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jNa,°^ay night at the Roman Catholic -Heo w aev6ra.l-presentations were tnade °f th Hook, who, after having had | fi^i ye 0 ■mau CathoHc Mission at Neaih °f T>rS-s. now a"J°nt to take up the j at tr1!i,Ilc'Pat °f the Roman Catholic' 'nh»hu of gold, subscribed hv v?'8 Naath and district, was Ah °( e S Auguste Kaltenbach. Another Presented liy Miss Myera- aU r3''an<^ MrLeyden.of Pontar- of a handsomely- j

Outdoor Garden. Sow Brompton and Intermediate Stocks thinly in an open position. Water the ground before sowing the seeds, stirrinz it up with the fork so that the whole is moistened, "bade till the young plants appear, which will be in a few days. Transplant when larse enough a few may be kept in pots in -i cold-frame, and planiei out in spring. The Intermediatea are not quite so hardy as the Bromptons. Hardy annuals may be sown now for transplanting for spring bloom- ing. Among the hardiest things are Visearia occulata, Linnanthes Douglassi, Silene com- pacta, Saponaria calabrica, and several of the Nerr.ophilas, Clarkias, and Godetias. The last make very bright masses and transplant well. Sow thinly on land that has not been recently manured A good way of securing plenty of -gies is to young plants of Violas or Pansies is to place a handful of sifted soil in the centre of each plant for the young shoots to root into. In a short time root3 will form therein, and there will be numbers of littJe rooted plants which may be detached and planted out to get strong. Pruning the Morello Cherry. When Drnning the Morello Cherry the best method is to cut out the weakest of the young wood entirely, leaving the rest to its full length, the spur system not being suited to the trees. When the weak and ill-placed shoots, including all foreright growth have been removed, there is often still too much wood left for the good of the trees This crowding is best dealt with by removing bodily some of the branches which hhew signs of weakness, after which the re- maindei will want replacing no that the wall space may bs covered with" young wood at as nearly egual distances apart as possible. Wall Gardening. Wall gardening may be divided into two distinct classes, viz.. wall-grown plants--i.e. plants cultivated amongst the crevices of the stones that form the wall-and creeping and climbing subjects that are planted in a torder and are trained and encouraged to cover the wall, the latter method, owing to the construction of most walls, being the most popular. In the country, where various methods are employed of putting up walls, rough stones, flints, clods of psat and nieces of turf enter into the arrangements. These are the walls that may be made to look very inviting in many seasons of the year, real wails of liviDg greeu if nothing else. Where such things as trailing Campanulas, Creeping Jenny Snapdragons, Foxglovea, Saxifrages, and Anbrietiaa are planted there is always some- thing of interest for some months in the year at least.. Rampant-Growing Creepers. Climbing plants abcut a dwelling, employed in moderation, do much towards making a place m-etty but, in some cases, how often is it that thone of rob'jst nature get the upper hand and seem to smother very thing. Two of the great- es t offenders in this respect are Ivies and the common Virginia Creeper. These I-ook nice on a house front so long as they are given an annual pruning, but, when this is neglected, their long tendrils and shoots get into spouts and gulleys, choking up everything. Then, again, in the borders where they are planted the trailing shoots find their way into the soil, and take root, so that in a few years, if not attended to, a net- work ne, foliage is the result. Such creepers take a great deal from the soil, and, if allowed to get into a tangled mass, the impossibility of growing anything else on the herders is more evident year by yea.r. Some of the Clematises, like the Traveller's joy, which is sometimes introduced into the garden, offend just as much, and, unless kept down, will awamp and mother everything. Window Gardening. The charming Clematis Jackmani planted at the ends of good-sized window boxes and trained round the window has a striking effect now. Where this is done the boxes are usually-filled by plants, plunged in pots, which can be changed when necessary with relays: of hordy things for' winter. Liquid-manure will be r-efnl now. Late Grapes. Keep down sab-Jaterals by stopping to one leaf. The main leaves are of more importance than young, soft spray, which, by encouraging late rcot-action, tends to disorganise growth. Nights are cooler, and if the thermometer falls much below 60 deg., a little warmth in the pipes will be necessary to keep the air in motion and pre- vent stagnation. If the inside borders sre as well drained as they ought to be, late Grapes will still require water. Thew should be no quantity of pot plants in late vineries now, as their con- stant watering tends to keep the atmosphere stuffy. If there is any shanking the cause should be ascertained with a, view to its removal. If it proceeds from deep-rooting in badly-drained borders, as SOOll as the Grapes are cut the roots should be lifted and new borders made. The piecemaal system in border-making answers well, but the whole border should be cleared and the d.minage of the whole seen to at one operation. Spinach. It Is a Rood plan to sow early in September a Kood breadth of Spinach, which will come in for the spring pickings earlier than any sown on the warm borders earlier in the year, saya a writer in trardemng Illustrated." Hv choosing and pre- paring now some ground that will not be wanted for a succeeding crop until late next spring, we can leave the wall boiders for the many other things which require such positions, and still get a supply of Spinach that will come m as a good succession to the August-sown crop, which will by that time, if the demand haa been constant, be getting past. We prefer Spinach to follow some crop for which the ground was well manured, as the young plants come best through tbe winter on ground that bas Dot been recentlv manured and as this is something in the nature of a catch crop, to fill a. poasiMo gap, we do not look for the very large fleshy leaves which are produced at other seasons, and are content if those produced are of fail- size and of good colour. We advise that a light dressing of well-pulverised gas-lime be given, and that where soil is heavy and the situe ticu low ridged beds be formed. Where Onions or Slraw- fyerries havB been the previous occupanta of the ground, they will havB left the surface too hard for Spinach to follow without ssme breaking up, and a good plan is to mark out the site of each bed, then to break the surface with a fork to a depth of about 6in. Strew over this a sprinkling of the eas lime, and then throw the soil from the alleys on to the surface, making the alleys more or less deep, according to the nature of the soil and position of the plot. Drills are then drawn, the seed sown, covered, and again a sprinkling of lime is given. "Where this sowing follows Potatoes or any crop which has had to be dug out of the ground, no further digging will be necessary, a fairly firm root-run being best suited to growth of a hardy nature, Cucumbers for Winter. A clear house should be got ready and planted soon. WhereonJya limited number of Cucum. bers is wanted it is best not to crowd the plants. Vigour counts for much in winter. If good, old turfy loam free from witewoim can be obtained, two-thirds of the compost might be loam, and the remainder very old manure. A little soot is always useful in keeping away disease and insects and giving colour to the foliage. Cucumbers now must have warmth, but the temperature need not exceed 65deg. at night if there is a comfortable bottom-heat. Keep a moist atmosphere by damp- ing paths frequently. Give a little ventilation when the thermometer rises to 80 deg.

HINTS TO AMATEURS. Some people have a prejudice against trans- planting Parsley, but if strong, young roots rHe lifted now, the oldest leaves removed, and the roots planted at the foot of a south wall, there will be plsnty of Parsley to pick there'^heu there is none elsewhere. In many gardens there are arrears of work to Fetch up in conseauence of the drought. Onions Spinach, Lettuces, Endives, Turnips, Radishes] Mustard and Cress maybeaown in quantity. The best turnips for standing the winter are the Red Globe and the Black Stone. Lettuces and Endives must be tied up to blanch, a few dozen at a time as required. Give Celery a soaking of liquid-manure, and earth op all the earliest planted lot. Clear off exhausted vegetables and prepare land for next crop. Remove old stems from which heads have been removed from Globe Artichokes, and soak with liquid-manure to 3well up the later heads. Antumn Giant Cauliflowers are now turning in, and will be benefitted by frequent supplies of liquid-manure. Walcheren Cauliflowers, when true, came in useful for autumn, and will now if well nourished, be growing freely. Tnrnlp-i should be thinned so that each plant aas a square foot. Tomatoes outside should have leaders stopped, and the strength of the plants ;ocoeutrated upon the fruit already set. -If

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SCIENCE AND HEALTH I By Br. ANDREW WILSON, F.R.S.E.,Sc. Modern Intellectual Development. A write- dealing recently with this subject has expressed the opinion that we have no intel- lectual giants nowadays. This expression of opinion might seem to be warranted by the fact that there are very few outstanding men in science of the caiihre of Darwin, Newton, Stokes, and the other men who, half a. century ago, represented largely the intellectual life of the land. At the same time it would not be difficult to show that we still had with us numbers of men cf supreme intellectual sn- dowments, whose work must count for much in laying the toundation of knowledge which may affect. the ages to coma. It appears tome that all complaints of this kind are founded in one sense upon a certain misconception of the trend of modern inquiry. In days of old the avenues of knowledge were somewhat of a limited nature. A man might easily cover a particular field of natural history, botany, geology, or physics. To-day the range of subjects and the avenues or vistas leading to undiscovered fields of research are so numerous that it is absolutely impossible in the ordinary life-time of an individual for him to accomplish more than tilling, not one field, but part thereof. I do not suppose there ever .vas a period of the earth's history in which the work of research proceeded more actively than to-day. If we take, for example, two sab- jects only-the researches of Dewar in connec- tion with the hquidification of hydrogen and oxygen, and of Ramsay and others in connection with radium, wo can easily understand how what would have been a life work of the (.ast has been compressed by the aid of scientific advance and the use of elaborate apparatus into a period of a few ye'l.f'" study. It is much the same in astronomy for, what with teioscopes and other instruments results are arrived at in a comparatively short period of time, which in past veare, would have occupied a lengthened extent for their realisation. An Explanation. Again we have to take into consideration the greater number of minds who are to-day, from universities and other seats of learning, direct- ing their attention to the solution ot scientific problems. We have, in fact, through bodily nature, scientific researches to-day iepiescuted to mush fuller extent than in the past. Lienee it is much mora difficult for an individual to assume the prominent position which was held a century ago. All the same, we may con- gratulate ourselves that, through the efforts of an army of workers, eath of whom )9 Inore or less completely equipped foi research, the sum total of knowledge grows and advances year by year at far greater rate than before, It is only once or twice in, say, a couple of centuries, that we find a man like Newton revolutionising our knowledge of the heavenly bodies and their modes of action; or of Darwin, who, by a thought founded upon scientidc research and considera, tion of sober facts, placed before us a theory of evolution explaining the development of life. They represent rather the fortunate products of their iime, and to their work and to its full fruition many preceding circumstances have, no doubt, led upwards. On the whole, therefore, wo find reason to agree with the author of the article to which I refer, that, if conspicuous names in science are not so frequent as before, it is simply because there are more workers exhibiting not less earnestness than did the great master minds who have, so to speak, founded an idea from which the rest of the world has been content to take its cue in the way of advancing knowledge. Fruit and Filth. A correspondent of the Lancet has befcii writing an important article on the subject of ,l Fruit and Filth." He emphasises Cho fact that j the fruit-pickera in most cases live under in- sanitary conditions, and that in the act of p*ck- j ing fruit it is auite possible that disease germs) may be conveyed thereby to those who consume the atticle. He says that no country people in a fruit district, however poor, would touch fruit which has been handled by the pickets imported from large towns, and most caL'siu! inquiries are always made, he adds, as to who has picked any fruit. Yet, he remarks, a very large proportion of the fruit gathered by these filtbv people must pass into the bouses of the respectable middle- classes, and also to the tables of the rich and the great. In another paragraph the correspondent of the medical journal cmpba-sisea the progress of the iruit on its way to the jam pot. As he emphasises the important particulars he Jays stress upon, it will bo well to quote his exact words. -Fruit on its Journey. j Tho correspondent of the •' Lancet says Not long ago I had an opportunity of going to a large London jam factory. As the fruit was delivered from railway waggons nud the jam- makers' own vans it was handed over to dirty old women, who took off the stalks, and again went througii a large amount of unnecessary handl- ing. Then part of the fruit was made straight into jam by boiling it in ateam japanned pans j with sugar. When the jam was sufficiently con- centrated it was ladled into jars and allowed to cool in the usual way, whilst another portion was pulped,' that is to say the fruit was oarrtly boiled, so as to sterilise it, then packed away in large jars in the basement to be made into jam during the slack season. This soft fruit season is so short that some jam-makers prefer to do this,bat the quality of the pulp jam cannot be uearly so good as that of the freshly made. Nevertheless it enables, a much larger quantity of the jam to be made with the same plant, and the factory goes on steadily until the marmalade season commences. The workers in this factory were certainly a. little cleaulier than the fruit- pickers, but are still of a very miserable un- washed description. I feel sure that anyone who had seen the way in which fruit is handled will require a warranty from the jam-maker that the froit had been picked by cleanly people and made into jam by decent folk." Other Revelations. j These revelations are somewhat disquieting, although it most be kept in mind that the pro- cess of sterilising the fruit may certainly do away with certain of the risks nam 3d by the I Lancet's correspondent. It is, however, of | the highest possible importance that all matters intended for the food of human beings. whether natural-growp food or prepared food, should be treated with the utmost cleanliness. Speaking of the insanitary conditions under; which fruit-pickers live, the correspondent says j it is hoplees to expect any improvement in the conditions of the pickers so long as overcrowding i3 needlessly caused by the landlords of the mis- erable hovels in which they live. He adds that the farmers and Jandownera of Kent, which we ali know is the garden of England, are usually absolutely callous about the matter, and as they practically elect the district and county councils, the sanitary authorities apparently do not trouble themselves about the present state of affairs. It is well that the public should be informed of such matters in order that, by a protest in one way or another thoy may secure greater cleanliness in the fmifc which they so • largely-conaame. i Electrolysis, The subject of electrolysis has recentiv conle much into vogue through the enormous extension of electrical developments at large in connection with tramways and railway systems. Bv this term is meant to indicate tho escape of the electric current from the wire or pipe along which it is conveyed. The evils of this escape are said to consist in the corrosion and destruc- tion of metal pipes with which the current comes > in contact, or otherwise in the risk of explosion. From an interesting article on this subject it appears that the electric current produced at the j generating station in t he case of a, tiamway system passes on an overhead wire. Down this wire it ia conveyed pn tke trelley pels to«&cb i I seperate tramcar. Setting the motor of the car- in motion it passes to the rails. It is added that if these rails were protected or insulated the current would return by the Mils. but as this is not possible a portion of the current passes into the earth and returns by the earth, it may be by any metal conductor such as gas or water pipes which may be embedded in the ground. The current must return to the power station, and the amount which is not returned by the rails will depend on tbe conducting power of the earth and upon the presence of pipaa placed near the rails. It appears that the injury which is done to the pipes 5S no$produced by the current going into the pip £ but at the point where the current passes from th a pipe" If a current even of a weak character day in and day out passes m the way indicated serious injury may be caused. It appears that local authorities are seeking protection against this electrolytic action. It is obvious, howevei that the modem development of electricity presents vn with a very important condition such as it may be hoped layi within the powers of electrical engineers to minimise or altogether obviate Viate. The Recent Earthquake. At the beginning of July earthquake effects were experienced at Derbv at about half-past taree in the afternoon. At the same time an earthquake shock was expsrieuoed in Cheshire, j, It lasted twoseconds in Northwich and about four seconds at »andbach. Shockg were aiso esperi- enced at bteffield and at Matlock Bath. At Birmingham the evidence afforded of the distur- bance was of a very slight cbaiaetor. These ioccnrtences, it may be mentioned, alarming i enough, form only part and parcel of what may be 'I 'a, f 11 called the great agencies which affect the earth's crust. Many minor shocl-g no doubt occur in the world every day, atld a„0 dne t0 the con- tractions of the crust of the"earth, incidental to the fact that we live on a cosine globe. All the same wo may be thankiul that Great, Britain |mic^Si^al,y tb6S8 C0S"|

PRISONER SHOT. Chase of Alleged Burglars. At Epsom Police Court on MondayTbefore Cap- tain Farmer and other jQsticea William Wilkes (<f0), labourer, and Sidney Tanner (5'f), scaf- 1 older, were charged on remand with attempted burglarv at a. shop in Cliff.terrace, Carshalton- j xoad; Sutton, occupied by Mr p, W. Foot, a jeweller, on 14th August h"t, According to the evidence, id* the morning in question Mr Foot was awakened at half-past 3 in the morniug by the sound of attempts to open ,i,irs his shop door. Going quietly downstairs with a revolver, he opened the door and caught sight of the prisoners running away. lIe followed them, and tired at Wilkc-s, with no effect. IIo con- tinued the chase, and again fired at Wilkes, but missed the man once more. lIe then cried out Stop thief," and eventually the prisoner was captured by >-eiRGant Poaxsan. An iron pick was found on the doorstep. f Later the Prisoner Tanner was discovered lying ftrll length on his faco in a paaaage. He said he had been shot, and had It wound in the fleshy Dart of the thigh. PR'steaf! said he called to see fo'nnrf i o'clock the same morning, and wound in'?hA »ieedinK OT0fusely fcom a S„'n the '{"Kh. He was removed to the hos- tion ^'b^anea, and a further examina- } wonnri t'le ^roat another 2^!? T caused by the same bullet. The con viefpn m 1 Tanner was, in October, 1901, ° having housebreaking instruments in « montv«8».0n' anci "Wildes had been sentenced to Hnfh labour for stealing a bicycle. Both were committed for trial.

REGISTRATION OF MOTOR CARS "I Rapid Increase. A return has just been issapd showing the umoer ot motor cars and motor cycles registered bv each iegisten-ng authority in the United Kingdom uiuler the Motor Car Act, 1903, up to and April 1st, 1904, respec- Ir ksures for South Wales and Mou- monthshire are as follow up to Jan. 1st. Up to April 1st. Brecon. 4 ^rs. Tl. Cycles. Cars. T1 Cardigan. 4 2° tg 20 54 Carmarth'n 13 ln 33 ,5 Glamorgan 20 45 J? „ 150 in? 0% IS?* i » S s i; Monmwh'35 J 6| ZZ'K « Cardiff J-ounty Borough Councils Newport ~]l 19 38 M 9I .Newport 16 g 25 23 i6 45

DINAS POWIS SEWERAGE. Barry Council and the Tests. At a meeting of tho Barry Public Works oa ^nesday afternoon it was reported vuuu y. n inspector engaged in connection t j ■ sewerage works at Diuas Powis had ha 1, V"3y cectf'!n iengths of the pipes laid down > „ n in his absonce he was told tha'j Was n°t his business to interfere. Mr Holden. B«v^or to the Llandaff and Diuas Powis Coun- ti 'i- t rac^ ^eea communicated with, replied that the Barry Council bad'no power to test the artbenware pipes, but he regretted, nevertheless, that any friction had arisen between the clerk °1 V^SS an^ inspector. Mr' Tordoff (the hi u rote Pointing out that it was very deair- aoie that all pipes ahotfid be tested in pres- ence of their inspector, and the request bad been Ilcceded to. In future the Barry Council inspec- tor would therefore be notified when any of the ^Pe3 wsre to be tested.—The Chairman ccn- ered that this Council had a right to aak that pipes which had not been tested in the pres- ence of their inspector should be opened up and leteated. Any leakage would be a serious matter, for sewage matter would foHow the line of pipes and posfiibly nollute their water supply. The JDecification was not adhered to,inasmuch as the loot of clay was not being placed arouni the joints. The surveyor aiso stated that he had applied for a copy of the specification, but had not received it.

CAERPHILLY SCHOOL MANAGERS. Resolution cf Protest. At the monthly meeting of the Caerphilly division of school managers, presided over by Mr W. Spickett, held on Tuesday afternoon at the if 'Ouncil Offices, Caerphilly, Colonel Lewis moved a, resolution Rtating that the present groups of schools were too large and proved cumbersome in working. If they were smaller the Education Act would bo better and more economically carried out, as local influence would be brought to bear on the work and moro interest would be taken by the school managers in the welfare of the children, The resolution was carried una>ni- mouslv. question of the appointment of an attendance ofScer was considered. The Clerk stated that the Connty Council insisted upon the managers, appointing an officer from the applica- tions received by Dr. James in reply to a general advertisement, which was inserted at a time advertisement, which was inserted at a time when there was no vacancy at Caerphilly. Couiieillor John Williams characterised the action of the education authority as tyrannising and arbitrary. The speaker moved that the managers decline to appoint an officer from the list of applications sent in. The education I authority wero continually complaining of the action of the Government, but at the same time were treating the Caerphilly managers in thia manner. The motion was seconded and carried "unanimously.

The Trustees of the Swansea. Savings Bank have appointed Mr Edward Henry Corby, of Coventry, actuary in succession to Msr Edward j J- Mortis, who has re tired 1 after holding the 1 powtiwiw 37 yews. I

IMPRESSIONS OF AMERICA, 1 RETURN OF MRDAN DAVJES. Welsh Choir to Visit the States. Mr and Mrs Dan Davies, Merthyr, and party, consisting of their son, Mr Hadyn Davies, «nd Mr and Mrs Howell T. Morgan, Aberdare, have returned from America, and have received hearty welcomes in their respective'towns. Mr Davies, in an interview. stated he had travelled some 'thousands of miles, and called at Buffalo, Cleveland, Niagara, Colum- bus, Cincinnati, Baltimore, Atlantic City, Slatington, Granville, and Newark (Ohio), Phila- delphia, Pittson, Vv ilkesbarre, Soranton, St. tionia. Everywhete tbe party mat with moat! cordial receptions. Whilst at Cleveland hundreds of Welsh people visited the hotel they stayed at, and made extraordinary endeavours to obtain their baggage, so that they might be induced to stay at the private residences of Mr WJ, Davies, Ottawa-street, Mr D. C. Davies (who have Rliondda Valley connections), Mr and Mrs Cud- more, Mr and Mis Evana. Private carriages were sent every morning to take the visitors drives. At Scranton they met Judge Edwards, Mr Griff T. Davies, Mr P. H. Warren, and Mr W. G. Thomas. Fittston. At Wilkesbarre, they were greeted by Dr. T. C. Edwards (Cytionfardd) and Dr. J. M. Liloyd. Blention has already been made of the gieat receptions and choral meet- ings attended by Mr Dan Davies. Mr Davies was greatly impressed by the mode of living of the working classes in America. They all seemed, he said, to have a great deal of self respect, their homes were clean, comfott- 0 able, ana well furnished. He noticed that they invariably had a spare bed or two. He saw many old friends from Dovvlais and thai? district, and was delighted to mark the improvement in their cireamstancen. Choral singing in America, sis far as he was able to judge, was really very line. The sopranos aud basses be heard wofo first rate. There might be room for improvement, however, in the other parts—tenors especially. He bad the pleasure of hearing several male voice choirs, including Dr. Mason's, Wilkes- barre, and the Dr. Pan-y choirs (each of about 60 voices). He considered those two parties were excellent, and listened to their performances with deep pleasure. Their performances wonld compare very favourably with soma of the Welsb male voice theirs. Congregational singing was very much neglected, and was left to a few paid singers. Wales, indeed, was to be congratulated on being far ahead in the singing sanctuary. lie had recci,ed dozens ax letters or invitation from severR:1 places which he had found im- possible to acept. Yes, he had promised to take a Welsh choir over to the States-a party of mixed voices, and to give the Americans an example of part and glee singing unaccompanied. It would be a small representative choir of, say, 25 or 30 mixed voiceR- the best Wales could produce. He would most likely carry out this project next year.

CHAMPAGNE FOR CHILD. ) Mother Makes Her Boy Drunk. For mailing her four year old boy drunk with champagne Edith Hepburn, a fashionably- dressed woman, of Belvedere-road, Upper Nor- wood, was at Hastings on Monday Snel £10 and costs. Accompanied by the boy, Mrs Hepburn, whose husband is at sea, went into a restaurant at Hastings, and was served with duck, green: peats, toaat and but tor. Then she called for cham- pagne, and a waiter who served her with two small bottles ot the wine said that the boy asked for something to drink, and was offered cham- pagno. At first he did not like to drink it, but when he tasted it he nsked for more, which was given bim, and be fell off the chair wbile he was drinking it. Tho woman took the child outside, and a constable found her surrounded by a crowd with the boy lying on the ground drunk, She was taken iuto custody, and at the police station the child was found to bo so helpless that be could not stand. The prisoner said that she bad been taking laudanum and came over queer," and that a man gave her brandy. She denied that she gave the baby anything, bus said she "believed that the mau did. The magistrates handed the child over to the inspector of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children until it is claimed by the father,

FELL INTO FATHER'S BATH. Maesteg Girl Fatally Soalded. At Maesteg on Tuesday Mr Hewell CuthbertMn held an inquest on the body of ijily Hewitt, sged two years and seven months, daughter of Jesse Hewitt, a collier, who was severely scalded on Thursday evening last. The father said that on his lfeturn home from work he pouned a bucket of boiling water into the bath with which to wash himself- He turned away to get something from the table, and while doing so his little I daughter came in and stood by the bath. Suddenly she stumbled and fell into the boiling water. He pulled her out as quickly as possible, but she was severely scalded on the arm and thigh. She died on the following day. A verdict of Accidental death was returned.

PONTYPRIDD DISTRICT COUNCIL. Financial Re-Arrangements, 0 At a. special meeting of Pontypridd District Coimcil on Tuesday, Mr T. B. Evans presiding, the Deputy-Clerk (Mr Leyshon Williams) gave an explanation regarding the transfer of accounts from cho London and Provincial Bank to the London City and Midland Bank. Reference was made to the matter at the meeting of the Educa- tion Committee last week, and the position was that Mr D. Milton Jones, the secretary of that authority, drew cheques so as to transfer the Education Committee's account, but the London and Provincial Bank refused to meet them, be- cause the Council had overdrawn on several accounts. He wished to exnlain that these over- drawn accounts were corn posed entirety of capital amounts, and if the Bank had arranged to-lend money to the CJouncil, as they bad been en- i deavouring to do, no overdraft would have occoricd, because they would have been paying interest on the loan.—Mr William Jones t After to-day our chequeq will be honoured without demur ? The Deputy Ctark Yes.—The seal of the Council waa affixed to an indenture of mort- gage to repay to the London City and Midland Bank, Ltd., JE23,000, with interest at the rate of 4 par cent. per annum, the loan being for tram- way purposes.

MATCHES IN THE j ( William Copeland, assistant bitcber. em- i ployed at the Llanbradacb Collieries, and Irving at Caerphilly, was charged at the Caerphilly Police Court on Tuesday morning with having a; box of matches in his possession in the mine. Defendant pleaded, guilty, and said he was not aware the matches were in his pocket. He bad a (. been employed underground for 12 years and bad never been summoned. The Chairman, in im- posing a fine of jEl. said the Home Secretary blamed them for being careless in Glamorgan,

We understand that on Wednesday a party of potato experts were visiting the experimental grounds of Messrs W, W.Johnson and Son, Ltd., of Boston, Lines., and after seeing one root of The Pearl lifted, one of the company offered five guineas for the next root before it was lifted. Tbe novelty of the situation induced Mr Deal, the general manager of the Company, to accept the bid, and this was followed by other bids of like amount. While thi3 interesting event was taking place a pbotograper was sent for, and he took several pictures of the party while the sale was in progress. One acre of potatoes would contain about 9,000 plants, and on tbiebasia the enormous sum of Xq7,000 per acre would be realised. At an important show held at Sandy' Beds,, on the 25th inst., the Pearl potato was Rwwcded a first-olm certificate of metit.

y I CHILDREN G10W STRONG 1 I ON I Cadbury's Cocoa j 1 tecause it is a perfect Natural food of absolute parity, and 9 ministers to the physical requirements of the yount i& 8 an eminent degree. It contains all the essentials of 1 strength and stamina, is easy of digestion, and does I splendid work in the building up of the constitution. H The Medical Magazine says: "We are glad to give H it the highest praise. For Strength, Purity, and It Nourishment there is nothing superior to be found." !< -7 15 The merits of Stiff's Starch <*re rare That's why t li, LADIES PRIZE I I I it; Its praise is echoed everywhere. Which helps to advertise it. I.' Stiff's Cream Starch produces the fashionable tawny tint, and will not injure the most delicate material, < T- STIFF & CO., LTD., 29, Redcliff-street, Bristol. j Well Starched Mae L,ian I Linen wec''c' Sfcrtsho I yn dda keeps starched longer I j I —doesn't get affected yn cadw felly'n hwy ar so quickly by the ol eu startsho-ni ddyo- f damp-keeps brighter, ddefa tnor fuan oddiwrth r i • j leithder — a cheidw n whiter, glossier and loewach, yn wynnach, crisper. yn Ilyfn ach, ac yn gry ch- it needs good starch ach. i n TT J Mae'n rhaidwrthStartsh to starch well. Hard «T. da i startsho n dda. Ni S work ironing won t wna gweithio'n galed I make tip for poor wrth smwddio i fyny j starch, but am startsh Swael> ond I I y mae I COLMAN'S STARTSH IIA STARCH COLMAN is as good as gystal ft MWSTARD COLMAN. L REG,

PEMBROKE BOROUGHS. [ UNIONIST CANDIDATE SELECTED. At » meeting of the Conservative Council of the Pembroke and Haverfordwest 'Boroughs, beid at the Conservative Clnb, Pembroke Dock, on To-day afternoon, Sir Owen Sconrfield, Bart., presiding, Mr Handle Mad n war ing, of St. Asapb, j was unanimously adopted Unionist candidate for the boroughs at tbe next election. »ilr Marlay i Sampson, who proposed his adoption, remarked. that Mr Malnwaring gave hie services to his j country throughout the South African war, and [ bore marks of tho part he had taken, having been wounded in the neck and ankle, and perara- aemtl y lamed.

Dr. and Mrs Stuart CressweH, of DOWlan". have been the recipients of a sofa and eaey chair and lady's bangle and watch from the colliers of the district oti the occasion of their j I marriage. The preaeotatton, which took place at Gwenllwyn House, Dowiais, was made by Mr i Morgan Iiewia and Mr D. Edwards, and snitably J acknowledged. A masicaJ pcograauQe-CoUowed. ¡

SCOTTISH MINE FATALITY. A Dunfermline correspondent telegraphs that during sinking operations at the Fife Coal Com- pany's Mary Pit, Lochore, on Saturday evening, eleven men were entombed for several hours by » fall of material weighing aboui 40 tons. One man was killed and sustained two fractures of the skul), while the others had ribs broken by the falling stone and earth.

THE NEW TURKISH STAMP ACT, Seizure of American Letters. Vienna, Tuesday- —A teiegram from Constaatk' nople states that the Turkish post office officiak at Aleppo have opened a bag of letters directed1 to the American Singer Company and stamped the contents in accordance with the regatationy of tbe new Stamp Act. They w require payment for the extra stamps, and addition a fine for non-compliance with the Lew regulations. The American Minister, Mr Leishman, has made a. vigorous protest against the action OF the F. office O £ 6CJ»LS,—Central NVWA.