The County Echo

6^ The WEST END 1 Tailoring House. New Patterns in ail the Latest Textures for Gentlemen's Suits. A Large and Choice Variety of ELEGANT CLOTHS. Fine West of England Cloths. Tweeds, Serges, (c., &c. All Excellent Fabrics unsurpassed for hard tvear, Style and Fit a Speciality. ¡ Workmanship Guaranteed. NOTE ADDRESS- 1YI. B. T. faeuriee, West End Tailoring Establishment —FISHGUARD.— Symmons' Temperance Hotel. I —DINNERS and TEAS- Are provided at reasonable charges. Excellent Accommodation for Parties & Visitors. Note the Address- SYMMONS' —Tower Hill, Fishguard.— e. EDWA^DS, PHOTOGRAPHER, KISHGUKRD, Who has recently removed from High-street to Castle Hill, West-street, begs to announce that his New Studio is Now Open Whilst thanking the public generally for the support accorded him in the past, he respect- fully solicits a continuance of public patronage at his New Premises. The Old Firm. CASTLE STORES, F.:ishguard.. The ext^ns-iou d say premises i3 now cnm plctr8-;], fud I have gret pleasure in invit- ing your inspection of the I Large Stock of Groceries & Provisions, Which are of the finest quality. Dwyryd, Magnetic, Benarty. Mazawattee, and LiptonTeas Harris' Wiltshire Bacon, HatijS and S'.u.^eps, Ciossa and Biack- well's Jams, J dies, Lime Juice, and Lemon Squash, &e. H untiey and Palmers" Biscuiis and Cakes. Buc'iauAns' Silver King Flour. Spillers Red Tie, Turog, and Decoriicated Plours. R-duction in Prices. Note the Address- W. D. Griffiths, CASTLE STORES, FISHGUARD. Ir Boot & Shoe Warehouse Market Squhre, FISHGUARD L Boots and Shoes Seut to the —Market Square Boot Warehouse- for REPAIRS Are returned, neatly executed, without delay.—Best Workmanship only. NOTE.—The whole of the Stock at the Ware- house is entirely new and up-to-date, 'and contains a large selection to suit all classes. Hodges' Boot Warehouse, Market Square, Fishguard. And at Northampton Housa, Guildhall Square, CARMARTHEN. I Important to Agriculturists & Public. f A yyfv» In expressing appreciation of the generous J support accorded them, hi. EllUSai. Wholesale & Retail Xa^owLiyi.oriegeir8s, C Have great pleasure in announcing that the Sole Agencies Of the following celebrated firms have been placed with them. For Fishguard and District: Messrs. Walter A. Wood's and Massey-Harris' celebrated Mowers, Reapers and Binders, &c. The International Harvesting Company (Formerly Messrs Osborne, Deering, and McCormick). The "Alflalaval" Cream Separator. Ransome's and Howard's celebrated Ploughs. Sellar's Washing Machines and Mangles. Also Sole Agents for the Melotte Cream Separators, and Hathaway's celebrated Prize Churns & Dairy Requisites of all kinds. Also Agents for — Edison's Phonographs& Records All Classes of Engineering undertaken. Estimates Free. Ironmongery, Tools of every description <OJ) and First-class Quality. Cutlery Plate, &c, &c. ø- MODERATE PRICES. Call and inspect our stock it is unsurpassed anywhere. ALFA-LAVAL" New Moduli aw- CREAM SEPARATORS i LATEST and BEST. 1906. Alfa-Laval New Model Is the most Up-to-date Machine; it embodies the experience L~J W gained by the manufacture of 655,090 Separators—more I than other kinds put together—and, as a result, is definitely guaranteed to Turn Easier, Produce More Butter, and Wear Longer than any other. P^Wsq? Alfa-Laval New Model -?Mll It is a fact that 5 Cows and an Alfa-Laval will produce more butter than 6 Cows and no Separator. Labour is ( also reduced, and the handle tarns like a sewing machine— L far easier than any other. 11139 Alfa-Laval New Model Specially designed for lasting wear. The machine that will never wear out, but will earn more than its cost every year it is used. SILVER-MEDAL Welsh National „ „ Agricultural Society. Fmon a Montl' s Free Tr'aK W. R. EYNON & SON, Ironmongers, Fishguard. •

Font as a Cheese Press. Clergymen who have learned to value the antiquities associated with their churches have frequently had to deplore the base uses to which valuable relics are often put by ignorant parishioners. When the newly- appointed Vicar of Ambleston, was making an inspection of his church, he noticed that the font was missing. "Where is it?" he asked his guide, and the reply was to take him to a neighbouring farmhouse, where lie found part of the font doing duty as a cheese press. It had been bought at a public sale of materials after the renovation of the church seventy years ago, and turned to commercial purposes.—From The Quiver."

A VERSAILLES MYSTERY. MRS. PIERPONT MORGAN'S VISITING- CARD. In the littlo village* of Saint Nom la Breteche, near Versailles, "about, seven in the morning, a workman found a well-dressed young man lying in the liltle square in front of the village cfiur. li. His face was covered with an em- broidered handkerchief. A doctor declared that the }ounc,r was either in a lethargic state or was suffering from a narcotic poison, and ordered his removal to the infirmary at Saint Germain. Here lie lay unconscious all day. In a po. ket was found a visiting-card of Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan, the wife of the American mil- lioi iaire, with the somewhat enigmatic message that she was sending him something he was only to use in the last extremity. He declares that his mind for four days is a complete blank. He went out on Tuesday with his mother, who lives in Paris. On the Place de la Concorde they came across a private automobile, into which his mother told him to get. He did so and the vehicle drove off through Neuilly to Courlevoie. He remembers seeing the Monument do la Defense in that suburb, and the rest is a blank till he awoke on Friday night in the St. Germain Hospital. Klein, however, -seems disinclined to give any information about himself. As regards Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan, Klein de- clares that when in Now York she took an inte- rest in him, and on his return to France she paid his passage on the Provence, and gave him a cheque for five pounds, which he was only to use in the last extremity. This explains the mys- terious phrase on Mrsj. Pierpont Morgan's visit- ing card, which probably accompanied the cheque. The cheque itself, however, has dis- appeared. Tho doctors are quite unable to identify tho drug from which Klein was suffering when found. He shews none of the usual symptoms of narcotic poisoning, though he is very weak. A theory has been put forward that he was in a hypnotic state. According to the Central News correspondent, Klein told the police that Mrs. Morgan took a ticket for him on the French Trans-Atlantic liner La Provence, and before the boat left pro- mised, before she came to Paris herself in Sep- tember, to remember him. From the point of his arrival in Paris Klein professes to remember clearly nothing that happened to him afterwards. He remembers, however, on Tuesday taking train from the Gare St. Lazare. He was aocorn-* panied by a man with a black beard, and the pair alighted at the Porte Maillot. Klein can tell nothing more of the excursion, but states that he had certain papers and a cheque, which must have been stolen from him, as they were not in his pockets when he was found. Klein thinks it probable that he was chloroformed and robbed. On the man's chest the doctors have found three small punctures, suggesting that a hypodermic syringe had been used. The young man gave his name as Maurice Robert Klein, professor of French, born in Paris twenty-seven years ago. As to how he came to be lying at Saint Nom la Breteche he either could not or would not say. Klein was undoubtedly brought to the place where he was found a few minutes before he was dis- covered.

BATTLE WITH RAISULI. THE KAID'S POSITION. The Moroccan War Minister has received de- tails of a sanguinary battlo which was fought on Saturday in the Hkmass region, between the Government troops and the tribes who are fav- ourable to Raisuli. On their arrival at Sheshuan, the Government troops were deceived as to the attitude of the townspeople by the fact that they were welcomed with flags and that sheep were sacrificed in token of loyalty and submission. Suddenly, however, an attack was opened on the troops and the Hkmass tribe, and in the course of the fighting many were killed and wounded. Raisuli's supporters burnt six villages of the Hkmass tribe and cut off the heads of many of the tribesmen. The Kattle (says the Central Newsl was fought within six hours' journey of the place of Sir Harry Maclean's captivity, and great anxiety is felt at Tangier, his position being regarded as more precarious than ever, notwithstanding that the battle resulted in & victory for the Govern- ment troop*.

WERTHEIMER ART ROBBERY. SENTENCE POSTPONED. MOST OF THE PROPERTY RECOVERED. It came out at the hearing of the Wertheimer art robbery case at the Central Criminal Court on Monday that with the exception of two pic- tures and a snuff-box all the property had been recovered. Edward James Morris, fifty-nine, a picture dealer, of Studley-road, Clapham, was placed in the dock for the third time, indicted for feloniously receiving five bronze 'figures and two Japanese daggers, the property of Charles Houghton, a stockbroker, of 13, Hyde Park-ter- race, and there was a further indictment charg- mg him with receiving two oil paintings and a gold and enamel snuff-box, together of the value of E14,000, the property of Mr. Charles Werthei- mer, of Norfolk-street. Park-lane. Mr. C. F. Gill, K.C., prosecuted, and Mr. George Elliott defended. The trial, which began on Thursday, has been confined at present entirely to the burglary at Mr. Houghton's. In May last, a man named Rodini (an Italian waiter) was convicted with another man in connection with the burglary at Mr Wertheimer's residence. Following his con- viction, Rodini made a statement to the police in which he implicated Morris. Morris was arrested, and at the trial Rodini swore that it was at prisoner's instigation he committed the burglaries, and that Morris received and dis- posed of some of the stolen property. lie further said that Morris had given him money at various times and had also given his wife money to pass to him; also that Morris told him of the valuable contents in the houses and how the burglaries could be effected. On his defence Morris gave evidence on oath totally denying Rodini's story. Replying to Mr. Gill, in cross-examination, he said he had given him money, but that was out of charity, and was not an isolated case. On Monday, on prisoner being placed in the dock, the Recorder summed up. He dealt with Roehm s story where it explained how he com- mitted the burglary at Mr. Houghton's, and then travelled to Clapham by means of the Cen- tral London and City and South London Rail- way, going straight to Morris's house and expos- ing the stolen articles on the table. Rodini had alleged that Morris's sister (who objected to Ro- dini coming to the house) was there. His Lord- ship commented on the fact that that, a most vital part of the story, had not been rebutted. The Recorder commented at length on the fact that, although the prisoner had in his pos- session a description of the stolen goods when, as it was alleged, he had the goods in his pos- session, he gave no information to the police. It was indisputable that the prisoner received and disposed of the stolen property; it was for the jury to say whether ho did so feloniously. The jury retired to consider their verdict. After a brief absence they returned into court with a verdict of feloniously receiving. Mr. C. F. Gill, K.C., said there was another indictment in connection with the case of Mr. Wertheimer, It was felt that it would be desir- able that it should be postponed until the next sessions, so that certain information might be investigated as to the whereabouts of two valu- able pictures and one snuff-box. Mr. George Elliott: I entirely assent. The Recorder: That is a very wise decision. I shall_ postpone sentence until next session, and deal ■with the case as a whole. Sentence was postponed.

Marie Josephine Leslie (49), described as a kennel maid, was charged at the Old Bailey on Friday with obtaining by false pretences 13,000 from two ladies q.t a boarding-house at Taplow. Prisoner was sentenced to five years' penal servitude. William Morgan Howell, auctioneer and accountant, Merthyr, was arrested on Thurs- day night at Queenstown on board the White Star liner Cedric, on its arrival from New York, on a charge of misappropriation.

—Cardiganshire Cancer- Treatment. -CHANGE IN MEDICAL OPINION.— Within the last few months several medi- cal men have changed their opinion in respect to the treatment of Cancer and Tumours. They find operations and the use of the knife have a tendency to quicken the development of growth and to spread the disease through the system. It is now generally accepted, the mode of treatment which is the least painful, and which proloDgs life, is the use of medipipe, and such is the course uow adopted in the well-known Car- diganshire cases. Throughout South Wales a herbal preparation, made in three strengths, has effected some marvellous cures of Cancer- ous growths, Lupus, Ulcerated Legs, Piles, and Skin Diseases. A large number of authenticated testimonials having already been received, and from the numerous tests made, the proprietors feel convinced certain benefits will result from the use of the Oint- ment to persons suffering from any of the above diseases, and they recommend sufferers to give Mannina Ointment an immediate trial. Send direct to the Proprietors, Man- niaa" Ointment, Main Street, Fiabguard,

Y Sul Cyntaf yn Awst. inlac y Sul hwn, fel y gwyddus, yn cael ei gadw yn Sul cwydd gweddi er ys cenhedlaeth- au lawer gan luaws Bedyddwyr Cymru, yn emvedig yn nghymanfaoedd y siroedd de orllewinol, beth bynag am gymanfaoedd eraill. Ond erbyn heddyw ychvdig, ysywaeth, a wyddant yr achos o'i sefydliad, a dichon y l byddai gair neu ddau ar hyny yn rhyw fantais 1 ddarllenvvyr yr Adsain gogyfer a'r Sab- bath sydd ar ddyfod. Mor bell ag yr wyf fi wedi cael allan, mae amgylchiadau neillduad y Sul hwn yn ddiwr- nod o gyrddau gweddi fel y canlyn :—Tua dau can' mlynedd yn ol esgynodd y Frenhines Anne i orsecld Prydain Fawr. Eglwyswraig Z! I ?I selog ydoedd Anne. Mac yn wir nad oedd dim rhyw harddwch mawr yn ei buchedd hi; ond yr hyn oedd yn ddiffyg yn ei buchedd hi a ymdrechodd wneud fyny mewn sel dros vr Eglwys Sefydledig, a rhoddodd i'r Eglwys hono swm o arian dros byth a adwaenir hyd y dydd heddyw fel "Queen Anne's Bounty." Ond i brofi ei sel nid digon oedd iddi hefpu yr Eglwyswyr, ond hefyd gorthrymu yr Ym- neillduwyr, yr hyn hefyd a wnaeth 11 HI eithaf ei gallu. Wedi bod rai blynyddoci'kl ar yr orsedd, mynodd, trwy gyfrwng y blaid y perthyn iddi, basio drwy y senedd y Schism Bill.un o'r mesurau mwyaf gorthrymus a fu erioed—Mesur ag oedd yn ei gwneud yn waeth ar yr Anghudffurfwyr nag ydoedd ar- nynt cyn pasio Deddf Goddefiad. Yn ngwyneb hyny, pan oedd y mesur yn I myned trwy y senedd, penderfynodd Bedydd- wyr Cymru neillduo diwrnod o ympl-yd a gweddi i ddeisyf ar Dduw gyfryngu ar ran ei bobl erlidiedig. Nid oes sicrwydd eu bod wedi gofyn ganddo i symud Anne, trwy farw- olaeth, fel y dywedir fod Robert Jones wedi gwneud yn nglyn a Disraeli, ond hawdd genym gredu foci llawer hen Biwritan o Fed- yddiwr cyffelyb iddo wedi gwneud hyny. Pa fodd bynag, pasio trwy y Senedd wnaeth y Mesur, a'r unig beth oedd yn eisiau yn awr tuag at iddo gael ei osod ar Ddeddf-lyfr y deyrnasjoedd llawnodiad y Frenhines. Ond dywed yr hanes, pan oedd hi a'r ysgrifbin yn y t, I ei llaw yn barod i osod ei henw wrth y mesur melldigedig i'w wneud yn ran o Gyfraith y tir, ddarfod ei tharo gan ryw glefyd a brofodd yn angau iddi yn fuan iawn. Felly marw a wnaeth Anne, a chyda hi bu farw y "Schism Bill," yr hyn o bosibl a rodd gychwyniad i'r hen ddywediad, "As dead as Queen Anne." Daeth i feddwl Bedyddwyr Cymru mai ateb uniongyrchol i'w gweddiau hwynt ydoedd hyn oil, a dechreuasant gadw y dydd cyntaf o Awst-dydd marwolaeth Ariiie-yli ddiwrn- od o gyrddau gweddi diolchgarwch am y waredigaeth fawr, a chyn pen dwy flynedd y gwnaethant benderfyniad ffurfiol i'r perwyl hyny, yn Nghymanfa Llanwenarth, ac am yn ymyl dau can' mlynedd mae'r peth wedi ei gario yn y blaen gan luaws mawr Bedyddwyr Cymru, ond yn unig mai- ar y Sul cyntaf yn hytrach nag ar y dydd cyntaf o Awst y cvn- efir y evrddau er's blynyddau bellach. Ac a laddodd frenhinoedd ardderchog, o herwydd ei drugaredd ef a bery yn dragywydd; Og brenin Basan, a Sehon brenin yr Amoriaid, o herwydd ei drugaredd ef a bery yn dragywydd" "Acyn nghylch y pryd liwnw yr estynodd Herod ei ddwylaw i ddrygu rhai o'r eglwys ac allan o'i law y tarawodd angel yr Arghvydd ef, a chan bryfaid yn ei ysu, efe a drengodd a gair Duw a gynyddod ac a amlhaodd. BEDYDDIWR.

MOTOR -'BUS O-VERTURIGED. SEVEN PASSENGERS INJURED. A motor-'bus accident, involving serious injury to several passengers, occurred on Sunday in Mare-etreet, Hackney, at its junction with Wells- street. At that point Mare-street takes a some- what sharp curve, and at 12.20 a "Vanguard' 'bilS, which was proceeding westwards, suddenly skidded and toppled over on the pavement. There were seven people on the vehicle at the time. The two outside passengers sustained serious injury. Th driver of the "Vanguard," a young fellow named Fred Kingston, is said to be a capable and careful man. He had been about two yearn in the service of the company, and possessed the usual certificates of an expert motor-man. There was an immediate rush to the spot, and willing hands gave the injured and dazed passen- gers what help they could. Fortunately, alfiO, several ambulances were quickly on the scene. Every passenger was injured more or less. The wood paving was greasy through recent rain.

A PLUCKY IRISH LADY SAVES SEVEN LIVES. Sligo Bay had its sensation on Sunday. Mrs. McNally, of Sligo, accompanied by a friend, went with their children at low water to bathe from the shore of the bay. Noticing that the tide was coming in quickly they returned to shore. Then they heard cries of distress, and saw seven children standing on a little island which is completely submerged at high water. The children had been caught by the tide, which had cut them off from the mainland. Mrs. McNally, though unable to swim, rushfi into the water to endeavour to rescue the chil- dren. The island was a quarter of a mile away, and several times Mrs. McNally was alrno-t overcome by the strength of the incoming tide. Sho eventually reached the island. Tak the two smaller children in her arms, and bidding tho others cling to her, she struggled back to the shore. The rapidly rising tide had already rendered it impossible to return the way she had come, but by making a long circuit she reached the shore safely v,ilh all the children. She was in a very exhausted condition.

AIRSHIPS THAT"'WILL STEER. SUCCESS TDF GERMAN WAR BALLOONS. It looks as though Germany has taken a great step towards solving the problem of navi- gating the air. The airship at a height of SOC-ft. encircled the Emperor's palace, sailed along tiic jexact course of Cntcr den Linden and other principal streets, described various geometrical figures in the air, and headed northward, south- ward, eastward, and westward at tho com- mander's will. The whirr of the 1; rews v.s distinctly audible to tho watching multitudes. Public discur-sion has ngain been directed to the diflicult problems connected with the de- velopment. of aerial navigation. French airships could sail over Germany and easily photograph all the German f-.) '-t fiez' it ic," .I, and vice versa. Considerations of national de- fence, therefore, render it essential to regulate aerial navigation by legislation. As a first step the existing frontiers must be extended upwards into the air. partitioning the atmosphere according to the countries concerned. The leading Conservative daily, the Deutsche Taqcs Zcituvt), points out that in the near future airships will become extremely valuable in war- fare, and especially :alu3hlo to Germany in a war against Great Britain. It is pointed out that a German aerial fleet capable of clr:>: •sur.g ex- plosives on British Dreadnoughts would go a long way towards remedying Germany's naval inferiority to Great Britain.

JUBILEE CELEBRATED. The Lord Mayor of London took part on Mon- day in the celebration at Ma>'g;:lo of the i'jffv year-s' incorporation of the town as a boror.trh. He was received by the Mayor, and drove with him to the Dane Park, where a luncheon was served in :a" large marquee. Sic William TrcJo.ir, who was accompanied by Sir William Dunn, one of tho Sheriffs, replied to the toe. -t Lord Mayor and the Corporation of the U'.V ot London." He alluded to his visits to A.aiprJo. -pr( extending over many years, raid cxpressec. ,.je delight it trave him to lake part foi once in ccUra'tioi. °[ tho juWlao °< • had- fng'Vo then started the fountain erected in she Dane Park to tho memory of Sir. John Wtiud- ward, who generously gave the park a few years ago. v ====-=:

A LAD'S OCEAN TRAVELS. A boy of sixteen, William Howard Green- Wood, wsm charged at Newcastle on Monday with stealing 2235 from the Argentine Frozen Meat Company. The money was put into a bag for him to take to the banlj. Jt is alleged he stole the money and went to London, Glasgow, Southampton, and thence booked first-class tq New York, returning after p, few days to Liver- pool and London, and then going back to New York for a second time. There he gave himself up, and was detained and deported to England. His excuse was he hadlistolen some money be- fore which he had spent at the theatre, and, be- ing afraid of his parents hearing of his conduct, he took the larger sum and went away. He was remanded.

THE EARL AND THE BURGLAR. On Monday morning the Earl of Kingston was awakened in his bedroom at Kilronan Castle. On rising he found a man under his bed. Lord Kingston tackled him, and a desperate fight fol- lowed, but- the Earl gained the mastery, and the intruder was handed over to the police. The man, who gave an address at Belfast, was proflgM before a magistrate and remanded.

KARTHQI AIC#1N SCOTLAND. On Monday three distinct shocks of earth- quake were experienced in the district near Dochgaroch, in dose proximity to Loch Ness, Inverness-shire. The second shock was the most severely felt in the xhstrict for many years. It created considerable alarm among the country, people. Within recent years there have been Several seismic disturbances in this district.

IF you are thinking of buying a piano or Organ, do not be persuaded to purchase until you have seen the extraordinary bargains I am offering in new and second-hand instru- ments (Ball, dealer, Neath). You will save many pounds, and can buy on the easiest of terms, will be liberally and fairly dealt with. Write for catalogue (Ball, dealer, Neath). All my Pianos bear the MAKER'S NAME. Be- ware of worthless rubbish and unsound instru- ments without. Old Pianos taken in part payment, and full value allowed. Pinos and Organs tuned and repaired. At rwhguard {je^t in July.—BALL, Piano Dealer, NLATH > QAMADA A U The cry for unskilled Labour greater than ever. Splendid oppor' tunities for healthy men and women. Britain's nearest and greatest colony. 160 Aercs Free I Get you, c <vn Farm; quit paying Rent; Hapf Homes; Healthy Bracing Climate; Under the old Flag; Cheap Fares; Comfortable and Speedy Travel. Work is found 1 On Farms for experienced or inex' perienced Men, for Domestic Servants, for Navvies, Carters and all willing workers. For Maps, Pamphlets, full information and directions, apply—J. BRUCE WALKER, Assistant Superintendent Canadian Emigration, 11-12, Charing Cr,» =s, London, S.W., or to H. M. MURRAY, 81. Queen Street, Exeter. -=-

Pig Rearing and Feeding on the j Downward Grade. To the Editor of the County Echo." Sir,—We desire to ask your valuable help in drawing attention to the almost unaccountable fact that pig rearing and feeding is on the downward grade. The agricultural returns for the United Kingdom for the year ending June, 1905, showed a decrease on the previous year of 590,030. Again for the year ending June, 1906, another decrease of 20,576, the latter figure would have been a much greater decrease but for Ireland's increasing 80,220. England's decrease for the year ending June, 1905, was 393,129, and for the year ending June, 1906 it was 99,624.—We, the Birming- ham and District Butchers and Pork Butchers Trade Association, the Pork Butchers Associ- ation of London, Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield and Bristol, have been greatly con- cerned at this remarkable and unsatisfactory state of things.—We arc very soon entering on the third year of scarce pigs. We have at certain times found the greatest difficulty in getting supplies to carry on our normal trade and that at little or no profit. We feel sure that if you will kindly interest yourself by addressing the farmers of Great Britain, and suggesting and advising the matter of pig pro- ducing the result would be a great benefit not only to the farmer, but to the public, the trade of pork butchers and ham and bacon curfrs. In our opinion we fear that the re- strictions of the Board of Agriculture have greatly tended to the decrease, which has also induced neglect and apathy on the part of farmers. We might mention that the recent disclosures as to Chicago methods turned the public tastes towards home produce, but this great opportunity was missed for want of larger supplies. Sixteen million pounds a year is going out of the Country for bacon and hams, three and a quarter millions for lard, and close on two millions for pork. In our opinion at least ten millions of this money might go into the British farmers pockets. We may look in the future for some assistance from our Government in this matter so far their action has been only one of instituting restrictions for the removal of swine in the endeavour to stamp out swine fever. We hope example may be taken from the Govern- ments of Canada, United States and Denmark, who conduct experiments, give data, and send expert advice to all those interested. In conclusion we may say that this appeal has the approval and support of the National Federation of Meat traders of Great Britain, —Signed, Z Swadking, President Birmingham and District Butchers and Pork Butchers Trade and Benevolent Association E A Lewis, vfce-president C D Palethorpe, vice- president T H Rudgewatar, secretary Iiobert H Brechm, president National Federa- tion of Butchers Association John Lindsey, president London Butchers Association George Kolb, president Liverpool Pork Butchers Association John H Bridge, pre- sident Manchester Pork Butchers Association Ferdinand Gebhardt, president Sheffield Pork Butchers Association S R Selman, president Bristol Pork Butchers Association J M Murray, president Glasgow United Fleshers Society.

Socialism. In the London Express of Thursday last appeared a scathing article on Socialism. It ran:—"The sponger, the cadger, the good- for-nothing, the hanger-on, the man who is struck with palay at the bare thought of an honest day's work-that is socialism. Thrift, to these people, is a horrid thing. Do you know what Mr John Barns said about thrift ? Speaking at the Trade Union Congress in Norwich on September 6, 1894, he stated: Thrift was invented by capitalistic rogues to beguile fools to destruction and to deprive honest fools of their diet and their proper comfort." There you have the first text in the cadger's bible, and it is the text upon which Socialist bids to cupidity are being preached every day. Mr. Burns said this years ago. He has since succeeded in securing hia proper com- fort," but others who have not been so fortun- are are passionately declaiming against thrift. Why be an honest fool and work and save, when by glorious means of Socialism you may live at the expense of the honest fools who have worked and saved ? Land and industrial capital are to be "emancipated" _from individual and class ownership and vested in the community for the general benefit." This is to be done "without compensation," so that rent and interest may be added to the reward of labour.

MIXED WEATHER. The lovely ten days' spell of real summer enabled farmers to house large quantities of excellent hay. Last week end was, however, not very propitious. In the Atlantic all sorts of storms raged. The White Star liner Adriatic experienced extraordinary weather on her recent voyage. One day, for a quarter of an hour, there was a heavy snowstorm. It was followed in the evening by a fierce electric storm. Long streaks of lighting, some remaining in view for as long as two minutes, made the scene a remarkable one. When the electric discharges ceased there was a tremendous downpour of rain. In the words of one of the ollicers, it seemed as if the bottom had fallen out of a tank."

William Blackburne (34), engineer, of 9, Park-street, Cardiff, who had been admitted to the Cardiff Infirmary for the removal of a tumour on the cheek, died on I hursday while under the influence of chloroform.

GREAT BLAZE AT CONEY ISLAND. THIRD OF THE TOWN DESTROYED. DAMAGE OVER £ 300,000. Steeplechase Park, one of the largest places of amusement in Coney Island, and twenty small hotels were destroyed by fire on Sunday morn- ing. Router states that the loss is estimated at E30tl,CDO. The heaviest loser is Ir. George Til- you, who valiuvs the amount of his property de- stroyed 0:1 the island at £ 200,000. The New York correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, who gives a vivid account of the con- flagration, s:sys tho fire started in a huge dancing u hall and quickly spread. Within five minutes one quarter of the island, where the amusements were most, closely congregated, was a maiss of roaring flames. This was shortly after four o'clock, and some time afterwards, when I walked into Surf-avenue, the people living in the hotels and boarding-houses there were running for dear life in their night-clothes. Scantily-clad women were gathering their children around them, a.nd scon there was a big stream of people, panic-stricken and crying, making for Norton's Point. Everybody was on foot, and many were without boots. Revellers from dancing Iialls and restaurants were present in considerable force. The show-places burnt like matchwood, and with a dron, wind the entire island seemed doomed to dostru tion. Giant wheels were big circles of revolving flames. Water chutes were cascades of fire. Switchback railways crackled and sparkled from end to end, and with their snakelike lold; resembled flefming monsters ready to spring upon and devour everything within reach. Never before have I witnensed a scene eo v, e:rd and terrible. It was the awful rush, COll fusion, and hullabaloo which impressed one most; tho screaming of the children hurried away by their mothers, the crackle of the flames, and above all came the roars and cries of the lions and tigers in Rostock's menagerie. By six o'clock the flames had devoured the piers at the seasido and had died out, but two-thirds of the island was safe. With the wind in an- other direction, not a building would be left standing. In a later iriefsage the same forre- spondent says that a woman and child were so badly burnt that there is no hope of their recovery. TENEMENT FIRE: TWENTY LIVES LOST. Remarkable scenes, too, were witnessed at a disastrous firo which broke out On Sunday morn- ing in a crowded tenement house in the east end of New York. Twenty persons lost their lives, and over forty were badly injured. The majority of those killed were Italians, who wore 011 the top floor, and found t"! (,Ir escape cut off. One man, who had managed to reach the street safely, discovered that his wife was till j ''■e burning • building, and went raving mad us t; looked up and saw her standing appe«.liu«iy » Window of one of the upper floor*-