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dummies—courtiers especially selected for the work, and made up to resemble the Shah in every detail. Then the three carriages, with their three Shahs, drive off to Teheran as hard as they can plt. The streets are cleared, and the triplicate procession of putative potentates drives through deserted thoroughfares a-t a gallop, and discharge their Sfhahe, real and genuine at the Imperial Palaoe in seert.. Until they enter the aared pottala nobody is supposed to know really which is which, so the Shah stands a two to one chance against being shot by an assassin en route.

SHOTS IN A STREET. MEXBOROUGH MINER FIRES AT THE POLICE. At Mexborough. while a police-sergeant na.med. Matthews and two constables were standing near the theatre, Harold Carr, aged 24. a miner, of Flowitt-street, came up, and, it is alleged, fired a revolver at the sergeant, the bullet striking him in the side. The police-constables, named Haigh and Burrows, proceed to arrest Garr. who, it is further alleged, fired at both of them. Haigh had a marvellous escape, the bullet hitting a steel button on his tunic and glancing off on to Haigh's wrist. A bullet also went through the sleeve under Burrows's right arm. Oarr was taken to the police-station, while MatthewB was removtKi to the hospital. It is stated that Carr was last week served with a summons, amd that he had been heard to say he would do for the sergeant. On Monday night Matthews was reported to be as wen as could be expected, but he was suffering from shock, and the bullet had not been extracted. Harold Carr was remanded at Doncaater on Monday on a charge of attempted murder of the sergeant at boroniffa.

HEAVEN ON EARTH. DR. ANDREW CARNEGIE AND THE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. The Library Association opened in Glasgow on Tuesday its thirtieth annual conference. Dr. Andrew Carnegie, who was welcomed as their best friend, spoke of the importance of librarians being specially trained, so that they might direct the studies of the people and even minister to minds diseased, thus leading the people to lead this life well, a.nd make more of a heaven here on earth, where all our duties lie. The man or woman who did hia or her duty in that respect had no cause for any apprehension of a hereafter. (Cheers.) The President (Mr. Francis Barrett) spoke of extending library facilities to the rural popu- lations, and also of making reference lib- raries meet. Subsequently the association, after listen- ing to the counsels of Mr. Tedder, librarian to the A then mum, London, respecting their own reading, and particularly on cultivating the art of skipping, proceeded to North- street, in the west of Glasgow, to witness Dr. Carnegie lay the fou nd at ion the new Mitchell Library. Dr- I?3: 1Trl(ip.if after Ms morning's address, confined t to a few sentences in the strain of the city s motto, Let Glasgow flourish-

THE NEWEST CUNARDER. TRIAL TR-LP WITNESSED BY 100,000 PEOPLE. Shields was crowded with victors on Tues- day, special facilities being atrorded by the Tyne General Ferry Company to aocompaay the leviathan Cunard iiner Maurotania, sister ship to the Lusitania, down the Tyne to gy., on her trial trip, which will extend over a period of three days. The Mauretania was m charge of Mr Thomas Young, a South Shields piW wll will be assisted by an experienced North sm pilot on this important undertaking The vessel was successfully navie-it^ j Shields Harbour, the spectacle able spa^rSeS<Sgdthe^J^"7 avai1' The monster liner cnm« a from the builders' v^ v, th* harbour Hunter, and Wig-ham p u ^eesrs- Swa?' within an hour at Tv. ardfion 'Limited', an hour. She wn« e ,rat,e of three tugs Pools' J, eharge of the Dutch £ K "fr"" -=

STOLEN CROS OF THE BATH MR. FRANCIS PHILLIPS SEEKS HIS C.B. BADGE. A companionship badge of the Order of the, Bath has been stolen in London, and jewellera and pawnbrokers throughout the country were warned on Tuesday night. The badge belongs to Mr. Franois PhillipS) C.B., who was formerly Assistant-Comptroller of the Exchequer. In the official description the missing badge is given as "a cro of gold, comprising a rose, thistle, and shamrock issuing from a sceptre between three imperial crowns encircled by the motto of the Order, "Tra juncta in uno." Mr. Francis Philhpfi has been away from London for a holiday, and on his return the badge and other articles were missing from the hQuBe. =

Abbas Agha, the assassin of the Grand Vizier, a couple of days before the tragedy. Keep this photograph," he told the photographer, you will have a large demand for copies in a very few days."

I son of a small banker of Tabriz. His name was Abbas Agha, his age 25; and as soon as he had planted two fatal shots in the Atabag Azaan, he put the weapon into his own mouth and blew the top of his head off. The act of Abbas Agha was the result of no sudden spasm o-f patriotic ecstasy. He was a member of a secret society, said to be about 60,000 strong, and having its head- quarters a.t the Russian oil port of Baku. The object of the society is the regeneration of Persia. One of the acts that the society deemed necessary for the redemption of the country was the" removal" of the Atabag Azarn. Lots were drawn, and the fatal number, 41. fell to Abbas Agha. The ticket was found in his pocket after the tragedy. With the calm stoicism of the educated Asia- tic, Abbas, as soon as ever he drew the ticket of doom, proceeded with his preparations for murder and death. He was a !>a.bi, and, therefore, he knew what persecution meant. He also knew that death was his inevitable reward. The luck of being able to slay him- self and cheat the tortures was the principal blessing in the premises for whioh he felt bound to pray. GOT HIS PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN. He procured a rella-ble 303 Browning repeating pistol. Then he went and had his photograph taken, cabinet size, for the benefit and delectation of succeeding genera- tions of liberators. "Take care of the plate," said he to the photographer, for you will have a large demand for there pictures within a very few days." The juertice of this prophesy was borne out by subsequent events, and a copy of the photograph is shown herewith, as well as a copy of another photograph taken a couple of days later—on Saturday, Aug-ust 31—when Abbas Agha was already a couple of hours dead. The first of these pictures shows the light-hearted expression and delioate features of the young man as he looked forth cheer- fully on the Unknown Kingdom to Come from the studio of t-hs Teheran photographer. The other shows him after he has seen that kingdom—laced up to a d°or with cords, and hooked to a nail bIte a sack, with two poles propped under hie -az^ ohin to hold the tired face to the front, an{* keep the listless jaw from falling. tarboosh, cocked up decently so as to hide the nakedness of the from falling. The tarboosh, cocked up decently so as to hide the nakedness of the head, conceals the ? J11 back of the skull through wfai "bas Agha's brains spattered messily a of hours before. Mohammedans con<?i er it unpolitic and indecent to uncover "■ead in th<. presence of strangers or stiP61"1^8* We only see the tired expression on 0 dead face of the Grand Vizier's assaesi11- WHAT BEADLY HAPPENED. Grand Vizier's assaesi11- WHAT REALLY HAPPENED. The telegra-pbed accounts—none of which

BASTINADOING A PRISONER IN TEHERAN. Though not so atrocious as some forms of torture, this, as practised in Persia., may kill the victim. The executioners whip the soles of the victim's feet. Sometimes the process is continued until the flesh is peeled off the little bones.

Abbas Agha, the assassin, strung up for public I execration a couple of hours after he had murdered tho Gran-l Vizier shot himself. -==-

DISORDER IN TURKE. BULGARIAN GOVERNMENT BLAMED. The following semi-official statement, was issued at Belgrade, and according to trust- worthy Macedonian information the Bul- garian Revolutionary Committee has not ceased its operations. Public opinion here considers all theee orgamisations to be the work of the Bulga,rian Government. M. Natchovitch, late Bulgarian Diplomatic Agent at Constantinople, openly accuses the former Premier, General Petroff, of assisting the committee, for which reason he was nnable to bring about thoroughly frien-oly relations between Bulgaria and Turkey. According to authentic reports, Boris Sarafoff is still organising bands under the auspices of the Government. A few days ago he organised a band of twelve men who are alleged to belong to the regular Army, and safely transported them into the Palanka district. A second body of 28 men, under Arnaltoff, is awaiting an opportunity of safely crossing the frontier into Mace- donia. At the beginning of September a Bulgarian band attacked the Servian town of Oulot- sane and carried off an old Servian resident named Trifun Ristitch, the father of six children, into the woods in order to Induce I him and his followers to go over to Bulgaria. Part of the population of the Kotsane dis- trict is terror-stricken. The Bulgarian Com- mittee has received new instructions from headquarters to attack and kill the Turkish residents. In the towns of Vitosha and Jistibanye many Turks have been killed. Important letters have been seized, accord- ing to which the murder of Hilmi Pasha and other prominent Turks was planned.—Press Association Foreign Special.

MISSING RELATIVES. i £ This column is open for genuine cvaw of Missing Relativee only, but not for runaway husbands and wives. Persons inquiring must write very distinctly, and erprcsa themselv-es clearly in giving par- ticulars, and must state relationship. The, fnll name and address of inquirers must be given for publication in each instance, Foreign and Colonial papers are requested to oopy. —— =—_

ATTRILL (E. H.), went to seek for work Sep- tember, 1906, last hoard of Beceton, Notts. Inquirer, Nelly, 39, North. Front, South- ampton. BROWN (Albert Edward), left, mother's house June 24, 1896, for South Africa, last heard of by his brother Will (now dead). Iu- quirer, mother, Ann Jones, 14, Ortzen- street, Nottingham. CHANDLEPu (Laura), aged 24, adopted by late Mrs. Newlove, of Osiborne-streot, Hull, and sent to Canada 1892, had dark curly hair, blue eyes, fair complexion. Inquirer, moth or, now Ki,izabe,th Harrisora, 3, EhoT-plaoe, Port-er^-street, Hull. DAVIS .-P--Iv,te Fred Davis (No. 8,293), let Battalion King's Own, Yorks Lig'ht Infan- try, II" Company, Egberts Heights, Pre- toria, South Africa, seeks mother, now fcolfe'ved to be married again, and last heard of 1898, living in Sydney, New South Wal cs, Australia, as Mrs. Gainer. HARDING (MichiaeJ), last heard of 1887, then in United States Navy on the U.S.S. Charlestown. Inquirer, brother Thomas, 1, Union-road, BykCT, Neweactle-on-Tyne. HUNT—SOiBERTV?.—Ellen J. Hunt, 22, Taff- etroet, Troherbert, Glamorgan, seeks news of father, Daniel Hunt., and sister, Mrs. David Roberts, last heard of Altcona, Alabama, U.S.A. HAWKINS (William Gecrga), late of 14th Hu-3-sars, left home for Cardiff in April last. Inquirer, wife, 6, Ohurch-terrace, Lo,wer-road, Erath, Kent. JOHNSON.—Mr. Rchy Johnson, 8, High-street, Neath, is anxious to know the where- a,bouta of his three sisters, Clara, Dena, and Annie, last heard of Sheffield, 1901. JOHNSON (Stephen), last heard of New Zca- hrnid. Inquirer, grand-nephew, son of Mary Ann Frowen, maiden ra-ine Black- burn, of Worksop. Address, 78, Wilton- gardens, Masibro, Rotherhajn, Yorks. KEITH (Mrs. Andrew), left Swansea in Sep- tember. Inquirer, brotheivin-law, J. M. Y. Keith, Howheck House, West Hartlepool. M>crILW AIN-.M ULIWY McCLELL-AX. — Mrs. Mulroy, or sister, Matilda McOlwain, and Mrs. McOIellan., last heard of Nantucket, I/OT!'g Island, Now York, USli. Inquirer, brother, Samuel Mellwain, Mill Cottage, Egg Buckland, near BrowrMll, Devon. TOWNSEND (Charles), native of Ashbrook, Gloucestershire. Laeit heard of May 26, 1892, at Florence, Douglas County, eb- raska, U.S.A. Inquirer, Richard Town- Bsnd, Rook Villa, Croesway Green, Chcp- stow. Monmouthshire. TREMBRE I,J,ohn), last heard of a.t Lisimore, P.O., Richmond River, Now South Wales. Mot-ner seeks. Address, Mary Ann Tre- mere, 1, Rosodown Cottage, Hart-land, Devon. WOOD (Mrs., formerly Hannah Woodtnain) Last heard of London 1885, relatives sup- posed living in Burford. Inquirer, son, Herbert. Address, Church-street, Birling- ham, v7 orcestershire.

WEDDING OF SHERLOCK HOLMES. SIR CONAN DOYLE'S QUIET MARRIAGE. Sir Arthur Oonan Doyle was married very quietly on Wednesday afternoon at St. Mar- garet's Church, Westminster, to Miss Jean Lockie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James B. Deckle, of Globe House, EIackhoath. So anxious was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle that thore ohould not be a crowd at the wedding that the namo of the church at which the cereanony was to take place was kept a strict secret, and only the near relatives and a few very intimate friends of both families were present. The church was decorated with white flowers and tall palms, and the ceremony was conducted by the Rev. Cyril Angell, of St. Augustine's Church, Vic- toria Park, brother-in-law of the bridegroom. Punctually at a quarter to two the bride and her father arrived at the church, and were met in the porch by little Master Bran- ford Angell (nephew of the bridegroom), who acted as page, and the two bridemaids, Miss Lily Loder-Symonds and Miss Leslie Rose The bride wore a gown of solver tissue, veiled wtih ftoe Spaaiah i-icdily cutitopo'idjer&d in pea.rls., wi-tti a long trctia of emboeoed orepe de cbiuo, ttumed bode a>t on-e corner witli .a, ltLrge lovers' knot of rliiifon and a horsoshce of orange-blossoms. ;?iie wore a white tulle veal over a wreath of real orange-flowers and carried a bouquet of wliioe exotics. Captain Hay Doyle, E.A., brother of the bridegroom, acted as best masi. Mrs. Ledkie held a reception after the ceremony at the Whitehall Rooms, Hotel Mctropole. and later in the afternoon Sir Arthur and Lady Conan Doyle left for the Continent. The bride travelled in a oost-ume of cream-faced cloth. The skirt was trimmed with deep white silk military braid, and the bodice softened with white lace and touches of gold.

GURKHA LOYALTY. The Standard's LUCKDOW oorrespondent telegraphs: An impressive scene. andTt ?he same time a striking instance of Gurkha ^9 PrOVlded here at the celebration Of D^lh? htn vwrsary of the si<?ee and fa11 g Edward's Own Gurkha k 'k ..10, went through the Mutiny. From each battalion one company marched to the Iront of the regiment and repeated the oath of loyalty to the King-Emperor, and then one from each of the two oompe,niee advanced! a.nd touched the Royal Boeptre given to the regiment by the King. The sceptre was held by a veteran Gurkha omoer.

WEEK BY WEEK. LIGHTER SIDE OF CURRENT EVENTS. A seal 8ft. 3in. and 6ft. in girth has i-tiet been caught off Aberdaron. Mr. M'Kenna will live in history as the Cabinet Minister who assured the House Gammons that 17 is the mean of 19 and 34. October 12 is the date on which the next sitting of the Welsh Church Commission is due. Dir anwyl," exclaimed a countryman when he saw a number of Buffaloes wearing their chains of office enter a Carmartliea hostelry, "here's the German band coming. "Young Moore's Almanack" contains a pretty peep into the future: Jan. 17 Th. Horses abolished 1927. „ 18 F. Mr. Lloyd-George abolished 1909. Pioture-post cards are unconsciously funny sometimes. One called the Gortedd procession is a photograph of a number of policcmen [!!) marching past. St. Ninian, after whom the future member for Cardiff is named, did yeoman service In e\ angelising Scotland in the fifth century. At least 51 churches in the North are dedicated to him Overheard in a Cardiff bar: A great Docks- man orders whisky and Perricr, and asks, LS the Perrier fizzes out, "Is that off the ice?" "Yes, sir," says the barmaid, "it's never been Oll." A correspondent says tha.t the most incon- gruous thing he saw last week was ft perspiring Cardiff man mopping his fore- head and asking a group of Weston trippers in flannels for all order for Christmas cards. A pushful German student at Newport can- not understand v.'hy the fine stret.ches of mud seen from the River Usk bridgo are K.t exploited for mud-baths. He thinks that with a tortuous Teutonic name Newport might become a health report. Ach-y-fl. I Conway Honey Fair has just been held. This fair has been an annual event in tna quaint little North Wales borough lot" hundreds of years. In the Middle Ages Conway honey was highly esteemed for if flavour and aroma, which the bees secured from the heather of the surrounding country- side. Cabmen are more frequently known for their richness of language than of voice. Andrew Jon-cs, of Bangor, is, however, an exception. He is a tenor of great promise. His fellow-citizens .ayo taken agrea-t interest in him, and Dr. Soland report on his progress is such that Mr. Jones is to be sent to the Royal Academy. A curious link with the past has i',1.t transpired, viz., that a certain sum of money (£400) left for the benefit of an Anglesea charity had been lost in the" South < Sea Bubble" of the early eighteenth century. This sum, which would have been now available for education, is, it seems, to be made up by a generous donor. The Joneses' record which appeared in thiS column some days ago pales into insignifi- cance by the experience of the Abertridwr Council Schools. These schools have had eleven assistant masters—all named JoneS. and three of them are at present there employed. Never in its history has tlle school had a male assistant with any otbef name than Jones. Sir Alfred Thomas, M.P., celebrated ha sixty-seventh birthday on Monday, and hIS fellow-Baptists cordially wished him ma happy returns of the day at the Cardiff City-hall during the evening. The secret wS let out by Principal Edwards, and it 18 interesting to note that Mrs. Edwards cele- brated her natal day on the same date. Bot& are friends of long-standing, and for years past have met to congratulate eac*1 ether on September 16. Lord Wimtorne has lot his shootings Glencarron, in Western Ross-shire, for the present season to Mr. D'Arcy Hartley. 01 Cborlton Hall, Malpas. Glencarron is criibed as one of the wettest spots in Highlands, with a yearly rainfall of The scenery, however, is grand and wild aD the sport excellent. About 50 stags are annually. A peculiar advantage of carron is the private railway station. tllred minutes' walk from the lodge. h The demand for houses in the ^relfv mining valleys often far exceeds the supP^' and is productive of much discomfort- it. many oases people bespeak a house as is were from the time the fonndation-et°cf^r laid, paying a small sum monthly i11 0" as to ensure possession as tenants as Soot, ler eit the premises are ready! People wbC lc"t cannot or will not do this may be to waiting for years; one person kno<^ „ writer of this note has been wait1'1" i for seven years, and is still \insucce6<Bl a I-t huts been Mt to lAanwrtyd W«ll0 to 9> stew Moa la b»«m>Tie. On tb« rrnTf nw iuu dn. t as tlvat held for the benefit of St. James-j, Church five wee kittens KUCII as only Louia ttain can depict h:ld been found too rich a feline store for one family, and had beea dropped into that purest o-f trout atre?j% £ i the River Irfon. But a looal lady, gv# as she was sympathetic, quickly got$es of fished out, and, tying neat little W* Is blue round their necks, sent them hamper of straw to the bazaar, jgt ticketed as "Saved," they were sold half-a-orown each- 00 In the course of his addreas to the J.ar¡:. gathering in the New Forest the other Mr. Lloyd-George was delightfully sta^.v0 by a voice crying out in his own V) tongue, "Clywch, clywch!" ("Hear, Turning to the chairman, the distinguish statesman remarked that he was g^a4 „<} find that an ancient Briton still remain in the Forest. This evoked a vi??1"0 "Clywch, clywch!" from a trio of in the crowd, whereupon Mr. Lloyd-Ge°'^ observed, amid much laughter, that Saxon friends had better beware. looks," added he, as if it is yet going to a case of the survival of the fittest." Mr. Alan Stepney-Guls-ton, J.P., of wydd, has had privately printed and c! culated amongst the members of the Ca marthenshire Antiquarian Society and Fie- Olub a little book in commemoration of hi year of office as president. It contains, amongst other interesting matter, a precis of the club's d-ings since its commencement, and whioh shows that.v^uaWe work ha* ilroiriv been accomplished. The pamper cy Mr Joon Wa-rd. F.B.A.. of CardIff, on the Roman station at Gwmbrwyn, which appeared in Arohffio'ogia Ca.mbrensis," has also been re-printed in extenso, with all it3 plans and other illustrations. One of the plates is of special interest: it represents the f«eze f. ST vRhys a-p Thomas's **<i6te*d Derwydd, with a carving of that great Welsh- man on his war-horse. In the sale paddocks Last week there were M^T8 !en't by the executors of the late :n Ooyle, of Crickhowcll. 'Pegasus, of the World," says that am.ong this lot Rosaline, with a filly fo..Il bir f ^usquiri, went to Mr. Simon Harrison 900?s. This mare, it may be int^rc^t1^ ^"f all, was presented by Mr. J. B. Joel he Fresh Air Fund Sale of Horses, and follJL buyer in Mr. W. Allison, of the Cobf1 jt k'tud. I forget the exact price paid, was something under £ 50. However, 0'" ^j. the care of Shipley she took to growing, the following year Mt. Doyle bought her 'S 200gs. On Friday afternoon the mare her yearling made 1.,A0gs. Perhaps I !J> 0 Doyle's executors might feel inclined f make a donation to the Fresh Air .¡o'u11.d '1 the matter were brought to their notice- If know, at all events, that poor Doyle hi in". would have done so had he been still 'WIt. us." Just as St. Patrick was "I id to have b',Illllo" snakes from Ireland, St. David was SllPpoEed to have for ever banished them beyond the Monk e Dyke, which runs round ppnher^ Eock, a couple of miles or so from St. David' But for many years serpents have to crawl a good deal nearer to the cathedra1' Nor is Ramsey (Ynys Dewi) altogether .mm une from reptiles. Lizards are 're' quen y seen there, and last Monday a corrc" spondent came across a slow-worm, °f slorwm, as it is called dowT1 West NoJ very long ago a number of promin^0. eneviana found on landing.on the North Bisno-p s Rook a specimen of the local a,dde which must have been carried out to th rock by a sea-bird. The reptile is now pre- served by Mr. Jay at St. David's. The tat: I^aniel Symmons, of Fishguard, once made telling reference to the slow-worm in a Perance sermon. After showing how wif, and strong drinks were, in the language Scripture, like the serpent and the adder, B added, "And pop and lemonade are not Ullc better. They are slow-worms, too" ( sicrwms yw rheina, hefyd"). Little England beyond Wales" is steadily advancing in musical matters. T'wo choirs from Pembrokeshire competed in second choral event at the Swansea Nation^ Eisteddfod, viz., Narberth and Pembr0" Dock, and the prize was carried ofF by tb latter. Pembroke Dock Choral Society ig present about 130 strong. It is a nermaHPf' organisation, and during the winter moot; practices regularly twice a week. Oratorio* aro produced at intervals, and the oho1 always proves a great draw. Very people thought that Pembroke Dock vv",jid prove victorions, for theire Welsh ohoirs a1*: reckoned to be invincible. One of the pieces, He saved them out of their "is* tresses," was also the test piece at fordwest, Llandilo, and Oarmarthen Eisted fodau. At Haverfordwest Narberth won- Pembroke Dock was second. At LlandJ Pembroke Docik was first, Llandilo Narberth did not compete. At Ca-nrm^ a Llandilo won, Pembroke Dock came 'n very clo»e second, and Narberth was th" The Pembroke Dock Society is now eag^r y looking forward to the first opportunity competing in the chief chora-l event at National. This year is the first time a °bo« from Pembroke Dock has gained hononrs the National at all. •; fa

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THE RAILWAYMEN'S RESOLVE. Seldom has an announcement from a Labour leader been awaited with so much interest as the announcement which Mr. Richard Bell, M.P., made to a meeting of railwaymen in Manchester. It contained the decision of the executive of the A.S.R.S. as to the next step to be taken in what has come to be known as the all-grades movement. The railway companies have firmly and emphatically declined to recognise the society In view of this blank refusal, the executive of the A.S.R.S. were met with a serious diffi- culty. After some deliberation .J)1ey decided to take a ballot of the members of the society as to whether or not there should be a strike in order to compel the companies first to recognise the society and then to grant the various demands set forth in the ambitious all-grades pro- j gramme. This was the decision which; Mr. Bell announced. Now that it has been made public it will not occasion much astonishment or alarm. There were only two courses for the executive to adopt: either to abandon further negotiations and drop the agita- tion, which would have meant the crumbling to pieces of the A.S.R.S., or to take a ballot on the question of a strike. There could never have been any ques- tion of issuing notices immediately to cease work in a month's time. Even the A.S.R.S. could scarcely be guilty of such. folly. But the ballot is the only logical; sequel to all the fanfaronade which the country has had to put up with in con- nection with the all-grades movement. There is no harm in taking a ballot. It; postpones the issue, and, what is much more important, it will force the mem- bers of the A.S.R.S. to seriously con- sider whether they have a ghost of a chance in a struggle with the railway companies. Their wits will be sharpened ) by the approach of winter, a strike in the fall of the year being the worst of tactical blunders. Railwaymen know very well what has happened before and what will probably happen again. Of course, if the worst comes to the worst and the members of the society are called out on strike, it may be taken for granted that a very large percentage of the 97,000 will remain at work. There are thousands of men—hardworking, industrious men- who have been in the employ of the com- panies for many years, who feel that their employment and their good pros- pects of obtaining a fair pension are far more to them than anything that the A.S.R.S. can secure. Those men will remain loyal to the companies. After all, the A.S.R.S. membership amounts to considerably less than half the number of men employed on the rail- ways, so that it cannot be claimed as even a dominant factor in the situation. The funds are less than £ 180,000, so they will not last long. Whichever way a railway- man looks at it, the prospect of a success- ful strike is practically hopeless. A strike would do an immense amount of damage; it would be tremendously unpopular with everybody; and it would be useless. When they have their ballot- papers before them we hope the railway- men will carefully weigh the pros, and cons before voting. +

Morals of Swansea. It would appear that the magisterial campaign of extinction against licensed houses in Swansea has not met with that success in reforming the morals of the town which the magistrates anticipated. At any rate, a few of the latter who were called upon on Monday to deal with a long list of cases of inebriety made an appeal to the licensed victuallers to help them in the prevention of drunkenness. Mr. James Livingstone, a well-known temperance gentleman, who was on the bench, said the magistrates ought to get more assistance from those who kept public-houses. After the wholesale manner in which the magistrates recently "abolished" licensed property in Swan- sea, this is asking rather a lot; but the truth is that in the lioensed victuallers the magistrates have much stronger allies than they seem to be aware of in keep- ing people sober. Human nature, the thought of self-preservation alone, makes the licensed victualler extremely cautious in supplying drink. The law is so strict that he cannot, as a mere matter of busi- ness, run the risk of allowing drunken- ness, still less of supplying intoxicated people. It is scarcely fair for the magis- trates to suggest that the long list of cases with which they have to deal on Monday mornings is due to the licensed victuallers' carelessness. If the truth were known, we daresay a good many of eee cases could be traced to private drinking shops, which have come into exis ence as one result of the wholesale p ubl k>ho u ses pr°perly hceUSed Aberystwyth's Bear Garden. bJ^at^JT*^ T°wn Council hart, 1 sentativeonthrTe^ittSXmVcSmt; j citizen Irmyid^lstrators of his new citizen army- lhe very idea of the 1 Aberystwyth Corporation appointing a representative on the County Association is almost sufficient to bring contempt upon the whole scheme. Perhaps it would do a lot of good if every member of this quarrelsome corporation were compelled to join the Territorial Army in order to take lessons in discipline. It is really time that Aberystwyth took strong measures to remove this public nuisance and in the approaching municipal elec- tions we hope it may be possible to secure the removal of the gentlemen who habitually use objectionable language at council meetings. Unfit Pupil Teachers. Nobody can be surprised that there are more unfit pupil teachers in Glamorgan- shire than there ought to be. Having regard to the manner in which the local education authority treat the teachers, the wonder is that there are any pupil teachers at all. The county education committee on Tuesday discussd the grievances of the Pontypridd teachers, who have declined to teach at the evening continuation schools because their grievances have not been redressed, Some of these grievances certainly seem to be of an objectionable character, and the education committee should take steps to remove them. Some better arrangement for paying the teachers the salaries due to them is essential. After being promised salaries in two portions, one at Christmas and the other at the close of the session, it is rather rough to keep them waiting for three or four months. The county authority cast the blame upon the local committees, but this is hardly satisfactory to the teachers, whose object, naturally, is to get their money as soon as it becomes due to them. We do not know what the mysterious Form 803 which has to be filled up before salaries are paid may be, but we strongly suspect that it belongs to the red-tape and blue paper chaos which threatens to smother the Glamorganshire Education Committee, Alderman T. J. Hughes and C alL

londojTietteil 1 A COLUMN OF INTEREST TO ALL OUR READERS. LONDON, Thursday. According to information which has reached we there is excellent reason for a coolness^ w-hich is alleged to exist between King Edward and the Czar. Although the family ties are so close, the Czar is the only European Monarch who has not personally greeted King Edward since his accession to the Throne. The story that the King desired to visit the Czar in St. Petersburg, but was put off on the ground that it was not safe; may be dismissed from consideration as wholly apocryphal. Nevertheless, it is remarkable that no opportunity for a meeting has been arranged. King and Czar might have met a week or two ago as easily as Kaiser and Czar did. It has not been forgotten, either, that when the Dowager-Empress of Russia came over to visit her august sister King Edward went away a day or two before her arrival. If there be any coolness, I am assured it is due to King Edward's dis- approval of the half-hearted way in which the political crisis in Russia has been met. A thorough Constitutionalist, King Edward would have wished the Czar to face the crisis boldly, to meet revolution by a free Constitution, and to frankly and loyally trust his people. Instead of that, a very restricted Consti- tution was offered to the people in a half-hearted way, and was so hesitat- ingly administered as to become unwork- able. It is believed the Czar himself would have trusted tho people, but the Grand Ducal influence was too strong and thwarted his wishes. Hence the dismal failure of the two Dumas. LATE BARON ALDENHAM. Baron Aldenham, who has died in his eighty-eighth year, had long been one of the most rcspect-ed of City magnates and an honoured supporter of Conservatism. He only sat in Parliament for a year, but his two sons sat in the House of Com- mons for many years and rendered useful service. The new peer, Mr. Alban Gibbs, sat for the City for fourteen years, and gave up his^ seat to Mr. Balfour last year. Mr. icary Gibbs was as magna- nimous in another way,' but with le6s success. He entered Parliament in the same year as his eider brother, and, after sitting for St. Albans for twelve years, resigned in 1904. on account of a tech- nical disqualification connected with a Government contract. To the surprise of everyone, he was defeated by Sir J. B. Slack, and since then has not re-appeared in Parliament. in Parliament. A WEDDING MYSTERY. The mystery of the Fell wedding, which created so great a sensation in the social and political world twelve months ago, has not exactly been solved, but concluded in the most satisfactory way. The "Times" of Saturday contained the double announcement of the wedding at Wimbledon of both the daughters of Mr. Fell. But we are still without the explanation of why the marriage of the younger was postponed suddenly on the very morning a year ago. Mr. Fell, who attained some popularity by the spirited way in whi-ch he successfully resisted a petition to unseat him for Yarmouth, nad decided that his younger daughter should be married in his constituency, should be married in his constituency, although the family residence is at Wim- bledon. Yarmouth appreciated the com- pliment, and great efforts in the way of decorations and entertainments were made to do honour to the occasion. On the morning of the day fixed for the ceremony Mr. Fell made the simple announcement that it was postponed. No reason was then or ever has been given. Not a word was said on the part of the "happy man," Mr. Whitehead, an officer in the Indian Army. But the postponed wedding has now taken place, and Mrs. Whitehead's sister, who was to have been bridemaid a year ago, was married at the same time. And yet novelists are reproved for being improb- able! RIVALS TO BRIDGE. France is going to send us a revival of old games for the approaching winter. In Paris they have been revived for the benefit of guests who do not play at bridge, and if they keep our people from too much bridge an essential service will have been rendered to.6ociety. One of the most diverting of th« revived games is "Silhouettes." The feirgej* the party the greater the fun. The mechanical 'apparatus is a large white screen, cutting off one section of the room. A powerful lamp throws a strong light on it. The players are divided into two sections. The larger body, say two- thirds, sit in front of the screen. The smaller section pass behind it, trying to disguise themselves by making grimaces and changing clothes. They have to pass along so that their shadows' are clearly reflected on the screen. Those in front have to guess the names of the shadows. At each failure there is a forfeit. When one section has passed it is relieved by another, and so on. Boats," said to have been invented by a great diplomatist, brings out roars of laughter. It is simply the statement of a problem. The players sit in a circle, and the first one has this case put before him, that, being in a shipwreck with two friends, it is possible to save only one. Which one? is the question the victim has to answer. The greatest skill is exercised in selecting names which shall cause the victim the utmost embarrass- ment and so increase the mirth at hia expense. The players have to face the ordeal in succession in the order in which j they sit round the circle. I A/MYSTERIOUS VISITATION. A mysterious, but, happily, not serious, visitation is affecting many Londoners. It takes the form of an eruption of small red spots on the upper part of the body. They cause some dis- comfort, particularly. in some instances, where they have been preceded by an ulceration of the mouth. Cooling medicine and gentle fomentation with some antiseptic usually relieve the trouble after a few days. Doctors admit that they cannot diagnose these attacks. One eminent authority frankly stated that he did not know what it was, but had a suspicion that it was a mild form of an Eastern disease that had been wafted over here by the east winds which have prevailed all the summer, and have been hot and continuous for tho last week or two. IF THESE IS A STRIKE. If the railway strike takes place, which is improbable, the strikers hope for success because of the public incon- venience that will be created. That is just where they are wrong. The public will resent this, and will do all they can to help the companies. The latter, on the other hand, are taking measures to s^u,re» *n the first place, the public irS 1 y> .an<i, in the second place, that as j as possible be caused. Nevertheless, the public would otloe Sacnfices- ln the first stonnerl trains would be ^r<^lnary trains would be reduced m number, and the eneed of expr,ess trains redu"'d, but boat trains woqld run as usual. Suburban traffic would suffer somewhat from the necessity of keeping mam lmes for mSTTne traffic, and I assume that eoods + would have to take its chance Thes^ precautions would be taken, not because there is any likelihood of a shortage of hands, but in order that no risk might be run while the new hands were becoming accu-stomed to their work. When I say new hands, the term is used relatively The new hands would be mostly porters, cleaners, and labourers to re-place men who would be promoted to vacancies in the more responsible and better-paid positions. MB. HERBERT PAUL'S ILLNESS. Mr. Herbert Paul, whose prolonged illnew everyone regrets, haa always impressed me as one of a highly-strung temperament who, probably, overworked himself. He is one of the very few men in Parliament who take pains with their speeches, and is, therefore, always worth listening to. He was very little in the House for the last few months of the session, and we are told that it will be two months before he is fit for work. In the meantime, Mrs. Paul has done wisely in putting forth an explicit assurance that her husband not intend to resign his eoat.

TRAGEDY OF PERSIA. HOW THE PREMIER WAS MURDERED. Mail advices just to hand from Teller an show that the assassination of the Prime; Minister of Persia on the 31st of August, already briefly notified by Router, was an event of greater significance than the bolated telegrams announcing it would seem to imply. The special correspondent of the Western Mail" at the Persian capital writes that th, man who fired the shot was no mere hireling thug or a fanatical ghazi, but a young- gentleman, of the middle elwsseB-the