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SCIENCE AND HEALTH #Jr. ANDREW WILSON, F.R.S.E., So. The House and Disease. i *«'3, of conrae, a very trite and commonplace ftj\ to assert that whilst a healthy home con- i largely to the physical welfare of its and unhealthy dwelling-piace con- ( leads towards illness and disease. II the j ^'st house are in a defective state we run I «■«"* d°r,|1!f25iti,>^Jaof^ dteeasea as typhoid fever if the oijft,a and the like. In the same way, cleaned o £ ?m ° a ia not periodically < r wo Incur a similiar risk of Berions < Jsease ironxtlie drinking of the polluted water *0e cistern contains. Even our ill-ventilated 1 ] *Ooms are responsible for a certain a mocnt of j j'l health, whilst it need hardly be said that col- of dirt and refnao allowed to accumulate ^ar premises inhabited by human beings may I j'.Uiliarly be responsible for Uhe oncoming of jj'sorders. Beyond the obvious results which *ise from infractions of ordinary rules of health, 5 practice of which may be summed up in the c otK^ cl6anl'ne33>" there lie, however, certain c |ee phases regarding household sanitation 1 are of a highly important and also of a nature. Two classes of houses may fce 1 ^itvlc'ers^ in this'light to Despecifically connected &bo disease. The first class of dwellings are i can wkich, 'n medical language. are named c M en^Cer booses," the second being known as OIJ8umption houses." £ Cancer Houses. < IDIAlthougi, we are not aware of tho exact can, 1 cancer, it is nevertheless an interesting point E a considerable number of circam- ^lati68 co°nected with this d isease, and facts } 1 V^llnS to its occurrence in carticnlar localities < 5t|h, particular conditions are being ac- i|)Y. ?'ed in order to form a basis for further 1 ^'i^ationa. With reference to houses the in- ( point has been quoted that, in so far « ^Catlcer is concerned, certain dwelling places f He° ac<Joired an unenviable notoriety for the 1 W?-rreDC0 ^reclnon,: cases. Some years ago a k uical man published in one of the journals to the interests of his profession an in- Ijl a^'ng account of such occurrences of cancer, b tohJQe case, that of a certain public bouse in £ ^ve barmaids in succession developed I r> and died of the disease. These girls t t'ke,.not ,n any way related to one another, and t W Ieve I a*n correct in saying that, s.»ve ip t t. Case, and that doubtfully, no family history £ » was Wacet3 in the case of the patients. J °f course, is not an unusual occurrence. It 1 ^oted that these girls successively inhabited t bt. sQ,IDe room, that set apart as the sleeping- t NT. of the gills. It may be that what has been I f the Jong arm of coincidence might be 0{ to account for this remarkable succession ^(Jfi*869 cancer occurring in persons living precisely the same conditions, bat such a is*6o "aay likewise suggest to oar minds the ex- of some peculiar cancerous condition tljja ^'ed with the house in question. What c°odition may be is unknown to us. It was | that probably the presence in the wood j ijjf of certain fungi or microbes capable of In t,nR patient3, would explain the cause. 5 er caae> reported in the same article, j 5t^a?*icular cottage inhabited by the watchman to a 'ar^e fa<?tory acquired a notoriety ^hol development of cancer, inasmuch as a fliM ?et*es of watchmen inhabiting this house the disease. « Consumption. On ttt,1ingTiow to consumption houses we tread j ^tn8a^er ^ronDc^ Jn ari endeavour to explain tbo of cases succeeding one another in the household area so to speak. The germ of Qmption is coughed up from the lungs of and is known to exist as part of the ( !dK dnst of the atmosphere when the mattar becomes dessicated or dried. bejjJ. c°otaining Euch germa is- capable of ad- to *ka °f apartments, and as in Case8 'I1636 walla are not cleaned, and the 6nta w^6re consumptives have ^lived not '"cce -t0^ wa may readily understand that a j ftonj88'011 °f inhabiting such rooms, and *0 j canse or another exhibiting a tendency fection, would in this way acquire the dis- S^^eie. is no great mystery hero as at j e3"ats 'n the case of cancer. This sub Sff\ very forcably brought before my mind 'l10 past few weeks, when conversing friend in the North of Elngt ind. Re- t'aa.itia friend in the North of Elngt ind. Re. on the subject of consumption houses, "Gnd aaid that this fact probably threw .j^lch ?P°n a series of carious circumstances I ^>azz^et^ 1° a certain hotel i Sy. -North of England, a whole series of male i died of consumption. I am not sure I ° exact rramber, bntfsix or seven male f -» 6 vi o' *hla hotel were successively affected, j '.3J4 ctims ranging from the boots to the waiter .^is Oo«: Snch a circumstance might stamp ^articalar place as a consumption house, } a'^ probability the sxplajiation of the '\3t probably rests upon the supposition ) \&»eotion wk'ch commenced with t he first ( cont'DTied in the other cases. As we 4' e?ery case of consumption, and par- j those cases occurring in adults. are due i th°a 1,7 the R6tmi we can readily ander- 1 tK every consumption house, as a focus j. Rerms, may give origin-to the disease, j .^tical lesson we learn here ia that all which consumptive patients have died. is demanded ofany infectious fever. Dried Milk, ^T^'that a new process known a^-the-JuBt- i process for drying milk has been feL Prom a description of this process j' 0n 4"at the milk is laid on two cylindexs LvH» ri;«^"e'Bhth of ac inch apart and revolv- It renti directions. The cylinders are j t6raP«atnre ofllO degrees Centigrade. } that the milk forma a layer on each j: 'a t*103 evaporated. It can then of aa a th'n containing the %•« a milk. These sheets are reduced to ;| B« thepowder is finally compressed .into II, IIdel' 1'8 that the milk forms a layer on each j 'a t*103 evaporated. It can then of aa a th'n containing the %•« a milk. These sheets are reduced to ;| B« thepowder is finally compressed .into m ) tablets, When warm water is added to these tablets, the liquid containing the milk solids is at once formed. It is added that the dry milk leaving the machine is sterilised. The report from which I qnote says that the dried milk has a somewhat cooked taste, and it is added that it can never hope to rival the ordinary British milk industry. If. however, farmers have a sur- plus of milk which can bescbnntted to this treat- ment, they, us well as the public, may benotit, .seeing that for travellers' purposes the tabioids of driei milk may form a substitute for the fluid which it is impossible to obtain. Fried Fish and Fever. This subject, which created considerable ex- citement in London some time ago, on account of the occurrence of typhoid fever, presumably ana to the eating of fried flsh, haa been revived by the report of the medical officers of health for the county of London. The special subject is dealt with by Dr. W. Fl. Hamer, and deals with the epidemic of typhoid fever occurring at the close of 1903. It aDpears that since 1899 four outbreaks of typhoid fever have occurred in London, and have been attributed to fried fish as their source of origin. It is also noted that other cases occurred at Haddersfield, and yet an- other series of cases in another part of England. In the case of the London outbreaks, in particu- lar houses several patients were found, and persons from three to 25 years of age were at- tacked in what is termed nnusnal proportions. At the close of 1905 attacks of typhoid fever occurred in the Holborn district, the fried fish being obtained from two shops, one being sita- ated in Westminster. In the latter area other cases of tynhoid fever were discovered and were attributed to the same cause. Dr. Hamer does not think that polluted water represents the source or origin of the fever. In dealing with the question of fish supply, it is remarked that fried fish forms a large part of the ordinary diet of poor persons in London. Much carelessness, it is said, is exhibited amongst the poorer pop- ulation in the preparation of fish as an article of food. It is imperfectly cooked to start with and imperfectly cleansed. Dr. Hamer tells of fish which he himself had seen displayed, the heads and portions of the organs having been re- moved by one stroke of the knife. The gut, how- ever, had been left. That which remains, how. ever, for solution, would appear to be the exact source of acquirement by the fish of the typhoid germs. If fish containing these germs originally ba imperfectly cooked, we can understand that the bacilli would not be killed. Presumably, therefore, we have to fall back upon the idea. that fish, like milk or water, kept in uncleanly situations, are liable to acquire typhoid pollution. A knowledge of the facts of such cases should be mord than sufficient to place poor persons on their guard, and to enable them first thoroughly to cleanse and second thoroughly to cook the fish they eat. Drinks in Summer, A good deal of discussion has recently taken place in the columns of the public journals regarding the drinks proper for summer weather. It is, I think, justly remarked that the preval- ence of taking extremely cold drinks, and especially ice, only tends to aggravate the symptoms of thirst. It need haidly be said that if alcohol be taken in hot weather, it should bo taken in the form of light wines diluted with some aerated water or in the form of light beers. There is, probably, no better drink, however, than pore milk diluted with sodi and cooled by being placed in an ice- box, although the degree of cooling need not be carried out any extreme extent- One writer goes the length of recommending that in most cases people will benefit more distinctly from drinking fluids which are warm. He recommends China tea. I presume this lattBr recommendation is based on the fact that the warm drink increases to a slight extent the secretion of the skin, the evaporation of this last producing the effect of coolness.

SWEET LOTTERIES. "A Little Knowledge of Law." At Cardiff ^Police Court on Tuesday (before Messrs J. Howard and Gething Lewis) Henry Spence, of Carlisle-street, was charged on a summons that he did unlawfully and publicly keep a place thera to exercise a lottery, to be drawn by a certain contrivance, to wit, the dis- tributing of a quantity of sweets known as BrazH nuts, with coupons in certain of such sweets, being a lottery not authorised by Par- i liament." Mr Ensor (from the town clerk's office) appeared for the prosecution, and Mr D. W. Evans (Messrs David and Evaos) for the de- fence. It was alleged that the defendant sold sweets in the shape of nuts, and some, of them contained coupons which would entitle the i person who was fortunate enongh to^ret the nut I containing a coupon to a prizs. and this was illegal. The defendant pleaded guilty, and said he was unaware that he wa9 doing anything 1 illegal. Mr Evans said the defendant was a very f respectable man, and he (the advocate) was i afraid it was a case of a little knowledge of the 1 law being II. dangerous thing. A fine of IDs and !,costs whs inflicted in one case, the defendant, being let off with, a calation;in the,second. Elizabeth Cannock, of 164, Portmanmoor- road, was summoned for a similar offence, and was mulcted in a. similar, fine. a second case be. j ing withdrawn. Dstective-Sergeant Dicks proved the case against the first defendant, and Detec- tive-Sergeant Wm. Davey against the second.

PICKING ISN'T STEALING. This was evidently the opinion of Mra Deere, of Brook-street. Aberaman, who, according to the story which she told the Stipendiary and 'the other magistrates.at the Aberdare Police Court on Tuesday morning, walked into the honsc of Margaret Baker, a neighbour, and went with her into the garden, where Mrs | Baker dropped an old glove in which she kept j her money, and which. Mra Deere walked away: j with. When charged by. the police with steal- ing it she pertly answer»cTt I don't see how I> stole it; I picked it.up." The^magifttrMwcom-- her fop trial! J

tf.. n i f f The Bermuda Lily. Tfiia/one of the loveliest of the Liliesfjg an especial favourite with many for pot culture, par- ticularly with those who like to have flowers early in the year. Those who want to grow it for blooming next spring should take care to get the bulbs without further delay. and pot them forth- with, as it dislikes being rushed into flower. As soon as potting has taken place, the bulbs should* be put into a cold frame and covered with ashes) or cocoa-nut fibre, leaf-mould, loam, sand, or roa.d." grit 'will form a compost that suits tbem, and; when, after some weeks in the frame, they are brought into the house it should only be into, gentle heat. The flowers are handsome, very fragrant, and valuablefor room and conservatory decoration. On a warm border out-of-doors, and the balbs protected during the winter, this Lily is worth noting. Medium-sized, plump bulbs should be selected In preference ,to :Iarge,soft ones. Phloxes, Herbaceous. How to grow Phloxes successfully^ even when tbesoil and situation are by no means satisfac- tory, is well exemplified just at present ipHamp- ton Court, in the long border stretching awayr from the front of the Palace to the river. iPbe. soil is naturally light, and the border gets all the sun from early morning till after midday. Success here is, doubtless, doe to a good first prepara- r tion of the soil, and to copious supplies of water, which is fortunately available all through the growing and flowering seasons. On the ordmary border Phloxes have not been at their best this year, bothspike and pips being below the average in aize. Primula Japonica. This is one of the best plants for the wild gar- den, sowing itself fieely, and having also the valuable property of being rabbit-proof. It will, soon establish itself in any good, moist soil, and, if the plants are left alono the seeds are scattered about and yegetate freely, forming groups of plants arranged in a natural manner. To do this Primula well, give it good soil in a partially shaded place on a. moist bottom in fact, it does well on the margins of ponds, where the roots can just touch the water. Verbenas. Time was when it was necessary to propagate Verbenas from cuttings in the autumn, keeping them in thegreenhouse all winter, and even then it was no unusual thing for many to damp off before spring. That is now all changed, and where there were twenty who used to grow them under the old system, one may find a hundred now who treat them as annuals, sowing the seed in heat in March, and treating them precisely like other tender subjects. Sometimes, however, from a packet of seed one comes intopossession of a really good variety, and then an attempt should made to propagate by cuttings, or keeping them on the dry side all winter, and, of course, away from frost. The liability to damp off is one of the characteristics of the Verbena, and this is the main reason why seed sowing is to be preferred. Verbenas may be raised without heat if sown) in boxes of light soil in a cold frame in April, but their suscectibitityto damp off is such that to avoid disappointment it is best to raise them in beat. Anyone uncertain as to whether to trouble with them during the winter need not bo in doubt longer, provided he is willing to sow seed in spring. In addition to bedding, Verbenas are very useful for window-boxes, and, when they have been pinched back once ortwtce, for hanging baskets, and their freedom of flower- ing is well known. Fruit Garden. There is abundance elf fruit everywhere, but much of it will be strail, says a writer in »' Gar- dening Illustrated-" There is no Plum bears so early and so freely as the Victoria. Young trees only two years planted are loaded with fruit. I have lately been through several fruit-growing districts, and there are still far toe many worth- less trees about. It takes time to convince people that the old trees must go, and then, again, small Apples are better than none, and so the old trees remain till the young ones are planted and ready to begin work. All this takes time, and very often much time is required to convert people and change their habits. Then, again, it is not well to plant young trees where old ones have been struggling with difficulties many years. The old plants may bave been too much crowded-in many in- stances they were—and perhaps the grower may have no more land to plant, and so the old trees remain. The best course under such circum- tances is to clear away the dead and dying trees. and trench up the land and manure it liberally. All the best trees may remain for a. time, but a beginning should bo made. Clear tho land in blocks, if possible, leaving any healthy trees till the young trees come into bsnring. Pruning Peach Trees. As the trees are cleared of fruit the pruning should be commenced. Anearlytetaovatofthe old bearing wood, as far AR possIble without sacrificing well-placed young shoots, ought to take place, with a viewto admitting all the light, sun- shine and air going to the reserved wood. Thinn- ing out and foreshortening only should be practised now, shortening young wood that is to give fruit next season not being advisable till it is seen whether or not it is fnrnished with wood- buds as well as flower-bnds. Nothing is gained by crowding the bearing wood, that more thinly trained usually producing abundance of fins Irnit. Therefore, thin out freely, and also foreshorten large old trees in particular with more freedom than is often thought necessary. When the old outside or more straggling branches are cnt or sawn back to well-placed inner branches, the balance is maintained, and. what is of even greater importance, the centre of the tree is strengthened, young bearing wood be- ing formed all over the trees instead of being principally found at the extremities. Well- ripened wood Is rightly supposed to be the least liable to cast its flower-buds prematurely in the spring, and early pruning favours a more thorough ripening of the young growths. With the amount of sunshine this season there ought to be fewer complaints of the non-ripening of the wood. HINTS TO AMATEURS. Since the r&ins came the weeds are making an effort to occcSpy the ground again, but they must be kept down with the hoe, and not permitted to seed. Potatoes which have ripened the haului should be lifted and stored. There is yet time to store Spinach for spring picking. Coleworts also may be set out. Get tpe early-flowering bulbs potted as soon as possible. These will include Roman Hyacinths, Freosias, and tho early-flowering Narcissi, which will include double and single Van Sion. Solanums that were planted out may now be lifted and potted, as may also Arum Lilies. Pdmulas and Cyclamens may remain in the frifeie for the present, but shade will not be re- quired now. Ventilation should be free night an3 day. Baie places in beds an3 borders may be filled with Asters, which can be lifted with balls, and if well attended to with water will not feel the moving much. Clamps of single and double Narcissi may be planted in the borders where annuals have gone oK. Wallflowers may be used for filling up in the same way. as may also Canterbury Bells, Sweet William, and other biennials. Continue to pro- pagate all kinds of bedding plants, either in frames or outside. With these and similar things some patience is required, as they will not strike so soon as softer things, but pretty well every cutting will strike by the spring. Latterly the nights have been cold, and tender things which it is necessary to save, should soon be lifted and placed In pots. Palms and other fine-leaved, tendftr plants must soon be brought indoors again at any rate, a watchful attitude will be necessary. To pre- serve the beauty of the garden as long as possible dead leaves and faded flowers must boxemoved often and the Grass neatly mown. If the weather continues dry ^Carnation layers should be watered when necessary. Strong cat- tings of Roses buried half theit length in the ground in a shady, sheltered spot will root during the winter if watered and mulched. The present is the time to set abont planting Anemonest and Ranunculus in quantity for early bloom. Where the soil is light and well drained they may be planted without much preparation where the, soil jlt not so light, or is in any way damp, it is oest to make beds. by driving in stomps and pntting down 7in. battens about 5ft. :6in~apart, iflling-the space between with pre- pared soil, or with the ordinary soil of the place, as the case-may be. Therootiuhould bo planted all over the beds a t4in, apart in all directions This is bestioff by filling the beds to a depth *of4in. orao, thai placing the roots evenly and covering with about 2* in. of soil. So planted, when the flower stems begin to risq shallow cases and lights can be,stood on the battens, and the flowers will. make a longer stem and be kept quite clean.

ENTERING A COALMINE. Summons Against a Collier Dismissed. At Caerphilly on Tuesday James Smith was charged by John Roes, Furnace Blwm Colliery, Caerphilly Mountain, with abreacb of the special rules by entering the coHierywithoatpermission. A claim for 20s damage was also lodged, Mr O. S. Goodfellow appealed for the complaina.nt, and Mr W. P. Nicholas, Pcntyprida, defended. Rees stated he was manager of the colHerv, The dbfendant was formerly employed at the colliery, and had left. He returned on August lltb, and entered the workings without permission. In de- fence Mr Nicholas said tlmt defendant had Wt the colliery and secured employment on the 'Barry Railway Company's new works. It waa customary for tbemel1 to go in to bring out their 'tools on completion of their work, and this the idefendantdldone evening after finishing his. Tbe'JB«nclvd fomweedufcotiichargea.

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ASYLUM PATIENTS' SAFETY. TEMPORARY BUILDINGS CONDEMNED. Glamorgan Committee's Retort. I A series of communications couched in em- ( phatic terms, from the Lunacy Commissioners, r were considered by the Glamorgan County r Finance Committee at their meeting at Cardiff on Tuesday. The Commissioners declared that the existence of temporary buildings at both ] Glamorgan Asylums was a standing menace to s the safety and security of patients, and they a would not allow them to be continued. r The chairman (Alderman T. J Hughes) said if T the Swansea Corporation allowed their patients x to remain over the whole of the five years per- c mitted, tbon the accommodation at the Glamor- j gan Asylums would bo sadly deficient. If. on the l other hand, the Swansea Corporation—and he understood informally they were arranging s terms with the Brecon Asylum authorities—re- ( moved their patients shortly, it wonld relieve the s position. If not. then the provision of an addi- c tional block at Parcgwyll tor Angeltown, or a new asylum elsewhere would become a practical neces- s sity. Mr J. Blandy Jenkins considered that the I order of the Lunacy Commissioners should be called into question, foe the erection of the tem- j porary buildings had been sanctioned, and there { was only one of the temporary blocks which was j not in the best state of repair. The other blocks were quite up-to-date, and would be perfectly ) safe in case of fire. Alderman Richard Lewis said i the decision of the Commissioners was a strange 1 one. especially considering the fact that after I the Ootney Hatch fire thg committee received a < letter from the Comm)ssioneia recomroending certain improvements in the heating arrange- F ments and also in the means of opening doors E and windows, and these recommendations had ( been carried out. He felt that an injustice would be done to the county by the demolition of the buildings in question.- Alderman W. R Davies: It does seen-, absurd that the Commissioners should pasd plans for temporary bui Idiraa and tben. in two years' time condemn them. If this course is persisted in, then the County Council must be prepared to face eventualities.—The Chairman As I understand the prerogative of the Luuacy Commissioners, they bave a right to scold, but have no right to do any more. They are a consultative body who make recommenda- tions and representations, but have no power to insist upon them. This committee is fully alive to their duties and responsibilities, and every precaution which human skill Rnd ability can devise is at the present time in operation. As a matter of fact, it is far easier to empty the tem- porarv blocks than the permanent buildings.— Alderman Richard Lewis thereupon moved a resolution protesting against the order of the Lunacy Commissioners, but on the advice of the clerk no resolution was paased.

DISPUTE AT LYSAGHT'S WORKS ( Over a Thousand Men Idle. Messrs J. Cox. Darlington, secretary of the ■ Associated Iron and Steel Workers of Great I i vxf1' an<o Acutt, secretary of the Mid- 1 and Wages Board, visited Newport on Tuesday with respect to the dispute affecting a number of 1 shearers at Messra Lysaght's Orb Sheet Mills, Newport, and pfter consultation with the man- J agement agreed to refer the question to the Welsh repreSentativaa of the Midland Wagea « Board, which will meet on Friday. In the mean- time about 1,200 men who are affected by the < shearera dispute in the 25 English miDs at the i works will rsmain idle, only the remaining four Welsh mills being kept going. The workmen « if me6 .K filing the day, when Messrs A. Belcher, president of the Workmen's Union, O. ( Foster, secretary, and D. Richards, shearer, ex- plained ttie position of affairs. Inquiries among the works ofliciai8 R0 to show that the works 1 have been cioaed down for a fow days to clear stocks. ]

COAL MINE ON FIRE-. Plucky Fight by the Miners. S A body of miners at Dudley have been en- 1 gaged during the last few days in endeavouring to extlngnish a dangerous subterranean fire I which broke ort in the workings of an old coal J pit. The fire was a very real danger, for it has ¡ i thrown off noxious suffocating gases, and several < cases are reported of persons being rendered t temporarily unconscious. The fact, too, that the Ihk110 uS ^er •* large anvil works, St. John's < Cnurcn, and a number of dwelling-houses, led to 1 grave fears that a subsidence might lead to < serious results, < Efforts were made to reach the fire by sending I men down by means of a windlas3, and after a time this proved successful, although the noxious gases were so bad that the men could only remain below for a few .ninutes at a time. They, how- ever succeeded on Monday night in slacken. ing^ the burning coal and raising it to the sunace in backets. It is believed that the danger, for the time at least, is past.

TREDEGAR CO.'S HOTEL OPENED., Licences Given Up. I. rt ''C0nce granted for the Tredegar Iron and Company's newMcL\ren Hotel near their collieries at Abertysswg, which was confirmed at Quarter Sessions, came before the justices at Iredegar on Tuesday. The licence was granted °a that three licences in the district would be given up—Bush Inn, DukeBtown, .King s Inn, Tavarnubach, and the Heathcock Inn, on the Cefn Geleau Mountain, The certifi- cate-of the Bush, it was stated, had atready been returned, and the two others were now handed in. The company desired that the name should be altered to McLaren Arms." Superinten- dent Allen reported that the premises cad been carried out according to the plans presented, ftnd Mr A. S. Tallis, general manager, said the required notice,. stating that no intoxicating drinks would be-sold on or off before Sa.m., had been put up. Mr Thomas Williams, formerly of the Black Lion Hotel, Aberdare, was approved as the licence-holder, and the application was granted and the firml order made. It will be remembered that at the, annual licensing ses- sions it was explained that the intention was to provide^ refreshments of every description and recreation, and from the evidence given on Tues- flay .^be company have erected a substantial building, with provision to cater for every,,taste' in that direction.

ELECTRICAL RESIDENT ENGINEER. A Pontypfidd Appointment. Mr W.^H^Gronow, J.P., presided at a. meet- jnlt of thotPontyptidd District Ccuncil on Tues- day, when it was decided, on the motion of Mr D. Williams and seconded by Mr Aaeurin Evans, to advertise for a iresident engineer to manage the electrical undertakings of the Council. Mr Williams, in bringing the matter forward, anomitted that if,la.% had been suggested, the consulting engineer of the Council, who was' in London, bad the control of the work, it would be necessary for him to havwp6 local aubatitnte, and in the circumstances ttwonidbabetiarto blive.a. mjim dtreetty uudey the supervision Of the memberspf the Electricity and iTrawwaya Com- mittee in particular, and the Council as aptiprol-ic authority aa.a body. voirafCf(ft the??*;soln- < j

MAN IN A GIRL'S BEDROOM. Ill AN EXTRAORDINARY CASE. At Chepstow Petty Sessions- on Tuesday" John I. Windsor, a smith's striker, was charged on I remand with being found on the premises of the Cottage Homes, Portskewett, for an unlawful I purpose, having been previously convicted as a ) I i rogue and a vagabond. Mr Harold Lloyd <( I defended. J Mary Sharmer, aged 10, an inmate of the I J Homes, stated that on the night of 29th August she was in bed asleep, when she awoke and found ( a man she did not know in bed with her. He ( molested her, and she asked who it was. The s man got out of bed and went away, but she did j t not. know where. On the following Wednes- day she went to the police station and picked out. j prisoner from five men, although she did not see his face that night. 1 Lottie Vaughan (14), another inmate, said she 1 awoke and found a man's bands in her bed. She cried out and he went away. She did not see anyone, but thought it was Jack Windsor, be- cause it looked like a man who was in her bed- room four years ago when Beatrice Rawlings was sleeping with her. When she saw the men at 1 the station she knew one was Windsor. I Isabelle Simonds (13) also deposed that she awoke and found a man lying in bed by her side* She kicked him and he left the room in a stoop- i ing position. She did not see his face. I Beatrice Rawlings (15) said she slept in aloom by herself. She was awakened by a baby crying ia the next room. Turning over she saw a man 1 leaning over her bed with something-white over bis shoulders. She asked what he wanted, and the man left the room by the back stairs. I Mrs Wilkins, matron, deposed to hearing foot- steps walking along the bedrooms and down- stairs, but thought it was one of the boys going to 1 the kitchen to see the time, and called out that she would punish'him in the morning. William Price, signalman, spoke to seeing de- she would punish'him in the morning. William Price, signalman, spoke to seeing de- fendant cross the railway at Portskewett at 3.5C i on the morning of the 30th of August, but admitted that ho did not see his face. Evidence of arrest having been given, P.C. Wright proved Windsor-had done a. month's imprisonment for' being on premises for an unlawful purpose at Newport in 1900. Mr Lloyd's cross-examination was directed to show the want of identification. The Bench considered the evidence insufficient to warrant conviction, and prisoner was dra-, charged

FOREST MYSTERY. REMARKABLE MURDER CASE. Detective's Sagacity. One of the most enrious murder cases that has' occurred for some time will be heard shortly at the Assizes of Seine-et-Oise (says the Paris n correspondent of the Daily Chronicle "). This is the case of Aubry, a waiter, who a year ago was found hanging in the forest of St. Germain There were no traces of violence upon the corpso, and everything pointed to suicide. The body was accordingly buried. About a. month or six weeks later several rela- tions of Aubry began to get uneasv about his dis- appearance. The last that had been heard of him was that be was going to join his regiment, and had therefore placed all his money in the savings bank. A detective was employed to make inquiries on behalf of Aubry's brother, and the first fact which came to light was that Anbry's two bank accountSi about JESS in-all, had r' been withdrawn since the death of the waiter. Permission was, therefore, given to exhume the body of Aubry, but the fates fought again, on the side ot the murderers, for the detective found that the rope which had been round Aubry's neck had not been buried with him. It then transpired that one of the officials who had been interested in the first burial had sold the rope in little pieces to superstitious people who > believed that such gruesome relics brought good lack. Thus the most important clue had disap- peared.~ Nevertheless, the detective followed up the clue fnrnished by the withdrawal of the bank- ing account, and a few davs later arrested two unemployed waiters named Combaneyre and Trombert, who, it is alleged, in the throes of despair and hunger, lured their companion Aubry to the forest, and, having made him ¡ insensible with drink, hanged him with their own hands to a tree for the sake of the JE66 in the bank. A woman named Fanny Dupont Trombert's mistress, was also arrested, and in. carcerated at Versailles. The difficnlties of proving the crime on such slender circumstantial evidence will be likely to cause the trial to ba a sensational one. I

CORY HALL MEETINGS. Cardiff Magistrate's Advice. Harry Love (33), lately in the employ of the Great Western Railway Company, and residing at Canton, was brought up on remand at the Cardiff Police Court on Tuesday (before Messrs Richard Cory; W.-J. Trounce, and L. Samuel) charged with burglariously breaking and enter- ing the dwelling-house and shop of Mr Gabriel I. Freedman, in Clare-road, with intent to commit a felony. The evidence showed that a plate- glass window had been broken and damage to the amount of Z 4s 6d done. The prisoner pleaded that he had been drinking. Mr Cory: That is no palliation, because you were not bound to take drink. If you had attended a Saturday evening meeting at the Cory Hall and taken the pledge you would have saved yourself from this scrape. Prisoner was committed for trial at the Quarter Sessions, but bail was granted.

LABOUR REPRESENTATION. ». Approachiug Conference at Liverpool, [ The sixth annnal confarence of the Labour c Representation Committee is to be held in Liver. I pool on January 26th, 27th, and 28th. Mr J. Ramsay Macdonald, secretary of the committee, » has just issued thenoticeconveningtheconforence. In doing so he says that the great success with j which the labour representation movement has j met and the near approach of the General Elec. tion make it imperative to demonstrate the 1 solid unity and massive strength of the Labour a, party. It is also necessary, in view of the gross misrepresentation of some organs of the Press, that every affiliated society should send delegates to the annual conference in order that they may ^'be brought more directly into contact withthe working of the committee.

ELY DRAINAGE SCHEME, n Sanction to Borrow £ 7,000. 0 In June a Local Government Board inquiry e was held at Cardiff regarding the application If of the Iriandaff and Dinas Powis Rural District •i. Council to borrow ZI,000 for the purpose of ° carrying out a drainage schame with septic tanks d for Ely and part of Fair water, The application It, wa* opposed by tho-Cardiff Gonnty Council, who 0 had endeavoured to induce the Rural District ie Cooocitte drain.into the, Corporation sewers. 1, On Tuesday intimation was received by e orficiala of the Llandaff antf Dinas Potvis Rural t- District Council to the effsoti f r

SOMETHING WRONG. ? Boy's Pitiable Plight. Charles Kent, aged 7, was charged at London jniJdhall on Monday with wandering in Liver- ^ool-street on Saturday evening while not under iroper guardianship. When placed in the front )f the dock be was dressed only in a ragged shirt, vhich barely covered him, and an old pair of S mickcrbockers. He was shivering with cold. 1 P.O. Marooney said about 9 o'clock on Saturday ) rvening he noticed the boy hanging about the I ibops in Liverpool-street in a filthy condition, 1 md with practically no clothes on. He took him ;o the police-station, where he was charged, and iabaequently taken to the City of London Union House in Robin Hood-court. The witness fetched ¡ tiim.from there that morning, and this was how I ihey bad sent him to the conrt-bare feet and 3nly the ragged shirt and knickerbockers. Sir G-eorge Fatidel-Phillips Do you. mean to say that the Union officials sent ^him here in 1 that state ? Witness: Yea. 1 asked them why they let him I :ome out in that state, and they said they did not supply clothes unless the magistrate? ordered them. j The Alderman r If he had no clothes at all j when taken there I suppose he would have to be .1' wrapped up in a parcel beforehe could be brought through the streets to the court. Certainly, a I decent shirt might have been given to him. Why, ha has nothing on his feet I J The Officer No. Mr Wills (School Authority officer): This is the worst case I have ever seen sent up here from the Union. It is too bad, sir. 1 am sure that if any member of the City of London Guardians were to see the boy brought through the streets of London in this state they would want to know the reason why. There must be considerable neglect somewhere. Surely this boy could bare had something given to him to keeJ; him warm. All he has is this very old shirt, these rags for > knickerbockers, and a piece of sacking, and it was pouring with rain. We bave had the matter threshed out time after time, but we seem to get no further. j The Alderman ~r> Ltake very great exception to i children being sent up like this, and shall re- ¡' mand the boy, and shall exoect Bomeone to attend from the Union. (To the boy) Are yon cold, Tommy ?-The Boy,(shivering): Yes.—The Alderman: Then let him be taken back to the Onion in a cab.

CRUEL ANONYMOUS LETTER. I Plymouth Mystery Solved. In Plymouth Sound on Tuesday someiishor- • men picked up the-body of Charles Copp, who, I with his sweetheart, Fanny Williams, mysteri- j ously disappeared from a boat in the Sound a,bout ten days ago. At the inquest the Coroner said documents found on the body cleared np the mystery. One was an anonymous letter enclosing a birth, certificate showing that in February, 1900, the. girl Williams was confined of a child. Another was a letter from the-girl to her lover admitting the birth, regretting that she had not told him, and asking that she might see him just for five minutes to give an explanation and say good-bye. The jury returned a verdict of Suicide during temporary insanity," and censnred the writer of the anonymous letter, whom they con- sidered morally responsible for the death of the two young persons. At the inquest on Fanny Williams, whose body was recovered in the Hamoaze, the jury returned an open verdict. I

PANTEG DISTRICT COUNCIL. I Serious Overcrowding. At a meeting of tbe Panteg Council on Tuesday, Mr A. A. Williams, JJP.. presiding, a aerious case of overcrowding was reported at Trosnant, a district known as Old Pontypool, due to the occupier of a -two-roomed tenement, who has a wife and family, taking as lodgers a man 3.nd wife and four children. The occupants had converted she pantry and staircase landing into sleeping apartments. The Sanitary Inspector was instructed to serve a notice to abate the j nuisance within seven days. It was resolved to draw the attention of the- Great Western Railway Company to the dan- gerous tram crossing leading to their coal yard at ¡ Pontymoile.

DARBY AND JOAN. Pathetic Westminster Story, A pathetic stqry of the death of an aged couple comes from Westminster. For the past foor' months there /have resided at Horseferry-road' Henry de Veaux, aged 70 years, and his wife, who was some years his junior. They obtained. 1, precarious livelihood, the man by playing an in ô; btrument and doing eieight-of-band tricks oot-f}. side of public-houses and the woman by street singing. Both had seen better days, and ft is believed' that Do Veaux was at oiie time well known in? the musical world, while his wife is thought ta have been a singer of repate. This in a mea- sare is borne out by the fact that in their room has been found a large accumnlation of news-; paper cuttings relating to concerts and theatri- f cal notices, such as people interested in the^ subjects would collect. Before they recently took np. their abode la, Westminster it is known that they re3ided ia i Magdala-road, South Croydon, and their former neighbours there relate how they were befriended by a gentleman named Curtis, of Tunbtidge Wells, well known as the general." On Thurs- day last Mrs de Veaux was suffering from pneu-j monia, and, on the advice of Dr. Collier, was re- moved to the Westminster Hospital, where she died on Friday. At this time Do Veaux had only a penny in the world, and this he aneat on a white chrysanthe- mum to place on his wife's coffin. He wrote to the general at Tunbridge Wells, and promptly received a cheque for L5 to nay for -his wife's burial, and on Satm-day the, old man arranged with a Rochester-row undertaker foet the funeral, which was to have taken place to-? day (Wednesday). Just befora midnight he" went home to his lodgingSj and was going np-i stairs when the sound of a fail was heard,and the*: old man was found unconscious on the landing. The police were called, and he was removed to Westminster Hospital, where be died on Sundays morning. His body now lies beside that of his wife in the hospital mortuary. Inquiries weft" on Monday being made by the police with a view to tracing some of De Veaux's relatives, andj the general has been communicated "vith. The man having died as the result of an irijurya. an inquest will of coarse be held in his case.

FELL FROM THE CLIFFS. EXCITING SCENE AT ILFRACOMBE. Two young men belonging to Guildford, named, Alfred Watts and George Tappendon, walking; on the beach at Ilfracombeon Monday a.fternooo, i were seized with a desire to climb the cliffs.: When Watts had reached a height of 20 feet he fell, but having only cut his hand made a second attempt- Both succeeded in pealing about &Jhhi-» dred feet, when Tappendon was seized with giddiness and fell to the beach below, leaving! his companion clutching at tufts of grass. For-1 tunately a visitor who happened to be passing; saw the accident and ran to the rescue. He hailed' a passing boat, and with the help of sailors Tap-E pendon was carried to the boat and taken back-to^ the harbour. He was suffering from a cut on the t head and was mach shaken, but not seriously^ injured. Meantime an alarm had been raised, and! a party of sailors with ropes and grapnels went tov> the cliffs to rescue Watts. After an anxious two hours he managed to clutch a rope, which he?, made fast to his body, and was pulled to the topi in a state-of prostration, bat not otherwise jured.

LIBRARY FOR NEWPORT. Offer By Mr Carnegie, At a meeting of the Newport Town C«m«sil^6i|> Tuesday Aid. T. H. Howell announced that in" response to an appeal he had made as chairman of the free Library Committee Mr Carnegie had!; written from Skibo Castle to say that he woauz, be glad to bear the cost of the erection of a now Free Library in the neighbourhood of MesarffV- Lysaght's Works, on the east side of the Newpoct'lj river, not exceeding £ 2,000, provided the amount): stated, i.e., £ 125, was available to be devotectt yearly to the support of such library, and that site be given free of charge against the penny"' rate. Alderman Howell pointed out that the Cor- poration had no power to contribute beyond J penny rate for the provision ofjsuch alibrary.-and'' he had so informed Mr Carnegie. He proposed that the offer be accepted, and this the Council/ did. Mr Carnegie's letter was referred to the." Parliamentary and Improvement Committg with a view to obtaining a site and carrying out the conditions of the offer.x

THEFT AT BRECON. Rhondda Men Sentenced. At Brecon Police Court on Tuesdar^TBdiiiiB'' Price and Septimus Price, of Porth, Rhondda:' Valley, were charged with stealing a pair of boots, vat no 8s lid, the property of Arthur Itewis, bricklayer's labourer, Penynis, Cray, at Brecon, on the 12th inst. Prisonera pleaded not guilty stating that they picked up the boots in a parcel outside the George Hotel. They were santenced- to one month's imprisonment with hard labour, I

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