Evening Express

TO-DAY'S WEATHER. Tie forecast of the weather throughout the West of Englaud anal >ontU Wales for to-day (Tuesda*) is as foliews:-N.W. to N, winds, falling moderate r light; fair.

WEEK'S TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL. The following table gives the temperature and rainfall at Cwrt-y-Vil. Penarth, for 24 hours, as read at 9.0 a.m., and entered to the preceding day. Xempeeattirf. DiT*. I— RilWrjLLL | Mar. | Min. Mean Tuesday 12 70 54 62-0 "00 Wtdn-sday 13 69 £ 4 615 *03 Taursdny 14 68 <8 58 0 "00 Friday 15 86 55 70-5 *25 Saturday 16 69 52 60*5 *00 Sunday 17 70 55 6 ^5 "00 Monday 18 65 53 59 0 02

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PQWDERANDSHOT. If the war fever continues the publishers of the Express" will need to apply for a battalion of Volunteers to aid them in their duties. There were bitter words spoken in our publishing department yesterday, when an important Transvaal edition was nearly left upon the publishers' hands because a dozen or more of the principal street distributors were missing. Great Kruger! Where are the Boers?" howled the man at the counter as the riotous printing machines piled up the newspapers before him. Where are the Bors?" he cried in his excitement. He meant to have said boys," but in a crisis of that sort the best are guilty of a lapsus linguae. A minute later a steady tramp was heard outside, and a dozen youth3 marched in. They lined up at the counter, and saluted our man in mili- tary fashion. They were attired in full Militia uniform. They were the biggest of the news- paper brigade, and behind them trooped the remaining urchins in a juvenile, admiring, enthusiastic crowd. The twelve, saluting, turned on their heels and marched for the door again, in Indian file, with exaggerated military tread. They left behind them a disconsolate troop of street-sellers, at war with Providence because they were not also big enough to be Militiamen. When our startled man woke up his boys and heard the shrill cry of Express again in the streets he had time to discover the meaning of the visit. The twelve had read the Transvaal crisis in the newspapers they used to sell, and had straightway banded them- selves together and left the trade," and marched to the bar/acks and enlisted. This visit, then, was their melodramatic farewell to the "Express." Good luck to them! We have heard from "Express" boys who have joined the Army in years past, and they have written from posts on foreign service and con- fessed how in their new sphere they re-called in playful mood the days when their shrill cry of Here ye are, sir! Latest war!" was heard in Cardiff streets. Unless the Cardiff Militia be ordered to the front, though, some young warriors will be disappointed. • •••«• We are in receipt of a cheering note from the Cardiff Workhouse, signed by a man describing himself "Naturalised Inmate." After expressing the usual thanks for the publicity given the workhouse question, he sums the resulting changes up thus:—"We have changes for the better. Now we have no small worthlebs selections of potatoes, as has ap- peared for years; and on certain days there is, in accordance with dietary table, a fair supply of vegetables. This was formerly a matter of chance. Formerly the gruel party occupied seven benches of six or seven men each. Now we have four benches to accommo- date from twelve to sixteen men, so we have about 70 per cent. of the gruel party trans- ferred to the tea party. Amongst these is a Turk, a Yank, some crippled and deformed, who have had tha' luxury of this gruel for years. The small batch remaining consists of men variously afflicted—some, it is hoped, only temporarily, two deaf and dumb, and a few who may be put down as migratory. If the Almighty afflicts these as the result of their own imprudence the guardians or their repre- sentatives do right in keeping them on gruel, but where is the guardian who can point to these men and say, 'Your evil imprudence brought you here'? How did these humane gentlemen come to the conclusion that it is the deserts of these unfortunates to be paupers? Of the men on gruel only one man gets the great extra meal '6oz. bread and 2oz. cheese) mentioned. The other men getting an extra meal (about fourteen in number) are on tea. Of the women I know nothing. The visiting inspector did not introduoe himself publicly, nor did he speak of complaints when in the dining-hall. If your commis- sioner is ever obliged to come here again he may notice many improvements. The dormitories that contain twenty, accord- ing to the inspector, are only to have fifteen, and it the lavatory he w:ll find towels, as formerly, but what! He will find hairbrushes and combs, and in the dining-hall more time for food and a second supply of water. The same old grace and prayers, but clean spoons instead of the terrible old ones." These poor folk are easily pleased—that is very evident. But the reform is not complete. Like the Boers, the guardians wait for an ult:matum, and see little yet except their own case. The poor Uitlander in the workhouse wishes him- self still in Johannesburg for preference. • • m m m m m Official figures relating to immigration show us that up to the end of the last month over 10,000 aliens have come into Great Britain to stay. The general average is given as a thou- sand new invaders every month. This steady and rapid increase of our penniless population would ere this have led to terrible results but for the fact that under our wiss home system the nation fairly balances itself. We already enrol a mighty army of foreigners (mostly the riff-raff of the Continent) amongst the British nation—and still they oome in a steady 6tream. They would fill the poorest quarters of our cities to overflowing, they would lie dead and dying in our streets, but for the excellent facilities of re-placing British men provided for them. Every month a thousand of our own race are starved out of England to make room for them. Thus it comes that Britain must look to her Colonies. We do not see the gradual changing of our nation at home. for the process is spread over such a wide field that the result is impercep- tible except to the victims themselves. Yet the insidious movement is progressing surely. It is but a matter of time. Though an indi- vidual may say lightly, "My turn has not eome!" he will scarcely feel so happily on the matter when he reflects that his turn passes to posterity, and may fall upon his children or his children's children. Daring a pros- perous season, when the swarm of aliens is the greatest, the bread they take out of British mouths is not quickly noticed. But let the tide of prosperity turn-" it has turned time ¡ and acrain, and will turn yet—and what will the victims do then? Great Britain is the Canaan of the foreigners. How long can it last? We see the effect of alien immigration very plainly in the deplorable condition of the f British seaman's occupation. The evil that it 1 has wrought in one trade is just as easily wrought in every other. It is a mere matter ) of time. To what extent are we prepared to give this foreign army power and dominion over us? When the day arrives on which un- checked immigration shall have filled our land with foreigners, shall the British Parliament then be dominated by the alien voice? British are treated in the land of the Boers as foreigners, and so fearful is the Boer of a state of things in his land which we carelefsly contemplate in curs that he keeps down the Uitlanders with an iron hand. Whatever the issue of our quarrel with the Boer may be. the day will come for our future generations when Transvaal history will repeat itself in our own land. This may seem a far-fetched and idle prophecy. This is a careless genera- tion in Great Britain. But let any man work the thing out in figures from the immigration statistics just issued, and the result will be a revelation. «••••• It is pleasant to turn from the forebodings forced upon us by our latest foreign problem to the merriment which knew no Transvaal trouble in the Cardiff Theatre Royal last night, when one of the largest Monday night audiences of the year laughed time away over the vagaries of the Trip to Chinatown." It is a long day since this merry musical farce con- vulsed London at the Strand and Toole's. The Strand-the home of farcical comedy-has since given us such merry masterpieces as What Happened to Jones," but the old Trip to Chinatown is ever new. Its rejuvenation was evident from the laughter which rang through the house from the first rise of the curtain to its final fall. The freshness of the piece was due to the colouring given it by Mr. Gilbert Tate's special company-one of the brightest companies the Royal has seen this year. The programme announced new songs, new dances, aew duets, everything up to date and right well was the promise fulfilled, even up to the topical Transvaal and Dreyfus allusions. The company proved a large one (there are fourteen characters in the piece), and the sing- ing abilities of the fourteen were of a high order, and brought a greater demand foi encores than playgoers have heard for a long run of musical comedies. • • » • • • • The trip is made principally merry by the exquisite humour of Mr. Wilfred E. Shine as Welland Strong," the American, who believes his days of life are numbered, and who counts the cost of everything by a table of health rules. He was the hero of the evening with his quaint song Don't you know "-a song pheno- menally rich in humour and correspondingly rich in calling down no less than four encores. The Trip to Chinatown is rich all through in the hands of the present company, in fact, and its fame, going forth from the lips of last night's attenders, will draw big houses this week to the Royal. Mr. Harry Fischer made an excellent Ben Gay," and his half hour on the hot brick (a splendidly-worked conceit) kept the house in roars. The piece boasts one of the funniest waiters in the range of comedy- or at least the part was made so by another star, Mr. Tom J. Morton, whose- fun permeated every scene and never flagged for an instant. The company possesses in Mr. Morton and in Mr. O. E. Lennon (" Jones, of Chinatown ") two phenomenal dancers, who, with the sparkling Miss Ettie Carlisle (" Flirt," the French maid), provided the audience with many a treat in that department. The company has so many talents that single ones are difficult to enume- rate. Miss Edith Vane, as the widow, "Mrs. Guyer," made the most of a capital singing part, and in solos, trios, and duets with Messrs. Wilfred Lyndon, Percy York, and Wil- fred Shine the ladies filled the piece with fresh and charming numbers, comic and "sen- timental." The impressions of last night at the Royal would not be complete without reference to the presence of that ever-welcome little Cardiff favourite. Miss Nellie Sheffield, the well-remem- bered "Topsy" of the big pantomime two years ago. Miss Sheffield's visits have been very few and far between since then, but her "Topsy" in "Robinson Crusoe" oarries her a long way in the memory of local playgoers. By the way, she furnished a. very-pretty little interview -at that time in answer to some local attacks made on the stage, for the topic opened by Mr. Clement Scott was hot, and his line found local imitators, whose happy impudence was breezy. Miss Sheffield has not very much to do in the "Trip to Chinatown," but the pre- cocious stripling, "Willie Grow," was pour- trayed with all the piquancy there was in the part. Those who would go to hear her once again in the ooon songs and dances she made locally popular, or in her humorous ditties in "Lord Dunnohoo" more recently, will be disappointed—but the piece is so crammed with good things that it would be difficult even for a greedy audience to find room for more of them. 0 Another Cardiff favourite looms large in the Empire bill this week—Miss Millie Hylton, the. Gaiety songstress and the "Mrs. Drivelii" of "Circus Girl" fame. Miss Millie Hylton has chosen to take her talents to the music-halls, and the halls are the richer for them. She brought a trio of her ditties last night, and met with a big reception at the hands of her play-going friends. The hall was crowded, as u 3ual, and the bill of fare was particularly great. The prime novelty was the bicycle polo team, from the London Empire — a. troupe of crack cyclists who illustrated the fun and excitement to be got out of the game of polo played on bicycles. They proved another fact, however- that bicycle polo is only a game for cyclists of phenomenal cleverness—and, of course, the team is composed of such phenomencns. It was a rare good novelty. Then we had that screamingly funny trio of burlesque artistes, Bunth, Rudd, and Barnard, a pair of South Wales favourites in the Sisters Preston, the quaint and clever musical concerts of the three Albions, the pretty songs of the three Sisters Slater, a couple of good ballads from Miss Lizzie Williams, and Fred Williams's humorous dittiee-a programme which should please the greediest this week. The patrons of the Cardiff Grand have a. return visit from that rare character actor and comedian, Mr. Charles M'Carthy, this week. As "Larry Howard," an ecoentrio member of the New York Fire Brigade, he kept the fun going right through a capital sensational drama, entitled One of the Bravest," as a relief to the tragedy and pathos of a strong piece dealing with the firemen's life. In th:s part of his duty he had an able coadjutor in Mr. W. Cronin, the female impersonator, w!.o played "Mrs. Grogan," a widow with a igit heart, who-as widows do on the stage-kept life going merrily with song and dance. One of the Bravest" should be seen in the amusement-round this week, for it is a piece full of freshness and origi- nality; it depicts novel phases of life amid novel scenes in which move original characters, not the least original of them being Baby Florence, with her songs and dances, as Little Mary Heath," the pride of the firemen, and Mrs. Heath, a w'dow of the persecuted type. The light comedy vein run- ning through the piece is admirable.

THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET. A Central News telegram from Malta on Tuesday says :-The Mediterranean squadron, 25 vessels, left here to-day. They will cruise in the neighbourhood of galonico6 and Lemnos, and will return some time in October;

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THE COMMITTEE AND APPLI- [ CATIONS FOR SITES. The Town-hall Committee 0; the Cardiff Cor- poration met on Tuesday (Alderman Carey in the chair) to consider the borough engineer's plan for the lay-out of Cathays Park, which plan appeared in the Western" Mail of. Saturday last. There was a large attendance. In reply to members, the Town-clerk said the committee were not pledged to anything. Several medubers objected to the large amount of space allotted to the college, and Mr. Veall said the college recreation grounds should be open to the public. The Chairman said that would bevno good to the college. Mr. Vea.11 said the grounds at the back of colleges at Oxford and Cambridge were open to the public. Mr. Fox said they should first decide what buildings should be put on the park. There was a strong feeling current against some of the buildings being located there. The Town-clerk said they had not decided the application of the syndicate for a site for a large hall. Mr. Fox said that had been deferred until they considered the whole question. The Chairman said he understood the syndi- cate had died a financial death. Mr. Fox said they could put a large hall on the site allocated to the drill-hall. He objected to the drill-hall being plaoed. un the park. Mr. Jenkins objected to &1 acres being given to the college. The town had subscribed RIOOOO, and had paid interest at the rate of 4 per cent. on that amount for years. The town had bought that park at a fair price, but it had co-t them money in addition to the price paid, and to allow the college alone six acres for recreation was monstrous. The open spaces of the 1 whole of Grangetown amounted to 2 acres,laxid it was proposed to give one institution alone six acres, or nearly three times as much is the whole of Grange- town. And while the park had been purchased for the use of the public they were now told that these six acres were to be kept sacred to the college. Alderman D. Jones: Who conceived the mon- strous idea of giving the college six acres from which the public would be excluded? The Chairman: The borough. engineer was asked to prepare a plan showing what sites had been requested and how they could be allocated. Alderman E. Beavan hoped they would not allot the college ten acres if the public were to be debarred from using the land. The Chairman said the park had been acquired largely for educational purposes, and they wanted to meet the college fairly and even generously. Mr Fox moved that only sufficient land be allowed for institutions which is actually required for buildings, and that all the land except that occupied by buildings be free and open to the public without barriers of any kind. They had no right to give away any portion of the park except for building. Mr. Jenkins seconded Mr. Fox. Alderman Jones said that whatever buildings were erected they should not be enclosed. The whole park must he open to be traversed by the public. There must be no barricades. Alderman Jacobs said they surely would not object to give an institution such as the college a recreation ground. Alderman D. Jones: Let them go to a cheaper place. Alderman Jacobs: Are you going to make Cardiff an exception to other towns? Alderman Beavan: I object to a monopoly. Alderman Jacobs: It is not a monopoly if they buy the land. Alderman Beavan: We will deal with them generously, but they must not shut the land up. Mr. Ward asked whether Mr. Fox's resolu- tion would affect the recommendation of the borough engineer that the mayor, when enter- taining visitors to the town (philanthropic, scientific, and other societies) should have power to close the road at the back of the Town-hall and use the ornamental gardens for such entertainment. The Chairman thought that the mayor would under Mr. Fox's resolution have no such privi- lege. A variety of resolutions were here proposed -(I) Barricades or no barricades, (2) gates or no gates, (3) dwarf wall or no dwarf wall, (4) should there be an outside wall or not, and so on. The committee got into a tangle over these, and then tried to go by steps, thus-(l) There shall be a dwarf wall and railing around the park. Then Mr. Veall moved that there be no out- side railing, but that the ornamental gardens be enclosed. Members of another committee summoned to meet at eleven (the Town-hall committee having met at ten) here crowded into the room, and The Town-clerk suggested that, as the discus- sion that morning had opened the question, and the committee evidently needed further time to consider the question, the matter be deferred, Mr. Fox objected. They had a good atten. dance that morning, and should go on. Someone moved that the question be deferred, and, this being seconded, was carried by nine votes to two; Mr. Fox: I move that the drill-hall be elimi- nated. The Chairman: The whole question is deferred. Mr. Jenkins (warmly): Then why were we brought here at ten o'clock? It means wasting an hour. The proceedings then terminated.

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TO-DAY'S PROCEEDINGS AT CARDIFF. AFTER-BREAKFAST SPEECHES. In continuation of the gatherings, connected with the autumnal conference of the United Kingdom Band of Hope Union, a breakfast was given at the Town-hall Assembly-room, Cardiff, on Tuesday morning, through the kind- ness of Alderman W. Sanders, J.P., president of the Cardiff i.nd District Union. Alderman Sir Thomas Morel (mayor of Cardiff) and Lady Morel were amongst those present. After the repast there were several speeches. Alderman Sanders, in an address of welcome, turned his attention to the question of work amongst the young, and said that they were too apt to iinder-rate the power of children in understanding what was said to them. Many speakers at juvenile gatherings watered down what was said to thein so much that their remarks were melted down into silly twaddle. When addressing children they should not act as if they were under the impression that they were addressing semi-idiots. The Rev. J. R. Buckley (vicar of Llandaff) said that Cardiff was very cosmopolitan with its welcomes. If the licensed victuallers came to Cardiff for a conference they would find people ready to condole with them and to com- miserate with them for being the most perse- cuted, although the richest, trade in the king- dom. (Laughter.) As to the Band of Htope work, they were all warranted in feeling hope- ful as to the future. They were engaged in a work that had shown good fruits, and they had proved that the benefits to be derived from temperance work amongst the young were enormous. They all hoped and prayed that there might be peace in South Africa, but they would carry on continual warfare against the evil in the land that was destroy- ing countless lives. The Rev. W. R. Maltby (Wesleyan, Cardiff) and Alderman W. White (Birmingham) having given reminiscent addresses, The Lord Mayor of Sheffield (Alderman Clegg) said that they were on the eve of a critical moment for the temperance movement, and it was necessary that they should be careful. A false move at the present time would retard their progress for a great many years. Canon Barker (chaplain to her Majesty the Queen), in the course of an eloquent address, pointed especially to the fact that when a nation was conscious of its pre-eminent wealth and power it was apt to rest content and to forget that there was a moral greatness to be attained. At the present day they found in this country a growing love of luxury and a growing desire to extend the borders of an Empire already great at all costs. It was,' therefore, of the utmost importance that tem- perance workers should feel that they had a disinct mission to combat one of the greatest evils that threatened the land, and to fight the great enemy of mankind. As to the near future, the Lord Mayor of Sheffield had done well to utter a note of warning. Hasty legis- lation, which compromised great principles, was a kind of legislation that would not last. (Loud applause.) There might be easy and simple ways of bringing about momentary results, but if they tampered with their great nrinciples they would throw back their work for a generation, or it might be a century. (Applause.) A vote of thanks to Alderman Sanders was passed with acclamation, and a vote of con- dolence with the family of Mr. S. Hayes, one of the secretaries, who is seriously ill, was carried unanimously.

'UTTERLY SICK OF SERVICE.' A pond on Streatham Common was selected by Annie Gear (a young general ser- vant employed at 13, Bank-parade) as the fittest pool in which to drown herself. There being only four feet of water, however, she was easily dragged out, tearfully explaining to her rescuer that she couldn't agree with her mis- tress's child's nurse. In her pocket was found a piece of paper bearing these words:- Whoever finds my body, if not already dead, leave me alone, and let me die. Do not take me anywhere. I am a general servant and utterly sick of service." She was remanded for inquiries at the South- western Police-court on Monday.

LIGHTING OF CARDIFF. A meeting of the Cardiff Electric Lighting Committee was held on Tuesday morning at the Town-hall, Alderman Carey, J.P., presiding. —The Clerk reported that the chief-constable had consented to allow a number of constables in plain clothes to patrol the streets, with a view of preventing the damage of the eletcric lamps and to detect the offenders.-A.fr. Lewis Morgan asked why Canton Bridge could not be lit with electric light, and the Engineer (Mr. Applebee replied that the "main" had not been extended as far as the bridge—Upon the motion of Mr. Lewis Morgan, seconded by Mr. Fox, it was resolved to extend the main" from Cathedral-road to the bridge, in order that it might be lit up.—In reply to Mr. Evans, the Engineer stated that he was preparing an estimate for the lighting of the whole of Cow- bridge-road.

CARDIFF UNIFORMS COMMITTEE. Councillor Fox presided at a meeting of the Cardiff Uniforms Committee on Tuesday, when arrangements were made for the advertising of contracts for uniforms for the coming year, Mr. A. Good was in attendance in the inerests of "overcoats for the lamp-lighters," and it was agreed that if the lighting committee of the corporation should agree to grant this concession, arrangements should be made with the contractor selected to provide the over- coats. It was stated that the contractors for police clothing last year turned out the overcoats an inch Shorter than the prescribed length, and allowed 910 in the account. It was agreed to ask Mr. F. H. Jotham, J.P., to act, as in previous years, as honorary expert in testing the clothing.

i i. WORKHOUSE FOR SALE. The Local Government Board having issued an order for the dissolution of the Woburn Union, Bedfordshire, to take effect from Sep- tember 29, notices have been published that the workhouse at Woburn, with the outbuild- ings and garden, also tho entire contents, comprising furniture, bedding, and other effects, will be offered for sale at an early date. Fourteen of the parishes of the union are to be absorbed in the Ampthill Union, and three in that of Leighton Buzzard, and the indoor paupers will be transferred to the workhouses of those unions.

THE CARLISTS IN SPAIN. A Renter's telegram from Madrid on Tuesday says:Senor Silvela returned to Madrid yes- terday. The Premier has stated that owing to the division in their ranks the Carlists have for the time being abandoned all their schemes.

P PLEA OF DIVINE INSPIRATION. At Tunbr.dge Wells Polioe-court on Monday Alexander Gray, of Bournemouth, who ap- peared in oonrt- wearing the uniform of the Salvation Awny, was summoned for arrears on an order for the maintenance of his wife. Gray said it was the Voice of the Lord" which told him he was not to contribute. The magistrate considered this a poor excuse," and sent accused to prison for a month. On leaving the dock Gray exclaimed, Thank you, gentlemen; may the Lord bless you and give. you salvation."

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REMARKABLE RUSSIAN STORY. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the "Morning Post" says :-Au articles appeared in a recent issue of the "Novoe Vremya" under the heading "A New British Intrigue." LùID this article it appears that Great Britain, not con- tent with the virtual annexation of Egypt and the Soudan, is even, while carrying out her plans for the absorption of the Transvaal and the advancement of her interests in Persia, busily engaged in setting up a Mohammedan pov/er which ;'s to rival that of the Suitan, and is ultimately to be used as a means of menac- ing, if not destroying, Russian authority in Central Asia The puppet Prince selected for this purpose is the Cherif of Mecca. According to the writer of the article, the Cherif has recently received from England a letter stating that the British Government, having decided to invest a certain worthy but impecunious Mohammedan Sheikh with the caliphate of Zeila, on the borders of Somaliland, and recog- nising the Cherif as a descendant of the Prophet and great protector of Islam, con- siders it desirable for the Cherif on the day of the appointment of the new Caliph to issue a manifesto expressing his approval. In return for this service Great Britain will proclaim Mecca and Medina the privd property of the Cherif, will assure to him the greater part of the revenues of the new caliphate, and will defend him by diplomatic means, or even. by force of arms, against the interference of the Sultan or any other foreign Power. It is. per- haps, needless to say that the author of this intrigue is said to be Mr. Chamberlain, who is described in language whicii could not fail to please Mr. Kruger's warmest adherent as a man "without faith, without truth, capable of trampling* under foot every commandment whether of God or man in order to accomplish his purpose of placing Great Britain at the head of the Powers of the world." It is not necessary to discuss a story so pal- pably absurd. It is. however, a little remark- able that the "Novoe Vremya," which claims to be the leading Russian newspaper, should publish it. and even give it prominence.

A NURSES SAD STORY. Mr. Braxton Hicks, coroner, heard a pain- ful story on Monday at Battersea concerning the death of a child nine weeks old, after systematic neglect by its mother. The mother, Miss Margaret Maguire, a young woman, was a trained nurse, certificated from St. Mary's Hospital. Paddington, and owed her downfall to being addicted to drink. She was helplessly drunk for several days after the birth of the child. When in that lamentable state she would carry the infant about the streets head downwards. The baby was scarcely a month old when the mother was found lying in the street, intoxicated, and aimost unconsicous. Finally she was sent to prison for neglect- ing her offspring, and before her imprisonment ended the baby had died in Wandsworth Infir- mary. Probably it would have died sooner but for the kindness of Miss Maguire's land- lady. .The jury thought that the case "fell just short of manslaughter," but Miss Maguire, who was present, was cautioned.

FEMALE PAUPER'S PIPE. A novel report was presented on Monday by Messrs. Mitchell and Wyatt, visiting guardians, to a full meeting of the Christchurch board. The considerate visitors recommended that a certain female pauper, aged 65, should be allowed one ounce of tobacco weekly. They pointed out that she had been habituated to its use, and would be perfectly happy if it were continued. Mr. Hassan suggested that it would be very shocking if the proposal caught on and all paupers took to tobacco. Even- tually the request was granted, on the condi- tion that the pauper does not smoke inside the workhouse buildings.

DEATH UNDER CHLOROFORM On Tuesday morning an inquest was held at Wrexham upon the body of a carpenter, named Cunningham, who died at Wrexham Infirmary whilst chloroform was being administered. Deceased was found on August Bank Holiday lying drunk and unconscious with a fractured jaw, evidently the result of having been run over by a trap. An operation was considered necessary, but he died under the effects of the chloroform.—The jury returned a verdict of death by misadventure.

COALOWNERS' ASSOCIATION AND THE CAMBRIAN COL- LIERIES. An important meeting of the Coalowners' Association of South Wales and Monmouth- shire is being held to-day (Tuesday), under the r-residency of Mr. Henry Martin. We were unofficially informed at lunch-time that no formal information had been received from the Cambrian Collieries Company (of which Mr. D. A. Thomas, M.P., is managing director) for admission into the association, and that when it was made it would be considered. This confirms our statement that only overtures had been made to this end, and evidently with the object of ascertaining whether the com- pany would be acceptable to the general body of members.

Y.M.C.A ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL CLUB. The annual general meeting of the Cardiff Young Men's Christian Association Football Club was held on Monday, when the following officers were elected for the ensuing year:- Captain, Bryce Smith; sub-captain, W. G. Bart- lett; hon. sec. and treasurer, T. Hugh Davies. iTe of the club are very bright, and the fixture list is a particularly strong one, wicluding, as it does, matches with Weston, Bath, Newport. Ebbw Vale, Nelson, Cardiff Uni- versity, Cardiff, Corinthians, Splott, and Mackintosh. The club is also entered in the South Wales League Challenge Cup.

AN OBLIGING COLONEL. The secretary of a Dunfermline cycling club recently wrote to Lieutenant-colonel Hunt, of Pittencrieff and Logie, asking him when he would receive a deputation regarding a pro- posal to lease two acres. The letter was sent to Logie House under the impression that the colonel was in residence, and was forwarded to Aldershot, whence came the reply, written on the back of the club's letter:—"I shall be glad to receive a deputation any time here up to the 17th inst., and afterwards in Egypt."

THE LOTTERY OF LIFE has, we believe more prizes than blanks, though some who have drawn unlucky numbers may perhaps think otherwise. There is one prize which we can all draw for our children, and it will give them the best chance of winning others in the future. It is the prize of a good constitution, sound bone, full brain, strong muscle. Make the ex- periment for yourself, and you will find that HORLICK'S MALTED MILK will bring health to your children if they are ill, while if they are well it will confirm their health and increase their strength. It has rescued many little lives which seemed slipping through the gate of death. Get it from your chemist. Price Is. 6d., 2s. 6d., and 11s. A free sample, with explana- tory matter, will be sent, on application, by Horlick and Co., 34, Farringdon-road, London, E.G. e7453 The Health and Vigour of an Individual depend upon the quantity and quality of the Blocd. When the tissues have been at work there are thrown into the blood waste products, and if these be not eliminated but (through any caitse) detained in the Mood, they influence nutrition and function, and finally produce orgar/ic disease."—" The Humanitarian." In cases of Scrofula. Scurvy, Ecsema, Bad Legs. Skin and Blood Diseases, Pimples and Soree of all kinds, the effects of Clarke's Blood Mixture are marvellous. Thousands of wonderful curee have been effected by it. Clarke's Blood Mix- ture is sold everywhere, at 2s. 9d. per bottle. Beware of worthless imitations and substi. tntes. e1(1 Stevens' Fine Bread. Stevens' Fine Cakes. Stevens' Delicious Pastry. Stevens' French Bread, crisp and nutty. Van will call. •7000

"HANDS ACROSS THE SEA." (New Version.) AN AMERICAN VIEW OF THE TRANSVAAL SITUATION.

CO RON E R CONDEMNS A COMMON PRACTICE. On Monday, at Str PancrA?, Dr. George Dan- ford Thomas inquired ino the death of Peter Thomas }\a.1d0ck, pged nine, son of a salesman, of 12, Cough-street, Gray's Inn-road. Deceased, a schoolboy, was seizad with vomiting and diarrha.^a, for which, medicine was obtained Yrom a medical man, to whom his illness was described. The boy, however, died early on Friday morning. Dr. Savage said that from a posr-mcrtem examination he made of the body he found that death was due to gasLro-intestis. Had deceased been cent to a hospital or infirmary his life might have been saved. The Coroner condemned the practice of pre- scribing medicine without seeing the pitient, and said that whenever serious symptoms were noticed a doctor should be summoned. Many wpnt for prescriptions to save expense. To their verdict th-3 jury added a, rider to the same effect. One juror said the practice was one which should be suppressed by law.

FRENCH SOUDAN TRAGEDY. AN IMPORTANT LETTER FOR- WARDED TO PARIS. A Renter's telegram from Bordeaux on Tues- day says Official documents relating to the massacre of the Klobb Mission, which include a letter sent by Captain Voulet to Colonel Klobb in reply to the latter's summons to him to stop. arrived yesterday from West Africa by the steam packet Bresil. They were forwarded immediately to Paris. I

COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS. MEETING OF THE CENTRAL BOARD AT CARDIFF. The Central Board of the Commercial Tra- vellers of the United Kingdom will hold a meeting at Cardiff on Saturday, October 7, and will be entertained by the Mayor (Sir Thomas Morel) at lunch. On the previous even- ing a "smoker" will be held at the Park Hotel.

BOXING IN THE STATES. FRANK CRAIG DEFEATED. A Central News telegram from New York on Tuesday says:—Frank Craig and Tommy Ryan met at the Coney Island Athletic Club iast night for the best of ten rounds. Ryan was declared the winner.

IN A SHOWER OF BULLETS. An alarming accident occurred in connection with a volley-firing competition by the Dawlish, Teignmouth, and Exmouth Company at War- ren Range, Dawlish, on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Gripper, with a boatman, were out for a sail. When about three-quarters of a mile from the shore, and 2,000 yards from the firing: point, a shower of bullets splashed around: them. Two lodged in Mr. Gripper's thigh and shoulder. He was medically attended at his lodgings, and the bullets were extracted on Sunday. An inquiry will be held.

—« MISNAMED MARY-LE-BONE. Two respectably-dressed women, both of 3t. George's-road, Regent's Park, summoned et-ch other at Marylebone Police-court on Monday for an assault on the 9th inst. Having heard the evidence, Mr. Plowden said it was mpos- sible to decide which parties had been telling the truth. They were a type of women in this parish who spent their days in pulling each other's hair, calling each other names, fight- ing, and generally behaving in a disorderly way. It was high time the parish of St. Mary- le-bone acquired another name, for there seemed to be but very few good Marys in it. (Laughter.) He bound both the women over in £10 for six months.

A NEW LINE OF STEAMERS. A Central News telegram from New York on Tuesday says:—A new line of steamers under the German flag will start running shortly between Antwerp and San Francisco. The vessels will leave every month.

THE PLAGUE AT OPORTO. A Central News telegram from Oporto on Tuesday says:—One fresh case of plague was notified yesterday. The excitement in the town continues.

THE SHAMROCK. A Renter's talegram from New York on Tuesday says::—The Shamrock's trial yesterday was one of her most successful so far, and all aboard seemed satisfied with her performance. The yacht will probably go out to-day for further sail-stretching.

FOX HUNT AT WATERLOO. Early on Sunday morning the porters at Waterloo were engaged in a wild and hurried scramble after a fox, which was freely roaming about the station premises. After an exciting chase he was captured, but not before he had left his teeth marks in his captor. He was subsequently claimed by Mr. Lavell, a Peck- ham cabmaster, and was led back in triumph to his quarters. Reynard had an interesting history. He has been in the possession of Mr. Lavell for some years, and is a great pet with the cabmen and horsekeepers in his employment. Although chained up, he was frequently allowed to run loose. Some time ago a duck was brought into the yard from the country, and a friendship between the two soon sprang up. The oddly- assorted companions shared the same kennel, the same meals, and the duck would follow Reynard about the yard.

SNOW IN SCOTLAND. Early on Monday and during the forenoon a gale raged on the north and east seaboard of Scotland. It was bitterly cold, and in the High- land districts there was a heavy fall of hail, and the higher peaks of the Grampians are covered with snow, this being the first fall of the season. Barnum and Bailey's Show was due to appear that day at Montrose. The circus tent, however, was blown down, and the show had to be abandoned, those who had bought tickets getting their money returned.

AN ECCENTRIC'S DEATH. On Monday morning the Dublin police authorities were informed that a well-known local character, named Samuel Graham, who. with a man named George Kane, had for some time past made a derelict fishing smack lying in the Alexandra Basin his home, had died in his extraordinary abode. Two police officers, notwithstanding the tempestuous weather, rowed to the dilapidated craft. Here they found Graham dead in a bunk. Kane, who was the only participator in the weird wake, told the police that the deceased, while under the influence of drink, about a fortnight ago, fell from the ferry steps at Alexandra Basin, and sustained a cut over the left eye. On that occasion he lost a large quantity of blood. About a week ago he be- came seriously ill, but refused to go to the hospital or see a doctor. He was very strange in his habits, being addicted to taking fre- quent doses of turpentine.

WHERE NELSON WAS MARRIED. A Naval Officer," H.M.S. Indefatigable, writes to the" Times" i- We have just visited the island of Nevis, in the West Indies, and naturally went and inspected the Church of St. John's (the Figtree Church), where the register of Lord Nelson's marriage on the 11th of March, 1787, with Mrs. Nisbet is preserved and shown to visitors. It reads as follows:—" 1787, 11 March. Horatio Nelson, Esquire, captain of his Majesty's ship Boreas, to Frances Herbert Nisbet, widow." What struck us was the decay the church was falling into for want of funds, especially the small organ, which seemed to be past repair and quite out of tune, the keys being eaten away by damp and vermin. Want of funds is the only reason for this. Wotfld it not be an act of generosity to the present vicar-if funds could be collected to re-place this organ by a new one, and place a few pounds to the credit of the church restoration fund ?

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AN APPKAL FO"' AN OLD I CARDIFF PLAYKK I I hear that Newport are not likely to be so weak this season as is generally anticipated. They have a topping lot of forwards.. I am told; indeed, they only require a couple of centre three-quarters to be something like the New- port of old. Still, centre three-quarters are hard to find, and, although practically the best men in Monmouthshire were pulled out on Saturday last, the Uskside Committee found nothing, I am told, that anything like approached their idea of a centre three-quar- ter. Still, they have the fact to be thankful for that in all other respects they are pretty well up to the mark. The forwards, I believe, are a real red-hot lot, and if that be so they are bound to have a good chance, ospecialiy against Cardiff, for the Welsh Metropolitan forwards are nothing like so strong as they might be. Somehow, this has generally been the case with Cardiff—their forwards are not quite what they might be, that is. as compared with their backs. They don't seem to have quite the devil and dash in them that they might have, and, as compared with other sides, not quite so vigorous as they ought to be. I shall never forget the Scotch forwards at Inverleith last season. They did not always play the game I will admit, but they were dashing and tireless, and somehow or other seemed to adapt themselves to existing circumstances better than our men, who were too easily disheartened. One trick they were very fond of was opening out and getting the half with the ball in their midst. Then, by sheer strength and determination, they rushed him and the ball on and gained a lot of ground. Bashing forwards broke up the Jameses' play on Satur- day, I note, and so it will most back combina- tions in a manner, although, if the other eight are willing to sacrifice themselves, by getting their heads down and pushing hard, they can work the other eight out. Forwards that are made to push hard and often are none too fond of racing all over the field stopping the opposing backs after about half an hour's gruelling scrimmaging. By the way. I should like to make an appeal to my readers on behalf of the well-known footballer, Tommy Thomas, who, it will be remembered, was in the Cardiff Post-office for some time and assisted the 'Quim, and after- wards the Cardiff team. Thomas went down to Plymouth some few years ago and rendered valuable service to the Plymouth Club until he was, unfortunately, laid up with paralysis that will prevent him from ever play- ing football again, even if it does not prevent him ever earning his own living. At the suggestion of a number of his old friends and admirers a subscription list has been opened for Thomas, and is in charge of his old club- mate, Mr. Harry Marks. The men played to. gether in the old days of the 'Quins and were fast friends. Any admirsrs of Thomas who would like to contribute towards the list will please communicate with Mr. Harry Marks, Cold- streaan-terrace, Canton, Cardiff, or if they choose to send their subscriptions to me I shall be pleased to hand them over to Mr. Marks. The English papers are rather down on the prowess of Wales as a water polo nation, and are, I note, suggesting that the fixture with the Principality could be very easily dispensed with. Certainly the big licking England .gave us on Saturday at Warrington does suggest something of the k:nd. I am told, however, that there was not quite that degree of unanimity between the Welsh forwards that might have been desired. There was plenty of individual merit, a friend of mine who saw the match tells me, but it was not utilised, for the forwards appeared to be play- ing absolutely independently of each other— most fatal tactics. Again, Rowan, he says, was almost useless, and nearly all the English, goals were scored over him. The English for- ward he was supposed to mark was simply swimming about as he liked. I notice for the team chosen to oppose Scotland Rowan hai been left out in favour of his club-mate, Sutherland. Hellings, the Australian cham- pion, -has promised to be at Penarth on Mon- day next, I believe, to swim in the 100 yards Welsh championship. With the billiard season close on us, I would like to remind cueists that only a few day; remain before the date of challenge to Mr. J L. Perry, the Welsh champion, closes. Mr Perry, it will be remembered, won the Welsl championship at the Rummer Hotel, Cardiff, early in the year. The rules laid down by the committee, and approved of by Messrs. Burroughes and Watts, were to the effect that the holder of the championship was bound to accept a cha.Ilenge (providing the same is approved of by the referee) once in four months, or, failing to do so, forfeits the cham- pionship and challenge cup. The date of such four months has been fixed for September 30, 1899. Several challenges are already to hand, and any other player desirous of challenging Mr. Perry's right to the title must signify their intention to Mr. George Matthews, Rummer Hotel: Duke-street, Cardiff, on or before the above-mentioned date. All chal- lenges must be accompanied by the usual fee of 5B., which will include use of table. As previously explained, if more than one chal- lenges said challengers must play heats of 500 up amongst themselves, and in accordance with the draw. The winner to play the holder of the championship. Golf locally during the past week has been conspicuous by its absence. The majority of the players from both the Porthcawl and Glamorgan Clubs have been engaged in the championships at Conway, full details of which, by the way, have been given during the week. As anticipated, Mr. F. E. Woodhead won the Welsh amateur championship for the third year in succession. The meeting, however, was more interesting than in previous seasons. In both the semi-final and final heats, Mr. Wood- head was given very close matches; indeed, had he not 3hown great improvement on his form of the previous day, he would not have beaten Mr. T. D. Cummins on Friday. The club cham- pionship furnished a mild surprise. Rhyl, the holders since the institution of the event, did not survive their first match, and Aberdovey eventually won very easily. Several of the latter's "foreign" members, including Mr. S. H. Petre, of Romford, and Mr. P. V. Broke, of Royal West Norfolk, contributed to the victory. Although Mr. G. H. Peacock had the advan- tage of playing on his own green, he did remarkably well to beat a golfer of Mr. S. H. Fry's calibre in the final heat of the guese3, Union's Challenge Cup tournament at East- bourne on Friday. Mr. Fry was scarcely at the top of his game. From the tee and through the green he did not make many mistakes, and from even the few he generally recovered finely, but on the green he missed one or two wretchedly short .puts. That was where he was beaten—an unusual experience for one of the most deadly putters in the land. A golf match was played on the Barry Club Links, The Leys. Aberthaw, on Saturday last. with the following result:- BARRY. Stewart 0 W. H. Renwick 0 H. E. Tilston 3 J. C. Kuhl 0 W. D. Darling 0 W. Waddell 0 D. Sibbering Jones 0 R. F. Illingworth 0 3 J. G. WILSON'S TEAM. C. Bird 5 W. C. Gellibrand 6 P. Carey Thomas 0 Do Lancey 9 J. G. Wilson 4 A. Gibson 3 Walter Pyman 8 S. B. Reid 0 35 Win for Wilson's team by 32 holes. WELSH ATHLETE.

ILLNESS OF COUNCILLOR MILDON At the meeting of the Cardiff Town- hall Committee on Tuesday the Chair- man (Alderman P. W. Carey, J.P.) referred to the serious illness of Coun- cillor S. Mildon, and expressed regret at the news, With a hope that he would soon be restored-a deeire to which the committee gave heartoy assent.