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£ usmrs$ 1IIWrt55tØ. ,4fI8 "V.v- «U>A ii s^r^»«rr<«<s^<ar<ji<Y« i | An Ideal Cigarette. j OGDEN'S I GUINEA GOLD" I j CIGARETTES } 1 t They are the Popular Favourite, | because they are the Best and 5 Purest on the Market, I v 9 f ? 9 f ? ? £lOOFOAN PHIL PHILLIPS, iCl 00 LOAN 16s. Sd. PAWNBRPKER & JEWELLER » PER MONTH. 24, ST. MARY-STREET, CARDIFF, ADVANCES MONEY ON ALL KIND OF JEWELLERY. PLATE, DEEDS, SHARES, LIFE POLICIES, AND REVERSIONS. FOB £100 LOAN Advance for 2100-Interest 16s. 8d. per Month 16s 8d W<S bay# a Large 8tock of JEWELLERY, PLATE, DIAMONDS, ELECTRO-PLATE, BRONZES, GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, PER MONTH. RINGS, KEEPERS, Ac.. at VERY LOW PRICES. See Our Prices Before Going Elsewhere. FOB ° £ 100 LOAN NOTE ADDRESS:- 16s. 8d. PHIL PHILLIPS. Pes MONTH. 2i' ST> MARY-SIREET, CARDIFF jpUBNITCEEl JPUKJilTUBE! 'QNl! J» £ ONTH'S QREAT SKLE. RENDLE AND COMPANY'S NEW FURNITURE (QJHOWBOOMS QPEN rpkis D AY. Everyone Requiring ITILVITURE, BEDSTEADS, BEDDING ftcald Call and Inspect oar Stock and Compare Our Prices. WE SELL FOR CASH ONLY, AND AT LOWEST PRICES. TWO DAY, and each succeeding day tkroaghuut our Opening Sale, every customer purchasing Furniture to the value of £5 and upwards will be made the recipient of a Hand- IIOJÐe Present (customers' own selection), for particulars of which see our windows. All Goods delivered in our red vans is a guarantee to your neighbours that you do not fttraiah en the so-called Easy Payment, Hire Purchase, or Credit Systems. CARPETS AND FLOORCLOTHS LAID BY EXPERIENCED MEN FREE OF CHARGE. PUENISH FOR CASH, AND FURNISH WITH THE DASH HOUSE FURNISHERS. JJENDLE AND COMPANY, THE CASH HOUSE FURNISHERS, UPHOLSTERERS AND GENERAL DRAPERS, QUEEN-STREET, CARDIFF. Etcl0014 ™*N~c5!r^3en^l!ost-<"»rcU™w7th"Name and Addrett, frr I'articulars Novel Way of Siring Cigarette*, Pipes, Tobacco, etc., etc.— -Sm.ke-rs, PATdi" Matly, elsm. DAISY CYCLES 1'. still the popular local mount. For finish, speed. and neat design they cannot be excelled. One Grade only in Daisy Cycles—highest obtain- able. Holders of the 10, 25. and 50 Miles Welsh Cha.mpionahips in 1900. Largest House in the Principality for Plating, Enamelling, and Lining. Careful attention given to any make Crcle sent to our works for repairs. Experienced engineers kept for repairs to Motor Cars, ,gusdfieycles, and Tricycles. Agent for the Genuine De Dion Motor. Write for Catalogue. Nat. Tel. 832. AYLIFFE AND SONS, Daisy Cycle & Motor Works, Cardiff & Newport. e8896 PALAI AND JQASTER SUNDAYS. FOR BEST VALUE AND STYLE IN WREATHS, CROSSES, OR OTHER FLORAL DESIGNS, GO TO E. P R I C E FLORIST, PARK-HALL-BUILDINGS, CARDIFF. GOLD AND SILVER MEDALLIST. Floral Designs Artistically Arranged with the Choicest of Flowers, cut from our own Nursery, from 58 upwards. ARTIFICIAL WREATHS IN THE LATEST DESIGNS AND IN GREAT VARIETY. ALSO POT PLANTS AND GUT FLOWERS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Telegram*; ".Price, Fiorist, Cardiff." Le NO HIRE SYSTEM. F U R N 1 8 H AT SAM TAYLOR'S 46 AND 48, COWBRIDGEBOAD, CANTON, CARDIFF. NO LIMITED COMPANY. Canton Trams Pass the Doors. fil. IN THE £ ALLOWED OFF ALL GOODS. AVOID INSTALMENT SYSTEMS. ALL GOODS SOLD STRICTLY FOR CASH ONLY. All Goods Delivered either in our own Vans or by Rail Free Any Distance. £ s. d. Feather Bed, Bolster, and Two Pillows (fuil size), 601bs., pure linen tick, only 1 15 0 Wool Bed, Bolster, Two Pillows, 501bs., only 0 10 6 Wire Mattresses. 4ft. 6in., double woven 0 8 11 j Wire Mattresses, 4ft. 6in. double woven, cabled edge and oentre 0 12 6 Wire Mattresses, 4ft. 6in., 4-ply, cabled centre and aides, usually sold at 21s., only 0 17 11 j Wool Mattresses, 4ft. 6in., 5in. thick 0 9 11 Washed Wool Mattresses, guaranteed sweet and wholesome, only 0 12 6 Strong Cot, with brass knobs, 4ft. x 2ft.. complete with Mattress 0 16 6 Be>st Wool Mattresses, 4ft. 6in 0 15 6 Wool Pillows 0 0 llj Feather Pillows 0 2 6 Feather Bolsters 0 5 6 Wool Bolsters 0 2 0 Straw Mattresses, 4ft. 6in., 4Jin. thick 0 6 11 Straw Mattresses, 4ft. 6in., 6in. thick 0 9 11 Chair Bedsteads and Cushions, full size 0 12 6 j Strong Iron Bedsteads, 4ft. 6in.. only 0 14 11 j Strong Brass-rail Bedstead, 4ft. 6in., only 6 16 11 Very handsome Bedstead, with Rosettes and Two Brass Poles, 4ft. 6in. 0 19 11 Beautiful Bedstead, with 6 Brass Rings and 6 Spindles, 4ft. 6in., oniv 1 10 0 Very massive 2in. thick Pillar Bedstead. 4ft. 6in 2 5 0 Strong Combination Bedsteads, fitted with Wire Mattresses, complete, 3ft. x 6ft 0 14 11 Mangles. Hardwood Rollers, thoroughly reliable, only • 1 15 0 Solid Walnut Octagon Tables, only 0 16 11 Loo Tables, large size, only 0 18 6 Handsome Solid Walnut Sideboards, 4ft 3 19 6 Beautiful Design Solid Walnut Side- board, 4ft. 6in 5 19 6 Walnut 5ft. Bow-front Sideboard 8 8 0 Dining Table. 5ft., telescope. Walnut 1 15 6 Leather Suites, well made (7 pieoes) 3 10 0 Do., do. (9 pieces) 4 5 0 Saddlebag Suites (7 pieces) 6 16 0 Do. (9 pieces) 710,0 Dressing Chests and Washstands, Two Chairs, and Towel Rail 3 5 0 Handsome Walnut or Mahogany Duchesses, Two Chairs, and Towel Bail 3 5 0 NO HIRE SYSTEM. NO TOWN RENTS OR EXPENSES. ORDERS BY POST PROMPTLY AND CARE- FULLY ATTENDED TO. No Bad Debts to Pay For at Sam. Taylor's. SAM TAYLOR. 46, AND 48, COWBRIDGE-ROAD, CANTON, CARDIFF. al0017 CTH¥N^RY¥IO^ias AND CO.'S GRAND SPRING EXHIBITION OF BABY CARRIAGES. GUARANTEED LARGEST STOCK IN THE PROVINCES. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. SEE OUR WINDOWS. NOTE ONLY ADDRESS:- 122, QUEEN-STREET CARDIFF, e3S94 NOTICE OF REMOVAL. 1, W. DOBBS co-z SON Bog respectfully to infom: their numerous patrons that they are H .,)tOYINfJ tVicr CHINA AND GLASS BUSINESS from 72, QUEEN-STREET to the Newly- buiJt Showrooms in CH A TILES STREET I (QUEEN-STREET END) POSTAL ADDRESS W. DOBBS AND S0*' V V o IC H I NA SHOWROOMS, ^HARLES-STREET, CARDIFF. .V *8950 ..4 GOLD FOR YOUR POCKET. Everybody is willing to relieve you of Gold; if a fool, you will find no difficulty in parting with it. H. SAMUEL'S advice, if acted on. will put Gold in your Pocket and keep it there. He offers it in the words of the Great Lord Bacon: OBSERVE. REFLECT. LINK THOUGHT WITH THOUGHT, and THINK upon the IMPRESSION. OBSERVE the individual features of his Fs,u-ow WaUhes:- I —————————— CASE: -Solid Gold, beauti- PRICE: fully polished. English turned and engraved if pre- ferred, Jewelled in extra pairs, centre-second move- ment, fitted with special Patent outside glide stop- PRICE: action. Fit for any wearer, complete J&CP 1 OS with key. and protected by AU FIVE YEARS' WRITTEN WARRANTY. LET US READ WHAT PRIVATE JEFFERIES WRITES ONLY A FEW SHORT WEEKS AGO: C Company, King's Liverpool Regiment. South African Field Force, 5th Jany., 1901. Mr. H. Samuel. Dear gi. Eight years ago I purchased one of your English Lever Watches, which wall safely delivered to ma in Bermuda. I then took it with me to Canada, and for nearly three years it served me admirably amidst the severe FROSTS and SNOWS which prevail there. After that I spent a year or two in TROPICA- BARBADOES. I then came to England, and left shortly after for active service in South Africa, and. needless to say, KIT old friend came with me. Often on OUTPOST DUTY and ON KOPJE it has. with faultless precision, told me it was bed-time, though I had no bed to go to. Yours faithfully, ALFRED JEFFERIES. jl [read, REFLECT, ftECURE, \)Olm "WORD I Great's Keyless™" i-plate,Centre- TO seconds Stop LESS THAN Watch, 13 Carat Gold A E5 NOTE. THE Case, Finest Lever Move- o ment, Chrono- {\ ONLY. WISE, meter balance O/- Brequet Hair Spring, Jewelled in 15 Actions, Patent Side- stop. Cases Polished Plain for Monogram, or Engine-turned and Engraved with Shield and Garter, if preferred. Strong, Substantial, Compact, Carefully Adjusted, Reliable, accom- panied by TEN YEARS' WRITTEN WARRANTY. ACME i- — protecft>(1 LETEE TVEKTT'FIVE SHILLINGS by H.M.'s 1 Royal I w ¡ Letters WATCH. 12 Patent. (Description for tlie intelligent reader, lady or DUST-PROOF, sre n 11 e m a n Finest J-plate DAMP-PROOF. Patent Lever | movement.extra A Good, Hard- jewel, hard Working „„ „„„ wlnte enamel TO ONE dial( ?olfl or WATCH, steel hands, fit- ted with H. Five Years' MINUTE S-n-rvuel's new pa tent improved Written balance wbeel, PER WEEK. rcmovable dust WARRANTY, cap, crystal un- ™" breakable glass. v FREE RAIL WAY TRIPS within a radius of thirty miles to all purchasers of Goods to the value of Twenty-five Shillings—FARES PAID by H. SAMUEL. 7, ST. MARY-STREET, CARDIFF. e7461 Mp C., PALMER, rrHE QASH rpAILOR, WELSH BRANCHES; 665 QUEEN STREET, CARDIFF, AND 35, CASTLE STREET, SWAOTA Opr PER CENT BELOW USUAL TRADE PRICES. OK PER CENT BELOW USUAL TRADE A** PRICES. Of; PER CENT BELOW USUAL TRADE PRICES. or; PER CENT BELOW USUAL TRADE PRICES. Op; PER CENT BELOW USUAL TRADE PRICES. OK PER GENT BELOW USUAL TRADE PRICES. PERFECT CUT. LONDON STYLE. GOOD .WORKMANSHIP. THE SECRET IS T. C. PALMER BUYS AND SELLS FOR CASH. NO CREDIT, BUT GOOD VALUE IS GIVEN. UP-TO-DATE NEW SPRING PATTERNS. You can choose a. Suit from the Cloth shown and Priced in the Window. ALCO GARMENTS CUT AND MADE ON THE PREMISES. T. C. Palmer does not alter unsatisfactory garments, but Cuts Another One. PRICE LIST. NONPAREIL SERGE SUIT 92 2 0 To Measure (Indigo Fast Blue). SCOTCH TWEED SUIT £ 2 2 0 „ (Choice Patterns). MORNING COAT A VEST iCt 10 0 „ „ (Black Vicuna, Twills, Ac.). BEST FROCK SUIT £ 3 3 0 „ „ (Black Vicuna, TwillS, Ac.). SUMMER OVERCOAT .ci 15 0 „ „ (Latest Style). NORFOLK SUIT it 17 6 „ WORSTED TROUSERS £1) 10 6 „ „ T. C. pALMER, rjIHE ^jASH rjlAILOR, # 6Gs QUEEN STREET, (CARDIFF, AND CASTLE STREET, SWANSEA _mu_ a9930 National TeIephones-947, 847a, 947b. W. GREEN, 15, DUKE-STREET (THE SCOTIA RESTAURANT). 112. WOODVILLE-ROAD, AND THE CARDIFF CENTRAL STEAM BAKERY, 98, GREAT FREDERICK STREET. CHOICE SELECTION OF BRIDE CAKES IN STOCK. Any size to order. MID-LENT CAKES: SIMNEL CAKES, ALMOND- ICED AND RICHJ Y DECORATED, 18. per lb. OUR GOOD FRIDAY BUNS Are not to be beaten in quality. Order now for Delivery Thursday" or Friday. Special Terms to Wholesale Customers. DELICIOUS EASTER CA.KES A Speciality. EASTER EGGS, BIRDS' NESTS. AND ALL SEASONABLE CONFECTIONS. Every Table Requisite for Hire-Glass, Silver Plate: Candelebras, Cutlery, etc., at Mode- rata Prices. All Goods Baked in Tunks and Co.'s latest improved Steam Ovens, thus ensuring thorough cleanliness during the process in manufactu- ring in baking. e8919 -r- SUNSEARAIN SERGE (Regd.) SUNSEARAIN SERGE (Regd.) SUNSEARAIN SERGE (Regd.) Warranted to stand the SUN, SEA, OR RAIN, SUIT TO MEASURE, 55S. SOLE AGENTS: STEWART & STEWART THE CASH TAILORS, 279 CASTLE A RCADE, CARDIFF. JBEWARE OF IMITATIONS* :BusIness £il1tlt'f£,£)t£,. > r- r- -r' "T RUE PR-KISE T AKES JJOOT AND gfREADS," AND THE PRAISE FIRST ACCORDED OVER 50 YEARS AGO TO B EECHA-I,I'S PILLS -B..S lias been spreadvag daily and hourly ever since, until they have attained THE LARGEST SALE OF ANY PATENT MEDICINE IN THE WORLD, a position achieved BY THEIR MERITS P, And the personal recommendation of grate fal sufferers and of medical men. COMPARISONS MAY BE ODIOUS, but wise people will compare the unique record of B EECHAM'S jpiLLS with the shadowy claims of many untried and questionable preparations now often UH- scrupulously advertised. E1642 ARTISTIC FURISHING. P. E GANE (LATE TRAPNELL AND GANE), CHOICEST SELECTION OF BERDOOM SUITES, DRAWING-ROOM SUITES, DINING-ROOM SUITES. MANUFACTURERS OF PURE BEDDING. BEDSTEADS IN GREAT VARIETY. ONE HUNDRED PATTERNS TO SELECT FROM- IMMENSE STOCK. LINOLEUMS AND FLOOR CLOTHS. Send for Our New Catalogue of MODERN AND ARTISTIC FURNITURE. P.. E. (JANE (LATE TRAPNELL AND GANE), 38 & 41, QUEEN-ST., CARDIFF. Also at NEWPORT and BRISTOL. e8318 HALT For just a moment whilst Bevan and Company (Limited), "The Cardiff Fur- nishers," remind you that their 51st great annual Stock-taking Sale of Furniture, Carpets, Floor-cloths. Pianofortes, &c., &c.. Commences on Saturday, March 16th, and Will Continue for One Month Only, during which period the whole of the vast stocks at their various branches will be reduced to such an extent as must effect clearances! ATTENTION I Is particularly directed to the fact that this is a Genuine Sale. The inhabitants of South Wales and Monmouthshire are per- fectly aware that it is imperative for us to take stock about the close of each financial year, and that, to enable us to do this, our various showrooms must be to a yery great extent cleared; and, hence, it becomes absolutely necessary to make great reductions in prices in all depart- ments. i-i r RIGHT PACE I To the following prices for convincing proof of fedtJtion! :-Yagnificent Silk Drawing-room Suites reduced from Sixteen to Twelve Guineas; Twelve-guinea Saddle- bag Suite to Nine Guineas; Eight-guinea Leather Cloth Suites to 95 17s. 6d.; Bed- room Suites for Three Guineas; Everlast- ing Iron Bedsteads from 32s. 6d. to 22s. 6d. Pianofortes. Organs, Bedding, Carpets, Ac., &c., all reduced in similar proportion. In fact, the reductions are so great that this will, undoubtedly, turn out to be the greatest sale we have ever held. QUICKMARCHI Then to secure the reliable goods of this old-established firm—Bevan and Com- pany-withont a single exception the largest, best, and cheapest House Fur- nishers, Bedding. Carpet, and Music Ware- housemen in the Principality. Delivery free throughout Wales and border counties. Large Illustrated Catalogues Gratis and Post Free on Application. BEYAN ( COIP ANY. 21, DUKE-STREET, AND 97, ST. MARY STREET, C A II D I F F. etc24 THE MOST NUTRITIOUS. IFMM ON& em EPPS'S ORA TEFU L-COMFORTI NG. COCOA BREAKFAST— SUPPER
Popular Songs, with | Music.…
Popular Songs, with Music. EVEtilNCi EXPRESS" SERIES. The "Evening Express" has published the fol- lowing gongs on the dates named: Victor"a February 1 "Eileen. My Queen" February 6 By the Silver Sea February 13 "Then I Understood February 20 n "Are We to Part Like This February 22 John Bull's Little Khaki n February 25 Joe Anderson, My Joe February 27 "Good-night. Daddy" March 4 One Always Loves You and that One's Me March 6 When Your Ship Comes Home, Love March 11 What Does He Take Me For? Maroh 13 "Where the Flag of Eng- land Plies March 18 "Without a Word" March 20 Back numbers of the "Evening Express" containing these songs may (for the present) be obtained at one penny each.
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THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIES, THOMPSON'S BURDOCK PILLS. Overcome the worst forms of diseases and the fol-Alost state of the Blood, Stomach, Liver, and Kidneys; they go to the core of every disease, where no other medicine has power to reach. In Boxes, at 1s. lid. and 29. 9d. each. Sold by all Chemists, or from the Burdock Pill Manu- factory. 44. Oxford-street. Swansea. etc For ITORTON's Foi- Females ORIGINAL Females only. BENEDICT PILLS. only. The Proprietot- has received thousands of Testimonials from all parts. Females of all ages should never be without a box. as they at once remove all irregularities, and are in no way injurious, which is the case with many advertised pills. In boxes. Is. ad. and 2s. 9d. Sent Post Free under cover Id. extra, direct by the proprietor, C, D. Horton. M.P.S. (from the Birmingham and General Lying-in Hospital, 68, Arton-road North, Birmingham. Agents:- Cardiff: R. Mumford. Chemist, Ac., Meteor- street. Splotlands. Merthyr: Willis, Chemist, Georgetown. Swansea: Lloyd. Chemist, Oxford- street. Newport: Young. Chemist, High-street. Cannot be had from other Chemists. N.B.— None gen cine unless bearing "G. D. Horton" in red across each label. Letters answered free. eto ,a alt5 bp gttrttoll. CHURCH-STREET SALEROOMS. TV/TR. A. SETCHFIELD has received instructions to SELL by AUCTION, on THURSDAY NEXT, a Large Quantity of Superior HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND EFFECTS, Comprising several 4ft., 5ft., and 6ft. side- boards, saddlf Lag and leather suites, cabinets, loo tables, o^erminteis, pier-glasses, carpets, rugft, curbs, brasses, tea sets, paintings, clocks, bronzes, &-c.. several 4ft. bedroom suites in various woods, pairs toilets, cane chairs, sets of ware. bedroom carpet squares, linoleums, Ac., lritchjn tables, chairs, c<mches. Ac. Sale to comjcnenca AT TWALVA Q'CIQCK wm. Business 0fctrressifs. R. J. HEATH AND S0NS' 76, QUEEN STREET, CARDIFI-I (CORNER OF CHARLES-STREET). LARGEST SALOON IN WALES. AAGNIFICENT gTOCK OF K- JMANOFORTES AND QRGANS BY ALL MAKERS. SOLE AGENTS FOR BROADWOOD, SCHIEDMAYER, WALDEMAR, and CROWN PIANOS. ANGELUS PIANO PLAYERS AND SYMPHONY SELF-PLAYING ORGANS. LONDON STOnE PRICES FOR CASH OB EASY TERMS. Repairs in all Branches by Skilled Workmen. Estimates and Catalogues Post Free on Application Nat. Telephone: Cardiff, 01,199. Pontypridd, 21. MANUFACTORY: LONDON. 9750 .d
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Comments | and Onti'cisms.j…
Comments and Onti'cisms.j BY "COCHFARF." The Local Government Journal" refers to Mr. John M'Dougall, the vice-chairman of the new London County Council, as a man to whom music-hall shareholders and managers owe a lasting debt of gratitude for having made it possible for the stalls to be filled with men and their wives." This is an excellent repayment to Mr. M'Dougall for all the obloquy he sustained when fighting for the purification of Lon- don music-halls. He that contends for the right gets his reward sooner or later. The veteran magistrate of Hirwain—Mr. D. E. Williams—writes a very sensible letter to the" Seren Cymru" on the un- reasonable delays that occur in the arrangement of Welsh funerals. The letter is called forth by the death of the Rev. J. S. John, of Hirwain (late of Bridgend), I whose fatal illness was attributed to a cold contracted through a long wait for a funeral. Welsh funerals are proverbially unpunctual, and during the winter season it entails a wait for the funeral to rise," and to it is often added an unnecessarily long ceremony at the grave-side. Only lecently I witnessed such an incident, and it is a marvel if a large percentage of the mourners have not become victims of cold through exposure on a bleak burial ground, and in the face of a fierce and cold east wind. It is difficult to secure an amendment to the practice, for those who have the authority over a funeral are also chief mourners, and a fear of a charge of callousness, or, perhaps, overwhelming grief, prevents their interference at any time. At any rate, reform in the arrange- I, ment of funerals is very desirable, but it i& very difficult to attain it. A correction of some interest to Welsh historians appeatsin the same paper. It was stated in most notices of the death of the late Rev. J. R. Morgan, D.D. ("Lleurwg"), that he was born at Maesy- felin, St. Mellon's. It is now stated by the Rev. Mr. Morris, of Swansea (" Mar- mora"), that lie was born at Maesyfin, Lis- vatte, Cardiff. My friend, Mr. Titus Llewelyn, of Lisvane, ought to be able to confirm this. as what he does not /know about Lisvane is not worth knowing. The authorities of the University Col- lege of Wales have initiated an excellent movement for the improvement of local industries in Wales, and that is the estab- lishment in connection with the chemical department of the college of a school of dyeing, weaving, and textile design. Its estimated cost is 9300 per annum for main- tenance, with a capital outlay of L200, the course of instruction to be in the form of short courses of twelve weeks at the col- lege, and extension lectures in the various localities on the lines now in operation in the agricultural department of the college. Welsh flannel has a. fame of its own, but its manufacture leaves much to be desired, and, unfortunately, the small weaving establishments that dotted the Western counties of Wales, and, indeed, in many parts of Glamorganshire, are slowly disap- pearing. If this movement of the Univer- sity College of Wales helps in the least degree to save us one of the few village industries that are left to us, and, what is f more important still, to produce a more marketable woollen product, the £ 800 a year it proposes to expend will be more than ten times justified. It is to be fea.red, though, that the habits of the people of Wales are so changed that much of the woven fabric in demand a quarter of a century ago will not be again in request. I remember the time when every farmer, and as many of his dependents as could afford so comfortable a luxury in the winter season, wore at least a coat of brethyn llwyd," if not a complete suit; but nowadays its appea- rance is the exception, and not the rule. Nevertheless, a sufficient demand for "gwlanen Cymru" for other purposes exists to justify the fullest encouragement being given to produce more modern designs and methods of manufacture. This will involve the extinction of one of the most interesting characters to be met with in the Principality, viz., the Welsh village weaver. Fancy "Dai" or "Wil y gwehydd" being supplanted by Mr. William Jones, weaver, graduate of the University College of Wales! The old Welsh weaver did not lack culture, be it understood, although here and there some of them were too accustomed to devoting their leisure time to visiting the tap-room of the village inn. Indeed, credit for in- tellectual culture was often divided between the weaver and the shoe- maker, and many a time have I seen y the hand loom at rest and the shuttle fas- tened in the weft whilst the political ques- tions of the hour, or the last bardic chair ode, or the Sunday's sermon was being dis- cussed between the masters of the loom and the lapstone. In the village of my boyhood, "Llewellyn y crydd" was the best theologian, "Davydd y gwehydd" the best musician, "J. W. the tailor, was the best poet, and "Henry o'r siop" the best poli- tician. None of them remain to witness the edu- cational revival in their beloved "Cymru," j although the dawnlight was then beginning l to dispel the previous darkness, for Henry I Richard had just been elected to the British Parliament, and it was said that very soon a college at Aberystwith would be a reality. Yes, tears of joy coursed down the faces of these humble patriots when the late Rev, Edward MatLbaws^of. j Ewenny, during a lecture on "Education," said that there was a prospect of the chil- dren of the poorest parents in the land being enabled to get university education within their native country. Their descen- dants have lived to see more than the reali- sation of their parents' hopes, and some of them are holding prominent public positions to-day that would not have become theirs under the old condition of things. If the present wintry weather extends over Easter Week—and there are prophets who promise such an eventuality-it will t be a wise precaution for holiday-keepers to arrange for indoor amusements, such as are popular at Christmastide. A fall of snow on Easter Monday is not quite un- known, and after such a persistently caM period as we have had for the last fortnight the prophets are likely to have it their own way. Much has appeared in the newspapers lately as to the ladies' objections to the census papers, and particularly to give their ages. I found that the greatest trouble with gentlemen was to get the name of the parish in which they were born. Even in Cardiff (for I have assisted a number of people in this town to fill their census papers) I had to assist people born in the town to find out their native parish. Persons born in the centre of the town seem to have no knowledge of the boun- daries of the parishes of St. Mary and St. John, and one who was born at "the Docks" was inclined to think that that happy hunting-ground of millionaires was a parish of itself. A few Swansea men I encountered seemed to think that no parishes existed in the town on the Tawe, and Pontypriddians were equally out in their parochial geography. The Trades Unionists of Cardiff have the power of making the hairdressers' move- ment for reasonable hours of labour a suc- cess if they choose. They should "black- leg" both employers and customers who seek to set at naught the regulations agreed upon by the new hairdressers' association. Indeed, it would be a fit punishment for each transgressing customer to have to stand himself in the physical position required of a working hairdresser for twelve or fourteen hours a day, and it would result in greater consideration being shown for these useful servants of the public in the future. Indeed, the process suggested by the author of the "Biglow Papers"—that of shaving with a brick-might be adminis- tered to persistent offenders. Let wise counsel prevail, however, and may everyone "get his hair cut" early in the day.
I WELSH CENTENARIAN:I
I WELSH CENTENARIAN: I Neath Woman Attains 100 Years Mrs. Mi'gfr Thomas, of Melincrythan, near Neath, atsfTned her century last week. She was born in Llandebie, Carmarthenshire. She ha been married twice, and has eight children alive. She was one of eleven children, all dead but herself. Mrs. Thomas neither smokes, snuffs, nor wears glaf.ses regularly. She has been very MRS. MARY THOMAS, 100 Years Old. I active all her life and very careful in her habits. Mrs. Thomas buried her second husband three years ago. She is stronger (she thinks) commeucing the second century than she was commencing the first.
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ROUND THE CHURCHES. No. 5 of this series, the subject being Salem Welsh Calvinistic Methodist, Car- diff, will appear in the 1 Evening Express" To- morrow (Tuesday).
DEATH OF SIR JOHN STAINER
DEATH OF SIR JOHN STAINER Great Musician Passes Away at Verona. The Press Association Oxford correspondent telegraphsNews reached Oxford this morn- ing that Sir John Stainer, who was travelling abroad, died yesterday at Verona, Italy. It is believed that the death must have been somewhat sudden. The deceased knight was born in 1840. and wa,s educated at Oxford University. He obtained his musical degree in 1865, and his M.A. in 1866. He also obtained the D.C.L. and Mus. Doc. of Durham University, and was appointed organist of St. Paul's Cathedral in. 1872, which post he held until 1888. The fol- lowing year ho was made professor of music in Oxford University. He was a hon. member of the Royal Academy of Music, a member of the Royal College of Music, and inspector of music to the Education Department. He com- posed a large number of hymns, services, and anthems, in addition to many educational works on harmony, composition, &e.
KRUGER IN LONDON.
KRUGER IN LONDON. One of the Paris papers (says the London correspondent of the ''Western Daily Press") gives currency to a story that President Kruger, travelling as an elderly sightseer, has not only been recently in London, but actually listened to one of the debates on South Africa. I see no reason to doubt the Etory. Anyone acquainted with the facilities now offered of travelling may easily perceive how Mr. Krager might do the things attri- buted to him. But I do not myself see that the result would be worth the trouble.
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--=- Crane Accident at Bolton. At the Trinity-street Railway Station, Bolton, to-day, a large crane which was being used' upon some buildings now in course of erection crashed through the temporary platform, kill- ing a fireman-driver, Charles Scott, and in- juring a railway passenger, named Arthur Lloyd. Several other passengers had narrow I escapes from being struck.
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FRENCH SYSTEM NOT NEW
FRENCH SYSTEM NOT NEW Principle Adopted in South Wales 50 Years Ago. "EVENING EXPRESS" SPECIAL. There can be no doubt that the mining dis- tricts in South Wales are giving a good deal of attention to the report as to the methods of preventing falls of roof adopted at the Courrieres Collieries in France, which were referred to in our columns early this week. The mining experts who visited the collieries have made a detailed report on the system of timbering, and Dr. Le Nere Foster wrote about it after his visit to the Paris Exhibition. A good deal (writes one of our Rhondda cor- respondents) seems to be said in favour of the French system, but to old and experienced miners it practically amounts to nothing more or less than the re-introduction of a system adopted in South Wales collieries 50 years ago. In the loose top met with at the Llantwit Vardre Collieries, and even at present in the ground overlying the seams worked at the Deap Navigation Collieries, Treharris, a system of driving "tangers," or horizontal pile driv- ing. has been adopted. The recommendation of the Home Office experts seems to be the fin de siecle system of pile-driving applied to the coal face. Of course, it has slight modifications in that rec- tangular iron bars are used, and these are taken out to be used over and over again, but the principle is the same as tnat applied in South Wales collieries, and Mabon," M.P., when an underground worker, knew a good deal of the system. There is, however, a point which, it is feared, will prove a bone of contention, namely, whether the plan, if adopted, will not prove the thin end of the wedge to drive home the uniform system of timbering which has been so extensively criticised in South Wales collieriee,. The great difference of opinion between col- liery managers and miners in South Wales, judging by police-court reports, has been more in the direction of neglect in placing sprags, which, owing, to cleavages and treacherous slipr running through the South Wales coal- field, has been the source of numerous acci- dents. Now, the French system applies more directly to weak or running ground in the roof. We here see a difference of circum- stances which will require to be carefully thought over in the introduction of any new scheme such as the one now suggested. The mere fact that the collier has always at his side three bars, more or less, which he is expected to use in the coali face must of necessity constantly draw his attention to the need of supporting the roof, and this in itself will tend to decrease the number of accidents. Moreover, the presence of these supports always at the face might prevent the pos- sibility of a recurrence of a strike such as we now have at Clydach Vale.
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..1 11 Correspondence. Letters must be written oa one side of the paper only. Rejected communications cannot le returned. Only brief, bright letters on subjects of live in- terest are desired. We do not accept letters which have appeared in other journals. 9 All letters intended for this paper must be addressed, Editor, Evening Express,' Cardiff." It will save unnecessary trouble if correspondents observe and exactly follow the form in which letters appear in this column. Each letter must be accompanied by the real name
SWEARING IN RAILWAY CARRIAGES.
SWEARING IN RAILWAY CARRIAGES. To the Editor of the Evening Express." Sir,-Caiinot something be done to put down the horrible cursing and swearing nuisance on our local lines, such as the Taff and the Rhymney, more particularly amongst young colliers and other working men? Sometimes it is my painful lot to travel with a few of these foul-mouthed gentry, and—even to one who does not mind an occasional honest swear when called for—the continued stream of oaths and obscenity is not merely disgusting, it is terrible. A large proportion of young fellows seem absolutely incapable of uttering a sen- tence without working in a b-, or something far worse even than that. I suppose if our mining districts were polled we should find Nonconformity first and the rest nowhere. May I, therefore, inquire of the many ministers who read the Evening Express" whether they fully realise this most distressing and atrocious state of things? Only the other night two young boys—sons of respectable parents-were made to listen to the loathsome current until mercifully the train arrived at the station where they had to get out. I suppose it is no use whatever appealing to the railway companies, for they seem utterly unable to quell the wholesale and unbridled spitting which is such a disgrace on the lines have named. Sir, I am no ultra-purist by any means, but I must tell you that I have frequently been made sick by the interminable flow of filthi- ness from the mouths of these unhappy youths, who seem absolutely unconscious that they are doing anything but what is natural and unseemly. Can you, or any of your readers, suggest a remedy for this appalling increase of verbal vileness?—I am, &c., Cardiff. S. T.
FISH OR FRUIT P
FISH OR FRUIT P To the Editor of the "Evening Express." Sir,—Might we make a suggestion through your columns to the markets committee of the corporation in regard to the fish market? It is well-known to all who do business there that the place is not large enough for fish and fruit, and, as it was originally built for a fish market, the fruit should certainly give way. On Saturdays especially there is not nearly enough room for the public. There is plenty of room for the fruit on the vacant piece of ground adjoining the market, and this would make more room for the flah. We make these suggestions through your paper as the markets committee are scarcely likely to listen to anything we suggest direct. They have somehow got an ;dea, that we are antagonistic to the market, whereas it is the best thing which has yet happened to our t'ade, and we hope they will make it con- venient for the public.-We are, &c.. NEALE AND WEST. Cardiff, April 1.
1 CARMARTHENSHIRE COALFIELD.
CARMARTHENSHIRE COALFIELD. "Ridiculous Action of Mr. Alfred Davies, M.P. At a meeting of the South Wales Colliery Officials' Association, held at Pontypridd on Saturday evening. Mr. Green ^Abercanaid) presiding, Mr. W. D. Harry (Ajberaman) read a paper on the Carmarthenshire and Llanelly Coalfield. Replying to a vote of thanks, Mr. Harry said he thought it his duty as a native of Camarthenshire to point out to the associa- tion that he knew from personal experience that many applicants from Carmarthenshire for positions in the Glamorgan and Monmouth Valleys we handicapped through being told they only had experience of anthracite seams. This was unfair. In the Llanelly district steam and bituminous seams were found and worked, so that in the future he hoped applicants from there would not be put back for alleged lack of knowledge. If any of the members were inclined to speculate in that neighbourhood he hoped they would not be frightened by the recent ridiculous action of the member for the Carmarthen Boroughs.
AMERICA AND VENEZUELA.I
AMERICA AND VENEZUELA. New York, Monday.—A dispatch from San Juan (Puerto Rico) states that the African North Atlantic Squadron has left for Culebra. On reaching there, it is expected that the vessels will receive orders to proceed to Vene- zuela.—Central News.
SHOCKING SHAFT ACCIDENT. -¡
SHOCKING SHAFT ACCIDENT. At Ashton-under-Lyne to day Frank Byrne, employed at Messrs Ryner's cotton mills, was killed by being taken round a revolving shaft. His body was shockingly mangled.
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ELECTION PETITION.
ELECTION PETITION. Inquiry Jesumed. Third Day's Hearing. CASE FOR THE RESPONDENT. The inquiry into the charges brought for- ward in the Monmouth Boroughs election peti- tion was resumed at Newport to-day (before Justices Kennedy and Darling). The same counsel appeared as on the first day, viz.-Mr. Jelf, K.C.. and Mr. Willoughby Williams (instructed by Mr. Lyndon Moore) appeared for the petitioners, and Mr. Dickens, K.C., Mr. Gill, K.C., Lord Robert Cecil, K.C., and Mr. Lewis Coward, K.C., appeared for the respondent (instructed by Mr. Hawksley and Mr. L. H.' Komby). Mr. 'A. J. David was- briefed on behalf of the Public Prosecutor. The scene in court was much more brilliant to-day than an the two preceding days, there being a much larger number of ladies, and the court was filled at even an earlier hour. All the counsel were present, and immediately they took their seats, Address for the Respondent. Mr. Dickens, K.C., commenced his address on behalf of the respondent. He said that his friend, Mr. Jelf, in Ills open- ing, had remarked jocularly on the number in valuable advice, than lie had from his colleagues. A far more serious matter tliau the number of counsel, however, were the charges made against Dr. Rutherfoord Harris He welcomed the time, which had arrived, when he could answer the charges, and his client, Dr. Harris, also welcomed the time when he cpuld go into the witness-box and be cross-examined. It was never in the contemplation of himself or of Dr. Harris, and lie wished it to be clearly stated Dr. Harris did not wish to go into the witness-box. It was in fact, the one idea uppermost in the minds of all of them. He (Mr. Dickens) had tried to convey that impression to the court when on Saturday he had adopted the course which they, after full consideration, felt imperative to cotvey after hearing the case of Icke. He reiterated that it was thsir wish that Dr. Harris should go into the witness-box. It was not intended that he should make an ex-parte statement, but it was the doctor's desire to go there as an ordinary witness to answer the charges and suggestions made against him. It was also counsel's desire that in any obser- vations he may make as advocate he would keep within moderate and temperate limits. He had had some provocation by the tone of the speech of his learned friend Mr. Jelf. He hoped Mr. Jelf would not misunderstand him. He did not suggest that Mr. Jelf would do anything in the slightest degree that an advo- cate should not do, but he acted on the instruc- tions of those sitting behind him. The case against Dr. Harris was opened in a spirit of bitter animosity, and not only in a Spirit of Bitter Animosity, but it teemed with suggestions and insinua- tions of aots which did not find their place in the petition itself. The case had undoubtedly been got, up with a considerable amount of care and minuteness. Yet it was a. remark- able thing that, although during two years and a half Dr. Harris was a candidate in the constituency, they had not put in the petition one single charge of corruption or of treating. Mr. Jelf, however, had suggested that there were matters behind, and that corruption was going on. but, having regard to the petition, he (Mr. Dickens) suggested that the instruc- tions as to that fact were not there. Even in election petitions they expeetea, to be treated with a certain amount of fairness. He did not wish it to be said by his learned friend that he had abandoned any charge of that kind. He did nothing of the sort. There was no charge as to which he could give evidence, and, there- fore, whatever aspect the case had taken when, at their lordships' suggestion, and when the case for the petitioner had been closed, there was not one charge, he repeated, of corruption or treating which he could have gone into. He would give them two instances to show wha.t he meant. The one was a meeting on June 20, 1900, when there was a charge, for instance, for a marquee and staging at Llangibby Castle. Mr. Jelf, in dealing with that, said, "It is only one of the ways, or an instance of the ways, in which this gentleman has been spending his time in that neighbourhood." MP. Dicliene declared that that was a private party, given by Dr. Harris to his friends and shooting tenants, and an amateur operatic company came down and performed "Her Majesty's Ship Pinafore." Dr. Harris had taken Llan- gibby Hall in June, 1898. He had desired to settle down again in England, and, naturally, he preferred to settle down at a place which would be near his constituency. Was a gentle- man to avoid asking his friends to a party because he was the adopted candidate in the constituency, and was Suspicion to Fall Upon Him because he did ordinary acts? But there haps pened to be an election in view. Then there was the case of the fete on August 30. He then quoted from Mr. Jelf's opening state- ment, wherein it was said, "We are not charging it as a corrupt practice. We are not in a position to do it." Was that a fair obser- vation. The minute books of the Conservative Association would show that that fete had been agreed upon aa early as May, and on that oocasion the fete was helld outside the grounds of Llangibby Castle. Everybody had to pay for their refreshments, and the caterer had to pay for the privilege of catering. That was one of the charges which were alleged, to be full of suspicion, but there was not one tittle of proof of a corrupt practice. On what ground did they make such a charge a,s that? Why should they instruct his learned friend to hint when there were no facts to justify the hint, I and when the facts, if investigated, would point to the opposite conclusion? Why should they say that this was one of the elements of the corruption which Dr. Harris was commit- ting day by day in this constituency? Those < two questions showed the spirit in which the case was opened. ) Dr. Harris—Past and Present. < Learned counsel then narrated the circum- stances under which Dr. Harris came to the neighbourhood. Dr. Harris was the son of an j Indian judge, and graduated as a medical mail ] in Edinburgh. In 1882 he went out to South Africa and went up to Kimberley. He there ( became closely associated with Mr. Cecil Rhodes, being his confidential secretary. He was also secretary to the South African Char- I tered Company, and had only to look back 1 upon his association with Mr. Cecil Rhodes-a, remarkable man, whatever divergences of opinion there might be among politicall parties about him—with satisfaction and pleasure. He remained in South Africa, and after a time he desired, as most Englishmen did, to settle down in his native land. It was quite true that Dr. Harris was a wealthy man, but because he came to that neighbourhood in 1898, and took a place within eight miles of Newport, because he took a very keen interest in sport in the county, was it reasonable that suspicion should hang upon him? Dr. Harris came back to England not only with the idea of settling down but also of entering Parliament. He had been in the Cape Parliament, a whip of Mr. Rhodes's party, ,and returned to this country in 1897. It was on the 25th of April, 1898, the resolution was passed adopting Dr..Harris as a candidate. His learned friend and he did not agree as to when an election commenced. He had been hoping, as a lawyer, that they would have in this petition some more have in this petition some more deal" definition to act in the future, because,^although in one sense it was a ques- tton of fact. there must be some principle upon wliici that question of fact must be aetermined. No one could doubt that any man was legitimately entitled to ingratiate hmneIf-if he might use the expression-in the constituency for which he might be elected at some future time. He was entitled publicly and thoroughly to advocate his views. He was none the less entitled to do so because he became the adopted candidate. What did that mean when all was said and done? It meant that if Dr Harris and those who adopted him were of the same mind when the election took place, tlv-in Dr Harris would place himself before them as a candidate. His learned friend said that from that time the election began, but he (Mr. Dickens) submitted that the election expenses began only when the election began. They could not have election expenses when there was no elec- tion. They would suppose that he (learned counsel) were contesting a constituency, and lost. He did not care which party he belonged to, as he had never been a politician and hoped he never would be. (Laughter.) At the end of his election he met his disappointed followers, and said. "We have had a good fight; will you have me next time. (Loud applause.) W'ill you have me—Mr. Henry Fielding Dickens-as your candidate next time?" (Loud laughter in court.) Mr. Justice Darling: Are you making a hypothetical speech? Mr. Dickens, continuing, asked if from that moment they as a Conservative or Liberal Association were to close their doors. The only fair dividing line was the divid- ing line fixed in another case-there must be an election in contemplation by the party. If a candidate acted upon the belief that an election was imminent then he began an election. Mr. Justice Cave gave a judgment based exactly upon that view, and Mr. Baron Pollock gave the key-note (Continued on Column 1, Page 3.)
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I By the Way. -0 More than 100 kinds of rubber shoes are maft in the United States. The consumption of beer in Germany haf doubled in the past twenty years. A cubic foot of cork weighs fifteen pound. the same amount of oak 63 pounds. The proportion of divorces to marriages ia Rhode Island is about one to eight. The outdoor sporting t?.sts of the Empero? of Japan range from lawn tennis to football. On and after April, the detective police ot Berlin are to be supplied with bicycles by the authorities. Canada's merchant navy has a carrying power of 1,710,000 tons. against Russia'* 1,170,000 tons. A day has been set aside throughout all Italy for the planting of trees by the youth of the public schools. Palms never live more than 250 years. Ivy has been known to live 450, chestnut 860, oak 1,600, and yew 2,830 years. Spain's kingdom, of Asturias, according to the "British Medical Journal." boasts of 23 centenarians in a population of 600,000. The people of Iceland are all poor, but there are no paupers and no dependents; all are self-supporting. There is little or no crima there. At the Neues Theatre, in Berlin, a panto. mime has just been produced with tha title of Zambomirosololibidiriitsumutzia. ehlumpianowskil" Bengal is suffering from the cocaine habit, and efforts are being made to restrict the sale of the drug. which the; Hindoos are usingj as a substitute for opium. There is, perhaps, no Royal Family in the world the members of which are so charitable, so genuine, and discriminating in their charity as the members of the Royal Family of Britain. The weli-known Hungarian electrician, Zipernowski, is experimenting with an eLec- tric line installed after his plans by the Bnda. pest Ganz Company on which he intends to attain an averagl- speed of 175 mile? per hour. From Hanau, in South Germany, an inven- tion is reported for the soldering of aluminium, hitherto deemed impossible. The process employs no acids or other metal, an4 resists the action of the weather. The husbands of Great Britain are enabled to vindicate themselves once in every ten years. They are asked to describe themselves on the census papers as the head of the honse- hold. We opine this was done with a chuckle of glee in many a home last night. Several unique Bills were introduced in tha Wisconsin Legislature recently. The queerest was that fathered by Mr. Young of Eau Claire, which provides that after January 1, 1904, rail. way companies shall equip their trains with "devices that will keep them on the track after derailment." Another piece of the great plan of be city of Rome in marble, the "Forma Urbis." of the time of Sulpicius Severus, has been discovered in the Roman Forum, where it waa used to stop a drain. It has engraved upon it the plan of the greater part of the Baths of Agrippa, together with the Pantheon. Some years ago a witty old Welsh preacher*, making reference to the duties of wives, said: "There is amongst my congregation a woman who is guiity of disobedience to her husband. To mark her, I'll hurl this hymn-book at heI' at the same time lifting the book. Every woman in the meeting bowed her head. An Aberdare collier went to work on Saturday morning looking very miserable. There had just been left at his house au official-looking blue paper, and he was a bit startled. In awe-stricken tones he told his. mates of the incident, and the exclamation, "It's the census! only provoked the query, "What's that? This, in the days of enlighten- ment and education! King Edward VIII. is the first British Monarch since the days of James n. who has taken a personal interest in golf. His Majesty has held the captaincy of St. Andrew's; he has several times taken part in a game at Cannes; and he has enjoyed a game on one or two private links, more particularly on those of the Grand Dake Michael, in the home counties. The only author who ever had the courage to say a word in favour of an east wind waa Charles Kingsley, and in his case it is sup. posed that the chill which caused his death was due to its fatal influences. The extreme dryness of this wind is really the source of its ill-effects upon mankind, for it closes the pores of the skin, and thus prevents the natu- ral perspiration which is so necessary to liealth. "You must push matters a little, James:- said a druggist to his new boy; by calling a customer's attention to this article and that article, you often effect a sale." "Yes, sir," responded the new boy, and then he hastened :0 wait upon an elderly person who wanted w itamp. "Anything else, mum?" inquired the imbitioup boy politely; "hair dye, cosmetics, 'ace powder, rheumatic drops, belladonna. mole destroyer The elderly lady deala )ver the way now. Colonel Sharpe, Assistant Commissary Gene- 'al of the American Army, is a strong reliever in the policy of giving soldiers a. iberal supply of sweetmeats. "When you give the boys candy," says he. "they don't want to drink whisky. You never saw an old toper eating candy. I think the men now in the Philippines should have three-quarters of a pound per month each. That's what we •are sending them." The British House of Commons has its story teller in chief in the person of Mr. Tully. Hia lastest yarn is of a Scotch innkeeper who for years got tipsy every Sunday afternoon. One Thursday he got drunk by mistake, thinking it was Sunday, and found a couple of hia guests playing billiards. He insisted that they should stop, saying that he could not allow anyone to play billiards in his house "on the Sabbath." The most durable paper is made by a guild near Nanking, China, which supplies the Government of that Empire with the leaves of its official documents. Some of these are over a. thousand years old. Fireproof paper made of asbestos is another kind of greater dura- bility. The drawback to them, however, for printing purposes is that, although they will pass through fire unscathed, they come out snow white, without a trace of the printed letters or writing that was on them. Signor Matteucci, who has been studying VesuviUEl for many years, recently made a. report on the activity of the volcano. From July, 1895. it kept constantly active for more than four years, the flow of lava. ceasing in September, 1899. The depth of the crater was then over 600 feet. Last April the lava rose to within 240 feet of the top. when a series of explosions within the cratei began. Some blocks of lava were projected 1,800 feet perpen- dicularly into the air. One black weighed 80 tons, and Signor Matteucei estimates that it took 610,000 horse-power to eject it.
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