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PAPUR PAWB. PRIS OKINMG. Bblf 609 Hydref X, 1904. Y LLYSOEDD COFRESTRU. (Digrif dflMlnn). MAE BON AM DANYNTMfil- Mr W. R. Jones (Pelidros), Merthyr Tydlil. Gvda Darlun a Bywgraphiad. Cymru fechan yemala 1 Awgrym i siopwyr Caernarfon I Dadl Indind I FfeneBtri lliwiedig I Y brenhin a'r sigarenau Naturiaethwr gwybodtts Un laith dros y byd I Ar y plwyf am 70 mlynedd Meddygas esgyrn Ofergoeliaeth rhyfedd I HyBbysa ei hun I "CYU ac wadi priodi Ænwau ar wydr ffenestr March mewn fforch coeden j Eglwya wedi ei gwneyd o an goeden "fmladd teirw Effaith b.twdfrydedd •Ciwrad ieuanc trwsgl Y Parch Hugh Stawell Brown) I Byr Hsneaion D' yrua. OARIADON MURIEL: Pennod III.—Misa Muriel Mostyn. Pennod IV.—" Yr hen George ya gwel'd yepryd. YR ARLUNYDD OYEREIG. (Etori-ter.) GORUCHAFIAETH Y CYFRWYS. (Stori-fer). apA FODD Y TREULIAI8 FY NGWYLIAU (Stori-fer). Y MORWR DEWR. (Mab y orydd a'i helyntion.) (Stori-fer.) GWNEYD BET A. aFNILL HI (Stori-fer.) BLODAU ;BARDPAS. Y TY AIR TEULU. Darlaniar. o'r FfaeJynau. OmOg;;¡l,lJl mANOER Musa, C-AftFAfcTO*. TOBACCOS! CIGARS! CSGARLUIS! Everv known t..1. lIJLI.u{:tUff'l. uHf) 1.111. IOouda *n<l Shop lBn g THE TRADE ONLY SUPPLIED. I OPENING S«nd tor onr Prfc Lift to | ORDERS A SPECIALITY, w of our Bnujchc. u w> I SINGLETON Jfc COL8, LTD., I OMHOM tlKlM, i OPENING S«nd for onr Prfc Lift to | t ORDERS A SPECIALITY, w of our Bnujchc. u w> I t SINGLETON A COLe, LTD., I QjmMOM MMM. Tkadks^ILLST E ADS'6 T^)ILI>S All who softer Irora JT Gont or PMa^tism EADS S TfclLLS should immediately iiav» I recourse tG KADK'fi EADS8 DILLB PILLS. Hundreda of Jl te*4inaoaiala have beeo mneived testifying te the woadexfoJ power thes* ytila have » giving relief ill the vary woraJ -OBRW. Th»te Fife are purely vegetable, and tesrieotty e«,fe in tfceir action. ISSTANTLY RE LI RYE AND RAPIDLY «OKB THE WORST FORM OF GOUT, INBUM.TTWM, RHEUMATIC GOUT, PAlU IS* THIi HEAD, FACE A LIMBS, ..<1 have VAO largest recommendation ever grroa any Patent Ke&wjisAf of its elae*. Offfiv 36, Rutland Street, Brompten Road, S W-» rr* hbu atism AprK astb, tsea IJrl! EH*.—My wife was tdeoa J* QHjij very Hi with gooi some weeJaf •jr ago, and was ki bod, aa» EUWMLKTISM being aMe to pat her foal n to fee grosafl. I made tlt OCKJT my naiad to try ye«*r Pills, and gave her two. Tl HEUMATI8M AFTER A FEW HOURP Jtv SHE FBLT EASIER, <HJT MIll I was surprised to âM jVJT 99 iemn feed when I gy> TgaagHf ATTRM. oaate h<wae m tfe« ewfiiaJ J$a bm «c tiw«Q dwya ahe £ u w«H a^ate.—Y«we tr«ljr,^ ."nz-ø GA BHB^MATXO PILLB goM by i# Cfc««Msti te 1* Hd j. uaaiigid free foe Posted Ordar l>y toe feeiiZ', WOStGE BADB, S», Goe^ SUxwLE'' V, r>T?S PTTil^ mP FORM THE HABIT j of cleaning your teeth morning and evening I ■ by using CALVERT'S t CARBOLIC Tooth powder IS IB a yfeaswnt and efleotlve metiiod of preserving the teeth and keeping them clean and white. ■ It« thorough efficiency 1b proved H by its world-wide popularity. ■ 6d., i/. 6« ij6 tins, front Chemists, Stores, &c. I WBk IS IB a yfeaswnt and efleotlve metiiod of preserving the teeth and keeping them clean and white. ■ It« thorough efficiency 1b proved H by its world-wide popularity. ■ 6d., i/. 6« ij6 tins, front Chemists, Stores, &c. I WBk F. C. Calvert & Co., Manchester. COCKLE'S PI LLS. • COCKLE'S PILLS. • COCKLE'S PILLS. • In universal use since the dawn of the century. A tried and trusted family medicine, prescribed by medical men for the common ailments of every- day life, such as ACIDITY. HEARTBURN. INDIGESTION. BILIOUSNESS. SICK HEADACHE. DISORDERED LIVER. These famous Pills cleanse and regulate the whole system,leaving it free from all imp urities. i- hey carry off all unhealthy humours are admirable in women s ail- ments, overcoming all irregulan- ti^ and maintaining the system in health, strength, and vigour. To use them always is to keep yourself in perfect health—the bowels free, the liver active, the bead clear, and the skin and com- plexion free from blemisi IN USE FOR 94 YEARb. • COCKLE'S PILLS. • COCKLE'S PILLS. • COCKLE'S PILLS Cockle's Pills are purely vegetable— u-arranted free from mercury. 4L) be had throughout the United Kingdom, in Boxc IS. lid., 2.s. yd., 45. 6d., us., and 22S. GraatOrma..d Stre.t. London. W-Cp

ANTHRAX IN DENBIGHSHIRE. A fresh case of anthrax has been notified to tibe DenbLgihsliirie congbabulaxy as existing on a fucr-m at Rossett, and arrangements were im. mediately made for tlhfe cremation of the ammai affected. This is the fourth case ,tIlmt has been notified during the past- few months in the district.

A PIPE INSTEAD OF DINNER. II I can't stop to eat now. I'll have a pipe instead." That is how men rain their digestions. Hur- ried meals, with too many pipes or the deadly cigarette, are the Bane of the Busy. Continual smoking and irregular eating did me more harm than anything else," said the pier-master at Weston. "I was exposed to all weathers, and took my meals when I could get them. Often I went without food many hoars, and returned home wet through. My constitution weakened and my digestion failed. A friend advised Dr Wile liams' pink pills for pale people, and before I had taken three boxes I felt much better. I con- tinued them, and soon was quite well again. Being a heavy smoker, I thought my pipe caused the mischief. Bat that was not all. Recently, when i ii^ a a bad attack of sciatica, Dr Williams' pink pil's gave me immediate relief." The pier-master, Mr John Carlsen, lives at Quarrybank-terrace, Weston, near Runcorn. His wife had also an experience to relate o the same j' medicine. ,,T "Some years ago." she said, I met with a cycling accident. My right arm was much hurt. For ever so long after, it remained trouble- some, and a touch of rheumatism made it very painful. Eventually I tried Dr Williams' pink pills, and I benefited very much." Mrs Carlsen added that two young ladies in the district who saftered from ansemia took a few boxes of Dr Williams' pink piUs upon her advice, and before long were cured. We also know," said Mrs Carlsen, "a man who was inclined to be con. sumptive, and after a fair trial of Dr Williams' pink pills for pale people, he speaks in the highest praise of them." These are some of the many uses of the pills They cure by making blood. Anaemia, which is simply bloodlessness; consumption, which often follows neglected anaemia; and mere weakness and lack of energy, which result from lack of sufficient blood, are cured by Dr Williams' pink is the natural result of the new blooa the Egive. Ailments arising from impure the commonest of whioh are rheumatism, eczema, and skin diseases, scrofula, chronic erysipelas and the like, are cured because Dr Williams' pink pills purify and feed the blood; and disorders like fits, para:y s, locomotor ataxy, sciatica, nervous headache and neuralgia, are cured by them because they feed the nerves through the blood. They not only cure indiges- tion, but enable the stomach to get good out of the food eaten. They go post free for two aod ninepence a box from Dr Williams' medioine co., Holborn-viaduct, London; but can be had at all medicine shops, if the purchaser will reso- lutely refuse substitutes.

THE COERCION ACT MR YOXAII/St PLEA FOR COMPROMISE. Speaking ait itihe annual metetmg of tihe Den- foiahsMme County Assodafooni of the N.U.T., at Wrexfhain, on Saiturday,, Mr J. H. Yoxall, M.P., deaJlmg with the educational crisis ini Wales, said that hie had comb to the conclusion) thalt the Io-nly II possible salvation for elementary education, in Wales would be to hring all the schools under a responsible authority, amd place: them all for miaimtenanice upon public fends. He m,adle thart, gtatemfenlt ssonite vea.ra ago at Denbigh, aand ex- pressed the belief that there was no insuperable difficulty in the way of such an object. The Bishop of St. Asalplb presided! at that meeting, una tfe-techoed !his views, aradl from thait meeting he knew itlhie Bishop was1 bent upon Wringing tihis a/bout, and effortte Jiri that direction were malde. ) The ibÏili1 becamte tlaa Education Act of 1902. The oefect of this was thait; it waa supposed' t-o iteiaMrter ai compTomise whidhi had never been arrived at. He did not think that either party wus agroed' uporu it. The practical teacher knew that there was no piraetical difficulty at all m the matter. Tine denominational teacher knenr perfectly wlell that the religious instruction given by him differed very liittle from ibhat giren'm the undenominational .sdhiooil', ankJ in like manner the teacher in the OdUIlClilSohool knew the same thing. The difference was so email as not to justify a dielocaitioot of the grealt education system of Wales. Mr Yoxall went oni to argue for the segregation of the denominational teach- ing, and; midla would foe possible for four days in the week to rive the same religious lessons in all the schools wjitlhtout any charge of pro- selytism being incurred. It was aboutt the one- fiftlb that remained) that they quarrelled. Was it impossible to make some an-ramgemeint respect- ing this? He wouldt suggest the appointment of oi committee, consisting of the leaders of the Church, leading Nonconformists, and a teacher or two to draw uip a scheme. ACTION OF THE NATIONAL FEEE CHURCH COUNCIL. I The- attlftuodle tor be taken up by the Free Churches with reference to the education crisis in Wales was further discussed on (Monday alt. nieelting of the National Free Ohiurch Council in London. Mr D. Li"oyd-George, M.P.. Mr Willuaim Jones, M.P., and the Rev H. Elveb Lewis at- tended as a deputation from the County Cofuncils of Wales. Mr Lloyd-George, M.P., Explained the position of the Welsh Councils in relation to the Education Default Act, and claimed the support of thle Free Churches of England in their action. The following resolution, moved, by the Rev J. Scott Lidg^tt, M.A., and1 seconded by Dr Massie, was cairried with unanimity and entihu- siaiSIn The executivie. of the National Council of the Evangelical Free Cihurches of England aridl Walles indignantly protests against the pro- visions of the Education (Local Authority De- fault) Act, and 'against, the methods by which it was passed into law. In its judgment, the Act, by setting aside in the case of an education authority char-goo with being in default the eatablisihed remedy, by meams of a. pulblic in- quiry and! of legal proceedings, Which was em- bodied in the Education, Act of 1902, maikes re- sponsible and efficient local government im- possible, talnd diestnoys the safeguards of jusftdae in national administration1. The result of en- forcing the Act, if not tlie intention, of its frameTS, will be to sacrifice educational efficiency and the health of the children to the con- venience of denominational interests, by paralys- ing the efforts of local education authorities to bring the buildings up to the required standard, and thus to deter them from discharging tihe duties imposed upon them by law. The way in which his Majesty's Government prevented due discussion of the measure, first of all by wilful' cEelay, and then) by ruthless application of the closure, is a most serious mtenaoe to liberty, and deprives the Aclb of all moral authority. Having1 re,gurd to ltihle fact that the stamd is being. made not. by Free Church Councils, but by County Councils, representing all the pfeople, the prin- ciples at stake are those not leys of religious l/ibterty than of crvil liberty. The committee assures Mr Lloyd-Gi^orge, M.P., aind those who are acting with1 ihim, that it will earnestly sup- part tihe general policy which they have an- nounced fotr meeting the situation created by the Act. It fuirtttoer plledges itself thaifc should sudh1 a conflict bfeoome inevitable, its utmost moral and' financial aid sfhiall be gitvent to secure the Mghest educational efficiency that may be possible for thte children of Wales dluning the contest which their parents will have to wage for thle nghta and liberties of tihe nation. While firmly maintaining this position, the Council would rejoice if ,even at thfe eleventh hour, those who are responsible for the Act would re:sde from their unconstitutional policy, so that the voioe of reason and justice may pi^avail."

HOOLIGANISM IN THE VALE OF CONWAY. PENMACHNO MEN IN TROUBLE. SMART PUNISHMENT. At the Llanrwst Police Court, on Monday, before Colonel Johnstone (presiding), Dr Jones, Jelf Pettit, Esq., H. J. W. Watling, Esq., W. B. Halluxl, Esq., and' George Bovil, Esq., a widow liiuned Margaret Ann Roberts, residing at Hen Efail, Llanrwst, summoned two young men named Rowland. Roberts and David Ro- berts, two brothers, residing at Glasgwm-road, Penmachno, the former for assaulting her and the latter for causing malicious damage to her property by kicking a door leading, to her nouse, on the night of the 18th of August. Mr R. 0. Davies (Messrs R. O. Jones and Davies) appeared for the prosecution, and Mr Ellis Jones Griffith, M.P. (instructed by Mr E. Davies Jones, from the office of Messrs James and Humphreys) for the defence. Mr R. 0. Davies said that their worships would remember that that was the case where a settlement had been arrived at between the parties, and no appearance, on either side, put in at the last ordinary court, with the result that a warrant was issued against the accused. That day he would take up the case as if nothing Jim! happened. The complainant was a. widow living in a small cottage on the side of the road about a mile from Llanrwst. On the night in question, it being the Llanrwst Show day, the defendants with others were going' home between eleven and twelve o'clock at night. On the way they were creating a disturbance, and the lot stopped before the door of the complainant's house. She had previous- 'I ly put all lights out to see whether they would pass, as she was afraid of them. They did not pass, but shouted to her t-c open the door. At the time the complainant was in terror. The door was kicked in, with the result that the woman went out and asked what was the mat- ter. The first thing that happened was that she got a severe kick in the back, and! a threat was uttered. There were five young men together. Margaret Ann Roberts, the complainant, said that she was a widow; residing at Hen Efail. She had five children, the eldest « f whom was 13 vears of age. Witness remembered the night of the cattle show at Llanrwst. It was the 18th of August. She was in her house be- tween eleven and' twelve o'clock that night. There was no light at the time. She was afraid of having a light as she had been annoyed many a time. It was D. Roberts who first came to the door. He put out the light of his bicycle and knocked at the door. Receiving no answer, defendant gave it a kick until he split it. Then he came again and said, "There is no d1 f here," and gave it another kick. A man named William John Owen was with him. The de- fendant Rowland Roberts, accompanied by a man named David Evans, came afterwards. The latter was blind drunk and could not stand. Rowland Roberts shouted! out, "Come out, you hell, and I'll kill you." She heard somebody talking with them. Thereupon witness opened the door. She asked Rowland! Roberts what had she done to them. Roberts replied, "Come out you <1—■1—1, and you will see." There were two "doors to the house, an inner and an outer door. She was standing at the inner door. Rowland Roberts repeated, "I'll kill you dead," and, upon that, took his coat off. Witness went out, and Rowland Roberts gave her a kick in the hip until she fell. She suffered from that kick until that day. Roberts was told at the time that he would be prosecuted. When she had said that, David Roberts remarked' that he could hold a half crown for every penny she had, and addedi, "You d-I, you cannot pro- secute." Rowland Roberts then went away, after which she went to the house and! found that her little boy had fallen into a kind of a. fit. William John Owen went to the door, but David Evans did not move from the place where he was. He was too drunk. Witness told them that it was a great shame for them to annoy her as they did, and asked them what caused them to do so. William John Owen told her to go to hell and ask. The accused and the other men then went away, and com- plainant and her little boy stop-pedi up all night with a man named Edward Hughes. Cross-examined by Mr Ellis Jores Griffith, witness said that ■she had told all the defendants had) do-no. She lived by herself with her children. It vrne> not true that she turned her father out of her house, but she did ask him to leave because he could' not agree with her chil- dren. It was her house, and she had every right to do so. Witness knew the defendants by seeing them passing, but she had never been drinking with any of them in a public-house. It was not true that she drank with David, Ro- berts in the taproom of the Eagles Hotel, on the 6th of September. Witness happened to be there sellinq a cucumber. David Roberts was there as well, but they did not drink together. She had, never written to young men to come to her honsp. Pressed upon the noint, witness admitted writing to a man named Morris Grif- fith, to that effect, on the 26th of August, this year. She recotmised the men through a little window in. the door. It was not true that she went rut and cursed and swore at the men. Witness had not a bottle in her hand' and she did not strike Edward! Huehes with a. bottle. Neither did she challenge the men to fight. It would have been absurd! for a, woman to ) challenge fivp men. She did not hit William John Owen in the face and knock three of his teeth out. In fact, witness denied1 having touched one of them. It was the first intima- tion that she had that William John Owen had had any of his teeth knocked out. Edward Hughes stnyed with her all night. She !had! never met the man before. As Hughes was leaving the following morning, about four o'clock, they saw David! Roberts and David Evans passing on the Toad. Edward Hughes was bleeding and sick all night. The following day witness took out summonses. They were signed by Dr Jones. That would be on the 19th of August. She took the summonses to the police station on the same day, and did not know that they were not served for six days after the assault. David Roberts came to see her on the day the summons was served, and asked', "For God's sake, is a settlement not possible?" Witness replied that the matter was in the hand's of the police, and that she would have nothing to do with him. Roberts said that it was witness who had issued the summonses, and that it was witness who could settle. She then replied, "I cannot do any- thing before seeing my solicitor." David Ro- berts then said that they had been annoying Colonel' Johnstone by hammering his gate. They had also been sleeping in the hay. Colonel Johnstone: It is true that somebody has been damaging my gate, and I have been a very long time trying to find them out. j Mr Ellis Jones Griffith And you have no proof of it, even now. Witness, continuing, said that she had been Witness, continuing, said that she had been i speaking to Rowland: Roberts about settling thE case. and had told him that she could not. I Rowland Roberts replied, "Yes; the policeman at Penmachno savs so." That was on the 30th of August. She met the latter defendant with Mr E. Davies Jones at the office of Messrs James and Humphreys on the same day. Mr I Jones asked, "Can't you come to some settle- ment with these lads? I know that they are d-Is about the road. I don't know much about Rowland Roberts, except that he is fond 1 of women, like myself" (laughter, in which Mr Davies Jones heartily joined). Mr Ellis Griffith Have you any more inter- esting things to tell us about Mr Davies Jones? Witness: No.—Witness added that Superin- tendent Roberts had told her that if she would settle the case he would make her give evidence aeainst the defendants. Mr Davies Jones said', "Come, Mrs Roberts, you may as well have the money as the magistrates." Mr Davies Jones said that Superintendent Roberts had nothing to do with the case, that it was she who bad taken out the summons, and that it was she who could settle the case. Subsequently, David! Ro- berts came to her and' f'aid! that the case had! been settled. They paid £ 1 as damages1 and all the costs. She had that Bl still. Mr Griffith I am very glad. Witness said she accepted the terms in settle- ment with the condition that they were to be bound over. The sovereign was in respect of tb" broken door and the kick she had received. Witness was in receintnf parish relief, and it appeared tint a Penmachno guardian had made com plaints that she was in receipt of money from other sources. Re-examined, witness Raid that- it. was the defendants and Mr Davies Jones who suggested ■j-b.Q Rcv+tl<vni""<i:. She went to cee Air Davies •alone. Mr R. n. Davies (the solicitor) advised I, not to settle, and witness went, to David RohNts whro w,is qfqndin,, bv the Albion. and communicated to him what. I"inop had been ad- vised. Richard Roberts, son of the previous witness, who stated that he was 13 years of age, cor- roborated the above evidence in detail, and added with emphasis, at the same time sobbing freely, that he heard Rowland Roberts say that he would kill his mother.—Although severely cross-examined by counsel, witness firmly aG- hered to his evidence in chief. Richard Williams, servant at BeTtli Ddu, de- posed to being going home about 11.30 on the night in question, when he saw some men before j Mrs Roberts's house. The complainant asked what she should do. Witness replied that he could not know, and walked away. He could Ii not recognise any of the men. Edward Hughes, Tanycoed, Swallow Falls, Bettwsycoed, said that he was returning home I from Llanrwst about a quarter to eleven o'clock on the night in question. When he came to the house of the complainant, witness saw a big row there. It was a man kicking the door that he saw first. That man was David Ro- berts. There were three men there at the time. Witness asked them to stop, but they would persist. Rowland Roberts kicked after- wards. Subsequently, he was struck in the j head with a bottle or a stone. Witness heard the bottle going over his head, but he did not know who did it. A lot of bad language was I indulged in. Mrs Roberts, who was standing by the door, asked what she had done to them. No one replied, but they kept on doing what they did. Three of the men went away and Mrs Roberts came out. Witness had been struck in the head before the complainant came out. He saw Rowland Roberts kicking Mrs Roberts, and beard him isay that if she came out he would kill .her. Witness did not see complainant doing anything to them, nor did he see her with a bottle in her hand. After I Rowland Roberts had kicked Mrs Roberts, the latter went away. He heard Rowland Roberts telling his companions that he had given her a good kick. The complainant was much frightened, and could hardly speak. Witness, whose head was bleeding, went to the house and asked for water to wash it. He was there three or four hours. In the morning she saw David! Roberts and David Evans as he was go- ing to catch the train. Cross-examined Witness did. not hear the I complainant swearing, nor had he seen her, to his knowledge, ever before. THE DEFENCE. The first witness for the defence was Row- land Roberts, who stated that he left Llan- rwst and proceeded as far as complainant's house by himself. His brother and the other young men were there before him. He saw W. John Owen trying to light his lamp, and he asked witness to wait, which he did. On that the complainant came out and called them all kindb of names. She came to the road. Wit- ness asked her what was the matter, and gave her a push, and she went in. Mrs Roberts came out the second time, and tried him in the head with a bottle. He evaded the blow with the result that it struck Edward Hughes. Complainant then went to William John Owen and struck him in his mouth with an iron bar and broke three of his teeth. Subsequently, she challenged them all to fight in the middle of the highway. Witness told the other men to go from there and they did, but two re- turned. He did not know for what. Witness was served with a summons on the 24th of August, as he was returning from work. Through his brother, witness received a message to see complainant. He complied. She men- tioned the question of a settlement and a certain sum of money was afterwards paid. On the 12th of September, witness did not appear in the court, and a. warrant was issued. It was stated on the back of the receipt that their presence was not required. He and his brother were apprehended, brought down to the police cell, and kept there until the 14th of September. Cross-examined: They had paid e4 4s to cover settlement and! costs to Messrs Richard James and Humphreys. That firm acted as their solicitors in the matter. He denied ever doing anything to the complainant, and, only settled with her as a matter of charity for fear she would loose the parish money for the chil- dren, as well as to stop talk. They, as defen- dants, did not settle the matter more than the complainant. Mr R. O. Davies told him (wit- ness) that he would not settle and could not. He then went to see Mr Davies Jones, his solicitor, who called upon Mr Davies. On his return, Mr Jones informed him that Mr Davies could not do anything then. Witness had met the other men on the show field, and left them there about eight o'clock. They did not meet, again until they were at complainant's house. Between eight and eleven o'clock he spent the time about town, and at his aunt's house, where he had food. He had a. couple of friend's—one from Blaenau Festiniog, and the other from Cwm Penmachno-twitb him during that time. Witness had only one glass of beer during the evening, and that was at the Crown Inn about ten o'clock. It was not true that he ever knocked at the door of complainant's house. When Mrs Roberts came out she began to I swear at him. In his opinion she was not I sober. They were outside the house two or three minutes. He arrived home a little after twelve o'clock. The other men and himself cycled home every yard. Witness denied hav- ing passed the house again about five o'clock the following morning, because he went to his work at the Rhiwfachno Quarry at six o'clock. David Roberts, thjfe fOtheT defendant, de- I posed that the night being windy, all the lights of their bicycles went out, and they stopped by complainant's house to try and light them. He admitted kicking the little door quite ac- cidentally as he was (endeavouring to get shelter. As soon as he had kicked the door, the complainant rushed out, swearing, and a-sked what was the matter. They replied that they were trying to light their lamps. At that time his brother (Rowland Roberts) came up, and: Mrs Roberta called him all kinds of names. She threw the Bottle at him, but it struck Ed- ward Hughes. After that the complainant came to the highway and struck William John Owen's teeth out. Defendants and the other men went away after that. It was the gate outside the house that he meant by the door. Witness saw the .gate the following day, but he did not notice any marks. He passed' the house a little before six o'clock, and. saw Ed- ward Hughes and complainant speaking to each other about ten yards from the house. The day after 'he received' the summons he saw the com- plainant and asked her whv she had summoned him. Mrs Roberts replied that his brother had kicked her, and that he (witness) had kicked the door. Witness admitted having kicked the door, but said that he did not see his brother kick her. Witness then asked would she come to some settlement and the complainant replied that she was quite willing, and told him to see her solicitor—Mr R. O. Davies-and also instructed him to tell his brother to come down Ion Saturday. She also said that she had been with Colonel Johnstone getting the summonses signed, and that he hid told' her that some Pen- > machine bovs had been throwing his gate. Colonel Johnstone What! I never saw the woman in my life. Mr Griffith I don't say that you did. But that is the SOOTY. Witness, continuing, deposed that he saw the complainant in the taproom of the Eagles Hotel, on the 30th of August, but did not see a.ny cucumber in her possession. He spoke to her and had dirink with her. It was witness who paid for the drinks. Complainant appeared very friendly then. Witness said that he saw her at other public-houses. Cross-examined Witness said that TIe did 'not go to work the following morning because it was raining. He and David' Evans thought of going to Llandudno, but they did not. Zo. Tt was a, pure accident for him to kick the door. He did! not see his brother kick the complainant. W. John Owen. quarryman. in corroborating the forefoincr evidence in detsfil, denied that he turned back to apologise to complainant for what had been done bv the defendants, and to say that he was onlv'with them. and that he could not help it. Ho was struck by the com- plainant with '«ome kind of a poker and two of his teeth had been broken. William Davies: and Havid Evans rh-ivincr ciVon further evidence. Mr Fllis Jones Griffith add'-oRp^d the Trench fir the defence. Tlie Bench found the defendants cmiltv and finrrl T?nv1"T!d "Roberts £ 5 and costs, and David "Robert £ 1 and costs, the Chairman obsernngr that tb«ro W;-IS a verv nf1.1; spirit prevailing among the voune men of Penmachno.

Mrs Nexdiore I've -been thinking of trying to have my da-u, abtiws voice cultivated. WI().uht you?—iMrs Peppery: By all means, if you have trued every oth'er remedy. Marlip I have an engagement with young Saphead, acd I don't know how to g'st out of it. —HfeLen HaN,(-nlt you any reason for breaking it off?—Marie: Yes, I have a reason. He is the reason—but I want ail excuse.

SHORT STORY., ] A PAIR OF GLASSES. People driving up the avenue on a Sunday on their way to the park would nod towards the Murray mansion and say: "There's- a house that cost more than aay other house in the city," and a few of the knowing ones would add: "Yes, and the owners of it don't enjoy it a little bit." Pity 'twas 'twas true. John Murray came and went day after day when in town with no more apparent care for the elegant brown-stone pile and its exquisite landscape surroundings than if it belonged to a stranger. Mrs. Murray swept through the halls and entered her carriage wait- ing at the porte-cochere as if there were only dirt under her feet, and as if the coachman and foot- men in chamois tights and high hats were drivers of oxen. She was a proud woman, people said, and a vain woman, and some whispered an unhappy woman. Time was when John Murray's first thousand dollars was put snugly away as a nest egg. Catherine Bliss wore on her finger one ring, a twist of gold and silver wire, her only jewel. Ihen 6he had two gowns, a gingham one for week days, a chambray one for Sunday; then her shoes wsre often so old she wished her dresses were longer; but she was happy. She sat on the arm of John Murray's chair in the firelight from the fireplace in her grandfather's house, and had told him that she would love him with all her heart, with all her soul, and with all her -krength, for ever, and would wear this little vwisted ring all her life afterwards. But that was very long ago, and the diamonds that blazed on Katherine Bliss Murray's fingers left no room for the twisted bit of wire. They had drifted very far apart. The first thousand had been a mere drop in the bucket to what followed, and with increasing wealth came greater ambitions, came forgetfulness of those trifles that once bad seemed like the principal things in life, came worry and some sorrow, and a gradually growing indifference. There were many days when Mr. and Mrs. Murray did not meet. Strange how people will drift apart, though under the same roof. Mr. Murray would breakfast alone, lunch at the club, come home to find that Mrs. Murray had dined out-and when she was at home ten chances to one he would be dining out. But one day Mrs. Murray did not dine out. It had been raining, and she had stayed indoors reading the latest book. Suddenly a terrific pain manifested itself in one of her eyes, a neuralgic pain that drove her with her face to the pillow and her maid to the telephone for the physician, "You must see an oculist at onca," the doctor said, and so on the morrow Mrs. Murray drove down to a famous man's office to have her eyes examined, "It's a focal strain, that is all," the great man said. Your eyes have never been properly focussed; in fact, you never had correct vision." "Why, doctor!" "No, you will see the difference when your glasses are finished." Must I wear glasses ? Yes, certainly." But it was three wesks before Mrs. Murray wore glasses. The pain came to both eyes, and she lay in her darkened room for many days, unable to open her eyes. The loneliness of ill- ness is a terrible thing. True, a hundred and one dear friends come to one's door, but one J cannot see them; one does not want strangers about when one is suffering. One evening Mrs. Murray had been lying silent for a long time, and then she said to the nurse: Is Mr. Murray home ? I "Yes, madam." "Ask him to come in." I "Where are you?" he said, groping in the darkness. Oh, here you are. How are you ? "My eyes are paining me terribly, and I was so lonesome." "Is that so? It's too bad." And then he sat down, and for the first time in weeks they had a long talk. "I'm to wear glasses," she said at last. "How do you suppose I shall look with glasses ? "You will look well in anything," he said, just I as he used to say those things. "You are still young; but I am old. I'm shocked sometimes when I notice how grey I am." "Why, John, you are not grey." "It is kind of you to say that," he said, and there might have been a touch of bitterness in his tone. Mrs. Murray's eyes grew better and stronger, and the glasses came. She put them on and walked to her window. Far down the avenue I she gazed, a growing conviction in her heart that what the oculist said was true. She had never seen. She could read the street sign at the I corner, she recognised a friend far down the avenue. She looked over the glasses and then through them, then she took them off. I "You may dress me now, Adele. "Now I will see how I look," she said. She looked in the glass. "Adele, why in the world I have you put all that colour on my face ? and she started back in horror. "It is no more than madam always wears,* said the pert Adele. Madam orders me to put it on and often says more.' 1. "Well, never mind; you may go." j When the maid was gone Mrs. Murray very carefully removed from her face all hint of arti- ficial colour, and, truth to tell, she could hardly I meet her own eyes in the glass. J "I suppose I have looked disgraceful at times," she said to herself. I Then she went down to find "John." She was going to ask him how he liked her with the glasses. He was sitting on the verandah as she I passed softly through the hall. How seamed and lined his face was as his head rested against the chair. And the grey above his brow! She had not believed him when he had said he was grey. How olS he looked; how tired! It was strange she had never noticed it before. Poor John! She was about to speak, when a glint of sun shone through the vines and rested upon his face. Suddenly memory took a sudden turn, and i again she saw him sitting in front of the fire- (lace, his face upturned to her as he put a little twist of a ring upon her finger and said: "You will love me always ?" And she had answerod yes. She remembered her words. Softly she stole through the ball, flew up the stairs to her room. She pulled the rings from her fingers and opened a little box of keepsakes. There it was. She slipped it on her finger and went down the stairs. "Are you tired, John ? she asked, sitting down upon the arm of his chair; and how do you like my glasses ? "Why, I didn't hear you coming out. The glasses are very becoming. Can you see well with them ? "Wonderfully well. I've seen things to-day I never saw before," and her voice trembled a little. "What have you seen, dear ?" "I see that I have been a foolish woman, John, in more ways than one. It was the glasses that did it at first, and then I kept seeing more and more, and 11 "And what?" "You have been wearing yourself out alone: I have been selfishly living for myself. Our home has become the loneliest place on earth for us both-and. I have been to blame." There were tears in her eyes now. "But we will change it now, won't we?" He was holding her hand and turning the little ring about with his thumb and finger. "We might be happier, I suppose," he said. "Do you remember the night I gave you that ring ? "Yes." And you remember what you promised ? "I do." Can you say it now ? "With all my heart, with til my soul, with all my strength." And the passers-by, if they could know, would never say that that home was not the happiest in the world. And this goes to prove that blessings often come in affliction's guise. [THE EHD.1

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