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iAt the annu'ai distribution of prizes to the students of the Wrexham Science and Art Schools on Friday night, Principal Reidhel, of the North Wales University College, in the course of an interesting address, said Wrexham 'had otfteii been accused of a want of interearTn educational matters compared with the rest olf VVaies, and perhaps tihere was some truth in the accusation; but such indifference could hardly survive one or two generations of those schools, which had for their objedt technical and art training.

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COLWYN BAY PETTY SESSIONS. SATURDAY.-Before T. G. Osbome, Esq (presiding), W. D. Houghton, Esq., James Wood. Esq., Thomas Parry, Esq., George Bevan, Esq., W. Jones, and David Gamble, Esq. EXPLOSIVES LICENSE.—Mr P. J. Kent applied for the renewal of his explosive store license.—Granted. A SUBSCRIPTION DANCE.—Mr Amphlett applied for an extension of time to the licensee of the Rhos Abbey Hotel on the occasion of a subscription dance.—The Bench granted tbe request, namely from 11 o'clock until two, or half an hour shorter than. applied for. RATE CASES.-Thirty summonses had been issued by the Urban Council against persons for non-payments of rates. Many had been settled ou. of court. Among, those who appeared m, court was Nurse M. A. Williams, from vhom the collector claimed L2 16s. The de- fendant presented a receipt for U2 10s ,signed by a P. Janes.The Collector sa.id, that it was not an official receipt, and that there was no "P. Jones" in the emp.oy of the Council.—The defendant said that the man in question called at her house and rate. She was busy at the time, but gave him £ 2 10s, for which he gave the receipt produced'. To the best of her knowledge she had iioi Siten the man before nor after.-The Chairman said that they could not help it, but they would have to make am order. It was very desirable that the Council (should take the matter up, and try andi see who the man was who was raising money in that way.—.Inspector Roberts: We will! take tha mat.te-rin hand and see what we can do. SELLING FIREWORKS.—Elizabeth Ho- man, Egerton 'House, St. Paul's Arcade, Colwyr# Bay, for whom her husband appeared, pleaded guilty to selling fireworks to a boy named James Huimieke, he being under the age of 13. It appealed1 that the oifence took place on the evening of the 6th of November, and that the lad; wa.s 13 on the 10th of that momth.—Trw Bench did not consider the case such a serious one, but there were complaints about lads throwing firewwrks albaut. Therefore, they would have to convict, and the defendant' would be fined sixpence and costs—2s 6d in all. ASSAULTING THE POLICE.—Robert Foulkes, Ty Mawr, Colwyn, was cliargei with assaulting P.C. Worthington on the evening of the 15th of November, while in the execution of his duty. It appears that the police officer was, at the time, taking defendant's brother to the Police Station, and that Robert Fouikes came up to him and struck him in the face, cut his lip, and made three running kicks at him. Defentant was perfectly sober.—The litnch said that it was a most serious offeree. But they believed that it was mostly due to over- excitement. They imposed a fine of 10s and OOsfiR. I THE INTEMPERATE LIST.-The follow- ing were fined for drunkenness:—Richard FouLh.es, bricklayer, Ty 'Mawr, Colwyn, and I William Foulkes., his brother; William Conway, I quarryman, 6, Bryn-.terrace, Old- Colwyn; Wil- liam Reajr, Hardio Hill, Glenco, Erskine-road, Colwyn Buy; and) William JonieiS, labourer, Victoria-road. Colwyn Bay. NO LIGHT.—John Smethurst, Bryli'vmotr, Rhiw Bank Avenue, Colwyn Bay, was lined for NO LIGHT.—John Smethurst, BrJ!1)IDOII", Rhiw Bank Avenue, Colwyn Bay, was lined for droving, oin the night of the 9th inst., a horse- attached to a float, without a li^rht. DISTRESS WARRANT.-On the application of Mr Pughi Evans, the Bench granted a. distress warrant against Mary Jones, the servani girl who. recently charged John Llewelyn Roberts, with indecency, to recover the costs of tha,t caise. Itwill be remembered that the Bench threw out the summons with full costs against the complainant. ADJOL'RNED.—For the convenience of Mr Fenna, solicitor to the London and North- W-estern, Railway Company, a railway case was adjourned until' the January Court." THE BAG OF FLOUR.-WUliam Roberts, llabouner, (Llawr ;Pentre,. OW Colwyn,, was charged witlr txteaJLing a. bag of flour, of the value of 14s, the property of Edward Clarke, Post Office, Do'lwen, by finding it on Cae Coch- road, on the 10t,h of November. —. William Clarke deposed that a man named Thomas Jones e2 was canting a load1 of flour to him from Old Uolwym istatiom -on, the date in question, when one of the bags dropped from the cart. It was v-alued at 14s.—To the Bench: He found one bag ;short when the flour had been taken to the warehouse. Witness was informed that one bag toad dropped, Next her went la of it, 1 but failed to'find any trace of it. In conse- | quenc- of what he heard he reported the matter to P.C. Worthing ton.—To P.O. Worth uigtou: In reply to a. post card he called on the officer on the 14th of November, and at his request hadf a number of circulars printed making inr i quines for it. Those circulars were distributed a/bout the district.—The defendant -said -that, he found the bag on the road, and took it home He intended report in gt it to the polioe on the I Sunday, but he did not like doing ,won thab u i. Wh'e'" he cam,e home on Monday the bag ta^eu awa7-—Thomas Jones, carter, said that the brag slipped from the cart on the hill that leads from Colwyn to Dolwen.—To tiv* Bench: Witness did not know that a bac was mussing until Mr Clarke reported i t to° him. He carried the flour to the warehouse, but he did not. count the bags inasmuch as he had <ione so before ho started from Coiwyn.— To P.C'. Worthing ton He saw the defendant on the road, and! he saw the flour bagi> and must have known to whom they belonged..—P.C. Wortliington said that he visited the defendant's J. 1 t" 11 nousa, a.n<t lound the bag of flour behind- a chest of drawers and covered over with' old clothes. That was on .the 17th of November. The wit- ness had the Hour removed to the Police Station. Some of the flour had been used. In the afternoon he amd Sergeant Tippett visited Glyib Faaan, where Roberts was work n^. De- | fendant admitted' finding the bag and taking it ( home.—&ergt. Tippett corroborated.—The de- rendamt appealed to the Bench to b" lenient with him. He had been in the hospaj* for three months with his eyes, and he had a. wife fouiLchi]d*-en dependent upon him at home. Hie L4iaj.rni.an asked whether anything was previously known of the defendant.—Inspactor Roberts I have known, him for many yoairs. He is a harmless- and inoffensive man, a*nd very poor.—The Bench imposed a fine of 5s an-1' re- C(>sts of Tlw Poiifie. The justices asked lhomas Jones whether he would forego his costs for the day—3s—but he refused.—Tna Chairman Why. if you had been more careful this case would not have arisen.—No costs were allowed. mSMLSSED.—Frank Latham, St. Winifreds Rhos, was summoned, under the County Bye- I Laws, for violent conduct so as to occasion a breach of the peace on, the 8tli of December — .^Med.-A little boy named. Donald Odie isaid that he was going home from school about mid-rj^y (m. ;fhe date in question when he met the Pendant on the road leading from Colwyn Bay to Rluxs. There was anotheJ boy, named Willie Jones, with them When the defendant got up to them he hit them across the back with a stick. -Cross-exavai,n,ed He was informed that the children of the Board schools called defendant names, but he had never hearkl them. They were hit across the back. None of them had said to him. Defendant walked straight to them. They did1 ftot oalli hirna lunatic. Witness did not shout nor create Any scene. He was not much hurt. —Re-examined There were ladies about, but he could not say whether" they were frightened or not. Willie Jones, another young lad, ins corroborating the above evidence, said that he had heard the defendant called a lunatic by the girls. Sergt. Tippett said that he was an. eye- witness to the affair. N.ot a word was spoken on either side. When defendant had struck the lads acrossi'lhe back witness asked him for his explanation. He replied, "They have teas-ted me." Witness answered, "Not this time, what- ever." He had had several complaints about the defendant.—Mr Amphlett said that Latham had been teased and called a lunatic bv bovs and on this particular occasion he switched his rod about, but did not strike them.-The defen- dant deposed1 that boys called him lunatic, a.nd he had to speak to children 'about it. He did not hit tbe lads, nor cause any breach of the peace or annoyarifce.—The Chairman said that the Bench were unanimously of opinion that the case must be dismissed. At the same time, thev thought that children should be warned against calling people names and causing them annoy- ance. Some were -evidently becoming trouble- some, and they should keep within bounds. He saw the headmaster of the Board School there, Perhaps lie would take the matter in hand.—Mr Wood To teach the lads good behaviour in the j streets is better than to teach them algebra, or anything elste.—Tb& Bench remitted the costs THE SALE OF INTOXICANTS TO CHILDREN.—John Clarke, a retailer of beer, j &c., Liverpool House, Colwyn Bay, wa.s sum- moned by P.C. Rogers for selling two pint. bottles of stout, the bottles not being sealed vesiseis, to a boy named Llewelyn Williams under fourteen yeara of age. The lad's mother, MaiyVydliams, was summoned for sending him for the stout. Mr Rhys D. Griffiths, who ap- flearfL r e defence,, said that the case was the first under the Act in the county. Although the were not sealed they were so tightly corked that a man's strength would have been required to draw the corks. The vessels contem- plated by the Legislature were evidently kettles.—The magistrates fined each. cLfcf-enjd&int 10s (and costs.

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j SH0RT__ST0RY. THE HOSPITAL MISTLETOE. 'What is that faded branch ? 'you ask. A sprig of mistletoe. It is the token of our love. How sentimental!' you exclaim. No: it is not culled from the bough under which I kissed her. Ours was not a match of the common kind, It was not inaugurated with blindman's buff, and kiss in the ring. The mistletoe hung in the castle hall ? No, my friend, you are quite wrong. There were no merry guests going hither and thither under that treasured sprig of the mysterious parasite. Tell you the story ? I will. It happened in this wise: I was the house surgeon of the Severnshire Hospital. One autumn day a patient was brought into the accident ward. He was a gentleman. No one in the town knew him. He was travelling through the county. In the high street of the city he had been thrown from his horse. When he was picked up h3 said: 'Tak6 me to the hospital.' George Gregory Newbold was his name. "41 don't live anywhere in particular,' he said, a week after he was brought in. I am a traveller. Yes. you are right, doctor,' he said to me. one November day, when he appeared to have rallied very considerably. I have had a great deal of trouble; not the sort of trouble which usually knocks a man up; not money anxiety; nothing of the world's worry, in truth. Yet I have suffered tortures almost beyond endurance.' M' Can I be of any service to you. Mr. New- bold, beyond the poor professional services which it has been your misfortune to require here ? "I No, thank you, I think not. I often think I shall never recover. If I could see my sister again, I could die happy; that is, as happy as man can die when death separates him from the only being whom he loves, and whose protective hand she may need. I will tell you my story, doctor. You are a good man. I know that by your face, and by your great kindness to me, a stranger.' I trust I should be none the less attentive to any patient,' I saia, I although I confess that you have interested me much.' "'You are very good,' said Mr. Newbold; Heaven will reward you. When I was an infant rily father died and left myself and sister to the care of our mother. It is only doing the memory of my mother ordinary justice to say that she was as good as she was beautiful. She died ten veaps ago. For five years we lived in the old house, my sister and myself. We had no cares, no troubles; life with us was a continual summer; to make each other happy was our only anxiety. It had occurred to me more than once -many times, indeed-that Lucy might marry, and leave me. I should have regretted this for myself, but not if it secured and perpetuated Lucy's happiness. One day—it only shews how blind we men are-Lucy told me she was in love.' You are faint, Mr. Newbold,' I said: 'rest awhile.' No. no; I am stronger than you think,' he said, smiling, and waving me to be silent. It was a young fellow who had often bean to the house. I ought to have known. When Lucy told me I could See how indiscreet I had been. He had neither friends nor position. I did not forbid the match, but I discountenanced it, expostulated with Lucy, and privately expressed myself in severe terms to her lover. I urged him to go, and gave him money; and he left Lucy to her brother in the old house that we had known since infancy. When Lucy discovered the cause of her lover's desertion she up- braided me, called me cruel and selfish, and a month afterwards she was missing. I have never seen her since.' "Here my poor patient fell back upon his pillow. I gave him a stimulant; and, by-and- bye, when be looked up with his grey eyes expressing an apology for his weakness, I confess to sensations of sympathy which I had never felt before. I thought I was stronger,' he said; pray, forgive me. Let me finish my story; it will do me good to tell you my troubles. I would give the world to see her once more, for the sake of my poor, dear mother, who loved her so much. I found traces of her. She had had a letter from her lover, bidding her good-bye for ever. It was believed that ha had enlisted for a soldier. A detective officer whom I had employed fancied he traced him to India. His name was not to be found on the lists of any regiment at home or abroad. This is the story of my life: this is the story of my wanderings. I am it search of my sister, in search of them botb-Ltcy and her husband. I have forgiven them long ago. What right bad I to stand between her and the man she loved ?' "The season of Christmas came, with its kindly thoughts, its Christian-like feelings, its genial associations. We ilways decorated the hospital for Christmas eve. The patients all seejned to get better in the presence of the little excitement at the time. Each ward had its bit of holly and mistletoe. The nurses rivalled each other in the making of the festival wreaths; friends of the patients brought in contributions from the country; winter evergreens from their little gardens, holly from rural hedgerows and luxuries of mince-pie and plum-pudding which it was hard to interdict. Inere were some poor creatures whom nothing could injure; these had their beef and pudding, their pies and wine. I PO<T Mr. Newbold, he was among these hopeless cases. But no friend brought gifts to lay beside his bed. He had thanked me, however, for a handful of mistletoe and holly which I hung up in his ward with my own hands, wishing at the I same time all the best wishes of the season. I don't make a complaint, my dear friend,' he said, but I have a small request to prefer. I am very troublesome, I am sure, very: and I it, is hard for my nurie not to have a change to some other ward. Will you find me another nurse-a woman with a softer voice, dear friend — a softer voice ?' He was very ill. He had grown weaker and weaker. His end was drawing near. She was a querulous, but most reliable woman, the nurse I attached to his ward. She had replaced an attendant who had obtained leave to spend I' Christmas at home. Poor Newbold was very hensitive, and the loud voice and somewhat I demonstrative manner of the new woman jarred I upon his nerves. I went to the matron. There is a young woman sent here through Florence Nightingale-a most respectable, kind- looking person,' said the matron. 'She has only been here a week, but I don't doubt for a I moment she will turn out to be the best nurse in the hospital. Shall I send her to you ?' Thank you very much, pray do,' I said. 4 Send ber to the ward at once.' "The Christmas bells were ringing; you could Lenr the music wandering up and down the streets, carried hither and thither by the wind. Visitors had all left the wards for the night;, the patients lay there listening to the melody of I the bells, and thinking of other days; the light I of tbe Christmas candles fell upon the dark' leaves of the holly; here and there the white berries of the mistletoe reihscted back the sub- dued glimmer. It is a iliad picture, a hospital on Christmas Eve, the shadows of the place seem: to lie significant-such tender memories hover about the narrow beds. "The new nurse came into the ward while I eat there. It was a sweet face, as I saw it, with the soft light upon it—a kind, sad, pitying face. iNt-wbold looked at her curiously as she entered. Then he raised himself up suddenly, and before I hardly knew what happened he was locked in her arms. Lucy, Lucy, my dear, dear sister!' he was saying; his voice nearly drowned the sobs of the woman, whose face was lying upon his shoulder. The bells appeared to receive new strength just at that moment. It was the wind which brought the sound close up to the windows on its way down the river. Thank God!' I exclaimed; and my heart leaped with a strange joy. I felt like a child rnady to weep. It was as if I had been reading some pitiful story. I walked out into the corridor, j>pened a window, and put my head into the frosty air. The stars crowded the sky, and the bell-music seemed to belong to their purity. I was never fit for a hospital surgeon; my feelings were always too little under control. I When I went back into the ward she was sitting by his side holding his head. His face was full of peace and happiness. It was as if an angel i had been there. "We buried him on New Year's Day. Her story is soon told. She lost her husband in the Crimea. After that she joined Florence Nightingale's band of nurses, and eventually came back to England. Providence sent her to the Severnshire Hospital on that Christmas Eve; sent her, that George Newbold's last hours might be solaced with her tender words and happy memories of the Christmas days that were gone. If it were not next to impious to think that what befel afterwards was anything but acci- dental, I could fancy that some special con- sideration for the poor hospital surgeon also filled up the providential design. "The spring came, and the summer, and the stars shone once more above the bell-music that the wind carried down to the river. If we had been young people, and without a chastened sorrow in our hearts, the bells might have rung afresh in the summer that followed, for the bouse surgeon married the heroine of this sad story, and she sits by his side with her sweet. evm- pathetic smile, while he tries to tell the tale." fTVB tflkTTfc 1

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FUR AND FEATHER SHOW AT k: CARNARVON. A SUCCESSFUL INAUGURATION.. The first- of whait is to be hoped will be a series of very successful shows, was held on Saturday, under the auspices of ithe Carnarvon District Fur and Feather Association. Fully 600 birds, oats and rabbits were exihibdited, and Mr R. Bowker, of Nantwioh, the judge, declared many of them to be equal t,o the best exhibited at the most import.ant shows in the kingdom. Mr Charles A. Jones, Bronhendre, was the pre- sident and1 the work was very satisfactorily carried out by a comiriiittee, of which Mr T. J. Morrison was thie president, and Mr E. R. Wil- liams, Llwyncelyn, the treasurer- The secretar- ial duties devolved upon Mr M. Conim, of this Commercial Hotel, who was assisted by Mr Owen Jones, Tyddyndu; and it is onJy fair to state thwt their experience and forethought caused tfhe a,rrarigements to work without a hitch. Indeed, it would be difficult to find a show im the locality where the mamiagiement was superior. The vice- chairmen were Major Whiskin, Messrs T. Mor- gan Lloyd, M. E. Nee, Altwynne Carter, and D. T. Edwards. AWARDS. POULTRY.—Ramtams 1, D. M. Pritchard, Llanrug; 2, A. Claxton, Treorky; 3, Mrs Holmes, Reocles, Suffolk. Plymouth Rock: 1, W. E. Samuel, Wrexham; 2, E. W. Roberts, Ohwys Isaf, Gaearwen; 3, J. Evams, Pantglas, Llanrwst. Otrpington: 1, O. Kyffn Williams, Llangwyillog; 2, C. A. Webster, Teignmouth Station; 3, A. Anthony, Euxton. Game: 1, J. A. Harker, Rhyl; 2, E. Jones, Holywell; 3, W. H. Hughes, Pwllheli. Leghorns: 1, Mrs H. S. Gough, Caerhun, Talycafn; 2, Mlrs E. A. Rowlands. Police Station, Llanddulas; 3, E. R. Roberts, Gwyddfor, Penygroes. Min- oroa. or Spanish: 1, W. Shingler, Old CoHwyn; 2, G. MajuLey, Tattenhali, Chester; 3, Roberts Brothers, Llanbedr, Ruthin. Wyandottes: 1, W. Llewelyn, Dinorwic, CwinygJo; 2, J. Brown*, Bank Quay, Carnarvon; 3, Col. S. Sandbach, Hafodunos, Abergele. Hamburgh: 1, W. 0. Hughes, Vaynol Park, Bangor; 2, R. J. Roberts, Bryn Melyn, Rhostryfan; 3, T. Lund and Son, Throngsbridge, near H udders- field. Any other variety: 1, A. Anthony, Eux- ton 2, A. T. Johnson, Glan Conway; 3, W. P. Williams, Forrescter Charity, Llandudno. SpeciaJ prize for the best exhibit in the poultry section: A. Anthony, Chorley. PIGEONS. —Fajtttajtt, any colour: 1, Rudd Bros., 28, Park Lane, Norwich; 2, G. W. Wil- liams, Rhostryfan; 3 and 4, F. Milliard, Ban- gor. Homers: 1, F. R. Buckley, Dublin; 2, J. A. Harker, Rhyl; 3, Robert Arkwright, Holy- well 4, H. O. Williams, North-pen'rallt, Car- narvon. Jacobins: 1, Miss M. E. Hamer, Car- narvon; 2, J. A. H/airker, Rhyl; D, Edwards II Bros., Carnarvon; 4, Williams and Parry, Car- narvon. Tumblers: 1, J. A. Harker, Rhyl; 2, Owen Williams, Carnarvon; 3, Edwards Bros., I Carnarvon; 4, Miss Katiie Williams, Carnarvon. Carrier or Dragons: 1, J. 0. Grant, Swington, Lanes. 2, Roberts Bros., Ruthin; 3, H. Sain- forth, Crowle, via Donoaster; 4, Ernest Hird, Seacoimbe, Cheshire. Any other variety: 1 and special: H. AiLman, Preston; 2, Robert Ark- wright, Holywell; 3, Rudd Bros., Norwich. CAGE BIRDS.—Norwich plainhead, clear yellow or buff: 1 and 2, W. D. Williams, Rhos- tryfan; 3, John Jones, Chwilog. Norwich plainhead ticked, marked or varigjated 1, 2 and 3, W. D. WiHiams, Rhostryfan. Yorkshire 1, R. Jones, Carnarvon; 2, E. J. Jones, Taly- sarn; 3, W. Holmes Evans, Llandudno. Any other variety canary: 1, W. D. Williams, Rhos- tryfan; 2, Rudd Bros., Norwich; 3, J. F. Morris, Blaenau Festiniog. Mules: 1, W. P. Williams, IJjandudno; 2, J. D. Leigh, Warring- ton; 3, Thomas Griffith, Llanrug. British goldfinch: 1 and 3, R. Edwards, Carnarvon; 2, I Charles Speed, Bangor. Any other British bird: 1, 2 and 3, W. P. Williams, Llandudno. Foreign bird: 1, Oharles A. Jones, Carnarvon; 2, Airs Griffith, Carnarvon; 3, Miss Jennie Ro- berts, Vaynol Arms Carnarvon. Special prize for the best exhibit in cage bird section W P WiMiaims, Llandudno. RABBITS.—Rabbit: 1, Ellis Williams, Port- dTmonwic 2, John Thomas, Gaerwen, Anglesey 3, Pntchard Morgan, Groeslon. OATS.-Cat: 1, Miss M. E. Hamer, Carnar- von; &I, A. Bodvel-Roberts, Carnarvon; 3, Mrs A. M, F. Llanrug.

CHRISTMAS FEAST UNTASTED HOW DR WILTIAMSI PINK PILLS CURE INDIGESTION. Food if not digested is worse thsn wasted: it causes Wind, Headache, and Biliousness. Dr Williams' Pink Pills not only enable you to digest food, but also to get benefit from it. Simply stated, the above is the explanation of I the wonderful effect in cases of Indigestion of Dr Williams' P nk Pillg. They enrich the I blood by their own poweill, also enable the blood, which is the great food-carrier of the body, to absorb nourishment from the stomach, and thus do away with all misery and wretched- ness of Acute or Chronic Indigestion. Many people who. at one time, could barely keep down the simplest food, a d who went about, gaunt, sallow, Dyspeptic, cross and miserable, now eat well and digest well, thanks to Dr Wil- liams' Pink Pills. Indigestion, if neglected, leads to ulceration of the stomach, to Liver Complaint, diseases of the kidney, and internal Cancer. It is a source of as much misery as any human ailment. CbriBtmas fare is a source of misery if the digestion is not what it should I be. be. A woman who owes health and happiness to Dr Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People is Mrs Parks, 14, Barmingham-street, Darlington. bhesaid: At Christmas time I used to have all sorts of good things in the house, but I enjoyed them less than any of my family. I was under a skilful doctor. He gave me some medicine to take after my meals, and ordered me to take milk and light food. I had a bad stomach, he said! "That was about last Christmas, and, al. though I followed his advice, I was still suffer. ing at the end of January. When I ate at all I suffered terribly in my stomach, and a miser- able feeling crept over me. I was filled with a cold like death. Neither stimulants nor blankets and hot water bottles in bed did me any good. At Christmas I went to bed out of the way of the rejoicing. I became so weak that I began to think I was dying of consumption. But reading in a newspaper an account of a woman's illness just like my own cured by Dr I Williams' Pink Pills, I asked my husband to get me some. The chemist pressed him to take some of his own instead, but he refused, insist- ing on the genuine Dr Williams'. After I had taken that box I began to eat my food again, and gradually improved by the time I had got half through the first box I felt a different woman. Whereas before that I could not digest the plainest food, after three or four boxes I could take anything, and I have literally lived on the 1 fat of the land ever since. Those whose digestion makes them look on Christmas fare with apprehension will do veil to prepare for the festive season by following Mrs Parks' example and fortifying themselves with Dr Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. They have cured, besides Indigestion and its results. Neuralgia, Anaemia, Consumption, St. Vitus' dance, Rheumatism, and other ailments. It is important to avoid substitutes. The genuine pills alone bear Dr Williams' name, a) a they can be obtained wherever medicine is sold, or direct from Dr Williams' Medicine Co., Molborn-viaduct, London, price 2s 9d. *Six boxes 13s 9d. Do not wait to be ill. Have them in the house.

COLWYN BAY COUNCIL. MR HORTON AND THE SEWAGE 4 SCHEME. ALLEcrED WORKING IN THE DARK. The monthly meeting of the Colwyc and J-oiwyn Bay Urban District Council was'held OIL AUursdfay afternoon, under the presidency of Mr Geo. Bevam, J.P. THE ELECTRIC LIGHT WORKS. t ^commendation of the Lighting Com- mittee, it was dleCidled: t0 apply for sanction to. electricity £ 268° f°r ^tension of. electricity WQrb. THE. PtROPOSED TOWN HALL. With regard, to a recommendation by the- Frnanoe Comomttee to pay a sum of 20 guineas to defray the costs of the vendor of the site of the pooposedoow Town Hall, the Chairman re- ported that the vendor would not accept that sum. He, therefore,. recommen<i,6(i that a sum of 50 guineas which h6 had been informed would be accepted) be offered.-The Chairman's, motion, seconded by Mr Davies, was adopted by fiVle votes to three. THE RHOS ROAD. A long discussion took place on a recom- mendation by the Highway Committee to widen, a portion of Rhos road, at a cost of JB667 It, waos -stat-ed that the Cayley Estate would give., the land required and provide and fix the- encing. It was decided! to refer the matter back to the committee. ALLEGED WORKING IN THE DARK. The Chairman moved the adoption of a report) by a sub-committee which had been appointed to discuss certain proposals which Mr Hortoa desired' to submit with the view of inducing the bound to alter the route of the sewer to be: carried' through the Rhos-on-Sea Estate -The committ,ee recommended that an agreement be concluded with Mr HOT ton on certain terms. • j Pavies denounced the "working in the dark which, he said, had character used the negotiations in this matter, and hinted that the U.unci1 would not have the best of the deal. The Charman prot,ested agamst the insinua- tion that the business had been done m the dark, the Council generally endorsing the chairman s protest.—The recommendations were adopted. OIL LAMPS AT MOCHDRE. According to instructions the gas manager re- ported. that after inspection he could not, as desired by Mr Barlow, reoomm-elndl the moviner of the oil lamp from its present position near Dyffiyn Cottage, Mochdre (the branch Post- omae). HORSE. The sale of the horse by Mr Booth was re- ported for the net sum of JB42 10a. The purchase of another horse wias entrusted to .Messrs John »\ bajns and Hugh Dav.ie.-j, with Mr Dicken with authority to draw a cheque for the amounts required. COKE. It was decided to reduce the price of coke from 15s to 139 4d per ton, with 10 per cent, discount on monthly accounts to dealer* taking not less than ten tons a month VICTORIA PARK. The Surveyor presented a full report on the present, condition of this road, and he was in- structed, to draw out the necessary prans, specification, and estimate of cost for making up a16 *n with the provisions of tihe Private Street. Works Acts 1892 TARPAVING REPORT. lU Surveyor reported that the margin of profit, £ 7 2s lid, on the month's tarpavino work compared1 with the cost of similar work "if con- tracted for, was less than usual, owing to a lesser quantiby of new paving having been done, and. a grater quantity of patching and repmm- bemig carried out, which could not ibeexecuW wiitih the same dispatch as new work SCARIFIER. The Surveyor iatrodu-cfd the question and ad- of a scarifier for tihe Troairwfly of Waxadlamised roads, and also reported^hTS of the relative method now adopted, and the saving on the same class of work 'being done by a scarifying mlachine The sanction of the Local Government Board for the purchase of such a machine had been grunted a few years ago.— Whilst favourable, t* the purchase of a scarifier the Council decided to see it at Work in neigh- bouring towns, and thie surveyor was instructed to arrange accordingly. STREET TREES. The Surveyor reported that the chairman ci this comniittee and the chairman of the Couaeili bad; met the representative of the King's Aere x urseries and were engaiged1 going round and in- specting the trees pla,nt.edi in the various roads. Asa result the representative made numerous Ported out that the trees generally had been improperly pruned, and he tar pavements would un- doubte<% injuriously affect the pTOper growth, reT' lfc was' P^Me that moisture with the tarry mixture penetrated to the roots •of tihe trees from, the underside of the pavement. He also suggested as an experiment a small area, about the size of the iron. grat;ings should be paved with concrete round! the base of the trees which work the surveyor suggested could bar tried around the trees just planted. The report was adopted, and, the surveyor was instructed to procure a suitable laddter which is required- by the mien for pruning the trees. I PUBLIC SEATS. A letter of complaint was read from Mr Jolir Eden, Lletty'r Diyw, Old' Coiwyn, as to the noise and abuse of the privilege of'having a seat in front of the ash tree near his premises, and withdrawing the, permission granted.—The Clerk was instructed to express the Council's reoret m the matter, tand to say that the seat would be at once firmly fired: to the ground. MAIN ROAD CONTRACTS. A communication was read1 from the clerk to the Denbighshire County Council, stating tha.t that authority was prepared to renew the con- tract, for the maintenance of the main roads within the district., for three more vears, for a sum at the rate of JB150 per mile, -jnd not JB140 n as requested by the local authority.—It was decided to accept the offer. ESTIMATES OF THE HIGHWAY COMMITTEE. Out of an estimated expenditure of JB2747 or., the highways and tarpaving, it. was reported' £ 1296he Hi&hways Committee 'had only spent NVATER SUPPLY, UPPER COLWYN BAY. The Surveyor produce:di and1 read a preliminW repoct. on the above question, and it was decided soon as a complete report was prepared to "*}€*ve the same for further consideration.—The t e nTa'1.'n-structed to apply for land, 1A acres, from Mr Brook for a reservoir. SANITARY COMMITTEE. The Sanitary "'ommittee estimi,tett their ex- penditure for the year at £1789, of which £ 1018-- 6s lid has already been expended. SANCTIONED. The sanction of the Local Government Board was handed to the meeting for the sum of JB209, for the purpose of a contribution towards the, cost of the widening of Old Colwyn Bridge. The Clerk was instructed' to take steps to pro- cure the loan. MORE LOANS. It was reported that, in accordance with in- structions, a communication had been addressed to Mr Samuel1 Turner, with regard to paying o& the gas mortgage of £1400, and a reply was read, dated' 1st inst., at present declining re- payment The steps' taken for ruising per- manent loans in place of the gas mortgages of P,2000 and JB1500, were also mentioned and held over for further report.-The negotiations in. hand for the loan of £ 10,000 for sewerage pur- poses were reported upon, and met with ap- proval, and the clerk was instructed to act m, conference with the chairman of the Finance Committee (Mr H. Hughes) and the chairmap the Council, in the final acceptance of a tender.