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Is. i postage, 3d.. >- TUDOR 'VTLLIAlS' jpATENT JJAJJ3AM OF HONEY, IS THE BEST FOR COUGHS, COLDS tfcc., A CERTAIN CURE! "Oh! dear me, I forgot to give TUDOR WILLIAMS' BALSAM OF HONEY to my chil- dren before they retired to bed. I am certain they will COUGH ALL NIGHT WITHOUT IT. There is nothing on the face of the earth equal to it; thoroughly up-to-date." In this damp and changeable climate coughs and colds a.re almost certain at some time during the winter to visit every household in the land. It would, therefore, seem only a wise precaution to keep on hand a bottle of TUDOR WILLIAMS' BALSAM OF HONEY ready for immediate use. Pleasant, soothing, healing, and a splendid tonic, it is certainly without an equal for the prevention and car6 of troublesome coughs and in all throat and lung affections. Moreover, it does what no simple cough remedy will do-it promotes appe- tite, aids digestion, increases weight. and builds up the health and strength generally. It contains no opiate or other narcotic, and is perfectly safe even for the youHgest infanta, We are constantly receiving reports from all parts of the kingdom Attesting its remarkable power to relieve and cure troublesome coughs. It is prescribed by the medical profession, and used in the leading hospitals. BALSAM OF HONEY contains PURE WELSH HONEY and an essence of th-e purest and most efficacious Herbs, on the Hill's of Wales, being gathered in the proper season, when their virtues are in full perfection. A GENTLEMAN REMARKS- I feel it my duty to inform you that I have beea uiling your Tudor Williams' Balsam ot Honey in my family, which is a large one, for many years, and have proved its great value, having used nothing else for Cough, during Measles. Whooping Cough, and Bronchitis, and can highly recommend it to all parents for such complaints. BALSAM OF HONEY AT THE ROYAL NATIONAL BAZAAR. When it was decided to have a. Welsh Stall at the National Bazaar ia aid of the sufferers by the War, Mr. D. Tudor Williams offered the hon secretary. Arthu" J. Cooke, Esq., a case of Balsam of Honey, which was gratefully accepted. The Balsam found a ready sale amongst the Royalty and nobility who patronised the bazaar. SEE YOU GET THE GENUINE ARTICLE. TUDOR WILLIAMS' PATENT BALSAM OF HONEY. SO MANY IMITATIONS AND FRAUD. Sold by all Chemists and Stores in Is., 2s. 6d., and 4s. 6d. bottles. Sample bottles sent (po3t paid) for Is. 3d., 3s., and 5s. from the inventor. D. TUDOR WILLIAMS. L.S.D.W.. e85701 MEDICAL HALL. ABERDARE. WELSI-I Jg RANCHES' y f JLW gECOND STOCKTAKING SALE. T C pALMER, fjpHE £ jASH *JlAILOR, 66, CTJEEN STREET, c A R D I F F AND 35, CASTLE STREET, SWAN SEA. Scotch Tweed Suit. 37a. 6d. Usual Price, 42s. Blue Serge Suit 37a. 6d. Usual Price, 42a. Grey Cheviot Overcoa.t 30a. UauaJ Price, 35s. Raglan Overcoat 361. Usual Price, 40s. Black Vicuna Coat and Vest 27s. 6d. Uilnal Price, 30s. Pure Worsted Trcuiers 88. 6d. Usnal Price, 10s. 6d. T. C. piLMEE GUARANTEES A PERFECT FIT. a9435 STERILIZED MILK. ASTOUNDING FACT! THE HIGHEST MEDICAL AUTHORITIES declare that if STERILIZED MILK WERE CONSUMED the mortality in the large towns would DECREASE VERY CONSIDERABLY. A NECESSITY TO ALL. NO CHEMICALS OR OTHER PREPARATIONS WHATEVER ARE ADDED TO THE MILK. which is delivered to the Consumer in a stte of ABSOLUTE PURITY. CARDIFF MILK SUPPLY Co. CASTLE-ROAD, ROATH, CARDIFF. Nat. Tel. 475. Tel. address: "LACTUS." 86g3 FOR THE PIPE THREE NUNS TOBACCO NONE NICER-loz, 2ez, 4oz. j SOLD EVERYWHERE. j J. & F. BELL, Ltd., GLASGOW | e8ol29 wmmmmimsaKammmmstssimmmi
-_-_1 WEEK'S TEMPERATURE AND…
-1 WEEK'S TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL. The following table gives the temperature and rainfall at Cwrt-v-Vil, Penarth, for 24 hours, as read at 9.0 a.m., and entered to the preceding day:- TBHFKEATDRK Datx. Rainfall Max. Min.iMeau S».tnrday 129 48 35 41 5 -10 tSnndny 30 47 36 4\'5 *14 Moaclay 3t 42 36 39'0 'C8 Tuesday 1 47 35 4i.G *00 Wednesday 2 50 30 40'0 .00 Thursday 3 36 29 33'5 *00 F rid ay 4 37 31 34"0 *00 -II
HIGH W A TEE TO-DAY.
HIGH W A TEE TO-DAY. Morning. Kveniug. Felt*htj. Swansea. 6. 8 6.32 31. 3 Cardiff 7.14 732 34. 8 Newport 7.16 7.34 34. 3
WEATHER FORECAST.
WEATHER FORECAST. IHflBNll "ROW KieTKOBe&OaiCAT. OFrfCX—8.30 F.w. The forecast of the weather throughout the West of England and South Wates for to-dar (Saturday) Is as foliovvs:-S.B. icindt, hght; fine; coldtr. Ykstscrpat'S FoRItCART. I YESTERDAY'S WEATHIIIL. S. and S.W. winds, in-i y,E. winds, fresh; dull, creasing milder a j little rain* i
dominants and Criticisms.
dominants and Criticisms. BY "COCHFARF." I have frequently called the attention of the readers of this column to "the cry of the children," and I ami now favoured by Mr. Donald Maclean, the local honorary secretary of the Cardiff, Pena.rth, and Barry Aid Com- mittee of the National Society for the Preven- tion of Cruelty to Children's eleventh annual report. There cannot be two opinions as to the preventative value of the work of this society in Cardiff, and some of the oa-ses dealt with by the inspectors of the society, and dwelt upon in this report, reveal an amount of savage cruelty towards children that a.Imost make one despair of our civilisation. It may be said that the work done by this sooieity ought to be attended to by the police, but the least reflection will show that the representa- tives of a society such as this oan take up inquiries at eartier stages than the police, and, indeed, let anyone who doubts this ait out a case when tried at our courts of law. But it ie not aso(Ù,ty for "scoring convic- tions," a pointed out in the preface to the report. Its chief end is to create proper opinions of our duty towards children where such opinions do not exist, and "to save child- life alike from miseries and from death." The number of convictions secured by the inspec- tors of the society have really decreased, whereas visits of inspection have increased, showing that a wholesome fea.r of the Jaw ia being inculcated among thoughtless OT cruel parents. The work pursued by' the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is a noble work, and those who are engaged in it and support it deserve unquali- fied thanks and every possible encouragement. And now let me invite those who wish to give practical assistance to its local friends. Mrs. Edwin Seward, the hon. secretary of the Cardiff Ladies' Collecting Committee, informs me that the annual Christmas tree and enter- tainment to poor chiidren .will take place at Andrewa'-hail, St. Mary-street, on Monday- next, between four p.m. and 8.30 p.m. IIy rarlers will be welcomed there, and a "visit to sea the poor ones having a glimpse of happiness will do the visitors good also. I "reatL", more freely since I received Mr. Arthur Mee's rejoinder to my note about talk- ing with other worlds. He writes:—"My declr 'Cochfarf,'—In suggesting for the future the bara possibility of communication with Mars or other worlds, it was far from my intention to extend the range of mere ta'ike-e-talkee. You cite Cardiff Council as a warning, but please note that I referred to an exchange of intelligent ideas." (Phew!) "Will you allow me to suggest that this interplanetary com- munication. if it ever come, may quite possibly be solved by means of telepathy, or the like— a medium I quite omitted from the article you were kind enough to notice.—I am, Ac., "ARTHUR MEE." There's a sting in that letter somewhere^ but never mind—let the gaKed jade wince, my withers are unwrung— and here I get another idea. When the age of telepathy arrives, and talking be considered obsolete, will meetings of councils or of any other body of people be necessary? We know of the inconveniencies of the telephone. When the tantalising bell tingles almost minute after minute throughout the day. we muffle the hammer, or disconnect the electric curfent, in order to secure a. little rest to weary brains, but fancy a swarm of telepathic messages seeking audience with our intelligence ait one and the same time! I fear Mr. Mee has only dispelled one fear and re-placed it with another. Again, we see that civilisation has its drawbacks. What a slump there win be in orators when telepathy is perfected! I have abstained from referring to the ques- tion of teaching Welsh in Cardiff day schools until the members of the school board should make a definite move in response to the later and more unfriendly movement relating to it by the teachers. There can be no quarrel with the referendum, because the teaching of Welsh in our local schools was called into being by means of the referendum. But I have one word of warning to give to the friends of greater Cardiff—the Cardiff that is to be the Metropolis of Wales. It were better that the matter had never been mooted than it should be discontinued at the present time. The obloquy it would bring upon our pretensions to be a Welsh town would be immeasurable, and the widespread distrust in the sincerity of these claims would be emphau&ised tenfold. I may be charged with a too frequent fond- ness to raise this cry with regard to certain movements, but I have some personal respon- sibility in the matter as a representative of this town upon some outer institutions, and I again give a, note of wariiing. Let those hoed it who may. The Rev. J. T. Rhys, Pontycymmer, writes to the Bridgend papers in favour of establish- ing an improvement society for the Garw Vailey. I hope the suggestion does not imply -that with the large numr of places of worship in Cwmgarw there is no mutual improvement society in their midst. If so, fhen the old energy of the officials of our places of worship is falling off. I had to stay in this valley for some tim during one winter before a habi- tation of any kind was erected iu the piaoa ether than the farmhouses, and in the house I stayed the only literature to be found was a Welsh Bible and hymn book, and the only diversion we could devise was a bout of snow- balling by moonlight: But this kind of exer- cise cannot bo indulged in during such mild winters as the present one. Let there be a society formed by all means, and let it be promoted in. no half-hearted way. Many a talenx has been discovered by means of village improvement societies, and the moral gain to the inhabitants will be great The application of the Cardiff electric engi- neer for central offices reminds me of an hour spent at our electric works yesterday, and, inasmuch as I am not a member of the com- mittee, my visits to the works are infrequent. Under Mr. Eiiia's guidance, a tour of the estab- lishment is an education, and his profession is unquestionably Belabour of love to him. It would, certainly, be a much appre- ciated privilege if a certain plumber of burgesses w-ere permitted to visit this .important municipal venture (in the order of their application) on tile least busy evening of the week. This would enlighten the visi- tors, and cauie them to take increased inte- nst in municipal government. When an addi- tional six aores of land will be built over, in order to provide the -neceaaary power for oar electric tramways, then our plant will be of exceptional interest indeed. At last there is a movement to provide a memorial to the late Alderman David Mor- gan, miners' agent. Yes. let those whoso cause he so zealously, if not always wisely, advocated place a worthy mark of their esteem upon "Main fechan ei fedd." He was as near being incorruptible as any man I have ever known. and our friendship was a very close one. He knew no fear, and ho spoke to the face of his opponent with tha firmness of one who possessed strong con- victions. We shall not see his like again for mamy a day. David Morgan suffered in public esteem because all his characteristics were not so much in evldenoe as his combativeneea, but it could be well said of him whan in a.n uon- aggressive mood,"A little child shall lead him." No magazine in the Principality has yet pub- lished a. biography of him. a.nd thus Wales doca not know as she ought to one of her noblest sons.
LATEST RECORD.
LATEST RECORD. The Star" says that the Century Baby I Stakes are getting exciting. The question of who was the first baby born in London in the new century is rapidly approaching settle- ment, and to all appearances Walworth will claim the distinction. Up to last night the "best" was Mrs. Thureton's baby, born at Walthamstow at 32.12 a.m. on January 1. Mrs. W. Hubbard, of 54, Penrose-street, Wal- worth, presented the world with a baby girl at 12.3 a.m. on the first day of the new cen- tury. Three minutes after the twentieth century had opened the gates of life little Miss Hubbard was here. There is no doubt about it. for Dr. MacManns, of 263, Walwofth- road. has given a certificate which fixes the hour and the minute of her arrival. It is not unnatural that Walworth is wait- ing impatiently the appearance of any infant who will cut this record. WELLISTGEOEOUGE FOR NUMBERS Another record for the new century has been established by Mrs. Fercival, the wife of a gas-stoker, of London-road, Wellingborough, who presented her husband at five minutes past twelve on the morn of the new century with triplets. This i3 beaten by Walworth in point of time, but in other respects we should imagine that iit will remain as a, record. OXFORD BEATS LONDO We hear, continues our contemporary, from Oxford of a baby born there exactly on the stroke of twelve. It was the fourteenth child of its illGtIí¿r, and is still living. We wi3h it many happy returns, but we are primarily interested in finding the first baby born in London in the new century. v-
ST. CATHERINE'S CHOIR.,
ST. CATHERINE'S CHOIR. Members Dine. The annual supper of the members of St. Catherine's Choir King's-road, Cardiff, took piato at Barry's Hotul, St. Mary-street, Card;ff, Im-.evening. The vicar, <he Rov. J. Baker, M.A., presided, supported by his warden. Councillor Syinonds. 1fr. Churchwarden Strong was unavoidably absent through indisposition. After the usual loya' toasts had been honoured, an interesting presentation, was made on behalf of the congregation by Coun- cillor Symonda of a silver lever watch to Master Charles Woolway, the leading solo boy, on the occasion of his retiring from the choir, after a- period of seven years' service. The Vicar took the opportunity of intro- ducing the Rev. C. James, his new assistant curate, and, in doing so. hoped that he would be welcomed by the choir as a co-worker. Several songs and quartettes were ren- dered by the following:—The Rev. C. James, •Messrs. It. C. ISaines. Stanley Thomas, H. R. Cleves, Gnil Phillips. Leo. Davidson, A. Griffiths, T. Angel, T. H. Williams, W. Hodson, and C. Woolway. The organist and choir- master (Mr. W. Hodson) was presented by his vicar with a meerschaum pipe and case as a mark of appreciation for his services during the last year. A thoroughly enjoyable even- ing was brought to a close by the singing of the National Anthem. ¡
PRODIGIOUS MEMORY.
PRODIGIOUS MEMORY. There is an old lady at Nantes whose fame has reached Paris, since she can now claim to have lived during the eighteenth, nine- teenth, and twentieth centuries. This dams of ancient days is a spinster named Leonide Delisle Dufief. She was born in St. Clement's parish, Nantes, on April 7, 1798, w'hich was then described in the Republican calendar as the eighteenth Germinal of the sixth year-that is to say, about a month before General Bonaparte sailed from Toulon, bound to Egypt, with 36,000 men under his command. Wnen she was a little over twelve months old the new Directory of June 18, 1799, was formed by Barraa, Abbe Sieyes, and three others. Mdlle. Delisle Dufief grew up wnder the Con- sulate and the Empire, has lived through the reigns of Louis XVTIL, Charles X., and Louis Philippe, and has seen the Republic of '48, the Seond Empire, and the Third Republic. The old lady is reported to have spoken with the First Napoleon, and she was fairly well acquainted with the adventurous Duchesse de Berry, Caroline Louisa, sister of the King of the Two Siciliea. who raised the standard of revolt against Louis Philippe in La Vendee, and, finding her cause hopeless, took refuge with a family at Nantes, whems she was arrested in 1832. The venr-rabte dame of Nante3 has many anecdotes about the Ducheose de Berry, and tells them glibly to people who visit her.
BANGING OF SAXPENCES.
BANGING OF SAXPENCES. A moral sfory in the "Daily News" yeeterday morning conveys a warning to the too easily compassionate:—"Lost sixpence!" echoes papa. 'H'm! you don't seem much concerned about it. As I went out last night I saw a poor little chap about ten years old leaning up against the railings and crying as though he would break his heart because he had dropped his father's sixpence in the mud and couldn't find it anywhere." "And I daresay you gave him another, papa?" "Well, yes. I couldn't very well help it, you know." "Was his father a carpenter?" quietly asks mamma. "Yea," replies paterfamilias pricking up his ears. "He told me his name and Jaid his father wae a carpenter." "And did he want to go to Nor- wood? Oh. well, I saw that same little boy last week in just about the same place, and he Bad lost sixpence then and was crying piteously." "And pray did you give him six- pence?" papa demands indignantly, feeling that the family finances were being recklessly squandered in the reward cf imposture. "No, I didn't. I saw that a sympathetic gentleman was going to do all that was necessary."
VEGETABLE SOAP.
VEGETABLE SOAP. There are several trees and plants in the world whose berries, juice, or bark are as good to wash with as read soap. In the West Indian Islands and in South America (says the "Family Doctor") grows a tree whose fruit makes an excellent lather and is used for washing clothes. The bark of a tree which grows in Pern, ajid of amother which grows in the Malay Islands, yields a fine soap. The common aoapwort, which is indi- genous to England, is so full of soapnine that simply rubbing the leaves together in water produes a soapy lather.
SHAH'S PEACOCK THRONE.
SHAH'S PEACOCK THRONE. Among the boundless treasures of the Shah. perhaps the Peacock Throne ought to be ac- corded premier plaoc. It is probably the most costly ornament that the mind of man has ever conceived. The frame is entirely of silver, and above it the gleam of silver melt into molton gold. It is en- crusted from end to end, and from top to bottom, with diamonds. At the back ia a star of biTlliants that almost makes the ob- server blink. The rug on which the Shah re- poses is edged with amethysts, and the pillow on which he reclines his Imperial head is fringed with pearls.
y-CHEAP BUTTER AND EGGS.
y- CHEAP BUTTER AND EGGS. Fresh butter in lib. rplls was sold at Is. Id. at Whi'tland yesterday, and eggs ait six-teen for Is. Dressed poultry were at 3d. per lb.
Sanitary Inspector for Whitland.
Sanitary Inspector for Whitland. Mr. Simon John Jaaaae3, of Login, wa-s ap- pointed sanitary inspector by the Whitland District Council yesterday. Now we may hope the council will at once tackle the water supply of Llanfalteg.
Pontllanfraith County Councillor
Pontllanfraith County Councillor A retpreserrtati ve committee, eleated a.t a meeting ot ratepayers art. Maesycymmer on Thursday nigM, has ta.ken in hand the rejec- tion of Councillor G. G. Lewis for the Pont- llanfraith Division of the M<onmoait«h Oounity OounoijU 1
Surprise Promised at Forthcoming…
Surprise Promised at Forth- coming Trial at Norwich. The Yarmouth murder case, which will be tried at the Norwich Assizes on the 28th of this month, is going to be 3omelhing more than sensational; it will be a complete surprise to the public. So at least say the defence. In Norwich circles it is no secret that Bennett's agents are confident that they have a complete answer to the charge. Mr. E. Eivy Robb. of Tunbridge Wells, who is Bennett's solicitor, bas beea to Norwich this week. On Thursday he saw his client in the prison, and their interview lasted practically all day. Mr. Marshall Hall has been briefed for the defence. Bennett is in very good heath.
_._----, SOCIAL WORK.
SOCIAL WORK. Its Reai Meaning. Social work was ably di-conraed upon at Cardiff University on Friday by Dr. Bernard Bosanquet, of the London Charity Organisa- tion Society. He addressed a meeting of the Association of Past Students, which was held in the lecture theatre. The title of Dr. Bosanquet's lecture was "The Meaning of Social Work." and he said that in social work they devoted to others, not so much their acquirements, but themselves, hç.rt and soul. Ty wa.nted people's characters to mas- ter their circumstances. Social disorgani- sation would; he inrea8d unless t1le social workers clearly apprehended the mora", and intellectual purpose of their work and the relation to the end in view of the means adopted. They must first decide, for in- st:mc2. whether the poor as a dependent class were an element of their social conception. As to the method of helping, he contended that the object of bnsaars and entertainment was to make people contribute money, that was. people whose interests were not sufficient to lead them to contribute in any other way. It was often the case. too, that an entertain- ment was arranped and an object for it was afterwards hunted np. (Laughter.) There were great advantages for social workers in Cardiff, but also great difil- cultie^. The fact that the statistics of drunkenness and crime in Glamor- gan and Monmouthshire were so high might be due to the higher activity of the police — Slaughter) — but they were serious. Social workers should try to influence the administration of the Poor-law, and district visitors shouJrI seek to eradicate the dependence of the poor upon others. The C:u1Írr(wn proposed a vote of th-mks to Dr,Bf)8anuet. which was seconded by Mr. Charles Owen, and supported by Pro- fessor ..M"a,clœu7.ie. Canon Thompson, who was called upon to support the vote, said that amongst the pub- lished 'opinions" as to the needs of the new century the one that struck him was Mr. Keir Hardic's, who said. ".fen!" The word "poor" figured pretty often in the utterances of the Redeemer. It was a mis- understood word, iike a phrase in the "dnty to one's neighbour" in the Churc-h Catechism, which was often wilfnlly misqixoted, "that w should submit ourselves lowly and reverently to all our betters." The meaning of that was purely democratic. It referred to those who were h9'Jt-el' and w:s-e:r tha,n th-em<jclv(?. The vote was carried, and Dr. Bosanquet re8[10n ded. -oIIIo.-
CARMARTHEN MEN AT CARDiFF.
CARMARTHEN MEN AT CARDiFF. The St. Peter's Boys and Carmarthen dis- trict fourth re-union banquet wa-s held a.t the Angel Hotel, Cardiff, on Friday night. Dr. J. Lynn Thomas (president) was in the chair, supported by the mayor of Car- diff Tom Andrews), the mayor of Carmar- then (Mr. E. Colby Evans), Mr. E. W. Shackell (hon. treasurer). Dr. William Lloyd (hon. secre- tary), Dr. Ll. Treharne, Mr. Alfred Thomas, MP., and others. The Chairman having given the loyal toasts, Ur. D. ,T. Lloyd proposed "Our Spiritual Forces," and the Rev. D. Jenkins (Grangetown) responded. Mr. E. W. Shackel!. J.P.. proposed Our Imperial to which Surgeon-lieu- tenant John Williams and Captain T. O. Fdwardu lesponded. "The Welsh Members of Parliament" was entrusted to Mr. W. L. Daniel. Mr. Alfred Thomas, M.P.. responded. Dr. A. Garnons Lawrence, M.D., proposed St. Peter's Boyø at Hom and Abroad," and the Mayor of Carmarthen and the Rev. E. T. Davies rt-Bpondfd. Dr. J. LI. Treharne proposed "The Town of Our Adoption," which the Mayor of Cardiff acknowledged. Mr. Arthur Angle's band was in attendance, and songs were rendered by the Mayor of Car- marthen, Mr. Philip Lewis, Mr. David, and others.
TWENTIETH CENTURY GHOST.
TWENTIETH CENTURY GHOST. The slumbers of a worthy couple living in a lonely house at Fritton, near Gorleston, have, since the century dawned, been fre- quently disturbed by mysterious tappings on their chamber door. Footsteps have also been heard in the corri- dors of the house, but an immediate search failed to reveal any person or anything caus- ing the uncanny sounds. But the worst is to tell. A young lady resides in the house rushed with terror- ,stricken face from her bedroom in the middle of He night and declared that invisible hands had dragged her from her bed. Two gentlemen have now volunteered to watch and wait at night until they lay the ghost.
FORGOT HIS CROSS.
FORGOT HIS CROSS. It is no small task to get correctly all the initials that now follow the name of Earl Roberts. And thereby hang", a uale. After one off the addresses to be presented to the Field-Marstial at East Oowes had been printed on the rich, elaborate, and costly fashion of vellum apostrophe, it was discovered ttoat the initials of the most cherished of all a eoldier's honours were mi!!&ing. These were the sym- bolical letters of his valour, viz., "V.C." The 'discovery was made almost at the last mcanenit, and it was obviously impossible to present the add'ress with this omission, so a new edition, says the "East Angiiian Daily Times," had to be struck off. and a horseman rode in breath- lessly with the revise almost as its recipient ■was approaching the dais where the reception ■was held.
BETTER AT A DISTANCE.
BETTER AT A DISTANCE. Professor Teal a is a bold experimenter, as those will readily admit who, at the London Institution a few years ago, saw him passing alternating currents of tremendous energy backwaids and forwards through his body; but, while giving him full credit for his experi- ments, the Daily Graphic" would rather admire them from a distance. In the inte- reets of our3elye" and of science, it is to be hoped that he will continue to work his twelve- miliion-volt machine at Pike's Peak, Colorado. snd will continue to direct its energies towards the other planets of the solar system.
UNIQUE DISTINCTION.
UNIQUE DISTINCTION. We believe (says the "Globe") that Lord Roberts is the first man who has ever been entitled to wear both the Garter and tho Victoria Cross. He is without doubt the first who has ever worn the Cross and has been both Knight of the Garter and of St. Patrick, and the unique distinction may fairly be taken as symbolical of the unique services which he has rendered the Empire.
BOXING MATCH AT CARDiFF. -
BOXING MATCH AT CARDiFF. Whelan, of Hull, and Driscoll, of Cardiff, fought a ten-round contest yesterday close to Cardiff for a purse of gold. The fight was watched by a large crowd of supporters of both men, and ended m a draw.
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A correspondent writes:—Here is a com- mencement de siecl-e dog. story. I am the owner of a very fine bulldog "Spot," the joint occupant of my chambers in the Temple. Yesterday a friend called on me, at whom my dog growled ominously. My friend's request that I should lock up the dog in another room I answered with the remark that "Spot" was a. perfectly amiable and harmless brute. "Besides," I a-dlded, "you see he is wagging his tail. Don't you know that a. dog that wags his tail never bites?" "Yes," replied my friend, "I know that, and you know that, but. doe* the dot know
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Soldiers for Abroad. A draft of 103 no officers and men of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, under Captain Lewis, left Plymouth this morning by special Great Western train for Birkenhead, where they embark in the transport Stentor for conveyance to Cey- lon to reinforce the 1st battalion as guard over the Boer prisoners. By the same train travelled 120 strong of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, under Lieutenant W. B. Garnett. These also are going out in the Stentor, their destination being Hong Kong, to form the second battalion now employed with the British forces in China. This morning also a draft of five officers and 155 men of the Royal Garrison Artillery left Devonport by special South-Westem train for Southampton to embark in the transport Assaye for England.
CARDIFF'S OLD TOWN WALL.
CARDIFF'S OLD TOWN WALL. Whether it's genuine or whether it's not, that piece of tumble-down masonry near the fish market, and which is supposed to be a portion of Cardiff's old town wall, is giving a lot of trouble. The museum committee discussed it on Friday evening. There was a recommendation from the cor- poration 011 the question, but the committee decided that no further proceedings should be taken in the matter. Respecting the 450 old coins discovered near Sully. Mr. Ward reported that he had received frem the all the silver and washed silver coins by paying £19 5s. The gold coins had been retained by the British Museum, but electrotype re-productions had been sent. A gift was thankfully acknowledged of a sftvul'fhral urn. discovered near St. Fagan's, and presented by Lord Windsor.
PREMIER'S SLAVE GIRL.
PREMIER'S SLAVE GIRL. One of the weeklies tells a curious story of how a well-known English lady became possessed of a slave. Hiw many people know that the Prime Minister of England once bought a Christian girl? It was a quarter of a century ago, when the papers were com- menting on the friendliness which had suddenly sprung up at Constantinople between Lord Salisbury, who was then in the Turkish capital on a special mission., and Count Ignatieff, the represntative of Russia at Con- stantinople. Lord Salisbury had heard stories of slave dealing in the bazaars, which he refused to believe, and Count Ignatieff under- took to satisfy him as to the existence of the slays traffic under th very nose of the Sultan. "Give me your money, and aiipoint anyone you please to go with a friend I will appoint," said the Count, "and I will provide for Lord Salisbury a Christian girl." Lord Salisbury, anxious to know the truth aboat the stories he had heard so often, put down the money. appointed a man to go to the bazaars, and received shortly afterwards a little white sl<lve! She was, of course (adds the St. James's Gazette," which relates tbe story), set free.
HOW "BOBS" SHOT THE MOON.
HOW "BOBS" SHOT THE MOON. I am indebted for the following (writes Mr. T. P. O'Connor in this week's number of M. A. P.") to the kindness of a Johannes- burg reader—an officer of police, who had the facts from the chief character involved, the subaltarn who stage-managed Lord Roberts's moonlight flitting from the Gold Reef City. My correspondent writes: "On the eve of Lord Roberts's departure, which it was decided should be sudden a.nd secret, the chief A.D.C. greeted the acting inspector of police in the New Club and anxiously called him aside. He said that the chief was leaving Johannesburg early the next morning, but that. as his de- parture was to be kept an entire secret-, it was im?>erative that two cabs should be obtained, and be ready to start at four a.m. to convey Lord Roberts to the station. As it is illegal, at the present time, for cabs to run at this hour, the difficulty will be manifest. How- ever, the young subaltern was equal to the occasion. He went out into the street, hailed a cab, and told the man to drive to the police station. Arrived there, he gave orders that the cabman should be detained under arrest, and the horses and cab put up at the station. He then went out and commandeered" another cab in a eimilar manner. At four a.m. next morning the cabmen were released, and ordered to drive Lord Roberts from his house in Jepperton to the railway station. Thus Lord Roberts left Johannesburg in such secrecy. that even two or three days after- wards many officers were still ignorant of his departure."
REMARKABLE RAILWAY RIDE.I
REMARKABLE RAILWAY RIDE. At Wakefield yesterday Adolph Lokwine. a German tailor, was charged with travelling on the Lancashire and! Yorkshire Railway without a ticket. The prisoner, on his way to Hull from Manchester, on Thursday, had ridden lying across the brake of a carriage. A German machinist, Franz Ettlert, was simi- larly charged. He had ridden from Man- chester to Norruanton, and was found amongst the bl'1)kework of the guard's van. When diÐ- covered he ran away up the line. Returning to the station later he applied for a. ticket for Casildord, but waa immediately recognised and arrested. The magistrate's clerk (to the prisoner): Do you understand English? Prisoner: No. (Laughter.) An interpreter was called in, and the prisoner denied having- travelled by train. He had, he said, walked from Lee, near Man-1 Chester. The first prisoner was fined 12s. 6d. or five days' imprisonment, and the second prisoner lis., or one day's imprisonment. I 11
GRIM POST OFFICE JOKE. -,
GRIM POST OFFICE JOKE. The "Evening News" thinks it would scarcely feel a.t home at this time of year without the usual Post Office irregularities. But a correspondent writes of an expe- rience which must have been tantalising beyond the ordinary. The postman a day or two ago handed in to the servant the top of a cardboard box, at the same time remarking that he hoped they had received the con- tents. Unfortunately, they had not.
CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES.…
CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES. Ottawa, Friday Night.—The fishing modua vivcndi with the United States has been re- newed for another year by an Order in Coun- cil wilich has been promulgated to-night.— Central News.
..--VIOLENT WOMAN.
VIOLENT WOMAN. At Llantrisant Police-court yesterday four charges were preferred against Myfanwy Thomas, Llantrisant, two of being drunk and disorderly, one of doing wilful damage to a window, and one of assaulting Police-constable Evans on the. 22nd. She was sent to prison for a month hard labour, and ordered to pay the damage for the window and costs. h-
A VILLAGE FIRE.
A VILLAGE FIRE. A broke out early this morning at a I dwelling-house in the village of Muthill, near Creiff. The house and contents were com- ) pletely destroyed, and one of the inmates, an old soldier, named John Innes. was burned to death. His remains were afterwards found among the debris.
Sunday Drinking at Llantrisant.
Sunday Drinking at Llantrisant. At Llantrisant yesterday twelve cases of infringing the Sunday Closing Act were heard. Many of the offenders had given a false name and address. The following were fined: — Evan Mayne and James Lindsay, Upper Boat,; John Murphy, John Leigh, William Pitt, John Ryan, and Thomas Kough, Pontypridd; William Tucker, John Morgan, and James Pearce, Llantwit. .———.———-—
A GRUESOME DISCOVERY.
A GRUESOME DISCOVERY. Tho deiapitated body of a girl named Reed, who had been in domestic service in the neigh- bourhood, was found on the Great Eastern Railway at Bush Hill Park, near Enfield, yes- terday morning. The deceased left a note informing her mistress that she waa going away.
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The Consulate-General of Guatemala in London has received a cable announcing the signing of a contract with an American syn- dicate for the completion of the Northern Railway of Guatemala. This line, croasins: the country from the Atlantic to the Pacific, will prove of incalculable benefit in the deve- lopment of British trade in Central America, since Guatemala City will thua be only 190 1 hours from London.
SERIES OF RECOMMENDATIONS.
SERIES OF RECOMMENDATIONS. We are officially informed that the Com- mittee appointed by the Secretary of State for War to report on the internal business of the War Office will hold its first meeting on the 8th instant. Colonel H. S. G. Miles, M.V.O., commanding the staff coliege, recently chief staff officer to the Natal Field Force, has been added to the Committee. Mr. H. J. Gibson, of the War Office, will act as secre- tary. The following arc the terms of reference the Secretary of State refers to the Com- rriittee:- (a) The report of the Committee on Decen- tralisation of War Office business, 1898. (b) The Report of the House of Commons Committee on War Office contwacts, 1900. (c) The draft report of the Departmental Committee on War Office establishment, 1398 t.o 1899. and subject to the general distribu- t-ion of responsibility la-id down by Order in Council, March 7, 1899; requests the Com- mittee to consider:- (1) Whether the present method of conduc- ting administrative and financial business of t,he War Office and its distribution as between civil and military departments is satisfactory. (2) Whether the detailed financial audit as conducted in the War Office is required in the public interest, and whether existing financial checks on the War Offics hinder efficient trans- action of its business. (3) Whether the offioe of Director of Con- tracts should deal with all the business now transacted there, or whether the making of contracts could be in the whole or part trans- ferred to the military district or to military departments of the War Office. (4) Whether (with or without a transfer of staff) any of the administrative or finr. vc'al business now transacted in the War Office could be delegated to military districts. (5) Whether any change in the numbers status, and pay of the clerical staff is desi- rable. (6) Whether military officers and military clerks should be substituted in any degree for the present trained civilian staff, and to report amendments of procedure in connec- tion with the aforementioned subjects which would bring the work of the War Office more into harmony with, that of large business undertakings. r ). 04..
CARDIFF THE HEALTHiEST LARGE…
CARDIFF THE HEALTHiEST LARGE TOWN. For several years Croydon has proved to h? the healthiest of the 33 great towns, but the returns for 1900 give the preference to Cardiff, which in the previous three years had ranked as the second healthiest great town. At Cardiff the death rate for the year was only 13.9, and in eight weeks it enjoyed the lowest death rate of all the great towns. Eurnley has the lowest death rate in six weeks, and Birken- head, Derby, and Norwich in five weeks; while there is no other town with the lowest rate in more than three weeks. Brighton has the lowest death rate only in one week; while in London it does not occur at all. The highest death-rate occurred in Salford in ten weeks, seven of which occurred during the h,st quarter, ending December. At Liverypool the highest death rate occurred in nine weeks, six of wrlÍch occurred during the summer quarter, and the rate per 1,000 for the year was 258, compared with 19.2 for London and 13.9 at Cardiff. In the last five years there have hE.n over 22,000 fewer deaths than the average in London, due, without doubt, very iargely to the absence of either extreme heat or extr-nie cold, and also to the great freedom from spells of fog for the last few years. 1 7,
THE PENRHYN DISPUTE.
THE PENRHYN DISPUTE. The voting pa-pers issued to the quarrymen in order to d-eoide whether they would accept the terms drafted at the conference held in London between Lord Penrhyn and the latte employes were counted at Be-thesda, on Thurs- day. The counting was supervised, at the request of the men's committee, by Mr. Chas. A. Jones, solicitor, Carnarvon, and Mr. J. Jones Morris, chairman of the Carnarvonshire County Council. The totnl number of votes returned was 1,873. The result was declared as follows:- For refusing 1,707 For accepting 77 Papers spoiled, or not filled up. 89 Majority of votes against. 1.630
SPORT OF THE DAY.
SPORT OF THE DAY. To-day's Lighting-up Time for Cyclists: 5.5. The amateur selection for to-day is Kilker- ran. Five rAnsone, four Fords, and three Frails have received lioences to act as officials under the Rules of the Jockey Club. Hawkwood, ridden by Miss F. E. Norris, and Cherry of Monagban, ridden by Mf. J. Wid- ger, followed the hounds in the neighbour- hood of Portslade on Thursday. Willie Woodlands, who only a week ago re- turned home from the front, is leaving again shortly for Johannesburg, where he has taken a large house and stables, arnd intends to settle there as an owner and trainer of race horses. Owners who intend naming their horses are requested to do so as soon as possible, as Messrs. Weatherby cannot undertake to in- clude in the body of the "Volume of Races to Come" any names registered after the pubi- cation of the "Calendar" of January 17. Mr. W. M. G. Singer's Telescope (aged), by Ty- rant—Astrology, who as a four-year-old won the Manchester November Handicap in 1896, is the latest acquisition to Tudor's team of jumpers, which at Weyhill now includes such smart flat-racers as Sans Gene, Dorlo II.. Senateur, Golden Horseshoe, and Victor Wolf. All the horses the property of the late Lord William Beresford are to be sold by publio auction on Wednesday, January 23, at New- market. This applies to steeplechase horses as well as flat-racers. The trotting horses will come up for sale at Albert Gate on Janu- ary 28. The lease of Volodyovski win be dealt with by Lord William's executors for the benefit of his lordship's estate. The assumed name of Mr. Warren has been registered under both the Rules of Racing and National Hunt Rules. Several horses which were the property of the late Lord William Beresford-Caiman, Democrat, Jolly Tar, Nahlband, and others—have been nomi- nated by Mr. Warren for the various Spring Handicaps, while Uncle Jack figures in the same nomination among the entries for the Grand National. 1
HER EDITARY INEBRIETY. "
HER EDITARY INEBRIETY. Mr. Walter Schroder heid an inquest yester- day at St Pancras on the body of Eleanor Emma Pascoe, aged 39, the wife of a costumier. Thj deceased, who resided at 224. Great Col- lege-street. was, it appeared, intemperate in her habits, and on Sunday was Taken ill. The Coroner (to the husband): To what do you attribute that? Mr. Pascc-e: Christmas festivities. In other words to excess?—Yes Other evidence was that the deceased con- tinued sick and vomiting throughout the night, and, finally, early on Monday morning, said the husband, she said, "I feel I am dying." She lecited the Lord's Prayer, and expired immediately afterwards. The deceased's little girl explained tliat she fetched her mother a quantity of port wine and brandy. Dr. Godfrey Warne, who had been attending Mrs. Pasjoe, and had made an autopsy, ascribed death to syncope whilst she was suffering from fatty degeneration of the heart, the result of alcoholism, The Coroner (to the husband): Did you try to stop her from drinking? Witness: Nothing could stop her. It was hereditary. Hr father and mother went the same way. She had a private income. She was my second wife, and we lived apart, but were friendly. I visited her frequently. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical testimony.
Shocking Tragedy at Brechin.…
Shocking Tragedy at Brechin. The following appeared in our fifth edition:- The following a.ppeared in our Special A shocking tragedy waa discovered at Brechin 00 Friday. A labourer, named George Gibson, was observed acting in an extraordinary manner in his garden. He killed several fowls, and destroyed anything he could lay handa-on. The neighbours entered the hotUffi. and there found the dead body of Gibson's mother on the floor with the throat out. Gibson and his mother had always lived on very good terms. «
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Publishers nowadays have to be very up-to- date in their advertisements. In Thursday's evening papers Macmillan and Co. announced, "by Earl Roberts, K.G.—'Forty-one Years in India'—'Thirtieth, edition." They are to be con- gratulated on their enterprise, but is it so certain that the new Earl will retain the title of his barony#
Patriotic Response by Loyalists
Patriotic Response by Loyalists BOER COMMANDO RETIRES NORTH. CAPE TOWN, Friday. A total of 1,000 men had enlisted by noon to-day. The Post Office is independently rais- ing a corps of 600 men. the railways one of 500 men, and the British Workmen's Associa- tion of lw men, while other bodies are also con- tributing. Four hundred mounted troops will be ready to advance three days hence.—Press Association War Special. CAPE TOWN, Friday. All the Boer prisoners in this district have now been removed to the British transports, in conssqueuce of the Boer invasion.—Central News.
Boers Re-cross the Orange.
Boers Re-cross the Orange. CAPE TOWN. Friday. Two hundred the enemy have re-eroseed the OraJlge River, and are retiring northwards. The Russian Commandant Petrowsk Duplooy was killed at Utrecht on Christmas Dajr.~ Renter.
Yeomanry Fighting.. C5
Yeomanry Fighting.. C5 TT'e casualty lists issued on Friday night indicate that there was some fighting in the neighbourhood of Heilbron on Wednesday last, when three men of the 1st Oxfordshire Light Infantry and one man of the Manches- ter Company Imperial Yeomanry were wounded, three of them severely. All the non- commissioned officers and. men of the Rifle Brigade who were reported missing from Grootvlei re-joined their regiment on January 1.
IInvading Boers.
Invading Boers. EASTERN COLUMN ATTACKED. CRADOCK, Friday. On Tuesday morning the force under Colonel Williams advanced, and attacked the Boers, who were in a strong position on the kopjes at Grootvlei, a few miles west of MiddelbuTg, but his force wae not sufficiently strong to dis- lodge the Doei-e. The ladies of Middelburg were requested to make preparations for the wounded, and the Town-hall was soon fitted up as a hospital, under the direction of Dr. Lawrence and a number of trained nurses in the town. Soon after hall-past seven two ambulance wagons arrived, bringing three wounded, but the two worst cases were left behind. One officer and one sergeant were wounded. The column returned to Middelburg on Wed- nesday morning. The Boers vacated their posi- tion 011 Tuesday night and moved towards Bethesda. Our wounded are doing welL-Press Association War Special.
Colonial Loyalty.
Colonial Loyalty. MELBOURNE, Friday. Men are now being enrolled throughout the Colony of Victoria for the new contingent destined for service in South Africa. One thousand applic.,ttion,i have already been received, and it is hoped that 400 men will be fully equipped and ready to leave by the tnd of January. In South Australia 600 men have already sent in their applications for enrolment. Two thousand men have come for- ward in New Zealanl.-Feuter.
Glamorgan Yeoman * Promoted,
Glamorgan Yeoman Promoted, Lieutenant Howell Eidwards, of the Ponty- mister Volunteers, who joined Major Wynd- ha-m-Quin's Glamorgan Yeomanry, carrying the rank of sergeant, and has since been pro- moted to the rank of lieutenant in the Yeo- manry, with the temporary rank of lieutenant in the Army, is a native of Risca, where his parents still reside.
Our Total Losses
Our Total Losses The War Office on Friday evening issued a table of casualties to the South African Field Force. During the month of December thirteen officers and 198 men were killed, 52 officera and 665 men wounded (of whom four officers and 83 men died), and seventeen offic.?: and 661 men mis-sing (of whom two officers and 119 men are reported still missing or prisoners), the total being 82 officera and 1,424 men. Of the above casualties the reverse at Nootig-e-da.cht on December 13 accounted for nine officers and 57 men killed, eleven officers and 183 men wounded (of whom twelve men died subse- quently), and fifteen officers and 550 men miss- ing and prisoners, all are recovered except eighteen men)—total, 35 officers and 690 men. During the war the total casualties reported are given as 51,687 officers and men, excluding 1.261 officers and 15,016 men wounded. The actutf total reduction of the military forces through the war in South Africa is as follows: Officers. Men. Deaths in South Africa 604 11,554 -Miesing and prisoners 7 893 Invalids sent home who have died 4 243 Invalids sent home who have left the service as unfit — 1.570 Total 615 14.265 *The "missing and prisoners" include a dumber of men reported missing who subse- quently rs-joined. but whose return has not I yet been notified. 11
Local Casualties.
Local Casualties. The War Offloe announces that the follow- ing civilian masons, employed by Messrs. Rowe and Marshall, were killed near Kromellenborn, Scuth Africa, on December 31:—Richard White (address, Madorn, Penzance), and Richard Thomas (address. Swansea). Among the passengers on the Canada, which arrived at Southampton on Tuesday, was Trooper Charles Taylor, of the Montgomery Yeomanry, son of Mr. J. H. Taylor, Bryn Deri, Caerleon. He was invalided home with leg fractured in two places, but i's doing well.
Victoria Cross Hero.
Victoria Cross Hero. The "London Gazette" announces that the Queen has conferred the Victoria Cross on Corporal H.* J. Knight. 1st BattaHon Liver- pool Regiment. No. 1 Company, 4th Division Mounted Infantry, who on the 21st of August, during the operations near Van Wyks VIei, was posted in some rocks with four men, cover- ing the right rear of. a detachment of the same company, under Captain Ewart. The enemy, about 50 strong, attacked Captain Ewar's right, and almost surrounded at short range Corporal Knight's small party. That non-commissioned officer held his ground, dire-ting his party to retire one by one to bet. e cover, where he maintained his posi- tion for nearly an hour, covering the with- drawal of Captain Ewart's force, and losing two of his four men. He then retired, bring- ing with him two wounded men. One of these he left in a place of safety, the other he carried himself for nearly two miles. The party were hotly engaged during the whole time.
The Yeomanry Hospital.
The Yeomanry Hospital. Countess Howe has received a telegram from Major Stonham, principal medical officer of the Imperial Yeomanry Field Hospital, in which he reports that he and Major Hale, medical officer of the Imperial Yeomanry Bearer Company, with their respective staffs, were at Reitfontein on December 23. and had successfully trsated 100 wounded and twenty sick. From this it will be gathered there has been considerable fighting, and that these branches of the Imperial Yeomanry Hospitals were again rendering their valuable service to her Majesty's forces. Two qualified compounders and 29 ward orderlies for the Imperial Yeomanry base hos- pital sailed on Thursday from Souinampton in the transport Simla to replace time-expired men in that hospital.
- Boer Prisoner's Story.
Boer Prisoner's Story. Among the passengers who landed at Ply- mouth on Friday from the steamer Moravian was H. Dettmor, a native of Cape Colony, who was adjutant to General Delarey, with whom he served on commando for five months. Dett- mer alldgcs that in July last at Klerksdorp he was one of thirty Boers to whom 90 of the Kiinberley Horse and 200 of fie townspeople. who had been armed, surrendered without tb9 slightest attempt at resistance. Some months later at Klerksdorp Dettmer fell into the power of the British.
- Natal Coal Industry.
Natal Coal Industry. DURBAN, Friday. For the purpose of promoting the develop- ment of the Natal coal industry, the port advisory board her& hae decided to request Sir Walter Peace, Agent-General for Natal in London, to inquire into the system of mechani- cal shipment of coal employed at British ports, with a view to the adoption of a practicable scheme here.-Reuter.
By the Way. .
By the Way. In Scotland a, twentieth of the area- is forest land. The greater portion of the country is mountain heath and lake. The cul- tivated land is comparatively very limited in its area. Union carpenters in San Francisco have fully demonstrated what can be done by, organised labour when acting as a unit. They have a union planing mill in full operation, giving employment to 2,000 union men. It seema like getting back into ancien. history to rea-d an item from Niagara Fallt that seven skeletons of United States soldier who fell in the Battle of Lundy's Lane were unearthed to-day on the Canadian side." The chief sanitary inspector of Chicago haa discovered that all the churches of that city are full of bad air, and says the more you steam and heat foul air the more unwhole- some it becomes. The chief sanitary inspector of Cardiff might discover the same thing if he Lried. In Southern Italy one of the peculiai customs of the peasants is the wearing of price marks on new suits of clothes. Whereas in other countries the dealer's ticket and tag are removed the moment a suit is bought, in the sunny toe and heel of the European boot they are fastened on the tighter and worn until they fall off. The object of this. presumably, is to show neighbours that yoi have new clothes, bought on suoh a day anc costing so much at So-and-So's. An amusing story is going the rounds tbat at the siege of the Legations, when the nese Minister called for volunteers to ::t3sie in the defence of his Legation, no less thai 35 officers of the Japanese Army, who had beei scattered about Peking in various disguises, responded to the call. One had been the foreigners' barber, another had been the lead- ing photographer, &c., which, perhaps, accounts for the excellent information about things in China that Japan possesses. The only woman who ever held a commission in the United States Army has just retired into unofficial life. First Lieutenant Anita Newcomb M'Gee was appointed acting assis- tant surgeon a.t the beginning of the Spanish War. and has since had control of the Army Nurse Corps. On her resignation she haa received the warmest thinks from 1he Government for her services. She is the daughter of Simon Newcomb. the astronomer. Her husband is chief of the bureau of Ameri- can ethnology. llr. Thcmaa Roberts and his grandson walk- ing along Pentreath beach, at the Lizard naticed a curious object moving on the beach, which proved to be a hawk-beaked turtle. It died soon afterwards. It was not in the least injured, so far as could be seen. It is said to be a perfect speciment, and measures about twelve inches from head to tail. The turtle is supposed to have been washed overboard from some passing steamer- Justa century ago Ralph Dodd, a forgottec genius, was busily engaged with the prelimi- nary operations respecting his abortive schem< for cutting a tunnel under the Thames between Tilbnry and Gravesend. On February 12, 1801, a committee examined the shafts Dodd had dug. and represented that a steam-engine would be necessary to keep them clear oi water. The working, by reason of the inter* mittenit irruptions of water, had to be aban- doned. Dodd, who suggested the building of the old Vauxhall Bridge, died in penury in 1822. Among its many curious prodncte South Africa includes the aneeze-wood" tree, which takes its name from the fact that one cannot cut it with a saw without sneezing, as the fine duat has exactly the effect of snuff. Even in planing the wood it will sometime* cause sneezing. No insect, worm. or barnacU will touch it; it is very bitter to the taate, and when placed in water it will sink. The colour is light brown and the grain very close and hard. For dock work, piers, or jetties, it is a useful timber, lasting a long while under water. The "Girl's Realm" for January contains a brightly written interview with Miss Clara Butt, who. in telling about her experience in singing before the Emperor and Empress 01 Germany, remarked: "His Majesty was so delighted that I could aing in German that h4 wished to talk to me in that language. That however, was too mush for me. as my German waa still in the rudimentary stage. I became so embarrassed that I could not even tell him the title of the next song which I intended to sing. He laughed heartily at my discomfiture, saying, 'Though she sings the language like a German, she cannot remember the title of the song.' Schumann's 'Waldhexe' was the song which pleased the Emperor best." "If people cannot afford to pay for a dog they ought not to have one. You must pay the penalty for keeping it without a licence for three months. You must pay 7s. 6d., the coan of the licence, and 28.. the cost of the sum- mons." This was the decision of Mr. Bros at the North London Police-court in the case of a poor wtman who had entertained a. canine friend, belonging to her crippled brother. without having complied with the claims of the Inland Revenue. No fault (remarks the "Daily Telegraph") can be found with the deci- sion of the magistrate, which is according to the strict letter of the law; but it reflects that from indigent people's point of view it ia a pity, perhaps, that the most faithful friend of man should stand ao high in the estimation of legislation as to have a tax levied on it. while any number of cats can be harboured absolutely exempt from such a toll. The romantic highwaymen of the past as they figure in the romances of the writers were gentlemen in t-hs true sense of the word. who robbed the rich in order to give to the poor, and occasionally made restitution tc theiir victims who by chance belonged to the Latter class. Fact, whose laggard legs some- times overtake the nimble-footed fiction, hafl just come to pnove that these old romancers were not all 90 purely imaginative as was sup- posed. Five and twenty years ago a farrnei of one of the towns of Ohio was robbed 01 £300 ay three sharpers, who were arrested, but escaped from ffaol before their trial came on. One died, and the other two travelled about the country for several years, when they went to the Alaska Goidnelds. where they struck a rich claim, and beca.me rich. A few months ago they returned to the United States, and determined to hunt up the farmer and re-pay the money which they had stolen from him. much trouble he was found out, and a few days ago the original sum of £300. witl] a.n additional £200 by way of interest, wa4 paid over to him. "Engineering" says that the changes in tht rates of wages during the past year have been marvellous, both as regards the number of persons affected and the amount gained by the workpeople. 1,053,313 workers obtained advances in wages averaging 3s. weekly per head. Only 26.340 persons sustained decreases, the net average of which was 2s. 3i/d, weekly per head. The general effect of all the changes was a net increase in wages of 3s 8d per head weekly of the aggregate work- people affected, namely, the entire 1,079,653 persons. This trend of wages in an upward direction ahows clearly that trade generally has been prosperous. The classes who have gained most are the coal miners, 1he iron and steel workers, and the operativea in the building trades. In the case of the miners and iron and steel workers, either the sliding- scale or some similar mode of settlement waa general; in the building trades direct negotia- tion was resorted to in numerous instances. In one or two cases, however, strikes were of long duration. The gratifying thing in the record is (adds "Engineering") that the more numerous changes in the rates of wages wør. effected by ipeaoefol meaufk