a very good one, and if there had been a burglar I have no doubt you would have traced him. But I am very glad you did not accuse the painter. It might have hurt the poor man's feelings. Sherlock Holmes is all very well in fiction, my boy, but I advise you not to try and imitate him in real life."

In a case brought against the Westminster Palace Hotfcl at the Westminster Police Court on Saturday, the magistrate decided that hotels must obtain a licence before using note- paper stamped with armorial designs. I

Y GOLOFN GYMREIG. Dymunir i'n Gohebwyr Cymreig gyfeirio eu gohebiaethau, llyfrau i'w hadolygu, etc., fel y canlyn:—" IFAXO, Cil Hedd, Berth win* street, Cardiff."

CADEIRIAD AP RHYDDERCH. Mae Daniel" wedi trechu Y llewod bob yr un; Y frwydyr oedd am gadair, A Daniel" ydyw'r dyn. Bum i yn ymgodymu & Daniel flwyddi't ol: Daoghosodd imi'n eglur Na ddyiswn fod mor ffol. Y corgwn bychain, 'sgrechog, A drechais lawer gwaith; Gorchfygu y rhai hynny' Oedd hawdd a difyr waith; Ond pan ddaeth Daniel Owen I'r frwydyr yn y Fro. Fe giliodd Jacob Dafydd I arwain cor—do, do. Caerdydd. Jacob Davies.

LIFEBOAT SATURDAY FUND. King's Thanks and Commendation The King, as patron of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, has expressed his thanks to the workers in the Life-Boat Satur- day Fund in a letter containing the follow- ing ••—" His Majesty, while Prince of Wales, having been both president of the institution and the Life-Boat Saturday Fund, realises what good work has been done by the latter association qince 1891 in drawing' attention to the needs of the institution, and thereby obtaining large additions to its income. The King, therefore, desires to express through your Committee his deep appreciation of the generosity and public spirit with which so many men and women throughout the country have devoted themselves to a great national object in their work for the Lifeboat Saturday Fund." I