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Short Cake. £ | A Bargain-hunter. He was a, queer-looking chap who leaned over the counter of the post-office the other day. and said to the man in attendance:- "Be you the postmaster?" "What do you want?" "I want to know what letter stamps are selling at to-day." "One penny." "Anything off when a man buys two or three?" "No." "Couldn't throw in a. halfpenny stamp, eould you?" "Throw in nothing." "Thank you. Just thought I'd ask. I buy a good many in the course of a year, and you could have my whole custom if you'd do the fair thing." "The law doesn't permit any discount." "There's where the law makes a mistake, for you'd sell more if you took a little some- thing off for cash or gave a chromo." "Don't block up the vrindow, please." "If you had some stamps with the gum woru off that you could take less for, I could ma.ke 'em go with a little Paste." "We have nothing of the sort here. How many-" "I might have bought em at my place, but being in Edinburgh I thought I might get 'em cheaper. No stamp sellers in the town that sell below regular rates?'' "I think not." "P'raps there's another post-office where they sell off their stock below cost to make room for a. big new lot of stamps of the latest designs. Compulsory sale. perhaps, or postmaster going out of business and determined to sell the supply of stamps he has on hand at any sacrifice." "There's no place in Edinburgh of that sort, you'll find. Now order your stamps, if yon want any. and go." "Well, then, if I can't get no discount here's a penny; give me a stamp just to try, and, if it gives satisfaction, I'll recommend you to my neighbours." "Thank you. We aim to please. Good day!" Some Tricks of the Compositor. "What is this?" exclaimed a compositor who was expecting to be promoted to a proof- readership shortly. 'Sermons in stones, books in running brooks.' Impossible! He meaBII. of course, 'Sermons in books, and stonet) in running brooks.' And the new wading of Shakspeare appeared next morn- in*. A sporting compositor thought "Cricket on the Hearth" must be a. slip of the pen. He made it "Cricket on the Heath." A writer on angling had the joy of seeing his sentence, "The young salmon are begin- ning to run." printed "The young salmon are beginning to swim," another thoughtful com- positor having been at work. Happier was the transformation of the sen- tence. "Bring me my toga" into "Bring me my togs." There iit a. less subtle vein of humour in the story of the editor who wrote during an elec- tion. "The battle is now opened. The com- positor spelled battle with an "o," and the other side said. of course, that they had sus- pected it from the first. It was by a similar mistake that the late Baker Pasha, who might fairly be described as a "battle-scarred veteran," was called a "battle-acared veteran," the libel being by no means purged, when the newspapers called the gallant officer a "bottle-scarred veteran." The statement, "Messrs. -'s preserves can. not be beaten." was rather vitiated as an advertisement by the omission of "b" in the last word. Innocently gay was the newspaper report which said that the London erpresa had knocked down » cow and cut it into "calvee."

r A STRANGE STORY. j Man Goes Through a ) Fortune of £130,000. ASSAULTS HIS WIFE AFTER FORTNIGHT'S MARRIAGE. At West London Police-court yesterday Charles Seaton Guthrie, a well-dressed man. of independent means, aged 39, of 63, Duke's- road. Chiswick. was again charged with violently assaulting his young wife.—Prisoner, it is said, has got through a fortune of £130,000, and, according to the evidence of his wife, had only been married a fortnight on Satur- day week. when he greatly alarmed her by hurling the dinner into the grate. He then seized her by the hair, dragged her upstairs, and. after kicking her, locked her in the bed- room and left the house.—Prisoner entered the dock m a terribly excited state, and. ges- ticulating wildly, informed the magistrate that he had just received a letter from his solicitor saying that he could not get to the court before four o'clock.—Mr. Oswald Hanson, for the prosecution, said that prisoner had for four days been under the observation of Dr. Scott at Holloway Prison; and if the magistrate would grant a. remand for a week Dr. Scott would then be able to make a report. —Remanded.

MAGISTRATES AND VACCINATION. To the1 Editor of the "Evening Express." Sir.—With reference to A. M.'s letter on the above in this evening's "Express," it appears to me that, although the average magistrate is too entirely ignorant with refe- rence to vacciration and its results to be able to give a just ruling upon the question, he ought to be intelligent enough to recognise and appreciate a conscientious objection. The average medical man is too interested a factor in the case to deal with objectors. Further, the different opinions expressed by medical men would indicate the impossibility of uniform justice. Surely, in the light of the knowledge and experience—and, may I say. intelligence ?—of the present day, the filthy superstition of vac- cination is unworthy to remain. Why not car ry out such sanitary reforms as will stamp out of the vile conditions of living among certain classes, which are occasionally brought to light by outbreaks of disease? All medical men and sanitary authorities tacitly admit this to be the only effective method of pre- venting small-pox. Is the ordinary man to be compelled to allow his children to have such foul poison put in their blood and to risk such loathsome diseases as have confessedly resulted from vaccination just because a cer- tain portion of the community is permitted to live a dirty life? And is this the best the community is to expect in the twentieth cen- tury from that medical science which claims its confidence?—I am, Ac., G. E. Cardiff, May 27, 1902.

WRECK OF THE JOHANNA. Halifax (Nova Scotia), Wednesday.—The Nor- wegian barque Johanna, which went ashore yesterday morning at Green Cove. Cape Breton, struck a sunken reef, and has been grounded heavily. The crew have been rescued, but the vessel is a total wreck.—Cen- tral News.

HARD TIMES FOR SOUTH WALES COLLIERS. WORK SLACK AT CWMBACH. Labour prophets who claim to discern the signs of the times predict a hard time for the workers of the country during 1902-03. People in Cwmbach and other suburbs of Aberdare, as well, believe them, for it haa already set in here, During the last few months the chief col- lieries in the district, such as Bwllfa and Gadlys. have only worked three or four days a week. and one may gather from this unfor- tunate state of things that the miners who are dependent for their livelihood in going down into the bowels of the earth are exceed- ingly sad and doleful. Sadder, indeed, was the experience of Mr. William Lawrence, 2, Blaennantygroes-road, Cwmbach, Aberdare. a night miner at Lletty Shenkin Colliery. He unreservedly laid bare his lot to an "Aberdare Times" reporter who waited upon him a few days ago. Mr. Law- rence, who is twenty-eight years of age, has resided in Cwmbach for many years, and, like hundreds of others in this mining centre, works by night and sleeps by day. "Yes," he said, in reply to the reporter; "the pits are idle nearly half their time; bat I am glad of one thing, namely, this, that now I am able to work whenever there is work to be had at the pit where I am employed." "It was not ever thus?" put in the press- man. "No. I can assure you. Irregular as the colliery is, my ability to work was mcie irregular still until I was fortunate enough to try Dr. Williams' pink pills for pale people." The reporter became interested in Mr. Law- rence's story, and he said: "Tell me how the change came about?" Mr. Lawrence drew his chair nearer the fire, and went on, "Well. first of all I suffered a pain in my legs. This did not deter me from trying to work. but, believe me, I felt weak and almost exhausted before half the day's work was over. The pain grew. and I felt the shooting pains of rheumatism all over my body. I suffered indigestion, too, but struggled to work about three days a fortnight for a while, but was forced to abandon work alto- gether. I felt tired at night, and more tired when I got up from bed in the morning. Life had really become a burden to me. Medical aid proved of no avail. and my attention was drawn to paragraphs in the papers of several local persons cured by Dr. Williams' pink pilla for pale people. I resolved to give trem a trial, and am pleased to state that after taking two boxes of Dr. Williams' pink pills the pains relaxed, my appetite grew, and I felt considerably relieved." "How many boxes did you take altogether?" asked the reporter. "I took four boxes after I noticed signs of improvement, and by then I was completely recovered." "I need not ask you if you are all right now, because I can see it in your face." remarked the reporter. Mr. Lawrence smiled and said, "You are right." "And. of course," said the reporter, rising. you have no objection at all of making public your remarkable cure by Dr. Williams' pink pills?" "Why should I have any objection?" queried Mr. Lawrence. "They have been in- valuable to me. and I would be an ingrate to my fellow-men to hide the truth." L1156

ACCIDENT AT ROCHAMBEAU FETES New York, Wednesday.—During a Militia parade yesterday, in honour of the French delegates to the Eechambeau Fetes, a. tem- porary footbridge over a subway, which was crowded with spectators, collapsed. One man was killed, and 24 persons were removed to hospital badly injured. Several more were slightly injured.—Central News.

YEOMANRY FOR THE FRONT. The last battalion of Imperial Yeomanry reinforcements for South Africa, trained at Aldershot, was despatched this morning to Southampton, ?.nd embarked on the Britannic. It was the 39th battalion, and. was composed of five squadrons, the extra one, the Metro- politan Mounted Rifles, being attached until the battalion reaches the Cape. Colonel R. Brooke was in command. The total strength was 560. A party of about 50. left behind through a case of scarlet fever, follow early in June.

NIGHT AND MORNING WOMEN. Machinists, tailoresses. and all women who have to work from morning to night to make ends meet cannot afford to consult a physician when they get run down or out of sort' Neither is there any need. In Chas. Forde's Bile Beans they have a certain remedy for tail liver and digestive disorders: and it is out of liver derangement and indigestion that most of the ailments connected with seden- I tary work arise. If the liver is slug- gish. if you feel drcvvsy and tired, if yon have frequent headaches, and fit3 of depression, rest assured that you need some corrective. Bile Beans have stood the test of time. They will nut fail you. Obtainable for one and three- half-pence or two and nine per box from your own chemist, or post free by sending price to the Bile Bean Manufacturing Co.. 119 and 120, London Wall. London. E.C. Don't accept any substitute or anything represented as "just as good." e9wl

[Copyright.] "RIP" ON CRICKET., Caricatures and Crisp Comments. THE TEAM FOR THE FIRST TEST MATCH. Indignation at Omission of the Veteran "W.G." [Special to the" Evening Express."]* The results of the selection committee's deliberations on the team that is to repre- sent England in the first of the test matches at Birmingham to-morrow have been well at Birmingham to-morrow have been well received on the whole. The due weight l evidently given to the claims of those who have, had the most recent experience of Australian form must be gratifying to I MacLaren and the men who figured under his command down under." It is in point of fact a. common-sense team, and does credit to the selectors. Lord Hawke. Mr. H. W. Bainbridge, and the Middlesex captain (Mr. G. M'Gregor), assisted by an expert trio in Messrs. MacLaren, C. B. Fry, and the new M.C.C. president IA. G. Steel). The more one looks at the list of the Eng- lish players the more impressive it becomes. Take the batting portion of it. In turn you run over MacLaren, Ranjitsinhji, Fry, Jack-! son. Mason, Braund, and Hayward, and ask where they can be beaten as a body the whole world over. Hayward may not have done much hi England this season so far, but his ) conspicuous successes against the Australians GREGOR M'GREGOR, H. W. BAINBRIDGE, AND LORD HAWKE (SELECTORS GENERAL). in 1899 and during the MacLaren tour have safeguarded him his place, for in these trying test matches the form of county games is no criterion as to how a man will comport him- self when he feels the heavy weight of respon- sibility they must bring. Ranjitainhji's innings at Lord's on Monday showed him to be on the high road to a return to form. It may or may not have been the effects of the welcome sunshine; yet it was particularly appropriate that with the debut of the shining orb the warm-blooded Indian should resume touch with run-getting. MacLaren. Fry, Jackson, Mason, and Braund have already done enough to justify their inclusion. The last three mentioned as all- round players, particularly Braund, might easily have got in for their bowling alone. A lot of people are asking. Why is Jessop chosen? Certainly, after his failure in Australia he is purely an experiment. But do not forget that he is a vastly different bat on English wickets than on the baked Australian ones, with a glaring sun preventing him—as he said—from following the flight of the ball. And he is just one of that sort who. when they do happen to come off. can win a game by themselves. If he does get at the bottom of the wiles of Messrs. Noble, Jones, Howell, Armstrong, Saunders, and Co. at Bir- mingham, they will have cause to regret it. But. apart from his batting, please don't over- look Jessop a fast bowling. It has wrought damage before now. and is not unlikely to do so again. But in the bowling line England's greatest hopes are centred in the Yorkshire left- handers. Hirst and Rhodes. If the weather keeps fine-there is a plaintive note in this "if"—the return of the dry wickets should see the former swerving the ball as he did last season. Then we shall know where we are, even if the Australians don't. They have heard more than enough, so they say, of the quality of the Yorkshiremen's trund- ling, and. as the feeling is known to be recip- rocated, the struggle between ball and bat will be watched with the keenest interest throughout the kingdom. If, however, there is one bowler more than another that our visitors dislike, that one is the leg-breaking Braund. As soon as he goes on you will see their freest bats begin scratching about, and using their legs as much as their bats. He fairly made Trumper and Duff look like a pair of very inferior performers when. on Monday night last. he took up the bowling, when Trott and the Somersetshire left-hander, Cranfield, had been knocked to all parts of the ground. Continually dropping the ball at the extreme leg end of the popping crease. Braund made it break across on to the wicket in surprising fashion. Storer. behind the wicket, kept getting mixed up with them. After Hirst, Rhodes, Braund. and Jessop. there I BRAUND, OF THE INSIDIOUS LEG-BREAK. are in the way of bowling Mason, of Kent, a rattling good medium pace man, and Hayward. It only wants Lockwood, W. M. Bradley, or Barnes, to complete what gives every indication of being a strong bowl- ing side. From all accounts, Tyldealey's selection has come more as a consequence of his grand fielding than anything else. One big point in his favour is the fact that he knows, or ought to know. the Australian bowl-. ing. A reproduction of his big scoring of last! season would not be unwelcome. So far he has given no indication that this may be in store; still, there is no telling what the next three eventful days will bring. II lu connection with the test match. I am reliably informed that the selection I committee have received many letters from different parts of the country, some complimentary. but others deeidediy other- wise. Take this as a sample:— Gentlemen.—What has the Gnv'nor done? Everybody knows he's the best bat in the world, and yet you don't give him a chance, No wonder the Australians beat us.—SORRY SURREY." This, too. as well:—"You may be good] cricketers, but good players a.re not. always good judges. Here's Shrewsbury—the papers call him Prince Arthur—heading the batting averages, and yet you can't find a place for him. It's steady and dogged as does it in the end. don't forget, and not your Jeesops and other fast scorers. I think there is a boycott up against Nottingham. First we get no test match there, and then. as in 1899. Shrewsbury is passed by. Mark my words, you'll want him before the test matches are finished; and when you want him you won't get him.—THE LAMB." The indignation of the older generation •shows itself in regard to W. G." thus:— "What ie this I see—an English representative team—or what. I should say, is supposed to ABEL, SHREWSBURY. AND "W. G." IN SYMPATHY. — be one—absolutely not containing the name I of that pillar of English cricket, Dr. W. G. Grace? Is he ill? If not. I can only put down his absence to personal prejudice. Surely thit; feeling should not be allowed to step in where England's cricket honour is concerned. Talk of your Ranjis," or what- ever unearthly name he calls himself, and your Frys; why, they're not a patch on the old man now. You have undertaken a serious trust, and it was your duty to administer impartially to it.—LONDON COUNTY." Warwickshire appeals for W. Quaife in an argumentative strain like this :Our little Willie was good enough to be taken out to Australia, and he ought to be in the test match in Brum." Who did the beet out there, him or Jessop P You must have got the names mixed up a bit.—BRUMMAGEM." Then the good old fanatic crops up with the perpetual Ranji question, as though it was something new:—"How can you have the presumption to choose an Indian to play in an English team? You might just as well get Albert to come in with them as well; it would be just about as sensible. If we happen to win. the Australians will only say, and be quite right in saying, that we scoured the universe to rake up a lot to beat them.—ANTI- BLACK." The mention of Albert Trott's name re-calls how little success he always seems to have against his fellow-countrymen. I heard some- one say once that he would give one of his ears, and they are big enough-this is what the speaker said; don't think it is my own obser- vation-to bowl them all out and make a hundred." But the Fates have ever fought against Alberto when up against his brother- Australians. Since writing of Tyldesley. I see that he has knocked up a, solid 120 against Gloucestershire. So much tke better, and this innings will pretty I ALBERT TROTT IN THE SLIPS. ———————————————————) well ensure him his piace. as should Lock- wood's good bowling against Essex gain him the vacant fourteenth position. The Surrey man completely demoralised the strong bat. ting side that Essex turned out. RIP.

Passing Pleasantries. Primus: Thomas told the ma-M meeting that he was a. self-made man. Secundus: Very noble of him to take the whole blame on himself, wasn't it? "The physician." says Brown, "is the man who tells you that you need change, and then takes all you have." Mistress: Did you manage to find the basket of eggs that was on the pantry floor, Kate? Servant: Oh, yia, mum-aisily. Oi shtepped in it! She: I'll never marry a man whose fortune hasn't at least five ciphers in it. He (exultingly): Oh, darling, mine's all ciphers. Pompous Counsel: Understand me, sir, I I have been the means of sending many a man to prison. Subdued Client: Were you for the defence? Mrs. Quiver (waking in the night): John, I'm sure there's burglars downstairs! Mr. Quiver (sleepily): Stuff! Let 'em burgle. Mrs. Quiver: Oh! John, did't you promise at the altar to protect me? Mr. Quiver: Bah! And didn't you promise to obey me? "I am going to write a work on 'Popular Ignorance,' said a young graduate to an old professor. "I'm glad of it." replied the old man. "I don't know anybody who has a more thorough grasp of that matter." Colonel Guif: I see, Mr. Lard, that you are charging me Is. 8d. a pound for butter now. What is this price owing to? Mr. Lard: Well, it is cniefly owing to me. Colonel Guff, and I should feel very much obliged if you could make it convenient to pay up. Foreigner- How long has the present Ministry been in power? Frenchman: Over two weeks. It seems as if we should never be able to turn the rascals out! Mamma and Davie had been to church, and mamma had put a penny in the contribution- box, which had not escaped the boy's obser- vation. On his way home mamma found fault with the sermon. Well, mamma," said Davie, in a lofty way, you can't expect very much for a penny. Professor Dryaedust: Now, Mr. Wagger, can you explain what the poet means by the embers of the dying year?" 'I Mr. Wagger: Certainly, professor, November and December.

TWO-MINUTE BUDGET IN BRIEF. The Governor of the Isle of Man (Lord Henniker) yesterday submitted his Budget statement to the Manx Legislature in a speech which only occupied two minutes. The Com- mittee of the Legislature reported that, in view of the estimated surplus, no fresh taxa- tion was necessary. The Customs duties were renewed as last year, and a vote of £15,480 granted for education purposes during the current year.

PROVED BY EVIDENCE,-Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People are shown by evi- dence well authenticated to be an unfailing cure for rheumatism, sciatica, neuralgia. paralysis, locomotor ataxy, St. Vitus' dance. nervous headache, and indigestion, also diseases of the blood, such aa scrofula, chronic erysipelas, &c. They are a splendid tonic, and restore pale and sallow complexions to the glow of health, a specific for all troubles pecu- liar to the female sex, and in men effect a radical cure of all cases arising from worry, overwork, or excess Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by all chemists, or may be had direct from Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, of 46, Holborn Viaduct. London, at 2s. 9d. per box. or six boxes for 15s. 9d. They are never sold loose, and any substitutes so sold are useless; the wooden box must be in a pink wrapper bearing the full name. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. The story of a Owm- bach man's cure, told in another column, has created widespread interest. LI 154

HER LAST SONG. I Died from Effects of Tight Lacing. SAD INCIDENT IN SALVATION ARMY BARRACKS. At Kensington yesterday Mr. C. Luxmoore Drew held an inquiry concerning the death of Mary Edwards, 23, housemaid in the service of Mr. R. W. Perks, M.P., at 11, Kensington Palace-gardens, W., who died suddenly in the Salvation Army Barracks, Portobello-road, W., on Saturday night.-Annie Fenton, of 133, Tavistock-crescent, stated that at eight o'clock on Saturday night she went to the Salvation Army Barracks at Portobello-road with the deceased. During the evening deceased was called on to sing, and she had got through the first line of the hymu beginning When on earth, life is ending," when she fell backward into witness's arms and died in the lobby almost immediately. She had been in the hall about three-quarters of an hour.—Dr. Alfred Kerr Thomson said when he arrived life was extinct. Death wa-3 due to valvular disease of the heart, accelerated by the heat and tigat laoing.-A verdict to that effect was returned.

BOER PRISONER'S STORY. Buried Guns and Stores in the Transvaal. By far the most interesting personage who sailed for the Oape from Southampton yester- day afternoon on the transport Orotava was the Boer prisoner, who, it is stated, is going out to reveal where a large quantity of Boer arms and ammunition is concealed. He was captured during the war and sent to Bermuda, and after spending about nine months there he made a communication to the Governor, as the result of which he was despatched to England en route for the Oape. He arrived at Southampton on Friday night, and was taken to the Convalescent Depot at the docks under an escort. During his stay at Southampton he has been allowed considerable liberty, being permitted to go out very nearly as often as he liked, though, of course, always accom- panied by an escort. He is a tall, handsome young Dutchman, with pleasing manners. Before he was captured by the British he saw a good deal of fighting, taking part in no less than 22 engagements. He was in the great attack on Ladysmith, and was one of the assaulting party at Spion Kop. He was wounded at Belfast in the breast and knee, and was picked up by our ambulance after the battle.

SUFFERED FROM CHILDHOOD. RADICAL CURE BY DR. SLATER'S BLOOD TABLETS. KIDNEY COMPLAINT AND SPINAL DISEASE CURED. Distressing symptoms of weakness in women have over and over again been cured by Dr. Slater's Blood Tablets; and. in view of the prevalence of such troubles at this season, the following proof will be read with great interest. The story was given to a "Barry Dock News" reporter by Mrs. Henry Herbert Oottle, wife of a highly-respectable mechanic residing at 25. Oora-street, Barry Dock. "For a number of years," said Mrs. Cottle, "in fact, ever since childhood. I used to suffer a good deal with my health, being weary and exhausted by little. My trouble was chiefly nervous and general debility and kidney dis- order, which reduced me at times to a most pitiful plight. For weeks together I was unable to stand on my feet or do my work 'I. about the house. My back was so weak and painful that I feared I was suffering from a form of spinal disease that would cling to me for life. My appetite completely failed me. and I wasted away and grew so weak that nothing seemed left for me but to despair of ever getting better." "But you seem all right now," remarked the pressman. "Yes," resumed Mrs. Cottle. "A few months ago I read an account of the cure of a caee in which the symptoms seemed to fit in with my own. I read on to the end, and found that Dr. Slater's Blood Tablets were responsible for this extraordinary cure. I decided at once to take a course of the medi- cine. Before finishing the second box I expe- rienced material benefit, and this improve- ment steadily continued, until now I feel as well as possible—a luxury I have not before experienced for years I both eat and sleep I well, and the back pains have completely dis- appeared. Once more I feel strong. I get about with ease, and I have got rid of that languid out-of-sorts feeling which upsets so many wives and mothers at this part of the year." Mrs. Cottle is eulogistic in her praise of Dr. Slater's Blood Tablets, to which she attributes her remarkable cure, and she candidly recom- mends the medicine to all similar sufferers. As a natural tonic, blood builder, and nerve restorer, Dr. Slater's Blood Tablets are unsur- passed, being prepared according to a most up-to-date scientific prescription, the outcome of years of patient study and research. Amongst the ailments for which they have proved so invaluable are nervous and general debility, anaemia, pale and sallow complexions. pimples, blotches, skin eruptions, any form of blood impurities, spinal disease, backache, heaviness about the hips. all female ailments, indigestion. palpitation, heart weakness, green sickness, neuralgia, sciatica, paralysis, loco- motor ataxia. St. Vitus' dance, early decline. wasting, insomnia, nervous headache, the early stages of consumption, gout, and lumbago, and as a speedy restorative after exhausting ill- nesses. Price 2s. 9d. per box. or five times the quantity at the cost of four. viz., 118.. of all chemists or direct from the proprietors. The Slater Medicine Co., of Greek-street Labo- ratories. Leeds. Beware of imitations and substitutes. Dr. Slater's Blood Tablets are not an ordinary medicine, but the successful product of recent medical research. e9083.

HERR BALLIN'S REWARD. Herr Ballin, the managing director of the Hamburgh American Line, who refused the other day Mr. P. Morgan's munificent offer of a salary of £ 200,000 per annum, has hadi his reward for his patriotism. The Berlin "Reichsanzeiger" now announces that the Kaiser has conferred upon him the Red Eagle of the second class. The receipt of this deco- ration will enable Herr Ballin to prefix a "von" to his name in the future.

THE CORN TAX. It was stated in the lobby of the House of Commons last night that, whatever might happen in South Africa, the Government would not abandon their proposal to revive the regis tration duty on corn and meal. The Unionist members who are opposed to the withdrawal of the Com Duty are now very hopeful that the Government will stand firm in the matter. There is stated to have, been some difference of opinion among mem- bers of the Government themselves on the subject, but the protest which was imme- diately made when the rumour as to the with- drawal first obtained currency is believed by the members interested to have had its effect.

THE WRECK OF THE RECRUIT. The destroyer Recruit vrill, probably, not be sufficiently repaired to be taken from Pen- zance to-day. The damage is more extensive than was at first thought, and extends along the whole length between the second and third funnels. The centre water-tight com- partment is still full to the water's edge. The weather i* wet and foggy.

I SPORTING. To-morrow's Programme DONCASTER MEETING. .-The MUNICIPAL SELLING STAKES of 5 sovs each. with 100 sovs added; weight for age; allow- r ances; winner to be sold for 50 aovs. Five furlongs. .—The DONCASTER SPRING HANDICAP of 500 sovs; winners extra. The Sandall Mile. | E vs st III I Sir Ernest tassel's Sonatura F W Day 5 9 2 Mr G Cottrill's Lacliford Hornsby a o 4 Lord Stanley's Pellisson .Mr Lambton 5 8 0 Sir J JJ'.undell Maple's Pefridge W Waugh 5 7 10 Mr Foxhall Keene's Noonday II Leach 4 7 10 Sir Ed jar Vincent's Walmn R Day 4 7 5 Sir Blundell Maple's Compliment W Waugh 4 7 3 Mr J liowson's Ichi Ban Hornsby 5 6 i3 Mr J Musker's Lord Melton Gilbert 4 6 12 Mr J H Houldsworth's Coc-khill Ryan 4 6 10 Mr F Bates's Past Master H Baies 6 6 9 Sir Edgar Vincent's Blue Peter R Day 3 6 9 Lord Cadogan's St. Quintin Blackwell 3 6 7 Mr J C Dyer's St. Hilarious P Chaloner 3 6 7 Major Atkinson's Speculator W Leader 3 6 6 Mr C Schlesinger's The Wyvern Mr Richard Croker's Gladwin D Reiff 3 6 4 Mr W R Reid's Cliftonhall I'Anson 3 6 0 .—The LONDESBOROUGH SELLING HANDICAP STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 100 sovs added; win- ners extra; winner to be sold for 100 sovs. Six- fur- longs. ys st lb Mr J Cast's Langholmc W El?ey 4 9 0 Ivlr G A Barrasford's l oife Tinslev G 8 11 Mr W Sanderson's Reaper Sanderson a 8 11 Mr J Norfolk's Bad News Private 4 8 10 Mr J S, Jackson's Chillagoe Armstrong 5 8 8 Mr C Hibbert's Bridie W Nightins'.ill 4 £ 8 Sir G Pr«\*coU's Travieso Mr Peebles a 8 6 Mr A L M'Kinlay's Perfidious Coulthwaitc 5 8 2 Mr E J Percy's United States Raisin 3 8" Mr 11 Gurry's Giddy Goat Currv 4 8 1 Mr W .1 YViljtig's Packet \V Elsoy 4 7 13 Mr C Hibberl's Isobavic W Nightiuyail 4 7 '.3 Mr B S Cooper's Maciso Holt 3 7 13 Mr F Hardy's Csnsbrooke H Bates 3 7 9 Sir Edgar Vincent's Father Wolf R Day 4 7 7 Mr E J Percy's fillv by Ked Prince II.—Fama Raioin 3 7 7 Mr A White's Sapphira A White 5 7 6 Mr W E Elsey's Ravensroost W Elsey 3 7 3 Mr J Thompson's Slipper Thornton 3 7 3 Mr J Cannon's colt by Friar's Balsam—Velindra J C'annon 3 7 2 Mr A G M'Craith's Red River Bacon 4 7 1 Mr W Brown's Lady Rovstoa W Brown 4 6 11 Mr D J Pullinger's Regalia Boardman 3 6 10 .—Tho PORTLAND STAKES (High-weight Handi- cap) of 5 sovs each, with 200 sovs added; winners extra. One mile and three furlongs. ys st lb Mr J Hare's Squire Jack R Sherrard a 10 0 Mr F Pritchard's Cateran Lad Eiste 5 9 13 Mr E H Barnes's Kentshole Private a 9 11 Count Lehndorff's Rachenputzer J Waugh 5 9 11 Mr W Nichols's Old Patch A White 4 9 4 Colonel H T Fenwick's Bonarcado Wadlow 4 9 2 Mr VV* A Jarvis's Wolf Jarvis 5 9 2 Mr J M Bell's Gay Consul G Thomas 5 9 2 Mr E C Clayton's Victor Hugo Cole 5 8 12 Mr Reid Walker's Blue Craigs.Mr Gilpin 4 8 12 Lord Cadogan's colt by Prisoner—Nadine Blackwell 3 8 9 Mr A Covington's Double Dealer Covington 3 8 6 Mr Vyner's Heltnopont Matthews 3 8 5 Lord Penrhyn's Miss Pac Cole 4 8 5 Mr W R Marshall's Sublime Porte W Elsey 3 8 2 Lord Farquhar's filly by Simontatilt-Asterii Mr Lambton 3 8 2 Mr L Brown's Communist Randall 3 8 1 Mr Vyner's Ergot Matthews 3 3 0 .-The HOPEFUL STAKES of 5 sOVs each. with 200 sovs added; for two year olds; colts Est 121b, fillies and gelding3 8st 91b; winners extra. Hopeful Course (five furlongs). st lb Mr E Clark's Rising Falcon W Sanderson 9 2 Mr Schlesinger's Defosse f Day 9 2 Mr H Lindemere's Meditation .Wright 9 0 Major E W Baird's Syme H Enoch 8 7 j Mr P Buchanan's Silverrae A Sadler, sen. 8 7 Lord Coventry's Ben Boit Capt Coventry 8 7 Mr Richard Croker's Sebago Reitf S 7 Mr W E Elsey's Gerenuk W Elsey 8 7 Lord Farquhar's Hellifield .Mr Lambton a 7 Capt. A Greville's colt by St. Angelo-Wheatley R Marsh 8 7 Lord Hastings's colt by Seaton—Ba'ssmino A Sadler, sen. 8 7 Mr R W B Jardine's colt by Tyran.—Baroraetz J Waugh 8 7 Commodore H Lambton's Ruy Lopez Mr Lambton 8 7 Colonel W Lawson's Futen A Sadler, sen. 8 7 Mr J Musker's colt by Melton-La Petite Duchesse Gilbert 3 7 Mr C S Newton's Tynesider Blackwcll 8 7 Lord Penrhyn's eighton Cole 8 7 Mr J E Piatt's Swashbuckler Private 8 7 Mr J E Pkitt's Grand Ccmreur Private 8 7 Duke of Portland's colt by Carbine—Wheel of Fortune. Mr Lambton 8 7 Mr Leopold de Rothschild's All Hot.J Watson 8 7 Mr A B Sadler's Rcsedale A Sadler, sen. 8 7 Mr F W Spruce's Arrogance Armstrong 8 7 Mr John Scott'3 llushyford J Osborne 8 7 Mr J T Whipp's Biidsgrove Whipp, jim. 8 7 Mr C F Young's colt by Glasshampton-Almn- doied Sentence 8 7 Lord Alington's Bee Orchid J lorter 8 4 Mr E Bonner's The Veil Gurry S 4 Mr E Carlton's Snowdrop T Leader 8 4 Mr J S Colton-Fox's Palm Beach W Nightingall 8 4 Mr Richard Crokér's Fonda J Reiff 8 4 Mr R Dalgleish's Couventicle.J Dawson 8 4 Mr F W Day's Hodge F Day 8 4 Duke of Devonshire's Devoni^nsis Goodwin 8 4 Lord Downes's So'iora Private 8 4 Lord Durham's Rubiana P Peck 8 4 Lord Durham's Mardian P Peck 8 4 Lord Durham's Malaita P Peck 8 4 Lord Ellcsmere's Ravina J Dawson 8 4 Mr George Farrar's Bestbelle Walters, jun. 8 4 Mr F R Fry's Acquisition Watts 3 4 Lord Hamilton of Dalzell's Grand Marnier W Robinson 8 4 Mr R T Hermon Hodge's Pure Beer.J Chandler 8 4 Mr Jas. Joicey's filly by Raeburn-Queen of the jjlnt T Leader 8 4 Mr Jas. Joicey's filly by Grand Duke—Queen of the Brine T Leader 8 4 Mr C Lund's Lady Egremont Lund 8 4 Sir J Blundell Maple's filly by Childwick-La Ris- torj W Waugh 8 4 Mr J A Miller's Muriel II Gurry 8 4 Mr D J Pullinger's Wild Sport Boardman 8 4 Mr W R Reid's Moss Agate W I'Anson 8 4 Mr T W P Hivis's flly by St. Serf-Lenten Lily Harding 8 4 Mr T W P Eivis's filly by St. Serf—Crusado Harding 8 4 Mr W G Stevens's fily by Despair-Clootie W Stevens 8 4 Mr George Thursby's Blowing Stone Duke 8 4 Mr Vyner's Sea Crow Matthews 8 4 Mr Vyner's Baby Lamb Matthews 8 4 Mr B Sherwood's filly by Gervas-Galopade R Sherwood 8 4 .—The ZETLAND PLATE of 100 sovs, for two year old, colts 8st 121b, fil!ies and geldings 8st Sib; winners extra. Five furlongs. st lb Mr Fairie's Tippler Goodwin 9 5 Mr Vyner's Scattergun.Matthews..8 7 Mr Vyner's Shinju Matthews 8 7 Mr D J Pullinger's Lough-allo Boardman 8 7 Mr J liowson's Bad Weather Hornsby 8 7 Lord Durham's Dispensation P Peck 8 7 Mr G Farrar's Matchbelle Randall 8 4 Mr E Hobson's Garrison Belle Hobbs 8 4 Sir J Blundell Maple's Rotten Row W Waugh 8 4 Sir S Scott's filly by Martagon—St. Ursula J Cannon 8 4 Major Westenra's f-lly by Cherry Ripe-Drumlina Sydney 8 4 Mr C C Calcutt's filly by Royal Sovereign-Doreen Allen 8 4 Mr Richard Croker's Fonda D Reifl 8 4 —The STOCKIL STAKES of 5 povs each, with 100 sovs added; weight for age; winners extra. One mile and a quarter a st lb Mr W R Marshall's Ohio W Elsey 5 9 4 Mr Lowther's Quirites Waits 5 9 0 Mr W R Marshall's Sudd W* Elsey 4^0 Lord Carnarvon's Etruscan Grensel 3 7 9 Mr W R Marshall's Sublime Porte.W Elsey 3 7 9 Mr E Schwaba^her's Raveno G Chaloner 3 7 9 Mr W Stevenson's Look Up I'Anson 5 7 9 ¡ Mr J Thomas's Auratum J Cannon 3 7 9 Mr Vyner's Gordianus Matthews ^79 Mr Byner's Mintseed Matthews 3 7 9 Mr E C Claytoa's Sweet Kirkconnel Cole 3 7 6 Lord Ellesmere's Zembra J Be-TO 376 Sir J Elundell Maple's Bonny Flora" W Waugh 3 7 6 Mr Kussell Monro's Ermyntrude Pickering 3 7 6 Mr Reid Walker's Sabella Mr Gilpin 3 7 6 Lord Wolverton's Florianus B Marsh 3 7 6

SPORT OF THE DAY. Minstead has been struck out of the Derby. Sceptre will be ridden in the Derby next week by Bandall, who won both the Two and One Thousand Guineas on her. More than one Derby trial is pending, and before the end of the week it should be pos- sible to ffange the numerical strength of the field with a fair degree of accuracy. At the Kempton Park meeting held on Satur- day. June 7, the Colonial and Indian troops visiting this country to take part in the fes- tivities of the Coronation will be admitted free to the grand stand and paddock. Very few people paid for admission to the five-shilling ring at the, Manchester meeting. The occupants of the cheap rings were so well treated at New Barns that they will not go to Castle Irwell to be situated below the dis- tance, and this will have to be considered. It is doubtful whether any appreciable amount of business is done on the Royal Hunt Cup prior to the publication of the weights, but the Cor-tinental lists are already offering 14 to 1 against Stealaway. 16 to 1 Lavengro, 20 to 1 The Solicitor and Valiant, and 25 to 1 others. With Cheers taking matters "asily last week, many jumped to the conclusion that he would be reserved for an Ascot engagement, where he could avail himself of a maiden allowance. This is negatived by the support bestowed upon him for both a win and a place for the Derby. Close observers of the Dunstall Juvenile Plate, run at Wolverhampton last v eek, were of opinion that Mr. H. Coventry's curiously- nained Pau Puk Keewis was unlucky to suc- cumb to the diminutive Hendra by a head. Yesterday the pair met again in the Trades- men's Plate at Bath. and Mr. Coventry's colt. with a pull of 81b. in the weights, easily re- versed the Wolverhampton running with Hen- dra, though still unable to beat another 10 to 1 chance in Lowland Aggie. However, there was a surplus of JE350 to divide, so that the second berth was well worth the getting. The Kimberley Steeplechase at the Notting- ham Hunt meeting was associated with a. mis- hap that might have had more serious con-j sequences than those which actually accrued. Glen Dixon, when leading at the last fence, came to grief, and brought down Beecatcher and Highwood. with the result that Bee- catcher's leg and Glen Dixon's back were broken. F. Hassall. the well-known cross- country rider, who had the mount on Glen Dixon, was unfortunately trodden on, and re- ceived concussion of the spine. He was brought to the paddock on the ambulance, and received attention from four medical men. who advised his further treatment at the Park Hotel. At the close of the meeting, however, Hassall insisted on being taken home. -c=

THINGS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN. When he was an infant, lying in his cradle, Oliver Cromwell was attacked by a, monkey, which very nearly succeeded in strangling the future chief of England's Commonwealth. It ia interesting to speculate how different the subsequent course of history might have been had not the busy paws of that mischievous ape met with timely restraint. Charles I. might have succeeded in his design to rule England without a Parliament, and been per- mitted to wear his royal head until he had no further use for it. Certainly that Crom- wellian ape just missed doing a great service to the Stuart dynasty, which would have en- titled it to a peerage. Again, in 1764, had Mr. Grenville failed to carry in the British Parlia- ment his memorable resolution as to the ex- pediency of charging "certain Stamp Duties" on the Plantations in America there would probably never have been any United States, and the citizens of New York and Chicago might have vied with the citizens of Sydney and Melbourne in sendinr; troops to South Africa to fight for the British Empire. One day a postman delivered to Mr. Frede- rick Franks, at his house at Bonnington, near Hythe. Kent. a small booklet. Had Mr. Franks cast it aside as unworthy of atten- tion. it is quite probable he might not be living to-day; or if living, then assuredly not in his present sound health. But Mr. Franks did no such thing. On the contrary, he read the pamphlet with interest, and the prac- tical result of its perusal shall appear in his own words. "Some few years ago," said Mr. Franks on the 22nd of February, 1902, "I had a long and severe turn of indigestion. It be- gan with loss of appetite, and a constant feel- ing of drowsiness. I suffered from a fulnees and oppression of the chest, which at times was almost unbearable. Food was repulsive to me, and it was with difficulty that. I forced myself to eat anything. But what concerned me most was the condition of my heart. Its action was very irregular, often throbbing so wildly that I had to cease work and lie down until the attack passed off. My head. too. was frequently racked with pain so severely that my eyesight was affected. Weeks of this suffering depressed my nervous sys- tem, and I became low spirited, wretched'. and incapable of effort. I tried a quantity of doctors' and patent medicines, but the only result to me wae expense." While thus circumstanced the pamphlet alluded to (wiich described a number of cures effected by Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup) reached Mr. Franks. "I diecidedi," continues Mr. Franks, "to give Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup a trial. The decision disposed of my case. I speedily recovered, and from that day to this Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup has been my family medicine. I have recom- mended it to scores of people, and shall con- tinue to do so." e9817.

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ARGENTINA AND CHILE. Buenos Ayres, Tueaday.-The Governments of Argentina and Chile this evening signed treaties settling the questions of armaments and general arbitration, the British Govern- ment being appointed arbitrator for the settlement of any difference which may arise between the two countries. Public opinion is satisfied with the result of the negotiations.— Reuter.

DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN. Mrs. Sophia, Goodwell. who attained her hundredth birthday on the 23rd of March last, died yesterday at Norwood-road, London With the exception of her hearing, ske possessed all her faculties to the last. Last Christmae Day one of her sisters, aged 98, died

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