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WOODLEY'S CENTRAL LIBRARY. (in oor-Mction with MUDIE'S). THREE DOORS FROM THE CORNER OT NORTH PARADE. UPPER MOSTYN STREET, LLANDUDNO. Reduced Terms of Subscription from 7s. 6d. per annum. The following are a few of the Books now in Circulation:— The Ivory Box J. wiorange Winter Stradella" F. Marion Crawford Diamond Cut Poste Egerton Castle The Havin Eden Phillpotts Motor Maid .0. N. Williamson Fortunate Prisoner Max Pemberton Ketley Aubrey K. Tynall A Quesction of Quality Albanese Tiaitor's Wooing .Headen Hill The Screen Vincent Brown Phases of Marcella .Capt. H. Curteis Cheat Lady Tronbridge i The Score Lucas Malet Troubled Waters Headon Hill Key of the Unknown R. N. Carey Last Lord, A. Vanley .G. Maxwell Summer Wreath Campbell Praed House of Lies.S. Waxwi^ The One Moment .Lucas Cleeve Glaunella .Mrs Hugh Frazer More Midsummer Madness .M. Roberts The Severn Affair G. Warden Dr. Dules Dilemma Appleton Rolf The Imprudent C. Travers Moilie Deverill Curtis Yorke Set in Silver C. N. Williamson The Solitary Farm Fergus Hume The Unlit Lamp .A G-issiug The Lady in Grey Mrs Reynolds The Adventures of Captain Jack Max Pemberton My Lady of Shadows Oxenham Priscilla of Good Intent.H. Sutcliffe Where Billows Roll .Alien R,aine The Perjurer W. E. Norris Daphne .Humphrey Ward Cousins and Others K. Tynall A Daughter of the Storm.F. Shaw An Unread Letter .Alien Rose of the Wilderness Crockatt The White Sister Marion Crawford A Poached Peerage Sir W. Magnay Duke in Suburbs E. Wallace Holborn Hill C. Tearle Money M. C. Leighton Fountain of Beauty Meade The Long Arm .P. Oppenheim Teresa E. Zangwill The Royal End H. Harland A Fair Refugee M. Gerard Fraternity J. Gulsworthy J The Prima Douna Marion Crawford Prisoners M. Cholmondley The Mystics K. C. Thurston Man from America De La Pashreo Viper of Milace M. Bowon The Far Horizon .Lucas The Gambler K. Thurst)n Fenwick's Career .Humphrey Ward Running Waters .A. E. Mftwn Benita .Rider Haggard Saba Maodonald .Rita Benita .Rider Haggard A Lady of Rome .Marion Crawford The Treasure of Heaven.Marie Corelli Made in His Image .Guy Thorne The Challoner E. T. Benson John Chilcote, M.P K. C. Thurston Capricious Caroine .F. L. Albanesi Double Harness .Anthony Hope Free Opinions .Marie Corelli The Flute of Pan J. Oliver Hobbs 'The Last Hope H. S. Merriman PIANO PRACTICE! ROOM. PIANOFORTES ON SALE AND HIRE Woodley's New Map of Llandudno and District. The Baby Is the Darling of the Home! At fj# All Wool V7 Unshrinkable SOCKS 0^Are the IDEAL for BABY, COMFORTABLE. DURABLE. UNSHRINKABLE. From Hosiers and Drapers everywhere. Ai any clii. ijulty in procuring write- "JASON 1 HOSIERY CO.. LEICESTER. MERRYWEATHERS' I HAND FIRE PUMP Still the Simplest, Best, and Most Reliable FIRE EXTINGUISHER. f i. Nothing to get out of order. 2. Nothing to corrode. 3- Nothing to explode. if' 2540 out of the 4199 sf !!¡ill London Fires were extin- =->il,1 guished in one year by these WiNt )S0P Pumps. CAS Tie #| r Wrih' or cll- I k J 63, LONG ACRE, W.C., j OS LONDON. j APARTMEYTS Itequired.-Thousands of Londoners from the S.E. district are now preparing to spend their summer holidays at Llandudno and district. If you wish to' let your apartments advertise them in the "Kentish Independent," whose chief office is at Wellington Street, Woolwich. Sixteen words, 6d.; three weeks, Is. Specimen paper sent free on 1" .J." application. FURNISHED APARTMENTS.—Lon- doners to a very large number visit Llan- dudno each year, and those having apart- ments would quickly let by inserting a small advertisement in the "Eastern Mer- cury," 30 words for Is. or three times for 2s. This journal is the leading mid- weekly for suburban London and Essex. Address Proprietor, the "Eastern Mer- c, n. LLANDUDNO SANATORIUM & CON- VALESCENT HOME FOR WOMEN, 5 CLONMEL STREET.—This Home it. now open for the reception of Patients. Subscribers of JE1 Is. can nominate one patient for three weeks, at a cost to the patient of 6s. per week.—Miss Finn more, ms HTOO.

A WEEK IN MISSIONARY LAND. We have had a. week in Missionary Land, a week full of intense and absorb- ing intere.st,but, with what varied feel- ings we have looked on "things as they are." To some of us, perhaps, it, has been with a little fear and shrinking be- cause of the hardships and trials of a missionary's life of self-sacrifice; to others, what visions of joy in the privilege of being one of those who obey t,he command, "Go into alii the world," the joy of bringing the Gospel to those ZD who "who know it not," ancl helping in the great work of humanising and christianising1 those "who .silt. an dark- ness." The Missionary Exhibition has not, I am convinced, been held in vain; indeed, it will serve the purpose for which it was planned, viz., to create an interest in missionary work in the young people. Despite the dispiriting weather condi- tions, the Exhibilhon was daily filled with visitors who listened with interest to the si "Talks in the Courts" on India, China and the Congo,, and visited the various representations of "how they do things in foreign lands," "A Chinese Wedding" (by the Wesleyan friends) and numerous dialogues il'lustiratiing Mission work. Then, the "Medical Section," compris- ing "A model operating ward," "A native doctor's shop" and "A hospital ward," presided over by Mrs J. J. Marks, was replete with infterestiing detail. At the "Oriental Stall," bright with Benares ware and Chinese curios, Mrs J. H. Jones, Miss C. Roberts, Miss L. Mar- shall and Miss Tonge, were well patron- ised, and a "Work Stall," managed by Mrs Edwards, Miss F. Marshall and Mrs Reeves Hughes, was solid out, with much profit, before the end of the Exhibition. The "Litlerature Stall" was undertaken by Miss Roberts, Arwendon, and P.P. Cards were sold by Gwyneth Roberts and Miiss M. Parry. The "Refreshment Department" and "Sweefc Sitall" were catered for by a number of ladies in a most, successful -way, and did a great business. But the greater interest centred in t,he "Relics Room," where Mrs J. S. iStevens in her able and sympathetic manner told us all about Carey, his life and work, and we were shown many in- teresting mementoes of this great pioneer of the B a puis; Missionary Society. In the centre of t,he Exhibition, and de- servedly-in the place of honour, was the "Bible Translation" 'SiiaJfl, and near by the "Special Aim" board, and here I may explain that our special aim is, the collecting a, sum of £60" to be expended in providing a translation of the gospels of Matthew and Mark, and the epistle to the Thessalonians into the language of the Yalemba. people, the late Rev. G. Grenfell's station, and ithe last station established on the Congo. The whole sum has nearly been subcribed ( £ 46 out of £ 60. Who will help to make it complete ? One of the exhibits and held in venera- tion by all Baptists was, the battered and broken portion of .the little s.s. "Peace. for, had she not. done service on the Congo for 2.4 years, car-rying the mis- sionaries with the Word of Life to the very heart of Africa? In the same sec- t-ion were placed a Congo native hat, and a large Relief Map of Central Africa, shewing the course of the river Congo, and position of the Baptist Mission Stations to the furthermost station, Yakusu. A beautiful exhibition of la.ee.—worked by the natives of India.—was shown by Miss Horsfa, and in the "Zenana, Mrs Williamson gave some interesting ad- dresses. Last but not least, I must mention the Rev. J. S. Stevens' powerful and heart- stirring "Congo. Lecture," with Bioscope living illustrations of native life—so in- teresting that it was given again on Saturclaf evening, by request. It would take up too. much space to describe the "opening ceremonies," which were ren- dered most attractive by the help and co-operation of the ministers of the various churches of the town. Mr Wirloughby Lance and Mr Pryce Williams, the Missionary Exhibition Secretaries, may be congratulated on the success which has attended their inde- fatigable efforts. L. R.

VISITORS' LIST. THE, CRAIOYDON— Misses Midclieton and Wood. Mrs Rees, resident, Miss Roebuck, do Mrs Collister, do Miss Walter Hughes, Carnarvon Mrs and Miss Macnair, Torquay Mrs Collinson, Frodsham Mr and Mrs Young, Warrington Mrs and Miss Willatt, Nottingham Mr and Mrs Atkins, Birmingham Mrs and: Miss Graham., Nantwich The Hon. T. Estwiick Pierce, Gambia M iss Davie s, Bishop Auckland

MrRutland Barnington is a man of few words. Going into a music-shop to buy for a present the score of one of the Savoy operas, he said to the assistant, in his quiet wav "Mikado libretto." The salesman frowned. "'What's that?" he asked. "Mikado libretto," repeated the other. "Me no speakee Italiano," said the assistant, shaking his head.

Buxom Widow "Do you unclertancl thl language of flowers, Dr. Crusty 1" Dr. Crusty (an old bachelor): "No, maam. Widow: "You don't know if yellow means jealousy Dr. Crusty: "No, ma'am; yellow means biliousness."

;;¡: L- I fif¡¡ =*4 ] f^UN, FACTS, AND ANCIES. £ £ INTERESTING FACTS. Paper watches are the latest invention. The Arctic raspberry is the smallest known plant. Bricks are now made of bits of cork and cement in Germany. Seaweed is eaten largely in the West of Ire- land during the winter season. About 500,000 tons of silver is produced an- nually by Mexico, Peru, Chili, and British Colonies. The average number of inhabitants to every house in St. Petersburg is twenty-one. The bouses are let in flats. The Portuguese three reis piece, worth 3-100th Df a penny, is the smallest metal coin in circu- lation at the present time. Any person in France who is injured by an accident resulting from a structural defect in a bicycle can recover damages from the manu- facturer. Yellow spectacles are becoming increasingly Jommon in Paris streets, at holiday resorts, and elsewhere. Their appearance is due to the dis- covery by oculists that yellow glasses are a better protection than blue from the glare of the sun on sand or snow or from excessively strong artificial light. ♦ ANXIOUS. A young Irishman lived at some distance from his bride-elect. On the eventful day he set off for the station in good time, but, being delayed by friends, he missed his train. Then he be- thought himself of the telegraph. Don't marry till I come.- William 1" was the message he wired. ♦ GOT HIS PENNY'S WORTH. It was raining very heavily when the time same for little Johnnie to leave the house he was visiting, and his hostess gave him a penny to take the tram to his home, which was situated kalf-way short of the end of the penny stage. But Johnnie was very wet when he arrived home, and he explained that he had a lovely tram ride. But how is it you are so wet?" asked his mother. Oh!" Johnnie joyfully ex- plained, I rode to the end of the penny stage tud walked back." • PECULIAR NESTS. The largest, heaviest, and most peculiar nestg are to be found in Australia. The jungle-fowl of ;b,Lt land build their nests in the form of great nounds, some having been found 15ft. in height and 150ft. in circumference. They are erected n sheltered spots, and are skilfully interwoven adth leaves, grass, and twigs. The bush turkey idopts a similar system in constructing its nest, but it is more extensive, and the shape is pyra- nidical. They build in colonies, and the nests ire so large that it would require the services )f six or seven carts to remove one. The material 3f a single nest has been found to weigh up- wards of five tons. ♦ A CURIOUS VANE. One of the most curious vanes to be seen on any church in Great Britain is that at Great Gonerby, a parish adjoining Grantham. It is in the form of a fiddle and a bow, and is unusually large. Its history is a curious one. Many years ago a peasant resided in Great Gonerby who made a living by performing on an old violin, which was almost a part of his life. He decided to emigrate, and out in the Far West prospered and became a rich man. One day he sent to the clergyman at Great Gonerby a sum sufficient to build a church, and attached to the gift the curious condition that a metal replica of his old fiddle and bow should be on the summit of the edifice. ♦ CARELESS PEOPLE. Some striking figures, showing the carelessness of people when posting letters, are given in the last report of the Postmaster-General, and are almost beyond belief. ff The number of registered letters and letters containing property sent through the post in one year with insufficient addresses numbered no less than 320,041, and contained E16,887 in cash and bank notes, and £656,845 in bills, cheques, money orders, postal orders, and stamps!" But this is worse still The number of letters containing valuable contents posted with no address at all was 4,599, the contents including E200 in cash and bank- notes, and £ 9,776 in various forms of remittance. One unaddressed letter contained cheques to the value of £ 2,5C0." « TINNED FRUITS AND THEIR ORIGIN. There is really nothing new under the sun. It might by some be supposed that the canning of fruits, and industry which of late years has attained so vast an importance, was of recent growth, but, as a matter of fact, we are indebted to Pompeii for it. Years ago, when the excava- tions were just beginning, a party of Americans found in what had been the pantry of a house many jars of preserved figs. One was opened and they were found to be fresh and good. 'In- vestigation showed that the figs had been put into jars in a heated state, an aperture left for the steam to escape, and then sealed with wax. The hint was taken, and the next year the pre. serving of fruit in tins was introduced into America, the process being identical with that in vogue in Pompeii 20 centuries ago. Those who eat them do not realise that they are indebted for this art to a people who were literally ashes a few years after the birth of Christ. + NEATLY CAUGHT. Two young merchants, Clint and John, who occupied adjoining shops in a small town. were intimate friends. When business was dull, they visited back and forth. Each was fond of a joke. One cold, blustery day, when customers were few, Clint sat behind the stove in John's shop. A young woman, a stranger, came in, and John stepped forward to wait on her. "I am soliciting subscriptions for the 'fresh air fund, said she. You'd better speak to the -proprietor about it," John said politely. You will find him a very liberal man. He is back there by the stove." John grinned as the young woman approached Clint and re-stated her case. How much are the merchants generally giv- ing?" Clint asked, with grave interest in the jause. « Some are giving as much as five shillings, but we are grateful for any sum, however small." John," said Clint, with an air of authority, give the young lady ten shillings out of the drawer." And John, of course, had to fork out. ♦ GREAT BELLS. Russia leads in the line of bells. It is said I that in Moscow alone, before the great fire, there were no fewer than 1,706 large bells. One called the Giant, which was cast in the 16th century, broken by falling from its support, and recast in 1654, was so large that it required 24 men to ring it; its weight was estimated at 288,0001b. j It was suspended from an immense beam at the foot of a bell-tower, but it again fell dur- ing the fire of June 19th, 1706, and was a second time broken to fragments, which were used, with additional materials, in 1732 in casting the king of bells, still to be seen in Moscow. Some falling timbers in the fire of 1737 broke a piece from its side, which has never been re- placed. This bell is estimated to weigh 443,7321b. it is 19ft. 3in. high; and measures around the margin 60ft. 9in. Its value in metal alone i' estimated to amount to upwards of £ 60,000. St. Iva*n's. also in Moscow, is 40ft. 9in. in circum- ference, 165m. thick, and weighs 127.8301b. The bells of China rank next to those of Russia ÎJ¡ size. In Pekin there are seven bells, each of which, according to Father Le Compte, weighs !20.C001b.

J THE S f| gg CHILDREN'S |j CORNER & I j ALPHABET NONSENSE. D's a very healthy letter. From all ailments he is free. If you ask me why, I answer, 'Cause he lives beside the C. D meanwhile resides in London, Though he's out of town, they sr y. There's a rumour lie's in Devon, Watching farmers making 'A. F is never in good spirits, So he's not like you and me. Then perhaps he's in the doldrums Altogether? No, not 'E. H and J—good G I'm skipping- On their sight may not rely, I must tell you that between them They have only got one I. K, L, M, N, 0, P often Take a walk the country .through When last heard of by the others They were on the road to Q. R and S are rather greedy But they're cheerful as can be; If they're far away from dinner, They are very near to T. Now then, for a chase get ready- Run. and run your hardest, do! V and W, X, Y, Z In a crowd are after U t -+- NAPOLEON'S SOLDIERS. A soldier once took a message to Napoleon ii such great haste that the horse he rode dropped dead before he delivered the paper. Napoleon dictated his answer and, handing it to the messenger, ordered him to mount his own horsfi and deliver it with all possible speed. The messenger looked at the magnificent animal, with its superb trappings, and said; Nay, general, but this is too gorgeous, too magnificent for a common soldier." Nap(l on said: "Nothing is too good or too magnificent for a common soldier." SOMETHING ABOUT A CHAMELEON. 'Tis green! 'tis green, sir, I assure ye." Green cried the other in a fury. Why, sir, d'ye think I've lost my eyes?" 'Twere no great loss," the friend replies, For if they always serve you thus, You'll find them but of little use." I wonder how many of you know those lines? Not so very long ago all kinds of children used to repeat the poem from which they are taken, bur I don't think the poem can be quite such a favourite as it used to be. Perhaps we are all getting to be such good naturalists that we know it is not quite true, for, though chameleons change their colours in a very wonderful way, they do not go red, white, and blue in the way which the poem makes out. I think I must tell you a little story about a chameleon, though some of you may perhaps have heard it before. An old lady once had a pet chameleon which she was very fond of, and which her manservant, John, used to look after, lie was very fond of the chameleon, too, and he used to amuse himself by putting it on to dif- ferent coloured things in his room and watching it change colour. Well, one day, the old lad.y had a friend to tea, and she thought she would live to show her the chameleon, so she rang foi John. "John," she said, "bring in the chameleon.' John looked very sorry for himself. Please ma'am," he said, I can't." "Can't?" said his mistress. "Why not?" John looked still more confused. Please ma'am." he said, he's gone." Why, how is that?" said the lady. Well, ma'am, I was playing with him, and I put him against my baize apron, and he turned green." Well?" And then I put him against the red tray, ma'am, and he turned red." Yes, yes! Of course he would." And then I put him against your tartan plaid, ma'am, and-and he just bust himself." I am afraid that that story is not altogether true either. ♦ THE TWO APPLE TREES. I have been looking at these two trees, boys," said Mr. Moore one bright Saturday morning, and as there seems to be about the same amount of apples on each one, I have decided that if you want to gather and market them foi yourselves you may do so." "And have the money for ourselves?" thej asked eagerly and in unison. Yes, and you may also take old Billy and the light wagon to draw them to town this after- noon." Before he had ceased speaking, John, the elder boy, had begun to climb one of the trees, and Mr. Moore, without further comment, walked away. The other boy also walked away, but in a different direction. John, meanwhile, having secured a good foot- hold in the centre of the tree, was giving it a vigorous shaking, which sent the apples to the ground in showers. Presently the brother returned carrying a ladder and a basket. Oh, oh," cried John, "you don't mean to say that you intend to pick those apples off the tree ? This is the way to do it," and he gave his tree another energetic shaking. Why, don't you know," he went on, if you stop to pick those apples off it will take you all day long ?" Can't help it," was the answer; that is the, way they are coming off, and the only way." But you'll not be ready to go with them tG town this afternoon." "Then I'll go some other afternoon." "But you can't stay out of school." I can be examined Monday at noon. Dcv I worry, I'll find some way to get my apples t'l market, and they'll bring me a good price wlw' they do get there." John continued his protestation, but 111" brother persisted in doing his work in his own way. Therefore, it was nearly sundown and John had been gone several hours when the brother took the last apple from the tree. When John returned from town soon after he jingled his coins in his hands merrily, and asked with a laugh- Don't you wish you had some ph "How much did you get a bushel?" asked his brother. Thirty-five cents," said John. A few moments later when they entered the barn together, where the brother's apples were carefully bestowed in baskets, John exclaimed- What m the world did you do to those apples? They look as if they had been polished?" Oh, just a cloth and a little rubbing did the job," was the answer. Who would believe that the trees which boie those apples and John's were exactly alike?" said Mr. Moore, coming into the barn at this moment. John looked grave. But what's the use of all that trouble ? They'll not bring you any more," he said scorn- fully. Wait and see," said the brother. On Monday evening, when the younger brother returned from the village he counted out I" money, and he had received just double the amount that John had been paid for his apples. I didn't know," said John, that taking a little trouble would make so great a difference about the very same thing." ♦ RIDDLES. How may book-keeping be taught in three words?—Never lend them.. Why would fashionable tailors meke good tavalry horses?—Because they are high chargers. Why is the Isle of Wight a fraud ?—Because it has Needles you cannot thread, Freshwater Sou cannot drink, Cowes you cannot milk, and fewport you cannot bottle."

|\ 6,50QOOO. 2,000,000. | ST.j||| £ NjRAL Managerjjj j if FIRE, burglary: V II PERSONAL ACCIDENT & SICKNESS, fl i\ EMPLOYER'S LIABILITY, ft oilm AZUR Local Agent, Mr A. G. PUGH, Llewel yn Chambers. LLANDUDNO ADVERTISER." This Coupon-Insurance-Tickst. must not be douched. ^Eiioo Will be paid by THE OCEAN ACCIDENT within fourteen days after its occurrence, (d) AND GUARANTEE CORPORATION LTD., that medical cei-tificiates and other information PRINCIPAL OFFICE, NOS. 36 to 44, MOOR- be furnished by the per&on claiming upon xe- GAT'E STREET, LONDON, E.C., to the legal quest for the same by the Corporation, and personal representative of the bona-fide holder (e) that this Insurance applies only to persona of this Coupon-Insurance-Ticket if such holder over twelve and under seventy years of age, is shall be killed by an accident within the limited to one Goupon-insurance-Ticket for United Kingdom to any Railway Company's each holder, and holds good for the current passenger-train in which such holder is travel- week of issue only. ling as an ordinary ticket-bearing passenger, This Insurance entitles the holder to the season ticket-bolder or trader's ticket holder. benefit of, and is subject to, the conditions the Providing that the above undertaking is sub- 'OCEAN ACCIDENT AND GUARANTEE COM- ject to the folio ving special conditions, which PANY, LIMITED ACT, 1890" Riisks Nos. 2 and are of the essence of ihe contract, viz. (a) That 3, when they are not compatible with the death shall result within thirty days after the special conditions above stated. accident, (b) that such holders usual signature The possession of this Coupon-Insurance- shall have been written in ink, in the space Ticket is admitted to be a payment of a provided underneath, before the accident, (c) premium under Sec. 33 of the Act. A Print of that notice of the accident be given to the, the Act cam be seen at the Principal Office oi Corporation at its Principal Office in London the Corporation. III eek ei-iding Dec 18,1909 Sign&tixra