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SCIENCE NOTES AND GLEANINGS. The Giant Land Tortoises. An interesting account of the mode of life of the giant land tortoises of the Galapagos Islands, and the present condition of the different species, has been given by Mr. E. Heier in the Proceedings of the Washington Academy. From several of the islands of the group, the tortoises have disappeared in Indefatigable Island, the extermination appears to have been quite recent, some Ecuadorians having told the author that, not many years ago they saw ;1 huge tortoise near the central crater. Fatalities from Electricity. When fatalities or damages seemingly attri- butable to electricity occur, tha popular belief is that electricity itself, as a force, is directly respon- sible fur them. In fact, however, as Cansier't Magazine points out. there are fe.v forces of nature that are less harmful themselves than electricity. The damage done by liood or tornado, for instance, is done directly by the water or the air. But elec- tricity, when it works, usually does so indirectly or by setting another of nature's forces into opera- tion. In the maiority uf cases death from electric shock is shewn to be caused by well-dcfilwd chemical changes in the blood or tissues, dueto the electric current. Making Deaf Mutes Hear. Dr. Marage, of Bourg-la-Reine, France, has made experiments on developing the hearing of deaf mutes, and his results have bee^cominunicated to the Academic do Midiciii". Twenty-four stone- deaf children were divided by lot into two parts, and those of one group were submitted every day to the vibrations of a. "vowel 1 siren," which he lias invented for ihis "massage" of the tympanum, or drum.oftheear. At the end of six weeks, all the subjects could hear sounds of musical instruments for the first time, three heard phrases spoken near the ear, and two heard a conversation carried on a metre distant in the ordinary voice. The siren a'so enables the hearing' to be measured with pre- cision. It. was first described to the Academic ,1(:5 Sciences, Paris, in Novemb-r, 1901. A Venerable Cedar. Charles IV's.vy, or the !"n.v -rsity of Nebraska, writes to ScitMct: of a cedar which he claims to be over 1,000 years old, as follows: "In the Garden of tilt Crud", near Pike's Peak, Colorado, there are many large specimens of the brown cedar, Juniper' mcuntperhut, arid in a recent visit to that place it occurred to the writer that these trees must be very old. He was fortunate enough to find the stump [ of a recently-cut tree, on which it was casy to distinguish the annual growth-rings. These were counted tor a section of the trunk, care being taken to select a portion in which the rings were of average thickness, and on this basis the number for the whole ctump was calculated. In this way it was found that t :is particular tree was between 8CO and 1,000 years old. In other words, this tree was a seedling some time between the years 900 and 1100 A.D." Meteorological Phenomena. A treatise by Dr. Mazelle, director of the Trieste Ob crvatory, on the connection, between the move- ments of the micros* ismic pendulum and meteoro- logical phenomena, submitted to the Vienna Academy, siiews that the movements of the instru- ment exhibit a decided yearly period, a maximum in winter and an almost complete absence of disturb- ance in summer; also a daily maximum and mini- mum betwi err 9h. and lOh. iu the morning and even- ing respectively. When submitted to harmonic analysis, the whole-day period exhibits a perfect agreement of the phase epoch with that of the stormy Bora at Trieste. The other relations arc Ilot so marked; disturbances occur with both days of high and low barometric pressure, but pronounced disturbances appear to be more probably connected with low pressure. With regard to the possible connection of microseismic disturbances with the state of the sea it was found that these have a greater tendency to occur when the sea is rough. Different Radium Rays. The rays emitted by radioactive bodies are dis- by differences in penetrating power, and by the t ffect upon them of a magnetic field. Engineering thinks they may be di\ ided into three classes Alpha rays These are rays with little penetrating power. From the effect observed it is concluded that they are positively charged bodies, comparable in size with a hydrogen atom. Beta rays: These are identical wit h cathode rays—that is to say, they are negatively-charged particles projecfd with great velocity, and they are about 1.000th part of the hydrogen atom. Gamma rays Tiie.se are very penetrating rays, not. deviated by a magnetic field. Their properties have not as yet been thoroughly studied, but it is possible that they are similar to X-rays. How to Ten if Air is Pure. It is well known tint if a lighted candle is kept in a confined air space the flame will, sooner or later, be extinguished, according to the amount of air the candle burns in. This fact, says Science £ >.flin^s, is of great importance, for where a candle will not burn, human respiration is, in nearly all cases, impossible. It may console most people to know that there is no fear of being suffocated, in the proper sense of tlw word, in a railway smoking carriage or a tunnel, so long as a pipe of tobacco burns or so lonj; as the smoker is able to keep his match alight. Whether the extinction is due to the combustion products of the candle—i.e., chiefly to the carbonic acid gas—or to the removal of oxygen, has not been fully decided. The flame of a candle or match, will go out if the oxygen in the air is diminished to a point below 17 per cent. It is impossible to keep a match or candle alight in an atmosphere containing less oxygen than this. Magnets and Temperature. Some measurements of the temperature co- efficients of magnets made of chilled cast iron are described in the Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Castings of a size and shape suitable for instrument magnets gave for the temperature coefficient between lOdeg. C. and lOOdeg. C. mean values of from 0'0003 to 0*0004. These castings had been subjected to a chilling process at the Jefferson Physical Laboratory; another similar magnet treated by an outside maker had the coefficient 0-0008. Unchilled castings were found to have a coefficient five or six times as large as the chilled magnets. The temperature co- efficient generally increases with the temperature, the value between lOdeg. C. and 4-Odeg. C. being possibly only about one-third of the mean value between lOdeg. C. and lOOdeg. C. Using such magnets as these in conjunction with galvanometer coils of copper and manganin it is easy, according to the author, to construct a cheap ammeter almost wholly independent of the roc-m temperature. For Condensation Experiments. A London firm of instrument makers has put on the market an extremely simple device called the "Boyla" tube, which has been designed for the purpose of demonstrating all the phenomena attendant upon the processes of ebullition and con- densation. It consists of a strong glass tube about 4in. long and in. in diameter, in which a readily vapourisable liquid is hermetically sealed. When held over a very small flame the liquid boils, and when its temperature reaches the critical point the surface rises and becomes ill-defined; then the liquid vapourises and forms clouds in the upper portion of the tube, which in turn condense and form drops that fall through the space above the liquid in the form of rain. Thus the whole process of ebullition and condensation may be shewn to a. number of students at one time, and in a much more convenient manner than is at present in general use. The tube is bent round at the top in the form of a hook, so that it may be readily sus- pended over the name, and, in the absence of acci- dents, it may be used over and over again ad libitum. Tuning-Fork Test for Fractures. A Chi'-a^o medical paper mentions the usefulness of the tuning-fork in the diagnosis of fractures, especially of the long bones. The test is made by placing the bell of a stethoscope over the bone near the supposed fracture, where the soft tissues are as tlun as possible, and the handle of a tuning- fork as close to the bone as possible beyond the sup| OSM) seat of fracture. The sound will be transmitted through the shaft of the bone to the stethoscope, and through the stethoscope to the ears of the examiner. When the bone is intact, if the test is properly made, the sound of the fork will be heard with great distinct™ ss but if there is a iack of continuity the sound will either not be heard at all or will be heard very faintly. By C'.n paring the intensity of the sound on the sus! ected side with the sound heard under similar conditions on the normal side the questiou of contiuuity of bone can be determined. The test for fractures is based upon the fact that bone is an excellent conductor of sound waves, while the soft tissue of the body conducts sound waves very poorly. The bell of the stethoscope should fit tightly to the skin, and when comparing the sound and injured sides the instruments should be placed in the same relative positions. Tlw sound waves will be transmitted through a fracture if the two ends are crowded together; also through a joint, especially if the articular surfaces are forced V'gcther. For shaking a doormat in the street after eight. o'clock in the morning, and covering a policeman with dust, a Mile End, London, woman was on Saturday fined 5s. It is stated that Alderman McAdam, the abscond- ing secretary of a Liverpool building society, who is charged with serious frauds, has been traced to a vessel which is on passage to Buenos Ayres, and will be arrested on arrival there.

FACTS AND FANCIES. CYMBALS are believed to be among the earliest musical inventions. AMONG the Kols of Central India a sham Tight I' always accompanies the wedding ceremony. IN a hurricane blowing at eighty miles an hour the pressure on each square foot of surface is 3glb. BAMBOO pens still retain their hold in India, where they have been in use for more than 1,000 years. SWEDEN is Europe's great timber field. Russia has larger forests, but they are much less accessi- ble than those of Sweden, which are usually near rivers or the coast. 1 FOUR railway companies—the Great Western, the f Great Eastern, the South-Western, and the North- Western—bring into London about 20,000,000 j gallons of milk every year. THE WATER IN THE SKA. It has been computed that if the sea were emptied cf its waters and all the rivers of the earth were to pour their present floods into the vacant space, allowing nothing for evaporation, 40,000 years would be required to bring the water of the ocean up to its present level.

FLOATING GARDENS. On the rivers of Cashmere are thousands of float- ing gardens, formed by long sedges which are woven together in the form of a gigantic mat. These sedge grasses, flags, stalks, lilies, &c., arc woven on the river or lake banks while their roots are still grow- ing in the slime underneath. The required amount of earth is then superimposed upon the mat, the stalks arc then cut and the mat and its load are a full-fledged "floating garden." They are usually about twenty by fifty yards in extent, seldom | larger, the full depth of the mat and its earthy J covering being about three feet. A dishonest Cashmiri will sometimes tow his neighbour's garden away from its moorings and sell the produce of the other's toil.

THE FAR EASTERN CRISIS. ) HOPES OF PEACE. r.: A WAITING THE RUSSIAN REPLY. The Far Eastern situation is perplexing, but it Offers much more substantial ground for hope that peace will be preserved than was the case last week. The Japanese reply to the Russian Note has been in the hands of the Czar's advisers for some days now, and the answer to that Xote is awaited by the Japanese Government. It is generally believed that the Russian Note will contain some concessions .which will make a peaceful solution possible, and this belief received colour from the fact that the Japanese Minister at St. Petersburg has had a long interview with the Czar. Even in Tokio it is thought that Russia will concede something, but the war spirit is not less strong than it was, and the Japanese people are obviously not prepared to sacrifice everything to the maintenance of peace. Meantime there are rumours of military prepara- tions and movements which indicate that not yet has the time arrived when all danger of conflict has passed. In a telegram received at St. Petersburg from Port Arthur it is stated that the following despatch has been received there from Seoul: "Japan is stated to have at her disposal 609 soldiers in the barracks and 6,üOO disguised soldiers distributed in the villages. A considerable number of prominent Coreans belong to the anti- European party and are under Japanese influence." A telegram to the Daily J;Jail, too. gives a report, also from Port Arthur, that Japan has landed men in the South of Corea.

BLUFFED TOO OFTEN. PEKIN PESSIMISM. The Times correspondent at Pekin says that the inspired messages alleging improved prospects of peace indicate either that Europe is ignorant of the terms of the last Japanese Note, or a conviction that Russia will climb down. The Note is stronger than the preceding one. Japan is unable to accept the Russian proposals; she will not yield her moderate standpoint: and she will not accept the mediation of a third Power. She will insist on the acceptance of her reason- able demands, and if they are not accepted she will take the necessary measures for the protection of .her interests. As a prominent diplomatist bluntly describes the Situation, Russia has "bluffed once too often. VLADIVOSTOCK FROZEN IX. According to a telegram from Vladivostock, the 'harbour there has frozen over. Zolotoi Rog (Golden Horn) Bay, at the entrance to the port from the Japan Sea, "has become covered with a thick coat- ing of ice. forming a natural bulwark for the for- tress of Vladivostock from the Japan Sea." The telegram adds that vessels make their wav to the quays with the assistance of an ice-breaker."

RUSSIA'S INTENTIONS. REMARKABLE ST A T K } IEXTS BY M. PLAXCOX. The Daily Mail publishes a remarkable interview which Mr. Norris Newman, its correspondent at Port Arthur, had with M. I'!am;on, diplomatic agent to Admiral Alexeieff, who was lately Charge d'Affaires at Pekin. M. Plançon reaffirmed all the various points in the controversy, laying stress on impossibility of any evacuation of Manchuria in consequence of the action of the Japanese and Chinese Governments. He stated distinctly that six months ago orders were given to withdraw the troops from IVewchwang and Manchuria if the Chinese authori- ties were willing to agree to simple terms, but owing to the intrigues of the Japanese Minister with the Wai-wa-pu, or the Chinese Foreign Office, those orders were countermanded, and the Russian troops re-occupied their original position. Replying to a question as to Russia's right to Occupy Newchwang, M. Planeon affirmed that the authorities considered Newchwang's port-Inkou- as part of Manchuria. They did not interfere with the Chinese officials of the Maritime Customs, and only retained charge of the municipal government and of the native junk river traffic. With reference to the opening of Mukden and An-tung, M. Planeon declared that the action of the United States Government in making a special treaty with the Chinese under the existing circum- stances, and without the knowledge and consent of Russia, was unfriendly and undiplomatic. Russia would not open the two places, and would not allow Consuls under the present regime. M. Planeon denied explicitly that Russia had any intention of annexing Corea or obtaining a protec- torate over it. What she wished to do was to secure her legitimate rights on the Yalu and else- where. On the suhject of a cams heVi, M. Planeon stated that pourparlers were continuing in an amicable spirit. If Japan wanted Corea, Russia would not inter- fere, provided the other Powers allowed it. Russia had not asked Japan's consent to occupy Man- churia, and neither was it necessary for Japan to ask Russia's permission to establish a protectorate over Corea. The United States and other nations were more interested than was Russia. JAPAN'S NEW CRUISERS. A curious fact with regard to Japan's new cruisers Kasuga and Nisshinhas just come to light, writes the St. Petersburg correspondent of the Globe. It appears that both warships are insured in a Russian insurance company, and that this came about in the following way. Both warships were insured in an English insurance company, whose guarantee department, as is usual, managed to get one-half of the risk underwritten by the Russian insurance company Nadeshda. The latter has been informed already by the English company that it is responsible to pay half of the sum for which the warships are insured. The Nadeshda at once sent a protest against its liability in the matter, but, so far. it is not known how the English company will entertain this protest.

A GRUESOME CHDlE. A gruesome crime in South Africa has just come to light. A Bombay trader in jewels and his servant, also an Indian, left Maritzburg in January last. and disappeared, leaving no trace behind. Recently the remains of their bodies were found, buried in a swamp near the Mooi River. Five Indians were arrested as they were about to leave for India, and the whole story is now disclosed. The two jewellers were done to death in a horrible manner, the Xotul Witness states, the helpless victims being held down while their throats were cut. It is stated that the murderers then roughly cut the bodies in pieces with knives, placed the remains in sacks, and buried them in the swamp. The motive sc^ms to have been robbery, for all the jewels which the dealer and his servant had in their possession are missing. One of the Indians in custody, a woman, is said to have been seen wear- ing eostly jewellery,andthis led to suspicions which resulted in the discovery of the remains.

"WHERE MURDER is CHEAP. The little town of Kronstadt, in Hungary, has been the scene of a revolting murder. A well-to-do invalid farmer took a married couple in to look after him. He disappeared in a mysterious manner. The woman, arrested on account of her indiscreet remarks, confessed that she and her husband had engaged a man of bad reputation to assist them in the murder for the sum of 15s. One night they tied a sling round the neck of their victim and dragged him through the kitchen and courtyard to a barn, where they beat him to death with cudgels. Cupidity was the cause of the crime.

TRAIN" WRECKED BY A COW. Traffic on Wednesday morning was completely suspended on the London and North-Western line between Chester and Liverpool, owing to a goods train having run into a cow in the darkness four miles outside Chester. The train was completely wrecked. Twenty-nine carriages were derailed and their contents strewn all over the line.

MILLIONAIRE MYTH. Captain Eric Gordon McCrae Short has been again charged at the Hastings Police-court with not delivering up books relating to his affairs in bank- ruptcy. Mr. Sims, for the Treasury, declared that Barin," the millionaire from whom the pri- soner had said that he had great expectations, was an absolute myth. There was evidence of guilty intent on the part of the prisoner to conceal his true state of affairs, and there would be further charges against him of wilful and corrupt perjury and of obtaining thousands of pounds by fraudulent pretences. The prisoner was remanded for a week without bail.

"The man who bets is no better than a fool." This saying of the Duke of Portland was quoted approvingly by the North London stipendiary on Saturday. One of the oldest houses in London, Bradmore House, which was built in 1598, and was the manor house of the district when Hammersmith was a hamlet, is about to be pulled down.

r BITS FROM BOOKS. A ROMANCE. In Vol. If. of the New Series of the Historical MSS. Commission, Calendar of the MSS. of the Marquis of Ormonde, K.P., we get a picturesque and romantie narrative of the first Duke of Ormonde. When a very young man he wished to marry his cousin, Lady Elizabeth Preston, who was kept in such strict seclusion by the Countess of Holland that he could not get access to her. But a friend helped him to get a seat near her in church, and— The next step after this interview his lordship made himself, by going in disguise (as a romantic lover) unto Kensington Gardens with a pedlar's pack upon his where, first encountering the J young Indies, daughters to the Earl of Holland, his lordship so charmed them with his civil deportment that they ran into the house to the Lady Elizabeth and told her there was at the back door one of the hamhomest pedlars they had ever seen, and repre- sented him so advantageously to her that they obliged her to come to take a view of him and the wares in his pack. It is not improbable that, notwithstanding the Earl's disguise, the young lady had some impression and some idea of the person who sat with her in the seat the Sunday before; for on opening his pack he presented her with a pair of gloves, into one of which he con- veyed a letter, which she on his drawing on of the glove perceiving, pretended to have no money in her pocket to pay for the gloves; and, notwith- standing the young ladies offered to lend her money, yet she retired to her chamber to fetch money, and, being there, perused the letter, and soon after returned with the gloves again (into which she as cunningly conveyed an answer), which she returned to the amorous pedlar, pretend- ing they had an ill smell. What were the contents oi either of these letters can be no otiierwise possibly guessed at (because they were so secretly contrived, as all amorous intrigues are) than by the success. That. is to say. the young couple got married soon afterwards. But. being King's wards, the Earl had'to pay a fine of £30,000.

THE PARVENU. In a volume of selections t'vm the "Characters, Reflections, and Maxims" of La Bruyere and Yauvenargues we come across the first-named author's description of a parvenu, which although written in the seventeenth century contains much that arplies equally to the twentieth I hear much talk of the Sannions; the same name, the same arms: the older branch, the younger branch, the youngest branch of the young< st house; the armorial bearings of the jjrst, are without, uuarterings. the second with a label, and the third with a bordure indented. Their colour and metal are the same as those of the Bourbons, and like them they bear two and one. It is true they are not J~/eiirs de Lis, but the Sannions are satisfied, and perhaps believe in their hearts their bearings as noble; at least they are not ifn'erior to those of persons of the first quality. Their arms are to be seen on their windows, their castle gates, their justiciary pillars, where many a man is hanged who only deserved banishment. They strike the eye everywhere on their furniture, on their locks: their carriages are covered with them, and their liveries are as resplendent as their eoatF-cf-arms. But I should like to say to the Sannions: "Your folly is premature, you should wai; at least until your race has existed for a century. Those who have met and spoken with your grandfather an1 old and cannot live long. Who tiltn would be able to say, IL> kept a shop and sold very dear r The Sannions and the Crispins like still better to be thought extravagant and able to spend money. They her" you with a long story of a fete or bar<|i:« r they gave, they confide to you their losses at play, and They ei-replain loudly of that which had not thought to lose. They speak in a im>t< rious jargon of certain women of their aequair.tane-. they l ave a hundred amusing stories to til eaeh other, they have just made some curious discoveries. and pass with each other for men ot great intrigue. One of them going to bed late in the country, and who loves to sleep long, rises early, dons his gaiters and shooting coat, belt. and powdtr flask, takes his gun, and is a sportsman if only lie couM sho< t He returns at night, wet and weary, without having hit any- thing. But he goc* shuoting again on the. morrow, and so .-peuus every (by in missing thrushes and partrii'g* s.

DISRAELI AND THE DANCING GIRLS. The following t,.ry is taken from Wilfred Meynell's "Benjamin Disraeli: An Unconventional Biography In the seventies, what time the Russian Bear was suspected of sharpening his claws, Princess Louise happened to be crossing the seas to or from Canada. It was Sunday: a breeze blew about Windsor Castle; and the Queen expressed anxiety as to the state of winds and waves in mid-Atlantic. A lord-in-waiting said lie knew a Fellow of the Royal Society, a weather-diviner, who would give the rd. He would go to get it, if her Majesty wished. Her Majesty did wish; and she further entru-ted her pursuivant with a message for Lord Beaeonsfield. The lord-in-waiting was sent from the Pro lessor's house to a supper of Gaiety girls, and there found him in this lively company, being constrained to listen to the game of words that was passing round. The problem for the ladies was Which would they choose if they had to marry—Gladstone or Disraeli ? All elected Disraeli save one; who was much frowned on by the com- pany until she explained: "Gladstone, so that I might elope with Disiadi and break Gladstone's heart." The lord-in-waiting, much diverted, went forth, and, finding Disraeli in low spirits, told nim this tale, as an instance of his great popularity with all classes. "I come, lie said, "from the Queen, who liolds you highest in the land, and from dancing girls who adore you. The whimsicality of the thing was congenial to Disraeli. "Of course I am gratified," he said, greatly comforted and next day shewed that indeed he was. A Cabinet Council, summoned fcr noon, was kept waiting for the arrival of a minister—th:• Duke of Richmond, I believe. To pass the time. Disraeli told his assembled colleagues the story of the theatrical supper—just to shew, he said, what unexpected friends they all had. Lord Cairns i al>.<it omen!), hearing, did not smile, and his solemnity put out of countenance the Prime Minister, who theiefore made the continued absence of a colleague an excuse for postponing the Cabinet for a couple of hours. The "balance of power" was then unstable as quicksilver; and that after- noon the papers had headings: "War Imminent; A Second Cabinet Council Summoned." Wires throbbed under the tidings the Stock Exchange shivered; the Paris Bourse sensitively responded; all Europe felt the thrill. The Gaiety girls (as the Mini.-ter reflected, and with no qualm), through a chance association with him, had made history.

DCSKT BEAUTIES. Vanity is by no means the monoply of civilised womanhood, and many an Indian belle spends more on her costume than a smart French woman. Not infrequently a semi-savage girl has a wardrobe consisting of furs which would be worth from 5,000doh to 10,000dol. Grundeman, the explorer, relates how one fair Greenlander wore a dress of sealskin with a hood of that costly fur, the silver fox. The garment was lined with the fur of the young sea otter, and there was a fringe of wolverene tails. About 7CDclol. is probably the average worth of the dress of Indian women on the Columbia and Fraser rivers. Graul saw a Dyak girl with a. corset of gold. It was made of forty solid gold rings, the smallest being at the waist and the rest gradually increasing in size above and below it. This curious article of attire represented below it. This curious article of attire represented the girl's dowry.

JAPANESE GLASSIIAKERS- The art of making glass was introduced into Japan about 150 years ago by a Hollander, who settled at Osaka. For several generations the knowledge of the process was confined to a, single family, and it was not until about 1879 that the employment of coal, instead of charcoal, and tho construction of brick chimneys enabled the manu- facturers to introduce improvements which placed the industry on a substantial basis. Osaka has continued to be the centre of the industry, and now manufactures for export, besides supplying the home demand. _8

Magnetic Storms and Sunspots. M. Marchand, Director of the Observatory of the Pic du Midi, France, reports a deviation of the magnetic needle there during a great magnetic storm of Ideg. 27min., and he refers it to electrical currents traversing the atmosphere at a height of 18 to 19 kilometres. He does not think it is the "spots" but the "faculrc" on the sun which are the cause of the magnetic storms. These facuhe, or bright specks, subsist much longer on the surface of the sun, and sometimes last over a com- plete revolution of its orb. M. Deslandres, seeing the uncertainty of the cause of magnetic storms. proposes that while magnetic registers continue to record the variations of the earth's magnetism, a concurrent observation of the state of the solar disc should be maintained by a corps of observers. In this way the real source of the magnetic disturb- ance, whetner it be "spots" or "facuke," or "pro- tuberances," might be ascertained. The Battle of the Dialects. It is estimated that over 5,000 distinct languages are spoken among men. A calculating prodigy would be wanted to compute with exactness how many separate dialects are in use. Sixty years ago it was reckoned that sixty different vocabularies were to be found in Brazil, but the actual number must be far greater, for in much smaller Mexico the Nahua language has broken up into 700 dialects. There are hundreds in Borneo. In Australia there is no classifying the complexities. Generally, says a writer in Knowledge, the number of dialects is in inverse proportion to the intellectual culture of the population. Assume that only fifty dialects on an average belong to every language, and we have the colossal total of 250,000 linguistic, varieties. In this babel the battle is incessant. All manner of inflections-numbers and tenses, cases and moods— strive with one another for predominance. Modes of utterance dictated by differently modified laryn- geal organs struggle for superiority. Some suc- cumb, others survive. -.I.u JUU nnVO a pitTTToITilu rn,. sighed the beautiful American heiress. "It was one of the saddest experiences of my life. There were two Counts and a Duke aboard, but the weather was so rough that they never came out of their rooms." Gartman: "What did Miss Flixen say when you proposed?" Huniton "She clapped her hands and said she was so glad." Gartman: "So she accepted you at once?" Hum ton: "Not a bit ol it. "It seems she had made abet with one of her girl friends that I would propose that even;e.g. She was about tickled to death because she had won. No Accounting for Tastes.—The girl left itei- seat and went over to the other «•<;<• i th<- car to got away from a passenger who wrongly of tobacco. "1 don't see how a n an can bear to put a nasty old pipe in his mouth," she me.l:< red. But she muttered it rather indisthictly. Sii-* was holding between her rosy ii,)-: tii with which she was about to pay her fare. ) A certain debating society i- discussing the I question as to which is the angrier-in- husband who goes home and finds that the dinner i-^ not ready, or the wife who has dinner ready anil win we husband does not come home. It is believe,! that the debate will end in a draw. ,Alr. Dun itiv been running seven .Scietti Jtu. LVhior: ()Itl mail. But \»u Uev.-vv aloe, of a man's system changes in seven ycais i an. not the man who boughr. the Lawyer: "What wa< the li.ing that >,• '/■ you-- financial downfall ? You vemed o !• <! a good businesp." Bankrii| o'a> b:! oe- y start* d out to see jr | f..ti:d .-o-vw -< .v m e ey- j I l'ouud it so easy that L k> j I ua ooiiov, |

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From all ironmonger, H 1 ii in asi-oited Boxes, |ir. to ^io. 6d; | I || in. to It unobtajnable U t send stamps to Telephone No. 31. Will. ROBERTS, Coal, Com and Seed Merchant 41, HIGH STREET -L -h RHYL. BEST AND CHEAPEST COAL From LANCASHIRE, STAFFORDSHIRE, AND NORTH WALES. HAY, STRAW, PROVENDER, BIRD SEED, POULTRY CORN, DOG BISCUITS, &c. THE BEST SCOTCH OATMEAL. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. T PA! BY WILLIAMS Decorator, Sign-writer, &c., Begs to inform his Customers and the public generally that having disposed of the Ironmon- gery branch of his Business, and let the prem- ises to his Successor, he ha's REMOVED to No. 4, VICTORIA AVENUE, PRESTATYN. Being relieved of the above responsibility he hopes to be able to devote his whole time and attention to his trade. Hoping to be favoured with a continuance of your esteemed patronage —I am, your obedient servant, T. PARRY WILLIAMS. Please Note— Workshops Plas Yard. Address of Residence Bristol House. Victoria Avenue, Prestatyn. nil I IS nnA «•»« *» rsou>c.raP>.> r — BILLIAKSS. WBI8c bWiI4!1a,t roqw.&U*. partw BiKterd DUiin*; Tu-i'va •e. (ft f«w ctm.y), Old t•?,tan to "vr lAw 811eD.t J'rn)t-'ro:>f C""hiõn, I)r tRhv:- I:, pa.rt "xdu"p 1'(- TaM*. MoKy J>&YTh- e=", 1c, M*. E. J. RILEY, Lied, T-ifcio frjilihxx ¡ KlKevf Serks^ACOP.iC-TO CAKES Cakes Cakes Fancy Box Chocolate do Afternoon Tea Chocolates I IM All kinds of parties catered for. Game Pies, Boned Turkeys, Galantines, Raised Tongues, Jellies, Creams, Ices Made to order. Cutlery, Linen, G. ss and Crjckery I Lent on .ire at r Note the Address— TWO DOORS FROM THE POST OFFICE. ¡ Philip THOMAS'S ¡ COOK AND CONFECTIONER, 63. fllgh Street, Rhyl I ''¡; 'j :) l\ SSl i •' i fAMOU5 1E.DCiNr. *•» b warranted to cleanse th" Bloed from al1 im- j) I a// purities from whatever cause arising. II « a /r «f7 ff safe remedy for [1 /yy Eczema, Scrofula, Abscesses, Bad tetfs. !)!cer», U Vf Boils, Pluiples, Spots and Sores ot ull It IS the ONLY RCAI.SPECIPIC for Gout and RbeumnticVV JJ Pains, for it removes ttoec&uie from the Blood and Bones. |1 Clarke's Blood Mixture is pleasant to the Y\ I *arr»ntr«1 free from anything >"jurions 10 ir.e n"OSH I delicate constitution of eilOer sex. fror.. infancy !o olo it I-A age. and -the Proprietors solicit sufferers ic jive il # jl jLjO V trial to tot its value. ji A Clarke's Blood Mixture is sold by Chemists and !| »\ Stares ibrougbout the world, but bewara of worthless .,Ji •\yW substitutes. 57 LADIES' TAILORING SPECIALITE. II. K. OSBOBNE (From Burberry', London, W.) 26, BODFOR STREET, RHVL TAlIiOIl BREECHES. LIVERIES. CLERICALS. THE LEADING BILLPOSTERS IN THIS DISTRICT. TO ADVERTISE WELL In Rhvl and District go to the NORTH WALES & DISTRICT BILLPOSTERS, LTD. THE OLD-ESTABLISHED RHYL AND DISTRICT ADVERTISING AND BILLPOSTING CO. (Under entirely new Management), Members of the United Billposters' Association for Rhyl. WE POST LARGELY FOR ALL THE LEADING ADVERTISERS. WE POST LARGELY FOR ALL THE RAILWAYS IN NORTH WALES. WITHOUT OUR STATIONS A THOROUGH REPRESENTATION CANNOT BE OBTAINED. All Work systematically inspected by exper- ienced Advertising Experts. ORDERS should be sent to AIR. W. G. DAV- IES, Billposter, 12, St. Helens' Place, High _Street, Rhyl. WE GIVE for A GUINEA pair White Witney Blankets, 7lbs. weight, ai long by It wide. i White Under Blanket, whipped bota ends, 21 long by dwide. I pair Heavy Twill Sheet 2tyds. by 2yds. I handsome Mosaic Quilt, fast colors, 3yds. long by 2iyds. wide, and a Cotton Pillow Cases, fuU size buttoned ends, superior quality and finish. All sent carriage paid on receipt of P.O.O. BROOKFIELDS, Market Sq., Stafford. ^^s/afi^s/^ow^ijo^raf^^JEnclose^coBgonJ^^ HIGH-CLASS CONFECTIONERY, 15, QUEEN STREET, RHYL. J ROBINS FOR YOUR PURE HOME-MADE BREAD. VIENNA MILK ROLLS. 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Perfect efficiency can be relied upon. Cars would be taken that only moderate charges are made, consistent with first-class work and guarantee, REPAIRS TO PROPERTY EFFECTED. A Steady and Competent Staff of Men e:nployed in all branches of the Huildmg Trade. WINDSOR JOINERY WORKS, WINDSOR STREET, RHYL. A. CRAMPTON, ™ PAINTER PAPERHANGER, AND GENERAL HOUSE DECORATOR. ESTIMATES SUBMITTED. All Work done under PERSONAL SUp., VISION. VRONDEG, 49, WELLINGTON HOAD, RHYL, FREE. 2,800 CYCLES, MOTORS, and ACCESSORIES. 50 Page Ca- talogue Free to any address. Eye-opener to all. Machinea. from 30s. Agents wanted. Trade 5upplied.- WARRILOW & CO., Weston-auper-Mara Jj. ANGEL Succesor ta the late THOMAS WILLIAMS> WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BUTCHER 3, WATER STREET, RHYL. A constant supply of meat always on hand, including Beef, Mutton, Lamb, Veal and Pork. JUrO CYCLES THEFOvr" EéST. 14'9 FBEB l-ADfES Gf-NTLFMEH. CSfSF WHEELS. Carrinn* i> t, Mthly. JAy As. A •' £ CAaH OR 12 MONTJILT iVVMNrs. if > lis. k- tos- '7-1 L5 'O^'y nAp"" Nf.1? £ l I OS. 20 » PO.5 a £ 12 OS. 21 3-' fiRT" W'ito 100 .»«•nn<J tccc- °v?r m of .TUNO Cvcloa and laf k r RpPOL.iTA^^m niVts-CoT 55. Btshopssrate Street Without. Loudon Ez.C PiccAB/tur Omcw, L. /.DO.S. v. ERNEST L. WILLIAMS, -I .ll k 'L n .1. jJ U, BUILDER, CONTRACTOR., UNBEETAKEK, &c. Estimates given for Alterations and Repairs Ail orders receive prompt personal attention. Residence— WELLINGTON ROAD, RHYL. The oldest-established butcher's shop in F-iyl. T. E. JONES WHOLESALE AND FAMILY BUTCHER, BIIYNGWYN, RHYL. PORK SHOP, 151, WELLINGTON ROAD. ALWAYS A GRAND SELECTION OF MEAT IN STOCK.