The North Wales Express

CALI. TS RESERVED.] EVIE OF THE YEAR. ♦ ■ r1901 A» Home and Abroad. » jQUEEN OTORIA AND KING EDWARD. Inoomparal the greatest event in the World's histor luring the first year of the new ?entuTy .va- been that which occurred on the 22nd J rioary, when Queen Victoria. passed away Osborne, and the crown she had wore fo: years passed to her son, King F..dwarTr. For many months the Queen'a beal", lad been steadily failing, though knowl of the fact was studiously withheld 'fron ? re public, and it v, as not till the evening < Jan. 18th that any official instigation made of her illne-.™. But the WortlIl1: I HnK-tina of that day and the next quit y prepared the minds of her subjects fcr 1 worst. The solemn quiet, of aw«d exp- ncy with which the news of the arrival o the supreme moment was awaited thrr iout the length and breadth of IKT great pi re, and wherever English- men were p-iiered in foreign lands, will n,e-(-r be for -1 ;en by those who saw it. It was snrpasst- nlv by the universal expres- sions of love or the dead and sympathy for those she ha -ft, behind, when at last the new was (1. d to the ends of the earth that the gret. 'een had breathed her last "surroucueci y her children and grand- children." ;H distraction from the grief which the of one reign created was 'dc provided by "e instant necessity of 211- augurating new reign which followed. The Prince, Wales proceeded to London < early on the irning following his mother's death, anc a. Privy Council meeting in St. James's lace ho was declared King under the tit )f Edward VII., and received the oath of a i dance of the principal officers of State. I brief and dignified but in- tensely e^rf ;t speech the new King declared that "is constant endeavour would always bo t .valk in the footsteps of his beloved mot" and th&t he was "fully determined be a Constitutional Sovereign in the strict? seme of the word, and as long 86 there was "ooth in his body to work for the good 3D. amelioration of his people." On Feb. 1st Se remains of the late Queen were oonvev l from Cowes to Portsmouth between a d >le line of British and foreign ,i, t ships of war. On the 2nd they were carried across Lend in the presence of a vast concourse oi aer mourning subjects, fol- lowed by the new King, the Emperor of Germany, ti. King of the Belgians, the King of Por gal, the King of Greece, the Queen, ar numerous Princesses in carriages, s l a brilliant procession of Princes and diers. On arrival at Windsor a funeral st ice was held in St. George's Chapel, and s multaneously, in St. Paul's, in Wetitmin. r Abbey, and in innumerable churche.3 ar4' chapeLs throughout the country, the ay being universally set. apar-t as one of nr onal mourning. Finally, on Feb. 4th, th- loyal remains were laid to rest in the Maw nm at Frogmore side by side with those o he late Prince Consort. The King openec be first working session of his first Parliar nt in person on Feb. 14th, ae,compi.ni(-f y Queen Alexandra. The cere- mony. though only conducted in "semi- State." was an exceedingly brilliant and impressive O K-. Another bereavement befel our Royal Family in the death, on Aug. 3rd, of the Em esa Frederick of Germany, eldest sister the King. The Empress had long been fering from a paitiful and incurahlo rri. idy. I

I i -.E ROYAL TOUR. Aolutel, unique in the history of the world i. the our undertaken by the heir to the British Throne and his consort during the year t; at is past. The Duke and DucA-esa of ornwall and York set sail in the Opbir ft >.n Portsmouth on March 16th. Gibraltar," alta, Ceylon, and Singapore were visiter on the outward journey, the greats env- usiasm being manifested here, as everywl>e throughout the tour, by natives and Europeans alike. The' ceremony of ot^eninc: ie Federal Parliament took place on M \T* 9th, at Melbourne, in a vast hall contai, ng some 10,000 people. A round of ft :ivities follcwed here and at Brisbane itr., Sydney. A brief stay in New Zealand wF foUowed by visits to Hobart Town, Adei de, and Perth. Mauritius was. touched on Mb further journey to South Afrjca. In pite of the gloom cast by the war the re< ption given to the Duke and Duchess in iiatal and Cape Colony was as earnest anc hearty as elsewhere. Crossing thy Atlanti Ocean, the tourists reached Quebec in t middle of September. Thence by Metres Ottawa, Winnipeg, Calgary, and Vancot er, they made be-ir memorable journpy thr Jfi,h the whole length of British Norih Am, -ica. The return by way of Toronto am- through the Maritime Provmces to Halifax \nd St. John's, Newfoundland, was, like t ? outward journey, one long triumphal • rogress. throughout the totir meetings v th native chiefs formed pic- LS i turesque itt rns in tba Royal itinerary. The I journey en I in Yarmouth P-oads on the last day Ü. October, having thus lasted j seven rnont's and a half. Its value as a means of c nenting the affection between the Mothei Country and her Colonies and i of bc+b fo the reigning house is beyond calculation On Nov. lat a. landing was made at P' -tmncuth, the King and Queen, with the I tie children of the Duke and Duchess, h: ring gone out into the Roads to meet them. The arrival in London next day was the oo ision of a great popular demon- strati on. ';11e King's birthday a. week later saw the p amotion of his son to the title of Prince o Wales and Earl of Chester.

» THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR. The hirt ry of the war in South Africa during the rast twelve months has been for the most p \rt a repetition of the incidents of the last hree months of 1900-—perpetual chasings o fugitive commando", successive captures o larger or smaller bodies of the enemy, ra ed by Boer captures of parties of our own roope, and by a borst of indecisive skirmishes n which now one side and now the other f peared to get tie best of things. But alway- there has been a slow, steady, wearing do n of the enemy s resources, and, in spite of he rebel accessions to their ranks from Cape '-olony, an equr.Hy steady diminu- tion of th j numbers. Perhaps the most dramatic t the reverses sustained by our troops wa. that at Brakenlaagte in October, in, which ( al. Benson lost his life. At the j sw- tiiur as they hunted the Boer com- j mandos ov troops hav-e 4been engaged in a syjrtemati clearance of the means of sub- sistence f m the country side, in the hope of ini kin, 'he roving tactics of the Boers no longer po ble from lack of supplies. This iias beep liowed up latterly by the estab- lishment ? lines of blockhouses intended to prevent e paaage, of the enemy into districts ready settled. By this means Mr. Broc ck, the Secretary for War, was able tom in November that there had already b n bhut in 14,700 square miles of thq Tr;in vaal and 17,000 square miles of the Orar o River Colony. In the same speech t impending despatch was an- nonneed a large body of fresh troops to replace s "le of the war-worn men already ) tbyre. reeult of this clearing policy has been the necessity of providing for the non- combatant population which it deprived of the means of subsistence. This has been done by the establishment of a number of great concentration camps at various points on the railway line in the Transvaal, the Orange. River Colony, Cape Colony, and NataL Owing to defective accommodation, epidemics, and the Boer ignorance of the laws of sanitation, the mortality in these camps, especially amcng the children, has been terribly high. Miss Emily Hobhouse, who drew attention to the state of things there, has sinco been presented by the mili- tary authorities from landing in South Africa., and legal procc-edmes have resulted. The continued presence of Boer raiders in Cape Colany has been considered to render impossible the maintenance of Parliamentary government there, and the public service has been carried on by the warrants of the Governor. Martial law was also extended on Oct. 9th throughout the whole of the Colony, including Cape Town. In February last a meeting took p)::<\? bstween Lord Kitchener and Commandant General Botha, at which the former sketched terms of sur- render with which Botha seemed satisfied." When. however, these. term." had been sub- mitted to and revised by Mr. Chamberlain and presented to Botha in their new form, that General declared himself unable even to submit the-m to his Government for con- sideration. Since then the Boer lenders have declared that nothing but the granting of complete independence will induce them to lay down their arms. In May Sir Alfred Milner visited this country on leave of absence, and was given a peerage.

HOME POLITICS. The first Parliamentary session of the new reign was devoted mainly to financial measures. The war charges involved the sanction of another large loan and the im- position of fresh taxation. The income tax was raised 2d. in the pound, a duty of a halfpenny in the pound was imposed upon susrar and one of la. per ton upon exported coal. This last measure WM strenuously opposed bv both masters and .men in the mining districts, A civil list of £ 470,000 was granted to the new King, several changes being introduced in the methods of its computation. Other financial measures included large additional schemes of ex- ptnditure upon the defensive forces of the Empire. A considerable measure of Army reform was also carried. A comprehensive Bill for setting up new local education authorities met with so strenuous an opposi- tion that it was withdrawn, and a temporary measure was passed in its stead giving the Municipal and County Councils power to authorise the continuance by the School Boards for one year of the higher grade classes rendered illegal by the famous Cocker- ton judgment. A Factory Act, a Juvenile Offenders' Act, and an Act renewing for four years the Agricultural Rating and Clerical Tithes Acts were the only other measures- 0 importance which the session produced. The most striking feature of the autumn political campaign W!¡:; the re- sopptarance of Lord Rosebery, who, at its close, addressed a great meeting at Chester- field. An indiscreet after-dinne • speech by Sir Redvers Buller ;n reply to crtain criti- cisms of his conduct of the Natal campaign led to his dismissal from the com rnand of the First Army Corps at Aldershot. This step caused great popular agitation. A mass meeting in Hyde Park passed a resolution declaring the speech to be the excuse for and not the cause ofiiis dismissal. +

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL AFFAIRS. On Friday, Sept. 6th, Mr. William McKinley, President of the United States of America, was shot while oil a visit to the Pan-American Exhibition at Buffalo by a youth n"me{l Leon Czolgoez, who had been excited by the teachings of Anarchist lec- turers. Though for a time recovery seemed possible, Mr. McKinley succumbfd to his wounds on the I Grief and deep sym- pathy with the American people and Mrs. McKinlev were manifksced by the whole civilised • world. BebÎ< interment at Canton, Ohio, the President's remain* lay in Irtate in the Capitol at Washington, where they were visited by 63,000 of his country- t men. The assassin was tried and con- demned on the 25th for murder, and was electrocuted" at Auburn on Oct. 29th. On Mr. McKinley's death Colonel Theoiore Roosevelt, the Vice-President, became, by the provision of the Constitution, Pros dent in his stead. He at once declared his inten- tion of carrying on unaltered the policy of his predecessor. He is, however, a known enemy of the great Trusts which dominate industrial and political life in the States, and he has set his face against the custom of making official appointments the reward of party services. The defeat of Tammany j Hall at the New York Mayoral elections in November may be regarded as to some degree a result of the new influence he has already brought to bear on the political life of his country. A treaty rerisins the Anglo- American agreement respecting the creation of a canal from the Caribbean to the Pacific was signed in January, but waf. so mutilated by the United States Senate as to lead to its abandonment by Great Britain. In Novem- ber, however, a fresh treaty was signed, Î which practically involves the abrogation of the whole of the rights of Great Britain in the matter, and this treaty was brought before the Senate in December. With the capture of Aguinaldo the revolt in the Philippines has been brought to a virtual conclusion. Civil war in Colombia has led to an American intervention in Isthmian politics, of which it is difficult to see the conclusion. The international crisis" in Chint. has in theory at any rate found a satisfactory settlement in the past year. The negotiations between the plenipoten- tiaries of the Empire and the representatives of the Powers dragged on till Sept. 7th, when the final Protocol was signed in Pekin. < Ten days later the Forbidden City was handed over to the Chinese, and was forth- with set in order for the return of the Court. The Court, however, has not yet arrived, though it is understood to have been on the move many weeks. The in- demnity has been fixed at £ 65,000,000, and interest and sinking fund are secured by increased Customs duties. Two of the offending'mandarins were executed in Pekin last February, and others have been banished by the Emperor. Just two months after the signing ot the Protocol Li Hung Chang, its principal Chinese negotiator, died, and with him all prospects of an early settlement with Russia in regard to her position in Man- churia. Serious trouble has been caused in the Near East by the refusal of Turkey to carry out her obligations under the conces- sion made to the French Quays Company at Galata. Even the departure of the French Ambassador failed to extract a satisfactory j response to the French demands under this j head. Nothing Ictzs than the seizure of Mytilene was required to bring the Sultan to his senses, and to obtain its release the Porte was compelled to give guarantees for the settlement of many other matters cf I difference between the two Powers besides that which caused the original rupture. Throughout the crisis France had the tacit support of Russia, the Czar's visit to France while it was at its height giving emphasis to the fact. After a meeting with the Kaiser at Dantzig, tbe Czar and Czarina reviewed the Frendh fleet off Dunkirk on Sept. 18th, and three days latpr they were present at a review of 130,000 French troops near Compiegne. The Queen of Holland was married in February to Duke Henry of Mecklenbure-Schweria. The ex-comraunica- t tion of Count Tolstoi and other more personal grievances provoked riots among the .students of the Russian Universities in I' March, and these were put down with terrible brutality and ferocity by tho soldiery. The Minister of Education was assassinated, and the Procurator of the Holy Synod was shot at. The death of the Ameer, Abdurrahman Khpn. in October caused some fear of complications in that restless king- dom. Happily, however, his son, Habibullah, was proclaimed Ameer forthwith in perfect quic-t. The Federation of Australia was inaugurated on Jan. 1st, and elections took place in March to the first Federal Parlia- ment. With the aid of a small Protectionist majority in both Houses Mr. Barton and his colleagues are striving to carry a Protective Revenue Tariff in face of strenuous opposi- tion. Several duties have. however, bct-n rejected or reduced. Insufficient rains have again delayed India's recovery from the great famine. The inhabitants of Malta have been greatly agitated by an ordinance legalising the English language in the law courts of the island. «.

BRITISH TRADE, COMMERCE, AND AGRICULTURE. The trade of the year, though still good, shows increasing signs that the high-water mark of the close of the century has been passed. The Board of Trade returns of im- ports for the first eleven months of the year show only a slight decrease in value as com- pared with the corresponding period in the previous year— £ 475,506,5-10, against L477,275,947-but the exports show a de- crease of over eleven millions— £ 250,185,112, against £ 2fi7,S39,3r>4, In the textile trades business has remained fairly brisk, but the large profits which cotton spinners realised in 1900 have not been- main+ained', and weaving looms have been by no means con- stantly employed. The various branches of the iron trade have been fairlv ftour.shing, though at one period in the raacbine-vnakinj industry particularly there was a consider- able falling off of business, and many men were out of work. The relations of em- ployers and employed have been almost uniformly good. The. Penrhyn quarry dis- pute, however, still drags on its weary way, and there was a disastrous lock-out in the fishing trade at Grimsby. Here the dis- putants were ultimately persuaded by Lord Yarborough to re-fer their differences to the arbitration of a Board of Trade nominee, but not before the offices of the Masters' Federa- tion had been wrecked in a formidable riot. The home Stock Market has been depressed throughout the year, and consols, rails, and industrials are all lower than they were. American and Canadian rails, however, have steadily improved. African mines have maintained their prices in spite of the war, but Australians have been ververratic. An extremely dry summer has had a bad effect on aericulturf. There has l);'cn a fair crop of wheat and barley, but oats have been much below the average. Hay was, of course, a very bad crop, and imports from Canada have kept down prices for what there was. Roots, too, have done poorly. Cattle and sheep have kept a fair price, and calving rows have been remarkably plenti- ful, but feeding prices are still going up. Cheese has sold well, and so has such butter a.s is still made in England. The supply of pigs is still diminishing. + t,

SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS. A great deal of useful work has been done 1D the course of the year in various depart- ments of science. Among the most im- mediately useful investigations are those into the introduction of arsenic into various articles of human consumption. This has been traced amongst other sources to impure sulphuric acid used in the manufacture of glucose, and to anthracite and coke used in the preparation of various food stuffs. Dr. Koch has thrown welcome doubt upon a theory which has long en troubling us, namely, that tuberculosis can be transmitted to man by the milk or the beef of an infected cow. The metal aluminium is slowly press- ing forward, and proving itself useful in new and important ways. Aerial navigation has made distinct progress, M. Santos Dumont having successfully steered his air ship from St. Cloud round the Eiffel Tower and back. Wireless telegraphic apparatus has been fitted to Atlantic liners, and the Campania and Lucania have been able to communicate in mid-ocean, though quite out of sight of onelanotber. A terribly costly lesson has been taught its in the matter of the con- struction of torpedo boat destroyers, and r'2 even more costly lessons have been learnt in military science, and a great impetus given to invention, through the war. A most important conflict, big with consequences for the future of electric traction, has been that between the champions of direct and poly- phase current for the underground, now decided in favour of tho former. In pure science also much work has been done which, however, is apt to be of less general interest than that of a more practical nature. In biology and botany new species have been discovered, some filling important gaps in the evolutionary order. Some interesting j speculations as to the relations, of the de- velopment of the brain and the shape of tho sku!! have been called forth by extensive head measurements conducted mainly by Frenchmen. Lord Kelvin has suggested a theory which indicates that the total amount of matter in the universe may be about equal to 1,000,000,000 times that contained in our sun. Professor G. Forbes suggests the existence of a large planet beyond Neptune. Interesting infoTTnation as to the pre-Grecian and other old inhabitants of Crete has been obtained bv excavations in that island, and the Antarctic regions are being invaded by British and German expeditions acting in co-operaticn.

SPORTS AND PASTIMES. Once more British yaehtsmanship has proved unequal to the task of bringing home the America Cup. The races between Sir ¡ Thomas Tipton's Shamrock II. and the de- I fender Columbia were very close, however, and there is every reason to hope for better luck next time. The English cricket cham- pionship last summer was a foregone con- clusion almost from the first, Yorkshire out-distancing all competitors with her wonderful all-round style. A. C. MacLaren has talv-n a team out to Australia which, though far from representative, has so far done remarkably well. Liverpool won the j Football League Cup in April by splendid form from about the New Year onwards, and tho-agh their renewed success this year j is improbable Everton are making a good bid í to 1 fpep the trophy in the Merwey city. The ¡ Er.slLsh Cup was won by Tottenham Hot- srur, who first made a dm w before 121,000 people at the Crvstal Palace, and a week later won handsomely in the replayed tie at I Bolton. England did indifferently in the internationals with Scotland, drawing the ¡ Association game and losing that under Rugby rule*. Devon beat Durham in tbe Rugby County Championship. The popu- larity of hockey and its Canadian-born cousin, lacrosse, has increased by great ?trid?.<. and golf ij rapidly ceasing to be the monopoly of the well-to-do. Cycling has srown more popular than ever as a pastime and less as a sport. A. A. Chase is the hero of the vear for speed, and his forty miles in an hour was a remarkable performance even j on a beautiful track, with motor-pacing. Aufco-mobilism is increasing in popularity by leaps and bounds, and vast sums have been spent during the year on experiments. A few running, hammer-throwing, weight- outtipz. and other athletic records have 1 been made', but speaking generally the year has not been marked by that madness for record-breaking which was at one time dominant in the world of sports. Several American athletes have paid us a visit. A plucky attempt to cress the Channel was made in August by Montagu Holbein, but the task had to be given up six miles short of the English coast. Corporal Ommundsen was the winner of the King's Prize at Bisley. Indoors there has been a most re- markable Trowth in the demand for billiard equipment, full size and miniature, while u pincr-poncr has been taken up with furious energy by the young of both sexes. I

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OBITUARY. I Death has been very busy in hirrh places durina the year that has gone. Among heads of States and members of ruling houses the deaths of our own beloved Queen and her daughter, the Empress Frederick. President McKinley, and the Ameer Abdurrahman Khan, have already been referred to, and to these must be added the ^King Milan of Serria. Statesmen and politicians who have gone include Signor Crispi, the great Italian Prince Hohenlohe, ex-Chancellor of the German Empire; Count Hatzfeldt, German Ambassador in London; Li Ht:ng Chang, the Chinaman; Sir J. R. Dickspn, ex-Premier of Queensland and Minister of Public Defence in the first Federal Govern- ment: Sir E. W. Stafford, three tiipes Premier of New Zealand; Sir John Mackenzie ex-Governor Evre, of Jamaica Mr. W. W. B. Beach, "kather", of the House of Commons and the erratic Irish M.P., Dr. Tanner. A great permanent official has been lost to us in Sir Courtenay Boyle, Secretary to the Board of Trade. The Church has lost Dr. Creighton, Bishop of London Dr. Stubbs, Bishop of Oxford Dr. Westcott, Bishop of Durham and the Rev. H. R. Haweis. The legal profession is the poorer by the deaths of Sir A. L. Smith, Master of the Rolls; Lord Morris; Sir Franklin Lushington, Chief Magistrate at Bow-st.; and Mr. Samuel Pope, K.C., lender of the Parliamentary Bar. The Army has lost General Sir A. L. Fremantle; and the Navy Admiral of the Fleet, Sir John Commerell, of Crimea fame, and Admiral Sir Anthony Hoskins. Among departed repre- sentatives of literature are Sir 'Walter Besant, Mr. Robert Buchanan, Mr. W. J. Stillman, b. Ignatius Donnelly (of the Cryptogram and Miss C. M. Yonge. In the world of music, Sir John Stainer, Signor Verdi, and Signor Piatti have left us, and in their company may be named Mr. R. D'Oy),y Carte, the great operatic im- presario. Prominent medical men are lost to us in Sir James Paget. Sir Andrew Fair- bairn, and Sir W. MacCormac. Two ex- plorers have died in Prince Henry of Orleans and Professor Nordenskjold. Tho year's obituary also includes Miss Kate Greenawav, tbe charming painter of child life Mr. Jf M. Rrvdon, architect of the new War Office; Miss Ormerod, the entomolo- War Office; Miss Ormerod, the entomolo- gist; Lord Wantage; Sir Edward Wutkin, the railway king; Mr. George Lohmarin, the cricketer; Mrs. Kruger, wife of the Trans- cricketer; Mrs. Kruger, wife of the Trans- vaal ex-President; the Duchess of Cleve- I land. mother of Lord Rosebery; and the Dowager Lady Carew, aged 103, said to have danced at the famous ball at Brussels on the eve of Waterloo.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. A picturesque event of the year war, the trial of Earl Russell by his peers, with the ¡ Lord Chancellor as Lord High Steward at their head, for a bigamous marriage con- j tracted in "lit- United States. The divorce which his lordship had obtained in America from his first wife was found of no effect in British law, and he was sentenced to three I months' imprisonment as a first-class mis- demeanant. Mr. Andrew Carnegie an- nounced in June a gift of R2,000,000 for the I endowment of chairs in the Scottish Univer- sities and the payment of the fees of poor students there.' Dr. Winnington Ingram has succeeded the late Dr. Creighton as Bishop of London. The thousandth anni- versary of tha death of King Alfred was celebrated in September, when a statue of him was unveiled by Lord Rosebery at Win- chester, his ancient capital. The decision of the House of Lords that trades unions may be sued in the law courts to the full amount of their funds for damage caused by the action of their members created great con- .sternation among the friends of the trades union movement. Disasters on a large scale have been numerous during the year. On Sept. 19th the torpedo destroyer Cobra, while on a trial trip with new turbin« en- gines, broke in two in a gale, and 67 of her crew were drowned. The New York liner City of Rio de Janeiro sank in February at the mouth of San Francisco harbour, and 120 of those on board were drowned. The steamer Islander, carrying returning gold diggers, struck an iceberg off the Alaskan coast, and over 100 of the passengers ?nd crew were lost. Some 200 lives were lost on the British coasts through the severe storm of November, and another great gale in December caused much further havoc. Be-tween 70 and SO men lost their lives through an explosion in the Universal Col- liery, in South Wales. Damage to the amount of foomo 4,000,000 dollars was done in January by a great fire in the business portion i>f Montreal. Another great fire at Jacksonville, Florida, rendered from 10,000 to 15,000 persons homeless. A dam burst in the State of Virginia in June, by which 500 persons were drowned. K.

Newport Girl's Experience. Residents in Upper Powell street, New- port, have been discussing for some time past the extraordinary experience of a young lady living in that thoroughfare. A representative of the "South Wales Daily Telegraph" learned that tho affair con- cerned Miss Martha Webb, whose parents live at No. 8, Upper Powell street, in the Barrack Hill district of Newport. "1 have her express permission to relate her experience," said Mrs Webb to the re- porter, "and my daughter will confirm every word if you call to see her the next time she comes home. La-t autumn she began to lose flesh, and the colour fled from her cheeks. She began' slowly to droop, and twelve UlO;;tb; ago last December was seriously ill. About tEat time I took her to a skilful doctor, who said she had hardly a drop of blood in her body, and that that was as pGo-r--Lj;nJ watery as could be. She was pale as death—she who had been so rosy and bright-and sha had no life or energy for anything. She came home, just, able to crawl about, and certainly not able to do any work. She did not want to get up in the morning, and her doctors were consulted, but after treatment she did not, apparently raliy. I had been rea.ding in the Newport papers the stories of suffering women and girls cured by Dr Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, and bought :t box. Patty commenced to take Dr Wil- liams' Pink Pills that night. In tho firat fortnight after she began to mend, change was noticed by anyone who saw her. Scon Dr Williams' Pink Pills had restored sufficient strength for her to get about again, which was not quite three months after beginning tIre pills. Now she is as well ris ever she was without the slightest trace of illness.

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Contented at landore, In conversation with a "Leader" re- porter, Mr Frank Ford, who lives at 11, Wern Pit-road, Landore, Swansea, and is a haulier at the Swansea Hematite Works, said of himself and his wife: "I don't think you would find a happier couple if you searched the whole world over. But we have had our share of worries. Two years ago I was troubled with rheumatic gout, my feet an4 hands swelled to an enormous extent. I couldn't stand dw pain tho agony was awful. I couldn't put my stockings on or cover my feet in any way; the slightest touch seemed to send me almost mad. 1. sat in a chair for days, scarcely able to move a limb. Then I was placed in bed, and there I lay for nine weeks unable to turn the whole time. I was under medical treatment the whole time. I tried all kinds of embrocations and medicines, but the swelling and pain remained just the same. During the time I was laid up my wife used to read the "Leader" to me, and one day her eye caught a paragraph explaining how a woman in this neighbourhood, who had suffered for years, had been completely cured. My wife, said she had seen the party who had been almost crippled going about recently with nothing 'apparently the matter with her, and suggested I should try the same thing. It was Dr Williams' Pink PiUs for Pale People. My wife) sent for a box, I took them according to the directions, and in less than three weeks I was back at the works again. I don't think you'll find many stronger mon about hero than I am. I may say, also, that Dr Williams' Pink Pills cured my wife almost immediately." ''That is so," remarked Mrs Ford. "For months I suffered terribly from indigent- ion and pains in the back. I was all right after taking three doses, but I thought it best to continue them for a little time. Altogether I took half a box."

Books. "Science-Gossip" for January contains pome features of more than usual interest. Amongst others arc portraits of the Editors and the gentlemen who act as Depart- mental Editors for the sections devoted to microscopy, chemistry, physics, astronomy, structural and field botajiy, photography, and malacology. There are also reviews by these gentlemen of the principal work dona in their respective subjects during 1901. Mr J. T. Carrington gives in this month's number a. general review cf the chief event's that havs oocurredin tho scientific world during the past year. Amongst other articles we may mention one entitled "Possibilities of the Future," and also the continuation of & series on "Butterflies of tho Pahearctic Regior," by H. 0. Lang, M.D.. This series or articles will be republished in book form the first volume L-isbortly to he issued. The notes j in each department of science are especially worthy of not.) in this month's issue. --oo

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I Developments at Pontypridd. Pontypridd district i undoubtedly, one of the most prosperous in the exten- sive coalfield of South Wales. One of the most progressive suburbs of Pontypridd is Bonvilstone. It has extended surprisingly within recent years. But just now the most surprising feature of Bonvilstone is a remarkable case that has occurred there. A reporter of the "Glamorgan Times" visited Bonvilstone, and ascertained that Mrs Johns, of 105, Bonvilstone road, was the leading personage in the matter. "I am perfectly agreeable to my story being published in the 'Glamorgan Times' or any other paper," said Mrs Johns. "I had been suffering for a long period with heart troubles and general weakness. I ) believe that my illness first originated through a chill. It grew worse and worse, and reduced me to a very depressed con- dition. I was unable to follow my house- hold duties, and unable to go out of the house. My appetite had left me, and I was easily tired if I tried to move a'oout. I became so weak that my friends agreed with me in thinking that I was likely to be a permanent invalid. "I had medical advice, and I took medi- cine regularly, but it did not seem to do me much good. One day I saw an article in regard to Dr Williams' Pink Pills, and I determined to try some. And to my agreeable surprise I felt a great improve- j ment before I had finished the contents of the first box. I continued taking the I pills and strength continued to increase, and I commenced to take solid food-a thing I was unable to do during my ill- ness. After taking the pills for quite a long period T felt completely recovered, and I can follow my household duties now as well afl I eve* did in my life. I can eat well, enjoy my food, and ehtain benefit from it. All my friends and acquaintances in this district, where I was bred and I born. are astonished at my recovery from what was generally considered to be a. chronic and incurable illness."

I Abandoning a Child near Car- narvon. j At the Carnarvon County Magistrates Court Len Satin-day, before Mr J. Menzies aad other magistrates, Elizabeth Jones, a. single woman, was brought up on remand charged with abandoning ber child. Mr J. T. Roberts, who prosecuted oa behalf cf the police, said w.at tlie defendant went to lodge with a, Mrs Eliza- beth Williams, at Llanberis, some few month., ago, representing that she W.1: a married i woman, and that her husband was a ticket cnl- < lector at Chester in the employ of the London i and North-Western Railway Company. On | the 1st December she gave birth to a. child, | and a fortnight liler she left the house with her baby and paid a vrsit to frlynfcwrog Inn, LI an rug, a distance of four' miles from Lianberis. She told the landlady of the inn, where she stayed for about an hour, that the I child belonged to someone who was then at Brvnbras Castle, in the locality, and, pretend- ing to be anxiou* about the mother, she put the baby on a sofa and wpnt out to see ifhe was coming. She did not return to the inn, and some time afterwards she reappeared at her lodgings in. Lianberis and gave Mrs Wil- liams to understand that the child had been l left in charge of a friend in CVmyglo. The same day she left Llanberis. and was arrested about a week later at Carnarvon on a charge of abandoning her ohiid. Mrs E. Williams, Rock terrace. Lian- beris, said that the defendant, who was a stranger to her, had paid her 05% 30s during the thirteen weeks she had lodged with her. A Magistrate: I think they were very cheap lodgings. L Witness, proceeding, said that the defend- ant told her at fir-t that she was a single woman, but afterwards said that she was married to a, man named George Owen. who was employed at Chester Station. She. gave birth to a child 011 the 1st Decprober., On the afternoon of the 20;h December the de- fendant left the house with her baby, and she returned in the evening without the child. Witness asked her where the child was, and she replied that it had been left in charge <4 a friend at Cwmyglo. The defendant left Lianberis the same "'V', Mary Eii -ijeth Jones, the landlady of the Glynt-wrog Inn, who had the child in her

Pathetic Aberdare Case. A reporter of the '"Aberdare Times" heard the other day of a, case of a young girl of thirteen summers named Sarah Rees, whose parents live at No. 21, Wind street, Aberdare, with endured bitter experience of late. In reply to the reporter's en- quiries, the little girl replied, "About a year ago I l'elt. a strange illness com- ing over me; I had fearful giddiness, and soemed to be spinning arouud some- times; often I had to c-accli hold or the furniture to keep from failing. I was told by rather and mother thac it was St. Vitus Dance, and I had to keep very quiet." "Really I thought we would have lost her last year!" the mother remarked. "She was in a terrible state" observed Mr Rees, who is an underground haulier. "I didn't think she would recover. All her < body was on work—twitching—and she could keep nothing in her hands." ''I 'can't. ltemeinbpr how many dishes and plates she broke for me," added the mother. "She was terribly nervous and would start and shake at the least thing." The girl's father continued: "Yes, we little expected to save h.»r, but an un- expected cure turned up in Dr Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. We bought a box, and soon after the child commenced to take the pills she was a great deal bet- ter the restless nervous fits decreased and she was more quiet. Her mother gave her the pills regularly and the child had no other medicine, so there is no doubt what- ever that this great cliange is due to Dr Williams' Pink Pills. They did a wonder- ful amount of good. The' child fell into such a terrible state that I took her to the photographer in order to have a portrait by us in case the worst happened. But we have something far more than a photo- graph now; that is our child restored to health and all through Dr Williams' Pink Pills." rr-Jii,

lap, also gave evidence. She said tha.t the defendant was r perfect stranger to her. and she made no arrangement with her as to the maintenance of the child. Replying to the Bench, witness said that she had become, verv fond of the child. The defendant's father, a farm labourer in Anglesey, was called. He said that he had not heard from his daughter for about a year, • and that he had been told that she was mar- ried.1 In reply to th» Chairman, the witness said that he was willing to talce his daughter and her ehlld,hmne.. The Bench, on the understanding that the father would cany out his promise, bound over the defendant in the sum of £10 to come up for judgment when called upon. They also expressed their appreciation of the great kindness the landlady of the inn had shown towards the child. At the request of the Chairman, Mrs Jones handed over the child to the defendant, and did so with agpaient reluctance. -o&.o

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The death of the Rev William Jonm, 31 years of age, of Llandwrog, took place on Saturday night at the remote village of Nant- mor, between Penrhyndeudraeth and Bedd- gelert. He was to' have preached at the Calvinistic Methodist Chapel on Sundav, and arrived in th* village about seven o'clock on Saturday night. About eight o'clock he wan seized with illness, and died before the arrival of a doctor.