Evening Express

OUR SHORT STORY. The Theosophist's Taiej "Did you ever have a. great shadow fail across your 'ifr?'' asked the TheoEoph.* brushing: a'ic his empty coffee cup. resting hi* sharp elbows on < he l a bit?, and gazing at un 1 through his great piiiiltira-rimriied spectacles. "Not since I sat under an apple tree last August." The smoke rolled oyer the table frora LlU- tsr.ant Swash's month as though from a cannon. Due almost expected to hear solid s-Ílo; g,) crashing across the vrand3., leaving death in its wake, and to hear the shrieks of the wounded arid dying. It scattered in the light tsafc swept from the sec. and for a moment enveloped 111-e lean .»trei:ger, canning him to couch violently. It rose, and disclosed him glaring augrHy at my friend. misunderstand th-s lieutenant. I said apologetically. for I am always loth to offend. "lis just his way." In my Is moat hear:; t i>ic that one shadow had fallen across my Vile, and that very recently. For Ions week* I had lookerl for- ward to this little (linuer that the head of onr Arm, Mr. Cyrus ,h1te. and Swash and roya'df had planned. I Irarl pictured to myself tils smil! table on the Hr^cid-pizza overlooking the sea. whence? swept the salt brewed, a thou- sand times morn agreeable when one is fresh from tho ma?*y air of the town. The time had rome. mid with it a shadow in the person of the intellectual man at my right hand. He was introduced by the head waiter. All the tables were fv.l, hundreds of persons were waiting; would we allow this gentleman the' vacant Iilair? The strange gentleman could not think of intruding, but he eventually did -ia intrude, and soon monopolized the conversa- tion as well as onr bottle, which the courteous Cyr1.1 Juto shored his way. "Great shadows." began the Theosophist—we miderstood him to be of thai cult—"fall on those of intellectual -olidity. Tbcv no more make their abiding place on light, unthinking wind.* than on tire i!imy gauze or mcaquito netting." "ThI1, sir. from your armament," interrrroted Mr. Jute, "I understand you to mean tbit a man who d" not believe that befere be came I into thi3 world in hia present form lie might. have been an oyster o' a clam. or that wheu he leaves it he'll kind of float around in a ,O'l"t I of a foggy cloud—I urdc-stand you to mean that snoil a person is not capable of feeling great sorrow." ¡ Y-x a(! t sir," said the stranger, lighting nlIC I)f Take + he ordinary man in love. He is rejected. He knows that he is rejected." "Usualiy," interposed Swash. "Always." returned the Th<s^ph-;t. "Ho snrrow* awhile; ten lie ;r,arrie3 ITI-Olhcr. Wit- ness mv case. As early as my tenth year I began to iake :1 deep interest in the occult. When my companion* were waiting the best, honrs of their lives phasing a 'eavher sphere trver a back lOT. I was pondering over the hi.vsteries of existence, probing t\:t past, cast- ing a «oundii!g line into the fatnre. For tho«e long hours I spent pouring over the almosr. forgotten literafcnre of rhe East and the greater, the on written literature of the world Ground mc, I was rewarded. Refore I had attained my majority I was the recognised feader in the little circle with which I had cast my tot. I had attained a high degree of adeptism. "Of my services I will not speak. Suffice it to »ay that they were of such value that I had mado up my mind never to marry, lt my usefulness he impaired. I held to this resolve until my thirty-fifth year, and then a woman crossed my path. Pefore or since I have not seen such an outwardly beautiful woman as Laris-a. Perfect in forni and feature, edu- cated. cultivated, learned in the doctrine, of our esoteric circle, I succumbed to her charms, and we wera plighted. "We loved. We would have married but she declared that mentally she was not my equal. It was our h.ghest ambition to atta,in Nirvana together. 90 ws deemed it he".t to start our nnited lives on the same mental plane. For ♦ his reason she bado farewell to me for a titce, a.nd sought the fountain bead cf the learniDg of our sect—the Fast—there to perfect herself in the mysteries of occultism. A year went by. and loving letters passed between us. But each day the desire to see her again grew upon me, ary.1 at length I decided to put to use my know- ledge and my power over the for of nature. Accordingly, I shut myself up in my room. and, after days of bodily privation, succeeded in projecting my .astral body to India. As my material body lay still, a mere LLiaps of clay, in my boarding house, my antral was floating over India's burning ginda in search of her. I found her. Would that I had not! I came upon her one ere;ng lolling on the shaded Tcunda of a bungalow. Hc\y I thrilled when T heard her musical voics ring out over the I flat plane as I floated UI\! Hew my astral body chilled to irs invisible b.-nes when her clear notes were drowned by a hoar»2, rough hugh! I had found her, gentlemen, hut found l her flirting with a brainless qfIDy officer. "My frit thought was to annihilate the I brntn, and I sprang at his throaf, to choke his accursed life out 01 him; I rolled all over hini: I kicked him. and '-rocally unburdened all the venom of my aRgered upon him. And he went on langhing.; She went on laughing. At the very mcment when my astral fingers were eripplng his ieck, he was leaning forward. holding her whits telling tinr how he lovel he-. And Gentlemen. I'd rather not soeak of it. I realised th, ntter u--elcv- ness cf my A3tryi body in a case likv: taia; I would have givqn ajiyth;nX-all-Iiore than I jvossea^ecl—to have had just for one minnte that senseless mater:?! shape of mine that th?n lay in my :('0117 Vork boarding hons-r. "The first wild wave of rage gone, judgment came. I realised that to deal mater'al material wi4, ncos«ary. and that to have my revenge it was necessary that I should bring my day to India Hy the slow method of steam. I dsfr.rrai'ned," however, lie fore leaving to c, n- municate with bF7 by the only way in my powei- t i ni r a Tr- So I went with in arid" poured my anger in a missive, which I "dropped from iho ceiling to the &\b!e. I gave ths faith.less woman, to understand that I would pursue her and my rival to the ends of .the eaf!h to h.;ve my r«ver,ge. Then I pro- jected my&elf back to New York, and once more joined my material body. "Eat new a new difficulty arose. The fear came to ma that while in the flch I was makinig my slow way back to Calcutta by ■teamship Larisaa and her officer might be married and away.' So I decided to ship my material form as freight, and to once more project my astral body across the ea." to hover round the bungalow of the faithless woman, to watch her e-, '-ery move, until my earthly shape reached me and I conld pitch in, so to speak vulgarly. I took into my confi- dence a close friend, and confided to him the taak of sending my body per the Blue Star and P. and O. boats to a certain address in Calcutta. Then I cast loose ray soul, and once el.r,e was floating over the Irangalcw. From what I heard I judged that Larisaa had been grem.-ry affrighted by my note. She dared not show it ti the Knglishinan, for Ibeknew that he, rrivolous and uninitiated, would laugh at he; i,nt she hurried on preparations for the we«ii*ttg. The day a3 fixed. I calculated titiH before it arrived my body would have I pcaAed me, and I could igaker my successful '0 I rival feel the impact of my material fists. The day approached, lm* nothing wan beard of the vessel that was carrying me. Toli can imagine vny aruiety. bring my body wrtl: -it. bo. I waa compelled to float over the bur.galow. gnashing my astral teeth. lisr«'nir.g to the Oriental wedding music, .hi1! Lar;I!¡ became the 1Tife of another. They went away on their wedding journey. "For <;I'>o(k51 [ remained about Calcutta wait- ing for the arrival of my material form. It did not come. Then I became iba victim of an intense fear. Suppo\-e something had hap- pened to th: ve^sai? Suppc.-e it had gone down ;n mid-ocean? It would bs irnpoip'.oie for me to get it up again, aid I should be doomed to float about for ever—a mere cloud. "For months m.'va rcy asiral body floated aimlessly C). the city 01: Calcutta. T c!i.m.-> nr»w* c!' the Vessal. S'.ic had run on a v>c!< in "the-Indiarf Ocean. i»r passengers bad | oscnpe.1 n tho boats, aDd a passing steamship had rnoiovcd part t:i her cargo ar.d carried it to T.ondon. 1 lo.'t no ti;ne in projecting ray astr-.i beeir to that city, and then begavi a long cr.i.raa for t t" materia!. I found it jnat 'iri t:m." in :1 In "d Íf::¡ college, one too gon. I >oinet! it on;o mor-?. Picture my diet re 83, tb*p. g"n;le,iisT;, a'.ore in l.ondca, crippled, ptniiiie-v. alii-ed in 1jv laboratory eloth-as of medica' sti:dent that I stole out, of a loc'ter. Th American Caosul gat ru* :1, false foot, and (shipped me back to New York. Once I was capable of 1hrü.:hj_!f{ that :c.uld army c?Yirer--bnf wlierR was h'?? Where mai Larissa? "Pardon me. ci< interrupted Lieutenant flwil, "but yov. gat cUut foot, oft" yet ? In rsply th e Theosoplii3t turned abmpllr about, .vtid gaaed down the long veranda, czowded with dining and wining humanity, and hustling waite-s. tt nioi)ietit, springing from his chair. "I t h; ¡¡, I fro With that he dashed away, almost lapaetting a. heavily-laden servant. He disappeared. The moment ']«uglhciied :pt,) a- half honr. Then the waiter catao and presented a bill for four. We argued in vain that the missing gentleman net one of our party. We naid hh bill. "Ujb! If I ever get held of either his astral or material body—" :?aU Lieutenant Swash, rising, clenching his fist and shaking it in the direction in which the Theoaophiat had disap- peared.

WiSEANDOTHERWISE Nothing contribntes more towards alleviat- ing domestic storms tlian a clear conscience. Some men go abroad to complete their edu- cation, and others marry for tb.: same pur- pose. An act of charity pujhes a man further along on the road to giory than an act of heroism. One ssiran always pays more attention to what aaoth-er woman has on than, to what she say s., The criminal judge may be a man of few words, but he is not always a man of short sentences. aeIlumC!I. When a yonng man a girl a lot cf yams she isn't to be blamed for giving him the mitten. She: I think I must have hit the caddie. He: Naturally; you were -)t aiming to hit him. Ho?tees: Which do yoo. consider tho most difficult tongne, you have ever tried to master. Her Professor? The rrofwsor: My vife'i—nritout von leetie dOli b t The woman who takes in all a man tells her often does it merely fcr the pur»;>ose of taking him in. People who denounce th") stage show.Ul member that the minstrel ij never aa black as ho is palntad. The easiest way to take the conceit cut of an amateur is to induce him to become a pro- fessional. It isn't much to the worm's credit to tttrll when trud upon; any old oop will do the same thing. "It i3 a solemn thing," sa.iu the young man, "when a woman trusts a. iiian wit.ii her affec- tions." "It ain't as solemn/' said the man with the plaid necktie, "as when she won't trust him with his own wages." j

COLLAPSE OF A I>W>;LLING_HOT^ E AT FISHGCARD. On Wednesdav evening b. ro,, f of a dwel-1 ling-house, oc-upied by a Arq. pctw. at Lowe- Fishguard, suddenly collapsod. The rnof way bodily, ar.d fell with a tremendous crash through the bedrooms into the baoftnent. the inmates having most miracnlotiji estapaj. A raau 1 amed David Lewia t'cpe and her two children were in the house at the time. Lewis and the children escape*! unhurt, but. Mrs. Pops was strnck by a piece of timber, and sustained a severe Wow on the head. Mrs. Pope tnly became tenant of the lious-a the pre- vious night.

CAMBRIAN RAILWAY FARES. j The directors of the Cambrian Railway Com- pany, who recently re-introduced second-claes fares for through bookings with other railways, ¡ have decided to extend this arrangement to their local traffic. The alteration will, the I Press Association understands, come into opera- tion shortly.

"ADVICE TO MOTHERS."— Are yon broken in I your r-st by a sick child suffering with the pain by cutting teeth? Go at once to a chemist and I get a bottle of Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. It will relieve the poor stifFerer immediately. It is pleasant to t&ste: it produce?- natural, quiet sleep by relieving the child from pain, ana the little cherub awakes as bright as a button. Of all chemist8. Is. nd. per bottle. etc RICH and DELICATE in FLAYOPL CT:DAIfY"-i REX "OX TONGUBS and LClNCH TONGUES. Try them, and yon will be delighted. Ask your Grocer for BEX Brand. elZiir—'i

Or Ready to go There, A VETERAN VOLINTEER. LXXXII. Yisoourit Charlemont, C.B., Vice-lieu- tenant of the County of Tyrone, is amongst tho;;e of all ranks and ages who have volun- teered! for service in South Africa. As the viscount is nearly 70 this is a remarkable proof of patriotism. Lord Charlemont entered the Army in 1848, and served in the China War, U;51-;)3. and as captain in the Coldstream Guards in the Crimea. He also filled the office of Comptroller of the Household to the Viceroys of Ireland from 1868 to 1895. The office is held at the pleasure of the Viceroy, and on the retire- ment of a. Lord-Lieutenant the Comptrol- lership becomes ipso facto vacant. Viscount Charlemont,who was then knovrn as Colonel I VISCOUNT CHARLEMONT, C.R. I •Tames CV.uIue'd. diischararod the duties of I his office -with such efficiency that for ¡ nearly thirty years he vns retained by r-uo- cessirê Viceroy;. Lord Charlemont comes of a good old fighting stock his ancestor, I Sir Toby CaulfliJd. performed many memo- JJttions both on laud and at the rerv.tiso of the Spanish Armada, under Sir Martin Frobis.her, and was subsequently created n peer in 16.20. T'ae second baron, al.a To'v. tv'ren Governor of Charlemont during the rebellion of 1641 was surprised, taken prisoner, and shot by order of Sir Pneii-v! O'Noi'l. Another predecessor, I the fourth Earl cf Charlemont, vras com- mandor of the famous Irish "oluntoers cf 1/79, the war with the American C' >Ior. a.jd France ?o enbarraswd tho rui'itary authorities that a jarge force ¡ of '*oh:n;eer; was rsi.sed jn Ireland to defend the caantry from invasion. The family motto is cliaracteristic, "))00 dttce— ferro comitariUv' ('God, my 1edder--tbe sword my companion''). One of the fa.mily treasures is a picture of William III., painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller, and presented by the King to the second baron, f) 169o. Lard Charlemont, tyho succeeded fo rhe t.1 p o;i t'r.e death of his cousin, in 1.892, married tho Hon. Annette Hand- cixrk, daughter of the third Baron C;ast!e- rfl: P, Her hdvlip cli(I some eleven y-earx and the only child of tho mar- riage is Constance F»liaabeth, v-'lio married the Earl of .Ranfuriy. I

PAKLIA11ENT. MEETING OF THE CABINET. Mr. Balfour arrived at his official deiice in Downing-streefc early on Thurs- day morning-from Scotland. Latrr in tho dav he was engaged with Sir William Wa)- rond, th? chief Government Whip, in refe- rence to the meeting cf Parliament. Mr. Balfour also visitrd tha Foreign \> £ hee. A mcotinj; of the C.ibinet is fixed for tc-da.v Id.4 There are likely to be about tr/enty 07 the Government's supporters in I tiic- House of Commons abseut in South. Africa-

THE NEW YACHT! DEPARTURE FR(.)M PKMBBOKi: j HOCK. The '-«* .Royal yacht Victoria, and Aibevf. which ^as launchsd at Pembroke on the 9tV. of May by her Royal Highness the Duchess of | York, left Pembroke Deck ir T-ort'smoath on j Thu'-sday raoming. The ve-jsel ieft the Weir Buay mooring.i about nine in the morn'ng, • hortiv be?'»re ten o'clock Stair-captain Fitz- gerald, will was in command, signalled to Ann'3 Heiul. "All well; proceeding." Th tug Alligator, fro-m Pembroke Dock, accompanied the Itoyal vessel to the harbour mouth. On beard we-e Admiral FuUerton (capt-.i.'n of the present yacht). Kear Admiral A. K. V/ilson. V.C. (Controller of the Rryal Navy). Sir William White (Director of Naval Construction), Mr. Robert Humphries iof Dc-ptfard), and other officials, who are making j he passage in her.. Nine only of the eighteen Belleville water-tuba boilers arc being used, and the speed to be maintained on the passage w'li be about nine I and a half knots per hour. The ship left tha harbour in a heavy sea. and was railing heavily. Two cruisers were reported to be awaiting the vessel in mid channel.

ELECTION SEWS. ¡ YORK. The executive council of the York Liberal Association met on Thursday night, and resolved to recommend to the Liberal Four Hundred the adoption of the Hon. Alexander Hundred the adoption of the Hon. Alexander Hurray, Master of Kiibank. as Liberal candi- date at the forthcoming bye-election. Prior to the pa«»;ngr of the resolution the Master of Eubank cxp'aiu-d his political views. Later in the evt-) nE: the Liberal Four Hundred met, and unanimously confirmed the choice of the Liberal Council. NEWARK DIVISION. The Conservative candidate (p Charles r.-iij b;s been in the field for over a ye.v. will most likely be unopposed at this elec- tion. There has not been a contest in the Newark Division since 1535.

BARRY COUNTY SCHOOL. I A*, a meeting of the governors of the Barry County School held on Thursday evening Mr. J. Lowdon. J.P.. in the chair, a res'.»Iut:«ri wa- pa:secl in favour of asking the co-opera,tion of the county school boards of governors in Gla- vjorcanzhire to appeal in favour of a reduction of the assessment of the school buildings. Six applications were received for the pest of clerk of works of the new school buildings at Titrry, and ?Ar. Fry. W, Cardiff, ";as appointed. j

BARRY SCHOOL BOARD. ] Tit 9 ¡T'aJ1n'¡;leJ1t committe "f the Harry School Board met on Thursday evening, Lowdon..T.P.; me chairman, presiding Mr. J. ilees and the cievk (Mr. Gwyn .Morris were. appointed to represent the board at a con- j ference of the Association of School Boards, to be held at Llandrindod Welle on May 21.—Her Majesty's inspector's revised report t/ith regard to Barry ochool was read, ch-owing that the boys' and infants' departments were in an, efficient state.

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View of. Ladysmith, Looking North. I

TO-NIGHT'S MEETINGS IN THE WARDS. POINTS TO BE CONSIDERED. THE TAFF OPPOSITION. AND THE INTERESTS OF WORKING MEN. This evening the ratepayers in seveu out of the ten wards into which the municipality of Cardiff is divided will have an opportunity of discussing with their representatives in the town council the advisability, or otherwi.se. of promoting a Hill in Parliament for the exten- stoii cf the borough boundaries, the construc- tion of a new cnt.fall sewer for the western I district of the town, road improvements, exten- sions of the tramway system, wirh electric traction, and oilier purposes. The outlying portions which the corporation propose to annex comprise the urban district of Penarth, tho whoie of Llandaff pariah, and a portion of L!i.nfehen. Depcndr-nt upon this expansion will be the pureha.-jo and frcsir.g from toll of the Ptn?rth-rcad, wh:c-.n is now private pro- perty; the widening a.r.d improvement of roads between n ami Mxindy. with bridges over the Tafir Kiver and Glamorganshire Canal, and the extension of the tramway sytem.with electrical traction, to Penart'n. Whitchurch, and Llandaff. Another part of the BiU. and cer- tainly one cf the moet important, provides for tha construction cf a new sewer la serve the ester n part of the town, with an oat fall it., i L:»Te:nock. As might h", expected in an cnimbus Bill a:4 tho corporation are promoting, there are many other provisions for the godd gavenimeiit of the i zv, n which are not U< provoke much discussion or give rise to any icrious opposition. The arguments for and against tha inclusion c; Penarth withai the municipal bcun- car; oi Cardiff having been ?o fully <1ted in the- "Western Mail" during the past few days, it is only necessary to touch on one or two points. One of the chief reasons ;ul.1 vanced against the amalgamation of i'enarth is that the rates will be uicnea^ed. That may be so. but the ratepayers will have the satis- faction of feeling that they receive something for their money. A sanatorium, a cemetery, and a better system of drainage are abso- lutely necessary, ar.d when these and other ivdiimcts to tiic good government of the town are provided the rates upon a. comparatively iTfiall ratable vain2 must go np enormously. The strongest opponents of the boundary ex- tension scheme ara the Tiff Vale Pdway Com- pany for reasons? we have already explained. Mr. Beasiey, th general manager to the com- pany, in :¡. letter to the mayor denies that the iuclu.'ion of Penarth in t1! bJroul1 two years ago fell through entirely upon the opposition of the TafT Vale Railway Company, and bases that detr--i,i upon the fact that the evidence given by him ';he only witness for the com- pany) only cccupicd six pages of the proceed- ing. 'f'he latter pari of Mr. Beaaley's state- ment is perfectly true, but the poison had been disseminated before. When representatives of the Cardiff Corporation .ttendcl at Pen- arth to discuss the scheme, the chief oppo- nents were Mr. Bs-asley and other officials of I tha company. The working men of Cardiff j should take to heart the fcot that electric t.raaaa at low fares are to tlulr iutere:t, but antagonistic to the Interests of the Taff Vale shareholders, wl-ret'ier the ears are run between Cardiff and Penarth or from Cardiff fo Whitchurch and Llindaff. We fail to sea,how the inclusion of Llandaff j can be otherwise h"n it benefit to the parish, t'ao paving and lighting of which is now n dis- grace to thu local authorities. Th DCW road and tramways which the corporation propose to make will inevitably imTs-ase the value of the property in that suburb of Cardiff, and lie a great convenience to th? general public. In Llanishen the corpomtjon propose to annex very little beyond i-i 2 i rc, pro;.vsrty—the Tt is scarcely n:ceinnry to say a word in favour of th? western sewerage scheme. Since 1075 the corporation havr 5,pen endeavouring to improve the sa:)M:ioi! of that Icmlity, but obfentioin by the Bute Docks Company. Lord Windsor." and the Penrith D strict Council' have -rooped ever- eff; rt. opposition | now offered is of a facIdc-ecription, and searreJy likelv to suae?ed. inasmuch as none of the opponents 1n possibly be in.jured. As has been wid noon the unancia! status of the corporation, it may be as well to quote a few official figures to shew that Cardiff is not yet in a state approaching bankruptcy. The net. indebtedner- of the corporation on the 31st of December. 1859. was £ ?.F.17.641. and the j excess of assets ever liabilities was £ 695,987, as! the following figures show:— gemr.r.era- Unremunera- five. ti'?. Total. Asacts £ L578.C'{1 £ 1 33o.3&7 Liabilities 1.273.C35 ).7C)3 2.217,8411 i Exee?s X3C<955 JS390.634 JS696.5S71 The following facts may also be instructive to t-iloc uninformed PÚarfhi,f, h;) hrtye all, idea that ratable value is required by Cardiff to enable tha carporatiou to lorraw j farther moneys:—The full ratable value cf the, boTough is now The a--sr»?ab«e; value for district rate nui pDses stands at >1957.773. The corporation have power to' borrow, hv"wc-.i")Jl of the Local Government Board, under i he authority of the Public Health Act, 1875, twice the amount of the; assessable value of the borough, viz., £1.9Ei,5.,}"5, and, in addition, any sums antho-' rised by the Ccrjir-ration Acts of Parliament, j The l^aianccs of outstanding loans contracted j by sanpton of the Local Government Board is ¡ £ 237.739. so that the reserve borrowing power of the corporation is £ 1,627,317; but in re £ p;< t of this reserve Local Government Board con-I 5'1nt iI amounting to have iepi receipt d. though no loan, theret'or has yet been effected. It is possible that objection may he made to the proponed repeal of a section of the Cardiff Corporation Bill cf 1391, by which! a portion of J-l'y Cc-mmcn and the recreation ground at Iloath Park must be open day and nigh: to the free u*s of the public. Frequent! and serious cornp'aint.s have teen made as to the uao which has and is stiil being, I made of Lf:se open spaces at night, and the corporation have Isecn unable to put a s-top f to the disgraceful scenes enacted there nightly. The Bill will, therefore, give the corporation power to close these parts of the perks at nighc. but will provide that they shall he open at aix o'clock every morning from the 1st of March to the 30th of September, and from one hour before sunrise on every day during the remaining part of the year, to be closed one hour after sunset on every day of the year. Alderman Kbenezer Be.avan, chairman of the j parki committee, when interviewed by our reporter, caiJd that many complaints bad been made to him of tne rowdyism and immorality which took place at the Rcath Recreation Ground. When the 1S94 wa-3 before Par- liament he spoke to the Chairman of the Lord* Committee with the view of giving the corpora- tion power to rlose the recreation grounds at, night if they found it necessary, but he was too late. Living, as I do," !te said, "in proximity to the Boath Park, many deputations have waited nron me, as chairman of "ibe parks committee, .'0 complain of brawling and.. shontiug in the recreation ground late at night. I Jave even- reason to believe, from what I have been told, that scenes of immorality arc fre.'iuent late in the eveuing. It would be :t crreat boon if that part of the park wore closed at a reasonable hour at night, and provision has been made for it."

—-x- — I TO-NIGHT'S M EErlNGS. | These are some of the questions which the ratepayers will have to consider at the ward meetings to-night and'at the statutory meet- ing at the Park-hall oil Monday next. The meetings to-night aro as t'oliow:— I Oathays.—Crwya-rcad Board School 7.45 j Park.—Albany-road Beard School 7.45 Adamsdown.—Higher Grade School 7.45 I Canton and I:iver:irJ.3eYe:-n-rnJd Board School 7.45 Grangei own. — Bromsgrove street So*rd School 7.45 Spiott.—^plott-roacl Board ichcol 7.4b j The Koa i:b Ward mcsting will he held at tats Stawr-road Board School to-morrow 'Saturday) «vcuins a-c 7.4o. It his cot besu thought ceoe«- «vcuins at 7.4o. It his not besu thought ceoe«- I sary by the representatives of the Central and South Wards to call preliminary meetings.

TRADES' COUNCIL APPROVE OF THE BILL. At a meeting of the Cardiff Trades' Council on Thursday, Mr. A. Pear.se in the chair, a resolution was adopted to the effect that, con- sidering the provisions of the cmnibus Bill of the Cardiff Corporation, the council expressed hearty approval of those provisions. Further, that all Trades Unionists be urged to attend the Park-hall meeting on Monday next ,0 support the corporation. A petition was signed for presentation to the mayor conven- ing a public meeting to consider the present high rates charged for coal.

-7 WALES AND WELSH HISTORY LECTURE BY DR. TREHARKE. Dr. Treharne, vice-chairman of the Car- diff School Board, delivered an able and interpsting lecture at the St. John's-hall, Cardiff, on Thursday evening, on the need of a more complete and comprehensive I history of Wales Mr. Edward Thomas ("Cochfarf") presided.—Dr. Trebarfie said that he had no elaborate scheme, to sug- gest. but he ijiicmght they ought to put; their children m possession of the fufl and complete story of their fathers. The history of Wales had been dealt with* in the past a.s if it were a finished period with the death of Llewellyn. What they wanted to do was to make all the inhabi- tants of Wates loyal to Wales, and to insist on Wales having a fair share of the benefits that accrued to different consti- tuents of the kingdom, and that they in Wales should live a full and complete national life. Scotland and Ireland had th:r own separate institutions, which encouraged their love for art. music, litera- ture i-c.and these institutions were sub- sidised by Imperial Parliament. Why should not Wales enjoy an equal power?' The establishment of t.he University of Wales was the beginning: of a but what they yet wanted was R e'earer and mere intelligent view is a race. lie thought that throueJimit thp schools of Wales t iie pupils should be taught the history cf the Welsh ueople, and that they should look not only to the past, but to the future. Germany and the United. States had given great prominence to the teaching of his- tory in their schools. The traditions of Carditr alone were :\m.onf!, tho finest of any town in the Unit-ed-Kingdom. The lec- turer then commented on the tendency among writers to minimise and belittle i-lje historical, traditions cf Wa'es, and mentioned as an example that there was not a single refe"ence to Wale.-3 in the encyclopaedia recently published bv the j "Time«.—"Cochfari" followed with an interesting address, and a resolution was carried stronelv recommending the pro- posals of Dr. Treharne to an the educa- tional authorities of Wales.It was also decided, on the motion of the Eer. J. Morgan Jones, to ask the Education Department to appoint as a successor in Miss Bathursr. the only lady inspector of schools in Wales, who has been promoted, a Indv who is intimate with Wales and who has a knowledge of Welsh.

PARK SLIP RELIEF FUND. PROPOSED HELP FOR SUFFERERS BY THE LLEST DISASTER. IMPORTANT LEGAL QUESTION. I The annual meeting of the Park Slip Relief 1 Committee was het. I at the York Hotel, Bridg. end. en Thursday morning. The meeting was cf r!¡..1 ir-terest, inasmuch as j Alderman .1. Thomas had given notice of motion that of rhe surplus money should be ducted to the relief cf the widows and .-hildreu nf the mev. *»'ho !cst. their lives in the I.!&;t dHa-sier. Colonel Turber-1 v!il oceupiea t1 ohniir. A'drrman TI:Grl1il'6 motion read as follows"That, in conse- quence of r, n explesloti of gas at tie UMt Colliery, Ponlyrl.'vl. Garw Valley, on Friday, Aue.ust 13. 1859. and where nineteen of the workmen lost their jves. seven of whom were married, with families of frons three to eicht children, and who were wholly dependent on those who lofet their lives, and iu accordance with one of the clauses m the Park Slip Col- j liery Ksplosion trust dee I beg to move ttea-fc j one thou-and jvok'hI.v (sBl.OOO) of the surplus) money belonging tè) the caid Pack Slip Exp o-1 sion Relief Fund be paid over to rho trutees cf the 1.1 est i'.xpicrlou xlelief Faud on behalf | of the widows and ^rpjiaus on the sa.d Llest | F,xpjo,sion 'I h, -t^hH:ro)«B nr. fhs outset said he had | received letter, from Mv. I.:u Tylor 011 the matter, who had also for>u(rd:-d counsel's opinion on the question whether they conld allocate any of the P, money to this cause. The opinion had bc-fn taken when an appeal had been made to ibat committee for support toward* tho sufferers from! Tylorstowu di-ter, and it went to show that the trust deed did not give the committee power to devcte any cf its money towards eur-h a cause, and that the apportionment of any fact of the fund would be ultra, vires. This opinion was expressed by Air. G. K- C raushback. London. tie the had dor;o this in or do.- that the committee might know ciict;y their posi- tion. Ho bad ct«id?rcd Cause 8 of the trust deed, authorising the 'of mm it tee to apply any surplus money to the South Wales Miners' Provident Fund or any I- fnnd for the relief of sufferers fr,U1 a mining disaster, but, 1 seeiug that couroei's op'.nson 71;111 directly 1 opposed to this, he must ru! the motion rut of order, in so far as it was not in "accor- dance with the trust deed. Mr. T. ,f. Hughes -aid he v/xs not present when that opinion w originally read. E; however, was not in favour of adopting the motion before th2 op.n.on of an eminent counsel had bean secured, and. therefore, moved an amendntent to the efr,ct iha,, -,i committer, consisting of the chairman, vice- chairman. Mr. Knoi, Mr. Boyd Harvey, and Mr. Hughes, be appointed to inquire into the circumstances of the whole case, and that, counsel's opinion l..e obtained on tho matter. Should this be sat.ishctcr, the committee to he empowered to grant temporary relief to th" RnffcTor?, ami. a report be made as to per- manent relief. There Was such a thing as ■ opinions of convenience. He did not cars j what the opinion expressed by Mr. CrauRhbiiik might- be. That was one expressed to another gentleman, and. as tbrs was a matter of great tficy should have an opinion tham- selves. Mr. Tylor said he would second *Mr. Hughs# motion so far as the opinion was coneerned. Mr. Hughes, however, dec.ined to dissect his motion, and, after a lengthy discussion, a vote was taken, thero being six in favour of the! amendment and five for the motion. On the motion of Mr. T. J. Hughes, it was decided that Messr.s. VT. H. "Morgan and Bruce, solicitors, Pontvpridd. prepare the case, they having appeared for the workmen at the inquest, and that the opinion of a Queen's counsel be obtained —It w:: decided to .odjourn the voting of tne customary surplus to the Miners' Provident Society until counsel's c pinion had been (1ba¡.ne-d. 3-5 this might con-1 siderr;i.'V" reduce the fund.

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CORPORATION AND THE FERRANTI PLANT. HEARING OF THE CLAIM FOR DAMAGED. In the Qneen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice. London, on Thursday (before Mr. Justice M-athew, sitting without a jury) the action of the Mayor and Corporation of Cardiff against Messrs. S. and Z. do Fcrranti and others was down for hearing. The action was for damages for breach of contract in con- nection with the electric lighting of the borough. The defendants denied liability, and counter-claimed against the plaintiffs. Mr. Justice Mathew asked if counsel could give him any information with regard to the case. Mr. Laing, Q.C.. stated that if it was fought out it would probably last a day and a half. Late in the afternoon the case wag called, and was proceeded with. Mr. A. T. Lawrence, Q.C., and Mr. Leslie (instructed by Messrs. P.iddefl and Co., agents for Mr. -Wheat,], town-clcrk of Cardiff) appeared for plaintiffs, and Mr. Joseph Walton, Q.C., M.P.. Mr. Laing, Q.C., and Mir. Balloch (instructed by Messrs. Ince and Co.) for defendants. Mr. Lawrence, Q.C.. in opening the id the action was brought by the corporation and burgesses of Cardiff against Ferranti (Limited) and Messrs. Ince and Fcrranti personally for damages for non-completion of electrical plant which the defendants undrtook to manufac- tnre. The Corporation of Cardiff were the electrical authority in the district, and in the beginning of 1896 they desired to increase and improve their plant. His Lordship: Now. does this case raise tech- nical details with reference to electricity and its mode of application? Mr. Lawrence: I think not. His Lordship: There is another case going or;, vrith respect to which I have directed that I should have an assessor. If there are any complicated electrical details, I may take the same course. Mr. Lawrence: I shall not 30 into electrical details. Mr. Lawrence: I shall not 30 into electrical Mr. Laing: There may be some engineering details. His Lordship: We will be able to grasp those, I daresay, but I shall reserve to i-iye--If the right to ap;>oint oil as-.ossov, if necessary, and I cannot follow the evidence. Mr. Lawrence said he did not think his lord- "hip would be driven to make that rare admis- sion, and, proceeding with the opening of the action, said iu March. 139-5, the corporation invited tenders and issued specifications and conditions on which the tenders were to be made. Ferranti (Limited), a company engaged in the manufacture of electrical apjolianeos und electrical engines, tendered to supply a. 303-h.p. iteam alternator at the price cf .3,2.O. A. contract was entered into on Jn-no 4, 1896, between the defendants and the plaintiffs, and it was a condition that. the work was to be completed to the ratitfaction of th-e borough engineer, and banded over by September 15, 1896, or, failing that, the defendants to pay the corporation 1 per cent, of the contract nrlcc per week during so long a time as the work remained uncompleted. The work was not finished in time, and a correspon- dence was entered into which lasted over thre-e year-. Counsel then read a number of letters which had passed between the parties, His LoM.ship observed that multiplying the letters did not otrengthen the evidence of delay. It would be well to state the emi- raeter of the correspondence, and refer merely to those letters which were of importance. Mr. Lawrence said that through 1897 and all through 1893 the correspondence went on in the same wav. T.W^sfendants wrote thanking the engineer for the leniency which had been ehown to them, and the engineer r?piie,-I, coin- plaining that the defendants were practically experimenting with the. corporation's order, and were not realty supplying t.hem with an engine according to contract. Mr. Wait-on: There is the letter of December 23, stating that the erection was completed at Cardiff on December 23. 1397, and if you look at your report of tho electrical engineer you will find that was SQ. Mr. Lawrence: Yes: it may bare losen erected by that time, but it did not go. Mr. Wniton: Ye3. it went. Mr. Lawrence: Only for a .ihort. time, by way of experiment. It only rtri satisfactorily foe ysry snort time. His Lordship: And then, Mr. Walton, we have the melancholy complaints renewed in 1828. fr. Walton: Ye3. my lord, and there were alterations made in the machine. Mi-. Lawrence: Shortly after the end of 1397 —on the 21st of January. 139S—a letter was written by the engineer to the defendants in which occurred the following passageUn- less your plant is in better condition when the I South port Corporation visit the works this week. I suggest, that you hare it standing still, as nobody will he able to make liimse'f heard." 'Laughter.! The correspondence went on all through April, May, June, July, August, and September of 1&S(3. September of 1&S(3. Mr. Wa.tev Bead your reply of the 20th of Ju;y Your plant has run to-day in a fairly satisfactory manner for about six hours," Ac. His Lordship: 1 should like to know what it is all about. Fere is a definite contract for a certain time, and we have had three years of correspondence because the contract has not been fulfilled. Mr. Walton: We say that, although, no doubt, in many respects alterations had to be modo. still the machine was erected and worked on the 23rd of December, 1397. His Lordship: That I gather from the letters, but it bad a most unprosperous and short career. Mr. Walton: We admit there was delay as regards the time at which the machine was to be handed over ready for nee. But the ques- tion 19. up to what date did the delay run? That, is to say. when did the delay cease, so fir as concerned satisfying the contract? We say it was on the 23rd of December, 1&97. Our opponents say November, 1893. And then. my lord, there is a question of law. The penalty is £31 10s. a w,-O- and the penalties now amount to .£3,1})() or k6 Mi. The question is -in -,s whether that, is recoverable as damages, or whether 1 hy can recover more than the actual Jai-iigre3 they had suffered. The defen- dants had paid into conrt £ 1,500. which thay considered was more than enouarh to satisfy any actual damage the corporation had sus- tained. [His Lordship: Do yoa eftty they are not entitled to penalties? Mr. Walton: We say these penalties are in the nature of damages. Hit Lordship: There is no doubt about the machine having now been taken over? Mr. Lawrence: No. it is not taken over. Mr. Walton: Well, it ha, heen working einoe 1898. I believe the defendants have spent about £ 7,000 upon it to make it do its duty. They have bean upending money freely, and now th-; plaintiffs want £3L 103. a week. His Lordship: But. apart from the question of penalty, will the corporation be able to make out pecuniary loss ? Mr. Lawrence said it was one of three things difficult to prove. The corporation ha.d an enormous custom for the electric light, j and it was very important that its character ebou'd be maintained in face- cf a ,growing competition from the incandescent gaslight all over Cardiff at the expense of corpora- tion's electric light, enterprise. Mr. W-a'ton be quite admitted that up to the end of 1397 there wero difficulties, but there was no correspondenco showing similar difficulties in 1393. However, he hoped they wonia he able to make some arrangement about the case. His L.vrrbhip: Mr. Lawrence, this looks like a cae which might be adjusted. Mr..Lawrence: I will endeavour to take a- rw.onab!c 'icw of it. Yonr lordssbip knows that a. body like the Corporation of Cardiff, after being treated in this way for years, are '.i'keiy to be difficult to deol with when an effort is made to moderate them. I will do all t CA". His Lord-hip: They have placed their case in your hands, and if the (,oll3e! has made a suggestion which may be reasonably dealt with, and they do not deal with it reasonably, than the corporation might suffer. Mr. Lawrence: The corporation will do what is reasonable, I have no doubt, my lord. The further hearing of the case was adjourned until to-day (Friday1. I I

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SIR JOHN LUBBOCK. Sir John Lnbbock. who was recently made a peer, was the founder of our system of Bank Holidays. He is the fourth holder of the baronetcy, which was created in 1306, and the head of the banking firm of Robarts, Lubbock, and Co. Born on April 30. 1334, he succeeded his father in 18S5, and five years later became M.P. for Maidstone, for which constituency he Frat for ten years. Since the severance of his connection with Kent he has represented Lon- don University without intermission. Ten yeara ago he was the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee. and has sat on Royal Com- missions for the Advancement of Science, on Public Schools, on International Coinage, on Gold and Silver, and on Education; and in 1881 he was President of the British AEsociation in the year of its Jubilee. For 25 years he was secretary of the London Bankers, and has been prominently connected with university exten- sion; the London County Council, of which he was successively chairman and vice-chairman; and has been the prime mover in all the great bankers' organisations. The new peer is the author of many scientific, homiletic, and didactic books, the chief among them being "The Pleasures of Life," "The Uses of Life," and "The Beauties of Nature." He is a great authority on ant life, and has embodied his knowledge and the results of his researches in such books as "The Senses of Animals" and "The Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects." Several of his books on the ancient vestiges and remains of man have been very valuable con- tributions to the study of anthropology.

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SWANSEA STIPENDIARY SHIP CORPORATION'S REPLY TO THE I HOJlE SECRETARY. The following letter wa? on Thursday addressed to the Home Office by the Town- clerk cf Swansea: — Guild-hall, Swansea. 18th January. 1900. Sir-,—Your letter cf the 6th instant with refe- rence to the appointment of a stipendiary magistrate ha-s been submitted to the Swansea Town Council, ar.d in reply I am directed to inform you that the council never thought (here was any desire on the part of Sir Sfatiheiw White Ridley to interfere with the Sfatiheiw White Ridley to interfere with the rights of the borough of Swansea, and they readily accept his assurance that, through an oversight, it was tafcen for granted by him that the council wished the vacancy filled. The courcil previous to the receipt of your com- munication evinced 110 disposition in favour of a new appointment, and the same policy still preyails.-Yours faithfally, TOWN-CLERK. John A. Longley. Rs^ Home Office, Whitehall, London, S.W. s

LOCAL PARLIAMENTARY BILLS. The examiners of the Houses of Parliament I met on Thursday for the first time this session tfl take the proofs of the preliminary Standing Orders relating to private Bills. There were very few cases of opposition, most of the Bills passing the initial stage after the necessary formal proofs had been given by the Parlia- mentary agents on behalf of the promoters. The Taff Vale Railway Bill came before Mr. oL Jeune, and was allowed to go through with- out objection. The Bill seeks to confer further powers on the Taff Vale Railway Company with reference to the construction of works. the acquisition of lands, itc.. Other local Bills passed for first reading by Mr. Jeune were those promoted by the South Wales Electrical Power Distribution Company and the Newport Corporation. The latter Bill seeks to confer further powers upon the Cor- poration of Newport for the construction of a bridge over the River Usk and 01 tramways and otheir works. CARDIFF CORPORATION BILL. The Cardiff Corporation Bill, which is opposed by the Taff Vale Railway Company, was on the list on Thursday to coine before Mr. Cam- one of the examiners for the House of Commons, for examination as to compliance with Standing Orders, but a. postponement until the 26th inst. was ordered. LONDON WATER (WELSH SUPPLY) BILL- This Bill was on Thursday to have come before Mr. Campion, one of -the examiners of the House of Commons, with the view to proof be-ing given of compliance with the preliminary Standing Orders. The Bill is opposed by Mr. John Griffiths, proprietor of the Pump Hotel an.d Grounds, in the parish of Gwarafog, Broconaihire. The consideration of the matter was, however, postponed till the 26th inst,

SKEWEN FOOTBALL CLUB IX CO CRT. At Neath'County-court'on Thursday (before his Honour Judge Bishop) Emily Griffiths, of the Terminus Hotel, Skewen. sued William Hopkins, secretary of the Skewen Football Club, for L3 14s., alleged to be due in respect of dinners and drinks supplied. Mr. A. J. Jeffreys appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Fdward Powell defended.—Defendant denied liability in respect cf the drinks, which were supplied, he statsd, without his orders at a concert held in aid of the club. It was further alleged for the defence that several Aberdare men had partaken of dinner, for which they themselves were liable, and that several mem- bers of the club had already paid lor their dinners.—Jt was eventually agreed that the defendant ahould pay CZ 10s.. including costs.

BARRY SEAMEN'S INSTITUTE. The directors of the Barry Dock and Rail- ways Company have given a handsome dona- tion, whereby the whole of the debt on the Barry Seamen's Institute up to the present has been wiped off.

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This made me so before I had finished the second box I felt a> languid and cheerless that I had no nerve for I, decided-change for the better coming over ma anything, and whenever I attempted to do —a feeling such as I had not experienced for any work I was reduced to such a prostrate years. I took five boxes in all, and then I felt state that for days together I had to keep to so well that I have not had occasion to take my bed. I also suffered very much from a any since. My health is now as well a« it ever has been, and I can attribute the wonderful change in my condition solely to Dr. Williams' y jf > Pink Pills. I can now do a good day's work 1 without a murmur, and my appetite is re- 7|7r markably good, whereas before I began taking ] Jlj 'V fey/ the pills I could neither eat nor work. I have H recommended the pills to several persons, 3?** j7' ■ ft iV| .and they have experienced the same extraor- j* J /j)f dinary benefits as I did myself from that ex- j cclient remedy." f ■ _Yrr £ Arnel here interposed with the remark f /.j !)1\ that she had a friend living at Llantriss.ant— If/A' 1 ilU a-woman named Mrs. Roberts, of Pontyclun— yfyjS v'.fc y U —yj// Ijy who had been a martyr to rheumatism, and fyM.! '} for some time she could not move hand or ,yv Sy /> a "u toot of her own accovd. She, too, took Dr. V' -3^ 7\ Williams' Pink Pills, and in a few weeks sho ^■^T- era ^4/ Afi V could get up -and down stairs as nimbly aa j ever, and her general health is excellent. Miss Arnel readily gave permission to have cold feeling and giddiness, which made me an occount of the interview published in the very uncomfortable and depressed. I tried presq, and handed to the Pressman a copy of several doccora and all sorts of medicines, but lm* photograph to accompany the same. THE DANGER OF OVERT A XING ONES STRENGTH. TIRPHIL COLLIER'S PAINFUL EXPERIENCE. A representative of the "Cardiff Times" wouldn't have it. I way advised to go to a recently paid a visit to the rugged, bleak little bone-setter, and he found that two Bmal boneg village of Tirphil, Glamorganshire, some twenty had been fairly drawa ont of their sockets, niilcs from Cardiff, and was duly ensconced They went out of place four times altogether before being finally set. Just at that very time fZ3?S| I had an attack of ecze.na., and it took such hold upon me that, although I swallowed buckets of S-doctors' medicine, consulted a- specialist, and r' took sarsaparilla and blood pills galore, IO-nothing did me good." How long were you under the doctors' treat- For about five months altogether, aud in- J stead of getting betUr I was getting worse Se?ery day, but now you can see my skin is as sUlooth a3 a '• Well. Mr. Beard, aa you say, your skin looks ■> smooth and healthy enough now. What has .'I., Xk # I produced the change?" "Oh, nothing else but Dr. 'Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People." (GsZZjSA "How soon after taking them did you feel V\ the benefit?" before a cheerful fire in the kitchen of 9. "Within a fortnight, and, although I had Pleasant-view, in the occupation of Mr. George heen idle for five mouths. I was quickly able Beard a collier 34 rears of age, who was the to work. if I bad the opportunity, but the object of the visit, and who gave an account colliers' strike intervened, and after only two of tho trymj? timet? he had experienced duriag -day^ work I was kept idi-a ior another flva the past twelve months. months. "I was raising a large lump of coal with by "How d-d you find the puis affect .you. butty, when the half he held broke to pi-sc<w in The first signs of the good Dr. Williams his hands. I held on to my half to prevent it Pink Pills were doing me was that when tae falling 011 my partner, otherwise it would have scab on my lace, where it was swollen, came broken his leg. I heard my shoulder go 'crick' off it was dry underneath. Previously, when 1 at the time. and when I consulted a doctor, perspired there was a burning sensation, which tor it pained me very much, he said it was the doctors said was due to the coal dust. bat rheumatics. I told him it was nothing of the! that ieeling has gone now, although I work kind-it was the result of a strain, but he under exactly the same conditions as hefere." CHILD S LIFE SAVED IX WALES. A SUFFEREKT"FROM BIRTH. A correspondent of the "South Wales Daily two doctors, one after the other, bnt although POllt" informed of what was termed a "mic: cu-j sho took olenty of medicine she seemed he- lous escape from the jaw3 of death" made a cooling weaker rather than stronger. We did not know what to uo. One evening my n.us- hand and I were discussing the matter, when be suddenly said. 'I saw this evening an announcement in the "Daily Pest" about some if^ J wonderful cures which have been effected by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. I //a) 5 K"~V*A — wonder if they would do Gwen any good?' I 7: I f),^w^bC=s' asked him for the paper, and I then read of W i'.J y the cures he hi'd described. Well, we both I 7ff agreed to try the'pills, and the very next day -V I 'l'U T bought a box. The child took them regularly. ULri I I V r. and before three parts of a box had teen 1^7/ taken she was able to toddle with some assis- '] tance. and a few days later she was able to li II v.alk -without help. Tho lumps in her legs and 'i" 1 wrists had nearly gone, and the little one we kC-v fS li'}.. uuj ——^i.^p— feared we should have lost was, wa could see, ijS'NWt,' •- jTy j j en tbe road to complete recovery. I11 three ite/ j months she was quite well, and as you see her now. the picture of health." £ *> "And you attribute her cure entirely to Dr. Pin]K Pills?" Most certainly I do. The doctors had failed, personal -investigation into the case of Gwen- but the pills saved her life." llian Pugslev, the daughter of a respectable Have you any objection to the publication mechanic named William John Pngaley, resid- of this account and other photograph?" ing at 76, Neath-ro.ad. Briton Ferry. None in the least, and I will let yon have Mrs. Pugsley gave him a true Welsh welcome, one for the purpose." and npon explaining his mission consented Do you know of anyone else who has bene- to describe the case in detail. lit-el bv Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale My little girl is now four and a half years People?" of age. She was an extremely weak baby. and Yes. several, but one in particular, a frieud we despaired of keeping her. At the age of of cur?, who for some time had been wasting throe years amd a half she was unable to walk. away. We recommended the piUs to him, and Her legs and wrists were all in lumps, and after treating himself regularly fcr six months naturally-she was very peevish. We called in I he is getting quite robust again." Dr. Williams' Pink Pdls have cured thousands of cases of anaemia, weakness, palpita- tion all forms of female weakness, paralysis, rheumatism, sciatica, rickets, and consump- tion' These pills are genuine only with the Full Name. DR. WILLIAMS' PINK PILLS FOR PALE PEOPLE and if a substitute is offered it h best to send to Dr. Williatr.3' Medicine Company, Hoi born-viaduct. London. Price 2s. 9d a box. six boxes for 13s. 9d. post free.

FOR SAILORS' FRIENDS. FOREIGN ABBIVAL8 AND MOVE- MENT3 OB X^OOAIi VESSELS. Helena left, London for Penarth 17th. Starcross arrived London 18th. Whitehall arrived Moji from Weihawer 16th. Matthew Bedlington left Newport for Genoa 17th. Southgate arrived New Orleans 16th. Coltivaud arrived St. Nazaire 16th. Jersey arrived Chantenay 16th. Treherbert arrived Itochefort 16th. Barry left Rotterdam for Newport 18th. Activity left Southampton for Penarth 18th. Melrose Abbey left Havre for Barry Roads 17th. Fi.v left, Bordeaux for Cardiff 17th. Thor arrived Chantenay 15th. Mountby left Port, Said for Rice Ports 16th. Barlby arrived Kamasei 16th. Slirgsby arrived Bombay 16th. Argonaut arrived Piraeus 18th. SHIPPING CASUALTLES. [lioyd's Telegrams.] Thursday. Tekoa, steamer. Wellington for London, parsed Isle of Wight, presumed for Spithead. mg- naUed "In distress; wanting assistance; aend tug." Eleanor.—Great Yarmouth telegraphs: Steamer Eleanor, of and from Newcastle for London, coal, went ashore on Palling Beach yeater. day; afterwards floated, proceeded without assistance. Ringstroom, steamer, of and for Amsterdam, collided with and sajik lighter laden phos- phate 4n Goole Harbour last night; one lighterman drowned. Steamer proceeded; damage, if any. unknown. Kalliope, German ship, which grounded Ham. burg, assisted afloat; proceeded. Edendale. steamer, which stranded Oyster Island, floated to-day and arrived Sligo; no damage expected. Mabel Annie.—Barrow telegraphs: Schooner Mabel Annie, of Fleetwood, for Uiveraton, sunk near Walney Lighthouse to-day; crew saved. Franaisco Grasso, steamer, and a hulk collided in Mersey yesterday, both receiving damage. Etruria. steamer. arrived New York, on having usual examination of machinery a fault was discovered in shafting which did not exist when vessel left Liverpool; owners are pending out new shafting, which will be fitted at Nov.- York; steamer w^ll leave New York 17th February. Oriel, steamer, of Liverpool, for Queenstown, passed Browhead to-day, signalled "Screw propeller disabled." Livingstone, steamer, from Oran. arrived Dart- mouth to repair main steam pipe. Hansme, Danish schooner, previously reported ashore, floated with assistance and taken into Koraoer. V-elletia. Ga.lveston telegraphs: Steamer Venetia, previously reported, assisted afloat fly salvage steamers; jettisoned a portion of cargo, grain and lumber. Viudobona. Aden telegraphs: Steamers Vindobona, Kobe for Trieste, detained in port through derangement of machinery. Nordby.—Hamburg telegraphs: Danish steamer Nordby. for New York. aground ott Blankencse. Teresina Miqii:).iYa.-Telef,!raiu from Cape Sepet. South France, states: Italian barqua Teresina Mi guano ashore St. Mandrier Roads.

CARDIFF TEMPERANCE ASSOCIATIONS. During next month meeting-j will be held to inaugurate the combination of the Cardiff Tem- perance Society and the C-arti-iff Band of Hops Union, which will henceforth be "worked" from one office.

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